8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

________________

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): May 25, 2023

Central Index Key Number of the issuing entity: 0001974587

MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1

(Exact name of Issuing Entity)

Central Index Key Number of the depositor: 0001547361

Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Central Index Key Number of the sponsor: 0000740906

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

Central Index Key Number of the sponsor: 0001968416

Argentic Real Estate Finance 2 LLC

Central Index Key Number of the sponsor: 0001541557

Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC

Central Index Key Number of the sponsor: 0001548405

Starwood Mortgage Capital LLC

Central Index Key Number of the sponsor: 0001624053

Argentic Real Estate Finance LLC

Central Index Key Number of the sponsor: 0001592182

LMF Commercial, LLC

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

Delaware	333-259741-05	13-3291626
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
1585 Broadway, New York, New York (Address of Principal Executive Offices)		10036 (ZIP Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 761-4000

Not applicable

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

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

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company         ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.         ☐

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

On May 25, 2023 (the “Closing Date”), Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc. (the “Registrant”) caused the issuance of the MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1 (the “Certificates”), pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, attached hereto as Exhibit 4.1 and dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between the Registrant, as depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as special servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as certificate administrator and as trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

The Certificates consist of the following classes (each, a “Class”), designated as (i) the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-4-1, Class A-4-2, Class A-4-X1, Class A-4-X2, Class A-5, Class A-5-1, Class A-5-2, Class A-5-X1, Class A-5-X2, Class X-A, Class X-B, Class A-S, Class A-S-1, Class A-S-2, Class A-S-X1, Class A-S-X2, Class B, Class B-1, Class B-2, Class B-X1, Class B-X2, Class C, Class C-1, Class C-2, Class C-X1 and Class C-X2 Certificates (collectively, the “Publicly Offered Certificates”), and (ii) the Class X-D, Class X-F, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G-RR, Class H-RR, Class V and Class R Certificates (collectively, the “Privately Offered Certificates”).

The Certificates represent, in the aggregate, the entire beneficial ownership in the Issuing Entity, a common law trust to be formed on the Closing Date under the laws of the State of New York pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Issuing Entity’s primary assets will be a pool of 30 commercial, multifamily and/or manufactured housing community mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”). Certain of the Mortgage Loans were acquired by the Registrant from Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (“Wells Fargo”) pursuant to a Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and dated as of May 19, 2023, between the Registrant and Wells Fargo; certain of the Mortgage Loans were acquired by the Registrant from Argentic Real Estate Finance 2 LLC (“AREF 2”) pursuant to a Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 and dated as of May 19, 2023, between the Registrant and AREF 2; certain of the Mortgage Loans were acquired by the Registrant from Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC (“MSMCH”) pursuant to a Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, attached hereto as Exhibit 99.3 and dated as of May 19, 2023, between the Registrant and MSMCH; certain of the Mortgage Loans were acquired by the Registrant from Starwood Mortgage Capital LLC (“SMC”) pursuant to a Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, attached hereto as Exhibit 99.4 and dated as of May 19, 2023, between the Registrant and SMC; certain of the Mortgage Loans were acquired by the Registrant from Argentic Real Estate Finance LLC (“AREF”) pursuant to a Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, attached hereto as Exhibit 99.5 and dated as of May 19, 2023, between the Registrant and AREF; and certain of the Mortgage Loans were acquired by the Registrant from LMF Commercial, LLC (“LMF”) pursuant to a Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, attached hereto as Exhibit 99.6 and dated as of May 19, 2023, between the Registrant and LMF.

The assets of the Issuing Entity include several Mortgage Loans, each of which is a part of a Whole Loan. Each Whole Loan is governed by a co-lender, intercreditor or similar agreement (each, an “Intercreditor Agreement”) between the holders of the promissory notes comprising such Whole Loan, the terms of which are described under “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans” in the Prospectus described below. Each Intercreditor Agreement is attached as an exhibit hereto as described in the following table. Moreover, certain of such Whole Loans will not be serviced pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement but will instead be serviced pursuant to a different servicing agreement (each, a “Non-Serviced PSA”). Each such Non-Serviced PSA is attached as an exhibit hereto as described in the following table. For a description of the servicing of the applicable Whole Loans under such Non-Serviced PSAs, see “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Servicing of the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans” in the Prospectus described below.

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Name of Mortgage Loan/Whole Loan	Non-Serviced PSA (if any)	Intercreditor Agreement
CX – 250 Water Street	Exhibit 4.2(1)	Exhibit 99.7
Barbours Cut IOS	N/A	Exhibit 99.8
SOMO Village	N/A	Exhibit 99.9
100 & 150 South Wacker Drive	Exhibit 4.2	Exhibit 99.10
Pacific Design Center	Exhibit 4.3	Exhibit 99.11
Cumberland Mall	Exhibit 4.4	Exhibit 99.12
Conair Glendale	Exhibit 4.2	Exhibit 99.13
Rialto Industrial	N/A	Exhibit 99.14
Museum Tower	N/A	Exhibit 99.15
100 Jefferson Road	N/A	Exhibit 99.16
Metroplex	N/A	Exhibit 99.17
3800 Horizon Boulevard	N/A	Exhibit 99.18
Heritage Plaza	Exhibit 4.4(2)	Exhibit 99.19

(1) The subject Whole Loan will be serviced under the pooling and servicing agreement for the BANK 2023-BNK45 securitization trust until the securitization of the related lead servicing companion loan, after which the subject Whole Loan will be serviced pursuant to the pooling and servicing agreement for such securitization. That pooling and servicing agreement will be identified and filed on a Form 8-K following such securitization.

(2) The subject Whole Loan will be serviced under the pooling and servicing agreement for the Benchmark 2023-V2 securitization trust until the securitization of the related lead servicing companion loan, after which the subject Whole Loan will be serviced pursuant to the pooling and servicing agreement for such securitization. That pooling and servicing agreement will be identified and filed on a Form 8-K following such securitization.

Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, the master servicer under the Benchmark 2023-V2 PSA, pursuant to which the Heritage Plaza Whole Loan is serviced until the securitization of the related lead servicing companion loan, has engaged the services of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association as a sub-servicer with respect to the Heritage Plaza Whole Loan, pursuant to that certain sub-servicing agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 and attached hereto as Exhibit 99.20, between Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as sub-servicer, the terms of which agreement are described under “Transaction Parties—The Master Servicer—Wells Fargo Bank, National Association—Summary of the Heritage Plaza Sub-Servicing Agreement” in the Prospectus.

The funds used by the Registrant to pay the purchase price for the Mortgage Loans were derived from the proceeds of (i) the sale of the Publicly Offered Certificates by the Registrant to Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC (collectively, in such capacities, the “Underwriters”), pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, attached hereto as Exhibit 1.1 and dated as of May 19, 2023, between the Registrant, the Underwriters, as underwriters, and MSMCH, and (ii) the sale of the Privately Offered Certificates by the Registrant to Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC (collectively, in such capacities, the “Initial Purchasers”), pursuant to a Certificate Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 19, 2023, between the Registrant, the Initial Purchasers, as initial purchasers, and MSMCH. Only the Publicly Offered Certificates were offered to the public. The Privately Offered Certificates were sold and transferred, as applicable, in transactions exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

The Publicly Offered Certificates and the Mortgage Loans are more particularly described in the Prospectus, dated May 23, 2023 and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 25, 2023. In connection with such Prospectus, the Chief Executive Officer of the Registrant has provided the certification attached hereto as Exhibit 36.1 and dated as of the date of the Prospectus.

The Registrant sold all of the Publicly Offered Certificates, having an aggregate certificate balance of $586,791,000, on May 25, 2023.  The net proceeds of the offering to the Registrant of the issuance of the Publicly Offered Certificates, after deducting expenses payable by the Registrant of $5,031,158.66, were approximately $581,759,841 plus accrued interest from the cut-off date.  Of the expenses paid by the Registrant, $100,000 were paid directly to affiliates of the Registrant, $50,000 were in the form of fees paid to the Underwriters unaffiliated with the Registrant, approximately $135,000

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were expenses paid to or for the Underwriters and $4,746,159 were other expenses.  All of the foregoing expense amounts are the Registrant’s reasonable estimates of such expenses.  No underwriting discounts and commissions or finder’s fees were paid by the Registrant; the Publicly Offered Certificates were offered by the Underwriters for sale to the public in negotiated transactions or otherwise at varying prices determined at the time of sale.  The Registrant also sold to the Initial Purchasers on such date the Privately Offered Certificates, having an aggregate certificate balance of $77,187,991, in private placement transactions exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Act.  Further information regarding such sales (including, as to the price per class of Publicly Offered Certificates) is available in the Underwriting Agreement attached as Exhibit 1.1 hereto and in the Prospectus referred to above.  The related registration statement (file no. 333-259741) was originally declared effective on November 3, 2021.

In connection with the issuance and sale to the Underwriters of the Publicly Offered Certificates, a legal opinion was rendered related to the validity of, and certain federal income tax considerations relating to, the Publicly Offered Certificates, which legal opinion is attached hereto as Exhibits 5.1, 8.1 and 23.1.

Credit Risk Retention

The fair value of the portions of the Class G-RR and Class H-RR certificates that collectively constitute an “eligible horizontal residual interest” under the credit risk retention rules (the “HRR Interest”) and that will be retained by the retaining sponsor (or its majority-owned affiliate) on the Closing Date is equal to approximately $17,486,663, representing approximately 2.607% of the aggregate fair value of all ABS interests issued by the Issuing Entity (the “ABS Interests”). The aggregate fair value of all ABS Interests is approximately $670,721,864. The fair values referenced in the preceding two sentences are based on actual prices and final tranche sizes as of the Closing Date for all certificates (other than the Class R certificates) issued by the Issuing Entity.

The retaining sponsor estimates that, if it had relied solely on retaining an “eligible horizontal residual interest” in order to meet the credit risk retention requirements of Regulation RR with respect to this securitization transaction, it would have retained an eligible horizontal residual interest with an aggregate fair value dollar amount of approximately $33,536,093.20, representing 5.0% of the aggregate fair value, as of the Closing Date, of all ABS Interests.

There are no material differences between (a) the valuation methodology or any of the key inputs and assumptions that were used in calculating the fair value or range of fair values disclosed in the preliminary prospectus dated May 11, 2023 and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 11, 2023 under the heading “Credit Risk Retention” and (b) the valuation methodology or the key inputs and assumptions that were used in calculating the fair values set forth above.

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Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits:

1.1	Underwriting Agreement, dated as of May 19, 2023, between Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC.
4.1	Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023, between Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as special servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as certificate administrator and as trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer.
4.2	Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2023, between Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc., as depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as certificate administrator and as trustee, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer.
4.3	Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2023, between Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, as depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as general special servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as Pacific Design Center special servicer, Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, certificate administrator, paying agent and custodian, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor and asset representations reviewer.
4.4	Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023, among Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as special servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as certificate administrator and as trustee, and BellOak, LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer.
5.1	Legality Opinion of Sidley Austin LLP, dated May 25, 2023.
8.1	Tax Opinion of Sidley Austin LLP, dated May 25, 2023 (included as part of Exhibit 5.1).
23.1	Consent of Sidley Austin LLP (included as part of Exhibit 5.1).
36.1	Depositor’s Certification for Shelf Offerings of Asset-Backed Securities in respect of that certain Prospectus dated May 23, 2023.
99.1	Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 19, 2023, between Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association.
99.2	Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 19, 2023, between Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc. and Argentic Real Estate Finance 2 LLC.
99.3	Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 19, 2023, between Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc. and Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC.
99.4	Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 19, 2023, between Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc. and Starwood Mortgage Capital LLC.
99.5	Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 19, 2023, between Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc. and Argentic Real Estate Finance LLC.

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99.6	Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 19, 2023, between Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc. and LMF Commercial, LLC.
99.7	Agreement Between Note Holders, dated as of January 27, 2023, by and between Bank of America, N.A., as initial note A-1 holder, initial note A-2 holder, initial note A-3 holder, initial note A-4 holder, initial note A-5 holder, initial note A-6 holder, initial note A-7 holder and initial note A-8 holder, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as initial note A-9 holder, initial note A-10 holder, initial note A-11 holder, initial note A-12 holder, initial note A-13 holder initial note A-14 holder, initial note A-15 holder and initial note A-16 holder, Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as initial note A-17 holder and initiel note A-18 holder, and 3650 Real Estate Investment Trust 2 LLC, as initial note A-19 holder and initial note A-20 holder, relating to the CX – 250 Water Street Whole Loan.
99.8	Co-Lender Agreement, dated as of May 9, 2023, by and between Argentic Real Estate Finance 2 LLC, as initial note A-1-1 holder, initial note A-1-2 holder and initial note A-1-3 holder, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as initial note A-2-1 holder and initial note A-2-2 holder, relating to the Barbours Cut IOS Whole Loan.
99.9	Agreement Between Note Holders, dated as of April 13, 2023, by and between Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as initial note A-1 holder, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as initial note A-2 holder, relating to the SOMO Village Whole Loan.
99.10	Agreement Between Note Holders, dated as of January 24, 2023, by and between Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as initial note A-1 holder, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as initial note A-2 holder, relating to the 100 & 150 South Wacker Drive Whole Loan.
99.11	Agreement Between Note Holders, dated as of February 1, 2023, by and among Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as initial note A-1 holder, initial note A-2 holder, initial note A-3 holder, initial note A-4 holder, initial note A-5 holder, initial note A-6 holder, initial note A-7 holder and initial note B holder, and Bank of Montreal, as initial note A-8 holder and initial note A-9 holder, relating to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan.
99.12	Co-Lender Agreement, dated as of April 14, 2023, between Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, as note A-1 holder, note A-2 holder, Note A-3 holder, note A-4 holder and note A-5 holder, Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A., as note A-6-1 holder, note A-6-2 holder and note A-7 holder, and Bank of Montreal, as note A-8 holder, note A-9 holder, note A-10 holder and note A-11 holder, relating to the Cumberland Mall Whole Loan.
99.13	Agreement Between Note Holders, dated as of December 21, 2022, by and between Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as initial note A-1 holder, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as initial note A-2 holder, relating to the Conair Glendale Whole Loan.
99.14	Amended and Restated Co-Lender Agreement, dated as of March 14, 2023, by and between Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer on behalf of Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as trustee for the registered holders of BBCMS Mortgage Trust 2022-C18, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2022-C18, as note A-1 holder and note A-8 holder, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer on behalf of Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as trustee for the registered holders of BMO 2023-C4 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-C4, as note A-2 holder and note A-6 holder, and SPREF WH II LLC, as initial note A-3-1 holder, initial note A-3-2 holder, initial note A-4 holder, initial note A-5 holder and initial note A-7 holder, relating to the Rialto Industrial Whole Loan.
99.15	Co-Lender Agreement, dated as of April 17, 2023, by and among Starwood Mortgage Capital LLC, as initial note A-1 holder, Starwood Mortgage Capital LLC, as initial note A-2 holder, Starwood Mortgage Capital LLC, as initial note A-3 holder, and Starwood Mortgage Capital LLC, as initial note A-4 holder, relating to the Museum Tower Whole Loan.

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99.16	Co-Lender Agreement, dated as of March 10, 2023, by and between JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as initial note A-1 holder, Argentic Real Estate Finance 2 LLC, as initial note A-2 holder, Argentic Real Estate Finance 2 LLC, as initial note A-3 holder, and Argentic Real Estate Finance 2 LLC, as initial note A-4 holder, relating to the 100 Jefferson Road Whole Loan.
99.17	Co-Lender Agreement, dated as of February 28, 2023, between German American Capital Corporation, as note A-1 holder, AREF 2 WH WF LLC, as note A-2 holder, and German American Capital Corporation, as note A-3 holder, relating to the Metroplex Whole Loan.
99.18	Co-Lender Agreement, dated as of May 8, 2023, by and between AREF 2 WH BC LLC, as initial note A-1 holder, AREF 2 WH BC LLC, as initial note A-2 holder, and AREF 2 WH BC LLC, as initial note A-3 holder, relating to the 3800 Horizon Boulevard Whole Loan.
99.19	Agreement Between Note Holders, dated as of May 25, 2023, by and between Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A., as initial note A-1 holder, initial note A-2-1 holder, initial note A-2-2 holder and initial note A-4 holder, Bank of Montreal, as initial note A-3-1 holder and initial note A-3-2 holder, Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as initial note A-5 holder and initial note A-6 holder, and Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC, as initial agent, relating to the Heritage Plaza Whole Loan.
99.20	Subservicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023, by and between Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as sub-servicer.

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SIGNATURES

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

MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL I INC.

By: /s/ Jane Lam                                     

Name: Jane Lam

Title: President

Dated: May 25, 2023

MSWF 2023-1 – Form 8-K

EX-1.1

Exhibit 1.1 

EXECUTION VERSION

MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES,
SERIES 2023-1

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

As of May 19, 2023

MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC

1585 Broadway

New York, New York 10036

WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC
30 Hudson Yards, 15th Floor
New York, New York 10001

Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC

100 Wall Street, 18th Floor
New York, New York 10005

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Depositor”), intends to issue its MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1 (the “Certificates”), in thirty-nine (9) classes (each, a “Class”) as designated in the Prospectus (as defined below). Pursuant to this underwriting agreement (the “Agreement”), the Depositor further proposes to sell to Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (“MS&Co.”), Wells Fargo Securities, LLC (“Wells Fargo Securities”) and Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC (“Siebert Williams” and, collectively with MS&Co. and Wells Fargo Securities, the “Underwriters” and each, individually, an “Underwriter”) the Certificates set forth in Schedule I hereto (the “Registered Certificates”) in the respective original principal amounts and notional amounts set forth in Schedule I. The Certificates represent in the aggregate the entire beneficial ownership interest in a trust fund (the “Trust Fund”) primarily consisting of a segregated pool (the “Mortgage Pool”) of thirty (30) fixed-rate mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”) having an approximate aggregate principal balance of $663,978,992 as of the Cut-off Date, secured by first liens on certain fee simple and/or leasehold interests in commercial, multifamily and/or manufactured housing community properties (the “Mortgaged Properties”). The Certificates will be issued on or about May 25, 2023 (the “Closing Date”), pursuant to a pooling and servicing agreement (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), dated as May 1, 2023, among the Depositor, as depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer (in such capacity, the “Master Servicer”), Argentic Services Company LP, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”) and as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as operating advisor (in such capacity, the “Operating Advisor”) and as asset representations reviewer (in such capacity, the “Asset Representations Reviewer”).

     

 

The Mortgage Loans will be purchased by the Depositor (i) from Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC (“MSMCH”) on the Closing Date pursuant to a Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (the “MSMCH Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement”), dated and effective as of the date hereof, between MSMCH and the Depositor, (ii) from Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (“Wells Fargo Bank”) on the Closing Date pursuant to a Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (the “Wells Fargo Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement”), dated and effective as of the date hereof, between Wells Fargo Bank and the Depositor, (iii) from Argentic Real Estate Finance LLC (“AREF”) on the Closing Date pursuant to a Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (the “AREF Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement”), dated and effective as of the date hereof, between AREF and the Depositor, (iv) from Argentic Real Estate Finance 2 LLC (“AREF2”) on the Closing Date pursuant to a Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (the “AREF2 Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement”), dated and effective as of the date hereof, between AREF2 and the Depositor, (v) from Starwood Mortgage Capital LLC (“SMC”) on the Closing Date pursuant to a Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (the “SMC Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement”), dated and effective as of the date hereof, between SMC and the Depositor, and (vi) from LMF Commercial, LLC (collectively with MSMCH, Wells Fargo Bank, AREF, AREF2 and SMC, the “Mortgage Loan Sellers”) on the Closing Date pursuant to a Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (collectively with the MSMCH Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the Wells Fargo Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the AREF Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the AREF2 Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and the SMC Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the “Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements”), dated and effective as of the date hereof, between LMF and the Depositor.

Two real estate mortgage investment conduit elections will be made with respect to certain portions of the Trust Fund for federal income tax purposes. The Registered Certificates and the Mortgage Pool are described more fully in a registration statement and a Prospectus furnished to you by the Depositor.

The Certificates not being sold pursuant to this Agreement (the “Offered Non-Registered Certificates”) will be sold by the Depositor to MS&Co., Wells Fargo Securities and Siebert Williams (collectively in such capacity, the “Initial Purchasers”) pursuant to a certificate purchase agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Depositor, MSMCH and the Initial Purchasers. The Initial Purchasers will offer the Offered Non-Registered Certificates for sale in transactions exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”).

The Underwriters and the Initial Purchasers are collectively referred to herein as the “Dealers”.

In connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, each of the Mortgage Loan Sellers will enter into an indemnification agreement, dated as of the date hereof (each, a “Mortgage Loan Seller Indemnification Agreement”), among such Mortgage Loan Seller, the Depositor and the Dealers, providing for indemnification by such Mortgage Loan Seller of the Dealers in accordance with the terms thereof with respect to the Mortgage Loans sold to the Depositor by such Mortgage Loan Seller pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement. In addition, in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, LNR Partners, LLC (the “Outside

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Special Servicer”), the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer (each, a “Service Provider”) will enter into an indemnification agreement, dated as of the date hereof (each, a “Service Provider Indemnification Agreement” and, collectively with the Mortgage Loan Seller Indemnification Agreements, the “Indemnification Agreements”), among such Service Provider, the Depositor and the Dealers.

Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

1. Representations and Warranties.

(a)               The Depositor represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each Underwriter that:

(i)                 The Depositor has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement (No. 333-259741) on Form SF-3 for the registration of Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, issuable in series, including the Registered Certificates, under the 1933 Act, which registration statement has become effective and a copy of which, as amended to the date hereof, has heretofore been delivered to you. The Depositor meets the requirements for use of Form SF-3 under the 1933 Act, and such registration statement, as amended at the date hereof, meets the requirements set forth in Rule 415(a)(1) under the 1933 Act and complies in all other material respects with the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder. The Depositor also has prepared and filed with the Commission a preliminary prospectus dated May 11, 2023 (the “Preliminary Prospectus”), specifically relating to the Registered Certificates, in accordance with Rule 424(h) and Rule 430D under the 1933 Act. The Depositor also has filed with, or proposes to file with, the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the 1933 Act a prospectus specifically relating to the Registered Certificates (the “Prospectus”). Such registration statement, as amended at the time when it became effective, or, if a post-effective amendment is filed with respect thereto, as amended by such post-effective amendment at the time of its effectiveness, including all exhibits thereto (and any information that is contained in the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus and is deemed to be a part of and included in such registration statement), is referred to herein as the “Registration Statement.” Any reference in this Agreement to the Registration Statement used in connection with the offering of the Registered Certificates, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any exhibits thereto and the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 10(d) of Form SF-3 under the 1933 Act, as of the effective date of the Registration Statement or the date of the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be, and any reference to “amend,” “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed after the date the Registration Statement became effective, or the date of the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “1934 Act”) that are deemed to be incorporated by reference therein. “Master Tapes” shall mean the respective compilations of information and data regarding the Mortgage Loans covered

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by the two Independent Accountants’ Reports on Applying Agreed-Upon Procedures, each to be dated on or about the business day immediately preceding the Closing Date, rendered by a third-party accounting firm described in Section 6(i) of this Agreement.

(ii)                As of the date hereof, as of the date the Registration Statement became effective or was deemed effective pursuant to Rule 430D under the 1933 Act, as of the Time of Sale (including any subsequent Time of Sale), as of the date of the Preliminary Prospectus, as of the date the Prospectus is first filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the 1933 Act, as of the date on which, prior to the Closing Date, any amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, as of the date on which any supplement to the Prospectus is filed with the Commission, and as of the Closing Date (each such date or time, an “Effective Time”), (A) the Registration Statement, as amended as of any such time, the Preliminary Prospectus, as amended or supplemented as of any such time, and the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented as of any such time, complied, complies and will comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, (B) the conditions to the use by the Depositor of a registration statement on Form SF-3 under the 1933 Act, as set forth in the General Instructions to Form SF-3, have been satisfied or will be satisfied with respect to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, (C) the Registration Statement, as amended as of any such time, does not include and will not include any untrue statement of a material fact and does not omit and will not omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, (D) the Preliminary Prospectus, as amended or supplemented as of any such time, does not include and will not include any untrue statement of a material fact and does not omit and will not omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and (E) the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented as of any such time, does not include and will not include any untrue statement of a material fact and does not omit and will not omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Depositor makes no representations or warranties as to (x) statements contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or the information contained in any revision or amendment of or supplement to the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus thereto made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Depositor by or on behalf of any Underwriter specifically for use in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus (such information being identified in Section 8(b) hereof), (y) the Mortgage Loan Seller Covered Information (as defined in Section 8(a)(i) hereof), or (z) any information with respect to which any of the Master Servicer (the “Master Servicer Covered Information”), the Special Servicer (the “Special Servicer Covered Information”), the Outside Special Servicer (the “Outside Special Servicer Covered Information”), the Certificate Administrator (the “Certificate Administrator Covered Information”), the Trustee (the “Trustee Covered Information”), the Operating Advisor (the “Operating Advisor Covered Information”) or the Asset Representations Reviewer (the “Asset Representations Reviewer Covered Information”) agrees in the related Service Provider Indemnification Agreement to provide indemnification.

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(iii)                The Depositor has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware with corporate power and authority to own, lease or operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Prospectus as now conducted by it and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and the Depositor is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business.

(iv)               As of each Effective Time, there has not and will not have been (x) any request by the Commission for any further amendment to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for any additional information, (y) any issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the institution or threat of any proceeding for that purpose or (z) any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Registered Certificates for sale in any jurisdiction or any initiation or threat of any proceeding for such purpose.

(v)               Each of this Agreement and the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements has been, and as of the Closing Date the Pooling and Servicing Agreement will be, duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Depositor and each of this Agreement and the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements constitutes, and, as of the Closing Date, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement will constitute, a legal, valid and binding agreement of the Depositor, enforceable against the Depositor in accordance with its respective terms, except as enforceability may be limited by (x) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally, (y) general principles of equity, whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law, and (z) public policy considerations underlying the securities laws, to the extent that such public policy considerations limit the enforceability of the provisions of this Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement that purport to provide indemnification from securities law liabilities.

(vi)             As of the Closing Date, the Registered Certificates, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements will conform in all material respects to the respective descriptions thereof contained in each of (A) the Prospectus, (B) the Preliminary Prospectus and (C) any Issuer Information (as may have been revised and corrected if such revised or corrected information was delivered a reasonable time prior to the Time of Sale) delivered to any Underwriter for inclusion in an Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus. As of the Closing Date, the Registered Certificates will be duly and validly authorized and, when delivered in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to you against payment therefor as provided herein, will be duly and validly issued and outstanding and entitled to the benefits of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

(vii)              The Depositor is not in violation of its certificate of incorporation or by-laws or in default under any agreement, indenture or instrument the effect of which

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violation or default would be material to the Depositor or which violation or default would have a material adverse effect on the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement. Neither the issuance and sale of the Registered Certificates, nor the execution and delivery by the Depositor of this Agreement, any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement nor the consummation by the Depositor of any of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance by the Depositor with the provisions hereof or thereof, did, does or will conflict with or result in a breach of any term or provision of the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Depositor or conflict with, result in a breach, violation or acceleration of, or constitute a default (or an event which, with the passing of time or notification, or both, would constitute a default) under, the terms of any indenture or other agreement or instrument to which the Depositor is a party or by which it or any material asset is bound, or any statute, order or regulation applicable to the Depositor of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Depositor.

(viii)             Neither the issuance and sale of the Registered Certificates, nor the execution and delivery by the Depositor of this Agreement or any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement nor the consummation by the Depositor of any of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance by the Depositor with the provisions hereof or thereof, did, does or will, except as contemplated by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the Depositor’s property or assets pursuant to the terms of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other agreement or instrument to which the Depositor is a party, by which it or any property or asset is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Depositor is subject.

(ix)                There is no action, suit or proceeding against the Depositor pending, or, to the knowledge of the Depositor, threatened, before any court, arbitrator, administrative agency or other tribunal, (v) that, if determined adversely to the Depositor, would have a material adverse effect on the business or financial condition of the Depositor, (w) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the Registered Certificates, (x) seeking to prevent the issuance of the Registered Certificates or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements or this Agreement, (y) that might materially and adversely affect the performance by the Depositor of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the Registered Certificates or (z) seeking to affect adversely the federal income tax attributes of the Registered Certificates as described in the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus.

(x)                  The Depositor will, at the Closing Date (and to the extent that title and ownership of any such Mortgage Loan was transferred to the Depositor by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement), own the Mortgage Loans, free and clear of any lien, mortgage, pledge, charge, security interest, adverse claim or other encumbrance.

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(xi)                At the Closing Date, the Depositor will have full power and authority to sell and deliver the Mortgage Loans to the Trustee under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and, at the Closing Date, will have duly authorized such assignment and delivery to the Trustee by all necessary action.

(xii)              There are no contracts, indentures or other documents of a character required by the 1933 Act or by the rules and regulations thereunder to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement which have not been so described or referred to therein or so filed or incorporated by reference as exhibits thereto.

(xiii)             No authorization, approval or consent of any court or governmental authority or agency is necessary in connection with (i) the offering or sale of the Registered Certificates pursuant to this Agreement, except such as have been, or as of the Closing Date will have been, obtained or such as may otherwise be required under applicable state securities laws in connection with the purchase and offer and sale of the Registered Certificates by the Underwriters and any recordation of the respective assignments of the Mortgage Loans to the Trustee pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement that have not been completed or (ii) the consummation by the Depositor of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements.

(xiv)              The Depositor possesses all material licenses, certificates, authorities or permits issued by the appropriate state, federal or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies necessary to conduct the business now operated by it, and the Depositor has not received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such license, certificate, authority or permit which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of any unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would materially and adversely affect the condition, financial or otherwise, or the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Depositor.

(xv)               Any taxes, fees and other governmental charges in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements and the delivery and sale of the Registered Certificates (other than such federal, state and local taxes as may be payable on the income or gain recognized therefrom) have been or will be paid at or prior to the Closing Date.

(xvi)             Neither the Depositor nor the Trust Fund is, and neither the sale of the Registered Certificates in the manner contemplated by the Prospectus nor the activities of the Trust Fund pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement will cause the Depositor or the Trust Fund to be, subject to registration or regulation as an “investment company” or under the control of an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”). The Trust Fund will be relying on an exclusion or exemption from the definition of “investment company” under the Investment Company Act contained in

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Section 3(c)(5) of the Investment Company Act or Rule 3a-7 under the Investment Company Act as a basis for it not registering under the Investment Company Act, although there may be additional exclusions or exemptions available to the Trust Fund. The Trust Fund was structured so as not to constitute a “covered fund” for purposes of the regulations adopted to implement Section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

(xvii)             Under generally accepted accounting principles and for federal income tax purposes, the Depositor will report the transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the Trustee in exchange for the Certificates and will report the sale of the Registered Certificates to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement as a sale of the interests in the Mortgage Loans evidenced by the Registered Certificates. The consideration received by the Depositor upon the sale of the Registered Certificates to the Underwriters will constitute reasonably equivalent value and fair consideration for the Registered Certificates. The Depositor will be solvent at all relevant times prior to, and will not be rendered insolvent by, the sale of the Registered Certificates to the Underwriters. In addition, the Depositor was solvent at all relevant times prior to, and will not be rendered insolvent by, the transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the Trustee on behalf of the Trust Fund. The Depositor is not selling the Registered Certificates to the Underwriters and is not transferring the Mortgage Loans to the Trustee on behalf of the Trust Fund with any intent to hinder, delay or defraud any of the creditors of the Depositor.

(xviii)          The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that: (i) the Underwriters are acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length contractual counterparty to the Depositor with respect to the offering of the Registered Certificates contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms of the offering) and not as a financial or other advisor or a fiduciary to, or an agent of, the Depositor or any other person irrespective of whether any Underwriter has advised or is advising the Depositor on other matters; (ii) no Underwriter is advising the Depositor as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction; (iii) the Depositor has consulted, to the extent it deems necessary, its own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making its own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and the Underwriters shall have no responsibility or liability to the Depositor with respect thereto; (iv) any review by the Underwriters of the Depositor, the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of the Underwriters and shall not be on behalf of the Depositor; and (v) the Underwriters’ obligations to the Depositor in respect of the offering, purchase and sale of the Registered Certificates are set forth in this Agreement in their entirety.

(xix)            At the Closing Date, the respective Classes of Registered Certificates listed on Schedule I hereto shall have been assigned ratings no lower than those set forth in the Time of Sale Information by the nationally recognized statistical rating organizations retained to provide such ratings (the “Rating Agencies”), and such ratings shall not have been placed on negative credit watch or negative review by such Rating Agency.

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(xx)              The Depositor is not, and on the date on which the initial bona fide offer of the Registered Certificates is made will not be, an “ineligible issuer,” as defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act.

(xxi)             At or prior to the time when sales to investors of the Registered Certificates were first made as determined in accordance with Rule 159 of the 1933 Act (the “Time of Sale”), which was approximately (A) 2:30 p.m. (New York time) on May 19, 2023 with respect to the Registered Certificates (other than the Class X-A and Class X-B Certificates) and (B) 2:00 p.m. (New York time) on May 23, 2023 with respect to the Class X-A and Class X-B Certificates, the Depositor had prepared the following information (collectively, the “Time of Sale Information”): (x) the Free Writing Prospectus dated May 11, 2023, designated as a Structural and Collateral Term Sheet and relating to the Registered Certificates (the “Term Sheet”) and (y) the Preliminary Prospectus. For the purposes of this Agreement, “Free Writing Prospectus” shall mean a “free writing prospectus” as defined pursuant to Rule 405 under the 1933 Act. If, subsequent to the date of this Agreement, the Depositor and the Underwriters have determined that the Time of Sale Information included an untrue statement of material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and the applicable Underwriters have terminated their old purchase contracts and entered into new purchase contracts with investors in the Registered Certificates, then “Time of Sale Information” will refer to the information available to investors at the time of entry into such new purchase contracts, including any information that corrects such material misstatements or omissions (“Corrective Information”).

(xxii)              At the Closing Date, each of the representations and warranties of the Depositor set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements will be true and correct in all material respects.

(xxiii)            The Time of Sale Information, at the Time of Sale did not, and at the Closing Date will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Depositor makes no representation and warranty with respect to (x) any Underwriter Information (as defined below) in such Time of Sale Information, (y) any Mortgage Loan Seller Covered Information in such Time of Sale Information or (z) any Master Servicer Covered Information, Special Servicer Covered Information, Outside Special Servicer Covered Information, Certificate Administrator Covered Information, Trustee Covered Information, Operating Advisor Covered Information or Asset Representations Reviewer Covered Information.

(xxiv)           To the extent that the Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that the Underwriters are to receive any notices or reports, or have any other rights thereunder, the Depositor will enforce the rights of the Underwriters under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

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(xxv)             The Depositor (including its agents and representatives other than the Underwriters in their capacity as such) has not made, used, prepared, authorized, approved or referred to and will not prepare, make, use, authorize, approve or refer to any “written communication” (as defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act) that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Registered Certificates other than (A)  any document not constituting a prospectus pursuant to Section 2(a)(10)(a) of the 1933 Act or Rule 134 under the 1933 Act, (B) the Preliminary Prospectus or any supplement to the Preliminary Prospectus that may be required to be filed with the Commission under Rule 424(h)(2) under the 1933 Act, (C) the Prospectus, (D) the Term Sheet and (E) each other written communication approved in writing in advance by MS&Co. (each such communication referred to in clause (D) and this clause (E) constituting an “issuer free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 433(h) under the 1933 Act) being referred to as an “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”). Each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus complied or, if used after the date hereof, will comply, in all material respects with the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, has been filed or will be filed in accordance with Section 4(b)(v) (to the extent required thereby) and, did not at the Time of Sale, and at the Closing Date will not, contain any untrue statements of a material fact or, (when read in conjunction with the other Time of Sale Information) omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Depositor makes no representation and warranty with respect to (x) any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Depositor in writing by any Underwriter expressly for use in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, (y) any Mortgage Loan Seller Covered Information in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or (z) any Master Servicer Covered Information, Special Servicer Covered Information, Outside Special Servicer Covered Information, Certificate Administrator Covered Information, Trustee Covered Information, Operating Advisor Covered Information or Asset Representations Reviewer Covered Information in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.

(xxvi)            The Depositor has executed and delivered a written representation (the “17g-5 Representation”) to each Rating Agency that it will take the actions specified in paragraphs (a)(3)(iii)(A) through (E) of Rule 17g-5 of the 1934 Act, and the Depositor has complied, and hereafter will comply, with each such representation, other than any breach of the 17g-5 Representation (y) that would not have a material adverse effect on the Certificates or (z) arising from a breach by any of the Underwriters of the representation, warranty and agreement set forth in Section 4(b)(xvi).

(xxvii)         The Depositor has not obtained (and, through and including the Closing Date, will not obtain without the consent of the Underwriters) any third party due diligence report contemplated by Rule 15Ga-2 under the 1934 Act (“Due Diligence Report”) in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Prospectus other than the agreed-upon procedures reports, each dated May 9, 2023 (the “Accountants’ Due Diligence Reports”) obtained from the accounting firms engaged to perform procedures involving a comparison of information in the loan files for the Mortgage Loans to information on a data tape relating to the Mortgage Loans (the “Accountants”), copies of which have been furnished to each of the Underwriters, at the

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request of the Depositor; and, except for the Accountants with respect to the Accountants’ Due Diligence Reports, the Depositor has not employed (and, through and including the Closing Date, will not employ without the consent of the Underwriters) any third party to engage in any activity that constitutes “due diligence services” within the meaning of Rule 17g-10 under the 1934 Act (“Due Diligence Services”) in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Prospectus. The Accountants have consented to the inclusion of the Accountants’ Due Diligence Reports in a Form 15G (as defined below) furnished on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval System (“EDGAR”) as required by Rule 15Ga-2 under the 1934 Act (“Rule 15Ga-2”).

(xxviii)     Any certification on Form ABS Due Diligence-15E (each, a “Form 15E”) received by the Depositor from the Accountants in connection with the Due Diligence Services provided by the Accountants was promptly posted, after receipt, as required by Rule 17g-5 under the 1934 Act on the Rule 17g-5 website established by or on behalf of the Depositor, and the Depositor has not received any other Form 15E from any party.

(xxix)          The Depositor (A) prepared one or more reports on Form ABS-15G (each, a “Form 15G”) each containing the findings and conclusions of the Accountants’ Due Diligence Reports and meeting all other requirements of such Form 15G, Rule 15Ga-2, any other rules and regulations of the Commission and the 1934 Act; (B) provided a copy of the final draft of each such Form 15G to each of the Underwriters at least six (6) business days before the date of first sale of any Registered Certificates; and (C) furnished each such Form 15G to the Commission on EDGAR at least five (5) business days before the date of first sale of any Registered Certificates as required by Rule 15Ga-2.

(xxx)             No portion of any Form 15G contains any names, addresses, other personal identifiers or zip codes with respect to any individuals, or any other personally identifiable or other information that would be associated with an individual, including without limitation any “nonpublic personal information” within the meaning of Title V of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999.

(xxxi)            The Depositor has entered into a Credit Risk Retention Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, with AREF2 (in such capacity, the “Retaining Sponsor”), Argentic Securities Holdings 2 Cayman Limited (the “Retaining Party”), MSMCH, Wells Fargo Bank, AREF, SMC and LMF pursuant to which agreement (x) the Retaining Sponsor will satisfy the risk retention requirements under the Risk Retention Rules through the purchase by the Retaining Party, as a “majority-owned affiliate” (as defined in the Risk Retention Rules), of an “eligible vertical interest” (as defined in the Risk Retention Rules) and an “eligible horizontal residual interest” (as defined in the Risk Retention Rules) and (y) each of the Retaining Sponsor and the Retaining Party has agreed to, among other things, comply with the hedging, transfer and financing prohibitions set forth in Section 12 of the Risk Retention Rules applicable to an eligible vertical interest and an eligible horizontal residual interest.

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(b)               MSMCH represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each Underwriter that:

(i)                 It has been duly organized and is validly existing as a limited liability company in good standing under the laws of the State of New York, with the power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement.

(ii)               This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by MSMCH and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery hereof by the Depositor and the Underwriters, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of MSMCH, enforceable against MSMCH in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by (x) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights in general, as they may be applied in the context of the insolvency of a national banking association, (y) general equity principles (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and (z) public policy considerations underlying the securities laws, to the extent that such public policy considerations limit the enforceability of the provisions of this Agreement which purport to provide indemnification from liabilities under applicable securities laws.

(iii)               The execution and delivery of this Agreement by MSMCH and MSMCH’s performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement will not (x) violate MSMCH’s articles of organization or operating agreement, (y) violate any law or regulation or any administrative decree or order to which it is subject or (z) constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the breach of, any contract, agreement or other instrument to which MSMCH is a party or by which MSMCH is bound.

(iv)               MSMCH is not in default with respect to any order or decree of any court or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state, municipal or other governmental agency or body, which default might have consequences that would materially and adversely affect the condition (financial or other) or operations of MSMCH or its properties or have consequences that would materially and adversely affect its performance hereunder.

(v)                 MSMCH is not a party to or bound by any agreement or instrument or subject to any articles of organization, operating agreement or any other limited liability company restriction or any judgment, order, writ, injunction, decree, law or regulation that would materially and adversely affect the ability of MSMCH to perform its obligations under this Agreement or that requires the consent of any third person to the execution of this Agreement or the performance by MSMCH of its obligations under this Agreement (except to the extent such consent has been obtained).

(vi)               No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or administrative, regulatory or other governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and performance by MSMCH of or compliance by MSMCH with this

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Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement except as have previously been obtained.

(vii)              No litigation is pending or, to the best of MSMCH’s knowledge, threatened against MSMCH that would assert the invalidity of this Agreement, prohibit its entering into this Agreement or materially and adversely affect the performance by MSMCH of its obligations under this Agreement.

(viii)             Each representation and warranty of the Depositor set forth in Section 1(a) hereof is true and correct as of the date hereof or as of the date specified in such representation and warranty.

(c)               Each Underwriter (severally, but not jointly) represents and warrants to and covenants with the Depositor that:

(i)                 as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, such Underwriter has complied with all of its obligations under Section 4 hereof.

(ii)                 it has not offered, sold or otherwise made available and will not offer, sell or otherwise make available any Registered Certificates to any EU Retail Investor in the European Economic Area.

For the purposes of this subsection (c)(ii):

(1)                                the expression “EU Retail Investor” means a person who is one (or more) of the following:

(A)       a retail client as defined in point (11) of Article 4(1) of Directive 2014/65/EU (as amended, “MiFID II”); or

(B) a customer within the meaning of Directive (EU) 2016/97 (as amended), where that customer would not qualify as a professional client as defined in point (10) of Article 4(1) of MiFID II; or

(C) not a qualified investor as defined in Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129, as amended;

(2)                                 the expression “offer” includes the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Registered Certificates to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe for the Registered Certificates; and

(3)                                the expression “European Economic Area” means Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.

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(iii)            (A) It has not offered, sold or otherwise made available and will not offer, sell or otherwise make available any Registered Certificates to any UK Retail Investor in the United Kingdom.

For the purposes of this subsection (c)(iii):

(1)                  the expression “UK Retail Investor” means a person who is one (or more) of the following:

(A)       a retail client, as defined in point (8) of Article 2 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/565, as it forms part of United Kingdom domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (as amended, the “EUWA”) and as amended; or

(B) a customer within the meaning of the provisions of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (as amended, the “FSMA”) and any rules or regulations made under the FSMA (such rules and regulations as amended) to implement Directive (EU) 2016/97, where that customer would not qualify as a professional client, as defined in point (8) of Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014, as it forms part of United Kingdom domestic law by virtue of the EUWA and as amended; or

(C) not a qualified investor, as defined in Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129, as it forms part of United Kingdom domestic law by virtue of the EUWA and as amended; and

(2)       the expression “offer” includes the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Registered Certificates to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe for the Registered Certificates.

(B)              It has only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only communicate or cause to be communicated an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of Section 21 of the FSMA) received by it in connection with the issue or sale of the Registered Certificates in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to the Issuing Entity or the Depositor.

(C)              It has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA with respect to anything done by it in relation to the Registered Certificates in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.

For the purposes of this subsection (c)(iii), the term “Issuing Entity” means the MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1 securitization trust.

(iv)             It has not, directly or indirectly, offered or sold and will not, directly or indirectly, offer or sell any Registered Certificates in Japan or to, or for the benefit of, any resident of Japan (which term as used herein means any person resident in

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Japan, including any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan) or to others for re-offering or re-sale, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to, or for the benefit of, any resident of Japan except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of, and otherwise in compliance with, the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law of Japan, as amended, and other relevant laws, regulations and ministerial guidelines of Japan.

(v)               It (A) has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell in Hong Kong, by means of any document, any Registered Certificates (except for Certificates which are a “structured product” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) (the “SFO”) of Hong Kong) other than (a) to “professional investors” as defined in the SFO and any rules or regulations made under the SFO; or (b) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus” as defined in the Companies (Winding Up and Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance (Cap. 32) (the “C(WUMP)O”) of Hong Kong or which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of the C(WUMP)O; and (B) has not issued or had in its possession for the purposes of issue, and will not issue or have in its possession for the purposes of issue, whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere, any advertisement, invitation or document relating to the Registered Certificates, which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public of Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to Registered Certificates which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to “professional investors” as defined in the SFO and any rules made under the SFO.

(vi)             It has not offered, sold or delivered and will not offer, sell or deliver the Registered Certificates, directly or indirectly, or to any person for re-offering or resale, directly or indirectly, in the Republic of Korea or to any resident of the Republic of Korea, except as otherwise permitted under applicable laws and regulations of the Republic of Korea, including the Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets Act and the Foreign Exchange Transactions Law and the decrees and regulations thereunder.

(vii)          It has not offered or sold any Registered Certificates or caused such certificates to be made the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase and will not offer or sell such Registered Certificates or cause such Registered Certificate to be made the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, and has not circulated or distributed, nor will it circulate or distribute, the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the Registered Certificates, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than to an “institutional investor” (as defined in Section 4A(1)(c) of the Securities and Futures Act (Cap. 289) of Singapore (the “SFA”)) pursuant to Section 304 of the SFA.

(viii)         Except for the Accountants’ Due Diligence Reports, such Underwriter has not obtained (and, through and including the Closing Date, will not obtain without the consent of the Depositor) any Due Diligence Report in connection with the offering contemplated hereby and the Prospectus. Except for the Accountants

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with respect to the Accountants’ Due Diligence Reports, such Underwriter has not employed (and, through and including the Closing Date, will not employ without the consent of the Depositor) any third party to engage in any activity that constitutes Due Diligence Services, and has not received a Form 15E from any party, in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Prospectus.

2. Purchase and Sale.

(a)               Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the representations and warranties set forth herein, the Depositor agrees to sell to the Underwriters, and the Underwriters agree, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Depositor, at the applicable purchase prices set forth in Schedule I hereto, the respective certificate balances and notional amounts of the Registered Certificates set forth beneath the name of each Underwriter set forth in Schedule I, and any additional portions of the Registered Certificates that any such Underwriter may be obligated to purchase pursuant to Section 10 hereof, in all cases plus accrued interest as set forth in Schedule I.

(b)               Each Underwriter (severally, but not jointly) represents and covenants that it has not, and will not, enter into any contract for the sale of any Registered Certificates (i) less than three (3) business days after the filing of the Preliminary Prospectus, (ii) less than 48 hours after the date of the filing of any supplement to the Preliminary Prospectus with the Commission in accordance with Rule 424(h)(2) under the 1933 Act, and (iii) less than five (5) business days after the furnishing by the Depositor to the Commission, pursuant to Section 1(a)(xxix) of this Agreement, of any Form 15G (as defined herein).

3. Delivery and Payment.

Delivery of and payment for the Registered Certificates shall be made in the manner, at the location(s), on the Closing Date at the time specified in Schedule I hereto (or such later date not later than ten (10) business days after such specified date as you shall designate), which date and time may be changed by agreement between you and the Depositor or as provided in Section 10 hereof. Delivery of the Registered Certificates shall be made either directly to you or through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), as specified in Schedule I hereto, for the respective accounts of the Underwriters against payment by the respective Underwriters of the purchase price therefor in immediately available funds wired to such bank as may be designated by the Depositor, or such other manner of payment as may be agreed upon by the Depositor and you. Any Class of Registered Certificates to be delivered through the facilities of DTC shall be represented by one or more global Certificates registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC, which global Certificate(s) shall be placed in the custody of DTC not later than 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Closing Date pursuant to a custodial arrangement to be entered into between the Trustee or its agent and DTC. Unless delivered through the facilities of DTC, the Registered Certificates shall be in fully registered certificated form, in such denominations and registered in such names as you may have requested in writing not less than one full business day in advance of the Closing Date.

The Depositor agrees to have the Registered Certificates, including the global Certificates representing the Registered Certificates to be delivered through the facilities of DTC,

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available for inspection, checking and, if applicable, packaging by you not later than 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the last business day prior to the Closing Date.

References herein to actions taken or to be taken following the Closing Date with respect to any Registered Certificates that are to be delivered through the facilities of DTC shall include, if the context so permits, actions taken or to be taken with respect to the interests in such Registered Certificates as reflected on the books and records of DTC.

4. Offering by Underwriters; Free Writing Prospectuses; Preliminary Prospectus and Corrected Supplement.

(a)               It is understood that the Underwriters propose to offer the Registered Certificates for sale to the public, including, without limitation, in and from the State of New York, as set forth in this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus. It is further understood that the Depositor, in reliance upon an exemption from the Attorney General of the State of New York to be granted pursuant to Policy Statement 104 and 105, has not and will not file the offering pursuant to Section 352-e of the General Business Law of the State of New York with respect to the Registered Certificates.

(b)               In connection with the offering of the Registered Certificates, the Underwriters may each prepare and provide to prospective investors Free Writing Prospectuses (as defined below), or portions thereof, which the Depositor is required to file with the Commission in electronic format and will use reasonable efforts to provide to the Depositor such Free Writing Prospectuses, or portions thereof, in either Microsoft Word^® or Microsoft Excel^® format and not in a PDF, except to the extent that the Depositor, in its sole discretion, waives such requirements, subject to the following conditions (to which such conditions each Underwriter agrees (provided that no Underwriter is responsible for any breach of the following conditions by any other Underwriter)):

(i)                 Unless preceded or accompanied by a prospectus satisfying the requirements of Section 10(a) of the 1933 Act, such Underwriter shall not convey or deliver any written communication to any person in connection with the initial offering of the Registered Certificates, unless such written communication (A) is made in reliance on Rule 134 under the 1933 Act, (B) is the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus, (C) is made in reliance on Rule 172 under the 1933 Act, (D) constitutes a Free Writing Prospectus that does not constitute Time of Sale Information, or (E) constitutes such other written communication approved by the Depositor in advance. Without the prior written consent of the Depositor, such Underwriter shall not convey or deliver in connection with the initial offering of the Registered Certificates any ABS Informational and Computational Material in reliance upon Rules 167 and 426 under the 1933 Act. “ABS Informational and Computational Material” shall mean “ABS informational and computational material,” as defined in Item 1101(a) of Regulation AB under the 1933 Act and “Regulation AB” shall mean Subpart 229.1100 – Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R. §§229.1100-229.1125, as such rules may be amended from time to time, and subject to such clarification and interpretation as have been provided by the Commission or by the staff of the Commission, or as may be provided by the

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Commission or its staff from time to time, in each case as in effect on the date hereof and for which compliance is required as of the date hereof.

(ii)                 Such Underwriter shall deliver to the Depositor, no later than two (2) business days prior to the date of first use thereof, (A) any Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus that contains any “issuer information,” as defined in Rule 433(h) under the 1933 Act (“Issuer Information”) (which the parties hereto agree includes, without limitation, Mortgage Loan Seller Covered Information), and (B) any Free Writing Prospectus or portion thereof that contains only a description of the final terms of the Registered Certificates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Free Writing Prospectus that contains only ABS Informational and Computational Material may be delivered by such Underwriter to the Depositor not later than the later of (x) two (2) business days prior to the due date for filing of the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the 1933 Act or (y) the date of first use of such Free Writing Prospectus.

(iii)               Such Underwriter represents and warrants to the Depositor that the Free Writing Prospectuses to be furnished to the Depositor by such Underwriter pursuant to Section 4(b)(ii) will constitute all Free Writing Prospectuses of the type described therein that were furnished to prospective investors by such Underwriter in connection with its offer and sale of the Registered Certificates.

(iv)                Such Underwriter represents and warrants to the Depositor that each Free Writing Prospectus required to be provided by it to the Depositor pursuant to Section 4(b)(ii), when viewed together with the Time of Sale Information, did not, as of the Time of Sale, and will not as of the Closing Date, include any untrue statement of a material fact, when viewed in connection with all other prospectuses delivered to such investor on or prior to the Time of Sale, or omit any material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that such Underwriter makes no representation to the extent such misstatements or omissions were the result of any inaccurate Issuer Information that is Mortgage Loan Seller Covered Information, Master Servicer Covered Information, Special Servicer Covered Information, Outside Special Servicer Covered Information, Operating Advisor Covered Information, Trustee Covered Information, Certificate Administrator Covered Information or Asset Representations Reviewer Covered Information, which information was not corrected by Corrective Information subsequently supplied by the Depositor, any other party to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Mortgage Loan Seller to such Underwriter at any time prior to the Time of Sale.

(v)                  The Depositor agrees to file with the Commission the following:

  (A)             Any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to the extent required to be filed with the Commission by Rule 433 under the 1933 Act;

  (B)              Any Free Writing Prospectus or portion thereof delivered by any Underwriter to the Depositor pursuant to Section 4(b)(ii);

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  (C)              Any Free Writing Prospectus for which the Depositor or any person acting on its behalf provided, authorized or approved information that is prepared and published or disseminated by a person unaffiliated with the Depositor or any other offering participant that is in the business of publishing, radio or television broadcasting or otherwise disseminating communications; and

 (D)             Any ABS Informational and Computational Material that is not being treated as a Free Writing Prospectus.

(vi)               Any Free Writing Prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Section 4(b)(v) by the Depositor shall be filed with the Commission not later than the date of first use of such Free Writing Prospectus, except that:

  (A)             Any Free Writing Prospectus or portion thereof required to be filed that contains only the description of the final terms of the Registered Certificates shall be filed by the Depositor with the Commission within two days of the later of the date such final terms have been established for all Classes of Registered Certificates and the date of first use;

  (B)            Any Free Writing Prospectus or portion thereof required to be filed that contains only ABS Informational and Computational Material shall be filed by the Depositor with the Commission not later than the later of the due date for filing the final Prospectus relating to the Registered Certificates pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the 1933 Act and two (2) business days after the date of first use of such Free Writing Prospectus;

  (C)             Any Free Writing Prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Section 4(b)(v)(C) shall, if no payment has been made or consideration has been given by or on behalf of the Depositor for the Free Writing Prospectus or its dissemination, be filed by the Depositor with the Commission not later than four (4) business days after the Depositor becomes aware of the publication, radio or television broadcast or other dissemination of the Free Writing Prospectus; and

  (D)             The Depositor shall not be required to file (1) Issuer Information contained in any Free Writing Prospectus prepared by or on behalf of an Underwriter (an “Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus”) or by or on behalf of any other offering participant other than the Depositor, if such information is included or incorporated by reference in a prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus previously filed with the Commission that relates to the offering of the Registered Certificates, or (2) any Free Writing Prospectus or portion thereof that contains a description of the Registered Certificates or the offering of the Registered Certificates which does not reflect the final terms thereof.

(vii)              Such Underwriter shall file with the Commission any Free Writing Prospectus that is used or referred to by it and distributed by or on behalf of such Underwriter in a manner reasonably designed to lead to its broad, unrestricted dissemination not later than the date of the first use of such Free Writing Prospectus.

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(viii)             Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4(b)(vii), such Underwriter shall file with the Commission any Free Writing Prospectus for which such Underwriter or any person acting on its behalf provided, authorized or approved information that is prepared and published or disseminated by a person unaffiliated with the Depositor or any other offering participant that is in the business of publishing, radio or television broadcasting or otherwise disseminating written communications and for which no payment was made or consideration given by or on behalf of the Depositor or any other offering participant, not later than four (4) business days after such Underwriter becomes aware of the publication, radio or television broadcast or other dissemination of the Free Writing Prospectus.

(ix)                Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 4(b)(v) and 4(b)(vii), neither the Depositor nor such Underwriter shall be required to file any Free Writing Prospectus that does not contain substantive changes from or additions to a Free Writing Prospectus previously filed with the Commission.

(x)               The Depositor and such Underwriter each agree that any Free Writing Prospectuses prepared by it shall contain the following legend:

The depositor has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) (SEC File No. 333-259741) for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in the registration statement and other documents the depositor has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the depositor, the issuing entity and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the depositor, any underwriter, or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus after filing if you request it by calling toll free 1-866-718-1649 (8 a.m.–5 p.m. EST) or by emailing prospectus@ms.com.

(xi)               The Depositor and such Underwriter agree to retain all Free Writing Prospectuses that they have used and that are not required to be filed pursuant to this Section 4 for a period of three years following the initial bona fide offering of the Registered Certificates.

(xii)             In the event that the Depositor becomes aware that, as of the Time of Sale, the Preliminary Prospectus contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the Depositor shall (A) notify the Underwriters thereof within one (1) business day after discovery, (B) prepare and deliver to the Underwriters a supplement to the Preliminary Prospectus that corrects the material misstatement or omission in the Preliminary Prospectus and that meets the requirements of Rule 424(h)(2) under the 1933 Act (such supplement, a “Corrected Supplement”) and (C) file such Corrected Supplement with the Commission in accordance with Rule 424(h) under the 1933 Act. Upon receipt of such notice from the Depositor, the Underwriters shall:

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  (A)             Notify each investor in the Registered Certificates in a prompt fashion that any prior contract of sale with such investor has been terminated, and of such investor’s rights as a result of termination of such agreement;

  (B)              Upon receipt of a copy of such Corrected Supplement from the Depositor, deliver, at least 48 hours prior to sending a new confirmation of sale to an investor in the Registered Certificates in accordance with Rule 15c2-8(b) under the 1934 Act, such Corrected Supplement to such investor;

  (C)              Provide such investor with an opportunity to enter into a new contract of sale on the terms described in the Time of Sale Information (as updated by such Corrected Supplement); and

  (D)             Comply with any other requirements for reformation of the original contract of sale, as described in Section IV.A.2.c of the Commission’s Securities Offering Reform Release No. 33-8591.

(xiii)            If the Depositor becomes aware that, as of the Time of Sale, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (a “Defective Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”), the Depositor shall immediately notify the Underwriters thereof and the Depositor shall, if requested by the Underwriters, prepare and deliver to the Underwriters a Free Writing Prospectus that corrects the material misstatement or omission in the Defective Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (such corrected Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, a “Corrected Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”).

  (A)             If an Underwriter becomes aware that, with respect to any investor in a Registered Certificate, as of the Time of Sale, any Issuer Information contained in any Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus and delivered to such investor was not correctly reflected in such Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus such that it caused the Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus to contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (such Free Writing Prospectus, together with a Defective Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, a “Defective Free Writing Prospectus”), such Underwriter shall notify the Depositor and each other Underwriter thereof within one (1) business day after discovery.

  (B)              Each Underwriter shall, if requested by the Depositor:

(1)               if the Defective Free Writing Prospectus was an Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus, prepare a Free Writing Prospectus that corrects the material misstatement in or omission from the Defective Free Writing Prospectus (such corrected Free

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Writing Prospectus, together with a Corrected Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, a “Corrected Free Writing Prospectus”);

(2)               deliver the Corrected Free Writing Prospectus to each investor in a Registered Certificate which received the Defective Free Writing Prospectus prior to entering into an agreement to purchase any Registered Certificates;

(3)               if after the Time of Sale, notify such investor in a prominent fashion that the prior agreement to purchase Certificates has been terminated, and of the investor’s rights as a result of termination of such agreement;

(4)               if after the Time of Sale, provide such investor with an opportunity to affirmatively agree to purchase the Registered Certificates on the terms described in the Corrected Free Writing Prospectus; and

(5)               comply with any other requirements for reformation of the original contract of sale described in Section IV.A.2.c of the Commission’s Securities Offering Reform Release No. 33-8591.

  (C)             With respect to this clause (xiii), each Underwriter agrees that if the Depositor requests that an Underwriter prepare a Corrected Free Writing Prospectus with respect to a Defective Free Writing Prospectus that another Underwriter prepared, such other Underwriter will prepare the Corrected Free Writing Prospectus and will deliver the Corrected Free Writing Prospectus to the Depositor and each Underwriter so that each Underwriter may contact its respective investors.

  (D)            To the extent any Defective Free Writing Prospectus was defective as a result of incorrect Issuer Information being delivered to an Underwriter, the Depositor shall provide such corrected Issuer Information upon request from such Underwriter. The Depositor shall also notify the other Underwriters of such incorrect Issuer Information, to the extent it is provided notice hereunder.

(xiv)             Such Underwriter covenants with the Depositor that after the final Prospectus is available, such Underwriter shall not distribute any written information concerning the Registered Certificates that contains any Issuer Information to a prospective investor in a Registered Certificate unless such information is preceded or accompanied by the final Prospectus.

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(xv)           Such Underwriter further represents and warrants that it has offered and sold Registered Certificates in the United Kingdom only to, or directed at, persons who:

(A)             have professional experience in matters relating to investments and qualify as investment professionals in accordance with article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (as amended, the “Financial Promotion Order”);

(B)              are persons falling within Articles 49(2)(a) through (d) of the Financial Promotion Order; or

(C)              are persons to which the Prospectus may otherwise lawfully be communicated or directed.

(xvi)         Such Underwriter further (x) represents and warrants that it has not provided, as of the date of this Agreement, and covenants with the Depositor that it will not provide, on or prior to the Closing Date, to any Rating Agency or other “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (within the meaning of the 1934 Act), any information, written or oral, relating to the Trust Fund, the Certificates, the Mortgage Loans, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other information, that could be reasonably determined to be relevant to determining an initial credit rating for the Certificates (as contemplated by Rule 17g-5(a)(3)(iii)(C) under the 1934 Act), without the prior consent of the Depositor, and (y) covenants with the Depositor that it will not provide to any Rating Agency or other “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (within the meaning of the 1934 Act), any information, written or oral, relating to the Trust Fund, the Certificates, the Mortgage Loans, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other information, that could be reasonably determined to be relevant to undertaking credit rating surveillance for the Certificates (as contemplated by Rule 17g-5(a)(3)(iii)(D) under the 1934 Act), without the prior consent of the Depositor.

5. Covenants of the Depositor.

The Depositor covenants and agrees with the Underwriters that:

(a)               The Depositor will not file any amendment to the Registration Statement (other than by reason of Rule 429 under the 1933 Act) or any amendment or supplement to the Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus relating to or affecting the Registered Certificates, unless the Depositor has furnished a copy to you for your review a reasonable time period prior to filing, and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. Subject to the foregoing sentence, the Depositor shall cause the Prospectus to be transmitted to the Commission for filing pursuant to Rule 424 under the 1933 Act or shall cause the Prospectus to be filed with the Commission pursuant to said Rule 424. The Depositor promptly will advise you or counsel for the Underwriters (i) when the Prospectus shall have been filed or transmitted to the Commission for filing pursuant to Rule 424, (ii) when any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission

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to amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or for any additional information in respect of the offering contemplated hereby, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto which shall have become effective on or prior to the Closing Date or preventing or suspending the use of the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Depositor of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Registered Certificates for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose. The Depositor will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or suspension and, if issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.

(b)               If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Registered Certificates is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act, any event occurs as a result of which the Preliminary Prospectus (as then amended or supplemented) or the Prospectus (as then amended or supplemented) would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or the Prospectus to comply with the 1933 Act or the rules and regulations thereunder, the Depositor shall promptly prepare and file with the Commission, at the expense of the Depositor, subject to paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement that will correct such statement or omission or an amendment that will effect such compliance and, if such amendment or supplement is required to be contained in a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, the Depositor shall use its best efforts to cause such amendment to the Registration Statement to be made effective as soon as possible.

(c)               The Depositor shall furnish to you and to counsel for the Underwriters, upon request and without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and each amendment thereto which shall become effective on or prior to the Closing Date, and, upon request, to each other Underwriter, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and each such amendment and supplement thereto and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the 1933 Act, as many copies of the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus and any amendments and supplements thereto as you may reasonably request.

(d)               The Depositor shall furnish such information, execute such instruments and take such action, if any, as may be required to qualify the Registered Certificates for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as you may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Registered Certificates; provided that the Depositor shall not be required to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now qualified or to take any action that would subject it to general or unlimited service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not now subject to such service of process.

(e)               The Depositor shall pay, or cause to be paid, all costs and expenses in connection with the transactions herein contemplated, including, but not limited to, the fees and disbursements of its counsel; the costs and expenses of printing (or otherwise reproducing) and delivering the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Registered Certificates; the fees and

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disbursements of accountants for the Depositor; the reasonable out of pocket costs and expenses in connection with the qualification or exemption of the Registered Certificates under state securities or “Blue Sky” laws, including filing fees and reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel in connection therewith, in connection with the preparation of any “Blue Sky” survey and in connection with any determination of the eligibility of the Registered Certificates for investment by institutional investors and the preparation of any legal investment survey; the expenses of printing any such “Blue Sky” survey and legal investment survey; the cost and expenses in connection with the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto), the Preliminary Prospectus, the Term Sheet, ABS Informational and Computational Material and the Prospectus, the preparation and printing of this Agreement and the delivery to the Underwriters of such copies of the Preliminary Prospectus, the Term Sheet and the Prospectus as you may reasonably request; the fees of the Rating Agencies that we hire to rate the Registered Certificates; upfront costs and fees of other parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters. The Underwriters shall be responsible for paying all other costs and expenses incurred by them and not set forth in the preceding sentence in connection with the purchase and sale of the Registered Certificates.

(f)                To the extent that the Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that the Underwriters are to receive any notices or reports, or have any other rights thereunder, the Depositor shall enforce the rights of the Underwriters under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and shall not consent to any amendment of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement that would adversely affect such rights of the Underwriters.

(g)               The Depositor shall, as to itself, and as to the Trust Fund, shall cause the Trustee (or the Certificate Administrator on behalf of the Trustee) to be required pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to, satisfy and comply with all reporting requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder.

(h)               The Depositor shall take all reasonable action necessary to enable the Rating Agencies to provide their respective credit ratings of the Registered Certificates as described in Section 1(a)(xix).

(i)                 The Depositor will, pursuant to reasonable procedures developed in good faith, retain copies of each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not filed with the Commission in accordance with Rule 433 under the 1933 Act.

6. Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriters.

The obligation of each Underwriter hereunder to purchase its allocated share of the Registered Certificates shall be subject to: (i) the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Depositor and MSMCH contained herein as of the date hereof, as of the date of the effectiveness of any amendment to the Registration Statement filed prior to the Closing Date, as of the date the Prospectus or any supplement thereto is filed with the Commission and as of the Closing Date; (ii) the accuracy of the statements of the Depositor made in any certificates delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof; (iii) the performance by the Depositor of its obligations hereunder; (iv) the performance by the Depositor and each Mortgage

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Loan Seller of their respective obligations under the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement to be performed on or prior to the Closing Date; and (v) the following additional conditions:

(a)               The Registration Statement shall have become effective and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, as amended from time to time, shall have been issued and not withdrawn and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or, to the Depositor’s knowledge, threatened; and the Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus and all other Time of Sale Information shall have been filed or transmitted for filing with the Commission in accordance with Rule 424 under the 1933 Act or, in the case of each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, to the extent required by Rule 433 under the 1933 Act, as applicable.

(b)               You shall have received from counsel for the Underwriters, a favorable opinion, dated the Closing Date, as to such matters regarding the Registered Certificates as you may reasonably request.

(c)               The Depositor shall have delivered to you a certificate of the Depositor, signed by an authorized officer of the Depositor and dated the Closing Date, to the effect that: (i) the representations and warranties of the Depositor in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects at and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date; and (ii) the Depositor has in all material respects complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part that are required hereby to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date; and MSMCH shall have delivered to you a certificate of MSMCH, signed by an authorized officer of MSMCH and dated the Closing Date, to the effect that: (i) the representations and warranties of MSMCH in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects at and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date; and (ii) MSMCH has, in all material respects, complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date.

(d)               You shall have received (i) with respect to MSMCH, a good standing certificate from the Secretary of State of the State of New York and (ii) with respect to the Depositor, a good standing certificate from the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, each dated not earlier than 30 days prior to the Closing Date.

(e)               (i)                         You shall have received from the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Depositor, in his or her individual capacity, a certificate, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that: (x) each individual who, as an officer or representative of the Depositor, signed this Agreement, or any other document or certificate delivered on or before the Closing Date in connection with the transactions contemplated herein, was at the respective times of such signing and delivery, and is as of the Closing Date, duly elected or appointed, qualified and acting as such officer or representative, and the signatures of such persons appearing on such documents and certificates are their genuine signatures; and (y) no event (including, without limitation, any act or omission on the part of the Depositor) has occurred since the date of the good standing certificate referred to in Section 6(d) hereof which has affected the good standing of the Depositor under the laws of the State of Delaware. Such certificate shall be accompanied by true and complete copies (certified as such by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the

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Depositor) of the certificate of incorporation and by-laws of the Depositor, as in effect on the Closing Date, and of the resolutions of the Depositor and any required shareholder consent relating to the transactions contemplated in this Agreement; and (ii) you shall have received from the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of MSMCH, in his or her individual capacity, a certificate, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that: (x) each individual who, as an officer or representative of MSMCH, signed this Agreement or any other document or certificate delivered on or before the Closing Date in connection with the transactions contemplated herein, was at the respective times of such signing and delivery, and is as of the Closing Date, duly elected or appointed, qualified and acting as such officer or representative, and the signatures of such persons appearing on such documents and certificates are their genuine signatures; and (y) no event (including, without limitation, any act or omission on the part of MSMCH) has occurred since the date of the certificate referred to in Section 6(d) hereof which has affected the existence of MSMCH under the laws of the United States of America. Such certificate shall be accompanied by true and complete copies (certified as such by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of MSMCH) of the articles of organization and operating agreement of MSMCH, as in effect on the Closing Date, and of the resolutions of MSMCH and any required member consent relating to the transactions contemplated in this Agreement.

(f)                You shall have received from in-house counsel of the Depositor or special counsel to the Depositor, one or more favorable opinions, dated the Closing Date in form and substance satisfactory to you and counsel for the Underwriters.

(g)               You shall have received one or more letters of counsel to the Underwriters, relating to the Time of Sale Information as of the Time of Sale and to the Prospectus as of the date thereof and as of the Closing Date, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to you.

(h)               You shall have received from in-house counsel to MSMCH, one or more favorable opinions, dated the Closing Date in form and substance satisfactory to you and counsel for the Underwriters.

(i)                You shall have received from a third-party accounting firm a copy of the Accountants’ Due Diligence Reports and letters satisfactory in form and substance to you and counsel for the Underwriters, to the following effect:

(i)                 they have performed certain specified procedures as a result of which they have determined that the information of an accounting, financial or statistical nature set forth (A) in the Prospectus under the captions “Summary of Terms,” “Description of the Mortgage Pool” and “Yield and Maturity Considerations”, (B) on Annexes A-1, A-2 and A-3 to each of the Prospectus and the Preliminary Prospectus and (C) in the Term Sheet agrees with the Master Tapes prepared by or on behalf of the Mortgage Loan Sellers, unless non-material deviations are otherwise noted in such letter; and

(ii)               they have compared an agreed-upon portion of the data contained in the Master Tapes referred to in the immediately preceding clause (i) to information contained in the Mortgage Loan files and in such other sources as shall be specified by

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them, and found such data and information to be in agreement in all material respects, unless non-material deviations are otherwise noted in such letter.

(j)                 You shall have received written confirmation from the Rating Agencies that the ratings assigned to the Registered Certificates on the Closing Date are as described in Section 1(a)(xix) and that, as of the Closing Date, no notice has been given of (i) any intended or possible downgrading or (ii) any review or possible changes in such ratings.

(k)                 You shall have received from the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Trustee, in his or her individual capacity, a certificate, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the information under the heading “Transaction Parties—The Trustee” in the Prospectus is true and correct in all material respects.

(l)                 You shall have received from the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Certificate Administrator, in his or her individual capacity, a certificate, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the information under the heading “Transaction Parties—The Certificate Administrator” in the Prospectus is true and correct in all material respects.

(m)               You shall have received from the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Master Servicer, in his or her individual capacity, a certificate, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the information relating to the Master Servicer under the heading “Transaction Parties—The Master Servicer—Wells Fargo Bank, National Association” in the Prospectus is true and correct in all material respects.

(n)                 You shall have received from the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Special Servicer, in his or her individual capacity, a certificate, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the information relating to the Special Servicer under the heading “Transaction Parties—The Special Servicer—Argentic Services Company LP” in the Prospectus is true and correct in all material respects.

(o)                 You shall have received from the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Outsider Special Servicer, in his or her individual capacity, a certificate, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the information relating to the Outsider Special Servicer under the heading “Transaction Parties—The Special Servicer—The BANK 2023-BNK45 Special Servicer” in the Prospectus is true and correct in all material respects.

(p)                 You shall have received from the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Operating Advisor, in his or her individual capacity, a certificate, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the information relating to the Operating Advisor under the heading “Transaction Parties—The Operating Advisor and Asset Representations Reviewer” in the Prospectus is true and correct in all material respects.

(q)                You shall have received from the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Asset Representations Reviewer, in his or her individual capacity, a certificate, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the information relating to the Asset Representations Reviewer under the heading “Transaction Parties—The Operating Advisor and Asset Representations Reviewer” in the Prospectus, is true and correct in all material respects.

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(r)                  You shall have received from counsel for each Mortgage Loan Seller, the Retaining Sponsor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Outside Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator a favorable opinion, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters and counsel for the Underwriters.

(s)                 You shall have received copies of any opinions from special counsel to the Depositor, supplied to the Depositor for posting on its 17g-5 website relating to certain matters with respect to the Registered Certificates, the transfer of the Mortgage Loans and any other matters related thereto. Any such opinions shall be dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriters.

(t)                  All proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and all documents incident hereto shall be satisfactory in form and substance to you and counsel for the Underwriters, and you and such counsel shall have received such additional information, certificates and documents as you or they may have reasonably requested.

(u)               The Depositor shall timely comply with all requirements of Rules 15Ga-2 and 17g-5 under the 1934 Act to the satisfaction of the Underwriters.

If any of the conditions specified in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled in all material respects when and as provided in this Agreement, if the Depositor is in breach of any covenants or agreements contained herein or if any of the opinions and certificates referred to above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be in all material respects reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to you and counsel for the Underwriters, this Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may be canceled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date by you. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Depositor in writing, or by telephone confirmed in writing.

 

7. Reimbursement of Underwriters’ Expenses.

If the sale of the Registered Certificates provided for herein is not consummated because any condition to the obligations of the Underwriters set forth in Section 6 hereof is not satisfied because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Depositor to perform any agreement herein or comply with any provision hereof, other than by reason of a default by any of the Underwriters, the Depositor and MSMCH, jointly and severally, shall reimburse the Underwriters severally, upon demand, for all out of pocket expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) that shall have been incurred by them in connection with the proposed purchase and sale of the Registered Certificates.

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8. Indemnification.

(a)               The Depositor and MSMCH, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its officers and directors and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act as follows:

(i)                 against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, arising out of (A) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement (including the information included therein or deemed to be a part thereof), or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (B) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, (C) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in (w) the Preliminary Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), (x) any other Time of Sale Information, (y) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or (z) Issuer Information contained in any Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus or any information contained in any Free Writing Prospectus that is required to be filed pursuant to Section 4(b)(vii), or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of clause (x) through (z) above, when read in conjunction with the other Time of Sale Information), in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, which was not corrected by Corrective Information subsequently supplied by the Depositor, any Mortgage Loan Seller, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Outside Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer to such Underwriter at any time prior to the Time of Sale (or in the case of any Corrective Information correcting information in the Preliminary Prospectus, at least 48 hours prior to the Time of Sale), or (D) any breach of the representation and warranty in Section 1(a)(xx); provided that, in the case of clauses (A), (B) and (C) above, the indemnity provided by this Section 8(a) shall not apply to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense to the extent any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or omission with respect to information with respect to which a Mortgage Loan Seller agrees in the related Mortgage Loan Seller Indemnification Agreement to provide indemnification (the “Mortgage Loan Seller Covered Information”); provided further, that the indemnification provided by this Section 8 shall not apply to the extent that such untrue statement or omission of a material fact was made as a result of an error in the manipulation of, or in any calculations based upon, or in any aggregation of the information regarding the Mortgage Loans, the related Mortgagors and/or the related Mortgaged Properties set forth in the Master Tapes or Annex A-1 to the Prospectus or the Preliminary Prospectus, to the extent (x) such information was materially incorrect in the applicable Master Tape or such Annex A-1, as applicable, including without limitation the aggregation of such information relating to the Mortgage Loans in the Trust Fund or the information provided

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by the Mortgage Loan Sellers, and (y) such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense would be subject to the provisions of the related Mortgage Loan Seller Indemnification Agreement; and provided further, that the indemnification provided by this Section 8 shall not apply to the Mortgage Loan Seller Covered Information, the Master Servicer Covered Information, the Special Servicer Covered Information, the Outside Special Servicer Covered Information, the Certificate Administrator Covered Information, the Trustee Covered Information, the Operating Advisor Covered Information or the Asset Representations Reviewer Covered Information;

(ii)                against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or of any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, if such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Depositor or as otherwise contemplated by Section 8(c) hereof; and

(iii)                       against any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred (including the fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by such Underwriter), reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, to the extent that any such expense is not paid under (i) or (ii) above; provided, however, that the indemnity provided by this Section 8(a) shall not apply to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense to the extent arising out of any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with Underwriter Information furnished to the Depositor by any Underwriter expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto).

(b)               Each Underwriter, severally but not jointly, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Depositor, its directors, each of its officers who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Depositor within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act, against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense described in the indemnity contained in Section 8(a), as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions (when read in conjunction with the Time of Sale Information) made in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Depositor by such Underwriter expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) (collectively, “Underwriter Information”); provided that no such material misstatement or omission arises from an error or omission in information relating to the underlying data regarding the Mortgage Loans or the related Mortgagors or Mortgaged Properties provided by the Depositor or any Mortgage Loan Seller to such Underwriter. In addition, each Underwriter, severally but not

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jointly, shall indemnify and hold harmless the Depositor, its directors, each of its officers who signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Depositor within the meaning of either Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act, against any and all losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses, as incurred, arising out of any (i) untrue statements or alleged untrue statements of a material fact, or omissions or alleged omissions to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in the Underwriter Information, and (ii) untrue statements or alleged untrue statements of a material fact, or omissions or alleged omissions to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in any Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus or that arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state in such Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that no Underwriter shall be obligated to so indemnify and hold harmless (A) to the extent the Depositor is entitled to indemnification or contribution therefor (I) under the indemnity of any Mortgage Loan Seller set forth in the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or (II) set forth in any Indemnification Agreement, (B) with respect to information that is also contained in the Time of Sale Information, or (C) to the extent such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses are caused by a misstatement or omission resulting from an error or omission in the Issuer Information supplied by the Depositor or any Mortgage Loan Seller to an Underwriter which was not corrected by Corrective Information subsequently supplied by the Depositor or any Mortgage Loan Seller to such Underwriter at any time prior to the Time of Sale. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the indemnity in clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence will apply only if such misstatement or omission was not also a misstatement or omission in the Prospectus. Furthermore, no Underwriter shall be obligated to indemnify or hold harmless the Depositor or any other person or entity otherwise entitled to such indemnification or to be held harmless under this subsection (b) for any liability that is based upon or arises from the information set forth in the first sentence of the ninth paragraph and the first sentence of the tenth paragraph under the caption “Plan of Distribution (Conflicts of Interest)” in the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) to the extent that both (1) such information is based upon and is in conformity with the information set forth in the Prospectus (or such amendment or supplement thereto) that is not Underwriter Information and (2) such non-Underwriter Information either contains an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission of a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or fails to comply with Regulation AB.

It is hereby acknowledged that the statements set forth in (i)  the penultimate paragraph on the cover of the Prospectus, (ii) the third sentence of the seventh paragraph under the caption “Important Notice Regarding the Offered Certificates” in the Prospectus and (iii) the statements in the first and third sentences of the fourth paragraph, the first sentence of the ninth paragraph, the first sentence of the tenth paragraph and the eleventh paragraph under the caption “Plan of Distribution (Conflicts of Interest)” in the Prospectus, constitute the only written information furnished to the Depositor by the Underwriters expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Time of Sale Information, or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto).

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(c)               Each indemnified party shall give notice as promptly as reasonably practicable to each indemnifying party of any action commenced against it in respect of which indemnity may be sought hereunder, but failure to so notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve such indemnifying party from any liability under Section 8(a) or Section 8(b) hereof (unless the indemnifying party is materially prejudiced by such failure) or any liability that it may have otherwise than on account of the indemnity provided by this Section 8. Upon request of the indemnified party, the indemnifying party shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party and any others the indemnifying party may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and disbursements of such counsel related to such proceeding as incurred. An indemnifying party may participate at its own expense in the defense of any such action and, to the extent that it may elect by written notice delivered to the indemnified party promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice from the indemnified party, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party. In any such proceeding, any indemnified party shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party unless (i) the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have agreed in writing to the retention of such counsel, or (ii) the indemnifying party shall not have assumed the defense of such action, with counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party, within a reasonable period following the indemnifying party’s receiving notice of such action, or (iii) the named parties to any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the indemnifying party and the indemnified party and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. In no event shall the indemnifying party or parties be liable for fees and expenses of more than one counsel (or, in the event the Depositor or MSMCH is the indemnifying party, one counsel for each Underwriter) (in addition to any local counsel) separate from its or their own counsel for all indemnified parties in connection with any one action or separate but similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances. Unless it shall assume the defense of any proceeding, an indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld) but, if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party shall indemnify the indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel or any other expenses for which the indemnifying party is obligated under this subsection, the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 45 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request and (ii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. If an indemnifying party assumes the defense of any proceeding, it shall be entitled to settle such proceeding with the consent of the indemnified party or, if such settlement provides for an unconditional release of the indemnified party in connection with all matters relating to the proceeding that have been asserted against the indemnified party in such proceeding by the other parties to such settlement, which release does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party, without the consent of the indemnified party.

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(d)               The indemnity provided by this Section 8 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any termination of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by the Depositor, MSMCH, the Underwriters, any of their respective directors or officers, or any person controlling the Depositor, MSMCH or the Underwriters, and (iii) acceptance of and payment for any of the Registered Certificates.

The indemnity provided by this Section 8 will be in addition to any liability that any Underwriter, the Depositor or MSMCH may otherwise have.

9. Contribution.

(a)               In order to provide for just and equitable contribution in circumstances in which the indemnity provided by Section 8 hereof is for any reason held to be unenforceable by the indemnified parties although applicable in accordance with its terms, or if such indemnification provided for in Section 8 hereof is unavailable or insufficient in respect of any losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses referred to therein, the Depositor and MSMCH, jointly and severally, and the Underwriters, severally and not jointly, shall contribute to the aggregate losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses of the nature contemplated by the indemnity provided by Section 8 hereof incurred by the Depositor and the Underwriters, as incurred, (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Depositor and MSMCH on the one hand and each Underwriter on the other hand from the offering of the Registered Certificates or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Depositor and MSMCH on the one hand and of each Underwriter on the other hand in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, expenses or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations (taking into account the parties’ relative knowledge and access to information concerning the matter with respect to which the claim was asserted, the opportunity to correct and prevent any statement or omission or failure to comply, and any other equitable considerations appropriate under the circumstances). The relative benefits received by the Depositor and MSMCH on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand shall be deemed to be in the same respective portions as the net proceeds (before deducting expenses) received by the Depositor from the sale of the Registered Certificates and the total underwriting discounts and commissions and other fees received by the Underwriters in connection therewith bear to the aggregate offering price of the Registered Certificates. The relative fault of the Depositor and MSMCH on the one hand and of each Underwriter on the other hand shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Depositor and MSMCH or by the Underwriters, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation; and no Underwriter shall be obligated to contribute more than its share of underwriting discounts and commissions and other fees pertaining to the Registered Certificates less any damages otherwise paid by such Underwriter with respect to any such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense. It is hereby acknowledged that the respective Underwriters’ obligations under this Section 9 shall be

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several and not joint. For purposes of this Section 9, each person, if any, who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act, and such Underwriter’s officers and directors, shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each director of the Depositor, each officer of the Depositor who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Depositor within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Depositor.

(b)               The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution were determined by pro rata or per capita allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the considerations referred to in subsection (a) above. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses referred to in Section 8 hereof or this Section 9 shall be deemed to include any legal fees and disbursements or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such claim except where the indemnified party is required to bear such expenses, which expenses the indemnifying party shall pay as and when incurred, at the request of the indemnified party, to the extent that it is reasonable to believe that the indemnifying party will be ultimately obligated to pay such expenses. In the event that any expenses so paid by the indemnifying party are subsequently determined to not be required to be borne by the indemnifying party hereunder, the party which received such payment shall promptly refund the amount so paid to the party which made such payment. The remedies provided for in Section 8 hereof and this Section 9 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies that may otherwise be available to any indemnified party at law or in equity.

(c)               The contribution agreements contained in this Section 9 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any termination of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by the Depositor, MSMCH, the Underwriters, any of their respective directors or officers, or any person controlling the Depositor, MSMCH or the Underwriters, and (iii) acceptance of and payment for any of the Registered Certificates.

10. Default by an Underwriter.

If any one or more Underwriters shall fail to purchase and pay for any of the Registered Certificates agreed to be purchased by such Underwriter or Underwriters hereunder and such failure to purchase shall constitute a default in the performance of its or their obligations under this Agreement, the remaining Underwriters shall be obligated severally and not jointly (in the respective proportions which the portion of the Registered Certificates set forth below their names in Schedule I hereto bears to the aggregate amount of Registered Certificates set forth below the names of all the remaining Underwriters) to purchase the Registered Certificates that the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase; provided that no Underwriter shall be obligated under this Section 10 to purchase Certificates of a Class that it is not otherwise obligated to purchase under this Agreement, and provided, however, that in the event that the amount of Registered Certificates that the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase shall exceed 10% of the aggregate principal amount of Registered Certificates set forth in Schedule I hereto, the remaining Underwriters shall have the right to purchase all, but shall not be under any obligation to

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purchase any, of the Registered Certificates, and if such non-defaulting Underwriters do not purchase all of the Registered Certificates, this Agreement will terminate without liability to any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Depositor, except as provided in Section 11 or Section 14 hereof. In the event of a default by any Underwriter as set forth in this Section 10, the Closing Date for the Registered Certificates shall be postponed for such period, not exceeding ten (10) business days, as you shall determine in order that the required changes in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter of its liability, if any, to the Depositor and any non-defaulting Underwriter for damages occasioned by its default hereunder.

11. Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive Delivery.

All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement, or contained in certificates of officers of the Depositor and MSMCH submitted pursuant hereto, shall remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, or by or on behalf of the Depositor and MSMCH, or by or on behalf of any of the controlling persons and officers and directors referred to in Sections 8 and 9 hereof, and shall survive delivery of the Registered Certificates to the Underwriters.

12. Recognition of U.S. Special Resolution Regimes.

(a)               In the event a Covered Party becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer of this Agreement (and any interest and obligation in or under, and any property securing, this Agreement) from such Covered Party will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement (and any interest and obligation in or under, and any property securing, this Agreement) were governed by the laws of the United States or a State of the United States.

(b)               In the event that a Covered Party or any BHC Affiliate of such Covered Party becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, any Default Right under this Agreement that may be exercised against such Covered Party is permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Right could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States or a State of the United States.

“BHC Affiliate” has the meaning assigned to the term “affiliate” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. §1841(k).

“Covered Party” means any party to this Agreement that is one of the following: (i) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §252.82(b); (ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §47.3(b), or any subsidiary of such a covered bank to which 12 C.F.R. Part 47 applies in accordance with 12 C.F.R. §47.3(b); or (iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §382.2(b).

“Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.

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“U.S. Special Resolution Regime” means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

13. Limitation on the Exercise of Certain Rights Related to Affiliate Insolvency Proceedings.

(a)               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other agreement, but subject to the requirements of Section 12, no party to this Agreement shall be permitted to exercise any Default Right against a Covered Party with respect to this Agreement that is related, directly or indirectly, to a BHC Affiliate of such party becoming subject to a receivership, insolvency, liquidation, resolution, or similar proceeding (each an “Insolvency Proceeding”), except to the extent the exercise of such Default Right would be permitted under the creditor protection provisions of 12 C.F.R. § 252.84, 12 C.F.R. § 47.5, or 12 C.F.R. § 382.4, as applicable.

(b)               After a BHC Affiliate of a Covered Party has become subject to Insolvency Proceedings, if any party to this Agreement seeks to exercise any Default Right against such Covered Party with respect to this Agreement, the party seeking to exercise a Default Right shall have the burden of proof, by clear and convincing evidence, that the exercise of such Default Right is permitted hereunder.

14. Termination of Agreement; Survival.

(a)               The Underwriters may terminate their obligations under this Agreement, by notice to the Depositor, at any time at or prior to the Closing Date (i) if there has been, since the date of this Agreement or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Depositor, MSMCH or any other Mortgage Loan Seller whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, (ii) if there has occurred any outbreak of hostilities or escalation thereof or other calamity or crisis the effect of which is such as to make it, in the reasonable judgment of any Underwriter, impracticable or inadvisable to market the Registered Certificates or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Registered Certificates, (iii) if trading in any securities of the Depositor or of MSMCH has been suspended or limited by the Commission or the New York Stock Exchange, or if trading generally on the American Stock Exchange or the New York Stock Exchange or on the NASDAQ National Market or the over-the-counter market has been suspended or limited, or minimum or maximum prices for trading have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices have been required, by any of said exchanges or by such system or by order of the Commission, the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. or any other governmental authority, (iv) if a banking moratorium has been declared by either federal or New York authorities, or (v) if a material disruption in securities settlement, payments or clearance services in the United States or other relevant jurisdiction shall have occurred and be continuing on the Closing Date, or the effect of which is such as to make it, in the reasonable judgment of such Underwriter, impractical to market the Registered Certificates or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Registered Certificates.

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(b)               If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section 14, such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party, except as provided in Section 11 or Section 14(c) hereof.

(c)               The provisions of Section 5(e) hereof regarding the payment of costs and expenses and the provisions of Sections 8 and 9 hereof shall survive the termination of this Agreement, whether such termination is pursuant to this Section 14 or otherwise.

15. Notices.

All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication. Notice to the Depositor, MSMCH or MS&Co. shall be directed to Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC or Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as applicable, 1585 Broadway, New York, New York 10036, Attention: Jane Lam (with a copy to the attention of Legal Compliance Division at 1633 Broadway, 29^th Floor, New York, New York 10019 and a copy by email to cmbs_notices@morganstanley.com); notice to Wells Fargo Securities shall be directed to it at 30 Hudson Yards, 15th Floor, New York, New York 10001, Attention: A.J. Sfarra, email: cmbsnotices@wellsfargo.com (with a copy to the attention of Troy Stoddard, Esq., Wells Fargo Legal Department, MAC D1050-266, 401 South Tryon Street, 26th Floor, Charlotte, North Carolina 28202); and notice to Siebert Williams shall be directed to it at 100 Wall Street, 18th Floor, New York, New York 10005, Attention: Compliance Department, email: compliance@siebertwilliams.com; or, in any case, such other address as may hereafter be furnished by the Underwriters, the Depositor or MSMCH to the other such parties in writing.

16. Parties.

This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon each of the parties hereto and their respective successors. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, firm or corporation, other than the parties hereto and their respective successors and the controlling persons and officers and directors referred to in Sections 8 and 9 hereof and their respective successors, heirs and legal representatives, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. This Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof are intended to be for the sole and exclusive benefit of each of the parties hereto and their respective successors, and said controlling persons and officers and directors and their respective successors, heirs and legal representatives, and for the benefit of no other person, firm or corporation. No investor in Registered Certificates from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor or assign merely by reason of such purchase.

17. Governing Law.

This Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to or in connection with this Agreement, the relationship of the parties, and/or the interpretation and enforcement of the rights and duties of the parties will be governed by the laws of the State of

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New York without regard to any conflicts of law principles other than Section 5-1401 of the New York General Obligations Law.

18. Waiver of Jury Trial.

EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

19. Submission to Jurisdiction.

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY (I) SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY NEW YORK STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS SITTING IN NEW YORK CITY WITH RESPECT TO MATTERS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT; (II) AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS WITH RESPECT TO ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN RESPECT OF SUCH MATTERS MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE OR FEDERAL COURTS; (III) WAIVES THE DEFENSE OF ANY INCONVENIENT FORUM; AND (IV) AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW.

20. Counterparts.

This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original and all of which shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. This Agreement shall be valid, binding and enforceable against a party when executed and delivered by an authorized individual on behalf of the party by means of (i) an original manual signature; (ii) a faxed, scanned or photocopied manual signature; or (iii) any other electronic signature permitted by the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, state enactments of the Uniform Electronic Transaction Act, and/or any other relevant electronic signatures law, including any relevant provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code (collectively, “Signature Law”), in each case, to the extent applicable. Each faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature, or other electronic signature, shall for all purposes have the same validity, legal effect, and admissibility in evidence as an original manual signature. Each party hereto shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon, and shall have no liability with respect to, any faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature, or other electronic signature, of any other party and shall have no duty to investigate, confirm or otherwise verify the validity or authenticity thereof. For the avoidance of doubt, original manual signatures shall be used for execution or indorsement of writings when required under the Uniform Commercial Code or other Signature Law due to the character or intended character of the writings.

21. Miscellaneous.

This Agreement supersedes all prior or contemporaneous agreements and understandings relating to the subject matter hereof. Neither this Agreement nor any term hereof

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may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated except by a writing signed by the party against whom enforcement of such change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought.

22. Obligations Solely Contractual in Nature; No Fiduciary Relationship.

The Depositor acknowledges and agrees that the responsibility to the Depositor of the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement is solely contractual in nature and that none of the Underwriters or their affiliates will be acting in a fiduciary or advisory capacity, or will otherwise owe any fiduciary or advisory duty, to the Depositor pursuant to this Agreement in connection with the offering of the Registered Certificates and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

[Signature pages follow]

 

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to us a counterpart hereof, whereupon this letter and your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement between the Depositor, MSMCH and the several Underwriters.

	Very truly yours,
	MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL I INC.
	By:	/s/ Jane Lam
		Name:  Jane Lam
		Title:    President

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	MORGAN STANLEY MORTGAGE CAPITAL
		HOLDINGS LLC
	By:	/s/ Brandon Atkins
		Name:  Brandon Atkins
		Title:    Vice President

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The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written.

	MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC
	By:	/s/ Kwasi Benneh
		Name:  Kwasi Benneh
		Title:    Managing Director

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	WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC
	By:	/s/ Nicholas Cerulo
		Name:  Nicholas Cerulo
		Title:    Vice President

 

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	SIEBERT WILLIAMS SHANK & CO., LLC
	By:	/s/ David Coard
		Name:  David Coard
		Title:    Senior Managing Director

 

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SCHEDULE I

Underwriting Agreement, dated as of May 19, 2023.

Certificates: MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1,
Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1

Class	Initial Aggregate Certificate Balance or Notional Amount of Class	Aggregate Certificate Balance or Notional Amount of Class to be Purchased by Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC	Aggregate Certificate Balance or Notional Amount of Class to be Purchased by Wells Fargo Securities, LLC	Aggregate Certificate Balance or Notional Amount of Class to be Purchased by Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC	Initial Pass-Through Rate	Purchase Price(1)
Class A-1	$2,500,000	$750,000	$1,750,000	$0	5.5390%	99.99876%
Class A-2	$104,300,000	$31,290,000	$73,010,000	$0	6.4510%	102.99659%
Class A-SB	$7,000,000	$2,100,000	$4,900,000	$0	5.9770%	102.99819%
Class A-4	$155,000,000	$46,500,000	$108,500,000	$0	5.4720%	100.99693%
Class A-4-1	$0	$0	$0	$0	4.9720%	N/A%
Class A-4-2	$0	$0	$0	$0	4.4720%	N/A%
Class A-4-X1	$0(2)	$0(2)	$0(2)	$0	0.5000%	N/A%
Class A-4-X2	$0(2)	$0(2)	$0(2)	$0	1.0000%	N/A%
Class A-5	$195,985,000	$58,795,500	$137,189,500	$0	5.7520%	102.99560%
Class A-5-1	$0	$0	$0	$0	5.2520%	N/A%
Class A-5-2	$0	$0	$0	$0	4.7520%	N/A%
Class A-5-X1	$0(2)	$0(2)	$0(2)	$0	0.5000%	N/A%
Class A-5-X2	$0(2)	$0(2)	$0(2)	$0	1.0000%	N/A%
Class X-A	$464,785,000(2)	$139,435,500(2)	$325,349,500(2)	$0(2)	1.0878%	5.82317%
Class X-B	$122,006,000(2)	$36,601,800(2)	$85,404,200(2)	$0(2)	0.3556%	1.86205%
Class A-S	$61,418,000	$18,425,400	$42,992,600	$0	6.1990%	102.99415%
Class A-S-1	$0	$0	$0	$0	5.6990%	N/A%
Class A-S-2	$0	$0	$0	$0	5.1990%	N/A%
Class A-S-X1	$0(2)	$0(2)	$0(2)	$0	0.5000%	N/A%
Class A-S-X2	$0(2)	$0(2)	$0(2)	$0	1.0000%	N/A%
Class B	$34,859,000	$10,457,700	$24,401,300	$0	6.9055%	102.25630%
Class B-1	$0	$0	$0	$0	6.4055%	N/A%
Class B-2	$0	$0	$0	$0	5.9055%	N/A%
Class B-X1	$0(2)	$0(2)	$0(2)	$0	0.5000%	N/A%
Class B-X2	$0(2)	$0(2)	$0(2)	$0	1.0000%	N/A%
Class C	$25,729,000	$7,718,700	$18,010,300	$0	6.9055%	92.38237%
Class C-1	$0	$0	$0	$0	6.4055%	N/A%
Class C-2	$0	$0	$0	$0	5.9055%	N/A%
Class C-X1	$0(2)	$0(2)	$0(2)	$0	0.5000%	N/A%
Class C-X2	$0(2)	$0(2)	$0(2)	$0	1.0000%	N/A%

 

(1) Expressed as a percentage of the aggregate Certificate Balance or Notional Amount, as applicable, of the relevant Class of Certificates to be purchased. There shall be added to the purchase price for each Class of the Certificates accrued interest at the initial Pass-Through Rate therefor on the aggregate stated amount thereof to be purchased from May 1, 2023 to but not including the Closing Date.

(2) Notional amount.

Closing Date and Location: 10:00 a.m. on May 25, 2023 at the offices of special counsel to the Depositor in New York, New York.

     

EX-4.1

Exhibit 4.1 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

 

 

 

 

MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL I INC.,
as Depositor

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,
as Master Servicer

ARGENTIC SERVICES COMPANY LP,
as Special Servicer

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee

and

Pentalpha Surveillance LLC,
as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer

 

 

 

 

POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT

 

Dated as of May 1, 2023

 

 

 

 

Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 2023-1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

Article I   DEFINITIONS		6
Section 1.01	Defined Terms.	6
Section 1.02	Certain Calculations.	138
Article II   CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS; ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES		139
Section 2.01	Conveyance of Mortgage Loans.	139
Section 2.02	Acceptance by Trustee.	146
Section 2.03	Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Depositor; Mortgage Loan Sellers’ Repurchase or Substitution of Mortgage Loans for Defects in Mortgage Files and Breaches of Representations and Warranties.	152
Section 2.04	Execution of Certificates; Issuance of Lower-Tier Regular Interests.	168
Section 2.05	Creation of the Grantor Trust.	169
Article III   ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF THE TRUST FUND		169
Section 3.01	Master Servicers to Act as Master Servicers; Special Servicers to Act as Special Servicers; Administration of the Mortgage Loans, the Serviced Companion Loans, and REO Properties.	169
Section 3.02	Collection of Mortgage Loan Payments.	178
Section 3.03	Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Servicing Accounts.	184
Section 3.04	The Collection Accounts, the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, the Companion Distribution Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account and the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account.	188
Section 3.05	Permitted Withdrawals from the Collection Accounts, the Distribution Accounts and the Companion Distribution Account.	195
Section 3.06	Investment of Funds in Collection Accounts, REO Accounts and Loss of Value Reserve Fund.	206
Section 3.07	Maintenance of Insurance Policies; Errors and Omissions and Fidelity Coverage.	208
Section 3.08	Enforcement of Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption Agreements.	214
Section 3.09	Realization Upon Defaulted Loans and Companion Loans.	220

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Section 3.10	Trustee and Certificate Administrator to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files.	224
Section 3.11	Servicing Compensation.	225
Section 3.12	Inspections; Collection of Financial Statements.	233
Section 3.13	Access to Certain Information.	238
Section 3.14	Title to REO Property; REO Account.	253
Section 3.15	Management of REO Property.	254
Section 3.16	Sale of Defaulted Loans and REO Properties.	256
Section 3.17	Additional Obligations of Master Servicers and Special Servicers.	264
Section 3.18	Modifications, Waivers, Amendments and Consents.	267
Section 3.19	Transfer of Servicing Between Master Servicers and Special Servicers; Recordkeeping; Asset Status Report.	279
Section 3.20	Sub-Servicing Agreements.	287
Section 3.21	Interest Reserve Account.	291
Section 3.22	Directing Certificateholder and Operating Advisor Contact with Master Servicers and Special Servicers.	291
Section 3.23	Controlling Class Certificateholders, Directing Certificateholder and the Risk Retention Consultation Party; Certain Rights and Powers of Directing Certificateholder and the Risk Retention Consultation Party.	291
Section 3.24	Intercreditor Agreements.	296
Section 3.25	Rating Agency Confirmation.	299
Section 3.26	The Operating Advisor.	301
Section 3.27	Companion Paying Agent.	309
Section 3.28	Serviced Companion Noteholder Register.	310
Section 3.29	Certain Matters Relating to the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans and the Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans.	310
Section 3.30	Certain Matters with Respect to Joint Mortgage Loans.	313
Section 3.31	Resignation Upon Prohibited Risk Retention Affiliation.	317
Section 3.32	Litigation Control.	318
Section 3.33	Delivery of Excluded Information to the Certificate Administrator.	321
Article IV   DISTRIBUTIONS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS		322
Section 4.01	Distributions.	322
Section 4.02	Distribution Date Statements; CREFC® Investor Reporting Packages; Grant of Power of Attorney.	335
Section 4.03	P&I Advances.	341
Section 4.04	Allocation of Realized Losses.	345
Section 4.05	Appraisal Reduction Amounts; Collateral Deficiency Amounts.	346
Section 4.06	Grantor Trust Reporting.	351
Section 4.07	Investor Q&A Forum; Investor Registry; and Rating Agency Q&A Forum and Document Request Tool.	352
Section 4.08	Secure Data Room.	356

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Article V   THE CERTIFICATES		357
Section 5.01	The Certificates.	357
Section 5.02	Form and Registration.	358
Section 5.03	Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates.	360
Section 5.04	Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates.	367
Section 5.05	Persons Deemed Owners.	368
Section 5.06	Access to List of Certificateholders’ Names and Addresses; Special Notices.	368
Section 5.07	Maintenance of Office or Agency.	369
Section 5.08	Appointment of Certificate Administrator.	369
Section 5.09	[RESERVED]	370
Section 5.10	Voting Procedures.	370
Section 5.11	Exchangeable Certificates.	371
Article VI   THE DEPOSITOR, THE MASTER SERVICERS, THE SPECIAL SERVICERS, the Operating Advisor, the asset representations reviewer, THE DIRECTING CERTIFICATEHOLDER AND THE Risk Retention Consultation Party		374
Section 6.01	Representations, Warranties and Covenants of each Applicable Master Servicer, each Applicable Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer.	374
Section 6.02	Liability of the Depositor, each applicable Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor, each applicable Special Servicer and the Asset Representations Reviewer.	380
Section 6.03	Merger, Consolidation or Conversion of the Depositor, a Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor, a Special Servicer or the Asset Representations Reviewer.	380
Section 6.04	Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and Others.	382
Section 6.05	Depositor, Master Servicers and Special Servicers Not to Resign.	388
Section 6.06	Rights of the Depositor in Respect of each applicable Master Servicer and Special Servicer.	388
Section 6.07	Master Servicers and Special Servicers as Certificate Owners.	389
Section 6.08	The Directing Certificateholder and the Risk Retention Consultation Party.	389
Section 6.09	Knowledge of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association.	399
Section 6.10	Knowledge of Computershare Trust Company, National Association.	399

 

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Article VII   SERVICER TERMINATION EVENTS		399
Section 7.01	Servicer Termination Events; Master Servicers and Special Servicers Termination.	399
Section 7.02	Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor.	408
Section 7.03	Notification to Certificateholders.	410
Section 7.04	Waiver of Servicer Termination Events.	410
Section 7.05	Trustee as Maker of Advances.	411
Article VIII   CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE AND THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR		411
Section 8.01	Duties of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator.	411
Section 8.02	Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator.	412
Section 8.03	Trustee and Certificate Administrator Not Liable for Validity or Sufficiency of Certificates or Mortgage Loans.	415
Section 8.04	Trustee or Certificate Administrator May Own Certificates.	415
Section 8.05	Fees and Expenses of Trustee and Certificate Administrator; Indemnification of Trustee and Certificate Administrator.	415
Section 8.06	Eligibility Requirements for Trustee and Certificate Administrator.	417
Section 8.07	Resignation and Removal of the Trustee and Certificate Administrator.	418
Section 8.08	Successor Trustee or Certificate Administrator.	420
Section 8.09	Merger or Consolidation of Trustee or Certificate Administrator.	421
Section 8.10	Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.	421
Section 8.11	Appointment of Custodians.	422
Section 8.12	Representations and Warranties of the Trustee.	422
Section 8.13	Provision of Information to Certificate Administrator, Master Servicers and Special Servicers.	423
Section 8.14	Representations and Warranties of the Certificate Administrator.	424
Section 8.15	Compliance with the PATRIOT Act.	425
Article IX   TERMINATION		425
Section 9.01	Termination upon Repurchase or Liquidation of All Mortgage Loans.	425
Section 9.02	Additional Termination Requirements.	429
Article X   ADDITIONAL REMIC PROVISIONS		430
Section 10.01	REMIC Administration.	430

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Section 10.02	Use of Agents.	434
Section 10.03	Depositor, Master Servicers and Special Servicers to Cooperate with Certificate Administrator.	434
Section 10.04	Appointment of REMIC Administrators.	435
Article XI   EXCHANGE ACT REPORTING AND REGULATION AB COMPLIANCE		436
Section 11.01	Intent of the Parties; Reasonableness.	436
Section 11.02	Succession; Subcontractors.	436
Section 11.03	Filing Obligations.	439
Section 11.04	Form 10-D and Form ABS-EE Filings.	439
Section 11.05	Form 10-K Filings.	443
Section 11.06	Sarbanes-Oxley Certification.	446
Section 11.07	Form 8-K Filings.	448
Section 11.08	Form 15 Filing.	449
Section 11.09	Annual Compliance Statements.	450
Section 11.10	Annual Reports on Assessment of Compliance with Servicing Criteria.	451
Section 11.11	Annual Independent Public Accountants’ Attestation Report.	454
Section 11.12	Indemnification.	455
Section 11.13	Amendments.	457
Section 11.14	Regulation AB Notices.	458
Section 11.15	Certain Matters Relating to the Future Securitization of the Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans.	458
Section 11.16	Certain Matters Regarding Significant Obligors.	464
Section 11.17	Impact of Cure Period.	464
Article XII   THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER		464
Section 12.01	Asset Review.	464
Section 12.02	Payment of Asset Representations Reviewer Fees and Expenses; Limitation of Liability.	470
Section 12.03	Resignation of the Asset Representations Reviewer.	471
Section 12.04	Restrictions of the Asset Representations Reviewer.	472
Section 12.05	Termination of the Asset Representations Reviewer.	472
Article XIII   MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS		475
Section 13.01	Amendment.	475
Section 13.02	Recordation of Agreement; Counterparts.	480
Section 13.03	Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders.	481

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Section 13.04	Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial.	482
Section 13.05	Notices.	482
Section 13.06	Severability of Provisions.	487
Section 13.07	Grant of a Security Interest.	487
Section 13.08	Successors and Assigns; Third Party Beneficiaries.	488
Section 13.09	Article and Section Headings.	488
Section 13.10	Notices to the Rating Agencies.	489
Section 13.11	Cooperation with the Mortgage Loan Sellers with Respect to Rights Under the Mortgage Loan Agreements.	490

 

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EXHIBITS

EXHIBIT A-1	Form of Certificate (Other than Class R and Class V Certificates)
EXHIBIT A-2	Form of Class R Certificate
EXHIBIT A-3	Form of Class V Certificate
EXHIBIT B	Mortgage Loan Schedule
EXHIBIT C	Form of Investment Representation Letter
EXHIBIT D-1	Form of Transferee Affidavit for Transfers of Class R Certificates
EXHIBIT D-2	Form of Transferor Letter for Transfers of Class R Certificates
EXHIBIT D-3	[RESERVED]
EXHIBIT D-4	[RESERVED]
EXHIBIT D-5	[RESERVED]
EXHIBIT E	Form of Request for Release
EXHIBIT F-1	Form of ERISA Representation Letter Regarding ERISA Restricted Certificates
EXHIBIT F-2	Form of ERISA Representation Letter Regarding Class R Certificates and Class V Certificates
EXHIBIT G	Form of Distribution Date Statement
EXHIBIT H	Form of Omnibus Assignment
EXHIBIT I	Form of Transfer Certificate for Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate to Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate During Restricted Period
EXHIBIT J	Form of Transfer Certificate for Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate to Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate After Restricted Period
EXHIBIT K	Form of Transfer Certificate for Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate to Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate During Restricted Period
EXHIBIT L	Form of Transfer Certificate for Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate to Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate After Restricted Period
EXHIBIT M	Form of Transfer Certificate for Non-Book Entry Certificate to Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate
EXHIBIT N	Form of Transfer Certificate for Non-Book Entry Certificate to Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate
EXHIBIT O	Form of Transfer Certificate for Non-Book Entry Certificate to Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate
EXHIBIT P-1A	Form of Investor Certification for Non-Borrower Party and/or the Risk Retention Consultation Party (for Persons Other than the Directing Certificateholder and/or a Controlling Class Certificateholder)
EXHIBIT P-1B	Form of Investor Certification for Non-Borrower Party (for the Directing Certificateholder and/or a Controlling Class Certificateholder)
EXHIBIT P-1C	Form of Investor Certification for Borrower Party (for Persons Other than the Directing Certificateholder, the Risk Retention Consultation Party and/or a Controlling Class Certificateholder)
EXHIBIT P-1D	Form of Investor Certification for Borrower Party (for the Directing Certificateholder and/or a Controlling Class Certificateholder)
EXHIBIT P-1E	Form of Notice of Excluded Controlling Class Holder
EXHIBIT P-1F	Form of Notice of [Excluded Loan] [Excluded Controlling Class Holder] to Certificate Administrator
EXHIBIT P-1G	Form of Certification of the Directing Certificateholder

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EXHIBIT P-1H	Form of Certification of the Risk Retention Consultation Party
EXHIBIT P-2	Form of Certification for NRSROs
EXHIBIT P-3	Online Market Data Provider Certification
EXHIBIT Q	Custodian Certification/Exception Report
EXHIBIT R-1	Form of Power of Attorney – Master Servicers
EXHIBIT R-2	Form of Power of Attorney – Special Servicers
EXHIBIT S	Initial Serviced Companion Noteholders
EXHIBIT T	Form of Notice Relating to the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans
EXHIBIT U	Form of Notice and Certification Regarding Defeasance of Mortgage Loan
EXHIBIT V	Form of Operating Advisor Annual Report
EXHIBIT W	Form of Notice from Operating Advisor Recommending Replacement of a Special Servicer
EXHIBIT X	Form of Confidentiality Agreement
EXHIBIT Y	Form Certification to be Provided with Form 10-K
Exhibit Y-1	Form of Certification to be Provided to Depositor by Certificate Administrator
Exhibit Y-2	Form of Certification to be Provided to Depositor by Master Servicer
Exhibit Y-3	Form of Certification to be Provided to Depositor by Special Servicer
Exhibit Y-4	Form of Certification to be Provided to Depositor by Trustee
Exhibit Y-5	Form of Certification to be Provided to Depositor by Operating Advisor
Exhibit Y-6	Form of Certification to be Provided to Depositor by Custodian
EXHIBIT Y-7	Form of Certification to be Provided to Depositor by Asset Representations Reviewer
EXHIBIT Z	Servicing Criteria to be Addressed in Assessment of Compliance
EXHIBIT AA	Additional Form 10-D Disclosure
EXHIBIT BB	Additional Form 10-K Disclosure
EXHIBIT CC	Form 8-K Disclosure Information
EXHIBIT DD	Additional Disclosure Notification
EXHIBIT EE	Initial Sub-Servicers
EXHIBIT FF	Servicing Function Participants
EXHIBIT GG	Form of Annual Compliance Statement
EXHIBIT HH	Form of Report on Assessment of Compliance with Servicing Criteria
EXHIBIT II	CREFC® Payment Information
EXHIBIT JJ	Form of Notice of Additional Indebtedness Notification
EXHIBIT KK	[Reserved]
EXHIBIT LL	Additional Disclosure Notification (Accounts)
EXHIBIT MM	Form of Notice of Purchase of Controlling Class Certificate
EXHIBIT NN	Form of Asset Review Report by the Asset Representations Reviewer
EXHIBIT OO	Form of Asset Review Report Summary
EXHIBIT PP	Asset Review Procedures
EXHIBIT QQ	Form of Certification to Certificate Administrator Requesting Access to Secure Data Room
EXHIBIT RR	Form of Notice of [Additional Delinquent Loan][Cessation of Delinquent Loan][Cessation of Asset Review Trigger]
EXHIBIT SS	[Reserved]
EXHIBIT TT	Form of Exchange Letter

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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1	Mortgage Loans With Additional Debt
SCHEDULE 2	Class A-SB Planned Principal Balance Schedule
SCHEDULE 3	Mortgage Loans With Escrows or Reserves Exceeding 10% of the Initial Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan or (if applicable) Whole Loan

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This Pooling and Servicing Agreement is dated and effective as of May 1, 2023, between Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer.

PRELIMINARY STATEMENT

The Depositor intends to sell commercial mortgage pass-through certificates (collectively, the “Certificates”), to be issued hereunder in multiple classes, which in the aggregate will evidence the entire beneficial ownership interest in the Trust to be created hereunder, the primary assets of which will be a pool of commercial mortgage loans. As provided herein, the Certificate Administrator shall elect or shall cause an election to be made to treat designated portions of the Trust (exclusive of the Excess Interest and the proceeds thereof in the Excess Interest Distribution Account) for federal income tax purposes as two (2) separate real estate mortgage investment conduits (the “Upper-Tier REMIC” and the “Lower-Tier REMIC”, and each a “Trust REMIC” as described herein).

In addition, the parties intend that the portion of the Trust Fund consisting of the Grantor Trust Designated Portions shall be classified as an “investment trust” under section 301.7701-4(c) of the Treasury Regulations and that the holders of the Exchangeable Certificates and the Class V Certificates shall be treated as holding undivided beneficial ownership interests in the corresponding Grantor Trust Designated Portion, under subpart E, part I of subchapter J of the Code (such arrangement, the “Grantor Trust”). The Certificate Administrator shall take all actions expressly required hereunder to ensure that, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Grantor Trust remains classified as a grantor trust and that the holders of the Exchangeable Certificates and the Class V Certificates continue to be the owners of their Grantor Trust Designated Portions. The Grantor Trust shall not be treated as part of either Trust REMIC.

The Depositor intends to sell the Certificates to the Underwriters and the Initial Purchasers.

LOWER-TIER REMIC

The Lower-Tier REMIC will hold the Mortgage Loans (exclusive of Excess Interest) and will issue the Class LA1, Class LA2, Class LASB, Class LA4, Class LA5, Class LAS, Class LB, Class LC, Class LD, Class LE, Class LF, Class LGRR and Class LHRR Uncertificated Interests (the “Lower-Tier Regular Interests”), which will be the “regular interests” in the Lower-Tier REMIC. The Lower-Tier REMIC will also issue the uncertificated Class LR Interest, which is the sole Class of “residual interests” in the Lower-Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions and is represented by the Class R Certificates.

The following table sets forth the Class designation, the Original Lower-Tier Principal Amounts and per annum rates of interest for the Lower-Tier Regular Interests and the Class LR Interest:

 

 

Class Designation	Interest Rate	Original Lower-Tier Principal Amount
Class LA1	(1)	$	2,500,000
Class LA2	(1)	$	104,300,000
Class LASB	(1)	$	7,000,000
Class LA4	(1)	$	155,000,000
Class LA5	(1)	$	195,985,000
Class LAS	(1)	$	61,418,000
Class LB	(1)	$	34,859,000
Class LC	(1)	$	25,729,000
Class LD	(1)	$	16,599,000
Class LE	(1)	$	7,470,000
Class LF	(1)	$	14,110,000
Class LGRR	(1)	$	9,129,000
Class LHRR	(1)	$	29,879,991
Class LR	None(2)		None

 

⁽¹⁾ The interest rate for each Class of Lower-Tier Regular Interests on any Distribution Date will be the Weighted Average Net Mortgage Rate for such Distribution Date.

⁽²⁾ The Class LR Interest (evidenced by the Class R Certificates) will not have a Certificate Balance or Notional Amount, will not bear interest and will not be entitled to distributions of Prepayment Premiums or Yield Maintenance Charges. Any Available Funds remaining in the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account after distributing the Lower-Tier Distribution Amount will be deemed distributed to the Class LR Interest and shall be payable to the Holders of the Class R Certificates.

UPPER-TIER REMIC

The Upper-Tier REMIC will hold the Lower-Tier Regular Interests and will issue the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class X-A, Class X-B, Class X-D, Class X-F, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G-RR and Class H-RR Certificates, the Class A-4, Class A-4-X1, Class A-4-X2, Class A-5, Class A-5-X1, Class A-5-X2, Class A-S, Class A-S-X1, Class A-S-X2, Class B, Class B-X1, Class B-X2, Class C, Class C-X1 and Class C-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interests, each of which will represent a “regular interest” in the Upper-Tier REMIC (the “Upper-Tier Regular Interests”). Each of the Upper-Tier Regular Interests designated Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class X-A, Class X-B, Class X-D, Class X-F, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G-RR and Class H-RR will be represented by a Class of Regular Certificates with the same alphanumeric designation and Pass-Through Rate, Certificate Balance or Notional Amount and entitlements as such Class of Regular Certificates.

The Upper-Tier REMIC will also issue the uncertificated Class UR Interest, which will be the sole Class of “residual interests” in the Upper-Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions and is represented by the Class R Certificates. The Class R Certificates will not have a Certificate Balance or a Notional Amount, bear interest or be entitled to distributions of Prepayment Premiums or Yield Maintenance Charges. Any Available Funds remaining in the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, after all required distributions under this Agreement have been made to each Class of Regular Certificates and Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular

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Interests will be deemed distributed to the Class UR Interest and shall be payable to the Holders of the Class R Certificates.

THE UPPER-TIER REGULAR INTERESTS

The following table (and related paragraphs) sets forth the designation, the initial Pass-Through Rate and the aggregate initial principal amount (the “Original Certificate Balance”) or Notional Amount (the “Original Notional Amount”), as applicable, for each Class of Upper-Tier Regular Interests:

Designation of Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Initial Pass-Through Rate(1)	Original Certificate Balance or Notional Amount
Class A-1	5.5390%	$	2,500,000
Class A-2	6.4510%	$	104,300,000
Class A-SB	5.9770%	$	7,000,000
Class A-4	4.4720%	$	155,000,000
Class A-4-X1	0.5000%	$	155,000,000(2)
Class A-4-X2	0.5000%	$	155,000,000(2)
Class A-5	4.7520%	$	195,985,000
Class A-5-X1	0.5000%	$	195,985,000(2)
Class A-5-X2	0.5000%	$	195,985,000(2)
Class X-A	1.0878%	$	464,785,000(2)
Class X-B	0.3556%	$	122,006,000(2)
Class X-D	2.9055%	$	24,069,000(2)
Class X-F	2.9055%	$	14,110,000(2)
Class A-S	5.1990%	$	61,418,000
Class A-S-X1	0.5000%	$	61,418,000(2)
Class A-S-X2	0.5000%	$	61,418,000(2)
Class B	5.9055%	$	34,859,000
Class B-X1	0.5000%	$	34,859,000(2)
Class B-X2	0.5000%	$	34,859,000(2)
Class C	5.9055%	$	25,729,000
Class C-X1	0.5000%	$	25,729,000(2)
Class C-X2	0.5000%	$	25,729,000(2)
Class D	4.0000%	$	16,599,000
Class E	4.0000%	$	7,470,000
Class F	4.0000%	$	14,110,000
Class G-RR	6.9055%	$	9,129,000
Class H-RR	6.9055%	$	29,879,991

 

⁽¹⁾ The Pass-Through Rate for each Upper-Tier Regular Interest will be calculated in accordance with the definition of “Pass-Through Rate”.

⁽²⁾ None of the Class X-A, Class X-B, Class X-D or Class X-F Certificates or the Class A-4-X1, Class A-4-X2, Class A-5-X1, Class A-5-X2, Class A-S-X1, Class A-S-X2, Class B-X1, Class B-X2, Class C-X1 or Class C-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interests will have a Certificate Balance or be entitled to distributions of principal; rather, such Classes will accrue interest as provided herein on the Notional Amount thereof.

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The foregoing structure is intended to cause all of the cash from the Mortgage Loans (other than the Excess Interest) to flow through to the Upper-Tier REMIC as cash flow on the Upper-Tier Regular Interests, without creating any shortfall, actual or potential (other than for credit losses), to any REMIC regular interests. To the extent that the structure is believed to diverge from such intention, the parties identifying such ambiguity shall notify the other parties hereto and the parties involved will resolve such ambiguities to accomplish the intended result and will to the extent necessary rectify any drafting errors or seek clarification to the structure without Certificateholder approval (but with guidance of counsel) to accomplish such intention, including, to the extent necessary, making any amendments in accordance with Section 13.01 of this Agreement.

THE GRANTOR TRUST

The following table sets forth each Class of Certificates that represents an undivided beneficial interest in the corresponding portion of the Grantor Trust (each such portion, a “Grantor Trust Designated Portion”).

Class of Certificates	Corresponding Grantor Trust Designated Portion
Each Class of Exchangeable Certificates	The related Exchangeable Class Specific Grantor Trust Assets
Class V Certificates	Class V Specific Grantor Trust Assets

As provided herein, the Certificate Administrator shall not take any actions that would (i) cause the Grantor Trust not to be classified as a grantor trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (ii) cause the holders of such Classes of Certificates not to be the owners of their Grantor Trust Designated Portions or (iii) cause the Grantor Trust to be treated as part of any Trust REMIC. The Class V Certificates will not have a Certificate Balance or a Notional Amount, bear interest or be entitled to distributions of Prepayment Premiums or Yield Maintenance Charges.

As of the close of business on the Cut-off Date, the Mortgage Loans had an aggregate principal balance, after application of all payments of principal due on or before such date, whether or not received, equal to $663,978,992.

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WHOLE LOANS

Whole Loan	Type	Non-Serviced PSA	Mortgage Loan	Companion Loan(s)
CX – 250 Water Street	Non-Serviced Whole Loan	BANK 2023-BNK45 PSA(1)	CX – 250 Water Street Mortgage Loan	CX – 250 Water Street Pari Passu Companion Loans
Barbours Cut IOS	Serviced Whole Loan	N/A	Barbours Cut IOS Mortgage Loan	Barbours Cut IOS Pari Passu Companion Loans
SOMO Village	Serviced Whole Loan	N/A	SOMO Village Mortgage Loan	SOMO Village Pari Passu Companion Loan
100 & 150 South Wacker Drive	Non-Serviced Whole Loan	BANK 2023-BNK45 PSA	100 & 150 South Wacker Drive Mortgage Loan	100 & 150 South Wacker Drive Pari Passu Companion Loans
Pacific Design Center	Non-Serviced Whole Loan	Benchmark 2023-B38 PSA	Pacific Design Center Mortgage Loan	Pacific Design Center Pari Passu Companion Loans and Pacific Design Center Subordinate Companion Loan
Cumberland Mall	Non-Serviced Whole Loan	Benchmark 2023-V2 PSA	Cumberland Mall Mortgage Loan	Cumberland Mall Pari Passu Companion Loans
Conair Glendale	Non-Serviced Whole Loan	BANK 2023-BNK45 PSA	Conair Glendale Mortgage Loan	Conair Glendale Pari Passu Companion Loan
Rialto Industrial	Serviced Whole Loan	N/A	Rialto Industrial Mortgage Loan	Rialto Industrial Pari Passu Companion Loans
Museum Tower	Serviced Whole Loan	N/A	Museum Tower Mortgage Loan	Museum Tower Pari Passu Companion Loans
100 Jefferson Road	Serviced Whole Loan	N/A	100 Jefferson Road Mortgage Loan	100 Jefferson Road Pari Passu Companion Loans
Metroplex	Serviced Whole Loan	N/A	Metroplex Mortgage Loan	Metroplex Pari Passu Companion Loans
3800 Horizon Boulevard	Serviced Whole Loan	N/A	3800 Horizon Boulevard Mortgage Loan	3800 Horizon Boulevard Pari Passu Companion Loan
Heritage Plaza	Non-Serviced Whole Loan	Benchmark 2023-V2 PSA(1)	Heritage Plaza Mortgage Loan	Heritage Plaza Pari Passu Companion Loans

⁽¹⁾ On and after the CX – 250 Water Street Lead Note Securitization Date, the CX – 250 Water Street Whole Loan will be serviced pursuant to the Non-Serviced PSA governing the securitization of the CX – 250 Water Street Lead Note.

⁽²⁾ On and after the Heritage Plaza Lead Note Securitization Date, the Heritage Plaza Whole Loan will be serviced pursuant to the Non-Serviced PSA governing the securitization of the Heritage Plaza Lead Note.

Each of the Whole Loans listed above consists of the corresponding Mortgage Loan and Companion Loan(s) listed next to such Whole Loan. With respect to any Whole Loan, each of the Mortgage Loan and any related Pari Passu Companion Loan(s) are pari passu with each other to the extent provided in the related Intercreditor Agreement, and any related AB Subordinate Companion Loan(s) are generally subordinate to the related Mortgage Loan and any Pari Passu

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Companion Loan(s) to the extent provided in the related Intercreditor Agreement. Each Serviced Whole Loan will be serviced and administered in accordance with this Agreement and the related Intercreditor Agreement. Each Non-Serviced Whole Loan will be serviced and administered in accordance with the related Non-Serviced PSA and the related Intercreditor Agreement.

The Companion Loans are not part of the Trust Fund, but are each secured by the applicable Mortgage that secures the related Mortgage Loan that is part of the Trust Fund. Amounts attributable to any Companion Loan will not be part of the Trust Fund, and (except to the extent that such amounts are payable or reimbursable to any party to this Agreement) will be owned by the related Companion Holders.

In consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

Article I

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.01        Defined Terms. Whenever used in this Agreement, including in the Preliminary Statement, the following capitalized terms, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the meanings specified in this Article.

“10-K Filing Deadline”: As defined in Section 11.05(a).

“100 & 150 South Wacker Drive Intercreditor Agreement”: The Agreement Between Note Holders, dated as of January 24, 2023, by and between the holders of the respective promissory notes evidencing the 100 & 150 South Wacker Drive Whole Loan, relating to the relative rights of such holders, as the same may be further amended in accordance with the terms thereof.

“100 & 150 South Wacker Drive Mortgage Loan”: With respect to the 100 & 150 South Wacker Drive Whole Loan, the Mortgage Loan that is included in the Trust (identified as Mortgage Loan No. 4 on the Mortgage Loan Schedule), which is evidenced by promissory note A-2.

“100 & 150 South Wacker Drive Mortgaged Property”: The Mortgaged Property that secures the 100 & 150 South Wacker Drive Whole Loan.

“100 & 150 South Wacker Drive Pari Passu Companion Loans”: With respect to the 100 & 150 South Wacker Drive Whole Loan, as of the Closing Date, the pari passu companion loan evidenced by the related promissory note A-1, made by the related Mortgagor and secured by the Mortgage on the 100 & 150 South Wacker Drive Mortgaged Property, which is not included in the Trust and which is pari passu in right of payment to the 100 & 150 South Wacker Drive Mortgage Loan to the extent set forth in the related Mortgage Loan documents and as provided in the 100 & 150 South Wacker Drive Intercreditor Agreement.

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“100 & 150 South Wacker Drive Whole Loan”: The 100 & 150 South Wacker Drive Mortgage Loan together with the 100 & 150 South Wacker Drive Pari Passu Companion Loan, each of which is secured by the same Mortgage on the 100 & 150 South Wacker Drive Mortgaged Property. References herein to the 100 & 150 South Wacker Drive Whole Loan shall be construed to refer to the aggregate indebtedness under the 100 & 150 South Wacker Drive Mortgage Loan and the 100 & 150 South Wacker Drive Pari Passu Companion Loan.

“100 Jefferson Road Intercreditor Agreement”: The Co-Lender Agreement, dated as of March 10, 2023, by and between the holders of the respective promissory notes evidencing the 100 Jefferson Road Whole Loan, relating to the relative rights of such holders, as the same may be further amended in accordance with the terms thereof.

“100 Jefferson Road Mortgage Loan”: With respect to the 100 Jefferson Road Whole Loan, the Mortgage Loan that is included in the Trust (identified as Mortgage Loan No. 11 on the Mortgage Loan Schedule), which is evidenced by promissory note A-2.

“100 Jefferson Road Mortgaged Property”: The Mortgaged Property that secures the 100 Jefferson Road Whole Loan.

“100 Jefferson Road Pari Passu Companion Loans”: With respect to the 100 Jefferson Road Whole Loan, as of the Closing Date, the pari passu companion loans evidenced by the related promissory notes A-1, A-3 and A-4, made by the related Mortgagor and secured by the Mortgage on the 100 Jefferson Road Mortgaged Property, which are not included in the Trust and which are pari passu in right of payment to the 100 Jefferson Road Mortgage Loan to the extent set forth in the related Mortgage Loan documents and as provided in the 100 Jefferson Road Intercreditor Agreement.

“100 Jefferson Road Whole Loan”: The 100 Jefferson Road Mortgage Loan together with the 100 Jefferson Road Pari Passu Companion Loans, each of which is secured by the same Mortgage on the 100 Jefferson Road Mortgaged Property. References herein to the 100 Jefferson Road Whole Loan shall be construed to refer to the aggregate indebtedness under the 100 Jefferson Road Mortgage Loan and the 100 Jefferson Road Pari Passu Companion Loans.

“15Ga-1 Notice”: As defined in Section 2.02(g).

“15Ga-1 Repurchase Request”: As defined in Section 2.02(g).

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

“17g-5 Information Provider’s Website”: The 17g-5 Information Provider’s Internet website, which shall initially be located within the Certificate Administrator’s Website (initially “www.ctslink.com”), under the “NRSRO” tab on the page relating to this transaction.

“3800 Horizon Boulevard Intercreditor Agreement”: The Co-Lender Agreement, dated as of May 8, 2023, by and between the holders of the respective promissory notes evidencing the 3800 Horizon Boulevard Whole Loan, relating to the relative rights of such holders, as the same may be further amended in accordance with the terms thereof.

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“3800 Horizon Boulevard Mortgage Loan”: With respect to the 3800 Horizon Boulevard Whole Loan, the Mortgage Loan that is included in the Trust (identified as Mortgage Loan No. 14 on the Mortgage Loan Schedule), which is evidenced by promissory notes A-1 and A-2.

“3800 Horizon Boulevard Mortgaged Property”: The Mortgaged Property that secures the 3800 Horizon Boulevard Whole Loan.

“3800 Horizon Boulevard Pari Passu Companion Loan”: With respect to the 3800 Horizon Boulevard Whole Loan, as of the Closing Date, the pari passu companion loan evidenced by the related promissory note A-3, made by the related Mortgagor and secured by the Mortgage on the 3800 Horizon Boulevard Mortgaged Property, which is not included in the Trust and which is pari passu in right of payment to the 3800 Horizon Boulevard Mortgage Loan to the extent set forth in the related Mortgage Loan documents and as provided in the 3800 Horizon Boulevard Intercreditor Agreement.

“3800 Horizon Boulevard Whole Loan”: The 3800 Horizon Boulevard Mortgage Loan together with the 3800 Horizon Boulevard Pari Passu Companion Loan, each of which is secured by the same Mortgage on the 3800 Horizon Boulevard Mortgaged Property. References herein to the 3800 Horizon Boulevard Whole Loan shall be construed to refer to the aggregate indebtedness under the 3800 Horizon Boulevard Mortgage Loan and the 3800 Horizon Boulevard Pari Passu Companion Loan.

“AB Control Appraisal Period”: With respect to a Serviced AB Whole Loan, a “Control Appraisal Period” or equivalent term under the related AB Intercreditor Agreement. There are no Serviced AB Whole Loans as of the Closing Date.

“AB Intercreditor Agreement”: Any Intercreditor Agreement by and among the holder(s) of one or more AB Subordinate Companion Loan(s) and the holder of the related Mortgage Loan and the holders of any related Pari Passu Companion Loans, relating to the relative rights of such holders of the related AB Whole Loan, as the same may be further amended in accordance with the terms thereof. As of the Closing Date, the Pacific Design Center Intercreditor Agreement is an AB Intercreditor Agreement.

“AB Major Decision” With respect to a Serviced AB Whole Loan, a “major decision” or equivalent term under the related AB Intercreditor Agreement.

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

“AB Mortgage Loan”: One or more senior “A notes” that is part of an AB Whole Loan and which is a Mortgage Loan that is part of the Trust Fund. As of the Closing Date, the Pacific Design Center Mortgage Loan is an AB Mortgage Loan.

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“AB Mortgaged Property”: The Mortgaged Property that secures the related AB Whole Loan. As of the Closing Date, the Pacific Design Center Mortgaged Property is an AB Mortgaged Property.

“AB Subordinate Companion Loan”: With respect to any AB Whole Loan, any related companion loan evidenced by the related promissory note made by the related Mortgagor and secured by the Mortgage on the related AB Mortgaged Property, which is not included in the Trust and which is subordinate in right of payment to the related AB Mortgage Loan to the extent set forth in the related Mortgage Loan documents and as provided in the related AB Intercreditor Agreement. As of the Closing Date, each of the Pacific Design Center Subordinate Companion Loans is an AB Subordinate Companion Loan.

“AB Whole Loan”: A Whole Loan that consists of a Mortgage Loan, any related companion loan that is pari passu in right of payment with such Mortgage Loan and one or more related AB Subordinate Companion Loans. As of the Closing Date, the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan is an AB Whole Loan.

“AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder”: With respect to a Serviced AB Whole Loan, the “Controlling Holder”, “Controlling Noteholder” or similarly defined party identified in the related AB Intercreditor Agreement that is not the holder of the related Serviced Mortgage Loan. As of the Closing Date there is no AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder.

“Accelerated Mezzanine Loan Lender”: A mezzanine lender under a mezzanine loan that has been accelerated or as to which foreclosure or enforcement proceedings have been commenced against the equity collateral pledged to secure such mezzanine loan.

“Acceptable Insurance Default”: With respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, a default under the related Mortgage Loan documents arising by reason of (i) any failure on the part of the related Mortgagor to maintain with respect to the related Mortgaged Property specific insurance coverage with respect to, or an all-risk casualty insurance policy that does not specifically exclude, terrorist or similar acts, and/or (ii) any failure on the part of the related Mortgagor to maintain with respect to the related Mortgaged Property insurance coverage with respect to damages or casualties caused by terrorist or similar acts upon terms not materially less favorable than those in place as of the Closing Date, in each case as to which default the applicable Master Servicer and the applicable Special Servicer may forbear taking any enforcement action, provided that the applicable Master Servicer (with respect to a Non-Specially Serviced Loan) or the applicable Special Servicer (with respect to a Specially Serviced Loan), as applicable, has determined, in its reasonable judgment, based on inquiry consistent with the Servicing Standard (and (i) unless a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, with the consent of the Directing Certificateholder and (ii) with respect to a Specially Serviced Loan, after non-binding consultation with the Risk Retention Consultation Party pursuant to Section 6.08(a) (in either case, other than with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is an Excluded Loan as to such party)) (and after a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, but prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, after non-binding consultation with the Directing Certificateholder (or, with respect to a Serviced AB Whole Loan, if an AB Control Appraisal Period is not in effect, with the consent of the related AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder to the extent required under the related Intercreditor Agreement) as provided

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in Section 6.08) (other than with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is an Excluded Loan as to such party), that either (a) such insurance is not available at commercially reasonable rates and that such hazards are not at the time commonly insured against for properties similar to the related Mortgaged Property and located in or around the region in which such related Mortgaged Property is located, or (b) such insurance is not available at any rate; provided, however, that the Directing Certificateholder (or, with respect to a Serviced AB Whole Loan, the AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder if an AB Control Appraisal Period is not in effect to the extent required under the related Intercreditor Agreement) and the Risk Retention Consultation Party (if it has the right to consult pursuant to Section 6.08) will not have more than thirty (30) days to respond to the applicable Master Servicer’s or the applicable Special Servicer’s, as applicable, request for such consent or consultation, as applicable; provided, further, that upon the applicable Master Servicer’s or the applicable Special Servicer’s, as applicable, determination, consistent with the Servicing Standard, that exigent circumstances do not allow the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as applicable, to consult with the Directing Certificateholder, the Risk Retention Consultation Party or any applicable AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder, as applicable, such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as applicable, is not required to do so. The applicable Master Servicer (at its own expense) and the applicable Special Servicer (at the expense of the Trust Fund) shall be entitled to rely on insurance consultants in making the determinations described above.

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

“Actual/360 Basis”: Interest accrual on the basis of the actual number of days in a month assuming a 360-day year.

“Actual/360 Mortgage Loans”: The Mortgage Loans that accrue interest on an Actual/360 Basis; provided, that a Mortgage Loan that accrues interest for a portion of the Mortgage Loan term on an Actual/360 Basis shall be an Actual/360 Mortgage Loan solely for such portion of the Mortgage Loan term.

“Additional Debt”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any debt owed by the related Mortgagor to a party other than the lender under such Mortgage Loan that is secured by the related Mortgaged Property as of the Closing Date as set forth on Schedule 1 hereto, as increased or decreased from time to time pursuant to the terms of the related subordinate or pari passu loan documents (including any Intercreditor Agreement or subordination agreement).

“Additional Disclosure Notification”: The form of notification to be included with any Additional Form 10-D Disclosure, Additional Form 10-K Disclosure or Form 8-K Disclosure Information which is attached hereto as Exhibit DD.

“Additional Exclusions”: Exclusions in addition to those customarily found in the insurance policies for mortgaged properties similar to the Mortgaged Properties on or prior to September 11, 2001.

“Additional Form 10-D Disclosure”: As defined in Section 11.04(a).

“Additional Form 10-K Disclosure”: As defined in Section 11.05(a).

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“Additional Servicer”: Each Affiliate of any Master Servicer, any Special Servicer or any Mortgage Loan Seller that services any of the Mortgage Loans and each Person who is not an Affiliate of any Master Servicer, other than any Special Servicer, who services 10% or more of the Mortgage Loans by unpaid principal balance as of any date of determination pursuant to Article XI.

“Administrative Fee Rate”: As of any date of determination and with respect to each Mortgage Loan, a per annum rate equal to the sum of the Servicing Fee Rate, the Certificate Administrator Fee Rate (which fee rate accounts for the Trustee Fee), the Operating Advisor Fee Rate, the Asset Representations Reviewer Fee Rate and the CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee Rate and, in the case of each Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the related Non-Serviced Primary Servicing Fee Rate.

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

“Adverse REMIC Event”: As defined in Section 10.01(f).

“Affected Party”: As defined in Section 7.01(b).

“Affected Reporting Party”: As defined in Section 11.12.

“Affiliate”: With respect to any specified Person, any other Person controlling or controlled by or under common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

“Affirmative Asset Review Vote”: As defined in Section 12.01(a).

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

“Anticipated Repayment Date”: With respect to any ARD Loan, the date upon which such ARD Loan commences accruing interest at the Revised Rate.

“Applicable Fitch Permitted Investment Rating”: (A) in the case of such investments with maturities of thirty (30) days or less, the short-term debt obligations of which are rated at least “F1” by Fitch or the long-term debt obligations of which are rated at least “A” by Fitch and (B) in the case of such investments with maturities of more than thirty (30) days, the short-term obligations of which are rated at least “F1+” by Fitch or the long-term obligations of which are rated at least “AA-” by Fitch.

“Applicable KBRA Permitted Investment Rating”: (A) in the case of such investments with maturities of ninety (90) days or less, the short-term debt obligations of which are rated at least “K3” or the long-term obligations of which are rated at least “BBB-” and (B) in the case of such investments with maturities greater than ninety (90) days but not more than one

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year, the short-term debt obligations of which are rated at least “K1” or the long-term obligations of which are rated at least “A-” (in each case, if then rated by KBRA).

“Applicable Laws”: As defined in Section 8.15.

“Applicable Moody’s Permitted Investment Rating”: in the case of such investments, the short-term debt obligations of which are rated at least “P-1” by Moody’s or the long-term debt obligations of which are rated at least “A2” by Moody’s.

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

“Appraisal”: An appraisal prepared by an appraiser who is licensed or certified to prepare appraisals in the state where the Mortgaged Property is located and which satisfies the Interagency Appraisal and Evaluation Guidelines jointly issued by The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FRB), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) relating to real estate appraisals and evaluations used to support real estate-related financial transactions, as amended from time to time. Any Appraisal ordered by the applicable Master Servicer or applicable Special Servicer shall be performed by an Independent MAI-designated appraiser.

“Appraisal Reduction Amount”: For any Distribution Date and for any Serviced Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan as to which any Appraisal Reduction Event has occurred, will be an amount, calculated by the applicable Special Servicer (prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, in consultation with the Directing Certificateholder (except in the case of an Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class), and, after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event, in consultation with the Directing Certificateholder (except with respect to any such Excluded Loan) and the Operating Advisor and, after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, in consultation with the Operating Advisor), as of the first Determination Date that is at least ten (10) Business Days following the date on which the applicable Special Servicer receives the related Appraisal (together with information requested by the applicable Special Servicer from the applicable Master Servicer in accordance with Section 4.05 of this Agreement that is in the possession of the applicable Master Servicer and reasonably necessary to calculate the Appraisal Reduction Amount), or conducts a valuation as described below, equal to the excess of (a) the Stated Principal Balance of that Mortgage Loan or the Stated Principal Balance of the applicable Serviced Whole Loan over (b) the excess of (i) the sum of (A) 90% of the Appraised Value of the related Mortgaged Property as determined (1) by one or more Appraisals obtained by the applicable Special Servicer with respect to that Mortgage Loan (together with any other Mortgage Loan cross-collateralized with such Mortgage Loan) or Serviced Whole Loan, as the case may be, with an outstanding principal balance equal to or in excess of $2,000,000 (the costs of which shall be paid by the applicable Master Servicer as an Advance) or (2) by an internal valuation performed

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by the applicable Special Servicer (or at the applicable Special Servicer’s election, by one or more MAI appraisals obtained by such Special Servicer) with respect to any Mortgage Loan (together with any other Mortgage Loan cross-collateralized with such Mortgage Loan) or Serviced Whole Loan, as the case may be, with an outstanding principal balance less than $2,000,000, minus, with respect to any Appraisals, such downward adjustments as the applicable Special Servicer may make (without implying any obligation to do so) based upon its review of the Appraisals and any other information it deems relevant; and (B) all escrows, letters of credit and reserves in respect of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, as of the date of calculation over (ii) the sum of, as of the Due Date occurring in the month of the date of determination, (A) to the extent not previously advanced by the applicable Master Servicer or the Trustee, all unpaid interest due on such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as the case may be, at a per annum rate equal to its Mortgage Rate (and, with respect to any Serviced AB Whole Loan, any accrued and unpaid interest on the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan, as applicable), (B) all P&I Advances on the related Mortgage Loan and all Servicing Advances on the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, not reimbursed from proceeds of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, and interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate in respect of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, and (C) all currently due and unpaid real estate taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, ground rents, unpaid Special Servicing Fees and all other amounts due and unpaid (including any capitalized interest whether or not then due and payable) with respect to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as the case may be (which taxes, premiums, ground rents and other amounts have not been the subject of an Advance by the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable); provided, however, that without limiting the applicable Special Servicer’s obligation to order and obtain such Appraisal or perform such valuation, if the applicable Special Servicer has not obtained an Appraisal or performed such valuation, as applicable, referred to above within sixty (60) days of the Appraisal Reduction Event (or with respect to the Appraisal Reduction Events set forth in clauses (i) and (vi) of the definition of Appraisal Reduction Event, within one hundred twenty (120) days (in the case of clause (i)) or ninety (90) days or one hundred twenty (120) days, as applicable (in case of clause (vi)) after the initial delinquency for the related Appraisal Reduction Event), the Appraisal Reduction Amount shall be deemed to be an amount equal to 25% of the current Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, until such time as such appraisal or valuation referred to above is received (together with information requested by the applicable Special Servicer from the applicable Master Servicer in accordance with Section 4.05 of this Agreement that is in possession of the applicable Master Servicer and reasonably necessary to calculate the Appraisal Reduction Amount) or performed by the applicable Special Servicer and the Appraisal Reduction Amount is calculated by the applicable Special Servicer as of the first Determination Date that is at least ten (10) Business Days after the later of (a) the applicable Special Servicer’s receipt of such Appraisal or the completion of the valuation and receipt of information from the applicable Master Servicer that is in the applicable Master Servicer’s possession and reasonably necessary to calculate the Appraisal Reduction Amount and (b) the occurrence of such Appraisal Reduction Event. Within sixty (60) days after the Appraisal Reduction Event, the applicable Special Servicer shall order and use reasonable efforts to receive an Appraisal (the cost of which shall be paid by the applicable Master Servicer as a Servicing Advance); provided, further, however, that with respect to an Appraisal Reduction Event as set forth in clause (i) of the definition of Appraisal Reduction Event, the applicable Special Servicer shall order and use reasonable efforts to receive such Appraisal within

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the one hundred twenty (120) day period set forth in such clause (i), and with respect to an Appraisal Reduction Event as set forth in clause (vi) of the definition of Appraisal Reduction Event, the applicable Special Servicer shall order and use reasonable efforts to receive such Appraisal within the ninety (90) day period or one hundred twenty (120) day period, as applicable, set forth in such clause (vi); provided, further, however, that in no event shall the applicable Special Servicer be required to obtain any such Appraisal prior to the conclusion of such sixty (60), ninety (90) or one hundred twenty (120) day period, as applicable, and in each case, the related Appraisal shall be promptly delivered in electronic format by the applicable Special Servicer to the applicable Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Directing Certificateholder (but in the case of the Directing Certificateholder, only prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event and other than with respect to any Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder), the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee. In connection with any Appraisal Reduction Amount, the applicable Master Servicer shall provide the applicable Special Servicer with the information as set forth in Section 4.05(c) within four (4) Business Days of its receipt of any such request. No Master Servicer shall calculate Appraisal Reduction Amounts.

With respect to any Appraisal Reduction Amount calculated for purposes of determining the existence and identity of the Controlling Class pursuant to Section 4.05(a), the Appraised Value for the related Mortgaged Property determined in connection with clause (b)(i)(A)(1) or clause (b)(i)(A)(2) of the first paragraph of this definition shall be determined on an “as-is” basis.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the aggregate Appraisal Reduction Amount related to a Mortgage Loan or the related REO Property will be reduced to zero as of the date on which Mortgage Loan is paid in full, liquidated, repurchased or otherwise removed from the Trust or as otherwise set forth in Section 4.05(d).

Any Appraisal Reduction Amount in respect of a Non-Serviced Whole Loan and allocable to the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan shall be calculated by the applicable party under, and in accordance with and pursuant to the terms of, the applicable Non-Serviced PSA and shall constitute an “Appraisal Reduction Amount” under the terms of this Agreement with respect to such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan and the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer and the Certificate Administrator are entitled to conclusively rely on such calculation.

“Appraisal Reduction Event”: With respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan, Serviced Companion Loan and Serviced Whole Loan, the earliest of (i) one hundred twenty (120) days after an uncured delinquency (without regard to the application of any Grace Period), other than any uncured delinquency in respect of a Balloon Payment, occurs in respect of such Mortgage Loan, Serviced Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, (ii) the date on which a reduction in the amount of Periodic Payments on such Mortgage Loan, Serviced Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, or a change in any other material economic term of such Mortgage Loan, Serviced Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable (other than an extension of the Maturity Date), becomes effective as a result of a modification of such Mortgage Loan, Serviced Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, by the applicable Special Servicer, (iii) thirty (30) days after the date on which a receiver has been appointed for the Mortgaged Property, (iv) thirty (30) days after the date on which a Mortgagor or the tenant at a

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single tenant property declares bankruptcy (and the bankruptcy petition is not otherwise dismissed within such time), (v) sixty (60) days after the date on which an involuntary petition of bankruptcy is filed with respect to a Mortgagor if not dismissed within such time, (vi) ninety (90) days after an uncured delinquency occurs in respect of a Balloon Payment with respect to such Mortgage Loan, Serviced Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, except where a refinancing or sale is anticipated within one hundred twenty (120) days after the Maturity Date of the Mortgage Loan, Serviced Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, in which case one hundred twenty (120) days after such uncured delinquency, and (vii) immediately after such Mortgage Loan, Serviced Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, becomes an REO Loan; provided that the thirty (30) day period referenced in clause (iii) and clause (iv) shall not apply if the related Mortgage Loan is a Specially Serviced Loan; provided, further, however, that an Appraisal Reduction Event shall not occur at any time when the aggregate Certificate Balances of all Classes of Subordinate Certificates have been reduced to zero. The applicable Special Servicer shall notify the applicable Master Servicer, the Directing Certificateholder and the Operating Advisor and the Other Servicer and the Other Trustee, if applicable, or the applicable Master Servicer shall notify the applicable Special Servicer and the Operating Advisor and the Other Servicer and the Other Trustee, as applicable, promptly upon such Person having notice or knowledge of the occurrence of any of the foregoing events. The obligation to obtain an Appraisal following the occurrence of an Appraisal Reduction Event shall be subject to the provisions of Section 4.05.

“Appraisal Review Period”: As defined in Section 4.05(b)(ii).

“Appraised Value”: (i) With respect to any Mortgaged Property, the appraised value thereof as determined by the most recent Appraisal of the Mortgaged Property securing the related Mortgage Loan, Serviced Whole Loan, or Serviced AB Whole Loan, as applicable, and (ii) with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property, the appraised value allocable thereto, as determined pursuant to the applicable Non-Serviced PSA.

“Appraised-Out Class”: As defined in Section 4.05(b)(i).

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

“Arbitration Services Provider”: As defined in Section 2.03(n)(i).

“ARD Loan”: Any Mortgage Loan that is identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as having an Anticipated Repayment Date and Revised Rate. As of the Closing Date, the Mortgage Loan secured by the Mortgaged Property identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as “CX – 250 Water Street” is an ARD Loan.

“ASR Consultation Process”: As defined in Section 3.19(d).

“Asset Representations Reviewer”: Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and its successors-in-interest.

“Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee”: As defined in Section 12.02(b).

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“Asset Representations Reviewer Fee”: As defined in Section 12.02(a).

“Asset Representations Reviewer Fee Rate”: As defined in Section 12.02(a).

“Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event”: As defined in Section 12.05(a).

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

“Asset Review Notice”: As defined in Section 12.01(a).

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

“Asset Review Report”: As defined in Section 12.01(b)(viii), a report setting forth the findings and conclusions of an Asset Review substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit NN.

“Asset Review Report Summary”: As defined in Section 12.01(b)(viii), a summary report setting forth the conclusions of an Asset Review Report substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit OO.

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

“Asset Review Trigger”: Any time when either (1) Mortgage Loans with an aggregate outstanding principal balance of 25.0% or more of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of all of the Mortgage Loans (including any successor REO Loans (but excluding any related Companion Loan)) held by the Trust as of the end of the applicable Collection Period are Delinquent Loans or (2)(A) prior to and including the second anniversary of the Closing Date, at least 10 Mortgage Loans are Delinquent Loans as of the end of the applicable Collection Period and the outstanding principal balance of such Delinquent Loans in the aggregate constitutes at least 15.0% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of all of the Mortgage Loans (including any successor REO Loans (but excluding any related Companion Loan)) held by the Trust as of the end of the applicable Collection Period, or (B) after the second anniversary of the Closing Date, at least fifteen (15) Mortgage Loans are Delinquent Loans as of the end of the applicable Collection Period and the outstanding principal balance of such Delinquent Loans in the aggregate constitutes at least 20.0% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of all of the Mortgage Loans (including any successor REO Loans (but excluding any related Companion Loan)) held by the Trust as of the end of the applicable Collection Period.

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“Asset Review Vote Election”: As defined in Section 12.01(a).

“Asset Status Report”: As defined in Section 3.19(d).

“Assignment” and “Assignments”: Each as defined in Section 2.01(c).

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

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

“Assumed Scheduled Payment”: For any Collection Period and with respect to any Mortgage Loan (including any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) that is delinquent in respect of its Balloon Payment or any REO Loan (excluding, for purposes of determining or making P&I Advances, the portion allocable to any related Companion Loan), an amount equal to the sum of (a) the principal portion of the Periodic Payment that would have been due on such Mortgage Loan or REO Loan on the related Due Date based on the constant payment required by the related Mortgage Note or the original amortization schedule of such Mortgage Loan (as calculated with interest at the related Mortgage Rate), if applicable, assuming such Balloon Payment has not become due, after giving effect to any reduction in the principal balance thereof occurring in connection with a modification of such Mortgage Loan in connection with a default or bankruptcy (or similar proceeding), and (b) interest on the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan or REO Loan (excluding, for purposes of determining P&I Advances, the portion allocable to any related Companion Loan) at the applicable Mortgage Rate (net of interest at the Servicing Fee Rate and the related Non-Serviced Primary Servicing Fee Rate, if applicable).

“Authenticating Agent”: The Certificate Administrator or any agent of the Certificate Administrator appointed to act as Authenticating Agent pursuant to Section 5.02(a), in each case in its capacity as authenticating agent, or if any successor authenticating agent is appointed pursuant to Section 5.02(a), such successor authenticating agent.

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

(a)               the aggregate amount of all cash received on the Mortgage Loans (in the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, only to the extent received by the Trust pursuant to the related Non-Serviced PSA and/or the related Non-Serviced Intercreditor Agreement) (including the portion of Loss of Value Payments deposited into each applicable Collection

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Account pursuant to Section 3.05(g) of this Agreement) and any REO Property (including Compensating Interest Payments with respect to the Mortgage Loans required to be deposited by each applicable Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.17(a)) on deposit in each applicable Collection Account (in each case, exclusive of any amount on deposit in or credited to any portion of a Collection Account that is held for the benefit of the Serviced Companion Noteholders) as of the close of business on the related P&I Advance Date, exclusive of (without duplication):

(i)                                  all Periodic Payments paid by the Mortgagors of a Mortgage Loan that are due on a Due Date following the end of the related Collection Period, excluding interest relating to payments prior to, but due after, the Cut-off Date;

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

(iii)                            (A) all amounts payable or reimbursable to any Person from each applicable Collection Account pursuant to clauses (ii) through (xviii), inclusive, and (xxii) of Section 3.05(a); (B) all amounts payable or reimbursable to any Person from the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account pursuant to clauses (ii) through (vii), inclusive, of Section 3.05(b); and (C) any Net Investment Earnings contained therein;

(iv)                            with respect to the Actual/360 Mortgage Loans and any Distribution Date occurring in (1) each February or (2) any January in a year that is not a leap year (in each case, unless the related Distribution Date is the final Distribution Date), an amount equal to one (1) day of interest on the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the Distribution Date in the month preceding the month in which the P&I Advance Date occurs at the related Mortgage Rate to the extent such amounts are Withheld Amounts;

(v)                              all Excess Interest allocable to the Mortgage Loans (which is separately distributed to the Excess Interest Certificates, as described in Section 4.01(j));

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

(vii)                        all amounts deposited in a Collection Account in error; and

(viii)                     any Penalty Charges allocable to the Mortgage Loans;

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(b)               if and to the extent not already included in clause (a) hereof, the aggregate amount transferred from the REO Accounts allocable to the Mortgage Loans to the applicable Collection Account for such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 3.14(c);

(c)               the aggregate amount of any Compensating Interest Payments made by each applicable Master Servicer in respect of the Mortgage Loans with respect to such Distribution Date and P&I Advances made by each applicable Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Distribution Date (net of the related Certificate Administrator Fee, Operating Advisor Fee, Asset Representations Reviewer Fee and CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee with respect to the Mortgage Loans for which such P&I Advances are made) pursuant to Section 4.03 or Section 7.05;

(d)               with respect to each Actual/360 Mortgage Loan and any Distribution Date occurring in each March (or February, if the related Distribution Date is the final Distribution Date), the Withheld Amounts remitted to the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account pursuant to Section 3.21(b); and

(e)               the Gain-on-Sale Remittance Amount for such Distribution Date.

Notwithstanding the investment of funds held in each applicable Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.06, for purposes of calculating the Available Funds, the amounts so invested shall be deemed to remain on deposit in such accounts.

“BANK 2023-BNK45 PSA”: The pooling and servicing agreement, dated as of February 1, 2023, between Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc., as depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as certificate administrator and as trustee, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, as from time to time amended, supplemented or modified.

“Balloon Mortgage Loan”: Any Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan that by its original terms or by virtue of any modification entered into as of the Closing Date provides for an amortization schedule for such Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan extending beyond its Maturity Date.

“Balloon Payment”: With respect to any Balloon Mortgage Loan, as of any date of determination, the Periodic Payment payable on the Maturity Date of such Balloon Mortgage Loan.

“Bankruptcy Code”: The federal Bankruptcy Code, as amended from time to time (Title 11 of the United States Code).

“Barbours Cut IOS Intercreditor Agreement”: The Co-Lender Agreement, dated as of May 9, 2023, by and between the holders of the respective promissory notes evidencing the Barbours Cut IOS Whole Loan, relating to the relative rights of such holders, as the same may be further amended in accordance with the terms thereof.

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“Barbours Cut IOS Mortgage Loan”: With respect to the Barbours Cut IOS Whole Loan, the Mortgage Loan that is included in the Trust (identified as Mortgage Loan No. 2 on the Mortgage Loan Schedule), which is evidenced by promissory notes A-1-1 and A-2-1.

“Barbours Cut IOS Mortgaged Property”: The Mortgaged Property that secures the Barbours Cut IOS Whole Loan.

“Barbours Cut IOS Pari Passu Companion Loans”: With respect to the Barbours Cut IOS Whole Loan, as of the Closing Date, the pari passu companion loans evidenced by the related promissory notes A-1-2, A-1-3 and A-2-2, made by the related Mortgagor and secured by the Mortgage on the Barbours Cut IOS Mortgaged Property, which are not included in the Trust and which are pari passu in right of payment to the Barbours Cut IOS Mortgage Loan to the extent set forth in the related Mortgage Loan documents and as provided in the Barbours Cut IOS Intercreditor Agreement.

“Barbours Cut IOS Whole Loan”: The Barbours Cut IOS Mortgage Loan together with the Barbours Cut IOS Pari Passu Companion Loans, each of which is secured by the same Mortgage on the Barbours Cut IOS Mortgaged Property. References herein to the Barbours Cut IOS Whole Loan shall be construed to refer to the aggregate indebtedness under the Barbours Cut IOS Mortgage Loan and the Barbours Cut IOS Pari Passu Companion Loans.

“Base Interest Fraction”: As defined in Section 4.01(e).

“Benchmark 2023-B38 PSA”: The pooling and servicing agreement, dated as of April 1, 2023, between Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, as depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as Pacific Design Center special servicer, Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as certificate administrator and as trustee, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, as from time to time amended, supplemented or modified.

“Benchmark 2023-V2 PSA”: The pooling and servicing agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023, between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as special servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as certificate administrator and as trustee, and BellOak, LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, as from time to time amended, supplemented or modified.

“Book-Entry Certificate”: Any Certificate registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee.

“Borrower Party”: A borrower, a Mortgagor, a manager of a Mortgaged Property, an Accelerated Mezzanine Loan Lender, or any Borrower Party Affiliate.

“Borrower Party Affiliate”: With respect to a borrower, a Mortgagor, a manager of a Mortgaged Property or an Accelerated Mezzanine Loan Lender, (a) any other Person controlling or controlled by or under common control with such borrower, Mortgagor, manager or Accelerated Mezzanine Loan Lender, as applicable, or (b) any other Person owning, directly or indirectly, 25%

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or more of the beneficial interests in such borrower, Mortgagor, manager or Accelerated Mezzanine Loan Lender, as applicable. For purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

“Borrower-Related Party”: As defined in Section 3.32.

“Breach”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a breach of any representation or warranty with respect to such Mortgage Loan set forth in Section 4(b) of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.

“Business Day”: Any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in California, Kansas, Texas, Ohio, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania or the city and state in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, or the principal place of business or principal commercial mortgage loan servicing office of any Master Servicer or Special Servicer is located, or the New York Stock Exchange or the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to remain closed.

“CERCLA”: The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended.

“Certificate”: Any one of the Depositor’s Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1, as executed and delivered by the Certificate Registrar and authenticated and delivered hereunder by the Authenticating Agent.

“Certificate Administrator”: Computershare Trust Company, National Association, in its capacity as certificate administrator, or if any successor certificate administrator is appointed thereto pursuant to Section 5.08 or any successor certificate administrator appointed hereunder. Computershare Trust Company, National Association shall perform the certificate administrator role through its Corporate Trust Services division, including, as applicable, any agents or affiliates utilized thereby.

“Certificate Administrator Fee”: The fee to be paid to the Certificate Administrator as compensation for the Certificate Administrator’s activities under this Agreement; provided that the Certificate Administrator Fee includes the Trustee Fee, and the Certificate Administrator shall pay the Trustee Fee to the Trustee.

“Certificate Administrator Fee Rate”: The Certificate Administrator Fee shall be equal to the product of the rate equal to 0.01295% per annum and the Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan (calculated in the same manner as interest is calculated on the related Mortgage Loan) or REO Loan (other than the portion of an REO Loan related to any Companion Loan) as of the preceding Distribution Date. The Certificate Administrator Fee includes the Trustee Fee.

“Certificate Administrator’s Website”: The Certificate Administrator’s Internet website, which shall initially be located at “www.ctslink.com”.

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“Certificate Balance”: With respect to any Class of Principal Balance Certificates or Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest, (i) on or prior to the first Distribution Date, an amount equal to the Original Certificate Balance of such Class of Principal Balance Certificates or Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest and (ii) as of any date of determination after the first Distribution Date, the Certificate Balance of such Class of Principal Balance Certificates or Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest on the Distribution Date immediately prior to such date of determination (determined as adjusted pursuant to Section 1.02(iii)). Each Class of Class A-4 Exchangeable Certificates, Class A-5 Exchangeable Certificates, Class A-S Exchangeable Certificates, Class B Exchangeable Certificates and Class C Exchangeable Certificates shall have a Certificate Balance or Notional Amount equal to its Class Percentage Interest multiplied by the Certificate Balance of the Class A-4 Upper-Tier Regular Interest, Class A-5 Upper-Tier Regular Interest, Class A-S Upper-Tier Regular Interest, Class B Upper-Tier Regular Interest or Class C Upper-Tier Regular Interest, respectively.

“Certificate Factor”: With respect to any Class of Certificates (other than the Class R and Class V Certificates), as of any date of determination, a fraction, expressed as a decimal carried to at least eight (8) places, the numerator of which is the then-related Certificate Balance or Notional Amount, and the denominator of which is the related Original Certificate Balance.

“Certificate Owner”: With respect to a Book-Entry Certificate, the Person who is the beneficial owner of such Certificate as reflected on the books of the Depository or on the books of a Depository Participant or on the books of an indirect participating brokerage firm for which a Depository Participant acts as agent.

“Certificate Register” and “Certificate Registrar”: The register maintained and registrar appointed pursuant to Section 5.03(a).

“Certificateholder” or “Holder”: The Person in whose name a Certificate is registered in the Certificate Register or any beneficial owner thereof; provided, however, that solely for the purposes of giving any consent, approval, waiver or taking any action pursuant to this Agreement, any Certificate registered in the name of or beneficially owned by any Master Servicer, any Special Servicer (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Excluded Special Servicer), the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, any Mortgage Loan Seller, a Mortgagor, a Borrower Party or any Affiliate of any of such Persons shall be deemed not to be outstanding and any Class X-F, Class F, Class G-RR or Class H-RR Certificate registered in the name of or beneficially owned by the Holder of the VRR Interest shall be deemed not to be outstanding (provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, any Controlling Class Certificates owned by an Excluded Controlling Class Holder shall be deemed not to be outstanding as to such Excluded Controlling Class Holder solely with respect to any related Excluded Controlling Class Loan; and provided, further, that any Controlling Class Certificates owned by a Special Servicer or an Affiliate thereof shall be deemed not to be outstanding as to such Special Servicer or such Affiliate solely with respect to any related Excluded Special Servicer Loan), and the Voting Rights to which it is entitled shall not be taken into account in determining whether the requisite percentage of Voting Rights necessary to effect any such consent, approval, waiver or take any such action has been obtained; provided, however, that the foregoing restrictions shall not apply in the case of any Master Servicer, any Special Servicer (including, for the avoidance of doubt,

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any Excluded Special Servicer), the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, any Mortgage Loan Seller or any Affiliate of any of such Persons unless such consent, approval or waiver sought from such party would in any way increase its compensation or limit its obligations in the named capacities hereunder or waive a Servicer Termination Event or trigger an Asset Review (with respect to an Asset Review and any Mortgage Loan Seller, solely with respect to any related Mortgage Loan subject to the Asset Review); provided, further, that so long as there is no Servicer Termination Event with respect to a Master Servicer or a Special Servicer, as applicable, such Master Servicer and such Special Servicer or any such Affiliate thereof shall be entitled to exercise such Voting Rights with respect to any issue which could reasonably be believed to adversely affect such party’s compensation or increase its obligations or liabilities hereunder; and provided, further, that such restrictions shall not apply to (i) the exercise of any Special Servicer’s, any Master Servicer’s or any Mortgage Loan Seller’s rights, if any, or any of their Affiliates as a member of the Controlling Class or (ii) any Affiliate of the Depositor, any Master Servicer, any Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator that has provided an Investor Certification in which it has certified as to the existence of certain policies and procedures restricting the flow of information between it and the Depositor, such Master Servicer, such Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable. The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall each be entitled to request and rely upon a certificate of any Master Servicer, any Special Servicer or the Depositor in determining whether a Certificate is registered in the name of an Affiliate of such Person. All references herein to “Holders” or “Certificateholders” shall reflect the rights of Certificate Owners as they may indirectly exercise such rights through the Depository and the Depository Participants, except as otherwise specified herein; provided, however, that the parties hereto shall be required to recognize as a “Holder” or “Certificateholder” only the Person in whose name a Certificate is registered in the Certificate Register. The Trustee shall be the Holder of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests for the benefit of the Certificateholders.

“Certificateholder Quorum”: The Holders of Certificates evidencing at least 50% of the aggregate Voting Rights (taking into account the application of Realized Losses and, other than with respect to the termination of the Asset Representations Reviewer, the application of any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts to notionally reduce the Certificate Balance of the Certificates) of all Principal Balance Certificates on an aggregate basis.

“Certificateholder Repurchase Request”: As defined in Section 2.03(k)(i).

“Certification Parties”: As defined in Section 11.06.

“Certification Party”: Any one of the Certification Parties.

“Certifying Person”: As defined in Section 11.06.

“Certifying Servicer”: As defined in Section 11.09.

“Class”: With respect to any Certificates, all of the Certificates bearing the same alphanumeric Class designation. Each designated Lower-Tier Regular Interest shall be a Class. Each Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest shall be a Class.

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“Class A Certificate”: Any Class A-1, Class A-2 or Class A-SB Certificate, or Class A-4 Exchangeable Certificate or Class A-5 Exchangeable Certificate.

“Class A-1 Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class A-1” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing a “regular interest” in the Upper-Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class A-1 Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to 5.5390%.

“Class A-2 Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class A-2” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing a “regular interest” in the Upper-Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class A-2 Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to 6.4510%.

“Class A-4 Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class A-4” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing undivided beneficial ownership of the related Exchangeable Class Specific Grantor Trust Assets for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class A-4 Exchangeable Certificate”: Any of the Class A-4, Class A-4-1, Class A-4-2, Class A-4-X1 and Class A-4-X2 Certificates.

“Class A-4 Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to 5.4720%.

“Class A-4 Upper-Tier Regular Interest”, “Class A-4-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest” and “Class A-4-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interest”: Each, an uncertificated regular interest in the Upper-Tier REMIC which is issued by the Upper-Tier REMIC, held as an asset of the Grantor Trust and has the initial Pass-Through Rate and Original Certificate Balance or Original Notional Amount set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

“Class A-4 UT Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to the Class A-4 Pass-Through Rate minus 1.0000%.

“Class A-4-1 Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class A-4-1” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing undivided beneficial ownership of the related Exchangeable Class Specific Grantor Trust Assets for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class A-4-1 Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the sum of the Class A-4 UT Pass-Through Rate and the Class A-4-X2 UT Pass-Through Rate for such Distribution Date.

“Class A-4-2 Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class A-4-2” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing undivided beneficial ownership of the related Exchangeable Class Specific Grantor Trust Assets for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

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“Class A-4-2 Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the Class A-4 UT Pass-Through Rate for such Distribution Date.

“Class A-4-X1 Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class A-4-X1” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing undivided beneficial ownership of the related Exchangeable Class Specific Grantor Trust Assets for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class A-4-X1 Notional Amount”: As of any date of determination, the Certificate Balance of the Class A-4-1 Certificates.

“Class A-4-X1 Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to 0.5000%.

“Class A-4-X1 UT Notional Amount”: As of any date of determination, the Certificate Balance of the Class A-4 Upper-Tier Regular Interest.

“Class A-4-X1 UT Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to 0.5000%.

“Class A-4-X2 Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class A-4-X2” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing undivided beneficial ownership of the related Exchangeable Class Specific Grantor Trust Assets for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class A-4-X2 Notional Amount”: As of any date of determination, the Certificate Balance of the Class A-4-2 Certificates.

“Class A-4-X2 Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to 1.0000%.

“Class A-4-X2 UT Notional Amount”: As of any date of determination, the Certificate Balance of the Class A-4 Upper-Tier Regular Interest.

“Class A-4-X2 UT Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to 0.5000%.

“Class A-5 Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class A-5” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing undivided beneficial ownership of the related Exchangeable Class Specific Grantor Trust Assets for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class A-5 Exchangeable Certificate”: Any of the Class A-5, Class A-5-1, Class A-5-2, Class A-5-X1 and Class A-5-X2 Certificates.

“Class A-5 Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to 5.7520%.

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“Class A-5 Upper-Tier Regular Interest”, “Class A-5-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest” and “Class A-5-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interest”: Each, an uncertificated regular interest in the Upper-Tier REMIC which is issued by the Upper-Tier REMIC, held as an asset of the Grantor Trust and has the initial Pass-Through Rate and Original Certificate Balance or Original Notional Amount set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

“Class A-5 UT Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to the Class A-5 Pass-Through Rate minus 1.0000%.

“Class A-5-1 Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class A-5-1” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing undivided beneficial ownership of the related Exchangeable Class Specific Grantor Trust Assets for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class A-5-1 Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the sum of the Class A-5 UT Pass-Through Rate and the Class A-5-X2 UT Pass-Through Rate for such Distribution Date.

“Class A-5-2 Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class A-5-2” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing undivided beneficial ownership of the related Exchangeable Class Specific Grantor Trust Assets for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class A-5-2 Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the Class A-5 UT Pass-Through Rate for such Distribution Date.

“Class A-5-X1 Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class A-5-X1” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing undivided beneficial ownership of the related Exchangeable Class Specific Grantor Trust Assets for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class A-5-X1 Notional Amount”: As of any date of determination, the Certificate Balance of the Class A-5-1 Certificates.

“Class A-5-X1 Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to 0.5000%.

“Class A-5-X1 UT Notional Amount”: As of any date of determination, the Certificate Balance of the Class A-5 Upper-Tier Regular Interest.

“Class A-5-X1 UT Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to 0.5000%.

“Class A-5-X2 Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class A-5-X2” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing undivided beneficial ownership of the related Exchangeable Class Specific Grantor Trust Assets for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class A-5-X2 Notional Amount”: As of any date of determination, the Certificate Balance of the Class A-5-2 Certificates.

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“Class A-5-X2 Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to 1.0000%.

“Class A-5-X2 UT Notional Amount”: As of any date of determination, the Certificate Balance of the Class A-5 Upper-Tier Regular Interest.

“Class A-5-X2 UT Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to 0.5000%.

“Class A-S Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class A-S” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing undivided beneficial ownership of the related Exchangeable Class Specific Grantor Trust Assets for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class A-S Exchangeable Certificate”: Any of the Class A-S, Class A-S-1, Class A-S-2, Class A-S-X1 and Class A-S-X2 Certificates.

“Class A-S Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to the lesser of (i) the Weighted Average Net Mortgage Rate for such Distribution Date and (ii) 6.1990%.

“Class A-S Upper-Tier Regular Interest”, “Class A-S-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest” and “Class A-S-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interest”: Each, an uncertificated regular interest in the Upper-Tier REMIC which is issued by the Upper-Tier REMIC, held as an asset of the Grantor Trust and has the initial Pass-Through Rate and Original Certificate Balance or Original Notional Amount set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

“Class A-S UT Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to the Class A-S Pass-Through Rate minus 1.0000%.

“Class A-S-1 Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class A-S-1” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing undivided beneficial ownership of the related Exchangeable Class Specific Grantor Trust Assets for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class A-S-1 Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the sum of the Class A-S UT Pass-Through Rate and the Class A-S-X2 UT Pass-Through Rate for such Distribution Date.

“Class A-S-2 Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class A-S-2” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing undivided beneficial ownership of the related Exchangeable Class Specific Grantor Trust Assets for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class A-S-2 Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the Class A-S UT Pass-Through Rate for such Distribution Date.

“Class A-S-X1 Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class A-S-X1” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing undivided beneficial ownership of the related Exchangeable Class Specific Grantor Trust Assets for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

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“Class A-S-X1 Notional Amount”: As of any date of determination, the Certificate Balance of the Class A-S-1 Certificates.

“Class A-S-X1 Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to 0.5000%.

“Class A-S-X1 UT Notional Amount”: As of any date of determination, the Certificate Balance of the Class A-S Upper-Tier Regular Interest.

“Class A-S-X1 UT Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to 0.5000%.

“Class A-S-X2 Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class A-S-X2” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing undivided beneficial ownership of the related Exchangeable Class Specific Grantor Trust Assets for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class A-S-X2 Notional Amount”: As of any date of determination, the Certificate Balance of the Class A-S-2 Certificates.

“Class A-S-X2 Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to 1.0000%.

“Class A-S-X2 UT Notional Amount”: As of any date of determination, the Certificate Balance of the Class A-S Upper-Tier Regular Interest.

“Class A-S-X2 UT Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to 0.5000%.

“Class A-SB Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class A-SB” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing a “regular interest” in the Upper-Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class A-SB Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to the lesser of (i) the Weighted Average Net Mortgage Rate for such Distribution Date and (ii) 5.9770 %.

“Class A-SB Planned Principal Balance”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the planned principal amount for such Distribution Date specified in Schedule 2 hereto relating to the Class A-SB Certificates.

“Class B Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class B” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing undivided beneficial ownership of the related Exchangeable Class Specific Grantor Trust Assets for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class B Exchangeable Certificate”: Any of the Class B, Class B-1, Class B-2, Class B-X1 and Class B-X2 Certificates.

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“Class B Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to the Weighted Average Net Mortgage Rate for such Distribution Date.

“Class B Upper-Tier Regular Interest”, “Class B-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest” and “Class B-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interest”: Each, an uncertificated regular interest in the Upper-Tier REMIC which is issued by the Upper-Tier REMIC, held as an asset of the Grantor Trust and has the initial Pass-Through Rate and Original Certificate Balance or Original Notional Amount set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

“Class B UT Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to the Class B Pass-Through Rate minus 1.0000%.

“Class B-1 Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class B-1” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing undivided beneficial ownership of the related Exchangeable Class Specific Grantor Trust Assets for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class B-1 Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the sum of the Class B UT Pass-Through Rate and the Class B-X2 UT Pass-Through Rate for such Distribution Date.

“Class B-2 Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class B-2” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing undivided beneficial ownership of the related Exchangeable Class Specific Grantor Trust Assets for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class B-2 Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the Class B UT Pass-Through Rate for such Distribution Date.

“Class B-X1 Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class B-X1” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing undivided beneficial ownership of the related Exchangeable Class Specific Grantor Trust Assets for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class B-X1 Notional Amount”: As of any date of determination, the Certificate Balance of the Class B-1 Certificates.

“Class B-X1 Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to 0.5000%.

“Class B-X1 UT Notional Amount”: As of any date of determination, the Certificate Balance of the Class B Upper-Tier Regular Interest.

“Class B-X1 UT Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to 0.5000%.

“Class B-X2 Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class B-X2” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing undivided beneficial ownership of the related Exchangeable Class Specific Grantor Trust Assets for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

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“Class B-X2 Notional Amount”: As of any date of determination, the Certificate Balance of the Class B-2 Certificates.

“Class B-X2 Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to 1.0000%.

“Class B-X2 UT Notional Amount”: As of any date of determination, the Certificate Balance of the Class B Upper-Tier Regular Interest.

“Class B-X2 UT Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to 0.5000%.

“Class C Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class C” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing undivided beneficial ownership of the related Exchangeable Class Specific Grantor Trust Assets for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class C Exchangeable Certificate”: Any of the Class C, Class C-1, Class C-2, Class C-X1 and Class C-X2 Certificates.

“Class C Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to the Weighted Average Net Mortgage Rate for such Distribution Date.

“Class C Upper-Tier Regular Interest”, “Class C-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest” and “Class C-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interest”: Each, an uncertificated regular interest in the Upper-Tier REMIC which is issued by the Upper-Tier REMIC, held as an asset of the Grantor Trust and has the initial Pass-Through Rate and Original Certificate Balance or Original Notional Amount set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

“Class C UT Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to the Class C Pass-Through Rate minus 1.0000%.

“Class C-1 Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class C-1” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing undivided beneficial ownership of the related Exchangeable Class Specific Grantor Trust Assets for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class C-1 Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the sum of the Class C UT Pass-Through Rate and the Class C-X2 UT Pass-Through Rate for such Distribution Date.

“Class C-2 Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class C-2” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing undivided beneficial ownership of the related Exchangeable Class Specific Grantor Trust Assets for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class C-2 Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the Class C UT Pass-Through Rate for such Distribution Date.

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“Class C-X1 Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class C-X1” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing undivided beneficial ownership of the related Exchangeable Class Specific Grantor Trust Assets for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class C-X1 Notional Amount”: As of any date of determination, the Certificate Balance of the Class C-1 Certificates.

“Class C-X1 Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to 0.5000%.

“Class C-X1 UT Notional Amount”: As of any date of determination, the Certificate Balance of the Class C Upper-Tier Regular Interest.

“Class C-X1 UT Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to 0.5000%.

“Class C-X2 Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class C-X2” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing undivided beneficial ownership of the related Exchangeable Class Specific Grantor Trust Assets for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class C-X2 Notional Amount”: As of any date of determination, the Certificate Balance of the Class C-2 Certificates.

“Class C-X2 Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to 1.0000%.

“Class C-X2 UT Notional Amount”: As of any date of determination, the Certificate Balance of the Class C Upper-Tier Regular Interest.

“Class C-X2 UT Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to 0.5000%.

“Class D Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class D” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing a “regular interest” in the Upper-Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class D Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to 4.0000%.

“Class E Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class E” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing a “regular interest” in the Upper-Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class E Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to 4.0000%.

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“Class F Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class F” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing a “regular interest” in the Upper-Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class F Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to 4.0000%.

“Class G-RR Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class G-RR” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing a “regular interest” in the Upper-Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class G-RR Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to the Weighted Average Net Mortgage Rate for such Distribution Date.

“Class H-RR Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class H-RR” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing a “regular interest” in the Upper-Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class H-RR Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to the Weighted Average Net Mortgage Rate for such Distribution Date.

“Class LA1 Uncertificated Interest”, “Class LA2 Uncertificated Interest”, “Class LASB Uncertificated Interest”, “Class LA4 Uncertificated Interest”, “Class LA5 Uncertificated Interest”, “Class LAS Uncertificated Interest”, “Class LB Uncertificated Interest”, “Class LC Uncertificated Interest”, “Class LD Uncertificated Interest”, “Class LE Uncertificated Interest”, “Class LF Uncertificated Interest”, “Class LGRR Uncertificated Interest” and “Class LHRR Uncertificated Interest”: Each, an uncertificated regular interest in the Lower-Tier REMIC which is held as an asset of the Upper-Tier REMIC and has the Original Lower-Tier Principal Amount and per annum rate of interest set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

“Class LR Interest”: The uncertificated residual interest in the Lower-Tier REMIC, represented by the Class R Certificates.

“Class Percentage Interest”: With respect to each Class of Exchangeable Certificates and each Corresponding Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest, (x) the Certificate Balance (or, if such class has an “X” suffix, Notional Amount) of such Class of Certificates, divided by (y) the Certificate Balance of the Class A-4 Upper-Tier Regular Interest (if such Class of Exchangeable Certificates has an “A-4” designation), the Certificate Balance of the Class A-5 Upper-Tier Regular Interest (if such Class of Exchangeable Certificates has an “A-5” designation), the Certificate Balance of the Class A-S Upper-Tier Regular Interest (if such Class of Exchangeable Certificates has an “A-S” designation), the Certificate Balance of the Class B Upper-Tier Regular Interest (if such Class of Exchangeable Certificates has a “B” designation) or the Certificate Balance of the Class C Upper-Tier Regular Interest (if such Class of Exchangeable Certificates has a “C” designation).

The initial Class Percentage Interest of each Class of Exchangeable Certificates in each of the Corresponding Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests is set forth below:

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Class of Exchangeable Certificates	Class Percentage Interest in the Class A-4 Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class Percentage Interest in the Class A-4-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class Percentage Interest in the Class A-4-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interest
Class A-4 Certificates	100%	100%	100%
Class A-4-1 Certificates	0%	N/A	0%
Class A-4-2 Certificates	0%	N/A	N/A
Class A-4-X1 Certificates	N/A	0%	N/A
Class A-4-X2 Certificates	N/A	0%	0%
Class of Exchangeable Certificates	Class Percentage Interest in the Class A-5 Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class Percentage Interest in the Class A-5-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class Percentage Interest in the Class A-5-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interest
Class A-5 Certificates	100%	100%	100%
Class A-5-1 Certificates	0%	N/A	0%
Class A-5-2 Certificates	0%	N/A	N/A
Class A-5-X1 Certificates	N/A	0%	N/A
Class A-5-X2 Certificates	N/A	0%	0%
Class of Exchangeable Certificates	Class Percentage Interest in the Class A-S Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class Percentage Interest in the Class A-S-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class Percentage Interest in the Class A-S-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interest
Class A-S Certificates	100%	100%	100%
Class A-S-1 Certificates	0%	N/A	0%
Class A-S-2 Certificates	0%	N/A	N/A
Class A-S-X1 Certificates	N/A	0%	N/A
Class A-S-X2 Certificates	N/A	0%	0%
Class of Exchangeable Certificates	Class Percentage Interest in the Class B Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class Percentage Interest in the Class B-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class Percentage Interest in the Class B-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interest
Class B Certificates	100%	100%	100%
Class B-1 Certificates	0%	N/A	0%
Class B-2 Certificates	0%	N/A	N/A
Class B-X1 Certificates	N/A	0%	N/A
Class B-X2 Certificates	N/A	0%	0%
Class of Exchangeable Certificates	Class Percentage Interest in the Class C Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class Percentage Interest in the Class C-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class Percentage Interest in the Class C-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interest

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Class C Certificates	100%	100%	100%
Class C-1 Certificates	0%	N/A	0%
Class C-2 Certificates	0%	N/A	N/A
Class C-X1 Certificates	N/A	0%	N/A
Class C-X2 Certificates	N/A	0%	0%

“Class R Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class R” on the face thereof in the form of Exhibit A-2 hereto, and evidencing the sole class of “residual interests” in each Trust REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class UR Interest”: The uncertificated residual interest in the Upper-Tier REMIC, represented by the Class R Certificates.

“Class V Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class V” on the face thereof in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A-3 and designated as a Class V Certificate, and evidencing undivided beneficial ownership of the Class V Specific Grantor Trust Assets.

“Class V Specific Grantor Trust Assets”: The portion of the Trust Fund consisting of any Excess Interest equal to the aggregate amount of Excess Interest received on or prior to the related Determination Date, related amounts in the Excess Interest Distribution Account and the proceeds thereof, beneficial ownership of which is represented by the Class V Certificates.

“Class X Certificates”: The Class X-A, Class X-B, Class X-D or Class X-F Certificates, as the context may require.

“Class X-A Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class X-A” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing a “regular interest” in the Upper-Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class X-A Notional Amount”: As of any date of determination, the aggregate of the Certificate Balances of the Class A-1, Class A-2 and Class A-SB Certificates and the Class A-4 and Class A-5 Upper-Tier Regular Interests.

“Class X-A Pass-Through Rate”: The Pass-Through Rate for the Class X-A Certificates for any Distribution Date will equal the excess, if any of (a) the Weighted Average Net Mortgage Rate for the related Distribution Date, over (b) the weighted average of the Pass-Through Rates on the Class A-1, Class A-2 and Class A-SB Certificates and the Class A-4, Class A-4-X1, Class A-4-X2, Class A-5, Class A-5-X1 and Class A-5-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interests for such Distribution Date, weighted on the basis of their respective Certificate Balances or Notional Amounts immediately prior to the Distribution Date (but excluding the Notional Amounts of any Exchangeable Upper-Tier IO Regular Interests from the denominator of such weighted average calculation). The Pass-Through Rate applicable to the Class X-A Certificates for the initial Distribution Date shall be the rate set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

“Class X-B Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class X-B” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing a “regular interest” in the Upper-Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

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“Class X-B Notional Amount”: As of any date of determination, the aggregate of the Certificate Balances of the Class A-S Upper-Tier Regular Interest, the Class B Upper-Tier Regular Interest and the Class C Upper-Tier Regular Interest.

“Class X-B Pass-Through Rate”: The Pass-Through Rate for the Class X-B Certificates for any Distribution Date will equal the excess, if any of (a) the Weighted Average Net Mortgage Rate for the related Distribution Date, over (b) the weighted average of the Pass-Through Rates of the Class A-S, Class A-S-X1, Class A-S-X2, Class B, Class B-X1, Class B-X2, Class C, Class C-X1 and Class C-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interests for such Distribution Date, weighted on the basis of their respective aggregate Certificate Balances or Notional Amounts immediately prior to the Distribution Date (but excluding the Notional Amounts of any Exchangeable Upper-Tier IO Regular Interests in the denominator of such weighted average calculation). The Pass-Through Rate applicable to the Class X-B Certificates for the initial Distribution Date shall be the rate set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

“Class X-D Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class X-D” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing a “regular interest” in the Upper-Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class X-D Notional Amount”: As of any date of determination, the aggregate of the Certificate Balances of the Class D and Class E Certificates.

“Class X-D Pass-Through Rate”: The Pass-Through Rate for the Class X-D Certificates for any Distribution Date will equal the excess, if any of (a) the Weighted Average Net Mortgage Rate for the related Distribution Date, over (b) the weighted average of the Pass-Through Rates of the Class D and Class E Certificates for such Distribution Date, weighted on the basis of their respective aggregate Certificate Balances immediately prior to the Distribution Date. The Pass-Through Rate applicable to the Class X-D Certificates for the initial Distribution Date shall be the rate set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

“Class X-F Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class X-F” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing a “regular interest” in the Upper-Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class X-F Notional Amount”: As of any date of determination, the Certificate Balance of the Class F Certificates.

“Class X-F Pass-Through Rate”: The Pass-Through Rate for the Class X-F Certificates for any Distribution Date will equal the excess, if any of (a) the Weighted Average Net Mortgage Rate for the related Distribution Date, over (b) the Pass-Through Rate of the Class F Certificates for such Distribution Date. The Pass-Through Rate applicable to the Class X-F Certificates for the initial Distribution Date shall be the rate set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

“Clearing Agency”: An organization registered as a “clearing agency” pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act. The initial Clearing Agency shall be DTC.

“Clearstream”: Clearstream Banking, Luxembourg or any successor thereto.

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“Closing Date”: May 25, 2023.

“CMBS”: Commercial mortgage-backed securities.

“Code”: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and applicable final or temporary regulations of the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued pursuant thereto.

“Collateral Deficiency Amount”: With respect to any AB Modified Loan as of any date of determination, shall be an amount, calculated by the applicable Special Servicer (other than with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or the applicable Master Servicer (with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), equal to the excess of (i) the Stated Principal Balance of such AB Modified Loan (taking into account the related junior note(s) and any pari passu notes included therein), over (ii) the sum of (in the case of a Whole Loan, solely to the extent allocable to the subject Mortgage Loan) (x) the most recent Appraised Value for the related Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties, plus (y) solely to the extent not reflected or taken into account in such Appraised Value (or in the calculation of any related Appraisal Reduction Amount) and to the extent on deposit with, or otherwise under the control of, the lender as of the date of such determination, any capital or additional collateral contributed by the related Mortgagor at the time the Mortgage Loan became (and as part of the modification related thereto) such AB Modified Loan for the benefit of the related Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties (provided that in the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the amounts set forth in this clause (y) will be taken into account solely to the extent relevant information is received by the applicable Master Servicer), plus (z) any other escrows or reserves (in addition to any amounts set forth in the immediately preceding clause (y) and solely to the extent not reflected or taken into account in the calculation of any related Appraisal Reduction Amount) held by the lender in respect of such AB Modified Loan as of the date of such determination, which such excess, for the avoidance of doubt, will be determined separately from and exclude any related Appraisal Reduction Amounts. The applicable Master Servicer (other than with respect to Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans), the Operating Advisor (unless an Operating Advisor Consultation Event has occurred and is continuing and the applicable Special Servicer has calculated any such Collateral Deficiency Amount) and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the applicable Special Servicer’s calculation or determination of any Collateral Deficiency Amount (other than with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan). The Special Servicer, Certificate Administrator and the Operating Advisor shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the applicable Master Servicer’s calculation of any Collateral Deficiency Amount with respect to Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans.

With respect to any Collateral Deficiency Amount calculated for purposes of determining the existence and identity of the Controlling Class pursuant to Section 4.05(a), the Appraised Value for the related Mortgaged Property determined in connection with this definition shall be determined on an “as-is” basis. The Master Servicers (other than with respect to Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans) shall not calculate any Collateral Deficiency Amount.

“Collection Account”: A segregated custodial account or accounts created and maintained by each Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.04(a) on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders, which, with respect to the Master Servicer, shall be entitled “Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, on behalf of Computershare Trust

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Company, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of the registered holders of MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1, Collection Account”. Any such account or accounts shall be an Eligible Account. Subject to the related Intercreditor Agreement and taking into account that each Companion Loan is subordinate or pari passu, as applicable, to the related Serviced Mortgage Loan to the extent set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement, the subaccount described in the second paragraph of Section 3.04(b) that is part of the applicable Collection Account shall be for the benefit of the related Serviced Companion Noteholders, to the extent funds on deposit in such subaccount are attributed to such Companion Loans and shall not be an asset of the Trust, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust.

“Collection Period”: With respect to any Distribution Date and any Mortgage Loan (including any Companion Loan), the period beginning with the day after the Determination Date in the month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs (or, in the case of the first Distribution Date, commencing immediately following the Cut-off Date) and ending with the Determination Date occurring in the month in which such Distribution Date occurs.

“Commission”: The Securities and Exchange Commission.

“Companion Distribution Account”: With respect to any Serviced Companion Loan, the separate account created and maintained by the Companion Paying Agent pursuant to Section 3.04(b) and held on behalf of the Serviced Companion Noteholders, which shall be entitled “Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Companion Paying Agent, for the benefit of the Serviced Companion Noteholders of the Serviced Companion Loans, relating to the MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1, Companion Distribution Account”. The Companion Distribution Account shall not be an asset of the Trust, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust, but instead shall be held by the Companion Paying Agent on behalf of the Serviced Companion Noteholders. Any such account shall be an Eligible Account. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Master Servicer and the Companion Paying Agent are the same entity, the Companion Distribution Account may be the subaccount referenced in the second paragraph of Section 3.04(b).

“Companion Holders”: Each of the holders of record of any Companion Loan.

“Companion Loan(s)”: The CX – 250 Water Street Pari Passu Companion Loans, the Barbours Cut IOS Pari Passu Companion Loans, the SOMO Village Companion Loan, the 100 & 150 South Wacker Drive Pari Passu Companion Loan, the Pacific Design Center Pari Passu Companion Loans, the Cumberland Mall Pari Passu Companion Loans, the Conair Glendale Pari Passu Companion Loan, the Rialto Industrial Pari Passu Companion Loans, the Museum Tower Pari Passu Companion Loans, the 100 Jefferson Road Pari Passu Companion Loans, the Metroplex Pari Passu Companion Loans, the 3800 Horizon Boulevard Pari Passu Companion Loan, the Heritage Plaza Pari Passu Companion Loans and any AB Subordinate Companion Loan.

“Companion Loan Rating Agency”: Any NRSRO rating any class of Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan Securities.

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“Companion Paying Agent”: With respect to the Serviced Companion Loans, if any, the Master Servicer in its role as Companion Paying Agent appointed pursuant to Section 3.27.

“Compensating Interest Payments”: With respect to each Master Servicer, an aggregate amount as of any Distribution Date equal to the lesser of (i) the aggregate amount of Prepayment Interest Shortfalls incurred in connection with voluntary principal prepayments received in respect of the Mortgage Loans (other than Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans) for which such Master Servicer is acting as Master Servicer and any related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans (in each case other than any Specially Serviced Loan or any Mortgage Loan or related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan on which the applicable Special Servicer allowed a prepayment on a date other than the applicable Due Date) for the related Distribution Date and (ii) the aggregate of (A) that portion of such Master Servicer’s Servicing Fees for such Distribution Date that is, in the case of each Serviced Mortgage Loan, Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan and REO Loan (excluding any portion thereof related to an AB Subordinate Companion Loan) for which such Master Servicer is acting as Master Servicer for which Servicing Fees are being paid to such Master Servicer in such Collection Period, calculated at a rate of 0.0025% per annum, (B) all Prepayment Interest Excesses received by such Master Servicer during such Collection Period with respect to the Mortgage Loans (other than the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans) (and, so long as a Serviced Whole Loan is serviced hereunder, any related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan) for which such Master Servicer is acting as Master Servicer subject to such prepayment and (C) to the extent earned on voluntary principal prepayments, net investment earnings payable to such Master Servicer for such Collection Period received by such Master Servicer during such Collection Period with respect to the Mortgage Loans (other than the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans) for which such Master Servicer is acting as Master Servicer or any related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan, as applicable, subject to such prepayment. In no event will the rights of the Certificateholders to the offset of the aggregate Prepayment Interest Shortfalls be cumulative. However, if a Prepayment Interest Shortfall occurs with respect to a Mortgage Loan as a result of the applicable Master Servicer’s allowing the related Mortgagor to deviate (a “Prohibited Prepayment”) from the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents regarding Principal Prepayments (other than (V) a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, (W) subsequent to a default under the related Mortgage Loan documents or if the Mortgage Loan is a Specially Serviced Loan, (X) pursuant to applicable law or a court order or otherwise in such circumstances where the applicable Master Servicer is required to accept such Principal Prepayment in accordance with the Servicing Standard, (Y)(i) at the request or with the consent of the applicable Special Servicer or, (ii) for so long as no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing and, other than with respect to an Excluded Loan as to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, at the request or with the consent of the Directing Certificateholder, or (Z) in connection with the payment of any Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds), then for purposes of calculating the Compensating Interest Payment for the related Distribution Date, such Master Servicer shall pay, without regard to clause (ii) above, the aggregate amount of Prepayment Interest Shortfalls with respect to such Mortgage Loan, otherwise described in clause (i) above in connection with such Prohibited Prepayments. No Master Servicer shall be required to make any Compensating Interest Payment as a result of any prepayments on Mortgage Loans or Companion Loans for which it does not act as Master Servicer or on any AB Subordinate Companion Loan.

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For the avoidance of doubt, Compensating Interest Payments attributable to a Serviced Whole Loan shall be allocated among the related Mortgage Loan and the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s), pro rata, in accordance with their respective principal balances.

“Conair Glendale Intercreditor Agreement”: The Agreement Between Note Holders, dated as of December 21, 2022, by and between the holders of the respective promissory notes evidencing the Conair Glendale Whole Loan, relating to the relative rights of such holders, as the same may be further amended in accordance with the terms thereof.

“Conair Glendale Mortgage Loan”: With respect to the Conair Glendale Whole Loan, the Mortgage Loan that is included in the Trust (identified as Mortgage Loan No. 8 on the Mortgage Loan Schedule), which is evidenced by promissory note A-2.

“Conair Glendale Mortgaged Property”: The Mortgaged Property that secures the Conair Glendale Whole Loan.

“Conair Glendale Pari Passu Companion Loans”: With respect to the Conair Glendale Whole Loan, as of the Closing Date, the pari passu companion loan evidenced by the related promissory note A-1, made by the related Mortgagor and secured by the Mortgage on the Conair Glendale Mortgaged Property, which is not included in the Trust and which is pari passu in right of payment to the Conair Glendale Mortgage Loan to the extent set forth in the related Mortgage Loan documents and as provided in the Conair Glendale Intercreditor Agreement.

“Conair Glendale Whole Loan”: The Conair Glendale Mortgage Loan together with the Conair Glendale Pari Passu Companion Loan, each of which is secured by the same Mortgage on the Conair Glendale Mortgaged Property. References herein to the Conair Glendale Whole Loan shall be construed to refer to the aggregate indebtedness under the Conair Glendale Mortgage Loan and the Conair Glendale Pari Passu Companion Loan.

“Consultation Termination Event”: At any date at which no Class of Control Eligible Certificates exists where such Class’s aggregate Certificate Balance is at least equal to 25% of the Original Certificate Balance of that Class, in each case without regard to the application of any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts; provided, that no Consultation Termination Event may occur with respect to a Loan-Specific Directing Certificateholder related to a Servicing Shift Whole Loan and the term “Consultation Termination Event” shall not be applicable to a Loan-Specific Directing Certificateholder related to such Servicing Shift Whole Loan; provided, further, that a Consultation Termination Event shall be deemed not continuing in the event that the Certificate Balances of the Principal Balance Certificates other than the Control Eligible Certificates have been reduced to zero as a result of the allocation of principal payments on the Mortgage Loans.

“Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers”: The “Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers” as published by the U.S. Department of Labor.

“Control Eligible Certificates”: Any of the Class G-RR or Class H-RR Certificates.

“Control Termination Event”: The occurrence of the Certificate Balance of the Class G-RR Certificates (taking into account the application of any Cumulative Appraisal

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Reduction Amounts to notionally reduce the Certificate Balance of such Class in accordance with Section 4.05(a)) being reduced to less than 25% of the Original Certificate Balance of such Class; provided, that no Control Termination Event may occur with respect to a Loan-Specific Directing Certificateholder related to a Servicing Shift Whole Loan and the term “Control Termination Event” shall not be applicable to a Loan-Specific Directing Certificateholder related to such Servicing Shift Whole Loan; provided, further, that a Control Termination Event shall be deemed not continuing in the event that the Certificate Balances of the Principal Balance Certificates other than the Control Eligible Certificates have been reduced to zero as a result of the allocation of principal payments on the Mortgage Loans.

“Controlling Class”: As of any date of determination, the most subordinate Class of Control Eligible Certificates then outstanding that has an aggregate Certificate Balance as notionally reduced by any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts allocable to such Class in accordance with Section 4.05(a), at least equal to 25% of the Original Certificate Balance of that Class; provided, that if at any time the Certificate Balances of the Principal Balance Certificates other than the Control Eligible Certificates have been reduced to zero as a result of the allocation of principal payments on the Mortgage Loans, then the Controlling Class shall be the most subordinate Class among the Control Eligible Certificates that has a Certificate Balance greater than zero without regard to any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts. The Controlling Class as of the Closing Date will be the Class H-RR Certificates.

“Controlling Class Certificateholders”: Each Holder (or Certificate Owner, if applicable) of a Certificate of the Controlling Class as determined by the Certificate Registrar, from time to time, upon request by any party hereto. The Depositor, the Trustee, any Master Servicer, any Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor may from time to time request (the cost of which being an expense of the Trust) that the Certificate Administrator provide a list of the Holders (or Certificate Owners, if applicable) of the Controlling Class and the Certificate Administrator shall promptly provide such list without charge to such Depositor, Trustee, Master Servicer, Operating Advisor or Special Servicer, as applicable. The Trustee, each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer and the Operating Advisor shall be entitled to rely on any such list so provided.

“Conveyed Property”: As defined in Section 2.01(a).

“Corporate Trust Office”: The principal corporate trust office of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator at which at any particular time its corporate trust business with respect to this Agreement shall be administered, which office at the date of the execution of this Agreement is located (i) with respect to Certificate transfers and surrenders, at Computershare Trust Company, National Association, 1505 Energy Park Drive, St. Paul, Minnesota 55108, Attention: Certificate Transfer Services – MSWF 2023-1; (ii) with respect to the Trustee at Computershare Trust Company, National Association, 9062 Old Annapolis Road, Columbia. Maryland 21045, Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) – MSWF 2023-1; and (iii) for all other purposes, to the Certificate Administrator at Computershare Trust Company, National Association, 9062 Old Annapolis Road, Columbia, Maryland 21045, Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS), MSWF 2023-1.

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“Corrected Loan”: Any Specially Serviced Loan that has become current and remained current for three (3) consecutive Periodic Payments (for such purposes taking into account any modification or amendment of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, as applicable, whether by a consensual modification or in connection with a bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding involving the Mortgagor), and (provided that no other Servicing Transfer Event has occurred with respect to such Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan during such preceding three (3) months, no additional event of default is foreseeable in the reasonable judgment of the applicable Special Servicer and no other event or circumstance exists that causes such Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, as applicable, to otherwise constitute a Specially Serviced Loan) the servicing of which the applicable Special Servicer has returned to the applicable Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.19(a).

“Corresponding Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests”: With respect to each Class of Exchangeable Certificates, the Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests set forth next to it in the table below.

Class of Exchangeable Certificates	Corresponding Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests
Class A-4	Class A-4, Class A-4-X1, Class A-4-X2
Class A-4-1	Class A-4, Class A-4-X2
Class A-4-2	Class A-4
Class A-4-X1	Class A-4-X1
Class A-4-X2	Class A-4-X1, Class A-4-X2
Class A-5	Class A-5, Class A-5-X1, Class A-5-X2
Class A-5-1	Class A-5, Class A-5-X2
Class A-5-2	Class A-5
Class A-5-X1	Class A-5-X1
Class A-5-X2	Class A-5-X1, Class A-5-X2
Class A-S	Class A-S, Class A-S-X1, Class A-S-X2
Class A-S-1	Class A-S, Class A-S-X2
Class A-S-2	Class A-S
Class A-S-X1	Class A-S-X1
Class A-S-X2	Class A-S-X1, Class A-S-X2
Class B	Class B, Class B-X1, Class B-X2
Class B-1	Class B, Class B-X2
Class B-2	Class B
Class B-X1	Class B-X1
Class B-X2	Class B-X1, Class B-X2
Class C	Class C, Class C-X1, Class C-X2
Class C-1	Class C, Class C-X2
Class C-2	Class C
Class C-X1	Class C-X1
Class C-X2	Class C-X1, Class C-X2

“Credit Risk Retention Agreement”: The Credit Risk Retention Agreement, dated and effective as of May 19, 2023, between the Sponsors, Argentic Securities Holdings 2 Cayman Limited and the Depositor.

“CREFC^®”: The Commercial Real Estate Finance Council^®, or any successor organization reasonably acceptable to the Certificate Administrator, each Master Servicer, each Special Servicer and, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event, the Directing Certificateholder.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan and REO Loan (other than the portion of an REO Loan related to any Companion Loan) and for any Distribution Date, the amount accrued during the related Interest Accrual Period at the CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee Rate on the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan or REO Loan as of the close of business on the Distribution Date in such Interest Accrual Period; provided that such amounts shall be computed for the same period and on the same interest accrual basis respecting which any related interest payment due or deemed due on the related Mortgage Loan or REO Loan is computed and shall be prorated for partial periods. For the avoidance of doubt, the CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee shall be deemed payable by each applicable Master Servicer from the Lower-Tier REMIC.

“CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee Rate”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan and REO Loan (but excluding any related Companion Loan), a rate equal to 0.00050% per annum.

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

“CREFC^® Investor Reporting Package”: The collection of reports specified by the CREFC^® from time to time as the “CREFC^® Investor Reporting Package.” As of the Closing Date, the CREFC^® Investor Reporting Package contains eight (8) electronic files ((1) CREFC^® Loan Setup File, (2) CREFC^® Loan Periodic Update File, (3) CREFC^® Property File, (4) CREFC^® Bond Level File, (5) CREFC^® Collateral Summary File, (6) CREFC^® Financial File, (7) CREFC^® Special Servicer Loan File and (8) CREFC^® Schedule AL File (with respect to the Master Servicer)) and eleven (11) surveillance reports ((1) CREFC^® Servicer Watch List, (2) CREFC^® Delinquent Loan Status Report, (3) CREFC^® REO Status Report, (4) CREFC^® Comparative Financial Status Report, (5) CREFC^® Historical Loan Modification/Forbearance and Corrected Mortgage Loan Report, (6) CREFC^® Operating Statement Analysis Report, (7) CREFC^® Servicer Remittance to Certificate Administrator, (8) CREFC^® Significant Insurance Event Report, (9) CREFC^® NOI Adjustment Worksheet, (10) CREFC^® Loan Level Reserve/LOC Report and (11) with respect to Mortgage Loans that have a Companion Loan, as applicable, the CREFC^® Total Loan Report). In addition, the CREFC^® Investor Reporting Package shall include the CREFC^® Advance Recovery Report. In addition, the CREFC^® Investor Reporting Package shall include the following nine (9) templates: (1) CREFC^® Appraisal Reduction Template, (2) CREFC^® Servicer Realized Loss Template, (3) CREFC^® Reconciliation of Funds Template, (4) CREFC^® Historical Bond/Collateral Realized Loss Reconciliation Template, (5) CREFC^® Historical Liquidation Loss Template, (6) CREFC^® Interest Shortfall Reconciliation Template, (7) CREFC^® Loan Modification Report, (8) CREFC^® Loan Liquidation Report and (9) CREFC^®

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REO Liquidation Report. The CREFC^® Investor Reporting Package shall be substantially in the form of, and containing the information called for in, the downloadable forms of the “CREFC^® IRP” available as of the Closing Date on the CREFC^® Website, or such other form for the presentation of such information and containing such additional information or reports as may from time to time be approved by the CREFC^® for CMBS transactions generally. For the purposes of the production of the CREFC^® Comparative Financial Status Report by the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer of any such report that is required to state information for any period prior to the Cut-off Date, the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, may conclusively rely (without independent verification), absent manifest error, on information provided to it by the Mortgage Loan Sellers or by the related Mortgagor or (x) in the case of such a report produced by any Master Servicer, by the applicable Special Servicer (if other than such Master Servicer or an Affiliate thereof) and (y) in the case of such a report produced by any Special Servicer, by the applicable Master Servicer (if other than such Special Servicer or an Affiliate thereof).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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“CREFC^® NOI Adjustment Worksheet”: The worksheet in the “NOI Adjustment Worksheet” format substantially in the form of and containing the information called for therein for the Mortgage Loans, or such other form for the presentation of such information as may be approved from time to time by the CREFC^® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally.

“CREFC^® Operating Statement Analysis Report”: The report in the “Operating Statement Analysis Report” format substantially in the form of and containing the information called for therein for the Mortgage Loans, or such other form for the presentation of such information as may be approved from time to time by the CREFC^® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally.

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

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

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

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

“CREFC^® Schedule AL File”: The data file in the “Schedule AL File” format substantially in the form of and containing the information called for therein for the Mortgage Loans, or such other form for the presentation of such information as may be approved from time to time by the CREFC^® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally; provided that the Depositor has confirmed in writing to each Master Servicer and the Certificate Administrator that any change to such “Schedule AL File” format complies with the requirements of Item 1125 of Regulation AB.

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

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

“CREFC^® Servicer Watch List”: A monthly report, as of each Determination Date, including and identifying each Non-Specially Serviced Loan satisfying the “CREFC^® Portfolio Review Guidelines” approved from time to time by the CREFC^® in the “CREFC^® Servicer Watch List” format substantially in the form of and containing the information called for therein for the Mortgage Loans, or such other form (including other portfolio review guidelines) for the presentation of such information as may be approved from time to time by the CREFC^® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally.

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

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

“CREFC^® Total Loan Report”: A monthly report substantially in the form of, and containing the information called for in, the downloadable form of the “Total Loan Report” available as of the Closing Date on the CREFC^® Website, or in such other form for the presentation of such information and containing such additional information as may from time to time be adopted by the CREFC^® for CMBS transactions and is reasonably acceptable to each applicable Master Servicer.

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

“Cross-Over Date”: The Distribution Date on which the Certificate Balances of the Subordinate Certificates (other than the Class A-S Exchangeable Certificates, Class B Exchangeable Certificates and Class C Exchangeable Certificates) and the Class A-S Upper-Tier Regular Interest, Class B Upper-Tier Regular Interest and Class C Upper-Tier Regular Interest have all previously been reduced to zero as a result of the allocation of Realized Losses to such Certificates.

“Crossed Mortgage Loan Group”: With respect to (i) any mortgage loan that consists of more than one commercial mortgage loan, the underlying group of loans that are cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with each other and (ii) any two (2) or more individual mortgage loans that are cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with each other, such cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted mortgage loans. There is no Crossed Mortgage Loan Group related to the Trust.

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“Crossed Underlying Loan”: With respect to any Crossed Mortgage Loan Group, a mortgage loan that is cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with one or more other mortgage loans within such Crossed Mortgage Loan Group. There is no Crossed Underlying Loan related to the Trust.

“Crossed Underlying Loan Repurchase Criteria”: With respect to any Crossed Mortgage Loan Group as to which one or more (but not all) of the Crossed Underlying Loans therein are affected by a Material Defect (the Crossed Underlying Loan(s) in such Crossed Mortgage Loan Group affected by such Material Defect, for purposes of this definition, the “affected Crossed Underlying Loans” and the other Crossed Underlying Loan(s) in such Crossed Mortgage Loan Group, for purposes of this definition, the “remaining Crossed Underlying Loans”) (i) the debt service coverage ratio for all the remaining Crossed Underlying Loans for the four (4) most recently reported calendar quarters preceding the repurchase or substitution shall not be less than the least of (a) the debt service coverage ratio for the Crossed Mortgage Loan Group (including the affected Crossed Underlying Loan(s)) set forth in Annex A-1 to the Prospectus, (b) the debt service coverage ratio for the Crossed Mortgage Loan Group (including the affected Crossed Underlying Loan(s)) for the four (4) preceding calendar quarters preceding the repurchase or replacement and (c) 1.25x, (ii) the loan-to-value ratio for all the remaining Crossed Underlying Loans determined at the time of repurchase or substitution based upon an Appraisal obtained by the applicable Special Servicer at the expense of the related Mortgage Loan Seller shall not be greater than the greatest of (a) the loan-to-value ratio, expressed as a whole number percentage (taken to one (1) decimal place), for the entire Crossed Mortgage Loan Group, (including the affected Crossed Underlying Loan(s)) set forth in Annex A-1 to the Prospectus, (b) the loan-to-value ratio, expressed as a whole number percentage (taken to one (1) decimal place), for the entire such Crossed Mortgage Loan Group, including the affected Crossed Underlying Loan(s) at the time of repurchase or substitution, and (c) 75%, (iii) the related Mortgage Loan Seller, at its expense, shall have furnished the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator with an Opinion of Counsel that any modification relating to the repurchase or substitution of a Crossed Underlying Loan shall not cause an Adverse REMIC Event, (iv) the related Mortgage Loan Seller causes the affected Crossed Underlying Loan to become not cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with the remaining related Crossed Underlying Loans prior to such repurchase or substitution or otherwise forbears from exercising enforcement rights against the Primary Collateral for any Crossed Underlying Loan(s) remaining in the Trust (while the Trust forbears from exercising enforcement rights against the Primary Collateral for the Mortgage Loan removed from the Trust) and (v) (other than with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is an Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class) unless a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Directing Certificateholder shall have consented to the repurchase or substitution of the affected Crossed Underlying Loan, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.

“Cumberland Mall Intercreditor Agreement”: The Agreement Between Note Holders, dated as of April 14, 2023, by and between the holders of the respective promissory notes evidencing the Cumberland Mall Whole Loan, relating to the relative rights of such holders, as the same may be further amended in accordance with the terms thereof.

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“Cumberland Mall Mortgage Loan”: With respect to the Cumberland Mall Whole Loan, the Mortgage Loan that is included in the Trust (identified as Mortgage Loan No. 7 on the Mortgage Loan Schedule), which is evidenced by promissory note A-6-1.

“Cumberland Mall Mortgaged Property”: The Mortgaged Property that secures the Cumberland Mall Whole Loan.

“Cumberland Mall Pari Passu Companion Loans”: With respect to the Cumberland Mall Whole Loan, as of the Closing Date, the pari passu companion loans evidenced by the related promissory notes A-1, A-2, A-3, A-4, A-5, A-6-2, A-7, A-8, A-9, A-10 and A-11, made by the related Mortgagor and secured by the Mortgage on the Cumberland Mall Mortgaged Property, which are not included in the Trust and which are pari passu in right of payment to the Cumberland Mall Mortgage Loan to the extent set forth in the related Mortgage Loan documents and as provided in the Cumberland Mall Intercreditor Agreement.

“Cumberland Mall Whole Loan”: The Cumberland Mall Mortgage Loan together with the Cumberland Mall Pari Passu Companion Loans, each of which is secured by the same Mortgage on the Cumberland Mall Mortgaged Property. References herein to the Cumberland Mall Whole Loan shall be construed to refer to the aggregate indebtedness under the Cumberland Mall Mortgage Loan and the Cumberland Mall Pari Passu Companion Loans.

“Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amount”: As of any date of determination, the sum of (i) all Appraisal Reduction Amounts then in effect, and (ii) with respect to any AB Modified Loan, any Collateral Deficiency Amount then in effect. The applicable Master Servicer and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the applicable Special Servicer’s calculation or determination of any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amount with respect to a Serviced Mortgage Loan. With respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan the applicable Special Servicer, the applicable Master Servicer and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the applicable Non-Serviced Special Servicer’s calculation or determination of any Appraisal Reduction Amount with respect to such Mortgage Loan.

“Cure/Contest Period”: As defined in Section 12.01(b)(vii).

“Custodial Exception Report”: As defined in Section 2.02(b).

“Custodian”: A Person who is at any time appointed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.11 as a document custodian for the Mortgage Files, which Person shall not be the Depositor, any of the Mortgage Loan Sellers or (except to the extent Computershare Trust Company, National Association is the Custodian) an Affiliate of any of them. The Certificate Administrator shall be the initial Custodian. Computershare Trust Company, National Association will perform its duties as Custodian hereunder through its Document Custody division, including, as applicable, any agents or affiliates utilized thereby.

“Cut-off Date”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the related Due Date of such Mortgage Loan in May 2023, or with respect to any Mortgage Loan that has its first Due Date after May 2023, the date that would have otherwise been the related Due Date in May 2023.

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“Cut-off Date Balance”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan, as of the Cut-off Date, after application of all payments of principal due on or before such date, whether or not received.

“CX – 250 Water Street Intercreditor Agreement”: The Agreement Between Note Holders, dated as of January 27, 2023, by and between the holders of the respective promissory notes evidencing the CX – 250 Water Street Whole Loan, relating to the relative rights of such holders, as the same may be further amended in accordance with the terms thereof.

“CX – 250 Water Street Lead Note” The promissory note A-1 of the CX – 250 Water Street Whole Loan.

“CX – 250 Water Street Lead Note Securitization Date”: The closing date of the securitization of the CX – 250 Water Street Lead Note.

“CX – 250 Water Street Mortgage Loan”: With respect to the CX – 250 Water Street Whole Loan, the Mortgage Loan that is included in the Trust (identified as Mortgage Loan No. 1 on the Mortgage Loan Schedule), which is evidenced by promissory notes A-10, A-11 and A-14.

“CX – 250 Water Street Mortgaged Property”: The Mortgaged Property that secures the CX – 250 Water Street Whole Loan.

“CX – 250 Water Street Pari Passu Companion Loans”: With respect to the CX – 250 Water Street Whole Loan, as of the Closing Date, the pari passu companion loans evidenced by the related promissory notes A-1, A-2, A-3, A-4, A-5, A-6, A-7, A-8, A-9, A-12, A-13, A-15, A-16, A-17, A-18, A-19 and A-20, made by the related Mortgagor and secured by the Mortgage on the CX – 250 Water Street Mortgaged Property, which are not included in the Trust and which are pari passu in right of payment to the CX – 250 Water Street Mortgage Loan to the extent set forth in the related Mortgage Loan documents and as provided in the CX – 250 Water Street Intercreditor Agreement.

“CX – 250 Water Street Whole Loan”: The CX – 250 Water Street Mortgage Loan together with the CX – 250 Water Street Pari Passu Companion Loans, each of which is secured by the same Mortgage on the CX – 250 Water Street Mortgaged Property. References herein to the CX – 250 Water Street Whole Loan shall be construed to refer to the aggregate indebtedness under the CX – 250 Water Street Mortgage Loan and the CX – 250 Water Street Pari Passu Companion Loans.

“DBRS Morningstar”: DBRS, Inc., and its successors in interest. If neither DBRS Morningstar nor any successor remains in existence, “DBRS Morningstar” shall be deemed to refer to such other NRSRO or other comparable Person reasonably designated by the Depositor, notice of which designation shall be given to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, each applicable Master Servicer, the Directing Certificateholder and each applicable Special Servicer and specific ratings of DBRS Morningstar herein referenced shall be deemed to refer to the equivalent ratings of the party so designated.

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“Default Interest”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan and any Collection Period, all interest accrued in respect of such Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan during such Collection Period provided for in the related Mortgage Note or Mortgage as a result of a default (exclusive of late payment charges) that is in excess of interest at the related Mortgage Rate accrued on the unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan outstanding from time to time.

“Defaulted Loan”: A Serviced Mortgage Loan or a Serviced Whole Loan and (i) that is delinquent at least sixty (60) days in respect of its Periodic Payments (other than a Balloon Payment) or in respect of its Balloon Payment, if any; provided that in respect of a Balloon Payment, such period will be one hundred-twenty (120) days if the related Mortgagor has provided the applicable Master Servicer or applicable Special Servicer, as applicable, with a written and fully executed (subject only to customary final closing conditions) refinancing commitment (or if refinancing commitments are not then customarily issued by commercial mortgage lenders, such written, executed and binding alternative documentation as is customarily used by commercial real estate lenders for such purpose) or purchase and sale agreement from an acceptable lender or purchaser, as applicable, and reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to such Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable (and such Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable shall promptly forward such documentation to the Directing Certificateholder); and such delinquency is to be determined without giving effect to any Grace Period permitted by the related Mortgage or Mortgage Note and without regard to any acceleration of payments under the related Mortgage and Mortgage Note or (ii) as to which the applicable Special Servicer has, by written notice to the related Mortgagor, accelerated the maturity of the indebtedness evidenced by the related Mortgage Note. For the avoidance of doubt, a defaulted Companion Loan does not constitute a “Defaulted Loan”.

“Defeasance Accounts”: As defined in Section 3.18(j).

“Defect”: As defined in Section 2.02(f).

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

“Deficient Valuation”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, a valuation by a court of competent jurisdiction of the related Mortgaged Property in an amount less than the then-outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan which valuation results from a proceeding initiated under the Bankruptcy Code.

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“Definitive Certificate”: Any Certificate in definitive, fully registered form without interest coupons. Initially, the Class R Certificates, the Class V Certificates and any Certificate issued pursuant to Section 5.02(c) and Section 5.02(d) shall be Definitive Certificates.

“Delinquent Loan”: A Mortgage Loan that is delinquent at least sixty (60) days in respect of its Periodic Payments or Balloon Payment, if any, in either case such delinquency to be determined without giving effect to any Grace Period.

“Denomination”: With respect to any Certificate or any beneficial interest in a Certificate the amount (i) (a) set forth on the face thereof or set forth on a schedule attached thereto (subject, in the case of an Exchangeable Certificate, to any adjustments thereto as reflected on the schedule attached to such Certificate) or (b) in the case of any beneficial interest in a Book-Entry Certificate, the interest of the related Certificate Owner in the applicable Class of Certificates as reflected on the books and records of the Depository or related Depository Participant, as applicable, (ii) expressed in terms of initial Certificate Balance or initial Notional Amount, as applicable, and (iii) in an authorized denomination, as set forth in Section 5.01(a).

“Depositor”: Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., a Delaware corporation, or its successor in interest.

“Depository”: DTC, or any successor Depository hereafter named. The nominee of the initial Depository for purposes of registering those Certificates that are to be Book-Entry Certificates, is Cede & Co. The Depository shall at all times be a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(3) of the UCC of the State of New York and a “clearing agency” registered pursuant to the provisions of Section 17A of the Exchange Act.

“Depository Participant”: A broker, dealer, bank or other financial institution or other Person for whom from time to time the Depository effects book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the Depository.

“Designated Site”: The website to which Diligence Files are uploaded as designated by the Depositor to the Mortgage Loan Sellers.

“Determination Date”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the eleventh (11^th) day of each calendar month (or, if the eleventh (11^th) calendar day of that month is not a Business Day, then the next Business Day), commencing in June 2023.

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

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

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

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the Mortgage Note and an indemnity properly assigned and endorsed to the Trustee);

(ii)                               the Mortgage, together with a copy of any intervening Assignments of Mortgage, in each case, with evidence of recording indicated thereon or certified to have been submitted for recording (if in the possession of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller);

(iii)                            any related Assignment of Leases and of any intervening Assignments (if such item is a document separate from the Mortgage), in each case, with evidence of recording indicated thereon or certified to have been submitted for recording (if in the possession of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller);

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(xi)                             any franchise agreements and comfort letters or similar agreements relating to a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan and, with respect to any franchise agreement, comfort letter or similar agreement, any assignment of such agreements or any notice to the franchisor of the transfer of a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan;

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

(xiii)                       any related mezzanine intercreditor agreement;

(xiv)                       all related environmental reports; and

(xv)                         all related environmental insurance policies;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(k)               a copy of all zoning reports;

(l)                 a copy of financial statements of the related Mortgagor;

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

(n)               a copy of all UCC searches;

(o)               a copy of all litigation searches;

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(p)               a copy of all bankruptcy searches;

(q)               a copy of any origination settlement statement;

(r)                a copy of the Insurance Summary Report;

(s)                a copy of the organizational documents of the related Mortgagor and any guarantor;

(t)                 a copy of all escrow statements related to the escrow account balances as of the Mortgage Loan origination date;

(u)               a copy of all related environmental reports that were received by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller;

(v)               a copy of any closure letter (environmental); and

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

in each case, to the extent that the related originator received such documents in connection with the origination of such Mortgage Loan. In the event any of the items identified above were not included in connection with the origination of such Mortgage Loan (other than documents that would not be included in connection with the origination of the Mortgage Loan because such document is inapplicable to the origination of a Mortgage Loan of that structure or type), the Diligence File shall include a statement to that effect. No information that is proprietary to the related originator or Mortgage Loan Seller or any draft documents or privileged or internal communications shall constitute part of the Diligence File. It is generally not required to include any of the same items identified above again if such items have already been included under another clause of the definition of Diligence File, and the Diligence File shall include a statement to that effect. The Mortgage Loan Seller may, without any obligation to do so, include such other documents as part of the Diligence File that such Mortgage Loan Seller believes should be included to enable the Asset Representations Reviewer to perform the Asset Review on such Mortgage Loan; provided that such documents are clearly labeled and identified.

“Directing Certificateholder”: (A) With respect to a Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan, the Directing Certificateholder shall be any related Loan-Specific Directing Certificateholder, and (B) with respect to each Mortgage Loan (other than a Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan that has a related Loan-Specific Directing Certificateholder), the initial Directing Certificateholder shall be Argentic Securities Income USA 2 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company. Thereafter, with respect to the Mortgage Loans described in clause (B) of the first sentence of this definition, the Directing Certificateholder shall be the Controlling Class Certificateholder (or a representative thereof) selected by more than 50% of the Controlling Class Certificateholders (by Certificate Balance, as determined by the Certificate Registrar) from time to time; provided, that (i) absent that selection, or (ii) until a Directing Certificateholder is so selected or (iii) upon receipt of a notice from a majority of the Controlling Class Certificateholders, by Certificate Balance, that a Directing Certificateholder is no longer designated, the Controlling Class Certificateholder that owns the largest aggregate Certificate Balance of the Controlling Class

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(or a representative thereof) will be the Directing Certificateholder; provided, that, in the case of this clause (iii), in the event that no one Holder owns the largest aggregate Certificate Balance of the Controlling Class, then there will be no Directing Certificateholder until appointed in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. After the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event, the Directing Certificateholder with respect to the Mortgage Loans described in clause (B) of the first sentence of this definition shall only retain its consultation rights to the extent specifically provided for herein. After the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event, there will be no Directing Certificateholder with respect to the Mortgage Loans described in clause (B) of the first sentence of this definition. The Depositor shall promptly provide the name and contact information for the initial Directing Certificateholder upon request of any party to this Agreement and any such requesting party may conclusively rely on the name and contact information provided by the Depositor. The Certificate Administrator and the other parties hereto shall be entitled to assume that the identity of the Directing Certificateholder has not changed until such parties receive written notice of a replacement of the Directing Certificateholder from a party holding the requisite interest in the Controlling Class (as confirmed by the Certificate Registrar), or the resignation of the then-current Directing Certificateholder. As used herein, the term “Directing Certificateholder,” unless used in relation to a Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan, means the entity determined pursuant to clause (B) of the first sentence of this definition.

“Directing Certificateholder Approval Process”: As defined in Section 3.19(d).

“Directly Operate”: With respect to any REO Property (except with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property), the furnishing or rendering of services to the tenants thereof, that are not customarily provided to tenants in connection with the rental of space “for occupancy only” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.512(b)-1(c)(5), the management or operation of such REO Property, the holding of such REO Property primarily for sale to customers, the use of such REO Property in a trade or business conducted by the Trust or on behalf of a Companion Holder or the performance of any construction work on the REO Property other than through an Independent Contractor; provided, however, that an REO Property shall not be considered to be Directly Operated solely because the Trustee (or the applicable Special Servicer on behalf of the Trustee) establishes rental terms, chooses tenants, enters into or renews leases, deals with taxes and insurance or makes decisions as to repairs or capital expenditures with respect to such REO Property or takes other actions consistent with Treasury Regulations Section 1.856-4(b)(5)(ii).

“Disclosable Special Servicer Fees”: With respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan (including any related REO Property), any compensation and other remuneration (including, without limitation, in the form of commissions, brokerage fees, or rebates, or as a result of any other fee-sharing arrangement) received or retained by the applicable Special Servicer or any of its Affiliates that is paid by any Person (including, without limitation, the Trust, any Mortgagor, any manager, any guarantor or indemnitor in respect of a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan and any purchaser of any such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan or REO Property) in connection with the disposition, workout or foreclosure of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, the management or disposition of any REO Property, and the performance by the applicable Special Servicer or any such Affiliate of any other special servicing duties under this Agreement, other than (1) any Permitted Special

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Servicer/Affiliate Fees and (2) any compensation to which the applicable Special Servicer is entitled pursuant to this Agreement or any Non-Serviced PSA.

“Disclosure Parties”: As defined in Section 3.13(f).

“Discount Rate”: As defined in Section 4.01(e).

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

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

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

“Disqualified Organization”: Any of (i) the United States, any State or political subdivision thereof, any possession of the United States or any agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing (other than an instrumentality which is a corporation if all of its activities are subject to tax and, except for Freddie Mac, a majority of its board of directors is not selected by such governmental unit), (ii) a foreign government, any international organization or any agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing, (iii) any organization which is exempt from the tax imposed by Chapter 1 of the Code (including the tax imposed by Section 511 of the Code on unrelated business taxable income) on any excess inclusions (as defined in Section 860E(c)(1) of the Code) with respect to the Class R Certificates (except certain farmers’ cooperatives described in Section 521 of the Code), (iv) rural electric and telephone cooperatives described in Section 1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code and (v) any other Person so designated by the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator based upon an Opinion of Counsel as provided to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator (at no expense to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator) that the holding of an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate by such Person may cause either Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that the Certificates are outstanding or any Person having an Ownership Interest in any Class of Certificates (other than such Person) to incur a liability for any federal tax imposed under the Code that would not otherwise be imposed but for the Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate to such Person. The terms “United States,” “State” and “international organization” shall have the meanings set forth in Section 7701 of the Code or successor provisions.

“Distribution Accounts”: Collectively, the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account and the Excess Interest Distribution Account (and in each case any subaccount thereof), all of which may be subaccounts of a single Eligible Account.

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“Distribution Date”: The fourth (4th) Business Day following each Determination Date, beginning in June 2023. The initial Distribution Date shall be June 16, 2023.

“Distribution Date Statement”: As defined in Section 4.02(a).

“Do Not Hire List”: The list, as may be updated at any time, provided by the Depositor to each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer, which lists certain parties identified by the Depositor as having failed to comply (after any applicable cure period) with their respective obligations under Article XI of this Agreement or as having failed to comply (after any applicable cure period) with any similar Regulation AB reporting requirements under any other securitization transaction. For the avoidance of doubt, as of the Closing Date, no parties appear on the Do Not Hire List.

“Dodd-Frank Act”: The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, as amended from time to time.

“DTC”: The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation.

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

“EDGAR”: As defined in Section 11.03.

“EDGAR-Compatible Format”: With respect to (a) the CREFC^® Schedule AL File and the Schedule AL Additional File, XML format or such other format as mutually agreed to between the Depositor, Certificate Administrator and each applicable Master Servicer and (b) any report, file or document other than those listed in clause (a) above, any format compatible with EDGAR, including HTML, Word or clean, searchable PDFs.

“Eligible Account”: Any of the following: (i) a segregated account or accounts maintained with a federal or state chartered depository institution or trust company (including the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator), (A) the long-term deposit rating or long-term unsecured debt obligations or deposits of which are rated at least “A2” by Moody’s, if the deposits are to be held in such account for thirty (30) days or more, and the short-term debt obligations or deposits of which have a short-term rating of not less than “P-1” from Moody’s, if the deposits are to be held in such account for less than thirty (30) days and (B) the long-term unsecured debt obligations or deposits of which are rated at least “A” by Fitch (to the extent rated by Fitch), if the deposits are to be held in such account for thirty (30) days or more, and the short-term debt obligations or deposits of which have a short-term rating of not less than “F1” from Fitch (to the extent rated by Fitch), if the deposits are to be held in such account for less than thirty (30) days; (ii) an account or accounts maintained with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association so long as Wells Fargo Bank,

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National Association’s long-term unsecured debt rating shall be at least “A2” from Moody’s and “A” from Fitch (to the extent rated by Fitch) (if the deposits are to be held in the account for more than thirty (30) days) or Wells Fargo Bank, National Association’s short-term deposit or short-term unsecured debt rating shall be at least “P-1” from Moody’s and “F1” from Fitch (to the extent rated by Fitch) (if the deposits are to be held in the account for thirty (30) days or less); (iii) such other account or accounts that, but for the failure to satisfy one or more of the minimum rating(s) set forth in the applicable clause, would be listed in clauses (i) - (ii) above, with respect to which a Rating Agency Confirmation has been obtained from KBRA and from each Rating Agency for which the minimum ratings set forth in the applicable clause is not satisfied with respect to such account, which account may be an account maintained by or with the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, any Master Servicer or any Special Servicer; (iv) any other account or accounts not listed in clauses (i)-(ii) above with respect to which a Rating Agency Confirmation has been obtained from each and every Rating Agency and a confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25), which account may be an account maintained by or with the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, any Master Servicer or any Special Servicer; or (v) a segregated trust account or accounts maintained with the corporate trust department of a federal or state chartered depository institution or trust company that has (A) a long-term unsecured debt rating of at least “A2” by Moody’s and “A” by Fitch (to the extent rated by Fitch), if the deposits are to be held in such account for thirty (30) days or more, and a short-term unsecured debt rating of at least “P-1” from Moody’s and not less than “F1” from Fitch (to the extent rated by Fitch), if the deposits are to be held in such account for less than thirty (30) days and that, in each such case, has corporate trust powers, acting in its fiduciary capacity, provided that any state chartered depository institution or trust company is subject to regulation regarding fiduciary funds substantially similar to 12 C.F.R. § 9.10(b). No Eligible Account shall be evidenced by a certificate of deposit, passbook or other similar instrument.

“Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer”: An entity that (a) is the special servicer, operating advisor or asset representations reviewer on a transaction rated by any of DBRS Morningstar, Fitch, KBRA, Moody’s or S&P and that has not been a special servicer, operating advisor or asset representations reviewer on a transaction for which any of DBRS Morningstar, Fitch, KBRA, Moody’s or S&P has qualified, downgraded or withdrawn its rating or ratings of one or more classes of certificates for such transaction citing servicing or other relevant concerns with such Special Servicer, operating advisor or asset representations reviewer, as applicable, as the sole or material factor in such rating action, (b) can and will make the representations and warranties set forth in Section 6.01(d), (c) is not (and is neither affiliated nor Risk Retention Affiliated with) any Sponsor, any Mortgage Loan Seller, any originator, any Master Servicer, any Special Servicer, the Successor Third-Party Purchaser (if any), the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Directing Certificateholder, the Risk Retention Consultation Party or any of their respective Affiliates or Risk Retention Affiliates, (d) has not performed (and is not affiliated with any party hired to perform) any due diligence, loan underwriting, brokerage, borrower advisory or similar services with respect to any Mortgage Loan or any related Companion Loan prior to the Closing Date for or on behalf of any Sponsor, any Mortgage Loan Seller, any Underwriter, any party to this Agreement, the Directing Certificateholder, the Risk

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Retention Consultation Party or any of their respective Affiliates, or have been paid any fees, compensation or other remuneration by any of them in connection with any such services, and (e) does not directly or indirectly, through one or more Affiliates or otherwise, own any interest in any Certificates, any Mortgage Loans, any Companion Loan or any securities backed by a Companion Loan or otherwise have any financial interest in the securitization transaction to which this Agreement relates, other than in fees from its role as Asset Representations Reviewer (or as Operating Advisor, if applicable).

“Eligible Operating Advisor”: An entity (a) that is a special servicer or operating advisor on a CMBS transaction rated by the Rating Agencies (including, in the case of the Operating Advisor, this transaction) but has not been a special servicer or operating advisor on a transaction for which any Rating Agency has qualified, downgraded or withdrawn its rating or ratings of one or more classes of certificates for such transaction citing servicing or other relevant concerns with the Operating Advisor in its capacity as the special servicer or operating advisor, as applicable, as the sole or a material factor in such rating action; (b) that can and will make the representations and warranties of the Operating Advisor set forth in Section 6.01(c) of this Agreement; (c) that is not (and is neither affiliated nor Risk Retention Affiliated with) the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, any Master Servicer, any Special Servicer, a Mortgage Loan Seller, a Borrower Party, the Directing Certificateholder, any Retaining Party, a Successor Third-Party Purchaser, the Risk Retention Consultation Party or a depositor, a trustee, a certificate administrator, any master servicer or any special servicer with respect to the securitization of a Companion Loan, or any of their respective Affiliates or Risk Retention Affiliates; (d) that has not been paid by any Special Servicer or successor special servicer any fees, compensation or other remuneration (x) in respect of its obligations hereunder or (y) for the appointment or recommendation for replacement of a successor special servicer to become a special servicer under this Agreement; (e) that (i) has been regularly engaged in the business of analyzing and advising clients in CMBS matters and has at least five (5) years of experience in collateral analysis and loss projections and (ii) has at least five (5) years of experience in commercial real estate asset management and experience in the workout and management of distressed commercial real estate assets; and (f) that does not directly or indirectly, through one or more Affiliates or otherwise, own or have derivative exposure in any interest in any Certificates, any Mortgage Loans, any Companion Loan or any securities backed by a Companion Loan or otherwise have any financial interest in the securitization transaction to which this Agreement relates, other than in fees from its role as Operating Advisor and Asset Representations Reviewer (to the extent it also acts as the Asset Representations Reviewer).

“Enforcing Party”: The person obligated to or that elects pursuant to Section 2.03 to enforce the rights of the Trust against the related Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to the Repurchase Request.

“Enforcing Servicer”: The applicable Special Servicer.

“Environmental Assessment”: An “environmental site assessment” as such term is defined in, and meeting the criteria of, the American Society of Testing Materials Standard Section E 1527-00, or any successor thereto.

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“Environmental Indemnity Agreement”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any agreement between the Mortgagor (or a guarantor thereof) and the originator of such Mortgage Loan relating to the Mortgagor’s obligation to remediate or monitor or indemnify for any environmental problems relating to the related Mortgaged Property.

“ERISA”: The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

“ERISA Plan”: As defined in Section 5.03(q).

“ERISA Restricted Certificate”: Any Certificate (other than a Class R or Class V Certificate) that does not meet the requirements of Prohibited Transaction Exemption 90-24 and Prohibited Transaction Exemption 96-22 (as such exemptions may be amended from time to time) as of the date of the acquisition of such Certificate by a Plan. As of the Closing Date, each of the Class X-F, Class F, Class G-RR and Class H-RR Certificates is an ERISA Restricted Certificate.

“Escrow Payment”: Any payment received by the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer for the account of any Mortgagor for application toward the payment of real estate taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, ground lease rents and similar items in respect of the related Mortgaged Property, including amounts for deposit to any reserve account.

“Euroclear”: The Euroclear System or any successor thereto.

“Excess Interest”: With respect to each ARD Loan, interest accrued on such ARD Loan after the Anticipated Repayment Date allocable to the Excess Rate, including all interest accrued thereon to the extent permitted by applicable law and the related Mortgage Loan documents. The Excess Interest shall not be an asset of either Trust REMIC, but rather shall be an asset of the Grantor Trust.

“Excess Interest Certificates”: Any Class of commercial mortgage pass-through certificates issued under this Agreement that are designated as evidencing an interest in the Excess Interest Grantor Trust Assets. The Class V Certificates shall be Excess Interest Certificates.

“Excess Interest Distribution Account”: The trust account or accounts created and maintained as a separate account or accounts (or as a subaccount of the Distribution Account) by the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 3.04(c), which shall be entitled “Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator, on behalf of Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of the registered holders of MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1, Class V Certificates, Excess Interest Distribution Account”, and which must be an Eligible Account (or a subaccount of an Eligible Account). The Excess Interest Distribution Account shall be held solely for the benefit of the Holders of the Excess Interest Certificates. The Excess Interest Distribution Account shall not be an asset of either Trust REMIC, but rather shall be an asset of the Grantor Trust.

“Excess Interest Grantor Trust Assets”: The portion of the Trust Fund consisting of the Excess Interest, the Excess Interest Distribution Account and the proceeds thereof.

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“Excess Modification Fee Amount”: With respect to either the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, any Corrected Loan and any particular modification, waiver, extension or amendment with respect to such Corrected Loan that gives rise to the payment of a Workout Fee, an amount equal to the aggregate of any Excess Modification Fees paid by or on behalf of the related Mortgagor with respect to the related Mortgage Loan (including the related Serviced Companion Loan, if applicable, unless prohibited under the related Intercreditor Agreement) and received and retained by such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as applicable, as compensation within the prior twelve (12) months of such modification, waiver, extension or amendment, but only to the extent those fees have not previously been deducted from a Workout Fee or Liquidation Fee.

“Excess Modification Fees”: With respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, the sum of (A) the excess, if any, of (i) any and all Modification Fees with respect to a modification, waiver, extension or amendment of any of the terms of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, over (ii) all unpaid or unreimbursed additional expenses (including, without limitation, reimbursement of Advances and interest on Advances to the extent not otherwise paid or reimbursed by the Mortgagor but excluding Special Servicing Fees, Workout Fees and Liquidation Fees) outstanding or previously incurred on behalf of the Trust with respect to the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, and reimbursed from such Modification Fees and (B) expenses previously paid or reimbursed from Modification Fees as described in the preceding clause (A), which expenses have been recovered from the related Mortgagor or otherwise. With respect to each Master Servicer and Special Servicer, the Excess Modification Fees collected and earned by such Person from the related Mortgagor (taken in the aggregate with any other Excess Modification Fees collected and earned by such Person from the related Mortgagor within the prior twelve (12) months of the collection of the current Excess Modification Fees) will be subject to a cap of 1.0% of the outstanding principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, on the closing date of the related modification, extension, waiver or amendment (after giving effect to such modification, extension, waiver or amendment) with respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable.

“Excess Prepayment Interest Shortfall”: The aggregate of any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls resulting from any Principal Prepayments made on the Mortgage Loans to be included in the Available Funds for any Distribution Date that are not covered by each applicable Master Servicer’s Compensating Interest Payment for the related Distribution Date and the portion of the compensating interest payments allocable to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan to the extent received from the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer.

“Excess Rate”: With respect to each ARD Loan, the excess of (i) the applicable Revised Rate over (ii) the applicable Mortgage Rate, each as set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule.

“Exchange Act”: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

“Exchange Date”: As defined in Section 5.11(e).

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“Exchangeable Certificate”: Any of the Class A-4 Exchangeable Certificates, Class A-5 Exchangeable Certificates, the Class A-S Exchangeable Certificates, the Class B Exchangeable Certificates and the Class C Exchangeable Certificates.

“Exchangeable Class Specific Grantor Trust Assets”: With respect to any Class of Exchangeable Certificates, its Class Percentage Interest in each Corresponding Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest.

“Exchangeable P&I Certificates”: Any of the Class A-4, Class A-4-1, Class A-4-2, Class A-5, Class A-5-1, Class A-5-2, Class A-S, Class A-S-1, Class A-S-2, Class B, Class B-1, Class B-2, Class C, Class C-1 and Class C-2 Certificates.

“Exchangeable Upper-Tier IO Regular Interest”: Each of the Class A-4-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest, the Class A-4-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interest, Class A-5-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest, the Class A-5-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interest, the Class A-S-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest, the Class A-S-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interest, the Class B-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest, the Class B-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interest, the Class C-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest and the Class C-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interest.

“Exchangeable Upper-Tier P&I Regular Interest”: Each of the Class A-4 Upper-Tier Regular Interest, the Class A-5 Upper-Tier Regular Interest, the Class A-S Upper-Tier Regular Interest, the Class B Upper-Tier Regular Interest and the Class C Upper-Tier Regular Interest.

“Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest”: Each of the Exchangeable Upper-Tier P&I Regular Interests and the Exchangeable Upper-Tier IO Regular Interests.

“Excluded Controlling Class Holder”: With respect to any Excluded Controlling Class Loan, the Directing Certificateholder or any Controlling Class Certificateholder, as applicable, that is a Borrower Party with respect to such Excluded Controlling Class Loan. Promptly upon obtaining actual knowledge of the Directing Certificateholder or any Controlling Class Certificateholder becoming an “Excluded Controlling Class Holder”, the Directing Certificateholder or Controlling Class Certificateholder, as applicable, shall provide notice in the form of Exhibit P-1E hereto to the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator, which notice shall be physically delivered in accordance with Section 13.05 of this Agreement and shall specifically identify the Excluded Controlling Class Holder and the subject Excluded Controlling Class Loan. Additionally, any Excluded Controlling Class Holder shall also send to the Certificate Administrator a notice substantially in the form of Exhibit P-1F hereto, which notice shall provide each of the CTSLink User ID associated with such Excluded Controlling Class Holder, and which notice shall direct the Certificate Administrator to restrict such Excluded Controlling Class Holder’s access to the Certificate Administrator’s Website as and to the extent provided in this Agreement. As of the Closing Date, there are no Excluded Controlling Class Holders related to the Trust.

“Excluded Controlling Class Loan”: Any Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan with respect to which, as of any date of determination, the Directing Certificateholder or any

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Controlling Class Certificateholder is a Borrower Party. For the avoidance of doubt, if a Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan is not an Excluded Controlling Class Loan, such Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan is also not an Excluded Loan as to either the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class. As of the Closing Date, there are no Excluded Controlling Class Loans related to the Trust.

“Excluded Information”: With respect to any Excluded Controlling Class Loan, any information solely related to such Excluded Controlling Class Loan, which shall include any Asset Status Reports, Final Asset Status Reports (or summaries thereof), inspection reports related to Specially Serviced Loans prepared by the applicable Special Servicer or any Excluded Special Servicer and which may include any Operating Advisor reports delivered to the Certificate Administrator regarding a Special Servicer’s net present value determination or any Appraisal Reduction Amount calculations delivered pursuant to Section 3.26(d) and Section 3.26(e), and any Officer’s Certificates delivered by the Trustee, the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, supporting any determination that any Advance was (or, if made, would be) a Nonrecoverable Advance, or such other information and reports designated as Excluded Information by the applicable Special Servicer, the applicable Master Servicer or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, but in each case other than information with respect to such Excluded Controlling Class Loan that is aggregated with information of other Mortgage Loans at a pool level. For the avoidance of doubt, any file or report contained in the CREFC^® Investor Reporting Package (CREFC^® IRP) (other than the CREFC^® Special Servicer Loan File relating to any Excluded Controlling Class Loan) and any Schedule AL Additional File shall not be considered “Excluded Information”. Each applicable Master Servicer, Special Servicer and the Operating Advisor shall deliver any Excluded Information to the Certificate Administrator in accordance with Section 3.33. For the avoidance of doubt, the Certificate Administrator’s obligation to segregate any information delivered to it under the “Excluded Information” tab on the Certificate Administrator’s Website shall be triggered solely by such information being delivered in the manner provided in Section 3.33.

“Excluded Loan”: With respect to (a) the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, any Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan if, as of any date of determination, the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class is a Borrower Party, or (b) the Risk Retention Consultation Party or the Holder of the majority of the VRR Interest, any Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan if, as of any date of determination, the Risk Retention Consultation Party or the Holder of the majority of the VRR Interest is a Borrower Party. For the avoidance of doubt, any Excluded Loan as to either the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class is also an Excluded Controlling Class Loan. As of the Closing Date, there are no Excluded Loans related to the Trust.

“Excluded Special Servicer”: With respect to any Excluded Special Servicer Loan, a replacement special servicer that is not a Borrower Party and satisfies all of the eligibility requirements applicable to a Special Servicer set forth in Section 7.01(g). As of the Closing Date, there are no Excluded Special Servicers related to the Trust.

“Excluded Special Servicer Information”: With respect to any Excluded Special Servicer Loan, any information solely related to such Excluded Special Servicer Loan and/or the

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related Mortgaged Properties, which shall include the Asset Status Reports, Final Asset Status Reports (or summaries thereof), any Operating Advisor reports delivered to the Certificate Administrator regarding an Excluded Special Servicer’s net present value determination or any Appraisal Reduction Amount calculations delivered pursuant to Section 3.26(d) and Section 3.26(e), and any Officer’s Certificates delivered by the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Excluded Special Servicer supporting any determination that any Advance was (or, if made, would be) a Nonrecoverable Advance, or such other information and reports designated as Excluded Special Servicer Information by the applicable Excluded Special Servicer, the applicable Master Servicer or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, in each case, other than information with respect to such Excluded Special Servicer Loan(s) that is aggregated with information with respect to the other Mortgage Loans at a pool level. For the avoidance of doubt, any file or report contained in the CREFC^® Investor Reporting Package (CREFC^® IRP) (other than the CREFC^® Special Servicer Loan File relating to any Excluded Special Servicer Loan) and any Schedule AL Additional File shall not be considered “Excluded Special Servicer Information”.

“Excluded Special Servicer Loan”: Any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan with respect to which, as of any date of determination, the applicable Special Servicer obtains knowledge that it has become a Borrower Party. There are no Excluded Special Servicer Loans related to the Trust as of the Closing Date.

“Extended Cure Period”: As defined in Section 2.03(b).

“Fannie Mae”: Federal National Mortgage Association or any successor thereto.

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

“Final Asset Status Report”: With respect to any Specially Serviced Loan, each related Asset Status Report (together with such other data or supporting information provided by the applicable Special Servicer to the Directing Certificateholder or the Risk Retention Consultation Party which does not include any communication (other than the related Asset Status Report) between such Special Servicer and the Directing Certificateholder or the Risk Retention Consultation Party with respect to such Specially Serviced Loan) required to be delivered by the applicable Special Servicer, in each case, in the form fully approved or deemed approved, if applicable, by the Directing Certificateholder pursuant to the Directing Certificateholder Approval Process or following completion of the ASR Consultation Process, as applicable.

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

“Final Recovery Determination”: A reasonable determination by the applicable Special Servicer, in consultation with the Directing Certificateholder (if related to a Mortgage Loan other than an Excluded Loan as to such party and made prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event), with respect to any Defaulted Loan (and, if applicable, any defaulted Companion Loan) or Corrected Loan or REO Property (other than a Mortgage Loan or REO Property, as the case may be, that was purchased by (i) any of the Mortgage Loan Sellers pursuant to Section 5 of the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, (ii) the applicable Special Servicer or other person pursuant to Section 3.16(b), any Companion Holder, any mezzanine lender, in each case pursuant to Section 3.16 or (iii) the

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applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer, the Holders of the Controlling Class, or the Holders of the Class R Certificates pursuant to Section 9.01) that there has been a recovery of all Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds, REO Revenue and other payments or recoveries that, in the applicable Special Servicer’s judgment, which judgment was exercised without regard to any obligation of such Special Servicer to make payments from its own funds pursuant to Section 3.07(b), will ultimately be recoverable. With respect to all Mortgage Loans that are not Excluded Loans with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, prior to the occurrence and continuance of any Control Termination Event, the Directing Certificateholder shall have ten (10) Business Days to review and approve each such recovery determination by the applicable Special Servicer; provided, however, that if the Directing Certificateholder fails to approve or disapprove any recovery determination within ten (10) Business Days of receipt of the initial recovery determination, such consent shall be deemed given.

“Fitch”: Fitch Ratings, Inc., and its successors in interest. If neither Fitch nor any successor remains in existence, “Fitch” shall be deemed to refer to such other NRSRO or other comparable Person reasonably designated by the Depositor, notice of which designation shall be given to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, each Master Servicer, the Directing Certificateholder and each Special Servicer, and specific ratings of Fitch herein referenced shall be deemed to refer to the equivalent ratings of the party so designated.

“Form 8-K Disclosure Information”: As defined in Section 11.07.

“Form 15 Suspension Notification”: As defined in Section 11.08.

“Freddie Mac”: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation or any successor thereto.

“Gain-on-Sale Entitlement Amount”: For each Distribution Date, the aggregate amount of (i) the sum of (a) the aggregate portion of the Interest Distribution Amount for each Class of Certificates that would remain unpaid as of the close of business on the Distribution Date, and (b) the amount by which the Principal Distribution Amount exceeds the aggregate amount that would actually be distributed on the Distribution Date in respect of such Principal Distribution Amount, and (ii) any outstanding Realized Losses outstanding immediately after such Distribution Date, in each case, to the extent such amounts would occur on such Distribution Date or would be outstanding immediately after such Distribution Date, as applicable, without the inclusion of the Gain-on-Sale Remittance Amount as part of the definition of Available Funds.

“Gain-on-Sale Proceeds”: With respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan, the excess of (i) Liquidation Proceeds net of any related Liquidation Expenses (or the portion of such net Liquidation Proceeds payable to the related Mortgage Loan pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement) over (ii) the Purchase Price for such Mortgage Loan on the date on which Liquidation Proceeds were received; provided, that for purposes of calculating Gain-on-Sale Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds shall exclude any amounts allocated as a Yield Maintenance Charge, Prepayment Premium, recovery of any late payment charges and default interest or recovery of any assumption fees and Modification Fees pursuant to Sections 3.02(a) – (c).

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“Gain-on-Sale Remittance Amount”: For each Distribution Date, the lesser of (i) the amount on deposit in the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account on such Distribution Date, and (ii) the Gain-on-Sale Entitlement Amount.

“Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account”: A custodial account or accounts (or subaccount of the Distribution Account) created and maintained by the Certificate Administrator, pursuant to Section 3.04(e) on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders, which shall initially be entitled “Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator, on behalf of Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of the registered holders of MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1, Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account”. Any such account shall be an Eligible Account or a subaccount of an Eligible Account.

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

“Grantor Trust”: A segregated asset pool within the Trust Fund treated as a “grantor trust” under subpart E, part I of subchapter J of the Code, consisting of the assets described in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

“Grantor Trust Designated Portion”: As defined in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

“Ground Lease”: The ground lease pursuant to which any Mortgagor holds a leasehold interest in the related Mortgaged Property and any estoppels or other agreements executed and delivered by the ground lessor in favor of the lender under the Mortgage Loan.

“Hazardous Materials”: Any dangerous, toxic or hazardous pollutants, chemicals, wastes or substances, including, without limitation, those so identified pursuant to CERCLA or any other federal, state or local environmental related laws and regulations, and specifically including, without limitation, asbestos and asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, petroleum and petroleum products, urea formaldehyde and any substances classified as being “in inventory,” “usable work in process” or similar classification which would, if classified as unusable, be included in the foregoing definition.

“Heritage Plaza Intercreditor Agreement”: The Agreement Between Note Holders, dated as of May 25, 2023, by and between the holders of the respective promissory notes evidencing the Heritage Plaza Whole Loan, relating to the relative rights of such holders, as the same may be further amended in accordance with the terms thereof.

“Heritage Plaza Lead Note” The promissory note A-1 of the Heritage Plaza Whole Loan.

“Heritage Plaza Lead Note Securitization Date”: The closing date of the securitization of the Heritage Plaza Lead Note.

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“Heritage Plaza Mortgage Loan”: With respect to the Heritage Plaza Whole Loan, the Mortgage Loan that is included in the Trust (identified as Mortgage Loan No. 16 on the Mortgage Loan Schedule), which is evidenced by promissory note A-2-1.

“Heritage Plaza Mortgaged Property”: The Mortgaged Property that secures the Heritage Plaza Whole Loan.

“Heritage Plaza Pari Passu Companion Loans”: With respect to the Heritage Plaza Whole Loan, as of the Closing Date, the pari passu companion loans evidenced by the related promissory notes A-1, A-2-2, A-3-1, A-3-2, A-4, A-5 and A-6, made by the related Mortgagor and secured by the Mortgage on the Heritage Plaza Mortgaged Property, which are not included in the Trust and which are pari passu in right of payment to the Heritage Plaza Mortgage Loan to the extent set forth in the related Mortgage Loan documents and as provided in the Heritage Plaza Intercreditor Agreement.

“Heritage Plaza Whole Loan”: The Heritage Plaza Mortgage Loan together with the Heritage Plaza Pari Passu Companion Loans, each of which is secured by the same Mortgage on the Heritage Plaza Mortgaged Property. References herein to the Heritage Plaza Whole Loan shall be construed to refer to the aggregate indebtedness under the Heritage Plaza Mortgage Loan and the Heritage Plaza Pari Passu Companion Loans.

“HRR Interest”: Collectively, the Class G-RR and Class H-RR Certificates (in each case, excluding the portion thereof that comprises a part of the VRR Interest).

“Impermissible Affiliate”: As defined in Section 3.31.

“Impermissible Asset Representations Reviewer Affiliate”: As defined in Section 3.31.

“Impermissible Operating Advisor Affiliate”: As defined in Section 3.31.

“Impermissible TPP Affiliate”: As defined in Section 3.31.

“Independent”: When used with respect to any accountants, a Person who is “independent” within the meaning of Rule 2-01(b) of the Commission’s Regulation S-X. When used with respect to any specified Person, any such Person who (i) is in fact independent of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, each Master Servicer, each Special Servicer, the Directing Certificateholder, the Risk Retention Consultation Party, the Companion Holders (insofar as the relevant matter involves a Whole Loan (whether alone or together with one or more other Mortgage Loans)), the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and all Affiliates thereof, (ii) does not have any material direct financial interest in or any material indirect financial interest in any of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, each Master Servicer, each Special Servicer, the Directing Certificateholder, the Risk Retention Consultation Party, the Companion Holders (insofar as the relevant matter involves a Whole Loan (whether alone or together with one or more other Mortgage Loans)), the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any Affiliate thereof and (iii) is not connected with the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, each Master Servicer, each Special Servicer, the Directing Certificateholder, the Risk Retention Consultation Party, the Companion Holders

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(insofar as the relevant matter involves a Whole Loan (whether alone or together with one or more other Mortgage Loans)), the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any Affiliate thereof as an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director or Person performing similar functions; provided, however, that a Person shall not fail to be Independent of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, any applicable Master Servicer, any applicable Special Servicer, the Directing Certificateholder, the Risk Retention Consultation Party, the Companion Holders or any Affiliate thereof merely because such Person is the beneficial owner of 1% or less of any Class of securities issued by the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Directing Certificateholder, the Risk Retention Consultation Party, the Companion Holders or any Affiliate thereof, as the case may be, so long as such ownership constitutes less than 1% of the total assets of such Person. For the avoidance of doubt, the exception in the proviso above for ownership of 1% or less of any Class of Certificates shall not apply with respect to the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer.

“Independent Contractor”: Either (i) any Person that would be an “independent contractor” with respect to the Trust within the meaning of Section 856(d)(3) of the Code if the Trust were a real estate investment trust (except that the ownership test set forth in that Section shall be considered to be met by any Person that does not own, directly or indirectly, 35% or more of any Class of Certificates, or such other interest in any Class of Certificates as is set forth in an Opinion of Counsel, which shall be at no expense to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, any Master Servicer, any Special Servicer, any Companion Holder or the Trust, delivered to the Trustee, any Companion Holder, the Certificate Administrator, any Special Servicer and any Master Servicer), so long as the Trust does not receive or derive any income from such Person and provided that the relationship between such Person and the Trust is at arm’s length, all within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.856-4(b)(5) (except that no Master Servicer or Special Servicer shall be considered to be an Independent Contractor under the definition in this clause (i) unless an Opinion of Counsel has been delivered to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator to that effect) or (ii) any other Person (including a Master Servicer or a Special Servicer) upon receipt by the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, each applicable Special Servicer and each applicable Master Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel, which shall be at no expense to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, such Special Servicer, such Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Trust, to the effect that the taking of any action in respect of any REO Property by such Person, subject to any conditions therein specified, that is otherwise herein contemplated to be taken by an Independent Contractor will not cause such REO Property to cease to qualify as “foreclosure property” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or cause any income realized in respect of such REO Property to fail to qualify as Rents from Real Property.

“Initial Cure Period”: As defined in Section 2.03(b).

“Initial Purchasers”: Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC.

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respect to a Mortgage Loan. For the avoidance of doubt, there may not be more than one Initial Requesting Certificateholder with respect to any Mortgage Loan.

“Initial Schedule AL Additional File”:  The data file prepared by or on behalf of the Depositor containing additional information or schedules regarding data points in the Initial Schedule AL File in accordance with Item 1111(h)(4) of Regulation AB and Item 601(b)(103) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act and filed as Exhibit 103 to the Form ABS-EE incorporated by reference into the Prospectus.

“Initial Schedule AL File”:  The data file prepared by or on behalf of the Depositor containing the information required by Item 1111(h)(3) or Item 1125 of Regulation AB or Item 601(b)(102) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act and filed as Exhibit 102 to the Form ABS-EE incorporated by reference into the Prospectus.

“Initial Sub-Servicer”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan that is subject to a Sub-Servicing Agreement with any Master Servicer as of the Closing Date, the Sub-Servicer under any such Sub-Servicing Agreement. As of the Closing Date, each entity listed on Exhibit EE is an Initial Sub-Servicer.

“Initial Sub-Servicing Agreement”: Any Sub-Servicing Agreement in effect as of the Closing Date.

“Inquiry” and “Inquiries”: As each is defined in Section 4.07(a).

“Institutional Accredited Investor”: An institutional investor which is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of paragraphs (1), (2), (3) or (7) of Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the Act or any entity in which all of the equity owners come within such paragraphs.

“Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds”: All proceeds paid under any Insurance Policy or in connection with the full or partial condemnation of a Mortgaged Property, in either case, to the extent such proceeds are not applied to the restoration of the related Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgagor or any tenants or ground lessors, in either case, in accordance with the Servicing Standard (and in the case of any Mortgage Loan with a related Companion Loan, to the extent any portion of such proceeds are received by the applicable Master Servicer or Certificate Administrator in connection with such Mortgage Loan, pursuant to the allocations set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement) and the REMIC Provisions.

“Insurance Policy”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any hazard insurance policy, flood insurance policy, title policy or other insurance policy that is maintained from time to time in respect of such Mortgage Loan or the related Mortgaged Property.

“Insurance Summary Report”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, a report or other summary prepared either by the related Mortgage Loan Seller or a third party insurance consultant on behalf of the related Mortgage Loan Seller that provides a summary of all insurance policies covering the related Mortgaged Property(ies), identifying the insurance provider, applicable ratings of each such provider and the amount of coverage and any applicable deductible.

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“Intercreditor Agreement”: (a) Each of the CX – 250 Water Street Intercreditor Agreement, the Barbours Cut IOS Intercreditor Agreement, the SOMO Village Intercreditor Agreement, the 100 & 150 South Wacker Drive Intercreditor Agreement, the Pacific Design Center Intercreditor Agreement, the Cumberland Mall Intercreditor Agreement, the Conair Glendale Intercreditor Agreement, the Rialto Industrial Intercreditor Agreement, the Museum Tower Intercreditor Agreement, the 100 Jefferson Road Intercreditor Agreement, the Metroplex Intercreditor Agreement, the 3800 Horizon Boulevard Intercreditor Agreement and the Heritage Plaza Intercreditor Agreement, (b) any intercreditor agreement entered into in connection with the issuance to the direct or indirect equity holders in the Mortgagor of any existing mezzanine indebtedness or any future mezzanine indebtedness permitted under the related Mortgage Loan documents and (c) solely with respect to a Joint Mortgage Loan treated as a Serviced Whole Loan in accordance with Section 3.30 hereof (to the extent there is no related Intercreditor Agreement governing the relationship of the promissory notes comprising such Joint Mortgage Loan), the applicable Mortgage Loan documents together with the provisions of Section 3.30 hereof.

“Interest Accrual Amount”: With respect to any Distribution Date and any Class of Regular Certificates or Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest, the amount of interest for the related Interest Accrual Period accrued at the Pass-Through Rate for such Class of Certificates or Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest on the Certificate Balance or Notional Amount, as applicable, for such Class of Certificates or Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest immediately prior to that Distribution Date. Calculations of interest for each Interest Accrual Period will be made on 30/360 basis.

“Interest Accrual Period”: For each Distribution Date, the calendar month prior to the month in which that Distribution Date occurs.

“Interest Distribution Amount”: With respect to any Class of Regular Certificates or Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest for any Distribution Date, an amount equal to (A) the sum of (i) the Interest Accrual Amount with respect to such Class of Certificates or Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest for such Distribution Date and (ii) the Interest Shortfall, if any, with respect to such Class of Certificates or Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest for such Distribution Date, less (B) any Excess Prepayment Interest Shortfall allocated to such Class of Certificates on such Distribution Date.

For purposes of clause (B) above, the Excess Prepayment Interest Shortfall, if any, for each Distribution Date shall be allocated to each Class of Regular Certificates and the Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests in an amount equal to the product of (i) the amount of such Excess Prepayment Interest Shortfall and (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the Interest Accrual Amount for such Class for such Distribution Date and the denominator of which is the aggregate Interest Accrual Amounts for all Classes of Regular Certificates and the Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests for such Distribution Date. For any Distribution Date, any portion of the Excess Prepayment Interest Shortfall allocated to an Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest, shall be allocated among the Classes of Exchangeable Certificates representing an interest therein, pro rata, in accordance with their respective Class Percentage Interests therein.

“Interest Reserve Account”: The trust account or subaccount of the Distribution Account created and maintained by the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 3.04(b)

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initially in the name of “Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator, on behalf of Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of the registered holders of MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1, Interest Reserve Account”, into which the amounts set forth in Section 3.21 shall be deposited directly and which must be an Eligible Account or subaccount of an Eligible Account.

“Interest Shortfall”: With respect to any Distribution Date for any Class of Regular Certificates or Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest, the sum of (a) the portion of the Interest Distribution Amount for such Class or Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest remaining unpaid as of the close of business on the preceding Distribution Date, and (b) to the extent permitted by applicable law, (i) other than in the case of Class X Certificates or Exchangeable Upper-Tier IO Regular Interests, one month’s interest on that amount remaining unpaid at the Pass-Through Rate applicable to such Class or Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest for the current Distribution Date and (ii) in the case of the Class X Certificates or Exchangeable Upper-Tier IO Regular Interests, one month’s interest on that amount remaining unpaid at the Weighted Average Net Mortgage Rate for such Distribution Date.

“Interested Person”: As of the date of any determination, the Depositor, any Master Servicer, any Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Directing Certificateholder, the Risk Retention Consultation Party, any Sponsor, any Borrower Party, any Independent Contractor engaged by a Special Servicer, the trustee for the securitization of a Companion Loan (with respect to a Whole Loan if it is a Defaulted Loan), any related Companion Holder or its representative, any holder of a related mezzanine loan or any known Affiliate of any such party described above.

“Investment Account”: As defined in Section 3.06(a).

“Investment Representation Letter”: As defined in Section 5.03(e), a form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit C.

“Investor-Based Exemption”: Any of PTCE 84-14 (for transactions by independent “qualified professional asset managers”), PTCE 91-38 (for transactions by bank collective investment funds), PTCE 90-1 (for transactions by insurance company pooled separate accounts), PTCE 95-60 (for transactions by insurance company general accounts) or PTCE 96-23 (for transactions effected by “in-house asset managers”) or a similar exemption under Similar Law.

“Investor Certification”: A certificate (which may be in electronic form) substantially in the form of Exhibit P-1A, Exhibit P-1B, Exhibit P-1C or Exhibit P-1D to this Agreement or in the form of an electronic certification contained on the Certificate Administrator’s Website (which may be a click-through confirmation), representing (i) that such Person executing the certificate is a Certificateholder, the Directing Certificateholder or the Risk Retention Consultation Party, a beneficial owner of a Certificate, a prospective purchaser of a Certificate or a Companion Holder (or any investment advisor, manager or other representative of the foregoing), (ii) that either (a) such Person is the Risk Retention Consultation Party or is a Person who is not a Borrower Party, in which case such Person shall have access to all the reports and information made available to Certificateholders via the Certificate Administrator’s Website hereunder, or

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(b) such Person is a Borrower Party in which case (1) if such Person is the Directing Certificateholder or a Controlling Class Certificateholder, such Person shall have access to all the reports and information made available to Certificateholders via the Certificate Administrator’s Website hereunder other than any Excluded Information as set forth herein or (2) if such Person is the Risk Retention Consultation Party, such Person shall have access to all the reports and information made available to Certificateholders via the Certificate Administrator’s Website under this Agreement or (3) if such Person is not the Directing Certificateholder or a Controlling Class Certificateholder or the Risk Retention Consultation Party, such Person shall only receive access to the Distribution Date Statements to Certificateholders prepared by the Certificate Administrator, (iii) (other than with respect to a Companion Holder) that such Person has received a copy of the final Prospectus and (iv) such Person agrees to keep any Privileged Information confidential and will not violate any securities laws; provided, however, that any Excluded Controlling Class Holder (i) shall be permitted to reasonably request and obtain in accordance with Section 4.02(f) of this Agreement any Excluded Information relating to any Excluded Controlling Class Loan with respect to which such Excluded Controlling Class Holder is not a Borrower Party (if such Excluded Information is not otherwise available to such Excluded Controlling Class Holder via the Certificate Administrator’s Website on account of it constituting Excluded Information) and (ii) shall be considered a Privileged Person for all other purposes, except with respect to its ability to obtain information with respect to any related Excluded Controlling Class Loan. The Certificate Administrator may require that Investor Certifications be re-submitted from time to time in accordance with its policies and procedures and shall restrict access to Excluded Information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website to any mezzanine lender upon notice from any party to this Agreement that such mezzanine lender has become an Accelerated Mezzanine Loan Lender.

“Investor Q&A Forum”: As defined in Section 4.07(a).

“Investor Registry”: As defined in Section 4.07(b).

“Joint Mortgage Loan”: Any Mortgage Loan for which one or more promissory notes will be contributed to this securitization by more than one Mortgage Loan Seller. As of the Closing Date, the Barbours Cut IOS Mortgage Loan is a Joint Mortgage Loan related to the Trust.

“KBRA”: Kroll Bond Rating Agency, LLC, and its successors in interest. If neither KBRA nor any successor remains in existence, “KBRA” shall be deemed to refer to such other NRSRO or other comparable Person reasonably designated by the Depositor, notice of which designation shall be given to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, each Master Servicer, the Directing Certificateholder and each Special Servicer and specific ratings of KBRA herein referenced shall be deemed to refer to the equivalent ratings of the party so designated.

“Late Collections”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, Whole Loan or Companion Loan, all amounts received thereon prior to the related Determination Date, whether as payments, Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds or otherwise, which represent late payments or collections of principal or interest due in respect of such Mortgage Loan, Whole Loan or Companion Loan, as applicable (without regard to any acceleration of amounts due thereunder by reason of default), on a Due Date prior to the immediately preceding Determination Date and not previously recovered. With respect to any REO Loan, all amounts received in connection with the related REO Property prior to the related Determination Date,

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whether as Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds, REO Revenues or otherwise, which represent late collections of principal or interest due or deemed due in respect of such REO Loan or the predecessor Mortgage Loan, Whole Loan or Companion Loan, as applicable (without regard to any acceleration of amounts due under the predecessor Mortgage Loan, Whole Loan or Companion Loan, as applicable, by reason of default), on a Due Date prior to the immediately preceding Determination Date and not previously recovered. The term “Late Collections” shall specifically exclude Penalty Charges. With respect to any Whole Loan, as used in this Agreement, Late Collections shall refer to such portion of Late Collections to the extent allocable to the related Mortgage Loan or related Companion Loan, as applicable, pursuant to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement.

“Liquidation Event”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or with respect to any REO Property (and the related REO Loan), any of the following events: (i) such Mortgage Loan is paid in full; (ii) a Final Recovery Determination is made with respect to such Mortgage Loan; (iii) such Mortgage Loan is repurchased by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller pursuant to Section 5 of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement; (iv) such Mortgage Loan is purchased by any Special Servicer, or by any Companion Holder, any mezzanine lender (as applicable), in each case pursuant to Section 3.16 (and the related Intercreditor Agreement); (v) such Mortgage Loan is purchased by any Special Servicer, any Master Servicer, the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class or the Holders of the Class R Certificates pursuant to Section 9.01 or acquired by the Sole Certificateholder in exchange for its Certificates pursuant to Section 9.01; or (vi) such Mortgage Loan is sold by any Special Servicer pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

“Liquidation Expenses”: All customary, reasonable and necessary “out of pocket” costs and expenses incurred by any Special Servicer in connection with a liquidation of any Specially Serviced Loan or REO Property (except with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property) pursuant to Section 3.16 (including, without limitation, legal fees and expenses, committee or referee fees and, if applicable, brokerage commissions and conveyance taxes).

“Liquidation Fee”: A fee payable to the applicable Special Servicer with respect to (a) each Specially Serviced Loan or REO Property (except with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property) as to which such Special Servicer receives (i) a full, partial or discounted payoff from the related Mortgagor or (ii) any Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds (including with respect to the related Companion Loan, if applicable), or REO Property (in any case, other than amounts for which a Workout Fee has been paid, or will be payable), or (b) any Loss of Value Payment or Purchase Price paid by a Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to any Mortgage Loan (except if such Mortgage Loan Seller makes such Loss of Value Payment in connection with a breach or document defect within the 90-day initial cure period or, if applicable, within the subsequent 90-day extended cure period), equal to the product of the Liquidation Fee Rate and the proceeds of such full, partial or discounted payoff or other partial payment or the Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds or Loss of Value Payments or Purchase Price (net of the related costs and expenses associated with the related liquidation) related to such liquidated Specially Serviced Loan or REO Property, as the case may be; provided, however, that no Liquidation Fee shall be payable with respect to (a) the purchase of any Specially Serviced Loan by any Special Servicer or any Affiliate thereof (except if such Affiliate purchaser is the Directing Certificateholder or any Affiliate thereof; provided, however,

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that prior to a Control Termination Event, if the Directing Certificateholder or an Affiliate thereof purchases any Specially Serviced Loan within ninety (90) days after the applicable Special Servicer delivers to the Directing Certificateholder for its approval the initial Asset Status Report with respect to such Specially Serviced Loan, such Special Servicer will not be entitled to a Liquidation Fee in connection with such purchase by the Directing Certificateholder or its Affiliates), (b) any event described in clause (iv) of the definition of “Liquidation Proceeds” (or any substitution in lieu of a repurchase) so long as such repurchase or substitution occurs prior to the termination of the Extended Cure Period, (c) any event described in clauses (v) and (vi) of the definition of “Liquidation Proceeds”, as long as, with respect to a purchase pursuant to clause (vi) of the definition of “Liquidation Proceeds”, a purchase occurs within ninety (90) days of such holder’s purchase option first becoming exercisable during that period prior to such Mortgage Loan becoming a Corrected Loan pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement, (d) a Serviced Companion Loan, (x) a repurchase of such Serviced Companion Loan by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller for a breach of a representation or warranty or for a defective or deficient mortgage loan documentation under an Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement within the time period (or extension thereof, if applicable) provided for such repurchase or such repurchase occurs prior to the termination of such time period (or extension of such time period, if applicable) or (y) a purchase of such Serviced Companion Loan by any applicable party to the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement pursuant to a clean-up call or similar liquidation of the Other Securitization; or (e) if a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan becomes a Specially Serviced Loan solely because of a Servicing Transfer Event described in clause (i) of the definition of “Servicing Transfer Event”, Liquidation Proceeds are received within ninety (90) days following the related Maturity Date as a result of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan being refinanced or otherwise repaid in full (but, in the event that a Liquidation Fee is not payable due to the application of any of clauses (a) through (e) above, each Special Servicer may still collect and retain a Liquidation Fee and similar fees from the related Mortgagor to the extent provided for in, or not prohibited by, the related loan documents); provided that the Liquidation Fee for each Specially Serviced Loan will be reduced by the amount of any Excess Modification Fees paid by or on behalf of the related Mortgagor with respect to the related Mortgage Loan and any related Companion Loan, as applicable, or REO Property and received by the applicable Special Servicer as compensation within the prior twelve (12) months, but only to the extent those fees have not previously been deducted from a Workout Fee or Liquidation Fee. No Liquidation Fee shall be payable in connection with a Loss of Value Payment by a Mortgage Loan Seller, if the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller makes such Loss of Value Payment within ninety (90) days of receipt of notice of a breach (and giving effect to an extension period of ninety (90) days).

“Liquidation Fee Rate”: A rate equal to 1.00% with respect to any Mortgage Loan, any Specially Serviced Loan (and each related Serviced Companion Loan) or REO Property, in each case as described in Section 3.11(c); provided that if such rate would result in an aggregate Liquidation Fee less than $25,000, then the Liquidation Fee Rate will be equal to such lower rate as would result in an aggregate Liquidation Fee equal to $25,000.

“Liquidation Proceeds”: Cash amounts received by or paid to any Master Servicer or any Special Servicer in connection with: (i) the liquidation (including a payment in full) of a Mortgaged Property or other collateral constituting security for a Defaulted Loan or defaulted Companion Loan, if applicable, through a trustee’s sale, foreclosure sale (including through judicial foreclosure), REO Disposition or otherwise, exclusive of any portion thereof required to

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be released to the related Mortgagor in accordance with applicable law and the terms and conditions of the related Mortgage Note and Mortgage; (ii) the realization upon any deficiency judgment obtained against a Mortgagor; (iii) any sale of (A) a Specially Serviced Loan pursuant to Section 3.16(a) or (B) any REO Property pursuant to Section 3.16(b); (iv) the repurchase of a Mortgage Loan by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller pursuant to Section 5 of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement; (v) the purchase of a Specially Serviced Loan or REO Property by the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, any Special Servicer, any Master Servicer or the Holders of the Class R Certificates pursuant to Section 9.01; (vi) the purchase of a Mortgage Loan or an REO Property by (a) the applicable Subordinate Companion Holder, or (b) the related mezzanine lender, in each case pursuant to Section 3.16 and the related Intercreditor Agreement; or (vii) the transfer of any Loss of Value Payments from the Loss of Value Reserve Fund to the applicable Collection Account in accordance with Section 3.05(g) of this Agreement (provided that, for the purpose of determining the amount of the Liquidation Fee (if any) payable to the applicable Special Servicer in connection with such Loss of Value Payment, the full amount of such Loss of Value Payment shall be deemed to constitute “Liquidation Proceeds” from which the Liquidation Fee (if any) is payable as of such time such Loss of Value Payment is made by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller). With respect to any Whole Loan, as used in this Agreement, Liquidation Proceeds shall refer to such portion of Liquidation Proceeds to the extent allocable to the related Mortgage Loan or related Companion Loan, as applicable, pursuant to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement.

“Loan-Specific Directing Certificateholder”: With respect to a Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan, prior to the related Servicing Shift Securitization Date, the Loan-Specific Directing Certificateholder with respect to a Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan will be the holder of the related “Controlling Note” or other analogous term under the related Intercreditor Agreement. With respect to a Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan, on and after the related Servicing Shift Securitization Date, there will be no Loan-Specific Directing Certificateholder with respect to such Servicing Shift Whole Loan. As of the Closing Date, there is no Loan-Specific Directing Certificateholder under this Agreement.

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

“Loss of Value Reserve Fund”: The “outside reserve fund” (within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(h)) designated as such pursuant to Section 3.04(i) of this Agreement. The Loss of Value Reserve Fund will be part of the Trust Fund but not part of the Grantor Trust or any Trust REMIC.

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

“Lower-Tier Principal Amount”: With respect to any Class of Lower-Tier Regular Interests, (i) on or prior to the first Distribution Date, an amount equal to the Original Lower-Tier Principal Amount of such Class as specified in the Preliminary Statement hereto, and (ii) as of any date of determination after the first Distribution Date, an amount equal to the Certificate Balance of the Class of Related Certificates or Related Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest on the Distribution Date immediately prior to such date of determination (determined as adjusted pursuant to Section 1.02(iii)), and as set forth in Section 4.01(c).

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“Lower-Tier Regular Interests”: Any of the Class LA1, Class LA2, Class LASB, Class LA4, Class LA5, Class LAS, Class LB, Class LC, Class LD, Class LE, Class LF, Class LGRR and Class LHRR Uncertificated Interests.

“Lower-Tier REMIC”: One of two (2) separate REMICs comprising a portion of the Trust Fund, which consist of the Mortgage Loans (exclusive of Excess Interest) and the proceeds thereof, any REO Property with respect thereto (or an allocable portion thereof, in the case of any Serviced Mortgage Loan), or the Trust’s beneficial interest in the REO Property with respect to a Non-Serviced Whole Loan, such amounts as shall from time to time be held in the applicable Collection Account (other than with respect to any Companion Loan), the related portion of the REO Account, if any, the Interest Reserve Account, the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, and all other properties included in the Trust Fund that are not in the other Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust, except for the Loss of Value Reserve Fund.

“Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account”: The segregated account, accounts or sub-accounts created and maintained by the Certificate Administrator (on behalf of the Trustee) pursuant to Section 3.04(b) in trust for the Certificateholders, which shall initially be entitled “Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator, on behalf of Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of the registered holders of MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1, Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account”. Any such account, accounts or sub-accounts shall be an Eligible Account.

“LTV Ratio”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, as of any date of determination, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the scheduled principal balance of such Mortgage Loan, as of such date (assuming no defaults or prepayments on such Mortgage Loan prior to that date), and the denominator of which is the Appraised Value of the related Mortgaged Property.

“MAI”: Member of the Appraisal Institute.

“Major Decision”: As defined in Section 6.08(a).

“Major Decision Reporting Package”: As defined in Section 6.08(a).

“Majority Owned Affiliate”: A “majority-owned affiliate”, as defined in the Risk Retention Rules.

“Master Servicer”: Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, and its successors in interest and assigns, or any successor thereto (as Master Servicer) appointed as provided herein.

“Master Servicer Decision”: As defined in Section 3.18(m).

“Material Defect”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a Defect in any Mortgage File or a Breach, which Defect or Breach, as the case may be, materially and adversely affects the value of such Mortgage Loan, the value of the related Mortgaged Property or the interests of the Trustee or any Certificateholder therein or causes such Mortgage Loan to be other than a “qualified

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mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, but without regard to the rule of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(f)(2) that causes a defective obligation to be treated as a “qualified mortgage”.

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

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

“Mediation Services Provider”: As defined in Section 2.03(m)(i).

“Merger Notice”: As defined in Section 6.03(b).

“Metroplex Intercreditor Agreement”: The Co-Lender Agreement, dated as of February 28, 2023, by and between the holders of the respective promissory notes evidencing the Metroplex Whole Loan, relating to the relative rights of such holders, as the same may be further amended in accordance with the terms thereof.

“Metroplex Mortgage Loan”: With respect to the Metroplex Whole Loan, the Mortgage Loan that is included in the Trust (identified as Mortgage Loan No. 13 on the Mortgage Loan Schedule), which is evidenced by promissory notes A-2.

“Metroplex Mortgaged Property”: The Mortgaged Property that secures the Metroplex Whole Loan.

“Metroplex Pari Passu Companion Loans”: With respect to the Metroplex Whole Loan, as of the Closing Date, the pari passu companion loans evidenced by the related promissory notes A-1 and A-3, made by the related Mortgagor and secured by the Mortgage on the Metroplex Mortgaged Property, which are not included in the Trust and which are pari passu in right of payment to the Metroplex Mortgage Loan to the extent set forth in the related Mortgage Loan documents and as provided in the Metroplex Intercreditor Agreement.

“Metroplex Whole Loan”: The Metroplex Mortgage Loan together with the Metroplex Pari Passu Companion Loans, each of which is secured by the same Mortgage on the Metroplex Mortgaged Property. References herein to the Metroplex Whole Loan shall be construed to refer to the aggregate indebtedness under the Metroplex Mortgage Loan and the Metroplex Pari Passu Companion Loans.

“Modification Fees”: With respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, any and all fees with respect to a modification, extension, waiver or amendment that modifies, extends, amends or waives any term of the Mortgage Loan documents and/or related Serviced Whole Loan documents (as evidenced by a signed writing) agreed to by the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as applicable (other than all assumption fees,

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assumption application fees, consent fees, defeasance fees, Special Servicing Fees, Liquidation Fees or Workout Fees).

“Moody’s”: Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., and its successors in interest. If neither Moody’s nor any successor remains in existence, “Moody’s” shall be deemed to refer to such other NRSRO or other comparable Person reasonably designated by the Depositor, notice of which designation shall be given to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, each Master Servicer, the Directing Certificateholder and each Special Servicer, and specific ratings of Moody’s herein referenced shall be deemed to refer to the equivalent ratings of the party so designated.

“Mortgage”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, the mortgage(s), deed(s) of trust or other instrument(s) securing the related Mortgage Note and creating a first mortgage lien on the fee and/or leasehold interest in the related Mortgaged Property.

“Mortgage File”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, if applicable, but subject to Section 2.01, collectively the following documents:

(i)                                  the original Mortgage Note, endorsed on its face or by allonge to the Mortgage Note, without recourse, to “Pay to the order of Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee for the benefit of the registered holders of MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1, without recourse, representation or warranty” or in blank and further showing a complete, unbroken chain of endorsement from the originator (or, if the original Mortgage Note has been lost, an affidavit to such effect from the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller or another prior holder, together with a copy of the Mortgage Note and an indemnity properly assigned and endorsed to the Trustee);

(ii)                               the original or a copy of the Mortgage, together with an original or copy of any intervening Assignments of Mortgage, in each case with evidence of recording indicated thereon or certified to have been submitted for recording (or a copy provided by the applicable recording office if a certified copy cannot be provided by such office, provided that the Custodian is not required to investigate whether the recording office cannot provide a certified copy);

(iii)                             an original Assignment of Mortgage in blank or in favor of “Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as trustee for the benefit of the registered holders of MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1” (or in the case of any Serviced Whole Loan, in its capacity as “Lead Securitization Note Holder” or similar capacity under the related Intercreditor Agreement on behalf of the related Serviced Companion Noteholders) and (subject to the completion of certain missing recording information and, if applicable, the assignee’s name) in recordable form (or, if the related Mortgage Loan Seller is responsible for the recordation of that Assignment of Mortgage, a copy thereof certified to be the copy of such Assignment of Mortgage submitted or to be submitted for recording);

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(iv)                            the original or a copy of any related Assignment of Leases and of any intervening Assignments (if such item is a document separate from the Mortgage), with evidence of recording indicated thereon or certified to have been submitted for recording (or a copy provided by the applicable recording office if a certified copy cannot be provided by such office, provided that the Custodian is not required to investigate whether the recording office cannot provide a certified copy);

(v)                              an original or a copy of each Assignment of any related Assignment of Leases (if such item is a document separate from the Mortgage) in blank or in favor of “Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as trustee for the benefit of the registered holders of MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1” (or in the case of any Serviced Whole Loan, in its capacity as “Lead Securitization Note Holder” or similar capacity under the related Intercreditor Agreement on behalf of the related Serviced Companion Noteholders) and (subject to the completion of certain missing recording information and, if applicable, the assignee’s name) in recordable form (or, if the related Mortgage Loan Seller is responsible for the recordation of that Assignment, a copy thereof certified to be the copy of such Assignment submitted or to be submitted for recording);

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

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

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

(ix)                             any filed copies (bearing evidence of filing) or evidence of filing of any Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, related amendments and continuation statements in the possession of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller;

(x)                                an original Assignment in favor of the Trustee of any financing statement executed and filed in favor of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller or an affiliate thereof in the relevant jurisdiction (or, if the related Mortgage Loan Seller

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is responsible for the filing of that Assignment, a copy thereof certified to be the copy of such Assignment submitted or to be submitted for recording);

(xi)                              the original or a copy of any intercreditor agreement relating to existing debt of the borrower, including any Intercreditor Agreement relating to a Serviced Whole Loan, if applicable;

(xii)                          the original or copies of any loan agreement, escrow agreement, security agreement relating to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as well as the original of each letter of credit, if any, constituting additional collateral for such Mortgage Loan, which letter of credit shall either (A) name as beneficiary “Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, on behalf of Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of registered holders of MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1” or (B) be accompanied by all documentation necessary in order to transfer all rights of the named beneficiary in such letter of credit to the applicable Master Servicer on behalf of the Trustee and to receive, after presentment by the applicable Master Servicer (in accordance with Section 3.01(f)) to the bank issuing such letter of credit, a reissued letter of credit in the name of the applicable Master Servicer on behalf of the Trustee;

(xiii)                       the original or a copy of any ground lease, ground lessor estoppel, environmental insurance policy, environmental indemnity or guaranty relating to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan;

(xiv)                       the original or a copy of any property management agreement relating to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan;

(xv)                         the original or a copy of any franchise agreements and comfort letters or similar agreements relating to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan and, with respect to any franchise agreement, comfort letter or similar agreement, any assignment of such agreements or any notice to the franchisor of the transfer of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan and/or request for the issuance of a new comfort letter in favor of the Trustee, in each case, as applicable;

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

(xvii)                    the original or a copy of any related mezzanine intercreditor agreement; and

(xviii)                the original or a copy of all related environmental insurance policies;

provided, however, that (a) whenever the term “Mortgage File” is used to refer to documents held by the Custodian, such term shall not be deemed to include such documents and instruments required to be included therein unless they are actually received by the Custodian, (b) if there exists with respect to any Crossed Mortgage Loan Group only one original or certified copy of any document referred to in the definition of “Mortgage File” covering all of the Mortgage Loans in

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such Crossed Mortgage Loan Group, then the inclusion of such original or certified copy in the Mortgage File for any of the Mortgage Loans constituting such Crossed Mortgage Loan Group shall be deemed the inclusion of such original or certified copy in the Mortgage File for each such Mortgage Loan, (c) to the extent that this Agreement refers to a “Mortgage File” for a Companion Loan, such “Mortgage File” shall be construed to mean the Mortgage File for the related Mortgage Loan (except that references to the Mortgage Note for a Companion Loan otherwise described above shall be construed to instead refer to a photocopy of such Mortgage Note), (d) with respect to any Mortgage Loan that has a Serviced Companion Loan, the execution and/or recordation of any Assignment in the name of the Trustee shall not be construed to limit the beneficial interest of the related Companion Holder(s) in such instrument and the benefits intended to be provided to them by such instrument, it being acknowledged that (I) the Trustee shall hold such record title for the benefit of the Trust as the holder of the related Mortgage Loan and the related Companion Holder(s) collectively and (II) any efforts undertaken by the Trustee, the applicable Master Servicer, or the applicable Special Servicer on its behalf to enforce or obtain the benefits of such instrument shall be construed to be so undertaken by the Trustee, the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer for the benefit of the Trust as the holder of the applicable Mortgage Loan and the related Companion Holder(s) collectively, (e) in connection with any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the preceding document delivery requirements will be met by the delivery by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller of copies of the documents specified above (other than the Mortgage Note and intervening endorsements evidencing such Mortgage Loan, with respect to which the original shall be required or the requirements of clause (i) of the definition of “Mortgage File” shall otherwise be satisfied) including a copy of the Mortgage securing the applicable Mortgage Loan and any assignments or other transfer documents referred to in clauses (iii), (v), (vi), (vii), (ix) and (x) above as being in favor of the Trustee shall instead be in favor of the applicable Non-Serviced Trustee and need only be in such form as was delivered to the applicable Non-Serviced Trustee or a custodian on its behalf, and (f) so long as the Custodian is also the Non-Serviced Custodian, in connection with any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, any and all document delivery requirements with respect to the related Mortgage File (or any portion thereof) set forth herein or in the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement will be satisfied by the delivery, in compliance with the terms of the related Non-Serviced PSA, by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller of the documents specified above (other than the Mortgage Note and intervening endorsements evidencing such Mortgage Loan or shall otherwise satisfy the requirements of clause (i) of the definition of “Mortgage File”) to the custodian under the related Non-Serviced PSA (in such form as was delivered to the custodian under the related Non-Serviced PSA); provided that (a) the Custodian shall perform its duties under this Agreement (including, without limitation, Article II), and be liable to the other parties hereto, with respect to such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan as if such documents were required to be delivered and included in the Mortgage File and as if the Non-Serviced Custodian’s receipt of the documents contained in the related “mortgage file” delivered under the related Non-Serviced PSA constituted delivery of those same documents to the Custodian under this Agreement, (b) the Custodian shall not resign as the related Non-Serviced Custodian without giving at least thirty (30) days’ advance written notice of resignation to each other party hereto, and (c) if for any reason the Custodian shall resign as Custodian hereunder or resign as the related Non-Serviced Custodian or shall otherwise no longer act as Custodian hereunder or as the related Non-Serviced Custodian or shall otherwise be required to surrender possession of the related “mortgage file” delivered under the related Non-Serviced PSA (including by reason of the Non-Serviced Companion Loan being removed from the related

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securitization trust), the Custodian shall include the documents contemplated by clauses (ii) through (xviii) above in the Mortgage File for such Non-Serviced Whole Loan (to the extent such documents were delivered in connection with the related Other Securitization) that shall be maintained by it or any successor custodian hereunder.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, with respect to a Joint Mortgage Loan, delivery of the Mortgage File (other than with respect to the original Mortgage Note and the other documents referenced in clause (i) of the definition of “Mortgage File” held by or from the related Mortgage Loan Seller) by either of the applicable Mortgage Loan Sellers shall satisfy the delivery requirements for both of the applicable Mortgage Loan Sellers.

“Mortgage Loan”: Each of the mortgage loans (which, for the avoidance of doubt, includes each Crossed Mortgage Loan Group, each of which, for the purposes of this Agreement, shall be treated as one Mortgage Loan, provided that each individual Crossed Underlying Loan within any such Crossed Mortgage Loan Group shall not be included in this definition of Mortgage Loan) transferred and assigned to the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.01 and to be held by the Trust. As used herein, the term “Mortgage Loan” includes the related Mortgage Note, Mortgage and other documents contained in the related Mortgage File and any related agreements. The term “Mortgage Loan” shall, as of any date of determination, include any Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan that has replaced a Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 2.03 and exclude any such replaced Mortgage Loan.

“Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement”: Each agreement between the Depositor and each Mortgage Loan Seller, relating to the transfer of all of such Mortgage Loan Seller’s right, title and interest in and to the related Mortgage Loans.

“Mortgage Loan Schedule”: The list of Mortgage Loans transferred on the Closing Date to the Trustee as part of the Trust Fund, attached hereto as Exhibit B, as any such schedule may be amended from time to time in connection with a substitution under Section 2.03 and in accordance with the relevant Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, and which list sets forth the following information with respect to each Mortgage Loan so transferred:

(i)                                  the loan identification number;

(ii)                               the name of the related Mortgage Loan Seller;

(iii)                            the name of the related Mortgaged Property;

(iv)                           the Cut-off Date Balance;

(v)                              the street address, city and state of the related Mortgaged Property;

(vi)                           the date of the related Mortgage Note;

(vii)                        the Maturity Date or Anticipated Repayment Date;

(viii)                     the Mortgage Rate;

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(ix)                             the original term to stated maturity or anticipated repayment date;

(x)                                the remaining term to stated maturity or anticipated repayment date;

(xi)                             the original amortization term;

(xii)                          whether the Mortgage Loan is an ARD Loan;

(xiii)                       the applicable Servicing Fee Rate; and

(xiv)                      the applicable Non-Serviced Primary Servicing Fee Rate (if any).

“Mortgage Loan Seller”: Each of (i) Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking association, or its successor in interest, (ii) Argentic Real Estate Finance 2 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, or its successor in interest, (iii) Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC, a New York limited liability company, or its successor in interest, (iv) Starwood Mortgage Capital LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, or its successor in interest, (v) Argentic Real Estate Finance LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, or its successor in interest, and (vi) LMF Commercial, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, or its successor in interest.

“Mortgage Loan Seller Percentage Interest”: With respect to a Joint Mortgage Loan and each applicable Mortgage Loan Seller with respect thereto, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is equal to the aggregate Cut-off Date principal balance of the promissory notes contributed by such Mortgage Loan Seller to this securitization, and the denominator of which is equal to the Cut-off Date principal balance of such Joint Mortgage Loan.

“Mortgage Note”: The original executed promissory note(s) evidencing the indebtedness of a Mortgagor under a Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, as the case may be, together with any rider, addendum or amendment thereto, or any renewal, substitution or replacement thereof.

“Mortgage Rate”: With respect to: (i) any Mortgage Loan (including the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans) or related Companion Loan on or prior to its Maturity Date, the annual rate at which interest is scheduled (in the absence of a default) to accrue on such Mortgage Loan or related Companion Loan from time to time in accordance with the related Mortgage Note and applicable law, without giving effect to any default rate or Revised Rate; or (ii) any Mortgage Loan or related Companion Loan after its Maturity Date, the annual rate described in clause (i) above determined without regard to the passage of such Maturity Date. For the avoidance of doubt, the Mortgage Rate of any ARD Loan shall not be construed to include the related Excess Rate.

“Mortgaged Property”: The real property subject to the lien of a Mortgage.

“Mortgagor”: The obligor or obligors on a Mortgage Note, including without limitation, any Person that has acquired the related Mortgaged Property and assumed the obligations of the original obligor under the Mortgage Note and including in connection with any Mortgage Loan that utilizes an indemnity deed of trust structure, the borrower and the Mortgaged

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Property owner/payment guarantor/mortgagor individually and collectively, as the context may require.

“Museum Tower Intercreditor Agreement”: The Co-Lender Agreement, dated as of April 17, 2023, by and between the holders of the respective promissory notes evidencing the Museum Tower Whole Loan, relating to the relative rights of such holders, as the same may be further amended in accordance with the terms thereof.

“Museum Tower Mortgage Loan”: With respect to the Museum Tower Whole Loan, the Mortgage Loan that is included in the Trust (identified as Mortgage Loan No. 10 on the Mortgage Loan Schedule), which is evidenced by promissory notes A-1 and A-2.

“Museum Tower Mortgaged Property”: The Mortgaged Property that secures the Museum Tower Whole Loan.

“Museum Tower Pari Passu Companion Loans”: With respect to the Museum Tower Whole Loan, as of the Closing Date, the pari passu companion loans evidenced by the related promissory notes A-3 and A-4, made by the related Mortgagor and secured by the Mortgage on the Museum Tower Mortgaged Property, which are not included in the Trust and which are pari passu in right of payment to the Museum Tower Mortgage Loan to the extent set forth in the related Mortgage Loan documents and as provided in the Museum Tower Intercreditor Agreement.

“Museum Tower Whole Loan”: The Museum Tower Mortgage Loan together with the Museum Tower Pari Passu Companion Loans, each of which is secured by the same Mortgage on the Museum Tower Mortgaged Property. References herein to the Museum Tower Whole Loan shall be construed to refer to the aggregate indebtedness under the Museum Tower Mortgage Loan and the Museum Tower Pari Passu Companion Loans.

“Net Investment Earnings”: With respect to each applicable Collection Account, the Servicing Accounts or the REO Accounts or the Companion Distribution Account for any period from any Distribution Date to the immediately succeeding P&I Advance Date, the amount, if any, by which the aggregate of all interest and other income realized during such period on funds relating to the Trust held in such account, exceeds the aggregate of all losses, if any, incurred during such period in connection with the investment of such funds in accordance with Section 3.06.

“Net Investment Loss”: With respect to each applicable Collection Account, the Servicing Accounts or the REO Accounts or the Companion Distribution Account for any period from any Distribution Date to the immediately succeeding P&I Advance Date, the amount by which the aggregate of all losses, if any, incurred during such period in connection with the investment of funds relating to the Trust held in such account in accordance with Section 3.06, exceeds the aggregate of all interest and other income realized during such period on such funds.

“Net Mortgage Rate”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan (including a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) and any REO Loan (other than the portion of an REO Loan related to any Companion Loan) as of any date of determination, a rate per annum equal to the related Mortgage Rate then in effect (without regard to any increase in the interest rate of any ARD Loan after its respective Anticipated Repayment Date), minus the related Administrative Fee Rate;

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provided, however, that for purposes of calculating Pass-Through Rates, the Net Mortgage Rate for any Mortgage Loan will be determined without regard to any modification, waiver or amendment of the terms of the related Mortgage Loan, whether agreed to by the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer, a related Non-Serviced Master Servicer or a related Non-Serviced Special Servicer or resulting from a bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding involving the related Mortgagor; provided, further, that for any Mortgage Loan that does not accrue interest on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve (12) 30-day months, then, solely for purposes of calculating Pass-Through Rates and the Weighted Average Net Mortgage Rate, the Net Mortgage Rate of such Mortgage Loan or for any one month period preceding a related Due Date will be the annualized rate at which interest would have to accrue in respect of such Mortgage Loan on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve (12) 30-day months in order to produce the aggregate amount of interest actually accrued in respect of such Mortgage Loan during such one month period at the related Net Mortgage Rate; provided, further, that, with respect to each Actual/360 Mortgage Loan, the Net Mortgage Rate for the one month period (A) preceding the Due Dates that occur in January and February in any year which is not a leap year or preceding the Due Date that occurs in February in any year which is a leap year (in either case, unless the related Distribution Date is the final Distribution Date), will be determined exclusive of any Withheld Amounts, and (B) preceding the Due Date in March (or February, if the related Distribution Date is the final Distribution Date), will be determined inclusive of the amounts withheld in the immediately preceding January and February, if applicable. With respect to any REO Loan (but excluding any related Companion Loan), the Net Mortgage Rate shall be calculated as described above, determined as if the predecessor Mortgage Loan had remained outstanding.

“Net Operating Income”: With respect to any Mortgaged Property, for any Mortgagor’s fiscal year end, Net Operating Income will be calculated in accordance with the standard definition of “Net Operating Income” approved from time to time endorsed and put forth by the CREFC^®.

“New Lease”: Any lease of REO Property entered into at the direction of the applicable Special Servicer on behalf of the Trust, including any lease renewed, modified or extended on behalf of the Trust, if the Trust has the right to renegotiate the terms of such lease.

“Non-Book Entry Certificates”: As defined in Section 5.02(c).

“Nonrecoverable Advance”: Any Nonrecoverable P&I Advance or Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. For the avoidance of doubt, Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts shall constitute Nonrecoverable Advances only when the Person making such determination in accordance with the procedures specified herein, and taking into account factors such as all other outstanding Advances, either (a) has determined that such Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts, would not ultimately be recoverable from Late Collections, Default Interest, Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds or any other recovery on or in respect of such Mortgage Loan or the related REO Property (without giving effect to potential recoveries on deficiency judgments or recoveries from guarantors), or (b) has determined that such Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount, along with any other Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts (that have not been reimbursed to the party that made such Advance) or unreimbursed Nonrecoverable Advances, would not be ultimately recoverable from the principal portion of future general collections on the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties.

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“Nonrecoverable P&I Advance”: Any P&I Advance previously made or proposed to be made in respect of a Mortgage Loan (including any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or REO Loan (other than any portion of an REO Loan related to a Companion Loan) which the Trustee determines in its good faith business judgment or the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer determines in accordance with the Servicing Standard, will not be ultimately recoverable, together with any accrued and unpaid interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate, from Late Collections or any other recovery on or in respect of such Mortgage Loan or REO Loan (but excluding any related Companion Loan); provided, however, that the applicable Special Servicer may, at its option, make a determination in accordance with the Servicing Standard, that any P&I Advance previously made or proposed to be made is a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance and shall deliver to the applicable Master Servicer (and with respect to a Serviced Mortgage Loan, to any Other Servicer, and with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, to the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer and Non-Serviced Special Servicer), the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor and the 17g-5 Information Provider notice of such determination. Any such determination (other than by the applicable Special Servicer) shall not be binding upon (but may be conclusively relied upon by) the applicable Master Servicer and the Trustee, and any such determination by the applicable Special Servicer shall be conclusive and binding upon the applicable Master Servicer and the Trustee (but this statement shall not be construed to entitle the applicable Special Servicer to reverse the determination of the applicable Master Servicer or the Trustee or to prohibit the applicable Master Servicer or the Trustee from making a determination that a P&I Advance would be a Nonrecoverable Advance), provided, however, that such Special Servicer shall have no such obligation to make an affirmative determination that any P&I Advance is or would be recoverable and in the absence of a determination by such Special Servicer that such P&I Advance is or would be a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance, such decision shall remain with the applicable Master Servicer or Trustee, as applicable. If a Special Servicer makes a determination that only a portion, and not all, of any previously made or proposed P&I Advance is a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance, the applicable Master Servicer and the Trustee shall have the right to make its own subsequent determination that any remaining portion of any such previously made or proposed P&I Advance is a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance. With respect to any Non-Serviced Whole Loan, if any Non-Serviced Master Servicer, Non-Serviced Trustee or Non-Serviced Special Servicer, as applicable, in connection with a securitization of the related Non-Serviced Companion Loan determines that a principal and interest advance with respect to the related Non-Serviced Companion Loan, if made, would be nonrecoverable, such determination shall not be binding on the applicable Master Servicer and the Trustee as it relates to any proposed P&I Advance with respect to the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan. Similarly, with respect to the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, if the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, determines that any P&I Advance with respect to a related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, if made, would be a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance, such determination shall not be binding on the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer and related Non-Serviced Trustee as it relates to any proposed P&I Advance with respect to the related Non-Serviced Companion Loan (unless the related Non-Serviced PSA provides otherwise). In making such recoverability determination, the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, will be entitled (a) to consider (among other things) (i) the obligations of the Mortgagor under the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, as applicable, as it may have been modified and (ii) the related Mortgaged Properties in their “as-is” or then-current conditions and occupancies, as

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modified by such party’s assumptions (consistent with the Servicing Standard in the case of the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer or in its good faith business judgment in the case of the Trustee, solely in its capacity as Trustee) regarding the possibility and effects of future adverse changes with respect to such Mortgaged Properties, (b) to estimate and consider (consistent with the Servicing Standard in the case of the applicable Master Servicer and the applicable Special Servicer or in its good faith business judgment in the case of the Trustee, solely in its capacity as Trustee) (among other things) future expenses, (c) to estimate and consider (consistent with the Servicing Standard in the case of the applicable Master Servicer and the applicable Special Servicer or in its good faith business judgment in the case of the Trustee, solely in its capacity as Trustee) (among other things) the timing of recoveries and (d) to give due regard to the existence of any Nonrecoverable Advances which, at the time of such consideration, the recovery of which are being deferred or delayed by the applicable Master Servicer, in light of the fact that related proceeds are a source of recovery not only for the Advance under consideration but also a potential source of recovery for such delayed or deferred Advance. In addition, any Person, in considering whether a P&I Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance, will be entitled to give due regard to the existence of any outstanding Nonrecoverable Advance or Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount with respect to other Mortgage Loans, the reimbursement of which, at the time of such consideration, is being deferred or delayed by a Master Servicer or the Trustee because there is insufficient principal available for such recovery, in light of the fact that proceeds on the related Mortgage Loan are a source of recovery not only for the P&I Advance under consideration, but also as a potential source of reimbursement of such Nonrecoverable Advance or Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts which are or may be being deferred or delayed. In addition, any such Person may update or change its recoverability determinations at any time (but not reverse any other Person’s determination that an Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance) and, consistent with the Servicing Standard, in the case of the applicable Master Servicer or in its good faith business judgment in the case of the Trustee (solely in its capacity as Trustee), may obtain at the expense of the Trust any reasonably required analysis, Appraisals or market value estimates or other information for making a recoverability determination. Absent bad faith, the applicable Master Servicer’s, the applicable Special Servicer’s or the Trustee’s determination as to the recoverability of any P&I Advance shall be conclusive and binding on the Certificateholders. The determination by the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be, that a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance has been made or that any proposed P&I Advance, if made, would constitute a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance, or any updated or changed recoverability determination, shall be evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate delivered by either the applicable Special Servicer or the applicable Master Servicer to the other and to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Directing Certificateholder (but in the case of the Directing Certificateholder, only prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event and only with respect to any Mortgage Loan other than an Excluded Loan as to such party) (and in the case of a Serviced Mortgage Loan, any Other Servicer), the Operating Advisor (but only in the case of a Special Servicer) and the Depositor, or by the Trustee to the Depositor, the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Certificate Administrator (and, in the case of a Serviced Mortgage Loan, any Other Servicer). The Officer’s Certificate shall set forth such determination of nonrecoverability and the considerations of the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, forming the basis of such determination (which shall be accompanied by, to the extent available, related income and expense statements, rent rolls, occupancy status, property inspections and any

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other information used by such Master Servicer, such Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, to make such determination and shall include any existing Appraisal of the related Mortgage Loan or the related Mortgaged Property). The Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the applicable Master Servicer’s or the applicable Special Servicer’s determination that a P&I Advance is or would be nonrecoverable, and each Master Servicer and the Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely on and shall be bound by the applicable Special Servicer’s determination that a P&I Advance is or would be nonrecoverable. In the case of a cross-collateralized Mortgage Loan (if any), such recoverability determination shall take into account the cross-collateralization of the related cross-collateralized Mortgage Loan.

“Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance”: Any Servicing Advance previously made or proposed to be made in respect of a Serviced Mortgage Loan, Serviced Whole Loan or REO Property which the Trustee determines in its reasonable business judgment, or the applicable Master Servicer or applicable Special Servicer determines in accordance with the Servicing Standard, as the case may be, will not be ultimately recoverable, together with any accrued and unpaid interest thereon, at the Reimbursement Rate, from Late Collections or any other recovery on or in respect of such Mortgage Loan, Serviced Whole Loan or REO Property. In making such recoverability determination, such Person will be entitled (a) to consider (among other things) (i) the obligations of the Mortgagor under the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, as applicable, as it may have been modified and (ii) the related Mortgaged Properties in their “as-is” or then-current conditions and occupancies, as modified by such party’s assumptions (consistent with the Servicing Standard in the case of the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer or in its good faith business judgment in the case of the Trustee, solely in its capacity as Trustee) regarding the possibility and effects of future adverse changes with respect to such Mortgaged Properties, (b) to estimate and consider (consistent with the Servicing Standard in the case of the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer or in its good faith business judgment in the case of the Trustee, solely in its capacity as Trustee) (among other things) future expenses, (c) to estimate and consider (consistent with the Servicing Standard in the case of the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer or in its good faith business judgment in the case of the Trustee, solely in its capacity as Trustee) (among other things) the timing of recoveries and (d) to give due regard to the existence of any Nonrecoverable Advances which, at the time of such consideration, the recovery of which are being deferred or delayed by the applicable Master Servicer or the Trustee because there is insufficient principal available for such recovery, in light of the fact that related proceeds are a source of recovery not only for the Advance under consideration but also a potential source of recovery for such delayed or deferred Advance. In addition, any Person, in considering whether a Servicing Advance is a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, will be entitled to give due regard to the existence of any Nonrecoverable Advance or Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts with respect to other Mortgage Loans, the reimbursement of which, at the time of such consideration, is being deferred or delayed by a Master Servicer, in light of the fact that proceeds on the related Mortgage Loan are a source of recovery not only for the Servicing Advance under consideration, but also as a potential source of recovery of such Nonrecoverable Advance or Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts which are or may be being deferred or delayed. In addition, any such Person may update or change its recoverability determinations at any time (but not reverse any other Person’s determination that an Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance) and, consistent with the Servicing Standard, in the case of the applicable Master Servicer or in its good faith business judgment in the case of the Trustee (solely in its capacity as Trustee), may obtain at the expense

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of the Trust any reasonably required analysis, Appraisals or market value estimates or other information for making a recoverability determination. Absent bad faith, the applicable Master Servicer’s, the applicable Special Servicer’s or the Trustee’s determination as to the recoverability of any Servicing Advance shall be conclusive and binding on the Certificateholders. The determination by the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be, that a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance has been made or that any proposed Servicing Advance, if made, would constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, or any updated or changed recoverability determination, shall be evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate delivered by either the applicable Special Servicer or the applicable Master Servicer to the other and to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Directing Certificateholder (but in the case of the Directing Certificateholder, only prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event and only with respect to any Mortgage Loan other than an Excluded Loan as to such party) (and in the case of a Serviced Mortgage Loan, any Other Servicer), the Operating Advisor (but only in the case of a Special Servicer) and the Depositor, or by the Trustee to the Depositor, the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Certificate Administrator (and in the case of a Serviced Mortgage Loan, any Other Servicer); provided, however, that the applicable Special Servicer may, at its option, make a determination in accordance with the Servicing Standard, that any Servicing Advance previously made or proposed to be made is a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance and shall deliver to the applicable Master Servicer (and with respect to a Serviced Mortgage Loan, to any Other Servicer), the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor and the 17g-5 Information Provider notice of such determination. Any such determination (other than by the applicable Special Servicer) shall not be binding upon (but may be conclusively relied upon by) the applicable Master Servicer and the Trustee, and any such determination by the applicable Special Servicer shall be binding upon the applicable Master Servicer and the Trustee (but this statement shall not be construed to entitle the applicable Special Servicer to reverse the determination of the applicable Master Servicer or the Trustee or to prohibit the applicable Master Servicer or the Trustee from making a determination that a Servicing Advance would be a Nonrecoverable Advance), provided, however, that the applicable Special Servicer shall have no such obligation to make an affirmative determination that any Servicing Advance is or would be recoverable and in the absence of a determination by the applicable Special Servicer that such Servicing Advance is or would be a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, such decision shall remain with the applicable Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable. If the applicable Special Servicer makes a determination that only a portion, and not all, of any previously made or proposed Servicing Advance is a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, the applicable Master Servicer and the Trustee shall each have the right to make its own subsequent determination that any remaining portion of any such previously made or proposed Servicing Advance is a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. The Officer’s Certificate shall set forth such determination of nonrecoverability and the considerations of the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, forming the basis of such determination (which shall be accompanied by, to the extent available, related income and expense statements, rent rolls, occupancy status, property inspections and any other information used by such Master Servicer, such Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, to make such determination and shall include any existing Appraisal with respect to the related Mortgage Loan, Serviced Companion Loan or related Mortgaged Property). The applicable Special Servicer shall promptly furnish any party required to make Servicing Advances hereunder with any information in its possession regarding the Specially Serviced Loans and REO

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Properties as such party required to make Servicing Advances may reasonably request for purposes of making recoverability determinations. The Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the applicable Master Servicer’s or the applicable Special Servicer’s determination that a Servicing Advance is or would be nonrecoverable, and the applicable Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the applicable Special Servicer’s determination that a Servicing Advance is or would be nonrecoverable. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the applicable Special Servicer requests that the applicable Master Servicer make a Servicing Advance, such Master Servicer may conclusively rely on such request as evidence that such advance is not a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance; provided, however, that such Special Servicer shall not be entitled to make such a request more frequently than once per calendar month with respect to Servicing Advances other than emergency advances (although such request may relate to more than one Servicing Advance). In the case of a cross-collateralized Mortgage Loan (if any), such recoverability determination shall take into account the cross-collateralization of the related cross-collateralized Mortgage Loan. The determination as to the recoverability of any servicing advance or property protection advance previously made or proposed to be made in respect of a Non-Serviced Whole Loan shall be made by the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer, Non-Serviced Special Servicer or Non-Serviced Trustee, as the case may be, pursuant to the related Non-Serviced PSA.

“Non-Registered Certificate”: Unless and until registered under the Securities Act, any Class X-D, Class X-F, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G-RR, Class H-RR, Class V or Class R Certificate.

“Non-Serviced Certificate Administrator”: The “Certificate Administrator” under a Non-Serviced PSA.

“Non-Serviced Companion Loan”: Each of the Non-Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans and the Non-Serviced Subordinate Companion Loans.

“Non-Serviced Custodian”: With respect to each Non-Serviced Whole Loan, the “Custodian” under the related Non-Serviced PSA.

“Non-Serviced Depositor”: The “Depositor” under a Non-Serviced PSA.

“Non-Serviced Gain-on-Sale Proceeds”: Any “gain-on-sale proceeds” received in respect of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan pursuant to the related Non-Serviced PSA.

“Non-Serviced Indemnified Parties”: As defined in Section 6.04(i).

“Non-Serviced Intercreditor Agreement”: Each Intercreditor Agreement related to a Non-Serviced Whole Loan.

“Non-Serviced Master Servicer”: The “Master Servicer” or “Servicer” under a Non-Serviced PSA.

“Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan”: Each of the CX – 250 Water Street Mortgage Loan, the 100 & 150 South Wacker Drive Mortgage Loan, the Pacific Design Center Mortgage

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Loan, the Cumberland Mall Mortgage Loan, the Conair Glendale Mortgage Loan and the Heritage Plaza Mortgage Loan.

“Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property”: Each of the CX – 250 Water Street Mortgaged Property, the 100 & 150 South Wacker Drive Mortgaged Property, the Pacific Design Center Mortgaged Property, the Cumberland Mall Mortgaged Property, the Conair Glendale Mortgaged Property and the Heritage Plaza Mortgaged Property.

“Non-Serviced Operating Advisor”: The “Operating Advisor” (or analogous term) (if any) under a Non-Serviced PSA.

“Non-Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan”: Each of the CX – 250 Water Street Pari Passu Companion Loans, the 100 & 150 South Wacker Drive Pari Passu Companion Loan, the Pacific Design Center Pari Passu Companion Loans, the Cumberland Mall Pari Passu Companion Loans, the Conair Glendale Pari Passu Companion Loan and the Heritage Plaza Pari Passu Companion Loan.

“Non-Serviced Paying Agent”: The “Paying Agent” (or analogous term) under a Non-Serviced PSA.

“Non-Serviced Primary Servicing Fee”: With respect to each Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the fee payable to the Non-Serviced Master Servicer pursuant to the related Non-Serviced PSA.

“Non-Serviced Primary Servicing Fee Rate”: With respect to (i) the CX – 250 Water Street Mortgage Loan, 0.00250% per annum, (ii) the 100 & 150 South Wacker Drive Mortgage Loan, 0.00250% per annum, (iii) the Pacific Design Center Mortgage Loan, 0.00125% per annum, (iv) the Cumberland Mall Mortgage Loan, 0.00125% per annum, (v) the Conair Glendale Mortgage Loan, 0.00250% per annum, and (vi) the Heritage Plaza Mortgage Loan, 0.00250% per annum.

“Non-Serviced PSA”: With respect to (i) the CX – 250 Water Street Mortgage Loan, until the securitization of the related note A-1 Companion Loan, the BANK 2023-BNK45 PSA, and after the securitization of the related note A-1 Companion Loan, the pooling and servicing agreement that creates the trust whose assets include such note A-1 Companion Loan, (ii) the 100 & 150 South Wacker Drive Mortgage Loan, the BANK 2023-BNK45 PSA, (iii) the Pacific Design Center Mortgage Loan, the Benchmark 2023-B38 PSA, (iv) the Cumberland Mall Mortgage Loan, the Benchmark 2023-V2 PSA, (v) the Conair Glendale Mortgage Loan, the BANK 2023-BNK45 PSA, and (vi) the Heritage Plaza Mortgage Loan, until the securitization of the related note A-1 Companion Loan, the Benchmark 2023-V2 PSA, and after the securitization of the related note A-1 Companion Loan, the pooling and servicing agreement that creates the trust whose assets include such note A-1 Companion Loan.

“Non-Serviced Special Servicer”: The applicable “Special Servicer” of a Non-Serviced Whole Loan under a Non-Serviced PSA.

“Non-Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan”: The Pacific Design Center Subordinate Companion Loan.

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“Non-Serviced Trust”: The “Trust” formed under a Non-Serviced PSA.

“Non-Serviced Trustee”: The “Trustee” under a Non-Serviced PSA.

“Non-Serviced Whole Loan”: Each of the CX – 250 Water Street Whole Loan, the 100 & 150 South Wacker Drive Whole Loan, the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan, the Cumberland Mall Whole Loan, the Conair Glendale Whole Loan and the Heritage Plaza Whole Loan.

“Non-Serviced Whole Loan Controlling Holder”: The “directing holder” or similarly defined party under a Non-Serviced PSA.

“Non-Specially Serviced Loan”: Any Serviced Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan that is not a Specially Serviced Loan.

“Non-U.S. Beneficial Ownership Certification”: As defined in Section 5.03(f).

“Non-U.S. Tax Person”: Any person other than a U.S. Tax Person.

“Notional Amount”: With respect to each of the following Classes of Certificates or Upper-Tier Regular Interests, the amount set forth next to it in the table below:

Class of Certificates, Upper-Tier Regular Interest or Lower-Tier Regular Interest	Notional Amount
Class A-4-X1 Certificates	Class A-4-X1 Notional Amount
Class A-4-X2 Certificates	Class A-4-X2 Notional Amount
Class A-4-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class A-4-X1 UT Notional Amount
Class A-4-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class A-4-X2 UT Notional Amount
Class A-5-X1 Certificates	Class A-5-X1 Notional Amount
Class A-5-X2 Certificates	Class A-5-X2 Notional Amount
Class A-5-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class A-5-X1 UT Notional Amount
Class A-5-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class A-5-X2 UT Notional Amount
Class X-A Certificates	Class X-A Notional Amount
Class X-B Certificates	Class X-B Notional Amount
Class X-D Certificates	Class X-D Notional Amount
Class X-F Certificates	Class X-F Notional Amount
Class A-S-X1 Certificates	Class A-S-X1 Notional Amount
Class A-S-X2 Certificates	Class A-S-X2 Notional Amount
Class A-S-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class A-S-X1 UT Notional Amount
Class A-S-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class A-S-X2 UT Notional Amount
Class B-X1 Certificates	Class B-X1 Notional Amount
Class B-X2 Certificates	Class B-X2 Notional Amount
Class B-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class B-X1 UT Notional Amount
Class B-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class B-X2 UT Notional Amount
Class C-X1 Certificates	Class C-X1 Notional Amount
Class C-X2 Certificates	Class C-X2 Notional Amount
Class C-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class C-X1 UT Notional Amount
Class C-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class C-X2 UT Notional Amount

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“NRSRO”: Any nationally recognized statistical rating organization within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act, including the Rating Agencies.

“NRSRO Certification”: A certification (a) substantially in the form of Exhibit P-2 executed by a NRSRO or (b) provided electronically and executed by such NRSRO by means of a “click-through” confirmation on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website, in either case in favor of the 17g-5 Information Provider that states that such NRSRO is a Rating Agency under this Agreement or that such NRSRO has provided the Depositor with the appropriate certifications pursuant to paragraph (e) of Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act, that such NRSRO has access to the Depositor’s 17g-5 website and that such NRSRO will keep such information confidential, except to the extent such information has been made available to the general public. Each NRSRO shall be deemed to recertify to the foregoing each time it accesses the Certificate Administrator’s Website.

“OCC”: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

“Officer’s Certificate”: A certificate signed by a Servicing Officer of the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer or any Additional Servicer, as the case may be, or a Responsible Officer of the Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as the case may be.

“Offshore Transaction”: Any “offshore transaction” as defined in Rule 902(h) of Regulation S.

“Operating Advisor”: Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and its successors-in-interest and assigns, or any successor operating advisor appointed as herein provided.

“Operating Advisor Annual Report”: As defined in Section 3.26(c)(i).

“Operating Advisor Consultation Event”: Any time when either (i) the aggregate Certificate Balance of the portions of the Classes of Certificates that constitute the HRR Interest (taking into account the application of any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts to notionally reduce the Certificate Balances of such Classes) is 25% or less of the aggregate Original Certificate Balance of such portions of such Classes or (ii) a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing.

“Operating Advisor Consulting Fee”: A fee for each Major Decision on which the Operating Advisor has consulting obligations and performed its duties with respect to such Major Decision equal to $10,000 (or such lesser amount as the related Mortgagor actually pays) with respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan (other than any Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan), payable pursuant to Section 3.05 of this Agreement; provided, however, that no such fee shall be payable unless specifically paid by the related Mortgagor as a separately identifiable fee; provided, further, that the Operating Advisor may in its sole discretion reduce the Operating Advisor Consulting Fee with respect to any Major Decision; provided, further, however, that to the extent such fee is incurred after the outstanding Certificate Balances of the Control Eligible Certificates have been reduced to zero as a result of the allocation of Realized Losses to such Certificates, such fee shall be payable in full to the Operating Advisor as an expense of the Trust; provided, further, that the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as applicable, may waive or reduce

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the amount of any Operating Advisor Consulting Fee payable by the related Mortgagor if it determines that such full or partial waiver is in accordance with the Servicing Standard (provided that the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as applicable, shall consult, on a non-binding basis, with the Operating Advisor prior to any such waiver or reduction).

“Operating Advisor Expenses”: With respect to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to any unreimbursed indemnification amounts or additional trust fund expenses payable to the Operating Advisor pursuant to this Agreement (other than the Operating Advisor Fee and the Operating Advisor Consulting Fee).

“Operating Advisor Fee”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan and REO Loan (but excluding any related Companion Loan), the fee payable to the Operating Advisor pursuant to Section 3.26(i).

“Operating Advisor Fee Rate”: With respect to each Interest Accrual Period related to any applicable Distribution Date, a per annum rate of 0.00212%.

“Operating Advisor Standard”: The requirement that the Operating Advisor must act solely on behalf of the Trust and in the best interest of, and for the benefit of, the Certificateholders and, with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, for the benefit of the holders of the related Companion Loan (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and Companion Holders constituted a single lender), and not in the best interests of, or for the benefit of, any particular Class of Certificateholders (as determined by the Operating Advisor in the exercise of its good faith and reasonable judgment), but without regard to any conflict of interest arising from any relationship that the Operating Advisor or any of its Affiliates may have with any of the underlying Mortgagors, any Sponsor, any Mortgage Loan Seller, the Depositor, any Master Servicer, any Special Servicer, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Directing Certificateholder, any Certificateholder, the Risk Retention Consultation Party or any of their Affiliates.

“Operating Advisor Termination Event”: Any of the following events, whether any such event is voluntary or involuntary or is effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body:

(a)               any failure by the Operating Advisor to observe or perform in any material respect any of its covenants or agreements or the material breach of any of its representations or warranties under this Agreement, which failure continues unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, is given to the Operating Advisor by any party to this Agreement or to the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee by the Holders of Certificates having greater than 25% of the aggregate Voting Rights, provided that any such failure which is not curable within such thirty (30) day period, the Operating Advisor will have an additional cure period of thirty (30) days to effect such cure so long as it has commenced to cure such failure within the initial thirty (30) day period and has provided the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator with an officer’s certificate certifying that it has diligently pursued, and is continuing to pursue, such cure;

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(b)               any failure by the Operating Advisor to perform in accordance with the Operating Advisor Standard which failure continues unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, is given to the Operating Advisor by any party to this Agreement;

(c)               any failure by the Operating Advisor to be an Eligible Operating Advisor, which failure continues unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, is given to the Operating Advisor by any party to this Agreement;

(d)               a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the premises in an involuntary case under any present or future federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law for the appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings, or for the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, shall have been entered against the operating advisor, and such decree or order shall have remained in force undischarged or unstayed for a period of sixty (60) days;

(e)               the Operating Advisor consents to the appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator or liquidation committee in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities, voluntary liquidation, or similar proceedings of or relating to the operating advisor or of or relating to all or substantially all of its property; or

(f)                the Operating Advisor admits in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, files a petition to take advantage of any applicable insolvency or reorganization statute, makes an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or voluntarily suspends payment of its obligations.

“Opinion of Counsel”: A written opinion of counsel, who may, without limitation, be salaried counsel for the Depositor, a Master Servicer, a Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer, acceptable in form and delivered to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator, except that any opinion of counsel relating to (a) the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC, (b) compliance with the REMIC Provisions, (c) the qualification of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust, or (d) the resignation of any Master Servicer, any Special Servicer or the Depositor pursuant to Section 6.05, must be an opinion of counsel who is in fact Independent of the Depositor, such Master Servicer, such Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer.

“Original Certificate Balance”: As defined in the Preliminary Statement.

“Original Lower-Tier Principal Amount”: With respect to any Class of Lower-Tier Regular Interest, the initial principal amount thereof as of the Closing Date, in each case as specified in the Preliminary Statement.

“Original Notional Amount”: As defined in the Preliminary Statement.

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“Other Asset Representations Reviewer”: Any asset representations reviewer under an Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

“Other Certificate Administrator”: Any certificate administrator under an Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

“Other Depositor”: Any depositor under an Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

“Other Exchange Act Reporting Party”: With respect to any Other Securitization Trust that is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, the Other Servicer, Other Trustee, Other Certificate Administrator or Other Depositor under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement that is responsible for the preparation and/or filing of Form 8-K, Form 10-D, Form ABS-EE and Form 10-K with respect to such Other Securitization Trust, as identified in writing to the parties to this Agreement; and, with respect to any Other Securitization Trust that is not subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, the trustee, certificate administrator, master servicer, special servicer or depositor under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement that is responsible for the preparation and/or dissemination of periodic distribution date statements or similar reports, as identified in writing to the parties to this Agreement.

“Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement”: Any trust and servicing agreement or pooling and servicing agreement that creates a trust whose assets include any Serviced Companion Loan.

“Other Securitization”: As defined in Section 11.06.

“Other Servicer”: Any master servicer or special servicer, as applicable, under an Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

“Other Trustee”: Any trustee under an Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

“Ownership Interest”: As to any Certificate, any ownership or security interest in such Certificate as the Holder thereof and any other interest therein, whether direct or indirect, legal or beneficial, as owner or as pledgee.

“P&I Advance”: As to any Mortgage Loan or REO Loan (but not any related Companion Loan), any advance made by the applicable Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, pursuant to Section 4.03 or Section 7.05.

“P&I Advance Date”: The Business Day immediately prior to each Distribution Date.

“P&I Advance Determination Date”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the close of business on the related Determination Date.

“Pacific Design Center Intercreditor Agreement”: The Agreement Between Noteholders, dated as of February 1, 2023, by and between the holders of the respective promissory notes evidencing the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan, relating to the relative rights of such

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holders of the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan, as the same may be amended in accordance with the terms thereof.

“Pacific Design Center Mortgage Loan”: With respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan, the Mortgage Loan that is included in the Trust (identified as Mortgage Loan No. 5 on the Mortgage Loan Schedule), which is evidenced by the related promissory notes A-5, A-6 and A-7, which are pari passu in right of payment with Pacific Design Center Pari Passu Companion Loans and generally senior in right of payment to the Pacific Design Center Subordinate Companion Loan to the extent set forth in the Pacific Design Center Intercreditor Agreement.

“Pacific Design Center Mortgaged Property”: The Mortgaged Property that secures the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan.

“Pacific Design Center Pari Passu Companion Loans”: With respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan, as of the Closing Date, the pari passu companion loans evidenced by the related promissory notes A-1, A-2, A-3, A-4, A-8 and A-9 made by the related Mortgagor and secured by the Mortgage on the Pacific Design Center Mortgaged Property, which are not included in the Trust and which are pari passu in right of payment to the Pacific Design Center Mortgage Loan to the extent set forth in the related Mortgage Loan documents and as provided in the Pacific Design Center Intercreditor Agreement.

“Pacific Design Center Subordinate Companion Loan”: With respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan, as of the Closing Date, the Companion Loan evidenced by the promissory note designated as promissory note B, made by the related Mortgagor and secured by the Mortgage on the Pacific Design Center Mortgaged Property, which is not included in the Trust and which is generally subordinate in right of payment to the Pacific Design Center Mortgage Loan and the Pacific Design Center Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans to the extent set forth in the related Mortgage Loan documents and as provided in the Pacific Design Center Intercreditor Agreement.

“Pacific Design Center Whole Loan”: The Pacific Design Center Mortgage Loan, together with the Pacific Design Center Pari Passu Companion Loans, the Pacific Design Center Subordinate Companion Loan, each of which is secured by the same Mortgage on the Pacific Design Center Mortgaged Property. References herein to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan shall be construed to refer to the aggregate indebtedness under the Pacific Design Center Mortgage Loan, the Pacific Design Center Pari Passu Companion Loans and the Pacific Design Center Subordinate Companion Loan.

“Pari Passu Companion Loans”: Collectively, the Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans and the Non-Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans.

“Pari Passu Companion Loan Holder”: Any holder of record of any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan or Non-Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan.

“Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to each Class of Certificates, Upper-Tier Regular Interest or Lower-Tier Regular Interest, the rate set forth next to it in the table below:

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Class of Certificates, Upper-Tier Regular Interest or Lower-Tier Regular Interest	Pass-Through Rate
Class A-1 Certificates	Class A-1 Pass-Through Rate
Class A-2 Certificates	Class A-2 Pass-Through Rate
Class A-SB Certificates	Class A-SB Pass-Through Rate
Class A-4 Certificates	Class A-4 Pass-Through Rate
Class A-4-1 Certificates	Class A-4-1 Pass-Through Rate
Class A-4-2 Certificates	Class A-4-2 Pass-Through Rate
Class A-4-X1 Certificates	Class A-4-X1 Pass-Through Rate
Class A-4-X2 Certificates	Class A-4-X2 Pass-Through Rate
Class A-4 Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class A-4 UT Pass-Through Rate
Class A-4-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class A-4-X1 UT Pass-Through Rate
Class A-4-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class A-4-X2 UT Pass-Through Rate
Class A-5 Certificates	Class A-5 Pass-Through Rate
Class A-5-1 Certificates	Class A-5-1 Pass-Through Rate
Class A-5-2 Certificates	Class A-5-2 Pass-Through Rate
Class A-5-X1 Certificates	Class A-5-X1 Pass-Through Rate
Class A-5-X2 Certificates	Class A-5-X2 Pass-Through Rate
Class A-5 Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class A-5 UT Pass-Through Rate
Class A-5-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class A-5-X1 UT Pass-Through Rate
Class A-5-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class A-5-X2 UT Pass-Through Rate
Class X-A Certificates	Class X-A Pass-Through Rate
Class X-B Certificates	Class X-B Pass-Through Rate
Class X-D Certificates	Class X-D Pass-Through Rate
Class X-F Certificates	Class X-F Pass-Through Rate
Class A-S Certificates	Class A-S Pass-Through Rate
Class A-S-1 Certificates	Class A-S-1 Pass-Through Rate
Class A-S-2 Certificates	Class A-S-2 Pass-Through Rate
Class A-S-X1 Certificates	Class A-S-X1 Pass-Through Rate
Class A-S-X2 Certificates	Class A-S-X2 Pass-Through Rate
Class A-S Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class A-S UT Pass-Through Rate
Class A-S-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class A-S-X1 UT Pass-Through Rate
Class A-S-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class A-S-X2 UT Pass-Through Rate
Class B Certificates	Class B Pass-Through Rate
Class B-1 Certificates	Class B-1 Pass-Through Rate
Class B-2 Certificates	Class B-2 Pass-Through Rate
Class B-X1 Certificates	Class B-X1 Pass-Through Rate
Class B-X2 Certificates	Class B-X2 Pass-Through Rate
Class B Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class B UT Pass-Through Rate
Class B-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class B-X1 UT Pass-Through Rate
Class B-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class B-X2 UT Pass-Through Rate
Class C Certificates	Class C Pass-Through Rate
Class C-1 Certificates	Class C-1 Pass-Through Rate
Class C-2 Certificates	Class C-2 Pass-Through Rate
Class C-X1 Certificates	Class C-X1 Pass-Through Rate
Class C-X2 Certificates	Class C-X2 Pass-Through Rate
Class C Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class C UT Pass-Through Rate
Class C-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class C-X1 UT Pass-Through Rate
Class C-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class C-X2 UT Pass-Through Rate

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Class of Certificates, Upper-Tier Regular Interest or Lower-Tier Regular Interest	Pass-Through Rate
Class D Certificates	Class D Pass-Through Rate
Class E Certificates	Class E Pass-Through Rate
Class F Certificates	Class F Pass-Through Rate
Class G-RR Certificates	Class G-RR Pass-Through Rate
Class H-RR Certificates	Class H-RR Pass-Through Rate

“PCAOB”: The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

“Penalty Charges”: With respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan (or any successor REO Loan), any amounts actually collected thereon (or, in the case of a Serviced Companion Loan (or any successor REO Loan thereto) that is part of a Serviced Whole Loan, actually collected on such Serviced Whole Loan, and allocated and paid on such Serviced Companion Loan (or any successor REO Loan), as applicable, in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement) that represent late payment charges or Default Interest, other than a Prepayment Premium, a Yield Maintenance Charge or any Excess Interest.

“Percentage Interest”: As to any Certificate (other than the Class R and Class V Certificates), the percentage interest evidenced thereby in distributions required to be made with respect to the related Class. With respect to any Certificate (other than the Class R and Class V Certificates), the percentage interest is equal to the Denomination as of the Closing Date of such Certificate (subject, in the case of an Exchangeable Certificate, to any adjustments thereto as reflected on the schedule attached to such Certificate) divided by the Original Certificate Balance or Original Notional Amount, as applicable, of such Class of Certificates as of the Closing Date (subject, in the case of an Exchangeable Certificate, to any adjustments thereto as reflected on the schedule attached to such Certificate). With respect to a Class R or a Class V Certificate, the Percentage Interest is set forth on the face thereof.

“Performance Certification”: As defined in Section 11.06.

“Performing Party”: As defined in Section 11.12.

“Periodic Payment”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or any related Companion Loan, the scheduled monthly payment of principal and/or interest (other than Excess Interest) on such Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, including any Balloon Payment, which is payable (as the terms of the applicable Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan may be changed or modified in connection with a bankruptcy or similar proceedings involving the related Mortgagor or by reason of a modification, extension, waiver or amendment granted or agreed to pursuant to the terms hereof) by a Mortgagor from time to time under the related Mortgage Note and applicable law, without regard to any acceleration of principal of such Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan by reason of default thereunder and without regard to any Excess Interest.

“Permitted Investments”: Any one or more of the following obligations or securities (including obligations or securities of the Certificate Administrator, or managed by the Certificate Administrator or any Affiliate of the Certificate Administrator, if otherwise qualifying hereunder), regardless of whether issued by the Depositor, the applicable Master Servicer, the

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applicable Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, or any of their respective Affiliates and having the required ratings, if any, provided for in this definition and which shall not be subject to liquidation prior to maturity:

(i)                                  direct obligations of, and obligations fully guaranteed as to timely payment of principal and interest by, the United States of America, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac or any agency or instrumentality of the United States of America, the obligations of which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America that mature in one (1) year or less from the date of acquisition; provided that any obligation of, or guarantee by, the United States of America, Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac or any such agency or instrumentality of the United States of America, other than an unsecured senior debt obligation thereof, shall be a Permitted Investment only if such investment would not result in the downgrading, withdrawal or qualification of the then-current rating assigned by each Rating Agency to any Certificate (or, insofar as there is then outstanding any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities that are then rated by such Rating Agency, such class of securities) as evidenced in writing, other than (a) unsecured senior debt obligations of the U.S. Treasury (direct or fully funded obligations), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development public housing agency bonds, Federal Housing Administration debentures, Government National Mortgage Association guaranteed mortgage-backed securities or participation certificates, RefCorp debt obligations and SBA-guaranteed participation certificates and guaranteed pool certificates and (b) Farm Credit System consolidated systemwide bonds and notes, Federal Home Loan Banks’ consolidated debt obligations, Freddie Mac debt obligations, and Fannie Mae debt obligations rated at least “A-1” by S&P, if such obligations mature in sixty (60) days or less, or rated at least “AA-”, “A-1+” or “AAAm” by S&P, if such obligations mature in 365 days or less;

(ii)                               time deposits, unsecured certificates of deposit, or bankers’ acceptances that mature in one (1) year or less after the date of issuance and are issued or held by any depository institution or trust company (including the Trustee) incorporated or organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof and subject to supervision and examination by federal or state banking authorities that, in each case, satisfy the Applicable Moody’s Permitted Investment Rating, the Applicable KBRA Permitted Investment Rating and the Applicable Fitch Permitted Investment Rating; or, in each case, such other rating as would not result in the downgrading, withdrawal or qualification of the then-current rating assigned by such Rating Agency in addition to a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency not rating such obligations (or, insofar as there is then outstanding any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities that is then rated by such rating agency, such class of securities) as evidenced in writing;

(iii)                            repurchase agreements or obligations with respect to any security described in clause (i) above where such security has a remaining maturity of one year or less and where such repurchase obligation has been entered into with a depository institution or trust company (acting as principal) described in clause (ii) above;

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(iv)                           debt obligations bearing interest or sold at a discount issued by any corporation incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof which mature in one (1) year or less from the date of acquisition that, in each case, satisfy (x) the Applicable Moody’s Permitted Investment Rating, (y) the Applicable KBRA Permitted Investment Rating and (z) the Applicable Fitch Permitted Investment Rating (or, in the case of each of clause (x), (y) and (z), such lower rating requirement as is the subject of a Rating Agency Confirmation by such Rating Agency in addition to a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency not rating such obligations, including any NRSRO rating any Serviced Companion Loan Securities); provided, however, that securities issued by any particular corporation will not be Permitted Investments to the extent that investment therein will cause the then outstanding principal amount of securities issued by such corporation and held in the accounts established hereunder to exceed 10% of the sum of the aggregate principal balance and the aggregate principal amount of all Permitted Investments in such accounts;

(v)                              commercial paper of any corporation incorporated under the laws of the United States or any state thereof (or of any corporation not so incorporated, provided that the commercial paper is United States Dollar denominated and amounts payable thereunder are not subject to any withholding imposed by any non-United States jurisdiction) that, in each case, satisfy (x) the Applicable Moody’s Permitted Investment Rating, (y) the Applicable KBRA Permitted Investment Rating and (z) the Applicable Fitch Permitted Investment Rating (or, in the case of each of clause (x), (y) and (z), such lower rating requirement as is the subject of a Rating Agency Confirmation by such Rating Agency in addition to a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency not rating such obligations, including any NRSRO rating any Serviced Companion Loan Securities);

(vi)                           money market funds, which seek to maintain a constant net asset value per share (including the Federated Prime Obligation Money Market Fund, US Bank Long Term Eurodollar Sweep, the Wells Fargo Money Market Funds or the Wells Fargo Advantage Government Money Market Fund) so long as any such fund is rated “Aaa-mf” by Moody’s and in the highest short term unsecured debt ratings category by each of Fitch and KBRA (and if not rated by Fitch or KBRA, an equivalent rating (or higher) by at least two (2) NRSROs);

(vii)                        any other demand, money market or time deposit, obligation, security or investment, but for the failure to satisfy one or more of the minimum rating(s) set forth in the applicable clause, would be listed in clauses (i) – (vi) above with respect to which a Rating Agency Confirmation has been obtained from each Rating Agency with respect to such demand, money market or time deposit, obligation, security or investment and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25); and

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(viii)                     any other demand, money market or time deposit, obligation, security or investment not listed in clauses (i) – (vi) above with respect to which a Rating Agency Confirmation has been obtained from each and every Rating Agency;

provided, however, that with respect to any Permitted Investment for which a rating by S&P is required as set forth above, such rating must be an unqualified rating (i.e., one with no qualifying suffix), with the exception of ratings with regulatory indicators, such as the “(sf)” subscript, and unsolicited ratings; provided, further, that each Permitted Investment qualifies as a “cash flow investment” pursuant to Section 860G(a)(6) of the Code, and that (a) it shall have a predetermined fixed dollar of principal due at maturity that cannot vary or change and (b) any such investment that provides for a variable rate of interest must have an interest rate that is tied to a single interest rate index plus a fixed spread, if any, and move proportionately with such index; and provided, further, however, that no such instrument shall be a Permitted Investment (a) if such instrument evidences principal and interest payments derived from obligations underlying such instrument and the interest payments with respect to such instrument provide a yield to maturity at the time of acquisition of greater than 120% of the yield to maturity at par of such underlying obligations, (b) if such instrument may be redeemed at a price below the purchase price or (c) if such investment is purchased at a premium over par; and provided, further, however, that no amount beneficially owned by any Trust REMIC (even if not yet deposited in the Trust) may be invested in investments (other than money market funds) treated as equity interests for federal income tax purposes, unless the applicable Master Servicer receives an Opinion of Counsel, at its own expense, to the effect that such investment will not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC. Permitted Investments may not be interest-only securities. All investments shall mature or be redeemable upon the option of the holder thereof on or prior to the Business Day preceding the day before the date such amounts are required to be applied hereunder.

“Permitted Special Servicer/Affiliate Fees”: Any commercially reasonable treasury management fees, property condition report fees, banking fees, title insurance (or title agency) fees and/or other fees, insurance commissions or fees and appraisal review fees received or retained by the applicable Special Servicer or any of its Affiliates in connection with any services performed by such party with respect to any Mortgage Loan and Serviced Companion Loan (including any related REO Property) in accordance with this Agreement.

“Permitted Transferee”: Any Person or any agent thereof other than (a) a Disqualified Organization, (b) any other Person so designated by the Certificate Registrar who is unable to provide an Opinion of Counsel (provided at the expense of such Person or the Person requesting the transfer) to the effect that the transfer of an Ownership Interest in any Class R Certificate to such Person will not cause either Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that the Certificates are outstanding, (c) a Person that is a Disqualified Non-U.S. Tax Person, (d) any partnership if any of its interests are (or under the partnership agreement are permitted to be) owned, directly or indirectly (other than through a U.S. corporation), by a Disqualified Non-U.S. Tax Person or (e) a U.S. Tax Person with respect to whom income from the Class R Certificate is attributable to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed base, within the meaning of an applicable income tax treaty, of the transferee or any other U.S. Tax Person.

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

“Plan”: As defined in Section 5.03(m).

“Plan Fiduciary”: As defined in Section 5.03(q).

“Pre-Close Information”: As defined in Section 3.13(c).

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

“Prepayment Assumption”: A “constant prepayment rate” of 0% used for determining the accrual of original issue discount and market discount, if any, and the amortization premium, if any, on the Certificates for federal income tax purposes; provided that it is assumed that each Mortgage Loan with an Anticipated Repayment Date prepays on such date.

“Prepayment Interest Excess”: For any Distribution Date and with respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan that was subject to a Principal Prepayment in full or in part during the related Collection Period, which Principal Prepayment was applied to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, after the related Due Date and prior to the following Determination Date, the amount of interest (net of the related Servicing Fees, Non-Serviced Primary Servicing Fees and any Excess Interest), to the extent collected from the related Mortgagor (without regard to any Prepayment Premium or Yield Maintenance Charge actually collected), that would have accrued at a rate per annum equal to (x) in the case of any such Mortgage Loan other than a Serviced Mortgage Loan, the sum of (i) the related Net Mortgage Rate for such Mortgage Loan, and (ii) the Certificate Administrator Fee Rate, the Operating Advisor Fee Rate, the Asset Representations Reviewer Fee Rate and the CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee Rate and (y) in the case of any Serviced Whole Loan, the Mortgage Rate (net of Servicing Fees, Non-Serviced Primary Servicing Fees and any Excess Interest) on the amount of such Principal Prepayment from such Due Date to, but not including, the date of such prepayment (or any later date through which interest accrues). Prepayment Interest Excesses (to the extent not offset by Prepayment Interest Shortfalls or required to be paid as Compensating Interest Payments) collected on the Serviced Mortgage Loans and any Serviced Companion Loan, will be retained by the applicable Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation.

“Prepayment Interest Shortfall”: For any Distribution Date and with respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan that was subject to a Principal Prepayment in full or in part during the related Collection Period, which Principal Prepayment was applied to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, after the related Determination Date (or, with respect to each such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, with a Due Date occurring after the related Determination Date, the related Due Date) and prior to the following Due Date, the amount of interest (net of the related Servicing Fees, Non-Serviced Primary Servicing Fees and any Excess Interest), to the extent not collected from the related Mortgagor (without regard to any Prepayment Premium or Yield Maintenance Charge actually collected), that would have accrued at a rate per annum equal to (x) in the case of any Mortgage

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Loan other than a Serviced Mortgage Loan, the sum of (i) the related Net Mortgage Rate for such Mortgage Loan, and (ii) the Certificate Administrator Fee Rate, the Operating Advisor Fee Rate, the Asset Representations Reviewer Fee Rate and the CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee Rate and (y) in the case of any Serviced Whole Loan, the Mortgage Rate (net of Servicing Fees, Non-Serviced Primary Servicing Fees and any Excess Interest) on the amount of such Principal Prepayment during the period commencing on the date as of which such Principal Prepayment was applied to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, and ending on such following Due Date. With respect to any Serviced AB Whole Loan, any Prepayment Interest Shortfall for any Distribution Date shall be allocated first to the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan, and then to the related Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan, on a pro rata basis.

“Prepayment Premium”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any premium, fee or other additional amount (other than a Yield Maintenance Charge) paid or payable, as the context requires, by a Mortgagor in connection with a principal prepayment on, or other early collection of principal of, that Mortgage Loan or any successor REO Loan (but excluding any related Companion Loan) with respect thereto (including any payoff of a Mortgage Loan by a mezzanine lender on behalf of the subject Mortgagor if and as set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement).

“Primary Collateral”: With respect to any Crossed Underlying Loan, that portion of the Mortgaged Property designated as directly securing such Crossed Underlying Loan and excluding any Mortgaged Property as to which the related lien may only be foreclosed upon by exercise of the cross-collateralization provisions of such Crossed Underlying Loan.

“Primary Servicing Fee”: The monthly fee payable by the applicable Master Servicer solely from the Servicing Fee to each Initial Sub-Servicer, which monthly fee accrues at the rate per annum specified as such in the Sub-Servicing Agreement with such Initial Sub-Servicer.

“Prime Rate”: The “Prime Rate” as published in the “Money Rates” section of the New York City edition of The Wall Street Journal (or, if such section or publication is no longer available, such other comparable publication as determined by the Certificate Administrator in its reasonable discretion) as may be in effect from time to time, or, if the “Prime Rate” no longer exists, such other comparable rate (as determined by the Certificate Administrator in its reasonable discretion) as may be in effect from time to time.

“Principal Balance Certificates”: Each of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G-RR and Class H-RR Certificates and the Exchangeable P&I Certificates.

“Principal Distribution Amount”: With respect to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the sum of the following amounts: (a) the Principal Shortfall for that Distribution Date; (b) the Scheduled Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date; and (c) the Unscheduled Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date; provided that the Principal Distribution Amount for any Distribution Date shall be reduced, to not less than zero, by the amount of any reimbursements of (A) Nonrecoverable Advances (including any servicing advance with respect to the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan under the related Non-Serviced PSA reimbursed

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out of general collections on the Mortgage Loans), with interest on such Nonrecoverable Advances at the Reimbursement Rate that are paid or reimbursed from principal collections on the Mortgage Loans in a period during which such principal collections would have otherwise been included in the Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date and (B) Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts paid or reimbursed from principal collections on the Mortgage Loans in a period during which such principal collections would have otherwise been included in the Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date (provided that, in the case of clauses (A) and (B) above, if any of the amounts that were reimbursed from principal collections on the Mortgage Loans (including REO Loans (but excluding any related Companion Loan)) are subsequently recovered on the related Mortgage Loan (or REO Loan (but excluding any related Companion Loan)), such recovery will increase the Principal Distribution Amount for the Distribution Date related to the period in which such recovery occurs).

“Principal Prepayment”: Any payment of principal made by the Mortgagor on a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan that is received in advance of its scheduled Due Date as a result of such prepayment.

“Principal Shortfall”: For any Distribution Date after the initial Distribution Date with respect to the Mortgage Loans, the amount, if any, by which (a) the related Principal Distribution Amount for the preceding Distribution Date, exceeds (b) the aggregate amount actually distributed on the preceding Distribution Date in respect of such Principal Distribution Amount. The Principal Shortfall for the initial Distribution Date will be zero.

“Privileged Communications”: Any correspondence between the Directing Certificateholder or the Risk Retention Consultation Party and a Special Servicer referred to in clause (i) of the definition of “Privileged Information”.

“Privileged Information”: Any (i) correspondence between the Directing Certificateholder or the Risk Retention Consultation Party and a Special Servicer related to any Specially Serviced Loan (in each case, other than with respect to any Excluded Loan as to such party) or the exercise of the Directing Certificateholder’s consent or consultation rights or the Risk Retention Consultation Party’s consultation rights under this Agreement, (ii) strategically sensitive information (including, without limitation, information contained within an Asset Status Report or Final Asset Status Report) that the applicable Special Servicer has reasonably determined could compromise the Trust’s position in any ongoing or future negotiations with the related Mortgagor or other interested party that is labeled or otherwise identified as Privileged Information by such Special Servicer and (iii) information subject to attorney-client privilege. Each Master Servicer, each Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer shall be entitled to rely on any identification of materials as “attorney-client privileged” without liability for any such reliance hereunder.

“Privileged Information Exception”: With respect to any Privileged Information, at any time (a) such Privileged Information becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure directly or indirectly by the party restricted from disclosing such Privileged Information (the “Restricted Party”), (b) it is reasonable and necessary for the Restricted Party to disclose such Privileged Information in working with legal counsel, auditors, taxing authorities or other governmental agencies, (c) such Privileged Information was already

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known to such Restricted Party and not otherwise subject to a confidentiality obligation and/or (d) the Restricted Party is required by law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree to disclose such information.

“Privileged Person”: The Depositor and its designees, the Initial Purchasers, the Underwriters, the Mortgage Loan Sellers, each Master Servicer, each Special Servicer (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Excluded Special Servicer), the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, any Additional Servicer designated by a Master Servicer or a Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, any Affiliate of the Operating Advisor designated by the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, any Companion Holder who provides an Investor Certification, any Non-Serviced Master Servicer, any master servicer under an Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, any Person (including the Directing Certificateholder or Risk Retention Consultation Party) who provides the Certificate Administrator with an Investor Certification and any NRSRO (including any Rating Agency) that provides the Certificate Administrator with an NRSRO Certification, which Investor Certification and NRSRO Certification may be submitted electronically via the Certificate Administrator’s Website; provided, however, that in no event may a Borrower Party (other than a Borrower Party that is the Risk Retention Consultation Party or a Special Servicer) be entitled to receive (i) if such party is the Directing Certificateholder or any Controlling Class Certificateholder, any Excluded Information via the Certificate Administrator’s Website (unless a loan-by-loan segregation is later performed by the Certificate Administrator in which case such access shall only be prohibited with respect to the related Excluded Controlling Class Loan(s)), and (ii) if such party is not the Directing Certificateholder or any Controlling Class Certificateholder, any information other than the Distribution Date Statement. In determining whether any Person is an Additional Servicer or an Affiliate of the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator may rely on direction by any Master Servicer, any Special Servicer, any Mortgage Loan Seller or the Operating Advisor, as the case may be.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if a Special Servicer obtains knowledge that it has become a Borrower Party, such Special Servicer shall nevertheless be a Privileged Person; provided that such Special Servicer (i) shall not directly or indirectly provide any information related to the related Excluded Special Servicer Loan to (A) the related Borrower Party, (B) any of such Special Servicer’s employees or personnel or any of its Affiliate involved in the management of any investment in the related Borrower Party or the related Mortgaged Property or (C) to its actual knowledge, any non-Affiliate that holds a direct or indirect ownership interest in the related Borrower Party and (ii) shall maintain sufficient internal controls and appropriate policies and procedures in place in order to comply with the obligations described in clause (i) above; provided, further, that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as an obligation of any Master Servicer or the Certificate Administrator to restrict access by a Special Servicer or any Excluded Special Servicer to any information related to any Excluded Special Servicer Loan and in no case shall any Master Servicer or the Certificate Administrator be held liable if a Special Servicer accesses any Excluded Special Servicer Information relating to the Excluded Special Servicer Loan; provided, further, that (a) the applicable Master Servicer shall not restrict access by the applicable Special Servicer to any information related to any Mortgage Loan, including any Excluded Special Servicer Loan and (b) the Certificate Administrator shall not restrict access by the applicable Special Servicer to any information related to any Mortgage Loan, including any Excluded Special Servicer Loan; and provided, further, however, that any Excluded Controlling Class Holder shall be permitted to reasonably request and to obtain in

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accordance with Section 4.02(f) of this Agreement any Excluded Information relating to any Excluded Controlling Class Loan with respect to which such Excluded Controlling Class Holder is not a Borrower Party (if such Excluded Information is not otherwise available to such Excluded Controlling Class Holder via the Certificate Administrator’s Website on account of it constituting Excluded Information).

“Prohibited Party”: Any proposed Servicing Function Participant that is listed on the Depositor’s Do Not Hire List.

“Prohibited Prepayment”: As defined in the definition of Compensating Interest Payments.

“Proposed Course of Action”: As defined in Section 2.03(l)(i).

“Proposed Course of Action Notice”: As defined in Section 2.03(l)(i).

“Prospectus”: The Prospectus, dated May 23, 2023, relating to the Registered Certificates.

“PSA Party Repurchase Request”: As defined in Section 2.03(k)(ii).

“PTCE”: Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption.

“Purchase Price”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan (or any related REO Loan) (including, to the extent required pursuant to the final paragraph hereof, any related Companion Loan) to be purchased pursuant to (A) Section 5 of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement by the related Mortgage Loan Seller, (B) Section 3.16, or (C) Section 9.01, a price, without duplication, equal to:

(i)                                  the outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan (or any related REO Loan (including for such purpose, to the extent required pursuant to the final paragraph hereof, the related Companion Loan)) as of the date of purchase; plus

(ii)                               all accrued and unpaid interest on the Mortgage Loan (or any related REO Loan (including for such purpose, to the extent required pursuant to the final paragraph hereof, the related Companion Loan)), at the related Mortgage Rate in effect from time to time (excluding any portion of such interest that represents Default Interest or Excess Interest on any ARD Loan), to, but not including, the Due Date therefor immediately preceding or coinciding with the Determination Date for the Collection Period of purchase; plus

(iii)                            all related unreimbursed Servicing Advances plus accrued and unpaid interest on all related Advances at the Reimbursement Rate, Special Servicing Fees (whether paid or unpaid) and any other additional trust fund expenses (except for Liquidation Fees) in respect of such Mortgage Loan (or related REO Loan (including for such purpose, to the extent required pursuant to the final paragraph hereof, the related Companion Loan)), if any; plus

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(iv)                           if such Mortgage Loan (or related REO Loan) is being repurchased or substituted by the related Mortgage Loan Seller, pursuant to Section 5 of the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred or to be incurred by the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee in respect of the omission, breach or defect giving rise to the repurchase or substitution obligation, including any expenses arising out of the enforcement of the repurchase or substitution obligation, including, without limitation, legal fees and expenses and any additional trust fund expenses relating to such Mortgage Loan (or related REO Loan); provided, however, that such out-of-pocket expenses shall not include expenses incurred by Certificateholders or Certificate Owners in instituting an Asset Review Vote Election, in taking part in an Asset Review vote or in exercising such Certificateholder’s or Certificate Owner’s, as applicable, rights under the dispute resolution mechanics pursuant to Section 2.03(l);

(v)                              Liquidation Fees, if any, payable with respect to such Mortgage Loan (or related REO Loan (including for such purpose, to the extent required pursuant to the final paragraph hereof, the related Companion Loan)) (which will not include any Liquidation Fees if such repurchase occurs or a Loss of Value Payment is received during the Initial Cure Period or, if applicable, prior to the expiration of the Extended Cure Period); plus

(vi)                           solely in the case of a repurchase or substitution by the related Mortgage Loan Seller, any Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee for such Mortgage Loan, to the extent not previously paid by the related Mortgage Loan Seller.

Solely with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan to be sold pursuant to Section 3.16(a)(iii), “Purchase Price” shall mean the amount calculated in accordance with the preceding sentence in respect of the related Whole Loan, including, for such purposes, the Mortgage Loan and the related Companion Loan, as applicable. With respect to any REO Property to be sold pursuant to Section 3.16(b), “Purchase Price” shall mean the amount calculated in accordance with the second preceding sentence in respect of the related REO Loan (including any related Companion Loan). With respect to any sale pursuant to Section 3.16(a)(ii) or Section 3.16(e) or for purposes of calculating any Gain-on-Sale Proceeds, the “Purchase Price” shall be allocated between the related Mortgage Loan and Companion Loan, as applicable, in accordance with, and shall be equal to the amount provided pursuant to, the provisions of the related Intercreditor Agreement. With respect to any Joint Mortgage Loan, the Purchase Price that would be payable by each of the applicable Mortgage Loan Sellers for its related Mortgage Note shall be its respective Mortgage Loan Seller Percentage Interest as of the Closing Date of the total Purchase Price for such Mortgage Loan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any repurchase pursuant to sub-clause (A) and sub-clause (C) hereof, the “Purchase Price” shall not include any amounts payable in respect of any related Companion Loan.

“Qualified Institutional Buyer”: A “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A under the Act.

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“Qualified Insurer”: (i) With respect to any Mortgage Loan, REO Loan or REO Property, an insurance company or security or bonding company qualified to write the related Insurance Policy in the relevant jurisdiction with an insurance financial strength rating of at least: (a) “A” by Fitch (or, if not rated by Fitch, at least an equivalent rating by one other NRSRO (which may include Moody’s or KBRA)) and (b) A3” by Moody’s (or, if not rated by Moody’s, an equivalent rating by (A) two other NRSROs (which may include Fitch and/or KBRA)), and (ii) with respect to the fidelity bond and errors and omissions insurance policy required to be maintained pursuant to Section 3.07(c), except as otherwise permitted by Section 3.07(c), an insurance company that has a claims paying ability (or the obligations which are guaranteed or backed by a company having such claims paying ability) rated by at least one (1) of the following rating agencies of at least (a) “A3” by Moody’s, (b) “A-” by S&P, (c) “A-” by Fitch, (d) “A-:X” by A.M. Best Company, Inc., or (e) “A(low)” by DBRS Morningstar, or, in the case of clauses (i) or (ii), any other insurer acceptable to the Rating Agencies, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation and a confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25).

“Qualified Replacement Special Servicer”: A replacement special servicer that (i) satisfies all of the eligibility requirements applicable to the applicable Special Servicer contained in this Agreement, (ii) is not the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or an Affiliate of the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer, (iii) is not obligated to pay the Operating Advisor (x) any fees or otherwise compensate the Operating Advisor in respect of its obligations under this Agreement, and (y) for the appointment of the successor special servicer or the recommendation by the Operating Advisor for the replacement special servicer to become a Special Servicer, (iv) is not entitled to receive any compensation from the Operating Advisor other than compensation that is not material and is unrelated to the Operating Advisor’s recommendation that such party be appointed as the replacement special servicer, (v) is not entitled to receive any fee from the Operating Advisor for its appointment as successor special servicer, in each case, unless such fee is expressly approved by 100% of the Certificateholders, (vi) currently has a special servicer rating of at least “CSS3” from Fitch, (vii) is currently acting as a special servicer in a transaction rated by KBRA and has not been publicly cited by KBRA as having servicing concerns as the sole or a material factor in any qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings (or placement on “watch status” in contemplation of a rating downgrade or withdrawal) of securities in a transaction serviced by the applicable servicer prior to the time of determination, and (viii) is currently acting as a special servicer in a commercial mortgage-backed securities transaction rated by Moody’s on a transaction-level basis (as to which a commercial mortgage-backed securities transaction there are outstanding commercial mortgage-backed securities rated by Moody’s), and has not been publicly cited by Moody’s as having servicing concerns as the sole or a material factor in any qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings (or placement on “watch status” in contemplation of a rating downgrade or withdrawal) of securities in a transaction serviced by the applicable servicer prior to the time of determination.

“Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan”: A substitute mortgage loan (other than with respect to the Whole Loans, for which no substitution will be permitted) replacing a removed

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Mortgage Loan that must, on the date of substitution: (i) have an outstanding principal balance, after application of all scheduled payments of principal and interest due during or prior to the month of substitution, whether or not received, not in excess of the Stated Principal Balance of the removed Mortgage Loan as of the Due Date in the calendar month during which the substitution occurs; (ii) have a fixed Mortgage Rate not less than the Mortgage Rate of the removed Mortgage Loan, determined without regard to any prior modification, waiver or amendment of the terms of the removed Mortgage Loan; (iii) have the same Due Date as and Grace Period no longer than that of the removed Mortgage Loan; (iv) accrue interest on the same basis as the removed Mortgage Loan (for example, on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve (12) 30-day months); (v) have a remaining term to stated maturity not greater than, and not more than five (5) years less than, the remaining term to stated maturity of the removed Mortgage Loan; (vi) have a then-current loan-to-value ratio equal to or less than the lesser of the loan-to-value ratio for the removed Mortgage Loan as of the Closing Date and 75%, in each case using the “value” for the Mortgaged Property as determined using an Appraisal; (vii) comply as of the date of substitution in all material respects with all of the representations and warranties set forth in the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement; (viii) have an environmental report that indicates no material adverse environmental conditions with respect to the related Mortgaged Property and which will be delivered as a part of the related Mortgage File; (ix) have a then-current debt service coverage ratio at least equal to the greater of (i) the original debt service coverage ratio of the removed Mortgage Loan as of the Closing Date and (ii) 1.25x; (x) constitute a “qualified replacement mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(4) of the Code as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (provided at the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller’s expense); (xi) not have a maturity date or an amortization period that extends to a date that is after the date five (5) years prior to the Rated Final Distribution Date; (xii) have comparable prepayment restrictions to those of the removed Mortgage Loan; (xiii) not be substituted for a removed Mortgage Loan unless the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency (the cost, if any, of obtaining such Rating Agency Confirmation to be paid by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller); (xiv) have been approved, so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing and the affected Mortgage Loan is not an Excluded Loan with respect to either the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, by the Directing Certificateholder; (xv) prohibit defeasance within two (2) years of the Closing Date; (xvi) not be substituted for a removed Mortgage Loan if it would result in an Adverse REMIC Event other than the imposition of a tax on income expressly permitted or contemplated to be imposed by the terms of this Agreement, as determined by an Opinion of Counsel at the cost of the related Mortgage Loan Seller; (xvii) have an engineering report that indicates no material adverse property condition or deferred maintenance with respect to the related Mortgaged Property that will be delivered as a part of the related Servicing File; and (xviii) be current in the payment of all scheduled payments of principal and interest then due. In the event that more than one mortgage loan is substituted for a removed Mortgage Loan, then the amounts described in clause (i) shall be determined on the basis of aggregate Stated Principal Balances and each such proposed Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan shall individually satisfy each of the requirements specified in clauses (ii) through (xviii); provided that the rates described in clause (ii) above and the remaining term to stated maturity referred to in clause (v) above shall be determined on a weighted average basis; provided, further, that no individual Mortgage Rate (net of the Servicing Fee Rate, any Non-Serviced Primary Servicing Fee Rate, the Certificate Administrator Fee Rate, the Operating Advisor Fee Rate, the Asset Representations Reviewer Fee

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Rate and the CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee Rate) shall be lower than the highest fixed Pass-Through Rate (and not based on, or subject to a cap equal to, the Weighted Average Net Mortgage Rate) of any Class of Principal Balance Certificates having a Certificate Balance then outstanding. When a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan is substituted for a removed Mortgage Loan, the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller shall certify that the Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan meets all of the requirements of the above definition and shall send such certification to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, the Directing Certificateholder.

“RAC No-Response Scenario”: As defined in Section 3.25(a).

“RAC Requesting Party”: As defined in Section 3.25(a).

“Rated Final Distribution Date”: As to each Class of Certificates, the Distribution Date in May 2056.

“Rating Agency”: Each of Moody’s, Fitch and KBRA or their successors in interest. If no such rating agency nor any successor thereof remains in existence, “Rating Agency” shall be deemed to refer to such NRSRO or other comparable Person reasonably designated by the Depositor, notice of which designation shall be given to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, each applicable Special Servicer and each applicable Master Servicer, and specific ratings of Moody’s, Fitch and KBRA herein referenced shall be deemed to refer to the equivalent ratings of the party so designated.

“Rating Agency Confirmation”: With respect to any matter, confirmation in writing (which may be in electronic form) by each applicable Rating Agency that a proposed action, failure to act or other event so specified will not, in and of itself, result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of the then-current rating assigned to any Class of Certificates (if then rated by the Rating Agency); provided that a written waiver or other acknowledgment from the Rating Agency indicating its decision not to review the matter for which the Rating Agency Confirmation is sought shall be deemed to satisfy the requirement for the Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such matter.

“Rating Agency Inquiry”: As defined in Section 4.07(c).

“Rating Agency Q&A Forum and Document Request Tool”: As defined in Section 4.07(c).

“Realized Loss”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the amount, if any, by which (i) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance (for purposes of this definition only, not giving effect to any reductions of the Stated Principal Balance for payments of principal collected on the Mortgage Loans that were used to reimburse any Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts pursuant to Section 3.05(a)(v) to the extent such Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts are not otherwise determined to be Nonrecoverable Advances) of the Mortgage Loans and any REO Loans (excluding any portion allocable to any related Companion Loan, if applicable) expected to be outstanding immediately following such Distribution Date, is less than (ii) the then-aggregate Certificate Balance of the Principal Balance Certificates after giving effect to distributions of principal on such Distribution Date.

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“Received Classes”: As defined in Section 5.11(c).

“Record Date”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the last Business Day of the month immediately preceding the month in which that Distribution Date occurs.

“Registered Certificates”: The Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class X-A and Class X-B Certificates, the Class A-4 Exchangeable Certificates, the Class A-5 Exchangeable Certificates, the Class A-S Exchangeable Certificates, the Class B Exchangeable Certificates and the Class C Exchangeable Certificates.

“Regular Certificates”: Any of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G-RR, Class H-RR, Class X-A, Class X-B, Class X-D and Class X-F Certificates.

“Regulation AB”: Subpart 229.1100 – Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R. §§ 229.1100-229.1125, as such may be amended from time to time, and subject to such clarification and interpretation as have been provided by the Commission or by the staff of the Commission, or as may be provided by the Commission or its staff from time to time.

“Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization”: As defined in Section 11.15(a).

“Regulation AB Servicing Officer”: Any officer or employee of any Master Servicer or any Special Servicer, as applicable, involved in, or responsible for, the administration and servicing of the Mortgage Loans or Companion Loans, or this Agreement and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer’s or employee’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject, and, in the case of any certification required to be signed by a Servicing Officer, such an officer or employee whose name and specimen signature appears on a list of servicing officers furnished to the Trustee and/or the Certificate Administrator by the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as applicable, as such list may from time to time be amended.

“Regulation D”: Regulation D under the Act.

“Regulation S”: Regulation S under the Act.

“Regulation S Book-Entry Certificates”: The Non-Registered Certificates sold to institutions that are non-United States Securities Persons in Offshore Transactions in reliance on Regulation S and represented by one or more Book-Entry Non-Registered Certificates deposited with the Certificate Administrator as custodian for the Depository.

“Reimbursement Rate”: The rate per annum applicable to the accrual of interest on Servicing Advances in accordance with Section 3.03(d) and P&I Advances in accordance with Section 4.03(d), which rate per annum shall equal the Prime Rate.

“Related Certificates,” “Related Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest” and “Related Lower-Tier Regular Interests”: For each of the following Classes of Certificates and Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests, the related Class of Lower-Tier Regular Interests; and

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for each of the following Classes of Lower-Tier Regular Interests, the related Class of Certificates or Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest set forth below:

Related Certificates or Related Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Related Lower-Tier Regular Interest
Class A-1 Certificates	Class LA1 Uncertificated Interest
Class A-2 Certificates	Class LA2 Uncertificated Interest
Class A-SB Certificates	Class LASB Uncertificated Interest
Class A-4 Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class LA4 Uncertificated Interest
Class A-5 Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class LA5 Uncertificated Interest
Class A-S Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class LAS Uncertificated Interest
Class B Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class LB Uncertificated Interest
Class C Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class LC Uncertificated Interest
Class D Certificates	Class LD Uncertificated Interest
Class E Certificates	Class LE Uncertificated Interest
Class F Certificates	Class LF Uncertificated Interest
Class G-RR Certificates	Class LGRR Uncertificated Interest
Class H-RR Certificates	Class LHRR Uncertificated Interest

“Relevant Servicing Criteria”: The Servicing Criteria applicable to a specific party, as set forth on Exhibit Z attached hereto. For clarification purposes, multiple parties can have responsibility for the same Relevant Servicing Criteria. With respect to a Servicing Function Participant engaged by the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, a Master Servicer or a Special Servicer, the term “Relevant Servicing Criteria” may refer to a portion of the Relevant Servicing Criteria applicable to such Master Servicer, such Special Servicer, the Trustee and/or the Certificate Administrator.

“REMIC”: A “real estate mortgage investment conduit” as defined in Section 860D of the Code (or any successor thereto).

“REMIC Administrator”: The Certificate Administrator or any REMIC administrator appointed pursuant to Section 10.04.

“REMIC Provisions”: Provisions of the federal income tax law relating to real estate mortgage investment conduits, which appear at Sections 860A through 860G of subchapter M of chapter 1 of the Code, and related provisions, and temporary and final Treasury Regulations (or proposed regulations that would apply by reason of their proposed effective date to the extent not inconsistent with temporary or final regulations) and any rulings or announcements promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in effect from time to time.

“Remittance Date”: The Business Day immediately preceding each Distribution Date.

“Rents from Real Property”: With respect to any REO Property, gross income of the character described in Section 856(d) of the Code.

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“REO Account”: A segregated custodial account or accounts created and maintained by the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.14(b) on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, for the benefit of the related Serviced Companion Noteholder, which shall initially be entitled “Argentic Services Company LP, as Special Servicer, on behalf of Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of the registered holders of MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1, REO Account”. Any such account or accounts shall be an Eligible Account.

“REO Acquisition”: The acquisition for federal income tax purposes of any REO Property pursuant to Section 3.09.

“REO Disposition”: The sale or other disposition of the REO Property pursuant to Section 3.16.

“REO Extension”: As defined in Section 3.14(a).

“REO Loan”: Each of the Mortgage Loans (and, with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, the related Companion Loan, as applicable), deemed for purposes hereof to be outstanding with respect to each REO Property. Each REO Loan shall be deemed to be outstanding for so long as the applicable portion of the related REO Property (or beneficial interest therein, in the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) remains part of the Trust Fund and provides for Assumed Scheduled Payments on each Due Date therefor, and otherwise has the same terms and conditions as its predecessor Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, if applicable, including, without limitation, with respect to the calculation of the Mortgage Rate in effect from time to time (such terms and conditions to be applied without regard to the default on such predecessor Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, if applicable). Each REO Loan shall be deemed to have an initial outstanding principal balance and Stated Principal Balance equal to the outstanding principal balance and Stated Principal Balance, respectively, of its predecessor Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, if applicable, as of the date of the related REO Acquisition. All amounts due and owing in respect of the predecessor Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, if applicable, as of the date of the related REO Acquisition, including, without limitation, accrued and unpaid interest, shall continue to be due and owing in respect of an REO Loan. All amounts payable or reimbursable to the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as applicable, in respect of the predecessor Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, if applicable, as of the date of the related REO Acquisition, including, without limitation, any unpaid Special Servicing Fees and Servicing Fees, additional trust fund expenses and any unreimbursed Advances, together with any interest accrued and payable to the applicable Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, in respect of such Advances in accordance with Section 3.03(d) or Section 4.03(d), shall continue to be payable or reimbursable to the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as applicable, in respect of an REO Loan. In addition, Unliquidated Advances and Nonrecoverable Advances with respect to such REO Loan, in each case, that were paid from collections on the related Mortgage Loans and resulted in principal distributed to the Certificateholders being reduced as a result of the first proviso in the definition of “Principal Distribution Amount” shall be deemed outstanding until recovered. Notwithstanding

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anything to the contrary, with respect to each Serviced Whole Loan, no amounts relating to the related REO Property or REO Loan allocable to the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan, as applicable, will be available for amounts due to the Certificateholders or to reimburse the Trust, other than in the limited circumstances related to Servicing Advances, indemnification payments, Special Servicing Fees and other reimbursable expenses related to such Serviced Whole Loan incurred with respect to such Serviced Whole Loan, in accordance with Section 3.05(a), or with respect to an AB Subordinate Companion Loan, as set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement.

“REO Property”: A Mortgaged Property acquired by the applicable Special Servicer on behalf of, and in the name of, the Trustee or a nominee thereof for the benefit of the Certificateholders (and the related Companion Holder, subject to the related Intercreditor Agreement, with respect to a Mortgaged Property securing a Serviced Whole Loan) to the extent set forth herein and the Trustee (as holder of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests) (and also including, if applicable, the Trust’s beneficial interest in a Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property acquired by the applicable Non-Serviced Special Servicer on behalf of, and in the name of, the applicable Non-Serviced Trustee or a nominee thereof for the benefit of the certificateholders under the applicable Non-Serviced Trust) through foreclosure, acceptance of a deed in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise in accordance with applicable law in connection with the default or imminent default of a Mortgage Loan. References herein to a Special Servicer acquiring, maintaining, managing, inspecting, insuring, selling or reporting or to Appraisal Reduction Amounts and Final Recovery Determinations with respect to an “REO Property”, shall not include the Trust’s beneficial interest in a Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property. For the avoidance of doubt, REO Property, to the extent allocable to a Companion Loan, shall not be an asset of the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust.

“REO Revenues”: All income, rents and profits derived from the ownership, operation or leasing of any REO Property.

“Reportable Event”: As defined in Section 11.07.

“Reporting Requirements”: As defined in Section 11.12.

“Reporting Servicer”: Each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Custodian or any Servicing Function Participant engaged by such parties, as the case may be.

“Repurchase Request”: A Certificateholder Repurchase Request or a PSA Party Repurchase Request.

“Repurchase Request Recipient”: As defined in Section 2.02(g).

“Repurchased Note”: As defined in Section 3.30(a).

“Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller”: As defined in Section 3.30(a).

“Request for Release”: A release signed by a Servicing Officer of the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as applicable, in the form of Exhibit E attached hereto.

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“Requesting Certificateholder”: As defined in Section 2.03(l)(iii).

“Requesting Holders”: As defined in Section 4.05(b).

“Residual Ownership Interest”: Any record or beneficial interest in the Class R Certificates.

“Resolution Failure”: As defined in Section 2.03(k)(iii).

“Resolved”: With respect to a Repurchase Request, (i) that the related Material Defect has been cured, (ii) the related Mortgage Loan has been repurchased in accordance with the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, (iii) a mortgage loan has been substituted for the related Mortgage Loan in accordance with the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, (iv) the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller has made a Loss of Value Payment, (v) a contractually binding agreement has been entered into between the Enforcing Servicer, on behalf of the Trust, and the related Mortgage Loan Seller that settles the related Mortgage Loan Seller’s obligations under the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, or (vi) the related Mortgage Loan is no longer property of the Trust as a result of a sale or other disposition in accordance with this Agreement.

“Responsible Officer”: When used with respect to (i) the Trustee, any officer of the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee with direct responsibility for the administration of this Agreement and, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and (ii) the Certificate Administrator, any officer assigned to the Corporate Trust Services group with direct responsibility for the administration of this Agreement and, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom a particular matter is referred by the Certificate Administrator because of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

“Restricted Period”: The forty (40) day period prescribed by Regulation S commencing on the later of (a) the date upon which Certificates are first offered to Persons other than the Initial Purchasers or Underwriters and any other distributor (as such term is defined in Regulation S) of the Certificates and (b) the Closing Date.

“Retained Defeasance Rights and Obligations”: Any of the rights and obligations of the Mortgage Loan Sellers defined in Section 3.18(i).

“Retained Fee Rate”: A rate equal to, with respect to each Mortgage Loan, a rate that causes the Transferable Servicing Interest to equal zero.

“Retaining Party”: Any Holder of the HRR Interest or the VRR Interest.

“Retaining Sponsor”: Argentic Real Estate Finance 2 LLC, acting as retaining sponsor as such term is defined in Risk Retention Rules.

“Reverse Sequential Order”: With respect to any distribution or allocation relating to principal in respect of the Principal Balance Certificates (other than any Exchangeable Certificates) and the Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests:

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first, to the Class H-RR Certificates;

second, to the Class G-RR Certificates;

third, to the Class F Certificates;

fourth, to the Class E Certificates;

fifth, to the Class D Certificates;

sixth, to the Class C Upper-Tier Regular Interest (and, correspondingly, to the Class C, Class C-1 and Class C-2 Certificates, pro rata in proportion to their Class Percentage Interests in the Class C Upper-Tier Regular Interest);

seventh, to the Class B Upper-Tier Regular Interest (and, correspondingly, to the Class B, Class B-1 and Class B-2 Certificates, pro rata in proportion to their Class Percentage Interests in the Class B Upper-Tier Regular Interest);

eighth, to the Class A-S Upper-Tier Regular Interest (and, correspondingly, to the Class A-S, Class A-S-1 and Class A-S-2 Certificates, pro rata in proportion to their Class Percentage Interests in the Class A-S Upper-Tier Regular Interest); and

ninth, pro rata (based on their respective Certificate Balances), to the Class A-1, Class A-2 and Class A-SB Certificates and the Class A-4 and Class A-5 Upper-Tier Regular Interests (and, correspondingly, to the Class A-4, Class A-4-1, Class A-4-2, Class A-5, Class A-5-1 and Class A-5-2 Certificates, pro rata in proportion to their Class Percentage Interests in the Class A-4 Upper-Tier Regular Interest or the Class A-5 Upper-Tier Regular Interest, as applicable),

in each case until the remaining Certificate Balances of such Classes of Certificates or Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests have been reduced to zero.

“Review Materials”: As defined in Section 12.01(b)(i).

“Review Package”: A Rating Agency Confirmation request and any supporting documentation delivered therewith.

“Revised Rate”: With respect to any ARD Loan, the increased interest rate after the related Anticipated Repayment Date (in the absence of a default) for each applicable Mortgage Loan, as calculated and as set forth in the related Mortgage Loan.

“Rialto Industrial Intercreditor Agreement”: The Amended and Restated Co-Lender Agreement, dated as of March 14, 2023, by and between the holders of the respective promissory notes evidencing the Rialto Industrial Whole Loan, relating to the relative rights of such holders, as the same may be further amended in accordance with the terms thereof.

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“Rialto Industrial Mortgage Loan”: With respect to the Rialto Industrial Whole Loan, the Mortgage Loan that is included in the Trust (identified as Mortgage Loan No. 9 on the Mortgage Loan Schedule), which is evidenced by promissory notes A-3-2 and A-4.

“Rialto Industrial Mortgaged Property”: The Mortgaged Property that secures the Rialto Industrial Whole Loan.

“Rialto Industrial Pari Passu Companion Loans”: With respect to the Rialto Industrial Whole Loan, as of the Closing Date, the pari passu companion loans evidenced by the related promissory notes A-1, A-2, A-3-1, A-5, A-6, A-7 and A-8, made by the related Mortgagor and secured by the Mortgage on the Rialto Industrial Mortgaged Property, which are not included in the Trust and which are pari passu in right of payment to the Rialto Industrial Mortgage Loan to the extent set forth in the related Mortgage Loan documents and as provided in the Rialto Industrial Intercreditor Agreement.

“Rialto Industrial Whole Loan”: The Rialto Industrial Mortgage Loan together with the Rialto Industrial Pari Passu Companion Loans, each of which is secured by the same Mortgage on the Rialto Industrial Mortgaged Property. References herein to the Rialto Industrial Whole Loan shall be construed to refer to the aggregate indebtedness under the Rialto Industrial Mortgage Loan and the Rialto Industrial Pari Passu Companion Loans.

“Risk Retention Affiliate” or “Risk Retention Affiliated”: An “affiliate of” or “affiliated with”, as such terms are defined in 17 C.F.R. 246.2 of the Risk Retention Rule.

“Risk Retention Consultation Party”: The Risk Retention Consultation Party shall be the party selected by the Holder or Holders of more than 50% of the VRR Interest by Certificate Balance, as determined by the Certificate Registrar from time to time. The Depositor shall promptly provide the name and contact information for the initial Risk Retention Consultation Party upon request of any party to this Agreement and any such requesting party may conclusively rely on the name and contact information provided by the Depositor. The Certificate Administrator and the other parties hereto shall be entitled to assume that the identity of the Risk Retention Consultation Party has not changed until such parties receive written notice of (including the identity and contact information for) a replacement of the Risk Retention Consultation Party from a party holding the requisite interest in the VRR Interest (as confirmed by the Certificate Registrar). As of the Closing Date, there will be no Risk Retention Consultation Party. In the event that no Risk Retention Consultation Party has been appointed or identified to the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as applicable, and such Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, has attempted to obtain such information from the Certificate Administrator and no such entity has been identified to such Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, then until such time as the new Risk Retention Consultation Party is identified, the applicable Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, shall have no duty to consult with, provide notice to, or seek the approval or consent of any such Risk Retention Consultation Party as the case may be.

“Risk Retention Requirements”: The credit risk retention requirements of Section 15G of the Exchange Act (15 U.S.C. §78o-11), as added by Section 941 of the Dodd-Frank Act.

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“Risk Retention Rules”: The joint final rule that was promulgated to implement the Risk Retention Requirements (which such joint final rule has been codified, inter alia, at 17 C.F.R. § 246), as such rule may be amended from time to time, and subject to such clarification and interpretation as have been provided by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the Commission and the Department of Housing and Urban Development in the adopting release (79 Fed. Reg. 77601 et seq.) or by the staff of any such agency, or as may be provided by any such agency or its staff from time to time, in each case, as effective, from time to time, as of the applicable compliance date specified therein. Any reference to a Section of the Risk Retention Rules shall mean the subsection of the Risk Retention Rules identified with the same corresponding number as the referenced “Section”. For example, “Section 7 of the Risk Retention Rules” means 17 C.F.R. § 246.7.

“Rule 144A”: Rule 144A under the Act.

“Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate”: With respect to the Non-Registered Certificates offered and sold in reliance on Rule 144A, a single, permanent Book-Entry Certificate, in definitive, fully registered form without interest coupons.

“Rules”: As defined in Section 2.03(n)(iv).

“S&P”: S&P Global Ratings, acting through Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, and its successors in interest. If neither S&P nor any successor remains in existence, “S&P” shall be deemed to refer to such other NRSRO or other comparable Person reasonably designated by the Depositor, notice of which designation shall be given to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, each Master Servicer, the Directing Certificateholder and each Special Servicer and specific ratings of S&P herein referenced shall be deemed to refer to the equivalent ratings of the party so designated.

“Sarbanes-Oxley Act”: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder (including any interpretations thereof by the Commission’s staff).

“Sarbanes-Oxley Certification”: As defined in Section 11.05(a)(iv).

“Schedule AL Additional File”: The data file containing additional information or schedules regarding data points in the CREFC^® Schedule AL File in accordance with Item 1111(h)(4) of Regulation AB and Item 601(b)(103) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act.

“Scheduled Principal Distribution Amount”: With respect to any Distribution Date and the Mortgage Loans, the aggregate of the principal portions of the following: (a) all Periodic Payments (excluding Balloon Payments) due in respect of such Mortgage Loans during or, if and to the extent not previously received or advanced pursuant to Section 4.03 in respect of a preceding Distribution Date (and not previously distributed to Certificateholders), prior to, the related Collection Period, and all Assumed Scheduled Payments with respect to the Mortgage Loans for the related Collection Period, in each case to the extent either (i) paid by the Mortgagor as of the

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related Determination Date (or, with respect to each Mortgage Loan with a Due Date occurring or a Grace Period ending after the related Determination Date, the related Due Date or last day of such Grace Period, as applicable, to the extent received by the applicable Master Servicer as of the Business Day preceding the related P&I Advance Date) or (ii) advanced by the applicable Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, pursuant to Section 4.03 in respect of such Distribution Date, and (b) all Balloon Payments with respect to the Mortgage Loans to the extent received on or prior to the related Determination Date (or, with respect to each Mortgage Loan with a Due Date occurring or a Grace Period ending after the related Determination Date, the related Due Date or last day of such Grace Period, as applicable, to the extent received by the applicable Master Servicer as of the Business Day preceding the related P&I Advance Date), and to the extent not included in clause (a) above.

“Secure Data Room”: The webpage, which shall initially be located within the Certificate Administrator’s Website (initially “www.ctslink.com”), under the “Secure Data Room” tab on the page relating to this transaction.

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

“Security Agreement”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any security agreement or equivalent instrument, whether contained in the related Mortgage or executed separately, creating in favor of the holder of such Mortgage a security interest in the personal property constituting security for repayment of such Mortgage Loan.

“Senior Certificate”: Any Class A Certificate (other than a Class A-S Exchangeable Certificate) or Class X Certificate.

“Serviced AB Mortgage Loan”: Any AB Mortgage Loan serviced pursuant to this Agreement. There are no Serviced AB Mortgage Loans as of the Closing Date.

“Serviced AB Whole Loan”: Any AB Whole Loan serviced pursuant to this Agreement. There are no Serviced AB Whole Loans as of the Closing Date.

“Serviced Companion Loan”: Any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans and any AB Subordinate Companion Loan related to a Serviced AB Whole Loan, as applicable.

“Serviced Companion Loan Securities”: For so long as the related Mortgage Loan or any successor REO Loan is in the Trust Fund, any class of securities backed, wholly or partially, by any Serviced Companion Loan.

“Serviced Companion Noteholder”: Each of the holders of the Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans and any AB Subordinate Companion Loan related to a Serviced AB Whole Loan, as applicable.

“Serviced Companion Noteholder Register”: The register maintained by the Companion Paying Agent pursuant to Section 3.28.

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“Serviced Mortgage Loan”: A Mortgage Loan serviced and administered under this Agreement.

“Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan”: With respect to each Serviced Whole Loan, any related promissory note that is pari passu in right of payment with the related Serviced Mortgage Loan.

“Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan Holder”: Any holder of record of any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan.

“Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan Securities”: For so long as the related Mortgage Loan or any successor REO Loan is in the Trust Fund, any class of securities issued by another securitization and backed by a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan.

“Serviced Pari Passu Mortgage Loan”: Any Mortgage Loan serviced pursuant to this Agreement that is part of a Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan.

“Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan”: Any Whole Loan serviced pursuant to this Agreement comprised of a Serviced Mortgage Loan and one or more Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans.

“Serviced REO Loan”: Any REO Loan that is serviced by a Special Servicer pursuant to this Agreement.

“Serviced REO Property”: Any REO Property that is serviced by a Special Servicer pursuant to this Agreement.

“Serviced Securitized Companion Loan”: Any Companion Loan that is a component of a Serviced Whole Loan, if and for so long as each such Companion Loan is included in a Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization.

“Serviced Whole Loan”: Each of the Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loans, any Serviced AB Whole Loan and each Servicing Shift Whole Loan (prior to the related Servicing Shift Securitization Date).

“Serviced Whole Loan Controlling Holder”: The “Controlling Noteholder” or similar term identified in the Intercreditor Agreement related to a Serviced Whole Loan.

“Serviced Whole Loan Remittance Date”: With respect to any Serviced Companion Loan: (i) the date specified as the applicable remittance date (or equivalent concept) in the related Intercreditor Agreement or (ii) if no such applicable remittance date (or equivalent concept) is so specified in the related Intercreditor Agreement, then the earlier of (A) the Remittance Date and (B) one (1) Business Day after the “determination date” (or any term substantially similar thereto) as defined in the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, in each case, as long as the date on which the remittance is required is at least one (1) Business Day after the Due Date.

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“Servicer Termination Event”: One or more of the events described in Section 7.01(a).

“Servicing Account”: The account or accounts created and maintained pursuant to Section 3.03(a).

“Servicing Advances”: All customary, reasonable and necessary “out of pocket” costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees and expenses and fees of real estate brokers) incurred by the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer, Certificate Administrator, or the Trustee, as applicable, in connection with the servicing and administering of (a) a Mortgage Loan (and in the case of a Serviced Mortgage Loan, the related Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable), other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, in respect of which a default, delinquency or other unanticipated event has occurred or as to which a default is reasonably foreseeable or (b) a Mortgaged Property securing a Serviced Mortgage Loan or an REO Property (other than an REO Property related to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), including, in the case of each of such clause (a) and clause (b), but not limited to, (x) the cost of (i) compliance with the applicable Master Servicer’s obligations set forth in Section 3.03(c), (ii) the preservation, restoration and protection of a Mortgaged Property and the priority of a Mortgage, (iii) obtaining any Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds or any Liquidation Proceeds of the nature described in clauses (i) – (vi) of the definition of “Liquidation Proceeds,” (iv) any enforcement or judicial proceedings with respect to a Mortgaged Property, including foreclosures and (v) the operation, leasing, management, maintenance and liquidation of any REO Property and (y) any amount specifically designated herein to be paid as a “Servicing Advance”. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, “Servicing Advances” shall not include allocable overhead of the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, such as costs for office space, office equipment, supplies and related expenses, employee salaries and related expenses and similar internal costs and expenses or costs and expenses incurred by any such party in connection with its purchase of a Mortgage Loan or REO Property. Each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer and the Trustee shall not make any Servicing Advance in connection with the exercise of any cure rights or purchase rights granted to the holder of a Companion Loan under the related Intercreditor Agreement or this Agreement.

“Servicing Criteria”: The criteria set forth in paragraph (d) of Item 1122 of Regulation AB as such may be amended from time to time and which as of the Closing Date are listed on Exhibit Z hereto.

“Servicing Fee”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan (including each Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), Serviced Companion Loan, and any REO Loan, the fee payable to the applicable Master Servicer pursuant to the first paragraph of Section 3.11(a).

“Servicing Fee Rate”: With respect to (i) each Serviced Mortgage Loan (and any successor REO Loan), a per annum rate equal to the sum of master servicing fee rate equal to 0.00250% per annum and a primary servicing fee rate equal to 0.00250% per annum (or, with respect to (A) the Rialto Industrial Mortgage Loan, 0.00125% per annum, (B) the 100 Jefferson Road Mortgage Loan, 0.00125% per annum and (C) the Metroplex Mortgage Loan, 0.00125% per annum); (ii) each Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan (and any successor REO Loan), a master servicing fee rate equal to 0.00250% per annum; and (iii) each Serviced Companion Loan (and any successor REO Loan), a primary servicing fee rate equal to 0.00250% per annum. Such Servicing Fee Rate shall be computed on the basis of the Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan or REO Loan in the same manner in which interest is calculated in respect of such loans.

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Notwithstanding the above, with respect to each Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan, on and after the related Servicing Shift Securitization Date, the primary servicing fee rate with respect to such Mortgage Loan comprising a part of the related Servicing Fee Rate shall be 0% per annum.

“Servicing File”: A photocopy or electronic copy of all items required to be included in the Mortgage File, together with each of the following, (a) to the extent such items were actually delivered to the related Mortgage Loan Seller, with respect to a Mortgage Loan and (to the extent that the identified documents existed on or before the Closing Date and the applicable reference to Servicing File relates to any period after the Closing Date) delivered by the related Mortgage Loan Seller, to the applicable Master Servicer: (i) a copy of any engineering reports or property condition reports; (ii) other than with respect to a hospitality property (except with respect to tenanted commercial space within a hospitality property), copies of a rent roll and, for any office, retail, industrial or warehouse property, a copy of all leases and estoppels and subordination and non-disturbance agreements delivered to the related Mortgage Loan Seller; (iii) copies of related financial statements or operating statements; (iv) all legal opinions (excluding attorney-client communications between the related Mortgage Loan Seller, and its counsel that are privileged communications or constitute legal or other due diligence analyses), Mortgagor’s certificates and certificates of hazard insurance and/or hazard insurance policies or other applicable insurance policies, if any, delivered in connection with the closing of the related Mortgage Loan; (v) a copy of the Appraisal for the related Mortgaged Property(ies); (vi) the documents that were delivered by or on behalf of the Mortgagor, which documents were required to be delivered in connection with the closing of the related Mortgage Loan; (vii) for any Mortgage Loan that the related Mortgaged Property is leased to a single tenant, a copy of the lease; and (viii) a copy of all environmental reports that were received by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller relating to the relevant Mortgaged Property and (b) copies of all modifications, extensions and amendments related to the above, any Appraisals and any other document necessary to service the Mortgage Loans (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) and any Serviced Companion Loan, in each case, that are created or prepared after the Closing Date.

“Servicing Function Participant”: Any Additional Servicer, Sub-Servicer, Subcontractor or any other Person, other than any Master Servicer, any Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor and the Certificate Administrator, that is performing activities that address the Servicing Criteria, unless (i) such Person’s activities relate only to 5% or less of the Mortgage Loans by unpaid principal balance as of any date of determination in accordance with Article XI or (ii) the Depositor reasonably determines that a Master Servicer or a Special Servicer may, for the purposes of the Exchange Act reporting requirements pursuant to applicable Commission guidance, take responsibility for the assessment of compliance with the Servicing Criteria of such Person. The Servicing Function Participants as of the Closing Date are listed on Exhibit FF hereto. Exhibit FF shall be updated and provided to the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator in accordance with Section 11.10(c).

“Servicing Officer”: Any officer and/or employee of a Master Servicer, a Special Servicer or any Additional Servicer involved in, or responsible for, the administration and servicing of the Mortgage Loans or Serviced Companion Loans, whose name and specimen

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signature appear on a list of servicing officers furnished by such Master Servicer, such Special Servicer or any Additional Servicer to the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor and the Depositor on the Closing Date as such list may be amended from time to time thereafter.

“Servicing Shift Lead Note”: With respect to any Servicing Shift Whole Loan, as of any date of determination, the note or other evidence of indebtedness and/or agreements evidencing the indebtedness of a Mortgagor under such Servicing Shift Whole Loan including any amendments or modifications, or any renewal or substitution notes, as of such date, the sale of which to the related Non-Serviced Trust will cause servicing to shift from this Agreement to the related Non-Serviced PSA pursuant to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement for such Servicing Shift Whole Loan. There are no Servicing Shift Lead Notes as of the Closing Date.

“Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan” With respect to any Servicing Shift Whole Loan, a Mortgage Loan included in the Trust Fund that will be serviced under this Agreement as of the Closing Date, but the servicing of which is expected to shift to the related Non-Serviced PSA entered into in connection with the securitization, if any, of the related Servicing Shift Lead Note on and after the applicable Servicing Shift Securitization Date. There are no Servicing Shift Mortgage Loans as of the Closing Date.

“Servicing Shift Securitization Date”: With respect to any Servicing Shift Whole Loan, the date on which the related Servicing Shift Lead Note is included in a Non-Serviced Trust; provided that the holder of such Servicing Shift Lead Note provides each of the parties to this Agreement (in each case only to the extent such party will not also be a party to the related Non-Serviced PSA) with notice in accordance with the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement that such Servicing Shift Lead Note is to be included in such Non-Serviced Trust which notice shall include contact information for the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer, Non-Serviced Special Servicer, Non-Serviced Certificate Administrator and Non-Serviced Trustee. There are no Servicing Shift Whole Loans as of the Closing Date.

“Servicing Shift Whole Loan”: Any Whole Loan serviced under this Agreement as of the Closing Date that includes a related Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan included in the Trust Fund and one or more Companion Loans not included in the Trust Fund, but the servicing of which is expected to shift to the related Non-Serviced PSA entered into in connection with the securitization, if any, of the related Servicing Shift Lead Note on or after the applicable Servicing Shift Securitization Date. There are no Servicing Shift Whole Loans as of the Closing Date.

“Servicing Standard”: As defined in Section 3.01(a).

“Servicing Transfer Event”: With respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan, or related Serviced Companion Loan, the occurrence of any of the following events:

(i)                                       the related Mortgagor has failed to make when due any Balloon Payment, and the Mortgagor has not delivered to the applicable Master Servicer or applicable Special Servicer, on or before the due date of such Balloon Payment, a written and fully executed (subject only to customary final closing conditions) refinancing commitment (or if refinancing commitments are not then customarily

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issued by commercial mortgage lenders, such written, executed and binding alternative documentation as is customarily used by commercial real estate lenders for such purpose) or purchase and sale agreement from an acceptable lender or purchaser, as applicable, and reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as applicable (and such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as applicable, shall promptly forward such documentation to the applicable Special Servicer or the applicable Master Servicer, as applicable) which provides that a refinancing of such Mortgage Loan or sale of the related Mortgaged Property will occur within one hundred-twenty (120) days after the date on which such Balloon Payment will become due (provided that if either (x) such refinancing or sale of the related Mortgaged Property does not occur before the expiration of the time period for refinancing or sale specified in such documentation or (y) the applicable Master Servicer is required to make a P&I Advance in respect of such Mortgage Loan (or, in the case of any Serviced Whole Loan, in respect of the Mortgage Loan included in the same Serviced Whole Loan) at any time prior to such refinancing or sale, a Servicing Transfer Event will occur immediately); or

(ii)                                  the related Mortgagor has failed to make when due any Periodic Payment (other than a Balloon Payment) or any other payment (other than a Balloon Payment) required under the related Mortgage Note or the related Mortgage, which failure has continued unremedied for sixty (60) days; or

(iii)                               the applicable Master Servicer determines (in accordance with the Servicing Standard) or receives from the applicable Special Servicer a written determination of such Special Servicer (which determination the applicable Special Servicer shall make in accordance with the Servicing Standard and (A) with the consent of the Directing Certificateholder (other than with respect to an Excluded Loan with respect to such party and only if no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing (or, with respect to a Serviced AB Whole Loan if an AB Control Appraisal Period is not in effect, the prior consent of the related AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder, to the extent required by the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement)) or (B) following consultation with the Directing Certificateholder (other than with respect to (x) an Excluded Loan with respect to such party and only if a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing but no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing or (y) a Serviced AB Whole Loan if an AB Control Appraisal Period is not in effect)), that a default in making any Periodic Payment (other than a Balloon Payment) or any other material payment (other than a Balloon Payment) required under the related Mortgage Note or the related Mortgage is likely to occur in the foreseeable future, and such default is likely to remain unremedied for at least sixty (60) days beyond the date on which the subject payment will become due; or the applicable Master Servicer determines (in accordance with the Servicing Standard) or receives from the applicable Special Servicer a written determination of such Special Servicer (which determination the applicable Special Servicer shall make in accordance with the Servicing Standard and (A) with the consent of the Directing Certificateholder (other than with respect to an Excluded Loan with respect to such party and only if

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no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing (or, with respect to a Serviced AB Whole Loan if an AB Control Appraisal Period is not in effect, the prior consent of the holder of the related AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder, to the extent required by the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement)) or (B) following consultation with the Directing Certificateholder (other than with respect to (x) an Excluded Loan with respect to such party and only if a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing but no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing or (y) a Serviced AB Whole Loan if an AB Control Appraisal Period is not in effect)), that a default in making a Balloon Payment is likely to occur in the foreseeable future, and such default is likely to remain unremedied for at least sixty (60) days beyond the date on which such Balloon Payment will become due (or, if the Mortgagor has delivered on or before the date on which the subject payment was due a written and fully executed (subject only to customary final closing conditions) refinancing commitment (or if refinancing commitments are not then customarily issued by commercial mortgage lenders, such written, executed and binding alternative documentation as is customarily used by commercial real estate lenders for such purpose) or purchase and sale agreement from an acceptable lender or purchaser, as applicable, and reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer (and such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as applicable, shall promptly forward such documentation to the applicable Special Servicer or Master Servicer, as applicable) which provides that a refinancing of such Mortgage Loan or sale of the related Mortgaged Property will occur within one hundred-twenty (120) days following the date on which such Balloon Payment will become due, the applicable Master Servicer determines (in accordance with the Servicing Standard) or receives from the applicable Special Servicer a written determination of such Special Servicer (which determination the applicable Special Servicer shall make in accordance with the Servicing Standard and (A) with the consent of the Directing Certificateholder (other than with respect to an Excluded Loan with respect to such party and only if no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing (or, with respect to a Serviced AB Whole Loan if an AB Control Appraisal Period is not in effect, the prior consent of the related AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder, to the extent required by the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement)) or (B) following consultation with the Directing Certificateholder (other than with respect to (x) an Excluded Loan with respect to such party and only if a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing but no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing or (y) a Serviced AB Whole Loan prior to the occurrence of a Control Appraisal Period)), that (A) the Mortgagor is likely not to make one or more Assumed Scheduled Payments prior to such a refinancing or sale or (B) such refinancing or sale is not likely to occur within one hundred-twenty (120) days following the date on which such Balloon Payment will become due); or

(iv)                              there shall have occurred a default (including, in the applicable Master Servicer’s or the applicable Special Servicer’s judgment, the failure of the related Mortgagor to maintain any insurance required to be maintained pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan documents, unless such default has been waived in

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accordance with Section 3.07 or Section 3.18) under the related Mortgage Loan documents, other than as described in clause (i) or (ii) above, that may, in the good faith and reasonable judgment of the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer (and, in the case of the applicable Special Servicer (A) with the consent of the Directing Certificateholder (other than with respect to an Excluded Loan with respect to such party and only if no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing (or, with respect to a Serviced AB Whole Loan, if an AB Control Appraisal Period is not in effect, the prior consent of the related AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder, to the extent required by the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement) or (B) following consultation with the Directing Certificateholder (other than with respect to an Excluded Loan with respect to such party and only if a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing but no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing))), materially impair the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan or otherwise materially and adversely affect the interests of Certificateholders (or, in the case of any Serviced Whole Loan, the interests of any related Serviced Companion Noteholder), which default has continued unremedied for the applicable cure period under the terms of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan (or, if no cure period is specified, sixty (60) days); or

(v)                                 a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the premises in an involuntary case under any present or future federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or the appointment of a conservator, receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings, or for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, shall have been entered against the related Mortgagor and such decree or order shall have remained in force undischarged or unstayed for a period of sixty (60) days; or

(vi)                              the related Mortgagor shall have consented to the appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings of or relating to such Mortgagor or of or relating to all or substantially all of its property; or

(vii)                             the related Mortgagor shall have admitted in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, filed a petition to take advantage of any applicable insolvency or reorganization statute, made an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or voluntarily suspended payment of its obligations; or

(viii)                         the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer shall have received notice of the commencement of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the corresponding Mortgaged Property; or

(ix)                                the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer (and in the case of the applicable Special Servicer, with the consent of the Directing Certificateholder (other than with respect to an Excluded Loan with respect to such

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party and only if no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing (or, with respect to a Serviced AB Whole Loan if an AB Control Appraisal Period is not in effect, the prior consent of the related AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder, to the extent required by the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement))) determines that (i) a default (including, in the applicable Master Servicer’s or the applicable Special Servicer’s judgment, the failure of the related Mortgagor to maintain any insurance required to be maintained pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan documents, unless such default has been waived in accordance with Section 3.07 or Section 3.18) under the Mortgage Loan documents (other than as described in clause (iii) above) is imminent or reasonably foreseeable, (ii) such default will materially impair the value of the corresponding Mortgaged Property as security for the Mortgage Loan or Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan (if any) or otherwise materially and adversely affect the interests of Certificateholders (or the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan Holder) and (iii) the default is likely to continue unremedied for the applicable cure period under the terms of the Mortgage Loan documents, or, if no cure period is specified and the default is capable of being cured, for sixty (60) days;

provided that any Mortgage Loan (excluding any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) that is cross-collateralized with a Specially Serviced Loan shall be a Specially Serviced Loan so long as such Mortgage Loan is cross-collateralized with a Specially Serviced Loan. If any Serviced Companion Loan becomes a Specially Serviced Loan, the related Serviced Mortgage Loan shall also become a Specially Serviced Loan. If any Serviced Mortgage Loan becomes a Specially Serviced Loan, any related Serviced Companion Loan shall also become a Specially Serviced Loan. With respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the occurrence of a “Servicing Transfer Event” shall be as defined in the Non-Serviced PSA.

“Significant Obligor”: As defined in Section 11.16.

“Significant Obligor NOI Quarterly Filing Deadline”: With respect to each calendar quarter (other than the fourth (4th) calendar quarter of any calendar year), the date that is fifteen (15) days after the Distribution Date occurring on or immediately following the date on which financial statements for such calendar quarter are required to be delivered to the related lender under the related Mortgage Loan documents.

“Significant Obligor NOI Yearly Filing Deadline”: With respect to each calendar year, the date that is the ninetieth (90th) day after the end of such calendar year.

“Similar Law”: As defined in Section 5.03(m).

“Sole Certificateholder”: Any Certificate Owner, or Certificate Owners acting in unanimity, of a Book-Entry Certificate or a Holder of a Definitive Certificate holding 100% of the then-outstanding Class X-F, Class F, Class G-RR and Class H-RR Certificates; provided, that the Certificate Balances of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class D and Class E Certificates and the Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-S, Class B and Class C Upper-Tier Regular Interests have been reduced to zero.

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“SOMO Village Intercreditor Agreement”: The Agreement Between Note Holders, dated as of April 13, 2023, by and between the holders of the respective promissory notes evidencing the SOMO Village Whole Loan, relating to the relative rights of such holders, as the same may be further amended in accordance with the terms thereof.

“SOMO Village Mortgage Loan”: With respect to the SOMO Village Whole Loan, the Mortgage Loan that is included in the Trust (identified as Mortgage Loan No. 3 on the Mortgage Loan Schedule), which is evidenced by promissory note A-1.

“SOMO Village Mortgaged Property”: The Mortgaged Property that secures the SOMO Village Whole Loan.

“SOMO Village Pari Passu Companion Loans”: With respect to the SOMO Village Whole Loan, as of the Closing Date, the pari passu companion loan evidenced by the related promissory note A-2, made by the related Mortgagor and secured by the Mortgage on the SOMO Village Mortgaged Property, which is not included in the Trust and which is pari passu in right of payment to the SOMO Village Mortgage Loan to the extent set forth in the related Mortgage Loan documents and as provided in the SOMO Village Intercreditor Agreement.

“SOMO Village Whole Loan”: The SOMO Village Mortgage Loan together with the SOMO Village Pari Passu Companion Loan, each of which is secured by the same Mortgage on the SOMO Village Mortgaged Property. References herein to the SOMO Village Whole Loan shall be construed to refer to the aggregate indebtedness under the SOMO Village Mortgage Loan and the SOMO Village Pari Passu Companion Loan.

“Special Notice”: As defined in Section 5.06.

“Special Servicer”: With respect to (i) each of the Mortgage Loans (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan and any Excluded Special Servicer Loan), the Serviced Companion Loans, any REO Property acquired by the Trust with respect to any such Mortgage Loan and any matters relating to the foregoing, Argentic Services Company LP, a Delaware limited partnership, and its successors in interest and assigns, or any successor special servicer appointed as provided herein, and (ii) with respect to any Excluded Special Servicer Loan, if any, the related Excluded Special Servicer appointed pursuant to Section 7.01(g) of this Agreement, as applicable and as the context may require.

“Special Servicing Fee”: With respect to each Specially Serviced Loan and REO Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), the fee payable to the related Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.11(b).

“Special Servicing Fee Rate”: With respect to each Specially Serviced Loan and each REO Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) on a loan by loan basis, the greater of (i) a per annum rate of 0.25000% and (ii) the per annum rate that would result in a Special Servicing Fee for the related month of $3,500.

“Specially Serviced Loan”: As defined in Section 3.01(a).

“Sponsors”: The Mortgage Loan Sellers.

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“Startup Day”: The day designated as such in Section 10.01(b).

“Stated Principal Balance”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to (x) the Cut-off Date Balance of such Mortgage Loan (or in the case of a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, as of the date it is added to the Trust, the unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan after application of all scheduled payments of principal and interest due during or prior to the month of substitution, whether or not received) minus (y) the sum of:

(i)                                 the principal portion of each Periodic Payment due on such Mortgage Loan after the Cut-off Date (or in the case of a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, due after the Due Date in the related month of substitution), to the extent received from the Mortgagor or advanced by the applicable Master Servicer;

(ii)                               all Principal Prepayments received with respect to such Mortgage Loan after the Cut-off Date (or in the case of a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, after the Due Date in the related month of substitution);

(iii)                            the principal portion of all Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds (to the extent allocable to principal on such Mortgage Loan) and Liquidation Proceeds received with respect to such Mortgage Loan after the Cut-off Date (or in the case of a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, after the Due Date in the related month of substitution); and

(iv)                            any reduction in the outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan resulting from a Deficient Valuation or a modification of such Mortgage Loan pursuant to the terms and provisions of this Agreement that occurred prior to the end of the Collection Period for the most recent Distribution Date.

With respect to any REO Loan that is a successor to a Mortgage Loan (but excluding any related Companion Loan), as of any date of determination, the Stated Principal Balance shall be an amount equal to (x) the Stated Principal Balance of the predecessor Mortgage Loan as of the date of the related REO Acquisition, minus (y) the sum of:

(i)                                   the principal portion of any P&I Advance made with respect to such REO Loan; and

(ii)                                 the principal portion of all Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds (to the extent allocable to principal on the related Mortgage Loan), Liquidation Proceeds and REO Revenues received with respect to such REO Loan (but excluding any related Companion Loan).

A Mortgage Loan or an REO Loan that is a successor to a Mortgage Loan (but excluding any related Companion Loan) shall be deemed to be part of the Trust Fund and to have an outstanding Stated Principal Balance until the Distribution Date on which the payments or other proceeds, if any, received in connection with a Liquidation Event in respect thereof are to be (or, if no such payments or other proceeds are received in connection with such Liquidation Event, would have been) distributed to Certificateholders.

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With respect to each Companion Loan on any date of determination, the Stated Principal Balance shall equal the unpaid principal balance of such Companion Loan as of such date. On any date of determination, the Stated Principal Balance of each Whole Loan shall equal the sum of the Stated Principal Balances of the related Mortgage Loan and the related Companion Loan(s), as applicable, on such date.

With respect to any REO Loan that is a successor to a Companion Loan as of any date of determination, the Stated Principal Balance shall equal (x) the Stated Principal Balance of the predecessor Companion Loan as of the date of the related REO Acquisition, minus (y) the principal portion of any amounts allocable to the related Companion Loan in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement.

With respect to any Mortgage Loan or REO Loan that is paid in full or any Mortgage Loan or REO Loan (or REO Property) liquidated, as of the first Distribution Date that follows the end of the Collection Period during which payments or other proceeds are received in connection with a Liquidation Event with respect to such Mortgage Loan or REO Loan (or REO Property), as applicable, notwithstanding that a loss may occur in connection with such Liquidation Event, the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan or REO Loan shall be zero.

“Subcontractor”: Any vendor, subcontractor or other Person that is not responsible for the overall servicing (as “servicing” is commonly understood by participants in the CMBS market) of Mortgage Loans but performs one or more discrete functions identified in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB with respect to Mortgage Loans under the direction or authority of a Master Servicer, a Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, an Additional Servicer or a Sub-Servicer.

“Subject Loan”: As defined in Section 12.02(b).

“Subordinate Certificate”: Any Class A-S Exchangeable Certificate, Class B Exchangeable Certificate, Class C Exchangeable Certificate, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G-RR or Class H-RR Certificate.

“Subordinate Companion Holder”: The holder of any AB Subordinate Companion Loan.

“Sub-Servicer”: Any Person that services Mortgage Loans on behalf of a Master Servicer, a Special Servicer or an Additional Servicer and is responsible for the performance (whether directly or through Sub-Servicers or Subcontractors) of a substantial portion of the material servicing functions required to be performed by such Master Servicer, such Special Servicer or an Additional Servicer under this Agreement, with respect to some or all of the Mortgage Loans that are identified in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB.

“Sub-Servicing Agreement”: The written contract between a Master Servicer or a Special Servicer, as the case may be, and any Sub-Servicer relating to servicing and administration of Mortgage Loans as provided in Section 3.20.

“Substitution Shortfall Amount”: With respect to a substitution pursuant to Section 2.03(b), an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Purchase Price of the Mortgage Loan being replaced calculated as of the date of substitution over the Stated Principal Balance of the

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related Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan after application of all scheduled payments of principal and interest due during or prior to the month of substitution. In the event that one or more Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans are substituted (at the same time by the same Mortgage Loan Seller) for one or more removed Mortgage Loans, the Substitution Shortfall Amount shall be determined as provided in the preceding sentence on the basis of the aggregate Purchase Prices of the Mortgage Loan(s) being replaced and the aggregate Stated Principal Balances of the related Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan(s).

“Successor Third-Party Purchaser”: A third party purchaser (other than a Majority Owned Affiliate of the Retaining Sponsor) that acquires all of the HRR Interest from the Retaining Sponsor or a Majority Owned Affiliate thereof in compliance with this Agreement, the Credit Risk Retention Agreement, an eligible subsequent credit risk retention agreement and Rule 7 of the Risk Retention Rules.

“Surrendered Classes”: As defined in Section 5.11(c).

“Surviving Entity”: As defined in Section 6.03(b).

“Tax Returns”: The federal income tax returns on (i) Internal Revenue Service Form 1066, U.S. Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit (REMIC) Income Tax Return, including Schedule Q thereto, Quarterly Notice to Residual Interest Holders of REMIC Taxable Income or Net Loss Allocation, or any successor forms, to be filed on behalf of each Trust REMIC due to its respective classification as a REMIC under the REMIC Provisions and (ii) Internal Revenue Service Form 1041 or Internal Revenue Service Form 1099, as applicable, or any successor forms to be filed on behalf of the Grantor Trust, together with any and all other information, reports or returns that may be required to be furnished to the Certificateholders or filed with the Internal Revenue Service or any other governmental taxing authority under any applicable provisions of federal tax law or Applicable State and Local Tax Law.

“Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate”: As defined in Section 5.02(a).

“Termination Purchase Amount”: The sum of (1) the aggregate Purchase Price of all the Mortgage Loans (exclusive of REO Loans) then included in the Trust, (2) the appraised value of the Trust’s portion of all REO Properties then included in the Trust (which fair market value for any REO Property may be less than the Purchase Price for the corresponding REO Loan), as determined by an appraiser selected by the applicable Special Servicer and approved by the applicable Master Servicer and the Controlling Class and (3) if the Mortgaged Property secures a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan and is an REO Property under the terms of the related Non-Serviced PSA, the pro rata portion of the fair market value of the related property, as determined by the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer in accordance with clause (2) above.

“Test”: As defined in Section 12.01(b)(iv).

“Transaction Parties”: As defined in Section 5.03(q).

“Transfer”: Any direct or indirect transfer, sale, pledge, hypothecation, or other form of assignment of any Ownership Interest in a Certificate.

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“Transferable Servicing Interest”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan or Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan (and any successor REO Loan with respect thereto), the amount by which the related Servicing Fee otherwise payable to the applicable Master Servicer hereunder exceeds the sum of (i) the fee payable to the applicable Master Servicer as the portion of the Servicing Fee attributable to primary servicing and (ii) the amount of the Servicing Fee calculated using the Retained Fee Rate, which Transferable Servicing Interest is subject to reduction by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.11(a) of this Agreement. The Transferable Servicing Interest with respect to each Mortgage Loan is zero.

“Transferee”: Any Person who is acquiring by Transfer any Ownership Interest in a Certificate.

“Transferee Affidavit”: As defined in Section 5.03(n)(ii).

“Transferor”: Any Person who is disposing by Transfer any Ownership Interest in a Certificate.

“Transferor Letter”: As defined in Section 5.03(n)(ii).

“Trust”: The trust created hereby and to be administered hereunder. The Trust shall be named: “MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1”.

“Trust Fund”: The corpus of the Trust created hereby and to be administered hereunder, consisting of: (i) such Mortgage Loans as from time to time are subject to this Agreement (including any Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan replacing a removed Mortgage Loan), together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto (subject to, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, the interests of the related Serviced Companion Noteholder in the related Mortgage File); (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date (or with respect to a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Due Date in the month of substitution); (iii) any REO Property (to the extent of the Trust’s interest therein) or the Trust’s beneficial interest in the Mortgaged Property securing a Non-Serviced Whole Loan acquired under the related Non-Serviced PSA; (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property (to the extent of the Trust’s interest therein); (v) the applicable Master Servicer’s, the applicable Special Servicer’s, the Certificate Administrator’s and the Trustee’s rights under the insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans required to be maintained pursuant to this Agreement and any proceeds thereof (to the extent of the Trust’s interest therein); (vi) any Assignment of Leases and any security agreements (to the extent of the Trust’s interest therein); (vii) any letters of credit, indemnities, guaranties or lease enhancement policies given as additional security for any related Mortgage Loans (to the extent of the Trust’s interest therein); (viii) all assets deposited in the Loss of Value Reserve Fund and the Servicing Accounts (to the extent of the Trust’s interest therein), amounts on deposit in each applicable Collection Account (to the extent of the Trust’s interest therein), the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account (to the extent of the Trust’s interest in such Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account) and any REO Account (to the extent of the Trust’s interest in such REO Account), including any reinvestment income, as applicable; (ix) any Environmental Indemnity Agreements (to the extent of the Trust’s interest therein); (x) the rights and remedies of

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the Depositor under each Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (to the extent transferred to the Trustee); (xi) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests; and (xii) the proceeds of the foregoing (other than any interest earned on deposits in the lock-box accounts, cash collateral accounts, escrow accounts and any reserve accounts, to the extent such interest belongs to the related Mortgagor). For the avoidance of doubt, no Retained Defeasance Rights and Obligations will be an asset of the Trust.

“Trust-Level Basis”: With respect to the Operating Advisor’s evaluation of the applicable Special Servicer’s performance of its duties with respect to the resolution or liquidation of the pool of Specially Serviced Loans (and, after the occurrence and continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Event, with respect to Major Decisions on Non-Specially Serviced Loans) under this Agreement, taking into account such Special Servicer’s specific duties under this Agreement as well as the extent to which those duties were performed in accordance with the Servicing Standard, with reasonable consideration by the Operating Advisor of any assessment of compliance report, attestation report, Major Decision Reporting Package, Asset Status Report (after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Event), Final Asset Status Report and other information delivered to the Operating Advisor by the Special Servicer or made available to Privileged Persons that are posted on the Certificate Administrator’s Website during the prior calendar year (together with any additional information and material reviewed by the Operating Advisor) (other than any communications between the Directing Certificateholder and the Special Servicer that would be Privileged Information) pursuant to this Agreement.

“Trust-Related Litigation”: As defined in Section 3.32.

“Trust REMIC”: As defined in the Preliminary Statement.

“Trustee”: Computershare Trust Company, National Association, or its successor in interest, in its capacity as trustee and its successors in interest, or any successor trustee appointed as herein provided.

“Trustee Fee”: The fee to be paid to the Trustee as compensation for the Trustee’s activities under this Agreement, which fee is included as part of the Certificate Administrator Fee. No portion of the Trustee Fee shall be calculated by reference to any Companion Loan or the Stated Principal Balance of any Companion Loan. The Trustee Fee shall be equal to $290 per month and shall be paid as a portion of the Certificate Administrator Fee.

“UCC”: The Uniform Commercial Code, as enacted in each applicable state.

“UCC Financing Statement”: A financing statement prepared and filed pursuant to the UCC, as in effect in the relevant jurisdiction.

“Uncovered Amount”: With respect to any Master Servicer’s Collection Account, any additional trust fund expense, Nonrecoverable Advance or other item that would be payable or reimbursable out of general funds (as opposed to a specific source of funds) in such Collection Account pursuant to this Agreement, but which cannot be so paid or reimbursed because such general funds are insufficient to cover such payment or reimbursement; provided, that any such additional trust fund expense, Nonrecoverable Advance or other item shall be an Uncovered

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Amount only to the extent that such general funds are insufficient to cover the payment or reimbursement thereof.

“Underwriters”: Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC.

“Uninsured Cause”: Any cause of damage to property subject to a Mortgage such that the complete restoration of such property is not fully reimbursable by the hazard insurance policies or flood insurance policies required to be maintained pursuant to Section 3.07.

“United States Securities Person”: Any “U.S. person” as defined in Rule 902(k) of Regulation S.

“Unliquidated Advance”: Any Advance previously made by a party hereto that has been previously reimbursed, as between the Person that made the Advance hereunder, on the one hand, and the Trust, on the other, as part of a Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount pursuant to subsections (iii) and (iv) of Section 3.05(a) but that has not been recovered from the Mortgagor or otherwise from collections on or the proceeds of the related Mortgage Loan or REO Property in respect of which the Advance was made.

“Unscheduled Principal Distribution Amount”: With respect to any Distribution Date and the Mortgage Loans, the aggregate of the following: (a) all Principal Prepayments received on such Mortgage Loan on or prior to the Determination Date and (b) the principal portions of all Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds (net of Special Servicing Fees, Liquidation Fees, accrued interest on Advances and other additional expenses of the Trust incurred in connection with the related Mortgage Loan) and, if applicable, REO Revenues received with respect to such Mortgage Loan and any REO Loans (but excluding any related Companion Loans) on or prior to the related Determination Date, but in each case only to the extent that such principal portion represents a recovery of principal for which no advance was previously made pursuant to Section 4.03 in respect of a preceding Distribution Date.

“Unsolicited Information”: As defined in Section 12.01(b)(iii).

“Upper-Tier Regular Interests”: As defined in the Preliminary Statement.

“Upper-Tier REMIC”: One of the REMICs comprising the Trust, the assets of which consist of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests and such amounts as shall from time to time be held in the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account.

“Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account”: The segregated account or accounts (or a subaccount of the Distribution Account) created and maintained by the Certificate Administrator (on behalf of the Trustee) pursuant to Section 3.04(b) in trust for the Certificateholders, which shall initially be entitled “Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator, on behalf of Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of the registered holders of MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1, Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account”. Any such account or accounts shall be an Eligible Account.

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“U.S. Dollars” or “$”: Lawful money of the United States of America.

“U.S. Tax Person”: A citizen or resident of the United States, a corporation or partnership (except to the extent provided in applicable Treasury Regulations) or other entity created or organized in, or under the laws of, the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, including any entity treated as a corporation or partnership for federal income tax purposes, an estate whose income is subject to United States federal income tax regardless of its source or a trust if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of such trust, and one or more such U.S. Tax Persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of such trust (or, to the extent provided in applicable Treasury Regulations, certain trusts in existence on August 20, 1996 that have elected to be treated as U.S. Tax Persons).

“Voting Rights”: The portion of the voting rights of all of the Certificates which is allocated to any Certificate. At all times during the term of this Agreement, the Voting Rights shall be allocated among the various Classes of Certificateholders as follows: (i) 2% in the case of the Class X Certificates (allocated pro rata, based upon their respective Notional Amounts as of the date of determination) and (ii) in the case of the Principal Balance Certificates, a percentage equal to the product of 98% and a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the Certificate Balance (and solely in connection with any vote for purposes of determining whether to remove the applicable Special Servicer pursuant to Section 7.01(d) or the Operating Advisor pursuant to Section 3.26(j), taking into account any notional reduction in the Certificate Balance for Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts allocated to the Certificates pursuant to Section 4.05(a)) of such Class, in each case, determined as of the Distribution Date immediately preceding such time, and the denominator of which is equal to the aggregate Certificate Balance (and solely in connection with any vote for purposes of determining whether to remove the applicable Special Servicer pursuant to Section 7.01(d) or the Operating Advisor pursuant to Section 3.26(j), taking into account any notional reduction in the Certificate Balance for Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts allocated to the Certificates pursuant to Section 4.05(a)) of the Principal Balance Certificates, determined as of the Distribution Date immediately preceding such time. None of the Class R or Class V Certificates will be entitled to any Voting Rights.

“VRR Interest”: An “eligible vertical interest” (as defined in the Risk Retention Rules) representing 2.500% of the Certificate Balance, Notional Amount or Percentage Interest, as applicable, of each Class of Certificates other than the Class R Certificates.

“Weighted Average Net Mortgage Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the weighted average of the applicable Net Mortgage Rates of the Mortgage Loans (including any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans) as of the first day of the related Collection Period, weighted on the basis of their respective Stated Principal Balances immediately following the preceding Distribution Date (or, in the case of the initial Distribution Date, as of the Closing Date).

“WHFIT”: A “Widely Held Fixed Investment Trust” as that term is defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.671-5(b)(22) or successor provisions.

“WHFIT Regulations”: Treasury Regulations Section 1.671-5, as amended or successor provisions.

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“WHMT”: A “Widely Held Mortgage Trust” as that term is defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.671-5(b)(23) or successor provisions.

“Whole Loan”: Any of (i) the CX – 250 Water Street Whole Loan, (ii) the Barbours Cut IOS Whole Loan, (iii) the SOMO Village Whole Loan, (iv) the 100 & 150 South Wacker Drive Whole Loan, (v) the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan, (vi) the Cumberland Mall Whole Loan, (vii) the Conair Glendale Whole Loan, (viii) the Rialto Industrial Whole Loan, (ix) the Museum Tower Whole Loan, (x) the 100 Jefferson Road Whole Loan, (xi) the Metroplex Whole Loan, (xii) the 3800 Horizon Boulevard Whole Loan and (xiii) the Heritage Plaza Whole Loan.

“Withheld Amounts”: As defined in Section 3.21(a).

“Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the amount of any Advances made with respect to such Mortgage Loan on or before the date such Mortgage Loan becomes (or, but for the making of three (3) Periodic Payments under its modified terms, would then constitute) a Corrected Loan, together with (to the extent accrued and unpaid) interest on such Advances, to the extent that (i) such Advance (and accrued and unpaid interest thereon) is not reimbursed to the Person who made such Advance on or before the date, if any, on which Mortgage Loan becomes a Corrected Loan and (ii) the amount of such Advance (and accrued and unpaid interest thereon) becomes an obligation of the related Mortgagor to pay such amount under the terms of the modified loan documents. That any amount constitutes all or a portion of any Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount shall not in any manner limit the right of any Person hereunder to determine in the future that such amount instead constitutes a Nonrecoverable Advance.

“Workout Fee”: The fee paid to the applicable Special Servicer with respect to each Corrected Loan in accordance with Section 3.11(c).

“Workout Fee Rate”: With respect to each Corrected Loan and in accordance with Section 3.11(c), a fee of 1.00% of each collection (other than Penalty Charges and Excess Interest) of interest and principal (other than any amount for which a Liquidation Fee would be paid), including (i) Periodic Payments, (ii) Balloon Payments, (iii) Principal Prepayments and (iv) payments (other than those included in clause (i) or (ii) of this definition) at maturity or on the Anticipated Repayment Date, received on each Corrected Loan for so long as it remains a Corrected Loan.

“XML”: Extensible Markup Language.

“Yield Maintenance Charge”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any premium, fee or other additional amount paid or payable, as the context requires, by a Mortgagor in connection with a principal prepayment on, or other early collection of principal of, a Mortgage Loan, calculated, in whole or in part, pursuant to a yield maintenance formula or otherwise pursuant to a formula that reflects the lost interest, including any specified amount or specified percentage of the amount prepaid which constitutes the minimum amount that such Yield Maintenance Charge may be.

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Section 1.02        Certain Calculations. Unless otherwise specified herein, for purposes of determining amounts with respect to the Certificates and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto, the following provisions shall apply:

(i)                                   All calculations of interest (other than as provided in the related Mortgage Loan documents) provided for herein shall be made on the basis of a three hundred-sixty (360) day year consisting of twelve (12) 30-day months.

(ii)                                 Any Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan payment is deemed to be received on the date such payment is actually received by the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer; provided, however, that for purposes of calculating distributions on the Certificates, Principal Prepayments with respect to any Mortgage Loan are deemed to be received on the date they are applied in accordance with the Servicing Standard consistent with the terms of the related Mortgage Note and Mortgage to reduce the outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan, on which interest accrues.

(iii)                            Any reference to the Certificate Balance of any Class of Principal Balance Certificates on or as of a Distribution Date shall refer to the Certificate Balance of such Class of Principal Balance Certificates on such Distribution Date after giving effect to (a) any distributions made on such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01(a) and Section 4.01(c), (b) any Realized Losses allocated to such Class of Principal Balance Certificates on that Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.04, and (c) any recoveries on the related Mortgage Loans of Nonrecoverable Advances (plus interest thereon) that were previously reimbursed from principal collections on the related Mortgage Loans, that resulted in a reduction of the Principal Distribution Amount, which recoveries are allocated to such Class of Principal Balance Certificates, and added to the Certificate Balance pursuant to Section 4.04(a).

(iv)                            Unless otherwise specifically provided for herein, all net present value calculations and determinations made with respect to a Mortgage Loan, Serviced Companion Loan, Mortgaged Property or REO Property (including for purposes of the definition of “Servicing Standard”) shall be made, in the event the Mortgage Loan documents are silent, using a discount rate (a) for principal and interest payments on a Mortgage Loan, Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable, or sale by the applicable Special Servicer of a Defaulted Loan, the highest of (x) the rate determined by the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as applicable, that approximates the market rate that would be obtainable by the related Mortgagor on similar non-defaulted debt of such Mortgagor as of such date of determination, (y) the Mortgage Rate on the applicable Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan based on its outstanding principal balance and (z) the yield on 10-year U.S. treasuries as of such date of determination, and (b) for all other cash flows, including property cash flow, the “discount rate” set forth in the most recent Appraisal (or update of such Appraisal) of the related Mortgaged Property.

(v)                               Any reference to “expense of the trust” or “additional trust fund expense” or words of similar import shall be construed to mean, for any Serviced Mortgage Loan, an expense that shall be applied in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement or, if no application is specified in the related Intercreditor Agreement, then, to the extent such

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Intercreditor Agreement refers to this Agreement for the application of trust fund expenses or such Intercreditor Agreement does not prohibit the following application of trust fund expenses (i) with respect to any Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan, pro rata and pari passu, to the Trust and Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans in accordance with the respective outstanding principal balances of the related Serviced Pari Passu Mortgage Loan and Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans or (ii) with respect to any Serviced AB Whole Loan, first, to the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan and then, pro rata and pari passu, to the Trust and Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans in accordance with the respective outstanding principal balances of the related Serviced AB Mortgage Loan and Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans.

[End of Article I]

Article II

CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS; ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES

Section 2.01        Conveyance of Mortgage Loans. (a) The Depositor, concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof, does hereby establish a trust, appoint the Trustee as trustee of the trust, assign, sell, transfer and convey to the Trustee, in trust, without recourse, for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the Trustee (as holder of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests) all the right, title and interest of the Depositor, whether now owned or existing or hereafter acquired or arising, including any security interest therein for the benefit of the Depositor, in, to and under (i) the Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, (ii) Sections 2, 3, 4 (other than Section 4(c), (d), (e) and (g)) and 5 (other than Section 5(f), (g), (h) and (i)) and, to the extent related to the foregoing, Sections 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17 and 18 of each of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements; (iii) the Intercreditor Agreements; (iv) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date (or with respect to a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Due Date in the month of substitution); (v) any REO Property (to the extent of the Depositor’s interest therein) or the Depositor’s beneficial interest in the Mortgaged Property securing a Non-Serviced Whole Loan acquired under the related Non-Serviced PSA; (vi) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property (to the extent of the Depositor’s interest therein); (vii) the applicable Master Servicer’s, the applicable Special Servicer’s, the Certificate Administrator’s and the Trustee’s rights under the insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans required to be maintained pursuant to this Agreement and any proceeds thereof (to the extent of the Depositor’s interest therein); (viii) any Assignment of Leases and any security agreements (to the extent of the Depositor’s interest therein); (ix) any letters of credit, indemnities, guaranties or lease enhancement policies given as additional security for any related Mortgage Loans (to the extent of the Depositor’s interest therein); (x) all assets deposited in the Loss of Value Reserve Fund and the Servicing Accounts (to the extent of the Depositor’s interest therein), amounts on deposit in each applicable Collection Account (to the extent of the Depositor’s interest therein), the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account (to the extent of the Depositor’s interest in such Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account) and any REO Account (to the extent of the Depositor’s

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interest in such REO Account), including any reinvestment income, as applicable; (xi) any Environmental Indemnity Agreements (to the extent of the Depositor’s interest therein); (xii) the rights and remedies of the Depositor under each Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (to the extent not covered by clause (ii) above); (xiii) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests; (xiv) with respect to the Exchangeable Certificates, each of the Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests; and (xv) the proceeds of the foregoing (other than any interest earned on deposits in the lock-box accounts, cash collateral accounts, escrow accounts and any reserve accounts, to the extent such interest belongs to the related Mortgagor, and any Retained Defeasance Rights and Obligations with respect to the Mortgage Loans) (collectively, the “Conveyed Property”). Such assignment includes all interest and principal received or receivable on or with respect to the Mortgage Loans (in each case, other than (i) payments of principal and interest due and payable on the Mortgage Loans on or before the Cut-off Date; (ii) prepayments of principal collected on or before the Cut-off Date; and (iii) with respect to those Mortgage Loans that were closed in May 2023 but have their first Due Date after May 2023, any interest amounts relating to the period prior to the Cut-off Date). The transfer of the Mortgage Loans and the related rights and property accomplished hereby is absolute and, notwithstanding Section 13.07, is intended by the parties to constitute a sale. In connection with the assignment to the Trustee of Sections 2, 3, 4 (other than Section 4(c), (d) and (f)) and 5 (other than Section 5(f), (g), (h) and (i)) and, to the extent related to the foregoing, Sections 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17 and 18 of each of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements, it is intended that the Trustee get the benefit of Sections 10, 13 and 15 thereof in connection with any exercise of rights under the assigned Sections, and the Depositor shall use its best efforts to make available to the Trustee the benefits of Sections 10, 13 and 15 in connection therewith.

(b)               In connection with the Depositor’s assignment pursuant to subsection (a) above, the Depositor shall direct, and hereby represents and warrants that it has directed, the Mortgage Loan Sellers pursuant to the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement to deliver and deposit with, or cause to be delivered to and deposited with, the Custodian, (A) on or before the Closing Date, the Mortgage Note relating to each Mortgage Loan so assigned, endorsed to the Trustee or in blank as specified in clause (i) of the definition of “Mortgage File” (or, alternatively, if the original executed Mortgage Note has been lost, a lost note affidavit and indemnity with a copy of such Mortgage Note as specified in clause (i) of the definition of “Mortgage File”) and (B) on or before the date that is 45 days following the Closing Date, the remainder of the Mortgage File for each Mortgage Loan and, except in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is a Non-Serviced Whole Loan as of the Closing Date, any other items required to be delivered or deposited by the Mortgage Loan Seller pursuant to this Agreement (other than amounts from reserve accounts and originals of letters of credit, which shall be transferred to the applicable Master Servicer) for each Mortgage Loan. If the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller cannot deliver, or cause to be delivered, as to any Mortgage Loan, the original Mortgage Note, the delivery requirements of the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and this Section 2.01(b) shall be deemed to have been satisfied upon such Mortgage Loan Seller’s delivery of a copy or duplicate original of such Mortgage Note, together with an affidavit certifying that the original thereof has been lost or destroyed and indemnifying the Trustee and the Trust. If the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller cannot deliver, or cause to be delivered, as to any Mortgage Loan, any of the documents and/or instruments referred to in clauses (ii), (iv), (vii) and (ix) of the definition of “Mortgage File” (or, if applicable, a copy thereof) with evidence of filing or recording thereon (if intended to be recorded or filed), solely because of a delay caused by the public filing or recording office where

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such document or instrument has been delivered, or will be delivered within ten (10) Business Days of the Closing Date, for filing or recordation, the delivery requirements of the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and this Section 2.01(b) shall be deemed to have been satisfied on a provisional basis as of the Closing Date as to such non-delivered document or instrument, and such non-delivered document or instrument shall be deemed to have been included in the Mortgage File, if a duplicate original or a photocopy of such non-delivered document or instrument (certified by the applicable public filing or recording office, the applicable title insurance company or the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller to be a true and complete copy of the original thereof submitted or to be submitted for filing or recording) is delivered to the Custodian on or before the date set forth herein, and either the original of such non-delivered document or instrument, or a photocopy thereof (certified by the appropriate county recorder’s office or the applicable title insurance company, in the case of the documents and/or instruments referred to in clause (ii) of the definition of “Mortgage File”, to be a true and complete copy of the original thereof submitted for recording), with evidence of filing or recording thereon, is delivered to the Custodian within one hundred-eighty (180) days of the Closing Date (or within such longer period, not to exceed eighteen (18) months, after the Closing Date as the Custodian shall consent to as long as the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller is, as certified in writing to the Trustee and the Custodian no less often than every ninety (90) days following such 180–day period after the Closing Date, attempting in good faith to obtain from the appropriate public filing office or county recorder’s office such original or photocopy). If the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller is required to, but cannot, deliver, or cause to be delivered, as to any Mortgage Loan, any of the documents and/or instruments referred to in clauses (ii), (iv), (vii), and (ix) (or, if applicable, a copy thereof) of the definition of “Mortgage File,” with evidence of filing or recording thereon (if intended to be recorded or filed), for any other reason, including, without limitation, that such non-delivered document or instrument has been lost or destroyed, the delivery requirements of the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and this Section 2.01(b) shall be deemed to have been satisfied as to such non-delivered document or instrument, and such non-delivered document or instrument shall be deemed to have been included in the Mortgage File, if a photocopy of such non-delivered document or instrument (with evidence of filing or recording thereon and certified in the case of the documents and/or instruments referred to in clause (ii) of the definition of “Mortgage File” by the appropriate county recorder’s office or the applicable title insurance company to be a true and complete copy of the original thereof submitted for recording) is delivered to the Custodian on or before the date set forth herein. Neither the Trustee nor any Custodian shall in any way be liable for any failure by any Mortgage Loan Seller or the Depositor to comply with the delivery requirements of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and this Section 2.01(b). If, on the Closing Date as to any Mortgage Loan, subject to the next sentence, the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller is required to, but cannot, deliver (in complete and recordable form or form suitable for filing or recording, if applicable) any one of the assignments in favor of the Trustee referred to in clause (iii), clause (v), or clause (x) of the definition of “Mortgage File” solely because of the unavailability of filing or recording information as to any existing document or instrument, such Mortgage Loan Seller may provisionally satisfy the delivery requirements of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and this Section 2.01(b) with respect to such assignment by delivering with respect to such Mortgage Loan on the Closing Date an omnibus assignment of such Mortgage Loan substantially in the form of Exhibit H; provided that all required original assignments with respect to such Mortgage Loan (in fully complete and recordable form or form suitable for filing or recording, if applicable) are delivered to the

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Custodian within one hundred-eighty (180) days after the Closing Date (or within such longer period, not to exceed eighteen (18) months, which the Custodian shall consent to so long as the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller is, as certified in writing to the Trustee and the Custodian no less often than every ninety (90) days following such 180–day period after the Closing Date, attempting in good faith to obtain from the appropriate public filing office or county recorder’s office the applicable filing or recording information as to the related document or instrument); and provided, further, that in the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the delivery of any such assignments shall be subject to clause (e) and clause (f) of the first proviso to the definition of “Mortgage File” herein. As to any Mortgage Loan, the related Mortgage Loan Seller or its agent is responsible for recording or filing, as applicable, any one of the assignments in favor of the Trustee referred to in clause (iii), clause (v), or clause (x) of the definition of “Mortgage File”, and such Mortgage Loan Seller may provisionally satisfy the delivery requirements of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and this Section 2.01(b) with respect to such assignment by delivering to the Custodian with respect to such Mortgage Loan on the Closing Date a copy of such assignment in the form sent for recording or filing or (except for recording or filing information not yet available) to be sent for recording or filing; provided that an original or copy of such assignment (with evidence of recording or filing, as applicable, indicated thereon) shall be delivered to the Custodian as contemplated by Section 2.01(c) of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to the delivery of a letter of credit in the manner described in clause (A) of clause (xii) of the definition of “Mortgage File”, the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller shall be deemed to have satisfied the delivery requirements of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and this Section 2.01(b) by delivering to the Custodian within ten (10) Business Days following the Closing Date with respect to any such letter(s) of credit a copy of such letter of credit, the transfer documentation and such transmittal communication to the issuing bank indicating that such document has been delivered to the issuing bank for reissuance. If a letter of credit is not in a form that would allow the applicable Master Servicer to draw on such letter of credit on behalf of the Trust in accordance with the applicable terms thereof and/or of the related Mortgage Loan documents, the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller shall deliver copies of the appropriate transfer or assignment documents to the Custodian promptly following receipt of written notification thereof. If not otherwise paid by the related Mortgagor, the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller shall pay any transfer fee required in order to transfer the beneficiary’s interest from such Mortgage Loan Seller to the applicable Master Servicer on behalf of the Trust as required hereunder and shall cooperate with the reasonable requests of the applicable Master Servicer in connection with effectuating a draw under any such letter of credit prior to the date such letter of credit is reissued to the applicable Master Servicer on behalf of the Trust. Regardless of the manner of delivery, the related Mortgage Loan Seller is required pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement to indemnify the Trust for any liabilities, charges, costs, fees or other expenses accruing from the failure of such Mortgage Loan Seller to assign all rights in and to the letter of credit hereunder including the right and power to draw on the letter of credit.

(c)               Except in the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the related Mortgage Loan Seller is required at its sole cost and expense, to itself, or to engage a third party to, put each Assignment of Mortgage, each assignment of Assignment of Leases and each assignment of each UCC Financing Statement (collectively, the “Assignments” and, individually, “Assignment”) relating to the Mortgage Loans conveyed by it under the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement in proper form for filing or recording, as applicable, and to submit such Assignments for filing or recording, as the case may be, in the applicable public filing or recording office. On

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the Closing Date, the Mortgage Loan Sellers may deliver one (1) omnibus assignment for all such Mortgage Loans substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto to the Custodian as provided in Section 2.01(b). Except under the circumstances provided for in the last sentence of this Section 2.01(c) and except in the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the related Mortgage Loan Seller will itself, or a third party at such Mortgage Loan Seller’s expense will, promptly (and in any event within one hundred-twenty (120) days after the later of the Closing Date and the related Mortgage Loan Seller’s actual receipt of the related documents and the necessary recording and filing information) cause to be submitted for recording or filing, as the case may be, in the appropriate public office for real property records or UCC Financing Statements, as appropriate, each Assignment. Each such Assignment submitted for recording shall reflect that it (or a file copy thereof in the case of a UCC Assignment) should be returned by the public recording office to the Custodian or its designee following recording or filing (or to the related Mortgage Loan Seller or its agent who will then be responsible for delivery of the same to the Custodian or its designee). Any such Assignment received by the Custodian shall be promptly included in the related Mortgage File and be deemed a part thereof, and any such Assignment received by the related Mortgage Loan Seller or its agent shall be required to be delivered to the Custodian to be included as part of the related Mortgage File within thirty (30) days after receipt. If any such document or instrument is determined to be incomplete or not to meet the recording or filing requirements of the jurisdiction in which it is to be recorded or filed, or is lost by the public office or returned unrecorded or unfiled, as the case may be, because of a defect therein, on or about one hundred-eighty (180) days after the Closing Date, the related Mortgage Loan Seller or its designee shall prepare, at its own expense, a substitute therefor or cure such defect, as the case may be, and thereafter the related Mortgage Loan Seller or its designee shall, at the expense of such Mortgage Loan Seller, upon receipt thereof cause the same to be duly recorded or filed, as appropriate. If, by the first anniversary of the Closing Date, the Custodian has not received confirmation of the recording or filing as the case may be, of any such Assignment, it shall so advise the related Mortgage Loan Seller who may then pursue such confirmation itself or request that the Custodian pursue such confirmation at the related Mortgage Loan Seller’s expense, and upon such a request and provision for payment of such expenses satisfactory to the Custodian, the Custodian, at the expense of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller, shall cause a search of the land records of each applicable jurisdiction and of the records of the offices of the applicable Secretary of State for confirmation that the Assignment appears in such records and retain a copy of such confirmation in the related Mortgage File. In the event that confirmation of the recording or filing of an Assignment cannot be obtained, the Custodian or the related Mortgage Loan Seller, as applicable, shall promptly inform the other and the Custodian shall provide such Mortgage Loan Seller with a copy of the Assignment and request the preparation of a new Assignment. The related Mortgage Loan Seller shall pay the expenses for the preparation of replacement Assignments for any Assignments which, having been properly submitted for filing or recording to the appropriate governmental office by the Custodian, fail to appear of record and must be resubmitted. Notwithstanding the foregoing, there shall be no requirement to record any assignment to the Trustee referred to in clause (iii) or (v) of the definition of “Mortgage File,” or to file any UCC-3 to the Trustee referred to in clause (ix) of the definition of “Mortgage File,” in those jurisdictions where, in the written opinion of local counsel (which opinion shall be an expense of the related Mortgage Loan Seller) acceptable to the Depositor and the Trustee, such recordation and/or filing is not required to protect the Trustee’s interest in the related Mortgage Loan against sale, further

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assignment, satisfaction or discharge by the related Mortgage Loan Seller, the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer, any Sub-Servicer or the Depositor.

(d)               All documents and records in the Depositor’s or the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller’s possession relating to the Mortgage Loans (including, in the case of such Mortgage Loan Seller, and except in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Non-Serviced Whole Loan, originals or copies of all financial statements, operating statements, appraisals, environmental reports, engineering reports, Insurance Policies, certificates, guaranty/indemnity agreements, property inspection reports, escrow analysis, tax bills, third-party management agreements, asset summary and financial information on the borrower/sponsor and any guarantor, but in any case excluding the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller’s internal communications (including such communications between such Mortgage Loan Seller and its Affiliates) and underwriting analysis (including documents prepared by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller or any of its Affiliates for such purposes), draft documents, attorney-client communications that are privileged communications or constitute legal or other due diligence analyses and credit underwriting or due diligence analyses or data) that (i) are not required to be a part of a Mortgage File in accordance with the definition thereof and (ii) are reasonably necessary for the servicing of each such Mortgage Loan, together with copies of all documents in each Mortgage File, shall be delivered by the Depositor or the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller to the applicable Master Servicer within five (5) Business Days after the Closing Date and shall be held by such Master Servicer on behalf of the Trustee in trust for the benefit of the Certificateholders (and as Holder of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests) and, if applicable, on behalf of the related Companion Holder; provided, that with respect to the Mortgage File, if any document required to be contained therein is not available on the date that is five (5) Business Days after the Closing Date, such document shall be delivered to the applicable Master Servicer on or before the date such document is required to be delivered to the Custodian pursuant to Section 2.01(b). Such documents and records shall be any documents and records (with the exception of any items excluded under the immediately preceding sentence) that would otherwise be a part of the Servicing File.

(e)               In connection with the Depositor’s assignment pursuant to subsection (a) above, the Depositor shall deliver to the Trustee and the applicable Master Servicer, on or before two (2) Business Days after the Closing Date, a fully executed original counterpart of each of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements, as in full force and effect, without amendment or modification, on the Closing Date.

(f)                The Depositor shall use its reasonable best efforts to require that, promptly after the Closing Date, but in all events within three (3) Business Days after the Closing Date, each of the Mortgage Loan Sellers shall cause all funds on deposit in escrow accounts maintained with respect to the Serviced Mortgage Loans transferred by such Mortgage Loan Seller, whether such accounts are held in the name of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller or any other name to be transferred to the applicable Master Servicer (or a Sub-Servicer) for deposit into Servicing Accounts.

(g)               With respect to the Mortgage Loans secured by the Mortgaged Properties identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as “Renaissance Charlotte SouthPark Hotel” and “Staybridge Suites Hillsboro – Orenco Station”, which are each subject to a franchise agreement with a related comfort letter in favor of the respective Mortgage Loan Seller that requires notice

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to or request of the related franchisor to transfer or assign any related comfort letter to the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders or otherwise have a new comfort letter (or any such new document or acknowledgement as may be contemplated under the existing comfort letter) issued in the name of the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders, the related Mortgage Loan Seller or its designee shall provide any such required notice or make any such required request to the related franchisor (with a copy of such notice or request to the applicable Master Servicer) within forty-five (45) days of the Closing Date (or any shorter period if required by the applicable comfort letter), and the applicable Master Servicer shall use reasonable efforts in accordance with the Servicing Standard to acquire such replacement comfort letter, if necessary (or to acquire any such new document or acknowledgement as may be contemplated under the existing comfort letter). If the applicable Master Servicer is unable to acquire any such replacement comfort letter (or new document or acknowledgement, as applicable) within one hundred-twenty (120) days of the Closing Date, such Master Servicer shall notify the related Mortgage Loan Seller that no such replacement comfort letter has been received.

(h)               Each Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement shall provide that within sixty (60) days after the Closing Date, each Mortgage Loan Seller shall deliver or cause to be delivered the Diligence Files for each of its Mortgage Loans to the Depositor by uploading such Diligence Files to the Designated Site. Promptly upon completion of such delivery of the Diligence Files (but in no event later than sixty (60) days after the Closing Date), the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller shall provide the Depositor a certificate (with a copy (which may be sent by e-mail) to each of the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Directing Certificateholder, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Operating Advisor) certifying that the electronic copies of the documents and information uploaded to the Designated Site constitute all documents and information required under the definition of “Diligence File” and such Diligence Files are organized and categorized in accordance with the electronic file structure reasonably agreed to by the Depositor and the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller (the “Diligence File Certification”).

(i)                 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, (i) with respect to a Joint Mortgage Loan, the obligations of each of the applicable Mortgage Loan Sellers to deliver a Mortgage Note (and any related allonge or assignment) to the Custodian shall be limited to delivery of only the Mortgage Note (and any related allonge or assignment) held by such party to the Custodian. With respect to a Joint Mortgage Loan that is serviced under this Agreement, the obligations of the applicable Mortgage Loan Sellers to deliver the remaining portion of the related Mortgage File or any document required to be delivered with respect thereto shall be joint and several, provided that either of the applicable Mortgage Loan Sellers may deliver one Mortgage File or one of any other document required to be delivered with respect to such Mortgage Loan hereunder and such delivery shall satisfy such delivery requirements for each of the applicable Mortgage Loan Sellers.

(j)                 Within five (5) Business Days of the Closing Date, the Depositor shall deliver in EDGAR-Compatible Format and Excel format to each Master Servicer via email to ssreports@wellsfargo.com the Initial Schedule AL File covering all of the Mortgage Loans, the Initial Schedule AL Additional File covering all of the Mortgage Loans and the Annex A-1 to the Prospectus.

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(k)               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2.01 or in Section 2.02, in connection with each Servicing Shift Whole Loan, (1) instruments of assignment to the Trustee may be in blank and need not be recorded pursuant to this Agreement (other than the endorsements to the note(s) evidencing the related Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan) until the earlier of (i) the Servicing Shift Securitization Date, in which case such instruments shall be assigned and recorded in accordance with the related Non-Serviced PSA, (ii) the Servicing Shift Whole Loan becoming a Specially Serviced Loan prior to the Servicing Shift Securitization Date and (iii) 180 days after the Closing Date, in which case assignments and recordations shall be effected in accordance with this Section 2.01 until the occurrence, if any, of the Servicing Shift Securitization Date, (2) no letter of credit need be amended (including, without limitation, to change the beneficiary thereon) until the earliest of (i) the Servicing Shift Securitization Date, in which case such amendment shall be in accordance with the related Non-Serviced PSA, (ii) the Servicing Shift Whole Loan becoming a Specially Serviced Loan prior to the Servicing Shift Securitization Date in which case such amendment shall be effected in accordance with the terms of this Section 2.01 and (iii) the earlier of (A) 180 days after the Closing Date and (B) any such time as any such letter of credit is required to be drawn upon by the applicable Master Servicer in which case such amendment shall be effected in accordance with the terms of this Section 2.01, and (3) on and following the Servicing Shift Securitization Date, the Person selling the related Servicing Shift Lead Note to the related Non-Serviced Depositor, at its own expense, shall be (a) entitled to direct in writing, which may be conclusively relied upon by the Custodian, the Custodian to deliver the originals of all the Mortgage Loan documents relating to the Servicing Shift Whole Loan in its possession (other than the original note(s) evidencing the Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan) to the related Non-Serviced Trustee or the related Non-Serviced Custodian, (b) if the right under clause (a) is exercised, required to cause the retention by or delivery to the Custodian of photocopies of Mortgage Loan documents related to the Servicing Shift Whole Loan so delivered to such Non-Serviced Trustee or such Non-Serviced Custodian, (c) entitled to cause the completion (or, in the event of a recordation as contemplated by clause (1)(ii) of this paragraph, the preparation, execution and delivery) and recordation of instruments of assignment in the name of the related Non-Serviced Trustee or related Non-Serviced Custodian, (d) if the right under clause (c) is exercised, required to deliver to the Trustee or Custodian photocopies of any instruments of assignment so completed and recorded, and (e) entitled to require the applicable Master Servicer to transfer, and to cooperate with all reasonable requests in connection with the transfer of, the Servicing File, and any Escrow Payments, reserve funds and items specified in clauses (x) and (xii) of the definition of “Mortgage File” for the Servicing Shift Whole Loan to the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer.

Section 2.02        Acceptance by Trustee. (a) The Trustee, by the execution and delivery of this Agreement (1) acknowledges receipt by it or the Custodian on its behalf, subject to the provisions of Section 2.01, in good faith and without notice of any adverse claim, of the applicable documents specified in clause (i) of the definition of “Mortgage File” with respect to each Mortgage Loan and of all other assets included in the Trust Fund and (2) declares (a) that it or the Custodian on its behalf holds and will hold such documents and the other documents delivered or caused to be delivered by the Mortgage Loan Sellers that constitute the Mortgage Files in the name of the Trust for the benefit of all present and future Certificateholders and Serviced Companion Noteholders, as applicable, and (b) that it holds and will hold such other assets included in the Trust Fund, in trust for the exclusive use and benefit of all present and future Certificateholders (and for the benefit of the Trustee as holder of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests),

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as applicable. If any Mortgage Loan Seller is unable to deliver or cause the delivery of any original Mortgage Note, such Mortgage Loan Seller may deliver a copy of such Mortgage Note, together with a signed lost note affidavit and appropriate indemnity and shall thereby be deemed to have satisfied the document delivery requirements of Section 2.01 and of this Section 2.02.

(b)               Within sixty (60) days after the Closing Date (or with respect to a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan within sixty (60) days after the Due Date in the month of substitution), the Custodian, shall review the Mortgage Loan documents delivered or caused to be delivered by the Mortgage Loan Sellers constituting the Mortgage Files; and, promptly following such review (but in no event later than sixty (60) days after the Closing Date), the Custodian shall, in the form attached as Exhibit Q, certify in writing to the Depositor, each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Directing Certificateholder (so long as no Consultation Termination Event shall have occurred and be continuing and only with respect to Mortgage Loans other than any Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class), the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Operating Advisor and the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller (as to each Mortgage Loan listed in the Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than any Mortgage Loan paid in full)) that, except as specifically identified in any exception report annexed to such writing (the “Custodial Exception Report”), (i) subject to the first proviso of the definition of “Mortgage File” herein and Section 2.01, all documents specified in clauses (i) through (v), (viii), (ix), (xi), (xii) and (xiii), if any, of the definition of “Mortgage File”, as applicable, are in its possession, (ii) the foregoing documents delivered or caused to be delivered by the Mortgage Loan Sellers have been reviewed by the Custodian and appear regular on their face and appear to be executed and to relate to such Mortgage Loan, and (iii) based on such examination and only as to the foregoing documents, the information set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule with respect to the items specified in clauses (vii) and (viii) in the definition of “Mortgage Loan Schedule” is correct. With respect to each Mortgage Loan listed on the Custodial Exception Report, the Custodian shall specifically identify such Mortgage Loan together with the nature of such exception (in the form reasonably acceptable to the Custodian and the related Mortgage Loan Seller and separating items required to be in the Mortgage File but never delivered from items which were delivered by the related Mortgage Loan Seller but are out for filing or recording and have not been returned by the filing office or the recorder’s office).

(c)               The Custodian shall review the Mortgage Loan documents received subsequent to the Closing Date; and, on or about the first anniversary of the Closing Date, the Custodian shall, in the form attached as Exhibit Q, certify in writing to each of the Depositor, each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Directing Certificateholder and the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller (as to each Mortgage Loan listed on the Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than any related Mortgage Loan as to which a Liquidation Event has occurred) or any related Mortgage Loan specifically identified in any exception report annexed to such writing) that, (i) subject to the first proviso of the definition of “Mortgage File” herein and Section 2.01, all documents specified in clauses (i) through (v), (viii), (ix), (xi), (xii) and (xiii), if any, of the definition of “Mortgage File”, as applicable, are in its possession, (ii) the foregoing documents delivered or caused to be delivered by the Mortgage Loan Sellers have been reviewed by the Custodian and appear regular on their face and appear to be executed and relate to such Mortgage Loan, if applicable, and (iii) based on such examination and only as to the foregoing documents, the information set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule with

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respect to the items specified in clauses (vii) and (viii) in the definition of “Mortgage Loan Schedule” is correct.

(d)               Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 2.02 and Section 2.03(b) to the contrary, in the case of a Material Defect in any of the documents specified in clauses (ii) through (v), (vii), (viii) and (ix) in the definition of “Mortgage File”, which Material Defect results solely from a delay in the return of the related documents from the applicable filing or recording office and gives rise to a repurchase or substitution obligation on the part of the related Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to the subject Mortgage Loan pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the Directing Certificateholder, in its sole judgment, may (other than with respect to any Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class and, with respect to any other Mortgage Loan, only prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event), and the applicable Special Servicer may, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event, permit the related Mortgage Loan Seller in lieu of repurchasing or substituting for the related Mortgage Loan, to deposit with the applicable Master Servicer an amount, to be held in trust in a segregated Eligible Account (which may be a sub-account of the Collection Account), equal to 25% of the Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan (in the alternative, the related Mortgage Loan Seller may deliver to the applicable Master Servicer a letter of credit in such amount, with a copy to the Custodian). Such funds or letter of credit, as applicable, shall be held by the applicable Master Servicer (i) until the date on which the Custodian determines and notifies such Master Servicer that such Material Defect has been cured or the related Mortgage Loan is no longer part of the Trust Fund, at which time such Master Servicer shall return such funds (or letter of credit) to the related Mortgage Loan Seller, or (ii) until same are applied to the Purchase Price (or the Substitution Shortfall Amount, if applicable) as set forth below in this Section 2.02(d) in the event of a repurchase or substitution by the related Mortgage Loan Seller. Notwithstanding the two (2) immediately preceding sentences, if the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer certifies to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Custodian that it has determined in the exercise of its reasonable judgment that the document with respect to which such Material Defect exists is required in connection with an imminent enforcement of the mortgagee’s rights or remedies under the related Mortgage Loan, defending any claim asserted by any Mortgagor or third party with respect to the related Mortgage Loan, establishing the validity or priority of any lien on collateral securing the related Mortgage Loan or for any immediate significant servicing obligation, the related Mortgage Loan Seller shall be required to repurchase or substitute for the related Mortgage Loan in accordance with, and to the extent required by, the terms and conditions of Section 2.03(b) and Section 5 of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement; provided, however, that such Mortgage Loan Seller shall not be required to repurchase the Mortgage Loan for a period of ninety (90) days after receipt of a notice to repurchase (together with any applicable extension period) if it is attempting to recover the document from the applicable filing or recording office and provides an officer’s certificate setting forth what actions such Mortgage Loan Seller is pursuing in connection with such recovery. In the event of a repurchase or substitution, upon the date of such repurchase or substitution, and in the event that the related Mortgage Loan Seller has delivered a letter of credit to the applicable Master Servicer in accordance with this Section 2.02(d), such Master Servicer shall, to the extent necessary, draw on the letter of credit and deposit the proceeds of such draw, into its Collection Account to be applied to the Purchase Price (or the Substitution Shortfall Amount, if applicable, in which event, the amount of such funds or proceeds that exceed

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the Substitution Shortfall Amount shall be returned to the related Mortgage Loan Seller) in accordance with Section 2.03(b). All such funds deposited in a Collection Account shall be invested in Permitted Investments, at the direction and for the benefit of the related Mortgage Loan Seller. Such funds shall be treated as an “outside reserve fund” under the REMIC Provisions, which, together with any reimbursement from the Lower-Tier REMIC, is beneficially owned by the related Mortgage Loan Seller for federal income tax purposes, which Mortgage Loan Seller shall remain liable for any taxes payable on income or gain with respect thereto.

(e)               It is herein acknowledged that neither the Trustee nor any Custodian is under any duty or obligation (i) to determine whether any of the documents specified in clauses (vi), (vii) and (xii) through (xviii) of the definition of “Mortgage File” exist or are required to be delivered by the Depositor, the Mortgage Loan Sellers or any other Person or (ii) to inspect, review or examine any of the documents, instruments, certificates or other papers relating to the Mortgage Loans delivered to it to determine that the same are genuine, enforceable, duly authorized, sufficient to perfect and maintain the perfection of a security interest or appropriate for the represented purpose or that they are other than what they purport to be on their face and, with respect to the documents specified in clause (viii) of the definition of the “Mortgage File”, whether the insurance is effective as of the date of the recordation, whether all endorsements or riders issued are included in the file or if the policy has not been issued whether any acceptable replacement document has been dated the date of the related Mortgage Loan funding. Further, with respect to the UCC Financing Statements referenced in the Mortgage File, absent actual knowledge to the contrary or copies of UCC Financing Statements delivered to the Custodian as part of the Mortgage File indicating otherwise, the Custodian may assume, for the purposes of the filings and the certification to be delivered in accordance with this Section 2.02 that the related Mortgage File should include one (1) state level UCC Financing Statement filing for each Mortgaged Property (or with respect to any Mortgage Loan that has two (2) or more Mortgagors, for each Mortgagor, except to the extent multiple Mortgagors are named as debtors in the same UCC Financing Statement filing), or if the Custodian has received notice that a particular UCC Financing Statement was filed as a fixture filing, that the related Mortgage File should include only a local UCC Financing Statement filing for each Mortgaged Property (or with respect to any Mortgage Loan that has two (2) or more Mortgagors, for each Mortgagor, except to the extent multiple Mortgagors are named as debtors in the same UCC Financing Statement filing). The assignments of the UCC Financing Statements to be assigned to the Trust will be delivered on the national forms (or on such other form as may be acceptable for filing or recording in the applicable jurisdiction) and in a format suitable for filing or recording, as applicable, and will be filed or recorded in the jurisdiction(s) where such UCC Financing Statements were originally filed or recorded, as indicated in the documents provided, and in accordance with then-current laws.

(f)                If, in the process of reviewing the Mortgage Files or at any time thereafter, the Custodian finds any document or documents constituting a part of a Mortgage File and required to be delivered or caused to be delivered by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller (1) not to have been properly executed, (2) subject to the timing requirements of Sections 2.01(b) and 2.01(c), not to have been delivered, (3) to contain information that does not conform in any material respect with the corresponding information set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule or (4) to be defective on its face (each, a “Defect” in the related Mortgage File), the Custodian shall promptly so notify the Depositor, the Trustee, the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Directing Certificateholder, the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller

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(and in no event later than ninety (90) days after the Closing Date and every calendar quarter thereafter until all Defects are corrected) by providing a Custodial Exception Report setting forth for each affected Mortgage Loan, with particularity, the nature of such Defect (in a form reasonably acceptable to the Custodian and such Mortgage Loan Seller and separating items required to be in the Mortgage File but never delivered from items which were delivered by such Mortgage Loan Seller but are out for recording or filing and have not been returned by the recorder’s office or filing office).

(g)               If a Master Servicer or a Special Servicer (i) receives a Repurchase Request or any other request or demand from any Person for a Mortgage Loan Seller to repurchase or replace a Mortgage Loan because of an alleged Defect or Breach (together with a Repurchase Request, a “15Ga-1 Repurchase Request”) (such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as applicable, to the extent it receives such 15Ga-1 Repurchase Request, the “Repurchase Request Recipient” with respect to such 15Ga-1 Repurchase Request); or (ii) receives any withdrawal of a 15Ga-1 Repurchase Request by the Person making such 15Ga-1 Repurchase Request or any rejection of a 15Ga-1 Repurchase Request (or such 15Ga-1 Repurchase Request is forwarded to the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer by another party hereto), then the Repurchase Request Recipient shall deliver notice (which may be by electronic format so long as a “backup” hard copy of such notice is also delivered on or prior to the next Business Day) of such 15Ga-1 Repurchase Request or withdrawal or rejection of a 15Ga-1 Repurchase Request (each, a “15Ga-1 Notice”) to the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller (other than in the case of a rejection by such Mortgage Loan Seller) and the Depositor, in each case within ten (10) Business Days from such Repurchase Request Recipient’s receipt thereof.

Each 15Ga-1 Notice shall include (i) the identity of the related Mortgage Loan, (ii) the date the 15Ga-1 Repurchase Request is received by the Repurchase Request Recipient or the date any withdrawal of the 15Ga-1 Repurchase Request is received by the Repurchase Request Recipient, as applicable, (iii) if known, the basis for the 15Ga-1 Repurchase Request (as asserted in the 15Ga-1 Repurchase Request), (iv) the identity of the Person making such 15Ga-1 Repurchase Request, and (v) a statement from the Repurchase Request Recipient as to whether it currently plans to pursue such 15Ga-1 Repurchase Request.

A Repurchase Request Recipient shall not be required to provide any information in a 15Ga-1 Notice protected by the attorney-client privilege or attorney work product doctrines. The Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements will provide that (i) any 15Ga-1 Notice provided pursuant to this Section 2.02(g) is so provided only to assist the Mortgage Loan Sellers and Depositor or their respective Affiliates to comply with Rule 15Ga-1 under the Exchange Act, Items 1104 and 1121 of Regulation AB and any other requirement of law or regulation and (ii) (A) no action taken by, or inaction of, a Repurchase Request Recipient and (B) no information provided pursuant to this Section 2.02(g) by a Repurchase Request Recipient, shall be deemed to constitute a waiver or defense to the exercise of any legal right the Repurchase Request Recipient may have with respect to the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, including with respect to any 15Ga-1 Repurchase Request that is the subject of a 15Ga-1 Notice.

In the event that the Depositor, the Trustee, any Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Custodian receives a 15Ga-1 Repurchase Request, such party shall promptly forward or otherwise provide

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written notice of such 15Ga-1 Repurchase Request to the applicable Master Servicer, if relating to a Non-Specially Serviced Loan, or to the applicable Special Servicer, if relating to a Specially Serviced Loan or REO Property, and include the following statement in the related correspondence: “This is a ‘15Ga-1 Repurchase Request’ under Section 2.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1 requiring action by you as the ‘Repurchase Request Recipient’ thereunder.” Upon receipt of such 15Ga-1 Repurchase Request by the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as applicable, such party shall be deemed to be the Repurchase Request Recipient in respect of such 15Ga-1 Repurchase Request, and such party shall comply with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.02(g) with respect to such 15Ga-1 Repurchase Request. In no event shall the Custodian, by virtue of this provision, be required to provide any notice other than as set forth in Section 2.02 of this Agreement in connection with its review of the Mortgage File.

If the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Custodian receives notice or has knowledge of a withdrawal or a rejection of a 15Ga-1 Repurchase Request of which notice has been previously received or given, and such notice was not received from or copied to the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, then such party shall give notice of such withdrawal or rejection to such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as applicable. Any such notice received by the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Registrar, Operating Advisor, Asset Representations Reviewer or the Custodian shall also be provided to the Depositor and, in the case of a withdrawal notice, to the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller.

In the event that a Mortgage Loan is repurchased or replaced pursuant to Section 2.03 of this Agreement, the applicable Master Servicer (with respect to Non-Specially Serviced Loans) or the applicable Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans) shall promptly notify the Depositor of such repurchase or replacement.

(h)               The parties hereto acknowledge the obligation of each Mortgage Loan Seller pursuant to Section 2(c) of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement to deliver, on or prior to the fifth (5th) Business Day after the Closing Date, at its expense, to the Custodian five (5) originals of limited powers of attorney substantially in the form attached as Exhibit F thereto in favor of the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) and the applicable Special Servicer to empower the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) and, in the event of the failure or incapacity of the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee), the applicable Special Servicer, to sign and/or deliver to a third party for submission, or to cause the Custodian to sign and/or deliver to a third party for submission, at the expense of the related Mortgage Loan Seller, any mortgage loan documents required to be recorded as described in Section 2.01 of this Agreement and any intervening assignments with evidence of recording thereon that are required to be included in the Mortgage Files (so long as original counterparts have previously been delivered to the Trustee (or the Custodian on its behalf)); provided, that if the Mortgage Loan Seller fails to promptly pay the applicable Special Servicer or Custodian the expenses associated with recording documents as provided in this sentence, then such expenses shall be payable out of the Trust (it being understood for the avoidance of doubt that the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller will nonetheless remain responsible for reimbursing the Trust for such expenses). Neither the applicable Special Servicer nor the Custodian shall be liable for any failure of such third party in connection with the foregoing,

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so long as the third party was chosen with due care (in the case of the Custodian) or in accordance with the Servicing Standard (in the case of the applicable Special Servicer). Each Mortgage Loan Seller has agreed to reasonably cooperate with the Custodian, the Trustee and the applicable Special Servicer in connection with any additional powers of attorney or revisions thereto that are requested by such parties for purposes of such recordation. The parties hereto agree that no such power of attorney shall be used with respect to any Mortgage Loan by or under authorization by any party hereto except to the extent that the absence of a document described in the second preceding sentence with respect to such Mortgage Loan remains unremedied as of the earlier of (i) the date that is one hundred eighty (180) days following the delivery of notice of such absence to the Mortgage Loan Seller, but in no event earlier than eighteen (18) months from the Closing Date, and (ii) the date (if any) on which such Mortgage Loan becomes a Specially Serviced Loan. The Custodian or the applicable Special Servicer, as applicable, shall submit such documents for recording, at the related Mortgage Loan Seller’s expense, after the periods set forth above, provided, the Custodian or the applicable Special Servicer, as applicable, shall not submit such assignments for recording if the related Mortgage Loan Seller produces evidence that it or a third-party on its behalf has sent any such assignment for recording and certifies that such Mortgage Loan Seller is awaiting its return from the applicable recording office.

Section 2.03        Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Depositor; Mortgage Loan Sellers’ Repurchase or Substitution of Mortgage Loans for Defects in Mortgage Files and Breaches of Representations and Warranties. (a) The Depositor hereby represents and warrants that:

(i)                                 The Depositor is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and the Depositor has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by it, and has the power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and all the transactions contemplated hereby, including, but not limited to, the power and authority to sell, assign and transfer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with this Agreement;

(ii)                                 Assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement by each other party hereto, this Agreement and all of the obligations of the Depositor hereunder are the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Depositor, enforceable against the Depositor in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, except as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);

(iii)                             The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance of its obligations hereunder by the Depositor will not conflict with any provisions of any law or regulations to which the Depositor is subject, or conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute a default under any of the terms, conditions or provisions of the certificate of incorporation or the by-laws of the Depositor or any indenture, agreement or instrument to which the Depositor is a party or by which it is bound, or any order or decree applicable to the Depositor, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien on any of the Depositor’s

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assets or property, which would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Depositor to carry out the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; the Depositor has obtained any consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency or body required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Depositor of this Agreement;

(iv)                            There is no action, suit or proceeding pending or, to the Depositor’s knowledge, threatened against the Depositor in any court or by or before any other governmental agency or instrumentality which would materially and adversely affect the validity of the Mortgage Loans or the ability of the Depositor to carry out the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and

(v)                               The Depositor is the lawful owner of the Mortgage Loans with the full right to transfer the Mortgage Loans to the Trust, and the Mortgage Loans have been validly transferred to the Trust.

(b)                               After receipt of a Repurchase Request, the Enforcing Servicer shall request in writing that the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller, not later than ninety (90) days after (i) except in the case of the succeeding clause (ii), the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller’s receipt of such notice of such Repurchase Request or, if earlier, such Mortgage Loan Seller’s discovery of such Material Defect or (ii) in the case of a Material Defect relating to a Mortgage Loan not being a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, but without regard to the rule of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(f)(2) that causes a defective Mortgage Loan to be treated as a qualified mortgage, the earlier of (x) discovery by the related Mortgage Loan Seller or any party to this Agreement of such Material Defect and (y) receipt of notice of the Material Defect from any party to this Agreement (such ninety (90) day period, the “Initial Cure Period”), (A) cure such Material Defect in all material respects, at such Mortgage Loan Seller’s own expense, including reimbursement of any related reasonable additional expenses of the Trust reasonably incurred by any party to this Agreement, (B) repurchase the affected Mortgage Loan or successor REO Loan (but excluding any related Companion Loan) (or, in the case of a Joint Mortgage Loan, the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller Percentage Interest thereof), at the applicable Purchase Price and in conformity with the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and this Agreement or (C) substitute a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan (other than with respect to the Whole Loans, for which no substitution will be permitted) for such affected Mortgage Loan or REO Loan (provided that in no event shall any such substitution occur on or after the second anniversary of the Closing Date) and pay the applicable Master Servicer for deposit into the applicable Collection Account, any Substitution Shortfall Amount in connection therewith and in conformity with the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and this Agreement; provided, however, that except with respect to a Material Defect resulting solely from the failure by the Mortgage Loan Seller to deliver to the Trustee or Custodian the actual policy of lender’s title insurance required pursuant to clause (viii) of the definition of “Mortgage File” by a date not later than eighteen (18) months following the Closing Date, if such Material Defect is capable of being cured but is not cured within the Initial Cure Period, and the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller has commenced and is diligently proceeding with the cure of such Material Defect within the Initial Cure Period, the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller shall have an additional ninety (90) days commencing immediately upon the expiration of the Initial Cure Period (such additional ninety (90) day period, the “Extended Cure Period”) to complete such cure (or, failing such cure, to repurchase the related Mortgage Loan or successor REO Loan (but excluding any related

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Companion Loan) (or, in the case of a Joint Mortgage Loan, the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller Percentage Interest thereof), or substitute a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan (other than with respect to the Whole Loans, for which no substitution will be permitted)); provided, further, that with respect to such Extended Cure Period the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller shall have delivered an officer’s certificate to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator (who shall promptly deliver a copy of such officer’s certificate to the 17g-5 Information Provider), the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and (with respect to any Mortgage Loan other than an Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event) the Directing Certificateholder, setting forth the reason such Material Defect is not capable of being cured within the Initial Cure Period and what actions the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller is pursuing in connection with the cure thereof and stating that the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller anticipates that such Material Defect will be cured within the Extended Cure Period; and provided, further, that, if any such Material Defect is not cured after the Initial Cure Period and any such Extended Cure Period solely due to the failure of the related Mortgage Loan Seller to have received the recorded document, then such Mortgage Loan Seller shall be entitled to continue to defer its cure, repurchase and/or substitution obligations in respect of such Material Defect until eighteen (18) months after the Closing Date for so long as such Mortgage Loan Seller certifies to the Trustee, the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer, the Directing Certificateholder (prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event) and the Certificate Administrator no less than every ninety (90) days, beginning at the end of such Extended Cure Period, that such Material Defect is still in effect solely because of its failure to have received the recorded document and that such Mortgage Loan Seller is diligently pursuing the cure of such Material Defect (specifying the actions being taken). Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Defect or Breach which causes any Mortgage Loan not to be a “qualified mortgage” (within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, but without regard to the rule of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(f)(2) that causes a defective Mortgage Loan to be treated as a qualified mortgage) shall be deemed to materially and adversely affect the interests of Certificateholders therein, and (subject to the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller’s right to cure such Defect or Breach during the Initial Cure Period) such Mortgage Loan shall be repurchased or substituted for without regard to the Extended Cure Period described in the preceding sentence. If the affected Mortgage Loan is to be repurchased, the funds in the amount of the Purchase Price remitted by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller are to be remitted by wire transfer to the applicable Master Servicer for deposit into the applicable Collection Account. In the event the Special Servicer is required to enforce the Repurchase Request related to a Non-Specially Serviced Loan under this Section 2.03(b), within five (5) days of request by the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer shall deliver to the Special Servicer a copy of the Servicing File with respect to any such Non-Specially Serviced Loan.

If a Mortgage Loan Seller, in connection with a Material Defect (or an allegation of a Material Defect) pertaining to a Mortgage Loan, makes a cash payment pursuant to an agreement or a settlement between the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller and the Enforcing Servicer on behalf of the Trust (and, for so long as no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing and in respect of any Mortgage Loan that is not an Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, in either case, with the consent of the Directing Certificateholder) (each such payment, a “Loss of Value Payment”) with respect to such Mortgage Loan, the amount of such Loss of Value Payment shall

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be deposited into the Loss of Value Reserve Fund to be applied in accordance with Section 3.05(g) of this Agreement. In connection with any Loss of Value Payment with respect to any Non-Specially Serviced Loan, the applicable Master Servicer shall promptly provide the applicable Special Servicer, but in any event within the time frames and in the manner provided in Section 3.19 (as if such Mortgage Loan were subject to a Servicing Transfer Event), with the Servicing File and all information, documents and records relating to such Non-Specially Serviced Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan, either in the applicable Master Servicer’s possession or otherwise reasonably available to the applicable Master Servicer, and reasonably required by the applicable Special Servicer to permit the applicable Special Servicer to calculate the Loss of Value Payment, to the extent set forth in Section 3.19 (as if such Mortgage Loan were subject to a Servicing Transfer Event). The Loss of Value Payment shall include the portion of any Liquidation Fees payable to the applicable Special Servicer in respect of such Loss of Value Payment and the portion of fees of the Asset Representations Reviewer attributable to the Asset Review of such Mortgage Loan (or, in the case of a Joint Mortgage Loan, the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller Percentage Interest thereof) and not previously paid by the Mortgage Loan Seller. If such Loss of Value Payment is made, the Loss of Value Payment shall serve as the sole remedy available to the Certificateholders and the Trustee on their behalf regarding any such Material Defect in lieu of any obligation of the Mortgage Loan Seller to otherwise cure such Material Defect or repurchase or substitute for the affected Mortgage Loan based on such Material Defect under any circumstances. This paragraph is intended to apply only to a mutual agreement or settlement between the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller and the Enforcing Servicer on behalf of the Trust, provided that (i) prior to any such agreement or settlement nothing in this paragraph shall preclude the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Enforcing Servicer from exercising any of its rights related to a Material Defect in the manner and timing set forth in the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or this Section 2.03 (excluding this paragraph) (including any right to cure, repurchase or substitute for (or make a Loss of Value Payment with respect to) such Mortgage Loan), (ii) such Loss of Value Payment shall not be greater than the Purchase Price of the affected Mortgage Loan; and (iii) a Material Defect as a result of a Mortgage Loan not constituting a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code (but without regard to the rule of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(f)(2) that causes a defective Mortgage Loan to be treated as a qualified mortgage) may not be cured by a Loss of Value Payment.

If any Breach that constitutes a Material Defect pertains to a representation or warranty that the related Mortgage Loan documents or any particular Mortgage Loan document requires the related Mortgagor to bear the costs and expenses associated with any particular action or matter under such Mortgage Loan document(s), then the related Mortgage Loan Seller may cure such Breach within the applicable cure period (as the same may be extended) by reimbursing the Trust (by wire transfer of immediately available funds) for (i) the reasonable amount of any such costs and expenses incurred by the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee or the Trust that are incurred as a result of such Breach and have not been reimbursed by the related Mortgagor and (ii) the amount of any fees payable by the related Mortgage Loan Seller to the Asset Representations Reviewer to the extent not previously paid by such Mortgage Loan Seller to the Asset Representations Reviewer attributable to the Asset Review of such Mortgage Loan; provided that if the Breach relates to a Joint Mortgage Loan, each Mortgage Loan Seller shall only be responsible for its Mortgage Loan Seller Percentage Interest of all such costs and expenses unless such Breach relates solely to the Mortgage Note sold by such Mortgage Loan Seller. Except as provided in the proviso to the immediately preceding sentence,

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the related Mortgage Loan Seller shall remit the amount of such costs and expenses to the Enforcing Servicer for disbursement to the applicable Persons and, upon its making such remittance, the related Mortgage Loan Seller shall be deemed to have cured such Breach in all respects. To the extent any fees or expenses that are the subject of a cure by the related Mortgage Loan Seller are subsequently obtained from the related Mortgagor, the portion of the cure payment made by the related Mortgage Loan Seller equal to such fees or expenses obtained from the related Mortgagor shall promptly be returned to the related Mortgage Loan Seller. Periodic Payments due with respect to each Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan (if any) after the related Due Date in the month of substitution, and Periodic Payments due with respect to each Mortgage Loan being repurchased or replaced after the related Cut-off Date and received by the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer on behalf of the Trust on or prior to the related date of repurchase or substitution, shall be part of the Trust Fund. Periodic Payments due with respect to each Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan (if any) on or prior to the related Due Date in the month of substitution, and Periodic Payments due with respect to each Mortgage Loan being repurchased or replaced and received by the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer on behalf of the Trust after the related date of repurchase or substitution, shall not be part of the Trust Fund and are to be remitted by such Master Servicer (or by such Special Servicer to the applicable Master Servicer who shall remit such funds) to the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller effecting the related repurchase or substitution promptly following receipt. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement or the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, a delay in either the discovery of a Material Defect or in providing notice of such Material Defect shall relieve the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller of its obligation to cure, repurchase or substitute for (or make a Loss of Value Payment with respect to) the related Mortgage Loan if (i) the related Mortgage Loan Seller did not otherwise discover or have knowledge of such Material Defect, (ii) such delay is a result of the failure by a party to the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, or this Agreement, to provide prompt notice as required by the terms of the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, or this Agreement, after such party has actual knowledge of such Material Defect (knowledge shall not be deemed to exist by reason of the Custodial Exception Report or possession of the Mortgage File) (iii) such delay precludes such Mortgage Loan Seller from curing such Material Defect and such Material Defect was otherwise curable and (iv) such Material Defect does not relate to the applicable Mortgage Loan not being a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Code Section 860G(a)(3), but without regard to the rule of Treasury regulations Section 1.860G-2(f)(2) that causes a defective obligation to be treated as a qualified mortgage. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Mortgage Loan is not secured by a Mortgaged Property that is, in whole or in part, a hotel or other hospitality property, restaurant (operated by a borrower), healthcare facility, nursing home, assisted living facility, self-storage facility, theater or fitness center (operated by a borrower), then the failure to deliver copies of the UCC Financing Statements with respect to such Mortgage Loan shall not be a Material Defect.

Pursuant to each Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, if there is a Material Defect with respect to one or more Mortgaged Properties with respect to a Mortgage Loan, the related Mortgage Loan Seller shall not be obligated to repurchase the Mortgage Loan (or, in the case of a Joint Mortgage Loan, the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller Percentage Interest thereof) if (i) the affected Mortgaged Property may be released pursuant to the terms of any partial release provisions in the related Mortgage Loan documents (and such Mortgaged Property is, in fact, released), (ii) the remaining Mortgaged Property(ies) satisfy the requirements, if any, set forth in the Mortgage Loan documents and the related Mortgage Loan Seller provides an opinion of

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counsel to the effect that such release in lieu of repurchase would not (A) cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or (B) result in the imposition of a tax upon any Trust REMIC or the Trust and (iii) each applicable Rating Agency has provided a Rating Agency Confirmation.

(c)               Subject to the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller’s right to cure as contemplated above in this Section 2.03, and further subject to Section 2.01(b) and Section 2.01(c), any of the following shall cause a document in the Mortgage File to be deemed to have a Material Defect: (i) the absence from the Mortgage File of the original signed Mortgage Note, unless the Mortgage File contains a signed lost note affidavit and indemnity with a copy of the Mortgage Note that appears to be regular on its face; (ii) the absence from the Mortgage File of the original signed Mortgage that appears to be regular on its face, unless there is included in the Mortgage File either a copy of the Mortgage with evidence of recording thereon or a copy of the Mortgage and a certificate from the related Mortgage Loan Seller stating that the original signed Mortgage was sent for recordation; (iii) the absence from the Mortgage File of the item called for by clause (viii) of the definition of “Mortgage File”; (iv) the absence from the Mortgage File of any intervening assignments required to create a complete chain of assignments to the Trustee on behalf of the Trust, unless there is included in the Mortgage File either a copy of the assignment with evidence of recording thereon or a copy of the intervening assignment and a certificate from the related Mortgage Loan Seller stating that the original intervening assignments were sent for filing or recordation, as applicable; (v) the absence from the Mortgage File of any required letter of credit; or (vi) with respect to any related leasehold Mortgage Loan, the absence from the related Mortgage File of a copy (or an original, if available) of the related Ground Lease; provided, however, that no Defect (except the Defects previously described in sub-clauses (i) through (vi) of this Section 2.03(c)) shall be considered to materially and adversely affect the value of the related Mortgage Loan, the value of the related Mortgaged Property or the interests of the Trustee or Certificateholders unless the document with respect to which the Defect exists is required in connection with an imminent enforcement of the mortgagee’s rights or remedies under the related Mortgage Loan, defending any claim asserted by any Mortgagor or third party with respect to the related Mortgage Loan, establishing the validity or priority of any lien on any collateral securing the related Mortgage Loan or for any immediate significant servicing obligation; provided, further, that no Defect relating to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan previously described in sub-clauses (ii) through (vi) of this Section 2.03(c) shall be considered to materially and adversely affect the value of such Mortgage Loan, the value of the related Mortgaged Property or the interests of the Trustee or Certificateholders unless the related Mortgage Loan Seller, after receipt of notice of such Defect, is unable to produce a copy of the document with respect to which the Defect exists within a reasonable period after receiving such notice or otherwise establish that the original or copy, as applicable, of such document has been delivered, in compliance with the terms of the related Non-Serviced PSA, to the custodian under the related Non-Serviced PSA. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the delivery of executed escrow instructions or a binding commitment to issue a lender’s title insurance policy, as provided in clause (viii) of the definition of “Mortgage File” herein, in lieu of the delivery of the actual policy of lender’s title insurance, shall not be considered a Material Defect with respect to any Mortgage File if such actual policy is delivered to the Custodian not later than eighteen (18) months following the Closing Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent a Mortgage Loan Seller has otherwise complied with its document delivery requirements under this Agreement and the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, in the event that the Custodian has acknowledged receipt pursuant to Section 2.02 above of a document that is part of the Mortgage File or a Mortgage Loan

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Seller can otherwise prove delivery of the document, and the Custodian subsequently loses a document, the fact that such document is lost may not be utilized as the basis for a claim of a Material Defect against a Mortgage Loan Seller pursuant to Section 5(a) of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and/or this Section 2.03 and the Custodian shall be liable for any such loss to the extent provided for in Section 8.01.

(d)               In connection with any repurchase of, or substitution of a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for a Mortgage Loan contemplated by this Section 2.03, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the applicable Master Servicer and the applicable Special Servicer shall each tender to the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller, upon delivery to each of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the applicable Master Servicer and the applicable Special Servicer of a trust receipt executed by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller evidencing such repurchase or substitution, all portions of the Mortgage File and other documents pertaining to such Mortgage Loan possessed by each of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the applicable Master Servicer and the applicable Special Servicer (other than attorney-client communications that are privileged communications), and each document that constitutes a part of the Mortgage File that was endorsed or assigned to the Trustee shall be endorsed or assigned, as the case may be to the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller in the same manner as provided in Section 5 of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and, if applicable, the definition of “Mortgage File” herein, so as to vest in such Mortgage Loan Seller the legal and beneficial ownership of such repurchased or substituted Mortgage Loan (including property acquired in respect thereof and proceeds of any insurance policy with respect thereto) and the related Mortgage Loan documents.

(e)               Section 5 of each of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements and the provisions of this Section 2.03 provide the sole remedy available to the Certificateholders (subject to the limitations on the rights of the Certificateholders under this Agreement), or the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders, the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, with respect to any Material Defect.

(f)                The Enforcing Servicer shall, for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the Trustee (as holder of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests), enforce the obligations of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller under the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement. Such enforcement, including, without limitation, the legal prosecution of claims, if any, shall be carried out in the best interest of the Certificateholders in accordance with the Servicing Standard. Any costs incurred by an applicable Master Servicer or applicable Special Servicer with respect to the enforcement of the obligations of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller under the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement shall, to the extent not recovered from the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller, be deemed to be Servicing Advances to the extent not otherwise provided for herein. The applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as applicable, shall be reimbursed for the reasonable costs of such enforcement: first, from a specific recovery, if any, of costs, expenses or attorneys’ fees against the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller; second, pursuant to Section 3.05(a)(vii) herein out of the related Purchase Price, to the extent that such expenses are a specific component thereof; and third, if at the conclusion of such enforcement action it is determined that the amounts described in clauses first and second are insufficient, then pursuant to Section 3.05(a)(vii) herein out of general collections on the Mortgage Loans on deposit in the related Collection Account. Any costs, expenses or attorneys’ fees related to a repurchase of a

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Companion Loan shall be paid pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement or pursuant to the documents related to an Other Securitization, if applicable.

(g)               If a Mortgage Loan Seller incurs any expense in connection with the curing of a Breach that constitutes a Material Defect, which also constitutes a default under the related Mortgage Loan and is reimbursable thereunder, such Mortgage Loan Seller shall have a right, and shall be subrogated to the rights of the Trustee and the Trust under the Mortgage Loan to recover the amount of such expenses from the related Mortgagor; provided, however, that such Mortgage Loan Seller’s rights pursuant to this Section 2.03(g) shall be junior, subject and subordinate to the rights of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Trust, each applicable Master Servicer and each applicable Special Servicer to recover amounts owed by the related Mortgagor under the terms of such Mortgage Loan including, without limitation, the rights to recover unreimbursed Advances, accrued and unpaid interest on Advances at the Reimbursement Rate, fees owed to each applicable Master Servicer or each applicable Special Servicer, and unpaid or unreimbursed expenses of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Trust, each applicable Master Servicer or each applicable Special Servicer allocable to such Mortgage Loan. The Enforcing Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to recover such expenses for such Mortgage Loan Seller to the extent consistent with the Servicing Standard, but taking into account the subordinate nature of the reimbursement to the related Mortgage Loan Seller; provided, however, that the Enforcing Servicer determines in the exercise of its sole discretion consistent with the Servicing Standard that such actions by it will not impair the Enforcing Servicer’s collection or recovery of principal, interest and other sums due with respect to the related Mortgage Loan that would otherwise be payable to the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Certificateholders pursuant to the terms of this Agreement; provided, further, that such Special Servicer may waive the collection of amounts due on behalf of such Mortgage Loan Seller in its sole discretion in accordance with the Servicing Standard.

(h)               If (i) any Crossed Underlying Loan is required to be repurchased or substituted for in the manner described in this Section 2.03 and (ii) the applicable Material Defect does not constitute a Material Defect as to any other Crossed Underlying Loan in the related Crossed Mortgage Loan Group (without regard to this paragraph), then the applicable Material Defect shall be deemed to constitute a Material Defect as to any other Crossed Underlying Loan in the related Crossed Mortgage Loan Group for purposes of this paragraph, and the related Mortgage Loan Seller shall repurchase or substitute for such other Crossed Underlying Loan(s) in the related Crossed Mortgage Loan Group as provided in Section 2.03(b) unless such other Crossed Underlying Loans satisfy the Crossed Underlying Loan Repurchase Criteria. In the event that the remaining Crossed Underlying Loans in such Crossed Mortgage Loan Group satisfy the Crossed Underlying Loan Repurchase Criteria, the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller may elect either to repurchase or substitute for only the affected Crossed Underlying Loan(s) as to which the related Material Defect exists or to repurchase or substitute for all of the Crossed Underlying Loans in the related Crossed Mortgage Loan Group. Any reserve or other cash collateral or letters of credit securing the Crossed Underlying Loans shall be allocated among the related Crossed Underlying Loans in accordance with the related Mortgage Loan documents or otherwise on a pro rata basis based upon their outstanding Stated Principal Balances. Except as provided in this Section 2.03(h) and Section 2.03(i), all other terms of the related Mortgage Loans shall remain in full force and effect without any modification thereof.

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(i)                 Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the related Mortgage provides for the partial release of one or more of the Crossed Underlying Loans, the Depositor may cause the related Mortgage Loan Seller to repurchase only that Crossed Underlying Loan required to be repurchased pursuant to this Section 2.03, pursuant to the partial release provisions of the related Mortgage; provided, however, that (i) the remaining related Crossed Underlying Loan(s) fully comply with the terms and conditions of the related Mortgage, this Agreement and the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, including the Crossed Underlying Loan Repurchase Criteria, (ii) in connection with such partial release, the related Mortgage Loan Seller obtains an Opinion of Counsel (at such Mortgage Loan Seller’s expense) to the effect that the contemplated action will not cause an Adverse REMIC Event and (iii) in connection with such partial release, the related Mortgage Loan Seller delivers or causes to be delivered to the Custodian original modifications to the Mortgage prepared and executed in connection with such partial release.

(j)                 With respect to any Crossed Underlying Loan, to the extent that the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller is required or elects, as applicable, to repurchase or substitute for such Crossed Underlying Loan in the manner prescribed in Section 2.03(h) or Section 2.03(i) while the Trustee continues to hold any other Crossed Underlying Loans in the related Crossed Mortgage Loan Group, the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller and the Enforcing Servicer, on behalf of the Trustee, as assignee of the Depositor, will, as set forth in the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, forbear from enforcing any remedies against the other’s Primary Collateral but each will be permitted to exercise remedies against the Primary Collateral securing its respective related Mortgage Loans, including with respect to the Trustee, the Primary Collateral securing the Mortgage Loans still held by the Trustee, so long as such exercise does not materially impair the ability of the other party to exercise its remedies against its Primary Collateral. If the exercise of the remedies by one party would materially impair the ability of the other party to exercise its remedies with respect to the Primary Collateral securing the Crossed Underlying Loans held by such party, then both parties have agreed in the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement to forbear from exercising such remedies until the Mortgage Loan documents evidencing and securing the relevant Mortgage Loan can be modified in a manner that complies with the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement to remove the threat of material impairment as a result of the exercise of remedies.

(k)               (i) In the event an Initial Requesting Certificateholder delivers a written request to a party to this Agreement that a Mortgage Loan be repurchased by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller alleging the existence of a Material Defect with respect to such Mortgage Loan and setting forth the basis for such allegation (a “Certificateholder Repurchase Request”), such party shall promptly forward that Certificateholder Repurchase Request to the applicable Master Servicer and the applicable Special Servicer, and the Enforcing Servicer shall promptly forward the Certificateholder Repurchase Request to the related Mortgage Loan Seller and each other party to this Agreement. Subject to Section 2.03(l), the Enforcing Servicer shall be the Enforcing Party with respect to a Certificateholder Repurchase Request.

(ii)                                 In the event that the Depositor, a Master Servicer, a Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor (solely in its capacity as operating advisor) or the Directing Certificateholder identifies a Material Defect with respect to a Mortgage Loan (without implying any duty of such person to make, or to attempt to make, such a discovery), that party shall deliver prompt written notice of such

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Material Defect to each other party to this Agreement, the Directing Certificateholder and the related Mortgage Loan Seller identifying the applicable Mortgage Loan and setting forth the basis for such allegation (a “PSA Party Repurchase Request” and each of a Certificateholder Repurchase Request or a PSA Party Repurchase Request, the “Repurchase Request”) and the Enforcing Servicer shall promptly send the PSA Party Repurchase Request to the related Mortgage Loan Seller. The Enforcing Servicer shall act as the Enforcing Party and enforce the rights of the Trust against the related Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to a PSA Party Repurchase Request.

(iii)                              In the event the Repurchase Request is not Resolved within one hundred eighty (180) days after the Mortgage Loan Seller receives the Repurchase Request (a “Resolution Failure”), then the provisions described in Section 2.03(l) below shall apply. Receipt of the Repurchase Request shall be deemed to occur two (2) Business Days after the Repurchase Request is sent to the related Mortgage Loan Seller. A Resolved Repurchase Request shall not preclude the applicable Master Servicer (in the case of Non-Specially Serviced Loans) or the applicable Special Servicer (in the case of Specially Serviced Loans) from exercising any of their respective rights related to a Material Defect in the manner and timing otherwise set forth in this Agreement, in the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or as provided by law.

(l)                 (i) After a Resolution Failure occurs with respect to a Repurchase Request regarding a Mortgage Loan (whether the Repurchase Request was initiated by an Initial Requesting Certificateholder, a party to this Agreement or the Directing Certificateholder), the Enforcing Servicer shall send a notice (a “Proposed Course of Action Notice”) to the Initial Requesting Certificateholder, if any, to the address specified in the Initial Requesting Certificateholder’s Repurchase Request, and to the Certificate Administrator (which shall be delivered via electronic mail to trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com). The Certificate Administrator shall make the Proposed Course of Action Notice available to all other Certificateholders and Certificate Owners by posting such notice on the Certificate Administrator’s Website indicating the Enforcing Servicer’s intended course of action with respect to the Repurchase Request (a “Proposed Course of Action”). The Proposed Course of Action Notice shall include (a) a request to Certificateholders to indicate their agreement with or dissent from such Proposed Course of Action by clearly marking “agree” or “disagree” to the Proposed Course of Action on such notice within thirty (30) days after the date of such notice and a disclaimer that responses received after such thirty (30)-day period will not be taken into consideration, (b) a statement that in the event any Certificateholder disagrees with the Proposed Course of Action, the Enforcing Servicer (either as the Enforcing Party or as the Enforcing Servicer in circumstances where a Certificateholder is acting as the Enforcing Party) shall be compelled to follow the course of action agreed to and/or proposed by the majority of the responding Certificateholders that involves referring the matter to mediation or arbitration, as the case may be, in accordance with the procedures relating to the delivery of Preliminary Dispute Resolution Election Notices and Final Dispute Resolution Election Notices described in this Section 2.03(l), (c) a statement that responding Certificateholders will be required to certify their holdings in connection with such response, (d) a statement that only responses clearly marked “agree” or “disagree” with such Proposed Course of Action will be taken into consideration and (e) instructions for responding Certificateholders to send their responses to the Enforcing Servicer and the Certificate Administrator. The Certificate Administrator shall, within three (3) Business Days after the expiration of the thirty (30)-day response period, tabulate

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the responses received from the Certificateholders and share the results with the Enforcing Servicer. The Certificate Administrator shall only count responses timely received that clearly indicate agreement or dissent with the related Proposed Course of Action and additional verbiage or qualifying language shall not be taken into consideration for purposes of determining whether the related Certificateholder agrees or disagrees with the Proposed Course of Action. The Certificate Administrator shall be under no obligation to answer any questions from Certificateholders regarding such Proposed Course of Action. For the avoidance of doubt, the Certificate Administrator’s obligations in connection with this Section 2.03(l) shall be limited solely to tabulating Certificateholder responses of “agree” or “disagree” to the Proposed Course of Action, and such obligation shall not be construed to impose any enforcement obligation on the Certificate Administrator. The Enforcing Servicer may conclusively rely (without investigation) on the Certificate Administrator’s tabulation of the responses of the responding Certificateholders and whether that amount constitutes a majority. If (a) the Enforcing Servicer’s intended course of action with respect to the Repurchase Request does not involve pursuing further action to exercise rights against the related Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to the Repurchase Request and the Initial Requesting Certificateholder, if any, or any other Certificateholder or Certificate Owner wishes to exercise its right to refer the matter to mediation (including nonbinding arbitration) or arbitration, or (b) the Enforcing Servicer’s intended course of action is to pursue further action to exercise rights against the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to the Repurchase Request but the Initial Requesting Certificateholder, if any, or any other Certificateholder or Certificate Owner does not agree with the dispute resolution method selected by the Enforcing Servicer, then the Initial Requesting Certificateholder, if any, or such other Certificateholder or Certificate Owner may deliver to the Enforcing Servicer a written notice (a “Preliminary Dispute Resolution Election Notice”) within thirty (30) days from the date the Proposed Course of Action Notice is posted on the Certificate Administrator’s Website (the “Dispute Resolution Cut-off Date”) indicating its intent to exercise its right to refer the matter to either mediation or arbitration. In the event any Certificateholder or Certificate Owner entitled to do so delivers a Preliminary Dispute Resolution Election Notice, and the Enforcing Servicer has also received responses from other Certificateholders or Certificate Owners supporting the Enforcing Servicer’s initial Proposed Course of Action, such responses will be considered Preliminary Dispute Resolution Election Notices supporting the Proposed Course of Action.

(ii)                                 If neither the Initial Requesting Certificateholder, if any, nor any other Certificateholder or Certificate Owner entitled to do so delivers a Preliminary Dispute Resolution Election Notice prior to the Dispute Resolution Cut-off Date, no Certificateholder or Certificate Owner otherwise entitled to do so shall have the right to refer the Repurchase Request to mediation or arbitration, and the Enforcing Servicer shall be the sole party entitled to determine a course of action, including, but not limited to, enforcing the Trust’s rights against the related Mortgage Loan Seller, subject to any consent or consultation rights of the Directing Certificateholder pursuant to Section 6.08.

(iii)                             Promptly and in any event within ten (10) Business Days following receipt of a Preliminary Dispute Resolution Election Notice from (a) the Initial Requesting Certificateholder, if any, or (b) any other Certificateholder or Certificate Owner (each of clauses (a) and (b), a “Requesting Certificateholder”), the Enforcing Servicer shall consult with each Requesting Certificateholder regarding such Requesting Certificateholder’s intention to elect either mediation (including nonbinding arbitration) or arbitration as the

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dispute resolution method with respect to the Repurchase Request (the “Dispute Resolution Consultation”) so that such Requesting Certificateholder may consider the views of the Enforcing Servicer as to the claims underlying the Repurchase Request and possible dispute resolution methods, such discussions to occur and be completed no later than ten (10) Business Days following the Dispute Resolution Cut-off Date. The Enforcing Servicer shall be entitled to establish procedures the Enforcing Servicer deems in good faith to be appropriate relating to the timing and extent of such consultations. No later than five (5) Business Days after completion of the Dispute Resolution Consultation, a Requesting Certificateholder may provide a final notice to the Enforcing Servicer indicating its decision to exercise its right to refer the matter to either mediation or arbitration (“Final Dispute Resolution Election Notice”).

(iv)                             If, following the Dispute Resolution Consultation, no Requesting Certificateholder timely delivers a Final Dispute Resolution Election Notice to the Enforcing Servicer, then the Enforcing Servicer will continue to act as the Enforcing Party and will remain obligated under this Agreement to determine a course of action including, but not limited to, enforcing the rights of the Trust with respect to the Repurchase Request and no Certificateholder or Certificate Owner shall have any further right to elect to refer the matter to mediation or arbitration.

(v)                                If a Requesting Certificateholder timely delivers a Final Dispute Resolution Election Notice to the Enforcing Servicer, then such Requesting Certificateholder shall become the Enforcing Party and must promptly submit the matter to mediation (including nonbinding arbitration) or arbitration. If more than one Requesting Certificateholder timely deliver a Final Dispute Resolution Election Notice, then such Requesting Certificateholders shall collectively become the Enforcing Party, and the holder or holders of a majority of the Voting Rights among such Requesting Certificateholders shall be entitled to make all decisions relating to such mediation or arbitration. If, however, no Requesting Certificateholder commences arbitration or mediation pursuant to the terms of this Agreement within thirty (30) days after delivery of its Final Dispute Resolution Election Notice to the Enforcing Servicer, then (A) the rights of a Requesting Certificateholder to act as the Enforcing Party shall terminate and no Certificateholder or Certificate Owner shall have any further right to elect to refer the matter to mediation or arbitration, (B) if the Proposed Course of Action Notice indicated that the Enforcing Servicer shall take no further action with respect to the Repurchase Request, then the related Material Defect shall be deemed waived for all purposes under this Agreement and the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement; provided, however, that such Material Defect shall not be deemed waived with respect to a Requesting Certificateholder, any other Certificateholder or Certificate Owner or the Enforcing Servicer to the extent there is a material change in the facts and circumstances known to such party at the time when the Proposed Course of Action Notice is posted on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, and (C) if the Proposed Course of Action Notice had indicated a course of action other than the course of action under clause (B), then the Enforcing Servicer shall again become the Enforcing Party and, as such, shall be the sole party entitled to enforce the Trust’s rights against the related Mortgage Loan Seller.

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(vi)                        Notwithstanding the foregoing, the dispute resolution provisions described above under this Section 2.03(l) shall not apply, and the Enforcing Servicer shall remain the Enforcing Party, if the Enforcing Servicer has commenced litigation with respect to the Repurchase Request, or determines in accordance with the Servicing Standard that it is in the best interest of Certificateholders to commence litigation with respect to the Repurchase Request to avoid the running of any applicable statute of limitations.

(vii)                         In the event a Requesting Certificateholder becomes the Enforcing Party, the Enforcing Servicer, on behalf of the Trust, shall remain a party to any proceedings against the related Mortgage Loan Seller as further described herein.

(viii)                      For the avoidance of doubt, none of the Depositor, any Mortgage Loan Seller nor any of their respective affiliates shall be entitled to be an Initial Requesting Certificateholder or a Requesting Certificateholder.

(ix)                              The Requesting Certificateholder is entitled to elect either mediation or arbitration in its sole discretion; however, the Requesting Certificateholder shall not be entitled to then utilize the alternative method in the event that the initial method is unsuccessful.

(m)                          If the Enforcing Party selects mediation (including nonbinding arbitration), the following provisions shall apply:

(i)                                 The mediation shall be administered by a nationally recognized mediation services provider selected by the related Mortgage Loan Seller within sixty (60) days of receipt of written notice of the Enforcing Party’s selection of mediation (such provider, the “Mediation Services Provider”) in accordance with published mediation procedures (the “Mediation Rules”) promulgated by the Mediation Services Provider.

(ii)                                 The mediator shall be impartial, an attorney admitted to practice in the state of New York and have at least fifteen (15) years of experience in commercial litigation, and if possible, commercial real estate finance or commercial mortgage-backed securitization matters and who will be appointed from a list of neutrals maintained by the Mediation Services Provider. Upon being supplied a list of at least ten (10) potential qualified mediators by the Mediation Services Provider each party will have the right to exercise two (2) peremptory challenges within fourteen (14) days and to rank the remaining potential mediators in order of preference. The Mediation Services Provider shall select the mediator from the remaining attorneys on the list respecting the preference choices of the parties to the extent possible.

(iii)                              Prior to accepting an appointment, the mediator must promptly disclose any circumstances likely to create a reasonable inference of bias or conflict of interest or likely to preclude completion of the hearings within the prescribed time schedule.

(iv)                             The parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to conduct an organizational conference to begin the mediation within ten (10) Business Days of the selection of the mediator and to conclude the mediation within sixty (60) days thereafter.

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(v)                            The expenses of any mediation shall be allocated among the parties to the mediation including, if applicable, between the Enforcing Party and the Enforcing Servicer, as mutually agreed by the parties as part of the mediation.

(vi)                            Out of pocket costs and expenses of the applicable Special Servicer for mediation or arbitration, to the extent not agreed to be paid by the Enforcing Party or another party (in the case of mediation) or allocated to the Enforcing Party or another party (in the case of arbitration) shall be reimbursable as a Servicing Advance.

(n)                                If the Enforcing Party selects third-party arbitration, the following provisions will apply:

(i)                                 The arbitration shall be administered by a nationally recognized arbitration services provider selected by the related Mortgage Loan Seller within sixty (60) days of written notice of the Enforcing Party’s selection of arbitration (such provider, the “Arbitration Services Provider”) in accordance with published arbitration procedures (the “Arbitration Rules”) promulgated by the Arbitration Services Provider.

(ii)                                The arbitrator shall be impartial, an attorney admitted to practice in the State of New York and have at least fifteen (15) years of experience in commercial litigation, and if possible, commercial real estate finance or commercial mortgage-backed securitization matters and who will be appointed from a list of neutrals maintained by the Arbitration Services Provider. Upon being supplied a list of at least ten (10) potential arbitrators by the Arbitration Services Provider each party will have the right to exercise two (2) peremptory challenges within fourteen (14) days and to rank the remaining potential arbitrators in order of preference. The Arbitration Services Provider will select the arbitrator from the remaining attorneys on the list respecting the preference choices of the parties to the extent possible.

(iii)                              Prior to accepting an appointment, the arbitrator must promptly disclose any circumstances likely to create a reasonable inference of bias or conflict of interest or likely to preclude completion of the hearings within the prescribed time schedule.

(iv)                             After consulting with the parties at an organizational conference held not later than ten (10) Business Days after its appointment, the arbitrator shall devise procedures and deadlines for the arbitration, to the extent not already agreed to by the parties, with the goal of expediting the proceeding and completing the arbitration within 120 days. The arbitrator shall have the authority to schedule, hear, and determine any and all motions, including dispositive and discovery motions, in accordance with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for non-jury matters (the “Rules”) (including summary judgment and other prehearing and post hearing motions), and will do so by reasoned decision on the motion of any party to the arbitration.

(v)                               Notwithstanding whatever other discovery may be available under the Rules, unless otherwise agreed by the parties, each party to the arbitration will be presumptively limited to the following discovery in the arbitration: (A) the parties shall reasonably and in good faith voluntarily produce to all other parties all documents upon

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which they intend to rely and all documents they reasonably and in good faith believe to be relevant to the claims or defenses asserted by any of the parties, (B) party witness depositions (excluding Rule 30b-6 witnesses), and (C) expert witness depositions, provided that the arbitrator shall have the ability to grant the parties, or either of them, additional discovery to the extent that the arbitrator determines good cause is shown that such additional discovery is reasonable and necessary.

(vi)                            The arbitrator shall make its final determination no later than thirty (30) days after the conclusion of the hearings and submission of any post-hearing submissions. The arbitrator shall resolve the dispute in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and this Agreement, and may not modify or change those agreements in any way or award remedies not consistent with those agreements. The arbitrator will not have the power to award punitive damages or consequential damages in any arbitration conducted by them. Interest on any monetary award shall bear interest from the date of the Final Dispute Resolution Election Notice at the Prime Rate. In its final determination, the arbitrator shall determine and award the costs of the arbitration (including the fees of the arbitrator, cost of any record or transcript of the arbitration, and administrative fees) and shall award reasonable attorneys’ fees to the parties to the arbitration as determined by the arbitrator in its reasonable discretion. The determination of the arbitrator shall be by a reasoned decision in writing and counterpart copies will be promptly delivered to the parties. The final determination of the arbitrator shall be final and non-appealable, except for actions to confirm or vacate the determination permitted under federal or state law, and may be enforced in any court of competent jurisdiction.

(vii)                          By selecting arbitration, the selecting party is giving up the right to sue in court, including the right to a trial by jury.

(viii)                      No person may bring a putative or certificated class action to arbitration.

(o)                               The following provisions will apply to both mediation and third-party arbitration:

(i)                                 Any mediation or arbitration will be held in New York, New York unless another location is agreed by all parties;

(ii)                                If the dispute involves a matter that cannot effectively be remedied by the payment of damages, or if there be any dispute relating to arbitration or the arbitrators that cannot be resolved promptly by the arbitrators or the Arbitration Services Provider, then any party in such instance may during the pendency of the arbitration proceedings seek temporary equitable remedies, pending the final decision of the arbitration panel, solely by application in the Southern District of New York if such court shall have subject matter jurisdiction, or if the Southern District of New York has no jurisdiction, then the Supreme Court of the State of New York for the County of New York. The arbitration proceedings shall not be stayed unless so ordered by the court.

(iii)                              The details and/or existence of any Repurchase Request, any informal meetings, mediations or arbitration proceedings conducted under this Section 2.03,

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including all offers, promises, conduct and statements, whether oral or written, made in the course of the parties’ attempt to informally resolve any Repurchase Request, will be confidential, privileged and inadmissible for any purpose, including impeachment, in any mediation, arbitration or litigation, or other proceeding (including any proceeding under this Section 2.03). Such information will be kept strictly confidential and shall not be disclosed or shared with any third party (other than a party’s attorneys, experts, accountants and other agents and representatives, as reasonably required in connection with any resolution procedure under this Section 2.03), except as otherwise required by law, regulatory requirement or court order. If any party to a resolution procedure receives a subpoena or other request for information from a third party (other than a governmental regulatory body) for such confidential information, the recipient shall promptly notify the other party to the resolution procedure and shall provide the other party with a reasonable opportunity to object to the production of its confidential information.

(iv)                            In the event a Requesting Certificateholder is the Enforcing Party, the agreement with the arbitrator or mediator, as the case may be, shall be required to contain an acknowledgment that the Trust, or the Enforcing Servicer on its behalf, shall be a party to any arbitration or mediation proceedings solely for the purpose of being the beneficiary of any award in favor of the Enforcing Party; provided that the degree and extent to which the Enforcing Servicer actively prepares for and participates in such proceeding shall be determined by such Enforcing Servicer in consultation with the Directing Certificateholder (provided that a Consultation Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing) and in accordance with the Servicing Standard. All amounts recovered by the Enforcing Party shall be paid to the Trust, or the Enforcing Servicer on its behalf, and deposited in the applicable Collection Account. The agreement with the arbitrator or mediator, as the case may be, shall provide that in the event a Requesting Certificateholder is allocated any related costs and expenses pursuant to the terms of the arbitrator’s decision or the agreement reached in mediation, neither the Trust nor the Enforcing Servicer acting on its behalf shall be responsible for any such costs and expenses allocated to the Requesting Certificateholder.

(v)                               In the event a Requesting Certificateholder is the Enforcing Party, the Requesting Certificateholder is required to pay any expenses allocated to the Enforcing Party in the arbitration proceedings or any expenses that the Enforcing Party agrees to bear in the mediation proceedings.

(vi)                            The Trust (or the Trustee or the Enforcing Servicer, acting on its behalf), the Depositor or any Mortgage Loan Seller shall be permitted to redact any personally identifiable customer information included in any information provided for purposes of any mediation or arbitration. Each party to the proceedings shall be required to agree to keep confidential the details related to the Repurchase Request and the dispute resolution identified in connection with such procedures; provided, however, that (A) the Certificateholders shall be permitted to communicate prior to the commencement of any such proceedings to the extent provided in Section 5.06 and (B) the Enforcing Servicer shall be permitted to include such information in any 15Ga-1 Notice as it is required pursuant to Section 2.02(g).

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(vii)            For the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall the exercise of any right of a Requesting Certificateholder to refer a Repurchase Request to mediation or arbitration or participation in such mediation or arbitration affect in any manner the ability of the Enforcing Servicer to perform its obligations with respect to a Mortgage Loan (including without limitation, a liquidation, foreclosure, negotiation of a loan modification or workout, acceptance of a discounted pay off or deed in lieu, or bankruptcy or other litigation) or the exercise of any rights of a Directing Certificateholder.

(viii)                      In the event that the method of dispute resolution selected is unsuccessful, the Requesting Certificateholder may not elect to then utilize the alternative method.

(ix)                              Any out-of-pocket expenses required to be borne by or allocated to the Enforcing Servicer in a mediation or arbitration or related responsibilities pursuant to this Agreement shall be reimbursable as additional Trust Fund expenses.

(p)                               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, with respect to any Joint Mortgage Loan, the obligations of each of the applicable Mortgage Loan Sellers to repurchase with respect to a Material Defect with respect to the related Mortgage Loan shall be limited to a repurchase with respect to the Mortgage Note it sold to the Depositor in accordance with the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement. With respect to any Joint Mortgage Loan, any cure by either of the applicable Mortgage Loan Sellers with respect to the Mortgage Note sold by it to the Depositor in accordance with the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement that also cures the Material Defect with respect to the entire related Joint Mortgage Loan shall satisfy the cure obligations of both Mortgage Loan Sellers with respect to such Joint Mortgage Loan.

Section 2.04        Execution of Certificates; Issuance of Lower-Tier Regular Interests. The Trustee hereby acknowledges the assignment to it of the Mortgage Loans and, subject to Section 2.01 and Section 2.02, the delivery to the Custodian of the Mortgage Files and a fully executed original counterpart of each of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements, together with the assignment to it of all of the other assets included in the Lower-Tier REMIC and the Grantor Trust. Concurrently with such assignment and delivery, (i) in exchange for the Mortgage Loans (other than Excess Interest) and the other assets comprising the Lower-Tier REMIC, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Trustee acknowledges the issuance of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests and the Class LR Interest to the Depositor; (ii) the Trustee acknowledges the creation of the Grantor Trust (as described in Section 2.05 below); (iii) the Trustee acknowledges the contribution by the Depositor of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests to the Upper-Tier REMIC; (iv) immediately thereafter, in exchange for the Lower-Tier Regular Interests, the Trustee acknowledges that it has caused the Certificate Administrator to issue the Class UR Interest and the Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests and has caused the Certificate Registrar to execute and caused the Authenticating Agent to authenticate and to deliver to or upon the order of the Depositor, the Regular Certificates and the Class R Certificates, and the Depositor hereby acknowledges the receipt by it or its designees, of such Certificates in authorized Denominations evidencing, together with the Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests, the entire beneficial ownership of the Upper-Tier REMIC (and in the case of the Class R Certificates, the Class LR Interest and the Class UR Interest); (v) the Trustee acknowledges the contribution by the Depositor of the Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests to the Grantor Trust; (vi) the Trustee acknowledges that it has caused the Certificate Administrator to issue the Class V Certificates and

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has caused the Certificate Registrar to execute and cause the Authenticating Agent to deliver to or upon the order of the Depositor such Certificates, and the Depositor hereby acknowledges the receipt by it, or its designees, of such Certificates in authorized denominations, evidencing beneficial ownership of their respective portions of the Grantor Trust; and (vii) immediately thereafter, in exchange for the Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests, the Trustee acknowledges that it has caused the Certificate Administrator to issue the Exchangeable Certificates and has caused the Certificate Administrator to execute, authenticate and deliver to or upon the order of the Depositor, the Exchangeable Certificates, and the Depositor hereby acknowledges the receipt by it or its designees, of such Certificates in authorized Denominations evidencing beneficial ownership of their respective portions of the Grantor Trust.

Section 2.05Creation of the Grantor Trust. Each Class of Exchangeable Certificates and the Class V Certificates are hereby designated as undivided beneficial interests in their corresponding Grantor Trust Designated Portions, which portions shall be treated as a grantor trust within the meaning of subpart E, part I of subchapter J of the Code.

[End of Article II]

Article III

ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF THE TRUST FUND

Section 3.01        Master Servicers to Act as Master Servicers; Special Servicers to Act as Special Servicers; Administration of the Mortgage Loans, the Serviced Companion Loans, and REO Properties. (a) Each applicable Master Servicer and each applicable Special Servicer shall diligently service and administer the applicable Mortgage Loans (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), any related Serviced Companion Loans and the applicable REO Properties (other than any REO Property related to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) it is obligated (as provided below) to service in accordance with applicable law, this Agreement and the Mortgage Loan documents and, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, the related Intercreditor Agreement on behalf of the Trust and in the best interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders and, in the case of the Serviced Companion Loans, the Companion Holders and the Trustee (as Holder of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests), as a collective whole, taking into account the subordinate or pari passu nature of such Companion Loans (as determined by the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, in its reasonable judgment), in accordance with applicable law, the terms of this Agreement (and, with respect to each Serviced Whole Loan or any Mortgage Loan with related mezzanine debt, the related Intercreditor Agreement) and the terms of the respective Mortgage Loans and, if applicable, the related Companion Loan, taking into account the subordinate or pari passu nature of the Companion Loan. With respect to each Serviced Whole Loan, in the event of a conflict between this Agreement and the related Intercreditor Agreement, the related Intercreditor Agreement shall control; provided that in no event shall the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, take any action or omit to take any action in accordance with the terms of any Intercreditor Agreement that would cause such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as the case may be, to violate the Servicing Standard or the REMIC Provisions. The Master Servicer shall be the Master Servicer with respect to all Mortgage Loans, any related

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Serviced Companion Loan and other related assets in the Trust and, as such, shall service and administer such Mortgage Loans, any related Serviced Companion Loan and such other assets as shall be required of the applicable Master Servicer hereunder and under any related Intercreditor Agreement. The Special Servicer shall be the Special Servicer with respect to all the Mortgage Loans, any Serviced Companion Loan and other related assets in the Trust and, as such, shall service and administer such Mortgage Loans, any related Serviced Companion Loan and such other assets as shall be required of the applicable Special Servicer hereunder and under any related Intercreditor Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement and any references to the duties and obligations of a Master Servicer or Special Servicer, any references to Mortgage Loans in the context of such duties and/or obligations shall be deemed to refer solely to the Mortgage Loans serviced by the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer and no other Mortgage Loan, Serviced Companion Loan or other related asset in the Trust serviced hereunder, unless specifically indicated otherwise. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, each Master Servicer and each Special Servicer shall service the applicable Mortgage Loans (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) and the related Serviced Companion Loans in accordance with the higher of the following standards of care: (1) in the same manner in which, and with the same care, skill, prudence and diligence with which such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as the case may be, services and administers similar mortgage loans for other third party portfolios and (2) the same care, skill, prudence and diligence with which such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as the case may be, services and administers similar mortgage loans owned by such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as the case may be, with a view to the (A) the timely recovery of all payments of principal and interest under the Mortgage Loans or Serviced Whole Loans or (B) in the case of a Specially Serviced Loan or an REO Property, maximization of recovery of principal and interest on a net present value basis on such Mortgage Loans and any related Serviced Companion Loans, and the best interests of the Trust and the Certificateholders (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders constituted a single lender) (and in the case of any Whole Loan, the best interests of the Trust, the Certificateholders and any related Companion Holder (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and the holder or holders of the related Companion Loans constituted a single lender), taking into account the subordinate or pari passu, as applicable, nature of the related Companion Loans), as determined by the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, in its reasonable judgment, in either case giving due consideration to the customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional commercial, multifamily and manufactured housing community mortgage loan servicers, but without regard to any conflict of interest arising from: (i) any relationship that the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer or any Affiliate of such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer may have with any Mortgagor, any Mortgage Loan Seller, any other parties to this Agreement, any Sponsor, any originator of a Mortgage Loan or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing; (ii) the ownership of any Certificate, Companion Loan, mezzanine loan, or subordinate debt relating to a Mortgage Loan by the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer or any Affiliate of such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as applicable; (iii) the obligation, if any, of the applicable Master Servicer to make Advances; (iv) the right of the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, or any of its Affiliates to receive compensation for its services and reimbursement for its costs hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction; (v) the ownership, servicing or management for others of (a) a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan and a Non-Serviced Companion Loan or (b) any other mortgage loans, subordinate debt, mezzanine loans or properties not covered by this Agreement

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or held by the Trust by the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, or any of its Affiliates; (vi) any debt that the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, or any of its Affiliates, has extended to any Mortgagor or an Affiliate of any Mortgagor (including, without limitation, any mezzanine financing); (vii) any option to purchase any Mortgage Loan or a related Companion Loan the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, or any of its Affiliates, may have; and (viii) any obligation of the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, or any of their respective Affiliates, to repurchase or substitute for a Mortgage Loan as a Mortgage Loan Seller (if such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer or any of their respective Affiliates is a Mortgage Loan Seller) (the foregoing, collectively referred to as the “Servicing Standard”).

The applicable Master Servicer and the applicable Special Servicer shall act in accordance with the Servicing Standard with respect to any action required to be taken regarding the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans pursuant to their obligations under this Agreement.

Without limiting the foregoing, subject to Section 3.19, the applicable Special Servicer shall be obligated to service and administer (i) any Mortgage Loans (other than the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans) and any related Serviced Companion Loans as to which a Servicing Transfer Event has occurred and is continuing (each, a “Specially Serviced Loan”) or as otherwise provided herein with respect to Non-Specially Serviced Loans in connection with any Major Decision and (ii) any REO Properties (other than the Non-Serviced Mortgaged Properties); provided that the applicable Master Servicer shall continue to receive payments and make all calculations, and prepare, or cause to be prepared, all reports, required hereunder with respect to the Specially Serviced Loans, except for the reports specified herein as prepared by the applicable Special Servicer, as if no Servicing Transfer Event had occurred and with respect to the REO Properties (and the related REO Loans) as if no REO Acquisition had occurred, and to render such services with respect to such Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties as are specifically provided for herein; provided, further, however, that the applicable Master Servicer shall not be liable for failure to comply with such duties insofar as such failure results from a failure of the applicable Special Servicer to provide sufficient information to such Master Servicer to comply with such duties or failure by such Special Servicer to otherwise comply with its obligations hereunder. No Master Servicer or Special Servicer, in its capacity as a Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, shall have any responsibility for the performance by any other Master Servicer or Special Servicer, in its capacity as a Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, of such other Master Servicer’s or Special Servicer’s duties under this Agreement. Each Mortgage Loan or any related Serviced Companion Loan that becomes a Specially Serviced Loan shall continue as such until satisfaction of the conditions specified in Section 3.19(a). Without limiting the foregoing, subject to Section 3.19 and in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the applicable Master Servicer shall be obligated to service and administer any Non-Specially Serviced Loan or any related Serviced Companion Loan. The applicable Special Servicer shall make the property inspections, use its reasonable efforts to collect the financial statements, budgets, operating statements and rent rolls and forward to the applicable Master Servicer the reports in respect of the related Mortgaged Properties with respect to Specially Serviced Loans in accordance with Section 3.12. After notification to the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer may contact the Mortgagor of any Non-Specially Serviced Loan if efforts by such Master Servicer to collect required financial information have been unsuccessful or any other

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issues remain unresolved. Such contact shall be coordinated through and with the cooperation of the applicable Master Servicer. No provision herein contained shall be construed as an express or implied guarantee by the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer of the collectability or recoverability of payments on the Mortgage Loans or any related Serviced Companion Loan or be construed to impair or adversely affect any rights or benefits provided by this Agreement to such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer (including with respect to Servicing Fees, Special Servicing Fees or the right to be reimbursed for Advances and interest accrued thereon). Any provision in this Agreement for any Advance by the applicable Master Servicer or the Trustee is intended solely to provide liquidity for the benefit of the Certificateholders and not as credit support or otherwise to impose on any such Person the risk of loss with respect to one or more of the Mortgage Loans or any related Serviced Companion Loans. No provision hereof shall be construed to impose liability on any Master Servicer or Special Servicer for the reason that any recovery to the Certificateholders in respect of a Mortgage Loan at any time after a determination of present value recovery is less than the amount reflected in such determination.

(b)               Subject only to the Servicing Standard and the terms of this Agreement (including, without limitation, Section 6.08) and of the respective Mortgage Loans, any related Serviced Companion Loans and any related Intercreditor Agreement, if applicable, and applicable law, each applicable Master Servicer and each applicable Special Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone or, subject to Section 3.20, through one or more Sub-Servicers, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration for which it is responsible which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of the applicable Master Servicer and the applicable Special Servicer, in its own name (or in the name of the Trustee and, if applicable, the related Serviced Companion Noteholder), is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders (and, with respect to a Serviced Companion Loan, the related Serviced Companion Noteholder) and the Trustee or any of them, with respect to each Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan it is obligated to service under this Agreement: (i) any and all financing statements, continuation statements and other documents or instruments necessary to maintain the lien created by the related Mortgage or other security document in the related Mortgage File on the related Mortgaged Property and related collateral, and shall, from time to time, execute and/or deliver such financing statements, continuation statements and other documents or instruments as necessary to maintain the lien created by the related Mortgage or other security document in the related Mortgage File on the related Mortgaged Property and related collateral; (ii) subject to Sections 3.08, 3.18 and 6.08, any and all modifications, waivers, amendments or consents to, under or with respect to any documents contained in the related Mortgage File; (iii) any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, pledge agreements and other documents in connection with a defeasance, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments; and (iv) any or all complaints or other pleadings to initiate and/or to terminate any action, suit or proceeding on behalf of the Trust (in their representative capacities (except as set forth below in this paragraph)). The applicable Master Servicer (with respect to Non-Specially Serviced Loans) and the applicable Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans) shall provide to the Mortgagor related to such Mortgage Loans that it is servicing any reports required to be provided to them pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan documents. Subject to Section 3.10, the Trustee shall (i) within ten (10) Business Days following the Closing Date, furnish to the applicable Master Servicer and the applicable Special Servicer original powers

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of attorney in the form of Exhibit R-1 or Exhibit R-2 attached hereto, as applicable (or such other form as mutually agreed to by the Trustee and such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as applicable) and (ii) upon request, furnish, or cause to be furnished, to the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer any powers of attorney in the form of Exhibit R-1 or Exhibit R-2 attached hereto, as applicable (or such other form as mutually agreed to by the Trustee and such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as applicable) and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, to carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunder; provided, however, that the Trustee shall not be held responsible or liable for any acts of the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, or for any negligence with respect to, or misuse of, any such power of attorney by such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall not, without the Trustee’s written consent: (i) initiate any action, suit or proceeding solely under the Trustee’s name without indicating such Master Servicer’s or such Special Servicer’s, as the case may be, representative capacity (unless prohibited by any requirement of the applicable jurisdiction in which any such action, suit or proceeding is brought and if so prohibited, in the manner required by such jurisdiction (provided that such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as applicable, shall then provide five (5) Business Days’ written notice to the Trustee of the initiation of such action, suit or proceeding (or such shorter time period as is reasonably required in the judgment of such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as applicable, made in accordance with the Servicing Standard) prior to filing such action, suit or proceeding, and shall not be required to obtain the Trustee’s consent or indicate such Master Servicer’s or such Special Servicer’s, as applicable, representative capacity)) or (ii) take any action with the intent to cause, and that actually causes, the Trustee to be required to be registered to do business in any state.

(c)               To the extent the applicable Master Servicer is permitted pursuant to the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents or Companion Loan documents (including any related Intercreditor Agreement) to exercise its discretion with respect to any action that requires Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and a confirmation of any applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities (if any) (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25), the applicable Master Servicer shall require the costs of such Rating Agency Confirmation to be borne by the related Mortgagor. To the extent the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents or Companion Loan documents (including any related Intercreditor Agreement) require the Mortgagor to bear the costs of any Rating Agency Confirmation or confirmation of any applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities (if any) (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25), the applicable Master Servicer shall not waive the requirement that such costs and expenses be borne by the related Mortgagor. To the extent that the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents or Companion Loan documents (including any related Intercreditor Agreement) are silent as to who bears the costs of any Rating Agency Confirmation or confirmation of any applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in

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the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities (if any) (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25), the applicable Master Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to have the Mortgagor bear such costs and expenses. The applicable Master Servicer shall not be responsible for the payment of such costs and expenses out of pocket other than as a Servicing Advance.

(d)               The relationship of each applicable Master Servicer and each applicable Special Servicer to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agent.

(e)               Each Master Servicer shall, to the extent permitted by the related Mortgage Loan documents or any related Companion Loan documents, and consistent with the Servicing Standard, permit Escrow Payments to be invested only in Permitted Investments.

(f)                Within sixty (60) days (or such shorter time period as is required by the terms of the applicable Mortgage Loan documents) after the later of (i) the receipt thereof by the applicable Master Servicer and (ii) the Closing Date, the applicable Master Servicer shall notify each lessor under a Ground Lease for each Mortgage Loan identified as subject to a leasehold interest on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, that the Trust is the leasehold mortgagee and that the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer shall service the related Mortgage Loan for the benefit of the Certificateholders. The costs and expenses of any modifications to Ground Leases shall be paid by the related Mortgagor.

With respect to letters of credit delivered in accordance with sub-clause (B) of clause (xii) of the definition of “Mortgage File”, (a) within sixty (60) days of the Closing Date or such shorter period as is required by the terms of such letter of credit or other applicable Mortgage Loan documents, the related Mortgage Loan Seller shall notify the bank issuing the letter of credit that the applicable Master Servicer on behalf of the Trustee shall be the beneficiary under such letter of credit, and (b) within sixty (60) days of the Closing Date, the applicable Master Servicer shall present such letter of credit and the related assignment documentation delivered by the Mortgage Loan Seller in accordance with such sub-clause of the definition of “Mortgage File” to the letter of credit bank issuing such letter of credit and request that such letter of credit bank reissue the letter of credit in the name of “Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, on behalf of Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of registered holders of MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1”. The applicable Master Servicer shall otherwise use reasonable efforts to obtain such reissued letter of credit back from the issuing letter of credit bank within sixty (60) days (and in any event within ninety (90) days) following the Closing Date. The related Mortgage Loan Seller shall provide such reasonable cooperation as requested by the applicable Master Servicer, including without limitation by delivering such additional assignment or amendment documents required by the issuing bank in order to reissue a letter of credit as provided above.

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shall cooperate with the reasonable requests of the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer in connection with making a draw under such letter of credit. If the Mortgage Loan documents do not require the related Mortgagor to pay any costs and expenses relating to any modifications to or assignment of the related letter of credit, then the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller shall pay such costs and expenses as and to the extent required under the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement. If the Mortgage Loan documents require the related Mortgagor to pay any costs and expenses relating to any modifications to the related letter of credit, and such Mortgagor fails to pay such costs and expenses after the applicable Master Servicer has exercised reasonable efforts to collect such costs and expenses from such Mortgagor, then such Master Servicer shall give the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller notice of such failure and the amount of costs and expenses, and such Mortgage Loan Seller shall pay such costs and expenses as and to the extent required under the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement. The costs and expenses of any modifications to Ground Leases shall be paid by the related Mortgagor. Neither the applicable Master Servicer nor the applicable Special Servicer shall have any liability for the failure of any Mortgage Loan Seller to perform its obligations under the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.

Each Master Servicer acknowledges that any letter of credit held by it shall be held in its capacity as agent of the Trust, and if such Master Servicer sells its rights to service the applicable Mortgage Loan, such Master Servicer shall assign the applicable letter of credit to the Trust or (with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan) at the direction of the applicable Special Servicer to such party as such Special Servicer may instruct, in each case at the expense of the applicable Master Servicer. Each Master Servicer shall indemnify the Trust for any loss caused by the ineffectiveness of such assignment.

(g)               Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall the applicable Master Servicer (or the Trustee, as applicable) make an Advance with respect to any Companion Loan to the extent the related Serviced Mortgage Loan has been paid in full or is no longer included in the Trust Fund.

(h)               Servicing and administration of each Serviced Companion Loan shall continue hereunder and in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement for so long as the corresponding Serviced Mortgage Loan or any related REO Property is part of the Trust Fund or for such longer period as is contemplated by the related Intercreditor Agreement and, to the extent consistent with the related Intercreditor Agreement, as any amounts payable by the related Companion Holder to or for the benefit of the Trust or any party hereto in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement remain due and owing.

(i)                 The applicable Special Servicer agrees that upon the occurrence of a Servicing Transfer Event with respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan that is subject to or becomes subject to an Intercreditor Agreement in the future, it shall, subject to Section 3.19, use commercially reasonable efforts to enforce, on behalf of the Trust, subject to the Servicing Standard and to the extent such Special Servicer determines such action is in the best interests of the Trust, all rights conveyed to the Trustee pursuant to any such Intercreditor Agreement. The costs and expenses incurred by such Special Servicer in connection with such enforcement shall be paid as a Trust Fund expense or, subject to the terms of the applicable Intercreditor Agreement, (i) with respect to any Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan, pro rata and

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pari passu, by the Trust and Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan Holder(s), in accordance with the respective outstanding principal balances of the related Serviced Pari Passu Mortgage Loan and Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s) or (ii) with respect to any Serviced AB Whole Loan, first, by the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan(s) and then, pro rata and pari passu, by the Trust and any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s), in accordance with the respective outstanding principal balances of the related Serviced AB Mortgage Loan and Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s).

(j)                 Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that, to the extent required under the related Intercreditor Agreement, the servicing and administration of a Serviced Whole Loan shall continue hereunder (but not with respect to making Advances) even if the related Serviced Mortgage Loan is no longer part of the Trust Fund, until such time as a separate servicing agreement is entered into in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement (it being acknowledged that no Master Servicer or Special Servicer shall be obligated under a separate agreement to which it is not a party); provided that, other than pursuant to Section 6.04 (and, with respect to Section 6.04, solely with respect to claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, liabilities, fees and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses and expenses relating to the enforcement of such indemnity) incurred in connection with a legal claim or action resulting from an action or inaction taken or not taken while the related Serviced Mortgage Loan was part of the Trust Fund), no costs, expenses, losses or fees accruing with respect to such Serviced Whole Loan on and after the date the related Serviced Mortgage Loan is no longer part of the Trust Fund shall be payable out of the Trust Fund and the applicable Master Servicer shall have no obligation to make any Advance on or after the date such Serviced Mortgage Loan ceases to be part of the Trust Fund; provided, however, that if, in the case of any Serviced Whole Loan, the related Serviced Companion Loan continues to be included in an Other Securitization, then for so long as a separate servicing agreement (pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement) has not been entered into, the applicable Master Servicer shall inform the related Other Servicer of any need to make Servicing Advances with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan within three (3) Business Days of determining that such an Advance is necessary or being notified that such an Advance is necessary, or in the case of a Servicing Advance that needs to be made on an emergency or urgent basis, within one (1) Business Day. With respect to Servicing Advances made by any Other Servicer as contemplated in the second proviso to the preceding sentence, the applicable Master Servicer shall, from collections on the related Serviced Whole Loan (but never out of general collections on the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties) received by such Master Servicer, reimburse the Other Servicer for such Servicing Advances in the same manner and on the same level of priority as if such Servicing Advances had been made by such Master Servicer hereunder.

(k)               Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the applicable Master Servicer’s and the applicable Special Servicer’s obligations and responsibilities hereunder and the applicable Master Servicer’s and the applicable Special Servicer’s authority with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan are limited by and subject to the terms of the related Non-Serviced Intercreditor Agreement and the rights of the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer and Non-Serviced Special Servicer with respect thereto under the related Non-Serviced PSA. The applicable Master Servicer (or, with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan, the applicable Special Servicer) shall use reasonable efforts consistent

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with the Servicing Standards to enforce the rights of the Trustee (as holder of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) under the related Non-Serviced Intercreditor Agreement and Non-Serviced PSA.

(l)                 The parties hereto acknowledge that each Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan is subject to the terms and conditions of the related Non-Serviced Intercreditor Agreement and further acknowledge that, pursuant to the related Non-Serviced Intercreditor Agreement, (i) the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan is to be serviced and administered by the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer and Non-Serviced Special Servicer in accordance with the related Non-Serviced PSA, and (ii) in the event that (A) the related Non-Serviced Companion Loan is no longer part of the trust fund created by the related Non-Serviced PSA and (B) the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan is included in the Trust Fund, then, as set forth in the related Non-Serviced Intercreditor Agreement, the related Non-Serviced Whole Loan shall continue to be serviced in accordance with the related Non-Serviced PSA, until such time as a new servicing agreement has been agreed to by the parties to the related Non-Serviced Intercreditor Agreement in accordance with the provisions of such agreement and confirmation has been obtained from the Rating Agencies that such new servicing agreement would not result in a downgrade, qualification or withdrawal of the then-current ratings of any Class of Certificates then outstanding.

(m)             Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the applicable Master Servicer’s and the applicable Special Servicer’s obligations and responsibilities hereunder and the applicable Master Servicer’s and the applicable Special Servicer’s authority with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan are limited by, and subject to, the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement. The applicable Master Servicer (or, if a Serviced Whole Loan becomes a Specially Serviced Loan, the applicable Special Servicer) shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to obtain the benefits of the rights of the Trust (as holder of the related Serviced Mortgage Loan) under the related Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between this Agreement and the related Intercreditor Agreement, the provisions of the related Intercreditor Agreement shall control.

(n)               [RESERVED].

(o)               For the avoidance of doubt, each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee have no obligation or authority to (a) supervise any related Non-Serviced Master Servicer, Non-Serviced Special Servicer, Non-Serviced Certificate Administrator or Non-Serviced Trustee or (b) make Servicing Advances with respect to any Non-Serviced Whole Loan. The obligation of the applicable Master Servicer to provide information and collections and make P&I Advances to the Certificate Administrator for the benefit of the Certificateholders with respect to each Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan is dependent on its receipt of the corresponding information and/or collections from the applicable Non-Serviced Master Servicer or Non-Serviced Special Servicer.

(p)               Nothing contained in this Agreement shall limit the ability of the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer to lend money to (to the extent not secured, in whole or in part, by any Mortgaged Property), accept deposits from or otherwise generally engage in any kind of business or dealings with any Mortgagor as though the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer was not a party to this Agreement or to the transactions

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contemplated hereby; provided that this sentence shall not be construed to modify or supersede the Servicing Standard.

Section 3.02        Collection of Mortgage Loan Payments. (a) Each of the applicable Master Servicer and the applicable Special Servicer shall each make reasonable efforts to collect all payments called for under the terms and provisions of the Mortgage Loans (other than the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans) and the Serviced Companion Loans it is obligated to service hereunder, and shall follow such collection procedures as are consistent with this Agreement (including, without limitation, the Servicing Standard); provided that with respect to each Mortgage Loan that has an Anticipated Repayment Date, for so long as the related Mortgagor is in compliance with each provision of the related Mortgage Loan documents, the applicable Master Servicer and the applicable Special Servicer shall be permitted to take any enforcement action with respect to the failure of the related Mortgagor to make any payment of Excess Interest to the extent permitted under the related Mortgage Loan documents; provided, further, that the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, may take action to enforce the Trust’s right to apply excess cash flow to principal in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Loan documents. The applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as applicable, may in its discretion waive any Penalty Charge in connection with any delinquent payment on a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan that it is obligated to service hereunder three (3) times during any period of twenty-four (24) consecutive months with respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan; provided that such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as applicable, may in its discretion waive any Penalty Charge in connection with any delinquent payment on a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan one additional time in such 24-month period so long as with respect to any of the foregoing waivers, no Advance or additional expense of the Trust has been incurred and remains unreimbursed to the Trust with respect to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan. Any additional waivers during such 24-month period with respect to such Mortgage Loan may be made, subject to the Servicing Standard, only after the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, has, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, given notice of a proposed waiver to the Directing Certificateholder and, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event, the Directing Certificateholder has consented to such additional waiver (provided that if such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as applicable, fails to receive a response to such notice from the Directing Certificateholder in writing within five (5) days of giving such notice, then the Directing Certificateholder shall be deemed to have consented to such proposed waiver); provided, further, that after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event, the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, may waive any Penalty Charge in accordance with the Servicing Standard without the consent of the Directing Certificateholder; provided, further, that the Directing Certificateholder shall not have any consent or consultation rights with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is an Excluded Loan as to such party with respect to the foregoing waivers.

(b)               (i) All amounts collected by or on behalf of the Trust in respect of a Mortgage Loan shall be applied to amounts due and owing under the Mortgage Loan documents (including for principal and accrued and unpaid interest) in accordance with the express provisions of the Mortgage Loan documents (including any related Intercreditor Agreement); provided, however, that absent express provisions in the related Mortgage Loan documents (including any related Intercreditor Agreement) or to the extent otherwise agreed to by the related Mortgagor in

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connection with a workout of a Mortgage Loan, all amounts collected by or on behalf of the Trust in respect of a Mortgage Loan in the form of payments from the related Mortgagor, Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds under the Mortgage Loan (in the case of each Serviced Whole Loan, exclusive of amounts payable to any applicable Companion Loan pursuant to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement) shall be applied in the following order of priority:

first, as a recovery of any unreimbursed Advances (including any Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount) with respect to such Mortgage Loan and unpaid interest at the Reimbursement Rate on such Advances and, if applicable, unreimbursed and unpaid additional trust fund expenses (including Special Servicing Fees, Liquidation Fees and Workout Fees previously paid by the Trust Fund from general collections);

second, as a recovery of Nonrecoverable Advances and any interest on those Nonrecoverable Advances at the Reimbursement Rate, to the extent previously paid or reimbursed from principal collections on such Mortgage Loan (as described in the first proviso in the definition of Principal Distribution Amount);

third, to the extent not previously so allocated pursuant to clause first or second above, as a recovery of accrued and unpaid interest on such Mortgage Loan to the extent of the excess of (i) accrued and unpaid interest (exclusive of default interest and Excess Interest) on such Mortgage Loan at the related Mortgage Rate in effect from time to time through the end of the applicable mortgage interest accrual period, over (ii) after taking into account any allocations pursuant to clause fifth below on earlier dates, the aggregate portion of the accrued and unpaid interest described in sub-clause (i) of this clause third that (A)(x) was not advanced because of the reductions (if any) in the amount of related P&I Advances for such Mortgage Loan that have occurred in connection with related Appraisal Reduction Amounts or (y) with respect to any accrued and unpaid interest that was not advanced due to a determination that the related P&I Advance would be a Nonrecoverable Advance, constitutes the amount of interest that (absent such determination of nonrecoverability preventing such P&I Advance from being made) would not have been advanced because of the reductions in the amount of related P&I Advances for such Mortgage Loan that would have occurred in connection with related Appraisal Reduction Amounts, or (B) accrued at the related Net Mortgage Rate on the portion of the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan equal to any related Collateral Deficiency Amount in effect from time to time and as to which no P&I Advance was made;

fourth, to the extent not previously so allocated pursuant to clause first or second above, as a recovery of principal of such Mortgage Loan then due and owing, including by reason of acceleration of such Mortgage Loan following a default thereunder (or, if the Mortgage Loan has been liquidated, as a recovery of principal to the extent of its entire remaining unpaid principal balance);

fifth, as a recovery of accrued and unpaid interest on such Mortgage Loan to the extent of the sum of (A) the cumulative amount of the reductions (if any) in the amount of related P&I Advances for such Mortgage Loan that have occurred in connection with related Appraisal Reduction Amounts or would have occurred in connection with related

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Appraisal Reduction Amounts but for such P&I Advance not having been made as a result of a determination that such P&I Advance would have been a Nonrecoverable Advance, and (B) any unpaid interest (exclusive of default interest and Excess Interest) that accrued at the related Net Mortgage Rate on the portion of the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan equal to any related Collateral Deficiency Amount in effect from time to time and as to which no P&I Advance was made (in each case, to the extent collections have not been allocated as recovery of such accrued and unpaid interest pursuant to this clause fifth on earlier dates);

sixth, as a recovery of amounts to be currently allocated to the payment of, or escrowed for the future payment of, real estate taxes, assessments and insurance premiums and similar items relating to such Mortgage Loan;

seventh, as a recovery of any other reserves to the extent then required to be held in escrow with respect to such Mortgage Loan;

eighth, as a recovery of any Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium then due and owing under such Mortgage Loan;

ninth, as a recovery of any late payment charges and default interest then due and owing under such Mortgage Loan;

tenth, as a recovery of any assumption fees and Modification Fees then due and owing under such Mortgage Loan;

eleventh, as a recovery of any other amounts then due and owing under such Mortgage Loan other than remaining unpaid principal (if both consent fees and Operating Advisor Consulting Fees are due and owing, first, allocated to consent fees and then, allocated to Operating Advisor Consulting Fees);

twelfth, as a recovery of any remaining principal of such Mortgage Loan to the extent of its entire remaining unpaid principal balance; and

thirteenth, in the case of an ARD Loan after the related Anticipated Repayment Date, any accrued but unpaid Excess Interest;

provided that to the extent required under the REMIC Provisions, payments or proceeds received (or receivable by exercise of the lender’s rights under the related Mortgage Loan documents) with respect to any partial release of a Mortgaged Property (including in connection with a condemnation) at a time when the loan to value ratio of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, exceeds 125%, or would exceed 125% following any partial release (based solely on the value of real property and excluding personal property and going concern value, if any, unless otherwise permitted under the applicable REMIC Provisions as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee) must be collected and allocated to reduce the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan in the manner required by the REMIC Provisions; provided, further, that if a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Non-Serviced Companion Loan comprising a Non-Serviced Whole Loan become REO Loans, the treatment of the foregoing amounts with respect to such Non-Serviced Whole Loan shall be subject to the terms

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of the related Non-Serviced Intercreditor Agreement and Non-Serviced PSA, in that order; provided, further, that with respect to each Mortgage Loan related to a Serviced Whole Loan, amounts collected with respect to the related Serviced Whole Loan shall be allocated first pursuant to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement and then, any amounts allocated to the related Serviced Mortgage Loan shall be subject to application as described above.

(ii)               Collections by or on behalf of the Trust in respect of any REO Property (exclusive of the amounts to be allocated to the payment of the costs of operating, managing, leasing, maintaining and disposing of such REO Property and, if applicable, in the case of each Serviced Whole Loan, exclusive of any amounts payable to the holder of the related Companion Loan(s), as applicable, pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement) shall be applied in the following order of priority:

first, as a recovery of any unreimbursed Advances (including any Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount) with respect to the related Mortgage Loan and interest at the Reimbursement Rate on all Advances and, if applicable, unreimbursed and unpaid additional trust fund expenses (including Special Servicing Fees, Liquidation Fees and Workout Fees previously paid by the Trust Fund from general collections) with respect to such Mortgage Loan;

second, as a recovery of Nonrecoverable Advances and any interest on those Nonrecoverable Advances at the Reimbursement Rate, to the extent previously paid or reimbursed from principal collections on the Mortgage Loans (as described in the first proviso in the definition of Principal Distribution Amount);

third, to the extent not previously so allocated pursuant to clause first or second above, as a recovery of accrued and unpaid interest on such Mortgage Loan to the extent of the excess of (i) accrued and unpaid interest (exclusive of default interest and Excess Interest) on such Mortgage Loan at the related Mortgage Rate in effect from time to time through the end of the applicable mortgage interest accrual period, over (ii) after taking into account any allocations pursuant to clause fifth below or clause fifth of the prior paragraph on earlier dates, the aggregate portion of the accrued and unpaid interest described in sub-clause (i) of this clause third that (A)(x) was not advanced because of the reductions (if any) in the amount of related P&I Advances for such Mortgage Loan that have occurred in connection with related Appraisal Reduction Amounts or (y) with respect to any accrued and unpaid interest that was not advanced due to a determination that the related P&I Advance would be a Nonrecoverable Advance, constitutes the amount of interest that (absent such determination of nonrecoverability preventing such P&I Advance from being made) would not have been advanced because of the reductions in the amount of related P&I Advances for such Mortgage Loan that would have occurred in connection with related Appraisal Reduction Amounts, or (B) accrued at the related Net Mortgage Rate on the portion of the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan equal to any related Collateral Deficiency Amount in effect from time to time and as to which no P&I Advance was made;

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fourth, to the extent not previously so allocated pursuant to clause first or second above, as a recovery of principal of such Mortgage Loan to the extent of its entire unpaid principal balance;

fifth, as a recovery of accrued and unpaid interest on such Mortgage Loan to the extent of the sum of (A) the cumulative amount of the reductions (if any) in the amount of related P&I Advances for such Mortgage Loan that have occurred in connection with related Appraisal Reduction Amounts or would have occurred in connection with related Appraisal Reduction Amounts but for such P&I Advance not having been made as a result of a determination that such P&I Advance would have been a Nonrecoverable Advance and (B) any unpaid interest (exclusive of default interest and Excess Interest) that accrued at the related Net Mortgage Rate on the portion of the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan equal to any related Collateral Deficiency Amount in effect from time to time and as to which no P&I Advance was made (in each case, to the extent collections have not been allocated as recovery of accrued and unpaid interest pursuant to this clause fifth or clause fifth of the prior paragraph on earlier dates);

sixth, as a recovery of any Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium then due and owing under such Mortgage Loan;

seventh, as a recovery of any late payment charges and default interest then due and owing under such Mortgage Loan;

eighth, as a recovery of any assumption fees and Modification Fees then due and owing under such Mortgage Loan;

ninth, as a recovery of any other amounts then due and owing under such Mortgage Loan other than remaining unpaid principal (if both consent fees and Operating Advisor Consulting Fees are due and owing, first, allocated to consent fees and then, allocated to Operating Advisor Consulting Fees); and

tenth, in the case of an ARD Loan after the related Anticipated Repayment Date, any accrued but unpaid Excess Interest;

provided that if a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Non-Serviced Companion Loan comprising a Non-Serviced Whole Loan becomes an REO Loan, the treatment of the foregoing amounts with respect to such Non-Serviced Whole Loan shall be subject to the terms of the related Non-Serviced Intercreditor Agreement and Non-Serviced PSA, in that order; provided, further, that with respect to each Mortgage Loan related to a Serviced Whole Loan, amounts collected with respect to the related Serviced Whole Loan shall be allocated first pursuant to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement and then, any amounts allocated to the related Serviced Mortgage Loan shall be subject to application as described above.

(iii)                             Notwithstanding clauses (i) and (ii) above, such provisions shall not be deemed to affect the priority of distributions of payments pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement. To the extent that such amounts are paid by a party other than a Mortgagor, such amounts shall be deemed to have been paid in respect of a purchase of all or part of the Mortgaged Property (in the case of Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds or

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Liquidation Proceeds) and then paid by the Mortgagor under the Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, as applicable, or in accordance with Section 3.02(b)(ii) above.

(c)               To the extent consistent with the terms of the Mortgage Loans (and, with respect to each Serviced Whole Loan, the related Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable, and the related Intercreditor Agreement) and applicable law, the applicable Master Servicer shall apply all Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds it receives on a day other than the Due Date to amounts due and owing under the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan as if such Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds were received on the Due Date immediately succeeding the month in which Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds were received and otherwise in accordance with Section 3.02(b)(ii) above.

(d)               In the event that the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer receives Excess Interest prior to the Determination Date for any Collection Period, or receives notice from the related Mortgagor that such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer will be receiving Excess Interest prior to the Determination Date for any Collection Period, such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall notify the Trustee and Certificate Administrator two (2) Business Days prior to the related Distribution Date. None of the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee shall be responsible for any failure of the related Mortgagor to pay any such Excess Interest or prepayment penalty. The preceding statements shall not, however, be construed to limit the provisions of Section 3.02(a).

(e)               In connection with the Mortgage Loans or any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan for which the related Mortgagor was required to escrow funds or to post a letter of credit related to obtaining performance objectives, such as targeted debt service coverage levels or leasing criteria with respect to the Mortgaged Property as a whole or particular portions thereof, if the mortgagee has the discretion under the applicable Mortgage Loan documents to retain the cash or letter of credit (or the proceeds of such letters of credit) as additional collateral if the relevant conditions to release are not satisfied, then the related Master Servicer may continue to hold such escrows or letters of credit (or the proceeds of such letters of credit) as additional collateral or use such funds to reduce the principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan (to the extent the related Mortgage Loan documents allow such action), unless holding or application of such funds would otherwise be inconsistent with the Mortgage Loan documents or the Servicing Standard.

(f)                Promptly following the Closing Date, in the case of any Non-Serviced Whole Loan and, with respect to any Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan, promptly following receipt of notice in connection with the Servicing Shift Securitization Date, the Certificate Administrator shall send written notice (in the form attached hereto as Exhibit T) to the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer (with a copy to any other applicable party set forth on the schedule of addresses to Exhibit T) stating that, as of such date, the Trustee is the holder of the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan and directing such Non-Serviced Master Servicer to remit to the applicable Master Servicer all amounts payable to, and to forward, deliver or otherwise make available, as the case may be, to the applicable Master Servicer all reports, statements, documents, communications and other information that are to be forwarded, delivered or otherwise made available to, the holder of such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan under the related Non-Serviced Intercreditor Agreement and

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the related Non-Serviced PSA. The applicable Master Servicer shall, within two (2) Business Days of receipt of properly identified funds, deposit into the applicable Collection Account all amounts received with respect to the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the related Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property or any related REO Property.

Section 3.03        Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Servicing Accounts. (a) Each Master Servicer shall establish and maintain one or more accounts (the “Servicing Accounts”), into which all Escrow Payments received by it shall be deposited and retained, and shall administer such Servicing Accounts in accordance with the related Mortgage Loan documents and, if applicable, the Companion Loan documents. Any Servicing Account related to a Serviced Whole Loan shall be held for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the related Serviced Companion Noteholder(s) collectively, but this shall not be construed to modify the respective interests of any noteholder therein as set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement. Amounts on deposit in Servicing Accounts may only be invested in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents and Companion Loan documents, or in Permitted Investments in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.06. Servicing Accounts shall be Eligible Accounts to the extent permitted by the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents. Withdrawals of amounts so deposited from a Servicing Account may be made only to: (i) effect payment of items for which Escrow Payments were collected and comparable items; (ii) reimburse the Trustee and then the applicable Master Servicer, if applicable, for any Servicing Advances; (iii) refund to Mortgagors any sums as may be determined to be overages; (iv) pay interest to Mortgagors on balances in the Servicing Account, if required by applicable law or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan and as described below or, if not so required, to the applicable Master Servicer; (v) after the occurrence of an event of default under the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, apply amounts to the indebtedness under the applicable Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; (vi) withdraw amounts deposited in error; (vii) pay Penalty Charges to the extent permitted by the related Mortgage Loan documents; or (viii) clear and terminate the Servicing Account at the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.01. As part of its servicing duties, the applicable Master Servicer shall pay or cause to be paid to the related Mortgagors interest on funds in Servicing Accounts, to the extent required by law or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; provided, however, that in no event shall the applicable Master Servicer be required to remit to any Mortgagor any amounts in excess of actual net investment income or funds in the related Servicing Account. If allowed by the related Mortgage Loan documents and applicable law, the applicable Master Servicer may charge the related Mortgagor an administrative fee for maintenance of the Servicing Accounts.

(b)               The applicable Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans (other than any REO Loan succeeding a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), and the applicable Master Servicer, in the case of all other related Serviced Mortgage Loans and each related Serviced Companion Loan, shall maintain accurate records with respect to each related Mortgaged Property reflecting the status of real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon and the status of insurance premiums and any ground rents payable in respect thereof. The applicable Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans (other than any REO Loan succeeding a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), and the applicable Master Servicer, in the case of all other related Serviced Mortgage Loans and each related Serviced Companion Loan, shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to obtain, from time to time, all bills for the payment of such items (including renewal premiums) and shall effect payment thereof from the REO Account

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or by the applicable Master Servicer as Servicing Advances prior to the applicable penalty or termination date and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items, employing for such purpose Escrow Payments (which shall be so applied by the applicable Master Servicer at the written direction of the applicable Special Servicer in the case of REO Loans) as allowed under the terms of the related Serviced Mortgage Loan and Companion Loan. Other than with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the applicable Master Servicer shall service and administer any reserve accounts (including monitoring, maintaining or changing the amounts of required escrows) in accordance with the terms of such Mortgage Loan and the related Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable, and the Servicing Standard. To the extent that a Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Companion Loan, as applicable, does not require a Mortgagor to escrow for the payment of real estate taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, ground rents (if applicable) and similar items, the applicable Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the applicable Master Servicer, in the case of all other such Mortgage Loans or Companion Loan, as applicable, that it is responsible for servicing hereunder, shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to cause the Mortgagor to comply with its obligation to make payments in respect of such items at the time they first become due and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items.

(c)               In accordance with the Servicing Standard and for each Serviced Mortgage Loan and each Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, the applicable Master Servicer shall advance all such funds as are necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of (i) real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon, (ii) ground rents (if applicable) and (iii) premiums on Insurance Policies, in each instance if and to the extent Escrow Payments collected from the related Mortgagor (or related REO Revenues, if applicable) are insufficient to pay such item when due and the related Mortgagor has failed to pay such item on a timely basis, and provided, however, that the particular advance would not, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance and provided, further, however, that with respect to the payment of taxes and assessments, the applicable Master Servicer shall not be required to make such advance until the later of (i) five (5) Business Days after such Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as the case may be, has received confirmation that such item has not been paid and (ii) the date prior to the date after which any penalty or interest would accrue in respect of such taxes or assessments. The applicable Special Servicer shall give the applicable Master Servicer and the Trustee no less than five (5) Business Days’ written (facsimile or electronic) notice before the date on which such Master Servicer is requested to make any Servicing Advance with respect to a given Specially Serviced Loan or REO Property; provided, however, that only two (2) Business Days’ written (facsimile or electronic) notice shall be required in respect of Servicing Advances required to be made on an emergency or urgent basis provided, further, that the applicable Special Servicer shall not be entitled to make such a request (other than for Servicing Advances required to be made on an urgent or emergency basis) more frequently than once per calendar month (although such request may relate to more than one Servicing Advance). The applicable Master Servicer may pay the aggregate amount of such Servicing Advances listed on a monthly request to the applicable Special Servicer, in which case such Special Servicer shall remit such Servicing Advances to the ultimate payees. The applicable Special Servicer shall have no obligation to make any Servicing Advances; provided that in an urgent or emergency situation requiring the making of a Servicing Advance, such Special Servicer may make a Servicing Advance in its sole discretion. Within five (5) Business Days of

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making such a Servicing Advance, such Special Servicer shall deliver to the applicable Master Servicer a request for reimbursement for such Servicing Advance, along with all information and documentation in such Special Servicer’s possession regarding the subject Servicing Advance as such Master Servicer may reasonably request, and such Master Servicer shall be obligated, out of such Master Servicer’s own funds, to reimburse such Special Servicer for any unreimbursed Servicing Advances (other than Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances) made by such Special Servicer pursuant to the terms hereof, together with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate from the date made to, but not including, the date of reimbursement. Such reimbursement and any accompanying payment of interest shall be made within five (5) Business Days of the written request therefor pursuant to the preceding sentence by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated in writing by such Special Servicer. Upon the applicable Master Servicer’s reimbursement to the applicable Special Servicer of any Servicing Advance and payment to such Special Servicer of interest thereon, all in accordance with this Section 3.03, such Master Servicer shall for all purposes of this Agreement be deemed to have made such Servicing Advance at the same time as such Special Servicer actually made such Servicing Advance, and accordingly, such Master Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such Servicing Advance, together with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate, at the same time, in the same manner and to the same extent as such Master Servicer would otherwise have been entitled if it had actually made such Servicing Advance at the time such Special Servicer did. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.03(c), the applicable Master Servicer shall not be required to reimburse the applicable Special Servicer out of its own funds for, or to make at the direction of such Special Servicer, any Servicing Advance if such Master Servicer determines in its reasonable judgment that such Servicing Advance, although not characterized by such Special Servicer as a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, is in fact a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. The applicable Master Servicer shall notify such Special Servicer in writing of such determination and, if applicable, such Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance shall instead be reimbursed to such Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.05 of this Agreement.

Any request by a Special Servicer that the applicable Master Servicer make a Servicing Advance shall be deemed to be a determination by such Special Servicer that such requested Servicing Advance is not a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, and such Master Servicer and the Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such determination; provided that the determination shall not be binding on such Master Servicer or Trustee. On the first Business Day after the Determination Date for the related Distribution Date, the applicable Special Servicer shall report to the applicable Master Servicer if such Special Servicer determines any Servicing Advance previously made by such Master Servicer with respect to a Specially Serviced Loan or REO Loan is a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. Such Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such a determination, and such determination shall be binding upon such Master Servicer, and shall in no way limit the ability of such Master Servicer in the absence of such determination to make its own determination that any Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance. If the applicable Special Servicer makes a determination that only a portion of, and not all of, any previously made or proposed Servicing Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance, the applicable Master Servicer shall have the right to make its own subsequent determination that any remaining portion of any such previously made or proposed Servicing Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance. If the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer or the Trustee determines that a proposed Servicing Advance with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, if made, or any outstanding Servicing Advance with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan previously made,

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would be, or is, as applicable, a Nonrecoverable Advance, the applicable Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, shall provide the applicable Other Servicer written notice of such determination within two (2) Business Days of the date of such determination. Any such determination by the applicable Special Servicer that a Servicing Advance is or would be a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance shall be binding on the applicable Master Servicer and the Trustee. All such Advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors and further as provided in Section 3.05(a). No costs incurred by a Master Servicer or a Special Servicer in effecting the payment of real estate taxes, assessments and, if applicable, ground rents on or in respect of the Mortgaged Properties shall, for purposes hereof, including, without limitation, the Certificate Administrator’s calculation of monthly distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the unpaid principal balances of the related Mortgage Loans, any related Serviced Companion Loan, if applicable, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans, related Serviced Companion Loan, if applicable, so permit. If the applicable Master Servicer fails to make any required Servicing Advance as and when due (including any applicable cure periods), to the extent the Trustee has actual knowledge of such failure, the Trustee shall make such Servicing Advance pursuant to Section 7.05. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Servicing Advance shall be required hereunder if such Servicing Advance would, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. In addition, each applicable Master Servicer shall consider Unliquidated Advances in respect of prior Servicing Advances for purposes of nonrecoverability determinations. No Special Servicer shall have an obligation to make any Servicing Advances or recoverability determination with respect to any Servicing Advance under this Agreement.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3.03(c), the applicable Master Servicer may in its good faith judgment elect (but shall not be required unless directed by the applicable Special Servicer with respect to Specially Serviced Loans and REO Loans) to make a payment from amounts on deposit in the applicable Collection Account (or any Companion Distribution Account maintained as a subaccount thereof by a Companion Paying Agent, if applicable) (which shall be deemed first made from amounts distributable as principal and then from all other amounts comprising general collections) to pay for certain expenses set forth below notwithstanding that the applicable Master Servicer (or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be) has determined that a Servicing Advance with respect to such expenditure would be a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance (unless, with respect to Specially Serviced Loans or REO Loans, the applicable Special Servicer has notified the applicable Master Servicer to not make such expenditure), where making such expenditure would prevent (i) the related Mortgaged Property from being uninsured or being sold at a tax sale or (ii) any event that would cause a loss of the priority of the lien of the related Mortgage, or the loss of any security for the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan; provided that in each instance, the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, determines in accordance with the Servicing Standard (as evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee) that making such expenditure is in the best interest of the Certificateholders (and, if applicable, the Companion Holders), all as a collective whole (taking into account the subordinate or pari passu nature of any Companion Loans). The applicable Master Servicer or the Trustee may elect to obtain reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances from the Trust pursuant to the terms of Section 3.17(c). The parties acknowledge that pursuant to the applicable Non-Serviced PSA, the applicable Non-Serviced Master Servicer is obligated to make servicing advances with respect to the related Non-Serviced Whole Loan. The applicable Non-Serviced

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Master Servicer shall be entitled to reimbursement for nonrecoverable servicing advances with respect to such Non-Serviced Whole Loan (with, in each case, any accrued and unpaid interest thereon provided for under the applicable Non-Serviced PSA) in the manner set forth in the applicable Non-Serviced PSA and the applicable Non-Serviced Intercreditor Agreement.

(d)               In connection with its recovery of any Servicing Advance out of the applicable Collection Account (or any Companion Distribution Account maintained as a subaccount thereof by the Companion Paying Agent, if applicable) pursuant to Section 3.05(a), the Trustee, the applicable Special Servicer and then the applicable Master Servicer, as the case may be and in that order, shall be entitled to receive, out of any amounts then on deposit in the applicable Collection Account interest at the Reimbursement Rate in effect from time to time, accrued on the amount of such Servicing Advance from the date made to, but not including, the date of reimbursement. Subject to Section 3.17(c), the applicable Master Servicer shall reimburse itself, the applicable Special Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be, for any outstanding Servicing Advance as soon as practically possible after funds available for such purpose are deposited in the applicable Collection Account (or any Companion Distribution Account maintained as a subaccount thereof by the Companion Paying Agent, if applicable) subject to the applicable Master Servicer’s or the Trustee’s options and rights to defer recovery of such amounts as provided herein; provided, however, that such Master Servicer’s or Trustee’s options and rights to defer recovery of such amounts shall not alter such Master Servicer’s obligation to reimburse such Special Servicer for any outstanding Servicing Advance as provided for in this sentence. To the extent amounts on deposit in the Companion Distribution Account with respect to the related Companion Loan are insufficient for any such reimbursement, the applicable Master Servicer shall use efforts in accordance with the Servicing Standard to enforce the rights of the holder of the related Mortgage Loan under the related Intercreditor Agreement to obtain any reimbursement available from the holder of the related Companion Loan.

(e)               To the extent an operations and maintenance plan is required to be established and executed pursuant to the terms of a Serviced Mortgage Loan, the applicable Master Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation thereof within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which plan is required to be established or completed. To the extent any repairs, capital improvements, actions or remediations are required to have been taken or completed pursuant to the terms of the Serviced Mortgage Loan, the applicable Master Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation of such actions and remediations within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which action or remediations are required to be or to have been taken or completed. To the extent a Mortgagor shall fail to promptly respond to any inquiry described in this Section 3.03(e), the applicable Master Servicer shall report any such failure to the applicable Special Servicer within a reasonable time after the date as of which actions or remediations are required to be or to have been taken or completed.

Section 3.04        The Collection Accounts, the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, the Companion Distribution Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account and the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account. (a) Each Master Servicer shall establish and maintain, or cause to be established and maintained, a Collection Account in which such Master Servicer shall deposit or cause to be deposited on a daily basis and in no event later than the second (2^nd) Business Day following

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receipt of available and properly identified funds (in the case of payments by Mortgagors or other collections on the Mortgage Loans or Companion Loans), except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the following payments and collections received or made by or on behalf of it subsequent to the Cut-off Date (other than in respect of principal and interest on the Mortgage Loans or Companion Loans due and payable on or before the Cut-off Date, which payments shall be delivered promptly to the appropriate Mortgage Loan Seller or its respective designee and other than any amounts received from Mortgagors which are received in connection with the purchase of defeasance collateral), or payments (other than Principal Prepayments) received by it on or prior to the Cut-off Date but allocable to a period subsequent thereto, in each case, with respect to the Mortgage Loans for which it acts as Master Servicer:

(i)                                   all payments on account of principal, including Principal Prepayments on the Mortgage Loans or principal prepayments on Serviced Companion Loans;

(ii)                                 all payments on account of interest on the Mortgage Loans or the Serviced Companion Loans, including Excess Interest, Prepayment Premiums, Yield Maintenance Charges and Default Interest;

(iii)                              late payment charges and other Penalty Charges to the extent required to offset interest on Advances and additional expenses of the Trust (including Special Servicing Fees, Workout Fees or Liquidation Fees) as required by Section 3.11(d);

(iv)                            all Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds (other than Gain-on-Sale Proceeds or Non-Serviced Gain-on-Sale Proceeds) received in respect of any Mortgage Loan, Serviced Companion Loan or REO Property (other than (A) Liquidation Proceeds that are received in connection with the purchase by the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer, the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, or the Holders of the Class R Certificates of all the Mortgage Loans and any REO Properties in the Trust Fund and that are to be deposited in the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account pursuant to Section 9.01 and (B) any proceeds that are received in connection with the purchase, if any, of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan from a securitization by the related mortgage loan seller, which shall be paid directly to the servicer of such securitization) together with any recovery of Unliquidated Advances in respect of the related Mortgage Loans;

(v)                       any amounts required to be transferred from the applicable REO Account pursuant to Section 3.14(c);

(vi)                            any amounts required to be deposited by any Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.06 in connection with losses incurred with respect to Permitted Investments of funds held in its Collection Account; and

(vii)                          any amounts required to be deposited by any Master Servicer or any Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.07(b) in connection with losses resulting from a deductible clause in a blanket hazard or master single interest policy.

Notwithstanding the foregoing requirements, a Master Servicer need not deposit into its Collection Account any amount that such Master Servicer would be authorized to withdraw

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immediately from such account in accordance with the terms of Section 3.05 and shall be entitled to instead immediately pay such amount directly to the Person(s) entitled thereto; provided that such amounts shall be applied in accordance with the terms hereof and shall be reported as if deposited in such Collection Account and then withdrawn.

The foregoing requirements for deposit in each applicable Collection Account shall be exclusive, it being understood and agreed that, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, actual payments from Mortgagors in the nature of Escrow Payments, charges for beneficiary statements or demands, assumption fees, modification fees, extension fees, defeasance fees, amounts collected for Mortgagor checks returned for insufficient funds or other amounts any Master Servicer or any Special Servicer would be entitled to retain as additional servicing compensation need not be deposited by such Master Servicer in its Collection Account. If any Master Servicer shall deposit in its Collection Account any amount not required to be deposited therein, it may at any time withdraw such amount from its Collection Account, any provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding. Assumption, extension and modification fees actually received from Mortgagors on Specially Serviced Loans shall be promptly delivered to the applicable Special Servicer as additional servicing compensation.

Upon receipt of any of the foregoing amounts in clauses (i) through (iv) above with respect to any Specially Serviced Loans, the applicable Special Servicer shall remit within two (2) Business Days such amounts to the applicable Master Servicer for deposit into the applicable Collection Account, in accordance with this Section 3.04(a); Any such amounts received by the applicable Special Servicer with respect to an REO Property shall be deposited by such Special Servicer into its REO Account and remitted to the applicable Master Servicer for deposit into its Collection Account, pursuant to Section 3.14(c). With respect to any such amounts paid by check to the order of the applicable Special Servicer, such Special Servicer shall endorse without recourse or warranty such check to the order of the applicable Master Servicer and shall promptly deliver any such check to such Master Servicer by overnight courier. Funds in each applicable Collection Accounts may only be invested in Permitted Investments in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.06. As of the Closing Date, the Collection Account for the Master Servicer shall be located at the offices of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association. Each Master Servicer shall give written notice to the Trustee, each applicable Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor of the new location of its Collection Account prior to any change thereof.

(b)               The Certificate Administrator, on behalf of the Trustee, shall establish and maintain (i) the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, the Interest Reserve Account and the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account in trust for the benefit of the Certificateholders (other than the Holders of the Excess Interest Certificates), (ii) the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account in trust for the benefit of the Certificateholders (other than the Holders of the Excess Interest Certificates) and (iii) the Excess Interest Distribution Account in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Excess Interest Certificates. Each Master Servicer shall deliver to the Certificate Administrator each month on or before the P&I Advance Date therein, for deposit (x) in the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, that portion of the Available Funds attributable to the Mortgage Loans for which it acts as Master Servicer (in each case, calculated without regard to clauses (a)(iii)(B), (a)(iv), (c) and (d) of the definition of Available Funds) for the related Distribution Date and (y) in the Excess Interest Distribution Account all Excess Interest for the related Distribution Date then on deposit in the applicable Collection Account maintained by the

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applicable Master Servicer after giving effect to withdrawals of funds pursuant to Section 3.05(a)(ii). For the avoidance of doubt, so long as Computershare Trust Company, National Association is the Certificate Administrator, all funds held in the Distribution Account, the Interest Reserve Account and the Excess Interest Distribution Account shall remain uninvested.

The Certificate Administrator shall, on any Distribution Date, make withdrawals from the Excess Interest Distribution Account to the extent required to make the distributions of Excess Interest required by Section 4.01(j) of this Agreement.

With respect to each Serviced Companion Loan, the Companion Paying Agent shall establish and maintain the Companion Distribution Account, which may be a subaccount of the related Collection Account, for distributions to each Serviced Companion Noteholder. Funds in the Companion Distribution Account shall be held for the benefit of the related Serviced Companion Noteholders. The Companion Paying Agent shall separately track for each Serviced Companion Loan all amounts deposited in the Companion Distribution Account with respect to such Serviced Companion Loan.

On each Serviced Whole Loan Remittance Date, (1) first, the applicable Master Servicer shall withdraw from its Collection Account (or applicable portion thereof) an aggregate amount equal to all payments and/or collections actually received on, and payable in respect of, the Serviced Companion Loans prior to such date and deposit such amount in the Companion Distribution Account; provided, however, that in no event shall the applicable Master Servicer be required to transfer to the Companion Distribution Account any portion thereof that is payable or reimbursable to or at the direction of any party to this Agreement under the other provisions of this Agreement and/or the related Intercreditor Agreement; and (2) then, the Companion Paying Agent shall make the payments and remittance described in Section 4.01(k). With respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, in the event the applicable Master Servicer has received written notice that an Other Servicer or Other Trustee has made an advance of a monthly debt service payment on a related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan and such Master Servicer subsequently receives Late Collections in respect of such advanced payment, such Master Servicer shall remit to the applicable Other Servicer or Other Trustee, within two (2) Business Days following receipt of such Late Collections in properly identified funds, the amount allocable to such Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the related Intercreditor Agreement.

The Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account, the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the Interest Reserve Account, may be subaccounts of a single Eligible Account, which shall be maintained as a segregated account separate from other accounts.

In addition to the amounts required to be deposited in the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account pursuant to this Section 3.04, each Master Servicer shall, as and when required hereunder, deliver to the Certificate Administrator for deposit in the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account:

(i)                               any amounts required to be deposited by such Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.17(a) as Compensating Interest Payments (other than the portion of any

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Compensating Interest Payment allocated to a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan) in connection with Prepayment Interest Shortfalls;

(ii)                                any P&I Advances required to be made by such Master Servicer in accordance with Section 4.03;

(iii)                            any Liquidation Proceeds paid by such Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer, the Holders of the Controlling Class or the Holders of the Class R Certificates in connection with the purchase of all of the Mortgage Loans and any REO Properties in the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01 (exclusive of that portion thereof required to be deposited in the related Collection Account pursuant to Section 9.01);

(iv)                             any Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges with respect to the Mortgage Loans actually collected; and

(v)                               any other amounts required to be so delivered for deposit in the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account pursuant to any provision of this Agreement.

If, as of the close of business (New York City time) on any P&I Advance Date or on such other date as any amount referred to in the foregoing clauses (i) through (v) or any Excess Interest are required to be delivered hereunder, the applicable Master Servicer shall not have delivered to the Certificate Administrator for deposit in the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account or the Excess Interest Distribution Account, as applicable, the amounts required to be deposited therein pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement (including any P&I Advance with respect to the Mortgage Loans, pursuant to Section 4.03(a)), the applicable Master Servicer shall pay the Certificate Administrator interest on such late payment at the Prime Rate from and including the date such payment was required to be made (without regard to any Grace Period set forth in Section 7.01(a)(i)) until (but not including) the date such late payment is received by the Certificate Administrator.

The Certificate Administrator shall, upon receipt, deposit in the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account or the Excess Interest Distribution Account, as applicable, any and all amounts received by the Certificate Administrator that are required by the terms of this Agreement to be deposited therein.

Promptly on each Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator shall be deemed to withdraw from the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account and deposit in the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account an aggregate amount of immediately available funds equal to the Lower-Tier Distribution Amount and the amount of any Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges for such Distribution Date allocated in payment of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests as specified in Section 4.01(c) and Section 4.01(e), respectively.

Funds on deposit in the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account, the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account or the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account shall not be invested for so long as Computershare Trust Company, National Association is the Certificate Administrator; provided, however, that such funds may be invested and, if invested, shall be invested by, and at the risk of, the Certificate Administrator (but only if the Certificate Administrator is not Computershare Trust Company,

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National Association) in Permitted Investments selected by the party hereunder that maintains such account which shall mature, unless payable on demand, not later than such time on the Distribution Date which will allow the Certificate Administrator to make withdrawals from the Distribution Account, and any such Permitted Investment shall not be sold or disposed of prior to its maturity unless payable on demand. All such Permitted Investments to be administered by the Certificate Administrator, shall be made in the name of “Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator, for the benefit of Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee for the Holders of MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1 as their interests may appear”, or in the name of any successor trustee, as Trustee for the Holders of MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1 as their interests may appear. None of the Trust, the Depositor, the Mortgagors, any Master Servicer or any Special Servicer shall be liable for any loss incurred on such Permitted Investments.

An amount equal to all income and gain realized from any such investment shall be paid to the Certificate Administrator as additional compensation and shall be subject to its withdrawal at any time from time to time. The amount of any losses incurred in respect of any such investments shall be for the account of the Certificate Administrator which shall deposit the amount of such loss (to the extent not offset by income from other investments) in the Distribution Accounts, as the case may be, out of its own funds immediately as realized. If the Certificate Administrator deposits in or transfers to the Distribution Accounts, as the case may be, any amount not required to be deposited therein or transferred thereto, it may at any time withdraw such amount or retransfer such amount from the Distribution Accounts, as the case may be, any provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding.

As of the Closing Date, the Interest Reserve Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account, the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account and the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account shall be located at the offices of the Certificate Administrator. The Certificate Administrator shall give notice to the Trustee, each applicable Master Servicer, and the Depositor of the proposed location of the Interest Reserve Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account, the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, and, if established and the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account prior to any change thereof.

For the avoidance of doubt, the applicable Collection Account (other than (i) any portion holding Excess Interest and (ii) the Companion Distribution Account, if it is a sub-account of the applicable Collection Account), the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, any Servicing Account, the REO Account and the Interest Reserve Account (including interest, if any, earned on the investment of funds in such accounts) will be owned by the Lower-Tier REMIC; the Excess Interest Distribution Account (and any portion of the applicable Collection Account holding Excess Interest) (including interest, if any, earned on the investment of funds in such account) will be owned by the Grantor Trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Excess Interest Certificates; the Companion Distribution Account (including interest, if any, earned on the investment of funds in such account) will be owned by the Companion Holders; and the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account (including interest, if any, earned on the investment of funds such account) will be owned by the Upper-Tier REMIC, each for federal income tax purposes.

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(c)               Prior to any Determination Date for the first Collection Period during which Excess Interest is received on any Mortgage Loan, and upon notification from a Master Servicer or a Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.02(d), the Certificate Administrator, on behalf of the Certificateholders, shall establish and maintain the Excess Interest Distribution Account in its own name on behalf of the Trustee in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Excess Interest Certificates. The Excess Interest Distribution Account shall be established and maintained as an Eligible Account (or as a subaccount of an Eligible Account). Prior to the applicable Distribution Date, the applicable Master Servicer shall remit to the Certificate Administrator for deposit in the Excess Interest Distribution Account an amount equal to the Excess Interest received by such Master Servicer prior to the Determination Date for the applicable Collection Period.

(d)               Following the distribution of the applicable portions of Excess Interest to Holders of the Excess Interest Certificates, on the first Distribution Date after which there are no longer any Mortgage Loans outstanding which pursuant to their terms could pay Excess Interest, the Certificate Administrator shall terminate the Excess Interest Distribution Account.

(e)               The Certificate Administrator shall establish (upon notice from the applicable Special Servicer of an event occurring that generates Gain-on-Sale Proceeds) and maintain the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account for the benefit of the Certificateholders. The Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account shall be maintained as an Eligible Account (or as a subaccount of an Eligible Account), separate and apart from trust funds for mortgage pass-through certificates of other series administered by the Certificate Administrator.

Upon the disposition of any REO Property, in accordance with Section 3.09 or Section 3.16, the applicable Special Servicer will calculate the Gain-on-Sale Proceeds, if any, realized that are allocable to the Mortgage Loan and any gain that is allocable to any related Serviced Companion Loan in connection with such sale and remit such funds to the applicable Master Servicer on the later of (x) the related Determination Date or (y) the date that is two (2) Business Days after such amounts are received and properly identified and determined to be available, along with a notation of the amount of Gain-on-Sale Proceeds in the CREFC^® REO Liquidation Report. On the related Remittance Date, the applicable Master Servicer shall remit such funds that are allocable to the Mortgage Loan to the Certificate Administrator, who shall deposit such funds into the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account. Any gain on such disposition that is allocable to any related Companion Loan in accordance with the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement shall be remitted to the Companion Paying Agent for deposit into the Companion Distribution Account.

(f)                Any Non-Serviced Gain-on-Sale Proceeds received with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan pursuant to the related Non-Serviced PSA shall be remitted to the Certificate Administrator for deposit into the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account.

(g)               [RESERVED].

(h)               [RESERVED].

(i)                 If any Loss of Value Payments are received in connection with a Material Defect pursuant to or as contemplated by Section 3.05(g) of this Agreement, the applicable Special

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Servicer shall establish and maintain one or more non-interest bearing accounts (collectively, the “Loss of Value Reserve Fund”) to be held for the benefit of the Certificateholders, for purposes of holding such Loss of Value Payments. Each account that constitutes the Loss of Value Reserve Fund shall be an Eligible Account or a sub-account of an Eligible Account. The applicable Special Servicer shall, within two (2) Business Days of receipt of properly identified and available Loss of Value Payments, deposit in the Loss of Value Reserve Fund all Loss of Value Payments received by it. The Certificate Administrator shall account for the Loss of Value Reserve Fund as an outside reserve fund within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(h) and not an asset of any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust. Furthermore, for all federal tax purposes, the Certificate Administrator shall (i) treat amounts paid out of the Loss of Value Reserve Fund through the applicable Collection Account to the Certificateholders as paid to and distributed by the Trust REMICs and (ii) treat any amounts paid out of the Loss of Value Reserve Fund through the applicable Collection Account to a Mortgage Loan Seller as distributions by the Trust to such Mortgage Loan Seller as beneficial owner of the Loss of Value Reserve Fund. The applicable Mortgage Loan Seller will be the beneficial owner of the Loss of Value Reserve Fund for all federal income tax purposes, and shall be taxable on all income earned thereon.

Section 3.05        Permitted Withdrawals from the Collection Accounts, the Distribution Accounts and the Companion Distribution Account. (a) Each Master Servicer may, from time to time, make withdrawals from its Collection Account (or the applicable subaccount of the applicable Collection Account exclusive of the Companion Distribution Account) for any of the following purposes (the following not being an order of priority and without duplication of the same payment or reimbursement):

(i)                (A)  no later than 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on each P&I Advance Date, to remit to the Certificate Administrator for deposit in the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account and the Excess Interest Distribution Account the amounts required to be remitted by such Master Servicer pursuant to the first paragraph of Section 3.04(b) or that may be applied to make P&I Advances pursuant to Section 4.03(a); and (B) pursuant to the second paragraph of Section 3.04(b), to remit to the Companion Paying Agent for deposit in the Companion Distribution Account the amounts required to be so deposited with respect to the Companion Loans;

(ii)               (A)  to pay itself (or, with respect to any Transferable Servicing Interest, to pay Wells Fargo Bank, National Association if Wells Fargo Bank, National Association is no longer the Master Servicer, any such interest pursuant to Section 3.11(a)) unpaid Servicing Fees in respect of each Mortgage Loan, Serviced Companion Loan, Specially Serviced Loan, and REO Loan, as applicable, the applicable Master Servicer’s rights to payment of Servicing Fees pursuant to this clause (ii)(A) with respect to any Mortgage Loan, related Serviced Companion Loan, Specially Serviced Loan or REO Loan, as applicable, being limited to amounts received on or in respect of such Mortgage Loan or related Serviced Companion Loan (whether in the form of payments, Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds) or such REO Loan (whether in the form of REO Revenues, Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds), that are allocable as recovery of interest thereon, (B) to pay the applicable Special Servicer any unpaid Special Servicing Fees, Liquidation Fees and Workout Fees in respect of each Specially Serviced Loan or REO Loan or Corrected Loan, as applicable, and any expense

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incurred by such Special Servicer in connection with performing any inspections pursuant to Section 3.12(a), remaining unpaid first, out of related REO Revenues, Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds and collections in respect of the related Specially Serviced Loan (provided that, in the case of such payment relating to a Serviced Whole Loan, such payment shall be made, subject to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement (i) with respect to a Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan, pro rata and pari passu, from the related Serviced Pari Passu Mortgage Loan and Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s), in accordance with their respective outstanding principal balances, or (ii) with respect to a Serviced AB Whole Loan, first, from the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan(s) and then, from the Serviced AB Mortgage Loan and any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans on a pro rata and pari passu basis) and then out of general collections on the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties serviced by such Master Servicer, (C) to pay the Operating Advisor (or the applicable Master Servicer, if applicable) any unpaid Operating Advisor Fees or Operating Advisor Consulting Fees in respect of each Mortgage Loan, Specially Serviced Loan or REO Loan (other than any related Companion Loan), as applicable, the Operating Advisor’s right to payment of the Operating Advisor Fee or Operating Advisor Consulting Fee pursuant to this clause (ii)(C) with respect to any Mortgage Loan, Specially Serviced Loan or REO Loan (other than any related Companion Loan), as applicable, being limited to amounts received on or in respect of such Mortgage Loan (whether in the form of payments, P&I Advances (solely with respect to the Operating Advisor Fee), Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds), such REO Loan (whether in the form of REO Revenues, Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds), that are allocable as recovery of interest thereon, and (D) to pay the Asset Representations Reviewer, any unpaid Asset Representations Reviewer Fee and (subject to Section 12.02(b)) Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee, if any, payable in connection with any Asset Review performed as a result of an Affirmative Asset Review Vote;

(iii)                             to reimburse the Trustee and itself, as applicable (in that order), for unreimbursed P&I Advances, the applicable Master Servicer’s or the Trustee’s right to reimbursement pursuant to this clause (iii) being limited to amounts received which represent Late Collections of interest (net of the related Servicing Fee) on and principal of the particular Mortgage Loans and REO Loans with respect to which P&I Advances were made; provided that with respect to each Serviced Whole Loan, reimbursement of P&I Advances shall be made only from amounts collected with respect to the related Serviced Mortgage Loan and not from any amounts collected with respect to any related Serviced Companion Loan (provided that, with respect to any AB Subordinate Companion Loan, the foregoing shall not limit or otherwise modify the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement pursuant to which any amounts collected with respect to the related Whole Loan are allocated to the related Serviced AB Mortgage Loan, any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans and the AB Subordinate Companion Loans) prior to reimbursement from other funds unrelated to such Serviced Whole Loan on deposit in such Collection Account; provided, further, that if such P&I Advance with respect to a Mortgage Loan becomes a Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount, then the maker of such P&I Advance shall additionally, but without duplication, thereafter be entitled to reimbursement for such P&I Advance from the portion of general collections and recoveries on or in respect of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties serviced by such Master Servicer on

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deposit in such Collection Account from time to time that represent collections or recoveries of principal to the extent provided in clause (v) below; and provided, further, that if such Advance becomes a Nonrecoverable Advance, then such Advance shall be reimbursable pursuant to clause (v) below;

(iv)                            to reimburse the Trustee, the applicable Special Servicer and itself, as applicable (in that order), for unreimbursed Servicing Advances, the applicable Master Servicer’s, the applicable Special Servicer’s or the Trustee’s respective rights to receive payment pursuant to this clause (iv) with respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan or any related Companion Loan or any REO Property being limited to, as applicable, related payments, Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds and REO Revenues (provided that, in the case of such reimbursement relating to a Serviced Whole Loan, such reimbursements shall be made, subject to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement (i) with respect to a Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan, pro rata and pari passu, from the related Serviced Pari Passu Mortgage Loan and Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s) in accordance with their respective outstanding principal balances, or (ii) with respect to a Serviced AB Whole Loan, first, from the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan(s) and then, from the related Serviced AB Mortgage Loan and any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans on a pro rata and pari passu basis (provided that, with respect to any AB Subordinate Companion Loan, the foregoing shall not limit or otherwise modify the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement pursuant to which any amounts collected with respect to the related Whole Loan are allocated to the related Serviced Mortgage Loan, any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans and the AB Subordinate Companion Loans), prior to reimbursement from other funds unrelated to such Serviced Whole Loan on deposit in such Collection Account related to any Mortgage Loan); provided, however, that if such Servicing Advance becomes a Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount, then the maker of such Servicing Advance shall additionally, but without duplication, thereafter be entitled to reimbursement for such Servicing Advance from the portion of general collections and recoveries on or in respect of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties serviced by such Master Servicer on deposit in such Collection Account from time to time that represent collections or recoveries of principal to the extent provided in clause (v) below; provided, further, that if such Advance becomes a Nonrecoverable Advance, then such Advance shall be reimbursable pursuant to clause (v) below;

(v)                           to reimburse the Trustee, the applicable Special Servicer and itself, as applicable (in that order) (1) for Nonrecoverable Advances first, out of REO Revenues, Liquidation Proceeds and Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds, if any, received on the related Mortgage Loan and any related Companion Loan (with respect to such Companion Loan, only for Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances made with respect thereto), then, out of the principal portion of general collections on the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties serviced by such Master Servicer, then, to the extent the principal portion of general collections is insufficient and with respect to such excess only, subject to any exercise of the sole option to defer reimbursement thereof pursuant to Section 3.17(c), out of general collections on the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties serviced by such Master Servicer, (2) for Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts, out of the principal portion of the general collections on the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties serviced by such Master Servicer net of such amounts being reimbursed pursuant to (1) above; (provided that, in

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the case of such reimbursement of a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance relating to a Serviced Whole Loan, such reimbursement shall be made, subject to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement (i) with respect to a Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan, pro rata and pari passu, from the related Serviced Pari Passu Mortgage Loan and Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s) in accordance with their respective outstanding principal balances, or (ii) with respect to a Serviced AB Whole Loan, first, from the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan(s) and then, from the related Serviced AB Mortgage Loan and any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans on a pro rata and pari passu basis and provided, further, that, in the case of such reimbursement with respect to Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances relating to a Serviced Whole Loan, such reimbursement shall be made as described above in this clause (v)(1) and (v)(2), prior to reimbursement from other funds unrelated to such Serviced Whole Loan on deposit in such Collection Account; provided, further, that with respect to a Serviced Mortgage Loan, reimbursement of Nonrecoverable P&I Advances from funds collected from the related Serviced Whole Loan shall be made only from amounts collected with respect to such Serviced Mortgage Loan (and not from any amounts collected with respect to the related Serviced Companion Loan), in accordance with the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement (provided that, with respect to any Serviced Companion Loan, the foregoing with respect to Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances and Nonrecoverable P&I Advances shall not limit or otherwise modify the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement pursuant to which any amounts collected with respect to the related Whole Loan are allocated to the related Serviced Mortgage Loan, any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans and AB Subordinate Companion Loan), prior to reimbursement from other funds unrelated to such Serviced Whole Loan on deposit in such Collection Account related to any Mortgage Loan) or (3) to pay itself, with respect to any Mortgage Loan, any related Companion Loan, if applicable, or REO Property any related earned Servicing Fee that remained unpaid in accordance with clause (ii) above following a Final Recovery Determination made with respect to such Mortgage Loan or REO Property and the deposit into such Collection Account of all amounts received in connection therewith;

(vi)                            at such time as it reimburses the Trustee and itself, as applicable (in that order) or any Other Trustee or Other Servicer for a related securitization trust in respect of any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan for (a) any unreimbursed P&I Advance (including any such P&I Advance that constitutes a Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount) pursuant to clause (iii) or clause (v) above, to pay itself and/or the Trustee or such other servicing party, as applicable, any interest accrued and payable thereon in accordance with Sections 4.03(d) and 3.11(d), (b) any unreimbursed Servicing Advances (including any such Servicing Advance that constitutes a Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount) pursuant to clause (iv) or clause (v) above, to pay itself, the applicable Special Servicer or the Trustee, or Other Trustee or Other Servicer as the case may be, any interest accrued and payable thereon in accordance with Section 3.03(d) and Section 3.11(d) or (c) any Nonrecoverable Advances pursuant to clause (v) above, to pay itself, the applicable Special Servicer or the Trustee, or Other Trustee or Other Servicer as the case may be, any interest accrued and payable thereon; provided that in all events, subject to the related Intercreditor Agreement, interest on P&I Advances on any Serviced Mortgage Loan shall not be paid from funds actually distributable to any related Serviced Companion Loan (provided that, with respect to any AB Subordinate Companion Loan, the foregoing shall not limit or

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otherwise modify the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement pursuant to which any amounts collected with respect to the related Whole Loan are allocated to the related Serviced AB Mortgage Loan, any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans and AB Subordinate Companion Loans);

(vii)                         to reimburse itself, the applicable Special Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be, for any unreimbursed expenses reasonably incurred by such Person in respect of any Material Defect giving rise to a repurchase or substitution obligation of a Mortgage Loan Seller or any other obligation of such Mortgage Loan Seller under Section 4 of the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, including, without limitation, any expenses arising out of the enforcement of the repurchase or substitution obligation or any other obligation of such Mortgage Loan Seller, each such Person’s right to reimbursement pursuant to this clause (vii) with respect to any Mortgage Loan being limited to that portion of the Purchase Price, the Loss of Value Payment or Substitution Shortfall Amount paid with respect to such Mortgage Loan, that represents such expense in accordance with clause (iv) of the definition of Purchase Price;

(viii)                     in accordance with Section 2.03(f), to reimburse itself or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, first, out of Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds, if any, with respect to the related Mortgage Loan or REO Loan, and then out of general collections on the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties serviced by such Master Servicer, for any unreimbursed expense reasonably incurred by such Person in connection with the enforcement of a Mortgage Loan Seller’s obligations under Section 4 of the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, but only to the extent that such expenses are not reimbursable pursuant to clause (vii) above or otherwise; provided that, in the case of such reimbursement out of Liquidation Proceeds, and Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds described above relating to a Serviced Whole Loan, such reimbursement shall be made, subject to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement (i) with respect to a Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan, pro rata and pari passu, from the related Serviced Pari Passu Mortgage Loan and Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan in accordance with their respective outstanding principal balances or (ii) with respect to a Serviced AB Whole Loan, first, from the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan and then, from the related Serviced AB Mortgage Loan and any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans on a pro rata and pari passu basis (provided that, with respect to any AB Subordinate Companion Loan, the foregoing shall not limit or otherwise modify the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement pursuant to which any amounts collected with respect to the related Whole Loan are allocated to the related Serviced AB Mortgage Loan, any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans and the AB Subordinate Companion Loans), in each case, prior to being payable out of general collections with respect to the Mortgage Loans;

(ix)                              to pay for costs and expenses incurred by the Trust pursuant to Section 3.09(c) first, out of REO Revenues, Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds with respect to the related Mortgage Loan, Serviced Companion Loan or REO Loan and then out of general collections on the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties serviced by such Master Servicer; provided that, in the case of such reimbursement relating to a Serviced Whole Loan, such reimbursement shall be made,

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subject to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement (i) with respect to a Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan, pro rata and pari passu, from the related Serviced Pari Passu Mortgage Loan and Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s) in accordance with their respective outstanding principal balances or (ii) with respect to a Serviced AB Whole Loan, first, from the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan(s) and then, from the related Serviced AB Mortgage Loan and any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans on a pro rata and pari passu basis (provided that, with respect to any AB Subordinate Companion Loan, the foregoing shall not limit or otherwise modify the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement pursuant to which any amounts collected with respect to the related Whole Loan are allocated to the related Serviced AB Mortgage Loan, any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans and the AB Subordinate Companion Loans), in each case, prior to being payable out of general collections with respect to the Mortgage Loan;

(x)                                 to pay itself, as additional servicing compensation in accordance with Section 3.11(a), (a) (1) interest and investment income earned in respect of amounts relating to the Trust Fund held in such Collection Account and the Companion Distribution Account as provided in Section 3.06(b) (but only to the extent of the Net Investment Earnings with respect to such Collection Account and the Companion Distribution Account for the period from and including the prior Distribution Date to and including the P&I Advance Date related to such Distribution Date) and (2) Penalty Charges (other than Penalty Charges collected while the related Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan is a Specially Serviced Loan), but only to the extent collected from the related Mortgagor and to the extent that all amounts then due and payable with respect to the related Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan have been paid and such Penalty Charges are not needed to pay interest on Advances or costs and expenses incurred by the Trust (including Special Servicing Fees, Liquidation Fees and Workout Fees) in accordance with Section 3.11(d); and (b) to pay the applicable Special Servicer, as additional servicing compensation in accordance with Section 3.11(c), Penalty Charges collected on Specially Serviced Loans (but only to the extent collected from the related Mortgagor and to the extent that all amounts then due and payable with respect to the related Specially Serviced Loan have been paid and such Penalty Charges are not needed to pay interest on Advances or costs and expenses incurred by the Trust (including Special Servicing Fees, Liquidation Fees and Workout Fees) in accordance with Section 3.11(d));

(xi)                             to recoup any amounts deposited in such Collection Account in error;

(xii)                     to pay itself, the applicable Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any of their respective directors, officers, members, managers, employees and agents, or CREFC^®, as the case may be, out of general collections, any amounts payable to any such Person pursuant to Section 3.11(g), Section 6.04(a) or Section 6.04(b); provided that, in the case of such reimbursement (other than a reimbursement of any amounts payable to CREFC^®) relating to a Serviced Whole Loan, such reimbursement shall be made, subject to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement (i) with respect to a Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan, pro rata and pari passu, from the related Serviced Pari Passu Mortgage Loan and Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan in accordance with their respective outstanding principal balances or (ii) with respect to a Serviced AB Whole Loan, first, from the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan

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and then, from the related Serviced AB Mortgage Loan and any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans on a pro rata and pari passu basis (provided that, with respect to any AB Subordinate Companion Loan, the foregoing shall not limit or otherwise modify the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement pursuant to which any amounts collected with respect to the related Whole Loan are allocated to the related Serviced AB Mortgage Loan, any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans and the AB Subordinate Companion Loans), in each case, prior to being payable out of general collections with respect to the Mortgage Loans;

(xiii)                      to pay for (a) the cost of the Opinions of Counsel contemplated by Sections 3.09(b), 3.14(a), 3.15(b), 3.18(b), 3.18(d), 3.18(i), 10.01(f) and Section 13.02(a) to the extent payable out of the Trust Fund, (b) the cost of any Opinion of Counsel contemplated by Sections 13.01(a) or Section 13.01(c) in connection with an amendment to this Agreement requested by the Trustee or the applicable Master Servicer, which amendment is in furtherance of the rights and interests of Certificateholders and (c) the cost of obtaining the REO Extension contemplated by Section 3.14(a); provided that, in the case of such reimbursement relating to a Serviced Whole Loan, such reimbursement shall be made, subject to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement (i) with respect to the related Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan, pro rata and pari passu, from the related Serviced Pari Passu Mortgage Loan and Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s) in accordance with their respective outstanding principal balances or (ii) with respect to a Serviced AB Whole Loan, first, from the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan(s) and then, from the related Serviced AB Mortgage Loan and any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans on a pro rata and pari passu basis (provided that, with respect to any AB Subordinate Companion Loan, the foregoing shall not limit or otherwise modify the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement pursuant to which any amounts collected with respect to the related Whole Loan are allocated to the related Serviced AB Mortgage Loan, any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans and the AB Subordinate Companion Loan(s)), in each case, prior to being payable out of general collections with respect to the Mortgage Loans;

(xiv)                     to pay out of general collections on the Mortgage Loans and the REO Properties serviced by such Master Servicer any and all federal, state and local taxes imposed on any Trust REMIC, or any of their assets or transactions, together with all incidental costs and expenses, to the extent that none of the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee is liable therefor pursuant to Section 10.01(g);

(xv)                       to reimburse the Certificate Administrator out of general collections on the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties serviced by such Master Servicer for expenses incurred by and reimbursable to it by the Trust pursuant to Section 10.01(c);

(xvi)                     to pay the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller or any other Person, with respect to each Mortgage Loan, if any, previously purchased by such Person pursuant to this Agreement, all amounts received thereon subsequent to the date of purchase relating to periods after the date of purchase; or, in the case of the substitution for a Mortgage Loan by a Mortgage Loan Seller as contemplated by Section 2.03(b), to pay such Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to the replaced Mortgage Loan all amounts received thereon subsequent

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to the date of substitution, and with respect to the related Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan(s), all Periodic Payments due thereon during or prior to the month of substitution, in accordance with Section 2.03(b);

(xvii)                to remit to the Certificate Administrator for deposit in the Interest Reserve Account the amounts required to be deposited in the Interest Reserve Account pursuant to Section 3.21;

(xviii)              so long as such Master Servicer has received notice of the applicable Uncovered Amount on or before the related Determination Date, to pay or reimburse the applicable Person for any Uncovered Amount in respect of the other Master Servicer’s Collection Account, any such Person’s right to payment or reimbursement for any such Uncovered Amount being limited to any general funds in the subject Master Servicer’s Collection Account that are not otherwise to be applied to make any of the payments or reimbursements contemplated to be made out of the subject Master Servicer’s Collection Account pursuant to any of clauses (i) – (xvii) above;

(xix)                       to remit to the Companion Paying Agent for deposit into the Companion Distribution Account the amounts required to be deposited pursuant to Section 3.04(b) without duplication of amounts remitted to the Companion Paying Agent pursuant to clause (i) above;

(xx)                           [Reserved];

(xxi)                     to clear and terminate such Collection Account at the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01; and

(xxii)               to pay for any expenditures to be borne by the Trust pursuant to the third paragraph of Section 3.03(c).

Each Master Servicer shall also be entitled to make withdrawals from time to time, from its Collection Account of amounts necessary for the payments or reimbursement of amounts required to be paid to the applicable Non-Serviced Trust, the applicable Non-Serviced Master Servicer, the applicable Non-Serviced Special Servicer, the applicable Non-Serviced Trustee, the applicable Non-Serviced Paying Agent or any other applicable party to the applicable Non-Serviced PSA by the holder of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan pursuant to the applicable Non-Serviced Intercreditor Agreement and the applicable Non-Serviced PSA.

Each Master Servicer shall keep and maintain separate accounting records, on a loan-by-loan and property by property basis when appropriate, for the purpose of justifying any withdrawal from its Collection Account.

Each Master Servicer shall pay to the applicable Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer from its Collection Account amounts permitted to be paid to it therefrom monthly upon receipt of a certificate of a Servicing Officer of such Special Servicer, or an officer of the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer or a Responsible Officer of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator describing the item and amount to which such Special Servicer, the Trustee, the

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Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer is entitled. The applicable Master Servicer may rely conclusively on any such certificate and shall have no duty to re-calculate the amounts stated therein. The applicable Special Servicer shall keep and maintain separate accounting for each Specially Serviced Loan and REO Loan, on a loan-by-loan basis (or when appropriate, property-by-property basis), for the purpose of justifying any request for withdrawal from the applicable Collection Account. Notwithstanding the above, no written certificate is required for a payment of Special Servicing Fees and/or Workout Fees arising from collections other than the initial collection on a Corrected Loan.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3.05 or elsewhere in this Agreement, no amounts payable or reimbursable to the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer out of general collections that do not specifically relate to a Serviced Whole Loan may be reimbursable from amounts that would otherwise be payable to the related Companion Loan, as applicable.

(b)                              The Certificate Administrator may, from time to time, make withdrawals from the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account for any of the following purposes (the following not being an order of priority):

(i)                                to be deemed to make deposits of the Lower-Tier Distribution Amount pursuant to Section 4.01(c) and the amount of any Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges distributable pursuant to Section 4.01(e) in the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, and to make distributions on the Class R Certificates in respect of the Class LR Interest pursuant to Section 4.01(c);

(ii)                              to pay to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator or any of their directors, officers, employees and agents, as the case may be, any amounts payable or reimbursable to any such Person with respect to the Mortgage Loans pursuant to Section 8.05(b);

(iii)                         to pay the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator Fee and the Trustee Fee, as applicable, as contemplated by Section 8.05(a) with respect to the Mortgage Loans;

(iv)                         to pay for the cost (without duplication) of the Opinions of Counsel sought by (A) the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator as provided in clause (vi) of the definition of “Disqualified Organization,” (B) the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, any Master Servicer or any Special Servicer as contemplated by Section 3.18(d), (C) the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator as contemplated by Section 5.08(c) or Section 8.02 to the extent payable out of the Trust Fund, (D) the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, any Master Servicer or any Special Servicer as contemplated by Section 10.01(f) or Section 10.01(l) to the extent payable out of the Trust Fund, or (E) the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, any Master Servicer or any Special Servicer as contemplated by Section 13.01(a) or Section 13.01(c) in connection with any amendment to this Agreement requested by the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, which amendment is in

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furtherance of the rights and interests of Certificateholders, in each case, to the extent not paid pursuant to Section 13.01(g);

(v)                              to pay any and all federal, state and local taxes imposed on the Lower-Tier REMIC or the Upper-Tier REMIC or on the assets or transactions of any such REMIC, together with all incidental costs and expenses, to the extent none of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the REMIC Administrator, any Master Servicer or any Special Servicer is liable therefor pursuant to Section 10.01(g);

(vi)                          to pay the REMIC Administrator any amounts reimbursable to it pursuant to Section 10.01(c) with respect to the Lower-Tier REMIC or the Upper-Tier REMIC;

(vii)                      to pay to the applicable Master Servicer any amounts deposited by such Master Servicer in the Distribution Accounts not required to be deposited therein;

(viii)                  to clear and terminate the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account at the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01; and

(ix)                             termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01.

(c)                              The Certificate Administrator shall, on any Distribution Date, make withdrawals from the Excess Interest Distribution Account to the extent required to make the distributions of Excess Interest required by Section 4.01(j).

(d)                              The Certificate Administrator shall make, or be deemed to make, withdrawals from the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account for any of the following purposes:

(i)                                to make distributions to the Holders of the Regular Certificates and the Exchangeable Certificates (and to the Holders of the Class R Certificates in respect of the Class UR Interest) on each Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01 or Section 9.01, as applicable; and

(ii)                           to clear and terminate the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account at the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01.

(e)                              [RESERVED].

(f)                               Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to any Mortgage Loan, (i) if amounts on deposit in each applicable Collection Account and the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account are not sufficient to pay the full amount of the Servicing Fee listed in Section 3.05(a)(ii), the Operating Advisor Fee listed in Section 3.05(a)(ii) and the Certificate Administrator Fee listed in Section 3.05(b)(iii), then the Certificate Administrator Fee shall be paid in full prior to the payment of any Servicing Fees payable under Section 3.05(a)(ii) and then, after payment of Servicing Fees, the Operating Advisor Fees payable under Section 3.05(a)(ii) and in the event that amounts on deposit in each applicable Collection Account and the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account are not sufficient to pay the full amount of such Certificate Administrator Fee, the Certificate Administrator shall be paid based on the amount of such fees and (ii) if amounts on deposit in each applicable Collection Account are not sufficient to

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reimburse the full amount of Advances and interest thereon listed in Sections 3.05(a)(ii), (a)(iii), (a)(iv), (a)(v), and (a)(vi) then reimbursements shall be paid first to the Certificate Administrator and to the Trustee, pro rata, second to the applicable Special Servicer, third to the applicable Master Servicer and then to the Operating Advisor.

(g)               If any Loss of Value Payments are deposited into the Loss of Value Reserve Fund with respect to any Mortgage Loan or any related Serviced REO Property, then the applicable Special Servicer shall promptly upon written direction from the applicable Master Servicer (provided that, (1) with respect to clause (iv) below, such Special Servicer shall have provided notice to the applicable Master Servicer of the occurrence of such Liquidation Event and (2) with respect to clause (v) below, the Certificate Administrator shall have provided the applicable Master Servicer and such Special Servicer with five (5) Business Days’ prior notice of such final Distribution Date) transfer such Loss of Value Payments (up to the remaining portion thereof) from the Loss of Value Reserve Fund to the applicable Master Servicer for deposit into the applicable Collection Account for the following purposes:

(i)                              to reimburse the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer or the Trustee, in accordance with Section 3.05(a) of this Agreement, for any Nonrecoverable Advance made by such party with respect to such Mortgage Loan or any related Serviced REO Property (together with any interest on such Advances);

(ii)                              to pay, in accordance with Section 3.05(a) of this Agreement, or to reimburse the Trust for the prior payment of, any expense or Liquidation Fee relating to such Mortgage Loan or any related Serviced REO Property that constitutes or, if not paid out of such Loss of Value Payments, would constitute an additional expense of the Trust;

(iii)                           to offset any portion of Realized Losses that are attributable to such Mortgage Loan or related REO Property, as the case may be (as calculated without regard to the application of such Loss of Value Payments), incurred with respect to such Mortgage Loan or any related successor REO Loan;

(iv)                           following the occurrence of a Liquidation Event with respect to such Mortgage Loan or any related Serviced REO Property and any related transfers from the Loss of Value Reserve Fund with respect to the items contemplated by the immediately preceding clauses (i)-(iii) as to such Mortgage Loan, to cover the items contemplated by the immediately preceding clauses (i)-(iii) in respect of any other Mortgage Loan or Serviced REO Loan; and

(v)                            On the final Distribution Date after all distributions have been made as set forth in clauses (i)-(iv) above, to each Mortgage Loan Seller, its pro rata share, based on the amount that it contributed, net of any amount contributed by such Mortgage Loan Seller that was used pursuant to clauses (i)-(iii) to offset any portion of Realized Losses that are attributable to such Mortgage Loan or related REO Property, as the case may be, additional trust fund expenses or any Nonrecoverable Advances incurred with respect to the Mortgage Loan related to such contribution.

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(h)                           Any Loss of Value Payments transferred to a Collection Account pursuant to clauses (i)-(iii) of the prior paragraph shall be treated as Liquidation Proceeds received by the Trust in respect of the related Mortgage Loan or any successor REO Loan (but excluding any related Companion Loan) with respect thereto for which such Loss of Value Payments were received; and any Loss of Value Payments transferred to a Collection Account pursuant to clause (iv) of the prior paragraph shall be treated as Liquidation Proceeds received by the Trust in respect of the related Mortgage Loan or REO Loan (but excluding any related Companion Loan) for which such Loss of Value Payments are being transferred to such Collection Account to cover an item contemplated by clauses (i)-(iv) of the prior paragraph.

(i)                              The Companion Paying Agent may, from time to time, make withdrawals from the Companion Distribution Account to make distributions pursuant to Section 4.01(k).

Section 3.06        Investment of Funds in Collection Accounts, REO Accounts and Loss of Value Reserve Fund. (a) Each Master Servicer may direct any depository institution maintaining its Collection Account, the Companion Distribution Account (with respect to the Master Servicer) or any Servicing Account (for purposes of this Section 3.06, an “Investment Account”), each Special Servicer may direct any depository institution maintaining its REO Account or Loss of Value Reserve Fund (also for purposes of this Section 3.06, an “Investment Account”) to invest or if it is such depository institution, may itself invest, the funds held therein, only in one or more Permitted Investments bearing interest or sold at a discount, and maturing, unless payable on demand, (i) no later than the Business Day immediately preceding the next succeeding date on which funds are required to be withdrawn from such account pursuant to this Agreement, if a Person other than the depository institution maintaining such account is the obligor thereon and (ii) no later than the date on which funds are required to be withdrawn from such account pursuant to this Agreement, if the depository institution maintaining such account is the obligor thereon. All such Permitted Investments shall be held to maturity, unless payable on demand. Any funds held in an Investment Account shall be held in the name of the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, on behalf of the Trustee (in its capacity as such) for the benefit of the Certificateholders. Each Master Servicer (in the case of the applicable Collection Account, the Companion Distribution Account or any Servicing Account maintained by or for such Master Servicer), each Special Servicer (in the case of the REO Account, the Loss of Value Reserve Fund or any Servicing Account maintained by or for such Special Servicer) on behalf of the Trustee, shall maintain continuous physical possession of any Permitted Investment of amounts in such Collection Account, such Companion Distribution Account, such Servicing Accounts, such Loss of Value Reserve Fund or such REO Account, as applicable, that is either (i) a “certificated security,” as such term is defined in the UCC (such that the Trustee shall have control pursuant to Section 8-106 of the UCC) or (ii) other property in which a secured party may perfect its security interest by physical possession under the UCC or any other applicable law. In the case of any Permitted Investment held in the form of a “security entitlement” (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC), each Master Servicer or each Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall take or cause to be taken such action as the Trustee deems reasonably necessary to cause the Trustee to have control over such security entitlement. In the event amounts on deposit in an Investment Account are at any time invested in a Permitted Investment payable on demand, the applicable Master Servicer (in the case of the applicable Collection Account, the Companion Distribution Account or any Servicing Account maintained by or for such Master

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Servicer) or the applicable Special Servicer (in the case of the REO Account, Loss of Value Reserve Fund or any Servicing Account maintained by or for such Special Servicer) shall:

(i)                                 consistent with any notice required to be given thereunder, demand that payment thereon be made on the last day such Permitted Investment may otherwise mature hereunder in an amount equal to the lesser of (a) all amounts then payable thereunder and (b) the amount required to be withdrawn on such date; and

(ii)                            demand payment of all amounts due thereunder promptly upon determination by the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as the case may be, that such Permitted Investment would not constitute a Permitted Investment in respect of funds thereafter on deposit in the Investment Account.

(b)                              Interest and investment income realized on funds deposited in the applicable Collection Account, the Companion Distribution Account or any Servicing Account maintained by or for the applicable Master Servicer to the extent of the Net Investment Earnings, if any, with respect to such account for the period from and including the prior Distribution Date to and including the P&I Advance Date related to the current Distribution Date, shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the applicable Master Servicer to the extent (with respect to Servicing Accounts) not required to be paid to the related Mortgagor and shall be subject to its withdrawal, or withdrawal at its direction, in accordance with Section 3.03 or Section 3.05(a), as the case may be. Interest and investment income realized on funds deposited in the REO Account, the Loss of Value Reserve Fund or any Servicing Account maintained by or for the applicable Special Servicer, to the extent of the Net Investment Earnings, if any, with respect to such account for each period from and including any Distribution Date to and including the immediately succeeding P&I Advance Date, shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the applicable Special Servicer and shall be subject to its withdrawal in accordance with Section 3.14(c). In the event that any loss shall be incurred in respect of any Permitted Investment (as to which the applicable Master Servicer or applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, would have been entitled to any Net Investment Earnings hereunder) directed to be made by the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, and on deposit in any of the applicable Collection Account, the Companion Distribution Account, the Servicing Account, Loss of Value Reserve Fund or the REO Account, the applicable Master Servicer (in the case of the applicable Collection Account, the Companion Distribution Account or any Servicing Account maintained by or for such Master Servicer), the applicable Special Servicer (in the case of the REO Account, the Loss of Value Reserve Fund or any Servicing Account maintained by or for such Special Servicer) shall deposit therein, no later than the P&I Advance Date, without right of reimbursement, the amount of Net Investment Loss, if any, with respect to such account for the period from and including the prior Distribution Date to and including the P&I Advance Date related to the current Distribution Date; provided that neither the applicable Master Servicer nor the applicable Special Servicer shall be required to deposit any loss on an investment of funds in an Investment Account if such loss is incurred solely as a result of the insolvency of the federal or state chartered depository institution or trust company that holds such Investment Account, so long as such depository institution or trust company satisfied the qualifications set forth in the definition of Eligible Account at the time such investment was made (and such federal or state chartered depository institution or trust company is not an Affiliate of such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as applicable, unless

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such depository institution or trust company satisfied the qualification set forth in the definition of Eligible Account both (x) at the time the investment was made and (y) thirty (30) days prior to such insolvency).

(c)                              Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, if any default occurs in the making of a payment due under any Permitted Investment, or if a default occurs in any other performance required under any Permitted Investment, the applicable Master Servicer may and, upon the request of Holders of Certificates entitled to more than 50% of the Voting Rights allocated to any Class shall, take such action as may be appropriate to enforce such payment or performance, including the institution and prosecution of appropriate proceedings.

Section 3.07        Maintenance of Insurance Policies; Errors and Omissions and Fidelity Coverage. (a) Each Master Servicer (with respect to the applicable Serviced Mortgage Loans and any related Serviced Companion Loan) shall use its efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to cause the Mortgagor to maintain (other than with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), and each Special Servicer (with respect to REO Properties other than any Non-Serviced Mortgaged Properties) shall maintain, to the extent required by the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents, all insurance coverage as is required under the related Mortgage Loan documents except to the extent that the failure of the related Mortgagor to do so is an Acceptable Insurance Default (and except as provided in the next sentence with respect to the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be). If the Mortgagor does not so maintain such insurance coverage, subject to its recoverability determination with respect to any required Servicing Advance, each Master Servicer (with respect to the Serviced Mortgage Loans and any related Serviced Companion Loan) or each Special Servicer (with respect to REO Properties other than a Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property) shall maintain all insurance coverage as is required under the related Mortgage, but only in the event the Trustee has an insurable interest therein and such insurance is available to such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as applicable, and, if available, can be obtained at commercially reasonable rates. Any determination that such insurance coverage is not available or not available at commercially reasonable rates shall be made with the consent of the Directing Certificateholder (prior to the occurrence and continuance of any Control Termination Event and other than with respect to any Excluded Loan as to the Directing Certificateholder) (or, with respect to any Serviced AB Whole Loan, if the Directing Certificateholder’s consent is required and an AB Control Appraisal Period is not in effect, with the consent of the holder of the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan) and, after consultation by the applicable Special Servicer with the Risk Retention Consultation Party (if the related Mortgage Loan is a Specially Serviced Loan) pursuant to Section 6.08(a) (in the case of the Directing Certificateholder and Risk Retention Consultation Party, other than with respect to any Excluded Loan as to such party). Such determination shall be made by each Master Servicer (with respect to the Serviced Mortgage Loans and any related Serviced Companion Loan) or each Special Servicer (with respect to REO Properties other than any Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property) except to the extent that the failure of the related Mortgagor to do so is an Acceptable Insurance Default as determined by such Master Servicer (with respect to a Non-Specially Serviced Loan) or such Special Servicer (with respect to a Specially Serviced Loan); provided, however, that if any Mortgage permits the holder thereof to dictate to the Mortgagor the insurance coverage to be maintained on such Mortgaged Property, such Master Servicer or, with respect to REO Property, such Special Servicer, as applicable, shall impose or maintain, as applicable, such insurance requirements as are consistent with the Servicing Standard taking into account the

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insurance in place at the closing of the Mortgage Loan, provided that, with respect to the immediately preceding proviso, a Master Servicer shall be obligated to use efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to cause the Mortgagor to maintain (or to itself maintain) insurance against property damage resulting from terrorist or similar acts unless the Mortgagor’s failure is an Acceptable Insurance Default (as determined by the applicable Master Servicer (with respect to a Non-Specially Serviced Loan) or the applicable Special Servicer (with respect to a Specially Serviced Loan) with the consent of the Directing Certificateholder (unless a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing) or, with respect to any Serviced AB Whole Loan, the Subordinate Companion Holder (if an AB Control Appraisal Period is not in effect) and after consultation by the applicable Special Servicer with the Risk Retention Consultation Party (if the related Mortgage Loan is a Specially Serviced Loan) pursuant to Section 6.08(a) (in each case, other than with respect to any Excluded Loan as to such party)) and only in the event the Trustee has an insurable interest therein and such insurance is available to the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, and, if available, can be obtained at commercially reasonable rates. Each Master Servicer and each Special Servicer shall be entitled to rely on insurance consultants (at the applicable servicer’s expense) in determining whether any insurance is available at commercially reasonable rates. Subject to Section 3.15(a) and the costs of such insurance being reimbursed or paid to the applicable Special Servicer as provided in the third-to-last sentence of this paragraph, such Special Servicer shall maintain for each REO Property (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property) no less insurance coverage than was previously required of the Mortgagor under the related Mortgage Loan documents unless such Special Servicer determines with the consent of the Directing Certificateholder (prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event) and after consultation by the applicable Special Servicer with the Risk Retention Consultation Party (if the Mortgage Loan is a Specially Serviced Loan) pursuant to Section 6.08(a) (in each case other than with respect to a Mortgage Loan that is an Excluded Loan as to such party) that such insurance is not available at commercially reasonable rates or that the Trustee does not have an insurable interest, in which case the applicable Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such Special Servicer’s determination. All Insurance Policies maintained by a Master Servicer or a Special Servicer shall (i) contain a “standard” mortgagee clause, with loss payable to the applicable Master Servicer on behalf of the Trustee (in the case of insurance maintained in respect of Mortgage Loans (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), including any related Serviced Companion Loan, other than REO Properties) or to the applicable Special Servicer on behalf of the Trustee (in the case of insurance maintained in respect of REO Properties), (ii) be in the name of the Trustee (in the case of insurance maintained in respect of REO Properties), (iii) include coverage in an amount not less than the lesser of (x) the full replacement cost of the improvements securing Mortgaged Property or the REO Property, as applicable, and (y) the outstanding principal balance owing on the related Mortgage Loan (including any related Serviced Companion Loan) or REO Loan, as applicable, and in any event, the amount necessary to avoid the operation of any co-insurance provisions, (iv) include a replacement cost endorsement providing no deduction for depreciation (unless such endorsement is not permitted under the related Mortgage Loan documents), (v) be noncancelable without thirty (30) days prior written notice to the insured party (except in the case of nonpayment, in which case such policy shall not be cancelled without ten (10) days prior notice) and (vi) subject to the first proviso in the second sentence of this Section 3.07(a), be issued by a Qualified Insurer authorized under applicable law to issue such Insurance Policies. Any amounts collected by a Master Servicer or a Special Servicer under any such Insurance Policies (other than amounts to be

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applied to the restoration or repair of the related Mortgaged Property or REO Property or amounts to be released to the related Mortgagor, in each case in accordance with the Servicing Standard and the provisions of the related Mortgage Loan documents) shall be deposited in the applicable Collection Account, subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section 3.05(a). Any costs incurred by a Master Servicer in maintaining any such Insurance Policies in respect of Mortgage Loans (including any related Serviced Companion Loan) (other than REO Properties and other than any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) (i) if the Mortgagor defaults on its obligation to do so, shall be advanced by such Master Servicer as a Servicing Advance (so long as such Advance would not be a Nonrecoverable Advance and if such Advance would be a Nonrecoverable Advance then such cost shall instead be paid out of the applicable Collection Account) and will be charged to the related Mortgagor and (ii) shall not, for purposes of calculating monthly distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan and Serviced Companion Loan (if any), notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan so permit. Any cost incurred by a Special Servicer in maintaining any such Insurance Policies with respect to REO Properties shall be an expense of the Trust payable out of the related REO Account pursuant to Section 3.14(c) or, if the amount on deposit therein is insufficient therefor, advanced by the applicable Master Servicer as a Servicing Advance (so long as such Advance would not be a Nonrecoverable Advance and if such Advance would be a Nonrecoverable Advance then such cost shall instead be paid out of the applicable Collection Account). The foregoing provisions of this Section 3.07 shall apply to any Serviced Whole Loan as if it were a single “Mortgage Loan”. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, no Master Servicer shall be required to maintain, and will not be in default for failing to obtain, any earthquake or environmental insurance on any Mortgaged Property unless such insurance was required at the time of origination of the related Serviced Mortgage Loan and is currently available at commercially reasonable rates.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to the Serviced Mortgage Loans and any related Serviced Companion Loan that either (x) require the Mortgagor to maintain “all risk” property insurance (and do not expressly permit an exclusion for terrorism) or (y) contain provisions generally requiring the applicable Mortgagor to maintain insurance in types and against such risks as the holder of such Mortgage Loan (including any related Serviced Companion Loan) reasonably requires from time to time in order to protect its interests, each Master Servicer shall, consistent with the Servicing Standard, (A) monitor in accordance with the Servicing Standard whether the insurance policies for the related Mortgaged Property contain Additional Exclusions; provided that each applicable Master Servicer and Special Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon certificates of insurance in determining whether such policies contain Additional Exclusions, (B) request the Mortgagor to either purchase insurance against the risks specified in the Additional Exclusions or provide an explanation as to its reasons for failing to purchase such insurance and (C) if the related Mortgage Loan is a Specially Serviced Loan, notify the applicable Special Servicer if it has knowledge that any insurance policy contains Additional Exclusions or if it has knowledge (such knowledge to be based upon such Master Servicer’s compliance with the immediately preceding clauses (A) and (B) above) that any Mortgagor under a Specially Serviced Loan fails to purchase the insurance requested to be purchased by the applicable Master Servicer pursuant to clause (B) above. In addition, upon the written request of the Risk Retention Consultation Party with respect to any individual triggering event, the applicable Special Servicer shall consult on a non-binding basis pursuant to Section 6.08(a) with the Risk Retention Consultation Party (provided, that the related Mortgage Loan is not an Excluded Loan as to such

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party and, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, the related Mortgage Loan must also be a Specially Serviced Loan) within the same time period as it would obtain consent of, or consult with, the Directing Certificateholder in connection with any such determination by such Special Servicer of an Acceptable Insurance Default. If the applicable Master Servicer (with respect to a Non-Specially Serviced Loan) or the applicable Special Servicer (with respect to a Specially Serviced Loan) determines in accordance with the Servicing Standard that such failure is not an Acceptable Insurance Default, such Special Servicer (with regard to such determination made by the applicable Special Servicer) shall notify the applicable Master Servicer, and the applicable Master Servicer (in the case of a Specially Serviced Loan, after notice from the applicable Special Servicer) shall use efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to cause such insurance to be maintained. Each Master Servicer and each Special Servicer (at the expense of the Trust) shall be entitled to rely on insurance consultants in making such determinations. Each applicable Master Servicer and Special Servicer shall be entitled to rely on insurance consultants (at the expense of such Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable) in determining whether Additional Exclusions exist. Furthermore, each Master Servicer or each Special Servicer, as applicable, shall promptly deliver such conclusions in writing to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website for those Mortgage Loans that (i) have one of the ten (10) highest outstanding Stated Principal Balances of all of the Mortgage Loans then included in the Trust or (ii) comprise more than 5% of the outstanding Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans then included in the Trust. During the period that a Master Servicer or a Special Servicer is evaluating the availability of such insurance or waiting for a response from the Directing Certificateholder or any Companion Holder or, with respect to any Serviced AB Whole Loan, the related Subordinate Companion Holder, and/or with respect (solely with respect to Specially Serviced Loans) upon the request of the Risk Retention Consultation Party, consulting (on a non-binding basis) with the Risk Retention Consultation Party pursuant to Section 6.08(a), neither such Master Servicer nor such Special Servicer will be liable for any loss related to its failure to require the Mortgagor to maintain (or its failure to maintain) such insurance and will not be in default of its obligations as a result of such failure and such Master Servicer will not itself maintain such insurance or cause such insurance to be maintained.

(b)               (i) If any Master Servicer or any Special Servicer shall obtain and maintain a blanket Insurance Policy with a Qualified Insurer insuring against fire and hazard losses on all of the Mortgage Loans (including any related Serviced Companion Loan, but excluding any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or REO Properties (other than with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property), as the case may be, required to be serviced and administered hereunder, then, to the extent such Insurance Policy provides protection equivalent to the individual policies otherwise required, such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer shall conclusively be deemed to have satisfied its obligation to cause fire and hazard insurance to be maintained on the related Mortgaged Properties or REO Properties. Such Insurance Policy may contain a deductible clause, in which case the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer shall, if there shall not have been maintained on the related Mortgaged Property or REO Property a fire and hazard Insurance Policy complying with the requirements of Section 3.07(a), and there shall have been one or more losses which would have been covered by such Insurance Policy, promptly deposit into its Collection Account from its own funds the amount of such loss or losses that would have been covered under the individual policy but are not covered under the blanket Insurance Policy because of such deductible clause to the extent that any such deductible exceeds the deductible limitation that pertained to the related Mortgage Loan (including any related Serviced Companion Loan), or

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in the absence of such deductible limitation, the deductible limitation which is consistent with the Servicing Standard. In connection with its activities as administrator and Master Servicer of the Mortgage Loans or any Serviced Companion Loans, the applicable Master Servicer agrees to prepare and present, on behalf of itself, the Trustee and Certificateholders, claims under any such blanket Insurance Policy in a timely fashion in accordance with the terms of such policy. Each Special Servicer, to the extent consistent with the Servicing Standard, may maintain, earthquake insurance on REO Properties (other than with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property), provided coverage is available at commercially reasonable rates, the cost of which shall be a Servicing Advance.

(ii)               If any Master Servicer or any Special Servicer shall cause any Mortgaged Property or REO Property to be covered by a master single interest or force-placed insurance policy with a Qualified Insurer naming such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer on behalf of the Trustee as the loss payee, then to the extent such Insurance Policy provides protection equivalent to the individual policies otherwise required, such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer shall conclusively be deemed to have satisfied its obligation to cause such insurance to be maintained on the related Mortgaged Properties and REO Properties. In the event any Master Servicer or any Special Servicer shall cause any Mortgaged Property or REO Property to be covered by such master single interest or force-placed insurance policy, the incremental costs of such insurance applicable to such Mortgaged Property or REO Property (i.e., other than any minimum or standby premium payable for such policy whether or not any Mortgaged Property or REO Property is covered thereby) shall be paid by such Master Servicer as a Servicing Advance. Such master single interest or force-placed policy may contain a deductible clause, in which case such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer shall, in the event that there shall not have been maintained on the related Mortgaged Property or REO Property a policy otherwise complying with the provisions of Section 3.07(a), and there shall have been one or more losses which would have been covered by such policy had it been maintained, deposit into the applicable Collection Account from its own funds the amount not otherwise payable under the master single or force-placed interest policy because of such deductible clause, to the extent that any such deductible exceeds the deductible limitation that pertained to the related Mortgage Loan, including any related Serviced Companion Loan, or, in the absence of any such deductible limitation, the deductible limitation which is consistent with the Servicing Standard.

(c)               Each Master Servicer and each Special Servicer shall obtain and maintain at its own expense and keep in full force and effect throughout the term of this Agreement a blanket fidelity bond and an errors and omissions insurance policy with a Qualified Insurer covering losses that may be sustained as a result of an officer’s or employee’s misappropriation of funds or errors or omissions. Such amount of coverage shall be in such form and amount as are consistent with the Servicing Standard. Coverage of the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer under a policy or bond obtained by an Affiliate of such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer and providing the coverage required by this Section 3.07(c) shall satisfy the requirements of this Section 3.07(c). Each Special Servicer and each Master Servicer will promptly report in writing to the Trustee any material changes that may occur in their respective fidelity bonds, if any, and/or their respective errors and omissions insurance policies, as the case may be, and will

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furnish to the Trustee copies of all binders and policies or certificates evidencing that such bonds, if any, and insurance policies are in full force and effect.

(d)               At the time the applicable Master Servicer determines in accordance with the Servicing Standard that any Mortgaged Property (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property) is in a federally designated special flood hazard area (and such flood insurance has been made available), such Master Servicer will use efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to cause the related Mortgagor (in accordance with applicable law and the terms of the Mortgage Loan and related Serviced Companion Loan documents) to maintain, and, if the related Mortgagor shall default in its obligation to so maintain, shall itself maintain to the extent such insurance is available at commercially reasonable rates (as determined by such Master Servicer in accordance with the Servicing Standard and to the extent the Trustee, as mortgagee, has an insurable interest therein), flood insurance in respect thereof, but only to the extent the related Serviced Mortgage Loan or related Serviced Companion Loan permits the mortgagee to require such coverage and the maintenance of such coverage is consistent with the Servicing Standard. Such flood insurance shall be in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan (and any related Serviced Companion Loan, if applicable), and (ii) the maximum amount of insurance which is available under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended, plus such additional excess flood coverage with respect to the Mortgaged Property, if any, in an amount consistent with the Servicing Standard. If the cost of any insurance described above is not borne by the Mortgagor, such Master Servicer shall promptly make a Servicing Advance for such costs.

(e)               During all such times as any REO Property (other than with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property) shall be located in a federally designated special flood hazard area, the applicable Special Servicer will cause to be maintained, to the extent available at commercially reasonable rates (as determined by such Special Servicer (with the consent of the Directing Certificateholder (prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event) and in consultation with the Risk Retention Consultation Party pursuant to Section 6.08(a) (in either such case, other than with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is an Excluded Loan as to such party and any Serviced AB Whole Loan if an AB Control Appraisal Period is not in effect)) in accordance with the Servicing Standard), a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Insurance Administration in an amount representing coverage not less than the maximum amount of insurance which is available under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended, plus such additional excess flood coverage with respect to the Mortgaged Property, if any, in an amount consistent with the Servicing Standard. The cost of any such flood insurance with respect to an REO Property shall be an expense of the Trust payable out of the related REO Account pursuant to Section 3.14(c) or, if the amount on deposit therein is insufficient therefor, paid by the applicable Master Servicer as a Servicing Advance.

(f)                Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as the long-term debt obligations or the deposit account or claims-paying ability of the applicable Master Servicer (or its immediate or remote parent) or the applicable Special Servicer (or its immediate or remote parent), as applicable, is rated at least “A-” by Fitch (if rated by Fitch) or “A3” by Moody’s, such Master Servicer (or its public parent) or such Special Servicer (or its public parent), as applicable, shall be allowed to provide self-insurance with respect to any of its obligations under this Section 3.07.

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(g)               Each of the Operating Advisor and Asset Representations Reviewer shall obtain and maintain at its own expense and keep in full force and effect throughout the term of this Agreement an “errors and omissions” insurance policy with a Qualified Insurer covering losses that may be sustained as a result of an officer’s or employee’s errors or omissions.

Section 3.08        Enforcement of Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption Agreements. (a) As to each Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan that contains a provision in the nature of a “due-on-sale” clause, which by its terms:

(i)                provides that such Mortgage Loan and any related Companion Loan shall (or may at the mortgagee’s option) become due and payable upon the sale or other transfer of an interest in the related Mortgaged Property or equity interests in the Mortgagor or principals of the Mortgagor; or

(ii)               provides that such Mortgage Loan and any related Companion Loan may not be assumed without the consent of the mortgagee in connection with any such sale or other transfer;

then, for so long as such Mortgage Loan or related Serviced Companion Loan is being serviced under this Agreement, the applicable Master Servicer (with respect to any Non-Specially Serviced Loan as to which such matter does not involve a Major Decision) or the applicable Special Servicer (with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan or any Non-Specially Serviced Loan as to which such matter involves a Major Decision), on behalf of the Trustee as the mortgagee of record, shall (a) exercise any right it may have with respect to such Mortgage Loan or related Companion Loan (x) to accelerate the payments thereon or (y) to withhold its consent to any sale or transfer, consistent with the Servicing Standard or (b) waive any right to exercise such rights, provided that if such matter is a Major Decision, (i) (A) prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event and other than with respect to an Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder, or the holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, the applicable Special Servicer has obtained the prior written consent (or deemed consent) of the Directing Certificateholder to the extent required by, and pursuant to the process described under, Section 6.08(a), or if such Mortgage Loan is not an Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, a Control Termination Event shall have occurred and be continuing and no Consultation Termination Event shall have occurred and be continuing, the Special Servicer shall have consulted with the Directing Certificateholder if and to the extent required pursuant to Section 6.08(a), (B) if such Mortgage Loan is not an Excluded Loan with respect to the Risk Retention Consultation Party and (x) such Mortgage Loan is a Specially Serviced Loan or (y) a Consultation Termination Event shall have occurred and be continuing, the applicable Special Servicer shall have consulted with the Risk Retention Consultation Party if and to the extent required pursuant to Section 6.08(a), (C) with respect to a Serviced AB Whole Loan if an AB Control Appraisal Period is not in effect, the prior consent of the related Subordinate Companion Holder shall have been obtained, to the extent required by the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement, and pursuant to the process described in this Agreement (provided that in the case of clause (A), clause (B) and clause (C) such consent shall be deemed given or such consultation shall be deemed to have occurred, as applicable, if a response to the request for consent or consultation, as the case may be, is not provided within ten (10) Business Days after the receipt of the applicable Special Servicer’s written

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recommendation and analysis with respect to such waiver and all information reasonably requested by the Directing Certificateholder or the Risk Retention Consultation Party, as applicable, and reasonably available to such Special Servicer in order to grant or withhold such consent or conduct such consultation), and (D) the applicable Special Servicer, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Event, shall consult with the Operating Advisor pursuant to Section 6.08, and (ii) with respect to any Mortgage Loan (x) with a Stated Principal Balance greater than or equal to $35,000,000, (y) with a Stated Principal Balance greater than or equal to 5% of the aggregated Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans then outstanding or (z) together with all other Mortgage Loans with which it is cross-collateralized or cross-defaulted or together with all other Mortgage Loans with the same Mortgagor (or an Affiliate thereof), that is one of the ten (10) largest Mortgage Loans outstanding (by Stated Principal Balance), the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, prior to consenting to any action, shall obtain, a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and a confirmation of any applicable rating agency that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities (if any) (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25), provided, however, that with respect to sub-clauses (y) and (z) of this sub-clause (ii), such Mortgage Loan shall also have a Stated Principal Balance of at least $10,000,000 for such Rating Agency Confirmation requirement to apply. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to any Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class (regardless of whether a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing), the applicable Special Servicer shall consult with the Operating Advisor, on a non-binding basis, in connection with the related transactions involving proposed Major Decisions and consider alternative actions recommended by the Operating Advisor, in respect thereof, in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 6.08 for consulting with the Operating Advisor.

With respect to any “due-on-sale” matter described above that is a Major Decision related to any Mortgage Loan that is not an Excluded Loan with respect to the Risk Retention Consultation Party or the holder of the majority of the VRR Interest upon request of the Risk Retention Consultation Party, the applicable Special Servicer shall consult on a non-binding basis with the Risk Retention Consultation Party with respect to (i) prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, Specially Serviced Loans; and (ii) following the occurrence and during the continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, all Mortgage Loans, within the same time period as it would obtain the consent of, or consult with, the Directing Certificateholder with respect to such Major Decision.

In connection with any request for a Rating Agency Confirmation from a Rating Agency (or, with respect to any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the related rating agencies) pursuant to this Section 3.08(a), the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer shall (if not already provided in accordance with Section 3.25 of this Agreement) deliver a Review Package to the 17g-5 Information Provider (or, with respect to any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the related 17g-5 information provider) in accordance with Section 3.25 of this Agreement.

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If any Serviced Mortgage Loan or related Serviced Companion Loan provides that such Mortgage Loan or related Serviced Companion Loan may be assumed or transferred without the consent of the mortgagee, provided that certain conditions contained in the related Mortgage Loan documents are satisfied where no mortgagee discretion is necessary in order to determine if such conditions are satisfied, then for so long as such Mortgage Loan or related Serviced Companion Loan is being serviced under this Agreement, the applicable Master Servicer (with respect to all Non-Specially Serviced Loans) and the applicable Special Servicer (with respect to all Specially Serviced Loans), on behalf of the Trustee as the mortgagee of record, shall determine in accordance with the Servicing Standard whether such conditions have been satisfied.

(b)               As to each Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan that contains a provision in the nature of a “due-on-encumbrance” clause that by its terms:

(i)                provides that such Mortgage Loan and any related Companion Loan shall (or may at the mortgagee’s option) become due and payable upon the creation of any additional lien or other encumbrance on the related Mortgaged Property or equity interests in the Mortgagor or principals of the Mortgagor; or

(ii)               requires the consent of the mortgagee to the creation of any such additional lien or other encumbrance on the related Mortgaged Property or equity interests in the Mortgagor or principals of the Mortgagor;

then, for so long as such Mortgage Loan or related Serviced Companion Loan is being serviced under this Agreement, the applicable Master Servicer (with respect to any Non-Specially Serviced Loan as to which such matter does not involve a Major Decision) or the applicable Special Servicer (with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan or any Non-Specially Serviced Loan as to which such matter involves a Major Decision), on behalf of the Trustee as the mortgagee of record, shall (a) exercise any right it may have with respect to such Serviced Mortgage Loan or related Companion Loan (x) to accelerate the payments thereon or (y) to withhold its consent to the creation of any additional lien or other encumbrance, consistent with the Servicing Standard or (b) waive its right to exercise such rights, provided that, if such matter is a Major Decision, (i) (A) if such Mortgage Loan is not an Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, no Control Termination Event shall have occurred and be continuing and the matter involves a Major Decision, the prior written consent (or deemed consent) of the Directing Certificateholder shall have been obtained by the applicable Special Servicer to the extent required by, and pursuant to the process described under, Section 6.08(a), (B) if such Mortgage Loan is not an Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder, a Control Termination Event shall have occurred and be continuing, and no Consultation Termination Event shall have occurred and be continuing, the applicable Special Servicer shall have consulted with the Directing Certificateholder if and to the extent required pursuant to Section 6.08(a), (C) if such Mortgage Loan is not an Excluded Loan with respect to the Risk Retention Consultation Party and (x) such Mortgage Loan is a Specially Serviced Loan or (y) a Consultation Termination Event shall have occurred and be continuing, the applicable Special Servicer shall have consulted with the Risk Retention Consultation Party if and to the extent required pursuant to Section 6.08(a), (D) with respect to any Serviced AB Whole Loan, if an AB Control Appraisal Period is not in effect, the prior consent of the related Subordinate Companion Holder shall have been obtained by the applicable Special Servicer, to the extent

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required by the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement (provided that in the case of clause (A), clause (B) and clause (C) such consent shall be deemed given or such consultation shall be deemed to have occurred, as applicable, if a response to the request for consent or consultation, as the case may be, is not provided within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of the applicable Special Servicer’s written recommendation and analysis and all information reasonably requested by the Directing Certificateholder or the Risk Retention Consultation Party, as applicable, and reasonably available to such Special Servicer in order to grant or withhold such consent or conduct such consultation) (or after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event, but prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event and other than with respect to an Excluded Loan as to the Directing Certificateholder or the holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer has consulted with the Directing Certificateholder), and (E) the applicable Special Servicer, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Event, shall consult with the Operating Advisor pursuant to Section 6.08, and (ii) the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, has obtained Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and a confirmation of any applicable rating agency that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities (if any) (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25) if such Mortgage Loan (A) has an outstanding principal balance that is greater than or equal to 2% of the Stated Principal Balance of the outstanding Mortgage Loans or (B) has an LTV Ratio greater than 85% (including any existing and proposed debt) or (C) has a debt service coverage ratio less than 1.20x (in each case, determined based upon the aggregate of the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan and related Companion Loan, if any, and the principal amount of the proposed additional lien) or (D) is one of the ten largest Mortgage Loans (by Stated Principal Balance) or (E) has a Stated Principal Balance greater than $35,000,000; provided, however, that with respect to sub-clauses (A), (B), (C) and (D) of this sub-clause (ii), such Mortgage Loan shall also have a Stated Principal Balance of at least $10,000,000 for such Rating Agency Confirmation requirement to apply. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to any Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder (regardless of whether a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing), the applicable Special Servicer shall consult with the Operating Advisor, on a non-binding basis, in connection with the related transactions involving proposed Major Decisions and consider alternative actions recommended by the Operating Advisor, in respect thereof, in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 6.08 for consulting with the Operating Advisor.

With respect to any “due-on-encumbrance” matter described above that is a Major Decision related to any Mortgage Loan that is not an Excluded Loan with respect to the Risk Retention Consultation Party or the holder of the majority of the VRR Interest upon request of the Risk Retention Consultation Party, the applicable Special Servicer shall consult on a non-binding basis with the Risk Retention Consultation Party with respect to (i) prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, Specially Serviced Loans; and (ii) following the occurrence and during the continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, all Mortgage Loans within the same time period as it would obtain the consent of, or consult with, the Directing Certificateholder with respect to such Major Decision.

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In connection with any request for a Rating Agency Confirmation from a Rating Agency (or, with respect to any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the related rating agencies) pursuant to this Section 3.08(b), the applicable Special Servicer shall (if not already provided in accordance with Section 3.25 of this Agreement) deliver a Review Package to the 17g-5 Information Provider (or, with respect to any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the related 17g-5 information provider) in accordance with Section 3.25 of this Agreement.

To the extent permitted by the related Mortgage Loan documents, the Rating Agency Confirmation described in the immediately preceding paragraph or in Section 3.08(a) shall be an expense of the related Mortgagor; provided that if the Mortgage Loan documents are silent as to who bears the costs of obtaining any such Rating Agency Confirmation, the applicable Special Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to make the related Mortgagor bear such costs and expenses. Unless determined to be a Nonrecoverable Advance such costs not collected from the related Mortgagor shall be advanced as a Servicing Advance and otherwise shall be paid to the applicable Special Servicer from general collections in the Collection Accounts.

If any Mortgage Loan or related Companion Loan provides that such Mortgage Loan or related Companion Loan may be further encumbered without the consent of the mortgagee provided that certain conditions contained in the related Mortgage Loan documents are satisfied where no mortgagee discretion is necessary in order to determine if such conditions are satisfied, then for so long as such Mortgage Loan or related Companion Loan is being serviced under this Agreement, the applicable Master Servicer (with respect to all Non-Specially Serviced Loans) and the applicable Special Servicer (with respect to all Specially Serviced Loans), on behalf of the Trustee as the mortgagee of record, shall determine whether such conditions have been satisfied.

After receiving a request for any matter described in Section 3.08(a) or this Section 3.08(b) that constitutes a consent or waiver with respect to a “due-on-sale” or “due-on-encumbrance” clause with respect to a Mortgage Loan that is a Non-Specially Serviced Loan and as to which such matter involves a Major Decision, the applicable Master Servicer shall promptly provide the applicable Special Servicer with written notice of any such request for such matter and, unless the applicable Master Servicer and the applicable Special Servicer mutually agree that such Master Servicer shall process such request, such Special Servicer shall process such request (including, without limitation, interfacing with the Mortgagor) and except as provided in the next sentence, such Master Servicer shall have no further obligation with respect to such request or due-on-sale or due-on-encumbrance, except as provided in the next sentence. The applicable Master Servicer shall continue to cooperate with the applicable Special Servicer by delivering any additional information in such Master Servicer’s possession to such Special Servicer reasonably requested by such Special Servicer relating to such consent or waiver with respect to a “due-on-sale” or “due-on-encumbrance” clause. If the applicable Master Servicer and applicable Special Servicer mutually agree that the applicable Master Servicer is to process such request, the applicable Master Servicer will be required to provide the applicable Special Servicer with such Master Servicer’s written recommendation and analysis, to the extent such Master Servicer is recommending approval, and all information in such Master Servicer’s possession that may be reasonably requested in order to grant or withhold such consent by the applicable Special Servicer or the Directing Certificateholder or other person with consent or consultation rights; provided that in the event that such Special Servicer does not respond within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of such written recommendation and analysis and all such reasonably requested

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information, plus the time period provided to the Directing Certificateholder or other relevant party under this Agreement and, if applicable, any additional time period provided to a Companion Holder under a related Intercreditor Agreement, such Special Servicer’s consent to such matter shall be deemed granted.

(c)               Nothing in this Section 3.08 shall constitute a waiver of the Trustee’s right, as the mortgagee of record, to receive notice of any assumption of a Mortgage Loan, any sale or other transfer of the related Mortgaged Property or the creation of any additional lien or other encumbrance with respect to such Mortgaged Property.

(d)               Except as otherwise permitted by Section 3.08(a) and (b) and/or Section 3.18, no Master Servicer or Special Servicer shall agree to modify, waive or amend any term of any Mortgage Loan and related Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable, in connection with the taking of, or the failure to take, any action pursuant to this Section 3.08. The applicable Master Servicer and the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall provide copies of any final waivers (except with respect to provision of any such waivers to the 17g-5 Information Provider, exclusive of any Privileged Information) it effects pursuant to Section 3.08(a) or (b) to each other and to the 17g-5 Information Provider with respect to each Mortgage Loan, and shall notify the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, each other and, subject to the terms of this Agreement, the 17g-5 Information Provider (for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in accordance with Section 3.25) and, with respect to a Whole Loan, the related Serviced Companion Noteholder, of any assumption or substitution agreement executed pursuant to Section 3.08(a) or (b) and shall forward thereto a copy of such agreement.

(e)               [Reserved].

(f)                For the avoidance of doubt, no Master Servicer or Special Servicer may waive its rights or grant its consent under any “due-on-sale” or “due-on-encumbrance” clause other than in compliance with the provisions of Section 3.08(a) through (d) hereof. In the case of a Special Servicer, no such waiver or consent that constitutes a Major Decision shall be made without (x) (i) prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event and (ii) other than with respect to any Excluded Loan, with respect to the Directing Certificateholder, the consent (or deemed consent) of the Directing Certificateholder having been obtained if and to the extent required by, and pursuant to the process described under Section 6.08(a), (y) (i) after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event and (ii) other than with respect to any Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder, but prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, after having consulted with the Directing Certificateholder if and to the extent required pursuant to Section 6.08(a) and (z) after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Event, consultation with the Operating Advisor if and to the extent required pursuant to Section 6.08(a).

(g)               [Reserved].

(h)               Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.08, if any Master Servicer or any Special Servicer, as applicable, makes a determination under Section 3.08(a) or 3.08(b) that the applicable conditions in the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan documents, as applicable, with respect to assumptions or encumbrances permitted without the

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consent of the mortgagee have been satisfied, the applicable assumptions and transfers may be subject to an assumption or other fee, unless such fees are otherwise prohibited pursuant to the Mortgage Loan documents; provided that any such fee not provided for in the Mortgage Loan documents does not constitute a “significant” change in yield pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.1001-3(e)(2).

Section 3.09        Realization Upon Defaulted Loans and Companion Loans. (a) Upon an event of default under the Mortgage Loan documents related to a Serviced Whole Loan or a Mortgage Loan with mezzanine debt, the applicable Master Servicer shall promptly provide written notice to the related Companion Holder or mezzanine lender, as applicable, with a copy of such notice to the applicable Special Servicer. If such Serviced Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan is a Defaulted Loan, the applicable Special Servicer shall, subject to subsections (b) through (d) of this Section 3.09 and Section 3.24, subject to the Directing Certificateholder’s, the Risk Retention Consultation Party’s and the Operating Advisor’s respective rights pursuant to Section 6.08, and any Companion Holder or mezzanine lender’s rights under the related Intercreditor Agreement (in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, on behalf of the holders of the beneficial interest of the related Companion Loan) or this Agreement, exercise reasonable efforts, consistent with the Servicing Standard, to foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert (which may include an REO Acquisition) the ownership of property securing any such Serviced Mortgage Loan and related Companion Loan, if any, as come into and continue in default as to which no satisfactory arrangements (including by way of a discounted pay-off) can be made for collection of delinquent payments, and which are not released from the Trust Fund pursuant to any other provision hereof. The foregoing is subject to the provision that, in any case in which a Mortgaged Property shall have suffered damage from an Uninsured Cause, the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer shall not be required to make a Servicing Advance and expend funds toward the restoration of such property unless such Special Servicer has determined in its reasonable discretion that such restoration will increase the net proceeds of liquidation of such Mortgaged Property to Certificateholders after reimbursement to such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as applicable, for such Servicing Advance, and such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer has not determined that such Servicing Advance together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance. The costs and expenses incurred by the applicable Special Servicer in any such proceedings shall be advanced by the applicable Master Servicer; provided that, in each case, such cost or expense would not, if incurred, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. Nothing contained in this Section 3.09 shall be construed so as to require a Master Servicer or a Special Servicer, on behalf of the Trust, to make an offer on any Mortgaged Property at a foreclosure sale or similar proceeding that is in excess of the fair market value of such property, as determined by the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer in its reasonable judgment taking into account the factors described in Section 3.16(b) and the results of any Appraisal obtained pursuant to the following sentence, all such offers to be made in a manner consistent with the Servicing Standard. If and when the applicable Special Servicer or the applicable Master Servicer deems it necessary and prudent for purposes of establishing the fair market value of any Mortgaged Property securing a Defaulted Loan or any related defaulted Companion Loan, whether for purposes of making an offer at foreclosure or otherwise, the applicable Special Servicer or the applicable Master Servicer, as the case may be, is authorized to have an Appraisal performed with respect to such property by an Independent MAI-designated appraiser the cost of which shall be paid by such Master Servicer as a Servicing Advance.

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(b)               No Special Servicer shall acquire any personal property pursuant to this Section 3.09 unless either:

(i)                such personal property is incident to real property (within the meaning of Section 856(e)(1) of the Code) so acquired by such Special Servicer; or

(ii)               such Special Servicer shall have obtained an Opinion of Counsel (the cost of which shall be paid by the applicable Master Servicer as a Servicing Advance) to the effect that the holding of such personal property by the Trust (to the extent not allocable to the related Companion Loan) will not cause an Adverse REMIC Event.

(c)               Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.09 and Section 3.24, neither the applicable Master Servicer nor the applicable Special Servicer shall, on behalf of the Trustee, obtain title to a Mortgaged Property in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise, or take any other action with respect to any Mortgaged Property, if, as a result of any such action, the Trustee, on behalf of the Certificateholders and/or any related Companion Holder, would be considered to hold title to, to be a “mortgagee-in-possession” of, or to be an “owner” or “operator” of such Mortgaged Property within the meaning of CERCLA or any comparable law, unless (as evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate to such effect delivered to the Trustee) the applicable Special Servicer has previously determined in accordance with the Servicing Standard, based on an Environmental Assessment of such Mortgaged Property performed by an Independent Person who regularly conducts Environmental Assessments and performed within six (6) months prior to any such acquisition of title or other action, that:

(i)                such Mortgaged Property is in compliance with applicable environmental laws or, if not, after consultation with an environmental consultant, that it would be in the best economic interest of the Certificateholders (and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, the related Companion Holders), as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and, if applicable, Companion Holders constituted a single lender, to take such actions as are necessary to bring such Mortgaged Property in compliance with such laws, and

(ii)               there are no circumstances present at such Mortgaged Property relating to the use, management or disposal of any hazardous materials for which investigation, testing, monitoring, containment, clean-up or remediation could be required under any currently effective federal, state or local law or regulation, or that, if any such hazardous materials are present for which such action could be required, after consultation with an environmental consultant, it would be in the best economic interest of the Certificateholders (and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, the Companion Holders), as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and, if applicable, Companion Holders constituted a single lender, to take such actions with respect to the affected Mortgaged Property.

The cost of any such Environmental Assessment shall be paid by the applicable Master Servicer as a Servicing Advance and the cost of any remedial, corrective or other further action contemplated by clause (i) and/or clause (ii) of the preceding sentence shall be paid by the applicable Master Servicer as a Servicing Advance, unless it is a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance (in which case it shall be an expense of the Trust and, in the case of a Serviced Whole

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Loan, shall be withdrawn in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement by the applicable Master Servicer from its Collection Account, including from the Companion Distribution Account (such withdrawal to be made from amounts on deposit therein that are otherwise payable on or allocable to such Serviced Whole Loan)); and if any such Environmental Assessment so warrants, the applicable Special Servicer shall, except with respect to any Companion Loan and any Environmental Assessment ordered after such Mortgage Loan has been paid in full, perform such additional environmental testing at the expense of the Trust as it deems necessary and prudent to determine whether the conditions described in clauses (i) and (ii) of the preceding sentence have been satisfied. With respect to Non-Specially Serviced Loans, the applicable Master Servicer and, with respect to Specially Serviced Loans, the applicable Special Servicer (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) shall review and be familiar with the terms and conditions relating to enforcing claims and shall monitor the dates by which any claim or action must be taken (including delivering any notices to the insurer and using reasonable efforts to perform any actions required under such policy) under each environmental insurance policy in effect and obtained on behalf of the mortgagee to receive the maximum proceeds available under such policy for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the Trustee (as holder of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests).

(d)               If (i) the environmental testing contemplated by subsection (c) above establishes that either of the conditions set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) of subsection (c) above of the first sentence thereof has not been satisfied with respect to any Mortgaged Property securing a Defaulted Loan and, in the case of a Serviced Mortgage Loan, any related Companion Loan, and (ii) there has been no breach of any of the representations and warranties set forth in or required to be made pursuant to Section 4 of each of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements for which the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller could be required to repurchase such Defaulted Loan pursuant to Section 5 of the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, then the applicable Special Servicer shall take such action as it deems to be in the best economic interest of the Trust (other than proceeding to acquire title to the Mortgaged Property) and is hereby authorized, with the consent of the Directing Certificateholder and after consultation with the Risk Retention Consultation Party pursuant to Section 6.08(a) (in each case, (A) prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event (or with respect to any AB Mortgage Loan, if an AB Control Appraisal Period is in effect, but prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event) and (B) other than with respect to any Excluded Loan as to such party) at such time as it deems appropriate to release such Mortgaged Property from the lien of the related Mortgage, provided that, if such Mortgage Loan has a then-outstanding principal balance of greater than $1,000,000, then prior to the release of the related Mortgaged Property from the lien of the related Mortgage, (i) the applicable Special Servicer shall have notified the Rating Agencies, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the applicable Master Servicer, the Directing Certificateholder and the Risk Retention Consultation Party (in the case of the Directing Certificateholder, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, and in the case of the Directing Certificateholder or the Risk Retention Consultation Party other than with respect to any Excluded Loan as to such party), in writing of its intention to so release such Mortgaged Property and the bases for such intention, (ii) the Certificate Administrator shall have posted such notice of the applicable Special Servicer’s intention to so release such Mortgaged Property to the Certificate Administrator’s Website pursuant to Section 3.13(b) and (iii) in addition to the prior written consent of the Directing Certificateholder as required above, the Holders of Certificates entitled to more than 50% of the Voting Rights shall have consented or have been deemed to have consented to such release within thirty (30) days of the Certificate Administrator’s

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posting such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website (failure to respond by the end of such 30-day period being deemed consent of the Holders of the Certificates). To the extent any fee charged by any Rating Agency in connection with rendering such written confirmation is not paid by the related Mortgagor, such fee is to be an expense of the Trust; provided that the applicable Special Servicer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to collect such fee from the Mortgagor to the extent permitted under the related Mortgage Loan documents.

(e)               Each Special Servicer shall provide written reports and a copy of any Environmental Assessments in electronic format to the Directing Certificateholder and the Risk Retention Consultation Party (in each case, other than with respect to any Excluded Loan as to such party), each applicable Master Servicer and the 17g-5 Information Provider monthly regarding any actions taken by such Special Servicer with respect to any Mortgaged Property securing a Defaulted Loan, or defaulted Companion Loan as to which the environmental testing contemplated in subsection (c) above has revealed that either of the conditions set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) of the first sentence thereof has not been satisfied, in each case until the earlier to occur of satisfaction of both such conditions, repurchase of the related Mortgage Loan by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller or release of the lien of the related Mortgage on such Mortgaged Property.

(f)                Each Special Servicer shall notify the applicable Master Servicer of any abandoned and/or foreclosed properties which require reporting to the Internal Revenue Service and shall provide such Master Servicer with all information regarding forgiveness of indebtedness and required to be reported with respect to any Mortgage Loan or related Companion Loan that is abandoned or foreclosed and such Master Servicer shall report to the Internal Revenue Service and the related Mortgagor, in the manner required by applicable law, such information and such Master Servicer shall report, via Form 1099A or Form 1099C (or any successor form), all forgiveness of indebtedness and abandonment and foreclosure to the extent such information has been provided to such Master Servicer by such Special Servicer. Upon request, the applicable Master Servicer shall deliver a copy of any such report to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator.

(g)               Each Special Servicer shall have the right to determine, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, the advisability of the maintenance of an action to obtain a deficiency judgment if the state in which the Mortgaged Property is located and the terms of the Mortgage Loan (and if applicable, the related Companion Loan) permit such an action.

(h)               Each Special Servicer shall maintain accurate records, prepared by one of its Servicing Officers, of each Final Recovery Determination in respect of a Defaulted Loan (other than with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or defaulted Companion Loan or any REO Property (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property) and the basis thereof. Each Final Recovery Determination shall be evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate promptly delivered to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Directing Certificateholder and the Risk Retention Consultation Party (but in the case of the Directing Certificateholder and the Risk Retention Consultation Party, other than with respect to any Excluded Loan as to such party) and the applicable Master Servicer and in no event later than the next succeeding P&I Advance Determination Date.

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Section 3.10        Trustee and Certificate Administrator to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files. (a) Upon the payment in full of any Serviced Mortgage Loan, or the receipt by the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, of a notification that payment in full shall be escrowed in a manner customary for such purposes, the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, will promptly notify the Trustee and the Custodian and request delivery of the related Mortgage File. Any such notice and request shall be in the form of a Request for Release signed by a Servicing Officer and shall include a statement to the effect that all amounts received or to be received in connection with such payment which are required to be deposited in the applicable Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.04(a) or remitted to the applicable Master Servicer to enable such deposit, have been or will be so deposited. Within seven (7) Business Days (or within such shorter period as release can reasonably be accomplished if the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer notifies the Custodian of an exigency) of receipt of such notice and request, the Custodian shall release the related Mortgage File to the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be; provided that in the case of the payment in full of a Serviced Companion Loan or its related Mortgage Loan, the related Mortgage File shall not be released by the Custodian unless the related Serviced Whole Loan is paid in full. No expenses incurred in connection with any instrument of satisfaction or deed of reconveyance shall be chargeable to a Collection Account.

(b)               From time to time as is appropriate for servicing or foreclosure of any Serviced Mortgage Loan (and any related Companion Loan), the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer shall deliver to the Custodian a Request for Release signed by a Servicing Officer. Upon receipt of the foregoing, the Custodian shall deliver the Mortgage File or any document therein to the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer (or a designee), as the case may be. Upon return of such Mortgage File or such document to the Custodian, or the delivery to the Trustee and the Custodian of a certificate of a Servicing Officer of the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, stating that such Mortgage Loan (and, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, the related Companion Loan), was liquidated and that all amounts received or to be received in connection with such liquidation which are required to be deposited into the applicable Collection Account (including amounts related to the related Companion Loan, if applicable) pursuant to Section 3.04(a) have been or will be so deposited, or that such Mortgage Loan has become an REO Property, a copy of the Request for Release shall be released by the Custodian to the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer (or a designee), as the case may be, with the original being released upon termination of the Trust.

(c)               Within seven (7) Business Days (or within such shorter period as delivery can reasonably be accomplished if the applicable Special Servicer notifies the Trustee of an exigency) of receipt thereof, the Trustee shall execute and deliver to the applicable Special Servicer any court pleadings, requests for trustee’s sale or other documents necessary to the foreclosure or trustee’s sale in respect of a Mortgaged Property or to any legal action brought to obtain judgment against any Mortgagor on the Mortgage Note (including any note evidencing a related Companion Loan) or Mortgage or to obtain a deficiency judgment, or to enforce any other remedies or rights provided by the Mortgage Note or Mortgage or otherwise available at law or in equity. The applicable Special Servicer shall be responsible for the preparation of all such documents and pleadings. When submitted to the Trustee for signature, such documents or pleadings shall be

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accompanied by a certificate of a Servicing Officer requesting that such pleadings or documents be executed by the Trustee and certifying as to the reason such documents or pleadings are required and that the execution and delivery thereof by the Trustee will not invalidate or otherwise affect the lien of the Mortgage, except for the termination of such a lien upon completion of the foreclosure or trustee’s sale. The Trustee shall not be required to review such documents for their sufficiency or enforceability.

(d)               If, from time to time, pursuant to the terms of the applicable Non-Serviced Intercreditor Agreement and the applicable Non-Serviced PSA, and as appropriate for enforcing the terms of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the applicable Non-Serviced Master Servicer requests delivery to it of the original Mortgage Note for a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, then the Custodian shall release or cause the release of such original Mortgage Note to such Non-Serviced Master Servicer or its designee.

Section 3.11        Servicing Compensation. (a) As compensation for its activities hereunder, the applicable Master Servicer shall be entitled to receive the Servicing Fee with respect to each Mortgage Loan, Serviced Companion Loan and REO Loan (other than the portion of any REO Loan related to any Non-Serviced Companion Loan) (including Specially Serviced Loans and any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan constituting a “specially serviced loan” under any related Non-Serviced PSA). As to each Mortgage Loan, Companion Loan and REO Loan, the Servicing Fee shall accrue from time to time at the Servicing Fee Rate and shall be computed on the basis of the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan, Companion Loan or REO Loan, as the case may be, and in the same manner as interest is calculated on such Mortgage Loan, Companion Loan or REO Loan, as the case may be, and, in connection with any partial month interest payment, for the same period respecting which any related interest payment due on such Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan or deemed to be due on such REO Loan is computed. The Servicing Fee with respect to any Mortgage Loan, Companion Loan or REO Loan shall cease to accrue if a Liquidation Event occurs with respect to the related Mortgage Loan, except that if such Mortgage Loan is part of a Serviced Whole Loan and such Serviced Whole Loan continues to be serviced and administered under this Agreement notwithstanding such Liquidation Event, then the applicable Servicing Fee shall continue to accrue and be payable as if such Liquidation Event did not occur. The Servicing Fee shall be payable monthly, on a loan-by-loan basis, from payments of interest on each Mortgage Loan, Companion Loan and REO Revenues allocable as interest on each REO Loan, and as otherwise provided by Section 3.05(a). Each Master Servicer shall be entitled to recover unpaid Servicing Fees in respect of any applicable Mortgage Loan, Companion Loan or REO Loan out of that portion of related payments, Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds and REO Revenues (in the case of an REO Loan) allocable as recoveries of interest, to the extent permitted by Section 3.05(a).

Except as set forth in the following sentence, the fourth (4th) paragraph of this Section 3.11(a), Section 6.03, Section 6.05 and Section 7.01(c), the right to receive the Servicing Fee may not be transferred in whole or in part (except in connection with a transfer of all of the applicable Master Servicer’s duties and obligations hereunder to a successor servicer in accordance with the terms hereof). With respect to each Serviced Companion Loan, the Servicing Fee shall be payable to the applicable Master Servicer from amounts payable in respect of such Serviced Companion Loan, subject to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement.

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Each Master Servicer shall be entitled to retain, and shall not be required to deposit in its Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.04(a), additional servicing compensation (other than with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) in the form of the following amounts to the extent collected from the related Mortgagor relating to a Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan for which it acts as Master Servicer:

(i)                                100% of Excess Modification Fees related to any modifications, waivers, extensions or amendments of any Non-Specially Serviced Loans (including any related Serviced Companion Loan, to the extent not prohibited by the related Intercreditor Agreement) that are Master Servicer Decisions; and for any matter for a Mortgage Loan (including any related Companion Loan) that is not a Specially Serviced Loan which matter involves a Major Decision, then such Master Servicer shall be entitled to 50% of such Excess Modification Fees;

(ii)                             100% of all assumption application fees and other similar items received on any Serviced Mortgage Loans that are Non-Specially Serviced Loans (including any related Serviced Companion Loan, to the extent not prohibited by the related Intercreditor Agreement) to the extent such Master Servicer is processing the underlying transaction and 100% of all defeasance fees (provided that for the avoidance of doubt, any such defeasance fee shall not include any Modification Fees in connection with a defeasance that the applicable Special Servicer is entitled to under this Agreement); and

(iii)                      100% of assumption, waiver, consent and earnout fees, and other similar fees (other than assumption application fees and defeasance fees) pursuant to Section 3.08 and Section 3.18 or other actions performed in connection with this Agreement on the Non-Specially Serviced Loans (including any related Serviced Companion Loan, to the extent not prohibited by the related Intercreditor Agreement) relating to Master Servicer Decisions; and for any matter for a Mortgage Loan (including any related Companion Loan) that is not a Specially Serviced Loan which matter involves a Major Decision, then the applicable Master Servicer shall be entitled to 50% of such assumption, waiver, consent and earnout fees and other similar fees.

In addition, the applicable Master Servicer shall be entitled to charge and retain as additional servicing compensation (other than with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) any charges for beneficiary statements and demands to the extent such beneficiary statements or demands are prepared by the applicable Master Servicer and other customary charges, amounts collected for checks returned for insufficient funds (relating to the accounts held by such applicable Master Servicer) and reasonable review fees in connection with any Mortgagor request to the extent such review fees are not prohibited under the related Mortgage Loan documents, in each case only to the extent actually paid by or on behalf of the related Mortgagor and shall not be required to deposit such amounts in its Collection Account or the Companion Distribution Account pursuant to Section 3.04(a) or Section 3.04(b), respectively. Subject to Section 3.11(d), the applicable Master Servicer shall also be entitled to additional servicing compensation in the form of: (i) Penalty Charges to the extent provided in Section 3.11(d), (ii) interest or other income earned on deposits relating to the Trust Fund in its Collection Account or the Companion Distribution Account in accordance with Section 3.06(b) (but only to the extent of the Net Investment Earnings, if any, with respect to such account for the period from and including the

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prior Distribution Date to and including the P&I Advance Date related to the current Distribution Date), (iii) interest or other income earned on deposits in its Servicing Accounts which are not required by applicable law or the related Mortgage Loan to be paid to the Mortgagor, and (iv) the difference, if positive, between Prepayment Interest Excesses and Prepayment Interest Shortfalls collected on the Mortgage Loans and any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan for which it acts as Master Servicer, during the related Collection Period to the extent not required to be paid as Compensating Interest Payments. The applicable Master Servicer shall be required to pay out of its own funds all expenses incurred by it in connection with its servicing activities hereunder (including, without limitation, payment of any amounts due and owing to any of its Sub-Servicers and the premiums for any blanket Insurance Policy insuring against hazard losses pursuant to Section 3.07), if and to the extent such expenses are not payable directly out of its Collection Account and the applicable Master Servicer shall not be entitled to reimbursement therefor except as expressly provided in this Agreement.

With respect to any of the preceding fees as to which both the applicable Master Servicer and the applicable Special Servicer are entitled to receive a portion thereof, the applicable Master Servicer and the applicable Special Servicer shall each have the right in its sole discretion, but not any obligation, to reduce or elect not to charge its respective portion of such fee; provided, that (A) neither the applicable Master Servicer nor the applicable Special Servicer will have the right to reduce or elect not to charge the portion of any such fee due to the other and (B) to the extent either of the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer exercises its right to reduce or elect not to charge its respective portion in any such fee, the party that reduced or elected not to charge its respective portion of such fee will not have any right to share in any part of the other party’s portion of such fee. If the applicable Master Servicer decides not to charge any fee, the applicable Special Servicer shall nevertheless be entitled to charge its portion of the related fee to which such Special Servicer would have been entitled if such Master Servicer had charged a fee and such Master Servicer will not be entitled to any of such fee charged by such Special Servicer. Similarly, if the applicable Special Servicer decides not to charge any fee, the applicable Master Servicer shall nevertheless be entitled to charge its portion of the related fee to which such Master Servicer would have been entitled if such Special Servicer had charged a fee and such Special Servicer shall not be entitled to any portion of such fee charged by such Master Servicer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the applicable Special Servicer may, in connection with a workout or other modification of a Mortgage Loan and without the consent of the applicable Master Servicer, waive any or all related Penalty Charges, regardless of who is entitled to receive such payments as compensation; provided, that any Penalty Charges actually collected and available as additional servicing compensation after application of the terms of Section 3.11(d) shall be shared pro rata by the applicable Master Servicer and the applicable Special Servicer based on the respective portions of such Penalty Charges to which each would otherwise have been entitled.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association may, at its option, assign or pledge to any third party or retain for itself the Transferable Servicing Interest with respect to any Mortgage Loan and any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan (and any successor REO Loan) for which it acts as Master Servicer; provided, however, that in the event of any resignation or termination of such Master Servicer, all or any portion of the Transferable Servicing Interest may be reduced by the Trustee to the extent reasonably necessary (in the sole discretion of the Trustee) for the Trustee to obtain a qualified

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successor master servicer that meets the requirements of Section 6.05 and who requires market-rate servicing compensation that accrues at a per annum rate in excess of the Retained Fee Rate, and any such assignment of the Transferable Servicing Interest shall, by its terms be expressly subject to the terms of this Agreement and such reduction. The applicable Master Servicer shall pay the Transferable Servicing Interest to the holder of the Transferable Servicing Interest at such time and to the extent such Master Servicer is entitled to receive payment of its Servicing Fees hereunder, notwithstanding any resignation or termination of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer hereunder (subject to reduction pursuant to the preceding sentence).

(b)                            As compensation for its activities hereunder, each Special Servicer shall be entitled to receive the Special Servicing Fee with respect to each Specially Serviced Loan and REO Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan and any REO Loan relating to a Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property). As to each Specially Serviced Loan and REO Loan, the Special Servicing Fee shall accrue from time to time at the Special Servicing Fee Rate and shall be computed on the basis of the Stated Principal Balance of such Specially Serviced Loan or REO Loan, as the case may be, and in the same manner as interest is calculated on the Specially Serviced Loans or REO Loans, as the case may be, and, in connection with any partial month interest payment, for the same period respecting which any related interest payment due on such Specially Serviced Loan or deemed to be due on such REO Loan is computed. The Special Servicing Fee with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan or REO Loan shall cease to accrue if a Liquidation Event occurs with respect to the related Mortgage Loan. The Special Servicing Fee shall be payable monthly, on a loan-by-loan basis, in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.05(a). The right to receive the Special Servicing Fee may not be transferred in whole or in part except in connection with the transfer of all of the applicable Special Servicer’s responsibilities and obligations under this Agreement. No Special Servicer shall be entitled to any Special Servicing Fees with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan.

(c)                              Each Special Servicer shall be entitled to additional servicing compensation in the form of:

(i)                               100% of Excess Modification Fees related to modifications, waivers, extensions or amendments of any Specially Serviced Loans,

(ii)                             100% of assumption application fees and other similar items received with respect to Specially Serviced Loans and 100% of all assumption application fees and other similar items received with respect to Mortgage Loans (other than Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans) and Serviced Companion Loans that are Non-Specially Serviced Loans to the extent the applicable Special Servicer processes the underlying transaction,

(iii)                         100% of waiver, consent and earnout fees and fees in respect of other actions performed in connection with this Agreement on the Specially Serviced Loans or certain other similar fees paid by the related Mortgagor on Specially Serviced Loans,

(iv)                          100% of assumption fees and other similar fees received with respect to Specially Serviced Loans,

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(v)                         50% of all Excess Modification Fees and assumption, waiver, consent and earnout fees and other similar fees (other than assumption application fees and defeasance fees) received with respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loans or Serviced Companion Loan(s) that are Non-Specially Serviced Loans to the extent that the matter involves a Major Decision,

(vi)                         With respect to the accounts held by such applicable Special Servicer, 100% of charges by such Special Servicer collected for checks returned for insufficient funds; and

(vii)                     100% of charges for beneficiary statements and demand charges actually paid by the Mortgagors to the extent such beneficiary statements or demand charges are prepared by such Special Servicer.

and shall be promptly paid to each Special Servicer by the applicable Master Servicer (or directly from the related Mortgagor) to the extent such fees are paid by the Mortgagor and shall not be required to be deposited in the applicable Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.04(a). Subject to Section 3.11(d), each Special Servicer shall also be entitled to additional servicing compensation in the form of: (i) Penalty Charges to the extent provided in Section 3.11(d) and (ii) interest or other income earned on deposits relating to the Trust Fund in the REO Account and Loss of Value Reserve Fund in accordance with Section 3.06(b) (but only to the extent of the Net Investment Earnings, if any, with respect to such account for the period from and including the prior Distribution Date to and including the P&I Advance Date related to such Distribution Date). In addition, each Special Servicer shall be entitled to retain as additional servicing compensation (other than with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) reasonable review fees in connection with any Mortgagor request to the extent such review fees are not prohibited under the related Mortgage Loan documents, and only to the extent actually paid by or on behalf of the related Mortgagor. Each Special Servicer shall also be entitled to additional servicing compensation in the form of a Workout Fee with respect to each Corrected Loan at the Workout Fee Rate on such Corrected Loan for so long as it remains a Corrected Loan; provided, that after receipt by the applicable Special Servicer of Workout Fees with respect to such Corrected Loan in an amount equal to $25,000, any Workout Fees in excess of such amount shall be reduced by the Excess Modification Fee Amount received by the applicable Special Servicer; provided, further, that in the event the Workout Fee collected over the course of such workout calculated at the Workout Fee Rate is less than $25,000, then the applicable Special Servicer shall be entitled to an amount from the final payment on the related Corrected Loan (including any related Serviced Companion Loan) that would result in the total Workout Fees payable to the applicable Special Servicer in respect of that Corrected Loan (including any related Serviced Companion Loan) being equal to $25,000. The Workout Fee shall be reduced (but not below zero) with respect to each collection on such Corrected Loan from which fee would otherwise be payable until an amount equal to the Excess Modification Fee Amount has been deducted in full. The Workout Fee with respect to any Corrected Loan will cease to be payable if such loan again becomes a Specially Serviced Loan; provided that a new Workout Fee will become payable if and when such Specially Serviced Loan again becomes a Corrected Loan. No Special Servicer shall be entitled to any Workout Fee with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan. If a Special Servicer is terminated (other than for cause) or resigns, it shall retain the right to receive any and all Workout Fees payable in respect of Mortgage Loans or any related Companion Loan that became Corrected Loans prior to the time of

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that termination or resignation except the Workout Fees will no longer be payable if the Corrected Loan subsequently becomes a Specially Serviced Loan. If a Special Servicer resigns or is terminated (other than for cause), it will receive any Workout Fees payable on Specially Serviced Loans for which the resigning or terminated Special Servicer had determined to grant a forbearance or cured the event of default through a modification, restructuring or workout negotiated by the applicable Special Servicer and evidenced by a signed writing, but which had not as of the time the applicable Special Servicer resigned or was terminated become a Corrected Loan solely because the Mortgagor had not had sufficient time to make three (3) consecutive timely Periodic Payments and which subsequently becomes a Corrected Loan as a result of the Mortgagor making such three (3) consecutive timely Periodic Payments. The successor special servicer will not be entitled to any portion of such Workout Fees. No Special Servicer will be entitled to receive any Workout Fees after termination of such Special Servicer for cause. A Liquidation Fee will be payable to the Special Servicer with respect to (a) each Specially Serviced Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or REO Property (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property) as to which the applicable Special Servicer receives any Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds and (b) each Mortgage Loan repurchased by a Mortgage Loan Seller or for which a Loss of Value Payment was paid, in each case, subject to the exceptions set forth in the definition of Liquidation Fee (such Liquidation Fee to be paid out of such Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds). If, however, Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds are received with respect to any Corrected Loan and the applicable Special Servicer is properly entitled to a Workout Fee, such Workout Fee will be payable based on and out of the portion of such Liquidation Proceeds and Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds that constitute principal and/or interest on such Mortgage Loan. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each Special Servicer shall only be entitled to receive a Liquidation Fee or a Workout Fee, but not both, with respect to proceeds on any Mortgage Loan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Companion Loan, the Liquidation Fee, Workout Fee and Special Servicing Fees, if any, will be computed as provided in the related Intercreditor Agreement or to the extent such Intercreditor Agreement is silent or refers to this Agreement or indicates such fees are paid in accordance with this Agreement, as provided herein as though such Companion Loan were a Mortgage Loan. Subject to Section 3.11(d), each Special Servicer will also be entitled to additional fees in the form of Penalty Charges. Each Special Servicer shall be required to pay out of its own funds all expenses incurred by it in connection with its servicing activities hereunder (including, without limitation, payment of any amounts, other than management fees in respect of REO Properties, due and owing to any of its Sub-Servicers and the premiums for any blanket Insurance Policy obtained by it insuring against hazard losses pursuant to Section 3.07), if and to the extent such expenses are not expressly payable directly out of the applicable Collection Account or the REO Account, and the applicable Special Servicer shall not be entitled to reimbursement therefor except as expressly provided in this Agreement.

With respect to any of the preceding fees as to which both the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer are entitled to receive a portion thereof, the applicable Master Servicer and the applicable Special Servicer shall each have the right in its sole discretion, but not any obligation, to reduce or elect not to charge its respective portion of such fee; provided, however, that (A) neither the applicable Master Servicer nor the applicable Special Servicer will have the right to reduce or elect not to charge the portion of any fee due to the other and (B) to the extent either of the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer exercises its right to reduce or elect not to charge its respective portion in any fee, the party that reduced or elected not

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to charge such fee will not have any right to share in any part of the other party’s portion of such fee. If the applicable Master Servicer decides not to charge any fee, the applicable Special Servicer shall nevertheless be entitled to charge its portion of the related fee to which the applicable Special Servicer would have been entitled if the applicable Master Servicer had charged a fee and the applicable Master Servicer will not be entitled to any of such fee charged by the applicable Special Servicer. Similarly, if the applicable Special Servicer decides not to charge any fee, the applicable Master Servicer shall nevertheless be entitled to charge its portion of the related fee to which the applicable Master Servicer would have been entitled if the applicable Special Servicer had charged a fee and the applicable Special Servicer shall not be entitled to any portion of such fee charged by the applicable Master Servicer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the applicable Special Servicer may, in connection with a workout or other modification of a Mortgage Loan and without the consent of the applicable Master Servicer, waive any or all related Penalty Charges, regardless of who is entitled to receive such payments as compensation; provided, that any Penalty Charges actually collected and available as additional servicing compensation after application of the terms of Section 3.11(d) shall be shared pro rata by the applicable Master Servicer and the applicable Special Servicer based on the respective portions of such Penalty Charges to which each would otherwise have been entitled.

(d)               In determining the compensation of each applicable Master Servicer or each applicable Special Servicer, as applicable, with respect to Penalty Charges, on any Distribution Date, the aggregate Penalty Charges collected on any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Companion Loan since the prior Distribution Date shall be applied (in such order) to reimburse (i) the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer or the Trustee for interest on Advances on such Mortgage Loan or related Companion Loan, if applicable (and, in connection with a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the applicable Non-Serviced Master Servicer, the applicable Non-Serviced Special Servicer or the applicable Non-Serviced Trustee for interest on the servicing advances made by any such party with respect to a Non-Serviced Whole Loan pursuant to the applicable Non-Serviced PSA, to the extent not prohibited by the applicable Non-Serviced Intercreditor Agreement) due on such Distribution Date, (ii) the Trust for all interest on Advances previously paid to the applicable Master Servicer or the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.05(a)(vi) (and, in connection with a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the related trust for all interest on servicing advances reimbursed by such trust to any party under the applicable Non-Serviced PSA, which resulted in an additional expense for the Trust, to the extent not prohibited by the applicable Non-Serviced Intercreditor Agreement) with respect to such Mortgage Loan or related Companion Loan, if applicable and (iii) the Trust for all additional expenses of the Trust (including Special Servicing Fees, Workout Fees and Liquidation Fees), including without limitation, inspections by the applicable Special Servicer and all unpaid Advances incurred since the Closing Date with respect to such Mortgage Loan. Penalty Charges (other than with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, which shall be payable as additional servicing compensation under the related Non-Serviced PSA) remaining thereafter shall be distributed to the applicable Master Servicer, if and to the extent accrued while such Mortgage Loan and any related Companion Loan was a Non-Specially Serviced Loan, and to the applicable Special Servicer, if and to the extent accrued on such Mortgage Loan during the period such Mortgage Loan was a Specially Serviced Loan or REO Loan. Any Penalty Charges paid or payable as additional servicing compensation to each applicable Master Servicer and each applicable Special Servicer shall be distributed between the applicable Master Servicer and the applicable Special Servicer, on a pro rata basis, based on such Master Servicer’s and such Special Servicer’s respective entitlements to such compensation

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described in the previous sentence. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything else herein to the contrary, Penalty Charges with respect to any Companion Loan will be allocated pursuant to the applicable Intercreditor Agreement after payment of all related Advances and interest thereon and additional expenses of the Trust in accordance with this Section 3.11(d).

If a Servicing Shift Whole Loan becomes a Specially Serviced Loan prior to the applicable Servicing Shift Securitization Date, the applicable Special Servicer shall service and administer such Servicing Shift Whole Loan and any related REO Property in the same manner as any other Specially Serviced Loan or Serviced REO Property and shall be entitled to all rights and compensation earned with respect to such Serviced Whole Loan as the applicable Special Servicer of such Serviced Whole Loan. With respect to a Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan, prior to the applicable Servicing Shift Securitization Date, no other special servicer will be entitled to any such compensation or have such rights and obligations. If a Servicing Shift Whole Loan is still a Specially Serviced Loan on the applicable Servicing Shift Securitization Date, the Non-Serviced Special Servicer and the applicable Special Servicer shall be entitled to compensation with respect to such Servicing Shift Whole Loan as if such Special Servicer were being terminated (other than for cause) as the Special Servicer with respect to such Servicing Shift Whole Loan and the Non-Serviced Special Servicer were replacing such Special Servicer as the successor Special Servicer with respect to such Servicing Shift Whole Loan.

(e)               With respect to each Distribution Date, each Special Servicer shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the applicable Master Servicer within two (2) Business Days following the Determination Date, and such Master Servicer shall deliver, to the extent it has received, to the Certificate Administrator, without charge and on the related Remittance Date, an electronic report (which may include HTML, Word or Excel compatible format, clean and searchable PDF format or such other format as mutually agreeable between the Certificate Administrator and the applicable Special Servicer) that discloses and contains an itemized listing of any Disclosable Special Servicer Fees received by the applicable Special Servicer or any of its Affiliates, if any, with respect to such Distribution Date; provided that no such report shall be due in any month during which no Disclosable Special Servicer Fees were received.

(f)                Each Special Servicer and its Affiliates shall be prohibited from receiving or retaining any compensation or any other remuneration (including, without limitation, in the form of commissions, brokerage fees, rebates, or as a result of any other fee-sharing arrangement) from any Person (including, without limitation, the Trust, any Mortgagor, any property manager, any guarantor or indemnitor in respect of a Mortgage Loan and any purchaser of any Mortgage Loan or REO Property) in connection with the disposition, workout or foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, the management or disposition of any REO Property, or the performance of any other special servicing duties under this Agreement, other than as expressly provided in this Section 3.11; provided that such prohibition shall not apply to Permitted Special Servicer/Affiliate Fees.

(g)               Pursuant to the CREFC^® License Agreement, CREFC^® shall be paid (according to the payment instructions set forth on Exhibit II hereto or such other payment instructions as CREFC^® may provide to each applicable Master Servicer in writing at least two (2) Business Days prior to the Remittance Date) the CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee on a monthly basis. Each Master Servicer shall withdraw from its Collection Account and, to

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the extent sufficient funds are on deposit therein, pay the CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee to CREFC^® in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(xii) on a monthly basis, from funds on deposit in its Collection Account.

Section 3.12        Inspections; Collection of Financial Statements. (a) Each Master Servicer shall perform (at its own expense), or shall cause to be performed (at its own expense), a physical inspection of each Mortgaged Property relating to a Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan or a Specially Serviced Loan or an REO Loan) for which it acts as Master Servicer with a Stated Principal Balance of (i) $2,000,000 or more at least once every twelve (12) months and (ii) less than $2,000,000 at least once every twenty-four (24) months, in each case, commencing in the calendar year 2024 (and each Mortgaged Property shall be inspected on or prior to December 31, 2025); provided, however, that if a physical inspection has been performed by the applicable Special Servicer in the previous twelve (12) months, such Master Servicer will not be required to perform, or cause to be performed, such physical inspection; provided, further, that if any scheduled payment becomes more than sixty (60) days delinquent on the related Mortgage Loan, the applicable Special Servicer shall inspect or cause to be inspected the related Mortgaged Property as soon as practicable after such Mortgage Loan becomes a Specially Serviced Loan and annually thereafter for so long as such Mortgage Loan remains a Specially Serviced Loan. The cost of such inspection by a Special Servicer pursuant to the second proviso of the immediately preceding sentence shall be an expense of the Trust, and, to the extent not paid by the related Mortgagor, reimbursed first from Penalty Charges actually received from the related Mortgagor and then from the applicable Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.05(a)(ii), provided that, with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, such cost shall be payable, subject to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement (i) with respect to a Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan, pro rata and pari passu, from the related Serviced Pari Passu Mortgage Loan and Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan, in accordance with their respective outstanding principal balances, or (ii) with respect to a Serviced AB Whole Loan, first, from the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan(s) and then, from the Serviced AB Mortgage Loan and any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans on a pro rata and pari passu basis (provided that, with respect to any AB Subordinate Companion Loan, the foregoing shall not limit or otherwise modify the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement pursuant to which any amounts collected with respect to the related Whole Loan are allocated to the related Serviced AB Mortgage Loan, any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans and the AB Subordinate Companion Loans), in each case, prior to being payable out of general collections. With respect to any Serviced AB Whole Loan, the costs will be allocated, first, as an expense of the related Subordinate Companion Holder and, second, as an expense of the holder of the related Mortgage Loan to the extent provided in the related Intercreditor Agreement. The applicable Special Servicer or the applicable Master Servicer, as applicable, shall prepare or cause to be prepared a written report of each such inspection detailing the condition of and any damage to the Mortgaged Property to the extent evident from the inspection and specifying the existence of (i) any vacancy at the Mortgaged Property that the preparer of such report has knowledge of and the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, deems material, (ii) any sale, transfer or abandonment of the Mortgaged Property of which the preparer of such report has knowledge or that is evident from the inspection, (iii) any adverse change in the condition of the Mortgaged Property of which the preparer of such report has knowledge or that is evident from the inspection, and that the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, deems material, (iv) any visible material waste committed on the Mortgaged Property of which the preparer of such report has knowledge or that

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is evident from the inspection and (v) photographs of each inspected Mortgaged Property. The applicable Special Servicer and the applicable Master Servicer shall promptly following preparation deliver or make available a copy (in electronic format) of each such report prepared by such Special Servicer and such Master Servicer, respectively, to the other party, to the Directing Certificateholder ((i) prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event and (ii) other than with respect to any Excluded Loan (as to such party) that is a Specially Serviced Loan). Within five (5) Business Days after request for copies of such reports by the Rating Agencies, the applicable Special Servicer or the applicable Master Servicer, as applicable, shall deliver or make available a copy (in electronic format) of each such report prepared by such Special Servicer and such Master Servicer, as applicable, to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website for review by NRSROs (including the Rating Agencies) that are Privileged Persons. The applicable Master Servicer shall deliver or make available a copy of each such report to the Directing Certificateholder and upon request to each Controlling Class Certificateholder (which request may state that such items may be delivered until further notice) (except, after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Consultation Termination Event or with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan that is an Excluded Loan as to such party).

(b)               Each Special Servicer, in the case of any Specially Serviced Loan, and each Master Servicer, in the case of any Non-Specially Serviced Loan shall make reasonable efforts to collect promptly and review from each related Mortgagor under the Mortgage Loans for which it acts as Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, quarterly and annual operating statements, financial statements, budgets and rent rolls of the related Mortgaged Property, and the quarterly and annual financial statements of such Mortgagor commencing with the calendar quarter ending on September 30, 2023 and the calendar year ending on December 31, 2023, whether or not delivery of such items is required pursuant to the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents and any other reports or documents required to be delivered under the terms of the Mortgage Loans (and each Serviced Companion Loan), if delivery of such items is required pursuant to the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents. The applicable Master Servicer and the applicable Special Servicer shall not be required to request such operating statements or rent rolls more than once if the related Mortgagor is not required to deliver such statements pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loan documents. In addition, the applicable Special Servicer shall cause quarterly and annual operating statements, budgets and rent rolls to be regularly prepared in respect of each REO Property and shall collect all such items promptly following their preparation. The applicable Special Servicer shall deliver all such items to the applicable Master Servicer within five (5) Business Days of receipt, and such Master Servicer and such Special Servicer, as applicable, shall deliver or make available copies of all the foregoing items so collected to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Directing Certificateholder and the Depositor, in electronic format, in each case within sixty (60) days of its receipt thereof, but in no event, in the case of annual statements, later than June 30 of each year commencing in 2024. Upon the request of any Privileged Person (other than the NRSROs) to receive copies of such items, the applicable Master Servicer (with respect to Non-Specially Serviced Loans) or the applicable Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans and REO Loans) shall deliver or make available electronic copies of such items to the Certificate Administrator to be posted on the Certificate Administrator’s Website. Upon the request of any NRSRO, the applicable Master Servicer (with respect to Non-Specially Serviced Loans) or the applicable Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans and REO Loans) shall deliver or make

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available copies of all or any portion of the foregoing items so collected thereby to the 17g-5 Information Provider pursuant to Section 3.13(c).

In addition, the applicable Master Servicer (with respect to Non-Specially Serviced Loans) or the applicable Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties), as applicable, shall prepare with respect to each Mortgaged Property securing a Serviced Mortgage Loan and REO Property for which it acts as Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable:

(i)                Within forty-five (45) days after receipt of a quarterly operating statement, if any, commencing within forty-five (45) days of receipt of such quarterly operating statement for the quarter ending September 30, 2023, a CREFC^® Operating Statement Analysis Report (but only to the extent the related Mortgagor is required by the related Mortgage Loan documents to deliver and does deliver, or otherwise agrees to provide and does provide, such information) for such Mortgaged Property or REO Property as of the end of that calendar quarter and provides sufficient information to report pursuant to CREFC^® guidelines, provided, however, that any analysis or report with respect to the first calendar quarter of each year will not be required to the extent provided in the then-current applicable CREFC^® guidelines (it being understood that as of the Closing Date, the applicable CREFC^® guidelines provide that such analysis or report with respect to the first calendar quarter (in each year) is not required for a Mortgaged Property or REO Property unless such Mortgaged Property or REO Property is analyzed on a trailing twelve (12) month basis, or if the related Serviced Mortgage Loan is on the CREFC^® Servicer Watch List). The applicable Master Servicer (with respect to Non-Specially Serviced Loans) or the applicable Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties that do not relate to Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans), as applicable, shall deliver or make available copies (in electronic format) of each CREFC^® Operating Statement Analysis Report and, upon request, the related operating statements (in each case, promptly following the initial preparation and each material revision thereof) to the Certificate Administrator, the Directing Certificateholder and the related Companion Holder (with respect to any Serviced Companion Loan).

(ii)               Within forty-five (45) days after receipt by the applicable Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties) or the applicable Master Servicer (with respect to Non-Specially Serviced Loans) of an annual operating statement or rent rolls (if and to the extent any such information is in the form of normalized year-end financial statements that have been based on a minimum number of months of operating results as recommended by CREFC^® in the instructions to the CREFC^® guidelines) for each calendar year commencing within forty-five (45) days of receipt of such annual operating statement for the calendar year ending December 31, 2023, a CREFC^® NOI Adjustment Worksheet (but only to the extent the related Mortgagor is required by the related Mortgage Loan documents to deliver and does deliver, or otherwise agrees to provide and does provide, such information), presenting the computation to “normalize” the full year net operating income and debt service coverage numbers used by the applicable Master Servicer in preparing the CREFC^® Comparative Financial Status Report. The applicable Master Servicer (with respect to all Serviced Mortgage Loans) or the applicable Special Servicer (with respect to REO Properties that do not relate to Non-

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Serviced Mortgage Loans), as applicable, shall deliver or make available copies (in electronic format) of each CREFC® NOI Adjustment Worksheet and, upon request, the related operating statements or rent rolls (in each case, promptly following the initial preparation and each material revision thereof) to the Certificate Administrator, the Directing Certificateholder, the related Companion Holder (with respect to any Serviced Companion Loan) and, upon request, the 17g-5 Information Provider, and the 17g-5 Information Provider shall post all such items to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website.

(c)               At or before 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on each Determination Date, each Special Servicer shall prepare and deliver or cause to be delivered to the applicable Master Servicer and, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, the Directing Certificateholder, the CREFC^® Special Servicer Loan File and any applicable CREFC^® Loan Liquidation Reports, CREFC^® Loan Modification Reports and CREFC^® REO Liquidation Reports with respect to the Specially Serviced Loans (excluding, for the Directing Certificateholder, any Excluded Loans as to such party) and any REO Properties (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property), providing the information required of the applicable Special Servicer in an electronic format, reasonably acceptable to the applicable Master Servicer as of the Business Day preceding such Determination Date, which CREFC^® Special Servicer Loan File shall include data, to enable the applicable Master Servicer to produce the following supplemental CREFC^® reports: (i) a CREFC^® Delinquent Loan Status Report, (ii) a CREFC^® Historical Loan Modification/Forbearance and Corrected Mortgage Loan Report, (iii) a CREFC^® REO Status Report, (iv) a CREFC^® Comparative Financial Status Report and (v) a CREFC^® NOI Adjustment Worksheet and a CREFC^® Operating Statement Analysis Report, in each case with the supporting financial statements, budgets, operating statements and rent rolls submitted by the Mortgagor.

(d)               Not later than 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on each P&I Advance Date beginning June 2023, each Master Servicer shall prepare (if and to the extent necessary) and deliver or cause to be delivered in electronic format to the Certificate Administrator the following reports and data files with respect to the Mortgage Loans for which it acts as Master Servicer: (A) to the extent such Master Servicer has received the CREFC^® Special Servicer Loan File at the time required, the most recent CREFC^® Delinquent Loan Status Report, CREFC^® Historical Loan Modification/Forbearance and Corrected Mortgage Loan Report and the CREFC^® REO Status Report, (B) CREFC^® Loan Setup File (only with respect to the first Distribution Date), (C) the most recent CREFC^® Property File, and CREFC^® Comparative Financial Status Report (in each case incorporating the data required to be included in the CREFC^® Special Servicer Loan File pursuant to Section 3.12(c) by the applicable Special Servicer and the applicable Master Servicer), (D) a CREFC^® Servicer Watch List with information that is current as of such Determination Date, (E) CREFC^® Financial File, (F) CREFC^® Loan Level Reserve/LOC Report, (G) the CREFC^® Advance Recovery Report, (H) CREFC^® Total Loan Report and (I) the report on Disclosable Special Servicer Fees delivered pursuant to Section 3.11(e) to the extent received from the applicable Special Servicer, if any. Additionally, not later than 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the P&I Advance Date beginning June 2023, the applicable Master Servicer shall deliver or cause to be delivered in electronic format to the Certificate Administrator any applicable CREFC^® Loan Liquidation Reports, CREFC^® Loan Modification Reports and CREFC^® REO Liquidation Reports received from the applicable Special Servicer. Not later than 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) two (2) Business Days prior to the Distribution Date beginning June 2023, the applicable Master Servicer shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Certificate Administrator via electronic

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format the CREFC^® Loan Periodic Update File and, to the extent received by such Master Servicer, the CREFC^® Appraisal Reduction Template. In no event shall any report described in this subsection be required to reflect information that has not been collected by or delivered to the applicable Master Servicer, or any payments or collections not received by the applicable Master Servicer, as of the close of business on the Business Day prior to the Business Day on which the report is due.

Not later than 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on each P&I Advance Date beginning June 2023, the Master Servicer shall deliver to the Certificate Administrator a CREFC^® Schedule AL File and may deliver to the Certificate Administrator a Schedule AL Additional File, each covering all of the Mortgage Loans, and each in both EDGAR-Compatible Format and Excel format; provided, however, that the Master Servicer shall have no obligation to prepare or deliver the CREFC^® Schedule AL File for any given Distribution Date unless the Master Servicer receives the Initial Schedule AL File from the Depositor pursuant to Section 2.01(j). If the Certificate Administrator does not receive the CREFC^® Schedule AL File from the Master Servicer by 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the P&I Advance Date, it shall request the CREFC^® Schedule AL File from the Master Servicer via email at ssreports@wellsfargo.com and send a copy of such request to the Depositor via email at cmbs_notices@morganstanley.com. In preparing the CREFC^® Schedule AL File and any Schedule AL Additional File for any given Distribution Date, and without any due diligence, investigation or verification, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely, absent manifest error, on the content, completeness and accuracy of the Initial Schedule AL File and Annex A-1 to the Prospectus. The CREFC^® Schedule AL File and the Schedule AL Additional File delivered by the Master Servicer shall each be a single file. The Certificate Administrator shall not be required to combine multiple CREFC^® Schedule AL Files or Schedule AL Additional Files provided or prepared by or on behalf of any applicable Master Servicer. The Certificate Administrator shall not be required to review, redact, reconcile, edit or verify the content, completeness or accuracy of the information contained in any CREFC^® Schedule AL File or Schedule AL Additional File.

In the absence of manifest error, each Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon, without investigation or inquiry, any information and reports delivered to it by any third party, and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon each Master Servicer’s reports and each Special Servicer’s reports and any information provided by the Trustee, without any duty or obligation to recompute, verify or recalculate any of the amounts and other information stated therein.

(e)               Each Special Servicer shall deliver to the applicable Master Servicer the reports and information required of such Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.12(b) and Section 3.12(c), and such Master Servicer shall deliver or make available to the Certificate Administrator the reports and data files set forth in Section 3.12(d). Such Master Servicer may, absent manifest error, conclusively rely on the reports and/or data to be provided by the applicable Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.12(b) and Section 3.12(c). The Certificate Administrator may, absent manifest error, conclusively rely on the reports and/or data to be provided by the applicable Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.12(d). In the case of information or reports to be furnished by the applicable Master Servicer to the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 3.12(d), to the extent that such information or reports are, in turn, based on information or reports to be provided by the applicable Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.12(b) or

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Section 3.12(c) and to the extent that such reports are to be prepared and delivered by the applicable Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.12(b) or Section 3.12(c), the applicable Master Servicer shall have no obligation to provide such information or reports to the Certificate Administrator until it has received the requisite information or reports from the applicable Special Servicer, and the applicable Master Servicer shall not be in default hereunder due to a delay in providing the reports required by Section 3.12(d) caused by the applicable Special Servicer’s failure to timely provide any information or report required under Section 3.12(b) or Section 3.12(c) of this Agreement.

(f)                Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, the failure of a Master Servicer or a Special Servicer to disclose any information otherwise required to be disclosed by this Section 3.12 shall not constitute a breach of this Section 3.12 to the extent such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer so fails because such disclosure, in the reasonable belief of such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as the case may be, would violate any applicable law or any provision of a Mortgage Loan document prohibiting disclosure of information with respect to the Mortgage Loans or Mortgaged Properties. A Master Servicer and a Special Servicer may disclose any such information or any additional information to any Person so long as such disclosure is consistent with applicable law and the Servicing Standard. A Master Servicer or a Special Servicer may affix to any information provided by it any disclaimer it deems appropriate in its reasonable discretion (without suggesting liability on the part of any other party hereto).

(g)               Unless otherwise specifically stated herein, if a Master Servicer or a Special Servicer is required to deliver or make available any statement, report or information under any provisions of this Agreement, such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as the case may be, may satisfy such obligation by (x) physically delivering a paper copy of such statement, report or information, (y) delivering such statement, report or information in a commonly used electronic format or (z) making such statement, report or information available on such Master Servicer’s website (with respect to items delivered by such Master Servicer (except with respect to items delivered by such Master Servicer to the Certificate Administrator)) or the Certificate Administrator’s Website, unless this Agreement expressly specifies a particular method of delivery.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, each Master Servicer and each Special Servicer shall deliver any required statements, reports or other information to the Certificate Administrator in an electronic format mutually agreeable to the Certificate Administrator and the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be. The applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer may physically deliver a paper copy of any such statement, report or information as a temporary measure due to system problems, however, copies in electronic format shall follow upon the correction of such system problems.

Section 3.13        Access to Certain Information. (a) Each Master Servicer and Special Servicer shall provide or cause to be provided to the Certificate Administrator, and the Certificate Administrator shall afford access to any Mortgage Loan Seller and to any Certificateholder that is a federally insured financial institution, the OCC, the FDIC, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America and the supervisory agents and examiners of such boards and such corporations, and any other federal or state banking or insurance regulatory

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authority that may exercise authority over any such Certificateholder, and to each Holder of a Non-Registered Certificate, access to any documentation or information regarding the Mortgage Loans (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) and, in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is a portion of a Serviced Whole Loan, the related Companion Loan, and the Trust within its control which may be required by applicable law. At the election of the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer or the Certificate Administrator, such access may be afforded to such Person identified above by the delivery of copies of information as requested by such Person and such Master Servicer, such Special Servicer or the Certificate Administrator shall be permitted to require payment (other than from the Directing Certificateholder and the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator on its own behalf or on behalf of the Certificateholders, as applicable) of a sum sufficient to cover the reasonable out-of-pocket costs incurred by it in making such copies. Such access shall (except as described in the preceding sentence) be afforded without charge but only upon reasonable prior written request and during normal business hours at the offices of the Certificate Administrator or the Custodian.

The failure of a Master Servicer or a Special Servicer to provide access as provided in this Section 3.13 as a result of a confidentiality obligation shall not constitute a breach of this Section 3.13. In connection with providing information pursuant to this Section 3.13, each applicable Master Servicer and each applicable Special Servicer may each (i) affix a reasonable disclaimer to any information provided by it for which it is not the original source (without suggesting liability on the part of any other party hereto); (ii) affix to any information provided by it a reasonable statement regarding securities law restrictions on such information and/or condition access to information on (x) the execution of a confidentiality agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit X, or (y) execution of a “click-through” confidentiality agreement if such information is being provided through the applicable Master Servicer’s or the applicable Special Servicer’s website; (iii) withhold access to confidential information or any intellectual property; and/or (iv) withhold access to items of information contained in the Servicing File for any Mortgage Loan if the disclosure of such items is prohibited by applicable law or the provisions of any related Mortgage Loan documents or would constitute a waiver of the attorney-client privilege. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the failure of a Master Servicer or a Special Servicer to disclose any information otherwise required to be disclosed by it pursuant to this Agreement shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement to the extent that such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as the case may be, determines, in its reasonable good faith judgment consistent with the applicable Servicing Standard, that such disclosure would violate applicable law or any provision of a Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan document prohibiting disclosure of information with respect to the Mortgage Loans or Companion Loans or the Mortgaged Properties, constitute a waiver of the attorney-client privilege on behalf of the Trust or otherwise materially harm the Trust. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a Master Servicer or a Special Servicer may refrain from disclosing information that it reasonably determines would prejudice the interest of the Certificateholders with respect to a workout or exercise of remedies as to any particular Mortgage Loan.

Notwithstanding the limitation set forth in the next succeeding paragraph, but subject to the last sentence of the immediately preceding paragraph, upon the reasonable request of any Certificateholder (or with respect to any AB Subordinate Companion Loan related to a Serviced AB Whole Loan, the holder of such AB Subordinate Companion Loan) that has delivered an Investor Certification to the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as

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the case may be, the applicable Master Servicer (with respect to Non-Specially Serviced Loans) or the applicable Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans), as applicable, may provide (or make available electronically) or make available at the expense of such Certificateholder or holder of such AB Subordinate Companion Loan, as applicable, copies of any appraisals, operating statements, rent rolls and financial statements (in each case, solely relating to the related Serviced Whole Loan or Serviced AB Whole Loan, if requested by the holder of an AB Subordinate Companion Loan, as the case may be) obtained by the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be; provided that, in connection with such request, such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as applicable, may require a written confirmation executed by the requesting Person substantially in such form as may be reasonably acceptable to such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as applicable, generally to the effect that such Person will keep such information confidential and shall use such information only for the purpose of analyzing asset performance and evaluating any continuing rights the Certificateholder or holder of such AB Subordinate Companion Loan, as applicable, may have under this Agreement.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein (other than as permitted in the preceding paragraph with respect to any Certificateholder or as specifically provided for herein with respect to the Directing Certificateholder), unless required by applicable law or court order, no Certificateholder (except, with respect to a Mortgage Loan Seller, to the extent necessary for such party to comply with its obligations under the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, and except for each applicable Master Servicer and the Certificate Administrator, acting in such capacities) or beneficial owner shall be given access to, or be provided copies of, the Mortgage Files or Diligence Files.

(b)               The Certificate Administrator shall make available to Privileged Persons (provided that the Prospectus, Distribution Date Statements, Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements, this Agreement and the Commission EDGAR filings referred to below will be available to the general public) via the Certificate Administrator’s Website, the following items, in each case, to the extent such items were prepared by or delivered to the Certificate Administrator in electronic format:

(i)                  The following documents, which will initially be made available under a tab or heading designated “deal documents”:

(A)             the Prospectus and any other disclosure document relating to the Registered Certificates, in the form most recently provided to the Certificate Administrator by the Depositor or by any Person designated by the Depositor;

(B)              this Agreement and any amendments and exhibits hereto;

(C)              any Sub-Servicing Agreements delivered to the Certificate Administrator on or after the Closing Date;

(D)             the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements and any amendments and exhibits thereto; and

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(E)              the CREFC^® Loan Setup File provided by the applicable Master Servicer to the Certificate Administrator;

(ii)               the following documents, which will initially be made available under a tab or heading designated “SEC EDGAR filings”;

(A)             any reports on Forms 10-D, ABS-EE, 10-K and 8-K that have been filed by the Certificate Administrator with respect to the Trust through the EDGAR system;

(iii)                  The following documents, which will initially be made available under a tab or heading designated “periodic reports”:

(A)             all Distribution Date Statements prepared by the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 4.02;

(B)              the CREFC^® Loan Periodic Update File, the CREFC^® Bond Level File, the CREFC^® Collateral Summary File, the CREFC^® Property File, the CREFC^® Financial File, each of the “surveillance reports” identified as such in the definition of “CREFC^® Investor Reporting Package” (including, without limitation, the CREFC^® Operating Statement Analysis Report and the CREFC^® NOI Adjustment Worksheets), the CREFC^® Advance Recovery Report to the extent delivered by the applicable Master Servicer pursuant to this Agreement from time to time; and

(C)              all Operating Advisor Annual Reports provided by the Operating Advisor to the Certificate Administrator;

(iv)                  The following documents, which will initially be made available under a tab or heading designated “additional documents”:

(A)             summaries of Final Asset Status Reports or, if an AB Control Appraisal Period is not in effect, summaries of Asset Status Reports approved by the holder of the related Companion Loan, and related information delivered to the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 3.19(d);

(B)              all property inspection reports and environmental reports delivered to the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 3.12(a);

(C)              any Appraisals delivered to the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 3.19; and

(D)             CREFC^® Appraisal Reduction Template;

(v)               The following documents, which will initially be made available under a tab or heading designated “special notices”:

(A)             any notice with respect to a release pursuant to Section 3.09(d);

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(B)              any notice regarding a waiver, modification or amendment of the terms of any Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 3.18(g);

(C)              any notice of final payment on the Certificates delivered to the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 4.01(h);

(D)             any notice of the occurrence of any Servicer Termination Event or termination of a Master Servicer or a Special Servicer delivered pursuant to Section 7.01;

(E)              any notice of the Certificate Administrator’s determination that an Asset Review Trigger has occurred and any other notice required to be delivered to the Certificateholders pursuant to Section 12.01;

(F)              any Asset Review Report Summary received by the Certificate Administrator;

(G)             any notice of the termination of the Sub-Servicer delivered pursuant to Section 3.20(g);

(H)             any notice of resignation of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, and any notice of the acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee or the successor certificate administrator pursuant to Section 8.07 or Section 8.08;

(I)                any Officer’s Certificate supporting any determination that any Advance was (or, if made, would be) a Nonrecoverable Advance;

(J)                any notice of resignation or termination of a Master Servicer or a Special Servicer pursuant to Section 7.03;

(K)             any notice of termination pursuant to Section 9.01;

(L)              any notice of resignation or termination of the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer and any notice of the acceptance of appointment by the successor operating advisor or the successor asset representations reviewer pursuant to Section 3.26 or Section 12.03, respectively;

(M)            any notice of any request by requisite percentage of Certificateholders for a vote to terminate a Special Servicer pursuant to Section 7.01(d), the Operating Advisor pursuant to Section 3.26(j) or the Asset Representations Reviewer pursuant to Section 12.05(b);

(N)             any notice of recommendation of termination of a Special Servicer by the Operating Advisor and the related report prepared by the Operating Advisor in connection with such recommendation;

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(O)             any notice that a Control Termination Event has occurred or is terminated or that a Consultation Termination Event has occurred or is terminated;

(P)              any notice of the occurrence of an Operating Advisor Termination Event;

(Q)             any notice that an Operating Advisor Consultation Event has occurred or is terminated;

(R)              any notice of the occurrence of an Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event;

(S)              any assessments of compliance delivered to the Certificate Administrator;

(T)              any attestation reports delivered to the Certificate Administrator;

(U)             any “special notices” required by a Certificateholder to be posted on the Certificate Administrator’s website pursuant to Section 5.06;

(V)             any notice or documents provided to the Certificate Administrator by the Depositor or a Master Servicer directing the Certificate Administrator to post to the “special notices” tab; and

(W)           any Proposed Course of Action Notice;

(vi)                          the “Investor Q&A Forum” pursuant to Section 4.07(a);

(vii)                    solely to Certificateholders and Certificate Owners that are Privileged Persons, the “Investor Registry” pursuant to Section 4.07(b); and

(viii)                     the “ U.S. Risk Retention Special Notices” tab relating to any notices as to ongoing compliance by the Retaining Parties with the retention and hedging covenants in any agreement between the Retaining Parties and the Retaining Sponsor in respect of compliance with credit risk retention regulations and the Certificate Administrator shall, in addition to posting the applicable notices on the “U.S. Risk Retention Special Notices” tab, provide e-mail notification to any Privileged Person (other than market data providers) that has registered to receive access to the Certificate Administrator’s Website that a notice has been posted to the “U.S. Risk Retention Special Notices” tab;

provided, that with respect to a Control Termination Event or Consultation Termination Event that is deemed to exist due solely to the existence of an Excluded Loan, the Certificate Administrator will only be required to provide notice of the occurrence and continuance of such event if it has been notified of or has knowledge of the existence of such Excluded Loan.

The Certificate Administrator shall post on the Certificate Administrator’s Website the items and reports identified in clauses (iii)(A) and (B) above on each Distribution Date. In addition, if the Depositor so directs the Certificate Administrator, and on terms acceptable to the

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Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Administrator shall make certain other information and reports related to the Mortgage Loans available through its Internet website.

In the event that the Retaining Sponsor determines that a Successor Third-Party Purchaser no longer complies with the provisions of the Risk Retention Rule related to (a) number of third-party purchasers, (b) source of funds, (c) third-party review, (d) affiliation and control rights or (e) hedging, transfer and pledging, the Retaining Sponsor will be required to send a written notice of such non-compliance to the Certificate Administrator who will post such notice on its website under the “U.S. Risk Retention Special Notices” tab.

The Certificate Administrator shall, in addition to posting the applicable notices on the “U.S. Risk Retention Special Notices” tab described in clause (viii) above, provide email notification to any Privileged Person (other than the financial market information providers listed in Section 3.13(e)) that has registered to receive access to the Certificate Administrator’s Website that a notice has been posted to the “U.S. Risk Retention Special Notices” tab.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, all Excluded Information shall be made available under a separate tab or heading designated “Excluded Information” on the Certificate Administrator’s Website (and not under any of the tabs or headings described in items (i) through (viii) above) and made available to Privileged Persons other than any Excluded Controlling Class Holder that is a Borrower Party (unless a loan-by-loan segregation is later performed by the Certificate Administrator in which case such access shall only be prohibited with respect to the related Excluded Controlling Class Loan(s)).

Any Person that is a Borrower Party shall only be entitled to access (a) the Distribution Date Statements, and the following items made available to the general public: the Prospectus, this Agreement, the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements and the Commission filings on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, and (b) in the case of the Directing Certificateholder or a Controlling Class Certificateholder, if any such Person becomes an Excluded Controlling Class Holder, upon delivery to the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee in physical form (or, solely with respect to the applicable Master Servicer, in electronic form) of an investor certification substantially in the form of Exhibit P-1D and upon delivery to the Certificate Administrator in physical form of an investor certification substantially in the form of Exhibit P-1F, which shall include each of the CTSLink User ID associated with such Excluded Controlling Class Holder, all information (other than the Excluded Information with respect to any Excluded Controlling Class Loans (unless a loan-by-loan segregation is later performed by the Certificate Administrator in which case such access shall only be prohibited with respect to the related Excluded Controlling Class Loans)) available on the Certificate Administrator’s Website.

In the case of the Directing Certificateholder or a Controlling Class Certificateholder that is not an Excluded Controlling Class Holder, upon delivery of an investor certification substantially in the form of Exhibit P-1B hereto, the Directing Certificateholder or Controlling Class Certificateholder shall be entitled to access all information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website. Each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee may each rely on (i) an investor certification in the form of Exhibit P-1B hereto from the Directing Certificateholder or a

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Controlling Class Certificateholder to the effect that such Person is not an Excluded Controlling Class Holder and (ii) an investor certification in the form of Exhibit P-1D in physical form (or, solely with respect to the applicable Master Servicer, in electronic form) from the Directing Certificateholder or a Controlling Class Certificateholder to the effect that such Person is an Excluded Controlling Class Holder with respect to one or more Excluded Controlling Class Loan(s). In the event the Directing Certificateholder or a Controlling Class Certificateholder becomes an Excluded Controlling Class Holder, such party shall promptly notify each of the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee in writing substantially in the form of Exhibit P-1E that such party has become an Excluded Controlling Class Holder with respect to the Excluded Controlling Class Loan(s) listed in such notice and shall also provide the Certificate Administrator a notice substantially in the form of Exhibit P-1F listing each of the CTSLink User ID associated with such Excluded Controlling Class Holder and directing the Certificate Administrator to restrict such Excluded Controlling Class Holder’s access to the Certificate Administrator’s Website as and to the extent provided in this Agreement. Upon confirmation from the Certificate Administrator that such access has been restricted, such Excluded Controlling Class Holder shall submit a new investor certification substantially in the form of Exhibit P-1D in physical form (or, solely with respect to the applicable Master Servicer, in electronic form) to access the information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, except that such Excluded Controlling Class Holder shall not be entitled to access any Excluded Information related to any Excluded Controlling Class Loan(s) (unless a loan-by-loan segregation is later performed by the Certificate Administrator in which case such access shall only be prohibited with respect to the related Excluded Controlling Class Loan(s)) made available on the Certificate Administrator’s Website. With respect to any Excluded Information sent for posting on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, each of the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer and the Operating Advisor shall mark or label such information as “Excluded Information” prior to delivery to the Certificate Administrator, and the Certificate Administrator shall segregate on the Certificate Administrator’s Website such Excluded Information (and, if possible at a later time, on loan-by-loan basis) from information relating to other Mortgage Loans or Whole Loans, as applicable.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to conclusively assume that the Directing Certificateholder and all beneficial owners of the Certificates of the Controlling Class are not Excluded Controlling Class Holders except to the extent that the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, has received a notice substantially in the form of Exhibit P-1E from the Directing Certificateholder or a Controlling Class Certificateholder that it has become an Excluded Controlling Class Holder. Each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Certificate Administrator shall not be liable for any communication to the Directing Certificateholder or a Controlling Class Certificateholder that is an Excluded Controlling Class Holder or disclosure of any information relating to an Excluded Controlling Class Loan (including any related Excluded Information delivered to the Certificate Administrator for posting to the Certificate Administrator’s Website) if the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, did not receive prior written notice that the related Mortgage Loan is an Excluded Controlling Class Loan and/or, with respect to any related Excluded

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Information posted on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, such information was not delivered to the Certificate Administrator in accordance with Section 3.33.

Each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to conclusively rely on delivery from the Directing Certificateholder or a Controlling Class Certificateholder of an investor certification substantially in the form of Exhibit P-1B that it is not or is no longer an Excluded Controlling Class Holder. To the extent the Directing Certificateholder or a Controlling Class Certificateholder receives access pursuant to this Agreement to any Excluded Information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website or otherwise receives access to such Excluded Information, the Directing Certificateholder or Controlling Class Certificateholder shall be deemed to have agreed that it (i) will not directly or indirectly provide any such Excluded Information to (A) the related Borrower Party, (B) any related Excluded Controlling Class Holder, (C) any employees or personnel of the Directing Certificateholder or Controlling Class Certificateholder or any of its Affiliates involved in the management of any investment in the related Borrower Party or the related Mortgaged Property or (D) to its actual knowledge, any non-Affiliate that holds a direct or indirect ownership interest in the related Borrower Party, and (ii) will maintain sufficient internal controls and appropriate policies and procedures in place in order to comply with the obligations described in clause (i) above.

To the extent the Risk Retention Consultation Party or a Holder of the VRR Interest receives access pursuant to this Agreement to any information solely related to a Mortgage Loan with respect to which such party is a Borrower Party (which shall include any Asset Status Reports, Final Asset Status Reports (or summaries thereof), inspection reports related to Specially Serviced Loans conducted by a Special Servicer or any Excluded Special Servicer and which may include any Operating Advisor reports delivered to the Certificate Administrator regarding such Special Servicer’s net present value determination or any Appraisal Reduction Amount calculations delivered pursuant to Section 3.26(d) and Section 3.26(e), and any Officer’s Certificates delivered by the Trustee, a Master Servicer or a Special Servicer, supporting any determination that any Advance was (or, if made, would be) a Nonrecoverable Advance, but in each case other than information with respect to such Mortgage Loan that is aggregated with information of other Mortgage Loans at a pool level), on the Certificate Administrator’s Website or otherwise receives access to such information, such Risk Retention Consultation Party or Holder of the VRR Interest shall be deemed to have agreed that it (i) will not directly or indirectly provide any such information to (A) the related Borrower Party, (B) any employees or personnel of such Risk Retention Consultation Party or Holder of the VRR Interest or any of its Affiliates involved in the management of any investment in the related Borrower Party or the related Mortgaged Property or (C) to its actual knowledge, any non-Affiliate that holds a direct or indirect ownership interest in the related Borrower Party, and (ii) will maintain sufficient internal controls and appropriate policies and procedures in place in order to comply with the obligations described in clause (i) above. For the avoidance of doubt, any file or report contained in the CREFC^® Investor Reporting Package (CREFC^® IRP) (other than the CREFC^® Special Servicer Loan File relating to any such Excluded Loan) shall be considered information that is aggregated with information of other Mortgage Loans at a pool level. For avoidance of doubt, the covenants and restrictions in this paragraph are not applicable to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, acting in its capacity as Master Servicer or as Certificate Administrator.

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The Certificate Administrator makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of any report, document or other information made available on its Internet website and assumes no responsibility therefor, other than with respect to such reports, documents or other information prepared by the Certificate Administrator. In addition, the Certificate Administrator may disclaim responsibility for any information distributed by it for which it is not the original source. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Certificate Administrator shall not be liable for any disclosure of information relating to any Excluded Controlling Class Loan to the extent such information was included in any Asset Status Report or Final Asset Status Report inadvertently delivered to the Certificate Administrator for posting to the Certificate Administrator’s Website and not properly identified as relating to any Excluded Controlling Class Loan.

In connection with providing access to the Certificate Administrator’s Website (other than with respect to access provided to the general public in accordance with Section 3.13(b)), the Certificate Administrator may require registration and the acceptance of a disclaimer. The Certificate Administrator shall not be liable for the dissemination of information in accordance herewith. Questions regarding the Certificate Administrator’s Website can be directed to the Certificate Administrator’s CMBS customer service desk at (866) 846-4526.

(c)               The 17g-5 Information Provider shall make available solely to the Depositor and the NRSROs the following items to the extent such items are delivered to it (in the form of an electronic document suitable for posting) via electronic mail at 17g5informationprovider@computershare.com, specifically with a subject reference of “MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1” and an identification of the type of information being provided in the body of such electronic mail; or via any alternative electronic mail address following notice to the parties hereto or any other delivery method established or approved by the 17g-5 Information Provider if or as may be necessary or beneficial:

(i)                                any notices of waivers under Section 3.08(d);

(ii)               any Asset Status Report delivered by the applicable Special Servicer under Section 3.19(d);

(iii)                           any notice of final payment on the Certificates;

(iv)                          any environmental reports delivered by the applicable Special Servicer under Section 3.09(c);

(v)                             any Appraisals delivered to the 17g-5 Information Provider pursuant to Section 3.19;

(vi)                     any annual statements as to compliance and related Officer’s Certificates delivered under Section 11.09 or 11.10;

(vii)                   any annual independent public accountants’ attestation reports delivered pursuant to Section 11.11;

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(viii)                 any notice to the Rating Agencies relating to the applicable Special Servicer’s determination to take action without receiving Rating Agency Confirmation from any Rating Agency as set forth in Section 3.25(a);

(ix)                            copies of requests or questions that were submitted by the Rating Agencies relating to a request for Rating Agency Confirmation;

(x)                              any requests for Rating Agency Confirmation that are delivered to the 17g-5 Information Provider pursuant to Section 3.25(a);

(xi)                          any notice of resignation of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator and any notice of the acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee or the successor certificate administrator pursuant to Section 8.07 or Section 8.08;

(xii)                         any Officer’s Certificate supporting any determination that any Advance was (or, if made, would be) a Nonrecoverable Advance;

(xiii)                       any notice of a Servicer Termination Event or termination of a Master Servicer or a Special Servicer delivered pursuant to Section 7.01;

(xiv)                    any notice of the merger or consolidation of the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.09;

(xv)                      any notice of any amendment that modifies the procedures herein relating to Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act pursuant to Section 13.01(a)(ix);

(xvi)                     any Operating Advisor Annual Report pursuant to Section 3.26;

(xvii)                 any summary of oral communication with the Rating Agencies or any written question or request from the Rating Agencies directed toward the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee regarding any of the information delivered to the 17g-5 Information Provider pursuant to this Section 3.13(c) or regarding any request for a Rating Agency Confirmation or regarding any of the Mortgage Loan documents or any matter related to the Certificates, Mortgage Loans, any related Companion Loan, the related Mortgaged Properties, the related Mortgagors or any other matters related to this Agreement or any applicable Intercreditor Agreement; provided that the summary of such oral communication shall not identify the Rating Agency with whom the communication was held pursuant to Section 3.13(g);

(xviii)            any other information delivered to the 17g-5 Information Provider pursuant to this Agreement including, without limitation, Section 2.03(b), Section 3.07(a), Section 3.12, Section 3.17, Section 3.18(g); Section 11.09 or Section 11.10; and

(xix)                     any other information delivered to the Rating Agencies pursuant to this Agreement including, without limitation, Section 13.10.

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The foregoing information shall be made available by the 17g-5 Information Provider on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website. Information will be posted on the same Business Day of receipt unless such information is received after 2:00 p.m., New York City time, on such Business Day, in which case, it shall be posted by 12:00 p.m., New York City time, on the next Business Day; provided, however, that any information delivered pursuant to Section 3.13(d) shall be posted in accordance with Section 3.13(d). The 17g-5 Information Provider shall have no obligation or duty to verify, confirm or otherwise determine whether the information being delivered is accurate, complete, conforms to the transaction, or otherwise is or is not anything other than what it purports to be. In the event that any information is delivered or posted in error, each of the Certificate Administrator and the 17g-5 Information Provider may remove such information from the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website. The Certificate Administrator and the 17g-5 Information Provider have not obtained and shall not be deemed to have obtained actual knowledge of any information merely by posting such information to the Certificate Administrator’s Website or the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website or merely by filing such information pursuant to this Agreement via EDGAR or otherwise to the extent such information was not produced by the Certificate Administrator or the 17g-5 Information Provider, as applicable. Access will be provided by the 17g-5 Information Provider to the NRSROs upon receipt of an NRSRO Certification in the form of Exhibit P-2 hereto (which certification may be submitted electronically via the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website). Questions regarding delivery of information to the 17g-5 Information Provider may be directed to (866) 846-4526 or 17g5informationprovider@computershare.com (specifically referencing “MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1” in the subject line).

Upon delivery by the Depositor to the 17g-5 Information Provider of information designated by the Depositor as pre-closing information from the Depositor’s 17g-5 Website (the “Pre-Close Information”), the 17g-5 Information Provider shall make such information available only to the Depositor and to NRSROs via the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to this Section 3.13(c). Such information shall be provided to the 17g-5 Information Provider via electronic media and delivered to the 17g-5 Information Provider as mutually agreed. The Depositor shall not be entitled to direct the 17g-5 Information Provider to provide access to the Pre-Close Information or any other information on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website to any designee or third party.

Upon request of the Depositor or the Rating Agencies, the 17g-5 Information Provider shall post on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website any additional information requested by the Depositor or the Rating Agencies to the extent such information is delivered to the 17g-5 Information Provider electronically in accordance with this Section 3.13. In no event shall the 17g-5 Information Provider disclose on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website the Rating Agency that requested such additional information.

The 17g-5 Information Provider shall notify any party that delivers any information, report, notice or document to the 17g-5 Information Provider under this Agreement that such information, report, notice or document was received and that it has been posted. Each applicable Master Servicer and each applicable Special Servicer may, but shall not be obligated to send such information, report, notice or document to the applicable Rating Agency so long as such information, report, notice or document (i) was previously provided to the 17g-5 Information Provider or (ii) is simultaneously provided, by 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Business

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Day, to the 17g-5 Information Provider. The 17g-5 Information Provider shall notify each Person that has signed-up for access to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in respect of the transaction governed by this Agreement each time an additional document is posted to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website and such notice shall specifically identify such document in the subject line or otherwise in the body of the email notice. The 17g-5 Information Provider shall send such notice to such Person’s email address provided by and used by such Person for the purpose of accessing the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website, including a general email address if such general email address has been provided to the 17g-5 Information Provider in connection with a completed NRSRO Certification in the form of Exhibit P-2 hereto.

Any information required to be delivered or made available to the 17g-5 Information Provider by any party under this Agreement shall be delivered to it via electronic mail at 17g5informationprovider@computershare.com, specifically with a subject reference of “MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1” and an identification of the type of information being provided in the body of such electronic mail, or via any alternative electronic mail address following notice to the parties hereto or any other delivery method established or approved by the 17g-5 Information Provider.

(d)               The applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as applicable, may, but shall not be obligated to, provide bulk information that relates to two or more transactions to the 17g-5 Information Provider. Any such information shall be posted by the 17g-5 Information Provider and the 17g-5 Information Provider may, but shall not be obligated to post such information in accordance with the timeframe provided in Section 3.13(c) above, provided, however, that if the 17g-5 Information Provider is not able to post such information in accordance with the timeframe in Section 3.13(c), then it shall post such information within a reasonable time.

(e)               Certain information concerning the Mortgage Loans and the Certificates (including the Distribution Date Statements, CREFC^® reports and supplemental notices with respect to such Distribution Date Statements and CREFC^® reports) shall be provided by the Certificate Administrator at the direction of the Depositor to third parties (including Bloomberg, L.P., Trepp, LLC, Intex Solutions, Inc., Interactive Data Corp., Markit Group Limited, BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., CMBS.com, Inc., Moody’s Analytics, Morningstar Credit Information & Analytics, LLC, RealInsight, Thomson Reuters Corporation, KBRA Analytics, LLC and DealView Technologies Ltd.) with the consent of the Depositor, and providing such information shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement by the Certificate Administrator. Such information will be made available to such third parties upon receipt of a certificate in the form of Exhibit P-3 hereto, which certification may be submitted electronically via the Certificate Administrator’s Website.

(f)                Each Master Servicer and each Special Servicer may, in accordance with such reasonable rules and procedures as it may adopt, also deliver, produce or otherwise make available through its website or otherwise, any additional information relating to the Mortgage Loans (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), any related Serviced Companion Loan, the Mortgaged Properties (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property), or the related Mortgagors, for review by the Depositor, the Underwriters and any other Persons who deliver an Investor Certification in accordance with this Section 3.13 and the Rating Agencies (collectively, the “Disclosure Parties”) (in the case of deliveries to a Rating Agency, only to the extent such

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additional information is simultaneously delivered to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.13(c)), in each case, except to the extent doing so is prohibited by this Agreement (including without limitation, any prohibitions on dissemination of any confidential information, including, without limitation, any Privileged Information), applicable law or by the related Mortgage Loan documents. Each Master Servicer and each Special Servicer shall be entitled to (i) indicate the source of such information and affix thereto any disclaimer it deems appropriate in its discretion and/or (ii) require that the recipient of such information (A) except for the Depositor and the Rating Agencies, enter into (x) an Investor Certification, (y) a confidentiality agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit X or (z) a “click-through” confidentiality agreement if such information is being provided through the applicable Master Servicer’s or Special Servicer’s website, and (B) acknowledge that such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer may contemporaneously provide such information to any other Disclosure Party. In addition, to the extent access to such information is provided via the applicable Master Servicer’s or Special Servicer’s website, such Master Servicer or Special Servicer may require registration and the acceptance of a reasonable and customary disclaimer and/or an additional or alternative agreement as to the confidential nature of such information. In connection with providing access to or copies of the information described in this Section 3.13(f) to current or prospective Certificateholders, the form of confidentiality agreement used by the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as applicable, shall be: (i) in the case of a Certificateholder, an Investor Certification executed by the requesting Person indicating that such Person is a Holder of Certificates and will keep such information confidential (except that such Certificateholder may provide such information (x) to its auditors, legal counsel and regulators and (y) to any other Person that holds or is contemplating the purchase of any Certificate or interest therein (provided that such other Person confirms in writing such ownership interest or prospective ownership interest and agrees to keep such information confidential)); and (ii) in the case of a prospective purchaser of Certificates or interests therein or an investment advisor related thereto, an Investor Certification indicating that such Person is a prospective purchaser of a Certificate or an interest therein or an investment advisor related thereto and is requesting the information for use in evaluating a possible investment in Certificates and will otherwise keep such information confidential with no further dissemination (except that such Certificateholder may provide such information to its auditors, legal counsel and regulators). In the case of a licensed or registered investment advisor acting on behalf of a current or prospective Certificateholder, the Investor Certification shall be executed and delivered by both the investment advisor and such current or prospective Certificateholder.

No Master Servicer or Special Servicer shall be liable for its dissemination of information in accordance with this Agreement or by others in violation of the terms of this Agreement. No Master Servicer or Special Servicer shall be responsible or have any liability for the completeness or accuracy of the information delivered, produced or otherwise made available pursuant to this Section 3.13 unless such information was produced by the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be.

(g)               Each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee shall be permitted (but not obligated) to orally communicate with the Rating Agencies regarding any of the Mortgage Loan documents and any other matter related to the Mortgage Loans, the related Mortgaged Properties, the related Mortgagors or any other matters relating to this Agreement or related Intercreditor Agreement;

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provided that such party summarizes the information provided to the Rating Agencies in such communication in writing and provides the 17g-5 Information Provider with such written summary in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 3.13(c) the same day such communication takes place; provided, further that the summary of such oral communications shall not identify which Rating Agency the communication was with. The 17g-5 Information Provider shall post such written summary on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 3.13(c).

(h)               Each applicable Special Servicer, subject to the limitations on delivery of Privileged Communications, shall deliver to the Operating Advisor such reports and other information produced or otherwise available to the Directing Certificateholder or the Risk Retention Consultation Party (in each case, other than, prior to the occurrence and continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Event, any Asset Status Reports that are not Final Asset Status Reports), or Certificateholders generally, requested by the Operating Advisor in support of the performance of its obligations under this Agreement in electronic format, to the extent such reports and other information are not otherwise available on the Certificate Administrator’s Website.

(i)                 None of the foregoing restrictions in this Section 3.13 or otherwise in this Agreement shall prohibit or restrict oral or written communications, or providing information, between the applicable Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the applicable Special Servicer, on the one hand, and any Rating Agency or NRSRO, on the other hand, with regard to (i) such Rating Agency’s or NRSRO’s review of the ratings it assigns to the applicable Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, (ii) such Rating Agency’s or NRSRO’s approval of the applicable Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the applicable Special Servicer, as applicable, as a commercial mortgage master, special or primary servicer, or (iii) such Rating Agency’s or NRSRO’s evaluation of the applicable Master Servicer’s, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer’s or the applicable Special Servicer’s, as the case may be, servicing operations in general; provided that such Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or such Special Servicer, as applicable, shall not provide any information relating to the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans, to any Rating Agency or NRSRO in connection with such review and evaluation by such Rating Agency or NRSRO unless (x) Mortgagor, property and other deal specific identifiers are redacted; (y) such information has already been provided to the 17g-5 Information Provider and has been uploaded on to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website or (z) the Rating Agency confirms that it does not intend to use such information in undertaking credit rating surveillance with respect to the Certificates; provided, however, that the Rating Agencies may use information delivered under this clause (z) for any purpose to the extent it is publicly available (unless the availability results from a breach of this Agreement) or comprised of information collected by the applicable Rating Agency from the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website (or another 17g-5 information provider’s website that they have access to) other than pursuant to this Section 3.13(i).

(j)                 The costs and expenses of compliance with this Section 3.13 by the Depositor, each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and any

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other party hereto shall not be additional expenses of the Trust, but shall be borne by the applicable party hereto.

Section 3.14        Title to REO Property; REO Account. (a) If title to any Mortgaged Property is acquired (directly or through a single member limited liability company established for that purpose) and thus becomes REO Property, the deed or certificate of sale shall be issued in the name of the Trust where permitted by applicable law or regulation and consistent with customary servicing procedures, and otherwise, in the name of the Trustee or its nominee on behalf of the Certificateholders and, if applicable, on behalf of the related Companion Holders, in the case of a Serviced Companion Loan. REO Property with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan is excluded for all purposes of this Section 3.14. Each Special Servicer, on behalf of the Trust and, if applicable, the related Serviced Companion Noteholder, shall sell any REO Property prior to the close of the third calendar year following the year in which the Trust acquires ownership of such REO Property, within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.856-6(b)(1), for purposes of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code, unless such Special Servicer either (i) applies for a qualifying extension of time no later than sixty (60) days prior to the close of the third calendar year in which it acquired ownership (or the period provided in the then-applicable REMIC Provisions) and such extension is granted or is not denied (an “REO Extension”) by the Internal Revenue Service to sell such REO Property or (ii) obtains for the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator an Opinion of Counsel, addressed to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator, to the effect that the holding by the Trust of such REO Property subsequent to the close of the third calendar year following the year in which acquisition occurred will not cause an Adverse REMIC Event. If the applicable Special Servicer is granted or not denied the REO Extension contemplated by clause (i) of the immediately preceding sentence or obtains the Opinion of Counsel contemplated by clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence, such Special Servicer shall sell such REO Property within such longer period as is permitted by such REO Extension or such Opinion of Counsel, as the case may be. Any expense incurred by such Special Servicer in connection with its being granted the REO Extension contemplated by clause (i) of the second preceding sentence or its obtaining the Opinion of Counsel contemplated by clause (ii) of the second preceding sentence, shall be an expense of the Trust payable out of the applicable Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.05(a).

(b)               Each Special Servicer shall segregate and hold all funds collected and received in connection with any REO Property separate and apart from its own funds and general assets. If an REO Acquisition shall occur, the applicable Special Servicer shall establish and maintain one or more REO Accounts, held on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders and, if applicable, on behalf of any related Companion Holder(s), as applicable, as their interest shall appear, and the Trustee (as holder of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests), for the retention of revenues and other proceeds derived from each REO Property. The REO Account shall be an Eligible Account. The applicable Special Servicer shall deposit, or cause to be deposited, in the REO Account, on the later of the date that is (i) on or prior to each Determination Date or (ii) two (2) Business Days after receipt of properly identified funds, all REO Revenues, Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds received and properly identified in respect of an REO Property. Funds in the REO Account may be invested in Permitted Investments in accordance with Section 3.06. The applicable Special Servicer shall give notice to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, and the applicable Master Servicer of the location of the REO Account when first established and of the new location of the REO Account prior to any change thereof.

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(c)               The applicable Special Servicer shall withdraw from the REO Account funds necessary for the proper operation, management, insuring, leasing, maintenance and disposition of any REO Property, but only to the extent of amounts on deposit in the REO Account relating to such REO Property. On the later of the date that is (x) on or prior to each Determination Date or (y) two (2) Business Days after such amounts are received and properly identified and determined to be available (or, with respect to a Serviced Companion Loan, on the Business Day preceding each Serviced Whole Loan Remittance Date), the applicable Special Servicer shall withdraw from the REO Account and remit to the applicable Master Servicer, which shall deposit into the applicable Collection Account (or the Companion Distribution Account, as applicable), the aggregate of all amounts received in respect of each REO Property during the most recently ended Collection Period, net of (i) any withdrawals made out of such amounts pursuant to the preceding sentence and (ii) Net Investment Earnings on amounts on deposit in the REO Account; provided, however, that the applicable Special Servicer may retain in such REO Account, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, such portion of such balance as may be necessary to maintain a reasonable reserve for repairs, replacements, leasing, management and tenant improvements and other related expenses for the related REO Property. In addition, on or prior to the day the applicable Special Servicer remits funds as provided in this Section 3.14, the applicable Special Servicer shall provide the applicable Master Servicer with a written accounting of amounts remitted to such Master Servicer for deposit in the applicable Collection Account, as applicable, on such date. Such Master Servicer shall apply all such amounts as instructed by such Special Servicer on the Determination Date (or with respect to a Serviced Companion Loan, on each Serviced Whole Loan Remittance Date) for the related Distribution Date.

(d)               The applicable Special Servicer shall keep and maintain separate records, on a property-by-property basis, for the purpose of accounting for all deposits to, and withdrawals from, the REO Account pursuant to Section 3.14(b) or Section 3.14(c).

Section 3.15        Management of REO Property. (a) If title to any REO Property is acquired, the applicable Special Servicer shall manage, conserve, protect, operate and lease such REO Property (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property) for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the related Companion Holders and the Trustee (as holder of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests) solely for the purpose of its timely disposition and sale in a manner that does not cause such REO Property to fail to qualify as “foreclosure property” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or result in the receipt by the Trust or any Serviced Companion Noteholder of any “income from non-permitted assets” within the meaning of Section 860F(a)(2)(B) of the Code or result in an Adverse REMIC Event. Subject to the foregoing, however, the applicable Special Servicer shall have full power and authority to do any and all things in connection therewith as are in the best interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders (and, in the case of each Serviced Whole Loan, the related Companion Holder(s)) and the Trustee (as holder of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests) all as a collective whole (taking into account the subordinate or pari passu nature of any Companion Loan, as the case may be) (as determined by the applicable Special Servicer in its reasonable judgment in accordance with the Servicing Standard). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, REO Property with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan is excluded for all purposes of this Section 3.15. Subject to this Section 3.15, the applicable Special Servicer may allow the Trust or any commercial mortgage securitization that holds any Serviced Companion Loan to earn “net income from foreclosure property” within the meaning of Section 860G(d) of the Code if it determines that

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earning such income is in the best interests of Certificateholders and, if applicable, any related Companion Holder(s) on a net after-tax basis as compared with net leasing such REO Property or operating such REO Property on a different basis. In connection therewith, the applicable Special Servicer shall deposit or cause to be deposited on a daily basis (and in no event later than two (2) Business Days following receipt of such properly identified funds) in the applicable REO Account all revenues received by it with respect to each REO Property and the related REO Loan, and shall withdraw from the REO Account, to the extent of amounts on deposit therein with respect to such REO Property, funds necessary for the proper operation, management, leasing and maintenance of such REO Property, including, without limitation:

(i)                                  all insurance premiums due and payable in respect of such REO Property;

(ii)                               all real estate taxes and assessments in respect of such REO Property that may result in the imposition of a lien thereon;

(iii)                            any ground rents in respect of such REO Property, if applicable; and

(iv)                           all costs and expenses necessary to maintain and lease such REO Property.

To the extent that amounts on deposit in the REO Account in respect of any REO Property are insufficient for the purposes set forth in clauses (i) through (iv) above with respect to such REO Property, the applicable Master Servicer (subject to receiving notice from the applicable Special Servicer in accordance with the procedures set forth elsewhere in this Agreement) shall advance from its own funds such amount as is necessary for such purposes unless (as evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee, the applicable Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator and the Directing Certificateholder (with respect to the Directing Certificateholder, in respect of any Mortgage Loan other than an Excluded Loan as to such party, and prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event)) such advances would, if made, constitute Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances.

(b)               Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, no Special Servicer shall:

(i)                                  permit the Trust to enter into, renew or extend any New Lease with respect to any REO Property, if the New Lease by its terms will give rise to any income that does not constitute Rents from Real Property;

(ii)                               permit any amount to be received or accrued under any New Lease other than amounts that will constitute Rents from Real Property;

(iii)                            authorize or permit any construction on any REO Property, other than the completion of a building or other improvement thereon, and then only if more than 10% of the construction of such building or other improvement was completed before default on the related Mortgage Loan became imminent, all within the meaning of Section 856(e)(4)(B) of the Code; or

(iv)                           Directly Operate, or allow any other Person, other than an Independent Contractor, to Directly Operate, any REO Property on any date more than ninety (90) days after its acquisition date;

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unless, in any such case, the applicable Special Servicer has obtained an Opinion of Counsel (the cost of which shall be paid by the applicable Master Servicer as a Servicing Advance) to the effect that such action will not cause such REO Property to fail to qualify as “foreclosure property” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code at any time that it is held for the benefit of the Trust, in which case the applicable Special Servicer may take such actions as are specified in such Opinion of Counsel.

(c)                               Each Special Servicer shall contract with any Independent Contractor for the operation and management of any REO Property within ninety (90) days of the acquisition date thereof, provided that:

(i)                                  the terms and conditions of any such contract may not be inconsistent herewith and shall reflect an agreement reached at arm’s length;

(ii)                               the fees of such Independent Contractor (which shall be an expense of the Trust) shall be reasonable and customary in light of the nature and locality of the Mortgaged Property;

(iii)                            any such contract shall require, or shall be administered to require, that the Independent Contractor (A) pay all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the operation and management of such REO Property, including, without limitation, those listed in subsection (a) hereof, and (B) remit all related revenues collected (net of its fees and such costs and expenses) to the applicable Special Servicer upon receipt;

(iv)                           none of the provisions of this Section 3.15(c) relating to any such contract or to actions taken through any such Independent Contractor shall be deemed to relieve the applicable Special Servicer of any of its duties and obligations hereunder with respect to the operation and management of any such REO Property; and

(v)                              each Special Servicer shall be obligated to manage and supervise such Independent Contractor in accordance with the Servicing Standard.

Each Special Servicer shall be entitled to enter into any agreement with any Independent Contractor performing services for it related to its duties and obligations hereunder for indemnification of the applicable Special Servicer by such Independent Contractor, and nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such indemnification.

(d)                               When and as necessary, each Special Servicer shall send to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the applicable Master Servicer a statement prepared by such Special Servicer setting forth the amount of net income or net loss, as determined for federal income tax purposes, resulting from the operation and management of a trade or business on, the furnishing or rendering of a non-customary service to the tenants of, or the receipt of any other amount not constituting Rents from Real Property in respect of, any REO Property in accordance with Sections 3.15(a) and 3.15(b).

Section 3.16        Sale of Defaulted Loans and REO Properties. (a) (i) Within thirty (30) days after a Defaulted Loan has become a Specially Serviced Loan, the applicable Special Servicer shall order (but shall not be required to have received) an Appraisal and within thirty (30)

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days of receipt of the Appraisal shall determine the fair value of such Defaulted Loan in accordance with the Servicing Standard; provided, however, that if the applicable Special Servicer is then in the process of obtaining an Appraisal with respect to the related Mortgaged Property, such Special Servicer shall make its fair value determination as soon as reasonably practicable (but in any event within thirty (30) days) after its receipt of such an Appraisal. The applicable Special Servicer may, from time to time, adjust its fair value determination based upon changed circumstances, new information and other relevant factors, in each instance in accordance with a review of such circumstances and new information in accordance with the Servicing Standard including, without limitation, the period and amount of the occupancy level and physical condition of the related Mortgaged Property and the state of the local economy; provided that the applicable Special Servicer shall promptly notify the applicable Master Servicer in writing of the initial fair value determination and any adjustment to its fair value determination.

(ii)                               If any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan subject to an Intercreditor Agreement is a Specially Serviced Loan or to the extent otherwise required pursuant to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement, then the applicable Special Servicer (with respect to a Specially Serviced Loan) or the applicable Master Servicer (with respect to a Non-Specially Serviced Loan) shall promptly notify in writing the other, any related Companion Holder and any related mezzanine lender, as applicable, of any events requiring notice under the Intercreditor Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof. Thereafter, any related Companion Holder and related mezzanine lender, as applicable, will, notwithstanding anything in this Section 3.16 to the contrary, have the option to purchase the related Mortgage Loan and cure defaults relating thereto as and to the extent set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement.

(iii)                            If any Mortgage Loan not subject to an Intercreditor Agreement becomes a Specially Serviced Loan, or if the related Companion Holder or related mezzanine lender, as applicable, for any such Mortgage Loan subject to an Intercreditor Agreement has not previously exercised the option to purchase the Mortgage Loan pursuant to the previous paragraph, the applicable Special Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to solicit offers for each Defaulted Loan on behalf of the Certificateholders and the holder of any related Serviced Companion Loan in such manner as will be reasonably likely to maximize the value of the Defaulted Loan on a net present value basis, if and when the applicable Special Servicer determines, consistent with the Servicing Standard, that no satisfactory arrangements (including by way of a discounted pay-off) can be made for collection of delinquent payments thereon and such a sale would be in the best economic interests of the Trust and, if applicable, the related Companion Holder. In the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, to the extent permitted under the related Intercreditor Agreement and such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan is not sold together with the Non-Serviced Companion Loan by the Non-Serviced Special Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer will be entitled to sell ((i) with the consent of the Directing Certificateholder if no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing and (ii) after consulting with the Risk Retention Consultation Party pursuant to Section 6.08(a), in each case, provided such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan is not an Excluded Loan as to such party) such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan if it determines in accordance with the Servicing Standard that such action would be in the best interests of the Certificateholders and, subject to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement, the applicable Special Servicer shall be entitled to the liquidation

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fee that the related Non-Serviced Special Servicer would have otherwise been entitled to in connection with the sale of such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan. Each Special Servicer is required to give the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the applicable Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Directing Certificateholder (but only prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event), the Subordinate Companion Holder with respect to any Serviced AB Whole Loan if an AB Control Appraisal Period is not in effect, and the Risk Retention Consultation Party (in the case of the Directing Certificateholder and the Risk Retention Consultation Party, other than in respect of any Excluded Loan as to such party) not less than ten (10) days’ prior written notice of its intention to sell any Defaulted Loan. In the absence of a cash offer at least equal to the Purchase Price, the applicable Special Servicer may purchase the Defaulted Loan for the Purchase Price or may accept the first cash offer received from any Person that constitutes a fair price for the Defaulted Loan.

(iv)                (A) In the case of a Specially Serviced Loan as to which a default has occurred and is continuing, in the absence of any offer at least equal to the Purchase Price pursuant to clause (iii) above (or purchase by the applicable Special Servicer for such price), the applicable Special Servicer shall solicit offers and, subject to sub-clause (B) below, accept the highest offer received from any Person that is determined by such Special Servicer to be a fair price for such Specially Serviced Loan, if the offeror is a Person other than an Interested Person. In determining whether any offer from a Person other than an Interested Person constitutes a fair price for any Defaulted Loan, the applicable Special Servicer shall take into account (in addition to the results of any Appraisal, updated Appraisal or narrative appraisal that it may have obtained pursuant to this Agreement within the prior nine (9) months), among other factors, the period and amount of the occupancy level and physical condition of the related Mortgaged Property and the state of the local economy. If the offeror is an Interested Person (provided that the Trustee may not be an offeror), the Trustee shall determine whether the offer constitutes a fair price unless such offer by an Interested Person (i) is equal to or greater than the applicable Purchase Price and (ii) is the highest offer received. Absent an offer at least equal to the Purchase Price, no offer from an Interested Person shall constitute a fair price unless (x) it is the highest offer received and (y) at least two (2) other offers are received from independent third parties. In determining whether any offer received from an Interested Person represents a fair price for any such Defaulted Loan, the Trustee shall rely on the most recent Appraisal (or update of such Appraisal) of the related Mortgaged Property conducted in accordance with this Agreement within the preceding nine (9) month period or, in the absence of any such Appraisal, on a new Appraisal. Except as provided in the following paragraph, the cost of any Appraisal will be covered by, and will be reimbursable as, a Servicing Advance by the applicable Master Servicer.

Notwithstanding anything contained in the preceding paragraph to the contrary, if the Trustee is required to determine whether a cash offer by an Interested Person constitutes a fair price, the Trustee shall (at the expense of the Interested Person) designate an independent third party expert in real estate or commercial mortgage loan matters with at least five (5) years’ experience in valuing loans similar to the subject Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, that has been selected with reasonable care by the Trustee to determine if such cash offer constitutes a fair price for such Mortgage Loan or Serviced

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Whole Loan. If the Trustee designates such a third party to make such determination, the Trustee shall be entitled to rely conclusively upon such third party’s determination. The reasonable fees of, and the costs of all appraisals, inspection reports and broker opinions of value incurred by any such third party shall be covered by, and shall be reimbursable by, the Interested Person; provided that the Trustee will not engage a third party expert whose fees exceed a commercially reasonable amount as determined by the Trustee. The applicable Special Servicer shall use efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to collect payment from such Interested Person. If such expense is not paid by the applicable Interested Person within thirty (30) days of demand for payment, such expense shall be reimbursable to the Trustee by the applicable Master Servicer as a Servicing Advance but the applicable Special Servicer shall continue to use efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to collect such amounts from the applicable Interested Person. Neither the Trustee, in its individual capacity, nor any of its Affiliates may make an offer for or purchase any Specially Serviced Loan.

(B)              The applicable Special Servicer will not be obligated to accept the highest offer if such Special Servicer determines (in consultation with the Directing Certificateholder (unless a Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing) and the Risk Retention Consultation Party subject, in each case, to the limitations on consultation set forth in and in accordance with Section 6.08(a) and other than with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is an Excluded Loan as to such party) and, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan or an REO Property related to a Serviced Whole Loan, the related Companion Holder, in accordance with the Servicing Standard (and subject to the requirements of any related Intercreditor Agreement), that the rejection of such offer would be in the best interests of the Holders of Certificates and, in the case of a sale of a Serviced Whole Loan or an REO Property related to a Serviced Whole Loan, the related Companion Holder (as a collective whole, as if such Certificateholders and, if applicable, the related Companion Holder constituted a single lender (and, with respect to any Serviced AB Whole Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan)). In addition, the applicable Special Servicer may accept a lower offer from any Person other than an Affiliate of such Special Servicer if it determines, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, that the acceptance of such offer would be in the best interests of the Holders of Certificates and, in the case of a sale of a Serviced Whole Loan or an REO Property related to a Serviced Whole Loan, the related Companion Holder (as a collective whole, as if such Certificateholders and, if applicable, the related Companion Holder constituted a single lender (and, with respect to any Serviced AB Whole Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan)) (for example, if the prospective buyer making the lower offer is more likely to perform its obligations, or the terms offered by the prospective buyer making the lower offer are more favorable); provided that the offeror is not the applicable Special Servicer or a Person that is an Affiliate of such Special Servicer. The applicable Special Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to sell all Defaulted Loans prior to the Rated Final Distribution Date. For the avoidance of doubt, the Trustee shall have no obligation to make any fair value determination, to the extent required

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to do so pursuant to this Section 3.16, on the basis of anything other than the related Appraisal.

(C)              In connection with any such sale involving a Serviced AB Whole Loan, the applicable Special Servicer shall have the right (if permitted by the related Intercreditor Agreement), but not the obligation, to sell the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan if such Special Servicer determines that such sale is in accordance with the Servicing Standard (taking into account the subordinate nature of the applicable AB Subordinate Companion Loan).

(v)               Unless and until any Specially Serviced Loan is sold pursuant to this Section 3.16(a), the applicable Special Servicer shall pursue such other resolution strategies with respect to such Specially Serviced Loan, including, without limitation, workout and foreclosure, as the applicable Special Servicer may deem appropriate, consistent with the Asset Status Report and the Servicing Standard and the REMIC Provisions.

(b)               (i)The applicable Special Servicer may purchase any REO Property at the Purchase Price therefor (in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, such purchase shall be a purchase of the entire REO Property, including the portion relating to the related Companion Loan). The applicable Special Servicer may also offer to sell to any Person any REO Property (in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, such sale shall be a sale of the entire REO Property, including the portion relating to the related Companion Loan), if and when the applicable Special Servicer determines, consistent with the Servicing Standard, that such a sale would be in the best economic interest of the Trust and the related Companion Holders. Each Special Servicer shall give the Trustee, the applicable Master Servicer, each Companion Holder, the Certificate Administrator and the Directing Certificateholder and the Risk Retention Consultation Party (in the case of the Directing Certificateholder and the Risk Retention Consultation Party, in respect of any Mortgage Loan other than an Excluded Loan as to such party and prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event) not less than ten (10) days’ prior written notice of its intention to (x) purchase any REO Property at the Purchase Price therefor or (y) sell any REO Property, in which case such Special Servicer shall accept the highest offer received from any Person for any REO Property in an amount at least equal to the Purchase Price therefor. To the extent permitted by applicable law, and subject to the Servicing Standard, the applicable Master Servicer, an Affiliate of the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer or an Affiliate of such Special Servicer, or an employee of either of them may act as broker in connection with the sale of any REO Property and may retain from the proceeds of such sale a brokerage commission that does not exceed the commission that would have been earned by an independent broker pursuant to a brokerage agreement entered into at arm’s length.

(A)             In the absence of any such offer as set forth in clause (i) above, the applicable Special Servicer shall, subject to sub-clause (C) below, accept the highest offer for such REO Property received from any Person that is determined to be a fair price (1) by such Special Servicer, if the highest offeror is a Person other than an Interested Person, or (2) by the Trustee, if the highest offeror is an Interested Person unless such offer by an Interested Person (i) is equal to or greater than the applicable Purchase Price and (ii) is the highest offer received; provided, however,

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that absent an offer at least equal to the Purchase Price, no offer from an Interested Person shall constitute a fair price unless (A) it is the highest offer received and (B) at least two (2) other offers are received from independent third parties. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, neither the Trustee, in its individual capacity, nor any of its Affiliates may make an offer for or purchase any REO Property pursuant hereto.

(B)              No Special Servicer shall be obligated by either of the foregoing paragraphs or otherwise to accept the highest offer if such Special Servicer determines, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, that rejection of such offer would be in the best interests of the Certificateholders and, with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, the related Companion Holder, and in either case, as a collective whole (taking into account the subordinate or pari passu nature of any Serviced Companion Loans). In addition, such Special Servicer may accept a lower offer if it determines, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, that acceptance of such offer would be in the best interests of the Certificateholders and, with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, the related Companion Holder, and in either case, as a collective whole (taking into account the subordinate or pari passu nature of any Serviced Companion Loans) (for example, if the prospective buyer making the lower offer is more likely to perform its obligations, or the terms offered by the prospective buyer making the lower offer are more favorable); provided that the offeror is not the applicable Special Servicer or a Person that is an Affiliate of such Special Servicer.

(C)              In determining whether any offer received from an Interested Person represents a fair price for any REO Property, the Trustee shall obtain and may conclusively rely on the opinion of an Independent appraiser or other Independent expert in real estate matters retained by the Trustee in connection with making such determination. The reasonable cost of such Independent appraiser or other Independent expert shall be an expense of the offering Interested Person purchaser. The reasonable fees and costs of all appraisals, inspection reports and broker opinions of value incurred by any such third party shall be covered by, and shall be reimbursable, from the offering Interested Person and the applicable Special Servicer shall use efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to collect payment from such Interested Person. If such expense is not paid by the applicable Interested Person within thirty (30) days of demand for payment, such expense shall be reimbursable to the Trustee by the applicable Master Servicer as a Servicing Advance but the applicable Special Servicer shall continue to use efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to collect such amounts from the applicable Interested Person. In determining whether any offer constitutes a fair price for any REO Property, the applicable Special Servicer or the Trustee (or, if applicable, such appraiser) shall take into account, and any appraiser or other expert in real estate matters shall be instructed to take into account, as applicable, among other factors, the physical condition of such REO Property, the state of the local economy and the Trust’s obligation to comply with REMIC Provisions.

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(ii)               Subject to the Servicing Standard, the applicable Special Servicer shall act on behalf of the Trust and the related Companion Holders in negotiating and taking any other action necessary or appropriate in connection with the sale of any REO Property, including the collection of all amounts payable in connection therewith. A sale of any REO Property shall be without recourse to, or representation or warranty by, the Trustee, the Depositor, the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor or the Trust (except that any contract of sale and assignment and conveyance documents may contain customary warranties of title, so long as the only recourse for breach thereof is to the Trust) and, if consummated in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and the Trustee shall have no liability to the Trust or any Certificateholder or related Companion Holder (if applicable) with respect to the purchase price therefor accepted by the applicable Special Servicer or the Trustee.

(c)               Any sale of a Defaulted Loan or any REO Property shall be for cash only (unless changes in the REMIC Provisions or authoritative interpretations thereof made or issued subsequent to the Startup Day allow a sale for other consideration).

(d)               With respect to each Serviced Whole Loan, pursuant to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement, if the related Serviced Whole Loan becomes a Defaulted Loan, and if the applicable Special Servicer determines to sell the related Mortgage Loan that has become a Defaulted Loan in accordance with this Section 3.16, then the applicable Special Servicer shall sell the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans (and, to the extent permitted by the related Intercreditor Agreement, the related AB Subordinate Companion Loans) together with such Mortgage Loan as one whole loan and shall require that all offers be submitted to such Special Servicer in writing. To the extent a determination is required to be made hereunder as to whether any cash offer constitutes a fair price for a Serviced Whole Loan, such determination shall be made by the applicable Special Servicer unless the offeror is an Interested Person and by the Trustee if the offeror is an Interested Person and the offer is less than the Purchase Price. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the applicable Special Servicer will not be permitted to sell the related Mortgage Loan together with the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s) if it becomes a defaulted Whole Loan without the written consent of the holder of the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan (provided that such consent is not required if the holder of the Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan is the Mortgagor or an Affiliate of the Mortgagor) unless the applicable Special Servicer has delivered to the holder of the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan: (a) at least fifteen (15) Business Days prior written notice of any decision to attempt to sell such Serviced Whole Loan; (b) at least ten (10) days prior to the permitted sale date, a copy of each bid package (together with any amendments to such bid packages) received by the applicable Special Servicer in connection with any such proposed sale; (c) at least ten (10) days prior to the proposed sale date, a copy of the most recent appraisal for such Serviced Whole Loan, and any documents in the servicing file reasonably requested by the holder of the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan; and (d) until the sale is completed, and a reasonable period of time (but no less time than is afforded to other offerors and the Directing Certificateholder and the Risk Retention Consultation Party) prior to the proposed sale date, all information and other documents being provided to other offerors and all leases or other documents that are approved by the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer in connection with the proposed sale.

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In connection with any such sale involving any Serviced AB Whole Loan, the applicable Special Servicer will also have the right (subject to the related Intercreditor Agreement), but not the obligation, to sell the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan if such Special Servicer determines that such sale is in accordance with the Servicing Standard (taking into account the subordinate nature of the applicable AB Subordinate Companion Loan). The holder of the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan (or its representative) will be permitted to submit an offer at any sale of such Whole Loan; however, the related Mortgagor and its agents and Affiliates shall not be permitted to submit an offer at such sale. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to each Serviced Whole Loan, the holder of the related Companion Loan may waive any of the delivery or timing requirements set forth in this paragraph with respect to the related Whole Loan. If the Trustee is required to determine whether a cash offer by an Interested Person constitutes a fair price, the Trustee may (at its option and at the expense of the offering Interested Person purchaser) designate an independent third party expert in real estate or commercial mortgage loan matters with at least five (5) years’ experience in valuing loans similar to the subject Mortgage Loan, that has been selected with reasonable care by the Trustee to determine if such cash offer constitutes a fair price for such Mortgage Loan. The Trustee shall act in a commercially reasonable manner in making such determination. If the Trustee designates such a third party to make such determination, the Trustee shall be entitled to rely conclusively upon such third party’s determination. The reasonable fees of, and the costs of all appraisals, inspection reports and broker opinions of value incurred by any such third party shall be covered by, and shall be reimbursable, from the offering Interested Person and the applicable Special Servicer shall use efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to collect payment from such Interested Person. If such expense is not paid by the applicable Interested Person within thirty (30) days of demand for payment, such expense shall be reimbursable to the Trustee by the applicable Master Servicer as a Servicing Advance but the applicable Special Servicer shall continue to use efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to collect such amounts from the applicable Interested Person.

(e)               (i) Notwithstanding anything in this Section 3.16 to the contrary, pursuant to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement, the holder of the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan for each applicable Serviced AB Whole Loan will have the right to purchase the related Mortgage Loan or related REO Property, as applicable. Such right of the holder of the AB Subordinate Companion Loan shall be given priority over any provision described in this Section 3.16 as and to the extent set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement. If the related Mortgage Loan or related REO Property is purchased by the holder of such AB Subordinate Companion Loan, repurchased by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller or otherwise ceases to be subject to this Agreement, the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan will no longer be subject to this Agreement.

(ii)               Notwithstanding anything in this Section 3.16 to the contrary, any mezzanine lender will have the right to purchase the related Mortgage Loan or REO Property, as applicable, and cure defaults relating thereto, as and to the extent set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement.

(f)                Unless otherwise provided in an Intercreditor Agreement the sale of any Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Section 3.16 will be on a servicing released basis.

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(g)               In the event the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer has the right to purchase any Companion Loan on behalf of the Trust pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement, neither such Master Servicer nor such Special Servicer shall exercise such right.

Section 3.17        Additional Obligations of Master Servicers and Special Servicers. (a) Each Master Servicer shall deliver all Compensating Interest Payments with respect to the Mortgage Loans for which it acts as Master Servicer (other than the portion of any Compensating Interest Payment allocated to a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan) to the Certificate Administrator for deposit in the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account on each P&I Advance Date, without any right of reimbursement therefor. Each Master Servicer shall deliver the portion of any Compensating Interest Payment allocated to a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan to the Companion Paying Agent for deposit in the Companion Distribution Account on each P&I Advance Date, without any right of reimbursement therefor.

(b)               Each Master Servicer or each Special Servicer, as applicable, shall provide to each Companion Holder any reports or notices required to be delivered to such Companion Holder pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement.

(c)               Upon the determination that a previously made Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance, to the extent that the reimbursement thereof would exceed the full amount of the principal portion of general collections on the Mortgage Loans deposited in the applicable Collection Account and available for distribution on the next Distribution Date, the applicable Master Servicer or the Trustee, each at its own option and in its sole discretion, as applicable, instead of obtaining reimbursement for the remaining amount of such Nonrecoverable Advance pursuant to Section 3.05(a)(v) immediately, as an accommodation may elect to refrain from obtaining such reimbursement for such portion of the Nonrecoverable Advance during the one month collection period ending on the then-current Determination Date, for successive one month periods for a total period not to exceed twelve (12) months (provided that, other than in the case of an Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, any such deferral exceeding six (6) months shall require, prior to the occurrence and continuance of any Control Termination Event, the consent of the Directing Certificateholder), and any election to so defer or not to defer shall be deemed to be in accordance with the Servicing Standard. If the applicable Master Servicer or the Trustee makes such an election at its sole option and in its sole discretion to defer reimbursement with respect to all or a portion of a Nonrecoverable Advance (together with interest thereon), then such Nonrecoverable Advance (together with interest thereon) or portion thereof shall continue to be fully reimbursable in the subsequent collection period (subject, again, to the same sole option to defer; it is acknowledged that, in such a subsequent period, such Nonrecoverable Advance shall again be payable first from principal collections as described above prior to payment from other collections). In connection with a potential election by the applicable Master Servicer or the Trustee to refrain from the reimbursement of a particular Nonrecoverable Advance or portion thereof during the Collection Period for any Distribution Date, the applicable Master Servicer or the Trustee shall further be authorized to wait for principal collections on the Mortgage Loans serviced by such Master Servicer to be received until the end of such Collection Period before making its determination of whether to refrain from the reimbursement of a particular Nonrecoverable Advance or portion thereof; provided, however, that if, at any time the applicable

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Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, elects, in its sole discretion, not to refrain from obtaining such reimbursement or otherwise determines that the reimbursement of a Nonrecoverable Advance during a Collection Period will exceed the full amount of the principal portion of general collections on or in respect of Mortgage Loans deposited in the applicable Collection Account for such Distribution Date, then the applicable Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, shall use its reasonable efforts to give the 17g-5 Information Provider fifteen (15) days’ notice of such determination for posting on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.13(c), unless extraordinary circumstances make such notice impractical, which shall mean that (i) the applicable Master Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be, determines in its sole discretion that waiting fifteen (15) days after such a notice could jeopardize its ability to recover such Nonrecoverable Advance, (ii) changed circumstances or new or different information becomes known to the applicable Master Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be, that could affect or cause a determination of whether any Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance or whether to defer reimbursement of a Nonrecoverable Advance or the determination in clause (i) above, or (iii) in the case of the applicable Master Servicer, it has not timely received from the Trustee information required by the applicable Master Servicer to determine whether to defer reimbursement for a Nonrecoverable Advance. If any of the circumstances described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of the foregoing sentence apply, the applicable Master Servicer or Trustee, as applicable, shall give the 17g-5 Information Provider a notice for posting of the anticipated reimbursement as soon as reasonably practicable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, failure to give notice as required by the preceding or second preceding sentence shall in no way affect the applicable Master Servicer’s or the Trustee’s election whether to refrain from obtaining such reimbursement or right to obtain such reimbursement as described in this Section 3.17(c). Nothing herein shall give the applicable Master Servicer or the Trustee the right to defer reimbursement of a Nonrecoverable Advance to the extent of any principal collections then available in the applicable Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.05(a)(v). The applicable Master Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be, shall have no liability for any loss, liability or expenses resulting from any notice provided to the Rating Agencies contemplated by this Section 3.17(c).

The foregoing shall not, however, be construed to limit any liability that may otherwise be imposed on such Person for any failure by such Person to comply with the conditions to making such an election under this Section 3.17 or to comply with the terms of this Section 3.17 and the other provisions of this Agreement that apply once such an election, if any, has been made; provided, however, that the fact that a decision to recover such Nonrecoverable Advances over time, or not to do so, benefits some classes of Certificateholders to the detriment of other classes shall not, with respect to the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as applicable, constitute a violation of the Servicing Standard and/or with respect to the Trustee (solely in its capacity as Trustee), constitute a violation of any fiduciary duty to Certificateholders or any contractual obligation hereunder. If the applicable Master Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be, determines, in its sole discretion, to fully recover the Nonrecoverable Advances immediately instead of deferring such reimbursement, then such Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, shall be entitled to immediate reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate from all amounts in the applicable Collection Account for such Distribution Date (deemed first from principal and then from interest). Any such election by any such party to refrain from reimbursing itself or obtaining reimbursement for any Nonrecoverable Advance or portion thereof with respect to any one or more collection periods shall not limit the accrual of interest at the Reimbursement Rate on such Nonrecoverable Advance

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for the period prior to the actual reimbursement of such Nonrecoverable Advance. The applicable Master Servicer’s or the Trustee’s, as the case may be, agreement to defer reimbursement of such Nonrecoverable Advances as set forth above is an accommodation to the Certificateholders and shall not be construed as an obligation on the part of such Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, or a right of the Certificateholders. Nothing herein shall be deemed to create in the Certificateholders a right to prior payment of distributions over such Master Servicer’s or the Trustee’s, as applicable, right to reimbursement for Advances (deferred or otherwise) and accrued interest thereon. In all events, the decision to defer reimbursement or to seek immediate reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances shall be deemed to be in accordance with the Servicing Standard and none of the applicable Master Servicer, the Trustee or the other parties to this Agreement shall have any liability to one another or to any of the Certificateholders or any of the Companion Holders for any such election that such party makes as contemplated by this Section 3.17 or for any losses, damages or other adverse economic or other effects that may arise from such an election, nor shall such election constitute a violation of the Servicing Standard or any duty under this Agreement. Neither the applicable Master Servicer nor the Trustee shall have any liability whatsoever for making an election, or refraining from making an election, that is authorized under this Section 3.17(c).

No determination by a Master Servicer (or the Trustee, as applicable) to exercise its sole option to defer the reimbursement of Advances and/or interest thereon under this section shall be construed as an agreement by the applicable Master Servicer (or the Trustee, as applicable) to subordinate (in respect of realizing losses), to any Class of Certificates, such party’s right to such reimbursement during such period of deferral.

With respect to any modification or amendment of any Intercreditor Agreement related to a Serviced Whole Loan (to the extent received), the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as applicable, shall provide to the 17g-5 Information Provider a copy of any such modification or amendment, which the 17g-5 Information Provider shall promptly post on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in accordance with Section 3.13(c).

(d)               With respect to any Mortgage Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan), if the related loan documents permit the lender to (but do not require the lender to), at its option, prior to an event of default under the related Mortgage Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan), apply amounts held in any reserve account as a prepayment or hold such amounts in a reserve account, the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, may not apply such amounts as a prepayment, and will instead continue to hold such amounts in the applicable reserve account, unless not applying those amounts as a prepayment would be a violation of the Servicing Standard. Such amount may be used, if permitted under the loan documents, to defease the loan, or may be used to prepay the Mortgage Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan), or for other purpose consistent with the Servicing Standard and the loan documents, upon a subsequent default.

(e)               Within one (1) Business Day after the execution of any amendment or modification of any Intercreditor Agreement, the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall provide to the Certificate Administrator a copy of any such modification or amendment of any Intercreditor Agreement, and such amendment or modification shall be a Reportable Event.

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Section 3.18        Modifications, Waivers, Amendments and Consents.(a) The applicable Master Servicer shall process waivers, modifications, amendments and consents that are not Major Decisions with respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan that, in either case, is not a Specially Serviced Loan, without the consent or approval of the Directing Certificateholder (except as specified in the definition of “Master Servicer Decision”) or the consent or approval of the applicable Special Servicer. The applicable Special Servicer shall process waivers, modifications, amendments and consents with respect to Specially Serviced Loans and shall also process waivers, modifications, amendments and consents that are Major Decisions with respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan. Except as set forth in Section 3.08(a), Section 3.08(b), this Section 3.18(a), Section 3.18(d), Section 3.18(h), Section 3.18(i), Section 3.18(m) and Section 6.08, but subject to any other conditions set forth thereunder and, with respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan or any Serviced Whole Loan (and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, subject to the rights of the related Companion Holder, as applicable, to advise or consult with the applicable Special Servicer with respect to, or to consent to, a modification, waiver or amendment, in each case, pursuant to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement), the applicable Special Servicer shall not modify, waive or amend the terms of a Mortgage Loan and/or related Companion Loan (or consent to any such modification, waiver or amendment) that would constitute a Major Decision without (x) (i) prior to the occurrence of a Control Termination Event and (ii) other than with respect to any Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder, the consent (or deemed consent) of the Directing Certificateholder having been obtained by the applicable Special Servicer to the extent required by, and pursuant to the process described under, Section 6.08(a), (y) (i) after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event and (ii) other than with respect to any Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder, but prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, the applicable Special Servicer having consulted with the Directing Certificateholder if and to the extent required pursuant to Section 6.08(a) or (z) after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Event, the applicable Special Servicer having consulted with the Operating Advisor if and to the extent required pursuant to Section 6.08(a); and provided, further, that no extension entered into pursuant to this Section 3.18(a) shall extend the Maturity Date beyond the date provided for in the last paragraph of Section 3.18(b). If such extension would extend the Maturity Date of such Mortgage Loan and/or related Companion Loan for more than twelve (12) months from and after the original Maturity Date of such Mortgage Loan and/or related Companion Loan and such Mortgage Loan and/or related Companion Loan is not in default or default with respect thereto is not reasonably foreseeable, prior to any such extension, (1) the applicable Special Servicer shall provide the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the applicable Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Directing Certificateholder and the Risk Retention Consultation Party (in the case of the Directing Certificateholder and the Risk Retention Consultation Party, (i) prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event and (ii) other than with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is an Excluded Loan as to such party), with an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the related Mortgagor to the extent permitted under the Mortgage Loan documents and, if not required or permitted to be paid by the Mortgagor, to be paid as an expense of the Trust in accordance with Section 3.11(d)) that such extension would not constitute a “significant modification” of the Mortgage Loan and/or Serviced Companion Loan within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(b) and (2) subject to the Servicing Standard, (x) prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event and other than with

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respect to any Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder, the applicable Special Servicer shall obtain the consent (or deemed consent) of the Directing Certificateholder, (y) after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event, but prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, and other than with respect to any Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder, consult with the Directing Certificateholder and (z) (i) prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan other than an Excluded Loan with respect to the Risk Retention Consultation Party and (ii) after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, with respect to any Mortgage Loan other than an Excluded Loan with respect to the Risk Retention Consultation Party, consult with the Risk Retention Consultation Party, in each case, pursuant to the process described in Section 6.08(a).

Notwithstanding the foregoing, subject to the rights of the related Companion Holder to advise the applicable Master Servicer with respect to, or consent to, such modification, waiver or amendment pursuant to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement, the applicable Master Servicer, with respect to Non-Specially Serviced Loans, without the consent of the applicable Special Servicer or the Directing Certificateholder, may modify or amend the terms of any Non-Specially Serviced Loan and/or related Serviced Companion Loan in order to (i) cure any ambiguity or mistake therein or (ii) correct or supplement any provisions therein which may be inconsistent with any other provisions therein or correct any error; provided that, if the Serviced Mortgage Loan and/or related Serviced Companion Loan is not in default or default with respect thereto is not reasonably foreseeable, such modification or amendment would not be a “significant modification” of the Mortgage Loan and/or related Serviced Companion Loan within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(b).

Subject to Section 6.08, applicable law and the Mortgage Loan and/or related Serviced Companion Loan documents, neither the applicable Master Servicer nor the applicable Special Servicer shall permit the substitution of any Mortgaged Property (or any portion thereof) for one or more other parcels of real property at any time the Mortgage Loan and/or related Serviced Companion Loan is not in default pursuant to the terms of the related Mortgage Loan and/or related Serviced Companion Loan documents or default with respect thereto is not reasonably foreseeable unless (i) the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, obtains Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency (and delivers such Rating Agency Confirmation to the Directing Certificateholder and the Risk Retention Consultation Party, if permitted by the applicable Rating Agency) and a confirmation of any applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities (if any) (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25) and (ii) such substitution would not be a “significant modification” of the Mortgage Loan and/or related Serviced Companion Loan within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(b) or otherwise cause an Adverse REMIC Event (and the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, may obtain and rely upon an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the related Mortgagor if not prohibited by the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents, and if so prohibited, at the expense of the Trust) with respect thereto).

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Upon receiving a request for any matter described in this Section 3.18(a) that constitutes a Major Decision with respect to a Serviced Mortgage Loan that is not a Specially Serviced Loan, the applicable Master Servicer shall promptly forward such request to the applicable Special Servicer and, unless such Master Servicer and such Special Servicer mutually agree that such Master Servicer shall process such request, such Special Servicer shall process such request (including, without limitation, interfacing with the Mortgagor) and, except as provided in the next sentence, such Master Servicer shall have no further obligation with respect to such request or such Major Decision. The applicable Master Servicer shall cooperate with reasonable requests of the applicable Special Servicer by delivering to the applicable Special Servicer any additional information in such Master Servicer’s possession requested by such Special Servicer relating to such Major Decision. If the applicable Master Servicer and the applicable Special Servicer mutually agree that such Master Servicer will (subject to the consent (or deemed consent) of such Special Servicer) process a request with respect to a Major Decision and such Master Servicer is recommending approval of such request, such Master Servicer will prepare and submit its written analysis and recommendation to such Special Servicer with all information in the possession of such Master Servicer that such Special Servicer may reasonably request in order to withhold or grant its consent, and in all cases such Special Servicer will be entitled (subject to any applicable consultation rights of the Operating Advisor or any applicable consent or consultation rights of the Directing Certificateholder or any applicable consultation rights of any related Companion Holders) to approve or disapprove any modification, waiver, amendment or other action that constitutes a Major Decision.

No Master Servicer or Special Servicer shall enter into, or structure (including, without limitation, by way of the application of credits, discounts, forgiveness or otherwise), any modification, waiver, amendment, work-out, consent or approval with respect to a Mortgage Loan in a manner that would have the effect of placing amounts payable as compensation, or otherwise reimbursable, to such Master Servicer or Special Servicer in a higher priority than the allocation and payment priorities set forth in Section 3.02(b) or in the related Intercreditor Agreement.

(b)               If the applicable Special Servicer determines that a modification, waiver or amendment (including, without limitation, the forgiveness or deferral of interest or principal or the substitution of collateral pursuant to the terms of the Serviced Mortgage Loan and/or related Serviced Companion Loan or otherwise, the release of collateral or the pledge of additional collateral) of the terms of a Specially Serviced Loan with respect to which a payment default or other material default has occurred or a payment default or other material default is, in the applicable Special Servicer’s judgment, reasonably foreseeable (as evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate of such Special Servicer), is reasonably likely to produce a greater (or equivalent) recovery on a net present value basis (the relevant discounting to be performed at the related Mortgage Rate) to the Trust and, if applicable, the Companion Holders, as the holders of the related Serviced Companion Loan, than liquidation of such Specially Serviced Loan, then the applicable Special Servicer may agree to a modification, waiver or amendment of such Specially Serviced Loan, subject to (w) the provisions of this Section 3.18(b) and Section 3.18(c), (x)(a) with respect to any Major Decision, with respect to any Mortgage Loan other than any Excluded Loan as to the Directing Certificateholder or the holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, the approval of the Directing Certificateholder (prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event) or upon consultation with the Directing Certificateholder (after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event, but prior to the occurrence and continuance of a

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Consultation Termination Event) as provided in Section 6.08, and (b) with respect to any Major Decision in respect of a Specially Serviced Loan other than an Excluded Loan with respect to the Risk Retention Consultation Party, upon consultation with the Risk Retention Consultation Party as provided in Section 6.08, (y) with respect to any Serviced AB Whole Loan, any rights of the related Subordinate Companion Holder to consent to such modification, waiver or amendment and (z) additionally, with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, the rights of the related Serviced Companion Noteholder or with respect to a Serviced Mortgage Loan with mezzanine debt, the rights of the related mezzanine lender, to advise or consult with the applicable Special Servicer with respect to, or consent to, such modification, waiver or amendment, in each case, pursuant to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement or mezzanine intercreditor agreement, as applicable; provided that with respect to any Serviced AB Whole Loan, if an AB Control Appraisal Period is not in effect, the consent of, or consultation with, the related AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder will be required to the extent set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement and the Directing Certificateholder shall have no consent or consultation rights, and the Risk Retention Consultation Party shall have no consultation rights, regarding the matter; provided, further, that in the case of any release or substitution of collateral (other than a defeasance), the applicable Special Servicer shall have obtained an Opinion of Counsel that such release or substitution would not be a “significant modification” of the Mortgage Loan within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(b) or otherwise cause an Adverse REMIC Event. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to any Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder (regardless of whether a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing), the applicable Special Servicer shall consult with the Operating Advisor, on a non-binding basis, in connection with the related transactions involving proposed Major Decisions and consider alternative actions recommended by the Operating Advisor, in respect thereof, in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 6.08 for consulting with the Operating Advisor.

In connection with (i) the release of a Mortgaged Property (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property), or any portion of such Mortgaged Property from the lien of the related Mortgage or (ii) the taking of a Mortgaged Property (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property), or any portion of such Mortgaged Property by exercise of the power of eminent domain or condemnation, if the related Mortgage Loan documents require the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, to calculate (or to approve the calculation of the related Mortgagor of) the loan-to-value ratio of the remaining Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties or the fair market value of the real property constituting the remaining Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties, for purposes of REMIC qualification of the related Mortgage Loan, then such calculation shall, unless then permitted by the REMIC Provisions, exclude the value of personal property and going concern value, if any, as determined by an appropriate third party.

If, following any such release or taking, the loan-to-value ratio as calculated is greater than 125%, the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall require payment of principal by a “qualified amount” as determined under Revenue Procedure 2010-30 or successor provisions, unless the related Mortgagor provides an Opinion of Counsel that if such amount is not paid, the related Mortgage Loan will not fail to be a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code.

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The applicable Special Servicer shall use its reasonable efforts to the extent possible to cause each Specially Serviced Loan to fully amortize prior to the Rated Final Distribution Date and shall not agree to a modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Specially Serviced Loan for which it is acting as Special Servicer if such modification, waiver or amendment would (1) extend the maturity date of any such Specially Serviced Loan to a date occurring later than the earlier of (a) five (5) years prior to the Rated Final Distribution Date and (b) if such Specially Serviced Loan is secured solely or primarily by a leasehold estate and not also the related fee interest, the date occurring twenty (20) years or, to the extent consistent with the Servicing Standard giving due consideration to the remaining term of the ground lease and (A) prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event, with the consent of the Directing Certificateholder and (B) to the extent such modification, waiver or amendment constitutes a Major Decision, after consultation with the Risk Retention Consultation Party pursuant to Section 6.08(a), (in each case, other than with respect to a Mortgage Loan that is an Excluded Loan as to such party), ten (10) years prior to the expiration of such leasehold estate (including any options to extend such leasehold estate exercisable unilaterally by the related Mortgagor), or (2) provide for the deferral of interest unless interest accrues on the related Mortgage Loan, or Serviced Whole Loan generally at the related Mortgage Rate.

(c)               Any provision of this Section 3.18 to the contrary notwithstanding, except when a Mortgage Loan and/or Companion Loan is in default or default with respect thereto is reasonably foreseeable, no fee described in this Section 3.18 shall be collected by any Master Servicer or any Special Servicer from a Mortgagor (or on behalf of the Mortgagor) in conjunction with any consent or any modification, waiver or amendment of a Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, as applicable (unless the amount thereof is specified in the related Mortgage Note) if the collection of such fee would cause such consent, modification, waiver or amendment to be a “significant modification” of the Mortgage Note within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(b).

(d)               To the extent consistent with this Agreement (including, without limitation, the first sentence of Section 3.18(a), and Section 6.08), the applicable Master Servicer (as provided in Section 3.08(a), Section 3.08(b) and Section 3.18 if such matter constitutes a Master Servicer Decision) or the applicable Special Servicer (as provided in Section 3.08(a), Section 3.08(b) and Section 3.18(a) if any such waiver, modification or amendment constitutes a Major Decision or relates to a Specially Serviced Loan) may, consistent with the Servicing Standard, agree to any waiver, modification or amendment of a Mortgage Loan and/or Serviced Companion Loan that is not in default or as to which default is not reasonably foreseeable only if the contemplated waiver, modification or amendment (i) will not be a “significant modification” of the Mortgage Loan within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(b) and (ii) will not cause an Adverse REMIC Event. In making this determination, the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer may obtain and rely upon (and shall provide to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator if obtained) an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the related Mortgagor or such other Person requesting such modification or, if such expense cannot be collected from the related Mortgagor or such other Person, to be paid out of the applicable Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.05(a); provided that the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall use its reasonable efforts to collect such fee from the Mortgagor or such other Person to the extent permitted under the related Mortgage Loan documents). Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the applicable Master Servicer nor the

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applicable Special Servicer may waive the payment of any Prepayment Premium or Yield Maintenance Charge or the requirement that any prepayment of a Mortgage Loan be made on a Due Date, or if not made on a Due Date, be accompanied by all interest that would be due on the next Due Date with respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan that is not a Specially Serviced Loan.

(e)               Subject to Section 3.18(c), the applicable Master Servicer and the applicable Special Servicer each may, as a condition to its granting any request by a Mortgagor for consent, modification (including extensions), waiver or indulgence or any other matter or thing, the granting of which is within such Master Servicer’s or such Special Servicer’s, as the case may be, discretion pursuant to the terms of the instruments evidencing or securing the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan and is permitted by the terms of this Agreement, require that such Mortgagor pay to such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as the case may be, as additional servicing compensation, a reasonable or customary fee, for the additional services performed in connection with such request; provided that the charging of such fee is not a “significant modification” of the Mortgage Loan within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(b).

(f)                All modifications (including extensions), waivers and amendments of the Mortgage Loans and/or Companion Loans entered into pursuant to this Section 3.18 shall be in writing, signed by the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, and the related Mortgagor (and by any guarantor of the related Mortgage Loan, if such guarantor’s signature is required by the applicable Special Servicer in accordance with the Servicing Standard).

(g)               With respect to any modification, waiver or amendment for which it is responsible for processing pursuant to Section 3.18, after completion, the applicable Special Servicer, shall deliver written notice thereof to the applicable Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor (after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Event), the Directing Certificateholder and the Risk Retention Consultation Party (in the case of the Directing Certificateholder, other than following the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, and in the case of the Directing Certificateholder or the Risk Retention Consultation Party, other than with respect to any Excluded Loan as to such party), the applicable Companion Holder (or, to the extent the related Serviced Companion Loan has been included in a securitization transaction, to the master servicer under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement) (unless, with respect to a holder of an AB Subordinate Companion Loan, an AB Control Appraisal Period is in effect, if applicable), the related Mortgage Loan Seller (if such Mortgage Loan Seller is not the applicable Master Servicer or Sub-Servicer of such Mortgage Loan or the Directing Certificateholder or the Risk Retention Consultation Party) and the 17g-5 Information Provider (which shall promptly post such notice on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in accordance with Section 3.13(c)) in writing of any modification, waiver or amendment (in each case, after it is finalized and executed) of any term of any Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan that is modified, waived or amended and the date thereof. With respect to any modification, waiver or amendment (in each case, after it is finalized and executed) for which it is responsible for processing pursuant to Section 3.18, after completion, the applicable Master Servicer, shall deliver written notice of any such modification, waiver or amendment to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the applicable Special Servicer (and such

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Special Servicer shall forward such notice to the Directing Certificateholder (only prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, and other than with respect to an Excluded Loan as to such party)), the applicable Companion Holder (or, to the extent the related Serviced Companion Loan has been included in a securitization transaction, to the master servicer under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement) (unless, with respect to a holder of an AB Subordinate Companion Loan, an AB Control Appraisal Period is in effect, if applicable), the Risk Retention Consultation Party (other than with respect to an Excluded Loan as to such party) and the related Mortgage Loan Seller (so long as such Mortgage Loan Seller is not the applicable Master Servicer or Sub-Servicer of such Mortgage Loan or the Directing Certificateholder or Risk Retention Consultation Party) and the 17g-5 Information Provider (which shall promptly post such notice on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in accordance with Section 3.13(c)). The party responsible for delivering notice shall deliver to the Custodian with a copy to the applicable Master Servicer (if such notice is being delivered by the applicable Special Servicer) for deposit in the related Mortgage File, an original counterpart of the agreement relating to such modification, waiver or amendment, promptly (and in any event within ten (10) Business Days) following the execution thereof, with a copy to the applicable Companion Holder (or, to the extent the related Serviced Companion Loan has been included in a securitization transaction, to the master servicer under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement), if any. Following receipt of the applicable Master Servicer’s or the applicable Special Servicer’s, as the case may be, delivery of the aforesaid modification, waiver or amendment to the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Administrator shall forward a copy thereof to each Holder of a Certificate (other than the Class R or Class V Certificates). With respect to any modification, waiver or consent that is a Master Servicer Decision pursuant to clause (iv) of the definition of “Master Servicer Decision”, if the related lease affects an area greater than or equal to 10% of the net rentable area of the related Mortgaged Property and less than 30% of the net rentable area of the related Mortgaged Property, the Master Servicer shall deliver to the Special Servicer a copy of the approved lease. With respect to any modification, waiver or consent that is a Master Servicer Decision pursuant to clause (vii) of the definition of “Master Servicer Decision”, the Master Servicer shall deliver to the Special Servicer a copy of the approved annual budget. With respect to the processing of any modification, waiver or consent related to any Mortgagor incurring additional debt or mezzanine debt, the applicable Special Servicer (if such Special Servicer processes such modification, waiver or consent pursuant to Section 3.18(a)) or the applicable Master Servicer (if such Master Servicer processes such modification, waiver or consent pursuant to Sections 3.18(a) and (m) shall, on or before the later of (i) 3:00 p.m. on the related P&I Advance Date and (ii) five (5) Business Days immediately following the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, obtaining actual knowledge of the incurrence of such additional debt or mezzanine debt, deliver notice of the Mortgagor’s incurrence of such debt, substantially in the form of Exhibit JJ, to !nacctsecnotifications@computershare.com and an Additional Disclosure Notification in the form attached hereto as Exhibit DD). The notice contemplated in the preceding sentence shall set forth, to the extent the applicable Special Servicer or the applicable Master Servicer, as the case may be, has the requisite information or can reasonably obtain such information, (1) the amount of additional debt that was incurred in the related Collection Period, (2) the total debt service coverage ratio calculated on the basis of such Mortgage Loan and additional debt, and (3) the aggregate LTV Ratio calculated on the basis of such Mortgage Loan and additional debt. In the event that either (i) the CREFC^® Investor Reporting Package is amended to include such information set forth above, in a manner reasonably acceptable to the

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applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer and the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, and such Master Servicer confirms with the Certificate Administrator that such amended CREFC^® Investor Reporting Package enables the Certificate Administrator to include such information on Form 10-D in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Certificate Administrator, or (ii) the Trust is no longer subject to the Exchange Act, the additional report in the form of Exhibit JJ shall no longer be required hereunder. From time to time, the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer and the Certificate Administrator may agree on a different delivery time and format for the information set forth in this paragraph.

(h)               Subject to the consent rights and processes set forth in Section 6.08 with respect to Major Decisions, each Master Servicer shall process all defeasance transactions for the Mortgage Loans for which it acts as Master Servicer and shall be entitled to all defeasance fees paid related thereto (provided that for the avoidance of doubt, any such defeasance fee shall not include any Modification Fees or waiver fees in connection with a defeasance that any Special Servicer is entitled to under this Agreement). Notwithstanding the foregoing, such Master Servicer shall not permit (or, with regard to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, take any act in furtherance of) the substitution of any Mortgaged Property pursuant to the defeasance provisions of any Mortgage Loan or a Serviced Whole Loan unless such defeasance complies with Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(a)(8)(ii) and such Master Servicer has received (i) replacement collateral consisting of government securities within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(a)(8)(ii), which satisfies the requirements of the applicable Mortgage Loan documents, in an amount sufficient to make all scheduled payments under the related Mortgage Loan (or defeased portion thereof) when due, (ii) a certificate of an Independent certified public accountant to the effect that such substituted property will provide cash flows sufficient to meet all payments of interest and principal (including payments at maturity) on such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan in compliance with the requirements of the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents and, if applicable, Companion Loan documents, (iii) one or more Opinions of Counsel (at the expense of the related Mortgagor) to the effect that the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, will have a first priority perfected security interest in such substituted Mortgaged Property; provided, however, that, to the extent consistent with the related Mortgage Loan documents and, if applicable, Companion Loan documents, the related Mortgagor shall pay the cost of any such opinion as a condition to granting such defeasance, (iv) to the extent consistent with the related Mortgage Loan documents and, if applicable, Companion Loan documents, the Mortgagor shall establish a single purpose entity to act as a successor mortgagor, if so required by the Rating Agencies, (v) to the extent permissible under the related Mortgage Loan documents and, if applicable, Companion Loan documents, the applicable Master Servicer shall use its reasonable efforts to require the related Mortgagor to pay all costs of such defeasance, including but not limited to the cost of maintaining any successor mortgagor, and (vi) to the extent permissible under the Mortgage Loan documents and, if applicable, Companion Loan documents, the applicable Master Servicer shall obtain, at the expense of the related Mortgagor, Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and a confirmation of any applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities (if any) (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25); provided, further, however, that no such confirmation from any Rating Agency shall be required to the extent that the applicable Master Servicer has delivered a defeasance certificate substantially in the form of

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Exhibit U hereto for any Mortgage Loan that (together with any Mortgage Loans cross-collateralized with such Mortgage Loans) is: (i) a Mortgage Loan with a Cut-off Date Balance less than $35,000,000, (ii) a Mortgage Loan that represents less than 5% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of all Mortgage Loans, and (iii) a Mortgage Loan that is not one of the ten (10) largest Mortgage Loans by Stated Principal Balance. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that requiring the Mortgagor to pay for the items specified in clauses (ii), (iv) and (v) in the preceding sentence would be inconsistent with the related Mortgage Loan documents, such reasonable costs shall be paid by the related Mortgage Loan Seller as and to the extent set forth in the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.

(i)                 Notwithstanding anything herein or in the related Mortgage Loan documents and, if applicable, Companion Loan documents, to the contrary, the applicable Master Servicer may permit the substitution of “government securities,” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, that comply with Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(a)(8)(ii) for any Mortgaged Property pursuant to the defeasance provisions of any Mortgage Loan or a Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable (or any portion thereof), in lieu of the defeasance collateral specified in the related Mortgage Loan documents or Serviced Whole Loan documents, as applicable; provided that such substitution is consistent with the Servicing Standard and the applicable Master Servicer reasonably determines that allowing their use would not cause a default or event of default to become reasonably foreseeable and the applicable Master Servicer receives an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the Mortgagor to the extent permitted under the Mortgage Loan documents and, if applicable or Companion Loan documents or otherwise as a Trust Fund expense) to the effect that such use would not be and would not constitute a “significant modification” of such Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(b) and would not otherwise constitute an Adverse REMIC Event with respect to any Trust REMIC; and provided, further, that the requirements set forth in Section 3.18(h) (including receipt of any Rating Agency Confirmation) are satisfied; and provided, further, that such securities are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States government, or the applicable Master Servicer shall obtain Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and a confirmation of any applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities (if any) (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25).

Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to (i) all of the Mortgage Loans originated or acquired by Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC that are subject to defeasance, (ii) all of the Mortgage Loans originated or acquired by Argentic Real Estate Finance LLC that are subject to defeasance, (iii) all of the Mortgage Loans originated or acquired by Argentic Real Estate Finance 2 LLC that are subject to defeasance, (iv) all of the Mortgage Loans originated or acquired by Starwood Mortgage Capital LLC that are subject to defeasance, and (v) all of the Mortgage Loans originated or acquired by LMF Commercial, LLC that are subject to defeasance, each of Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC, Argentic Real Estate Finance LLC, Argentic Real Estate Finance 2 LLC, Starwood Mortgage Capital LLC and LMF Commercial, LLC, as applicable, has transferred to a third party or has retained on behalf of itself or an Affiliate the right to establish or designate the successor borrower and/or to purchase or cause to be purchased the related defeasance collateral, in each case as set forth in the related Mortgage

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Loan Purchase Agreement (any such right or obligation, the “Retained Defeasance Rights and Obligations”). In the event the Master Servicer receives notice of a defeasance request with respect to a Mortgage Loan for which Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC, Argentic Real Estate Finance LLC, Argentic Real Estate Finance 2 LLC, Starwood Mortgage Capital LLC or LMF Commercial, LLC, as applicable, is the related Mortgage Loan Seller, which such Mortgage Loan provides for Retained Defeasance Rights and Obligations in the related Mortgage Loan documents, the Master Servicer shall provide, within five (5) Business Days of receipt of such notice, written notice of such defeasance request to Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC, Argentic Real Estate Finance LLC, Argentic Real Estate Finance 2 LLC, Starwood Mortgage Capital LLC or LMF Commercial, LLC, as applicable, in the case of any such Mortgage Loan for which Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC, Argentic Real Estate Finance LLC, Argentic Real Estate Finance 2 LLC, Starwood Mortgage Capital LLC or LMF Commercial, LLC, as applicable, is the related Mortgage Loan Seller. Until such time as Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC, Argentic Real Estate Finance LLC, Argentic Real Estate Finance 2 LLC, Starwood Mortgage Capital LLC or LMF Commercial, LLC, as applicable, provides the Master Servicer with written notice to the contrary, the notice of a defeasance of a Mortgage Loan with Retained Defeasance Rights and Obligations shall be delivered to the related Mortgage Loan Seller pursuant to the notice provisions of this Agreement. With respect to any Mortgage Loan originated or acquired by Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC, Argentic Real Estate Finance LLC, Argentic Real Estate Finance 2 LLC, Starwood Mortgage Capital LLC or LMF Commercial, LLC, as applicable, that is subject to defeasance, if the successor borrower is not designated or formed by Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC, Argentic Real Estate Finance LLC, Argentic Real Estate Finance 2 LLC, Starwood Mortgage Capital LLC or LMF Commercial, LLC, as the case may be, or any Affiliate or successor thereto, the successor borrower shall be reasonably acceptable to the applicable Master Servicer in accordance with the Servicing Standard.

(j)                 If required under the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan documents or if otherwise consistent with the Servicing Standard, the applicable Master Servicer shall establish and maintain one or more accounts (the “Defeasance Accounts”), which shall be Eligible Accounts, into which all payments received by such Master Servicer from any defeasance collateral substituted for any Mortgaged Property shall be deposited and retained, and shall administer such Defeasance Accounts in accordance with the Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan documents. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the applicable Master Servicer permit such amounts to be maintained in the Defeasance Account for a period in excess of ninety (90) days, unless such amounts are reinvested by such Master Servicer in “government securities,” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, that comply with Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(a)(8)(ii). To the extent not required or permitted to be placed in a separate account, the applicable Master Servicer shall deposit all payments received by it from defeasance collateral substituted for any Mortgaged Property into the applicable Collection Account and treat any such payments as payments made on the Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan in advance of its Due Date in accordance with clause (a)(i) of the definition of “Available Funds” and not as a prepayment of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall the applicable Master Servicer permit such amounts to be maintained in the applicable Collection Account for a period in excess of three hundred sixty-five (365) days (or three hundred sixty-six (366) days in the case of a leap year).

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(k)               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither the applicable Master Servicer nor the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall, unless it has received Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and a confirmation of any applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities (if any) (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25) (the cost of which shall be paid by the related Mortgagor, if so allowed by the terms of the related loan documents and otherwise paid out of general collections) grant or accept any consent, approval or direction regarding the termination of the related property manager or the designation of any replacement property manager, with respect to any Mortgaged Property that secures a Mortgage Loan that (i) is one of the ten (10) largest Mortgage Loans a by Stated Principal Balance or (ii) has an unpaid principal balance that is at least equal to 5% of the then-aggregate principal balance of all Mortgage Loans or $35,000,000.

(l)                 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, in connection with any modification, waiver, consent or amendment in connection with any release of collateral securing any Mortgage Loan in connection with a defeasance of such collateral, the applicable Special Servicer shall not approve any such modification, waiver or amendment or consent thereto without first having received a copy of an Opinion of Counsel addressed to such Special Servicer and the applicable Master Servicer that such modification, waiver, consent or amendment will not cause an Adverse REMIC Event.

(m)               Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 3.18 or Section 3.08, but subject to any related Intercreditor Agreement, the applicable Master Servicer may, without any Directing Certificateholder’s approval, consent or consultation (except as otherwise provided below in the definition of “Master Servicer Decision”), Risk Retention Consultation Party’s consultation or the applicable Special Servicer’s approval, consent or consultation take any of the following actions with respect to Non-Specially Serviced Loans (and in the case of clause (ix), a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) (each such action, a “Master Servicer Decision”): (i) grant waivers of non-material covenant defaults (other than financial covenants), including late (but not waived) financial statements (except that, other than with respect to any Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, and prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event, the Directing Certificateholder’s consent (or deemed consent) shall be required to grant waivers of more than three (3) consecutive late deliveries of financial statements); (ii) consents to releases of non-material, non-income producing parcels of a Mortgaged Property that do not materially affect the use or value of the related Mortgaged Property or the ability of the related Mortgagor to pay amounts due in respect of the Mortgage Loan as and when due, provided such releases are required by the related Mortgage Loan documents; (iii) approve or consent to grants of easements or rights of way (including, without limitation, for utilities, access, parking, public improvements or another purpose) or subordination of the lien of the Mortgage Loan to easements except that, prior to the occurrence and continuance of any Control Termination Event and other than in the case of any Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Directing Certificateholder’s consent (or deemed consent) will be required to approve or consent to grants of easements or rights of way that materially affect the use or value of a Mortgaged Property or a Mortgagor’s ability to make payments with respect to the related

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Mortgage Loan or any related Companion Loan; (iv) grant other routine approvals, including granting of subordination, non-disturbance and attornment agreements and consents involving leasing activities (other than for ground leases) (provided that, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event and other than in the case of any Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Directing Certificateholder’s consent (or deemed consent) will be required for leasing activities that affect an area greater than or equal to the lesser of (a) 30% of the net rentable area of the improvements at the Mortgaged Property and (b) 30,000 square feet), including approval of new leases and amendments to current leases; (v) consent to actions and releases related to condemnation of parcels of a Mortgaged Property (provided that, prior to the occurrence and continuance of any Control Termination Event and other than in the case of any Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Directing Certificateholder’s consent (or deemed consent) will be required in connection with any condemnation with respect to a material parcel or a material income producing parcel or any condemnation that materially affects the use or value of the related Mortgaged Property or the ability of the related Mortgagor to pay amounts due in respect of the related Mortgage Loan or any related Companion Loan when due); (vi) consent to a change in property management relating to any Mortgage Loan and related Serviced Companion Loan if the replacement property manager is not a Borrower Party and the Mortgage Loan has an outstanding principal balance less than $10,000,000); (vii) approve annual operating budgets for Mortgage Loans; (viii) consent to any releases or reductions of or withdrawals from (as applicable) any letters of credit, escrow funds, reserve funds or other additional collateral with respect to any Mortgage Loan, other than any release, reduction, or withdrawal that would constitute a Major Decision; (ix) grant any extension or enter into any forbearance with respect to the anticipated refinancing of a Mortgage Loan or sale of a Mortgaged Property after the related Maturity Date of such Mortgage Loan so long as (A) such extension or forbearance does not extend beyond 120 days after the related Maturity Date and (B) the related Mortgagor on or before the maturity date of a Mortgage Loan has delivered documentation reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, which provides that a refinancing of such Mortgage Loan or sale of the related Mortgaged Property will occur within 120 days after the date on which such Balloon Payment will become due; (x) any modification, amendment, consent to a modification or waiver of any non-material term of any Intercreditor Agreement (including amendments to split or resize notes consistent with the terms of such Intercreditor Agreement); provided, that, if any modification or amendment would adversely impact the applicable Special Servicer, such modification or amendment will additionally require the consent of such Special Servicer as a condition to its effectiveness; (xi) any determination of Acceptable Insurance Default, except that, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event and other than in the case of any Excluded Loan as to the Directing Certificateholder or the holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Directing Certificateholder’s consent (or deemed consent) shall be required in accordance with this Agreement for any such determination; (xii) approve or consent to any defeasance of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan other than agreeing to (A) a modification of the type of defeasance collateral required under the Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan documents other than direct, non-callable obligations of the United States would be permitted or (B) a modification that would permit a principal prepayment instead of defeasance if the Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan documents do not otherwise permit such principal prepayment; (xiii) any assumption of the Mortgage Loan or transfer of the Mortgaged Property, in

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each case, that the Mortgage Loan documents allow without the consent of the lender but subject to satisfaction of conditions specified in the Mortgage Loan documents where no lender discretion is necessary in order to determine if such conditions are satisfied; and (xiv) grant or agree to any other waiver, modification, amendment and/or consent that does not constitute a Major Decision; provided that (w) any such action would not in any way affect a payment term of the Certificates, (x) any such action would not constitute a “significant modification” of such Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(b) and would not otherwise cause either Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC for federal income tax purposes (as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the Trust to the extent not reimbursed or paid by the related Mortgagor), to the extent requesting such opinion is consistent with the Servicing Standard), (y) agreeing to such action would be consistent with the Servicing Standard, and (z) agreeing to such action would not violate the terms, provisions or limitations of this Agreement or any Intercreditor Agreement; provided, further, that, with respect to any Serviced AB Whole Loan prior to the occurrence of an AB Control Appraisal Period with regard to such Serviced AB Whole Loan, the foregoing matters shall not include (and Master Servicer Decision shall not include) any action that constitutes a “major decision” under the related Intercreditor Agreement. In the case of any Master Servicer Decision that requires the consent of the Directing Certificateholder, such consent shall be deemed given if a response to the request for consent is not provided within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of the applicable Master Servicer’s written recommendation and analysis and all information reasonably requested by the Directing Certificateholder, and reasonably available to the applicable Master Servicer in order to grant or withhold such consent. The foregoing is intended to be an itemization of actions the applicable Master Servicer may take without having to obtain the approval of any other party and is not intended to limit the responsibilities of the applicable Master Servicer hereunder.

(n)               No Master Servicer or Special Servicer shall modify any Mortgage Loan into an AB Modified Loan unless the documents evidencing such modification provide that all payments on the junior or “B” portion of such AB Modified Loan (including interest, principal and other amounts) shall only be payable after the point in time at which all interest and principal on the senior or “A” portion of such AB Modified Loan shall have been paid in full and such senior or “A” portion shall no longer be outstanding; provided, however, that interest and other amounts in respect of such junior or “B” portion may accrue prior to such point in time.

Section 3.19        Transfer of Servicing Between Master Servicers and Special Servicers; Recordkeeping; Asset Status Report. (a) Upon determining that a Servicing Transfer Event has occurred with respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall promptly give notice to the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, the Operating Advisor and the Directing Certificateholder (in the case of the Directing Certificateholder, (i) prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event and (ii) other than with respect to any Excluded Loan as to such party) thereof, and the applicable Master Servicer shall deliver the related Mortgage File and Servicing File to the applicable Special Servicer and concurrently provide a copy of such Servicing File, exclusive of all Privileged Communications, to the Operating Advisor. The applicable Master Servicer shall use its reasonable efforts to provide the applicable Special Servicer with all documents and records (including records stored electronically on computer tapes, magnetic discs and the like) relating to such Mortgage Loan and, if applicable, the related Serviced Companion Loan, either in the

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applicable Master Servicer’s possession or otherwise available to such Master Servicer without undue burden or expense, and reasonably requested by the applicable Special Servicer to enable it to assume its functions hereunder with respect thereto. Such Master Servicer shall use its reasonable efforts to comply with the preceding sentence within five (5) Business Days of the occurrence of each related Servicing Transfer Event (or, in the case of clauses (iii), (iv), (viii) or (ix) of the definition of Servicing Transfer Event, within five (5) Business Days of receiving notice from the applicable Special Servicer of such Servicing Transfer Event when such Special Servicer makes the determination) and in any event shall continue to act as Master Servicer and administrator of such Mortgage Loan and, if applicable, the related Serviced Companion Loan until such Special Servicer has commenced the servicing of such Mortgage Loan and, if applicable, the related Serviced Companion Loan. The applicable Master Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Directing Certificateholder (with respect to the Directing Certificateholder (i) prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event and (ii) other than with respect to any Excluded Loan as to such party), a copy of the notice of such Servicing Transfer Event provided by the applicable Master Servicer to the applicable Special Servicer, or by the applicable Special Servicer to the applicable Master Servicer, pursuant to this Section 3.19. Prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, the Certificate Administrator shall deliver to each Controlling Class Certificateholder a copy of the notice of such Servicing Transfer Event provided by the applicable Master Servicer pursuant to this Section 3.19.

Upon determining that a Specially Serviced Loan (other than an REO Loan) has become current and has remained current for three (3) consecutive Periodic Payments (provided that (i) no additional Servicing Transfer Event is foreseeable in the reasonable judgment of the applicable Special Servicer, and (ii) for such purposes taking into account any modification or amendment of such Mortgage Loan and, if applicable, the related Companion Loan), and that no other Servicing Transfer Event is continuing with respect thereto, the applicable Special Servicer shall immediately give notice thereof to the applicable Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the related Serviced Companion Noteholder (unless with respect to an AB Subordinate Companion Loan an AB Control Appraisal Period is in effect) and the Directing Certificateholder (with respect to the Directing Certificateholder, (i) prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event and (ii) other than with respect to any Excluded Loan as to such party) and shall return the related Mortgage File and Servicing File to the applicable Master Servicer (or copies thereof if copies only were delivered to the applicable Special Servicer) and upon giving such notice, and returning such Mortgage File and Servicing File to such Master Servicer, such Special Servicer’s obligation to service such Corrected Loan shall terminate and the obligations of such Master Servicer to service and administer such Mortgage Loan and, if applicable, the related Companion Loan shall recommence.

(b)               In servicing any Specially Serviced Loans and Serviced Companion Loans, the applicable Special Servicer will provide to the Custodian originals of documents included within the definition of “Mortgage File” for inclusion in the related Mortgage File to the extent within its possession (with a copy of each such original to the applicable Master Servicer), and provide the applicable Master Servicer with copies of any additional related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan information including material written correspondence with the related Mortgagor.

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(c)               Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.12(c), the applicable Master Servicer shall maintain ongoing payment records with respect to each of the Specially Serviced Loans, Serviced Companion Loans and REO Properties (other than with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) and shall provide the applicable Special Servicer with any information in its possession with respect to such records to enable such Special Servicer to perform its duties under this Agreement; provided that this statement shall not be construed to require such Master Servicer to produce any additional reports.

(d)               No later than sixty (60) days after a Servicing Transfer Event for a Serviced Mortgage Loan and, if applicable, the related Companion Loan, the applicable Special Servicer shall deliver in electronic format a report (the “Asset Status Report”) with respect to such Mortgage Loan and related Companion Loan, if applicable, and the related Mortgaged Property to the applicable Master Servicer, the Directing Certificateholder (but with respect to the Directing Certificateholder, only in respect of any Mortgage Loan other than (A) any Excluded Loan as to such party or (B) any Serviced AB Whole Loan if an AB Control Appraisal Period is not in effect, and in any event prior to the occurrence and continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Event), any related Subordinate Companion Holder if an AB Control Appraisal Period is not in effect with respect to any Serviced AB Whole Loan, the Risk Retention Consultation Party (but only with respect to any Mortgage Loan other than an Excluded Loan as to such party), the Operating Advisor (but, other than with respect to an Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, only after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Event and, with respect to any Serviced AB Whole Loan, only to the extent that such Whole Loan is subject to an AB Control Appraisal Period) and the 17g-5 Information Provider (which shall promptly post such report on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in accordance with Section 3.13(c)) and, with respect to any related Serviced Companion Loan, to the related Companion Holder or, to the extent the related Serviced Companion Loan has been included in an Other Securitization, to the applicable master servicer (or the applicable special servicer, if the related Whole Loan is a Specially Serviced Loan) of such Other Securitization into which the related Serviced Companion Loan has been sold; the applicable Special Servicer shall also deliver a summary of each Final Asset Status Report to the Certificate Administrator and the Certificate Administrator shall post the summary of the Final Asset Status Report to the Certificate Administrator’s Website. Each Final Asset Status Report shall be labeled or otherwise identified or communicated as being final by the applicable Special Servicer. For the avoidance of doubt, no Master Servicer (or applicable special servicer, if the related Whole Loan is a Specially Serviced Loan)shall make any Asset Status Reports available to any Certificateholders on its website. None of the parties to this Agreement shall provide any Asset Status Report or any Final Asset Status Report to the Certificate Administrator. The applicable Special Servicer shall notify the Operating Advisor of whether any Asset Status Report delivered to the Operating Advisor is a Final Asset Status Report, which notification may be satisfied by (i) delivery of an Asset Status Report that is either signed by the Directing Certificateholder or that otherwise includes an indication that such Asset Status Report is deemed approved due to the passage of any required consent or consultation time period or (ii) such other method as reasonably agreed to by the Operating Advisor and the applicable Special Servicer. Further, the Certificate Administrator shall not request any Asset Status Report or Final Asset Status Report from any Master Servicer (or any applicable special servicer, if the related Whole Loan is a Specially Serviced Loan). Such Asset Status Report shall set forth the following information to the extent reasonably determinable based on the information that was delivered to

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the applicable Special Servicer in connection with the transfer of servicing pursuant to the Servicing Transfer Event:

(i)                                  a summary of the status of such Specially Serviced Loan and any negotiations with the related Mortgagor;

(ii)                               a discussion of the legal and environmental considerations reasonably known to the applicable Special Servicer, consistent with the Servicing Standard, that are applicable to the exercise of remedies as aforesaid and to the enforcement of any related guaranties or other collateral for the related Mortgage Loan (and any related Serviced Companion Loan) and whether outside legal counsel has been retained;

(iii)                             the most current rent roll and income or operating statement available for the related Mortgaged Property;

(iv)                            (A) the applicable Special Servicer’s recommendations on how such Specially Serviced Loan might be returned to performing status (including the modification of a monetary term, and any workout, restructure or debt forgiveness) and returned to the applicable Master Servicer for regular servicing or otherwise realized upon (including any proposed sale of a Defaulted Loan or REO Property), (B) a description of any such proposed or taken actions, and (C) the alternative courses of action that were or are being considered by the applicable Special Servicer in connection with the proposed or taken actions;

(v)                              the status of any foreclosure actions or other proceedings undertaken with respect to such Specially Serviced Loan, any proposed workouts and the status of any negotiations with respect to such workouts, and an assessment of the likelihood of additional defaults under the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan;

(vi)                           a description of any amendment, modification or waiver of a material term of any ground lease (or any space lease or air rights lease, if applicable) or franchise agreement;

(vii)                         the decision that the applicable Special Servicer made, or intends or proposes to make, including a narrative analysis setting forth such Special Servicer’s rationale for its proposed decision, including its rejection of the alternatives;

(viii)                     an analysis of whether or not taking such proposed action is reasonably likely to produce a greater recovery on a present value basis than not taking such action, setting forth (x) the basis on which the applicable Special Servicer made such determination and (y) the net present value calculation and all related assumptions;

(ix)                              the appraised value of the related Mortgaged Property (and a copy of the last obtained Appraisal of such Mortgaged Property) together with a description of any adjustments to the valuation of such Mortgaged Property made by the applicable Special Servicer together with an explanation of those adjustments; and

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(x)                                such other information as the applicable Special Servicer deems relevant in light of the Servicing Standard.

If within ten (10) Business Days of receiving an Asset Status Report, the Directing Certificateholder does not disapprove such Asset Status Report in writing or if the applicable Special Servicer makes a determination, in accordance with the Servicing Standard that the disapproval by the Directing Certificateholder (communicated to the applicable Special Servicer within ten (10) Business Days) is not in the best interest of all the Certificateholders and the holder of any related Companion Loan, as a collective whole (taking into account the pari passu or subordinate nature of any Companion Loan), the applicable Special Servicer shall implement the recommended action as outlined in such Asset Status Report; provided, however, that the applicable Special Servicer may not take any action that is contrary to applicable law, the Servicing Standard or the terms of the applicable Mortgage Loan documents. If, with respect to any Mortgage Loan other than an Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, prior to the occurrence and continuance of any Control Termination Event, the Directing Certificateholder disapproves such Asset Status Report within ten (10) Business Days of receipt and the applicable Special Servicer has not made the affirmative determination described above, the applicable Special Servicer shall revise such Asset Status Report and deliver a new Asset Status Report as soon as practicable, but in no event later than thirty (30) days after such disapproval, to the applicable Master Servicer, the Directing Certificateholder (prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event and, in the case of a Serviced AB Whole Loan, only prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event and if an AB Control Appraisal Period is in effect with respect to the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan), the Operating Advisor (but only after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Event) and the 17g-5 Information Provider (which shall promptly post such report on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in accordance with Section 3.13(c)). With respect to any Mortgage Loan other than an Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, prior to the occurrence and continuance of any Control Termination Event, the applicable Special Servicer shall revise such Asset Status Report as described above in this Section 3.19(d) until the Directing Certificateholder shall fail to disapprove such revised Asset Status Report in writing within ten (10) Business Days of receiving such revised Asset Status Report or until the applicable Special Servicer makes a determination, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, that the disapproval is not in the best interests of the Certificateholders and the holder of any related Companion Loan, as a collective whole (taking into account the pari passu or subordinate nature of any Companion Loan); provided that, if the Directing Certificateholder has not approved the Asset Status Report for a period of sixty (60) Business Days following the first submission of an Asset Status Report, the applicable Special Servicer, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event, shall act pursuant to the Directing Certificateholder’s direction, if consistent with the Servicing Standard, and, if the Directing Certificateholder’s direction would cause the applicable Special Servicer to violate the Servicing Standard, or after the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event, the applicable Special Servicer may act upon the most recently submitted form of Asset Status Report, if consistent with the Servicing Standard; provided, that such Asset Status Report does not, and is not intended to be, a substitute for the approvals that are specifically required pursuant to Section 6.08. The procedures described in this paragraph are collectively referred to herein as the “Directing Certificateholder Approval Process”. Prior to an Operating Advisor Consultation

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Event, the applicable Special Servicer shall promptly deliver each Final Asset Status Report to the Operating Advisor following completion of the Directing Certificateholder Approval Process. Each Special Servicer may, from time to time, modify any Asset Status Report it has previously delivered and implement such report; provided that such report shall have been prepared, reviewed and not rejected pursuant to the terms of this Section 3.19(d). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to any Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class (regardless of whether a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing), the applicable Special Servicer shall consult with the Operating Advisor, on a non-binding basis, in connection with an Asset Status Report for an Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class that includes a Major Decision and consider alternative actions recommended by the Operating Advisor, in respect thereof, in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 6.08 for consulting with the Operating Advisor.

No direction or disapproval of the Directing Certificateholder hereunder or under a related Intercreditor Agreement or failure of the Directing Certificateholder to consent to or approve (including any deemed consents or approvals) any request of the applicable Special Servicer, shall (a) require or cause the applicable Special Servicer to violate the terms of a Specially Serviced Loan, applicable law or any provision of this Agreement, including the applicable Special Servicer’s obligation to act in accordance with the Servicing Standard and to maintain the REMIC status of each Trust REMIC and the grantor trust status of the Grantor Trust, or (b) result in the imposition of a “prohibited transaction” or “prohibited contribution” tax under the REMIC Provisions, or (c) expose the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Mortgage Loan Sellers, the Trust, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator or their respective officers, directors, members, employees or agents to any claim, suit or liability or (d) materially expand the scope of the applicable Special Servicer’s, the Trustee’s or the applicable Master Servicer’s responsibilities under this Agreement.

If an Operating Advisor Consultation Event has occurred and is continuing (or, with respect to a Serviced AB Whole Loan, if both an Operating Advisor Consultation Event has occurred and is continuing and an AB Control Appraisal Period is in effect), the applicable Special Servicer shall promptly deliver each Asset Status Report prepared in connection with a Specially Serviced Loan to the Operating Advisor (and the Directing Certificateholder (if no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing and such Specially Serviced Loan is not an Excluded Loan as to such party)). Prior to the occurrence and continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Event the Operating Advisor’s review of a Final Asset Status Report shall only provide background information to support the Operating Advisor’s duties concerning the applicable Special Servicer’s compliance with the Servicing Standard, and the Operating Advisor shall not provide comments to the Special Servicer in respect of such Final Asset Status Report. After the occurrence and during the continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Event, the Operating Advisor shall provide comments to the applicable Special Servicer in respect of the Asset Status Report, if any, within ten (10) Business Days following the later of (i) receipt of such Asset Status Report or (ii) receipt of such additional information reasonably requested by the Operating Advisor related thereto, and propose possible alternative courses of action to the extent it determines such alternatives to be in the best interest of the Certificateholders (including any Certificateholders that are holders of the Control Eligible Certificates), as a collective whole. The applicable Special Servicer shall consider such alternative courses of action and any other feedback

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provided by the Operating Advisor (and the Directing Certificateholder (in each case, if no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing and such Specially Serviced Loan is not an Excluded Loan as to such party or a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan)) in connection with such Special Servicer’s preparation of any Asset Status Report. The applicable Special Servicer may revise the Asset Status Report as it deems necessary to take into account any input and/or comments from the Operating Advisor (and the Directing Certificateholder (if no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing and such Specially Serviced Loan is not an Excluded Loan as to such party)), to the extent the applicable Special Servicer determines that the Operating Advisor’s and/or Directing Certificateholder’s input and/or recommendations are consistent with the Servicing Standard and in the best interest of the Certificateholders as a collective whole (or, with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, the best interest of the Certificateholders and the holders of the related Companion Loan, as a collective whole (taking into account the pari passu or subordinate nature of such Companion Loan)). Promptly upon determining whether or not to revise any Asset Status Report to take into account any input and/or comments from the Operating Advisor or the Directing Certificateholder, the applicable Special Servicer shall revise the Asset Status Report, if applicable (but is under no obligation to follow any particular recommendation of the Operating Advisor or the Directing Certificateholder), and deliver to the Operating Advisor and the Directing Certificateholder the revised Asset Status Report (until a Final Asset Status Report is issued) or provide notice that the Special Servicer has decided not to revise such Asset Status Report, as applicable. The procedures described in this and the immediately preceding paragraph are collectively referred to as the “ASR Consultation Process”.

After the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event (and at any time with respect to any Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class), the Directing Certificateholder shall have no right to consent to any Asset Status Report under this Section 3.19. After the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event but prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, the Directing Certificateholder (except with respect to any Excluded Loan as to such party or any Serviced AB Whole Loan if an AB Control Appraisal Period is not in effect) and, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Event, the Operating Advisor shall consult with the applicable Special Servicer and propose alternative courses of action and provide other feedback in respect of any Asset Status Report. The Directing Certificateholder (other than in its capacity as a Certificateholder) (in each case, after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Consultation Termination Event (and at any time with respect to any Excluded Loan as to such party)), shall have no right to receive any Asset Status Report or otherwise consult with the applicable Special Servicer with respect to Asset Status Reports and the applicable Special Servicer shall only be obligated to consult with the Operating Advisor with respect to any Asset Status Report as described above. The applicable Special Servicer may choose to revise the Asset Status Report as it deems reasonably necessary in accordance with the Servicing Standard to take into account any input and/or recommendations of the Operating Advisor or the Directing Certificateholder during the applicable periods described above, but is under no obligation to follow any particular recommendation of the Operating Advisor or the Directing Certificateholder.

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an Asset Status Report for any Serviced AB Whole Loan, upon it becoming a Specially Serviced Loan pursuant to this Agreement and the related Intercreditor Agreement, but the Directing Certificateholder will have no approval rights over any such Asset Status Report, and the consent or approval rights with respect to such Asset Status Report shall be as set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement.

The consent and consultation rights of the Directing Certificateholder, the Risk Retention Consultation Party and the Operating Advisor with respect to Asset Status Reports are subject to the provisions of Section 6.08.

(e)               (i)Upon receiving notice of the occurrence of the events described in clause (iv) or (ix) of the definition of Servicing Transfer Event (without regard to the 60-day period set forth therein), the applicable Master Servicer shall with reasonable promptness give notice thereof, and shall use its reasonable efforts to provide the applicable Special Servicer with all information relating to the Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan and reasonably requested by such Special Servicer to enable it to negotiate with the related Mortgagor. The applicable Master Servicer shall use its reasonable efforts to comply with the preceding sentence within five (5) Business Days of the occurrence of each such event.

(ii)              After the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event, upon receiving notice of the occurrence of an event described in clause (iv) or (ix) of the definition of Servicing Transfer Event (without regard to the 60-day period set forth therein), the applicable Master Servicer shall deliver notice thereof to the Operating Advisor at the same time such notice is provided to the applicable Special Servicer pursuant to clause (i) above.

(f)                Prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event, no later than two (2) Business Days following the establishment of a Final Asset Status Report with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan, the applicable Special Servicer shall deliver in electronic format to the Directing Certificateholder (other than with respect to any Excluded Loan as to such party) a draft notice that will include a draft summary of the Final Asset Status Report (which briefly summarizes such Final Asset Status Report, but shall not include any Privileged Information) (and shall deliver each Asset Status Report with respect to a Serviced AB Mortgage Loan if an AB Control Appraisal Period is not in effect (to the extent approved by the related AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder), to the Directing Certificateholder). With respect to any Mortgage Loan other than an Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, if, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event, within five (5) Business Days of receipt of such draft summary, the Directing Certificateholder approves of, or does not disapprove of such draft summary, then the applicable Special Servicer shall deliver in electronic format such notice and summary of the Final Asset Status Report to the Certificate Administrator for posting on the Certificate Administrator’s Website pursuant to Section 3.13(b). If the Directing Certificateholder affirmatively disapproves of such summary in writing, then within two (2) Business Days of receipt of such disapproval, the applicable Special Servicer shall revise the summary and deliver such new summary to the Directing Certificateholder until the Directing Certificateholder approves such draft summary; provided, however, that if the Directing Certificateholder has not approved of the draft summary of the Final Asset Status Report within twenty (20) Business Days of receipt of the initial draft

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summary of the Final Asset Status Report, then the most recent draft summary of the Final Asset Status Report delivered by the applicable Special Servicer prior to such twentieth (20th) Business Day shall be deemed to be the final summary of the Final Asset Status Report; provided, further, however, that if at any time the applicable Special Servicer determines that any affirmative disapproval of such draft summary by the Directing Certificateholder is not in the best interest of all the Certificateholders and the holder of any related Companion Loan, as a collective whole (taking into account the pari passu or subordinate nature of any Companion Loan), pursuant to the Servicing Standard, the applicable Special Servicer shall deliver in electronic format such notice and summary of the Final Asset Status Report to the Certificate Administrator for posting on the Certificate Administrator’s Website pursuant to Section 3.13(b) notwithstanding such disapproval. The applicable Special Servicer shall promptly deliver (but in any event no later than two (2) Business Days following its completion) a copy of each Final Asset Status Report to the Operating Advisor. The applicable Special Servicer shall prepare a summary of any Final Asset Status Report related to any Serviced AB Whole Loan for which the related holder of an AB Subordinate Companion Loan is not subject to an AB Control Appraisal Period, which Final Asset Status Report has been approved or deemed approved by the holder of the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement (to the extent such Intercreditor Agreement requires such approval or deemed approval), and deliver in electronic format notice of such Final Asset Status Report and the summary of such Final Asset Status Report to the Certificate Administrator for posting on the Certificate Administrator’s Website pursuant to Section 3.13(b).

(g)               No provision of this Section 3.19 shall require a Special Servicer to take or to refrain from taking any action because of any proposal, objection or comment by the Operating Advisor or a recommendation of the Operating Advisor.

Section 3.20        Sub-Servicing Agreements. (a) Each Master Servicer and each Special Servicer may enter into Sub-Servicing Agreements to provide for the performance by third parties of any or all of its respective obligations hereunder; provided that the Sub-Servicing Agreement as amended or modified: (i) is consistent with this Agreement in all material respects and requires the Sub-Servicer to comply with all of the applicable conditions of this Agreement; (ii) provides that if the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall for any reason no longer act in such capacity hereunder (including, without limitation, by reason of a Servicer Termination Event), the Trustee or its designee shall thereupon assume all of the rights and, except to the extent they arose prior to the date of assumption, obligations of such party under such agreement, or, alternatively, may act in accordance with Section 7.02 under the circumstances described therein (subject to Section 3.20(g)); (iii) provides that the Trustee (for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the related Companion Holder (if applicable)) and the Trustee (as holder of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests) shall be a third party beneficiary under such Sub-Servicing Agreement, but that (except to the extent the Trustee or its designee assumes the obligations of such party thereunder as contemplated by the immediately preceding clause (ii)) none of the Trust, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator, any Master Servicer or any Special Servicer, as applicable, (other than the applicable Master Servicer or applicable Special Servicer that enters into such Sub-Servicing Agreement) any successor master servicer or successor special servicer or any Certificateholder (or the related Companion Holder, if applicable) shall have any duties under such Sub-Servicing Agreement or any liabilities arising therefrom; (iv) permits any purchaser of a Mortgage Loan

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pursuant to this Agreement to terminate such Sub-Servicing Agreement with respect to such purchased Mortgage Loan at its option and without penalty; provided, however, that the Initial Sub-Servicing Agreements may only be terminated by the Trustee or its designees as contemplated by Section 3.20(g) and in such additional manner and by such other Persons as is provided in such Sub-Servicing Agreement; (v) does not permit the Sub-Servicer any direct rights of indemnification that may be satisfied out of assets of the Trust except through the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, if and only to the extent provided pursuant to Section 6.04; (vi) does not permit the Sub-Servicer to modify any Mortgage Loan unless and to the extent the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, is permitted hereunder to modify such Mortgage Loan; (vii) does not permit the Sub-Servicer to take any action constituting a Major Decision without the consent of the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as applicable (which consent shall not be granted except in accordance with Section 6.08); (viii) with respect to any Sub-Servicing Agreement entered into after the Closing Date, if such Sub-Servicer is a Servicing Function Participant or an Additional Servicer, such Sub-Servicer, at the time the related Sub-Servicing Agreement is entered into, is not a Prohibited Party; (ix) provides that the Sub-Servicer shall be in default under the related Sub-Servicing Agreement and such Sub-Servicing Agreement shall be terminated (following the expiration of any applicable grace period) if the Sub-Servicer fails (A) to deliver by the due date any Exchange Act reporting items required to be delivered to the applicable Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Depositor under Article XI or under the Sub-Servicing Agreement or to the applicable master servicer under any other pooling and servicing agreement that the Depositor is a party to, or (B) to perform in any material respect any of its covenants or obligations contained in the Sub-Servicing Agreement regarding creating, obtaining or delivering any Exchange Act reporting items required for any party to this Agreement to perform its obligations under Article XI or under the Exchange Act reporting items required under any other pooling and servicing agreement that the Depositor is a party to; and (x) provides that such Sub-Servicing Agreement shall be terminable if at any time the related Sub-Servicer is Risk Retention Affiliated with a Successor Third-Party Purchaser if such Sub-Servicer is a servicer as contemplated by Item 1108(a)(2). Any successor master servicer or successor special servicer, as applicable, hereunder shall, upon becoming a successor master servicer or successor special servicer, as applicable, be assigned and may assume any Sub-Servicing Agreements from the applicable predecessor Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as the case may be (subject to Section 3.20(g)). In addition, each Sub-Servicing Agreement entered into by the applicable Master Servicer may but need not provide that the obligations of the Sub-Servicer thereunder may terminate with respect to any Mortgage Loan serviced thereunder at the time such Mortgage Loan becomes a Specially Serviced Loan; provided, however, that the Sub-Servicing Agreement may provide (if the Sub-Servicing Agreement provides for Advances by the Sub-Servicer, although it need not so provide) that the Sub-Servicer will continue to make all Advances and calculations and prepare all reports required under the Sub-Servicing Agreement with respect to Specially Serviced Loans and continue to collect its Primary Servicing Fees as if no Servicing Transfer Event had occurred and with respect to REO Properties (and the related REO Loans) as if no REO Acquisition had occurred and to render such incidental services with respect to such Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties as are specifically provided for in such Sub-Servicing Agreement. The applicable Master Servicer or applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall deliver to the Trustee copies of all Sub-Servicing Agreements, and any amendments thereto and modifications thereof, entered into by it, in each case promptly upon its execution and delivery

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of such documents. References in this Agreement to actions taken or to be taken by the applicable Master Servicer include actions taken or to be taken by a Sub-Servicer on behalf of each Master Servicer; and, in connection therewith, all amounts advanced by any Sub-Servicer (if the Sub-Servicing Agreement provides for Advances by the Sub-Servicer, although it need not so provide) to satisfy the obligations of the applicable Master Servicer hereunder to make Advances shall be deemed to have been advanced by the applicable Master Servicer out of its own funds and, accordingly, in such event, such Advances shall be recoverable by such Sub-Servicer in the same manner and out of the same funds as if such Sub-Servicer were the applicable Master Servicer, and, for so long as they are outstanding, such Advances shall accrue interest in accordance with Section 3.03(d), such interest to be allocable between the applicable Master Servicer and such Sub-Servicer as may be provided (if at all) pursuant to the terms of the Sub-Servicing Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, each Master Servicer shall be deemed to have received any payment when a Sub-Servicer retained by it receives such payment. The applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall notify the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, the Trustee and the Depositor (and such Special Servicer shall notify the Operating Advisor) in writing promptly of the appointment by it of any Sub-Servicer, except that a Master Servicer need not provide such notice as to the Initial Sub-Servicing Agreements.

(b)               Each Sub-Servicer shall be authorized to transact business in the state or states in which the related Mortgaged Properties it is to service are situated, if and to the extent required by applicable law to the extent necessary to ensure the enforceability of the related Mortgage Loans or the compliance with its obligations under the Sub-Servicing Agreement and the applicable Master Servicer’s obligations under this Agreement.

(c)               As part of its servicing activities hereunder, the applicable Master Servicer and the applicable Special Servicer for the benefit of the Trustee and the Certificateholders, shall (at no expense to the Trustee, the Certificateholders or the Trust) monitor the performance and enforce the obligations of each of its Sub-Servicers under the related Sub-Servicing Agreement, except that the applicable Master Servicer shall be required only to use reasonable efforts to cause any Initial Sub-Servicer to comply with the requirements of Article XI. Such enforcement, including, without limitation, the legal prosecution of claims, termination of Sub-Servicing Agreements in accordance with their respective terms and the pursuit of other appropriate remedies, shall be in such form and carried out to such an extent and at such time as is in accordance with the Servicing Standard. The applicable Master Servicer shall have the right to remove a Sub-Servicer retained by it pursuant to the terms of the related Sub-Servicing Agreement.

(d)               In the event the Trustee or its designee becomes a successor master servicer and assumes the rights and obligations of a Master Servicer under any Sub-Servicing Agreement, the applicable Master Servicer, at its expense, shall deliver to the assuming party all documents and records relating to such Sub-Servicing Agreement and the Mortgage Loans and, if applicable, the Companion Loans then being serviced thereunder and an accounting of amounts collected and held on behalf of it thereunder, and otherwise use reasonable efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of the Sub-Servicing Agreement to the assuming party.

(e)               Notwithstanding the provisions of any Sub-Servicing Agreement and this Section 3.20, except to the extent provided in Article XI with respect to the obligations of any

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Sub-Servicer that is an Initial Sub-Servicer, the applicable Master Servicer shall remain obligated and responsible to the Trustee, the applicable Special Servicer, holders of the Companion Loans serviced hereunder and the Certificateholders for the performance of its obligations and duties under this Agreement in accordance with the provisions hereof to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if it alone were servicing and administering the Mortgage Loans for which it is responsible, and the applicable Master Servicer shall pay the fees of any Sub-Servicer thereunder as and when due from its own funds. In no event shall the Trust bear any termination fee required to be paid to any Sub-Servicer as a result of such Sub-Servicer’s termination under any Sub-Servicing Agreement.

(f)                The Trustee, upon the request of the applicable Master Servicer, shall furnish to any Sub-Servicer any documents necessary or appropriate to enable such Sub-Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties under any Sub-Servicing Agreement.

(g)               Each Sub-Servicing Agreement shall provide that, in the event the Trustee or any other Person becomes a successor master servicer, the Trustee or such successor master servicer shall have the right to terminate such Sub-Servicing Agreement with or without cause and without a fee. Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other contrary provision in this Agreement, the Trustee and any successor master servicer shall assume each Initial Sub-Servicing Agreement and (i) the Initial Sub-Servicer’s rights and obligations under the Initial Sub-Servicing Agreement shall expressly survive a termination of the applicable Master Servicer’s servicing rights under this Agreement; provided that the Initial Sub-Servicing Agreement has not been terminated in accordance with its provisions; (ii) any successor master servicer, including, without limitation, the Trustee (if it assumes the servicing obligations of the applicable Master Servicer) shall be deemed to automatically assume and agree to the then-current Initial Sub-Servicing Agreement without further action upon becoming the successor master servicer and (iii) this Agreement may not be modified in any manner which would increase the obligations or limit the rights of the Initial Sub-Servicer hereunder and/or under the Initial Sub-Servicing Agreement, without the prior written consent of the Initial Sub-Servicer (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld).

(h)               With respect to Mortgage Loans subject to a Sub-Servicing Agreement with any Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer shall, upon request (such request to be made reasonably in advance as appropriate to the circumstances surrounding such request) of the related Sub-Servicer, reasonably cooperate in delivering reports and information, including remittance information, and affording access to information to the related Sub-Servicer that would be required to be delivered or afforded, as the case may be, to the applicable Master Servicer pursuant to the terms hereof.

(i)                 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Special Servicer shall enter into any Sub-Servicing Agreement that provides for the performance by third parties of any or all of its obligations herein, without, prior to the occurrence and continuance of any Control Termination Event and other than with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is an Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, the consent of the Directing Certificateholder, except to the extent necessary for the applicable Special Servicer to comply with applicable regulatory requirements.

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(j)                 Except with respect to any Special Servicer, no party shall enter into a sub-servicing agreement with a Sub-Servicer that is a Risk Retention Affiliate of a Successor Third-Party Purchaser if such Sub-Servicer would be a servicer as contemplated by Item 1108(a)(2) of Regulation AB. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the parties to this Agreement, absent actual knowledge to the contrary, may conclusively rely upon a representation of any Initial Sub-Servicer that such Sub-Servicer is not, to its actual knowledge, a Risk Retention Affiliate of a Successor Third-Party Purchaser. Except with respect to any Special Servicer, if at any time a party to this Agreement obtains actual knowledge that such Sub-Servicer is a servicer as contemplated by Item 1108(a)(2) of Regulation AB and is a Risk Retention Affiliate of a Successor Third-Party Purchaser, such party shall terminate such Sub-Servicer in accordance with the Sub-Servicing Agreement.

Section 3.21        Interest Reserve Account.

(a)               On the P&I Advance Date occurring in each February or in any January that occurs in a year that is not a leap year (in each case, unless the related Distribution Date is the final Distribution Date), the Certificate Administrator, in respect of the Actual/360 Mortgage Loans, shall deposit into the Interest Reserve Account, an amount equal to one (1) day’s interest on the Stated Principal Balance of the Actual/360 Mortgage Loans as of the Distribution Date occurring in the month preceding the month in which the P&I Advance Date occurs at the related Net Mortgage Rate, to the extent a full Periodic Payment or P&I Advance is made in respect thereof (all amounts so deposited in any consecutive February and January, “Withheld Amounts”).

(b)               On each P&I Advance Date occurring in March (or February, if the related Distribution Date is the final Distribution Date), the Certificate Administrator shall withdraw, from the Interest Reserve Account an amount equal to the Withheld Amounts from the preceding January (if applicable) and February, if any, and deposit such amount into the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account.

Section 3.22        Directing Certificateholder and Operating Advisor Contact with Master Servicers and Special Servicers. Within a reasonable time upon request from the Directing Certificateholder or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, and no more often than on a monthly basis, each applicable Master Servicer and each applicable Special Servicer shall, without charge, make a knowledgeable Servicing Officer via telephone available to verbally answer questions from (a) the Directing Certificateholder ((i) prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event and (ii) other than with respect to any Excluded Loan as to such party) and (b) upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Operating Advisor Consultation Event, the Operating Advisor (with respect to a Special Servicer only), regarding the performance and servicing of the Mortgage Loans and/or REO Properties for which the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, is responsible.

Section 3.23        Controlling Class Certificateholders, Directing Certificateholder and the Risk Retention Consultation Party; Certain Rights and Powers of Directing Certificateholder and the Risk Retention Consultation Party. (a) Each Controlling Class Certificateholder is hereby deemed to have agreed by virtue of its purchase of a Certificate to provide its name and address to the Certificate Administrator and to notify the applicable Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the applicable Special Servicer and the Operating Advisor

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of the transfer of any Certificate of a Controlling Class by delivering a notice to each such Person substantially in the form of Exhibit MM attached hereto, the selection of a Directing Certificateholder or the resignation or removal thereof. The Directing Certificateholder (other than the Loan-Specific Directing Certificateholder) is hereby deemed to have agreed by virtue of its purchase of a Certificate to notify the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee and the Operating Advisor when such Certificateholder is appointed Directing Certificateholder and when it is removed or resigns. To the extent there is only one Controlling Class Certificateholder and it is also the Special Servicer, it shall be the Directing Certificateholder.

On the Closing Date, the initial Directing Certificateholder (other than the Loan-Specific Directing Certificateholder) shall execute a certification substantially in the form of Exhibit P-1G to this Agreement. Upon the resignation or removal of the existing Directing Certificateholder (other than the Loan-Specific Directing Certificateholder), any successor directing certificateholder shall deliver to the parties to this Agreement a certification substantially in the form of Exhibit P-1G to this Agreement prior to being recognized as the new Directing Certificateholder.

Upon the later of (a) the Closing Date or (b) the Risk Retention Consultation Party’s selection by the holder or holders of more than 50% of the VRR Interest by Certificate Balance, the initial Risk Retention Consultation Party shall execute and deliver a certification to all parties to this Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit P-1H to this Agreement. Upon the resignation or removal of the existing Risk Retention Consultation Party, any successor Risk Retention Consultation Party shall deliver to the parties to this Agreement a certification substantially in the form of Exhibit P-1H to this Agreement prior to being recognized as the new Risk Retention Consultation Party.

(b)               Once a Directing Certificateholder has been selected, each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and each other Certificateholder (or Certificate Owner, if applicable) shall be entitled to rely on such selection unless the Controlling Class Certificateholders entitled to appoint such Directing Certificateholder, by Certificate Balance, or the Directing Certificateholder shall have notified the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and each other Controlling Class Certificateholder, in writing, of the resignation of such Directing Certificateholder or the selection of a new Directing Certificateholder. In the event that (i) the applicable Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the applicable Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Operating Advisor receives written notice from a majority of the Controlling Class Certificateholders that a Directing Certificateholder is no longer designated and (ii) the Controlling Class Certificateholder that owns the largest aggregate Certificate Balance of the Controlling Class (or a representative thereof) becomes the Directing Certificateholder pursuant to the proviso of the definition of “Directing Certificateholder”, then the Controlling Class Certificateholder that owns the largest aggregate Certificate Balance of the Controlling Class (or its representative) shall provide its name and address to the Certificate Administrator and notify the applicable Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the applicable Special Servicer, the Trustee and the Operating Advisor that it is the new Directing Certificateholder; provided that the applicable Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the applicable Special Servicer, the Trustee and the

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Operating Advisor shall be entitled to rely on the written notification provided by the purported Controlling Class Certificateholder that owns the largest aggregate Certificate Balance of the Controlling Class without independently verifying that such Controlling Class Certificateholder actually owns the largest aggregate Certificate Balance of the Controlling Class. The foregoing provisions shall not be applicable to the Directing Certificateholder that is a Loan-Specific Directing Certificateholder. Additionally, once a Risk Retention Consultation Party has been selected, each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and each other Certificateholder (or Certificate Owner, if applicable) shall be entitled to rely on such selection unless the Holders of the VRR Interest entitled to appoint the Risk Retention Consultation Party, by Certificate Balance, or such Risk Retention Consultation Party shall have notified each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and each other Holder of the VRR Interest, in writing, of the selection of a new Risk Retention Consultation Party.

(c)               Until it receives notice to the contrary, each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and the Trustee shall be entitled to rely on the most recent notification with respect to the identity of the Controlling Class Certificateholder, the Directing Certificateholder and the Risk Retention Consultation Party.

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

(e)               Upon request, the Certificate Administrator shall deliver to the Depositor, Trustee, each applicable Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, each applicable Master Servicer and, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, the Directing Certificateholder, a list of each Controlling Class Certificateholder as reflected in the Certificate Register, including names and addresses. In addition to the foregoing, within five (5) Business Days of receiving notice of the selection of a new Directing Certificateholder or Risk Retention Consultation Party or the existence of a new Controlling Class Certificateholder, the Certificate Administrator shall notify the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the applicable Master Servicer and the applicable Special Servicer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Argentic Securities Income USA 2 LLC shall be the initial Directing Certificateholder and shall remain so until a successor is appointed pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or until a Consultation Termination Event occurs and is continuing, provided that if such Directing Certificateholder resigns, there shall be no Directing Certificateholder until such time as one is appointed pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the Special Servicer or any other party under this Agreement shall not be required to consent or consult with, or provide notices or documents to, such Directing Certificateholder.

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Until it receives notice to the contrary, each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee shall be entitled to rely on the preceding sentence with respect to the identity of the Directing Certificateholder and the Risk Retention Consultation Party.

(f)                 If the Certificate Administrator determines that a Class of Book-Entry Certificates is the Controlling Class, the Certificate Administrator shall notify the related Certificateholders of such Class (through the Depository) of the Class becoming the Controlling Class.

(g)               Each Certificateholder shall be deemed to acknowledge and agree, by its acceptance of its Certificates, that: (i) the Directing Certificateholder may have special relationships and interests that conflict with those of Holders of one or more Classes of Certificates; (ii) the Directing Certificateholder may act solely in the interests of the Holders of the Controlling Class or in its own interest; (iii) the Directing Certificateholder does not have any liability or duties to the Holders of any Class of Certificates other than the Controlling Class (or in the case of the Loan-Specific Directing Certificateholder has no liabilities or duties to the Controlling Class or the Holders of any Class of Certificates); (iv) the Directing Certificateholder may take actions that favor interests of the Holders of one or more Classes including the Controlling Class over the interests of the Holders of one or more other Classes of Certificates; and (v) the Directing Certificateholder shall have no liability whatsoever (other than to a Controlling Class Certificateholder; provided that the Loan-Specific Directing Certificateholder shall have no such liability) for having so acted as set forth in clauses (i) through (v) above, and no Certificateholder may take any action whatsoever against the Directing Certificateholder or any director, officer, employee, agent or principal of the Directing Certificateholder for having so acted.

Each Certificateholder shall be deemed to acknowledge and agree, by its acceptance of its Certificates, that: (i) the Risk Retention Consultation Party may have special relationships and interests that conflict with those of Holders of one or more Classes of Certificates; (ii) the Risk Retention Consultation Party may act solely in the interests of the Holders of the VRR Interest; (iii) the Risk Retention Consultation Party does not have any liability or duties to the Holders of any Class of Certificates other than the VRR Interest; (iv) the Risk Retention Consultation Party may take actions that favor interests of the Holders of one or more Classes including the VRR Interest over the interests of the Holders of one or more other Classes of Certificates; and (v) the Risk Retention Consultation Party shall have no liability whatsoever (other than to a Holder of the VRR Interest) for having so acted as set forth in clauses (i) through (iv) above, and no Certificateholder may take any action whatsoever against the Risk Retention Consultation Party or any director, officer, employee, agent or principal of the Risk Retention Consultation Party for having so acted.

(h)               All requirements of each Master Servicer and each Special Servicer to provide notices, reports, statements or other information (including the access to information on a website) to the Directing Certificateholder contained in this Agreement shall also apply to each Companion Holder with respect to information relating to the related Serviced AB Mortgage Loan or a Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable; provided, however, that nothing in this subsection (h)

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shall in any way eliminate the obligation to deliver any information required to be delivered under the related Intercreditor Agreement.

(i)                 Until it receives notice to the contrary, each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee and the Operating Advisor shall be entitled to rely on the most recent notification with respect to the identity and contact information of the Controlling Class Certificateholder, the Directing Certificateholder, the Risk Retention Consultation Party and any AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder.

(j)                 With respect to a Serviced Whole Loan and any approval and consent rights in this Agreement with respect to such Serviced Whole Loan, the related Serviced Whole Loan Controlling Holder shall exercise such rights in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement.

(k)               The Certificate Registrar shall determine which Class of Certificates is the then-current Controlling Class within two (2) Business Days of a request from the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, or any Certificateholder and provide such information to the requesting party.

(l)                 Promptly upon its determination of a change in the Controlling Class, the Certificate Administrator shall (i) include on its statement made available pursuant to Section 4.02(a) of this Agreement the identity of the new Controlling Class and (ii) provide to each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer and the Operating Advisor notice of such event and the identity and contact information of the new Controlling Class Certificateholder (the cost of obtaining such information from DTC being an expense of the Trust). The Certificate Administrator shall notify the Operating Advisor, each applicable Master Servicer and each applicable Special Servicer within ten (10) Business Days of the existence or cessation of (i) any Control Termination Event, (ii) any Consultation Termination Event or (iii) any Operating Advisor Consultation Event. Upon the Certificate Administrator’s determination that a Control Termination Event, a Consultation Termination Event or an Operating Advisor Consultation Event has occurred or is terminated, the Certificate Administrator shall, within ten (10) Business Days, post a “special notice” on the Certificate Administrator’s Website pursuant to this provision. Any party hereto may at any time request from the Certificate Administrator written confirmation of whether there existed a Control Termination Event, a Consultation Termination Event or an Operating Advisor Consultation Event during the preceding calendar year and the Certificate Administrator shall deliver such confirmation to such party within ten (10) days of such request.

In the event that a Control Termination Event has occurred pursuant to the definition thereof, such special notice shall state “A Control Termination Event has occurred due to the reduction of the Certificate Balance of the Class G-RR Certificates to less than 25% of the aggregate Original Certificate Balance thereof, with regard to the application of any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts.”

In the event that a Consultation Termination Event has occurred pursuant to the definition thereof, such special notice shall state “A Consultation Termination Event has occurred due to the reduction of the Certificate Balance of the Class G-RR Certificates to less than 25% of

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the aggregate Original Certificate Balance thereof, without regard to the application of any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts.”

In the event that a Consultation Termination Event has occurred due to the reduction of each Class of Control Eligible Certificates below 25% of its Original Certificate Balance, in each case without regard to the application of any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts, such special notice shall state: “A Consultation Termination Event has occurred because no Class of Control Eligible Certificates exists where such class’s aggregate Certificate Balance is at least equal to 25% of the Original Certificate Balance of that class, in each case without regard to the application of any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts.”

In the event of any transfer of a Class G-RR Certificate, and upon notice to the Certificate Administrator in the form of Exhibit MM that results in a termination of a Control Termination Event or a Consultation Termination Event, such “special notice” shall state: “A Consultation Termination Event or a Control Termination Event has been terminated and is no longer in effect due to a transfer of a majority interest of the Controlling Class Certificates to an unaffiliated third party which has terminated any waiver by the prior Holder.”

The Directing Certificateholder shall not have any consent or consultation rights with respect to any Mortgage Loan determined to be an Excluded Loan as to either the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class. Notwithstanding the proviso or any other contrary provision of each of the definitions of “Control Termination Event”, “Consultation Termination Event” and “Operating Advisor Consultation Event”, in either such case, in respect of the servicing of any such Excluded Loan, a Control Termination Event, a Consultation Termination Event and an Operating Advisor Consultation Event will each be deemed to have occurred with respect to any such Excluded Loan as to such party.

The Risk Retention Consultation Party shall not have any consultation rights with respect to any Mortgage Loan determined to be an Excluded Loan as to either such Risk Retention Consultation Party or the Holder of the majority of the VRR Interest.

Section 3.24        Intercreditor Agreements. (a) Each Master Servicer and Special Servicer acknowledges and agrees that each Serviced Whole Loan being serviced under this Agreement and each Mortgage Loan with mezzanine debt is subject to the terms and provisions of the related Intercreditor Agreement and each agrees to service each such Serviced Whole Loan, and each Mortgage Loan with mezzanine debt, in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement, including, without limitation, effecting distributions and allocating reimbursement of expenses in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement and, in the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and the related Intercreditor Agreement, the related Intercreditor Agreement shall govern. Notwithstanding anything contrary in this Agreement, each applicable Master Servicer and each applicable Special Servicer agrees not to take any action with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, or a Mortgage Loan with mezzanine debt, or the related Mortgaged Property without the prior consent of the related Companion Holder or mezzanine lender, as applicable, to the extent that the related Intercreditor Agreement provides that such Companion Holder or mezzanine lender, as applicable, is required or permitted to consent to such action. Each applicable Master Servicer and each applicable Special Servicer acknowledges and agrees that each Companion Holder and each mezzanine lender or its respective

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designee has the right to purchase the related Mortgage Loan pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the related Intercreditor Agreement to the extent provided for therein. Each Master Servicer and each Special Servicer further acknowledges and agrees that any AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder will have the right to replace the applicable Special Servicer solely with respect to the related Serviced AB Whole Loan, to the extent provided for herein and in the related Intercreditor Agreement.

(b)               Neither the applicable Master Servicer nor the applicable Special Servicer shall have any liability for any cost, claim or damage that arises from any entitlement in favor of a Companion Holder or a mezzanine lender under the related Intercreditor Agreement or conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of such Intercreditor Agreement. Notwithstanding any provision of any Intercreditor Agreement that may otherwise require such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer to abide by any instruction or direction of a Companion Holder or a mezzanine lender, neither such Master Servicer nor such Special Servicer shall be required to comply with any instruction or direction the compliance with which requires an Advance that constitutes or would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance. In no event shall any expense arising from compliance with an Intercreditor Agreement constitute an expense to be borne by the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer for its own account without reimbursement. In no event shall the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer be required to consult with or obtain the consent of any Companion Holder or a mezzanine lender unless such Companion Holder or mezzanine lender has delivered notice of its identity and contact information to each of the parties to this Agreement (upon which notice each of the parties to this Agreement shall be conclusively entitled to rely). As of the Closing Date, the contact information for the Companion Holders and mezzanine lenders is as set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement. In no event shall the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, be required to consult with or obtain the consent of a new Directing Certificateholder or a new Controlling Class Certificateholder or consult with a new Risk Retention Consultation Party unless the Certificate Administrator has delivered notice to such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as applicable, as required under Section 3.23(e) or such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as applicable, have actual knowledge of the identity and contact information of a new Directing Certificateholder, a new Controlling Class Certificateholder or a new Risk Retention Consultation Party.

(c)               No direction or disapproval of the Companion Holders or any mezzanine lender shall (a) require or cause the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer to violate the terms of a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, applicable law or any provision of this Agreement, including such Master Servicer’s or such Special Servicer’s obligation to act in accordance with the Servicing Standard and to maintain the REMIC status of each Trust REMIC and the grantor trust status of the Grantor Trust, (b) result in the imposition of a “prohibited transaction” or “prohibited contribution” tax under the REMIC Provisions or (c) materially expand the scope of the applicable Special Servicer’s, Trustee’s, the Certificate Administrator’s or the applicable Master Servicer’s responsibilities under this Agreement.

(d)              With respect to any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan, notwithstanding any rights the Operating Advisor, the Directing Certificateholder or the Risk Retention Consultation Party hereunder may have to consult with respect to any action or other matter with respect to the servicing of such Companion Loan, to the extent the related Intercreditor Agreement

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provides that such right is exercisable by the related Companion Holder or is exercisable in conjunction with any related Companion Holder, the Directing Certificateholder and the Risk Retention Consultation Party shall not be permitted to exercise such right or, to the extent provided in the related Intercreditor Agreement, shall be required to exercise such right in conjunction with the related Companion Holder, as applicable (except to the extent that the Directing Certificateholder or the Risk Retention Consultation Party is the related Serviced Whole Loan Controlling Holder). Additionally, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall consult, seek the approval or obtain the consent of the holder of any Serviced Companion Loan with respect to any matters with respect to the servicing of such Companion Loan to the extent required under related Intercreditor Agreement and shall not take such actions requiring consent of the related Companion Holder without such consent. In addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall deliver reports and notices to the related Companion Holder as required under the Intercreditor Agreement.

(e)               Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the applicable Special Servicer shall be required (i) to provide copies of any notice, information and report that it is required to provide to the Controlling Class Certificateholder pursuant to this Agreement with respect to any Major Decisions or the implementation of any recommended actions outlined in an Asset Status Report relating to a Serviced Whole Loan to the related Companion Holder, within the same time frame it is required to provide to the Controlling Class Certificateholder (for this purpose, without regard to whether such items are actually required to be provided to the Controlling Class Certificateholder under this Agreement due to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event or the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event) and (ii) to consult with any related Companion Holder on a strictly non-binding basis, to the extent having received such notices, information and reports, such related Companion Holder requests consultation with respect to any such Major Decisions or the implementation of any recommended actions outlined in an Asset Status Report relating to a Serviced Whole Loan, and consider alternative actions recommended by such related Companion Holder; provided that after the expiration of a period of ten (10) Business Days from the delivery to such related Companion Holder by the applicable Special Servicer of written notice of a proposed action, together with copies of the notice, information and report required to be provided to the Controlling Class Certificateholder, the applicable Special Servicer shall no longer be obligated to consult with such related Companion Holder, whether or not such related Companion Holder has responded within such ten (10) Business Day period (unless, such Special Servicer proposes a new course of action that is materially different from the action previously proposed, in which case such ten (10) Business Day period shall be deemed to begin anew from the date of such proposal and delivery of all information relating thereto). Notwithstanding the consultation rights of the related Companion Holder set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, such Special Servicer may make any Major Decision or take any action set forth in the Asset Status Report before the expiration of the aforementioned ten (10) Business Day period if such Special Servicer determines that immediate action with respect thereto is necessary to protect the interests of the Certificateholders and the related Companion Holder. In no event shall the applicable Special Servicer be obligated at any time to follow or take any alternative actions recommended by the related Companion Holder.

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(f)                In addition to the consultation rights of the holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan provided in the immediately preceding paragraph, such Companion Holder shall have the right to attend (in person or telephonically, in the discretion of the applicable Master Servicer or applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be) annual meetings with the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer at the offices of such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as applicable, upon reasonable notice and at times reasonably acceptable to such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as applicable, in which servicing issues related to the related Whole Loan are discussed.

(g)               With respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, the applicable Special Servicer shall not modify, waive or amend the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement such that the monthly remittance to the holder of the related Companion Loan is required earlier than 2 Business Days after receipt by the applicable Master Servicer of the related Periodic Payment without the consent of such Master Servicer.

(h)               To the extent not otherwise expressly included herein, any provisions required to be included herein pursuant to any Intercreditor Agreement for a Whole Loan are deemed incorporated herein by reference, and the parties hereto shall comply with those provisions as if set forth herein in full.

Section 3.25        Rating Agency Confirmation. (a) Notwithstanding the terms of any related Mortgage Loan documents or other provisions of this Agreement, if any action under any Mortgage Loan documents or this Agreement requires Rating Agency Confirmation as a condition precedent to such action, if the party (the “RAC Requesting Party”) required to obtain such Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency has made a request to any Rating Agency for such Rating Agency Confirmation and, within ten (10) Business Days of the Rating Agency Confirmation request being posted to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website, such Rating Agency has not replied to such request or has responded in a manner that indicates that such Rating Agency is neither reviewing such request nor waiving the requirement for Rating Agency Confirmation, then such RAC Requesting Party shall be required to confirm (through direct communication and not by posting any confirmation on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website) that the applicable Rating Agency has received the Rating Agency Confirmation request, and, if it has not, promptly request the related Rating Agency Confirmation again (which may be through direct communication). The circumstances described in the preceding sentence are referred to in this Agreement as a “RAC No-Response Scenario.” Once the RAC Requesting Party has sent a request for a Rating Agency Confirmation to the 17g-5 Information Provider, such RAC Requesting Party may, but shall not be obligated to send such request directly to the Rating Agencies in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 13.10(d).

If there is no response to such Rating Agency Confirmation request within five (5) Business Days of such second request in a RAC No-Response Scenario or if such Rating Agency has responded in a manner that indicates such Rating Agency is neither reviewing such request nor waiving the requirement for Rating Agency Confirmation, then (x) with respect to any condition in any Mortgage Loan document requiring such Rating Agency Confirmation or with respect to any other matter under this Agreement relating to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans (other than as set forth in clause (y) below), the requirement to obtain a Rating Agency Confirmation shall be deemed not to apply (as if such requirement did not exist) with respect to

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such Rating Agency and the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, may then take such action if the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, confirms its original determination (made prior to making such request) that taking the action with respect to which it requested the Rating Agency Confirmation would still be consistent with the Servicing Standard, and (y) with respect to a replacement of the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, such condition shall be deemed not to apply (as if such requirement did not exist) if (i) KBRA has not publicly cited servicing concerns with respect to the applicable replacement master servicer or special servicer as the sole or a material factor in any qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings (or placement on “watch status” in contemplation of a ratings downgrade or withdrawal) of securities in any other CMBS transaction serviced by such replacement master servicer or special servicer prior to the time of determination, if KBRA is the non-responding Rating Agency, (ii) the applicable replacement master servicer or special servicer is rated at least “CMS3” (in the case of the replacement master servicer) or “CSS3” (in the case of the replacement special servicer), if Fitch is the non-responding Rating Agency, or (iii) the applicable replacement master servicer or special servicer has been appointed and currently serves as a master servicer or a special servicer, as applicable, on a transaction-level basis on a commercial mortgage-backed securities transaction currently rated by Moody’s that currently has securities outstanding and for which Moody’s has not cited servicing concerns with respect to such replacement master servicer or special servicer as the sole or a material factor in any qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings (or placement on “watch status” in contemplation of a rating downgrade or withdrawal) of securities in a commercial mortgage-backed securitization transaction serviced by the applicable replacement master servicer or special servicer prior to the time of determination, if Moody’s is the non-responding Rating Agency.

Any Rating Agency Confirmation request made by any Master Servicer, any Special Servicer, Certificate Administrator or Trustee, as applicable, pursuant to this Agreement, shall be made in writing, which writing shall contain a cover page indicating the nature of the Rating Agency Confirmation request, and shall contain all back-up material necessary for the Rating Agency to process such request. Such written Rating Agency Confirmation request shall be provided in electronic format to the 17g-5 Information Provider, and the 17g-5 Information Provider shall post such request on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in accordance with Section 3.13(c).

Promptly following the applicable Master Servicer’s or the applicable Special Servicer’s determination to take any action discussed in this Section 3.25(a) following any requirement to obtain a Rating Agency Confirmation being deemed not to apply (as if such requirement did not exist), such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as applicable, shall provide electronic written notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider of the action taken for the particular item at such time, and the 17g-5 Information Provider shall promptly post such notice on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in accordance with Section 3.13(c).

(b)               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3.25, for purposes of the provisions of any Mortgage Loan document relating to defeasance (including without limitation the type of collateral acceptable for use as defeasance collateral) or release or substitution of any collateral, any Rating Agency Confirmation requirement in the Mortgage Loan documents for which the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer would have

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been permitted to waive obtaining or to make a determination with respect to such Rating Agency Confirmation pursuant to Section 3.25(a) shall be deemed not to apply (as if such requirement did not exist).

(c)               For all other matters or actions not specifically discussed in Section 3.25(a) above, the applicable RAC Requesting Party shall deliver Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency.

(d)               With respect to any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan as to which there exists Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan Securities, if any action relating to the servicing and administration of the related Whole Loan or any related REO Property (including, but not limited to, the replacement of the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer or a sub-servicer) (the “Relevant Action”) requires delivery of a Rating Agency Confirmation as a condition precedent to such action pursuant to this Agreement, then such action will also require delivery of a confirmation of each Companion Loan Rating Agency that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan Securities, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to this Section 3.25) as a condition precedent to such action, which confirmation shall be sought by the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as applicable, seeking the corresponding Rating Agency Confirmation(s) in connection with the Relevant Action.

Section 3.26        The Operating Advisor. (a) The Operating Advisor shall review (i) the actions of the applicable Special Servicer with respect to any Specially Serviced Loans (other than a Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan) and, if an Operating Advisor Consultation Event exists, any Major Decisions with respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan (which review shall be performed in accordance with Section 3.08(a), Section 3.08(b), Section 3.18(b), Section 3.19(d), this Section 3.26 and Section 6.08), (ii) all reports by the applicable Special Servicer made available to Privileged Persons that are posted on the Certificate Administrator’s Website and that are relevant to the Operating Advisor’s obligations hereunder and (iii) each Asset Status Report (after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Event) and (iv) each Final Asset Status Report delivered to the Operating Advisor by the applicable Special Servicer. The Operating Advisor shall perform its duties hereunder in accordance with the Operating Advisor Standard. Furthermore, the Operating Advisor will have no obligation or responsibility at any time to review or assess the actions of any Master Servicer for compliance with the Servicing Standard, and the Operating Advisor will not be required to consider such Master Servicer actions in connection with any Operating Advisor Annual Report.

(b)               The Operating Advisor and its Affiliates will be obligated to keep confidential any information appropriately labeled as “Privileged Information” received from the applicable Special Servicer or Directing Certificateholder or the Risk Retention Consultation Party in connection with the Directing Certificateholder’s or the Risk Retention Consultation Party’s exercise of its rights under this Agreement (including, without limitation, in connection with the review and/or approval of any Asset Status Report), subject to any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree requiring the disclosure of such Privileged Information. Subject to the terms and conditions in this Agreement related to Privileged Information, the Operating Advisor agrees

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that it shall use information received from the applicable Special Servicer pursuant to the terms of this Agreement solely for purposes of complying with its duties and obligations hereunder.

(c)               (i) Based on the Operating Advisor’s review of (i) any assessment of compliance report, attestation report and other information delivered to the Operating Advisor by the applicable Special Servicer or made available to Privileged Persons that are posted on the Certificate Administrator’s Website during the prior calendar year, (ii) prior to the occurrence and continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Event, with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan, any related Final Asset Status Report or approved or deemed approved Major Decision Reporting Package provided to the Operating Advisor by the applicable Special Servicer, and (iii) after the occurrence and continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Event, any Asset Status Report and any Major Decision Reporting Package provided to the Operating Advisor with respect to any Mortgage Loan, the Operating Advisor shall ((i) if any Serviced Mortgage Loans were Specially Serviced Loans at any time during the prior calendar year and a Final Asset Status Report was delivered to the Operating Advisor or (ii) if the Operating Advisor was entitled to consult with the applicable Special Servicer with respect to any Major Decision) deliver to the Certificate Administrator and the 17g-5 Information Provider within one hundred twenty (120) days of the end of such prior calendar year, an annual report (the “Operating Advisor Annual Report”), substantially in the form of Exhibit V (which form may be modified or altered as to either its organization or content by the Operating Advisor, subject to compliance of such form with the terms and provisions of this Agreement including, without limitation, provisions herein relating to Privileged Information; provided, that in no event shall the information or any other content included in the Operating Advisor Annual Report contravene any provision of this Agreement), setting forth whether the Operating Advisor believes, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that the applicable Special Servicer is operating in compliance with this Agreement and the Servicing Standard with respect to its performance of its duties pursuant to this Agreement with respect to Specially Serviced Loans (and, after the occurrence and continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Event, with respect to Major Decisions on Non Specially Serviced Loans) during the prior calendar year on an Trust-Level Basis and identifying (1) which, if any, standards the Operating Advisor believes, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, the applicable Special Servicer has failed to comply and (2) any material deviations from the applicable Special Servicer’s obligations hereunder with respect to the resolution or liquidation of any Specially Serviced Loan that such Special Servicer is responsible for servicing under this Agreement or REO Property (other than with respect to any REO Property related to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan or any Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan); provided, further, that in the event the applicable Special Servicer is replaced, the Operating Advisor Annual Report shall only relate to the special servicer that was acting as Special Servicer as of December 31 in the prior calendar year and is continuing in such capacity through the date of such Operating Advisor Annual Report; provided, further, that the Operating Advisor shall prepare a separate Operating Advisor Annual Report relating to each Excluded Special Servicer and any Excluded Special Servicer Loan(s) serviced by such Excluded Special Servicer. In preparing any Operating Advisor Annual Report, the Operating Advisor shall not be required to (i) report on instances of non-compliance with, or deviations from, the Servicing Standard or the applicable Special Servicer’s obligations under this Agreement that the Operating Advisor determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, to be immaterial or (ii) provide or obtain a legal opinion, legal review or legal conclusion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Serviced AB Whole Loan, no Operating Advisor Annual Report will be permitted to include an assessment of the applicable Special Servicer’s performance in respect of such

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Serviced AB Whole Loan until an AB Control Appraisal Period is in effect under the related Intercreditor Agreement. Subject to the restrictions in this Agreement, including, without limitation, Section 3.26(c), each such Operating Advisor Annual Report shall comply with all of the confidentiality requirements described in this Agreement regarding Privileged Information (subject to any permitted exceptions). Such Operating Advisor Annual Report shall be delivered to the Certificate Administrator (which shall promptly post such Operating Advisor Annual Report on the Certificate Administrator’s Website in accordance with Section 3.13(b)) and the 17g-5 Information Provider (which shall promptly post such Operating Advisor Annual Report on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in accordance with Section 3.13(c)); provided, that the applicable Special Servicer shall be given an opportunity to review the Operating Advisor Annual Report at least five (5) Business Days prior to its delivery to the Certificate Administrator and the 17g-5 Information Provider. The Operating Advisor shall have no obligation to adopt any comments to the Operating Advisor Annual Report that are provided by the applicable Special Servicer.

(ii)              In the event the Operating Advisor’s ability to perform its obligations in respect of the Operating Advisor Annual Report is limited or prohibited due to the failure of a party hereto to timely deliver information required to be delivered to the Operating Advisor or because such information is inaccurate or incomplete, the Operating Advisor shall set forth such limitations or prohibitions in the related Operating Advisor Annual Report, and the Operating Advisor shall not be subject to any liability arising from such limitations or prohibitions. The Operating Advisor shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the accuracy and completeness of any information it is provided without liability for any such reliance hereunder. In the event a lack of access to Privileged Information limits or prohibits the Operating Advisor from performing its duties under this Agreement, the Operating Advisor shall set forth any such limitations or prohibitions in the related Operating Advisor Annual Report, and the Operating Advisor shall not be subject to any liability arising from its lack of access to Privileged Information.

(d)               [Reserved].

(e)               (i) With respect to each Serviced Mortgage Loan (other than a Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan) or Serviced Whole Loan (other than a Servicing Shift Whole Loan), after the calculation has been finalized (and, if an Operating Advisor Consultation Event has occurred and is continuing, prior to the utilization by the applicable Special Servicer) of any of the calculations related to (i) Appraisal Reduction Amounts or Collateral Deficiency Amounts calculated by the applicable Special Servicer or (ii) net present value in accordance with Section 1.02(iv), the applicable Special Servicer shall forward such calculations, together with any supporting material or additional information that is either in the applicable Special Servicer’s possession or reasonably obtainable by such Special Servicer and necessary in support thereof (reasonably requested by the Operating Advisor to confirm the mathematical accuracy of such calculations, but not including any Privileged Communications), to the Operating Advisor promptly, but in any event no later than two (2) Business Days after preparing such calculations, and the Operating Advisor shall promptly, but no later than three (3) Business Days after receipt of such calculations and any supporting or additional materials, recalculate and review for accuracy and consistency with this Agreement the mathematical calculations and the

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corresponding application of the non-discretionary portion of the applicable formulas required to be utilized in connection with any such calculation.

(ii)              In connection with this Section 3.26(e), in the event the Operating Advisor does not agree with the mathematical calculations of the Appraisal Reduction Amount (as calculated by the applicable Special Servicer), Collateral Deficiency Amount (as calculated by the applicable Special Servicer) or net present value or the application of the applicable non-discretionary portions of the formula required to be utilized for such calculation, the Operating Advisor and the applicable Special Servicer shall consult with each other in order to resolve any material inaccuracy in the mathematical calculations or the application of the non-discretionary portions of the related formula in arriving at those mathematical calculations or any disagreement within five (5) Business Days of delivery of such calculations. The applicable Master Servicer shall cooperate with such Special Servicer and provide any information reasonably requested by such Special Servicer necessary for the calculation of the Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount that is either in its possession or, solely with respect to Non-Specially Serviced Loans, reasonably obtainable by the applicable Master Servicer. In the event the Operating Advisor and the applicable Special Servicer are not able to resolve such inaccuracies or disagreement prior to the end of such five (5) Business Day period, the Operating Advisor shall promptly notify the Certificate Administrator of such disagreement and the Certificate Administrator shall examine the calculations and supporting materials provided by the Operating Advisor and the applicable Special Servicer and determine which calculation is to apply and shall provide such parties prompt written notice of its determination.

(iii)               Notwithstanding the foregoing, the consultation duties of the Operating Advisor set forth in this Agreement shall not be permitted to be exercised by the Operating Advisor with respect to any Serviced AB Whole Loan until after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Event (except with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is an Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class) and an AB Control Appraisal Period is in effect.

(f)                  Notwithstanding the foregoing, and prior to the occurrence and continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Event, the Operating Advisor’s review will be limited to an after-the-action review of any assessment of compliance, attestation report, Major Decision Reporting Package, Asset Status Report, Final Asset Status Report and other information delivered to the Operating Advisor by the applicable Special Servicer or made available to Privileged Persons that are posted on the Certificate Administrator’s Website during the prior calendar year (together with any additional information and material reviewed by the Operating Advisor), and, therefore, it shall have no specific involvement with respect to collateral substitutions, assignments, workouts, modifications, consents, waivers, lockbox management, insurance policies, borrower substitutions, lease changes, additional borrower debt, defeasances, property management changes, releases from escrow, assumptions and other similar actions that such Special Servicer may perform under this Agreement and will have no obligations at any time with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan.

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(g)               The Operating Advisor and its Affiliates shall keep all information appropriately labeled as “Privileged Information” confidential and shall not disclose such Privileged Information to any Person (including Certificateholders other than the Directing Certificateholder), other than (1) to the extent expressly required by this Agreement to the other parties to this Agreement with a notice indicating that such information is Privileged Information, (2) pursuant to a Privileged Information Exception or (3) where necessary to support specific findings or conclusions concerning allegations of deviations from the Servicing Standard or the Special Servicer’s obligations under this Agreement (i) in the Operating Advisor Annual Report or (ii) in connection with a recommendation by the Operating Advisor to replace a Special Servicer. Each party to this Agreement that receives Privileged Information from the Operating Advisor with a notice stating that such information is Privileged Information shall not disclose such Privileged Information to any Person without the prior written consent of the applicable Special Servicer and, unless a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Directing Certificateholder (with respect to any Mortgage Loan other than a Non-Serviced Whole Loan and other than any Mortgage Loan that is an Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class) other than pursuant to a Privileged Information Exception. In addition and for the avoidance of doubt, while the Operating Advisor may serve in a similar capacity with respect to Other Securitizations that involve the same parties or borrower involved in this securitization, the knowledge of the employees performing operating advisor functions for such Other Securitizations shall not be imputed to the employees of the Operating Advisor involved in this securitization. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Operating Advisor shall be permitted to share Privileged Information with its Affiliates and any subcontractors of the Operating Advisor that agree in writing to be bound by the same confidentiality provisions applicable to the Operating Advisor.

(h)               Subject to the requirements of confidentiality imposed on the Operating Advisor herein (including without limitation in respect of Privileged Information), the Operating Advisor shall respond to Inquiries proposed by Privileged Persons from time to time in accordance with the terms of Section 4.07(a).

(i)                 The Operating Advisor shall be paid a fee of $5,000 on the Closing Date. As compensation for its activities hereunder, the Operating Advisor shall be entitled to receive the Operating Advisor Fee on each Remittance Date with respect to each Mortgage Loan (including each Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan and each Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan but excluding any related Companion Loan) and each REO Loan. As to each Mortgage Loan and each REO Loan, the Operating Advisor Fee shall accrue from time to time at the Operating Advisor Fee Rate and shall be computed on the basis of the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan or REO Loan, as the case may be, and in the same manner as interest is calculated on the related Mortgage Loan or REO Loan, as the case may be, and, in connection with any partial month interest payment, for the same period respecting which any related interest payment due on the related Mortgage Loan or deemed to be due on such REO Loan is computed.

The Operating Advisor shall be entitled to reimbursement of any Operating Advisor Expenses provided for pursuant to Section 6.04(a) and/or Section 6.04(b), such amounts to be reimbursed from amounts on deposit in the applicable Collection Account as provided by Section 3.05(a). Each successor operating advisor shall be required to acknowledge and agree to the terms of the preceding sentence.

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In addition, the Operating Advisor Consulting Fee shall be payable to the Operating Advisor with respect to each Major Decision for which the Operating Advisor has consultation obligations hereunder. The Operating Advisor Consulting Fee shall be payable from funds on deposit in the applicable Collection Account as provided in Section 3.05(a)(ii) of this Agreement, but, with respect to the period when the outstanding Certificate Balances of the Control Eligible Certificates have not been reduced to zero as a result of the allocation of Realized Losses to such Certificates, only to the extent such Operating Advisor Consulting Fee is actually received from the related Mortgagor. When the Operating Advisor has consultation obligations with respect to a Major Decision under this Agreement, the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall use commercially reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to collect the applicable Operating Advisor Consulting Fee from the related Mortgagor in connection with such Major Decision, only to the extent not prohibited by the related Mortgage Loan documents, and in no event will it take any enforcement action with respect to the collection of such Operating Advisor Consulting Fee other than requests for collection. The applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, may waive or reduce the amount of any Operating Advisor Consulting Fee payable by the related Mortgagor if it determines that such full or partial waiver is in accordance with the Servicing Standard; provided that the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as applicable, shall consult, on a non-binding basis, with the Operating Advisor prior to any such waiver or reduction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Operating Advisor will have no obligations or consultation rights in its capacity as operating advisor with respect to: (i) any Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan, Non-Serviced Whole Loan or any related REO Property or (ii) any Serviced AB Whole Loan, prior to the occurrence and continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Event and if an AB Control Appraisal Period is not in effect; provided, further, that the Operating Advisor shall not be entitled to an Operating Advisor Consulting Fee with respect to any Non-Serviced Whole Loan.

(j)                 After the occurrence and during the continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, the Operating Advisor may be removed upon (i) the written direction of Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights (taking into account the application of Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts to notionally reduce the Certificate Balances of Classes to which such Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts are allocable) requesting a vote to replace the Operating Advisor with a replacement Operating Advisor selected by such Certificateholders (provided that the proposed replacement Operating Advisor is an Eligible Operating Advisor), (ii) payment by such requesting Holders to the Certificate Administrator of all reasonable fees and expenses to be incurred by the Certificate Administrator in connection with administering such vote and (iii) receipt by the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency (which confirmations will be obtained by the Certificate Administrator at the expense of such Holders and will not constitute an additional expense of the Trust). The Certificate Administrator shall promptly provide written notice to all Certificateholders of such request by posting such notice on the Certificate Administrator’s Website in accordance with Section 3.13(b), and concurrently by mail, and conduct the solicitation of votes of all Certificates in such regard. Upon the vote or written direction of Holders of Certificates evidencing at least 75% of the Voting Rights (taking into account the application of Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts to notionally reduce the Certificate Balances of Classes to which such Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts are allocable), the Trustee shall immediately terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Operating Advisor under this Agreement (other than any rights or obligations that accrued prior to the date

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of such termination (including accrued and unpaid compensation) and other than indemnification rights (arising out of events occurring prior to such termination)) by prior written notice to the Operating Advisor, and the proposed successor operating advisor will be appointed.

(k)               After the occurrence of an Operating Advisor Termination Event, the Trustee may, and upon the written direction of Holders of Certificates representing at least 25% of the Voting Rights (taking into account the application of any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts to notionally reduce the Certificate Balance of the Classes of Certificates), the Trustee shall promptly terminate the Operating Advisor for cause and appoint a replacement Operating Advisor that is an Eligible Operating Advisor; provided that no such termination shall be effective until a successor operating advisor has been appointed and has assumed all of the obligations of the Operating Advisor under this Agreement. No such termination shall terminate, change, reduce, or otherwise modify the rights and obligations of the Operating Advisor that accrued prior to such termination, including the right to receive all amounts accrued and owing to it under this Agreement, and other than indemnification rights (arising out of events occurring prior to such termination). The Trustee may rely on a certification by the replacement Operating Advisor that it is an Eligible Operating Advisor. Upon any termination of the Operating Advisor and appointment of a successor to the Operating Advisor, the Trustee will, as soon as possible, be required to give written notice of the termination and appointment to each applicable Special Servicer, each applicable Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the 17g-5 Information Provider (for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website), the Depositor, the Directing Certificateholder, the Risk Retention Consultation Party, any Companion Loan holder and the Certificateholders.

(l)                 The Holders of Certificates representing at least 25% of the Voting Rights affected by any Operating Advisor Termination Event hereunder may waive such Operating Advisor Termination Event within twenty (20) days of the receipt of notice from the Trustee of the occurrence of such Operating Advisor Termination Event. Upon any such waiver of an Operating Advisor Termination Event, such Operating Advisor Termination Event shall cease to exist and shall be deemed to have been remedied for every purpose hereunder. Upon any such waiver of an Operating Advisor Termination Event by certificateholders, the trustee and the certificate administrator will be entitled to recover all costs and expenses incurred by it in connection with enforcement action taken with respect to such Operating Advisor Termination Event prior to such waiver from the Trust.

(m)             Prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event, the Directing Certificateholder shall have the right to consent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, to the identity of any replacement Operating Advisor appointed pursuant to this Section 3.26; provided, further, that such consent will be deemed to have been granted if no objection is made within ten (10) Business Days following the Directing Certificateholder’s receipt of the request for consent and, if granted or deemed granted, such consent cannot thereafter be revoked or withdrawn.

(n)               The Operating Advisor may resign from its obligations and duties hereby imposed on it (a) upon thirty (30) days prior written notice to the Depositor, each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Directing Certificateholder and the Risk Retention Consultation

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Party, if applicable, and (b) upon the appointment of, and the acceptance of such appointment by, a successor operating advisor that is an Eligible Operating Advisor and receipt by the Trustee of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency. If no successor operating advisor has been appointed and has accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days of receipt by the Depositor, each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Directing Certificateholder of the resigning Operating Advisor’s notice of resignation, the resigning Operating Advisor may petition a court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor operating advisor that is an Eligible Operating Advisor. No such resignation by the Operating Advisor shall become effective until the replacement Operating Advisor shall have assumed the resigning Operating Advisor’s responsibilities and obligations. The resigning Operating Advisor shall pay all costs and expenses (including costs and expenses incurred by the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator) associated with a transfer of its duties pursuant to this Section 3.26.

(o)               [Reserved].

(p)               In the event the Operating Advisor resigns or is otherwise terminated for any reason it shall remain entitled to any accrued and unpaid Operating Advisor Fees and Operating Advisor Consulting Fees and reimbursement of accrued and unpaid Operating Advisor Expenses pursuant to Section 3.26(i) and shall also remain entitled to any rights of indemnification provided hereunder.

(q)               The parties hereto agree, and the Certificateholders by their acceptance of their Certificates shall be deemed to have agreed, that (i) subject to Section 6.04, the Operating Advisor shall have no liability to any Certificateholder for any actions taken or for refraining from taking any actions under this Agreement, (ii) the Operating Advisor shall act solely as a contracting party to the extent set forth in this Agreement, (iii) the Operating Advisor shall have no (A) fiduciary duty, or (B) other duty except with respect to its specific obligations under this Agreement, and shall have no duty or liability to any particular Class of Certificates or particular Certificateholders or any third party, and (iv) the Operating Advisor does not constitute an “investment adviser” within the meaning of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, or a “broker” or “dealer” within the meaning of the Exchange Act.

(r)                Neither the Operating Advisor nor any of its Affiliates shall make any investment in any Class of Certificates; provided, that such prohibition shall not apply to (i) riskless principal transactions effected by a broker-dealer Affiliate of the Operating Advisor or (ii) investments by an Affiliate of the Operating Advisor if the Operating Advisor and such Affiliate maintain policies and procedures that (A) segregate personnel involved in the activities of the Operating Advisor under this Agreement from personnel involved in such Affiliate’s investment activities and (B) prevent such Affiliate and its personnel from gaining access to information regarding the Trust and the Operating Advisor and its personnel from gaining access to such Affiliate’s information regarding its investment activities.

(s)               The Operating Advisor shall at all times be an Eligible Operating Advisor and if the Operating Advisor ceases to be an Eligible Operating Advisor, the Operating Advisor shall immediately resign under Section 3.26(n) of this Agreement and the Trustee shall appoint a successor operating advisor subject to and in accordance with this Section 3.26. Notwithstanding

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the foregoing, if the Trustee is unable to find a successor operating advisor within thirty (30) days of the termination of the Operating Advisor, the Depositor shall be permitted to find a replacement.

(t)                 The Operating Advisor may delegate its duties and obligations to agents or subcontractors to the extent such agents or subcontractors satisfy clauses (c), (d) and (f) of the definition of “Eligible Operating Advisor” and so long as the related agreements or arrangements with such agents or subcontractors are consistent with the provisions of this Agreement related to the Operating Advisor’s duties and obligations; provided that no agent or subcontractor may (i) be affiliated with a Sponsor, a Master Servicer, a Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Directing Certificateholder or any of their respective Affiliates or (ii) have been paid any fees, compensation or other remuneration by an Underwriter, a Master Servicer, a Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Directing Certificateholder or any of their respective Affiliates in connection with due diligence or other services with respect to any Mortgage Loan prior to the Closing Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, the Operating Advisor shall remain obligated and primarily liable for its obligations hereunder in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement without diminution of such obligation or liability or related obligation or liability by virtue of such delegation or arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from any Person acting as its agents or subcontractor to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the Operating Advisor alone were performing its obligations under this Agreement. The Operating Advisor shall be entitled to enter into an agreement with any agent or subcontractor providing for indemnification of the Operating Advisor by such agent or subcontractor, and nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such indemnification.

(u)               With respect to the determination of whether an Operating Advisor Consultation Event or Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, or has terminated, the Operating Advisor is entitled to rely solely on its receipt from the Certificate Administrator of notice thereof pursuant to Section 3.23(l), and, with respect to any obligations of the Operating Advisor that are performed only after the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event and/or Consultation Termination Event, the Operating Advisor shall have no obligation to perform any such duties until the receipt of such notice or actual knowledge of the occurrence of an Operating Advisor Consultation Event.

Section 3.27        Companion Paying Agent. (a) With respect to each of the Serviced Companion Loans, the applicable Master Servicer shall be the Companion Paying Agent hereunder. The Companion Paying Agent undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Agreement.

(b)               No provision of this Agreement shall be construed to relieve the Companion Paying Agent from liability for its negligent failure to act, bad faith or its own willful misfeasance; provided, however, that the duties and obligations of the Companion Paying Agent shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Agreement. The Companion Paying Agent shall not be liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations, no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Companion Paying Agent. In the absence of bad faith on the part of the Companion Paying Agent, the Companion Paying Agent may conclusively rely, as to the truth and correctness of the statements or conclusions expressed therein, upon any resolutions, certificates, statements, opinions, reports, documents, orders or other

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instrument furnished to the Companion Paying Agent by any Person and which on their face do not contradict the requirements of this Agreement.

(c)               In the case of each of the Serviced Companion Loans, upon the resignation or removal of the applicable Master Servicer pursuant to Article VII of this Agreement, the applicable Master Servicer, as the Companion Paying Agent, shall be deemed simultaneously to resign or be removed.

(d)               This Section 3.27 shall survive the termination of this Agreement or the resignation or removal of the Companion Paying Agent, as regards to rights accrued prior to such resignation or removal.

Section 3.28        Serviced Companion Noteholder Register. The Companion Paying Agent shall maintain a register (the “Serviced Companion Noteholder Register”) with respect to each Serviced Companion Loan on which it will record the names and address of, and wire transfer instructions for, the Serviced Companion Noteholders from time to time, to the extent such information is provided in writing to it by each Serviced Companion Noteholder. The initial Serviced Companion Noteholders, along with their respective name and address, are listed on Exhibit S hereto. In the event a Serviced Companion Noteholder transfers a Serviced Companion Loan without notice to the Companion Paying Agent, the Companion Paying Agent shall have no liability for any misdirected payment in such Serviced Companion Loan and shall have no obligation to recover and redirect such payment.

The Companion Paying Agent shall promptly provide the name and address of any Serviced Companion Noteholder to any party hereto or any successor Serviced Companion Noteholder upon written request and any such Person may, without further investigation, conclusively rely upon such information. The Companion Paying Agent shall have no liability to any Person for the provision of any such name and address.

For the avoidance of doubt, any notices or information required to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement by any party hereto to a Serviced Companion Noteholder with respect to a Serviced Companion Loan that has been included in an Other Securitization shall be provided to the Other Servicer under the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Section 3.29        Certain Matters Relating to the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans and the Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans.(a) In the event that any of the applicable Non-Serviced Trustee, the applicable Non-Serviced Master Servicer or the applicable Non-Serviced Special Servicer shall be replaced in accordance with the terms of the applicable Non-Serviced PSA, the applicable Master Servicer and the applicable Special Servicer shall acknowledge its successor as the successor to the applicable Non-Serviced Trustee, the applicable Non-Serviced Master Servicer or the applicable Non-Serviced Special Servicer, as the case may be.

(b)               If any of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator or the applicable Master Servicer receives notice from a Rating Agency that the applicable Master Servicer is no longer an “approved” master servicer by any of the Rating Agencies rating the Certificates, then the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator or such Master Servicer, as applicable, shall promptly notify each Non-Serviced Master Servicer of the same.

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(c)               In connection with the securitization of each Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan, (in each case, only while it is a Serviced Companion Loan), upon the request of (and at the expense of) the related Serviced Companion Noteholder (or its designee), each of the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer and the Trustee, as applicable, shall use reasonable efforts to cooperate with such Serviced Companion Noteholder in attempting to cause the related Mortgagor to provide information relating to such Whole Loan and the related notes, and that such holder reasonably determines to be necessary or appropriate, for inclusion in any disclosure document(s) relating to such Other Securitization.

(d)               In connection with the sale of any Non-Serviced Whole Loan by any Non-Serviced Special Servicer, upon receipt of any notices or materials required to be furnished by the Non-Serviced Special Servicer to the holder of the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement, the applicable Special Servicer shall, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event, forward such materials to the Directing Certificateholder for its consent, if such consent is required. The applicable Special Servicer may (with the consent of the Directing Certificateholder prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event) waive any timing or delivery requirements related to such sale to the extent set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement.

(e)               With respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Directing Certificateholder (as determined under clause (B) of the definition thereof), prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, or the applicable Special Servicer, following the occurrence and during the continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, shall be entitled to exercise any consultation rights held by the holder of such Mortgage Loan in its capacity as a “Non-Controlling Note Holder” (or similar term identified in the related Intercreditor Agreement) under the related Intercreditor Agreement.

(f)                With respect to each Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan, this Agreement is subject to the related Intercreditor Agreement and incorporates by reference all provisions required to be included herein pursuant to such Intercreditor Agreement.

(g)               With respect to each Serviced Whole Loan, if any Serviced Companion Loan becomes the subject of an “asset review” (or such analogous term defined in the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement) pursuant to the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer, the Trustee and the Custodian shall reasonably cooperate with the Other Asset Representations Reviewer or any other party to the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement in connection with such Asset Review by providing the Other Asset Representations Reviewer or such other requesting party with any documents reasonably requested by the Other Asset Representations Reviewer or such other requesting party, but only to the extent such documents are in the possession of such Master Servicer, such Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Custodian, as the case may be, but in any event excluding any documents known to such Master Servicer, such Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Custodian to contain information that is proprietary to the related originator or Mortgage Loan Seller or any draft documents or privileged or internal communications.

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Master Servicer or Non-Serviced Special Servicer regarding any Major Decision pursuant to clause (xii) of the definition of such term or “Master Servicer Decision” pursuant to clause (ix) of the definition of such term, then such Master Servicer or Special Servicer shall forward the communication to the Directing Certificateholder (and to the applicable Master Servicer, if the applicable Special Servicer is forwarding such communication, and to the applicable Special Servicer if the applicable Master Servicer is forwarding such communication), and the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall reasonably cooperate with the applicable Non-Serviced Master Servicer or the applicable Non-Serviced Special Servicer, as the case may be, in effecting any action by the applicable Non-Serviced Master Servicer or the applicable Non-Serviced Special Servicer, in any such case subject to and consistent with the related Intercreditor Agreement.

(i)                 During the period from and after the date on which a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan is deposited into an Other Securitization, not later than 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on each related Serviced Whole Loan Remittance Date the Master Servicer shall prepare (if and to the extent necessary) and deliver or cause to be delivered in electronic format to the related other master servicer under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement the following reports and data files with respect to such Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan: (A) to the extent the Master Servicer has received the CREFC^® Special Servicer Loan File at the time required, the most recent CREFC^® Delinquent Loan Status Report, CREFC^® Historical Loan Modification/Forbearance and Corrected Mortgage Loan Report and the CREFC^® REO Status Report, (B) the CREFC^® Loan Setup File (only with respect to the first “distribution date” (or analogous term) as defined in the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement), (C) the most recent CREFC^® Property File and the CREFC^® Comparative Financial Status Report (in each case incorporating the data required to be included in the CREFC^® Special Servicer Loan File pursuant to Section 3.12(c) by the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer), (D) a CREFC^® Servicer Watch List with information that is current as of such Serviced Whole Loan Remittance Date, (E) a CREFC^® Financial File, (F) a CREFC^® Loan Level Reserve/LOC Report, (G) a CREFC^® Advance Recovery Report, (H) a CREFC^® Total Loan Report, (I) the CREFC^® Loan Periodic Update File and (J) the CREFC^® Significant Insurance Event Report. Additionally, not later than 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on each related Serviced Whole Loan Remittance Date, the Master Servicer shall deliver or cause to be delivered in electronic format to the related other master servicer under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement any applicable CREFC^® Loan Liquidation Reports, CREFC^® Loan Modification Reports and CREFC^® REO Liquidation Reports received from the Special Servicer. In no event shall any report described in this Section 3.29(i) be required to reflect information that has not been collected by or delivered to the Master Servicer, or any payments or collections not received by the Master Servicer, as of the close of business on the Business Day prior to the Business Day on which the report is due. In addition, the Master Servicer shall deliver or cause to be delivered in electronic format to the related other master servicer under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement any and all other reports required to be delivered by the Master Servicer to the Certificate Administrator hereunder pursuant to the terms hereof to the extent related to such Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan.

(j)                 On a Servicing Shift Securitization Date, (i) the Custodian shall, upon receipt of a Request for Release, transfer the related Mortgage File (other than the Mortgage Note evidencing the related Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan, the original of which shall be retained by the Custodian) for the related Servicing Shift Whole Loan to the related Non-Serviced Trustee

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under the related Non-Serviced PSA and retain a copy of such Mortgage File and (ii) the applicable Master Servicer shall, upon receipt of notice from the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller that the applicable Servicing Shift Lead Note has been or is being securitized on the related Servicing Shift Securitization Date, transfer (and cooperate with reasonable requests in connection with such transfer of) the Servicing File for the related Servicing Shift Whole Loan, and any Escrow Payments, reserve funds and originals of items specified in clauses (x) and (xii) of the definition of “Mortgage File” for the related Servicing Shift Whole Loan, to the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer on the related Servicing Shift Securitization Date

(k)               Promptly upon any change in the identity of the applicable Master Servicer, the successor Master Servicer shall deliver notice of such change (together with the contact information of such successor Master Servicer) to each Non-Serviced Trustee, Non-Serviced Certificate Administrator, Non-Serviced Special Servicer, Non-Serviced Master Servicer and Non-Serviced Operating Advisor.

Section 3.30        Certain Matters with Respect to Joint Mortgage Loans.

(a)               If a Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to a Joint Mortgage Loan (a “Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller”) repurchases the Mortgage Note(s) (as such term is defined in this Section 3.30(a)) (a “Repurchased Note”) related to such Joint Mortgage Loan that it sold to the Depositor, but the other Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to such Joint Mortgage Loan does not repurchase the Mortgage Note(s) related to such Joint Mortgage Loan that it sold to the Depositor, the provisions of this Section 3.30 shall apply prior to the adoption, pursuant to Section 13.01(l), of any amendment to this Agreement that provides otherwise. Each Mortgage Loan Seller of a Joint Mortgage Loan has agreed pursuant to the terms of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement that the terms set forth in this Section 3.30 with respect to the servicing and administration of such Joint Mortgage Loan shall apply if one or more of the Mortgage Notes related to such Joint Mortgage Loan has been repurchased from the Trust and at least one other Mortgage Note related to such Joint Mortgage Loan is included in the Trust until such time as all of the Mortgage Notes related to such Joint Mortgage Loan are no longer included in the Trust. For purposes of this Section 3.30, Section 13.01(l) and Section 13.08(a) only, “Mortgage Note” shall mean with respect to any Joint Mortgage Loan, each original promissory note that collectively represents the Mortgage Note (as defined in Article I) with respect to such Joint Mortgage Loan and shall not be a collective reference to such promissory notes. With respect to any Joint Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan, clauses (b)–(j) below shall not apply, and the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement shall continue to govern the relationship between the related Mortgage Notes as if each related Repurchased Note were a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan or Non-Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan, as applicable. With respect to any other Joint Mortgage Loan, clauses (b)–(j) below shall apply to such Joint Mortgage Loan.

(b)               Custody of and record title under the Mortgage Loan documents with respect to the applicable Joint Mortgage Loan shall be held exclusively by the Custodian as provided under this Agreement or, with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Non-Serviced Custodian as provided under the related Non-Serviced PSA, except that the Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller shall hold and retain title to its original Repurchased Note(s) and any related endorsements thereof.

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(i)                All of the Mortgage Notes with respect to any Joint Mortgage Loan shall be of equal priority with each other, and no portion of any Mortgage Note shall have priority or preference over any other portion of the other Mortgage Notes or security therefor. Payments from the related Mortgagor (including, without limitation, any Penalty Charges) or any other amounts received with respect to each Mortgage Note shall be collected as provided in this Agreement by the applicable Master Servicer and shall be applied upon receipt by such Master Servicer pro rata to each related Mortgage Note based on its respective Mortgage Loan Seller Percentage Interest, subject to Section 3.30(b)(ii). Payments or any other amounts received with respect to the related Repurchased Note shall be held in trust for the benefit of the applicable Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller and remitted (net of its pro rata share of amounts payable at the Administrative Fee Rate and any other amounts due to the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer) to the applicable Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller or its designee by the applicable Master Servicer on each Distribution Date pursuant to instructions provided by the applicable Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller and deposited and applied in accordance with this Agreement, subject to Section 3.30(b)(ii). If any Joint Mortgage Loan to which this Section 3.30 applies becomes an REO Loan, payments or any other amounts received with respect to any such Joint Mortgage Loan shall be collected and shall be applied upon receipt by the applicable Master Servicer pro rata to each related Mortgage Note based on its respective Mortgage Loan Seller Percentage Interest, subject to Section 3.30(b)(ii). Any Appraisal Reduction Amounts calculated with respect to any Joint Mortgage Loan subject to this Section 3.30 shall be allocated to each related Mortgage Note pro rata based upon the respective unpaid principal balances thereof.

(ii)               If the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as applicable, receives an aggregate payment of less than the aggregate amount due under any such Joint Mortgage Loan at any particular time, the applicable Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller shall receive from such Master Servicer an amount equal to its Mortgage Loan Seller Percentage Interest of such payment. All expenses, losses and shortfalls relating solely to such Joint Mortgage Loan including, without limitation, losses of principal or interest, Nonrecoverable Advances, interest on Servicing Advances, Special Servicing Fees, Workout Fees and Liquidation Fees (including any such fees related to the applicable Mortgage Notes), shall be allocated between the holders of the related Mortgage Notes pro rata based upon the respective unpaid principal balances thereof. In no event shall any costs, expenses, fees or any other amounts related to any Mortgage Loan or Joint Mortgage Loan other than the applicable Joint Mortgage Loan be deducted from payments or any other amounts received with respect to such Joint Mortgage Loan and payable to the applicable Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller.

(iii)               A Joint Mortgage Loan that is not a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan and to which this Section 3.30 applies shall be serviced for the benefit of the applicable Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller and the Certificateholders pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement in accordance with the Servicing Standard and in accordance with the provisions herein as if (A) such Joint Mortgage Loan were a Serviced Whole Loan, (B) the related Mortgage Note(s) not repurchased were (1) a Serviced Pari Passu Mortgage Loan and (2) the only Mortgage Loan that is part of such Joint Mortgage Loan (or related Serviced Whole Loan), and (C) the related Repurchased Note were a Serviced Pari Passu

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Companion Loan. No Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller shall be permitted to terminate the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor as servicer, special servicer or operating advisor, respectively, of the related Repurchased Note. All rights of the mortgagee under each such Joint Mortgage Loan shall be exercised by the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as applicable, on behalf of the Trust to the extent of its interest therein and the applicable Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller in accordance with this Agreement.

(iv)              With respect to a Joint Mortgage Loan that is not a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan and to which this Section 3.30 applies, the related Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller shall be treated hereunder as if it were a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan holder on a pari passu basis. Funds collected by the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as applicable, and applied to the applicable Mortgage Notes shall be deposited and disbursed in accordance with the provisions hereof relating to holders of promissory notes comprising Serviced Whole Loans that are pari passu in right of payment. Compensation shall be paid to the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer and the Operating Advisor with respect to each Repurchased Note as provided in this Agreement as if each such Repurchased Note were a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan. None of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor shall have any obligation to make P&I Advances with respect to any Repurchased Note or, if no related Mortgage Note is part of the Trust, a Servicing Advance with respect to any Repurchased Note. Except as otherwise specified herein, the applicable Master Servicer and the applicable Special Servicer shall have no reporting requirement with respect to any Repurchased Note other than to deliver to the related Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller any document as is required to be delivered to a holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan hereunder.

(c)               If any non-repurchased Mortgage Note relating to a Joint Mortgage Loan to which this Section 3.30 applies is a Specially Serviced Loan, then any related Repurchased Note shall also be a Specially Serviced Loan under this Agreement. The applicable Special Servicer shall cause such related Repurchased Note to be specially serviced for the benefit of the applicable Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller in accordance with the terms and provisions set forth in this Agreement and shall be entitled to any Special Servicing Fee, Workout Fee or Liquidation Fee payable to such Special Servicer under this Agreement as with respect to a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan.

(d)               If (A) the applicable Master Servicer shall pay any amount to any Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller pursuant to the terms hereof in the belief or expectation that a related payment has been made or will be received or collected in connection with any or all of the applicable Mortgage Notes and (B) such related payment is not received or collected by such Master Servicer, then the applicable Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller shall promptly on demand by such Master Servicer return such amount to such Master Servicer. If such Master Servicer determines at any time that any amount received or collected by such Master Servicer in respect of any Joint Mortgage Loan to which this Section 3.30 applies must be returned to the related Mortgagor or paid to any other person or entity pursuant to any insolvency law or otherwise, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, such Master Servicer shall not

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be required to distribute any portion thereof to the related Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller, and such Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller shall promptly on demand by such Master Servicer repay (which obligation shall survive the termination of this Agreement) any portion thereof that such Master Servicer shall have distributed to such Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller, together with interest thereon at such rate, if any, as such Master Servicer may pay to the related Mortgagor or such other person or entity with respect thereto.

(e)               With respect to a Joint Mortgage Loan that is not a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan and to which this Section 3.30 applies, subject to this Agreement (including, without limitation, the consent and consultation rights of the Directing Certificateholder and any consultation rights of the Operating Advisor), the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as applicable, on behalf of the holders of any of the Repurchased Notes, shall have the exclusive right and obligation to (i) administer, service and make all decisions and determinations regarding the related Joint Mortgage Loan and (ii) enforce the applicable Mortgage Loan documents as provided hereunder. Without limiting the generality of the preceding sentence, the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as applicable, may agree to any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of, forgive interest on and principal of, capitalize interest on, permit the release, addition or substitution of collateral securing, and/or permit the release of the related Mortgagor on or any guarantor of any Joint Mortgage Loan it is required to service and administer as contemplated by this Section 3.30, without the consent of the related Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller, subject, however, to the terms of this Agreement as they pertain to a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan.

(f)                In taking or refraining from taking any action permitted hereunder, the applicable Master Servicer and the applicable Special Servicer shall each be subject to the same degree of care with respect to the administration and servicing of the Joint Mortgage Loans that are not Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans and to which this Section 3.30 applies as is consistent with this Agreement and shall be liable to any Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller only to the same extent as set forth herein with respect to any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan.

(g)               If the Trustee, the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer has made a Servicing Advance with respect to any Repurchased Note which would otherwise be reimbursable to such advancing party under this Agreement, and such Advance is determined to be a Nonrecoverable Advance, the applicable Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller shall reimburse the Trust in an amount equal to such Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller’s Mortgage Loan Seller Percentage Interest of such Nonrecoverable Advance with interest thereon. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the applicable Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller shall not be obligated to reimburse the Trustee, the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer (and amounts due to the applicable Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller shall not be offset) for Advances or interest thereon or any amounts related to any Mortgage Loans or any other Joint Mortgage Loan other than such amounts relating to the applicable Repurchased Note. To the extent that the applicable Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller reimburses any such Nonrecoverable Advances and such amounts are subsequently recovered, the applicable Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller shall receive a reimbursement from such recovery based on its Mortgage Loan Seller Percentage Interest of such recovery. This reimbursement right shall not limit the Trustee’s, the applicable Master Servicer’s or the applicable Special Servicer’s rights to reimbursement under this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein,

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the total liability of each Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller shall not exceed an amount equal to its Mortgage Loan Seller Percentage Interest of the amount to be reimbursed.

(h)               Each Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller shall have the right to assign the related Repurchased Note; provided that, with respect to a Joint Mortgage Loan that is not a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan and to which this Section 3.30 applies, the assignee of the related Repurchased Note shall agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement.

(i)                 With respect to a Joint Mortgage Loan that is not a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan and to which this Section 3.30 applies, the applicable Master Servicer and the applicable Special Servicer shall, in connection with their servicing and administrative duties under this Agreement, exercise efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to execute and deliver, on behalf of each Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller as a holder of a pari passu interest in the applicable Joint Mortgage Loan, any and all financing statements, continuation statements and other documents and instruments necessary to maintain the lien created by any Mortgage or other security document related to the applicable Joint Mortgage Loan on the related Mortgaged Property and related collateral, any and all modifications, waivers, amendments or consents to or with respect to the related Joint Mortgage Loan documents, and any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments with respect to the related Repurchased Note or related Repurchased Notes and the related Mortgaged Property all in accordance with, and subject to, the terms of this Agreement. Each Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller agrees to furnish, or cause to be furnished, to the applicable Master Servicer and the applicable Special Servicer any powers of attorney or other documents necessary or appropriate to enable such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as the case may be, to carry out its servicing and administrative duties under this Agreement related to the applicable Joint Mortgage Loan; provided, that such Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller shall not be liable, and shall be indemnified by the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as applicable, for any negligence with respect to, or misuse of, any such power of attorney by such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as the case may be; provided, further, that the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, without the written consent of the applicable Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller, shall not initiate any action in the name of such Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller without indicating its representative capacity or take any action with the intent to cause and that actually causes, such Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller to be registered to do business in any state.

(j)                 Pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the applicable Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller is required to deliver to the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as applicable, the Mortgage Loan documents related to the applicable Repurchased Note, any requests for release and any court pleadings, requests for trustee’s sale or other documents necessary to the foreclosure or trustee’s sale in respect of the related Mortgaged Property or to any legal action or to enforce any other remedies or rights provided by the Mortgage Note(s) or the Mortgage(s) or otherwise available at law or equity with respect to the related Repurchased Note.

Section 3.31        Resignation Upon Prohibited Risk Retention Affiliation. As long as the applicable prohibition under the Risk Retention Rule or the Securities Act exists, upon the occurrence of (i) a Servicing Officer of a Master Servicer or a Responsible Officer of the

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Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as applicable, obtaining actual knowledge that such Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as applicable, is or has become a Risk Retention Affiliate of any Successor Third-Party Purchaser (and “Impermissible TPP Affiliate”), (ii) a Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee receiving written notice from any other party to this Agreement, a Successor Third-Party Purchaser, any Sponsor or any Underwriter or Initial Purchaser that such Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as applicable, is or has become an Impermissible TPP Affiliate, (iii) an officer or manager of the Operating Advisor that is responsible for performing the duties of the Operating Advisor obtaining actual knowledge that it is or has become a Risk Retention Affiliate of any Successor Third-Party Purchaser, any Sponsor or any party to this Agreement other than itself or the Asset Representations Reviewer (an “Impermissible Operating Advisor Affiliate”) or (iv) an officer or manager of the Asset Representations Reviewer that is responsible for performing the duties of the Asset Representations Reviewer obtaining actual knowledge that it is or has become a Risk Retention Affiliate of any Successor Third-Party Purchaser or an affiliate of any Sponsor, any party to this Agreement other than itself or the Operating Advisor or any affiliate of the foregoing (an “Impermissible Asset Representations Reviewer Affiliate”; and any of an Impermissible TPP Affiliate, an Impermissible Operating Advisor Affiliate and an Impermissible Asset Representations Reviewer Affiliate being an “Impermissible Affiliate”), such Impermissible Affiliate shall promptly notify the Retaining Sponsor and the other parties to this Agreement and resign in accordance with Section 3.26, Section 6.05, Section 7.03, Section 8.07 or Section 12.03, as applicable. The resigning Impermissible Affiliate will be required to bear all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of each other party to this Agreement, the Trust and each Rating Agency in connection with such resignation as and to the extent required under this Agreement; provided, that if the affiliation causing an Impermissible Affiliate is the result of any Successor Third-Party Purchaser acquiring an interest in such Impermissible Affiliate or an affiliate of such Impermissible Affiliate, then such costs and expenses will be an expense of the Trust.

Section 3.32        Litigation Control. (a) With respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan, any Serviced Companion Loan or any related REO Loan or related REO Property, the applicable Special Servicer shall, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, direct, manage, prosecute and/or defend any action brought by a Mortgagor, guarantor, or other obligor on the related Mortgage Note or any Affiliates thereof (each a “Borrower-Related Party”) against the Trust, any Master Servicer and/or any Special Servicer or any predecessor master servicer or special servicer, and represent the interests of the Trust in any litigation relating to the rights and obligations of the Trust, or of the Mortgagor or other Borrower-Related Party under the related Mortgage Loan documents, or with respect to the related Mortgaged Property or other collateral securing such Mortgage Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan), or otherwise with respect to the enforcement of the obligations of a Borrower-Related Party under the related Mortgage Loan documents (“Trust-Related Litigation”). In the event that any Master Servicer is named in any Trust-Related Litigation but no Special Servicer is named in such Trust-Related Litigation (regardless of whether the Trust is named in such Trust-Related Litigation), the applicable Master Servicer shall notify the applicable Special Servicer of such litigation as soon as practicable but in any event no later than within ten (10) Business Days of such Master Servicer receiving service of such Trust-Related Litigation. The Operating Advisor shall not be required to review the actions of the applicable Special Servicer with respect to Trust-Related Litigation unless such review is otherwise related to the performance of the Operating Advisor’s duties, rights and obligations in respect of a Final Asset Status Report and/or Asset Status Report.

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(b)               To the extent a Master Servicer is named in the Trust-Related Litigation, and neither the Trust nor a Special Servicer is named, in order to effectuate the role of the applicable Special Servicer as contemplated by the immediately preceding subsection, such Master Servicer shall (i) provide monthly status reports to the applicable Special Servicer regarding such Trust-Related Litigation; (ii) seek to have the Trust replace such Master Servicer as the appropriate party to the lawsuit; and (iii) so long as such Master Servicer remains a party to the lawsuit, consult with and act at the direction of the applicable Special Servicer with respect to decisions and resolutions related to the interests of the Trust in such Trust-Related Litigation, including but not limited to the selection of counsel; provided that such Master Servicer shall have the right to engage separate counsel relating to claims against such Master Servicer to the extent set forth in Section 3.32(e); and provided, however, that if there are claims against such Master Servicer and such Master Servicer has not determined that separate counsel is required for such claims, such counsel shall be reasonably acceptable to such Master Servicer.

(c)               No Special Servicer shall (i) undertake (or direct any Master Servicer to undertake) any material settlement of any Trust-Related Litigation or (ii) initiate any material Trust-Related Litigation unless and until it has notified in writing the Directing Certificateholder (only if the related Mortgage Loan is not an Excluded Loan and prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event) (to the extent the identity of the Directing Certificateholder is actually known to such Special Servicer; provided that such Special Servicer shall make due inquiry of the Certificate Administrator as to the identity of the Directing Certificateholder) and the related holder of any Serviced Companion Loan (if such matter affects such related Serviced Companion Loan) (to the extent the identity of the holder of such Serviced Companion Loan is actually known to such Special Servicer) and the Directing Certificateholder (only if the related Mortgage Loan is not an Excluded Loan and prior to the occurrence and continuation of a Control Termination Event) has not objected in writing within five (5) Business Days of having been notified thereof and having been provided with all information that the Directing Certificateholder has reasonably requested with respect thereto promptly following its receipt of the subject notice (it being understood and agreed that if such written objection has not been received by such Special Servicer within such 5 Business Day period, then the Directing Certificateholder shall be deemed to have approved the taking of such action); provided that, if the applicable Special Servicer determines (consistent with the Servicing Standard) that immediate action is necessary to protect the interests of the Certificateholders and, with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, the related Companion Holders, such Special Servicer may take such action without waiting for the Directing Certificateholder’s response.

(d)               Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Special Servicer or Master Servicer shall follow any advice, direction or consultation provided by the Directing Certificateholder or the Risk Retention Consultation Party (or any other party to this Agreement) that would require or cause such Special Servicer or Master Servicer, as applicable, to violate any applicable law, be inconsistent with the Servicing Standard, require or cause such Special Servicer or Master Servicer, as applicable, to violate provisions of this Agreement, require or cause such Special Servicer or Master Servicer, as applicable, to violate the terms of any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, expose any Certificateholder or any party to this Agreement or their Affiliates, officers, directors or agents to any claim, suit or liability, cause any REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC, result in the imposition of a “prohibited transaction” or “prohibited

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contribution” tax under the REMIC Provisions or materially expand the scope of such Special Servicer’s or Master Servicer’s, as the case may be, responsibilities under this Agreement.

(e)               Notwithstanding the right of a Special Servicer to represent the interests of the Trust in Trust-Related Litigation, and subject to the rights of such Special Servicer to direct the applicable Master Servicer’s actions in this Section 3.32, such Master Servicer shall retain the right to make determinations relating to claims against such Master Servicer, including but not limited to the right to engage separate counsel and to appear in any proceeding on its own behalf in such Master Servicer’s reasonable discretion, the cost of which shall be subject to indemnification as and to the extent provided in this Agreement.

(f)                Further, nothing in this section shall require a Master Servicer to take or fail to take any action which, in such Master Servicer’s good faith and reasonable judgment, may (i) result in a violation of the REMIC Provisions or (ii) subject such Master Servicer to liability or materially expand the scope of such Master Servicer’s obligations under this Agreement.

(g)               Notwithstanding any Master Servicer’s right to make determinations relating to claims against such Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer shall have the right at any time in accordance with the Servicing Standard to (i) direct such Master Servicer to settle any claims asserted against such Master Servicer (whether or not the Trust or the applicable Special Servicer is named in any such claims or Trust-Related Litigation) (and with respect to any material settlements with respect to any Mortgage Loan other than an Excluded Loan, with the consent or consultation of the Directing Certificateholder prior to a Control Termination Event or Consultation Termination Event, respectively) and (ii) otherwise reasonably direct the actions of such Master Servicer relating to claims against such Master Servicer (whether or not the Trust or the applicable Special Servicer is named in any such claims or Trust-Related Litigation), provided in either case that (A) such settlement or other direction does not require any admission of liability or wrongdoing on the part of such Master Servicer, (B) the cost of such settlement or any resulting judgment is and shall be paid by the Trust and payment of such cost or judgment is provided for in this Agreement, (C) such Master Servicer is and shall be indemnified as and to the extent provided in this Agreement for all costs and expenses of such Master Servicer incurred in defending and settling the Trust-Related Litigation and for any judgment, (D) any such action taken by such Master Servicer at the direction of the applicable Special Servicer shall be deemed (as to such Master Servicer) to be in compliance with the Servicing Standard and (E) the applicable Special Servicer provides such Master Servicer with assurance reasonably satisfactory to such Master Servicer as to the items in clauses (A), (B) and (C).

(h)               In the event both a Master Servicer and a Special Servicer or Trust are named in Trust-Related Litigation, such Master Servicer and Special Servicer shall cooperate with each other to afford such Master Servicer and Special Servicer the rights afforded to such party in this Section 3.32.

This Section 3.32 shall not apply in the event the applicable Special Servicer authorizes the applicable Master Servicer, and such Master Servicer agrees (both authority and agreement to be in writing), to make certain decisions or control certain Trust-Related Litigation on behalf of the Trust in accordance with the Servicing Standard.

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) in the event that any action, suit, litigation or proceeding names the Trustee in its individual capacity, or in the event that any judgment is rendered against the Trustee in its individual capacity, the Trustee, upon prior written notice to the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, may retain counsel and appear in any such proceeding on its own behalf in order to protect and represent its interests (but not to otherwise direct, manage or prosecute such litigation or claim); (ii) in the event of any action, suit, litigation or proceeding, other than an action, suit, litigation or proceeding relating to the enforcement of the obligations of a Mortgagor, guarantor or other obligor under the related Mortgage Loan documents, or otherwise relating to one or more Mortgage Loans or Mortgaged Properties, no Master Servicer or Special Servicer shall, without the prior written consent of the Trustee, (A) initiate an action, suit, litigation or proceeding in the name of the Trustee, whether in such capacity or individually, (B) engage counsel to represent the Trustee, or (C) prepare, execute or deliver any government filings, forms, permits, registrations or other documents or take any other similar actions with the intent to cause, and that actually causes, the Trustee to be registered to do business in any state (provided that no Master Servicer or Special Servicer shall be responsible for any delay due to the unwillingness of the Trustee to grant such consent); and (iii) in the event that any court finds that the Trustee is a necessary party in respect of any action, suit, litigation or proceeding relating to or arising from this Agreement or any Mortgage Loan, the Trustee shall have the right to retain counsel and appear in any such proceeding on its own behalf in order to protect and represent its interests, whether as Trustee or individually (but not to otherwise direct, manage or prosecute such litigation or claim); provided, however, that nothing in this subsection shall be interpreted to preclude the applicable Special Servicer (with respect to any material Trust-Related Litigation with respect to any Mortgage Loan other than an Excluded Loan, with the consent or consultation of the Directing Certificateholder prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event or Consultation Termination Event, respectively, to the extent required in Section 3.32(c), respectively) from initiating any action, suit, litigation or proceeding in its name as representative of the Trustee of the Trust.

Section 3.33        Delivery of Excluded Information to the Certificate Administrator. Any Excluded Information that a Master Servicer, a Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor identifies and delivers to the Certificate Administrator for posting to the Certificate Administrator’s Website shall be delivered to the Certificate Administrator via e-mail (or such other electronic means as is mutually acceptable to the parties) in one or more separate files labeled “Excluded Information” followed by the applicable loan name and loan file to cmbsexcludedinformation@wellsfargo.com. For the avoidance of doubt, any information that is not appropriately labeled and delivered in accordance with this Section 3.33 shall not be separately posted as Excluded Information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, and any information appropriately labeled and delivered to the Certificate Administrator pursuant to this Section 3.33 shall be posted on the Certificate Administrator’s Website under the “Excluded Information” section, as provided under Section 3.13. When so posted, the Excluded Controlling Class Holders shall be prohibited from the access of Excluded Information with respect to any Excluded Controlling Class Loans on the Certificate Administrator’s Website (unless a loan-by-loan segregation is later performed by the Certificate Administrator in which case such access shall only be prohibited with respect to the related Excluded Controlling Class Loans). Each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer and the Operating Advisor shall have no obligations to separately label and deliver any Excluded Information in accordance with this

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Section 3.33 until such party has received written notice with respect to the related Excluded Controlling Class Loan in the form of Exhibit P-1E to this Agreement. Nothing set forth in this Agreement shall prohibit the Directing Certificateholder or any Controlling Class Certificateholder from receiving, requesting or reviewing any Excluded Information relating to any Excluded Controlling Class Loan with respect to which the Directing Certificateholder or such Controlling Class Certificateholder is not a Borrower Party and, if such Excluded Information is not available on the Certificate Administrator’s Website on account of it constituting Excluded Information, such Directing Certificateholder or Controlling Class Certificateholder that is not a Borrower Party with respect to the related Excluded Controlling Class Loan shall be permitted to obtain such information in accordance with Section 4.02(f) of this Agreement, and each Master Servicer and each Special Servicer may require and rely on such certifications and other reasonable information prior to releasing any such information.

[End of Article III]

Article IV

DISTRIBUTIONS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS

Section 4.01        Distributions.

(a)               Distributions of Available Funds. On each Distribution Date, to the extent of the Available Funds for such Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator shall be deemed to transfer the Lower-Tier Distribution Amount from the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account to the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account in the amounts and priorities set forth in Section 4.01(c) with respect to each Class of Lower-Tier Regular Interests, and immediately thereafter, shall make distributions thereof from the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account in the following order of priority, satisfying in full, to the extent required and possible, each priority before making any distribution with respect to any succeeding priority:

(i)                first, to the Holders of the Class A-1 Certificates, the Class A-2 Certificates, the Class A-SB Certificates, the Class X-A Certificates, the Class X-B Certificates, the Class X-D Certificates and the Class X-F Certificates, and to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class A-4 Upper-Tier Regular Interest, Class A-4-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest, Class A-4-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interest, Class A-5 Upper-Tier Regular Interest, Class A-5-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest and Class A-5-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interest pro rata (based upon their respective Interest Distribution Amounts for such Distribution Date), in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the aggregate Interest Distribution Amount in respect of such Classes of Certificates or Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests for such Distribution Date;

(ii)               second, to the Holders of the Class A-1 Certificates, the Class A-2 Certificates and the Class A-SB Certificates and the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class A-4 Upper-Tier Regular Interest and the Class A-5 Upper-Tier Regular Interest, in reduction of the Certificate Balances thereof: (I) prior to the Cross-Over Date (1) first, to the Holders of the Class A-SB Certificates, in an amount up to the Principal Distribution Amount, until the outstanding Certificate Balance of the Class A-SB Certificates has been

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reduced to the Class A-SB Planned Principal Balance for such Distribution Date; (2) second, to the Holders of the Class A-1 Certificates, in an amount up to the Principal Distribution Amount (or the portion thereof remaining after any distributions specified in sub-clause (1) above have been made on such Distribution Date), until the outstanding Certificate Balance of the Class A-1 Certificates has been reduced to zero; (3) third, to the Holders of the Class A-2 Certificates, in an amount up to the Principal Distribution Amount (or the portion thereof remaining after any distributions specified in sub-clauses (1) and (2) above have been made on such Distribution Date), until the outstanding Certificate Balance of the Class A-2 Certificates has been reduced to zero; (4) fourth, to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class A-4 Upper-Tier Regular Interest in an amount up to the Principal Distribution Amount (or the portion thereof remaining after any distributions specified in sub-clauses (1), (2) and (3) above have been made on such Distribution Date), until the outstanding Certificate Balance of the Class A-4 Upper-Tier Regular Interest has been reduced to zero; (5) fifth, to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class A-5 Upper-Tier Regular Interest in an amount up to the Principal Distribution Amount (or the portion thereof remaining after any distributions specified in sub-clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) above have been made on such Distribution Date), until the outstanding Certificate Balance of the Class A-5 Upper-Tier Regular Interest has been reduced to zero; and (6) sixth, to the Holders of the Class A-SB Certificates, in an amount up to the Principal Distribution Amount (or the portion thereof remaining after any distributions specified in sub-clauses (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) above have been made on such Distribution Date), until the outstanding Certificate Balance of the Class A-SB Certificates has been reduced to zero; and (II) on or after the Cross-Over Date, to the Class A-1 Certificates, Class A-2 Certificates, Class A-SB Certificates and Class A-4 Upper-Tier Regular Interest and Class A-5 Upper-Tier Regular Interest, pro rata (based on their respective Certificate Balances) in an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date, until the Certificate Balance of each of the Class A-1 Certificates, Class A-2 Certificates, Class A-SB Certificates and Class A-4 Upper-Tier Regular Interest and Class A-5 Upper-Tier Regular Interest is reduced to zero;

(iii)                third, to the Holders of the Class A-1 Certificates, Class A-2 Certificates and the Class A-SB Certificates, and to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class A-4 Upper-Tier Regular Interest and the Class A-5 Upper-Tier Regular Interest, up to an amount equal to, and pro rata based upon, first, in an amount equal to the aggregate unreimbursed Realized Losses previously allocated to each such Class, and then, in an amount equal to, and pro rata based upon, interest on that amount at the Pass-Through Rate for such Class compounded monthly from the date the related Realized Loss was allocated to such Class;

(iv)                fourth, to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class A-S Upper-Tier Regular Interest, the Class A-S-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest and the Class A-S-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interest, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to, and pro rata in accordance with, the respective Interest Distribution Amounts in respect of such Upper-Tier Regular Interests for such Distribution Date;

(v)                 fifth, to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class A-S Upper-Tier Regular Interest, in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount (reduced by any prior distributions thereof hereunder), until the

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outstanding Certificate Balance of the Class A-S Upper-Tier Regular Interest has been reduced to zero;

(vi)                sixth, to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class A-S Upper-Tier Regular Interest, first, up to an amount equal to the unreimbursed Realized Losses previously allocated to such Upper-Tier Regular Interest, and then, up to an amount equal to interest on that amount at the Pass-Through Rate for such Upper-Tier Regular Interest compounded monthly from the date the related Realized Loss was allocated to such Upper-Tier Regular Interest;

(vii)               seventh, to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class B Upper-Tier Regular Interest, the Class B-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest and the Class B-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interest, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to, and pro rata in accordance with, the respective Interest Distribution Amounts in respect of such Upper-Tier Regular Interests for such Distribution Date;

(viii)             eighth, to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class B Upper-Tier Regular Interest, in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount (reduced by any prior distributions thereof hereunder), until the outstanding Certificate Balance of the Class B Upper-Tier Regular Interest has been reduced to zero;

(ix)                ninth, to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class B Upper-Tier Regular Interest, first, up to an amount equal to the unreimbursed Realized Losses previously allocated to such Upper-Tier Regular Interest, and then, up to an amount equal to interest on that amount at the Pass-Through Rate for such Upper-Tier Regular Interest compounded monthly from the date the related Realized Loss was allocated to such Upper-Tier Regular Interest;

(x)                 tenth, to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class C Upper-Tier Regular Interest, the Class C-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest and the Class C-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interest, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to, and pro rata in accordance with, the respective Interest Distribution Amounts in respect of such Upper-Tier Regular Interests for such Distribution Date;

(xi)                eleventh, to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class C Upper-Tier Regular Interest, in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount (reduced by any prior distributions thereof hereunder), until the outstanding Certificate Balance of the Class C Upper-Tier Regular Interest has been reduced to zero;

(xii)               twelfth, to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class C Upper-Tier Regular Interest, first, up to an amount equal to the unreimbursed Realized Losses previously allocated to such Upper-Tier Regular Interest, and then, up to an amount equal to interest on that amount at the Pass-Through Rate for such Upper-Tier Regular Interest compounded monthly from the date the related Realized Loss was allocated to such Upper-Tier Regular Interest;

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(xiii)               thirteenth, to the Holders of the Class D Certificates, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Interest Distribution Amount in respect of such Class of Certificates for such Distribution Date;

(xiv)                fourteenth, to the Holders of the Class D Certificates, in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, up to an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount (reduced by any prior distributions thereof hereunder), until the outstanding Certificate Balance of the Class D Certificates has been reduced to zero;

(xv)                fifteenth, to the Holders of the Class D Certificates, first, up to an amount equal to the unreimbursed Realized Losses previously allocated to such Class, and then, up to an amount equal to interest on that amount at the Pass-Through Rate for such Class compounded monthly from the date the related Realized Loss was allocated to such Class;

(xvi)              sixteenth, to the Holders of the Class E Certificates, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Interest Distribution Amount in respect of such Class of Certificates for such Distribution Date;

(xvii)            seventeenth, to the Holders of the Class E Certificates, in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, up to an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount (reduced by any prior distributions thereof hereunder), until the outstanding Certificate Balance of the Class E Certificates has been reduced to zero;

(xviii)           eighteenth, to the Holders of the Class E Certificates, first, up to an amount equal to the unreimbursed Realized Losses previously allocated to such Class, and then, up to an amount equal to interest on that amount at the Pass-Through Rate for such Class compounded monthly from the date the related Realized Loss was allocated to such Class;

(xix)              nineteenth, to the Holders of the Class F Certificates, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Interest Distribution Amount in respect of such Class of Certificates for such Distribution Date;

(xx)               twentieth, to the Holders of the Class F Certificates, in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, up to an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount (reduced by any prior distributions thereof hereunder), until the outstanding Certificate Balance of the Class F Certificates has been reduced to zero;

(xxi)              twenty-first, to the Holders of the Class F Certificates, first, up to an amount equal to the unreimbursed Realized Losses previously allocated to such Class, and then, up to an amount equal to interest on that amount at the Pass-Through Rate for such Class compounded monthly from the date the related Realized Loss was allocated to such Class;

(xxii)            twenty-second, to the Holders of the Class G-RR Certificates, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Interest Distribution Amount in respect of such Class of Certificates for such Distribution Date;

(xxiii)           twenty-third, to the Holders of the Class G-RR Certificates, in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, up to an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount

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(reduced by any prior distributions thereof hereunder), until the outstanding Certificate Balance of the Class G-RR Certificates has been reduced to zero;

(xxiv)                twenty-fourth, to the Holders of the Class G-RR Certificates, first, up to an amount equal to the unreimbursed Realized Losses previously allocated to such Class, and then, up to an amount equal to interest on that amount at the Pass-Through Rate for such Class compounded monthly from the date the related Realized Loss was allocated to such Class;

(xxv)                 twenty-fifth, to the Holders of the Class H-RR Certificates, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Interest Distribution Amount in respect of such Class of Certificates for such Distribution Date;

(xxvi)                twenty-sixth, to the Holders of the Class H-RR Certificates, in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, up to an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount (reduced by any prior distributions thereof hereunder), until the outstanding Certificate Balance of the Class H-RR Certificates has been reduced to zero;

(xxvii)               twenty-seventh, to the Holders of the Class H-RR Certificates, first, up to an amount equal to the unreimbursed Realized Losses previously allocated to such Class, and then, up to an amount equal to interest on that amount at the Pass-Through Rate for such Class compounded monthly from the date the related Realized Loss was allocated to such Class; and

(xxviii)             twenty-eighth, to the Holders of the Class R Certificates in respect of the Class UR Interest, the amount, if any, of the Available Funds remaining in the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account with respect to such Distribution Date.

If, in connection with any Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator has reported the amount of an anticipated distribution to DTC based on the receipt of payments as of the Determination Date and additional Periodic Payments, balloon payments or unscheduled principal payments are subsequently received by the applicable Master Servicer and required to be part of the Available Funds for such Distribution Date, such Master Servicer shall promptly notify the Certificate Administrator and the Certificate Administrator will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause DTC to make the revised distribution on a timely basis on such Distribution Date. Each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer and the Certificate Administrator shall not be liable or held responsible for any resulting delay in the making of such distribution to Certificateholders solely on the basis of the actions described in the preceding sentence.

Amounts distributable or otherwise allocable to any Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest set forth above will be distributed to the corresponding Classes of Exchangeable Certificates in accordance with their Class Percentage Interests therein pursuant to Section 5.11.

(b)               [Reserved].

(c)               On each Distribution Date, each Lower-Tier Regular Interest shall be deemed to receive distributions in respect of principal or reimbursement of Realized Losses in an

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amount equal to the amount of principal or reimbursement of Realized Losses actually distributable to the Holders of the respective Related Certificates or Related Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests as provided in Sections 4.01(a), 4.01(d), 4.01(f) and 4.01(i) such that at all times the Lower-Tier Principal Amount of each Class of Lower-Tier Regular Interests is equal to the Certificate Balance of the Class of Related Certificates or Related Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest. On each Distribution Date, each Lower-Tier Regular Interest shall be deemed to receive distributions in respect of interest in an amount equal to the Interest Distribution Amount in respect of each Class of Related Certificates or Related Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest plus a pro rata portion of the Interest Distribution Amount in respect of (i) in the case of the Class LA1, Class LA2, Class LASB, Class LA4 and Class LA5 Uncertificated Interests, the Class X-A Certificates, (ii) in the case of the Class LAS, Class LB and Class LC Uncertificated Interest, the Class X-B Certificates, (iii) in the case of the Class LD and Class LE Uncertificated Interests, the Class X-D Certificates or (iv) in the case of the Class LF Uncertificated Interest, the Class X-F Certificates, in each case, computed based on an interest rate equal to the excess of the Weighted Average Net Mortgage Rate over the Pass-Through Rate of the Class of Related Certificates or Related Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest and a notional amount equal to its related Lower-Tier Principal Amount, in each case to the extent actually distributable thereon as provided in Section 4.01(a). Amounts distributable pursuant to this paragraph are referred to herein collectively as the “Lower-Tier Distribution Amount”, and shall be made by the Certificate Administrator by deeming such Lower-Tier Distribution Amount to be withdrawn from the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account to be deposited in the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account.

As of any date, the principal balance of each Lower-Tier Regular Interest shall equal the Certificate Balance of the Class of Related Certificates or Related Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest with respect thereto, as adjusted for the allocation of Realized Losses, as provided in Sections 4.04(b) and 4.04(c). The initial principal balance of each Lower-Tier Regular Interest shall equal the respective Original Lower-Tier Principal Amount. The Pass-Through Rate with respect to each Lower-Tier Regular Interest for any Distribution Date shall be the Weighted Average Net Mortgage Rate for such Distribution Date.

Any amount that remains in the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account on each Distribution Date after distribution of the Lower-Tier Distribution Amount and distribution of Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges pursuant to Section 4.01(e) shall be distributed to the Holders of the Class R Certificates in respect of the Class LR Interest (but only to the extent of the Available Funds for such Distribution Date remaining in the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, if any).

(d)               After the Certificate Balance of any Class of Certificates has been reduced to zero, such Class shall not be entitled to any further distributions in respect of interest or principal other than reimbursement of Realized Losses and other amounts provided for in this Section 4.01.

(e)               Funds on deposit in the Distribution Account on each Distribution Date that represent Prepayment Premiums or Yield Maintenance Charges received by the Trust with respect to any Mortgage Loan or REO Loan (but excluding any related Companion Loan) during the related Collection Period, in each case net of any Liquidation Fees or Workout Fees payable therefrom, shall be distributable as follows: if any Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment

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Premium is collected during any particular Collection Period with respect to any Mortgage Loan, then on the Distribution Date corresponding to that Collection Period, the Certificate Administrator shall pay that Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium (net of Liquidation Fees or Workout Fees payable therefrom) in the following manner:

(i)                to each Class of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-4-1, Class A-4-2, Class A-5, Class A-5-1, Class A-5-2, Class A-S, Class A-S-1, Class A-S-2, Class B, Class B-1, Class B-2, Class C, Class C-1, Class C-2, Class D and Class E Certificates, the product of (1) such Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium, (2) the related Base Interest Fraction for such Class of Certificates and the applicable principal prepayment, and (3) a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the amount of principal distributed to such Class of Certificates for that Distribution Date, and the denominator of which is the total amount of principal distributed to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class D and Class E Certificates and the Class A-4 Exchangeable Certificates, Class A-5 Exchangeable Certificates, the Class A-S Exchangeable Certificates, the Class B Exchangeable Certificates and the Class C Exchangeable Certificates for that Distribution Date;

(ii)               to the Class A-4-X1 Certificates, the product of (1) such Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium, (2) a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the amount of principal distributed to the Class A-4-1 Certificates for that Distribution Date, and the denominator of which is the total amount of principal distributed to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class D and Class E certificates and the Class A-4 Exchangeable Certificates, the Class A-5 Exchangeable Certificates, the Class A-S Exchangeable Certificates, the Class B Exchangeable Certificates and the Class C Exchangeable Certificates for that Distribution Date and (3) the difference between (i) the Base Interest Fraction for the Class A-4 Certificates and the applicable principal prepayment and (ii) the Base Interest Fraction for the Class A-4-1 Certificates and the applicable principal prepayment;

(iii)              to the Class A-4-X2 Certificates, the product of (1) such Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium, (2) a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the amount of principal distributed to the Class A-4-2 Certificates for that Distribution Date, and the denominator of which is the total amount of principal distributed to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class D and Class E Certificates and the Class A-4 Exchangeable Certificates, the Class A-5 Exchangeable Certificates, the Class A-S Exchangeable Certificates, the Class B Exchangeable Certificates and the Class C Exchangeable Certificates for that Distribution Date and (3) the difference between (i) the Base Interest Fraction for the Class A-4 Certificates and the applicable principal prepayment and (ii) the Base Interest Fraction for the Class A-4-2 Certificates and the applicable principal prepayment;

(iv)              to the Class A-5-X1 Certificates, the product of (1) such Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium, (2) a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the amount of principal distributed to the Class A-5-1 Certificates for that Distribution Date, and the denominator of which is the total amount of principal distributed to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class D and Class E Certificates and the Class A-4 Exchangeable

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Certificates, the Class A-5 Exchangeable Certificates, the Class A-S Exchangeable Certificates, the Class B Exchangeable Certificates and the Class C Exchangeable Certificates for that Distribution Date and (3) the difference between (i) the Base Interest Fraction for the Class A-5 Certificates and the applicable principal prepayment and (ii) the Base Interest Fraction for the Class A-5-1 Certificates and the applicable principal prepayment;

(v)                to the Class A-5-X2 Certificates, the product of (1) such Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium, (2) a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the amount of principal distributed to the Class A-5-2 Certificates for that Distribution Date, and the denominator of which is the total amount of principal distributed to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class D and Class E Certificates and the Class A-4 Exchangeable Certificates, the Class A-5 Exchangeable Certificates, the Class A-S Exchangeable Certificates, the Class B Exchangeable Certificates and the Class C Exchangeable Certificates for that Distribution Date and (3) the difference between (i) the Base Interest Fraction for the Class A-5 Certificates and the applicable principal prepayment and (ii) the Base Interest Fraction for the Class A-5-2 Certificates and the applicable principal prepayment;

(vi)                to the Class A-S-X1 Certificates, the product of (1) such Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium, (2) a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the amount of principal distributed to the Class A-S-1 Certificates for that Distribution Date, and the denominator of which is the total amount of principal distributed to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class D and Class E Certificates and the Class A-4 Exchangeable Certificates, the Class A-5 Exchangeable Certificates, the Class A-S Exchangeable Certificates, the Class B Exchangeable Certificates and the Class C Exchangeable Certificates for that Distribution Date and (3) the difference between (i) the Base Interest Fraction for the Class A-S Certificates and the applicable principal prepayment and (ii) the Base Interest Fraction for the Class A-S-1 Certificates and the applicable principal prepayment;

(vii)               to the Class A-S-X2 Certificates, the product of (1) such Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium, (2) a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the amount of principal distributed to the Class A-S-2 Certificates for that Distribution Date, and the denominator of which is the total amount of principal distributed to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class D and Class E Certificates and the Class A-4 Exchangeable Certificates, the Class A-5 Exchangeable Certificates, the Class A-S Exchangeable Certificates, the Class B Exchangeable Certificates and the Class C Exchangeable Certificates for that Distribution Date and (3) the difference between (i) the Base Interest Fraction for the Class A-S Certificates and the applicable principal prepayment and (ii) the Base Interest Fraction for the Class A-S-2 Certificates and the applicable principal prepayment;

(viii)              to the Class B-X1 Certificates, the product of (1) such Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium, (2) a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the amount of principal distributed to the Class B-1 Certificates for that Distribution Date, and the denominator of which is the total amount of principal distributed to the Class A-1, Class

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A-2, Class A-SB, Class D and Class E Certificates and the Class A-4 Exchangeable Certificates, the Class A-5 Exchangeable Certificates, the Class A-S Exchangeable Certificates, the Class B Exchangeable Certificates and the Class C Exchangeable Certificates for that Distribution Date and (3) the difference between (i) the Base Interest Fraction for the Class B Certificates and the applicable principal prepayment and (ii) the Base Interest Fraction for the Class B-1 Certificates and the applicable principal prepayment;

(ix)                to the Class B-X2 Certificates, the product of (1) such Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium, (2) a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the amount of principal distributed to the Class B-2 Certificates for that Distribution Date, and the denominator of which is the total amount of principal distributed to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class D and Class E Certificates and the Class A-4 Exchangeable Certificates, the Class A-5 Exchangeable Certificates, the Class A-S Exchangeable Certificates, the Class B Exchangeable Certificates and the Class C Exchangeable Certificates for that Distribution Date and (3) the difference between (i) the Base Interest Fraction for the Class B Certificates and the applicable principal prepayment and (ii) the Base Interest Fraction for the Class B-2 Certificates and the applicable principal prepayment;

(x)                to the Class C-X1 Certificates, the product of (1) such Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium, (2) a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the amount of principal distributed to the Class C-1 Certificates for that Distribution Date, and the denominator of which is the total amount of principal distributed to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class D and Class E Certificates and the Class A-4 Exchangeable Certificates, the Class A-5 Exchangeable Certificates, the Class A-S Exchangeable Certificates, the Class B Exchangeable Certificates and the Class C Exchangeable Certificates for that Distribution Date and (3) the difference between (i) the Base Interest Fraction for the Class C Certificates and the applicable principal prepayment and (ii) the Base Interest Fraction for the Class C-1 Certificates and the applicable principal prepayment;

(xi)                to the Class C-X2 Certificates, the product of (1) such Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium, (2) a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the amount of principal distributed to the Class C-2 Certificates for that Distribution Date, and the denominator of which is the total amount of principal distributed to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class D and Class E Certificates and the Class A-4 Exchangeable Certificates, the Class A-5 Exchangeable Certificates, the Class A-S Exchangeable Certificates, the Class B Exchangeable Certificates and the Class C Exchangeable Certificates for that Distribution Date and (3) the difference between (i) the Base Interest Fraction for the Class C Certificates and the applicable principal prepayment and (ii) the Base Interest Fraction for the Class C-2 Certificates and the applicable principal prepayment;

(xii)               to the Class X-A Certificates, the excess, if any, of (1) the product of (i) such Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium and (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the total amount of principal distributed to the Class A-1, Class A-2

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and Class A-SB Certificates and the Class A-4 Exchangeable Certificates and the Class A-5 Exchangeable Certificates for that Distribution Date, and the denominator of which is the total amount of principal distributed to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class D and Class E Certificates and the Class A-4 Exchangeable Certificates, the Class A-5 Exchangeable Certificates, the Class A-S Exchangeable Certificates, the Class B Exchangeable Certificates and the Class C Exchangeable Certificates for that Distribution Date, over (2) the total amount of such Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium distributed to the Class A-1, Class A-2 and Class A-SB Certificates and the Class A-4 Exchangeable Certificates and the Class A-5 Exchangeable Certificates as described above;

(xiii)                to the Class X-B Certificates, the excess, if any, of (1) the product of (i) such Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium and (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the total amount of principal distributed to the Class A-S Exchangeable Certificates, the Class B Exchangeable Certificates and the Class C Exchangeable Certificates for that Distribution Date, and the denominator of which is the total amount of principal distributed to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class D and Class E Certificates and the Class A-4 Exchangeable Certificates, the Class A-5 Exchangeable Certificates, the Class A-S Exchangeable Certificates, the Class B Exchangeable Certificates and the Class C Exchangeable Certificates for that Distribution Date, over (2) the total amount of such Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium distributed to the Class A-S Exchangeable Certificates, the Class B Exchangeable Certificates and the Class C Exchangeable Certificates as described above; and

(xiv)                to the Class X-D Certificates, any remaining portion of such Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium not distributed as described above.

Notwithstanding any of the foregoing to the contrary, if at any time the Certificate Balances of the Principal Balance Certificates (other than the Control Eligible Certificates) have been reduced to zero as a result of the allocation of principal payments on the Mortgage Loans, and any Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium is collected during any Collection Period with respect to any Mortgage Loan, then on the Distribution Date immediately succeeding the end of such Collection Period, the Certificate Administrator shall pay to the Holders of each remaining Class of Principal Balance Certificates then entitled to distributions of principal on such Distribution Date the product of (a) any Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium distributable on the subject Distribution Date (net of any Liquidation Fees payable therefrom), and (b) a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the amount of principal distributed to such Class for that Distribution Date, and the denominator of which is the total amount of principal distributed to all Principal Balance Certificates for that Distribution Date.

For purposes of the first paragraph of this Section 4.01(e), the relevant “Base Interest Fraction” in connection with any Principal Prepayment of any Mortgage Loan that provides for the payment of a Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium, and with respect to any Class of Principal Balance Certificates, shall be a fraction (A) the numerator of which is the greater of (x) zero and (y) the difference between (i) the Pass-Through Rate on such Class for the related Distribution Date, and (ii) the applicable Discount Rate and (B) the denominator of which is the difference between (i) the Mortgage Rate on such Mortgage Loan and

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(ii) the applicable Discount Rate; provided that: (a) under no circumstances will the Base Interest Fraction be greater than 1.0; (b) if the applicable Discount Rate is greater than or equal to the Mortgage Rate on such Mortgage Loan and is greater than or equal to the Pass-Through Rate on such Class for the related Distribution Date, then the Base Interest Fraction will equal zero; and (c) if the applicable Discount Rate is greater than or equal to the Mortgage Rate on such Mortgage Loan and is less than the Pass-Through Rate on such Class for the related Distribution Date, then the Base Interest Fraction shall be equal to 1.0. If a Mortgage Loan provides for a step-up in the Mortgage Rate, then the Mortgage Rate used in the determination of the Base Interest Fraction will be the Mortgage Rate in effect at the time of the prepayment.

For purposes of the preceding paragraph, the relevant “Discount Rate” in connection with any Prepayment Premium or Yield Maintenance Charge collected on any prepaid Mortgage Loan or REO Loan and distributable on any Distribution Date shall be a rate per annum equal to (i) if a discount rate was used in the calculation of the applicable Prepayment Premium or Yield Maintenance Charge pursuant to the terms of the relevant Mortgage Loan or REO Loan, as the case may be, such discount rate (as reported by the applicable Master Servicer), converted (if necessary) to a monthly equivalent yield, or (ii) if a discount rate was not used in the calculation of the applicable Prepayment Premium or Yield Maintenance Charge pursuant to the terms of the relevant Mortgage Loan or REO Loan, as the case may be, the yield calculated by the linear interpolation of the yields (as reported under the heading “U.S. Government Securities/Treasury Constant Maturities” in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) published by the Federal Reserve Board for the week most recently ended before the date of the relevant prepayment (or deemed prepayment) of U.S. Treasury constant maturities with a maturity date, one longer and one shorter, most nearly approximating the related stated maturity date (in the case of a Mortgage Loan or REO Loan that is not related to an ARD Loan) or the related Anticipated Repayment Date (in the case of a Mortgage Loan or REO Loan that is related to an ARD Loan)), such interpolated yield converted to a monthly equivalent yield. If Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) is no longer published, the Certificate Administrator shall select a comparable publication as the source of the applicable yields of U.S. Treasury constant maturities.

No Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium shall be distributed to the Class F, Class X-F, Class V or Class R Certificates.

All distributions of Yield Maintenance Charges and Prepayment Premiums made in respect of the respective Classes of Regular Certificates and Exchangeable Certificates on each Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01(e) shall first be deemed to be distributed from the Lower-Tier REMIC to the Upper-Tier REMIC in respect of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests, pro rata based upon the amount of principal distributed in respect of each such Class of Lower-Tier Regular Interests for such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01(c) above.

(f)                On each Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator shall withdraw amounts from the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account (other than amounts with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) equal to the Gain-on-Sale Remittance Amount for such Distribution Date. The Certificate Administrator shall deposit such amounts in the Distribution Account for distribution pursuant to Section 4.01(a) to the Holders of the Regular Certificates and the Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests (and correspondingly, the Exchangeable Certificates) in order of distribution priority (first deeming such amounts to be distributed with respect to the

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Related Lower-Tier Regular Interests). Amounts paid in reimbursement of Realized Losses shall not reduce the Certificate Balances of the Classes of Certificates receiving such distributions. Any amounts remaining in the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account after such distributions shall be applied to offset future Realized Losses with respect to the Principal Balance Certificates and related Realized Losses in each case allocable to the Regular Certificates and the Exchangeable Certificates. Upon termination of the Trust, any amounts remaining in the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account shall be distributed to the Holders of the Class R Certificates from the Lower-Tier REMIC in respect of the Class LR Interest.

(g)               All distributions made with respect to each Class of Certificates on each Distribution Date shall be allocated pro rata among the outstanding Certificates in such Class based on their respective Percentage Interests. Except as otherwise specifically provided in Sections 4.01(h), 4.01(i) and 9.01, all such distributions with respect to each Class on each Distribution Date shall be made to the Certificateholders of the respective Class of record at the close of business on the related Record Date and shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of any such Certificateholder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such Certificateholder shall have provided the Certificate Administrator with wiring instructions no less than five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent Distribution Dates), or otherwise by check mailed to such Certificateholder at its address in the Certificate Register. The final distribution on each Certificate (determined without regard to any possible future reimbursement of Realized Losses previously allocated to such Certificate) will be made in like manner, but only upon presentation and surrender of such Certificate at the offices of the Certificate Registrar or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders of such final distribution.

Each distribution with respect to a Book-Entry Certificate shall be paid to the Depository, as Holder thereof, and the Depository shall be responsible for crediting the amount of such distribution to the accounts of its Depository Participants in accordance with its normal procedures. Each Depository Participant shall be responsible for disbursing such distribution to the Certificate Owners that it represents and to each indirect participating brokerage firm (a “brokerage firm” or “indirect participating firm”) for which it acts as agent. Each brokerage firm shall be responsible for disbursing funds to the Certificate Owners that it represents. None of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Registrar, the Depositor, any Master Servicer, any Special Servicer or the Underwriters shall have any responsibility therefor except as otherwise provided by this Agreement or applicable law.

(h)               Except as otherwise provided in Section 9.01, whenever the Certificate Administrator expects that the final distribution with respect to any Class of Certificates (determined without regard to any possible future reimbursement of any amount of Realized Losses previously allocated to such Class of Certificates) will be made on the next Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator shall, no later than the related P&I Advance Determination Date, post on the Certificate Administrator’s Website pursuant to Section 3.13(b) a notice in electronic format to the effect that:

(i)                the Certificate Administrator expects that the final distribution with respect to such Class of Certificates will be made on such Distribution Date but only upon

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presentation and surrender of such Certificates at the offices of the Certificate Registrar or such other location therein specified; and

(ii)               no interest shall accrue on such Certificates from and after such Distribution Date.

Any funds not distributed to any Holder or Holders of Certificates of such Class on such Distribution Date because of the failure of such Holder or Holders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held uninvested in trust and credited to the account or accounts of the appropriate non-tendering Holder or Holders. If any Certificates as to which notice has been given pursuant to this Section 4.01(h) shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six (6) months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation in order to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one (1) year after the second notice all such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator, directly or through an agent, shall take such steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning the surrender of their Certificates as it shall deem appropriate, subject to applicable law with respect to escheatment of funds. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders following the first anniversary of the delivery of such second notice to the non-tendering Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held in trust hereunder by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with this Section 4.01(h).

(i)                 Distributions in reimbursement of Realized Losses previously allocated to the Regular Certificates and Exchangeable Certificates shall be made in the amounts and manner specified in Section 4.01(a) or Section 4.01(d), as applicable, to the Holders of the respective Class otherwise entitled to distributions of interest and principal on such Class on the relevant Distribution Date; provided that all distributions in reimbursement of Realized Losses previously allocated to a Class of Certificates which has since been retired shall be to the prior Holders that surrendered the Certificates of such Class upon retirement thereof and shall be made by check mailed to the address of each such prior Holder last shown in the Certificate Register. Notice of any such distribution to a prior Holder shall be made in accordance with Section 13.05 at such last address. The amount of the distribution to each such prior Holder shall be based upon the aggregate Percentage Interest evidenced by the Certificates surrendered thereby. If the check mailed to any such prior Holder is returned uncashed, then the amount thereof shall be set aside and held uninvested in trust for the benefit of such prior Holder, and the Certificate Administrator shall attempt to contact such prior Holder in the manner contemplated by Section 4.01(h) as if such Holder had failed to surrender its Certificates.

(j)                 On each Distribution Date, any Excess Interest received during the related Collection Period with respect to any ARD Loans shall be distributed to the Holders of the Excess Interest Certificates from the Excess Interest Distribution Account. Excess Interest will not be available to pay any other amounts except for distributions on Excess Interest Certificates as set forth in the prior sentence.

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(k)               On each Serviced Whole Loan Remittance Date, with respect to any Serviced Companion Loan, the Companion Paying Agent shall make withdrawals and payments from the Companion Distribution Account for each Companion Loan in the following order of priority:

(i)                   to pay to the applicable Master Servicer for deposit into the applicable Collection Account, as applicable, any amounts deposited by such Master Servicer in the Companion Distribution Account not required to be deposited therein;

(ii)                to the extent permitted under the related Intercreditor Agreement and not otherwise previously reimbursed, to pay the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator or any of their directors, officers, employees and agents, as the case may be, any amounts payable or reimbursable to any such Person pursuant to Section 8.05, to the extent any such amounts relate solely to a Serviced Whole Loan related to such Companion Loan, and such amounts are to be paid by the related Companion Holder pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement;

(iii)              to pay all amounts remaining in the Companion Distribution Account related to such Serviced Companion Loan to the related Companion Holder, in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement; and

(iv)                to clear and terminate the Companion Distribution Account at the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01.

All distributions from the Companion Distribution Account required hereunder shall be made by the Companion Paying Agent to the related Companion Holder by wire transfer in immediately available funds on each Serviced Whole Loan Remittance Date (and on each additional date required by this Agreement or the related Intercreditor Agreement) to the account of such Companion Holder or an agent therefor appearing on the Serviced Companion Noteholder Register on the related Record Date (or, if no such account so appears or information relating thereto is not provided at least five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date, by check sent by first class mail to the address of such Companion Holder or its agent appearing on the Serviced Companion Noteholder Register). Any such account shall be located at a commercial bank in the United States.

On the final Remittance Date, each Master Servicer shall withdraw from its Collection Account and deliver to the Certificate Administrator who shall distribute to the Mortgage Loan Sellers, any Loss of Value Payments relating to the Mortgage Loans that it is servicing and that were transferred from the Loss of Value Reserve Fund to its Collection Account on the immediately preceding Remittance Date.

Section 4.02        Distribution Date Statements; CREFC^® Investor Reporting Packages; Grant of Power of Attorney.(a) On each Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator shall make available pursuant to Section 3.13(b) on the Certificate Administrator’s Website to any Privileged Person a statement (substantially in the form set forth as Exhibit G hereto and based in part upon information supplied to the Certificate Administrator in the related CREFC^® Investor

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Reporting Package in accordance with CREFC^® guidelines) as to the distributions made on such Distribution Date (each, a “Distribution Date Statement”) which shall include:

(i)                                  the amount of the distribution on such Distribution Date to the Holders of each Class of Certificates in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof;

(ii)                               the aggregate amount of Advances made, with respect to the pool of Mortgage Loans, during the period from but not including the previous Distribution Date to and including such Distribution Date and details of P&I Advances as of the P&I Advance Date;

(iii)                            the aggregate amount of compensation paid to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator, servicing compensation paid to the applicable Master Servicer and the applicable Special Servicer, compensation paid to the Operating Advisor, compensation paid to the Asset Representations Reviewer and CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fees paid to CREFC^®, in each case, with respect to the Collection Period for such Determination Date together with detailed calculations of servicing compensation paid to such Master Servicer and such Special Servicer;

(iv)                           the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and any REO Loans (but excluding any related Companion Loans), with respect to the pool of Mortgage Loans, outstanding immediately before and immediately after such Distribution Date;

(v)                              the aggregate amount of unscheduled payments received;

(vi)                           the number of loans, their aggregate principal balance, weighted average remaining term to maturity and weighted average Mortgage Rate of the Mortgage Loans, with respect to the pool of Mortgage Loans, as of the end of the related Collection Period for such Distribution Date;

(vii)                        the number and aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans (A) delinquent 30-59 days, (B) delinquent 60-89 days, (C) delinquent 90 days to 120 days, (D) current but specially serviced or in foreclosure but not an REO Property and (E) for which the related Mortgagor is subject to oversight by a bankruptcy court;

(viii)                     the value of any REO Property (and, with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, the trust’s interest therein) included in the Trust Fund as of the end of the related Determination Date for such Distribution Date, on a loan-by-loan basis, based on the most recent Appraisal or valuation;

(ix)                             the Available Funds for such Distribution Date;

(x)                                 the Interest Distribution Amount, Interest Accrual Amount and Interest Shortfall, in respect of such Class of Certificates for such Distribution Date, separately identifying any Interest Distribution Amount, Interest Accrual Amount, Interest Shortfall for such Distribution Date allocated to such Class of Certificates;

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(xi)                             the amount of the distribution on such Distribution Date to the Holders of such Class of Certificates allocable to (A) Yield Maintenance Charges, (B) in the case of the Class V Certificates, Excess Interest and (C) Prepayment Premiums;

(xii)                           the Pass-Through Rate for such Class of Certificates for such Distribution Date and the next succeeding Distribution Date;

(xiii)                       the Scheduled Principal Distribution Amount and the Unscheduled Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date, with respect to the pool of Mortgage Loans;

(xiv)                      the Certificate Balance or Notional Amount, as the case may be, of each Class of Certificates immediately before and immediately after such Distribution Date, separately identifying any reduction therein as a result of the allocation of any Realized Loss on such Distribution Date and the aggregate amount of all reductions as a result of allocations of Realized Losses in respect of the Principal Balance Certificates to date;

(xv)                         the Certificate Factor for each Class of Certificates (other than the Class R and Class V Certificates) immediately following such Distribution Date;

(xvi)                      the amount of any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts effected (including, with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, the amount allocable to the related Mortgage Loan and Serviced Companion Loan) in connection with such Distribution Date on a loan-by-loan basis;

(xvii)                   the current Controlling Class;

(xviii)                the number and related Stated Principal Balance of any Mortgage Loans extended or modified since the previous Determination Date (or in the case of the first Distribution Date, as of the Cut-off Date) on a loan-by-loan basis;

(xix)                        a loan-by-loan listing of each Mortgage Loan which was the subject of a Principal Prepayment since the previous Determination Date (or in the case of the first Distribution Date, as of the Cut-off Date) and the amount and the type of Principal Prepayment occurring;

(xx)                           a loan-by-loan listing of each Mortgage Loan which was defeased since the previous Determination Date (or in the case of the first Distribution Date, as of the Cut-off Date);

(xxi)                        all deposits into, withdrawals from, and the balance of the Interest Reserve Account on the P&I Advance Date;

(xxii)                     in the case of the Class R Certificates, the amount of any distributions on such Certificates pursuant to Sections 4.01(a), 4.01(c) and 4.01(f);

(xxiii)                   the amount of the distribution on such Distribution Date to the Holders of such Class of Certificates in reimbursement of previously allocated Realized Losses;

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(xxiv)                 the aggregate unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loans outstanding as of the close of business on the related Determination Date, with respect to the pool of Mortgage Loans;

(xxv)                    with respect to any Mortgage Loan as to which a Liquidation Event occurred since the previous Determination Date (or in the case of the first Distribution Date, as of the Cut-off Date) or prior to the related Determination Date (other than a payment in full), (A) the loan number thereof, (B) the aggregate of all Liquidation Proceeds and other amounts received in connection with such Liquidation Event (separately identifying the portion thereof allocable to distributions on the Certificates) and (C) the amount of any Realized Loss allocated to the Principal Balance Certificates in connection with such Liquidation Event;

(xxvi)                 with respect to any REO Property (including, with respect to any Non-Serviced Whole Loan, the Trust’s interest therein) included in the Trust as to which the applicable Special Servicer determined, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, that all payments or recoveries with respect to the Mortgaged Property have been ultimately recovered since the previous Determination Date, (A) the loan number of the related Mortgage Loan, (B) the aggregate of all Liquidation Proceeds and other amounts received in connection with that determination (separately identifying the portion thereof allocable to distributions on the Certificates) and (C) the amount of any Realized Loss allocated to the Principal Balance Certificates in respect of the related REO Loan in connection with that determination;

(xxvii)              the aggregate amount of interest on P&I Advances paid to the applicable Master Servicer and the Trustee since the previous Determination Date (or in the case of the first Distribution Date, as of the Cut-off Date), with respect to the pool of Mortgage Loans;

(xxviii)           exchanges of Exchangeable Certificates that took place since the last Distribution Date and the designations of the applicable Classes that were exchanged or, if applicable, that no such exchanges have occurred;

(xxix)                   the then-current credit support levels for each Class of Certificates;

(xxx)                      the aggregate amount of Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges on the Mortgage Loans (each separately identified) collected since the previous Determination Date (or in the case of the first Distribution Date, as of the Cut-off Date);

(xxxi)                   a loan-by-loan listing of any material modification, extension or waiver of a Mortgage Loan;

(xxxii)                a loan-by-loan listing of any material breach of the representations and warranties given with respect to a Mortgage Loan by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller;

(xxxiii)             an itemized listing of any Disclosable Special Servicer Fees received by the applicable Special Servicer or any of its Affiliates, which information will be provided to the Certificate Administrator by the applicable Master Servicer; and

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(xxxiv)             the amount of any Excess Interest actually received.

In the case of information furnished pursuant to clauses (i), (ix), (x), (xi), (xiv), (xxiii), (xxiv) and (xxxiv) above, the amounts shall be expressed as a dollar amount in the aggregate for all Certificates of each applicable Class and per Definitive Certificate.

The Certificate Administrator has not obtained and shall not be deemed to have obtained actual knowledge of any information only by virtue of its receipt and posting of such information to the Certificate Administrator’s website.

Within a reasonable period of time after the end of each calendar year, the Certificate Administrator shall furnish to each Person who at any time during the calendar year was a Holder of a Certificate, a statement containing the information set forth in clauses (i) and (x) above as to the applicable Class, aggregated for such calendar year or applicable portion thereof during which person was a Certificateholder, together with such other information as the Certificate Administrator deems necessary or desirable, or that a Certificateholder or Certificate Owner reasonably requests, to enable Certificateholders to prepare their tax returns for such calendar year. Such obligation of the Certificate Administrator shall be deemed to have been satisfied to the extent that substantially comparable information shall be provided by the Certificate Administrator pursuant to any requirements of the Code as from time to time are in force.

Upon receipt of an Asset Review Report Summary from the Asset Representations Reviewer required to be delivered pursuant to Section 12.01(b), the Certificate Administrator shall (i) include such Asset Review Report Summary in Item 1B on the Form 10-D for such period in which such Asset Review Report Summary was delivered, and (ii) post such Asset Review Report Summary to the Certificate Administrator’s Website not later than two (2) Business Days after receipt of such Asset Review Report Summary from the Asset Representations Reviewer.

(b)               [RESERVED].

(c)               Each applicable Master Servicer and each applicable Special Servicer may, at its sole cost and expense, make available by electronic media, bulletin board service or Internet website (in addition to making information available as provided herein) any reports or other information such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as applicable, is required or permitted to provide to any party to this Agreement, the Rating Agencies or any Certificateholder or any prospective Certificateholder that has provided such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as applicable, with an Investor Certification or has executed a “click-through” confidentiality agreement in accordance with Section 3.13 (which may be a licensed or registered investment advisor) to the extent such action does not conflict with the terms of this Agreement (including without limitation, any requirements to keep Privileged Information confidential), the terms of the Mortgage Loans or applicable law. Notwithstanding this paragraph, the availability of such information or reports on the Internet or similar electronic media shall not be deemed to satisfy any specific delivery requirements in this Agreement except as set forth herein. In connection with providing access to the applicable Master Servicer’s Internet website, such Master Servicer shall take reasonable measures to ensure that only such parties listed above may access such information including, without limitation, requiring registration, a confidentiality agreement and acceptance of a disclaimer. No Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall be

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liable for dissemination of this information in accordance with this Agreement, and no Master Servicer or Special Servicer shall be responsible for any information delivered, produced, or made available pursuant to Section 3.13 and Section 4.02(a), other than information produced by such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as applicable; provided that such information otherwise meets the requirements set forth herein with respect to the form and substance of such information or reports. The applicable Master Servicer shall be entitled to attach to any report provided pursuant to this Section 4.02(c), any reasonable disclaimer with respect to information provided, or any assumptions required to be made by such report.

Each Special Servicer shall from time to time (and, in any event, as may be reasonably required by the applicable Master Servicer) provide the applicable Master Servicer with such information in its possession regarding the Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties as may be necessary for the applicable Master Servicer to prepare each report and any supplemental information to be provided by the applicable Master Servicer to the Certificate Administrator. None of the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee or the Depositor shall have any obligation to recompute, verify or recalculate the information provided thereto by the applicable Master Servicer. Unless the Certificate Administrator has actual knowledge that any report or file received from such Master Servicer contains erroneous information, the Certificate Administrator is authorized to rely thereon in calculating and making distributions to Certificateholders in accordance with Section 4.01, preparing the Distribution Date Statement required by Section 4.02(a) and allocating Realized Losses to the Certificates in accordance with Section 4.04.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the failure of a Master Servicer or a Special Servicer to disclose any information otherwise required to be disclosed pursuant to this Section 4.02(c) or Section 4.02(d) shall not constitute a breach of this Section 4.02(c) or of Section 4.02(d) to the extent such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer so fails because such disclosure, in the reasonable belief of such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as the case may be, would violate any applicable law or any provision of a Mortgage Loan document prohibiting disclosure of information with respect to the Mortgage Loans or the Mortgaged Properties. The applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer may affix to any information provided by it any disclaimer it deems appropriate in its reasonable discretion (without suggesting liability on the part of any other party hereto).

(d)               Upon the written request of a Certificateholder, any beneficial owner of a Certificate, or any prospective purchaser of a Certificate that is a Qualified Institutional Buyer and is designated by a Certificateholder or a beneficial owner of a Certificate as such and, in any case, has delivered an Investor Certification to the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator, as soon as reasonably practicable, at the expense of the requesting party, the Certificate Administrator shall make available to the requesting party such information that is in the Certificate Administrator’s possession or can reasonably be obtained by the Certificate Administrator as is requested by such person, for purposes of satisfying applicable reporting requirements under Rule 144A under the Securities Act. Neither the Certificate Registrar, nor the Certificate Administrator shall have any responsibility for the sufficiency under Rule 144A or any other securities laws of any available information so furnished to any person including any prospective purchaser of a Certificate or any interest therein, nor for the content or accuracy of any information so furnished which was prepared or delivered to them by another.

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(e)               The information to which any Certificateholder is entitled is limited to the information gathered and provided to the Certificateholder by the parties hereto pursuant to this Agreement and by acceptance of any Certificate, each Certificateholder agrees that except as specifically provided herein, no Certificateholder shall contact any Mortgagor directly with respect to any Mortgage Loan.

(f)                Upon the reasonable request of the Directing Certificateholder or any Controlling Class Certificateholder that, in either case, is an Excluded Controlling Class Holder with respect to any Excluded Controlling Class Loan identified to the applicable Master Servicer’s (in the case of a Non-Specially Serviced Loan) or the applicable Special Servicer’s (in the case of a Specially Serviced Loan) reasonable satisfaction (at the expense of the Directing Certificateholder or such Controlling Class Certificateholder) and if such information is in such Master Servicer’s or such Special Servicer’s possession, as applicable, such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer shall provide or make available (or forward electronically) to the Directing Certificateholder or such Controlling Class Certificateholder, as applicable, (at the expense of the Directing Certificateholder or such Controlling Class Certificateholder, as applicable) any Excluded Information (available to Privileged Persons through the Certificate Administrator’s Website but not accessible to the Directing Certificateholder or such Controlling Class Certificateholder, as applicable, through the Certificate Administrator’s Website because the Directing Certificateholder or such Controlling Class Certificateholder, as applicable, is an Excluded Controlling Class Holder with respect to another Excluded Controlling Class Loan) relating to any Excluded Controlling Class Loan with respect to which the Directing Certificateholder or such Controlling Class Certificateholder, as applicable, is not a Borrower Party; provided that, in connection therewith, the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer may require a written confirmation executed by the requesting Person substantially in such form as may be reasonably acceptable to such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, generally to the effect that such Person is the Directing Certificateholder or a Controlling Class Certificateholder, will keep such Excluded Information confidential and is not a Borrower Party, upon which such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer may conclusively rely. In addition, the applicable Master Servicer and the applicable Special Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on delivery from the Directing Certificateholder or a Controlling Class Certificateholder, as applicable, of an Investor Certification substantially in the form of Exhibit P-1B that the Directing Certificateholder or Controlling Class Certificateholder is not an Excluded Controlling Class Holder with respect to a particular Mortgage Loan. For the avoidance of doubt, the applicable Special Servicer referenced in this Section 4.02(f) shall include any applicable Excluded Special Servicer with respect to the related Excluded Special Servicer Loan(s).

Section 4.03        P&I Advances. (a) On or before 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on each P&I Advance Date, the applicable Master Servicer shall (i) remit to the Certificate Administrator for deposit from its own funds into the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, an amount equal to the aggregate amount of P&I Advances, if any, with respect to the Mortgage Loans serviced by such Master Servicer to be made in respect of the related Distribution Date, (ii) apply amounts held in the applicable Collection Account, for future distribution to Certificateholders in subsequent months in discharge of any such obligation to make such P&I Advances or (iii) make such P&I Advances in the form of any combination of (i) and (ii) aggregating the total amount of P&I Advances to be made. Any amounts held in the applicable Collection Account for future distribution and so used to make P&I Advances shall be

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appropriately reflected in the applicable Master Servicer’s records and replaced by such Master Servicer by deposit in the applicable Collection Account on or before the next succeeding P&I Advance Date (to the extent not previously replaced through the deposit of Late Collections of the delinquent principal and/or interest in respect of which such P&I Advances were made). The applicable Master Servicer shall notify the Certificate Administrator of (i) the aggregate amount of P&I Advances to be made by such Master Servicer for a Distribution Date and (ii) the amount of any Nonrecoverable P&I Advances with respect to Mortgage Loans serviced by such Master Servicer for such Distribution Date, on or before two (2) Business Days prior to such Distribution Date. If the applicable Master Servicer fails to make a required P&I Advance by 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on any P&I Advance Date, the Trustee shall make such P&I Advance pursuant to Section 7.05 by noon, New York City time, on the related Distribution Date, unless such Master Servicer shall have cured such failure (and provided written notice of such cure to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator) by 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such Distribution Date. In the event that the applicable Master Servicer fails to make a required P&I Advance hereunder, the Certificate Administrator shall notify the Trustee of such circumstances by 4:30 p.m., New York City time, on the related P&I Advance Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the portion of any P&I Advance equal to the CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee shall not be remitted to the Certificate Administrator for deposit into the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account but shall be deposited into the applicable Collection Account for payment to CREFC^® on such Distribution Date.

If the applicable Master Servicer or the Trustee makes a P&I Advance with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan with a related Serviced Companion Loan, then it shall provide to the related other master servicer and Other Trustee under the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement written notice of the amount of such P&I Advance with respect to such Mortgage Loan within two (2) Business Days of making such P&I Advance.

If the applicable Master Servicer or the Trustee makes a P&I Advance with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, then it shall provide to the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer and Non-Serviced Trustee written notice of the amount of such P&I Advance within two (2) Business Days of making such P&I Advance.

No Special Servicer shall have an obligation to make any P&I Advance or any recoverability determination with respect to any P&I Advance under this Agreement.

(b)               Subject to Section 4.03(c) and Section 4.03(e) below, the amount of P&I Advances to be made by each Master Servicer with respect to any Distribution Date, and each Mortgage Loan for which it acts as Master Servicer, shall be equal to: (i) the Periodic Payments (net of related Servicing Fees and, in the case of any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, a fee accruing at the related Non-Serviced Primary Servicing Fee Rate) other than Balloon Payments, that were due on such Mortgage Loan (including any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) and any REO Loan (other than any portion of an REO Loan related to a Companion Loan) for which it acts as Master Servicer during the related Collection Period and were not received as of the close of business on the Business Day preceding the related P&I Advance Date (or not advanced by any Sub-Servicer on behalf of the applicable Master Servicer) and (ii) with respect to each such Mortgage Loan delinquent in respect of its Balloon Payment as of the P&I Advance Date (including any REO Loan (other than any portion of an REO Loan related to a Companion Loan) as to which the related

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Balloon Payment would have been past due), an amount equal to the Assumed Scheduled Payment therefor. Subject to Section 4.03(c) below, the obligation of the applicable Master Servicer to make such P&I Advances is mandatory, and with respect to any Mortgage Loan (including any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or REO Loan (other than any portion of an REO Loan related to a Companion Loan), shall continue until the Distribution Date on which the proceeds, if any, received in connection with a Liquidation Event or the disposition of the REO Property, as the case may be, with respect thereto are to be distributed. No P&I Advances shall be made with respect to any Companion Loan. For the avoidance of doubt, each Master Servicer shall make P&I Advances on the basis of the original terms of any Mortgage Loan, including Mortgage Loans subject to forbearance agreements or other temporary deferrals or payment accommodations, unless (i) the terms of the Mortgage Loan have been permanently modified to reduce or forgive a monetary obligation or (ii) such advance has been determined to be non-recoverable.

(c)               Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no P&I Advance shall be required to be made hereunder if such P&I Advance would, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance. With respect to each Serviced Mortgage Loan, the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer or the Trustee shall make its determination that a P&I Advance that has been made on such Serviced Mortgage Loan is a Nonrecoverable Advance or that any proposed P&I Advance would, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance with respect to such Serviced Mortgage Loan independently of any determination made by the applicable Other Servicer or Other Trustee, as the case may be, under the applicable Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement in respect of the related Serviced Companion Loan. If the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer or the Trustee determines that a proposed P&I Advance with respect to a Serviced Mortgage Loan, if made, or any outstanding P&I Advance with respect to a Serviced Mortgage Loan previously made, would be, or is, as applicable, a Nonrecoverable Advance, the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, shall provide the applicable Other Servicer written notice of such determination within two (2) Business Days of the date of such determination. If the applicable Master Servicer receives written notice from the related Other Servicer, as the case may be, that an Other Servicer or the Other Trustee has determined, in accordance with the applicable Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to a Serviced Companion Loan, that any proposed advance under the applicable Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement that is similar to a P&I Advance would be, or any outstanding advance under such Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement that is similar to a P&I Advance is, a nonrecoverable advance, then the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer or the Trustee may, based upon such determination, determine that any P&I Advance previously made or proposed to be made with respect to the related Serviced Mortgage Loan will be a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance. Thereafter, in either case, the applicable Master Servicer and the Trustee shall not be required to make any additional P&I Advances with respect to the related Serviced Mortgage Loan unless and until such Master Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be, determines that any such additional P&I Advances with respect to the related Serviced Mortgage Loan would not be a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance, which determination may be as a result of consultation with the related Other Servicer, as the case may be, or otherwise. For the avoidance of doubt, the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be, shall have the sole discretion provided in this Agreement to determine that any future P&I Advance or outstanding P&I Advance would be, or is, as applicable, a Nonrecoverable Advance.

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With respect to each Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer or the Trustee shall make its determination (based on information provided by the applicable Non-Serviced Master Servicer and Non-Serviced Special Servicer) that a P&I Advance that has been made on such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan is a Nonrecoverable Advance or that any proposed P&I Advance would, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance with respect to such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan independently of any determination made by the applicable Non-Serviced Master Servicer, the applicable Non-Serviced Special Servicer or the Non-Serviced Trustee, as the case may be, under the applicable Non-Serviced PSA in respect of the related Non-Serviced Companion Loan. If the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer or the Trustee determines that a proposed P&I Advance with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, if made, or any outstanding P&I Advance with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan previously made, would be, or is, as applicable, a Nonrecoverable Advance, the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, shall provide the applicable Non-Serviced Master Servicer and Non-Serviced Special Servicer written notice of such determination within two (2) Business Days of the date of such determination. If the applicable Master Servicer receives written notice from the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer or the related Non-Serviced Special Servicer, as the case may be, that either has determined, or the Non-Serviced Trustee has determined, in accordance with the applicable Non-Serviced PSA with respect to a Non-Serviced Companion Loan, that any proposed advance under the applicable Non-Serviced PSA that is similar to a P&I Advance would be, or any outstanding advance under such Non-Serviced PSA that is similar to a P&I Advance is, a nonrecoverable advance, then the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer or the Trustee may, based upon such determination, determine that any P&I Advance previously made or proposed to be made with respect to the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan will be a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance. Thereafter, in either case, the applicable Master Servicer and the Trustee shall not be required to make any additional P&I Advances with respect to the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan unless and until such Master Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be, determines that any such additional P&I Advances with respect to the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan would not be a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance, which determination may be as a result of consultation with the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer or the related Non-Serviced Special Servicer, as the case may be, or otherwise. For the avoidance of doubt, the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be, shall have the sole discretion provided in this Agreement to determine that any future P&I Advance or outstanding P&I Advance would be, or is, as applicable, a Nonrecoverable Advance.

(d)               In connection with the recovery of any P&I Advance out of the applicable Collection Account, pursuant to Section 3.05(a), the applicable Master Servicer shall be entitled to pay the Trustee and itself (in that order of priority) as the case may be, out of any amounts then on deposit in the applicable Collection Account (but in no event from any funds allocable to a Serviced Companion Noteholder (unless related thereto), except to the extent permitted pursuant to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement), interest at the Reimbursement Rate in effect from time to time, accrued on the amount of such P&I Advance from the date made to but not including the date of reimbursement; provided, however, that no interest will accrue on any P&I Advance (i) if the related Periodic Payment is received on or before the related Due Date has passed and any applicable Grace Period has expired or (ii) if the related Periodic Payment is received after the Determination Date but on or prior to the related P&I Advance Date. The applicable Master Servicer shall reimburse itself and/or the Trustee, as the case may be, for any

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outstanding P&I Advance, subject to Section 3.17 of this Agreement, as soon as practicably possible after funds available for such purpose are deposited in the applicable Collection Account.

(e)               Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) neither the applicable Master Servicer nor the Trustee shall make an advance for Excess Interest, Yield Maintenance Charges, Default Interest, late payment charges, Prepayment Premiums, or Balloon Payments or make any P&I Advance with respect to any Companion Loan or any cure payment payable by a holder of an AB Subordinate Companion Loan and (ii) if an Appraisal Reduction Amount has been determined with respect to any Mortgage Loan (or, in the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, an “appraisal reduction amount” (or similar item) has been made in accordance with the related Non-Serviced PSA and the applicable Master Servicer has notice of such appraisal reduction amount) then in the event of subsequent delinquencies thereon, the interest portion of the P&I Advance in respect of such Mortgage Loan for the related Distribution Date shall be reduced (it being herein acknowledged that there shall be no reduction in the principal portion of such P&I Advance) to equal the product of (x) the amount of the interest portion of such P&I Advance for such Mortgage Loan for such Distribution Date without regard to this clause 4.03(e)(ii), and (y) a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is equal to the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan immediately prior to such Distribution Date, net of the related Appraisal Reduction Amount (or, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, the portion of such Appraisal Reduction Amount allocated to the related Mortgage Loan), if any, and the denominator of which is equal to the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan immediately prior to such Distribution Date. For purposes of the immediately preceding sentence, the Periodic Payment due on the Maturity Date for a Balloon Mortgage Loan will be the Assumed Scheduled Payment for the related Distribution Date.

Section 4.04        Allocation of Realized Losses.(a) On each Distribution Date, immediately following the distributions to be made on such date pursuant to Section 4.01, the Certificate Administrator shall calculate the Realized Loss for such Distribution Date. Any allocation of Realized Losses to a Class of Regular Certificates or Exchangeable Certificates or Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest shall be made by reducing the Certificate Balance thereof by the amount so allocated. Any Realized Losses so allocated to a Class of Regular Certificates or Exchangeable Certificates shall be allocated among the respective Certificates of such Class of Regular Certificates or Exchangeable Certificates in proportion to the Percentage Interests evidenced thereby. The allocation of Realized Losses shall constitute an allocation of losses and other shortfalls experienced by the Trust. Reimbursement of previously allocated Realized Losses will not constitute distributions of principal for any purpose and will not result in an additional reduction in the Certificate Balance of the applicable Class of Certificates or Upper-Tier Regular Interest in respect of which any such reimbursement is made. With respect to any Class of Principal Balance Certificates (other than any Exchangeable Certificates) and Exchangeable Upper-Tier P&I Regular Interests, to the extent any Nonrecoverable Advances (plus interest thereon) that were reimbursed from principal collections on the Mortgage Loans and previously resulted in a reduction of the Principal Distribution Amount are subsequently recovered on the related Mortgage Loan, the amount of such recovery will be added to the Certificate Balance of the Class or Classes of such Principal Balance Certificates or Exchangeable Upper-Tier P&I Regular Interests that previously were allocated Realized Losses and in the case of Realized Losses, in sequential order according to the priority of payments for such Principal Balance Certificates and Exchangeable Upper-Tier P&I Regular Interests (and with respect to the Class A-

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1 and Class A-2 and Class A-SB Certificates and the Class A-4 and Class A-5 Upper-Tier Regular Interests (and, correspondingly, to the Class A-4, Class A-4-1, Class A-4-2, Class A-5, Class A-5-1 and Class A-5-2 Certificates, pro rata in proportion to their Class Percentage Interests in the Class A-4 Upper-Tier Regular Interest or the Class A-5 Upper-Tier Regular Interest, as applicable), on a pro rata basis according to the amount of unreimbursed Realized Losses on such Classes), in each case up to the amount of the unreimbursed Realized Losses allocated to such Class of Principal Balance Certificates or Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests.

(b)               (i) On each Distribution Date, the Certificate Balances of the Principal Balance Certificates (other than any Exchangeable Certificates) and the Exchangeable Upper-Tier P&I Regular Interests will be reduced without distribution, as a write-off to the extent of any Realized Losses, if any, allocable to such Certificates or Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests with respect to such Distribution Date. Any such write-off shall be allocated in Reverse Sequential Order.

(ii)                             Any Realized Losses applied to the Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-S, Class B or Class C Upper-Tier Regular Interests shall be allocated to the corresponding Classes of Exchangeable Certificates with Certificate Balances that represent an interest therein pro rata to reduce their Certificate Balances in accordance with their Class Percentage Interests therein.

(c)               With respect to any Distribution Date, any Realized Losses allocated to a Class of Principal Balance Certificates (other than any Exchangeable Certificates) or Exchangeable Upper-Tier P&I Regular Interest pursuant to Section 4.04(a) or Section 4.04(b) with respect to such Distribution Date shall reduce the Lower-Tier Principal Amount of the Related Lower-Tier Regular Interest with respect thereto as a write-off.

Section 4.05        Appraisal Reduction Amounts; Collateral Deficiency Amounts. (a) For purposes of (x) determining the Controlling Class (and whether a Control Termination Event or an Operating Advisor Consultation Event has occurred and is continuing) and (y) determining the Voting Rights of the related Classes for purposes of removal of the applicable Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor, Appraisal Reduction Amounts (with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, to the extent allocated to the related Mortgage Loan) shall be allocated to each Class of Regular Certificates and the Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests in reverse sequential order to notionally reduce the related Certificate Balances until the Certificate Balance of each such Class is reduced to zero (i.e., first, to the Class H-RR Certificates, second, to the Class G-RR Certificates, third, to the Class F Certificates, fourth, to the Class E Certificates, fifth, to the Class D Certificates, sixth, to the Class C Upper-Tier Regular Interest, seventh, to the Class B Upper-Tier Regular Interest, eighth, to the Class A-S Upper-Tier Regular Interest, and finally, pro rata based on their respective interest entitlements, to the Class A-1 and Class A-2 and Class A-SB Certificates and the Class A-4 and Class A-5 Upper-Tier Regular Interests). Appraisal Reduction Amounts and Collateral Deficiency Amounts allocated to any Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest as set forth above will be allocated to the Classes of Exchangeable P&I Certificates representing interests therein pro rata in accordance with their respective Class Percentage Interests in such Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest.

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Deficiency Amount exists with respect to such AB Modified Loan, taking into account the most recent Appraisal obtained by the applicable Special Servicer with respect to such Mortgage Loan, and all other information in its possession relevant to a Collateral Deficiency Amount determination. The applicable Master Servicer shall provide (via electronic delivery) the applicable Special Servicer with any information in its possession that is reasonably required to determine, redetermine, calculate or recalculate any Collateral Deficiency Amount for any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any Serviced Companion Loan using reasonable efforts to deliver such information within four (4) Business Days of the applicable Special Servicer’s reasonable request. Upon obtaining knowledge or receipt of notice by the applicable Master Servicer that a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan has become an AB Modified Loan, the applicable Master Servicer shall (i) promptly request from the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer, Non-Serviced Special Servicer and Non-Serviced Trustee the most recent appraisal with respect to such AB Modified Loan, in addition to all other information reasonably required by the applicable Master Servicer to calculate whether a Collateral Deficiency Amount exists with respect to such AB Modified Loan, and (ii) as of the first Determination Date following receipt by the applicable Master Servicer of the appraisal and any other information set forth in the immediately preceding clause (i) that the applicable Master Servicer reasonably expects to receive, calculate whether a Collateral Deficiency Amount exists with respect to such AB Modified Loan, taking into account the most recent appraisal obtained by the Non-Serviced Special Servicer with respect to such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, and all other information in its possession relevant to a Collateral Deficiency Amount determination. Upon obtaining knowledge or receipt of notice by any other party to this Agreement that a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan has become an AB Modified Loan, such party shall promptly notify the applicable Master Servicer thereof. None of the Master Servicer (other than with respect to Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans), the Operating Advisor (unless an Operating Advisor Consultation Event has occurred and is continuing and the applicable Special Servicer has calculated any such Collateral Deficiency Amount), the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator shall calculate or verify any Collateral Deficiency Amount.

For purposes of determining the Controlling Class and whether a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, Collateral Deficiency Amounts allocated to an AB Modified Loan will be allocated to each Class of Control Eligible Certificates in Reverse Sequential Order to notionally reduce the related Certificate Balances until the Certificate Balance of each such Class of Control Eligible Certificates is reduced to zero. For the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of determining the Controlling Class or the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event, any Class of Control Eligible Certificates shall be allocated both applicable Appraisal Reduction Amounts and applicable Collateral Deficiency Amounts (the sum of which shall constitute the applicable Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amount), in accordance with this Section 4.05(a), but only to the extent of the Appraisal Reduction Amounts and Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts.

With respect to (i) any Appraisal Reduction Amount calculated for the purposes of determining the Voting Rights of the related Classes for purposes of removal of a Special Servicer or Operating Advisor and (ii) any Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount calculated for purposes of determining the Controlling Class or the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event or an Operating Advisor Consultation Event, the appraised value of the related Mortgaged Property shall be determined on an “as is” basis.

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The applicable Special Servicer shall promptly notify the applicable Master Servicer and the applicable Master Servicer shall notify the Certificate Administrator, to the extent it receives such information, of the amount of any Appraisal Reduction Amount, any Collateral Deficiency Amount and any resulting Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amount allocated to each Mortgage Loan, AB Modified Loan or Serviced Whole Loan (which notification shall be satisfied through delivery of such Appraisal Reduction Amount as included in the CREFC^® Appraisal Reduction Amount Template included in the CREFC^® Investor Reporting Package with respect to the Collateral Deficiency Amount and the Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amount) and the Certificate Administrator shall promptly post notice of such Appraisal Reduction Amount, Collateral Deficiency Amount and/or Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amount, as applicable, to the Certificate Administrator’s Website. Based on information in its possession, the Certificate Administrator shall determine from time to time which Class of Certificates is the Controlling Class. Promptly upon its determination of a change in the Controlling Class, the Certificate Administrator shall notify the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer and the Operating Advisor of such event, including the identity and contact information of the new Controlling Class Certificateholder and the identity of the Controlling Class as set forth in Section 3.23(l) (the cost of obtaining such information from the Depository being an expense of the Trust).

(b)               (i) The Holders of the majority of Voting Rights of any Class of Control Eligible Certificates that is determined at any time of determination to no longer be the Controlling Class because its Certificate Balance has been reduced to less than 25% of its initial Certificate Balance (any such Class, an “Appraised-Out Class”) as a result of an Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount (as applicable) in respect of such Class shall have the right, at their sole expense, to require the applicable Special Servicer to order (or, with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, require the applicable Special Servicer to request from the applicable Non-Serviced Special Servicer) a second Appraisal with respect to any Mortgage Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan) for which an Appraisal Reduction Event has occurred or as to which there exists a Collateral Deficiency Amount (such Holders, the “Requesting Holders”). The applicable Special Servicer shall use its reasonable efforts to cause such second Appraisal to be delivered within thirty (30) days from receipt of the Requesting Holders’ written request and shall cause such Appraisal to be prepared on an “as-is” basis by an MAI appraiser (provided that such MAI appraiser may not be the same MAI appraiser that provided the Appraisal in respect of which the Requesting Holders are requesting the applicable Special Servicer to obtain an additional Appraisal). With respect to any such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the applicable Special Servicer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain such second Appraisal from the applicable Non-Serviced Special Servicer.

In addition, the Requesting Holders of any Appraised-Out Class shall have the right, at their sole expense, to require the applicable Special Servicer to order an additional Appraisal of any Serviced Mortgage Loan as to which there exists a Collateral Deficiency Amount if an event has occurred at, or with respect to, the related Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties that would have a material effect on its or their appraised value. The applicable Special Servicer shall use its reasonable efforts to cause such additional Appraisal to be delivered within thirty (30) days from receipt of the Requesting Holders’ written request and shall cause such Appraisal to be prepared on an “as-is” basis by an MAI appraiser reasonably acceptable to such Special Servicer (provided that such MAI appraiser may not be the same MAI appraiser that

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provided the Appraisal in respect of which the Requesting Holders are requesting the applicable Special Servicer to obtain an additional Appraisal).

(ii)               Upon receipt of any supplemental Appraisal pursuant to clause (i) above, the applicable Special Servicer shall determine, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, whether, based on its assessment of such supplemental Appraisal, any recalculation of the Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount (as applicable) is warranted, and if so warranted, such Person shall recalculate the Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount, as applicable, based on such supplemental Appraisal. If required by such recalculation, the Appraised-Out Class shall be reinstated as the Controlling Class and each other Appraised-Out Class shall, if applicable, have its related Certificate Balance notionally restored to the extent required by such recalculation of the Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount, as applicable. The Holders of an Appraised-Out Class may not exercise any direction, control, consent and/or similar rights of the Controlling Class until such time, if any, as the Class is reinstated as the Controlling Class (such period beginning upon receipt by the applicable Special Servicer of any request to obtain a supplemental Appraisal pursuant to clause (i) above to but excluding the date on which either (A) the applicable Special Servicer determines that no recalculation of the Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount is warranted or (B) the applicable Special Servicer recalculates the Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount, as applicable, based on the supplemental Appraisal, the “Appraisal Review Period”). The rights of the Controlling Class during each Appraisal Review Period shall be exercised by the next most senior Class of Control Eligible Certificates that is not an Appraised-Out Class, if any.

(c)               With respect to each Serviced Mortgage Loan, and each Serviced Whole Loan as to which an Appraisal Reduction Event has occurred (unless such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan has become a Corrected Loan (for such purposes taking into account any amendment or modification of such Mortgage Loan, any related Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loan)), the applicable Special Servicer shall (1) within thirty (30) days of the occurrence or of each anniversary of the related Appraisal Reduction Event, and (2) upon its determination that the value of the related Mortgaged Property has materially changed, notify the applicable Master Servicer of the occurrence of such anniversary or determination and order an Appraisal (which may be an update of a prior Appraisal), the cost of which shall be paid by such Master Servicer as a Servicing Advance or to the extent it would be a Nonrecoverable Advance, an expense of the Trust, or conduct an internal valuation, as applicable and, promptly following receipt of any such Appraisal or performance of such valuation (or receipt of any Appraisal obtained in accordance with Section 4.05(b)(i) above), shall deliver a copy thereof to the applicable Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor and ((i) prior to the occurrence and continuance of any Consultation Termination Event and (ii) other than with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is an Excluded Loan as to such party) the Directing Certificateholder. Based upon such Appraisal or internal valuation (or any Appraisal obtained in accordance with Section 4.05(b) above) and receipt of information in the possession of the applicable Master Servicer that is reasonably requested by the applicable Special Servicer from the applicable Master Servicer and necessary to calculate the Appraisal Reduction Amount, the applicable Special Servicer shall determine or redetermine, as applicable, and report to the applicable Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor and

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((i) prior to the occurrence and continuance of any Consultation Termination Event and (ii) other than with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is an Excluded Loan as to such party) the Directing Certificateholder, the amount and calculation or recalculation of the Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount with respect to such Mortgage Loan, Serviced Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, and such report shall be delivered in the CREFC^® Appraisal Reduction Template format; provided, however, that the applicable Special Servicer shall not be liable for failure to comply with such duties insofar as such failure results from a failure of the applicable Master Servicer to provide sufficient information to such Special Servicer to comply with such duties or failure by such Master Servicer to otherwise comply with its obligations hereunder. Following a Master Servicer’s receipt from the applicable Special Servicer of the calculation of the Appraisal Reduction Amounts, such Master Servicer shall provide such information to the Certificate Administrator in the form of the CREFC^® Loan Periodic Update File and the CREFC^® Appraisal Reduction Template provided to it by the applicable Special Servicer or such other report or reports mutually agreed upon between the applicable Master Servicer and the Certificate Administrator. Such report of the Appraisal Reduction Amount shall also be forwarded by the applicable Master Servicer (or the applicable Special Servicer if the related Whole Loan is a Specially Serviced Loan) to the extent the related Serviced Companion Loan has been included in an Other Securitization, to the Other Servicer or Other Trustee of such Other Securitization into which the related Serviced Companion Loan has been sold, or to the holder of any related Serviced Companion Loan by the applicable Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable. If the applicable Special Servicer is required to redetermine the Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount, such redetermined Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount shall replace the prior Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount, as applicable, with respect to such Mortgage Loan, Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable. Prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event (and unless the related Mortgage Loan is an Excluded Loan as to such party), the applicable Special Servicer shall consult with the Directing Certificateholder with respect to any Appraisal, valuation or downward adjustment in connection with an Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount. Notwithstanding the foregoing but subject to Section 4.05(b), the applicable Special Servicer will not be required to obtain an Appraisal or conduct an internal valuation, as applicable, with respect to a Mortgage Loan or related Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loan as to which an Appraisal Reduction Event has occurred to the extent the applicable Special Servicer has obtained an Appraisal or conducted such a valuation (in accordance with requirements of this Agreement), as applicable, with respect to the related Mortgaged Property within the twelve-month period immediately prior to the occurrence of such Appraisal Reduction Event. Instead, the applicable Special Servicer may use such prior Appraisal or valuation, as applicable, in calculating any Appraisal Reduction Amount with respect to such Mortgage Loan or related Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loan; provided that the applicable Special Servicer is not aware of any material change to the related Mortgaged Property having occurred and affecting the validity of such Appraisal or valuation.

The applicable Master Servicer shall deliver by electronic mail to the applicable Special Servicer any information in its possession or, with respect to Non-Specially Serviced Loans, reasonably obtainable by the applicable Master Servicer that is reasonably required to determine, calculate, redetermine or recalculate any Appraisal Reduction Amount, using reasonable efforts to deliver such information, within four (4) Business Days following the applicable Special Servicer’s reasonable request therefor; provided that such Special Servicer’s

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failure to timely make such request shall not relieve such Master Servicer of its obligation to use reasonable efforts to provide such information to such Special Servicer within four (4) Business Days following such Special Servicer’s reasonable request. The applicable Master Servicer shall not calculate Appraisal Reduction Amounts.

(d)               Any Serviced Mortgage Loan, any related Serviced Companion Loan and any Serviced Whole Loan previously subject to an Appraisal Reduction Amount, which has become a Corrected Loan (for such purposes taking into account any amendment or modification of such Mortgage Loan, any related Serviced Companion Loan and any Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable), and with respect to which no other Appraisal Reduction Event has occurred and is continuing, will no longer be subject to an Appraisal Reduction Amount. Any Appraisal Reduction Amount in respect of a Non-Serviced Whole Loan shall be calculated by the applicable party under and in accordance with and pursuant to the terms of the applicable Non-Serviced PSA.

(e)               Each Serviced Whole Loan will be treated as a single Mortgage Loan for purposes of calculating an Appraisal Reduction Amount with respect to the Mortgage Loan and Companion Loan(s) that comprise such Serviced Whole Loan. Any Appraisal Reduction Amount in respect of a Serviced AB Whole Loan will be allocated in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement or, if no allocation is specified in the related Intercreditor Agreement, then, first, to the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan (until its principal balance is notionally reduced to zero by such Appraisal Reduction Amounts) and second, pro rata, between the related Serviced AB Mortgage Loan and any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans. Any Appraisal Reduction Amount in respect of any Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan will be allocated in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement or, if no allocation is specified in the related Intercreditor Agreement, then, pro rata, between the related Serviced Pari Passu Mortgage Loan and the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan, based upon their respective outstanding principal balances.

Section 4.06        Grantor Trust Reporting. (a) The parties intend that the portions of the Trust Fund constituting the Grantor Trust, shall constitute, and that the affairs of the Grantor Trust shall be conducted so as to qualify such portion as, a “grantor trust” under subpart E, part I of subchapter J of the Code, and the provisions hereof shall be interpreted consistently with this intention. In furtherance of such intention, neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall have the power to vary the investment of the Holders of the Class V Certificates or the Exchangeable Certificates in the Grantor Trust so as to improve their rate of return. The Certificate Administrator shall prepare or cause to be prepared, submit to the Trustee for execution (and the Trustee shall timely execute and timely return to the Certificate Administrator) and timely file all Tax Returns in respect of the Grantor Trust. In addition, the Certificate Administrator shall (A) file, or cause to be filed, Internal Revenue Service Form 1041, Form 1099 or such other form as may be applicable with the Internal Revenue Service with copies of the statements in the following clause, (B) furnish, or cause to be furnished, to the Holders of the Class V Certificates their allocable share of income and expense with respect to the Excess Interest and Excess Interest Distribution Account, in the time or times and in the manner required by the Code, and (C) furnish, or cause to be furnished, to the Holders of the Exchangeable Certificates, their allocable share of income and expense with respect to the Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests, in the time or times and in the manner required by the Code.

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(b)               As of the Closing Date, the Grantor Trust is a WHFIT that is a WHMT. The Certificate Administrator shall report as required under the WHFIT Regulations to the extent such information as is reasonably necessary to enable the Certificate Administrator to do so is provided to the Certificate Administrator on a timely basis. The Certificate Administrator is hereby directed to assume that Cede & Co. and Hare & Co. LLC are the only “middlemen” as defined in the WHFIT Regulations unless and until the Depositor provides the Certificate Administrator with the identities of other “middlemen” that are Certificateholders. The Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to indemnification in accordance with the terms of this Agreement in the event that the Internal Revenue Service makes a determination that the first sentence of this paragraph is incorrect.

(c)               The Certificate Administrator shall report required WHFIT information using either the cash or accrual method, except to the extent the WHFIT Regulations specifically require a different method. The Certificate Administrator shall be under no obligation to determine whether any Certificateholder uses the cash or accrual method. The Certificate Administrator shall make available (via its website) WHFIT information to Certificateholders annually. In addition, the Certificate Administrator shall not be responsible or liable for providing subsequently amended, revised or updated information to any Certificateholder, unless requested by the Certificateholder.

(d)               The Certificate Administrator shall not be liable for failure to meet the reporting requirements of the WHFIT Regulations nor for any penalties thereunder if such failure is due to: (i) the lack of reasonably necessary information being provided to the Certificate Administrator or (ii) incomplete, inaccurate or untimely information being provided to the Certificate Administrator. Each Holder of a Class V Certificate or an Exchangeable Certificate, by acceptance of its interest in such Class of securities, will be deemed to have agreed to provide the Certificate Administrator with information regarding any sale of such securities, including the price, amount of proceeds and date of sale. Absent receipt of information regarding any sale of a Class V Certificate or an Exchangeable Certificate, including the price, amount of proceeds and date of sale from the beneficial owner thereof or the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator shall assume there is no secondary market trading of WHFIT interests.

(e)               To the extent required by the WHFIT Regulations, the Certificate Administrator shall use reasonable efforts to publish on an appropriate website the CUSIP for the Class V Certificates or the Exchangeable Certificates. The CUSIP so published shall represent the Rule 144A CUSIP (in the case of the Class V Certificates) and the Rule 144A CUSIP (in the case of the Exchangeable Certificates). The Certificate Administrator shall make reasonable good faith efforts to keep the website accurate and updated to the extent such CUSIP has been received. Absent the receipt of such CUSIP, the Certificate Administrator will use a reasonable identifier number in lieu of a CUSIP. The Certificate Administrator shall not be liable for investor reporting delays that result from the receipt of inaccurate or untimely CUSIP information.

Section 4.07        Investor Q&A Forum; Investor Registry; and Rating Agency Q&A Forum and Document Request Tool. (a) The Certificate Administrator shall make available, only to Privileged Persons, the Investor Q&A Forum. The “Investor Q&A Forum” shall be a service available on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, where (i) Certificateholders and beneficial owners of Certificates that are Privileged Persons may submit questions to (A) the Certificate

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Administrator relating to the Distribution Date Statement, (B) the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, relating to the reports being made available pursuant to Sections 3.13(b) and Section 3.13(d), the Mortgage Loans (excluding any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or the related Mortgaged Properties or (C) the Operating Advisor relating to the Operating Advisor Annual Report or other reports prepared by the Operating Advisor or actions by the applicable Special Servicer referenced in any Operating Advisor Annual Report (each an “Inquiry” and collectively, “Inquiries”), and (ii) Privileged Persons may view Inquiries that have been previously submitted and answered, together with the answers thereto. Upon receipt of an Inquiry for the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer, Certificate Administrator or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, and in the case of any Inquiry relating to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, to the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer or related Non-Serviced Special Servicer, as applicable, the Certificate Administrator shall forward the Inquiry to the appropriate person (in the case of the Master Servicer to the following: REAM_InvestorRelations@wellsfargo.com), in each case within a commercially reasonable period of time following receipt thereof. Following receipt of an Inquiry, the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, unless such party determines not to answer such Inquiry as provided below, shall reply to the Inquiry, which reply of such Master Servicer, such Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, shall be delivered to the Certificate Administrator by electronic mail. In the case of an Inquiry relating to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Certificate Administrator shall make reasonable efforts to obtain an answer from the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer or the related Non-Serviced Special Servicer, as applicable; provided that the Certificate Administrator shall not be responsible for the content of such answer or any delay or failure to obtain such answer. The Certificate Administrator shall post (within a commercially reasonable period of time following preparation or receipt of such answer, as the case may be) such Inquiry and the related answer to the Certificate Administrator’s Website. If the Certificate Administrator, the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor determines, in its respective sole discretion, that (i) any Inquiry is beyond the scope of the topics described above, (ii) answering any Inquiry would not be in the best interests of the Trust and/or the Certificateholders, (iii) answering any Inquiry would be in violation of applicable law, the applicable Mortgage Loan documents or this Agreement, (iv) answering any Inquiry would materially increase the duties of, or result in significant additional cost or expense to, the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, (v) answering any Inquiry would require the disclosure of Privileged Information (subject to the Privileged Information Exception), (vi) that answering the Inquiry would or is reasonably expected to result in a waiver of an attorney-client privilege or the disclosure of attorney work product or (vii) answering any Inquiry is otherwise, for any reason, not advisable, it shall not be required to answer such Inquiry and, in the case of the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor, shall promptly notify the Certificate Administrator of such determination. In addition, no party shall post or otherwise disclose any direct communications with the Directing Certificateholder or the Risk Retention Consultation Party (in its capacity as Risk Retention Consultation Party) as part of its response to any Inquiries. The Certificate Administrator shall notify the Person who submitted such Inquiry in the event that the Inquiry will not be answered. Any notice by the Certificate Administrator to the Person who submitted an Inquiry that will not be answered shall include the following statement: “Because the Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that a Master Servicer, a

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Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and the Operating Advisor shall not answer an Inquiry if it determines, in its respective sole discretion, that (i) any Inquiry is beyond the scope of the topics described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, (ii) answering any Inquiry would not be in the best interests of the Trust and/or the Certificateholders, (iii) answering any Inquiry would be in violation of applicable law or the applicable Mortgage Loan documents, (iv) answering any Inquiry would materially increase the duties of, or result in significant additional costs or expenses to the Trustee, a Master Servicer, a Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or Operating Advisor, as applicable, (v) answering any Inquiry would require the disclosure of Privileged Information, or (vi) answering any Inquiry is otherwise, for any reason, not advisable, no inference should or may be drawn from the fact that a Master Servicer, a Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Operating Advisor has declined to answer the Inquiry.” Answers posted on the Investor Q&A Forum will be attributable only to the respondent, and shall not be deemed to be answers from any of the Depositor, the Underwriters or any of their respective Affiliates. None of the Underwriters, the Depositor, the Master Servicers, the Special Servicers, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee or the Operating Advisor or any of their respective Affiliates will certify to any of the information posted in the Investor Q&A Forum and no such party shall have any responsibility or liability for the content of any such information. The Certificate Administrator shall not be required to post to the Certificate Administrator’s Website any Inquiry or answer thereto that the Certificate Administrator determines, in its sole discretion, is administrative or ministerial in nature. The Investor Q&A Forum will not reflect questions, answers and other communications that are not submitted via the Certificate Administrator’s Website. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Operating Advisor shall not be required to respond to any Inquiries from Certificateholders for which its response would require the Operating Advisor to provide information to such inquiring Certificateholders that they are otherwise not entitled to receive under the terms of this Agreement.

(b)               The Certificate Administrator shall make available to any Certificateholder and any Certificate Owner that is a Privileged Person, the Investor Registry. The “Investor Registry” shall be a voluntary service available on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, where Certificateholders and Certificate Owners that are Privileged Persons can register and thereafter obtain information with respect to any other Certificateholder or Certificate Owner that has so registered. Any person registering to use the Investor Registry shall certify that (a) it is a Certificateholder or a Certificate Owner and a Privileged Person and (b) it grants authorization to the Certificate Administrator to make its name and contact information available on the Investor Registry for at least forty-five (45) days from the date of such certification to persons entitled to access to the Investor Registry. Such Person shall then be asked to enter certain mandatory fields such as the individual’s name, the company name and email address, as well as certain optional fields such as address, phone, and Class(es) of Certificates owned. If any Certificateholder or Certificate Owner notifies the Certificate Administrator that it wishes to be removed from the Investor Registry (which notice may not be within forty-five (45) days of its registration), the Certificate Administrator shall promptly remove it from the Investor Registry. The Certificate Administrator will not be responsible for verifying or validating any information submitted on the Investor Registry, or for monitoring or otherwise maintaining the accuracy of any information thereon. The Certificate Administrator may require acceptance of a waiver and disclaimer for access to the Investor Registry.

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(c)               The 17g-5 Information Provider shall make available, only to NRSROs, the Rating Agency Q&A Forum and Document Request Tool. The “Rating Agency Q&A Forum and Document Request Tool” shall be a service available on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website, where NRSROs may (i) submit questions to the Certificate Administrator relating to any Distribution Date Statements, or submit questions to the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, relating to the reports prepared by such parties (each such submission, a “Rating Agency Inquiry”), and (ii) view Rating Agency Inquiries that have been previously submitted and answered, together with the responses thereto. In addition, NRSROs may use the forum to submit requests (each such submission also, a “Rating Agency Inquiry”) to the applicable Master Servicer for loan-level reports and other related information. Upon receipt of a Rating Agency Inquiry for the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, the 17g-5 Information Provider shall forward the Rating Agency Inquiry to the appropriate person (in the case of the Master Servicer to the following: RAInvRequests@wellsfargo.com), in each case within a commercially reasonable period of time following receipt thereof. Following receipt of a Rating Agency Inquiry from the 17g-5 Information Provider, the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, unless it determines not to answer such Rating Agency Inquiry as provided below, shall reply by email to the Certificate Administrator. The 17g-5 Information Provider shall post (within a commercially reasonable period of time following receipt of such response) such Rating Agency Inquiry with the related response thereto (or such reports, as applicable) to the Rating Agency Q&A Forum and Document Request Tool. Any reports posted by the 17g-5 Information Provider in response to an inquiry may be posted on a separate website or web page accessible by a link on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website. If the Certificate Administrator, the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer determines, in its respective sole discretion, that (i) answering any Rating Agency Inquiry would be in violation of applicable law, the Servicing Standard, this Agreement or any Mortgage Loan documents, (ii) answering any Rating Agency Inquiry would or is reasonably expected to result in a waiver of an attorney-client privilege with, or the disclosure of attorney work product, or (iii) (A) answering any Rating Agency Inquiry would materially increase the duties of, or result in significant additional cost or expense to, the Certificate Administrator, such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as applicable, and (B) the Certificate Administrator, such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as applicable, determines in accordance with the Servicing Standard (or in good faith, in the case of the Certificate Administrator) that the performance of such duties or the payment of such costs and expenses is beyond the scope of its duties in its capacity as Certificate Administrator, Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, under this Agreement, it shall not be required to answer such Rating Agency Inquiry and shall promptly notify the 17g-5 Information Provider by email of such determination. The 17g-5 Information Provider shall promptly thereafter post the Rating Agency Inquiry with the reason it was not answered to the Rating Agency Q&A Forum and Document Request Tool. The 17g-5 Information Provider shall not be liable for the failure by any other such Person to so answer. Questions posted on the Rating Agency Q&A Forum and Document Request Tool shall not be attributed to the submitting NRSRO. Answers posted on the Rating Agency Q&A Forum and Document Request Tool will be attributable only to the respondent, and shall not be deemed to be answers from any other person. None of the Underwriters, the Depositor, or any of their respective Affiliates will certify to any of the information posted in the Rating Agency Q&A Forum and Document Request Tool and no such party shall have any responsibility or liability for the content of any such information. The 17g-5 Information Provider shall not be

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required to post to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website any Rating Agency Inquiry or answer thereto that the 17g-5 Information Provider determines, in its sole discretion, is administrative or ministerial in nature. The Rating Agency Q&A Forum and Document Request Tool will not reflect questions, answers and other communications that are not submitted via the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website.

Section 4.08        Secure Data Room. (a) The Certificate Administrator shall create a Secure Data Room and the Depositor shall, upon the receipt of each Mortgage Loan Seller’s Diligence File Certification and within 120 days following the Closing Date, deliver to the Certificate Administrator an electronic copy of the Diligence Files for the Mortgage Loans that have been uploaded by the Mortgage Loan Sellers to the Designated Site. Upon receipt thereof, the Certificate Administrator shall promptly upload the contents of each Diligence File actually received by it to the Secure Data Room. Access to the Secure Data Room shall be granted by the Certificate Administrator to (i) the Asset Representations Reviewer and (ii) any other Person at the direction of the Depositor, in each case, upon the occurrence of an Affirmative Asset Review Vote and receipt by the Certificate Administrator of a certification substantially in the form of Exhibit QQ hereto (which shall be sent via email to trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com or submitted electronically via the Certificate Administrator’s website). In no case whatsoever shall Certificateholders be permitted to access the Secure Data Room. For the avoidance of doubt, the Certificate Administrator shall be under no obligation to post any documents or information to the Secure Data Room other than the contents of the Diligence Files initially delivered to it by the Depositor.

(b)               The Certificate Administrator shall not have any obligation or duty to verify, review, confirm or otherwise determine whether the type, number or contents of any Diligence File delivered to the Certificate Administrator is accurate, complete, or relates to the transaction or confirm that all documents and information constituting any Diligence File have actually been delivered to the Certificate Administrator. In no case shall the Certificate Administrator be deemed to have obtained actual or constructive knowledge of the contents of, or information contained in, any Diligence File by virtue of posting such Diligence File to the Secure Data Room. In the event that any document or information is posted in error, the Certificate Administrator may remove such document or information from the Secure Data Room. The Certificate Administrator shall not have any obligation to produce physical or electronic copies of any document or information provided to it for posting to the Secure Data Room. The Certificate Administrator shall not be responsible or held liable for any other Person’s use or dissemination of the documents or information contained on the Secure Data Room; provided that such event or occurrence is not also a result of its own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct. The Certificate Administrator shall not be required to restrict access to the Secure Data Room on a loan-by-loan basis and any Person with access to the Secure Data Room shall covenant to access only the information necessary to perform its duties and responsibilities under this Agreement.

(c)               Upon the resignation or removal of the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 8.07, the Certificate Administrator shall transfer electronic copies of the Diligence Files to a successor certificate administrator designated in writing by the Depositor or the applicable Master Servicer, and all costs and expenses associated with the transfer of the Diligence Files shall be payable as part of the costs and expenses associated with the transfer of its responsibilities upon the resignation or removal of the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 8.07. Following

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the date on which any Mortgage Loan is paid in full, liquidated, repurchased or otherwise removed from the Trust, the applicable Special Servicer may direct the Certificate Administrator in writing to delete the Diligence File related to such Mortgage Loan from the Secure Data Room; provided that absent such direction, the Certificate Administrator shall not be obligated to delete any Diligence File from the Secure Data Room. Following the termination of the Trust pursuant to Section 9.01, the Certificate Administrator shall be permitted to delete all files from the Secure Data Room. Upon deletion, in no event shall the Certificate Administrator be obligated to reproduce or retrieve such deleted files.

[End of Article IV]

Article V

THE CERTIFICATES

Section 5.01        The Certificates. (a) The Certificates will be substantially in the respective forms annexed hereto as Exhibit A-1 through and including Exhibit A-3, with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Agreement or as may, in the reasonable judgment of the Certificate Registrar, be necessary, appropriate or convenient to comply, or facilitate compliance, with applicable laws, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required by law, or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Certificates, as evidenced by their execution thereof. The Class X Certificates will be issuable only in minimum Denominations of authorized initial Notional Amount of not less than $1,000,000 and in integral multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof. The Registered Certificates (other than the Class X-A Certificates and Class X-B Certificates) will be issuable only in minimum Denominations of authorized initial Certificate Balance of not less than $10,000, and in integral multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof. The Non-Registered Certificates (other than any Class X Certificates and other than the Class V and Class R Certificates) will be issuable in minimum Denominations of authorized initial Certificate Balance of not less than $100,000, and in integral multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof. If the Original Certificate Balance or initial Notional Amount, as applicable, of any Class does not equal an integral multiple of $1.00, then a single additional Certificate of such Class may be issued in a minimum denomination of authorized initial Certificate Balance or initial Notional Amount, as applicable, that includes the excess of (i) the Original Certificate Balance or initial Notional Amount, as applicable, of such Class over (ii) the largest integral multiple of $1.00 that does not exceed such amount. The Class R and Class V Certificates shall be issued, maintained and transferred in minimum percentage interests of 10% of such Class R or Class V Certificates and in integral multiples of 1% in excess thereof.

(b)               One authorized signatory shall sign the Certificates for the Certificate Registrar by manual or facsimile signature. If an authorized signatory whose signature is on a Certificate no longer holds that office at the time the Certificate Registrar countersigns the Certificate, the Certificate shall be valid nevertheless. A Certificate shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Certificate Registrar (who may be the same officer who executed the Certificate) manually countersigns the Certificate. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Certificate has been executed and countersigned under this Agreement.

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Section 5.02        Form and Registration. No transfer of any Non-Registered Certificate shall be made unless that transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, and effective registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws, or is made in a transaction which does not require such registration or qualification. If a transfer (other than one by the Depositor to an Affiliate thereof or by the Initial Purchasers to Argentic Securities Holdings 2 Cayman Limited or affiliates thereof) is to be made in reliance upon an exemption from the Securities Act, and under the applicable state securities laws, then either:

(a)               Each Class of the Non-Registered Certificates sold to institutions that are non-United States Securities Persons in Offshore Transactions in reliance on Regulation S under the Act shall initially be represented by a temporary book-entry certificate in definitive, fully registered form without interest coupons, substantially in the applicable form set forth as an exhibit hereto (each a “Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate”), which shall be deposited on the Closing Date on behalf of the purchasers of the Non-Registered Certificates represented thereby with the Certificate Registrar, at its principal trust office, as custodian, for the Depository, and registered in the name of the Depository or the nominee of the Depository for the account of designated agents holding on behalf of Euroclear and/or Clearstream. Prior to the expiration of the 40-day period commencing on the later of the commencement of the offering and the Closing Date (the “Restricted Period”), beneficial interests in each Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate may be held only through Euroclear or Clearstream. After the expiration of the Restricted Period, a beneficial interest in a Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate may be exchanged for an interest in the related Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate in the applicable form set forth as an exhibit hereto in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 5.03(f). During the Restricted Period, distributions due in respect of a beneficial interest in a Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate shall only be made upon delivery to the Certificate Registrar by Euroclear or Clearstream, as applicable, of a Non-U.S. Beneficial Ownership Certification. After the expiration of the Restricted Period, distributions due in respect of any beneficial interests in a Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate shall not be made to the holders of such beneficial interests unless exchange for a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate of the same Class is improperly withheld or refused. The aggregate Certificate Balance of a Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate or a Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Certificate Registrar, as custodian for the Depository, as hereinafter provided.

On the Closing Date, the Certificate Administrator shall execute, the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate, and the Certificate Administrator shall deliver to the Certificate Registrar the Regulation S Book-Entry Certificates, which shall be held by the Certificate Registrar for purposes of effecting the exchanges contemplated by the preceding paragraph. Computershare Trust Company, National Association is hereby initially appointed the Authenticating Agent with the power to act, on the Trustee’s behalf, in the authentication and delivery of the Certificates in connection with transfers and exchanges as herein provided. If Computershare Trust Company, National Association is removed as Certificate Administrator, then Computershare Trust Company, National Association shall be terminated as Authenticating Agent. If the Authenticating Agent is terminated, the Trustee shall appoint a successor authenticating agent, which may be the Trustee or an Affiliate thereof.

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(b)               Certificates of each Class of Non-Registered Certificates offered and sold to Qualified Institutional Buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the Act (“Rule 144A”) shall be represented by Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificates, which shall be deposited with the Certificate Registrar or an agent of the Certificate Registrar, as custodian for the Depository, and registered in the name of the Depository or a nominee of the Depository. The aggregate Certificate Balance of a Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Certificate Registrar, as custodian for the Depository, as hereinafter provided.

(c)               Certificates of each Class of Non-Registered Certificates that are initially offered and sold to investors that are Institutional Accredited Investors that are not Qualified Institutional Buyers (the “Non-Book Entry Certificates”) shall be in the form of Definitive Certificates, substantially in the applicable form set forth as an exhibit hereto, and shall be registered in the name of such investors or their nominees by the Certificate Registrar who shall deliver the certificates for such Non-Book Entry Certificates to the respective beneficial owners or owners. For the avoidance of doubt, the Class R and Class V Certificates shall only be in the form of Definitive Certificates.

(d)               Owners of beneficial interests in Book-Entry Certificates of any Class shall not be entitled to receive physical delivery of certificated Certificates unless: (i) the Depository advises the Certificate Registrar in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to discharge properly its responsibilities as depository with respect to the Book-Entry Certificates of such Class or ceases to be a Clearing Agency, and the Certificate Registrar and the Depository are unable to locate a qualified successor within ninety (90) days of such notice or (ii) the Trustee has instituted or has been directed to institute any judicial proceeding to enforce the rights of the Holders of such Class and the Trustee has been advised by counsel that in connection with such proceeding it is necessary or appropriate for the Certificate Registrar to obtain possession of the Certificates of such Class; provided, however, that under no circumstances will certificated Non-Registered Certificates be issued to beneficial owners of a Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate. Upon notice of the occurrence of any of the events described in clause (i) or (ii) above with respect to any Certificates of a Class that are in the form of Book-Entry Certificates and upon surrender by the Depository of any Book-Entry Certificate of such Class and receipt from the Depository of instructions for re-registration, the Certificate Registrar shall issue Certificates of such Class in the form of Definitive Certificates (bearing, in the case of a Definitive Certificate issued for a Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate, the same legends regarding transfer restrictions borne by such Book-Entry Certificate), and thereafter the Certificate Registrar shall recognize the Holders of such Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders under this Agreement. Unless and until Definitive Certificates are issued in respect of a Class of Book-Entry Certificates, beneficial ownership interests in such Class of Certificates will be maintained and transferred on the book entry records of the Depository and Depository Participants, and all references to actions by Holders of such Class of Certificates will refer to action taken by the Depository upon instructions received from the related registered Holders of Certificates through the Depository Participants in accordance with the Depository’s procedures and, except as otherwise set forth herein, all references herein to payments, notices, reports and statements to Holders of such Class of Certificates will refer to payments, notices, reports and statements to the Depository or its nominee as the registered Holder thereof, for distribution to the related registered Holders of Certificates through the Depository Participants in accordance with the Depository’s procedures.

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Section 5.03        Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Certificate Administrator shall keep or cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office books (the “Certificate Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Certificate Administrator shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided (the Certificate Administrator, in such capacity, being the “Certificate Registrar”). In such capacities, the Certificate Administrator shall be responsible for, among other things, (i) maintaining the Certificate Register and a record of the aggregate holdings of Certificates of each Class of Non-Registered Certificates represented by a Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate, a Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate and a Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate and accepting Certificates for exchange and registration of transfer, and (ii) transmitting to the Depositor, each applicable Master Servicer and each applicable Special Servicer any notices from the Certificateholders. No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of Transfer or exchange of any Certificate (other than Definitive Certificates) referred to in this Section 5.03.

(b)               Subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Article V, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate, the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations, in like aggregate interest and of the same Class.

(c)               Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate to Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate. If a holder of a beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate deposited with the Certificate Registrar as custodian for the Depository wishes at any time during the Restricted Period to exchange its interest in such Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate for an interest in the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate of the same Class, or to transfer its interest in such Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate to a Person who is required to take delivery thereof in the form of an interest in the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate of the same Class, such holder may, subject to the rules and procedures of the Depository, exchange or cause the exchange of such interest for an equivalent beneficial interest in such Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate. Upon receipt by the Certificate Registrar, as registrar, at its office designated in Section 5.07, of (1) instructions given in accordance with the Depository’s procedures from a Depository Participant directing the Certificate Registrar to credit, or cause to be credited, a beneficial interest in the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate in an amount equal to the beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate to be exchanged, (2) a written order given in accordance with the Depository’s procedures containing information regarding the Euroclear or Clearstream account to be credited with such increase and the name of such account and (3) a certificate in the form of Exhibit I hereto given by the holder of such beneficial interest stating that the transfer of such interest has been made in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Book-Entry Certificates and pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation S, then the Certificate Registrar shall instruct the Depository to reduce, or cause to be reduced, the Certificate Balance of the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate and to increase, or cause to be increased, the Certificate Balance of the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate by the aggregate Certificate Balance of the beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate to be exchanged, to credit or cause to be credited to the account of the Person specified in such instructions (who shall be the agent member of Euroclear or Clearstream, or both) a beneficial interest in the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate equal to the reduction in the Certificate Balance of the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate, and to debit, or cause

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to be debited, from the account of the Person making such exchange or transfer the beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate that is being exchanged or transferred.

(d)               Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate to Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate. If a holder of a beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate deposited with the Certificate Registrar as custodian for the Depository wishes at any time following the Restricted Period to exchange its interest in such Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate for an interest in the Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate of the same Class, or to transfer its interest in such Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate to a Person who is required to take delivery thereof in the form of an interest in a Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate, such holder may, subject to the rules and procedures of the Depository, exchange, or cause the exchange of, such interest for an equivalent beneficial interest in such Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate. Upon receipt by the Certificate Registrar, as registrar, at its office designated in Section 5.07, of (1) instructions given in accordance with the Depository’s procedures from a Depository Participant directing the Certificate Registrar to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate in an amount equal to the beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate to be exchanged, (2) a written order given in accordance with the Depository’s procedures containing information regarding the participant account of the Depository to be credited with such increase and (3) a certificate in the form of Exhibit J hereto given by the holder of such beneficial interest stating (A) that the transfer of such interest has been made in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Book-Entry Certificates and pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation S, or (B) that the transferee is otherwise entitled to hold its interest in the applicable Certificates in the form of an interest in the Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate, without any registration of such Certificates under the Act (in which case such certificate shall enclose an Opinion of Counsel to such effect and such other documents as the Certificate Registrar may reasonably require), then the Certificate Registrar shall instruct the Depository to reduce, or cause to be reduced, the Certificate Balance of the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate and to increase, or cause to be increased, the Certificate Balance of the Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate by the aggregate Certificate Balance of the beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate to be exchanged, to credit or cause to be credited to the account of the Person specified in such instructions a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate equal to the reduction in the Certificate Balance of the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate, and to debit, or cause to be debited, from the account of the Person making such exchange or transfer the beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate that is being exchanged or transferred.

(e)               Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate or Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate to Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate. If a holder of a beneficial interest in a Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate or Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate deposited with the Certificate Registrar as custodian for the Depository wishes at any time to exchange its interest in such Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate or Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate for an interest in the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate of the same Class, or to transfer its interest in such Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate or Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate to a Person who is required to take delivery thereof in the form of an interest in the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate, such holder may, subject to the rules and procedures of Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, and the Depository, exchange or cause the exchange of such interest for an equivalent beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Book-Entry

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Certificate of the same Class. Upon receipt by the Certificate Registrar, as registrar, at its office designated in Section 5.07, of (1) instructions from Euroclear or Clearstream, if applicable, and the Depository, directing the Certificate Registrar, as registrar, to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate equal to the beneficial interest in the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate or Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate to be exchanged, such instructions to contain information regarding the participant account with the Depository to be credited with such increase, (2) with respect to a transfer of an interest in the Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate, information regarding the participant account of the Depository to be debited with such decrease and (3) with respect to a transfer of an interest in the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate for an interest in the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate (i) during the Restricted Period, a certificate in the form of Exhibit K hereto given by the holder of such beneficial interest and stating that the Person transferring such interest in the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate reasonably believes that the Person acquiring such interest in the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate is a Qualified Institutional Buyer or (ii) after the Restricted Period, an Investment Representation Letter in the form of Exhibit C attached hereto from the transferee to the effect that such transferee is a Qualified Institutional Buyer (an “Investment Representation Letter”) and is obtaining such beneficial interest in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A, then the Certificate Registrar shall instruct the Depository to reduce, or cause to be reduced, the Certificate Balance of the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate or Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate and to increase, or cause to be increased, the Certificate Balance of the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate by the aggregate Certificate Balance of the beneficial interest in the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate or Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate to be exchanged, and the Certificate Registrar shall instruct the Depository, concurrently with such reduction, to credit, or cause to be credited, to the account of the Person specified in such instructions, a beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate equal to the reduction in the Certificate Balance of the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate or Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate and to debit, or cause to be debited, from the account of the Person making such transfer the beneficial interest in the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate or Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate that is being transferred.

(f)                Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate to Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate. Interests in a Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate as to which the Certificate Registrar has received from Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, a certificate (a “Non-U.S. Beneficial Ownership Certification”) to the effect that Euroclear or Clearstream, as applicable, has received a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit L hereto from the holder of a beneficial interest in such Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate, shall be exchanged after the Restricted Period, for interests in the Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate of the same Class. The Certificate Registrar shall effect such exchange by delivering to the Depository for credit to the respective accounts of such holders, a duly executed and authenticated Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate, representing the aggregate Certificate Balance of interests in the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate initially exchanged for interests in the Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate. The delivery to the Certificate Registrar by Euroclear or Clearstream of the certificate or certificates referred to above may be relied upon by the Depositor and the Certificate Registrar as conclusive evidence that the certificate or certificates referred to therein has or have been delivered to Euroclear or Clearstream pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate. Upon any exchange of

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interests in the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate for interests in the Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate, the Certificate Registrar shall endorse the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate to reflect the reduction in the Certificate Balance represented thereby by the amount so exchanged and shall endorse the Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate to reflect the corresponding increase in the amount represented thereby. Until so exchanged in full and except as provided therein, the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate, and the Certificates evidenced thereby, shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Agreement as the Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate and Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate authenticated and delivered hereunder.

(g)               Non-Book Entry Certificate to Book-Entry Certificate. If a holder of a Non-Book Entry Certificate (other than a Class R Certificate) wishes at any time to exchange its interest in such Non-Book Entry Certificate for an interest in a Book-Entry Certificate of the same Class, or to transfer all or part of such Non-Book Entry Certificate to a Person who is entitled to take delivery thereof in the form of an interest in a Book-Entry Certificate, such holder may, subject to the rules and procedures of Euroclear or Clearstream, if applicable, and the Depository, cause the exchange of all or part of such Non-Book Entry Certificate for an equivalent beneficial interest in the appropriate Book-Entry Certificate of the same Class. Upon receipt by the Certificate Registrar, as registrar, at its office designated in Section 5.07, of (1) such Non-Book Entry Certificate, duly endorsed as provided herein, (2) instructions from such holder directing the Certificate Registrar, as registrar, to credit, or cause to be credited, a beneficial interest in the applicable Book-Entry Certificate equal to the portion of the Certificate Balance of the Non-Book Entry Certificate to be exchanged, such instructions to contain information regarding the participant account with the Depository to be credited with such increase and (3) a certificate in the form of Exhibit M hereto (in the event that the applicable Book-Entry Certificate is the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate), in the form of Exhibit N hereto (in the event that the applicable Book-Entry Certificate is the Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate) or in the form of Exhibit O hereto (in the event that the applicable Book-Entry Certificate is the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate), then the Certificate Registrar, as registrar, shall cancel, or cause to be canceled, all or part of such Non-Book Entry Certificate, shall, if applicable, execute, authenticate and deliver to the transferor a new Non-Book Entry Certificate equal to the aggregate Certificate Balance of the portion retained by such transferor and shall instruct the Depository to increase, or cause to be increased, such Book-Entry Certificate by the aggregate Certificate Balance of the portion of the Non-Book Entry Certificate to be exchanged and to credit, or cause to be credited, to the account of the Person specified in such instructions a beneficial interest in the applicable Book-Entry Certificate equal to the Certificate Balance of the portion of the Non-Book Entry Certificate so canceled. Upon the written direction of the Depositor (which may be by email to CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com) or its Affiliate, the Certificate Registrar shall execute any instrument as may be reasonably required by the Depository to effect such exchange.

(h)               Non-Book Entry Certificates on Initial Issuance Only. Subject to the issuance of Definitive Certificates, if and when permitted by Section 5.02(d), no Non-Book Entry Certificate shall be issued to a transferee of an interest in any Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate, Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate or Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate or to a transferee of a Non-Book Entry Certificate (or any portion thereof).

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(i)                 Other Exchanges. In the event that a Book-Entry Certificate is exchanged for a Definitive Certificate, such Certificates may be exchanged only in accordance with such procedures as are substantially consistent with the provisions of subsections (c) through (f) above (including the certification requirements intended to ensure that such transfers comply with Rule 144A or Regulation S under the Act, at the case may be) and such other procedures as may from time to time be adopted by the Certificate Registrar.

(j)                 Restricted Period. Prior to the termination of the Restricted Period with respect to the issuance of the Certificates, transfers of interests in the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate to U.S. persons (as defined in Regulation S) shall be limited to transfers made pursuant to the provisions of subsection (e) above.

(k)               If Non-Registered Certificates are issued upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Certificates bearing a restrictive legend relating to compliance with the Act, or if a request is made to remove such legend on Certificates, the Non-Registered Certificates so issued shall bear the restrictive legend, or such legend shall not be removed, as the case may be, unless there is delivered to the Certificate Registrar such satisfactory evidence, which may include an Opinion of Counsel that neither such legend nor the restrictions on transfer set forth therein are required to ensure that transfers thereof comply with the provisions of Rule 144A or Regulation S under the Act. Upon provision of such satisfactory evidence, the Certificate Registrar shall authenticate and deliver Certificates that do not bear such legend.

(l)                 All Certificates surrendered for registration of transfer and exchange shall be canceled and subsequently destroyed by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with the Certificate Registrar’s customary procedures.

(m)         With respect to the ERISA Restricted Certificates, no sale, transfer, pledge or other disposition (other than any initial transfer to the Initial Purchasers) of any such Certificate shall be made unless the Trustee and Certificate Administrator shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed purchaser or transferee of such Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit F-1 attached hereto, to the effect that such proposed purchaser or transferee is not and will not be (A) an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or a plan subject to Section 4975 of the Code, or a governmental plan (as defined in Section 3(32) of ERISA), or other plan subject to any federal, state or local law (“Similar Law”) that is, to a material extent, similar to the foregoing provisions of ERISA or the Code (each, a “Plan”) or (B) a person acting on behalf of a Plan (including an entity whose underlying assets include Plan assets within the meaning of Department of Labor Regulation § 2510.3-101, as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA) or using the assets of any such Plan, other than an insurance company using the assets of its general account under circumstances whereby the purchase and holding of such Certificates by such insurance company would be exempt from the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA and the Code under Sections I and III of Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 95-60 (or, in the case of a Plan subject to Similar Law, would not constitute or result in a non-exempt violation of Similar Law) or (ii) if such Certificate is presented for registration in the name of a purchaser or transferee that is any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor to the effect that the acquisition and holding of such Certificate by such purchaser or transferee will not constitute or result in a non-exempt “prohibited transaction” within the meaning

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of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or a non-exempt violation of any Similar Law, and will not subject the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Registrar, any Master Servicer, any Special Servicer, any Sub-Servicer, the Initial Purchasers, the Underwriters, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Depositor to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or any such Similar Law) in addition to those set forth in the Agreement. The Trustee and Certificate Administrator shall not register the sale, transfer, pledge or other disposition of any ERISA Restricted Certificate unless the Trustee and Certificate Administrator have received either the representation letter described in clause (i) above or the Opinion of Counsel described in clause (ii) above. The costs of any of the foregoing representation letters or Opinions of Counsel shall not be borne by any of the Depositor, any Master Servicer, any Special Servicer, any Sub-Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Initial Purchasers, the Underwriters, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Registrar, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Trust. Each Certificate Owner of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be deemed to represent that it is not and will not become a Person specified in clauses (i)(A) or (i)(B) above. Any transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of any ERISA Restricted Certificates that would constitute or result in a prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or a violation of any Similar Law, or would otherwise violate the provisions of this Section 5.03(m) shall be deemed absolutely null and void ab initio, to the extent permitted under applicable law.

(n)               No Class R or Class V Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any prospective purchaser or transferee that is or will be a Plan, or any person acting on behalf of a Plan (including an entity whose underlying assets include Plan assets within the meaning of Department of Labor Regulation § 2510.3-101, as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA) or using the assets of a Plan to purchase such Class R or Class V Certificate. Each prospective transferee of a Class R or Class V Certificate shall deliver to the transferor and the Certificate Administrator a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F-2, stating that the prospective transferee is not and will not become a Plan or a person acting on behalf of a Plan (including an entity whose underlying assets include Plan assets within the meaning of Department of Labor Regulation § 2510.3-101, as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA) or using the assets of a Plan. Any attempted or purported transfer in violation of these transfer restrictions shall be null and void ab initio and shall vest no rights in any purported transferee and shall not relieve the transferor of any obligations with respect to the applicable Certificates.

Each Person who has or acquires any Residual Ownership Interest shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of such Residual Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the following provisions and the rights of each Person acquiring any Residual Ownership Interest are expressly subject to the following provisions:

(i)                Each Person acquiring or holding any Residual Ownership Interest shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall not acquire or hold such Residual Ownership Interest as agent (including a broker, nominee or other middleman) on behalf of any Person that is not a Permitted Transferee. Any such Person shall promptly notify the Certificate Registrar of any change or impending change in its status (or the status of the beneficial owner of such Residual Ownership Interest) as a Permitted Transferee. Any acquisition described in the first sentence of this Section 5.03(n) by a Person who is not a Permitted Transferee or by a

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Person who is acting as an agent of a Person who is not a Permitted Transferee shall be void ab initio and of no effect, and the immediately preceding owner who was a Permitted Transferee shall be restored to registered and beneficial ownership of the Residual Ownership Interest as soon and as fully as possible.

(ii)               No Residual Ownership Interest may be Transferred, and no such Transfer shall be registered in the Certificate Register, without the express written consent of the Certificate Registrar, and the Certificate Registrar shall not recognize the Transfer, and such proposed Transfer shall not be effective, without such consent with respect thereto. In connection with any proposed Transfer of any Residual Ownership Interest, the Certificate Registrar shall, as a condition to such consent, (x) require the proposed transferee to deliver, and the proposed transferee shall deliver to the Certificate Registrar and to the proposed transferor, an affidavit in substantially the form attached as Exhibit D-1 (a “Transferee Affidavit”) of the proposed transferee (A) that such proposed transferee is a Permitted Transferee and (B) stating that (1) the proposed transferee historically has paid its debts as they have come due and intends to do so in the future, (2) the proposed transferee understands that, as the holder of a Residual Ownership Interest, it may incur tax liabilities in excess of cash flows generated by the residual interest, (3) the proposed transferee intends to pay taxes associated with holding the Residual Ownership Interest as they become due, (4) the proposed transferee will not cause income with respect to the Residual Ownership Interest to be attributable to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed base, within the meaning of an applicable income tax treaty, of such proposed transferee or any other U.S. Tax Person, (5) the proposed transferee will not transfer the Residual Ownership Interest to any Person that does not provide a Transferee Affidavit or as to which the proposed transferee has actual knowledge that such Person is not a Permitted Transferee or is acting as an agent (including a broker, nominee or other middleman) for a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee, and (6) the proposed transferee expressly agrees to be bound by and to abide by the provisions of this Section 5.03(n) and (y) other than in connection with the initial issuance of a Class R Certificate, require a statement from the proposed transferor substantially in the form attached as Exhibit D-2 (the “Transferor Letter”), that the proposed transferor has no actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee and has no actual knowledge or reason to know that the proposed transferee’s statements in its Transferee Affidavit are false.

(iii)              Notwithstanding the delivery of a Transferee Affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (ii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Certificate Registrar has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no Transfer to such proposed transferee shall be effected and such proposed Transfer shall not be registered on the Certificate Register; provided, however, that the Certificate Registrar shall not be required to conduct any independent investigation to determine whether a proposed transferee is a Permitted Transferee. Upon notice to the Certificate Registrar that there has occurred a Transfer to any Person that is a Disqualified Organization or an agent thereof (including a broker, nominee or middleman) in contravention of the foregoing restrictions, and in any event not later than sixty (60) days after a request for information from the transferor of such Residual Ownership Interest or such agent, the Certificate Registrar agrees to furnish to the Internal Revenue Service and the transferor of such Residual Ownership Interest or such agent such information necessary to the application

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of Section 860E(e) of the Code as may be required by the Code, including, but not limited to, the present value of the total anticipated excess inclusions with respect to such Class R Certificate (or portion thereof) for periods after such Transfer. At the election of the Certificate Registrar, the Certificate Registrar may charge a reasonable fee for computing and furnishing such information to the transferor or to such agent referred to above; provided, however, that such Persons shall in no event be excused from furnishing such information.

(o)               The Class R Certificates may only be transferred to and owned by Qualified Institutional Buyers.

(p)               Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall comply with all federal withholding requirements respecting payments to Certificateholders and other payees of interest or original issue discount that the Certificate Administrator reasonably believes are applicable under the Code. The consent of Certificateholders or payees shall not be required for such withholding, and the Certificateholders shall be required to provide the Certificate Administrator with such forms and such other information reasonably required by the Certificate Administrator. If the Certificate Administrator does withhold any amount from interest or original issue discount payments or advances thereof to any Certificateholder or payee pursuant to federal withholding requirements, the Certificate Administrator shall indicate the amount withheld to such Person. Such amounts shall be deemed to have been distributed to such Persons for all purposes of this Agreement.

(q)               Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, none of the Depositor, the Trust, any Underwriter, any Initial Purchaser, the Trustee, any Master Servicer, any Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any of their respective affiliated entities (the “Transaction Parties”) is undertaking to provide impartial investment advice, or to give advice in a fiduciary capacity, in connection with the acquisition of any Certificates by any Plan subject to Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code (an “ERISA Plan”) or any person acting on behalf of using the assets of an ERISA Plan. In addition, each beneficial owner of any Certificate or any interest therein that is an ERISA Plan or that is acting on behalf of or using the assets of an ERISA Plan, including any fiduciary purchasing Certificates on behalf of an ERISA Plan (“Plan Fiduciary”) will be deemed to have represented by its acquisition of such Certificate that none of the Transaction Parties has provided any investment recommendation or investment advice on which the ERISA Plan or the Plan Fiduciary has relied in connection with the decision to acquire Certificates, and they are not otherwise acting as a fiduciary (within the meaning of Section 3(21) of ERISA or Section 4975(e)(3) of the Code) to the ERISA Plan in connection with the ERISA Plan’s acquisition of Offered Certificates (unless an applicable prohibited transaction exemption (all of the applicable conditions of which are satisfied) is available to cover the purchase or holding of the Offered Certificates or the transaction is not otherwise prohibited), and (ii) the Plan Fiduciary making the decision to acquire the Offered Certificates is exercising its own independent judgment in evaluating the investment in the Offered Certificates.

Section 5.04        Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates. If (a) any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the Certificate Registrar, or the Certificate Registrar receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Certificate and (b) there is delivered to the Certificate Registrar such security or indemnity as may be required by it to save it

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harmless, then, in the absence of actual notice to the Certificate Registrar that such Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate of like tenor and interest in the Trust. In connection with the issuance of any new Certificate under this Section 5.04, the Certificate Registrar may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Certificate Registrar) connected therewith. Any replacement Certificate issued pursuant to this Section 5.04 shall constitute complete and indefeasible evidence of ownership in the Trust, as if originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate shall be found at any time.

Section 5.05        Persons Deemed Owners. Each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar, and any agent of any of them, may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the owner of such Certificate for the purpose of receiving distributions as provided in this Agreement and for all other purposes whatsoever, and each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and any agent of any of them shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary; provided, that to the extent that a party to this Agreement responsible for distributing any report, statement or other information required to be distributed to Certificateholders has been provided an Investor Certification, such party to this Agreement shall distribute such report, statement or other information to such beneficial owner (or prospective transferee).

Section 5.06        Access to List of Certificateholders’ Names and Addresses; Special Notices. (a) The Certificate Registrar shall maintain in as current form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of the Certificateholders. If any Certificateholder that has provided an Investor Certification (i) requests in writing from the Certificate Registrar a list of the names and addresses of Certificateholders, (ii) states that such Certificateholder desires to communicate with other Certificateholders with respect to its rights under this Agreement or under the Certificates and (iii) provides a copy of the communication which Certificateholder proposes to transmit, then the Certificate Registrar shall, within ten (10) Business Days after the receipt of such request, furnish such Certificateholder (at such Certificateholder’s sole cost and expense) a current list of the Certificateholders. In addition, upon written request to the Certificate Administrator of any Certificateholder or Certificate Owner (if applicable) that has provided an Investor Certification, the Certificate Administrator shall promptly notify such Certificateholder or Certificate Owner of the identity of the then-current Directing Certificateholder. Every Certificateholder, by receiving and holding a Certificate, agrees that the Certificate Registrar shall not be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the list of the Certificateholders hereunder, regardless of the source from which information was derived. Each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and the Depositor shall be entitled to a list of the names and addresses of Certificateholders from time to time upon request therefor.

(b)               (i) The Certificate Administrator shall include in any Form 10-D any written request received in accordance with Section 11.04(a) prior to the Distribution Date to which the Form 10-D relates (and on or after the Distribution Date preceding such Distribution Date) from a Certificateholder or Certificate Owner to communicate with other Certificateholders or Certificate Owners related to Certificateholders or Certificate Owners exercising their rights

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under the terms of this Agreement. Any Form 10-D containing such disclosure (a “Special Notice”) regarding the request to communicate shall include the following and no more than the following (a) the name of the Certificateholder or Certificate Owner making the request, (b) the date the request was received, (c) a statement to the effect that the Certificate Administrator has received such request, stating that such Certificateholder or Certificate Owner is interested in communicating with other Certificateholders or Certificate Owners with regard to the possible exercise of rights under this Agreement, and (d) a description of the method other Certificateholders or Certificate Owners may use to contact the requesting Certificateholder or Certificate Owner. It is hereby understood that a disclosure in substantially the following form shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements in the preceding sentence: “On [date], the Certificate Administrator received from [name], a Certificateholder or Certificate Owner, a request to communicate with other Certificateholders and Certificate Owners in the securitization transaction to which this report on Form 10-D relates (the “Securitization”). The requesting Certificateholder or Certificate Owner is interested in communicating with other Certificateholders and Certificate Owners with regard to the possible exercise of rights under the pooling and servicing agreement governing the Securitization. Other Certificateholders and Certificate Owners may contact the requesting Certificateholder or Certificate Owner at [telephone number], [email address] and/or [mailing address].”

(ii)               In verifying the identity of any Certificateholder or Certificate Owner in connection with any request to communicate, (i) if the Certificateholder or Certificate Owner is the holder of record with respect to any Certificate, the Certificate Administrator shall not require any further verification or (ii) if the Certificateholder or Certificate Owner is not the holder of record with respect to any Certificate, the Certificate Administrator shall require no more than (x) a written certification from such Certificateholder or Certificate Owner that it is the beneficial owner of a Certificate and (y) one of the following documents confirming ownership of such Certificate: a trade confirmation, an account statement, a letter from a broker-dealer or another document acceptable to the Certificate Administrator that is similar to any of the foregoing documents. The Certificate Administrator shall not have any obligation to verify the information provided by any Certificateholder or Certificate Owner in any request to communicate and may rely on such information conclusively. Additionally, any expenses the Certificate Administrator incurs in connection with any request to communicate will be paid by the Trust.

Section 5.07        Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Certificate Registrar shall maintain or cause to be maintained an office or offices or agency or agencies where Certificates may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Certificate Registrar in respect of the Certificates and this Agreement may be served. The Certificate Registrar initially designates its office at 1505 Energy Park Drive, St. Paul, Minnesota 55108 as its office for such purposes. The Certificate Registrar shall give prompt written notice to the Certificateholders and the Mortgagors of any change in the location of the Certificate Register or any such office or agency.

Section 5.08        Appointment of Certificate Administrator. (a) Computershare Trust Company, National Association is hereby initially appointed Certificate Administrator in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. If the Certificate Administrator resigns or is terminated, the Trustee shall appoint a successor certificate administrator which may be the

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Trustee or an Affiliate thereof to fulfill the obligations of the Certificate Administrator hereunder which must satisfy the eligibility requirements set forth in Section 8.06.

(b)               The Certificate Administrator may rely upon and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, Officer’s Certificate, certificate of auditors or any other certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, Appraisal, bond or other paper or document reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties.

(c)               The Certificate Administrator, at the expense of the Trust (but only if such amount constitutes “unanticipated expenses of the REMIC” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-1(b)(3)(ii)), may consult with counsel and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance therewith.

(d)               The Certificate Administrator shall not be personally liable for any action reasonably taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Agreement.

(e)               The Certificate Administrator may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys; provided, however, that the appointment of such agents or attorneys shall not relieve the Certificate Administrator of its duties or obligations hereunder.

(f)                The Certificate Administrator shall not be responsible for any act or omission of the Trustee, any Master Servicer, any Special Servicer or the Depositor.

Section 5.09        [RESERVED]

Section 5.10        Voting Procedures. With respect to any matters submitted to Certificateholders for a vote, the Certificate Administrator shall administer such vote through the Depository with respect to Book-Entry Certificates and directly with registered Holders by mail with respect to Definitive Certificates. In each case, such vote shall be administered in accordance with the following procedures, unless different procedures are otherwise described herein with respect to a specific vote:

(a)               Any matter submitted to Certificateholders for a vote shall be announced in a notice prepared by the Certificate Administrator. Such notice shall include the record date determined by the Certificate Administrator for purposes of the vote and a voting deadline which shall be no less than thirty (30) days and no later than sixty (60) days after the date such notice is distributed. The notice and related ballot shall be sent to Holders of Book-Entry Certificates through the Depository and by mail to the registered Holders of Definitive Certificates. In addition, the notice and related ballot shall be posted to the Certificate Administrator’s Website. Notices delivered in this manner shall be considered delivered to all Holders regardless of whether any Holder actually receives the notice and ballot.

(b)               In connection with any vote administered pursuant to this Agreement, voting Holders shall be required to certify their holdings in the manner set forth on the ballot,

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unless a specific manner is otherwise provided herein. Holders may only vote in accordance with their Voting Rights. Voting Rights with respect to any outstanding Class of Certificates shall be calculated by the Certificate Administrator in accordance with the definition of Voting Rights as of the record date for the vote. Only Classes with an outstanding Certificate Balance greater than zero as of the record date of the vote shall be permitted to vote. Once a Holder has cast its vote, the vote may be changed or retracted on or before the vote deadline. Any changes or retractions shall be communicated by the Certificateholder to the Certificate Administrator in writing on a ballot. After the vote deadline has passed, votes may not be changed or retracted by any Holder unless the Holder wishing to change or retract its vote holds a sufficient portion of the Voting Rights such that the Holder, by its vote alone, could approve or deny the proposition subject to a vote without taking into consideration the votes cast by any other Holder. Transferees or purchasers of any Class of Certificates are subject to and shall be bound by all votes of Holders initiated or conducted prior to its acquisition of such Certificate.

(c)               The Certificate Administrator may take up to fifteen (15) Business Days to tabulate the results of any vote. The Certificate Administrator shall use its reasonable efforts to resolve any illegible or incomplete ballots received prior to the voting deadline. Illegible or incomplete ballots that are received on the voting deadline or that cannot be resolved by the voting deadline shall not be counted. Promptly after the votes are tabulated, the Certificate Administrator shall prepare a notice announcing the results of the vote. Such notice shall include the percentage of Voting Rights in favor of the proposition, the percentage against the proposition and the percentage abstaining. In addition, the notice will announce whether the proposition has been adopted by Certificateholders. The notice shall be distributed in accordance with the methods described in Section 5.10(a) above. The Certificate Administrator shall also include such notice on the Form 10-D prepared in connection with the distribution period that corresponds with the date such notice is distributed. All vote tabulations shall be final and the Certificate Administrator shall not, absent manifest error, re-tabulate the votes or conduct a new vote for the same proposition.

(d)               Any and all reasonable expenses incurred by the Certificate Administrator in connection with administering any vote shall be borne by the Trust. The Certificate Administrator is under no obligation to advise Holders about the matter being voted on or answer questions other than process-related questions regarding the administration of the vote.

(e)               If any party to this Agreement believes a vote of Certificateholders is needed for some matter related to the administration of the Trust that is not specifically contemplated herein, such party may request the Certificate Administrator to conduct a vote and the Certificate Administrator will conduct the requested vote in accordance with these procedures. Unless specifically provided herein, all such votes require a majority of Certificateholders to carry a proposition.

Section 5.11        Exchangeable Certificates. (a) On the Closing Date, the Grantor Trust shall issue the several Classes of Exchangeable Certificates. Each Class of Exchangeable Certificates shall represent an undivided beneficial ownership interest in the Corresponding Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests in an amount equal to the Class Percentage Interest of such Class in each such Corresponding Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest. All amounts allocated to an Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest hereunder, including principal and

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interest payable thereon and reimbursement of previously allocated Realized Losses (with interest), shall be allocated to the Classes of Exchangeable Certificates representing an interest therein, in proportion to their Class Percentage Interests therein; provided, that the Exchangeable Certificates will be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges as described in Section 4.01(e).

(b)               Certificates of each Class of Exchangeable Certificates (each such Class, in connection with any exchange, an applicable “Surrendered Class”) may be exchanged on the books of DTC for Certificates of the corresponding Classes of Exchangeable Certificates set forth next to such Class in the table below (each, an applicable “Received Class”), and vice versa. The Denomination of each of the Received Classes of Certificates must be equal to the Denomination of each of the Surrendered Classes of Certificates. No fee shall be required with respect to any exchange of Exchangeable Certificates. Following any exchange of Certificates of one or more Surrendered Classes for Certificates of one or more Received Classes, the Class Percentage Interests in the Corresponding Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests that are represented by the Surrendered Classes (and consequently their related Certificate Balances or Notional Amounts) shall be decreased, and those of the Received Classes (and consequently their related Certificate Balances or Notional Amounts) shall be increased. The Certificate Administrator or Certificate Registrar, as applicable, shall (i) make the appropriate notation of such exchange on the Certificate Register and on the Book-Entry Certificate for each Class of Exchangeable Certificates involved in such exchange to reflect such reductions and increases and (ii) give appropriate instructions to the Depository to reflect such reductions and increases.

Surrendered Classes (or Received Classes) of Certificates	Received Classes (or Surrendered Classes) of Certificates
Class A-4	Class A-4-1, Class A-4-X1
Class A-4	Class A-4-2, Class A-4-X2
Class A-5	Class A-5-1, Class A-5-X1
Class A-5	Class A-5-2, Class A-5-X2
Class A-S	Class A-S-1, Class A-S-X1
Class A-S	Class A-S-2, Class A-S-X2
Class B	Class B-1, Class B-X1
Class B	Class B-2, Class B-X2
Class C	Class C-1, Class C-X1
Class C	Class C-2, Class C-X2

For example, a Certificateholder holding Class A-S Certificates with a Denomination of $61,418,000 may surrender Class A-S Certificates with a Denomination of $30,709,000 (the Certificates of the applicable Surrendered Class) and receive in exchange Class A-S-1 Certificates with a Denomination of $30,709,000 and Class A-S-X1 Certificates with a Denomination of $30,709,000 (collectively, the Certificates of the applicable Received Classes). In such event, (i) the Class Percentage Interest of the Class A-S Certificates in each of the Class A-S, Class A-S-X1 and Class A-S-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interests would be reduced from 100% to 50%, (ii) the Class Percentage Interest of the Class A-S-1 Certificates in each of the Class A-S and Class A-S-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interests would be increased from 0% to 50%, and (iii) the

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Class Percentage Interest of the Class A-S-X1 Certificates in the Class A-S-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest would be increased from 0% to 50%.

Similarly a Certificateholder holding Class A-S-1 Certificates with a Denomination of $30,709,000 that seeks to surrender all such Certificates in exchange for Class A-S Certificates will be required to surrender all such Certificates, as well as Class A-S-X1 Certificates with a Denomination of $30,709,000 in order to accomplish such exchange. In such event, (i) the Class Percentage Interest of the Class A-S-1 Certificates in each of the Class A-S and Class A-S-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interests would be reduced from 50% to 0%, (ii) the Class Percentage Interest of the Class A-S-X1 Certificates in the Class A-S-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest would be reduced from 50% to 0%, and (iii) the Class Percentage Interest of the Class A-S Certificates in each of the Class A-S, Class A-S-X1 and Class A-S-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interests would be increased from 0% (assuming no other Class A-S Certificates are then outstanding) to 50%.

(c)               The maximum Certificate Balance or Notional Amount of each Class of Class A-4 Exchangeable Certificates, Class A-5 Exchangeable Certificates, Class A-S Exchangeable Certificates, Class B Exchangeable Certificates or Class C Exchangeable Certificates that may be issued in an exchange is equal to the Certificate Balance of the Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-S, Class B or Class C Upper-Tier Regular Interest, respectively.

(d)               In order to effect an exchange of Exchangeable Certificates, the Certificateholder shall deliver a notice substantially in the form of Exhibit TT to the Certificate Administrator by e-mail to CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com (with a subject line referencing “MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1” and setting forth the proposed Exchange Date) no later than three (3) Business Days before the proposed exchange date (the “Exchange Date”). The Exchange Date may be any Business Day other than the first or last Business Day of the month. The notice must (i) be set forth on the applicable Certificateholder’s letterhead, (ii) carry a medallion stamp guarantee and (iii) set forth the following information: (x) the CUSIP number, outstanding Certificate Balance or Notional Amount and Original Certificate Balance or Original Notional Amount of each proposed Surrendered Class and of each proposed Received Class; (y) the Certificateholder’s DTC participant number; and (z) the proposed Exchange Date. A notice shall become irrevocable on the second Business Day before the proposed Exchange Date.

(e)               Upon the satisfaction of the conditions to an exchange described in this Section 5.11, the Certificate Administrator shall deliver Certificates of the applicable Received Classes to the requesting Certificateholder. The Certificate Administrator shall reduce the outstanding Certificate Balance(s) or Notional Amount(s) of the Surrendered Classes, and increase the outstanding Certificate Balance(s) or Notional Amount(s) of the Received Classes, on the Certificate Register. The Certificateholder and the Certificate Administrator shall utilize the “deposit and withdrawal system” at the Depository to effect the exchange.

(f)                The Certificate Administrator shall make the first distribution on Certificates of any Received Classes related to an exchange on the Distribution Date in the month following the month of exchange to the Certificateholder of record as of the applicable Record Date for such Certificates and Distribution Date. If an Exchange Date occurs in any month before the Distribution Date in such month, then any distributions to be made on such Distribution Date

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on Certificates of any Surrendered Classes shall be so made to the Certificateholders of record as of the applicable Record Date for such Certificates and such Distribution Date. Neither the Certificate Administrator nor the Depositor shall have any obligation to ensure the availability in the market of the applicable Certificates to accomplish any exchange.

[End of Article V]

Article VI

THE DEPOSITOR, THE MASTER SERVICERS, THE SPECIAL SERVICERS, the Operating Advisor, the asset representations reviewer, THE DIRECTING CERTIFICATEHOLDER AND THE Risk Retention Consultation Party

Section 6.01        Representations, Warranties and Covenants of each Applicable Master Servicer, each Applicable Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer. (a) Each Master Servicer, for itself only, hereby represents, warrants and covenants to the Trustee, for its own benefit and the benefit of the Certificateholders, each Serviced Companion Noteholder, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, each Special Servicer, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Operating Advisor, as of the Closing Date, that:

(i)                                   The Master Servicer is a national banking association, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the United States of America, and the Master Servicer is in compliance with the laws of each State in which any Mortgaged Property is located to the extent necessary to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

(ii)                                The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Master Servicer, and the performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement by the Master Servicer, do not (A) violate the Master Servicer’s organizational documents, (B) constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the breach of, any material agreement or other material instrument to which it is a party or which is applicable to it or any of its assets or (C) violate any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree to which the Master Servicer or its property is subject, which, in the case of either (B) or (C), is likely to materially and adversely affect the ability of the Master Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

(iii)                             The Master Servicer has the full power and authority to enter into and consummate all transactions to be performed by it contemplated by this Agreement, has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and has duly executed and delivered this Agreement;

(iv)                            This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties hereto, constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of the Master Servicer, enforceable against the Master Servicer in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and, to the extent applicable,

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the rights of creditors of national banks or of “financial companies” (as defined in Section 201 of the Dodd-Frank Act) or their Affiliates, and (B) general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law;

(v)                               The Master Servicer is not in violation of, and its execution and delivery of this Agreement and its performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement will not constitute a violation of, any law, order or decree of any court or arbiter, or any order regulation or demand of any federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority, which violation, in the Master Servicer’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to materially and adversely affect the ability of the Master Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

(vi)                            No litigation is pending or, to the best of the Master Servicer’s knowledge, threatened against the Master Servicer which would prohibit the Master Servicer from entering into this Agreement or, in the Master Servicer’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to materially and adversely affect the ability of the Master Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

(vii)                         The Master Servicer has errors and omissions insurance coverage that is in full force and effect or is self-insuring with respect to such risks, which in either case complies with the requirements of Section 3.07; and

(viii)                      No consent, approval, authorization or order of, registration or filing with, or notice to, any governmental authority or court is required under federal or state law for the execution, delivery and performance by the Master Servicer of, or compliance by the Master Servicer with, this Agreement or the Master Servicer’s consummation of any transactions contemplated hereby, other than (A) such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, qualifications, registrations, filings or notices as have been obtained, made or given prior to the actual performance by the Master Servicer of its obligations under this Agreement or (B) where the lack of such consent, approval, authorization, order, qualification, registration, filing or notice would not have a material adverse effect on the performance by the Master Servicer under this Agreement.

(ix)                              To the actual knowledge of the Master Servicer, the Master Servicer is not Risk Retention Affiliated with any Retaining Party.

(b)                                Each Special Servicer, for itself only, hereby represents, warrants and covenants to the Trustee, for its own benefit and the benefit of the Certificateholders, each Serviced Companion Noteholder, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, each Master Servicer, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Operating Advisor, as of the Closing Date, that:

(i)                                   The Special Servicer is a limited partnership, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and is in compliance with the laws of each State in which any Mortgaged Property is located to the extent necessary to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

(ii)                                The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Special Servicer, and the performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement by the Special Servicer,

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do not (A) violate the Special Servicer’s organizational documents, (B) constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the breach of, any material agreement or other material instrument to which it is a party or which is applicable to it or any of its assets, or (C) violate any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree to which the Special Servicer or its property is subject, which, in the case of either (B) or (C), is likely to materially and adversely affect either the ability of the Special Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement or its financial condition;

(iii)                            The Special Servicer has the full power and authority to enter into and consummate all transactions to be performed by it contemplated by this Agreement, has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and has duly executed and delivered this Agreement;

(iv)                            This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties hereto, constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of the Special Servicer, enforceable against the Special Servicer in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and, to the extent applicable, the rights of the creditors of national banks or of “financial companies” (as defined in Section 201 of the Dodd-Frank Act) or their Affiliates, and (B) general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law;

(v)                              The Special Servicer is not in violation of, and its execution and delivery of this Agreement and its performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement will not constitute a violation of, any law, order or decree of any court or arbiter, or any order regulation or demand of any federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority, which violation, in the Special Servicer’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to materially and adversely affect the ability of the Special Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

(vi)                            No litigation is pending or, to the best of the Special Servicer’s knowledge, threatened against the Special Servicer, which would prohibit the Special Servicer from entering into this Agreement or, in the Special Servicer’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to materially and adversely affect the ability of the Special Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

(vii)                        The Special Servicer has errors and omissions coverage which is in full force and effect or is self-insuring with respect to such risks, which in either case complies with the requirements of Section 3.07; and

(viii)                      No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required under federal or state law for the execution, delivery and performance by the Special Servicer of, or compliance by the Special Servicer with, this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions of the Special Servicer contemplated by this Agreement, except for any consent, approval, authorization or order which has been obtained or can be obtained prior to the actual performance by the Special Servicer of its

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obligations under this Agreement, or which, if not obtained would not have a materially adverse effect on the ability of the Special Servicer to perform its obligations hereunder.

(c)                                The Operating Advisor hereby represents, warrants and covenants to the Trustee, for its own benefit and the benefit of the Certificateholders, each Serviced Companion Noteholder, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, each Master Servicer, each Special Servicer, as of the Closing Date, that:

(i)                                   The Operating Advisor is a limited liability company, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and the Operating Advisor is in compliance with the laws of each State in which any Mortgaged Property is located to the extent necessary to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

(ii)                               The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Operating Advisor, and the performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement by the Operating Advisor, do not (A) violate the Operating Advisor’s organizational documents, (B) constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the breach of, any material agreement or other material instrument to which it is a party or which is applicable to it or any of its assets, or (C) violate any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree to which the Operating Advisor or its property is subject, which, in the case of either (B) or (C), is likely to materially and adversely affect either the ability of the Operating Advisor to perform its obligations under this Agreement or its financial condition;

(iii)                            The Operating Advisor has the full power and authority to enter into and consummate all transactions to be performed by it contemplated by this Agreement, has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and has duly executed and delivered this Agreement;

(iv)                           This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties hereto, constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of the Operating Advisor, enforceable against the Operating Advisor in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and (B) general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law;

(v)                              The Operating Advisor is not in violation of, and its execution and delivery of this Agreement and its performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement will not constitute a violation of, any law, order or decree of any court or arbiter, or any order regulation or demand of any federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority, which violation, in the Operating Advisor’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to materially and adversely affect either the ability of the Operating Advisor to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the financial condition of the Operating Advisor;

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(vi)                           The Operating Advisor has errors and omissions insurance coverage that is in full force and effect or is self-insuring with respect to such risks, which in either case complies with the requirements of Section 3.07;

(vii)                         No litigation is pending or, to the best of the Operating Advisor’s knowledge, threatened against the Operating Advisor, which would prohibit the Operating Advisor from entering into this Agreement or, in the Operating Advisor’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to materially and adversely affect the ability of the Operating Advisor to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

(viii)                      No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required under federal or state law for the execution, delivery and performance by the Operating Advisor of, or compliance by the Operating Advisor with, this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions of the Operating Advisor contemplated by this Agreement, except for any consent, approval, authorization or order which has been obtained or can be obtained prior to the actual performance by the Operating Advisor of its obligations under this Agreement, or which, if not obtained would not have a materially adverse effect on the ability of the Operating Advisor to perform its obligations hereunder; and

(ix)                             The Operating Advisor is an Eligible Operating Advisor.

(d)                               The Asset Representations Reviewer hereby represents and warrants to the Trustee, for its own benefit and the benefit of the Certificateholders, and to the Depositor, each Master Servicer, each Special Servicer and the Certificate Administrator, as of the Closing Date, that:

(i)                                  The Asset Representations Reviewer is a limited liability company, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and the Asset Representations Reviewer is in compliance with the laws of each State in which any Mortgaged Property is located to the extent necessary to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

(ii)                                The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Asset Representations Reviewer, and the performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement by the Asset Representations Reviewer, do not (A) violate the Asset Representations Reviewer’s organizational documents, (B) constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the breach of, any material agreement or other material instrument to which it is a party or which is applicable to it or any of its assets, or (C) violate any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree to which the Asset Representations Reviewer or its property is subject, which, in the case of either (B) or (C) above, is likely to materially and adversely affect either the ability of the Asset Representations Reviewer to perform its obligations under this Agreement or its financial condition;

(iii)                            The Asset Representations Reviewer has the full power and authority to enter into and consummate all transactions to be performed by it contemplated by this

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Agreement, has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and has duly executed and delivered this Agreement;

(iv)                           This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties hereto, constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of the Asset Representations Reviewer, enforceable against the Asset Representations Reviewer in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and (B) general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law;

(v)                              The Asset Representations Reviewer is not in violation of, and its execution and delivery of this Agreement and its performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement will not constitute a violation of, any law, order or decree of any court or arbiter, or any order regulation or demand of any federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority, which violation, in the Asset Representations Reviewer’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to materially and adversely affect either the ability of the Asset Representations Reviewer to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the financial condition of the Asset Representations Reviewer;

(vi)                           No litigation is pending or, to the best of the Asset Representations Reviewer’s knowledge, threatened against the Asset Representations Reviewer, which would prohibit the Asset Representations Reviewer from entering into this Agreement or, in the Asset Representations Reviewer’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to materially and adversely affect the ability of the Asset Representations Reviewer to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

(vii)                         The Asset Representations Reviewer has errors and omissions coverage that is in full force and effect or is self-insuring with respect to such risks, which in either case complies with the requirements of Section 3.07; and

(viii)                     No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required under federal or state law for the execution, delivery and performance by the Asset Representations Reviewer of, or compliance by the Asset Representations Reviewer with, this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions of the Asset Representations Reviewer contemplated by this Agreement, except for any consent, approval, authorization or order which has been obtained or can be obtained prior to the actual performance by the Asset Representations Reviewer of its obligations under this Agreement, or which, if not obtained would not have a materially adverse effect on the ability of the Asset Representations Reviewer to perform its obligations hereunder; and

(ix)                             The Asset Representations Reviewer is an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer.

(e)                               The representations and warranties set forth in paragraphs (a)-(d) above shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement. Upon written notice or actual knowledge by any party to this Agreement (or upon written notice thereof from any

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Certificateholder or any Companion Holder) of a breach of any of the representations and warranties set forth in this Section 6.01 which materially and adversely affects the interests of any party to this Agreement, the Certificateholders, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the other parties hereto, each certifying Certificateholder, and, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event, the Directing Certificateholder.

Section 6.02        Liability of the Depositor, each applicable Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor, each applicable Special Servicer and the Asset Representations Reviewer. The Depositor, each applicable Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor, each applicable Special Servicer and the Asset Representations Reviewer shall be liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the respective obligations specifically imposed upon and undertaken by the Depositor, such Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor, such Special Servicer and the Asset Representations Reviewer herein.

Section 6.03        Merger, Consolidation or Conversion of the Depositor, a Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor, a Special Servicer or the Asset Representations Reviewer. (a) Subject to 6.03(b) below, each of the Depositor, each applicable Master Servicer and each applicable Special Servicer will keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises as an entity under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, and each will obtain and preserve its qualification to do business as a foreign entity in each jurisdiction in which qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of this Agreement, the Certificates or any of the Mortgage Loans or Companion Loans and to perform its respective duties under this Agreement.

(b)               Each of the Depositor, each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer may be merged or consolidated with or into any Person, or transfer all or substantially all of its assets (which may be limited to all or substantially all of its assets related to commercial mortgage loan servicing, commercial mortgage surveillance or asset representations reviewer operations, as the case may be) to any Person, in which case any Person resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Depositor, a Master Servicer, a Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, or the Asset Representations Reviewer shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to the business of the Depositor, a Master Servicer, a Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, or the Asset Representations Reviewer, shall be the successor of the Depositor, such Master Servicer, such Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, or the Asset Representations Reviewer (such Person, in the case of a Master Servicer or a Special Servicer, in each of the foregoing cases, the “Surviving Entity”), as the case may be, hereunder, without the execution or filing of any paper (other than an assumption agreement wherein the successor shall agree to perform the obligations of and serve as the Depositor, a Master Servicer, a Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, or the Asset Representations Reviewer, as the case may be, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement) or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding; provided, however, that with respect to such merger, consolidation or succession, Rating Agency Confirmation is received from each Rating Agency with respect to the Classes of Certificates and, with respect to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, a confirmation is received from each applicable rating agency that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation

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may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates as described in Section 3.25); provided, further, that if a Master Servicer, a Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor enters into a merger and such Master Servicer, such Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, is the surviving entity under applicable law, such Master Servicer, such Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, shall not, as a result of the merger, be required to provide a Rating Agency Confirmation with respect to ratings of the Classes of Certificates or, with respect to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, a confirmation of the rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings; provided, further, that for so long as the Trust, and, with respect to any Serviced Companion Loan included as part of the trust in a related Other Securitization, is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, if such Master Servicer, such Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor notifies the Depositor in writing (a “Merger Notice”) of any such merger, consolidation, conversion or other change in form, and the Depositor or the depositor in such Other Securitization, as the case may be, notifies such Master Servicer, such Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, in writing that the Depositor or the depositor in such Other Securitization, as the case may be, has discovered that such successor entity has not complied with its Exchange Act reporting obligations under any other commercial mortgage loan securitization (and specifically identifying the instance of noncompliance), then it shall be an additional condition to such succession that the Depositor or the depositor in such Other Securitization, as the case may be, shall have consented (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to such successor entity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Master Servicer, Special Servicer or Operating Advisor may remain a Master Servicer, a Special Servicer or Operating Advisor, as applicable, under this Agreement after (x) being merged or consolidated with or into any Person that is a Prohibited Party, or (y) transferring all or substantially all of its assets to any Person if such Person is a Prohibited Party, except to the extent (i) such Master Servicer, such Special Servicer or Operating Advisor, as applicable, is the surviving entity of such merger, consolidation or transfer and has been and continues to be in compliance with its Regulation AB reporting obligations hereunder or (ii) the Depositor consents to such merger, consolidation or transfer, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. If, within sixty (60) days following the date of delivery of the Merger Notice to the Depositor or the depositor in such Other Securitization, as the case may be, the Depositor or depositor in such Other Securitization, as the case may be, shall have failed to notify such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as applicable, in writing of the Depositor’s determination, or depositor’s determination, in the case of an Other Securitization, to grant or withhold such consent, such failure shall be deemed to constitute a grant of such consent. If the conditions to the provisions in the second preceding sentence are not met, the Trustee may terminate, and if the conditions set forth in the third proviso of the third preceding sentence are not met the Trustee shall terminate, the applicable Surviving Entity’s servicing of the Mortgage Loans pursuant hereto, such termination to be effected in the manner set forth in Section 7.01.

(i)                                  The Asset Representations Reviewer shall keep in full effect its existence and rights as an entity under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, and shall be in compliance with the laws of all jurisdictions to the extent necessary to perform its duties under this Agreement.

(ii)                                Any Person into which the Asset Representations Reviewer may be merged or consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Asset Representations Reviewer shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to the business

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of the Asset Representations Reviewer, shall be the successor of the Asset Representations Reviewer hereunder, and shall be deemed to have assumed all of the liabilities and obligations of such Asset Representations Reviewer hereunder, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding; provided, however, that the Trustee has received a Rating Agency Confirmation with respect to such successor or surviving Person.

Section 6.04        Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and Others. (a) None of the Depositor, any Master Servicer (including in its capacity as Companion Paying Agent, if applicable), any Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any of the partners, directors, officers, shareholders, members, managers, employees or agents of any of the foregoing shall be under any liability to the Trust, the Certificateholders or the Companion Holders for any action taken or for refraining from the taking of any action in good faith pursuant to this Agreement, or for errors in judgment; provided, however, that this provision shall not protect the Depositor, any Master Servicer (including in its capacity as Companion Paying Agent, if applicable), any Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any such Person against any breach of warranties or representations made herein or any liability which would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence in the performance of such party’s obligations or duties or by reason of negligent disregard of such party’s obligations and duties hereunder. The Depositor, each applicable Master Servicer (including in its capacity as Companion Paying Agent, if applicable), each applicable Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and any partner, director, officer, shareholder, member, manager, employee or agent of the Depositor, a Master Servicer (including in its capacity as Companion Paying Agent, if applicable), a Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer, and any of the partners, directors, officers, shareholders, members, managers, employees or agents of any of the foregoing may rely on any document of any kind which, prima facie, is properly executed and submitted by any Person respecting any matters arising hereunder. The Depositor, each applicable Master Servicer (including in its capacity as Companion Paying Agent, if applicable), each applicable Special Servicer, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Operating Advisor and the Non-Serviced Trust (with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, to the extent provided under the related Intercreditor Agreement) and any partner, director, officer, shareholder, member, manager, employee or agent of any of the foregoing shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Trust against any and all claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, liabilities, fees and expenses (for the avoidance of doubt, including without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses and expenses relating to the enforcement of this indemnity and of investigation, counsel fees, damages, judgments and amounts paid in settlement) incurred in connection with any actual or threatened legal or administrative action (whether in equity or at law) or claim relating to this Agreement, the Mortgage Loans, the Companion Loans or the Certificates, other than any loss, liability or expense: (i) specifically required to be borne thereby pursuant to the terms hereof; (ii) incurred in connection with any breach of a representation or warranty made by it herein; (iii) incurred by reason of bad faith, willful misconduct or negligence in the performance of its obligations or duties hereunder, or by reason of negligent disregard of such obligations or duties; or (iv) in the case of the Depositor and any of its partners, directors, officers, shareholders, members, managers, employees and agents, incurred in connection with any violation by any of

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them of any state or federal securities law. In addition, absent actual fraud (as determined by a final non-appealable court order), neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator (including in its capacity as Custodian, Certificate Registrar and 17g-5 Information Provider) shall be liable for special, punitive, indirect or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to lost profits), even if the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action. Each applicable Master Servicer (including in its capacity as Companion Paying Agent, if applicable), each applicable Special Servicer, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Operating Advisor conclusively may rely on, and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon, any resolution, officer’s certificate, certificate of auditors or any other certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, financial statement, agreement, appraisal, bond or other document (in electronic or paper format) as contemplated by and in accordance with this Agreement and reasonably believed or in good faith believed by the applicable Master Servicer (including in its capacity as Companion Paying Agent, if applicable), the applicable Special Servicer, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Operating Advisor to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties and each of them may consult with counsel, in which case any written advice of counsel or Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection with respect to any action taken or suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such advice or Opinion of Counsel.

(b)               None of the Depositor, any Master Servicer (including in its capacity as Companion Paying Agent, if applicable), any Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal or administrative action (whether in equity or at law), proceeding, hearing or examination that is not incidental to its respective duties under this Agreement or which in its opinion may involve it in any expense or liability not recoverable from the Trust; provided, however, that each of the Depositor, each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer may in its discretion undertake any such action, proceeding, hearing or examination that it may deem necessary or desirable in respect to this Agreement and the rights and duties of the parties hereto and the interests of the Certificateholders (and, in the case of any Serviced Whole Loan, the rights of the Certificateholders and the holders of a Serviced Companion Loan (as a collective whole) taking into account the subordinate or pari passu nature of such Serviced Companion Loan); provided, however, that if a Serviced Whole Loan and/or the holder of any related Companion Loan are involved, such expenses, costs and liabilities will be payable out of funds related to the applicable Serviced Whole Loan in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement and will also be payable out of the other funds in the applicable Collection Account if amounts on deposit with respect to such Serviced Whole Loan are insufficient therefor. If any such expenses, costs or liabilities relate to a Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, then any subsequent recovery on that Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, as applicable, will be used to reimburse the Trust for any amounts advanced for the payment of such expenses, costs or liabilities. In such event, the legal expenses and costs of such action, proceeding, hearing or examination and any liability resulting therefrom shall be expenses, costs and liabilities of the Trust, and the Depositor, each applicable Master Servicer (including in its capacity as Companion Paying Agent, if applicable), each applicable Special Servicer, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Operating Advisor shall be entitled to be reimbursed therefor out of amounts attributable to the Mortgage Loans or the Companion Loan on deposit in the

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applicable Collection Account (including, without duplication, any subaccount thereof), as provided by Section 3.05(a)(xii).

(c)               Each applicable Master Servicer and each applicable Special Servicer, as applicable, agrees to indemnify the Depositor, the Trustee, the related Serviced Companion Noteholder, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the applicable Master Servicer (including in its capacity as Companion Paying Agent, if applicable) (in the case of each applicable Special Servicer and any other applicable Master Servicer), the applicable Special Servicer (in the case of each applicable Master Servicer and any other applicable Special Servicer) and the Trust and any partner, director, officer, shareholder, member, manager, employee or agent thereof, and hold them harmless, from and against any and all claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, liabilities, fees and expenses (for the avoidance of doubt, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses and expenses relating to the enforcement of such indemnity) that any of them may sustain arising from or as a result of any willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence of such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as the case may be, in the performance of its obligations and duties under this Agreement or by reason of negligent disregard by such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as the case may be, of its duties and obligations hereunder or by reason of breach of any representations or warranties made herein by such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as applicable. The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Operating Advisor, as the case may be, shall immediately notify the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as applicable, if a claim is made by a third party with respect to this Agreement or the Mortgage Loans entitling the Trust to indemnification hereunder, whereupon the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall assume the defense of such claim (with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator or the Depositor) and pay all expenses in connection therewith, including counsel fees, and promptly pay, discharge and satisfy any judgment or decree which may be entered against it or them in respect of such claim. Any failure to so notify the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall not affect any rights any of the foregoing Persons may have to indemnification under this Agreement or otherwise, unless such Master Servicer’s or such Special Servicer’s, as the case may be, defense of such claim is materially prejudiced thereby.

Each applicable Master Servicer and each applicable Special Servicer shall indemnify and hold harmless the Depositor from and against any claims, losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and expenses and related costs, judgments and other costs and expenses (for the avoidance of doubt, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses and expenses relating to the enforcement of such indemnity) incurred by the Depositor or its Affiliates that arise out of or are based upon, severally and not jointly (i) a breach by such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as applicable, of any obligation it has to deliver information to the 17g-5 Information Provider as set forth in this Agreement, including Section 3.07(a), Section 3.08, Section 3.09(e), Section 3.12, Section 3.17(c) and Section 3.18(g) or (ii) a breach of any obligation it has set forth in Sections 3.13(e), (h) and (j).

(d)               Each of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator (including in its role as Custodian), respectively agrees to indemnify the Depositor, each Master Servicer (including in its capacity as Companion Paying Agent, if applicable), each Special Servicer, the Certificate

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Administrator (in the case of the Trustee), the Trustee (in the case of the Certificate Administrator), the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trust and any partner, director, officer, shareholder, member, manager employee or agent thereof, and hold them harmless, from and against any and all claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, liabilities, fees and expenses (for the avoidance of doubt, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses and expenses relating to the enforcement of such indemnity) that any of them may sustain arising from or as a result of any willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, respectively, in the performance of its obligations and duties under this Agreement or by reason of negligent disregard by the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, respectively, of its duties and obligations hereunder or by reason of breach of any representations or warranties made herein; provided that such indemnity shall not cover indirect or consequential damages. The Depositor, the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Operating Advisor, as the case may be, shall immediately notify the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator, respectively, if a claim is made by a third party with respect to this Agreement or the Mortgage Loans entitling the Trust to indemnification hereunder, whereupon the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator shall assume the defense of such claim (with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Depositor, such Master Servicer (including in its capacity as Companion Paying Agent, if applicable), such Special Servicer, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Operating Advisor) and pay all expenses in connection therewith, including counsel fees, and promptly pay, discharge and satisfy any judgment or decree which may be entered against it or them in respect of such claim. Any failure to so notify the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator shall not affect any rights any of the foregoing Persons may have to indemnification under this Agreement or otherwise, unless the Trustee’s or the Certificate Administrator’s defense of such claim is materially prejudiced thereby.

(e)               The Depositor agrees to indemnify each Master Servicer (including in its capacity as Companion Paying Agent, if applicable), each Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trust and any partner, director, officer, shareholder, member, manager, employee or agent thereof, and hold them harmless, from and against any and all claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, liabilities, fees and expenses (for the avoidance of doubt, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses and expenses relating to the enforcement of such indemnity) that any of them may sustain arising from or as a result of any willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence of the Depositor, in the performance of its obligations and duties under this Agreement or by reason of negligent disregard by the Depositor of its duties and obligations hereunder or by reason of breach of any representations or warranties made herein; provided that such indemnity shall not cover indirect or consequential damages. The applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Operating Advisor, as the case may be, shall immediately notify the Depositor if a claim is made by a third party with respect to this Agreement, whereupon the Depositor shall assume the defense of such claim (with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Master Servicer (including in its capacity as Companion Paying Agent, if applicable) or such Special Servicer, as the case may be) and pay all expenses in connection therewith, including counsel fees, and promptly pay, discharge and satisfy any judgment or decree which may be entered against it or them in respect of such claim. Any failure to so notify the Depositor shall not affect any rights any of the foregoing Persons may have

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to indemnification under this Agreement or otherwise, unless the Depositor’s defense of such claim is materially prejudiced thereby.

(f)                The Operating Advisor agrees to indemnify each Master Servicer (including in its capacity as Companion Paying Agent, if applicable), each Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trust and any partner, director, officer, shareholder, member, manager, employee or agent thereof, and hold them harmless, from and against any and all claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, liabilities, fees and expenses (for the avoidance of doubt, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses and expenses relating to the enforcement of such indemnity) that any of them may sustain arising from or as a result of any willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence of the Operating Advisor, in the performance of its obligations and duties under this Agreement or by reason of negligent disregard by the Operating Advisor of its duties and obligations hereunder or by reason of breach of any representations or warranties made herein; provided that such indemnity shall not cover indirect or consequential damages. The applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Depositor, as the case may be, shall immediately notify the Operating Advisor if a claim is made by a third party with respect to this Agreement or the Mortgage Loans entitling the Trust to indemnification hereunder, whereupon the Operating Advisor shall assume the defense of such claim (with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Master Servicer (including in its capacity as Companion Paying Agent), such Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Depositor) and pay all expenses in connection therewith, including counsel fees, and promptly pay, discharge and satisfy any judgment or decree which may be entered against it or them in respect of such claim. Any failure to so notify the Operating Advisor shall not affect any rights any of the foregoing Persons may have to indemnification under this Agreement or otherwise, unless the Operating Advisor’s defense of such claim is materially prejudiced thereby.

(g)               Neither the Operating Advisor nor its Affiliates or any of the partners, directors, officers, shareholders, members, managers, employees or agents of the Operating Advisor shall be under any liability to any Certificateholder for any action taken or for refraining from the taking of any action in good faith pursuant to this Agreement, or for errors in judgment; provided, however, that this provision shall not protect the Operating Advisor against any liability which would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence in the performance of duties or by reason of negligent disregard of obligations and duties hereunder.

(h)               The Asset Representations Reviewer agrees to indemnify each Master Servicer (including in its capacity as Companion Paying Agent, if applicable), each Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor and the Trust and any partner, director, officer, shareholder, member, manager, employee or agent thereof, and hold them harmless, from and against any and all claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, liabilities, fees and expenses (for the avoidance of doubt, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses and expenses relating to the enforcement of such indemnity) that any of them may sustain arising from or as a result of any willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence of the Asset Representations Reviewer, in the performance of its obligations and duties under this Agreement or by reason of negligent disregard by the Asset Representations Reviewer of its duties and obligations hereunder

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or by reason of breach of any representations or warranties made herein; provided that such indemnity shall not cover indirect or consequential damages. The applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor or the Depositor, as the case may be, shall immediately notify the Asset Representations Reviewer if a claim is made by a third party with respect to this Agreement or the Mortgage Loans entitling the Trust to indemnification hereunder, whereupon the Asset Representations Reviewer shall assume the defense of such claim (with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Master Servicer (including in its capacity as Companion Paying Agent, if applicable), such Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor or the Depositor) and pay all expenses in connection therewith, including counsel fees, and promptly pay, discharge and satisfy any judgment or decree which may be entered against it or them in respect of such claim. Any failure to so notify the Asset Representations Reviewer shall not affect any rights any of the foregoing Persons may have to indemnification under this Agreement or otherwise, unless the Asset Representations Reviewer’s defense of such claim is materially prejudiced thereby.

(i)                 The applicable Non-Serviced Master Servicer, Non-Serviced Special Servicer, Non-Serviced Certificate Administrator, Non-Serviced Operating Advisor (if any), Non-Serviced Depositor, Non-Serviced Trustee, and any of their respective partners, directors, officers, shareholders, members, managers, employees or agents (collectively, the “Non-Serviced Indemnified Parties”), shall be indemnified by the Trust and held harmless against the Trust’s pro rata share (subject to the applicable Non-Serviced Intercreditor Agreement) of any and all claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, liabilities, fees and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses and expenses relating to the enforcement of such indemnity) incurred in connection with the servicing and administration of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan and the related Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property under the applicable Non-Serviced PSA (as and to the same extent the applicable Non-Serviced Trust is required to indemnify such parties in respect of other mortgage loans in the applicable Non-Serviced Trust pursuant to the terms of the related Non-Serviced PSA).

The indemnification provided herein shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the termination or resignation of any Master Servicer (including in its capacity as Companion Paying Agent, if applicable), any Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer.

(j)                 For purposes of this Section 6.04 and Section 11.12, a Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as the case may be, will be deemed not to have engaged in willful misconduct or committed bad faith or negligence in the performance of their respective obligations and duties hereunder or acted in negligent disregard of such obligations and duties if such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as applicable, fails to follow any terms of any Mortgage Loan documents because such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as applicable, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, determines that compliance with such terms would or potentially would cause an Adverse REMIC Event or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code (for which determination such Master Servicer and such Special Servicer will be entitled to rely on advice of counsel, the cost of which will be reimbursed as an additional expense of the Trust).

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Section 6.05        Depositor, Master Servicers and Special Servicers Not to Resign. Subject to the provisions of Section 6.03, no Master Servicer or Special Servicer shall resign from its obligations and duties hereby imposed on it except upon (a) determination that such party’s duties hereunder are no longer permissible under applicable law or (b) in the case of a Master Servicer or a Special Servicer, upon the appointment of, and the acceptance of such appointment by, a successor (which may be appointed by the resigning Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable), and receipt by the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and a confirmation of any applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities (if any) (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25). Any such determination permitting the resignation of such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer pursuant to clause (a) above shall be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the resigning party) to such effect delivered to the Trustee and (prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event) the Directing Certificateholder. Unless applicable law requires the resignation of such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer (as the case may be) to be effective immediately, and the Opinion of Counsel delivered pursuant to the prior sentence so states, no such resignation by such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer under clause (a) above shall become effective until the Trustee or a successor master servicer or special servicer, as applicable, shall have assumed such Master Servicer’s or such Special Servicer’s, as applicable, responsibilities and obligations in accordance with Section 7.02 and no such resignation by such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer shall become effective until the Certificate Administrator shall have filed any required Form 8-K pursuant to Section 11.07 and any other Form 8-K filings have been completed with respect to any related Companion Loan. Upon any termination (as described in Section 7.01(c)) or resignation of such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, pursuant to this Section 6.05, such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as applicable, shall have the right and opportunity to appoint any successor master servicer or special servicer with respect to this Section 6.05; provided that, such successor master servicer or special servicer shall not be the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Operating Advisor or one of their respective Affiliates and (prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event) such successor special servicer is approved by the Directing Certificateholder, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld. The resigning party shall pay all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator) associated with a transfer of its duties pursuant to this Section 6.05. Except as provided in Section 7.01(c), in no event shall such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer have the right to appoint any successor master servicer or special servicer if such Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, is terminated or removed pursuant to Section 7.01.

Section 6.06        Rights of the Depositor in Respect of each applicable Master Servicer and Special Servicer. The Depositor may, but is not obligated to, enforce the obligations of any Master Servicer and any Special Servicer hereunder and may, but is not obligated to, perform, or cause a designee to perform, any defaulted obligation of any Master Servicer and any Special Servicer hereunder or exercise the rights of any Master Servicer or any Special Servicer, as applicable, hereunder; provided, however, that any Master Servicer and any Special Servicer shall not be relieved of any of their respective obligations hereunder by virtue of such performance by the Depositor or its designee. The Depositor shall not have any responsibility or liability for

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any action or failure to act by any Master Servicer or any Special Servicer and is not obligated to supervise the performance of the Trustee, any Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor or any Special Servicer under this Agreement or otherwise.

Section 6.07        Master Servicers and Special Servicers as Certificate Owners. Any Master Servicer, any Special Servicer or any Affiliate thereof may become the Holder of (or, in the case of a Book-Entry Certificate, Certificate Owner with respect to) any Certificate with (except as otherwise set forth in the definition of “Certificateholder”) the same rights it would have if it were not a Master Servicer, a Special Servicer or an Affiliate thereof.

Section 6.08        The Directing Certificateholder and the Risk Retention Consultation Party. (a) (A) Other than with respect to any Serviced AB Whole Loan that is not subject to an AB Control Appraisal Period, for so long as no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Directing Certificateholder shall be entitled to advise (1) the applicable Special Servicer, with respect to all Major Decisions for all Serviced Mortgage Loans (other than with respect to any Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the holder of the majority of the Controlling Class), and (2) the applicable Master Servicer, to the extent the Directing Certificateholder’s consent is required by the applicable clauses of the definition of “Master Servicer Decision”, and shall have certain other rights described below, and (B) the Risk Retention Consultation Party shall (other than with respect to an Excluded Loan with respect to the Risk Retention Consultation Party or the holder of the majority of the VRR Interest) be entitled to consult on a strictly non-binding basis with the applicable Special Servicer with respect to any Major Decision (provided that prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, the related Mortgage Loan must also be a Specially Serviced Loan). For the avoidance of doubt, any consultation with the Risk Retention Consultation Party under this Agreement shall occur only upon the request of the Risk Retention Consultation Party with respect to any individual triggering event, and any such consultation shall be on a strictly non-binding basis and shall be subject to all limitations with respect to the procedures and timing of such consultation set forth in this Section 6.08.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, except as set forth in, and in any event subject to, the third and fourth paragraphs of this Section 6.08(a) and Section 6.08(b), for so long as no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the applicable Special Servicer shall not be permitted to take (or consent to any Master Servicer’s taking) (x) with respect to any Serviced AB Whole Loan (but only prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Appraisal Period), any “major decision” under the related Intercreditor Agreement or (y) any of the following actions with respect to any Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or Serviced Whole Loan (each such action described in clause (x) or clause (y), a “Major Decision”) without the Directing Certificateholder’s consent (provided that if such written consent has not been received by such Special Servicer within ten (10) Business Days (or thirty (30) days with respect to clause (xii) of the definition of “Major Decision”) after the Directing Certificateholder’s receipt of the applicable Special Servicer’s written recommendation and analysis and all information reasonably requested by the Directing Certificateholder, and reasonably available to the applicable Special Servicer in order to grant or withhold such consent, which report may (in the case of a Major Decision processed by the Special Servicer, in the sole discretion of the Special Servicer) take the form of an Asset Status Report (the “Major Decision Reporting Package”), the Directing Certificateholder will be deemed to have approved such action):

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(i)                               any proposed or actual foreclosure upon or comparable conversion (which may include acquisition of an REO Property) of the ownership of properties securing any Serviced Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan that comes into and continues in default;

(ii)                              any modification, consent to a modification or waiver of any monetary term (other than late fees and Default Interest) or material non-monetary term (including, without limitation, the timing of payments and acceptance of discounted payoffs) of a Serviced Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan or any extension of the maturity date of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan other than in connection with a maturity default if refinancing or sale is expected within 120 days as provided in clause (ix) of the definition of “Master Servicer Decision”;

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

(iv)                           any sale of a Defaulted Loan and any related defaulted Companion Loan, or any REO Property (other than in connection with the termination of the Trust) or a defaulted Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan that the applicable Special Servicer is permitted to sell in accordance with Section 3.16(a)(iii) of this Agreement, in each case, for less than the applicable Purchase Price;

(v)                             any determination to bring a Mortgaged Property or an REO Property into compliance with applicable environmental laws or to otherwise address hazardous material located at a Mortgaged Property or an REO Property;

(vi)                           any waiver of a “due-on-sale” or “due-on-encumbrance” clause with respect to a Serviced Mortgage Loan or a Serviced Whole Loan or any consent to such a waiver or consent to a transfer of the Mortgaged Property or interests in the Mortgagor or consent to the incurrence of additional debt, other than any such transfer or incurrence of debt as described under clause (xiv)of the definition of “Master Servicer Decision” or as may be effected (I) without the consent of the lender under the related loan agreement, (II) pursuant to the specific terms of such Mortgage Loan and (III) for which there is no lender discretion;

(vii)                        any property management company changes with respect to a Mortgage Loan with a principal balance equal to or greater than $10,000,000, including, without limitation, approval of the termination of a manager and appointment of a new property manager, or with respect to any Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or Serviced Companion Loan that is a Non-Specially Serviced Loan, a change in property management if the replacement property manager is a Borrower Party;

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

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(ix)                         releases of any material amounts from escrow accounts, reserve funds or letters of credit, in each case held as performance escrows or reserves, other than those required pursuant to the specific terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents (provided, however, that any releases for which there is lender discretion of material amounts from any escrow accounts, reserve funds or letters of credit held as performance escrows or performance reserves specified (along with the related Mortgage Loans) on Schedule 3 hereto shall also constitute Major Decisions);

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

(xi)                            agreeing to any modification, waiver, consent or amendment of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan in connection with a defeasance if such proposed modification, waiver, consent or amendment is with respect to (A) a modification of the type of defeasance collateral required under the Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan documents such that defeasance collateral other than direct, non-callable obligations of the United States would be permitted or (B) a modification that would permit a principal prepayment instead of defeasance if the applicable loan documents do not otherwise permit such principal prepayment;

(xii)                         other than with respect to a Non-Specially Serviced Loan, any determination of Acceptable Insurance Default;

(xiii)                      any consent to incurrence of additional debt by a Mortgagor or mezzanine debt by a direct or indirect parent of a Mortgagor, to the extent the mortgagee’s approval is required under the related Mortgage Loan documents;

(xiv)                     other than in the case of a Non-Specially Serviced Loan, any modification, waiver or amendment of any lease, the execution of any new lease or the granting of a subordination and non-disturbance or attornment agreement in connection with any lease (other than for ground leases), at a Mortgaged Property if (a) the lease affects an area greater than or equal to the lesser of (1) 30% of the net rentable area of the improvements at the Mortgaged Property and (2) 30,000 square feet or (b) such transaction is not a routine leasing matter;

(xv)                        other than in the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, any modification, amendment, consent to a modification or waiver of any material term of any Intercreditor Agreement or any action to enforce rights (or decision not to enforce rights) with respect thereto; provided, that any such modification or amendment that would adversely impact the applicable Master Servicer shall additionally require the consent of such Master Servicer as a condition to its effectiveness; provided, further, than any amendment to split notes or re-allocate note balance of Pari Passu Companion Loans effected in accordance with the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement shall not constitute a “Major Decision”;

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(xvi)                   requests for property or other collateral releases or substitutions, other than (a) grants of easements or rights of way, (b) releases of non-material, non-income producing parcels of a Mortgaged Property (including, without limitation, any such releases as to which the related Mortgage Loan documents expressly require the mortgagee thereunder to make such releases), (c) consents to releases related to condemnation of parcels of a Mortgaged Property, (d) the release of collateral securing any Mortgage Loan in connection with defeasance of the collateral for such Mortgage Loan or (e) the items listed in clause (ix) of this definition and clause (viii) of the definition of “Master Servicer Decision”;

(xvii)                   other than in the case of a Non-Specially Serviced Loan, approval of easements and rights of way that materially affect the use or value of a Mortgaged Property or the Mortgagor’s ability to make any payments with respect to the related Mortgage Loan;

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

(xix)                        other than in the case of a Non-Specially Serviced Loan, consent to actions and releases related to condemnation of parcels of a Mortgaged Property with respect to a material parcel or a material income producing parcel or any condemnation that materially affects the use or value of the related Mortgaged Property or the ability of the related Mortgagor to pay amounts due in respect of the related Mortgage Loan or any related Companion Loan when due;

(xx)                           other than in the case of any Non-Specially Serviced Loan, approval of any waiver regarding the receipt of financial statements (other than immaterial timing waivers including late financial statements which in no event relieve any borrower of the obligation to provide financial statements on at least a quarterly basis) following three consecutive late deliveries of financial statements; and

(xxi)                        the voting on any plan of reorganization, restructuring or similar plan in the bankruptcy of a borrower.

provided, that in the event that the applicable Special Servicer or the applicable Master Servicer, as the case may be, determines that immediate action, with respect to the foregoing matters or any Master Servicer Decision, or any other matter requiring consent of the Directing Certificateholder prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event in this Agreement (or any matter requiring consultation with the Directing Certificateholder, the Risk Retention Consultation Party or the Operating Advisor), is necessary to protect the interests of the Certificateholders (or, with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, the interest of the Certificateholders and the holders of any related Serviced Companion Loan) (as a collective whole (taking into account the subordinate or pari passu nature of any Companion Loans)), the applicable Special Servicer or the applicable Master Servicer, as the case may be, may take any such action without waiting for the Directing Certificateholder’s response (or without waiting to consult with the Directing Certificateholder, the Risk Retention Consultation Party or the Operating Advisor,

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as the case may be); provided that if such matter requires consent of or consultation with the Directing Certificateholder, the Risk Retention Consultation Party or the Operating Advisor pursuant to this Agreement, the applicable Special Servicer or the applicable Master Servicer, as the case may be, provides the Directing Certificateholder (or the Operating Advisor, if applicable) and the Risk Retention Consultation Party (if applicable) with prompt written notice following such action including a reasonably detailed explanation of the basis therefor. None of the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer is required to obtain the consent of the Directing Certificateholder for any of the foregoing actions or any other matter requiring consent of the Directing Certificateholder at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event; provided, however, that, after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event, the applicable Special Servicer shall consult with the Directing Certificateholder (only prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event) in connection with any Major Decision not relating to an Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder (and any other actions which otherwise require consultation with the Directing Certificateholder prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event hereunder) and consider alternative actions recommended by the Directing Certificateholder in respect thereof. If the applicable Master Servicer and the applicable Special Servicer have mutually agreed that the applicable Master Servicer will process any Major Decision, the applicable Master Servicer shall not be permitted to take any of the actions that constitute Major Decisions unless it has obtained the consent of the applicable Special Servicer, which consent will be deemed given (unless earlier objected to by the applicable Special Servicer) ten (10) Business Days after the applicable Special Servicer’s receipt from the applicable Master Servicer of the applicable Master Servicer’s written recommendation and analysis with respect to such Major Decision and all information reasonably requested by the applicable Special Servicer and reasonably available to the applicable Master Servicer in order to make an informed decision with respect to such Major Decision plus the time period provided to the Directing Certificateholder or other relevant party under this Agreement and, if applicable, any additional time period permitted in the related Intercreditor Agreement. Additionally, upon request, the Special Servicer shall consult with the Risk Retention Consultation Party on a non-binding basis (provided, that prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, the related Mortgage Loan must also be a Specially Serviced Loan) in connection with any Major Decision not relating to an Excluded Loan with respect to the Risk Retention Consultation Party and consider alternative actions recommended by the Risk Retention Consultation Party in respect thereof. In the event the applicable Special Servicer receives no response from the Directing Certificateholder or the Risk Retention Consultation Party within ten (10) Business Days after the receipt of the Directing Certificateholder or the Risk Retention Consultation Party, as applicable, of its written request for input on any required consent or consultation and receipt of all reasonably requested information, the applicable Special Servicer shall not be obligated to consult with the Directing Certificateholder or the Risk Retention Consultation Party, as applicable, on the specific matter; provided, however, that the failure of the Directing Certificateholder or the Risk Retention Consultation Party to respond shall not relieve the applicable Special Servicer from consulting with the Directing Certificateholder or the Risk Retention Consultation Party, as applicable, on any future matters with respect to the applicable Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan or an Excluded Loan with respect to such party) or Serviced Whole Loan. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to any Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the holder of the

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majority of the Controlling Class (regardless of whether a Control Termination Event, a Consultation Termination Event or an Operating Advisor Consultation Event has occurred and is continuing), the applicable Special Servicer shall consult with the Operating Advisor, on a non-binding basis, in connection with the related transactions involving proposed Major Decisions and consider alternative actions recommended by the Operating Advisor, in respect thereof, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 6.08 for consulting with the Operating Advisor.

Subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 6.08(a), the applicable Special Servicer shall process all requests in respect of Specially Serviced Loans and any matter that constitutes a Major Decision.

Upon receiving a request for any matter that constitutes a Major Decision with respect to a Serviced Mortgage Loan and any Serviced Companion Loan that is not a Specially Serviced Loan, the applicable Master Servicer shall promptly forward such request to the applicable Special Servicer and, unless such Master Servicer and such Special Servicer mutually agree that such Master Servicer will process such request as described above, the applicable Special Servicer shall process such request (including, without limitation, interfacing with the Mortgagor) and the Master Servicer will have no further obligation with respect to such request or the Major Decision except as provided in the next sentence. With respect to such request, such Master Servicer shall continue to cooperate with reasonable requests of the Special Servicer by delivering any additional information in the Master Servicer’s possession to the Special Servicer that is reasonably requested by the Special Servicer relating to such Major Decision. Except as mutually agreed to by the applicable Master Servicer and the applicable Special Servicer, no Master Servicer shall be required to interface with the Mortgagor or provide a written recommendation and analysis with respect to any Major Decision. Prior to the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event, the applicable Special Servicer shall within ten (10) Business Days forward such request to the Directing Certificateholder together with the Special Servicer’s written recommendation and analysis. The Directing Certificateholder shall promptly provide notice to the applicable Special Servicer of any objection the Directing Certificateholder has to the applicable Special Servicer’s written recommendation and analysis (provided that if such written consent has not been received by the Special Servicer within the applicable time period, then the Directing Certificateholder will be deemed to have approved such action).

In addition, the applicable Master Servicer shall provide the applicable Special Servicer with any notice that it receives relating to a default by the Mortgagor under a Ground Lease where the collateral for the Mortgage Loan is the Ground Lease, and the applicable Special Servicer will determine in accordance with the Servicing Standard whether the Trust as lender should cure any Mortgagor defaults relating to Ground Leases. Any costs relating to any such cure of a Mortgagor default relating to a Ground Lease shall be paid by the applicable Master Servicer as a Servicing Advance.

With respect to (i) prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, any Major Decision relating to a Specially Serviced Loan, and (ii) after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, any Major Decision relating to a Mortgage Loan (in each case, other than with respect to an Excluded Loan with respect to the Risk Retention Consultation Party or the holder of the majority of the VRR Interest), the

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applicable Special Servicer shall provide copies of any notice, information and report that it is required to provide to the Directing Certificateholder pursuant to this Agreement with respect to such Major Decision to the Risk Retention Consultation Party, within the same time frame it is required to provide such notice, information or report to the Directing Certificateholder (for this purpose, without regard to whether such items are actually required to be provided to the Directing Certificateholder under this Agreement due to the occurrence of a Control Termination Event or a Consultation Termination Event). In addition, during a Control Termination Event, the Risk Retention Consultation Party shall be entitled to all information delivered or made available to the Operating Advisor (except with respect to information relating to an Excluded Loan as to the Risk Retention Consultation Party or the Holder of the majority of the VRR Interest).

In addition, with respect to any Mortgage Loan other than an Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, for so long as no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Directing Certificateholder subject to any rights, if any, of the related Companion Holder to advise the applicable Special Servicer with respect to the related Serviced Whole Loan, pursuant to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement, may direct the applicable Special Servicer to take, or to refrain from taking, such other actions with respect to a Mortgage Loan, as the Directing Certificateholder may deem advisable or as to which provision is otherwise made herein; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no such direction or objection contemplated by the preceding paragraphs of this Section 6.08(a), this paragraph or Section 3.19(d), may require or cause the applicable Master Servicer or applicable Special Servicer to violate any provision of any Mortgage Loan or related Intercreditor Agreement or mezzanine intercreditor agreement, applicable law, this Agreement, or the REMIC Provisions (and, with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, subject to the rights of the holders of the related Companion Loan), including without limitation the obligation of any Master Servicer and any Special Servicer to act in accordance with the Servicing Standard, or expose any Master Servicer, any Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trust or the Trustee to liability, or materially expand the scope of the responsibilities of any Master Servicer or any Special Servicer, as applicable, hereunder or cause any Master Servicer or any Special Servicer, as applicable, to act, or fail to act, in a manner which in the reasonable judgment of the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, is not in the best interests of the Certificateholders.

In the event a Special Servicer or a Master Servicer, as applicable, determines that a refusal to consent by the Directing Certificateholder or any advice from the Directing Certificateholder, the Operating Advisor or the Risk Retention Consultation Party, would cause such Special Servicer or such Master Servicer, as applicable, to violate the terms of any Mortgage Loan, applicable law or this Agreement, including without limitation, the Servicing Standard, such Special Servicer or such Master Servicer, as applicable, shall disregard such refusal to consent or advise and notify the Directing Certificateholder, the Operating Advisor or the Risk Retention Consultation Party, respectively, and the Trustee and the Rating Agencies of its determination, including a reasonably detailed explanation of the basis therefor. The taking of, or refraining from taking, any action by such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer in accordance with the direction of or approval of the Directing Certificateholder, the Operating Advisor or the approval of the Risk Retention Consultation Party that does not violate the terms of any Mortgage Loan,

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applicable law or the Servicing Standard or any other provisions of this Agreement, will not result in any liability on the part of such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer.

With respect to any matter for which the consent or consultation of the Directing Certificateholder or Risk Retention Consultation Party is required, to the extent no specific time period for deemed consent or deemed waiver of consultation rights is expressly stated, in the event no response from the Directing Certificateholder or Risk Retention Consultation Party, as applicable, is received within ten (10) Business Days after the receipt by the Directing Certificateholder or the Risk Retention Consultation Party, as applicable, of written request for input on any required consent or consultation and receipt of all reasonably requested information on any required consent or consultation, the Directing Certificateholder or Risk Retention Consultation Party, as applicable, shall be deemed to have consented to or approved or consulted on the specific matter; provided that the failure of the Directing Certificateholder or Risk Retention Consultation Party, as applicable, to respond will not affect any future matters with respect to the applicable Mortgage Loan or any other Mortgage Loan.

The Directing Certificateholder shall have no liability to the Trust or the Certificateholders for any action taken, or for refraining from the taking of any action, or for errors in judgment; provided, however, that the Directing Certificateholder shall not be protected against any liability to a Controlling Class Certificateholder that would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence in the performance of duties owed to the Controlling Class Certificateholders or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations or duties owed to the Controlling Class Certificateholders. By its acceptance of a Certificate, each Certificateholder shall be deemed to acknowledge and agree that the Directing Certificateholder may take actions that favor the interests of one or more Classes of the Certificates including the Holders of the Controlling Class over other Classes of the Certificates, and that the Directing Certificateholder may have special relationships and interests that conflict with those of Holders of some Classes of the Certificates, that the Directing Certificateholder may act solely in the interests of the Holders of the Controlling Class, including the Holders of the Controlling Class, that the Directing Certificateholder does not have any duties or liability to the Holders of any Class of Certificates other than the Controlling Class, that the Directing Certificateholder shall not be liable to any Certificateholder, by reason of its having acted solely in the interests of the Holders of the Controlling Class, and that the Directing Certificateholder shall have no liability whatsoever (other than to a Controlling Class Certificateholder) for having so acted, and no Certificateholder may take any action whatsoever against the Directing Certificateholder or any director, officer, employee, agent or principal thereof for having so acted.

The Risk Retention Consultation Party shall have no liability to the Trust or the Certificateholders for any action taken, or for refraining from the taking of any action, or for errors in judgment; provided, however, that the Risk Retention Consultation Party shall not be protected against any liability to a Holder of the VRR Interest that would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of duties owed to the Holders of the VRR Interest or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations or duties owed to the Holders of the VRR Interest. By its acceptance of a Certificate, each Certificateholder shall be deemed to acknowledge and agree that the Risk Retention Consultation Party may take actions that favor the interests of one or more Classes of the Certificates including the Holders of the VRR Interest over other Classes of the Certificates, and that the Risk Retention Consultation Party may

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have special relationships and interests that conflict with those of Holders of some Classes of the Certificates, that the Risk Retention Consultation Party may act solely in the interests of the Holders of the VRR Interest, that the Risk Retention Consultation Party does not have any duties or liability to the Holders of any Class of Certificates other than the VRR Interest, that the Risk Retention Consultation Party shall not be liable to any Certificateholder, by reason of its having acted solely in the interests of the Holder of the VRR Interest, and that the Risk Retention Consultation Party shall have no liability whatsoever for having so acted, and no Certificateholder may take any action whatsoever against the Risk Retention Consultation Party or any director, officer, employee, agent or principal thereof for having so acted.

Any Non-Serviced Whole Loan Controlling Holder, with respect to a Non-Serviced Whole Loan, shall have no liability to the Trust or the Certificateholders for any action taken, or for refraining from the taking of any action, or for errors in judgment. By its acceptance of a Certificate, each Certificateholder acknowledges and agrees that any such Non-Serviced Whole Loan Controlling Holder, with respect to the related Non-Serviced Whole Loan, may take actions that favor the interests of one or more classes of the certificates issued under the related Non-Serviced PSA including the holders of the controlling class under such Non-Serviced PSA over other classes of the certificates issued under the Non-Serviced PSA and/or any Class of Certificates, and that such Non-Serviced Whole Loan Controlling Holder, with respect to such Non-Serviced Whole Loan, may have special relationships and interests that conflict with those of Holders of some Classes of the Certificates, that such Non-Serviced Whole Loan Controlling Holder, with respect to such Non-Serviced Whole Loan, may act solely in the interests of the Holders of the controlling class under the related Non-Serviced PSA, that such Non-Serviced Whole Loan Controlling Holder, shall not be liable to any Certificateholder, by reason of its having acted solely in the interests of the Holders of the controlling class under the related Non-Serviced PSA, and that the Non-Serviced Whole Loan Controlling Holder, with respect to such Non-Serviced Whole Loan, shall have no liability whatsoever for having so acted, and no Certificateholder may take any action whatsoever against such Non-Serviced Whole Loan Controlling Holder, with respect to such Non-Serviced Whole Loan, or any director, officer, employee, agent or principal thereof for having so acted.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein (i) after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event (and at any time with respect to any Excluded Loan with respect to a Directing Certificateholder), the Directing Certificateholder shall have no right to consent to or direct any action taken or not taken by any party to this Agreement; (ii) after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event but prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, the Directing Certificateholder and the Risk Retention Consultation Party shall remain entitled to receive any notices, reports or information to which it is entitled pursuant to this Agreement, and the applicable Special Servicer and any other applicable party shall consult (on a non-binding basis) with the Directing Certificateholder and, with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan, the Risk Retention Consultation Party (in each case, other than with respect to any Excluded Loan as to such party) to the extent set forth herein in connection with any Major Decision to be taken or refrained from being taken to the extent set forth herein; and (iii) after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Consultation Termination Event (and at any time with respect to any Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the holder of the majority of the Controlling Class), the Directing Certificateholder shall have no direction, consultation or consent rights hereunder

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and no right to receive any notices, reports or information (other than notices, reports or information required to be delivered to all Certificateholders) or any other rights as Directing Certificateholder and, other than with respect to any Excluded Loan with respect to the Risk Retention Consultation Party or the holder of a majority of the VRR Interest, the Risk Retention Consultation Party shall remain entitled to receive any notices, reports or information to which it is entitled pursuant to this Agreement, and the applicable Special Servicer and any other applicable party shall consult with the Risk Retention Consultation Party (on a non-binding basis) to the extent set forth herein in connection with any Major Decision to be taken or refrained from being taken to the extent set forth herein.

In addition, if an Operating Advisor Consultation Event has occurred and is continuing, the applicable Special Servicer will also be required to consult with the Operating Advisor in connection with any proposed Major Decision (and any other actions which otherwise require consultation with the Operating Advisor) and consider alternative actions recommended by the Operating Advisor, in respect thereof, provided that such consultation is on a non-binding basis. In the event that the applicable Special Servicer receives no response from the Operating Advisor within ten (10) Business Days following the later of (i) its written request for input (which initial request is required to include the related Major Decision Reporting Package) on any required consultation and (ii) delivery of all such additional information reasonably requested by the Operating Advisor that is in possession of the applicable Special Servicer, as applicable, related to the subject matter of such consultation, the applicable Special Servicer shall not be obligated to consult with the Operating Advisor on the specific matter; provided, that the failure of the Operating Advisor to respond on any specific matters shall not relieve the applicable Special Servicer from its obligation to consult with the Operating Advisor on any future matter with respect to the applicable Mortgage Loan or any other Mortgage Loan. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to any applicable Excluded Loan related to the Directing Certificateholder (regardless of whether an Operating Advisor Consultation Event has occurred and is continuing), the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer or the related Excluded Special Servicer, as applicable, shall consult with the Operating Advisor, on a non-binding basis, in connection with the related transactions involving proposed Major Decisions that it is processing and consider alternative actions recommended by the Operating Advisor, in respect thereof, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 6.08 for consulting with the Operating Advisor.

In connection with the Directing Certificateholder’s or Operating Advisor’s right to consent or consult with respect to a Major Decision, as applicable, if the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer determines that action is necessary to protect a Mortgaged Property or the interests of the Certificateholders from potential harm if such action is not taken, or if a failure to take any such action at such time would be inconsistent with Servicing Standard, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer may take actions with respect to such Mortgaged Property before the expiration of the applicable period for the Operating Advisor or Directing Certificateholder to respond as described in this section, if the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer reasonably determines in accordance with Servicing Standard that failure to take such actions before the expiration of such period would materially adversely affect the interest of the Certificateholders, and the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer has made a reasonable effort to contact the Operating Advisor or the Directing Certificateholder, as applicable.

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Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, at any time that Argentic Services Company LP or an affiliate thereof is appointed as the Risk Retention Consultation Party and Argentic Services Company LP, as special servicer, is processing any action that requires consultation with the Risk Retention Consultation party, Argentic Services Company LP, as special servicer, shall not be required to consult with the Risk Retention Consultation Party.

Section 6.09        Knowledge of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association acting in any particular capacity hereunder will not be deemed to be imputed with knowledge of (a) Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, acting in a capacity that is unrelated to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or (b) Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, acting in any other capacity hereunder, except, in the case of either clause (a) or clause (b), where some or all of the obligations performed in such capacities are performed by one or more employees within the same group or division of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, or where the groups or divisions responsible for performing the obligations in such capacities have one or more of the same Responsible Officers or Servicing Officers, as applicable.

Section 6.10        Knowledge of Computershare Trust Company, National Association. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement, knowledge or information acquired by Computershare Trust Company, National Association, in any particular capacity hereunder, shall not be imputed to Computershare Trust Company, National Association in any of its other capacities hereunder or to Computershare Trust Company, National Association, acting in a capacity that is unrelated to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

[End of Article VI]

Article VII

SERVICER TERMINATION EVENTS

Section 7.01        Servicer Termination Events; Master Servicers and Special Servicers Termination. (a) “Servicer Termination Event”, wherever used herein, means, with respect to any Master Servicer or any Special Servicer, as the case may be, any one of the following events:

(i)                (A) any failure by such Master Servicer to make any deposit required to be made by such Master Servicer to its Collection Account, or remit to the Companion Paying Agent for deposit into the related Companion Distribution Account, on the day and by the time such deposit or remittance is first required to be made under the terms of this Agreement, which failure is not remedied within one (1) Business Day or (B) any failure by such Master Servicer to deposit into, or remit to the Certificate Administrator for deposit into, any Distribution Account any amount required to be so deposited or remitted, which failure is not remedied by 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the relevant Distribution Date; or

(ii)               any failure by such Special Servicer to deposit into the REO Account, within one (1) Business Day after such deposit is required to be made or to remit to the

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applicable Master Servicer for deposit into the applicable Collection Account or any other required account hereunder, any amount required to be so deposited or remitted by such Special Servicer pursuant to, and at the time specified by, the terms of this Agreement; or

(iii)                any failure on the part of such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as the case may be, duly to observe or perform in any material respect any of its other covenants or obligations contained in this Agreement, which failure continues unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days (or (A) with respect to any year that a report on Form 10-K is required to be filed, five (5) Business Days in the case of such Master Servicer’s or such Special Servicer’s obligations, as the case may be, contemplated by Article XI, (B) fifteen (15) days in the case of such Master Servicer’s failure to make a Servicing Advance or (C) fifteen (15) days in the case of a failure to pay the premium for any property insurance policy required to be maintained) after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given (A) to such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as the case may be, by any other party hereto, or (B) to such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as the case may be, with a copy to each other party to this Agreement, by the Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of all Voting Rights or, solely as it relates to the servicing of a Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan if affected by that failure, by the related Serviced Companion Noteholder; provided, however, if such failure is capable of being cured and such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as applicable, is diligently pursuing such cure, such period will be extended an additional thirty (30) days; provided, further, however, that such extended period will not apply to the obligations regarding Exchange Act reporting; or

(iv)                any breach on the part of such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as the case may be, of any representation or warranty contained in Section 6.01(a) or Section 6.01(b), as applicable, which materially and adversely affects the interests of any Class of Certificateholders or Companion Holders (excluding the holder of any Non-Serviced Companion Loan) and which continues unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days after the date on which notice of such breach, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as the case may be, by the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, or to such Master Servicer, such Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee by the Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of all Voting Rights or, as it relates to the servicing of a Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan affected by such breach, by the related Serviced Companion Noteholder; provided, however, that if such breach is capable of being cured and such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as the case may be, is diligently pursuing such cure, such 30-day period will be extended an additional thirty (30) days; or

(v)               a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the premises in an involuntary case under any present or future federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law for the appointment of a conservator, receiver, liquidator, trustee or similar official in any bankruptcy, insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings, or for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, shall have been entered against such Master Servicer or such

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Special Servicer, as the case may be, and such decree or order shall have remained in force undischarged, undismissed or unstayed for a period of sixty (60) days; or

(vi)                such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer shall consent to the appointment of a conservator, receiver, liquidator, trustee or similar official in any bankruptcy, insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings of or relating to such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as the case may be, or of or relating to all or substantially all of its property; or

(vii)              such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, file a petition to take advantage of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization statute, make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations or take any corporate action in furtherance of the foregoing;

(viii)             either Moody’s or KBRA (or, in the case of Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan Securities, any Companion Loan Rating Agency) has (i) qualified, downgraded or withdrawn its rating or ratings of one or more classes of Certificates or Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan Securities, as applicable, or (ii) placed one or more classes of Certificates or Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan Securities, as applicable, on “watch status” in contemplation of a ratings downgrade or withdrawal (and in the case of clause (i) or (ii), (A) such rating action has not been withdrawn by Moody’s or KBRA, as applicable (or, in the case of Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan Securities, any Companion Loan Rating Agency) within sixty (60) days of such rating action) and (B) such Rating Agency (or, in the case of Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan Securities, any Companion Loan Rating Agency) has publicly cited servicing concerns with such Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as the case may be, as the sole or a material factor in such rating action.

(ix)              such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as the case may be, is no longer rated at least “CMS3” or “CSS3”, respectively, by Fitch and such Master Servicer or Special Servicer is not reinstated to at least that rating within 60 days of the delisting.

(b)               If any Servicer Termination Event with respect to a Master Servicer or a Special Servicer (in either case, for purposes of this Section 7.01(b), the “Affected Party”) shall occur and be continuing, then, and in each and every such case, so long as such Servicer Termination Event shall not have been remedied, the Trustee may, and at the written direction of the Directing Certificateholder (solely with respect to such Special Servicer and only (i) prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event and (ii) other than with respect to a Mortgage Loan that is an Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class) or the Holders of Certificates entitled to more than 25% of the Voting Rights, the Trustee shall, terminate (and the Depositor may direct the Trustee to terminate each of such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as the case may be, upon five (5) Business Days’ written notice if there is a Servicer Termination Event under clause (A) in the parenthetical in Section 7.01(a)(iii) above), by notice in writing to the Affected Party, with a copy of such notice to the Depositor and the Operating Advisor, all of the rights (subject to Section 3.11 and Section 6.04) and obligations of the Affected Party under this Agreement and in and to the Mortgage Loans and the proceeds thereof (other than as a Certificateholder or Companion Holder,

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if applicable); provided, however, that the Affected Party shall be entitled to the payment of accrued and unpaid compensation and reimbursement through the date of such termination as provided for under this Agreement for services rendered and expenses incurred. From and after the receipt by the Affected Party of such written notice except as otherwise provided in this Article VII, all authority and power of the Affected Party under this Agreement, whether with respect to the Certificates (other than as a Holder of any Certificate) or the Mortgage Loans or otherwise, shall pass to and be vested in the Trustee with respect to a termination of such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer pursuant to and under this Section 7.01, and, without limitation, the Trustee is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of and at the expense of the Affected Party, as attorney-in-fact or otherwise, any and all documents and other instruments, and to do or accomplish all other acts or things necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of termination, whether to complete the transfer and endorsement or assignment of the Mortgage Loans and related documents, or otherwise. Such Master Servicer and such Special Servicer each agree that if it is terminated pursuant to this Section 7.01(b), it shall promptly (and in any event no later than twenty (20) Business Days subsequent to its receipt of the notice of termination) provide the Trustee with all documents and records requested by it to enable it to assume such Master Servicer’s or such Special Servicer’s, as the case may be, functions hereunder, and shall cooperate with the Trustee in effecting the termination of such Master Servicer’s or such Special Servicer’s, as the case may be, responsibilities and rights (subject to Section 3.11 and Section 6.04) hereunder, including, without limitation, the transfer within five (5) Business Days to the Trustee for administration by it of all cash amounts which shall at the time be or should have been credited by such Master Servicer to its Collection Account or any Servicing Account (if it is the Affected Party), by such Special Servicer to the REO Account (if it is the Affected Party) or thereafter be received with respect to the applicable Mortgage Loans or any REO Property (provided, however, that such Master Servicer and such Special Servicer each shall, if terminated pursuant to this Section 7.01(b) or pursuant to Section 7.01(d) (with respect to such Special Servicer), continue to be entitled to receive all amounts accrued or owing to it under this Agreement on or prior to the date of such termination, whether in respect of Advances (in the case of such Special Servicer or such Master Servicer) or otherwise, and it and its Affiliates and the directors, managers, officers, members, employees and agents of it and its Affiliates shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Section 3.11 and Section 6.04 notwithstanding any such termination).

(c)               If a Master Servicer receives notice of termination under Section 7.01(b) solely due to a Servicer Termination Event under Section 7.01(a)(viii) or (a)(ix), such Master Servicer shall have a forty-five (45) day period after such notice in which to find a successor master servicer qualified to act as Master Servicer hereunder in accordance with Section 6.03 and Section 7.02 and to which such Master Servicer can sell its rights to service the Mortgage Loans under this Agreement. During such forty-five (45) day period such Master Servicer may continue to serve as a Master Servicer hereunder. In the event that such Master Servicer is unable, within such forty-five (45) day period, to cause a qualified successor master servicer to assume the duties of such Master Servicer hereunder, then and in such event, the Trustee shall assume the obligations of such Master Servicer hereunder.

Notwithstanding Section 7.01(b), if any Servicer Termination Event on the part of the Special Servicer shall occur and be continuing that affects the Holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan, then, so long as the Special Servicer is not otherwise terminated, the Holder of

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such Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan or the Other Trustee appointed under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as applicable, shall be entitled to direct the Trustee to terminate the Special Servicer with respect to the related Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan. The Special Servicer appointed to replace the Special Servicer with respect to a Serviced Pari Passu Mortgage Loan cannot at any time be (without the prior written consent of the holder of such Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan) the person (or Affiliate thereof) that was terminated at the direction of the holder of the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan. Any such Special Servicer under this paragraph shall meet the eligibility requirements of Section 7.02 and the eligibility requirements of the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and the appointment thereof shall comply with the provisions of Section 7.02. Any appointment of a replacement Special Servicer in accordance with this paragraph shall be subject to the receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation and confirmation from the applicable rating agencies that such appointment or replacement will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of the then-current ratings of any class of any related Serviced Companion Loan Securities (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25).

(d)               Subject to the rights of the holder of a related AB Subordinate Companion Loan pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement, at any time prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event and other than with respect to any Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Directing Certificateholder shall be entitled to terminate the rights (subject to Section 3.11 and Section 6.04) and obligations of the applicable Special Servicer under this Agreement, (A) for cause at any time and (B) without cause at any time, in each case, upon ten (10) Business Days’ notice to such Special Servicer, each applicable Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee and the Operating Advisor; such termination to be effective upon the appointment of a successor special servicer meeting the requirements of this Section 7.01(d). Upon a termination of such Special Servicer, the Directing Certificateholder (other than with respect to any Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class) shall appoint a successor special servicer to assume the duties of such Special Servicer hereunder; provided, however, that (i) such successor will meet the requirements set forth in Section 7.02, (ii) each Rating Agency delivers Rating Agency Confirmation and, in the case of any class of any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies deliver a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25) and (iii) no replacement of such Special Servicer shall be effective until the Certificate Administrator shall have filed any required Form 8-K pursuant to Section 11.07 and any other Form 8-K filings have been completed with respect to any related Companion Loan. For the sake of clarity, the recommendation of replacement of the Special Servicer by the Operating Advisor and the approval of the Certificateholders of such Qualified Replacement Special Servicer shall not preclude the Directing Certificateholder or a Controlling Holder with respect to a Serviced AB Whole Loan (unless a related AB Control Appraisal Period has occurred and is continuing) from appointing a replacement special servicer, provided that such replacement may not be the removed Special Servicer or its Affiliate.

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After the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event and upon (a) the written direction of Holders of Principal Balance Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights (taking into account the application of any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts to notionally reduce the Certificate Balances pursuant to Section 4.05) of the Principal Balance Certificates requesting a vote to replace such Special Servicer with a new special servicer designated in such written direction to assume the duties of such Special Servicer hereunder, (b) payment by such Holders to the Certificate Administrator of the reasonable fees and expenses (including any legal fees and any Rating Agency fees and expenses) to be incurred by the Certificate Administrator in connection with administering such vote and which will not be additional expenses of the Trust and (c) delivery by such Holders to the Certificate Administrator and Trustee of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency (which Rating Agency Confirmation shall be obtained at the expense of such Holders) and confirmation from the applicable rating agencies that such appointment (or replacement) will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of the then-current ratings of any class of any related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan Securities, the Certificate Administrator shall promptly post notice to all Certificateholders of such request on the Certificate Administrator’s Website in accordance with Section 3.13(b) and concurrently by mail, and conduct the solicitation of votes of all Certificates in such regard, which requisite affirmative votes shall be received within one hundred-eighty (180) days of the posting of such notice, and if not so received, such votes shall be null and void ab initio. Upon the written direction of Holders of Certificates evidencing at least 66-2/3% of a Certificateholder Quorum of Certificates, the Trustee shall terminate all of the rights and obligations of such Special Servicer under this Agreement and appoint the successor special servicer to assume the duties of such Special Servicer (which must be a Qualified Replacement Special Servicer) designated by such Certificateholders. The Certificate Administrator shall include on each Distribution Date Statement a statement that each Certificateholder may (i) access such notices via the Certificate Administrator’s Website and (ii) register to receive electronic mail notifications when such notices are posted thereon. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Certificateholder’s direction to remove a Special Servicer shall not apply to any Serviced AB Whole Loan for which the holder of the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan is not subject to an AB Control Appraisal Period or any Servicing Shift Whole Loan.

An AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder shall have the right, if an AB Control Appraisal Period is not in effect, to replace the applicable Special Servicer solely with respect to the related Serviced AB Whole Loan, so long as (A) each Rating Agency delivers a Rating Agency Confirmation; (B) the successor special servicer has assumed in writing (from and after the date such successor special servicer becomes a Special Servicer) all of the responsibilities, duties and liabilities of such Special Servicer under this Agreement from and after the date it becomes a Special Servicer as they relate to any Serviced AB Whole Loan pursuant to an assumption agreement reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Administrator; and (C) the Certificate Administrator shall have received an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Administrator to the effect that (x) the designation of such replacement to serve as Special Servicer is in compliance with this Agreement, (y) such replacement will be bound by the terms of this Agreement with respect to any Serviced AB Whole Loan and (z) subject to customary qualifications and exceptions, this Agreement will be enforceable against such replacement in accordance with the terms hereof.

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The parties hereto acknowledge that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this section, and subject to the related Intercreditor Agreement, if a servicer termination event on the part of a Non-Serviced Special Servicer under a Non-Serviced PSA remains unremedied and affects the holder of the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, and the related Non-Serviced Special Servicer has not otherwise been terminated, the holder of the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan (or the Trustee, acting at the direction of the Directing Certificateholder prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event (subject to the related Intercreditor Agreement)) will be entitled to direct the related Non-Serviced Trustee to terminate the related Non-Serviced Special Servicer solely with respect to the related Non-Serviced Whole Loan. The appointment (or replacement) of the applicable Non-Serviced Special Servicer with respect to a Non-Serviced Whole Loan will in any event be subject to Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency. A replacement special servicer will be selected by the related Non-Serviced Trustee or, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a control termination event under the related Non-Serviced PSA, by the related Non-Serviced Whole Loan Controlling Holder; provided, however, that any successor special servicer appointed to replace such Special Servicer with respect to such Non-Serviced Whole Loan cannot at any time be the Person (or an Affiliate thereof) that was terminated at the direction of the holder of such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, without the prior written consent of the Directing Certificateholder.

If at any time the Operating Advisor determines in its sole discretion exercised in good faith that (i) a Special Servicer is not performing its duties as required hereunder or is otherwise not acting in accordance with the Servicing Standard, and (ii) the replacement of such Special Servicer would be in the best interest of the Certificateholders as a collective whole, the Operating Advisor shall deliver to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator, with a copy to such Special Servicer, a written report in the form of Exhibit W attached hereto, setting forth the reasons supporting its recommendation (along with any information the Operating Advisor considered relevant to its recommendation) and recommending a replacement Special Servicer (which form may be modified or supplemented from time to time to cure any ambiguity or error or to incorporate any additional information, subject to compliance of such form with the terms and provisions of this Agreement; provided, further, that in no event shall the information or any other content included in such written recommendation contravene any provision of this Agreement) detailing the reasons supporting its recommendation (along with relevant information justifying its recommendation) and recommending a suggested replacement special servicer to assume the duties of such Special Servicer, which shall be a Qualified Replacement Special Servicer. In such event, the Certificate Administrator shall promptly post notice to all Certificateholders of such recommendation and the related report on the Certificate Administrator’s Website in accordance with Section 3.13(b), and concurrently by mail conduct the solicitation of votes of all Certificates in such regard. Upon (i) the affirmative vote of Holders of Principal Balance Certificates evidencing at least a majority of a quorum of Certificateholders (which quorum, for this purpose, is the Holders of Certificates that (A) evidence at least 20% of the Voting Rights (taking into account the application of any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts to notionally reduce the respective Certificate Balances of such Certificates) of all Principal Balance Certificates on an aggregate basis within 180 days of posting of the Operating Advisor’s recommendation to the Certificate Administrator’s Website, and if not so received, such votes shall be null and void ab initio, and (B) consist of at least three Certificateholders or Certificate Owners that are not affiliated with each other) and (ii) receipt by the Certificate Administrator following satisfaction of the foregoing clause (i) of Rating Agency Confirmation

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from each Rating Agency and confirmation from the applicable rating agencies that such appointment (or replacement) will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of the then-current ratings of any class of any related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan Securities, the Trustee shall (i) terminate all of the rights and obligations of such Special Servicer under this Agreement and appoint a successor special servicer approved by the holders of Certificates evidencing at least a majority of a quorum of Certificateholders (as set forth above) and (ii) promptly notify such outgoing Special Servicer of the effective date of such termination. The reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including reasonable legal fees and expenses of outside counsel) associated with obtaining such Rating Agency Confirmations and administering such vote and the Operating Advisor’s identification of a Qualified Replacement Special Servicer shall be an additional expense of the Trust. In the event that the Trustee does not receive at least a majority of the requested votes, then the Trustee shall have no obligation to remove such Special Servicer. Prior to the appointment of any replacement special servicer, such replacement special servicer shall have agreed to succeed to the obligations of such Special Servicer under this Agreement and to act as such Special Servicer’s successor hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Operating Advisor shall not be permitted to recommend the replacement of a Special Servicer with respect to an AB Whole Loan so long as the related Serviced Companion Noteholder is not subject to an AB Control Appraisal Period under the related Intercreditor Agreement or with respect to any Servicing Shift Whole Loan. For the sake of clarity, the recommendation of replacement of a Special Servicer by the Operating Advisor and the approval of the Certificateholders of such Qualified Replacement Special Servicer shall not preclude the Directing Certificateholder from appointing a replacement special servicer, provided that such replacement may not be the removed Special Servicer or its Affiliate.

No penalty or fee shall be payable to the terminated Special Servicer with respect to any termination pursuant to this Section 7.01(d). All costs of any such termination made by the Directing Certificateholder without cause shall be paid by the Holders of the Controlling Class.

For the avoidance of doubt, the indemnification of the Operating Advisor in Section 6.04 shall include, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 6.04, any action or claim arising from, or relating to, the Operating Advisor’s determination under this Section 7.01(d) (regarding removal of a Special Servicer), or the result of the vote of the Certificateholders (regarding removal of a Special Servicer).

(e)               Each Master Servicer and each Special Servicer shall, as the case may be, from time to time, take all such reasonable actions as are required by it in accordance with the related Servicing Standard in order to prevent the Certificates from being placed on “watch” status or downgraded due to servicing or special servicing, as applicable, concerns by any Rating Agency with respect to such Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable. In no event shall the remedy for a breach of the foregoing covenant extend beyond termination pursuant to Section 7.01(a)(viii) or (ix) and the resulting operation of Section 7.01(b) and (c). The operation of this subsection (e) shall not be construed to limit the effect of Section 7.01(a)(viii) or (ix).

(f)                Notwithstanding the foregoing, (1) if any Servicer Termination Event on the part of a Master Servicer affects a Serviced Companion Loan, the related holder of a Serviced Companion Loan or the rating on any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, and if such Master Servicer is not otherwise terminated, or (2) if a Servicer Termination Event on the part of a Master

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Servicer affects only a Serviced Companion Loan, the related holder of a Serviced Companion Loan or the rating on any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, then such Master Servicer may not be terminated by or at the direction of the related holder of such Serviced Companion Loan or the holders of any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, but upon the written direction of the related holder of such Serviced Companion Loan, such Master Servicer shall be required to appoint a sub-servicer that will be responsible for servicing the related Serviced Whole Loan.

(g)               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 7.01, with respect to any Excluded Special Servicer Loan, if any, the related Special Servicer shall resign as Special Servicer of that Excluded Special Servicer Loan. Prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event, if the applicable Excluded Special Servicer Loan is not also an Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Directing Certificateholder shall select an Excluded Special Servicer, as successor to the resigning Special Servicer, for the related Excluded Special Servicer Loan in accordance with this Agreement. At any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event, or if the applicable Excluded Special Servicer Loan is also an Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class or if the Directing Certificateholder is entitled to appoint the Excluded Special Servicer but does not select a replacement Special Servicer within thirty (30) days of notice of resignation (provided that the conditions required to be satisfied for the appointment of the replacement Special Servicer to be effective are not required to be completed within such thirty (30) day period but in any event are to be completed within one hundred and twenty (120) days), the resigning Special Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to select the related Excluded Special Servicer. The resigning Special Servicer shall not have any liability with respect to the actions or inactions of the applicable Excluded Special Servicer or with respect to the identity of the applicable Excluded Special Servicer. It shall be a condition to any such appointment that (i) the Rating Agencies confirm that the appointment would not result in a qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of any of their then-current ratings of the Certificates and each NRSRO hired to provide ratings with respect to any Serviced Companion Loan Securities makes the equivalent confirmation, (ii) the related Excluded Special Servicer is a Qualified Replacement Special Servicer and (iii) the related Excluded Special Servicer delivers to the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator and any applicable Other Depositor and Other Certificate Administrator, the information, if any, required under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K pursuant to the Exchange Act regarding itself in its role as Excluded Special Servicer.

If at any time a Special Servicer that had previously acted as a Special Servicer is no longer a Borrower Party with respect to an Excluded Special Servicer Loan (including, without limitation, as a result of the related Mortgaged Property becoming REO Property), (1) the related Excluded Special Servicer shall resign, (2) the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan shall no longer be an Excluded Special Servicer Loan, (3) such original Special Servicer shall become the Special Servicer again for such related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan and (4) such original Special Servicer shall be entitled to all special servicing compensation with respect to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan earned during such time on and after such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan is no longer an Excluded Special Servicer Loan.

The applicable Excluded Special Servicer shall perform all of the obligations of the Special Servicer for the related Excluded Special Servicer Loan and shall be entitled to all special

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servicing compensation with respect to such Excluded Special Servicer Loan earned during such time as the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan is an Excluded Special Servicer Loan (provided that the applicable Special Servicer shall remain entitled to all other special servicing compensation with respect to all Mortgage Loans and Serviced Whole Loans that are not Excluded Special Servicer Loans during such time).

If a Servicing Officer of the applicable Master Servicer, a related Excluded Special Servicer, or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, has actual knowledge that a Mortgage Loan is no longer an Excluded Loan, an Excluded Controlling Class Loan or an Excluded Special Servicer Loan, as applicable, the applicable Master Servicer, the related Excluded Special Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall provide prompt written notice thereof to each of the other parties to this Agreement.

Section 7.02        Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor. On and after the time a Master Servicer or a Special Servicer, as the case may be, either resigns pursuant to clause (a) of Section 6.05 or receives a notice of termination for cause pursuant to Section 7.01(b), and provided that no acceptable successor has been appointed within the time period specified in Section 7.01(c), the Trustee shall be the successor to such party, until such successor to that Master Servicer or that Special Servicer, as applicable, is appointed as provided in this Section 7.02 or by the Directing Certificateholder as provided in Section 7.01(d), as applicable, in all respects in its capacity as such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as applicable, under this Agreement and the transactions set forth or provided for herein and shall be subject to, and have the benefit of, all of the rights, (subject to Section 3.11 and Section 6.04) benefits, responsibilities, duties, liabilities and limitations on liability relating thereto and that arise thereafter placed on or for the benefit of such Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, by the terms and provisions hereof; provided, however, that any failure to perform such duties or responsibilities caused by the terminated party’s failure under Section 7.01 to provide information or moneys required hereunder shall not be considered a default by such successor hereunder. The appointment of a successor master servicer shall not affect any liability of the predecessor Master Servicer which may have arisen prior to its termination as Master Servicer, and the appointment of a successor special servicer shall not affect any liability of the predecessor Special Servicer which may have arisen prior to its termination as Special Servicer. The Trustee in its capacity as successor to such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as such case may be, shall not be liable for any of the representations and warranties of such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, respectively, herein or in any related document or agreement, for any acts or omissions of the predecessor master servicer or special servicer or for any losses incurred by the predecessor Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.06 hereunder, nor shall the Trustee be required to purchase any Mortgage Loan hereunder solely as a result of its obligations as successor master servicer or special servicer, as the case may be. Subject to Section 3.11, as compensation therefor, the Trustee as successor master servicer shall be entitled to the Servicing Fees and all fees relating to the Mortgage Loans or the Companion Loans which that Master Servicer would have been entitled to if such Master Servicer had continued to act hereunder, including but not limited to any income or other benefit from any Permitted Investment pursuant to Section 3.06, and subject to Section 3.11, and the Trustee as successor to such Special Servicer shall be entitled to the Special Servicing Fees to which such Special Servicer would have been entitled if such Special Servicer had continued to act hereunder. Should the Trustee succeed to the capacity of such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as the case may be, the Trustee shall be afforded the same standard of care and liability

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as such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as applicable, hereunder notwithstanding anything in Section 8.01 to the contrary, but only with respect to actions taken by it in its role as successor master servicer or successor special servicer, as the case may be, and not with respect to its role as Trustee hereunder. Notwithstanding the above, the Trustee may, if it shall be unwilling to act as successor to that Master Servicer or that Special Servicer, as applicable, or shall, if it is unable to so act, or if the Trustee is not approved as a servicer by each Rating Agency, or if the Directing Certificateholder (solely with respect to such Special Servicer) ((i) prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event and (ii) other than with respect to any Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class) or the Holders of Certificates entitled to more than 50% of the Voting Rights so request in writing to the Trustee, promptly appoint, or petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint, any established mortgage loan servicing institution which meets the criteria set forth in Section 6.05 and otherwise herein, as the successor to that Master Servicer or that Special Servicer, as applicable, hereunder in the assumption of all or any part of the responsibilities, duties or liabilities of such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer hereunder. No appointment of a successor to such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer hereunder shall be effective until (i) the assumption in writing by the successor to such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer of all its responsibilities, duties and liabilities hereunder that arise thereafter, (ii) receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25), (iii) such appointment (solely with respect to such Special Servicer) has been approved (prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event) by the Directing Certificateholder, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld and (iv) the Certificate Administrator shall have filed any required Form 8-K pursuant to Section 11.07 and any other Form 8-K filings have been completed with respect to any related Companion Loan. Pending appointment of a successor to such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer hereunder, unless the Trustee shall be prohibited by law from so acting, the Trustee shall act in such capacity as herein above provided. In connection with such appointment and assumption of a successor to such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer as described herein, the Trustee may make such arrangements for the compensation of such successor out of payments on the Mortgage Loans as it and such successor shall agree; provided, however, that no such compensation with respect to a successor master servicer or successor special servicer, as the case may be, shall be in excess of that permitted the terminated Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as the case may be, hereunder. The Trustee, the non-terminated Master Servicer or the non-terminated Special Servicer and such successor shall take such action, consistent with this Agreement, as shall be necessary to effectuate any such succession. Any reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses associated with the transfer of the servicing function (other than with respect to a termination without cause) under this Agreement shall be borne by the predecessor Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable. If such predecessor Master Servicer or Special Servicer (as the case may be) has not reimbursed the party requesting such termination or the successor master servicer or special servicer for such expenses within ninety (90) days after the presentation of reasonable documentation, such expense shall be reimbursed by the Trust; provided that the terminated Master Servicer or Special Servicer shall not thereby be relieved of its liability for such expenses. If and to the extent that the terminated

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Master Servicer or Special Servicer has not reimbursed such costs and expenses, the party requesting such termination shall have an affirmative obligation to take all reasonable actions to collect such expenses on behalf of the Trust. In the event of a termination without cause, such costs and expenses shall be borne by the party requesting such termination, or as otherwise set forth herein; provided that the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee shall not bear any such costs and expenses. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Trustee is terminating a Master Servicer or a Special Servicer in accordance with this Agreement at the direction of any party or parties permitted to direct the Trustee to so terminate such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer pursuant to this Agreement, the Trustee shall not have any liability for such expenses pursuant to this paragraph.

Section 7.03        Notification to Certificateholders. (a) Upon any resignation of a Master Servicer or a Special Servicer pursuant to Section 6.05, any termination of a Master Servicer or a Special Servicer pursuant to Section 7.01 or any appointment of a successor to a Master Servicer or a Special Servicer pursuant to Section 7.02, the Certificate Administrator shall give prompt written notice thereof to Certificateholders at their respective addresses appearing in the Certificate Register.

(b)               Not later than the later of (i) sixty (60) days after the occurrence of any event which constitutes or, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a Servicer Termination Event and (ii) five (5) days after the Certificate Administrator would be deemed to have notice of the occurrence of such an event in accordance with Section 8.02(vii), the Certificate Administrator shall transmit by mail to the Depositor and all Certificateholders (and, if a Serviced Whole Loan is affected, the related Serviced Companion Noteholder) notice of such occurrence, unless such default shall have been cured.

Section 7.04        Waiver of Servicer Termination Events. The Holders of Certificates representing at least 66-2/3% of the Voting Rights allocated to each Class of Certificates affected by any Servicer Termination Event hereunder may waive such Servicer Termination Event; provided, however, that a Servicer Termination Event under clause (i), (ii), (viii) or (ix) of Section 7.01(a) may be waived only with the consent of all of the Certificateholders of the affected Classes, and a Servicer Termination Event under clause (iii) of Section 7.01(a) (with respect to obligations under Article XI) may be waived only with the consent of the Depositor. Upon any such waiver of a Servicer Termination Event, subject to the rights of any affected holder of a Serviced Companion Loan under Section 7.01(c) or Section 7.01(f), such Servicer Termination Event shall cease to exist and shall be deemed to have been remedied for every purpose hereunder. Upon any such waiver of a Servicer Termination Event by Certificateholders, the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to recover all costs and expenses incurred by it in connection with enforcement action taken with respect to such Servicer Termination Event prior to such waiver from the Trust. No such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Servicer Termination Event or impair any right consequent thereon except to the extent expressly so waived. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, for purposes of waiving any Servicer Termination Event pursuant to this Section 7.04, Certificates registered in the name of the Depositor or any Affiliate of the Depositor shall be entitled to the same Voting Rights with respect to the matters described above as they would if any other Person held such Certificates.

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Section 7.05        Trustee as Maker of Advances. In the event that a Master Servicer fails to fulfill its obligations hereunder to make any Advances and such failure remains uncured, the Trustee shall perform such obligations (x) within five (5) Business Days following such failure by a Master Servicer with respect to Servicing Advances resulting in a Servicer Termination Event under Section 7.01(a)(iii) to the extent a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge of such failure with respect to such Servicing Advances and (y) by noon, New York City time, on the related Distribution Date with respect to P&I Advances pursuant to the Certificate Administrator’s notice of failure pursuant to Section 4.03(a) unless such failure has been cured. With respect to any such Advance made by the Trustee, the Trustee shall succeed to all of such Master Servicer’s rights with respect to Advances hereunder, including, without limitation, such Master Servicer’s rights of reimbursement and interest on each Advance at the Reimbursement Rate, and rights to determine that a proposed Advance is a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance or Servicing Advance, as the case may be, (without regard to any impairment of any such rights of reimbursement caused by such Master Servicer’s default in its obligations hereunder); provided, however, that if Advances made by the Trustee and a Master Servicer shall at any time be outstanding, or any interest on any Advance shall be accrued and unpaid, all amounts available to repay such Advances and the interest thereon hereunder shall be applied entirely to the Advances outstanding to the Trustee, until such Advances shall have been repaid in full, together with all interest accrued thereon, prior to reimbursement of such Master Servicer for such Advances. The Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely on any notice given with respect to a Nonrecoverable Advance hereunder.

[End of Article VII]

Article VIII

CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE AND THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR

Section 8.01        Duties of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator. (a) The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator, prior to the occurrence of a Servicer Termination Event and after the curing or waiving of all Servicer Termination Events which may have occurred, undertake to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Agreement. If a Servicer Termination Event occurs and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Agreement, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs. Any permissive right of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator contained in this Agreement shall not be construed as a duty.

(b)                            The Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, upon receipt of all resolutions, certificates, statements, opinions, reports, documents, orders or other instruments furnished to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator which are specifically required to be furnished pursuant to any provision of this Agreement (other than the Mortgage Files, the review of which is specifically governed by the terms of Article II, the Diligence Files, any CREFC^® reports and any information delivered for posting to the Certificate Administrator’s Website or the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website), shall examine them to determine whether they conform to the requirements of this Agreement. If any such instrument is found not to conform to the requirements of this Agreement in a material manner, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator

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shall notify the party providing such instrument and requesting the correction thereof. The Trustee or the Certificate Administrator shall not be responsible for the accuracy or content of any resolution, certificate, statement, opinion, report, document, order or other instrument furnished by the Depositor, a Master Servicer or a Special Servicer or another Person, and accepted by the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator in good faith, pursuant to this Agreement.

(c)                        No provision of this Agreement shall be construed to relieve the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct or bad faith; provided, however, that:

(i)                            Prior to the occurrence of a Servicer Termination Event, and after the curing of all such Servicer Termination Events which may have occurred, the duties and obligations of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Agreement, the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall not be liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Agreement, no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator and, in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator and conforming to the requirements of this Agreement;

(ii)                            Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, shall be liable for an error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, respectively, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and

(iii)                        Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, shall be liable with respect to any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of Holders of Certificates entitled to greater than 25% (i) of the Percentage Interest of each affected Class, or (ii) if each Class is an affected Class of the aggregate Voting Rights of the Certificates, relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, under this Agreement (unless a higher percentage of Voting Rights is required for such action).

(d)                        The Certificate Administrator shall make available via its internet website initially located at www.ctslink.com to the Serviced Companion Noteholders all reports that the Certificate Administrator has made available to Certificateholders under this Agreement to the extent such reports relate to the related Serviced Companion Loan and upon the submission of an Investor Certification pursuant to this Agreement.

Section 8.02        Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator. Except as otherwise provided in Section 8.01:

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(i)                          The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator may rely upon and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, direction of the Depositor, Officer’s Certificate, certificate of auditors or any other certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, Appraisal, bond or other paper or document reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;

(ii)                          The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator may consult with counsel and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance therewith;

(iii)                        Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall be under any obligation to exercise any of the trusts or powers vested in it by this Agreement or the Certificates or to make any investigation of matters arising hereunder or to institute, conduct or defend any litigation hereunder or in relation hereto at the request, order or direction of any of the Certificateholders, pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, unless such Certificateholders shall have offered to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it, against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred therein or thereby; neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall be required to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, unless repayment of such funds or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against such risk or liability is reasonably assured to it; nothing contained herein shall, however, relieve the Trustee of the obligation, upon the occurrence of a Servicer Termination Event which has not been cured, to exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Agreement, and to use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs;

(iv)                        Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall be liable for any action reasonably taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Agreement;

(v)                           Prior to the occurrence of a Servicer Termination Event hereunder and after the curing of all Servicer Termination Events which may have occurred, neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond or other paper or document, unless requested in writing to do so by Holders of Certificates entitled to more than 50% of the Voting Rights; provided, however, that if the payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, respectively, not reasonably assured to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Agreement, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, respectively, may require indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it from such requesting Holders against such expense or liability as a condition to taking

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any such action. The reasonable expense of every such reasonable examination shall be paid by the requesting Holders;

(vi)                        The Trustee or the Certificate Administrator may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents, affiliates or attorneys; provided, however, that the appointment of such agents, affiliates or attorneys shall not relieve the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator of its duties or obligations hereunder; provided, further, that the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, may not perform any duties hereunder through any Person that is a Prohibited Party;

(vii)                   For all purposes under this Agreement, none of the Trustee, the Custodian or the Certificate Administrator shall be deemed to have actual knowledge or notice of any Servicer Termination Event or Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event or any act, failure or breach of any Person upon the occurrence of which the Trustee or Certificate Administrator may be required to act unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event, act, failure or breach, as applicable, which is in fact such a default is received by the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator at the respective Corporate Trust Office, and such notice references the Certificates or this Agreement;

(viii)                  Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall be responsible for any act or omission of a Master Servicer or a Special Servicer (unless the Trustee is acting as a Master Servicer or a Special Servicer, as the case may be, in which case the Trustee shall only be responsible for its own actions as a Master Servicer or a Special Servicer) or of the Depositor, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer;

(ix)                         Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall in any way be liable by reason of any insufficiency in the Trust Fund unless it is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that the Trustee’s or Certificate Administrator’s, as applicable, negligence or willful misconduct was the primary cause of such insufficiency;

(x)                            In no event shall the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator be liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder due to force majeure or acts of God; provided that such failure or delay is not also a result of its own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct;

(xi)                          Nothing herein shall require the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator to act in any manner that is contrary to applicable law; and

(xii)                     Nothing herein shall be construed as an obligation for any party to this Agreement to advise a Certificateholder with respect to its rights and protections relative to the Trust.

Each of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to all of the same rights, protections, immunities and indemnities afforded to it as Trustee and Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, in each capacity for which it serves hereunder (including,

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without limitation, as Custodian, Certificate Registrar, 17g-5 Information Provider and Authenticating Agent).

Section 8.03        Trustee and Certificate Administrator Not Liable for Validity or Sufficiency of Certificates or Mortgage Loans. The recitals contained herein and in the Certificates, other than the acknowledgments of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator in Sections 2.01(h) and Section 2.04 and the signature, if any, of the Certificate Registrar and Authenticating Agent set forth on any outstanding Certificate, shall not be taken as the statements of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, and the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator assume no responsibility for their correctness. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator makes any representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement or of any Certificate (other than as to the signature, if any, of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator set forth thereon) or of any Mortgage Loan or related document. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall be accountable for the use or application by the Depositor of any of the Certificates issued to it or of the proceeds of such Certificates, or for the use or application of any funds paid to the Depositor in respect of the assignment of the Mortgage Loans to the Trust, or any funds deposited in or withdrawn from each applicable Collection Account or any other account by or on behalf of the Depositor, the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer or in the case of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator. The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall not be responsible for and may rely upon the accuracy or content of any resolution, certificate, statement, opinion, report, document, order or other instrument furnished by the Depositor, a Master Servicer or a Special Servicer and accepted by the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, in good faith, pursuant to this Agreement.

Section 8.04        Trustee or Certificate Administrator May Own Certificates. The Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, each in its individual capacity, not as Trustee or Certificate Administrator, may become the owner or pledgee of Certificates, and may deal with the Depositor, any Master Servicer, any Special Servicer or the Underwriters in banking transactions, with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee or the Certificate Administrator.

Section 8.05       Fees and Expenses of Trustee and Certificate Administrator; Indemnification of Trustee and Certificate Administrator.(a) As compensation for the performance of their respective duties hereunder, the Trustee will be paid the Trustee Fee, which shall cover recurring and otherwise reasonably anticipated expenses of the Trustee, and the Certificate Administrator will be paid the Certificate Administrator Fee equal to the Certificate Administrator’s portion of one (1) month’s interest at the Certificate Administrator Fee Rate, which shall cover recurring and otherwise reasonably anticipated expenses of the Certificate Administrator. The Trustee Fee and Certificate Administrator Fee shall be paid monthly on a Mortgage Loan-by-Mortgage Loan basis. As to each Mortgage Loan and REO Loan (other than the portion of an REO Loan related to any Companion Loan), the Certificate Administrator shall pay to the Trustee monthly the Trustee Fee from the Certificate Administrator Fee, which Certificate Administrator Fee shall accrue from time to time at the Certificate Administrator Fee Rate and the Certificate Administrator Fee shall be computed in the same manner as interest is calculated thereon and for the same period respecting which any related interest payment due or deemed thereon is computed. The Trustee Fee (which shall not be limited to any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust) shall constitute the Trustee’s sole

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form of compensation for all services rendered by it in the execution of the trusts hereby created and in the exercise and performance of any of the powers and duties of the Trustee hereunder, except for the reimbursement of expenses specifically provided for herein. The Certificate Administrator Fee shall constitute the Certificate Administrator’s sole form of compensation for the exercise and performance of its powers and duties hereunder, except for the reimbursement of expenses specifically provided for herein. No Trustee Fee or Certificate Administrator Fee shall be payable with respect to any Companion Loan.

(b)               The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator (in each case, including in its capacity as Custodian and in its individual capacity) and any director, officer, employee, representative or agent of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator, respectively, shall be entitled to be indemnified and held harmless by the Trust (to the extent of amounts on deposit in each applicable Collection Account or the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, as applicable, from time to time) against any loss, liability or expense (including, without limitation, costs and expenses of litigation, and of investigation, counsel fees, damages, judgments and amounts paid in settlement, and expenses incurred in becoming the successor to the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, to the extent not otherwise paid hereunder, and, for the avoidance of doubt, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses and expenses relating to the enforcement of such indemnity) arising out of, or incurred in connection with, any act or omission of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, respectively, relating to the exercise and performance of any of the powers, rights and duties of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, respectively (including in any capacities in which they serve, such as paying agent, REMIC Administrator, Authenticating Agent, Custodian, Certificate Registrar, and 17g-5 Information Provider) hereunder; provided, however, that none of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, nor any of the other above specified Persons shall be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Section 8.05(b) for (i) allocable overhead, (ii) expenses or disbursements incurred or made by or on behalf of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, respectively, in the normal course of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, respectively, performing its duties in accordance with any of the provisions hereof, which are not “unanticipated expenses of the REMIC” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-1(b)(3)(ii), (iii) any expense or liability specifically required to be borne thereby pursuant to the terms hereof or (iv) any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence in the performance of the Trustee’s or the Certificate Administrator’s, respectively, obligations and duties hereunder, or by reason of negligent disregard of such obligations or duties, or as may arise from a breach of any representation or warranty of the Trustee specified in Section 8.12 or the Certificate Administrator specified in Section 8.14, respectively, made herein. The provisions of this Section 8.05(b) shall survive the termination of this Agreement and any resignation or removal of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, respectively, and appointment of a successor thereto. The foregoing indemnity shall also apply to the Certificate Administrator in all of its capacities hereunder, including Custodian, Certificate Registrar and Authenticating Agent.

(c)               The Certificate Administrator shall indemnify and hold harmless the Depositor and the Mortgage Loan Sellers from and against any claims, losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and expenses and related costs, judgments and other costs and expenses (for the avoidance of doubt, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses and expenses relating to the enforcement of such indemnity) incurred by the Depositor or any Mortgage Loan Seller or its Affiliates that arise out of or are based upon (i) a breach by the Certificate

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Administrator, in its capacity as 17g-5 Information Provider or in any other capacity in which the Certificate Administrator is required to make available information to a Privileged Person that is an NRSRO, of its obligations under this Agreement or (ii) negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on the part of the Certificate Administrator, in its capacity as 17g-5 Information Provider or in any other capacity in which the Certificate Administrator is required to make available information to a Privileged Person that is an NRSRO, in the performance of such obligations or its negligent disregard of its obligations and duties under this Agreement.

Section 8.06        Eligibility Requirements for Trustee and Certificate Administrator. Each of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator hereunder shall at all times be, and will be required to resign if it fails to be, (i) a corporation, national bank, national banking association or a trust company, organized and doing business under the laws of any state or the United States of America, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers and to accept the trust conferred under this Agreement, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority and in the case of the Trustee, shall not be an Affiliate of any Master Servicer or any Special Servicer (except during any period when the Trustee is acting as, or has become successor to, the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, pursuant to Section 7.02), (ii)(a) in the case of the Trustee, an institution whose long-term senior unsecured debt or issuer credit rating is rated at least “A2” by Moody’s or that has a long-term counterparty risk assessment of at least “A2(cr)” by Moody’s (provided, however, that the Trustee may maintain a long-term senior unsecured debt rating or an issuer credit rating of at least “Baa3” by Moody’s if the Master Servicer maintains a long-term senior unsecured debt rating of at least “A2” by Moody’s or a long-term counterparty risk assessment rating of at least “A2(cr)” by Moody’s), “A” by Fitch (or short term rating of “F1” by Fitch) (provided, however, that the Trustee may maintain a rating of at least “BBB-” by Fitch as long as the Master Servicer has a short-term rating of at least “F1” by Fitch or a long-term senior unsecured debt rating of at least “A” by Fitch) and “BBB-” by KBRA (or, if not rated by KBRA, then at least an equivalent rating by two other NRSROs which may include Moody’s and Fitch), (b) in the case of the Certificate Administrator, an institution whose long-term senior unsecured debt rating or issuer credit rating is rated at least “Baa3” by Moody’s, or (c) in the case of each of clause (ii)(a) and (ii)(b), such other rating with respect to which the Rating Agencies have provided a Rating Agency Confirmation, and (iii) an entity that is not a Prohibited Party.

If such corporation, national bank or national banking association publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 8.06 the combined capital and surplus of such corporation, national bank or national banking association shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. In the event the place of business from which the Certificate Administrator administers the Trust REMICs or in which the Trustee’s office is located is in a state or local jurisdiction that imposes a tax on the Trust on the net income of a REMIC (other than a tax corresponding to a tax imposed under the REMIC Provisions), the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as applicable shall elect either to (i) resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 8.07, (ii) pay such tax at no expense to the Trust or (iii) administer the Trust REMICs from a state and local jurisdiction that does not impose such a tax.

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Section 8.07        Resignation and Removal of the Trustee and Certificate Administrator. (a) The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator may at any time resign and be discharged from the trusts hereby created by giving written notice thereof to the Depositor, each Master Servicer, each Special Servicer and the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, 17g-5 Information Provider and to all Certificateholders. The Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website in accordance with Section 3.13(b) and provide notice of such event to each Master Servicer, each Special Servicer, the Depositor and the 17g-5 Information Provider, which shall promptly post such notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in accordance with Section 3.13(c). Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Depositor shall use its reasonable best efforts to promptly appoint a successor trustee or successor certificate administrator acceptable to the Master Servicer and, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event, the Directing Certificateholder by written instrument, in duplicate, which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee or Certificate Administrator and to the successor trustee or certificate administrator. A copy of such instrument shall be delivered to each Master Servicer, each Special Servicer, the Certificateholders and the Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, by the Depositor. If no successor trustee or certificate administrator shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within ninety (90) days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee or Certificate Administrator may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee or certificate administrator, as applicable, and such petition will be an expense of the Trust.

(b)               If at any time the Trustee or Certificate Administrator shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.06 (and in the case of the Certificate Administrator, Section 5.08) and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Depositor or a Master Servicer, or if at any time the Trustee or Certificate Administrator shall become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator or of its property shall be appointed, or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or Certificate Administrator or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, or if the Trustee or Certificate Administrator (if different than the Trustee) shall fail to timely publish any report to be delivered, published or otherwise made available by the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 4.02 and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of five (5) days, or if the Certificate Administrator fails to make distributions required pursuant to Section 4.01 or Section 9.01, then the Depositor may remove the Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, and appoint a successor trustee or certificate administrator acceptable to the requesting Master Servicer, by written instrument, in duplicate, which instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee or Certificate Administrator so removed and to the successor trustee or certificate administrator in the case of the removal of the Trustee or Certificate Administrator. A copy of such instrument shall be delivered to each Master Servicer, each Special Servicer and the Certificateholders by the Depositor. If no successor trustee or certificate administrator shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within ninety (90) days after the giving of such notice of removal, the removed Trustee or Certificate Administrator may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee or certificate administrator, as applicable, at the expense of the Trust.

(c)               The Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 75% of the Voting Rights may, upon thirty (30) days’ prior written notice, with or without cause, remove the Trustee or

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Certificate Administrator and appoint a successor trustee or certificate administrator by written instrument or instruments, in triplicate, signed by such Holders or their attorneys-in-fact duly authorized, one complete set of which instruments shall be delivered to each Master Servicer, one complete set to the Trustee or Certificate Administrator so removed and one complete set to the successor so appointed. A copy of such instrument shall be delivered to the Depositor, each Special Servicer and the remaining Certificateholders by each applicable Master Servicer. In the event of any such termination without cause pursuant to this Section 8.07(c), the successor trustee or certificate administrator, as applicable, shall be responsible for all costs and expenses necessary to effect the transfer of responsibilities from its predecessor.

(d)               Any resignation or removal of the Trustee or Certificate Administrator and appointment of a successor trustee or certificate administrator pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 8.07 shall not become effective until (i) acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee or certificate administrator as provided in Section 8.08 and (ii) the Certificate Administrator shall have filed any required Form 8-K pursuant to Section 11.07 and any other Form 8-K filings have been completed with respect to any related Companion Loan. Further, the resigning Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, shall pay all costs and expenses associated with the transfer of its duties.

If the same party is acting as Trustee and Certificate Administrator pursuant to this Agreement, any removal of either such party in its capacity as Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, shall also result in such party’s removal in its capacity as Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, and the Depositor shall appoint a successor certificate administrator and a successor trustee, in each instance meeting the eligibility requirements set forth hereunder.

Upon any succession of the Trustee or Certificate Administrator under this Agreement, the predecessor Trustee or Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to the payment of accrued and unpaid compensation and reimbursement as provided for under this Agreement for services rendered and expenses incurred (including without limitation, unreimbursed Advances). No Trustee or Certificate Administrator shall be personally liable for any action or omission of any successor trustee or certificate administrator.

(e)               Upon the resignation, assignment, merger, consolidation, or transfer of the Trustee or its business to a successor, or upon the termination of the Trustee, (a) the outgoing Trustee shall (i) endorse the original executed Mortgage Note for each Mortgage Loan (to the extent that the original executed Mortgage Note for each Mortgage Loan was endorsed to the outgoing trustee), without recourse, representation or warranty, express or implied, to the order of the successor, as trustee for the registered Holders of MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1 or in blank, and (ii) in the case of the other assignable Mortgage Loan documents (to the extent such other Mortgage Loan documents were assigned to the outgoing trustee), assign such Mortgage Loan documents to such successor, and such successor shall review the documents delivered to it or to the Custodian with respect to each Mortgage Loan, and certify in writing that, as to each Mortgage Loan then subject to this Agreement, such endorsement and assignment has been made; (b) if any original executed Mortgage Note for a Mortgage Loan was not endorsed to the outgoing trustee, the Custodian shall, upon its receipt of a Request for Release, deliver such Mortgage Note to the Depositor or the successor trustee, as requested, and the applicable Master Servicer and the Depositor shall

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cooperate with any successor trustee to ensure that such Mortgage Note is endorsed (without recourse, representation or warranty, express or implied) to the order of the successor, as trustee for the registered Holders of MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1 or in blank; provided, however, that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, to the extent any such endorsement of such Mortgage Note requires the signature of the related Mortgage Loan Seller in order to comply with the foregoing, then the applicable Master Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to cause the related Mortgage Loan Seller to execute such endorsement; (c) if any other assignable Mortgage Loan document was not assigned to the outgoing trustee, the Custodian shall, upon its receipt of a Request for Release, deliver such Mortgage Loan document to the Depositor or the successor trustee, as requested, and the applicable Master Servicer and the Depositor shall cooperate with any successor trustee to ensure that such Mortgage Loan document is assigned to such successor trustee; and (d) in any case, such successor trustee shall review the documents delivered to it or to the Custodian with respect to each Mortgage Loan, and certify in writing that, as to each Mortgage Loan then subject to this Agreement, such endorsements and assignments have been made or, in the event such endorsement or assignment cannot be made for any reason, to note the same in such certification.

(f)                Neither the Asset Representations Reviewer nor any of its Affiliates may be appointed as successor trustee or certificate administrator.

Section 8.08        Successor Trustee or Certificate Administrator. (a) Any successor trustee or certificate administrator appointed as provided in Section 8.07 shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Depositor, each Master Servicer, each Special Servicer and to its predecessor Trustee or Certificate Administrator an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor Trustee or Certificate Administrator shall become effective and such successor trustee or certificate administrator without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor hereunder, with the like effect as if originally named as Trustee or Certificate Administrator herein. The predecessor Trustee shall deliver to the successor trustee all Mortgage Files and related documents and statements held by it hereunder (other than any Mortgage Files at the time held on its behalf by the Custodian, which Custodian, at Custodian’s option shall become the agent of the successor trustee), and the Depositor, the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer and the predecessor Trustee shall execute and deliver such instruments and do such other things as may reasonably be required to more fully and certainly vest and confirm in the successor trustee all such rights, powers, duties and obligations, and to enable the successor trustee to perform its obligations hereunder.

(b)               No successor trustee or successor certificate administrator shall, as applicable, accept appointment as provided in this Section 8.08 unless at the time of such acceptance such successor trustee or successor certificate administrator, as applicable, shall be eligible under the provisions of Section 8.06.

(c)               Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee or successor certificate administrator as provided in this Section 8.08, the Master Servicer shall deliver notice of the succession of such Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, to the Depositor and the Certificateholders. If the Master Servicer fails to deliver such notice within ten (10) days after acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee or successor certificate administrator, as

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applicable, such successor trustee or successor certificate administrator shall cause such notice to be delivered at the expense of the Master Servicer.

Section 8.09        Merger or Consolidation of Trustee or Certificate Administrator. Any Person into which the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator shall be the successor of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, hereunder; provided that, in the case of the Trustee, such successor person shall be eligible under the provisions of Section 8.06, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding. The Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website in accordance with Section 3.13(b) and shall provide notice of such event to each Master Servicer, each Special Servicer, the Depositor and the 17g-5 Information Provider, which shall post such notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in accordance with Section 3.13(c).

Section 8.10        Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee. (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, at any time, for the purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which any part of the Trust Fund or property securing the same may at the time be located, each applicable Master Servicer and the Trustee acting jointly shall have the power and shall execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more Persons approved by the Trustee to act as co-trustee or co-trustees, jointly with the Trustee, or separate trustee or separate trustees, of all or any part of the Trust Fund, and to vest in such Person or Persons, in such capacity, such title to the Trust, or any part thereof, and, subject to the other provisions of this Section 8.10, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as each applicable Master Servicer and the Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. If any Master Servicer shall not have joined in such appointment within fifteen (15) days after the receipt by it of a request to do so, or in case a Servicer Termination Event shall have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee alone shall have the power to make such appointment. No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility as a successor trustee under Section 8.06 hereunder and no notice to Holders of Certificates of the appointment of co-trustee(s) or separate trustee(s) shall be required under Section 8.08. All co-trustee fees shall be payable out of the Trust Fund.

(b)                            In the case of any appointment of a co-trustee or separate trustee pursuant to this Section 8.10, all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon the Trustee shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed by the Trustee and such separate trustee or co-trustee jointly, except to the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to be performed (whether as Trustee hereunder or as successor to a Master Servicer or a Special Servicer hereunder), the Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act or acts, in which event such rights, powers, duties and obligations (including the holding of title to the Trust or any portion thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be exercised and performed by such separate trustee or co-trustee at the direction of the Trustee.

(c)                           Any notice, request or other writing given to the Trustee shall be deemed to have been given to each of the then-separate trustees and co-trustees, as effectively as if given to

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each of them. Every instrument appointing any separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Agreement and the conditions of this Article VIII. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its acceptance of the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates or property specified in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Trustee or separately, as may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this Agreement, specifically including every provision of this Agreement relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Trustee. Every such instrument shall be filed with the Trustee.

(d)                      Any separate trustee or co-trustee may, at any time, constitute the Trustee, its agent or attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority, to the extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this Agreement on its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or co-trustee shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its estates, properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be exercised by the Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new or successor trustee.

(e)                          The appointment of a co-trustee or separate trustee under this Section 8.10 shall not relieve the Trustee of its duties and responsibilities hereunder.

Section 8.11        Appointment of Custodians. The Certificate Administrator is hereby appointed as the Custodian to hold all or a portion of the Mortgage Files. The Custodian shall be a depository institution subject to supervision by federal or state authority, shall have combined capital and surplus of at least $15,000,000 and shall be qualified to do business in the jurisdiction in which it holds any Mortgage File. The Custodian shall be subject to the same obligations and standard of care as would be imposed on the Certificate Administrator hereunder in connection with the retention of Mortgage Files directly by the Certificate Administrator. Upon termination or resignation of the Custodian, the Certificate Administrator may appoint another Custodian meeting the foregoing requirements. The appointment of one or more Custodians by the Certificate Administrator shall not relieve the Certificate Administrator from any of its obligations hereunder, and the Certificate Administrator shall remain responsible for all acts and omissions of any Custodian other than the initial Custodian. Any Custodian appointed hereunder must maintain a fidelity bond and errors and omissions policy in an amount customary for Custodians which serve in such capacity in commercial mortgage loan securitization transactions, or may self-insure.

Section 8.12        Representations and Warranties of the Trustee. The Trustee hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor, each Master Servicer, each Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, each Serviced Companion Noteholder and the Certificate Administrator for the benefit of the Certificateholders, as of the Closing Date, that:

(i)                               The Trustee is a national banking association, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the United States of America;

(ii)                            The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Trustee, and the performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement by the Trustee, will not violate the Trustee’s charter and by-laws or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the breach

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of, any material agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or which is applicable to it or any of its assets;

(iii)                      The Trustee has the full power and authority to enter into and consummate all transactions contemplated by this Agreement, has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and has duly executed and delivered this Agreement;

(iv)                       This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by each of the other parties hereto, constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of the Trustee, enforceable against the Trustee in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to (a) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the rights of creditors of national banking associations specifically and (b) general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law;

(v)                        The Trustee is not in violation of, and its execution and delivery of this Agreement and its performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement will not constitute a violation of, any law, any order or decree of any court or arbiter, or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority, which violation, in the Trustee’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to affect materially and adversely the ability of the Trustee to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

(vi)                       No litigation is pending or, to the best of the Trustee’s knowledge, threatened against the Trustee which would prohibit the Trustee from entering into this Agreement or, in the Trustee’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to materially and adversely affect the ability of the Trustee to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

(vii)                  No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Trustee, or compliance by the Trustee with, this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except for any consent, approval, authorization or order which has not been obtained or cannot be obtained prior to the actual performance by the Trustee of its obligations under this Agreement, and which, if not obtained would not have a materially adverse effect on the ability of the Trustee to perform its obligations hereunder; and

(viii)                   To its actual knowledge, the Trustee is not a Risk Retention Affiliate of any Retaining Party.

Section 8.13        Provision of Information to Certificate Administrator, Master Servicers and Special Servicers. The applicable Master Servicer shall promptly, upon request, provide the applicable Special Servicer and the Certificate Administrator with notice of any change in the identity and/or contact information of any Serviced Companion Noteholder (to the extent it receives written notice of such change). The Certificate Administrator, each applicable Master

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Servicer and each applicable Special Servicer may each conclusively rely on the information provided to them regarding identity and/or contact information regarding any Serviced Companion Noteholder, and the Certificate Administrator, each applicable Master Servicer and each applicable Special Servicer, as applicable, shall have no liability for notices not sent to the correct Serviced Companion Noteholders or any obligation to determine the identity and/or contact information of the Serviced Companion Noteholders to the extent updated or correct information regarding the holders of any of the Serviced Companion Noteholders or the most recent identity and/or contact information regarding any of the Serviced Companion Noteholders has not been provided to the Certificate Administrator, such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as applicable.

Section 8.14        Representations and Warranties of the Certificate Administrator. The Certificate Administrator hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor, each Master Servicer, each Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, each Serviced Companion Noteholder, and the Trustee, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, as of the Closing Date, that:

(i)                                The Certificate Administrator is a national banking association duly organized under the laws of the United States of America, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws thereof;

(ii)                            The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Certificate Administrator, and the performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement by the Certificate Administrator, will not violate the Certificate Administrator’s charter and by-laws or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the breach of, any material agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or which is applicable to it or any of its assets;

(iii)                        The Certificate Administrator has the full power and authority to enter into and consummate all transactions contemplated by this Agreement, has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and has duly executed and delivered this Agreement;

(iv)                       This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by each of the other parties hereto, constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of the Certificate Administrator, enforceable against the Certificate Administrator in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to (a) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the rights of creditors of national banking associations specifically and (b) general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law;

(v)                            The Certificate Administrator is not in violation of, and its execution and delivery of this Agreement and its performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement will not constitute a violation of, any law, any order or decree of any court or arbiter, or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority, which violation, in the Certificate Administrator’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to affect materially and adversely either the ability of the

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Certificate Administrator to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the financial condition of the Certificate Administrator;

(vi)                      No litigation is pending or, to the best of the Certificate Administrator’s knowledge, threatened against the Certificate Administrator which would prohibit the Certificate Administrator from entering into this Agreement or, in the Certificate Administrator’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to materially and adversely affect either the ability of the Certificate Administrator to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the financial condition of the Certificate Administrator;

(vii)                   No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Certificate Administrator, or compliance by the Certificate Administrator with, this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except for any consent, approval, authorization or order which has not been obtained or cannot be obtained prior to the actual performance by the Certificate Administrator of its obligations under this Agreement, and which, if not obtained would not have a materially adverse effect on the ability of the Certificate Administrator to perform its obligations hereunder; and

(viii)               To its actual knowledge, the Certificate Administrator is not a Risk Retention Affiliate of any Retaining Party.

Section 8.15        Compliance with the PATRIOT Act. In order to comply with the laws, rules, regulations and executive orders in effect from time to time applicable to banking institutions, including those relating to the funding of terrorist activities and money laundering (“Applicable Laws”), each of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, each applicable Special Servicer and each applicable Master Servicer is required to obtain, verify and record certain information relating to individuals and entities which maintain a business relationship with the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, each applicable Special Servicer or each applicable Master Servicer, as applicable, arising out of the Trust or this Agreement. Accordingly, each of the parties to this Agreement agrees to provide to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, each Special Servicer and each Master Servicer, upon its respective reasonable request from time to time such identifying information and documentation as may be available for such party in order to enable the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, each Special Servicer and each Master Servicer to comply with Applicable Laws.

[End of Article VIII]

Article IX

TERMINATION

Section 9.01        Termination upon Repurchase or Liquidation of All Mortgage Loans. Subject to this Section 9.01 and Section 9.02, the Trust and the respective obligations and responsibilities under this Agreement of the Certificate Administrator (other than the obligations of the Certificate Administrator to provide for and make payments to Certificateholders as hereafter set forth), the Depositor, each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special

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Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee, shall terminate upon payment (or provision for payment) to the Certificateholders of all amounts held by the Certificate Administrator and required hereunder to be so paid on the Distribution Date following the earlier to occur of (i) the final payment (or related Advance) or other liquidation of the last Mortgage Loan and REO Property (as applicable) subject hereto, (ii) the purchase or other liquidation by the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer servicing the greater principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of that time, the other Special Servicer, the Master Servicer servicing the greater principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of that time, the other Master Servicer, or the Holders of the Class R Certificates, in that order of priority, of all the Mortgage Loans and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund at a price equal to (a) the sum of (1) the Termination Purchase Amount and (2) the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of each applicable Master Servicer and each applicable Special Servicer with respect to such termination, unless such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as applicable, is the purchaser of such Mortgage Loans, minus (b) solely in the case where a Master Servicer is exercising such purchase right, the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, together with any interest accrued and payable to the applicable Master Servicer in respect of such Advances in accordance with Section 3.03(d) and Section 4.03(d) and any unpaid Servicing Fees, remaining outstanding and payable solely to such Master Servicer (which items shall be deemed to have been paid or reimbursed to the applicable Master Servicer in connection with such purchase) or (iii) so long as the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class D and Class E Certificates and the Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-S, Class B and Class C Upper-Tier Regular Interests, are no longer outstanding, the voluntary exchange by the Sole Certificateholder of all the outstanding Certificates (other than the Class V Certificates and the Class R Certificates) and the payment or deemed payment by such exchanging party of the Termination Purchase Amount for the remaining Mortgage Loans and REO Properties in the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of the immediately succeeding paragraph, which will be deemed paid to the Trust and deemed distributed to the Holder or Holders of the then-outstanding Certificates in exchange for such Certificates; provided, that in no event shall the trust created hereby continue beyond the expiration of twenty-one (21) years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James’s, living on the date hereof. Upon termination of the Trust pursuant to clause (i) of the immediately preceding sentence, the Custodian shall release or cause to be released to the Master Servicer at its address provided in Section 13.05 of this Agreement or to such other address designated by it in writing, those Mortgage Files remaining in its possession relating to the Mortgage Loans. In connection with a termination of the Trust under this Article IX, the obligations and responsibilities of the Custodian under this Agreement shall terminate upon its delivery of such Mortgage Files to the applicable Master Servicer, Sole Certificateholder or other party as required by this Section 9.01, except for the obligation of the Custodian to execute assignments, endorsements and other instruments as required by this Section 9.01.

Following the date on which the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class D and Class E Certificates and the Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-S, Class B and Class C Upper-Tier Regular Interests are no longer outstanding (and provided that there is only one Holder (or multiple Holders acting in unanimity) of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class V Certificates and the Class R Certificates)), the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right, with the consent of each applicable Master Servicer, to exchange all of its Certificates (other than the Class V Certificates and the Class R Certificates) together with the payment or deemed payment of the

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Termination Purchase Amount for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund as contemplated by clause (iii) of the first paragraph of this Section 9.01(a) by giving written notice to all the parties hereto no later than sixty (60) days prior to the anticipated date of exchange. In the event that the Sole Certificateholder elects to exchange all of its Certificates (other than the Class V Certificates and Class R Certificates) and pay the Termination Purchase Amount for all of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust in accordance with the preceding sentence, such Sole Certificateholder, not later than the Distribution Date on which the final distribution on the Certificates is to occur, shall (i) remit for deposit in the Collection Account of the Master Servicer an amount in immediately available funds equal to (a) the Termination Purchase Amount plus (b) all amounts due and owing to the Depositor, each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator hereunder through the date of the liquidation of the Trust that may be withdrawn from the applicable Collection Account, or an escrow account acceptable to the respective parties hereto, pursuant to Section 3.05(a) or that may be withdrawn from the Distribution Account pursuant to Section 3.05(a), but only to the extent that such amounts are not already on deposit in the applicable Collection Account, and (ii) be deemed to pay to the Trust (which amount shall be further deemed distributed to the Holders of all outstanding Certificates) an amount equal to the Termination Purchase Amount. In addition, each Master Servicer shall transfer all amounts required to be transferred to the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account and Excess Interest Distribution Account on the P&I Advance Date related to such Distribution Date in which the final distribution on the Certificates is to occur from the applicable Collection Account pursuant to the first paragraph of Section 3.04(b) (provided, however, that if a Serviced Whole Loan is secured by REO Property, the portion of the above-described purchase price allocable to such Trust’s portion of REO Property shall initially be deposited into the related REO Account). Upon confirmation that such final deposits have been made and following the surrender of all its Certificates (other than the Class V Certificates and Class R Certificates) on the applicable Distribution Date, the Custodian shall, upon receipt of a Request for Release from each applicable Master Servicer, release or cause to be released to the Sole Certificateholder or any designee thereof, the Mortgage Files for the remaining Mortgage Loans and shall execute all assignments, endorsements and other instruments furnished to it by the Sole Certificateholder as shall be necessary to effectuate transfer of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties remaining in the Trust Fund, and the Trust shall be liquidated in accordance with Section 9.02. Solely for federal income tax purposes, the Sole Certificateholder shall be deemed to have purchased the assets of the Lower-Tier REMIC for an amount equal to the aggregate remaining Certificate Balance of the Principal Balance Certificates (other than any Exchangeable Certificates) and the Exchangeable Upper-Tier P&I Regular Interests, plus accrued, unpaid interest with respect thereto, and the Certificate Administrator shall credit such amounts against amounts distributable in respect of such Certificates, Exchangeable Upper-Tier P&I Regular Interests and Related Lower-Tier Regular Interests.

The obligations and responsibilities under this Agreement of the Depositor, each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Companion Paying Agent shall terminate with respect to any Companion Loan to the extent (i) its related Serviced Mortgage Loan has been paid in full or is no longer part of the Trust Fund and (ii) no amounts payable by the related Companion Holder to or for the benefit of the Trust or any party hereto in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement remain due and owing.

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The Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer servicing the greater principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of that time, the other Special Servicer, the Master Servicer servicing the greater principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of that time, the other Master Servicer, or the Holders of the Class R Certificates, in that order of priority, may, at their option, elect to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans (and all property acquired through exercise of remedies in respect of any related Mortgage Loan) and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund as contemplated by clause (ii) of the first paragraph of this Section 9.01 by giving written notice to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, and the other parties hereto no later than sixty (60) days prior to the anticipated date of purchase; provided, however, that the Holders of the Controlling Class, any Special Servicer, any Master Servicer, or the Holders of the Class R Certificates may so elect to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund only on or after the first Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the portion of any REO Loans held by the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loans as set forth in the Preliminary Statement (solely for the purposes of this calculation, if such right is being exercised after May 2033 and the CX – 250 Water Street Mortgage Loan is still an asset of the Trust Fund, then such Mortgage Loan that is still an asset of the Trust Fund shall be excluded from the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the related determination date). This purchase shall terminate the Trust and retire the then-outstanding Certificates. In the event that a Master Servicer or a Special Servicer purchases, or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class or the Holders of the Class R Certificates purchase, all of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund in accordance with the preceding sentence, the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer, the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class or the Holders of the Class R Certificates, as the case may be, shall deposit in the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account not later than the P&I Advance Date relating to the Distribution Date on which the final distribution on the Certificates is to occur, an amount in immediately available funds equal to the above-described purchase price (exclusive of any portion thereof payable to any Person other than the Certificateholders pursuant to Section 3.05(a), which portion shall be deposited in the Collection Account). In addition, each Master Servicer shall transfer to the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account all amounts required to be transferred thereto on such P&I Advance Date from its Collection Account pursuant to the first paragraph of Section 3.04(b), together with any other amounts on deposit in its Collection Account that would otherwise be held for future distribution. Upon confirmation that such final deposits and payments have been made, the Custodian shall release or cause to be released to the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer, the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class or the Holders of the Class R Certificates, as applicable, the Mortgage Files for the remaining Mortgage Loans and shall execute all assignments, endorsements and other instruments furnished to it by the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer, the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class or the Holders of the Class R Certificates, as the case may be, as shall be necessary to effectuate transfer of the Mortgage Loans as assets of the Trust and REO Properties remaining in the Trust Fund.

For purposes of this Section 9.01, the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class shall have the first option to terminate the Upper-Tier REMIC and Lower-Tier REMIC, then the Special Servicer servicing the greater principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of that time, then the other Special Servicer, then the Master Servicer servicing the greater principal balance of

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the Mortgage Loans as of that time, then the other Master Servicer, and then the Holders of the Class R Certificates. For purposes of this Section 9.01, the Directing Certificateholder with the consent of the Holders of the Controlling Class, shall act on behalf of the Holders of the Controlling Class in purchasing the assets of the Trust and terminating the Trust.

Notice of any termination pursuant to this Section 9.01 shall be given promptly by the Certificate Administrator by letter to the Certificateholders, each Serviced Companion Noteholder and the 17g-5 Information Provider in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.13(c) (who shall promptly post a copy of such additional notice on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.13(c)) and, if not previously notified pursuant to this Section 9.01, to the other parties hereto mailed (a) in the event such notice is given in connection with the purchase of all of the Mortgage Loans is an asset of the Trust and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund, not earlier than the fifteenth (15th) day and not later than the twenty-fifth (25th) day of the month next preceding the month of the final distribution on the Certificates, or (b) otherwise during the month of such final distribution on or before the P&I Advance Determination Date in such month, in each case specifying (i) the Distribution Date upon which the Trust will terminate and final payment of the Certificates will be made, (ii) the amount of any such final payment and (iii) that the Record Date otherwise applicable to such Distribution Date is not applicable, payments being made only upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates at the offices of the Certificate Registrar or such other location therein designated. Upon termination of the Trust pursuant to this Section 9.01, the Certificate Administrator shall provide notice thereof to the Trustee via email.

After transferring the Lower-Tier Distribution Amount and the amount of any Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges distributable to the Regular Certificates and the Exchangeable Certificates pursuant to Section 4.01(e) to the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, in each case pursuant to Section 3.04(b) and upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates by the Certificateholders on the final Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator shall distribute to each Certificateholder so presenting and surrendering its Certificates (i) such Certificateholder’s Percentage Interest of that portion of the amounts then on deposit in the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account that are allocable to payments on the Class of Certificates so presented, (ii) to Holders of the Excess Interest Certificates so presented, any amounts remaining on deposit in the Excess Interest Distribution Account, and (iii) any remaining amount shall be distributed to the Class R Certificates in respect of the Class LR Interest or the Class UR Interest, as applicable. Amounts transferred from the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account to the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account as of the final Distribution Date, shall be distributed in termination and liquidation of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests and the Class LR Interest in accordance with Sections 4.01(a), 4.01(c), 4.01(e) and 4.01(f). Any funds not distributed on such Distribution Date shall be set aside and held uninvested in trust for the benefit of the Certificateholders not presenting and surrendering their Certificates in the aforesaid manner and shall be disposed of in accordance with this Section 9.01 and Section 4.01(h).

Section 9.02        Additional Termination Requirements. (a) In the event a Master Servicer or a Special Servicer purchases, or the Holders of the Controlling Class or the Holders of the Class R Certificates purchase, all of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund as provided in Section 9.01, the Upper-Tier REMIC and Lower-Tier REMIC, as applicable, shall be terminated in accordance with the following additional

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requirements, which meet the definition of a “qualified liquidation” in Section 860F(a)(4) of the Code:

(i)                              the Certificate Administrator shall specify the date of adoption of the plan of complete liquidation (which shall be the date of mailing of the notice specified in Section 9.01) in a statement attached to each of the related Trust REMICs’ final Tax Returns pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.860F-1;

(ii)                           during the 90-day liquidation period and at or prior to the time of the making of the final payment on the Certificates, the Certificate Administrator on behalf of the Trustee shall sell all of the assets of the related Trust REMICs to the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer, the Holders of the Controlling Class or the Holders of the Class R Certificates, as applicable, for cash; and

(iii)                         within such 90-day liquidation period and immediately following the making of the final payment on the Lower-Tier Regular Interests and the Certificates, the Certificate Administrator shall distribute or credit, or cause to be distributed or credited, to the Holders of the Class R Certificates in respect of the Class LR Interest (in the case of the Lower-Tier REMIC) and in respect of the Class UR Interest (in the case of the Upper-Tier REMIC) all cash on hand (other than cash retained to meet claims), and the Trust (if applicable) or the related Trust REMIC(s) shall terminate at that time.

[End of Article IX]

Article X

ADDITIONAL REMIC PROVISIONS

Section 10.01    REMIC Administration. (a) The Certificate Administrator shall make elections or cause elections to be made to treat each Trust REMIC as a REMIC under the Code and, if necessary, under Applicable State and Local Tax Law. Each such election will be made on Form 1066 or other appropriate federal tax return for the taxable year ending on the last day of the calendar year in which the Lower-Tier Regular Interests and the Certificates are issued. For the purposes of the REMIC election in respect of the Upper-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier Regular Interests shall be designated the “regular interests,” and the Class UR Interest shall be designated the sole class of “residual interests” in the Upper-Tier REMIC. For purposes of the REMIC election in respect of the Lower-Tier REMIC, each Class of Lower-Tier Regular Interests shall be designated as a class of “regular interests” and the Class LR Interest shall be designated as the sole class of “residual interests” in the Lower-Tier REMIC. Each applicable Special Servicer, each applicable Master Servicer and the Trustee shall not permit the creation of any “interests” (within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code) in any Trust REMIC other than the foregoing interests. The Certificate Administrator shall prepare or cause to be prepared and timely produced to the Trustee to sign (and the Trustee shall timely sign) and file or cause to be filed with the Internal Revenue Service, on behalf of each of the Lower-Tier REMIC and the Upper-Tier REMIC, an application for a taxpayer identification number for such Trust REMIC on IRS Form SS-4 or obtain such number by other permissible means. The Certificate Administrator shall be responsible for the preparation of the related IRS Form W-9, if such form is requested. The Trustee

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shall be entitled to rely on the information contained therein, and is hereby directed to execute such IRS Form W-9; provided, however, the Certificate Administrator shall also be directed to execute such IRS Form W-9 (in lieu of the Trustee) if permitted by IRS regulations.

(b)               The Closing Date is hereby designated as the “startup day” (“Startup Day”) of each Trust REMIC within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(9) of the Code.

(c)               The Certificate Administrator shall act on behalf of each Trust REMIC in relation to any tax matter or controversy involving either such REMIC and shall represent each such REMIC in any administrative or judicial proceeding relating to an examination or audit by any governmental taxing authority with respect thereto. The legal expenses, including without limitation attorneys’ or accountants’ fees, and costs of any such proceeding and any liability resulting therefrom shall be expenses of the Trust and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to reimbursement therefor out of amounts attributable to the Mortgage Loans and any REO Properties on deposit in each applicable Collection Account as provided by Section 3.05(a) unless such legal expenses and costs are incurred by reason of the Certificate Administrator’s willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence. The Certificate Administrator shall be designated as the “partnership representative” within the meaning of Section 6223 of the Code of each Trust REMIC. By their acceptance thereof, the Holders of the Class R Certificates agree to the designation of the Certificate Administrator as “partnership representative” for the Trust REMICs.

(d)               The Certificate Administrator shall prepare or cause to be prepared and shall file, or cause to be filed, all of the Tax Returns that it determines are required with respect to each Trust REMIC created hereunder, and shall cause the Trustee to sign (and the Trustee shall timely sign) such Tax Returns in a timely manner. The ordinary expenses of preparing such returns shall be borne by the Certificate Administrator without any right of reimbursement therefor. The Certificate Administrator shall prepare or cause to be prepared, and file or cause to be filed with the IRS, on behalf of each of the Lower-Tier REMIC and the Upper-Tier REMIC, an application for a taxpayer identification number for such REMIC on IRS Form SS-4 or obtain such number by other permissible means.

(e)               The Certificate Administrator shall provide or cause to be provided (i) to any Transferor of a Class R Certificate such information as is necessary for the application of any tax relating to the transfer of such Class R Certificate to any Person who is a Disqualified Organization, or in the case of a Transfer to an agent thereof, to such agent, (ii) to the Certificateholders such information or reports as are required by the Code or the REMIC Provisions including reports relating to interest, original issue discount and market discount or premium (using the Prepayment Assumption) and (iii) to the Internal Revenue Service, Form 8811, within thirty (30) days after the Closing Date.

(f)                The Certificate Administrator shall take such actions and shall cause the Trust to take such actions as are reasonably within the Certificate Administrator’s control and the scope of its duties more specifically set forth herein as shall be necessary to maintain the status of each Trust REMIC as a REMIC under the REMIC Provisions and the Trustee shall assist the Certificate Administrator to the extent reasonably requested by the Certificate Administrator to do so. No Master Servicer or Special Servicer shall knowingly or intentionally take any action, cause the Trust to take any action or fail to take (or fail to cause to be taken) any action reasonably within

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its control and the scope of duties more specifically set forth herein, that, under the REMIC Provisions, if taken or not taken, as the case may be, could (i) cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or (ii) result in the imposition of a tax upon any Trust REMIC or the Trust (including but not limited to the tax on “prohibited transactions” as defined in Section 860F(a)(2) of the Code and the tax on contributions to a REMIC set forth in Section 860G(d) of the Code, but not including the tax on “net income from foreclosure property”) (either such event, an “Adverse REMIC Event”) unless the Certificate Administrator receives an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party seeking to take such action or, if such party fails to pay such expense, and the Certificate Administrator determines that taking such action is in the best interest of the Trust and the Certificateholders, at the expense of the Trust, but in no event at the expense of the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee) to the effect that the contemplated action will not, with respect to the Trust, any Trust REMIC created hereunder, cause the loss of such status or, unless the Certificate Administrator determines in its sole discretion to indemnify the Trust against such tax, result in the imposition of such a tax (not including a tax on “net income from foreclosure property”). The Trustee shall not take or fail to take any action (whether or not authorized hereunder) as to which the Certificate Administrator has advised it in writing that it has received an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that an Adverse REMIC Event could occur with respect to such action. The Certificate Administrator may consult with counsel to make such written advice, and the cost of same shall be borne by the party seeking to take the action not expressly permitted by this Agreement, but in no event at the expense of the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee. At all times as may be required by the Code, the Certificate Administrator will to the extent within its control and the scope of its duties more specifically set forth herein, maintain substantially all of the assets of each Trust REMIC as “qualified mortgages” as defined in Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code and “permitted investments” as defined in Section 860G(a)(5) of the Code.

(g)               In the event that any applicable federal, state or local tax, including interest, penalties or assessments, additional amounts or additions to tax, is imposed on any Trust REMIC, such tax shall be charged against amounts otherwise distributable to the Holders of the Certificates, except as provided in the last sentence of this Section 10.01(g); provided that with respect to the estimated amount of tax imposed on any “net income from foreclosure property” pursuant to Section 860G(c) of the Code or any similar tax imposed by a state or local tax authority, the applicable Special Servicer shall retain in the related REO Account a reserve for the payment of such taxes in such amounts and at such times as it shall deem appropriate (or as advised by the Certificate Administrator in writing), and shall remit to the applicable Master Servicer such reserved amounts as the applicable Master Servicer shall request in order to pay such taxes. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, the applicable Master Servicer shall withdraw from the applicable Collection Account sufficient funds to pay or provide for the payment of, and to actually pay, such tax as is estimated to be legally owed by any Trust REMIC (but such authorization shall not prevent the Certificate Administrator from contesting, at the expense of the Trust (other than as a consequence of a breach of its obligations under this Agreement), any such tax in appropriate proceedings, and withholding payment of such tax, if permitted by law, pending the outcome of such proceedings). The Certificate Administrator is hereby authorized to and shall segregate, into a separate non-interest bearing account, the net income from any “prohibited transaction” under Section 860F(a) of the Code or the amount of any taxable contribution to any Trust REMIC after the Startup Day that is subject to tax under Section 860G(d) of the Code and use such income or amount, to the extent necessary, to pay such prohibited transactions tax. To the extent that any such tax (other than any such tax paid in respect of “net income from foreclosure property”) is paid

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to the Internal Revenue Service or applicable state or local tax authorities, the Certificate Administrator shall retain an equal amount from future amounts otherwise distributable to the Holders of Class R Certificates (as applicable) and shall distribute such retained amounts, (x) in the case of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests, to the Upper-Tier REMIC to the extent they are fully reimbursed for any Realized Losses arising therefrom and then to the Holders of the Class R Certificates in respect of the Class LR Interest in the manner specified in Section 4.01(c) and (y) in the case of the Upper-Tier REMIC, to the Holders of the Principal Balance Certificates in the manner specified in Section 4.01(a), to the extent they are fully reimbursed for any Realized Losses arising therefrom and then to the Holders of the Class R Certificates in respect of the Class UR Interest. None of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, any Master Servicer or any Special Servicer shall be responsible for any taxes imposed on any Trust REMIC except to the extent such taxes arise as a consequence of a breach of their respective obligations under this Agreement which breach constitutes willful misconduct, bad faith, or negligence by such party.

(h)               The Certificate Administrator shall, for federal income tax purposes, maintain or cause to be maintained books and records with respect to each Trust REMIC on a calendar year and on an accrual basis or as otherwise may be required by the REMIC Provisions.

(i)                 Following the Startup Day, neither the Certificate Administrator nor the Trustee shall accept any contributions of assets to any Trust REMIC unless the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee shall have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party seeking to make such contribution) to the effect that the inclusion of such assets in such Trust REMIC will not cause an Adverse REMIC Event.

(j)                 Neither the Certificate Administrator nor the Trustee shall enter into any arrangement by which the Trust or any Trust REMIC will receive a fee or other compensation for services nor permit the Trust or any Trust REMIC to receive any income from assets other than “qualified mortgages” as defined in Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code or “permitted investments” as defined in Section 860G(a)(5) of the Code.

(k)               Solely for the purposes of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii), the “latest possible maturity date” by which the Certificate Balance or Notional Amount of each Class of Regular Certificates, Exchangeable Certificates or Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests and by which the Lower-Tier Principal Amount of each Class of Lower-Tier Regular Interests would be reduced to zero is the date that is the Rated Final Distribution Date.

(l)                 None of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as applicable, shall sell, dispose of or substitute for any of the Mortgage Loans (except in connection with (i) the default, imminent default or foreclosure of a Mortgage Loan, including but not limited to, the acquisition or sale of a Mortgaged Property acquired by foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure, (ii) the bankruptcy of the Trust, (iii) the termination of the Trust pursuant to Article IX of this Agreement or (iv) a purchase of Mortgage Loans pursuant to Article II or Article III of this Agreement) or acquire any assets for the Trust or any Trust REMIC or sell or dispose of any investments in the applicable Collection Account or the REO Account for gain unless it has received an Opinion of Counsel that such sale, disposition or substitution will not (a) affect adversely the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC

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or (b) unless the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, has determined in its sole discretion to indemnify the Trust against such tax, cause the Trust or any Trust REMIC to be subject to a tax on “prohibited transactions” pursuant to the REMIC Provisions.

(m)             The Certificate Administrator’s authority under this Agreement includes the authority to make, and the Certificate Administrator is hereby directed to make, any elections allowed under the Code (i) to avoid the application of Section 6221 of the Code (or successor provisions) to either Trust REMIC and (ii) to avoid payment by either Trust REMIC under Section 6225 of the Code (or successor provisions) of any tax, penalty, interest or other amount imposed under the Code that would otherwise be imposed on any Holder of a Class R Certificate, past or present. Each Holder of a Class R Certificate agrees, by acquiring such Certificate, to any such elections.

(n)               The Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests shall be held in the Grantor Trust and have been placed in the Grantor Trust through the efforts of the Underwriters. The Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests shall be held by the Certificate Administrator on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the Exchangeable Certificates, which Exchangeable Certificates, in the aggregate, will evidence 100% beneficial ownership of such assets from and after the Closing Date. Each Class of Exchangeable Certificates shall represent an undivided beneficial ownership interest in the Corresponding Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests in an amount equal to the Class Percentage Interest of such Class in each such Corresponding Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest.

Section 10.02    Use of Agents.(a) The Trustee shall execute all of its obligations and duties under this Article X through its Corporate Trust Office. The Trustee may execute any of its obligations and duties under this Article X either directly or by or through agents, affiliates or attorneys. The Trustee shall not be relieved of any of its duties or obligations under this Article X by virtue of the appointment of any such agents, affiliates or attorneys.

(b)               The Certificate Administrator may execute any of its obligations and duties under this Article X either directly or by or through agents or attorneys. The Certificate Administrator shall not be relieved of any of its duties or obligations under this Article X by virtue of the appointment of any such agents or attorneys.

Section 10.03    Depositor, Master Servicers and Special Servicers to Cooperate with Certificate Administrator. (a) The Depositor shall provide or cause to be provided to the Certificate Administrator within ten (10) days after the Depositor receives a request from the Certificate Administrator, all information or data that the Certificate Administrator reasonably determines to be relevant for tax purposes as to the valuations and issue prices of the Certificates, including, without limitation, the price, yield, Prepayment Assumptions and projected cash flow of the Certificates.

(b)               Each applicable Master Servicer and each applicable Special Servicer shall each furnish such reports, certifications and information, and upon reasonable notice and during normal business hours, access to such books and records maintained thereby, as may relate to the

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Certificates or the Trust and as shall be reasonably requested by the Certificate Administrator in order to enable it to perform its duties hereunder.

Section 10.04    Appointment of REMIC Administrators.(a) The Certificate Administrator may appoint at the Certificate Administrator’s expense, one or more REMIC Administrators, which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Certificate Administrator in performing the functions set forth in Section 10.01 herein. The Certificate Administrator shall cause any such REMIC Administrator to execute and deliver to the Certificate Administrator an instrument in which REMIC Administrator shall agree to act in such capacity, with the obligations and responsibilities herein. The appointment of a REMIC Administrator shall not relieve the Certificate Administrator from any of its obligations hereunder, and the Certificate Administrator shall remain responsible and liable for all acts and omissions of the REMIC Administrator. Each REMIC Administrator must be acceptable to the Certificate Administrator and must be organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any State and be subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities. In the absence of any other Person appointed in accordance herewith acting as REMIC Administrator, the Certificate Administrator hereby agrees to act in such capacity in accordance with the terms hereof. If Computershare Trust Company, National Association is removed as Certificate Administrator, then Computershare Trust Company, National Association shall be terminated as REMIC Administrator.

(b)               Any Person into which any REMIC Administrator may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion, or consolidation to which any REMIC Administrator shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to the corporate agency business of any REMIC Administrator, shall continue to be the REMIC Administrator without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Certificate Administrator or the REMIC Administrator.

(c)               Any REMIC Administrator may at any time resign by giving at least thirty (30) days’ advance written notice of resignation to the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Certificate Administrator, each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer and the Depositor. The Certificate Administrator may at any time terminate the agency of any REMIC Administrator by giving written notice of termination to such REMIC Administrator, each applicable Master Servicer, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor. Upon receiving a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time any REMIC Administrator shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 10.04, the Certificate Administrator may appoint a successor REMIC Administrator, in which case the Certificate Administrator shall give written notice of such appointment to each applicable Master Servicer, the Trustee and the Depositor and shall mail notice of such appointment to all Certificateholders; provided, however, that no successor REMIC Administrator shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section 10.04. Any successor REMIC Administrator upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers, duties and responsibilities of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as REMIC Administrator. No REMIC Administrator shall have responsibility or liability for any action taken by it as such at the direction of the Certificate Administrator.

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Article XI

EXCHANGE ACT REPORTING AND REGULATION AB COMPLIANCE

Section 11.01    Intent of the Parties; Reasonableness. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the purpose of Article XI of this Agreement is to facilitate compliance by the Depositor (and any Other Depositor of any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan) with the provisions of Regulation AB and the related rules and regulations of the Commission. The Depositor shall not exercise its rights to request delivery of information or other performance under these provisions other than in reasonable good faith, or for purposes other than compliance with the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and, in each case, the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. The parties hereto acknowledge that interpretations of the requirements of Regulation AB may change over time, due to interpretive guidance provided by the Commission or its staff, and agree to comply with requests made by the Depositor (or any Other Depositor or Other Trustee of any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan) in good faith for delivery of information under these provisions on the basis of such evolving interpretations of Regulation AB (to the extent such interpretations require compliance and are not “grandfathered”). In connection with MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1, and any Other Securitization subject to Regulation AB that includes a Serviced Companion Loan, each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Trustee, the Custodian and the Certificate Administrator shall cooperate fully with the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator, and any Other Depositor, Other Trustee and Other Certificate Administrator of any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable, to deliver or make available to the Depositor or the Certificate Administrator, and any such Other Depositor, Other Trustee or Other Certificate Administrator, as applicable (including any of its assignees or designees), any and all statements, reports, certifications, records and any other information (in its possession or reasonably attainable) necessary in the reasonable good faith determination of the Depositor or such Other Depositor, as applicable, to permit the Depositor or such Other Depositor, as applicable, to comply with the provisions of Regulation AB, together with such disclosures relating to each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Trustee, the Custodian, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, and any Sub-Servicer, or the servicing of the Mortgage Loans (and the related Serviced Companion Loan, if applicable), reasonably believed by the Depositor or the related Other Depositor to be necessary in order to effect such compliance. Each party to this Agreement shall have a reasonable period of time to comply with any written request made under this Section 11.01, but in any event, shall, upon reasonable advance written request, provide information in sufficient time to allow the Depositor and each Other Depositor to satisfy any related filing requirements. For purposes of this Article XI, to the extent any party has an obligation to exercise commercially reasonable efforts to cause a third party to perform, such party hereunder shall not be required to bring any legal action against such third party in connection with such obligation.

Section 11.02    Succession; Subcontractors. (a) As a condition to the succession to any Master Servicer and any Special Servicer or to any Sub-Servicer (but only if such Sub-Servicer is a servicer as contemplated by Item 1108(a)(2)) as servicer or sub-servicer or succession to the Certificate Administrator under this Agreement by any Person (i) into which the applicable Master

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Servicer and the applicable Special Servicer, such Sub-Servicer or Certificate Administrator may be merged or consolidated, or (ii) which may be appointed as a successor to the applicable Master Servicer and the applicable Special Servicer or to any such Sub-Servicer or Certificate Administrator, the person removing and replacing a Master Servicer and a Special Servicer or Certificate Administrator shall provide to the Depositor, each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and each Other Depositor, as applicable, at least fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the effective date of such succession or appointment (or such shorter period as is agreed to by the Depositor), (x) written notice to the Depositor, the Other Depositor and the Other Certificate Administrator of such succession or appointment and (y) in writing and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Depositor, all information relating to such successor reasonably requested by the Depositor, Other Depositor or Other Certificate Administrator in order to comply with its reporting obligation under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K pursuant to the Exchange Act (if such reports under the Exchange Act are required to be filed under the Exchange Act); provided, however that if disclosing such information prior to such effective date would violate any applicable law or confidentiality agreement, the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer, any Additional Servicer or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, shall submit such disclosure to the Depositor and the Other Depositor no later than the effective date of such succession or appointment.

(b)               Each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Sub-Servicer, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor and the Certificate Administrator (each such Master Servicer, Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor and the Certificate Administrator and each Sub-Servicer, for purposes of this Section 11.02, a “Servicer”) is permitted to utilize one or more Subcontractors to perform certain of its obligations hereunder. If such Subcontractor will be a Servicing Function Participant, such Servicer shall promptly upon written request provide to the Depositor or any Mortgage Loan Seller (and any Other Trustee, Other Certificate Administrator and Other Depositor related to any Other Securitization that includes a related Serviced Companion Loan) a written description (in form and substance satisfactory to the Depositor, such Mortgage Loan Seller or such Other Trustee, Other Certificate Administrator or Other Depositor, as applicable) of the role and function of each Subcontractor utilized by such Servicer, specifying (i) the identity of such Subcontractor and (ii) the elements of the Servicing Criteria that will be addressed in assessments of compliance provided by each such Subcontractor. As a condition to the utilization by such Servicer of any Subcontractor determined to be a Servicing Function Participant, such Servicer shall (i) with respect to any such Subcontractor engaged by such Servicer that is an Initial Sub-Servicer, use commercially reasonable efforts to cause, and (ii) with respect to any other subcontractor with which it has entered into a servicing relationship, cause such Subcontractor used by such Servicer for the benefit of the Depositor and the Trustee (and any Other Trustee, Other Certificate Administrator and Other Depositor related to any Other Securitization that includes a related Serviced Companion Loan) to comply with the provisions of Section 11.10 and Section 11.11 of this Agreement to the same extent as if such Subcontractor were such Servicer. With respect to any Servicing Function Participant engaged by such Servicer that is an Initial Sub-Servicer, such Servicer shall be responsible for using commercially reasonable efforts to obtain, and with respect to each other Servicing Function Participant engaged by such Servicer, such Servicer shall obtain from each such Servicing Function Participant and deliver to the applicable Persons any assessment of compliance report and related accountant’s attestation required to be delivered by such Subcontractor under Section 11.10 and Section 11.11,

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in each case, as and when required to be delivered. For the avoidance of doubt, the Custodian shall not be permitted to utilize any Subcontractor to perform any of its obligations hereunder.

(c)               Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Servicer engages a Subcontractor, other than an Initial Sub-Servicer in connection with the performance of any of its duties under this Agreement, such Servicer shall be responsible for determining whether such Subcontractor is a “servicer” within the meaning of Item 1101 of Regulation AB and whether any such Subcontractor meets the criteria in Item 1108(a)(2)(i), (ii) or (iii) of Regulation AB. If a Servicer determines, pursuant to the preceding sentence, that such Subcontractor is a “servicer” within the meaning of Item 1101 of Regulation AB and meets the criteria in Item 1108(a)(2)(i), (ii) or (iii) of Regulation AB, then such Subcontractor shall be deemed to be a Sub-Servicer for purposes of this Agreement, the engagement of such Sub-Servicer shall not be effective unless and until notice is given to the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator of any such Sub-Servicer and Sub-Servicing Agreement. Other than with respect to the Initial Sub-Servicer, no Sub-Servicing Agreement shall be effective until fifteen (15) days after such written notice is received by the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator (or such shorter period as is agreed to by the Depositor). Such notice shall contain all information reasonably necessary to enable the Certificate Administrator to accurately and timely report the event under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K pursuant to the Exchange Act (if such reports under the Exchange Act are required to be filed under the Exchange Act).

(d)               In connection with the succession to the Trustee under this Agreement by any Person (i) into which the Trustee may be merged or consolidated, or (ii) which may be appointed as a successor to the Trustee, the Trustee shall deliver written notice to the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator and the 17g-5 Information Provider, which shall promptly post such notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.13(c), in each case at least thirty (30) calendar days prior to the effective date of such succession or appointment (or if such prior notice is violative of applicable law or any applicable confidentiality agreement, no later than one (1) Business Day after such effective date of succession) and shall furnish to the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator, in writing and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator, all information reasonably necessary for the Certificate Administrator to accurately and timely report, pursuant to Section 11.07, the event under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K pursuant to the Exchange Act (if such reports under the Exchange Act are required to be filed under the Exchange Act).

(e)               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Article XI, in connection with any Sub-Servicer and/or any Mortgage Loan that is the subject of an Initial Sub-Servicing Agreement, with respect to all matters related to Regulation AB, the applicable Master Servicer shall not have any obligation other than to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Sub-Servicer to comply with its obligations under such Initial Sub-Servicing Agreement.

(f)                Any notice and/or information furnished or required to be furnished pursuant to this Section 11.02 shall also be provided to each Other Depositor and each Other Certificate Administrator (to the extent the information relates to a party that services, specially services or is trustee for a Serviced Companion Loan) in the same time frame as set forth in this Section 11.02.

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Section 11.03    Filing Obligations. (a) Each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee shall reasonably cooperate with the Depositor in connection with the satisfaction of the Trust’s reporting requirements under the Exchange Act. Pursuant to Sections 11.04, 11.05, 11.06 and 11.07 of this Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall prepare for execution by the Depositor any Forms 8-K, 10-D, ABS-EE and 10-K required by the Exchange Act, in order to permit the timely filing thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall file (via the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval System (“EDGAR”)) such Forms executed by the Depositor.

Each party hereto shall be entitled to rely on the information in the Prospectus or this Agreement with respect to the identity of any “sponsor”, credit enhancer, derivative provider or “significant obligor” as of the Closing Date other than with respect to itself or any information required to be provided by it or indemnified for by it pursuant to any separate agreement.

(b)               In the event that the Certificate Administrator is unable to timely file with the Commission all or any required portion of any Form 8-K, 10-D, ABS-EE or 10-K required to be filed by this Agreement because required disclosure information was either not delivered to it or delivered to it after the delivery deadlines set forth in this Agreement, the Certificate Administrator will promptly notify the Depositor. In the case of Forms 10-D, ABS-EE and 10-K, the Depositor, each applicable Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and the Trustee will thereupon cooperate to prepare and file a Form 12b-25 and a Form 10-D/A, Form ABS-EE/A or Form 10-K/A, as applicable, pursuant to Rule 12b-25 of the Exchange Act. In the case of Form 8-K, the Certificate Administrator will, upon receipt of all required Form 8-K Disclosure Information and upon the approval and direction of the Depositor, include such disclosure information on the next succeeding Form 10-D to be filed for the Trust. In the event that any previously filed Form 8-K, Form 10-D, Form ABS-EE or Form 10-K needs to be amended, the Certificate Administrator will notify the Depositor, and such other parties as needed and the parties hereto will cooperate with the Certificate Administrator to prepare any necessary Form 8-K/A, Form 10-D/A, Form ABS-EE/A or Form 10-K/A. Any Form 15, Form 12b-25 or any amendment to Form 8-K, Form 10-D, Form ABS-EE or Form 10-K shall be signed by an officer of the Depositor. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that the performance by the Certificate Administrator of its duties under this Section 11.03 related to the timely preparation and filing of Form 15, a Form 12b-25 or any amendment to Form 8-K, Form 10-D, Form ABS-EE or Form 10-K is contingent upon the parties observing all applicable deadlines in the performance of their duties under Sections 11.03, 11.04, 11.05, 11.06, 11.07, 11.08, 11.09, 11.10, 11.11 and 11.15 of this Agreement. The Certificate Administrator shall have no liability for any loss, expense, damage, claim arising out of or with respect to any failure to properly prepare, arrange for execution and/or timely file any such Form 15, Form 12b-25 or any amendments to Form 8-K, Form 10-D, Form ABS-EE or Form 10-K, where such failure results from the Certificate Administrator’s inability or failure to receive, on a timely basis, any information from any other party hereto needed to prepare, arrange for execution or file such Form 15, Form 12b-25 or any amendments to Forms 8-K, Form 10-D, Form ABS-EE or Form 10-K, not resulting from its own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.

Section 11.04    Form 10-D and Form ABS-EE Filings. (a) Within fifteen (15) days after each Distribution Date (subject to permitted extensions under the Exchange Act), the

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Certificate Administrator shall prepare and file on behalf of the Trust any Form 10-D required by the Exchange Act, in form and substance as required by the Exchange Act. The Certificate Administrator shall file each Form 10-D with a copy of the related Distribution Date Statement attached thereto. Any disclosure in addition to the Distribution Date Statement that is required to be included on Form 10-D (“Additional Form 10-D Disclosure”) shall, pursuant to the following paragraph be reported by the parties set forth on Exhibit AA to the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator and approved by the Depositor, and the Certificate Administrator will have no duty or liability for any failure hereunder to determine or prepare any Additional Form 10-D Disclosure, absent such reporting, direction and approval.

For so long as the Trust is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, as set forth on Exhibit AA hereto, within five (5) calendar days after the related Distribution Date, (i) certain parties to this Agreement identified on Exhibit AA hereto shall be required to provide to the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor (and in the case of any Servicing Function Participant, with a copy to the applicable Master Servicer), to the extent a Regulation AB Servicing Officer or Responsible Officer, as the case may be, has actual knowledge, in EDGAR-Compatible Format, or in such other format as otherwise agreed upon by the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor and such providing parties, the form and substance of any Additional Form 10-D Disclosure, if applicable; provided that information relating to any REO Account to be reported under “Item 9: Other Information” on Exhibit AA shall be reported by the applicable Special Servicer to the applicable Master Servicer within four (4) calendar days after the related Distribution Date on Exhibit LL; (ii) the parties listed on Exhibit AA hereto shall include with such Additional Form 10-D Disclosure, an Additional Disclosure Notification in the form attached hereto as Exhibit DD (except with respect to the reporting of REO Account balances which shall be delivered in the form of Exhibit LL hereto) and (iii) the Depositor shall approve, as to form and substance, or disapprove, as the case may be, the inclusion of the Additional Form 10-D Disclosure on Form 10-D. Information delivered to the Certificate Administrator hereunder should be delivered by email to !nacctsecnotifications@computershare.com (or such other e-mail address as the Certificate Administrator may instruct) or by facsimile to 410-715-2380, Attn: CTS SEC Notifications. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator has any duty under this Agreement to monitor or enforce the performance by the parties listed on Exhibit AA of their duties under this paragraph or proactively solicit or procure from such parties any Additional Form 10-D Disclosure information. The Depositor will be responsible for any reasonable expenses incurred by the Trustee or Certificate Administrator in connection with including any Additional Form 10-D Disclosure on Form 10-D pursuant to this paragraph.

The Certificate Administrator shall include in any Form 10-D filed by it (i) the information required by Rule 15Ga-1(a) of the Exchange Act concerning all assets of the Trust that were subject of a demand for the repurchase of, or the substitution of a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for, a Mortgage Loan contemplated by Section 2.03(b), (ii) a reference to the most recent Form ABS-15G filed by the Depositor and the Mortgage Loan Sellers, if applicable, and the Commission’s assigned “Central Index Key” for each such filer and (iii) to the extent such information is provided to the Certificate Administrator by the applicable Master Servicer in the form of Exhibit LL hereto for inclusion therein within the time period described in this Section 11.04, the balances of the REO Account (to the extent the related information has been received from the applicable Special Servicer within the time period specified in this Section 11.04) and each applicable Collection Account as of the related Distribution Date and as

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of the immediately preceding Distribution Date and (iv) the balances of the Distribution Accounts, the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the Interest Reserve Account, in each case as of the related Distribution Date and as of the immediately preceding Distribution Date. The Depositor and the Mortgage Loan Sellers, in accordance with Section 5(f) of the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, shall deliver such information as described in clause (i) and clause (ii) of this paragraph.

Form 10-D requires the registrant to indicate (by checking “yes” or “no”) that it “(1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the preceding twelve (12) months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past ninety (90) days.” The Depositor shall notify the Certificate Administrator by email to !nacctsecnotifications@computershare.com, no later than the fifth (5th) calendar day after the related Distribution Date with respect to the filing of a report on Form 10-D if the answer to the questions should be “no.” The Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely on such representations in preparing, executing and/or filing any such report.

With respect to any Mortgage Loan that permits Additional Debt or mezzanine debt in the future, the Certificate Administrator shall include as part of any applicable Form 10-D filed by it (to the extent it receives such information from the applicable Servicer) the identity of such Mortgage Loan and, to the extent such information is received by the Certificate Administrator from the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, substantially in the form of Exhibit JJ (A) the amount of any such Additional Debt or mezzanine debt, as applicable, that is incurred during the related Collection Period, (B) the total debt service coverage ratio calculated on the basis of such Mortgage Loan and such Additional Debt or mezzanine debt, as applicable, and (C) the aggregate LTV Ratio calculated on the basis of such Mortgage Loan and such Additional Debt or mezzanine debt, as applicable.

The Depositor hereby directs the Certificate Administrator to include the following individual’s name and phone number on the cover of Forms 10-D and ABS-EE for each reporting period: Name: George Kok, Telephone: (212) 761-0327. The Certificate Administrator may rely without further investigation that this information remains correct unless and until the Depositor provides the Certificate Administrator with a new individual’s name and phone number in writing.

Upon receipt of the Asset Review Report Summary from the Asset Representations Reviewer required to be delivered pursuant to Section 12.01(b), the Certificate Administrator shall (i) include such Asset Review Report Summary in Item 1B on the Form 10-D in accordance with Section 11.04 for such period in which such Asset Review Report Summary was delivered, and (ii) post such Asset Review Report Summary to the Certificate Administrator’s Website not later than two (2) Business Days after receipt of such Asset Review Report Summary from the Asset Representations Reviewer.

To the extent the Certificate Administrator receives a request from any Certificateholder or Certificate Owner to communicate with other Certificateholders or Certificate Owners pursuant to Section 5.06, the Certificate Administrator shall include on the Form 10-D relating to the reporting period in which such request was received a Special Notice including the information required to be included pursuant to Section 5.06.

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(b)               After preparing the Forms 10-D and ABS-EE, the Certificate Administrator shall forward electronically copies of the Forms 10-D and ABS-EE to the Depositor for review no later than ten (10) calendar days after the related Distribution Date or, if the 10th calendar day after the related Distribution Date is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day. Within two (2) Business Days after receipt of such copies, but no later than the two (2) Business Days prior to the 15th calendar day after the Distribution Date, the Depositor shall notify the Certificate Administrator in writing (which may be furnished electronically) of any changes to or approval of such Form 10-D and Form ABS-EE, respectively, and, a duly authorized officer of the Depositor shall sign the Form 10-D and Form ABS-EE and return an electronic or fax copy of such signed Form 10-D and Form ABS-EE (with an original executed hard copy to follow by overnight mail) to the Certificate Administrator. Alternatively, if the Certificate Administrator agrees in its sole discretion, the Depositor may deliver to the Certificate Administrator manually signed copies of a power of attorney meeting the requirements of Item 601(b)(24) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act under the Securities Act, and certified copies of a resolution of the Depositor’s board of directors authorizing such power of attorney, each to be filed with each Form 10-D and each Form ABS-EE, as applicable, in which case the Certificate Administrator shall sign such Forms 10-D and Forms ABS-EE, as applicable, as attorney in fact for the Depositor. As provided in Section 11.04(d), the Certificate Administrator shall file such Form ABS-EE, upon receipt of the Depositor’s signature thereof, prior to the filing of the related Form 10-D. If a Form 10-D or Form ABS-EE cannot be filed on time or if a previously filed Form 10-D or Form ABS-EE needs to be amended, the Certificate Administrator will follow the procedures set forth in Section 11.03(b). Promptly after filing with the Commission, the Certificate Administrator will make available on its Internet website a final executed copy of each Form 10-D and Form ABS-EE filed by the Certificate Administrator. The signing party at the Depositor can be contacted at 1585 Broadway, New York, New York, 10036, Attention: George Kok, with a copy to Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., 1633 Broadway, 29th Floor, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Legal Compliance Division, and a copy by email to cmbs_notices@morganstanley.com. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that the performance by the Certificate Administrator of its duties under this Section 11.04(b) related to the timely preparation and filing of Form 10-D and Form ABS-EE, as applicable, is contingent upon such parties observing all applicable deadlines in the performance of their duties under this Section 11.04(b). Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall have any liability for any loss, expense, damage, or claim arising out of or with respect to any failure to properly prepare, arrange for execution and/or timely file such Form 10-D or such Form ABS-EE, respectively, where such failure results from the Certificate Administrator’s inability or failure to receive, on a timely basis, any information from any party to this Agreement needed to prepare, arrange for execution or file such Form 10-D or such Form ABS-EE, respectively, not resulting from its own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.

(c)               Prior to the filing of each Form 10-D by the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 11.04(a), the Certificate Administrator shall prepare and file on behalf of the Trust any Form ABS-EE in form and substance as required by the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to any Form ABS-EE required to be filed with the Commission and incorporated by reference in the Prospectus (or the preliminary version thereof). The Certificate Administrator shall file each Form ABS-EE with a copy of the related CREFC^® Schedule AL File received by the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 3.12(c) as Exhibit 102 thereto. To the extent the Certificate Administrator receives any Schedule AL Additional File with respect to such Form ABS-EE pursuant to

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Section 3.12(c), the Certificate Administrator shall file such Schedule AL Additional File as Exhibit 103 to such Form ABS-EE. The Certificate Administrator shall not be required to combine multiple CREFC^® Schedule AL Files or Schedule AL Additional Files. The Certificate Administrator shall not be required to review, redact, reconcile, edit or verify the content, completeness or accuracy of the information contained in any CREFC^® Schedule AL File or Schedule AL Additional File. After preparing the Form ABS-EE, the Certificate Administrator shall forward electronically a copy of such Form ABS-EE (together with the related CREFC^® Schedule AL File and any Schedule AL Additional File received by the Certificate Administrator) concurrently with the related Form 10-D to the Depositor for review and approval. Any questions shall be directed to ssreports@wellsfargo.com. The Master Servicer shall reasonably cooperate with the Depositor to answer any reasonable questions that the Depositor may pose to such Master Servicer regarding the data or information contained in any CREFC^® Schedule AL File or Schedule AL Additional File (other than questions regarding data that is in the Initial Schedule AL File, Initial Schedule AL Additional File or the Annex A-1 to the Prospectus) as of the time the applicable Master Servicer delivered such CREFC^® Schedule AL File or Schedule AL Additional File, as applicable, to the Certificate Administrator. The Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Depositor shall each, to the extent related to such party’s obligations hereunder, reasonably cooperate to remedy any filing errors regarding any CREFC^® Schedule AL File or any Schedule AL Additional File in a timely manner.

The Depositor hereby directs the Certificate Administrator to include the following individual’s name and phone number on the cover of Form ABS-EE for each reporting period: Name: George Kok, Telephone: (212) 761-0327. The Certificate Administrator may rely without further investigation that this information remains correct unless and until the Depositor provides the Certificate Administrator with a new individual’s name and phone number in writing.

(d)               Any notice and/or information furnished or required to be furnished pursuant to this Section 11.04 shall also be provided to each Other Depositor and each Other Certificate Administrator (to the extent the notice and/or information relates to a Serviced Companion Loan or a party that services, specially services or is trustee or custodian for a Serviced Companion Loan) in the same time frame as set forth in this Section 11.04.

Section 11.05    Form 10-K Filings.(a) Within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Trust (it being understood that the fiscal year for the Trust ends on December 31 of each year) or such earlier date as may be required by the Exchange Act (the “10-K Filing Deadline”), commencing in March 2024, the Certificate Administrator shall prepare and file on behalf of the Trust a Form 10-K, in form and substance as required by the Exchange Act. Each such Form 10-K shall include the following items, in each case to the extent they have been delivered to the Certificate Administrator within the applicable time frames set forth in this Agreement:

(i)                an annual compliance statement for each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian and each Additional Servicer, as described under Section 11.09, including disclosure regarding any material instance of noncompliance and the nature and status thereof;

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(ii)               (A) the annual reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for the Trustee, each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Operating Advisor, each Additional Servicer and each other Servicing Function Participant utilized by each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Custodian or Trustee, as described under Section 11.10; and

(B)              if any such report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria described under Section 11.10 identifies any material instance of noncompliance, disclosure identifying such instance of noncompliance (including whether such instance of noncompliance involved the servicing of the assets backing the Certificates issued pursuant to this Agreement and any steps taken to remedy such instance of noncompliance), or if such report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria described under Section 11.10 is not included as an exhibit to such Form 10-K, disclosure that such report is not included and an explanation why such report is not included;

(iii)                (A) the registered public accounting firm attestation report for the Trustee, each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Operating Advisor, each Additional Servicer and each Servicing Function Participant utilized by each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Custodian or the Trustee, as described under Section 11.11; and

(B)              if any registered public accounting firm attestation report described under Section 11.11 identifies any material instance of noncompliance, disclosure identifying such instance of noncompliance, or if any such registered public accounting firm attestation report is not included as an exhibit to such Form 10-K, disclosure that such report is not included and an explanation why such report is not included; and

(iv)                a certification in the form attached hereto as Exhibit Y, with such changes as may be necessary or appropriate as a result of changes promulgated by the Commission (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Certification”), which shall, except as described below, be signed by the senior officer of the Depositor in charge of securitization.

Any disclosure or information in addition to clauses (i) through (iv) above that is required to be included on Form 10-K (“Additional Form 10-K Disclosure”) shall, pursuant to the following paragraph be reported by the parties set forth on Exhibit BB to the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator and approved by the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator will have no duty or liability for any failure hereunder to determine or prepare any Additional Form 10-K Disclosure, absent such reporting, direction and approval. Information delivered to the Certificate Administrator hereunder should be delivered by email to !nacctsecnotifications@computershare.com or by facsimile to (410) 715 2380, Attn: CTS SEC Notifications.

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As set forth on Exhibit BB hereto, no later than March 1st of each year that the Trust is subject to the Exchange Act reporting requirements, commencing in 2024, (i) the parties listed on Exhibit BB shall be required to provide to the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor, to the extent a Regulation AB Servicing Officer or Responsible Officer, as the case may be, has actual knowledge, in EDGAR-Compatible Format or in such other format as otherwise agreed upon by the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor and such providing parties, the form and substance of any Additional Form 10-K Disclosure, if applicable, (ii) the parties listed on Exhibit BB hereto shall include with such Additional Form 10-K Disclosure, an Additional Disclosure Notification in the form attached hereto as Exhibit DD and (iii) the Depositor will approve, as to form and substance, or disapprove, as the case may be, the inclusion of the Additional Form 10-K Disclosure on Form 10-K. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator has any duty under this Agreement to monitor or enforce the performance by the parties listed on Exhibit BB of their duties under this paragraph or proactively solicit or procure from such parties any Additional Form 10-K Disclosure information. The Depositor will be responsible for any reasonable expenses incurred by the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator in connection with including any Additional Form 10-K Disclosure on Form 10-K pursuant to this paragraph.

Form 10-K requires the registrant to indicate (by checking “yes” or “no”) that it “(1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the preceding twelve (12) months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past ninety (90) days.” The Depositor shall notify the Certificate Administrator in writing, no later than March 1st with respect to the filing of a report on Form 10-K, if the answer to the questions should be “no.” The Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely on such representations in preparing, executing and/or filing any such report.

(b)               After preparing the Form 10-K, the Certificate Administrator shall forward electronically a copy of the Form 10-K to the Depositor for review no later than six (6) Business Days prior to the 10-K Filing Deadline. Within three (3) Business Days after receipt of such copy, but no later than March 25th, the Depositor shall notify the Certificate Administrator in writing (which may be furnished electronically) of any changes to or approval of such Form 10-K and the senior officer in charge of securitization for the Depositor shall sign the Form 10-K and return an electronic or fax copy of such signed Form 10-K (with an original executed hard copy to follow by overnight mail) to the Certificate Administrator at such time. If a Form 10-K cannot be filed on time or if a previously filed Form 10-K needs to be amended, the Certificate Administrator shall follow the procedures set forth in Section 11.03(b). Promptly after filing with the Commission, the Certificate Administrator will make available on its Internet website a final executed copy of each Form 10-K filed by the Certificate Administrator. The signing party at the Depositor can be contacted at 1585 Broadway, New York, New York, 10036, Attention: George Kok, with copies to: Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., 1633 Broadway, 29th Floor, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Legal Compliance Division, and cmbs_notices@morganstanley.com. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that the performance by the Certificate Administrator of its duties under this Section 11.05 related to the timely preparation and filing of Form 10-K is contingent upon the parties to this Agreement (and any Additional Servicer or Servicing Function Participant engaged or utilized, as applicable, by any such parties) observing all applicable deadlines in the performance of their duties under this Section 11.05. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate

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Administrator shall have any liability for any loss, expense, damage, claim arising out of or with respect to any failure to properly prepare, arrange for execution and/or timely file such Form 10-K, where such failure results from the Certificate Administrator’s failure to receive, on a timely basis, any information from the parties to this Agreement (or any Sub-Servicer or Servicing Function Participant engaged by any such parties) needed to prepare, arrange for execution or file such Form 10-K, not resulting from its own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.

(c)               Upon written request from any Mortgage Loan Seller, Other Depositor, any Master Servicer or any Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator shall confirm to such Mortgage Loan Seller, Other Depositor, applicable Master Servicer or applicable Special Servicer whether it has received notice that any party to this Agreement has changed since the Closing Date and will provide to such Mortgage Loan Seller or Other Depositor, the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, if known to the Certificate Administrator, the identity of the new party.

(d)               Any notice and/or information furnished or required to be furnished pursuant to this Section 11.05 shall also be provided to each Other Depositor and each Other Certificate Administrator (to the extent the notice and/or information relates to a Serviced Companion Loan or a party that services, specially services or is trustee or custodian for a Serviced Companion Loan) in the same time frame as set forth in this Section 11.05.

Section 11.06    Sarbanes-Oxley Certification. Each Form 10-K shall include a Sarbanes-Oxley Certification in the form attached as Exhibit Y required to be included therewith pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. For so long as the Trust or the trust for any Other Securitization is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer (in the case of the Asset Representations Reviewer, solely with respect to reporting periods in which the Asset Representations Reviewer is required to deliver an Asset Review Report) shall provide, and (i) with respect to each Initial Sub-Servicer engaged by the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, that is a Servicing Function Participant shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Initial Sub-Servicer to provide, and (ii) with respect to each other Servicing Function Participant with which any Master Servicer, any Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian or the Operating Advisor has entered into a servicing relationship with respect to the Mortgage Loans, shall cause such Servicing Function Participant to provide, to each Person who signs the Sarbanes-Oxley Certification for the Trust or any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan (individually and collectively, the “Certifying Person”), on or before March 1st of each year commencing in March 2024, a certification substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibits Y-1, Y-2, Y-3, Y-4, Y-5, Y-6 or Y-7 (each, a “Performance Certification”), as applicable, on which each Certifying Person, the entity for which such Certifying Person acts as an officer (if the Certifying Person is an individual), and such entity’s officers, directors and Affiliates (collectively with the Certifying Person, “Certification Parties”) can reasonably rely; provided that, if a Servicing Function Participant (other than an Initial Sub-Servicer) with which the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian or the Operating Advisor has entered into a servicing relationship with respect to the Mortgage Loans fails to provide a Performance Certification, the Performance Certification provided by the applicable

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Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, that engaged such Servicing Function Participant shall not exclude information that would have been provided by such Servicing Function Participant. In addition, in the event that any Serviced Companion Loan is deposited into a commercial mortgage securitization (including an “Other Securitization”) and the Reporting Servicer is provided with timely and complete contact information for the parties to such Other Securitization, each Reporting Servicer, upon not less than thirty (30) days prior written request, shall provide to the Person who signs the Sarbanes-Oxley Certification with respect to such Other Securitization either the Performance Certification or a separate certification in form and substance similar to applicable Performance Certification (which shall address the matters contained in the applicable Performance Certification, but solely with respect to the related Companion Loan) on which such Person, the entity for which the Person acts as an officer (if the Person is an individual), and such entity’s officers, directors and Affiliates can reasonably rely. With respect to any Non-Serviced Companion Loan, the Certificate Administrator will use its reasonable efforts to procure a Sarbanes-Oxley Certification from the applicable Non-Serviced Master Servicer, Non-Serviced Special Servicer and Non-Serviced Trustee in form and substance similar to a Performance Certification. The senior officer in charge of securitization for the Depositor shall serve as the Certifying Person on behalf of the Trust. In addition, each Reporting Servicer shall execute a reasonable reliance certificate (which may be included as part of such other certifications being delivered by such Reporting Servicer) to enable the Certification Parties to rely upon each (i) annual compliance statement provided pursuant to Section 11.09, if applicable, (ii) annual report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria provided pursuant to Section 11.10 and (iii) accountant’s report provided pursuant to Section 11.11, and shall include a certification that each such annual compliance statement or report discloses any deficiencies or defaults described to the registered public accountants of such Reporting Servicer to enable such accountants to render the certificates provided for in Section 11.11. In the event any Reporting Servicer is terminated or resigns pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, or any applicable sub-servicing agreement or primary servicing agreement, as the case may be, such Reporting Servicer shall provide a certification to each affected Certifying Person pursuant to this Section 11.06 with respect to the period of time it was subject to this Agreement or the applicable sub-servicing or primary servicing agreement, as the case may be. Each such Performance Certification shall be provided in EDGAR-Compatible Format, or in such other format agreed upon by the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, any affected Other Depositor and Other Certificate Administrator and such providing parties. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 11.06 shall require any Reporting Servicer (i) to certify or verify the accurateness or completeness of any information provided to such Reporting Servicer by third parties (including a “significant obligor”, but other than an Additional Servicer or a Sub-Servicer appointed pursuant to Section 3.20), (ii) to certify information other than to such Reporting Servicer’s knowledge and in accordance with such Reporting Servicer’s responsibilities hereunder or (iii) with respect to completeness of information and reports, to certify anything other than that all fields of information called for in written reports prepared by such Reporting Servicer have been completed except as they have been left blank on their face.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 11.06, with respect to each year in which the Trust and the trust for each Other Securitization is not subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, none of the parties required to deliver any certification under this Section 11.06 shall be obligated to do so.

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Section 11.07    Form 8-K Filings. Within four (4) Business Days after the occurrence of an event requiring disclosure on Form 8-K (each such event, a “Reportable Event”), and if requested by the Depositor and to the extent it receives the Form 8-K Disclosure Information described below, the Certificate Administrator shall prepare and file on behalf of the Trust any Form 8-K, as required by the Exchange Act and shall provide notice thereof to the Depositor, provided that the Depositor shall file the initial Form 8-K in connection with the issuance of the Certificates. Any disclosure or information related to a Reportable Event or that is otherwise required to be included on Form 8-K (“Form 8-K Disclosure Information”) shall, pursuant to the following paragraph be reported by the parties set forth on Exhibit CC to the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator and approved by the Depositor, and the Certificate Administrator will have no duty or liability for any failure hereunder to determine or prepare any Form 8-K Disclosure Information or any Form 8-K, absent such reporting, direction and approval.

As set forth on Exhibit CC hereto, for so long as the Trust is subject to the Exchange Act reporting requirements, no later than close of business, New York City time, on the second (2^nd) Business Day after the occurrence of a Reportable Event (i) the parties set forth on Exhibit CC hereto shall be required to provide to the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator, to the extent a Regulation AB Servicing Officer or Responsible Officer, as the case may be, has actual knowledge, in EDGAR-Compatible Format or in such other format agreed upon by the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator and such providing parties any Form 8-K Disclosure Information, if applicable, (ii) the parties listed on Exhibit CC hereto shall include with such Form 8-K Disclosure Information, an Additional Disclosure Notification in the form attached hereto as Exhibit DD and (iii) the Depositor will approve, as to form and substance, or disapprove, as the case may be, the inclusion of the Form 8-K Disclosure Information on Form 8-K. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator has any duty under this Agreement to monitor or enforce the performance by the parties listed on Exhibit CC of their duties under this paragraph or proactively solicit or procure from such parties any Form 8-K Disclosure Information. The Depositor will be responsible for any reasonable expenses incurred by the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator in connection with including any Form 8-K Disclosure Information on Form 8-K pursuant to this paragraph. Information delivered to the Certificate Administrator hereunder should be delivered by email to !nacctsecnotifications@computershare.com or by facsimile to 410-715-2380, Attn: CTS SEC Notifications.

After preparing the Form 8-K, the Certificate Administrator shall forward electronically a copy of the Form 8-K to the Depositor for review no later than noon, New York City time, on the 3rd Business Day after the Reportable Event, but in no event earlier than twenty-four (24) hours after having received the Form 8-K Disclosure Information pursuant to the immediately preceding paragraph. Promptly, but no later than the close of business on the third (3rd) Business Day after the Reportable Event, the Depositor shall notify the Certificate Administrator in writing (which may be furnished electronically) of any changes to or approval of such Form 8-K. No later than noon, New York City time, on the 4th Business Day after the Reportable Event, a duly authorized officer of the Depositor shall sign the Form 8-K and return an electronic or fax copy of such signed Form 8-K (with an original executed hard copy to follow by overnight mail) to the Certificate Administrator. If a Form 8-K cannot be filed on time or if a previously filed Form 8-K needs to be amended, the Certificate Administrator will follow the procedures set forth in Section 11.03(b). Promptly after filing with the Commission, the Certificate Administrator will, make available on its Internet website a final executed copy of each

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Form 8-K filed by the Certificate Administrator. The signing party at the Depositor can be contacted at 1585 Broadway, New York, New York, 10036, Attention: George Kok, with a copy to Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., 1633 Broadway, 29th Floor, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Legal Compliance Division, and a copy by email to cmbs_notices@morganstanley.com. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that the performance by the Certificate Administrator of its duties under this Section 11.07 related to the timely preparation and filing of Form 8-K is contingent upon such parties observing all applicable deadlines in the performance of their duties under this Section 11.07. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall have any liability for any loss, expense, damage, claim arising out of or with respect to any failure to properly prepare, arrange for execution and/or timely file such Form 8-K, where such failure results from the Certificate Administrator’s inability or failure to receive, on a timely basis, any information from the parties to this Agreement needed to prepare, arrange for execution or file such Form 8-K, not resulting from its own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.

Each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee shall promptly notify (and the applicable Master Servicer and the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall (i) with respect to each Initial Sub-Servicer that is an Additional Servicer engaged by such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer, as applicable, use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Additional Servicer to promptly notify and (ii) with respect to each other Additional Servicer with which it has entered into a servicing relationship with respect to the Mortgage Loans (other than a party to this Agreement) cause such Additional Servicer to promptly notify) the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator, but in no event later than noon, New York City time, on the second (2nd) Business Day after its occurrence, of any Reportable Event applicable to such party to the extent a Regulation AB Servicing Officer or Responsible Officer, as the case may be, has actual knowledge, in EDGAR-Compatible Format.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 11.07, with respect to each year in which the Trust and the trust for each Other Securitization is not subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, none of the parties hereto are required to deliver Form 8-K Disclosure Information.

Any notice and/or information furnished or required to be furnished pursuant to this Section 11.07 shall also be provided to each Other Depositor and each Other Certificate Administrator (to the extent the notice and/or information relates to a Serviced Companion Loan or a party that services, specially services or is trustee or custodian for a Serviced Companion Loan) in the same time frame as set forth in this Section 11.07.

For so long as the Trust is subject to the reporting obligations of the Exchange Act, with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan serviced under a related Non-Serviced PSA, no resignation, removal or replacement of any party to such Non-Serviced PSA that would be required to be reported on a Form 8-K relating to this Trust shall become effective with respect to this Trust until the Certificate Administrator has filed any required Form 8-K pursuant to this Section 11.07.

Section 11.08    Form 15 Filing. On or prior to January 30th of the first year in which the Depositor shall provide notice to the Certificate Administrator of its ability under applicable law to suspend its Exchange Act filings, the Certificate Administrator shall prepare and file a

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notification relating to the automatic suspension of reporting in respect of the Trust under the Exchange Act (the “Form 15 Suspension Notification”) or any form necessary to be filed with the Commission to suspend such reporting obligations. With respect to any reporting period occurring after the filing of such form, subject to Section 11.15(h), the obligations of the parties to this Agreement under Section 11.04, Section 11.05 and Section 11.07 shall be suspended and reports or certifications due under Section 11.09, 11.10 and 11.11 shall not be due until April 15th of each year. The Certificate Administrator shall provide prompt notice to the Mortgage Loan Sellers and all other parties hereto that such form has been filed. If, after the filing of a Form 15 Suspension Notification, the Depositor shall provide notice to the Certificate Administrator that it is required to resume its Exchange Act filings, the Certificate Administrator shall recommence preparing and filing reports on Forms 10-D, 10-K, ABS-EE and 8-K as required pursuant to Section 11.04, Section 11.05 and Section 11.07, and all parties’ obligations under this Article XI shall recommence.

Section 11.09    Annual Compliance Statements. Each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer (regardless of whether the applicable Special Servicer has commenced special servicing of a Mortgage Loan), the Custodian, the Trustee (provided, however, that the Trustee shall not be required to deliver an assessment of compliance with respect to any period during which there was no Relevant Servicing Criteria applicable to it) and the Certificate Administrator (each, a “Certifying Servicer”) shall (and each such party shall (i) with respect to each Additional Servicer engaged by the Certifying Servicer that is an Initial Sub-Servicer, use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Additional Servicer to deliver to and (ii) with respect to each other Additional Servicer that is also a Servicing Function Participant with which it has entered into a servicing relationship with respect to the Mortgage Loans, cause such Additional Servicer to deliver to), on or before March 1st of each year, commencing in March 2024, deliver to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator (which copy shall be deemed furnished by the Certificate Administrator when made available on its Internet website), the Depositor and the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall post to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website), an Officer’s Certificate, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit GG (or such other form, similar in substance, as may be reasonably acceptable to the Depositor) stating, as to the signer thereof, that (A) a review of such Certifying Servicer’s activities during the preceding calendar year or portion thereof and of such Certifying Servicer’s performance under this Agreement, or the applicable sub-servicing agreement or primary servicing agreement in the case of an Additional Servicer, has been made under such officer’s supervision and (B) to the best of such officer’s knowledge, based on such review, such Certifying Servicer has fulfilled all its obligations under this Agreement, or the applicable sub-servicing agreement or primary servicing agreement in the case of an Additional Servicer, in all material respects throughout such year or portion thereof, or, if there has been a failure to fulfill any such obligation in any material respect, specifying each such failure known to such officer and the nature and status thereof. Such Officer’s Certificate shall be provided in EDGAR-Compatible Format, or in such other format agreed upon by the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator and such providing parties. Each Certifying Servicer shall (i) with respect to each Additional Servicer engaged by such Certifying Servicer that is an Initial Sub-Servicer, use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Additional Servicer, and (ii) with respect to each other Additional Servicer with which it has entered into a servicing relationship with respect to the Mortgage Loans, cause such Additional Servicer to forward a copy of each such statement (or, in the case of the Certificate Administrator, make a copy of each such statement available on its Internet website) to the Directing Certificateholder and the 17g-5 Information Provider. With

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respect to any Non-Serviced Companion Loan, the Certificate Administrator will use its reasonable efforts to procure such Officer’s Certificate from the applicable Non-Serviced Master Servicer, Non-Serviced Special Servicer and Non-Serviced Trustee in form and substance similar to the form attached hereto as Exhibit GG. Promptly after receipt of each such Officer’s Certificate, the Depositor may review each such Officer’s Certificate and, if applicable, consult with the Certifying Servicer as to the nature of any failures by the Certifying Servicer or any related Additional Servicer with which the Certifying Servicer has entered into a servicing relationship with respect to the Mortgage Loans in the fulfillment of any of the Certifying Servicer’s or Additional Servicer’s obligations hereunder or under the applicable sub-servicing or primary servicing agreement. The obligations of the Certifying Servicer and each Additional Servicer under this Section 11.09 apply to the Certifying Servicer and each Additional Servicer that serviced a Mortgage Loan during the applicable period, whether or not such Certifying Servicer or Additional Servicer is acting as a Master Servicer, a Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator or Additional Servicer at the time such Officer’s Certificate is required to be delivered. Each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer and each Additional Servicer shall not be required to cause the delivery of any such statement until April 15 in any given year so long as it has received written confirmation from the Depositor (or, in the case of an Other Securitization, the related Other Depositor) that a report on Form 10-K is not required to be filed in respect of the Trust or the trust for any Other Securitization for the preceding calendar year.

In the event any Master Servicer, any Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator is terminated or resigns pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, such party shall provide, and each of the applicable Master Servicer and the applicable Special Servicer shall (i) with respect to an Initial Sub-Servicer engaged by such party that is an Additional Servicer that resigns or is terminated under any applicable servicing agreement, use its reasonable efforts to cause such Additional Servicer to provide and (ii) with respect to any other Additional Servicer engaged by such party that resigns or is terminated under any applicable servicing agreement, cause such Additional Servicer to provide, an annual statement of compliance pursuant to this Section 11.09 with respect to the period of time that the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator was subject to this Agreement or the period of time that such Additional Servicer was subject to such other servicing agreement.

Any certificate, statement, report, notice and/or information furnished or required to be furnished pursuant to this Section 11.09 shall also be provided to each Other Depositor and each Other Certificate Administrator (to the extent such item and/or information relates to a party that services, specially services or is trustee or custodian for a Serviced Companion Loan) in the same time frame as set forth in this Section 11.09.

Section 11.10    Annual Reports on Assessment of Compliance with Servicing Criteria. (a) On or before March 1st of each year, commencing in March 2024, each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer (regardless of whether any Special Servicer has commenced special servicing of the Mortgage Loans), the Trustee (provided, however, that the Trustee shall be required to deliver an assessment of compliance only if an Advance was made by the Trustee in such calendar year), the Custodian, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator and each Additional Servicer, each at its own expense, shall furnish (and each such party shall (i) with respect to each Initial Sub-Servicer engaged by a Master Servicer, a Special

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Servicer, Trustee, Operating Advisor, Custodian, or Certificate Administrator that is a Servicing Function Participant, use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Servicing Function Participant to furnish and (ii) with respect to each other Servicing Function Participant with which it has entered into a servicing relationship with respect to the Mortgage Loans, cause such Servicing Function Participant to furnish) to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor (which copy shall be deemed furnished by the Certificate Administrator when made available on its Internet website) (and, with respect to each applicable Special Servicer, also to the Operating Advisor), and the 17g-5 Information Provider, a report substantially in the form of Exhibit HH or such other form provided by such Reporting Servicer that complies in all material respects with the requirements of Item 1122 of Regulation AB, on an assessment of compliance with the Servicing Criteria applicable to it that contains (A) a statement by such Reporting Servicer of its responsibility for assessing compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria, (B) a statement that such Reporting Servicer used the Relevant Servicing Criteria to assess compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria, (C) such Reporting Servicer’s assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria as of and for the period ending the end of the fiscal year covered by the Form 10-K required to be filed pursuant to Section 11.05, including, if there has been any material instance of noncompliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria, a discussion of each such failure and the nature and status thereof, and (D) a statement that a registered public accounting firm has issued an attestation report on such Reporting Servicer’s assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria as of and for such period. If the party’s assessment compliance or the related attestation report identifies any material instance of noncompliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria, such party shall also provide a discussion of (1) whether the identified instance was determined to have involved the servicing of the Mortgage Loans and (2) any steps taken to remedy such identified instance of non-compliance to the extent related to its activities with respect to asset-backed securities transactions taken as a whole involving such party and that are backed by the same asset type backing the Certificates. With respect to any Non-Serviced Companion Loan, the Certificate Administrator will use its reasonable efforts to procure such report from the applicable Non-Serviced Master Servicer, Non-Serviced Special Servicer and Non-Serviced Trustee in form and substance similar to the form attached hereto as Exhibit HH. Such report shall be provided in EDGAR-Compatible Format, or in such other format agreed upon by the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator and the Reporting Servicer.

Each such report shall be addressed to the Depositor and signed by an authorized officer of the applicable company, and shall address the Relevant Servicing Criteria specified on a certification substantially in the form of Exhibit Z hereto delivered to the Depositor on the Closing Date. Promptly after receipt of each such report, (i) the Depositor may review each such report and, if applicable, consult with each Reporting Servicer as to the nature of any material instance of noncompliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria applicable to it (and each Servicing Function Participant engaged or utilized by each Reporting Servicer, as applicable), and (ii) the Certificate Administrator shall confirm that the assessments taken individually address the Relevant Servicing Criteria for each party as set forth on Exhibit Z and notify the Depositor of any exceptions. Each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor and any Servicing Function Participant shall not be required to cause the delivery of any such assessments until April 15th in any given year so long as it has received written confirmation from the Depositor (or, in the case of an Other Securitization, the related Other Depositor) that a report on Form 10-K is not required to be filed in respect of the Trust or the trust for any Other Securitization for the preceding calendar year.

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time that the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee are the same entity, the Certificate Administrator and Trustee may provide a combined assessment of compliance required pursuant to this Section 11.10(a) in respect of their combined Relevant Servicing Criteria as set forth on Exhibit Z hereto.

(b)               Each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor and the Certificate Administrator hereby acknowledge and agree that the Relevant Servicing Criteria set forth on Exhibit Z is appropriately set forth with respect to such party and any Servicing Function Participant with which each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, Trustee, Operating Advisor or Certificate Administrator has entered into a servicing relationship.

(c)               No later than ten (10) Business Days after the end of each fiscal year for the Trust, any Master Servicer and any Special Servicer shall notify the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor and each Mortgage Loan Seller as to the name of each Additional Servicer engaged by it and each Servicing Function Participant utilized by it, in each case other than with respect to any Initial Sub-Servicer, and the Trustee, the Operating Advisor and the Certificate Administrator shall notify the Depositor and each Mortgage Loan Seller as to the name of each Servicing Function Participant utilized by it, in each case by providing an updated Exhibit FF, and each such notice (except to a Mortgage Loan Seller) will specify what specific Servicing Criteria will be addressed in the report on assessment of compliance prepared by such Servicing Function Participant. When each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Operating Advisor submit their assessments pursuant to Section 11.10(a), such Master Servicer, such Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Operating Advisor, as applicable, will also at such time include the assessment (and related attestation pursuant to Section 11.11) of each Servicing Function Participant engaged by it.

In the event any Master Servicer, any Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Custodian or the Certificate Administrator is terminated or resigns pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, such party shall provide, and each such party shall cause any Servicing Function Participant engaged by it to provide (and each of the applicable Master Servicer and the applicable Special Servicer shall (i) with respect to an Initial Sub-Servicer engaged by such Master Servicer or Special Servicer that is an Additional Servicer that resigns or is terminated under any applicable servicing agreement, use its reasonable efforts to cause such Additional Servicer and (ii) with respect to any other Additional Servicer that resigns or is terminated under any applicable servicing agreement, cause such Additional Servicer to provide) an annual assessment of compliance pursuant to this Section 11.10, coupled with an attestation as required in Section 11.11 with respect to the period of time that the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Custodian or the Certificate Administrator was subject to this Agreement or the period of time that the Additional Servicer was subject to such other servicing agreement.

(d)               The Operating Advisor may at any time request from the Certificate Administrator confirmation of whether a Control Termination Event, Consultation Termination Event or Operating Advisor Consultation Event occurred during the previous calendar year, and upon such request the Certificate Administrator shall deliver such confirmation to the Operating Advisor within ten (10) days of such request.

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(e)               Any certificate, statement, report, assessment, attestation, notice and/or information furnished or required to be furnished pursuant to this Section 11.10 shall also be provided to each Other Depositor and each Other Certificate Administrator (to the extent such item and/or information relates to a party that services, specially services or is trustee or custodian for a Serviced Companion Loan) in the same time frame as set forth in this Section 11.10.

Section 11.11    Annual Independent Public Accountants’ Attestation Report. On or before March 1st of each year, commencing in March 2024, each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Trustee (provided, however, that the Trustee shall not be required to deliver an assessment of compliance with respect to any period during which there was no Relevant Servicing Criteria applicable to it), the Custodian, the Operating Advisor and the Certificate Administrator, each at its own expense, shall cause (and each such party shall (i) with respect to each Initial Sub-Servicer engaged by such Master Servicer, such Special Servicer, Trustee, Operating Advisor or Certificate Administrator that is a Servicing Function Participant use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Servicing Function Participant to cause and (ii) with respect to each other Servicing Function Participant with which it has entered into a servicing relationship with respect to the Mortgage Loans, cause such Servicing Function Participant to cause) a registered public accounting firm (which may also render other services to each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Operating Advisor or the applicable Servicing Function Participant, as the case may be) and that is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants to furnish a report to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator (who will promptly post such report on the Certificate Administrator’s Website pursuant to Section 3.13(b)) and the Depositor, the 17g-5 Information Provider and, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, the Directing Certificateholder, and, promptly, but not earlier than the second (2^nd) Business Day following the delivery of such report to the 17g-5 Information Provider, to the Rating Agencies, to the effect that (i) it has obtained a representation regarding certain matters from the management of such Reporting Servicer, which includes an assertion that such Reporting Servicer has complied with the Relevant Servicing Criteria applicable to it and (ii) on the basis of an examination conducted by such firm in accordance with standards for attestation engagements issued or adopted by the PCAOB, it is issuing an opinion as to whether such Reporting Servicer’s assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria applicable to it was fairly stated in all material respects. In the event that an overall opinion cannot be expressed, such registered public accounting firm shall state in such report why it was unable to express such an opinion. Each such related accountant’s attestation report shall be made in accordance with Rules 1-02(a)(3) and 2-02(g) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act. Such report must be available for general use and not contain restricted use language. With respect to any Non-Serviced Companion Loan, the Certificate Administrator will use its reasonable efforts to procure such report from the applicable Non-Serviced Master Servicer, Non-Serviced Special Servicer and Non-Serviced Trustee. Copies of such statement will be provided by the Certificate Administrator in accordance with Section 3.13(b). Such report shall be provided in EDGAR-Compatible Format, or in such other format agreed upon by the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator and the providing parties.

Promptly after receipt of such report from any Master Servicer, any Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Custodian or any Servicing Function Participant, (i) the Depositor may review the report and, if applicable, consult

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with the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Custodian or the Certificate Administrator as to the nature of any defaults by each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Custodian, the Certificate Administrator or any Servicing Function Participant with which it has entered into a servicing relationship with respect to the Mortgage Loans, as the case may be, in the fulfillment of any of the applicable Master Servicer’s, the applicable Special Servicer’s, the Trustee’s, the Certificate Administrator’s, the Operating Advisor’s, the Custodian’s or the applicable Servicing Function Participants’ obligations hereunder or under the applicable sub-servicing or primary servicing agreement, and (ii) the Certificate Administrator shall confirm that each accountants’ attestation report submitted pursuant to this Section 11.11 relates to an assessment of compliance meeting the requirements of Section 11.10 and notify the Depositor of any exceptions. Each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Custodian and any Additional Servicer shall not be required to deliver, or shall be required to cause the delivery of such reports until April 15th in any given year so long as it has received written confirmation from the Depositor that a Form 10-K is not required to be filed with respect to the Trust for the preceding fiscal year.

Any notice, report, assessment of compliance, statement, certificate and/or information furnished or required to be furnished pursuant to this Section 11.11 shall also be provided to each Other Depositor and each Other Certificate Administrator (to the extent the notice and/or information relates to a Serviced Companion Loan or a party that services, specially services or is trustee or custodian for a Serviced Companion Loan) in the same time frame as set forth in this ‎Section 11.11.

Section 11.12    Indemnification. Each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer shall indemnify and hold harmless each Certification Party from and against any claims, losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and expenses and related costs, judgments and other costs and expenses (for the avoidance of doubt, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses and expenses relating to the enforcement of such indemnity) incurred by such Certification Party arising out of (i) an actual breach by such Master Servicer, such Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Custodian or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, of its obligations under this Article XI, (ii) negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on the part of such Master Servicer, such Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Operating Advisor, the Custodian or the Certificate Administrator in the performance of such obligations, or (iii) delivery of any Deficient Exchange Act Deliverable by, or on behalf of, such party.

Each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor and the Certificate Administrator shall (i) with respect to any Initial Sub-Servicer engaged by such Master Servicer, such Special Servicer, Trustee or Certificate Administrator that is a Servicing Function Participant or Additional Servicer, use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such party to, and (ii) with respect to each other Additional Servicer and each Servicing Function Participant with which, in each case, it has entered into a servicing relationship with respect to the Mortgage Loans, cause such party to, in each case, indemnify and hold harmless each Certification Party from and against any and all claims, losses, damages,

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penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and expenses and related costs, judgments and any other costs, fees and expenses (for the avoidance of doubt, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses and expenses relating to the enforcement of such indemnity) incurred by such Certification Party arising out of (a) a breach of its obligations to provide any of the annual compliance statements or annual assessment of compliance with the servicing criteria or attestation reports pursuant to the applicable sub-servicing or primary servicing agreement, (b) negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on its part in the performance of such obligations, (c) any failure by it, as a Servicer (as defined in Section 11.02(b)) to identify a Servicing Function Participant pursuant to Section 11.02(c), or (d) delivery of any Deficient Exchange Act Deliverable.

In addition, each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Custodian, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee shall cooperate (and require each Servicing Function Participant and Additional Servicer retained by it to cooperate under the applicable Sub-Servicing Agreement) with the Depositor and each Other Depositor as necessary for the Depositor or such Other Depositor, as applicable, to conduct any reasonable due diligence necessary to evaluate and assess any material instances of non-compliance disclosed in any of the deliverables required by the applicable reporting requirements under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (“Reporting Requirements”).

In connection with comments provided to the Depositor or any Other Depositor from the Commission or its staff regarding information (x) delivered by each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Custodian, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, a Servicing Function Participant or an Additional Servicer, as applicable (“Affected Reporting Party”), (y) regarding such Affected Reporting Party, and (z) prepared by such Affected Reporting Party or any registered public accounting firm, attorney or other agent retained by such Affected Reporting Party to prepare such information, which information is contained in a report filed by the Depositor or any Other Depositor under the Reporting Requirements and which comments are received subsequent to the Depositor’s or any Other Depositor’s filing of such report, the Depositor or any Other Depositor shall promptly provide to such Affected Reporting Party any such comments which relate to such Affected Reporting Party. Such Affected Reporting Party shall be responsible for timely preparing a written response to the Commission or its staff for inclusion in the Depositor’s or any Other Depositor’s response to the Commission or its staff, unless such Affected Reporting Party elects, with the consent of the Depositor or any Other Depositor, as applicable (which consent shall not be unreasonably denied, withheld or delayed), to directly communicate with the Commission or its staff and negotiate a response and/or resolution with the Commission or its staff; provided, however, that if an Affected Reporting Party is a Servicing Function Participant or Additional Servicer retained by a Master Servicer, a Master Servicer shall receive copies of all material communications pursuant to this Section 11.12. If such election is made, the applicable Affected Reporting Party shall be responsible for directly negotiating such response and/or resolution with the Commission or its staff in a timely manner; provided that (i) such Affected Reporting Party shall use reasonable efforts to keep the Depositor or any Other Depositor informed of its progress with the Commission or its staff and copy the Depositor or any Other Depositor on all correspondence with the Commission or its staff and provide the Depositor or any Other Depositor with the opportunity to participate (at the Depositor’s or any Other Depositor’s expense) in any telephone conferences and meetings with the Commission or its staff and (ii) the

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Depositor or any Other Depositor shall cooperate with any Affected Reporting Party in order to authorize such Affected Reporting Party and its representatives to respond to and negotiate directly with the Commission or its staff with respect to any comments from the Commission or its staff relating to such Affected Reporting Party and to notify the Commission or its staff of such authorization. The Depositor (or any Other Depositor) and the Affected Reporting Party shall cooperate and coordinate with one another with respect to any requests made to the Commission or its staff for extension of time for submitting a response or compliance. All respective reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Depositor or any Other Depositor (including reasonable legal fees and expenses of outside counsel to the Depositor or any Other Depositor, as the case may be) in connection with the foregoing (other than those costs and expenses required to be at the Depositor’s or any Other Depositor’s expense as set forth above) and any amendments to any reports filed with the Commission or its staff related thereto shall be promptly paid by the applicable Affected Reporting Party upon receipt of an itemized invoice from the Depositor or any Other Depositor, as the case may be. Each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Custodian, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee shall (i) with respect to any Initial Sub-Servicer engaged by it that is a Servicing Function Participant or Additional Servicer, use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such party to, and (ii) with respect to each other Additional Servicer and each Servicing Function Participant with which, in each case, it has entered into a servicing relationship with respect to the Mortgage Loans, cause such party to, comply with the foregoing by inclusion of similar provisions in the related sub-servicing or similar agreement.

If the indemnification provided for herein is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless any Certification Party, then the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian or the Operating Advisor (the “Performing Party”) shall contribute to the amount paid or payable to the Certification Party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities of the Certification Party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Certification Party on the one hand and the Performing Party on the other in connection with a breach of the Performing Party’s obligations pursuant to Sections 11.06, 11.09 (if applicable), 11.10, 11.11 (or breach of its obligations under the applicable sub-servicing or primary servicing agreement to provide any of the annual compliance statements or annual servicing criteria compliance reports or attestation reports) or the Performing Party’s negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in connection therewith. The applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor and the Certificate Administrator shall (i) with respect to any Initial Sub-Servicer engaged by such Master Servicer, such Special Servicer, Trustee or Certificate Administrator that is a Servicing Function Participant or Additional Servicer, use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such party to, and (ii) with respect to each other Additional Servicer or Servicing Function Participant, in each case, with which it has entered into a servicing relationship with respect to the Mortgage Loans cause such party, in each case, to agree to the foregoing indemnification and contribution obligations. This Section 11.12 shall survive the termination of this Agreement or the earlier resignation or removal of any Master Servicer, any Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Custodian or the Certificate Administrator.

Section 11.13    Amendments. This Article XI may be amended with the written consent of the parties hereto pursuant to Section 13.01 for purposes of complying with Regulation AB and/or to conform to standards developed within the CMBS market and the

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Sarbanes-Oxley Act without any Opinions of Counsel, Officer’s Certificates, Rating Agency Confirmation with respect to the Certificates or, with respect to any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, a confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25), or the consent of any Certificateholder, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement; provided that the reports and certificates required to be prepared pursuant to Sections 3.13, 11.09, 11.10 and 11.11 shall not be eliminated without Rating Agency Confirmation with respect to the Certificates or, with respect to any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, without a confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25). For the avoidance of doubt, any amendment to this Article XI affecting a Serviced Companion Loan shall be subject to Section 13.01(k).

Section 11.14    Regulation AB Notices. Any notice, report or certificate required to be delivered by any Master Servicer, any Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Custodian or the Trustee, as the case may be, to the Depositor pursuant to this Article XI may be delivered via email (and additionally delivered via phone or telecopy), notwithstanding the provisions of Section 13.05, to !nacctsecnotifications@computershare.com.

Section 11.15    Certain Matters Relating to the Future Securitization of the Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans. (a) Each of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, each applicable Master Servicer and each applicable Special Servicer shall, and the applicable Master Servicer and the applicable Special Servicer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause any sub-servicer appointed with respect to any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan to, upon written request or notice from a Mortgage Loan Seller (or a permitted transferee of such Mortgage Loan Seller pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement), reasonably cooperate with the Mortgage Loan Seller (or such permitted transferee) selling any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan into a securitization that is required to comply with Regulation AB (a “Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization”) and, to the extent needed in order to comply with Regulation AB, provide to the Mortgage Loan Seller (or such permitted transferee) information about itself that such Mortgage Loan Seller reasonably requires to meet the requirements of Items 1117 and 1119 and paragraphs (b), (c)(2), (c)(3), (c)(4), (c)(5), (c)(6) and (e) of Item 1108 of Regulation AB and shall reasonably cooperate with such Mortgage Loan Seller to provide such other information as may be reasonably necessary to comply with the requirements of Regulation AB. Each of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, any Master Servicer and any Special Servicer understands that such information may be included in the offering material related to a Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization and agrees to (i) negotiate in good faith an agreement (subject to the final sentence of this sub-section) to indemnify and hold the related depositor and underwriters involved in the offering of the related commercial mortgage pass through certificates harmless for any costs, liabilities, fees and expenses (for the avoidance of doubt, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses and expenses relating to the enforcement of such indemnity) incurred by the depositor or such underwriters as a result of any material misstatements or omissions or alleged

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material misstatements or omissions in any such offering material to the extent that such material misstatement or omission was made in reliance upon any such information provided by the Trustee (where such information pertains to the Trustee individually and not to any specific aspect of the Trustee’s duties or obligations under this Agreement), the Certificate Administrator (where such information pertains to the Certificate Administrator individually and not to any specific aspect of the Certificate Administrator’s duties or obligations under this Agreement), the applicable Master Servicer (where such information pertains to the applicable Master Servicer individually and not to any specific aspect of the applicable Master Servicer’s duties or obligations under this Agreement) and the applicable Special Servicer (where such information pertains to the applicable Special Servicer individually and not to any specific aspect of the applicable Special Servicer’s duties or obligations under this Agreement), as applicable, to such depositor, underwriters or Mortgage Loan Seller (or permitted transferee) as required by this Section 11.15(a) and (ii) deliver such securities law opinion(s) of counsel, certifications and/or indemnification agreement(s) (to the extent the cost thereof is paid by the related Mortgage Loan Seller) with respect to such information that are substantially similar to those delivered with respect to the offering material for this securitization by the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, Trustee and Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, or their respective counsel, in connection with the information concerning such party in the offering material related to a Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that the information provided by the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, for inclusion in the offering materials related to such Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization is substantially and materially similar to the information provided by such party with respect to the offering materials related to this transaction, subject to any required changes due to any amendments to Regulation AB or any changes in the interpretation of Regulation AB or changes in factual circumstances, such party shall be deemed to be in compliance with this Section 11.15(a). Any indemnification agreement executed by the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer in connection with the Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization shall be substantially similar to the related indemnification agreement executed in connection with this Agreement. It shall be a condition precedent to any party’s obligations otherwise set forth above and/or elsewhere in Article XI that the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller (or permitted transferee) shall have (a) provided reasonable advance notice (and, in any event, not less than ten (10) Business Days) of the exercise of its rights hereunder and (b) paid, or entered into reasonable agreement to cause to be paid, the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) incurred by such party in reviewing and/or causing the delivery of any disclosure, opinion of counsel or indemnification agreement.

(b)               Each of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, each applicable Master Servicer and each applicable Special Servicer shall, and the applicable Master Servicer and the applicable Special Servicer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause any Servicing Function Participant appointed with respect to a Serviced Securitized Companion Loan to (provided that (a) such party has received notice of the occurrence of the related Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization, or (b) such party is also a party to the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, or (c) the applicable Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization closed prior to the Closing Date, as reflected on Exhibit S), cooperate with the depositor, trustee, certificate administrator, master servicer or special servicer for any Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization in preparing each Form 10-D, Form ABS-EE and Form 10-K required to be

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filed by such Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization (until January 30 of the first year in which the trustee or other applicable party for such Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization files a Form 15 Suspension Notification with respect to the related trust) and shall provide to such depositor, trustee, certificate administrator or master servicer within the time period set forth in the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement (so long as such time period is no earlier than the time periods set forth herein) for such Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization such information relating to a Serviced Securitized Companion Loan as may be reasonably necessary for the depositor, trustee, certificate administrator and master servicer of the Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization to comply with the reporting requirements of Regulation AB and the Exchange Act; provided, however, that any parties to any Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization shall consult with the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the applicable Master Servicer and the applicable Special Servicer (and the applicable Master Servicer shall consult with any sub-servicer appointed by it with respect to the related Serviced Whole Loan), and the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, such Master Servicer and such Special Servicer shall cooperate with such parties in respect of establishing the time periods for preparation of the Form 10-D and Form ABS-EE reports in the documentation for such Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, complies in all material respects with the timing, reporting and attestation requirements imposed on such party in Article XI of this Agreement (other than this Section 11.15) with respect to the comparable timing, reporting and attestation requirements contemplated in this Section 11.15(b) with respect to such Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization, such party shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions of this Section 11.15(b).

(c)               Each of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, each applicable Master Servicer and each applicable Special Servicer shall, and the applicable Master Servicer and the applicable Special Servicer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause any Servicing Function Participant appointed with respect to a Serviced Securitized Companion Loan to (provided that (a) such party has received notice of the occurrence of the related Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization, or (b) such party is also a party to the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, or (c) the applicable Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization closed prior to the Closing Date, as reflected on Exhibit S), provide the depositor, trustee or certificate administrator, as applicable, under a Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization (until January 30 of the first year in which the trustee or certificate administrator, as applicable, for such Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization files a Form 15 Suspension Notification with respect to the related trust) information with respect to any event that is required to be disclosed under Form 8-K with respect to a Serviced Securitized Companion Loan within two (2) Business Days after the occurrence of such event of which it has knowledge. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, any Master Servicer or any Special Servicer, as the case may be, complies in all material respects with the timing, reporting and attestation requirements imposed on such party in Article XI of this Agreement (other than this Section 11.15) with respect to the comparable timing, reporting and attestation requirements contemplated in this Section 11.15(c) with respect to such Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization, such party shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions of this Section 11.15(c).

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(d)               On or before March 1st of each year during which a Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization is required to file an annual report on Form 10-K (and not in respect of any year in which such Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization is not required to file an annual report on Form 10-K because a Form 15 Suspension Notification with respect to the related trust was filed), each of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, each applicable Master Servicer and each applicable Special Servicer shall, and the applicable Master Servicer and the applicable Special Servicer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause any Servicing Function Participant appointed with respect to a Serviced Securitized Companion Loan to (provided that (a) such party has received notice of the occurrence of the related Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization, or (b) such party is also a party to the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, or (c) the applicable Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization closed prior to the Closing Date, as reflected on Exhibit S), provide, with respect to itself, to the depositor, trustee or certificate administrator, as applicable, under such Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization, to the extent required pursuant to Item 1122 of Regulation AB, (i) a report on an assessment of compliance with the servicing criteria to the extent required pursuant to Item 1122(a) of Regulation AB, (ii) a registered accounting firm’s attestation report on such Person’s assessment of compliance with the applicable servicing criteria to the extent required pursuant to Item 1122(b) of Regulation AB and (iii) such other information as may be required pursuant to Item 1122(c) of Regulation AB. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, complies in all material respects with the timing, reporting and attestation requirements imposed on such party in Article XI of this Agreement (other than this Section 11.15) with respect to the comparable timing, reporting and attestation requirements contemplated in this Section 11.15(d) with respect to such Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization, such party shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions of this Section 11.15(d).

(e)               On or before March 1st of each year during which a Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization is required to file an annual report on Form 10-K (and not in respect of any year in which such Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization is not required to file an annual report on Form 10-K because a Form 15 Suspension Notification with respect to the related trust was filed), each of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, each applicable Master Servicer and each applicable Special Servicer shall, and the applicable Master Servicer and the applicable Special Servicer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause any Servicing Function Participant appointed with respect to a Serviced Securitized Companion Loan to, to the extent required pursuant to Item 1123 of Regulation AB, deliver, with respect to itself, to the depositor, trustee and certificate administrator under such Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization (provided that (a) such party has received notice of the occurrence of the related Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization, or (b) such party is also a party to the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, or (c) the applicable Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization closed prior to the Closing Date, as reflected on Exhibit S), under such Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization a servicer compliance statement signed by an authorized officer of such Person that satisfies the requirements of Item 1123 of Regulation AB. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, complies in all material respects with the timing, reporting and attestation requirements imposed on such party in Article XI of this Agreement (other than this Section 11.15) with respect to the comparable timing, reporting and attestation requirements contemplated in this Section 11.15(e) with respect to such

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Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization, such party shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions of this Section 11.15(e).

(f)                Each of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the applicable Master Servicer and the applicable Special Servicer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause a Servicing Function Participant to agree (severally but not jointly) to indemnify (such indemnity limited to each such parties respective failure described below) and hold the related Mortgage Loan Seller (or permitted transferee), depositor, sponsor(s), trustee, certificate administrator or master servicer under a Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization harmless for any costs, liabilities, fees and expenses (for the avoidance of doubt, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses and expenses relating to the enforcement of such indemnity) incurred by such Mortgage Loan Seller, depositor, sponsor(s), trustee, certificate administrator or master servicer as a result of any failure by the Servicing Function Participant to comply with the reporting requirements to the extent applicable set forth under Sections 11.15(b), (c), (d) or (e) above.

Any subservicing agreement related to a Serviced Securitized Companion Loan shall contain a provision requiring the related Sub-Servicer to provide to the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as applicable, information, reports, statements and certificates with respect to itself and such Serviced Securitized Companion Loan comparable to any information, reports, statements or certificates required to be provided by the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer pursuant to this Section 11.15, even if such Sub-Servicer is not otherwise required to provide such information, reports or certificates to any Person in order to comply with Regulation AB. Such information, reports or certificates shall be provided to the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, no later than two (2) Business Days prior to the date on which the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, is required to deliver its comparable information, reports, statements or certificates pursuant to this Section 11.15.

(g)               With respect to any Mortgaged Property that secures a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan that the applicable Other Depositor has notified the applicable Master Servicer and the applicable Special Servicer in writing is a “significant obligor” (within the meaning of Item 1101(k) of Regulation AB) (together with notification of the relevant Distribution Date) with respect to an Other Securitization that includes such Serviced Companion Loan, to the extent that the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, is in receipt of the updated financial statements of such “significant obligor” for any calendar quarter (other than the fourth (4th) calendar quarter of any calendar year) from the Mortgagor, beginning with the first calendar quarter in which such notice from the Other Depositor was received, or the updated financial statements of such “significant obligor” for any calendar year, beginning for the calendar year in which such notice from the Other Depositor was received, as applicable, the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall deliver to the Other Depositor, on or prior to the day that occurs two (2) Business Days prior to the related Significant Obligor NOI Quarterly Filing Deadline or seven (7) Business Days prior to the related Significant Obligor NOI Yearly Filing Deadline, as applicable, (A) if such financial statement receipt occurs twelve (12) or more Business Days prior to the related Significant Obligor NOI Quarterly Filing Deadline or seventeen (17) or more Business Days prior to the related Significant Obligor NOI Yearly Filing Deadline, as applicable, the financial statements of such “significant obligor”, together with the net operating income of such “significant obligor” for the applicable

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period as calculated by the applicable Master Servicer (or as calculated by the applicable Special Servicer and provided to the applicable Master Servicer solely in the case of any related Specially Serviced Loan or as calculated by the applicable Special Servicer with respect to any Serviced REO Property and provided by the applicable Special Servicer to the applicable Master Servicer) in accordance with CREFC^® guidelines and (B) if such financial statement receipt occurs less than twelve (12) Business Day prior to the related Significant Obligor NOI Quarterly Filing Deadline or less than seventeen (17) Business Days prior to the related Significant Obligor NOI Yearly Filing Deadline, as applicable, such financial statements of the “significant obligor”, together with the net operating income of such “significant obligor” for the applicable period as reported by the related Mortgagor in such financial statements (or as reported by the related Mortgagor to the applicable Special Servicer and provided by the applicable Special Servicer to the applicable Master Servicer solely in the case of any related Specially Serviced Loan or as reported by the applicable Special Servicer with respect to the Serviced REO Property and provided by the applicable Special Servicer to the applicable Master Servicer).

If the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, does not receive such financial information satisfactory to comply with Item 6 of Form 10-D or Item 1112(b)(1) of Form 10-K, as the case may be, of such “significant obligor” within ten (10) Business Days after the date such financial information is required to be delivered under the related Mortgage Loan documents, the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall notify the Other Depositor with respect to such Other Securitization that includes the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan (and shall cause each applicable Sub-Servicing Agreement entered into after receipt of written notice from the Other Depositor that such Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan is a significant obligor to require the related Sub-Servicer to notify such Other Depositor) that it has not received such financial information. The applicable Master Servicer (in the case of Non-Specially Serviced Loans) or the applicable Special Servicer (in the case of Specially Serviced Loans) shall use efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard (taking into account, in addition, the ongoing reporting obligations of such Other Depositor under the Exchange Act) to obtain the periodic financial statements required to be delivered by the related Mortgagor under the related Mortgage Loan documents.

The applicable Master Servicer (with respect to Non-Specially Serviced Loans) and the applicable Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans) shall (and shall cause each applicable Sub-Servicing Agreement entered into after receipt of written notice from the Other Depositor that such Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan is a significant obligor to require the related Sub-Servicer to) retain written evidence of each instance in which it (or a Sub-Servicer) attempts to contact the related Mortgagor related to any such “significant obligor” (identified to it as such by the Other Depositor in accordance with the second preceding paragraph) to obtain the required financial information and is unsuccessful and, within five (5) Business Days prior to the date in which a Form 10-D or Form 10-K, as applicable, is required to be filed with respect to the Other Securitization, shall forward an Officer’s Certificate evidencing its attempts to obtain this information to the Other Exchange Act Reporting Party and Other Depositor related to such Other Securitization; provided, however, the applicable Special Servicer shall provide such Officer’s Certificate to the applicable Master Servicer and the applicable Master Servicer shall forward such Officer’s Certificate to the Other Exchange Act Reporting Party and Other Depositor related to such Other Securitization. This Officer’s Certificate should be addressed to the certificate

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administrator at its corporate trust office, as specified in the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

(h)               If any Other Securitization includes a Serviced Companion Loan and is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, then the obligations of the parties hereto set forth in this Article XI with respect such Other Securitization shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding that the Trust may cease to be subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act.

Section 11.16    Certain Matters Regarding Significant Obligors. As of the Closing Date, with respect to the Trust, there is no “significant obligor” within the meaning of Item 1101(k) of Regulation AB (“Significant Obligor”).

Section 11.17    Impact of Cure Period. For the avoidance of doubt, no Master Servicer or Special Servicer shall be subject to a Servicer Termination Event pursuant to clause (iii) of the definition thereof prior to the expiration of the grace period applicable to such party’s obligations under this Article XI as provided for in such clause (iii) nor shall any such party be deemed to not be in compliance under this Agreement, during any grace period provided for in this Article XI; provided that if any such party fails to comply with the delivery requirements of this Article XI by the expiration of any applicable grace period such failure shall constitute a Servicer Termination Event. No Master Servicer or Special Servicer shall be subject to a Servicer Termination Event pursuant to clause (iii) of the definition thereof prior to the expiration of the grace period applicable to such party’s obligations under this Article XI as provided for in such clause (iii) nor shall any such party be deemed to not be in compliance under this Agreement, for failing to deliver any item required under this Article XI by the time required hereunder with respect to any reporting period for which the Trust (or any trust in a related Other Securitization) is not required to file Exchange Act reports.

[End of Article XI]

Article XII

THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER

Section 12.01    Asset Review.

(a)               On or prior to each Distribution Date, based either on the CREFC^® Delinquent Loan Status Report and/or the CREFC^® Loan Periodic Update File delivered by the applicable Master Servicer for such Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator shall determine if an Asset Review Trigger has occurred. If an Asset Review Trigger is determined to have occurred, the Certificate Administrator shall promptly provide notice to all Certificateholders and each other party to this Agreement. Any notice required to be delivered to the Certificateholders pursuant to this Article XII shall be delivered by the Certificate Administrator by posting such notice on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, by mailing such notice to the Certificateholders’ addresses appearing in the Certificate Register in the case of Definitive Certificates and by delivering such notice via the Depository in the case of Book-Entry Certificates. The Certificate Administrator shall include in the Form 10-D relating to the reporting

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period in which the Asset Review Trigger occurred the following statement describing the events that caused the Asset Review Trigger to occur: “As of the [Date of Distribution], the following Mortgage Loans identified below are sixty (60) or more days delinquent and an Asset Review Trigger as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement has occurred.”. On each Distribution Date occurring after providing such notice to Certificateholders, the Certificate Administrator, based on information provided to it by the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall determine whether (1) any additional Mortgage Loan has become a Delinquent Loan, (2) any Mortgage Loan has ceased to be a Delinquent Loan and (3) whether an Asset Review Trigger has ceased to exist, and, if there is an occurrence of any of the events or circumstances identified in clauses (1), (2) and/or (3), deliver such information in a written notice (which may be via email) in the form of Exhibit RR within two (2) Business Days to the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer.

If Certificateholders evidencing not less than 5% of the Voting Rights of the Certificates deliver to the Certificate Administrator, within ninety (90) days after the filing of the Form 10-D reporting the occurrence of an Asset Review Trigger, a written direction requesting a vote to commence an Asset Review (an “Asset Review Vote Election”), then the Certificate Administrator shall promptly provide written notice thereof to all Certificateholders (with a copy to the Asset Representations Reviewer) and conduct a solicitation of votes in accordance with Section 5.10 to authorize an Asset Review. Upon the affirmative vote to authorize an Asset Review by Holders of Certificates evidencing at least (i) a majority of those Certificateholders who cast votes and (ii) a majority of an Asset Review Quorum within one hundred fifty (150) days of receipt of the Asset Review Vote Election (an “Affirmative Asset Review Vote”), the Certificate Administrator shall promptly provide written notice thereof to all parties to this Agreement, the Underwriters, the Mortgage Loan Sellers, the Directing Certificateholder, the Risk Retention Consultation Party and the other Certificateholders (the “Asset Review Notice”). Upon receipt of an Asset Review Notice, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall request access to the Secure Data Room by providing the Certificate Administrator with a certification substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit QQ (which shall be sent via email to trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com or submitted electronically via the Certificate Administrator’s Website). Upon receipt of such certification, the Certificate Administrator shall promptly (and in any case within two (2) Business Days after such receipt) grant the Asset Representations Reviewer access to the Secure Data Room. In the event an Affirmative Asset Review Vote has not occurred within such one hundred fifty (150) day period following the receipt of the Asset Review Vote Election, no Certificateholder may request a vote or cast a vote for an Asset Review and the Asset Representations Reviewer will not be required to review any Delinquent Loan unless and until (A) an additional Mortgage Loan has become a Delinquent Loan after the expiration of such one hundred fifty (150) day period, (B) a new Asset Review Trigger has occurred as a result or an Asset Review Trigger is otherwise in effect, (C) the Certificate Administrator has timely received any Asset Review Vote Election after the occurrence of the events described in clauses (A) and (B) in this sentence and (D) an Affirmative Asset Review Vote has occurred within one hundred fifty (150) days after the Asset Review Vote Election described in clause (C) in this sentence. After the occurrence of any Asset Review Vote Election or an Affirmative Asset Review Vote, no Certificateholder may make any additional Asset Review Vote Election except as described in the immediately preceding sentence. Any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Certificate Administrator in connection with administering such vote will

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be paid as an expense of the Trust from the applicable Collection Account. The Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to administer any vote in connection with the foregoing through an agent.

(b)               (i) Upon receipt of an Asset Review Notice, the Custodian (with respect to clauses (1) - (5) below for all Mortgage Loans), the applicable Master Servicer (with respect to clauses (6) and (7) below for Non-Specially Serviced Loans) and the applicable Special Servicer (with respect to clauses (6) and (7) below for Specially Serviced Loans), in each case to the extent in such party’s possession, shall promptly, but in no event later than ten (10) Business Days, provide the following materials in electronic format to the Asset Representations Reviewer (collectively, with the Diligence Files posted on the Secure Data Room by the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 4.08, a copy of the Prospectus, a copy of each related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and a copy of this Agreement, the “Review Materials”):

(1)       a copy of an assignment of the Mortgage in favor of the Trustee, with evidence of recording thereon, for each Delinquent Loan that is subject to an Asset Review;

(2)       a copy of an assignment of any related assignment of leases (if such item is a document separate from the Mortgage) in favor of the Trustee, with evidence of recording thereon, related to each Delinquent Loan that is subject to an Asset Review;

(3)       a copy of the assignment of all unrecorded documents relating to each Delinquent Loan that is subject to an Asset Review, if not already covered pursuant to clause (1) or clause (2) above;

(4)       a copy of all filed copies (bearing evidence of filing) or evidence of filing of any UCC financing statements related to each Delinquent Loan that is subject to an Asset Review;

(5)       a copy of an assignment in favor of the Trustee of any financing statement executed and filed in the relevant jurisdiction related to each Delinquent Loan that is subject to an Asset Review;

(6)       a copy of any notice previously delivered by the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as applicable, of any alleged defect or breach with respect to any Delinquent Loan; and

(7)        copies of any other related documents that were entered into or delivered in connection with the origination of the related Mortgage Loan that the Asset Representations Reviewer has determined are necessary in connection with its completion of any Asset Review and that are requested by the Asset Representations Reviewer, in the time frames and as otherwise described in clause (ii) hereof.

(ii)                         In addition, in the event that, as part of an Asset Review of a Mortgage Loan, the Asset Representations Reviewer determines it is missing any document that is

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required to be part of the Review Materials for such Mortgage Loan and that is necessary in connection with its completion of the Asset Review, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall promptly, but in no event later than ten (10) Business Days after receipt of the Review Materials, notify the applicable Master Servicer (with respect to Non-Specially Serviced Loans) or the applicable Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans), as applicable, of such missing document(s), and request that the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, promptly, but in no event later than ten (10) Business Days after receipt of notification from the Asset Representations Reviewer, deliver to the Asset Representations Reviewer such missing document(s) to the extent in its possession; provided that any such notification and/or request shall be in writing, specifically identifying the documents being requested and sent to the notice address for the related party set forth in Section 13.05 of this Agreement. In the event any missing documents are not provided by the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, within such ten (10) Business Day period, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall request such documents from the related Mortgage Loan Seller; provided that the Mortgage Loan Seller is required under the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement to deliver such missing document only to the extent such document is in the possession of such party but in any event excluding any documents that contain information that is proprietary to the related originator or Mortgage Loan Seller or any draft documents or privileged or internal communications (and, if such documents are not in its possession, solely with respect to any Mortgage Loan sold by such Mortgage Loan Seller that is a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, Mortgage Loan Seller shall be required to make a request under the applicable Non-Serviced PSA for any such documents that are not in its possession). In the event any missing documents with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan are not provided by the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall request such documents from the parties to the related Non-Serviced PSA, to the extent that the Asset Representations Reviewer is entitled to request such documents under such Non-Serviced PSA.

(iii)                         The Asset Representations Reviewer may, but is under no obligation to, consider and rely upon information furnished to it by a Person that is not a party to this Agreement or the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller, and shall do so only if such information can be independently verified (without unreasonable effort or expense to the Asset Representations Reviewer) and is determined by the Asset Representations Reviewer in its good faith and sole discretion to be relevant to the Asset Review conducted pursuant to this Section 12.01 (any such information, “Unsolicited Information”).

(iv)                         Upon receipt by the Asset Representations Reviewer of the Asset Review Notice and access to the Diligence File with respect to a Delinquent Loan, the Asset Representations Reviewer, as an independent contractor, shall commence a review of the compliance of each Delinquent Loan with the representations and warranties related to that Delinquent Loan (such review, the “Asset Review”). The Asset Representations Reviewer shall perform an Asset Review with respect to each representation and warranty made by the related Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to such Delinquent Loan in accordance with the procedures set forth on Exhibit PP (each such procedure, a “Test”); provided, that the Asset Representations Reviewer may, but is under no obligation to, modify any Test and/or associated Review Materials described in Exhibit PP if, and only to the extent, the Asset

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Representations Reviewer determines pursuant to the Asset Review Standard that it is necessary to modify such Test and/or such associated Review Materials in order to facilitate its Asset Review in accordance with the Asset Review Standard. Once an Asset Review of a Mortgage Loan is completed, no further Asset Review shall be required in respect of, or performed on, such Mortgage Loan notwithstanding that such Mortgage Loan may continue to be a Delinquent Loan or again become a Delinquent Loan at a time when a new Asset Review Trigger occurs and a new Affirmative Asset Review Vote is obtained subsequent to the occurrence of such new Asset Review Trigger.

(v)                            No Certificateholder shall have the right to change the scope of the Asset Review, and the Asset Representations Reviewer shall not be required to review any information other than (1) the Review Materials and (2) if applicable, Unsolicited Information.

(vi)                       The Asset Representations Reviewer may, absent manifest error and subject to the Asset Review Standard, (i) assume, without independent investigation or verification, that the Review Materials are accurate and complete in all material respects and (ii) conclusively rely on such Review Materials.

(vii)                  The Asset Representations Reviewer shall prepare a preliminary report with respect to each Delinquent Loan within fifty-six (56) days after the date on which access to the Secure Data Room is provided, subject to the last sentence of this Section 12.01(b)(vii). In the event that the Asset Representations Reviewer determines that the Review Materials are insufficient to complete a Test and such missing documentation is not delivered to the Asset Representations Reviewer by the related Mortgage Loan Seller, the applicable Master Servicer (with respect to Non-Specially Serviced Loans) or the applicable Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans) to the extent in the possession of the applicable Master Servicer or applicable Special Servicer, as applicable, within ten (10) Business Days following the request by the Asset Representations Reviewer to the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer or the related Mortgage Loan Seller, as the case may be, as described in Section 12.01(b)(ii), the Asset Representations Reviewer shall list such missing documents in such preliminary report setting forth the preliminary results of the application of the Tests and the reasons why such missing documents are necessary to complete a Test and (if the Asset Representations Reviewer has so concluded) that the absence of such documents will be deemed to be a failure of such Test. The Asset Representations Reviewer shall provide such preliminary report to the applicable Master Servicer (only with respect to Non-Specially Serviced Loans), the applicable Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans) and the related Mortgage Loan Seller. If the preliminary report indicates that any of the representations and warranties fails or is deemed to fail any Test, the related Mortgage Loan Seller shall have ninety (90) days (the “Cure/Contest Period”) to remedy or otherwise refute the failure. Any documents or explanations to support the related Mortgage Loan Seller’s claim that the representation and warranty has not failed a Test or that any missing information or documents in the Review Materials are not required to complete a Test shall be sent by such Mortgage Loan Seller to the Asset Representations Reviewer. For avoidance of doubt, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall not be required to prepare a

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preliminary report in the event the Asset Representations Reviewer determines that there is no Test failure with respect to the related Mortgage Loan.

(viii)                  The Asset Representations Reviewer shall, within sixty (60) days after the date on which access to the Secure Data Room is provided to the Asset Representations Reviewer by the Certificate Administrator or within the ten (10) days after the expiration of the Cure/Contest Period (whichever is later), complete an Asset Review with respect to each Delinquent Loan and deliver (i) a report setting forth the Asset Representations Reviewer’s findings and conclusions as to whether or not it has determined there is any evidence of a failure of any Test based on the Asset Review and a statement that the Asset Representations Reviewer’s findings and conclusions set forth in such report were not influenced by any third party (an “Asset Review Report”) to each party to this Agreement, the related Mortgage Loan Seller for each Delinquent Loan, the Directing Certificateholder and (ii) a summary of the Asset Representations Reviewer’s conclusions included in such Asset Review Report (an “Asset Review Report Summary”) to the Trustee, the applicable Special Servicer and the Certificate Administrator. The period of time by which the Asset Review Report must be completed and delivered may be extended by up to an additional thirty (30) days, upon written notice to the parties to this Agreement and the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller, if the Asset Representations Reviewer determines pursuant to the Asset Review Standard that such additional time is required due to the characteristics of the Mortgage Loan and/or the Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties. In no event may the Asset Representations Reviewer determine whether any Test failure constitutes a Material Defect, or whether the Trust should enforce any rights it may have against the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller, which, in each case, shall be a responsibility of the applicable Enforcing Servicer pursuant to Section 2.03(k) of this Agreement.

(ix)                     In addition, in the event that the Asset Representations Reviewer does not receive any documentation that it requested from the applicable Master Servicer (with respect to Non-Specially Serviced Loans), the applicable Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans) or the related Mortgage Loan Seller in sufficient time to allow the Asset Representations Reviewer to complete its Asset Review and deliver an Asset Review Report, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall prepare the Asset Review Report solely based on the documentation received by the Asset Representations Reviewer with respect to the related Delinquent Loan, and the Asset Representations Reviewer shall have no responsibility to independently obtain any such documentation from any party to this Agreement or otherwise.

(x)                            Within thirty (30) days after receipt of an Asset Review Report with respect to any Mortgage Loan, the applicable Special Servicer shall determine whether at that time, based on the Servicing Standard, there exists a Material Defect with respect to such Mortgage Loan. If the applicable Special Servicer determines that a Material Defect exists, it shall enforce the obligations of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to such Material Defect in accordance with Section 2.03(b).

(c)                        The Asset Representations Reviewer and its affiliates shall keep confidential any information appropriately labeled as “Privileged Information” received from any party to this Agreement or any Sponsor (including, without limitation, in connection with the

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review of the Mortgage Loans) and not disclose such Privileged Information to any Person (including Certificateholders), other than (1) to the extent expressly required by this Agreement in an Asset Review Report or otherwise, to the other parties to this Agreement with a notice indicating that such information is Privileged Information or (2) pursuant to a Privileged Information Exception. Each party to this Agreement that receives Privileged Information from the Asset Representations Reviewer with a notice stating that such information is Privileged Information shall not disclose such Privileged Information to any Person without the prior written consent of the applicable Special Servicer other than pursuant to a Privileged Information Exception.

(d)                           The Asset Representations Reviewer may delegate its duties to agents or subcontractors so long as the related agreements or arrangements with such agents or subcontractors are consistent with the provisions of this Section 12.01; provided that no agent or subcontractor may (i) be affiliated with any Mortgage Loan Seller, any Master Servicer, any Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Directing Certificateholder or any of their respective Affiliates or (ii) have been paid any fees, compensation or other remuneration by an Underwriter, a Master Servicer, a Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Directing Certificateholder or any of their respective Affiliates in connection with due diligence or other services with respect to any Mortgage Loan prior to the Closing Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall remain obligated and primarily liable for any Asset Review required hereunder in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement without diminution of such obligation or liability or related obligation or liability by virtue of such delegation or arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from any Person acting as its agents or subcontractor to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the Asset Representations Reviewer alone were performing its obligations under this Agreement. The Asset Representations Reviewer shall be entitled to enter into an agreement with any agent or subcontractor providing for indemnification of the Asset Representations Reviewer by such agent or subcontractor, and nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such indemnification.

Section 12.02    Payment of Asset Representations Reviewer Fees and Expenses; Limitation of Liability.

(a)                          The Asset Representations Reviewer shall be paid a fee of $5,000 on the Closing Date. As compensation for the performance of its routine duties, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall be paid a fee (the “Asset Representations Reviewer Fee”), payable monthly from amounts received in respect of the Mortgage Loans and shall be equal to the product of a rate equal to 0.00030% per annum (the “Asset Representations Reviewer Fee Rate”) and the Stated Principal Balance of each such Mortgage Loan and REO Loan (including any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, but not any Companion Loan) and shall be calculated in the same manner as interest is calculated on such Mortgage Loans.

(b)                          As compensation for the performance of its duties hereunder, with respect to an individual Asset Review Trigger and the Mortgage Loans that are Delinquent Loans and are subject to an Asset Review (for purposes of this paragraph, each a “Subject Loan”), upon the completion of any Asset Review with respect to an individual Asset Review Trigger, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall be paid a fee equal to (i) $15,000, plus $1,000 per additional Mortgaged Property with respect to a Delinquent Loan with a Cut-off Date Balance less than

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$20,000,000, (ii) $20,000 plus $1,000 per additional Mortgaged Property with respect to a Delinquent Loan with a Cut-off Date Balance greater than or equal to $20,000,000, but less than $40,000,000 or (iii) $25,000 plus $1,000 per additional Mortgaged Property with respect to a Delinquent Loan with a Cut-off Date Balance greater than or equal to $40,000,000 (any such fee, the “Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee”). The Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee with respect to each Delinquent Loan (or, in the case of a Joint Mortgage Loan, the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller Percentage Interest thereof) shall be paid by the related Mortgage Loan Seller; provided, however, that if the related Mortgage Loan Seller is insolvent or fails to pay such amount within ninety (90) days of written invoice therefor by the Asset Representations Reviewer, such fee shall be paid by the Trust following delivery by the Asset Representations Reviewer of a certification to the applicable Master Servicer that the requirements for payment set forth in this Section 12.02(b) have been met. The Asset Representations Reviewer shall not deliver any such certificate unless it has invoiced payment of such amount and otherwise met the requirements for payment set forth in this Section 12.02(b), including receipt of evidence of such insolvency or failure to pay such amount. A Mortgage Loan Seller shall be deemed to have failed to pay such amount hereunder ninety (90) days after delivery by the Asset Representations Reviewer of an itemized invoice to such Mortgage Loan Seller by registered mail or overnight courier to the address listed in this Agreement for such Mortgage Loan Seller, or to such other address as shall be provided by such Mortgage Loan Seller for delivery of notices in accordance with this Agreement, or ninety (90) days following attempted delivery of such invoice by registered mail or overnight courier and reasonable follow -up by telephone or e-mail. Notwithstanding any payment of such fee by the Trust to the Asset Representations Reviewer, such fee will remain an obligation of the related Mortgage Loan Seller and the Enforcing Servicer shall pursue remedies against such Mortgage Loan Seller to recover any such amounts to the extent paid by the Trust.

(c)                           Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee with respect to a Delinquent Loan shall be included in the Purchase Price for any Mortgage Loan that was the subject of a completed Asset Review that is repurchased or substituted by a Mortgage Loan Seller, and such portion of the Purchase Price received shall be used to reimburse the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Trust, as the case may be, for such fees pursuant to Section 12.02(b).

(d)                           The Asset Representations Reviewer shall be liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically imposed by this Agreement.

Section 12.03    Resignation of the Asset Representations Reviewer. The Asset Representations Reviewer may resign and be discharged from its obligations hereunder by giving written notice thereof to the other parties to this Agreement and each Rating Agency. Upon such notice of resignation, the Depositor shall promptly appoint a successor asset representations reviewer that is an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer. If no successor asset representations reviewer shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within thirty (30) days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Asset Representations Reviewer may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor asset representations reviewer that is an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer. The Asset Representations Reviewer will bear all reasonable costs and expenses of each party hereto and each Rating Agency in connection with its resignation.

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Section 12.04    Restrictions of the Asset Representations Reviewer. Neither the Asset Representations Reviewer nor any of its Affiliates shall make any investment in any Class of Certificates; provided, however, that such prohibition shall not apply to (i) riskless principal transactions effected by a broker dealer Affiliate of the Asset Representations Reviewer or (ii) investments by an Affiliate of the Asset Representations Reviewer if the Asset Representations Reviewer and such Affiliate maintain policies and procedures that (A) segregate personnel involved in the activities of the Asset Representations Reviewer under this Agreement from personnel involved in such Affiliate’s investment activities and (B) prevent such Affiliate and its personnel from gaining access to information regarding the Trust and the Asset Representations Reviewer and its personnel from gaining access to such Affiliate’s information regarding its investment activities.

Section 12.05    Termination of the Asset Representations Reviewer.

(a)                            An “Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event” means any one of the following events whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body:

(i)                              any failure by the Asset Representations Reviewer to observe or perform in any material respect any of its covenants or agreements or the material breach of any of its representations or warranties under this Agreement, which failure shall continue unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the Asset Representations Reviewer by the Trustee or to the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee by the Holders of Certificates having greater than 25% of the Voting Rights, provided that any such failure that is not curable within such thirty (30) day period, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall have an additional cure period of thirty (30) days to effect such cure so long as it has commenced to cure such failure within the initial thirty (30) day period and has provided the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator with an officer’s certificate certifying that it has diligently pursued, and is continuing to pursue, such cure;

(ii)                        any failure by the Asset Representations Reviewer to perform its obligations hereunder in accordance with the Asset Review Standard in any material respect, which failure shall continue unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days after the date written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, is given to the Asset Representations Reviewer by any party to this Agreement;

(iii)                      any failure by the Asset Representations Reviewer to be an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer, which failure shall continue unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days after the date written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, is given to the Asset Representations Reviewer by any party to this Agreement;

(iv)                        a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the premises in an involuntary case under any present or future federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law for the appointment of a conservator or receiver

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or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings, or for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, shall have been entered against the Asset Representations Reviewer, and such decree or order shall have remained in force undischarged or unstayed for a period of sixty (60) days;

(v)                           the Asset Representations Reviewer shall consent to the appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator or liquidation committee in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities, voluntary liquidation, or similar proceedings of or relating to the Asset Representations Reviewer or of or relating to all or substantially all of its property; or

(vi)                         the Asset Representations Reviewer shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, file a petition to take advantage of any applicable insolvency or reorganization statute, make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations.

Upon receipt by the Certificate Administrator of written notice of the occurrence of any Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event, the Certificate Administrator shall promptly provide written notice to all Certificateholders (which shall be simultaneously delivered to the Asset Representations Reviewer) in accordance with the notice distribution procedures described in Section 12.01(a), unless the Certificate Administrator has received written notice that such Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event has been remedied. If an Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event shall occur then, and in each and every such case, so long as such Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event shall not have been remedied, either the Trustee (i) may or (ii) upon the written direction of Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights (without regard to the application of any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts), shall, terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Asset Representations Reviewer under this Agreement, other than rights and obligations accrued prior to such termination (including the right to receive all amounts accrued and owing to it under this Agreement) and other than indemnification rights (arising out of events occurring prior to such termination), by notice in writing to the Asset Representations Reviewer. The Asset Representations Reviewer is required to bear all reasonable costs and expenses of itself and of each other party to this Agreement in connection with its termination due to an Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Depositor and each Mortgage Loan Seller shall have the right, but not the obligation, to notify the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee of any Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event of which it becomes aware.

(b)               Upon (i) the written direction of Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights (without regard to the application of any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts) requesting a vote to terminate and replace the Asset Representations Reviewer with a proposed successor asset representations reviewer that is an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer and (ii) payment by such Holders to the Certificate Administrator of the reasonable fees and expenses to be incurred by the Certificate Administrator in connection with administering such vote, the Certificate Administrator shall promptly provide written notice thereof to the Asset Representations Reviewer and to all Certificateholders by (i) posting such notice on its internet website, and (ii) mailing such notice to all Certificateholders at their addresses

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appearing in the Certificate Register and to the Asset Representations Reviewer. Upon the written direction of Holders of Certificates evidencing at least 75% of a Certificateholder Quorum (without regard to the application of any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts), the Trustee shall terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Asset Representations Reviewer under this Agreement (other than any rights or obligations that accrued prior to the date of such termination and other than indemnification rights arising out of events occurring prior to such termination) by notice in writing to the Asset Representations Reviewer and appoint the proposed successor. As between the Asset Representations Reviewer, on the one hand, and the Certificateholders, on the other, the Certificateholders shall be entitled in their sole discretion to vote for the termination or not vote for the termination of the Asset Representations Reviewer. In the event that Holders of the Certificates evidencing at least 75% of a Certificateholder Quorum (without regard to the application of any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts) elect to remove the Asset Representations Reviewer without cause and appoint a successor, the successor asset representations reviewer will be responsible for all expenses necessary to effect the transfer of responsibilities from its predecessor.

(c)               On or after the receipt by the Asset Representations Reviewer of written notice of termination, subject to this Section 12.05, all of its authority and power under this Agreement shall be terminated and, without limitation, the terminated Asset Representations Reviewer shall execute any and all documents and other instruments, and do or accomplish all other acts or things reasonably necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of termination. As soon as practicable, but in no event later than thirty (30) days after (1) the Asset Representations Reviewer resigns pursuant to Section 12.03 of this Agreement or (2) the Trustee delivers such written notice of termination to the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee shall appoint a successor asset representations reviewer that is an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer. The Trustee shall provide written notice of the appointment of an Asset Representations Reviewer to each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator, the Directing Certificateholder and each Certificateholder within one Business Day of such appointment.

The Asset Representations Reviewer shall at all times be an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer and if the Asset Representations Reviewer ceases to be an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall immediately notify each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator and the Directing Certificateholder of such disqualification and immediately resign under Section 12.03 of this Agreement and the Trustee shall appoint a successor asset representations reviewer subject to and in accordance with this Section 12.05. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Trustee is unable to find a successor asset representations reviewer within thirty (30) days of the termination of the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Depositor shall be permitted to find a replacement. The Trustee shall not be liable for any failure to identify and appoint a successor asset representations reviewer so long as the Trustee uses commercially reasonable efforts to conduct a search for a successor asset representations reviewer and such failure is not a result of the Trustee’s negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in the performance of its obligations hereunder.

(d)               Upon any termination of the Asset Representations Reviewer and appointment of a successor to the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee shall, as soon as

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possible, give written notice thereof to each applicable Special Servicer, each applicable Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator (who shall, as soon as possible, give written notice thereof to the Certificateholders), the Operating Advisor, the Mortgage Loan Sellers, the Depositor, each Rating Agency, and, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event and the Directing Certificateholder. In the event that the Asset Representations Reviewer is terminated, all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement shall terminate, other than any rights or obligations that accrued prior to the date of such termination (including the right to receive all amounts accrued and owing to it under this Agreement) and other than indemnification rights (arising out of events occurring prior to such termination).

[End of Article XII]

Article XIII

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Section 13.01    Amendment. (a) This Agreement may be amended from time to time by the parties hereto, without the consent of any of the Certificateholders or the Companion Holders:

(i)                              to correct any defect or ambiguity in this Agreement in order to address any manifest error in any provision of this Agreement;

(ii)                            to cause the provisions in this Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus (or in an offering document for any related non-offered certificates) with respect to the Certificates, the Trust or this Agreement or to correct or supplement any of its provisions which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions therein or to correct any error;

(iii)                     to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in any applicable Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the P&I Advance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Holder of the VRR Interest), as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment;

(iv)                         to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust or any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any

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Certificateholder (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Holder of the VRR Interest) or Companion Holder;

(v)                          to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of Section 5.03(n) or any other provision hereof restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Disqualified Non-U.S. Tax Person;

(vi)                     to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Holder of the VRR Interest) or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25);

(vii)                    to amend or supplement any provision hereof to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25); provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Holder of the VRR Interest) not consenting to such amendment or supplement, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel;

(viii)               to modify the provisions of Sections 3.05 and 3.17 (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the applicable Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing and with respect to the Mortgage Loans other than any Excluded Loan as to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Directing Certificateholder, determine that the CMBS industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each

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Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25);

(ix)                            to modify the procedures of this Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Holder of the VRR Interest), as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.13(c) and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website;

(x)                            to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in C.F.R. 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv); or

(xi)                          to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions in the event the Risk Retention Rules or any other regulations applicable to the foreign or domestic risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed in whole or in part, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or, to the extent applicable, to modify or eliminate the affected provision(s) related to the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such amendment (A) may change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations or rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller under any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary hereunder, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller or (B) may materially and adversely affect the holder of a Companion Loan without such Companion Holder’s consent.

(b)                            This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the parties hereto with the consent of the Holders of Certificates of each Class affected by such amendment (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Holder of the VRR Interest to the extent any such amendment would adversely affect the rights of such Certificateholders) evidencing in the aggregate not less than a majority of the aggregate Percentage Interests constituting the Class for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Certificates of such Class; provided, however, that no such amendment shall:

(i)                               reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans that are required to be distributed on a Certificate of any

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Class without the consent of the Holder of the Certificate or which are required to be distributed to a Companion Holder without the consent of such Companion Holder; or

(ii)                            reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Holder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Holders, as applicable; or

(iii)                        adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding; or

(iv)                       change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations or rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary hereunder, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

(v)                            amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25) and, if required under the related Intercreditor Agreement, the consent of the holder of any AB Subordinate Companion Loan for each Serviced AB Whole Loan.

(c)                        Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, any Master Servicer or any Special Servicer shall consent to any amendment hereto without having first received an Opinion of Counsel (at the Trust’s expense) to the effect that such amendment is permitted hereunder and that such amendment or the exercise of any power granted to the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any other specified person in accordance with such amendment will not result in the imposition of a tax on any portion of the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC, or cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code. Furthermore, no amendment to this Agreement may be made that changes any provision specifically required to be included in this Agreement by an Intercreditor Agreement related to a Companion Loan without, in each case, the consent of the holder of the related Companion Loan(s).

(d)                            No later than the effective date of any amendment to this Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall post a copy of the same to the Certificate Administrator’s Website, deliver a copy of the same to the 17g-5 Information Provider who shall post a copy of the same on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.13(b) and Section 3.13(c), as

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applicable, and thereafter, the Certificate Administrator shall furnish written notification of the substance of such amendment together with a copy of such amendment in electronic format to each Certificateholder and each Serviced Companion Noteholder, the Depositor, each Other Depositor, each Other Certificate Administrator, each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Underwriters and the Rating Agencies.

(e)               It shall not be necessary for the consent of Certificateholders under this Section 13.01 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof. The manner of obtaining such consents and of evidencing the authorization of the execution thereof by Certificateholders shall be subject to such reasonable regulations as the Certificate Administrator may prescribe.

(f)                The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall not be obligated to enter into any amendment pursuant to this Section 13.01 that affects its rights, duties and immunities under this Agreement or otherwise.

(g)               The cost of any Opinion of Counsel to be delivered pursuant to Section 13.01(a) or Section 13.01(c) and the cost of any amendment entered into hereunder shall be borne by the Person seeking the related amendment, except that if any Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee requests any amendment of this Agreement in furtherance of the rights and interests of Certificateholders, the cost of any Opinion of Counsel required in connection therewith pursuant to Section 13.01(a) or Section 13.01(c) shall be payable out of each applicable Collection Account.

(h)               The Servicing Standard shall not be amended unless each Rating Agency provides Rating Agency Confirmation and, with respect to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies provide a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25).

(i)                 To the extent the Operating Advisor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the applicable Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer, the Asset Representations Reviewer or Depositor obtains an Opinion of Counsel as provided for in Section 13.01(c) in connection with executing any amendment to this Agreement, such party shall be deemed not to have acted negligently in connection with entering into such amendment for purposes of availing itself of any indemnity provided to such party under this Agreement.

(j)                 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, for purposes of the giving or withholding of consents pursuant to this Section 13.01, Certificates registered in the name of the Depositor or any Affiliate of the Depositor shall be entitled to the same Voting Rights with respect to matters described above as they would if any other Person held such Certificates, so long as neither the Depositor nor any of its Affiliates is performing servicing duties with respect to any of the Mortgage Loans.

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(k)               This Agreement may not be amended without the consent of any holder of a Companion Loan if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the rights of such Companion Holder hereunder.

(l)                 In addition, if one but not all of the Mortgage Notes evidencing a Joint Mortgage Loan is repurchased by the applicable Mortgage Loan Sellers, this Agreement may be amended by the parties hereto (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment (or, if the applicable Master Servicer or applicable Special Servicer is requesting such amendment in connection with the fulfillment of its duties under this Agreement, at the expense of the Trust)), without the consent of any Certificateholder, to add or modify provisions relating to the applicable Repurchased Note for purposes of the servicing and administration of such Repurchased Note provided that the amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the Certificateholders, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency (obtained at the expense of the Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller) with respect to such amendment (or, if no such Rating Agency Confirmation is actually received, by an Opinion of Counsel to such effect). Prior to the effectiveness of such amendment, if one but not all of the Mortgage Notes with respect to a Joint Mortgage Loan is repurchased, the terms of Section 3.30 shall govern the servicing and administration of such Joint Mortgage Loan.

Section 13.02    Recordation of Agreement; Counterparts. (a) To the extent permitted by applicable law, this Agreement is subject to recordation in all appropriate public offices for real property records in all the counties or other comparable jurisdictions in which any or all of the properties subject to the Mortgages are situated, and in any other appropriate public recording office or elsewhere, such recordation to be effected by the Certificate Administrator at the expense of the Depositor on direction by the applicable Special Servicer and with the consent of the Depositor (which may not be unreasonably withheld), but only upon direction accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel (the cost of which shall be paid by the Depositor) to the effect that such recordation materially and beneficially affects the interests of the Certificateholders.

(b)               For the purpose of facilitating the recordation of this Agreement as herein provided and for other purposes, this Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument, and the words “executed,” “signed,” “signature” and words of like import as used above and elsewhere in this Agreement or in any other certificate, agreement or document related to this transaction shall include, in addition to manually executed signatures, images of manually executed signatures transmitted by facsimile or other electronic format (including, without limitation, “pdf”) and other electronic signatures (including, without limitation, any electronic sound, symbol, or process, attached to or logically associated with a contract or other record and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the record). The use of electronic signatures and electronic records (including, without limitation, any contract or other record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means) shall be of the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a manually executed signature or use of a paper-based record-keeping system to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act and any other applicable law, including, without limitation, any state law based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the Uniform Commercial Code.

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(c)               The Trustee shall make any filings required under the laws of the state of its place of business required solely by virtue of the fact of the location of the Trustee’s place of business, the costs of which, if any, to be at the Trustee’s expense.

Section 13.03    Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders. (a) The death or incapacity of any Certificateholder shall not operate to terminate this Agreement or the Trust, nor entitle such Certificateholder’s legal representatives or heirs to claim an accounting or to take any action or proceeding in any court for a partition or winding up of the Trust, nor otherwise affect the rights, obligations and liabilities of the parties hereto or any of them.

(b)               No Certificateholder shall have any right to vote (except as expressly provided for herein) or in any manner otherwise control the operation and management of the Trust, or the obligations of the parties hereto, nor shall anything herein set forth, or contained in the terms of the Certificates, be construed so as to constitute the Certificateholders from time to time as partners or members of an association; nor shall any Certificateholder be under any liability to any third party by reason of any action taken by the parties to this Agreement pursuant to any provision hereof.

(c)               No Certificateholder shall have any right by virtue of any provision of this Agreement to institute any suit, action or proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this Agreement, any Intercreditor Agreement, any Mortgage Loan, or with respect to the Certificates, unless, with respect to any suit, action or proceeding upon or under or with respect to this Agreement, such Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator a written notice of default, and of the continuance thereof, as herein before provided, or of the need to institute such suit, action or proceeding on behalf of the Trust and unless also (except in the case of a default by the Trustee) the Holders of Certificates of any Class evidencing not less than 25% of the related Percentage Interests in such Class shall have made written request upon the Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as Trustee hereunder and shall have offered to the Trustee such indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it as it may require against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby, and the Trustee, for sixty (60) days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of such indemnity, shall have neglected or refused to institute any such action, suit or proceeding. The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the trusts or powers vested in it hereunder or to institute, conduct or defend any litigation hereunder or in relation hereto at the request, order or direction of any of the Holders of Certificates unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred therein or hereby. It is understood and intended, and expressly covenanted by each Certificateholder with every other Certificateholder and the Trustee, that no one or more Holders of Certificates shall have any right in any manner whatsoever by virtue of any provision of this Agreement or the Certificates to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of the Holders of any other of such Certificates, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such Holder, which priority or preference is not otherwise provided for herein, or to enforce any right under this Agreement or the Certificates, except in the manner herein or therein provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all Certificateholders. For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of this Section 13.03(c), each and every Certificateholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity.

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Section 13.04    Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT, AND/OR THE INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS AND DECISIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CHOICE OF LAW RULES THEREOF. THE PARTIES HERETO INTEND THAT THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW SHALL APPLY TO THIS AGREEMENT.

EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY (I) SUBMITS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE FEDERAL COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT; (II) WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT; (III) AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW; AND (IV) CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS UPON IT BY MAILING A COPY THEREOF BY CERTIFIED MAIL ADDRESSED TO IT AS PROVIDED FOR NOTICES HEREUNDER.

THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, RELATING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

Section 13.05    Notices. (a) Any communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and, unless otherwise expressly provided herein, shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered at or couriered, sent by facsimile transmission (other than with respect to the Mortgage Loan Sellers) or mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid (except for notices to the Mortgage Loan Sellers, each applicable Master Servicer the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee which shall be deemed to have been duly given only when received), to:

In the case of the Depositor:

Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc.
1585 Broadway
New York, New York 10036
Attention: Jane Lam

with copies to:

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Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc.
1633 Broadway, 29th Floor
New York, New York 10019
Attention: Legal Compliance Division

and

cmbs_notices@morganstanley.com

In the case of the Master Servicer:

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Commercial Mortgage Servicing

MAC D1086-23A

550 South Tryon Street, 23rd Floor
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Attention: MSWF 2023-1 Asset Manager
Facsimile number: (704) 715-0036
Email: commercial.servicing@wellsfargo.com

 

with a copy to:

 

K&L Gates LLP

300 South Tryon Street

Suite 1000

Charlotte, North Carolina 28202

Attention: Stacy G. Ackermann

Reference: MSWF 2023-1

 

In the case of the Special Servicer:

Argentic Services Company LP
500 North Central Expressway, Suite 261

Plano, Texas 75074

Attention: Andrew Hundertmark

Email: ahundertmark@argenticservices.com and
jmayfield@argenticservices.com

In the case of the Directing Certificateholder:

 

Argentic Securities Income USA 2 LLC

31 West 27th Street, 12th Floor

New York, New York 10001

Attention: Josh Brand

Email: jbrand@argenticmgmt.com

 

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with a copy to:

 

Dechert LLP

300 South Tryon Street, Suite 800

Charlotte, North Carolina 28202

Attention: Stewart McQueen

Email: stewart.mcqueen@dechert.com

In the case of the Certificate Administrator and Trustee:

Computershare Trust Company, National Association

9062 Old Annapolis Road

Columbia, Maryland 21045

Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) – MSWF 2023-1

with a copy to:

CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com

trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com

In the case of the Custodian:

Computershare Trust Company, National Association

1055 10th Avenue SE

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414

Attention: Document Custody Group MSWF 2023-1

with a copy to:

cmbscustody@computershare.com

In the case of a surrender, transfer or exchange of a Certificate:

Computershare Trust Company, National Association

1505 Energy Park Drive

St. Paul, Minnesota 55108

Attention: CTS – Certificate Transfer Services – MSWF 2023-1

In the case of the Mortgage Loan Sellers:

1. Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
301 South College St.
Charlotte, North Carolina 28288
Attention: MSWF 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1

with a copy to:

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Troy Stoddard, Senior Lead Counsel
Wells Fargo Legal Department
401 S. Tryon St., MACD1050-272

26th Floor
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202

and a copy to:

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
10 S. Wacker Dr., 32nd Floor
Chicago, IL 60606

Attention: Kristin Halterman

and a copy via email to:

cmbsnotices@wellsfargo.com

2. Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC
1585 Broadway
New York, New York 10036
Attention: Jane Lam

with copies to:

Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC
1633 Broadway, 29th Floor
New York, New York 10019
Attention: Legal Compliance Division

and

cmbs_notices@morganstanley.com

3. Argentic Real Estate Finance LLC and Argentic Real Estate Finance 2 LLC

31 West 27th Street, 12th Floor

New York, New York 10001

Attention: Michael Schulte

Facsimile No.: (646) 560-1745

4. Starwood Mortgage Capital LLC
2340 Collins Avenue, Suite 700

Miami Beach, Florida 33139

Attention: Leslie K. Fairbanks, Executive Vice President

Email to: lfairbanks@starwood.com

with a copy by email to jbeard@starwood.com

 

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and with a copy to:

 

Starwood Property Trust, Inc.

2340 Collins Avenue, Suite 700

Miami Beach, Florida 33139

Attention: Heather Bennett

Email to: hbennett@starwood.com and with a copy by email to lnr.cmbs.notices@lnrproperty.com

5. LMF Commercial, LLC
590 Madison Avenue, 9th Floor

New York, New York 10022

Attention: Kenneth M. Gorsuch, Managing Director

Email: Ken.Gorsuch@lmfcommercial.com

 

with a copy to:

 

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

200 Liberty Street

New York, New York 10281

Attention: Frank Polverino

Email: Frank.Polverino@cwt.com

In the case of the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer:

 

Pentalpha Surveillance LLC

375 N. French Road, Suite 100

Amherst, New York 14228

Attention: MSWF 2023-1 Transaction Manager

 

With a copy sent via email to:

 

notices@pentalphasurveillance.com with MSWF 2023-1 in the subject line

In the case of any mezzanine lender or Companion Loan Holder:

The address set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement.

To each such Person, such other address as may hereafter be furnished by such Person to the parties hereto in writing. Any communication required or permitted to be delivered to a Certificateholder shall be deemed to have been duly given when mailed first class, postage prepaid, to the address of such Holder as shown in the Certificate Register. Any notice so mailed within the time prescribed in this Agreement shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Certificateholder receives such notice.

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(b)               Any party required to deliver any notice or information pursuant to the terms of this Agreement to the Rating Agencies shall deliver such written notice of the events or information specified in Section 3.13(c) to the Rating Agencies at the address listed below, promptly following the occurrence thereof. The applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, the Certificate Administrator, and Trustee also shall furnish such other information regarding the Trust as may be reasonably requested by the Rating Agencies to the extent such party has or can obtain such information without unreasonable effort or expense; provided, however, that such other information is first provided to the 17g-5 Information Provider in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 3.13(c); provided, further, that the 17g-5 Information Provider shall not disclose which Rating Agency has requested such information. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the failure to deliver such notices or copies shall not constitute a Servicer Termination Event, as the case may be, under this Agreement. Any confirmation of the rating by the Rating Agencies required hereunder shall be in writing.

Any notices to the Rating Agencies shall be sent to the following addresses:

Kroll Bond Rating Agency, LLC

805 Third Avenue, 29th Floor

New York, New York 10022

Attention: CMBS Surveillance

E-mail: cmbssurveillance@kbra.com

Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
7 World Trade Center
250 Greenwich Street
New York, New York 10007
Attention: Commercial Mortgage Surveillance Group
E-mail: CMBSSurveillance@moodys.com

Fitch Ratings, Inc.
300 West 57th Street
New York, New York 10019
Attention: Commercial Mortgage Surveillance Group
E-mail: info.cmbs@fitchratings.com

Section 13.06    Severability of Provisions. If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall be for any reason whatsoever held invalid, then such covenants, agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement or of the Certificates or the rights of the Holders thereof.

Section 13.07    Grant of a Security Interest. The Depositor intends that the conveyance of the Conveyed Property shall constitute a sale and not a pledge of security for a loan. If such conveyance is deemed to be a pledge of security for a loan, however, the Depositor intends that the rights and obligations of the parties to such loan shall be established pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. The Depositor also intends and agrees that, in such event, (i) the Depositor shall be deemed to have granted to the Trustee (in such capacity) a first priority security interest

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in the Depositor’s entire right, title and interest in, to and under the Conveyed Property and all proceeds thereof, in each case, whether now owned or existing or hereafter acquired or arising, and (ii) this Agreement shall constitute a security agreement under applicable law. The Depositor shall file or cause to be filed, as a precautionary filing, a UCC Financing Statement in all appropriate locations in the State of Delaware promptly following the initial issuance of the Certificates, and the Certificate Administrator shall, at the expense of the Depositor (to the extent reasonable), prepare and file continuation statements with respect thereto, in each case in the six-month period prior to every fifth anniversary of the date of the initial UCC Financing Statement. The Depositor shall cooperate in a reasonable manner with the Certificate Administrator in the preparation and filing of such continuation statement. This Section 13.07 shall constitute notice to the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee pursuant to any of the requirements of the applicable UCC.

Section 13.08    Successors and Assigns; Third Party Beneficiaries. (a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the respective successors and assigns of the parties hereto, and all such provisions shall inure to the benefit of the Certificateholders. Each Mortgage Loan Seller (and its respective agents), each Companion Holder (and its respective agents), each Underwriter, each depositor of a Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization, each Other Exchange Act Reporting Party (with respect to its rights under Article XI of this Agreement) and each Initial Purchaser is an intended third-party beneficiary to this Agreement in respect of the respective rights afforded it hereunder. No other person, including, without limitation, any Mortgagor, shall be entitled to any benefit or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Agreement. If one, but not all, of the Mortgage Notes evidencing any Joint Mortgage Loan is repurchased, the applicable Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller shall be a third-party beneficiary of this Agreement to the same extent as if it were a holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan, as contemplated by Section 3.30 hereof.

(b)                 Each Serviced Companion Noteholder shall be a third-party beneficiary to this Agreement in respect to the rights afforded it hereunder. Each of the Other Servicers and the Other Trustees shall be a third-party beneficiary to this Agreement in respect to all provisions herein expressly relating to compensation, reimbursement or indemnification of such Other Servicer and Other Trustee, and any provisions regarding reimbursement or advances or interest thereon to such Other Servicer or Other Trustee.

(c)                 Each of the applicable Non-Serviced Trustee, Non-Serviced Master Servicer, Non-Serviced Special Servicer, Non-Serviced Depositor, Non-Serviced Certificate Administrator and any Non-Serviced Trust holding a related Non-Serviced Companion Loan, shall be a third-party beneficiary to this Agreement in respect to its rights as specifically provided for herein and under the applicable Non-Serviced Intercreditor Agreement.

(d)                              Subject to Section 2.03(k), Section 2.03(l)(iv) and Section 2.03(l)(v), any Requesting Certificateholder shall be an express third-party beneficiary to this Agreement for purposes of exercising rights under Section 2.03(k) through Section 2.03(o).

Section 13.09    Article and Section Headings. The article and section headings herein are for convenience of reference only, and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

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Section 13.10    Notices to the Rating Agencies. (a) The Certificate Administrator shall use reasonable efforts promptly to provide notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.13(c), (and the related 17g-5 information provider for any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities to the extent applicable to any Serviced Whole Loan) with respect to each of the following of which it has actual knowledge:

(i)                             any material change or amendment to this Agreement;

(ii)                          the occurrence of a Servicer Termination Event that has not been cured;

(iii)                    the resignation or termination of the Certificate Administrator, any Master Servicer, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any Special Servicer; and

(iv)                    the repurchase or substitution of Mortgage Loans by the related Mortgage Loan Seller pursuant to Section 5 of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.

(b)                          Each applicable Master Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to promptly provide notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.13(c), with respect to each of the following of which it has actual knowledge:

(i)                              the resignation or removal of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator;

(ii)                          any change in the location of each applicable Collection Account;

(iii)                     any event that would result in the voluntary or involuntary termination of any insurance of the accounts of the Trustee;

(iv)                     any change in the lien priority of any Mortgage Loan with respect to an assumption of the Mortgage Loan or additional encumbrance described in Section 3.08;

(v)                          any additional lease to an anchor tenant or termination of any existing lease to an anchor tenant at retail properties for any Mortgage Loan with a Stated Principal Balance that is equal to or greater than the lesser of (1) an amount greater than 5% of the then-aggregate outstanding principal balances of the Mortgage Loans and (2) $35,000,000;

(vi)                     any material damage to any Mortgaged Property;

(vii)                 any assumption with respect to a Mortgage Loan; and

(viii)              any release or substitution of any Mortgaged Property.

(c)                          The Certificate Administrator shall promptly furnish notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.13(c), and thereafter to the Rating Agencies of (i) any change in the location of the Distribution Accounts and (ii) the final payment to any Class of Certificateholders.

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(d)                     The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, any Master Servicer and any Special Servicer, as applicable, shall furnish to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.13(c), and thereafter to each Rating Agency (and any rating agency for any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities to the extent applicable to any Serviced Whole Loan) with respect to each Serviced Mortgage Loan such information as any Rating Agency shall reasonably request and which the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, can reasonably provide in accordance with applicable law and without waiving any attorney-client privilege relating to such information or violating the terms of this Agreement or any Mortgage Loan documents. The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, any Master Servicer and any Special Servicer, as applicable, may include any reasonable disclaimer it deems appropriate with respect to such information. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, nothing in this Section 13.10 shall require a party to provide duplicative notices or copies to the Rating Agencies with respect to any of the above listed items. In connection with the delivery by any Master Servicer or any Special Servicer to the 17g-5 Information Provider of any information, report, notice or document for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website, the 17g-5 Information Provider shall notify such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer when such information, report, notice or document has been posted. The applicable Master Servicer or the applicable Special Servicer, as the case may be, may, but shall not be obligated to, send such information, report, notice or document to the applicable Rating Agency so long as such information, report, notice or document (i) was previously provided to the 17g-5 Information Provider or (ii) is simultaneously provided, by 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Business Day, to the 17g-5 Information Provider.

Section 13.11    Cooperation with the Mortgage Loan Sellers with Respect to Rights Under the Mortgage Loan Agreements. It is expressly agreed and understood that, notwithstanding the assignment of the Mortgage Loan documents, it is expressly intended that the Mortgage Loan Sellers are entitled to the benefit of any securitization indemnification provisions that specifically run to the benefit of the lenders in the Mortgage Loan documents. Therefore, the Depositor, Master Servicer, Special Servicer and Trustee hereby agree to reasonably cooperate with any Mortgage Loan Seller, at the sole expense of such Mortgage Loan Seller, with respect to obtaining the benefits of the provisions of any section of a loan agreement or securitization cooperation agreement providing for indemnification of the lender and/or its loan seller affiliates with respect to the current securitization of the related Mortgage Loan, including, without limitation, executing any documents as are reasonably necessary to permit the related Mortgage Loan Seller to enforce such provisions for its benefit; provided, that none of the Depositor, Master Servicer, Special Servicer or Trustee shall be required to take any action that is inconsistent with the Servicing Standard, would violate applicable law, the terms and provisions of this Agreement or the Mortgage Loan documents, would adversely affect any Certificateholder, would cause either Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a grantor trust for federal income tax purposes, or would result in the imposition of a “prohibited transaction” or “prohibited contribution” tax under the REMIC Provisions. To the extent that the Trustee is required to execute any document facilitating the above rights of a Mortgage Loan Seller under this Section 13.11, such document shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

 

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[End of Article XIII]

[SIGNATURES COMMENCE ON FOLLOWING PAGE]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused their names to be signed hereto by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, in each case as of the day and year first above written.

	Morgan stanley capital i INC.,
	Depositor
	By:
		Name: Title:
	WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
	Master Servicer
	By:
		Name: Title:
	ARGENTIC SERVICES COMPANY LP,
	Special Servicer
	By:
		Name: Title:
	COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, national association,
	not in its individual capacity, but solely as Certificate Administrator
	By:
		Name: Title:

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	COMPUTERSHARE Trust COMPANY, national association,
	not in its individual capacity, but solely as Trustee
	By:
		Name: Title:
	PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC,
	as Operating Advisor
	By:
		Name: Title:
	pentalpha surveillance LLC,
	as Asset Representations Reviewer
	By:
		Name: Title:

 

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STATE OF NEW YORK	)
	)   ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK	)

 

On the ___ day of ________, ____, before me, a notary public in and for said State, personally appeared _________ known to me to be a ___________ of Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., that executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be the person who executed it on behalf of such entity, and acknowledged to me that such entity executed the within instrument.

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

 

		Notary Public
[SEAL]
My commission expires:

 

 

 MSWF 2023-1 – Pooling and Servicing Agreement

 

STATE OF	)
	)   ss.:
COUNTY OF	)

On the ___ day of ________, ____, before me, a notary public in and for said State, personally appeared ________ known to me to be a _________ of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, and also known to me to be the person who executed it on behalf of such entity, and acknowledged to me that such entity executed the within instrument.

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

 

		Notary Public
[SEAL]
My commission expires:

 MSWF 2023-1 – Pooling and Servicing Agreement

 

STATE OF	)
	)              ss.:
COUNTY OF	)

On the ___ day of ________, ____, before me, a notary public in and for said State, personally appeared ________ known to me to be a _________ of Argentic Services Company LP, that executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be the person who executed it on behalf of such entity, and acknowledged to me that such entity executed the within instrument.

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

		Notary Public
[SEAL]
My commission expires:

 

 MSWF 2023-1 – Pooling and Servicing Agreement

 

STATE OF	)
	)              ss.:
COUNTY OF	)

On the ___ day of ________, ____, before me, a notary public in and for said State, personally appeared ________ known to me to be a _________ of Computershare Trust Company, National Association, and also known to me to be the person who executed it on behalf of such entity, and acknowledged to me that such entity executed the within instrument.

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

		Notary Public
[SEAL]
My commission expires:

 

 MSWF 2023-1 – Pooling and Servicing Agreement

 

STATE OF	)
	)              ss.:
COUNTY OF	)

On the ___ day of ________, ____, before me, a notary public in and for said State, personally appeared ___________ known to me to be a _________ of Computershare Trust Company, National Association, that executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be the person who executed it on behalf of such entity, and acknowledged to me that such entity executed the within instrument.

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

		Notary Public
[SEAL]
My commission expires:

 

 MSWF 2023-1 – Pooling and Servicing Agreement

 

 

STATE OF	)
	)   ss.:
COUNTY OF	)

On the ___ day of ________, ____, before me, a notary public in and for said State, personally appeared ___________ known to me to be a _________ of Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, a limited liability company, that executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be the person who executed it on behalf of such entity, and acknowledged to me that such entity executed the within instrument.

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

		Notary Public
[SEAL]
My commission expires:

 

 MSWF 2023-1 – Pooling and Servicing Agreement

EXECUTION VERSION 

EXHIBIT A-1

[FORM OF] CLASS [__] CERTIFICATE

MSWF COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE TRUST 2023-1

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES

SERIES 2023-1, CLASS [__]

[FOR CLASSES X-D, X-F, D, E, F, G-RR, AND H-RR OFFERED PURSUANT TO REGULATION S:]¹ [THIS CERTIFICATE IS A TEMPORARY REGULATION S BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE FOR PURPOSES OF REGULATION S (“REGULATION S”) UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”). NEITHER THIS TEMPORARY REGULATION S BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD OR DELIVERED, EXCEPT AS PERMITTED UNDER THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.

NO BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF THIS TEMPORARY REGULATION S BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL OR INTEREST HEREON UNLESS THE REQUIRED CERTIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN DELIVERED PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.]

[FOR BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATES:]² [UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

TRANSFERS OF THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE, AND TRANSFERS OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS

1  Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate legend.

2  Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

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SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.]

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE DEPOSITOR, THE BORROWERS, THE SPONSORS, ANY MASTER SERVICER, ANY SPECIAL SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY, THE UNDERWRITERS, THE INITIAL PURCHASERS, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

[FOR CLASSES A-1, A-2, A-SB, A-4, A-4-1, A-4-2, A-5, A-5-1, A-5-2, A-S, A-S-1, A-S-2, B, B-1, B-2, C, C-1, C-2, D, E, F, G-RR AND H-RR:] [PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE DISTRIBUTABLE AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

THE PORTION OF THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THE CERTIFICATES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DECREASED BY THE PORTION OF PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTIONS ON THE CERTIFICATES AND THE PORTION OF REALIZED LOSSES ALLOCABLE TO THIS CERTIFICATE AND WILL BE INCREASED BY RECOVERIES ON THE RELATED MORTGAGE LOANS FOR NONRECOVERABLE ADVANCES (PLUS INTEREST THEREON) THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY REIMBURSED FROM PRINCIPAL COLLECTIONS ON THE MORTGAGE LOANS THAT RESULTED IN A REDUCTION OF THE PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT. ACCORDINGLY, THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE LESS THAN THAT SET FORTH BELOW. ANYONE ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE MAY ASCERTAIN ITS CURRENT CERTIFICATE BALANCE BY INQUIRY OF THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR.]

[FOR CLASS X CERTIFICATES AND CLASSES A-4-X1, A-4-X2, A-5-X1, A-5-X2, A-S-X1, A-S-X2, B-X1, B-X2, C-X1 AND C-X2:] [THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NO PRINCIPAL BALANCE AND WILL NOT RECEIVE ANY DISTRIBUTIONS OF PRINCIPAL. THE NOTIONAL AMOUNT OF THE CLASS OF CERTIFICATES TO WHICH THIS CERTIFICATE BELONGS WILL BE REDUCED IN CONNECTION WITH THE REDUCTION OF THE AGGREGATE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF ANY UNDERLYING CLASS OF PRINCIPAL BALANCE CERTIFICATES OR UPPER-TIER REGULAR INTERESTS, AS APPLICABLE, THAT COMPRISE ITS NOTIONAL AMOUNT. ACCORDINGLY, THE NOTIONAL AMOUNT OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL NOTIONAL AMOUNT SET FORTH BELOW.

THE NOTIONAL AMOUNT ON WHICH THE INTEREST PAYABLE TO THE HOLDERS OF THIS CLASS OF CERTIFICATES IS BASED WILL BE REDUCED AS A

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RESULT OF PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS AND LOSSES ON THE MORTGAGE LOANS. ACCORDINGLY, THE INTEREST PAYABLE PURSUANT TO THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE LESS THAN THAT SET FORTH BELOW.]

[FOR CLASSES X-D, X-F, D, E, F, G-RR AND H-RR:] [THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (A)(1) PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”) TO A PERSON THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER”, WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (A “QIB”), OR IS PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB, AND WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE, OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (2) TO AN INSTITUTION THAT IS A NON-“U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” AS DEFINED IN, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF, REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (3) TO INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE “ACCREDITED INVESTORS” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“REGULATION D”) OR ANY ENTITY IN WHICH ALL OF THE EQUITY OWNERS ARE “ACCREDITED INVESTORS” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D (COLLECTIVELY, “INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTORS”), AND (B) IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.]

[FOR CLASSES X-F, F, G-RR AND H-RR:] [THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE PURCHASED BY OR PLEDGED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED TO ANY PERSON THAT IS OR BECOMES AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY PROVISIONS OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), OR TO SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), OR A GOVERNMENTAL PLAN (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(32) OF ERISA) OR OTHER PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO ANY FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW THAT IS, TO A MATERIAL EXTENT, SIMILAR TO THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE (“SIMILAR LAW”), OR ANY PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH PLAN (INCLUDING AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE PLAN ASSETS WITHIN THE MEANING OF DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGULATION § 2510.3-101, AS MODIFIED BY SECTION 3(42) OF ERISA) OR USING THE ASSETS OF SUCH PLAN TO ACQUIRE THIS CERTIFICATE, UNLESS (A)(I) SUCH PERSON IS AN “INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL ACCOUNT” WITHIN THE MEANING OF PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION 95-60, AND (II) ALL CONDITIONS OF SECTIONS I AND III OF PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION 95-60 WILL BE MET WITH RESPECT TO SUCH INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL ACCOUNT’S ACQUISITION, HOLDING AND DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE, OR (B) WITH

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RESPECT TO THE ACQUISITION, HOLDING OR DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE BY ANY PLAN SUBJECT TO SIMILAR LAW, SUCH ACQUISITION, HOLDING AND DISPOSITION BY SUCH PLAN WOULD NOT CONSTITUTE OR OTHERWISE RESULT IN A NON-EXEMPT VIOLATION OF SIMILAR LAW.]

[FOR EXCHANGEABLE CERTIFICATES (CLASSES A-4, A-4-1, A-4-2, A-4-X1, A-4-X2, A-5, A-5-1, A-5-2, A-5-X1, A-5-X2, A-S, A-S-1, A-S-2, A-S-X1, A-S-X2, B, B-1, B-2, B-X1, B-X2, C, C-1, C-2, C-X1, C-X2): SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS AND PROCEDURES SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE EXCHANGED FOR OTHER Exchangeable CERTIFICATES IN THE AMOUNTS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.]

[FOR REGULAR CERTIFICATES (CLASSES A-1, A-2, A-SB, D, E, F, G, H, X-A, X-B, X-D AND X-F): THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT”, AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.]

[FOR EXCHANGEABLE CERTIFICATES (CLASSES A-4, A-4-1, A-4-2, A-4-X1, A-4-X2, A-5, A-5-1, A-5-2, A-5-X1, A-5-X2, A-S, A-S-1, A-S-2, A-S-X1, A-S-X2, B, B-1, B-2, B-X1, B-X2, C, C-1, C-2, C-X1, C-X2): THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS AN UNDIVIDED BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A PORTION OF THE RELATED EXCHANGEABLE CLASS SPECIFIC GRANTOR TRUST ASSETS.]

[FOR SUBORDINATE CERTIFICATES (CLASSES A-S, A-S-1, A-S-2, A-S-X1, A-S-X2, B, B-1, B-2, B-X1, B-X2, C, C-1, C-2, C-X1, C-X2, D, E, F, G-RR AND H-RR): THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE TO ONE OR MORE OTHER CLASSES OF CERTIFICATES AS AND TO THE EXTENT SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.]

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PASS-THROUGH RATE: [FOR CLASS A-1/A-2/A-4/A-4-X1/A-4-X2/A-5/A-5-X1/A-5-X2/A-S-X1/A-S-X2/B-X1/B-X2/C-X1/C-X2/D/E/F/: [__]% PER ANNUM] [FOR CLASS A-SB/A-S: THE LESSER OF (I) [__]% PER ANNUM AND (II) THE WEIGHTED AVERAGE NET MORTGAGE RATE][FOR CLASS B/C/G-RR/H-RR: THE WEIGHTED AVERAGE NET MORTGAGE RATE] [FOR CLASS X-A/X-B/X-D/X-F: VARIABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT] [FOR CLASS A-4-1/A-5-1/A-S-1/B-1/C-1: THE SUM OF THE CLASS A-4/A-5/A-S/B/C UT PASS-THROUGH RATE AND THE CLASS A-4-X2/A-5-X2/A-S-X2/B-X2/C-X2 UT PASS-THROUGH RATE] [FOR CLASS A-4-2/A-5-2/A-S-2/B-2/C-2: THE CLASS A-4/A-5/A-S/B/C UT PASS-THROUGH RATE] INITIAL [CERTIFICATE
BALANCE][NOTIONAL AMOUNT] OF
THIS CERTIFICATE AS OF THE CLOSING
DATE: $[            ] DATE OF POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT: AS OF MAY 1, 2023 CUT-OFF DATE: AS SET FORTH IN THE
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
(AS DEFINED HEREIN) CLOSING DATE: MAY 25, 2023 FIRST DISTRIBUTION DATE:
JUNE 16, 2023 APPROXIMATE AGGREGATE
[CERTIFICATE BALANCE][NOTIONAL
AMOUNT] OF THE CLASS [__]
CERTIFICATES
AS OF THE CLOSING DATE: $[_________] MASTER SERVICER:
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION SPECIAL SERVICER:
ARGENTIC SERVICES COMPANY LP TRUSTEE:
COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR:
COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OPERATING Advisor:
PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER:
PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC CUSIP NO.: [            ] ISIN NO.: [            ] COMMON CODE NO.: [            ] CERTIFICATE NO.: [_]-[_]

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CLASS [__] CERTIFICATE

evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, consisting primarily of a pool of commercial mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”), all payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date, all REO Properties and revenues received in respect thereof, the mortgagee’s rights under the insurance policies, any Assignment of Leases, and any guaranties or other collateral as security for the Mortgage Loans and such amounts as shall from time to time be held in each applicable Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts, the Interest Reserve Account, the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account and the REO Accounts, formed and sold by

MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL I INC.

THIS CERTIFIES THAT [FOR BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATES: CEDE & CO.] [FOR DEFINITIVE CERTIFICATES: [______]] is the registered owner of the interest evidenced by this Certificate in the Class [__] Certificates issued by the Trust created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc. (hereinafter called the “Depositor”, which term includes any successor entity under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer. A summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates designated as Certificates of the series specified on the face hereof (herein called the “Certificates”) and representing an interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof equal to the quotient expressed as a percentage obtained by dividing the Denomination of this Certificate specified on the face hereof [FOR EXCHANGEABLE CERTIFICATES (CLASSES A-4, A-4-1, A-4-2, A-4-X1, A-4-X2, A-5, A-5-1, A-5-2, A-5-X1, A-5-X2, A-S, A-S-1, A-S-2, A-S-X1, A-S-X2, B, B-1, B-2, B-X1, B-X2, C, C-1, C-2, C-X1 AND C-X2): (subject to adjustments reflected on the schedule of exchanges attached hereto)], by the aggregate initial Certificate Balance or Notional Amount, as applicable, of the Class [__] Certificates [FOR EXCHANGEABLE CERTIFICATES (CLASSES A-4, A-4-1, A-4-2, A-4-X1, A-4-X2, A-5, A-5-1, A-5-2, A-5-X1, A-5-X2, A-S, A-S-1, A-S-2, A-S-X1, A-S-X2, B, B-1, B-2, B-X1, B-X2, C, C-1, C-2, C-X1 AND C-X2): (as increased or decreased, as the case may be, to reflect any exchanges of Exchangeable Certificates)]. The Certificates are designated as the MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1 and are issued in the classes as specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Certificates will evidence in the aggregate 100% of the beneficial ownership of the Trust Fund.

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and reference is made to that agreement for information with respect to the interests, rights, benefits, obligations, proceeds, and duties evidenced hereby and the rights, duties and obligations of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to which Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as amended from time to time, the Certificateholder by virtue

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of the acceptance hereof assents and by which the Certificateholder is bound. In the case of any conflict between terms specified in this Certificate and terms specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall govern.

[FOR REGULAR CERTIFICATES (CLASSES A-1, A-2, A-SB, D, E, F, G, H, X-A, X-B, X-D and X-F): This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit”, as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).] [FOR EXCHANGEABLE CERTIFICATES (CLASSES A-4, A-4-1, A-4-2, A-4-X1, A-4-X2, A-5, A-5-1, A-5-2, A-5-X1, A-5-X2, A-S, A-S-1, A-S-2, A-S-X1, A-S-X2, B, B-1, B-2, B-X1, B-X2, C, C-1, C-2, C-X1 AND C-X2): This certificate represents an undivided beneficial interest in a portion of the related Exchangeable Class Specific Grantor Trust Assets]. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall distribute to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as of the related Record Date, an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and/or interest then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class of Certificates of the same Class as this Certificate for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All sums distributable on this Certificate are payable in the coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

Interest on this Certificate will accrue (computed as if each year consisted of 360 days and each month consisted of 30 days) during the Interest Accrual Period relating to such Distribution Date at the Pass-Through Rate specified above on the Certificate Balance or Notional Amount, as applicable, of this Certificate immediately prior to each Distribution Date. Principal and/or interest allocated to this Certificate on any Distribution Date will be in an amount equal to this Certificate’s pro rata share of the Available Funds to be distributed on the Certificates of this Class as of such Distribution Date, with a final distribution to be made upon retirement of this Certificate as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Realized Losses and certain other amounts on the Mortgage Loans shall be allocated on the applicable Distribution Date to Certificateholders in the manner set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans allocated to any Class of Certificates will be allocated pro rata among the outstanding Certificates of such Class.

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, each applicable Collection Account and the Distribution Accounts will be held on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of Certificates specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and each Master Servicer (with respect to its Collection Account) or the Certificate Administrator (with

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respect to the Distribution Accounts) will be authorized to make withdrawals therefrom. Amounts on deposit in such accounts may be invested in Permitted Investments to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Interest or other investment income earned on funds in each applicable Collection Account will be paid to the applicable Master Servicer as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals from each applicable Collection Account shall be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of certain expenses incurred with respect to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans and administration of the Trust.

All distributions under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to a Class of Certificates shall be made on each Distribution Date (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) to Certificateholders of record on the related Record Date by check mailed to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register or, provided that such Certificateholder has provided the Certificate Administrator with wire instructions at least five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Certificateholder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor. The final distribution on this Certificate (determined without regard to any possible future reimbursement of Realized Losses, previously allocated to this Certificate) shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of this Certificate at the offices of the Certificate Registrar or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders of such final distribution.

Any funds not distributed to any Holder or Holders of Certificates of such Class on such Distribution Date because of the failure of such Holder or Holders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held uninvested in trust and credited to the account or accounts of the appropriate non-tendering Holder or Holders. If any Certificates as to which notice has been given pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six (6) months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation in order to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one (1) year after the second notice all such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator, directly or through an agent, shall take such steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning the surrender of their Certificates as it shall deem appropriate, subject to applicable law with respect to escheatment of funds. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders following the first anniversary of the delivery of such second notice to the non-tendering Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held in trust under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register only upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the office of the Certificate Registrar or at the office of its transfer agent, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder hereof or such Holder’s attorney-in-fact duly authorized in

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writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates of the same Class in authorized Denominations will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

Subject to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Class [__] Certificates will be issued in minimum denominations of [FOR REGISTERED PRINCIPAL BALANCE CERTIFICATES AND EXCHANGEABLE CERTIFICATES (CLASSES A-1, A-2, A-SB, A-4, A-4-1, A-4-2, A-4-X1, A-4-X2, A-5, A-5-1, A-5-2, A-5-X1, A-5-X2, A-S, A-S-1, A-S-2, A-S-X1, A-S-X2, B, B-1, B-2, B-X1, B-X2, C, C-1, C-2, C-X1 AND C-X2): $10,000][FOR NON-REGISTERED PRINCIPAL BALANCE CERTIFICATES: CLASSES D, E, F, G-RR AND H-RR: $100,000][FOR CLASS X CERTIFICATES: $1,000,000], and in integral multiples of $1 in excess thereof, with one Certificate of each such Class evidencing an additional amount equal to the remainder of the initial Certificate Balance of such Class.

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange of any Certificate (other than Definitive Certificates) referred to in Section 5.03 [FOR EXCHANGEABLE CERTIFICATES (CLASSES A-4, A-4-1, A-4-2, A-4-X1, A-4-X2, A-5, A-5-1, A-5-2, A-5-X1, A-5-X2, A-S, A-S-1, A-S-2, A-S-X1, A-S-X2, B, B-1, B-2, B-X1, B-X2, C, C-1, C-2, C-X1 AND C-X2): and Section 5.11] of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the Transferor shall reimburse the Trust for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer or exchange.

The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer and the Certificate Registrar, and any agent of any of them, may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Certificate Registrar, or any agent of any of them, shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Certificateholders under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement at any time by the parties thereto with the consent of the Holders of Certificates of each Class affected by such amendment evidencing in the aggregate not less than a majority of the aggregate Percentage Interests constituting the Class. Any such consent by the Holder of this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent is made upon the Certificate. The Pooling and Servicing Agreement also permits the amendment thereof, in certain circumstances, without the consent of the Holders of any of the Certificates.

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The Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer servicing the greater principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of that time, the other Special Servicer, the Master Servicer servicing the greater principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of that time, the other Master Servicer, or the Holders of the Class R Certificates, in that order of priority, may, at their option, elect to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans (and all property acquired through exercise of remedies in respect of any related Mortgage Loan) and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund as contemplated by clause (ii) of the first paragraph of Section 9.01 in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by giving written notice to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the other parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement no later than sixty (60) days prior to the anticipated date of purchase; provided, however, that the Holders of the Controlling Class, each applicable Special Servicer, each applicable Master Servicer, or the Holders of the Class R Certificates may so elect to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund only on or after the first Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans and the portion of any REO Loans held by the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loans (solely for the purposes of this calculation, if such right is being exercised after May 2033 and the CX - 250 Water Street Mortgage Loan is still an asset of the Trust Fund, then such Mortgage Loan that is still an asset of the Trust Fund shall be excluded from the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the related determination date).

Following the date on which the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class D and Class E Certificates and the Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-S, Class B and Class C Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests are no longer outstanding (and provided that there is only one Holder (or multiple Holders acting in unanimity) of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class V Certificates and Class R Certificates)), the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right, with the consent of each applicable Master Servicer, to exchange all of its Certificates (other than the Class V Certificates and Class R Certificates) together with the payment or deemed payment of the Termination Purchase Amount for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

The obligations created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Trust created thereby (other than the obligation of the Certificate Administrator to make payments to Certificateholders as provided for in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), shall terminate upon reduction of the Certificate Balances of all the Certificates to zero (including, without limitation, any such final payment resulting from a termination of the Trust due to a sale of its property) pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In no event, however, will the Trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James, living on the date hereof.

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose. The Certificate Registrar has executed this Certificate on behalf of the Trust as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans.

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THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES APPLIED IN NEW YORK.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Registrar has caused this Certificate to be duly executed under this official seal.

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
By:
	Name:
	Title:

Dated: May ___, 2023

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

THIS IS ONE OF THE CLASS [__] CERTIFICATES REFERRED TO IN THE WITHIN-MENTIONED POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Authenticating Agent
By:
	Name:
	Title:

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ABBREVIATIONS

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

TEN COM	-	as tenant in common	UNIF GIFT MIN ACT
TEN ENT	-	as tenants by the entireties			Custodian
JT TEN	-	as joint tenants with rights of			(Cust)
		survivorship and not as tenants in	Under Uniform Gifts to Minors
		common
			Act
				(State)

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

FORM OF TRANSFER

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto

(Please insert Social Security or other identifying number of Assignee)

(Please print or typewrite name and address of assignee)

the within Certificate and does hereby or irrevocably constitute and appoint to transfer the said Certificate in the Certificate register of the within-named Trust, with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated: _____________	NOTICE:  The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of this Certificate in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.
SIGNATURE GUARANTEED

The signature must be guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company or by a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange or another national securities exchange. Notarized or witnessed signatures are not acceptable.

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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution: Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in immediately available funds to _________________________________ for the account of __________________________________ account number _______________ or, if mailed by check, to _______________________________________. Statements should be mailed to _______________________________________________________________. This information is provided by assignee named above, or ______________________________, as its agent.

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[TO BE ATTACHED TO RULE 144A/REGULATION S BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATES AND EXCHANGEABLE CERTIFICATES]

SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF CERTIFICATES

The following exchanges of a part of this Certificate have been made:

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EXHIBIT A-2

[FORM OF] CLASS R CERTIFICATE

MSWF COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE TRUST 2023-1

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES

SERIES 2023-1, CLASS R

THE INITIAL INVESTOR IN THIS CERTIFICATE, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN, IS DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. A TRANSFEREE IS ALSO REQUIRED TO DELIVER AN INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION LETTER SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM OF EXHIBIT C TO THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE DEPOSITOR, THE BORROWERS, THE SPONSORS, ANY MASTER SERVICER, ANY SPECIAL SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY, THE UNDERWRITERS, THE INITIAL PURCHASERS, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (A) PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”) TO A PERSON THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER”, WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (A “QIB”), OR IS PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB, AND WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE, OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, AND (B) IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE PURCHASED BY OR PLEDGED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED TO ANY PERSON THAT IS OR BECOMES AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE

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FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY PROVISIONS OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), OR TO SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), OR A GOVERNMENTAL PLAN (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(32) OF ERISA) OR OTHER PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO ANY FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW THAT IS, TO A MATERIAL EXTENT, SIMILAR TO THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE, OR ANY PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH PLAN (INCLUDING AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE PLAN ASSETS WITHIN THE MEANING OF DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGULATION § 2510.3-101, AS MODIFIED BY SECTION 3(42) OF ERISA) OR USING THE ASSETS OF SUCH PLAN TO ACQUIRE THIS CERTIFICATE.

THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “RESIDUAL INTEREST” IN TWO “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUITS” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(2) AND 860D OF THE CODE. EACH TRANSFEREE OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, IS DEEMED TO HAVE ACCEPTED THIS CERTIFICATE SUBJECT TO CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY TO DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATIONS, DISQUALIFIED NON-U.S. TAX PERSONS OR AGENTS OF EITHER, AS SET FORTH IN SECTION 5.03 OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, AND SHALL BE REQUIRED TO FURNISH AN AFFIDAVIT TO THE TRANSFEROR, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR AND THE TRUSTEE TO THE EFFECT THAT, AMONG OTHER THINGS, (A) IT IS NOT A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION, AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION 860E(e)(5) OF THE CODE, OR AN AGENT (INCLUDING A BROKER, NOMINEE OR OTHER MIDDLEMAN) FOR SUCH DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION AND IS OTHERWISE A PERMITTED TRANSFEREE, (B) IT HAS HISTORICALLY PAID ITS DEBTS AS THEY HAVE COME DUE AND INTENDS TO PAY ITS DEBTS AS THEY COME DUE IN THE FUTURE, (C) IT UNDERSTANDS THAT IT MAY INCUR TAX LIABILITIES WITH RESPECT TO THIS CERTIFICATE IN EXCESS OF CASH FLOWS GENERATED HEREBY, (D) IT INTENDS TO PAY ANY TAXES ASSOCIATED WITH HOLDING THIS CERTIFICATE AS THEY BECOME DUE, (E) IT WILL NOT CAUSE INCOME WITH RESPECT TO THIS CERTIFICATE TO BE ATTRIBUTABLE TO A FOREIGN PERMANENT ESTABLISHMENT OR FIXED BASE, WITHIN THE MEANING OF AN APPLICABLE INCOME TAX TREATY, OF SUCH PERSON OR ANY OTHER U.S. PERSON AND (F) IT WILL NOT TRANSFER THIS CERTIFICATE TO ANY PERSON OR ENTITY THAT DOES NOT PROVIDE A SIMILAR AFFIDAVIT. ANY PURPORTED TRANSFER TO A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION OR OTHER PERSON THAT IS NOT A PERMITTED TRANSFEREE OR OTHERWISE IN VIOLATION OF THESE RESTRICTIONS SHALL BE ABSOLUTELY NULL AND VOID AND SHALL VEST NO RIGHTS IN ANY PURPORTED TRANSFEREE. THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS “NON-ECONOMIC RESIDUAL INTERESTS” AS DEFINED IN TREASURY REGULATIONS SECTION 1.860E-1(c), AND THEREFORE, TRANSFERS OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE DISREGARDED FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES. IN ORDER TO SATISFY A REGULATORY SAFE HARBOR UNDER WHICH SUCH TRANSFERS WILL NOT BE DISREGARDED, THE TRANSFEROR MAY BE REQUIRED, AMONG OTHER THINGS, TO SATISFY ITSELF AS TO THE FINANCIAL

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CONDITION OF THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE AND EITHER TO TRANSFER AT A MINIMUM PRICE OR TO AN ELIGIBLE TRANSFEREE AS SPECIFIED IN TREASURY REGULATIONS.

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PERCENTAGE INTEREST EVIDENCED
BY THIS CERTIFICATE: [_]% DATE OF POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT: AS OF MAY 1, 2023 CUT-OFF DATE: AS SET FORTH IN
THE POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT (AS DEFINED HEREIN) CLOSING DATE: MAY 25, 2023 FIRST DISTRIBUTION DATE:
jUNE 16, 2023   MASTER SERVICER: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION SPECIAL SERVICER: ARGENTIC SERVICES COMPANY LP TRUSTEE: COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR: COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OPERATING Advisor: PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER: PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC CUSIP NO.: [            ] ISIN NO.: [            ] CERTIFICATE NO.: R-[_]

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CLASS R CERTIFICATE

evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, consisting primarily of a pool of commercial mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”), all payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date, all REO Properties and revenues received in respect thereof, the mortgagee’s rights under the insurance policies, any Assignment of Leases, and any guaranties or other collateral as security for the Mortgage Loans and such amounts as shall from time to time be held in each applicable Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts, the Interest Reserve Account, the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account and the REO Accounts, formed and sold by

MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL I INC.

THIS CERTIFIES THAT [____________________] is the registered owner of the interest evidenced by this Certificate in the Class R Certificates issued by the Trust created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc. (hereinafter called the “Depositor”, which term includes any successor entity under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer. A summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates designated as Certificates of the series specified on the face hereof (herein called the “Certificates”) and representing the Percentage Interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof. The Certificates are designated as the MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1 and are issued in the classes as specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Certificates will evidence in the aggregate 100% of the beneficial ownership of the Trust Fund.

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and reference is made to that agreement for information with respect to the interests, rights, benefits, obligations, proceeds, and duties evidenced hereby and the rights, duties and obligations of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to which Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as amended from time to time, the Certificateholder by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which the Certificateholder is bound. In the case of any conflict between terms specified in this Certificate and terms specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall govern.

This Class R Certificate represents a “residual interest” in two “real estate mortgage investment conduits”, as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state

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and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income. The Certificate Administrator shall be designated as the “partnership representative” within the meaning of Section 6223 of the Code of each Trust REMIC. By their acceptance thereof, the Holders of the Class R Certificates hereby agree to the designation of the Certificate Administrator as “partnership representative” for the Trust REMICs.

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, distributions, if any, on this Certificate shall be made by the Certificate Administrator in an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) and to the extent and subject to the limitations set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, on the Distribution Date to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as of the related Record Date. All sums distributable on this Certificate are payable in the coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, each applicable Collection Account and the Distribution Accounts will be held on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of Certificates specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and each Master Servicer (with respect to its Collection Account) or the Certificate Administrator (with respect to the Distribution Accounts) will be authorized to make withdrawals therefrom. Amounts on deposit in such accounts may be invested in Permitted Investments to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Interest or other investment income earned on funds in each applicable Collection Account will be paid to the applicable Master Servicer as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals from each applicable Collection Account shall be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of certain expenses incurred with respect to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans and administration of the Trust.

All distributions under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to a Class of Certificates shall be made on each Distribution Date (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) to Certificateholders of record on the related Record Date by check mailed to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register or, provided that such Certificateholder has provided the Certificate Administrator with wire instructions at least five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Certificateholder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor. The final distribution on this Certificate (determined without regard to any possible future reimbursement of Realized Losses previously allocated to this Certificate) shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of this Certificate at the offices of the Certificate Registrar or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders of such final distribution.

Any funds not distributed to any Holder or Holders of Certificates of such Class on such Distribution Date because of the failure of such Holder or Holders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held uninvested in trust and credited to the account or accounts of the appropriate non-tendering Holder or Holders. If any Certificates as to which notice has been

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given pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six (6) months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation in order to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one (1) year after the second notice all such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator, directly or through an agent, shall take such steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning the surrender of their Certificates as it shall deem appropriate, subject to applicable law with respect to escheatment of funds. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders following the first anniversary of the delivery of such second notice to the non-tendering Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held in trust under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register only upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the office of the Certificate Registrar or at the office of its transfer agent, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder hereof or such Holder’s attorney-in-fact duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates of the same Class in authorized Denominations will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of such Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the following provisions. The rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (A) no Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate shall be a Disqualified Organization or agent thereof (including a nominee, middleman or similar person) (an “Agent”), a Plan or a Person acting on behalf of or investing the assets of a Plan (such Plan or Person, an “ERISA Prohibited Holder”) or a Disqualified Non-U.S. Tax Person and shall promptly notify the Certificate Registrar of any change or impending change to such status; (B) in connection with any proposed Transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, the Certificate Registrar shall, as a condition to such consent, (x) require the proposed transferee to deliver, and the proposed transferee shall deliver to the Certificate Registrar and to the proposed transferor, an affidavit in substantially the form attached to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as Exhibit D-1 (a “Transferee Affidavit”) of the proposed transferee (A) that such proposed transferee is a Permitted Transferee and (B) stating that (1) the proposed transferee historically has paid its debts as they have come due and intends to do so in the future, (2) the proposed transferee understands that, as the holder of a Residual Ownership Interest, it may incur tax liabilities in excess of cash flows generated by the residual interest, (3) the proposed transferee intends to pay taxes associated with holding the Residual Ownership Interest as they become due, (4) the proposed transferee will not cause income with respect to the Residual Ownership Interest to be attributable to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed base, within the meaning of an applicable income tax treaty, of such proposed transferee or any other U.S. Tax Person, (5) the proposed transferee will not transfer the Residual Ownership Interest to any Person that does not

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provide a Transferee Affidavit or as to which the proposed transferee has actual knowledge that such Person is not a Permitted Transferee or is acting as an agent (including a broker, nominee or other middleman) for a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee, and (6) the proposed transferee expressly agrees to be bound by and to abide by the provisions of Section 5.03(o) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and (y) other than in connection with the initial issuance of a Class R Certificate, require a statement from the proposed transferor substantially in the form attached as Exhibit D-2 (the “Transferor Letter”), that the proposed transferor has no actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee and has no actual knowledge or reason to know that the proposed transferee’s statements in its Transferee Affidavit are false.

The Class R Certificates will be issued in fully registered, certificated form, in minimum percentage interests of 10% and integral multiples of 1% in excess thereof.

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange of any Certificate (other than Definitive Certificates) referred to in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the Transferor shall reimburse the Trust for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer or exchange.

The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer and the Certificate Registrar, and any agent of any of them, may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Certificate Registrar, or any agent of any of them, shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Certificateholders under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement at any time by the parties thereto with the consent of the Holders of Certificates of each Class affected by such amendment evidencing in the aggregate not less than a majority of the aggregate Percentage Interests constituting the Class. Any such consent by the Holder of this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent is made upon the Certificate. The Pooling and Servicing Agreement also permits the amendment thereof, in certain circumstances, without the consent of the Holders of any of the Certificates.

The Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer servicing the greater principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of that time, the other Special Servicer, the Master Servicer servicing the greater principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of that time, the other Master Servicer, or the Holders of the Class R Certificates, in that order of priority, may, at

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their option, elect to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans (and all property acquired through exercise of remedies in respect of any related Mortgage Loan) and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund as contemplated by clause (ii) of the first paragraph of Section 9.01 in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by giving written notice to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the other parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement no later than sixty (60) days prior to the anticipated date of purchase; provided, however, that the Holders of the Controlling Class, any Special Servicer, any Master Servicer, or the Holders of the Class R Certificates may so elect to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund only on or after the first Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans and the portion of any REO Loans held by the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loans (solely for the purposes of this calculation, if such right is being exercised after May 2033 and the CX - 250 Water Street Mortgage Loan is still an asset of the Trust Fund, then such Mortgage Loan that is still an asset of the Trust Fund shall be excluded from the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the related determination date).

Following the date on which the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class D and Class E Certificates and the Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-S, Class B and Class C Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests are no longer outstanding (and provided that there is only one Holder (or multiple Holders acting in unanimity) of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class V Certificates and Class R Certificates)), the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right, with the consent of each applicable Master Servicer, to exchange all of its Certificates (other than the Class V Certificates and Class R Certificates) together with the payment or deemed payment of the Termination Purchase Amount for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

The obligations created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Trust created thereby (other than the obligation of the Certificate Administrator to make payments to Certificateholders as provided for in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), shall terminate upon reduction of the Certificate Balances of all the Certificates to zero (including, without limitation, any such final payment resulting from a termination of the Trust due to a sale of its property) pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In no event, however, will the Trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James, living on the date hereof.

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose. The Certificate Registrar has executed this Certificate on behalf of the Trust as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans.

THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND GOVERNED

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BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES APPLIED IN NEW YORK.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Registrar has caused this Certificate to be duly executed under this official seal.

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
By:
	Name:
	Title:

Dated: May ___, 2023

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

THIS IS ONE OF THE CLASS R CERTIFICATES REFERRED TO IN THE WITHIN-MENTIONED POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Authenticating Agent
By:
	Name:
	Title:

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ABBREVIATIONS

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

TEN COM	-	as tenant in common	UNIF GIFT MIN ACT
TEN ENT	-	as tenants by the entireties			Custodian
JT TEN	-	as joint tenants with rights of			(Cust)
		survivorship and not as tenants in	Under Uniform Gifts to Minors
		common
			Act
				(State)

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

FORM OF TRANSFER

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto

(Please insert Social Security or other identifying number of Assignee)

(Please print or typewrite name and address of assignee)

the within Certificate and does hereby or irrevocably constitute and appoint to transfer the said Certificate in the Certificate register of the within-named Trust, with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated: _____________	NOTICE:  The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of this Certificate in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.
SIGNATURE GUARANTEED

The signature must be guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company or by a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange or another national securities exchange. Notarized or witnessed signatures are not acceptable.

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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution: Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in immediately available funds to _________________________________ for the account of __________________________________ account number _______________ or, if mailed by check, to _______________________________________. Statements should be mailed to _______________________________________________________________. This information is provided by assignee named above, or ______________________________, as its agent.

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EXHIBIT A-3

[FORM OF] CLASS V CERTIFICATE

MSWF COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE TRUST 2023-1

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES

SERIES 2023-1, CLASS V

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE DEPOSITOR, THE BORROWERS, THE SPONSORS, ANY MASTER SERVICER, ANY SPECIAL SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY, THE UNDERWRITERS, THE INITIAL PURCHASERS, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (A)(1) PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”) TO A PERSON THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER”, WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (A “QIB”), OR IS PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB, AND WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE, OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (2) TO AN INSTITUTION THAT IS A NON-“U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” AS DEFINED IN, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF, REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (3) TO INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE “ACCREDITED INVESTORS” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“REGULATION D”) OR ANY ENTITY IN WHICH ALL OF THE EQUITY OWNERS ARE “ACCREDITED INVESTORS” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D (COLLECTIVELY, “INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTORS”), AND (B) IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE PURCHASED BY OR PLEDGED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED TO ANY PERSON THAT IS OR BECOMES AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE

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FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY PROVISIONS OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), OR TO SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), OR A GOVERNMENTAL PLAN (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(32) OF ERISA) OR OTHER PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO ANY FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW THAT IS, TO A MATERIAL EXTENT, SIMILAR TO THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE, OR ANY PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH PLAN (INCLUDING AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE PLAN ASSETS WITHIN THE MEANING OF DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGULATION § 2510.3-101, AS MODIFIED BY SECTION 3(42) OF ERISA) OR USING THE ASSETS OF SUCH PLAN TO ACQUIRE THIS CERTIFICATE.

THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS AN UNDIVIDED beneficial INTEREST IN THE EXCESS INTEREST GRANTOR TRUST ASSETS.

EACH PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE REQUIRED TO DELIVER AN INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION LETTER SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM OF EXHIBIT C TO THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

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PERCENTAGE INTEREST EVIDENCED
BY THIS CERTIFICATE: [_]% DATE OF POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT: AS OF MAY 1, 2023 CUT-OFF DATE: AS SET FORTH IN THE
POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT (AS DEFINED HEREIN) CLOSING DATE: MAY 25, 2023 FIRST DISTRIBUTION DATE:
JUNE 16, 2023 MASTER SERVICER:
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION SPECIAL SERVICER:
ARGENTIC SERVICES COMPANY LP   TRUSTEE: COMPUTERSHARE TRUST
COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR:
COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OPERATING ADVISOR:
PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER:
PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC CUSIP NO.: [ ] ISIN NO.: [ ] CERTIFICATE NO.: V-[_]

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CLASS V CERTIFICATE

evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, consisting primarily of a pool of commercial mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”), all payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date, all REO Properties and revenues received in respect thereof, the mortgagee’s rights under the insurance policies, any Assignment of Leases, and any guaranties or other collateral as security for the Mortgage Loans and such amounts as shall from time to time be held in each applicable Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts, the Interest Reserve Account, the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account and the REO Accounts, formed and sold by

MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL I INC.

THIS CERTIFIES THAT [____________________] is the registered owner of the interest evidenced by this Certificate in the Class V Certificates issued by the Trust created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc. (hereinafter called the “Depositor”, which term includes any successor entity under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer. A summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates designated as Certificates of the series specified on the face hereof (herein called the “Certificates”) and representing the Percentage Interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof. The Certificates are designated as the MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1 and are issued in the classes as specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Certificates will evidence in the aggregate 100% of the beneficial ownership of the Trust Fund.

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and reference is made to that agreement for information with respect to the interests, rights, benefits, obligations, proceeds, and duties evidenced hereby and the rights, duties and obligations of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to which Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as amended from time to time, the Certificateholder by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which the Certificateholder is bound. In the case of any conflict between terms specified in this Certificate and terms specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall govern.

This Certificate represents an undivided beneficial interest in the Excess Interest Grantor Trust Assets. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

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Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement the Certificate Administrator shall distribute to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as of the related Record Date, an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of the Excess Interest then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class of Certificates of the same Class as this Certificate for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All sums distributable on this Certificate are payable in the coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, Excess Interest actually collected on the Mortgage Loans, all as more specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, each applicable Collection Account and the Distribution Accounts will be held on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of Certificates specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and each Master Servicer (with respect to its Collection Account) or the Certificate Administrator (with respect to the Distribution Accounts) will be authorized to make withdrawals therefrom. Amounts on deposit in such accounts may be invested in Permitted Investments to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Interest or other investment income earned on funds in each applicable Collection Account will be paid to the applicable Master Servicer as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals from each applicable Collection Account shall be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of certain expenses incurred with respect to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans and administration of the Trust.

All distributions under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to a Class of Certificates shall be made on each Distribution Date (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) to Certificateholders of record on the related Record Date by check mailed to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register or, provided that such Certificateholder has provided the Certificate Administrator with wire instructions at least five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Certificateholder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor. The final distribution on this Certificate (determined without regard to any possible future reimbursement of Realized Losses previously allocated to this Certificate) shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of this Certificate at the offices of the Certificate Registrar or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders of such final distribution.

Any funds not distributed to any Holder or Holders of Certificates of such Class on such Distribution Date because of the failure of such Holder or Holders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held uninvested in trust and credited to the account or accounts of the appropriate non-tendering Holder or Holders. If any Certificates as to which notice has been given pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six (6) months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation in order to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one (1) year after the second notice all such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator, directly or through an agent, shall take

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such steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning the surrender of their Certificates as it shall deem appropriate, subject to applicable law with respect to escheatment of funds. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders following the first anniversary of the delivery of such second notice to the non-tendering Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held in trust under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register only upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the office of the Certificate Registrar or at the office of its transfer agent, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder hereof or such Holder’s attorney-in-fact duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates of the same Class in authorized Denominations will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

The Class V Certificates will be issued in fully registered, certificated form, in minimum percentage interests of 10% and integral multiples of 1% in excess thereof.

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange of any Certificate (other than Definitive Certificates) referred to in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the Transferor shall reimburse the Trust for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer or exchange.

The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer and the Certificate Registrar, and any agent of any of them, may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Certificate Registrar, or any agent of any of them, shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Certificateholders under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement at any time by the parties thereto with the consent of the Holders of Certificates of each Class affected by such amendment evidencing in the aggregate not less than a majority of the aggregate Percentage Interests constituting the Class. Any such consent by the Holder of this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such

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consent is made upon the Certificate. The Pooling and Servicing Agreement also permits the amendment thereof, in certain circumstances, without the consent of the Holders of any of the Certificates.

The Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer servicing the greater principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of that time, the other Special Servicer, the Master Servicer servicing the greater principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of that time, the other Master Servicer, or the Holders of the Class R Certificates, in that order of priority, may, at their option, elect to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans (and all property acquired through exercise of remedies in respect of any related Mortgage Loan) and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund as contemplated by clause (ii) of the first paragraph of Section 9.01 in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by giving written notice to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the other parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement no later than sixty (60) days prior to the anticipated date of purchase; provided, however, that the Holders of the Controlling Class, any Special Servicer, any Master Servicer, or the Holders of the Class R Certificates may so elect to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund only on or after the first Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans and the portion of any REO Loans held by the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loans (solely for the purposes of this calculation, if such right is being exercised after May 2033 and the CX - 250 Water Street Mortgage Loan is still an asset of the Trust Fund, then such Mortgage Loan that is still an asset of the Trust Fund shall be excluded from the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the related determination date).

Following the date on which the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class D and Class E Certificates and the Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-S, Class B and Class C Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests are no longer outstanding (and provided that there is only one Holder (or multiple Holders acting in unanimity) of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class V Certificates and Class R Certificates)), the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right, with the consent of each applicable Master Servicer, to exchange all of its Certificates (other than the Class V Certificates and Class R Certificates) together with the payment or deemed payment of the Termination Purchase Amount for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

The obligations created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Trust created thereby (other than the obligation of the Certificate Administrator to make payments to Certificateholders as provided for in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), shall terminate upon reduction of the Certificate Balances of all the Certificates to zero (including, without limitation, any such final payment resulting from a termination of the Trust due to a sale of its property) pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In no event, however, will the Trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James, living on the date hereof.

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose. The Certificate Registrar

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has executed this Certificate on behalf of the Trust as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans.

THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES APPLIED IN NEW YORK.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Registrar has caused this Certificate to be duly executed under this official seal.

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
By:
	Name:
	Title:

Dated: May ___, 2023

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

THIS IS ONE OF THE CLASS V CERTIFICATES REFERRED TO IN THE WITHIN-MENTIONED POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Authenticating Agent
By:
	Name:
	Title:

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ABBREVIATIONS

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

TEN COM	-	as tenant in common	UNIF GIFT MIN ACT
TEN ENT	-	as tenants by the entireties			Custodian
JT TEN	-	as joint tenants with rights of			(Cust)
		survivorship and not as	Under Uniform Gifts to Minors
		tenants in common
			Act
				(State)

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

FORM OF TRANSFER

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto

(Please insert Social Security or other identifying number of Assignee)

(Please print or typewrite name and address of assignee)

the within Certificate and does hereby or irrevocably constitute and appoint to transfer the said Certificate in the Certificate register of the within-named Trust, with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated: _____________	NOTICE:  The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of this Certificate in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.
SIGNATURE GUARANTEED

The signature must be guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company or by a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange or another national securities exchange. Notarized or witnessed signatures are not acceptable.

A-3-10

DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution: Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in immediately available funds to _________________________________ for the account of __________________________ account number ____________________________ or, if mailed by check, to _____________________________________________. Statements should be mailed to _______________________________________________________________. This information is provided by assignee named above, or ______________________________, as its agent.

A-3-11

EXECUTION VERSION

EXHIBIT B

MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE

 

     

 

MSWF 2023-1
Mortgage Loan Schedule 

Loan ID	Mortgage Loan Seller	Property Name	Cut-off Date Balance	Address	City	State	Note Date	Maturity Date or ARD	Mortgage Rate	Original Term to Maturity or ARD (mos.)	Remaining Term to Maturity or ARD (mos.)	Original Amortization Term (mos.)	ARD Loan (Y/N)	Primary Servicing Fee Rate	Non-Serviced Primary Servicing Fee Rate	Master Servicing Fee Rate
1	WFB	CX - 250 Water Street	$65,625,000	250 Water Street	Cambridge	MA	1/27/2023	2/10/2033	5.5095%	120	117	0	Yes	0.000000%	0.002500%	0.002500%
2	AREF 2/WFB	Barbours Cut IOS	$65,000,000	816 West Barbours Cut Boulevard	La Porte	TX	5/9/2023	6/6/2033	7.2000%	121	121	0	No	0.002500%	0.000000%	0.002500%
3	WFB	SOMO Village	$45,000,000	1100, 1200, 1300, 1400 & 1500 Valley House Drive	Rohnert Park	CA	4/13/2023	5/11/2033	6.5240%	120	120	360	No	0.002500%	0.000000%	0.002500%
4	WFB	100 & 150 South Wacker Drive	$35,000,000	100 & 150 South Wacker Drive	Chicago	IL	1/24/2023	2/1/2033	6.0890%	120	117	0	No	0.000000%	0.002500%	0.002500%
5	AREF 2	Pacific Design Center	$35,000,000	8687 and 8661 Melrose Avenue and 700 North San Vicente Boulevard	West Hollywood	CA	1/11/2023	2/6/2033	5.9411%	120	117	0	No	0.000000%	0.001250%	0.002500%
6	MSMCH	Florida Hotel and Conference Center	$35,000,000	1500 Sand Lake Road	Orlando	FL	4/26/2023	5/1/2033	6.7000%	120	120	0	No	0.002500%	0.000000%	0.002500%
7	MSMCH	Cumberland Mall	$30,000,000	2860 Cumberland Mall Southeast	Atlanta	GA	4/14/2023	5/1/2028	7.8700%	60	60	0	No	0.000000%	0.001250%	0.002500%
8	WFB	Conair Glendale	$30,000,000	7311 & 7475 North Glen Harbor Boulevard, 10669 & 10691 West Vista Avenue	Glendale	AZ	12/21/2022	1/6/2033	6.7450%	120	116	0	No	0.000000%	0.002500%	0.002500%
9	AREF	Rialto Industrial	$30,000,000	1110 West Merrill Avenue	Rialto	CA	11/10/2022	12/6/2032	7.6100%	120	115	0	No	0.001250%	0.000000%	0.002500%
10	SMC	Museum Tower	$30,000,000	150 West Flagler Street	Miami	FL	4/17/2023	5/6/2028	6.5460%	60	60	0	No	0.002500%	0.000000%	0.002500%
11	AREF 2	100 Jefferson Road	$29,500,000	100 Jefferson Road	Parsippany	NJ	3/10/2023	4/6/2033	7.2600%	120	119	0	No	0.001250%	0.000000%	0.002500%
12	AREF 2	303 West Hurst Boulevard	$26,500,000	303 West Hurst Boulevard	Hurst	TX	5/5/2023	5/6/2033	7.2700%	120	120	0	No	0.002500%	0.000000%	0.002500%
13	AREF 2	Metroplex	$24,000,000	3530 Wilshire Boulevard	Los Angeles	CA	1/6/2023	1/6/2028	6.7235%	60	56	0	No	0.001250%	0.000000%	0.002500%
14	AREF 2	3800 Horizon Boulevard	$22,000,000	3800 Horizon Boulevard	Feasterville-Trevose	PA	3/27/2023	4/6/2033	6.9900%	120	119	360	No	0.002500%	0.000000%	0.002500%
15	WFB	Renaissance Charlotte SouthPark Hotel	$20,500,000	5501 Carnegie Boulevard	Charlotte	NC	4/25/2023	5/11/2033	6.5300%	120	120	360	No	0.002500%	0.000000%	0.002500%
16	MSMCH	Heritage Plaza	$20,000,000	1111 & 1200 Bagby Street	Houston	TX	4/13/2023	5/6/2028	7.6300%	60	60	0	No	0.000000%	0.002500%	0.002500%
17	LMF	Staybridge Suites Hillsboro – Orenco Station	$17,000,000	7715 Northeast Cherry Drive	Hillsboro	OR	4/13/2023	5/6/2033	7.2000%	120	120	360	No	0.002500%	0.000000%	0.002500%
18	SMC	Cornerstone Marketplace	$14,000,000	100-450 Cornerstone Boulevard	Hot Springs	AR	4/27/2023	5/6/2033	6.7970%	120	120	0	No	0.002500%	0.000000%	0.002500%
19	SMC	Pecan Place Apartments	$13,500,000	2001 Jenkins Road	Pasadena	TX	4/6/2023	4/6/2033	6.5900%	120	119	360	No	0.002500%	0.000000%	0.002500%
20	MSMCH	Watchfire	$12,514,000	1015 Maple Street	Danville	IL	3/29/2023	4/1/2033	5.8550%	120	119	0	No	0.002500%	0.000000%	0.002500%
21	WFB	FedEx Ground - Lansing	$11,830,000	2290 South Canal Road	Lansing	MI	2/8/2023	2/11/2033	5.5300%	120	117	0	No	0.002500%	0.000000%	0.002500%
22	SMC	Storage Xxtra Highway 154	$11,500,000	4046 Highway 154	Newnan	GA	3/8/2023	4/6/2033	6.9200%	120	119	0	No	0.002500%	0.000000%	0.002500%
23	MSMCH	AutoZone Center	$11,300,000	701 East Market Street	Leesburg	VA	5/4/2023	6/1/2033	7.1500%	121	121	0	No	0.002500%	0.000000%	0.002500%
24	AREF 2	Woodward Place	$8,800,000	3400 Southwest 44th Street	Oklahoma City	OK	5/3/2023	5/6/2033	6.9000%	120	120	0	No	0.002500%	0.000000%	0.002500%
25	WFB	Rittenhouse Multifamily	$6,350,000	1707 Rittenhouse Square & 327 South 16th Street	Philadelphia	PA	4/24/2023	5/11/2033	6.5830%	120	120	0	No	0.002500%	0.000000%	0.002500%
26	WFB	Snapbox Storage Airship	$5,400,000	2420 Ridgeway Boulevard	Manchester Township	NJ	4/27/2023	5/11/2033	6.3440%	120	120	0	No	0.002500%	0.000000%	0.002500%
27	WFB	Prunedale Self Storage - CA	$2,900,000	8305 Prunedale North Road	Salinas	CA	3/31/2023	4/11/2033	6.4680%	120	119	0	No	0.002500%	0.000000%	0.002500%
28	LMF	602 10th Ave	$2,700,000	602 10th Avenue	New York	NY	3/30/2023	4/6/2033	6.9900%	120	119	0	No	0.002500%	0.000000%	0.002500%
29	WFB	160 West 72nd Street	$1,761,000	160 West 72nd Street	New York	NY	5/1/2023	5/11/2033	6.3490%	120	120	0	No	0.002500%	0.000000%	0.002500%
30	SMC	425 East Hebron Street	$1,298,992	425 East Hebron Street	Charlotte	NC	3/27/2023	4/6/2033	7.2800%	120	119	360	No	0.002500%	0.000000%	0.002500%

EXHIBIT C

FORM OF INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION LETTER

 

Computershare Trust Company, National Association

as Certificate Registrar,

1505 Energy Park Drive

St. Paul, Minnesota 55108

Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) – MSWF 2023-1

[OR OTHER CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR]

 

Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc.

1585 Broadway

New York, New York 10036

Attention: Jane Lam

Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc.

1633 Broadway, 29th Floor

New York, New York 10019

Attention: Legal Compliance Division

with a copy to

cmbs_notices@morganstanley.com

Re: Transfer of MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This letter is delivered pursuant to Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, on behalf of the holders of MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1 in connection with the transfer by _________________ (the “Seller”) to the undersigned (the “Purchaser”) of $_______________ aggregate [Certificate Balance][Notional Amount][__% Percentage Interest] of Class ___ Certificates (the “Certificates”). Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

  Exhibit C-1  

 

In connection with such transfer, the Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to you and the addressees hereof as follows:

1.       Check one of the following:^*

☐ The Purchaser is not purchasing a Class R Certificate and the Purchaser is an institution that is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D (“Regulation D”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or any entity in which all of the equity owners are “accredited investors” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D (each, an “Institutional Accredited Investor”) and has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its investment in the Certificates, and the Purchaser and any accounts for which it is acting are each able to bear the economic risk of the Purchaser’s or such account’s investment. The Purchaser is acquiring the Certificates purchased by it for its own account or for one or more accounts, each of which is an Institutional Accredited Investor, as to each of which the Purchaser exercises sole investment discretion. The Purchaser hereby undertakes to reimburse the Trust for any costs incurred by it in connection with this transfer.

☐ The Purchaser is a “qualified institutional buyer” (a “QIB”) within the meaning of Rule 144A (“Rule 144A”) under the Securities Act. The Purchaser is aware that the transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, and the Purchaser has had the opportunity to obtain the information required to be provided pursuant to paragraph (d)(4)(i) of Rule 144A.

2.       The Purchaser’s intention is to acquire the Certificates (a) for investment for the Purchaser’s own account or (b) for reoffer, resale, pledge or other transfer (i) to QIBs in transactions under Rule 144A, and not in any event with the view to, or for resale in connection with, any distribution thereof, or (ii) (other than with respect to a Class R Certificate) to Institutional Accredited Investors, subject in the case of clause (ii) above to (w) the receipt by the Certificate Registrar of a letter substantially in the form hereof, (x) the receipt by the Certificate Registrar of an opinion of counsel acceptable to the Trustee and Certificate Registrar that such reoffer, resale, pledge or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act, (y) the receipt by the Certificate Registrar of such other evidence acceptable to the Certificate Registrar that such reoffer, resale, pledge or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and other applicable laws and (z) a written undertaking to reimburse the Trust for any costs incurred by it in connection with the proposed transfer. The Purchaser understands that the Certificates (and any subsequent Certificates) have not been registered under the Securities Act, by reason of a specified exemption from the registration provisions of the Securities Act which depends upon, among other things, the bona fide nature of the Purchaser’s investment intent (or intent to reoffer, resell, pledge or transfer the Certificates only to certain investors in certain exempted transactions) as expressed herein.

3.       The Purchaser has reviewed the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus relating to the Offered Certificates (collectively, the “Prospectus”) (and, with respect

^* Purchaser must select one of the following two certifications.

  Exhibit C-2  

 

to Offered Private Certificates, the Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum and the Final Private Placement Memorandum related to such Offered Private Certificates) and the agreements and other materials referred to therein and has had the opportunity to ask questions and receive answers concerning the terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Prospectus.

4.       The Purchaser acknowledges that the Certificates (and any Certificates issued on transfer or exchange thereof) have not been registered or qualified under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any State or any other jurisdiction, and that the Certificates cannot be reoffered, resold, pledged or otherwise transferred unless it is registered or qualified thereunder or unless an exemption from such registration or qualification is available.

5.       The Purchaser hereby undertakes to be bound by the terms and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in its capacity as an owner of a Certificate or Certificates, as the case may be (each, a “Certificateholder”), in all respects as if it were a signatory thereto. This undertaking is made for the benefit of the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and all Certificateholders present and future.

6.       The Purchaser will not sell or otherwise transfer any portion of the Certificate or Certificates, except in compliance with Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

7.       Check one of the following:^**

☐ The Purchaser is a U.S. Tax Person (as defined below) and it has attached hereto an Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) Form W-9 (or successor form).

☐ The Purchaser is not a U.S. Tax Person and under applicable law in effect on the date hereof, no taxes will be required to be withheld by the Certificate Registrar (or its agent) with respect to distributions to be made on the Certificates. The Purchaser has attached hereto [(i) a duly executed IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E (or successor form, as applicable), which identifies such Purchaser as the beneficial owner of the Certificates and states that such Purchaser is not a U.S. Tax Person, (ii) IRS Form W-8IMY (with all appropriate attachments) or (iii)]^*** two duly executed copies of IRS Form W-8ECI (or successor form), which identify such Purchaser as the beneficial owner of the Certificates and state that interest and original issue discount on the Certificates and Permitted Investments is, or is expected to be, effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business. The Purchaser agrees to provide to the Certificate Registrar updated [IRS Form W-8BEN, IRS Form W-8BEN-E, IRS Form W-8IMY or]*** IRS Form W-8ECI, [as the case may be,]*** any applicable successor IRS forms, or such other certifications as the Certificate Registrar may reasonably request, on or before the date that any such IRS form or certification expires or becomes obsolete, or promptly after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent IRS form of certification furnished by it to the Certificate Registrar.

^** Each Purchaser must include one of the two alternative certifications.

^*** Does not apply to a transfer of Class R Certificates.

  Exhibit C-3  

 

For purposes of this paragraph 7, “U.S. Tax Person” means a citizen or resident of the United States, a corporation or partnership (except to the extent provided in applicable Treasury Regulations) or other entity created or organized in, or under the laws of, the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, including any entity treated as a corporation or partnership for federal income tax purposes, an estate whose income is subject to United States federal income tax regardless of its source or a trust if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of such trust, and one or more such U.S. Tax Persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of such trust (or, to the extent provided in applicable Treasury Regulations, certain trusts in existence on August 20, 1996 that have elected to be treated as U.S. Tax Persons).

8.       Please make all payments due on the Certificates:^****

☐ (a) by wire transfer pursuant to wire instructions provided by the Purchaser.

☐ (b) by mailing a check or draft to the following address:

9.       If the Purchaser is purchasing a Class R Certificate, the Purchaser is not a partnership (including any entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes), any interest in which is owned, directly or indirectly, through one or more partnerships, trusts or other pass-through entities by a Disqualified Non-U.S. Tax Person.

	Very truly yours,
	[The Purchaser]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:
Dated:

^**** Only to be filled out by Purchasers of Definitive Certificates. Please select (a) or (b). For holders of the Definitive Certificates, wire transfers are only available if such holder’s Definitive Certificates have an aggregate Certificate Balance or Notional Amount, as applicable, of at least U.S. $5,000,000. 

  Exhibit C-4  

 

EXHIBIT D-1

Form of Transferee Affidavit FOR TRANSFERS
OF CLASS R CERTIFICATES

[Date]

Computershare Trust Company, National Association,
as Certificate Registrar

1505 Energy Park Drive

St. Paul, Minnesota 55108

Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) – MSWF 2023-1

[OR OTHER CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR]

Re: MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1 (the “Certificates”) issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), dated as of May 1, 2023, between Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer

STATE OF	)
	)	ss.:
COUNTY OF	)

I, [______], under penalties of perjury, declare that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the following representations are true, correct and complete, and being first sworn, depose and say that:

1.       I am a [______] of [______] (the “Purchaser”), on behalf of which I have the authority to make this affidavit.

2.       The Purchaser is acquiring Class R Certificates representing [__]% of the residual interest in each of the real estate mortgage investment conduits (each, a “REMIC”) designated as the (i)  “Lower-Tier REMIC” and (ii) “Upper-Tier REMIC”, respectively, relating to the Certificates for which an election is to be made under Section 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”).

3.       The Purchaser is not a “Disqualified Organization” (as defined below), and that the Purchaser is not acquiring the Class R Certificates for the account of, or as agent or nominee of, or with a view to the transfer of direct or indirect record or beneficial ownership thereof, to a Disqualified Organization. For the purposes hereof, a Disqualified Organization is any of the following: (i) the United States, any State or political subdivision thereof, any possession of the United States or any agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing (other than an instrumentality which is a corporation if all of its activities are subject to tax and, except

  Exhibit D-1-1  

 

for the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, a majority of its board of directors is not selected by such governmental unit), (ii) a foreign government, any international organization or any agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing, (iii) any organization which is exempt from the tax imposed by Chapter 1 of the Code (including the tax imposed by Section 511 of the Code on unrelated business taxable income) on any excess inclusions (as defined in Section 860E(c)(1) of the Code) with respect to the Class R Certificates (except certain farmers’ cooperatives described in Section 521 of the Code), (iv) rural electric and telephone cooperatives described in Section 1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code and (v) any other Person so designated by the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator based upon an Opinion of Counsel as provided to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator (at no expense to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator) that the holding of an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate by such Person may cause a Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that the Certificates are outstanding or any Person having an Ownership Interest in any Class of Certificates (other than such Person) to incur a liability for any federal tax imposed under the Code that would not otherwise be imposed but for the Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate to such Person. The terms “United States,” “State” and “international organization” shall have the meanings set forth in Section 7701 of the Code or successor provisions.

4.       The Purchaser acknowledges that Section 860E(e) of the Code would impose a substantial tax on the transferor or, in certain circumstances, on an agent for the transferee, with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Class R Certificates to a Disqualified Organization.

5.       The Purchaser is a Permitted Transferee and, to the extent applicable, the Purchaser’s U.S. taxpayer identification number is [__________].

6.       No purpose of the acquisition of the Class R Certificates is to impede the assessment or collection of tax.

7.       The Purchaser will not cause income from the Class R Certificate to be attributable to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed base, within the meaning of an applicable income tax treaty, of the Purchaser or any other person.

8.       Check the applicable paragraph:

☐       The present value of the anticipated tax liabilities associated with holding the Class R Certificate, as applicable, does not exceed the sum of:

(i)       the present value of any consideration given to the Purchaser to acquire such Class R Certificate;

(ii)      the present value of the expected future distributions on such Class R Certificate; and

(iii)     the present value of the anticipated tax savings associated with holding such Class R Certificate as the related REMIC generates losses.

  Exhibit D-1-2  

 

For purposes of this calculation, (i) the Purchaser is assumed to pay tax at the highest rate currently specified in Section 11(b) of the Code (but the tax rate in Section 55(b)(1)(B) of the Code may be used in lieu of the highest rate specified in Section 11(b) of the Code if the Purchaser has been subject to the alternative minimum tax under Section 55 of the Code in the preceding two years and will compute its taxable income in the current taxable year using the alternative minimum tax rate) and (ii) present values are computed using a discount rate equal to the short-term Federal rate prescribed by Section 1274(d) of the Code for the month of the transfer and the compounding period used by the Purchaser.

☐                           The transfer of the Class R Certificate complies with U.S. Treasury Regulations Sections 1.860E-1(c)(5) and (6) and, accordingly,

(i)                         the Purchaser is an “eligible corporation,” as defined in U.S. Treasury Regulations Section 1.860E-1(c)(6)(i), as to which income from the Class R Certificate will only be taxed in the United States;

(ii)                      at the time of the transfer, and at the close of the Purchaser’s two fiscal years preceding the year of the transfer, the Purchaser had gross assets for financial reporting purposes (excluding any obligation of a person related to the Purchaser within the meaning of U.S. Treasury Regulations Section 1.860E-1(c)(6)(ii)) in excess of $100 million and net assets in excess of $10 million;

(iii)                   the Purchaser will transfer the Class R Certificate only to another “eligible corporation,” as defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.860E-1(c)(6)(i), in a transaction that satisfies the requirements of Sections 1.860E-1(c)(4)(i), (ii) and (iii) and Treasury Regulations Section 1.860E-1(c)(5); and

(iv)                  the Purchaser determined the consideration paid to it to acquire the Class R Certificate based on reasonable market assumptions (including, but not limited to, borrowing and investment rates, prepayment and loss assumptions, expense and reinvestment assumptions, tax rates and other factors specific to the Purchaser) that it has determined in good faith.

☐                          None of the above.

9.                           The Purchaser historically has paid its debts as they have come due and intends to pay its debts as they come due in the future and the Purchaser intends to pay taxes associated with holding the Class R Certificates as they become due.

10.                     The Purchaser understands that it may incur tax liabilities with respect to the Class R Certificate in excess of any cash flows generated by such Certificate.

11.                     The Purchaser is aware that the Certificate Registrar will not register any transfer of a Class R Certificate by the Transferor unless the Purchaser, or such Purchaser’s agent, delivers to the Certificate Registrar, among other things, an affidavit and agreement in substantially the same form as this affidavit and agreement. The Purchaser expressly agrees that it will not consummate any such transfer if it knows or believes that any representation contained in such affidavit and agreement is false.

  Exhibit D-1-3  

 

12.       The Purchaser represents that it is not acquiring the Class R Certificate as a nominee, trustee or agent for any person that is not a Permitted Transferee and that for so long as it retains its interest in the Class R Certificate, it will endeavor to remain a Permitted Transferee.

13.       The Purchaser consents to any additional restrictions or arrangements that shall be deemed necessary upon advice of counsel to constitute a reasonable arrangement to ensure that the Class R Certificate will only be owned, directly or indirectly, by a Permitted Transferee.

14.       The Purchaser has reviewed the provisions of Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, a description of which provisions is set forth in the Class R Certificates; and the Purchaser expressly agrees to be bound by and to comply with such provisions.

15.       The Purchaser consents to the designation of the Certificate Administrator as “partnership representative” of each Trust REMIC pursuant to Section 10.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Purchaser has caused this instrument to be duly executed on its behalf by its duly authorized officer this ___day of _________, 20__.

By:
	Name:
	Title:
By:
	Name:
	Title:

  Exhibit D-1-4  

 

On this ____ day of _______20__, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for the State of _______________, duly commissioned and sworn, personally appeared ______________________ and ________________________, known or proved to me to be the same persons who executed the foregoing instrument and to be _____________________________ and ___________________________, respectively, of the Purchaser, and acknowledged to me that they executed the same as their respective free acts and deeds and as the free act and deed of the Purchaser.

		NOTARY PUBLIC in and for the
		State of
[SEAL]
My Commission expires:

  Exhibit D-1-5  

 

EXHIBIT D-2

FORM OF TRANSFEROR LETTER FOR TRANSFERS
OF CLASS R CERTIFICATES

[Date]

Computershare Trust Company, National Association,
as Certificate Registrar

1505 Energy Park Drive

St. Paul, Minnesota 55108

Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) – MSWF 2023-1

[OR OTHER CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR]

Re: MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1 (the “Certificates”)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This letter is delivered to you in connection with the transfer by [______] (the “Transferor”) to [______] (the “Transferee”) of Class R Certificates evidencing a [__]% Percentage Interest in such Class (the “Residual Certificates”). The Certificates, including the Residual Certificates, were issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer. All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Transferor hereby certifies, represents and warrants to you, as Certificate Registrar, that:

(1)       No purpose of the Transferor relating to the transfer of the Residual Certificates by the Transferor to the Transferee is or will be to impede the assessment or collection of any tax.

(2)       The Transferor understands that the Transferee has delivered to you a Transferee Affidavit in the form attached to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as Exhibit D-1. The Transferor does not know or believe that any representation contained therein is false.

(3)       The Transferor has at the time of this transfer conducted a reasonable investigation of the financial condition of the Transferee as contemplated by Treasury regulation Section 1.860E-1(c)(4)(i) and, as a result of that investigation, the Transferor has determined that the Transferee has historically paid its debts as they became due and has found no significant evidence to indicate that the Transferee will not continue to pay its debts as they become due in the future. The Transferor understands that the transfer of the Residual Certificates may not be respected for United States income tax purposes (and the Transferor may continue to be liable for

  Exhibit D-2-1  

 

United States income taxes associated therewith) unless the Transferor has conducted such an investigation.

Very truly yours,
	(Transferor)
By:
	Name:
	Title:

  Exhibit D-2-2  

 

EXHIBIT D-3

[RESERVED]

 

  Exhibit D-3-1  

 

EXHIBIT D-4

[RESERVED]

  Exhibit D-4-1  

 

EXHIBIT D-5

[RESERVED]

 

  Exhibit D-5-1  

 

EXHIBIT E

FORM OF REQUEST FOR RELEASE
(for Custodian)

Loan Information
	Name of Mortgagor:
	[Master Servicer]
	[Special Servicer] Loan No.:
Custodian
	Name:	Computershare Trust Company, National Association
	Address:	1055 10th Ave SE Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414 Attention: Document Custody Group MSWF 2023-1
	Custodian/Trustee Mortgage File No.:
Depositor
	Name:	Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc.
	Address:	1585 Broadway New York, New York 10036 Attention: Jae Lam   with a copy to Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc. 1633 Broadway, 29th Floor New York, New York 10019 Attention: Legal Compliance Division and cmbs_notices@morganstanley.com
	Certificates:	MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1

  Exhibit E-1  

 

The undersigned [Master Servicer] [Special Servicer] hereby requests delivery from Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as custodian (the “Custodian”) on behalf of Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), for the Holders of MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1, the documents referred to below (the “Documents”). All capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Request for Release shall have the meanings given them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2023, between Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”).

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The undersigned [Master Servicer] [Special Servicer] hereby acknowledges and agrees as follows:

(1)       The [Master Servicer] [Special Servicer] shall hold and retain possession of the Documents in trust for the benefit of the Trustee, solely for the purposes provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

(2)       The [Master Servicer] [Special Servicer] shall not cause or permit the Documents to become subject to, or encumbered by, any claims, liens, security interests, charges, writs of attachment or other impositions nor shall the [Master Servicer] [Special Servicer] assert or seek to assert any claims or rights of set-off to or against the Documents or any proceeds thereof except as otherwise provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

(3)       The [Master Servicer] [Special Servicer] shall return the Documents to the Custodian when the need therefor no longer exists, unless the Mortgage Loans have been liquidated or the Mortgage Loans have been paid in full and the proceeds thereof have been remitted to the Collection Account except as expressly provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

(4)       The Documents and any proceeds thereof, including proceeds of proceeds, coming into the possession or control of the [Master Servicer] [Special Servicer] shall at all times be earmarked for the account of the Trustee, and the [Master Servicer] [Special Servicer] shall keep the Documents separate and distinct from all other property in the [Master Servicer’s] [Special Servicer’s] possession, custody or control.

  Exhibit E-2  

 

	[____________]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:
Date:

  Exhibit E-2  

 

EXHIBIT F-1

FORM OF ERISA REPRESENTATION
LETTER REGARDING ERISA RESTRICTED CERTIFICATES

Computershare Trust Company, National Association,
1505 Energy Park Drive
St. Paul, Minnesota 55108

Attention: Corporate Trust Services – MSWF 2023-1

[OR OTHER CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR]

 

Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc.

1585 Broadway

New York, New York 10036

Attention: Jane Lam

 

Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc.

1633 Broadway, 29th Floor

New York, New York 10019

Attention: Legal Compliance Division

with a copy to

cmbs_notices@morganstanley.com

Re: Transfer of MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned (the “Purchaser”) proposes to purchase US$[___] aggregate initial [Notional Amount][Certificate Balance] in the MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1, [Class [X-F][F][G-RR][H-RR] Certificates] issued pursuant to that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

In connection with such transfer, the undersigned hereby represents and warrants to you as follows:

1.       The Purchaser is not and will not become (a) an employee benefit plan or other plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of

  Exhibit F-1-1  

 

1986, as amended (the “Code”), or a governmental plan (as defined in Section 3(32) of ERISA) or other plan subject to any federal, state or local law (“Similar Law”) that is, to a material extent, similar to the foregoing provisions of ERISA or the Code (each a “Plan”) or (b) a person acting on behalf of any such Plan (including an entity whose underlying assets include Plan assets by reason of investment in the entity by such a Plan or Plans and the application of Department of Labor Regulation § 2510.3-101, as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA) or using the assets of any such Plan, other than an insurance company using the assets of its “insurance company general account” (as such term is defined in Section V(e) of Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption (“PTCE”) 95-60) under circumstances whereby the purchase and holding of Certificates by such insurance company would be exempt from the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA and the Code under Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60 (or a Plan subject to Similar Law purchasing and holding under circumstances that would not constitute or result in a non-exempt violation of applicable Similar Law).

2.       The Purchaser understands that if the Purchaser is or becomes a person referred to in 1(a) or (b) above, such Purchaser is required to provide to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor to the effect that the acquisition and holding of such Certificate by such purchaser or transferee will not constitute or result in a “prohibited transaction” within the meaning of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or any Similar Law, and will not subject the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Registrar, any Master Servicer, any Special Servicer, any sub-servicer, the Initial Purchasers, the Underwriters, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Depositor to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or any such Similar Law) in addition to those set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be at the expense of the Depositor, any Master Servicer, any Special Servicer, any sub-servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Registrar, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Initial Purchasers, the Underwriters or the Trust.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Purchaser hereby executes this ERISA Representation Letter on the ___ day of _____________, 20__.

	Very truly yours,
	[The Purchaser]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:
Date:

  Exhibit F-1-2  

 

EXHIBIT F-2

Form of ERISA Representation Letter
regarding CLASS V AND CLASS R CERTIFICATES

[Date]

Computershare Trust Company, National Association,
as Certificate Administrator

1505 Energy Park Drive

St. Paul, Minnesota 55108

Attention: Corporate Trust Services – MSWF 2023-1

[OR OTHER CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR]

 

[Transferor]

[______]

[______]

Attention: [______]

Re: MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned (the “Purchaser”) proposes to purchase [__]% Percentage Interest in the MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1, [Class V][Class R] Certificates (the “[Class V][Class R] Certificate”) issued pursuant to that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

In connection with such transfer, the undersigned hereby represents and warrants to you that, with respect to the [Class V][Class R] Certificate, the Purchaser is not and will not become (a) an employee benefit plan or other plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), or a governmental plan (as defined in Section 3(32) of ERISA) or other plan subject to any federal, state or local law that is, to a material extent, similar to the foregoing provisions of ERISA or the Code (each, a “Plan”), or (b) a person acting on behalf of any such Plan (including an entity whose underlying assets include Plan assets by reason of investment in the entity by such a Plan or Plans and the application of Department of Labor Regulation § 2510.3-101, as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA) or using the assets of any such Plan to purchase such [Class V][Class R] Certificate.

  Exhibit F-2-1  

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Purchaser hereby executes this ERISA Representation Letter on the ___ day of _____, 20__.

	Very truly yours,
	[The Purchaser]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:
Date:

  Exhibit F-2-2  

 

EXHIBIT G

FORM OF DISTRIBUTION DATE STATEMENT

 

 

  Exhibit G-1  

 

Distribution Date:	06/16/23	MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1
Determination Date:	06/12/23
Record Date:	05/31/23	Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
		Series 2023-1

Table of Contents
Section	Pages
Certificate Distribution Detail	2
Certificate Factor Detail	3
Certificate Interest Reconciliation Detail	4
Exchangeable Certificate Detail	5
Exchangeable Certificate Factor Detail	6
Additional Information	7
Bond / Collateral Reconciliation - Cash Flows	8
Bond / Collateral Reconciliation - Balances	9
Current Mortgage Loan and Property Stratification	10-14
Mortgage Loan Detail (Part 1)	15
Mortgage Loan Detail (Part 2)	16
Principal Prepayment Detail	17
Historical Detail	18
Delinquency Loan Detail	19
Collateral Stratification and Historical Detail	20
Specially Serviced Loan Detail - Part 1	21
Specially Serviced Loan Detail - Part 2	22
Modified Loan Detail	23
Historical Liquidated Loan Detail	24
Historical Bond / Collateral Loss Reconciliation Detail	25
Interest Shortfall Detail - Collateral Level	26
Supplemental Notes	27

Contacts
Role	Party and Contact Information
Depositor	Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc.
	General Information Number	(212) 761-4000	cmbs_notices@morganstanley.com
	1585 Broadway | New York, NY 10036 | United States
Certificate Administrator	Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
	Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)		cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com; trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com
	9062 Old Annapolis Road | Columbia, MD 21045 | United States
Master Servicer	Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
	Commercial Servicing		commercial.servicing@wellsfargo.com
	550 South Tryon Street, 23rd Floor, MAC D1086-23A | Charlotte, NC 28202 | United States
Special Servicer	Argentic Services Company LP
	Andrew Hundertmark		ahundertmark@argenticservices.com
	500 North Central Expressway,  Suite 261 | Plano, TX 75074 | United States
Operating Advisor & Asset Representations Reviewer	Pentalpha Surveillance LLC
	Don Simon	(203) 660-6100
	375 North French Road, Suite 100 | Amherst, NY 14228 | United States
Trustee	Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
	Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)		cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com; trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com
	9062 Old Annapolis Road | Columbia, MD 21045 | United States

This report is compiled by Computershare Trust Company, N.A. from information provided by third parties. Computershare Trust Company, N.A. has not independently confirmed the accuracy of the information.

Please visit www.ctslink.com for additional information and if applicable, any special notices and any credit risk retention notices. In addition, certificate holders may register online for email notification when special notices are posted. For information or assistance please call 866-846-4526.

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Distribution Date:	06/16/23	MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1
Determination Date:	06/12/23
Record Date:	05/31/23	Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
		Series 2023-1

Certificate Distribution Detail
Class	CUSIP	Pass-Through Rate (2)	Original Balance	Beginning Balance	Principal Distribution	Interest Distribution	Prepayment Penalties	Realized Losses	Total Distribution	Ending Balance	Current Credit Support¹	Original Credit Support¹
Regular Certificates
A-1		0.000000%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00%	0.00%
A-2		0.000000%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00%	0.00%
A-SB		0.000000%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00%	0.00%
A-4		0.000000%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00%	0.00%
A-5		0.000000%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00%	0.00%
A-S		0.000000%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00%	0.00%
B		0.000000%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00%	0.00%
C		0.000000%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00%	0.00%
D		0.000000%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00%	0.00%
E		0.000000%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00%	0.00%
F		0.000000%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00%	0.00%
G-RR		0.000000%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00%	0.00%
H-RR		0.000000%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00%	0.00%
V		0.000000%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00%	0.00%
R		0.000000%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00%	0.00%
Regular SubTotal			0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Notional Certificates
X-A		0.000000%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
X-B		0.000000%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
X-D		0.000000%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
X-F		0.000000%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Notional SubTotal			0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Deal Distribution Total					0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
*	Denotes the Controlling Class (if required)
(1)	Calculated by taking (A) the sum of the ending certificate balance of all classes in a series less (B) the sum of (i) the ending certificate balance of the designated class and (ii) the ending certificate balance of all classes which are not subordinate to the designated class and dividing the result by (A).
(2)	Pass-Through Rates with respect to any Class of Certificates on next month's Payment Date is expected to be the same as the current respective Pass-Through Rate, subject to any modifications on the underlying loans, any change in certificate or pool balance, any change in the underlying index (if and as applicable), and any other matters provided in the governing documents.

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Distribution Date:	06/16/23	MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1
Determination Date:	06/12/23
Record Date:	05/31/23	Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
		Series 2023-1

Certificate Factor Detail
Class	CUSIP	Beginning Balance	Principal Distribution	Interest Distribution	Interest Shortfalls / (Paybacks)	Cumulative Interest Shortfalls	Prepayment Penalties	Losses	Total Distribution	Ending Balance
Regular Certificates
A-1		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
A-2		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
A-SB		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
A-4		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
A-5		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
A-S		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
B		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
C		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
D		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
E		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
F		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
G-RR		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
H-RR		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
V		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
R		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
Notional Certificates
X-A		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
X-B		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
X-D		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
X-F		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000

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Distribution Date:	06/16/23	MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1
Determination Date:	06/12/23
Record Date:	05/31/23	Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
		Series 2023-1

Certificate Interest Reconciliation Detail
	Class	Accrual Period	Accrual Days	Prior Cumulative Interest Shortfalls	Accrued Certificate Interest	Net Aggregate Prepayment Interest Shortfall	Distributable Certificate Interest	Interest Shortfalls / (Paybacks)	Payback of Prior Realized Losses	Additional Interest Distribution Amount	Interest Distribution	Cumulative Interest Shortfalls
	A-1	MM/DD/YY-MM/DD/YY	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	A-2	MM/DD/YY-MM/DD/YY	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	A-SB	MM/DD/YY-MM/DD/YY	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	A-4	MM/DD/YY-MM/DD/YY	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	A-5	MM/DD/YY-MM/DD/YY	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	X-A	MM/DD/YY-MM/DD/YY	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	X-B	MM/DD/YY-MM/DD/YY	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	A-S	MM/DD/YY-MM/DD/YY	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	B	MM/DD/YY-MM/DD/YY	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	C	MM/DD/YY-MM/DD/YY	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	X-D	MM/DD/YY-MM/DD/YY	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	X-F	MM/DD/YY-MM/DD/YY	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	D	MM/DD/YY-MM/DD/YY	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	E	MM/DD/YY-MM/DD/YY	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	F	MM/DD/YY-MM/DD/YY	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	G-RR	MM/DD/YY-MM/DD/YY	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	H-RR	MM/DD/YY-MM/DD/YY	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Totals				0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

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Distribution Date:	06/16/23	MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1
Determination Date:	06/12/23
Record Date:	05/31/23	Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
		Series 2023-1

Exchangeable Certificate Detail
Class	CUSIP	Pass-Through Rate	Maximum Initial Balance	Beginning Balance	Principal Distribution	Interest Distribution	Prepayment Penalties	Realized Losses	Total Distribution	Ending Balance
Exchangeable Certificate Details
A-4 (Exch)		N/A	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
A-4-1		N/A	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
A-4-2		N/A	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
A-4-X1		N/A	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
A-4-X2		N/A	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
A-5 (Exch)		N/A	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
A-5-1		N/A	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
A-5-2		N/A	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
A-5-X1		N/A	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
A-5-X2		N/A	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Exchangeable Certificates Total			0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

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Exchangeable Certificate Factor Detail
Class	CUSIP	Beginning Balance	Principal Distribution	Interest Distribution	Interest Shortfalls / (Paybacks)	Cumulative Interest Shortfalls	Prepayment Penalties	Losses	Total Distribution	Ending Balance
Regular Certificates
A-4 (Exch)		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
A-4-1		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
A-4-2		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
A-5 (Exch)		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
A-5-1		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
A-5-2		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
Notional Certificates
A-4-X1		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
A-4-X2		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
A-5-X1		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
A-5-X2		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000

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Additional Information

Total Available Distribution Amount (1) 0.00

(1) The Available Distribution Amount includes any Prepayment Premiums.

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		Series 2023-1

Bond / Collateral Reconciliation - Cash Flows 

Total Funds Collected

Interest
	Interest Paid or Advanced	0.00
	Interest Reductions due to Nonrecoverability Determination	0.00
	Interest Adjustments	0.00
	Deferred Interest	0.00
	ARD Interest	0.00
	Net Prepayment Interest Excess / (Shortfall)	0.00
	Extension Interest	0.00
	Interest Reserve Withdrawal	0.00
	Total Interest Collected	0.00

Principal
	Scheduled Principal	0.00
	Unscheduled Principal Collections
	Principal Prepayments	0.00
	Collection of Principal after Maturity Date	0.00
	Recoveries From Liquidations and Insurance Proceeds	0.00
	Excess of Prior Principal Amounts Paid	0.00
	Curtailments	0.00
	Negative Amortization	0.00
	Principal Adjustments	0.00
	Total Principal Collected	0.00

Other
	Prepayment Penalties / Yield Maintenance	0.00
	Gain on Sale / Excess Liquidation Proceeds	0.00
	Borrower Option Extension Fees	0.00
	Total Other Collected	0.00

Total Funds Collected 0.00

Total Funds Distributed

Fees
	Master Servicing Fee	0.00
	Certificate Administrator Fee	0.00
	Trustee Fee	0.00
	CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee	0.00
	Operating Advisor Fee	0.00
	Asset Representations Reviewer Fee	0.00
	Total Fees	0.00

Expenses/Reimbursements
	Reimbursement for Interest on Advances	0.00
	ASER Amount	0.00
	Special Servicing Fees (Monthly)	0.00
	Special Servicing Fees (Liquidation)	0.00
	Special Servicing Fees (Work Out)	0.00
	Legal Fees	0.00
	Rating Agency Expenses	0.00
	Taxes Imposed on Trust Fund	0.00
	Non-Recoverable Advances	0.00
	Workout Delayed Reimbursement Amounts	0.00
	Other Expenses	0.00
	Total Expenses/Reimbursements	0.00

Interest Reserve Deposit 0.00

Payments to Certificateholders and Others
	Interest Distribution	0.00
	Principal Distribution	0.00
	Prepayment Penalties / Yield Maintenance	0.00
	Total Payments to Certificateholders and Others	0.00

Total Funds Distributed 0.00

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Bond / Collateral Reconciliation - Balances 

Collateral Reconciliation

		Total
Beginning Scheduled Collateral Balance	0.00	0.00
(-) Scheduled Principal Collections	0.00	0.00
(-) Unscheduled Principal Collections	0.00	0.00
(-) Principal Adjustments (Cash)	0.00	0.00
(-) Principal Adjustments (Non-Cash)	0.00	0.00
(-) Realized Losses from Collateral	0.00	0.00
(-) Other Adjustments²	0.00	0.00
Ending Scheduled Collateral Balance	0.00	0.00
Beginning Actual Collateral Balance	0.00	0.00
Ending Actual Collateral Balance	0.00	0.00

Certificate Reconciliation

		Total
Beginning Certificate Balance		0.00
(-) Principal Distributions		0.00
(-) Realized Losses		0.00
	Realized Loss and Realized Loss Adjustments on Collateral	0.00
	Current Period NRA¹	0.00
	Current Period WODRA¹	0.00
	Principal Used to Pay Interest	0.00
	Non-Cash Principal Adjustments	0.00
	Certificate Other Adjustments**	0.00
Ending Certificate Balance		0.00

NRA/WODRA Reconciliation
	Non-Recoverable Advances (NRA) from Principal	Workout Delayed Reimbursement of Advances (WODRA) from Principal
Beginning Cumulative Advances	0.00	0.00
Current Period Advances	0.00	0.00
Ending Cumulative Advances	0.00	0.00

Under / Over Collateralization Reconciliation
Beginning UC / (OC)	0.00
UC / (OC) Change	0.00
Ending UC / (OC)	0.00
Net WAC Rate	0.00%
UC / (OC) Interest	0.00

(1)	Current Period NRA and WODRA displayed will represent the portion applied as Realized Losses to the bonds.
(2)	Other Adjustments value will represent miscellaneous items that may impact the Scheduled Balance of the collateral.
**	A negative value for Certificate Other Adjustments represents the payback of prior Principal Shortfalls, if any.

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Current Mortgage Loan and Property Stratification

Aggregate Pool

Scheduled Balance
Scheduled Balance	# Of Loans	Scheduled Balance	% Of Agg. Bal.	WAM²	WAC	Weighted Avg DSCR¹
Totals

Debt Service Coverage Ratio¹
Debt Service Coverage Ratio	# Of Loans	Scheduled Balance	% Of Agg. Bal.	WAM²	WAC	Weighted Avg DSCR¹
Totals

(1)	Debt Service Coverage Ratios are updated periodically as new NOI figures become available from borrowers on an asset level. In all cases the most current DSCR provided by the Servicer is used. To the extent that no DSCR is provided by the Servicer, information from the offering document is used. The debt service coverage ratio information was provided to the Certificate Administrator by the Master Servicer and the Certificate Administrator has not independently confirmed the accuracy of such information.
(2)	Anticipated Remaining Term and WAM are each calculated based upon the term from the current month to the earlier of the Anticipated Repayment Date, if applicable, and the Maturity Date.
(3)	Data in this table was calculated by allocating pro-rata the current loan information to the properties based upon the Cut Off Date Balance of each property as disclosed in the offering document. The Scheduled Balance Totals reflect the aggregate balances of all pooled loans as reported in the CREFC Loan Periodic Update File. To the extent that the Scheduled Balance Total figure for the "State" and "Property" stratification tables is not equal to the sum of the scheduled balance figures for each state or property, the difference is explained by loans that have been modified into a split loan structure. The "State" and "Property" stratification tables do not include the balance of the subordinate note (sometimes called the B-piece or a "hope note") of a loan that has been modified into a split-loan structure. Rather, the scheduled balance for each state or property only reflects the balance of the senior note (sometimes called the A-piece) of a loan that has been modified into a split-loan structure.

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Current Mortgage Loan and Property Stratification

Aggregate Pool

State³
State	# Of Properties	Scheduled Balance	% Of Agg. Bal.	WAM²	WAC	Weighted Avg DSCR¹
Totals

Property Type³
Property Type	# Of Properties	Scheduled Balance	% Of Agg. Bal.	WAM²	WAC	Weighted Avg DSCR¹
Totals

Note: Please refer to footnotes on the next page of the report.

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Current Mortgage Loan and Property Stratification

Aggregate Pool

Note Rate
Note Rate	# Of Loans	Scheduled Balance	% Of Agg. Bal.	WAM²	WAC	Weighted Avg DSCR¹
Totals

Seasoning
Seasoning	# Of Loans	Scheduled Balance	% Of Agg. Bal.	WAM²	WAC	Weighted Avg DSCR¹
Totals

(1)	Debt Service Coverage Ratios are updated periodically as new NOI figures become available from borrowers on an asset level. In all cases the most current DSCR provided by the Servicer is used. To the extent that no DSCR is provided by the Servicer, information from the offering document is used. The debt service coverage ratio information was provided to the Certificate Administrator by the Master Servicer and the Certificate Administrator has not independently confirmed the accuracy of such information.
(2)	Anticipated Remaining Term and WAM are each calculated based upon the term from the current month to the earlier of the Anticipated Repayment Date, if applicable, and the Maturity Date.
(3)	Data in this table was calculated by allocating pro-rata the current loan information to the properties based upon the Cut Off Date Balance of each property as disclosed in the offering document. The Scheduled Balance Totals reflect the aggregate balances of all pooled loans as reported in the CREFC Loan Periodic Update File. To the extent that the Scheduled Balance Total figure for the "State" and "Property" stratification tables is not equal to the sum of the scheduled balance figures for each state or property, the difference is explained by loans that have been modified into a split loan structure. The "State" and "Property" stratification tables do not include the balance of the subordinate note (sometimes called the B-piece or a "hope note") of a loan that has been modified into a split-loan structure. Rather, the scheduled balance for each state or property only reflects the balance of the senior note (sometimes called the A-piece) of a loan that has been modified into a split-loan structure.

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Current Mortgage Loan and Property Stratification

Aggregate Pool

Anticipated Remaining Term (ARD and Balloon Loans)
Anticipated Remaining Term	# Of Loans	Scheduled Balance	% Of Agg. Bal.	WAM²	WAC	Weighted Avg DSCR¹
Totals

Remaining Amortization Term (ARD and Balloon Loans)
Remaining Amortization Term	# Of Loans	Scheduled Balance	% Of Agg. Bal.	WAM²	WAC	Weighted Avg DSCR¹
Totals

(1)	Debt Service Coverage Ratios are updated periodically as new NOI figures become available from borrowers on an asset level. In all cases the most current DSCR provided by the Servicer is used. To the extent that no DSCR is provided by the Servicer, information from the offering document is used. The debt service coverage ratio information was provided to the Certificate Administrator by the Master Servicer and the Certificate Administrator has not independently confirmed the accuracy of such information.
(2)	Anticipated Remaining Term and WAM are each calculated based upon the term from the current month to the earlier of the Anticipated Repayment Date, if applicable, and the Maturity Date.
(3)	Data in this table was calculated by allocating pro-rata the current loan information to the properties based upon the Cut Off Date Balance of each property as disclosed in the offering document. The Scheduled Balance Totals reflect the aggregate balances of all pooled loans as reported in the CREFC Loan Periodic Update File. To the extent that the Scheduled Balance Total figure for the "State" and "Property" stratification tables is not equal to the sum of the scheduled balance figures for each state or property, the difference is explained by loans that have been modified into a split loan structure. The "State" and "Property" stratification tables do not include the balance of the subordinate note (sometimes called the B-piece or a "hope note") of a loan that has been modified into a split-loan structure. Rather, the scheduled balance for each state or property only reflects the balance of the senior note (sometimes called the A-piece) of a loan that has been modified into a split-loan structure.

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Current Mortgage Loan and Property Stratification

Aggregate Pool

Age of Most Recent NOI
Age of Most Recent NOI	# Of Loans	Scheduled Balance	% Of Agg. Bal.	WAM²	WAC	Weighted Avg DSCR¹
Totals

Remaining Stated Term (Fully Amortizing Loans)
Age of Most Recent NOI	# Of Loans	Scheduled Balance	% Of Agg. Bal.	WAM²	WAC	Weighted Avg DSCR¹
Totals

(1)	Debt Service Coverage Ratios are updated periodically as new NOI figures become available from borrowers on an asset level. In all cases the most current DSCR provided by the Servicer is used. To the extent that no DSCR is provided by the Servicer, information from the offering document is used. The debt service coverage ratio information was provided to the Certificate Administrator by the Master Servicer and the Certificate Administrator has not independently confirmed the accuracy of such information.
(2)	Anticipated Remaining Term and WAM are each calculated based upon the term from the current month to the earlier of the Anticipated Repayment Date, if applicable, and the Maturity Date.
(3)	Data in this table was calculated by allocating pro-rata the current loan information to the properties based upon the Cut Off Date Balance of each property as disclosed in the offering document. The Scheduled Balance Totals reflect the aggregate balances of all pooled loans as reported in the CREFC Loan Periodic Update File. To the extent that the Scheduled Balance Total figure for the "State" and "Property" stratification tables is not equal to the sum of the scheduled balance figures for each state or property, the difference is explained by loans that have been modified into a split loan structure. The "State" and "Property" stratification tables do not include the balance of the subordinate note (sometimes called the B-piece or a "hope note") of a loan that has been modified into a split-loan structure. Rather, the scheduled balance for each state or property only reflects the balance of the senior note (sometimes called the A-piece) of a loan that has been modified into a split-loan structure.

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Mortgage Loan Detail (Part 1)

Pros ID

Loan ID

Loan Group

Prop Type (1)

City

State

Interest Accrual Type

Gross Rate

Scheduled Interest

Scheduled Principal

Principal Adjustments

Anticipated Repay Date

Original Maturity Date

Adjusted Maturity Date

Beginning Scheduled Balance

Ending Scheduled Balance

Paid Through Date

Totals

1 Property Type Codes
	HC - Health Care	MU - Mixed Use	WH - Warehouse	MF - Multi-Family
	SS - Self Storage	LO - Lodging	RT - Retail	SF - Single Family Rental
	98 - Other	IN - Industrial	OF - Office	MH - Mobile Home Park
	SE - Securities	CH - Cooperative Housing	ZZ - Missing Information/Undefined

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Mortgage Loan Detail (Part 2)

Pros ID

Loan Group

Most Recent Fiscal NOI

Most Recent NOI

Most Recent NOI Start Date

Most Recent NOI End Date

Appraisal Reduction Date

Appraisal Reduction Amount

Cumulative ASER

Current P&I Advances

Cumulative P&I Advances

Cumulative Servicer Advances

Current NRA/WODRA from Principal

Defease Status

Totals

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Principal Prepayment Detail
			Unscheduled Principal		Prepayment Penalties
Pros ID	Loan Number	Loan Group	Amount	Prepayment / Liquidation Code	Prepayment Premium Amount	Yield Maintenance Amount
Totals

Note: Principal Prepayment Amount listed here may include Principal Adjustment Amounts on the loan in addition to the Unscheduled Principal Amount.

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Historical Detail

Delinquencies¹

Prepayments

Rate and Maturities

30-59 Days

60-89 Days

90 Days or More

Foreclosure

REO

Modifications

Curtailments

Payoff

Next Weighted Avg.

Distribution Date

#

Balance

#

Balance

#

Balance

#

Balance

#

Balance

#

Balance

#

Amount

#

Amount

Coupon

Remit

WAM¹

(1) Foreclosure and REO Totals are included in the delinquencies aging categories.

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Delinquency Loan Detail

Pros ID

Loan ID

Paid Through Date

Months Delinquent

Mortgage Loan Status¹

Current P&I Advances

Outstanding P&I Advances

Outstanding Servicer Advances

Actual Principal Balance

Servicing Transfer Date

Resolution Strategy Code²

Bankruptcy Date

Foreclosure Date

REO Date

Totals

1 Mortgage Loan Status
	A - Payment Not Received But Still in Grace Period	0 - Current	4 - Performing Matured Balloon
	B - Late Payment But Less Than 30 days  Delinquent	1 - 30-59 Days Delinquent	5 - Non Performing Matured Balloon
		2 - 60-89 Days Delinquent	6 - 121+ Days Delinquent
		3 - 90-120 Days Delinquent

2 Resolution Strategy Code
	1 - Modification	6 - DPO	10 - Deed in Lieu of Foreclosures
	2 - Foreclosure	7 - REO	11- Full Payoff
	3 - Bankruptcy	8 - Resolved	12 - Reps and Warranties
	4 - Extension	9 - Pending Return to Master Servicer	13 -  TBD
	5 - Note Sale	98 - Other

     Note: Outstanding P & I Advances include the current period advance.

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Collateral Stratification and Historical Detail

Maturity Dates and Loan Status¹

	Total	Performing	Non-Performing	REO/Foreclosure
Past Maturity	0	0	0	0
0 - 6 Months	0	0	0	0
7 - 12 Months	0	0	0	0
13 - 24 Months	0	0	0	0
25 - 36 Months	0	0	0	0
37 - 48 Months	0	0	0	0
49 - 60 Months	0	0	0	0
> 60 Months	0	0	0	0

Historical Delinquency Information

	Total	Current	30-59 Days	60-89 Days	90+ Days	REO/Foreclosure
Jun-23	0	0	0	0	0	0
May-23	0	0	0	0	0	0
Apr-23	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mar-23	0	0	0	0	0	0
Feb-23	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jan-23	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dec-22	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nov-22	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oct-22	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sep-22	0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug-22	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul-22	0	0	0	0	0	0

(1) Maturity dates used in this chart are based on the dates provided by the Master Servicer in the Loan Periodic File.

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Specially Serviced Loan Detail - Part 1
Pros ID	Loan ID	Ending Scheduled Balance	Actual Balance	Appraisal Value	Appraisal Date	Net Operating Income	DSCR	DSCR Date	Maturity Date	Remaining Amort Term
Totals

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Specially Serviced Loan Detail - Part 2
Pros ID	Loan ID	Property Type¹	State	Servicing Transfer Date	Resolution Strategy Code²	Special Servicing Comments

1 Property Type Codes
	HC - Health Care	MU - Mixed Use	WH - Warehouse
	MF - Multi-Family	SS - Self Storage	LO - Lodging
	RT - Retail	SF - Single Family Rental	98 - Other
	IN - Industrial	OF - Office	MH - Mobile Home Park
	SE - Securities	CH - Cooperative Housing	ZZ - Missing Information/Undefined

2 Resolution Strategy Code
	1 - Modification	6 - DPO	10 - Deed in Lieu of Foreclosures
	2 - Foreclosure	7 - REO	11- Full Payoff
	3 - Bankruptcy	8 - Resolved	12 - Reps and Warranties
	4 - Extension	9 - Pending Return to Master Servicer	13 -  TBD
	5 - Note Sale	98 - Other

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Modified Loan Detail

		Pre-Modification		Post-Modification		Modification	Modification Booking	Modification Closing	Modification Effective
Pros ID	Loan Number	Balance	Rate	Balance	Rate	Code¹	Date	Date	Date
Totals

1 Modification Codes
	1 - Maturity Date Extension	5 - Temporary Rate Reduction	8 - Other
	2 - Amortization Change	6 - Capitalization on Interest	9 - Combination
	3 - Principal Write-Off	7 - Capitalization on Taxes	10 - Forbearance

Note: Please refer to Servicer Reports for modification comments.

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Historical Liquidated Loan Detail

Pros ID¹

Loan Number

Dist.Date

Loan Beginning Scheduled Balance

Most Recent Appraised Value or BPO

Gross Sales Proceeds or Other Proceeds

Fees, Advances, and Expenses

Net Proceeds Received on Liquidation

Net Proceeds Available for Distribution

Realized Loss to Loan

Current Period Adjustment to Loan

Cumulative Adjustment to Loan

Loss to Loan with Cumulative Adjustment

Percent of Original Loan Balance

Current Period Totals

Cumulative Totals

Note: Fees, Advances and Expenses also include outstanding P & I advances and unpaid fees (servicing, trustee, etc.).

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		Historical Bond / Collateral Loss Reconciliation Detail
Pros ID	Loan Number	Distribution Date	Certificate Interest Paid from Collateral Principal Collections	Reimb of Prior Realized Losses from Collateral Interest Collections	Aggregate Realized Loss to Loan	Loss Covered by Credit Support/Deal Structure	Loss Applied to Certificate Interest Payment	Loss Applied to Certificate Balance	Non-Cash Principal Adjustment	Realized Losses from NRA/WODRA	Total Loss Applied to Certificate Balance
Current Period Totals
Cumulative Totals

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Interest Shortfall Detail - Collateral Level

Pros ID

Interest Adjustments

Deferred Interest Collected

Special Servicing Fees

ASER

PPIS /  (PPIE)

Non- Recoverable Interest

Interest on Advances

Reimbursement of Advances from Interest

Other Shortfalls / (Refunds)

Modified Interest Reduction / (Excess)

Monthly

Liquidation

Work Out

Total

Note: Interest Adjustments listed for each loan do not include amounts that were used to adjust the Weighted Average Net Rate of the mortgage loans.

Collateral Shortfall Total

0.00

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Supplemental Notes

None

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EXHIBIT H

FORM OF OMNIBUS ASSIGNMENT

[NAME OF CURRENT ASSIGNOR] having an address at [ADDRESS OF CURRENT ASSIGNOR] (the “Assignor”) for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are acknowledged, hereby sells, transfers, assigns, delivers, sets over and conveys, without recourse, representation or warranty, express or implied, unto “Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee for the registered holders of MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1” (the “Assignee”), having an office at 9062 Old Annapolis Road Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951, Attention: CMBS Trustee MSWF 2023-1, its successors and assigns, all right, title and interest of the Assignor in and to:

That certain mortgage and security agreement, deed of trust and security agreement, deed to secure debt and security agreement, or similar security instrument (the “Security Instrument”), and that certain Promissory Note (the “Mortgage Note”), for each of the Mortgage Loans shown on the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached hereto as Exhibit B, and that certain assignment of leases and rents given in connection therewith and all of the Assignor’s right, title and interest in any claims, collateral, insurance policies, certificates of deposit, letters of credit, escrow accounts, performance bonds, demands, causes of action and any other collateral arising out of and/or executed and/or delivered in or to or with respect to the Security Instrument and the Mortgage Note, together with any other documents or instruments executed and/or delivered in connection with or otherwise related to the Security Instrument and the Mortgage Note.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Assignor has executed this instrument under seal to be effective as of the [__] day of [_____________], 20[__].

[NAME OF CURRENT ASSIGNOR]
By:
	Name:
	Title:

  Exhibit H-1  

 

EXHIBIT I

Form of Transfer Certificate
for Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate
to Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate
during Restricted Period

(Exchanges or transfers pursuant to
Section 5.03(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement)

Computershare Trust Company, National Association,
as Certificate Registrar

1505 Energy Park Drive

St. Paul, Minnesota 55108

Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)

MSWF 2023-1

Re: MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1, Class [__]

Reference is hereby made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This letter relates to US $[______] aggregate [Certificate Balance] [Notional Amount] of the Class [__] Certificates (the “Certificates”) which are held in the form of a beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate of such Class (CUSIP No. [______]) with the Depository in the name of [insert name of Transferor] (the “Transferor”). The Transferor has requested an exchange or transfer of such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate of such Class (CINS No. [______] and ISIN No. [______]) to be held with the Depository in the name of [Euroclear] [Clearstream]^* (Common Code No. [______]).

In connection with such request and in respect of such Certificates, the Transferor does hereby certify that such exchange or transfer has been made in compliance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation S (“Regulation S”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and accordingly the Transferor does hereby certify that:

(1)       the offer of the Certificates was not made to a person in the United States;

^*       Select appropriate depository.

  Exhibit I-1  

 

[(2)      at the time the buy order was originated, the transferee was outside the United States or the Transferor and any person acting on its behalf reasonably believed and believes that the transferee was outside the United States;]^**

[(2)      the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither the Transferor nor any person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was pre-arranged with a buyer in the United States;]^**

(3)       no “directed selling efforts” within the meaning of Rule 902(c) of Regulation S have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or 904(b) of Regulation S, as applicable; and

(4)       the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

We understand that this certificate is required in connection with certain securities laws of the United States. In connection therewith, if administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate to any interested party in such proceeding. This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Initial Purchasers.

	[Insert Name of Transferor]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:
Dated:
cc: Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc.

^**      Insert one of these two provisions, which come from the definition of “offshore transaction” in Regulation S.

  Exhibit I-2  

 

EXHIBIT J

Form of Transfer Certificate
for Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate
to Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate after Restricted Period

(Exchange or transfers pursuant to
Section 5.03(d) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement)

Computershare Trust Company, National Association,
as Certificate Registrar

1505 Energy Park Drive

St. Paul, Minnesota 55108

Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)

MSWF 2023-1

Re: MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1, Class [__]

Reference is hereby made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This letter relates to US $[______] aggregate [Certificate Balance] [Notional Amount] of the Class [__] Certificates (the “Certificates”) which are held in the form of a beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate of such Class (CUSIP No. [______]) with the Depository in the name of [insert name of Transferor] (the “Transferor”). The Transferor has requested an exchange or transfer of such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate of such Class (CINS No. [______], ISIN No. [______], and Common Code No. [______]).

In connection with such request and in respect of such Certificates, the Transferor does hereby certify that such exchange or transfer has been made in compliance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation S (“Regulation S”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and accordingly the Transferor does hereby certify that:

(1)       the offer of the Certificates was not made to a person in the United States,

  Exhibit J-1  

 

[(2)      at the time the buy order was originated, the transferee was outside the United States or the Transferor and any person acting on its behalf reasonably believed and believes that the transferee was outside the United States,]^*

[(2)      the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither the Transferor nor any person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was pre-arranged with a buyer in the United States,] ^*

(3)       no “directed selling efforts” within the meaning of Rule 902(c) of Regulation S have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or 904(b) of Regulation S, as applicable, and

(4)       the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

We understand that this certificate is required in connection with certain securities laws of the United States. In connection therewith, if administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate to any interested party in such proceeding. This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Initial Purchasers.

	[Insert Name of Transferor]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:
Dated:
cc: Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc.

^*       Insert one of these two provisions, which come from the definition of “offshore transaction” in Regulation S.

  Exhibit J-2  

 

EXHIBIT K

Form of Transfer Certificate
for Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate
to Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate during Restricted Period

(Exchange or transfers pursuant to
Section 5.03(e) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement)

Computershare Trust Company, National Association,
as Certificate Registrar

1505 Energy Park Drive

St. Paul, Minnesota 55108

Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)

MSWF 2023-1

Re: MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1, Class [__]

Reference is hereby made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This letter relates to US $[______] aggregate [Certificate Balance] [Notional Amount] of the Class [__] Certificates (the “Certificates”) which are held in the form of a beneficial interest in the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate of such Class (CINS No. [______] and ISIN No. [______]) with [Euroclear] [Clearstream]^* (Common Code [______]) through the Depository in the name of [insert name of transferor] (the “Transferor”). The Transferor has requested an exchange or transfer of such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate of such Class (CUSIP No. [______]).

In connection with such request, and in respect of such Certificates, the Transferor does hereby certify that such Certificates are being exchanged or transferred in accordance with Rule 144A (“Rule 144A”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), to a transferee that the Transferor reasonably believes is purchasing the Certificates for its own account, or for one or more accounts with respect to which the transferee exercises sole investment discretion, and the transferee and any such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A in each case in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States or other applicable jurisdiction.

^*       Select appropriate depository.

  Exhibit K-1  

 

We understand that this certificate is required in connection with certain securities laws of the United States. In connection therewith, if administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate to any interested party in such proceeding. This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Initial Purchasers.

	[Insert Name of Transferor]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:
Dated:
cc: Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc.

  Exhibit K-2  

 

EXHIBIT L

Form of Transfer Certificate
for Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate
to Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate after Restricted Period

(Exchanges pursuant to
Section 5.03(f) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement)

Computershare Trust Company, National Association,
as Certificate Registrar

1505 Energy Park Drive

St. Paul, Minnesota 55108

Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)

MSWF 2023-1

Re: MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1, Class [__]

Reference is hereby made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

[For purposes of acquiring a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate of the Class specified above after the expiration of the Restricted Period,] [For purposes of receiving payments under a Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate of the Class specified above,]^* the undersigned holder of a beneficial interest in a Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate of the Class specified above issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement certifies that it is not a U.S. Person as defined by Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

We undertake to advise you promptly by facsimile on or prior to the date on which you intend to submit your corresponding certification relating to the Certificates of the Class specified above held by you for our account if any applicable statement herein is not correct on such date, and in the absence of any such notification it may be assumed that this certification applies as of such date.

We understand that this certificate is required in connection with certain securities laws of the United States. In connection therewith, if administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we

^*       Select, as applicable.

  Exhibit L-1  

 

irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate to any interested party in such proceeding. This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Depositor, each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Initial Purchasers.

Dated: 

By:
	as, or as agent for, the holder of a beneficial interest in the Certificates to which this certificate relates.

  Exhibit L-2  

 

EXHIBIT M

Form of Transfer Certificate
for Non-Book Entry Certificate
to Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate

(Exchanges or transfers pursuant to
Section 5.03(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement)

Computershare Trust Company, National Association,
as Certificate Registrar

1505 Energy Park Drive

St. Paul, Minnesota 55108

Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)

MSWF 2023-1

Re: MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1, Class [__]

Reference is hereby made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This letter relates to US $[______] aggregate [Certificate Balance] [Notional Amount] of the Class [__] Certificates (the “Certificates”) which are held in the form of Non-Book Entry Certificates of such Class (CUSIP No. [______]) in the name of [insert name of Transferor] (the “Transferor”). The Transferor has requested an exchange or transfer of such Non-Book Entry Certificates for a beneficial interest in the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate of such Class (CINS No. [______] and ISIN No. [______]) to be held with [Euroclear] [Clearstream]^* (Common Code [______]) through the Depository.

In connection with such request, and in respect of such Certificates, the Transferor does hereby certify that such exchange or transfer has been made in compliance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation S (“Regulation S”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and accordingly the Transferor does hereby certify that:

(1)       the offer of the Certificates was not made to a person in the United States;

^*      Select appropriate depository.

  Exhibit M-1  

 

[(2)      at the time the buy order was originated, the transferee was outside the United States or the Transferor and any person acting on its behalf reasonably believed and believes that the transferee was outside the United States;]^**

[(2)      the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither the Transferor nor any person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was pre-arranged with a buyer in the United States;] ^**

(3)       no “directed selling efforts” within the meaning of Rule 902(c) of Regulation S have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or 904(b) of Regulation S, as applicable; and

(4)       the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

We understand that this certificate is required in connection with certain securities laws of the United States. In connection therewith, if administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate to any interested party in such proceeding. This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Depositor, each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Initial Purchasers.

	[Insert Name of Transferor]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:
Dated:
cc: Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc.

^**      Insert one of these two provisions, which come from the definition of “offshore transaction” in Regulation S.

  Exhibit M-2  

 

EXHIBIT N

Form of Transfer Certificate
for Non-Book Entry Certificate
to Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate

(Exchange or transfers pursuant to
Section 5.03(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement)

Computershare Trust Company, National Association,
as Certificate Registrar

1505 Energy Park Drive

St. Paul, Minnesota 55108

Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)

MSWF 2023-1

Re: MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1, Class [__]

Reference is hereby made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This letter relates to US $[______] aggregate [Certificate Balance] [Notional Amount] of the Class [__] Certificates (the “Certificates”) which are held in the form of Non-Book Entry Certificates of such Class (CUSIP No. [______]) in the name of [insert name of Transferor] (the “Transferor”). The Transferor has requested an exchange or transfer of such Non-Book Entry Certificates for a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate (CINS No. [______], ISIN No. [______], and Common Code No. [______]).

In connection with such request, and in respect of such Certificates, the Transferor does hereby certify that such exchange or transfer has been made in compliance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation S (“Regulation S”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and accordingly the Transferor does hereby certify that:

(1)       the offer of the Certificates was not made to a person in the United States,

  Exhibit N-1  

 

[(2)      at the time the buy order was originated, the transferee was outside the United States or the Transferor and any person acting on its behalf reasonably believed and believes that the transferee was outside the United States,]^*

[(2)      the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither the Transferor nor any person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was pre-arranged with a buyer in the United States,] ^*

(3)       no “directed selling efforts” within the meaning of Rule 902(c) of Regulation S have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or 904(b) of Regulation S, as applicable, and

(4)       the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

We understand that this certificate is required in connection with certain securities laws of the United States. In connection therewith, if administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate to any interested party in such proceeding. This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Depositor, each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Initial Purchasers.

	[Insert Name of Transferor]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:
Dated:
cc: Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc.

^*     Insert one of these two provisions, which come from the definition of “offshore transaction” in Regulation S.

  Exhibit N-2  

 

EXHIBIT O

Form of Transfer Certificate
for Non-Book Entry Certificate
to Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate

(Exchange or transfers pursuant to
Section 5.03(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement)

Computershare Trust Company, National Association,
as Certificate Registrar

1505 Energy Park Drive

St. Paul, Minnesota 55108

Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)

MSWF 2023-1

Re: MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1, Class [__]

Reference is hereby made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This letter relates to US $[______] aggregate [Certificate Balance] [Notional Amount] of the Class [__] Certificates (the “Certificates”) which are held in the form of Non-Book Entry Certificates of such Class (CUSIP No. [______]) in the name of [insert name of transferor] (the “Transferor”). The Transferor has requested an exchange or transfer of such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate of such Class (CUSIP No. [______]).

In connection with such request, and in respect of such Certificates, the Transferor does hereby certify that such Certificates are being exchanged or transferred in accordance with Rule 144A (“Rule 144A”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), to a transferee that the Transferor reasonably believes is purchasing the Certificates for its own account, or for one or more accounts with respect to which the transferee exercises sole investment discretion, and the transferee and any such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A in each case in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States or other applicable jurisdiction.

We understand that this certificate is required in connection with certain securities laws of the United States. In connection therewith, if administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we

  Exhibit O-1  

 

irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate to any interested party in such proceeding. This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Depositor, each applicable Master Servicer, each applicable Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Initial Purchasers.

	[Insert Name of Transferor]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:
Dated:
cc: Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc.

  Exhibit O-2  

 

EXHIBIT P-1A

FORM OF INVESTOR CERTIFICATION for Non-Borrower PartY AND/OR THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY
(for Persons other than the DIRECTING CERTIFICATEHOLDER and/or a Controlling Class Certificateholder)

[Date]

Computershare Trust Company, National Association
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045
Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)
MSWF 2023-1
trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com
CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com

Re: MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1, Class [_] Certificates

In accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, with respect to the certificates (the “Certificates”), the undersigned hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

1.        The undersigned is a Certificateholder, a beneficial owner or prospective purchaser of the Class [__] Certificates, a Companion Holder or the Risk Retention Consultation Party (or any investment advisor or manager or other representative of the foregoing).

2.       The undersigned is neither the Directing Certificateholder nor a Controlling Class Certificateholder.

3.       In the case that the undersigned is a Certificateholder, beneficial owner or prospective purchaser of an Offered Certificate, the undersigned has received a copy of the Prospectus.

4.       [FOR PARTIES OTHER THAN THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY: The undersigned is not a Borrower Party.]

5.       The undersigned is requesting access pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to certain information (the “Information”) on the Certificate Administrator’s Website and/or is requesting the information identified on the schedule attached hereto (also, the “Information”) pursuant to the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In consideration of the disclosure to the undersigned of the Information, or the access thereto, the undersigned will keep the Information confidential (except from such outside persons as are assisting it in making an evaluation in connection with purchasing the related Certificates, from its

  Exhibit P-1A-1  

 

accountants and attorneys, and otherwise from such governmental or banking authorities or agencies to which the undersigned is subject), and such Information will not, without the prior written consent of the Depositor, be otherwise disclosed by the undersigned or by its officers, directors, partners, employees, agents or representatives (collectively, the “Representatives”) in any manner whatsoever, in whole or in part; provided, however, that the obligations of the undersigned to keep any such Information confidential shall expire one year following the date that the undersigned receives such Information (with respect to a prospective purchaser only) or is no longer a Certificateholder, a beneficial owner or prospective purchaser of the Class of Certificates referenced above. The undersigned will not use or disclose the Information in any manner which could result in a violation of any provision of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or would require registration of any Certificate not previously registered pursuant to Section 5 of the Securities Act.

6.       The undersigned shall be fully liable for any breach of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by itself or any of its Representatives and shall indemnify the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers and the Trust Fund for any loss, liability or expense incurred thereby with respect to any such breach by the undersigned or any of its Representatives.

7.       The undersigned shall be deemed to have recertified to the provisions herein each time it accesses the Information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website and the Certificate Administrator shall have no obligation to monitor, determine or verify whether the undersigned has properly certified or recertified under this Investor Certification any time the undersigned accesses the Certificate Administrator’s Website.

8.       Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned has made the representations above and shall have caused, or shall be deemed to have caused its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the date certified.

	[_____]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:
Dated:
cc: Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc.

  Exhibit P-1A-2  

 

EXHIBIT P-1B

FORM OF INVESTOR CERTIFICATION for Non-Borrower PartY
(for the DIRECTING CERTIFICATEHOLDER and/or a Controlling Class Certificateholder)

[Date]

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association Commercial Mortgage Servicing 550 S. Tryon Street MAC D1086-23A 23rd Floor Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 Attention: MSWF 2023-1 Asset Manager Email: commercial.servicing@wellsfargo.com	Computershare Trust Company, National Association 9062 Old Annapolis Road Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951 Attention:  Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) MSWF 2023-1 trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com
Pentalpha Surveillance LLC 375 N. French Road, Suite 100 Amherst, New York 14228 Attention: MSWF 2023-1 Transaction Manager (with a copy sent contemporaneously via email to: notices@pentalphasurveillance.com)	Computershare Trust Company, National Association 1505 Energy Park Drive St. Paul, Minnesota 55108 Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) MSWF 2023-1 Argentic Services Company LP 500 North Central Expressway, Suite 261 Plano, Texas 75074 Attention: Andrew Hundertmark Email: ahundertmark@argenticservices.com and jmayfield@argenticservices.com

Re: MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1, Class Certificates

In accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, with respect to the certificates (the “Certificates”), the undersigned hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

1.       The undersigned is the Directing Certificateholder or a Controlling Class Certificateholder.

2.       The undersigned has received a copy of the Prospectus.

3.       The undersigned is not a Borrower Party.

  Exhibit P-1B-1  

 

4.       The undersigned is requesting access pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to certain information (the “Information”) on the Certificate Administrator’s Website and may from time to time request information from the Master Servicer or Special Servicer [and/or is requesting the information identified on the schedule attached hereto (also, the “Information”) pursuant to the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement]. In consideration of the disclosure to the undersigned of the Information, or the access thereto, the undersigned will keep the Information confidential (except from such outside persons as are assisting it in making an evaluation in connection with purchasing the related Certificates, from its accountants and attorneys, and otherwise from such governmental or banking authorities or agencies to which the undersigned is subject), and such Information will not, without the prior written consent of the Depositor, be otherwise disclosed by the undersigned or by its officers, directors, partners, employees, agents or representatives (collectively, the “Representatives”) in any manner whatsoever, in whole or in part; provided, however, that the obligations of the undersigned to keep any such Information confidential shall expire one year following the date that the undersigned receives such Information (with respect to a prospective purchaser only) or is no longer a Certificateholder, a beneficial owner or prospective purchaser of the Class of Certificates referenced above. The undersigned will not use or disclose the Information in any manner which could result in a violation of any provision of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or would require registration of any Certificate not previously registered pursuant to Section 5 of the Securities Act.

5.       The undersigned shall be fully liable for any breach of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by itself or any of its Representatives and shall indemnify the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers and the Trust Fund for any loss, liability or expense incurred thereby with respect to any such breach by the undersigned or any of its Representatives.

6.       At any time the undersigned becomes a Borrower Party with respect to any Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan, the undersigned shall deliver the certification attached as Exhibit P-1D to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and shall deliver to the applicable parties the notices attached as Exhibit P-1E and Exhibit P-1F to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

7.       The undersigned shall be deemed to have recertified to the provisions herein each time it accesses the Information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, and the Certificate Administrator shall have no obligation to monitor, determine or verify whether the undersigned has properly certified or recertified under this Investor Certification any time the undersigned accesses the Certificate Administrator’s Website.

8.       [For use with any party other than the initial Directing Certificateholder] The undersigned hereby certifies that an executed copy of this certification in [paper][electronic click-through] form has been delivered in accordance with the notice provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the applicable Information provider listed above [(a) by overnight courier or (b) mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid].

9.       Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

  Exhibit P-1B-2  

 

       BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned has made the representations above and shall have caused, or shall be deemed to have caused its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the date certified.

	[_____]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:
Dated:
cc: Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc.

  Exhibit P-1B-3  

 

EXHIBIT P-1C

FORM OF INVESTOR CERTIFICATION for Borrower PartY
(for Persons other than the DIRECTING CERTIFICATEHOLDER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY and/or a Controlling Class Certificateholder)

[Date]

Computershare Trust Company, National Association
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951
Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)
MSWF 2023-1
trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com
CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Commercial Mortgage Servicing
550 S. Tryon Street

MAC D1086-23A

23rd Floor

Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Attention: MSWF 2023-1 Asset Manager
Email: commercial.servicing@wellsfargo.com

 

Argentic Services Company LP

500 North Central Expressway, Suite 261

Plano, Texas 75074

Attention: Andrew Hundertmark

Email: ahundertmark@argenticservices.com and jmayfield@argenticservices.com

Re: MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1, Class Certificates

In accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, with respect to the certificates (the “Certificates”), the undersigned hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

1.       The undersigned is a Certificateholder, a beneficial owner or prospective purchaser of the Class [__] Certificates or a Companion Holder (or any investment advisor or manager or other representative of the foregoing).

  Exhibit P-1C-1  

 

2.       The undersigned is not the Directing Certificateholder, the Risk Retention Consultation Party or a Controlling Class Certificateholder.

3.       In the case that the undersigned is a Certificateholder, a beneficial owner or prospective purchaser of an Offered Certificate, the undersigned has received a copy of the Prospectus.

4.       The undersigned is a Borrower Party.

5.       The undersigned is requesting access to the Distribution Date Statement pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In consideration of the disclosure to the undersigned of the Distribution Date Statement, or the access thereto, the undersigned will keep the Distribution Date Statement confidential (except from such outside persons as are assisting it in making an evaluation in connection with purchasing the related Certificates, from its accountants and attorneys, and otherwise from such governmental or banking authorities or agencies to which the undersigned is subject), and such Distribution Date Statement will not, without the prior written consent of the Depositor, be otherwise disclosed by the undersigned or by its officers, directors, partners, employees, agents or representatives (collectively, the “Representatives”) in any manner whatsoever, in whole or in part; provided, however, that the obligations of the undersigned to keep any such Distribution Date Statement confidential shall expire one year following the date that the undersigned receives such Distribution Date Statement (with respect to a prospective purchaser only) or is no longer a Certificateholder, a beneficial owner or prospective purchaser of the Class of Certificates referenced above. The undersigned will not use or disclose the Distribution Date Statement in any manner which could result in a violation of any provision of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or would require registration of any Certificate not previously registered pursuant to Section 5 of the Securities Act.

6.       The undersigned shall be fully liable for any breach of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by itself or any of its Representatives and shall indemnify the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers and the Trust Fund for any loss, liability or expense incurred thereby with respect to any such breach by the undersigned or any of its Representatives.

7.       The undersigned shall be deemed to have recertified to the provisions herein each time it accesses the Distribution Date Statement on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, and the Certificate Administrator shall have no obligation to monitor, determine or verify whether the undersigned has properly certified or recertified under this Investor Certification any time the undersigned accesses the Certificate Administrator’s Website.

8.       Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned has made the representations above and shall have caused, or shall be deemed to have caused its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the date certified.

  Exhibit P-1C-2  

 

	[_____]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:
Dated:
cc: Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc.

  Exhibit P-1C-3  

 

EXHIBIT P-1D

FORM OF INVESTOR CERTIFICATION for Borrower PartY
(for the DIRECTING CERTIFICATEHOLDER and/or a Controlling Class Certificateholder)

[Date]

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association Commercial Mortgage Servicing 550 S. Tryon Street MAC D1086-23A 23rd Floor Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 Attention: MSWF 2023-1 Asset Manager Email: commercial.servicing@wellsfargo.com	Computershare Trust Company, National Association 9062 Old Annapolis Road Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951 Attention:  Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) MSWF 2023-1 trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com
Pentalpha Surveillance LLC 375 N. French Road, Suite 100 Amherst, New York 14228 Attention: MSWF 2023-1 Transaction Manager (with a copy sent contemporaneously via email to: notices@pentalphasurveillance.com)	Computershare Trust Company, National Association 1505 Energy Park Drive St. Paul, Minnesota 55108 Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) MSWF 2023-1 Argentic Services Company LP 500 North Central Expressway, Suite 261 Plano, Texas 75074 Attention: Andrew Hundertmark Email: ahundertmark@argenticservices.com and jmayfield@argenticservices.com

Re: MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1, Class Certificates

In accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, with respect to the certificates (the “Certificates”), the undersigned hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

1. The undersigned is [the Directing Certificateholder][the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class][a Controlling Class Certificateholder].

  Exhibit P-1D-1  

 

2.       The undersigned is a Borrower Party with respect to the following [Excluded Loan][Excluded Controlling Class Loan](s):

[IDENTIFY [EXCLUDED LOAN][EXCLUDED CONTROLLING CLASS LOAN](S)] (the “[Excluded Loan][Excluded Controlling Class Loan](s)”)

The undersigned is not a Borrower Party with respect to any other Mortgage Loan.

3.       The undersigned has received a copy of the Prospectus.

4.       Except with respect to the [Excluded Loan][Excluded Controlling Class Loan](s), the undersigned is requesting access pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to certain information (the “Information”) on the Certificate Administrator’s Website [and/or is requesting the information identified on the schedule attached hereto (also, the “Information”) pursuant to the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement]. In consideration of the disclosure to the undersigned of the Information, or the access thereto, the undersigned will keep the Information confidential (except from such outside persons as are assisting it in making an evaluation in connection with purchasing the related Certificates, from its accountants and attorneys, and otherwise from such governmental or banking authorities or agencies to which the undersigned is subject), and such Information will not, without the prior written consent of the Depositor, be otherwise disclosed by the undersigned or by its officers, directors, partners, employees, agents or representatives (collectively, the “Representatives”) in any manner whatsoever, in whole or in part; provided, however, that the obligations of the undersigned to keep any such Information confidential shall expire one year following the date that the undersigned receives such Information (with respect to a prospective purchaser only) or is no longer a Certificateholder, a beneficial owner or prospective purchaser of the Class of Certificates referenced above. The undersigned will not use or disclose the Information in any manner which could result in a violation of any provision of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or would require registration of any Certificate not previously registered pursuant to Section 5 of the Securities Act.

5.       The undersigned hereby acknowledges and agrees that it is prohibited from accessing, reviewing and using Excluded Information (as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) relating to the [Excluded Loan][Excluded Controlling Class Loan](s) to the extent the undersigned receives access to such Excluded Information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website or otherwise receives access to such Excluded Information in connection with its duties, or exercise of its rights pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

6.       The undersigned shall be fully liable for any breach of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by itself or any of its Representatives and shall indemnify the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers and the Trust Fund for any loss, liability or expense incurred thereby with respect to any such breach by the undersigned or any of its Representatives.

7.       To the extent the undersigned receives access to any Excluded Information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website or otherwise receives access to such Excluded Information, the undersigned shall be deemed to have agreed that it (i) will not directly or indirectly provide

  Exhibit P-1D-2  

 

any such Excluded Information to (A) the related Borrower Party, (B) any related Excluded Controlling Class Holder, (C) any employees or personnel of the undersigned or any of its Affiliates involved in the management of any investment in the related Borrower Party or the related Mortgaged Property or (D) to its actual knowledge, any non-Affiliate that holds a direct or indirect ownership interest in the related Borrower Party, and (ii) will maintain sufficient internal controls and appropriate policies and procedures in place in order to comply with the obligations described in clause (i) above.

8.       The undersigned shall be deemed to have recertified to the provisions herein each time it accesses the Information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, and the Certificate Administrator shall have no obligation to monitor, determine or verify whether the undersigned has properly certified or recertified under this Investor Certification any time the undersigned accesses the Certificate Administrator’s Website.

9.       The undersigned hereby certifies that an executed copy of this certification in [paper][electronic click-through] form has been delivered in accordance with the notice provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the applicable Information provider listed above [(a) by overnight courier or (b) mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid].

10.       Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned has made the representations above and shall have caused, or shall be deemed to have caused its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the date certified.

	[_____]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:
Dated:
cc: Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc.

  Exhibit P-1D-3  

 

EXHIBIT P-1E

FORM OF NOTICE OF EXCLUDED CONTROLLING CLASS HOLDER

[Date]

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association Commercial Mortgage Servicing 550 S. Tryon Street MAC D1086-23A 23rd Floor Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 Attention: MSWF 2023-1 Asset Manager Email: commercial.servicing@wellsfargo.com	Computershare Trust Company, National Association 9062 Old Annapolis Road Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951 Attention:  Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) MSWF 2023-1 trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com
Pentalpha Surveillance LLC 375 N. French Road, Suite 100 Amherst, New York 14228 Attention: MSWF 2023-1 Transaction Manager (with a copy sent contemporaneously via email to: notices@pentalphasurveillance.com)	Computershare Trust Company, National Association 1505 Energy Park Drive St. Paul, Minnesota 55108 Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) MSWF 2023-1 Argentic Services Company LP 500 North Central Expressway, Suite 261 Plano, Texas 75074 Attention: Andrew Hundertmark Email: ahundertmark@argenticservices.com and jmayfield@argenticservices.com

Re: MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1, Class Certificates

THIS NOTICE IDENTIFIES AN “[EXCLUDED LOAN][EXCLUDED CONTROLLING CLASS LOAN]” RELATING TO THE MSWF COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE TRUST 2023-1, COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2023-1, REQUIRING ACTION BY YOU AS THE RECIPIENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 3.13(b) OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

In accordance with Section 3.13(b) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, with respect to the above-referenced certificates (the “Certificates”), the undersigned (the “Excluded Controlling Class Holder”) hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

1.                  The undersigned is [the Directing Certificateholder][the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class][a Controlling Class Certificateholder] as of the date hereof.

  Exhibit P-1E-1  

 

2.                  The undersigned has become a Borrower Party with respect to the following [Mortgage Loan(s)] [and] [Whole Loan(s)] (the “[Excluded Loan][Excluded Controlling Class Loan](s)”):

Loan Number	ODCR	Loan Name	Borrower Name

[[If applicable] For the avoidance of doubt, [each] of the foregoing loans is both an Excluded Loan and an Excluded Controlling Class Loan.]

3.                  As of the date above, the undersigned is the beneficial owner of the following certificates, and is providing the below information to the addressees hereto for purposes of their compliance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, including, among other things, the Certificate Administrator’s determination as to whether a Consultation Termination Event is in effect with respect to the Excluded Controlling Class Loans listed in paragraph 2 if any such mortgage loan is an Excluded Loan:

CUSIP	Class	Outstanding Certificate Balance	Initial Certificate Balance

The undersigned is not a Borrower Party with respect to any other Mortgage Loan.

4.                  Except with respect to the [Excluded Loan][Excluded Controlling Class Loan](s), the undersigned is requesting access pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to certain information (the “Information”) on the Certificate Administrator’s Website [and/or is requesting the information identified on the schedule attached hereto (also, the “Information”) pursuant to the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement]. In consideration of the disclosure to the undersigned of the Information, or the access thereto, the undersigned will keep the Information confidential (except from such outside persons as are assisting it in making an evaluation in connection with purchasing the related Certificates, from its accountants and attorneys, and otherwise from such governmental or banking authorities or agencies to which the undersigned is subject), and such Information will not, without the prior written consent of the Depositor, be otherwise disclosed by the undersigned or by its officers, directors, partners, employees, agents or representatives (collectively, the “Representatives”) in any manner whatsoever, in whole or in part; provided, however, that the obligations of the undersigned to keep any such Information confidential shall expire one year following the date that the undersigned receives such Information (with respect to a prospective purchaser only) or is no longer a Certificateholder, a

  Exhibit P-1E-2  

 

beneficial owner or prospective purchaser of the Class of Certificates referenced above. The undersigned will not use or disclose the Information in any manner which could result in a violation of any provision of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or would require registration of any Certificate not previously registered pursuant to Section 5 of the Securities Act.

5.                  The undersigned hereby acknowledges and agrees that it is prohibited from accessing, reviewing and using Excluded Information (as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) relating to the [Excluded Loan][Excluded Controlling Class Loan](s) to the extent the undersigned receives access to such Excluded Information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website or otherwise receives access to such Excluded Information in connection with its duties, or exercise of its rights pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

6.                  The undersigned shall be fully liable for any breach of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by itself or any of its Representatives and shall indemnify the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers and the Trust Fund for any loss, liability or expense incurred thereby with respect to any such breach by the undersigned or any of its Representatives.

7.                  To the extent the undersigned receives access to any Excluded Information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website or otherwise receives access to such Excluded Information, the undersigned shall be deemed to have agreed that it (i) will not directly or indirectly provide any such Excluded Information to (A) the related Borrower Party, (B) any related Excluded Controlling Class Holder, (C) any employees or personnel of the undersigned or any of its Affiliates involved in the management of any investment in the related Borrower Party or the related Mortgaged Property or (D) to its actual knowledge, any non-Affiliate that holds a direct or indirect ownership interest in the related Borrower Party, and (ii) will maintain sufficient internal controls and appropriate policies and procedures in place in order to comply with the obligations described in clause (i) above.

8.                  The undersigned shall be deemed to have recertified to the provisions herein each time it accesses the Information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, and the Certificate Administrator shall have no obligation to monitor, determine or verify whether the undersigned has properly certified or recertified under this Investor Certification any time the undersigned accesses the Certificate Administrator’s Website.

9.                  The undersigned hereby certifies that an executed copy of this certification in paper form has been delivered in accordance with the notice provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to each of the addressees listed above (a) by overnight courier or (b) mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid.

10.              The undersigned is simultaneously providing notice to the Certificate Administrator in the form of Exhibit P-1F to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, requesting termination of access to any Excluded Information. The undersigned acknowledges that it is not permitted to access and shall not access any Excluded Information relating to the [Excluded Loan][Excluded Controlling Class Loan](s) on the Certificate Administrator’s Website unless and until it has (i) delivered notice of the termination of the related Excluded Controlling Class Holder

  Exhibit P-1E-3  

 

status and (ii) submitted a new investor certification in accordance with Section 3.13(b) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

11.              The undersigned agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each party to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers and the Trust Fund from any damage, loss, cost or liability (including legal fees and expenses and the cost of enforcing this indemnity) arising out of or resulting from any unauthorized access by the undersigned or any agent, employee, representative or person acting on its behalf of any Excluded Information relating to the [Excluded Loan][Excluded Controlling Class Loan](s) listed in Paragraph 2 above.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the respective meanings given to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned has made the representations above and shall have caused, or shall be deemed to have caused its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the date certified.

	[Directing Certificateholder][Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class][Controlling Class Certificateholder]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:
Dated:
cc: Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc.

  Exhibit P-1E-4  

 

EXHIBIT P-1F

FORM OF NOTICE OF [EXCLUDED LOAN] [EXCLUDED CONTROLLING CLASS HOLDER] TO CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR

[Date]

Via: Email
Computershare Trust Company, National Association
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045
Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)
MSWF 2023-1
cts.CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com

trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com

with a copy to:

 

Computershare Trust Company, National Association,

8480 Stagecoach Circle
Frederick, Maryland 21701-4747

Attention: MSWF 2023-1

Re: MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1

In accordance with Section 3.13(b) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, with respect to the above-referenced certificates (the “Certificates”), the undersigned (the “Excluded Controlling Class Holder”) hereby directs you as follows:

1.                  The undersigned is [the Directing Certificateholder][the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class][a Controlling Class Certificateholder] as of the date hereof.

2.                  The undersigned has become a Borrower Party with respect to the following [Mortgage Loan(s)] [and] [Whole Loan(s)] (the “[Excluded Loan][Excluded Controlling Class Loan](s)”):

 

Loan Number	ODCR	Loan Name	Borrower Name

  Exhibit P-1F-1  

 

3.                  The following USER IDs for CTSLink are affiliated with the undersigned and access to any information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website with respect to the MSWF 2023-1 securitization should be revoked as to such users:

4.                  The undersigned acknowledges that it is not permitted to access and shall not access any Excluded Information with respect to such [Excluded Loan][Excluded Controlling Class Loan](s) on the Certificate Administrator’s Website unless and until it (i) is no longer an Excluded Controlling Class Holder with respect to such [Excluded Loan][Excluded Controlling Class Loan](s), (ii) has delivered notice of the termination of the related Excluded Controlling Class Holder status and (iii) has submitted an investor certification in the form of Exhibit P-1B to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the respective meanings given to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned has made the representations above and shall have caused, or shall be deemed to have caused its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the date certified.

	[Directing Certificateholder][Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class][Controlling Class Certificateholder]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:
Dated:
cc: Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc.
The undersigned hereby acknowledges that access to CTSLink has been revoked for the users listed in Paragraph 3.
COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
Certificate Administrator
Name:
Title:

  Exhibit P-1F-2  

 

EXHIBIT P-1G

 

Form of Certification of the Directing Certificateholder

 

[Date]

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association Commercial Mortgage Servicing 550 S. Tryon Street MAC D1086-23A 23rd Floor Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 Attention: MSWF 2023-1 Asset Manager Email: commercial.servicing@wellsfargo.com	Computershare Trust Company, National Association 9062 Old Annapolis Road Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951 Attention:  Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) MSWF 2023-1 trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com
Pentalpha Surveillance LLC 375 N. French Road, Suite 100 Amherst, New York 14228 Attention: MSWF 2023-1 Transaction Manager (with a copy sent contemporaneously via email to: notices@pentalphasurveillance.com)	Computershare Trust Company, National Association 1505 Energy Park Drive St. Paul, Minnesota 55108 Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) MSWF 2023-1 Argentic Services Company LP 500 North Central Expressway, Suite 261 Plano, Texas 75074 Attention: Andrew Hundertmark Email: ahundertmark@argenticservices.com and jmayfield@argenticservices.com

Re: MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1, Class [__] Certificates

In accordance with Section 3.23 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

1.       The undersigned has been appointed to act as the Directing Certificateholder.

2.       The undersigned is not a Borrower Party.

3.       If the undersigned becomes a Borrower Party with respect to any Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan, the undersigned agrees to and shall deliver the certification attached as Exhibit P-1D to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and shall deliver to the applicable parties the notices attached as Exhibit P-1E and Exhibit P-1F to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

  Exhibit P-1G-1  

 

4.       [For use with any party other than the initial Directing Certificateholder]The undersigned hereby certifies that an executed copy of this certification in paper form has been delivered in accordance with the notice provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to each of the addressees listed above (a) by overnight courier or (b) mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid.

5.       Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned shall have caused, or shall be deemed to have caused its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the date certified.

	[Directing Certificateholder]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:
Dated:
cc: Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc.

  Exhibit P-1G-2  

 

EXHIBIT P-1H

 

Form of Certification of the RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY

 

[Date]

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association Commercial Mortgage Servicing 550 S. Tryon Street MAC D1086-23A 23rd Floor Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 Attention: MSWF 2023-1 Asset Manager Email: commercial.servicing@wellsfargo.com	Computershare Trust Company, National Association 9062 Old Annapolis Road Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951 Attention:  Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) MSWF 2023-1 trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com
Pentalpha Surveillance LLC 375 N. French Road, Suite 100 Amherst, New York 14228 Attention: MSWF 2023-1 Transaction Manager (with a copy sent contemporaneously via email to: notices@pentalphasurveillance.com)	Computershare Trust Company, National Association 1505 Energy Park Drive St. Paul, Minnesota 55108 Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) MSWF 2023-1 Argentic Services Company LP 500 North Central Expressway, Suite 261 Plano, Texas 75074 Attention: Andrew Hundertmark Email: ahundertmark@argenticservices.com and jmayfield@argenticservices.com

Re: MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1

In accordance with Section 3.23 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

1.       The undersigned has been appointed to act as the Risk Retention Consultation Party.

[FOR ANY SUCCESSOR RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY][2. The undersigned hereby certifies that an executed copy of this certification in paper form has been delivered in accordance with the notice provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to each of the addressees listed above (a) by overnight courier or (b) mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid.]

  Exhibit P-1H-1  

 

3.       Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned shall have caused, or shall be deemed to have caused its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the date certified.

	[RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:
Dated:
cc: Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc.

  Exhibit P-1H-2  

 

EXHIBIT P-2

FORM OF CERTIFICATION FOR NRSROs

[Date]

Computershare Trust Company, National Association
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951
Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) – MSWF 2023-1

Attention: MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1

In accordance with the requirements for obtaining certain information pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, with respect to the certificates (the “Certificates”), the undersigned hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

1. The undersigned is a Rating Agency hired by the Depositor to provide ratings on the Certificates; or

2. The undersigned is a nationally recognized statistical rating organization and either (x) has provided the Depositor with the appropriate certifications under Exchange Act Rule 17g-5(e), had access to the Depositor’s 17g-5 website prior to the Closing Date, is requesting access pursuant to the Agreement to certain information (the “Information”) on such 17g-5 website pursuant to the provisions of the Agreement, and agrees that any confidentiality agreement applicable to the undersigned with respect to the information obtained from the Depositor’s 17g-5 website prior to the Closing Date shall also be applicable to information obtained from the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website (including without limitation, to any information received by the Depositor for posting on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website), or (y), if the undersigned did not have access to the Depositor’s 17g-5 website prior to the Closing Date, it hereby agrees that it shall be bound by the provisions of the confidentiality agreement attached hereto as Annex A which shall be applicable to it with respect to any information obtained from the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website, including any information that is obtained from the section of the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website that hosts the Depositor’s 17g-5 website after the Closing Date.

The undersigned shall be deemed to have recertified to the provisions herein each time it accesses the Information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website and the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

  Exhibit P-2-1  

 

BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned has made the representations above and shall have caused, or shall be deemed to have caused its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the date certified.

  Exhibit P-2-2  

 

ANNEX A

CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT

This Confidentiality Agreement (the “Confidentiality Agreement”) is made in connection with Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc. (together with its affiliates, the “Furnishing Entities” and each a “Furnishing Entity”) furnishing certain financial, operational, structural and other information relating to the issuance of the MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1 (the “Certificates”) pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as Depositor (the “Depositor”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as Special Servicer, Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator as Custodian and as Trustee and the assets underlying or referenced by the Certificates, including the identity of, and financial information with respect to borrowers, sponsors, guarantors, managers and lessees with respect to such assets (together, the “Collateral”) to you (the “NRSRO”) through the website of Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as 17g-5 Information Provider under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, including the [section of the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website that hosts the Depositor’s 17g-5 website after the Closing Date (as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement)]. Information provided by each Furnishing Entity is labeled as provided by the specific Furnishing Entity.

Definition of Confidential Information. For purposes of this Confidentiality Agreement, the term “Confidential Information” shall include the following information (irrespective of its source or form of communication, including information obtained by you through access to this site) that may be furnished to you by or on behalf of a Furnishing Entity in connection with the issuance or monitoring of a rating with respect to the Certificates: (x) all data, reports, interpretations, forecasts, records, agreements, legal documents and other information (such information, the “Evaluation Material”) and (y)  any of the terms, conditions or other facts with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, including the status thereof; provided, however, that the term Confidential Information shall not include information which:

was or becomes generally available to the public (including through filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission or disclosure in an offering document) other than as a result of a disclosure by you or a NRSRO Representative (as defined in Section 2(c)(i) below) in violation of this Confidentiality Agreement;

was or is lawfully obtained by you from a source other than a Furnishing Entity or its representatives that (i) is reasonably believed by you to be under no obligation to maintain the information as confidential and (ii) provides it to you without any obligation to maintain the information as confidential; or

is independently developed by the NRSRO without reference to any Confidential Information.

Information to Be Held in Confidence.

You will use the Confidential Information solely for the purpose of determining or monitoring a credit rating on the Certificates and, to the extent that any information used is derived from but does not reveal any Confidential Information, for benchmarking, modeling or research purposes (the “Intended Purpose”).

You acknowledge that you are aware that the United States and state securities laws impose restrictions on trading in securities when in possession of material, non-public information and that the NRSRO will advise (through policy manuals or otherwise) each NRSRO Representative who is informed of the matters that are the subject of this Confidentiality Agreement to that effect.

You will treat the Confidential Information as private and confidential. Subject to Section 4, without the prior written consent of the applicable Furnishing Entity, you will not disclose to any person any Confidential Information, whether such Confidential Information was furnished to you before, on or after the date of this Confidentiality Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you may:

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disclose the Confidential Information to any of the NRSRO’s affiliates, directors, officers, employees, legal representatives, agents and advisors (each, a “NRSRO Representative”) who, in the reasonable judgment of the NRSRO, need to know such Confidential Information in connection with the Intended Purpose; provided, that, prior to disclosure of the Confidential Information to a NRSRO Representative, the NRSRO shall have taken reasonable precautions to ensure, and shall be satisfied, that such NRSRO Representative will act in accordance with this Confidentiality Agreement;

solely to the extent required for compliance with Rule 17g-5(a)(3) of the Act (17 C.F.R. 240.17g-5), post the Confidential Information to the NRSRO’s password protected website; and

use information derived from the Confidential Information in connection with an Intended Purpose, if such derived information does not reveal any Confidential Information.

Disclosures Required by Law. If you or any NRSRO Representative is requested or required (orally or in writing, by interrogatory, subpoena, civil investigatory demand, request for information or documents, deposition or similar process relating to any legal proceeding, investigation, hearing or otherwise) to disclose any Confidential Information, you agree to provide the relevant Furnishing Entity with notice as soon as practicable (except in the case of regulatory or other governmental inquiry, examination or investigation, and otherwise to the extent practical and permitted by law, regulation or regulatory or other governmental authority) that a request to disclose the Confidential Information has been made so that the relevant Furnishing Entity may seek an appropriate protective order or other reasonable assurance that confidential treatment will be accorded the Confidential Information if it so chooses. Unless otherwise required by a court or other governmental or regulatory authority to do so, and provided that you been informed by written notice that the related Furnishing Entity is seeking a protective order or other reasonable assurance for confidential treatment with respect to the requested Confidential Information, you agree not to disclose the Confidential Information while the Furnishing Entity’s effort to obtain such a protective order or other reasonable assurance for confidential treatment is pending. You agree to reasonably cooperate with each Furnishing Entity in its efforts to obtain a protective order or other reasonable assurance that confidential treatment will be accorded to the portion of the Confidential Information that is being disclosed, at the sole expense of such Furnishing Entity; provided, however, that in no event shall the NRSRO be required to take a position that such information should be entitled to receive such a protective order or reasonable assurance as to confidential treatment. If a Furnishing Entity succeeds in obtaining a protective order or other remedy, you agree to comply with its terms with respect to the disclosure of the Confidential Information, at the sole expense of such Furnishing Entity. If a protective order or other remedy is not obtained or if the relevant Furnishing Entity waives compliance with the provisions of this Confidentiality Agreement in writing, you agree to furnish only such information as you are legally required to disclose, at the sole expense of the relevant Furnishing Entity.

Obligation to Return Evaluation Material. Promptly upon written request by or on behalf of the relevant Furnishing Entity, all material or documents, including copies thereof, that contain Evaluation Material will be destroyed or, in your sole discretion, returned to the relevant Furnishing Entity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) the NRSRO may retain one or more copies of any document or other material containing Evaluation Material to the extent necessary for legal or regulatory compliance (or compliance with the NRSRO’s internal policies and procedures designed to ensure legal or regulatory compliance) and (b) the NRSRO may retain any portion of the Evaluation Material that may be found in backup tapes or other archive or electronic media or other documents prepared by the NRSRO and any Evaluation Material obtained in an oral communication; provided, that any Evaluation Material so retained by the NRSRO will remain subject to this Confidentiality Agreement and the NRSRO will remain bound by the terms of this Confidentiality Agreement.

Violations of this Confidentiality Agreement.

The NRSRO will be responsible for any breach of this Confidentiality Agreement by you, the NRSRO or any NRSRO Representative.

You agree promptly to advise each relevant Furnishing Entity in writing of any misappropriation or unauthorized disclosure or use by any person of the Confidential Information which may come to your attention and to take all steps reasonably requested by such Furnishing Entity to limit, stop or otherwise remedy such misappropriation, or unauthorized disclosure or use.

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You acknowledge and agree that the Furnishing Entities would not have an adequate remedy at law and would be irreparably harmed in the event that any of the provisions of this Confidentiality Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that each Furnishing Entity shall be entitled to specific performance and injunctive relief to prevent breaches of this Confidentiality Agreement and to specifically enforce the terms and provisions hereof, in addition to any other remedy to which a Furnishing Entity may be entitled at law or in equity. It is further understood and agreed that no failure to or delay in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall preclude any other or further exercise of any right, power or privilege.

Term. Notwithstanding the termination or cancellation of this Confidentiality Agreement and regardless of whether the NRSRO has provided a credit rating on a Security, your obligations under this Confidentiality Agreement will survive indefinitely.

Governing Law. This Confidentiality Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under the Confidentiality Agreement, the relationships of the parties and/or the interpretation and enforcement of the rights and duties of the parties shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed within such State.

Amendments. This Confidentiality Agreement may be modified or waived only by a separate writing by the NRSRO and each Furnishing Entity.

Entire Agreement. This Confidentiality Agreement represents the entire agreement between you and the Furnishing Entities relating to the treatment of Confidential Information heretofore or hereafter reviewed or inspected by you. This agreement supersedes all other understandings and agreements between us relating to such matters; provided, however, that, if the terms of this Confidentiality Agreement conflict with another agreement relating to the Confidential Information that specifically states that the terms of such agreement shall supersede, modify or amend the terms of this Confidentiality Agreement, then to the extent the terms of this Confidentiality Agreement conflict with such agreement, the terms of such agreement shall control notwithstanding acceptance by you of the terms hereof by entry into this website.

Contact Information. Notices for each Furnishing Entity under this Confidentiality Agreement, shall be directed as set forth below:

Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc.

1585 Broadway

New York, New York 10036

Attention: Jane Lam

 

with a copy to:

 

Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc.

1633 Broadway, 29th Floor

New York, New York 10019

Attention: Legal Compliance Division

 

and cmbs_notices@morganstanley.com

  Exhibit P-2-5  

 

EXHIBIT P-3

ONLINE MARKET DATA PROVIDER CERTIFICATION

Computershare Trust Company, National Association
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951
Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) – MSWF 2023-1

Attention: MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1

This Certification has been prepared for provision of information to the market data providers listed in Paragraph 1 below pursuant to the direction of the Depositor. If you represent a Market Data Provider not listed herein and would like access to the information, please contact CTSLink at 866-846-4526, or at ctslink.customerservice@computershare.com.

In accordance with the requirements for obtaining certain information pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, with respect to the above-referenced certificates (the “Certificates”), the undersigned hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

1. The undersigned is an employee or agent of Bloomberg, L.P., Trepp, LLC, Intex Solutions, Inc., Interactive Data Corp., Markit Group Limited, BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., CMBS.com, Inc., Moody’s Analytics, Morningstar Credit Information & Analytics, LLC, RealInsight, Thomson Reuters Corporation, KBRA Analytics, LLC or DealView Technologies Ltd., a market data provider that has been given access to the Statements to Certificateholders, CREFC^® Reports and supplemental notices on www.ctslink.com (“CTSLink”) by request of the Depositor.

2. The undersigned agrees that each time it accesses CTSLink, the undersigned is deemed to have recertified that the representation above remains true and correct.

3. The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that the provision to it of information and/or reports on CTSLink is for its own use only, and agrees that it will not disseminate or otherwise make such information available to any other person without the written consent of the Depositor.

4. The undersigned shall be fully liable for any breach of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by itself or any of its Representatives and shall indemnify the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trust Fund for any loss,

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liability or expense incurred thereby with respect to any such breach by the undersigned or any of its Representatives.

5. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned has made the representations above and shall have caused, or shall be deemed to have caused its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the date certified.

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EXHIBIT Q

CUSTODIAN CERTIFICATION/EXCEPTION REPORT

[DATE]

To the Persons Listed on the attached Schedule A

Re: MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

In accordance with Section 2.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, the undersigned, as Custodian, hereby certifies that, except as noted on the attached Custodial Exception Report, as to each Mortgage Loan listed in the Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than any Mortgage Loan paid in full or for which a Liquidation Event has occurred) the Custodian has, subject to Section 2.02(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, reviewed the documents delivered to it pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and has determined that (i) subject to the first proviso of the definition of “Mortgage File”, all documents specified in clauses (i) through (v), (viii), (ix), (xi), (xii) and (xiii), if any, of the definition of “Mortgage File,” as applicable, are in its possession, (ii) the foregoing documents delivered or caused to be delivered by the Mortgage Loan Seller have been reviewed by the Custodian and appear regular on their face and appear to be executed and to relate to such Mortgage Loan and (iii) based on such examination and only as to the foregoing documents, the information set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule with respect to the items specified in clauses (vii) and (viii) in the definition of “Mortgage Loan Schedule” is correct.

Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the above-captioned Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY,
	NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
	as Custodian
By:
	Name:
	Title:

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SCHEDULE A

[APPLICABLE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLER’S NOTICE ADDRESS]

 

Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc.

1585 Broadway

New York, New York 10036

Attention: Jane Lam

 

Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc.

1633 Broadway, 29th Floor

New York, New York 10019

Attention: Legal Compliance Division

with a copy to

cmbs_notices@morganstanley.com

Kroll Bond Rating Agency, LLC
805 Third Avenue, 29th Floor
New York, New York 10022
Attention: CMBS Surveillance
E-mail: cmbssurveillance@kbra.com

Fitch Ratings, Inc.
300 West 57th Street
New York, New York 10019
Attention: Commercial Mortgage Surveillance Group
Facsimile No.: (212) 635-0295
E-mail: info.cmbs@fitchratings.com

Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

7 World Trade Center

250 Greenwich Street

New York, New York 10007

Attention: Commercial Mortgage Surveillance Manager

E-mail: CMBSSurveillance@moodys.com

Argentic Services Company LP
500 North Central Expressway, Suite 261

Plano, Texas 75074

Attention: Andrew Hundertmark

Email: ahundertmark@argenticservices.com and jmayfield@argenticservices.com

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Commercial Mortgage Servicing
550 S. Tryon Street

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MAC D1086-23A

23rd Floor

Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Attention: MSWF 2023-1 Asset Manager
Email: commercial.servicing@wellsfargo.com

 

Computershare Trust Company, National Association
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045
Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) – MSWF 2023-1

 

Argentic Securities Income USA 2 LLC

31 West 27th Street, 12th Floor

New York, New York 10001

Attention: Josh Brand

Email: jbrand@argenticmgmt.com

 

with a copy to:

 

Dechert LLP

300 South Tryon Street, Suite 800

Charlotte, North Carolina 28202

Attention: Stewart McQueen

Email: stewart.mcqueen@dechert.com

 

 

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EXHIBIT R-1

FORM OF POWER OF ATTORNEY – MASTER SERVICER

RECORDING REQUESTED BY:

 

[Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Commercial Mortgage Servicing
550 S. Tryon Street

MAC D1086-23A

23rd Floor

Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Attention: MSWF 2023-1 Asset Manager
Telecopy Number: (704) 715-0036
Email: commercial.servicing@wellsfargo.com]

SPACE ABOVE THIS LINE FOR RECORDER’S USE

 

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY TO WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

FROM COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

AS TRUSTEE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF

MSWF COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE TRUST 2023-1, COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE

PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2023-1

KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS:

WHEREAS, Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer (the “Master Servicer”), Argentic Services Company LP, as Special Servicer, Pentalapha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee (the “Trustee”) and as Certificate Administrator, entered into a Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “PSA”), pertaining to a securitization trust formed for the benefit of the registered holders of the MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1 (the “Trust”), and which provides in part that the Master Servicer shall administer and service certain “Mortgage Loans” and provide services to the “Mortgagors” as those terms are defined in the PSA, for the benefit of the Trustee in accordance with the terms of the PSA and the Mortgage Loans; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the PSA, the Master Servicer is granted certain powers, responsibilities and authority in connection with its servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans subject to the terms of the PSA; and

WHEREAS, the Trustee has been requested by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.0l(b) of the PSA to grant this Limited Power of Attorney to the Master Servicer to enable the

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Master Servicer to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, certain documents and instruments related to the Mortgage Loans thereby empowering the Master Servicer to take such actions as it deems necessary to comply with its servicing, administrative and management duties under and in accordance with the PSA.

NOW, THEREFORE, KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS:

Computershare Trust Company, National Association, a national banking association having an office at 9062 Old Annapolis Road, Columbia, Maryland 21045, not in its individual or banking capacity, but solely in its capacity as trustee for the registered holders of MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1 (the “Trustee”) under the PSA, does make, constitute and appoint Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, with principal corporate offices at 550 South Tryon Street, 23rd Floor, Charlotte, North Carolina 28202, as Master Servicer, by and through its designated officers, as the Trustee's true and lawful attorney-in-fact with respect to the Mortgage Loans and each mortgaged property and related collateral (the “Mortgaged Property”) held by the Trustee to secure the obligations of the Mortgage Loans in its capacity as Trustee, and in Trustee's name, place and stead, to prepare, complete, execute, deliver, record and file on behalf of the registered holders and the Trustee, and in any event in accordance with the terms of the PSA; (i) customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents including, without limitation, estoppel certificates, financing statements, continuation statements, title endorsements and reports and other documents and instruments necessary to preserve and maintain the validity, enforceability, perfection and priority of the lien on the Mortgaged Property; (ii) to consent to assignments and assumptions or substitutions, and transfers of interest of the Mortgagors, in each case subject to and in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Loans and subject to the provisions of the PSA; (iii) to collect any insurance proceeds, condemnation proceeds and liquidation proceeds in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Loans; (iv) to consent to any subordinate financing to be secured by any Mortgaged Property to the extent that such consent is required pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loans or which otherwise is required under the PSA; (v) to consent to the application of any proceeds of insurance policies or condemnation awards to the restoration of the related Mortgaged Property or to repayment of the Mortgage Loans or otherwise, in each case in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Loans; (vi) to execute any and all instruments necessary or appropriate for judicial or nonjudicial foreclosure of, the taking of a deed in lieu of foreclosure with respect to, or the conversion of title to any Mortgaged Property securing a Mortgage Loan owned by the Trustee and serviced by the Master Servicer for the Trustee, and, consistent with the authority granted by the PSA, to take any and all actions on behalf of the Trustee in connection with maintaining and defending the enforceability of such Mortgage Loan obligation and the collection thereof including, without limitation, the execution of any and all instruments necessary or appropriate in defense of and for the collection and enforcement of said Mortgage Loan obligation in accordance with the terms of the PSA; (vii) to execute and deliver documents relating to the management, operation, maintenance, repair, leasing and marketing of the Mortgaged Property, including agreements and requests by the Mortgagors with respect to modifications of the management of the Mortgaged Property or the replacement of managers; (viii) to exercise all rights, powers and privileges granted or provided to the holder of the Mortgage Loans under their respective terms including all rights of approval and consent thereunder; (ix) to enter into lease subordination

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agreements, non-disturbance and attornment agreements or other leasing or rental arrangements which may be requested by the Mortgagors or their tenants in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Loans; (x) to join the Mortgagor in granting, modifying or releasing any easements, covenants, conditions, restrictions, equitable servitudes, or land use or zoning requirements with respect to the Mortgaged Property to the extent such does not adversely affect the value of the Mortgaged Property; (xi) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Property; (xii) to draw upon, replace, substitute, release or amend any letters of credit standing as collateral under the Mortgage Loans; and (xiii) to apply amounts in the various escrow accounts set up under the Mortgage Loans pursuant to the terms provided for therein.

 

ARTICLE I

The enumeration of particular powers hereinabove is not intended in any way to limit the grant to the Master Servicer as the Trustee's attorney-in-fact of full power and authority with respect to the Mortgage Loans consistent with the PSA to execute and deliver any such documents, instrument or other writing, as fully, to all intents and purposes, as the Trustee might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming whatsoever such attorney-in-fact shall and may do by virtue hereof; and the Trustee agrees and represents to those dealing with such attorney-in-fact that they may rely upon this limited power of attorney until termination of the limited power of attorney under the provisions of Article III below. As between and among the Trustee, the registered holders, the Trust, and the Master Servicer, the Master Servicer may not exercise any right, authority or power granted by this instrument in a manner which would violate the terms of the PSA or the servicing standard imposed on the Master Servicer by the PSA, but any and all third parties dealing with the Master Servicer as the Trustee's attorney-in-fact may rely completely, unconditionally and conclusively on the Master Servicer's authority and need not make inquiry about whether the Master Servicer is acting pursuant to the PSA or such standard. Any purchaser, title company, recorder's office or other third party may rely upon a written statement by the Master Servicer that any particular loan or property in question and the release thereof is subject to and included under this power of attorney and the PSA.

ARTICLE II

Any act or thing lawfully done by the Master Servicer, and otherwise authorized under this Limited Power of Attorney, shall be binding on the Trustee and the Trustee's successors and assigns.

ARTICLE III

This Limited Power of Attorney shall continue in full force and effect until the earliest occurrence of any of the following events, unless sooner revoked in writing by the Trustee:

(i) the suspension or termination of this Limited Power of Attorney by the Trustee;

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(ii) the transfer of servicing under the PSA from the Master Servicer to another servicer;

(iii) the termination, resignation or removal of the Trustee as trustee of such Trust;

(iv) the appointment of a receiver or conservator with respect to the business of the Master Servicer;

(v) the filing of a voluntary or involuntary petition in bankruptcy by or against the Master Servicer;

(vi) the termination of the PSA; or

(vii) the termination of the Master Servicer.

Nothing herein shall be deemed to amend or modify the PSA or the respective rights, duties or obligations of the Trustee, or the Master Servicer thereunder, and nothing herein shall constitute a waiver of any rights or remedies thereunder.

[SIGNATURE ON FOLLOWING PAGE]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this instrument to be executed by its officer duly authorized as of the ___ day of _________________.

 

 

Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as trustee for the benefit of the registered holders of MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1

By:

. Name:

Title:

Witness:

Witness:

STATE OF MARYLAND	)
	) SS.
COUNTY OF HOWARD	)

On the [DAY] day of May in the year 2023, before me, [NOTARY], Notary Public, personally appeared [SIGNER], Vice President, who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she voluntarily executed the same in his/her authorized capacity and that by his/her signature on the instrument the person, or the entity upon behalf of which the person acted, executed the instrument.

Witness my hand and official seal.

Notary Public: [NOTARY]

My Commission expires [DATE]

  Exhibit R-1-5  

 

EXHIBIT R-2

FORM OF POWER OF ATTORNEY – SPECIAL SERVICER

RECORDING REQUESTED BY:

[Argentic Services Company LP
500 North Central Expressway, Suite 261

Plano, Texas 75074

Attention: Andrew Hundertmark

Email: ahundertmark@argenticservices.com and jmayfield@argenticservices.com]

SPACE ABOVE THIS LINE FOR RECORDER’S USE

 

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY TO ARGENTIC SERVICES COMPANY LP,

FROM COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

AS TRUSTEE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF

MSWF COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE TRUST 2023-1, COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE

PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2023-1

KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS:

WHEREAS, Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as Special Servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee (the “Trustee”) and as Certificate Administrator, entered into a Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “PSA”), pertaining to a securitization trust designated as MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1 (the “Trust”), and which provides in part that the Special Servicer shall administer and service certain “Mortgage Loans” and provide services to the “Mortgagors” as those terms are defined in the PSA, for the benefit of the Trustee in accordance with the terms of the PSA and the Mortgage Loans; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the PSA, the Special Servicer is granted certain powers, responsibilities and authority in connection with its servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans subject to the terms of the PSA; and

WHEREAS, Section 3.0l(b) of the PSA provides for the Trustee to grant this Limited Power of Attorney to the Special Servicer to enable the Special Servicer to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, certain documents and instruments related to the Mortgage Loans thereby empowering the Special Servicer to take such actions as it deems necessary to comply with its servicing, administrative and management duties under and in accordance with the PSA.

 

  Exhibit R-2-1  

 

NOW, THEREFORE, KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS:

Computershare Trust Company, National Association, a national banking association having an office at 9062 Old Annapolis Road, Columbia, Maryland 21045, not in its individual or banking capacity, but solely in its capacity as trustee for the benefit of the registered holders of MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1 (the “Trustee”) under the PSA, does make, constitute and appoint Argentic Services Company LP, with principal corporate offices at 500 North Central Expressway, Suite 261, Plano, Texas 75074, as Special Servicer, by and through its designated officers, as the Trustee's true and lawful attorney-in-fact with respect to the Mortgage Loans and each mortgaged property and related collateral (each a “Mortgaged Property”) held by the Trustee to secure the obligations of the Mortgage Loans in its capacity as Trustee, and in Trustee's name, place and stead, to prepare, complete, execute, deliver, record and file on behalf of the registered holders and the Trustee, and in any event in accordance with the terms of the PSA; (i) consents or waivers and other instruments and documents including, without limitation, estoppel certificates, financing statements, continuation statements, title endorsements and reports and other documents and instruments necessary to preserve and maintain the validity, enforceability, perfection and priority of the lien on a Mortgaged Property; (ii) to consent to assignments and assumptions or substitutions, and transfers of interest of the Mortgagors, including the completion and execution of loan assumption agreements or modification agreements, in each case subject to and in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Loans and subject to the provisions of the PSA; (iii) to collect any insurance proceeds, condemnation proceeds and liquidation proceeds in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Loans; (iv) to consent to any subordinate financing to be secured by any Mortgaged Property to the extent that such consent is required pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loans or which otherwise is required under the PSA; (v) to consent to the application of any proceeds of insurance policies or condemnation awards to the restoration of the related Mortgaged Property or to repayment of the Mortgage Loans or otherwise, in each case in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Loans; (vi) to undertake full enforcement of and preservation of the Trustee’s interests in any Mortgage or the related promissory note, and in the proceeds thereof, by way of, including but not limited to, execution of any and all instruments necessary or appropriate for judicial or nonjudicial foreclosure of, the taking of a deed in lieu of foreclosure with respect to, or the conversion of title to any Mortgaged Property securing a Mortgage Loan owned by the Trustee and serviced by the Special Servicer for the Trustee, consistent with the authority granted by the PSA, to take any and all actions on behalf of the Trustee in connection with maintaining and defending the enforceability of such Mortgage Loan obligation and the collection thereof including, without limitation, the execution of any and all instruments necessary or appropriate in defense of and for the collection and enforcement of said Mortgage Loan obligation in accordance with the terms of the PSA; (vii) to execute and deliver documents relating to the management, operation, maintenance, repair, leasing and marketing of a Mortgaged Property, including agreements and requests by the Mortgagors with respect to modifications of the management of a Mortgaged Property or the replacement of managers; (viii) to exercise all rights, powers and privileges granted or provided to the holder of the Mortgage Loans under their respective terms including all rights of approval and consent thereunder; (ix) to enter into lease subordination agreements, non-disturbance and attornment agreements or other leasing or rental arrangements which may be requested by the Mortgagors or their tenants in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage

  Exhibit R-2-2  

 

Loans; (x) granting, modifying or releasing any easements, covenants, conditions, restrictions, equitable servitudes, or land use or zoning requirements with respect to a Mortgaged Property to the extent such does not adversely affect the value of a Mortgaged Property; (xi) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and a Mortgaged Property; (xii) the endorsement on behalf of the Trustee of all checks, drafts and/or other negotiable instruments made payable to the Trustee, to draw upon, replace, substitute, release or amend any letters of credit standing as collateral under the Mortgage Loans; (xiii) to apply amounts in the various escrow accounts set up under the Mortgage Loans pursuant to the terms provided for therein; (xiv) the conveyance of the properties to the mortgage insurer, or the closing of the title to the property to be acquired as real estate owned, or conveyance of title to real estate owned; (xv) the assignment of any Mortgage or deed of trust and the related Mortgage Note, in connection with the sale or repurchase of the Mortgage Loans secured and evidenced thereby; (xvi) with respect to the sale of property acquired through a foreclosure or deed-in lieu of foreclosure, including, without limitation, the execution of the following documentation: listing agreements, purchase and sale agreements, grant/warranty/quit claim deeds or any other deed causing the transfer of title of the property to a party contracted to purchase same, escrow instructions and any and all documents necessary to effect the transfer of property; (xvii) executing and/or filing such documents and take such other action as is proper and necessary to defend the Trustee, solely in its capacity as Trustee, in litigation and to resolve such litigation, provided that such resolution shall not include any admission of fault or wrongdoing by the Trustee or, without the Trustee’s consent, subject the Trustee to any form of injunctive relief; and (xviii) executing any and all other documents, instruments and certifications as are reasonably necessary to accomplish the Special Servicer’s duties and responsibilities under the PSA.

 

ARTICLE I

The enumeration of particular powers hereinabove is not intended in any way to limit the grant to the Special Servicer as the Trustee's attorney-in-fact of full power and authority with respect to the Mortgage Loans consistent with the PSA to take any and all actions and execute and deliver any documents, instrument or other writing, as fully, to all intents and purposes, as the Trustee might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming whatsoever such attorney-in-fact shall and may do by virtue hereof; and the Trustee agrees and represents to those dealing with such attorney-in-fact that they may rely upon this limited power of attorney until termination of the limited power of attorney under the provisions of Article III below. As between and among the Trustee, the registered holders, the Trust, and the Special Servicer, the Special Servicer may not exercise any right, authority or power granted by this instrument in a manner which would violate the terms of the PSA or the servicing standard imposed on the Special Servicer by the PSA, but any and all third parties dealing with the Special Servicer as the Trustee's attorney-in-fact may rely completely, unconditionally and conclusively on the Special Servicer's authority and need not make inquiry about whether the Special Servicer is acting pursuant to the PSA or such standard. Any purchaser, title company, recorder's office or other third party may rely upon a written

  Exhibit R-2-3  

 

statement by the Special Servicer that any particular loan or property in question and the release thereof is subject to and included under this power of attorney and the PSA.

ARTICLE II

Any act or thing lawfully done by the Special Servicer, and otherwise authorized under this Limited Power of Attorney, shall be binding on the Trustee and the Trustee's successors and assigns.

ARTICLE III

This Limited Power of Attorney shall be automatically revoked upon:

(i) the transfer of servicing under the PSA from the Special Servicer to another servicer;

(ii) the termination, resignation or removal of the Trustee as trustee of such Trust;

(iii) the termination of the PSA; or

(iv) the termination of the Special Servicer.

 

Nothing herein shall be deemed to amend or modify the PSA or the respective rights, duties or obligations of the Trustee, or the Special Servicer thereunder, and nothing herein shall constitute a waiver of any rights or remedies thereunder.

This Limited Power of Attorney is entered into and shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of law principles of such state.

[SIGNATURE ON FOLLOWING PAGE]

  Exhibit R-2-4  

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this instrument to be executed by its officer duly authorized as of the ___ day of _________________.

 

 

Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as trustee for the benefit of the registered holders of MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1

By:

. Name:

Title:

Witness:

Witness:

STATE OF MARYLAND	)
	) SS.
COUNTY OF HOWARD	)

On the [DAY] day of May in the year 2023, before me, [NOTARY], Notary Public, personally appeared [SIGNER], Vice President, who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she voluntarily executed the same in his/her authorized capacity and that by his/her signature on the instrument the person, or the entity upon behalf of which the person acted, executed the instrument.

Witness my hand and official seal.

Notary Public: [NOTARY]

My Commission expires [DATE]

  Exhibit R-2-5  

 

EXHIBIT S

INITIAL SERVICED COMPANION NOTEHOLDERS

 

Loan

Companion Holder

Barbours Cut IOS

Note A-1-2 and note a-1-3:   Argentic Real Estate Finance 2 LLC   NOTICE ADDRESS:   Argentic Real Estate Finance 2 LLC 31 West 27th Street, 12th Floor New York, New York 10001 Attention: Michael Schulte   with a copy to:   Dechert LLP 300 South Tryon Street, Suite 800 Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 Attention: Stewart McQueen   Note a-2-2:   Wells Fargo Bank, National Association   NOTICE ADDRESS:   Wells Fargo Bank, National Association 30 Hudson Yards, 15th Floor New York, New York 10001 Attention: A.J. Sfarra Email: Anthony.sfarra@wellsfargo.com   with a copy to:   Troy Stoddard, Esq. Senior Lead Counsel 401 S. Tryon St., MACD1050-272 26th Floor Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 Email: troy.stoddard@wellsfargo.com   with a copy to (if by email):

  Exhibit S-1  

 

 

Troy Doll Alston & Bird LLP 90 Park Avenue, 15th Floor Attention: Troy Doll Email: Troy.Doll@alston.com

SOMO Village

Note A-2:   Wells Fargo Bank, National Association   NOTICE ADDRESS:   Wells Fargo Bank, National Association 30 Hudson Yards, 15th Floor New York, New York 10001 Attention: A.J. Sfarra Email: Anthony.sfarra@wellsfargo.com   with a copy to:   Troy Stoddard, Esq. Senior Lead Counsel 401 S. Tryon St., MACD1050-272 26th Floor Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 Email: troy.stoddard@wellsfargo.com   with a copy to (if by email):   Troy Doll Alston & Bird LLP 90 Park Avenue, 15th Floor Attention: Troy Doll Email: Troy.Doll@alston.com

  Exhibit S-2  

 

 

Rialto Industrial Note A-1 AND NOTE A-8:   BBCMS 2022-C18   NOTICE ADDRESS:   Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association 10851 Mastin Street, Suite 700 Overland Park, Kansas 66210 Attention: Executive Vice President – Division Head Fax number: 1-888-706-3565   with a copy to:   Stinson LLP 1201 Walnut Street Suite 2900 Kansas City, Missouri 64106-2150 Fax Number: (816) 412-9338 Attention: Kenda K. Tomes Email: kenda.tomes@stinson.com   Note A-2 and note a-6:   BMO 2023-C4   NOTICE ADDRESS:   Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association 10851 Mastin Street, Suite 700 Overland Park, Kansas 66210 Attention: Executive Vice President – Division Head Fax number: 1-888-706-3565   with a copy to:   Stinson LLP 1201 Walnut Street Suite 2900 Kansas City, Missouri 64106-2150 Fax Number: (816) 412-9338 Attention: Kenda K. Tomes Email: kenda.tomes@stinson.com

  Exhibit S-3  

 

	Note A-3-1, NOTE a-5 AND NOTE A-7:   BBCMS 2023-C19   NOTICE ADDRESS:   KeyBank National Association 11501 Outlook Street, Suite 300 Overland Park, Kansas 66211 Attention: Michael Tilden   Email: Michael_a_tilden@keybank.com   with a copy to:   Polsinelli 900 West 48th Place, Suite 900 Kansas City, Missouri 64112 Attention: Kraig Kohring Email: kkohring@polsinelli.com
Museum Tower	Note A-3 and note a-4:   Starwood Mortgage Capital LLC   NOTICE ADDRESS:   Starwood Mortgage Capital LLC 2340 Collins Avenue, Suite 700 Miami Beach, Florida 33139 Attention: Ms. Leslie K. Fairbanks   with a copy to:   Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Services, Inc. Duke Energy Center 550 South Tryon St., 12th Floor MAC D1086-120 Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 Attention: Asset Manager – Starwood Mortgage Capital
100 Jefferson Road	Note A-1:   Benchmark 2023-B38   NOTICE ADDRESS:

  Exhibit S-4  

 

Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association 10851 Mastin Street, Suite 700 Overland Park, Kansas 66210 Attention: Executive Vice President – Division Head Fax number: 1-888-706-3565   with a copy to:   Stinson LLP 1201 Walnut Street Suite 2900 Kansas City, Missouri 64106-2150 Fax Number: (816) 412-9338 Attention: Kenda K. Tomes   Note A-3 AND NOTE A-4:   BBCMS 2023-C19   NOTICE ADDRESS:   KeyBank National Association 11501 Outlook Street, Suite 300 Overland Park, Kansas 66211 Attention: Michael Tilden   Email: Michael_a_tilden@keybank.com   with a copy to:   Polsinelli 900 West 48th Place, Suite 900 Kansas City, Missouri 64112 Attention: Kraig Kohring Email: kkohring@polsinelli.com

Metroplex

Note A-1:   FIVE 2023-V1   NOTICE ADDRESS:

  Exhibit S-5  

 

 

Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association 10851 Mastin Street, Suite 700 Overland Park, Kansas 66210 Attention: Executive Vice President – Division Head Fax number: 1-888-706-3565   with a copy to:   Stinson LLP 1201 Walnut Street Suite 2900 Kansas City, Missouri 64106-2150 Fax Number: (816) 412-9338 Attention: Kenda K. Tomes   Note A-3:   Argentic Real Estate Finance 2 LLC   NOTICE ADDRESS: Argentic Real Estate Finance 2 LLC 31 West 27th Street, 12th Floor New York, New York 10001 Attention: Michael Schulte   with a copy to:   Dechert LLP 300 South Tryon Street, Suite 800 Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 Attention: Stewart McQueen

3800 Horizon Boulevard

Note A-3:   Argentic Real Estate Finance 2 LLC   NOTICE ADDRESS:

  Exhibit S-6  

 

 

Argentic Real Estate Finance 2 LLC

31 West 27th Street, 12th Floor

New York, New York 10001

Attention: Michael Schulte

 

with a copy to:

 

Dechert LLP

300 South Tryon Street, Suite 800

Charlotte, North Carolina 28202

Attention: Stewart McQueen

  Exhibit S-7  

 

EXHIBIT T

 

FORM OF NOTICE RELATING TO THE NON-SERVICED MORTGAGE LOANS

 

 

[FOR EACH OF THE CX – 250 WATER STREET (PRIOR TO THE CX- 250 WATER STREET LEAD NOTE SECURITIZATION DATE), 100 & 150 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE AND CONAIR GLENDALE MORTGAGE LOANS:

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

Commercial Mortgage Servicing

MAC D1086-23A

550 South Tryon Street, 23rd Floor

Charlotte, North Carolina 28202

Attention: BANK 2023-BNK45 Asset Manager

Facsimile number: (704) 715-0036

Email: commercial.servicing@wellsfargo.com

 

with a copy to:

 

K&L Gates LLP

300 South Tryon Street

Suite 1000

Charlotte, North Carolina 28202

Attention: Stacy G. Ackermann

Reference: BANK 2023-BNK45]

 

[FOR EACH OF THE PACIFIC DESIGN CENTER, CUMBERLAND MALL AND HERITAGE PLAZA (PRIOR TO THE HERITAGE PLAZA LEAD NOTE SECURITIZATION DATE) MORTGAGE LOANS:

  Exhibit T-1  

 

 

Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank,

National Association

10851 Mastin Street, Suite 700

Overland Park, Kansas 66210

Attention: Executive Vice President – Division Head

Fax number: 1-888-706-3565

 

with a copy to:

 

Stinson LLP

1201 Walnut Street

Suite 2900

Kansas City, Missouri 64106-2150

Fax Number: (816) 412-9338

Attention: Kenda K. Tomes]

 

VIA [EMAIL]

Re: MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1,
Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1

Ladies and Gentlemen:

As you know, [_____], acts as the master servicer (the “Lead Servicer”) for the whole loan secured by the [mortgaged property][portfolio of mortgaged properties] identified as [NON-SERVICED WHOLE LOAN] (the “Subject Whole Loan”) under the pooling and servicing agreement relating to the [_____] securitization trust (the “PSA”). This is to inform you that one or more of the promissory notes related to the Subject Whole Loan (the “Subject Mortgage Loan”) has been transferred to MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1 pursuant to that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “MSWF 2023-1 Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer (the “MSWF 2023-1 Master Servicer”), Argentic Services Company LP, as special servicer, MSWF 2023-1 Certificate Administrator”), Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (the “MSWF 2023-1 Trustee”), and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, and that the MSWF 2023-1 Trustee is the holder of the Subject Mortgage Loan.

The undersigned, as MSWF 2023-1 Certificate Administrator, hereby directs you, in your capacity as the Lead Servicer of the Subject Whole Loan, to remit to the MSWF 2023-1 Master Servicer all amounts payable to, and forward, deliver or otherwise make available, as the case may be, to the MSWF 2023-1 Master Servicer all reports, statements, documents, communications, and other information that are to be forwarded, delivered or otherwise made available to, the holder of the Subject Mortgage Loan under the related Intercreditor Agreement (as such term is defined in the MSWF 2023-1 Pooling and Servicing Agreement) and the PSA.

  Exhibit T-2  

 

The Subject Mortgage Loan [is][is not] a Significant Obligor (as such term is defined in the MSWF 2023-1 Pooling and Servicing Agreement) under the MSWF 2023-1 Pooling and Servicing Agreement

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

  Exhibit T-3  

 

Date: 

 

Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator for the Holders of the MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1
By:
	Name:
	Title:

  Exhibit T-4  

 

 

cc:

[FOR CX – 250 WATER STREET:

[____]]

 

[FOR 100 & 150 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE:

[____]]

 

[FOR PACIFIC DESIGN CENTER:

[____]]

 

[FOR CUMBERLAND MALL:

[____]]

 

[FOR CONAIR GLENDALE:

[____]]

 

[FOR HERITAGE PLAZA:

[____]]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Exhibit T-5  

 

EXHIBIT U

 

FORM OF NOTICE AND CERTIFICATION
REGARDING DEFEASANCE OF MORTGAGE LOAN

To: Kroll Bond Rating Agency, LLC
805 Third Avenue, 29th Floor
New York, New York 10022
Attention: CMBS Surveillance
E-mail: cmbssurveillance@kbra.com

Fitch Ratings, Inc.
300 West 57th Street
New York, New York 10019
Attention: Commercial Mortgage Surveillance Group
Facsimile No.: (212) 635-0295
E-mail: info.cmbs@fitchratings.com

Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

7 World Trade Center

250 Greenwich Street

New York, New York 10007

Attention: Commercial Mortgage Surveillance Manager

E-mail: CMBSSurveillance@moodys.com

 

[INSERT ADDRESS OF APPLICABLE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLER]

From: [Wells Fargo Bank, National Association], in its capacity as Master Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer.

Date: _________, 20___

Re: MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1

Mortgage Loan (the “Mortgage Loan”) identified by loan number _____ [and loan number [_______]] on the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and heretofore secured by the Mortgaged Properties identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule by the following names:____________________
       ____________________

  Exhibit U-1  

 

Reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement described above. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

As Master Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, we hereby:

(a)   Notify you that the Mortgagor has consummated a defeasance of the Mortgage Loan pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loan, of the type checked below:

____ a full defeasance of the entire principal balance of the Mortgage Loan; or

____ a partial defeasance of a portion of the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan that represents and, an allocated loan amount of $____________ or _______% of the entire principal balance of the Mortgage Loan;

(b)   Certify that each of the following is true, subject to those exceptions set forth with explanatory notes on Exhibit A hereto, which exceptions the Master Servicer has determined, consistent with the Servicing Standards, will have no material adverse effect on the Mortgage Loan or the defeasance transaction:

(i)                             The Mortgage Loan documents permit the defeasance, and the terms and conditions for defeasance specified therein were satisfied in all material respects in completing the defeasance.

(ii)                         The defeasance was consummated on __________, 20__.

(iii)                       The defeasance collateral consists of securities that (i) constitute “government securities” as defined in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 as amended (15 U.S.C. 80A1), (ii) are listed as “Qualified Investments for ‘AAA’ Financings” under Paragraphs 1, 2 or 3 of “Cash Flow Approach” in Standard & Poor’s Public Finance Criteria 2000, as amended to the date of the defeasance, (iii) if they include a principal obligation, the principal due at maturity cannot vary or change, and (iv) are not subject to prepayment, call or early redemption.

(iv)                      The Master Servicer received an opinion of counsel (from counsel approved by the Master Servicer in accordance with the Servicing Standard) that the defeasance will not result in an Adverse REMIC Event.

(v)                         The Master Servicer determined that the defeasance collateral will be owned by an entity (the “Defeasance Obligor”) that is a Single-Purpose Entity (as defined in Standard & Poor’s Structured Finance Ratings Real Estate Finance Criteria, as amended to the date of the defeasance (the “S&P Criteria”)) or is subject to restrictions in its organizational documents substantially similar to those contained in the organization documents of the original Borrower with respect to bankruptcy remoteness and single purpose as of the date of the defeasance, and after the defeasance owns no assets other than the defeasance collateral and real property securing Mortgage Loans included in the pool.

  Exhibit U-2  

 

(vi)                     The defeasance documents require the crediting of the defeasance collateral to an Eligible Account (as defined in the S&P Criteria) in the name of the Trustee on behalf of the Trust, which account is maintained as a securities account by a securities intermediary and has been pledged to the Trustee on behalf of the Trust.

(vii)                  The agreements executed in connection with the defeasance (i) grant control of the pledged securities account to Trustee on behalf of the Trust, (ii) require the securities intermediary to make the scheduled payments on the Mortgage Loan from the proceeds of the defeasance collateral directly to the Master Servicer’s collection account in the amounts and on the dates specified in the Mortgage Loan documents or, in a partial defeasance, the portion of such scheduled payments attributed to the allocated loan amount for the real property defeased, increased by any defeasance premium specified in the Mortgage Loan documents (the “Scheduled Payments”), (iii) permit reinvestment of proceeds of the defeasance collateral only in Permitted Investments (as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or as defined in the documents evidencing the defeasance), (iv) permit release of surplus defeasance collateral and earnings on reinvestment from the pledged securities account only after the Mortgage Loan has been paid in full, if any such release is permitted, (v) prohibit transfers by the Defeasance Obligor of the defeasance collateral and subordinate liens against the defeasance collateral, and (vi) provide for payment from sources other than the defeasance collateral or other assets of the Defeasance Obligor of all fees and expenses of the securities intermediary for administering the defeasance and the securities account and all fees and expenses of maintaining the existence of the Defeasance Obligor.

(viii)               The Master Servicer received written confirmation from a firm of independent certified public accountants, who were approved by the Master Servicer in accordance with the Servicing Standard stating that (i) revenues from the defeasance collateral (without taking into account any earnings on reinvestment of such revenues) will be sufficient to timely pay each of the Scheduled Payments after the defeasance including the payment in full of the Mortgage Loan (or the allocated portion thereof in connection with a partial defeasance) on its Maturity Date (or, in the case of an ARD Loan, on its Anticipated Repayment Date), (ii) the revenues received in any month from the defeasance collateral will be applied to make Scheduled Payments within four (4) months after the date of receipt, and (iii) interest income from the defeasance collateral to the Defeasance Obligor in any calendar or fiscal year will not exceed such Defeasance Obligor’s interest expense for the Mortgage Loan (or the allocated portion thereof in a partial defeasance) for such year.

(ix)                       The Mortgage Loan is not among the ten (10) largest loans in the pool as of the date of the Current Report (as defined below). The entire principal balance of the Mortgage Loan as of the date of defeasance was less than both $[______] and five percent of pool balance, which is less than [__]% of the aggregate Certificate Balance of the Certificates as of the date of the most recent Distribution Date Statement received by us (the “Current Report”).

(x)                          The Master Servicer has received opinions of counsel stating that the Trustee on behalf of the Trust possesses a valid, perfected first priority security interest in the

  Exhibit U-3  

 

defeasance collateral and that the documents executed in connection with the defeasance are enforceable in accordance with their respective terms.

(c)                          Certify that Exhibit B hereto is a list of the material agreements, instruments, organizational documents for the Defeasance Obligor, and opinions of counsel and independent accountants executed and delivered in connection with the defeasance.

(d)                        Certify that the individual under whose hand the Master Servicer has caused this Notice and Certification to be executed did constitute a Servicing Officer as of the date of the defeasance described above.

(e)                         Certify that it has provided the required notices to, and obtained the required consents of, the related Mortgage Loan Seller in accordance with Section 3.18(i) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

(f)                           Agree to provide copies of all items listed in Exhibit B to you upon request.

  Exhibit U-4  

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Master Servicer has caused this Notice and Certification to be executed as of the date captioned above.

[________________]
	as Master Servicer
By:
	Name:
	Title:

  Exhibit U-5  

 

EXHIBIT V

FORM OF OPERATING ADVISOR ANNUAL REPORT¹

Report Date: This report will be delivered annually no later than [INSERT DATE], pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”).
Transaction: MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1
Operating Advisor: Pentalpha Surveillance LLC
Special Servicer: Argentic Services Company LP
Directing Certificateholder: Argentic Securities Income USA 2 LLC

I. Population of Mortgage Loans that Were Considered in Compiling this Report

1. The Special Servicer has notified the Operating Advisor that [●] Specially Serviced Loans were transferred to special servicing in the prior calendar year [INSERT YEAR].

a. [●] of those Specially Serviced Loans are still being analyzed by the Special Servicer as part of the development of a Final Asset Status Report.

b. Final Asset Status Reports were issued with respect to [●] of such Specially Serviced Loans. This report is based only on the Specially Serviced Loans in respect of which a Final Asset Status Report has been issued. The Final Asset Status Reports may not yet be implemented.

2. The Special Servicer has notified the Operating Advisor that it has completed a Major Decision with respect to [●] Specially Serviced Loans [INSERT AFTER AN OPERATING ADVISOR CONSULTATION EVENT: and [●] non-Specially Serviced Loans], and provided to the Operating Advisor the Major Decision Reporting Package or Final Asset Status Report with respect to [●] Specially Serviced Loans [INSERT AFTER AN OPERATING ADVISOR CONSULTATION EVENT: and [●] non-Specially Serviced Loans] to the operating advisor.

II. Executive Summary

Based on the requirements and qualifications set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as well as the items listed below, the Operating Advisor (in accordance with the Operating Advisor’s analysis requirements outlined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) has undertaken a limited review of the Special Servicer’s reported actions on the loans identified in

¹ This report is an indicative report and does not reflect the final form of annual report to be used in any particular year. The Operating Advisor will have the ability to modify or alter the organization and content of any particular report, subject to the compliance with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, including, without limitation, provisions relating to Privileged Information.

  Exhibit V-1  

 

this report. Based solely on such limited review, and subject to the assumptions, limitations and qualifications set forth herein, the Operating Advisor believes, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that the Special Servicer [is/is not] operating in compliance with the Servicing Standard with respect to its performance of its duties under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement during the prior calendar year. [The Operating Advisor believes, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that the Special Servicer has failed to materially comply with the Servicing Standard as a result of the following material deviations.]

●         [LIST OF MATERIAL DEVIATION ITEMS]

In addition, the Operating Advisor notes the following: [PROVIDE SUMMARY OF ANY ADDITIONAL MATERIAL INFORMATION].

●         [ADD RECOMMENDATION OF REPLACEMENT OF SPECIAL SERVICER, IF APPLICABLE]

III. List of Items that Were Considered in Compiling this Report

In rendering our assessment herein, we examined and relied upon the accuracy and completeness of the items listed below:

1. Any Major Decision Reporting Packages received from the Special Servicer.

2. Reports by the Special Servicer made available to Privileged Persons that are posted on the certificate administrator’s website that are relevant to the operating advisor’s obligations under the PSA and certain information it has reasonably requested from the special servicer and each [INSERT IF PRIOR TO AN OPERATING ADVISOR CONSULTATION EVENT: Final] Asset Status Report.

3. The Special Servicer’s assessment of compliance report, attestation report by a third party regarding the Special Servicer’s compliance with its obligations, and non-discretionary portions of net present value calculations.

4. [LIST OTHER REVIEWED INFORMATION]

5. [INSERT IF AFTER AN OPERATING ADVISOR CONSULTATION EVENT:] Consulted with the Special Servicer as provided under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to Major Decisions.

6. [INSERT IF AFTER AN OPERATING ADVISOR CONSULTATION EVENT:] During the prior year, the Operating Advisor consulted with the Special Servicer regarding its strategy plan for a limited number of issues related to the following Specially Serviced Loans: [LIST]. The Operating Advisor participated in discussions and made strategic observations and recommended alternative courses of action to the extent it deemed such observations and recommendations appropriate.

NOTE: The Operating Advisor’s review of the above materials should be considered a limited review and not be considered a full or limited audit, legal review or legal conclusion. For

  Exhibit V-2  

 

instance, we did not review underlying lease agreements or similar underlying documents, re-engineer the quantitative aspects of their net present value calculation, visit any related property, visit the Special Servicer, visit the Directing Certificateholder or interact with any borrower. In addition, our review of the net present value calculations and the corresponding application of the non-discretionary portions of the applicable formulas, and as such, does not take into account the reasonableness of the discretionary portions of such formulas. In the course of such review, the following calculations of the special servicer were initially disputed by the Operating Advisor and [DISCUSS RESOLUTION].

IV. Qualifications and Disclaimers Related to the Work Product Undertaken and Opinions Related to this Report

1. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Operating Advisor (i) is not required to report on instances of non-compliance with, or deviations from, the Servicing Standard or the Special Servicer’s obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement that the Operating Advisor determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, to be immaterial and (ii) will not be required to provide or obtain a legal opinion, legal review or legal conclusion as part of that assessment.

2. In rendering our assessment herein, we have assumed that all executed factual statements, instruments, and other documents that we have relied upon in rendering this assessment have been executed by persons with legal capacity to execute such documents.

3. Except as may have been reflected in any Major Decision Reporting Package or Asset Status Report, the Operating Advisor did not participate in, or have access to, the Special Servicer’s and Directing Certificateholder’s discussion(s) regarding any Specially Serviced Loan. The Operating Advisor does not have authority to speak with the Directing Certificateholder or borrower directly. As such, the Operating Advisor relied upon the information delivered to it by the Special Servicer as well as its interaction with the Special Servicer, if any, in gathering the relevant information to generate this report. The services that we perform are not designed and cannot be relied upon to detect fraud or illegal acts should any exist.

4. The Special Servicer has the legal authority and responsibility to service any Specially Serviced Loans pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Operating Advisor has no responsibility or authority to alter the standards set forth therein or the actions of the Special Servicer.

5. Confidentiality and other contractual limitations limit the Operating Advisor’s ability to outline the details or substance of any communication held between it and the Special Servicer regarding any Specially Serviced Loans and certain information it reviewed in connection with its duties under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As a result, this report may not reflect all the relevant information that the Operating Advisor is given access to by the Special Servicer.

6. The Operating Advisor is not empowered to speak with any investors directly. If the investors have questions regarding this report, they should address such

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questions to the Certificate Administrator through the Certificate Administrator’s website.

7. This report does not constitute recommendations to buy, sell or hold any security, nor does the Operating Advisor take into account market prices of securities or financial markets generally when performing its limited review of the Special Servicer as described above. The Operating Advisor does not have a fiduciary relationship with any Certificateholder or any other party or individual. Nothing is intended to or should be construed as creating a fiduciary relationship between the Operating Advisor and any Certificateholder, party or individual.

Terms used but not defined herein have the meaning set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

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EXHIBIT W

Form of Notice from Operating Advisor Recommending Replacement of A Special Servicer

Computershare Trust Company, National Association
as Certificate Administrator and Trustee

9062 Old Annapolis Road

Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951

Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)
MSWF 2023-1

[Argentic Services Company LP

As Special Servicer
500 North Central Expressway, Suite 261

Plano, Texas 75074

Attention: Andrew Hundertmark

Email: ahundertmark@argenticservices.com and jmayfield@argenticservices.com]

Re: MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1,
Recommendation of Replacement of Special Servicer

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This letter is delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(d) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, on behalf of the holders of MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1 (the “Certificates”) regarding the replacement of the Special Servicer. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Based upon our review of the Special Servicer’s operational practices conducted pursuant to and in accordance with Section 3.26 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, it is our assessment that Argentic Services Company LP, in its current capacity as Special Servicer, is not [performing its duties under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement][acting in accordance with the Servicing Standard]. The following factors support our assessment: [________].

Exhibit W-1

Based upon such assessment, we further hereby recommend that [Argentic Services Company LP] be removed as Special Servicer and that [________] be appointed its successor in such capacity.

	Very truly yours,
		[The Operating Advisor]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:
Dated:

Exhibit W-2

EXHIBIT X

Form of CONFIDENTIALITY Agreement

[Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Commercial Mortgage Servicing
550 S. Tryon Street

MAC D1086-23A

23rd Floor

Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Attention: MSWF 2023-1 Asset Manager
Telecopy Number: (704) 715-0036
Email: commercial.servicing@wellsfargo.com]

[Argentic Services Company LP

as Special Servicer
500 North Central Expressway, Suite 261

Plano, Texas 75074

Attention: Andrew Hundertmark

Email: ahundertmark@argenticservices.com and jmayfield@argenticservices.com]

Re: Access to Certain Information Regarding MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is hereby made to that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), among the Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer. Defined terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

[Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (“Wells Fargo”)/Argentic Services Company LP (“ASC”)] understands that [____] (the “Company”) is requesting certain confidential or non-public information relating to the Mortgage Loans to which the Company has continuing rights as a Certificateholder. The Company is requesting such information for the purpose of analyzing asset performance and evaluating any continuing rights the Company may have under the Trust (the “Permitted Purpose”). The Company agrees that the Permitted Purpose shall not include the use or disclosure of the Confidential Information (as defined below) in any manner that violates any applicable law, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the related mortgage loan documents.

Exhibit X-1

[_____] [__], 20[__]
Page 2

[Wells Fargo/ASC] will provide the Company with certain confidential, non-public servicing information (the “Confidential Information”) pertaining to the Mortgage Loans and the related Mortgaged Properties and borrowers. The Company acknowledges that the Confidential Information (a) includes or may be based upon information provided to [Wells Fargo/ASC] by third parties, (b) may not have been verified by [Wells Fargo/ASC], and (c) may be incomplete or contain inaccuracies. The Company agrees that [Wells Fargo/ASC], the [“Master Servicer”/“Special Servicer”] (as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) and its respective Representatives (as defined below) shall not have any liability to the Company or its Representatives resulting from (x) any inaccuracies or omissions in the Confidential Information, (y) any use of the Confidential Information, or (z) [Wells Fargo/ASC]’s failure or inability to provide the Confidential Information to the Company for any reason. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following will not constitute “Confidential Information” for purposes of this letter agreement: (a) information that was already in Company’s possession prior to its receipt from [Wells Fargo/ASC]; (b) information that is obtained by Company from a third person who, insofar as is known to Company, is not prohibited from transmitting the information to Company by a contractual, legal or fiduciary obligation to [Wells Fargo/ASC]; (c) information that is or becomes publicly available through no fault of Company; and (d) information that is independently developed by Company. The term “Representatives” with respect to any entity shall mean the officers, directors, general partners, employees, agents, affiliates, auditors and legal counsel (which may be internal counsel) of that entity.

The Company may have access to the Confidential Information through (at [Wells Fargo/ASC]’s election): (i) responses to reasonable written inquiries received from the Company, (ii) conference calls conducted on a reasonably scheduled basis with [Wells Fargo/ASC]’s surveillance group, or (iii) direct on-line access (read-only capacity) to the information available on the applicable [____] system or any successor or replacement system (“System”). [Wells Fargo/ASC] may cease or defer providing the Company with Confidential Information in the event that (a) the Company or its Representatives violate any provision hereof, or (b) [Wells Fargo/ASC] determines (in its sole discretion) that such termination is necessary for any reason, including its determination that such action is required pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the related Mortgage Loan documents, or any applicable law. [Wells Fargo/ASC] shall cease to provide the Company with Confidential Information if [Wells Fargo/ASC] has actual knowledge that the Company or its Representatives are affiliates of any borrower under the Mortgage Loan documents and [Wells Fargo/ASC] determines that the provision, notice or access to such Confidential Information would violate the accepted servicing practices or servicing standards as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Company’s obligations and the restrictions applicable to the protection of the Confidential Information hereunder shall survive the termination of the Company’s access to the Confidential Information. [Wells Fargo/ASC]’s remedies hereunder, at law or at equity, are cumulative and may be combined.

The Company agrees that it will not, and it shall not permit its Representatives, to disclose the Confidential Information in any manner whatsoever to any other person or entity, other than its Representatives (but only to the extent necessary to accomplish the Permitted Purpose) who have a need to know the information, or as otherwise required by applicable law, court order or any governmental agency or regulator. The Company acknowledges (i) its obligations under the U.S. federal securities laws, and (ii) that any disclosure of the Confidential Information by it or its Representatives for any purpose other than a Permitted Purpose, in addition to being a breach of

Exhibit X-2

[_____] [__], 20[__]
Page 3

this letter agreement, may constitute a violation of federal and state securities laws. The Company will take reasonable measures to ensure that each Representative is advised of this letter agreement and agrees to keep the Confidential Information confidential. The Company shall be liable for any breach of this letter agreement by its Representatives and shall indemnify the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicers, the Special Servicers, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers and the Trust Fund for any loss, liability or expense incurred thereby with respect to any such breach by the Company or any of its Representatives. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may subsequently provide all or any part of such Confidential Information to any other person or entity that holds or is contemplating the purchase of any Certificate or interest therein, but only if such person or entity confirms such ownership interest or prospective ownership interest and provided that, prior to the delivery of such Confidential Information, such persons shall have executed and delivered to the Company an agreement that is substantially similar in form and substance to this agreement.

This letter agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without the application of conflict of laws principles. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, [Wells Fargo/ASC] intends at all times to comply with the terms and provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and nothing in this letter agreement should be construed to limit or qualify any of [Wells Fargo/ASC]’s rights or obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. This letter agreement may be executed in counterparts and by facsimile/Portable Document Format (PDF); each such counterpart shall be deemed to be an original instrument, and all such counterparts together shall constitute one agreement.

This agreement shall terminate with respect to the information received by the Company one year after the Company receives such information or ceases to be a Certificateholder. Company agrees that this letter agreement supersedes and replaces and survives any click-through agreement regarding confidentiality of Confidential Information agreed to in connection with accessing the System whether agreed to in accessing the System before or after signing this letter agreement.

Exhibit X-3

Please have an authorized signatory countersign in the space provided below to indicate the Company’s confirmation of, and agreement to, the matters set forth herein.

Very truly yours,
[WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By:
	Name:
	Title:]
[Argentic Services Company LP
By:
	Name:
	Title:]

CONFIRMED AND AGREED TO:
[COMPANY NAME]
By:
	Name:
	Title:

Exhibit X-4

EXHIBIT Y

FORM CERTIFICATION TO BE PROVIDED WITH FORM 10-K

CERTIFICATION

I, [identify the certifying individual], certify that:

1. I have reviewed this report on Form 10-K, and all reports on Form 10-D required to be filed in respect of the period covered by this report on Form 10-K of MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1 (the “Exchange Act periodic reports”);

2. Based on my knowledge, the Exchange Act periodic reports, taken as a whole, do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, all of the distribution, servicing and other information required to be provided under Form 10-D for the period covered by this report is included in the Exchange Act periodic reports;

4. Based on my knowledge and the servicer compliance statements required in this report under Item 1123 of Regulation AB, and except as disclosed in the Exchange Act periodic reports, the servicers have fulfilled their obligations under the servicing agreements in all material respects; and

5. All of the reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities and their related attestation reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities required to be included in this report in accordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 have been included as an exhibit to this report, except as otherwise disclosed in this report. Any material instances of noncompliance described in such reports have been disclosed in this report on Form 10-K.

In giving the certifications above, I have reasonably relied on information provided to me by the following unaffiliated parties:

[(A) Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer;

(B) [List other applicable reporting servicers]]

Exhibit Y-1

Date:  

President
Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc.
(Senior officer in charge of the securitization of the depositor)

Exhibit Y-2

EXHIBIT Y-1

FORM OF CERTIFICATION TO BE PROVIDED
TO DEPOSITOR BY CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR

MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1 (the “Trust”)

The undersigned, __________, a __________ of COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION on behalf of COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Certificate Administrator (the “Certificate Administrator”), under that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), entered into by Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as depositor (the “Depositor”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer (the “Master Servicer”), Argentic Services Company LP, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as trustee, the Certificate Administrator, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, certifies to [_______], the Depositor, each Other Depositor and each Other Certificate Administrator with respect to a securitization of a Serviced Companion Loan and their respective officers, directors and affiliates, to the extent that the following information is within our normal area of responsibilities and duties under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and with the knowledge and intent that the applicable Certification Parties will rely upon this certification, that:

1. I have reviewed the annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year 20[__] (the “Annual Report”), and all reports on Form 10-D and Form 8-K to be filed in respect of periods included in the year covered by the Annual Report (collectively with the Annual Report, the “Reports”);

2. To my knowledge, the Reports taken as a whole, do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by the Annual Report;

3. To my knowledge, the distribution information required to be provided by the Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for inclusion in the Reports is included in the Reports;

4. I am responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and based on my knowledge and the compliance reviews conducted in preparing the Certificate Administrator compliance statements required for inclusion on Form 10-K pursuant to Item 1123 of Regulation AB, and except as disclosed on any Reports, the Certificate Administrator has fulfilled its obligations in all material respects under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and

Exhibit Y-1-1

5. The report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria applicable to the Certificate Administrator for asset-backed securities with respect to the Certificate Administrator or any Servicing Function Participant retained by the Certificate Administrator and related attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria applicable to it required to be included in the annual report on Form 10-K for the Relevant Period in accordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 has been provided to the Depositor for inclusion as an exhibit to such Form 10-K. Any material instances of noncompliance described in such reports have been provided to the Depositor for disclosure in such annual report on Form 10-K.

In giving the certifications above, the Certificate Administrator has reasonably relied on information provided to it by the following unaffiliated persons: the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee and/or the Custodian.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Date:

[COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By:
	Name:
	Title:]

Exhibit Y-1-2

Exhibit Y-2

FORM OF CERTIFICATION TO BE PROVIDED
TO DEPOSITOR BY MASTER SERVICER

MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1 (the “Trust”)

I, [identify the certifying individual], a [_______________] of WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Master Servicer under that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), entered into by Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as depositor (the “Depositor”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer (the “Master Servicer”), Argentic Services Company LP, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”) and as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, on behalf of the Master Servicer, certify to [Name of Certifying Person(s) for Sarbanes-Oxley Certification], the Depositor and each Other Depositor with respect to a securitization of a Serviced Companion Loan and their respective officers, directors and affiliates, and with the knowledge and intent that the applicable Certification Parties will rely upon this certification, that:

1. Based on my knowledge, with respect to the period ending [December 31, 20__] (the “Relevant Period”), and assuming the accuracy of the statements required to be made by the Special Servicer in the special servicer backup certificate delivered by the Special Servicer relating to the Relevant Period, all servicing information and all reports (the “Servicer Reports”) required to be submitted by the Master Servicer to the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Sections 3.12(b) and (d) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for inclusion in the annual report on Form 10-K for the Relevant Period and inclusion in all reports on Form 10-D or Form 8-K have been submitted by the Master Servicer to the Certificate Administrator for inclusion in these reports;

2. Based on my knowledge, and assuming the accuracy of the statements required to be made by the Special Servicer in the special servicer backup certificate delivered by the Special Servicer relating to the Relevant Period, the master servicing information contained in the Servicer Reports, taken as a whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by these reports;

3. I am, or a Servicing Officer under my supervision is, responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the Master Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and based upon my knowledge and the annual compliance reviews conducted in preparing the servicer compliance statements required to be delivered under Article XI of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for inclusion on Form 10-K pursuant to Item 1123 of Regulation AB with respect to the Master Servicer, and except as disclosed in the compliance certificate delivered by the Master Servicer under Section 11.09 of the Pooling and

Exhibit Y-2-1

Servicing Agreement, the Master Servicer has fulfilled its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in all material respects during the Relevant Period;

4. The accountants that are to deliver the annual attestation report on assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria in respect of the Master Servicer with respect to the Trust’s fiscal year _____ have been provided all information relating to the Master Servicer’s assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria in order to enable them to conduct a review in compliance with the standards for attestation engagements issued or adopted by the PCAOB; and

5. The report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria applicable to the Master Servicer for asset-backed securities with respect to the Master Servicer or any Servicing Function Participant retained by the Master Servicer and related attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria applicable to it required to be included in the annual report on Form 10-K for the Relevant Period in accordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 has been provided to the Depositor and to the Certificate Administrator for inclusion as an exhibit to such Form 10-K. Any material instances of noncompliance described in such reports have been provided to the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor for disclosure in such annual report on Form 10-K.

[In giving the certification above, I have reasonably relied on and make no certification as to information provided to me by the following unaffiliated parties: [name(s) of third parties (including the Special Servicer, but other than a Sub-Servicer, Additional Servicer or any other third party retained by the Master Servicer that is not a Sub-Servicer appointed pursuant to Section 3.20 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) and, notwithstanding the foregoing certifications, neither I nor the Master Servicer makes any certification under the foregoing clauses (2) and (3) with respect to the information in the Servicer Reports that is in turn dependent upon information provided by the Special Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Solely with respect to the completeness of information and reports, I do not certify anything other than that all fields of information called for in written reports prepared by the Master Servicer have been properly completed and that any fields that have been left blank on their face have been done so in accordance with the CREFC procedures for such report.]

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Date:

[WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
	ASSOCIATION
By:
	Name:
	Title:]

Exhibit Y-2-2

Exhibit Y-3

FORM OF CERTIFICATION TO BE PROVIDED
TO DEPOSITOR BY SPECIAL SERVICER

MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1 (the “Trust”)

I, [identify the certifying individual], a [_______________] of Argentic Services Company LP, as Special Servicer under that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), entered into by Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as depositor (the “Depositor”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer (the “Master Servicer”), Argentic Services Company LP, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”) and as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, on behalf of the Special Servicer, certify to [Name of Certifying Person(s) for Sarbanes-Oxley Certification], the Depositor and each Other Depositor with respect to a securitization of a Serviced Companion Loan and their respective officers, directors and affiliates, and with the knowledge and intent that the applicable Certification Parties will rely upon this certification, that:

1. Based on my knowledge, with respect to the period ending [December 31, 20__] (the “Relevant Period”), all servicing information and all required reports (the “Special Servicer Reports”) required to be submitted by the Special Servicer pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for inclusion in the annual report on Form 10-K for the Relevant Period and inclusion in all reports on Form 10-D or Form 8-K have been submitted by the Special Servicer to the Master Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, for inclusion in these reports;

2. Based on my knowledge, the special servicing information contained in the Special Servicer Reports, taken as a whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by these reports;

3. I am, or a Servicing Officer under my supervision is, responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the Special Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and based upon my knowledge and the annual compliance reviews conducted in preparing the servicer compliance statements required to be delivered under Article XI of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for inclusion in the Form 10-K under Item 1123 of Regulation AB with respect to the Special Servicer, and except as disclosed in the compliance certificate delivered by the Special Servicer under Section 11.09 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Special Servicer has fulfilled its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in all material respects during the Relevant Period;

4. The accountants that are to deliver the annual attestation report on assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria in respect of the Special Servicer with

Exhibit Y-3-1

respect to the Trust’s fiscal year _____ have been provided all information relating to the Special Servicer assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria, in order to enable them to conduct a review in compliance with the standards for attestation engagements issued or adopted by the PCAOB; and

5. The report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria applicable to the Special Servicer for asset-backed securities with respect to the Special Servicer or any Servicing Function Participant retained by the Special Servicer and related attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria applicable to it required to be included in the annual report on Form 10-K for the Relevant Period in accordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 has been provided to the Depositor and to the Certificate Administrator for inclusion as an exhibit to such Form 10-K. Any material instances of noncompliance described in such reports have been provided to the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor for disclosure in such annual report on Form 10-K.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Date:

Special Servicer
By:
	Name:
	Title:

Exhibit Y-3-2

Exhibit Y-4

Form of Certification to be Provided
to Depositor by Trustee

MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1 (The “Trust”)

The undersigned, __________, a __________ of COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, on behalf of COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee (the “Trustee”), under that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), entered into by Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as depositor (the “Depositor”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer (the “Master Servicer”), Argentic Services Company LP, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”), the Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”) and as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, certifies to [______], the Depositor and each Other Depositor with respect to a securitization of a Serviced Companion Loan and their respective officers, directors and affiliates, to the extent that the following information is within our normal area of responsibilities and duties under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and with the knowledge and intent that the applicable Certification Parties will rely upon this certification, that:

The report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria applicable to the Trustee for asset-backed securities with respect to the Trustee or any Servicing Function Participant retained by the Trustee and related attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria applicable to it required to be included in the annual report on Form 10-K for the Relevant Period in accordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 has been provided to the Depositor and to the Certificate Administrator for inclusion as an exhibit to such Form 10-K. Any material instances of noncompliance described in such reports have been provided to the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor for disclosure in such annual report on Form 10-K.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Date:

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By:
	Name:
	Title:

Exhibit Y-4-1

Exhibit Y-5

FORM OF CERTIFICATION TO BE PROVIDED
TO DEPOSITOR BY OPERATING ADVISOR

MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1 (the “Trust”)

I, [identify the certifying individual], a [_______________] of Pentalpha Surveillance LLC (the “Operating Advisor”) as Operating Advisor under that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), entered into by Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as depositor (the “Depositor”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer (the “Master Servicer”), Argentic Services Company LP, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”) and as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as asset representations reviewer, on behalf of the Operating Advisor, certify to [Name of Certifying Person(s) for Sarbanes-Oxley Certification], the Depositor and each Other Depositor with respect to a securitization of a Serviced Companion Loan and their respective officers, directors and affiliates, and with the knowledge and intent that the applicable Certification Parties will rely upon this certification, that:

1. Based on my knowledge, with respect to the period ending [December 31, 20__] (the “Relevant Period”), all information required to be submitted by the Operating Advisor to the Master Servicer, the Depositor, Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for inclusion in the annual report on Form 10-K for the Relevant Period and inclusion in all reports on Form 10-D or Form 8-K (the “Reports”) (such information provided by the Operating Advisor, collectively, the “Operating Advisor Periodic Information”) have been submitted by the Operating Advisor to the Master Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, for inclusion in these reports;

2. Based on my knowledge, the Operating Advisor Periodic Information contained in the Reports, taken as a whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by these reports;

3. The accountants that are to deliver the annual attestation report on assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria in respect of the Operating Advisor with respect to the Trust’s fiscal year ________ have been provided all information relating to the Operating Advisor’s assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria, in order to enable them to conduct a review in compliance with the standards for attestation engagements issued or adopted by the PCAOB; and

Exhibit Y-5-1

4. The report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria applicable to the Operating Advisor for asset-backed securities with respect to the Operating Advisor or any Servicing Function Participant retained by the Operating Advisor and related attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria applicable to it required to be included in the annual report on Form 10-K for the Relevant Period in accordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 has been provided to the Depositor and to the Certificate Administrator for inclusion as an exhibit to such Form 10-K. Any material instances of noncompliance described in such reports have been provided to the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor for disclosure in such annual report on Form 10-K.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Date:

Pentalpha Surveillance LLC
By:
	Name:
	Title:

Exhibit Y-5-2

Exhibit Y-6

Form of Certification to be Provided
to Depositor by CUSTODIAN

MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1 (The “Trust”)

The undersigned, __________, a __________ of COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, on behalf of COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Custodian (the “Custodian”), under that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), entered into by Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as depositor (the “Depositor”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer (the “Master Servicer”), Argentic Services Company LP, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”) and as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, certifies to [______], the Depositor and each Other Depositor with respect to a securitization of a Serviced Companion Loan and their respective officers, directors and affiliates, to the extent that the following information is within our normal area of responsibilities and duties under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and with the knowledge and intent that the applicable Certification Parties will rely upon this certification, that:

The report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria applicable to the Custodian for asset-backed securities with respect to the Custodian or any Servicing Function Participant retained by the Custodian and related attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria applicable to it required to be included in the annual report on Form 10-K for the Relevant Period in accordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 has been provided to the Depositor and to the Certificate Administrator for inclusion as an exhibit to such Form 10-K. Any material instances of noncompliance described in such reports have been provided to the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor for disclosure in such annual report on Form 10-K.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Date:

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By:
	Name:
	Title:

Exhibit Y-6-1

Exhibit Y-7

FORM OF CERTIFICATION TO BE PROVIDED
TO DEPOSITOR BY ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER

MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1 (the “Trust”)

I, [identify the certifying individual], a [_______________] of PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC (the “Asset Representations Reviewer”) as Asset Representations Reviewer under that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), entered into by Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as depositor (the “Depositor”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer (the “Master Servicer”), Argentic Services Company LP, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as certificate administrator (the “Certificate Administrator”) and as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”) and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as operating advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, on behalf of the Asset Representations Reviewer, certify to [Name of Certifying Person(s) for Sarbanes-Oxley Certification], the Depositor and each Other Depositor with respect to a securitization of a Serviced Companion Loan and their respective officers, directors and affiliates, and with the knowledge and intent that the applicable Certification Parties will rely upon this certification, that:

1. Based on my knowledge, with respect to the period ending [December 31, 20__] (the “Relevant Period”), all information required to be submitted by the Asset Representations Reviewer to the Master Servicer, the Depositor, Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for inclusion in the annual report on Form 10-K for the Relevant Period and inclusion in all reports on Form 10-D or Form 8-K (the “Reports”) (such information provided by the Asset Representations Reviewer, collectively, the “Asset Representations Reviewer Periodic Information”) have been submitted by the Asset Representations Reviewer to the Master Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, for inclusion in these reports; and

2. Based on my knowledge, the Asset Representations Reviewer Periodic Information contained in the Reports, taken as a whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by these reports.

Exhibit Y-7-1

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Date:

Pentalpha Surveillance LLC
By:
	Name:
	Title:

Exhibit Y-7-2

EXHIBIT Z

Servicing Criteria
to be Addressed in Assessment of Compliance

The assessment of compliance to be delivered by the referenced party shall address, at a minimum, the criteria identified below as “Applicable Servicing Criteria” applicable to such party, as such criteria may be updated or limited by the Commission or its staff (including, without limitation, not requiring the delivery of certain of the items set forth on this Exhibit based on interpretive guidance provided by the Commission or its staff relating to Item 1122 of Regulation AB). In addition, this Exhibit Z shall not be construed to impose on any Person any servicing duty that is not otherwise imposed on such Person under the main body of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of which this Exhibit Z forms a part or to require an assessment of a criterion that is not encompassed by the servicing duties of the applicable party that are set forth in the main body of such Pooling and Servicing Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of this Exhibit Z, other than with respect to Item 1122(d)(2)(iii), references to Servicer below shall include any Sub-Servicer engaged by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer.

Applicable Servicing Criteria		applicable party(ies)
Reference	Criteria
	General Servicing Considerations
1122(d)(1)(i)	Policies and procedures are instituted to monitor any performance or other triggers and events of default in accordance with the transaction agreements.	Certificate Administrator Master Servicer Special Servicer
1122(d)(1)(ii)	If any material servicing activities are outsourced to third parties, policies and procedures are instituted to monitor the third party’s performance and compliance with such servicing activities.	Certificate Administrator Master Servicer Special Servicer
1122(d)(1)(iii)	Any requirements in the transaction agreements to maintain a back-up servicer for the mortgage loans are maintained.	N/A
1122(d)(1)(iv)	A fidelity bond and errors and omissions policy is in effect on the party participating in the servicing function throughout the reporting period in the amount of coverage required by and otherwise in accordance with the terms of the transaction agreements.	Master Servicer Special Servicer Custodian (as applicable)
1122(d)(1)(v)	Aggregation of information, as applicable, is mathematically accurate and the information conveyed accurately reflects the information.	Certificate Administrator Master Servicer Special Servicer
	Cash Collection and Administration
1122(d)(2)(i)	Payments on mortgage loans are deposited into the appropriate custodial bank accounts and related bank clearing accounts no more than two business days following receipt, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.	Certificate Administrator Master Servicer Special Servicer
1122(d)(2)(ii)	Disbursements made via wire transfer on behalf of an obligor or to an investor are made only by authorized personnel.	Certificate Administrator

Exhibit Z-1

1122(d)(2)(iii)	Advances of funds or guarantees regarding collections, cash flows or distributions, and any interest or other fees charged for such advances, are made, reviewed and approved as specified in the transaction agreements.	Trustee (as applicable)1 Master Servicer Special Servicer
1122(d)(2)(iv)	The related accounts for the transaction, such as cash reserve accounts or accounts established as a form of overcollateralization, are separately maintained (e.g., with respect to commingling of cash) as set forth in the transaction agreements.	Certificate Administrator Master Servicer Special Servicer
1122(d)(2)(v)	Each custodial account is maintained at a federally insured depository institution as set forth in the transaction agreements. For purposes of this criterion, “federally insured depository institution” with respect to a foreign financial institution means a foreign financial institution that meets the requirements of Rule 13k-1(b)(1) of the Exchange Act.	Certificate Administrator Master Servicer Special Servicer
1122(d)(2)(vi)	Unissued checks are safeguarded so as to prevent unauthorized access.	Certificate Administrator Master Servicer Special Servicer
1122(d)(2)(vii)	Reconciliations are prepared on a monthly basis for all asset-backed securities related bank accounts, including custodial accounts and related bank clearing accounts. These reconciliations (A) are mathematically accurate; (B) are prepared within 30 calendar days after the bank statement cutoff date, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements; (C) are reviewed and approved by someone other than the person who prepared the reconciliation; and (D) contain explanations for reconciling items. These reconciling items are resolved within 90 calendar days of their original identification, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.	Certificate Administrator Master Servicer Special Servicer
	Investor Remittances and Reporting
1122(d)(3)(i)	Reports to investors, including those to be filed with the Commission, are maintained in accordance with the transaction agreements and applicable Commission requirements. Specifically, such reports (A) are prepared in accordance with timeframes and other terms set forth in the transaction agreements; (B) provide information calculated in accordance with the terms specified in the transaction agreements; (C) are filed with the Commission as required by its rules and regulations; and (D) agree with investors’ or the trustee’s records as to the total unpaid principal balance and number of mortgage loans serviced by the Reporting Servicer.	Certificate Administrator Operating Advisor (with respect to A and B)
1122(d)(3)(ii)	Amounts due to investors are allocated and remitted in accordance with timeframes, distribution priority and other terms set forth in the transaction agreements.	Certificate Administrator
1122(d)(3)(iii)	Disbursements made to an investor are posted within two business days to the Servicer’s investor records, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.	Certificate Administrator
1122(d)(3)(iv)	Amounts remitted to investors per the investor reports agree with cancelled checks, or other form of payment, or custodial bank statements.	Certificate Administrator
	Pool Asset Administration
1122(d)(4)(i)	Collateral or security on mortgage loans is maintained as required by the transaction agreements or related mortgage loan documents.	Custodian Master Servicer Special Servicer
1122(d)(4)(ii)	Mortgage loan and related documents are safeguarded as required by the transaction agreements	Custodian
1122(d)(4)(iii)	Any additions, removals or substitutions to the asset pool are made, reviewed and approved in accordance with any conditions or requirements in the transaction agreements.	Certificate Administrator Master Servicer Special Servicer

¹ Only to the extent that the Trustee was required to make an Advance pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement during the applicable calendar year.

Exhibit Z-2

1122(d)(4)(iv)	Payments on mortgage loans, including any payoffs, made in accordance with the related mortgage loan documents are posted to the Servicer’s obligor records maintained no more than two business days after receipt, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements, and allocated to principal, interest or other items (e.g., escrow) in accordance with the related mortgage loan documents.	Master Servicer
1122(d)(4)(v)	The Reporting Servicer’s records regarding the mortgage loans agree with the Reporting Servicer’s records with respect to an obligor’s unpaid principal balance.	Master Servicer
1122(d)(4)(vi)	Changes with respect to the terms or status of an obligor’s mortgage loans (e.g., loan modifications or re-agings) are made, reviewed and approved by authorized personnel in accordance with the transaction agreements and related pool asset documents.	Master Servicer Special Servicer
1122(d)(4)(vii)	Loss mitigation or recovery actions (e.g., forbearance plans, modifications and deeds in lieu of foreclosure, foreclosures and repossessions, as applicable) are initiated, conducted and concluded in accordance with the timeframes or other requirements established by the transaction agreements.	Special Servicer Operating Advisor
1122(d)(4)(viii)	Records documenting collection efforts are maintained during the period a mortgage loan is delinquent in accordance with the transaction agreements. Such records are maintained on at least a monthly basis, or such other period specified in the transaction agreements, and describe the entity’s activities in monitoring delinquent mortgage loans including, for example, phone calls, letters and payment rescheduling plans in cases where delinquency is deemed temporary (e.g., illness or unemployment).	Master Servicer Special Servicer
1122(d)(4)(ix)	Adjustments to interest rates or rates of return for mortgage loans with variable rates are computed based on the related mortgage loan documents.	Master Servicer
1122(d)(4)(x)	Regarding any funds held in trust for an obligor (such as escrow accounts):  (A) such funds are analyzed, in accordance with the obligor’s mortgage loan documents, on at least an annual basis, or such other period specified in the transaction agreements; (B) interest on such funds is paid, or credited, to obligors in accordance with applicable mortgage loan documents and state laws; and (C) such funds are returned to the obligor within 30 calendar days of full repayment of the related mortgage loans, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.	Master Servicer
1122(d)(4)(xi)	Payments made on behalf of an obligor (such as tax or insurance payments) are made on or before the related penalty or expiration dates, as indicated on the appropriate bills or notices for such payments, provided that such support has been received by the servicer at least 30 calendar days prior to these dates, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.	Master Servicer
1122(d)(4)(xii)	Any late payment penalties in connection with any payment to be made on behalf of an obligor are paid from the servicer’s funds and not charged to the obligor, unless the late payment was due to the obligor’s error or omission.	Master Servicer
1122(d)(4)(xiii)	Disbursements made on behalf of an obligor are posted within two business days to the obligor’s records maintained by the servicer, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.	Master Servicer
1122(d)(4)(xiv)	Delinquencies, charge-offs and uncollectible accounts are recognized and recorded in accordance with the transaction agreements.	Master Servicer
1122(d)(4)(xv)	Any external enhancement or other support, identified in Item 1114(a)(1) through (3) or Item 1115 of Regulation AB, is maintained as set forth in the transaction agreements.	N/A

At all times that the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee are the same entity, the Trustee and Certificate Administrator may provide a combined assessment of compliance in respect of their combined responsibilities under Section 1122 of Regulation AB.

At all times that the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer are the same entity, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, as applicable, may provide a combined assessment of compliance in respect of their combined responsibilities under Section 1122 of Regulation AB.

Exhibit Z-3

EXHIBIT AA

ADDITIONAL FORM 10-D DISCLOSURE

The parties identified in the “Party Responsible” column are obligated pursuant to Section 11.04 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to disclose to the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator (or the applicable Master Servicer to the extent specified in Section 11.04 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) any information described in the corresponding Form 10-D Item described in the “Item on Form 10-D” column to the extent such party has actual knowledge (and in the case of net operating income information, financial statements, annual operating statements, budgets and/or rent rolls required to be provided in connection with Item 6 below, possession) of such information (other than information as to itself). Each of the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (in its capacity as such) shall be entitled to rely on the accuracy of the Prospectus (other than information with respect to itself that is set forth in or omitted from the Prospectus), in the absence of specific written notice to the contrary from the Depositor or a Mortgage Loan Seller. Each of the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (in its capacity as such) shall be entitled to conclusively assume that there is no “significant obligor” other than a party or property identified as such in the Prospectus and to assume that no other party or property will constitute a “significant obligor” after the Cut-off Date. In no event shall the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer be required to provide any information for inclusion in a Form 10-D that relates to any Mortgage Loan for which the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer is not the applicable Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as the case may be. For this Series 2023-1 Pooling and Servicing Agreement, each of the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (in its capacity as such) shall be entitled to assume that there is no provider of credit enhancement, liquidity or derivative instruments within the meaning of Items 1114 or 1115 of Regulation AB.

Item on Form 10-D	Party Responsible
Item 1A: Distribution and Pool Performance Information: ●       Item 1111(h) of Regulation AB ●       Item 1125 of Regulation AB ●       Item 1121(a)(13) of Regulation AB	●       Each Master Servicer ●       Certificate Administrator
Item 1B: Distribution and Pool Performance Information: ●       Item 1121(a)(14) of Regulation AB ●       Item 1121(d) of Regulation AB ●       Item 1121(e) of Regulation AB	●       Certificate Administrator ●       Depositor ●       Asset Representations Reviewer
Item 2: Legal Proceedings:	●       Master Servicer (as to itself)

Exhibit AA-1

●       Item 1117 of Regulation AB (it being acknowledged that such Item 1117 requires disclosure only of proceedings described therein that are material to security holders)	●       Special Servicer (as to itself) ●       Certificate Administrator (as to itself) ●       Trustee (as to itself) ●       Depositor (as to itself) ●       Operating Advisor (as to itself) ●       Any other Reporting Servicer (as to itself) ●       Trustee/Certificate Administrator/Master Servicer/Depositor/Special Servicer as to the Trust (whichever of them is in principal control of the proceedings) ●       Each Mortgage Loan Seller as sponsor (as defined in Regulation AB) ●       Originators under Item 1110 of Regulation AB ●       Party under Item 1100(d)(1) of Regulation AB
Item 3:  Sale of Securities and Use of Proceeds	●       Depositor
Item 4:  Defaults Upon Senior Securities	●       Certificate Administrator
Item 5:  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders	●       Certificate Administrator
Item 6:  Significant Obligors of Pool Assets:  ●               Item 1112(b) of Regulation AB provided, however, that all of the following conditions shall apply:  (a) information shall be required to be reported only with respect to a party or property (if any) identified as a “significant obligor” in the Prospectus;  (b) the information to be reported shall consist of such quarterly and annual	●         Master Servicer (excluding information for which the Special Servicer is the “Party Responsible”)  ●                 Special Servicer (as to Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties)

Exhibit AA-2

operating statements, budgets and rent rolls of the related Mortgaged Property or REO Property (as applicable), and quarterly and annual financial statements of the related Borrower (except in the case of an REO Property), received or prepared by the “Party Responsible” pursuant to its obligations under Section 3.12(b) of this Pooling and Servicing Agreement; provided, however, that for a significant obligor under item 1101(k)(2) of Regulation AB, only net operating income for the most recent fiscal year and interim period is required and, if such information for a prior period was required but not previously reported, such information for such prior period; and (c) the information shall be reportable in the Form 10-D that relates to the Distribution Date that immediately follows the Collection Period in which the information was received or prepared by the “Party Responsible” as described in clause (b) above.
Item 7: Change in Sponsor Interest in the Securities: ●       Item 1124 of Regulation AB.	●       Each Mortgage Loan Seller (as to itself in its capacity as a sponsor as defined in Regulation AB)
Item 8: Significant Enhancement Provider Information: ●       Item 1114(b)(2) and Item 1115(b) of Regulation AB	●       Depositor
Item 9:  Other Information, but only to the extent of any information that meets all the following conditions:  (a) such information constitutes “Additional Form 8-K Disclosure” pursuant to Exhibit CC, (b) such information is required to be reported as “Additional Form 8-K Disclosure” during the period to which the Form 10-D relates, and (c) such information was not previously reported as “Additional Form 8-K Disclosure”.	●         Certificate Administrator, Trustee, Master Servicer and/or Special Servicer, in each case to the extent that such party is the “Party Responsible” with respect to such information pursuant to Exhibit CC. ●       Certificate Administrator (including the balances of the Distribution Account, the Interest Reserve Account and the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account as of the related Distribution Date and the preceding Distribution Date)

Exhibit AA-3

	●       Master Servicer (with respect to the balance of its Collection Account as of the related Distribution Date and the preceding Distribution Date) ●       Special Servicer (with respect to the balance of each applicable REO Account as of the related Distribution Date and the preceding Distribution Date) ●       Any other party responsible for disclosure items on Form 8-K (including each applicable Seller with respect to Item 1100(e) of Regulation AB to the extent material to Certificateholders)
Item 10: Exhibits (no. 3): Articles of incorporation and by-laws (Exhibit No. 3(i) and 3(ii) of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)	●       Depositor
Item 10: Exhibits (no. 4): With respect to instruments defining the rights of security holders (Exhibit No. 4 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)	●       Certificate Administrator ●      Depositor provided that, in each case, that this shall in no event be construed to make such party responsible for the initial filing of this Pooling and Servicing Agreement provided, further, in each case, that in the event any reportable agreement is executed by the Depositor and the Trustee or Certificate Administrator, then the Depositor shall be the responsible party.
Item 10: Exhibits (no. 10): Material contracts (Exhibit No. 10 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)	●      Certificate Administrator, Trustee, Master Servicer and/or Special Servicer, in each case to the extent of any contract that satisfies all the following conditions:  (a) such contract relates to the Trust or one or more Mortgage Loans or REO Mortgage Loans, and (b) such contract is a contract to which such party (or a subcontractor or vendor engaged by such party) is a party or that such party (or a subcontractor or vendor engaged by such party) has caused to have been executed on behalf of the Trust.
Item 10: Exhibits (no. 22): Published Report Regarding Matters Submitted to a Vote of Security Holders (Exhibit No. 22 of Item 601 of Regulation S-	●      The applicable party that is the “Party Responsible” with respect to Item 5 as set forth above.

Exhibit AA-4

K), but only if the party that is the “Party Responsible” with respect to Item 5 above elects to publish a report containing the information required by such Item 5 above and also elects to report the information on Form 10-D by means of filing the published report and answering Item 5 by referencing the published report.
Item 10: Exhibits (no. 23): Consents of Experts and Counsel (Exhibit No. 23(ii) of Item 601 of Regulation S-K), where the filing of a written consent is required with respect to material (in the Form 10-D) that is incorporated by reference in the Depositor’s registration statement.	●      Depositor
Item 10: Exhibits (no. 24) Power of Attorney (Exhibit No. 24 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K), but only if the name of any party signing the Form 10-D, or the name of any officer signing the Form 10-D on behalf of a party, is signed pursuant to a power of attorney.	●      Certificate Administrator
Item 10: Exhibits (no. 99) Additional exhibits (Exhibit No. 99 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)	●      Not Applicable.
Item 10: Exhibits (no. 100) XBRL-Related Documents (Exhibit No. 100 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K).	●      Not Applicable.
Item 10:  Exhibits (By Operation of Item 8 Above), but only to the extent of any document that meets all the following conditions:  (a) such document constitutes “Additional Form 8-K Disclosure” pursuant to Item 9.01(d) of Exhibit CC, (b) such document is required to be reported as “Additional Form 8-K Disclosure” during the period to which the Form 10-D relates, and (c) such document was not previously reported as “Additional Form 8-K Disclosure”.	●      Certificate Administrator, Depositor and Trustee, in each case only to the extent that such party is the “Party Responsible” for the exhibit pursuant to Item 9(d) of Exhibit CC (it being acknowledged that no Master Servicer or Special Servicer constitutes a “Party Responsible” under Exhibit CC with respect to any exhibits to a Form 10-K); provided that, in each case, that in the event any reportable agreement is executed by the Depositor and the Trustee or Certificate Administrator, then the Depositor shall be the responsible party for this Item 10.

Exhibit AA-5

EXHIBIT BB

ADDITIONAL FORM 10-K DISCLOSURE

The parties identified in the “Party Responsible” column are obligated pursuant to Section 11.05 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to disclose to the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator any information described in the corresponding Form 10-K Item described in the “Item on Form 10-K” column to the extent such party has actual knowledge (and in the case of net operating income information, financial statements, annual operating statements, budgets and/or rent rolls required to be provided in connection with 1112(b) below, possession) of such information (other than information as to itself). Each of the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (in its capacity as such) shall be entitled to rely on the accuracy of the Prospectus (other than information with respect to itself that is set forth in or omitted from the Prospectus), in the absence of specific written notice to the contrary from the Depositor or a Mortgage Loan Seller. Each of the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (in its capacity as such) shall be entitled to conclusively assume that there is no “significant obligor” other than a party or property identified as such in the Prospectus and to assume that no other party or property will constitute a “significant obligor” after the Cut-off Date. In no event shall the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer be required to provide any information for inclusion in a Form 10-K that relates to any Mortgage Loan for which such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer is not the applicable Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as the case may be. For this Series 2023-1 Pooling and Servicing Agreement, each of the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (in its capacity as such) shall be entitled to assume that there is no provider of credit enhancement, liquidity or derivative instruments within the meaning of Items 1114 or 1115 of Regulation AB.

Item on Form 10-K	Party Responsible
Item 1B: Unresolved Staff Comments	●      Depositor
Item 9B: Other Information, but only to the extent of any information that meets all the following conditions: (a) such information constitutes “Additional Form 8-K Disclosure” pursuant to Exhibit CC, (b) such information is required to be reported as “Additional Form 8-K Disclosure” during the period to which the Form 10-K relates, and (c) such information was not previously reported as “Additional Form 8-K Disclosure” or as “Additional Form 10-D Disclosure”	●      Certificate Administrator, Trustee, Master Servicer and/or Special Servicer, in each case to the extent that such party is the “Party Responsible” with respect to such information pursuant to Exhibit CC.
Item 15:  Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules (SEE BELOW)	SEE BELOW

Exhibit BB-1

Instruction J(2)(b) (Significant Obligors of Pool Assets) – Part 1 of 3 Parts: ●       Item 1112(b) of Regulation AB, but only to the extent that (i) such information was required to have been set forth in the Prospectus, (ii) such information was not so set forth and (iii) the applicable Master Servicer has not previously reported such information as “Additional Form 10-D Information”.	●      The applicable Mortgage Loan Seller.
Instruction J(2)(b) (Significant Obligors of Pool Assets) – Part 2 of 3 Parts: ●       Item 1112(b) of Regulation AB, but only to the extent that (i) such information was set forth in the Prospectus and (ii) the applicable Master Servicer has not previously reported such information or updated versions thereof as “Additional Form 10-D Information”.	●      Depositor

Exhibit BB-2

Instruction J(2)(b) (Significant Obligors of Pool Assets) – Part 3 of 3 Parts: ●       Item 1112(b) of Regulation AB; provided, however, that all of the following conditions shall apply: (a) information shall be required to be reported only with respect to a party or property (if any) identified as a “significant obligor” in the Prospectus; (b) the information to be reported shall consist of such quarterly and annual operating statements, budgets and rent rolls of the related Mortgaged Property or REO Property (as applicable), and quarterly and annual financial statements of the related Borrower (except in the case of an REO Property), received or prepared by the “Party Responsible” pursuant to its obligations under Section 3.12(b) of this Pooling and Servicing Agreement; provided, however, that for a significant obligor described under item 1101(k)(2) of Regulation AB, only net operating income for the most recent fiscal year and interim period is required and, if such information for a prior period was required but not previously reported, such information for such prior period; and (c) the information shall be reportable only to the extent that is has not previously been reported as “Additional Form 10-D Information”.

●      Master Servicer (excluding information for which the Special Servicer is the “Party Responsible”) ●      Special Servicer (as to Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties)

Instruction J(2)(c) (Significant Enhancement Provider Information): ●      Items 1114(b)(2) and 1115(b) of Regulation AB

●      Depositor

Exhibit BB-3

Instruction J(2)(d) (Legal Proceedings): ●      Item 1117 of Regulation AB (it being acknowledged that such Item 1117 requires disclosure only of proceedings described therein that are material to security holders)

●     Master Servicer (as to itself) ●     Special Servicer (as to itself) ●     Certificate Administrator (as to itself) ●     Trustee (as to itself) ●     Depositor (as to itself) ●     Trustee/Certificate Administrator/Master Servicer/Depositor/Special Servicer as to the Trust (whichever of them is in principal control of the proceedings) ●     Each Mortgage Loan Seller as sponsor (as defined in Regulation AB) ●     Originators under Item 1110 of Regulation AB ●     Party under Item 1100(d)(1) of Regulation AB

Instruction J(2)(e) (Affiliations and Certain Relationships and Related Transactions) – Part 1 of 2 Parts: ●     1119(a) of Regulation AB, but only the existence and (if existent) how there is (that is, the nature of) any affiliation between itself (that is, the particular “Party Responsible”), on the one hand, and any one or more of the following, on the other: (1) the Depositor, (2) any Mortgage Loan Seller, (3) the Trust and (4) any other party listed under this item as a “Party Responsible”; provided, however, that an affiliation need not be disclosed for purposes of the applicable Form 10-K if it was disclosed in the Prospectus or if it was previously reported as “Additional Form 10-K Disclosure”. and ●     1119(b) of Regulation AB,

●     Master Servicer (as to itself) (only as to affiliations under Item 1119(a) with the Trustee, Certificate Administrator, Special Servicer or a sub-servicer retained by it meeting any of the descriptions in Item 1108(a)(3)). ●     Special Servicer ●     Certificate Administrator ●     Trustee ●     Each party (other than a Mortgage Loan Seller), if any, that is identified in the Prospectus as an “originator” of one or more Mortgage Loans, if the Prospectus specifically states that the applicable Mortgage Loans were 10% or more of the assets of the Trust at the date of the Prospectus (provided that such a party shall no longer constitute a “Party Responsible” under this item from and after the date (if any) when the Depositor notifies the parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the effect that such party no longer

Exhibit BB-4

but only the existence and (if existent) the general character of any business relationship, agreement, arrangement, transaction or understanding that is entered into outside the ordinary course of business or is on terms other than would be obtained in an arm’s length transaction with an unrelated third party (apart from the Series 2023-1 transaction) between itself (that is, the particular “Party Responsible”) or any of its affiliates, on the one hand, and any one or more of the following, on the other: (1) the Depositor, (2) any Mortgage Loan Seller, and (3) the Trust; provided, however, that a relationship, agreement, arrangement, transaction or understanding (A) must be reported only if it then exists or existed within the two prior years, (B) need not be reported if it is not material to an investor’s understanding of the Certificates and (C) need not be disclosed for purposes of the applicable Form 10-K if it was disclosed in the Prospectus or if it was previously reported as “Additional Form 10-K Disclosure”. and ●     1119(c) of Regulation AB, but only the existence and (if existent) a description (including the terms and approximate dollar amount) of any specific relationship involving or related to the Series 2023-1 transaction or the Mortgage Loans between itself (that is, the particular “Party Responsible”) or any of its affiliates, on the one hand, and any one or more of the following, on the other: (1) the Depositor, (2) any Mortgage Loan Seller, and (3) the Trust; provided, however, that a relationship (A) must be reported only if it then exists or existed within the two prior years, (B) need not be reported if it is not material to an investor’s understanding of the Certificates and (C) need not be disclosed for purposes of the applicable Form 10-K if it was disclosed in the Prospectus or if         constitutes an originator of 10% or more of the assets of the Trust). ●     Each party (other than a Mortgage Loan Seller), if any, that is specifically identified as an “originator of 10% or more of the assets of the Trust for purposes of Regulation AB and the upcoming Form 10-K” in a written notice delivered to the parties to this Pooling and Servicing Agreement, which notice is delivered not later than February 15 of the year in which the Form 10-K is due. ●     Each party (if any) that is identified in the Prospectus as an “other material party to the securities or transaction” (or substantially similar phrasing); provided, however, that such a party shall no longer constitute a “Party Responsible” under this item from and after the date (if any) when the Depositor notifies the parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the effect that such party no longer constitutes a material party for purposes of Regulation AB. ●     Each party (if any) that that is specifically identified as an “other material party to the securities or transaction for purposes of Regulation AB and the upcoming Form 10-K” (or substantially similar phrasing) in a written notice delivered by the Depositor to the parties to this Pooling and Servicing Agreement, which notice is delivered not later than February 15 of the year in which the Form 10-K is due.

Exhibit BB-5

it was previously reported as “Additional Form 10-K Disclosure”.

Instruction J(2)(e) (Affiliations and Certain Relationships and Related Transactions) – Part 2 of 2 Parts: 1119(a) of Regulation AB, But only the existence and (if existent) how there is any affiliation between itself (that is, the particular “Party Responsible”), on the one hand, and any one or more of the parties listed under the preceding item as a “Party Responsible”, on the other; provided, however, that an affiliation need not be disclosed for purposes of the applicable Form 10-K if it was disclosed in the Prospectus or if it was previously reported as “Additional Form 10-K Disclosure”. and ●     1119(b) of Regulation AB, but only the existence and (if existent) the general character of any business relationship, agreement, arrangement, transaction or understanding that is entered into outside the ordinary course of business or is on terms other than would be obtained in an arm’s length transaction with an unrelated third party (apart from the Series 2023-1 transaction) between itself (that is, the particular “Party Responsible”), on the one hand, and any one or more of the parties listed under the preceding item as a “Party Responsible”, on the other; provided, however, that a relationship, agreement, arrangement, transaction or understanding (A) must be reported only if it then exists or existed within the two prior years, (B) need not be reported if it is not material to an investor’s understanding of the Certificates and (C) need not be disclosed for purposes of the applicable Form 10-K if it was disclosed in the Prospectus or if it was

●     Depositor ●     Each Mortgage Loan Seller

Exhibit BB-6

previously reported as “Additional Form 10-K Disclosure”. and ●     1119(c) of Regulation AB, but only the existence and (if existent) a description (including the terms and approximate dollar amount) of any specific relationship involving or related to the Series 2023-1 transaction or the Mortgage Loans between itself (that is, the particular “Party Responsible”) or any of its affiliates, on the one hand, and any one or more of the parties listed under the preceding item as a “Party Responsible”, on the other; provided, however, that a relationship (A) must be reported only if it then exists or existed within the two prior years, (B) need not be reported if it is not material to an investor’s understanding of the Certificates and (C) need not be disclosed for purposes of the applicable Form 10-K if it was disclosed in the Prospectus or if it was previously reported as “Additional Form 10-K Disclosure”.
Item 15: Exhibits (no. 2): Plan of acquisition, reorganization, arrangement, liquidation or succession (Exhibit No. 2 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)	●     Depositor
Item 15: Exhibits (no. 3): Articles of incorporation and by-laws (Exhibit No. 3(i) and 3(ii) of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)	●     Depositor

Exhibit BB-7

Item 15: Exhibits (no. 4): With respect to instruments defining the rights of security holders (Exhibit No. 4 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)	●     Trustee ●     Certificate Administrator ●     Depositor provided that, in each case, that this shall in no event be construed to make such party responsible for the initial filing of this Pooling and Servicing Agreement provided, further, in each case, that in the event any reportable agreement is executed by the Depositor and the Trustee or Certificate Administrator, then the Depositor shall be the responsible party.
Item 15: Exhibits (no. 10): Material contracts (Exhibit No. 10 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)	●     Certificate Administrator, Trustee, Master Servicer and/or Special Servicer, in each case to the extent of any contract that satisfies all the following conditions:  (a) such contract relates to the Trust or one or more Mortgage Loans or REO Mortgage Loans, and (b) such contract is a contract to which such party (or a subcontractor or vendor engaged by such party) is a party or that such party (or a subcontractor or vendor engaged by such party) has caused to have been executed on behalf of the Trust.
Item 15: Exhibits (no. 11): Statement regarding computation of per share earnings (Exhibit No. 11 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)	●     Not Applicable
Item 15: Exhibits (no. 12): Statement regarding computation of ratios (Exhibit No. 12 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)	●     Not Applicable.
Item 15: Exhibits (no. 13): Annual report to security holders, Form 10-Q and Form 10-QSB, or quarterly report to security holders (Exhibit No. 13 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)	●     Not Applicable
Item 15: Exhibits (no. 14): Code of Ethics (Exhibit No. 14 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)	●     Not Applicable.

Exhibit BB-8

Item 15: Exhibits (no. 16): Letter re change in certifying accountant (Exhibit No. 16 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)	●     Not Applicable
Item 15: Exhibits (no. 18): Letter re change in accounting principles (Exhibit No. 18 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)	●     Not Applicable.
Item 15: Exhibits (no. 21): Subsidiaries of registrant (Exhibit No. 18 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)	●     Depositor.
Item 15: Exhibits (no. 22): Published Report Regarding Matters Submitted to a Vote of Security Holders (Exhibit No. 22 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K).	●     Not Applicable.
Item 15: Exhibits (no. 23) – Part 1 of 2 Parts: Consents of Experts and Counsel (Exhibit No. 23(ii) of Item 601 of Regulation S-K), where (a) the filing of a written consent is required with respect to material (in the Form 10-D) that is incorporated by reference in the Depositor’s registration statement and (b) the consent is not the consent of a registered public accounting firm in connection with an attestation delivered pursuant to Section 11.13 of this Pooling and Servicing Agreement.	●     Depositor
Item 15: Exhibits (no. 23) – Part 2 of 2 Parts: Consents of Experts and Counsel (Exhibit No. 23(ii) of Item 601 of Regulation S-K), but the required shall consist of a consent of the registered public accounting firm for purposes of any attestation report rendered with respect to the particular “Party Responsible” pursuant to Section 11.13 of this Pooling and Servicing Agreement.	●     Master Servicer ●     Special Servicer ●     Depositor ●     Any other Servicing Function Participant provided, however, in each case, that such party shall have the duty to report or deliver, or cause the reporting or delivery, of such consent only to the extent that such party is required to deliver or cause the delivery of the related attestation report.

Exhibit BB-9

Item 15: Exhibits (no. 24) Power of Attorney (Exhibit No. 24 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K), but only if the name of any party signing the Form 10-D, or the name of any officer signing the Form 10-D on behalf of a party, is signed pursuant to a power of attorney.	●     Certificate Administrator
Item 15: Exhibits (no. 31(i)) Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certifications (Exhibit No. 31(i) of Item 601 of Regulation S-K).	●     Not Applicable
Item 15: Exhibits (no. 31(ii)) Rule 13a-14(d)/15d-14(d) Certifications (Exhibit No. 31(ii) of Item 601 of Regulation S-K).	●     Delivery of this exhibit (Sarbanes-Oxley certification and backup certifications) is governed by Section 11.08 (and Section 11.07) of this Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Item 15: Exhibits (no. 32) Section 1350 Certifications (Exhibit No. 32 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K).	●     Not Applicable.
Item 15: Exhibits (no. 33) Report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities (Exhibit No. 33 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K).	●     Delivery of this exhibit (annual compliance assessment) is governed by Section 11.10 (and Section 11.07) of this Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Item 15: Exhibits (no. 34) Attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities (Exhibit No. 34 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K).	●     Delivery of this exhibit (annual accountants’ attestation report) is governed by Section 11.11 (and Section 11.07) of this Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Item 15: Exhibits (no. 35) Servicer compliance statement (Exhibit No. 35 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K).	●     Delivery of this exhibit (annual servicer compliance statements) is governed by Section 11.09 (and Section 11.07) of this Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Item 15: Exhibit (no. 36) Certification For Shelf Offerings of Asset-Backed Securities (Exhibit No. 36 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K).	●     Depositor

Exhibit BB-10

Item 15: Exhibits (no. 99) Additional exhibits (Exhibit No. 99 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)	●     Not Applicable.
Item 15: Exhibits (no. 100) XBRL-Related Documents (Exhibit No. 100 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K).	●     Not Applicable.
Item 15:  Exhibits (By Operation of Item 9B Above), but only to the extent of any document that meets all the following conditions:  (a) such document constitutes “Additional Form 8-K Disclosure” pursuant to Item 9.01(d) of Exhibit CC, (b) such document is required to be reported as “Additional Form 8-K Disclosure” during the period to which the Form 10-K relates, and (c) such document was not previously reported as “Additional Form 8-K Disclosure”.	●     Certificate Administrator, Depositor and Trustee, in each case only to the extent that such party is the “Party Responsible” for the exhibit pursuant to Item 9(d) of Exhibit CC (it being acknowledged that no Master Servicer or Special Servicer constitutes a “Party Responsible” under Exhibit CC with respect to any exhibits to a Form 10-K).
Item 15:  Exhibit (no. 101) Interactive Data File (Exhibit No. 101 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K).	Not Applicable
Item 15:  Exhibit (no. 102) Asset Data File (Exhibit No. 102 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K).	[Certificate Administrator] [Depositor]
Item 15:  Exhibit (no. 103) Asset Related Document (Exhibit No, 103 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K).	[Certificate Administrator] [Depositor]

Exhibit BB-11

EXHIBIT CC

FORM 8-K DISCLOSURE INFORMATION

The parties identified in the “Party Responsible” column are obligated pursuant to Section 11.07 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to report to the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator the occurrence of any event described in the corresponding Form 8-K Item described in the “Item on Form 8-K” column to the extent such party has actual knowledge of such information (other than information as to itself). Each of the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (in its capacity as such) shall be entitled to rely on the accuracy of the Prospectus (other than information with respect to itself that is set forth in or omitted from the Prospectus), in the absence of specific written notice to the contrary from the Depositor or a Mortgage Loan Seller. Each of the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (in its capacity as such) shall be entitled to conclusively assume that there is no “significant obligor” other than a party or property identified as such in the Prospectus and to assume that no other party or property will constitute a “significant obligor” after the Cut-off Date. In no event shall the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer be required to provide any information for inclusion in a Form 8-K that relates to any Mortgage Loan for which the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer is not the applicable Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as the case may be. For this Series 2023-1 Pooling and Servicing Agreement, each of the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (in its capacity as such) shall be entitled to assume that there is no provider of credit enhancement, liquidity or derivative instruments within the meaning of Items 1114 or 1115 of Regulation AB.

Item on Form 8-K

Party Responsible

Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

●     Depositor, except as described in the next bullet (it being acknowledged that Item 601 of Regulation S-K requires filing of material contracts to which the registrant or a subsidiary thereof is a party). ●     Certificate Administrator, Trustee, Master Servicer and/or Special Servicer (it being acknowledged that Instruction 3 to Item 1.01 of Form 8-K requires disclosure regarding the entry into or an amendment of a definitive agreement that is material to the asset-backed securities transaction, even if the registrant is not a party to such agreement), in each case to the extent of any amendment or definitive agreement that satisfies all the following

Exhibit CC-1

	conditions: (a) such amendment or definitive agreement relates to the Trust or one or more Mortgage Loans or REO Mortgage Loans, and (b) such amendment or definitive agreement is an amendment or definitive agreement to which such party (or a subcontractor or vendor engaged by such party) is a party or that such party (or a subcontractor or vendor engaged by such party) has caused to have been executed on behalf of the Trust; provided, however, that the Certificate Administrator shall be the “Party Responsible” in connection with any amendment to this Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Item 1.02:  Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement– Part 1 of 2 Parts	●     Certificate Administrator, Trustee, Master Servicer and/or Special Servicer, in each case to the extent of any contract that satisfies all the following conditions:  (a) such contract relates to the Trust or one or more Mortgage Loans or REO Mortgage Loans, and (b) such contract is a contract to which such party (or a subcontractor or vendor engaged by such party) is a party or that such party (or a subcontractor or vendor engaged by such party) has caused to have been executed on behalf of the Trust; provided, however, that the Certificate Administrator shall be the “Party Responsible” in connection with any amendment to this Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Item 1.02:  Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement– Part 2 of 2 Parts	●     Depositor, to the extent of any material agreement not covered in the prior item
Item 1.03:  Bankruptcy or Receivership	●     Depositor
Item 2.04:  Triggering Events that Accelerate or Increase a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement	●     Depositor ●     Certificate Administrator

Exhibit CC-2

Item 3.03:  Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders	●     Certificate Administrator
Item 5.03:  Amendments of Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change of Fiscal Year	●     Depositor
Item 6.01:  ABS Informational and Computational Material	●     Depositor
Item 6.02 (Part 1 of 3 Parts):  Change of Servicer or Trustee, but only to the extent related to a change in trustee	●     Trustee ●     Depositor
Item 6.02 (Part 2 of 3 Parts):  Change of Servicer or Trustee, but only to the extent related to a change in Master Servicer or Special Servicer	●     Certificate Administrator ●     Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as the case may be (in each case, as to itself)
Item 6.02 (Part 3 of 3 Parts):  Change of Servicer or Trustee, but only to the extent related to a servicer (other than a party to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) appointed by the particular “Party Responsible”.	●     Master Servicer (as to a party appointed by such Master Servicer) ●     Special Servicer ●     Certificate Administrator ●     Depositor
Item 6.03:  Change in Credit Enhancement or External Support	●     Depositor ●     Certificate Administrator
Item 6.04:  Failure to Make a Required Distribution	●     Certificate Administrator
Item 6.05:  Securities Act Updating Disclosure	●     Depositor
Item 7.01:  Regulation FD Disclosure	●     Depositor
Item 8.01:  Other Events	●     Depositor
Item 9.01(d): Exhibits (no. 1): Underwriting agreement (Exhibit No. 1 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)	●     Not applicable
Item 9.01(d): Exhibits (no. 2): Plan of acquisition, reorganization, arrangement, liquidation or succession (Exhibit No. 2 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)	●     Depositor
Item 9.01(d): Exhibits (no. 3): Articles of incorporation and by-laws (Exhibit No. 3(i) and 3(ii) of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)	●     Depositor
Item 9.01(d): Exhibits (no. 4):	●     Certificate Administrator

Exhibit CC-3

With respect to instruments defining the rights of security holders (Exhibit No. 4 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)	provided that, in each case, that this shall in no event be construed to make such party responsible for the initial filing of this Pooling and Servicing Agreement
Item 9.01(d): Exhibits (no. 7): Correspondence from an independent accountant regarding non-reliance on a previously issued audit report or completed interim review. (Exhibit No. 7 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)	●     Not Applicable
Item 9.01(d): Exhibits (no. 14): Code of Ethics (Exhibit No. 14 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)	●     Not Applicable
Item 9.01(d): Exhibits (no. 16): Letter re change in certifying accountant (Exhibit No. 16 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)	●     Not Applicable
Item 9.01(d): Exhibits (no. 17): Correspondence on departure of director (Exhibit No. 17 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)	●     Not Applicable
Item 9.01(d): Exhibits (no. 20): Other documents or statements to security holders (Exhibit No. 20 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)	●     Not Applicable
Item 9.01(d): Exhibits (no. 23): Consents of Experts and Counsel (Exhibit No. 23(ii) of Item 601 of Regulation S-K), where the filing of a written consent is required with respect to material (in the Form 10-D) that is incorporated by reference in the Depositor’s registration statement.	●     Depositor
Item 9.01(d): Exhibits (no. 24) Power of Attorney (Exhibit No. 24 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K), but only if the name of any party signing the Form 10-D, or the name of any officer signing the Form 10-D on behalf of a party, is signed pursuant to a power of attorney.	●     Certificate Administrator

Exhibit CC-4

Item 15: Exhibits (no. 99) Additional exhibits (Exhibit No. 99 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)	●     Not Applicable.
Item 15: Exhibits (no. 100) XBRL-Related Documents (Exhibit No. 100 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K).	●     Not Applicable.

Exhibit CC-5

EXHIBIT DD

ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURE NOTIFICATION

**SEND VIA EMAIL TO !nacctsecnotifications@computershare.com AND VIA OVERNIGHT MAIL TO THE ADDRESS IMMEDIATELY BELOW**

Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator

9062 Old Annapolis Road

Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951

Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)

Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1—SEC REPORT PROCESSING

RE: **Additional Form [10-D][10-K][8-K] Disclosure** Required

Ladies and Gentlemen:

In accordance with Section [11.04] [11.05] [11.07] of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as Depositor (the “Depositor”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, the undersigned, as [ ], hereby notifies you that certain events have come to our attention that [will] [may] need to be disclosed on Form [10-D][10-K][8-K].

Description of Additional Form [10-D][10-K][8-K] Disclosure:

List of any Attachments hereto to be included in the Additional Form [10-D][10-K][8-K] Disclosure:

Any inquiries related to this notification should be directed to [ ], phone number: [ ]; email address: [ ].

[NAME OF PARTY], as [role]
By:
	Name:
	Title:

cc: Depositor

Exhibit DD-1

EXHIBIT EE

INITIAL SUB-SERVICERS

None.

Exhibit EE-1

EXHIBIT FF

SERVICING FUNCTION PARTICIPANTS

1.Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association

Exhibit FF-1

EXHIBIT GG

FORM OF ANNUAL COMPLIANCE STATEMENT

CERTIFICATION

MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1
(the “Trust”)

I, [identifying the certifying individual], on behalf of [Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer] [Argentic Services Company LP, as Special Servicer] [Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as [Certificate Administrator][Trustee][Custodian]] (the “Certifying Servicer”), certify to Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc. and its officers, directors and affiliates, and with the knowledge and intent that they will rely upon this certification, that:

1. I (or Servicing Officers under my supervision) have reviewed the Certifying Servicer’s activities [during the preceding calendar year] [between [__] and [__]] (the “Reporting Period”) and the Certifying Servicer’s performance under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and

2. To the best of my knowledge, based on such review, the Certifying Servicer has fulfilled all of its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in all material respects during the Reporting Period. [To my knowledge, the Certifying Servicer has failed to fulfill the following obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement: [SPECIFY EACH SUCH FAILURE AND THE NATURE AND STATUS THEREOF]].

Date:__________________________________

[WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Master Servicer]
[Argentic Services Company LP,
as Special Servicer]

[COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as [Certificate Administrator][Trustee][Custodian]]

Exhibit GG-1

By:
	Name:
	Title:

Exhibit GG-2

EXHIBIT HH

FORM OF REPORT ON ASSESSMENT OF
COMPLIANCE with SERVICING CRITERIA

[Name of Reporting Servicer] (the “Reporting Servicer”) is responsible for assessing compliance with the servicing criteria applicable to it under paragraph (d) of Item 1122 of Regulation AB, as of and for the 12-month period ending December 31, 20[__] (the “Reporting Period”), as set forth in Exhibit Z to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The transactions covered by this report include asset-backed securities transactions for which the Reporting Servicer acted as [a master servicer, special servicer, trustee, certificate administrator] involving commercial mortgage loans [other than __________________¹] (the “Platform”);

The Reporting Servicer has engaged certain vendors, which are not servicers as defined in Item 1101(j) of Regulation AB (the “Vendors”) to perform specific, limited or scripted activities, and the Reporting Servicer elects to take responsibility for assessing compliance with the servicing criteria or portion of the servicing criteria applicable to such Vendors’ activities as set forth on Schedule A;

Except as set forth in paragraph 4 below, the Reporting Servicer used the criteria set forth in paragraph (d) of Item 1122 of Regulation AB to assess the compliance with the applicable servicing criteria;

The criteria listed in the column titled “Inapplicable Servicing Criteria” on Schedule A hereto are inapplicable to the Reporting Servicer based on the activities it performs, directly or through its Vendors, with respect to the Platform;

The Reporting Servicer has complied, in all material respects, with the applicable servicing criteria as of December 31, 20[__] and for the Reporting Period with respect to the Platform taken as a whole[, except as described on Schedule B hereto];

The Reporting Servicer has not identified and is not aware of any material instance of noncompliance by the Vendors with the applicable servicing criteria as of December 31, 20[__] and for the Reporting Period with respect to the Platform taken as a whole[, except as described on Schedule B hereto];

The Reporting Servicer has not identified any material deficiency in its policies and procedures to monitor the compliance by the Vendors with the applicable servicing criteria as of December 31, 20[__] and for the Reporting Period with respect to the Platform taken as a whole[, except as described on Schedule B hereto]; and

¹ Describe any permissible exclusions, including those permitted under telephone interpretation 17.04 (i.e., transactions registered prior to compliance with Regulation AB, transactions involving an offer and sale of asset-backed securities that were not required to be issued), if applicable.

Exhibit HH-1

[____], a registered public accounting firm, has issued an attestation report on the Reporting Servicer’s assessment of compliance with the applicable servicing criteria for the Reporting Period.

[Date of Certification]

[Name of Reporting Servicer]
By:
	Name:
	Title:

Exhibit HH-2

EXHIBIT II

CREFC^® PAYMENT INFORMATION

Payments shall be made to “CRE Finance Council” and sent to:

Commercial Real Estate Finance Council, Inc.

28 West 44th Street, Suite 815

New York, NY 10036

Attn: Executive Director

or by wire transfer to:

[wiring instructions are on file with the Master Servicer]

Exhibit II-1

EXHIBIT JJ

Form of Notice of ADDITIONAL

INDEBTEDNESS NOTIFICATION

VIA EMAIL:

To: Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator; CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com, trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com and !nacctsecnotifications@computershare.com

Ref: MSWF 2023-1, Additional Debt Notice for From 10-D

The following information is being furnished to you for inclusion on Form 10-D pursuant to Section 3.18(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement

	Portfolio Name	Mortgage Loan	Position in Debt Stack	Additional Debt	OPB	OPB Date	Appraised Value	Appraised Value Date	Aggregate LTV	Aggregate NCF DSCR	Aggregate NCF DSCR Date	Primary Servicer	Master Servicer	Lead Servicer	Prospectus ID
1	MSWF 2023-1			$			$		%
	Outside the Trust			$			$		%
	Outside the Trust			$			$		%
	Total			$
2	MSWF 2023-1			$			$		%
	Outside the Trust			$			$		%
	Outside the Trust			$			$		%
	Total			$
3	MSWF 2023-1			$			$		%
	Outside the Trust			$			$		%
	Outside the Trust			$			$		%
	Total			$

Exhibit JJ-1

EXHIBIT KK

[RESERVED]

Exhibit KK-1

EXHIBIT LL

ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURE NOTIFICATION (ACCOUNTS)

INSTRUCTIONS:

FOR ACCOUNT BALANCE REPORTING: SEND VIA EMAIL TO:

!nacctsecnotifications@computershare.com

FOR ALL OTHER NOTIFICATIONS: SEND VIA FAX, EMAIL AND OVERNIGHT MAIL TO THE ADDRESS IMMEDIATELY BELOW**

Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator

9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951
Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) – MSWF 2023-1—SEC REPORT PROCESSING

Email: !nacctsecnotifications@computershare.com

RE: **Additional Form [10-D][10-K][8-K] Disclosure** Required

Ladies and Gentlemen:

In accordance with Section 11.04 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as Depositor (the “Depositor”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, the undersigned, as [ ], hereby notifies you that certain events have come to our attention that [will] [may] need to be disclosed on Form [10-D][10-K][8-K].

Description of Additional Form [10-D][10-K][8-K] Disclosure:

[With respect to the Collection Accounts and REO Account balance information:

Account Name	Beginning Balance as of MM/DD/YYYY	Ending Balance as of MM/DD/YYYY
Master Servicer’s Collection Account
REO Account

Exhibit LL-1

List of any Attachments hereto to be included in the Additional Form [10-D][10-K][8-K] Disclosure:

Any inquiries related to this notification should be directed to [                        ], phone number: [       ]; email address: [                       ].

[NAME OF PARTY],
as [role]
By:
	Name:
	Title:

cc: Depositor

Exhibit LL-2

EXHIBIT MM

Form of notice of purchase of
controlling class certificate

[Date]

Computershare Trust Company, National Association
as Certificate Administrator

9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045
Email: trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com
Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) – MSWF 2023-1

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
            as Master Servicer

Commercial Mortgage Servicing
550 S. Tryon Street

MAC D1086-23A

23rd Floor

Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Attention: MSWF 2023-1 Asset Manager
Telecopy Number: (704) 715-0036
Email: commercial.servicing@wellsfargo.com

Argentic Services Company LP

as Special Servicer
500 North Central Expressway, Suite 261

Plano, Texas 75074

Attention: Andrew Hundertmark

Email: ahundertmark@argenticservices.com and jmayfield@argenticservices.com

Pentalpha Surveillance LLC
375 N. French Road, Suite 100

Amherst, New York 14228

Attention: MSWF 2023-1 Transaction Manager (with a copy sent contemporaneously via email to: notices@pentalphasurveillance.com)

Exhibit MM-1

Re: MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1 (the “Certificates”) issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), dated as of May 1, 2023, between Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer

This letter is delivered to you, pursuant to Section 3.23(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in connection with the transfer by ____________ (the “Transferor”) to us (the “Transferee”) of $__________________ original principal balance in the Class [__] Certificates, representing [_____]% of the Class [__] Certificates. The Certificates were issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

1. Our name and address is as follows:

Contact Info: [Tel/Email]

2. [IF APPLICABLE] We hereby certify, represent and warrant to you, as Certificate Administrator, that we are purchasing a majority interest in the Class [__] Certificates, and that we are not affiliated with the Transferor. To the extent that any Control Termination Event or Consultation Termination Event has occurred due to a waiver of a prior Class [__] Certificateholder of its rights under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, we hereby request that you reinstate such rights and post a “special notice” on your website to the following effect:

“A Consultation Termination Event or a Control Termination Event has been terminated and is no longer in effect due to a transfer of a majority interest of the Controlling Class to an unaffiliated third party which has terminated any waiver by the prior Holder.”

All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Exhibit MM-2

Very truly yours,
	(Transferee)
By:
	Name:
	Title:

Exhibit MM-3

EXHIBIT NN

FORM OF ASSET REVIEW REPORT BY THE
ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER¹

To: [Addresses of Recipients]

Re: MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1

Ladies and Gentlemen:

In accordance with Section 12.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), the undersigned, as asset representations reviewer (the “Asset Representations Reviewer”), has performed an Asset Review on each Delinquent Loan identified in accordance with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and is hereby issuing the following Asset Review Report.

1. We have performed an Asset Review on each [Subject] Loan identified in accordance with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and our conclusion is that there is [no evidence of a failed Test] [evidence of [•] failed Test[s] as specifically detailed on the scorecard attached hereto as Exhibit A] with respect to the [Subject] Loans.

2. A conclusion by the Asset Representations Reviewer of a passed Test or a failed Test shall not constitute a determination by the Asset Representations Reviewer of (i) the existence or nonexistence of a Material Defect, or (ii) whether the Trust should enforce any rights it may have against the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller. In addition, the Tests may not be sufficient to determine every instance of noncompliance.

3. The Asset Representations Reviewer, other than forwarding this report to the persons listed above, will not be required to take or participate in any other or further action with respect to the aforementioned Asset Review Report.

4. Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

¹ This report is an indicative report, and the Asset Representations Reviewer will have the ability to modify or alter the organization and content of this report, subject to compliance with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, including without limitation, provisions relating to Privileged Information.

Exhibit NN-1

PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC,
	as Asset Representations Reviewer
By:
	Name:
	Title:

Exhibit NN-2

Exhibit A

Detailed Scorecard
[Template Example Below]

Test failures
Loan #	Loan Name	Mortgage Loan Seller	R&W #	R&W Name	Test Description	Findings
[Insert Loan Number]	[Insert Loan Name]	[Insert Mortgage Loan Seller]	21	Compliance with Usury Laws	[Insert Test Description]	[Insert Test findings]
			31	Single-Purpose Entity

Exhibit NN-3

EXHIBIT OO

FORM OF ASSET REVIEW REPORT SUMMARY¹

To: [Addresses of Recipients]

Re: MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1

Ladies and Gentlemen:

In accordance with Section 12.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), the undersigned, as asset representations reviewer (the “Asset Representations Reviewer”), has performed an Asset Review on each Delinquent Loan identified in accordance with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and is hereby issuing the following Asset Review Report Summary.

1. We have performed an Asset Review on each [Subject] Loan identified in accordance with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and our conclusion is that there is [no evidence of a failed Test] [evidence of [•] failed Test[s] as identified on the summary scorecard attached hereto as Exhibit A] with respect to the [Subject] Loans.

2. A conclusion by the Asset Representations Reviewer of a passed Test or a failed Test shall not constitute a determination by the Asset Representations Reviewer of (i) the existence or nonexistence of a Material Defect, or (ii) whether the Trust should enforce any rights it may have against the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller. In addition, the Tests may not be sufficient to determine every instance of noncompliance.

3. The Asset Representations Reviewer, other than forwarding this Asset Review Report Summary to the parties listed above, will not be required to take or participate in any other or further action with respect to the aforementioned Asset Review Report Summary.

4. Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

¹ This report is an indicative report, and the Asset Representations Reviewer will have the ability to modify or alter the organization and content of this report, subject to compliance with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, including without limitation, provisions relating to Privileged Information.

Exhibit OO-1

PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC,
	as Asset Representations Reviewer
By:
	Name:
	Title:

Exhibit OO-2

Exhibit A

Summary Scorecard
[Template Example Below]

Test failures
Loan #	Loan Name	Representations and Warranty #	Representation and Warranty Name	Test #
[Insert Loan #]	[Insert Loan Name]	[Insert R&W #]	[Insert R&W Name]
		[Insert R&W #]	[Insert R&W Name]

Exhibit OO-3

EXHIBIT PP

ASSET REVIEW PROCEDURES

Pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the “PSA”), the Asset Representations Reviewer (“Asset Representations Reviewer”) shall perform an Asset Review with respect to each representation and warranty made by the related Mortgage Loan Seller only with respect to each Delinquent Loan in accordance with the procedures set forth below (each such procedure, a “Test”); provided, however, the Asset Representations Reviewer may, but is under no obligation to, modify any Test and/or associated Review Materials described in this Exhibit PP if, and only to the extent, the Asset Representations Reviewer determines pursuant to the Asset Review Standard that it is necessary to modify such Test and/or such associated Review Materials in order to facilitate its Asset Review in accordance with the Asset Review Standard. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein have the meaning set forth in the PSA or, solely with respect to a representation and warranty, the meaning set forth in the related mortgage loan purchase agreement (the “Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement”). For the avoidance of doubt, in connection with the performance of the following Tests:

● With respect to any representation and warranty that includes a knowledge qualifier (e.g., to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, etc.), the Asset Representations Reviewer shall not be responsible for any investigation or review beyond that set forth in the applicable Test related to such representation and warranty;

● With respect to any representation and warranty that includes the examination of an insurance policy or Title Policy, the Asset Representations Reviewer will be permitted to engage a qualified consultant to perform a review of the applicable policy, and will be allowed to rely upon the conclusions of the consultant when making a determination as to whether there is a Test pass.

● The Asset Representations Reviewer shall be under no duty to provide or obtain a legal opinion, legal review or legal conclusion;

● Unless otherwise provided in the Test, the “as of” date for the testing of a representation is as of the Closing Date;

● Unless otherwise provided in the Test, if there is more than one version of the same document with respect to a particular Mortgage Loan or Mortgaged Property, the document that will be used by the Asset Representations Reviewer in testing is the document that is dated as of the Closing Date or, if none, the document closest prior to the Closing Date;

● With respect to each representation and warranty and its related Test(s), the Asset Representations Reviewer shall take into account any exceptions to such representation and warranty described in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement with respect to a Mortgage Loan, and a Test pass shall be deemed to have occurred

Exhibit PP-1

with respect to such Test if the sole reason for not satisfying the applicable Test is caused by such exception(s);

● Evidence of a failure of a Test could result from (i) an affirmative determination by the Asset Representations Reviewer that the Test failed to achieve a Test pass, or (ii) a determination by Asset Representations Reviewer that the documentation included in the Review Materials (after making such request for any missing documents in the manner provided for in the PSA) is not sufficient to perform the Test; and
A determination by the Asset Representations Reviewer of a Test pass or a Test failure shall not constitute a determination by the Asset Representations Reviewer of (i) the existence or nonexistence of a Material Defect, or (ii) whether the Trust should enforce any rights it may have against the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller.

The Asset Representations Reviewer will only be required to perform the Tests described in this Exhibit PP, and will not be obligated to perform additional procedures on any Delinquent Loan, even if a different set of procedures or Review Materials could produce a different outcome. Notwithstanding the required Tests, the Asset Representations Reviewer will not be required to review any information other than (1) Review Materials specified in the related Test and (2) if applicable, Unsolicited Information. The Asset Representations Reviewer may, but is under no obligation to, consider Unsolicited Information relevant to the Tests subject to the terms of the PSA. If the Asset Representations Reviewer considers Unsolicited Information, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall take into account such Unsolicited Information, in addition to the Review Materials referred to in the applicable Test(s) procedure when making a determination as to whether there is a Test pass.

Exhibit PP-2

Representations and Warranties		Test	Review Materials
1. Whole Loan; Ownership of Mortgage Loans. Except with respect to a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan, each Mortgage Loan is a whole loan and not a participation interest in a mortgage loan. At the time of the sale, transfer and assignment to the Depositor, no Mortgage Note or Mortgage was subject to any assignment (other than assignments to the Mortgage Loan Seller or (with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) to the related Non-Serviced Trustee for the related Non-Serviced Securitization Trust), participation (it being understood that a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan does not constitute a participation) or pledge, and the Mortgage Loan Seller had good title to, and was the sole owner of, each Mortgage Loan free and clear of any and all liens, charges, pledges, encumbrances, participations (other than with respect to agreements among noteholders with respect to a Whole Loan), any other ownership interests and other interests on, in or to such Mortgage Loan other than any servicing rights appointment, subservicing or similar agreement. The Mortgage Loan Seller has full right and authority to sell, assign and transfer each Mortgage Loan, and the assignment to the depositor constitutes a legal, valid and binding assignment of such Mortgage Loan free and clear of any and all liens, pledges, charges or security interests of any nature encumbering such Mortgage Loan.	1a	Review the amounts listed on the original Mortgage Note and Mortgage for an indication that they match the amounts listed on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.  If the amounts are the same, then such Mortgage Loan would be considered a Whole Loan. If there is more than one property then the Mortgage for each Mortgaged Property would need to be aggregated. If identified as such, it will be a Test pass.	Mortgage; Mortgage Note; Loan agreement related to the Mortgage Loan (“Loan Agreement”); Mortgage Loan guaranty; Assignment of Leases; and Environmental Indemnity Agreement (collectively, the “Mortgage Loan Documents”); Mortgage Loan Schedule.
	1b	Review any notice previously delivered by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, of any alleged defect or breach with respect to any Delinquent Loan (collectively, the “MS Servicer Notices”) for notation of any Mortgage Note or Mortgage that was subject to any assignment (other than assignments to the Mortgage Loan Seller or, with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, to the related Non-Serviced Trustee for the related Non-Serviced Securitization Trust), participation or pledge, or that the Mortgage Loan Seller did not have good title to, and was the sole owner of, each Mortgage Loan free and clear of any and all liens, charges, pledges, encumbrances, participations, any other ownership interests on, in or to such Mortgage Loan other than any servicing rights appointment or similar agreement. If no such notation is found, it will be a Test pass.	MS Servicer Notices
	1c	Review the MS Servicer Notices for notation of any claim or assertion regarding the Mortgage Loan Seller	MS Servicer Notices

Exhibit PP-1

Representations and Warranties		Test	Review Materials
		not having the full right and authority to sell, assign and transfer the Mortgage Loan. If such notation is not found, it will be a Test pass.
	1d	Review the MS Servicer Notices for notation of any claim or assertion regarding the assignment to the Depositor not constituting a legal, valid and binding assignment of such Mortgage Loan free and clear of any and all liens, pledges, charges or security interests of any nature encumbering such Mortgage Loan. If such notation is not found, it will be a Test pass.	MS Servicer Notices
2. Loan Document Status. Each related Mortgage Note, Mortgage, Assignment of Leases (if a separate instrument), guaranty and other agreement executed by or on behalf of the related Mortgagor, guarantor or other obligor in connection with such Mortgage Loan is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the related Mortgagor, guarantor or other obligor (subject to any non-recourse provisions contained in any of the foregoing agreements and any applicable state anti-deficiency or market value limit deficiency legislation), as applicable, and is enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law and except that certain provisions in such Mortgage Loan documents (including, without limitation, provisions requiring the payment of default interest, late fees or Prepayment Premium/Yield Maintenance Charge) may be further limited or rendered unenforceable by applicable law, but (subject to the	2a	Review the opinion of Mortgagor’s counsel (“Mortgagor’s Counsel Opinion”) for an indication that it contains language that the related Mortgage Note, Mortgage, Assignment of Leases (if a separate instrument), guaranty and other agreement executed by or on behalf of the related Mortgagor, guarantor or other obligor in connection with such Mortgage Loan is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the related Mortgagor, guarantor or other obligor (subject to any non-recourse provisions contained in any of the foregoing agreements and any applicable state anti- deficiency or market value limit deficiency legislation), as applicable, and is enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as specified in representation and warranty 2. If such indication exists, it will be a Test pass.	Mortgagor’s Counsel Opinion
	2b	Review the MS Servicer Notices for notation of any valid offset, defense, counterclaim or right of rescission available to the related Mortgagor with respect to any of the related Mortgage Notes, Mortgages or other Mortgage Loan Documents,	MS Servicer Notices

Exhibit PP-2

Representations and Warranties		Test	Review Materials
limitations set forth above) such limitations or unenforceability will not render such Mortgage Loan documents invalid as a whole or materially interfere with the Mortgagee’s realization of the principal benefits and/or security provided thereby (clauses (i) and (ii) collectively, the “Standard Qualifications”). Except as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, there is no valid offset, defense, counterclaim or right of rescission available to the related Mortgagor with respect to any of the related Mortgage Notes, Mortgages or other Mortgage Loan documents, including, without limitation, any such valid offset, defense, counterclaim or right based on intentional fraud by Mortgage Loan Seller in connection with the origination of the Mortgage Loan, that would deny the Mortgagee the principal benefits intended to be provided by the Mortgage Note, Mortgage or other Mortgage Loan documents.		including, without limitation, any such valid offset, defense, counterclaim or right based on intentional fraud by the Mortgage Loan Seller in connection with the origination of the Mortgage Loan, that would deny the Mortgagee (as defined in the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement) the principal benefits intended to be provided by the Mortgage Note, Mortgage or other Mortgage Loan Documents. If no such notation is found, it will be a Test pass.
3. Mortgage Provisions. The Mortgage Loan documents for each Mortgage Loan, together with applicable state law, contain provisions that render the rights and remedies of the holder thereof adequate for the practical realization against the Mortgaged Property of the principal benefits of the security intended to be provided thereby, including realization by judicial or, if applicable, non-judicial foreclosure subject to the limitations set forth in the Standard Qualifications.	3	Review the Mortgage Loan Documents and Mortgagor’s Counsel Opinion for an indication that the Mortgage Loan Documents contain provisions that render the rights and remedies of the holder thereof adequate for the practical realization against the Mortgaged Property of the principal benefits of the security intended to be provided thereby, including realization by judicial or, if applicable, non-judicial foreclosure subject to the limitations set forth in the Standard Qualifications. If such indication exists, it will be a Test pass.	Mortgage Loan Documents; Mortgagor’s Counsel Opinion
4. Intentionally Omitted.	4	N/A	N/A
5. Mortgage Status; Waivers and Modifications. Since origination and except by written instruments set forth in the related Mortgage File or as otherwise provided in the related	5a	Review the MS Servicer Notices and Mortgage Loan Documents for an indication that, except by written instruments set forth in the related Mortgage File or as

Exhibit PP-3

Representations and Warranties		Test	Review Materials
Mortgage Loan documents (a) (1) to the knowledge of the Mortgage Loan Seller there has been no forbearance, waiver or modification of the material terms of the Mortgage Loan which such forbearance, waiver, or modification relates to the COVID-19 emergency and (2) other than as related to the COVID-19 emergency, the material terms of such Mortgage, Mortgage Note, Mortgage Loan guaranty and related Mortgage Loan documents have not been waived, impaired, modified, altered, satisfied, canceled, subordinated or rescinded in any respect which materially interferes with the security intended to be provided by such mortgage; (b) no related Mortgaged Property or any portion thereof has been released from the lien of the related Mortgage in any manner which materially interferes with the security intended to be provided by such Mortgage or the use or operation of the remaining portion of such Mortgaged Property; and (c) neither the Mortgagor nor the guarantor has been released from its material obligations under the Mortgage Loan. With respect to each Mortgage Loan, except as contained in a written document included in the Mortgage File, there have been no modifications, amendments or waivers, that could be reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on such Mortgage Loan consented to by the Mortgage Loan Seller on or after the Cut-off Date.		otherwise provided in the related Mortgage Loan documents (a)(1) there has been no forbearance, waiver or modification of the material terms of the Mortgage Loan which such forbearance, waiver or modification related to the COVID-19 emergency and (2) other than as related to the COVID-19 emergency, the material terms of such Mortgage, Mortgage Note, Mortgage Loan guaranty and related Mortgage Loan documents have been waived, impaired, modified, altered, satisfied, canceled, subordinated or rescinded in any respect which materially interferes with the security intended to be provided by such mortgage. If no such indication is found, it will be a Test pass.
	5b	Review the MS Servicer Notices and Mortgage Loan Documents for an indication that a related Mortgaged Property or any portion thereof has been released from the lien of the related Mortgage in any manner which materially interferes with the security intended to be provided by such Mortgage or the use or operation of the remaining portion of such Mortgaged Property except by written instruments set forth in the related Mortgage File. If no such indication is found, it will be a Test pass.	Mortgage Loan Documents; MS Servicer Notices
	5c	Review the MS Servicer Notices and Mortgage Loan Documents for an indication that a related Mortgaged Property or any portion thereof has been released from the lien of the related Mortgage in any manner which materially interferes with the security intended to be provided by such Mortgage or the use or operation of the remaining portion of such Mortgaged Property except by written instruments set forth in the related	MS Servicer Notices; Mortgage Loan Documents

Exhibit PP-4

Representations and Warranties		Test	Review Materials
		Mortgage File. If no such indication is found, it will be a Test pass.
	5d	Review the MS Servicer Notices and Mortgage Loan Documents for notation that neither Mortgagor nor guarantor has been released from its material obligations under the Mortgage Loan except by written instruments set forth in the related Mortgage File. If no such notation is found, it will be a Test pass.	MS Servicer Notices; Mortgage Loan Documents
	5e	Review the MS Servicer Notices and Mortgage Loan Documents for notation of a modification, amendment or waiver that could be reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on such Mortgage Loan consented to by the Mortgage Loan Seller on or after the Cut-off Date. If no such notation is found, it will be a Test pass.	MS Servicer Notices; Mortgage Loan Documents
6. Lien; Valid Assignment. Subject to the Standard Qualifications, each endorsement or assignment of Mortgage and assignment of Assignment of Leases from the Mortgage Loan Seller or its Affiliate is in recordable form (but for the insertion of the name of the assignee and any related recording information which is not yet available to the Mortgage Loan Seller) and constitutes a legal, valid and binding endorsement or assignment from the Mortgage Loan Seller, or its Affiliate, as applicable.  Each related Mortgage and Assignment of Leases is freely assignable without the consent of the related Mortgagor.  Each related Mortgage is a legal, valid and enforceable first lien on the related Mortgagor’s fee (or if identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, leasehold) interest in the Mortgaged Property in the principal amount of such Mortgage Loan or allocated loan	6a	Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication of any claim or assertion regarding any endorsement or assignment of Mortgage or Assignment of Leases not constituting a legal, valid and binding endorsement or assignment from the Mortgage Loan Seller, or its Affiliate, as applicable, subject to the Insolvency Qualifications. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.	MS Servicer Notices
	6b	Review the related Mortgage and the Assignment of Leases for each property for provisions to the effect that the related mortgage and Assignment of Leases is not freely assignable without the consent of the related Mortgagor. If no such provision is found, it will be a Test pass.	Mortgage; Assignment of Leases

Exhibit PP-5

Representations and Warranties		Test	Review Materials
amount (subject only to Permitted Encumbrances (as defined below) and the exceptions to representation and warranty 7 below (each such exception, a “Title Exception”), except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by the Standard Qualifications.  Such Mortgaged Property (subject to Permitted Encumbrances and Title Exceptions) as of origination and, to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, as of the Cut-off Date, is free and clear of any recorded mechanics’ or materialmen’s liens and other recorded encumbrances that would be prior to or equal with the lien of the related mortgage (which lien secures the related Whole Loan, in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan),except those which are bonded over, escrowed for or insured against by the applicable Title Policy (as described below), and as of origination and, to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, as of the Cut-off Date, no rights exist which under law could give rise to any such lien or encumbrance that would be prior to or equal with the lien of the related Mortgage, except those which are bonded over, escrowed for or insured against by the applicable Title Policy.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no representation is made as to the perfection of any security interest in rents or other personal property to the extent that possession or control of such items or actions other than the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements is required to effect such perfection.	6c	Review the Title Policy (as defined in representation and warranty 7) to determine if the related Mortgage is a first lien on the related Mortgagor’s fee (or if identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, leasehold) interest in the Mortgaged Property.  Compare the amount of the Title Policy to the principal amount of the Mortgage Loan or allocated loan amount to determine whether they are equivalent. If each such determination is made, it will be a Test pass.	Title Policy; Mortgage; Mortgage Loan Schedule
	6d	Review the Title Policy to determine if the Mortgaged Property was free and clear of any recorded mechanics’ or materialmen’s liens and other recorded encumbrances that would be prior to or equal with the lien of the related Mortgage (other than Permitted Encumbrances, Title Exceptions and those which are bonded over, escrowed for or insured against by the applicable Title Policy). If so determined, it will be a Test pass.	Title Policy
	6e	Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication of any claim or assertion that, as of the Cut-off Date, the Mortgage Loan Seller had knowledge that the Mortgaged Property was not free and clear of any recorded mechanics’ or materialmen’s liens and other recorded encumbrances that would be prior to or equal with the lien of the related Mortgage (which lien secures the related Whole Loan, in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan) (other than Permitted Encumbrances, Title Exceptions and those which are bonded over, escrowed for or insured against by the	MS Servicer Notices

Exhibit PP-6

Representations and Warranties		Test	Review Materials
		applicable Title Policy). If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.
	6f	Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication of any claim or assertion that, subject to the rights of tenants, there are rights existing which under law could give rise to any such lien or encumbrance that would be prior to or equal with the lien of the related Mortgage, except for Permitted Encumbrances and those which are bonded over, escrowed for or insured against by the applicable Title Policy. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.	MS Servicer Notices
	6g	Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication of any claim or assertion that the Mortgage Loan Seller did not have legal, valid and enforceable first lien on the related Mortgagor's fee (or if identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, leasehold), interest in the Mortgaged Property or good and marketable title free and clear of any pledge, lien, encumbrance or security interest. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.	MS Servicer Notices
7. Permitted Liens; Title Insurance. Each Mortgaged Property securing a Mortgage Loan is covered by an American Land Title Association loan title insurance policy or a comparable form of loan title insurance policy approved for use in the applicable jurisdiction (or, if such policy is yet to be issued, by a pro forma policy, a preliminary title policy or a “marked up” commitment, in each case with escrow instructions and binding on the title insurer) (the “Title Policy”) in the original principal amount of such Mortgage Loan (or with respect to a	7a	Review the Title Policy to determine if it is an American Land Title Association loan title insurance policy or another comparable form of loan title insurance policy approved for use in the applicable jurisdiction. Review the Mortgage Loan Documents to determine if the amount of the policy covers the amount of the Mortgage Loan, or for multiple properties, an amount equal to the allocated loan amount after all advances of principal. If so	Title Policy; Mortgage Loan Documents

Exhibit PP-7

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Mortgage Loan secured by multiple properties, an amount equal to at least the allocated loan amount with respect to the Title Policy for each such property) after all advances of principal (including any advances held in escrow or reserves), that insures for the benefit of the owner of the indebtedness secured by the Mortgage, the first priority lien of the mortgage (which lien secures the related Whole Loan, in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan), which lien is subject only to (a) the lien of current real property taxes, water charges, sewer rents and assessments not yet due and payable; (b) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record specifically identified in the Title Policy; (c) the exceptions (general and specific) and exclusions set forth in such Title Policy; (d) other matters to which like properties are commonly subject; (e) the rights of tenants (as tenants only) under leases (including subleases) pertaining to the related Mortgaged Property; (f) if the related Mortgage Loan constitutes a Crossed Underlying Loan, the lien of the Mortgage for another Mortgage Loan contained in the same Crossed Mortgage Loan Group, and (g) condominium declarations of record and identified in such Title Policy, provided that none of clauses (a) through (g), individually or in the aggregate, materially and adversely interferes with the value or principal use of the Mortgaged Property, the security intended to be provided by such Mortgage, or the current ability of the related Mortgaged Property to generate net cash flow sufficient to service the related Mortgage Loan or the Mortgagor’s ability to pay its obligations when they become due (collectively, the “Permitted Encumbrances”).  For purposes of clause (a) of the immediately preceding sentence,		determined with respect to each part of this Test, it will be a Test pass.
	7b	Review the Title Policy to determine if the first priority lien of the Mortgage (which lien secures the related Whole Loan, in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan),  is subject only to Permitted Encumbrances, as defined in representation and warranty 7. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.	Title Policy
	7c	Review the Title Policy to determine if any Permitted Encumbrance is a mortgage lien that is senior to or coordinate and co-equal to the lien of the related Mortgage, other than as contemplated by item (f) in the definition of Permitted Encumbrances.  If not so determined, it will be a Test pass.	Title Policy
	7d	Review the Title Policy and MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication that the coverage is not in full force and effect, that all premiums thereon have not been paid or that claims have been made by the Mortgage Loan Seller. If no such notation or other indication is found, it will be a Test pass.	Title Policy; MS Servicer Notices
	7e	Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication that the Mortgage Loan Seller, or any other holder of the Mortgage Loan, has done, by act or omission, anything that would materially impair the coverage under such policy. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.	MS Servicer Notices
	7f	Review the Title Policy to determine if the Title Policy contains no exclusion for, or affirmatively insures (except for any Mortgaged Property located in a jurisdiction where such affirmative insurance is not	Title Policy

Exhibit PP-8

Representations and Warranties		Test	Review Materials
any such taxes, assessments and other charges shall not be considered due and payable until the date on which interest and/or penalties would be payable thereon.  Except as contemplated by clause (f) of the second preceding sentence none of the Permitted Encumbrances are mortgage liens that are senior to or coordinate and co-equal with the lien of the related Mortgage.  Such Title Policy (or, if it has yet to be issued, the coverage to be provided thereby) is in full force and effect, all premiums thereon have been paid and no claims have been made by the Mortgage Loan Seller thereunder and no claims have been paid thereunder.  Neither the Mortgage Loan Seller, nor to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, any other holder of the Mortgage Loan, has done, by act or omission, anything that would materially impair the coverage under such Title Policy.  Each Title Policy contains no exclusion for, or affirmatively insures (except for any Mortgaged Property located in a jurisdiction where such affirmative insurance is not available in which case such exclusion may exist), (a) that the Mortgaged Property shown on the survey is the same as the property legally described in the Mortgage and (b) to the extent that the Mortgaged Property consists of two or more adjoining parcels, such parcels are contiguous.		available in which case such exclusion may exist), that (a) the Mortgaged Property shown on the survey is the same as the property legally described in the Mortgage and (b) to the extent that the Mortgaged Property consists of two or more adjoining parcels, such parcels are contiguous. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.
8. Junior Liens. It being understood that B notes secured by the same Mortgage as a Mortgage Loan are not subordinate mortgages or junior liens, except for any Mortgage Loan that is cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with another Mortgage Loan, as of the Cut-off Date there are no subordinate mortgages or junior mortgage liens encumbering the related Mortgaged Property other than Permitted Encumbrances, mechanics’ or materialmen’s liens (which are	8a	Review the Title Policy to determine if there is any subordinate mortgage or junior lien encumbering the related Mortgaged Property, except for any Mortgage Loan that is cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with another Mortgage Loan. If not so determined, it will be a Test pass.	Title Policy
	8b	Review the Title Policy to determine if, as of the Cut-off Date, there are no subordinate mortgages or junior	Title Policy

Exhibit PP-9

Representations and Warranties		Test	Review Materials
the subject of  representation and warranty 6 above), and equipment and other personal property financing.  The Mortgage Loan Seller has no knowledge of any mezzanine debt secured directly by interests in the related Mortgagor other than as set forth on Exhibit C-32-1 to the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.		mortgage liens encumbering the related Mortgaged Property other than Permitted Encumbrances, mechanics’ or materialmen’s liens and equipment and other personal property financing. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.
	8c	Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication that the Mortgage Loan Seller had knowledge of any mezzanine debt secured directly by interests in the related Mortgagor other than those set forth on Exhibit C-32-1 to the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.	MS Servicer Notices
9. Assignment of Leases and Rents. There exists as part of the related Mortgage File an Assignment of Leases (either as a separate instrument or incorporated into the related Mortgage).  Subject to the Permitted Encumbrances and Title Exceptions (and, in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan, subject to the related assignment of leases constituting security for the entire Whole Loan), each related Assignment of Leases creates a valid first-priority collateral assignment of, or a valid first-priority lien or security interest in, rents and certain rights under the related lease or leases, subject only to a license granted to the related Mortgagor to exercise certain rights and to perform certain obligations of the lessor under such lease or leases, including the right to operate the related leased property, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by the Standard Qualifications.  The related Mortgage or related Assignment of Leases, subject to applicable law and the Standard Qualifications, provides that, upon an event of default under the Mortgage Loan, a receiver may be appointed for the collection of rents or for the related	9a	Review the Mortgage File to determine if an Assignment of Leases (either as a separate instrument or incorporated into the related Mortgage) is in the Mortgage File. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.	Mortgage File; Assignment of Leases
	9b	Review the Title Policy to determine if the Mortgage, or any related Assignment of Leases, has been recorded, and creates a valid first-priority collateral assignment of, or a valid first-priority lien or security interest in, rents and certain rights under the related lease or leases, subject only to a license granted to the related Mortgagor to exercise certain rights and to perform  certain obligations of the lessor under such lease or leases, including the right to operate the related leased property, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by the Standard Qualifications. If so determined with respect to each part of this Test, it will be a Test pass.	Title Policy; Mortgage; Assignment of Leases
	9c	Review the Assignment of Leases (either as a separate instrument or incorporated into the related Mortgage)	Assignment of Leases; Mortgage

Exhibit PP-10

Representations and Warranties		Test	Review Materials
Mortgagee to enter into possession to collect the rents or for rents to be paid directly to the Mortgagee.		to determine if the related Mortgage, or related Assignment of Leases, subject to applicable law and the Standard Qualifications, provides that upon an event of default under the Mortgage Loan, a receiver may be appointed for the collection of rents or for the related Mortgagee to enter into possession to collect the rents or for rents or for the related Mortgagee to enter into possession to collect the rents or for rents to be paid directly to the Mortgagee. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.
10. Financing Statements. Subject to the Standard Qualifications, each Mortgage Loan or related security agreement establishes a valid security interest in, and a UCC-1 financing statement has been filed and/or recorded (or, in the case of fixtures, the Mortgage constitutes a fixture filing) in all places necessary at the time of the origination of the Mortgage Loan (or, if not filed and/or recorded, has submitted or caused to be submitted in proper form for filing and/or recording) to perfect a valid security interest in, the personal property (creation and perfection of which is governed by the UCC) owned by the Mortgagor and necessary to operate such Mortgaged Property in its current use other than (1) non-material personal property, (2) personal property subject to purchase money security interests and (3) personal property that is leased equipment.  Each UCC-1 financing statement, if any, filed with respect to personal property constituting a part of the related Mortgaged Property and each UCC-3 assignment, if any, filed with respect to such financing statement was in suitable form for filing in the filing office in which such financing statement was filed.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no representation is made as	10a	Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication of inappropriately filed or nonexistent UCC-1 financing statements. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.	MS Servicer Notices
	10b	Review the MS Servicer Notices for notation or other indication that the UCC-1, UCC-2 and UCC-3 statements were not in suitable form for filing. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.	MS Servicer Notices

Exhibit PP-11

Representations and Warranties		Test	Review Materials
to the perfection of any security interest in rents or other personal property to the extent that possession or control of such items or actions other than the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements is required to effect such perfection.
11. Condition of Property. The Mortgage Loan Seller or the originator of the Mortgage Loan inspected or caused to be inspected each related Mortgaged Property within six months of origination of the Mortgage Loan and within twelve months of the Cut-off Date. An engineering report or property condition assessment was prepared in connection with the origination of each Mortgage Loan no more than twelve months prior to the Cut-off Date. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, based solely upon due diligence customarily performed in connection with the origination of comparable mortgage loans, as of the Closing Date, each related Mortgaged Property was free and clear of any material damage (other than (i) deferred maintenance for which escrows were established at origination and (ii) any damage fully covered by insurance) that would affect materially and adversely the use or value of such Mortgaged Property as security for the Mortgage Loan.	11a	Review the engineering report or property condition assessment in the Mortgage File to determine if it is dated within six months of the origination date, and within twelve months of the Cut-off Date. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.	Engineering report; Property condition assessment
	11b	Review the engineering report or property condition assessment in the Mortgage File to determine if it was dated no more than twelve months prior to the Cut-off Date.  Review the engineering report to confirm that each related Mortgaged Property is free of material damage. If so determined with respect to each part of the Test, it will be a Test pass.	Engineering report; Property condition assessment
	11c	Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication that the Mortgage Loan Seller had knowledge of issues with the physical condition of the Mortgaged Property that the Mortgage Loan Seller believed would have a material adverse effect on the value or use of the Mortgaged Property other than those disclosed in the most recently dated engineering report or Servicing File and those addressed in sub-clauses (i) and (ii) of representation and warranty 11. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.	MS Servicer Notices
12. Taxes and Assessments. As of the date of origination and, to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, as of the Cut-off Date, all taxes, governmental assessments and other	12	Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or  other indication that all taxes, governmental assessments and other outstanding governmental	MS Servicer Notices

Exhibit PP-12

Representations and Warranties		Test	Review Materials
outstanding governmental charges (including, without limitation, water and sewage charges) due with respect to the Mortgaged Property (excluding any related personal property) securing a Mortgage Loan that is or could become a lien on the related Mortgaged Property that became due and owing prior to the Cut-off Date with respect to each related Mortgaged Property have been paid, or, if the appropriate amount of such taxes or charges is being appealed or is otherwise in dispute, the unpaid taxes or charges are covered by an escrow of funds or other security sufficient to pay such tax or charge and reasonably estimated interest and penalties, if any, thereon.  For purposes of this representation and warranty, any such taxes, assessments and other charges shall not be considered due and payable until the date on which interest and/or penalties would be payable thereon.		charges  (including, without limitation, water and sewage charges) due with respect to the Mortgaged Property (excluding any related personal property) securing a Mortgage Loan that is or could become a lien on the related Mortgage Property that became due and owing prior to the Cut-off Date with respect to the Mortgaged Property have not been paid, or if the appropriate amount of such taxes or charges is being appealed or is otherwise in dispute, the unpaid taxes or charges were not covered by an escrow of funds or other security sufficient to pay such tax or charge and reasonably estimated interest and penalties, if any, thereon. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.
13. Condemnation. As of the date of origination and to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge as of the Cut-off Date, there is no proceeding pending and, to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge as of the date of origination and as of the Cut-off Date, there is no proceeding threatened for the total or partial condemnation of such Mortgaged Property that would have a material adverse effect on the value, use or operation of the Mortgaged Property.	13	Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication of any proceeding pending or threatened for the total or partial condemnation of such Mortgaged Property as of the Cut-off date, or for a notation or other indication that the Mortgage Loan Seller had knowledge as of the Cut-off of any such proceeding that would have a material adverse effect on the value, use or operation of the Mortgaged Property. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.	MS Servicer Notices
14. Actions Concerning Mortgage Loan. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, based on evaluation of the Title Policy (as defined in representation and warranty 7), an engineering report or property condition assessment as described in representation and warranty 11, applicable local law compliance materials as described in representation and	14a	Review the Mortgage Loan Documents, the Mortgagor’s Counsel Opinion and the MS Servicer Notices for an indication of pending or filed action, suit or proceeding, arbitration or governmental investigation involving any Mortgagor, guarantor, or Mortgagor's interest in the Mortgaged Property that	Mortgage Loan Documents; Mortgagor’s Counsel Opinion; MS Servicer Notices

Exhibit PP-13

Representations and Warranties		Test	Review Materials
warranty 25, and the ESA (as defined in representation and warranty 42), as of origination there was no pending or filed action, suit or proceeding, arbitration or governmental investigation involving any Mortgagor, guarantor, or Mortgagor’s interest in the Mortgaged Property, an adverse outcome of which would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect (a) such Mortgagor’s title to the Mortgaged Property, (b) the validity or enforceability of the Mortgage, (c) such Mortgagor’s ability to perform under the related Mortgage Loan, (d) such guarantor’s ability to perform under the related guaranty, (e) the principal benefit of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage Loan documents, or (f) the current principal use of the Mortgaged Property.		existed on the origination date. If such an indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.
	14b	Review the MS Servicer Notices to determine if an adverse outcome of any such  pending, filed or threatened action, suit or proceeding, arbitration or governmental investigation involving any Mortgagor, guarantor, or Mortgaged Property would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the matters set forth in clauses (a)-(f) of representation and warranty 14. If any such adverse outcome would not reasonably be expected to adversely affect the matters set forth in clauses (a)-(f) of representation and warranty 14, it will be a Test pass.	MS Servicer Notices
15. Escrow Deposits. All escrow deposits and escrow payments currently required to be escrowed with the Mortgagee pursuant to each Mortgage Loan (including capital improvements and environmental remediation reserves) are in the possession, or under the control, of the Mortgage Loan Seller or its servicer, and there are no delinquencies (subject to any applicable grace or cure periods) in connection therewith, and all such escrows and deposits (or the right thereto) that are required under the related Mortgage Loan documents are being conveyed by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the depositor or its servicer (or, in the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, to the related depositor under the Non-Serviced PSA or the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer for the related Non-Serviced Securitization Trust).	15a	Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication of any escrow deposits and escrow payments required to be escrowed with the Mortgagee pursuant to each Mortgage Loan not in the servicer’s possession or control. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.	MS Servicer Notices
	15b	Review the Diligence File and the MS Servicer Notices to determine if all escrows and deposits required pursuant to the Mortgage Loan have been conveyed by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Depositor or its servicer (or, in the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, to the related depositor under the Non-Serviced PSA or Non-Serviced Master Servicer for the related Non-Serviced Securitization Trust). If so determined, it will be a Test pass.	Diligence File; MS Servicer Notices
16. No Holdbacks. The principal amount of the Mortgage Loan stated on the Mortgage Loan Schedule has been fully	16a	Review the Mortgage Loan Schedule, Loan Agreement, Mortgage Note and origination settlement	Mortgage Loan Schedule; Loan Agreement;

Exhibit PP-14

Representations and Warranties		Test	Review Materials
disbursed as of the Closing Date and there is no requirement for future advances thereunder (except in those cases where the full amount of the Mortgage Loan has been disbursed but a portion thereof is being held in escrow or reserve accounts pending the satisfaction of certain conditions relating to leasing, repairs, occupancy, performance or other matters with respect to the related Mortgaged Property, the Mortgagor or other considerations determined by the Mortgage Loan Seller to merit such holdback).		statement to determine if the principal amount of the Mortgage Loan was fully disbursed as of the Closing Date. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.	Mortgage Note; and Origination settlement statement
	16b	Review the Mortgage Loan Documents to determine if there is no requirement for future advances by the Mortgagee (except in those cases where the full amount of the Mortgage Loan has been disbursed but a portion thereof is being held in escrow or reserve accounts pending the satisfaction of certain conditions relating to leasing, repairs, occupancy, performance or other matters with respect to the related Mortgaged Property, the Mortgagor or other considerations determined by the Mortgage Loan Seller to merit such holdback). If so determined, it will be a Test pass.	Mortgage Loan Documents
17. Insurance. Each related Mortgaged Property is, and is required pursuant to the related mortgage to be, insured by a property insurance policy providing coverage for loss in accordance with coverage found under a “special cause of loss form” or “all risk form” that includes replacement cost valuation issued by an insurer or insurers meeting the requirements of the related Mortgage Loan documents and having a claims-paying or financial strength rating meeting the “Insurance Ratings Requirements” (as defined below), in an amount (subject to customary deductibles) not less than the lesser of (1) the original principal balance of the Mortgage Loan and (2) the full insurable value on a replacement cost basis of the improvements, furniture, furnishings, fixtures and equipment owned by the Mortgagor included in the Mortgaged Property (with no deduction for physical depreciation), but, in any event, not less than the amount necessary or containing such endorsements as are necessary to	17a	Review the Insurance Summary Report (or solely with respect to residential cooperative properties, review the insurance policies and/or certificates of insurance) to determine if it shows that the related Mortgaged Property is insured by a property insurance policy providing coverage for loss in accordance with coverage found under a “special cause of loss form” or “all-risk form” that includes replacement cost valuation issued by an insurer or insurers meeting the requirements of the related Mortgage Loan Documents and the Insurance Ratings Requirements, in an amount (subject to customary deductibles) not less than the lesser of (1) the original principal balance of any Mortgage Loan and (2) the full insurable value on a replacement cost basis of the improvements, furniture, furnishings, fixtures and equipment owned by the mortgagor and included in the Mortgaged	Insurance Summary Report (solely with respect to residential cooperative properties, the insurance policies and/or certificates of insurance)

Exhibit PP-15

Representations and Warranties		Test	Review Materials
avoid the operation of any coinsurance provisions with respect to the related Mortgaged Property. “Insurance Ratings Requirements” means either (1) a claims paying or financial strength rating of at least “A-:VIII” from A.M. Best Company (“A.M. Best”) or “A3” (or the equivalent) from Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or “A-” from S&P Global Ratings, (“S&P”) or (2) the Syndicate Insurance Ratings Requirements. “Syndicate Insurance Ratings Requirements” means insurance provided by a syndicate of insurers, as to which (i) if such syndicate consists of 5 or more members, at least 60% of the coverage is provided by insurers that meet the Insurance Ratings Requirements (under clause (1) of the definition of such term) and up to 40% of the coverage is provided by insurers that have a claims paying or financial strength rating of at least “BBB-” by S&P or at least “Baa3” by Moody’s and (ii) if such syndicate consists of 4 or fewer members, at least 75% of the coverage is provided by insurers that meet the Insurance Ratings Requirements (under clause (1) of the definition of such term) and up to 25% of the coverage is provided by insurers that have a claims paying or financial strength rating of at least “BBB-” by S&P or at least “Baa3” by Moody’s. Each related Mortgaged Property is also covered, and required to be covered pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan documents, by business interruption or rental loss insurance which (subject to a customary deductible) covers a period of not less than 12 months (or with respect to each Mortgage		Property (with no deduction for physical depreciation), but, in any event, not less than the amount necessary or containing such endorsements as are necessary to avoid the operation of any coinsurance provisions with respect to the Mortgaged Property. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.
	17b	Review the Mortgage Loan Documents for provisions requiring the insurance coverage as stated in Test 17a above. If such provisions are found, it will be a Test pass.	Mortgage Loan Documents
	17c	Review the Insurance Summary Report (or, solely with respect to residential cooperative properties, review the insurance policies and/or certificates of insurance) to determine if it shows that the related Mortgaged Property is insured for business interruption or rental loss insurance which (subject to a customary deductible) covers a period of not less than 12 months (or with respect to a Mortgage Loan on a single asset with a principal balance of $50 million or more, 18 months). If such provisions are found, it will be a Test pass.	Insurance Summary Report (solely with respect to residential cooperative properties, the insurance policies and/or certificates of insurance)
	17d	Review the Mortgage Loan Documents for provisions requiring the insurance coverage as stated in Test 17c above. If such provisions are found, it will be a Test pass.	Mortgage Loan Documents
	17e	Review the Mortgage Loan Documents and/or the survey to determine if any material part of the improvements, exclusive of a parking lot, located on the Mortgaged Property is in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having “special flood	Insurance Summary Report

Exhibit PP-16

Representations and Warranties		Test	Review Materials
Loan on a single asset with a principal balance of $50 million or more, 18 months). If any material part of the improvements, exclusive of a parking lot, located on a Mortgaged Property is in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards, the related Mortgagor is required to maintain insurance in an amount equal to the least of (a) the maximum amount available under the National Flood Insurance Program, plus such additional excess flood coverage in an amount as is generally required by prudent institutional commercial mortgage lenders originating mortgage loans for securitization, (b) the outstanding principal amount of the Mortgage Loan and (c) the insurable value of the Mortgaged Property. If the Mortgaged Property is located within 25 miles of the coast of the Gulf of Mexico or the Atlantic coast of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina or North Carolina, the related Mortgagor is required to maintain coverage for windstorm and/or windstorm related perils and/or “named storms” issued by an insurer or insurers meeting the Insurance Ratings Requirements or endorsement covering damage from windstorm and/or windstorm related perils and/or named storms, in an amount not less than the lesser of (1) the original principal balance of the Mortgage Loan and (2) the full insurable value on a replacement cost basis of the improvements, furniture, furnishings, fixtures and equipment owned by the Mortgagor and included in the Mortgaged Property (with no deduction for physical depreciation), but, in		hazards.” If so determined, review the Insurance Summary to determine whether the Mortgagor maintains insurance in an amount equal to the least of (A) the maximum amount available under the National Flood Insurance Program, plus such additional excess flood coverage in an amount as is generally required by prudent institutional commercial mortgage lenders originating mortgage loans for securitization, (B) the outstanding principal amount of the Mortgage Loan and (C) the insurable value of the Mortgaged Property. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.
	17f	If the Mortgaged Property is located within 25 miles of the coast of the Gulf of Mexico or the Atlantic coast of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina or North Carolina, review the Insurance Summary Report to  determine if the property is covered for windstorm and/or windstorm related perils and/or “named storms” by an insurer or insurers meeting the Insurance Ratings Requirements or endorsement covering damage from windstorm and/or windstorm related perils and/or named storms, in an not less than the lesser of (1) the original principal balance of the Mortgage Loan and (2) the full insurable value on a replacement cost basis of the improvements, furniture, furnishings, fixtures and equipment owned by the Mortgagor and included in the Mortgaged Property (with no deduction for physical depreciation), but, in any event, not less than the amount necessary or containing such endorsements as are necessary to avoid the operation of any coinsurance provisions	Insurance Summary Report (solely with respect to residential cooperative properties, the insurance policies and/or certificates of insurance); Diligence File

Exhibit PP-17

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any event, not less than the amount necessary or containing such endorsements as are necessary to avoid the operation of any coinsurance provisions with respect to the related Mortgaged Property by an insurer or insurers meeting the Insurance Ratings Requirements. The Mortgaged Property is covered, and required to be covered pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan documents, by a commercial general liability insurance policy issued by an insurer or insurers meeting the Insurance Ratings Requirements including coverage for property damage, contractual damage and personal injury (including bodily injury and death) in amounts as are generally required by the Mortgage Loan Seller for similar commercial and multifamily loans intended for securitization, and in any event not less than $1 million per occurrence and $2 million in the aggregate. An architectural or engineering consultant has performed an analysis of each of the Mortgaged Properties located in seismic zones 3 or 4 in order to evaluate the seismic condition of such property, for the sole purpose of assessing the probable maximum loss or scenario expected loss (“PML”) for the Mortgaged Property in the event of an earthquake. In such instance, the PML was based on a 475 year return period, an exposure period of 50 years and a 10% probability of exceedance. If the resulting report concluded that the PML would exceed 20% of the amount of the replacement costs of the improvements, earthquake insurance on such Mortgaged Property was obtained from an insurer or insurers meeting the Insurance Ratings Requirements (provided that for this		with respect to the related Mortgaged Property by an insurer or insurers meeting the Insurance Ratings Requirements. If so determined with respect to each part of this Test, it will be a Test pass.
	17g	Review the Insurance Summary Report dated before the Cut-off Date (or solely with respect to residential cooperative properties, review the insurance policies and/or certificates of insurance) and Mortgage Loan Documents to determine if the Mortgage Property is covered, and required to be covered pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan Documents, by a commercial general liability insurance policy issued by an insurer or insurers meeting the Insurance Ratings Requirements including coverage for property damage, contractual damage and personal injury (including bodily injury and death) in amounts as are generally required by the Mortgage Loan Seller for similar commercial and multifamily loans intended for securitization, and in any event not less than $1 million per occurrence and $2 million in the aggregate. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.	Insurance Summary Report (solely with respect to residential cooperative properties, the insurance policies and/or certificates of insurance); Mortgage Loan Documents
	17h	Review the property condition assessment to determine if the properties are located in a seismic zone 3 or 4. If so determined, review the seismic engineering study to determine if it has been performed by an architectural or engineering consultant for the sole purpose of assessing the PML for the Mortgaged Property in the event of an earthquake and based on a 475-year return period, an exposure period of 50 years and a 10% probability of exceedance. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.	Property condition assessment; Seismic engineering study

Exhibit PP-18

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purpose (only), the A.M. Best Company minimum rating referred to in the definition of Insurance Ratings Requirements will be deemed to be at least “A:VIII”) in an amount not less than 100% of the PML. The Mortgage Loan documents require insurance proceeds (or an amount equal to such insurance proceeds) in respect of a property loss to be applied either (a) to the repair or restoration of all or part of the related Mortgaged Property, with respect to all property losses in excess of 5% of the then-outstanding principal amount of the related Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan, as applicable, the Mortgagee (or a trustee appointed by it) having the right to hold and disburse such proceeds as the repair or restoration progresses, or (b) to the payment of the outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan together with any accrued interest thereon. All premiums on all insurance policies referred to in this section that are required by the Mortgage Loan documents to be paid as of the Cut-off Date have been paid, and such insurance policies name the Mortgagee under the Mortgage Loan and its successors and assigns as a loss payee under a Mortgagee endorsement clause or, in the case of the general liability insurance policy, as named or additional insured. Such insurance policies will inure to the benefit of the trustee (or, in the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the applicable Non-Serviced Trustee). Each related Mortgage Loan obligates the related Mortgagor to maintain all such insurance and, at such Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the Mortgagee to maintain such insurance at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense and to charge such Mortgagor for related	17i	Review the most recent seismic engineering study or Insurance Summary Report (or solely with respect to residential cooperative properties, review the insurance policies and/or certificates of insurance) to determine if the PML would exceed 20% of the amount of the replacement costs of the improvements, and if so, review to determine if earthquake insurance on such Mortgaged Property was obtained. If so determined, determine if the insurer or insurers are meeting the Insurance Ratings Requirements (as defined in representation and warranty 17, provided that for this purpose (only), the A.M. Best Company minimum rating referred to in the definition of Insurance Ratings Requirements will be deemed to be at least “A:VIII”). The insurance amount should be not less than 100% of the PML. If so determined with respect to each part of the Test, it will be a Test pass.	Seismic engineering study; Insurance Summary Report (solely with respect to residential cooperative properties, the insurance policies and/or certificates of insurance)
	17j	Review the  Mortgage Loan Documents for provisions requiring that insurance proceeds (or an amount equal to such insurance proceeds) in respect of a property loss be applied either (a) to the repair or restoration of all or part of the related Mortgaged Property, with respect to all property losses in excess of 5% of the then-outstanding principal amount of the Mortgage Loan, the Mortgagee (or a trustee appointed by it) having the right to hold and disburse such proceeds as the repair or restoration progresses, or (b) to the payment of the outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan together with any accrued interest thereon. If such provisions are found, it will be a Test pass.	Mortgage Loan Documents

Exhibit PP-19

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premiums. All such insurance policies (other than commercial liability policies) require at least 10 days’ prior notice to the Mortgagee of termination or cancellation arising because of nonpayment of a premium and at least 30 days’ prior notice to the Mortgagee of termination or cancellation (or such lesser period, not less than 10 days, as may be required by applicable law) arising for any reason other than non-payment of a premium and no such notice has been received by the Mortgage Loan Seller.	17k	Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication that insurance premiums are current as of the Cut-off Date. If such a notation or other indication is found, it will be a Test pass.	MS Servicer Notices
	17l	Review the Insurance Summary Report (or solely with respect to residential cooperative properties, review the insurance policies and/or certificates of insurance) to determine if the insurance policies name the Mortgagee under any Mortgage Loan and its successors and assigns as a loss payee under a mortgagee endorsement clause or, in the case of the general liability insurance policy, as named or additional insured. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.	Insurance Summary Report (solely with respect to residential cooperative properties, the insurance policies and/or certificates of insurance)
	17m	Review the Insurance Summary Report (or solely with respect to residential cooperative properties, review the insurance policies and/or certificates of insurance) to determine if the insurance will inure to the benefit of the trustee (or, in the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the applicable Non-Serviced Trustee). If so determined, it will be a Test pass.	Insurance Summary Report (solely with respect to residential cooperative properties, the insurance policies and/or certificates of insurance)
	17n	Review the Mortgage Loan Documents to determine if any Mortgage Loan obligates the Mortgagor to maintain all such insurance and, at such Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the Mortgagee to maintain such insurance at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense and to charge such Mortgagor for related premiums. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.	Mortgage Loan Documents
	17o	Review the Insurance Summary Report (or solely with respect to residential cooperative properties, review the insurance policies and/or certificates of insurance)	Insurance Summary Report (solely with respect to residential cooperative

Exhibit PP-20

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		to determine if the insurance policies (other than commercial liability policies) require at least 10 days’ prior notice to the Mortgagee of termination or cancellation arising because of nonpayment of a premium and at least 30 days’ prior notice to the Mortgagee of termination or cancellation (or such lesser period, not less than 10 days, as may be required by applicable law) arising for any reason other than non-payment of a premium.  If so determined, it will be a Test pass.	properties, the insurance policies and/or certificates of insurance)
	17p	Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication that any notice described in Test 17o may have been received by the Mortgage Loan Seller. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.	MS Servicer Notices
18. Access; Utilities; Separate Tax Parcels. Based solely on evaluation of the Title Policy (as defined in representation and warranty 7) and survey, if any, an engineering report or property condition assessment as described in representation and warranty 11, applicable local law compliance materials as described in representation and warranty 25, and the ESA (as defined in representation and warranty 42), each Mortgaged Property (a) is located on or adjacent to a public road and has direct legal access to such road, or has permanent access from a recorded easement or right of way permitting ingress and egress to/from a public road, (b) is served by or has access rights to public or private water and sewer (or well and septic) and other utilities necessary for the current use of the Mortgaged Property, all of which are adequate for the current use of the Mortgaged Property, and (c) constitutes one or	18a	Review the zoning report, Title Policy and survey, engineering report or property condition assessment, the Sponsor Diligence and the ESA to determine if each Mortgaged Property is located on or adjacent to a public road and has direct legal access to such road, or has permanent access easement or right of way permitting ingress and egress to/from a public road. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.	Zoning report; Title Policy; Survey; Engineering report  or property condition assessment; Sponsor Diligence; ESA
	18b	Review the zoning report, Title Policy and survey, engineering report or property condition assessment, the Sponsor Diligence and the ESA to determine if each Mortgaged Property is served by or has access rights to public or private water and sewer (or well and septic) and other utilities necessary for the current use of the Mortgaged Property, all of which are	Zoning report; Title Policy; Survey; Engineering report  or property condition assessment; Sponsor Diligence; ESA

Exhibit PP-21

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more separate tax parcels which do not include any property which is not part of the Mortgaged Property or is subject to an endorsement under the related Title Policy insuring the Mortgaged Property, or in certain cases, an application has been made or is required to be made to the applicable governing authority for creation of separate tax parcels (or the Mortgage Loan documents so require such application in the future), in which case the Mortgage Loan requires the Mortgagor to escrow an amount sufficient to pay taxes for the existing tax parcel of which the Mortgaged Property is a part until the separate tax parcels are created.		adequate for the current use of the Mortgaged Property. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.
	18c	Review the Title Policy and  survey to determine if each Mortgaged Property constitutes one or more separate tax parcels and do not include any property which is not part of the Mortgaged Property or is subject to an endorsement under the most recently dated  Title Policy insuring the Mortgaged Property, or in certain cases, an application has been made or is required to be made to the applicable governing authority for creation of separate tax parcels, in which case any Mortgage Loan requires the Mortgagor to escrow an amount sufficient to pay taxes for the existing tax parcel of which the Mortgaged Property is a part until the separate tax parcels are created. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.	Title Policy; Survey; Mortgage Loan Documents
19. No Encroachments. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge based solely on surveys obtained in connection with origination and the Title Policy obtained in connection with the origination of each Mortgage Loan, and except for encroachments that do not materially and adversely affect the current marketability or principal use of the Mortgaged Property:  (a) all material improvements that were included for the purpose of determining the appraised value of the related Mortgaged Property at the time of the origination of such Mortgage Loan are within the boundaries of the related Mortgaged Property, except for encroachments that are insured against by the applicable Title Policy; (b) no material improvements on adjoining parcels encroach onto the related Mortgaged Property except for encroachments that are insured against by the applicable Title Policy; and (c) no	19a	Review the survey and Title Policy to determine if all material improvements that were included for the purpose of determining the appraised value of the Mortgaged Property at the time of the origination of such Mortgage Loan are within the boundaries of the related Mortgaged Property, except for encroachments that are insured by applicable Title Policy. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.	Survey; Title Policy; Appraisal
	19b	Review the survey and Title Policy to determine if there exist material improvements on adjoining parcels that encroach onto the Mortgaged Property which are not insured by applicable Title Policy. If not so determined, it will be a Test pass.	Survey; Title Policy
	19c	Review the survey and Title Policy to determine if there exist material improvements that encroach upon	Survey; Title Policy

Exhibit PP-22

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material improvements encroach upon any easements except for encroachments that are insured against by the applicable Title Policy.		any easements except for encroachments that are insured against by the applicable Title Policy. If not so determined, it will be a Test pass.
20. No Contingent Interest or Equity Participation. No Mortgage Loan has a shared appreciation feature, any other contingent interest feature or a negative amortization feature (except that an ARD Loan may provide for the accrual of the portion of interest in excess of the rate in effect prior to the Anticipated Repayment Date) or an equity participation by the Mortgage Loan Seller.	20	Review the Mortgage Loan Documents for any shared appreciation feature or any other contingent interest feature or a negative amortization feature (except that an ARD Loan may provide for the accrual of the portion of interest in excess of the rate in effect prior to the Anticipated Repayment Date) or an equity participation by the Mortgage Loan Seller. If no such feature is found with respect to each part of this Test, it will be a Test pass.	Mortgage Loan Documents
21. REMIC. The Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code (but determined without regard to the rule in Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(f)(2) that treats certain defective mortgage loans as qualified mortgages), and, accordingly, (A) the issue price of the Mortgage Loan to the related Mortgagor at origination did not exceed the non-contingent principal amount of the Mortgage Loan and (B) either:  (a) such Mortgage Loan is secured by an interest in real property (including permanently affixed buildings and distinct structural components such as wiring, plumbing systems and central heating and air conditioning systems, that are integrated into such buildings, serve such buildings in their passive functions and do not produce or contribute to the production of income other than consideration for the use or occupancy of space, but excluding personal property) having a fair market value (i) at the date the Mortgage Loan was originated at least equal to 80% of the adjusted issue price of the Mortgage Loan (together with any related Pari Passu	21a	Review the origination settlement statement and Mortgage Note to determine if the proceeds advanced by the Mortgagee did not exceed the non-contingent principal amount of the Mortgage Loan. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.	Origination settlement statement; Mortgage Loan
	21b	Review the most recent appraisal and Mortgage Loan Documents to determine if  (a) the Mortgage Loan is secured by an interest in real property (including permanently affixed buildings and distinct structural components, such as wiring, plumbing systems and central heating and air-conditioning systems, that are integrated into such buildings, serve such buildings in their passive functions and do not produce or contribute to the production of income other than consideration for the use or occupancy of space, but excluding personal property) having a fair market value (i) at the date the Mortgage Loan was originated at least equal to 80% of the initial principal amount of any Mortgage Loan (together with any related Pari	Appraisal; Mortgage Loan Documents

Exhibit PP-23

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Companion Loans) on such date or (ii) at the Closing Date at least equal to 80% of the adjusted issue price of the Mortgage Loan (together with any related Pari Passu Companion Loans) on such date, provided that for purposes hereof, the fair market value of the real property interest must first be reduced by (A) the amount of any lien on the real property interest that is senior to the Mortgage Loan and (B) a proportionate amount of any lien that is in parity with the Mortgage Loan; or (b) substantially all of the proceeds of such Mortgage Loan were used to acquire, improve or protect the real property which served as the only security for such Mortgage Loan (other than a recourse feature or other third-party credit enhancement within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(a)(1)(ii)).  If the Mortgage Loan was “significantly modified” prior to the Closing Date so as to result in a taxable exchange under Section 1001 of the Code, it either (x) was modified as a result of the default or reasonably foreseeable default of such Mortgage Loan or (y) satisfies the provisions of either sub-clause (B)(a)(i) above (substituting the date of the last such modification for the date the Mortgage Loan was originated) or sub-clause (B)(a)(ii), including the proviso thereto.  For purposes of the preceding sentence, the Mortgage Loan will not be considered “significantly modified” solely by reason of the Mortgagor having been granted a COVID-19 related forbearance prior to October 1, 2021 (or prior to such later date as may be provided by the IRS in a future guidance) provided that: (a) such Mortgage Loan forbearance is covered by Revenue Procedure 2020-26 (as modified by Revenue Procedure 2021-12) by reason of satisfying the requirements for such coverage stated in Section 5.02(2) thereof; and (b) the Mortgage Loan		Passu Companion Loans) on such date or (ii) at the Closing Date at least equal to 80% of the outstanding principal amount of the  Mortgage Loan (together with any related Pari Passu Companion Loans) on such date, provided that for purposes of clauses (i) and (ii) above, the fair market value of the real property interest must first be reduced by (A) the amount of any lien on the real property interest that is senior to such Mortgage Loan and (B) a proportionate amount of any lien that is in parity with such Mortgage Loan or (b) substantially all of the proceeds of such Mortgage Loan were used to acquire, improve or protect the real property which served as the only security for such Mortgage Loan (other than a recourse feature or other third-party credit enhancement within the meaning of Treasury Regulations  Section 1.860G-2(a)(1)(ii)). If so determined, it will be a Test pass.
	21c	Review the MS Servicer Notices for an indication or other notation that the Mortgage Loan was modified prior to the Closing Date, and if so,  if the modification was made as to result in a taxable exchange under Section 1001 of the Code, it either (x) was modified as a result of the default or reasonably foreseeable default of such Mortgage Loan or (y) satisfies the provisions of either sub-clause (B)(i) in the first sentence of representation and warranty 21 (substituting the date of the last such modification for the date any Mortgage Loan was originated) or sub-clause (B)(ii) in the first sentence of representation and warranty 21, including the proviso thereto. For	MS Servicer Notices

Exhibit PP-24

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Seller shall have notified the depositor that such forbearance has occurred and notified the depositor of (x) the date on which such forbearance was granted, (y) the length in months of the forbearance, and (z) how the payments in forbearance will be paid (that is, by extension of maturity, change of amortization schedule, etc.).  Any Prepayment Premium and Yield Maintenance Charges applicable to the Mortgage Loan constitute “customary prepayment penalties” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-1(b)(2).  All terms used in this representation and warranty shall have the same meanings as set forth in the related Treasury Regulations.		purposes of the preceding sentence, the Mortgage Loan will not be considered “significantly modified” solely by reason of the Mortgagor having been granted a COVID-19 related forbearance prior to October 1, 2021 (or prior to such later date as may be provided by the IRS in a future guidance) provided that: (a) such Mortgage Loan forbearance is covered by Revenue Procedure 2020-26 (as modified by Revenue Procedure 2021-12) by reason of satisfying the requirements for such coverage stated in Section 5.02(2) thereof; and (b) the Mortgage Loan Seller shall have notified the depositor that such forbearance has occurred and notified the depositor of (x) the date on which such forbearance was granted, (y) the length in months of the forbearance, and (z) how the payments in forbearance will be paid (that is, by extension of maturity, change of amortization schedule, etc.).If there were any such modifications, and such a notation or other indication is found, it will be a Test pass.
	21d	Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication of any claim or assertion to the effect that the Prepayment Premium and Yield Maintenance Charges applicable to any Mortgage Loan do not constitute “customary prepayment penalties”. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.	MS Servicer Notices
22. Compliance with Usury Laws. The mortgage rate (exclusive of any default interest, late charges, Yield Maintenance Charge, or Prepayment Premium) of such Mortgage Loan complied as of the date of origination with, or	22a	Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication of any claim or assertion to the effect that the terms of the Mortgage Loan do not comply with applicable local, state, and federal laws in any	MS Servicer Notices

Exhibit PP-25

Representations and Warranties		Test	Review Materials
was exempt from, applicable state or federal laws, regulations and other requirements pertaining to usury.		material respect. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.
	22b	Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication of any claim or assertion to the effect that any material requirements pertaining to the origination of any Mortgage Loan, including but not limited to, usury and any and all other material requirements of any federal, state or local law have not been complied with. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.	MS Servicer Notices
	22c	Review the Mortgage Loan Documents to determine if they provide that the Mortgage Loan complied with usury laws. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.	Mortgage Loan Documents
23. Authorized to do Business. To the extent required under applicable law, as of the Cut-off Date or as of the date that such entity held the Mortgage Note, each holder of the Mortgage Note was authorized to transact and do business in the jurisdiction in which each related Mortgaged Property is located, or the failure to be so authorized does not materially and adversely affect the enforceability of such Mortgage Loan by the Trust.	23	Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication of any claim or assertion that as of the date that the Mortgage Loan Seller or any prior Mortgagee held the Mortgage Note, each such holder of the Mortgage Note was not authorized to transact or do business in the jurisdiction in which each related Mortgaged Property is located. If such a notation or other indication is found, determine whether the failure to be so authorized could not materially and adversely affect the enforceability of such Mortgage Loan by the Trust. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.	MS Servicer Notices
24. Trustee under Deed of Trust. With respect to each Mortgage which is a deed of trust, as of the date of origination and, to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, as of the Closing Date, a trustee, duly qualified under applicable law to serve as such, currently so serves and is named in the deed of trust or has been substituted in accordance with the Mortgage	24	Review the Mortgage Loan Documents to determine if a trustee is appointed. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.	Mortgage Loan Documents

Exhibit PP-26

Representations and Warranties		Test	Review Materials
and applicable law or may be substituted in accordance with the Mortgage and applicable law by the related Mortgagee.
25. Local Law Compliance. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, based upon any of a letter from any governmental authorities, a legal opinion, an architect’s letter, a zoning consultant’s report, an endorsement to the related Title Policy, a survey, or other affirmative investigation of local law compliance consistent with the investigation conducted by the Mortgage Loan Seller for similar commercial and multifamily mortgage loans intended for securitization, the improvements located on or forming part of each Mortgaged Property securing a Mortgage Loan are in material compliance with applicable laws, zoning ordinances, rules, covenants, and restrictions (collectively “Zoning Regulations”) governing the occupancy, use, and operation of such Mortgaged Property or constitute a legal non-conforming use or structure and any non-conformity with zoning laws constitutes a legal non-conforming use or structure which does not materially and adversely affect the use, operation or value of such Mortgaged Property.  In the event of casualty or destruction, (a) the Mortgaged Property may be restored or repaired to the full extent necessary to maintain the use of the structure immediately prior to such casualty or destruction, (b) law and ordinance insurance coverage has been obtained for the Mortgaged Property in amounts customarily required by the Mortgage Loan Seller for similar commercial and multifamily loans intended for securitization, (c) title insurance policy coverage has been obtained with respect to any non-conforming use or structure, or (d) the inability to restore the Mortgaged Property to the full extent of the use or structure immediately prior to the casualty would not materially and	25a	Review the zoning report, a letter from any governmental authorities, a legal opinion, an architect’s letter, a zoning consultant’s report, an endorsement to the related Title Policy, a survey or other affirmative investigation of local law compliance consistent with the investigation conducted by the Mortgage Loan Seller for similar commercial and multifamily mortgage loans intended for securitization to determine if the improvements located on or forming part of each Mortgaged Property securing a Mortgage Loan are in material compliance with applicable Zoning Regulations governing the occupancy, use, and operation of such Mortgaged Property or constitute a legal non-conforming use or structure. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.	Zoning report; Letter from any governmental authorities; Legal opinion; Architect’s letter; Endorsement  to the related Title Policy; Survey; Other affirmative investigation conducted by the Mortgage Loan Seller for similar commercial and multifamily mortgage loans intended for securitization
	25b	Review the zoning report, a letter from any governmental authorities, a legal opinion, an architect’s letter, a zoning consultant’s report, an endorsement to the related Title Policy, a survey or other affirmative investigation of local law compliance consistent with the investigation conducted by the Mortgage Loan Seller for similar commercial and multifamily mortgage loans intended for securitization to determine if any non-conformity with zoning laws constitutes a legal non-conforming use or structure which does not materially and adversely affect the use or operation of such Mortgaged Property. If so determined, review the	Zoning report; Letter from any governmental authorities; Legal opinion; Architect’s letter; Endorsement  to the related Title Policy; Survey; Other affirmative investigation conducted by the Mortgage Loan Seller for similar commercial and multifamily mortgage loans intended for

Exhibit PP-27

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adversely affect the use or operation of such Mortgaged Property. The Mortgage Loan documents require the related Mortgagor to be qualified to do business in the jurisdiction in which the related Mortgaged Property is located.		Insurance Summary Report to determine if title insurance policy was obtained prior to the Closing Date with respect to any non-conforming use or structure. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.	securitization; Insurance Summary Report
	25c	Review the Mortgage Loan Documents for provisions to the effect that, in the event of casualty or destruction, the Mortgaged Property may be restored or repaired to the full extent necessary to maintain the use of the structure immediately prior to such casualty or destruction. If such provisions are found, it will be a Test pass.	Mortgage Loan Documents
	25d	If the zoning report, a letter from any governmental authorities, a legal opinion, an architect’s letter, a zoning consultant’s report, an endorsement to the related Title Policy, a survey or other affirmative investigation of local law compliance consistent with the investigation conducted by the Mortgage Loan Seller for similar commercial and multifamily mortgage loans intended for securitization indicates that all or any part of the Mortgaged Property do not comply with zoning laws, review the Insurance Summary Report (or solely with respect to residential cooperative properties, review the insurance policies and/or certificates of insurance) to determine if law and ordinance coverage was obtained prior to the Closing Date that provides coverage for additional costs to rebuild and/or repair the property to current Zoning Regulations. If not so determined, review the Title Policy to determine if it insures over such nonconformity. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.	Zoning report; Insurance Summary Report (solely with respect to residential cooperative properties, the insurance policies and/or certificates of insurance); Letter from any governmental authorities; Legal opinion; Architect’s letter; Endorsement  to the related Title Policy; Survey; Other affirmative investigation conducted by the Mortgage Loan Seller for similar commercial and multifamily mortgage loans intended for securitization

Exhibit PP-28

Representations and Warranties		Test	Review Materials
	25e	Review the Mortgage Loan Documents for provisions that require the related Mortgagor to be qualified to do business in the jurisdiction in which the related Mortgaged Property is located. If such provisions are found, it will be a Test pass.	Mortgage Loan Documents
26. Licenses and Permits. Each Mortgagor covenants in the Mortgage Loan documents that it shall keep all material licenses, permits, franchises, certificates of occupancy and applicable governmental approvals necessary for the operation of the Mortgaged Property in full force and effect, and to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge based upon any of a letter from any government authorities, zoning consultant’s report or other affirmative investigation of local law compliance consistent with the investigation conducted by the Mortgage Loan Seller for similar commercial and multifamily mortgage loans intended for securitization; all such material licenses, permits, franchises, certificates of occupancy and applicable governmental approvals are in effect or the failure to obtain or maintain such material licenses, permits, franchises or certificates of occupancy and applicable governmental approvals does not materially and adversely affect the use and/or operation of the Mortgaged Property as it was used and operated as of the date of origination of the Mortgage Loan or the rights of a holder of the related Mortgage Loan.  The Mortgage Loan documents require the related Mortgagor to comply in all material respects with all applicable regulations, zoning and building laws.	26a	Review the Mortgage Loan Documents to determine if the Mortgagor has covenanted to keep all material licenses, permits, franchises, certificates of occupancy and applicable governmental approvals necessary for the operation of the Mortgaged Property in full force and effect. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.	Mortgage Loan Documents
	26b	Review the Mortgage Loan Documents and the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication that (a) the Mortgage Loan Seller had knowledge that any licenses, permits, franchises, certificates of occupancy and applicable governmental approvals necessary for the operation of the Mortgaged Property are not in effect, and (b) the failure to obtain or maintain such material licenses, permits, franchises or certificates of occupancy  and applicable governmental approvals necessary could materially and adversely affect the use and/or operation of the Mortgaged Property as it was used and operated as of the date of origination of the Mortgage Loan or the rights of a holder or the related Mortgage Loan. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.	Mortgage Loan Documents; MS Servicer Notices
	26c	Review the Mortgage Loan Documents for provisions requiring the related Mortgagor and the Mortgaged Property to comply in all material respects with all applicable regulations, zoning and building laws. If such provisions are found, it will be a Test pass.	Mortgage Loan Documents

Exhibit PP-29

Representations and Warranties		Test	Review Materials
27. Recourse Obligations. The Mortgage Loan documents for each Mortgage Loan (a) provide that such Mortgage Loan becomes full recourse to the Mortgagor and guarantor (which is a natural person or persons, or an entity or entities distinct from the Mortgagor (but may be affiliated with the Mortgagor) that collectively, as of the date of origination of the related Mortgage Loan, have assets other than equity in the related Mortgaged Property that are not de minimis) in any of the following events (or negotiated provisions of substantially similar effect):  (i) if any petition for bankruptcy, insolvency, dissolution or liquidation pursuant to federal bankruptcy law, or any similar federal or state law, shall be filed by, consented to, or acquiesced in by, the Mortgagor; (ii) the Mortgagor or guarantor shall have solicited or caused to be solicited petitioning creditors to cause an involuntary bankruptcy filing with respect to the Mortgagor or (iii) voluntary transfers of either the Mortgaged Property or controlling equity interests in the Mortgagor made in violation of the Mortgage Loan documents; and (b) contains provisions for recourse against the Mortgagor and guarantor (which is a natural person or persons, or an entity or entities distinct from the Mortgagor (but may be affiliated with the Mortgagor) that collectively, as of the date of origination of the related Mortgage Loan, have assets other than equity in the related Mortgaged Property that are not de minimis), for losses and damages resulting from the following (or negotiated provisions of substantially similar effect):  (i) the Mortgagor’s misappropriation of rents after an event of default, security deposits, insurance proceeds, or condemnation awards; (ii) the Mortgagor’s fraud or intentional material misrepresentation; (iii) breaches of the environmental covenants in the Mortgage	27a	Review the Mortgage Loan Documents for provisions permitting full recourse to the Mortgagor and guarantor (which is a natural person or persons, or an entity or entities distinct from the Mortgagor (but may be Affiliated with the Mortgagor) that collectively, as of the date of origination of the related Mortgage Loan, have assets other than equity in the related Mortgaged Property that are not de minimis)  in connection with the events or circumstances set forth in clauses (a)(i) through (a)(iii) of representation and warranty 27. If such provisions are found, it will be a Test pass.	Mortgage Loan Documents
	27b	Review the Mortgage Loan Documents to determine if there exist provisions permitting recourse against the Mortgagor and guarantor (which is a natural person or persons, or an entity or entities distinct from the Mortgagor (but may be Affiliated with the Mortgagor) that collectively, as of the date of origination of the related Mortgage Loan, have assets other than equity in the related Mortgaged Property that are not de minimis), for losses and damages resulting from the events or circumstances set forth in clauses (b)(i) through (b)(iv) of representation and warranty 27. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.	Mortgage Loan Documents

Exhibit PP-30

Representations and Warranties		Test	Review Materials
Loan documents; or (iv) the Mortgagor’s commission of intentional material physical waste at the Mortgaged Property (but, in some cases, only to the extent there is sufficient cash flow generated by the related Mortgaged Property to prevent such waste).
28. Mortgage Releases. The terms of the related Mortgage or related Mortgage Loan documents do not provide for release of any material portion of the Mortgaged Property from the lien of the Mortgage except (a) a partial release, accompanied by principal repayment, or partial defeasance (as described in representation and warranty 33) of not less than a specified percentage at least equal to 110% of the related allocated loan amount of such portion of the Mortgaged Property, (b) upon payment in full of such Mortgage Loan, (c) upon a Defeasance (defined in representation and warranty 33 below), (d) releases of out-parcels that are unimproved or other portions of the Mortgaged Property which will not have a material adverse effect on the underwritten value of the Mortgaged Property and which were not afforded any material value in the appraisal obtained at the origination of the Mortgage Loan and are not necessary for physical access to the Mortgaged Property or compliance with zoning requirements, or (e) as required pursuant to an order of condemnation. With respect to any partial release under the preceding clauses (a) or (d), either: (x) such release of collateral (i) would not constitute a “significant modification” of the subject Mortgage Loan within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(b)(2) and (ii) would not cause the subject Mortgage Loan to fail to be a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3)(A) of the Code; or (y) the Mortgagee or servicer can, in accordance with the	28a	Review the Mortgage Loan Documents for provisions stating that, if the related Mortgage Loan Documents permit a property release, the only conditions under which a property may be released during the life of the Mortgage Loan are as set forth in clauses (a) through (e) of the first sentence of representation and warranty 28. If such provisions are found, it will be a Test pass.	Mortgage Loan Documents
	28b	Review the Mortgage Loan Documents for provisions stating that with respect to any partial release described in clauses (a) or (d) of the first sentence of representation and warranty 28 either: (x) such release of collateral (i) would not constitute a “significant modification” of the subject Mortgage Loan within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(b)(2) and (ii) would not cause the subject Mortgage Loan to fail to be a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3)(A) of the Code; or (y) the Mortgagee or servicer can, in accordance with the related Loan Documents, condition such release of collateral on the related Mortgagor’s delivery of an opinion of tax counsel to the effect specified in the immediately preceding clause (x). For purposes of the preceding clause (x), if the fair market value of the real property constituting such Mortgaged Property (reduced by (1) the amount of any lien on the real property that is senior to the Mortgage Loan and (2) a	Mortgage Loan Documents

Exhibit PP-31

Representations and Warranties		Test	Review Materials
related Mortgage Loan documents, condition such release of collateral on the related Mortgagor’s delivery of an opinion of tax counsel to the effect specified in the immediately preceding clause (x). For purposes of the preceding clause (x), if the fair market value of the real property constituting such Mortgaged Property (reduced by (1) the amount of any lien on the real property that is senior to the Mortgage Loan and (2) a proportionate amount of any lien on the real property that is in parity with the Mortgage Loan) after the release is not equal to at least 80% of the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan (together with any related Pari Passu Companion Loans) outstanding after the release, the Mortgagor is required to make a payment of principal in an amount not less than the amount required by the REMIC Provisions. In the case of any Mortgage Loan, in the event of a taking of any portion of a Mortgaged Property by a State or any political subdivision or authority thereof, whether by legal proceeding or by agreement, unless an opinion of counsel is delivered as specified in clause (y) of the preceding paragraph, the Mortgagor can be required to pay down the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan (together with any related Pari Passu Companion Loans) in an amount not less than the amount required by the REMIC Provisions and, to such extent, the award from any such taking may not be required to be applied to the restoration of the Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgagor, if, immediately after the release of such portion of the Mortgaged Property from the lien of the Mortgage (but taking into account the planned restoration) the fair market value of the real property		proportionate amount of any lien on the real property that is in parity with the Mortgage Loan) after the release is not equal to at least 80% of the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan (together with any related Pari Passu Companion Loans) outstanding after the release, the Mortgagor is required to make a payment of principal in an amount not less than the amount required by the REMIC Provisions. If such provisions are found, it will be a Test pass.
	28c	Review the Loan Documents for provisions stating that in the case of any Mortgage Loan, in the event of a taking of any portion of a Mortgaged Property by a State or any political subdivision or authority thereof, whether by legal proceeding or by agreement, the Mortgagor can be required to pay down the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan (together with any related Pari Passu Companion Loans) in an amount not less than the amount required by the REMIC Provisions and, to such extent, the award from any such taking may not be required to be applied to the restoration of the Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgagor, if, immediately after the release of such portion of the Mortgaged Property from the lien of the Mortgage (but taking into account the planned restoration) the fair market value of the real property constituting the remaining Mortgaged Property (reduced by (1) the amount of any lien on the real property that is senior to the Mortgage Loan and (2) a proportionate amount of any lien on the real property that is in parity with the Mortgage Loan) is not equal to at least 80% of the remaining principal balance of	Mortgage Loan Documents

Exhibit PP-32

Representations and Warranties		Test	Review Materials
constituting the remaining Mortgaged Property (reduced by (1) the amount of any lien on the real property that is senior to the Mortgage Loan and (2) a proportionate amount of any lien on the real property that is in parity with the Mortgage Loan) is not equal to at least 80% of the remaining principal balance of the Mortgage Loan (together with any related Pari Passu Companion Loans). No such Mortgage Loan that is secured by more than one Mortgaged Property or that is cross-collateralized with another Mortgage Loan permits the release of cross-collateralization of the related Mortgaged Properties or a portion thereof, including due to a partial condemnation, other than in compliance with the REMIC Provisions.		the Mortgage Loan (together with any related Pari Passu Companion Loans). If such provisions are found, it will be a Test pass.
	28d	Review the Mortgage Loan Documents for provisions stating that no such Mortgage Loan that is secured by more than one Mortgaged Property or that is cross- collateralized with another Mortgage Loan permits the release of cross-collateralization of the related Mortgaged Properties or a portion thereof, including due to a partial condemnation, other than in compliance with the REMIC Provisions. If such provisions are found, it will be a Test pass.	Mortgage Loan Documents
29. Financial Reporting and Rent Rolls. Each Mortgage Loan requires the Mortgagor to provide the owner or holder of the Mortgage Loan with (a) quarterly (other than for single-tenant properties) and annual operating statements, (b) quarterly (other than for single-tenant properties) rent rolls (or maintenance schedules in the case of Mortgage Loans secured by residential cooperative properties) for properties that have any individual lease which accounts for more than 5% of the in-place base rent, and (c) annual financial statements.	29a	Review the Mortgage Loan Documents for provisions that require the Mortgagor to provide the owner or holder of the Mortgage Loan with quarterly (other than for single-tenant properties) and annual operating statements. If such provisions are found, it will be a Test pass.	Mortgage Loan Documents
	29b	Review the Mortgage Loan Documents for provisions that require the Mortgagor to provide the owner or holder of the Mortgage Loan with quarterly (other than for single-tenant properties) rent rolls (or maintenance schedules in the case of Mortgage Loans secured by residential cooperative properties) for properties that have any individual ease which accounts for more than 5% of the in-place base rent and annual financial statements.  If such provisions are found, it will be a Test pass.	Mortgage Loan Documents

Exhibit PP-33

Representations and Warranties		Test	Review Materials
30. Acts of Terrorism Exclusion. With respect to each Mortgage Loan over $20 million, and to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge with respect to each Mortgage Loan of $20 million or less, as of origination the related special-form all-risk insurance policy and business interruption policy (issued by an insurer or insurers meeting the Insurance Ratings Requirements) do not specifically exclude Acts of Terrorism, as defined in the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002, as amended (collectively referred to as “TRIPRA”), from coverage, or if such coverage is excluded, it is covered by a separate terrorism insurance policy.  With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the related Mortgage Loan documents do not expressly waive or prohibit the Mortgagee from requiring coverage for Acts of Terrorism, as defined in TRIPRA, or damages related thereto, except to the extent that any right to require such coverage may be limited by commercial availability on commercially reasonable terms, or as otherwise indicated on Schedule C to the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement; provided that if TRIPRA or a similar or subsequent statute is not in effect, then, provided that terrorism insurance is commercially available, the Mortgagor under each Mortgage Loan is required to carry terrorism insurance, but in such event the Mortgagor shall not be required to spend on terrorism insurance coverage more than two times the amount of the insurance premium that is payable in respect of the property and business interruption/rental loss insurance required under the related Mortgage Loan documents (without giving effect to the cost of terrorism and earthquake components of such casualty and business interruption/rental loss insurance) at the time of the origination of the Mortgage Loan, and if the cost of terrorism	30a	Review the Mortgage Loan Documents to determine if the original principal balance was greater than $20 million. If so, review the insurance coverage review document for an indication that the special-form all-risk insurance policy and business interruption policy (issued by an insurer or insurers meeting the Insurance Rating Requirements) do not specifically exclude acts of terrorism, from coverage, or if they do, there exists a separate terrorism insurance policy related to the Mortgaged Property.  If such an indication is found, it will be a Test pass.	Mortgage Loan Documents; Insurance coverage review document
	30b	Review the Mortgage Loan Documents for provisions that do not expressly waive or prohibit the Mortgagee from requiring coverage for Acts of Terrorism, as defined in TRIPRA (as defined in representation and warranty 30), or damages related thereto, except to the extent that any right to require such coverage may be limited by commercial availability on commercially reasonable terms, or as otherwise indicated on Schedule C to the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement; provided, that if TRIPRA or a similar or subsequent statute is not in effect, then, provided that terrorism insurance is commercially available, the Mortgagor under each Mortgage Loan is required to carry terrorism insurance, but in such event the Mortgagor shall not be required to spend on terrorism insurance coverage more than two times the amount of the insurance premium that is payable in respect of the property and business interruption/rental loss insurance required under the related Mortgage Loan documents (without giving effect to the cost of	Mortgage Loan Documents

Exhibit PP-34

Representations and Warranties		Test	Review Materials
insurance exceeds such amount, the Mortgagor is required to purchase the maximum amount of terrorism insurance available with funds equal to such amount.		terrorism and earthquake components of such casualty and business interruption/rental loss insurance) at the time of the origination of the Mortgage Loan, and if the cost of terrorism insurance exceeds such amount, the Mortgagor is required to purchase the maximum amount of terrorism insurance available with funds equal to such amount. If such provisions are not found, it will be a Test pass.
31. Due on Sale or Encumbrance. Subject to specific exceptions set forth below, each Mortgage Loan contains a “due-on-sale” or other such provision for the acceleration of the payment of the unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan if, without the consent of the holder of the Mortgage (which consent, in some cases, may not be unreasonably withheld) and/or complying with the requirements of the related Mortgage Loan documents (which provide for transfers without the consent of the Mortgagee which are customarily acceptable to the Mortgage Loan Seller, including, but not limited to, transfers of worn-out or obsolete furnishings, fixtures, or equipment promptly replaced with property of equivalent value and functionality and transfers by leases entered into in accordance with the Mortgage Loan documents), (a) the related Mortgaged Property, or any equity interest of greater than 50% in the related Mortgagor, is directly or indirectly pledged, transferred or sold (in each case a “Transfer”), other than as related to (i) family and estate planning Transfers or Transfers upon death or legal incapacity, (ii) Transfers to certain affiliates as defined in the related Mortgage Loan documents, (iii) Transfers of less than, or other than, a controlling interest in a Mortgagor, (iv) Transfers to another holder of direct or indirect equity in the	31a	Review the Mortgage Loan Documents for “due-on-sale” or other such provisions for the acceleration of the payment of the unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan in the circumstances described in the first sentence of representation and warranty 31. If such provisions are found, it will be a Test pass.	Mortgage Loan Documents
	31b	Review the Mortgage Loan Documents for provisions that require that if Rating Agency fees are incurred in connection with the review of and consent to any transfer or encumbrance, the Mortgagor is responsible for such payment along with all other reasonable fees and expenses incurred by the Mortgagee relative to such transfer or encumbrance. If such provisions are found, it will be a Test pass.	Mortgage Loan Documents

Exhibit PP-35

Representations and Warranties		Test	Review Materials
Mortgagor, a specific Person designated in the related Mortgage Loan documents or a Person satisfying specific criteria identified in the related Mortgage Loan documents, (v) Transfers of common stock in publicly traded companies, (vi) a substitution or release of collateral within the parameters of representation and warranties 28 and 33 herein, or (vii) by reason of any mezzanine debt that existed at the origination of the related Mortgage Loan as set forth on Exhibit C-32-1 to the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, or future permitted mezzanine debt  as set forth on Exhibit C-32-2 to the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or (b) the related Mortgaged Property is encumbered with a subordinate lien or security interest against the related Mortgaged Property, other than (i) any Companion Loan of any Mortgage Loan or any subordinate debt that existed at origination and is permitted under the related Mortgage Loan documents, (ii) purchase money security interests, (iii) any Mortgage Loan that is cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with another Mortgage Loan as set forth on Exhibit C-32-3 to the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or (iv) Permitted Encumbrances.  The Mortgage or other Mortgage Loan documents provide that to the extent any Rating Agency fees are incurred in connection with the review of and consent to any transfer or encumbrance, the Mortgagor is responsible for such payment along with all other reasonable fees and expenses incurred by the Mortgagee relative to such transfer or encumbrance.
32. Single-Purpose Entity. Each Mortgage Loan requires the Mortgagor to be a Single-Purpose Entity for at least as long as the Mortgage Loan is outstanding.  Each Mortgage Loan with	32a	Review the Mortgage Loan Documents for provisions that require that the Mortgagor to be a Single-Purpose Entity (as defined in representation and warranty 32)	Mortgage Loan Documents

Exhibit PP-36

Representations and Warranties		Test	Review Materials
a Cut-off Date Balance of $30 million or more has a counsel’s opinion regarding non-consolidation of the Mortgagor.  For this purpose, a “Single-Purpose Entity” shall mean an entity, other than an individual, whose organizational documents and the related Mortgage Loan documents (or if the Mortgage Loan has a Cut-off Date Balance equal to $10 million or less, its organizational documents or the related Mortgage Loan documents) provide substantially to the effect that it was formed or organized solely for the purpose of owning and operating one or more of the Mortgaged Properties and prohibit it from engaging in any business unrelated to such Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties, and whose organizational documents further provide, or which entity represented in the related Mortgage Loan documents, substantially to the effect that it does not have any assets other than those related to its interest in and operation of such Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties, or any indebtedness other than as permitted by the related Mortgage(s) or the other related Mortgage Loan documents, that it has its own books and records and accounts separate and apart from those of any other person (other than a Mortgagor for a Mortgage Loan that is cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with the related Mortgage Loan), and that it holds itself out as a legal entity, separate and apart from any other person or entity.		for at least as long as any Mortgage Loan is outstanding. If such provisions are found, it will be a Test pass.
	32b	Review the Mortgage Loan Schedule for the Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loan. If the Mortgage Loan had a Cut-off Date Balance in excess of $10 million, review the related Mortgage Loan Documents and the Mortgagor’s organizational documents for provisions that require the Mortgagor to be a Single-Purpose Entity. If the provisions exist, it will be a Test pass.	Mortgage Loan Schedule; Mortgage Loan Documents; Mortgagor’s organizational documents
	32c	Review the Mortgage Loan Schedule for the Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loan. If the Mortgage Loan had a Cut-off Date Balance in excess of $30 million, review the Mortgagor’s Counsel Opinion regarding non-consolidation of the Mortgagor. If such an opinion is found, it will be a Test pass.	Mortgage Loan Schedule; Mortgagor’s Counsel Opinion
33. Defeasance. With respect to any Mortgage Loan that, pursuant to the Mortgage Loan documents, can be defeased (a “Defeasance”), (i) the Mortgage Loan documents provide for defeasance as a unilateral right of the Mortgagor, subject to satisfaction of conditions specified in the Mortgage Loan documents; (ii) the Mortgage Loan cannot be defeased within	33	Review the Mortgage Loan Documents for provisions allowing the Mortgage Loan to be defeased, and if so, whether such Mortgage Loan Documents contain the provisions described in clauses (i) through (viii) of representation and warranty 33. If such provisions are found, it will be a Test pass.	Mortgage Loan Documents

Exhibit PP-37

Representations and Warranties	Test	Review Materials
two years after the Closing Date; (iii) the Mortgagor is permitted to pledge only United States “government securities” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(a)(8)(ii), the revenues from which will be sufficient to make all scheduled payments under the Mortgage Loan when due, including the entire remaining principal balance on the maturity date (or on or after the first date on which payment may be made without payment of a Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium) or, if the Mortgage Loan is an ARD Loan, the entire principal balance outstanding on the Anticipated Repayment Date (or on or after the first date on which payment may be made without payment of a Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium), and if the Mortgage Loan permits partial releases of real property in connection with partial defeasance, the revenues from the collateral will be sufficient to pay all such scheduled payments calculated on a principal amount equal to a specified percentage at least equal to 110% of the allocated loan amount for the real property to be released; (iv) the defeasance collateral is not permitted to be subject to prepayment, call, or early redemption; (v) the Mortgagor is required to provide a certification from an independent certified public accountant that the collateral is sufficient to make all scheduled payments under the Mortgage Note as set forth in clause (iii) above; (vi) the defeased note and the defeasance collateral are required to be assumed by a Single-Purpose Entity; (vii) the Mortgagor is required to provide an opinion of counsel that the trustee has a perfected security interest in such collateral prior to any other claim or interest; and (viii) the Mortgagor is required to pay all rating agency fees associated with defeasance (if rating confirmation is a

Exhibit PP-38

Representations and Warranties		Test	Review Materials
specific condition precedent thereto) and all other reasonable expenses associated with defeasance, including, but not limited to, accountant’s fees and opinions of counsel.
34. Fixed Interest Rates. Each Mortgage Loan bears interest at a rate that remains fixed throughout the remaining term of such Mortgage Loan, except in the case of ARD Loans and in situations where default interest is imposed.	34	Review the Mortgage Loan Documents for an indication that the loan has a fixed interest rate that remains fixed throughout the term of such Mortgage Loan, except in the case of ARD Loans and situations where default interest is imposed. If such an indication is found, it will be a Test pass.	Mortgage Loan Documents
35. Ground Leases. For purposes of these representations and warranties, a “Ground Lease” shall mean a lease creating a leasehold estate in real property where the fee owner as the ground lessor conveys for a term or terms of years its entire interest in the land and buildings and other improvements, if any, comprising the premises demised under such lease to the ground lessee (who may, in certain circumstances, own the building and improvements on the land), subject to the reversionary interest of the ground lessor as fee owner. With respect to any Mortgage Loan where the Mortgage Loan is secured by a Ground Leasehold estate in whole or in part, and the related Mortgage does not also encumber the related lessor’s fee interest in such Mortgaged Property, based upon the terms of the Ground Lease and any estoppel or other agreement received from the ground lessor in favor of Mortgage Loan Seller, its successors and assigns (collectively, the “Ground Lease and Related Documents”), Mortgage Loan Seller represents and warrants that:	35a	Review the appraisal to determine if the Mortgage Loan is secured by a Ground Lease (as defined in representation and warranty 35), in whole or in part. If so, review the Title Policy and Mortgage Loan Documents for an indication that the related Mortgage does not also encumber the lessor’s fee interest in the Mortgaged Property. If such an indication exists, proceed to Tests 35b through 35r.	Appraisal; Title Policy; Mortgage Loan Documents
	35b	Review the Title Policy and Mortgage Loan Documents for an indication that the Ground Lease or memorandum has been recorded or submitted for recordation. If such indication is found, it will be a Test pass.	Title Policy; Mortgage Loan Documents
	35c	Review the Ground Lease and Related Documents for an indication that the interest of the lessee is permitted to be encumbered by the Mortgage and does not restrict the use of the Mortgaged Property by such lessee, its successors or assigns in a manner that would adversely affect the security provided by the Mortgage. If such indication is found, it will be a Test pass.	Ground Lease and Related Documents

Exhibit PP-39

Representations and Warranties		Test	Review Materials
(a)       The Ground Lease or a memorandum regarding such Ground Lease has been duly recorded or submitted for recordation in a form that is acceptable for recording in the applicable jurisdiction. The Ground Lease and Related Documents permit the interest of the lessee to be encumbered by the related Mortgage and do not restrict the use of the related Mortgaged Property by such lessee, its successors or assigns in a manner that would materially adversely affect the security provided by the related Mortgage. No material change in the terms of the Ground Lease has occurred since its recordation, except by any written instruments which are included in the related Mortgage File; (b)       The lessor under such Ground Lease has agreed in a writing included in the related Mortgage File (or in such Ground Lease and Related Documents) that the Ground Lease may not be amended, modified, canceled or terminated by agreement of lessor and lessee without the prior written consent of the Mortgagee and that any such action without such consent is not binding on the Mortgagee, its successors or assigns, provided that the Mortgagee has provided lessor with notice of its lien in accordance with the terms of the Ground Lease; (c)       The Ground Lease has an original term (or an original term plus one or more optional renewal terms, which, under all circumstances, may be exercised, and will be enforceable, by either the Mortgagor or the Mortgagee) that extends not less than 20 years beyond the stated maturity of the related Mortgage Loan, or 10 years past the stated maturity if such	35d	Review the MS Servicer Notices for notation that, as of the Closing Date, there was a material change in the terms of the Ground Lease since its recordation. If no such notation is found, it will be a Test pass. If such notation is found, review the Mortgage File for a modification agreement or other such instrument is in the Mortgage File. If the modification agreement or instrument is in the Mortgage File, it will be a Test pass.	MS Servicer Notices; Mortgage File
	35e	Review the Ground Lease and Related Documents for a provision that the Ground Lease may not be amended, modified, canceled or terminated without the prior written consent of the Mortgagee and that any such action without such consent is not binding on the Mortgagee, its successors or assigns, provided that Mortgagee has provided lessor with notice of its lien in accordance with the terms of the Ground Lease. If such a provision is found, it will be a Test pass.	Ground Lease and Related Documents
	35f	Review the Ground Lease and Related Documents for an indication that it has an original term (or an original term plus one or more optional renewal terms, which, under all circumstances, may be exercised, and will be enforceable, by either Mortgagor or the Mortgagee) that extends not less than 20 years beyond the stated maturity of the related Mortgage Loan, or ten years past the stated maturity if such Mortgage Loan fully amortizes by the stated maturity (or with respect to a Mortgage Loan that accrues on an actual 360 basis, substantially  amortizes). If such an indication is found, it will be a Test pass.	Ground Lease and Related Documents

Exhibit PP-40

Representations and Warranties		Test	Review Materials
Mortgage Loan fully amortizes by the stated maturity (or with respect to a Mortgage Loan that accrues on an actual 360 basis, substantially amortizes); (d)       The Ground Lease either (i) is not subject to any interests, estates, liens or encumbrances superior to, or of equal priority with, the Mortgage, except for the related fee interest of the ground lessor and the Permitted Encumbrances and Title Exceptions; or (ii) is the subject of a subordination, non-disturbance or attornment agreement or similar agreement to which the Mortgagee on the lessor’s fee interest is subject; (e)       Subject to the notice requirements of the Ground Lease and Related Documents, the Ground Lease does not place commercially unreasonable restrictions on the identity of the Mortgagee and the Ground Lease is assignable to the holder of the Mortgage Loan and its successors and assigns without the consent of the lessor thereunder (or, if such consent is required it either has been obtained or cannot be unreasonably withheld, provided that such Ground Lease has not been terminated and all amounts due thereunder have been paid), and in the event it is so assigned, it is further assignable by the holder of the Mortgage Loan and its successors and assigns without the consent of the lessor (or, if such consent is required it either has been obtained or cannot be unreasonably withheld, provided that such Ground Lease has not been terminated and all amounts due thereunder have been paid);	35g	Review the Title Policy for an indication that the Ground Lease is either (i) is not subject to any interests, estates, liens or encumbrances superior to, or of equal priority with, the Mortgage, except for the related fee interest of the ground lessor and the Permitted Encumbrances and Title Exceptions, or (ii) is the subject of a subordination, non-disturbance or attornment agreement or similar agreement to which the Mortgagee on the lessor’s fee interest is subject. If either indication is found, it will be a Test pass.	Title Policy; SNDA
	35h	Review the Ground Lease and Related Documents for an indication that the Ground Lease does not place commercially unreasonable restrictions on the identity of the Mortgagee and the Ground Lease is assignable to the holder of the Mortgage Loan and its successors and assigns without the consent of the lessor thereunder (or, if such consent is required it either has been obtained or cannot be unreasonably withheld, provided that such Ground Lease has not been terminated an all amounts due thereunder have been paid). If such indication is found, it will be a Test pass.	Ground Lease and Related Documents
	35i	Review the Ground Lease and Related Documents for an indication that in the event it is so assigned, it is further assignable by the holder of the Mortgage Loan and its successors and assigns without the consent of the lessor (or, if such consent is required it either has been obtained or cannot be unreasonably withheld, provided that such Ground Lease has not been terminated an all amounts due thereunder have been	Ground Lease and Related Documents

Exhibit PP-41

Representations and Warranties		Test	Review Materials
(f)       The Mortgage Loan Seller has not received any written notice of material default under or notice of termination of such Ground Lease. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, there is no material default under such Ground Lease and no condition that, but for the passage of time or giving of notice, would result in a material default under the terms of such Ground Lease and to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, such Ground Lease is in full force and effect as of the Closing Date; (g)       The Ground Lease and Related Documents require the lessor to give to the Mortgagee written notice of any default, and provide that no notice of default or termination is effective against the Mortgagee unless such notice is given to the Mortgagee; (h)       A Mortgagee is permitted a reasonable opportunity (including, where necessary, sufficient time to gain possession of the interest of the lessee under the Ground Lease through legal proceedings) to cure any default under the Ground Lease which is curable after the Mortgagee’s receipt of notice of any default before the lessor may terminate the Ground Lease; (i)       The Ground Lease does not impose any restrictions on subletting that would be viewed as commercially unreasonable by the Mortgage Loan Seller in connection with the origination of similar commercial or multifamily loans intended for securitization;		paid). If such indication is found, it will be a Test pass.
	35j	Review the MS Servicer Notices for notation that the Mortgage Loan Seller has received any written notice of material default under or notice of termination of such Ground Lease. If no such notation is found, it will be a Test pass.	MS Servicer Notices
	35k	Review the MS Servicer Notices for notation that to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, there is a material default under such Ground Lease or condition that, but for the passage of time or giving of notice, would result in a material default under the terms of such Ground Lease. If no such notation is found, it will be a Test pass.	MS Servicer Notices
	35l	Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation that to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, such Ground Lease was not in full force and effect as of the Closing Date. If no such notation is found, it will be a Test pass.	MS Servicer Notices
	35m	Review the Ground Lease and Related Documents for provisions that the lessor is required to give to the Mortgagee written notice of any default, and provide that no notice of default or termination is effective against the Mortgagee unless such notice is given to the Mortgagee. If such provisions are found, it will be a Test pass.	Ground Lease and Related Documents
	35n	Review the Ground Lease and Related Documents for provisions that the Mortgagee is permitted a reasonable opportunity (including, where necessary, sufficient time to gain possession of the interest of the lessee under the Ground Lease through legal	Ground Lease and Related Documents

Exhibit PP-42

Representations and Warranties		Test	Review Materials
(j)       Under the terms of the Ground Lease and Related Documents, any related insurance proceeds or the portion of the condemnation award allocable to the ground lessee’s interest (other than in respect of a total or substantially total loss or taking as addressed in subpart (k)) will be applied either to the repair or to restoration of all or part of the related Mortgaged Property with (so long as such proceeds are in excess of the threshold amount specified in the related Mortgage Loan documents) the Mortgagee or a trustee appointed by it having the right to hold and disburse such proceeds as repair or restoration progresses, or to the payment of the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, together with any accrued interest; (k)       In the case of a total or substantially total taking or loss, under the terms of the Ground Lease and Related Documents, any related insurance proceeds, or portion of the condemnation award allocable to ground lessee’s interest in respect of a total or substantially total loss or taking of the related Mortgaged Property to the extent not applied to restoration, will be applied first to the payment of the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, together with any accrued interest; and (l)       Provided that the Mortgagee cures any defaults which are susceptible to being cured, the ground lessor has agreed to enter into a new lease with the Mortgagee upon termination of the Ground Lease for any reason, including rejection of the Ground Lease in a bankruptcy proceeding.		proceedings) to cure any default under the Ground Lease which is curable after the Mortgagee’s receipt of notice of any default before the lessor may terminate the Ground Lease. If such provisions are found, it will be a Test pass.
	35o	Review the Ground Lease for provisions that impose any commercially unreasonable restrictions on subletting in connection with the origination of similar commercial or multifamily loans intended for securitization. If no such provisions are found, it will be a Test pass.	Ground Lease
	35p	Review the Ground Lease and Related Documents and the Mortgage Loan Documents for an indication that any related insurance proceeds or the portion of the condemnation award allocable to the ground lessee’s interest (other than in respect of a total or substantially total loss or taking as addressed in subpart (34k)) will be applied either to the repair or to restoration of all or part of the related Mortgaged Property with (so long as such proceeds are in excess of the threshold amount specified in the related Mortgage Loan Documents) the Mortgagee or a trustee appointed by it having the right to hold and disburse such proceeds as repair or restoration progresses, or to the payment of the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, together with any accrued interest. If such indications are found, it will be a Test pass.	Ground Lease and Related Documents; Mortgage Loan Documents
	35q	Review the Ground Lease and Related Documents and the  Mortgage Loan Documents for an indication that, in the case of a total or substantially total taking or loss, under the terms of the Ground Lease, an estoppel	Ground Lease and Related Documents; Mortgage Loan Documents

Exhibit PP-43

Representations and Warranties		Test	Review Materials
		or other agreement and the related Mortgage (taken together), any related insurance proceeds, or portion of the condemnation award allocable to the ground lessee’s interest in respect of a total or substantially total loss or taking of the related Mortgaged Property to the extent not applied to restoration, will be applied first to the payment of the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, together with any accrued interest. If such an indication is found, it will be a Test pass.
	35r	Review the Ground Lease and Related Documents for provisions that, provided that the Mortgagee cures any defaults which are susceptible to being cured, the ground lessor has agreed to enter into a new lease with the Mortgagee upon termination of the Ground Lease for any reason, including rejection of the Ground Lease in a bankruptcy proceeding. If such provisions are found, it will be a Test pass.	Ground Lease and Related Documents
36. Servicing. The servicing and collection practices used by the Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to the Mortgage Loan have been, in all respects legal and have met with customary industry standards for servicing of commercial loans for conduit loan programs.	36	Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication of any claims or assertions to the effect that the servicing and collection practices used by the Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to the Mortgage Loan was not in all material respects legal, or in accordance with customary industry standards for servicing of commercial loans for conduit loan programs. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.	MS Servicer Notices
37. Origination and Underwriting. The origination practices of the Mortgage Loan Seller (or the related originator if the Mortgage Loan Seller was not the originator) with respect to each Mortgage Loan have been, in all material respects, legal	37	Review the MS Servicer Notices for notation to the effect that the origination practices of the Mortgage Loan Seller (or the related originator if the Mortgage Loan Seller was not the originator) with respect to	MS Servicer Notices;

Exhibit PP-44

Representations and Warranties		Test	Review Materials
and as of the date of its origination, such Mortgage Loan and the origination thereof complied in all material respects with, or was exempt from, all requirements of federal, state or local law relating to the origination of such Mortgage Loan; provided that such representation and warranty does not address or otherwise cover any matters with respect to federal, state or local law otherwise covered in the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.		each Mortgage Loan have not been, in all material respects, legal and as of the date of its origination, such Mortgage Loan, or the origination thereof did not comply in all material respects with, or was exempt from, all requirements of federal, state or local law relating to the origination of such Mortgage Loan; provided that representation and warranty 37 does not address or otherwise cover any matters with respect to federal, state or local law otherwise covered in the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement. If no such notation is found, it will be a Test pass.
38. Intentionally Omitted.	38	N/A	N/A
39. No Material Default; Payment Record. No Mortgage Loan has been more than 30 days delinquent, without giving effect to any grace or cure period, in making required payments in the prior 12 months (or since origination if such Mortgage Loan has been originated within the past 12 months), and as of Cut-off Date, no Mortgage Loan is delinquent (beyond any applicable grace or cure period) in making required payments.  To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, there is (a) no material default, breach, violation or event of acceleration existing under the related Mortgage Loan, or (b) no event (other than payments due but not yet delinquent) which, with the passage of time or with notice and the expiration of any grace or cure period, would constitute a material default, breach, violation or event of acceleration, which default, breach, violation or event of acceleration, in the case of either clause (a) or clause (b), materially and adversely affects the value of the Mortgage Loan or the value, use or operation of the related Mortgaged Property; provided, however, that this representation and warranty does not cover any default,	39a	Review the MS Servicer Notices for notation that (i) the Mortgage Loan has been more than 30 days delinquent, giving effect to any grace or cure period, in making required payments in the prior 12 months (or since origination if such Mortgage Loan has been originated within the past 12 months), or (ii) the Mortgage Loan was delinquent beyond any applicable grace or cure periods as of the Cut-off Date. If no such notation is found, it will be a Test pass.	MS Servicer Notices
	39b	Review the MS Servicer Notices for notation of the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge of (a) a material default, breach, violation or event of acceleration existing under the related Mortgage Loan, or (b) an event (other than payments due but not yet delinquent) which, with the passage of time or with notice and the expiration of any grace or cure period, would constitute a material default, breach, violation or event of acceleration, which default, breach, violation or event of acceleration in the case of either clause (a) or	MS Servicer Notices

Exhibit PP-45

Representations and Warranties		Test	Review Materials
breach, violation or event of acceleration that specifically pertains to or arises out of an exception scheduled to any other representation and warranty made by the Mortgage Loan Seller in the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.  No person other than the holder of such Mortgage Loan may declare any event of default under the Mortgage Loan or accelerate any indebtedness under the Mortgage Loan documents.		clause (b), materially and adversely affects the value of the Mortgage Loan or the value, use or operation of the related Mortgaged Property. If no such notation is found, it will be a Test pass.
40. Bankruptcy. As of the date of origination of the related Mortgage Loan and to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge as of the Cut-off Date, neither the Mortgaged Property (other than any tenants of such Mortgaged Property), nor any portion thereof, is the subject of, and no Mortgagor, guarantor or tenant occupying a single-tenant property is a debtor in state or federal bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding.	40	Review the Lexis/Nexis (or comparable search) and the MS Servicer Notices for an indication that the Mortgaged Property (other than any tenants of such Mortgaged Property), or any portion thereof, was the subject of, or a Mortgagor, guarantor or tenant occupying a single-tenant property was a debtor in, a state or federal bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding. If no such indication or notation is found, it will be a Test pass.	Lexis/Nexis (or comparable) search; MS Servicer Notices
41. Organization of Mortgagor. With respect to each Mortgage Loan, in reliance on certified copies of the organizational documents of the Mortgagor delivered by the Mortgagor in connection with the origination of such Mortgage Loan, the Mortgagor is an entity organized under the laws of a state of the United States of America, the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.  Except with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with another Mortgage Loan and other than as set forth on Exhibit C-32-4 to the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, no Mortgage Loan has a Mortgagor that is an Affiliate of a Mortgagor with respect to another Mortgage Loan.  An “Affiliate” for purposes of this representation and warranty 41 means, a	41a	Review the Diligence File to determine if it includes certified copies of the organizational documents of the Mortgagor indicating that the Mortgagor is an entity organized under the laws of a state of the United States of America, the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. If such indication is found, it will be a Test pass.	Diligence File
	41b	Review the Diligence File for an indication that, except with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with another Mortgage Loan and other than as set forth on Exhibit C-32-4 to the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, no Mortgage Loan has a Mortgagor that is an affiliate of another Mortgagor under another	Diligence File

Exhibit PP-46

Representations and Warranties		Test	Review Materials
Mortgagor that is under direct or indirect common ownership and control with another Mortgagor.		Mortgage Loan. If such an indication is found, it will be a Test pass.
42. Environmental Conditions. A Phase I environmental site assessment (or update of a previous Phase I and or Phase II environmental site assessment) and, with respect to certain Mortgage Loans, a Phase II environmental site assessment (collectively, an “ESA”) meeting ASTM requirements was conducted by a reputable environmental consultant in connection with such Mortgage Loan within 12 months prior to its origination date (or an update of a previous ESA was prepared), and such ESA (i) did not identify the existence of recognized environmental conditions (as such term is defined in ASTM E1527-13 or its successor, hereinafter “Environmental Condition”) at the related Mortgaged Property or the need for further investigation, or (ii) if the existence of an Environmental Condition or need for further investigation was indicated in any such ESA, then at least one of the following statements is true:  (A) an amount reasonably estimated by a reputable environmental consultant to be sufficient to cover the estimated cost to cure any material noncompliance with applicable Environmental Laws or the Environmental Condition has been escrowed by the related Mortgagor and is held or controlled by the related Mortgagee; (B) if the only Environmental Condition relates to the presence of asbestos-containing materials, radon in indoor air, lead based paint or lead in drinking water, the only recommended action in the ESA is the institution of such a plan, an operations or maintenance plan has been required to be instituted by the related Mortgagor that can reasonably be expected to mitigate the identified risk; (C) the Environmental Condition identified in the related environmental report was	42a	Review the Diligence File to determine if an ESA (as defined in representation and warranty 42) is included. If so, review the ESA for an indication that it was conducted within 12 months prior to the origination date of the Mortgage Loan. If such an indication is found, it will be a Test pass.	Diligence File; ESA
	42b	Review the ESA for an indication that it identified (i) the existence of a recognized environmental condition at the related Mortgaged Property or (ii) the need for further investigation. If no such indication is found, it will be a Test pass.	ESA
	42c	Review the ESA for an indication that it identified (i) the existence of a recognized environmental condition at the related Mortgaged Property or (ii) the need for further investigation. If such an indication is found, the following test procedures (subparts 42c-1 through 42c-6) will be performed. If any of the subparts indications are found, it will be a Test pass.	ESA; Escrow Statements; Loan Documents; Diligence File
		1.    Review escrow statements for an indication that an amount reasonably estimated by a reputable environmental consultant to be sufficient to cover the estimated cost to cure any material noncompliance with applicable environmental laws or the environmental condition has been escrowed by the Mortgagor and is held by the related Mortgagee.	Escrow statements
		2.  Review the ESA for an indication that if the only Environmental Condition relates to the presence of asbestos-containing materials, radon in indoor air or lead based paint or lead in drinking water, the only	ESA

Exhibit PP-47

Representations and Warranties	Test	Review Materials
remediated or abated or contained in all material respects prior to the date hereof, and, if and as appropriate, a no further action, completion or closure letter or its equivalent was obtained from the applicable governmental regulatory authority (or the environmental issue affecting the related Mortgaged Property was otherwise listed by such governmental authority as “closed” or a reputable environmental consultant has concluded that no further action is required); (D) an environmental policy or a lender’s pollution legal liability insurance policy that covers liability for the identified circumstance or condition was obtained from an insurer rated no less than “A-” (or the equivalent) by Moody’s, S&P, Fitch Ratings, Inc. and/or A.M. Best; (E) a party not related to the Mortgagor was identified as the responsible party for such condition or circumstance and such responsible party has financial resources reasonably estimated to be adequate to address the situation; or (F) a party related to the Mortgagor having financial resources reasonably estimated to be adequate to address the situation is required to take action.  To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, except as set forth in the ESA, there is no Environmental Condition (as such term is defined in ASTM E1527-13 or its successor) at the related Mortgaged Property.	recommended action in the ESA is the institution of such a plan, and if so, a review of the Loan Documents indicates that an operations or maintenance plan has been required to be instituted by the related Mortgagor that, based on the ESA, can reasonably be expected to mitigate the identified risk.
	3.  Review the Diligence File for an indication that any Environmental Condition identified in the ESA was remediated or abated in all material respects prior to the date hereof, as evidenced by a no further action or closure letter that was obtained from the applicable governmental regulatory authority, or a reputable environmental consultant has concluded that no further action is required.	Diligence File
	4.  Review the insurance coverage review documents for an indication that an environmental policy or a lender’s pollution legal liability insurance policy that covers liability for the identified circumstance or condition was obtained from an insurer rated no less than A- (or the equivalent) by Moody’s, S&P, Fitch Ratings, Inc. and/or A.M. Best Company.	Insurance coverage review documents
	5.  Review the Diligence File for an indication that a party not related to the Mortgagor was identified as the responsible party for such condition or circumstance and such responsible party has financial resources considered by the Mortgage Loan Seller to be adequate to address the situation.	Diligence File
	6. Review the Diligence File for an indication that a party related to the Mortgagor having financial resources estimated by the Mortgage Loan Seller to be	Diligence File

Exhibit PP-48

Representations and Warranties		Test	Review Materials
		adequate to address the situation is required to take action.
	42d	Review the MS Servicer Notices for notation of the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge of any environmental condition at the Mortgaged Property other than any set forth in the ESA. If no such notation is found, it will be a Test pass.	MS Servicer Notices; ESA
43. Intentionally Omitted,	43	N/A	N/A
44. Appraisal. The servicing file contains an appraisal of the related Mortgaged Property with an appraisal date within 6 months of the Mortgage Loan origination date, and within 12 months of the Cut-off Date.  The appraisal is signed by an appraiser that (i) (A) is a Member of the Appraisal Institute or (B) has a comparable professional designation and possesses the level of experience required to evaluate commercial real estate collateral and (ii) to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, had no interest, direct or indirect, in the Mortgaged Property or the Mortgagor or in any loan made on the security thereof, and whose compensation is not affected by the approval or disapproval of the Mortgage Loan.  Each appraiser has represented in such appraisal or in a supplemental letter that the appraisal satisfies the requirements of the “Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice” as adopted by the Appraisal Standards Board of the Appraisal Foundation.	44a	Review the appraisal to determine if it was dated within 6 months of the Mortgage Loan origination date and within 12 month of the Cut-off Date. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.	Appraisal
	44b	Review the appraisal to determine if it includes an appraiser's certification or supplemental letter that indicates that the appraiser had no interest, direct or indirect, in the Mortgagor, the Mortgaged Property or any loan made on the security of the Mortgaged Property. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.	Appraisal
	44c	Review the appraisal to determine if it signed by an appraiser that is (A) a Member of the Appraisal Institute, or (B) has a comparable professional designation and possesses the level of experience required to evaluate commercial real estate collateral, that the Mortgage Loan Seller had knowledge that the signing appraiser had no interest, direct or indirect, in the Mortgaged Property or the Mortgagor or in any loan made on the security thereof, and that the appraiser's compensation is not affected by the approval or disapproval of the Mortgage Loan. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.	Appraisal

Exhibit PP-49

Representations and Warranties		Test	Review Materials
	44d	Review the appraisal to determine if it includes documentation in the appraisal or a letter that the appraisal satisfies the requirements of the “Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice” as adopted by the Appraisal Standards Board of the Appraisal Foundation. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.	Appraisal
45. Mortgage Loan Schedule. The information pertaining to each Mortgage Loan which is set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached as an exhibit to the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement is true and correct in all material respects as of the Cut-off Date and contains all information required by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be contained therein.	45a	Review the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached as an exhibit to the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and compare it to the corresponding information in (i) Annex A to the final prospectus (ii) Mortgage Loan Documents, (iii) Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and (iv) asset summary report to determine if there are discrepancies between the documents.  If there are no such discrepancies, it will be a Test pass.	Mortgage Loan Schedule; Annex A to final prospectus; Mortgage Loan Documents; Pooling and Servicing Agreement; Asset summary report
	45b	Compare the information in the Mortgage Loan Schedule to the requirements of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to determine if they match. If there are no discrepancies, it will be a Test pass.	Mortgage Loan Schedule; Pooling and Servicing Agreement
46. Cross-Collateralization. No Mortgage Loan is cross-collateralized or cross-defaulted with any other mortgage loan that is outside the Mortgage Pool, except in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan.	46	Except with respect to a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan, review the Mortgage Loan Documents to determine if the Mortgage Loan is cross-collateralized or cross-defaulted with any other Mortgage Loan that is outside the Mortgage Pool. If not so determined, it will be a Test pass.	Mortgage Loan Documents
47. Advance of Funds by the Mortgage Loan Seller. Except for loan proceeds advanced at the time of loan origination or other payments contemplated by the Mortgage Loan documents, no advance of funds has been made by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the related Mortgagor, and no funds	47a	Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication that an advancement of funds (other than loan proceeds advanced at the time of loan origination) had been made by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the related Mortgagor, or that funds have	MS Servicer Notices

Exhibit PP-50

Representations and Warranties		Test	Review Materials
have been received from any person other than the related Mortgagor or an affiliate, directly, or, to the knowledge of the Mortgage Loan Seller, indirectly for, or on account of, payments due on the Mortgage Loan.  Neither the Mortgage Loan Seller nor any affiliate thereof has any obligation to make any capital contribution to any Mortgagor under a Mortgage Loan, other than contributions made on or prior to the Closing Date.		been received from any person other than the related Mortgagor or an Affiliate, directly, indirectly for, or on account of, payments due on the Mortgage Loan. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.
	47b	Review the Mortgage Loan Documents to determine if the Mortgage Loan Seller, or an Affiliate, has an obligation to make any capital contribution to the Mortgagor under a Mortgage Loan, other than contributions made on or prior to the Closing Date. If not so determined, it will be a Test pass.	Mortgage Loan Documents
48. Compliance with Anti-Money Laundering Laws. The Mortgage Loan Seller has complied in all material respects with all applicable anti-money laundering laws and regulations, including without limitation the U.S. Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 and USA Patriot Act of 2001 with respect to the origination of the Mortgage Loan.	48	Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication of any claim or assertion that the Mortgage Loan Seller did not comply with its internal procedures with respect to all applicable anti-money laundering laws and regulations, including without limitation the U.S. Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 and USA Patriot Act of 2001 in connection with the origination of any Mortgage Loan. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.	MS Servicer Notices

Exhibit PP-51

EXHIBIT QQ

FORM OF CERTIFICATION TO CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR
REQUESTING ACCESS TO SECURE DATA ROOM

Computershare Trust Company, National Association
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951
Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) – MSWF 2023-1

Email: trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com

Attention: MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1

In accordance with the requirements for obtaining access to the Secure Data Room pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, with respect to the certificates (the “Certificates”), the undersigned hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

1. The undersigned is an authorized representative of [the Asset Representations Reviewer][[_____], an entity designated by the Depositor to receive access to the secure Data Room].

2. The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that (a) access to the Secure Data Room is being granted to it solely for purposes of the undersigned carrying out its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (b) it will not disseminate or otherwise make information contained on the Secure Data Room available to any other person except in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or otherwise with the written consent of the Depositor and (c) it will only access information relating to the Mortgage Loans to which the Asset Review relates.

3. The undersigned agrees that each time it accesses the Secure Data Room, the undersigned is deemed to have recertified that the representations above remains true and correct.

Exhibit QQ-1

4. [The undersigned is not a Certificateholder, a beneficial owner or a prospective purchaser of any Certificate.]^*

BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned has made the representations above and shall have caused, or shall be deemed to have caused its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the date certified.

[NAME OF PARTY],
as [role]
By:
	Name:
	Title:

Dated: _______

[Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc.,
as Depositor]*
By:
	[Name]
	[Title]

^*     Required to the extent that a party other than the Asset Representations Reviewer is identified by the Depositor as needing access to the Secure Data Room.

Exhibit QQ-2

EXHIBIT RR

FORM OF NOTICE OF [ADDITIONAL DELINQUENT LOAN][CESSATION OF DELINQUENT LOAN][CESSATION OF ASSET REVIEW TRIGGER]

[Date]

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association Commercial Mortgage Servicing 550 S. Tryon Street MAC D1086-23A 23rd Floor Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 Attention: MSWF 2023-1 Asset Manager Email: commercial.servicing@wellsfargo.com	Pentalpha Surveillance LLC 375 N. French Road, Suite 100 Amherst, New York 14228 Attention: MSWF 2023-1 Transaction Manager (with a copy sent contemporaneously via email to: notices@pentalphasurveillance.com)
Argentic Services Company LP 500 North Central Expressway, Suite 261 Plano, Texas 75074 Attention: Andrew Hundertmark Email: ahundertmark@argenticservices.com and jmayfield@argenticservices.com

Attention: MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1

In accordance with Section 12.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator hereby notifies you that as of [RELATED DISTRIBUTION DATE]:

1. _____ An additional Mortgage Loan has become a Delinquent Loan.

2. _____ A Mortgage Loan has ceased to be a Delinquent Loan.

3. _____ An Asset Review Trigger has ceased to exist.

(check all that apply)

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the respective meanings given to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Exhibit RR-1

Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator for the Holders of the MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1
By:
	[Name]
	[Title]

Exhibit RR-2

EXHIBIT SS

[RESERVED]

Exhibit TT-1

Exhibit TT

FORM OF EXCHANGE LETTER

[Certificateholder’s letterhead]

[Date]

Computershare Trust Company, National Association,
as Certificate Administrator
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045
Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)

MSWF 2023-1
trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com
CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com

Re: MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1

In accordance with Section 5.11(d) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, we hereby (i) certify that as of the above date, the undersigned is the beneficial owner of the Exchangeable Certificate set forth below under “Exchangeable Certificates to be Surrendered”, is duly authorized to deliver this notice to the Certificate Administrator and that such power has not been granted or assigned to any other Person and the Certificate Administrator may conclusively rely upon this notice and (ii) give notice of our intent to present and surrender the Exchangeable Certificates set forth below under “Exchangeable Certificates to be Surrendered” and all of our right, title and interest in and to such Exchangeable Certificates, including all payments of interest thereon received after [_____________], in exchange for the corresponding Exchangeable Certificates set forth below under “Exchangeable Certificates to be Received”. We propose an Exchange Date of [______].

We agree that upon such exchange, our interests in the portion(s) of the Exchangeable Certificates surrendered in exchange shall be reduced and our interest in the portion(s) of the Exchangeable Certificates received in such exchange shall be increased.

	Exchangeable Certificates to be Surrendered	Exchangeable Certificates to be Received
Class(es)	[_]	[_]

Exhibit TT-1

CUSIP(s)	[_]	[_]
Original Certificate Balance(s)/Notional Amount(s)	$[_]	$[_]
Outstanding Certificate Balance(s)/Notional Amount(s)	$[_]	$[_]

Exhibit TT-2

Our Depository participant number is [________].

Sincerely,

By:

Name:

Title:

[Medallion Stamp Guarantee]

Exhibit TT-3

Exhibit UU

[RESERVED]

Exhibit UU-1

SCHEDULE 1

Mortgage Loans with Additional Debt

1.CX – 250 Water Street

2.Barbours Cut IOS

3.SOMO Village

4.100 & 150 South Wacker Drive

5.Pacific Design Center

6.Cumberland Mall

7.Conair Glendale

8.Rialto Industrial

9.Museum Tower

10.100 Jefferson Road

11.Metroplex

12.3800 Horizon Boulevard

13.Heritage Plaza

Schedule 1-1

SCHEDULE 2

CLASS A-SB PLANNED PRINCIPAL BALANCE SCHEDULE

Distribution Date	Class A-SB Planned Principal Balance ($)
June 2023	$7,000,000.00
July 2023	$7,000,000.00
August 2023	$7,000,000.00
September 2023	$7,000,000.00
October 2023	$7,000,000.00
November 2023	$7,000,000.00
December 2023	$7,000,000.00
January 2024	$7,000,000.00
February 2024	$7,000,000.00
March 2024	$7,000,000.00
April 2024	$7,000,000.00
May 2024	$7,000,000.00
June 2024	$7,000,000.00
July 2024	$7,000,000.00
August 2024	$7,000,000.00
September 2024	$7,000,000.00
October 2024	$7,000,000.00
November 2024	$7,000,000.00
December 2024	$7,000,000.00
January 2025	$7,000,000.00
February 2025	$7,000,000.00
March 2025	$7,000,000.00
April 2025	$7,000,000.00
May 2025	$7,000,000.00
June 2025	$7,000,000.00
July 2025	$7,000,000.00
August 2025	$7,000,000.00
September 2025	$7,000,000.00
October 2025	$7,000,000.00
November 2025	$7,000,000.00
December 2025	$7,000,000.00
January 2026	$7,000,000.00
February 2026	$7,000,000.00
March 2026	$7,000,000.00
April 2026	$7,000,000.00
May 2026	$7,000,000.00
June 2026	$7,000,000.00
July 2026	$7,000,000.00
August 2026	$7,000,000.00
September 2026	$7,000,000.00
October 2026	$7,000,000.00
November 2026	$7,000,000.00
December 2026	$7,000,000.00
January 2027	$7,000,000.00
February 2027	$7,000,000.00
March 2027	$7,000,000.00
April 2027	$7,000,000.00
May 2027	$7,000,000.00
June 2027	$7,000,000.00
July 2027	$7,000,000.00
August 2027	$7,000,000.00
September 2027	$7,000,000.00
October 2027	$7,000,000.00
November 2027	$7,000,000.00
December 2027	$7,000,000.00
January 2028	$7,000,000.00
February 2028	$7,000,000.00
March 2028	$7,000,000.00
April 2028	$7,000,000.00
May 2028	$6,956,780.52

Distribution Date	Class A-SB Planned Principal Balance ($)
June 2028	$6,859,082.50
July 2028	$6,739,093.77
August 2028	$6,640,136.34
September 2028	$6,540,606.52
October 2028	$6,418,834.81
November 2028	$6,318,024.64
December 2028	$6,195,006.70
January 2029	$6,092,901.53
February 2029	$5,990,205.73
March 2029	$5,822,225.48
April 2029	$5,717,963.10
May 2029	$5,591,584.95
June 2029	$5,485,988.09
July 2029	$5,358,311.03
August 2029	$5,251,364.43
September 2029	$5,143,799.15
October 2029	$5,014,206.12
November 2029	$4,905,268.59
December 2029	$4,774,339.88
January 2030	$4,664,014.40
February 2030	$4,553,050.66
March 2030	$4,377,559.31
April 2030	$4,264,937.54
May 2030	$4,130,422.77
June 2030	$4,016,370.92
July 2030	$3,880,464.18
August 2030	$3,764,965.90
September 2030	$3,648,799.36
October 2030	$3,510,834.29
November 2030	$3,393,197.13
December 2030	$3,253,800.63
January 2031	$3,134,676.03
February 2031	$3,014,862.16
March 2031	$2,831,330.82
April 2031	$2,709,761.03
May 2031	$2,566,536.70
June 2031	$2,443,434.48
July 2031	$2,298,718.56
August 2031	$2,174,066.39
September 2031	$2,048,692.91
October 2031	$1,901,766.25
November 2031	$1,774,816.84
December 2031	$1,626,356.25
January 2032	$1,497,812.88
February 2032	$1,368,525.64
March 2032	$1,197,088.81
April 2032	$1,066,060.86
May 2032	$913,630.41
June 2032	$780,961.84
July 2032	$626,934.50
August 2032	$492,606.55
September 2032	$357,501.20
October 2032	$201,102.01
November 2032	$64,309.36
December 2032 and thereafter	$0.00

Schedule 2-1

SCHEDULE 3

MORTGAGE LOANS WITH ESCROWS OR RESERVES EXCEEDING 10% OF THE INITIAL PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THE MORTGAGE LOAN OR (IF APPLICABLE) WHOLE LOAN

Mortgage Loan No.	Mortgage Loan Name	Reserve Type	Applicable Escrow or Reserve (Initial Amount)
11	100 Jefferson Road	J&J Farms TI Reserve	$11,598,000
12	303 West Hurst Boulevard	Earnout Reserve	$4,500,000
14	3800 Horizon Boulevard	General TI/LC Reserve	$1,500,000

Schedule 3-1

EX-4.2

Exhibit 4.2 

EXECUTION VERSION

BANC OF AMERICA MERRILL LYNCH COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE INC.,
as Depositor

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,
as Master Servicer

LNR PARTNERS, LLC,
as Special Servicer

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee

and

park bridge lender services llc,
as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer

POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT

Dated as of February 1, 2023

Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 2023-BNK45

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS		6
Section 1.01	Defined Terms	6
Section 1.02	Certain Calculations	136
Article II
CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS; ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES		138
Section 2.01	Conveyance of Mortgage Loans	138
Section 2.02	Acceptance by Trustee	145
Section 2.03	Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Depositor; Mortgage Loan Sellers’ Repurchase or Substitution of Mortgage Loans for Defects in Mortgage Files and Breaches of Representations and Warranties	151
Section 2.04	Execution of Certificates; Issuance of Lower-Tier Regular Interests	167
Section 2.05	Creation of the Grantor Trust	168
Article III
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF THE TRUST FUND		168
Section 3.01	Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer; Special Servicer to Act as Special Servicer; Administration of the Mortgage Loans, the Serviced Companion Loans, and REO Properties.	168
Section 3.02	Collection of Mortgage Loan Payments	176
Section 3.03	Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Servicing Accounts.	182
Section 3.04	The Collection Account, the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, the Companion Distribution Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account, the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the Retained Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account	186
Section 3.05	Permitted Withdrawals from the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts and the Companion Distribution Account	193
Section 3.06	Investment of Funds in Collection Account, REO Accounts and Loss of Value Reserve Fund	204
Section 3.07	Maintenance of Insurance Policies; Errors and Omissions and Fidelity Coverage	206
Section 3.08	Enforcement of Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption Agreements	211

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Section 3.09	Realization Upon Defaulted Loans and Companion Loans	217
Section 3.10	Trustee and Certificate Administrator to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files	221
Section 3.11	Servicing Compensation	222
Section 3.12	Inspections; Collection of Financial Statements	230
Section 3.13	Access to Certain Information	235
Section 3.14	Title to REO Property; REO Account	249
Section 3.15	Management of REO Property	250
Section 3.16	Sale of Defaulted Loans and REO Properties	253
Section 3.17	Additional Obligations of Master Servicer and Special Servicer	260
Section 3.18	Modifications, Waivers, Amendments and Consents	262
Section 3.19	Transfer of Servicing Between the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer; Recordkeeping; Asset Status Report	275
Section 3.20	Sub-Servicing Agreements	282
Section 3.21	Interest Reserve Account	286
Section 3.22	Directing Certificateholder and Operating Advisor Contact with the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer	286
Section 3.23	Controlling Class Certificateholders, Directing Certificateholder and the Risk Retention Consultation Party; Certain Rights and Powers of Directing Certificateholder and the Risk Retention Consultation Party	286
Section 3.24	Intercreditor Agreements	291
Section 3.25	Rating Agency Confirmation	293
Section 3.26	The Operating Advisor	295
Section 3.27	Companion Paying Agent	304
Section 3.28	Serviced Companion Noteholder Register	305
Section 3.29	Certain Matters Relating to the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans and the Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans	305
Section 3.30	Certain Matters with Respect to Joint Mortgage Loans	308
Section 3.31	[Reserved]	312
Section 3.32	Litigation Control	313
Section 3.33	Delivery of Excluded Information to the Certificate Administrator	316
Article IV
DISTRIBUTIONS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS		316
Section 4.01	Distributions	316
Section 4.02	Distribution Date Statements; CREFC® Investor Reporting Packages; Grant of Power of Attorney	331
Section 4.03	P&I Advances.	337
Section 4.04	Allocation of Realized Losses	341
Section 4.05	Appraisal Reduction Amounts; Collateral Deficiency Amounts	342
Section 4.06	Grantor Trust Reporting	347
Section 4.07	Investor Q&A Forum; Investor Registry; and Rating Agency Q&A Forum and Document Request Tool	349
Section 4.08	Secure Data Room	352

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Article V
THE CERTIFICATES		353
Section 5.01	The Certificates	353
Section 5.02	Form and Registration	354
Section 5.03	Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates	357
Section 5.04	Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates	365
Section 5.05	Persons Deemed Owners	366
Section 5.06	Access to List of Certificateholders’ Names and Addresses; Special Notices	366
Section 5.07	Maintenance of Office or Agency	367
Section 5.08	Appointment of Certificate Administrator	367
Section 5.09	[Reserved]	368
Section 5.10	Voting Procedures	368
Section 5.11	Exchangeable Certificates	369
Article VI THE DEPOSITOR, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, the Operating Advisor, the asset representations reviewer, THE DIRECTING CERTIFICATEHOLDER AND THE Risk Retention Consultation
Party		372
Section 6.01	Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer	372
Section 6.02	Liability of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Special Servicer and the Asset Representations Reviewer	377
Section 6.03	Merger, Consolidation or Conversion of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Special Servicer or the Asset Representations Reviewer	378
Section 6.04	Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and Others	379
Section 6.05	Depositor, Master Servicer and Special Servicer Not to Resign	385
Section 6.06	Rights of the Depositor in Respect of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer	386
Section 6.07	The Master Servicer and the Special Servicer as Certificate Owners	386
Section 6.08	The Directing Certificateholder and the Risk Retention Consultation Party	386
Section 6.09	Knowledge of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association	395
Section 6.10	Knowledge of Computershare Trust Company, National Association	396

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Article VII
SERVICER TERMINATION EVENTS		396
Section 7.01	Servicer Termination Events; Master Servicer and Special Servicer Termination	396
Section 7.02	Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor	404
Section 7.03	Notification to Certificateholders	406
Section 7.04	Waiver of Servicer Termination Events	407
Section 7.05	Trustee as Maker of Advances	407
Article VIII
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE AND THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR		408
Section 8.01	Duties of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator	408
Section 8.02	Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator	409
Section 8.03	Trustee and Certificate Administrator Not Liable for Validity or Sufficiency of Certificates or Mortgage Loans	411
Section 8.04	Trustee or Certificate Administrator May Own Certificates	412
Section 8.05	Fees and Expenses of Trustee and Certificate Administrator; Indemnification of Trustee and Certificate Administrator	412
Section 8.06	Eligibility Requirements for Trustee and Certificate Administrator	413
Section 8.07	Resignation and Removal of the Trustee and Certificate Administrator	414
Section 8.08	Successor Trustee or Certificate Administrator	416
Section 8.09	Merger or Consolidation of Trustee or Certificate Administrator	417
Section 8.10	Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee	417
Section 8.11	Appointment of Custodians	418
Section 8.12	Representations and Warranties of the Trustee	419
Section 8.13	Provision of Information to Certificate Administrator, Master Servicer and Special Servicer	420
Section 8.14	Representations and Warranties of the Certificate Administrator	420
Section 8.15	Compliance with the PATRIOT Act	421
Article IX
TERMINATION		422
Section 9.01	Termination upon Repurchase or Liquidation of All Mortgage Loans	422
Section 9.02	Additional Termination Requirements	426
Article X
ADDITIONAL REMIC PROVISIONS		427
Section 10.01	REMIC Administration	427

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Section 10.02	Use of Agents	431
Section 10.03	Depositor, Master Servicer and Special Servicer to Cooperate with Certificate Administrator	431
Section 10.04	Appointment of REMIC Administrators	431
Article XI
EXCHANGE ACT REPORTING AND REGULATION AB COMPLIANCE		432
Section 11.01	Intent of the Parties; Reasonableness	432
Section 11.02	Succession; Subcontractors	433
Section 11.03	Filing Obligations	435
Section 11.04	Form 10-D and Form ABS-EE Filings	436
Section 11.05	Form 10-K Filings	440
Section 11.06	Sarbanes-Oxley Certification	442
Section 11.07	Form 8-K Filings	444
Section 11.08	Form 15 Filing	446
Section 11.09	Annual Compliance Statements	446
Section 11.10	Annual Reports on Assessment of Compliance with Servicing Criteria	448
Section 11.11	Annual Independent Public Accountants’ Attestation Report	450
Section 11.12	Indemnification	451
Section 11.13	Amendments	454
Section 11.14	Regulation AB Notices	454
Section 11.15	Certain Matters Relating to the Future Securitization of the Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans	454
Section 11.16	Certain Matters Regarding Significant Obligors	460
Section 11.17	Impact of Cure Period	460
Article XII
THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER		460
Section 12.01	Asset Review	460
Section 12.02	Payment of Asset Representations Reviewer Fees and Expenses; Limitation of Liability	466
Section 12.03	Resignation of the Asset Representations Reviewer	467
Section 12.04	Restrictions of the Asset Representations Reviewer	467
Section 12.05	Termination of the Asset Representations Reviewer	468
Article XIII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS		471
Section 13.01	Amendment	471
Section 13.02	Recordation of Agreement; Counterparts	476
Section 13.03	Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders	476

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Section 13.04	Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial	477
Section 13.05	Notices	478
Section 13.06	Severability of Provisions	484
Section 13.07	Grant of a Security Interest	484
Section 13.08	Successors and Assigns; Third Party Beneficiaries	485
Section 13.09	Article and Section Headings	485
Section 13.10	Notices to the Rating Agencies	486
Section 13.11	Cooperation with the Mortgage Loan Sellers with Respect to Rights Under the Mortgage Loan Agreements	487

 

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EXHIBITS

EXHIBIT A-1	Form of Certificate (Other than Class R and Class V Certificates)
EXHIBIT A-2	Form of Class R Certificate
EXHIBIT A-3	Form of Class V Certificate
EXHIBIT A-4	Form of RR Interest
EXHIBIT B	Mortgage Loan Schedule
EXHIBIT C	Form of Investment Representation Letter
EXHIBIT D-1	Form of Transferee Affidavit for Transfers of Class R Certificates
EXHIBIT D-2	Form of Transferor Letter for Transfers of Class R Certificates
EXHIBIT D-3	Form of Transferee Certificate for Transfers of RR Interest
EXHIBIT D-4	Form of Transferor Certificate for Transfers of RR Interest
EXHIBIT E	Form of Request for Release
EXHIBIT F-1	Form of ERISA Representation Letter Regarding ERISA Restricted Certificates
EXHIBIT F-2	Form of ERISA Representation Letter Regarding Class R Certificates and Class V Certificates
EXHIBIT G	Form of Distribution Date Statement
EXHIBIT H	Form of Omnibus Assignment
EXHIBIT I	Form of Transfer Certificate for Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate to Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate During Restricted Period
EXHIBIT J	Form of Transfer Certificate for Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate to Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate After Restricted Period
EXHIBIT K	Form of Transfer Certificate for Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate to Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate During Restricted Period
EXHIBIT L	Form of Transfer Certificate for Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate to Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate After Restricted Period
EXHIBIT M	Form of Transfer Certificate for Non-Book Entry Certificate to Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate
EXHIBIT N	Form of Transfer Certificate for Non-Book Entry Certificate to Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate
EXHIBIT O	Form of Transfer Certificate for Non-Book Entry Certificate to Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate
EXHIBIT P-1A	Form of Investor Certification for Non-Borrower Party and/or the Risk Retention Consultation Party (for Persons Other than the Directing Certificateholder and/or a Controlling Class Certificateholder)
EXHIBIT P-1B	Form of Investor Certification for Non-Borrower Party (for the Directing Certificateholder and/or a Controlling Class Certificateholder)
EXHIBIT P-1C	Form of Investor Certification for Borrower Party (for Persons Other than the Directing Certificateholder, the Risk Retention Consultation Party and/or a Controlling Class Certificateholder)
EXHIBIT P-1D	Form of Investor Certification for Borrower Party (for the Directing Certificateholder and/or a Controlling Class Certificateholder)
EXHIBIT P-1E	Form of Notice of Excluded Controlling Class Holder
EXHIBIT P-1F	Form of Notice of [Excluded Loan] [Excluded Controlling Class Holder] to Certificate Administrator
EXHIBIT P-1G	Form of Certification of the Directing Certificateholder

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EXHIBIT P-1H	Form of Certification of the Risk Retention Consultation Party
EXHIBIT P-2	Form of Certification for NRSROs
EXHIBIT P-3	Online Market Data Provider Certification
EXHIBIT Q	Custodian Certification/Exception Report
EXHIBIT R-1	Form of Power of Attorney – Master Servicer
EXHIBIT R-2	Form of Power of Attorney – Special Servicer
EXHIBIT S	Initial Serviced Companion Noteholders
EXHIBIT T	Form of Notice Relating to the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan
EXHIBIT U	Form of Notice and Certification Regarding Defeasance of Mortgage Loan
EXHIBIT V	Form of Operating Advisor Annual Report
EXHIBIT W	Form of Notice from Operating Advisor Recommending Replacement of the Special Servicer
EXHIBIT X	Form of Confidentiality Agreement
EXHIBIT Y	Form Certification to be Provided with Form 10-K
Exhibit Y-1	Form of Certification to be Provided to Depositor by Certificate Administrator
Exhibit Y-2	Form of Certification to be Provided to Depositor by Master Servicer
Exhibit Y-3	Form of Certification to be Provided to Depositor by Special Servicer
Exhibit Y-4	Form of Certification to be Provided to Depositor by Trustee
Exhibit Y-5	Form of Certification to be Provided to Depositor by Operating Advisor
Exhibit Y-6	Form of Certification to be Provided to Depositor by Custodian
EXHIBIT Y-7	Form of Certification to be Provided to Depositor by Asset Representations Reviewer
EXHIBIT Z	Servicing Criteria to be Addressed in Assessment of Compliance
EXHIBIT AA	Additional Form 10-D Disclosure
EXHIBIT BB	Additional Form 10-K Disclosure
EXHIBIT CC	Form 8-K Disclosure Information
EXHIBIT DD	Additional Disclosure Notification
EXHIBIT EE	Initial Sub-Servicers
EXHIBIT FF	Servicing Function Participants
EXHIBIT GG	Form of Annual Compliance Statement
EXHIBIT HH	Form of Report on Assessment of Compliance with Servicing Criteria
EXHIBIT II	CREFC® Payment Information
EXHIBIT JJ	Form of Notice of Additional Indebtedness Notification
EXHIBIT KK	[Reserved]
EXHIBIT LL	Additional Disclosure Notification (Accounts)
EXHIBIT MM	Form of Notice of Purchase of Controlling Class Certificate
EXHIBIT NN	Form of Asset Review Report by the Asset Representations Reviewer
EXHIBIT OO	Form of Asset Review Report Summary
EXHIBIT PP	Asset Review Procedures
EXHIBIT QQ	Form of Certification to Certificate Administrator Requesting Access to Secure Data Room
EXHIBIT RR	Form of Notice of [Additional Delinquent Loan][Cessation of Delinquent Loan][Cessation of Asset Review Trigger]
EXHIBIT SS	[Reserved]
EXHIBIT TT	Form of Exchange Letter

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EXHIBIT UU	Form of Certificate Administrator Receipt of the RR Interest
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1	Mortgage Loans With Additional Debt
SCHEDULE 2	Class A-SB Planned Principal Balance Schedule
SCHEDULE 3	Mortgage Loans With Escrows or Reserves Exceeding 10% of the Initial Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan or (if applicable) Whole Loan

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This Pooling and Servicing Agreement is dated and effective as of February 1, 2023, between Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer.

PRELIMINARY STATEMENT

The Depositor intends to sell commercial mortgage pass-through certificates (collectively, the “Certificates”), to be issued hereunder in multiple classes, which in the aggregate will evidence the entire beneficial ownership interest in the Trust to be created hereunder, the primary assets of which will be a pool of commercial mortgage loans. As provided herein, the Certificate Administrator shall elect or shall cause an election to be made to treat designated portions of the Trust (exclusive of the Excess Interest and the proceeds thereof in the Excess Interest Distribution Account) for federal income tax purposes as two (2) separate real estate mortgage investment conduits (the “Upper-Tier REMIC” and the “Lower-Tier REMIC”, and each a “Trust REMIC” as described herein).

In addition, the parties intend that the portion of the Trust Fund consisting of the Grantor Trust Designated Portions shall be classified as an “investment trust” under section 301.7701-4(c) of the Treasury Regulations and that the holders of the Exchangeable Certificates, the Class V Certificates and the RR Interest shall be treated as holding undivided beneficial ownership interests in the corresponding Grantor Trust Designated Portion, under subpart E, part I of subchapter J of the Code (such arrangement, the “Grantor Trust”). The Certificate Administrator shall take all actions expressly required hereunder to ensure that, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Grantor Trust remains classified as a grantor trust and that the holders of the Exchangeable Certificates, the Class V Certificates and the RR Interest continue to be the owners of their Grantor Trust Designated Portions. The Grantor Trust shall not be treated as part of either Trust REMIC.

The Depositor intends to sell the Certificates to the Underwriters and the Initial Purchasers.

LOWER-TIER REMIC

The Lower-Tier REMIC will hold the Mortgage Loans (exclusive of Excess Interest) and will issue the Class LA1, Class LA2, Class LASB, Class LA3, Class LA4, Class LA5, Class LAS, Class LB, Class LC, Class LD, Class LE, Class LF, Class LG and Class LH and LRR Uncertificated Interests (the “Lower-Tier Regular Interests”), which will be the “regular interests” in the Lower-Tier REMIC. The Lower-Tier REMIC will also issue the uncertificated Class LR Interest, which is the sole class of “residual interests” in the Lower-Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions and is represented by the Class R Certificates.

The following table sets forth the Class designation, the Original Lower-Tier Principal Amounts and per annum rates of interest for the Lower-Tier Regular Interests and the Class LR Interest:

 

 

Class Designation	Interest Rate		Original Lower-Tier Principal Amount
Class LA1		(1)	$	12,454,000
Class LA2		(1)	$	128,509,000
Class LASB		(1)	$	15,769,000
Class LA3		(1)	$	3,008,000
Class LA4		(1)	$	100,000,000
Class LA5		(1)	$	209,226,000
Class LAS		(1)	$	71,182,000
Class LB		(1)	$	34,335,000
Class LC		(1)	$	25,123,000
Class LD		(1)	$	15,074,000
Class LE		(1)	$	7,537,000
Class LF		(1)	$	14,237,000
Class LG		(1)	$	10,049,000
Class LH		(1)	$	23,448,666
Class LR		None(2)		None
LRR		(1)	$	35,260,614.01

⁽¹⁾ The interest rate for each Class of Lower-Tier Regular Interests on any Distribution Date will be the Weighted Average Net Mortgage Rate for such Distribution Date.

⁽²⁾ The Class LR Interest (evidenced by the Class R Certificates) will not have a Certificate Balance or Notional Amount, will not bear interest and will not be entitled to distributions of Prepayment Premiums or Yield Maintenance Charges. Any Aggregate Available Funds remaining in the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account after distributing the Lower-Tier Distribution Amount will be deemed distributed to the Class LR Interest and shall be payable to the Holders of the Class R Certificates.

UPPER-TIER REMIC

The Upper-Tier REMIC will hold the Lower-Tier Regular Interests and will issue the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-3, Class X-A, Class X-B, Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G, Class X-H, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G and Class H Certificates, the Class A-4, Class A-4-X1, Class A-4-X2, the Class A-5, Class A-5-X1, Class A-5-X2, Class A-S, Class A-S-X1, Class A-S-X2, Class B, Class B-X1, Class B-X2, Class C, Class C-X1 and Class C-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interests, and the regular interest component of the RR Interest (the Excess Interest component of the RR Interest will be held through the Grantor Trust), each of which will represent a “regular interest” in the Upper-Tier REMIC (the “Upper-Tier Regular Interests”). Each of the Upper-Tier Regular Interests designated Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-3, Class X-A, Class X-B, Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G, Class X-H, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G and Class H will be represented by a Class of Regular Certificates with the same alphanumeric designation and Pass-Through Rate, Certificate Balance or Notional Amount and entitlements as such Class of Regular Certificates.

The Upper-Tier REMIC will also issue the uncertificated Class UR Interest, which will be the sole class of “residual interests” in the Upper-Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions and is represented by the Class R Certificates. The Class R Certificates will not have a Certificate Balance or a Notional Amount, bear interest or be entitled to distributions of

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Prepayment Premiums or Yield Maintenance Charges. Any Aggregate Available Funds remaining in the Upper Tier REMIC Distribution Account, after all required distributions under this Agreement have been made to each Class of Regular Certificates and Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests will be deemed distributed to the Class UR Interest and shall be payable to the Holders of the Class R Certificates.

THE UPPER-TIER REGULAR INTERESTS

The following table (and related paragraphs) sets forth the designation, the initial Pass-Through Rate and the aggregate initial principal amount (the “Original Certificate Balance”) or Notional Amount (the “Original Notional Amount”), as applicable, for each Class of Upper-Tier Regular Interests:

Designation of Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Initial Pass-Through Rate	Original Certificate Balance or Notional Amount
Class A-1	5.4310%	$	12,454,000
Class A-2	5.6580%	$	128,509,000
Class A-SB	5.4670%	$	15,769,000
Class A-3	5.0750%	$	3,008,000
Class A-4	3.9370%	$	100,000,000
Class A-4-X1	0.5000%	$	100,000,000(2)
Class A-4-X2	0.5000%	$	100,000,000(2)
Class A-5	4.2030%	$	209,226,000
Class A-5-X1	0.5000%	$	209,226,000(2)
Class A-5-X2	0.5000%	$	209,226,000(2)
Class X-A	0.9944%(1)	$	468,966,000(2)
Class X-B	0.3770%(1)	$	130,640,000(2)
Class X-D	2.2795%(1)	$	22,611,000(2)
Class X-F	1.0000%(1)	$	14,237,000(2)
Class X-G	1.0000%(1)	$	10,049,000(2)
Class X-H	1.0000%(1)	$	23,448,666(2)
Class A-S	4.6510%	$	71,182,000
Class A-S-X1	0.5000%	$	71,182,000(2)
Class A-S-X2	0.5000%	$	71,182,000(2)
Class B	5.1480%	$	34,335,000
Class B-X1	0.5000%	$	34,335,000(2)
Class B-X2	0.5000%	$	34,335,000(2)
Class C	5.2795%	$	25,123,000
Class C-X1	0.5000%	$	25,123,000(2)
Class C-X2	0.5000%	$	25,123,000(2)
Class D	4.0000%	$	15,074,000
Class E	4.0000%	$	7,537,000
Class F	5.2795%	$	14,237,000
Class G	5.2795%	$	10,049,000
Class H	5.2795%	$	23,448,666
RR Interest	None(3)	$	35,260,614.01

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⁽¹⁾ The Pass-Through Rates for the Class X-A, Class X-B, Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G and Class X-H Certificates will be calculated in accordance with the definition of “Class X-A Pass-Through Rate”, “Class X-B Pass-Through Rate”, “Class X-F Pass-Through Rate”, “Class X-G Pass-Through Rate” and “Class X-H Pass-Through Rate”, respectively.

⁽²⁾ None of the Class X-A, Class X-B, Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G or Class X-H Certificates or the Class A-4-X1, Class A-4-X2, Class A-5-X1, Class A-5-X2, Class A-S-X1, Class A-S-X2, Class B-X1, Class B-X2, Class C-X1 or Class C-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interests will have a Certificate Balance or be entitled to distributions of principal; rather, such Classes will accrue interest as provided herein on the Notional Amount thereof.

⁽³⁾ The RR Interest will be entitled to interest on any Distribution Date equal to the Retained Certificate Interest Distribution Amount.

The foregoing structure is intended to cause all of the cash from the Mortgage Loans to flow through to the Upper-Tier REMIC as cash flow on the Upper-Tier Regular Interests, without creating any shortfall, actual or potential (other than for credit losses), to any REMIC regular interests. To the extent that the structure is believed to diverge from such intention, the parties identifying such ambiguity shall notify the other parties hereto and the parties involved will resolve such ambiguities to accomplish the intended result and will to the extent necessary rectify any drafting errors or seek clarification to the structure without Certificateholder approval (but with guidance of counsel) to accomplish such intention, including, to the extent necessary, making any amendments in accordance with Section 13.01 of this Agreement.

THE GRANTOR TRUST

The following table sets forth each Class of Certificates that represents an undivided beneficial interest in the corresponding portion of the Grantor Trust (each such portion, a “Grantor Trust Designated Portion”).

Class of Certificates	Corresponding Grantor Trust Designated Portion
Each Class of Exchangeable Certificates	The related Exchangeable Class Specific Grantor Trust Assets
Class V Certificates	Class V Specific Grantor Trust Assets
RR Interest	RR Interest Specific Grantor Trust Assets

As provided herein, the Certificate Administrator shall not take any actions that would (i) cause the Grantor Trust not to be classified as a grantor trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (ii) cause the holders of such Classes of Certificates not to be the owners of their Grantor Trust Designated Portions or (iii) cause the Grantor Trust to be treated as part of any Trust REMIC. The Class V Certificates will not have a Certificate Balance or a Notional Amount, bear interest or be entitled to distributions of Prepayment Premiums or Yield Maintenance Charges.

As of the close of business on the Cut-off Date, the Mortgage Loans had an aggregate principal balance, after application of all payments of principal due on or before such date, whether or not received, equal to $705,212,280.

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WHOLE LOANS

Whole Loan	Type	Non-Serviced PSA	Mortgage Loan	Companion Loan(s)
Conair Glendale	Serviced Whole Loan	N/A	Conair Glendale Mortgage Loan	Conair Glendale Pari Passu Companion Loan
100 & 150 South Wacker Drive	Serviced Whole Loan	N/A	100 & 150 South Wacker Drive Mortgage Loan	100 & 150 South Wacker Drive Pari Passu Companion Loan
Orlando Office Portfolio	Serviced Whole Loan	N/A	Orlando Office Portfolio Mortgage Loan	Orlando Office Portfolio Pari Passu Companion Loan
CX - 250 Water Street	Servicing Shift	N/A(1)	CX - 250 Water Street Mortgage Loan	CX - 250 Water Street Pari Passu Companion Loans
Brandywine Strategic Office Portfolio	Servicing Shift	N/A(1)	Brandywine Strategic Office Portfolio Mortgage Loan	Brandywine Strategic Office Portfolio Pari Passu Companion Loans
Concord Mills	Non-Serviced Whole Loan	BANK 2022-BNK44	Concord Mills Mortgage Loan	Concord Mills Pari Passu Companion Loans
Millennium Boston Retail	Non-Serviced Whole Loan	BANK 2022-BNK44	Millennium Boston Retail Mortgage Loan	Millennium Boston Retail Pari Passu Companion Loan
Norfolk Premium Outlets	Non-Serviced Whole Loan	BANK 2022-BNK41	Norfolk Premium Outlets Mortgage Loan	Norfolk Premium Outlets Pari Passu Companion Loans
The Boulders Resort	Non-Serviced Whole Loan	BANK 2022-BNK43	The Boulders Resort Mortgage Loan	The Boulders Resort Pari Passu Companion Loan
Green Acres	Non-Serviced Whole Loan	BMO 2023-C4(2)	Green Acres Mortgage Loan	Green Acres Pari Passu Companion Loans



⁽¹⁾             On and after the related Servicing Shift Securitization Date, the related Servicing Shift Whole Loan will be serviced pursuant to the related Non-Serviced PSA.

⁽²⁾             On and after the Green Acres Lead Note Securitization Date, the Green Acres Whole Loan will be serviced pursuant to the Non-Serviced PSA governing the securitization of the Green Acres Lead Note.

Each of the Whole Loans listed above consists of the corresponding Mortgage Loan and Companion Loan(s) listed next to such Whole Loan. With respect to any Whole Loan, each of the Mortgage Loan and any related Pari Passu Companion Loan(s) are pari passu with each other to the extent provided in the related Intercreditor Agreement, and any related AB Subordinate Companion Loan(s) are generally subordinate to the related Mortgage Loan and any Pari Passu Companion Loan(s) to the extent provided in the related Intercreditor Agreement. Each Serviced Whole Loan will be serviced and administered in accordance with this Agreement and the related Intercreditor Agreement. Each Non-Serviced Whole Loan will be serviced and administered in accordance with the related Non-Serviced PSA and the related Intercreditor Agreement.

The Companion Loans are not part of the Trust Fund, but are each secured by the applicable Mortgage that secures the related Mortgage Loan that is part of the Trust Fund. Amounts attributable to any Companion Loan will not be part of the Trust Fund, and (except to

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the extent that such amounts are payable or reimbursable to any party to this Agreement) will be owned by the related Companion Holders.

In consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

Article I

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.01        Defined Terms. Whenever used in this Agreement, including in the Preliminary Statement, the following capitalized terms, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the meanings specified in this Article.

“10-K Filing Deadline”: As defined in Section 11.05(a).

“100 & 150 South Wacker Drive Intercreditor Agreement”: That certain Agreement Between Note Holders, dated as of January 24, 2023, by and between the holders of the respective promissory notes evidencing the 100 & 150 South Wacker Drive Pari Passu Whole Loan, relating to the relative rights of such holders, as the same may be further amended in accordance with the terms thereof.

“100 & 150 South Wacker Drive Mortgage Loan”: With respect to the 100 & 150 South Wacker Drive Whole Loan, the Mortgage Loan that is included in the Trust (identified as Mortgage Loan No. 2 on the Mortgage Loan Schedule), which is evidenced by promissory note A-1.

“100 & 150 South Wacker Drive Mortgaged Property”: The Mortgaged Property that secures the 100 & 150 South Wacker Drive Whole Loan.

“100 & 150 South Wacker Drive Pari Passu Companion Loan”: With respect to the 100 & 150 South Wacker Drive Whole Loan, the Companion Loan evidenced by the related promissory note A-2 and made by the related Mortgagor and secured by the Mortgage on the 100 & 150 South Wacker Drive Mortgaged Property.

“100 & 150 South Wacker Drive Whole Loan”: The 100 & 150 South Wacker Drive Mortgage Loan, together with the 100 & 150 South Wacker Drive Pari Passu Companion Loan, each of which is secured by the same Mortgage on the 100 & 150 South Wacker Drive Mortgaged Property. References herein to the 100 & 150 South Wacker Drive Whole Loan shall be construed to refer to the aggregate indebtedness under the 100 & 150 South Wacker Drive Mortgage Loan and the 100 & 150 South Wacker Drive Pari Passu Companion Loan.

“15Ga-1 Notice”: As defined in Section 2.02(g).

“15Ga-1 Repurchase Request”: As defined in Section 2.02(g).

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

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“17g-5 Information Provider’s Website”: The 17g-5 Information Provider’s Internet website, which shall initially be located within the Certificate Administrator’s Website (initially “www.ctslink.com”), under the “NRSRO” tab on the page relating to this transaction.

“AB Control Appraisal Period”: With respect to a Serviced AB Whole Loan, a “Control Appraisal Period” or equivalent term under the related AB Intercreditor Agreement. As of the Closing Date, there are no Serviced AB Whole Loans.

“AB Intercreditor Agreement”: Any Intercreditor Agreement by and among the holder(s) of one or more Subordinate Companion Loan(s) and the holder of the related Mortgage Loan and the holders of any related Pari Passu Companion Loans, relating to the relative rights of such holders of the related AB Whole Loan, as the same may be further amended in accordance with the terms thereof. As of the Closing Date, the are no AB Intercreditor Agreements related to the Trust.

“AB Major Decision” With respect to a Serviced AB Whole Loan, a “major decision” or equivalent term under the related AB Intercreditor Agreement.

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

“AB Mortgage Loan”: One or more senior “A notes” that is part of an AB Whole Loan and which is a Mortgage Loan that is part of the Trust Fund. As of the Closing Date, the are no AB Mortgage Loans related to the Trust.

“AB Mortgaged Property”: The Mortgaged Property that secures the related AB Whole Loan. As of the Closing Date, there are no AB Mortgaged Properties related to the Trust.

“AB Subordinate Companion Loan”: With respect to any AB Whole Loan, any related companion loan evidenced by the related promissory note made by the related Mortgagor and secured by the Mortgage on the related AB Mortgaged Property, which is not included in the Trust and which is subordinate in right of payment to the related AB Mortgage Loan to the extent set forth in the related Mortgage Loan documents and as provided in the related AB Intercreditor Agreement. As of the Closing Date, there are no AB Subordinate Companion Loans related to the Trust.

“AB Whole Loan”: A Whole Loan that consists of a Mortgage Loan, any related companion loan that is pari passu in right of payment with such Mortgage Loan and one or more related AB Subordinate Companion Loans. As of the Closing Date, there are no AB Whole Loans related to the Trust.

“AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder”: With respect to a Serviced AB Whole Loan, the “Controlling Holder”, “Controlling Noteholder” or similarly defined party identified in

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the related AB Intercreditor Agreement that is not the holder of the related Serviced Mortgage Loan. As of the Closing Date, there is no AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder.

“Accelerated Mezzanine Loan Lender”: A mezzanine lender under a mezzanine loan that has been accelerated or as to which foreclosure or enforcement proceedings have been commenced against the equity collateral pledged to secure such mezzanine loan.

“Acceptable Insurance Default”: With respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, a default under the related Mortgage Loan documents arising by reason of (i) any failure on the part of the related Mortgagor to maintain with respect to the related Mortgaged Property specific insurance coverage with respect to, or an all-risk casualty insurance policy that does not specifically exclude, terrorist or similar acts, and/or (ii) any failure on the part of the related Mortgagor to maintain with respect to the related Mortgaged Property insurance coverage with respect to damages or casualties caused by terrorist or similar acts upon terms not materially less favorable than those in place as of the Closing Date, in each case as to which default the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer may forbear taking any enforcement action, provided that the Master Servicer (with respect to a Non-Specially Serviced Loan) or the Special Servicer (with respect to a Specially Serviced Loan), as applicable, has determined, in its reasonable judgment, based on inquiry consistent with the Servicing Standard (and (i) unless a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, with the consent of the Directing Certificateholder and (ii) with respect to a Specially Serviced Loan, after non-binding consultation with the Risk Retention Consultation Party pursuant to Section 6.08(a) (in either case, other than with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is an Excluded Loan as to such party)) (and after a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, but prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, after non-binding consultation with the Directing Certificateholder (or, with respect to a Serviced AB Whole Loan, if an AB Control Appraisal Period is not in effect, with the consent of the related AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder to the extent required under the related Intercreditor Agreement) as provided in Section 6.08) (other than with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is an Excluded Loan as to such party), that either (a) such insurance is not available at commercially reasonable rates and that such hazards are not at the time commonly insured against for properties similar to the related Mortgaged Property and located in or around the region in which such related Mortgaged Property is located, or (b) such insurance is not available at any rate; provided, however, that the Directing Certificateholder (or, with respect to a Serviced AB Whole Loan, the AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder if an AB Control Appraisal Period is not in effect to the extent required under the related Intercreditor Agreement) and the Risk Retention Consultation Party (if it has the right to consult pursuant to Section 6.08) will not have more than thirty (30) days to respond to the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s, as applicable, request for such consent or consultation, as applicable; provided, further, that upon the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s, as applicable, determination, consistent with the Servicing Standard, that exigent circumstances do not allow the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, to consult with the Directing Certificateholder, the Risk Retention Consultation Party or any applicable AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder, as applicable, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, is not required to do so. The Master Servicer (at its own expense) and the Special Servicer (at the expense of the Trust Fund) shall be entitled to rely on insurance consultants in making the determinations described above.

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

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“Actual/360 Basis”: Interest accrual on the basis of the actual number of days in a month assuming a 360-day year.

“Actual/360 Mortgage Loans”: The Mortgage Loans that accrue interest on an Actual/360 Basis; provided, that a Mortgage Loan that accrues interest for a portion of the Mortgage Loan term on an Actual/360 Basis shall be an Actual/360 Mortgage Loan solely for such portion of the Mortgage Loan term.

“Additional Debt”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any debt owed by the related Mortgagor to a party other than the lender under such Mortgage Loan that is secured by the related Mortgaged Property as of the Closing Date as set forth on Schedule 1 hereto, as increased or decreased from time to time pursuant to the terms of the related subordinate or pari passu loan documents (including any Intercreditor Agreement or subordination agreement).

“Additional Disclosure Notification”: The form of notification to be included with any Additional Form 10-D Disclosure, Additional Form 10-K Disclosure or Form 8-K Disclosure Information which is attached hereto as Exhibit DD.

“Additional Exclusions”: Exclusions in addition to those customarily found in the insurance policies for mortgaged properties similar to the Mortgaged Properties on or prior to September 11, 2001.

“Additional Form 10-D Disclosure”: As defined in Section 11.04(a).

“Additional Form 10-K Disclosure”: As defined in Section 11.05(a).

“Additional Servicer”: Each Affiliate of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or any Mortgage Loan Seller that services any of the Mortgage Loans and each Person who is not an Affiliate of the Master Servicer, other than the Special Servicer, who services 10% or more of the Mortgage Loans by unpaid principal balance as of any date of determination pursuant to Article XI.

“Administrative Fee Rate”: As of any date of determination and with respect to each Mortgage Loan, a per annum rate equal to the sum of the Servicing Fee Rate, the Certificate Administrator Fee Rate (which fee rate accounts for the Trustee Fee), the Operating Advisor Fee Rate, the Asset Representations Reviewer Fee Rate and the CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee Rate and, in the case of each Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the related Non-Serviced Primary Servicing Fee Rate.

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

“Adverse REMIC Event”: As defined in Section 10.01(f).

“Affected Party”: As defined in Section 7.01(b).

“Affected Reporting Party”: As defined in Section 11.12.

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“Affiliate”: With respect to any specified Person, any other Person controlling or controlled by or under common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

“Affirmative Asset Review Vote”: As defined in Section 12.01(a).

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

(a)               the aggregate amount of all cash received on the Mortgage Loans (in the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, only to the extent received by the Trust pursuant to the related Non-Serviced PSA and/or the related Non-Serviced Intercreditor Agreement) (including the portion of Loss of Value Payments deposited into the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.05(g) of this Agreement) and any REO Property (including Compensating Interest Payments with respect to the Mortgage Loans required to be deposited by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.17(a)) on deposit in the Collection Account (in each case, exclusive of any amount on deposit in or credited to any portion of the Collection Account that is held for the benefit of the Serviced Companion Noteholders) as of the close of business on the related P&I Advance Date, exclusive of (without duplication):

(i)                                  all Periodic Payments paid by the Mortgagors of a Mortgage Loan that are due on a Due Date following the end of the related Collection Period, excluding interest relating to payments prior to, but due after, the Cut-off Date;

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

(iii)                             (A) all amounts payable or reimbursable to any Person from the Collection Account pursuant to clauses (ii) through (xviii), inclusive, and (xxii) of Section 3.05(a); (B) all amounts payable or reimbursable to any Person from the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account pursuant to clauses (ii) through (vii), inclusive, of Section 3.05(b); and (C) any Net Investment Earnings contained therein;

(iv)                           with respect to the Actual/360 Mortgage Loans and any Distribution Date occurring in (1) each February or (2) any January in a year that is not a leap year (in each case, unless the related Distribution Date is the final Distribution Date), an amount equal to one (1) day of interest on the Stated Principal Balance of

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such Mortgage Loan as of the Distribution Date in the month preceding the month in which the P&I Advance Date occurs at the related Mortgage Rate to the extent such amounts are Withheld Amounts;

(v)                               all Excess Interest allocable to the Mortgage Loans (which is separately distributed to the Excess Interest Certificates and the RR Interest, as described in Section 4.01(j));

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

(vii)                        all amounts deposited in the Collection Account in error; and

(viii)                      any Penalty Charges allocable to the Mortgage Loans;

(b)               if and to the extent not already included in clause (a) hereof, the aggregate amount transferred from the REO Accounts allocable to the Mortgage Loans to the Collection Account for such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 3.14(c);

(c)               the aggregate amount of any Compensating Interest Payments made by the Master Servicer in respect of the Mortgage Loans with respect to such Distribution Date and P&I Advances made by the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Distribution Date (net of the related Certificate Administrator Fee, Operating Advisor Fee, Asset Representations Reviewer Fee and CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee with respect to the Mortgage Loans for which such P&I Advances are made) pursuant to Section 4.03 or Section 7.05;

(d)               with respect to each Actual/360 Mortgage Loan and any Distribution Date occurring in each March (or February, if the related Distribution Date is the final Distribution Date), the Withheld Amounts remitted to the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account pursuant to Section 3.21(b); and

(e)               (e)          with respect to each Actual/360 Mortgage Loan and the Distribution Date occurring in March 2023, the related Initial Interest Deposit Amount.

Notwithstanding the investment of funds held in the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.06, for purposes of calculating the Aggregate Available Funds, the amounts so invested shall be deemed to remain on deposit in such accounts.

“Aggregate Excess Prepayment Interest Shortfall”: The aggregate of any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls resulting from any Principal Prepayments made on the Mortgage Loans to be included in the Aggregate Available Funds for any Distribution Date that are not covered by the Master Servicer’s Compensating Interest Payment for the related Distribution Date and the portion of the compensating interest payments allocable to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan to the extent received from the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer.

“Aggregate Gain-on-Sale Entitlement Amount”: For each Distribution Date, the aggregate amount of (i) the sum of (a)(x) the aggregate portion of the Interest Distribution Amount

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for each Class of Non-Retained Certificates that would remain unpaid as of the close of business on the Distribution Date, divided by (y) the Non-Retained Percentage, and (b)(x) the amount by which the Principal Distribution Amount exceeds the aggregate amount that would actually be distributed on the Distribution Date in respect of such Principal Distribution Amount, divided by (y) the Non-Retained Percentage, and (ii) any outstanding Realized Losses and Retained Certificate Realized Losses outstanding immediately after such Distribution Date, in each case, to the extent such amounts would occur on such Distribution Date or would be outstanding immediately after such Distribution Date, as applicable, without the inclusion of the Gain-on-Sale Remittance Amount as part of the definition of Available Funds and the Retained Certificate Gain-on-Sale Remittance Amount as part of the definition of Retained Certificate Available Funds.

“Aggregate Principal Distribution Amount”: With respect to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the sum of the following amounts: (a) the Scheduled Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date and (b) the Unscheduled Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date; provided that the Aggregate Principal Distribution Amount for any Distribution Date shall be reduced, to not less than zero, by the amount of any reimbursements of (A) Nonrecoverable Advances (including any servicing advance with respect to the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan under the related Non-Serviced PSA reimbursed out of general collections on the Mortgage Loans), with interest on such Nonrecoverable Advances at the Reimbursement Rate that are paid or reimbursed from principal collections on the Mortgage Loans in a period during which such principal collections would have otherwise been included in the Aggregate Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date and (B) Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts paid or reimbursed from principal collections on the Mortgage Loans in a period during which such principal collections would have otherwise been included in the Aggregate Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date (provided that, in the case of clauses (A) and (B) above, if any of the amounts that were reimbursed from principal collections on the Mortgage Loans (including REO Loans (but excluding any related Companion Loan)) are subsequently recovered on the related Mortgage Loan (or REO Loan (but excluding any related Companion Loan)), such recovery will increase the Aggregate Principal Distribution Amount for the Distribution Date related to the period in which such recovery occurs).

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

“Allocated Appraisal Reduction Amount”: With respect to any Appraisal Reduction Amount, an amount equal to the Non-Retained Percentage of such Appraisal Reduction Amount.

“Allocated Collateral Deficiency Amount”: With respect to any Collateral Deficiency Amount, the Non-Retained Percentage of such Collateral Deficiency Amount.

“Allocated Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amount”: With respect to any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amount, the Non-Retained Percentage of such Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amount.

“Anticipated Repayment Date”: With respect to any ARD Loan, the date upon which such ARD Loan commences accruing interest at the Revised Rate.

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“Applicable Fitch Permitted Investment Rating”: (A) in the case of such investments with maturities of thirty (30) days or less, the short-term debt obligations of which are rated at least “F1” by Fitch or the long-term debt obligations of which are rated at least “A” by Fitch and (B) in the case of such investments with maturities of more than thirty (30) days, the short-term obligations of which are rated at least “F1+” by Fitch or the long-term obligations of which are rated at least “AA-” by Fitch.

“Applicable KBRA Permitted Investment Rating”: (A) in the case of such investments with maturities of ninety (90) days or less, the short-term debt obligations of which are rated at least “K3” or the long-term obligations of which are rated at least “BBB-” and (B) in the case of such investments with maturities greater than ninety (90) days but not more than one year, the short-term debt obligations of which are rated at least “K1” or the long-term obligations of which are rated at least “A-” (in each case, if then rated by KBRA).

“Applicable Laws”: As defined in Section 8.15.

“Applicable Moody’s Permitted Investment Rating”: in the case of such investments, the short-term debt obligations of which are rated at least “P-1” by Moody’s or the long-term debt obligations of which are rated at least “A2” by Moody’s.

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

“Appraisal”: An appraisal prepared by an appraiser who is licensed or certified to prepare appraisals in the state where the Mortgaged Property is located and which satisfies the Interagency Appraisal and Evaluation Guidelines jointly issued by The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FRB), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) relating to real estate appraisals and evaluations used to support real estate-related financial transactions, as amended from time to time. Any Appraisal ordered by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer shall be performed by an Independent MAI-designated appraiser.

“Appraisal Reduction Amount”: For any Distribution Date and for any Serviced Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan as to which any Appraisal Reduction Event has occurred, will be an amount, calculated by the Special Servicer (prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, in consultation with the Directing Certificateholder (except in the case of an Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class), and, after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event, in consultation with the Directing Certificateholder (except with respect to any such Excluded Loan) and the Operating Advisor and, after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, in consultation with the Operating Advisor), as of the first Determination Date that is at least ten (10) Business Days following the date on which the Special Servicer receives the related Appraisal (together with information requested by the Special Servicer from the Master Servicer in accordance with Section 4.05 of this Agreement

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that is in the possession of the Master Servicer and reasonably necessary to calculate the Appraisal Reduction Amount), or conducts a valuation as described below, equal to the excess of (a) the Stated Principal Balance of that Mortgage Loan or the Stated Principal Balance of the applicable Serviced Whole Loan over (b) the excess of (i) the sum of (A) 90% of the Appraised Value of the related Mortgaged Property as determined (1) by one or more Appraisals obtained by the Special Servicer with respect to that Mortgage Loan (together with any other Mortgage Loan cross-collateralized with such Mortgage Loan) or Serviced Whole Loan, as the case may be, with an outstanding principal balance equal to or in excess of $2,000,000 (the costs of which shall be paid by the Master Servicer as an Advance) or (2) by an internal valuation performed by the Special Servicer (or at the Special Servicer’s election, by one or more MAI appraisals obtained by the Special Servicer) with respect to any Mortgage Loan (together with any other Mortgage Loan cross-collateralized with such Mortgage Loan) or Serviced Whole Loan, as the case may be, with an outstanding principal balance less than $2,000,000, minus, with respect to any Appraisals, such downward adjustments as the Special Servicer may make (without implying any obligation to do so) based upon its review of the Appraisals and any other information it deems relevant; and (B) all escrows, letters of credit and reserves in respect of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, as of the date of calculation over (ii) the sum of, as of the Due Date occurring in the month of the date of determination, (A) to the extent not previously advanced by the Master Servicer or the Trustee, all unpaid interest due on such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as the case may be, at a per annum rate equal to its Mortgage Rate (and, with respect to any Serviced AB Whole Loan, any accrued and unpaid interest on the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan, as applicable), (B) all P&I Advances on the related Mortgage Loan and all Servicing Advances on the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, not reimbursed from proceeds of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, and interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate in respect of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, and (C) all currently due and unpaid real estate taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, ground rents, unpaid Special Servicing Fees and all other amounts due and unpaid (including any capitalized interest whether or not then due and payable) with respect to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as the case may be (which taxes, premiums, ground rents and other amounts have not been the subject of an Advance by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable); provided, however, that without limiting the Special Servicer’s obligation to order and obtain such Appraisal or perform such valuation, if the Special Servicer has not obtained an Appraisal or performed such valuation, as applicable, referred to above within sixty (60) days of the Appraisal Reduction Event (or with respect to the Appraisal Reduction Events set forth in clauses (i) and (vi) of the definition of Appraisal Reduction Event, within one hundred twenty (120) days (in the case of clause (i)) or ninety (90) days or one hundred twenty (120) days, as applicable (in case of clause (vi)) after the initial delinquency for the related Appraisal Reduction Event), the Appraisal Reduction Amount shall be deemed to be an amount equal to 25% of the current Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, until such time as such appraisal or valuation referred to above is received (together with information requested by the Special Servicer from the Master Servicer in accordance with Section 4.05 of this Agreement that is in possession of the Master Servicer and reasonably necessary to calculate the Appraisal Reduction Amount) or performed by the Special Servicer and the Appraisal Reduction Amount is calculated by the Special Servicer as of the first Determination Date that is at least ten (10) Business Days after the Special Servicer’s receipt of such Appraisal or the completion of the valuation. Within sixty (60) days after the Appraisal

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Reduction Event, the Special Servicer shall order and use reasonable efforts to receive an Appraisal (the cost of which shall be paid by the Master Servicer as a Servicing Advance); provided, further, however, that with respect to an Appraisal Reduction Event as set forth in clause (i) of the definition of Appraisal Reduction Event, the Special Servicer shall order and use reasonable efforts to receive such Appraisal within the one hundred twenty (120) day period set forth in such clause (i), and with respect to an Appraisal Reduction Event as set forth in clause (vi) of the definition of Appraisal Reduction Event, the Special Servicer shall order and use reasonable efforts to receive such Appraisal within the ninety (90) day period or one hundred twenty (120) day period, as applicable, set forth in such clause (vi); provided, further, however, that in no event shall the Special Servicer be required to obtain any such Appraisal prior to the conclusion of such sixty (60), ninety (90) or one hundred twenty (120) day period, as applicable, and in each case, the related Appraisal shall be promptly delivered in electronic format by the Special Servicer to the Master Servicer and the Directing Certificateholder (but in the case of the Directing Certificateholder, only prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event and other than with respect to any Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder), the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee. In connection with any Appraisal Reduction Amount, the Master Servicer shall provide the Special Servicer with the information as set forth in Section 4.05(c) within four (4) Business Days of its receipt of any such request. The Master Servicer shall not calculate Appraisal Reduction Amounts.

With respect to any Appraisal Reduction Amount calculated for purposes of determining the existence and identity of the Controlling Class pursuant to Section 4.05(a), the Appraised Value for the related Mortgaged Property determined in connection with clause (b)(i)(A)(1) or clause (b)(i)(A)(2) of the first paragraph of this definition shall be determined on an “as-is” basis.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the aggregate Appraisal Reduction Amount related to a Mortgage Loan or the related REO Property will be reduced to zero as of the date on which Mortgage Loan is paid in full, liquidated, repurchased or otherwise removed from the Trust or as otherwise set forth in Section 4.05(d).

Any Appraisal Reduction Amount in respect of a Non-Serviced Whole Loan and allocable to the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan shall be calculated by the applicable party under, and in accordance with and pursuant to the terms of, the applicable Non-Serviced PSA and shall constitute an “Appraisal Reduction Amount” under the terms of this Agreement with respect to such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan and the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Certificate Administrator are entitled to conclusively rely on such calculation.

“Appraisal Reduction Event”: With respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan, Serviced Companion Loan and Serviced Whole Loan, the earliest of (i) one hundred twenty (120) days after an uncured delinquency (without regard to the application of any Grace Period), other than any uncured delinquency in respect of a Balloon Payment, occurs in respect of such Mortgage Loan, Serviced Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, (ii) the date on which a reduction in the amount of Periodic Payments on such Mortgage Loan, Serviced Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, or a change in any other material economic term of such Mortgage Loan, Serviced Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable (other than an extension of the Maturity Date), becomes effective as a result of a modification of such Mortgage

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Loan, Serviced Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, by the Special Servicer, (iii) thirty (30) days after the date on which a receiver has been appointed for the Mortgaged Property, (iv) thirty (30) days after the date on which a Mortgagor or the tenant at a single tenant property declares bankruptcy (and the bankruptcy petition is not otherwise dismissed within such time), (v) sixty (60) days after the date on which an involuntary petition of bankruptcy is filed with respect to a Mortgagor if not dismissed within such time, (vi) ninety (90) days after an uncured delinquency occurs in respect of a Balloon Payment with respect to such Mortgage Loan, Serviced Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, except where a refinancing or sale is anticipated within one hundred twenty (120) days after the Maturity Date of the Mortgage Loan, Serviced Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, in which case one hundred twenty (120) days after such uncured delinquency, and (vii) immediately after such Mortgage Loan, Serviced Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, becomes an REO Loan; provided that the thirty (30) day period referenced in clause (iii) and clause (iv) shall not apply if the related Mortgage Loan is a Specially Serviced Loan; provided, further, however, that an Appraisal Reduction Event shall not occur at any time when the aggregate Certificate Balances of all Classes of Subordinate Certificates have been reduced to zero. The Special Servicer shall notify the Master Servicer, the Directing Certificateholder and the Operating Advisor and the Other Servicer and the Other Trustee, if applicable, or the Master Servicer shall notify the Special Servicer and the Operating Advisor and the Other Servicer and the Other Trustee, as applicable, promptly upon such Person having notice or knowledge of the occurrence of any of the foregoing events. The obligation to obtain an Appraisal following the occurrence of an Appraisal Reduction Event shall be subject to the provisions of Section 4.05.

“Appraisal Review Period”: As defined in Section 4.05(b)(ii).

“Appraised Value”: (i) With respect to any Mortgaged Property (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property), the appraised value thereof as determined by the most recent Appraisal of the Mortgaged Property securing the related Mortgage Loan, Serviced Whole Loan, or Serviced AB Whole Loan, as applicable, and (ii) with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property, the appraised value allocable thereto, as determined pursuant to the applicable Non-Serviced PSA.

“Appraised-Out Class”: As defined in Section 4.05(b)(i).

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

“Arbitration Services Provider”: As defined in Section 2.03(n)(i).

“ARD Loan”: Any Mortgage Loan that is identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as having an Anticipated Repayment Date and Revised Rate. As of the Closing Date, the CX - 250 Water Street Mortgage Loan is an ARD Loan.

“Asset Representations Reviewer”: Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, a New York limited liability company, and its successors-in-interest.

“Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee”: As defined in Section 12.02(b).

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“Asset Representations Reviewer Fee”: As defined in Section 12.02(a).

“Asset Representations Reviewer Fee Rate”: As defined in Section 12.02(a).

“Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event”: As defined in Section 12.05(a).

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

“Asset Review Notice”: As defined in Section 12.01(a).

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

“Asset Review Report”: As defined in Section 12.01(b)(viii), a report setting forth the findings and conclusions of an Asset Review substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit NN.

“Asset Review Report Summary”: As defined in Section 12.01(b)(viii), a summary report setting forth the conclusions of an Asset Review Report substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit OO.

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

“Asset Review Trigger”: Any time when either (1) Mortgage Loans with an aggregate outstanding principal balance of 25.0% or more of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of all of the Mortgage Loans (including any successor REO Loans (but excluding any related Companion Loan)) held by the Trust as of the end of the applicable Collection Period are Delinquent Loans or (2)(A) prior to and including the second anniversary of the Closing Date, at least 10 Mortgage Loans are Delinquent Loans as of the end of the applicable Collection Period and the outstanding principal balance of such Delinquent Loans in the aggregate constitutes at least 15.0% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of all of the Mortgage Loans (including any successor REO Loans (but excluding any related Companion Loan)) held by the Trust as of the end of the applicable Collection Period, or (B) after the second anniversary of the Closing Date, at least fifteen (15) Mortgage Loans are Delinquent Loans as of the end of the applicable Collection Period and the outstanding principal balance of such Delinquent Loans in the aggregate constitutes at least 20.0% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of all of the Mortgage Loans (including any successor REO Loans (but excluding any related Companion Loan)) held by the Trust as of the end of the applicable Collection Period.

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“Asset Review Vote Election”: As defined in Section 12.01(a).

“Asset Status Report”: As defined in Section 3.19(d).

“Assignment” and “Assignments”: Each as defined in Section 2.01(c).

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

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

“Assumed Scheduled Payment”: For any Collection Period and with respect to any Mortgage Loan (including any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) that is delinquent in respect of its Balloon Payment or any REO Loan (excluding, for purposes of determining or making P&I Advances, the portion allocable to any related Companion Loan), an amount equal to the sum of (a) the principal portion of the Periodic Payment that would have been due on such Mortgage Loan or REO Loan on the related Due Date based on the constant payment required by the related Mortgage Note or the original amortization schedule of such Mortgage Loan (as calculated with interest at the related Mortgage Rate), if applicable, assuming such Balloon Payment has not become due, after giving effect to any reduction in the principal balance thereof occurring in connection with a modification of such Mortgage Loan in connection with a default or bankruptcy (or similar proceeding), and (b) interest on the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan or REO Loan (excluding, for purposes of determining P&I Advances, the portion allocable to any related Companion Loan) at the applicable Mortgage Rate (net of interest at the Servicing Fee Rate and the related Non-Serviced Primary Servicing Fee Rate, if applicable).

“Authenticating Agent”: The Certificate Administrator or any agent of the Certificate Administrator appointed to act as Authenticating Agent pursuant to Section 5.02(a), in each case in its capacity as authenticating agent, or if any successor authenticating agent is appointed pursuant to Section 5.02(a), such successor authenticating agent.

“Available Funds”: With respect to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the sum of (i) the Non-Retained Percentage of the Aggregate Available Funds for such Distribution Date and (ii) the Gain-on-Sale Remittance Amount.

“Balloon Mortgage Loan”: Any Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan that by its original terms or by virtue of any modification entered into as of the Closing Date provides for an

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amortization schedule for such Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan extending beyond its Maturity Date.

“Balloon Payment”: With respect to any Balloon Mortgage Loan, as of any date of determination, the Periodic Payment payable on the Maturity Date of such Balloon Mortgage Loan.

“Bankruptcy Code”: The federal Bankruptcy Code, as amended from time to time (Title 11 of the United States Code).

“Base Interest Fraction”: As defined in Section 4.01(e).

“BANK 2022-BNK41 PSA”: The pooling and servicing agreement, dated as of May 1, 2022, among  Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as general master servicer, Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as general special servicer, National Cooperative Bank, N.A., as NCB master servicer and NCB special servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as certificate administrator, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, as from time to time amended, supplemented or modified.

“BANK 2022-BNK43 PSA”: The pooling and servicing agreement, dated as of August 1, 2022, among Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc., as depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as general master servicer, Greystone Servicing Company LLC, as general special servicer, National Cooperative Bank, N.A., as NCB master servicer and as NCB special servicer, Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as certificate administrator, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, as from time to time amended, supplemented or modified.

“BANK 2022-BNK44 PSA”: The pooling and servicing agreement, dated as of November 1, 2022, among  Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as general master servicer, KeyBank National Association, as general special servicer, National Cooperative Bank, N.A., as NCB master servicer and NCB special servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as certificate administrator, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, as from time to time amended, supplemented or modified.

“BMO 2023-C4 PSA”: The pooling and servicing agreement, dated as of February 1, 2023, among  BMO Commercial Mortgage Securities LLC, as depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as certificate administrator and as trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, as from time to time amended, supplemented or modified.

“Book-Entry Certificate”: Any Certificate registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee.

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“Borrower Party”: A borrower, a Mortgagor, a manager of a Mortgaged Property, an Accelerated Mezzanine Loan Lender, or any Borrower Party Affiliate.

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

“Borrower-Related Party”: As defined in Section 3.32.

“Brandywine Strategic Office Portfolio Intercreditor Agreement”: That certain Agreement Between Note Holders, dated as of January 19, 2023, by and between the holders of the respective promissory notes evidencing the Brandywine Strategic Office Portfolio Pari Passu Whole Loan, relating to the relative rights of such holders, as the same may be further amended in accordance with the terms thereof.

“Brandywine Strategic Office Portfolio Mortgage Loan”: With respect to the Brandywine Strategic Office Portfolio Whole Loan, the Mortgage Loan that is included in the Trust (identified as Mortgage Loan No. 5 on the Mortgage Loan Schedule), which is evidenced by promissory note A-6.

“Brandywine Strategic Office Portfolio Mortgaged Property”: The Mortgaged Property that secures the Brandywine Strategic Office Portfolio Whole Loan.

“Brandywine Strategic Office Portfolio Pari Passu Companion Loan”: With respect to the Brandywine Strategic Office Portfolio Whole Loan, the Companion Loan evidenced by the related promissory notes A-1-1, A-1-2, A-2, A-3, A-4, A-5, A-7, A-8, A-9, A-10, A-11-1 and A-11-2 and made by the related Mortgagor and secured by the Mortgage on the Brandywine Strategic Office Portfolio Mortgaged Property.

“Brandywine Strategic Office Portfolio Whole Loan”: The Brandywine Strategic Office Portfolio Mortgage Loan, together with the Brandywine Strategic Office Portfolio Pari Passu Companion Loan, each of which is secured by the same Mortgage on the Brandywine Strategic Office Portfolio Mortgaged Property. References herein to the Brandywine Strategic Office Portfolio Whole Loan shall be construed to refer to the aggregate indebtedness under the Brandywine Strategic Office Portfolio Mortgage Loan and the Brandywine Strategic Office Portfolio Pari Passu Companion Loan.

“Breach”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a breach of any representation or warranty with respect to such Mortgage Loan set forth in Section 4(b) of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.

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“Business Day”: Any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in California, Kansas, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania or the city and state in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, or the principal place of business or principal commercial mortgage loan servicing office of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer is located, or the New York Stock Exchange or the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to remain closed.

“CERCLA”: The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended.

“Certificate”: Any one of the Depositor’s Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45, as executed and delivered by the Certificate Registrar and authenticated and delivered hereunder by the Authenticating Agent. For the avoidance of doubt, the RR Interest shall be a Certificate.

“Certificate Administrator”: Computershare Trust Company, National Association, in its capacity as certificate administrator, or if any successor certificate administrator is appointed thereto pursuant to Section 5.08 or any successor certificate administrator appointed hereunder. Computershare Trust Company, National Association shall perform the certificate administrator role through its Corporate Trust Services division, including, as applicable, any agents or affiliates utilized thereby.

“Certificate Administrator Fee”: The fee to be paid to the Certificate Administrator as compensation for the Certificate Administrator’s activities under this Agreement; provided that the Certificate Administrator Fee includes the Trustee Fee, and the Certificate Administrator shall pay the Trustee Fee to the Trustee.

“Certificate Administrator Fee Rate”: The Certificate Administrator Fee shall be equal to the product of the rate equal to 0.01258% per annum and the Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan (calculated in the same manner as interest is calculated on the related Mortgage Loan) or REO Loan (other than the portion of an REO Loan related to any Companion Loan) as of the preceding Distribution Date. The Certificate Administrator Fee includes the Trustee Fee.

“Certificate Administrator’s Website”: The Certificate Administrator’s Internet website, which shall initially be located at “www.ctslink.com”.

“Certificate Balance”: With respect to any Class of Principal Balance Certificates or Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest, (i) on or prior to the first Distribution Date, an amount equal to the Original Certificate Balance of such Class of Principal Balance Certificates or Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest and (ii) as of any date of determination after the first Distribution Date, the Certificate Balance of such Class of Principal Balance Certificates or Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest on the Distribution Date immediately prior to such date of determination (determined as adjusted pursuant to Section 1.02(iii)). Each Class of Class A-4 Exchangeable Certificates, Class A-5 Exchangeable Certificates, Class A-S Exchangeable Certificates, Class B Exchangeable Certificates and Class C Exchangeable Certificates shall have

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a Certificate Balance or Notional Amount equal to its Class Percentage Interest multiplied by the Certificate Balance of the Class A-4 Upper-Tier Regular Interest, Class A-5 Upper-Tier Regular Interest, Class A-S Upper-Tier Regular Interest, Class B Upper-Tier Regular Interest or Class C Upper-Tier Regular Interest, respectively.

“Certificate Factor”: With respect to any Class of Certificates (other than the Class R and Class V Certificates), as of any date of determination, a fraction, expressed as a decimal carried to at least eight (8) places, the numerator of which is the then-related Certificate Balance or Notional Amount, and the denominator of which is the related Original Certificate Balance.

“Certificate Owner”: With respect to a Book-Entry Certificate, the Person who is the beneficial owner of such Certificate as reflected on the books of the Depository or on the books of a Depository Participant or on the books of an indirect participating brokerage firm for which a Depository Participant acts as agent.

“Certificate Register” and “Certificate Registrar”: The register maintained and registrar appointed pursuant to Section 5.03(a).

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

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Special Servicer’s, the Master Servicer’s or any Mortgage Loan Seller’s rights, if any, or any of their Affiliates as a member of the Controlling Class or (ii) any Affiliate of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator that has provided an Investor Certification in which it has certified as to the existence of certain policies and procedures restricting the flow of information between it and the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable. The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall each be entitled to request and rely upon a certificate of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Depositor in determining whether a Certificate is registered in the name of an Affiliate of such Person. All references herein to “Holders” or “Certificateholders” shall reflect the rights of Certificate Owners as they may indirectly exercise such rights through the Depository and the Depository Participants, except as otherwise specified herein; provided, however, that the parties hereto shall be required to recognize as a “Holder” or “Certificateholder” only the Person in whose name a Certificate is registered in the Certificate Register. The Trustee shall be the Holder of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests for the benefit of the Certificateholders.

“Certificateholder Quorum”: The Holders of Certificates evidencing at least 50% of the aggregate Voting Rights (taking into account the application of Realized Losses and, other than with respect to the termination of the Asset Representations Reviewer, the application of any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts to notionally reduce the Certificate Balance of the Certificates) of all Principal Balance Certificates (other than the RR Interest) on an aggregate basis.

“Certificateholder Repurchase Request”: As defined in Section 2.03(k)(i).

“Certification Parties”: As defined in Section 11.06.

“Certification Party”: Any one of the Certification Parties.

“Certifying Person”: As defined in Section 11.06.

“Certifying Servicer”: As defined in Section 11.09.

“Class”: With respect to any Certificates, all of the Certificates bearing the same alphanumeric Class designation. Each designated Lower-Tier Regular Interest shall be a Class. Each Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest shall be a Class. For the avoidance of doubt, the RR Interest shall be a Class of Certificates.

“Class A Certificate”: Any Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB or Class A-3 Certificate, or Class A-4 or Class A-5 Exchangeable Certificate.

“Class A-1 Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class A-1” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing a “regular interest” in the Upper-Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class A-1 Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to 5.4310%.

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“Class A-2 Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class A-2” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing a “regular interest” in the Upper-Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class A-2 Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to 5.6580%.

“Class A-3 Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class A-3” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing a “regular interest” in the Upper-Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class A-3 Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to 5.0750%.

“Class A-4 Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class A-4” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing undivided beneficial ownership of the related Exchangeable Class Specific Grantor Trust Assets for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class A-4 Exchangeable Certificate”: Any of the Class A-4, Class A-4-1, Class A-4-2, Class A-4-X1 and Class A-4-X2 Certificates.

“Class A-4 Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to 4.9370%.

“Class A-4 Upper-Tier Regular Interest”, “Class A-4-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest” and “Class A-4-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interest”: Each, an uncertificated regular interest in the Upper-Tier REMIC which is issued by the Upper-Tier REMIC, held as an asset of the Grantor Trust and has the initial Pass-Through Rate and Original Certificate Balance or Original Notional Amount set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

“Class A-4 UT Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to the Class A-4 Pass-Through Rate minus 1.0000%.

“Class A-4-1 Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class A-4-1” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing undivided beneficial ownership of the related Exchangeable Class Specific Grantor Trust Assets for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class A-4-1 Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the sum of the Class A-4 UT Pass-Through Rate and the Class A-4-X2 UT Pass-Through Rate for such Distribution Date.

“Class A-4-2 Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class A-4-2” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing undivided beneficial ownership of the related Exchangeable Class Specific Grantor Trust Assets for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class A-4-2 Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the Class A-4 UT Pass-Through Rate for such Distribution Date.

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“Class A-4-X1 Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class A-4-X1” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing undivided beneficial ownership of the related Exchangeable Class Specific Grantor Trust Assets for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class A-4-X1 Notional Amount”: As of any date of determination, the Certificate Balance of the Class A-4-1 Certificates.

“Class A-4-X1 Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to 0.5000%.

“Class A-4-X1 UT Notional Amount”: As of any date of determination, the Certificate Balance of the Class A-4 Upper-Tier Regular Interest.

“Class A-4-X1 UT Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to 0.5000%.

“Class A-4-X2 Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class A-4-X2” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing undivided beneficial ownership of the related Exchangeable Class Specific Grantor Trust Assets for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class A-4-X2 Notional Amount”: As of any date of determination, the Certificate Balance of the Class A-4-2 Certificates.

“Class A-4-X2 Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to 1.0000%.

“Class A-4-X2 UT Notional Amount”: As of any date of determination, the Certificate Balance of the Class A-4 Upper-Tier Regular Interest.

“Class A-4-X2 UT Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to 0.5000%.

“Class A-5 Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class A-5” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing undivided beneficial ownership of the related Exchangeable Class Specific Grantor Trust Assets for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class A-5 Exchangeable Certificate”: Any of the Class A-5, Class A-5-1, Class A-5-2, Class A-5-X1 and Class A-5-X2 Certificates.

“Class A-5 Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to 5.2030%.

“Class A-5 Upper-Tier Regular Interest”, “Class A-5-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest” and “Class A-5-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interest”: Each, an uncertificated regular interest in the Upper-Tier REMIC which is issued by the Upper-Tier REMIC, held as an asset of the

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Grantor Trust and has the initial Pass-Through Rate and Original Certificate Balance or Original Notional Amount set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

“Class A-5 UT Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to the Class A-5 Pass-Through Rate minus 1.0000%.

“Class A-5-1 Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class A-5-1” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing undivided beneficial ownership of the related Exchangeable Class Specific Grantor Trust Assets for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class A-5-1 Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the sum of the Class A-5 UT Pass-Through Rate and the Class A-5-X2 UT Pass-Through Rate for such Distribution Date.

“Class A-5-2 Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class A-5-2” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing undivided beneficial ownership of the related Exchangeable Class Specific Grantor Trust Assets for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class A-5-2 Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the Class A-5 UT Pass-Through Rate for such Distribution Date.

“Class A-5-X1 Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class A-5-X1” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing undivided beneficial ownership of the related Exchangeable Class Specific Grantor Trust Assets for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class A-5-X1 Notional Amount”: As of any date of determination, the Certificate Balance of the Class A-5-1 Certificates.

“Class A-5-X1 Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to 0.5000%.

“Class A-5-X1 UT Notional Amount”: As of any date of determination, the Certificate Balance of the Class A-5 Upper-Tier Regular Interest.

“Class A-5-X1 UT Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to 0.5000%.

“Class A-5-X2 Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class A-5-X2” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing undivided beneficial ownership of the related Exchangeable Class Specific Grantor Trust Assets for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class A-5-X2 Notional Amount”: As of any date of determination, the Certificate Balance of the Class A-5-2 Certificates.

“Class A-5-X2 Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to 1.0000%.

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“Class A-5-X2 UT Notional Amount”: As of any date of determination, the Certificate Balance of the Class A-5 Upper-Tier Regular Interest.

“Class A-5-X2 UT Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to 0.5000%.

“Class A-S Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class A-S” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing undivided beneficial ownership of the related Exchangeable Class Specific Grantor Trust Assets for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class A-S Exchangeable Certificate”: Any of the Class A-S, Class A-S-1, Class A-S-2, Class A-S-X1 and Class A-S-X2 Certificates.

“Class A-S Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to the lesser of (i) the Weighted Average Net Mortgage Rate for such Distribution Date and (ii) 5.6510%.

“Class A-S Upper-Tier Regular Interest”, “Class A-S-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest” and “Class A-S-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interest”: Each, an uncertificated regular interest in the Upper-Tier REMIC which is issued by the Upper-Tier REMIC, held as an asset of the Grantor Trust and has the initial Pass-Through Rate and Original Certificate Balance or Original Notional Amount set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

“Class A-S UT Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to the Class A-S Pass-Through Rate minus 1.0000%.

“Class A-S-1 Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class A-S-1” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing undivided beneficial ownership of the related Exchangeable Class Specific Grantor Trust Assets for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class A-S-1 Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the sum of the Class A-S UT Pass-Through Rate and the Class A-S-X2 UT Pass-Through Rate for such Distribution Date.

“Class A-S-2 Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class A-S-2” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing undivided beneficial ownership of the related Exchangeable Class Specific Grantor Trust Assets for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class A-S-2 Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the Class A-S UT Pass-Through Rate for such Distribution Date.

“Class A-S-X1 Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class A-S-X1” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing undivided beneficial ownership of the related Exchangeable Class Specific Grantor Trust Assets for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class A-S-X1 Notional Amount”: As of any date of determination, the Certificate Balance of the Class A-S-1 Certificates.

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“Class A-S-X1 Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to 0.5000%.

“Class A-S-X1 UT Notional Amount”: As of any date of determination, the Certificate Balance of the Class A-S Upper-Tier Regular Interest.

“Class A-S-X1 UT Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to 0.5000%.

“Class A-S-X2 Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class A-S-X2” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing undivided beneficial ownership of the related Exchangeable Class Specific Grantor Trust Assets for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class A-S-X2 Notional Amount”: As of any date of determination, the Certificate Balance of the Class A-S-2 Certificates.

“Class A-S-X2 Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to 1.0000%.

“Class A-S-X2 UT Notional Amount”: As of any date of determination, the Certificate Balance of the Class A-S Upper-Tier Regular Interest.

“Class A-S-X2 UT Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to 0.5000%.

“Class A-SB Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class A-SB” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing a “regular interest” in the Upper-Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class A-SB Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to 5.4670%.

“Class A-SB Planned Principal Balance”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the planned principal amount for such Distribution Date specified in Schedule 2 hereto relating to the Class A-SB Certificates.

“Class B Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class B” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing undivided beneficial ownership of the related Exchangeable Class Specific Grantor Trust Assets for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class B Exchangeable Certificate”: Any of the Class B, Class B-1, Class B-2, Class B-X1 and Class B-X2 Certificates.

“Class B Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to the lesser of (i) the Weighted Average Net Mortgage Rate for such Distribution Date and (ii) 6.1480%.

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“Class B Upper-Tier Regular Interest”, “Class B-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest” and “Class B-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interest”: Each, an uncertificated regular interest in the Upper-Tier REMIC which is issued by the Upper-Tier REMIC, held as an asset of the Grantor Trust and has the initial Pass-Through Rate and Original Certificate Balance or Original Notional Amount set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

“Class B UT Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to the Class B Pass-Through Rate minus 1.0000%.

“Class B-1 Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class B-1” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing undivided beneficial ownership of the related Exchangeable Class Specific Grantor Trust Assets for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class B-1 Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the sum of the Class B UT Pass-Through Rate and the Class B-X2 UT Pass-Through Rate for such Distribution Date.

“Class B-2 Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class B-2” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing undivided beneficial ownership of the related Exchangeable Class Specific Grantor Trust Assets for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class B-2 Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the Class B UT Pass-Through Rate for such Distribution Date.

“Class B-X1 Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class B-X1” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing undivided beneficial ownership of the related Exchangeable Class Specific Grantor Trust Assets for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class B-X1 Notional Amount”: As of any date of determination, the Certificate Balance of the Class B-1 Certificates.

“Class B-X1 Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to 0.5000%.

“Class B-X1 UT Notional Amount”: As of any date of determination, the Certificate Balance of the Class B Upper-Tier Regular Interest.

“Class B-X1 UT Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to 0.5000%.

“Class B-X2 Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class B-X2” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing undivided beneficial ownership of the related Exchangeable Class Specific Grantor Trust Assets for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class B-X2 Notional Amount”: As of any date of determination, the Certificate Balance of the Class B-2 Certificates.

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“Class B-X2 Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to 1.0000%.

“Class B-X2 UT Notional Amount”: As of any date of determination, the Certificate Balance of the Class B Upper-Tier Regular Interest.

“Class B-X2 UT Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to 0.5000%.

“Class C Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class C” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing undivided beneficial ownership of the related Exchangeable Class Specific Grantor Trust Assets for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class C Exchangeable Certificate”: Any of the Class C, Class C-1, Class C-2, Class C-X1 and Class C-X2 Certificates.

“Class C Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to the Weighted Average Net Mortgage Rate for such Distribution Date.

“Class C Upper-Tier Regular Interest”, “Class C-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest” and “Class C-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interest”: Each, an uncertificated regular interest in the Upper-Tier REMIC which is issued by the Upper-Tier REMIC, held as an asset of the Grantor Trust and has the initial Pass-Through Rate and Original Certificate Balance or Original Notional Amount set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

“Class C UT Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to the Class C Pass-Through Rate minus 1.0000%.

“Class C-1 Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class C-1” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing undivided beneficial ownership of the related Exchangeable Class Specific Grantor Trust Assets for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class C-1 Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the sum of the Class C UT Pass-Through Rate and the Class C-X2 UT Pass-Through Rate for such Distribution Date.

“Class C-2 Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class C-2” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing undivided beneficial ownership of the related Exchangeable Class Specific Grantor Trust Assets for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class C-2 Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the Class C UT Pass-Through Rate for such Distribution Date.

“Class C-X1 Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class C-X1” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing undivided beneficial ownership of the related Exchangeable Class Specific Grantor Trust Assets for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

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“Class C-X1 Notional Amount”: As of any date of determination, the Certificate Balance of the Class C-1 Certificates.

“Class C-X1 Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to 0.5000%.

“Class C-X1 UT Notional Amount”: As of any date of determination, the Certificate Balance of the Class C Upper-Tier Regular Interest.

“Class C-X1 UT Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to 0.5000%.

“Class C-X2 Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class C-X2” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing undivided beneficial ownership of the related Exchangeable Class Specific Grantor Trust Assets for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class C-X2 Notional Amount”: As of any date of determination, the Certificate Balance of the Class C-2 Certificates.

“Class C-X2 Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to 1.0000%.

“Class C-X2 UT Notional Amount”: As of any date of determination, the Certificate Balance of the Class C Upper-Tier Regular Interest.

“Class C-X2 UT Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to 0.5000%.

“Class D Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class D” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing a “regular interest” in the Upper-Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class D Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to 4.0000%.

“Class E Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class E” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing a “regular interest” in the Upper-Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class E Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to 4.0000%.

“Class F Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class F” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing a “regular interest” in the Upper-Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

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“Class F Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to (i) the Weighted Average Net Mortgage Rate for such Distribution Date minus (ii) 1.0000%.

“Class G Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class G” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing a “regular interest” in the Upper-Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class G Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to (i) the Weighted Average Net Mortgage Rate for such Distribution Date minus (ii) 1.0000%.

“Class H Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class H” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing a “regular interest” in the Upper-Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class H Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to (i) the Weighted Average Net Mortgage Rate for such Distribution Date minus (ii) 1.0000%.

“Class LA1 Uncertificated Interest”, “Class LA2 Uncertificated Interest”, “Class LASB Uncertificated Interest”, “Class LA3 Uncertificated Interest”, “Class LA4 Uncertificated Interest”, “Class LA5 Uncertificated Interest”, “Class LAS Uncertificated Interest”, “Class LB Uncertificated Interest”, “Class LC Uncertificated Interest”, “Class LD Uncertificated Interest”, “Class LE Uncertificated Interest”, “Class LF Uncertificated Interest”, “Class LG Uncertificated Interest” and “Class LH Uncertificated Interest”: Each, an uncertificated regular interest in the Lower-Tier REMIC which is held as an asset of the Upper-Tier REMIC and has the Original Lower-Tier Principal Amount and per annum rate of interest set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

“Class LR Interest”: The uncertificated residual interest in the Lower-Tier REMIC, represented by the Class R Certificates.

“Class Percentage Interest”: With respect to each Class of Exchangeable Certificates and each Corresponding Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest, (x) the Certificate Balance (or, if such class has an “X” suffix, Notional Amount) of such Class of Certificates, divided by (y) the Certificate Balance of the Class A-4 Upper-Tier Regular Interest (if such Class of Exchangeable Certificates has an “A-4” designation), the Certificate Balance of the Class A-5 Upper-Tier Regular Interest (if such Class of Exchangeable Certificates has an “A-5” designation), the Certificate Balance of the Class A-S Upper-Tier Regular Interest (if such Class of Exchangeable Certificates has an “A-S” designation), the Certificate Balance of the Class B Upper-Tier Regular Interest (if such Class of Exchangeable Certificates has a “B” designation) or the Certificate Balance of the Class C Upper-Tier Regular Interest (if such Class of Exchangeable Certificates has a “C” designation).

The initial Class Percentage Interest of each Class of Exchangeable Certificates in each of the Corresponding Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests is set forth below:

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Class of Exchangeable Certificates	Class Percentage Interest in the Class A-4 Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class Percentage Interest in the Class A-4-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class Percentage Interest in the Class A-4-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interest
Class A-4 Certificates	100%	100%	100%
Class A-4-1 Certificates	0%	N/A	0%
Class A-4-2 Certificates	0%	N/A	N/A
Class A-4-X1 Certificates	N/A	0%	N/A
Class A-4-X2 Certificates	N/A	0%	0%
Class of Exchangeable Certificates	Class Percentage Interest in the Class A-5 Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class Percentage Interest in the Class A-5-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class Percentage Interest in the Class A-5-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interest
Class A-5 Certificates	100%	100%	100%
Class A-5-1 Certificates	0%	N/A	0%
Class A-5-2 Certificates	0%	N/A	N/A
Class A-5-X1 Certificates	N/A	0%	N/A
Class A-5-X2 Certificates	N/A	0%	0%
Class of Exchangeable Certificates	Class Percentage Interest in the Class A-S Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class Percentage Interest in the Class A-S-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class Percentage Interest in the Class A-S-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interest
Class A-S Certificates	100%	100%	100%
Class A-S-1 Certificates	0%	N/A	0%
Class A-S-2 Certificates	0%	N/A	N/A
Class A-S-X1 Certificates	N/A	0%	N/A
Class A-S-X2 Certificates	N/A	0%	0%
Class of Exchangeable Certificates	Class Percentage Interest in the Class B Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class Percentage Interest in the Class B-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class Percentage Interest in the Class B-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interest
Class B Certificates	100%	100%	100%
Class B-1 Certificates	0%	N/A	0%
Class B-2 Certificates	0%	N/A	N/A
Class B-X1 Certificates	N/A	0%	N/A
Class B-X2 Certificates	N/A	0%	0%
Class of Exchangeable Certificates	Class Percentage Interest in the Class C Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class Percentage Interest in the Class C-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class Percentage Interest in the Class C-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interest

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Class C Certificates	100%	100%	100%
Class C-1 Certificates	0%	N/A	0%
Class C-2 Certificates	0%	N/A	N/A
Class C-X1 Certificates	N/A	0%	N/A
Class C-X2 Certificates	N/A	0%	0%

“Class R Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class R” on the face thereof in the form of Exhibit A-2 hereto, and evidencing the sole class of “residual interests” in each Trust REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class UR Interest”: The uncertificated residual interest in the Upper-Tier REMIC, represented by the Class R Certificates.

“Class V Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class V” on the face thereof in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A-3 and designated as a Class V Certificate, and evidencing undivided beneficial ownership of the Class V Specific Grantor Trust Assets.

“Class V Specific Grantor Trust Assets”: The portion of the Trust Fund consisting of a portion of any Excess Interest equal to the product of (A) the Non-Retained Percentage and (B) the aggregate amount of Excess Interest received on or prior to the related Determination Date, related amounts in the Excess Interest Distribution Account and the proceeds thereof, beneficial ownership of which is represented by the Class V Certificates.

“Class X Certificates”: The Class X-A, Class X-B, Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G or Class X-H Certificates, as the context may require.

“Class X-A Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class X-A” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing a “regular interest” in the Upper-Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class X-A Notional Amount”: As of any date of determination, the aggregate of the Certificate Balances of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB and Class A-3 Certificates and the Class A-4 and Class A-5 Upper-Tier Regular Interests.

“Class X-A Pass-Through Rate”: The Pass-Through Rate for the Class X-A Certificates for any Distribution Date will equal the excess, if any of (a) the Weighted Average Net Mortgage Rate for the related Distribution Date, over (b) the weighted average of the Pass-Through Rates on the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB and Class A-3 Certificates and the Class A-4, Class A-4-X1, Class A-4-X2, Class A-5, Class A-5-X1 and Class A-5-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interests for such Distribution Date, weighted on the basis of their respective Certificate Balances or Notional Amounts immediately prior to the Distribution Date (but excluding the Notional Amounts of any Exchangeable Upper-Tier IO Regular Interests from the denominator of such weighted average calculation). The Pass-Through Rate applicable to the Class X-A Certificates for the initial Distribution Date shall be the rate set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

“Class X-B Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class X-B” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing a “regular interest” in the Upper-Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

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“Class X-B Notional Amount”: As of any date of determination, the aggregate of the Certificate Balances of the Class A-S, Class B and Class C Upper-Tier Regular Interests.

“Class X-B Pass-Through Rate”: The Pass-Through Rate for the Class X-B Certificates for any Distribution Date will equal the excess, if any of (a) the Weighted Average Net Mortgage Rate for the related Distribution Date, over (b) the weighted average of the Pass-Through Rates on the Class A-S, Class A-S-X1, Class A-S-X2, Class B, Class B-X1, Class B-X2, Class C, Class C-X1 and Class C-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interests for such Distribution Date, weighted on the basis of their respective Certificate Balances or Notional Amounts immediately prior to the Distribution Date (but excluding the Notional Amounts of any Exchangeable Upper-Tier IO Regular Interests from the denominator of such weighted average calculation). The Pass-Through Rate applicable to the Class X-B Certificates for the initial Distribution Date shall be the rate set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

“Class X-D Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class X-D” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing a “regular interest” in the Upper-Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class X-D Notional Amount”: As of any date of determination, the aggregate of the Certificate Balances of the Class D and Class E Certificates.

“Class X-D Pass-Through Rate”: The Pass-Through Rate for the Class X-D Certificates for any Distribution Date will equal the excess, if any of (a) the Weighted Average Net Mortgage Rate for the related Distribution Date, over (b) the weighted average of the Pass-Through Rates of the Class D and Class E Certificates for such Distribution Date, weighted on the basis of their respective aggregate Certificate Balances immediately prior to the Distribution Date. The Pass-Through Rate applicable to the Class X-D Certificates for the initial Distribution Date shall be the rate set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

“Class X-F Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class X-F” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing a “regular interest” in the Upper-Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class X-F Notional Amount”: As of any date of determination, the Certificate Balance of the Class F Certificates.

“Class X-F Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to 1.0000%.

“Class X-G Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class X-G” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing a “regular interest” in the Upper-Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class X-G Notional Amount”: As of any date of determination, the Certificate Balance of the Class G Certificates.

“Class X-G Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to 1.0000%.

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“Class X-H Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class X-H” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing a “regular interest” in the Upper-Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“Class X-H Notional Amount”: As of any date of determination, the Certificate Balance of the Class H Certificates.

“Class X-H Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to 1.0000%.

“Clearing Agency”: An organization registered as a “clearing agency” pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act. The initial Clearing Agency shall be DTC.

“Clearstream”: Clearstream Banking, Luxembourg or any successor thereto.

“Closing Date”: February 23, 2023.

“CMBS”: Commercial mortgage-backed securities.

“Code”: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and applicable final or temporary regulations of the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued pursuant thereto.

“Collateral Deficiency Amount”: With respect to any AB Modified Loan as of any date of determination, shall be an amount, calculated by the Special Servicer equal to the excess of (i) the Stated Principal Balance of such AB Modified Loan (taking into account the related junior note(s) and any pari passu notes included therein), over (ii) the sum of (in the case of a Whole Loan, solely to the extent allocable to the subject Mortgage Loan) (x) the most recent Appraised Value for the related Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties, plus (y) solely to the extent not reflected or taken into account in such Appraised Value (or in the calculation of any related Appraisal Reduction Amount) and to the extent on deposit with, or otherwise under the control of, the lender as of the date of such determination, any capital or additional collateral contributed by the related Mortgagor at the time the Mortgage Loan became (and as part of the modification related thereto) such AB Modified Loan for the benefit of the related Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties (provided that in the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the amounts set forth in this clause (y) will be taken into account solely to the extent relevant information is received by the Master Servicer), plus (z) any other escrows or reserves (in addition to any amounts set forth in the immediately preceding clause (y) and solely to the extent not reflected or taken into account in the calculation of any related Appraisal Reduction Amount) held by the lender in respect of such AB Modified Loan as of the date of such determination, which such excess, for the avoidance of doubt, will be determined separately from and exclude any related Appraisal Reduction Amounts. The Master Servicer (other than with respect to Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans), the Operating Advisor (unless a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing and the Special Servicer has calculated any such Collateral Deficiency Amount) and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the Special Servicer’s calculation or determination of any Collateral Deficiency Amount with respect to a Serviced Mortgage Loan. The Special Servicer and Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely on the calculations of the Master Servicer with respect to Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans.

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With respect to any Collateral Deficiency Amount calculated for purposes of determining the existence and identity of the Controlling Class pursuant to Section 4.05(a), the Appraised Value for the related Mortgaged Property determined in connection with this definition shall be determined on an “as-is” basis. The Master Servicer (other than with respect to Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans) shall not calculate any Collateral Deficiency Amount.

“Collection Account”: A segregated custodial account or accounts created and maintained by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.04(a) on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders, which, with respect to the Master Servicer, shall be entitled “Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, on behalf of Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of the registered holders of BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45, Collection Account”. Any such account or accounts shall be an Eligible Account. Subject to the related Intercreditor Agreement and taking into account that each Companion Loan is subordinate or pari passu, as applicable, to the related Serviced Mortgage Loan to the extent set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement, the subaccount described in the second paragraph of Section 3.04(b) that is part of the Collection Account shall be for the benefit of the related Serviced Companion Noteholders, to the extent funds on deposit in such subaccount are attributed to such Companion Loans and shall not be an asset of the Trust, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust.

“Collection Period”: With respect to any Distribution Date and any Mortgage Loan (including any Companion Loan), the period beginning with the day after the Determination Date in the month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs (or, in the case of the first Distribution Date, commencing immediately following the Cut-off Date) and ending with the Determination Date occurring in the month in which such Distribution Date occurs.

“Commission”: The Securities and Exchange Commission.

“Companion Distribution Account”: With respect to any Serviced Companion Loan, the separate account created and maintained by the Companion Paying Agent pursuant to Section 3.04(b) and held on behalf of the Serviced Companion Noteholders, which shall be entitled “Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Companion Paying Agent, for the benefit of the Serviced Companion Noteholders of the Serviced Companion Loans, relating to the BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45, Companion Distribution Account”. The Companion Distribution Account shall not be an asset of the Trust, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust, but instead shall be held by the Companion Paying Agent on behalf of the Serviced Companion Noteholders. Any such account shall be an Eligible Account. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Master Servicer and the Companion Paying Agent are the same entity, the Companion Distribution Account may be the subaccount referenced in the second paragraph of Section 3.04(b).

“Companion Holders”: Each of the holders of record of any Companion Loan.

“Companion Loan(s)”: The Conair Glendale Pari Passu Companion Loan, the 100 & 150 South Wacker Drive Pari Passu Companion Loan, the Orlando Office Portfolio Pari Passu Companion Loan, the CX - 250 Water Street Pari Passu Companion Loans, the Brandywine Strategic Office Portfolio Pari Passu Companion Loans, the Concord Mills Pari Passu Companion

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Loans, the Millennium Boston Retail Pari Passu Companion Loan, the Norfolk Premium Outlets Pari Passu Companion Loans, The Boulder Pari Passu Companion Loan and the Green Acres Pari Passu Companion Loans.

“Companion Loan Rating Agency”: Any NRSRO rating any class of Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan Securities.

“Companion Paying Agent”: With respect to the Serviced Companion Loans, if any, the Master Servicer in its role as Companion Paying Agent appointed pursuant to Section 3.27.

“Compensating Interest Payments”: With respect to the Master Servicer, an aggregate amount as of any Distribution Date equal to the lesser of (i) the aggregate amount of Prepayment Interest Shortfalls incurred in connection with voluntary principal prepayments received in respect of the Mortgage Loans (other than Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans) for which the Master Servicer is acting as Master Servicer and any related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans (in each case other than any Specially Serviced Loan or any Mortgage Loan or related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan on which the Special Servicer allowed a prepayment on a date other than the applicable Due Date) for the related Distribution Date and (ii) the aggregate of (A) that portion of the Master Servicer’s Servicing Fees for such Distribution Date that is, in the case of each Serviced Mortgage Loan, Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan and REO Loan (excluding any portion thereof related to an AB Subordinate Companion Loan) for which the Master Servicer is acting as Master Servicer for which Servicing Fees are being paid to the Master Servicer in such Collection Period, calculated at a rate of 0.0025% per annum, (B) all Prepayment Interest Excesses received by the Master Servicer during such Collection Period with respect to the Mortgage Loans (other than the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans) (and, so long as a Serviced Whole Loan is serviced hereunder, any related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan) for which the Master Servicer is acting as Master Servicer subject to such prepayment and (C) to the extent earned on voluntary principal prepayments, net investment earnings payable to the Master Servicer for such Collection Period received by the Master Servicer during such Collection Period with respect to the Mortgage Loans (other than the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans) for which the Master Servicer is acting as Master Servicer or any related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan, as applicable, subject to such prepayment. In no event will the rights of the Certificateholders to the offset of the aggregate Prepayment Interest Shortfalls be cumulative. However, if a Prepayment Interest Shortfall occurs with respect to a Mortgage Loan as a result of the Master Servicer’s allowing the related Mortgagor to deviate (a “Prohibited Prepayment”) from the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents regarding Principal Prepayments (other than (V) a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, (W) subsequent to a default under the related Mortgage Loan documents or if the Mortgage Loan is a Specially Serviced Loan, (X) pursuant to applicable law or a court order or otherwise in such circumstances where the Master Servicer is required to accept such Principal Prepayment in accordance with the Servicing Standard, (Y)(i) at the request or with the consent of the Special Servicer or, (ii) for so long as no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing and, other than with respect to an Excluded Loan as to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, at the request or with the consent of the Directing Certificateholder, or (Z) in connection with the payment of any Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds), then for purposes of calculating the Compensating Interest Payment for the related Distribution Date, the Master Servicer shall pay, without regard to clause (ii) above,

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the aggregate amount of Prepayment Interest Shortfalls with respect to such Mortgage Loan, otherwise described in clause (i) above in connection with such Prohibited Prepayments. The Master Servicer shall not be required to make any Compensating Interest Payment as a result of any prepayments on Mortgage Loans or Companion Loans for which it does not act as Master Servicer or on any AB Subordinate Companion Loan.

For the avoidance of doubt, Compensating Interest Payments attributable to a Serviced Whole Loan shall be allocated among the related Mortgage Loan and the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s), pro rata, in accordance with their respective principal balances.

“Conair Glendale Intercreditor Agreement”: That certain Agreement Between Note Holders, dated as of December 21, 2022, by and between the holders of the respective promissory notes evidencing the Conair Glendale Pari Passu Whole Loan, relating to the relative rights of such holders, as the same may be further amended in accordance with the terms thereof.

“Conair Glendale Mortgage Loan”: With respect to the Conair Glendale Whole Loan, the Mortgage Loan that is included in the Trust (identified as Mortgage Loan No. 1 on the Mortgage Loan Schedule), which is evidenced by promissory note A-1.

“Conair Glendale Mortgaged Property”: The Mortgaged Property that secures the Conair Glendale Whole Loan.

“Conair Glendale Pari Passu Companion Loan”: With respect to the Conair Glendale Whole Loan, the Companion Loan evidenced by the related promissory note A-2 and made by the related Mortgagor and secured by the Mortgage on the Conair Glendale Mortgaged Property.

“Conair Glendale Whole Loan”: The Conair Glendale Mortgage Loan, together with the Conair Glendale Pari Passu Companion Loan, each of which is secured by the same Mortgage on the Conair Glendale Mortgaged Property. References herein to the Conair Glendale Whole Loan shall be construed to refer to the aggregate indebtedness under the Conair Glendale Mortgage Loan and the Conair Glendale Pari Passu Companion Loan.

“Concord Mills Intercreditor Agreement”: That certain Agreement Between Note Holders, dated as of October 11, 2022, by and between the holders of the respective promissory notes evidencing the Concord Mills Pari Passu Whole Loan, relating to the relative rights of such holders, as the same may be further amended in accordance with the terms thereof.

“Concord Mills Mortgage Loan”: With respect to the Concord Mills Whole Loan, the Mortgage Loan that is included in the Trust (identified as Mortgage Loan No. 8 on the Mortgage Loan Schedule), which is evidenced by promissory notes A-1-2 and A-1-4.

“Concord Mills Mortgaged Property”: The Mortgaged Property that secures the Concord Mills Whole Loan.

“Concord Mills Pari Passu Companion Loan”: With respect to the Concord Mills Whole Loan, the Companion Loan evidenced by the related promissory notes A-1-1, A-1-3, A-2-

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1, A-2-2, A-2-3 and A-2-4 and made by the related Mortgagor and secured by the Mortgage on the Concord Mills Mortgaged Property.

“Concord Mills Whole Loan”: The Concord Mills Mortgage Loan, together with the Concord Mills Pari Passu Companion Loan, each of which is secured by the same Mortgage on the Concord Mills Mortgaged Property. References herein to the Concord Mills Whole Loan shall be construed to refer to the aggregate indebtedness under the Concord Mills Mortgage Loan and the Concord Mills Pari Passu Companion Loan.

“Consultation Termination Event”: At any date at which no Class of Control Eligible Certificates exists where such Class’s aggregate Certificate Balance is at least equal to 25% of the Original Certificate Balance of that Class, in each case without regard to the application of any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts; provided, that no Consultation Termination Event may occur with respect to a Loan-Specific Directing Certificateholder related to a Servicing Shift Whole Loan and the term “Consultation Termination Event” shall not be applicable to a Loan-Specific Directing Certificateholder related to such Servicing Shift Whole Loan; provided, further, that a Consultation Termination Event shall be deemed not continuing in the event that the Certificate Balances of the Principal Balance Certificates other than the Control Eligible Certificates and the RR Interest have been reduced to zero as a result of the allocation of principal payments on the Mortgage Loans.

“Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers”: The “Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers” as published by the U.S. Department of Labor.

“Control Eligible Certificates”: Any of the Class F, Class G or Class H Certificates.

“Control Termination Event”: The occurrence of the Certificate Balance of the Class F Certificates (taking into account the application of any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts to notionally reduce the Certificate Balance of such Class in accordance with Section 4.05(a)) being reduced to less than 25% of the Original Certificate Balance of such Class; provided, that no Control Termination Event may occur with respect to a Loan-Specific Directing Certificateholder related to a Servicing Shift Whole Loan and the term “Control Termination Event” shall not be applicable to a Loan-Specific Directing Certificateholder related to such Servicing Shift Whole Loan; provided, further, that a Control Termination Event shall be deemed not continuing in the event that the Certificate Balances of the Principal Balance Certificates other than the Control Eligible Certificates and the RR Interest have been reduced to zero as a result of the allocation of principal payments on the Mortgage Loans.

“Controlling Class”: As of any date of determination, the most subordinate Class of Control Eligible Certificates then outstanding that has an aggregate Certificate Balance as notionally reduced by any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts allocable to such Class in accordance with Section 4.05(a), at least equal to 25% of the Original Certificate Balance of that Class; provided, that if at any time the Certificate Balances of the Principal Balance Certificates other than the Control Eligible Certificates and the RR Interest have been reduced to zero as a result of the allocation of principal payments on the Mortgage Loans, then the Controlling Class shall be the most subordinate Class among the Control Eligible Certificates that has a Certificate Balance greater than zero without regard to any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts. The

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Controlling Class as of the Closing Date will be the Class H Certificates. The Control Eligible Certificates shall not include the RR Interest and the RR Interest shall not be permitted to be a Controlling Class.

“Controlling Class Certificateholders”: Each Holder (or Certificate Owner, if applicable) of a Certificate of the Controlling Class as determined by the Certificate Registrar, from time to time, upon request by any party hereto. The Depositor, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor may from time to time request (the cost of which being an expense of the Trust) that the Certificate Administrator provide a list of the Holders (or Certificate Owners, if applicable) of the Controlling Class and the Certificate Administrator shall promptly provide such list without charge to such Depositor, Trustee, Master Servicer, Operating Advisor or Special Servicer, as applicable. The Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Operating Advisor shall be entitled to rely on any such list so provided.

“Conveyed Property”: As defined in Section 2.01(a).

“Corporate Trust Office”: The principal corporate trust office of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator at which at any particular time its corporate trust business with respect to this Agreement shall be administered, which office at the date of the execution of this Agreement is located (i) with respect to Certificate transfers and surrenders, at Computershare Trust Company, National Association, 600 South 4th Street, 7th Floor, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415, Attention: Certificate Transfer Services – BANK 2023-BNK45, (ii) with respect to the Trustee, at Computershare Trust Company, National Association, 9062 Old Annapolis Road, Columbia, Maryland 21045, Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) – BANK 2023-BNK45 and (iii) for all other purposes, to the Certificate Administrator, at Computershare Trust Company, National Association, 9062 Old Annapolis Road, Columbia, Maryland 21045, Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS), BANK 2023-BNK45.

“Corrected Loan”: Any Specially Serviced Loan that has become current and remained current for three (3) consecutive Periodic Payments (for such purposes taking into account any modification or amendment of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, as applicable, whether by a consensual modification or in connection with a bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding involving the Mortgagor), and (provided that no other Servicing Transfer Event has occurred with respect to such Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan during such preceding three (3) months, no additional event of default is foreseeable in the reasonable judgment of the Special Servicer and no other event or circumstance exists that causes such Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, as applicable, to otherwise constitute a Specially Serviced Loan) the servicing of which the Special Servicer has returned to the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.19(a).

“Corresponding Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests”: With respect to each Class of Exchangeable Certificates, the Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests set forth next to it in the table below.

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Class of Exchangeable Certificates	Corresponding Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests
Class A-4	Class A-4, Class A-4-X1, Class A-4-X2
Class A-4-1	Class A-4, Class A-4-X2
Class A-4-2	Class A-4
Class A-4-X1	Class A-4-X1
Class A-4-X2	Class A-4-X1, Class A-4-X2
Class A-5	Class A-5, Class A-5-X1, Class A-5-X2
Class A-5-1	Class A-5, Class A-5-X2
Class A-5-2	Class A-5
Class A-5-X1	Class A-5-X1
Class A-5-X2	Class A-5-X1, Class A-5-X2
Class A-S	Class A-S, Class A-S-X1, Class A-S-X2
Class A-S-1	Class A-S, Class A-S-X2
Class A-S-2	Class A-S
Class A-S-X1	Class A-S-X1
Class A-S-X2	Class A-S-X1, Class A-S-X2
Class B	Class B, Class B-X1, Class B-X2
Class B-1	Class B, Class B-X2
Class B-2	Class B
Class B-X1	Class B-X1
Class B-X2	Class B-X1, Class B-X2
Class C	Class C, Class C-X1, Class C-X2
Class C-1	Class C, Class C-X2
Class C-2	Class C
Class C-X1	Class C-X1
Class C-X2	Class C-X1, Class C-X2

“CREFC^®”: The Commercial Real Estate Finance Council^®, or any successor organization reasonably acceptable to the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event, the Directing Certificateholder.

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

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

“CREFC^® Bond Level File”: The data file in the “CREFC^® Bond Level File” format substantially in the form of and containing the information called for therein, or such other

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form for the presentation of such information as may be approved from time to time by the CREFC^® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan and REO Loan (other than the portion of an REO Loan related to any Companion Loan) and for any Distribution Date, the amount accrued during the related Interest Accrual Period at the CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee Rate on the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan or REO Loan as of the close of business on the Distribution Date in such Interest Accrual Period; provided that such amounts shall be computed for the same period and on the same interest accrual basis respecting which any related interest payment due or deemed due

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on the related Mortgage Loan or REO Loan is computed and shall be prorated for partial periods. For the avoidance of doubt, the CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee shall be deemed payable by the Master Servicer from the Lower-Tier REMIC.

“CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee Rate”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan and REO Loan (but excluding any related Companion Loan), a rate equal to 0.00050% per annum.

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

“CREFC^® Investor Reporting Package”: The collection of reports specified by the CREFC^® from time to time as the “CREFC^® Investor Reporting Package.” As of the Closing Date, the CREFC^® Investor Reporting Package contains eight (8) electronic files ((1) CREFC^® Loan Setup File, (2) CREFC^® Loan Periodic Update File, (3) CREFC^® Property File, (4) CREFC^® Bond Level File, (5) CREFC^® Collateral Summary File, (6) CREFC^® Financial File, (7) CREFC^® Special Servicer Loan File and (8) CREFC^® Schedule AL File (with respect to the Master Servicer)) and eleven (11) surveillance reports ((1) CREFC^® Servicer Watch List, (2) CREFC^® Delinquent Loan Status Report, (3) CREFC^® REO Status Report, (4) CREFC^® Comparative Financial Status Report, (5) CREFC^® Historical Loan Modification/Forbearance and Corrected Mortgage Loan Report, (6) CREFC^® Operating Statement Analysis Report, (7) CREFC^® Servicer Remittance to Certificate Administrator, (8) CREFC^® Significant Insurance Event Report, (9) CREFC^® NOI Adjustment Worksheet, (10) CREFC^® Loan Level Reserve/LOC Report and (11) with respect to Mortgage Loans that have a Companion Loan, as applicable, the CREFC^® Total Loan Report). In addition, the CREFC^® Investor Reporting Package shall include the CREFC^® Advance Recovery Report. In addition, the CREFC^® Investor Reporting Package shall include the following nine (9) templates: (1) CREFC^® Appraisal Reduction Template, (2) CREFC^® Servicer Realized Loss Template, (3) CREFC^® Reconciliation of Funds Template, (4) CREFC^® Historical Bond/Collateral Realized Loss Reconciliation Template, (5) CREFC^® Historical Liquidation Loss Template, (6) CREFC^® Interest Shortfall Reconciliation Template, (7) CREFC^® Loan Modification Report, (8) CREFC^® Loan Liquidation Report and (9) CREFC^® REO Liquidation Report. The CREFC^® Investor Reporting Package shall be substantially in the form of, and containing the information called for in, the downloadable forms of the “CREFC^® IRP” available as of the Closing Date on the CREFC^® Website, or such other form for the presentation of such information and containing such additional information or reports as may from time to time be approved by the CREFC^® for CMBS transactions generally. For the purposes of the production of the CREFC^® Comparative Financial Status Report by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer of any such report that is required to state information for any period prior to the Cut-off Date, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, may conclusively rely (without independent verification), absent manifest error, on information provided to it by the Mortgage Loan Sellers or by the related Mortgagor or (x) in the case of such a report produced by the Master Servicer, by the Special Servicer (if other than the Master Servicer or an Affiliate thereof) and (y) in the case of such a report produced by the Special Servicer, by the Master Servicer (if other than the Special Servicer or an Affiliate thereof).

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

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

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

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

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

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

“CREFC^® NOI Adjustment Worksheet”: The worksheet in the “NOI Adjustment Worksheet” format substantially in the form of and containing the information called for therein for the Mortgage Loans, or such other form for the presentation of such information as may be approved from time to time by the CREFC^® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally.

“CREFC^® Operating Statement Analysis Report”: The report in the “Operating Statement Analysis Report” format substantially in the form of and containing the information called for therein for the Mortgage Loans, or such other form for the presentation of such information as may be approved from time to time by the CREFC^® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally.

“CREFC^® Property File”: The data file in the “CREFC^® Property File” format substantially in the form of and containing the information called for therein for the Mortgage

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Loans, or such other form for the presentation of such information as may be approved from time to time by the CREFC^® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally.

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

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

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

“CREFC^® Schedule AL File”: The data file in the “Schedule AL File” format substantially in the form of and containing the information called for therein for the Mortgage Loans, or such other form for the presentation of such information as may be approved from time to time by the CREFC^® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally; provided that the Depositor has confirmed in writing to the Master Servicer and the Certificate Administrator that any change to such “Schedule AL File” format complies with the requirements of Item 1125 of Regulation AB.

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

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

“CREFC^® Servicer Watch List”: A monthly report, as of each Determination Date, including and identifying each Non-Specially Serviced Loan satisfying the “CREFC^® Portfolio Review Guidelines” approved from time to time by the CREFC^® in the “CREFC^® Servicer Watch List” format substantially in the form of and containing the information called for therein for the Mortgage Loans, or such other form (including other portfolio review guidelines) for the presentation of such information as may be approved from time to time by the CREFC^® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally.

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

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

“CREFC^® Total Loan Report”: A monthly report substantially in the form of, and containing the information called for in, the downloadable form of the “Total Loan Report” available as of the Closing Date on the CREFC^® Website, or in such other form for the presentation of such information and containing such additional information as may from time to time be adopted by the CREFC^® for CMBS transactions and is reasonably acceptable to the Master Servicer.

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

“Cross-Over Date”: The Distribution Date on which the Certificate Balances of the Subordinate Certificates (other than the Class A-S Exchangeable Certificates, Class B Exchangeable Certificates and Class C Exchangeable Certificates) and the Class A-S Upper-Tier Regular Interest, Class B Upper-Tier Regular Interest and Class C Upper-Tier Regular Interest have all previously been reduced to zero as a result of the allocation of Realized Losses to such Certificates.

“Crossed Mortgage Loan Group”: With respect to (i) any mortgage loan that consists of more than one commercial mortgage loan, the underlying group of loans that are cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with each other and (ii) any two (2) or more individual mortgage loans that are cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with each other, such cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted mortgage loans. There is no Crossed Mortgage Loan Group related to the Trust.

“Crossed Underlying Loan”: With respect to any Crossed Mortgage Loan Group, a mortgage loan that is cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with one or more other mortgage loans within such Crossed Mortgage Loan Group. There is no Crossed Underlying Loan related to the Trust.

“Crossed Underlying Loan Repurchase Criteria”: With respect to any Crossed Mortgage Loan Group as to which one or more (but not all) of the Crossed Underlying Loans therein are affected by a Material Defect (the Crossed Underlying Loan(s) in such Crossed Mortgage Loan Group affected by such Material Defect, for purposes of this definition, the “affected Crossed Underlying Loans” and the other Crossed Underlying Loan(s) in such Crossed Mortgage Loan Group, for purposes of this definition, the “remaining Crossed Underlying Loans”) (i) the debt service coverage ratio for all the remaining Crossed Underlying Loans for the four (4) most recently reported calendar quarters preceding the repurchase or substitution shall not be less

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than the least of (a) the debt service coverage ratio for the Crossed Mortgage Loan Group (including the affected Crossed Underlying Loan(s)) set forth in Annex A-1 to the Prospectus, (b) the debt service coverage ratio for the Crossed Mortgage Loan Group (including the affected Crossed Underlying Loan(s)) for the four (4) preceding calendar quarters preceding the repurchase or replacement and (c) 1.25x, (ii) the loan-to-value ratio for all the remaining Crossed Underlying Loans determined at the time of repurchase or substitution based upon an Appraisal obtained by the Special Servicer at the expense of the related Mortgage Loan Seller shall not be greater than the greatest of (a) the loan-to-value ratio, expressed as a whole number percentage (taken to one (1) decimal place), for the entire Crossed Mortgage Loan Group, (including the affected Crossed Underlying Loan(s)) set forth in Annex A-1 to the Prospectus, (b) the loan-to-value ratio, expressed as a whole number percentage (taken to one (1) decimal place), for the entire such Crossed Mortgage Loan Group, including the affected Crossed Underlying Loan(s) at the time of repurchase or substitution, and (c) 75%, (iii) the related Mortgage Loan Seller, at its expense, shall have furnished the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator with an Opinion of Counsel that any modification relating to the repurchase or substitution of a Crossed Underlying Loan shall not cause an Adverse REMIC Event, (iv) the related Mortgage Loan Seller causes the affected Crossed Underlying Loan to become not cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with the remaining related Crossed Underlying Loans prior to such repurchase or substitution or otherwise forbears from exercising enforcement rights against the Primary Collateral for any Crossed Underlying Loan(s) remaining in the Trust (while the Trust forbears from exercising enforcement rights against the Primary Collateral for the Mortgage Loan removed from the Trust) and (v) (other than with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is an Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class) unless a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Directing Certificateholder shall have consented to the repurchase or substitution of the affected Crossed Underlying Loan, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.

“Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amount”: As of any date of determination for any Mortgage Loan, the sum of (i) any Appraisal Reduction Amount then in effect, and (ii) with respect to any AB Modified Loan, any Collateral Deficiency Amount then in effect. The Master Servicer and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the Special Servicer’s calculation or determination of any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amount with respect to a Serviced Mortgage Loan. With respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the applicable Non-Serviced Special Servicer’s calculation or determination of any Appraisal Reduction Amount with respect to such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan.

“Cure/Contest Period”: As defined in Section 12.01(b)(vii).

“Custodial Exception Report”: As defined in Section 2.02(b).

“Custodian”: A Person who is at any time appointed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.11 as a document custodian for the Mortgage Files, which Person shall not be the Depositor, any of the Mortgage Loan Sellers or (except to the extent Computershare Trust Company, National Association is the Custodian) an Affiliate of any of them. The Certificate Administrator shall be the initial Custodian. Computershare Trust Company, National Association

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will perform its duties as Custodian hereunder through its Document Custody division, including, as applicable, any agents or affiliates utilized thereby.

“Cut-off Date”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the related Due Date of such Mortgage Loan in February 2023, or with respect to any Mortgage Loan that has its first Due Date after February 2023, the date that would have otherwise been the related Due Date in February 2023.

“Cut-off Date Balance”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan, as of the Cut-off Date, after application of all payments of principal due on or before such date, whether or not received.

“CX - 250 Water Street Intercreditor Agreement”: That certain Agreement Between Note Holders, dated as of January 27, 2023, by and between the holders of the respective promissory notes evidencing the CX - 250 Water Street Pari Passu Whole Loan, relating to the relative rights of such holders, as the same may be further amended in accordance with the terms thereof.

“CX - 250 Water Street Mortgage Loan”: With respect to the CX - 250 Water Street Whole Loan, the Mortgage Loan that is included in the Trust (identified as Mortgage Loan No. 4 on the Mortgage Loan Schedule), which is evidenced by promissory note A-12.

“CX - 250 Water Street Mortgaged Property”: The Mortgaged Property that secures the CX - 250 Water Street Whole Loan.

“CX - 250 Water Street Pari Passu Companion Loan”: With respect to the CX - 250 Water Street Whole Loan, the Companion Loan evidenced by the related promissory notes A-1, A-2, A-3, A-4, A-5, A-6, A-7, A-8, A-9, A-10, A-11, A-13, A-14, A-15, A-16, A-17, A-18, A-19 and A-20 and made by the related Mortgagor and secured by the Mortgage on the CX - 250 Water Street Mortgaged Property.

“CX - 250 Water Street Whole Loan”: The CX - 250 Water Street Mortgage Loan, together with the CX - 250 Water Street Pari Passu Companion Loan, each of which is secured by the same Mortgage on the CX - 250 Water Street Mortgaged Property. References herein to the CX - 250 Water Street Whole Loan shall be construed to refer to the aggregate indebtedness under the CX - 250 Water Street Mortgage Loan and the CX - 250 Water Street Pari Passu Companion Loan.

“DBRS Morningstar”: DBRS, Inc., and its successors in interest. If neither DBRS Morningstar nor any successor remains in existence, “DBRS Morningstar” shall be deemed to refer to such other NRSRO or other comparable Person reasonably designated by the Depositor, notice of which designation shall be given to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Directing Certificateholder and the Special Servicer and specific ratings of DBRS Morningstar herein referenced shall be deemed to refer to the equivalent ratings of the party so designated.

“Default Interest”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan and any Collection Period, all interest accrued in respect of such Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan

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during such Collection Period provided for in the related Mortgage Note or Mortgage as a result of a default (exclusive of late payment charges) that is in excess of interest at the related Mortgage Rate accrued on the unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan outstanding from time to time.

“Defaulted Loan”: A Serviced Mortgage Loan or a Serviced Whole Loan and (i) that is delinquent at least sixty (60) days in respect of its Periodic Payments (other than a Balloon Payment) or in respect of its Balloon Payment, if any; provided that in respect of a Balloon Payment, such period will be one hundred-twenty (120) days if the related Mortgagor has provided the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, with a written and fully executed (subject only to customary final closing conditions) refinancing commitment (or if refinancing commitments are not then customarily issued by commercial mortgage lenders, such written, executed and binding alternative documentation as is customarily used by commercial real estate lenders for such purpose) or purchase and sale agreement from an acceptable lender or purchaser, as applicable, and reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable (and the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable shall promptly forward such documentation to the Directing Certificateholder); and such delinquency is to be determined without giving effect to any Grace Period permitted by the related Mortgage or Mortgage Note and without regard to any acceleration of payments under the related Mortgage and Mortgage Note or (ii) as to which the Special Servicer has, by written notice to the related Mortgagor, accelerated the maturity of the indebtedness evidenced by the related Mortgage Note. For the avoidance of doubt, a defaulted Companion Loan does not constitute a “Defaulted Loan”.

“Defeasance Accounts”: As defined in Section 3.18(j).

“Defect”: As defined in Section 2.02(f).

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

“Deficient Valuation”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, a valuation by a court of competent jurisdiction of the related Mortgaged Property in an amount less than the then-outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan which valuation results from a proceeding initiated under the Bankruptcy Code.

“Definitive Certificate”: Any Certificate in definitive, fully registered form without interest coupons. Initially, the Class R Certificates, the Class V Certificates, the RR Interest and any Certificate issued pursuant to Section 5.02(c) and Section 5.02(d) shall be Definitive

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Certificates. For the avoidance of doubt, any RR Interest shall at all times during the RR Interest Transfer Restriction Period be a Definitive Certificate.

“Delinquent Loan”: A Mortgage Loan that is delinquent at least sixty (60) days in respect of its Periodic Payments or Balloon Payment, if any, in either case such delinquency to be determined without giving effect to any Grace Period.

“Denomination”: With respect to any Certificate or any beneficial interest in a Certificate the amount (i) (a) set forth on the face thereof or set forth on a schedule attached thereto (subject, in the case of an Exchangeable Certificate, to any adjustments thereto as reflected on the schedule attached to such Certificate) or (b) in the case of any beneficial interest in a Book-Entry Certificate, the interest of the related Certificate Owner in the applicable Class of Certificates as reflected on the books and records of the Depository or related Depository Participant, as applicable, (ii) expressed in terms of initial Certificate Balance or initial Notional Amount, as applicable, and (iii) in an authorized denomination, as set forth in Section 5.01(a).

“Depositor”: Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc., a Delaware corporation, or its successor in interest.

“Depository”: DTC, or any successor Depository hereafter named. The nominee of the initial Depository for purposes of registering those Certificates that are to be Book-Entry Certificates, is Cede & Co. The Depository shall at all times be a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(3) of the UCC of the State of New York and a “clearing agency” registered pursuant to the provisions of Section 17A of the Exchange Act.

“Depository Participant”: A broker, dealer, bank or other financial institution or other Person for whom from time to time the Depository effects book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the Depository.

“Designated Site”: The website to which Diligence Files are uploaded as designated by the Depositor to the Mortgage Loan Sellers.

“Determination Date”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the eleventh (11^th) day of each calendar month (or, if the eleventh (11^th) calendar day of that month is not a Business Day, then the next Business Day), commencing in March 2023.

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

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

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

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(ii)                             the Mortgage, together with a copy of any intervening Assignments of Mortgage, in each case, with evidence of recording indicated thereon or certified to have been submitted for recording (if in the possession of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller);

(iii)                         any related Assignment of Leases and of any intervening Assignments (if such item is a document separate from the Mortgage), in each case, with evidence of recording indicated thereon or certified to have been submitted for recording (if in the possession of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller);

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(xi)                           any franchise agreements and comfort letters or similar agreements relating to a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan and, with respect to any franchise agreement, comfort letter or similar agreement, any assignment of such agreements or any notice to the franchisor of the transfer of a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan;

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

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(xiii)                     any related mezzanine intercreditor agreement;

(xiv)                     all related environmental reports; and

(xv)                        all related environmental insurance policies;

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

(c)                              other than with respect to a hospitality property (except with respect to tenanted commercial space within a hospitality property);

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(k)                              a copy of all zoning reports;

(l)                                 a copy of financial statements of the related Mortgagor;

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

(n)                              a copy of all UCC searches;

(o)                             a copy of all litigation searches;

(p)                             a copy of all bankruptcy searches;

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(q)                              a copy of any origination settlement statement;

(r)                                a copy of the Insurance Summary Report;

(s)                               a copy of the organizational documents of the related Mortgagor and any guarantor;

(t)                                a copy of all escrow statements related to the escrow account balances as of the Mortgage Loan origination date;

(u)                              a copy of all related environmental reports that were received by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller;

(v)                             a copy of any closure letter (environmental); and

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

in each case, to the extent that the related originator received such documents in connection with the origination of such Mortgage Loan. In the event any of the items identified above were not included in connection with the origination of such Mortgage Loan (other than documents that would not be included in connection with the origination of the Mortgage Loan because such document is inapplicable to the origination of a Mortgage Loan of that structure or type), the Diligence File shall include a statement to that effect. No information that is proprietary to the related originator or Mortgage Loan Seller or any draft documents or privileged or internal communications shall constitute part of the Diligence File. It is generally not required to include any of the same items identified above again if such items have already been included under another clause of the definition of Diligence File, and the Diligence File shall include a statement to that effect. The Mortgage Loan Seller may, without any obligation to do so, include such other documents as part of the Diligence File that such Mortgage Loan Seller believes should be included to enable the Asset Representations Reviewer to perform the Asset Review on such Mortgage Loan; provided that such documents are clearly labeled and identified.

“Directing Certificateholder”: (A) With respect to a Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan, the Directing Certificateholder shall be any related Loan-Specific Directing Certificateholder, and (B) with respect to each Mortgage Loan (other than a Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan that has a related Loan-Specific Directing Certificateholder), the initial Directing Certificateholder shall be LD III Sub XI, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company. Thereafter, with respect to the Mortgage Loans described in clause (B) of the first sentence of this definition, the Directing Certificateholder shall be the Controlling Class Certificateholder (or a representative thereof) selected by more than 50% of the Controlling Class Certificateholders (by Certificate Balance, as determined by the Certificate Registrar) from time to time; provided, that (i) absent that selection, or (ii) until a Directing Certificateholder is so selected or (iii) upon receipt of a notice from a majority of the Controlling Class Certificateholders, by Certificate Balance, that a Directing Certificateholder is no longer designated, the Controlling Class Certificateholder that owns the largest aggregate Certificate Balance of the Controlling Class (or a representative thereof) will be the Directing Certificateholder; provided, that, in the case of this clause (iii), in the event that no one Holder owns the largest aggregate Certificate Balance of the Controlling Class, then

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there will be no Directing Certificateholder until appointed in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. After the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event, the Directing Certificateholder with respect to the Mortgage Loans described in clause (B) of the first sentence of this definition shall only retain its consultation rights to the extent specifically provided for herein. After the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event, there will be no Directing Certificateholder with respect to the Mortgage Loans described in clause (B) of the first sentence of this definition. The Depositor shall promptly provide the name and contact information for the initial Directing Certificateholder upon request of any party to this Agreement and any such requesting party may conclusively rely on the name and contact information provided by the Depositor. The Certificate Administrator and the other parties hereto shall be entitled to assume that the identity of the Directing Certificateholder has not changed until such parties receive written notice of a replacement of the Directing Certificateholder from a party holding the requisite interest in the Controlling Class (as confirmed by the Certificate Registrar), or the resignation of the then-current Directing Certificateholder. As used herein, the term “Directing Certificateholder,” unless used in relation to a Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan, means the entity determined pursuant to clause (B) of the first sentence of this definition.

“Directly Operate”: With respect to any REO Property (except with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property), the furnishing or rendering of services to the tenants thereof, that are not customarily provided to tenants in connection with the rental of space “for occupancy only” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.512(b)-1(c)(5), the management or operation of such REO Property, the holding of such REO Property primarily for sale to customers, the use of such REO Property in a trade or business conducted by the Trust or on behalf of a Companion Holder or the performance of any construction work on the REO Property other than through an Independent Contractor; provided, however, that an REO Property shall not be considered to be Directly Operated solely because the Trustee (or the Special Servicer on behalf of the Trustee) establishes rental terms, chooses tenants, enters into or renews leases, deals with taxes and insurance or makes decisions as to repairs or capital expenditures with respect to such REO Property or takes other actions consistent with Treasury Regulations Section 1.856-4(b)(5)(ii).

“Disclosable Special Servicer Fees”: With respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan (including any related REO Property), any compensation and other remuneration (including, without limitation, in the form of commissions, brokerage fees, or rebates, or as a result of any other fee-sharing arrangement) received or retained by the Special Servicer or any of its Affiliates that is paid by any Person (including, without limitation, the Trust, any Mortgagor, any manager, any guarantor or indemnitor in respect of a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan and any purchaser of any such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan or REO Property) in connection with the disposition, workout or foreclosure of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, the management or disposition of any REO Property, and the performance by the Special Servicer or any such Affiliate of any other special servicing duties under this Agreement, other than (1) any Permitted Special Servicer/Affiliate Fees and (2) any compensation to which the Special Servicer is entitled pursuant to this Agreement or any Non-Serviced PSA.

“Disclosure Parties”: As defined in Section 3.13(f).

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“Discount Rate”: As defined in Section 4.01(e).

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

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

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

“Disqualified Organization”: Any of (i) the United States, any State or political subdivision thereof, any possession of the United States or any agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing (other than an instrumentality which is a corporation if all of its activities are subject to tax and, except for Freddie Mac, a majority of its board of directors is not selected by such governmental unit), (ii) a foreign government, any international organization or any agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing, (iii) any organization which is exempt from the tax imposed by Chapter 1 of the Code (including the tax imposed by Section 511 of the Code on unrelated business taxable income) on any excess inclusions (as defined in Section 860E(c)(1) of the Code) with respect to the Class R Certificates (except certain farmers’ cooperatives described in Section 521 of the Code), (iv) rural electric and telephone cooperatives described in Section 1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code and (v) any other Person so designated by the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator based upon an Opinion of Counsel as provided to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator (at no expense to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator) that the holding of an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate by such Person may cause either Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that the Certificates are outstanding or any Person having an Ownership Interest in any Class of Certificates (other than such Person) to incur a liability for any federal tax imposed under the Code that would not otherwise be imposed but for the Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate to such Person. The terms “United States,” “State” and “international organization” shall have the meanings set forth in Section 7701 of the Code or successor provisions.

“Distribution Accounts”: Collectively, the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account and the Excess Interest Distribution Account (and in each case any subaccount thereof), all of which may be subaccounts of a single Eligible Account.

“Distribution Date”: The fourth (4th) Business Day following each Determination Date, beginning in March 2023. The initial Distribution Date shall be March 17, 2023.

“Distribution Date Statement”: As defined in Section 4.02(a).

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“Do Not Hire List”: The list, as may be updated at any time, provided by the Depositor to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer, which lists certain parties identified by the Depositor as having failed to comply (after any applicable cure period) with their respective obligations under Article XI of this Agreement or as having failed to comply (after any applicable cure period) with any similar Regulation AB reporting requirements under any other securitization transaction. For the avoidance of doubt, as of the Closing Date, no parties appear on the Do Not Hire List.

“Dodd-Frank Act”: The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, as amended from time to time.

“DTC”: The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation.

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

“EDGAR”: As defined in Section 11.03.

“EDGAR-Compatible Format”: With respect to (a) the CREFC^® Schedule AL File and the Schedule AL Additional File, XML format or such other format as mutually agreed to between the Depositor, Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer and (b) any report, file or document other than those listed in clause (a) above, any format compatible with EDGAR, including HTML, Word or clean, searchable PDFs.

“Eligible Account”: Any of the following: (i) a segregated account or accounts maintained with a federal or state chartered depository institution or trust company (including the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator), (A) the long-term deposit rating or long-term unsecured debt obligations or deposits of which are rated at least “A2” by Moody’s, if the deposits are to be held in such account for thirty (30) days or more, and the short-term debt obligations or deposits of which have a short-term rating of not less than “P-1” from Moody’s, if the deposits are to be held in such account for less than thirty (30) days and (B) the long-term unsecured debt obligations or deposits of which are rated at least “A” by Fitch (to the extent rated by Fitch), if the deposits are to be held in such account for thirty (30) days or more, and the short-term debt obligations or deposits of which have a short-term rating of not less than “F1” from Fitch (to the extent rated by Fitch), if the deposits are to be held in such account for less than thirty (30) days; (ii) an account or accounts maintained with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association so long as Wells Fargo Bank, National Association’s long-term unsecured debt rating shall be at least “A2” from Moody’s and “A” from Fitch (to the extent rated by Fitch) (if the deposits are to be held in the account for more than thirty (30) days) or Wells Fargo Bank, National Association’s short-term deposit or short-term unsecured debt rating shall be at least “P-1” from Moody’s and “F1” from Fitch (to the extent rated

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by Fitch) (if the deposits are to be held in the account for thirty (30) days or less); (iii) such other account or accounts that, but for the failure to satisfy one or more of the minimum rating(s) set forth in the applicable clause, would be listed in clauses (i) - (ii) above, with respect to which a Rating Agency Confirmation has been obtained from KBRA and from each Rating Agency for which the minimum ratings set forth in the applicable clause is not satisfied with respect to such account, which account may be an account maintained by or with the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer; (iv) any other account or accounts not listed in clauses (i)-(ii) above with respect to which a Rating Agency Confirmation has been obtained from each and every Rating Agency and a confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25), which account may be an account maintained by or with the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer; or (v) a segregated trust account or accounts maintained with the corporate trust department of a federal or state chartered depository institution or trust company that has (A) a long-term unsecured debt rating of at least “A2” by Moody’s and “A” by Fitch (to the extent rated by Fitch), if the deposits are to be held in such account for thirty (30) days or more, and a short-term unsecured debt rating of at least “P-1” from Moody’s and not less than “F1” from Fitch (to the extent rated by Fitch), if the deposits are to be held in such account for less than thirty (30) days and that, in each such case, has corporate trust powers, acting in its fiduciary capacity, provided that any state chartered depository institution or trust company is subject to regulation regarding fiduciary funds substantially similar to 12 C.F.R. § 9.10(b). Eligible Accounts may bear interest. No Eligible Account shall be evidenced by a certificate of deposit, passbook or other similar instrument.

“Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer”: An entity that (a) is the special servicer, operating advisor or asset representations reviewer on a transaction rated by any of DBRS Morningstar, Fitch, KBRA, Moody’s or S&P and that has not been a special servicer, operating advisor or asset representations reviewer on a transaction for which any of DBRS Morningstar, Fitch, KBRA, Moody’s or S&P has qualified, downgraded or withdrawn its rating or ratings of one or more classes of certificates for such transaction citing servicing or other relevant concerns with the Special Servicer, operating advisor or asset representations reviewer, as applicable, as the sole or material factor in such rating action, (b) can and will make the representations and warranties set forth in Section 6.01(d), (c) is not (and is not affiliated with) a Sponsor, a Mortgage Loan Seller, an originator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Directing Certificateholder, the Risk Retention Consultation Party or any of their respective Affiliates, (d) has not performed (and is not affiliated with any party hired to perform) any due diligence, loan underwriting, brokerage, borrower advisory or similar services with respect to any Mortgage Loan or any related Companion Loan prior to the Closing Date for or on behalf of any Sponsor, any Mortgage Loan Seller, any Underwriter, any party to this Agreement, the Directing Certificateholder, the Risk Retention Consultation Party or any of their respective Affiliates, or have been paid any fees, compensation or other remuneration by any of them in connection with any such services, and (e) does not directly or indirectly, through one or more Affiliates or otherwise, own any interest in any Certificates, any Mortgage Loans, any Companion Loan or any securities backed by a Companion Loan or otherwise have any financial

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interest in the securitization transaction to which this Agreement relates, other than in fees from its role as Asset Representations Reviewer (or as Operating Advisor, if applicable).

“Eligible Operating Advisor”: An entity (a) that is a special servicer or operating advisor on a CMBS transaction rated by the Rating Agencies (including, in the case of the Operating Advisor, this transaction) but has not been a special servicer or operating advisor on a transaction for which any Rating Agency has qualified, downgraded or withdrawn its rating or ratings of one or more classes of certificates for such transaction citing servicing or other relevant concerns with the special servicer or operating advisor, as applicable, as the sole or a material factor in such rating action; (b) that can and will make the representations and warranties of the Operating Advisor set forth in Section 6.01(c) of this Agreement; (c) that is not (and is not affiliated with) the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, a Mortgage Loan Seller, the Directing Certificateholder, the Risk Retention Consultation Party or a depositor, a trustee, a certificate administrator, a master servicer or a special servicer with respect to the securitization of a Companion Loan, or any of their respective Affiliates; (d) that has not been paid by the Special Servicer or successor special servicer any fees, compensation or other remuneration (x) in respect of its obligations hereunder or (y) for the appointment or recommendation for replacement of a successor special servicer to become a special servicer under this Agreement; and (e) that (i) has been regularly engaged in the business of analyzing and advising clients in CMBS matters and has at least five (5) years of experience in collateral analysis and loss projections and (ii) has at least five (5) years of experience in commercial real estate asset management and experience in the workout and management of distressed commercial real estate assets.

“Enforcing Party”: The person obligated to or that elects pursuant to Section 2.03 to enforce the rights of the Trust against the related Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to the Repurchase Request.

“Enforcing Servicer”: The Special Servicer.

“Environmental Assessment”: An “environmental site assessment” as such term is defined in, and meeting the criteria of, the American Society of Testing Materials Standard Section E 1527-00, or any successor thereto.

“Environmental Indemnity Agreement”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any agreement between the Mortgagor (or a guarantor thereof) and the originator of such Mortgage Loan relating to the Mortgagor’s obligation to remediate or monitor or indemnify for any environmental problems relating to the related Mortgaged Property.

“ERISA”: The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

“ERISA Plan”: As defined in Section 5.03(r).

“ERISA Restricted Certificate”: Any Certificate (other than a Class R or Class V Certificate) that does not meet the requirements of Prohibited Transaction Exemption 96-22 (as such exemption may be amended from time to time) as of the date of the acquisition of such Certificate by a Plan. As of the Closing Date, each of the Class X-F, Class X-G, Class X-H, Class F, Class G and Class H Certificates and the RR Interest is an ERISA Restricted Certificate.

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“Escrow Payment”: Any payment received by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer for the account of any Mortgagor for application toward the payment of real estate taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, ground lease rents and similar items in respect of the related Mortgaged Property, including amounts for deposit to any reserve account.

“Euroclear”: The Euroclear System or any successor thereto.

“Excess Interest”: With respect to each ARD Loan, interest accrued on such ARD Loan after the Anticipated Repayment Date allocable to the Excess Rate, including all interest accrued thereon to the extent permitted by applicable law and the related Mortgage Loan documents. The Excess Interest shall not be an asset of either Trust REMIC, but rather shall be an asset of the Grantor Trust.

“Excess Interest Certificates”: Any Class of commercial mortgage pass-through certificates issued under this Agreement that are designated as evidencing an interest in the Excess Interest Grantor Trust Assets. The Class V Certificates shall be Excess Interest Certificates.

“Excess Interest Distribution Account”: The trust account or accounts created and maintained as a separate account or accounts (or as a subaccount of the Distribution Account) by the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 3.04(c), which shall be entitled “Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator, on behalf of Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of the registered holders of BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45, Class V Certificates and the RR Interest, Excess Interest Distribution Account”, and which must be an Eligible Account (or a subaccount of an Eligible Account). The Excess Interest Distribution Account shall be held solely for the benefit of the Holders of the RR Interest and the Excess Interest Certificates. The Excess Interest Distribution Account shall not be an asset of either Trust REMIC, but rather shall be an asset of the Grantor Trust.

“Excess Interest Grantor Trust Assets”: The portion of the Trust Fund consisting of the Excess Interest, the Excess Interest Distribution Account and the proceeds thereof.

“Excess Modification Fee Amount”: With respect to either the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, any Corrected Loan and any particular modification, waiver, extension or amendment with respect to such Corrected Loan that gives rise to the payment of a Workout Fee, an amount equal to the aggregate of any Excess Modification Fees paid by or on behalf of the related Mortgagor with respect to the related Mortgage Loan (including the related Serviced Companion Loan, if applicable, unless prohibited under the related Intercreditor Agreement) and received and retained by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, as compensation within the prior twelve (12) months of such modification, waiver, extension or amendment, but only to the extent those fees have not previously been deducted from a Workout Fee or Liquidation Fee.

“Excess Modification Fees”: With respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, the sum of (A) the excess, if any, of (i) any and all Modification Fees with respect to a modification, waiver, extension or amendment of any of the terms of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, over (ii) all unpaid or unreimbursed additional

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expenses (including, without limitation, reimbursement of Advances and interest on Advances to the extent not otherwise paid or reimbursed by the Mortgagor but excluding Special Servicing Fees, Workout Fees and Liquidation Fees) outstanding or previously incurred on behalf of the Trust with respect to the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, and reimbursed from such Modification Fees and (B) expenses previously paid or reimbursed from Modification Fees as described in the preceding clause (A), which expenses have been recovered from the related Mortgagor or otherwise. With respect to the Master Servicer and Special Servicer, the Excess Modification Fees collected and earned by such Person from the related Mortgagor (taken in the aggregate with any other Excess Modification Fees collected and earned by such Person from the related Mortgagor within the prior twelve (12) months of the collection of the current Excess Modification Fees) will be subject to a cap of 1.0% of the outstanding principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, on the closing date of the related modification, extension, waiver or amendment (after giving effect to such modification, extension, waiver or amendment) with respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable.

“Excess Prepayment Interest Shortfall”: For any Distribution Date, the Non-Retained Percentage of the Aggregate Excess Prepayment Interest Shortfall for such Distribution Date.

“Excess Rate”: With respect to each ARD Loan, the excess of (i) the applicable Revised Rate over (ii) the applicable Mortgage Rate, each as set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule.

“Exchange Act”: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

“Exchange Date”: As defined in Section 5.11(e).

“Exchangeable Certificate”: Any of the Class A-4 Exchangeable Certificates, Class A-5 Exchangeable Certificates, the Class A-S Exchangeable Certificates, the Class B Exchangeable Certificates and the Class C Exchangeable Certificates.

“Exchangeable Class Specific Grantor Trust Assets”: With respect to any Class of Exchangeable Certificates, its Class Percentage Interest in each Corresponding Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest.

“Exchangeable P&I Certificates”: Any of the Class A-4, Class A-4-1, Class A-4-2, Class A-5, Class A-5-1, Class A-5-2, Class A-S, Class A-S-1, Class A-S-2, Class B, Class B-1, Class B-2, Class C, Class C-1 and Class C-2 Certificates.

“Exchangeable Upper-Tier IO Regular Interest”: Each of the Class A-4-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest, the Class A-4-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interest, the Class A-5-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest, the Class A-5-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interest, the Class A-S-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest, the Class A-S-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interest, the Class B-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest, the Class B-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interest, the Class C-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest and the Class C-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interest.

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“Exchangeable Upper-Tier P&I Regular Interest”: Each of the Class A-4 Upper-Tier Regular Interest, the Class A-5 Upper-Tier Regular Interest, the Class A-S Upper-Tier Regular Interest, the Class B Upper-Tier Regular Interest and the Class C Upper-Tier Regular Interest.

“Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest”: Each of the Exchangeable Upper-Tier P&I Regular Interests and the Exchangeable Upper-Tier IO Regular Interests.

“Excluded Controlling Class Holder”: With respect to any Excluded Controlling Class Loan, the Directing Certificateholder or any Controlling Class Certificateholder, as applicable, that is a Borrower Party with respect to such Excluded Controlling Class Loan. Promptly upon obtaining actual knowledge of the Directing Certificateholder or any Controlling Class Certificateholder becoming an “Excluded Controlling Class Holder”, the Directing Certificateholder or Controlling Class Certificateholder, as applicable, shall provide notice in the form of Exhibit P-1E hereto to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator, which notice shall be physically delivered in accordance with Section 13.05 of this Agreement and shall specifically identify the Excluded Controlling Class Holder and the subject Excluded Controlling Class Loan. Additionally, any Excluded Controlling Class Holder shall also send to the Certificate Administrator a notice substantially in the form of Exhibit P-1F hereto, which notice shall provide each of the CTSLink User ID associated with such Excluded Controlling Class Holder, and which notice shall direct the Certificate Administrator to restrict such Excluded Controlling Class Holder’s access to the Certificate Administrator’s Website as and to the extent provided in this Agreement. As of the Closing Date, there are no Excluded Controlling Class Holders related to the Trust.

“Excluded Controlling Class Loan”: Any Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan with respect to which, as of any date of determination, the Directing Certificateholder or any Controlling Class Certificateholder is a Borrower Party. For the avoidance of doubt, if a Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan is not an Excluded Controlling Class Loan, such Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan is also not an Excluded Loan as to either the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class. As of the Closing Date, there are no Excluded Controlling Class Loans related to the Trust.

“Excluded Information”: With respect to any Excluded Controlling Class Loan, any information solely related to such Excluded Controlling Class Loan, which shall include any Asset Status Reports, Final Asset Status Reports (or summaries thereof), inspection reports related to Specially Serviced Loans prepared by the Special Servicer or any Excluded Special Servicer and which may include any Operating Advisor reports delivered to the Certificate Administrator regarding the Special Servicer’s net present value determination or any Appraisal Reduction Amount calculations delivered pursuant to Section 3.26(d) and Section 3.26(e), and any Officer’s Certificates delivered by the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, supporting any determination that any Advance was (or, if made, would be) a Nonrecoverable Advance, or such other information and reports designated as Excluded Information by the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, but in each case other than information with respect to such Excluded Controlling Class Loan that is aggregated with information of other Mortgage Loans at a pool level. For the avoidance of doubt, any file or report contained in the CREFC^® Investor Reporting Package (CREFC^® IRP) (other than the CREFC^® Special Servicer

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Loan File relating to any Excluded Controlling Class Loan) and any Schedule AL Additional File shall not be considered “Excluded Information”. Each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Operating Advisor shall deliver any Excluded Information to the Certificate Administrator in accordance with Section 3.32. For the avoidance of doubt, the Certificate Administrator’s obligation to segregate any information delivered to it under the “Excluded Information” tab on the Certificate Administrator’s Website shall be triggered solely by such information being delivered in the manner provided in Section 3.32.

“Excluded Loan”: With respect to (a) the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, any Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan if, as of any date of determination, the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class is a Borrower Party, or (b) the Risk Retention Consultation Party or the Holder of the majority of the RR Interest, any Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan if, as of any date of determination, the Risk Retention Consultation Party or the Holder of the majority of the RR Interest is a Borrower Party. For the avoidance of doubt, any Excluded Loan as to either the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class is also an Excluded Controlling Class Loan. As of the Closing Date, there are no Excluded Loans related to the Trust.

“Excluded Special Servicer”: With respect to any Excluded Special Servicer Loan, a replacement special servicer that is not a Borrower Party and satisfies all of the eligibility requirements applicable to the Special Servicer set forth in Section 7.01(g). As of the Closing Date, there are no Excluded Special Servicers related to the Trust.

“Excluded Special Servicer Information”: With respect to any Excluded Special Servicer Loan, any information solely related to such Excluded Special Servicer Loan and/or the related Mortgaged Properties, which shall include the Asset Status Reports, Final Asset Status Reports (or summaries thereof), any Operating Advisor reports delivered to the Certificate Administrator regarding an Excluded Special Servicer’s net present value determination or any Appraisal Reduction Amount calculations delivered pursuant to Section 3.26(d) and Section 3.26(e), and any Officer’s Certificates delivered by the Master Servicer or the applicable Excluded Special Servicer supporting any determination that any Advance was (or, if made, would be) a Nonrecoverable Advance, or such other information and reports designated as Excluded Special Servicer Information by the applicable Excluded Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, in each case, other than information with respect to such Excluded Special Servicer Loan(s) that is aggregated with information with respect to the other Mortgage Loans at a pool level. For the avoidance of doubt, any file or report contained in the CREFC^® Investor Reporting Package (CREFC^® IRP) (other than the CREFC^® Special Servicer Loan File relating to any Excluded Special Servicer Loan) and any Schedule AL Additional File shall not be considered “Excluded Special Servicer Information”.

“Excluded Special Servicer Loan”: Any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan with respect to which, as of any date of determination, the Special Servicer obtains knowledge that it has become a Borrower Party. As of the Closing Date, there are no Excluded Special Servicer Loans related to the Trust.

“Extended Cure Period”: As defined in Section 2.03(b).

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“Fannie Mae”: Federal National Mortgage Association or any successor thereto.

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

“Final Asset Status Report”: With respect to any Specially Serviced Loan, each related Asset Status Report, together with such other data or supporting information provided by the Special Servicer to the Directing Certificateholder or the Risk Retention Consultation Party which does not include any communication (other than the related Asset Status Report) between the Special Servicer and Directing Certificateholder or the Risk Retention Consultation Party with respect to such Specially Serviced Loan; provided that, with respect to any Mortgage Loan other than an Excluded Loan as to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, so long as no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, no Asset Status Report shall be considered to be a Final Asset Status Report unless the Directing Certificateholder has either finally approved of and consented to the actions proposed to be taken in connection therewith, or has exhausted all of its rights of approval and consent pursuant to Section 3.19, or has been deemed to have approved or consented to such action or the Asset Status Report is otherwise implemented by the Special Servicer in accordance with this Agreement. In addition, after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event, no Asset Status Report shall be a Final Asset Status Report unless and until the Operating Advisor is consulted with on a non-binding basis or deemed to have been consulted with pursuant to this Agreement. No such consultation shall be required prior to a Control Termination Event and, during such period, the Operating Advisor is only required to review Final Asset Status Reports delivered to it by the Special Servicer; provided, that the Operating Advisor shall be required to request delivery of a Final Asset Status Report to the extent it has actual knowledge of such Final Asset Status Report.

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

“Final Recovery Determination”: A reasonable determination by the Special Servicer, in consultation with the Directing Certificateholder (if related to a Mortgage Loan other than an Excluded Loan as to such party and made prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event), with respect to any Defaulted Loan (and, if applicable, any defaulted Companion Loan) or Corrected Loan or REO Property (other than a Mortgage Loan or REO Property, as the case may be, that was purchased by (i) any of the Mortgage Loan Sellers pursuant to Section 5 of the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, (ii) the Special Servicer or other person pursuant to Section 3.16(b), any Companion Holder, any mezzanine lender, in each case pursuant to Section 3.16 or (iii) the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Holders of the Controlling Class, or the Holders of the Class R Certificates pursuant to Section 9.01) that there has been a recovery of all Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds, REO Revenue and other payments or recoveries that, in the Special Servicer’s judgment, which judgment was exercised without regard to any obligation of the Special Servicer to make payments from its own funds pursuant to Section 3.07(b), will ultimately be recoverable. With respect to all Mortgage Loans that are not Excluded Loans with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, prior to the occurrence and continuance of any Control Termination Event, the Directing Certificateholder shall have ten (10) Business Days to review and approve each such recovery determination by the Special Servicer; provided, however, that if the Directing Certificateholder fails to approve or

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disapprove any recovery determination within ten (10) Business Days of receipt of the initial recovery determination, such consent shall be deemed given.

“Fitch”: Fitch Ratings, Inc., and its successors in interest. If neither Fitch nor any successor remains in existence, “Fitch” shall be deemed to refer to such other NRSRO or other comparable Person reasonably designated by the Depositor, notice of which designation shall be given to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Directing Certificateholder and the Special Servicer, and specific ratings of Fitch herein referenced shall be deemed to refer to the equivalent ratings of the party so designated.

“Form 8-K Disclosure Information”: As defined in Section 11.07.

“Form 15 Suspension Notification”: As defined in Section 11.08.

“Freddie Mac”: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation or any successor thereto.

“Gain-on-Sale Proceeds”: With respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan, the excess of (i) Liquidation Proceeds net of any related Liquidation Expenses (or the portion of such net Liquidation Proceeds payable to the related Mortgage Loan pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement) over (ii) the Purchase Price for such Mortgage Loan on the date on which Liquidation Proceeds were received; provided, that for purposes of calculating Gain-on-Sale Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds shall exclude any amounts allocated as a Yield Maintenance Charge, Prepayment Premium, recovery of any late payment charges and default interest or recovery of any assumption fees and Modification Fees pursuant to Sections 3.02(a) – (c).

“Gain-on-Sale Remittance Amount”: For each Distribution Date, the lesser of (i) the amount on deposit in the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account on such Distribution Date, and (ii) the Non-Retained Percentage of the Aggregate Gain-on-Sale Entitlement Amount.

“Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account”: A custodial account or accounts (or subaccount of the Distribution Account) created and maintained by the Certificate Administrator, pursuant to Section 3.04(e) on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders (other than the Holders of the RR Interest), which shall initially be entitled “Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator, on behalf of Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of the registered holders of BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45, Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account”. Any such account shall be an Eligible Account or a subaccount of an Eligible Account.

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

“Grantor Trust”: A segregated asset pool within the Trust Fund treated as a “grantor trust” under subpart E, part I of subchapter J of the Code, consisting of the assets described in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

“Grantor Trust Designated Portion”: As defined in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

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“Green Acres Intercreditor Agreement”: That certain Co-Lender Agreement, dated as of February 13, 2023, by and among the holders of the respective promissory notes evidencing the Green Acres Whole Loan, relating to the relative rights of such holders, as the same may be further amended in accordance with the terms thereof.

“Green Acres Lead Note” The promissory note A-1 of the Green Acres Whole Loan.

“Green Acres Lead Note Securitization Date”: The closing date of the securitization of the Green Acres Lead Note.

“Green Acres Mortgage Loan”: With respect to the Green Acres Whole Loan, the Mortgage Loan that is included in the Trust (identified as Mortgage Loan No. 14 on the Mortgage Loan Schedule), which is evidenced by promissory note A-10.

“Green Acres Mortgaged Property”: The Mortgaged Property that secures the Green Acres Whole Loan.

“Green Acres Pari Passu Companion Loans”: With respect to the Green Acres Whole Loan, the Companion Loans evidenced by the related promissory notes A-1, A-2, A-3, A-4, A-5, A-6, A-7, A-8, A-9, A-11, A-12, A-13, A-14, A-15 and A-16 and made by the related Mortgagor and secured by the Mortgage on the Green Acres Mortgaged Property.

“Green Acres Whole Loan”: The Green Acres Mortgage Loan, together with the Green Acres Pari Passu Companion Loans, each of which is secured by the same Mortgage on the Green Acres Mortgaged Property. References herein to the Green Acres Whole Loan shall be construed to refer to the aggregate indebtedness under the Green Acres Mortgage Loan and the Green Acres Pari Passu Companion Loans.

“Ground Lease”: The ground lease pursuant to which any Mortgagor holds a leasehold interest in the related Mortgaged Property and any estoppels or other agreements executed and delivered by the ground lessor in favor of the lender under the Mortgage Loan.

“Hazardous Materials”: Any dangerous, toxic or hazardous pollutants, chemicals, wastes or substances, including, without limitation, those so identified pursuant to CERCLA or any other federal, state or local environmental related laws and regulations, and specifically including, without limitation, asbestos and asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, petroleum and petroleum products, urea formaldehyde and any substances classified as being “in inventory,” “usable work in process” or similar classification which would, if classified as unusable, be included in the foregoing definition.

“Independent”: When used with respect to any accountants, a Person who is “independent” within the meaning of Rule 2-01(b) of the Commission’s Regulation S-X. When used with respect to any specified Person, any such Person who (i) is in fact independent of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Directing Certificateholder, the Risk Retention Consultation Party, the Companion Holders (insofar as the relevant matter involves a Whole Loan (whether alone or together with one or more other Mortgage Loans)), the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and all

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Affiliates thereof, (ii) does not have any material direct financial interest in or any material indirect financial interest in any of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Directing Certificateholder, the Risk Retention Consultation Party, the Companion Holders (insofar as the relevant matter involves a Whole Loan (whether alone or together with one or more other Mortgage Loans)), the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any Affiliate thereof and (iii) is not connected with the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Directing Certificateholder, the Risk Retention Consultation Party, the Companion Holders (insofar as the relevant matter involves a Whole Loan (whether alone or together with one or more other Mortgage Loans)), the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any Affiliate thereof as an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director or Person performing similar functions; provided, however, that a Person shall not fail to be Independent of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Directing Certificateholder, the Risk Retention Consultation Party, the Companion Holders or any Affiliate thereof merely because such Person is the beneficial owner of 1% or less of any Class of securities issued by the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Directing Certificateholder, the Risk Retention Consultation Party, the Companion Holders or any Affiliate thereof, as the case may be, so long as such ownership constitutes less than 1% of the total assets of such Person. For the avoidance of doubt, the exception in the proviso above for ownership of 1% or less of any Class of Certificates shall not apply with respect to the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer.

“Independent Contractor”: Either (i) any Person that would be an “independent contractor” with respect to the Trust within the meaning of Section 856(d)(3) of the Code if the Trust were a real estate investment trust (except that the ownership test set forth in that Section shall be considered to be met by any Person that owns, directly or indirectly, 35% or more of any Class of Certificates, or such other interest in any Class of Certificates as is set forth in an Opinion of Counsel, which shall be at no expense to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, any Companion Holder or the Trust, delivered to the Trustee, any Companion Holder, the Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer), so long as the Trust does not receive or derive any income from such Person and provided that the relationship between such Person and the Trust is at arm’s length, all within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.856-4(b)(5) (except that neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall be considered to be an Independent Contractor under the definition in this clause (i) unless an Opinion of Counsel has been delivered to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator to that effect) or (ii) any other Person (including the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer) upon receipt by the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and the Master Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel, which shall be at no expense to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Trust, to the effect that the taking of any action in respect of any REO Property by such Person, subject to any conditions therein specified, that is otherwise herein contemplated to be taken by an Independent Contractor will not cause such REO Property to cease to qualify as “foreclosure property” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or cause any income realized in respect of such REO Property to fail to qualify as Rents from Real Property.

“Initial Cure Period”: As defined in Section 2.03(b).

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“Initial Interest Deposit Amount”: With respect to each Actual/360 Mortgage Loan, a cash amount delivered by the related Mortgage Loan Seller to the Depositor on the Closing Date for deposit in the Interest Reserve Account equal to two (2) days of interest on the Cut-off Date Balance of such Mortgage Loan at the related Net Mortgage Rate.

“Initial Purchasers”: BofA Securities, Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Academy Securities, Inc. and Drexel Hamilton, LLC.

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

“Initial Schedule AL Additional File”:  The data file prepared by or on behalf of the Depositor containing additional information or schedules regarding data points in the Initial Schedule AL File in accordance with Item 1111(h)(4) of Regulation AB and Item 601(b)(103) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act and filed as Exhibit 103 to the Form ABS-EE incorporated by reference into the Prospectus.

“Initial Schedule AL File”:  The data file prepared by or on behalf of the Depositor containing the information required by Item 1111(h)(3) or Item 1125 of Regulation AB or Item 601(b)(102) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act and filed as Exhibit 102 to the Form ABS-EE incorporated by reference into the Prospectus.

“Initial Sub-Servicer”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan that is subject to a Sub-Servicing Agreement with the Master Servicer as of the Closing Date, the Sub-Servicer under any such Sub-Servicing Agreement. As of the Closing Date, each entity listed on Exhibit EE is an Initial Sub-Servicer.

“Initial Sub-Servicing Agreement”: Any Sub-Servicing Agreement in effect as of the Closing Date.

“Inquiry” and “Inquiries”: As each is defined in Section 4.07(a).

“Institutional Accredited Investor”: An institutional investor which is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of paragraphs (1), (2), (3) or (7) of Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the Act or any entity in which all of the equity owners come within such paragraphs.

“Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds”: All proceeds paid under any Insurance Policy or in connection with the full or partial condemnation of a Mortgaged Property, in either case, to the extent such proceeds are not applied to the restoration of the related Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgagor or any tenants or ground lessors, in either case, in accordance with the Servicing Standard (and in the case of any Mortgage Loan with a related Companion Loan, to the extent any portion of such proceeds are received by the Master Servicer or Certificate

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Administrator in connection with such Mortgage Loan, pursuant to the allocations set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement) and the REMIC Provisions.

“Insurance Policy”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any hazard insurance policy, flood insurance policy, title policy or other insurance policy that is maintained from time to time in respect of such Mortgage Loan or the related Mortgaged Property.

“Insurance Summary Report”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, a report or other summary prepared either by the related Mortgage Loan Seller or a third party insurance consultant on behalf of the related Mortgage Loan Seller that provides a summary of all insurance policies covering the related Mortgaged Property(ies), identifying the insurance provider, applicable ratings of each such provider and the amount of coverage and any applicable deductible.

“Intercreditor Agreement”: (a) Each of the Conair Glendale Intercreditor Agreement, the 100 & 150 South Wacker Drive Intercreditor Agreement, the Orlando Office Portfolio Intercreditor Agreement, the CX - 250 Water Street Intercreditor Agreement, the Brandywine Strategic Office Portfolio Intercreditor Agreement, the Concord Mills Intercreditor Agreement, the Millennium Boston Retail Intercreditor Agreement, the Norfolk Premium Outlets Intercreditor Agreement, The Boulders Resort Intercreditor Agreement and the Green Acres Intercreditor Agreement, (b) any intercreditor agreement entered into in connection with the issuance to the direct or indirect equity holders in the Mortgagor of any existing mezzanine indebtedness or any future mezzanine indebtedness permitted under the related Mortgage Loan documents and (c) solely with respect to a Joint Mortgage Loan treated as a Serviced Whole Loan in accordance with Section 3.30 hereof (to the extent there is no related Intercreditor Agreement governing the relationship of the promissory notes comprising such Joint Mortgage Loan), the applicable Mortgage Loan documents together with the provisions of Section 3.30 hereof.

“Interest Accrual Amount”: With respect to any Distribution Date and any Class of Regular Certificates (other than the RR Interest) or Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest, the amount of interest for the related Interest Accrual Period accrued at the Pass-Through Rate for such Class of Certificates or Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest on the Certificate Balance or Notional Amount, as applicable, for such Class of Certificates or Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest immediately prior to that Distribution Date. Calculations of interest for each Interest Accrual Period will be made on 30/360 basis.

“Interest Accrual Period”: For each Distribution Date, the calendar month prior to the month in which that Distribution Date occurs.

“Interest Distribution Amount”: With respect to any Class of Regular Certificates (other than the RR Interest) or Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest for any Distribution Date, an amount equal to (A) the sum of (i) the Interest Accrual Amount with respect to such Class of Certificates or Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest for such Distribution Date and (ii) the Interest Shortfall, if any, with respect to such Class of Certificates or Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest for such Distribution Date, less (B) any Excess Prepayment Interest Shortfall allocated to such Class of Certificates on such Distribution Date.

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For purposes of clause (B) above, the Excess Prepayment Interest Shortfall, if any, for each Distribution Date shall be allocated to each Class of Non-Retained Certificates (other than the Exchangeable Certificates) and the Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests in an amount equal to the product of (i) the amount of such Excess Prepayment Interest Shortfall and (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the Interest Accrual Amount for such Class for such Distribution Date and the denominator of which is the aggregate Interest Accrual Amounts for all Classes of Regular Certificates and the Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests for such Distribution Date. For any Distribution Date, any portion of the Excess Prepayment Interest Shortfall allocated to an Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest, shall be allocated among the Classes of Exchangeable Certificates representing an interest therein, pro rata, in accordance with their respective Class Percentage Interests therein.

“Interest Reserve Account”: The trust account or subaccount of the Distribution Account created and maintained by the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 3.04(b) initially in the name of “Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator, on behalf of Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of the registered holders of BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45, Interest Reserve Account”, into which the amounts set forth in Section 3.21 shall be deposited directly and which must be an Eligible Account or subaccount of an Eligible Account.

“Interest Shortfall”: With respect to any Distribution Date for any Class of Regular Certificates (other than the RR Interest) or Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest, the sum of (a) the portion of the Interest Distribution Amount for such Class or Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest remaining unpaid as of the close of business on the preceding Distribution Date, and (b) to the extent permitted by applicable law, (i) other than in the case of Class X Certificates or Exchangeable Upper-Tier IO Regular Interests, one month’s interest on that amount remaining unpaid at the Pass-Through Rate applicable to such Class or Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest for the current Distribution Date and (ii) in the case of the Class X Certificates or Exchangeable Upper-Tier IO Regular Interests, one month’s interest on that amount remaining unpaid at the Weighted Average Net Mortgage Rate for such Distribution Date.

“Interested Person”: As of the date of any determination, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Directing Certificateholder, the Risk Retention Consultation Party, any Sponsor, any Borrower Party, any Independent Contractor engaged by the Special Servicer, the trustee for the securitization of a Companion Loan (with respect to a Whole Loan if it is a Defaulted Loan), any related Companion Holder or its representative, any holder of a related mezzanine loan or any known Affiliate of any such party described above.

“Investment Account”: As defined in Section 3.06(a).

“Investment Representation Letter”: As defined in Section 5.03(e), a form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit C.

“Investor-Based Exemption”: Any of PTCE 84-14 (for transactions by independent “qualified professional asset managers”), PTCE 91-38 (for transactions by bank collective

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investment funds), PTCE 90-1 (for transactions by insurance company pooled separate accounts), PTCE 95-60 (for transactions by insurance company general accounts) or PTCE 96-23 (for transactions effected by “in-house asset managers”) or a similar exemption under Similar Law.

“Investor Certification”: A certificate (which may be in electronic form) substantially in the form of Exhibit P-1A, Exhibit P-1B, Exhibit P-1C or Exhibit P-1D to this Agreement or in the form of an electronic certification contained on the Certificate Administrator’s Website (which may be a click-through confirmation), representing (i) that such Person executing the certificate is a Certificateholder, the Directing Certificateholder or the Risk Retention Consultation Party, a beneficial owner of a Certificate, a prospective purchaser of a Certificate or a Companion Holder (or any investment advisor, manager or other representative of the foregoing), (ii) that either (a) such Person is the Risk Retention Consultation Party or is a Person who is not a Borrower Party, in which case such Person shall have access to all the reports and information made available to Certificateholders via the Certificate Administrator’s Website hereunder, or (b) such Person is a Borrower Party in which case (1) if such Person is the Directing Certificateholder or a Controlling Class Certificateholder, such Person shall have access to all the reports and information made available to Certificateholders via the Certificate Administrator’s Website hereunder other than any Excluded Information as set forth herein or (2) if such Person is the Risk Retention Consultation Party, such Person shall have access to all the reports and information made available to Certificateholders via the Certificate Administrator’s Website under this Agreement or (3) if such Person is not the Directing Certificateholder or a Controlling Class Certificateholder or the Risk Retention Consultation Party, such Person shall only receive access to the Statements to Certificateholders prepared by the Certificate Administrator, (iii) (other than with respect to a Companion Holder) that such Person has received a copy of the final Prospectus and (iv) such Person agrees to keep any Privileged Information confidential and will not violate any securities laws; provided, however, that any Excluded Controlling Class Holder (i) shall be permitted to reasonably request and obtain in accordance with Section 4.02(f) of this Agreement any Excluded Information relating to any Excluded Controlling Class Loan with respect to which such Excluded Controlling Class Holder is not a Borrower Party (if such Excluded Information is not otherwise available to such Excluded Controlling Class Holder via the Certificate Administrator’s Website on account of it constituting Excluded Information) and (ii) shall be considered a Privileged Person for all other purposes, except with respect to its ability to obtain information with respect to any related Excluded Controlling Class Loan. The Certificate Administrator may require that Investor Certifications be re-submitted from time to time in accordance with its policies and procedures and shall restrict access to Excluded Information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website to any mezzanine lender upon notice from any party to this Agreement that such mezzanine lender has become an Accelerated Mezzanine Loan Lender.

“Investor Q&A Forum”: As defined in Section 4.07(a).

“Investor Registry”: As defined in Section 4.07(b).

“Joint Mortgage Loan”: Any Mortgage Loan for which one or more promissory notes will be contributed to this securitization by more than one Mortgage Loan Seller. As of the Closing Date, the Brandywine Strategic Office Portfolio Mortgage Loan and the CX - 250 Water Street Mortgage Loan are Joint Mortgage Loans related to the Trust. In the case of the CX – 250 Water Street Mortgage Loan, Bank of America, National Association is acting as Mortgage Loan

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Seller with respect to note A-4, with an outstanding principal balance as of the Cut-off Date of $34,375,000, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association is acting as Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to note A-12, with an outstanding principal balance as of the Cut-off Date of $20,625,000. In the case of the Brandywine Strategic Office Portfolio Mortgage Loan, Bank of America, National Association is acting as Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to note A-3, with an outstanding principal balance as of the Cut-off Date of $25,000,000, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association is acting as Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to note A-6, with an outstanding principal balance as of the Cut-off Date of $25,000,000.

“KBRA”: Kroll Bond Rating Agency, LLC, and its successors in interest. If neither KBRA nor any successor remains in existence, “KBRA” shall be deemed to refer to such other NRSRO or other comparable Person reasonably designated by the Depositor, notice of which designation shall be given to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Directing Certificateholder and the Special Servicer and specific ratings of KBRA herein referenced shall be deemed to refer to the equivalent ratings of the party so designated.

“Late Collections”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, Whole Loan or Companion Loan, all amounts received thereon prior to the related Determination Date, whether as payments, Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds or otherwise, which represent late payments or collections of principal or interest due in respect of such Mortgage Loan, Whole Loan or Companion Loan, as applicable (without regard to any acceleration of amounts due thereunder by reason of default), on a Due Date prior to the immediately preceding Determination Date and not previously recovered. With respect to any REO Loan, all amounts received in connection with the related REO Property prior to the related Determination Date, whether as Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds, REO Revenues or otherwise, which represent late collections of principal or interest due or deemed due in respect of such REO Loan or the predecessor Mortgage Loan, Whole Loan or Companion Loan, as applicable (without regard to any acceleration of amounts due under the predecessor Mortgage Loan, Whole Loan or Companion Loan, as applicable, by reason of default), on a Due Date prior to the immediately preceding Determination Date and not previously recovered. The term “Late Collections” shall specifically exclude Penalty Charges. With respect to any Whole Loan, as used in this Agreement, Late Collections shall refer to such portion of Late Collections to the extent allocable to the related Mortgage Loan or related Companion Loan, as applicable, pursuant to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement.

“Liquidation Event”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or with respect to any REO Property (and the related REO Loan), any of the following events: (i) such Mortgage Loan is paid in full; (ii) a Final Recovery Determination is made with respect to such Mortgage Loan; (iii) such Mortgage Loan is repurchased by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller pursuant to Section 5 of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement; (iv) such Mortgage Loan is purchased by the Special Servicer, or by any Companion Holder, any mezzanine lender (as applicable), in each case pursuant to Section 3.16 (and the related Intercreditor Agreement); (v) such Mortgage Loan is purchased by the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class or the Holders of the Class R Certificates pursuant to Section 9.01 or acquired by the Sole Certificateholder in exchange for its Certificates pursuant to Section 9.01; or (vi) such Mortgage Loan is sold by the Special Servicer pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

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“Liquidation Expenses”: All customary, reasonable and necessary “out of pocket” costs and expenses incurred by the Special Servicer in connection with a liquidation of any Specially Serviced Loan or REO Property (except with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property) pursuant to Section 3.16 (including, without limitation, legal fees and expenses, committee or referee fees and, if applicable, brokerage commissions and conveyance taxes).

“Liquidation Fee”: A fee payable to the Special Servicer with respect to (a) each Specially Serviced Loan or REO Property (except with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property) as to which the Special Servicer receives (i) a full, partial or discounted payoff from the related Mortgagor or (ii) any Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds (including with respect to the related Companion Loan, if applicable), or REO Property (in any case, other than amounts for which a Workout Fee has been paid, or will be payable), or (b) any Loss of Value Payment or Purchase Price paid by a Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to any Mortgage Loan (except if such Mortgage Loan Seller makes such Loss of Value Payment in connection with a breach or document defect within the 90-day initial cure period or, if applicable, within the subsequent 90-day extended cure period), equal to the product of the Liquidation Fee Rate and the proceeds of such full, partial or discounted payoff or other partial payment or the Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds or Loss of Value Payments or Purchase Price (net of the related costs and expenses associated with the related liquidation) related to such liquidated Specially Serviced Loan or REO Property, as the case may be; provided, however, that no Liquidation Fee shall be payable with respect to (a) the purchase of any Specially Serviced Loan by the Special Servicer or any Affiliate thereof (except if such Affiliate purchaser is the Directing Certificateholder or any Affiliate thereof; provided, however, that prior to a Control Termination Event, if the Directing Certificateholder or an Affiliate thereof purchases any Specially Serviced Loan within ninety (90) days after the Special Servicer delivers to the Directing Certificateholder for its approval the initial Asset Status Report with respect to such Specially Serviced Loan, the Special Servicer will not be entitled to a Liquidation Fee in connection with such purchase by the Directing Certificateholder or its Affiliates), (b) any event described in clause (iv) of the definition of “Liquidation Proceeds” (or any substitution in lieu of a repurchase) so long as such repurchase or substitution occurs prior to the termination of the Extended Cure Period, (c) any event described in clauses (v) and (vi) of the definition of “Liquidation Proceeds”, as long as, with respect to a purchase pursuant to clause (vi) of the definition of “Liquidation Proceeds”, a purchase occurs within ninety (90) days of such holder’s purchase option first becoming exercisable during that period prior to such Mortgage Loan becoming a Corrected Loan pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement, (d) a Serviced Companion Loan, (x) a repurchase of such Serviced Companion Loan by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller for a breach of a representation or warranty or for a defective or deficient mortgage loan documentation under an Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement within the time period (or extension thereof, if applicable) provided for such repurchase or such repurchase occurs prior to the termination of such time period (or extension of such time period, if applicable) or (y) a purchase of such Serviced Companion Loan by any applicable party to the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement pursuant to a clean-up call or similar liquidation of the Other Securitization; or (e) if a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan becomes a Specially Serviced Loan solely because of a Servicing Transfer Event described in clause (i) of the definition of “Servicing Transfer Event”, Liquidation Proceeds are received within ninety (90) days following the related Maturity Date as a result of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan being refinanced or otherwise repaid in full (but, in the event that a Liquidation Fee is not payable due to the application of any of clauses (a) through (e) above, the

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Special Servicer may still collect and retain a Liquidation Fee and similar fees from the related Mortgagor to the extent provided for in, or not prohibited by, the related loan documents); provided that the Liquidation Fee for each Specially Serviced Loan will be reduced by the amount of any Excess Modification Fees paid by or on behalf of the related Mortgagor with respect to the related Mortgage Loan and any related Companion Loan, as applicable, or REO Property and received by the Special Servicer as compensation within the prior twelve (12) months, but only to the extent those fees have not previously been deducted from a Workout Fee or Liquidation Fee. No Liquidation Fee shall be payable in connection with a Loss of Value Payment by a Mortgage Loan Seller, if the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller makes such Loss of Value Payment within ninety (90) days of receipt of notice of a breach (and giving effect to an extension period of ninety (90) days).

“Liquidation Fee Rate”: A rate equal to 1.00% with respect to any Mortgage Loan, any Specially Serviced Loan (and each related Serviced Companion Loan) or REO Property, in each case as described in Section 3.11(c); provided that if such rate would result in an aggregate Liquidation Fee less than $25,000, then the Liquidation Fee Rate will be equal to such rate as would result in an aggregate Liquidation Fee equal to $25,000.

“Liquidation Proceeds”: Cash amounts received by or paid to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer in connection with: (i) the liquidation (including a payment in full) of a Mortgaged Property or other collateral constituting security for a Defaulted Loan or defaulted Companion Loan, if applicable, through a trustee’s sale, foreclosure sale, REO Disposition or otherwise, exclusive of any portion thereof required to be released to the related Mortgagor in accordance with applicable law and the terms and conditions of the related Mortgage Note and Mortgage; (ii) the realization upon any deficiency judgment obtained against a Mortgagor; (iii) any sale of (A) a Specially Serviced Loan pursuant to Section 3.16(a) or (B) any REO Property pursuant to Section 3.16(b); (iv) the repurchase of a Mortgage Loan by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller pursuant to Section 5 of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement; (v) the purchase of a Specially Serviced Loan or REO Property by the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or the Holders of the Class R Certificates pursuant to Section 9.01; (vi) the purchase of a Mortgage Loan or an REO Property by (a) the applicable Subordinate Companion Holder, or (b) the related mezzanine lender, in each case pursuant to Section 3.16 and the related Intercreditor Agreement; or (vii) the transfer of any Loss of Value Payments from the Loss of Value Reserve Fund to the Collection Account in accordance with Section 3.05(g) of this Agreement (provided that, for the purpose of determining the amount of the Liquidation Fee (if any) payable to the Special Servicer in connection with such Loss of Value Payment, the full amount of such Loss of Value Payment shall be deemed to constitute “Liquidation Proceeds” from which the Liquidation Fee (if any) is payable as of such time such Loss of Value Payment is made by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller). With respect to any Whole Loan, as used in this Agreement, Liquidation Proceeds shall refer to such portion of Liquidation Proceeds to the extent allocable to the related Mortgage Loan or related Companion Loan, as applicable, pursuant to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement.

“Loan-Specific Directing Certificateholder”: With respect to a Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan, prior to the related Servicing Shift Securitization Date, the Loan-Specific Directing Certificateholder with respect to a Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan will be the holder of the related “Controlling Note” or other analogous term under the related Intercreditor Agreement.

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With respect to a Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan, on and after the related Servicing Shift Securitization Date, there will be no Loan-Specific Directing Certificateholder with respect to such Servicing Shift Whole Loan. As of the Closing Date, there is no Loan-Specific Directing Certificateholder under this Agreement.

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

“Loss of Value Reserve Fund”: The “outside reserve fund” (within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(h)) designated as such pursuant to Section 3.04(i) of this Agreement. The Loss of Value Reserve Fund will be part of the Trust Fund but not part of the Grantor Trust or any Trust REMIC.

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

“Lower-Tier Principal Amount”: With respect to any Class of Lower-Tier Regular Interests, (i) on or prior to the first Distribution Date, an amount equal to the Original Lower-Tier Principal Amount of such Class as specified in the Preliminary Statement hereto, and (ii) as of any date of determination after the first Distribution Date, an amount equal to the Certificate Balance of the Class of Related Certificates or Related Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest on the Distribution Date immediately prior to such date of determination (determined as adjusted pursuant to Section 1.02(iii)), and as set forth in Section 4.01(c).

“Lower-Tier Regular Interests”: Any of the Class LA1, Class LA2, Class LASB, Class LA3, Class LA4, Class LA5, Class LAS, Class LB, Class LC, Class LD, Class LE, Class LF, Class LG, Class LH and LRR Uncertificated Interests.

“Lower-Tier REMIC”: One of two (2) separate REMICs comprising a portion of the Trust Fund, which consist of the Mortgage Loans (exclusive of Excess Interest) and the proceeds thereof, any REO Property with respect thereto (or an allocable portion thereof, in the case of any Serviced Mortgage Loan), or the Trust’s beneficial interest in the REO Property with respect to a Non-Serviced Whole Loan, such amounts as shall from time to time be held in the Collection Account (other than with respect to any Companion Loan), the related portion of the REO Account, if any, the Interest Reserve Account, the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Retained Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, and all other properties included in the Trust Fund that are not in the other Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust, except for the Loss of Value Reserve Fund.

“Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account”: The segregated account, accounts or sub-accounts created and maintained by the Certificate Administrator (on behalf of the Trustee) pursuant to Section 3.04(b) in trust for the Certificateholders, which shall initially be entitled “Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator, on behalf of Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of the registered holders of BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45, Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account”. Any such account, accounts or sub-accounts shall be an Eligible Account.

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“LRR Uncertificated Interest”: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower-Tier REMIC which is held as an asset of the Upper-Tier REMIC and having the Original Lower-Tier Principal Amount and per annum rate of interest set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

“LTV Ratio”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, as of any date of determination, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the scheduled principal balance of such Mortgage Loan, as of such date (assuming no defaults or prepayments on such Mortgage Loan prior to that date), and the denominator of which is the Appraised Value of the related Mortgaged Property.

“MAI”: Member of the Appraisal Institute.

“Major Decision”: As defined in Section 6.08(a).

“Master Servicer”: Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, and its successors in interest and assigns, or any successor thereto appointed as provided herein.

“Master Servicer Decision”: As defined in Section 3.18(m).

“Material Defect”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a Defect in any Mortgage File or a Breach, which Defect or Breach, as the case may be, materially and adversely affects the value of such Mortgage Loan, the value of the related Mortgaged Property or the interests of the Trustee or any Certificateholder therein or causes such Mortgage Loan to be other than a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, but without regard to the rule of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(f)(2) that causes a defective obligation to be treated as a “qualified mortgage”.

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

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

“Mediation Services Provider”: As defined in Section 2.03(m)(i).

“Merger Notice”: As defined in Section 6.03(b).

“Millennium Boston Retail Intercreditor Agreement”: That certain Agreement Between Note Holders, dated as of November 22, 2022, by and between the holders of the respective promissory notes evidencing the Millennium Boston Retail Whole Loan, relating to the relative rights of such holders, as the same may be further amended in accordance with the terms thereof.

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“Millennium Boston Retail Mortgage Loan”: With respect to the Millennium Boston Retail Whole Loan, the Mortgage Loan that is included in the Trust (identified as Mortgage Loan No. 10 on the Mortgage Loan Schedule), which is evidenced by promissory note A-2.

“Millennium Boston Retail Mortgaged Property”: The Mortgaged Property that secures the Millennium Boston Retail Whole Loan.

“Millennium Boston Retail Pari Passu Companion Loan”: With respect to the Millennium Boston Retail Whole Loan, the Companion Loan evidenced by the related promissory note A-1 and made by the related Mortgagor and secured by the Mortgage on the Millennium Boston Retail Mortgaged Property.

“Millennium Boston Retail Whole Loan”: The Millennium Boston Retail Mortgage Loan, together with the Millennium Boston Retail Pari Passu Companion Loan, each of which is secured by the same Mortgage on the Millennium Boston Retail Mortgaged Property. References herein to the Millennium Boston Retail Whole Loan shall be construed to refer to the aggregate indebtedness under the Millennium Boston Retail Mortgage Loan and the Millennium Boston Retail Pari Passu Companion Loan.

“Modification Fees”: With respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, any and all fees with respect to a modification, extension, waiver or amendment that modifies, extends, amends or waives any term of the Mortgage Loan documents and/or related Serviced Whole Loan documents (as evidenced by a signed writing) agreed to by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable (other than all assumption fees, assumption application fees, consent fees, defeasance fees, Special Servicing Fees, Liquidation Fees or Workout Fees).

“Moody’s”: Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., and its successors in interest. If neither Moody’s nor any successor remains in existence, “Moody’s” shall be deemed to refer to such other NRSRO or other comparable Person reasonably designated by the Depositor, notice of which designation shall be given to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Directing Certificateholder and the Special Servicer, and specific ratings of Moody’s herein referenced shall be deemed to refer to the equivalent ratings of the party so designated.

“Mortgage”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, the mortgage(s), deed(s) of trust or other instrument(s) securing the related Mortgage Note and creating a first mortgage lien on the fee and/or leasehold interest in the related Mortgaged Property.

“Mortgage File”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, if applicable, but subject to Section 2.01, collectively the following documents:

(i)                the original Mortgage Note, endorsed on its face or by allonge to the Mortgage Note, without recourse, to “Pay to the order of Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee for the benefit of the registered holders of BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45, without recourse, representation or warranty” or in blank and further showing a complete, unbroken chain of endorsement from the originator (or, if the original Mortgage Note has been lost, an affidavit to such effect from the applicable

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Mortgage Loan Seller or another prior holder, together with a copy of the Mortgage Note and an indemnity properly assigned and endorsed to the Trustee);

(ii)                              the original or a copy of the Mortgage, together with an original or copy of any intervening Assignments of Mortgage, in each case with evidence of recording indicated thereon or certified to have been submitted for recording (or a copy provided by the applicable recording office if a certified copy cannot be provided by such office, provided that the Custodian is not required to investigate whether the recording office cannot provide a certified copy);

(iii)                          an original Assignment of Mortgage in blank or in favor of “Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as trustee for the benefit of the registered holders of BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45” (or in the case of any Serviced Whole Loan, in its capacity as “Lead Securitization Note Holder” or similar capacity under the related Intercreditor Agreement on behalf of the related Serviced Companion Noteholders) and (subject to the completion of certain missing recording information and, if applicable, the assignee’s name) in recordable form (or, if the related Mortgage Loan Seller is responsible for the recordation of that Assignment of Mortgage, a copy thereof certified to be the copy of such Assignment of Mortgage submitted or to be submitted for recording);

(iv)                          the original or a copy of any related Assignment of Leases and of any intervening Assignments (if such item is a document separate from the Mortgage), with evidence of recording indicated thereon or certified to have been submitted for recording (or a copy provided by the applicable recording office if a certified copy cannot be provided by such office, provided that the Custodian is not required to investigate whether the recording office cannot provide a certified copy);

(v)                            an original or a copy of each Assignment of any related Assignment of Leases (if such item is a document separate from the Mortgage) in blank or in favor of “Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as trustee for the benefit of the registered holders of BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45” (or in the case of any Serviced Whole Loan, in its capacity as “Lead Securitization Note Holder” or similar capacity under the related Intercreditor Agreement on behalf of the related Serviced Companion Noteholders) and (subject to the completion of certain missing recording information and, if applicable, the assignee’s name) in recordable form (or, if the related Mortgage Loan Seller is responsible for the recordation of that Assignment, a copy thereof certified to be the copy of such Assignment submitted or to be submitted for recording);

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

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

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

(ix)                           any filed copies (bearing evidence of filing) or evidence of filing of any Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, related amendments and continuation statements in the possession of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller;

(x)                              an original Assignment in favor of the Trustee of any financing statement executed and filed in favor of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller or an affiliate thereof in the relevant jurisdiction (or, if the related Mortgage Loan Seller is responsible for the filing of that Assignment, a copy thereof certified to be the copy of such Assignment submitted or to be submitted for recording);

(xi)                             the original or a copy of any intercreditor agreement relating to existing debt of the borrower, including any Intercreditor Agreement relating to a Serviced Whole Loan, if applicable;

(xii)                        the original or copies of any loan agreement, escrow agreement, security agreement relating to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as well as the original of each letter of credit, if any, constituting additional collateral for such Mortgage Loan, which letter of credit shall either (A) name as beneficiary “Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, on behalf of Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of registered holders of BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45” or (B) be accompanied by all documentation necessary in order to transfer all rights of the named beneficiary in such letter of credit to the Master Servicer on behalf of the Trustee and to receive, after presentment by the Master Servicer (in accordance with Section 3.01(f)) to the bank issuing such letter of credit, a reissued letter of credit in the name of the Master Servicer on behalf of the Trustee;

(xiii)                      the original or a copy of any ground lease, ground lessor estoppel, environmental insurance policy, environmental indemnity or guaranty relating to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan;

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(xiv)                     the original or a copy of any property management agreement relating to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan;

(xv)                        the original or a copy of any franchise agreements and comfort letters or similar agreements relating to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan and, with respect to any franchise agreement, comfort letter or similar agreement, any assignment of such agreements or any notice to the franchisor of the transfer of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan and/or request for the issuance of a new comfort letter in favor of the Trustee, in each case, as applicable;

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

(xvii)                   the original or a copy of any related mezzanine intercreditor agreement; and

(xviii)                the original or a copy of all related environmental insurance policies;

provided, however, that (a) whenever the term “Mortgage File” is used to refer to documents held by the Custodian, such term shall not be deemed to include such documents and instruments required to be included therein unless they are actually received by the Custodian, (b) if there exists with respect to any Crossed Mortgage Loan Group only one original or certified copy of any document referred to in the definition of “Mortgage File” covering all of the Mortgage Loans in such Crossed Mortgage Loan Group, then the inclusion of such original or certified copy in the Mortgage File for any of the Mortgage Loans constituting such Crossed Mortgage Loan Group shall be deemed the inclusion of such original or certified copy in the Mortgage File for each such Mortgage Loan, (c) to the extent that this Agreement refers to a “Mortgage File” for a Companion Loan, such “Mortgage File” shall be construed to mean the Mortgage File for the related Mortgage Loan (except that references to the Mortgage Note for a Companion Loan otherwise described above shall be construed to instead refer to a photocopy of such Mortgage Note), (d) with respect to any Mortgage Loan that has a Serviced Companion Loan, the execution and/or recordation of any Assignment in the name of the Trustee shall not be construed to limit the beneficial interest of the related Companion Holder(s) in such instrument and the benefits intended to be provided to them by such instrument, it being acknowledged that (I) the Trustee shall hold such record title for the benefit of the Trust as the holder of the related Mortgage Loan and the related Companion Holder(s) collectively and (II) any efforts undertaken by the Trustee, the Master Servicer, or the Special Servicer on its behalf to enforce or obtain the benefits of such instrument shall be construed to be so undertaken by the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer for the benefit of the Trust as the holder of the applicable Mortgage Loan and the related Companion Holder(s) collectively, (e) in connection with any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the preceding document delivery requirements will be met by the delivery by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller of copies of the documents specified above (other than the Mortgage Note and intervening endorsements evidencing such Mortgage Loan, with respect to which the original shall be required or the requirements of clause (i) of the definition of “Mortgage File” shall otherwise be satisfied) including a copy of the Mortgage securing the applicable Mortgage Loan and any assignments or other transfer documents referred to in clauses (iii), (v), (vi), (vii), (ix) and (x) above as being in favor of the Trustee shall instead be in favor of the applicable Non-Serviced Trustee and need only

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be in such form as was delivered to the applicable Non-Serviced Trustee or a custodian on its behalf, and (f) so long as the Custodian is also the Non-Serviced Custodian, in connection with any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, any and all document delivery requirements with respect to the related Mortgage File (or any portion thereof) set forth herein or in the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement will be satisfied by the delivery, in compliance with the terms of the related Non-Serviced PSA, by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller of the documents specified above (other than the Mortgage Note and intervening endorsements evidencing such Mortgage Loan or shall otherwise satisfy the requirements of clause (i) of the definition of “Mortgage File”) to the custodian under the related Non-Serviced PSA (in such form as was delivered to the custodian under the related Non-Serviced PSA); provided that (a) the Custodian shall perform its duties under this Agreement (including, without limitation, Article II), and be liable to the other parties hereto, with respect to such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan as if such documents were required to be delivered and included in the Mortgage File and as if the Non-Serviced Custodian’s receipt of the documents contained in the related “mortgage file” delivered under the related Non-Serviced PSA constituted delivery of those same documents to the Custodian under this Agreement, (b) the Custodian shall not resign as the related Non-Serviced Custodian without giving at least thirty (30) days’ advance written notice of resignation to each other party hereto, and (c) if for any reason the Custodian shall resign as Custodian hereunder or resign as the related Non-Serviced Custodian or shall otherwise no longer act as Custodian hereunder or as the related Non-Serviced Custodian or shall otherwise be required to surrender possession of the related “mortgage file” delivered under the related Non-Serviced PSA (including by reason of the Non-Serviced Companion Loan being removed from the related securitization trust), the Custodian shall include the documents contemplated by clauses (ii) through (xviii) above in the Mortgage File for such Non-Serviced Whole Loan (to the extent such documents were delivered in connection with the related Other Securitization) that shall be maintained by it or any successor custodian hereunder.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, with respect to a Joint Mortgage Loan, delivery of the Mortgage File (other than with respect to the original Mortgage Note and the other documents referenced in clause (i) of the definition of “Mortgage File” held by or from the related Mortgage Loan Seller) by either of the applicable Mortgage Loan Sellers shall satisfy the delivery requirements for both of the applicable Mortgage Loan Sellers.

“Mortgage Loan”: Each of the mortgage loans (which, for the avoidance of doubt, includes each Crossed Mortgage Loan Group, each of which, for the purposes of this Agreement, shall be treated as one Mortgage Loan, provided that each individual Crossed Underlying Loan within any such Crossed Mortgage Loan Group shall not be included in this definition of Mortgage Loan) transferred and assigned to the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.01 and to be held by the Trust. As used herein, the term “Mortgage Loan” includes the related Mortgage Note, Mortgage and other documents contained in the related Mortgage File and any related agreements. The term “Mortgage Loan” shall, as of any date of determination, include any Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan that has replaced a Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 2.03 and exclude any such replaced Mortgage Loan.

“Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement”: Each agreement between the Depositor and each Mortgage Loan Seller, relating to the transfer of all of such Mortgage Loan Seller’s right, title and interest in and to the related Mortgage Loans.

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“Mortgage Loan Schedule”: The list of Mortgage Loans transferred on the Closing Date to the Trustee as part of the Trust Fund, attached hereto as Exhibit B, as any such schedule may be amended from time to time in connection with a substitution under Section 2.03 and in accordance with the relevant Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, and which list sets forth the following information with respect to each Mortgage Loan so transferred:

(i)                                 the loan identification number;

(ii)                              the name of the related Mortgage Loan Seller;

(iii)                           the name of the related Mortgaged Property;

(iv)                          the Cut-off Date Balance;

(v)                             the street address, city and state of the related Mortgaged Property;

(vi)                          the date of the related Mortgage Note;

(vii)                       the Maturity Date or Anticipated Repayment Date;

(viii)                   the Mortgage Rate;

(ix)                           the original term to stated maturity or anticipated repayment date;

(x)                              the remaining term to stated maturity or anticipated repayment date;

(xi)                            the original amortization term;

(xii)                        whether the Mortgage Loan is an ARD Loan;

(xiii)                     the applicable primary servicing fee rate; and

(xiv)                    the applicable Non-Serviced Primary Servicing Fee Rate (if any).

“Mortgage Loan Seller”: Each of (i) Bank of America, National Association, a national banking association, or its successor in interest, (ii) Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC, a New York limited liability company, or its successor in interest, and (iii) Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking association, or its successor in interest.

“Mortgage Loan Seller Percentage Interest”: With respect to a Joint Mortgage Loan and each applicable Mortgage Loan Seller with respect thereto, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is equal to the aggregate Cut-off Date principal balance of the promissory notes contributed by such Mortgage Loan Seller to this securitization, and the denominator of which is equal to the Cut-off Date principal balance of such Joint Mortgage Loan (in the case of the CX – 250 Water Street Mortgage Loan, 62.5% with respect to Bank of America and 37.5% with respect to Wells Fargo Bank, and in the case of the Brandywine Strategic Office Portfolio Mortgage Loan, 50% with respect to Bank of America and 50% with respect to Wells Fargo Bank).

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“Mortgage Note”: The original executed promissory note(s) evidencing the indebtedness of a Mortgagor under a Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, as the case may be, together with any rider, addendum or amendment thereto, or any renewal, substitution or replacement thereof.

“Mortgage Rate”: With respect to: (i) any Mortgage Loan (including the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans) or related Companion Loan on or prior to its Maturity Date, the annual rate at which interest is scheduled (in the absence of a default) to accrue on such Mortgage Loan or related Companion Loan from time to time in accordance with the related Mortgage Note and applicable law, without giving effect to any default rate or Revised Rate; or (ii) any Mortgage Loan or related Companion Loan after its Maturity Date, the annual rate described in clause (i) above determined without regard to the passage of such Maturity Date. For the avoidance of doubt, the Mortgage Rate of any ARD Loan shall not be construed to include the related Excess Rate.

“Mortgaged Property”: The real property subject to the lien of a Mortgage.

“Mortgagor”: The obligor or obligors on a Mortgage Note, including without limitation, any Person that has acquired the related Mortgaged Property and assumed the obligations of the original obligor under the Mortgage Note and including in connection with any Mortgage Loan that utilizes an indemnity deed of trust structure, the borrower and the Mortgaged Property owner/payment guarantor/mortgagor individually and collectively, as the context may require.

“Net Investment Earnings”: With respect to the Collection Account, the Servicing Accounts or the REO Accounts or the Companion Distribution Account for any period from any Distribution Date to the immediately succeeding P&I Advance Date, the amount, if any, by which the aggregate of all interest and other income realized during such period on funds relating to the Trust held in such account, exceeds the aggregate of all losses, if any, incurred during such period in connection with the investment of such funds in accordance with Section 3.06.

“Net Investment Loss”: With respect to the Collection Account, the Servicing Accounts or the REO Accounts or the Companion Distribution Account for any period from any Distribution Date to the immediately succeeding P&I Advance Date, the amount by which the aggregate of all losses, if any, incurred during such period in connection with the investment of funds relating to the Trust held in such account in accordance with Section 3.06, exceeds the aggregate of all interest and other income realized during such period on such funds.

“Net Mortgage Rate”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan (including a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) and any REO Loan (other than the portion of an REO Loan related to any Companion Loan) as of any date of determination, a rate per annum equal to the related Mortgage Rate then in effect (without regard to any increase in the interest rate of any ARD Loan after its respective Anticipated Repayment Date), minus the related Administrative Fee Rate; provided, however, that for purposes of calculating Pass-Through Rates, the Net Mortgage Rate for any Mortgage Loan will be determined without regard to any modification, waiver or amendment of the terms of the related Mortgage Loan, whether agreed to by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, a related Non-Serviced Master Servicer or a related Non-Serviced Special Servicer or resulting from a bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding involving the related

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Mortgagor; provided, further, that for any Mortgage Loan that does not accrue interest on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve (12) 30-day months, then, solely for purposes of calculating Pass-Through Rates and the Weighted Average Net Mortgage Rate, the Net Mortgage Rate of such Mortgage Loan or for any one month period preceding a related Due Date will be the annualized rate at which interest would have to accrue in respect of such Mortgage Loan on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve (12) 30-day months in order to produce the aggregate amount of interest actually accrued in respect of such Mortgage Loan during such one month period at the related Net Mortgage Rate; provided, further, that, with respect to each Actual/360 Mortgage Loan, the Net Mortgage Rate for the one month period (A) preceding the Due Dates that occur in January and February in any year which is not a leap year or preceding the Due Date that occurs in February in any year which is a leap year (in either case, unless the related Distribution Date is the final Distribution Date), will be determined exclusive of any Withheld Amounts, and (B) preceding the Due Date in March (or February, if the related Distribution Date is the final Distribution Date), will be determined inclusive of the amounts withheld in the immediately preceding January and February, if applicable. With respect to any REO Loan (but excluding any related Companion Loan), the Net Mortgage Rate shall be calculated as described above, determined as if the predecessor Mortgage Loan had remained outstanding.

“Net Operating Income”: With respect to any Mortgaged Property, for any Mortgagor’s fiscal year end, Net Operating Income will be calculated in accordance with the standard definition of “Net Operating Income” approved from time to time endorsed and put forth by the CREFC^®.

“New Lease”: Any lease of REO Property entered into at the direction of the Special Servicer on behalf of the Trust, including any lease renewed, modified or extended on behalf of the Trust, if the Trust has the right to renegotiate the terms of such lease.

“Non-Book Entry Certificates”: As defined in Section 5.02(c).

“Nonrecoverable Advance”: Any Nonrecoverable P&I Advance or Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. For the avoidance of doubt, Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts shall constitute Nonrecoverable Advances only when the Person making such determination in accordance with the procedures specified herein, and taking into account factors such as all other outstanding Advances, either (a) has determined that such Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts, would not ultimately be recoverable from Late Collections, Default Interest, Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds or any other recovery on or in respect of such Mortgage Loan or the related REO Property (without giving effect to potential recoveries on deficiency judgments or recoveries from guarantors), or (b) has determined that such Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount, along with any other Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts (that have not been reimbursed to the party that made such Advance) or unreimbursed Nonrecoverable Advances, would not be ultimately recoverable from the principal portion of future general collections on the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties.

“Nonrecoverable P&I Advance”: Any P&I Advance previously made or proposed to be made in respect of a Mortgage Loan (including any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or REO Loan (other than any portion of an REO Loan related to a Companion Loan) which the Trustee determines in its good faith business judgment or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer

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determines in accordance with the Servicing Standard, will not be ultimately recoverable, together with any accrued and unpaid interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate, from Late Collections or any other recovery on or in respect of such Mortgage Loan or REO Loan (but excluding any related Companion Loan); provided, however, that the Special Servicer may, at its option, make a determination in accordance with the Servicing Standard, that any P&I Advance previously made or proposed to be made is a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance and shall deliver to the Master Servicer (and with respect to a Serviced Mortgage Loan, to any Other Servicer, and with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, to the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer and Non-Serviced Special Servicer), the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor and the 17g-5 Information Provider notice of such determination. Any such determination (other than by the Special Servicer) shall not be binding upon (but may be conclusively relied upon by) the Master Servicer and the Trustee, and any such determination by the Special Servicer shall be conclusive and binding upon the Master Servicer and the Trustee (but this statement shall not be construed to entitle the Special Servicer to reverse the determination of the Master Servicer or the Trustee or to prohibit the Master Servicer or the Trustee from making a determination that a P&I Advance would be a Nonrecoverable Advance), provided, however, that the Special Servicer shall have no such obligation to make an affirmative determination that any P&I Advance is or would be recoverable and in the absence of a determination by the Special Servicer that such P&I Advance is or would be a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance, such decision shall remain with the Master Servicer or Trustee, as applicable. If the Special Servicer makes a determination that only a portion, and not all, of any previously made or proposed P&I Advance is a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance, the Master Servicer and the Trustee shall have the right to make its own subsequent determination that any remaining portion of any such previously made or proposed P&I Advance is a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance. With respect to any Non-Serviced Whole Loan, if any Non-Serviced Master Servicer, Non-Serviced Trustee or Non-Serviced Special Servicer, as applicable, in connection with a securitization of the related Non-Serviced Companion Loan determines that a principal and interest advance with respect to the related Non-Serviced Companion Loan, if made, would be nonrecoverable, such determination shall not be binding on the Master Servicer and the Trustee as it relates to any proposed P&I Advance with respect to the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan. Similarly, with respect to the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, if the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, determines that any P&I Advance with respect to a related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, if made, would be a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance, such determination shall not be binding on the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer and related Non-Serviced Trustee as it relates to any proposed P&I Advance with respect to the related Non-Serviced Companion Loan (unless the related Non-Serviced PSA provides otherwise). In making such recoverability determination, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, will be entitled (a) to consider (among other things) (i) the obligations of the Mortgagor under the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, as applicable, as it may have been modified and (ii) the related Mortgaged Properties in their “as-is” or then-current conditions and occupancies, as modified by such party’s assumptions (consistent with the Servicing Standard in the case of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer or in its good faith business judgment in the case of the Trustee, solely in its capacity as Trustee) regarding the possibility and effects of future adverse changes with respect to such Mortgaged Properties, (b) to estimate and consider (consistent with the Servicing Standard in the case of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer or in its good faith business judgment in the case of the Trustee, solely in its capacity as Trustee) (among other things) future expenses, (c) to estimate and consider (consistent with the Servicing

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Standard in the case of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer or in its good faith business judgment in the case of the Trustee, solely in its capacity as Trustee) (among other things) the timing of recoveries and (d) to give due regard to the existence of any Nonrecoverable Advances which, at the time of such consideration, the recovery of which are being deferred or delayed by the Master Servicer, in light of the fact that related proceeds are a source of recovery not only for the Advance under consideration but also a potential source of recovery for such delayed or deferred Advance. In addition, any Person, in considering whether a P&I Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance, will be entitled to give due regard to the existence of any outstanding Nonrecoverable Advance or Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount with respect to other Mortgage Loans, the reimbursement of which, at the time of such consideration, is being deferred or delayed by the Master Servicer or the Trustee because there is insufficient principal available for such recovery, in light of the fact that proceeds on the related Mortgage Loan are a source of recovery not only for the P&I Advance under consideration, but also as a potential source of reimbursement of such Nonrecoverable Advance or Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts which are or may be being deferred or delayed. In addition, any such Person may update or change its recoverability determinations at any time (but not reverse any other Person’s determination that an Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance) and, consistent with the Servicing Standard, in the case of the Master Servicer or in its good faith business judgment in the case of the Trustee (solely in its capacity as Trustee), may obtain at the expense of the Trust any reasonably required analysis, Appraisals or market value estimates or other information for making a recoverability determination. Absent bad faith, the Master Servicer’s, the Special Servicer’s or the Trustee’s determination as to the recoverability of any P&I Advance shall be conclusive and binding on the Certificateholders. The determination by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be, that a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance has been made or that any proposed P&I Advance, if made, would constitute a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance, or any updated or changed recoverability determination, shall be evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate delivered by either the Special Servicer or the Master Servicer to the other and to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Directing Certificateholder (but in the case of the Directing Certificateholder, only prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event and only with respect to any Mortgage Loan other than an Excluded Loan as to such party) (and in the case of a Serviced Mortgage Loan, any Other Servicer), the Operating Advisor (but only in the case of the Special Servicer) and the Depositor, or by the Trustee to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Certificate Administrator (and, in the case of a Serviced Mortgage Loan, any Other Servicer). The Officer’s Certificate shall set forth such determination of nonrecoverability and the considerations of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, forming the basis of such determination (which shall be accompanied by, to the extent available, related income and expense statements, rent rolls, occupancy status, property inspections and any other information used by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, to make such determination and shall include any existing Appraisal of the related Mortgage Loan or the related Mortgaged Property). The Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s determination that a P&I Advance is or would be nonrecoverable, and the Master Servicer and the Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely on and shall be bound by the Special Servicer’s determination that a P&I Advance is or would be nonrecoverable. In the case of a cross-collateralized Mortgage Loan (if any), such recoverability determination shall take into account the cross-collateralization of the related cross-collateralized Mortgage Loan.

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“Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance”: Any Servicing Advance previously made or proposed to be made in respect of a Serviced Mortgage Loan, Serviced Whole Loan or REO Property which the Trustee determines in its reasonable business judgment, or the Master Servicer or Special Servicer determines in accordance with the Servicing Standard, as the case may be, will not be ultimately recoverable, together with any accrued and unpaid interest thereon, at the Reimbursement Rate, from Late Collections or any other recovery on or in respect of such Mortgage Loan, Serviced Whole Loan or REO Property. In making such recoverability determination, such Person will be entitled (a) to consider (among other things) (i) the obligations of the Mortgagor under the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, as applicable, as it may have been modified and (ii) the related Mortgaged Properties in their “as-is” or then-current conditions and occupancies, as modified by such party’s assumptions (consistent with the Servicing Standard in the case of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer or in its good faith business judgment in the case of the Trustee, solely in its capacity as Trustee) regarding the possibility and effects of future adverse changes with respect to such Mortgaged Properties, (b) to estimate and consider (consistent with the Servicing Standard in the case of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer or in its good faith business judgment in the case of the Trustee, solely in its capacity as Trustee) (among other things) future expenses, (c) to estimate and consider (consistent with the Servicing Standard in the case of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer or in its good faith business judgment in the case of the Trustee, solely in its capacity as Trustee) (among other things) the timing of recoveries and (d) to give due regard to the existence of any Nonrecoverable Advances which, at the time of such consideration, the recovery of which are being deferred or delayed by the Master Servicer or the Trustee because there is insufficient principal available for such recovery, in light of the fact that related proceeds are a source of recovery not only for the Advance under consideration but also a potential source of recovery for such delayed or deferred Advance. In addition, any Person, in considering whether a Servicing Advance is a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, will be entitled to give due regard to the existence of any Nonrecoverable Advance or Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts with respect to other Mortgage Loans, the reimbursement of which, at the time of such consideration, is being deferred or delayed by the Master Servicer, in light of the fact that proceeds on the related Mortgage Loan are a source of recovery not only for the Servicing Advance under consideration, but also as a potential source of recovery of such Nonrecoverable Advance or Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts which are or may be being deferred or delayed. In addition, any such Person may update or change its recoverability determinations at any time (but not reverse any other Person’s determination that an Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance) and, consistent with the Servicing Standard, in the case of the Master Servicer or in its good faith business judgment in the case of the Trustee (solely in its capacity as Trustee), may obtain at the expense of the Trust any reasonably required analysis, Appraisals or market value estimates or other information for making a recoverability determination. Absent bad faith, the Master Servicer’s, the Special Servicer’s or the Trustee’s determination as to the recoverability of any Servicing Advance shall be conclusive and binding on the Certificateholders. The determination by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be, that a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance has been made or that any proposed Servicing Advance, if made, would constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, or any updated or changed recoverability determination, shall be evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate delivered by either the Special Servicer or the Master Servicer to the other and to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Directing Certificateholder (but in the case of the Directing Certificateholder, only prior to the occurrence

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and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event and only with respect to any Mortgage Loan other than an Excluded Loan as to such party) (and in the case of a Serviced Mortgage Loan, any Other Servicer), the Operating Advisor (but only in the case of the Special Servicer) and the Depositor, or by the Trustee to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Certificate Administrator (and in the case of a Serviced Mortgage Loan, any Other Servicer); provided, however, that the Special Servicer may, at its option, make a determination in accordance with the Servicing Standard, that any Servicing Advance previously made or proposed to be made is a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance and shall deliver to the Master Servicer (and with respect to a Serviced Mortgage Loan, to any Other Servicer), the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor and the 17g-5 Information Provider notice of such determination. Any such determination (other than by the Special Servicer) shall not be binding upon (but may be conclusively relied upon by) the Master Servicer and the Trustee, and any such determination by the Special Servicer shall be binding upon the Master Servicer and the Trustee (but this statement shall not be construed to entitle the Special Servicer to reverse the determination of the Master Servicer or the Trustee or to prohibit the Master Servicer or the Trustee from making a determination that a Servicing Advance would be a Nonrecoverable Advance), provided, however, that the Special Servicer shall have no such obligation to make an affirmative determination that any Servicing Advance is or would be recoverable and in the absence of a determination by the Special Servicer that such Servicing Advance is or would be a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, such decision shall remain with the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable. If the Special Servicer makes a determination that only a portion, and not all, of any previously made or proposed Servicing Advance is a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, the Master Servicer and the Trustee shall each have the right to make its own subsequent determination that any remaining portion of any such previously made or proposed Servicing Advance is a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. The Officer’s Certificate shall set forth such determination of nonrecoverability and the considerations of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, forming the basis of such determination (which shall be accompanied by, to the extent available, related income and expense statements, rent rolls, occupancy status, property inspections and any other information used by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, to make such determination and shall include any existing Appraisal with respect to the related Mortgage Loan, Serviced Companion Loan or related Mortgaged Property). The Special Servicer shall promptly furnish any party required to make Servicing Advances hereunder with any information in its possession regarding the Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties as such party required to make Servicing Advances may reasonably request for purposes of making recoverability determinations. The Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s determination that a Servicing Advance is or would be nonrecoverable, and the Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the Special Servicer’s determination that a Servicing Advance is or would be nonrecoverable. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the Special Servicer requests that the Master Servicer make a Servicing Advance, the Master Servicer may conclusively rely on such request as evidence that such advance is not a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance; provided, however, that the Special Servicer shall not be entitled to make such a request more frequently than once per calendar month with respect to Servicing Advances other than emergency advances (although such request may relate to more than one Servicing Advance). In the case of a cross-collateralized Mortgage Loan (if any), such recoverability determination shall take into account the cross-collateralization of the related cross-collateralized Mortgage Loan. The

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determination as to the recoverability of any servicing advance or property protection advance previously made or proposed to be made in respect of a Non-Serviced Whole Loan shall be made by the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer, Non-Serviced Special Servicer or Non-Serviced Trustee, as the case may be, pursuant to the related Non-Serviced PSA.

“Non-Registered Certificate”: Unless and until registered under the Securities Act, any Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G, Class X-H, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G, Class H, Class V or Class R Certificate or the RR Interest.

“Non-Retained Certificate”: Any Senior Certificate or Subordinate Certificate.

“Non-Retained Percentage”: An amount expressed as a percentage equal to 100% less the Required Credit Risk Retention Percentage. For the avoidance of doubt, at all times, the sum of the Required Credit Risk Retention Percentage and the Non-Retained Percentage shall equal 100%.

“Non-Serviced Certificate Administrator”: The “Certificate Administrator” under a Non-Serviced PSA.

“Non-Serviced Companion Loan”: Each of the Non-Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans and the Non-Serviced Subordinate Companion Loans.

“Non-Serviced Custodian”: With respect to each Non-Serviced Whole Loan, the “Custodian” under the related Non-Serviced PSA.

“Non-Serviced Depositor”: The “Depositor” under a Non-Serviced PSA.

“Non-Serviced Gain-on-Sale Proceeds”: Any “gain-on-sale proceeds” received in respect of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan pursuant to the related Non-Serviced PSA.

“Non-Serviced Indemnified Parties”: As defined in Section 6.04(i).

“Non-Serviced Intercreditor Agreement”: Each Intercreditor Agreement related to a Non-Serviced Whole Loan.

“Non-Serviced Master Servicer”: The “Master Servicer” or “Servicer” under a Non-Serviced PSA.

“Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan”: Each of the Concord Mills Mortgage Loan, the Millennium Boston Retail Mortgage Loan, the Norfolk Premium Outlets Mortgage Loan, The Boulders Resort Mortgage Loan and the Green Acres Mortgage Loan.

“Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property”: Each of the Concord Mills Mortgaged Property, the Millennium Boston Retail Mortgaged Property, the Norfolk Premium Outlets Mortgaged Property, The Boulders Resort Mortgaged Property and the Green Acres Mortgaged Property.

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“Non-Serviced Operating Advisor”: The “Operating Advisor” (or analogous term) (if any) under a Non-Serviced PSA.

“Non-Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan”: Each of the Concord Mills Pari Passu Companion Loans, the Millennium Boston Retail Pari Passu Companion Loan, the Norfolk Premium Outlets Pari Passu Companion Loans, The Boulders Resort Pari Passu Companion Loan and the Green Acres Pari Passu Companion Loans.

“Non-Serviced Paying Agent”: The “Paying Agent” (or analogous term) under a Non-Serviced PSA.

“Non-Serviced Primary Servicing Fee”: With respect to each Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the fee payable to the Non-Serviced Master Servicer pursuant to the related Non-Serviced PSA.

“Non-Serviced Primary Servicing Fee Rate”: With respect to (i) the CX - 250 Water Street Mortgage Loan, on and after the related Servicing Shift Securitization Date, 0.00250% per annum, (ii) the Brandywine Strategic Office Portfolio Mortgage Loan, on and after the related Servicing Shift Securitization Date, 0.00125% per annum, (iii) the Concord Mills Mortgage Loan, 0.00250% per annum, (iv) the Millennium Boston Retail Mortgage Loan, 0.00250% per annum, (v) the Norfolk Premium Outlets Mortgage Loan, 0.00250% per annum, (vi) The Boulders Resort Mortgage Loan, 0.00250% per annum and (vii) the Green Acres Mortgage Loan, 0.00125% per annum.

“Non-Serviced PSA”: With respect to (i) each of the Concord Mills Mortgage Loan and the Millennium Boston Retail Mortgage Loan, the BANK 2022-BNK44 PSA, (ii) the Norfolk Premium Outlets Mortgage Loan, the BANK 2022-BNK41 PSA, (iii) The Boulders Resort Mortgage Loan, the BANK 2022-BNK43 PSA, and (iv) the Green Acres Mortgage Loan, (A) prior to the Green Acres Lead Note Securitization Date, the BMO 2023-C4 PSA and (B) following the Green Acres Lead Note Securitization Date, the pooling and servicing agreement or trust and servicing agreement relating to the securitization of the Green Acres Lead Note.

“Non-Serviced Special Servicer”: The applicable “Special Servicer” of a Non-Serviced Whole Loan under a Non-Serviced PSA.

“Non-Serviced Trust”: The “Trust” formed under a Non-Serviced PSA.

“Non-Serviced Trustee”: The “Trustee” under a Non-Serviced PSA.

“Non-Serviced Whole Loan”: Each of the Concord Mills Whole Loan, the Millennium Boston Retail Whole Loan, the Norfolk Premium Outlets Whole Loan, The Boulders Resort Whole Loan and the Green Acres Whole Loan.

“Non-Serviced Whole Loan Controlling Holder”: The “directing holder” or similarly defined party under a Non-Serviced PSA.

“Non-Specially Serviced Loan”: Any Serviced Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan that is not a Specially Serviced Loan.

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“Non-U.S. Beneficial Ownership Certification”: As defined in Section 5.03(f).

“Non-U.S. Tax Person”: Any person other than a U.S. Tax Person.

“Norfolk Premium Outlets Intercreditor Agreement”: That certain Agreement Between Note Holders, dated as of March 9, 2022, by and between the holders of the respective promissory notes evidencing the Norfolk Premium Outlets Pari Passu Whole Loan, relating to the relative rights of such holders, as the same may be further amended in accordance with the terms thereof.

“Norfolk Premium Outlets Mortgage Loan”: With respect to the Norfolk Premium Outlets Whole Loan, the Mortgage Loan that is included in the Trust (identified as Mortgage Loan No. 11 on the Mortgage Loan Schedule), which is evidenced by promissory note A-3.

“Norfolk Premium Outlets Mortgaged Property”: The Mortgaged Property that secures the Norfolk Premium Outlets Whole Loan.

“Norfolk Premium Outlets Pari Passu Companion Loan”: With respect to the Norfolk Premium Outlets Whole Loan, the Companion Loan evidenced by the related promissory notes A-1 and A-2 and made by the related Mortgagor and secured by the Mortgage on the Norfolk Premium Outlets Mortgaged Property.

“Norfolk Premium Outlets Whole Loan”: The Norfolk Premium Outlets Mortgage Loan, together with the Norfolk Premium Outlets Pari Passu Companion Loan, each of which is secured by the same Mortgage on the Norfolk Premium Outlets Mortgaged Property. References herein to the Norfolk Premium Outlets Whole Loan shall be construed to refer to the aggregate indebtedness under the Norfolk Premium Outlets Mortgage Loan and the Norfolk Premium Outlets Pari Passu Companion Loan.

“Notional Amount”: With respect to each of the following Classes of Certificates or Upper-Tier Regular Interests, the amount set forth next to it in the table below:

Class of Certificates, Upper-Tier Regular Interest or Lower-Tier Regular Interest	Notional Amount
Class A-4-X1 Certificates	Class A-4-X1 Notional Amount
Class A-4-X2 Certificates	Class A-4-X2 Notional Amount
Class A-4-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class A-4-X1 UT Notional Amount
Class A-4-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class A-4-X2 UT Notional Amount
Class A-5-X1 Certificates	Class A-5-X1 Notional Amount
Class A-5-X2 Certificates	Class A-5-X2 Notional Amount
Class A-5-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class A-5-X1 UT Notional Amount
Class A-5-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class A-5-X2 UT Notional Amount
Class X-A Certificates	Class X-A Notional Amount
Class X-B Certificates	Class X-B Notional Amount
Class X-D Certificates	Class X-D Notional Amount
Class X-F Certificates	Class X-F Notional Amount
Class X-G Certificates	Class X-G Notional Amount
Class X-H Certificates	Class X-H Notional Amount
Class A-S-X1 Certificates	Class A-S-X1 Notional Amount

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Class of Certificates, Upper-Tier Regular Interest or Lower-Tier Regular Interest	Notional Amount
Class A-S-X2 Certificates	Class A-S-X2 Notional Amount
Class A-S-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class A-S-X1 UT Notional Amount
Class A-S-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class A-S-X2 UT Notional Amount
Class B-X1 Certificates	Class B-X1 Notional Amount
Class B-X2 Certificates	Class B-X2 Notional Amount
Class B-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class B-X1 UT Notional Amount
Class B-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class B-X2 UT Notional Amount
Class C-X1 Certificates	Class C-X1 Notional Amount
Class C-X2 Certificates	Class C-X2 Notional Amount
Class C-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class C-X1 UT Notional Amount
Class C-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class C-X2 UT Notional Amount

“NRSRO”: Any nationally recognized statistical rating organization within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act, including the Rating Agencies.

“NRSRO Certification”: A certification (a) substantially in the form of Exhibit P-2 executed by a NRSRO or (b) provided electronically and executed by such NRSRO by means of a “click-through” confirmation on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website, in either case in favor of the 17g-5 Information Provider that states that such NRSRO is a Rating Agency under this Agreement or that such NRSRO has provided the Depositor with the appropriate certifications pursuant to paragraph (e) of Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act, that such NRSRO has access to the Depositor’s 17g-5 website and that such NRSRO will keep such information confidential, except to the extent such information has been made available to the general public. Each NRSRO shall be deemed to recertify to the foregoing each time it accesses the Certificate Administrator’s Website.

“OCC”: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

“Officer’s Certificate”: A certificate signed by a Servicing Officer of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer or any Additional Servicer, as the case may be, or a Responsible Officer of the Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as the case may be.

“Offshore Transaction”: Any “offshore transaction” as defined in Rule 902(h) of Regulation S.

“Operating Advisor”: Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, a New York limited liability company, and its successors-in-interest and assigns, or any successor operating advisor appointed as herein provided.

“Operating Advisor Annual Report”: As defined in Section 3.26(c)(i).

“Operating Advisor Consulting Fee”: A fee for each Major Decision on which the Operating Advisor has consulting obligations and performed its duties with respect to such Major Decision equal to $10,000 (or such lesser amount as the related Mortgagor actually pays) with respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan (other than any Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan), payable

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pursuant to Section 3.05 of this Agreement; provided, however, that no such fee shall be payable unless specifically paid by the related Mortgagor as a separately identifiable fee; provided, further, that the Operating Advisor may in its sole discretion reduce the Operating Advisor Consulting Fee with respect to any Major Decision; provided, further, however, that to the extent such fee is incurred after the outstanding Certificate Balances of the Control Eligible Certificates and the corresponding portion of the RR Interest have been reduced to zero as a result of the allocation of Realized Losses to such Certificates, such fee shall be payable in full to the Operating Advisor as an expense of the Trust; provided, further, that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, may waive or reduce the amount of any Operating Advisor Consulting Fee payable by the related Mortgagor if it determines that such full or partial waiver is in accordance with the Servicing Standard (provided that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall consult, on a non-binding basis, with the Operating Advisor prior to any such waiver or reduction).

“Operating Advisor Expenses”: With respect to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to any unreimbursed indemnification amounts or additional trust fund expenses payable to the Operating Advisor pursuant to this Agreement (other than the Operating Advisor Fee and the Operating Advisor Consulting Fee).

“Operating Advisor Fee”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan and REO Loan (but excluding any related Companion Loan), the fee payable to the Operating Advisor pursuant to Section 3.26(i).

“Operating Advisor Fee Rate”: With respect to each Interest Accrual Period related to any applicable Distribution Date, a per annum rate of 0.00183%.

“Operating Advisor Standard”: The requirement that the Operating Advisor must act solely on behalf of the Trust and in the best interest of, and for the benefit of, the Certificateholders and, with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan for the benefit of the holders of the related Companion Loan (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and Companion Holders constituted a single lender), and not to any particular Class of Certificateholders (as determined by the Operating Advisor in the exercise of its good faith and reasonable judgment), but without regard to any conflict of interest arising from any relationship that the Operating Advisor or any of its Affiliates may have with any of the underlying Mortgagors, any Sponsor, any Mortgage Loan Seller, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Directing Certificateholder, any Certificateholders, the Risk Retention Consultation Party or any of their Affiliates.

“Operating Advisor Termination Event”: Any of the following events, whether any such event is voluntary or involuntary or is effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body:

(a)               any failure by the Operating Advisor to observe or perform in any material respect any of its covenants or agreements or the material breach of any of its representations or warranties under this Agreement, which failure continues unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, is given to the Operating Advisor by any party to this

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Agreement or to the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee by the Holders of Certificates (other than the RR Interest) having greater than 25% of the aggregate Voting Rights, provided that any such failure which is not curable within such thirty (30) day period, the Operating Advisor will have an additional cure period of thirty (30) days to effect such cure so long as it has commenced to cure such failure within the initial thirty (30) day period and has provided the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator with an officer’s certificate certifying that it has diligently pursued, and is continuing to pursue, such cure;

(b)                              any failure by the Operating Advisor to perform in accordance with the Operating Advisor Standard which failure continues unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, is given to the Operating Advisor by any party to this Agreement;

(c)                              any failure by the Operating Advisor to be an Eligible Operating Advisor, which failure continues unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, is given to the Operating Advisor by any party to this Agreement;

(d)                              a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the premises in an involuntary case under any present or future federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law for the appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings, or for the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, shall have been entered against the operating advisor, and such decree or order shall have remained in force undischarged or unstayed for a period of sixty (60) days;

(e)                               the Operating Advisor consents to the appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator or liquidation committee in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities, voluntary liquidation, or similar proceedings of or relating to the operating advisor or of or relating to all or substantially all of its property; or

(f)                                 the Operating Advisor admits in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, files a petition to take advantage of any applicable insolvency or reorganization statute, makes an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or voluntarily suspends payment of its obligations.

“Opinion of Counsel”: A written opinion of counsel, who may, without limitation, be salaried counsel for the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer, acceptable in form and delivered to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator, except that any opinion of counsel relating to (a) the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC, (b) compliance with the REMIC Provisions, (c) the qualification of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust, or (d) the resignation of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Depositor pursuant to Section 6.05, must be an opinion of counsel who is in fact Independent of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer.

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“Original Certificate Balance”: As defined in the Preliminary Statement.

“Original Lower-Tier Principal Amount”: With respect to any Class of Lower-Tier Regular Interest, the initial principal amount thereof as of the Closing Date, in each case as specified in the Preliminary Statement.

“Original Notional Amount”: As defined in the Preliminary Statement.

“Orlando Office Portfolio Intercreditor Agreement”: That certain Agreement Between Note Holders, dated as of December 31, 2022, by and between the holders of the respective promissory notes evidencing the Orlando Office Portfolio Pari Passu Whole Loan, relating to the relative rights of such holders, as the same may be further amended in accordance with the terms thereof.

“Orlando Office Portfolio Mortgage Loan”: With respect to the Orlando Office Portfolio Whole Loan, the Mortgage Loan that is included in the Trust (identified as Mortgage Loan No. 3 on the Mortgage Loan Schedule), which is evidenced by promissory note A-1.

“Orlando Office Portfolio Mortgaged Property”: The Mortgaged Property that secures the Orlando Office Portfolio Whole Loan.

“Orlando Office Portfolio Pari Passu Companion Loan”: With respect to the Orlando Office Portfolio Whole Loan, the Companion Loan evidenced by the related promissory note A-2 and made by the related Mortgagor and secured by the Mortgage on the Orlando Office Portfolio Mortgaged Property.

“Orlando Office Portfolio Whole Loan”: The Orlando Office Portfolio Mortgage Loan, together with the Orlando Office Portfolio Pari Passu Companion Loan, each of which is secured by the same Mortgage on the Orlando Office Portfolio Mortgaged Property. References herein to the Orlando Office Portfolio Whole Loan shall be construed to refer to the aggregate indebtedness under the Orlando Office Portfolio Mortgage Loan and the Orlando Office Portfolio Pari Passu Companion Loan.

“Other Asset Representations Reviewer”: Any asset representations reviewer under an Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

“Other Certificate Administrator”: Any certificate administrator under an Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

“Other Depositor”: Any depositor under an Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

“Other Exchange Act Reporting Party”: With respect to any Other Securitization Trust that is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, the Other Servicer, Other Trustee, Other Certificate Administrator or Other Depositor under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement that is responsible for the preparation and/or filing of Form 8-K, Form 10-D, Form ABS-EE and Form 10-K with respect to such Other Securitization Trust, as identified in writing to the parties to this Agreement; and, with respect to any Other Securitization Trust that is

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not subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, the trustee, certificate administrator, master servicer, special servicer or depositor under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement that is responsible for the preparation and/or dissemination of periodic distribution date statements or similar reports, as identified in writing to the parties to this Agreement.

“Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement”: Any trust and servicing agreement or pooling and servicing agreement that creates a trust whose assets include any Serviced Companion Loan.

“Other Securitization”: As defined in Section 11.06.

“Other Servicer”: Any master servicer or special servicer, as applicable, under an Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

“Other Trustee”: Any trustee under an Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

“Ownership Interest”: As to any Certificate, any ownership or security interest in such Certificate as the Holder thereof and any other interest therein, whether direct or indirect, legal or beneficial, as owner or as pledgee.

“P&I Advance”: As to any Mortgage Loan or REO Loan (but not any related Companion Loan), any advance made by the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, pursuant to Section 4.03 or Section 7.05.

“P&I Advance Date”: The Business Day immediately prior to each Distribution Date.

“P&I Advance Determination Date”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the close of business on the related Determination Date.

“Pari Passu Companion Loans”: Collectively, the Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans and the Non-Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans.

“Pari Passu Companion Loan Holder”: Any holder of record of any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan or Non-Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan.

“Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to each Class of Certificates, Upper-Tier Regular Interest or Lower-Tier Regular Interest, the rate set forth next to it in the table below:

Class of Certificates, Upper-Tier Regular Interest or Lower-Tier Regular Interest	Pass-Through Rate
Class A-1 Certificates	Class A-1 Pass-Through Rate
Class A-2 Certificates	Class A-2 Pass-Through Rate
Class A-SB Certificates	Class A-SB Pass-Through Rate
Class A-3 Certificates	Class A-3 Pass-Through Rate
Class A-4 Certificates	Class A-4 Pass-Through Rate
Class A-4-1 Certificates	Class A-4-1 Pass-Through Rate
Class A-4-2 Certificates	Class A-4-2 Pass-Through Rate
Class A-4-X1 Certificates	Class A-4-X1 Pass-Through Rate

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Class of Certificates, Upper-Tier Regular Interest or Lower-Tier Regular Interest	Pass-Through Rate
Class A-4-X2 Certificates	Class A-4-X2 Pass-Through Rate
Class A-4 Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class A-4 UT Pass-Through Rate
Class A-4-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class A-4-X1 UT Pass-Through Rate
Class A-4-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class A-4-X2 UT Pass-Through Rate
Class A-5 Certificates	Class A-5 Pass-Through Rate
Class A-5-1 Certificates	Class A-5-1 Pass-Through Rate
Class A-5-2 Certificates	Class A-5-2 Pass-Through Rate
Class A-5-X1 Certificates	Class A-5-X1 Pass-Through Rate
Class A-5-X2 Certificates	Class A-5-X2 Pass-Through Rate
Class A-5 Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class A-5 UT Pass-Through Rate
Class A-5-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class A-5-X1 UT Pass-Through Rate
Class A-5-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class A-5-X2 UT Pass-Through Rate
Class X-A Certificates	Class X-A Pass-Through Rate
Class X-B Certificates	Class X-B Pass-Through Rate
Class X-D Certificates	Class X-D Pass-Through Rate
Class X-F Certificates	Class X-F Pass-Through Rate
Class X-G Certificates	Class X-G Pass-Through Rate
Class X-H Certificates	Class X-H Pass-Through Rate
Class A-S Certificates	Class A-S Pass-Through Rate
Class A-S-1 Certificates	Class A-S-1 Pass-Through Rate
Class A-S-2 Certificates	Class A-S-2 Pass-Through Rate
Class A-S-X1 Certificates	Class A-S-X1 Pass-Through Rate
Class A-S-X2 Certificates	Class A-S-X2 Pass-Through Rate
Class A-S Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class A-S UT Pass-Through Rate
Class A-S-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class A-S-X1 UT Pass-Through Rate
Class A-S-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class A-S-X2 UT Pass-Through Rate
Class B Certificates	Class B Pass-Through Rate
Class B-1 Certificates	Class B-1 Pass-Through Rate
Class B-2 Certificates	Class B-2 Pass-Through Rate
Class B-X1 Certificates	Class B-X1 Pass-Through Rate
Class B-X2 Certificates	Class B-X2 Pass-Through Rate
Class B Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class B UT Pass-Through Rate
Class B-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class B-X1 UT Pass-Through Rate
Class B-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class B-X2 UT Pass-Through Rate
Class C Certificates	Class C Pass-Through Rate
Class C-1 Certificates	Class C-1 Pass-Through Rate
Class C-2 Certificates	Class C-2 Pass-Through Rate
Class C-X1 Certificates	Class C-X1 Pass-Through Rate
Class C-X2 Certificates	Class C-X2 Pass-Through Rate
Class C Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class C UT Pass-Through Rate
Class C-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class C-X1 UT Pass-Through Rate
Class C-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class C-X2 UT Pass-Through Rate
Class D Certificates	Class D Pass-Through Rate
Class E Certificates	Class E Pass-Through Rate
Class F Certificates	Class F Pass-Through Rate
Class G Certificates	Class G Pass-Through Rate
Class H Certificates	Class H Pass-Through Rate

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“PCAOB”: The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

“Penalty Charges”: With respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan (or any successor REO Loan), any amounts actually collected thereon (or, in the case of a Serviced Companion Loan (or any successor REO Loan thereto) that is part of a Serviced Whole Loan, actually collected on such Serviced Whole Loan, and allocated and paid on such Serviced Companion Loan (or any successor REO Loan), as applicable, in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement) that represent late payment charges or Default Interest, other than a Prepayment Premium, a Yield Maintenance Charge or any Excess Interest.

“Percentage Interest”: As to any Certificate (other than the Class R and Class V Certificates), the percentage interest evidenced thereby in distributions required to be made with respect to the related Class. With respect to any Certificate (other than the Class R and Class V Certificates), the percentage interest is equal to the Denomination as of the Closing Date of such Certificate (subject, in the case of an Exchangeable Certificate, to any adjustments thereto as reflected on the schedule attached to such Certificate) divided by the Original Certificate Balance or Original Notional Amount, as applicable, of such Class of Certificates as of the Closing Date (subject, in the case of an Exchangeable Certificate, to any adjustments thereto as reflected on the schedule attached to such Certificate). With respect to a Class R or a Class V Certificate, the Percentage Interest is set forth on the face thereof.

“Performance Certification”: As defined in Section 11.06.

“Performing Party”: As defined in Section 11.12.

“Periodic Payment”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or any related Companion Loan, the scheduled monthly payment of principal and/or interest (other than Excess Interest) on such Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, including any Balloon Payment, which is payable (as the terms of the applicable Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan may be changed or modified in connection with a bankruptcy or similar proceedings involving the related Mortgagor or by reason of a modification, extension, waiver or amendment granted or agreed to pursuant to the terms hereof) by a Mortgagor from time to time under the related Mortgage Note and applicable law, without regard to any acceleration of principal of such Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan by reason of default thereunder and without regard to any Excess Interest.

“Permitted Investments”: Any one or more of the following obligations or securities (including obligations or securities of the Certificate Administrator, or managed by the Certificate Administrator or any Affiliate of the Certificate Administrator, if otherwise qualifying hereunder), regardless of whether issued by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, or any of their respective Affiliates and having the required ratings, if any, provided for in this definition and which shall not be subject to liquidation prior to maturity:

(i)                direct obligations of, and obligations fully guaranteed as to timely payment of principal and interest by, the United States of America, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac or any agency or instrumentality of the United States of America, the obligations of which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of

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America that mature in one (1) year or less from the date of acquisition; provided that any obligation of, or guarantee by, the United States of America, Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac or any such agency or instrumentality of the United States of America, other than an unsecured senior debt obligation thereof, shall be a Permitted Investment only if such investment would not result in the downgrading, withdrawal or qualification of the then-current rating assigned by each Rating Agency to any Certificate (or, insofar as there is then outstanding any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities that are then rated by such Rating Agency, such class of securities) as evidenced in writing, other than (a) unsecured senior debt obligations of the U.S. Treasury (direct or fully funded obligations), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development public housing agency bonds, Federal Housing Administration debentures, Government National Mortgage Association guaranteed mortgage-backed securities or participation certificates, RefCorp debt obligations and SBA-guaranteed participation certificates and guaranteed pool certificates and (b) Farm Credit System consolidated systemwide bonds and notes, Federal Home Loan Banks’ consolidated debt obligations, Freddie Mac debt obligations, and Fannie Mae debt obligations rated at least “A-1” by S&P, if such obligations mature in sixty (60) days or less, or rated at least “AA-”, “A-1+” or “AAAm” by S&P, if such obligations mature in 365 days or less;

(ii)                              time deposits, unsecured certificates of deposit, or bankers’ acceptances that mature in one (1) year or less after the date of issuance and are issued or held by any depository institution or trust company (including the Trustee) incorporated or organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof and subject to supervision and examination by federal or state banking authorities that, in each case, satisfy the Applicable Moody’s Permitted Investment Rating, the Applicable KBRA Permitted Investment Rating and the Applicable Fitch Permitted Investment Rating; (or, in each case, such lower rating requirement as is the subject of a Rating Agency Confirmation by such Rating Agency in addition to a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency not rating such debt obligations, including any NRSRO rating any Serviced Companion Loan Securities);

(iii)                           repurchase agreements or obligations with respect to any security described in clause (i) above where such security has a remaining maturity of one year or less and where such repurchase obligation has been entered into with a depository institution or trust company (acting as principal) described in clause (ii) above;

(iv)                         debt obligations bearing interest or sold at a discount issued by any corporation incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof which mature in one (1) year or less from the date of acquisition that, in each case, satisfy (x) the Applicable Moody’s Permitted Investment Rating, (y) the Applicable KBRA Permitted Investment Rating and (z) the Applicable Fitch Permitted Investment Rating (or, in the case of each of clause (x), (y) and (z), such lower rating requirement as is the subject of a Rating Agency Confirmation by such Rating Agency in addition to a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating

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Agency not rating such debt obligations, including any NRSRO rating any Serviced Companion Loan Securities); provided, however, that securities issued by any particular corporation will not be Permitted Investments to the extent that investment therein will cause the then outstanding principal amount of securities issued by such corporation and held in the accounts established hereunder to exceed 10% of the sum of the aggregate principal balance and the aggregate principal amount of all Permitted Investments in such accounts;

(v)                             commercial paper of any corporation incorporated under the laws of the United States or any state thereof (or of any corporation not so incorporated, provided that the commercial paper is United States Dollar denominated and amounts payable thereunder are not subject to any withholding imposed by any non-United States jurisdiction) that, in each case, satisfy (x) the Applicable Moody’s Permitted Investment Rating, (y) the Applicable KBRA Permitted Investment Rating and (z) the Applicable Fitch Permitted Investment Rating (or, in the case of each of clause (x), (y) and (z), such lower rating requirement as is the subject of a Rating Agency Confirmation by such Rating Agency in addition to a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency not rating such debt obligations, including any NRSRO rating any Serviced Companion Loan Securities);

(vi)                          money market funds, which seek to maintain a constant net asset value per share (including the Federated Prime Obligation Money Market Fund, US Bank Long Term Eurodollar Sweep, the Wells Fargo Money Market Funds or the Wells Fargo Advantage Government Money Market Fund) so long as any such fund is rated “Aaa-mf” by Moody’s and in the highest rating categories by each of Fitch and KBRA (and if not rated by Fitch or KBRA, an equivalent rating (or higher) by at least two (2) NRSROs);

(vii)                       any other demand, money market or time deposit, obligation, security or investment, but for the failure to satisfy one or more of the minimum rating(s) set forth in the applicable clause, would be listed in clauses (i) – (vi) above with respect to which a Rating Agency Confirmation has been obtained from each Rating Agency for which the minimum ratings set forth in the applicable clause is not satisfied with respect to such demand, money market or time deposit, obligation, security or investment (and from KBRA, if KBRA does not rate such demand, money market or time deposit, obligation, security or investment) and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25); and

(viii)                    any other demand, money market or time deposit, obligation, security or investment not listed in clauses (i) – (vi) above with respect to which a

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Rating Agency Confirmation has been obtained from each and every Rating Agency;

provided, however, that with respect to any Permitted Investment for which a rating by S&P is required as set forth above, such rating must be an unqualified rating (i.e., one with no qualifying suffix), with the exception of ratings with regulatory indicators, such as the “(sf)” subscript, and unsolicited ratings; provided, further, that each Permitted Investment qualifies as a “cash flow investment” pursuant to Section 860G(a)(6) of the Code, and that (a) it shall have a predetermined fixed dollar of principal due at maturity that cannot vary or change and (b) any such investment that provides for a variable rate of interest must have an interest rate that is tied to a single interest rate index plus a fixed spread, if any, and move proportionately with such index; and provided, further, however, that no such instrument shall be a Permitted Investment (a) if such instrument evidences principal and interest payments derived from obligations underlying such instrument and the interest payments with respect to such instrument provide a yield to maturity at the time of acquisition of greater than 120% of the yield to maturity at par of such underlying obligations, (b) if such instrument may be redeemed at a price below the purchase price or (c) if such investment is purchased at a premium over par; and provided, further, however, that no amount beneficially owned by any Trust REMIC (even if not yet deposited in the Trust) may be invested in investments (other than money market funds) treated as equity interests for federal income tax purposes, unless the Master Servicer receives an Opinion of Counsel, at its own expense, to the effect that such investment will not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC. Permitted Investments may not be interest-only securities. All investments shall mature or be redeemable upon the option of the holder thereof on or prior to the Business Day preceding the day before the date such amounts are required to be applied hereunder.

“Permitted Special Servicer/Affiliate Fees”: Any commercially reasonable treasury management fees, banking fees, title insurance (or title agency) fees and/or other fees, insurance commissions or fees received or retained by the Special Servicer or any of its Affiliates in connection with any services performed by such party with respect to any Mortgage Loan and Serviced Companion Loan (including any related REO Property) in accordance with this Agreement.

“Permitted Transferee”: Any Person or any agent thereof other than (a) a Disqualified Organization, (b) any other Person so designated by the Certificate Registrar who is unable to provide an Opinion of Counsel (provided at the expense of such Person or the Person requesting the transfer) to the effect that the transfer of an Ownership Interest in any Class R Certificate to such Person will not cause either Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that the Certificates are outstanding, (c) a Person that is a Disqualified Non-U.S. Tax Person, (d) any partnership if any of its interests are (or under the partnership agreement are permitted to be) owned, directly or indirectly (other than through a U.S. corporation), by a Disqualified Non-U.S. Tax Person or (e) a U.S. Tax Person with respect to whom income from the Class R Certificate is attributable to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed base, within the meaning of an applicable income tax treaty, of the transferee or any other U.S. Tax Person.

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

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“Plan”: As defined in Section 5.03(n).

“Plan Fiduciary”: As defined in Section 5.03(r).

“Pre-Close Information”: As defined in Section 3.13(c).

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

“Prepayment Assumption”: A “constant prepayment rate” of 0% used for determining the accrual of original issue discount and market discount, if any, and the amortization premium, if any, on the Certificates for federal income tax purposes; provided that it is assumed that each Mortgage Loan with an Anticipated Repayment Date prepays on such date.

“Prepayment Interest Excess”: For any Distribution Date and with respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan that was subject to a Principal Prepayment in full or in part during the related Collection Period, which Principal Prepayment was applied to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, after the related Due Date and prior to the following Determination Date, the amount of interest (net of the related Servicing Fees, Non-Serviced Primary Servicing Fees and any Excess Interest), to the extent collected from the related Mortgagor (without regard to any Prepayment Premium or Yield Maintenance Charge actually collected), that would have accrued at a rate per annum equal to (x) in the case of any such Mortgage Loan other than a Serviced Mortgage Loan, the sum of (i) the related Net Mortgage Rate for such Mortgage Loan, and (ii) the Certificate Administrator Fee Rate, the Operating Advisor Fee Rate, the Asset Representations Reviewer Fee Rate and the CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee Rate and (y) in the case of any Serviced Whole Loan, the Mortgage Rate (net of Servicing Fees, Non-Serviced Primary Servicing Fees and any Excess Interest) on the amount of such Principal Prepayment from such Due Date to, but not including, the date of such prepayment (or any later date through which interest accrues). Prepayment Interest Excesses (to the extent not offset by Prepayment Interest Shortfalls or required to be paid as Compensating Interest Payments) collected on the Serviced Mortgage Loans and any Serviced Companion Loan, will be retained by the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation.

“Prepayment Interest Shortfall”: For any Distribution Date and with respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan that was subject to a Principal Prepayment in full or in part during the related Collection Period, which Principal Prepayment was applied to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, after the related Determination Date (or, with respect to each such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, with a Due Date occurring after the related Determination Date, the related Due Date) and prior to the following Due Date, the amount of interest (net of the related Servicing Fees, Non-Serviced Primary Servicing Fees and any Excess Interest), to the extent not collected from the related Mortgagor (without regard to any Prepayment Premium or Yield Maintenance Charge actually collected), that would have accrued at a rate per annum equal to (x) in the case of any Mortgage Loan other than a Serviced Mortgage Loan, the sum of (i) the related Net Mortgage Rate for such Mortgage Loan, and (ii) the Certificate Administrator Fee Rate, the Operating Advisor Fee Rate, the Asset Representations Reviewer Fee Rate and the CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee Rate and (y) in the case of any Serviced Whole Loan, the Mortgage Rate (net of

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Servicing Fees, Non-Serviced Primary Servicing Fees and any Excess Interest) on the amount of such Principal Prepayment during the period commencing on the date as of which such Principal Prepayment was applied to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, and ending on such following Due Date. With respect to any Serviced AB Whole Loan, any Prepayment Interest Shortfall for any Distribution Date shall be allocated first to the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan, and then to the related Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan, on a pro rata basis.

“Prepayment Premium”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any premium, fee or other additional amount (other than a Yield Maintenance Charge) paid or payable, as the context requires, by a Mortgagor in connection with a principal prepayment on, or other early collection of principal of, that Mortgage Loan or any successor REO Loan (but excluding any related Companion Loan) with respect thereto (including any payoff of a Mortgage Loan by a mezzanine lender on behalf of the subject Mortgagor if and as set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement).

“Primary Collateral”: With respect to any Crossed Underlying Loan, that portion of the Mortgaged Property designated as directly securing such Crossed Underlying Loan and excluding any Mortgaged Property as to which the related lien may only be foreclosed upon by exercise of the cross-collateralization provisions of such Crossed Underlying Loan.

“Primary Servicing Fee”: The monthly fee payable by the Master Servicer solely from the Servicing Fee to each Initial Sub-Servicer, which monthly fee accrues at the rate per annum specified as such in the Sub-Servicing Agreement with such Initial Sub-Servicer.

“Prime Rate”: The “Prime Rate” as published in the “Money Rates” section of the New York City edition of The Wall Street Journal (or, if such section or publication is no longer available, such other comparable publication as determined by the Certificate Administrator in its reasonable discretion) as may be in effect from time to time, or, if the “Prime Rate” no longer exists, such other comparable rate (as determined by the Certificate Administrator in its reasonable discretion) as may be in effect from time to time.

“Principal Balance Certificates”: Each of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-3, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G and Class H Certificates, the Exchangeable P&I Certificates and the RR Interest.

“Principal Distribution Amount”: With respect to any Distribution Date and the Principal Balance Certificates (other than the RR Interest), an amount equal to the sum of (a) the Principal Shortfall for such Distribution Date and (b) the Non-Retained Percentage of the Aggregate Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date.

“Principal Prepayment”: Any payment of principal made by the Mortgagor on a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan that is received in advance of its scheduled Due Date as a result of such prepayment.

“Principal Shortfall”: For any Distribution Date after the initial Distribution Date with respect to the Mortgage Loans, the amount, if any, by which (a) the related Principal Distribution Amount for the preceding Distribution Date, exceeds (b) the aggregate amount

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actually distributed on the preceding Distribution Date in respect of such Principal Distribution Amount. The Principal Shortfall for the initial Distribution Date will be zero.

“Privileged Communications”: Any correspondence between the Directing Certificateholder or the Risk Retention Consultation Party and the Special Servicer referred to in clause (i) of the definition of “Privileged Information”.

“Privileged Information”: Any (i) correspondence between the Directing Certificateholder or the Risk Retention Consultation Party and the Special Servicer related to any Specially Serviced Loan (in each case, other than with respect to any Excluded Loan as to such party) or the exercise of the Directing Certificateholder’s consent or consultation rights or the Risk Retention Consultation Party’s consultation rights under this Agreement, (ii) strategically sensitive information, including, without limitation, information that the Special Servicer has reasonably determined (and has labeled, identified or otherwise communicated as privileged or confidential information) could compromise the Trust’s position in any ongoing or future negotiations with the related Mortgagor or other interested party, (iii) information subject to attorney-client privilege (that has been labeled, identified or otherwise communicated as being subject to such privilege) and (iv) any Asset Status Report or Final Asset Status Report. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer shall be entitled to rely on any identification of materials as “attorney-client privileged” without liability for any such reliance hereunder.

“Privileged Information Exception”: With respect to any Privileged Information, at any time (a) such Privileged Information becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure directly or indirectly by the party restricted from disclosing such Privileged Information (the “Restricted Party”), (b) it is reasonable and necessary for the Restricted Party to disclose such Privileged Information in working with legal counsel, auditors, taxing authorities or other governmental agencies, (c) such Privileged Information was already known to such Restricted Party and not otherwise subject to a confidentiality obligation and/or (d) the Restricted Party is required by law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree to disclose such information.

“Privileged Person”: The Depositor and its designees, the Initial Purchasers, the Underwriters, the Mortgage Loan Sellers, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Excluded Special Servicer), the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, any Additional Servicer designated by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, any Affiliate of the Operating Advisor designated by the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, any Companion Holder who provides an Investor Certification, any Non-Serviced Master Servicer, any master servicer under an Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, any Person (including the Directing Certificateholder or Risk Retention Consultation Party) who provides the Certificate Administrator with an Investor Certification and any NRSRO (including any Rating Agency) that provides the Certificate Administrator with an NRSRO Certification, which Investor Certification and NRSRO Certification may be submitted electronically via the Certificate Administrator’s Website; provided, however, that in no event may a Borrower Party (other than a Borrower Party that is the Risk Retention Consultation Party or the Special Servicer) be entitled to receive (i) if such party is the Directing Certificateholder or any Controlling Class Certificateholder, any Excluded Information via the Certificate Administrator’s

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Website (unless a loan-by-loan segregation is later performed by the Certificate Administrator in which case such access shall only be prohibited with respect to the related Excluded Controlling Class Loan(s)), and (ii) if such party is not the Directing Certificateholder or any Controlling Class Certificateholder, any information other than the Distribution Date Statement. In determining whether any Person is an Additional Servicer or an Affiliate of the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator may rely on direction by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, any Mortgage Loan Seller or the Operating Advisor, as the case may be.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if the Special Servicer obtains knowledge that it has become a Borrower Party, the Special Servicer shall nevertheless be a Privileged Person; provided that the Special Servicer (i) shall not directly or indirectly provide any information related to the related Excluded Special Servicer Loan to (A) the related Borrower Party, (B) any of the Special Servicer’s employees or personnel or any of its Affiliate involved in the management of any investment in the related Borrower Party or the related Mortgaged Property or (C) to its actual knowledge, any non-Affiliate that holds a direct or indirect ownership interest in the related Borrower Party and (ii) shall maintain sufficient internal controls and appropriate policies and procedures in place in order to comply with the obligations described in clause (i) above; provided, further, that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as an obligation of the Master Servicer or the Certificate Administrator to restrict access by the Special Servicer or any Excluded Special Servicer to any information related to any Excluded Special Servicer Loan and in no case shall the Master Servicer or the Certificate Administrator be held liable if the Special Servicer accesses any Excluded Special Servicer Information relating to the Excluded Special Servicer Loan; provided, further, that (a) the Master Servicer shall not restrict access by the Special Servicer to any information related to any Mortgage Loan, including any Excluded Special Servicer Loan and (b) the Certificate Administrator shall not restrict access by the Special Servicer to any information related to any Mortgage Loan, including any Excluded Special Servicer Loan; and provided, further, however, that any Excluded Controlling Class Holder shall be permitted to reasonably request and to obtain in accordance with Section 4.02(f) of this Agreement any Excluded Information relating to any Excluded Controlling Class Loan with respect to which such Excluded Controlling Class Holder is not a Borrower Party (if such Excluded Information is not otherwise available to such Excluded Controlling Class Holder via the Certificate Administrator’s Website on account of it constituting Excluded Information).

“Prohibited Party”: Any proposed Servicing Function Participant that is listed on the Depositor’s Do Not Hire List.

“Prohibited Prepayment”: As defined in the definition of Compensating Interest Payments.

“Proposed Course of Action”: As defined in Section 2.03(l)(i).

“Proposed Course of Action Notice”: As defined in Section 2.03(l)(i).

“Prospectus”: The Prospectus, dated February 10, 2023, relating to the Registered Certificates.

“PSA Party Repurchase Request”: As defined in Section 2.03(k)(ii).

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“PTCE”: Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption.

“Purchase Price”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan (or any related REO Loan) (including, to the extent required pursuant to the final paragraph hereof, any related Companion Loan) to be purchased pursuant to (A) Section 5 of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement by the related Mortgage Loan Seller, (B) Section 3.16, or (C) Section 9.01, a price, without duplication, equal to:

(i)                                 the outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan (or any related REO Loan (including for such purpose, to the extent required pursuant to the final paragraph hereof, the related Companion Loan)) as of the date of purchase; plus

(ii)                             all accrued and unpaid interest on the Mortgage Loan (or any related REO Loan (including for such purpose, to the extent required pursuant to the final paragraph hereof, the related Companion Loan)), at the related Mortgage Rate in effect from time to time (excluding any portion of such interest that represents Default Interest or Excess Interest on any ARD Loan), to, but not including, the Due Date therefor immediately preceding or coinciding with the Determination Date for the Collection Period of purchase; plus

(iii)                           all related unreimbursed Servicing Advances plus accrued and unpaid interest on all related Advances at the Reimbursement Rate, Special Servicing Fees (whether paid or unpaid) and any other additional trust fund expenses (except for Liquidation Fees) in respect of such Mortgage Loan (or related REO Loan (including for such purpose, to the extent required pursuant to the final paragraph hereof, the related Companion Loan)), if any; plus

(iv)                          if such Mortgage Loan (or related REO Loan) is being repurchased or substituted by the related Mortgage Loan Seller, pursuant to Section 5 of the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred or to be incurred by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee in respect of the omission, breach or defect giving rise to the repurchase or substitution obligation, including any expenses arising out of the enforcement of the repurchase or substitution obligation, including, without limitation, legal fees and expenses and any additional trust fund expenses relating to such Mortgage Loan (or related REO Loan); provided, however, that such out-of-pocket expenses shall not include expenses incurred by Certificateholders or Certificate Owners in instituting an Asset Review Vote Election, in taking part in an Asset Review vote or in exercising such Certificateholder’s or Certificate Owner’s, as applicable, rights under the dispute resolution mechanics pursuant to Section 2.03(l);

(v)                            Liquidation Fees, if any, payable with respect to such Mortgage Loan (or related REO Loan (including for such purpose, to the extent required pursuant to the final paragraph hereof, the related Companion Loan)) (which will not include any Liquidation Fees if such repurchase occurs or a Loss of Value

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Payment is received during the Initial Cure Period or, if applicable, prior to the expiration of the Extended Cure Period); plus

(vi)                         solely in the case of a repurchase or substitution by the related Mortgage Loan Seller, any Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee for such Mortgage Loan, to the extent not previously paid by the related Mortgage Loan Seller.

Solely with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan to be sold pursuant to Section 3.16(a)(iii), “Purchase Price” shall mean the amount calculated in accordance with the preceding sentence in respect of the related Whole Loan, including, for such purposes, the Mortgage Loan and the related Companion Loan, as applicable. With respect to any REO Property to be sold pursuant to Section 3.16(b), “Purchase Price” shall mean the amount calculated in accordance with the second preceding sentence in respect of the related REO Loan (including any related Companion Loan). With respect to any sale pursuant to Section 3.16(a)(ii) or Section 3.16(e) or for purposes of calculating any Gain-on-Sale Proceeds, the “Purchase Price” shall be allocated between the related Mortgage Loan and Companion Loan, as applicable, in accordance with, and shall be equal to the amount provided pursuant to, the provisions of the related Intercreditor Agreement. With respect to any Joint Mortgage Loan, the Purchase Price that would be payable by each of the applicable Mortgage Loan Sellers for its related Mortgage Note shall be its respective Mortgage Loan Seller Percentage Interest as of the Closing Date of the total Purchase Price for such Mortgage Loan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any repurchase pursuant to sub-clause (A) and sub-clause (C) hereof, the “Purchase Price” shall not include any amounts payable in respect of any related Companion Loan.

“Qualified Institutional Buyer”: A “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A under the Act.

“Qualified Insurer”: (i) With respect to any Mortgage Loan, REO Loan or REO Property, an insurance company or security or bonding company qualified to write the related Insurance Policy in the relevant jurisdiction with an insurance financial strength rating of at least: (a) “A” by Fitch (or, if not rated by Fitch, at least an equivalent rating by one other NRSRO (which may include Moody’s or KBRA)) and (b) “A3” by Moody’s (or, if not rated by Moody’s, an equivalent rating by  (A) two other NRSROs (which may include Fitch and/or KBRA) or (B) one NRSRO (which may include Fitch or KBRA) and A.M. Best Company, Inc.)), and (ii) with respect to the fidelity bond and errors and omissions insurance policy required to be maintained pursuant to Section 3.07(c), except as otherwise permitted by Section 3.07(c), an insurance company that has a claims paying ability (or the obligations which are guaranteed or backed by a company having such claims paying ability) rated by at least one (1) of the following rating agencies of at least (a) “A3” by Moody’s, (b) “A-” by S&P, (c) “A-” by Fitch, (d) “A-:X” by A.M. Best Company, Inc., or (e) “A(low)” by DBRS Morningstar, or, in the case of clauses (i) or (ii), any other insurer acceptable to the Rating Agencies, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation and a confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25).

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“Qualified Replacement Special Servicer”: A replacement special servicer that (i) satisfies all of the eligibility requirements applicable to the Special Servicer contained in this Agreement, (ii) is not the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or an Affiliate of the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer, (iii) is not obligated to pay the Operating Advisor (x) any fees or otherwise compensate the Operating Advisor in respect of its obligations under this Agreement, and (y) for the appointment of the successor special servicer or the recommendation by the Operating Advisor for the replacement special servicer to become the Special Servicer, (iv) is not entitled to receive any compensation from the Operating Advisor other than compensation that is not material and is unrelated to the Operating Advisor’s recommendation that such party be appointed as the replacement special servicer, (v) is not entitled to receive any fee from the Operating Advisor for its appointment as successor special servicer, in each case, unless such fee is expressly approved by 100% of the Certificateholders, (vi) currently has a special servicer rating of at least “CSS3” from Fitch, (vii) is currently acting as a special servicer in a transaction rated by KBRA and has not been publicly cited by KBRA as having servicing concerns as the sole or a material factor in any qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings (or placement on “watch status” in contemplation of a rating downgrade or withdrawal) of securities in a transaction serviced by the applicable servicer prior to the time of determination, and (viii) is currently acting as a special servicer in a commercial mortgage-backed securities transaction rated by Moody’s on a transaction-level basis (as to which a commercial mortgage-backed securities transaction there are outstanding commercial mortgage-backed securities rated by Moody’s), and has not been publicly cited by Moody’s as having servicing concerns as the sole or a material factor in any qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings (or placement on “watch status” in contemplation of a rating downgrade or withdrawal) of securities in a transaction serviced by the applicable servicer prior to the time of determination.

“Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan”: A substitute mortgage loan (other than with respect to the Whole Loans, for which no substitution will be permitted) replacing a removed Mortgage Loan that must, on the date of substitution: (i) have an outstanding principal balance, after application of all scheduled payments of principal and interest due during or prior to the month of substitution, whether or not received, not in excess of the Stated Principal Balance of the removed Mortgage Loan as of the Due Date in the calendar month during which the substitution occurs; (ii) have a fixed Mortgage Rate not less than the Mortgage Rate of the removed Mortgage Loan, determined without regard to any prior modification, waiver or amendment of the terms of the removed Mortgage Loan; (iii) have the same Due Date as and Grace Period no longer than that of the removed Mortgage Loan; (iv) accrue interest on the same basis as the removed Mortgage Loan (for example, on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve (12) 30-day months); (v) have a remaining term to stated maturity not greater than, and not more than five (5) years less than, the remaining term to stated maturity of the removed Mortgage Loan; (vi) have a then-current loan-to-value ratio equal to or less than the lesser of the loan-to-value ratio for the removed Mortgage Loan as of the Closing Date and 75%, in each case using the “value” for the Mortgaged Property as determined using an Appraisal; (vii) comply as of the date of substitution in all material respects with all of the representations and warranties set forth in the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement; (viii) have an environmental report that indicates no material adverse environmental conditions with respect to the related Mortgaged Property and which will be delivered as a part of the related Mortgage File; (ix) have a then-current debt service coverage ratio at least equal to the greater of (i) the original debt service coverage ratio of the removed Mortgage Loan as of the Closing Date and (ii) 1.25x; (x) constitute a “qualified replacement mortgage”

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within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(4) of the Code as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (provided at the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller’s expense); (xi) not have a maturity date or an amortization period that extends to a date that is after the date five (5) years prior to the Rated Final Distribution Date; (xii) have comparable prepayment restrictions to those of the removed Mortgage Loan; (xiii) not be substituted for a removed Mortgage Loan unless the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency (the cost, if any, of obtaining such Rating Agency Confirmation to be paid by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller); (xiv) have been approved, so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing and the affected Mortgage Loan is not an Excluded Loan with respect to either the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, by the Directing Certificateholder; (xv) prohibit defeasance within two (2) years of the Closing Date; (xvi) not be substituted for a removed Mortgage Loan if it would result in an Adverse REMIC Event other than the imposition of a tax on income expressly permitted or contemplated to be imposed by the terms of this Agreement, as determined by an Opinion of Counsel at the cost of the related Mortgage Loan Seller; (xvii) have an engineering report that indicates no material adverse property condition or deferred maintenance with respect to the related Mortgaged Property that will be delivered as a part of the related Servicing File; and (xviii) be current in the payment of all scheduled payments of principal and interest then due. In the event that more than one mortgage loan is substituted for a removed Mortgage Loan, then the amounts described in clause (i) shall be determined on the basis of aggregate Stated Principal Balances and each such proposed Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan shall individually satisfy each of the requirements specified in clauses (ii) through (xviii); provided that the rates described in clause (ii) above and the remaining term to stated maturity referred to in clause (v) above shall be determined on a weighted average basis; provided, further, that no individual Mortgage Rate (net of the Servicing Fee Rate, any Non-Serviced Primary Servicing Fee Rate, the Certificate Administrator Fee Rate, the Operating Advisor Fee Rate, the Asset Representations Reviewer Fee Rate and the CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee Rate) shall be lower than the highest fixed Pass-Through Rate (and not based on, or subject to a cap equal to, the Weighted Average Net Mortgage Rate) of any Class of Principal Balance Certificates having a Certificate Balance then outstanding. When a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan is substituted for a removed Mortgage Loan, the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller shall certify that the Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan meets all of the requirements of the above definition and shall send such certification to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, the Directing Certificateholder.

“RAC No-Response Scenario”: As defined in Section 3.25(a).

“RAC Requesting Party”: As defined in Section 3.25(a).

“Rated Final Distribution Date”: As to each Class of Certificates, the Distribution Date in February 2056.

“Rating Agency”: Each of Moody’s, Fitch and KBRA or their successors in interest. If no such rating agency nor any successor thereof remains in existence, “Rating Agency” shall be deemed to refer to such NRSRO or other comparable Person reasonably designated by the Depositor, notice of which designation shall be given to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator,

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the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer, and specific ratings of Moody’s, Fitch and KBRA herein referenced shall be deemed to refer to the equivalent ratings of the party so designated.

“Rating Agency Confirmation”: With respect to any matter, confirmation in writing (which may be in electronic form) by each applicable Rating Agency that a proposed action, failure to act or other event so specified will not, in and of itself, result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of the then-current rating assigned to any Class of Certificates (if then rated by the Rating Agency); provided that a written waiver or other acknowledgment from the Rating Agency indicating its decision not to review the matter for which the Rating Agency Confirmation is sought shall be deemed to satisfy the requirement for the Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such matter.

“Rating Agency Inquiry”: As defined in Section 4.07(c).

“Rating Agency Q&A Forum and Document Request Tool”: As defined in Section 4.07(c).

“Realized Loss”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the amount, if any, by which (i) the product of (A) the Non-Retained Percentage and (B) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance (for purposes of this definition only, not giving effect to any reductions of the Stated Principal Balance for payments of principal collected on the Mortgage Loans that were used to reimburse any Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts pursuant to Section 3.05(a)(v) to the extent such Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts are not otherwise determined to be Nonrecoverable Advances) of the Mortgage Loans and any REO Loans (excluding any portion allocable to any related Companion Loan, if applicable) expected to be outstanding immediately following such Distribution Date, is less than (ii) the then-aggregate Certificate Balance of the Principal Balance Certificates (other than the RR Interest) after giving effect to distributions of principal on such Distribution Date.

“Received Classes”: As defined in Section 5.11(c).

“Record Date”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the last Business Day of the month immediately preceding the month in which that Distribution Date occurs.

“Registered Certificates”: The Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-3 and Class X-A Certificates, the Class X-B Certificates, the Class A-4 Exchangeable Certificates, the Class A-5 Exchangeable Certificates, the Class A-S Exchangeable Certificates, the Class B Exchangeable Certificates and the Class C Exchangeable Certificates.

“Regular Certificates”: Any of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-3, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G, Class H, Class X-A, Class X-B, Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G and Class X-H Certificates and the RR Interest.

“Regulation AB”: Subpart 229.1100 – Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R. §§ 229.1100-229.1125, as such may be amended from time to time, and subject to such clarification and interpretation as have been provided by the Commission or by the staff of the Commission, or as may be provided by the Commission or its staff from time to time.

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“Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization”: As defined in Section 11.15(a).

“Regulation AB Servicing Officer”: Any officer or employee of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, involved in, or responsible for, the administration and servicing of the Mortgage Loans or Companion Loans, or this Agreement and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer’s or employee’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject, and, in the case of any certification required to be signed by a Servicing Officer, such an officer or employee whose name and specimen signature appears on a list of servicing officers furnished to the Trustee and/or the Certificate Administrator by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, as such list may from time to time be amended.

“Regulation D”: Regulation D under the Act.

“Regulation S”: Regulation S under the Act.

“Regulation S Book-Entry Certificates”: The Non-Registered Certificates sold to institutions that are non-United States Securities Persons in Offshore Transactions in reliance on Regulation S and represented by one or more Book-Entry Non-Registered Certificates deposited with the Certificate Administrator as custodian for the Depository.

“Reimbursement Rate”: The rate per annum applicable to the accrual of interest on Servicing Advances in accordance with Section 3.03(d) and P&I Advances in accordance with Section 4.03(d), which rate per annum shall equal the Prime Rate.

“Related Certificates,” “Related Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests” and “Related Lower-Tier Regular Interests”: For each of the following Classes of Certificates and Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests, the related Class of Lower-Tier Regular Interests; and for each of the following Classes of Lower-Tier Regular Interests, the related Class of Certificates or Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests set forth below:

Related Certificates or Related Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Related Lower-Tier Regular Interest
Class A-1 Certificates	Class LA1 Uncertificated Interest
Class A-2 Certificates	Class LA2 Uncertificated Interest
Class A-SB Certificates	Class LASB Uncertificated Interest
Class A-3 Certificates	Class LA3 Uncertificated Interest
Class A-4 Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class LA4 Uncertificated Interest
Class A-5 Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class LA5 Uncertificated Interest
Class A-S Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class LAS Uncertificated Interest
Class B Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class LB Uncertificated Interest
Class C Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class LC Uncertificated Interest
Class D Certificates	Class LD Uncertificated Interest
Class E Certificates	Class LE Uncertificated Interest
Class F Certificates	Class LF Uncertificated Interest
Class G Certificates	Class LG Uncertificated Interest
Class H Certificates	Class LH Uncertificated Interest

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Related Certificates or Related Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Related Lower-Tier Regular Interest
RR Interest	LRR Uncertificated Interest

“Relevant Servicing Criteria”: The Servicing Criteria applicable to a specific party, as set forth on Exhibit Z attached hereto. For clarification purposes, multiple parties can have responsibility for the same Relevant Servicing Criteria. With respect to a Servicing Function Participant engaged by the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, the term “Relevant Servicing Criteria” may refer to a portion of the Relevant Servicing Criteria applicable to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee and/or the Certificate Administrator.

“REMIC”: A “real estate mortgage investment conduit” as defined in Section 860D of the Code (or any successor thereto).

“REMIC Administrator”: The Certificate Administrator or any REMIC administrator appointed pursuant to Section 10.04.

“REMIC Provisions”: Provisions of the federal income tax law relating to real estate mortgage investment conduits, which appear at Sections 860A through 860G of subchapter M of chapter 1 of the Code, and related provisions, and temporary and final Treasury Regulations (or proposed regulations that would apply by reason of their proposed effective date to the extent not inconsistent with temporary or final regulations) and any rulings or announcements promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in effect from time to time.

“Remittance Date”: The Business Day immediately preceding each Distribution Date.

“Rents from Real Property”: With respect to any REO Property, gross income of the character described in Section 856(d) of the Code.

“REO Account”: A segregated custodial account or accounts created and maintained by the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.14(b) on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, for the benefit of the related Serviced Companion Noteholder, which shall initially be entitled “LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer, on behalf of Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of the registered holders of BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45, REO Account”. Any such account or accounts shall be an Eligible Account.

“REO Acquisition”: The acquisition for federal income tax purposes of any REO Property pursuant to Section 3.09.

“REO Disposition”: The sale or other disposition of the REO Property pursuant to Section 3.16.

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“REO Extension”: As defined in Section 3.14(a).

“REO Loan”: Each of the Mortgage Loans (and, with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, the related Companion Loan, as applicable), deemed for purposes hereof to be outstanding with respect to each REO Property. Each REO Loan shall be deemed to be outstanding for so long as the applicable portion of the related REO Property (or beneficial interest therein, in the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) remains part of the Trust Fund and provides for Assumed Scheduled Payments on each Due Date therefor, and otherwise has the same terms and conditions as its predecessor Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, if applicable, including, without limitation, with respect to the calculation of the Mortgage Rate in effect from time to time (such terms and conditions to be applied without regard to the default on such predecessor Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, if applicable). Each REO Loan shall be deemed to have an initial outstanding principal balance and Stated Principal Balance equal to the outstanding principal balance and Stated Principal Balance, respectively, of its predecessor Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, if applicable, as of the date of the related REO Acquisition. All amounts due and owing in respect of the predecessor Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, if applicable, as of the date of the related REO Acquisition, including, without limitation, accrued and unpaid interest, shall continue to be due and owing in respect of an REO Loan. All amounts payable or reimbursable to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as applicable, in respect of the predecessor Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, if applicable, as of the date of the related REO Acquisition, including, without limitation, any unpaid Special Servicing Fees and Servicing Fees, additional trust fund expenses and any unreimbursed Advances, together with any interest accrued and payable to the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, in respect of such Advances in accordance with Section 3.03(d) or Section 4.03(d), shall continue to be payable or reimbursable to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as applicable, in respect of an REO Loan. In addition, Unliquidated Advances and Nonrecoverable Advances with respect to such REO Loan, in each case, that were paid from collections on the related Mortgage Loans and resulted in principal distributed to the Certificateholders being reduced as a result of the first proviso in the definition of “Aggregate Principal Distribution Amount” shall be deemed outstanding until recovered. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, with respect to each Serviced Whole Loan, no amounts relating to the related REO Property or REO Loan allocable to the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan, as applicable, will be available for amounts due to the Certificateholders or to reimburse the Trust, other than in the limited circumstances related to Servicing Advances, indemnification payments, Special Servicing Fees and other reimbursable expenses related to such Serviced Whole Loan incurred with respect to such Serviced Whole Loan, in accordance with Section 3.05(a), or with respect to an AB Subordinate Companion Loan, as set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement.

“REO Property”: A Mortgaged Property acquired by the Special Servicer on behalf of, and in the name of, the Trustee or a nominee thereof for the benefit of the Certificateholders (and the related Companion Holder, subject to the related Intercreditor Agreement, with respect to a Mortgaged Property securing a Serviced Whole Loan) to the extent set forth herein and the Trustee (as holder of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests) (and also including, if applicable, the Trust’s beneficial interest in a Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property acquired by the applicable Non-Serviced Special Servicer on behalf of, and in the name of, the applicable Non-Serviced

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Trustee or a nominee thereof for the benefit of the certificateholders under the applicable Non-Serviced Trust) through foreclosure, acceptance of a deed in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise in accordance with applicable law in connection with the default or imminent default of a Mortgage Loan. References herein to the Special Servicer acquiring, maintaining, managing, inspecting, insuring, selling or reporting or to Appraisal Reduction Amounts and Final Recovery Determinations with respect to an “REO Property”, shall not include the Trust’s beneficial interest in a Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property. For the avoidance of doubt, REO Property, to the extent allocable to a Companion Loan, shall not be an asset of the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust.

“REO Revenues”: All income, rents and profits derived from the ownership, operation or leasing of any REO Property.

“Reportable Event”: As defined in Section 11.07.

“Reporting Requirements”: As defined in Section 11.12.

“Reporting Servicer”: The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Custodian or any Servicing Function Participant engaged by such parties, as the case may be.

“Repurchase Request”: A Certificateholder Repurchase Request or a PSA Party Repurchase Request.

“Repurchase Request Recipient”: As defined in Section 2.02(g).

“Repurchased Note”: As defined in Section 3.30(a).

“Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller”: As defined in Section 3.30(a).

“Request for Release”: A release signed by a Servicing Officer of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in the form of Exhibit E attached hereto.

“Requesting Certificateholder”: As defined in Section 2.03(l)(iii).

“Requesting Holders”: As defined in Section 4.05(b).

“Required Credit Risk Retention Percentage”: 5%.

“Residual Ownership Interest”: Any record or beneficial interest in the Class R Certificates.

“Resolution Failure”: As defined in Section 2.03(k)(iii).

“Resolved”: With respect to a Repurchase Request, (i) that the related Material Defect has been cured, (ii) the related Mortgage Loan has been repurchased in accordance with the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, (iii) a mortgage loan has been substituted for the related Mortgage Loan in accordance with the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement,

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(iv) the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller has made a Loss of Value Payment, (v) a contractually binding agreement has been entered into between the Enforcing Servicer, on behalf of the Trust, and the related Mortgage Loan Seller that settles the related Mortgage Loan Seller’s obligations under the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, or (vi) the related Mortgage Loan is no longer property of the Trust as a result of a sale or other disposition in accordance with this Agreement.

“Responsible Officer”: When used with respect to (i) the Trustee, any officer of the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee with direct responsibility for the administration of this Agreement and, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and (ii) the Certificate Administrator, any officer assigned to the Corporate Trust Services group with direct responsibility for the administration of this Agreement and, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom a particular matter is referred by the Certificate Administrator because of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

“Restricted Period”: The forty (40) day period prescribed by Regulation S commencing on the later of (a) the date upon which Certificates are first offered to Persons other than the Initial Purchasers or Underwriters and any other distributor (as such term is defined in Regulation S) of the Certificates and (b) the Closing Date.

“Retained Certificate Available Funds”: With respect to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the sum of (i) the Required Credit Risk Retention Percentage of the Aggregate Available Funds for such Distribution Date and (ii) the Retained Certificate Gain-on-Sale Remittance Amount.

“Retained Certificate Gain-on-Sale Remittance Amount”: For each Distribution Date, the lesser of (i) the amount on deposit in the Retained Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account on such Distribution Date, and (ii) the Required Credit Risk Retention Percentage of the Aggregate Gain-on-Sale Entitlement Amount.

“Retained Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account”: A custodial account or accounts (or subaccount of the Distribution Account) created and maintained by the Certificate Administrator, pursuant to Section 3.04(e) on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the RR Interest, which shall initially be entitled “Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator, on behalf of Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of the registered holders of BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45, Retained Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account”. Any such account shall be an Eligible Account or a subaccount of an Eligible Account.

“Retained Certificate Interest Distribution Amount”: With respect to the RR Interest for any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the product of (A) the Risk Retention Allocation Percentage and (B) the aggregate amount of interest distributed to the Holders of the Certificates (other than the RR Interest) and Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests pursuant to Sections 4.01(a)(i), (iv), (vii), (x), (xiii), (xvi), (xix), (xxii) and (xxv) on such Distribution Date.

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“Retained Certificate Principal Distribution Amount”: With respect to the RR Interest for any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the product of (A) the Risk Retention Allocation Percentage and (B) the aggregate amount of principal distributed to the Holders of the Regular Certificates (other than the RR Interest) and Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests pursuant to Sections 4.01(a)(ii), (v), (viii), (xi), (xiv), (xvii), (xx), (xxiii) and (xxvi) on such Distribution Date.

“Retained Certificate Realized Loss”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the amount, if any, by which (i) the product of (A) the Required Credit Risk Retention Percentage and (B) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance (for purposes of this definition only, not giving effect to any reductions of the Stated Principal Balance for payments of principal collected on the Mortgage Loans that were used to reimburse any Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts pursuant to Section 3.05(a)(v) to the extent such Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts are not otherwise determined to be Nonrecoverable Advances) of the Mortgage Loans and any successor REO Loans (but excluding any related Companion Loans) expected to be outstanding immediately following such Distribution Date, is less than (ii) the Certificate Balance of the RR Interest after giving effect to distributions of principal on such Distribution Date.

“Retained Certificate Realized Loss Distribution Amount”: With respect to the RR Interest for any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the product of (A) the Risk Retention Allocation Percentage and (B) the aggregate amount of reimbursed Realized Losses and interest thereon distributed to the Holders of the Regular Certificates (other than the RR Interest) and Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests pursuant to Sections 4.01(a)(iii), (vi), (ix), (xii), (xv), (xviii), (xxi), (xxiv) and (xxvii) on such Distribution Date.

“Retained Defeasance Rights and Obligations”: Any of the rights and obligations of the Mortgage Loan Sellers defined in Section 3.18(i).

“Retained Fee Rate”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, a rate that causes the Transferable Servicing Interest to equal zero.

“Retained Interest Safekeeping Account”: An account maintained by the Certificate Administrator, which account shall be deemed to be owned by the Holders of the RR Interest in proportions equal to their respective Percentage Interests.

“Retaining Parties”: Each of Bank of America, National Association, Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, acting as Holder of the RR Interest, and any successor Holder of all or part of the RR Interest.

“Retaining Sponsor”: Bank of America, National Association, acting as retaining sponsor as such term is defined in Risk Retention Rules.

“Reverse Sequential Order”: With respect to any distribution or allocation relating to principal in respect of the Principal Balance Certificates (other than any Exchangeable Certificates and the RR Interest) and the Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests:

first, to the Class H Certificates;

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second, to the Class G Certificates;

third, to the Class F Certificates;

fourth, to the Class E Certificates;

fifth, to the Class D Certificates;

sixth, to the Class C Upper-Tier Regular Interest (and, correspondingly, to the Class C, Class C-1 and Class C-2 Certificates, pro rata in proportion to their Class Percentage Interests in the Class C Upper-Tier Regular Interest);

seventh, to the Class B Upper-Tier Regular Interest (and, correspondingly, to the Class B, Class B-1 and Class B-2 Certificates, pro rata in proportion to their Class Percentage Interests in the Class B Upper-Tier Regular Interest);

eighth, to the Class A-S Upper-Tier Regular Interest (and, correspondingly, to the Class A-S, Class A-S-1 and Class A-S-2 Certificates, pro rata in proportion to their Class Percentage Interests in the Class A-S Upper-Tier Regular Interest); and

ninth, pro rata (based on their respective Certificate Balances), to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB and Class A-3 Certificates and the Class A-4 and Class A-5 Upper-Tier Regular Interests (and, correspondingly, to the Class A-4, Class A-4-1, Class A-4-2, Class A-5, Class A-5-1 and Class A-5-2 Certificates, pro rata in proportion to their Class Percentage Interests in the Class A-4 Upper-Tier Regular Interest or Class A-5 Upper-Tier Regular Interest, as applicable),

in each case until the remaining Certificate Balances of such Classes of Certificates or Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests have been reduced to zero.

“Review Materials”: As defined in Section 12.01(b)(i).

“Review Package”: A Rating Agency Confirmation request and any supporting documentation delivered therewith.

“Revised Rate”: With respect to any ARD Loan, the increased interest rate after the related Anticipated Repayment Date (in the absence of a default) for each applicable Mortgage Loan, as calculated and as set forth in the related Mortgage Loan.

“Risk Retention Allocation Percentage”: A percentage equal to the Required Credit Risk Retention Percentage divided by the Non-Retained Percentage.

“Risk Retention Consultation Party”: The Risk Retention Consultation Party shall be the party selected by the Holders of more than 50% of the RR Interest (by Certificate Balance, as determined by the Certificate Registrar) from time to time. The Depositor shall promptly provide the name and contact information for the initial Risk Retention Consultation Party upon request of any party to this Agreement and any such requesting party may conclusively rely on the name and contact information provided by the Depositor. The Certificate Administrator and the

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other parties hereto shall be entitled to assume that the identity of the Risk Retention Consultation Party has not changed until such parties receive written notice of the identity and contact information of a replacement of the Risk Retention Consultation Party from a party holding the requisite interest in the RR Interest (as confirmed by the Certificate Registrar). The initial Risk Retention Consultation Party shall be Bank of America, National Association, a national banking association.

“Risk Retention Requirements”: The credit risk retention requirements of Section 15G of the Exchange Act (15 U.S.C. §78o-11), as added by Section 941 of the Dodd-Frank Act.

“Risk Retention Rules”: The joint final rule that was promulgated to implement the Risk Retention Requirements (which such joint final rule has been codified, inter alia, at 17 C.F.R. § 246), as such rule may be amended from time to time, and subject to such clarification and interpretation as have been provided by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the Commission and the Department of Housing and Urban Development in the adopting release (79 Fed. Reg. 77601 et seq.) or by the staff of any such agency, or as may be provided by any such agency or its staff from time to time, in each case, as effective, from time to time, as of the applicable compliance date specified therein. Any reference to a Section of the Risk Retention Rules shall mean the subsection of the Risk Retention Rules identified with the same corresponding number as the referenced “Section”. For example, “Section 7 of the Risk Retention Rules” means 17 C.F.R. § 246.7.

“RR Interest”: A Certificate (or all Certificates, as the context may require) designated as “RR Interest” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-4 hereto, and evidencing (i) a beneficial interest in a “regular interest” in the Upper-Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions and (ii) beneficial ownership of the RR Interest Specific Grantor Trust Assets.

“RR Interest Specific Grantor Trust Assets”: The portion of the Trust Fund consisting of a portion of any Excess Interest equal to the product of (A) the Required Credit Risk Retention Percentage and (B) the aggregate amount of Excess Interest received on or prior to the related Determination Date, related amounts in the Excess Interest Distribution Account and the proceeds thereof, beneficial ownership of which is represented by the RR Interest.

“RR Interest Transfer Restriction Period”: The period from the Closing Date to the earlier of: (a) the latest of (i) the date on which the aggregate unpaid principal balance of all outstanding Mortgage Loans has been reduced to 33.0% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loans; (ii) the date on which the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Principal Balance Certificates has been reduced to 33.0% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Principal Balance Certificates as of the Closing Date; and (iii) two years after the Closing Date; and (b) the date on which the Risk Retention Rules have been effectively abolished or amended or officially determined by the OCC, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the FDIC, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the Commission and the Department of Housing and Urban Development to be no longer applicable to the Trust.

“Rule 144A”: Rule 144A under the Act.

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“Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate”: With respect to the Non-Registered Certificates offered and sold in reliance on Rule 144A, a single, permanent Book-Entry Certificate, in definitive, fully registered form without interest coupons.

“Rules”: As defined in Section 2.03(n)(iv).

“S&P”: S&P Global Ratings, acting through Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, and its successors in interest. If neither S&P nor any successor remains in existence, “S&P” shall be deemed to refer to such other NRSRO or other comparable Person reasonably designated by the Depositor, notice of which designation shall be given to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Directing Certificateholder and the Special Servicer and specific ratings of S&P herein referenced shall be deemed to refer to the equivalent ratings of the party so designated.

“Sarbanes-Oxley Act”: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder (including any interpretations thereof by the Commission’s staff).

“Sarbanes-Oxley Certification”: As defined in Section 11.05(a)(iv).

“Schedule AL Additional File”: The data file containing additional information or schedules regarding data points in the CREFC^® Schedule AL File in accordance with Item 1111(h)(4) of Regulation AB and Item 601(b)(103) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act.

“Scheduled Principal Distribution Amount”: With respect to any Distribution Date and the Mortgage Loans, the aggregate of the principal portions of the following: (a) all Periodic Payments (excluding Balloon Payments) due in respect of such Mortgage Loans during or, if and to the extent not previously received or advanced pursuant to Section 4.03 in respect of a preceding Distribution Date (and not previously distributed to Certificateholders), prior to, the related Collection Period, and all Assumed Scheduled Payments with respect to the Mortgage Loans for the related Collection Period, in each case to the extent either (i) paid by the Mortgagor as of the related Determination Date (or, with respect to each Mortgage Loan with a Due Date occurring or a Grace Period ending after the related Determination Date, the related Due Date or last day of such Grace Period, as applicable, to the extent received by the Master Servicer as of the Business Day preceding the related P&I Advance Date) or (ii) advanced by the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, pursuant to Section 4.03 in respect of such Distribution Date, and (b) all Balloon Payments with respect to the Mortgage Loans to the extent received on or prior to the related Determination Date (or, with respect to each Mortgage Loan with a Due Date occurring or a Grace Period ending after the related Determination Date, the related Due Date or last day of such Grace Period, as applicable, to the extent received by the Master Servicer as of the Business Day preceding the related P&I Advance Date), and to the extent not included in clause (a) above.

“Secure Data Room”: The webpage, which shall initially be located within the Certificate Administrator’s Website (initially “www.ctslink.com”), under the “Secure Data Room” tab on the page relating to this transaction.

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

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“Security Agreement”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any security agreement or equivalent instrument, whether contained in the related Mortgage or executed separately, creating in favor of the holder of such Mortgage a security interest in the personal property constituting security for repayment of such Mortgage Loan.

“Senior Certificate”: Any Class A Certificate (other than a Class A-S Exchangeable Certificate) or Class X Certificate.

“Serviced AB Mortgage Loan”: Any AB Mortgage Loan serviced pursuant to this Agreement. As of the Closing Date, there are no Serviced AB Mortgage Loans.

“Serviced AB Whole Loan”: Any AB Whole Loan serviced pursuant to this Agreement. As of the Closing Date, there are no Serviced AB Whole Loans.

“Serviced Companion Loan”: Any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans and any AB Subordinate Companion Loan related to a Serviced AB Whole Loan, as applicable.

“Serviced Companion Loan Securities”: For so long as the related Mortgage Loan or any successor REO Loan is in the Trust Fund, any class of securities backed, wholly or partially, by any Serviced Companion Loan.

“Serviced Companion Noteholder”: Each of the holders of the Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans and any AB Subordinate Companion Loan related to a Serviced AB Whole Loan, as applicable.

“Serviced Companion Noteholder Register”: The register maintained by the Companion Paying Agent pursuant to Section 3.28.

“Serviced Mortgage Loan”: A Mortgage Loan serviced and administered under this Agreement.

“Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan”: With respect to each Serviced Whole Loan, any related promissory note that is pari passu in right of payment with the related Serviced Mortgage Loan.

“Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan Holder”: Any holder of record of any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan.

“Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan Securities”: For so long as the related Mortgage Loan or any successor REO Loan is in the Trust Fund, any class of securities issued by another securitization and backed by a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan.

“Serviced Pari Passu Mortgage Loan”: Any Mortgage Loan serviced pursuant to this Agreement that is part of a Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan.

“Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan”: Any Whole Loan serviced pursuant to this Agreement comprised of a Serviced Mortgage Loan and one or more Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans.

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“Serviced REO Loan”: Any REO Loan that is serviced by the Special Servicer pursuant to this Agreement.

“Serviced REO Property”: Any REO Property that is serviced by the Special Servicer pursuant to this Agreement.

“Serviced Securitized Companion Loan”: Any Companion Loan that is a component of a Serviced Whole Loan, if and for so long as each such Companion Loan is included in a Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization.

“Serviced Whole Loan”: Each of the Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loans, any Serviced AB Whole Loan and each Servicing Shift Whole Loan (prior to the related Servicing Shift Securitization Date).

“Serviced Whole Loan Controlling Holder”: The “Controlling Noteholder” or similar term identified in the Intercreditor Agreement related to a Serviced Whole Loan.

“Serviced Whole Loan Remittance Date”: With respect to any Serviced Companion Loan: (i) the date specified as the applicable remittance date (or equivalent concept) in the related Intercreditor Agreement or (ii) if no such applicable remittance date (or equivalent concept) is so specified in the related Intercreditor Agreement, then the earlier of (A) the Remittance Date and (B) one (1) Business Day after the “determination date” (or any term substantially similar thereto) as defined in the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, in each case, as long as the date on which the remittance is required is at least one (1) Business Day after the Due Date.

“Servicer Termination Event”: One or more of the events described in Section 7.01(a).

“Servicing Account”: The account or accounts created and maintained pursuant to Section 3.03(a).

“Servicing Advances”: All customary, reasonable and necessary “out of pocket” costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees and expenses and fees of real estate brokers) incurred by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, Certificate Administrator, or the Trustee, as applicable, in connection with the servicing and administering of (a) a Mortgage Loan (and in the case of a Serviced Mortgage Loan, the related Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable), other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, in respect of which a default, delinquency or other unanticipated event has occurred or as to which a default is reasonably foreseeable or (b) a Mortgaged Property securing a Serviced Mortgage Loan or an REO Property (other than an REO Property related to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), including, in the case of each of such clause (a) and clause (b), but not limited to, (x) the cost of (i) compliance with the Master Servicer’s obligations set forth in Section 3.03(c), (ii) the preservation, restoration and protection of a Mortgaged Property and the priority of a Mortgage, (iii) obtaining any Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds or any Liquidation Proceeds of the nature described in clauses (i) – (vi) of the definition of “Liquidation Proceeds,” (iv) any enforcement or judicial proceedings with respect to a Mortgaged Property, including foreclosures and (v) the operation, leasing, management, maintenance and liquidation of any REO Property and (y) any amount specifically

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designated herein to be paid as a “Servicing Advance”. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, “Servicing Advances” shall not include allocable overhead of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, such as costs for office space, office equipment, supplies and related expenses, employee salaries and related expenses and similar internal costs and expenses or costs and expenses incurred by any such party in connection with its purchase of a Mortgage Loan or REO Property. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee shall not make any Servicing Advance in connection with the exercise of any cure rights or purchase rights granted to the holder of a Companion Loan under the related Intercreditor Agreement or this Agreement.

“Servicing Criteria”: The criteria set forth in paragraph (d) of Item 1122 of Regulation AB as such may be amended from time to time and which as of the Closing Date are listed on Exhibit Z hereto.

“Servicing Fee”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan (including each Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), Serviced Companion Loan, and any REO Loan, the fee payable to the Master Servicer pursuant to the first paragraph of Section 3.11(a).

“Servicing Fee Rate”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan (including any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) and REO Loan, a per annum rate equal to 0.00250% plus the rate set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule for such Mortgage Loan under the heading “Primary Servicing Fee Rate”, which rate includes, in each such case, the rate at which applicable master, primary (other than any Non-Serviced Primary Servicing Fee Rate, which is not included under such heading) and sub-servicing fees accrue, in each case computed on the basis of the Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan or REO Loan in the same manner in which interest is calculated in respect of such loans; provided, that with respect to the Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan, prior to the Servicing Shift Securitization Date, the Servicing Fee Rate shall be a per annum rate equal to 0.00250% plus the rate set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule for such Mortgage Loan under the heading “Primary Servicing Fee Rate”, and on and after the related Servicing Shift Securitization Date, the “Primary Servicing Fee Rate” for such Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan shall be a rate equal to a 0% per annum. With respect to each Serviced Companion Loan, the Servicing Fee Rate shall equal the per annum rate set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule for the related Mortgage Loan under the heading “Primary Servicing Fee Rate”.

“Servicing File”: A photocopy or electronic copy of all items required to be included in the Mortgage File, together with each of the following, (a) to the extent such items were actually delivered to the related Mortgage Loan Seller, with respect to a Mortgage Loan and (to the extent that the identified documents existed on or before the Closing Date and the applicable reference to Servicing File relates to any period after the Closing Date) delivered by the related Mortgage Loan Seller, to the Master Servicer: (i) a copy of any engineering reports or property condition reports; (ii) other than with respect to a hospitality property (except with respect to tenanted commercial space within a hospitality property), copies of a rent roll and, for any office, retail, industrial or warehouse property, a copy of all leases and estoppels and subordination and non-disturbance agreements delivered to the related Mortgage Loan Seller; (iii) copies of related financial statements or operating statements; (iv) all legal opinions (excluding attorney-client communications between the related Mortgage Loan Seller, and its counsel that are privileged communications or constitute legal or other due diligence analyses), Mortgagor’s certificates and certificates of hazard insurance and/or hazard insurance policies or other applicable insurance

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policies, if any, delivered in connection with the closing of the related Mortgage Loan; (v) a copy of the Appraisal for the related Mortgaged Property(ies); (vi) the documents that were delivered by or on behalf of the Mortgagor, which documents were required to be delivered in connection with the closing of the related Mortgage Loan; (vii) for any Mortgage Loan that the related Mortgaged Property is leased to a single tenant, a copy of the lease; and (viii) a copy of all environmental reports that were received by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller relating to the relevant Mortgaged Property and (b) copies of all modifications, extensions and amendments related to the above, any Appraisals and any other document necessary to service the Mortgage Loans (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) and any Serviced Companion Loan, in each case, that are created or prepared after the Closing Date.

“Servicing Function Participant”: Any Additional Servicer, Sub-Servicer, Subcontractor or any other Person, other than the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor and the Certificate Administrator, that is performing activities that address the Servicing Criteria, unless (i) such Person’s activities relate only to 5% or less of the Mortgage Loans by unpaid principal balance as of any date of determination in accordance with Article XI or (ii) the Depositor reasonably determines that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer may, for the purposes of the Exchange Act reporting requirements pursuant to applicable Commission guidance, take responsibility for the assessment of compliance with the Servicing Criteria of such Person. The Servicing Function Participants as of the Closing Date are (i) each party to a Non-Serviced PSA that is performing activities that address the Servicing Criteria unless such Person’s activities relate only to 5% or less of the Mortgage Loans by unpaid principal balance as of any date of determination in accordance with Article XI and (ii) each other Person listed on Exhibit FF hereto. Exhibit FF shall be updated and provided to the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator in accordance with Section 11.10(c).

“Servicing Officer”: Any officer and/or employee of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or any Additional Servicer involved in, or responsible for, the administration and servicing of the Mortgage Loans or Serviced Companion Loans, whose name and specimen signature appear on a list of servicing officers furnished by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or any Additional Servicer to the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor and the Depositor on the Closing Date as such list may be amended from time to time thereafter.

“Servicing Shift Lead Note”: With respect to any Servicing Shift Whole Loan, as of any date of determination, the note or other evidence of indebtedness and/or agreements evidencing the indebtedness of a Mortgagor under such Servicing Shift Whole Loan including any amendments or modifications, or any renewal or substitution notes, as of such date, the sale of which to the related Non-Serviced Trust will cause servicing to shift from this Agreement to the related Non-Serviced PSA pursuant to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement for such Servicing Shift Whole Loan. As of the Closing Date, each of (i) the CX - 250 Water Street promissory note A-1 and (ii) the Brandywine Strategic Office Portfolio promissory note A-1-1 will be a Servicing Shift Lead Note related to the Trust

“Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan” With respect to any Servicing Shift Whole Loan, a Mortgage Loan included in the Trust Fund that will be serviced under this Agreement as of the Closing Date, but the servicing of which is expected to shift to the related Non-Serviced PSA

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entered into in connection with the securitization, if any, of the related Servicing Shift Lead Note on and after the applicable Servicing Shift Securitization Date. As of the Closing Date, each of (i) the CX - 250 Water Street Mortgage Loan and (ii) the Brandywine Strategic Office Portfolio Mortgage Loan will be a Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan related to the Trust.

“Servicing Shift Securitization Date”: With respect to any Servicing Shift Whole Loan, the date on which the related Servicing Shift Lead Note is included in a Non-Serviced Trust; provided that the holder of such Servicing Shift Lead Note provides each of the parties to this Agreement (in each case only to the extent such party will not also be a party to the related Non-Serviced PSA) with notice in accordance with the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement that such Servicing Shift Lead Note is to be included in such Non-Serviced Trust which notice shall include contact information for the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer, Non-Serviced Special Servicer, Non-Serviced Certificate Administrator and Non-Serviced Trustee. The date on which (i) the CX - 250 Water Street Servicing Shift Lead Note is included in a securitization trust is a Servicing Shift Securitization Date related to the Trust (subject to the proviso in the immediately preceding sentence) and (ii) the Brandywine Strategic Office Portfolio Servicing Shift Lead Note is included in a securitization trust is a Servicing Shift Securitization Date related to the Trust (subject to the proviso in the immediately preceding sentence).

“Servicing Shift Whole Loan”: Any Whole Loan serviced under this Agreement as of the Closing Date that includes a related Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan included in the Trust Fund and one or more Companion Loans not included in the Trust Fund, but the servicing of which is expected to shift to the related Non-Serviced PSA entered into in connection with the securitization, if any, of the related Servicing Shift Lead Note on or after the applicable Servicing Shift Securitization Date. As of the Closing Date, each of (i) the CX - 250 Water Street Whole Loan and (ii) the Brandywine Strategic Office Portfolio Whole Loan will be a Servicing Shift Whole Loan related to the Trust.

“Servicing Standard”: As defined in Section 3.01(a).

“Servicing Transfer Event”: With respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan, or related Serviced Companion Loan, the occurrence of any of the following events:

(i)                the related Mortgagor has failed to make when due any Balloon Payment, and the Mortgagor has not delivered to the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, on or before the due date of such Balloon Payment, a written and fully executed (subject only to customary final closing conditions) refinancing commitment (or if refinancing commitments are not then customarily issued by commercial mortgage lenders, such written, executed and binding alternative documentation as is customarily used by commercial real estate lenders for such purpose) or purchase and sale agreement from an acceptable lender or purchaser, as applicable, and reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable (and the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall promptly forward such documentation to the Special Servicer or the Master Servicer, as applicable) which provides that a refinancing of such Mortgage Loan or sale of the related Mortgaged Property will occur within one hundred-twenty (120) days after the date on which such Balloon

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Payment will become due (provided that if either (x) such refinancing or sale of the related Mortgaged Property does not occur before the expiration of the time period for refinancing or sale specified in such documentation or (y) the Master Servicer is required to make a P&I Advance in respect of such Mortgage Loan (or, in the case of any Serviced Whole Loan, in respect of the Mortgage Loan included in the same Serviced Whole Loan) at any time prior to such refinancing or sale, a Servicing Transfer Event will occur immediately); or

(ii)                              the related Mortgagor has failed to make when due any Periodic Payment (other than a Balloon Payment) or any other payment (other than a Balloon Payment) required under the related Mortgage Note or the related Mortgage, which failure has continued unremedied for sixty (60) days; or

(iii)                          the Master Servicer determines (in accordance with the Servicing Standard) or receives from the Special Servicer a written determination of the Special Servicer (which determination the Special Servicer shall make in accordance with the Servicing Standard and (A) with the consent of the Directing Certificateholder (other than with respect to an Excluded Loan with respect to such party and only if no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing (or, with respect to a Serviced AB Whole Loan if an AB Control Appraisal Period is not in effect, the prior consent of the related AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder, to the extent required by the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement)) or (B) following consultation with the Directing Certificateholder (other than with respect to (x) an Excluded Loan with respect to such party and only if a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing but no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing or (y) a Serviced AB Whole Loan if an AB Control Appraisal Period is not in effect)), that a default in making any Periodic Payment (other than a Balloon Payment) or any other material payment (other than a Balloon Payment) required under the related Mortgage Note or the related Mortgage is likely to occur in the foreseeable future, and such default is likely to remain unremedied for at least sixty (60) days beyond the date on which the subject payment will become due; or the Master Servicer determines (in accordance with the Servicing Standard) or receives from the Special Servicer a written determination of the Special Servicer (which determination the Special Servicer shall make in accordance with the Servicing Standard and (A) with the consent of the Directing Certificateholder (other than with respect to an Excluded Loan with respect to such party and only if no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing (or, with respect to a Serviced AB Whole Loan if an AB Control Appraisal Period is not in effect, the prior consent of the holder of the related AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder, to the extent required by the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement)) or (B) following consultation with the Directing Certificateholder (other than with respect to (x) an Excluded Loan with respect to such party and only if a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing but no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing or (y) a Serviced AB Whole Loan if an AB Control Appraisal Period is not in effect), that a default in making a Balloon Payment is likely to occur in the foreseeable future, and such default is likely to remain unremedied for at least sixty (60) days beyond

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the date on which such Balloon Payment will become due (or, if the Mortgagor has delivered on or before the date on which the subject payment was due a written and fully executed (subject only to customary final closing conditions) refinancing commitment (or if refinancing commitments are not then customarily issued by commercial mortgage lenders, such written, executed and binding alternative documentation as is customarily used by commercial real estate lenders for such purpose) or purchase and sale agreement from an acceptable lender or purchaser, as applicable, and reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer (and the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall promptly forward such documentation to the Special Servicer or Master Servicer, as applicable) which provides that a refinancing of such Mortgage Loan or sale of the related Mortgaged Property will occur within one hundred-twenty (120) days following the date on which such Balloon Payment will become due, the Master Servicer determines (in accordance with the Servicing Standard) or receives from the Special Servicer a written determination of the Special Servicer (which determination the Special Servicer shall make in accordance with the Servicing Standard and (A) with the consent of the Directing Certificateholder (other than with respect to an Excluded Loan with respect to such party and only if no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing (or, with respect to a Serviced AB Whole Loan if an AB Control Appraisal Period is not in effect, the prior consent of the related AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder, to the extent required by the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement)) or (B) following consultation with the Directing Certificateholder (other than with respect to (x) an Excluded Loan with respect to such party and only if a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing but no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing or (y) a Serviced AB Whole Loan prior to the occurrence of a Control Appraisal Period)), that (A) the Mortgagor is likely not to make one or more Assumed Scheduled Payments prior to such a refinancing or sale or (B) such refinancing or sale is not likely to occur within one hundred-twenty (120) days following the date on which such Balloon Payment will become due); or

(iv)                          there shall have occurred a default (including, in the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s judgment, the failure of the related Mortgagor to maintain any insurance required to be maintained pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan documents, unless such default has been waived in accordance with Section 3.07 or Section 3.18) under the related Mortgage Loan documents, other than as described in clause (i) or (ii) above, that may, in the good faith and reasonable judgment of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer (and, in the case of the Special Servicer (A) with the consent of the Directing Certificateholder (other than with respect to an Excluded Loan with respect to such party and only if no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing (or, with respect to a Serviced AB Whole Loan, if an AB Control Appraisal Period is not in effect, the prior consent of the related AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder, to the extent required by the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement) or (B) following consultation with the Directing Certificateholder (other than with respect to an Excluded Loan with respect to such party and only if a Control Termination Event

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has occurred and is continuing but no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing))), materially impair the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan or otherwise materially and adversely affect the interests of Certificateholders (or, in the case of any Serviced Whole Loan, the interests of any related Serviced Companion Noteholder), which default has continued unremedied for the applicable cure period under the terms of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan (or, if no cure period is specified, sixty (60) days); or

(v)                             a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the premises in an involuntary case under any present or future federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or the appointment of a conservator, receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings, or for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, shall have been entered against the related Mortgagor and such decree or order shall have remained in force undischarged or unstayed for a period of sixty (60) days; or

(vi)                          the related Mortgagor shall have consented to the appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings of or relating to such Mortgagor or of or relating to all or substantially all of its property; or

(vii)                       the related Mortgagor shall have admitted in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, filed a petition to take advantage of any applicable insolvency or reorganization statute, made an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or voluntarily suspended payment of its obligations; or

(viii)                    the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer shall have received notice of the commencement of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the corresponding Mortgaged Property; or

(ix)                            the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer (and in the case of the Special Servicer, with the consent of the Directing Certificateholder (other than with respect to an Excluded Loan with respect to such party and only if no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing (or, with respect to a Serviced AB Whole Loan if an AB Control Appraisal Period is not in effect, the prior consent of the related AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder, to the extent required by the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement))) determines that (i) a default (including, in the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s judgment, the failure of the related Mortgagor to maintain any insurance required to be maintained pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan documents, unless such default has been waived in accordance with Section 3.07 or Section 3.18) under the Mortgage Loan documents (other than as described in clause (iii) above) is imminent or reasonably foreseeable, (ii) such default will materially impair the value of the corresponding Mortgaged Property as security for the Mortgage Loan or Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan (if any) or otherwise materially and adversely affect the interests

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of Certificateholders (or the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan Holder) and (iii) the default is likely to continue unremedied for the applicable cure period under the terms of the Mortgage Loan documents, or, if no cure period is specified and the default is capable of being cured, for sixty (60) days;

provided that any Mortgage Loan (excluding any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) that is cross-collateralized with a Specially Serviced Loan shall be a Specially Serviced Loan so long as such Mortgage Loan is cross-collateralized with a Specially Serviced Loan. If any Serviced Companion Loan becomes a Specially Serviced Loan, the related Serviced Mortgage Loan shall also become a Specially Serviced Loan. If any Serviced Mortgage Loan becomes a Specially Serviced Loan, any related Serviced Companion Loan shall also become a Specially Serviced Loan. With respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the occurrence of a “Servicing Transfer Event” shall be as defined in the Non-Serviced PSA.

“Significant Obligor”: As defined in Section 11.16.

“Significant Obligor NOI Quarterly Filing Deadline”: With respect to each calendar quarter (other than the fourth (4th) calendar quarter of any calendar year), the date that is fifteen (15) days after the Distribution Date occurring on or immediately following the date on which financial statements for such calendar quarter are required to be delivered to the related lender under the related Mortgage Loan documents.

“Significant Obligor NOI Yearly Filing Deadline”: With respect to each calendar year, the date that is the ninetieth (90th) day after the end of such calendar year.

“Similar Law”: As defined in Section 5.03(n).

“Sole Certificateholder”: Any Certificate Owner, or Certificate Owners acting in unanimity, of a Book-Entry Certificate or a Holder of a Definitive Certificate holding 100% of the then-outstanding Class X-F, Class X-G, Class X-H, Class F, Class G and Class H Certificates; provided, that the Certificate Balances of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-3, Class D and Class E Certificates and the Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-S, Class B and Class C Upper-Tier Regular Interests have been reduced to zero.

“Special Notice”: As defined in Section 5.06.

“Special Servicer”: LNR Partners, LLC, a Florida limited liability company, and its successors in interest and assigns, or any successor special servicer appointed as provided herein (including with respect to any Excluded Special Servicer Loan, if any, the related Excluded Special Servicer appointed pursuant to Section 7.01(g) of this Agreement, as applicable and as the context may require).

“Special Servicing Fee”: With respect to each Specially Serviced Loan and REO Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), the fee payable to the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.11(b).

“Special Servicing Fee Rate”: With respect to each Specially Serviced Loan and each REO Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) on a loan by loan basis, the greater

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of (i) a per annum rate of 0.25% and (ii) the per annum rate that would result in a Special Servicing Fee for the related month of $3,500.

“Specially Serviced Loan”: As defined in Section 3.01(a).

“Sponsors”: The Mortgage Loan Sellers.

“Startup Day”: The day designated as such in Section 10.01(b).

“Stated Principal Balance”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to (x) the Cut-off Date Balance of such Mortgage Loan (or in the case of a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, as of the date it is added to the Trust, the unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan after application of all scheduled payments of principal and interest due during or prior to the month of substitution, whether or not received) minus (y) the sum of:

(i)                                 the principal portion of each Periodic Payment due on such Mortgage Loan after the Cut-off Date (or in the case of a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, due after the Due Date in the related month of substitution), to the extent received from the Mortgagor or advanced by the Master Servicer;

(ii)                             all Principal Prepayments received with respect to such Mortgage Loan after the Cut-off Date (or in the case of a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, after the Due Date in the related month of substitution);

(iii)                           the principal portion of all Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds (to the extent allocable to principal on such Mortgage Loan) and Liquidation Proceeds received with respect to such Mortgage Loan after the Cut-off Date (or in the case of a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, after the Due Date in the related month of substitution); and

(iv)                          any reduction in the outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan resulting from a Deficient Valuation or a modification of such Mortgage Loan pursuant to the terms and provisions of this Agreement that occurred prior to the end of the Collection Period for the most recent Distribution Date.

With respect to any REO Loan that is a successor to a Mortgage Loan (but excluding any related Companion Loan), as of any date of determination, the Stated Principal Balance shall be an amount equal to (x) the Stated Principal Balance of the predecessor Mortgage Loan as of the date of the related REO Acquisition, minus (y) the sum of:

(i)                                the principal portion of any P&I Advance made with respect to such REO Loan; and

(ii)                              the principal portion of all Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds (to the extent allocable to principal on the related Mortgage Loan), Liquidation Proceeds and REO Revenues received with respect to such REO Loan (but excluding any related Companion Loan).

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A Mortgage Loan or an REO Loan that is a successor to a Mortgage Loan (but excluding any related Companion Loan) shall be deemed to be part of the Trust Fund and to have an outstanding Stated Principal Balance until the Distribution Date on which the payments or other proceeds, if any, received in connection with a Liquidation Event in respect thereof are to be (or, if no such payments or other proceeds are received in connection with such Liquidation Event, would have been) distributed to Certificateholders.

With respect to each Companion Loan on any date of determination, the Stated Principal Balance shall equal the unpaid principal balance of such Companion Loan as of such date. On any date of determination, the Stated Principal Balance of each Whole Loan shall equal the sum of the Stated Principal Balances of the related Mortgage Loan and the related Companion Loan(s), as applicable, on such date.

With respect to any REO Loan that is a successor to a Companion Loan as of any date of determination, the Stated Principal Balance shall equal (x) the Stated Principal Balance of the predecessor Companion Loan as of the date of the related REO Acquisition, minus (y) the principal portion of any amounts allocable to the related Companion Loan in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement.

With respect to any Mortgage Loan or REO Loan that is paid in full or any Mortgage Loan or REO Loan (or REO Property) liquidated, as of the first Distribution Date that follows the end of the Collection Period during which payments or other proceeds are received in connection with a Liquidation Event with respect to such Mortgage Loan or REO Loan (or REO Property), as applicable, notwithstanding that a loss may occur in connection with such Liquidation Event, the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan or REO Loan shall be zero.

“Subcontractor”: Any vendor, subcontractor or other Person that is not responsible for the overall servicing (as “servicing” is commonly understood by participants in the CMBS market) of Mortgage Loans but performs one or more discrete functions identified in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB with respect to Mortgage Loans under the direction or authority of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, an Additional Servicer or a Sub-Servicer.

“Subject Loan”: As defined in Section 12.02(b).

“Subordinate Certificate”: Any Class A-S Exchangeable Certificate, Class B Exchangeable Certificate, Class C Exchangeable Certificate, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G or Class H Certificate.

“Subordinate Companion Holder”: The holder of any AB Subordinate Companion Loan.

“Sub-Servicer”: Any Person that services Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or an Additional Servicer and is responsible for the performance (whether directly or through Sub-Servicers or Subcontractors) of a substantial portion of the material servicing functions required to be performed by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or an Additional Servicer under this Agreement, with respect to some or all of the Mortgage Loans that are identified in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB.

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“Sub-Servicing Agreement”: The written contract between the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, and any Sub-Servicer relating to servicing and administration of Mortgage Loans as provided in Section 3.20.

“Substitution Shortfall Amount”: With respect to a substitution pursuant to Section 2.03(b), an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Purchase Price of the Mortgage Loan being replaced calculated as of the date of substitution over the Stated Principal Balance of the related Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan after application of all scheduled payments of principal and interest due during or prior to the month of substitution. In the event that one or more Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans are substituted (at the same time by the same Mortgage Loan Seller) for one or more removed Mortgage Loans, the Substitution Shortfall Amount shall be determined as provided in the preceding sentence on the basis of the aggregate Purchase Prices of the Mortgage Loan(s) being replaced and the aggregate Stated Principal Balances of the related Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan(s).

“Surrendered Classes”: As defined in Section 5.11(c).

“Surviving Entity”: As defined in Section 6.03(b).

“Tax Returns”: The federal income tax returns on (i) Internal Revenue Service Form 1066, U.S. Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit (REMIC) Income Tax Return, including Schedule Q thereto, Quarterly Notice to Residual Interest Holders of REMIC Taxable Income or Net Loss Allocation, or any successor forms, to be filed on behalf of each Trust REMIC due to its respective classification as a REMIC under the REMIC Provisions and (ii) Internal Revenue Service Form 1041 or Internal Revenue Service Form 1099, as applicable, or any successor forms to be filed on behalf of the Grantor Trust, together with any and all other information, reports or returns that may be required to be furnished to the Certificateholders or filed with the Internal Revenue Service or any other governmental taxing authority under any applicable provisions of federal tax law or Applicable State and Local Tax Law.

“Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate”: As defined in Section 5.02(a).

“Termination Purchase Amount”: The sum of (1) the aggregate Purchase Price of all the Mortgage Loans (exclusive of REO Loans) then included in the Trust, (2) the appraised value of the Trust’s portion of all REO Properties then included in the Trust (which fair market value for any REO Property may be less than the Purchase Price for the corresponding REO Loan), as determined by an appraiser selected by the Special Servicer and approved by the Master Servicer and the Controlling Class and (3) if the Mortgaged Property secures a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan and is an REO Property under the terms of the related Non-Serviced PSA, the pro rata portion of the fair market value of the related property, as determined by the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer in accordance with clause (2) above.

“Test”: As defined in Section 12.01(b)(iv).

“The Boulders Resort Intercreditor Agreement”: That certain Agreement Between Note Holders, dated as of July 14, 2022, by and between the holders of the respective promissory notes evidencing The Boulders Resort Pari Passu Whole Loan, relating to the relative rights of such holders, as the same may be further amended in accordance with the terms thereof.

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“The Boulders Resort Mortgage Loan”: With respect to The Boulders Resort Whole Loan, the Mortgage Loan that is included in the Trust (identified as Mortgage Loan No. 12 on the Mortgage Loan Schedule), which is evidenced by promissory note A-2.

“The Boulders Resort Mortgaged Property”: The Mortgaged Property that secures The Boulders Resort Whole Loan.

“The Boulders Resort Pari Passu Companion Loan”: With respect to The Boulders Resort Whole Loan, the Companion Loan evidenced by the related promissory note A-1 and made by the related Mortgagor and secured by the Mortgage on The Boulders Resort Mortgaged Property.

“The Boulders Resort Whole Loan”: The Boulders Resort Mortgage Loan, together with The Boulders Resort Pari Passu Companion Loan, each of which is secured by the same Mortgage on The Boulders Resort Mortgaged Property. References herein to The Boulders Resort Whole Loan shall be construed to refer to the aggregate indebtedness under The Boulders Resort Mortgage Loan and The Boulders Resort Portfolio Pari Passu Companion Loan.

“Transaction Parties”: As defined in Section 5.03(r).

“Transfer”: Any direct or indirect transfer, sale, pledge, hypothecation, or other form of assignment of any Ownership Interest in a Certificate.

“Transferable Servicing Interest”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan or Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan (and any successor REO Loan with respect thereto), the amount by which the related Servicing Fee otherwise payable to the Master Servicer hereunder exceeds the sum of (i) the fee payable to the Master Servicer as the portion of the Servicing Fee attributable to primary servicing and (ii) the amount of the Servicing Fee calculated using the Retained Fee Rate, which Transferable Servicing Interest is subject to reduction by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.11(a) of this Agreement. The Transferable Servicing Interest with respect to each Mortgage Loan is zero.

“Transferee”: Any Person who is acquiring by Transfer any Ownership Interest in a Certificate.

“Transferee Affidavit”: As defined in Section 5.03(o)(ii).

“Transferor”: Any Person who is disposing by Transfer any Ownership Interest in a Certificate.

“Transferor Letter”: As defined in Section 5.03(o)(ii).

“Trust”: The trust created hereby and to be administered hereunder. The Trust shall be named: “BANK 2023-BNK45”.

“Trust Fund”: The corpus of the Trust created hereby and to be administered hereunder, consisting of: (i) such Mortgage Loans as from time to time are subject to this Agreement (including any Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan replacing a removed Mortgage

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Loan), together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto (subject to, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, the interests of the related Serviced Companion Noteholder in the related Mortgage File); (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date (or with respect to a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Due Date in the month of substitution); (iii) any REO Property (to the extent of the Trust’s interest therein) or the Trust’s beneficial interest in the Mortgaged Property securing a Non-Serviced Whole Loan acquired under the related Non-Serviced PSA; (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property (to the extent of the Trust’s interest therein); (v) the Master Servicer’s, the Special Servicer’s, the Certificate Administrator’s and the Trustee’s rights under the insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans required to be maintained pursuant to this Agreement and any proceeds thereof (to the extent of the Trust’s interest therein); (vi) any Assignment of Leases and any security agreements (to the extent of the Trust’s interest therein); (vii) any letters of credit, indemnities, guaranties or lease enhancement policies given as additional security for any related Mortgage Loans (to the extent of the Trust’s interest therein); (viii) all assets deposited in the Loss of Value Reserve Fund and the Servicing Accounts (to the extent of the Trust’s interest therein), amounts on deposit in the Collection Account (to the extent of the Trust’s interest therein), the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account (to the extent of the Trust’s interest in such Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account), the Retained Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account (to the extent of the Trust’s interest in such Retained Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account) and any REO Account (to the extent of the Trust’s interest in such REO Account), including any reinvestment income, as applicable; (ix) any Environmental Indemnity Agreements (to the extent of the Trust’s interest therein); (x) the rights and remedies of the Depositor under each Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (to the extent transferred to the Trustee); (xi) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests; (xii) the Initial Interest Deposit Amount; and (xiii) the proceeds of the foregoing (other than any interest earned on deposits in the lock-box accounts, cash collateral accounts, escrow accounts and any reserve accounts, to the extent such interest belongs to the related Mortgagor). For the avoidance of doubt, no Retained Defeasance Rights and Obligations will be an asset of the Trust.

“Trust-Related Litigation”: As defined in Section 3.32.

“Trust REMIC”: As defined in the Preliminary Statement.

“Trustee”: Computershare Trust Company, National Association, or its successor in interest, in its capacity as trustee and its successors in interest, or any successor trustee appointed as herein provided.

“Trustee Fee”: The fee to be paid to the Trustee as compensation for the Trustee’s activities under this Agreement, which fee is included as part of the Certificate Administrator Fee. No portion of the Trustee Fee shall be calculated by reference to any Companion Loan or the Stated Principal Balance of any Companion Loan. The Trustee Fee shall be paid as a portion of the Certificate Administrator Fee.

“UCC”: The Uniform Commercial Code, as enacted in each applicable state.

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“UCC Financing Statement”: A financing statement prepared and filed pursuant to the UCC, as in effect in the relevant jurisdiction.

“Underwriters”: BofA Securities, Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Academy Securities, Inc. and Drexel Hamilton, LLC.

“Uninsured Cause”: Any cause of damage to property subject to a Mortgage such that the complete restoration of such property is not fully reimbursable by the hazard insurance policies or flood insurance policies required to be maintained pursuant to Section 3.07.

“United States Securities Person”: Any “U.S. person” as defined in Rule 902(k) of Regulation S.

“Unliquidated Advance”: Any Advance previously made by a party hereto that has been previously reimbursed, as between the Person that made the Advance hereunder, on the one hand, and the Trust, on the other, as part of a Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount pursuant to subsections (iii) and (iv) of Section 3.05(a) but that has not been recovered from the Mortgagor or otherwise from collections on or the proceeds of the related Mortgage Loan or REO Property in respect of which the Advance was made.

“Unscheduled Principal Distribution Amount”: With respect to any Distribution Date and the Mortgage Loans, the aggregate of the following: (a) all Principal Prepayments received on such Mortgage Loan on or prior to the Determination Date and (b) the principal portions of all Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds (net of Special Servicing Fees, Liquidation Fees, accrued interest on Advances and other additional expenses of the Trust incurred in connection with the related Mortgage Loan) and, if applicable, REO Revenues received with respect to such Mortgage Loan and any REO Loans (but excluding any related Companion Loans) on or prior to the related Determination Date, but in each case only to the extent that such principal portion represents a recovery of principal for which no advance was previously made pursuant to Section 4.03 in respect of a preceding Distribution Date.

“Unsolicited Information”: As defined in Section 12.01(b)(iii).

“Upper-Tier Regular Interests”: As defined in the Preliminary Statement.

“Upper-Tier REMIC”: One of the REMICs comprising the Trust, the assets of which consist of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests and such amounts as shall from time to time be held in the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account.

“Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account”: The segregated account or accounts (or a subaccount of the Distribution Account) created and maintained by the Certificate Administrator (on behalf of the Trustee) pursuant to Section 3.04(b) in trust for the Certificateholders, which shall initially be entitled “Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator, on behalf of Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of the registered holders of BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45, Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account”. Any such account or accounts shall be an Eligible Account.

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“U.S. Dollars” or “$”: Lawful money of the United States of America.

“U.S. Tax Person”: A citizen or resident of the United States, a corporation or partnership (except to the extent provided in applicable Treasury Regulations) or other entity created or organized in, or under the laws of, the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, including any entity treated as a corporation or partnership for federal income tax purposes, an estate whose income is subject to United States federal income tax regardless of its source or a trust if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of such trust, and one or more such U.S. Tax Persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of such trust (or, to the extent provided in applicable Treasury Regulations, certain trusts in existence on August 20, 1996 that have elected to be treated as U.S. Tax Persons).

“Voting Rights”: The portion of the voting rights of all of the Certificates which is allocated to any Certificate. At all times during the term of this Agreement, the Voting Rights shall be allocated among the various Classes of Certificateholders as follows: (i) 2% in the case of the Class X Certificates (allocated pro rata, based upon their respective Notional Amounts as of the date of determination) and (ii) in the case of the Principal Balance Certificates (other than the RR Interest), a percentage equal to the product of 98% and a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the Certificate Balance (and solely in connection with any vote for purposes of determining whether to remove the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 7.01(d) or the Operating Advisor pursuant to Section 3.26(j), taking into account any notional reduction in the Certificate Balance for Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts allocated to the Certificates pursuant to Section 4.05(a)) of such Class, in each case, determined as of the Distribution Date immediately preceding such time, and the denominator of which is equal to the aggregate Certificate Balance (and solely in connection with any vote for purposes of determining whether to remove the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 7.01(d) or the Operating Advisor pursuant to Section 3.26(j), taking into account any notional reduction in the Certificate Balance for Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts allocated to the Certificates pursuant to Section 4.05(a)) of the Principal Balance Certificates (other than the RR Interest), determined as of the Distribution Date immediately preceding such time. None of the Class R or Class V Certificates or RR Interest will be entitled to any Voting Rights.

“Weighted Average Net Mortgage Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the weighted average of the applicable Net Mortgage Rates of the Mortgage Loans (including any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans) as of the first day of the related Collection Period, weighted on the basis of their respective Stated Principal Balances immediately following the preceding Distribution Date (or, in the case of the initial Distribution Date, as of the Closing Date).

“WHFIT”: A “Widely Held Fixed Investment Trust” as that term is defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.671-5(b)(22) or successor provisions.

“WHFIT Regulations”: Treasury Regulations Section 1.671-5, as amended or successor provisions.

“WHMT”: A “Widely Held Mortgage Trust” as that term is defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.671-5(b)(23) or successor provisions.

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“Whole Loan”: Any of (i) the Conair Glendale Whole Loan, (ii) the 100 & 150 South Wacker Drive Whole Loan, (iii) the Orlando Office Portfolio Whole Loan, (iv) the CX - 250 Water Street Whole Loan, (v) the Brandywine Strategic Office Portfolio Whole Loan, (vi) the Concord Mills Whole Loan, (vii) the Millennium Boston Retail Whole Loan, (viii) the Norfolk Premium Outlets Whole Loan, (ix) The Boulders Resort Whole Loan and (x) the Green Acres Whole Loan.

“Withheld Amounts”: As defined in Section 3.21(a).

“Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the amount of any Advances made with respect to such Mortgage Loan on or before the date such Mortgage Loan becomes (or, but for the making of three (3) Periodic Payments under its modified terms, would then constitute) a Corrected Loan, together with (to the extent accrued and unpaid) interest on such Advances, to the extent that (i) such Advance (and accrued and unpaid interest thereon) is not reimbursed to the Person who made such Advance on or before the date, if any, on which Mortgage Loan becomes a Corrected Loan and (ii) the amount of such Advance (and accrued and unpaid interest thereon) becomes an obligation of the related Mortgagor to pay such amount under the terms of the modified loan documents. That any amount constitutes all or a portion of any Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount shall not in any manner limit the right of any Person hereunder to determine in the future that such amount instead constitutes a Nonrecoverable Advance.

“Workout Fee”: The fee paid to the Special Servicer with respect to each Corrected Loan in accordance with Section 3.11(c).

“Workout Fee Rate”: With respect to each Corrected Loan and in accordance with Section 3.11(c), a fee of 1.00% of each collection (other than Penalty Charges and Excess Interest) of interest and principal (other than any amount for which a Liquidation Fee would be paid), including (i) Periodic Payments, (ii) Balloon Payments, (iii) Principal Prepayments and (iv) payments (other than those included in clause (i) or (ii) of this definition) at maturity or on the Anticipated Repayment Date, received on each Corrected Loan for so long as it remains a Corrected Loan.

“XML”: Extensible Markup Language.

“Yield Maintenance Charge”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any premium, fee or other additional amount paid or payable, as the context requires, by a Mortgagor in connection with a principal prepayment on, or other early collection of principal of, a Mortgage Loan, calculated, in whole or in part, pursuant to a yield maintenance formula or otherwise pursuant to a formula that reflects the lost interest, including any specified amount or specified percentage of the amount prepaid which constitutes the minimum amount that such Yield Maintenance Charge may be.

Section 1.02        Certain Calculations. Unless otherwise specified herein, for purposes of determining amounts with respect to the Certificates and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto, the following provisions shall apply:

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(i)                                All calculations of interest (other than as provided in the related Mortgage Loan documents) provided for herein shall be made on the basis of a three hundred-sixty (360) day year consisting of twelve (12) 30-day months.

(ii)                              Any Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan payment is deemed to be received on the date such payment is actually received by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer; provided, however, that for purposes of calculating distributions on the Certificates, Principal Prepayments with respect to any Mortgage Loan are deemed to be received on the date they are applied in accordance with the Servicing Standard consistent with the terms of the related Mortgage Note and Mortgage to reduce the outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan, on which interest accrues.

(iii)                           Any reference to the Certificate Balance of any Class of Principal Balance Certificates on or as of a Distribution Date shall refer to the Certificate Balance of such Class of Principal Balance Certificates on such Distribution Date after giving effect to (a) any distributions made on such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01(a) or Section 4.01(b), as applicable, and Section 4.01(c), (b) any Realized Losses or Retained Certificate Realized Losses, as applicable, allocated to such Class of Principal Balance Certificates on that Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.04, and (c) any recoveries on the related Mortgage Loans of Nonrecoverable Advances (plus interest thereon) that were previously reimbursed from principal collections on the related Mortgage Loans, that resulted in a reduction of the Principal Distribution Amount or the Retained Certificate Principal Distribution Amount, as applicable, which recoveries are allocated to such Class of Principal Balance Certificates, and added to the Certificate Balance pursuant to Section 4.04(a).

(iv)                          Unless otherwise specifically provided for herein, all net present value calculations and determinations made with respect to a Mortgage Loan, Serviced Companion Loan, Mortgaged Property or REO Property (including for purposes of the definition of “Servicing Standard”) shall be made, in the event the Mortgage Loan documents are silent, using a discount rate (a) for principal and interest payments on a Mortgage Loan, Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable, or sale by the Special Servicer of a Defaulted Loan, the highest of (x) the rate determined by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, that approximates the market rate that would be obtainable by the related Mortgagor on similar non-defaulted debt of such Mortgagor as of such date of determination, (y) the Mortgage Rate on the applicable Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan based on its outstanding principal balance and (z) the yield on 10-year U.S. treasuries as of such date of determination, and (b) for all other cash flows, including property cash flow, the “discount rate” set forth in the most recent Appraisal (or update of such Appraisal) of the related Mortgaged Property.

(v)                             Any reference to “expense of the trust” or “additional trust fund expense” or words of similar import shall be construed to mean, for any Serviced Mortgage Loan, an expense that shall be applied in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement or, if no application is specified in the related Intercreditor Agreement, then, to the extent such Intercreditor Agreement refers to this Agreement for the application of trust fund expenses or such Intercreditor Agreement does not prohibit the following application of trust fund

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expenses (i) with respect to any Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan, pro rata and pari passu, to the Trust and Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans in accordance with the respective outstanding principal balances of the related Serviced Pari Passu Mortgage Loan and Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans or (ii) with respect to any Serviced AB Whole Loan, first, to the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan and then, pro rata and pari passu, to the Trust and Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans in accordance with the respective outstanding principal balances of the related Serviced AB Mortgage Loan and Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans.

[End of Article I]

Article II

CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS; ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES

Section 2.01        Conveyance of Mortgage Loans. (a) The Depositor, concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof, does hereby establish a trust, appoint the Trustee as trustee of the trust, assign, sell, transfer and convey to the Trustee, in trust, without recourse, for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the Trustee (as holder of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests) all the right, title and interest of the Depositor, whether now owned or existing or hereafter acquired or arising, including any security interest therein for the benefit of the Depositor, in, to and under (i) the Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, (ii) Sections 2, 3, 4 (other than Section 4(c), (d), (e) and (g)) and 5 (other than Section 5(f), (g), (h) and (i)) and, to the extent related to the foregoing, Sections 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17 and 18 of each of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements; (iii) the Intercreditor Agreements; (iv) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date (or with respect to a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Due Date in the month of substitution); (v) any REO Property (to the extent of the Depositor’s interest therein) or the Depositor’s beneficial interest in the Mortgaged Property securing a Non-Serviced Whole Loan acquired under the related Non-Serviced PSA; (vi) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property (to the extent of the Depositor’s interest therein); (vii) the Master Servicer’s, the Special Servicer’s, the Certificate Administrator’s and the Trustee’s rights under the insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans required to be maintained pursuant to this Agreement and any proceeds thereof (to the extent of the Depositor’s interest therein); (viii) any Assignment of Leases and any security agreements (to the extent of the Depositor’s interest therein); (ix) any letters of credit, indemnities, guaranties or lease enhancement policies given as additional security for any related Mortgage Loans (to the extent of the Depositor’s interest therein); (x) all assets deposited in the Loss of Value Reserve Fund and the Servicing Accounts (to the extent of the Depositor’s interest therein), amounts on deposit in the Collection Account (to the extent of the Depositor’s interest therein), the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account (to the extent of the Depositor’s interest in such Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account), the Retained Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account (to the extent of the Depositor’s interest in such Retained Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account) and any REO Account (to the extent of the Depositor’s interest in such REO Account), including any reinvestment income, as applicable;

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(xi) any Environmental Indemnity Agreements (to the extent of the Depositor’s interest therein); (xii) the rights and remedies of the Depositor under each Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (to the extent not covered by clause (ii) above); (xiii) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests; (xiv) with respect to the Exchangeable Certificates, each of the Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests; and (xv) the proceeds of the foregoing (other than any interest earned on deposits in the lock-box accounts, cash collateral accounts, escrow accounts and any reserve accounts, to the extent such interest belongs to the related Mortgagor, and any Retained Defeasance Rights and Obligations with respect to the Mortgage Loans) (collectively, the “Conveyed Property”). Such assignment includes all interest and principal received or receivable on or with respect to the Mortgage Loans (in each case, other than (i) payments of principal and interest due and payable on the Mortgage Loans on or before the Cut-off Date; (ii) prepayments of principal collected on or before the Cut-off Date; and (iii) with respect to those Mortgage Loans that were closed in February 2023 but have their first Due Date after February 2023, any interest amounts relating to the period prior to the Cut-off Date). The transfer of the Mortgage Loans and the related rights and property accomplished hereby is absolute and, notwithstanding Section 13.07, is intended by the parties to constitute a sale. In connection with the assignment to the Trustee of Sections 2, 3, 4 (other than Section 4(c), (d) and (f)) and 5 (other than Section 5(f), (g), (h) and (i)) and, to the extent related to the foregoing, Sections 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17 and 18 of each of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements, it is intended that the Trustee get the benefit of Sections 10, 13 and 15 thereof in connection with any exercise of rights under the assigned Sections, and the Depositor shall use its best efforts to make available to the Trustee the benefits of Sections 10, 13 and 15 in connection therewith.

(b)               In connection with the Depositor’s assignment pursuant to subsection (a) above, the Depositor shall direct, and hereby represents and warrants that it has directed, the Mortgage Loan Sellers pursuant to the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement to deliver and deposit with, or cause to be delivered to and deposited with, the Custodian, (A) on or before the Closing Date (or, with respect to the original allonges related to the Mortgage Loan identified as “Carolinas Retail Portfolio” on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, on or before the third (3rd) Business Day immediately following the Closing Date), the Mortgage Note relating to each Mortgage Loan so assigned, endorsed to the Trustee or in blank as specified in clause (i) of the definition of “Mortgage File” (or, alternatively, if the original executed Mortgage Note has been lost, a lost note affidavit and indemnity with a copy of such Mortgage Note as specified in clause (i) of the definition of “Mortgage File”) and (B) on or before the date that is 45 days following the Closing Date, the remainder of the Mortgage File for each Mortgage Loan and, except in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is a Non-Serviced Whole Loan as of the Closing Date, any other items required to be delivered or deposited by the Mortgage Loan Seller pursuant to this Agreement (other than amounts from reserve accounts and originals of letters of credit, which shall be transferred to the Master Servicer) for each Mortgage Loan. If the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller cannot deliver, or cause to be delivered, as to any Mortgage Loan, the original Mortgage Note, the delivery requirements of the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and this Section 2.01(b) shall be deemed to have been satisfied upon such Mortgage Loan Seller’s delivery of a copy or duplicate original of such Mortgage Note, together with an affidavit certifying that the original thereof has been lost or destroyed and indemnifying the Trustee and the Trust. If the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller cannot deliver, or cause to be delivered, as to any Mortgage Loan, any of the documents and/or instruments referred to in clauses (ii), (iv), (vii) and (ix) of the definition of “Mortgage File” (or, if applicable, a copy thereof) with evidence of filing or recording

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thereon (if intended to be recorded or filed), solely because of a delay caused by the public filing or recording office where such document or instrument has been delivered, or will be delivered within ten (10) Business Days of the Closing Date, for filing or recordation, the delivery requirements of the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and this Section 2.01(b) shall be deemed to have been satisfied on a provisional basis as of the Closing Date as to such non-delivered document or instrument, and such non-delivered document or instrument shall be deemed to have been included in the Mortgage File, if a duplicate original or a photocopy of such non-delivered document or instrument (certified by the applicable public filing or recording office, the applicable title insurance company or the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller to be a true and complete copy of the original thereof submitted or to be submitted for filing or recording) is delivered to the Custodian on or before the date set forth herein, and either the original of such non-delivered document or instrument, or a photocopy thereof (certified by the appropriate county recorder’s office or the applicable title insurance company, in the case of the documents and/or instruments referred to in clause (ii) of the definition of “Mortgage File”, to be a true and complete copy of the original thereof submitted for recording), with evidence of filing or recording thereon, is delivered to the Custodian within one hundred-eighty (180) days of the Closing Date (or within such longer period, not to exceed eighteen (18) months, after the Closing Date as the Custodian shall consent to as long as the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller is, as certified in writing to the Trustee and the Custodian no less often than every ninety (90) days following such 180–day period after the Closing Date, attempting in good faith to obtain from the appropriate public filing office or county recorder’s office such original or photocopy). If the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller is required to, but cannot, deliver, or cause to be delivered, as to any Mortgage Loan, any of the documents and/or instruments referred to in clauses (ii), (iv), (vii), and (ix) (or, if applicable, a copy thereof) of the definition of “Mortgage File,” with evidence of filing or recording thereon (if intended to be recorded or filed), for any other reason, including, without limitation, that such non-delivered document or instrument has been lost or destroyed, the delivery requirements of the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and this Section 2.01(b) shall be deemed to have been satisfied as to such non-delivered document or instrument, and such non-delivered document or instrument shall be deemed to have been included in the Mortgage File, if a photocopy of such non-delivered document or instrument (with evidence of filing or recording thereon and certified in the case of the documents and/or instruments referred to in clause (ii) of the definition of “Mortgage File” by the appropriate county recorder’s office or the applicable title insurance company to be a true and complete copy of the original thereof submitted for recording) is delivered to the Custodian on or before the date set forth herein. Neither the Trustee nor any Custodian shall in any way be liable for any failure by any Mortgage Loan Seller or the Depositor to comply with the delivery requirements of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and this Section 2.01(b). If, on the Closing Date as to any Mortgage Loan, subject to the next sentence, the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller is required to, but cannot, deliver (in complete and recordable form or form suitable for filing or recording, if applicable) any one of the assignments in favor of the Trustee referred to in clause (iii), clause (v), or clause (x) of the definition of “Mortgage File” solely because of the unavailability of filing or recording information as to any existing document or instrument, such Mortgage Loan Seller may provisionally satisfy the delivery requirements of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and this Section 2.01(b) with respect to such assignment by delivering with respect to such Mortgage Loan on the Closing Date an omnibus assignment of such Mortgage Loan substantially in the form of Exhibit H; provided that all required original assignments with respect to such Mortgage Loan (in fully complete and

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recordable form or form suitable for filing or recording, if applicable) are delivered to the Custodian within one hundred-eighty (180) days after the Closing Date (or within such longer period, not to exceed eighteen (18) months, which the Custodian shall consent to so long as the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller is, as certified in writing to the Trustee and the Custodian no less often than every ninety (90) days following such 180–day period after the Closing Date, attempting in good faith to obtain from the appropriate public filing office or county recorder’s office the applicable filing or recording information as to the related document or instrument); and provided, further, that in the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the delivery of any such assignments shall be subject to clause (e) and clause (f) of the first proviso to the definition of “Mortgage File” herein. As to any Mortgage Loan, the related Mortgage Loan Seller or its agent is responsible for recording or filing, as applicable, any one of the assignments in favor of the Trustee referred to in clause (iii), clause (v), or clause (x) of the definition of “Mortgage File”, and such Mortgage Loan Seller may provisionally satisfy the delivery requirements of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and this Section 2.01(b) with respect to such assignment by delivering to the Custodian with respect to such Mortgage Loan on the Closing Date a copy of such assignment in the form sent for recording or filing or (except for recording or filing information not yet available) to be sent for recording or filing; provided that an original or copy of such assignment (with evidence of recording or filing, as applicable, indicated thereon) shall be delivered to the Custodian as contemplated by Section 2.01(c) of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to the delivery of a letter of credit in the manner described in clause (A) of clause (xii) of the definition of “Mortgage File”, the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller shall be deemed to have satisfied the delivery requirements of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and this Section 2.01(b) by delivering to the Custodian within ten (10) Business Days following the Closing Date with respect to any such letter(s) of credit a copy of such letter of credit, the transfer documentation and such transmittal communication to the issuing bank indicating that such document has been delivered to the issuing bank for reissuance. If a letter of credit is not in a form that would allow the Master Servicer to draw on such letter of credit on behalf of the Trust in accordance with the applicable terms thereof and/or of the related Mortgage Loan documents, the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller shall deliver copies of the appropriate transfer or assignment documents to the Custodian promptly following receipt of written notification thereof. If not otherwise paid by the related Mortgagor, the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller shall pay any transfer fee required in order to transfer the beneficiary’s interest from such Mortgage Loan Seller to the Master Servicer on behalf of the Trust as required hereunder and shall cooperate with the reasonable requests of the Master Servicer in connection with effectuating a draw under any such letter of credit prior to the date such letter of credit is reissued to the Master Servicer on behalf of the Trust. Regardless of the manner of delivery, the related Mortgage Loan Seller is required pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement to indemnify the Trust for any liabilities, charges, costs, fees or other expenses accruing from the failure of such Mortgage Loan Seller to assign all rights in and to the letter of credit hereunder including the right and power to draw on the letter of credit.

(c)               Except in the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the related Mortgage Loan Seller is required at its sole cost and expense, to itself, or to engage a third party to, put each Assignment of Mortgage, each assignment of Assignment of Leases and each assignment of each UCC Financing Statement (collectively, the “Assignments” and, individually, “Assignment”) relating to the Mortgage Loans conveyed by it under the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement in proper form for filing or recording, as applicable, and to submit such Assignments

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for filing or recording, as the case may be, in the applicable public filing or recording office. On the Closing Date, the Mortgage Loan Sellers may deliver one (1) omnibus assignment for all such Mortgage Loans substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto to the Custodian as provided in Section 2.01(b). Except under the circumstances provided for in the last sentence of this Section 2.01(c) and except in the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the related Mortgage Loan Seller will itself, or a third party at such Mortgage Loan Seller’s expense will, promptly (and in any event within one hundred-twenty (120) days after the later of the Closing Date and the related Mortgage Loan Seller’s actual receipt of the related documents and the necessary recording and filing information) cause to be submitted for recording or filing, as the case may be, in the appropriate public office for real property records or UCC Financing Statements, as appropriate, each Assignment. Each such Assignment submitted for recording shall reflect that it (or a file copy thereof in the case of a UCC Assignment) should be returned by the public recording office to the Custodian or its designee following recording or filing (or to the related Mortgage Loan Seller or its agent who will then be responsible for delivery of the same to the Custodian or its designee). Any such Assignment received by the Custodian shall be promptly included in the related Mortgage File and be deemed a part thereof, and any such Assignment received by the related Mortgage Loan Seller or its agent shall be required to be delivered to the Custodian to be included as part of the related Mortgage File within thirty (30) days after receipt. If any such document or instrument is determined to be incomplete or not to meet the recording or filing requirements of the jurisdiction in which it is to be recorded or filed, or is lost by the public office or returned unrecorded or unfiled, as the case may be, because of a defect therein, on or about one hundred-eighty (180) days after the Closing Date, the related Mortgage Loan Seller or its designee shall prepare, at its own expense, a substitute therefor or cure such defect, as the case may be, and thereafter the related Mortgage Loan Seller or its designee shall, at the expense of such Mortgage Loan Seller, upon receipt thereof cause the same to be duly recorded or filed, as appropriate. If, by the first anniversary of the Closing Date, the Custodian has not received confirmation of the recording or filing as the case may be, of any such Assignment, it shall so advise the related Mortgage Loan Seller who may then pursue such confirmation itself or request that the Custodian pursue such confirmation at the related Mortgage Loan Seller’s expense, and upon such a request and provision for payment of such expenses satisfactory to the Custodian, the Custodian, at the expense of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller, shall cause a search of the land records of each applicable jurisdiction and of the records of the offices of the applicable Secretary of State for confirmation that the Assignment appears in such records and retain a copy of such confirmation in the related Mortgage File. In the event that confirmation of the recording or filing of an Assignment cannot be obtained, the Custodian or the related Mortgage Loan Seller, as applicable, shall promptly inform the other and the Custodian shall provide such Mortgage Loan Seller with a copy of the Assignment and request the preparation of a new Assignment. The related Mortgage Loan Seller shall pay the expenses for the preparation of replacement Assignments for any Assignments which, having been properly submitted for filing or recording to the appropriate governmental office by the Custodian, fail to appear of record and must be resubmitted. Notwithstanding the foregoing, there shall be no requirement to record any assignment to the Trustee referred to in clause (iii) or (v) of the definition of “Mortgage File,” or to file any UCC-3 to the Trustee referred to in clause (ix) of the definition of “Mortgage File,” in those jurisdictions where, in the written opinion of local counsel (which opinion shall be an expense of the related Mortgage Loan Seller) acceptable to the Depositor and the Trustee, such recordation and/or filing is not required to protect the Trustee’s interest in the related Mortgage Loan against sale, further

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assignment, satisfaction or discharge by the related Mortgage Loan Seller, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, any Sub-Servicer or the Depositor.

(d)                               All documents and records in the Depositor’s or the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller’s possession relating to the Mortgage Loans (including, in the case of such Mortgage Loan Seller, and except in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Non-Serviced Whole Loan, originals or copies of all financial statements, operating statements, appraisals, environmental reports, engineering reports, Insurance Policies, certificates, guaranty/indemnity agreements, property inspection reports, escrow analysis, tax bills, third-party management agreements, asset summary and financial information on the borrower/sponsor and any guarantor, but in any case excluding the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller’s internal communications (including such communications between such Mortgage Loan Seller and its Affiliates) and underwriting analysis (including documents prepared by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller or any of its Affiliates for such purposes), draft documents, attorney-client communications that are privileged communications or constitute legal or other due diligence analyses and credit underwriting or due diligence analyses or data) that (i) are not required to be a part of a Mortgage File in accordance with the definition thereof and (ii) are reasonably necessary for the servicing of each such Mortgage Loan, together with copies of all documents in each Mortgage File, shall be delivered by the Depositor or the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller to the Master Servicer within five (5) Business Days after the Closing Date and shall be held by the Master Servicer on behalf of the Trustee in trust for the benefit of the Certificateholders (and as holder of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests) and, if applicable, on behalf of the related Companion Holder; provided, that with respect to the Mortgage File, if any document required to be contained therein is not available on the date that is five (5) Business Days after the Closing Date, such document shall be delivered to the Master Servicer on or before the date such document is required to be delivered to the Custodian pursuant to Section 2.01(b). Such documents and records shall be any documents and records (with the exception of any items excluded under the immediately preceding sentence) that would otherwise be a part of the Servicing File.

(e)                                 In connection with the Depositor’s assignment pursuant to subsection (a) above, the Depositor shall deliver to the Trustee and the Master Servicer, on or before two (2) Business Days after the Closing Date, a fully executed original counterpart of each of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements, as in full force and effect, without amendment or modification, on the Closing Date.

(f)                                   The Depositor shall use its reasonable best efforts to require that, promptly after the Closing Date, but in all events within three (3) Business Days after the Closing Date, each of the Mortgage Loan Sellers shall cause all funds on deposit in escrow accounts maintained with respect to the Serviced Mortgage Loans transferred by such Mortgage Loan Seller, whether such accounts are held in the name of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller or any other name to be transferred to the Master Servicer (or a Sub-Servicer) for deposit into Servicing Accounts.

(g)                                With respect to the Mortgage Loans secured by the Mortgaged Properties identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as “Homewood Suites by Hilton Anchorage”, “Hilton Garden Inn Anchorage”, “Hampton Inn Anchorage”, “The Boulders Resort” and “Birmingham Marriott”, which are each subject to a franchise agreement with a related comfort letter in favor of the respective Mortgage Loan Seller that requires notice to or request of the related franchisor to

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transfer or assign any related comfort letter to the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders or otherwise have a new comfort letter (or any such new document or acknowledgement as may be contemplated under the existing comfort letter) issued in the name of the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders, the related Mortgage Loan Seller or its designee shall provide any such required notice or make any such required request to the related franchisor (with a copy of such notice or request to the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer) within forty-five (45) days of the Closing Date (or any shorter period if required by the applicable comfort letter), and the Master Servicer shall use reasonable efforts in accordance with the Servicing Standard to acquire such replacement comfort letter, if necessary (or to acquire any such new document or acknowledgement as may be contemplated under the existing comfort letter). If the Master Servicer is unable to acquire any such replacement comfort letter (or new document or acknowledgement, as applicable) within one hundred-twenty (120) days of the Closing Date, the Master Servicer shall notify the related Mortgage Loan Seller that no such replacement comfort letter has been received.

(h)                               Each Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement shall provide that within sixty (60) days after the Closing Date, each Mortgage Loan Seller shall deliver or cause to be delivered the Diligence Files for each of its Mortgage Loans to the Depositor by uploading such Diligence Files to the Designated Site. Promptly upon completion of such delivery of the Diligence Files (but in no event later than sixty (60) days after the Closing Date), the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller shall provide the Depositor a certificate (with a copy (which may be sent by e-mail) to each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Directing Certificateholder, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Operating Advisor) certifying that the electronic copies of the documents and information uploaded to the Designated Site constitute all documents and information required under the definition of “Diligence File” and such Diligence Files are organized and categorized in accordance with the electronic file structure reasonably agreed to by the Depositor and the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller (the “Diligence File Certification”).

(i)                                    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, (i) with respect to a Joint Mortgage Loan, the obligations of each of the applicable Mortgage Loan Sellers to deliver a Mortgage Note (and any related allonge or assignment) to the Custodian shall be limited to delivery of only the Mortgage Note (and any related allonge or assignment) held by such party to the Custodian. With respect to a Joint Mortgage Loan that is serviced under this Agreement, the obligations of the applicable Mortgage Loan Sellers to deliver the remaining portion of the related Mortgage File or any document required to be delivered with respect thereto shall be joint and several, provided that either of the applicable Mortgage Loan Sellers may deliver one Mortgage File or one of any other document required to be delivered with respect to such Mortgage Loan hereunder and such delivery shall satisfy such delivery requirements for each of the applicable Mortgage Loan Sellers.

(j)                                    Within five (5) Business Days of the Closing Date, the Depositor shall deliver in EDGAR-Compatible Format and Excel format to the Master Servicer via email to ssreports@wellsfargo.com the Initial Schedule AL File covering all of the Mortgage Loans, the Initial Schedule AL Additional File covering all of the Mortgage Loans and the Annex A-1 to the Prospectus.

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(k)                                Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2.01 or in Section 2.02, in connection with each Servicing Shift Whole Loan, (1) instruments of assignment to the Trustee may be in blank and need not be recorded pursuant to this Agreement (other than the endorsements to the note(s) evidencing the related Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan) until the earlier of (i) the Servicing Shift Securitization Date, in which case such instruments shall be assigned and recorded in accordance with the related Non-Serviced PSA, (ii) the Servicing Shift Whole Loan becoming a Specially Serviced Loan prior to the Servicing Shift Securitization Date and (iii) 180 days after the Closing Date, in which case assignments and recordations shall be effected in accordance with this Section 2.01 until the occurrence, if any, of the Servicing Shift Securitization Date, (2) no letter of credit need be amended (including, without limitation, to change the beneficiary thereon) until the earliest of (i) the Servicing Shift Securitization Date, in which case such amendment shall be in accordance with the related Non-Serviced PSA, (ii) the Servicing Shift Whole Loan becoming a Specially Serviced Loan prior to the Servicing Shift Securitization Date in which case such amendment shall be effected in accordance with the terms of this Section 2.01 and (iii) the earlier of (A) 180 days after the Closing Date and (B) any such time as any such letter of credit is required to be drawn upon by the Master Servicer in which case such amendment shall be effected in accordance with the terms of this Section 2.01, and (3) on and following the Servicing Shift Securitization Date, the Person selling the related Servicing Shift Lead Note to the related Non-Serviced Depositor, at its own expense, shall be (a) entitled to direct in writing, which may be conclusively relied upon by the Custodian, the Custodian to deliver the originals of all the Mortgage Loan documents relating to the Servicing Shift Whole Loan in its possession (other than the original note(s) evidencing the Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan) to the related Non-Serviced Trustee or the related Non-Serviced Custodian, (b) if the right under clause (a) is exercised, required to cause the retention by or delivery to the Custodian of photocopies of Mortgage Loan documents related to the Servicing Shift Whole Loan so delivered to such Non-Serviced Trustee or such Non-Serviced Custodian, (c) entitled to cause the completion (or, in the event of a recordation as contemplated by clause (1)(ii) of this paragraph, the preparation, execution and delivery) and recordation of instruments of assignment in the name of the related Non-Serviced Trustee or related Non-Serviced Custodian, (d) if the right under clause (c) is exercised, required to deliver to the Trustee or Custodian photocopies of any instruments of assignment so completed and recorded, and (e) entitled to require the Master Servicer to transfer, and to cooperate with all reasonable requests in connection with the transfer of, the Servicing File, and any Escrow Payments, reserve funds and items specified in clauses (x) and (xii) of the definition of “Mortgage File” for the Servicing Shift Whole Loan to the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer.

Section 2.02        Acceptance by Trustee. (a) The Trustee, by the execution and delivery of this Agreement (1) acknowledges receipt by it or the Custodian on its behalf, subject to the provisions of Section 2.01, in good faith and without notice of any adverse claim, of the applicable documents specified in clause (i) of the definition of “Mortgage File” with respect to each Mortgage Loan and of all other assets included in the Trust Fund and (2) declares (a) that it or the Custodian on its behalf holds and will hold such documents and the other documents delivered or caused to be delivered by the Mortgage Loan Sellers that constitute the Mortgage Files in the name of the Trust for the benefit of all present and future Certificateholders and Serviced Companion Noteholders, as applicable, and (b) that it holds and will hold such other assets included in the Trust Fund, in trust for the exclusive use and benefit of all present and future Certificateholders (and for the benefit of the Trustee as holder of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests),

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as applicable. If any Mortgage Loan Seller is unable to deliver or cause the delivery of any original Mortgage Note, such Mortgage Loan Seller may deliver a copy of such Mortgage Note, together with a signed lost note affidavit and appropriate indemnity and shall thereby be deemed to have satisfied the document delivery requirements of Section 2.01 and of this Section 2.02.

(b)               Within sixty (60) days after the Closing Date (or with respect to a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan within sixty (60) days after the Due Date in the month of substitution), the Custodian, shall review the Mortgage Loan documents delivered or caused to be delivered by the Mortgage Loan Sellers constituting the Mortgage Files; and, promptly following such review (but in no event later than sixty (60) days after the Closing Date), the Custodian shall, in the form attached as Exhibit Q, certify in writing to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Directing Certificateholder (so long as no Consultation Termination Event shall have occurred and be continuing and only with respect to Mortgage Loans other than any Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class), the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Operating Advisor and the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller (as to each Mortgage Loan listed in the Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than any Mortgage Loan paid in full)) that, except as specifically identified in any exception report annexed to such writing (the “Custodial Exception Report”), (i) subject to the first proviso of the definition of “Mortgage File” herein and Section 2.01, all documents specified in clauses (i) through (v), (viii), (ix), (xi), (xii) and (xiii), if any, of the definition of “Mortgage File”, as applicable, are in its possession, (ii) the foregoing documents delivered or caused to be delivered by the Mortgage Loan Sellers have been reviewed by the Custodian and appear regular on their face and appear to be executed and to relate to such Mortgage Loan, and (iii) based on such examination and only as to the foregoing documents, the information set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule with respect to the items specified in clauses (vii) and (viii) in the definition of “Mortgage Loan Schedule” is correct. With respect to each Mortgage Loan listed on the Custodial Exception Report, the Custodian shall specifically identify such Mortgage Loan together with the nature of such exception (in the form reasonably acceptable to the Custodian and the related Mortgage Loan Seller and separating items required to be in the Mortgage File but never delivered from items which were delivered by the related Mortgage Loan Seller but are out for filing or recording and have not been returned by the filing office or the recorder’s office).

(c)               The Custodian shall review the Mortgage Loan documents received subsequent to the Closing Date; and, on or about the first anniversary of the Closing Date, the Custodian shall, in the form attached as Exhibit Q, certify in writing to each of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Directing Certificateholder and the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller (as to each Mortgage Loan listed on the Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than any related Mortgage Loan as to which a Liquidation Event has occurred) or any related Mortgage Loan specifically identified in any exception report annexed to such writing) that, (i) subject to the first proviso of the definition of “Mortgage File” herein and Section 2.01, all documents specified in clauses (i) through (v), (viii), (ix), (xi), (xii) and (xiii), if any, of the definition of “Mortgage File”, as applicable, are in its possession, (ii) the foregoing documents delivered or caused to be delivered by the Mortgage Loan Sellers have been reviewed by the Custodian and appear regular on their face and appear to be executed and relate to such Mortgage Loan, if applicable, and (iii) based on such examination and only as to the foregoing documents, the information set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule with respect to the items specified in clauses (vii) and (viii) in the definition of “Mortgage Loan Schedule” is correct.

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(d)               Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 2.02 and Section 2.03(b) to the contrary, in the case of a Material Defect in any of the documents specified in clauses (ii) through (v), (vii), (viii) and (ix) in the definition of “Mortgage File”, which Material Defect results solely from a delay in the return of the related documents from the applicable filing or recording office and gives rise to a repurchase or substitution obligation on the part of the related Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to the subject Mortgage Loan pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the Directing Certificateholder, in its sole judgment, may (other than with respect to any Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class and, with respect to any other Mortgage Loan, only prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event), and the Special Servicer may, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event, permit the related Mortgage Loan Seller in lieu of repurchasing or substituting for the related Mortgage Loan, to deposit with the Master Servicer an amount, to be held in trust in a segregated Eligible Account (which may be a sub-account of the Collection Account), equal to 25% of the Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan (in the alternative, the related Mortgage Loan Seller may deliver to the Master Servicer a letter of credit in such amount, with a copy to the Custodian). Such funds or letter of credit, as applicable, shall be held by the Master Servicer (i) until the date on which the Custodian determines and notifies the Master Servicer that such Material Defect has been cured or the related Mortgage Loan is no longer part of the Trust Fund, at which time the Master Servicer shall return such funds (or letter of credit) to the related Mortgage Loan Seller, or (ii) until same are applied to the Purchase Price (or the Substitution Shortfall Amount, if applicable) as set forth below in this Section 2.02(d) in the event of a repurchase or substitution by the related Mortgage Loan Seller. Notwithstanding the two (2) immediately preceding sentences, if the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer certifies to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Custodian that it has determined in the exercise of its reasonable judgment that the document with respect to which such Material Defect exists is required in connection with an imminent enforcement of the mortgagee’s rights or remedies under the related Mortgage Loan, defending any claim asserted by any Mortgagor or third party with respect to the related Mortgage Loan, establishing the validity or priority of any lien on collateral securing the related Mortgage Loan or for any immediate significant servicing obligation, the related Mortgage Loan Seller shall be required to repurchase or substitute for the related Mortgage Loan in accordance with, and to the extent required by, the terms and conditions of Section 2.03(b) and Section 5 of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement; provided, however, that such Mortgage Loan Seller shall not be required to repurchase the Mortgage Loan for a period of ninety (90) days after receipt of a notice to repurchase (together with any applicable extension period) if it is attempting to recover the document from the applicable filing or recording office and provides an officer’s certificate setting forth what actions such Mortgage Loan Seller is pursuing in connection with such recovery. In the event of a repurchase or substitution, upon the date of such repurchase or substitution, and in the event that the related Mortgage Loan Seller has delivered a letter of credit to the Master Servicer in accordance with this Section 2.02(d), the Master Servicer shall, to the extent necessary, draw on the letter of credit and deposit the proceeds of such draw, into the Collection Account to be applied to the Purchase Price (or the Substitution Shortfall Amount, if applicable, in which event, the amount of such funds or proceeds that exceed the Substitution Shortfall Amount shall be returned to the related Mortgage Loan Seller) in accordance with Section 2.03(b). All such funds deposited in the Collection Account shall be invested in Permitted Investments, at the direction and for the benefit of the related Mortgage Loan

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Seller. Such funds shall be treated as an “outside reserve fund” under the REMIC Provisions, which, together with any reimbursement from the Lower-Tier REMIC, is beneficially owned by the related Mortgage Loan Seller for federal income tax purposes, which Mortgage Loan Seller shall remain liable for any taxes payable on income or gain with respect thereto.

(e)                                 It is herein acknowledged that neither the Trustee nor any Custodian is under any duty or obligation (i) to determine whether any of the documents specified in clauses (vi), (vii) and (xii) through (xviii) of the definition of “Mortgage File” exist or are required to be delivered by the Depositor, the Mortgage Loan Sellers or any other Person or (ii) to inspect, review or examine any of the documents, instruments, certificates or other papers relating to the Mortgage Loans delivered to it to determine that the same are genuine, enforceable, duly authorized, sufficient to perfect and maintain the perfection of a security interest or appropriate for the represented purpose or that they are other than what they purport to be on their face and, with respect to the documents specified in clause (viii) of the definition of the “Mortgage File”, whether the insurance is effective as of the date of the recordation, whether all endorsements or riders issued are included in the file or if the policy has not been issued whether any acceptable replacement document has been dated the date of the related Mortgage Loan funding. Further, with respect to the UCC Financing Statements referenced in the Mortgage File, absent actual knowledge to the contrary or copies of UCC Financing Statements delivered to the Custodian as part of the Mortgage File indicating otherwise, the Custodian may assume, for the purposes of the filings and the certification to be delivered in accordance with this Section 2.02 that the related Mortgage File should include one (1) state level UCC Financing Statement filing for each Mortgaged Property (or with respect to any Mortgage Loan that has two (2) or more Mortgagors, for each Mortgagor, except to the extent multiple Mortgagors are named as debtors in the same UCC Financing Statement filing), or if the Custodian has received notice that a particular UCC Financing Statement was filed as a fixture filing, that the related Mortgage File should include only a local UCC Financing Statement filing for each Mortgaged Property (or with respect to any Mortgage Loan that has two (2) or more Mortgagors, for each Mortgagor, except to the extent multiple Mortgagors are named as debtors in the same UCC Financing Statement filing). The assignments of the UCC Financing Statements to be assigned to the Trust will be delivered on the national forms (or on such other form as may be acceptable for filing or recording in the applicable jurisdiction) and in a format suitable for filing or recording, as applicable, and will be filed or recorded in the jurisdiction(s) where such UCC Financing Statements were originally filed or recorded, as indicated in the documents provided, and in accordance with then-current laws.

(f)                                   If, in the process of reviewing the Mortgage Files or at any time thereafter, the Custodian finds any document or documents constituting a part of a Mortgage File and required to be delivered or caused to be delivered by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller (1) not to have been properly executed, (2) subject to the timing requirements of Sections 2.01(b) and 2.01(c), not to have been delivered, (3) to contain information that does not conform in any material respect with the corresponding information set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule or (4) to be defective on its face (each, a “Defect” in the related Mortgage File), the Custodian shall promptly so notify the Depositor, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Directing Certificateholder, the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller (and in no event later than ninety (90) days after the Closing Date and every calendar quarter thereafter until all Defects are corrected) by providing a Custodial Exception Report setting forth for each affected Mortgage Loan, with particularity, the nature of such Defect (in a form reasonably acceptable to the

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Custodian and such Mortgage Loan Seller and separating items required to be in the Mortgage File but never delivered from items which were delivered by such Mortgage Loan Seller but are out for recording or filing and have not been returned by the recorder’s office or filing office).

(g)                                If the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer (i) receives a Repurchase Request or any other request or demand from any Person for a Mortgage Loan Seller to repurchase or replace a Mortgage Loan because of an alleged Defect or Breach (together with a Repurchase Request, a “15Ga-1 Repurchase Request”) (the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, to the extent it receives such 15Ga-1 Repurchase Request, the “Repurchase Request Recipient” with respect to such 15Ga-1 Repurchase Request); or (ii) receives any withdrawal of a 15Ga-1 Repurchase Request by the Person making such 15Ga-1 Repurchase Request or any rejection of a 15Ga-1 Repurchase Request (or such 15Ga-1 Repurchase Request is forwarded to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer by another party hereto), then the Repurchase Request Recipient shall deliver notice (which may be by electronic format so long as a “backup” hard copy of such notice is also delivered on or prior to the next Business Day) of such 15Ga-1 Repurchase Request or withdrawal or rejection of a 15Ga-1 Repurchase Request (each, a “15Ga-1 Notice”) to the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller (other than in the case of a rejection by such Mortgage Loan Seller) and the Depositor, in each case within ten (10) Business Days from such Repurchase Request Recipient’s receipt thereof.

Each 15Ga-1 Notice shall include (i) the identity of the related Mortgage Loan, (ii) the date the 15Ga-1 Repurchase Request is received by the Repurchase Request Recipient or the date any withdrawal of the 15Ga-1 Repurchase Request is received by the Repurchase Request Recipient, as applicable, (iii) if known, the basis for the 15Ga-1 Repurchase Request (as asserted in the 15Ga-1 Repurchase Request), (iv) the identity of the Person making such 15Ga-1 Repurchase Request, and (v) a statement from the Repurchase Request Recipient as to whether it currently plans to pursue such 15Ga-1 Repurchase Request.

A Repurchase Request Recipient shall not be required to provide any information in a 15Ga-1 Notice protected by the attorney-client privilege or attorney work product doctrines. The Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements will provide that (i) any 15Ga-1 Notice provided pursuant to this Section 2.02(g) is so provided only to assist the Mortgage Loan Sellers and Depositor or their respective Affiliates to comply with Rule 15Ga-1 under the Exchange Act, Items 1104 and 1121 of Regulation AB and any other requirement of law or regulation and (ii) (A) no action taken by, or inaction of, a Repurchase Request Recipient and (B) no information provided pursuant to this Section 2.02(g) by a Repurchase Request Recipient, shall be deemed to constitute a waiver or defense to the exercise of any legal right the Repurchase Request Recipient may have with respect to the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, including with respect to any 15Ga-1 Repurchase Request that is the subject of a 15Ga-1 Notice.

In the event that the Depositor, the Trustee, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Custodian receives a 15Ga-1 Repurchase Request, such party shall promptly forward or otherwise provide written notice of such 15Ga-1 Repurchase Request to the Master Servicer, if relating to a Non-Specially Serviced Loan, or to the Special Servicer, if relating to a Specially Serviced Loan or REO Property, and include the following statement in the related correspondence: “This is a ‘15Ga-1 Repurchase Request’ under Section 2.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating

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to BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45 requiring action by you as the ‘Repurchase Request Recipient’ thereunder.” Upon receipt of such 15Ga-1 Repurchase Request by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, such party shall be deemed to be the Repurchase Request Recipient in respect of such 15Ga-1 Repurchase Request, and such party shall comply with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.02(g) with respect to such 15Ga-1 Repurchase Request. In no event shall the Custodian, by virtue of this provision, be required to provide any notice other than as set forth in Section 2.02 of this Agreement in connection with its review of the Mortgage File.

If the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Custodian receives notice or has knowledge of a withdrawal or a rejection of a 15Ga-1 Repurchase Request of which notice has been previously received or given, and such notice was not received from or copied to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, then such party shall give notice of such withdrawal or rejection to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable. Any such notice received by the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Registrar, Operating Advisor, Asset Representations Reviewer or the Custodian shall also be provided to the Depositor and, in the case of a withdrawal notice, to the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller.

In the event that a Mortgage Loan is repurchased or replaced pursuant to Section 2.03 of this Agreement, the Master Servicer (with respect to Non-Specially Serviced Loans) or the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans) shall promptly notify the Depositor of such repurchase or replacement.

(h)               The parties hereto acknowledge the obligation of each Mortgage Loan Seller pursuant to Section 2(c) of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement to deliver, on or prior to the fifth (5th) Business Day after the Closing Date, at its expense, to the Custodian five (5) originals of limited powers of attorney substantially in the form attached as Exhibit F thereto in favor of the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) and the Special Servicer to empower the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) and, in the event of the failure or incapacity of the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee), the Special Servicer, to sign and/or deliver to a third party for submission, or to cause the Custodian to sign and/or deliver to a third party for submission, at the expense of the related Mortgage Loan Seller, any mortgage loan documents required to be recorded as described in Section 2.01 of this Agreement and any intervening assignments with evidence of recording thereon that are required to be included in the Mortgage Files (so long as original counterparts have previously been delivered to the Trustee (or the Custodian on its behalf)); provided, that if the Mortgage Loan Seller fails to promptly pay the Special Servicer or Custodian the expenses associated with recording documents as provided in this sentence, then such expenses shall be payable out of the Trust (it being understood for the avoidance of doubt that the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller will nonetheless remain responsible for reimbursing the Trust for such expenses). Neither the Special Servicer nor the Custodian shall be liable for any failure of such third party in connection with the foregoing, so long as the third party was chosen with due care (in the case of the Custodian) or in accordance with the Servicing Standard (in the case of the Special Servicer). Each Mortgage Loan Seller has agreed to reasonably cooperate with the Custodian, the Trustee and the Special Servicer in connection with any additional powers of attorney or revisions thereto that are requested by such parties for purposes of such recordation. The parties hereto agree that no such power of attorney shall be used with respect to any Mortgage

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Loan by or under authorization by any party hereto except to the extent that the absence of a document described in the second preceding sentence with respect to such Mortgage Loan remains unremedied as of the earlier of (i) the date that is one hundred eighty (180) days following the delivery of notice of such absence to the Mortgage Loan Seller, but in no event earlier than eighteen (18) months from the Closing Date, and (ii) the date (if any) on which such Mortgage Loan becomes a Specially Serviced Loan. The Custodian or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall submit such documents for recording, at the related Mortgage Loan Seller’s expense, after the periods set forth above, provided, the Custodian or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall not submit such assignments for recording if the related Mortgage Loan Seller produces evidence that it or a third-party on its behalf has sent any such assignment for recording and certifies that such Mortgage Loan Seller is awaiting its return from the applicable recording office.

Section 2.03        Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Depositor; Mortgage Loan Sellers’ Repurchase or Substitution of Mortgage Loans for Defects in Mortgage Files and Breaches of Representations and Warranties. (a) The Depositor hereby represents and warrants that:

(i)                                   The Depositor is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and the Depositor has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by it, and has the power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and all the transactions contemplated hereby, including, but not limited to, the power and authority to sell, assign and transfer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with this Agreement;

(ii)                                 Assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement by each other party hereto, this Agreement and all of the obligations of the Depositor hereunder are the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Depositor, enforceable against the Depositor in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, except as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);

(iii)                             The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance of its obligations hereunder by the Depositor will not conflict with any provisions of any law or regulations to which the Depositor is subject, or conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute a default under any of the terms, conditions or provisions of the certificate of incorporation or the by-laws of the Depositor or any indenture, agreement or instrument to which the Depositor is a party or by which it is bound, or any order or decree applicable to the Depositor, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien on any of the Depositor’s assets or property, which would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Depositor to carry out the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; the Depositor has obtained any consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency or body required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Depositor of this Agreement;

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(iv)                                There is no action, suit or proceeding pending or, to the Depositor’s knowledge, threatened against the Depositor in any court or by or before any other governmental agency or instrumentality which would materially and adversely affect the validity of the Mortgage Loans or the ability of the Depositor to carry out the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and

(v)                                   The Depositor is the lawful owner of the Mortgage Loans with the full right to transfer the Mortgage Loans to the Trust, and the Mortgage Loans have been validly transferred to the Trust.

(b)                               After receipt of a Repurchase Request, the Enforcing Servicer shall request in writing that the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller, not later than ninety (90) days after (i) except in the case of the succeeding clause (ii), the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller’s receipt of such notice of such Repurchase Request or, if earlier, such Mortgage Loan Seller’s discovery of such Material Defect or (ii) in the case of a Material Defect relating to a Mortgage Loan not being a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, but without regard to the rule of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(f)(2) that causes a defective Mortgage Loan to be treated as a qualified mortgage, the earlier of (x) discovery by the related Mortgage Loan Seller or any party to this Agreement of such Material Defect and (y) receipt of notice of the Material Defect from any party to this Agreement (such ninety (90) day period, the “Initial Cure Period”), (A) cure such Material Defect in all material respects, at such Mortgage Loan Seller’s own expense, including reimbursement of any related reasonable additional expenses of the Trust reasonably incurred by any party to this Agreement, (B) repurchase the affected Mortgage Loan or successor REO Loan (but excluding any related Companion Loan) (or, in the case of a Joint Mortgage Loan, the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller Percentage Interest thereof), at the applicable Purchase Price and in conformity with the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and this Agreement or (C) substitute a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan (other than with respect to the Whole Loans, for which no substitution will be permitted) for such affected Mortgage Loan or REO Loan (provided that in no event shall any such substitution occur on or after the second anniversary of the Closing Date) and pay the Master Servicer for deposit into the Collection Account, any Substitution Shortfall Amount in connection therewith and in conformity with the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and this Agreement; provided, however, that except with respect to a Material Defect resulting solely from the failure by the Mortgage Loan Seller to deliver to the Trustee or Custodian the actual policy of lender’s title insurance required pursuant to clause (viii) of the definition of “Mortgage File” by a date not later than eighteen (18) months following the Closing Date, if such Material Defect is capable of being cured but is not cured within the Initial Cure Period, and the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller has commenced and is diligently proceeding with the cure of such Material Defect within the Initial Cure Period, the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller shall have an additional ninety (90) days commencing immediately upon the expiration of the Initial Cure Period (such additional ninety (90) day period, the “Extended Cure Period”) to complete such cure (or, failing such cure, to repurchase the related Mortgage Loan or successor REO Loan (but excluding any related Companion Loan) (or, in the case of a Joint Mortgage Loan, the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller Percentage Interest thereof), or substitute a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan (other than with respect to the Whole Loans, for which no substitution will be permitted)); provided, further, that with respect to such Extended Cure Period the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller shall have delivered an officer’s certificate to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator (who shall promptly deliver a copy of such officer’s

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certificate to the 17g-5 Information Provider), the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and (with respect to any Mortgage Loan other than an Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event) the Directing Certificateholder, setting forth the reason such Material Defect is not capable of being cured within the Initial Cure Period and what actions the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller is pursuing in connection with the cure thereof and stating that the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller anticipates that such Material Defect will be cured within the Extended Cure Period; and provided, further, that, if any such Material Defect is not cured after the Initial Cure Period and any such Extended Cure Period solely due to the failure of the related Mortgage Loan Seller to have received the recorded document, then such Mortgage Loan Seller shall be entitled to continue to defer its cure, repurchase and/or substitution obligations in respect of such Material Defect until eighteen (18) months after the Closing Date for so long as such Mortgage Loan Seller certifies to the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Directing Certificateholder (prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event) and the Certificate Administrator no less than every ninety (90) days, beginning at the end of such Extended Cure Period, that such Material Defect is still in effect solely because of its failure to have received the recorded document and that such Mortgage Loan Seller is diligently pursuing the cure of such Material Defect (specifying the actions being taken). Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Defect or Breach which causes any Mortgage Loan not to be a “qualified mortgage” (within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, but without regard to the rule of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(f)(2) that causes a defective Mortgage Loan to be treated as a qualified mortgage) shall be deemed to materially and adversely affect the interests of Certificateholders therein, and (subject to the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller’s right to cure such Defect or Breach during the Initial Cure Period) such Mortgage Loan shall be repurchased or substituted for without regard to the Extended Cure Period described in the preceding sentence. If the affected Mortgage Loan is to be repurchased, the funds in the amount of the Purchase Price remitted by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller are to be remitted by wire transfer to the Master Servicer for deposit into the Collection Account. In the event the Special Servicer is required to enforce the Repurchase Request related to a Non-Specially Serviced Loan under this Section 2.03(b), within five (5) days of request by the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer shall deliver to the Special Servicer a copy of the Servicing File with respect to any such Non-Specially Serviced Loan.

If a Mortgage Loan Seller, in connection with a Material Defect (or an allegation of a Material Defect) pertaining to a Mortgage Loan, makes a cash payment pursuant to an agreement or a settlement between the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller and the Enforcing Servicer on behalf of the Trust (and, for so long as no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing and in respect of any Mortgage Loan that is not an Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, in either case, with the consent of the Directing Certificateholder) (each such payment, a “Loss of Value Payment”) with respect to such Mortgage Loan, the amount of such Loss of Value Payment shall be deposited into the Loss of Value Reserve Fund to be applied in accordance with Section 3.05(g) of this Agreement. In connection with any Loss of Value Payment with respect to any Non-Specially Serviced Loan, the Master Servicer shall promptly provide the Special Servicer, but in any event within the time frames and in the manner provided in Section 3.19 (as if such Mortgage Loan were subject to a Servicing Transfer Event), with the Servicing File and all information, documents and records relating to such Non-Specially Serviced Loan and any related Serviced

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Companion Loan, either in the Master Servicer’s possession or otherwise reasonably available to the Master Servicer, and reasonably required by the Special Servicer to permit the Special Servicer to calculate the Loss of Value Payment, to the extent set forth in Section 3.19 (as if such Mortgage Loan were subject to a Servicing Transfer Event). The Loss of Value Payment shall include the portion of any Liquidation Fees payable to the Special Servicer in respect of such Loss of Value Payment and the portion of fees of the Asset Representations Reviewer attributable to the Asset Review of such Mortgage Loan (or, in the case of a Joint Mortgage Loan, the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller Percentage Interest thereof) and not previously paid by the Mortgage Loan Seller. If such Loss of Value Payment is made, the Loss of Value Payment shall serve as the sole remedy available to the Certificateholders and the Trustee on their behalf regarding any such Material Defect in lieu of any obligation of the Mortgage Loan Seller to otherwise cure such Material Defect or repurchase or substitute for the affected Mortgage Loan based on such Material Defect under any circumstances. This paragraph is intended to apply only to a mutual agreement or settlement between the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller and the Enforcing Servicer on behalf of the Trust, provided that (i) prior to any such agreement or settlement nothing in this paragraph shall preclude the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Enforcing Servicer from exercising any of its rights related to a Material Defect in the manner and timing set forth in the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or this Section 2.03 (excluding this paragraph) (including any right to cure, repurchase or substitute for (or make a Loss of Value Payment with respect to) such Mortgage Loan), (ii) such Loss of Value Payment shall not be greater than the Purchase Price of the affected Mortgage Loan; and (iii) a Material Defect as a result of a Mortgage Loan not constituting a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code (but without regard to the rule of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(f)(2) that causes a defective Mortgage Loan to be treated as a qualified mortgage) may not be cured by a Loss of Value Payment.

If any Breach that constitutes a Material Defect pertains to a representation or warranty that the related Mortgage Loan documents or any particular Mortgage Loan document requires the related Mortgagor to bear the costs and expenses associated with any particular action or matter under such Mortgage Loan document(s), then the related Mortgage Loan Seller may cure such Breach within the applicable cure period (as the same may be extended) by reimbursing the Trust (by wire transfer of immediately available funds) for (i) the reasonable amount of any such costs and expenses incurred by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee or the Trust that are incurred as a result of such Breach and have not been reimbursed by the related Mortgagor and (ii) the amount of any fees payable by the related Mortgage Loan Seller to the Asset Representations Reviewer to the extent not previously paid by such Mortgage Loan Seller to the Asset Representations Reviewer attributable to the Asset Review of such Mortgage Loan; provided that if the Breach relates to a Joint Mortgage Loan, each Mortgage Loan Seller shall only be responsible for its Mortgage Loan Seller Percentage Interest of all such costs and expenses unless such Breach relates solely to the Mortgage Note sold by such Mortgage Loan Seller. Except as provided in the proviso to the immediately preceding sentence, the related Mortgage Loan Seller shall remit the amount of such costs and expenses to the Enforcing Servicer for disbursement to the applicable Persons and, upon its making such remittance, the related Mortgage Loan Seller shall be deemed to have cured such Breach in all respects. To the extent any fees or expenses that are the subject of a cure by the related Mortgage Loan Seller are subsequently obtained from the related Mortgagor, the portion of the cure payment made by the related Mortgage Loan Seller equal to such fees or expenses obtained from the related Mortgagor shall promptly be returned to the related Mortgage Loan Seller. Periodic Payments due

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with respect to each Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan (if any) after the related Due Date in the month of substitution, and Periodic Payments due with respect to each Mortgage Loan being repurchased or replaced after the related Cut-off Date and received by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer on behalf of the Trust on or prior to the related date of repurchase or substitution, shall be part of the Trust Fund. Periodic Payments due with respect to each Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan (if any) on or prior to the related Due Date in the month of substitution, and Periodic Payments due with respect to each Mortgage Loan being repurchased or replaced and received by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer on behalf of the Trust after the related date of repurchase or substitution, shall not be part of the Trust Fund and are to be remitted by the Master Servicer (or by the Special Servicer to the Master Servicer who shall remit such funds) to the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller effecting the related repurchase or substitution promptly following receipt. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement or the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, a delay in either the discovery of a Material Defect or in providing notice of such Material Defect shall relieve the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller of its obligation to cure, repurchase or substitute for (or make a Loss of Value Payment with respect to) the related Mortgage Loan if (i) the related Mortgage Loan Seller did not otherwise discover or have knowledge of such Material Defect, (ii) such delay is a result of the failure by a party to the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, or this Agreement, to provide prompt notice as required by the terms of the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, or this Agreement, after such party has actual knowledge of such Material Defect (knowledge shall not be deemed to exist by reason of the Custodial Exception Report or possession of the Mortgage File) (iii) such delay precludes such Mortgage Loan Seller from curing such Material Defect and such Material Defect was otherwise curable and (iv) such Material Defect does not relate to the applicable Mortgage Loan not being a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Code Section 860G(a)(3), but without regard to the rule of Treasury regulations Section 1.860G-2(f)(2) that causes a defective obligation to be treated as a qualified mortgage. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Mortgage Loan is not secured by a Mortgaged Property that is, in whole or in part, a hotel or other hospitality property, restaurant (operated by a borrower), healthcare facility, nursing home, assisted living facility, self-storage facility, theater or fitness center (operated by a borrower), then the failure to deliver copies of the UCC Financing Statements with respect to such Mortgage Loan shall not be a Material Defect.

Pursuant to each Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, if there is a Material Defect with respect to one or more Mortgaged Properties with respect to a Mortgage Loan, the related Mortgage Loan Seller shall not be obligated to repurchase the Mortgage Loan (or, in the case of a Joint Mortgage Loan, the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller Percentage Interest thereof) if (i) the affected Mortgaged Property may be released pursuant to the terms of any partial release provisions in the related Mortgage Loan documents (and such Mortgaged Property is, in fact, released), (ii) the remaining Mortgaged Property(ies) satisfy the requirements, if any, set forth in the Mortgage Loan documents and the related Mortgage Loan Seller provides an opinion of counsel to the effect that such release in lieu of repurchase would not (A) cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or (B) result in the imposition of a tax upon any Trust REMIC or the Trust and (iii) each applicable Rating Agency has provided a Rating Agency Confirmation.

(c)               Subject to the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller’s right to cure as contemplated above in this Section 2.03, and further subject to Section 2.01(b) and Section 2.01(c), any of the following shall cause a document in the Mortgage File to be deemed to

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have a Material Defect: (i) the absence from the Mortgage File of the original signed Mortgage Note, unless the Mortgage File contains a signed lost note affidavit and indemnity with a copy of the Mortgage Note that appears to be regular on its face; (ii) the absence from the Mortgage File of the original signed Mortgage that appears to be regular on its face, unless there is included in the Mortgage File either a copy of the Mortgage with evidence of recording thereon or a copy of the Mortgage and a certificate from the related Mortgage Loan Seller stating that the original signed Mortgage was sent for recordation; (iii) the absence from the Mortgage File of the item called for by clause (viii) of the definition of “Mortgage File”; (iv) the absence from the Mortgage File of any intervening assignments required to create a complete chain of assignments to the Trustee on behalf of the Trust, unless there is included in the Mortgage File either a copy of the assignment with evidence of recording thereon or a copy of the intervening assignment and a certificate from the related Mortgage Loan Seller stating that the original intervening assignments were sent for filing or recordation, as applicable; (v) the absence from the Mortgage File of any required letter of credit; or (vi) with respect to any related leasehold Mortgage Loan, the absence from the related Mortgage File of a copy (or an original, if available) of the related Ground Lease; provided, however, that no Defect (except the Defects previously described in sub-clauses (i) through (vi) of this Section 2.03(c)) shall be considered to materially and adversely affect the value of the related Mortgage Loan, the value of the related Mortgaged Property or the interests of the Trustee or Certificateholders unless the document with respect to which the Defect exists is required in connection with an imminent enforcement of the mortgagee’s rights or remedies under the related Mortgage Loan, defending any claim asserted by any Mortgagor or third party with respect to the related Mortgage Loan, establishing the validity or priority of any lien on any collateral securing the related Mortgage Loan or for any immediate significant servicing obligation; provided, further, that no Defect relating to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan previously described in sub-clauses (ii) through (vi) of this Section 2.03(c) shall be considered to materially and adversely affect the value of such Mortgage Loan, the value of the related Mortgaged Property or the interests of the Trustee or Certificateholders unless the related Mortgage Loan Seller, after receipt of notice of such Defect, is unable to produce a copy of the document with respect to which the Defect exists within a reasonable period after receiving such notice or otherwise establish that the original or copy, as applicable, of such document has been delivered, in compliance with the terms of the related Non-Serviced PSA, to the custodian under the related Non-Serviced PSA. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the delivery of executed escrow instructions or a binding commitment to issue a lender’s title insurance policy, as provided in clause (viii) of the definition of “Mortgage File” herein, in lieu of the delivery of the actual policy of lender’s title insurance, shall not be considered a Material Defect with respect to any Mortgage File if such actual policy is delivered to the Custodian not later than eighteen (18) months following the Closing Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent a Mortgage Loan Seller has otherwise complied with its document delivery requirements under this Agreement and the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, in the event that the Custodian has acknowledged receipt pursuant to Section 2.02 above of a document that is part of the Mortgage File or a Mortgage Loan Seller can otherwise prove delivery of the document, and the Custodian subsequently loses a document, the fact that such document is lost may not be utilized as the basis for a claim of a Material Defect against a Mortgage Loan Seller pursuant to Section 5(a) of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and/or this Section 2.03 and the Custodian shall be liable for any such loss to the extent provided for in Section 8.01.

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(d)               In connection with any repurchase of, or substitution of a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for a Mortgage Loan contemplated by this Section 2.03, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall each tender to the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller, upon delivery to each of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer of a trust receipt executed by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller evidencing such repurchase or substitution, all portions of the Mortgage File and other documents pertaining to such Mortgage Loan possessed by each of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (other than attorney-client communications that are privileged communications), and each document that constitutes a part of the Mortgage File that was endorsed or assigned to the Trustee shall be endorsed or assigned, as the case may be to the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller in the same manner as provided in Section 5 of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and, if applicable, the definition of “Mortgage File” herein, so as to vest in such Mortgage Loan Seller the legal and beneficial ownership of such repurchased or substituted Mortgage Loan (including property acquired in respect thereof and proceeds of any insurance policy with respect thereto) and the related Mortgage Loan documents.

(e)               Section 5 of each of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements and the provisions of this Section 2.03 provide the sole remedy available to the Certificateholders (subject to the limitations on the rights of the Certificateholders under this Agreement), or the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, with respect to any Material Defect.

(f)                The Enforcing Servicer shall, for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the Trustee (as holder of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests), enforce the obligations of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller under the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement. Such enforcement, including, without limitation, the legal prosecution of claims, if any, shall be carried out in the best interest of the Certificateholders in accordance with the Servicing Standard. Any costs incurred by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer with respect to the enforcement of the obligations of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller under the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement shall, to the extent not recovered from the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller, be deemed to be Servicing Advances to the extent not otherwise provided for herein. The Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall be reimbursed for the reasonable costs of such enforcement: first, from a specific recovery, if any, of costs, expenses or attorneys’ fees against the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller; second, pursuant to Section 3.05(a)(vii) herein out of the related Purchase Price, to the extent that such expenses are a specific component thereof; and third, if at the conclusion of such enforcement action it is determined that the amounts described in clauses first and second are insufficient, then pursuant to Section 3.05(a)(vii) herein out of general collections on the Mortgage Loans on deposit in the Collection Account. Any costs, expenses or attorneys’ fees related to a repurchase of a Companion Loan shall be paid pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement or pursuant to the documents related to an Other Securitization, if applicable.

(g)               If a Mortgage Loan Seller incurs any expense in connection with the curing of a Breach that constitutes a Material Defect, which also constitutes a default under the related Mortgage Loan and is reimbursable thereunder, such Mortgage Loan Seller shall have a right, and shall be subrogated to the rights of the Trustee and the Trust under the Mortgage Loan to recover

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the amount of such expenses from the related Mortgagor; provided, however, that such Mortgage Loan Seller’s rights pursuant to this Section 2.03(g) shall be junior, subject and subordinate to the rights of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Trust, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer to recover amounts owed by the related Mortgagor under the terms of such Mortgage Loan including, without limitation, the rights to recover unreimbursed Advances, accrued and unpaid interest on Advances at the Reimbursement Rate, fees owed to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, and unpaid or unreimbursed expenses of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Trust, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer allocable to such Mortgage Loan. The Enforcing Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to recover such expenses for such Mortgage Loan Seller to the extent consistent with the Servicing Standard, but taking into account the subordinate nature of the reimbursement to the related Mortgage Loan Seller; provided, however, that the Enforcing Servicer determines in the exercise of its sole discretion consistent with the Servicing Standard that such actions by it will not impair the Enforcing Servicer’s collection or recovery of principal, interest and other sums due with respect to the related Mortgage Loan that would otherwise be payable to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Certificateholders pursuant to the terms of this Agreement; provided, further, that the Special Servicer may waive the collection of amounts due on behalf of such Mortgage Loan Seller in its sole discretion in accordance with the Servicing Standard.

(h)               If (i) any Crossed Underlying Loan is required to be repurchased or substituted for in the manner described in this Section 2.03 and (ii) the applicable Material Defect does not constitute a Material Defect as to any other Crossed Underlying Loan in the related Crossed Mortgage Loan Group (without regard to this paragraph), then the applicable Material Defect shall be deemed to constitute a Material Defect as to any other Crossed Underlying Loan in the related Crossed Mortgage Loan Group for purposes of this paragraph, and the related Mortgage Loan Seller shall repurchase or substitute for such other Crossed Underlying Loan(s) in the related Crossed Mortgage Loan Group as provided in Section 2.03(b) unless such other Crossed Underlying Loans satisfy the Crossed Underlying Loan Repurchase Criteria. In the event that the remaining Crossed Underlying Loans in such Crossed Mortgage Loan Group satisfy the Crossed Underlying Loan Repurchase Criteria, the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller may elect either to repurchase or substitute for only the affected Crossed Underlying Loan(s) as to which the related Material Defect exists or to repurchase or substitute for all of the Crossed Underlying Loans in the related Crossed Mortgage Loan Group. Any reserve or other cash collateral or letters of credit securing the Crossed Underlying Loans shall be allocated among the related Crossed Underlying Loans in accordance with the related Mortgage Loan documents or otherwise on a pro rata basis based upon their outstanding Stated Principal Balances. Except as provided in this Section 2.03(h) and Section 2.03(i), all other terms of the related Mortgage Loans shall remain in full force and effect without any modification thereof.

(i)                 Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the related Mortgage provides for the partial release of one or more of the Crossed Underlying Loans, the Depositor may cause the related Mortgage Loan Seller to repurchase only that Crossed Underlying Loan required to be repurchased pursuant to this Section 2.03, pursuant to the partial release provisions of the related Mortgage; provided, however, that (i) the remaining related Crossed Underlying Loan(s) fully comply with the terms and conditions of the related Mortgage, this Agreement and the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, including the Crossed Underlying Loan Repurchase Criteria, (ii) in connection with such partial release, the related Mortgage Loan Seller obtains an Opinion

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of Counsel (at such Mortgage Loan Seller’s expense) to the effect that the contemplated action will not cause an Adverse REMIC Event and (iii) in connection with such partial release, the related Mortgage Loan Seller delivers or causes to be delivered to the Custodian original modifications to the Mortgage prepared and executed in connection with such partial release.

(j)                                   With respect to any Crossed Underlying Loan, to the extent that the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller is required or elects, as applicable, to repurchase or substitute for such Crossed Underlying Loan in the manner prescribed in Section 2.03(h) or Section 2.03(i) while the Trustee continues to hold any other Crossed Underlying Loans in the related Crossed Mortgage Loan Group, the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller and the Enforcing Servicer, on behalf of the Trustee, as assignee of the Depositor, will, as set forth in the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, forbear from enforcing any remedies against the other’s Primary Collateral but each will be permitted to exercise remedies against the Primary Collateral securing its respective related Mortgage Loans, including with respect to the Trustee, the Primary Collateral securing the Mortgage Loans still held by the Trustee, so long as such exercise does not materially impair the ability of the other party to exercise its remedies against its Primary Collateral. If the exercise of the remedies by one party would materially impair the ability of the other party to exercise its remedies with respect to the Primary Collateral securing the Crossed Underlying Loans held by such party, then both parties have agreed in the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement to forbear from exercising such remedies until the Mortgage Loan documents evidencing and securing the relevant Mortgage Loan can be modified in a manner that complies with the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement to remove the threat of material impairment as a result of the exercise of remedies.

(k)                                (i) In the event an Initial Requesting Certificateholder delivers a written request to a party to this Agreement that a Mortgage Loan be repurchased by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller alleging the existence of a Material Defect with respect to such Mortgage Loan and setting forth the basis for such allegation (a “Certificateholder Repurchase Request”), such party shall promptly forward that Certificateholder Repurchase Request to the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, and the Enforcing Servicer shall promptly forward the Certificateholder Repurchase Request to the related Mortgage Loan Seller and each other party to this Agreement. Subject to Section 2.03(l), the Enforcing Servicer shall be the Enforcing Party with respect to a Certificateholder Repurchase Request.

(ii)                                In the event that the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor (solely in its capacity as operating advisor) or the Directing Certificateholder identifies a Material Defect with respect to a Mortgage Loan (without implying any duty of such person to make, or to attempt to make, such a discovery), that party shall deliver prompt written notice of such Material Defect to each other party to this Agreement, the Directing Certificateholder and the related Mortgage Loan Seller identifying the applicable Mortgage Loan and setting forth the basis for such allegation (a “PSA Party Repurchase Request” and each of a Certificateholder Repurchase Request or a PSA Party Repurchase Request, the “Repurchase Request”). The Enforcing Servicer shall act as the Enforcing Party and enforce the rights of the Trust against the related Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to a PSA Party Repurchase Request.

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(iii)                              In the event the Repurchase Request is not Resolved within one hundred eighty (180) days after the Mortgage Loan Seller receives the Repurchase Request (a “Resolution Failure”), then the provisions described in Section 2.03(l) below shall apply. Receipt of the Repurchase Request shall be deemed to occur two (2) Business Days after the Repurchase Request is sent to the related Mortgage Loan Seller. A Resolved Repurchase Request shall not preclude the Master Servicer (in the case of Non-Specially Serviced Loans) or the Special Servicer (in the case of Specially Serviced Loans) from exercising any of their respective rights related to a Material Defect in the manner and timing otherwise set forth in this Agreement, in the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or as provided by law.

(l)                                 (i) After a Resolution Failure occurs with respect to a Repurchase Request regarding a Mortgage Loan (whether the Repurchase Request was initiated by an Initial Requesting Certificateholder, a party to this Agreement or the Directing Certificateholder), the Enforcing Servicer shall send a notice (a “Proposed Course of Action Notice”) to the Initial Requesting Certificateholder, if any, to the address specified in the Initial Requesting Certificateholder’s Repurchase Request, and to the Certificate Administrator (which shall be delivered via electronic mail to trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com). The Certificate Administrator shall make the Proposed Course of Action Notice available to all other Certificateholders and Certificate Owners by posting such notice on the Certificate Administrator’s Website indicating the Enforcing Servicer’s intended course of action with respect to the Repurchase Request (a “Proposed Course of Action”). The Proposed Course of Action Notice shall include (a) a request to Certificateholders to indicate their agreement with or dissent from such Proposed Course of Action by clearly marking “agree” or “disagree” to the Proposed Course of Action on such notice within thirty (30) days after the date of such notice and a disclaimer that responses received after such thirty (30)-day period will not be taken into consideration, (b) a statement that in the event any Certificateholder disagrees with the Proposed Course of Action, the Enforcing Servicer (either as the Enforcing Party or as the Enforcing Servicer in circumstances where a Certificateholder is acting as the Enforcing Party) shall be compelled to follow the course of action agreed to and/or proposed by the majority of the responding Certificateholders that involves referring the matter to mediation or arbitration, as the case may be, in accordance with the procedures relating to the delivery of Preliminary Dispute Resolution Election Notices and Final Dispute Resolution Election Notices described in this Section 2.03(l), (c) a statement that responding Certificateholders will be required to certify their holdings in connection with such response, (d) a statement that only responses clearly marked “agree” or “disagree” with such Proposed Course of Action will be taken into consideration and (e) instructions for responding Certificateholders to send their responses to the Enforcing Servicer and the Certificate Administrator. The Certificate Administrator shall, within three (3) Business Days after the expiration of the thirty (30)-day response period, tabulate the responses received from the Certificateholders and share the results with the Enforcing Servicer. The Certificate Administrator shall only count responses timely received that clearly indicate agreement or dissent with the related Proposed Course of Action and additional verbiage or qualifying language shall not be taken into consideration for purposes of determining whether the related Certificateholder agrees or disagrees with the Proposed Course of Action. The Certificate Administrator shall be under no obligation to answer any questions from Certificateholders regarding such Proposed Course of Action. For the avoidance of doubt, the Certificate Administrator’s obligations in connection with this Section 2.03(l) shall be limited solely to tabulating Certificateholder responses of “agree” or “disagree” to the Proposed Course

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of Action, and such obligation shall not be construed to impose any enforcement obligation on the Certificate Administrator. The Enforcing Servicer may conclusively rely (without investigation) on the Certificate Administrator’s tabulation of the responses of the responding Certificateholders and whether that amount constitutes a majority. If (a) the Enforcing Servicer’s intended course of action with respect to the Repurchase Request does not involve pursuing further action to exercise rights against the related Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to the Repurchase Request and the Initial Requesting Certificateholder, if any, or any other Certificateholder or Certificate Owner wishes to exercise its right to refer the matter to mediation (including nonbinding arbitration) or arbitration, or (b) the Enforcing Servicer’s intended course of action is to pursue further action to exercise rights against the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to the Repurchase Request but the Initial Requesting Certificateholder, if any, or any other Certificateholder (other than a holder of the RR Interest) or Certificate Owner does not agree with the dispute resolution method selected by the Enforcing Servicer, then the Initial Requesting Certificateholder, if any, or such other Certificateholder or Certificate Owner may deliver to the Enforcing Servicer a written notice (a “Preliminary Dispute Resolution Election Notice”) within thirty (30) days from the date the Proposed Course of Action Notice is posted on the Certificate Administrator’s Website (the “Dispute Resolution Cut-off Date”) indicating its intent to exercise its right to refer the matter to either mediation or arbitration. In the event any Certificateholder or Certificate Owner entitled to do so delivers a Preliminary Dispute Resolution Election Notice, and the Enforcing Servicer has also received responses from other Certificateholders or Certificate Owners supporting the Enforcing Servicer’s initial Proposed Course of Action, such responses will be considered Preliminary Dispute Resolution Election Notices supporting the Proposed Course of Action.

(ii)                                    If neither the Initial Requesting Certificateholder, if any, nor any other Certificateholder or Certificate Owner entitled to do so delivers a Preliminary Dispute Resolution Election Notice prior to the Dispute Resolution Cut-off Date, no Certificateholder or Certificate Owner otherwise entitled to do so shall have the right to refer the Repurchase Request to mediation or arbitration, and the Enforcing Servicer shall be the sole party entitled to determine a course of action, including, but not limited to, enforcing the Trust’s rights against the related Mortgage Loan Seller, subject to any consent or consultation rights of the Directing Certificateholder pursuant to Section 6.08.

(iii)                                Promptly and in any event within ten (10) Business Days following receipt of a Preliminary Dispute Resolution Election Notice from (a) the Initial Requesting Certificateholder, if any, or (b) any other Certificateholder (other than of the RR Interest) or Certificate Owner (each of clauses (a) and (b), a “Requesting Certificateholder”), the Enforcing Servicer shall consult with each Requesting Certificateholder regarding such Requesting Certificateholder’s intention to elect either mediation (including nonbinding arbitration) or arbitration as the dispute resolution method with respect to the Repurchase Request (the “Dispute Resolution Consultation”) so that such Requesting Certificateholder may consider the views of the Enforcing Servicer as to the claims underlying the Repurchase Request and possible dispute resolution methods, such discussions to occur and be completed no later than ten (10) Business Days following the Dispute Resolution Cut-off Date. The Enforcing Servicer shall be entitled to establish procedures the Enforcing Servicer deems in good faith to be appropriate relating to the timing and extent of such consultations. No later than five (5) Business Days after completion of the Dispute Resolution Consultation, a Requesting Certificateholder may provide a final notice to the

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Enforcing Servicer indicating its decision to exercise its right to refer the matter to either mediation or arbitration (“Final Dispute Resolution Election Notice”).

(iv)                                If, following the Dispute Resolution Consultation, no Requesting Certificateholder timely delivers a Final Dispute Resolution Election Notice to the Enforcing Servicer, then the Enforcing Servicer will continue to act as the Enforcing Party and will remain obligated under this Agreement to determine a course of action including, but not limited to, enforcing the rights of the Trust with respect to the Repurchase Request and no Certificateholder or Certificate Owner shall have any further right to elect to refer the matter to mediation or arbitration.

(v)                                  If a Requesting Certificateholder timely delivers a Final Dispute Resolution Election Notice to the Enforcing Servicer, then such Requesting Certificateholder shall become the Enforcing Party and must promptly submit the matter to mediation (including nonbinding arbitration) or arbitration. If more than one Requesting Certificateholder timely deliver a Final Dispute Resolution Election Notice, then such Requesting Certificateholders shall collectively become the Enforcing Party, and the holder or holders of a majority of the Voting Rights among such Requesting Certificateholders shall be entitled to make all decisions relating to such mediation or arbitration. If, however, no Requesting Certificateholder commences arbitration or mediation pursuant to the terms of this Agreement within thirty (30) days after delivery of its Final Dispute Resolution Election Notice to the Enforcing Servicer, then (A) the rights of a Requesting Certificateholder to act as the Enforcing Party shall terminate and no Certificateholder or Certificate Owner shall have any further right to elect to refer the matter to mediation or arbitration, (B) if the Proposed Course of Action Notice indicated that the Enforcing Servicer shall take no further action with respect to the Repurchase Request, then the related Material Defect shall be deemed waived for all purposes under this Agreement and the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement; provided, however, that such Material Defect shall not be deemed waived with respect to a Requesting Certificateholder, any other Certificateholder or Certificate Owner or the Enforcing Servicer to the extent there is a material change in the facts and circumstances known to such party at the time when the Proposed Course of Action Notice is posted on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, and (C) if the Proposed Course of Action Notice had indicated a course of action other than the course of action under clause (B), then the Enforcing Servicer shall again become the Enforcing Party and, as such, shall be the sole party entitled to enforce the Trust’s rights against the related Mortgage Loan Seller.

(vi)                               Notwithstanding the foregoing, the dispute resolution provisions described above under this Section 2.03(l) shall not apply, and the Enforcing Servicer shall remain the Enforcing Party, if the Enforcing Servicer has commenced litigation with respect to the Repurchase Request, or determines in accordance with the Servicing Standard that it is in the best interest of Certificateholders to commence litigation with respect to the Repurchase Request to avoid the running of any applicable statute of limitations.

(vii)                             In the event a Requesting Certificateholder becomes the Enforcing Party, the Enforcing Servicer, on behalf of the Trust, shall remain a party to any proceedings against the related Mortgage Loan Seller as further described herein.

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(viii)                          For the avoidance of doubt, none of the Depositor, any Mortgage Loan Seller nor any of their respective affiliates shall be entitled to be an Initial Requesting Certificateholder or a Requesting Certificateholder.

(ix)                                  The Requesting Certificateholder is entitled to elect either mediation or arbitration in its sole discretion; however, the Requesting Certificateholder shall not be entitled to then utilize the alternative method in the event that the initial method is unsuccessful.

(m)                              If the Enforcing Party selects mediation (including nonbinding arbitration), the following provisions shall apply:

(i)                                       The mediation shall be administered by a nationally recognized mediation services provider selected by the related Mortgage Loan Seller within sixty (60) days of receipt of written notice of the Enforcing Party’s selection of mediation (such provider, the “Mediation Services Provider”) in accordance with published mediation procedures (the “Mediation Rules”) promulgated by the Mediation Services Provider.

(ii)                                    The mediator shall be impartial, an attorney admitted to practice in the state of New York and have at least fifteen (15) years of experience in commercial litigation, and if possible, commercial real estate finance or commercial mortgage-backed securitization matters and who will be appointed from a list of neutrals maintained by the Mediation Services Provider. Upon being supplied a list of at least ten (10) potential qualified mediators by the Mediation Services Provider each party will have the right to exercise two (2) peremptory challenges within fourteen (14) days and to rank the remaining potential mediators in order of preference. The Mediation Services Provider shall select the mediator from the remaining attorneys on the list respecting the preference choices of the parties to the extent possible.

(iii)                                 Prior to accepting an appointment, the mediator must promptly disclose any circumstances likely to create a reasonable inference of bias or conflict of interest or likely to preclude completion of the hearings within the prescribed time schedule.

(iv)                                The parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to conduct an organizational conference to begin the mediation within ten (10) Business Days of the selection of the mediator and to conclude the mediation within sixty (60) days thereafter.

(v)                                   The expenses of any mediation shall be allocated among the parties to the mediation including, if applicable, between the Enforcing Party and the Enforcing Servicer, as mutually agreed by the parties as part of the mediation.

(vi)                                Out of pocket costs and expenses of the Special Servicer for mediation or arbitration, to the extent not agreed to be paid by the Enforcing Party or another party (in the case of mediation) or allocated to the Enforcing Party or another party (in the case of arbitration) shall be reimbursable as a Servicing Advance.

(n)                                If the Enforcing Party selects third-party arbitration, the following provisions will apply:

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(i)                                      The arbitration shall be administered by a nationally recognized arbitration services provider selected by the related Mortgage Loan Seller within sixty (60) days of written notice of the Enforcing Party’s selection of arbitration (such provider, the “Arbitration Services Provider”) in accordance with published arbitration procedures (the “Arbitration Rules”) promulgated by the Arbitration Services Provider.

(ii)                                    The arbitrator shall be impartial, an attorney admitted to practice in the State of New York and have at least fifteen (15) years of experience in commercial litigation, and if possible, commercial real estate finance or commercial mortgage-backed securitization matters and who will be appointed from a list of neutrals maintained by the Arbitration Services Provider. Upon being supplied a list of at least ten (10) potential arbitrators by the Arbitration Services Provider each party will have the right to exercise two (2) peremptory challenges within fourteen (14) days and to rank the remaining potential arbitrators in order of preference. The Arbitration Services Provider will select the arbitrator from the remaining attorneys on the list respecting the preference choices of the parties to the extent possible.

(iii)                                 Prior to accepting an appointment, the arbitrator must promptly disclose any circumstances likely to create a reasonable inference of bias or conflict of interest or likely to preclude completion of the hearings within the prescribed time schedule.

(iv)                                After consulting with the parties at an organizational conference held not later than ten (10) Business Days after its appointment, the arbitrator shall devise procedures and deadlines for the arbitration, to the extent not already agreed to by the parties, with the goal of expediting the proceeding and completing the arbitration within 120 days. The arbitrator shall have the authority to schedule, hear, and determine any and all motions, including dispositive and discovery motions, in accordance with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for non-jury matters (the “Rules”) (including summary judgment and other prehearing and post hearing motions), and will do so by reasoned decision on the motion of any party to the arbitration.

(v)                                   Notwithstanding whatever other discovery may be available under the Rules, unless otherwise agreed by the parties, each party to the arbitration will be presumptively limited to the following discovery in the arbitration: (A) the parties shall reasonably and in good faith voluntarily produce to all other parties all documents upon which they intend to rely and all documents they reasonably and in good faith believe to be relevant to the claims or defenses asserted by any of the parties, (B) party witness depositions (excluding Rule 30b-6 witnesses), and (C) expert witness depositions, provided that the arbitrator shall have the ability to grant the parties, or either of them, additional discovery to the extent that the arbitrator determines good cause is shown that such additional discovery is reasonable and necessary.

(vi)                                The arbitrator shall make its final determination no later than thirty (30) days after the conclusion of the hearings and submission of any post-hearing submissions. The arbitrator shall resolve the dispute in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and this Agreement, and may not modify or change those agreements in any way or award remedies not consistent with those agreements. The

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arbitrator will not have the power to award punitive damages or consequential damages in any arbitration conducted by them. Interest on any monetary award shall bear interest from the date of the Final Dispute Resolution Election Notice at the Prime Rate. In its final determination, the arbitrator shall determine and award the costs of the arbitration (including the fees of the arbitrator, cost of any record or transcript of the arbitration, and administrative fees) and shall award reasonable attorneys’ fees to the parties to the arbitration as determined by the arbitrator in its reasonable discretion. The determination of the arbitrator shall be by a reasoned decision in writing and counterpart copies will be promptly delivered to the parties. The final determination of the arbitrator shall be final and non-appealable, except for actions to confirm or vacate the determination permitted under federal or state law, and may be enforced in any court of competent jurisdiction.

(vii)                             By selecting arbitration, the selecting party is giving up the right to sue in court, including the right to a trial by jury.

(viii)                         No person may bring a putative or certificated class action to arbitration.

(o)The following provisions will apply to both mediation and third-party arbitration:

(i)                                       Any mediation or arbitration will be held in New York, New York unless another location is agreed by all parties;

(ii)                                    If the dispute involves a matter that cannot effectively be remedied by the payment of damages, or if there be any dispute relating to arbitration or the arbitrators that cannot be resolved promptly by the arbitrators or the Arbitration Services Provider, then any party in such instance may during the pendency of the arbitration proceedings seek temporary equitable remedies, pending the final decision of the arbitration panel, solely by application in the Southern District of New York if such court shall have subject matter jurisdiction, or if the Southern District of New York has no jurisdiction, then the Supreme Court of the State of New York for the County of New York. The arbitration proceedings shall not be stayed unless so ordered by the court.

(iii)                                  The details and/or existence of any Repurchase Request, any informal meetings, mediations or arbitration proceedings conducted under this Section 2.03, including all offers, promises, conduct and statements, whether oral or written, made in the course of the parties’ attempt to informally resolve any Repurchase Request, will be confidential, privileged and inadmissible for any purpose, including impeachment, in any mediation, arbitration or litigation, or other proceeding (including any proceeding under this Section 2.03). Such information will be kept strictly confidential and shall not be disclosed or shared with any third party (other than a party’s attorneys, experts, accountants and other agents and representatives, as reasonably required in connection with any resolution procedure under this Section 2.03), except as otherwise required by law, regulatory requirement or court order. If any party to a resolution procedure receives a subpoena or other request for information from a third party (other than a governmental regulatory body) for such confidential information, the recipient shall promptly notify the

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other party to the resolution procedure and shall provide the other party with a reasonable opportunity to object to the production of its confidential information.

(iv)                                In the event a Requesting Certificateholder is the Enforcing Party, the agreement with the arbitrator or mediator, as the case may be, shall be required to contain an acknowledgment that the Trust, or the Enforcing Servicer on its behalf, shall be a party to any arbitration or mediation proceedings solely for the purpose of being the beneficiary of any award in favor of the Enforcing Party; provided that the degree and extent to which the Enforcing Servicer actively prepares for and participates in such proceeding shall be determined by such Enforcing Servicer in consultation with the Directing Certificateholder (provided that a Consultation Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing) and in accordance with the Servicing Standard. All amounts recovered by the Enforcing Party shall be paid to the Trust, or the Enforcing Servicer on its behalf, and deposited in the Collection Account. The agreement with the arbitrator or mediator, as the case may be, shall provide that in the event a Requesting Certificateholder is allocated any related costs and expenses pursuant to the terms of the arbitrator’s decision or the agreement reached in mediation, neither the Trust nor the Enforcing Servicer acting on its behalf shall be responsible for any such costs and expenses allocated to the Requesting Certificateholder.

(v)                                   In the event a Requesting Certificateholder is the Enforcing Party, the Requesting Certificateholder is required to pay any expenses allocated to the Enforcing Party in the arbitration proceedings or any expenses that the Enforcing Party agrees to bear in the mediation proceedings.

(vi)                                 The Trust (or the Trustee or the Enforcing Servicer, acting on its behalf), the Depositor or any Mortgage Loan Seller shall be permitted to redact any personally identifiable customer information included in any information provided for purposes of any mediation or arbitration. Each party to the proceedings shall be required to agree to keep confidential the details related to the Repurchase Request and the dispute resolution identified in connection with such procedures; provided, however, that (A) the Certificateholders shall be permitted to communicate prior to the commencement of any such proceedings to the extent provided in Section 5.06 and (B) the Enforcing Servicer shall be permitted to include such information in any 15Ga-1 Notice as it is required pursuant to Section 2.02(g).

(vii)                            For the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall the exercise of any right of a Requesting Certificateholder to refer a Repurchase Request to mediation or arbitration or participation in such mediation or arbitration affect in any manner the ability of the Enforcing Servicer to perform its obligations with respect to a Mortgage Loan (including without limitation, a liquidation, foreclosure, negotiation of a loan modification or workout, acceptance of a discounted pay off or deed in lieu, or bankruptcy or other litigation) or the exercise of any rights of a Directing Certificateholder.

(viii)                          In the event that the method of dispute resolution selected is unsuccessful, the Requesting Certificateholder may not elect to then utilize the alternative method.

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(ix)                                 Any out-of-pocket expenses required to be borne by or allocated to the Enforcing Servicer in a mediation or arbitration or related responsibilities pursuant to this Agreement shall be reimbursable as additional Trust Fund expenses.

(p)                                Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, with respect to any Joint Mortgage Loan, the obligations of each of the applicable Mortgage Loan Sellers to repurchase with respect to a Material Defect with respect to the related Mortgage Loan shall be limited to a repurchase with respect to the Mortgage Note it sold to the Depositor in accordance with the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement. With respect to any Joint Mortgage Loan, any cure by either of the applicable Mortgage Loan Sellers with respect to the Mortgage Note sold by it to the Depositor in accordance with the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement that also cures the Material Defect with respect to the entire related Joint Mortgage Loan shall satisfy the cure obligations of both Mortgage Loan Sellers with respect to such Joint Mortgage Loan.

Section 2.04        Execution of Certificates; Issuance of Lower-Tier Regular Interests. The Trustee hereby acknowledges the assignment to it of the Mortgage Loans and, subject to Section 2.01 and Section 2.02, the delivery to the Custodian of the Mortgage Files and a fully executed original counterpart of each of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements, together with the assignment to it of all of the other assets included in the Lower-Tier REMIC and the Grantor Trust. Concurrently with such assignment and delivery, (i) in exchange for the Mortgage Loans (other than Excess Interest) and the other assets comprising the Lower-Tier REMIC, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Trustee acknowledges the issuance of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests and the Class LR Interest to the Depositor; (ii) the Trustee acknowledges the creation of the Grantor Trust (as described in Section 2.05 below); (iii) the Trustee acknowledges the contribution by the Depositor of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests to the Upper-Tier REMIC; (iv) immediately thereafter, in exchange for the Lower-Tier Regular Interests, the Trustee acknowledges that it has caused the Certificate Administrator to issue the Class UR Interest and the Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests and has caused the Certificate Registrar to execute and caused the Authenticating Agent to authenticate and to deliver to or upon the order of the Depositor, the Regular Certificates and the Class R Certificates, and the Depositor hereby acknowledges the receipt by it or its designees, of such Certificates in authorized Denominations evidencing, together with the Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests, the entire beneficial ownership of the Upper-Tier REMIC (and in the case of the Class R Certificates, the Class LR Interest and the Class UR Interest); (v) the Trustee acknowledges the contribution by the Depositor of the Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests to the Grantor Trust; (vi) the Trustee acknowledges that it has caused the Certificate Administrator to issue the Class V Certificates and has caused the Certificate Registrar to execute and cause the Authenticating Agent to deliver to or upon the order of the Depositor such Certificates, and the Depositor hereby acknowledges the receipt by it, or its designees, of such Certificates in authorized denominations, evidencing beneficial ownership of their respective portions of the Grantor Trust; and (vii) immediately thereafter, in exchange for the Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests, the Trustee acknowledges that it has caused the Certificate Administrator to issue the Exchangeable Certificates and has caused the Certificate Administrator to execute and caused the Authentication Agent to authenticate and to deliver to or upon the order of the Depositor, the Exchangeable Certificates, and the Depositor hereby acknowledges the receipt by it or its designees, of such Certificates in authorized Denominations evidencing beneficial ownership of their respective portions of the Grantor Trust.

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Section 2.05        Creation of the Grantor Trust. Each Class of Exchangeable Certificates, the Class V Certificates and the RR Interest are hereby designated as undivided beneficial interests in their corresponding Grantor Trust Designation Portions, which portions shall be treated as a grantor trust within the meaning of subpart E, part I of subchapter J of the Code.

[End of Article II]

Article III

ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF THE TRUST FUND

Section 3.01        Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer; Special Servicer to Act as Special Servicer; Administration of the Mortgage Loans, the Serviced Companion Loans, and REO Properties. (a) Each of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall diligently service and administer the applicable Mortgage Loans (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), any related Serviced Companion Loans and the applicable REO Properties (other than any REO Property related to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) it is obligated (as provided below) to service in accordance with applicable law, this Agreement and the Mortgage Loan documents and, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, the related Intercreditor Agreement on behalf of the Trust and in the best interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders and, in the case of the Serviced Companion Loans, the Companion Holders and the Trustee (as holder of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests), as a collective whole, taking into account the subordinate or pari passu nature of such Companion Loans (as determined by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, in its reasonable judgment), in accordance with applicable law, the terms of this Agreement (and, with respect to each Serviced Whole Loan or any Mortgage Loan with related mezzanine debt, the related Intercreditor Agreement) and the terms of the respective Mortgage Loans and, if applicable, the related Companion Loan, taking into account the subordinate or pari passu nature of the Companion Loan. With respect to each Serviced Whole Loan, in the event of a conflict between this Agreement and the related Intercreditor Agreement, the related Intercreditor Agreement shall control; provided that in no event shall the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, take any action or omit to take any action in accordance with the terms of any Intercreditor Agreement that would cause the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, to violate the Servicing Standard or the REMIC Provisions. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall service the applicable Mortgage Loans (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) and the related Serviced Companion Loans in accordance with the higher of the following standards of care: (1) in the same manner in which, and with the same care, skill, prudence and diligence with which the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, services and administers similar mortgage loans for other third party portfolios and (2) the same care, skill, prudence and diligence with which the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, services and administers similar mortgage loans owned by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, with a view to the (A) the timely recovery of all payments of principal and interest under the Mortgage Loans or Serviced Whole Loans or (B) in the case of a Specially Serviced Loan or an REO Property, maximization of recovery of principal and interest on a net present value basis on such Mortgage Loans and any related Serviced Companion Loans, and the best interests of the Trust and the Certificateholders (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders constituted a single

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lender) (and in the case of any Whole Loan, the best interests of the Trust, the Certificateholders and any related Companion Holder (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and the holder or holders of the related Companion Loans constituted a single lender), taking into account the subordinate or pari passu, as applicable, nature of the related Companion Loans), as determined by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, in its reasonable judgment, in either case giving due consideration to the customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional commercial, multifamily and manufactured housing community mortgage loan servicers, but without regard to any conflict of interest arising from: (i) any relationship that the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer may have with any Mortgagor, any Mortgage Loan Seller, any other parties to this Agreement, any Sponsor, any originator of a Mortgage Loan or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing; (ii) the ownership of any Certificate, Companion Loan, mezzanine loan, or subordinate debt relating to a Mortgage Loan by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable; (iii) the obligation, if any, of the Master Servicer to make Advances; (iv) the right of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, or any of its Affiliates to receive compensation for its services and reimbursement for its costs hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction; (v) the ownership, servicing or management for others of (a) a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan and a Non-Serviced Companion Loan or (b) any other mortgage loans, subordinate debt, mezzanine loans or properties not covered by this Agreement or held by the Trust by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, or any of its Affiliates; (vi) any debt that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, or any of its Affiliates, has extended to any Mortgagor or an Affiliate of any Mortgagor (including, without limitation, any mezzanine financing); (vii) any option to purchase any Mortgage Loan or a related Companion Loan the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, or any of its Affiliates, may have; and (viii) any obligation of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, or any of their respective Affiliates, to repurchase or substitute for a Mortgage Loan as a Mortgage Loan Seller (if the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer or any of their respective Affiliates is a Mortgage Loan Seller) (the foregoing, collectively referred to as the “Servicing Standard”).

The Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall act in accordance with the Servicing Standard with respect to any action required to be taken regarding the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans pursuant to their obligations under this Agreement.

Without limiting the foregoing, subject to Section 3.19, the Special Servicer shall be obligated to service and administer (i) any Mortgage Loans (other than the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans) and any related Serviced Companion Loans as to which a Servicing Transfer Event has occurred and is continuing (each, a “Specially Serviced Loan”) or as otherwise provided herein with respect to Non-Specially Serviced Loans in connection with any Major Decision and (ii) any REO Properties (other than the Non-Serviced Mortgaged Properties); provided that the Master Servicer shall continue to receive payments and make all calculations, and prepare, or cause to be prepared, all reports, required hereunder with respect to the Specially Serviced Loans, except for the reports specified herein as prepared by the Special Servicer, as if no Servicing Transfer Event had occurred and with respect to the REO Properties (and the related REO Loans) as if no REO Acquisition had occurred, and to render such services with respect to such Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties as are specifically provided for herein; provided, further, however, that the Master Servicer shall not be liable for failure to comply with such duties insofar as such failure

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results from a failure of the Special Servicer to provide sufficient information to the Master Servicer to comply with such duties or failure by the Special Servicer to otherwise comply with its obligations hereunder. The Master Servicer, in its capacity as Master Servicer, shall not have any responsibility for the performance by the Special Servicer, in its capacity as Special Servicer, of its duties under this Agreement. The Special Servicer, in its capacity as Special Servicer, shall not have any responsibility for the performance by the Master Servicer, in its capacity as Master Servicer, of its duties under this Agreement. Each Mortgage Loan or any related Serviced Companion Loan that becomes a Specially Serviced Loan shall continue as such until satisfaction of the conditions specified in Section 3.19(a). Without limiting the foregoing, subject to Section 3.19 and in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Master Servicer shall be obligated to service and administer any Non-Specially Serviced Loan or any related Serviced Companion Loan. The Special Servicer shall make the property inspections, use its reasonable efforts to collect the financial statements, budgets, operating statements and rent rolls and forward to the Master Servicer the reports in respect of the related Mortgaged Properties with respect to Specially Serviced Loans in accordance with Section 3.12. After notification to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer may contact the Mortgagor of any Non-Specially Serviced Loan if efforts by the Master Servicer to collect required financial information have been unsuccessful or any other issues remain unresolved. Such contact shall be coordinated through and with the cooperation of the Master Servicer. No provision herein contained shall be construed as an express or implied guarantee by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer of the collectability or recoverability of payments on the Mortgage Loans or any related Serviced Companion Loan or be construed to impair or adversely affect any rights or benefits provided by this Agreement to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer (including with respect to Servicing Fees, Special Servicing Fees or the right to be reimbursed for Advances and interest accrued thereon). Any provision in this Agreement for any Advance by the Master Servicer or the Trustee is intended solely to provide liquidity for the benefit of the Certificateholders and not as credit support or otherwise to impose on any such Person the risk of loss with respect to one or more of the Mortgage Loans or any related Serviced Companion Loans. No provision hereof shall be construed to impose liability on the Master Servicer or Special Servicer for the reason that any recovery to the Certificateholders in respect of a Mortgage Loan at any time after a determination of present value recovery is less than the amount reflected in such determination.

(b)               Subject only to the Servicing Standard and the terms of this Agreement (including, without limitation, Section 6.08) and of the respective Mortgage Loans, any related Serviced Companion Loans and any related Intercreditor Agreement, if applicable, and applicable law, each of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone or, subject to Section 3.20, through one or more Sub-Servicers, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration for which it is responsible which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, in its own name (or in the name of the Trustee and, if applicable, the related Serviced Companion Noteholder), is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders (and, with respect to a Serviced Companion Loan, the related Serviced Companion Noteholder) and the Trustee or any of them, with respect to each Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan it is obligated to service under this Agreement: (i) any and all financing statements, continuation statements and other documents or instruments necessary to maintain the lien created by the related Mortgage or other security document in the related Mortgage File on the related

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Mortgaged Property and related collateral, and shall, from time to time, execute and/or deliver such financing statements, continuation statements and other documents or instruments as necessary to maintain the lien created by the related Mortgage or other security document in the related Mortgage File on the related Mortgaged Property and related collateral; (ii) subject to Sections 3.08, 3.18 and 6.08, any and all modifications, waivers, amendments or consents to, under or with respect to any documents contained in the related Mortgage File; (iii) any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, pledge agreements and other documents in connection with a defeasance, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments; and (iv) any or all complaints or other pleadings to initiate and/or to terminate any action, suit or proceeding on behalf of the Trust (in their representative capacities (except as set forth below in this paragraph)). The Master Servicer (with respect to Non-Specially Serviced Loans) and the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans) shall provide to the Mortgagor related to such Mortgage Loans that it is servicing any reports required to be provided to them pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan documents. Subject to Section 3.10, the Trustee shall (i) within 10 Business Days following the Closing Date, furnish to the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer original powers of attorney in the form of Exhibit R-1 or Exhibit R-2 attached hereto, as applicable (or such other form as mutually agreed to by the Trustee and the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable) and (ii) upon request, furnish, or cause to be furnished, to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer any powers of attorney in the form of Exhibit R-1 or Exhibit R-2 attached hereto, as applicable (or such other form as mutually agreed to by the Trustee and the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable) and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, to carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunder; provided, however, that the Trustee shall not be held responsible or liable for any acts of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, or for any negligence with respect to, or misuse of, any such power of attorney by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall not, without the Trustee’s written consent: (i) initiate any action, suit or proceeding solely under the Trustee’s name without indicating the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s, as the case may be, representative capacity (unless prohibited by any requirement of the applicable jurisdiction in which any such action, suit or proceeding is brought and if so prohibited, in the manner required by such jurisdiction (provided that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall then provide five (5) Business Days’ written notice to the Trustee of the initiation of such action, suit or proceeding (or such shorter time period as is reasonably required in the judgment of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, made in accordance with the Servicing Standard) prior to filing such action, suit or proceeding, and shall not be required to obtain the Trustee’s consent or indicate the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s, as applicable, representative capacity)) or (ii) take any action with the intent to cause, and that actually causes, the Trustee to be required to be registered to do business in any state.

(c)               To the extent the Master Servicer is permitted pursuant to the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents or Companion Loan documents (including any related Intercreditor Agreement) to exercise its discretion with respect to any action that requires Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and a confirmation of any applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities (if any) (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating

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Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25), the Master Servicer shall require the costs of such Rating Agency Confirmation to be borne by the related Mortgagor. To the extent the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents or Companion Loan documents (including any related Intercreditor Agreement) require the Mortgagor to bear the costs of any Rating Agency Confirmation or confirmation of any applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities (if any) (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25), the Master Servicer shall not waive the requirement that such costs and expenses be borne by the related Mortgagor. To the extent that the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents or Companion Loan documents (including any related Intercreditor Agreement) are silent as to who bears the costs of any Rating Agency Confirmation or confirmation of any applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities (if any) (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25), the Master Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to have the Mortgagor bear such costs and expenses. The Master Servicer shall not be responsible for the payment of such costs and expenses out of pocket other than as a Servicing Advance.

(d)               The relationship of each of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agent.

(e)               The Master Servicer shall, to the extent permitted by the related Mortgage Loan documents or any related Companion Loan documents, and consistent with the Servicing Standard, permit Escrow Payments to be invested only in Permitted Investments.

(f)                Within sixty (60) days (or such shorter time period as is required by the terms of the applicable Mortgage Loan documents) after the later of (i) the receipt thereof by the Master Servicer and (ii) the Closing Date, the Master Servicer shall notify each lessor under a Ground Lease for each Mortgage Loan identified as subject to a leasehold interest on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, that the Trust is the leasehold mortgagee and that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer shall service the related Mortgage Loan for the benefit of the Certificateholders. The costs and expenses of any modifications to Ground Leases shall be paid by the related Mortgagor.

With respect to letters of credit delivered in accordance with sub-clause (B) of clause (xii) of the definition of “Mortgage File”, (a) within sixty (60) days of the Closing Date or such shorter period as is required by the terms of such letter of credit or other applicable Mortgage Loan documents, the related Mortgage Loan Seller shall notify the bank issuing the letter of credit that the Master Servicer on behalf of the Trustee shall be the beneficiary under such letter of credit, and (b) within sixty (60) days of the Closing Date, the Master Servicer shall present such letter of credit and the related assignment documentation delivered by the Mortgage Loan Seller in accordance with such sub-clause of the definition of “Mortgage File” to the letter of credit bank issuing such letter of credit and request that such letter of credit bank reissue the letter of credit in the name of “Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, on behalf of

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Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of registered holders of BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45”. The Master Servicer shall otherwise use reasonable efforts to obtain such reissued letter of credit back from the issuing letter of credit bank within sixty (60) days (and in any event within ninety (90) days) following the Closing Date. The related Mortgage Loan Seller shall provide such reasonable cooperation as requested by the Master Servicer, including without limitation by delivering such additional assignment or amendment documents required by the issuing bank in order to reissue a letter of credit as provided above.

If a letter of credit is required to be drawn upon earlier than the date that the letter of credit has been revised as contemplated in the preceding paragraph, such Mortgage Loan Seller shall cooperate with the reasonable requests of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer in connection with making a draw under such letter of credit. If the Mortgage Loan documents do not require the related Mortgagor to pay any costs and expenses relating to any modifications to or assignment of the related letter of credit, then the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller shall pay such costs and expenses as and to the extent required under the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement. If the Mortgage Loan documents require the related Mortgagor to pay any costs and expenses relating to any modifications to the related letter of credit, and such Mortgagor fails to pay such costs and expenses after the Master Servicer has exercised reasonable efforts to collect such costs and expenses from such Mortgagor, then the Master Servicer shall give the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller notice of such failure and the amount of costs and expenses, and such Mortgage Loan Seller shall pay such costs and expenses as and to the extent required under the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement. The costs and expenses of any modifications to Ground Leases shall be paid by the related Mortgagor. Neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall have any liability for the failure of any Mortgage Loan Seller to perform its obligations under the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.

The Master Servicer acknowledges that any letter of credit held by it shall be held in its capacity as agent of the Trust, and if the Master Servicer sells its rights to service the applicable Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall assign the applicable letter of credit to the Trust or (with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan) at the direction of the Special Servicer to such party as the Special Servicer may instruct, in each case at the expense of the Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall indemnify the Trust for any loss caused by the ineffectiveness of such assignment.

(g)               Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall the Master Servicer (or the Trustee, as applicable) make an Advance with respect to any Companion Loan to the extent the related Serviced Mortgage Loan has been paid in full or is no longer included in the Trust Fund.

(h)               Servicing and administration of each Serviced Companion Loan shall continue hereunder and in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement for so long as the corresponding Serviced Mortgage Loan or any related REO Property is part of the Trust Fund or for such longer period as is contemplated by the related Intercreditor Agreement and, to the extent consistent with the related Intercreditor Agreement, as any amounts payable by the related Companion Holder to or for the benefit of the Trust or any party hereto in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement remain due and owing.

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(i)                 The Special Servicer agrees that upon the occurrence of a Servicing Transfer Event with respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan that is subject to or becomes subject to an Intercreditor Agreement in the future, it shall, subject to Section 3.19, use commercially reasonable efforts to enforce, on behalf of the Trust, subject to the Servicing Standard and to the extent the Special Servicer determines such action is in the best interests of the Trust, all rights conveyed to the Trustee pursuant to any such Intercreditor Agreement. The costs and expenses incurred by the Special Servicer in connection with such enforcement shall be paid as a Trust Fund expense or, subject to the terms of the applicable Intercreditor Agreement, (i) with respect to any Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan, pro rata and pari passu, by the Trust and Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan Holder(s), in accordance with the respective outstanding principal balances of the related Serviced Pari Passu Mortgage Loan and Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s) or (ii) with respect to any Serviced AB Whole Loan, first, by the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan(s) and then, pro rata and pari passu, by the Trust and any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s), in accordance with the respective outstanding principal balances of the related Serviced AB Mortgage Loan and Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s).

(j)                 Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that, to the extent required under the related Intercreditor Agreement, the servicing and administration of a Serviced Whole Loan shall continue hereunder (but not with respect to making Advances) even if the related Serviced Mortgage Loan is no longer part of the Trust Fund, until such time as a separate servicing agreement is entered into in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement (it being acknowledged that neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall be obligated under a separate agreement to which it is not a party); provided that, other than pursuant to Section 6.04 (and, with respect to Section 6.04, solely with respect to claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, liabilities, fees and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses and expenses relating to the enforcement of such indemnity) incurred in connection with a legal claim or action resulting from an action or inaction taken or not taken while the related Serviced Mortgage Loan was part of the Trust Fund), no costs, expenses, losses or fees accruing with respect to such Serviced Whole Loan on and after the date the related Serviced Mortgage Loan is no longer part of the Trust Fund shall be payable out of the Trust Fund and the Master Servicer shall have no obligation to make any Advance on or after the date such Serviced Mortgage Loan ceases to be part of the Trust Fund; provided, however, that if, in the case of any Serviced Whole Loan, the related Serviced Companion Loan continues to be included in an Other Securitization, then for so long as a separate servicing agreement (pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement) has not been entered into, the Master Servicer shall inform the related Other Servicer of any need to make Servicing Advances with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan within three (3) Business Days of determining that such an Advance is necessary or being notified that such an Advance is necessary, or in the case of a Servicing Advance that needs to be made on an emergency or urgent basis, within one (1) Business Day. With respect to Servicing Advances made by any Other Servicer as contemplated in the second proviso to the preceding sentence, the Master Servicer shall, from collections on the related Serviced Whole Loan (but never out of general collections on the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties) received by the Master Servicer, reimburse the Other Servicer for such Servicing Advances in the same manner and on the same level of priority as if such Servicing Advances had been made by the Master Servicer hereunder.

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(k)               Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the Master Servicer’s and the Special Servicer’s obligations and responsibilities hereunder and the Master Servicer’s and the Special Servicer’s authority with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan are limited by and subject to the terms of the related Non-Serviced Intercreditor Agreement and the rights of the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer and Non-Serviced Special Servicer with respect thereto under the related Non-Serviced PSA. The Master Servicer (or, with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan, the Special Servicer) shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards to enforce the rights of the Trustee (as holder of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) under the related Non-Serviced Intercreditor Agreement and Non-Serviced PSA.

(l)                 The parties hereto acknowledge that each Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan is subject to the terms and conditions of the related Non-Serviced Intercreditor Agreement and further acknowledge that, pursuant to the related Non-Serviced Intercreditor Agreement, (i) the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan is to be serviced and administered by the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer and Non-Serviced Special Servicer in accordance with the related Non-Serviced PSA, and (ii) in the event that (A) the related Non-Serviced Companion Loan is no longer part of the trust fund created by the related Non-Serviced PSA and (B) the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan is included in the Trust Fund, then, as set forth in the related Non-Serviced Intercreditor Agreement, the related Non-Serviced Whole Loan shall continue to be serviced in accordance with the related Non-Serviced PSA, until such time as a new servicing agreement has been agreed to by the parties to the related Non-Serviced Intercreditor Agreement in accordance with the provisions of such agreement and confirmation has been obtained from the Rating Agencies that such new servicing agreement would not result in a downgrade, qualification or withdrawal of the then-current ratings of any Class of Certificates then outstanding.

(m)             Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the Master Servicer’s and the Special Servicer’s obligations and responsibilities hereunder and the Master Servicer’s and the Special Servicer’s authority with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan are limited by, and subject to, the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement. The Master Servicer (or, if a Serviced Whole Loan becomes a Specially Serviced Loan, the Special Servicer) shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to obtain the benefits of the rights of the Trust (as holder of the related Serviced Mortgage Loan) under the related Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between this Agreement and the related Intercreditor Agreement, the provisions of the related Intercreditor Agreement shall control.

(n)               [Reserved].

(o)               For the avoidance of doubt, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee have no obligation or authority to (a) supervise any related Non-Serviced Master Servicer, Non-Serviced Special Servicer, Non-Serviced Certificate Administrator or Non-Serviced Trustee or (b) make Servicing Advances with respect to any Non-Serviced Whole Loan. The obligation of the Master Servicer to provide information and collections and make P&I Advances to the Certificate Administrator for the benefit of the Certificateholders with respect to each Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan is dependent on its receipt

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of the corresponding information and/or collections from the applicable Non-Serviced Master Servicer or Non-Serviced Special Servicer.

(p)               Nothing contained in this Agreement shall limit the ability of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer to lend money to (to the extent not secured, in whole or in part, by any Mortgaged Property), accept deposits from or otherwise generally engage in any kind of business or dealings with any Mortgagor as though the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer was not a party to this Agreement or to the transactions contemplated hereby; provided that this sentence shall not be construed to modify or supersede the Servicing Standard.

Section 3.02        Collection of Mortgage Loan Payments. (a) Each of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall each make reasonable efforts to collect all payments called for under the terms and provisions of the Mortgage Loans (other than the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans) and the Serviced Companion Loans it is obligated to service hereunder, and shall follow such collection procedures as are consistent with this Agreement (including, without limitation, the Servicing Standard); provided that with respect to each Mortgage Loan that has an Anticipated Repayment Date, for so long as the related Mortgagor is in compliance with each provision of the related Mortgage Loan documents, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall be permitted to take any enforcement action with respect to the failure of the related Mortgagor to make any payment of Excess Interest to the extent permitted under the related Mortgage Loan documents; provided, further, that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, may take action to enforce the Trust’s right to apply excess cash flow to principal in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Loan documents. The Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, may in its discretion waive any Penalty Charge in connection with any delinquent payment on a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan that it is obligated to service hereunder three (3) times during any period of twenty-four (24) consecutive months with respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan; provided that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, may in its discretion waive any Penalty Charge in connection with any delinquent payment on a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan one additional time in such 24-month period so long as with respect to any of the foregoing waivers, no Advance or additional expense of the Trust has been incurred and remains unreimbursed to the Trust with respect to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan. Any additional waivers during such 24-month period with respect to such Mortgage Loan may be made, subject to the Servicing Standard, only after the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, has, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, given notice of a proposed waiver to the Directing Certificateholder and, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event, the Directing Certificateholder has consented to such additional waiver (provided that if the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, fails to receive a response to such notice from the Directing Certificateholder in writing within five (5) days of giving such notice, then the Directing Certificateholder shall be deemed to have consented to such proposed waiver); provided, further, that after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, may waive any Penalty Charge in accordance with the Servicing Standard without the consent of the Directing Certificateholder; provided, further, that the Directing Certificateholder shall not have any consent or consultation rights with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is an Excluded Loan as to such party with respect to the foregoing waivers.

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(b)               (i) All amounts collected by or on behalf of the Trust in respect of a Mortgage Loan shall be applied to amounts due and owing under the Mortgage Loan documents (including for principal and accrued and unpaid interest) in accordance with the express provisions of the Mortgage Loan documents (including any related Intercreditor Agreement); provided, however, that absent express provisions in the related Mortgage Loan documents (including any related Intercreditor Agreement) or to the extent otherwise agreed to by the related Mortgagor in connection with a workout of a Mortgage Loan, all amounts collected by or on behalf of the Trust in respect of a Mortgage Loan in the form of payments from the related Mortgagor, Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds under the Mortgage Loan (in the case of each Serviced Whole Loan, exclusive of amounts payable to any applicable Companion Loan pursuant to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement) shall be applied in the following order of priority:

first, as a recovery of any unreimbursed Advances (including any Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount) with respect to such Mortgage Loan and unpaid interest at the Reimbursement Rate on such Advances and, if applicable, unreimbursed and unpaid additional trust fund expenses (including Special Servicing Fees, Liquidation Fees and Workout Fees previously paid by the Trust Fund from general collections);

second, as a recovery of Nonrecoverable Advances and any interest on those Nonrecoverable Advances at the Reimbursement Rate, to the extent previously paid or reimbursed from principal collections on such Mortgage Loan (as described in the first proviso in the definition of Aggregate Principal Distribution Amount);

third, to the extent not previously so allocated pursuant to clause first or second above, as a recovery of accrued and unpaid interest on such Mortgage Loan to the extent of the excess of (i) accrued and unpaid interest (exclusive of default interest and Excess Interest) on such Mortgage Loan at the related Mortgage Rate in effect from time to time through the end of the applicable mortgage interest accrual period, over (ii) after taking into account any allocations pursuant to clause fifth below on earlier dates, the aggregate portion of the accrued and unpaid interest described in sub-clause (i) of this clause third that (A)(x) was not advanced because of the reductions (if any) in the amount of related P&I Advances for such Mortgage Loan that have occurred in connection with related Appraisal Reduction Amounts or (y) with respect to any accrued and unpaid interest that was not advanced due to a determination that the related P&I Advance would be a Nonrecoverable Advance, constitutes the amount of interest that (absent such determination of nonrecoverability preventing such P&I Advance from being made) would not have been advanced because of the reductions in the amount of related P&I Advances for such Mortgage Loan that would have occurred in connection with related Appraisal Reduction Amounts, or (B) accrued at the related Net Mortgage Rate on the portion of the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan equal to any related Collateral Deficiency Amount in effect from time to time and as to which no P&I Advance was made;

fourth, to the extent not previously so allocated pursuant to clause first or second above, as a recovery of principal of such Mortgage Loan then due and owing, including by reason of acceleration of such Mortgage Loan following a default thereunder (or, if the

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Mortgage Loan has been liquidated, as a recovery of principal to the extent of its entire remaining unpaid principal balance);

fifth, as a recovery of accrued and unpaid interest on such Mortgage Loan to the extent of the sum of (A) the cumulative amount of the reductions (if any) in the amount of related P&I Advances for such Mortgage Loan that have occurred in connection with related Appraisal Reduction Amounts or would have occurred in connection with related Appraisal Reduction Amounts but for such P&I Advance not having been made as a result of a determination that such P&I Advance would have been a Nonrecoverable Advance, and (B) any unpaid interest (exclusive of default interest and Excess Interest) that accrued at the related Net Mortgage Rate on the portion of the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan equal to any related Collateral Deficiency Amount in effect from time to time and as to which no P&I Advance was made (in each case, to the extent collections have not been allocated as recovery of such accrued and unpaid interest pursuant to this clause fifth on earlier dates);

sixth, as a recovery of amounts to be currently allocated to the payment of, or escrowed for the future payment of, real estate taxes, assessments and insurance premiums and similar items relating to such Mortgage Loan;

seventh, as a recovery of any other reserves to the extent then required to be held in escrow with respect to such Mortgage Loan;

eighth, as a recovery of any Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium then due and owing under such Mortgage Loan;

ninth, as a recovery of any late payment charges and default interest then due and owing under such Mortgage Loan;

tenth, as a recovery of any assumption fees and Modification Fees then due and owing under such Mortgage Loan;

eleventh, as a recovery of any other amounts then due and owing under such Mortgage Loan other than remaining unpaid principal (if both consent fees and Operating Advisor Consulting Fees are due and owing, first, allocated to consent fees and then, allocated to Operating Advisor Consulting Fees);

twelfth, as a recovery of any remaining principal of such Mortgage Loan to the extent of its entire remaining unpaid principal balance; and

thirteenth, in the case of an ARD Loan after the related Anticipated Repayment Date, any accrued but unpaid Excess Interest;

provided that to the extent required under the REMIC Provisions, payments or proceeds received (or receivable by exercise of the lender’s rights under the related Mortgage Loan documents) with respect to any partial release of a Mortgaged Property (including in connection with a condemnation) at a time when the loan to value ratio of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, exceeds 125%, or would exceed 125% following any partial release

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(based solely on the value of real property and excluding personal property and going concern value, if any, unless otherwise permitted under the applicable REMIC Provisions as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee) must be collected and allocated to reduce the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan in the manner required by the REMIC Provisions; provided, further, that if a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Non-Serviced Companion Loan comprising a Non-Serviced Whole Loan become REO Loans, the treatment of the foregoing amounts with respect to such Non-Serviced Whole Loan shall be subject to the terms of the related Non-Serviced Intercreditor Agreement and Non-Serviced PSA, in that order; provided, further, that with respect to each Mortgage Loan related to a Serviced Whole Loan, amounts collected with respect to the related Serviced Whole Loan shall be allocated first pursuant to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement and then, any amounts allocated to the related Serviced Mortgage Loan shall be subject to application as described above.

(ii)               Collections by or on behalf of the Trust in respect of any REO Property (exclusive of the amounts to be allocated to the payment of the costs of operating, managing, leasing, maintaining and disposing of such REO Property and, if applicable, in the case of each Serviced Whole Loan, exclusive of any amounts payable to the holder of the related Companion Loan(s), as applicable, pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement) shall be applied in the following order of priority:

first, as a recovery of any unreimbursed Advances (including any Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount) with respect to the related Mortgage Loan and interest at the Reimbursement Rate on all Advances and, if applicable, unreimbursed and unpaid additional trust fund expenses (including Special Servicing Fees, Liquidation Fees and Workout Fees previously paid by the Trust Fund from general collections) with respect to such Mortgage Loan;

second, as a recovery of Nonrecoverable Advances and any interest on those Nonrecoverable Advances at the Reimbursement Rate, to the extent previously paid or reimbursed from principal collections on the Mortgage Loans (as described in the first proviso in the definition of Aggregate Principal Distribution Amount);

third, to the extent not previously so allocated pursuant to clause first or second above, as a recovery of accrued and unpaid interest on such Mortgage Loan to the extent of the excess of (i) accrued and unpaid interest (exclusive of default interest and Excess Interest) on such Mortgage Loan at the related Mortgage Rate in effect from time to time through the end of the applicable mortgage interest accrual period, over (ii) after taking into account any allocations pursuant to clause fifth below or clause fifth of the prior paragraph on earlier dates, the aggregate portion of the accrued and unpaid interest described in sub-clause (i) of this clause third that (A)(x) was not advanced because of the reductions (if any) in the amount of related P&I Advances for such Mortgage Loan that have occurred in connection with related Appraisal Reduction Amounts or (y) with respect to any accrued and unpaid interest that was not advanced due to a determination that the related P&I Advance would be a Nonrecoverable Advance, constitutes the amount of interest that (absent such determination of nonrecoverability preventing such P&I Advance from being made) would not have been advanced because of the reductions in the amount of related P&I Advances for such Mortgage Loan that would have occurred in connection

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with related Appraisal Reduction Amounts, or (B) accrued at the related Net Mortgage Rate on the portion of the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan equal to any related Collateral Deficiency Amount in effect from time to time and as to which no P&I Advance was made;

fourth, to the extent not previously so allocated pursuant to clause first or second above, as a recovery of principal of such Mortgage Loan to the extent of its entire unpaid principal balance;

fifth, as a recovery of accrued and unpaid interest on such Mortgage Loan to the extent of the sum of (A) the cumulative amount of the reductions (if any) in the amount of related P&I Advances for such Mortgage Loan that have occurred in connection with related Appraisal Reduction Amounts or would have occurred in connection with related Appraisal Reduction Amounts but for such P&I Advance not having been made as a result of a determination that such P&I Advance would have been a Nonrecoverable Advance and (B) any unpaid interest (exclusive of default interest and Excess Interest) that accrued at the related Net Mortgage Rate on the portion of the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan equal to any related Collateral Deficiency Amount in effect from time to time and as to which no P&I Advance was made (in each case, to the extent collections have not been allocated as recovery of accrued and unpaid interest pursuant to this clause fifth or clause fifth of the prior paragraph on earlier dates);

sixth, as a recovery of any Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium then due and owing under such Mortgage Loan;

seventh, as a recovery of any late payment charges and default interest then due and owing under such Mortgage Loan;

eighth, as a recovery of any assumption fees and Modification Fees then due and owing under such Mortgage Loan;

ninth, as a recovery of any other amounts then due and owing under such Mortgage Loan other than remaining unpaid principal (if both consent fees and Operating Advisor Consulting Fees are due and owing, first, allocated to consent fees and then, allocated to Operating Advisor Consulting Fees); and

tenth, in the case of an ARD Loan after the related Anticipated Repayment Date, any accrued but unpaid Excess Interest;

provided that if a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Non-Serviced Companion Loan comprising a Non-Serviced Whole Loan becomes an REO Loan, the treatment of the foregoing amounts with respect to such Non-Serviced Whole Loan shall be subject to the terms of the related Non-Serviced Intercreditor Agreement and Non-Serviced PSA, in that order; provided, further, that with respect to each Mortgage Loan related to a Serviced Whole Loan, amounts collected with respect to the related Serviced Whole Loan shall be allocated first pursuant to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement and then, any amounts allocated to the related Serviced Mortgage Loan shall be subject to application as described above.

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(iii)                                 Notwithstanding clauses (i) and (ii) above, such provisions shall not be deemed to affect the priority of distributions of payments pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement. To the extent that such amounts are paid by a party other than a Mortgagor, such amounts shall be deemed to have been paid in respect of a purchase of all or part of the Mortgaged Property (in the case of Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds) and then paid by the Mortgagor under the Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, as applicable, or in accordance with Section 3.02(b)(ii) above.

(c)                                 To the extent consistent with the terms of the Mortgage Loans (and, with respect to each Serviced Whole Loan, the related Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable, and the related Intercreditor Agreement) and applicable law, the Master Servicer shall apply all Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds it receives on a day other than the Due Date to amounts due and owing under the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan as if such Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds were received on the Due Date immediately succeeding the month in which Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds were received and otherwise in accordance with Section 3.02(b)(ii) above.

(d)                               In the event that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer receives Excess Interest prior to the Determination Date for any Collection Period, or receives notice from the related Mortgagor that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer will be receiving Excess Interest prior to the Determination Date for any Collection Period, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall notify the Trustee and Certificate Administrator two (2) Business Days prior to the related Distribution Date. None of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee shall be responsible for any failure of the related Mortgagor to pay any such Excess Interest or prepayment penalty. The preceding statements shall not, however, be construed to limit the provisions of Section 3.02(a).

(e)                                 In connection with the Mortgage Loans or any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan for which the related Mortgagor was required to escrow funds or to post a letter of credit related to obtaining performance objectives, such as targeted debt service coverage levels or leasing criteria with respect to the Mortgaged Property as a whole or particular portions thereof, if the mortgagee has the discretion under the applicable Mortgage Loan documents to retain the cash or letter of credit (or the proceeds of such letters of credit) as additional collateral if the relevant conditions to release are not satisfied, then the Master Servicer may continue to hold such escrows or letters of credit (or the proceeds of such letters of credit) as additional collateral or use such funds to reduce the principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan (to the extent the related Mortgage Loan documents allow such action), unless holding or application of such funds would otherwise be inconsistent with the Mortgage Loan documents or the Servicing Standard.

(f)                                   Promptly following the Closing Date, in the case of any Non-Serviced Whole Loan and, with respect to any Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan, promptly following receipt of notice in connection with the Servicing Shift Securitization Date, the Certificate Administrator shall send written notice (in the form attached hereto as Exhibit T) to the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer (with a copy to any other applicable party set forth on the schedule of addresses to Exhibit T) stating that, as of such date, the Trustee is the holder of the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan and directing such Non-Serviced Master Servicer to remit to the Master Servicer

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all amounts payable to, and to forward, deliver or otherwise make available, as the case may be, to the Master Servicer all reports, statements, documents, communications and other information that are to be forwarded, delivered or otherwise made available to, the holder of such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan under the related Non-Serviced Intercreditor Agreement and the related Non-Serviced PSA. The Master Servicer shall, within two (2) Business Days of receipt of properly identified funds, deposit into the Collection Account all amounts received with respect to the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the related Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property or any related REO Property.

Section 3.03        Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Servicing Accounts. (a) The Master Servicer shall establish and maintain one or more accounts (the “Servicing Accounts”), into which all Escrow Payments received by it shall be deposited and retained, and shall administer such Servicing Accounts in accordance with the related Mortgage Loan documents and, if applicable, the Companion Loan documents. Any Servicing Account related to a Serviced Whole Loan shall be held for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the related Serviced Companion Noteholder(s) collectively, but this shall not be construed to modify the respective interests of any noteholder therein as set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement. Amounts on deposit in Servicing Accounts may only be invested in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents and Companion Loan documents, or in Permitted Investments in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.06. Servicing Accounts shall be Eligible Accounts to the extent permitted by the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents. Withdrawals of amounts so deposited from a Servicing Account may be made only to: (i) effect payment of items for which Escrow Payments were collected and comparable items; (ii) reimburse the Trustee and then the Master Servicer, if applicable, for any Servicing Advances; (iii) refund to Mortgagors any sums as may be determined to be overages; (iv) pay interest to Mortgagors on balances in the Servicing Account, if required by applicable law or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan and as described below or, if not so required, to the Master Servicer; (v) after the occurrence of an event of default under the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, apply amounts to the indebtedness under the applicable Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; (vi) withdraw amounts deposited in error; (vii) pay Penalty Charges to the extent permitted by the related Mortgage Loan documents; or (viii) clear and terminate the Servicing Account at the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.01. As part of its servicing duties, the Master Servicer shall pay or cause to be paid to the related Mortgagors interest on funds in Servicing Accounts, to the extent required by law or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; provided, however, that in no event shall the Master Servicer be required to remit to any Mortgagor any amounts in excess of actual net investment income or funds in the related Servicing Account. If allowed by the related Mortgage Loan documents and applicable law, the Master Servicer may charge the related Mortgagor an administrative fee for maintenance of the Servicing Accounts.

(b)               The Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans (other than any REO Loan succeeding a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), and the Master Servicer, in the case of all other related Serviced Mortgage Loans and each related Serviced Companion Loan, shall maintain accurate records with respect to each related Mortgaged Property reflecting the status of real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon and the status of insurance premiums and any ground rents payable in respect thereof. The Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans (other than any REO Loan succeeding a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), and

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the Master Servicer, in the case of all other related Serviced Mortgage Loans and each related Serviced Companion Loan, shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to obtain, from time to time, all bills for the payment of such items (including renewal premiums) and shall effect payment thereof from the REO Account or by the Master Servicer as Servicing Advances prior to the applicable penalty or termination date and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items, employing for such purpose Escrow Payments (which shall be so applied by the Master Servicer at the written direction of the Special Servicer in the case of REO Loans) as allowed under the terms of the related Serviced Mortgage Loan and Companion Loan. Other than with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall service and administer any reserve accounts (including monitoring, maintaining or changing the amounts of required escrows) in accordance with the terms of such Mortgage Loan and the related Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable, and the Servicing Standard. To the extent that a Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Companion Loan, as applicable, does not require a Mortgagor to escrow for the payment of real estate taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, ground rents (if applicable) and similar items, the Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Master Servicer, in the case of all other such Mortgage Loans or Companion Loan, as applicable, that it is responsible for servicing hereunder, shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to cause the Mortgagor to comply with its obligation to make payments in respect of such items at the time they first become due and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items.

(c)               In accordance with the Servicing Standard and for each Serviced Mortgage Loan and each Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, the Master Servicer shall advance all such funds as are necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of (i) real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon, (ii) ground rents (if applicable) and (iii) premiums on Insurance Policies, in each instance if and to the extent Escrow Payments collected from the related Mortgagor (or related REO Revenues, if applicable) are insufficient to pay such item when due and the related Mortgagor has failed to pay such item on a timely basis, and provided, however, that the particular advance would not, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance and provided, further, however, that with respect to the payment of taxes and assessments, the Master Servicer shall not be required to make such advance until the later of (i) five (5) Business Days after the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as the case may be, has received confirmation that such item has not been paid and (ii) the date prior to the date after which any penalty or interest would accrue in respect of such taxes or assessments. The Special Servicer shall give the Master Servicer and the Trustee no less than five (5) Business Days’ written (facsimile or electronic) notice before the date on which the Master Servicer is requested to make any Servicing Advance with respect to a given Specially Serviced Loan or REO Property; provided, however, that only two (2) Business Days’ written (facsimile or electronic) notice shall be required in respect of Servicing Advances required to be made on an emergency or urgent basis provided, further, that the Special Servicer shall not be entitled to make such a request (other than for Servicing Advances required to be made on an urgent or emergency basis) more frequently than once per calendar month (although such request may relate to more than one Servicing Advance). The Master Servicer may pay the aggregate amount of such Servicing Advances listed on a monthly request to the Special Servicer, in which case the Special Servicer shall remit such Servicing Advances to the ultimate payees. The Special Servicer shall have no obligation to make any Servicing Advances; provided that in an urgent or

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emergency situation requiring the making of a Servicing Advance, the Special Servicer may make a Servicing Advance in its sole discretion. Within five (5) Business Days of making such a Servicing Advance, the Special Servicer shall deliver to the Master Servicer a request for reimbursement for such Servicing Advance, along with all information and documentation in the Special Servicer’s possession regarding the subject Servicing Advance as the Master Servicer may reasonably request, and the Master Servicer shall be obligated, out of the Master Servicer’s own funds, to reimburse the Special Servicer for any unreimbursed Servicing Advances (other than Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances) made by the Special Servicer pursuant to the terms hereof, together with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate from the date made to, but not including, the date of reimbursement. Such reimbursement and any accompanying payment of interest shall be made within five (5) Business Days of the written request therefor pursuant to the preceding sentence by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated in writing by the Special Servicer. Upon the Master Servicer’s reimbursement to the Special Servicer of any Servicing Advance and payment to the Special Servicer of interest thereon, all in accordance with this Section 3.03, the Master Servicer shall for all purposes of this Agreement be deemed to have made such Servicing Advance at the same time as the Special Servicer actually made such Servicing Advance, and accordingly, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such Servicing Advance, together with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate, at the same time, in the same manner and to the same extent as the Master Servicer would otherwise have been entitled if it had actually made such Servicing Advance at the time the Special Servicer did. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.03(c), the Master Servicer shall not be required to reimburse the Special Servicer out of its own funds for, or to make at the direction of the Special Servicer, any Servicing Advance if the Master Servicer determines in its reasonable judgment that such Servicing Advance, although not characterized by the Special Servicer as a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, is in fact a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. The Master Servicer shall notify the Special Servicer in writing of such determination and, if applicable, such Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance shall instead be reimbursed to the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.05 of this Agreement.

Any request by the Special Servicer that the Master Servicer make a Servicing Advance shall be deemed to be a determination by the Special Servicer that such requested Servicing Advance is not a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, and the Master Servicer and the Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such determination; provided that the determination shall not be binding on the Master Servicer or Trustee. On the first Business Day after the Determination Date for the related Distribution Date, the Special Servicer shall report to the Master Servicer if the Special Servicer determines any Servicing Advance previously made by the Master Servicer with respect to a Specially Serviced Loan or REO Loan is a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. The Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such a determination, and such determination shall be binding upon the Master Servicer, and shall in no way limit the ability of the Master Servicer in the absence of such determination to make its own determination that any Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance. If the Special Servicer makes a determination that only a portion of, and not all of, any previously made or proposed Servicing Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance, the Master Servicer shall have the right to make its own subsequent determination that any remaining portion of any such previously made or proposed Servicing Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance. If the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee determines that a proposed Servicing Advance with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, if made, or any outstanding Servicing Advance with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan previously

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made, would be, or is, as applicable, a Nonrecoverable Advance, the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, shall provide the applicable Other Servicer written notice of such determination within two (2) Business Days of the date of such determination. Any such determination by the Special Servicer that a Servicing Advance is or would be a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance shall be binding on the Master Servicer and the Trustee. All such Advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors and further as provided in Section 3.05(a). No costs incurred by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer in effecting the payment of real estate taxes, assessments and, if applicable, ground rents on or in respect of the Mortgaged Properties shall, for purposes hereof, including, without limitation, the Certificate Administrator’s calculation of monthly distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the unpaid principal balances of the related Mortgage Loans, any related Serviced Companion Loan, if applicable, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans, related Serviced Companion Loan, if applicable, so permit. If the Master Servicer fails to make any required Servicing Advance as and when due (including any applicable cure periods), to the extent the Trustee has actual knowledge of such failure, the Trustee shall make such Servicing Advance pursuant to Section 7.05. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Servicing Advance shall be required hereunder if such Servicing Advance would, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. In addition, the Master Servicer shall consider Unliquidated Advances in respect of prior Servicing Advances for purposes of nonrecoverability determinations. The Special Servicer shall not have an obligation to make any Servicing Advances or recoverability determination with respect to any Servicing Advance under this Agreement.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3.03(c), the Master Servicer may in its good faith judgment elect (but shall not be required unless directed by the Special Servicer with respect to Specially Serviced Loans and REO Loans) to make a payment from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account (or any Companion Distribution Account maintained as a subaccount thereof by a Companion Paying Agent, if applicable) (which shall be deemed first made from amounts distributable as principal and then from all other amounts comprising general collections) to pay for certain expenses set forth below notwithstanding that the Master Servicer (or the Special Servicer, as the case may be) has determined that a Servicing Advance with respect to such expenditure would be a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance (unless, with respect to Specially Serviced Loans or REO Loans, the Special Servicer has notified the Master Servicer to not make such expenditure), where making such expenditure would prevent (i) the related Mortgaged Property from being uninsured or being sold at a tax sale or (ii) any event that would cause a loss of the priority of the lien of the related Mortgage, or the loss of any security for the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan; provided that in each instance, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, determines in accordance with the Servicing Standard (as evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee) that making such expenditure is in the best interest of the Certificateholders (and, if applicable, the Companion Holders), all as a collective whole (taking into account the subordinate or pari passu nature of any Companion Loans). The Master Servicer or the Trustee may elect to obtain reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances from the Trust pursuant to the terms of Section 3.17(c). The parties acknowledge that pursuant to the applicable Non-Serviced PSA, the applicable Non-Serviced Master Servicer is obligated to make servicing advances with respect to the related Non-Serviced Whole Loan. The applicable Non-Serviced Master Servicer shall be entitled to reimbursement for nonrecoverable servicing advances with respect to such Non-Serviced Whole Loan (with, in each case, any accrued and unpaid interest thereon provided for under the applicable

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Non-Serviced PSA) in the manner set forth in the applicable Non-Serviced PSA and the applicable Non-Serviced Intercreditor Agreement.

(d)               In connection with its recovery of any Servicing Advance out of the Collection Account (or any Companion Distribution Account maintained as a subaccount thereof by the Companion Paying Agent, if applicable) pursuant to Section 3.05(a), the Trustee, the Special Servicer and then the Master Servicer, as the case may be and in that order, shall be entitled to receive, out of any amounts then on deposit in the Collection Account interest at the Reimbursement Rate in effect from time to time, accrued on the amount of such Servicing Advance from the date made to, but not including, the date of reimbursement. Subject to Section 3.17(c), the Master Servicer shall reimburse itself, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be, for any outstanding Servicing Advance as soon as practically possible after funds available for such purpose are deposited in the Collection Account (or any Companion Distribution Account maintained as a subaccount thereof by the Companion Paying Agent, if applicable) subject to the Master Servicer’s or the Trustee’s options and rights to defer recovery of such amounts as provided herein; provided, however, that the Master Servicer’s or Trustee’s options and rights to defer recovery of such amounts shall not alter the Master Servicer’s obligation to reimburse the Special Servicer for any outstanding Servicing Advance as provided for in this sentence. To the extent amounts on deposit in the Companion Distribution Account with respect to the related Companion Loan are insufficient for any such reimbursement, the Master Servicer shall use efforts in accordance with the Servicing Standard to enforce the rights of the holder of the related Mortgage Loan under the related Intercreditor Agreement to obtain any reimbursement available from the holder of the related Companion Loan.

(e)               To the extent an operations and maintenance plan is required to be established and executed pursuant to the terms of a Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation thereof within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which plan is required to be established or completed. To the extent any repairs, capital improvements, actions or remediations are required to have been taken or completed pursuant to the terms of the Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation of such actions and remediations within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which action or remediations are required to be or to have been taken or completed. To the extent a Mortgagor shall fail to promptly respond to any inquiry described in this Section 3.03(e), the Master Servicer shall report any such failure to the Special Servicer within a reasonable time after the date as of which actions or remediations are required to be or to have been taken or completed.

Section 3.04        The Collection Account, the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, the Companion Distribution Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account, the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the Retained Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account. (a) The Master Servicer shall establish and maintain, or cause to be established and maintained, the Collection Account in which the Master Servicer shall deposit or cause to be deposited on a daily basis and in no event later than the second (2^nd) Business Day following receipt of available and properly identified funds (in the case of payments by Mortgagors or other collections on the Mortgage Loans or Companion Loans), except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the following payments and collections received or made by or on behalf of it subsequent to the Cut-off Date (other than in

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respect of principal and interest on the Mortgage Loans or Companion Loans due and payable on or before the Cut-off Date, which payments shall be delivered promptly to the appropriate Mortgage Loan Seller or its respective designee and other than any amounts received from Mortgagors which are received in connection with the purchase of defeasance collateral), or payments (other than Principal Prepayments) received by it on or prior to the Cut-off Date but allocable to a period subsequent thereto:

(i)                                      all payments on account of principal, including Principal Prepayments on the Mortgage Loans or principal prepayments on Serviced Companion Loans;

(ii)                                    all payments on account of interest on the Mortgage Loans or the Serviced Companion Loans, including Excess Interest, Prepayment Premiums, Yield Maintenance Charges and Default Interest;

(iii)                                 late payment charges and other Penalty Charges to the extent required to offset interest on Advances and additional expenses of the Trust (including Special Servicing Fees, Workout Fees or Liquidation Fees) as required by Section 3.11(d);

(iv)                               all Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds (other than Gain-on-Sale Proceeds or Non-Serviced Gain-on-Sale Proceeds) received in respect of any Mortgage Loan, Serviced Companion Loan or REO Property (other than (A) Liquidation Proceeds that are received in connection with the purchase by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, or the Holders of the Class R Certificates of all the Mortgage Loans and any REO Properties in the Trust Fund and that are to be deposited in the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account pursuant to Section 9.01 and (B) any proceeds that are received in connection with the purchase, if any, of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan from a securitization by the related mortgage loan seller, which shall be paid directly to the servicer of such securitization) together with any recovery of Unliquidated Advances in respect of the related Mortgage Loans;

(v)                                   any amounts required to be transferred from the applicable REO Account pursuant to Section 3.14(c);

(vi)                                any amounts required to be deposited by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.06 in connection with losses incurred with respect to Permitted Investments of funds held in the Collection Account; and

(vii)                             any amounts required to be deposited by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.07(b) in connection with losses resulting from a deductible clause in a blanket hazard or master single interest policy.

Notwithstanding the foregoing requirements, the Master Servicer need not deposit into the Collection Account any amount that the Master Servicer would be authorized to withdraw immediately from such account in accordance with the terms of Section 3.05 and shall be entitled to instead immediately pay such amount directly to the Person(s) entitled thereto; provided that such amounts shall be applied in accordance with the terms hereof and shall be reported as if deposited in the Collection Account and then withdrawn.

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The foregoing requirements for deposit in the Collection Account shall be exclusive, it being understood and agreed that, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, actual payments from Mortgagors in the nature of Escrow Payments, charges for beneficiary statements or demands, assumption fees, modification fees, extension fees, defeasance fees, amounts collected for Mortgagor checks returned for insufficient funds or other amounts the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer would be entitled to retain as additional servicing compensation need not be deposited by the Master Servicer in the Collection Account. If the Master Servicer shall deposit in the Collection Account any amount not required to be deposited therein, it may at any time withdraw such amount from the Collection Account, any provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding. Assumption, extension and modification fees actually received from Mortgagors on Specially Serviced Loans shall be promptly delivered to the Special Servicer as additional servicing compensation.

Upon receipt of any of the foregoing amounts in clauses (i) through (iv) above with respect to any Specially Serviced Loans, the Special Servicer shall remit within one (1) Business Day such amounts to the Master Servicer for deposit into the Collection Account, in accordance with this Section 3.04(a), provided that to the extent any of the foregoing amounts are received after 2:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on any given Business Day, the Special Servicer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to remit such amounts within one (1) Business Day of receipt of such amount, but, in any event, the Special Servicer shall remit such amounts to the Master Servicer within two (2) Business Days of receipt of such amounts; Any such amounts received by the Special Servicer with respect to an REO Property shall be deposited by the Special Servicer into its REO Account and remitted to the Master Servicer for deposit into the Collection Account, pursuant to Section 3.14(c). With respect to any such amounts paid by check to the order of the Special Servicer, the Special Servicer shall endorse without recourse or warranty such check to the order of the Master Servicer and shall promptly deliver any such check to the Master Servicer by overnight courier. Funds in the Collection Account may only be invested in Permitted Investments in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.06. As of the Closing Date, the Collection Account for the Master Servicer shall be located at the offices of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association. The Master Servicer shall give written notice to the Trustee, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor of the new location of the Collection Account prior to any change thereof.

(b)               The Certificate Administrator, on behalf of the Trustee, shall establish and maintain (i) the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the Retained Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account in trust for the benefit of the Certificateholders (other than the Holders of the Excess Interest Certificates), (ii) the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account in trust for the benefit of the Certificateholders (other than the Holders of the Excess Interest Certificates) and (iii) the Excess Interest Distribution Account in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Excess Interest Certificates and the RR Interest. The Master Servicer shall deliver to the Certificate Administrator each month on or before the P&I Advance Date therein, for deposit (x) in the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, that portion of the Aggregate Available Funds (other than any Initial Interest Deposit Amount) attributable to the Mortgage Loans (in each case, calculated without regard to clauses (a)(iii)(B), (a)(iv), (c) and (d) of the definition of Aggregate Available Funds) for the related Distribution Date and (y) in the Excess Interest Distribution Account all Excess Interest for the related Distribution Date then on deposit in the Collection Account maintained by the Master Servicer after giving

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effect to withdrawals of funds pursuant to Section 3.05(a)(ii). For the avoidance of doubt, so long as Computershare Trust Company, National Association is the Certificate Administrator, all funds held in the Distribution Account, the Interest Reserve Account and the Excess Interest Distribution Account shall remain uninvested.

The Certificate Administrator shall, on any Distribution Date, make withdrawals from the Excess Interest Distribution Account to the extent required to make the distributions of Excess Interest required by Section 4.01(j) of this Agreement.

With respect to each Serviced Companion Loan, the Companion Paying Agent shall establish and maintain the Companion Distribution Account, which may be a subaccount of the Collection Account, for distributions to each Serviced Companion Noteholder. Funds in the Companion Distribution Account shall be held for the benefit of the related Serviced Companion Noteholders. The Companion Paying Agent shall separately track for each Serviced Companion Loan all amounts deposited in the Companion Distribution Account with respect to such Serviced Companion Loan.

On each Serviced Whole Loan Remittance Date, (1) first, the Master Servicer shall withdraw from the Collection Account (or applicable portion thereof) an aggregate amount equal to all payments and/or collections actually received on, and payable in respect of, the Serviced Companion Loans prior to such date and deposit such amount in the Companion Distribution Account; provided, however, that in no event shall the Master Servicer be required to transfer to the Companion Distribution Account any portion thereof that is payable or reimbursable to or at the direction of any party to this Agreement under the other provisions of this Agreement and/or the related Intercreditor Agreement; and (2) then, the Companion Paying Agent shall make the payments and remittance described in Section 4.01(k). With respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, in the event the Master Servicer has received written notice that an Other Servicer or Other Trustee has made an advance of a monthly debt service payment on a related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan and the Master Servicer subsequently receives Late Collections in respect of such advanced payment, the Master Servicer shall remit to the applicable Other Servicer or Other Trustee, within two (2) Business Days following receipt of such Late Collections in properly identified funds, the amount allocable to such Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the related Intercreditor Agreement.

The Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account, the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Retained Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the Interest Reserve Account, may be subaccounts of a single Eligible Account, which shall be maintained as a segregated account separate from other accounts.

In addition to the amounts required to be deposited in the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account pursuant to this Section 3.04, the Master Servicer shall, as and when required hereunder, deliver to the Certificate Administrator for deposit in the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account:

(i)                any amounts required to be deposited by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.17(a) as Compensating Interest Payments (other than the portion of any

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Compensating Interest Payment allocated to a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan) in connection with Prepayment Interest Shortfalls;

(ii)                                   any P&I Advances required to be made by the Master Servicer in accordance with Section 4.03;

(iii)                                any Liquidation Proceeds paid by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Holders of the Controlling Class or the Holders of the Class R Certificates in connection with the purchase of all of the Mortgage Loans and any REO Properties in the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01 (exclusive of that portion thereof required to be deposited in the Collection Account pursuant to Section 9.01);

(iv)                               any Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges with respect to the Mortgage Loans actually collected; and

(v)                                   any other amounts required to be so delivered for deposit in the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account pursuant to any provision of this Agreement.

If, as of the close of business (New York City time) on any P&I Advance Date or on such other date as any amount referred to in the foregoing clauses (i) through (v) or any Excess Interest are required to be delivered hereunder, the Master Servicer shall not have delivered to the Certificate Administrator for deposit in the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account or the Excess Interest Distribution Account, as applicable, the amounts required to be deposited therein pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement (including any P&I Advance with respect to the Mortgage Loans, pursuant to Section 4.03(a)), the Master Servicer shall pay the Certificate Administrator interest on such late payment at the Prime Rate from and including the date such payment was required to be made (without regard to any Grace Period set forth in Section 7.01(a)(i)) until (but not including) the date such late payment is received by the Certificate Administrator.

The Certificate Administrator shall, upon receipt, deposit in the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account or the Excess Interest Distribution Account, as applicable, any and all amounts received by the Certificate Administrator that are required by the terms of this Agreement to be deposited therein.

Promptly on each Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator shall be deemed to withdraw from the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account and deposit in the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account an aggregate amount of immediately available funds equal to the Lower-Tier Distribution Amount and the amount of any Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges for such Distribution Date allocated in payment of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests as specified in Section 4.01(c) and Section 4.01(e), respectively.

Funds on deposit in the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Retained Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account, the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account or the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account shall not be invested for so long as Computershare Trust Company, National Association is the Certificate Administrator; provided, however, that such funds may be invested and, if invested, shall be invested by, and at the risk of, the Certificate Administrator (but only if the Certificate Administrator is not Computershare Trust Company, National Association) in

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Permitted Investments selected by the party hereunder that maintains such account which shall mature, unless payable on demand, not later than such time on the Distribution Date which will allow the Certificate Administrator to make withdrawals from the Distribution Account, and any such Permitted Investment shall not be sold or disposed of prior to its maturity unless payable on demand. All such Permitted Investments to be administered by the Certificate Administrator, shall be made in the name of “Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator, for the benefit of Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee for the Holders of BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45 as their interests may appear”, or in the name of any successor trustee, as Trustee for the Holders of BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45 as their interests may appear. None of the Trust, the Depositor, the Mortgagors, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer shall be liable for any loss incurred on such Permitted Investments.

An amount equal to all income and gain realized from any such investment shall be paid to the Certificate Administrator as additional compensation and shall be subject to its withdrawal at any time from time to time. The amount of any losses incurred in respect of any such investments shall be for the account of the Certificate Administrator which shall deposit the amount of such loss (to the extent not offset by income from other investments) in the Distribution Accounts, as the case may be, out of its own funds immediately as realized. If the Certificate Administrator deposits in or transfers to the Distribution Accounts, as the case may be, any amount not required to be deposited therein or transferred thereto, it may at any time withdraw such amount or retransfer such amount from the Distribution Accounts, as the case may be, any provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding.

As of the Closing Date, the Interest Reserve Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account, the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account and the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account shall be located at the offices of the Certificate Administrator. The Certificate Administrator shall give notice to the Trustee, the Master Servicer, and the Depositor of the proposed location of the Interest Reserve Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account, the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, and, if established, the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the Retained Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account prior to any change thereof.

For the avoidance of doubt, the Collection Account (other than (i) any portion holding Excess Interest and (ii) the Companion Distribution Account, if it is a sub-account of the Collection Account), the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Retained Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, any Servicing Account, the REO Account and the Interest Reserve Account (including interest, if any, earned on the investment of funds in such accounts) will be owned by the Lower-Tier REMIC; the Excess Interest Distribution Account (and any portion of the Collection Account holding Excess Interest) (including interest, if any, earned on the investment of funds in such account) will be owned by the Grantor Trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Excess Interest Certificates and the RR Interest; the Companion Distribution Account (including interest, if any, earned on the investment of funds in such account) will be owned by the Companion Holders; and the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account (including interest, if any, earned on the investment of funds such account) will be owned by the Upper-Tier REMIC, each for federal income tax purposes.

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(c)               Prior to any Determination Date for the first Collection Period during which Excess Interest is received on any Mortgage Loan, and upon notification from the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.02(d), the Certificate Administrator, on behalf of the Certificateholders, shall establish and maintain the Excess Interest Distribution Account in its own name on behalf of the Trustee in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Excess Interest Certificates and the RR Interest. The Excess Interest Distribution Account shall be established and maintained as an Eligible Account (or as a subaccount of an Eligible Account). Prior to the applicable Distribution Date, the Master Servicer shall remit to the Certificate Administrator for deposit in the Excess Interest Distribution Account an amount equal to the Excess Interest received by the Master Servicer prior to the Determination Date for the applicable Collection Period.

(d)               Following the distribution of the applicable portions of Excess Interest to Holders of the Excess Interest Certificates and the RR Interest, as applicable, on the first Distribution Date after which there are no longer any Mortgage Loans outstanding which pursuant to their terms could pay Excess Interest, the Certificate Administrator shall terminate the Excess Interest Distribution Account.

(e)               The Certificate Administrator shall establish (upon notice from the Special Servicer of an event occurring that generates Gain-on-Sale Proceeds) and maintain (i) the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account for the benefit of the Certificateholders (other than the Holders of the RR Interest) and (ii) the Retained Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account for the benefit of the Holders of the RR Interest. Each of the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the Retained Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account shall be maintained as an Eligible Account (or as a subaccount of an Eligible Account), separate and apart from trust funds for mortgage pass-through certificates of other series administered by the Certificate Administrator.

Upon the disposition of any REO Property, in accordance with Section 3.09 or Section 3.16, the Special Servicer will calculate the Gain-on-Sale Proceeds, if any, realized that are allocable to the Mortgage Loan and any gain that is allocable to any related Serviced Companion Loan in connection with such sale and remit such funds to the Master Servicer on the later of (x) the related Determination Date or (y) the date that is two (2) Business Days after such amounts are received and properly identified and determined to be available, along with a notation of the amount of Gain-on-Sale Proceeds in the CREFC^® REO Liquidation Report. On the related Remittance Date, the Master Servicer shall remit such funds that are allocable to the Mortgage Loan to the Certificate Administrator, who shall deposit (i) the Non-Retained Percentage of such funds into the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and (ii) the Required Credit Risk Retention Percentage of such funds into the Retained Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account. Any gain on such disposition that is allocable to any related Companion Loan in accordance with the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement shall be remitted to the Companion Paying Agent for deposit into the Companion Distribution Account.

(f)                Any Non-Serviced Gain-on-Sale Proceeds received with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan pursuant to the related Non-Serviced PSA shall be remitted to the Certificate Administrator as follows: (i) the Non-Retained Percentage of such funds for deposit into the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and (ii) the Required Credit Risk Retention Percentage of such funds for deposit into the Retained Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account.

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(g)               [Reserved].

(h)               [Reserved].

(i)                 If any Loss of Value Payments are received in connection with a Material Defect pursuant to or as contemplated by Section 3.05(g) of this Agreement, the Special Servicer shall establish and maintain one or more non-interest bearing accounts (collectively, the “Loss of Value Reserve Fund”) to be held for the benefit of the Certificateholders, for purposes of holding such Loss of Value Payments. Each account that constitutes the Loss of Value Reserve Fund shall be an Eligible Account or a sub-account of an Eligible Account. The Special Servicer shall, within two (2) Business Days of receipt of properly identified and available Loss of Value Payments, deposit in the Loss of Value Reserve Fund all Loss of Value Payments received by it. The Certificate Administrator shall account for the Loss of Value Reserve Fund as an outside reserve fund within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(h) and not an asset of any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust. Furthermore, for all federal tax purposes, the Certificate Administrator shall (i) treat amounts paid out of the Loss of Value Reserve Fund through the Collection Account to the Certificateholders as paid to and distributed by the Trust REMICs and (ii) treat any amounts paid out of the Loss of Value Reserve Fund through the Collection Account to a Mortgage Loan Seller as distributions by the Trust to such Mortgage Loan Seller as beneficial owner of the Loss of Value Reserve Fund. The applicable Mortgage Loan Seller will be the beneficial owner of the Loss of Value Reserve Fund for all federal income tax purposes, and shall be taxable on all income earned thereon.

Section 3.05        Permitted Withdrawals from the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts and the Companion Distribution Account. (a) The Master Servicer may, from time to time, make withdrawals from the Collection Account (or the applicable subaccount of the Collection Account exclusive of the Companion Distribution Account) for any of the following purposes (the following not being an order of priority and without duplication of the same payment or reimbursement):

(i)                (A)  no later than 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on each P&I Advance Date, to remit to the Certificate Administrator for deposit in the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account and the Excess Interest Distribution Account the amounts required to be remitted by the Master Servicer pursuant to the first paragraph of Section 3.04(b) or that may be applied to make P&I Advances pursuant to Section 4.03(a); and (B) pursuant to the second paragraph of Section 3.04(b), to remit to the Companion Paying Agent for deposit in the Companion Distribution Account the amounts required to be so deposited with respect to the Companion Loans;

(ii)               (A)  to pay itself (or, with respect to any Transferable Servicing Interest, to pay Wells Fargo Bank, National Association if Wells Fargo Bank, National Association is no longer the Master Servicer, any such interest pursuant to Section 3.11(a)) unpaid Servicing Fees in respect of each Mortgage Loan, Serviced Companion Loan, Specially Serviced Loan, and REO Loan, as applicable, the Master Servicer’s rights to payment of Servicing Fees pursuant to this clause (ii)(A) with respect to any Mortgage Loan, related Serviced Companion Loan, Specially Serviced Loan or REO Loan, as applicable, being limited to amounts received on or in respect of such Mortgage Loan or related Serviced

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Companion Loan (whether in the form of payments, Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds) or such REO Loan (whether in the form of REO Revenues, Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds), that are allocable as recovery of interest thereon, (B) to pay the Special Servicer any unpaid Special Servicing Fees, Liquidation Fees and Workout Fees in respect of each Specially Serviced Loan or REO Loan or Corrected Loan, as applicable, and any expense incurred by the Special Servicer in connection with performing any inspections pursuant to Section 3.12(a), remaining unpaid first, out of related REO Revenues, Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds and collections in respect of the related Specially Serviced Loan (provided that, in the case of such payment relating to a Serviced Whole Loan, such payment shall be made, subject to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement (i) with respect to a Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan, pro rata and pari passu, from the related Serviced Pari Passu Mortgage Loan and Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s), in accordance with their respective outstanding principal balances, or (ii) with respect to a Serviced AB Whole Loan, first, from the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan(s) and then, from the Serviced AB Mortgage Loan and any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans on a pro rata and pari passu basis) and then out of general collections on the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties serviced by the Master Servicer, (C) to pay the Operating Advisor (or the Master Servicer, if applicable) any unpaid Operating Advisor Fees or Operating Advisor Consulting Fees in respect of each Mortgage Loan, Specially Serviced Loan or REO Loan (other than any related Companion Loan), as applicable, the Operating Advisor’s right to payment of the Operating Advisor Fee or Operating Advisor Consulting Fee pursuant to this clause (ii)(C) with respect to any Mortgage Loan, Specially Serviced Loan or REO Loan (other than any related Companion Loan), as applicable, being limited to amounts received on or in respect of such Mortgage Loan (whether in the form of payments, P&I Advances (solely with respect to the Operating Advisor Fee), Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds), such REO Loan (whether in the form of REO Revenues, Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds), that are allocable as recovery of interest thereon, and (D) to pay the Asset Representations Reviewer, any unpaid Asset Representations Reviewer Fee and (subject to Section 12.02(b)) Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee, if any, payable in connection with any Asset Review performed as a result of an Affirmative Asset Review Vote;

(iii)                                  to reimburse the Trustee and itself, as applicable (in that order), for unreimbursed P&I Advances, the Master Servicer’s or the Trustee’s right to reimbursement pursuant to this clause (iii) being limited to amounts received which represent Late Collections of interest (net of the related Servicing Fee) on and principal of the particular Mortgage Loans and REO Loans with respect to which P&I Advances were made; provided that with respect to each Serviced Whole Loan, reimbursement of P&I Advances shall be made only from amounts collected with respect to the related Serviced Mortgage Loan and not from any amounts collected with respect to any related Serviced Companion Loan (provided that, with respect to any AB Subordinate Companion Loan, the foregoing shall not limit or otherwise modify the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement pursuant to which any amounts collected with respect to the related Whole Loan are allocated to the related Serviced AB Mortgage Loan, any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans and the AB Subordinate Companion Loans) prior to reimbursement from other funds

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unrelated to such Serviced Whole Loan on deposit in the Collection Account; provided, further, that if such P&I Advance with respect to a Mortgage Loan becomes a Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount, then the maker of such P&I Advance shall additionally, but without duplication, thereafter be entitled to reimbursement for such P&I Advance from the portion of general collections and recoveries on or in respect of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties serviced by the Master Servicer on deposit in the Collection Account from time to time that represent collections or recoveries of principal to the extent provided in clause (v) below; and provided, further, that if such Advance becomes a Nonrecoverable Advance, then such Advance shall be reimbursable pursuant to clause (v) below;

(iv)                                to reimburse the Trustee, the Special Servicer and itself, as applicable (in that order), for unreimbursed Servicing Advances, the Master Servicer’s, the Special Servicer’s or the Trustee’s respective rights to receive payment pursuant to this clause (iv) with respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan or any related Companion Loan or any REO Property being limited to, as applicable, related payments, Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds and REO Revenues (provided that, in the case of such reimbursement relating to a Serviced Whole Loan, such reimbursements shall be made, subject to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement (i) with respect to a Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan, pro rata and pari passu, from the related Serviced Pari Passu Mortgage Loan and Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s) in accordance with their respective outstanding principal balances, or (ii) with respect to a Serviced AB Whole Loan, first, from the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan(s) and then, from the related Serviced AB Mortgage Loan and any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans on a pro rata and pari passu basis (provided that, with respect to any AB Subordinate Companion Loan, the foregoing shall not limit or otherwise modify the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement pursuant to which any amounts collected with respect to the related Whole Loan are allocated to the related Serviced Mortgage Loan, any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans and the AB Subordinate Companion Loans), prior to reimbursement from other funds unrelated to such Serviced Whole Loan on deposit in the Collection Account related to any Mortgage Loan); provided, however, that if such Servicing Advance becomes a Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount, then the maker of such Servicing Advance shall additionally, but without duplication, thereafter be entitled to reimbursement for such Servicing Advance from the portion of general collections and recoveries on or in respect of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties serviced by the Master Servicer on deposit in the Collection Account from time to time that represent collections or recoveries of principal to the extent provided in clause (v) below; provided, further, that if such Advance becomes a Nonrecoverable Advance, then such Advance shall be reimbursable pursuant to clause (v) below;

(v)                                   to reimburse the Trustee, the Special Servicer and itself, as applicable (in that order) (1) for Nonrecoverable Advances first, out of REO Revenues, Liquidation Proceeds and Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds, if any, received on the related Mortgage Loan and any related Companion Loan (with respect to such Companion Loan, only for Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances made with respect thereto), then, out of the principal portion of general collections on the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties serviced by the Master Servicer, then, to the extent the principal portion of general

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collections is insufficient and with respect to such excess only, subject to any exercise of the sole option to defer reimbursement thereof pursuant to Section 3.17(c), out of general collections on the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties serviced by the Master Servicer, (2) for Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts, out of the principal portion of the general collections on the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties serviced by the Master Servicer net of such amounts being reimbursed pursuant to (1) above; (provided that, in the case of such reimbursement of a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance relating to a Serviced Whole Loan, such reimbursement shall be made, subject to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement (i) with respect to a Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan, pro rata and pari passu, from the related Serviced Pari Passu Mortgage Loan and Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s) in accordance with their respective outstanding principal balances, or (ii) with respect to a Serviced AB Whole Loan, first, from the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan(s) and then, from the related Serviced AB Mortgage Loan and any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans on a pro rata and pari passu basis and provided, further, that, in the case of such reimbursement with respect to Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances relating to a Serviced Whole Loan, such reimbursement shall be made as described above in this clause (v)(1) and (v)(2), prior to reimbursement from other funds unrelated to such Serviced Whole Loan on deposit in the Collection Account; provided, further, that with respect to a Serviced Mortgage Loan, reimbursement of Nonrecoverable P&I Advances from funds collected from the related Serviced Whole Loan shall be made only from amounts collected with respect to such Serviced Mortgage Loan (and not from any amounts collected with respect to the related Serviced Companion Loan), in accordance with the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement (provided that, with respect to any Serviced Companion Loan, the foregoing with respect to Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances and Nonrecoverable P&I Advances shall not limit or otherwise modify the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement pursuant to which any amounts collected with respect to the related Whole Loan are allocated to the related Serviced Mortgage Loan, any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans and AB Subordinate Companion Loan), prior to reimbursement from other funds unrelated to such Serviced Whole Loan on deposit in the Collection Account related to any Mortgage Loan) or (3) to pay itself, with respect to any Mortgage Loan, any related Companion Loan, if applicable, or REO Property any related earned Servicing Fee that remained unpaid in accordance with clause (ii) above following a Final Recovery Determination made with respect to such Mortgage Loan or REO Property and the deposit into the Collection Account of all amounts received in connection therewith;

(vi)                                at such time as it reimburses the Trustee and itself, as applicable (in that order) or any Other Trustee or Other Servicer for a related securitization trust in respect of any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan for (a) any unreimbursed P&I Advance (including any such P&I Advance that constitutes a Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount) pursuant to clause (iii) or clause (v) above, to pay itself and/or the Trustee or such other servicing party, as applicable, any interest accrued and payable thereon in accordance with Sections 4.03(d) and 3.11(d), (b) any unreimbursed Servicing Advances (including any such Servicing Advance that constitutes a Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount) pursuant to clause (iv) or clause (v) above, to pay itself, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, or Other Trustee or Other Servicer as the case may be, any interest accrued and payable thereon in accordance with Section 3.03(d) and Section 3.11(d) or (c) any Nonrecoverable

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Advances pursuant to clause (v) above, to pay itself, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, or Other Trustee or Other Servicer as the case may be, any interest accrued and payable thereon; provided that in all events, subject to the related Intercreditor Agreement, interest on P&I Advances on any Serviced Mortgage Loan shall not be paid from funds actually distributable to any related Serviced Companion Loan (provided that, with respect to any AB Subordinate Companion Loan, the foregoing shall not limit or otherwise modify the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement pursuant to which any amounts collected with respect to the related Whole Loan are allocated to the related Serviced AB Mortgage Loan, any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans and AB Subordinate Companion Loans);

(vii)                          to reimburse itself, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be, for any unreimbursed expenses reasonably incurred by such Person in respect of any Material Defect giving rise to a repurchase or substitution obligation of a Mortgage Loan Seller or any other obligation of such Mortgage Loan Seller under Section 4 of the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, including, without limitation, any expenses arising out of the enforcement of the repurchase or substitution obligation or any other obligation of such Mortgage Loan Seller, each such Person’s right to reimbursement pursuant to this clause (vii) with respect to any Mortgage Loan being limited to that portion of the Purchase Price, the Loss of Value Payment or Substitution Shortfall Amount paid with respect to such Mortgage Loan, that represents such expense in accordance with clause (iv) of the definition of Purchase Price;

(viii)                       in accordance with Section 2.03(f), to reimburse itself or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, first, out of Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds, if any, with respect to the related Mortgage Loan or REO Loan, and then out of general collections on the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties serviced by the Master Servicer, for any unreimbursed expense reasonably incurred by such Person in connection with the enforcement of a Mortgage Loan Seller’s obligations under Section 4 of the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, but only to the extent that such expenses are not reimbursable pursuant to clause (vii) above or otherwise; provided that, in the case of such reimbursement out of Liquidation Proceeds, and Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds described above relating to a Serviced Whole Loan, such reimbursement shall be made, subject to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement (i) with respect to a Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan, pro rata and pari passu, from the related Serviced Pari Passu Mortgage Loan and Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan in accordance with their respective outstanding principal balances or (ii) with respect to a Serviced AB Whole Loan, first, from the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan and then, from the related Serviced AB Mortgage Loan and any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans on a pro rata and pari passu basis (provided that, with respect to any AB Subordinate Companion Loan, the foregoing shall not limit or otherwise modify the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement pursuant to which any amounts collected with respect to the related Whole Loan are allocated to the related Serviced AB Mortgage Loan, any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans and the AB Subordinate Companion Loans), in each case, prior to being payable out of general collections with respect to the Mortgage Loans;

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(ix)                               to pay for costs and expenses incurred by the Trust pursuant to Section 3.09(c) first, out of REO Revenues, Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds with respect to the related Mortgage Loan, Serviced Companion Loan or REO Loan and then out of general collections on the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties serviced by the Master Servicer; provided that, in the case of such reimbursement relating to a Serviced Whole Loan, such reimbursement shall be made, subject to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement (i) with respect to a Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan, pro rata and pari passu, from the related Serviced Pari Passu Mortgage Loan and Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s) in accordance with their respective outstanding principal balances or (ii) with respect to a Serviced AB Whole Loan, first, from the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan(s) and then, from the related Serviced AB Mortgage Loan and any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans on a pro rata and pari passu basis (provided that, with respect to any AB Subordinate Companion Loan, the foregoing shall not limit or otherwise modify the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement pursuant to which any amounts collected with respect to the related Whole Loan are allocated to the related Serviced AB Mortgage Loan, any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans and the AB Subordinate Companion Loans), in each case, prior to being payable out of general collections with respect to the Mortgage Loan;

(x)                                  to pay itself, as additional servicing compensation in accordance with Section 3.11(a), (a) (1) interest and investment income earned in respect of amounts relating to the Trust Fund held in the Collection Account and the Companion Distribution Account as provided in Section 3.06(b) (but only to the extent of the Net Investment Earnings with respect to the Collection Account and the Companion Distribution Account for the period from and including the prior Distribution Date to and including the P&I Advance Date related to such Distribution Date) and (2) Penalty Charges (other than Penalty Charges collected while the related Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan is a Specially Serviced Loan), but only to the extent collected from the related Mortgagor and to the extent that all amounts then due and payable with respect to the related Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan have been paid and such Penalty Charges are not needed to pay interest on Advances or costs and expenses incurred by the Trust (including Special Servicing Fees, Liquidation Fees and Workout Fees) in accordance with Section 3.11(d); and (b) to pay the Special Servicer, as additional servicing compensation in accordance with Section 3.11(c), Penalty Charges collected on Specially Serviced Loans (but only to the extent collected from the related Mortgagor and to the extent that all amounts then due and payable with respect to the related Specially Serviced Loan have been paid and such Penalty Charges are not needed to pay interest on Advances or costs and expenses incurred by the Trust (including Special Servicing Fees, Liquidation Fees and Workout Fees) in accordance with Section 3.11(d));

(xi)                               to recoup any amounts deposited in the Collection Account in error;

(xii)                            to pay itself, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any of their respective directors, officers, members, managers, employees and agents, or CREFC^®, as the case may be, out of general collections, any amounts payable to any such Person pursuant to Section 3.11(g), Section 6.04(a) or Section 6.04(b); provided that, in the case of such reimbursement (other

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than a reimbursement of any amounts payable to CREFC^®) relating to a Serviced Whole Loan, such reimbursement shall be made, subject to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement (i) with respect to a Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan, pro rata and pari passu, from the related Serviced Pari Passu Mortgage Loan and Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan in accordance with their respective outstanding principal balances or (ii) with respect to a Serviced AB Whole Loan, first, from the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan and then, from the related Serviced AB Mortgage Loan and any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans on a pro rata and pari passu basis (provided that, with respect to any AB Subordinate Companion Loan, the foregoing shall not limit or otherwise modify the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement pursuant to which any amounts collected with respect to the related Whole Loan are allocated to the related Serviced AB Mortgage Loan, any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans and the AB Subordinate Companion Loans), in each case, prior to being payable out of general collections with respect to the Mortgage Loans;

(xiii)                         to pay for (a) the cost of the Opinions of Counsel contemplated by Sections 3.09(b), 3.14(a), 3.15(b), 3.18(b), 3.18(d), 3.18(i), 10.01(f) and Section 13.02(a) to the extent payable out of the Trust Fund, (b) the cost of any Opinion of Counsel contemplated by Sections 13.01(a) or Section 13.01(c) in connection with an amendment to this Agreement requested by the Trustee or the Master Servicer, which amendment is in furtherance of the rights and interests of Certificateholders and (c) the cost of obtaining the REO Extension contemplated by Section 3.14(a); provided that, in the case of such reimbursement relating to a Serviced Whole Loan, such reimbursement shall be made, subject to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement (i) with respect to the related Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan, pro rata and pari passu, from the related Serviced Pari Passu Mortgage Loan and Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s) in accordance with their respective outstanding principal balances or (ii) with respect to a Serviced AB Whole Loan, first, from the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan(s) and then, from the related Serviced AB Mortgage Loan and any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans on a pro rata and pari passu basis (provided that, with respect to any AB Subordinate Companion Loan, the foregoing shall not limit or otherwise modify the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement pursuant to which any amounts collected with respect to the related Whole Loan are allocated to the related Serviced AB Mortgage Loan, any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans and the AB Subordinate Companion Loan(s)), in each case, prior to being payable out of general collections with respect to the Mortgage Loans;

(xiv)                        to pay out of general collections on the Mortgage Loans and the REO Properties serviced by the Master Servicer any and all federal, state and local taxes imposed on any Trust REMIC, or any of their assets or transactions, together with all incidental costs and expenses, to the extent that none of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee is liable therefor pursuant to Section 10.01(g);

(xv)                           to reimburse the Certificate Administrator out of general collections on the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties serviced by the Master Servicer for expenses incurred by and reimbursable to it by the Trust pursuant to Section 10.01(c);

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(xvi)                        to pay the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller or any other Person, with respect to each Mortgage Loan, if any, previously purchased by such Person pursuant to this Agreement, all amounts received thereon subsequent to the date of purchase relating to periods after the date of purchase; or, in the case of the substitution for a Mortgage Loan by a Mortgage Loan Seller as contemplated by Section 2.03(b), to pay such Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to the replaced Mortgage Loan all amounts received thereon subsequent to the date of substitution, and with respect to the related Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan(s), all Periodic Payments due thereon during or prior to the month of substitution, in accordance with Section 2.03(b);

(xvii)                     to remit to the Certificate Administrator for deposit in the Interest Reserve Account the amounts required to be deposited in the Interest Reserve Account pursuant to Section 3.21;

(xviii)                  [reserved];

(xix)                          to reimburse the Operating Advisor for any Operating Advisor Expenses incurred by and reimbursable to it by the Trust pursuant to Section 3.26(i);

(xx)                              to remit to the Companion Paying Agent for deposit into the Companion Distribution Account the amounts required to be deposited pursuant to Section 3.04(b) without duplication of amounts remitted to the Companion Paying Agent pursuant to clause (i) above;

(xxi)                          [reserved];

(xxii)                      to clear and terminate the Collection Account at the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01; and

(xxiii)                    to pay for any expenditures to be borne by the Trust pursuant to the third paragraph of Section 3.03(c).

The Master Servicer shall also be entitled to make withdrawals from time to time, from the Collection Account of amounts necessary for the payments or reimbursement of amounts required to be paid to the applicable Non-Serviced Trust, the applicable Non-Serviced Master Servicer, the applicable Non-Serviced Special Servicer, the applicable Non-Serviced Trustee, the applicable Non-Serviced Paying Agent or any other applicable party to the applicable Non-Serviced PSA by the holder of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan pursuant to the applicable Non-Serviced Intercreditor Agreement and the applicable Non-Serviced PSA.

The Master Servicer shall keep and maintain separate accounting records, on a loan-by-loan and property by property basis when appropriate, for the purpose of justifying any withdrawal from the Collection Account.

The Master Servicer shall pay to the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer from the Collection Account amounts permitted to be paid to it therefrom monthly upon receipt of a certificate of a Servicing Officer of the Special Servicer, or an officer of the Operating Advisor or the Asset

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Representations Reviewer or a Responsible Officer of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator describing the item and amount to which the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer is entitled. The Master Servicer may rely conclusively on any such certificate and shall have no duty to re-calculate the amounts stated therein. The Special Servicer shall keep and maintain separate accounting for each Specially Serviced Loan and REO Loan, on a loan-by-loan basis (or when appropriate, property-by-property basis), for the purpose of justifying any request for withdrawal from the Collection Account. Notwithstanding the above, no written certificate is required for a payment of Special Servicing Fees and/or Workout Fees arising from collections other than the initial collection on a Corrected Loan.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3.05 or elsewhere in this Agreement, no amounts payable or reimbursable to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer out of general collections that do not specifically relate to a Serviced Whole Loan may be reimbursable from amounts that would otherwise be payable to the related Companion Loan, as applicable.

(b)                                The Certificate Administrator may, from time to time, make withdrawals from the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account for any of the following purposes (the following not being an order of priority):

(i)                                     to be deemed to make deposits of the Lower-Tier Distribution Amount pursuant to Section 4.01(c) and the amount of any Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges distributable pursuant to Section 4.01(e) in the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, and to make distributions on the Class R Certificates in respect of the Class LR Interest pursuant to Section 4.01(c);

(ii)                                 to pay to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator or any of their directors, officers, employees and agents, as the case may be, any amounts payable or reimbursable to any such Person with respect to the Mortgage Loans pursuant to Section 8.05(b);

(iii)                              to pay the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator Fee and the Trustee Fee, as applicable, as contemplated by Section 8.05(a) with respect to the Mortgage Loans;

(iv)                            to pay for the cost (without duplication) of the Opinions of Counsel sought by (A) the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator as provided in clause (vi) of the definition of “Disqualified Organization,” (B) the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer as contemplated by Section 3.18(d), (C) the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator as contemplated by Section 5.08(c) or Section 8.02 to the extent payable out of the Trust Fund, (D) the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer as contemplated by Section 10.01(f) or Section 10.01(l) to the extent payable out of the Trust Fund, or (E) the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer as contemplated by Section 13.01(a) or Section 13.01(c) in connection with any amendment to this Agreement

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requested by the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, which amendment is in furtherance of the rights and interests of Certificateholders, in each case, to the extent not paid pursuant to Section 13.01(g);

(v)                                to pay any and all federal, state and local taxes imposed on the Lower-Tier REMIC or the Upper-Tier REMIC or on the assets or transactions of any such REMIC, together with all incidental costs and expenses, to the extent none of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the REMIC Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer is liable therefor pursuant to Section 10.01(g);

(vi)                             to pay the REMIC Administrator any amounts reimbursable to it pursuant to Section 10.01(c) with respect to the Lower-Tier REMIC or the Upper-Tier REMIC;

(vii)                          to pay to the Master Servicer any amounts deposited by the Master Servicer in the Distribution Accounts not required to be deposited therein;

(viii)                       to clear and terminate the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account at the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01; and

(ix)                                termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01.

(c)                                  The Certificate Administrator shall, on any Distribution Date, make withdrawals from the Excess Interest Distribution Account to the extent required to make the distributions of Excess Interest required by Section 4.01(j).

(d)                               The Certificate Administrator shall make, or be deemed to make, withdrawals from the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account for any of the following purposes:

(i)                                    to make distributions to the Holders of the Regular Certificates and the Exchangeable Certificates (and to the Holders of the Class R Certificates in respect of the Class UR Interest) on each Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01 or Section 9.01, as applicable; and

(ii)                                  to clear and terminate the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account at the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01.

(e)                                 [Reserved].

(f)                                   Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to any Mortgage Loan, (i) if amounts on deposit in the Collection Account and the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account are not sufficient to pay the full amount of the Servicing Fee listed in Section 3.05(a)(ii), the Operating Advisor Fee listed in Section 3.05(a)(ii) and the Certificate Administrator Fee listed in Section 3.05(b)(iii), then the Certificate Administrator Fee shall be paid in full prior to the payment of any Servicing Fees payable under Section 3.05(a)(ii) and then, after payment of Servicing Fees, the Operating Advisor Fees payable under Section 3.05(a)(ii) and in the event that amounts on deposit in the Collection Account and the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account are not sufficient to pay the full amount of such Certificate Administrator Fee, the Certificate Administrator shall be paid based on the amount of such fees and (ii) if amounts

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on deposit in the Collection Account are not sufficient to reimburse the full amount of Advances and interest thereon listed in Sections 3.05(a)(ii), (a)(iii), (a)(iv), (a)(v), and (a)(vi) then reimbursements shall be paid first to the Certificate Administrator and to the Trustee, pro rata, second to the Special Servicer, third to the Master Servicer and then to the Operating Advisor.

(g)                                If any Loss of Value Payments are deposited into the Loss of Value Reserve Fund with respect to any Mortgage Loan or any related Serviced REO Property, then the Special Servicer shall promptly upon written direction from the Master Servicer (provided that, (1) with respect to clause (iv) below, the Special Servicer shall have provided notice to the Master Servicer of the occurrence of such Liquidation Event and (2) with respect to clause (v) below, the Certificate Administrator shall have provided the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer with five (5) Business Days’ prior notice of such final Distribution Date) transfer such Loss of Value Payments (up to the remaining portion thereof) from the Loss of Value Reserve Fund to the Master Servicer for deposit into the Collection Account for the following purposes:

(i)                                    to reimburse the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, in accordance with Section 3.05(a) of this Agreement, for any Nonrecoverable Advance made by such party with respect to such Mortgage Loan or any related Serviced REO Property (together with any interest on such Advances);

(ii)                                 to pay, in accordance with Section 3.05(a) of this Agreement, or to reimburse the Trust for the prior payment of, any expense or Liquidation Fee relating to such Mortgage Loan or any related Serviced REO Property that constitutes or, if not paid out of such Loss of Value Payments, would constitute an additional expense of the Trust;

(iii)                               to offset any portion of Realized Losses or Retained Certificate Realized Losses, as applicable, that are attributable to such Mortgage Loan or related REO Property, as the case may be (as calculated without regard to the application of such Loss of Value Payments), incurred with respect to such Mortgage Loan or any related successor REO Loan;

(iv)                               following the occurrence of a Liquidation Event with respect to such Mortgage Loan or any related Serviced REO Property and any related transfers from the Loss of Value Reserve Fund with respect to the items contemplated by the immediately preceding clauses (i)-(iii) as to such Mortgage Loan, to cover the items contemplated by the immediately preceding clauses (i)-(iii) in respect of any other Mortgage Loan or Serviced REO Loan; and

(v)                                On the final Distribution Date after all distributions have been made as set forth in clauses (i)-(iv) above, to each Mortgage Loan Seller, its pro rata share, based on the amount that it contributed, net of any amount contributed by such Mortgage Loan Seller that was used pursuant to clauses (i)-(iii) to offset any portion of Realized Losses or Retained Certificate Realized Losses, as applicable, that are attributable to such Mortgage Loan or related REO Property, as the case may be, additional trust fund expenses or any Nonrecoverable Advances incurred with respect to the Mortgage Loan related to such contribution.

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(h)               Any Loss of Value Payments transferred to the Collection Account pursuant to clauses (i)-(iii) of the prior paragraph shall be treated as Liquidation Proceeds received by the Trust in respect of the related Mortgage Loan or any successor REO Loan (but excluding any related Companion Loan) with respect thereto for which such Loss of Value Payments were received; and any Loss of Value Payments transferred to the Collection Account pursuant to clause (iv) of the prior paragraph shall be treated as Liquidation Proceeds received by the Trust in respect of the related Mortgage Loan or REO Loan (but excluding any related Companion Loan) for which such Loss of Value Payments are being transferred to the Collection Account to cover an item contemplated by clauses (i)-(iv) of the prior paragraph.

(i)                 The Companion Paying Agent may, from time to time, make withdrawals from the Companion Distribution Account to make distributions pursuant to Section 4.01(k).

Section 3.06        Investment of Funds in Collection Account, REO Accounts and Loss of Value Reserve Fund. (a) The Master Servicer may direct any depository institution maintaining the Collection Account, the Companion Distribution Account (with respect to the Master Servicer) or any Servicing Account (for purposes of this Section 3.06, an “Investment Account”), the Special Servicer may direct any depository institution maintaining its REO Account or Loss of Value Reserve Fund (also for purposes of this Section 3.06, an “Investment Account”) to invest or if it is such depository institution, may itself invest, the funds held therein, only in one or more Permitted Investments bearing interest or sold at a discount, and maturing, unless payable on demand, (i) no later than the Business Day immediately preceding the next succeeding date on which funds are required to be withdrawn from such account pursuant to this Agreement, if a Person other than the depository institution maintaining such account is the obligor thereon and (ii) no later than the date on which funds are required to be withdrawn from such account pursuant to this Agreement, if the depository institution maintaining such account is the obligor thereon. All such Permitted Investments shall be held to maturity, unless payable on demand. Any funds held in an Investment Account shall be held in the name of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, on behalf of the Trustee (in its capacity as such) for the benefit of the Certificateholders. The Master Servicer (in the case of the Collection Account, the Companion Distribution Account or any Servicing Account maintained by or for the Master Servicer), the Special Servicer (in the case of the REO Account, the Loss of Value Reserve Fund or any Servicing Account maintained by or for the Special Servicer) on behalf of the Trustee, shall maintain continuous physical possession of any Permitted Investment of amounts in the Collection Account, such Companion Distribution Account, such Servicing Accounts, such Loss of Value Reserve Fund or such REO Account, as applicable, that is either (i) a “certificated security,” as such term is defined in the UCC (such that the Trustee shall have control pursuant to Section 8-106 of the UCC) or (ii) other property in which a secured party may perfect its security interest by physical possession under the UCC or any other applicable law. In the case of any Permitted Investment held in the form of a “security entitlement” (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC), the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall take or cause to be taken such action as the Trustee deems reasonably necessary to cause the Trustee to have control over such security entitlement. In the event amounts on deposit in an Investment Account are at any time invested in a Permitted Investment payable on demand, the Master Servicer (in the case of the Collection Account, the Companion Distribution Account or any Servicing Account maintained by or for the Master Servicer) or the Special Servicer (in the case of the REO Account,

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Loss of Value Reserve Fund or any Servicing Account maintained by or for the Special Servicer) shall:

(i)                                   consistent with any notice required to be given thereunder, demand that payment thereon be made on the last day such Permitted Investment may otherwise mature hereunder in an amount equal to the lesser of (a) all amounts then payable thereunder and (b) the amount required to be withdrawn on such date; and

(ii)                                demand payment of all amounts due thereunder promptly upon determination by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as the case may be, that such Permitted Investment would not constitute a Permitted Investment in respect of funds thereafter on deposit in the Investment Account.

(b)                                Interest and investment income realized on funds deposited in the Collection Account, the Companion Distribution Account or any Servicing Account maintained by or for the Master Servicer to the extent of the Net Investment Earnings, if any, with respect to such account for the period from and including the prior Distribution Date to and including the P&I Advance Date related to the current Distribution Date, shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Master Servicer to the extent (with respect to Servicing Accounts) not required to be paid to the related Mortgagor and shall be subject to its withdrawal, or withdrawal at its direction, in accordance with Section 3.03 or Section 3.05(a), as the case may be. Interest and investment income realized on funds deposited in the REO Account, the Loss of Value Reserve Fund or any Servicing Account maintained by or for the Special Servicer, to the extent of the Net Investment Earnings, if any, with respect to such account for each period from and including any Distribution Date to and including the immediately succeeding P&I Advance Date, shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Special Servicer and shall be subject to its withdrawal in accordance with Section 3.14(c). In the event that any loss shall be incurred in respect of any Permitted Investment (as to which the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as the case may be, would have been entitled to any Net Investment Earnings hereunder) directed to be made by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, and on deposit in any of the Collection Account, the Companion Distribution Account, the Servicing Account, Loss of Value Reserve Fund or the REO Account, the Master Servicer (in the case of the Collection Account, the Companion Distribution Account or any Servicing Account maintained by or for the Master Servicer), the Special Servicer (in the case of the REO Account, the Loss of Value Reserve Fund or any Servicing Account maintained by or for the Special Servicer) shall deposit therein, no later than the P&I Advance Date, without right of reimbursement, the amount of Net Investment Loss, if any, with respect to such account for the period from and including the prior Distribution Date to and including the P&I Advance Date related to the current Distribution Date; provided that neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall be required to deposit any loss on an investment of funds in an Investment Account if such loss is incurred solely as a result of the insolvency of the federal or state chartered depository institution or trust company that holds such Investment Account, so long as such depository institution or trust company satisfied the qualifications set forth in the definition of Eligible Account at the time such investment was made (and such federal or state chartered depository institution or trust company is not an Affiliate of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, unless such depository institution or trust company satisfied the qualification set forth in the definition of Eligible Account both (x) at the time the investment was made and (y) thirty (30) days prior to such insolvency).

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(c)               Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, if any default occurs in the making of a payment due under any Permitted Investment, or if a default occurs in any other performance required under any Permitted Investment, the Master Servicer may and, upon the request of Holders of Certificates entitled to more than 50% of the Voting Rights allocated to any Class shall, take such action as may be appropriate to enforce such payment or performance, including the institution and prosecution of appropriate proceedings.

Section 3.07        Maintenance of Insurance Policies; Errors and Omissions and Fidelity Coverage. (a) The Master Servicer (with respect to the applicable Serviced Mortgage Loans and any related Serviced Companion Loan) shall use its efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to cause the Mortgagor to maintain (other than with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), and the Special Servicer (with respect to REO Properties other than any Non-Serviced Mortgaged Properties) shall maintain, to the extent required by the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents, all insurance coverage as is required under the related Mortgage Loan documents except to the extent that the failure of the related Mortgagor to do so is an Acceptable Insurance Default (and except as provided in the next sentence with respect to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be). If the Mortgagor does not so maintain such insurance coverage, subject to its recoverability determination with respect to any required Servicing Advance, the Master Servicer (with respect to the Serviced Mortgage Loans and any related Serviced Companion Loan) or the Special Servicer (with respect to REO Properties other than a Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property) shall maintain all insurance coverage as is required under the related Mortgage, but only in the event the Trustee has an insurable interest therein and such insurance is available to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, and, if available, can be obtained at commercially reasonable rates. Any determination that such insurance coverage is not available or not available at commercially reasonable rates shall be made with the consent of the Directing Certificateholder (prior to the occurrence and continuance of any Control Termination Event and other than with respect to any Excluded Loan as to the Directing Certificateholder) (or, with respect to any Serviced AB Whole Loan, if the Directing Certificateholder’s consent is required and an AB Control Appraisal Period is not in effect, with the consent of the holder of the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan) and, after consultation by the Special Servicer with the Risk Retention Consultation Party (provided, that prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, the related Mortgage Loan must also be a Specially Serviced Loan) pursuant to Section 6.08(a) (in the case of the Directing Certificateholder and Risk Retention Consultation Party, other than with respect to any Excluded Loan as to such party). Such determination shall be made by the Master Servicer (with respect to the Serviced Mortgage Loans and any related Serviced Companion Loan) or the Special Servicer (with respect to REO Properties other than any Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property) except to the extent that the failure of the related Mortgagor to do so is an Acceptable Insurance Default as determined by the Master Servicer (with respect to a Non-Specially Serviced Loan) or the Special Servicer (with respect to a Specially Serviced Loan); provided, however, that if any Mortgage permits the holder thereof to dictate to the Mortgagor the insurance coverage to be maintained on such Mortgaged Property, the Master Servicer or, with respect to REO Property, the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall impose or maintain, as applicable, such insurance requirements as are consistent with the Servicing Standard taking into account the insurance in place at the closing of the Mortgage Loan, provided that, with respect to the immediately preceding proviso, the Master Servicer shall be obligated to use efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to cause the Mortgagor to maintain (or to itself maintain) insurance against property damage resulting from

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terrorist or similar acts unless the Mortgagor’s failure is an Acceptable Insurance Default (as determined by the Master Servicer (with respect to a Non-Specially Serviced Loan) or the Special Servicer (with respect to a Specially Serviced Loan) with the consent of the Directing Certificateholder (unless a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing) or, with respect to any Serviced AB Whole Loan, the Subordinate Companion Holder (if an AB Control Appraisal Period is not in effect) and after consultation by the Special Servicer with the Risk Retention Consultation Party (provided, that prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, the related Mortgage Loan must also be a Specially Serviced Loan) pursuant to Section 6.08(a) (in each case, other than with respect to any Excluded Loan as to such party)) and only in the event the Trustee has an insurable interest therein and such insurance is available to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, and, if available, can be obtained at commercially reasonable rates. The Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall be entitled to rely on insurance consultants (at the applicable servicer’s expense) in determining whether any insurance is available at commercially reasonable rates. Subject to Section 3.15(a) and the costs of such insurance being reimbursed or paid to the Special Servicer as provided in the third-to-last sentence of this paragraph, the Special Servicer shall maintain for each REO Property (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property) no less insurance coverage than was previously required of the Mortgagor under the related Mortgage Loan documents unless the Special Servicer determines with the consent of the Directing Certificateholder (prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event) and after consultation by the Special Servicer with the Risk Retention Consultation Party pursuant to Section 6.08(a) (in each case other than with respect to a Mortgage Loan that is an Excluded Loan as to such party) that such insurance is not available at commercially reasonable rates or that the Trustee does not have an insurable interest, in which case the Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the Special Servicer’s determination. All Insurance Policies maintained by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer shall (i) contain a “standard” mortgagee clause, with loss payable to the Master Servicer on behalf of the Trustee (in the case of insurance maintained in respect of Mortgage Loans (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), including any related Serviced Companion Loan, other than REO Properties) or to the Special Servicer on behalf of the Trustee (in the case of insurance maintained in respect of REO Properties), (ii) be in the name of the Trustee (in the case of insurance maintained in respect of REO Properties), (iii) include coverage in an amount not less than the lesser of (x) the full replacement cost of the improvements securing Mortgaged Property or the REO Property, as applicable, and (y) the outstanding principal balance owing on the related Mortgage Loan (including any related Serviced Companion Loan) or REO Loan, as applicable, and in any event, the amount necessary to avoid the operation of any co-insurance provisions, (iv) include a replacement cost endorsement providing no deduction for depreciation (unless such endorsement is not permitted under the related Mortgage Loan documents), (v) be noncancelable without thirty (30) days prior written notice to the insured party (except in the case of nonpayment, in which case such policy shall not be cancelled without ten (10) days prior notice) and (vi) subject to the first proviso in the second sentence of this Section 3.07(a), be issued by a Qualified Insurer authorized under applicable law to issue such Insurance Policies. Any amounts collected by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer under any such Insurance Policies (other than amounts to be applied to the restoration or repair of the related Mortgaged Property or REO Property or amounts to be released to the related Mortgagor, in each case in accordance with the Servicing Standard and the provisions of the related Mortgage Loan documents) shall be deposited in the Collection Account, subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section 3.05(a). Any costs incurred by the

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Master Servicer in maintaining any such Insurance Policies in respect of Mortgage Loans (including any related Serviced Companion Loan) (other than REO Properties and other than any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) (i) if the Mortgagor defaults on its obligation to do so, shall be advanced by the Master Servicer as a Servicing Advance (so long as such Advance would not be a Nonrecoverable Advance and if such Advance would be a Nonrecoverable Advance then such cost shall instead be paid out of the Collection Account) and will be charged to the related Mortgagor and (ii) shall not, for purposes of calculating monthly distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan and Serviced Companion Loan (if any), notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan so permit. Any cost incurred by the Special Servicer in maintaining any such Insurance Policies with respect to REO Properties shall be an expense of the Trust payable out of the related REO Account pursuant to Section 3.14(c) or, if the amount on deposit therein is insufficient therefor, advanced by the Master Servicer as a Servicing Advance (so long as such Advance would not be a Nonrecoverable Advance and if such Advance would be a Nonrecoverable Advance then such cost shall instead be paid out of the Collection Account). The foregoing provisions of this Section 3.07 shall apply to any Serviced Whole Loan as if it were a single “Mortgage Loan”. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, the Master Servicer shall not be required to maintain, and will not be in default for failing to obtain, any earthquake or environmental insurance on any Mortgaged Property unless such insurance was required at the time of origination of the related Serviced Mortgage Loan and is currently available at commercially reasonable rates.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to the Serviced Mortgage Loans and any related Serviced Companion Loan that either (x) require the Mortgagor to maintain “all risk” property insurance (and do not expressly permit an exclusion for terrorism) or (y) contain provisions generally requiring the applicable Mortgagor to maintain insurance in types and against such risks as the holder of such Mortgage Loan (including any related Serviced Companion Loan) reasonably requires from time to time in order to protect its interests, the Master Servicer shall, consistent with the Servicing Standard, (A) monitor in accordance with the Servicing Standard whether the insurance policies for the related Mortgaged Property contain Additional Exclusions; provided that the Master Servicer and Special Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon certificates of insurance in determining whether such policies contain Additional Exclusions, (B) request the Mortgagor to either purchase insurance against the risks specified in the Additional Exclusions or provide an explanation as to its reasons for failing to purchase such insurance and (C) if the related Mortgage Loan is a Specially Serviced Loan, notify the Special Servicer if it has knowledge that any insurance policy contains Additional Exclusions or if it has knowledge (such knowledge to be based upon the Master Servicer’s compliance with the immediately preceding clauses (A) and (B) above) that any Mortgagor under a Specially Serviced Loan fails to purchase the insurance requested to be purchased by the Master Servicer pursuant to clause (B) above. In addition, upon request of the Risk Retention Consultation Party with respect to any individual triggering event, the Special Servicer shall consult on a non-binding basis pursuant to Section 6.08(a) with the Risk Retention Consultation Party (only with respect to a Specially Serviced Loan and other than with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is an Excluded Loan as to such party) within the same time period as it would obtain consent of, or consult with, the Directing Certificateholder in connection with any such determination by the Special Servicer of an Acceptable Insurance Default. If the Master Servicer (with respect to a Non-Specially Serviced Loan) or the Special Servicer (with respect to a Specially Serviced Loan) determines in accordance with the Servicing

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Standard that such failure is not an Acceptable Insurance Default, the Special Servicer (with regard to such determination made by the Special Servicer) shall notify the Master Servicer, and the Master Servicer (in the case of a Specially Serviced Loan, after notice from the Special Servicer) shall use efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to cause such insurance to be maintained. The Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (at the expense of the Trust) shall be entitled to rely on insurance consultants in making such determinations. The Master Servicer and Special Servicer shall be entitled to rely on insurance consultants (and, in the case of the Master Servicer, at the expense of the Master Servicer) in determining whether Additional Exclusions exist. Furthermore, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall promptly deliver such conclusions in writing to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website for those Mortgage Loans that (i) have one of the ten (10) highest outstanding Stated Principal Balances of all of the Mortgage Loans then included in the Trust or (ii) comprise more than 5% of the outstanding Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans then included in the Trust. During the period that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer is evaluating the availability of such insurance or waiting for a response from the Directing Certificateholder or any Companion Holder or, with respect to any Serviced AB Whole Loan, the related Subordinate Companion Holder, and/or with respect (solely with respect to Specially Serviced Loans) upon the request of the Risk Retention Consultation Party, consulting (on a non-binding basis) with the Risk Retention Consultation Party pursuant to Section 6.08(a), neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer will be liable for any loss related to its failure to require the Mortgagor to maintain (or its failure to maintain) such insurance and will not be in default of its obligations as a result of such failure and the Master Servicer will not itself maintain such insurance or cause such insurance to be maintained.

(b)               (i) If the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer shall obtain and maintain a blanket Insurance Policy with a Qualified Insurer insuring against fire and hazard losses on all of the Mortgage Loans (including any related Serviced Companion Loan, but excluding any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or REO Properties (other than with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property), as the case may be, required to be serviced and administered hereunder, then, to the extent such Insurance Policy provides protection equivalent to the individual policies otherwise required, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer shall conclusively be deemed to have satisfied its obligation to cause fire and hazard insurance to be maintained on the related Mortgaged Properties or REO Properties. Such Insurance Policy may contain a deductible clause, in which case the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer shall, if there shall not have been maintained on the related Mortgaged Property or REO Property a fire and hazard Insurance Policy complying with the requirements of Section 3.07(a), and there shall have been one or more losses which would have been covered by such Insurance Policy, promptly deposit into the Collection Account from its own funds the amount of such loss or losses that would have been covered under the individual policy but are not covered under the blanket Insurance Policy because of such deductible clause to the extent that any such deductible exceeds the deductible limitation that pertained to the related Mortgage Loan (including any related Serviced Companion Loan), or in the absence of such deductible limitation, the deductible limitation which is consistent with the Servicing Standard. In connection with its activities as administrator and Master Servicer of the Mortgage Loans or any Serviced Companion Loans, the Master Servicer agrees to prepare and present, on behalf of itself, the Trustee and Certificateholders, claims under any such blanket Insurance Policy in a timely fashion in accordance with the terms of such policy. The Special Servicer, to the extent consistent with the Servicing Standard, may maintain, earthquake insurance on REO Properties (other than

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(ii)               If the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer shall cause any Mortgaged Property or REO Property to be covered by a master single interest or force-placed insurance policy with a Qualified Insurer naming the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer on behalf of the Trustee as the loss payee, then to the extent such Insurance Policy provides protection equivalent to the individual policies otherwise required, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer shall conclusively be deemed to have satisfied its obligation to cause such insurance to be maintained on the related Mortgaged Properties and REO Properties. In the event the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer shall cause any Mortgaged Property or REO Property to be covered by such master single interest or force-placed insurance policy, the incremental costs of such insurance applicable to such Mortgaged Property or REO Property (i.e., other than any minimum or standby premium payable for such policy whether or not any Mortgaged Property or REO Property is covered thereby) shall be paid by the Master Servicer as a Servicing Advance. Such master single interest or force-placed policy may contain a deductible clause, in which case the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer shall, in the event that there shall not have been maintained on the related Mortgaged Property or REO Property a policy otherwise complying with the provisions of Section 3.07(a), and there shall have been one or more losses which would have been covered by such policy had it been maintained, deposit into the Collection Account from its own funds the amount not otherwise payable under the master single or force-placed interest policy because of such deductible clause, to the extent that any such deductible exceeds the deductible limitation that pertained to the related Mortgage Loan, including any related Serviced Companion Loan, or, in the absence of any such deductible limitation, the deductible limitation which is consistent with the Servicing Standard.

(c)               Each of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall obtain and maintain at its own expense and keep in full force and effect throughout the term of this Agreement a blanket fidelity bond and an errors and omissions insurance policy with a Qualified Insurer covering losses that may be sustained as a result of an officer’s or employee’s misappropriation of funds or errors or omissions. Such amount of coverage shall be in such form and amount as are consistent with the Servicing Standard. Coverage of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer under a policy or bond obtained by an Affiliate of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer and providing the coverage required by this Section 3.07(c) shall satisfy the requirements of this Section 3.07(c). The Special Servicer and the Master Servicer will promptly report in writing to the Trustee any material changes that may occur in their respective fidelity bonds, if any, and/or their respective errors and omissions insurance policies, as the case may be, and will furnish to the Trustee copies of all binders and policies or certificates evidencing that such bonds, if any, and insurance policies are in full force and effect.

(d)               At the time the Master Servicer determines in accordance with the Servicing Standard that any Mortgaged Property (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property) is in a federally designated special flood hazard area (and such flood insurance has been made available), the Master Servicer will use efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to cause the related Mortgagor (in accordance with applicable law and the terms of the Mortgage Loan and related Serviced Companion Loan documents) to maintain, and, if the related Mortgagor shall default in

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its obligation to so maintain, shall itself maintain to the extent such insurance is available at commercially reasonable rates (as determined by the Master Servicer in accordance with the Servicing Standard and to the extent the Trustee, as mortgagee, has an insurable interest therein), flood insurance in respect thereof, but only to the extent the related Serviced Mortgage Loan or related Serviced Companion Loan permits the mortgagee to require such coverage and the maintenance of such coverage is consistent with the Servicing Standard. Such flood insurance shall be in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan (and any related Serviced Companion Loan, if applicable), and (ii) the maximum amount of insurance which is available under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended, plus such additional excess flood coverage with respect to the Mortgaged Property, if any, in an amount consistent with the Servicing Standard. If the cost of any insurance described above is not borne by the Mortgagor, the Master Servicer shall promptly make a Servicing Advance for such costs.

(e)               During all such times as any REO Property (other than with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property) shall be located in a federally designated special flood hazard area, the Special Servicer will cause to be maintained, to the extent available at commercially reasonable rates (as determined by the Special Servicer (with the consent of the Directing Certificateholder (prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event) and in consultation with the Risk Retention Consultation Party pursuant to Section 6.08(a) (in either such case, other than with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is an Excluded Loan as to such party and any Serviced AB Whole Loan if an AB Control Appraisal Period is not in effect)) in accordance with the Servicing Standard), a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Insurance Administration in an amount representing coverage not less than the maximum amount of insurance which is available under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended, plus such additional excess flood coverage with respect to the Mortgaged Property, if any, in an amount consistent with the Servicing Standard. The cost of any such flood insurance with respect to an REO Property shall be an expense of the Trust payable out of the related REO Account pursuant to Section 3.14(c) or, if the amount on deposit therein is insufficient therefor, paid by the Master Servicer as a Servicing Advance.

(f)                Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as the long-term debt obligations or the deposit account or claims-paying ability of the Master Servicer (or its immediate or remote parent) or the Special Servicer (or its immediate or remote parent), as applicable, is rated at least “A-” by Fitch (if rated by Fitch) or “A3” by Moody’s, the Master Servicer (or its public parent) or the Special Servicer (or its public parent), as applicable, shall be allowed to provide self-insurance with respect to any of its obligations under this Section 3.07.

(g)               Each of the Operating Advisor and Asset Representations Reviewer shall obtain and maintain at its own expense and keep in full force and effect throughout the term of this Agreement an “errors and omissions” insurance policy with a Qualified Insurer covering losses that may be sustained as a result of an officer’s or employee’s errors or omissions.

Section 3.08        Enforcement of Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption Agreements. (a) As to each Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan that contains a provision in the nature of a “due-on-sale” clause, which by its terms:

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(i)                provides that such Mortgage Loan and any related Companion Loan shall (or may at the mortgagee’s option) become due and payable upon the sale or other transfer of an interest in the related Mortgaged Property or equity interests in the Mortgagor or principals of the Mortgagor; or

(ii)               provides that such Mortgage Loan and any related Companion Loan may not be assumed without the consent of the mortgagee in connection with any such sale or other transfer;

then, for so long as such Mortgage Loan or related Serviced Companion Loan is being serviced under this Agreement, the Master Servicer (with respect to any Non-Specially Serviced Loan as to which such matter does not involve a Major Decision) or the Special Servicer (with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan or any Non-Specially Serviced Loan as to which such matter involves a Major Decision), on behalf of the Trustee as the mortgagee of record, shall (a) exercise any right it may have with respect to such Mortgage Loan or related Companion Loan (x) to accelerate the payments thereon or (y) to withhold its consent to any sale or transfer, consistent with the Servicing Standard or (b) waive any right to exercise such rights, provided that if such matter is a Major Decision, (i) (A) prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event and other than with respect to an Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder, or the holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer has obtained the prior written consent (or deemed consent) of the Directing Certificateholder to the extent required by, and pursuant to the process described under, Section 6.08(a), or if such Mortgage Loan is not an Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, a Control Termination Event shall have occurred and be continuing and no Consultation Termination Event shall have occurred and be continuing, the Special Servicer shall have consulted with the Directing Certificateholder if and to the extent required pursuant to Section 6.08(a), (B) if such Mortgage Loan is not an Excluded Loan with respect to the Risk Retention Consultation Party and (x) such Mortgage Loan is a Specially Serviced Loan or (y) a Consultation Termination Event shall have occurred and be continuing, the Special Servicer shall have consulted with the Risk Retention Consultation Party if and to the extent required pursuant to Section 6.08(a) and (C) with respect to a Serviced AB Whole Loan if an AB Control Appraisal Period is not in effect, the prior consent of the related Subordinate Companion Holder shall have been obtained, to the extent required by the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement, and pursuant to the process described in this Agreement (provided that in the case of clause (A), clause (B) and clause (C) such consent shall be deemed given or such consultation shall be deemed to have occurred, as applicable, if a response to the request for consent or consultation, as the case may be, is not provided within ten (10) Business Days after the receipt of the Special Servicer’s written recommendation and analysis with respect to such waiver and all information reasonably requested by the Directing Certificateholder or the Risk Retention Consultation Party, as applicable, and reasonably available to the Special Servicer in order to grant or withhold such consent or conduct such consultation), and (ii) with respect to any Mortgage Loan (x) with a Stated Principal Balance greater than or equal to $35,000,000, (y) with a Stated Principal Balance greater than or equal to 5% of the aggregated Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans then outstanding or (z) together with all other Mortgage Loans with which it is cross-collateralized or cross-defaulted or together with all other Mortgage Loans with the same Mortgagor (or an Affiliate thereof), that is one of the ten (10) largest Mortgage Loans outstanding (by Stated Principal Balance), the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, prior to consenting to

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any action, shall obtain, a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and a confirmation of any applicable rating agency that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities (if any) (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25), provided, however, that with respect to sub-clauses (y) and (z) of this sub-clause (ii), such Mortgage Loan shall also have a Stated Principal Balance of at least $10,000,000 for such Rating Agency Confirmation requirement to apply. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to any Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class (regardless of whether a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing), the Special Servicer shall consult with the Operating Advisor, on a non-binding basis, in connection with the related transactions involving proposed Major Decisions and consider alternative actions recommended by the Operating Advisor, in respect thereof, in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 6.08 for consulting with the Operating Advisor.

With respect to any “due-on-sale” matter described above that is a Major Decision related to any Mortgage Loan that is not an Excluded Loan with respect to the Risk Retention Consultation Party or the holder of the majority of the RR Interest upon request of the Risk Retention Consultation Party, the Special Servicer shall consult on a non-binding basis with the Risk Retention Consultation Party with respect to (i) prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, Specially Serviced Loans; and (ii) following the occurrence and during the continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, all Mortgage Loans, within the same time period as it would obtain the consent of, or consult with, the Directing Certificateholder with respect to such Major Decision.

In connection with any request for a Rating Agency Confirmation from a Rating Agency (or, with respect to any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the related rating agencies) pursuant to this Section 3.08(a), the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer shall (if not already provided in accordance with Section 3.25 of this Agreement) deliver a Review Package to the 17g-5 Information Provider (or, with respect to any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the related 17g-5 information provider) in accordance with Section 3.25 of this Agreement.

If any Serviced Mortgage Loan or related Serviced Companion Loan provides that such Mortgage Loan or related Serviced Companion Loan may be assumed or transferred without the consent of the mortgagee, provided that certain conditions contained in the related Mortgage Loan documents are satisfied where no mortgagee discretion is necessary in order to determine if such conditions are satisfied, then for so long as such Mortgage Loan or related Serviced Companion Loan is being serviced under this Agreement, the Master Servicer (with respect to all Non-Specially Serviced Loans) and the Special Servicer (with respect to all Specially Serviced Loans), on behalf of the Trustee as the mortgagee of record, shall determine in accordance with the Servicing Standard whether such conditions have been satisfied.

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(i)                provides that such Mortgage Loan and any related Companion Loan shall (or may at the mortgagee’s option) become due and payable upon the creation of any additional lien or other encumbrance on the related Mortgaged Property or equity interests in the Mortgagor or principals of the Mortgagor; or

(ii)               requires the consent of the mortgagee to the creation of any such additional lien or other encumbrance on the related Mortgaged Property or equity interests in the Mortgagor or principals of the Mortgagor;

then, for so long as such Mortgage Loan or related Serviced Companion Loan is being serviced under this Agreement, the Master Servicer (with respect to any Non-Specially Serviced Loan as to which such matter does not involve a Major Decision) or the Special Servicer (with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan or any Non-Specially Serviced Loan as to which such matter involves a Major Decision), on behalf of the Trustee as the mortgagee of record, shall (a) exercise any right it may have with respect to such Serviced Mortgage Loan or related Companion Loan (x) to accelerate the payments thereon or (y) to withhold its consent to the creation of any additional lien or other encumbrance, consistent with the Servicing Standard or (b) waive its right to exercise such rights, provided that, if such matter is a Major Decision, (i) (A) if such Mortgage Loan is not an Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, no Control Termination Event shall have occurred and be continuing and the matter involves a Major Decision, the prior written consent (or deemed consent) of the Directing Certificateholder shall have been obtained by the Special Servicer to the extent required by, and pursuant to the process described under, Section 6.08(a), (B) if such Mortgage Loan is not an Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder, a Control Termination Event shall have occurred and be continuing, and no Consultation Termination Event shall have occurred and be continuing, the Special Servicer shall have consulted with the Directing Certificateholder if and to the extent required pursuant to Section 6.08(a), (C) if such Mortgage Loan is not an Excluded Loan with respect to the Risk Retention Consultation Party and (x) such Mortgage Loan is a Specially Serviced Loan or (y) a Consultation Termination Event shall have occurred and be continuing, the Special Servicer shall have consulted with the Risk Retention Consultation Party if and to the extent required pursuant to Section 6.08(a) and (D) with respect to any Serviced AB Whole Loan, if an AB Control Appraisal Period is not in effect, the prior consent of the related Subordinate Companion Holder shall have been obtained by the Special Servicer, to the extent required by the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement (provided that in the case of clause (A), clause (B) and clause (C) such consent shall be deemed given or such consultation shall be deemed to have occurred, as applicable, if a response to the request for consent or consultation, as the case may be, is not provided within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of the Special Servicer’s written recommendation and analysis and all information reasonably requested by the Directing Certificateholder or the Risk Retention Consultation Party, as applicable, and reasonably available to the Special Servicer in order to grant or withhold such consent or conduct such consultation) (or after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event, but prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event and other than with respect to an Excluded Loan as to the Directing Certificateholder or the holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer has consulted with the Directing Certificateholder), and (ii) the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, has obtained Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and a confirmation of any applicable rating agency that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its

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then-current ratings of any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities (if any) (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25) if such Mortgage Loan (A) has an outstanding principal balance that is greater than or equal to 2% of the Stated Principal Balance of the outstanding Mortgage Loans or (B) has an LTV Ratio greater than 85% (including any existing and proposed debt) or (C) has a debt service coverage ratio less than 1.20x (in each case, determined based upon the aggregate of the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan and related Companion Loan, if any, and the principal amount of the proposed additional lien) or (D) is one of the ten largest Mortgage Loans (by Stated Principal Balance) or (E) has a Stated Principal Balance greater than $35,000,000; provided, however, that with respect to sub-clauses (A), (B), (C) and (D) of this sub-clause (ii), such Mortgage Loan shall also have a Stated Principal Balance of at least $10,000,000 for such Rating Agency Confirmation requirement to apply. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to any Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder (regardless of whether a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing), the Special Servicer shall consult with the Operating Advisor, on a non-binding basis, in connection with the related transactions involving proposed Major Decisions and consider alternative actions recommended by the Operating Advisor, in respect thereof, in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 6.08 for consulting with the Operating Advisor.

With respect to any “due-on-encumbrance” matter described above that is a Major Decision related to any Mortgage Loan that is not an Excluded Loan with respect to the Risk Retention Consultation Party or the holder of the majority of the RR Interest upon request of the Risk Retention Consultation Party, the Special Servicer shall consult on a non-binding basis with the Risk Retention Consultation Party with respect to (i) prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, Specially Serviced Loans; and (ii) following the occurrence and during the continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, all Mortgage Loans within the same time period as it would obtain the consent of, or consult with, the Directing Certificateholder with respect to such Major Decision.

In connection with any request for a Rating Agency Confirmation from a Rating Agency (or, with respect to any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the related rating agencies) pursuant to this Section 3.08(b), the Special Servicer shall (if not already provided in accordance with Section 3.25 of this Agreement) deliver a Review Package to the 17g-5 Information Provider (or, with respect to any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the related 17g-5 information provider) in accordance with Section 3.25 of this Agreement.

To the extent permitted by the related Mortgage Loan documents, the Rating Agency Confirmation described in the immediately preceding paragraph or in Section 3.08(a) shall be an expense of the related Mortgagor; provided that if the Mortgage Loan documents are silent as to who bears the costs of obtaining any such Rating Agency Confirmation, the Special Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to make the related Mortgagor bear such costs and expenses. Unless determined to be a Nonrecoverable Advance such costs not collected from the related Mortgagor shall be advanced as a Servicing Advance and otherwise shall be paid to the Special Servicer from general collections in the Collection Account.

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If any Mortgage Loan or related Companion Loan provides that such Mortgage Loan or related Companion Loan may be further encumbered without the consent of the mortgagee provided that certain conditions contained in the related Mortgage Loan documents are satisfied where no mortgagee discretion is necessary in order to determine if such conditions are satisfied, then for so long as such Mortgage Loan or related Companion Loan is being serviced under this Agreement, the Master Servicer (with respect to all Non-Specially Serviced Loans) and the Special Servicer (with respect to all Specially Serviced Loans), on behalf of the Trustee as the mortgagee of record, shall determine whether such conditions have been satisfied.

After receiving a request for any matter described in Section 3.08(a) or this Section 3.08(b) that constitutes a consent or waiver with respect to a “due-on-sale” or “due-on-encumbrance” clause with respect to a Mortgage Loan that is a Non-Specially Serviced Loan and as to which such matter involves a Major Decision, the Master Servicer shall promptly provide the Special Servicer with written notice of any such request for such matter and, unless the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer mutually agree that the Master Servicer shall process such request, the Special Servicer shall process such request (including, without limitation, interfacing with the Mortgagor) and except as provided in the next sentence, the Master Servicer shall have no further obligation with respect to such request or due-on-sale or due-on-encumbrance. The Master Servicer shall continue to cooperate with the Special Servicer by delivering any additional information in the Master Servicer’s possession to the Special Servicer requested by the Special Servicer relating to such consent or waiver with respect to a “due-on-sale” or “due-on-encumbrance” clause. If the Master Servicer and Special Servicer mutually agree that the Master Servicer is to process such request, the Master Servicer will be required to provide the Special Servicer with the Master Servicer’s written recommendation and analysis, to the extent the Master Servicer is recommending approval, and all information in the Master Servicer’s possession that may be reasonably requested in order to grant or withhold such consent by the Special Servicer or the Directing Certificateholder or other person with consent or consultation rights; provided that in the event that the Special Servicer does not respond within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of such written recommendation and analysis and all such reasonably requested information, plus the time period provided to the Directing Certificateholder or other relevant party under this Agreement and, if applicable, any additional time period provided to a Companion Holder under a related Intercreditor Agreement, the Special Servicer’s consent to such matter shall be deemed granted.

(c)               Nothing in this Section 3.08 shall constitute a waiver of the Trustee’s right, as the mortgagee of record, to receive notice of any assumption of a Mortgage Loan, any sale or other transfer of the related Mortgaged Property or the creation of any additional lien or other encumbrance with respect to such Mortgaged Property.

(d)               Except as otherwise permitted by Section 3.08(a) and (b) and/or Section 3.18, neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall agree to modify, waive or amend any term of any Mortgage Loan and related Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable, in connection with the taking of, or the failure to take, any action pursuant to this Section 3.08. The Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall provide copies of any final waivers (except with respect to provision of any such waivers to the 17g-5 Information Provider, exclusive of any Privileged Information) it effects pursuant to Section 3.08(a) or (b) to each other and to the 17g-5 Information Provider with respect to each Mortgage Loan, and shall notify the

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Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, each other and, subject to the terms of this Agreement, the 17g-5 Information Provider (for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in accordance with Section 3.25) and, with respect to a Whole Loan, the related Serviced Companion Noteholder, of any assumption or substitution agreement executed pursuant to Section 3.08(a) or (b) and shall forward thereto a copy of such agreement.

(e)               [Reserved].

(f)                For the avoidance of doubt, neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer may waive its rights or grant its consent under any “due-on-sale” or “due-on-encumbrance” clause other than in compliance with the provisions of Section 3.08(a) through (d) hereof. In the case of the Special Servicer, no such waiver or consent that constitutes a Major Decision shall be made without (x) (i) prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event and (ii) other than with respect to any Excluded Loan, with respect to the Directing Certificateholder, the consent (or deemed consent) of the Directing Certificateholder having been obtained if and to the extent required by, and pursuant to the process described under Section 6.08(a) or (y) (i) after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event and (ii) other than with respect to any Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder, but prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, after having consulted with the Directing Certificateholder if and to the extent required pursuant to Section 6.08(a).

(g)               [Reserved].

(h)               Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.08, if the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, makes a determination under Section 3.08(a) or 3.08(b) that the applicable conditions in the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan documents, as applicable, with respect to assumptions or encumbrances permitted without the consent of the mortgagee have been satisfied, the applicable assumptions and transfers may be subject to an assumption or other fee, unless such fees are otherwise prohibited pursuant to the Mortgage Loan documents; provided that any such fee not provided for in the Mortgage Loan documents does not constitute a “significant” change in yield pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.1001-3(e)(2).

Section 3.09        Realization Upon Defaulted Loans and Companion Loans. (a) Upon an event of default under the Mortgage Loan documents related to a Serviced Whole Loan or a Mortgage Loan with mezzanine debt, the Master Servicer shall promptly provide written notice to the related Companion Holder or mezzanine lender, as applicable, with a copy of such notice to the Special Servicer. If such Serviced Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan is a Defaulted Loan, the Special Servicer shall, subject to subsections (b) through (d) of this Section 3.09 and Section 3.24, subject to the Directing Certificateholder’s and the Risk Retention Consultation Party’s respective rights pursuant to Section 6.08, and any Companion Holder or mezzanine lender’s rights under the related Intercreditor Agreement (in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, on behalf of the holders of the beneficial interest of the related Companion Loan) or this Agreement, exercise reasonable efforts, consistent with the Servicing Standard, to foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert (which may include an REO Acquisition) the ownership of property securing any such Serviced Mortgage Loan and related Companion Loan, if any, as come

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into and continue in default as to which no satisfactory arrangements (including by way of a discounted pay-off) can be made for collection of delinquent payments, and which are not released from the Trust Fund pursuant to any other provision hereof. The foregoing is subject to the provision that, in any case in which a Mortgaged Property shall have suffered damage from an Uninsured Cause, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer shall not be required to make a Servicing Advance and expend funds toward the restoration of such property unless the Special Servicer has determined in its reasonable discretion that such restoration will increase the net proceeds of liquidation of such Mortgaged Property to Certificateholders after reimbursement to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, for such Servicing Advance, and the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer has not determined that such Servicing Advance together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance. The costs and expenses incurred by the Special Servicer in any such proceedings shall be advanced by the Master Servicer; provided that, in each case, such cost or expense would not, if incurred, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. Nothing contained in this Section 3.09 shall be construed so as to require the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, on behalf of the Trust, to make an offer on any Mortgaged Property at a foreclosure sale or similar proceeding that is in excess of the fair market value of such property, as determined by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer in its reasonable judgment taking into account the factors described in Section 3.16(b) and the results of any Appraisal obtained pursuant to the following sentence, all such offers to be made in a manner consistent with the Servicing Standard. If and when the Special Servicer or the Master Servicer deems it necessary and prudent for purposes of establishing the fair market value of any Mortgaged Property securing a Defaulted Loan or any related defaulted Companion Loan, whether for purposes of making an offer at foreclosure or otherwise, the Special Servicer or the Master Servicer, as the case may be, is authorized to have an Appraisal performed with respect to such property by an Independent MAI-designated appraiser the cost of which shall be paid by the Master Servicer as a Servicing Advance.

(b)                                The Special Servicer shall not acquire any personal property pursuant to this Section 3.09 unless either:

(i)                                    such personal property is incident to real property (within the meaning of Section 856(e)(1) of the Code) so acquired by the Special Servicer; or

(ii)                                  the Special Servicer shall have obtained an Opinion of Counsel (the cost of which shall be paid by the Master Servicer as a Servicing Advance) to the effect that the holding of such personal property by the Trust (to the extent not allocable to the related Companion Loan) will not cause an Adverse REMIC Event.

(c)                                 Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.09 and Section 3.24, neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall, on behalf of the Trustee, obtain title to a Mortgaged Property in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise, or take any other action with respect to any Mortgaged Property, if, as a result of any such action, the Trustee, on behalf of the Certificateholders and/or any related Companion Holder, would be considered to hold title to, to be a “mortgagee-in-possession” of, or to be an “owner” or “operator” of such Mortgaged Property within the meaning of CERCLA or any comparable law, unless (as evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate to such effect delivered to the Trustee) the Special Servicer has previously determined in accordance with the Servicing Standard, based on an Environmental Assessment of

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such Mortgaged Property performed by an Independent Person who regularly conducts Environmental Assessments and performed within six (6) months prior to any such acquisition of title or other action, that:

(i)                                   such Mortgaged Property is in compliance with applicable environmental laws or, if not, after consultation with an environmental consultant, that it would be in the best economic interest of the Certificateholders (and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, the related Companion Holders), as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and, if applicable, Companion Holders constituted a single lender, to take such actions as are necessary to bring such Mortgaged Property in compliance with such laws, and

(ii)                                there are no circumstances present at such Mortgaged Property relating to the use, management or disposal of any hazardous materials for which investigation, testing, monitoring, containment, clean-up or remediation could be required under any currently effective federal, state or local law or regulation, or that, if any such hazardous materials are present for which such action could be required, after consultation with an environmental consultant, it would be in the best economic interest of the Certificateholders (and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, the Companion Holders), as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and, if applicable, Companion Holders constituted a single lender, to take such actions with respect to the affected Mortgaged Property.

The cost of any such Environmental Assessment shall be paid by the Master Servicer as a Servicing Advance and the cost of any remedial, corrective or other further action contemplated by clause (i) and/or clause (ii) of the preceding sentence shall be paid by the Master Servicer as a Servicing Advance, unless it is a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance (in which case it shall be an expense of the Trust and, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, shall be withdrawn in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement by the Master Servicer from the Collection Account, including from the Companion Distribution Account (such withdrawal to be made from amounts on deposit therein that are otherwise payable on or allocable to such Serviced Whole Loan)); and if any such Environmental Assessment so warrants, the Special Servicer shall, except with respect to any Companion Loan and any Environmental Assessment ordered after such Mortgage Loan has been paid in full, perform such additional environmental testing at the expense of the Trust as it deems necessary and prudent to determine whether the conditions described in clauses (i) and (ii) of the preceding sentence have been satisfied. With respect to Non-Specially Serviced Loans, the Master Servicer and, with respect to Specially Serviced Loans, the Special Servicer (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) shall review and be familiar with the terms and conditions relating to enforcing claims and shall monitor the dates by which any claim or action must be taken (including delivering any notices to the insurer and using reasonable efforts to perform any actions required under such policy) under each environmental insurance policy in effect and obtained on behalf of the mortgagee to receive the maximum proceeds available under such policy for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the Trustee (as holder of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests).

(d)                                If (i) the environmental testing contemplated by subsection (c) above establishes that either of the conditions set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) of subsection (c) above of the first sentence thereof has not been satisfied with respect to any Mortgaged Property securing a

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Defaulted Loan and, in the case of a Serviced Mortgage Loan, any related Companion Loan, and (ii) there has been no breach of any of the representations and warranties set forth in or required to be made pursuant to Section 4 of each of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements for which the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller could be required to repurchase such Defaulted Loan pursuant to Section 5 of the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, then the Special Servicer shall take such action as it deems to be in the best economic interest of the Trust (other than proceeding to acquire title to the Mortgaged Property) and is hereby authorized, with the consent of the Directing Certificateholder and after consultation with the Risk Retention Consultation Party pursuant to Section 6.08(a) (in each case, (A) prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event (or with respect to any AB Mortgage Loan, if an AB Control Appraisal Period is in effect, but prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event) and (B) other than with respect to any Excluded Loan as to such party) at such time as it deems appropriate to release such Mortgaged Property from the lien of the related Mortgage, provided that, if such Mortgage Loan has a then-outstanding principal balance of greater than $1,000,000, then prior to the release of the related Mortgaged Property from the lien of the related Mortgage, (i) the Special Servicer shall have notified the Rating Agencies, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Directing Certificateholder and the Risk Retention Consultation Party (in the case of the Directing Certificateholder, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, and in the case of the Directing Certificateholder or the Risk Retention Consultation Party other than with respect to any Excluded Loan as to such party), in writing of its intention to so release such Mortgaged Property and the bases for such intention, (ii) the Certificate Administrator shall have posted such notice of the Special Servicer’s intention to so release such Mortgaged Property to the Certificate Administrator’s Website pursuant to Section 3.13(b) and (iii) in addition to the prior written consent of the Directing Certificateholder as required above, the Holders of Certificates entitled to more than 50% of the Voting Rights shall have consented or have been deemed to have consented to such release within thirty (30) days of the Certificate Administrator’s posting such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website (failure to respond by the end of such 30-day period being deemed consent of the Holders of the Certificates). To the extent any fee charged by any Rating Agency in connection with rendering such written confirmation is not paid by the related Mortgagor, such fee is to be an expense of the Trust; provided that the Special Servicer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to collect such fee from the Mortgagor to the extent permitted under the related Mortgage Loan documents.

(e)                                 The Special Servicer shall provide written reports and a copy of any Environmental Assessments in electronic format to the Directing Certificateholder and the Risk Retention Consultation Party (in each case, other than with respect to any Excluded Loan as to such party), the Master Servicer and the 17g-5 Information Provider monthly regarding any actions taken by the Special Servicer with respect to any Mortgaged Property securing a Defaulted Loan, or defaulted Companion Loan as to which the environmental testing contemplated in subsection (c) above has revealed that either of the conditions set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) of the first sentence thereof has not been satisfied, in each case until the earlier to occur of satisfaction of both such conditions, repurchase of the related Mortgage Loan by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller or release of the lien of the related Mortgage on such Mortgaged Property.

(f)                                   The Special Servicer shall notify the Master Servicer of any abandoned and/or foreclosed properties which require reporting to the Internal Revenue Service and shall

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provide the Master Servicer with all information regarding forgiveness of indebtedness and required to be reported with respect to any Mortgage Loan or related Companion Loan that is abandoned or foreclosed and the Master Servicer shall report to the Internal Revenue Service and the related Mortgagor, in the manner required by applicable law, such information and the Master Servicer shall report, via Form 1099A or Form 1099C (or any successor form), all forgiveness of indebtedness and abandonment and foreclosure to the extent such information has been provided to the Master Servicer by the Special Servicer. Upon request, the Master Servicer shall deliver a copy of any such report to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator.

(g)                                The Special Servicer shall have the right to determine, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, the advisability of the maintenance of an action to obtain a deficiency judgment if the state in which the Mortgaged Property is located and the terms of the Mortgage Loan (and if applicable, the related Companion Loan) permit such an action.

(h)                                The Special Servicer shall maintain accurate records, prepared by one of its Servicing Officers, of each Final Recovery Determination in respect of a Defaulted Loan (other than with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or defaulted Companion Loan or any REO Property (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property) and the basis thereof. Each Final Recovery Determination shall be evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate promptly delivered to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Directing Certificateholder and the Risk Retention Consultation Party (but in the case of the Directing Certificateholder and the Risk Retention Consultation Party, other than with respect to any Excluded Loan as to such party) and the Master Servicer and in no event later than the next succeeding P&I Advance Determination Date.

Section 3.10        Trustee and Certificate Administrator to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files. (a)(a) Upon the payment in full of any Serviced Mortgage Loan, or the receipt by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, of a notification that payment in full shall be escrowed in a manner customary for such purposes, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, will promptly notify the Trustee and the Custodian and request delivery of the related Mortgage File. Any such notice and request shall be in the form of a Request for Release signed by a Servicing Officer and shall include a statement to the effect that all amounts received or to be received in connection with such payment which are required to be deposited in the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.04(a) or remitted to the Master Servicer to enable such deposit, have been or will be so deposited. Within seven (7) Business Days (or within such shorter period as release can reasonably be accomplished if the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer notifies the Custodian of an exigency) of receipt of such notice and request, the Custodian shall release the related Mortgage File to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be; provided that in the case of the payment in full of a Serviced Companion Loan or its related Mortgage Loan, the related Mortgage File shall not be released by the Custodian unless the related Serviced Whole Loan is paid in full. No expenses incurred in connection with any instrument of satisfaction or deed of reconveyance shall be chargeable to the Collection Account.

(b)                               From time to time as is appropriate for servicing or foreclosure of any Serviced Mortgage Loan (and any related Companion Loan), the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer shall deliver to the Custodian a Request for Release signed by a Servicing Officer. Upon receipt of the foregoing, the Custodian shall deliver the Mortgage File or any document therein to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer (or a designee), as the case may be. Upon return of

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such Mortgage File or such document to the Custodian, or the delivery to the Trustee and the Custodian of a certificate of a Servicing Officer of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, stating that such Mortgage Loan (and, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, the related Companion Loan), was liquidated and that all amounts received or to be received in connection with such liquidation which are required to be deposited into the Collection Account (including amounts related to the related Companion Loan, if applicable) pursuant to Section 3.04(a) have been or will be so deposited, or that such Mortgage Loan has become an REO Property, a copy of the Request for Release shall be released by the Custodian to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer (or a designee), as the case may be, with the original being released upon termination of the Trust.

(c)                                 Within seven (7) Business Days (or within such shorter period as delivery can reasonably be accomplished if the Special Servicer notifies the Trustee of an exigency) of receipt thereof, the Trustee shall execute and deliver to the Special Servicer any court pleadings, requests for trustee’s sale or other documents necessary to the foreclosure or trustee’s sale in respect of a Mortgaged Property or to any legal action brought to obtain judgment against any Mortgagor on the Mortgage Note (including any note evidencing a related Companion Loan) or Mortgage or to obtain a deficiency judgment, or to enforce any other remedies or rights provided by the Mortgage Note or Mortgage or otherwise available at law or in equity. The Special Servicer shall be responsible for the preparation of all such documents and pleadings. When submitted to the Trustee for signature, such documents or pleadings shall be accompanied by a certificate of a Servicing Officer requesting that such pleadings or documents be executed by the Trustee and certifying as to the reason such documents or pleadings are required and that the execution and delivery thereof by the Trustee will not invalidate or otherwise affect the lien of the Mortgage, except for the termination of such a lien upon completion of the foreclosure or trustee’s sale. The Trustee shall not be required to review such documents for their sufficiency or enforceability.

(d)                               If, from time to time, pursuant to the terms of the applicable Non-Serviced Intercreditor Agreement and the applicable Non-Serviced PSA, and as appropriate for enforcing the terms of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the applicable Non-Serviced Master Servicer requests delivery to it of the original Mortgage Note for a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, then the Custodian shall release or cause the release of such original Mortgage Note to such Non-Serviced Master Servicer or its designee.

Section 3.11        Servicing Compensation. (a) As compensation for its activities hereunder, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to receive the Servicing Fee with respect to each Mortgage Loan, Serviced Companion Loan and REO Loan (other than the portion of any REO Loan related to any Non-Serviced Companion Loan) (including Specially Serviced Loans and any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan constituting a “specially serviced loan” under any related Non-Serviced PSA). As to each Mortgage Loan, Companion Loan and REO Loan, the Servicing Fee shall accrue from time to time at the Servicing Fee Rate and shall be computed on the basis of the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan, Companion Loan or REO Loan, as the case may be, and in the same manner as interest is calculated on such Mortgage Loan, Companion Loan or REO Loan, as the case may be, and, in connection with any partial month interest payment, for the same period respecting which any related interest payment due on such Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan or deemed to be due on such REO Loan is computed. The Servicing Fee with respect to any Mortgage Loan, Companion Loan or REO Loan shall cease to accrue if a

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Liquidation Event occurs with respect to the related Mortgage Loan, except that if such Mortgage Loan is part of a Serviced Whole Loan and such Serviced Whole Loan continues to be serviced and administered under this Agreement notwithstanding such Liquidation Event, then the applicable Servicing Fee shall continue to accrue and be payable as if such Liquidation Event did not occur. The Servicing Fee shall be payable monthly, on a loan-by-loan basis, from payments of interest on each Mortgage Loan, Companion Loan and REO Revenues allocable as interest on each REO Loan, and as otherwise provided by Section 3.05(a). The Master Servicer shall be entitled to recover unpaid Servicing Fees in respect of any applicable Mortgage Loan, Companion Loan or REO Loan out of that portion of related payments, Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds and REO Revenues (in the case of an REO Loan) allocable as recoveries of interest, to the extent permitted by Section 3.05(a).

Except as set forth in the following sentence, the fourth (4th) paragraph of this Section 3.11(a), Section 6.03, Section 6.05 and Section 7.01(c), the right to receive the Servicing Fee may not be transferred in whole or in part (except in connection with a transfer of all of the Master Servicer’s duties and obligations hereunder to a successor servicer in accordance with the terms hereof). With respect to each Serviced Companion Loan, the Servicing Fee shall be payable to the Master Servicer from amounts payable in respect of such Serviced Companion Loan, subject to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement.

The Master Servicer shall be entitled to retain, and shall not be required to deposit in the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.04(a), additional servicing compensation (other than with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) in the form of the following amounts to the extent collected from the related Mortgagor relating to a Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan:

(i)                                  100% of Excess Modification Fees related to any modifications, waivers, extensions or amendments of any Non-Specially Serviced Loans (including any related Serviced Companion Loan, to the extent not prohibited by the related Intercreditor Agreement) that are Master Servicer Decisions; and for any matter for a Mortgage Loan (including any related Companion Loan) that is not a Specially Serviced Loan which matter involves a Major Decision, then the Master Servicer shall be entitled to 50% of such Excess Modification Fees;

(ii)                               100% of all assumption application fees and other similar items received on any Serviced Mortgage Loans that are Non-Specially Serviced Loans (including any related Serviced Companion Loan, to the extent not prohibited by the related Intercreditor Agreement) to the extent the Master Servicer is processing the underlying transaction and 100% of all defeasance fees (provided that for the avoidance of doubt, any such defeasance fee shall not include any Modification Fees in connection with a defeasance that the Special Servicer is entitled to under this Agreement); and

(iii)                            100% of assumption, waiver, consent and earnout fees, and other similar fees (other than assumption application fees and defeasance fees) pursuant to Section 3.08 and Section 3.18 or other actions performed in connection with this Agreement on the Non-Specially Serviced Loans (including any related Serviced Companion Loan, to the extent not prohibited by the related Intercreditor Agreement) relating to Master Servicer

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Decisions; and for any matter for a Mortgage Loan (including any related Companion Loan) that is not a Specially Serviced Loan which matter involves a Major Decision, then the Master Servicer shall be entitled to 50% of such assumption, waiver, consent and earnout fees and other similar fees.

In addition, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to charge and retain as additional servicing compensation (other than with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) any charges for beneficiary statements and demands to the extent such beneficiary statements or demands are prepared by the Master Servicer and other customary charges, amounts collected for checks returned for insufficient funds (relating to the accounts held by the Master Servicer) and reasonable review fees in connection with any Mortgagor request to the extent such review fees are not prohibited under the related Mortgage Loan documents, in each case only to the extent actually paid by or on behalf of the related Mortgagor and shall not be required to deposit such amounts in the Collection Account or the Companion Distribution Account pursuant to Section 3.04(a) or Section 3.04(b), respectively. Subject to Section 3.11(d), the Master Servicer shall also be entitled to additional servicing compensation in the form of: (i) Penalty Charges to the extent provided in Section 3.11(d), (ii) interest or other income earned on deposits relating to the Trust Fund in the Collection Account or the Companion Distribution Account in accordance with Section 3.06(b) (but only to the extent of the Net Investment Earnings, if any, with respect to such account for the period from and including the prior Distribution Date to and including the P&I Advance Date related to the current Distribution Date), (iii) interest or other income earned on deposits in its Servicing Accounts which are not required by applicable law or the related Mortgage Loan to be paid to the Mortgagor, and (iv) the difference, if positive, between Prepayment Interest Excesses and Prepayment Interest Shortfalls collected on the Mortgage Loans and any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan, during the related Collection Period to the extent not required to be paid as Compensating Interest Payments. The Master Servicer shall be required to pay out of its own funds all expenses incurred by it in connection with its servicing activities hereunder (including, without limitation, payment of any amounts due and owing to any of its Sub-Servicers and the premiums for any blanket Insurance Policy insuring against hazard losses pursuant to Section 3.07), if and to the extent such expenses are not payable directly out of the Collection Account and the Master Servicer shall not be entitled to reimbursement therefor except as expressly provided in this Agreement.

With respect to any of the preceding fees as to which both the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer are entitled to receive a portion thereof, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall each have the right in its sole discretion, but not any obligation, to reduce or elect not to charge its respective portion of such fee; provided, that (A) neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer will have the right to reduce or elect not to charge the portion of any such fee due to the other and (B) to the extent either of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer exercises its right to reduce or elect not to charge its respective portion in any such fee, the party that reduced or elected not to charge its respective portion of such fee will not have any right to share in any part of the other party’s portion of such fee. If the Master Servicer decides not to charge any fee, the Special Servicer shall nevertheless be entitled to charge its portion of the related fee to which the Special Servicer would have been entitled if the Master Servicer had charged a fee and the Master Servicer will not be entitled to any of such fee charged by the Special Servicer. Similarly, if the Special Servicer decides not to charge any fee, the Master Servicer shall nevertheless be entitled to charge its portion of the related fee to which the Master Servicer would have been

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entitled if the Special Servicer had charged a fee and the Special Servicer shall not be entitled to any portion of such fee charged by the Master Servicer.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association may, at its option, assign or pledge to any third party or retain for itself the Transferable Servicing Interest with respect to any Mortgage Loan and any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan (and any successor REO Loan); provided, however, that in the event of any resignation or termination of the Master Servicer, all or any portion of the Transferable Servicing Interest may be reduced by the Trustee to the extent reasonably necessary (in the sole discretion of the Trustee) for the Trustee to obtain a qualified successor master servicer that meets the requirements of Section 6.05 and who requires market-rate servicing compensation that accrues at a per annum rate in excess of the Retained Fee Rate, and any such assignment of the Transferable Servicing Interest shall, by its terms be expressly subject to the terms of this Agreement and such reduction. The Master Servicer shall pay the Transferable Servicing Interest to the holder of the Transferable Servicing Interest at such time and to the extent the Master Servicer is entitled to receive payment of its Servicing Fees hereunder, notwithstanding any resignation or termination of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer hereunder (subject to reduction pursuant to the preceding sentence).

(b)                                As compensation for its activities hereunder, the Special Servicer shall be entitled to receive the Special Servicing Fee with respect to each Specially Serviced Loan and REO Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan and any REO Loan relating to a Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property). As to each Specially Serviced Loan and REO Loan, the Special Servicing Fee shall accrue from time to time at the Special Servicing Fee Rate and shall be computed on the basis of the Stated Principal Balance of such Specially Serviced Loan or REO Loan, as the case may be, and in the same manner as interest is calculated on the Specially Serviced Loans or REO Loans, as the case may be, and, in connection with any partial month interest payment, for the same period respecting which any related interest payment due on such Specially Serviced Loan or deemed to be due on such REO Loan is computed. The Special Servicing Fee with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan or REO Loan shall cease to accrue if a Liquidation Event occurs with respect to the related Mortgage Loan. The Special Servicing Fee shall be payable monthly, on a loan-by-loan basis, in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.05(a). The right to receive the Special Servicing Fee may not be transferred in whole or in part except in connection with the transfer of all of the Special Servicer’s responsibilities and obligations under this Agreement. The Special Servicer shall not be entitled to any Special Servicing Fees with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan.

(c)                                 The Special Servicer shall be entitled to additional servicing compensation in the form of:

(i)                                    100% of Excess Modification Fees related to modifications, waivers, extensions or amendments of any Specially Serviced Loans,

(ii)                                 100% of assumption application fees and other similar items received with respect to Specially Serviced Loans and 100% of all assumption application fees and other similar items received with respect to Mortgage Loans (other than Non-Serviced Mortgage

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Loans) and Serviced Companion Loans that are Non-Specially Serviced Loans to the extent the Special Servicer processes the underlying transaction,

(iii)                             100% of waiver, consent and earnout fees and fees in respect of other actions performed in connection with this Agreement on the Specially Serviced Loans or certain other similar fees paid by the related Mortgagor on Specially Serviced Loans,

(iv)                            100% of assumption fees and other similar fees received with respect to Specially Serviced Loans,

(v)                                50% of all Excess Modification Fees and assumption, waiver, consent and earnout fees and other similar fees (other than assumption application fees and defeasance fees) received with respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loans or Serviced Companion Loan(s) that are Non-Specially Serviced Loans to the extent that the matter involves a Major Decision, and

(vi)                            100% of charges for beneficiary statements and demand charges actually paid by the Mortgagors to the extent such beneficiary statements or demand charges are prepared by the Special Servicer.

and shall be promptly paid to the Special Servicer by the Master Servicer (or directly from the related Mortgagor) to the extent such fees are paid by the Mortgagor and shall not be required to be deposited in the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.04(a). Subject to Section 3.11(d), the Special Servicer shall also be entitled to additional servicing compensation in the form of: (i) Penalty Charges to the extent provided in Section 3.11(d) and (ii) interest or other income earned on deposits relating to the Trust Fund in the REO Account and Loss of Value Reserve Fund in accordance with Section 3.06(b) (but only to the extent of the Net Investment Earnings, if any, with respect to such account for the period from and including the prior Distribution Date to and including the P&I Advance Date related to such Distribution Date). In addition, the Special Servicer shall be entitled to retain as additional servicing compensation (other than with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) reasonable review fees in connection with any Mortgagor request to the extent such review fees are not prohibited under the related Mortgage Loan documents, and only to the extent actually paid by or on behalf of the related Mortgagor. The Special Servicer shall also be entitled to additional servicing compensation in the form of a Workout Fee with respect to each Corrected Loan at the Workout Fee Rate on such Corrected Loan for so long as it remains a Corrected Loan; provided, that after receipt by the Special Servicer of Workout Fees with respect to such Corrected Loan in an amount equal to $25,000, any Workout Fees in excess of such amount shall be reduced by the Excess Modification Fee Amount received by the Special Servicer; provided, further, that in the event the Workout Fee collected over the course of such workout calculated at the Workout Fee Rate is less than $25,000, then the Special Servicer shall be entitled to an amount from the final payment on the related Corrected Loan (including any related Serviced Companion Loan) that would result in the total Workout Fees payable to the Special Servicer in respect of that Corrected Loan (including any related Serviced Companion Loan) being equal to $25,000. The Workout Fee shall be reduced (but not below zero) with respect to each collection on such Corrected Loan from which fee would otherwise be payable until an amount equal to the Excess Modification Fee Amount has been deducted in full. The Workout Fee with respect to any Corrected Loan will cease to be payable if such loan again

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becomes a Specially Serviced Loan; provided that a new Workout Fee will become payable if and when such Specially Serviced Loan again becomes a Corrected Loan. The Special Servicer shall not be entitled to any Workout Fee with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan. If the Special Servicer is terminated (other than for cause) or resigns, it shall retain the right to receive any and all Workout Fees payable in respect of Mortgage Loans or any related Companion Loan that became Corrected Loans prior to the time of that termination or resignation except the Workout Fees will no longer be payable if the Corrected Loan subsequently becomes a Specially Serviced Loan. If the Special Servicer resigns or is terminated (other than for cause), it will receive any Workout Fees payable on Specially Serviced Loans for which the resigning or terminated Special Servicer had determined to grant a forbearance or cured the event of default through a modification, restructuring or workout negotiated by the Special Servicer and evidenced by a signed writing, but which had not as of the time the Special Servicer resigned or was terminated become a Corrected Loan solely because the Mortgagor had not had sufficient time to make three (3) consecutive timely Periodic Payments and which subsequently becomes a Corrected Loan as a result of the Mortgagor making such three (3) consecutive timely Periodic Payments. The successor special servicer will not be entitled to any portion of such Workout Fees. The Special Servicer will not be entitled to receive any Workout Fees after termination of the Special Servicer for cause. A Liquidation Fee will be payable to the Special Servicer with respect to (a) each Specially Serviced Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or REO Property (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property) as to which the Special Servicer receives any Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds and (b) each Mortgage Loan repurchased by a Mortgage Loan Seller or for which a Loss of Value Payment was paid, in each case, subject to the exceptions set forth in the definition of Liquidation Fee (such Liquidation Fee to be paid out of such Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds). If, however, Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds are received with respect to any Corrected Loan and the Special Servicer is properly entitled to a Workout Fee, such Workout Fee will be payable based on and out of the portion of such Liquidation Proceeds and Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds that constitute principal and/or interest on such Mortgage Loan. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Special Servicer shall only be entitled to receive a Liquidation Fee or a Workout Fee, but not both, with respect to proceeds on any Mortgage Loan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Companion Loan, the Liquidation Fee, Workout Fee and Special Servicing Fees, if any, will be computed as provided in the related Intercreditor Agreement or to the extent such Intercreditor Agreement is silent or refers to this Agreement or indicates such fees are paid in accordance with this Agreement, as provided herein as though such Companion Loan were a Mortgage Loan. Subject to Section 3.11(d), the Special Servicer will also be entitled to additional fees in the form of Penalty Charges. The Special Servicer shall be required to pay out of its own funds all expenses incurred by it in connection with its servicing activities hereunder (including, without limitation, payment of any amounts, other than management fees in respect of REO Properties, due and owing to any of its Sub-Servicers and the premiums for any blanket Insurance Policy obtained by it insuring against hazard losses pursuant to Section 3.07), if and to the extent such expenses are not expressly payable directly out of the Collection Account or the REO Account, and the Special Servicer shall not be entitled to reimbursement therefor except as expressly provided in this Agreement.

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not to charge its respective portion of such fee; provided, however, that (A) neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer will have the right to reduce or elect not to charge the portion of any fee due to the other and (B) to the extent either of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer exercises its right to reduce or elect not to charge its respective portion in any fee, the party that reduced or elected not to charge such fee will not have any right to share in any part of the other party’s portion of such fee. If the Master Servicer decides not to charge any fee, the Special Servicer shall nevertheless be entitled to charge its portion of the related fee to which the Special Servicer would have been entitled if the Master Servicer had charged a fee and the Master Servicer will not be entitled to any of such fee charged by the Special Servicer. Similarly, if the Special Servicer decides not to charge any fee, the Master Servicer shall nevertheless be entitled to charge its portion of the related fee to which the Master Servicer would have been entitled if the Special Servicer had charged a fee and the Special Servicer shall not be entitled to any portion of such fee charged by the Master Servicer.

(d)               In determining the compensation of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, with respect to Penalty Charges, on any Distribution Date, the aggregate Penalty Charges collected on any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Companion Loan since the prior Distribution Date shall be applied (in such order) to reimburse (i) the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee for interest on Advances on such Mortgage Loan or related Companion Loan, if applicable (and, in connection with a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the applicable Non-Serviced Master Servicer, the applicable Non-Serviced Special Servicer or the applicable Non-Serviced Trustee for interest on the servicing advances made by any such party with respect to a Non-Serviced Whole Loan pursuant to the applicable Non-Serviced PSA, to the extent not prohibited by the applicable Non-Serviced Intercreditor Agreement) due on such Distribution Date, (ii) the Trust for all interest on Advances previously paid to the Master Servicer or the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.05(a)(vi) (and, in connection with a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the related trust for all interest on servicing advances reimbursed by such trust to any party under the applicable Non-Serviced PSA, which resulted in an additional expense for the Trust, to the extent not prohibited by the applicable Non-Serviced Intercreditor Agreement) with respect to such Mortgage Loan or related Companion Loan, if applicable and (iii) the Trust for all additional expenses of the Trust (including Special Servicing Fees, Workout Fees and Liquidation Fees), including without limitation, inspections by the Special Servicer and all unpaid Advances incurred since the Closing Date with respect to such Mortgage Loan. Penalty Charges (other than with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, which shall be payable as additional servicing compensation under the related Non-Serviced PSA) remaining thereafter shall be distributed to the Master Servicer, if and to the extent accrued while such Mortgage Loan and any related Companion Loan was a Non-Specially Serviced Loan, and to the Special Servicer, if and to the extent accrued on such Mortgage Loan during the period such Mortgage Loan was a Specially Serviced Loan or REO Loan. Any Penalty Charges paid or payable as additional servicing compensation to the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall be distributed between the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, on a pro rata basis, based on the Master Servicer’s and the Special Servicer’s respective entitlements to such compensation described in the previous sentence. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything else herein to the contrary, Penalty Charges with respect to any Companion Loan will be allocated pursuant to the applicable Intercreditor Agreement after payment of all related Advances and interest thereon and additional expenses of the Trust in accordance with this Section 3.11(d).

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If a Servicing Shift Whole Loan becomes a Specially Serviced Loan prior to the applicable Servicing Shift Securitization Date, the Special Servicer shall service and administer such Servicing Shift Whole Loan and any related REO Property in the same manner as any other Specially Serviced Loan or Serviced REO Property and shall be entitled to all rights and compensation earned with respect to such Serviced Whole Loan as the Special Servicer of such Serviced Whole Loan. With respect to a Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan, prior to the applicable Servicing Shift Securitization Date, no other special servicer will be entitled to any such compensation or have such rights and obligations. If a Servicing Shift Whole Loan is still a Specially Serviced Loan on the applicable Servicing Shift Securitization Date, the Non-Serviced Special Servicer and the Special Servicer shall be entitled to compensation with respect to such Servicing Shift Whole Loan as if the Special Servicer were being terminated (other than for cause) as the Special Servicer with respect to such Servicing Shift Whole Loan and the Non-Serviced Special Servicer were replacing the Special Servicer as the successor Special Servicer with respect to such Servicing Shift Whole Loan.

(e)                                 With respect to each Distribution Date, the Special Servicer shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Master Servicer within two (2) Business Days following the Determination Date, and the Master Servicer shall deliver, to the extent it has received, to the Certificate Administrator, without charge and on the related Remittance Date, an electronic report (which may include HTML, Word or Excel compatible format, clean and searchable PDF format or such other format as mutually agreeable between the Certificate Administrator and the Special Servicer) that discloses and contains an itemized listing of any Disclosable Special Servicer Fees received by the Special Servicer or any of its Affiliates, if any, with respect to such Distribution Date; provided that no such report shall be due in any month during which no Disclosable Special Servicer Fees were received.

(f)                                  The Special Servicer and its Affiliates shall be prohibited from receiving or retaining any compensation or any other remuneration (including, without limitation, in the form of commissions, brokerage fees, rebates, or as a result of any other fee-sharing arrangement) from any Person (including, without limitation, the Trust, any Mortgagor, any property manager, any guarantor or indemnitor in respect of a Mortgage Loan and any purchaser of any Mortgage Loan or REO Property) in connection with the disposition, workout or foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, the management or disposition of any REO Property, or the performance of any other special servicing duties under this Agreement, other than as expressly provided in this Section 3.11; provided that such prohibition shall not apply to Permitted Special Servicer/Affiliate Fees.

(g)                                Pursuant to the CREFC^® License Agreement, CREFC^® shall be paid (according to the payment instructions set forth on Exhibit II hereto or such other payment instructions as CREFC^® may provide to the Master Servicer in writing at least two (2) Business Days prior to the Remittance Date) the CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee on a monthly basis. The Master Servicer shall withdraw from the Collection Account and, to the extent sufficient funds are on deposit therein, pay the CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee to CREFC^® in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(xii) on a monthly basis, from funds on deposit in the Collection Account.

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Section 3.12        Inspections; Collection of Financial Statements. (a) The Master Servicer shall perform (at its own expense), or shall cause to be performed (at its own expense), a physical inspection of each Mortgaged Property relating to a Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan or a Specially Serviced Loan or an REO Loan) with a Stated Principal Balance of (i) $2,000,000 or more at least once every twelve (12) months and (ii) less than $2,000,000 at least once every twenty-four (24) months, in each case, commencing in the calendar year 2024 (and each Mortgaged Property shall be inspected on or prior to December 31, 2025); provided, however, that if a physical inspection has been performed by the Special Servicer in the previous twelve (12) months, the Master Servicer will not be required to perform, or cause to be performed, such physical inspection; provided, further, that if any scheduled payment becomes more than sixty (60) days delinquent on the related Mortgage Loan, the Special Servicer shall inspect or cause to be inspected the related Mortgaged Property as soon as practicable after such Mortgage Loan becomes a Specially Serviced Loan and annually thereafter for so long as such Mortgage Loan remains a Specially Serviced Loan. The cost of such inspection by the Special Servicer pursuant to the second proviso of the immediately preceding sentence shall be an expense of the Trust, and, to the extent not paid by the related Mortgagor, reimbursed first from Penalty Charges actually received from the related Mortgagor and then from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.05(a)(ii), provided that, with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, such cost shall be payable, subject to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement (i) with respect to a Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan, pro rata and pari passu, from the related Serviced Pari Passu Mortgage Loan and Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan, in accordance with their respective outstanding principal balances, or (ii) with respect to a Serviced AB Whole Loan, first, from the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan(s) and then, from the Serviced AB Mortgage Loan and any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans on a pro rata and pari passu basis (provided that, with respect to any AB Subordinate Companion Loan, the foregoing shall not limit or otherwise modify the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement pursuant to which any amounts collected with respect to the related Whole Loan are allocated to the related Serviced AB Mortgage Loan, any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans and the AB Subordinate Companion Loans), in each case, prior to being payable out of general collections. With respect to any Serviced AB Whole Loan, the costs will be allocated, first, as an expense of the related Subordinate Companion Holder and, second, as an expense of the holder of the related Mortgage Loan to the extent provided in the related Intercreditor Agreement. The Special Servicer or the Master Servicer, as applicable, shall prepare or cause to be prepared a written report of each such inspection detailing the condition of and any damage to the Mortgaged Property to the extent evident from the inspection and specifying the existence of (i) any vacancy at the Mortgaged Property that the preparer of such report has knowledge of and the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, deems material, (ii) any sale, transfer or abandonment of the Mortgaged Property of which the preparer of such report has knowledge or that is evident from the inspection, (iii) any adverse change in the condition of the Mortgaged Property of which the preparer of such report has knowledge or that is evident from the inspection, and that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, deems material, (iv) any visible material waste committed on the Mortgaged Property of which the preparer of such report has knowledge or that is evident from the inspection and (v) photographs of each inspected Mortgaged Property. The Special Servicer and the Master Servicer shall promptly following preparation deliver or make available a copy (in electronic format) of each such report prepared by the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer, respectively, to the other party, to the Directing Certificateholder ((i) prior to the occurrence and continuance of

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a Control Termination Event and (ii) other than with respect to any Excluded Loan (as to such party) that is a Specially Serviced Loan). Within five (5) Business Days after request for copies of such reports by the Rating Agencies, the Special Servicer or the Master Servicer, as applicable, shall deliver or make available a copy (in electronic format) of each such report prepared by the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer, as applicable, to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website for review by NRSROs (including the Rating Agencies) that are Privileged Persons. The Master Servicer shall deliver or make available a copy of each such report to the Directing Certificateholder and upon request to each Controlling Class Certificateholder (which request may state that such items may be delivered until further notice) (except, after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Consultation Termination Event or with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan that is an Excluded Loan as to such party).

(b)               The Special Servicer, in the case of any Specially Serviced Loan, and the Master Servicer, in the case of any Non-Specially Serviced Loan shall make reasonable efforts to collect promptly and review from each related Mortgagor under the Mortgage Loans for which it acts as Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, quarterly and annual operating statements, financial statements, budgets and rent rolls of the related Mortgaged Property, and the quarterly and annual financial statements of such Mortgagor commencing with the calendar quarter ending on June 30, 2023 and the calendar year ending on December 31, 2023, whether or not delivery of such items is required pursuant to the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents and any other reports or documents required to be delivered under the terms of the Mortgage Loans (and each Serviced Companion Loan), if delivery of such items is required pursuant to the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents. The Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall not be required to request such operating statements or rent rolls more than once if the related Mortgagor is not required to deliver such statements pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loan documents. In addition, the Special Servicer shall cause quarterly and annual operating statements, budgets and rent rolls to be regularly prepared in respect of each REO Property and shall collect all such items promptly following their preparation. The Special Servicer shall deliver all such items to the Master Servicer within five (5) Business Days of receipt, and the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall deliver or make available copies of all the foregoing items so collected to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Directing Certificateholder and the Depositor, in electronic format, in each case within sixty (60) days of its receipt thereof, but in no event, in the case of annual statements, later than June 30 of each year commencing in 2024. Upon the request of any Privileged Person (other than the NRSROs) to receive copies of such items, the Master Servicer (with respect to Non-Specially Serviced Loans) or the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans and REO Loans) shall deliver or make available electronic copies of such items to the Certificate Administrator to be posted on the Certificate Administrator’s Website. Upon the request of any NRSRO, the Master Servicer (with respect to Non-Specially Serviced Loans) or the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans and REO Loans) shall deliver or make available copies of all or any portion of the foregoing items so collected thereby to the 17g-5 Information Provider pursuant to Section 3.13(c).

In addition, the Master Servicer (with respect to Non-Specially Serviced Loans) or the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties), as applicable, shall prepare with respect to each Mortgaged Property securing a Serviced Mortgage Loan and REO Property for which it acts as Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable:

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(i)                Within forty-five (45) days after receipt of a quarterly operating statement, if any, commencing within forty-five (45) days of receipt of such quarterly operating statement for the quarter ending June 30, 2023, a CREFC^® Operating Statement Analysis Report (but only to the extent the related Mortgagor is required by the related Mortgage Loan documents to deliver and does deliver, or otherwise agrees to provide and does provide, such information) for such Mortgaged Property or REO Property as of the end of that calendar quarter and provides sufficient information to report pursuant to CREFC^® guidelines, provided, however, that any analysis or report with respect to the first calendar quarter of each year will not be required to the extent provided in the then-current applicable CREFC^® guidelines (it being understood that as of the Closing Date, the applicable CREFC^® guidelines provide that such analysis or report with respect to the first calendar quarter (in each year) is not required for a Mortgaged Property or REO Property unless such Mortgaged Property or REO Property is analyzed on a trailing twelve (12) month basis, or if the related Serviced Mortgage Loan is on the CREFC^® Servicer Watch List). The Master Servicer (with respect to Non-Specially Serviced Loans) or the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties that do not relate to Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans), as applicable, shall deliver or make available copies (in electronic format) of each CREFC^® Operating Statement Analysis Report and, upon request, the related operating statements (in each case, promptly following the initial preparation and each material revision thereof) to the Certificate Administrator, the Directing Certificateholder and the related Companion Holder (with respect to any Serviced Companion Loan).

(ii)               Within forty-five (45) days after receipt by the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties) or the Master Servicer (with respect to Non-Specially Serviced Loans) of an annual operating statement or rent rolls (if and to the extent any such information is in the form of normalized year-end financial statements that have been based on a minimum number of months of operating results as recommended by CREFC^® in the instructions to the CREFC^® guidelines) for each calendar year commencing within forty-five (45) days of receipt of such annual operating statement for the calendar year ending December 31, 2023, a CREFC^® NOI Adjustment Worksheet (but only to the extent the related Mortgagor is required by the related Mortgage Loan documents to deliver and does deliver, or otherwise agrees to provide and does provide, such information), presenting the computation to “normalize” the full year net operating income and debt service coverage numbers used by the Master Servicer in preparing the CREFC^® Comparative Financial Status Report. The Master Servicer (with respect to all Serviced Mortgage Loans) or the Special Servicer (with respect to REO Properties that do not relate to Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans), as applicable, shall deliver or make available copies (in electronic format) of each CREFC^® NOI Adjustment Worksheet and, upon request, the related operating statements or rent rolls (in each case, promptly following the initial preparation and each material revision thereof) to the Master Servicer, which shall provide a copy to the Certificate Administrator, the Directing Certificateholder, the related Companion Holder (with respect to any Serviced Companion Loan) and, upon request, the 17g-5 Information Provider, and the 17g-5 Information Provider shall post all such items to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website.

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(c)               At or before 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on each Determination Date, the Special Servicer shall prepare and deliver or cause to be delivered to the Master Servicer and, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, the Directing Certificateholder, the CREFC^® Special Servicer Loan File and any applicable CREFC^® Loan Liquidation Reports, CREFC^® Loan Modification Reports and CREFC^® REO Liquidation Reports with respect to the Specially Serviced Loans (excluding, for the Directing Certificateholder, any Excluded Loans as to such party) and any REO Properties (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property), providing the information required of the Special Servicer in an electronic format, reasonably acceptable to the Master Servicer as of the Business Day preceding such Determination Date, which CREFC^® Special Servicer Loan File shall include data, to enable the Master Servicer to produce the following supplemental CREFC^® reports: (i) a CREFC^® Delinquent Loan Status Report, (ii) a CREFC^® Historical Loan Modification/Forbearance and Corrected Mortgage Loan Report, (iii) a CREFC^® REO Status Report, (iv) a CREFC^® Comparative Financial Status Report and (v) a CREFC^® NOI Adjustment Worksheet and a CREFC^® Operating Statement Analysis Report, in each case with the supporting financial statements, budgets, operating statements and rent rolls submitted by the Mortgagor.

(d)               Not later than 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on each P&I Advance Date beginning March 2023, the Master Servicer shall prepare (if and to the extent necessary) and deliver or cause to be delivered in electronic format to the Certificate Administrator the following reports and data files with respect to the Mortgage Loans: (A) to the extent the Master Servicer has received the CREFC^® Special Servicer Loan File at the time required, the most recent CREFC^® Delinquent Loan Status Report, CREFC^® Historical Loan Modification/Forbearance and Corrected Mortgage Loan Report and the CREFC^® REO Status Report, (B) CREFC^® Loan Setup File (only with respect to the first Distribution Date), (C) the most recent CREFC^® Property File, and CREFC^® Comparative Financial Status Report (in each case incorporating the data required to be included in the CREFC^® Special Servicer Loan File pursuant to Section 3.12(c) by the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer), (D) a CREFC^® Servicer Watch List with information that is current as of such Determination Date, (E) CREFC^® Financial File, (F) CREFC^® Loan Level Reserve/LOC Report, (G) the CREFC^® Advance Recovery Report, (H) CREFC^® Total Loan Report and (I) the report on Disclosable Special Servicer Fees delivered pursuant to Section 3.11(e) to the extent received from the Special Servicer, if any. Additionally, not later than 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the P&I Advance Date beginning March 2023, the Master Servicer shall deliver or cause to be delivered in electronic format to the Certificate Administrator any applicable CREFC^® Loan Liquidation Reports, CREFC^® Loan Modification Reports and CREFC^® REO Liquidation Reports received from the Special Servicer. Not later than 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) two (2) Business Days prior to the Distribution Date beginning March 2023, the Master Servicer shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Certificate Administrator via electronic format the CREFC^® Loan Periodic Update File and, to the extent received by the Master Servicer, the CREFC^® Appraisal Reduction Template. In no event shall any report described in this subsection be required to reflect information that has not been collected by or delivered to the Master Servicer, or any payments or collections not received by the Master Servicer, as of the close of business on the Business Day prior to the Business Day on which the report is due.

Not later than 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on each P&I Advance Date beginning March 2023, the Master Servicer shall deliver to the Certificate Administrator a CREFC^® Schedule AL File and may deliver to the Certificate Administrator a Schedule AL

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Additional File, each covering all of the Mortgage Loans, and each in both EDGAR-Compatible Format and Excel format; provided, however, that the Master Servicer shall have no obligation to prepare or deliver the CREFC^® Schedule AL File for any given Distribution Date unless the Master Servicer receives the Initial Schedule AL File from the Depositor pursuant to Section 2.01(j). If the Certificate Administrator does not receive the CREFC^® Schedule AL File from the Master Servicer by 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the P&I Advance Date, it shall request the CREFC^® Schedule AL File from the Master Servicer via email at ssreports@wellsfargo.com and send a copy of such request to the Depositor via email at leland.f.bunch@bofa.com, paul.kurzeja@bofa.com and cmbsnotices@bofa.com. In preparing the CREFC^® Schedule AL File and any Schedule AL Additional File for any given Distribution Date, and without any due diligence, investigation or verification, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely, absent manifest error, on the content, completeness and accuracy of the Initial Schedule AL File and Annex A-1 to the Prospectus. The CREFC^® Schedule AL File and the Schedule AL Additional File delivered by the Master Servicer shall each be a single file. The Certificate Administrator shall not be required to combine multiple CREFC^® Schedule AL Files or Schedule AL Additional Files provided or prepared by or on behalf of the Master Servicer. The Certificate Administrator shall not be required to review, redact, reconcile, edit or verify the content, completeness or accuracy of the information contained in any CREFC^® Schedule AL File or Schedule AL Additional File.

In the absence of manifest error, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon, without investigation or inquiry, any information and reports delivered to it by any third party, and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon the Master Servicer’s reports and the Special Servicer’s reports and any information provided by the Trustee, without any duty or obligation to recompute, verify or recalculate any of the amounts and other information stated therein.

(e)               The Special Servicer shall deliver to the Master Servicer the reports and information required of the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.12(b) and Section 3.12(c), and the Master Servicer shall deliver or make available to the Certificate Administrator the reports and data files set forth in Section 3.12(d). The Master Servicer may, absent manifest error, conclusively rely on the reports and/or data to be provided by the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.12(b) and Section 3.12(c). The Certificate Administrator may, absent manifest error, conclusively rely on the reports and/or data to be provided by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.12(d). In the case of information or reports to be furnished by the Master Servicer to the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 3.12(d), to the extent that such information or reports are, in turn, based on information or reports to be provided by the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.12(b) or Section 3.12(c) and to the extent that such reports are to be prepared and delivered by the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.12(b) or Section 3.12(c), the Master Servicer shall have no obligation to provide such information or reports to the Certificate Administrator until it has received the requisite information or reports from the Special Servicer, and the Master Servicer shall not be in default hereunder due to a delay in providing the reports required by Section 3.12(d) caused by the Special Servicer’s failure to timely provide any information or report required under Section 3.12(b) or Section 3.12(c) of this Agreement.

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Section 3.12 shall not constitute a breach of this Section 3.12 to the extent the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer so fails because such disclosure, in the reasonable belief of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, would violate any applicable law or any provision of a Mortgage Loan document prohibiting disclosure of information with respect to the Mortgage Loans or Mortgaged Properties. The Master Servicer and the Special Servicer may disclose any such information or any additional information to any Person so long as such disclosure is consistent with applicable law and the Servicing Standard. The Master Servicer or the Special Servicer may affix to any information provided by it any disclaimer it deems appropriate in its reasonable discretion (without suggesting liability on the part of any other party hereto).

(g)               Unless otherwise specifically stated herein, if the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer is required to deliver or make available any statement, report or information under any provisions of this Agreement, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, may satisfy such obligation by (x) physically delivering a paper copy of such statement, report or information, (y) delivering such statement, report or information in a commonly used electronic format or (z) making such statement, report or information available on the Master Servicer’s website (with respect to items delivered by the Master Servicer (except with respect to items delivered by the Master Servicer to the Certificate Administrator)) or the Certificate Administrator’s Website, unless this Agreement expressly specifies a particular method of delivery.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall deliver any required statements, reports or other information to the Certificate Administrator in an electronic format mutually agreeable to the Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be. The Master Servicer or the Special Servicer may physically deliver a paper copy of any such statement, report or information as a temporary measure due to system problems, however, copies in electronic format shall follow upon the correction of such system problems.

Section 3.13        Access to Certain Information. (a) The Master Servicer and Special Servicer shall provide or cause to be provided to the Certificate Administrator, and the Certificate Administrator shall afford access to any Mortgage Loan Seller and to any Certificateholder that is a federally insured financial institution, the OCC, the FDIC, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America and the supervisory agents and examiners of such boards and such corporations, and any other federal or state banking or insurance regulatory authority that may exercise authority over any such Certificateholder, and to each Holder of a Non-Registered Certificate, access to any documentation or information regarding the Mortgage Loans (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) and, in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is a portion of a Serviced Whole Loan, the related Companion Loan, and the Trust within its control which may be required by applicable law. At the election of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Certificate Administrator, such access may be afforded to such Person identified above by the delivery of copies of information as requested by such Person and the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Certificate Administrator shall be permitted to require payment (other than from the Directing Certificateholder and the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator on its own behalf or on behalf of the Certificateholders, as applicable) of a sum sufficient to cover the reasonable out-of-pocket costs incurred by it in making such copies. Such access shall (except as described in the preceding sentence) be afforded without charge but only upon reasonable prior written

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request and during normal business hours at the offices of the Certificate Administrator or the Custodian.

The failure of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer to provide access as provided in this Section 3.13 as a result of a confidentiality obligation shall not constitute a breach of this Section 3.13. In connection with providing information pursuant to this Section 3.13, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer may each (i) affix a reasonable disclaimer to any information provided by it for which it is not the original source (without suggesting liability on the part of any other party hereto); (ii) affix to any information provided by it a reasonable statement regarding securities law restrictions on such information and/or condition access to information on (x) the execution of a confidentiality agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit X, or (y) execution of a “click-through” confidentiality agreement if such information is being provided through the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s website; (iii) withhold access to confidential information or any intellectual property; and/or (iv) withhold access to items of information contained in the Servicing File for any Mortgage Loan if the disclosure of such items is prohibited by applicable law or the provisions of any related Mortgage Loan documents or would constitute a waiver of the attorney-client privilege. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the failure of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer to disclose any information otherwise required to be disclosed by it pursuant to this Agreement shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement to the extent that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, determines, in its reasonable good faith judgment consistent with the applicable Servicing Standard, that such disclosure would violate applicable law or any provision of a Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan document prohibiting disclosure of information with respect to the Mortgage Loans or Companion Loans or the Mortgaged Properties, constitute a waiver of the attorney-client privilege on behalf of the Trust or otherwise materially harm the Trust. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer may refrain from disclosing information that it reasonably determines would prejudice the interest of the Certificateholders with respect to a workout or exercise of remedies as to any particular Mortgage Loan.

Notwithstanding the limitation set forth in the next succeeding paragraph, but subject to the last sentence of the immediately preceding paragraph, upon the reasonable request of any Certificateholder (or with respect to any AB Subordinate Companion Loan related to a Serviced AB Whole Loan, the holder of such AB Subordinate Companion Loan) that has delivered an Investor Certification to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, the Master Servicer (with respect to Non-Specially Serviced Loans) or the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans), as applicable, may provide (or make available electronically) or make available at the expense of such Certificateholder or holder of such AB Subordinate Companion Loan, as applicable, copies of any appraisals, operating statements, rent rolls and financial statements (in each case, solely relating to the related Serviced Whole Loan or Serviced AB Whole Loan, if requested by the holder of an AB Subordinate Companion Loan, as the case may be) obtained by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be; provided that, in connection with such request, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, may require a written confirmation executed by the requesting Person substantially in such form as may be reasonably acceptable to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, generally to the effect that such Person will keep such information confidential and shall use such information only for the purpose of analyzing asset performance and evaluating any continuing

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rights the Certificateholder or holder of such AB Subordinate Companion Loan, as applicable, may have under this Agreement.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein (other than as permitted in the preceding paragraph with respect to any Certificateholder or as specifically provided for herein with respect to the Directing Certificateholder), unless required by applicable law or court order, no Certificateholder (except, with respect to a Mortgage Loan Seller, to the extent necessary for such party to comply with its obligations under the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, and except for the Master Servicer and the Certificate Administrator, acting in such capacities) or beneficial owner shall be given access to, or be provided copies of, the Mortgage Files or Diligence Files.

(b)                                The Certificate Administrator shall make available to Privileged Persons (provided that the Prospectus, Distribution Date Statements, Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements, this Agreement and the Commission EDGAR filings referred to below will be available to the general public) via the Certificate Administrator’s Website, the following items, in each case, to the extent such items were prepared by or delivered to the Certificate Administrator in electronic format:

(i)                                    The following documents, which will initially be made available under a tab or heading designated “deal documents”:

(A)                            the Prospectus and any other disclosure document relating to the Registered Certificates, in the form most recently provided to the Certificate Administrator by the Depositor or by any Person designated by the Depositor;

(B)                                this Agreement and any amendments and exhibits hereto;

(C)                               any Sub-Servicing Agreements delivered to the Certificate Administrator on or after the Closing Date;

(D)                             the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements and any amendments and exhibits thereto; and

(E)                               the CREFC^® Loan Setup File provided by the Master Servicer to the Certificate Administrator;

(ii)                                 the following documents, which will initially be made available under a tab or heading designated “SEC EDGAR filings”;

(A)                             any reports on Forms 10-D, ABS-EE, 10-K and 8-K that have been filed by the Certificate Administrator with respect to the Trust through the EDGAR system;

(iii)                             The following documents, which will initially be made available under a tab or heading designated “periodic reports”:

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(A)                             all Distribution Date Statements prepared by the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 4.02;

(B)                                the CREFC^® Loan Periodic Update File, the CREFC^® Bond Level File, the CREFC^® Collateral Summary File, the CREFC^® Property File, the CREFC^® Financial File, each of the “surveillance reports” identified as such in the definition of “CREFC^® Investor Reporting Package” (including, without limitation, the CREFC^® Operating Statement Analysis Report and the CREFC^® NOI Adjustment Worksheets), the CREFC^® Advance Recovery Report to the extent delivered by the Master Servicer pursuant to this Agreement from time to time; and

(C)                               all Operating Advisor Annual Reports provided by the Operating Advisor to the Certificate Administrator;

(iv)                             The following documents, which will initially be made available under a tab or heading designated “additional documents”:

(A)                             summaries of Final Asset Status Reports or, if an AB Control Appraisal Period is not in effect, summaries of Asset Status Reports approved by the holder of the related Companion Loan, and related information delivered to the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 3.19(d);

(B)                              all property inspection reports and environmental reports delivered to the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 3.12(a);

(C)                              any Appraisals delivered to the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 3.19; and

(D)                             CREFC^® Appraisal Reduction Template;

(v)                                The following documents, which will initially be made available under a tab or heading designated “special notices”:

(A)                             any notice with respect to a release pursuant to Section 3.09(d);

(B)                               any notice regarding a waiver, modification or amendment of the terms of any Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 3.18(g);

(C)                               any notice of final payment on the Certificates delivered to the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 4.01(h);

(D)                              any notice of the occurrence of any Servicer Termination Event or termination of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer delivered pursuant to Section 7.01;

(E)                                any notice of the Certificate Administrator’s determination that an Asset Review Trigger has occurred and any other notice required to be delivered to the Certificateholders pursuant to Section 12.01;

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(F)                                any Asset Review Report Summary received by the Certificate Administrator;

(G)                              any notice of the termination of the Sub-Servicer delivered pursuant to Section 3.20(g);

(H)                             any notice of resignation of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, and any notice of the acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee or the successor certificate administrator pursuant to Section 8.07 or Section 8.08;

(I)                                   any Officer’s Certificate supporting any determination that any Advance was (or, if made, would be) a Nonrecoverable Advance;

(J)                                 any notice of resignation or termination of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 7.03;

(K)                              any notice of termination pursuant to Section 9.01;

(L)                               any notice of resignation or termination of the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer and any notice of the acceptance of appointment by the successor operating advisor or the successor asset representations reviewer pursuant to Section 3.26 or Section 12.03, respectively;

(M)                           any notice of any request by requisite percentage of Certificateholders for a vote to terminate the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 7.01(d), the Operating Advisor pursuant to Section 3.26(j) or the Asset Representations Reviewer pursuant to Section 12.05(b);

(N)                              any notice of recommendation of termination of the Special Servicer by the Operating Advisor and the related report prepared by the Operating Advisor in connection with such recommendation;

(O)                             any notice that a Control Termination Event has occurred or is terminated or that a Consultation Termination Event has occurred or is terminated;

(P)                                any notice of the occurrence of an Operating Advisor Termination Event;

(Q)                             any notice of the occurrence of an Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event;

(R)                               any assessments of compliance delivered to the Certificate Administrator;

(S)                                any attestation reports delivered to the Certificate Administrator;

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(T)                               any “special notices” required by a Certificateholder to be posted on the Certificate Administrator’s website pursuant to Section 5.06;

(U)                               any notice or documents provided to the Certificate Administrator by the Depositor or the Master Servicer directing the Certificate Administrator to post to the “special notices” tab; and

(V)                               any Proposed Course of Action Notice;

(vi)                            the “Investor Q&A Forum” pursuant to Section 4.07(a);

(vii)                          solely to Certificateholders and Certificate Owners that are Privileged Persons, the “Investor Registry” pursuant to Section 4.07(b); and

(viii)                      the “U.S. Risk Retention Special Notices” tab, which shall contain any notices provided by the Retaining Sponsor relating to ongoing compliance by each Retaining Party with the Risk Retention Rules;

provided, that with respect to a Control Termination Event or Consultation Termination Event that is deemed to exist due solely to the existence of an Excluded Loan, the Certificate Administrator will only be required to provide notice of the occurrence and continuance of such event if it has been notified of or has knowledge of the existence of such Excluded Loan.

The Certificate Administrator shall post on the Certificate Administrator’s Website the items and reports identified in clauses (iii)(A) and (B) above on each Distribution Date. In addition, if the Depositor so directs the Certificate Administrator, and on terms acceptable to the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Administrator shall make certain other information and reports related to the Mortgage Loans available through its Internet website.

The Certificate Administrator shall, in addition to posting the applicable notices on the “U.S. Risk Retention Special Notices” tab described in clause (viii) above, provide email notification to any Privileged Person (other than the financial market information providers listed in Section 3.13(e)) that has registered to receive access to the Certificate Administrator’s Website that a notice has been posted to the “U.S. Risk Retention Special Notices” tab.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, all Excluded Information shall be made available under a separate tab or heading designated “Excluded Information” on the Certificate Administrator’s Website (and not under any of the tabs or headings described in items (i) through (viii) above) and made available to Privileged Persons other than any Excluded Controlling Class Holder that is a Borrower Party (unless a loan-by-loan segregation is later performed by the Certificate Administrator in which case such access shall only be prohibited with respect to the related Excluded Controlling Class Loan(s)).

Any Person that is a Borrower Party shall only be entitled to access (a) the Distribution Date Statements, and the following items made available to the general public: the Prospectus, this Agreement, the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements and the Commission filings on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, and (b) in the case of the Directing Certificateholder or a Controlling Class Certificateholder, if any such Person becomes an Excluded Controlling

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Class Holder, upon delivery to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee in physical form (or, solely with respect to the Master Servicer, in electronic form) of an investor certification substantially in the form of Exhibit P-1D and upon delivery to the Certificate Administrator in physical form of an investor certification substantially in the form of Exhibit P-1F, which shall include each of the CTSLink User ID associated with such Excluded Controlling Class Holder, all information (other than the Excluded Information with respect to any Excluded Controlling Class Loans (unless a loan-by-loan segregation is later performed by the Certificate Administrator in which case such access shall only be prohibited with respect to the related Excluded Controlling Class Loans)) available on the Certificate Administrator’s Website.

In the case of the Directing Certificateholder or a Controlling Class Certificateholder that is not an Excluded Controlling Class Holder, upon delivery of an investor certification substantially in the form of Exhibit P-1B hereto, the Directing Certificateholder or Controlling Class Certificateholder shall be entitled to access all information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee may each rely on (i) an investor certification in the form of Exhibit P-1B hereto from the Directing Certificateholder or a Controlling Class Certificateholder to the effect that such Person is not an Excluded Controlling Class Holder and (ii) an investor certification in the form of Exhibit P-1D in physical form (or, solely with respect to the Master Servicer, in electronic form) from the Directing Certificateholder or a Controlling Class Certificateholder to the effect that such Person is an Excluded Controlling Class Holder with respect to one or more Excluded Controlling Class Loan(s). In the event the Directing Certificateholder or a Controlling Class Certificateholder becomes an Excluded Controlling Class Holder, such party shall promptly notify each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee in writing substantially in the form of Exhibit P-1E that such party has become an Excluded Controlling Class Holder with respect to the Excluded Controlling Class Loan(s) listed in such notice and shall also provide the Certificate Administrator a notice substantially in the form of Exhibit P-1F listing each of the CTSLink User ID associated with such Excluded Controlling Class Holder and directing the Certificate Administrator to restrict such Excluded Controlling Class Holder’s access to the Certificate Administrator’s Website as and to the extent provided in this Agreement. Upon confirmation from the Certificate Administrator that such access has been restricted, such Excluded Controlling Class Holder shall submit a new investor certification substantially in the form of Exhibit P-1D in physical form (or, solely with respect to the Master Servicer, in electronic form) to access the information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, except that such Excluded Controlling Class Holder shall not be entitled to access any Excluded Information related to any Excluded Controlling Class Loan(s) (unless a loan-by-loan segregation is later performed by the Certificate Administrator in which case such access shall only be prohibited with respect to the related Excluded Controlling Class Loan(s)) made available on the Certificate Administrator’s Website. With respect to any Excluded Information sent for posting on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Operating Advisor shall mark or label such information as “Excluded Information” prior to delivery to the Certificate Administrator, and the Certificate Administrator shall segregate on the Certificate Administrator’s Website such Excluded Information (and, if possible at a later time, on loan-by-loan basis) from information relating to other Mortgage Loans or Whole Loans, as applicable.

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Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to conclusively assume that the Directing Certificateholder and all beneficial owners of the Certificates of the Controlling Class are not Excluded Controlling Class Holders except to the extent that the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, has received a notice substantially in the form of Exhibit P-1E from the Directing Certificateholder or a Controlling Class Certificateholder that it has become an Excluded Controlling Class Holder. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Certificate Administrator shall not be liable for any communication to the Directing Certificateholder or a Controlling Class Certificateholder that is an Excluded Controlling Class Holder or disclosure of any information relating to an Excluded Controlling Class Loan (including any related Excluded Information delivered to the Certificate Administrator for posting to the Certificate Administrator’s Website) if the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, did not receive prior written notice that the related Mortgage Loan is an Excluded Controlling Class Loan and/or, with respect to any related Excluded Information posted on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, such information was not delivered to the Certificate Administrator in accordance with Section 3.32.

Each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to conclusively rely on delivery from the Directing Certificateholder or a Controlling Class Certificateholder of an investor certification substantially in the form of Exhibit P-1B that it is not or is no longer an Excluded Controlling Class Holder. To the extent the Directing Certificateholder or a Controlling Class Certificateholder receives access pursuant to this Agreement to any Excluded Information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website or otherwise receives access to such Excluded Information, the Directing Certificateholder or Controlling Class Certificateholder shall be deemed to have agreed that it (i) will not directly or indirectly provide any such Excluded Information to (A) the related Borrower Party, (B) any related Excluded Controlling Class Holder, (C) any employees or personnel of the Directing Certificateholder or Controlling Class Certificateholder or any of its Affiliates involved in the management of any investment in the related Borrower Party or the related Mortgaged Property or (D) to its actual knowledge, any non-Affiliate that holds a direct or indirect ownership interest in the related Borrower Party, and (ii) will maintain sufficient internal controls and appropriate policies and procedures in place in order to comply with the obligations described in clause (i) above.

To the extent the Risk Retention Consultation Party or a Holder of an RR Interest receives access pursuant to this Agreement to any information solely related to a Mortgage Loan with respect to which such party is a Borrower Party (which shall include any Asset Status Reports, Final Asset Status Reports (or summaries thereof), inspection reports related to Specially Serviced Loans conducted by the Special Servicer or any Excluded Special Servicer and which may include any Operating Advisor reports delivered to the Certificate Administrator regarding the Special Servicer’s net present value determination or any Appraisal Reduction Amount calculations delivered pursuant to Section 3.26(d) and Section 3.26(e), and any Officer’s Certificates delivered by the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, supporting any determination that any Advance was (or, if made, would be) a Nonrecoverable Advance, but in each case other than information with respect to such Mortgage Loan that is aggregated with information of other

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Mortgage Loans at a pool level), on the Certificate Administrator’s Website or otherwise receives access to such information, such Risk Retention Consultation Party or Holder of an RR Interest shall be deemed to have agreed that it (i) will not directly or indirectly provide any such information to (A) the related Borrower Party, (B) any employees or personnel of such Risk Retention Consultation Party or Holder of an RR Interest or any of its Affiliates involved in the management of any investment in the related Borrower Party or the related Mortgaged Property or (C) to its actual knowledge, any non-Affiliate that holds a direct or indirect ownership interest in the related Borrower Party, and (ii) will maintain sufficient internal controls and appropriate policies and procedures in place in order to comply with the obligations described in clause (i) above. For the avoidance of doubt, any file or report contained in the CREFC^® Investor Reporting Package (CREFC^® IRP) (other than the CREFC^® Special Servicer Loan File relating to any such Excluded Loan) shall be considered information that is aggregated with information of other Mortgage Loans at a pool level. For avoidance of doubt, the covenants and restrictions in this paragraph are not applicable to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, acting in its capacity as Master Servicer or as Certificate Administrator.

The Certificate Administrator makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of any report, document or other information made available on its Internet website and assumes no responsibility therefor, other than with respect to such reports, documents or other information prepared by the Certificate Administrator. In addition, the Certificate Administrator may disclaim responsibility for any information distributed by it for which it is not the original source. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Certificate Administrator shall not be liable for any disclosure of information relating to any Excluded Controlling Class Loan to the extent such information was included in any Asset Status Report or Final Asset Status Report inadvertently delivered to the Certificate Administrator for posting to the Certificate Administrator’s Website and not properly identified as relating to any Excluded Controlling Class Loan.

In connection with providing access to the Certificate Administrator’s Website (other than with respect to access provided to the general public in accordance with Section 3.13(b)), the Certificate Administrator may require registration and the acceptance of a disclaimer. The Certificate Administrator shall not be liable for the dissemination of information in accordance herewith. Questions regarding the Certificate Administrator’s Website can be directed to the Certificate Administrator’s CMBS customer service desk at (866) 846-4526.

(c)               The 17g-5 Information Provider shall make available solely to the Depositor and the NRSROs the following items to the extent such items are delivered to it (in the form of an electronic document suitable for posting) via electronic mail at 17g5informationprovider@wellsfargo.com, specifically with a subject reference of “BANK 2023-BNK45” and an identification of the type of information being provided in the body of such electronic mail; or via any alternative electronic mail address following notice to the parties hereto or any other delivery method established or approved by the 17g-5 Information Provider if or as may be necessary or beneficial:

(i)                any notices of waivers under Section 3.08(d);

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(ii)                            any Asset Status Report delivered by the Special Servicer under Section 3.19(d);

(iii)                           any notice of final payment on the Certificates;

(iv)                           any environmental reports delivered by the Special Servicer under Section 3.09(c);

(v)                             any Appraisals delivered to the 17g-5 Information Provider pursuant to Section 3.19;

(vi)                           any annual statements as to compliance and related Officer’s Certificates delivered under Section 11.09 or 11.10;

(vii)                       any annual independent public accountants’ attestation reports delivered pursuant to Section 11.11;

(viii)                    any notice to the Rating Agencies relating to the Special Servicer’s determination to take action without receiving Rating Agency Confirmation from any Rating Agency as set forth in Section 3.25(a);

(ix)                            copies of requests or questions that were submitted by the Rating Agencies relating to a request for Rating Agency Confirmation;

(x)                            any requests for Rating Agency Confirmation that are delivered to the 17g-5 Information Provider pursuant to Section 3.25(a);

(xi)                            any notice of resignation of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator and any notice of the acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee or the successor certificate administrator pursuant to Section 8.07 or Section 8.08;

(xii)                           any Officer’s Certificate supporting any determination that any Advance was (or, if made, would be) a Nonrecoverable Advance;

(xiii)                       any notice of a Servicer Termination Event or termination of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer delivered pursuant to Section 7.01;

(xiv)                      any notice of the merger or consolidation of the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.09;

(xv)                         any notice of any amendment that modifies the procedures herein relating to Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act pursuant to Section 13.01(a)(ix);

(xvi)                      any Operating Advisor Annual Report pursuant to Section 3.26;

(xvii)                   any summary of oral communication with the Rating Agencies or any written question or request from the Rating Agencies directed toward the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee regarding any of the

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information delivered to the 17g-5 Information Provider pursuant to this Section 3.13(c) or regarding any request for a Rating Agency Confirmation or regarding any of the Mortgage Loan documents or any matter related to the Certificates, Mortgage Loans, any related Companion Loan, the related Mortgaged Properties, the related Mortgagors or any other matters related to this Agreement or any applicable Intercreditor Agreement; provided that the summary of such oral communication shall not identify the Rating Agency with whom the communication was held pursuant to Section 3.13(g);

(xviii)                any other information delivered to the 17g-5 Information Provider pursuant to this Agreement including, without limitation, Section 2.03(b), Section 3.07(a), Section 3.12, Section 3.17, Section 3.18(g); Section 11.09 or Section 11.10; and

(xix)                       any other information delivered to the Rating Agencies pursuant to this Agreement including, without limitation, Section 13.10.

The foregoing information shall be made available by the 17g-5 Information Provider on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website. Information will be posted on the same Business Day of receipt unless such information is received after 2:00 p.m., New York City time, on such Business Day, in which case, it shall be posted by 12:00 p.m., New York City time, on the next Business Day; provided, however, that any information delivered pursuant to Section 3.13(d) shall be posted in accordance with Section 3.13(d). The 17g-5 Information Provider shall have no obligation or duty to verify, confirm or otherwise determine whether the information being delivered is accurate, complete, conforms to the transaction, or otherwise is or is not anything other than what it purports to be. In the event that any information is delivered or posted in error, each of the Certificate Administrator and the 17g-5 Information Provider may remove such information from the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website. The Certificate Administrator and the 17g-5 Information Provider have not obtained and shall not be deemed to have obtained actual knowledge of any information merely by posting such information to the Certificate Administrator’s Website or the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website or merely by filing such information pursuant to this Agreement via EDGAR or otherwise to the extent such information was not produced by the Certificate Administrator or the 17g-5 Information Provider, as applicable. Access will be provided by the 17g-5 Information Provider to the NRSROs upon receipt of an NRSRO Certification in the form of Exhibit P-2 hereto (which certification may be submitted electronically via the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website). Questions regarding delivery of information to the 17g-5 Information Provider may be directed to (866) 846-4526 or 17g5informationprovider@wellsfargo.com (specifically referencing “BANK 2023-BNK45” in the subject line).

Upon delivery by the Depositor to the 17g-5 Information Provider of information designated by the Depositor as pre-closing information from the Depositor’s 17g-5 Website (the “Pre-Close Information”), the 17g-5 Information Provider shall make such information available only to the Depositor and to NRSROs via the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to this Section 3.13(c). Such information shall be provided to the 17g-5 Information Provider via electronic media and delivered to the 17g-5 Information Provider as mutually agreed. The Depositor shall not be entitled to direct the 17g-5 Information Provider to provide access to the Pre-Close Information or any other information on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website to any designee or third party.

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Upon request of the Depositor or the Rating Agencies, the 17g-5 Information Provider shall post on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website any additional information requested by the Depositor or the Rating Agencies to the extent such information is delivered to the 17g-5 Information Provider electronically in accordance with this Section 3.13. In no event shall the 17g-5 Information Provider disclose on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website the Rating Agency that requested such additional information.

The 17g-5 Information Provider shall notify any party that delivers any information, report, notice or document to the 17g-5 Information Provider under this Agreement that such information, report, notice or document was received and that it has been posted. The Master Servicer and the Special Servicer may, but shall not be obligated to send such information, report, notice or document to the applicable Rating Agency so long as such information, report, notice or document (i) was previously provided to the 17g-5 Information Provider or (ii) is simultaneously provided, by 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Business Day, to the 17g-5 Information Provider. The 17g-5 Information Provider shall notify each Person that has signed-up for access to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in respect of the transaction governed by this Agreement each time an additional document is posted to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website and such notice shall specifically identify such document in the subject line or otherwise in the body of the email notice. The 17g-5 Information Provider shall send such notice to such Person’s email address provided by and used by such Person for the purpose of accessing the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website, including a general email address if such general email address has been provided to the 17g-5 Information Provider in connection with a completed NRSRO Certification in the form of Exhibit P-2 hereto.

Any information required to be delivered or made available to the 17g-5 Information Provider by any party under this Agreement shall be delivered to it via electronic mail at 17g5informationprovider@wellsfargo.com, specifically with a subject reference of “BANK 2023-BNK45” and an identification of the type of information being provided in the body of such electronic mail, or via any alternative electronic mail address following notice to the parties hereto or any other delivery method established or approved by the 17g-5 Information Provider.

(d)               The Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, may, but shall not be obligated to, provide bulk information that relates to two or more transactions to the 17g-5 Information Provider. Any such information shall be posted by the 17g-5 Information Provider and the 17g-5 Information Provider may, but shall not be obligated to post such information in accordance with the timeframe provided in Section 3.13(c) above, provided, however, that if the 17g-5 Information Provider is not able to post such information in accordance with the timeframe in Section 3.13(c), then it shall post such information within a reasonable time.

(e)               Certain information concerning the Mortgage Loans and the Certificates (including the Distribution Date Statements, CREFC^® reports and supplemental notices with respect to such Distribution Date Statements and CREFC^® reports) shall be provided by the Certificate Administrator at the direction of the Depositor to third parties (including Bloomberg, L.P., Trepp, LLC, Intex Solutions, Inc., Interactive Data Corp., Markit Group Limited, BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., CMBS.com, Inc., Moody’s Analytics, Morningstar Credit Information & Analytics, LLC, RealInsight, Thomson Reuters Corporation, KBRA Analytics, LLC and DealView Technologies Ltd.) with the consent of the Depositor, and providing such

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information shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement by the Certificate Administrator. Such information will be made available to such third parties upon receipt of a certificate in the form of Exhibit P-3 hereto, which certification may be submitted electronically via the Certificate Administrator’s Website.

(f)                The Master Servicer and the Special Servicer may, in accordance with such reasonable rules and procedures as it may adopt, also deliver, produce or otherwise make available through its website or otherwise, any additional information relating to the Mortgage Loans (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), any related Serviced Companion Loan, the Mortgaged Properties (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property), or the related Mortgagors, for review by the Depositor, the Underwriters and any other Persons who deliver an Investor Certification in accordance with this Section 3.13 and the Rating Agencies (collectively, the “Disclosure Parties”) (in the case of deliveries to a Rating Agency, only to the extent such additional information is simultaneously delivered to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.13(c)), in each case, except to the extent doing so is prohibited by this Agreement (including without limitation, any prohibitions on dissemination of any confidential information, including, without limitation, any Privileged Information), applicable law or by the related Mortgage Loan documents. The Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall be entitled to (i) indicate the source of such information and affix thereto any disclaimer it deems appropriate in its discretion and/or (ii) require that the recipient of such information (A) except for the Depositor and the Rating Agencies, enter into (x) an Investor Certification, (y) a confidentiality agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit X or (z) a “click-through” confidentiality agreement if such information is being provided through the Master Servicer’s or Special Servicer’s website, and (B) acknowledge that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer may contemporaneously provide such information to any other Disclosure Party. In addition, to the extent access to such information is provided via the Master Servicer’s or Special Servicer’s website, the Master Servicer or Special Servicer may require registration and the acceptance of a reasonable and customary disclaimer and/or an additional or alternative agreement as to the confidential nature of such information. In connection with providing access to or copies of the information described in this Section 3.13(f) to current or prospective Certificateholders, the form of confidentiality agreement used by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall be: (i) in the case of a Certificateholder, an Investor Certification executed by the requesting Person indicating that such Person is a Holder of Certificates and will keep such information confidential (except that such Certificateholder may provide such information (x) to its auditors, legal counsel and regulators and (y) to any other Person that holds or is contemplating the purchase of any Certificate or interest therein (provided that such other Person confirms in writing such ownership interest or prospective ownership interest and agrees to keep such information confidential)); and (ii) in the case of a prospective purchaser of Certificates or interests therein or an investment advisor related thereto, an Investor Certification indicating that such Person is a prospective purchaser of a Certificate or an interest therein or an investment advisor related thereto and is requesting the information for use in evaluating a possible investment in Certificates and will otherwise keep such information confidential with no further dissemination (except that such Certificateholder may provide such information to its auditors, legal counsel and regulators). In the case of a licensed or registered investment advisor acting on behalf of a current or prospective Certificateholder, the Investor Certification shall be executed and delivered by both the investment advisor and such current or prospective Certificateholder.

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Neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall be liable for its dissemination of information in accordance with this Agreement or by others in violation of the terms of this Agreement. Neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall be responsible or have any liability for the completeness or accuracy of the information delivered, produced or otherwise made available pursuant to this Section 3.13 unless such information was produced by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be.

(g)               The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee shall be permitted (but not obligated) to orally communicate with the Rating Agencies regarding any of the Mortgage Loan documents and any other matter related to the Mortgage Loans, the related Mortgaged Properties, the related Mortgagors or any other matters relating to this Agreement or related Intercreditor Agreement; provided that such party summarizes the information provided to the Rating Agencies in such communication in writing and provides the 17g-5 Information Provider with such written summary in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 3.13(c) the same day such communication takes place; provided, further that the summary of such oral communications shall not identify which Rating Agency the communication was with. The 17g-5 Information Provider shall post such written summary on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 3.13(c).

(h)               The Special Servicer, subject to the limitations on delivery of Privileged Communications, shall deliver to the Operating Advisor such reports and other information produced or otherwise available to the Directing Certificateholder or the Risk Retention Consultation Party (in each case, other than, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event, any Asset Status Reports that are not Final Asset Status Reports), or Certificateholders generally, requested by the Operating Advisor in support of the performance of its obligations under this Agreement in electronic format.

(i)                 None of the foregoing restrictions in this Section 3.13 or otherwise in this Agreement shall prohibit or restrict oral or written communications, or providing information, between the Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Special Servicer, on the one hand, and any Rating Agency or NRSRO, on the other hand, with regard to (i) such Rating Agency’s or NRSRO’s review of the ratings it assigns to the Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, (ii) such Rating Agency’s or NRSRO’s approval of the Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, as a commercial mortgage master, special or primary servicer, or (iii) such Rating Agency’s or NRSRO’s evaluation of the Master Servicer’s, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer’s or the Special Servicer’s, as the case may be, servicing operations in general; provided that the Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall not provide any information relating to the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans, to any Rating Agency or NRSRO in connection with such review and evaluation by such Rating Agency or NRSRO unless (x) Mortgagor, property and other deal specific identifiers are redacted; (y) such information has already been provided to the 17g-5 Information Provider and has been uploaded on to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website or (z) the Rating Agency confirms that it does not intend to use such information in undertaking credit rating surveillance with respect to the Certificates; provided, however, that the Rating Agencies may use information delivered under this clause (z) for any purpose to the extent it is publicly available

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(unless the availability results from a breach of this Agreement) or comprised of information collected by the applicable Rating Agency from the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website (or another 17g-5 information provider’s website that they have access to) other than pursuant to this Section 3.13(i).

(j)                 The costs and expenses of compliance with this Section 3.13 by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and any other party hereto shall not be additional expenses of the Trust, but shall be borne by the applicable party hereto.

Section 3.14        Title to REO Property; REO Account. (a) If title to any Mortgaged Property is acquired (directly or through a single member limited liability company established for that purpose) and thus becomes REO Property, the deed or certificate of sale shall be issued in the name of the Trust where permitted by applicable law or regulation and consistent with customary servicing procedures, and otherwise, in the name of the Trustee or its nominee on behalf of the Certificateholders and, if applicable, on behalf of the related Companion Holders, in the case of a Serviced Companion Loan. REO Property with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan is excluded for all purposes of this Section 3.14. The Special Servicer, on behalf of the Trust and, if applicable, the related Serviced Companion Noteholder, shall sell any REO Property prior to the close of the third calendar year following the year in which the Trust acquires ownership of such REO Property, within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.856-6(b)(1), for purposes of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code, unless the Special Servicer either (i) applies for a qualifying extension of time no later than sixty (60) days prior to the close of the third calendar year in which it acquired ownership (or the period provided in the then-applicable REMIC Provisions) and such extension is granted or is not denied (an “REO Extension”) by the Internal Revenue Service to sell such REO Property or (ii) obtains for the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator an Opinion of Counsel, addressed to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator, to the effect that the holding by the Trust of such REO Property subsequent to the close of the third calendar year following the year in which acquisition occurred will not cause an Adverse REMIC Event. If the Special Servicer is granted or not denied the REO Extension contemplated by clause (i) of the immediately preceding sentence or obtains the Opinion of Counsel contemplated by clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence, the Special Servicer shall sell such REO Property within such longer period as is permitted by such REO Extension or such Opinion of Counsel, as the case may be. Any expense incurred by the Special Servicer in connection with its being granted the REO Extension contemplated by clause (i) of the second preceding sentence or its obtaining the Opinion of Counsel contemplated by clause (ii) of the second preceding sentence, shall be an expense of the Trust payable out of the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.05(a).

(b)               The Special Servicer shall segregate and hold all funds collected and received in connection with any REO Property separate and apart from its own funds and general assets. If an REO Acquisition shall occur, the Special Servicer shall establish and maintain one or more REO Accounts, held on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders and, if applicable, on behalf of any related Companion Holder(s), as applicable, as their interest shall appear, and the Trustee (as holder of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests), for the retention of revenues and other proceeds derived from each REO Property. The REO Account shall be an Eligible Account. The Special Servicer shall deposit, or cause to be deposited, in the REO Account, on the later of the date that is (i) on or prior to each Determination Date or (ii) two (2)

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Business Days after receipt of properly identified funds, all REO Revenues, Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds received and properly identified in respect of an REO Property. Funds in the REO Account may be invested in Permitted Investments in accordance with Section 3.06. The Special Servicer shall give notice to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, and the Master Servicer of the location of the REO Account when first established and of the new location of the REO Account prior to any change thereof.

(c)               The Special Servicer shall withdraw from the REO Account funds necessary for the proper operation, management, insuring, leasing, maintenance and disposition of any REO Property, but only to the extent of amounts on deposit in the REO Account relating to such REO Property. On the later of the date that is (x) on or prior to each Determination Date or (y) two (2) Business Days after such amounts are received and properly identified and determined to be available (or, with respect to a Serviced Companion Loan, on the Business Day preceding each Serviced Whole Loan Remittance Date), the Special Servicer shall withdraw from the REO Account and remit to the Master Servicer, which shall deposit into the Collection Account (or the Companion Distribution Account, as applicable), the aggregate of all amounts received in respect of each REO Property during the most recently ended Collection Period, net of (i) any withdrawals made out of such amounts pursuant to the preceding sentence and (ii) Net Investment Earnings on amounts on deposit in the REO Account; provided, however, that the Special Servicer may retain in such REO Account, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, such portion of such balance as may be necessary to maintain a reasonable reserve for repairs, replacements, leasing, management and tenant improvements and other related expenses for the related REO Property. In addition, on or prior to the day the Special Servicer remits funds as provided in this Section 3.14, the Special Servicer shall provide the Master Servicer with a written accounting of amounts remitted to the Master Servicer for deposit in the Collection Account, as applicable, on such date. The Master Servicer shall apply all such amounts as instructed by the Special Servicer on the Determination Date (or with respect to a Serviced Companion Loan, on each Serviced Whole Loan Remittance Date) for the related Distribution Date.

(d)               The Special Servicer shall keep and maintain separate records, on a property-by-property basis, for the purpose of accounting for all deposits to, and withdrawals from, the REO Account pursuant to Section 3.14(b) or Section 3.14(c).

Section 3.15        Management of REO Property. (a) If title to any REO Property is acquired, the Special Servicer shall manage, conserve, protect, operate and lease such REO Property (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property) for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the related Companion Holders and the Trustee (as holder of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests) solely for the purpose of its timely disposition and sale in a manner that does not cause such REO Property to fail to qualify as “foreclosure property” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or result in the receipt by the Trust or any Serviced Companion Noteholder of any “income from non-permitted assets” within the meaning of Section 860F(a)(2)(B) of the Code or result in an Adverse REMIC Event. Subject to the foregoing, however, the Special Servicer shall have full power and authority to do any and all things in connection therewith as are in the best interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders (and, in the case of each Serviced Whole Loan, the related Companion Holder(s)) and the Trustee (as holder of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests) all as a collective whole (taking into account the subordinate or pari passu nature of any Companion Loan, as the case may be) (as determined by

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the Special Servicer in its reasonable judgment in accordance with the Servicing Standard). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, REO Property with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan is excluded for all purposes of this Section 3.15. Subject to this Section 3.15, the Special Servicer may allow the Trust or any commercial mortgage securitization that holds any Serviced Companion Loan to earn “net income from foreclosure property” within the meaning of Section 860G(d) of the Code if it determines that earning such income is in the best interests of Certificateholders and, if applicable, any related Companion Holder(s) on a net after-tax basis as compared with net leasing such REO Property or operating such REO Property on a different basis. In connection therewith, the Special Servicer shall deposit or cause to be deposited on a daily basis (and in no event later than two (2) Business Days following receipt of such properly identified funds) in the applicable REO Account all revenues received by it with respect to each REO Property and the related REO Loan, and shall withdraw from the REO Account, to the extent of amounts on deposit therein with respect to such REO Property, funds necessary for the proper operation, management, leasing and maintenance of such REO Property, including, without limitation:

(i)                                   all insurance premiums due and payable in respect of such REO Property;

(ii)                               all real estate taxes and assessments in respect of such REO Property that may result in the imposition of a lien thereon;

(iii)                             any ground rents in respect of such REO Property, if applicable; and

(iv)                            all costs and expenses necessary to maintain and lease such REO Property.

To the extent that amounts on deposit in the REO Account in respect of any REO Property are insufficient for the purposes set forth in clauses (i) through (iv) above with respect to such REO Property, the Master Servicer (subject to receiving notice from the Special Servicer in accordance with the procedures set forth elsewhere in this Agreement) shall advance from its own funds such amount as is necessary for such purposes unless (as evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator and the Directing Certificateholder (with respect to the Directing Certificateholder, in respect of any Mortgage Loan other than an Excluded Loan as to such party, and prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event)) such advances would, if made, constitute Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances.

(b)             Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, no Special Servicer shall:

(i)                                   permit the Trust to enter into, renew or extend any New Lease with respect to any REO Property, if the New Lease by its terms will give rise to any income that does not constitute Rents from Real Property;

(ii)                                permit any amount to be received or accrued under any New Lease other than amounts that will constitute Rents from Real Property;

(iii)                            authorize or permit any construction on any REO Property, other than the completion of a building or other improvement thereon, and then only if more than 10% of the construction of such building or other improvement was completed before default on

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the related Mortgage Loan became imminent, all within the meaning of Section 856(e)(4)(B) of the Code; or

(iv)                            Directly Operate, or allow any other Person, other than an Independent Contractor, to Directly Operate, any REO Property on any date more than ninety (90) days after its acquisition date;

unless, in any such case, the Special Servicer has obtained an Opinion of Counsel (the cost of which shall be paid by the Master Servicer as a Servicing Advance) to the effect that such action will not cause such REO Property to fail to qualify as “foreclosure property” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code at any time that it is held for the benefit of the Trust, in which case the Special Servicer may take such actions as are specified in such Opinion of Counsel.

(c)            The Special Servicer shall contract with any Independent Contractor for the operation and management of any REO Property within ninety (90) days of the acquisition date thereof, provided that:

(i)                                  the terms and conditions of any such contract may not be inconsistent herewith and shall reflect an agreement reached at arm’s length;

(ii)                                the fees of such Independent Contractor (which shall be an expense of the Trust) shall be reasonable and customary in light of the nature and locality of the Mortgaged Property;

(iii)                             any such contract shall require, or shall be administered to require, that the Independent Contractor (A) pay all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the operation and management of such REO Property, including, without limitation, those listed in subsection (a) hereof, and (B) remit all related revenues collected (net of its fees and such costs and expenses) to the Special Servicer upon receipt;

(iv)                             none of the provisions of this Section 3.15(c) relating to any such contract or to actions taken through any such Independent Contractor shall be deemed to relieve the Special Servicer of any of its duties and obligations hereunder with respect to the operation and management of any such REO Property; and

(v)                               the Special Servicer shall be obligated to manage and supervise such Independent Contractor in accordance with the Servicing Standard.

The Special Servicer shall be entitled to enter into any agreement with any Independent Contractor performing services for it related to its duties and obligations hereunder for indemnification of the Special Servicer by such Independent Contractor, and nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such indemnification.

(d)            When and as necessary, the Special Servicer shall send to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer a statement prepared by the Special Servicer setting forth the amount of net income or net loss, as determined for federal income tax purposes, resulting from the operation and management of a trade or business on, the furnishing or rendering of a non-customary service to the tenants of, or the receipt of any other amount not constituting

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Rents from Real Property in respect of, any REO Property in accordance with Sections 3.15(a) and 3.15(b).

Section 3.16        Sale of Defaulted Loans and REO Properties. (a) (i) Within thirty (30) days after a Defaulted Loan has become a Specially Serviced Loan, the Special Servicer shall order (but shall not be required to have received) an Appraisal and within thirty (30) days of receipt of the Appraisal shall determine the fair value of such Defaulted Loan in accordance with the Servicing Standard; provided, however, that if the Special Servicer is then in the process of obtaining an Appraisal with respect to the related Mortgaged Property, the Special Servicer shall make its fair value determination as soon as reasonably practicable (but in any event within thirty (30) days) after its receipt of such an Appraisal. The Special Servicer may, from time to time, adjust its fair value determination based upon changed circumstances, new information and other relevant factors, in each instance in accordance with a review of such circumstances and new information in accordance with the Servicing Standard including, without limitation, the period and amount of the occupancy level and physical condition of the related Mortgaged Property and the state of the local economy; provided that the Special Servicer shall promptly notify the Master Servicer in writing of the initial fair value determination and any adjustment to its fair value determination.

(ii)               If any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan subject to an Intercreditor Agreement is a Specially Serviced Loan or to the extent otherwise required pursuant to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement, then the Special Servicer (with respect to a Specially Serviced Loan) or the Master Servicer (with respect to a Non-Specially Serviced Loan) shall promptly notify in writing the other, any related Companion Holder and any related mezzanine lender, as applicable, of any events requiring notice under the Intercreditor Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof. Thereafter, any related Companion Holder and related mezzanine lender, as applicable, will, notwithstanding anything in this Section 3.16 to the contrary, have the option to purchase the related Mortgage Loan and cure defaults relating thereto as and to the extent set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement.

(iii)              If any Mortgage Loan not subject to an Intercreditor Agreement becomes a Specially Serviced Loan, or if the related Companion Holder or related mezzanine lender, as applicable, for any such Mortgage Loan subject to an Intercreditor Agreement has not previously exercised the option to purchase the Mortgage Loan pursuant to the previous paragraph, the Special Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to solicit offers for each Defaulted Loan on behalf of the Certificateholders and the holder of any related Serviced Companion Loan in such manner as will be reasonably likely to maximize the value of the Defaulted Loan on a net present value basis, if and when the Special Servicer determines, consistent with the Servicing Standard, that no satisfactory arrangements (including by way of a discounted pay-off) can be made for collection of delinquent payments thereon and such a sale would be in the best economic interests of the Trust and, if applicable, the related Companion Holder. In the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, to the extent permitted under the related Intercreditor Agreement and such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan is not sold together with the Non-Serviced Companion Loan by the Non-Serviced Special Servicer, the Special Servicer will be entitled to sell ((i) with the consent of the Directing Certificateholder if no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing

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and (ii) after consulting with the Risk Retention Consultation Party pursuant to Section 6.08(a), in each case, provided such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan is not an Excluded Loan as to such party) such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan if it determines in accordance with the Servicing Standard that such action would be in the best interests of the Certificateholders and, subject to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement, the Special Servicer shall be entitled to the liquidation fee that the related Non-Serviced Special Servicer would have otherwise been entitled to in connection with the sale of such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan. The Special Servicer is required to give the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Directing Certificateholder (but only prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event), the Subordinate Companion Holder with respect to any Serviced AB Whole Loan if an AB Control Appraisal Period is not in effect, and the Risk Retention Consultation Party (in the case of the Directing Certificateholder and the Risk Retention Consultation Party, other than in respect of any Excluded Loan as to such party) not less than ten (10) days’ prior written notice of its intention to sell any Defaulted Loan. In the absence of a cash offer at least equal to the Purchase Price, the Special Servicer may purchase the Defaulted Loan for the Purchase Price or may accept the first cash offer received from any Person that constitutes a fair price for the Defaulted Loan.

(iv)                (A)          In the case of a Specially Serviced Loan as to which a default has occurred and is continuing, in the absence of any offer at least equal to the Purchase Price pursuant to clause (iii) above (or purchase by the Special Servicer for such price), the Special Servicer shall solicit offers and, subject to sub-clause (B) below, accept the highest offer received from any Person that is determined by the Special Servicer to be a fair price for such Specially Serviced Loan, if the offeror is a Person other than an Interested Person. In determining whether any offer from a Person other than an Interested Person constitutes a fair price for any Defaulted Loan, the Special Servicer shall take into account (in addition to the results of any Appraisal, updated Appraisal or narrative appraisal that it may have obtained pursuant to this Agreement within the prior nine (9) months), among other factors, the period and amount of the occupancy level and physical condition of the related Mortgaged Property and the state of the local economy. If the offeror is an Interested Person (provided that the Trustee may not be an offeror), the Trustee shall determine whether the offer constitutes a fair price unless such offer by an Interested Person (i) is equal to or greater than the applicable Purchase Price and (ii) is the highest offer received. Absent an offer at least equal to the Purchase Price, no offer from an Interested Person shall constitute a fair price unless (x) it is the highest offer received and (y) at least two (2) other offers are received from independent third parties. In determining whether any offer received from an Interested Person represents a fair price for any such Defaulted Loan, the Trustee shall rely on the most recent Appraisal (or update of such Appraisal) of the related Mortgaged Property conducted in accordance with this Agreement within the preceding nine (9) month period or, in the absence of any such Appraisal, on a new Appraisal. Except as provided in the following paragraph, the cost of any Appraisal will be covered by, and will be reimbursable as, a Servicing Advance by the Master Servicer.

Notwithstanding anything contained in the preceding paragraph to the contrary, if the Trustee is required to determine whether a cash offer by an Interested Person constitutes a fair price, the Trustee shall (at the expense of the Interested Person) designate an

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independent third party expert in real estate or commercial mortgage loan matters with at least five (5) years’ experience in valuing loans similar to the subject Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, that has been selected with reasonable care by the Trustee to determine if such cash offer constitutes a fair price for such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan. If the Trustee designates such a third party to make such determination, the Trustee shall be entitled to rely conclusively upon such third party’s determination. The reasonable fees of, and the costs of all appraisals, inspection reports and broker opinions of value incurred by any such third party shall be covered by, and shall be reimbursable by, the Interested Person; provided that the Trustee will not engage a third party expert whose fees exceed a commercially reasonable amount as determined by the Trustee. The Special Servicer shall use efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to collect payment from such Interested Person. If such expense is not paid by the applicable Interested Person within thirty (30) days of demand for payment, such expense shall be reimbursable to the Trustee by the Master Servicer as a Servicing Advance but the Special Servicer shall continue to use efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to collect such amounts from the applicable Interested Person. Neither the Trustee, in its individual capacity, nor any of its Affiliates may make an offer for or purchase any Specially Serviced Loan.

(B)              The Special Servicer will not be obligated to accept the highest offer if the Special Servicer determines (in consultation with the Directing Certificateholder (unless a Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing) and the Risk Retention Consultation Party subject, in each case, to the limitations on consultation set forth in and in accordance with Section 6.08(a) and other than with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is an Excluded Loan as to such party) and, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan or an REO Property related to a Serviced Whole Loan, the related Companion Holder, in accordance with the Servicing Standard (and subject to the requirements of any related Intercreditor Agreement), that the rejection of such offer would be in the best interests of the Holders of Certificates and, in the case of a sale of a Serviced Whole Loan or an REO Property related to a Serviced Whole Loan, the related Companion Holder (as a collective whole, as if such Certificateholders and, if applicable, the related Companion Holder constituted a single lender (and, with respect to any Serviced AB Whole Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan)). In addition, the Special Servicer may accept a lower offer from any Person other than an Affiliate of the Special Servicer if it determines, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, that the acceptance of such offer would be in the best interests of the Holders of Certificates and, in the case of a sale of a Serviced Whole Loan or an REO Property related to a Serviced Whole Loan, the related Companion Holder (as a collective whole, as if such Certificateholders and, if applicable, the related Companion Holder constituted a single lender (and, with respect to any Serviced AB Whole Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan)) (for example, if the prospective buyer making the lower offer is more likely to perform its obligations, or the terms offered by the prospective buyer making the lower offer are more favorable); provided that the offeror is not the Special Servicer or a Person that is an Affiliate of the Special Servicer. The Special Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to sell all Defaulted Loans prior to the Rated Final

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Distribution Date. For the avoidance of doubt, the Trustee shall have no obligation to make any fair value determination, to the extent required to do so pursuant to this Section 3.16, on the basis of anything other than the related Appraisal.

(C)              In connection with any such sale involving a Serviced AB Whole Loan, the Special Servicer shall have the right (if permitted by the related Intercreditor Agreement), but not the obligation, to sell the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan if the Special Servicer determines that such sale is in accordance with the Servicing Standard (taking into account the subordinate nature of the applicable AB Subordinate Companion Loan).

(v)               Unless and until any Specially Serviced Loan is sold pursuant to this Section 3.16(a), the Special Servicer shall pursue such other resolution strategies with respect to such Specially Serviced Loan, including, without limitation, workout and foreclosure, as the Special Servicer may deem appropriate, consistent with the Asset Status Report and the Servicing Standard and the REMIC Provisions.

(b)               (i)The Special Servicer may purchase any REO Property at the Purchase Price therefor (in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, such purchase shall be a purchase of the entire REO Property, including the portion relating to the related Companion Loan). The Special Servicer may also offer to sell to any Person any REO Property (in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, such sale shall be a sale of the entire REO Property, including the portion relating to the related Companion Loan), if and when the Special Servicer determines, consistent with the Servicing Standard, that such a sale would be in the best economic interest of the Trust and the related Companion Holders. The Special Servicer shall give the Trustee, the Master Servicer, each Companion Holder, the Certificate Administrator and the Directing Certificateholder and the Risk Retention Consultation Party (in the case of the Directing Certificateholder and the Risk Retention Consultation Party, in respect of any Mortgage Loan other than an Excluded Loan as to such party and prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event) not less than ten (10) days’ prior written notice of its intention to (x) purchase any REO Property at the Purchase Price therefor or (y) sell any REO Property, in which case the Special Servicer shall accept the highest offer received from any Person for any REO Property in an amount at least equal to the Purchase Price therefor. To the extent permitted by applicable law, and subject to the Servicing Standard, the Master Servicer, an Affiliate of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or an Affiliate of the Special Servicer, or an employee of either of them may act as broker in connection with the sale of any REO Property and may retain from the proceeds of such sale a brokerage commission that does not exceed the commission that would have been earned by an independent broker pursuant to a brokerage agreement entered into at arm’s length.

(A)             In the absence of any such offer as set forth in clause (i) above, the Special Servicer shall, subject to sub-clause (C) below, accept the highest offer for such REO Property received from any Person that is determined to be a fair price (1) by the Special Servicer, if the highest offeror is a Person other than an Interested Person, or (2) by the Trustee, if the highest offeror is an Interested Person unless such offer by an Interested Person (i) is equal to or greater than the applicable Purchase Price and (ii) is the highest offer received; provided, however, that absent an offer at least equal to the Purchase Price, no offer from an Interested Person shall

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constitute a fair price unless (A) it is the highest offer received and (B) at least two (2) other offers are received from independent third parties. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, neither the Trustee, in its individual capacity, nor any of its Affiliates may make an offer for or purchase any REO Property pursuant hereto.

(B)              The Special Servicer shall not be obligated by either of the foregoing paragraphs or otherwise to accept the highest offer if the Special Servicer determines, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, that rejection of such offer would be in the best interests of the Certificateholders and, with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, the related Companion Holder, and in either case, as a collective whole (taking into account the subordinate or pari passu nature of any Serviced Companion Loans). In addition, the Special Servicer may accept a lower offer if it determines, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, that acceptance of such offer would be in the best interests of the Certificateholders and, with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, the related Companion Holder, and in either case, as a collective whole (taking into account the subordinate or pari passu nature of any Serviced Companion Loans) (for example, if the prospective buyer making the lower offer is more likely to perform its obligations, or the terms offered by the prospective buyer making the lower offer are more favorable); provided that the offeror is not the Special Servicer or a Person that is an Affiliate of the Special Servicer.

(C)              In determining whether any offer received from an Interested Person represents a fair price for any REO Property, the Trustee shall obtain and may conclusively rely on the opinion of an Independent appraiser or other Independent expert in real estate matters retained by the Trustee in connection with making such determination. The reasonable cost of such Independent appraiser or other Independent expert shall be an expense of the offering Interested Person purchaser. The reasonable fees and costs of all appraisals, inspection reports and broker opinions of value incurred by any such third party shall be covered by, and shall be reimbursable, from the offering Interested Person and the Special Servicer shall use efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to collect payment from such Interested Person. If such expense is not paid by the applicable Interested Person within thirty (30) days of demand for payment, such expense shall be reimbursable to the Trustee by the Master Servicer as a Servicing Advance but the Special Servicer shall continue to use efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to collect such amounts from the applicable Interested Person. In determining whether any offer constitutes a fair price for any REO Property, the Special Servicer or the Trustee (or, if applicable, such appraiser) shall take into account, and any appraiser or other expert in real estate matters shall be instructed to take into account, as applicable, among other factors, the physical condition of such REO Property, the state of the local economy and the Trust’s obligation to comply with REMIC Provisions.

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necessary or appropriate in connection with the sale of any REO Property, including the collection of all amounts payable in connection therewith. A sale of any REO Property shall be without recourse to, or representation or warranty by, the Trustee, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor or the Trust (except that any contract of sale and assignment and conveyance documents may contain customary warranties of title, so long as the only recourse for breach thereof is to the Trust) and, if consummated in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and the Trustee shall have no liability to the Trust or any Certificateholder or related Companion Holder (if applicable) with respect to the purchase price therefor accepted by the Special Servicer or the Trustee.

(c)               Any sale of a Defaulted Loan or any REO Property shall be for cash only (unless changes in the REMIC Provisions or authoritative interpretations thereof made or issued subsequent to the Startup Day allow a sale for other consideration).

(d)               With respect to each Serviced Whole Loan, pursuant to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement, if the related Serviced Whole Loan becomes a Defaulted Loan, and if the Special Servicer determines to sell the related Mortgage Loan that has become a Defaulted Loan in accordance with this Section 3.16, then the Special Servicer shall sell the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans (and, to the extent permitted by the related Intercreditor Agreement, the related AB Subordinate Companion Loans) together with such Mortgage Loan as one whole loan and shall require that all offers be submitted to the Special Servicer in writing. To the extent a determination is required to be made hereunder as to whether any cash offer constitutes a fair price for a Serviced Whole Loan, such determination shall be made by the Special Servicer unless the offeror is an Interested Person and by the Trustee if the offeror is an Interested Person and the offer is less than the Purchase Price. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Special Servicer will not be permitted to sell the related Mortgage Loan together with the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s) if it becomes a defaulted Whole Loan without the written consent of the holder of the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan (provided that such consent is not required if the holder of the Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan is the Mortgagor or an Affiliate of the Mortgagor) unless the Special Servicer has delivered to the holder of the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan: (a) at least fifteen (15) Business Days prior written notice of any decision to attempt to sell such Serviced Whole Loan; (b) at least ten (10) days prior to the permitted sale date, a copy of each bid package (together with any amendments to such bid packages) received by the Special Servicer in connection with any such proposed sale; (c) at least ten (10) days prior to the proposed sale date, a copy of the most recent appraisal for such Serviced Whole Loan, and any documents in the servicing file reasonably requested by the holder of the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan; and (d) until the sale is completed, and a reasonable period of time (but no less time than is afforded to other offerors and the Directing Certificateholder and the Risk Retention Consultation Party) prior to the proposed sale date, all information and other documents being provided to other offerors and all leases or other documents that are approved by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer in connection with the proposed sale. In connection with any such sale involving any Serviced AB Whole Loan, the Special Servicer will also have the right (subject to the related Intercreditor Agreement), but not the obligation, to sell the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan if the Special Servicer determines that such sale is in accordance with the Servicing Standard (taking into account the

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subordinate nature of the applicable AB Subordinate Companion Loan). The holder of the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan (or its representative) will be permitted to submit an offer at any sale of such Whole Loan; however, the related Mortgagor and its agents and Affiliates shall not be permitted to submit an offer at such sale. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to each Serviced Whole Loan, the holder of the related Companion Loan may waive any of the delivery or timing requirements set forth in this paragraph with respect to the related Whole Loan. If the Trustee is required to determine whether a cash offer by an Interested Person constitutes a fair price, the Trustee may (at its option and at the expense of the offering Interested Person purchaser) designate an independent third party expert in real estate or commercial mortgage loan matters with at least five (5) years’ experience in valuing loans similar to the subject Mortgage Loan, that has been selected with reasonable care by the Trustee to determine if such cash offer constitutes a fair price for such Mortgage Loan. The Trustee shall act in a commercially reasonable manner in making such determination. If the Trustee designates such a third party to make such determination, the Trustee shall be entitled to rely conclusively upon such third party’s determination. The reasonable fees of, and the costs of all appraisals, inspection reports and broker opinions of value incurred by any such third party shall be covered by, and shall be reimbursable, from the offering Interested Person and the Special Servicer shall use efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to collect payment from such Interested Person. If such expense is not paid by the applicable Interested Person within thirty (30) days of demand for payment, such expense shall be reimbursable to the Trustee by the Master Servicer as a Servicing Advance but the Special Servicer shall continue to use efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to collect such amounts from the applicable Interested Person.

(e)               (i) Notwithstanding anything in this Section 3.16 to the contrary, pursuant to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement, the holder of the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan for each applicable Serviced AB Whole Loan will have the right to purchase the related Mortgage Loan or related REO Property, as applicable. Such right of the holder of the AB Subordinate Companion Loan shall be given priority over any provision described in this Section 3.16 as and to the extent set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement. If the related Mortgage Loan or related REO Property is purchased by the holder of such AB Subordinate Companion Loan, repurchased by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller or otherwise ceases to be subject to this Agreement, the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan will no longer be subject to this Agreement.

(ii)               Notwithstanding anything in this Section 3.16 to the contrary, any mezzanine lender will have the right to purchase the related Mortgage Loan or REO Property, as applicable, and cure defaults relating thereto, as and to the extent set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement.

(f)                Unless otherwise provided in an Intercreditor Agreement the sale of any Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Section 3.16 will be on a servicing released basis.

(g)               In the event the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer has the right to purchase any Companion Loan on behalf of the Trust pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement, neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall exercise such right.

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Section 3.17      Additional Obligations of Master Servicer and Special Servicer. (a) The Master Servicer shall deliver all Compensating Interest Payments with respect to the Mortgage Loans (other than the portion of any Compensating Interest Payment allocated to a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan) to the Certificate Administrator for deposit in the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account on each P&I Advance Date, without any right of reimbursement therefor. The Master Servicer shall deliver the portion of any Compensating Interest Payment allocated to a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan to the Companion Paying Agent for deposit in the Companion Distribution Account on each P&I Advance Date, without any right of reimbursement therefor.

(b)               The Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall provide to each Companion Holder any reports or notices required to be delivered to such Companion Holder pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement.

(c)               Upon the determination that a previously made Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance, to the extent that the reimbursement thereof would exceed the full amount of the principal portion of general collections on the Mortgage Loans deposited in the Collection Account and available for distribution on the next Distribution Date, the Master Servicer or the Trustee, each at its own option and in its sole discretion, as applicable, instead of obtaining reimbursement for the remaining amount of such Nonrecoverable Advance pursuant to Section 3.05(a)(v) immediately, as an accommodation may elect to refrain from obtaining such reimbursement for such portion of the Nonrecoverable Advance during the one month collection period ending on the then-current Determination Date, for successive one month periods for a total period not to exceed twelve (12) months (provided that, other than in the case of an Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, any such deferral exceeding six (6) months shall require, prior to the occurrence and continuance of any Control Termination Event, the consent of the Directing Certificateholder), and any election to so defer or not to defer shall be deemed to be in accordance with the Servicing Standard. If the Master Servicer or the Trustee makes such an election at its sole option and in its sole discretion to defer reimbursement with respect to all or a portion of a Nonrecoverable Advance (together with interest thereon), then such Nonrecoverable Advance (together with interest thereon) or portion thereof shall continue to be fully reimbursable in the subsequent collection period (subject, again, to the same sole option to defer; it is acknowledged that, in such a subsequent period, such Nonrecoverable Advance shall again be payable first from principal collections as described above prior to payment from other collections). In connection with a potential election by the Master Servicer or the Trustee to refrain from the reimbursement of a particular Nonrecoverable Advance or portion thereof during the Collection Period for any Distribution Date, the Master Servicer or the Trustee shall further be authorized to wait for principal collections on the Mortgage Loans serviced by the Master Servicer to be received until the end of such Collection Period before making its determination of whether to refrain from the reimbursement of a particular Nonrecoverable Advance or portion thereof; provided, however, that if, at any time the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, elects, in its sole discretion, not to refrain from obtaining such reimbursement or otherwise determines that the reimbursement of a Nonrecoverable Advance during a Collection Period will exceed the full amount of the principal portion of general collections on or in respect of Mortgage Loans deposited in the Collection Account for such Distribution Date, then the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, shall use its reasonable efforts to give the 17g-5 Information Provider fifteen (15) days’

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notice of such determination for posting on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.13(c), unless extraordinary circumstances make such notice impractical, which shall mean that (i) the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be, determines in its sole discretion that waiting fifteen (15) days after such a notice could jeopardize its ability to recover such Nonrecoverable Advance, (ii) changed circumstances or new or different information becomes known to the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be, that could affect or cause a determination of whether any Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance or whether to defer reimbursement of a Nonrecoverable Advance or the determination in clause (i) above, or (iii) in the case of the Master Servicer, it has not timely received from the Trustee information required by the Master Servicer to determine whether to defer reimbursement for a Nonrecoverable Advance. If any of the circumstances described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of the foregoing sentence apply, the Master Servicer or Trustee, as applicable, shall give the 17g-5 Information Provider a notice for posting of the anticipated reimbursement as soon as reasonably practicable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, failure to give notice as required by the preceding or second preceding sentence shall in no way affect the Master Servicer’s or the Trustee’s election whether to refrain from obtaining such reimbursement or right to obtain such reimbursement as described in this Section 3.17(c). Nothing herein shall give the Master Servicer or the Trustee the right to defer reimbursement of a Nonrecoverable Advance to the extent of any principal collections then available in the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.05(a)(v). The Master Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be, shall have no liability for any loss, liability or expenses resulting from any notice provided to the Rating Agencies contemplated by this Section 3.17(c).

The foregoing shall not, however, be construed to limit any liability that may otherwise be imposed on such Person for any failure by such Person to comply with the conditions to making such an election under this Section 3.17 or to comply with the terms of this Section 3.17 and the other provisions of this Agreement that apply once such an election, if any, has been made; provided, however, that the fact that a decision to recover such Nonrecoverable Advances over time, or not to do so, benefits some classes of Certificateholders to the detriment of other classes shall not, with respect to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, constitute a violation of the Servicing Standard and/or with respect to the Trustee (solely in its capacity as Trustee), constitute a violation of any fiduciary duty to Certificateholders or any contractual obligation hereunder. If the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be, determines, in its sole discretion, to fully recover the Nonrecoverable Advances immediately instead of deferring such reimbursement, then the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, shall be entitled to immediate reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate from all amounts in the Collection Account for such Distribution Date (deemed first from principal and then from interest). Any such election by any such party to refrain from reimbursing itself or obtaining reimbursement for any Nonrecoverable Advance or portion thereof with respect to any one or more collection periods shall not limit the accrual of interest at the Reimbursement Rate on such Nonrecoverable Advance for the period prior to the actual reimbursement of such Nonrecoverable Advance. The Master Servicer’s or the Trustee’s, as the case may be, agreement to defer reimbursement of such Nonrecoverable Advances as set forth above is an accommodation to the Certificateholders and shall not be construed as an obligation on the part of the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, or a right of the Certificateholders. Nothing herein shall be deemed to create in the Certificateholders a right to prior payment of distributions over the Master Servicer’s or the Trustee’s, as applicable, right to reimbursement for Advances (deferred or otherwise) and accrued interest thereon. In all events, the decision to defer

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reimbursement or to seek immediate reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances shall be deemed to be in accordance with the Servicing Standard and none of the Master Servicer, the Trustee or the other parties to this Agreement shall have any liability to one another or to any of the Certificateholders or any of the Companion Holders for any such election that such party makes as contemplated by this Section 3.17 or for any losses, damages or other adverse economic or other effects that may arise from such an election, nor shall such election constitute a violation of the Servicing Standard or any duty under this Agreement. Neither the Master Servicer nor the Trustee shall have any liability whatsoever for making an election, or refraining from making an election, that is authorized under this Section 3.17(c).

No determination by the Master Servicer (or the Trustee, as applicable) to exercise its sole option to defer the reimbursement of Advances and/or interest thereon under this section shall be construed as an agreement by the Master Servicer (or the Trustee, as applicable) to subordinate (in respect of realizing losses), to any Class of Certificates, such party’s right to such reimbursement during such period of deferral.

With respect to any modification or amendment of any Intercreditor Agreement related to a Serviced Whole Loan (to the extent received), the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall provide to the 17g-5 Information Provider a copy of any such modification or amendment, which the 17g-5 Information Provider shall promptly post on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in accordance with Section 3.13(c).

(d)               With respect to any Mortgage Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan), if the related loan documents permit the lender to (but do not require the lender to), at its option, prior to an event of default under the related Mortgage Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan), apply amounts held in any reserve account as a prepayment or hold such amounts in a reserve account, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, may not apply such amounts as a prepayment, and will instead continue to hold such amounts in the applicable reserve account, unless not applying those amounts as a prepayment would be a violation of the Servicing Standard. Such amount may be used, if permitted under the loan documents, to defease the loan, or may be used to prepay the Mortgage Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan), or for other purpose consistent with the Servicing Standard and the loan documents, upon a subsequent default.

(e)               Within one (1) Business Day after the execution of any amendment or modification of any Intercreditor Agreement, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall provide to the Certificate Administrator a copy of any such modification or amendment of any Intercreditor Agreement, and such amendment or modification shall be a Reportable Event.

Section 3.18        Modifications, Waivers, Amendments and Consents.(a) (a) The Master Servicer shall process waivers, modifications, amendments and consents that are not Major Decisions with respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan that, in either case, is not a Specially Serviced Loan, without the consent or approval of the Directing Certificateholder (except as specified in the definition of “Master Servicer Decision”) or the consent or approval of the Special Servicer. The Special Servicer shall process waivers, modifications, amendments and consents with respect to Specially Serviced Loans and shall also process waivers, modifications, amendments and consents that are Major Decisions with respect

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to any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan. The Master Servicer and Special Servicer may mutually agree that a modification, waiver, amendment or consent that constitutes a Major Decision shall be processed by the Master Servicer, subject to the Special Servicer’s consent. Except as set forth in Section 3.08(a), Section 3.08(b), this Section 3.18(a), Section 3.18(d), Section 3.18(h), Section 3.18(i), Section 3.18(m) and Section 6.08, but subject to any other conditions set forth thereunder and, with respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan or any Serviced Whole Loan (and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, subject to the rights of the related Companion Holder, as applicable, to advise or consult with the Master Servicer or Special Servicer with respect to, or to consent to, a modification, waiver or amendment, in each case, pursuant to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement), the Special Servicer shall not modify, waive or amend the terms of a Mortgage Loan and/or related Companion Loan (or consent to any such modification, waiver or amendment) that would constitute a Major Decision without (x) (i) prior to the occurrence of a Control Termination Event and (ii) other than with respect to any Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder, the consent (or deemed consent) of the Directing Certificateholder having been obtained by the Special Servicer to the extent required by, and pursuant to the process described under, Section 6.08(a) or (y) (i) after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event and (ii) other than with respect to any Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder, but prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, the Special Servicer having consulted with the Directing Certificateholder if and to the extent required pursuant to Section 6.08(a); and provided, further, that no extension entered into pursuant to this Section 3.18(a) shall extend the Maturity Date beyond the date provided for in the last paragraph of Section 3.18(b). If such extension would extend the Maturity Date of such Mortgage Loan and/or related Companion Loan for more than twelve (12) months from and after the original Maturity Date of such Mortgage Loan and/or related Companion Loan and such Mortgage Loan and/or related Companion Loan is not in default or default with respect thereto is not reasonably foreseeable, prior to any such extension, (1) the Special Servicer shall provide the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Directing Certificateholder and the Risk Retention Consultation Party (in the case of the Directing Certificateholder and the Risk Retention Consultation Party, (i) prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event and (ii) other than with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is an Excluded Loan as to such party), with an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the related Mortgagor to the extent permitted under the Mortgage Loan documents and, if not required or permitted to be paid by the Mortgagor, to be paid as an expense of the Trust in accordance with Section 3.11(d)) that such extension would not constitute a “significant modification” of the Mortgage Loan and/or Serviced Companion Loan within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(b) and (2) subject to the Servicing Standard, (x) prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event and other than with respect to any Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder, the Special Servicer shall obtain the consent (or deemed consent) of the Directing Certificateholder, (y) after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event, but prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, and other than with respect to any Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder, consult with the Directing Certificateholder and (z) (i) prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan other than an Excluded Loan with respect to the Risk Retention Consultation Party and (ii) after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, with respect to any Mortgage Loan other than an Excluded Loan

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with respect to the Risk Retention Consultation Party, consult with the Risk Retention Consultation Party, in each case, pursuant to the process described in Section 6.08(a).

Notwithstanding the foregoing, subject to the rights of the related Companion Holder to advise the Master Servicer with respect to, or consent to, such modification, waiver or amendment pursuant to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement, the Master Servicer, with respect to Non-Specially Serviced Loans, without the consent of the Special Servicer or the Directing Certificateholder, may modify or amend the terms of any Non-Specially Serviced Loan and/or related Serviced Companion Loan in order to (i) cure any ambiguity or mistake therein or (ii) correct or supplement any provisions therein which may be inconsistent with any other provisions therein or correct any error; provided that, if the Serviced Mortgage Loan and/or related Serviced Companion Loan is not in default or default with respect thereto is not reasonably foreseeable, such modification or amendment would not be a “significant modification” of the Mortgage Loan and/or related Serviced Companion Loan within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(b).

Subject to Section 6.08, applicable law and the Mortgage Loan and/or related Serviced Companion Loan documents, neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall permit the substitution of any Mortgaged Property (or any portion thereof) for one or more other parcels of real property at any time the Mortgage Loan and/or related Serviced Companion Loan is not in default pursuant to the terms of the related Mortgage Loan and/or related Serviced Companion Loan documents or default with respect thereto is not reasonably foreseeable unless (i) the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, obtains Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency (and delivers such Rating Agency Confirmation to the Directing Certificateholder and the Risk Retention Consultation Party, if permitted by the applicable Rating Agency) and a confirmation of any applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities (if any) (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25) and (ii) such substitution would not be a “significant modification” of the Mortgage Loan and/or related Serviced Companion Loan within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(b) or otherwise cause an Adverse REMIC Event (and the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, may obtain and rely upon an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the related Mortgagor if not prohibited by the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents, and if so prohibited, at the expense of the Trust) with respect thereto).

Upon receiving a request for any matter described in this Section 3.18(a) that constitutes a Major Decision with respect to a Serviced Mortgage Loan that is not a Specially Serviced Loan, the Master Servicer shall promptly forward such request to the Special Servicer and, unless the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer mutually agree that the Master Servicer shall process such request, the Special Servicer shall process such request (including, without limitation, interfacing with the Mortgagor) and, except as provided in the next sentence, the Master Servicer shall have no further obligation with respect to such request or such Major Decision. The Master Servicer shall cooperate with reasonable requests of the Special Servicer by delivering to the Special Servicer any additional information in the Master Servicer’s possession requested by the Special Servicer relating to such Major Decision. If the Master Servicer and the Special

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Servicer mutually agree that the Master Servicer will (subject to the consent (or deemed consent) of the Special Servicer) process a request with respect to a Major Decision and the Master Servicer is recommending approval of such request, the Master Servicer will prepare and submit its written analysis and recommendation to the Special Servicer with all information in the possession of the Master Servicer that the Special Servicer may reasonably request in order to withhold or grant its consent, and in all cases the Special Servicer will be entitled (subject to any applicable consultation rights of the Operating Advisor or any applicable consent or consultation rights of the Directing Certificateholder or any applicable consultation rights of any related Companion Holders) to approve or disapprove any modification, waiver, amendment or other action that constitutes a Major Decision.

Neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall enter into, or structure (including, without limitation, by way of the application of credits, discounts, forgiveness or otherwise), any modification, waiver, amendment, work-out, consent or approval with respect to a Mortgage Loan in a manner that would have the effect of placing amounts payable as compensation, or otherwise reimbursable, to the Master Servicer or Special Servicer in a higher priority than the allocation and payment priorities set forth in Section 3.02(b) or in the related Intercreditor Agreement.

(b)               If the Special Servicer determines that a modification, waiver or amendment (including, without limitation, the forgiveness or deferral of interest or principal or the substitution of collateral pursuant to the terms of the Serviced Mortgage Loan and/or related Serviced Companion Loan or otherwise, the release of collateral or the pledge of additional collateral) of the terms of a Specially Serviced Loan with respect to which a payment default or other material default has occurred or a payment default or other material default is, in the Special Servicer’s judgment, reasonably foreseeable (as evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate of the Special Servicer), is reasonably likely to produce a greater (or equivalent) recovery on a net present value basis (the relevant discounting to be performed at the related Mortgage Rate) to the Trust and, if applicable, the Companion Holders, as the holders of the related Serviced Companion Loan, than liquidation of such Specially Serviced Loan, then the Special Servicer may agree to a modification, waiver or amendment of such Specially Serviced Loan, subject to (w) the provisions of this Section 3.18(b) and Section 3.18(c), (x)(a) with respect to any Major Decision, with respect to any Mortgage Loan other than any Excluded Loan as to the Directing Certificateholder or the holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, the approval of the Directing Certificateholder (prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event) or upon consultation with the Directing Certificateholder (after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event, but prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event) as provided in Section 6.08, and (b) with respect to any Major Decision in respect of a Specially Serviced Loan other than an Excluded Loan with respect to the Risk Retention Consultation Party, upon consultation with the Risk Retention Consultation Party as provided in Section 6.08, (y) with respect to any Serviced AB Whole Loan, any rights of the related Subordinate Companion Holder to consent to such modification, waiver or amendment and (z) additionally, with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, the rights of the related Serviced Companion Noteholder or with respect to a Serviced Mortgage Loan with mezzanine debt, the rights of the related mezzanine lender, to advise or consult with the Special Servicer with respect to, or consent to, such modification, waiver or amendment, in each case, pursuant to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement or mezzanine intercreditor agreement, as applicable; provided

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that with respect to any Serviced AB Whole Loan, if an AB Control Appraisal Period is not in effect, the consent of, or consultation with, the related AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder will be required to the extent set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement and the Directing Certificateholder shall have no consent or consultation rights, and the Risk Retention Consultation Party shall have no consultation rights, regarding the matter; provided, further, that in the case of any release or substitution of collateral (other than a defeasance), the Special Servicer shall have obtained an Opinion of Counsel that such release or substitution would not be a “significant modification” of the Mortgage Loan within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(b) or otherwise cause an Adverse REMIC Event. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to any Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder (regardless of whether a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing), the Special Servicer shall consult with the Operating Advisor, on a non-binding basis, in connection with the related transactions involving proposed Major Decisions and consider alternative actions recommended by the Operating Advisor, in respect thereof, in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 6.08 for consulting with the Operating Advisor.

In connection with (i) the release of a Mortgaged Property (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property), or any portion of such Mortgaged Property from the lien of the related Mortgage or (ii) the taking of a Mortgaged Property (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property), or any portion of such Mortgaged Property by exercise of the power of eminent domain or condemnation, if the related Mortgage Loan documents require the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, to calculate (or to approve the calculation of the related Mortgagor of) the loan-to-value ratio of the remaining Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties or the fair market value of the real property constituting the remaining Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties, for purposes of REMIC qualification of the related Mortgage Loan, then such calculation shall, unless then permitted by the REMIC Provisions, exclude the value of personal property and going concern value, if any, as determined by an appropriate third party.

If, following any such release or taking, the loan-to-value ratio as calculated is greater than 125%, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall require payment of principal by a “qualified amount” as determined under Revenue Procedure 2010-30 or successor provisions, unless the related Mortgagor provides an Opinion of Counsel that if such amount is not paid, the related Mortgage Loan will not fail to be a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code.

The Special Servicer shall use its reasonable efforts to the extent possible to cause each Specially Serviced Loan to fully amortize prior to the Rated Final Distribution Date and shall not agree to a modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Specially Serviced Loan for which it is acting as Special Servicer if such modification, waiver or amendment would (1) extend the maturity date of any such Specially Serviced Loan to a date occurring later than the earlier of (a) five (5) years prior to the Rated Final Distribution Date and (b) if such Specially Serviced Loan is secured solely or primarily by a leasehold estate and not also the related fee interest, the date occurring twenty (20) years or, to the extent consistent with the Servicing Standard giving due consideration to the remaining term of the ground lease and (A) prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event, with the consent of the Directing Certificateholder and (B) to the extent such modification, waiver or amendment constitutes a Major Decision, after

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consultation with the Risk Retention Consultation Party pursuant to Section 6.08(a), (in each case, other than with respect to a Mortgage Loan that is an Excluded Loan as to such party), ten (10) years prior to the expiration of such leasehold estate (including any options to extend such leasehold estate exercisable unilaterally by the related Mortgagor), or (2) provide for the deferral of interest unless interest accrues on the related Mortgage Loan, or Serviced Whole Loan generally at the related Mortgage Rate.

(c)               Any provision of this Section 3.18 to the contrary notwithstanding, except when a Mortgage Loan and/or Companion Loan is in default or default with respect thereto is reasonably foreseeable, no fee described in this Section 3.18 shall be collected by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer from a Mortgagor (or on behalf of the Mortgagor) in conjunction with any consent or any modification, waiver or amendment of a Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, as applicable (unless the amount thereof is specified in the related Mortgage Note) if the collection of such fee would cause such consent, modification, waiver or amendment to be a “significant modification” of the Mortgage Note within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(b).

(d)               To the extent consistent with this Agreement (including, without limitation, the first sentence of Section 3.18(a), and Section 6.08), the Master Servicer (as provided in Section 3.08(a), Section 3.08(b) and Section 3.18 if such matter constitutes the Master Servicer Decision) or the Special Servicer (as provided in Section 3.08(a), Section 3.08(b) and Section 3.18(a). if any such waiver, modification or amendment constitutes a Major Decision or relates to a Specially Serviced Loan) may, consistent with the Servicing Standard, agree to any waiver, modification or amendment of a Mortgage Loan and/or Serviced Companion Loan that is not in default or as to which default is not reasonably foreseeable only if the contemplated waiver, modification or amendment (i) will not be a “significant modification” of the Mortgage Loan within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(b) and (ii) will not cause an Adverse REMIC Event. In making this determination, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer may obtain and rely upon (and shall provide to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator if obtained) an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the related Mortgagor or such other Person requesting such modification or, if such expense cannot be collected from the related Mortgagor or such other Person, to be paid out of the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.05(a); provided that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall use its reasonable efforts to collect such fee from the Mortgagor or such other Person to the extent permitted under the related Mortgage Loan documents). Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer may waive the payment of any Prepayment Premium or Yield Maintenance Charge or the requirement that any prepayment of a Mortgage Loan be made on a Due Date, or if not made on a Due Date, be accompanied by all interest that would be due on the next Due Date with respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan that is not a Specially Serviced Loan.

(e)               Subject to Section 3.18(c), the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer each may, as a condition to its granting any request by a Mortgagor for consent, modification (including extensions), waiver or indulgence or any other matter or thing, the granting of which is within the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s, as the case may be, discretion pursuant to the terms of the instruments evidencing or securing the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan and is permitted by the terms of this Agreement, require that such Mortgagor pay to the Master

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Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, as additional servicing compensation, a reasonable or customary fee, for the additional services performed in connection with such request; provided that the charging of such fee is not a “significant modification” of the Mortgage Loan within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(b).

(f)                All modifications (including extensions), waivers and amendments of the Mortgage Loans and/or Companion Loans entered into pursuant to this Section 3.18 shall be in writing, signed by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, and the related Mortgagor (and by any guarantor of the related Mortgage Loan, if such guarantor’s signature is required by the Special Servicer in accordance with the Servicing Standard).

(g)               With respect to any modification, waiver or amendment for which it is responsible for processing pursuant to Section 3.18, after completion, the Special Servicer, shall deliver written notice thereof to the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor (after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event), the Directing Certificateholder and the Risk Retention Consultation Party (in the case of the Directing Certificateholder, other than following the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, and in the case of the Directing Certificateholder or the Risk Retention Consultation Party, other than with respect to any Excluded Loan as to such party), the applicable Companion Holder (or, to the extent the related Serviced Companion Loan has been included in a securitization transaction, to the master servicer under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement) (unless, with respect to a holder of an AB Subordinate Companion Loan, an AB Control Appraisal Period is in effect, if applicable), the related Mortgage Loan Seller (if such Mortgage Loan Seller is not the Master Servicer or Sub-Servicer of such Mortgage Loan or the Directing Certificateholder or the Risk Retention Consultation Party) and the 17g-5 Information Provider (which shall promptly post such notice on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in accordance with Section 3.13(c)) in writing of any modification, waiver or amendment (in each case, after it is finalized and executed) of any term of any Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan that is modified, waived or amended and the date thereof. With respect to any modification, waiver or amendment (in each case, after it is finalized and executed) for which it is responsible for processing pursuant to Section 3.18, after completion, the Master Servicer, shall deliver written notice of any such modification, waiver or amendment to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Special Servicer, the Directing Certificateholder (only prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, and other than with respect to an Excluded Loan as to such party) and the applicable Companion Holder (or, to the extent the related Serviced Companion Loan has been included in a securitization transaction, to the master servicer under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement) (unless, with respect to a holder of an AB Subordinate Companion Loan, an AB Control Appraisal Period is in effect, if applicable)), the Risk Retention Consultation Party (other than with respect to an Excluded Loan as to such party) and the related Mortgage Loan Seller (so long as such Mortgage Loan Seller is not the Master Servicer or Sub-Servicer of such Mortgage Loan or the Directing Certificateholder or Risk Retention Consultation Party) and the 17g-5 Information Provider (which shall promptly post such notice on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in accordance with Section 3.13(c)). The party responsible for delivering notice shall deliver to the Custodian with a copy to the Master Servicer (if such notice is being delivered by the Special Servicer) for deposit in the related Mortgage File, an original counterpart of the agreement relating to such modification, waiver or amendment, promptly (and in any event within ten (10) Business Days) following the execution

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thereof, with a copy to the applicable Companion Holder (or, to the extent the related Serviced Companion Loan has been included in a securitization transaction, to the master servicer under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement), if any. Following receipt of the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s, as the case may be, delivery of the aforesaid modification, waiver or amendment to the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Administrator shall forward a copy thereof to each Holder of a Certificate (other than the Class R or Class V Certificates). With respect to any modification, waiver or consent that is a Master Servicer Decision pursuant to clause (iv) of the definition of “Master Servicer Decision”, if the related lease affects an area greater than or equal to 10% of the net rentable area of the related Mortgaged Property and less than 30% of the net rentable area of the related Mortgaged Property, the Master Servicer shall deliver to the Special Servicer a copy of the approved lease. With respect to any modification, waiver or consent that is a Master Servicer Decision pursuant to clause (vii) of the definition of “Master Servicer Decision”, the Master Servicer shall deliver to the Special Servicer a copy of the approved annual budget. With respect to the processing of any modification, waiver or consent related to any Mortgagor incurring additional debt or mezzanine debt, the Special Servicer (if the Special Servicer processes such modification, waiver or consent pursuant to Section 3.18(a)) or the Master Servicer (if the Master Servicer processes such modification, waiver or consent pursuant to Sections 3.18(a) and (m) shall, on or before the later of (i) 3:00 p.m. on the related P&I Advance Date and (ii) five (5) Business Days immediately following the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, obtaining actual knowledge of the incurrence of such additional debt or mezzanine debt, deliver notice of the Mortgagor’s incurrence of such debt, substantially in the form of Exhibit JJ, to cts.sec.notifications@wellsfargo.com and an Additional Disclosure Notification in the form attached hereto as Exhibit DD). The notice contemplated in the preceding sentence shall set forth, to the extent the Special Servicer or the Master Servicer, as the case may be, has the requisite information or can reasonably obtain such information, (1) the amount of additional debt that was incurred in the related Collection Period, (2) the total debt service coverage ratio calculated on the basis of such Mortgage Loan and additional debt, and (3) the aggregate LTV Ratio calculated on the basis of such Mortgage Loan and additional debt. In the event that either (i) the CREFC^® Investor Reporting Package is amended to include such information set forth above, in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, and the Master Servicer confirms with the Certificate Administrator that such amended CREFC^® Investor Reporting Package enables the Certificate Administrator to include such information on Form 10-D in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Certificate Administrator, or (ii) the Trust is no longer subject to the Exchange Act, the additional report in the form of Exhibit JJ shall no longer be required hereunder. From time to time, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Certificate Administrator may agree on a different delivery time and format for the information set forth in this paragraph.

(h)               Subject to the consent rights and processes set forth in Section 6.08 with respect to Major Decisions, the Master Servicer shall process all defeasance transactions for the Mortgage Loans and shall be entitled to all defeasance fees paid related thereto (provided that for the avoidance of doubt, any such defeasance fee shall not include any Modification Fees or waiver fees in connection with a defeasance that the Special Servicer is entitled to under this Agreement). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Master Servicer shall not permit (or, with regard to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, take any act in furtherance of) the substitution of any Mortgaged Property pursuant to the defeasance provisions of any Mortgage Loan or a Serviced Whole Loan unless such defeasance complies with Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(a)(8)(ii) and the

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Master Servicer has received (i) replacement collateral consisting of government securities within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(a)(8)(ii), which satisfies the requirements of the applicable Mortgage Loan documents, in an amount sufficient to make all scheduled payments under the related Mortgage Loan (or defeased portion thereof) when due, (ii) a certificate of an Independent certified public accountant to the effect that such substituted property will provide cash flows sufficient to meet all payments of interest and principal (including payments at maturity) on such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan in compliance with the requirements of the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents and, if applicable, Companion Loan documents, (iii) one or more Opinions of Counsel (at the expense of the related Mortgagor) to the effect that the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, will have a first priority perfected security interest in such substituted Mortgaged Property; provided, however, that, to the extent consistent with the related Mortgage Loan documents and, if applicable, Companion Loan documents, the related Mortgagor shall pay the cost of any such opinion as a condition to granting such defeasance, (iv) to the extent consistent with the related Mortgage Loan documents and, if applicable, Companion Loan documents, the Mortgagor shall establish a single purpose entity to act as a successor mortgagor, if so required by the Rating Agencies, (v) to the extent permissible under the related Mortgage Loan documents and, if applicable, Companion Loan documents, the Master Servicer shall use its reasonable efforts to require the related Mortgagor to pay all costs of such defeasance, including but not limited to the cost of maintaining any successor mortgagor, and (vi) to the extent permissible under the Mortgage Loan documents and, if applicable, Companion Loan documents, the Master Servicer shall obtain, at the expense of the related Mortgagor, Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and a confirmation of any applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities (if any) (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25); provided, further, however, that no such confirmation from any Rating Agency shall be required to the extent that the Master Servicer has delivered a defeasance certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit U hereto for any Mortgage Loan that (together with any Mortgage Loans cross-collateralized with such Mortgage Loans) is: (i) a Mortgage Loan with a Cut-off Date Balance less than $35,000,000, (ii) a Mortgage Loan that represents less than 5% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of all Mortgage Loans, and (iii) a Mortgage Loan that is not one of the ten (10) largest Mortgage Loans by Stated Principal Balance. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that requiring the Mortgagor to pay for the items specified in clauses (ii), (iv) and (v) in the preceding sentence would be inconsistent with the related Mortgage Loan documents, such reasonable costs shall be paid by the related Mortgage Loan Seller as and to the extent set forth in the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.

(i)                 Notwithstanding anything herein or in the related Mortgage Loan documents and, if applicable, Companion Loan documents, to the contrary, the Master Servicer may permit the substitution of “government securities,” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, that comply with Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(a)(8)(ii) for any Mortgaged Property pursuant to the defeasance provisions of any Mortgage Loan or a Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable (or any portion thereof), in lieu of the defeasance collateral specified in the related Mortgage Loan documents or Serviced Whole Loan documents, as applicable; provided that such substitution is consistent with the Servicing Standard and the Master Servicer reasonably determines that allowing their use would not cause a

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default or event of default to become reasonably foreseeable and the Master Servicer receives an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the Mortgagor to the extent permitted under the Mortgage Loan documents and, if applicable or Companion Loan documents or otherwise as a Trust Fund expense) to the effect that such use would not be and would not constitute a “significant modification” of such Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(b) and would not otherwise constitute an Adverse REMIC Event with respect to any Trust REMIC; and provided, further, that the requirements set forth in Section 3.18(h) (including receipt of any Rating Agency Confirmation) are satisfied; and provided, further, that such securities are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States government, or the Master Servicer shall obtain Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and a confirmation of any applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities (if any) (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25).

Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to all of the Mortgage Loans originated or acquired by Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC that are subject to defeasance, Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC has transferred to a third party or has retained on behalf of itself or an Affiliate the right to establish or designate the successor borrower and/or to purchase or cause to be purchased the related defeasance collateral, in each case as set forth in the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (any such right or obligation, the “Retained Defeasance Rights and Obligations”). In the event the Master Servicer receives notice of a defeasance request with respect to a Mortgage Loan for which Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC is the related Mortgage Loan Seller, which such Mortgage Loan provides for Retained Defeasance Rights and Obligations in the related Mortgage Loan documents, the Master Servicer shall provide, within five (5) Business Days of receipt of such notice, written notice of such defeasance request to Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC. Until such time as Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC provides the Master Servicer with written notice to the contrary, the notice of a defeasance of a Mortgage Loan with Retained Defeasance Rights and Obligations shall be delivered to Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC, 1585 Broadway, New York, New York 10036, Attention: Jane Lam (with a copy to Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC, 1633 Broadway, 29th Floor, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Legal Compliance Division, and a copy by email to cmbs_notices@morganstanley.com). With respect to any Mortgage Loan originated or acquired by Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC that is subject to defeasance, if the successor borrower is not designated or formed by Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC or any Affiliate or successor thereto, the successor borrower shall be reasonably acceptable to the Master Servicer in accordance with the Servicing Standard.

(j)                 If required under the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan documents or if otherwise consistent with the Servicing Standard, the Master Servicer shall establish and maintain one or more accounts (the “Defeasance Accounts”), which shall be Eligible Accounts, into which all payments received by the Master Servicer from any defeasance collateral substituted for any Mortgaged Property shall be deposited and retained, and shall administer such Defeasance Accounts in accordance with the Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan documents. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Master Servicer permit such amounts to be

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maintained in the Defeasance Account for a period in excess of ninety (90) days, unless such amounts are reinvested by the Master Servicer in “government securities,” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, that comply with Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(a)(8)(ii). To the extent not required or permitted to be placed in a separate account, the Master Servicer shall deposit all payments received by it from defeasance collateral substituted for any Mortgaged Property into the Collection Account and treat any such payments as payments made on the Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan in advance of its Due Date in accordance with clause (a)(i) of the definition of “Aggregate Available Funds” and not as a prepayment of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall the Master Servicer permit such amounts to be maintained in the Collection Account for a period in excess of three hundred sixty-five (365) days (or three hundred sixty-six (366) days in the case of a leap year).

(k)               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall, unless it has received Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and a confirmation of any applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities (if any) (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25) (the cost of which shall be paid by the related Mortgagor, if so allowed by the terms of the related loan documents and otherwise paid out of general collections) grant or accept any consent, approval or direction regarding the termination of the related property manager or the designation of any replacement property manager, with respect to any Mortgaged Property that secures a Mortgage Loan that (i) is one of the ten (10) largest Mortgage Loans a by Stated Principal Balance or (ii) has an unpaid principal balance that is at least equal to 5% of the then-aggregate principal balance of all Mortgage Loans or $35,000,000.

(l)                 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, in connection with any modification, waiver, consent or amendment in connection with any release of collateral securing any Mortgage Loan in connection with a defeasance of such collateral, the Special Servicer shall not approve any such modification, waiver or amendment or consent thereto without first having received a copy of an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer that such modification, waiver, consent or amendment will not cause an Adverse REMIC Event.

(m)             Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 3.18 or Section 3.08, but subject to any related Intercreditor Agreement, the Master Servicer may, without any Directing Certificateholder’s approval, consent or consultation (except as otherwise provided below in the definition of “Master Servicer Decision”), Risk Retention Consultation Party’s consultation or the Special Servicer’s approval, consent or consultation take any of the following actions with respect to Non-Specially Serviced Loans (and in the case of clause (ix), a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) (each such action, a “Master Servicer Decision”): (i) grant waivers of non-material covenant defaults (other than financial covenants), including late (but not waived) financial statements (except that, other than with respect to any Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, and prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event, the Directing Certificateholder’s consent (or

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deemed consent) shall be required to grant waivers of more than three (3) consecutive late deliveries of financial statements); (ii) consents to releases of non-material, non-income producing parcels of a Mortgaged Property that do not materially affect the use or value of the related Mortgaged Property or the ability of the related Mortgagor to pay amounts due in respect of the Mortgage Loan as and when due, provided such releases are required by the related Mortgage Loan documents; (iii) approve or consent to grants of easements or rights of way (including, without limitation, for utilities, access, parking, public improvements or another purpose) or subordination of the lien of the Mortgage Loan to easements except that, prior to the occurrence and continuance of any Control Termination Event and other than in the case of any Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Directing Certificateholder’s consent (or deemed consent) shall be required to approve or consent to grants of easements or rights of way that materially affect the use or value of a Mortgaged Property or a Mortgagor’s ability to make payments with respect to the related Mortgage Loan or any related Companion Loan; (iv) grant other routine approvals, including granting of subordination, non-disturbance and attornment agreements and consents involving leasing activities (other than for ground leases) (provided that, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event and other than in the case of any Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Directing Certificateholder’s consent (or deemed consent) shall be required for leasing activities that affect an area greater than or equal to the lesser of (a) 30% of the net rentable area of the improvements at the Mortgaged Property and (b) 30,000 square feet), including approval of new leases and amendments to current leases; (v) consent to actions and releases related to condemnation of parcels of a Mortgaged Property (provided that, prior to the occurrence and continuance of any Control Termination Event and other than in the case of any Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Directing Certificateholder’s consent (or deemed consent) shall be required in connection with any condemnation with respect to a material parcel or a material income producing parcel or any condemnation that materially affects the use or value of the related Mortgaged Property or the ability of the related Mortgagor to pay amounts due in respect of the related Mortgage Loan or any related Companion Loan when due); (vi) consent to a change in property management relating to any Mortgage Loan and related Serviced Companion Loan if the replacement property manager is not a Borrower Party (provided that, prior to the occurrence and continuance of any Control Termination Event and other than in the case of any Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, and other than any Co-op Mortgage Loan, the Directing Certificateholder’s consent (or deemed consent) shall be required for any Mortgage Loan (including any related Companion Loans) that has an outstanding principal balance equal to or greater than $10,000,000); (vii) approve annual operating budgets for Mortgage Loans; (viii) consent to any releases or reductions of or withdrawals from (as applicable) any letters of credit, escrow funds, reserve funds or other additional collateral with respect to any Mortgage Loan, other than any release, reduction, or withdrawal that would constitute a Major Decision; (ix) grant any extension or enter into any forbearance with respect to the anticipated refinancing of a Mortgage Loan or sale of a Mortgaged Property after the related Maturity Date of such Mortgage Loan so long as (A) such extension or forbearance does not extend beyond 120 days after the related Maturity Date and (B) the related Mortgagor on or before the maturity date of a Mortgage Loan has delivered documentation reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, which

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provides that a refinancing of such Mortgage Loan or sale of the related Mortgaged Property will occur within 120 days after the date on which such Balloon Payment will become due; (x) any modification, amendment, consent to a modification or waiver of any term of any Intercreditor Agreement, except that (other than with respect to any Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the holder of the majority of the Controlling Class and other than amendments to split or resize notes consistent with the terms of such Intercreditor Agreement) the Directing Certificateholder’s consent (or deemed consent) shall be required for any such modification to an Intercreditor Agreement other than during a Control Termination Event, and if any modification or amendment would adversely impact the Special Servicer, such modification or amendment will additionally require the consent of the Special Servicer as a condition to its effectiveness; (xi) any determination of Acceptable Insurance Default, except that, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event and other than in the case of any Excluded Loan as to the Directing Certificateholder or the holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Directing Certificateholder’s consent (or deemed consent) shall be required in accordance with this Agreement for any such determination; (xii) approve or consent to any defeasance of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan other than agreeing to (A) a modification of the type of defeasance collateral required under the Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan documents other than direct, non-callable obligations of the United States would be permitted or (B) a modification that would permit a principal prepayment instead of defeasance if the Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan documents do not otherwise permit such principal prepayment; (xiii) any assumption of the Mortgage Loan or transfer of the Mortgaged Property, in each case, that the Mortgage Loan documents allow without the consent of the lender but subject to satisfaction of conditions specified in the Mortgage Loan documents where no lender discretion is necessary in order to determine if such conditions are satisfied; (xiv) [reserved]; and (xv) grant or agree to any other waiver, modification, amendment and/or consent that does not constitute a Major Decision; provided that (w) any such action would not in any way affect a payment term of the Certificates, (x) any such action would not constitute a “significant modification” of such Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(b) and would not otherwise cause either Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC for federal income tax purposes (as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the Trust to the extent not reimbursed or paid by the related Mortgagor), to the extent requesting such opinion is consistent with the Servicing Standard), (y) agreeing to such action would be consistent with the Servicing Standard, and (z) agreeing to such action would not violate the terms, provisions or limitations of this Agreement or any Intercreditor Agreement; provided, further, that, with respect to any Serviced AB Whole Loan prior to the occurrence and continuance of an AB Control Appraisal Period with regard to such Serviced AB Whole Loan, the foregoing matters shall not include (and Master Servicer Decision shall not include) any action that constitutes a “major decision” under the related Intercreditor Agreement. In the case of the Master Servicer Decision that requires the consent of the Directing Certificateholder, such consent shall be deemed given if a response to the request for consent is not provided within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of the Master Servicer’s written recommendation and analysis and all information reasonably requested by the Directing Certificateholder, and reasonably available to the Master Servicer in order to grant or withhold such consent. The foregoing is intended to be an itemization of actions the Master Servicer may take without having to obtain the approval of any other party and is not intended to limit the responsibilities of the Master Servicer hereunder.

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(n)               Neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall modify any Mortgage Loan into an AB Modified Loan unless the documents evidencing such modification provide that all payments on the junior or “B” portion of such AB Modified Loan (including interest, principal and other amounts) shall only be payable after the point in time at which all interest and principal on the senior or “A” portion of such AB Modified Loan shall have been paid in full and such senior or “A” portion shall no longer be outstanding; provided, however, that interest and other amounts in respect of such junior or “B” portion may accrue prior to such point in time.

In addition to the foregoing, the applicable Special Servicer shall be allowed to grant a forbearance if (i) prior to October 1, 2021 (or prior to such later date as may be provided by the IRS in any future guidance), the period of forbearance granted, when added to any prior periods of forbearance granted before or after the Trust acquired such Mortgage Loan (whether or not such prior grants of forbearance were covered by Revenue Procedure 2020-26 (as extended by Revenue Procedure 2021-12 and any future guidance)), does not exceed six (6) months (or such longer period of time as may be allowed by future guidance that is binding on federal income tax authorities) or the applicable forbearance program pursuant to which the related forbearance was granted is otherwise identical or similar to those described in Section 2.07 of Revenue Procedure 2020-26 and such forbearance is covered by Revenue Procedure 2020-26 (as extended by Revenue Procedure 2021-12 and any future guidance), (ii) such forbearance is permitted under another provision of this Agreement and the requirements under such provision are satisfied, or (iii) an Opinion of Counsel is delivered to the effect that such forbearance will not result in an Adverse REMIC Event.

Section 3.19        Transfer of Servicing Between the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer; Recordkeeping; Asset Status Report. (a) Upon determining that a Servicing Transfer Event has occurred with respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall promptly give notice to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, the Operating Advisor and the Directing Certificateholder (in the case of the Directing Certificateholder, (i) prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event and (ii) other than with respect to any Excluded Loan as to such party) thereof, and the Master Servicer shall deliver the related Mortgage File and Servicing File to the Special Servicer and concurrently provide a copy of such Servicing File, exclusive of all Privileged Communications, to the Operating Advisor. The Master Servicer shall use its reasonable efforts to provide the Special Servicer with all documents and records (including records stored electronically on computer tapes, magnetic discs and the like) relating to such Mortgage Loan and, if applicable, the related Serviced Companion Loan, either in the Master Servicer’s possession or otherwise available to the Master Servicer without undue burden or expense, and reasonably requested by the Special Servicer to enable it to assume its functions hereunder with respect thereto. The Master Servicer shall use its reasonable efforts to comply with the preceding sentence within five (5) Business Days of the occurrence of each related Servicing Transfer Event (or, in the case of clauses (iii), (iv), (viii) or (ix) of the definition of Servicing Transfer Event, within five (5) Business Days of receiving notice from the Special Servicer of such Servicing Transfer Event when the Special Servicer makes the determination) and in any event shall continue to act as Master Servicer and administrator of such Mortgage Loan and, if applicable, the related Serviced Companion Loan until the Special Servicer has commenced the servicing of such Mortgage Loan and, if applicable, the related Serviced Companion Loan.

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The Master Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Directing Certificateholder (with respect to the Directing Certificateholder (i) prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event and (ii) other than with respect to any Excluded Loan as to such party), a copy of the notice of such Servicing Transfer Event provided by the Master Servicer to the Special Servicer, or by the Special Servicer to the Master Servicer, pursuant to this Section 3.19. Prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, the Certificate Administrator shall deliver to each Controlling Class Certificateholder a copy of the notice of such Servicing Transfer Event provided by the Master Servicer pursuant to this Section 3.19.

Upon determining that a Specially Serviced Loan (other than an REO Loan) has become current and has remained current for three (3) consecutive Periodic Payments (provided that (i) no additional Servicing Transfer Event is foreseeable in the reasonable judgment of the Special Servicer, and (ii) for such purposes taking into account any modification or amendment of such Mortgage Loan and, if applicable, the related Companion Loan), and that no other Servicing Transfer Event is continuing with respect thereto, the Special Servicer shall immediately give notice thereof to the Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the related Serviced Companion Noteholder (unless with respect to an AB Subordinate Companion Loan an AB Control Appraisal Period is in effect) and the Directing Certificateholder (with respect to the Directing Certificateholder, (i) prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event and (ii) other than with respect to any Excluded Loan as to such party) and shall return the related Mortgage File and Servicing File to the Master Servicer (or copies thereof if copies only were delivered to the Special Servicer) and upon giving such notice, and returning such Mortgage File and Servicing File to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer’s obligation to service such Corrected Loan shall terminate and the obligations of the Master Servicer to service and administer such Mortgage Loan and, if applicable, the related Companion Loan shall recommence.

(b)               In servicing any Specially Serviced Loans and Serviced Companion Loans, the Special Servicer will provide to the Custodian originals of documents included within the definition of “Mortgage File” for inclusion in the related Mortgage File to the extent within its possession (with a copy of each such original to the Master Servicer), and provide the Master Servicer with copies of any additional related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan information including correspondence with the related Mortgagor.

(c)               Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.12(c), the Master Servicer shall maintain ongoing payment records with respect to each of the Specially Serviced Loans, Serviced Companion Loans and REO Properties (other than with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) and shall provide the Special Servicer with any information in its possession with respect to such records to enable the Special Servicer to perform its duties under this Agreement; provided that this statement shall not be construed to require the Master Servicer to produce any additional reports.

(d)               No later than sixty (60) days after a Servicing Transfer Event for a Serviced Mortgage Loan and, if applicable, the related Companion Loan, the Special Servicer shall deliver in electronic format a report (the “Asset Status Report”) with respect to such Mortgage Loan and related Companion Loan, if applicable, and the related Mortgaged Property to the Master Servicer, the Directing Certificateholder (but with respect to the Directing Certificateholder, only in respect

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of any Mortgage Loan other than (A) any Excluded Loan as to such party or (B) any Serviced AB Whole Loan if an AB Control Appraisal Period is not in effect, and in any event prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event), any related Subordinate Companion Holder if an AB Control Appraisal Period is not in effect with respect to any Serviced AB Whole Loan, the Risk Retention Consultation Party (but only with respect to any Mortgage Loan other than an Excluded Loan as to such party), the Operating Advisor (but, other than with respect to an Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, only after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event and, with respect to any Serviced AB Whole Loan, only to the extent that such Whole Loan is subject to an AB Control Appraisal Period) and the 17g-5 Information Provider (which shall promptly post such report on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in accordance with Section 3.13(c)) and, with respect to any related Serviced Companion Loan, to the related Companion Holder or, to the extent the related Serviced Companion Loan has been included in an Other Securitization, to the applicable master servicer of such Other Securitization into which the related Serviced Companion Loan has been sold; the Special Servicer shall also deliver a summary of each Final Asset Status Report to the Certificate Administrator and the Certificate Administrator shall post the summary of the Final Asset Status Report to the Certificate Administrator’s Website. Each Final Asset Status Report shall be labeled or otherwise identified or communicated as being final by the Special Servicer. For the avoidance of doubt, the Master Servicer (or applicable special servicer, if the related Whole Loan is a Specially Serviced Loan) shall not make any Asset Status Reports available to any Certificateholders on its website. None of the parties to this Agreement shall provide any Asset Status Report or any Final Asset Status Report to the Certificate Administrator. The Special Servicer shall notify the Operating Advisor of whether any Asset Status Report delivered to the Operating Advisor is a Final Asset Status Report, which notification may be satisfied by (i) delivery of an Asset Status Report that is either signed by the Directing Certificateholder or that otherwise includes an indication that such Asset Status Report is deemed approved due to the passage of any required consent or consultation time period or (ii) such other method as reasonably agreed to by the Operating Advisor and the Special Servicer. Further, the Certificate Administrator shall not request any Asset Status Report or Final Asset Status Report from the Master Servicer. Such Asset Status Report shall set forth the following information to the extent reasonably determinable based on the information that was delivered to the Special Servicer in connection with the transfer of servicing pursuant to the Servicing Transfer Event:

(i)                                  a summary of the status of such Specially Serviced Loan and any negotiations with the related Mortgagor;

(ii)                              a discussion of the legal and environmental considerations reasonably known to the Special Servicer, consistent with the Servicing Standard, that are applicable to the exercise of remedies as aforesaid and to the enforcement of any related guaranties or other collateral for the related Mortgage Loan (and any related Serviced Companion Loan) and whether outside legal counsel has been retained;

(iii)                           the most current rent roll, and income or operating statement available for the related Mortgaged Property;

(iv)                          (A) the Special Servicer’s recommendations on how such Specially Serviced Loan might be returned to performing status (including the modification of a

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monetary term, and any workout, restructure or debt forgiveness) and returned to the Master Servicer for regular servicing or otherwise realized upon (including any proposed sale of a Defaulted Loan or REO Property), (B) a description of any such proposed or taken actions, and (C) the alternative courses of action that were or are being considered by the Special Servicer in connection with the proposed or taken actions;

(v)                              the status of any foreclosure actions or other proceedings undertaken with respect to such Specially Serviced Loan, any proposed workouts and the status of any negotiations with respect to such workouts, and an assessment of the likelihood of additional defaults under the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan;

(vi)                           a description of any amendment, modification or waiver of a material term of any ground lease (or any space lease or air rights lease, if applicable) or franchise agreement;

(vii)                        the decision that the Special Servicer made, or intends or proposes to make, including a narrative analysis setting forth the Special Servicer’s rationale for its proposed decision, including its rejection of the alternatives;

(viii)                    an analysis of whether or not taking such proposed action is reasonably likely to produce a greater recovery on a present value basis than not taking such action, setting forth (x) the basis on which the Special Servicer made such determination and (y) the net present value calculation and all related assumptions;

(ix)                            the appraised value of the related Mortgaged Property (and a copy of the last obtained Appraisal of such Mortgaged Property) together with a description of any adjustments to the valuation of such Mortgaged Property made by the Special Servicer together with an explanation of those adjustments; and

(x)                               such other information as the Special Servicer deems relevant in light of the Servicing Standard.

If within ten (10) Business Days of receiving an Asset Status Report, the Directing Certificateholder does not disapprove such Asset Status Report in writing or if the Special Servicer makes a determination, in accordance with the Servicing Standard that the disapproval by the Directing Certificateholder (communicated to the Special Servicer within ten (10) Business Days) is not in the best interest of all the Certificateholders and the holder of any related Companion Loan, as a collective whole (taking into account the pari passu or subordinate nature of any Companion Loan), the Special Servicer shall implement the recommended action as outlined in such Asset Status Report; provided, however, that the Special Servicer may not take any action that is contrary to applicable law, the Servicing Standard or the terms of the applicable Mortgage Loan documents. If, with respect to any Mortgage Loan other than an Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, prior to the occurrence and continuance of any Control Termination Event, the Directing Certificateholder disapproves such Asset Status Report within ten (10) Business Days of receipt and the Special Servicer has not made the affirmative determination described above, the Special Servicer shall revise such Asset Status Report and deliver a new Asset Status Report as soon as practicable, but

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in no event later than thirty (30) days after such disapproval, to the Master Servicer, the Directing Certificateholder (prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event and, in the case of a Serviced AB Whole Loan, only prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event and if an AB Control Appraisal Period is in effect with respect to the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan), the Operating Advisor (but only after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event) and the 17g-5 Information Provider (which shall promptly post such report on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in accordance with Section 3.13(c)). With respect to any Mortgage Loan other than an Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, prior to the occurrence and continuance of any Control Termination Event, the Special Servicer shall revise such Asset Status Report as described above in this Section 3.19(d) until the Directing Certificateholder shall fail to disapprove such revised Asset Status Report in writing within ten (10) Business Days of receiving such revised Asset Status Report or until the Special Servicer makes a determination, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, that the disapproval is not in the best interests of the Certificateholders and the holder of any related Companion Loan, as a collective whole (taking into account the pari passu or subordinate nature of any Companion Loan); provided that, if the Directing Certificateholder has not approved the Asset Status Report for a period of sixty (60) Business Days following the first submission of an Asset Status Report, the Special Servicer, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event, shall act pursuant to the Directing Certificateholder’s direction, if consistent with the Servicing Standard, and, if the Directing Certificateholder’s direction would cause the Special Servicer to violate the Servicing Standard, or after the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event, the Special Servicer may act upon the most recently submitted form of Asset Status Report, if consistent with the Servicing Standard; provided, however, that such Asset Status Report does not, and is not intended to be, a substitute for the approvals that are specifically required pursuant to Section 6.08. The Special Servicer may, from time to time, modify any Asset Status Report it has previously delivered and implement such report; provided that such report shall have been prepared, reviewed and not rejected pursuant to the terms of this Section 3.19(d). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to any Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class (regardless of whether a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing), the Special Servicer shall consult with the Operating Advisor, on a non-binding basis, in connection with an Asset Status Report for an Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class that includes a Major Decision and consider alternative actions recommended by the Operating Advisor, in respect thereof, in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 6.08 for consulting with the Operating Advisor.

No direction or disapproval of the Directing Certificateholder hereunder or under a related Intercreditor Agreement or failure of the Directing Certificateholder to consent to or approve (including any deemed consents or approvals) any request of the Special Servicer, shall (a) require or cause the Special Servicer to violate the terms of a Specially Serviced Loan, applicable law or any provision of this Agreement, including the Special Servicer’s obligation to act in accordance with the Servicing Standard and to maintain the REMIC status of each Trust REMIC and the grantor trust status of the Grantor Trust, or (b) result in the imposition of a “prohibited transaction” or “prohibited contribution” tax under the REMIC Provisions, or (c) expose the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Mortgage Loan Sellers, the Trust, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator or their respective

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officers, directors, members, employees or agents to any claim, suit or liability or (d) materially expand the scope of the Special Servicer’s, the Trustee’s or the Master Servicer’s responsibilities under this Agreement.

Prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event, the Special Servicer shall deliver each Final Asset Status Report to the Operating Advisor promptly following the approval or deemed approval of the Directing Certificateholder.

If a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing (or, with respect to a Serviced AB Whole Loan, if both a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing and an AB Control Appraisal Period is in effect), the Special Servicer shall promptly deliver each Asset Status Report prepared in connection with a Specially Serviced Loan to the Operating Advisor (and the Directing Certificateholder (if no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing and such Specially Serviced Loan is not an Excluded Loan as to such party)). The Operating Advisor shall provide comments to the Special Servicer in respect of the Asset Status Report, if any, within ten (10) Business Days following the later of (i) receipt of such Asset Status Report or (ii) receipt of such additional information reasonably requested by the Operating Advisor related thereto, and propose possible alternative courses of action to the extent it determines such alternatives to be in the best interest of the Certificateholders (including any Certificateholders that are holders of the Control Eligible Certificates), as a collective whole. The Special Servicer shall consider such alternative courses of action and any other feedback provided by the Operating Advisor (and the Directing Certificateholder (in each case, if no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing and such Specially Serviced Loan is not an Excluded Loan as to such party or a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan)) in connection with the Special Servicer’s preparation of any Asset Status Report. The Special Servicer may revise the Asset Status Report as it deems necessary to take into account any input and/or comments from the Operating Advisor (and the Directing Certificateholder (if no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing and such Specially Serviced Loan is not an Excluded Loan as to such party)), to the extent the Special Servicer determines that the Operating Advisor’s and/or Directing Certificateholder’s input and/or recommendations are consistent with the Servicing Standard and in the best interest of the Certificateholders as a collective whole (or, with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, the best interest of the Certificateholders and the holders of the related Companion Loan, as a collective whole (taking into account the pari passu or subordinate nature of such Companion Loan)). Promptly upon determining whether or not to revise any Asset Status Report to take into account any input and/or comments from the Operating Advisor or the Directing Certificateholder, the Special Servicer shall revise the Asset Status Report, if applicable, and deliver to the Operating Advisor and the Directing Certificateholder the revised Asset Status Report (until a Final Asset Status Report is issued).

After the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event (and at any time with respect to any Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class), the Directing Certificateholder shall have no right to consent to any Asset Status Report under this Section 3.19. After the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event but prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, the Directing Certificateholder (except with respect to any Excluded Loan as to such party or any Serviced AB Whole Loan if an AB Control Appraisal Period is not in effect) and the Operating Advisor shall consult with the Special Servicer and propose

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alternative courses of action and provide other feedback in respect of any Asset Status Report. The Directing Certificateholder (other than in its capacity as a Certificateholder) (in each case, after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Consultation Termination Event (and at any time with respect to any Excluded Loan as to such party)), shall have no right to receive any Asset Status Report or otherwise consult with the Special Servicer with respect to Asset Status Reports and the Special Servicer shall only be obligated to consult with the Operating Advisor with respect to any Asset Status Report as described above. The Special Servicer may choose to revise the Asset Status Report as it deems reasonably necessary in accordance with the Servicing Standard to take into account any input and/or recommendations of the Operating Advisor or the Directing Certificateholder during the applicable periods described above, but is under no obligation to follow any particular recommendation of the Operating Advisor or the Directing Certificateholder.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an AB Control Appraisal Period is not in effect with respect to an AB Subordinate Companion Loan, the Special Servicer shall prepare an Asset Status Report for any Serviced AB Whole Loan, upon it becoming a Specially Serviced Loan pursuant to this Agreement and the related Intercreditor Agreement, but the Directing Certificateholder will have no approval rights over any such Asset Status Report, and the consent or approval rights with respect to such Asset Status Report shall be as set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement.

The consent and consultation rights of the Directing Certificateholder, the Risk Retention Consultation Party and the Operating Advisor with respect to Asset Status Reports are subject to the provisions of Section 6.08.

(e)               (i)Upon receiving notice of the occurrence of the events described in clause (iv) or (ix) of the definition of Servicing Transfer Event (without regard to the 60-day period set forth therein), the Master Servicer shall with reasonable promptness give notice thereof, and shall use its reasonable efforts to provide the Special Servicer with all information relating to the Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan and reasonably requested by the Special Servicer to enable it to negotiate with the related Mortgagor. The Master Servicer shall use its reasonable efforts to comply with the preceding sentence within five (5) Business Days of the occurrence of each such event.

(ii)               After the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event, upon receiving notice of the occurrence of an event described in clause (iv) or (ix) of the definition of Servicing Transfer Event (without regard to the 60-day period set forth therein), the Master Servicer shall deliver notice thereof to the Operating Advisor at the same time such notice is provided to the Special Servicer pursuant to clause (i) above.

(f)                Prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event, no later than two (2) Business Days following the establishment of a Final Asset Status Report with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan, the Special Servicer shall deliver in electronic format to the Directing Certificateholder (other than with respect to any Excluded Loan as to such party) a draft notice that will include a draft summary of the Final Asset Status Report (which briefly summarizes such Final Asset Status Report, but shall not include any Privileged Information) (and shall deliver each Asset Status Report with respect to a Serviced AB Mortgage Loan if an AB Control Appraisal Period is not in effect (to the extent approved by the related AB Whole Loan

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Controlling Holder), to the Directing Certificateholder). With respect to any Mortgage Loan other than an Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, if, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event, within five (5) Business Days of receipt of such draft summary, the Directing Certificateholder approves of, or does not disapprove of such draft summary, then the Special Servicer shall deliver in electronic format such notice and summary of the Final Asset Status Report to the Certificate Administrator for posting on the Certificate Administrator’s Website pursuant to Section 3.13(b). If the Directing Certificateholder affirmatively disapproves of such summary in writing, then within two (2) Business Days of receipt of such disapproval, the Special Servicer shall revise the summary and deliver such new summary to the Directing Certificateholder until the Directing Certificateholder approves such draft summary; provided, however, that if the Directing Certificateholder has not approved of the draft summary of the Final Asset Status Report within twenty (20) Business Days of receipt of the initial draft summary of the Final Asset Status Report, then the most recent draft summary of the Final Asset Status Report delivered by the Special Servicer prior to such twentieth (20th) Business Day shall be deemed to be the final summary of the Final Asset Status Report; provided, further, however, that if at any time the Special Servicer determines that any affirmative disapproval of such draft summary by the Directing Certificateholder is not in the best interest of all the Certificateholders and the holder of any related Companion Loan, as a collective whole (taking into account the pari passu or subordinate nature of any Companion Loan), pursuant to the Servicing Standard, the Special Servicer shall deliver in electronic format such notice and summary of the Final Asset Status Report to the Certificate Administrator for posting on the Certificate Administrator’s Website pursuant to Section 3.13(b) notwithstanding such disapproval. The Special Servicer shall promptly deliver (but in any event no later than two (2) Business Days following its completion) a copy of each Final Asset Status Report to the Operating Advisor. The Special Servicer shall prepare a summary of any Final Asset Status Report related to any Serviced AB Whole Loan for which the related holder of an AB Subordinate Companion Loan is not subject to an AB Control Appraisal Period, which Final Asset Status Report has been approved or deemed approved by the holder of the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement (to the extent such Intercreditor Agreement requires such approval or deemed approval), and deliver in electronic format notice of such Final Asset Status Report and the summary of such Final Asset Status Report to the Certificate Administrator for posting on the Certificate Administrator’s Website pursuant to Section 3.13(b).

(g)               No provision of this Section 3.19 shall require the Special Servicer to take or to refrain from taking any action because of any proposal, objection or comment by the Operating Advisor or a recommendation of the Operating Advisor.

Section 3.20        Sub-Servicing Agreements. (a) The Master Servicer and the Special Servicer may enter into Sub-Servicing Agreements to provide for the performance by third parties of any or all of its respective obligations hereunder; provided that the Sub-Servicing Agreement as amended or modified: (i) is consistent with this Agreement in all material respects and requires the Sub-Servicer to comply with all of the applicable conditions of this Agreement; (ii) provides that if the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall for any reason no longer act in such capacity hereunder (including, without limitation, by reason of a Servicer Termination Event), the Trustee or its designee shall thereupon assume all of the rights and, except to the extent they arose prior to the date of assumption, obligations of such party under such

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agreement, or, alternatively, may act in accordance with Section 7.02 under the circumstances described therein (subject to Section 3.20(g)); (iii) provides that the Trustee (for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the related Companion Holder (if applicable)) and the Trustee (as holder of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests) shall be a third party beneficiary under such Sub-Servicing Agreement, but that (except to the extent the Trustee or its designee assumes the obligations of such party thereunder as contemplated by the immediately preceding clause (ii)) none of the Trust, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, (other than the Master Servicer or Special Servicer that enters into such Sub-Servicing Agreement) any successor master servicer or successor special servicer or any Certificateholder (or the related Companion Holder, if applicable) shall have any duties under such Sub-Servicing Agreement or any liabilities arising therefrom; (iv) permits any purchaser of a Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement to terminate such Sub-Servicing Agreement with respect to such purchased Mortgage Loan at its option and without penalty; provided, however, that the Initial Sub-Servicing Agreements may only be terminated by the Trustee or its designees as contemplated by Section 3.20(g) and in such additional manner and by such other Persons as is provided in such Sub-Servicing Agreement; (v) does not permit the Sub-Servicer any direct rights of indemnification that may be satisfied out of assets of the Trust except through the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, if and only to the extent provided pursuant to Section 6.04; (vi) does not permit the Sub-Servicer to modify any Mortgage Loan unless and to the extent the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, is permitted hereunder to modify such Mortgage Loan; (vii) does not permit the Sub-Servicer to take any action constituting a Major Decision without the consent of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable (which consent shall not be granted except in accordance with Section 6.08); (viii) with respect to any Sub-Servicing Agreement entered into after the Closing Date, if such Sub-Servicer is a Servicing Function Participant or an Additional Servicer, such Sub-Servicer, at the time the related Sub-Servicing Agreement is entered into, is not a Prohibited Party and (ix) provides that the Sub-Servicer shall be in default under the related Sub-Servicing Agreement and such Sub-Servicing Agreement shall be terminated (following the expiration of any applicable grace period) if the Sub-Servicer fails (A) to deliver by the due date any Exchange Act reporting items required to be delivered to the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Depositor under Article XI or under the Sub-Servicing Agreement or to the applicable master servicer under any other pooling and servicing agreement that the Depositor is a party to, or (B) to perform in any material respect any of its covenants or obligations contained in the Sub-Servicing Agreement regarding creating, obtaining or delivering any Exchange Act reporting items required for any party to this Agreement to perform its obligations under Article XI or under the Exchange Act reporting items required under any other pooling and servicing agreement that the Depositor is a party to. Any successor master servicer or successor special servicer, as applicable, hereunder shall, upon becoming a successor master servicer or successor special servicer, as applicable, be assigned and may assume any Sub-Servicing Agreements from the applicable predecessor Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as the case may be (subject to Section 3.20(g)). In addition, each Sub-Servicing Agreement entered into by the Master Servicer may but need not provide that the obligations of the Sub-Servicer thereunder may terminate with respect to any Mortgage Loan serviced thereunder at the time such Mortgage Loan becomes a Specially Serviced Loan; provided, however, that the Sub-Servicing Agreement may provide (if the Sub-Servicing Agreement provides for Advances by the Sub-Servicer, although it need not so provide) that the Sub-Servicer will continue to make all Advances and calculations and prepare all reports required under the

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Sub-Servicing Agreement with respect to Specially Serviced Loans and continue to collect its Primary Servicing Fees as if no Servicing Transfer Event had occurred and with respect to REO Properties (and the related REO Loans) as if no REO Acquisition had occurred and to render such incidental services with respect to such Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties as are specifically provided for in such Sub-Servicing Agreement. The Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall deliver to the Trustee copies of all Sub-Servicing Agreements, and any amendments thereto and modifications thereof, entered into by it, in each case promptly upon its execution and delivery of such documents. References in this Agreement to actions taken or to be taken by the Master Servicer include actions taken or to be taken by a Sub-Servicer on behalf of the Master Servicer; and, in connection therewith, all amounts advanced by any Sub-Servicer (if the Sub-Servicing Agreement provides for Advances by the Sub-Servicer, although it need not so provide) to satisfy the obligations of the Master Servicer hereunder to make Advances shall be deemed to have been advanced by the Master Servicer out of its own funds and, accordingly, in such event, such Advances shall be recoverable by such Sub-Servicer in the same manner and out of the same funds as if such Sub-Servicer were the Master Servicer, and, for so long as they are outstanding, such Advances shall accrue interest in accordance with Section 3.03(d), such interest to be allocable between the Master Servicer and such Sub-Servicer as may be provided (if at all) pursuant to the terms of the Sub-Servicing Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, the Master Servicer shall be deemed to have received any payment when a Sub-Servicer retained by it receives such payment. The Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall notify the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, the Trustee and the Depositor (and the Special Servicer shall notify the Operating Advisor) in writing promptly of the appointment by it of any Sub-Servicer, except that the Master Servicer need not provide such notice as to the Initial Sub-Servicing Agreements.

(b)               Each Sub-Servicer shall be authorized to transact business in the state or states in which the related Mortgaged Properties it is to service are situated, if and to the extent required by applicable law to the extent necessary to ensure the enforceability of the related Mortgage Loans or the compliance with its obligations under the Sub-Servicing Agreement and the Master Servicer’s obligations under this Agreement.

(c)               As part of its servicing activities hereunder, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer for the benefit of the Trustee and the Certificateholders, shall (at no expense to the Trustee, the Certificateholders or the Trust) monitor the performance and enforce the obligations of each of its Sub-Servicers under the related Sub-Servicing Agreement, except that the Master Servicer shall be required only to use reasonable efforts to cause any Initial Sub-Servicer to comply with the requirements of Article XI. Such enforcement, including, without limitation, the legal prosecution of claims, termination of Sub-Servicing Agreements in accordance with their respective terms and the pursuit of other appropriate remedies, shall be in such form and carried out to such an extent and at such time as is in accordance with the Servicing Standard. The Master Servicer shall have the right to remove a Sub-Servicer retained by it pursuant to the terms of the related Sub-Servicing Agreement.

(d)               In the event the Trustee or its designee becomes a successor master servicer and assumes the rights and obligations of the Master Servicer under any Sub-Servicing Agreement, the Master Servicer, at its expense, shall deliver to the assuming party all documents and records relating to such Sub-Servicing Agreement and the Mortgage Loans and, if applicable, the

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Companion Loans then being serviced thereunder and an accounting of amounts collected and held on behalf of it thereunder, and otherwise use reasonable efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of the Sub-Servicing Agreement to the assuming party.

(e)               Notwithstanding the provisions of any Sub-Servicing Agreement and this Section 3.20, except to the extent provided in Article XI with respect to the obligations of any Sub-Servicer that is an Initial Sub-Servicer, the Master Servicer shall remain obligated and responsible to the Trustee, the Special Servicer, holders of the Companion Loans serviced hereunder and the Certificateholders for the performance of its obligations and duties under this Agreement in accordance with the provisions hereof to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if it alone were servicing and administering the Mortgage Loans for which it is responsible, and the Master Servicer shall pay the fees of any Sub-Servicer thereunder as and when due from its own funds. In no event shall the Trust bear any termination fee required to be paid to any Sub-Servicer as a result of such Sub-Servicer’s termination under any Sub-Servicing Agreement.

(f)                The Trustee, upon the request of the Master Servicer, shall furnish to any Sub-Servicer any documents necessary or appropriate to enable such Sub-Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties under any Sub-Servicing Agreement.

(g)               Each Sub-Servicing Agreement shall provide that, in the event the Trustee or any other Person becomes a successor master servicer, the Trustee or such successor master servicer shall have the right to terminate such Sub-Servicing Agreement with or without cause and without a fee. Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other contrary provision in this Agreement, the Trustee and any successor master servicer shall assume each Initial Sub-Servicing Agreement and (i) the Initial Sub-Servicer’s rights and obligations under the Initial Sub-Servicing Agreement shall expressly survive a termination of the Master Servicer’s servicing rights under this Agreement; provided that the Initial Sub-Servicing Agreement has not been terminated in accordance with its provisions; (ii) any successor master servicer, including, without limitation, the Trustee (if it assumes the servicing obligations of the Master Servicer) shall be deemed to automatically assume and agree to the then-current Initial Sub-Servicing Agreement without further action upon becoming the successor master servicer and (iii) this Agreement may not be modified in any manner which would increase the obligations or limit the rights of the Initial Sub-Servicer hereunder and/or under the Initial Sub-Servicing Agreement, without the prior written consent of the Initial Sub-Servicer (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld).

(h)               With respect to Mortgage Loans subject to a Sub-Servicing Agreement with the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer shall, upon request (such request to be made reasonably in advance as appropriate to the circumstances surrounding such request) of the related Sub-Servicer, reasonably cooperate in delivering reports and information, including remittance information, and affording access to information to the related Sub-Servicer that would be required to be delivered or afforded, as the case may be, to the Master Servicer pursuant to the terms hereof.

(i)                 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Special Servicer shall enter into any Sub-Servicing Agreement that provides for the performance by third parties of any or all of its obligations herein, without, prior to the occurrence and continuance of any Control Termination Event and other than with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is an Excluded Loan

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with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, the consent of the Directing Certificateholder, except to the extent necessary for the Special Servicer to comply with applicable regulatory requirements.

Section 3.21        Interest Reserve Account.

(a)               On the P&I Advance Date occurring in each February or in any January that occurs in a year that is not a leap year (in each case, unless the related Distribution Date is the final Distribution Date), the Certificate Administrator, in respect of the Actual/360 Mortgage Loans, shall deposit into the Interest Reserve Account, an amount equal to one (1) day’s interest on the Stated Principal Balance of the Actual/360 Mortgage Loans as of the Distribution Date occurring in the month preceding the month in which the P&I Advance Date occurs at the related Net Mortgage Rate, to the extent a full Periodic Payment or P&I Advance is made in respect thereof; and (ii) on the Closing Date, the Depositor shall remit to the Certificate Administrator, and the Certificate Administrator shall deposit into the Interest Reserve Account, the Initial Interest Deposit Amount for each Actual/360 Mortgage Loan (all amounts so deposited in any consecutive February and January “Withheld Amounts”).

(b)               On each P&I Advance Date occurring in March (or February, if the related Distribution Date is the final Distribution Date), the Certificate Administrator shall withdraw, from the Interest Reserve Account an amount equal to the Withheld Amounts from the preceding January (if applicable) and February, if any, and deposit such amount into the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account.

Section 3.22        Directing Certificateholder and Operating Advisor Contact with the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer. Within a reasonable time upon request from the Directing Certificateholder or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, and no more often than on a monthly basis, each of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall, without charge, make a knowledgeable Servicing Officer via telephone available to verbally answer questions from (a) the Directing Certificateholder ((i) prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event and (ii) other than with respect to any Excluded Loan as to such party) and (b) upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Control Termination Event, the Operating Advisor (with respect to the Special Servicer only), regarding the performance and servicing of the Mortgage Loans and/or REO Properties for which the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, is responsible.

Section 3.23        Controlling Class Certificateholders, Directing Certificateholder and the Risk Retention Consultation Party; Certain Rights and Powers of Directing Certificateholder and the Risk Retention Consultation Party. (a) Each Controlling Class Certificateholder is hereby deemed to have agreed by virtue of its purchase of a Certificate to provide its name and address to the Certificate Administrator and to notify the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Special Servicer and the Operating Advisor of the transfer of any Certificate of a Controlling Class by delivering a notice to each such Person substantially in the form of Exhibit MM attached hereto, the selection of a Directing Certificateholder or the resignation or removal thereof. The Directing Certificateholder (other than the Loan-Specific Directing Certificateholder) is hereby deemed to have agreed by virtue of its purchase of a Certificate to notify the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the

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Trustee and the Operating Advisor when such Certificateholder is appointed Directing Certificateholder and when it is removed or resigns. To the extent there is only one Controlling Class Certificateholder and it is also the Special Servicer, it shall be the Directing Certificateholder.

On the Closing Date, the initial Directing Certificateholder (other than the Loan-Specific Directing Certificateholder) shall execute a certification substantially in the form of Exhibit P-1G to this Agreement. Upon the resignation or removal of the existing Directing Certificateholder (other than the Loan-Specific Directing Certificateholder), any successor directing certificateholder shall deliver to the parties to this Agreement a certification substantially in the form of Exhibit P-1G to this Agreement prior to being recognized as the new Directing Certificateholder.

On the Closing Date, the initial Risk Retention Consultation Party shall execute a certification substantially in the form of Exhibit P-1H to this Agreement. Upon the resignation or removal of the existing Risk Retention Consultation Party, any successor Risk Retention Consultation Party shall deliver to the parties to this Agreement a certification substantially in the form of Exhibit P-1H to this Agreement prior to being recognized as the new Risk Retention Consultation Party.

(b)               Once a Directing Certificateholder has been selected, each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and each other Certificateholder (or Certificate Owner, if applicable) shall be entitled to rely on such selection unless the Controlling Class Certificateholders entitled to appoint such Directing Certificateholder, by Certificate Balance, or the Directing Certificateholder shall have notified the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and each other Controlling Class Certificateholder, in writing, of the resignation of such Directing Certificateholder or the selection of a new Directing Certificateholder. In the event that (i) the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Operating Advisor receives written notice from a majority of the Controlling Class Certificateholders that a Directing Certificateholder is no longer designated and (ii) the Controlling Class Certificateholder that owns the largest aggregate Certificate Balance of the Controlling Class (or a representative thereof) becomes the Directing Certificateholder pursuant to the proviso of the definition of “Directing Certificateholder”, then the Controlling Class Certificateholder that owns the largest aggregate Certificate Balance of the Controlling Class (or its representative) shall provide its name and address to the Certificate Administrator and notify the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Special Servicer, the Trustee and the Operating Advisor that it is the new Directing Certificateholder; provided that the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Special Servicer, the Trustee and the Operating Advisor shall be entitled to rely on the written notification provided by the purported Controlling Class Certificateholder that owns the largest aggregate Certificate Balance of the Controlling Class without independently verifying that such Controlling Class Certificateholder actually owns the largest aggregate Certificate Balance of the Controlling Class. The foregoing provisions shall not be applicable to the Directing Certificateholder that is a Loan-Specific Directing Certificateholder. Additionally, once a Risk Retention Consultation Party has been selected, each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and each other Certificateholder (or Certificate Owner, if applicable) shall be

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entitled to rely on such selection unless the Holders of the RR Interest entitled to appoint the Risk Retention Consultation Party, by Certificate Balance, or such Risk Retention Consultation Party shall have notified the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and each other Holder of the RR Interest, in writing, of the selection of a new Risk Retention Consultation Party.

(c)               Until it receives notice to the contrary, each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and the Trustee shall be entitled to rely on the most recent notification with respect to the identity of the Controlling Class Certificateholder, the Directing Certificateholder and the Risk Retention Consultation Party.

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

(e)               Upon request, the Certificate Administrator shall deliver to the Depositor, Trustee, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Master Servicer and, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, the Directing Certificateholder, a list of each Controlling Class Certificateholder as reflected in the Certificate Register, including names and addresses. In addition to the foregoing, within five (5) Business Days of receiving notice of the selection of a new Directing Certificateholder or Risk Retention Consultation Party or the existence of a new Controlling Class Certificateholder, the Certificate Administrator shall notify the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) LD III Sub XI, LLC shall be the initial Directing Certificateholder and shall remain so until a successor is appointed pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or until a Consultation Termination Event occurs and is continuing, provided that if such Directing Certificateholder resigns, there shall be no Directing Certificateholder until such time as one is appointed pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and, until such time as a new Directing Certificateholder is appointed under the terms of this Agreement, the Special Servicer or any other party under this Agreement shall not be required to consent or consult with, or provide notices or documents to, any Directing Certificateholder, and (b) Bank of America, National Association shall be the initial Risk Retention Consultation Party and shall remain so until a successor is appointed pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or until a Consultation Termination Event occurs and is continuing.

Until it receives notice to the contrary, each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee shall be entitled to rely on the preceding sentence with respect to the identity of the Directing Certificateholder and the Risk Retention Consultation Party.

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(f)                If the Certificate Administrator determines that a Class of Book-Entry Certificates is the Controlling Class, the Certificate Administrator shall notify the related Certificateholders of such Class (through the Depository) of the Class becoming the Controlling Class.

(g)              Each Certificateholder acknowledges and agrees, by its acceptance of its Certificates, that: (i) the Directing Certificateholder may have special relationships and interests that conflict with those of Holders of one or more Classes of Certificates; (ii) the Directing Certificateholder may act solely in the interests of the Holders of the Controlling Class or in its own interest; (iii) the Directing Certificateholder does not have any liability or duties to the Holders of any Class of Certificates other than the Controlling Class (or in the case of the Loan-Specific Directing Certificateholder has no liabilities or duties to the Controlling Class or the Holders of any Class of Certificates); (iv) the Directing Certificateholder may take actions that favor interests of the Holders of one or more Classes including the Controlling Class over the interests of the Holders of one or more other Classes of Certificates; and (v) the Directing Certificateholder shall have no liability whatsoever (other than to a Controlling Class Certificateholder; provided that the Loan-Specific Directing Certificateholder shall have no such liability) for having so acted as set forth in clauses (i) through (v) above, and no Certificateholder may take any action whatsoever against the Directing Certificateholder or any director, officer, employee, agent or principal of the Directing Certificateholder for having so acted.

Each Certificateholder acknowledges and agrees, by its acceptance of its Certificates, that: (i) the Risk Retention Consultation Party may have special relationships and interests that conflict with those of Holders of one or more Classes of Certificates; (ii) the Risk Retention Consultation Party may act solely in the interests of the Holders of the RR Interest; (iii) the Risk Retention Consultation Party does not have any liability or duties to the Holders of any Class of Certificates other than the RR Interest; (iv) the Risk Retention Consultation Party may take actions that favor interests of the Holders of one or more Classes including the RR Interest over the interests of the Holders of one or more other Classes of Certificates; and (v) the Risk Retention Consultation Party shall have no liability whatsoever (other than to a Holder of an RR Interest) for having so acted as set forth in clauses (i) through (iv) above, and no Certificateholder may take any action whatsoever against the Risk Retention Consultation Party or any director, officer, employee, agent or principal of the Risk Retention Consultation Party for having so acted.

(h)               All requirements of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer to provide notices, reports, statements or other information (including the access to information on a website) to the Directing Certificateholder contained in this Agreement shall also apply to each Companion Holder with respect to information relating to the related Serviced AB Mortgage Loan or a Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable; provided, however, that nothing in this subsection (h) shall in any way eliminate the obligation to deliver any information required to be delivered under the related Intercreditor Agreement.

(i)                 Until it receives notice to the contrary, each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee and the Operating Advisor shall be entitled to rely on the most recent notification with respect to the identity and contact information

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of the Controlling Class Certificateholder, the Directing Certificateholder, the Risk Retention Consultation Party and any AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder.

(j)                 With respect to a Serviced Whole Loan and any approval and consent rights in this Agreement with respect to such Serviced Whole Loan, the related Serviced Whole Loan Controlling Holder shall exercise such rights in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement.

(k)               The Certificate Registrar shall determine which Class of Certificates is the then-current Controlling Class within two (2) Business Days of a request from the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, Certificate Administrator, Trustee, or any Certificateholder and provide such information to the requesting party.

(l)                 Promptly upon its determination of a change in the Controlling Class, the Certificate Administrator shall (i) include on its statement made available pursuant to Section 4.02(a) of this Agreement the identity of the new Controlling Class and (ii) provide to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Operating Advisor notice of such event and the identity and contact information of the new Controlling Class Certificateholder (the cost of obtaining such information from DTC being an expense of the Trust). The Certificate Administrator shall notify the Operating Advisor, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer within ten (10) Business Days of the existence or cessation of (i) any Control Termination Event or (ii) any Consultation Termination Event. Upon the Certificate Administrator’s determination that a Control Termination Event or a Consultation Termination Event has occurred or is terminated, the Certificate Administrator shall, within ten (10) Business Days, post a “special notice” on the Certificate Administrator’s Website pursuant to this provision. Any party hereto may at any time request from the Certificate Administrator written confirmation of whether there existed a Control Termination Event or a Consultation Termination Event during the preceding calendar year and the Certificate Administrator shall deliver such confirmation to such party within ten (10) days of such request.

In the event that a Control Termination Event has occurred, such special notice shall state “A Control Termination Event has occurred due to the reduction of the Certificate Balance of the Class F Certificates to less than 25% of the aggregate Original Certificate Balance thereof, with regard to the application of any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts.”

In the event that a Consultation Termination Event has occurred, such special notice shall state “A Consultation Termination Event has occurred due to the reduction of the Certificate Balance of the Class F Certificates to less than 25% of the aggregate Original Certificate Balance thereof, without regard to the application of any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts.”

In the event that a Consultation Termination Event has occurred due to the reduction of each Class of Control Eligible Certificates below 25% of its Original Certificate Balance, in each case without regard to the application of any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts, such special notice shall state: “A Consultation Termination Event has occurred because no Class of Control Eligible Certificates exists where such class’s aggregate Certificate Balance is at least equal to 25% of the Original Certificate Balance of that class, in each case without regard to the application of any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts.”

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The Directing Certificateholder shall not have any consent or consultation rights with respect to any Mortgage Loan determined to be an Excluded Loan as to either the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class. Notwithstanding the proviso to each of the definitions of “Control Termination Event” and “Consultation Termination Event”, in either such case, in respect of the servicing of any such Excluded Loan, a Control Termination Event and a Consultation Termination Event will each be deemed to have occurred with respect to any such Excluded Loan as to such party.

The Risk Retention Consultation Party shall not have any consultation rights with respect to any Mortgage Loan determined to be an Excluded Loan as to either such Risk Retention Consultation Party or the Holder of the majority of the RR Interest.

Section 3.24        Intercreditor Agreements. (a) The Master Servicer and Special Servicer acknowledges and agrees that each Serviced Whole Loan being serviced under this Agreement and each Mortgage Loan with mezzanine debt is subject to the terms and provisions of the related Intercreditor Agreement and each agrees to service each such Serviced Whole Loan, and each Mortgage Loan with mezzanine debt, in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement, including, without limitation, effecting distributions and allocating reimbursement of expenses in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement and, in the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and the related Intercreditor Agreement, the related Intercreditor Agreement shall govern. Notwithstanding anything contrary in this Agreement, each of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer agrees not to take any action with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, or a Mortgage Loan with mezzanine debt, or the related Mortgaged Property without the prior consent of the related Companion Holder or mezzanine lender, as applicable, to the extent that the related Intercreditor Agreement provides that such Companion Holder or mezzanine lender, as applicable, is required or permitted to consent to such action. Each of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer acknowledges and agrees that each Companion Holder and each mezzanine lender or its respective designee has the right to purchase the related Mortgage Loan pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the related Intercreditor Agreement to the extent provided for therein. The Master Servicer and the Special Servicer further acknowledges and agrees that any AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder will have the right to replace the Special Servicer solely with respect to the related Serviced AB Whole Loan, to the extent provided for herein and in the related Intercreditor Agreement.

(b)               Neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall have any liability for any cost, claim or damage that arises from any entitlement in favor of a Companion Holder or a mezzanine lender under the related Intercreditor Agreement or conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of such Intercreditor Agreement. Notwithstanding any provision of any Intercreditor Agreement that may otherwise require the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer to abide by any instruction or direction of a Companion Holder or a mezzanine lender, neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall be required to comply with any instruction or direction the compliance with which requires an Advance that constitutes or would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance. In no event shall any expense arising from compliance with an Intercreditor Agreement constitute an expense to be borne by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer for its own account without reimbursement. In no event shall the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer be required to consult with or obtain the consent of any Companion Holder or a mezzanine lender unless such Companion Holder or mezzanine lender has delivered notice of its

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identity and contact information to each of the parties to this Agreement (upon which notice each of the parties to this Agreement shall be conclusively entitled to rely). As of the Closing Date, the contact information for the Companion Holders and mezzanine lenders is as set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement. In no event shall the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, be required to consult with or obtain the consent of a new Directing Certificateholder or a new Controlling Class Certificateholder or consult with a new Risk Retention Consultation Party unless the Certificate Administrator has delivered notice to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, as required under Section 3.23(e) or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, have actual knowledge of the identity and contact information of a new Directing Certificateholder, a new Controlling Class Certificateholder or a new Risk Retention Consultation Party.

(c)               No direction or disapproval of the Companion Holders or any mezzanine lender shall (a) require or cause the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer to violate the terms of a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, applicable law or any provision of this Agreement, including the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s obligation to act in accordance with the Servicing Standard and to maintain the REMIC status of each Trust REMIC and the grantor trust status of the Grantor Trust, (b) result in the imposition of a “prohibited transaction” or “prohibited contribution” tax under the REMIC Provisions or (c) materially expand the scope of the Special Servicer’s, Trustee’s, the Certificate Administrator’s or the Master Servicer’s responsibilities under this Agreement.

(d)               With respect to any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan, notwithstanding any rights the Operating Advisor, the Directing Certificateholder or the Risk Retention Consultation Party hereunder may have to consult with respect to any action or other matter with respect to the servicing of such Companion Loan, to the extent the related Intercreditor Agreement provides that such right is exercisable by the related Companion Holder or is exercisable in conjunction with any related Companion Holder, the Directing Certificateholder and the Risk Retention Consultation Party shall not be permitted to exercise such right or, to the extent provided in the related Intercreditor Agreement, shall be required to exercise such right in conjunction with the related Companion Holder, as applicable (except to the extent that the Directing Certificateholder or the Risk Retention Consultation Party is the related Serviced Whole Loan Controlling Holder). Additionally, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall consult, seek the approval or obtain the consent of the holder of any Serviced Companion Loan with respect to any matters with respect to the servicing of such Companion Loan to the extent required under related Intercreditor Agreement and shall not take such actions requiring consent of the related Companion Holder without such consent. In addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall deliver reports and notices to the related Companion Holder as required under the Intercreditor Agreement.

(e)               Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Special Servicer shall be required (i) to provide copies of any notice, information and report that it is required to provide to the Controlling Class Certificateholder pursuant to this Agreement with respect to any Major Decisions or the implementation of any recommended actions outlined in an Asset Status Report relating to a Serviced Whole Loan to the related Companion Holder, within the same time frame it is required to provide to the Controlling Class Certificateholder (for this

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purpose, without regard to whether such items are actually required to be provided to the Controlling Class Certificateholder under this Agreement due to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event or the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event) and (ii) to consult with any related Companion Holder on a strictly non-binding basis, to the extent having received such notices, information and reports, such related Companion Holder requests consultation with respect to any such Major Decisions or the implementation of any recommended actions outlined in an Asset Status Report relating to a Serviced Whole Loan, and consider alternative actions recommended by such related Companion Holder; provided that after the expiration of a period of ten (10) Business Days from the delivery to such related Companion Holder by the Special Servicer of written notice of a proposed action, together with copies of the notice, information and report required to be provided to the Controlling Class Certificateholder, the Special Servicer shall no longer be obligated to consult with such related Companion Holder, whether or not such related Companion Holder has responded within such ten (10) Business Day period (unless, the Special Servicer proposes a new course of action that is materially different from the action previously proposed, in which case such ten (10) Business Day period shall be deemed to begin anew from the date of such proposal and delivery of all information relating thereto). Notwithstanding the consultation rights of the related Companion Holder set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, the Special Servicer may make any Major Decision or take any action set forth in the Asset Status Report before the expiration of the aforementioned ten (10) Business Day period if the Special Servicer determines that immediate action with respect thereto is necessary to protect the interests of the Certificateholders and the related Companion Holder. In no event shall the Special Servicer be obligated at any time to follow or take any alternative actions recommended by the related Companion Holder.

(f)                In addition to the consultation rights of the holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan provided in the immediately preceding paragraph, such Companion Holder shall have the right to attend (in person or telephonically, in the discretion of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as the case may be) annual meetings with the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer at the offices of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, upon reasonable notice and at times reasonably acceptable to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in which servicing issues related to the related Whole Loan are discussed.

(g)               With respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, the Special Servicer shall not modify, waive or amend the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement such that the monthly remittance to the holder of the related Companion Loan is required earlier than 2 Business Days after receipt by the Master Servicer of the related Periodic Payment without the consent of the Master Servicer.

(h)               To the extent not otherwise expressly included herein, any provisions required to be included herein pursuant to any Intercreditor Agreement for a Whole Loan are deemed incorporated herein by reference, and the parties hereto shall comply with those provisions as if set forth herein in full.

Section 3.25        Rating Agency Confirmation. (a) Notwithstanding the terms of any related Mortgage Loan documents or other provisions of this Agreement, if any action under any Mortgage Loan documents or this Agreement requires Rating Agency Confirmation as a condition precedent to such action, if the party (the “RAC Requesting Party”) required to obtain such Rating

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Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency has made a request to any Rating Agency for such Rating Agency Confirmation and, within ten (10) Business Days of the Rating Agency Confirmation request being posted to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website, such Rating Agency has not replied to such request or has responded in a manner that indicates that such Rating Agency is neither reviewing such request nor waiving the requirement for Rating Agency Confirmation, then such RAC Requesting Party shall be required to confirm (through direct communication and not by posting any confirmation on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website) that the applicable Rating Agency has received the Rating Agency Confirmation request, and, if it has not, promptly request the related Rating Agency Confirmation again (which may be through direct communication). The circumstances described in the preceding sentence are referred to in this Agreement as a “RAC No-Response Scenario.” Once the RAC Requesting Party has sent a request for a Rating Agency Confirmation to the 17g-5 Information Provider, such RAC Requesting Party may, but shall not be obligated to send such request directly to the Rating Agencies in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 13.10(d).

If there is no response to such Rating Agency Confirmation request within five (5) Business Days of such second request in a RAC No-Response Scenario or if such Rating Agency has responded in a manner that indicates such Rating Agency is neither reviewing such request nor waiving the requirement for Rating Agency Confirmation, then (x) with respect to any condition in any Mortgage Loan document requiring such Rating Agency Confirmation or with respect to any other matter under this Agreement relating to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans (other than as set forth in clause (y) below), the requirement to obtain a Rating Agency Confirmation shall be deemed not to apply (as if such requirement did not exist) with respect to such Rating Agency and the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, may then take such action if the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, confirms its original determination (made prior to making such request) that taking the action with respect to which it requested the Rating Agency Confirmation would still be consistent with the Servicing Standard, and (y) with respect to a replacement of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, such condition shall be deemed not to apply (as if such requirement did not exist) if (i) KBRA has not publicly cited servicing concerns with respect to the applicable replacement master servicer or special servicer as the sole or a material factor in any qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings (or placement on “watch status” in contemplation of a ratings downgrade or withdrawal) of securities in any other CMBS transaction serviced by such replacement master servicer or special servicer prior to the time of determination, if KBRA is the non-responding Rating Agency, (ii) the applicable replacement master servicer or special servicer is rated at least “CMS3” (in the case of the replacement master servicer) or “CSS3” (in the case of the replacement special servicer), if Fitch is the non-responding Rating Agency, or (iii) the applicable replacement master servicer or special servicer has been appointed and currently serves as a master servicer or a special servicer, as applicable, on a transaction-level basis on a commercial mortgage-backed securities transaction currently rated by Moody’s that currently has securities outstanding and for which Moody’s has not cited servicing concerns with respect to such replacement master servicer or special servicer as the sole or a material factor in any qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings (or placement on “watch status” in contemplation of a rating downgrade or withdrawal) of securities in a commercial mortgage-backed securitization transaction serviced by the applicable replacement master servicer or special servicer prior to the time of determination, if Moody’s is the non-responding Rating Agency.

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Any Rating Agency Confirmation request made by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, Certificate Administrator or Trustee, as applicable, pursuant to this Agreement, shall be made in writing, which writing shall contain a cover page indicating the nature of the Rating Agency Confirmation request, and shall contain all back-up material necessary for the Rating Agency to process such request. Such written Rating Agency Confirmation request shall be provided in electronic format to the 17g-5 Information Provider, and the 17g-5 Information Provider shall post such request on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in accordance with Section 3.13(c).

Promptly following the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s determination to take any action discussed in this Section 3.25(a) following any requirement to obtain a Rating Agency Confirmation being deemed not to apply (as if such requirement did not exist), the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall provide electronic written notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider of the action taken for the particular item at such time, and the 17g-5 Information Provider shall promptly post such notice on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in accordance with Section 3.13(c).

(b)              Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3.25, for purposes of the provisions of any Mortgage Loan document relating to defeasance (including without limitation the type of collateral acceptable for use as defeasance collateral) or release or substitution of any collateral, any Rating Agency Confirmation requirement in the Mortgage Loan documents for which the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer would have been permitted to waive obtaining or to make a determination with respect to such Rating Agency Confirmation pursuant to Section 3.25(a) shall be deemed not to apply (as if such requirement did not exist).

(c)               For all other matters or actions not specifically discussed in Section 3.25(a) above, the applicable RAC Requesting Party shall deliver Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency.

(d)               With respect to any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan as to which there exists Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan Securities, if any action relating to the servicing and administration of the related Whole Loan or any related REO Property (including, but not limited to, the replacement of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or a sub-servicer) (the “Relevant Action”) requires delivery of a Rating Agency Confirmation as a condition precedent to such action pursuant to this Agreement, then such action will also require delivery of a confirmation of each Companion Loan Rating Agency that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan Securities, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to this Section 3.25) as a condition precedent to such action, which confirmation shall be sought by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, seeking the corresponding Rating Agency Confirmation(s) in connection with the Relevant Action.

Section 3.26        The Operating Advisor. (a) The Operating Advisor shall promptly review (i) all information made available to Privileged Persons on the Certificate Administrator’s Website (A) that relates to any Specially Serviced Loan, and (B) that is contained in the CREFC^®

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Servicer Watch List prepared by the Master Servicer and (ii) each Final Asset Status Report delivered to the Operating Advisor by the Special Servicer.

(b)               The Operating Advisor and its Affiliates will be obligated to keep confidential any information appropriately labeled as “Privileged Information” and any information that appears on its face to be Privileged Information received from the Special Servicer or Directing Certificateholder in connection with the Directing Certificateholder’s exercise of its rights under this Agreement (including, without limitation, in connection with the review and/or approval of any Asset Status Report), subject to any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree requiring the disclosure of such Privileged Information. Subject to the terms and conditions in this Agreement related to Privileged Information, the Operating Advisor agrees that it shall use information received from the Special Servicer pursuant to the terms of this Agreement solely for purposes of complying with its duties and obligations hereunder.

(c)               (i) After the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event, based on the Operating Advisor’s review of any assessment of compliance report, attestation report, Asset Status Report and other information (other than any communications between the Directing Certificateholder and the Special Servicer that would be Privileged Information) delivered to the Operating Advisor by the Special Servicer, including each Asset Status Report delivered during the prior calendar year, the Operating Advisor shall (if any Mortgage Loans (other than Servicing Shift Mortgage Loans) were Specially Serviced Loans during the prior calendar year) deliver to the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and the 17g-5 Information Provider within one hundred-twenty (120) days of the end of the prior calendar year for which a Control Termination Event was continuing as of December 31 of such prior calendar year, an annual report (the “Operating Advisor Annual Report”), substantially in the form of Exhibit V (which form may be modified or altered as to either its organization or content by the Operating Advisor, subject to compliance of such form with the terms and provisions of this Agreement including, without limitation, provisions herein relating to Privileged Information; provided, however, that in no event shall the information or any other content included in the Operating Advisor Annual Report contravene any provision of this Agreement), setting forth the Operating Advisor’s assessment of the Special Servicer’s performance of its duties under this Agreement during the prior calendar year with respect to the resolution and/or liquidation of Specially Serviced Loans (other than Servicing Shift Mortgage Loans) that the Special Servicer is responsible for servicing under this Agreement; provided, further, however, that in the event the Special Servicer is replaced, the Operating Advisor Annual Report shall only relate to the Special Servicer that was acting as Special Servicer as of December 31 in the prior calendar year and is continuing in such capacity through the date of such Operating Advisor Annual Report. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Serviced AB Whole Loan, no Operating Advisor Annual Report will be permitted to include an assessment of the Special Servicer’s performance in respect of such Serviced AB Whole Loan until an AB Control Appraisal Period is in effect under the related Intercreditor Agreement. Subject to the restrictions in this Agreement, including, without limitation, Section 3.26(c), each such Operating Advisor Annual Report shall (A) identify any material deviations (i) from the Servicing Standard and (ii) from the Special Servicer’s obligations under this Agreement with respect to the resolution or liquidation of Specially Serviced Loans or REO Properties that the Special Servicer is responsible for servicing under this Agreement (other than with respect to any REO Property related to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan or a Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan) and (B) comply with all of the confidentiality

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requirements described in this Agreement regarding Privileged Information (subject to any permitted exceptions); provided that the Operating Advisor shall not be required to report on any instances of non-compliance with, or deviations from, the Servicing Standard or the Special Servicer’s obligations under this Agreement that the Operating Advisor determines, in accordance with the Operating Advisor Standard, to be immaterial. Such Operating Advisor Annual Report shall be delivered to the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator (which shall promptly post such Operating Advisor Annual Report on the Certificate Administrator’s Website in accordance with Section 3.13(b)) and the 17g-5 Information Provider (which shall promptly post such Operating Advisor Annual Report on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in accordance with Section 3.13(c)); provided, however, that the Special Servicer shall be given an opportunity to review the Operating Advisor Annual Report at least five (5) Business Days prior to its delivery to the Certificate Administrator and the 17g-5 Information Provider. The Operating Advisor shall have no obligation to adopt any comments to the Operating Advisor Annual Report that are provided by the Special Servicer. The Operating Advisor Annual Report will be prepared on the basis of the Special Servicer’s performance of its duties as they relate to the resolution and/or liquidation of Specially Serviced Loans, taking into account the Special Servicer’s specific duties under this Agreement as well as the extent to which those duties were performed in accordance with the Servicing Standard, with reasonable consideration by the Operating Advisor of the items required to be reviewed by it pursuant to this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Operating Advisor Annual Report shall be required from the Operating Advisor with respect to any calendar year as to which no Final Asset Status Report was prepared by the Special Servicer in connection with a Specially Serviced Loan or REO Property.

(ii)               In the event the Operating Advisor’s ability to perform its obligations in respect of the Operating Advisor Annual Report is limited or prohibited due to the failure of a party hereto to timely deliver information required to be delivered to the Operating Advisor or because such information is inaccurate or incomplete, the Operating Advisor shall set forth such limitations or prohibitions in the related Operating Advisor Annual Report, and the Operating Advisor shall not be subject to any liability arising from such limitations or prohibitions. The Operating Advisor shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the accuracy and completeness of any information it is provided without liability for any such reliance hereunder. In the event a lack of access to Privileged Information limits or prohibits the Operating Advisor from performing its duties under this Agreement, the Operating Advisor shall set forth any such limitations or prohibitions in the related Operating Advisor Annual Report, and the Operating Advisor shall not be subject to any liability arising from its lack of access to Privileged Information.

(d)               With respect to each Serviced Mortgage Loan (other than a Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan) or Serviced Whole Loan (other than a Servicing Shift Whole Loan), prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event (or, with respect to a Serviced AB Whole Loan, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event and if an AB Control Appraisal Period is not in effect), the Special Servicer will forward any (i) Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount (if the applicable special servicer has calculated any such Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount) and (ii) net present value calculations used in the Special Servicer’s determination of what course of action to take in connection with the workout or liquidation of a Specially Serviced Loan to the Operating Advisor after such calculations have been finalized. The Operating Advisor shall review such

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calculations but shall not opine on or take any affirmative action with respect to such Appraisal Reduction Amount calculations and/or net present value calculations (except that if the Operating Advisor discovers a material mathematical error contained in such calculations, them the Operating Advisor shall notify the Special Servicer of such error).

(e)               (i) With respect to each Serviced Mortgage Loan (other than a Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan) or Serviced Whole Loan (other than a Servicing Shift Whole Loan), after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event, and with respect to any Serviced AB Whole Loan, after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event and if an AB Control Appraisal Period is in effect, after the calculation but prior to the utilization by the Special Servicer of any of the calculations related to (i) Appraisal Reduction Amounts or Collateral Deficiency Amount (if the Special Servicer has calculated any such Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount) or (ii) net present value in accordance with Section 1.02(iv), the Special Servicer shall forward such calculations, together with any supporting material or additional information necessary in support thereof (including such additional information reasonably requested by the Operating Advisor to confirm the mathematical accuracy of such calculations, but not including any Privileged Communications), to the Operating Advisor promptly, but in any event no later than three (3) Business Days after preparing such calculations, and the Operating Advisor shall promptly, but no later than five (5) Business Days after receipt of such calculations and any supporting or additional materials, recalculate and verify the accuracy of the mathematical calculations and the corresponding application of the non-discretionary portion of the applicable formulas required to be utilized in connection with any such calculation.

(ii)               In connection with this Section 3.26(e), in the event the Operating Advisor does not agree with the mathematical calculations of the Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount (if calculated by the Special Servicer) or net present value or the application of the applicable non-discretionary portions of the formula required to be utilized for such calculation, the Operating Advisor and the Special Servicer shall consult with each other in order to resolve any material inaccuracy in the mathematical calculations or the application of the non-discretionary portions of the related formula in arriving at those mathematical calculations or any disagreement within eight (8) Business Days of delivery of such calculations. The Master Servicer shall cooperate with the Special Servicer and provide any information reasonably requested by the Special Servicer necessary for the calculation of the Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount that is either in its possession or, solely with respect to Non-Specially Serviced Loans, reasonably obtainable by the Master Servicer. In the event the Operating Advisor and the Special Servicer are not able to resolve such inaccuracies or disagreement prior to the end of such eight (8) Business Day period, the Operating Advisor shall promptly notify the Certificate Administrator of such disagreement and the Certificate Administrator shall examine the calculations and supporting materials provided by the Operating Advisor and the Special Servicer and determine which calculation is to apply and shall provide such parties prompt written notice of its determination. With respect to the Operating Advisor’s review of net present value or Appraisal Reduction Amount calculations as described above, the Operating Advisor’s recalculation shall not take into account the reasonableness of the Special Servicer’s property and borrower performance assumptions or other similar discretionary portions of the net present value or Appraisal Reduction Amount calculation.

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(iii)             Notwithstanding the foregoing, the consultation duties of the Operating Advisor set forth in this Agreement shall not be permitted to be exercised by the Operating Advisor with respect to any Serviced AB Whole Loan until after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event (except with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is an Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class) and an AB Control Appraisal Period is in effect.

(f)                Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event, the Operating Advisor will be limited to an after-the-action review of any assessment of compliance, attestation report, Final Asset Status Report and other information delivered to the Operating Advisor by the Special Servicer or made available to Privileged Persons that are posted on the Certificate Administrator’s Website during the prior calendar year (together with any additional information and material reviewed by the Operating Advisor), and, therefore, it shall have no specific involvement with respect to collateral substitutions, assignments, workouts, modifications, consents, waivers, lockbox management, insurance policies, borrower substitutions, lease changes, additional borrower debt, defeasances, property management changes, releases from escrow, assumptions and other similar actions that the Special Servicer may perform under this Agreement.

(g)               The Operating Advisor and its Affiliates shall keep all information appropriately labeled as “Privileged Information” and any information that appears on its face to be Privileged Information received from the Special Servicer or the Directing Certificateholder in connection with the Directing Certificateholder's exercise of its rights under this Agreement confidential and shall not disclose such Privileged Information to any Person (including Certificateholders other than the Directing Certificateholder), other than (1) to the extent expressly required by this Agreement to the other parties to this Agreement with a notice indicating that such information is Privileged Information, (2) pursuant to a Privileged Information Exception or (3) where necessary to support specific findings or conclusions concerning allegations of deviations from the Servicing Standard or the Special Servicer’s obligations under this Agreement (i) in the Operating Advisor Annual Report or (ii) in connection with a recommendation by the Operating Advisor to replace the Special Servicer. Each party to this Agreement that receives Privileged Information from the Operating Advisor with a notice stating that such information is Privileged Information shall not disclose such Privileged Information to any Person without the prior written consent of the Special Servicer and, unless a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Directing Certificateholder (with respect to any Mortgage Loan other than a Non-Serviced Whole Loan and other than any Mortgage Loan that is an Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class) other than pursuant to a Privileged Information Exception. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Operating Advisor shall be permitted to share Privileged Information with its Affiliates and any subcontractors of the Operating Advisor that agree in writing to be bound by the same confidentiality provisions applicable to the Operating Advisor.

(h)               Subject to the requirements of confidentiality imposed on the Operating Advisor herein (including without limitation in respect of Privileged Information), the Operating Advisor shall respond to Inquiries proposed by Privileged Persons from time to time in accordance with the terms of Section 4.07(a).

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(i)                 The Operating Advisor shall be paid a fee of $5,000 on the Closing Date. As compensation for its activities hereunder, the Operating Advisor shall be entitled to receive the Operating Advisor Fee on each Remittance Date with respect to each Mortgage Loan and each REO Loan (but excluding any related Companion Loan). As to each Mortgage Loan and each REO Loan, the Operating Advisor Fee shall accrue from time to time at the Operating Advisor Fee Rate and shall be computed on the basis of the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan or REO Loan, as the case may be, and in the same manner as interest is calculated on the related Mortgage Loan or REO Loan, as the case may be, and, in connection with any partial month interest payment, for the same period respecting which any related interest payment due on the related Mortgage Loan or deemed to be due on such REO Loan is computed.

The Operating Advisor shall be entitled to reimbursement of any Operating Advisor Expenses provided for pursuant to Section 6.04(a) and/or 6.04(b), such amounts to be reimbursed from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account as provided by Section 3.05(a). Each successor operating advisor shall be required to acknowledge and agree to the terms of the preceding sentence.

In addition, the Operating Advisor Consulting Fee shall be payable to the Operating Advisor with respect to each Major Decision for which the Operating Advisor has consultation obligations hereunder. The Operating Advisor Consulting Fee shall be payable from funds on deposit in the Collection Account as provided in Section 3.05(a)(ii) of this Agreement, but, with respect to the period when the outstanding Certificate Balances of the Control Eligible Certificates have not been reduced to zero as a result of the allocation of Realized Losses to such Certificates, only to the extent such Operating Advisor Consulting Fee is actually received from the related Mortgagor. When the Operating Advisor has consultation obligations with respect to a Major Decision under this Agreement, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall use commercially reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to collect the applicable Operating Advisor Consulting Fee from the related Mortgagor in connection with such Major Decision, but only to the extent not prohibited by the related Mortgage Loan documents, and in no event will it take any enforcement action with respect to the collection of such Operating Advisor Consulting Fee other than requests for collection. The Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, may waive or reduce the amount of any Operating Advisor Consulting Fee payable by the related Mortgagor if it determines that such full or partial waiver is in accordance with the Servicing Standard; provided that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall consult, on a non-binding basis, with the Operating Advisor prior to any such waiver or reduction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Operating Advisor will have no obligations or consultation rights in its capacity as operating advisor with respect to: (i) any Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan, Non-Serviced Whole Loan or any related REO Property or (ii) any Serviced AB Whole Loan, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event and if an AB Control Appraisal Period is not in effect; provided, further, that the Operating Advisor shall not be entitled to an Operating Advisor Consulting Fee with respect to any Non-Serviced Whole Loan.

(j)                 After the occurrence and during the continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, the Operating Advisor may be removed upon (i) the written direction of Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights (taking into account the application of Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts to notionally reduce the Certificate

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Balances of Classes to which such Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts are allocable) requesting a vote to replace the Operating Advisor with a replacement Operating Advisor selected by such Certificateholders (provided that the proposed replacement Operating Advisor is an Eligible Operating Advisor), (ii) payment by such requesting Holders to the Certificate Administrator of all reasonable fees and expenses to be incurred by the Certificate Administrator in connection with administering such vote and (iii) receipt by the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency (which confirmations will be obtained by the Certificate Administrator at the expense of such Holders and will not constitute an additional expense of the Trust). The Certificate Administrator shall promptly provide written notice to all Certificateholders of such request by posting such notice on the Certificate Administrator’s Website in accordance with Section 3.13(b), and concurrently by mail, and conduct the solicitation of votes of all Certificates in such regard. Upon the vote or written direction of Holders of Certificates evidencing at least 75% of the Voting Rights (taking into account the application of Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts to notionally reduce the Certificate Balances of Classes to which such Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts are allocable), the Trustee shall immediately replace the Operating Advisor with the replacement Operating Advisor.

(k)               After the occurrence of an Operating Advisor Termination Event, the Trustee may, and upon the written direction of Holders of Certificates representing at least 25% of the Voting Rights (taking into account the application of any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts to notionally reduce the Certificate Balance of the Classes of Certificates), the Trustee shall promptly terminate the Operating Advisor for cause and appoint a replacement Operating Advisor that is an Eligible Operating Advisor; provided that no such termination shall be effective until a successor operating advisor has been appointed and has assumed all of the obligations of the Operating Advisor under this Agreement. No such termination shall terminate, change, reduce, or otherwise modify the rights and obligations of the Operating Advisor that accrued prior to such termination, including the right to receive all amounts accrued and owing to it under this Agreement, and other than indemnification rights (arising out of events occurring prior to such termination). The Trustee may rely on a certification by the replacement Operating Advisor that it is an Eligible Operating Advisor. Upon any termination of the Operating Advisor and appointment of a successor to the Operating Advisor, the Trustee will, as soon as possible, be required to give written notice of the termination and appointment to the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the 17g-5 Information Provider (for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website), the Depositor, the Directing Certificateholder, the Risk Retention Consultation Party (and each other holder of the RR Interest), any Companion Loan holder and the Certificateholders.

(l)                 The Holders of Certificates representing at least 25% of the Voting Rights affected by any Operating Advisor Termination Event hereunder may waive such Operating Advisor Termination Event within twenty (20) days of the receipt of notice from the Trustee of the occurrence of such Operating Advisor Termination Event. Upon any such waiver of an Operating Advisor Termination Event, such Operating Advisor Termination Event shall cease to exist and shall be deemed to have been remedied for every purpose hereunder. Upon any such waiver of an Operating Advisor Termination Event by certificateholders, the trustee and the certificate administrator will be entitled to recover all costs and expenses incurred by it in

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connection with enforcement action taken with respect to such Operating Advisor Termination Event prior to such waiver from the Trust.

(m)             Prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event, the Directing Certificateholder shall have the right to consent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, to the identity of any replacement Operating Advisor appointed pursuant to this Section 3.26; provided, further, that such consent will be deemed to have been granted if no objection is made within ten (10) Business Days following the Directing Certificateholder’s receipt of the request for consent and, if granted or deemed granted, such consent cannot thereafter be revoked or withdrawn.

(n)               The Operating Advisor may resign from its obligations and duties hereby imposed on it (a) upon thirty (30) days prior written notice to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Directing Certificateholder and the Risk Retention Consultation Party (and each other holder of the RR Interest), if applicable, and (b) upon the appointment of, and the acceptance of such appointment by, a successor operating advisor that is an Eligible Operating Advisor and receipt by the Trustee of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency. No such resignation by the Operating Advisor shall become effective until the replacement Operating Advisor shall have assumed the resigning Operating Advisor’s responsibilities and obligations. The resigning Operating Advisor shall pay all costs and expenses (including costs and expenses incurred by the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator) associated with a transfer of its duties pursuant to this Section 3.26.

(o)               In the event there are no Classes of Certificates outstanding other than the Control Eligible Certificates, the RR Interest and the Class X-F, Class X-G, Class X-H, Class V and Class R Certificates, then all of the rights and obligations of the Operating Advisor shall terminate without payment of any termination fee (other than any rights or obligations that accrued prior to the date of such termination (including accrued and unpaid compensation) and other than indemnification rights arising out of events occurring prior to such termination). In connection with any termination pursuant to this Section 3.26(o), no successor operating advisor shall be appointed. Upon receipt of written notice of such acts by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall provide the Operating Advisor with prompt notice upon its termination pursuant to this Section 3.26(o).

(p)               In the event the Operating Advisor resigns or is otherwise terminated for any reason it shall remain entitled to any accrued and unpaid Operating Advisor Fees and Operating Advisor Consulting Fees and reimbursement of accrued and unpaid Operating Advisor Expenses pursuant to Section 3.26(i) and shall also remain entitled to any rights of indemnification provided hereunder.

(q)               The parties hereto agree, and the Certificateholders by their acceptance of their Certificates shall be deemed to have agreed, that (i) subject to Section 6.04, the Operating Advisor shall have no liability to any Certificateholder for any actions taken or for refraining from taking any actions under this Agreement, (ii) the Operating Advisor shall act solely as a contracting party to the extent set forth in this Agreement, (iii) the Operating Advisor shall have no (A) fiduciary duty, or (B) other duty except with respect to its specific obligations under this

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Agreement, and shall have no duty to any particular Class of Certificates or particular Certificateholders, and (iv) the Operating Advisor does not constitute an “investment adviser” within the meaning of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, or a “broker” or “dealer” within the meaning of the Exchange Act. Furthermore, the Operating Advisor shall have no obligations or responsibility at any time to review the actions of the Master Servicer for compliance with the Servicing Standard, and the Operating Advisor shall not be required to consider the Master Servicer actions in connection with any Operating Advisor Annual Report.

(r)                Neither the Operating Advisor nor any of its Affiliates shall make any investment in any Class of Certificates; provided, however, that such prohibition shall not apply to (i) riskless principal transactions effected by a broker-dealer Affiliate of the Operating Advisor or (ii) investments by an Affiliate of the Operating Advisor if the Operating Advisor and such Affiliate maintain policies and procedures that (A) segregate personnel involved in the activities of the Operating Advisor under this Agreement from personnel involved in such Affiliate’s investment activities and (B) prevent such Affiliate and its personnel from gaining access to information regarding the Trust and the Operating Advisor and its personnel from gaining access to such Affiliate’s information regarding its investment activities.

(s)                The Operating Advisor shall at all times be an Eligible Operating Advisor and if the Operating Advisor ceases to be an Eligible Operating Advisor, the Operating Advisor shall immediately resign under Section 3.26(n) of this Agreement and the Trustee shall appoint a successor operating advisor subject to and in accordance with this Section 3.26. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Trustee is unable to find a successor operating advisor within thirty (30) days of the termination of the Operating Advisor, the Depositor shall be permitted to find a replacement.

(t)                 The Operating Advisor may delegate its duties and obligations to agents or subcontractors so long as the related agreements or arrangements with such agents or subcontractors are consistent with the provisions of this Agreement related to the Operating Advisor’s duties and obligations; provided that no agent or subcontractor may (i) be affiliated with a Sponsor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Directing Certificateholder or any of their respective Affiliates or (ii) have been paid any fees, compensation or other remuneration by an Underwriter, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Directing Certificateholder or any of their respective Affiliates in connection with due diligence or other services with respect to any Mortgage Loan prior to the Closing Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, the Operating Advisor shall remain obligated and primarily liable for its obligations hereunder in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement without diminution of such obligation or liability or related obligation or liability by virtue of such delegation or arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from any Person acting as its agents or subcontractor to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the Operating Advisor alone were performing its obligations under this Agreement. The Operating Advisor shall be entitled to enter into an agreement with any agent or subcontractor providing for indemnification of the Operating Advisor by such agent or subcontractor, and nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such indemnification.

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Operating Advisor is entitled to rely solely on its receipt from the Certificate Administrator of notice thereof pursuant to Section 3.23(l), and, with respect to any obligations of the Operating Advisor that are performed only after the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event and/or Consultation Termination Event, the Operating Advisor shall have no obligation to perform any such duties until the receipt of such notice or actual knowledge of the occurrence of a Control Termination Event or Consultation Termination Event, as applicable.

(v)                 Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary (A) the Operating Advisor’s assessment of the Special Servicer’s performance shall be based on the provisions of this Agreement and (B) so long as LNR Partners, LLC is acting as Special Servicer, LNR Partners, LLC shall provide the Operating Advisor reasonable access, at LNR Partners, LLC’s offices during normal business hours, to LNR Partners, LLC’s policies and procedures. The Operating Advisor shall be permitted to review such policies and procedures but is not permitted to retain hard copies and will not be provided with any electronic copies or soft copies. The Operating Advisor shall keep all information contained in the policies and procedures strictly confidential, except (A) the Operating Advisor may disclose such information if (i) such information becomes generally available and known to the public other than as a result of a disclosure directly or indirectly by the Operating Advisor, or (ii) such disclosure is required by applicable law, order, rule or regulation (as demonstrated by evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Special Servicer), and (B) the Operating Advisor may disclose a particular portion of the policies and procedures solely when necessary to support specific conclusions concerning allegations of material deviations from the Servicing Standard and the Special Servicer's obligations under this Agreement (i) in the Operating Advisor Annual Report, or (ii) in connection with a recommendation by the Operating Advisor to replace LNR Partners, LLC as the Special Servicer pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Operating Advisor shall be permitted to share such information with its Affiliates and any subcontractors of the Operating Advisor to the extent reasonably necessary to perform the Operating Advisor’s obligations under this Agreement and provided such Affiliates and subcontractors of the Operating Advisor agree in writing prior to their receipt of such information to be bound by the same confidentiality provisions applicable to the Operating Advisor. The Operating Advisor’s assessment may not take into account (i) the fact that LNR Partners, LLC provided physical access and not via electronic copy to the LNR Partners, LLC written policies and procedures pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement and (ii) the waiver or reduction of any Operating Advisor Consulting Fee pursuant to Section 3.26(i) of this Agreement. Nothing set forth herein shall limit or affect the scope of the Operating Advisor’s review in connection with its preparation of the Operating Advisor Annual Report, provided that the Operating Advisor’s access to or reliance upon LNR Partners, LLC’s written policies and procedures shall be subject to the terms of this paragraph. During any period when the Special Servicer is not LNR Partners, LLC or an affiliate of LNR Partners, LLC, the requirements contained in this paragraph shall be null and void.

Section 3.27        Companion Paying Agent. (a) With respect to each of the Serviced Companion Loans, the Master Servicer shall be the Companion Paying Agent hereunder. The Companion Paying Agent undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Agreement.

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(b)               No provision of this Agreement shall be construed to relieve the Companion Paying Agent from liability for its negligent failure to act, bad faith or its own willful misfeasance; provided, however, that the duties and obligations of the Companion Paying Agent shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Agreement. The Companion Paying Agent shall not be liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations, no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Companion Paying Agent. In the absence of bad faith on the part of the Companion Paying Agent, the Companion Paying Agent may conclusively rely, as to the truth and correctness of the statements or conclusions expressed therein, upon any resolutions, certificates, statements, opinions, reports, documents, orders or other instrument furnished to the Companion Paying Agent by any Person and which on their face do not contradict the requirements of this Agreement.

(c)               In the case of each of the Serviced Companion Loans, upon the resignation or removal of the Master Servicer pursuant to Article VII of this Agreement, the Master Servicer, as the Companion Paying Agent, shall be deemed simultaneously to resign or be removed.

(d)               This Section 3.27 shall survive the termination of this Agreement or the resignation or removal of the Companion Paying Agent, as regards to rights accrued prior to such resignation or removal.

Section 3.28        Serviced Companion Noteholder Register. The Companion Paying Agent shall maintain a register (the “Serviced Companion Noteholder Register”) with respect to each Serviced Companion Loan on which it will record the names and address of, and wire transfer instructions for, the Serviced Companion Noteholders from time to time, to the extent such information is provided in writing to it by each Serviced Companion Noteholder. The initial Serviced Companion Noteholders, along with their respective name and address, are listed on Exhibit S hereto. In the event a Serviced Companion Noteholder transfers a Serviced Companion Loan without notice to the Companion Paying Agent, the Companion Paying Agent shall have no liability for any misdirected payment in such Serviced Companion Loan and shall have no obligation to recover and redirect such payment.

The Companion Paying Agent shall promptly provide the name and address of any Serviced Companion Noteholder to any party hereto or any successor Serviced Companion Noteholder upon written request and any such Person may, without further investigation, conclusively rely upon such information. The Companion Paying Agent shall have no liability to any Person for the provision of any such name and address.

For the avoidance of doubt, any notices or information required to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement by any party hereto to a Serviced Companion Noteholder with respect to a Serviced Companion Loan that has been included in an Other Securitization shall be provided to the Other Servicer under the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Section 3.29        Certain Matters Relating to the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans and the Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans.(a) In the event that any of the applicable Non-Serviced Trustee, the applicable Non-Serviced Master Servicer or the applicable Non-Serviced Special Servicer shall be replaced in accordance with the terms of the applicable Non-Serviced PSA, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall acknowledge its successor as the successor to the

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applicable Non-Serviced Trustee, the applicable Non-Serviced Master Servicer or the applicable Non-Serviced Special Servicer, as the case may be.

(b)               If any of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator or the Master Servicer receives notice from a Rating Agency that the Master Servicer is no longer an “approved” master servicer by any of the Rating Agencies rating the Certificates, then the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator or the Master Servicer, as applicable, shall promptly notify each Non-Serviced Master Servicer of the same.

(c)               In connection with the securitization of each Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan, (in each case, only while it is a Serviced Companion Loan), upon the request of (and at the expense of) the related Serviced Companion Noteholder (or its designee), each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee, as applicable, shall use reasonable efforts to cooperate with such Serviced Companion Noteholder in attempting to cause the related Mortgagor to provide information relating to such Whole Loan and the related notes, and that such holder reasonably determines to be necessary or appropriate, for inclusion in any disclosure document(s) relating to such Other Securitization.

(d)               In connection with the sale of any Non-Serviced Whole Loan by any Non-Serviced Special Servicer, upon receipt of any notices or materials required to be furnished by the Non-Serviced Special Servicer to the holder of the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement, the Special Servicer shall, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event, forward such materials to the Directing Certificateholder for its consent, if such consent is required. The Special Servicer may (with the consent of the Directing Certificateholder prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event) waive any timing or delivery requirements related to such sale to the extent set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement.

(e)               With respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Directing Certificateholder (as determined under clause (B) of the definition thereof), prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, or the Special Servicer, following the occurrence and during the continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, shall be entitled to exercise any consultation rights held by the holder of such Mortgage Loan in its capacity as a “Non-Controlling Note Holder” (or similar term identified in the related Intercreditor Agreement) under the related Intercreditor Agreement.

(f)                With respect to each Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan, this Agreement is subject to the related Intercreditor Agreement and incorporates by reference all provisions required to be included herein pursuant to such Intercreditor Agreement.

(g)               With respect to each Serviced Whole Loan, if any Serviced Companion Loan becomes the subject of an “asset review” (or such analogous term defined in the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement) pursuant to the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee and the Custodian shall reasonably cooperate with the Other Asset Representations Reviewer or any other party to the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement in connection with such Asset Review by providing the Other Asset Representations Reviewer or such other requesting party with any documents reasonably requested

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by the Other Asset Representations Reviewer or such other requesting party, but only to the extent such documents are in the possession of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Custodian, as the case may be, but in any event excluding any documents known to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Custodian to contain information that is proprietary to the related originator or Mortgage Loan Seller or any draft documents or privileged or internal communications.

(h)               With respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, if the Master Servicer or Special Servicer shall receive any communication from the applicable Non-Serviced Master Servicer or Non-Serviced Special Servicer regarding any Major Decision pursuant to clause (xv) of the definition of such term or “Master Servicer Decision” pursuant to clause (x) of the definition of such term, then the Master Servicer or Special Servicer shall forward the communication to the Directing Certificateholder (and to the Master Servicer, if the Special Servicer is forwarding such communication, and to the Special Servicer if the Master Servicer is forwarding such communication), and the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall reasonably cooperate with the applicable Non-Serviced Master Servicer or the applicable Non-Serviced Special Servicer, as the case may be, in effecting any action by the applicable Non-Serviced Master Servicer or the applicable Non-Serviced Special Servicer, in any such case subject to and consistent with the related Intercreditor Agreement.

(i)                 During the period from and after the date on which a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan is deposited into an Other Securitization, not later than 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on each related Serviced Whole Loan Remittance Date the Master Servicer shall prepare (if and to the extent necessary) and deliver or cause to be delivered in electronic format to the related other master servicer under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement the following reports and data files with respect to such Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan: (A) to the extent the Master Servicer has received the CREFC^® Special Servicer Loan File at the time required, the most recent CREFC^® Delinquent Loan Status Report, CREFC^® Historical Loan Modification/Forbearance and Corrected Mortgage Loan Report and the CREFC^® REO Status Report, (B) the CREFC^® Loan Setup File (only with respect to the first “distribution date” (or analogous term) as defined in the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement), (C) the most recent CREFC^® Property File and the CREFC^® Comparative Financial Status Report (in each case incorporating the data required to be included in the CREFC^® Special Servicer Loan File pursuant to Section 3.12(c) by the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer), (D) a CREFC^® Servicer Watch List with information that is current as of such Serviced Whole Loan Remittance Date, (E) a CREFC^® Financial File, (F) a CREFC^® Loan Level Reserve/LOC Report, (G) a CREFC^® Advance Recovery Report, (H) a CREFC^® Total Loan Report, (I) the CREFC^® Loan Periodic Update File and (J) the CREFC^® Significant Insurance Event Report. Additionally, not later than 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on each related Serviced Whole Loan Remittance Date, the Master Servicer shall deliver or cause to be delivered in electronic format to the related other master servicer under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement any applicable CREFC^® Loan Liquidation Reports, CREFC^® Loan Modification Reports and CREFC^® REO Liquidation Reports received from the Special Servicer. In no event shall any report described in this Section 3.29(i) be required to reflect information that has not been collected by or delivered to the Master Servicer, or any payments or collections not received by the Master Servicer, as of the close of business on the Business Day prior to the Business Day on which the report is due. In addition, the Master Servicer shall deliver or cause to be delivered in electronic format to the related other master servicer under

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the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement any and all other reports required to be delivered by the Master Servicer to the Certificate Administrator hereunder pursuant to the terms hereof to the extent related to such Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan.

(j)                 On a Servicing Shift Securitization Date, (i) the Custodian shall, upon receipt of a Request for Release, transfer the related Mortgage File (other than the Mortgage Note evidencing the related Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan, the original of which shall be retained by the Custodian) for the related Servicing Shift Whole Loan to the related Non-Serviced Trustee under the related Non-Serviced PSA and retain a copy of such Mortgage File and (ii) the Master Servicer shall, upon receipt of notice from the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller that the applicable Servicing Shift Lead Note has been or is being securitized on the related Servicing Shift Securitization Date, transfer (and cooperate with reasonable requests in connection with such transfer of) the Servicing File for the related Servicing Shift Whole Loan, and any Escrow Payments, reserve funds and originals of items specified in clauses (x) and (xii) of the definition of “Mortgage File” for the related Servicing Shift Whole Loan, to the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer on the related Servicing Shift Securitization Date

(k)               Promptly upon any change in the identity of the Master Servicer, the successor Master Servicer shall deliver notice of such change (together with the contact information of such successor Master Servicer) to each Non-Serviced Trustee, Non-Serviced Certificate Administrator, Non-Serviced Special Servicer, Non-Serviced Master Servicer and Non-Serviced Operating Advisor.

Section 3.30        Certain Matters with Respect to Joint Mortgage Loans.

(a)               If a Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to a Joint Mortgage Loan (a “Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller”) repurchases the Mortgage Note(s) (as such term is defined in this Section 3.30(a)) (a “Repurchased Note”) related to such Joint Mortgage Loan that it sold to the Depositor, but the other Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to such Joint Mortgage Loan does not repurchase the Mortgage Note(s) related to such Joint Mortgage Loan that it sold to the Depositor, the provisions of this Section 3.30 shall apply prior to the adoption, pursuant to Section 13.01(l), of any amendment to this Agreement that provides otherwise. Each Mortgage Loan Seller of a Joint Mortgage Loan has agreed pursuant to the terms of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement that the terms set forth in this Section 3.30 with respect to the servicing and administration of such Joint Mortgage Loan shall apply if one or more of the Mortgage Notes related to such Joint Mortgage Loan has been repurchased from the Trust and at least one other Mortgage Note related to such Joint Mortgage Loan is included in the Trust until such time as all of the Mortgage Notes related to such Joint Mortgage Loan are no longer included in the Trust. For purposes of this Section 3.30, Section 13.01(l) and Section 13.08(a) only, “Mortgage Note” shall mean with respect to any Joint Mortgage Loan, each original promissory note that collectively represents the Mortgage Note (as defined in Article I) with respect to such Joint Mortgage Loan and shall not be a collective reference to such promissory notes. With respect to any Joint Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan, clauses (b)–(j) below shall not apply, and the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement shall continue to govern the relationship between the related Mortgage Notes as if each related Repurchased Note were a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan or Non-Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan, as applicable. With respect to any other Joint Mortgage Loan, clauses (b)–(j) below shall apply to such Joint Mortgage Loan.

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(b)               Custody of and record title under the Mortgage Loan documents with respect to the applicable Joint Mortgage Loan shall be held exclusively by the Custodian as provided under this Agreement or, with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Non-Serviced Custodian as provided under the related Non-Serviced PSA, except that the Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller shall hold and retain title to its original Repurchased Note(s) and any related endorsements thereof.

(i)                All of the Mortgage Notes with respect to any Joint Mortgage Loan shall be of equal priority with each other, and no portion of any Mortgage Note shall have priority or preference over any other portion of the other Mortgage Notes or security therefor. Payments from the related Mortgagor (including, without limitation, any Penalty Charges) or any other amounts received with respect to each Mortgage Note shall be collected as provided in this Agreement by the Master Servicer and shall be applied upon receipt by the Master Servicer pro rata to each related Mortgage Note based on its respective Mortgage Loan Seller Percentage Interest, subject to Section 3.30(b)(ii). Payments or any other amounts received with respect to the related Repurchased Note shall be held in trust for the benefit of the applicable Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller and remitted (net of its pro rata share of amounts payable at the Administrative Fee Rate and any other amounts due to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer) to the applicable Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller or its designee by the Master Servicer on each Distribution Date pursuant to instructions provided by the applicable Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller and deposited and applied in accordance with this Agreement, subject to Section 3.30(b)(ii). If any Joint Mortgage Loan to which this Section 3.30 applies becomes an REO Loan, payments or any other amounts received with respect to any such Joint Mortgage Loan shall be collected and shall be applied upon receipt by the Master Servicer pro rata to each related Mortgage Note based on its respective Mortgage Loan Seller Percentage Interest, subject to Section 3.30(b)(ii). Any Appraisal Reduction Amounts calculated with respect to any Joint Mortgage Loan subject to this Section 3.30 shall be allocated to each related Mortgage Note pro rata based upon the respective unpaid principal balances thereof.

(ii)               If the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, receives an aggregate payment of less than the aggregate amount due under any such Joint Mortgage Loan at any particular time, the applicable Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller shall receive from the Master Servicer an amount equal to its Mortgage Loan Seller Percentage Interest of such payment. All expenses, losses and shortfalls relating solely to such Joint Mortgage Loan including, without limitation, losses of principal or interest, Nonrecoverable Advances, interest on Servicing Advances, Special Servicing Fees, Workout Fees and Liquidation Fees (including any such fees related to the applicable Mortgage Notes), shall be allocated between the holders of the related Mortgage Notes pro rata based upon the respective unpaid principal balances thereof. In no event shall any costs, expenses, fees or any other amounts related to any Mortgage Loan or Joint Mortgage Loan other than the applicable Joint Mortgage Loan be deducted from payments or any other amounts received with respect to such Joint Mortgage Loan and payable to the applicable Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller.

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Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller and the Certificateholders pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement in accordance with the Servicing Standard and in accordance with the provisions herein as if (A) such Joint Mortgage Loan were a Serviced Whole Loan, (B) the related Mortgage Note(s) not repurchased were (1) a Serviced Pari Passu Mortgage Loan and (2) the only Mortgage Loan that is part of such Joint Mortgage Loan (or related Serviced Whole Loan), and (C) the related Repurchased Note were a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan. No Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller shall be permitted to terminate the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor as servicer, special servicer or operating advisor, respectively, of the related Repurchased Note. All rights of the mortgagee under each such Joint Mortgage Loan shall be exercised by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, on behalf of the Trust to the extent of its interest therein and the applicable Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller in accordance with this Agreement.

(iv)               With respect to a Joint Mortgage Loan that is not a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan and to which this Section 3.30 applies, the related Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller shall be treated hereunder as if it were a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan holder on a pari passu basis. Funds collected by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, and applied to the applicable Mortgage Notes shall be deposited and disbursed in accordance with the provisions hereof relating to holders of promissory notes comprising Serviced Whole Loans that are pari passu in right of payment. Compensation shall be paid to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Operating Advisor with respect to each Repurchased Note as provided in this Agreement as if each such Repurchased Note were a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan. None of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor shall have any obligation to make P&I Advances with respect to any Repurchased Note or, if no related Mortgage Note is part of the Trust, a Servicing Advance with respect to any Repurchased Note. Except as otherwise specified herein, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall have no reporting requirement with respect to any Repurchased Note other than to deliver to the related Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller any document as is required to be delivered to a holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan hereunder.

(c)               If any non-repurchased Mortgage Note relating to a Joint Mortgage Loan to which this Section 3.30 applies is a Specially Serviced Loan, then any related Repurchased Note shall also be a Specially Serviced Loan under this Agreement. The Special Servicer shall cause such related Repurchased Note to be specially serviced for the benefit of the applicable Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller in accordance with the terms and provisions set forth in this Agreement and shall be entitled to any Special Servicing Fee, Workout Fee or Liquidation Fee payable to the Special Servicer under this Agreement as with respect to a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan.

(d)               If (A) the Master Servicer shall pay any amount to any Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller pursuant to the terms hereof in the belief or expectation that a related payment has been made or will be received or collected in connection with any or all of the applicable Mortgage Notes and (B) such related payment is not received or collected by the Master Servicer, then the applicable Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller shall promptly on demand by

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the Master Servicer return such amount to the Master Servicer. If the Master Servicer determines at any time that any amount received or collected by the Master Servicer in respect of any Joint Mortgage Loan to which this Section 3.30 applies must be returned to the related Mortgagor or paid to any other person or entity pursuant to any insolvency law or otherwise, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Master Servicer shall not be required to distribute any portion thereof to the related Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller, and such Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller shall promptly on demand by the Master Servicer repay (which obligation shall survive the termination of this Agreement) any portion thereof that the Master Servicer shall have distributed to such Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller, together with interest thereon at such rate, if any, as the Master Servicer may pay to the related Mortgagor or such other person or entity with respect thereto.

(e)               With respect to a Joint Mortgage Loan that is not a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan and to which this Section 3.30 applies, subject to this Agreement (including, without limitation, the consent and consultation rights of the Directing Certificateholder and any consultation rights of the Operating Advisor), the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, on behalf of the holders of any of the Repurchased Notes, shall have the exclusive right and obligation to (i) administer, service and make all decisions and determinations regarding the related Joint Mortgage Loan and (ii) enforce the applicable Mortgage Loan documents as provided hereunder. Without limiting the generality of the preceding sentence, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, may agree to any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of, forgive interest on and principal of, capitalize interest on, permit the release, addition or substitution of collateral securing, and/or permit the release of the related Mortgagor on or any guarantor of any Joint Mortgage Loan it is required to service and administer as contemplated by this Section 3.30, without the consent of the related Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller, subject, however, to the terms of this Agreement as they pertain to a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan.

(f)                In taking or refraining from taking any action permitted hereunder, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall each be subject to the same degree of care with respect to the administration and servicing of the Joint Mortgage Loans that are not Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans and to which this Section 3.30 applies as is consistent with this Agreement and shall be liable to any Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller only to the same extent as set forth herein with respect to any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan.

(g)               If the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer has made a Servicing Advance with respect to any Repurchased Note which would otherwise be reimbursable to such advancing party under this Agreement, and such Advance is determined to be a Nonrecoverable Advance, the applicable Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller shall reimburse the Trust in an amount equal to such Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller’s Mortgage Loan Seller Percentage Interest of such Nonrecoverable Advance with interest thereon. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the applicable Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller shall not be obligated to reimburse the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer (and amounts due to the applicable Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller shall not be offset) for Advances or interest thereon or any amounts related to any Mortgage Loans or any other Joint Mortgage Loan other than such amounts relating to the applicable Repurchased Note. To the extent that the applicable Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller reimburses any such Nonrecoverable Advances and such amounts are subsequently recovered, the applicable Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller shall receive a

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reimbursement from such recovery based on its Mortgage Loan Seller Percentage Interest of such recovery. This reimbursement right shall not limit the Trustee’s, the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s rights to reimbursement under this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the total liability of each Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller shall not exceed an amount equal to its Mortgage Loan Seller Percentage Interest of the amount to be reimbursed.

(h)               Each Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller shall have the right to assign the related Repurchased Note; provided that, with respect to a Joint Mortgage Loan that is not a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan and to which this Section 3.30 applies, the assignee of the related Repurchased Note shall agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement.

(i)                 With respect to a Joint Mortgage Loan that is not a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan and to which this Section 3.30 applies, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall, in connection with their servicing and administrative duties under this Agreement, exercise efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to execute and deliver, on behalf of each Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller as a holder of a pari passu interest in the applicable Joint Mortgage Loan, any and all financing statements, continuation statements and other documents and instruments necessary to maintain the lien created by any Mortgage or other security document related to the applicable Joint Mortgage Loan on the related Mortgaged Property and related collateral, any and all modifications, waivers, amendments or consents to or with respect to the related Joint Mortgage Loan documents, and any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments with respect to the related Repurchased Note or related Repurchased Notes and the related Mortgaged Property all in accordance with, and subject to, the terms of this Agreement. Each Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller agrees to furnish, or cause to be furnished, to the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer any powers of attorney or other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, to carry out its servicing and administrative duties under this Agreement related to the applicable Joint Mortgage Loan; provided, that such Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller shall not be liable, and shall be indemnified by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, for any negligence with respect to, or misuse of, any such power of attorney by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be; provided, further, that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, without the written consent of the applicable Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller, shall not initiate any action in the name of such Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller without indicating its representative capacity or take any action with the intent to cause and that actually causes, such Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller to be registered to do business in any state.

(j)                 Pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the applicable Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller is required to deliver to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, the Mortgage Loan documents related to the applicable Repurchased Note, any requests for release and any court pleadings, requests for trustee’s sale or other documents necessary to the foreclosure or trustee’s sale in respect of the related Mortgaged Property or to any legal action or to enforce any other remedies or rights provided by the Mortgage Note(s) or the Mortgage(s) or otherwise available at law or equity with respect to the related Repurchased Note.

Section 3.31        [Reserved].

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Section 3.32        Litigation Control. (a) With respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan, any Serviced Companion Loan or any related REO Loan or related REO Property, the Special Servicer shall, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, direct, manage, prosecute and/or defend any action brought by a Mortgagor, guarantor, or other obligor on the related Note or any Affiliates thereof (each a “Borrower-Related Party”) against the Trust, the Master Servicer and/or the Special Servicer or any predecessor master servicer or special servicer, and represent the interests of the Trust in any litigation relating to the rights and obligations of the Trust, or of the Mortgagor or other Borrower-Related Party under the related Mortgage Loan documents, or with respect to the related Mortgaged Property or other collateral securing such Mortgage Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan), or otherwise with respect to the enforcement of the obligations of a Borrower-Related Party under the related Mortgage Loan documents (“Trust-Related Litigation”). In the event that the Master Servicer is named in any Trust-Related Litigation but no Special Servicer is named in such Trust-Related Litigation (regardless of whether the Trust is named in such Trust-Related Litigation), the Master Servicer shall notify the Special Servicer of such litigation as soon as practicable but in any event no later than within ten (10) Business Days of the Master Servicer receiving service of such Trust-Related Litigation. The Operating Advisor shall not be required to review the actions of the Special Servicer with respect to Trust-Related Litigation unless such review is otherwise related to the performance of the Operating Advisor’s duties, rights and obligations in respect of a Final Asset Status Report and/or Asset Status Report.

(b)               To the extent the Master Servicer is named in the Trust-Related Litigation, and neither the Trust nor the Special Servicer is named, in order to effectuate the role of the Special Servicer as contemplated by the immediately preceding subsection, the Master Servicer shall (i) provide monthly status reports to the Special Servicer regarding such Trust-Related Litigation; (ii) seek to have the Trust replace the Master Servicer as the appropriate party to the lawsuit; and (iii) so long as the Master Servicer remains a party to the lawsuit, consult with and act at the direction of the Special Servicer with respect to decisions and resolutions related to the interests of the Trust in such Trust-Related Litigation, including but not limited to the selection of counsel; provided that the Master Servicer shall have the right to engage separate counsel relating to claims against the Master Servicer to the extent set forth in Section 3.32(e); and provided, however, that if there are claims against the Master Servicer and the Master Servicer has not determined that separate counsel is required for such claims, such counsel shall be reasonably acceptable to the Master Servicer.

(c)               The Special Servicer shall not (i) undertake (or direct the Master Servicer to undertake) any material settlement of any Trust-Related Litigation or (ii) initiate any material Trust-Related Litigation unless and until it has notified in writing the Directing Certificateholder (only if the related Mortgage Loan is not an Excluded Loan and prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event) (to the extent the identity of the Directing Certificateholder is actually known to the Special Servicer; provided that the Special Servicer shall make due inquiry of the Certificate Administrator as to the identity of the Directing Certificateholder) and the related holder of any Serviced Companion Loan (if such matter affects such related Serviced Companion Loan) (to the extent the identity of the holder of such Serviced Companion Loan is actually known to the Special Servicer) and the Directing Certificateholder (only if the related Mortgage Loan is not an Excluded Loan and prior to the occurrence and continuation of a Control Termination Event) has not objected in writing within five (5) Business Days of having been notified thereof and having been provided with all information that the

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Directing Certificateholder has reasonably requested with respect thereto promptly following its receipt of the subject notice (it being understood and agreed that if such written objection has not been received by the Special Servicer within such 5 Business Day period, then the Directing Certificateholder shall be deemed to have approved the taking of such action); provided that, if the Special Servicer determines (consistent with the Servicing Standard) that immediate action is necessary to protect the interests of the Certificateholders and, with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, the related Companion Holders, the Special Servicer may take such action without waiting for the Directing Certificateholder’s response.

(d)               Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Special Servicer or Master Servicer shall follow any advice, direction or consultation provided by the Directing Certificateholder or the Risk Retention Consultation Party (or any other party to this Agreement) that would require or cause the Special Servicer or Master Servicer, as applicable, to violate any applicable law, be inconsistent with the Servicing Standard, require or cause the Special Servicer or Master Servicer, as applicable, to violate provisions of this Agreement, require or cause the Special Servicer or Master Servicer, as applicable, to violate the terms of any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, expose any Certificateholder or any party to this Agreement or their Affiliates, officers, directors or agents to any claim, suit or liability, cause any REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC, result in the imposition of a “prohibited transaction” or “prohibited contribution” tax under the REMIC Provisions or materially expand the scope of the Special Servicer’s or Master Servicer’s, as the case may be, responsibilities under this Agreement.

(e)               Notwithstanding the right of the Special Servicer to represent the interests of the Trust in Trust-Related Litigation, and subject to the rights of the Special Servicer to direct the Master Servicer’s actions in this Section 3.32, the Master Servicer shall retain the right to make determinations relating to claims against the Master Servicer, including but not limited to the right to engage separate counsel and to appear in any proceeding on its own behalf in the Master Servicer’s reasonable discretion, the cost of which shall be subject to indemnification as and to the extent provided in this Agreement.

(f)                Further, nothing in this section shall require the Master Servicer to take or fail to take any action which, in the Master Servicer’s good faith and reasonable judgment, may (i) result in a violation of the REMIC Provisions or (ii) subject the Master Servicer to liability or materially expand the scope of the Master Servicer’s obligations under this Agreement.

(g)               Notwithstanding the Master Servicer’s right to make determinations relating to claims against the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer shall have the right at any time in accordance with the Servicing Standard to (i) direct the Master Servicer to settle any claims asserted against the Master Servicer (whether or not the Trust or the Special Servicer is named in any such claims or Trust-Related Litigation) (and with respect to any material settlements with respect to any Mortgage Loan other than an Excluded Loan, with the consent or consultation of the Directing Certificateholder prior to a Control Termination Event or Consultation Termination Event, respectively) and (ii) otherwise reasonably direct the actions of the Master Servicer relating to claims against the Master Servicer (whether or not the Trust or the Special Servicer is named in any such claims or Trust-Related Litigation), provided in either case that (A) such settlement or other direction does not require any admission of liability or wrongdoing on the part of the Master Servicer, (B) the cost of such settlement or any resulting judgment is and shall be paid by the Trust

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and payment of such cost or judgment is provided for in this Agreement, (C) the Master Servicer is and shall be indemnified as and to the extent provided in this Agreement for all costs and expenses of the Master Servicer incurred in defending and settling the Trust-Related Litigation and for any judgment, (D) any such action taken by the Master Servicer at the direction of the Special Servicer shall be deemed (as to the Master Servicer) to be in compliance with the Servicing Standard and (E) the Special Servicer provides the Master Servicer with assurance reasonably satisfactory to the Master Servicer as to the items in clauses (A), (B) and (C).

(h)               In the event both the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer or Trust are named in Trust-Related Litigation, the Master Servicer and Special Servicer shall cooperate with each other to afford the Master Servicer and Special Servicer the rights afforded to such party in this Section 3.32.

This Section 3.32 shall not apply in the event the Special Servicer authorizes the Master Servicer, and the Master Servicer agrees (both authority and agreement to be in writing), to make certain decisions or control certain Trust-Related Litigation on behalf of the Trust in accordance with the Servicing Standard.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) in the event that any action, suit, litigation or proceeding names the Trustee in its individual capacity, or in the event that any judgment is rendered against the Trustee in its individual capacity, the Trustee, upon prior written notice to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, may retain counsel and appear in any such proceeding on its own behalf in order to protect and represent its interests (but not to otherwise direct, manage or prosecute such litigation or claim); (ii) in the event of any action, suit, litigation or proceeding, other than an action, suit, litigation or proceeding relating to the enforcement of the obligations of a Mortgagor, guarantor or other obligor under the related Mortgage Loan documents, or otherwise relating to one or more Mortgage Loans or Mortgaged Properties, neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall, without the prior written consent of the Trustee, (A) initiate an action, suit, litigation or proceeding in the name of the Trustee, whether in such capacity or individually, (B) engage counsel to represent the Trustee, or (C) prepare, execute or deliver any government filings, forms, permits, registrations or other documents or take any other similar actions with the intent to cause, and that actually causes, the Trustee to be registered to do business in any state (provided that neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall be responsible for any delay due to the unwillingness of the Trustee to grant such consent); and (iii) in the event that any court finds that the Trustee is a necessary party in respect of any action, suit, litigation or proceeding relating to or arising from this Agreement or any Mortgage Loan, the Trustee shall have the right to retain counsel and appear in any such proceeding on its own behalf in order to protect and represent its interests, whether as Trustee or individually (but not to otherwise direct, manage or prosecute such litigation or claim); provided, however, that nothing in this subsection shall be interpreted to preclude the Special Servicer (with respect to any material Trust-Related Litigation with respect to any Mortgage Loan other than an Excluded Loan, with the consent or consultation of the Directing Certificateholder prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event or Consultation Termination Event, respectively, to the extent required in Section 3.32(c), respectively) from initiating any action, suit, litigation or proceeding in its name as representative of the Trustee of the Trust.

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Section 3.33        Delivery of Excluded Information to the Certificate Administrator. Any Excluded Information that the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor identifies and delivers to the Certificate Administrator for posting to the Certificate Administrator’s Website shall be delivered to the Certificate Administrator via e-mail (or such other electronic means as is mutually acceptable to the parties) in one or more separate files labeled “Excluded Information” followed by the applicable loan name and loan file to cmbsexcludedinformation@wellsfargo.com. For the avoidance of doubt, any information that is not appropriately labeled and delivered in accordance with this Section 3.32 shall not be separately posted as Excluded Information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, and any information appropriately labeled and delivered to the Certificate Administrator pursuant to this Section 3.32 shall be posted on the Certificate Administrator’s Website under the “Excluded Information” section, as provided under Section 3.13. When so posted, the Excluded Controlling Class Holders shall be prohibited from the access of Excluded Information with respect to any Excluded Controlling Class Loans on the Certificate Administrator’s Website (unless a loan-by-loan segregation is later performed by the Certificate Administrator in which case such access shall only be prohibited with respect to the related Excluded Controlling Class Loans). The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Operating Advisor shall have no obligations to separately label and deliver any Excluded Information in accordance with this Section 3.32 until such party has received written notice with respect to the related Excluded Controlling Class Loan in the form of Exhibit P-1E to this Agreement. Nothing set forth in this Agreement shall prohibit the Directing Certificateholder or any Controlling Class Certificateholder from receiving, requesting or reviewing any Excluded Information relating to any Excluded Controlling Class Loan with respect to which the Directing Certificateholder or such Controlling Class Certificateholder is not a Borrower Party and, if such Excluded Information is not available on the Certificate Administrator’s Website on account of it constituting Excluded Information, such Directing Certificateholder or Controlling Class Certificateholder that is not a Borrower Party with respect to the related Excluded Controlling Class Loan shall be permitted to obtain such information in accordance with Section 4.02(f) of this Agreement.

[End of Article III]

Article IV

DISTRIBUTIONS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS

Section 4.01        Distributions.

(a)               Distributions of Available Funds. On each Distribution Date, to the extent of the Available Funds for such Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator shall be deemed to transfer the Lower-Tier Distribution Amount from the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account to the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account in the amounts and priorities set forth in Section 4.01(c) with respect to each Class of Lower-Tier Regular Interests (other than the LRR Uncertificated Interest), and immediately thereafter, shall make distributions thereof from the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account in the following order of priority, satisfying in full, to the extent required and possible, each priority before making any distribution with respect to any succeeding priority:

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(i)                              first, to the Holders of the Class A-1 Certificates, the Class A-2 Certificates, the Class A-SB Certificates, the Class A-3 Certificates, the Class X-A Certificates, the Class X-B Certificates, the Class X-D Certificates, the Class X-F Certificates, the Class X-G Certificates and the Class X-H Certificates and to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class A-4 Upper-Tier Regular Interest, Class A-4-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest, Class A-4-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interest, Class A-5 Upper-Tier Regular Interest, Class A-5-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest and Class A-5-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interest pro rata (based upon their respective Interest Distribution Amounts for such Distribution Date), in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the aggregate Interest Distribution Amount in respect of such Classes of Certificates or Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests for such Distribution Date;

(ii)                                second, to the Holders of the Class A-1 Certificates, the Class A-2 Certificates, the Class A-SB Certificates and the Class A-3 Certificates and the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class A-4 Upper-Tier Regular Interest and the Class A-5 Upper-Tier Regular Interest, in reduction of the Certificate Balances thereof: (I) prior to the Cross-Over Date (1) first, to the Holders of the Class A-SB Certificates, in an amount up to the Principal Distribution Amount, until the outstanding Certificate Balance of the Class A-SB Certificates has been reduced to the Class A-SB Planned Principal Balance for such Distribution Date; (2) second, to the Holders of the Class A-1 Certificates, in an amount up to the Principal Distribution Amount (or the portion thereof remaining after any distributions specified in sub-clause (1) above have been made on such Distribution Date), until the outstanding Certificate Balance of the Class A-1 Certificates has been reduced to zero; (3) third, to the Holders of the Class A-2 Certificates, in an amount up to the Principal Distribution Amount (or the portion thereof remaining after any distributions specified in sub-clauses (1) and (2) above have been made on such Distribution Date), until the outstanding Certificate Balance of the Class A-2 Certificates has been reduced to zero; (4) fourth, to the Holders of the Class A-3 Certificates, in an amount up to the Principal Distribution Amount (or the portion thereof remaining after any distributions specified in sub-clauses (1), (2) and (3) above have been made on such Distribution Date), until the outstanding Certificate Balance of the Class A-3 Certificates has been reduced to zero; (5) fifth, to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class A-4 Upper-Tier Regular Interest in an amount up to the Principal Distribution Amount (or the portion thereof remaining after any distributions specified in sub-clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) above have been made on such Distribution Date), until the outstanding Certificate Balance of the Class A-4 Upper-Tier Regular Interest has been reduced to zero; (6) sixth, to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class A-5 Upper-Tier Regular Interest in an amount up to the Principal Distribution Amount (or the portion thereof remaining after any distributions specified in sub-clauses (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) above have been made on such Distribution Date), until the outstanding Certificate Balance of the Class A-5 Upper-Tier Regular Interest has been reduced to zero; and (7) seventh, to the Holders of the Class A-SB Certificates, in an amount up to the Principal Distribution Amount (or the portion thereof remaining after any distributions specified in sub-clauses (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) above have been made on such Distribution Date), until the outstanding Certificate Balance of the Class A-SB Certificates has been reduced to zero; and (II) on or after the Cross-Over Date, to the Class A-1 Certificates, Class A-2 Certificates, Class A-SB Certificates, Class A-3 Certificates, Class A-4 Upper-Tier Regular Interest and Class A-5 Upper-Tier Regular Interest, pro rata (based on their

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respective Certificate Balances) in an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date, until the Certificate Balance of each of the Class A-1 Certificates, Class A-2 Certificates, Class A-SB Certificates, Class A-3 Certificates, Class A-4 Upper-Tier Regular Interest and Class A-5 Upper-Tier Regular Interest is reduced to zero;

(iii)                            third, to the Holders of the Class A-1 Certificates, Class A-2 Certificates, the Class A-SB Certificates and the Class A-3 Certificates and to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class A-4 Upper-Tier Regular Interest and Class A-5 Upper-Tier Regular Interest, up to an amount equal to, and pro rata based upon, first, in an amount equal to the aggregate unreimbursed Realized Losses previously allocated to each such Class, and then, in an amount equal to interest on that amount at the Pass-Through Rate for such Class compounded monthly from the date the related Realized Loss was allocated to such Class;

(iv)                            fourth, to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class A-S Upper-Tier Regular Interest, the Class A-S-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest and the Class A-S-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interest, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to, and pro rata in accordance with, the respective Interest Distribution Amounts in respect of such Upper-Tier REMIC Interests for such Distribution Date;

(v)                               fifth, to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class A-S Upper-Tier Regular Interest, in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount (reduced by any prior distributions thereof hereunder), until the outstanding Certificate Balance of the Class A-S Upper-Tier Regular Interest has been reduced to zero;

(vi)                            sixth, to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class A-S Upper-Tier Regular Interest, first, up to an amount equal to the unreimbursed Realized Losses previously allocated to such Upper-Tier Regular Interest, and then, up to an amount equal to interest on that amount at the Pass-Through Rate for such Upper-Tier Regular Interest compounded monthly from the date the related Realized Loss was allocated to such Upper-Tier Regular Interest;

(vii)                         seventh, to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class B Upper-Tier Regular Interest, the Class B-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest and the Class B-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interest, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to, and pro rata in accordance with, the respective Interest Distribution Amounts in respect of such Upper-Tier REMIC Interests for such Distribution Date;

(viii)                      eighth, to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class B Upper-Tier Regular Interest, in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount (reduced by any prior distributions thereof hereunder), until the outstanding Certificate Balance of the Class B Upper-Tier Regular Interest has been reduced to zero;

(ix)                             ninth, to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class B Upper-Tier Regular Interest, first, up to an amount equal to the unreimbursed Realized Losses previously

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allocated to such Upper-Tier Regular Interest, and then, up to an amount equal to interest on that amount at the Pass-Through Rate for such Upper-Tier Regular Interest compounded monthly from the date the related Realized Loss was allocated to such Upper-Tier Regular Interest;

(x)                              tenth, to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class C Upper-Tier Regular Interest, the Class C-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest and the Class C-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interest, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to, and pro rata in accordance with, the respective Interest Distribution Amounts in respect of such Upper-Tier REMIC Interests for such Distribution Date;

(xi)                          eleventh, to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class C Upper-Tier Regular Interest, in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount (reduced by any prior distributions thereof hereunder), until the outstanding Certificate Balance of the Class C Upper-Tier Regular Interest has been reduced to zero;

(xii)                       twelfth, to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class C Upper-Tier Regular Interest, first, up to an amount equal to the unreimbursed Realized Losses previously allocated to such Upper-Tier Regular Interest, and then, up to an amount equal to interest on that amount at the Pass-Through Rate for such Upper-Tier Regular Interest compounded monthly from the date the related Realized Loss was allocated to such Upper-Tier Regular Interest;

(xiii)                    thirteenth, to the Holders of the Class D Certificates, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Interest Distribution Amount in respect of such Class of Certificates for such Distribution Date;

(xiv)                     fourteenth, to the Holders of the Class D Certificates, in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, up to an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount (reduced by any prior distributions thereof hereunder), until the outstanding Certificate Balance of the Class D Certificates has been reduced to zero;

(xv)                           fifteenth, to the Holders of the Class D Certificates, first, up to an amount equal to the unreimbursed Realized Losses previously allocated to such Class, and then, up to an amount equal to interest on that amount at the Pass-Through Rate for such Class compounded monthly from the date the related Realized Loss was allocated to such Class;

(xvi)                      sixteenth, to the Holders of the Class E Certificates, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Interest Distribution Amount in respect of such Class of Certificates for such Distribution Date;

(xvii)                     seventeenth, to the Holders of the Class E Certificates, in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, up to an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount (reduced by any prior distributions thereof hereunder), until the outstanding Certificate Balance of the Class E Certificates has been reduced to zero;

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(xviii)          eighteenth, to the Holders of the Class E Certificates, first, up to an amount equal to the unreimbursed Realized Losses previously allocated to such Class, and then, up to an amount equal to interest on that amount at the Pass-Through Rate for such Class compounded monthly from the date the related Realized Loss was allocated to such Class;

(xix)                     nineteenth, to the Holders of the Class F Certificates, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Interest Distribution Amount in respect of such Class of Certificates for such Distribution Date;

(xx)                             twentieth, to the Holders of the Class F Certificates, in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, up to an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount (reduced by any prior distributions thereof hereunder), until the outstanding Certificate Balance of the Class F Certificates has been reduced to zero;

(xxi)                          twenty-first, to the Holders of the Class F Certificates, first, up to an amount equal to the unreimbursed Realized Losses previously allocated to such Class, and then, up to an amount equal to interest on that amount at the Pass-Through Rate for such Class compounded monthly from the date the related Realized Loss was allocated to such Class;

(xxii)                      twenty-second, to the Holders of the Class G Certificates, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Interest Distribution Amount in respect of such Class of Certificates for such Distribution Date;

(xxiii)                    twenty-third, to the Holders of the Class G Certificates, in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, up to an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount (reduced by any prior distributions thereof hereunder), until the outstanding Certificate Balance of the Class G Certificates has been reduced to zero;

(xxiv)                  twenty-fourth, to the Holders of the Class G Certificates, first, up to an amount equal to the unreimbursed Realized Losses previously allocated to such Class, and then, up to an amount equal to interest on that amount at the Pass-Through Rate for such Class compounded monthly from the date the related Realized Loss was allocated to such Class;

(xxv)                     twenty-fifth, to the Holders of the Class H Certificates, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Interest Distribution Amount in respect of such Class of Certificates for such Distribution Date;

(xxvi)                 twenty-sixth, to the Holders of the Class H Certificates, in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, up to an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount (reduced by any prior distributions thereof hereunder), until the outstanding Certificate Balance of the Class H Certificates has been reduced to zero;

(xxvii)              twenty-seventh, to the Holders of the Class H Certificates, first, up to an amount equal to the unreimbursed Realized Losses previously allocated to such Class, and then, up to an amount equal to interest on that amount at the Pass-Through Rate for such Class compounded monthly from the date the related Realized Loss was allocated to such Class; and

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(xxviii)         twenty-eighth, to the Holders of the Class R Certificates in respect of the Class UR Interest, the amount, if any, of the Available Funds remaining in the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account with respect to such Distribution Date.

If, in connection with any Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator has reported the amount of an anticipated distribution to DTC based on the receipt of payments as of the Determination Date and additional Periodic Payments, balloon payments or unscheduled principal payments are subsequently received by the Master Servicer and required to be part of the Aggregate Available Funds for such Distribution Date, the Master Servicer shall promptly notify the Certificate Administrator and the Certificate Administrator will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause DTC to make the revised distribution on a timely basis on such Distribution Date. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Certificate Administrator shall not be liable or held responsible for any resulting delay in the making of such distribution to Certificateholders solely on the basis of the actions described in the preceding sentence.

Amounts distributable or otherwise allocable to any Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest set forth above will be distributed to the corresponding Classes of Exchangeable Certificates in accordance with their Class Percentage Interests therein pursuant to Section 5.11.

(b)              Distributions of Retained Certificate Available Funds. On each Distribution Date, to the extent of the Retained Certificate Available Funds for such Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator shall be deemed to transfer the Lower-Tier Distribution Amount from the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account to the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account in the amounts and priorities set forth in Section 4.01(c) with respect to the LRR Uncertificated Interest, and immediately thereafter, shall make distributions thereof from the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account in the following order of priority, satisfying in full, to the extent required and possible, each priority before making any distribution with respect to any succeeding priority:

(i)                                   first, to the Holders of the RR Interest, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Retained Certificate Interest Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date;

(ii)                               second, to the Holders of the RR Interest, in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, an amount equal to the Retained Certificate Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date, until the outstanding Certificate Balance of the RR Interest has been reduced to zero; and

(iii)                             third, to the Holders of the RR Interest, up to an amount equal to the Retained Certificate Realized Loss Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date;

provided, however, that to the extent any Retained Certificate Available Funds remain in the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account after applying amounts as set forth in clauses (i) – (iii) above, any such amounts so remaining shall be disbursed to the Holders of the Class R Certificates in respect of the Class UR Interest.

(c)              On each Distribution Date, each Lower-Tier Regular Interest shall be deemed to receive distributions in respect of principal or reimbursement of Realized Losses or Retained Certificate Realized Losses, as applicable, in an amount equal to the amount of principal or reimbursement of Realized Losses or Retained Certificate Realized Losses, as applicable,

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actually distributable to the Holders of the respective Related Certificates or Related Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests as provided in Sections 4.01(a), 4.01(b), 4.01(d), 4.01(f) and 4.01(i) such that at all times the Lower-Tier Principal Amount of each Class of Lower-Tier Regular Interests is equal to the Certificate Balance of the Class of Related Certificates or Related Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest. On each Distribution Date, each Lower-Tier Regular Interest shall be deemed to receive distributions in respect of interest in an amount equal to the Interest Distribution Amount or Retained Certificate Interest Distribution Amount, as applicable, in respect of each Class of Related Certificates or Related Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest plus a pro rata portion of the Interest Distribution Amount in respect of (i) in the case of the Class LA1, Class LA2, Class LASB, Class LA3, Class LA4 and Class LA5 Uncertificated Interests, the Class X-A Certificates, (ii) in the case of the Class LAS, Class LB and Class LC Uncertificated Interests, the Class X-B Certificates, (iii) in the case of the Class LD and Class LE Uncertificated Interests, the Class X-D Certificates, (iv) in the case of the Class LF Uncertificated Interest, the Class X-F Certificates, (v) in the case of the Class LG Uncertificated Interest, the Class X-G Certificates or (vi) in the case of the Class LH Uncertificated Interest, the Class X-H Certificates, in each case, computed based on an interest rate equal to the excess of the Weighted Average Net Mortgage Rate over the Pass-Through Rate of the Class of Related Certificates or Related Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest and a notional amount equal to its related Lower-Tier Principal Amount, in each case to the extent actually distributable thereon as provided in Section 4.01(a) or 4.01(b), as applicable. Amounts distributable pursuant to this paragraph are referred to herein collectively as the “Lower-Tier Distribution Amount”, and shall be made by the Certificate Administrator by deeming such Lower-Tier Distribution Amount to be withdrawn from the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account to be deposited in the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account.

As of any date, the principal balance of each Lower-Tier Regular Interest shall equal the Certificate Balance of the Class of Related Certificates or Related Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest with respect thereto, as adjusted for the allocation of Realized Losses and Retained Certificate Realized Losses, as provided in Sections 4.04(b) and 4.04(c). The initial principal balance of each Lower-Tier Regular Interest shall equal the respective Original Lower-Tier Principal Amount. The Pass-Through Rate with respect to each Lower-Tier Regular Interest for any Distribution Date shall be the Weighted Average Net Mortgage Rate for such Distribution Date.

Any amount that remains in the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account on each Distribution Date after distribution of the Lower-Tier Distribution Amount and distribution of Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges pursuant to Section 4.01(e) shall be distributed to the Holders of the Class R Certificates in respect of the Class LR Interest (but only to the extent of the Aggregate Available Funds for such Distribution Date remaining in the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, if any).

(d)               After the Certificate Balance of any Class of Certificates has been reduced to zero, such Class shall not be entitled to any further distributions in respect of interest or principal other than reimbursement of Realized Losses or Retained Certificate Realized Losses, as applicable, and other amounts provided for in this Section 4.01.

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(e)               Funds on deposit in the Distribution Account on each Distribution Date that represent Prepayment Premiums or Yield Maintenance Charges received by the Trust with respect to any Mortgage Loan or REO Loan (but excluding any related Companion Loan) during the related Collection Period, in each case net of any Liquidation Fees or Workout Fees payable therefrom, shall be distributable as follows: if any Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium is collected during any particular Collection Period with respect to any Mortgage Loan, then on the Distribution Date corresponding to that Collection Period, the Certificate Administrator shall pay that Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium (net of Liquidation Fees or Workout Fees payable therefrom) in the following manner:

(i)                to the Non-Retained Certificates, in the following amounts:

(A)             to each Class of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-4-1, Class A-4-2, Class A-5, Class A-5-1, Class A-5-2, Class A-S, Class A-S-1, Class A-S-2, Class B, Class B-1, Class B-2, Class C, Class C-1, Class C-2, Class D and Class E Certificates, the product of (1) the Non-Retained Percentage of such Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium, (2) the related Base Interest Fraction for such Class of Certificates and the applicable principal prepayment, and (3) a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the amount of principal distributed to such Class of Certificates for that Distribution Date, and the denominator of which is the total amount of principal distributed to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-3, Class D and Class E Certificates and the Class A-4 Exchangeable Certificates, the Class A-5 Exchangeable Certificates, the Class A-S Exchangeable Certificates, the Class B Exchangeable Certificates and the Class C Exchangeable Certificates for that Distribution Date;

(B)              to the Class A-4-X1 Certificates, the product of (1) the Non-Retained Percentage of such Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium, (2) a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the amount of principal distributed to the Class A-4-1 Certificates for that Distribution Date, and the denominator of which is the total amount of principal distributed to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-3, Class D and Class E Certificates and the Class A-4 Exchangeable Certificates, the Class A-5 Exchangeable Certificates, the Class A-S Exchangeable Certificates, the Class B Exchangeable Certificates and the Class C Exchangeable Certificates for that Distribution Date and (3) the difference between (i) the Base Interest Fraction for the Class A-4 Certificates and the applicable principal prepayment and (ii) the Base Interest Fraction for the Class A-4-1 Certificates and the applicable principal prepayment;

(C)              to the Class A-4-X2 Certificates, the product of (1) the Non-Retained Percentage of such Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium, (2) a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the amount of principal distributed to the Class A-4-2 Certificates for that Distribution Date, and the denominator of which is the total amount of principal distributed to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-3, Class D and Class E Certificates and the Class A-4 Exchangeable Certificates, the Class A-5 Exchangeable Certificates, the Class A-S Exchangeable Certificates, the Class B Exchangeable Certificates and the Class C Exchangeable

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Certificates for that Distribution Date and (3) the difference between (i) the Base Interest Fraction for the Class A-4 Certificates and the applicable principal prepayment and (ii) the Base Interest Fraction for the Class A-4-2 Certificates and the applicable principal prepayment;

(D)             to the Class A-5-X1 Certificates, the product of (1) the Non-Retained Percentage of such Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium, (2) a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the amount of principal distributed to the Class A-5-1 Certificates for that Distribution Date, and the denominator of which is the total amount of principal distributed to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-3, Class D and Class E Certificates and the Class A-4 Exchangeable Certificates, the Class A-5 Exchangeable Certificates, the Class A-S Exchangeable Certificates, the Class B Exchangeable Certificates and the Class C Exchangeable Certificates for that Distribution Date and (3) the difference between (i) the Base Interest Fraction for the Class A-5 Certificates and the applicable principal prepayment and (ii) the Base Interest Fraction for the Class A-5-1 Certificates and the applicable principal prepayment;

(E)              to the Class A-5-X2 Certificates, the product of (1) the Non-Retained Percentage of such Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium, (2) a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the amount of principal distributed to the Class A-5-2 Certificates for that Distribution Date, and the denominator of which is the total amount of principal distributed to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-3, Class D and Class E Certificates and the Class A-4 Exchangeable Certificates, the Class A-5 Exchangeable Certificates, the Class A-S Exchangeable Certificates, the Class B Exchangeable Certificates and the Class C Exchangeable Certificates for that Distribution Date and (3) the difference between (i) the Base Interest Fraction for the Class A-5 Certificates and the applicable principal prepayment and (ii) the Base Interest Fraction for the Class A-5-2 Certificates and the applicable principal prepayment;

(F)              to the Class A-S-X1 Certificates, the product of (1) the Non-Retained Percentage of such Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium, (2) a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the amount of principal distributed to the Class A-S-1 Certificates for that Distribution Date, and the denominator of which is the total amount of principal distributed to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-3, Class D and Class E Certificates and the Class A-4 Exchangeable Certificates, the Class A-5 Exchangeable Certificates, the Class A-S Exchangeable Certificates, the Class B Exchangeable Certificates and the Class C Exchangeable Certificates for that Distribution Date and (3) the difference between (i) the Base Interest Fraction for the Class A-S Certificates and the applicable principal prepayment and (ii) the Base Interest Fraction for the Class A-S-1 Certificates and the applicable principal prepayment;

(G)             to the Class A-S-X2 Certificates, the product of (1) the Non-Retained Percentage of such Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium, (2) a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the amount of principal distributed

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to the Class A-S-2 Certificates for that Distribution Date, and the denominator of which is the total amount of principal distributed to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-3, Class D and Class E Certificates and the Class A-4 Exchangeable Certificates, the Class A-5 Exchangeable Certificates, the Class A-S Exchangeable Certificates, the Class B Exchangeable Certificates and the Class C Exchangeable Certificates for that Distribution Date and (3) the difference between (i) the Base Interest Fraction for the Class A-S Certificates and the applicable principal prepayment and (ii) the Base Interest Fraction for the Class A-S-2 Certificates and the applicable principal prepayment;

(H)             to the Class B-X1 Certificates, the product of (1) the Non-Retained Percentage of such Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium, (2) a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the amount of principal distributed to the Class B-1 Certificates for that Distribution Date, and the denominator of which is the total amount of principal distributed to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-3, Class D and Class E Certificates and the Class A-4 Exchangeable Certificates, the Class A-5 Exchangeable Certificates, the Class A-S Exchangeable Certificates, the Class B Exchangeable Certificates and the Class C Exchangeable Certificates for that Distribution Date and (3) the difference between (i) the Base Interest Fraction for the Class B Certificates and the applicable principal prepayment and (ii) the Base Interest Fraction for the Class B-1 Certificates and the applicable principal prepayment;

(I)                to the Class B-X2 Certificates, the product of (1) the Non-Retained Percentage of such Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium, (2) a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the amount of principal distributed to the Class B-2 Certificates for that Distribution Date, and the denominator of which is the total amount of principal distributed to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-3, Class D and Class E Certificates and the Class A-4 Exchangeable Certificates, the Class A-5 Exchangeable Certificates, the Class A-S Exchangeable Certificates, the Class B Exchangeable Certificates and the Class C Exchangeable Certificates for that Distribution Date and (3) the difference between (i) the Base Interest Fraction for the Class B Certificates and the applicable principal prepayment and (ii) the Base Interest Fraction for the Class B-2 Certificates and the applicable principal prepayment;

(J)                to the Class C-X1 Certificates, the product of (1) the Non-Retained Percentage of such Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium, (2) a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the amount of principal distributed to the Class C-1 Certificates for that Distribution Date, and the denominator of which is the total amount of principal distributed to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-3, Class D and Class E Certificates and the Class A-4 Exchangeable Certificates, the Class A-5 Exchangeable Certificates, the Class A-S Exchangeable Certificates, the Class B Exchangeable Certificates and the Class C Exchangeable Certificates for that Distribution Date and (3) the difference between (i) the Base Interest Fraction for the Class C Certificates and the applicable principal

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prepayment and (ii) the Base Interest Fraction for the Class C-1 Certificates and the applicable principal prepayment;

(K)             to the Class C-X2 Certificates, the product of (1) the Non-Retained Percentage of such Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium, (2) a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the amount of principal distributed to the Class C-2 Certificates for that Distribution Date, and the denominator of which is the total amount of principal distributed to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-3, Class D and Class E Certificates and the Class A-4 Exchangeable Certificates, the Class A-5 Exchangeable Certificates, the Class A-S Exchangeable Certificates, the Class B Exchangeable Certificates and the Class C Exchangeable Certificates for that Distribution Date and (3) the difference between (i) the Base Interest Fraction for the Class C Certificates and the applicable principal prepayment and (ii) the Base Interest Fraction for the Class C-2 Certificates and the applicable principal prepayment; and

(L)              to the Class X-A Certificates, the excess, if any, of (1) the product of (i) the Non-Retained Percentage of such Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium and (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the total amount of principal distributed to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB and Class A-3 Certificates and the Class A-4 Exchangeable Certificates and Class A-5 Exchangeable Certificates for that Distribution Date, and the denominator of which is the total amount of principal distributed to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-3, Class D and Class E Certificates and the Class A-4 Exchangeable Certificates, the Class A-5 Exchangeable Certificates, the Class A-S Exchangeable Certificates, the Class B Exchangeable Certificates and the Class C Exchangeable Certificates for that Distribution Date, over (2) the total amount of such Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium distributed to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB and Class A-3 Certificates and the Class A-4 Exchangeable Certificates and Class A-5 Exchangeable Certificates as described above;

(M)            to the Class X-B Certificates, the excess, if any, of (1) the product of (i) the Non-Retained Percentage of such Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium and (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the total amount of principal distributed to the Class A-S Exchangeable Certificates, Class B Exchangeable Certificates and Class C Exchangeable Certificates for that Distribution Date, and the denominator of which is the total amount of principal distributed to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-3, Class D and Class E Certificates and the Class A-4 Exchangeable Certificates, the Class A-5 Exchangeable Certificates, the Class A-S Exchangeable Certificates, the Class B Exchangeable Certificates and the Class C Exchangeable Certificates for that Distribution Date, over (2) the total amount of such Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium distributed to the Class A-S Exchangeable Certificates, Class B Exchangeable Certificates and Class C Exchangeable Certificates as described above;

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(N)             to the Class X-D Certificates, any remaining portion of the Non-Retained Percentage of such Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium not distributed as described above in this clause (i); and

(ii)               to the RR Interest, the Required Credit Risk Retention Percentage of such Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium.

Notwithstanding any of the foregoing to the contrary, if at any time the Certificate Balances of the Principal Balance Certificates (other than the Control Eligible Certificates) have been reduced to zero as a result of the allocation of principal payments on the Mortgage Loans, and any Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium is collected during any Collection Period with respect to any Mortgage Loan, then on the Distribution Date immediately succeeding the end of such Collection Period, the Certificate Administrator shall pay to the Holders of each remaining Class of Principal Balance Certificates then entitled to distributions of principal on such Distribution Date the product of (a) any Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium distributable on the subject Distribution Date (net of any Liquidation Fees payable therefrom), and (b) a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the amount of principal distributed to such Class for that Distribution Date, and the denominator of which is the total amount of principal distributed to all Principal Balance Certificates for that Distribution Date.

For purposes of the first paragraph of this Section 4.01(e), the relevant “Base Interest Fraction” in connection with any Principal Prepayment of any Mortgage Loan that provides for the payment of a Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium, and with respect to any Class of Principal Balance Certificates (other than the RR Interest), shall be a fraction (A) the numerator of which is the greater of (x) zero and (y) the difference between (i) the Pass-Through Rate on such Class for the related Distribution Date, and (ii) the applicable Discount Rate and (B) the denominator of which is the difference between (i) the Mortgage Rate on such Mortgage Loan and (ii) the applicable Discount Rate; provided that: (a) under no circumstances will the Base Interest Fraction be greater than 1.0; (b) if the applicable Discount Rate is greater than or equal to the Mortgage Rate on such Mortgage Loan and is greater than or equal to the Pass-Through Rate on such Class for the related Distribution Date, then the Base Interest Fraction will equal zero; and (c) if the applicable Discount Rate is greater than or equal to the Mortgage Rate on such Mortgage Loan and is less than the Pass-Through Rate on such Class for the related Distribution Date, then the Base Interest Fraction shall be equal to 1.0. If a Mortgage Loan provides for a step-up in the Mortgage Rate, then the Mortgage Rate used in the determination of the Base Interest Fraction will be the Mortgage Rate in effect at the time of the prepayment.

For purposes of the preceding paragraph, the relevant “Discount Rate” in connection with any Prepayment Premium or Yield Maintenance Charge collected on any prepaid Mortgage Loan or REO Loan and distributable on any Distribution Date shall be a rate per annum equal to (i) if a discount rate was used in the calculation of the applicable Prepayment Premium or Yield Maintenance Charge pursuant to the terms of the relevant Mortgage Loan or REO Loan, as the case may be, such discount rate (as reported by the Master Servicer), converted (if necessary) to a monthly equivalent yield, or (ii) if a discount rate was not used in the calculation of the applicable Prepayment Premium or Yield Maintenance Charge pursuant to the terms of the relevant Mortgage Loan or REO Loan, as the case may be, the yield calculated by the linear interpolation of the yields (as reported under the heading “U.S. Government Securities/Treasury

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Constant Maturities” in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) published by the Federal Reserve Board for the week most recently ended before the date of the relevant prepayment (or deemed prepayment) of U.S. Treasury constant maturities with a maturity date, one longer and one shorter, most nearly approximating the related Stated Maturity Date (in the case of a Mortgage Loan or REO Loan that is not related to an ARD Loan) or the related Anticipated Repayment Date (in the case of a Mortgage Loan or REO Loan that is related to an ARD Loan)), such interpolated yield converted to a monthly equivalent yield. If Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) is no longer published, the Certificate Administrator shall select a comparable publication as the source of the applicable yields of U.S. Treasury constant maturities.

No Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium shall be distributed to the Class X-F, Class X-G, Class X-H, Class V or Class R Certificates.

All distributions of Yield Maintenance Charges and Prepayment Premiums made in respect of the respective Classes of Regular Certificates and Exchangeable Certificates on each Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01(e) shall first be deemed to be distributed from the Lower-Tier REMIC to the Upper-Tier REMIC in respect of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests, pro rata based upon the amount of principal distributed in respect of each such Class of Lower-Tier Regular Interests for such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01(c) above.

(f)                On each Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator shall withdraw amounts from the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account (other than amounts with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) equal to the Gain-on-Sale Remittance Amount for such Distribution Date. The Certificate Administrator shall deposit such amounts in the Distribution Account for distribution pursuant to Section 4.01(a) to the Holders of the Regular Certificates (other than the RR Interest) and the Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests (and correspondingly, the Exchangeable Certificates) in order of distribution priority (first deeming such amounts to be distributed with respect to the Related Lower-Tier Regular Interests). Amounts paid in reimbursement of Realized Losses shall not reduce the Certificate Balances of the Classes of Certificates receiving such distributions. Any amounts remaining in the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account after such distributions shall be applied to offset future Realized Losses with respect to the Principal Balance Certificates and related Realized Losses in each case allocable to the Regular Certificates (other than the RR Interest) and the Exchangeable Certificates. Upon termination of the Trust, any amounts remaining in the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account shall be distributed to the Holders of the Class R Certificates from the Lower-Tier REMIC in respect of the Class LR Interest.

In addition, on each Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator shall withdraw amounts from the Retained Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account (other than amounts with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) equal to the Retained Certificate Gain-on-Sale Remittance Amount for such Distribution Date. The Certificate Administrator shall deposit such amounts in the Distribution Account for distribution pursuant to Section 4.01(b) to the Holders of the RR Interest (first deeming such amounts to be distributed with respect to the Related Lower-Tier Regular Interest). Amounts paid in reimbursement of Retained Certificate Realized Losses shall not reduce the Certificate Balance of the RR Interest if it receives such distributions. Any amounts remaining in the Retained Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account after such distributions shall be applied to offset future Retained Certificate Realized Losses with respect to the RR Interest. Upon termination of the Trust, any amounts remaining in the Retained Certificate

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Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account shall be distributed to the Holders of the Class R Certificates from the Lower-Tier REMIC in respect of the Class LR Interest.

(g)               All distributions made with respect to each Class of Certificates on each Distribution Date shall be allocated pro rata among the outstanding Certificates in such Class based on their respective Percentage Interests. Except as otherwise specifically provided in Sections 4.01(h), 4.01(i) and 9.01, all such distributions with respect to each Class on each Distribution Date shall be made to the Certificateholders of the respective Class of record at the close of business on the related Record Date and shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of any such Certificateholder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such Certificateholder shall have provided the Certificate Administrator with wiring instructions no less than five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent Distribution Dates), or otherwise by check mailed to such Certificateholder at its address in the Certificate Register. The final distribution on each Certificate (determined without regard to any possible future reimbursement of Realized Losses or Retained Certificate Realized Losses, as applicable, previously allocated to such Certificate) will be made in like manner, but only upon presentation and surrender of such Certificate at the offices of the Certificate Registrar or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders of such final distribution.

Each distribution with respect to a Book-Entry Certificate shall be paid to the Depository, as Holder thereof, and the Depository shall be responsible for crediting the amount of such distribution to the accounts of its Depository Participants in accordance with its normal procedures. Each Depository Participant shall be responsible for disbursing such distribution to the Certificate Owners that it represents and to each indirect participating brokerage firm (a “brokerage firm” or “indirect participating firm”) for which it acts as agent. Each brokerage firm shall be responsible for disbursing funds to the Certificate Owners that it represents. None of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Registrar, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Underwriters shall have any responsibility therefor except as otherwise provided by this Agreement or applicable law.

(h)               Except as otherwise provided in Section 9.01, whenever the Certificate Administrator expects that the final distribution with respect to any Class of Certificates (determined without regard to any possible future reimbursement of any amount of Realized Losses or Retained Certificate Realized Losses, as applicable, previously allocated to such Class of Certificates) will be made on the next Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator shall, no later than the related P&I Advance Determination Date, post on the Certificate Administrator’s Website pursuant to Section 3.13(b) a notice in electronic format to the effect that:

(i)                the Certificate Administrator expects that the final distribution with respect to such Class of Certificates will be made on such Distribution Date but only upon presentation and surrender of such Certificates at the offices of the Certificate Registrar or such other location therein specified; and

(ii)               no interest shall accrue on such Certificates from and after such Distribution Date.

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Any funds not distributed to any Holder or Holders of Certificates of such Class on such Distribution Date because of the failure of such Holder or Holders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held uninvested in trust and credited to the account or accounts of the appropriate non-tendering Holder or Holders. If any Certificates as to which notice has been given pursuant to this Section 4.01(h) shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six (6) months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation in order to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one (1) year after the second notice all such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator, directly or through an agent, shall take such steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning the surrender of their Certificates as it shall deem appropriate, subject to applicable law with respect to escheatment of funds. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders following the first anniversary of the delivery of such second notice to the non-tendering Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held in trust hereunder by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with this Section 4.01(h).

(i)                 Distributions in reimbursement of Realized Losses or Retained Certificate Realized Losses, as applicable, previously allocated to the Regular Certificates and Exchangeable Certificates shall be made in the amounts and manner specified in Section 4.01(a), Section 4.01(b) or Section 4.01(d), as applicable, to the Holders of the respective Class otherwise entitled to distributions of interest and principal on such Class on the relevant Distribution Date; provided that all distributions in reimbursement of Realized Losses or Retained Certificate Realized Losses, as applicable, previously allocated to a Class of Certificates which has since been retired shall be to the prior Holders that surrendered the Certificates of such Class upon retirement thereof and shall be made by check mailed to the address of each such prior Holder last shown in the Certificate Register. Notice of any such distribution to a prior Holder shall be made in accordance with Section 13.05 at such last address. The amount of the distribution to each such prior Holder shall be based upon the aggregate Percentage Interest evidenced by the Certificates surrendered thereby. If the check mailed to any such prior Holder is returned uncashed, then the amount thereof shall be set aside and held uninvested in trust for the benefit of such prior Holder, and the Certificate Administrator shall attempt to contact such prior Holder in the manner contemplated by Section 4.01(h) as if such Holder had failed to surrender its Certificates.

(j)                 On each Distribution Date, any Excess Interest received during the related Collection Period with respect to any ARD Loans shall be distributed (i) to the Holders of the Excess Interest Certificates in an amount equal to the Non-Retained Percentage of such Excess Interest and (ii) to the Holders of the RR Interest in an amount equal to the Required Credit Risk Retention Percentage of such Excess Interest, in each case, from the Excess Interest Distribution Account. Excess Interest will not be available to pay any other amounts except for distributions on Excess Interest Certificates and the RR Interest as set forth in the prior sentence.

(k)               On each Serviced Whole Loan Remittance Date, with respect to any Serviced Companion Loan, the Companion Paying Agent shall make withdrawals and payments

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from the Companion Distribution Account for each Companion Loan in the following order of priority:

(i)                                  to pay to the Master Servicer for deposit into the Collection Account, as applicable, any amounts deposited by the Master Servicer in the Companion Distribution Account not required to be deposited therein;

(ii)                             to the extent permitted under the related Intercreditor Agreement and not otherwise previously reimbursed, to pay the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator or any of their directors, officers, employees and agents, as the case may be, any amounts payable or reimbursable to any such Person pursuant to Section 8.05, to the extent any such amounts relate solely to a Serviced Whole Loan related to such Companion Loan, and such amounts are to be paid by the related Companion Holder pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement;

(iii)                             to pay all amounts remaining in the Companion Distribution Account related to such Serviced Companion Loan to the related Companion Holder, in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement; and

(iv)                           to clear and terminate the Companion Distribution Account at the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01.

All distributions from the Companion Distribution Account required hereunder shall be made by the Companion Paying Agent to the related Companion Holder by wire transfer in immediately available funds on each Serviced Whole Loan Remittance Date (and on each additional date required by this Agreement or the related Intercreditor Agreement) to the account of such Companion Holder or an agent therefor appearing on the Serviced Companion Noteholder Register on the related Record Date (or, if no such account so appears or information relating thereto is not provided at least five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date, by check sent by first class mail to the address of such Companion Holder or its agent appearing on the Serviced Companion Noteholder Register). Any such account shall be located at a commercial bank in the United States.

On the final Remittance Date, the Master Servicer shall withdraw from the Collection Account and deliver to the Certificate Administrator who shall distribute to the Mortgage Loan Sellers, any Loss of Value Payments relating to the Mortgage Loans that it is servicing and that were transferred from the Loss of Value Reserve Fund to the Collection Account on the immediately preceding Remittance Date.

Section 4.02        Distribution Date Statements; CREFC^® Investor Reporting Packages; Grant of Power of Attorney.(a) On each Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator shall make available pursuant to Section 3.13(b) on the Certificate Administrator’s Website to any Privileged Person a statement (substantially in the form set forth as Exhibit G hereto and based in part upon information supplied to the Certificate Administrator in the related CREFC^® Investor Reporting Package in accordance with CREFC^® guidelines) as to the distributions made on such Distribution Date (each, a “Distribution Date Statement”) which shall include:

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(i)                               the amount of the distribution on such Distribution Date to the Holders of each Class of Certificates in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof;

(ii)                              the aggregate amount of Advances made, with respect to the pool of Mortgage Loans, during the period from but not including the previous Distribution Date to and including such Distribution Date and details of P&I Advances as of the P&I Advance Date;

(iii)                            the aggregate amount of compensation paid to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator, servicing compensation paid to the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, compensation paid to the Operating Advisor, compensation paid to the Asset Representations Reviewer and CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fees paid to CREFC^®, in each case, with respect to the Collection Period for such Determination Date together with detailed calculations of servicing compensation paid to the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer;

(iv)                          the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and any REO Loans (but excluding any related Companion Loans), with respect to the pool of Mortgage Loans, outstanding immediately before and immediately after such Distribution Date;

(v)                              the aggregate amount of unscheduled payments received;

(vi)                           the number of loans, their aggregate principal balance, weighted average remaining term to maturity and weighted average Mortgage Rate of the Mortgage Loans, with respect to the pool of Mortgage Loans, as of the end of the related Collection Period for such Distribution Date;

(vii)                        the number and aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans (A) delinquent 30-59 days, (B) delinquent 60-89 days, (C) delinquent 90 days to 120 days, (D) current but specially serviced or in foreclosure but not an REO Property and (E) for which the related Mortgagor is subject to oversight by a bankruptcy court;

(viii)                     the value of any REO Property (and, with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, the trust’s interest therein) included in the Trust Fund as of the end of the related Determination Date for such Distribution Date, on a loan-by-loan basis, based on the most recent Appraisal or valuation;

(ix)                              the Available Funds and Retained Certificate Available Funds for such Distribution Date;

(x)                                the (A) Interest Distribution Amount, Interest Accrual Amount and Interest Shortfall or (B) Retained Certificate Interest Distribution Amount, as applicable, in respect of such Class of Certificates for such Distribution Date, separately identifying any Interest Distribution Amount, Interest Accrual Amount, Interest Shortfall or Retained Certificate Interest Distribution Amount, as applicable, for such Distribution Date allocated to such Class of Certificates;

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(xi)                          the amount of the distribution on such Distribution Date to the Holders of such Class of Certificates allocable to (A) Yield Maintenance Charges, (B) in the case of the Class V Certificates and the RR Interest, Excess Interest and (C) Prepayment Premiums;

(xii)                           the Pass-Through Rate for such Class of Certificates for such Distribution Date and the next succeeding Distribution Date;

(xiii)                      the Scheduled Principal Distribution Amount and the Unscheduled Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date, with respect to the pool of Mortgage Loans;

(xiv)                       the Certificate Balance or Notional Amount, as the case may be, of each Class of Certificates immediately before and immediately after such Distribution Date, separately identifying any reduction therein as a result of the allocation of any Realized Loss or Retained Certificate Realized Loss, as applicable, on such Distribution Date and the aggregate amount of all reductions as a result of allocations of Realized Losses or Retained Certificate Realized Losses, as applicable, in respect of the Principal Balance Certificates (other than the RR Interest) and the RR Interest, respectively, to date;

(xv)                          the Certificate Factor for each Class of Certificates (other than the Class R and Class V Certificates) immediately following such Distribution Date;

(xvi)                       the amount of any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts effected (including, with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, the amount allocable to the related Mortgage Loan and Serviced Companion Loan) in connection with such Distribution Date on a loan-by-loan basis;

(xvii)                    the current Controlling Class;

(xviii)                  the number and related Stated Principal Balance of any Mortgage Loans extended or modified since the previous Determination Date (or in the case of the first Distribution Date, as of the Cut-off Date) on a loan-by-loan basis;

(xix)                         a loan-by-loan listing of each Mortgage Loan which was the subject of a Principal Prepayment since the previous Determination Date (or in the case of the first Distribution Date, as of the Cut-off Date) and the amount and the type of Principal Prepayment occurring;

(xx)                            a loan-by-loan listing of each Mortgage Loan which was defeased since the previous Determination Date (or in the case of the first Distribution Date, as of the Cut-off Date);

(xxi)                         all deposits into, withdrawals from, and the balance of the Interest Reserve Account on the P&I Advance Date;

(xxii)                      in the case of the Class R Certificates, the amount of any distributions on such Certificates pursuant to Sections 4.01(a), 4.01(b), 4.01(c) and 4.01(f);

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(xxiii)                 the amount of the distribution on such Distribution Date to the Holders of such Class of Certificates in reimbursement of previously allocated Realized Losses or Retained Certificate Realized Losses, as applicable;

(xxiv)                  the aggregate unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loans outstanding as of the close of business on the related Determination Date, with respect to the pool of Mortgage Loans;

(xxv)                    with respect to any Mortgage Loan as to which a Liquidation Event occurred since the previous Determination Date (or in the case of the first Distribution Date, as of the Cut-off Date) or prior to the related Determination Date (other than a payment in full), (A) the loan number thereof, (B) the aggregate of all Liquidation Proceeds and other amounts received in connection with such Liquidation Event (separately identifying the portion thereof allocable to distributions on the Certificates), (C) the amount of any Realized Loss allocated to the Principal Balance Certificates (other than the RR Interest) in connection with such Liquidation Event, and (D) the amount of any Retained Certificate Realized Loss allocated to the RR Interest in connection with such Liquidation Event;

(xxvi)                  with respect to any REO Property (including, with respect to any Non-Serviced Whole Loan, the Trust’s interest therein) included in the Trust as to which the Special Servicer determined, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, that all payments or recoveries with respect to the Mortgaged Property have been ultimately recovered since the previous Determination Date, (A) the loan number of the related Mortgage Loan, (B) the aggregate of all Liquidation Proceeds and other amounts received in connection with that determination (separately identifying the portion thereof allocable to distributions on the Certificates), (C) the amount of any Realized Loss allocated to the Principal Balance Certificates (other than the RR Interest) in respect of the related REO Loan in connection with that determination, and (D) the amount of any Retained Certificate Realized Loss allocated to the RR Interest in respect of the related REO Loan in connection with that determination;

(xxvii)              the aggregate amount of interest on P&I Advances paid to the Master Servicer and the Trustee since the previous Determination Date (or in the case of the first Distribution Date, as of the Cut-off Date), with respect to the pool of Mortgage Loans;

(xxviii)           exchanges of Exchangeable Certificates that took place since the last Distribution Date and the designations of the applicable Classes that were exchanged or, if applicable, that no such exchanges have occurred;

(xxix)                    the then-current credit support levels for each Class of Certificates;

(xxx)                       the aggregate amount of Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges on the Mortgage Loans (each separately identified) collected since the previous Determination Date (or in the case of the first Distribution Date, as of the Cut-off Date);

(xxxi)                    a loan-by-loan listing of any material modification, extension or waiver of a Mortgage Loan;

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(xxxii)              a loan-by-loan listing of any material breach of the representations and warranties given with respect to a Mortgage Loan by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller;

(xxxiii)              an itemized listing of any Disclosable Special Servicer Fees received by the Special Servicer or any of its Affiliates, which information will be provided to the Certificate Administrator by the Master Servicer; and

(xxxiv)             the amount of any Excess Interest actually received.

In the case of information furnished pursuant to clauses (i), (ix), (x), (xi), (xiv), (xxiii), (xxiv) and (xxxiv) above, the amounts shall be expressed as a dollar amount in the aggregate for all Certificates of each applicable Class and per Definitive Certificate.

The Certificate Administrator has not obtained and shall not be deemed to have obtained actual knowledge of any information only by virtue of its receipt and posting of such information to the Certificate Administrator’s website.

Within a reasonable period of time after the end of each calendar year, the Certificate Administrator shall furnish to each Person who at any time during the calendar year was a Holder of a Certificate, a statement containing the information set forth in clauses (i) and (x) above as to the applicable Class, aggregated for such calendar year or applicable portion thereof during which person was a Certificateholder, together with such other information as the Certificate Administrator deems necessary or desirable, or that a Certificateholder or Certificate Owner reasonably requests, to enable Certificateholders to prepare their tax returns for such calendar year. Such obligation of the Certificate Administrator shall be deemed to have been satisfied to the extent that substantially comparable information shall be provided by the Certificate Administrator pursuant to any requirements of the Code as from time to time are in force.

Upon receipt of an Asset Review Report Summary from the Asset Representations Reviewer required to be delivered pursuant to Section 12.01(b), the Certificate Administrator shall (i) include such Asset Review Report Summary in Item 1B on the Form 10-D for such period in which such Asset Review Report Summary was delivered, and (ii) post such Asset Review Report Summary to the Certificate Administrator’s Website not later than two (2) Business Days after receipt of such Asset Review Report Summary from the Asset Representations Reviewer.

(b)               [Reserved].

(c)               Each of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer may, at its sole cost and expense, make available by electronic media, bulletin board service or Internet website (in addition to making information available as provided herein) any reports or other information the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, is required or permitted to provide to any party to this Agreement, the Rating Agencies or any Certificateholder or any prospective Certificateholder that has provided the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, with an Investor Certification or has executed a “click-through” confidentiality agreement in accordance with Section 3.13 (which may be a licensed or registered investment advisor) to the extent such action does not conflict with the terms of this Agreement (including without limitation, any requirements to keep Privileged Information confidential), the terms of the Mortgage Loans or applicable law. Notwithstanding this paragraph, the availability of such information or reports

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on the Internet or similar electronic media shall not be deemed to satisfy any specific delivery requirements in this Agreement except as set forth herein. In connection with providing access to the Master Servicer’s Internet website, the Master Servicer shall take reasonable measures to ensure that only such parties listed above may access such information including, without limitation, requiring registration, a confidentiality agreement and acceptance of a disclaimer. Neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall be liable for dissemination of this information in accordance with this Agreement, and neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall be responsible for any information delivered, produced, or made available pursuant to Section 3.13 and Section 4.02(a), other than information produced by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable; provided that such information otherwise meets the requirements set forth herein with respect to the form and substance of such information or reports. The Master Servicer shall be entitled to attach to any report provided pursuant to this Section 4.02(c), any reasonable disclaimer with respect to information provided, or any assumptions required to be made by such report.

The Special Servicer shall from time to time (and, in any event, as may be reasonably required by the Master Servicer) provide the Master Servicer with such information in its possession regarding the Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties as may be necessary for the Master Servicer to prepare each report and any supplemental information to be provided by the Master Servicer to the Certificate Administrator. None of the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee or the Depositor shall have any obligation to recompute, verify or recalculate the information provided thereto by the Master Servicer. Unless the Certificate Administrator has actual knowledge that any report or file received from the Master Servicer contains erroneous information, the Certificate Administrator is authorized to rely thereon in calculating and making distributions to Certificateholders in accordance with Section 4.01, preparing the Distribution Date Statement required by Section 4.02(a) and allocating Realized Losses and/or Retained Certificate Realized Losses, as applicable, to the Certificates in accordance with Section 4.04.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the failure of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer to disclose any information otherwise required to be disclosed pursuant to this Section 4.02(c) or Section 4.02(d) shall not constitute a breach of this Section 4.02(c) or of Section 4.02(d) to the extent the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer so fails because such disclosure, in the reasonable belief of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, would violate any applicable law or any provision of a Mortgage Loan document prohibiting disclosure of information with respect to the Mortgage Loans or the Mortgaged Properties. The Master Servicer or the Special Servicer may affix to any information provided by it any disclaimer it deems appropriate in its reasonable discretion (without suggesting liability on the part of any other party hereto).

(d)               Upon the written request of a Certificateholder, any beneficial owner of a Certificate, or any prospective purchaser of a Certificate that is a Qualified Institutional Buyer and is designated by a Certificateholder or a beneficial owner of a Certificate as such and, in any case, has delivered an Investor Certification to the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator, as soon as reasonably practicable, at the expense of the requesting party, the Certificate Administrator shall make available to the requesting party such information that is in the Certificate Administrator’s possession or can reasonably be obtained by the Certificate Administrator as is requested by such person, for purposes of satisfying applicable reporting requirements under Rule 144A under the

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Securities Act. Neither the Certificate Registrar, nor the Certificate Administrator shall have any responsibility for the sufficiency under Rule 144A or any other securities laws of any available information so furnished to any person including any prospective purchaser of a Certificate or any interest therein, nor for the content or accuracy of any information so furnished which was prepared or delivered to them by another.

(e)               The information to which any Certificateholder is entitled is limited to the information gathered and provided to the Certificateholder by the parties hereto pursuant to this Agreement and by acceptance of any Certificate, each Certificateholder agrees that except as specifically provided herein, no Certificateholder shall contact any Mortgagor directly with respect to any Mortgage Loan.

(f)                Upon the reasonable request of the Directing Certificateholder or any Controlling Class Certificateholder that, in either case, is an Excluded Controlling Class Holder with respect to any Excluded Controlling Class Loan identified to the Master Servicer’s (in the case of a Non-Specially Serviced Loan) or the Special Servicer’s (in the case of a Specially Serviced Loan) reasonable satisfaction (at the expense of the Directing Certificateholder or such Controlling Class Certificateholder) and if such information is in the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s possession, as applicable, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer shall provide or make available (or forward electronically) to the Directing Certificateholder or such Controlling Class Certificateholder, as applicable, (at the expense of the Directing Certificateholder or such Controlling Class Certificateholder, as applicable) any Excluded Information (available to Privileged Persons through the Certificate Administrator’s Website but not accessible to the Directing Certificateholder or such Controlling Class Certificateholder, as applicable, through the Certificate Administrator’s Website because the Directing Certificateholder or such Controlling Class Certificateholder, as applicable, is an Excluded Controlling Class Holder with respect to another Excluded Controlling Class Loan) relating to any Excluded Controlling Class Loan with respect to which the Directing Certificateholder or such Controlling Class Certificateholder, as applicable, is not a Borrower Party; provided that, in connection therewith, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer may require a written confirmation executed by the requesting Person substantially in such form as may be reasonably acceptable to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, generally to the effect that such Person is the Directing Certificateholder or a Controlling Class Certificateholder, will keep such Excluded Information confidential and is not a Borrower Party, upon which the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer may conclusively rely. In addition, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on delivery from the Directing Certificateholder or a Controlling Class Certificateholder, as applicable, of an Investor Certification substantially in the form of Exhibit P-1B that the Directing Certificateholder or Controlling Class Certificateholder is not an Excluded Controlling Class Holder with respect to a particular Mortgage Loan. For the avoidance of doubt, the Special Servicer referenced in this Section 4.02(f) shall include any applicable Excluded Special Servicer with respect to the related Excluded Special Servicer Loan(s).

Section 4.03        P&I Advances. (a) On or before 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on each P&I Advance Date, the Master Servicer shall (i) remit to the Certificate Administrator for deposit from its own funds into the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, an amount equal to the aggregate amount of P&I Advances, if any, with respect to the Mortgage Loans serviced by

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the Master Servicer to be made in respect of the related Distribution Date, (ii) apply amounts held in the Collection Account, for future distribution to Certificateholders in subsequent months in discharge of any such obligation to make such P&I Advances or (iii) make such P&I Advances in the form of any combination of (i) and (ii) aggregating the total amount of P&I Advances to be made. Any amounts held in the Collection Account for future distribution and so used to make P&I Advances shall be appropriately reflected in the Master Servicer’s records and replaced by the Master Servicer by deposit in the Collection Account on or before the next succeeding P&I Advance Date (to the extent not previously replaced through the deposit of Late Collections of the delinquent principal and/or interest in respect of which such P&I Advances were made). The Master Servicer shall notify the Certificate Administrator of (i) the aggregate amount of P&I Advances to be made by the Master Servicer for a Distribution Date and (ii) the amount of any Nonrecoverable P&I Advances with respect to Mortgage Loans serviced by the Master Servicer for such Distribution Date, on or before two (2) Business Days prior to such Distribution Date. If the Master Servicer fails to make a required P&I Advance by 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on any P&I Advance Date, the Trustee shall make such P&I Advance pursuant to Section 7.05 by noon, New York City time, on the related Distribution Date, unless the Master Servicer shall have cured such failure (and provided written notice of such cure to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator) by 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such Distribution Date. In the event that the Master Servicer fails to make a required P&I Advance hereunder, the Certificate Administrator shall notify the Trustee of such circumstances by 4:30 p.m., New York City time, on the related P&I Advance Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the portion of any P&I Advance equal to the CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee shall not be remitted to the Certificate Administrator for deposit into the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account but shall be deposited into the Collection Account for payment to CREFC^® on such Distribution Date.

If the Master Servicer or the Trustee makes a P&I Advance with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan with a related Serviced Companion Loan, then it shall provide to the related other master servicer and Other Trustee under the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement written notice of the amount of such P&I Advance with respect to such Mortgage Loan within two (2) Business Days of making such P&I Advance.

If the Master Servicer or the Trustee makes a P&I Advance with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, then it shall provide to the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer and Non-Serviced Trustee written notice of the amount of such P&I Advance within two (2) Business Days of making such P&I Advance.

The Special Servicer shall not have an obligation to make any P&I Advance or any recoverability determination with respect to any P&I Advance under this Agreement.

(b)               Subject to Section 4.03(c) and Section 4.03(e) below, the amount of P&I Advances to be made by the Master Servicer with respect to any Distribution Date, and each Mortgage Loan, shall be equal to: (i) the Periodic Payments (net of related Servicing Fees and, in the case of any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, a fee accruing at the related Non-Serviced Primary Servicing Fee Rate) other than Balloon Payments, that were due on such Mortgage Loan (including any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) and any REO Loan (other than any portion of an REO Loan related to a Companion Loan) during the related Collection Period and were not received as of the close of business on the Business Day preceding the related P&I Advance Date (or not advanced

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by any Sub-Servicer on behalf of the Master Servicer) and (ii) with respect to each such Mortgage Loan delinquent in respect of its Balloon Payment as of the P&I Advance Date (including any REO Loan (other than any portion of an REO Loan related to a Companion Loan) as to which the related Balloon Payment would have been past due), an amount equal to the Assumed Scheduled Payment therefor. Subject to Section 4.03(c) below, the obligation of the Master Servicer to make such P&I Advances is mandatory, and with respect to any Mortgage Loan (including any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or REO Loan (other than any portion of an REO Loan related to a Companion Loan), shall continue until the Distribution Date on which the proceeds, if any, received in connection with a Liquidation Event or the disposition of the REO Property, as the case may be, with respect thereto are to be distributed. No P&I Advances shall be made with respect to any Companion Loan. For the avoidance of doubt, the Master Servicer shall make P&I Advances on the basis of the original terms of any Mortgage Loan, including Mortgage Loans subject to forbearance agreements or other temporary deferrals or payment accommodations, unless (i) the terms of the Mortgage Loan have been permanently modified to reduce or forgive a monetary obligation or (ii) such advance has been determined to be non-recoverable.

(c)               Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no P&I Advance shall be required to be made hereunder if such P&I Advance would, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance. With respect to each Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee shall make its determination that a P&I Advance that has been made on such Serviced Mortgage Loan is a Nonrecoverable Advance or that any proposed P&I Advance would, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance with respect to such Serviced Mortgage Loan independently of any determination made by the applicable Other Servicer or Other Trustee, as the case may be, under the applicable Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement in respect of the related Serviced Companion Loan. If the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee determines that a proposed P&I Advance with respect to a Serviced Mortgage Loan, if made, or any outstanding P&I Advance with respect to a Serviced Mortgage Loan previously made, would be, or is, as applicable, a Nonrecoverable Advance, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, shall provide the applicable Other Servicer written notice of such determination within two (2) Business Days of the date of such determination. If the Master Servicer receives written notice from the related Other Servicer, as the case may be, that an Other Servicer or the Other Trustee has determined, in accordance with the applicable Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to a Serviced Companion Loan, that any proposed advance under the applicable Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement that is similar to a P&I Advance would be, or any outstanding advance under such Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement that is similar to a P&I Advance is, a nonrecoverable advance, then the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee may, based upon such determination, determine that any P&I Advance previously made or proposed to be made with respect to the related Serviced Mortgage Loan will be a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance. Thereafter, in either case, the Master Servicer and the Trustee shall not be required to make any additional P&I Advances with respect to the related Serviced Mortgage Loan unless and until the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be, determines that any such additional P&I Advances with respect to the related Serviced Mortgage Loan would not be a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance, which determination may be as a result of consultation with the related Other Servicer, as the case may be, or otherwise. For the avoidance of doubt, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be, shall have the sole discretion provided in this Agreement to determine that any future P&I Advance or outstanding P&I Advance would be, or is, as applicable, a Nonrecoverable Advance.

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With respect to each Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee shall make its determination (based on information provided by the applicable Non-Serviced Master Servicer and Non-Serviced Special Servicer) that a P&I Advance that has been made on such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan is a Nonrecoverable Advance or that any proposed P&I Advance would, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance with respect to such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan independently of any determination made by the applicable Non-Serviced Master Servicer, the applicable Non-Serviced Special Servicer or the Non-Serviced Trustee, as the case may be, under the applicable Non-Serviced PSA in respect of the related Non-Serviced Companion Loan. If the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee determines that a proposed P&I Advance with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, if made, or any outstanding P&I Advance with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan previously made, would be, or is, as applicable, a Nonrecoverable Advance, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, shall provide the applicable Non-Serviced Master Servicer and Non-Serviced Special Servicer written notice of such determination within two (2) Business Days of the date of such determination. If the Master Servicer receives written notice from the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer or the related Non-Serviced Special Servicer, as the case may be, that either has determined, or the Non-Serviced Trustee has determined, in accordance with the applicable Non-Serviced PSA with respect to a Non-Serviced Companion Loan, that any proposed advance under the applicable Non-Serviced PSA that is similar to a P&I Advance would be, or any outstanding advance under such Non-Serviced PSA that is similar to a P&I Advance is, a nonrecoverable advance, then the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee may, based upon such determination, determine that any P&I Advance previously made or proposed to be made with respect to the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan will be a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance. Thereafter, in either case, the Master Servicer and the Trustee shall not be required to make any additional P&I Advances with respect to the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan unless and until the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be, determines that any such additional P&I Advances with respect to the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan would not be a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance, which determination may be as a result of consultation with the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer or the related Non-Serviced Special Servicer, as the case may be, or otherwise. For the avoidance of doubt, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be, shall have the sole discretion provided in this Agreement to determine that any future P&I Advance or outstanding P&I Advance would be, or is, as applicable, a Nonrecoverable Advance.

(d)               In connection with the recovery of any P&I Advance out of the Collection Account, pursuant to Section 3.05(a), the Master Servicer shall be entitled to pay the Trustee and itself (in that order of priority) as the case may be, out of any amounts then on deposit in the Collection Account (but in no event from any funds allocable to a Serviced Companion Noteholder (unless related thereto), except to the extent permitted pursuant to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement), interest at the Reimbursement Rate in effect from time to time, accrued on the amount of such P&I Advance from the date made to but not including the date of reimbursement; provided, however, that no interest will accrue on any P&I Advance (i) if the related Periodic Payment is received on or before the related Due Date has passed and any applicable Grace Period has expired or (ii) if the related Periodic Payment is received after the Determination Date but on or prior to the related P&I Advance Date. The Master Servicer shall reimburse itself and/or the Trustee, as the case may be, for any outstanding P&I Advance, subject

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to Section 3.17 of this Agreement, as soon as practicably possible after funds available for such purpose are deposited in the Collection Account.

(e)               Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) neither the Master Servicer nor the Trustee shall make an advance for Excess Interest, Yield Maintenance Charges, Default Interest, late payment charges, Prepayment Premiums, or Balloon Payments or make any P&I Advance with respect to any Companion Loan or any cure payment payable by a holder of an AB Subordinate Companion Loan and (ii) if an Appraisal Reduction Amount has been determined with respect to any Mortgage Loan (or, in the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, an “appraisal reduction amount” (or similar item) has been made in accordance with the related Non-Serviced PSA and the Master Servicer has notice of such appraisal reduction amount) then in the event of subsequent delinquencies thereon, the interest portion of the P&I Advance in respect of such Mortgage Loan for the related Distribution Date shall be reduced (it being herein acknowledged that there shall be no reduction in the principal portion of such P&I Advance) to equal the product of (x) the amount of the interest portion of such P&I Advance for such Mortgage Loan for such Distribution Date without regard to this clause 4.03(e)(ii), and (y) a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is equal to the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan immediately prior to such Distribution Date, net of the related Appraisal Reduction Amount (or, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, the portion of such Appraisal Reduction Amount allocated to the related Mortgage Loan), if any, and the denominator of which is equal to the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan immediately prior to such Distribution Date. For purposes of the immediately preceding sentence, the Periodic Payment due on the Maturity Date for a Balloon Mortgage Loan will be the Assumed Scheduled Payment for the related Distribution Date.

Section 4.04        Allocation of Realized Losses.(a) On each Distribution Date, immediately following the distributions to be made on such date pursuant to Section 4.01, the Certificate Administrator shall calculate the Realized Loss and Retained Certificate Realized Loss for such Distribution Date. Any allocation of Realized Losses or Retained Certificate Realized Losses to a Class of Regular Certificates or Exchangeable Certificates or Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest shall be made by reducing the Certificate Balance thereof by the amount so allocated. Any Realized Losses or Retained Certificate Realized Losses so allocated to a Class of Regular Certificates or Exchangeable Certificates shall be allocated among the respective Certificates of such Class of Regular Certificates or Exchangeable Certificates in proportion to the Percentage Interests evidenced thereby. The allocation of Realized Losses or Retained Certificate Realized Losses shall constitute an allocation of losses and other shortfalls experienced by the Trust. Reimbursement of previously allocated Realized Losses and Retained Certificate Realized Losses will not constitute distributions of principal for any purpose and will not result in an additional reduction in the Certificate Balance of the applicable Class of Certificates or Upper-Tier Regular Interest in respect of which any such reimbursement is made. With respect to any Class of Principal Balance Certificates (other than any Exchangeable Certificates) and Exchangeable Upper-Tier P&I Regular Interests, to the extent any Nonrecoverable Advances (plus interest thereon) that were reimbursed from principal collections on the Mortgage Loans and previously resulted in a reduction of the Aggregate Principal Distribution Amount (and corresponding to a reduction of the Principal Distribution Amount and Retained Certificate Principal Distribution Amount) are subsequently recovered on the related Mortgage Loan, the amount of such recovery will be added to the Certificate Balance of the Class or Classes of such Principal Balance Certificates or Exchangeable Upper-Tier P&I Regular Interests that previously

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were allocated Realized Losses and Retained Certificate Realized Losses, as applicable, and in the case of Realized Losses, in sequential order according to the priority of payments for such Principal Balance Certificates (other than the RR Interest) and Exchangeable Upper-Tier P&I Regular Interests (and with respect to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB and Class A-3 Certificates and the Class A-4 Upper-Tier Regular Interest and Class A-5 Upper-Tier Regular Interest (and, correspondingly, to the Class A-4, Class A-4-1, Class A-4-2, Class A-5, Class A-5-1 and Class A-5-2 Certificates, pro rata in proportion to their Class Percentage Interests in the Class A-4 Upper-Tier Regular Interest or Class A-5 Upper-Tier Regular Interest, as applicable), on a pro rata basis according to the amount of unreimbursed Realized Losses on such Classes), in each case up to the amount of the unreimbursed Realized Losses and Retained Certificate Realized Losses, as applicable, allocated to such Class of Principal Balance Certificates or Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests.

(b)                              (i) On each Distribution Date, the Certificate Balances of the Principal Balance Certificates (other than any Exchangeable Certificates and the RR Interest) and the Exchangeable Upper-Tier P&I Regular Interests will be reduced without distribution, as a write-off to the extent of any Realized Losses, if any, allocable to such Certificates or Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests with respect to such Distribution Date. Any such write-off shall be allocated in Reverse Sequential Order.

(ii)                               On each Distribution Date, the Certificate Balance of the RR Interest will be reduced without distribution, as a write-off to the extent of any Retained Certificate Realized Losses with respect to such Distribution Date.

(iii)                          Any Realized Losses applied to the Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-S, Class B or Class C Upper-Tier Regular Interests shall be allocated to the corresponding Classes of Exchangeable Certificates with Certificate Balances that represent an interest therein pro rata to reduce their Certificate Balances in accordance with their Class Percentage Interests therein.

(c)                               With respect to any Distribution Date, any Realized Losses or Retained Certificate Realized Losses allocated to a Class of Principal Balance Certificates (other than any Exchangeable Certificates) or Exchangeable Upper-Tier P&I Regular Interest pursuant to Section 4.04(a) or Section 4.04(b) with respect to such Distribution Date shall reduce the Lower-Tier Principal Amount of the Related Lower-Tier Regular Interest with respect thereto as a write-off.

Section 4.05        Appraisal Reduction Amounts; Collateral Deficiency Amounts.(a) For purposes of (x) determining the Controlling Class (and whether a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing) and (y) determining the Voting Rights of the related Classes for purposes of removal of the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor, Allocated Appraisal Reduction Amounts and Allocated Collateral Deficiency Amounts (with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, to the extent allocated to the related Mortgage Loan) shall be allocated to each Class of Certificates (other than the RR Interest and any Exchangeable Certificates) and the Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests in reverse sequential order to notionally reduce the related Certificate Balances until the Certificate Balance of each such Class is reduced to zero (i.e., first, to the Class H Certificates, second, to the Class G Certificates, third, to the Class F Certificates, fourth, to the Class E Certificates, fifth, to the Class D Certificates, sixth, to the

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Class C Upper-Tier Regular Interest, seventh, to the Class B Upper-Tier Regular Interest, eighth, to the Class A-S Upper-Tier Regular Interest, and finally, pro rata based on their respective Certificate Balances, to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB and Class A-3 Certificates and the Class A-4 and Class A-5 Upper-Tier Regular Interests). Allocated Appraisal Reduction Amounts and Allocated Collateral Deficiency Amounts allocated to any Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest as set forth above will be allocated to the Classes of Exchangeable P&I Certificates representing interests therein pro rata in accordance with their respective Class Percentage Interests in such Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest.

Appraisal Reduction Amounts and Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts allocated to a related Mortgage Loan will be allocated between the RR Interest on the one hand and the Senior Certificates and Subordinate Certificates, on the other hand, based on the Required Credit Risk Retention Percentage and the Non-Retained Percentage, respectively.

As of the first Determination Date following a Serviced Mortgage Loan becoming an AB Modified Loan, the Special Servicer shall calculate whether a Collateral Deficiency Amount exists with respect to such AB Modified Loan, taking into account the most recent Appraisal obtained by the Special Servicer with respect to such Mortgage Loan, and all other information relevant to a Collateral Deficiency Amount determination. The Master Servicer shall provide (via electronic delivery) the Special Servicer with any information in its possession that is reasonably required to determine, redetermine, calculate or recalculate any Collateral Deficiency Amount for any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any Serviced Companion Loan using reasonable efforts to deliver such information within four (4) Business Days of the Special Servicer’s reasonable request. Upon obtaining knowledge or receipt of notice by the Master Servicer that a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan has become an AB Modified Loan, the Master Servicer shall (i) promptly request from the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer, Non-Serviced Special Servicer and Non-Serviced Trustee the most recent appraisal with respect to such AB Modified Loan, in addition to all other information reasonably required by the Master Servicer to calculate whether a Collateral Deficiency Amount exists with respect to such AB Modified Loan, and (ii) as of the first Determination Date following receipt by the Master Servicer of the appraisal and any other information set forth in the immediately preceding clause (i) that the Master Servicer reasonably expects to receive, calculate whether a Collateral Deficiency Amount exists with respect to such AB Modified Loan, taking into account the most recent appraisal obtained by the Non-Serviced Special Servicer with respect to such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, and all other information in its possession relevant to a Collateral Deficiency Amount determination. Upon obtaining knowledge or receipt of notice by any other party to this Agreement that a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan has become an AB Modified Loan, such party shall promptly notify the Master Servicer thereof. None of the Master Servicer (other than with respect to Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans), the Operating Advisor (unless a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing and the Special Servicer has calculated any such Collateral Deficiency Amount), the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator shall calculate or verify any Collateral Deficiency Amount.

For purposes of determining the Controlling Class and whether a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, Allocated Collateral Deficiency Amounts allocated to an AB Modified Loan will be allocated to each Class of Control Eligible Certificates in Reverse Sequential Order to notionally reduce the related Certificate Balances until the Certificate Balance of each such Class of Control Eligible Certificates is reduced to zero. For the

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avoidance of doubt, for purposes of determining the Controlling Class or the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event, any Class of Control Eligible Certificates shall be allocated both applicable Appraisal Reduction Amounts and applicable Collateral Deficiency Amounts (the sum of which shall constitute the applicable Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amount), in accordance with this Section 4.05(a), but only to the extent of the Allocated Appraisal Reduction Amounts and Allocated Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts.

With respect to (i) any Appraisal Reduction Amount calculated for the purposes of determining the Voting Rights of the related Classes for purposes of removal of the Special Servicer or Operating Advisor and (ii) any Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount calculated for purposes of determining the Controlling Class or the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event, the appraised value of the related Mortgaged Property shall be determined on an “as is” basis.

The Special Servicer shall promptly notify the Master Servicer and the Master Servicer shall notify the Certificate Administrator, to the extent it receives such information, of the amount of any Appraisal Reduction Amount, any Collateral Deficiency Amount and any resulting Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amount allocated to each Mortgage Loan, AB Modified Loan or Serviced Whole Loan (which notification shall be satisfied through delivery of such Appraisal Reduction Amount as included in the CREFC^® Appraisal Reduction Amount Template included in the CREFC^® Investor Reporting Package with respect to the Collateral Deficiency Amount and the Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amount) and the Certificate Administrator shall promptly post notice of such Appraisal Reduction Amount, Collateral Deficiency Amount and/or Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amount, as applicable, to the Certificate Administrator’s Website. Based on information in its possession, the Certificate Administrator shall determine from time to time which Class of Certificates is the Controlling Class. Promptly upon its determination of a change in the Controlling Class, the Certificate Administrator shall notify the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Operating Advisor of such event, including the identity and contact information of the new Controlling Class Certificateholder and the identity of the Controlling Class as set forth in Section 3.23(l) (the cost of obtaining such information from the Depository being an expense of the Trust).

(b)               (i) The Holders of the majority of Voting Rights of any Class of Control Eligible Certificates that is determined at any time of determination to no longer be the Controlling Class because its Certificate Balance has been reduced to less than 25% of its initial Certificate Balance (any such Class, an “Appraised-Out Class”) as a result of an Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount (as applicable) in respect of such Class shall have the right, at their sole expense, to require the Special Servicer to order (or, with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, require the Special Servicer to request from the applicable Non-Serviced Special Servicer) a second Appraisal with respect to any Mortgage Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan) for which an Appraisal Reduction Event has occurred or as to which there exists a Collateral Deficiency Amount (such Holders, the “Requesting Holders”). The Special Servicer shall use its reasonable efforts to cause such second Appraisal to be delivered within thirty (30) days from receipt of the Requesting Holders’ written request and shall cause such Appraisal to be prepared on an “as-is” basis by an MAI appraiser (provided that such MAI appraiser may not be the same MAI appraiser that provided the Appraisal in respect of which the Requesting Holders are requesting the Special Servicer to obtain an additional Appraisal). With respect to any such Non-

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Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Special Servicer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain such second Appraisal from the applicable Non-Serviced Special Servicer.

In addition, the Requesting Holders of any Appraised-Out Class shall have the right, at their sole expense, to require the Special Servicer to order an additional Appraisal of any Serviced Mortgage Loan as to which there exists a Collateral Deficiency Amount if an event has occurred at, or with respect to, the related Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties that would have a material effect on its or their appraised value. The Special Servicer shall use its reasonable efforts to cause such additional Appraisal to be delivered within thirty (30) days from receipt of the Requesting Holders’ written request and shall cause such Appraisal to be prepared on an “as-is” basis by an MAI appraiser reasonably acceptable to the Special Servicer (provided that such MAI appraiser may not be the same MAI appraiser that provided the Appraisal in respect of which the Requesting Holders are requesting the Special Servicer to obtain an additional Appraisal).

(ii)               Upon receipt of any supplemental Appraisal pursuant to clause (i) above, the Special Servicer shall determine, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, whether, based on its assessment of such supplemental Appraisal, any recalculation of the Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount (as applicable) is warranted, and if so warranted, such Person shall recalculate the Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount, as applicable, based on such supplemental Appraisal and receipt of information that is in the possession of the Master Servicer and reasonably requested by the Special Servicer from the Master Servicer. If required by such recalculation, the Appraised-Out Class shall be reinstated as the Controlling Class and each other Appraised-Out Class shall, if applicable, have its related Certificate Balance notionally restored to the extent required by such recalculation of the Appraisal Reduction Amount, Allocated Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount, as applicable. The Holders of an Appraised-Out Class may not exercise any direction, control, consent and/or similar rights of the Controlling Class until such time, if any, as the Class is reinstated as the Controlling Class (such period beginning upon receipt by the Special Servicer of any request to obtain a supplemental Appraisal pursuant to clause (i) above to but excluding the date on which either (A) the Special Servicer determines that no recalculation of the Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount is warranted or (B) the Special Servicer recalculates the Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount, as applicable, based on the supplemental Appraisal, the “Appraisal Review Period”). The rights of the Controlling Class during each Appraisal Review Period shall be exercised by the next most senior Class of Control Eligible Certificates that is not an Appraised-Out Class, if any.

(c)               With respect to each Serviced Mortgage Loan, and each Serviced Whole Loan as to which an Appraisal Reduction Event has occurred (unless such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan has become a Corrected Loan (for such purposes taking into account any amendment or modification of such Mortgage Loan, any related Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loan)), the Special Servicer shall (1) within thirty (30) days of the occurrence or of each anniversary of the related Appraisal Reduction Event, and (2) upon its determination that the value of the related Mortgaged Property has materially changed, notify the Master Servicer of the occurrence of such anniversary or determination and order an Appraisal (which may be an update of a prior Appraisal), the cost of which shall be paid by the Master Servicer as a Servicing Advance

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or to the extent it would be a Nonrecoverable Advance, an expense of the Trust, or conduct an internal valuation, as applicable and, promptly following receipt of any such Appraisal or performance of such valuation (or receipt of any Appraisal obtained in accordance with Section 4.05(b)(i) above), shall deliver a copy thereof to the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee and the Operating Advisor and ((i) prior to the occurrence and continuance of any Consultation Termination Event and (ii) other than with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is an Excluded Loan as to such party) the Directing Certificateholder. Based upon such Appraisal or internal valuation (or any Appraisal obtained in accordance with Section 4.05(b) above) and receipt of information in the possession of the Master Servicer that is reasonably requested by the Special Servicer from the Master Servicer and necessary to calculate the Appraisal Reduction Amount, the Special Servicer shall determine or redetermine, as applicable, and report to the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor and ((i) prior to the occurrence and continuance of any Consultation Termination Event and (ii) other than with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is an Excluded Loan as to such party) the Directing Certificateholder, the amount and calculation or recalculation of the Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount with respect to such Mortgage Loan, Serviced Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, and such report shall be delivered in the CREFC^® Appraisal Reduction Template format; provided, however, that the Special Servicer shall not be liable for failure to comply with such duties insofar as such failure results from a failure of the Master Servicer to provide sufficient information to the Special Servicer to comply with such duties or failure by the Master Servicer to otherwise comply with its obligations hereunder. Following the Master Servicer’s receipt from the Special Servicer of the calculation of the Appraisal Reduction Amounts, the Master Servicer shall provide such information to the Certificate Administrator in the form of the CREFC^® Loan Periodic Update File and the CREFC^® Appraisal Reduction Template provided to it by the Special Servicer or such other report or reports mutually agreed upon between the Master Servicer and the Certificate Administrator, and the Certificate Administrator will calculate the Allocated Appraisal Reduction Amount and the Allocated Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amount. Such report of the Appraisal Reduction Amount shall also be forwarded by the Master Servicer (or the Special Servicer if the related Whole Loan is a Specially Serviced Loan) to the extent the related Serviced Companion Loan has been included in an Other Securitization, to the Other Servicer or Other Trustee of such Other Securitization into which the related Serviced Companion Loan has been sold, or to the holder of any related Serviced Companion Loan by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable. If the Special Servicer is required to redetermine the Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount, such redetermined Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount shall replace the prior Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount, as applicable, with respect to such Mortgage Loan, Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable. Prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event (and unless the related Mortgage Loan is an Excluded Loan as to such party), the Special Servicer shall consult with the Directing Certificateholder with respect to any Appraisal, valuation or downward adjustment in connection with an Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount. Notwithstanding the foregoing but subject to Section 4.05(b), the Special Servicer will not be required to obtain an Appraisal or conduct an internal valuation, as applicable, with respect to a Mortgage Loan or related Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loan as to which an Appraisal Reduction Event has occurred to the extent the Special Servicer has obtained an Appraisal or conducted such a valuation (in accordance with requirements of this Agreement), as applicable,

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with respect to the related Mortgaged Property within the twelve-month period immediately prior to the occurrence of such Appraisal Reduction Event. Instead, the Special Servicer may use such prior Appraisal or valuation, as applicable, in calculating any Appraisal Reduction Amount with respect to such Mortgage Loan or related Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loan; provided that the Special Servicer is not aware of any material change to the related Mortgaged Property having occurred and affecting the validity of such Appraisal or valuation.

The Master Servicer shall deliver by electronic mail to the Special Servicer any information in its possession or, with respect to Non-Specially Serviced Loans, reasonably obtainable by the Master Servicer that is reasonably required to determine, calculate, redetermine or recalculate any Appraisal Reduction Amount and Allocated Appraisal Reduction Amount, using reasonable efforts to deliver such information, within four (4) Business Days following the Special Servicer’s reasonable request therefor; provided that the Special Servicer’s failure to timely make such request shall not relieve the Master Servicer of its obligation to use reasonable efforts to provide such information to the Special Servicer within four (4) Business Days following the Special Servicer’s reasonable request. The Master Servicer shall not calculate Appraisal Reduction Amounts.

(d)               Any Serviced Mortgage Loan, any related Serviced Companion Loan and any Serviced Whole Loan previously subject to an Appraisal Reduction Amount and Allocated Appraisal Reduction Amount, which has become a Corrected Loan (for such purposes taking into account any amendment or modification of such Mortgage Loan, any related Serviced Companion Loan and any Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable), and with respect to which no other Appraisal Reduction Event has occurred and is continuing, will no longer be subject to an Appraisal Reduction Amount and Allocated Appraisal Reduction Amount. Any Appraisal Reduction Amount in respect of a Non-Serviced Whole Loan shall be calculated by the applicable party under and in accordance with and pursuant to the terms of the applicable Non-Serviced PSA.

(e)               Each Serviced Whole Loan will be treated as a single Mortgage Loan for purposes of calculating an Appraisal Reduction Amount with respect to the Mortgage Loan and Companion Loan(s) that comprise such Serviced Whole Loan. Any Appraisal Reduction Amount in respect of a Serviced AB Whole Loan will be allocated in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement or, if no allocation is specified in the related Intercreditor Agreement, then, first, to the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan (until its principal balance is notionally reduced to zero by such Appraisal Reduction Amounts) and second, pro rata, between the related Serviced AB Mortgage Loan and any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans. Any Appraisal Reduction Amount in respect of any Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan will be allocated in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement or, if no allocation is specified in the related Intercreditor Agreement, then, pro rata, between the related Serviced Pari Passu Mortgage Loan and the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan, based upon their respective outstanding principal balances.

Section 4.06        Grantor Trust Reporting. (a) The parties intend that the portions of the Trust Fund constituting the Grantor Trust, shall constitute, and that the affairs of the Grantor Trust shall be conducted so as to qualify such portion as, a “grantor trust” under subpart E, part I of subchapter J of the Code, and the provisions hereof shall be interpreted consistently with this intention. In furtherance of such intention, neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator

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shall have the power to vary the investment of the Holders of the Class V Certificates, the Exchangeable Certificates or the RR Interest in the Grantor Trust so as to improve their rate of return. The Certificate Administrator shall prepare or cause to be prepared, submit to the Trustee for execution (and the Trustee shall timely execute and timely return to the Certificate Administrator) and timely file all Tax Returns in respect of the Grantor Trust. In addition, the Certificate Administrator shall (A) file, or cause to be filed, Internal Revenue Service Form 1041, Form 1099 or such other form as may be applicable with the Internal Revenue Service with copies of the statements in the following clause, (B) furnish, or cause to be furnished, to the Holders of the Class V Certificates and the RR Interest, their allocable share of income and expense with respect to the Excess Interest and Excess Interest Distribution Account, in the time or times and in the manner required by the Code, and (C) furnish, or cause to be furnished, to the Holders of the Exchangeable Certificates, their allocable share of income and expense with respect to the Exchangeable Upper-Tier REMIC Regular Interests, in the time or times and in the manner required by the Code.

(b)               As of the Closing Date, the Grantor Trust is a WHFIT that is a WHMT. The Certificate Administrator shall report as required under the WHFIT Regulations to the extent such information as is reasonably necessary to enable the Certificate Administrator to do so is provided to the Certificate Administrator on a timely basis. The Certificate Administrator is hereby directed to assume that Cede & Co. and Hare & Co. LLC are the only “middlemen” as defined in the WHFIT Regulations unless and until the Depositor provides the Certificate Administrator with the identities of other “middlemen” that are Certificateholders. The Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to indemnification in accordance with the terms of this Agreement in the event that the Internal Revenue Service makes a determination that the first sentence of this paragraph is incorrect.

(c)               The Certificate Administrator shall report required WHFIT information using either the cash or accrual method, except to the extent the WHFIT Regulations specifically require a different method. The Certificate Administrator shall be under no obligation to determine whether any Certificateholder uses the cash or accrual method. The Certificate Administrator shall make available (via its website) WHFIT information to Certificateholders annually. In addition, the Certificate Administrator shall not be responsible or liable for providing subsequently amended, revised or updated information to any Certificateholder, unless requested by the Certificateholder.

(d)               The Certificate Administrator shall not be liable for failure to meet the reporting requirements of the WHFIT Regulations nor for any penalties thereunder if such failure is due to: (i) the lack of reasonably necessary information being provided to the Certificate Administrator or (ii) incomplete, inaccurate or untimely information being provided to the Certificate Administrator. Each Holder of a Class V Certificate, an Exchangeable Certificate or an RR Interest, by acceptance of its interest in such Class of securities, will be deemed to have agreed to provide the Certificate Administrator with information regarding any sale of such securities, including the price, amount of proceeds and date of sale. Absent receipt of information regarding any sale of a Class V Certificate, an Exchangeable Certificate or an RR Interest, including the price, amount of proceeds and date of sale from the beneficial owner thereof or the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator shall assume there is no secondary market trading of WHFIT interests.

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(e)               To the extent required by the WHFIT Regulations, the Certificate Administrator shall use reasonable efforts to publish on an appropriate website the CUSIP for the Class V Certificates or the Exchangeable Certificates. The CUSIP so published shall represent the Rule 144A CUSIP (in the case of the Class V Certificates) and the Rule 144A CUSIP (in the case of the Exchangeable Certificates). The Certificate Administrator shall make reasonable good faith efforts to keep the website accurate and updated to the extent such CUSIP has been received. Absent the receipt of such CUSIP, the Certificate Administrator will use a reasonable identifier number in lieu of a CUSIP. The Certificate Administrator shall not be liable for investor reporting delays that result from the receipt of inaccurate or untimely CUSIP information.

Section 4.07        Investor Q&A Forum; Investor Registry; and Rating Agency Q&A Forum and Document Request Tool.(a) The Certificate Administrator shall make available, only to Privileged Persons, the Investor Q&A Forum. The “Investor Q&A Forum” shall be a service available on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, where (i) Certificateholders and beneficial owners of Certificates that are Privileged Persons may submit questions to (A) the Certificate Administrator relating to the Distribution Date Statement, (B) the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, relating to the reports being made available pursuant to Sections 3.13(b) and Section 3.13(d), the Mortgage Loans (excluding any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or the related Mortgaged Properties or (C) the Operating Advisor relating to the Operating Advisor Annual Report or other reports prepared by the Operating Advisor or actions by the Special Servicer referenced in any Operating Advisor Annual Report (each an “Inquiry” and collectively, “Inquiries”), and (ii) Privileged Persons may view Inquiries that have been previously submitted and answered, together with the answers thereto. Upon receipt of an Inquiry for the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, Certificate Administrator or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, and in the case of any Inquiry relating to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, to the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer or related Non-Serviced Special Servicer, as applicable, the Certificate Administrator shall forward the Inquiry to the appropriate person (in the case of the Master Servicer to the following: REAM_InvestorRelations@wellsfargo.com), in each case within a commercially reasonable period of time following receipt thereof. Following receipt of an Inquiry, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, unless such party determines not to answer such Inquiry as provided below, shall reply to the Inquiry, which reply of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, shall be delivered to the Certificate Administrator by electronic mail. In the case of an Inquiry relating to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Certificate Administrator shall make reasonable efforts to obtain an answer from the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer or the related Non-Serviced Special Servicer, as applicable; provided that the Certificate Administrator shall not be responsible for the content of such answer or any delay or failure to obtain such answer. The Certificate Administrator shall post (within a commercially reasonable period of time following preparation or receipt of such answer, as the case may be) such Inquiry and the related answer to the Certificate Administrator’s Website. If the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor determines, in its respective sole discretion, that (i) any Inquiry is beyond the scope of the topics described above, (ii) answering any Inquiry would not be in the best interests of the Trust and/or the Certificateholders, (iii) answering any Inquiry would be in violation of applicable law, the applicable Mortgage Loan documents or this Agreement, (iv) answering any Inquiry would materially increase the duties of, or result in significant additional cost or expense to, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Operating Advisor, as

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applicable, (v) answering any Inquiry would require the disclosure of Privileged Information (subject to the Privileged Information Exception), (vi) that answering the Inquiry would or is reasonably expected to result in a waiver of an attorney-client privilege or the disclosure of attorney work product or (vii) answering any Inquiry is otherwise, for any reason, not advisable, it shall not be required to answer such Inquiry and, in the case of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor, shall promptly notify the Certificate Administrator of such determination. In addition, no party shall post or otherwise disclose any direct communications with the Directing Certificateholder or the Risk Retention Consultation Party (in its capacity as Risk Retention Consultation Party) as part of its response to any Inquiries. The Certificate Administrator shall notify the Person who submitted such Inquiry in the event that the Inquiry will not be answered. Any notice by the Certificate Administrator to the Person who submitted an Inquiry that will not be answered shall include the following statement: “Because the Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and the Operating Advisor shall not answer an Inquiry if it determines, in its respective sole discretion, that (i) any Inquiry is beyond the scope of the topics described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, (ii) answering any Inquiry would not be in the best interests of the Trust and/or the Certificateholders, (iii) answering any Inquiry would be in violation of applicable law or the applicable Mortgage Loan documents, (iv) answering any Inquiry would materially increase the duties of, or result in significant additional costs or expenses to the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or Operating Advisor, as applicable, (v) answering any Inquiry would require the disclosure of Privileged Information, or (vi) answering any Inquiry is otherwise, for any reason, not advisable, no inference should or may be drawn from the fact that the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Operating Advisor has declined to answer the Inquiry.” Answers posted on the Investor Q&A Forum will be attributable only to the respondent, and shall not be deemed to be answers from any of the Depositor, the Underwriters or any of their respective Affiliates. None of the Underwriters, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee or the Operating Advisor or any of their respective Affiliates will certify to any of the information posted in the Investor Q&A Forum and no such party shall have any responsibility or liability for the content of any such information. The Certificate Administrator shall not be required to post to the Certificate Administrator’s Website any Inquiry or answer thereto that the Certificate Administrator determines, in its sole discretion, is administrative or ministerial in nature. The Investor Q&A Forum will not reflect questions, answers and other communications that are not submitted via the Certificate Administrator’s Website. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Operating Advisor shall not be required to respond to any Inquiries from Certificateholders for which its response would require the Operating Advisor to provide information to such inquiring Certificateholders that they are otherwise not entitled to receive under the terms of this Agreement.

(b)               The Certificate Administrator shall make available to any Certificateholder and any Certificate Owner that is a Privileged Person, the Investor Registry. The “Investor Registry” shall be a voluntary service available on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, where Certificateholders and Certificate Owners that are Privileged Persons can register and thereafter obtain information with respect to any other Certificateholder or Certificate Owner that has so registered. Any person registering to use the Investor Registry shall certify that (a) it is a Certificateholder or a Certificate Owner and a Privileged Person and (b) it grants authorization to the Certificate Administrator to make its name and contact information available on the Investor

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Registry for at least forty-five (45) days from the date of such certification to persons entitled to access to the Investor Registry. Such Person shall then be asked to enter certain mandatory fields such as the individual’s name, the company name and email address, as well as certain optional fields such as address, phone, and Class(es) of Certificates owned. If any Certificateholder or Certificate Owner notifies the Certificate Administrator that it wishes to be removed from the Investor Registry (which notice may not be within forty-five (45) days of its registration), the Certificate Administrator shall promptly remove it from the Investor Registry. The Certificate Administrator will not be responsible for verifying or validating any information submitted on the Investor Registry, or for monitoring or otherwise maintaining the accuracy of any information thereon. The Certificate Administrator may require acceptance of a waiver and disclaimer for access to the Investor Registry.

(c)               The 17g-5 Information Provider shall make available, only to NRSROs, the Rating Agency Q&A Forum and Document Request Tool. The “Rating Agency Q&A Forum and Document Request Tool” shall be a service available on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website, where NRSROs may (i) submit questions to the Certificate Administrator relating to any Distribution Date Statements, or submit questions to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, relating to the reports prepared by such parties (each such submission, a “Rating Agency Inquiry”), and (ii) view Rating Agency Inquiries that have been previously submitted and answered, together with the responses thereto. In addition, NRSROs may use the forum to submit requests (each such submission also, a “Rating Agency Inquiry”) to the Master Servicer for loan-level reports and other related information. Upon receipt of a Rating Agency Inquiry for the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, the 17g-5 Information Provider shall forward the Rating Agency Inquiry to the appropriate person (in the case of the Master Servicer to the following: RAInvRequests@wellsfargo.com), in each case within a commercially reasonable period of time following receipt thereof. Following receipt of a Rating Agency Inquiry from the 17g-5 Information Provider, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, unless it determines not to answer such Rating Agency Inquiry as provided below, shall reply by email to the Certificate Administrator. The 17g-5 Information Provider shall post (within a commercially reasonable period of time following receipt of such response) such Rating Agency Inquiry with the related response thereto (or such reports, as applicable) to the Rating Agency Q&A Forum and Document Request Tool. Any reports posted by the 17g-5 Information Provider in response to an inquiry may be posted on a separate website or web page accessible by a link on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website. If the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer determines, in its respective sole discretion, that (i) answering any Rating Agency Inquiry would be in violation of applicable law, the Servicing Standard, this Agreement or any Mortgage Loan documents, (ii) answering any Rating Agency Inquiry would or is reasonably expected to result in a waiver of an attorney-client privilege with, or the disclosure of attorney work product, or (iii) (A) answering any Rating Agency Inquiry would materially increase the duties of, or result in significant additional cost or expense to, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, and (B) the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, determines in accordance with the Servicing Standard (or in good faith, in the case of the Certificate Administrator) that the performance of such duties or the payment of such costs and expenses is beyond the scope of its duties in its capacity as Certificate Administrator, Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, under this Agreement, it shall not be required to answer such Rating Agency Inquiry and shall promptly notify the 17g-5 Information Provider by email of such determination. The

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17g-5 Information Provider shall promptly thereafter post the Rating Agency Inquiry with the reason it was not answered to the Rating Agency Q&A Forum and Document Request Tool. The 17g-5 Information Provider shall not be liable for the failure by any other such Person to so answer. Questions posted on the Rating Agency Q&A Forum and Document Request Tool shall not be attributed to the submitting NRSRO. Answers posted on the Rating Agency Q&A Forum and Document Request Tool will be attributable only to the respondent, and shall not be deemed to be answers from any other person. None of the Underwriters, the Depositor, or any of their respective Affiliates will certify to any of the information posted in the Rating Agency Q&A Forum and Document Request Tool and no such party shall have any responsibility or liability for the content of any such information. The 17g-5 Information Provider shall not be required to post to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website any Rating Agency Inquiry or answer thereto that the 17g-5 Information Provider determines, in its sole discretion, is administrative or ministerial in nature. The Rating Agency Q&A Forum and Document Request Tool will not reflect questions, answers and other communications that are not submitted via the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website.

Section 4.08        Secure Data Room.(a) The Certificate Administrator shall create a Secure Data Room and the Depositor shall, upon the receipt of each Mortgage Loan Seller’s Diligence File Certification and within 120 days following the Closing Date, deliver to the Certificate Administrator an electronic copy of the Diligence Files for the Mortgage Loans that have been uploaded by the Mortgage Loan Sellers to the Designated Site. Upon receipt thereof, the Certificate Administrator shall promptly upload the contents of each Diligence File actually received by it to the Secure Data Room. Access to the Secure Data Room shall be granted by the Certificate Administrator to (i) the Asset Representations Reviewer and (ii) any other Person at the direction of the Depositor, in each case, upon the occurrence of an Affirmative Asset Review Vote and receipt by the Certificate Administrator of a certification substantially in the form of Exhibit QQ hereto (which shall be sent via email to trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com or submitted electronically via the Certificate Administrator’s website). In no case whatsoever shall Certificateholders be permitted to access the Secure Data Room. For the avoidance of doubt, the Certificate Administrator shall be under no obligation to post any documents or information to the Secure Data Room other than the contents of the Diligence Files initially delivered to it by the Depositor.

(b)               The Certificate Administrator shall not have any obligation or duty to verify, review, confirm or otherwise determine whether the type, number or contents of any Diligence File delivered to the Certificate Administrator is accurate, complete, or relates to the transaction or confirm that all documents and information constituting any Diligence File have actually been delivered to the Certificate Administrator. In no case shall the Certificate Administrator be deemed to have obtained actual or constructive knowledge of the contents of, or information contained in, any Diligence File by virtue of posting such Diligence File to the Secure Data Room. In the event that any document or information is posted in error, the Certificate Administrator may remove such document or information from the Secure Data Room. The Certificate Administrator shall not have any obligation to produce physical or electronic copies of any document or information provided to it for posting to the Secure Data Room. The Certificate Administrator shall not be responsible or held liable for any other Person’s use or dissemination of the documents or information contained on the Secure Data Room; provided that such event or occurrence is not also a result of its own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct. The Certificate Administrator shall not be required to restrict access to the Secure Data Room on a

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loan-by-loan basis and any Person with access to the Secure Data Room shall covenant to access only the information necessary to perform its duties and responsibilities under this Agreement.

(c)               Upon the resignation or removal of the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 8.07, the Certificate Administrator shall transfer electronic copies of the Diligence Files to a successor certificate administrator designated in writing by the Depositor or the Master Servicer, and all costs and expenses associated with the transfer of the Diligence Files shall be payable as part of the costs and expenses associated with the transfer of its responsibilities upon the resignation or removal of the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 8.07. Following the date on which any Mortgage Loan is paid in full, liquidated, repurchased or otherwise removed from the Trust, the Special Servicer may direct the Certificate Administrator in writing to delete the Diligence File related to such Mortgage Loan from the Secure Data Room; provided that absent such direction, the Certificate Administrator shall not be obligated to delete any Diligence File from the Secure Data Room. Following the termination of the Trust pursuant to Section 9.01, the Certificate Administrator shall be permitted to delete all files from the Secure Data Room. Upon deletion, in no event shall the Certificate Administrator be obligated to reproduce or retrieve such deleted files.

[End of Article IV]

Article V

THE CERTIFICATES

Section 5.01        The Certificates. (a) The Certificates will be substantially in the respective forms annexed hereto as Exhibit A-1 through and including Exhibit A-4, with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Agreement or as may, in the reasonable judgment of the Certificate Registrar, be necessary, appropriate or convenient to comply, or facilitate compliance, with applicable laws, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required by law, or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Certificates, as evidenced by their execution thereof. The Class X Certificates will be issuable only in minimum Denominations of authorized initial Notional Amount of not less than $1,000,000 and in integral multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof. The Registered Certificates (other than the Class X-A and Class X-B Certificates) will be issuable only in minimum Denominations of authorized initial Certificate Balance of not less than $10,000, and in integral multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof. The Non-Registered Certificates (other than any Class X Certificates and other than the Class V and Class R Certificates and the RR Interest) will be issuable in minimum Denominations of authorized initial Certificate Balance of not less than $100,000, and in integral multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof. The RR Interest will be issuable in minimum Denominations of authorized initial Certificate Balance of not less than $1.00, and in integral multiples of $0.01 in excess thereof. If the Original Certificate Balance or initial Notional Amount, as applicable, of any Class (other than the RR Interest) does not equal an integral multiple of $1.00, then a single additional Certificate of such Class may be issued in a minimum denomination of authorized initial Certificate Balance or initial Notional Amount, as applicable, that includes the excess of (i) the Original Certificate Balance or initial Notional Amount, as applicable, of such Class over (ii) the largest integral multiple of $1.00 that does not exceed such

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amount. The Class R and Class V Certificates shall be issued, maintained and transferred in minimum percentage interests of 10% of such Class R or Class V Certificates and in integral multiples of 1% in excess thereof.

(b)               One authorized signatory shall sign the Certificates for the Certificate Registrar by manual or facsimile signature. If an authorized signatory whose signature is on a Certificate no longer holds that office at the time the Certificate Registrar countersigns the Certificate, the Certificate shall be valid nevertheless. A Certificate shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Certificate Registrar (who may be the same officer who executed the Certificate) manually countersigns the Certificate. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Certificate has been executed and countersigned under this Agreement.

Section 5.02        Form and Registration. No transfer of any Non-Registered Certificate shall be made unless that transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, and effective registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws, or is made in a transaction which does not require such registration or qualification. If a transfer (other than one by the Depositor to an Affiliate thereof or by the Initial Purchasers to LD III Sub XI, LLC or affiliates thereof) is to be made in reliance upon an exemption from the Securities Act, and under the applicable state securities laws, then either:

(a)               Each Class of the Non-Registered Certificates sold to institutions that are non-United States Securities Persons in Offshore Transactions in reliance on Regulation S under the Act shall initially be represented by a temporary book-entry certificate in definitive, fully registered form without interest coupons, substantially in the applicable form set forth as an exhibit hereto (each a “Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate”), which shall be deposited on the Closing Date on behalf of the purchasers of the Non-Registered Certificates represented thereby with the Certificate Registrar, at its principal trust office, as custodian, for the Depository, and registered in the name of the Depository or the nominee of the Depository for the account of designated agents holding on behalf of Euroclear and/or Clearstream. Prior to the expiration of the 40-day period commencing on the later of the commencement of the offering and the Closing Date (the “Restricted Period”), beneficial interests in each Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate may be held only through Euroclear or Clearstream. After the expiration of the Restricted Period, a beneficial interest in a Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate may be exchanged for an interest in the related Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate in the applicable form set forth as an exhibit hereto in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 5.03(f). During the Restricted Period, distributions due in respect of a beneficial interest in a Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate shall only be made upon delivery to the Certificate Registrar by Euroclear or Clearstream, as applicable, of a Non-U.S. Beneficial Ownership Certification. After the expiration of the Restricted Period, distributions due in respect of any beneficial interests in a Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate shall not be made to the holders of such beneficial interests unless exchange for a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate of the same Class is improperly withheld or refused. The aggregate Certificate Balance of a Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate or a Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Certificate Registrar, as custodian for the Depository, as hereinafter provided.

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On the Closing Date, the Certificate Administrator shall execute, the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate, and the Certificate Administrator shall deliver to the Certificate Registrar the Regulation S Book-Entry Certificates, which shall be held by the Certificate Registrar for purposes of effecting the exchanges contemplated by the preceding paragraph. Computershare Trust Company, National Association is hereby initially appointed the Authenticating Agent with the power to act, on the Trustee’s behalf, in the authentication and delivery of the Certificates in connection with transfers and exchanges as herein provided. If Computershare Trust Company, National Association is removed as Certificate Administrator, then Computershare Trust Company, National Association shall be terminated as Authenticating Agent. If the Authenticating Agent is terminated, the Trustee shall appoint a successor authenticating agent, which may be the Trustee or an Affiliate thereof.

(b)               Certificates of each Class of Non-Registered Certificates (other than any RR Interest during the RR Interest Transfer Restriction Period) offered and sold to Qualified Institutional Buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the Act (“Rule 144A”) shall be represented by Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificates, which shall be deposited with the Certificate Registrar or an agent of the Certificate Registrar, as custodian for the Depository, and registered in the name of the Depository or a nominee of the Depository. The aggregate Certificate Balance of a Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Certificate Registrar, as custodian for the Depository, as hereinafter provided.

(c)               Certificates of each Class of Non-Registered Certificates that are initially offered and sold to investors that are Institutional Accredited Investors that are not Qualified Institutional Buyers (the “Non-Book Entry Certificates”) shall be in the form of Definitive Certificates, substantially in the applicable form set forth as an exhibit hereto, and shall be registered in the name of such investors or their nominees by the Certificate Registrar who shall deliver the certificates for such Non-Book Entry Certificates to the respective beneficial owners or owners. For the avoidance of doubt, the Class R and Class V Certificates shall only be in the form of Definitive Certificates, and the RR Interest shall be issued in the form of Definitive Certificates at all times during the RR Interest Transfer Restriction Period.

(d)               Owners of beneficial interests in Book-Entry Certificates of any Class shall not be entitled to receive physical delivery of certificated Certificates unless: (i) the Depository advises the Certificate Registrar in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to discharge properly its responsibilities as depository with respect to the Book-Entry Certificates of such Class or ceases to be a Clearing Agency, and the Certificate Registrar and the Depository are unable to locate a qualified successor within ninety (90) days of such notice or (ii) the Trustee has instituted or has been directed to institute any judicial proceeding to enforce the rights of the Holders of such Class and the Trustee has been advised by counsel that in connection with such proceeding it is necessary or appropriate for the Certificate Registrar to obtain possession of the Certificates of such Class; provided, however, that under no circumstances will certificated Non-Registered Certificates be issued to beneficial owners of a Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate. Upon notice of the occurrence of any of the events described in clause (i) or (ii) above with respect to any Certificates of a Class that are in the form of Book-Entry Certificates and upon surrender by the Depository of any Book-Entry Certificate of such Class and receipt from the Depository of instructions for re-registration, the Certificate Registrar shall issue

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Certificates of such Class in the form of Definitive Certificates (bearing, in the case of a Definitive Certificate issued for a Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate, the same legends regarding transfer restrictions borne by such Book-Entry Certificate), and thereafter the Certificate Registrar shall recognize the Holders of such Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders under this Agreement. Unless and until Definitive Certificates are issued in respect of a Class of Book-Entry Certificates, beneficial ownership interests in such Class of Certificates will be maintained and transferred on the book entry records of the Depository and Depository Participants, and all references to actions by Holders of such Class of Certificates will refer to action taken by the Depository upon instructions received from the related registered Holders of Certificates through the Depository Participants in accordance with the Depository’s procedures and, except as otherwise set forth herein, all references herein to payments, notices, reports and statements to Holders of such Class of Certificates will refer to payments, notices, reports and statements to the Depository or its nominee as the registered Holder thereof, for distribution to the related registered Holders of Certificates through the Depository Participants in accordance with the Depository’s procedures.

(e)               Subject to the following provisions, during the RR Interest Transfer Restriction Period, any RR Interest shall only be held as a Definitive Certificate in the Retained Interest Safekeeping Account by the Certificate Administrator (and each Retaining Party’s respective interest shall be tracked in the form of an entry in the Certificate Administrator’s trust accounting system under the Retained Interest Safekeeping Account), for the benefit of the Holder of the related Certificate.

The Certificate Administrator shall hold the RR Interest in safekeeping and shall release the Definitive Certificate representing a portion of the requesting Retaining Party’s RR Interest only upon receipt of written instructions from the applicable Holder of the RR Interest and the Retaining Sponsor’s written consent, or in connection with a transfer, in accordance with Section 5.03(i), and in accordance with any authentication procedures as may be utilized by the Certificate Administrator and in accordance with this Agreement. There shall be, and hereby is, established by the Certificate Administrator an account which will be designated the “Retained Interest Safekeeping Account” and into which the RR Interest shall be held and which shall be governed by and subject to this Agreement. In addition, on and after the date hereof, the Certificate Administrator may establish any number of subaccounts to the Retained Interest Safekeeping Account for each Retaining Party. The RR Interest to be delivered in physical form to the Certificate Administrator shall be delivered as set forth herein. No amounts distributable to the RR Interest shall be remitted to the Retained Interest Safekeeping Account, but shall be remitted directly to each Retaining Party in accordance with written instructions provided separately by each Retaining Party to the Certificate Administrator. Under no circumstances by virtue of safekeeping the RR Interest shall the Certificate Administrator be obligated to bring legal action or institute proceedings against any person on behalf of the Retaining Parties. During the RR Interest Transfer Restriction Period and for such longer time as the Retaining Parties may request, the Certificate Administrator shall hold the Definitive Certificate representing the RR Interest at the below location, or any other location; provided the Certificate Administrator has given notice to each of the Retaining Parties of such new location:

Computershare Trust Company, N.A.

Attn: Security Control and Transfer (SCAT) – MAC N9345-010

425 E Hennepin Avenue

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Minneapolis, MN 55414

The Certificate Administrator shall make available to each Retaining Party its respective account information as mutually agreed upon by the Certificate Administrator and each respective Retaining Party, and in accordance with the Certificate Administrator’s policies and procedures. Any transfer of an RR Interest shall be subject to Section 5.03(g) and Section 5.03(i). The Certificate Administrator is directed by the Depositor to enter into a safekeeping account agreement to facilitate the initial settlement and sale of the RR Interest on the Closing Date.

On the Closing Date and upon any transfer of the RR Interest pursuant to Section 5.03(i), the Certificate Administrator shall deliver written confirmation to the Depositor, the Retaining Sponsor and the initial Holder of the RR Interest substantially in the form of Exhibit UU to this Agreement evidencing its receipt of the RR Interest.

Section 5.03        Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Certificate Administrator shall keep or cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office books (the “Certificate Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Certificate Administrator shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided (the Certificate Administrator, in such capacity, being the “Certificate Registrar”). In such capacities, the Certificate Administrator shall be responsible for, among other things, (i) maintaining the Certificate Register and a record of the aggregate holdings of Certificates of each Class of Non-Registered Certificates represented by a Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate, a Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate and a Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate and accepting Certificates for exchange and registration of transfer, (ii) holding the RR Interest as Definitive Certificates on behalf of each Holder of such Class and (iii) transmitting to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer any notices from the Certificateholders. No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of Transfer or exchange of any Certificate (other than Definitive Certificates) referred to in this Section 5.03.

(b)               Subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Article V, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate, the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations, in like aggregate interest and of the same Class.

(c)               Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate to Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate. If a holder of a beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate deposited with the Certificate Registrar as custodian for the Depository wishes at any time during the Restricted Period to exchange its interest in such Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate for an interest in the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate of the same Class, or to transfer its interest in such Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate to a Person who is required to take delivery thereof in the form of an interest in the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate of the same Class, such holder may, subject to the rules and procedures of the Depository, exchange or cause the exchange of such interest for an equivalent beneficial interest in such Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate. Upon receipt by the Certificate Registrar, as registrar, at its office designated in Section 5.07, of (1) instructions given in accordance with the Depository’s procedures from a Depository Participant directing the Certificate Registrar to credit, or cause to

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be credited, a beneficial interest in the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate in an amount equal to the beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate to be exchanged, (2) a written order given in accordance with the Depository’s procedures containing information regarding the Euroclear or Clearstream account to be credited with such increase and the name of such account and (3) a certificate in the form of Exhibit I hereto given by the holder of such beneficial interest stating that the transfer of such interest has been made in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Book-Entry Certificates and pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation S, then the Certificate Registrar shall instruct the Depository to reduce, or cause to be reduced, the Certificate Balance of the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate and to increase, or cause to be increased, the Certificate Balance of the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate by the aggregate Certificate Balance of the beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate to be exchanged, to credit or cause to be credited to the account of the Person specified in such instructions (who shall be the agent member of Euroclear or Clearstream, or both) a beneficial interest in the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate equal to the reduction in the Certificate Balance of the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate, and to debit, or cause to be debited, from the account of the Person making such exchange or transfer the beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate that is being exchanged or transferred.

(d)               Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate to Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate. If a holder of a beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate deposited with the Certificate Registrar as custodian for the Depository wishes at any time following the Restricted Period to exchange its interest in such Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate for an interest in the Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate of the same Class, or to transfer its interest in such Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate to a Person who is required to take delivery thereof in the form of an interest in a Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate, such holder may, subject to the rules and procedures of the Depository, exchange, or cause the exchange of, such interest for an equivalent beneficial interest in such Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate. Upon receipt by the Certificate Registrar, as registrar, at its office designated in Section 5.07, of (1) instructions given in accordance with the Depository’s procedures from a Depository Participant directing the Certificate Registrar to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate in an amount equal to the beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate to be exchanged, (2) a written order given in accordance with the Depository’s procedures containing information regarding the participant account of the Depository to be credited with such increase and (3) a certificate in the form of Exhibit J hereto given by the holder of such beneficial interest stating (A) that the transfer of such interest has been made in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Book-Entry Certificates and pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation S, or (B) that the transferee is otherwise entitled to hold its interest in the applicable Certificates in the form of an interest in the Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate, without any registration of such Certificates under the Act (in which case such certificate shall enclose an Opinion of Counsel to such effect and such other documents as the Certificate Registrar may reasonably require), then the Certificate Registrar shall instruct the Depository to reduce, or cause to be reduced, the Certificate Balance of the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate and to increase, or cause to be increased, the Certificate Balance of the Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate by the aggregate Certificate Balance of the beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate to be exchanged, to credit or cause to be credited to the account of the Person specified in such instructions a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate equal to the reduction in the Certificate Balance of the Rule 144A Book-Entry

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Certificate, and to debit, or cause to be debited, from the account of the Person making such exchange or transfer the beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate that is being exchanged or transferred.

(e)               Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate or Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate to Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate. If a holder of a beneficial interest in a Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate or Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate deposited with the Certificate Registrar as custodian for the Depository wishes at any time to exchange its interest in such Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate or Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate for an interest in the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate of the same Class, or to transfer its interest in such Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate or Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate to a Person who is required to take delivery thereof in the form of an interest in the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate, such holder may, subject to the rules and procedures of Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, and the Depository, exchange or cause the exchange of such interest for an equivalent beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate of the same Class. Upon receipt by the Certificate Registrar, as registrar, at its office designated in Section 5.07, of (1) instructions from Euroclear or Clearstream, if applicable, and the Depository, directing the Certificate Registrar, as registrar, to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate equal to the beneficial interest in the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate or Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate to be exchanged, such instructions to contain information regarding the participant account with the Depository to be credited with such increase, (2) with respect to a transfer of an interest in the Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate, information regarding the participant account of the Depository to be debited with such decrease and (3) with respect to a transfer of an interest in the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate for an interest in the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate (i) during the Restricted Period, a certificate in the form of Exhibit K hereto given by the holder of such beneficial interest and stating that the Person transferring such interest in the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate reasonably believes that the Person acquiring such interest in the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate is a Qualified Institutional Buyer or (ii) after the Restricted Period, an Investment Representation Letter in the form of Exhibit C attached hereto from the transferee to the effect that such transferee is a Qualified Institutional Buyer (an “Investment Representation Letter”) and is obtaining such beneficial interest in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A, then the Certificate Registrar shall instruct the Depository to reduce, or cause to be reduced, the Certificate Balance of the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate or Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate and to increase, or cause to be increased, the Certificate Balance of the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate by the aggregate Certificate Balance of the beneficial interest in the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate or Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate to be exchanged, and the Certificate Registrar shall instruct the Depository, concurrently with such reduction, to credit, or cause to be credited, to the account of the Person specified in such instructions, a beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate equal to the reduction in the Certificate Balance of the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate or Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate and to debit, or cause to be debited, from the account of the Person making such transfer the beneficial interest in the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate or Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate that is being transferred.

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(f)                Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate to Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate. Interests in a Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate as to which the Certificate Registrar has received from Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, a certificate (a “Non-U.S. Beneficial Ownership Certification”) to the effect that Euroclear or Clearstream, as applicable, has received a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit L hereto from the holder of a beneficial interest in such Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate, shall be exchanged after the Restricted Period, for interests in the Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate of the same Class. The Certificate Registrar shall effect such exchange by delivering to the Depository for credit to the respective accounts of such holders, a duly executed and authenticated Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate, representing the aggregate Certificate Balance of interests in the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate initially exchanged for interests in the Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate. The delivery to the Certificate Registrar by Euroclear or Clearstream of the certificate or certificates referred to above may be relied upon by the Depositor and the Certificate Registrar as conclusive evidence that the certificate or certificates referred to therein has or have been delivered to Euroclear or Clearstream pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate. Upon any exchange of interests in the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate for interests in the Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate, the Certificate Registrar shall endorse the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate to reflect the reduction in the Certificate Balance represented thereby by the amount so exchanged and shall endorse the Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate to reflect the corresponding increase in the amount represented thereby. Until so exchanged in full and except as provided therein, the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate, and the Certificates evidenced thereby, shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Agreement as the Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate and Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate authenticated and delivered hereunder.

(g)               Non-Book Entry Certificate to Book-Entry Certificate. If a holder of a Non-Book Entry Certificate (other than (a) a Class R Certificate or (b) an RR Interest during the RR Interest Transfer Restriction Period) wishes at any time to exchange its interest in such Non-Book Entry Certificate for an interest in a Book-Entry Certificate of the same Class, or to transfer all or part of such Non-Book Entry Certificate to a Person who is entitled to take delivery thereof in the form of an interest in a Book-Entry Certificate, such holder may, subject to the rules and procedures of Euroclear or Clearstream, if applicable, and the Depository, cause the exchange of all or part of such Non-Book Entry Certificate for an equivalent beneficial interest in the appropriate Book-Entry Certificate of the same Class. Upon receipt by the Certificate Registrar, as registrar, at its office designated in Section 5.07, of (1) such Non-Book Entry Certificate, duly endorsed as provided herein, (2) instructions from such holder directing the Certificate Registrar, as registrar, to credit, or cause to be credited, a beneficial interest in the applicable Book-Entry Certificate equal to the portion of the Certificate Balance of the Non-Book Entry Certificate to be exchanged, such instructions to contain information regarding the participant account with the Depository to be credited with such increase and (3) a certificate in the form of Exhibit M hereto (in the event that the applicable Book-Entry Certificate is the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate), in the form of Exhibit N hereto (in the event that the applicable Book-Entry Certificate is the Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate) or in the form of Exhibit O hereto (in the event that the applicable Book-Entry Certificate is the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate), then the Certificate Registrar, as registrar, shall cancel, or cause to be canceled, all or part of such Non-Book Entry Certificate, shall, if applicable, execute, authenticate and deliver to the transferor

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a new Non-Book Entry Certificate equal to the aggregate Certificate Balance of the portion retained by such transferor and shall instruct the Depository to increase, or cause to be increased, such Book-Entry Certificate by the aggregate Certificate Balance of the portion of the Non-Book Entry Certificate to be exchanged and to credit, or cause to be credited, to the account of the Person specified in such instructions a beneficial interest in the applicable Book-Entry Certificate equal to the Certificate Balance of the portion of the Non-Book Entry Certificate so canceled. Upon the written direction of the Depositor (which may be by email to cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com) or its Affiliate, the Certificate Registrar shall execute any instrument as may be reasonably required by the Depository to effect such exchange.

(h)               Non-Book Entry Certificates on Initial Issuance Only. Subject to the issuance of Definitive Certificates, if and when permitted by Section 5.02(d), and subject to the issuance and transfer of the RR Interest during the RR Interest Transfer Restriction Period in accordance with Section 5.03(i), no Non-Book Entry Certificate shall be issued to a transferee of an interest in any Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate, Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate or Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate or to a transferee of a Non-Book Entry Certificate (or any portion thereof).

(i)                 Transfers of RR Interest.  At all times, if a Transfer of any RR Interest after the Closing Date is to be made, then the following documents shall be delivered to the Certificate Administrator, who will facilitate the transfer in conjunction with the Certificate Registrar who shall refuse to register such transfer unless it receives (and, upon receipt, may conclusively rely upon) (A) if such RR Interest is in the possession of the Certificate Administrator, a letter notifying the Certificate Administrator in writing of the Holder of an RR Interest’s intention to transfer such RR Interest from the Retained Interest Safekeeping Account and identifying the transferee, (B) a certification from such Certificateholder’s prospective Transferee substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D-3, which such certification must be countersigned by the Retaining Sponsor with a medallion stamp guarantee of the Retaining Sponsor, (C) a certification from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D-4, which such certification must be countersigned by the Retaining Sponsor with a medallion stamp guarantee of the Retaining Sponsor, (D) a completed W-9 by the prospective transferee and (E) contact information and wiring instructions for the prospective transferee. So long as the RR Interest is held by the Certificate Administrator in the Retained Interest Safekeeping Account, upon the completion of any such Transfer during the RR Interest Transfer Restriction Period, the Certificate Administrator shall issue a receipt to such transferor and transferee. Upon receipt of the foregoing certifications, the Certificate Registrar shall, subject to Section 5.02(e) and Section 5.03(a), reflect such RR Interest in the name of the prospective Transferee. For the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall an RR Interest be held as a Book-Entry Certificate during the RR Interest Transfer Restriction Period. Any attempted or purported transfer in violation of this Section 5.03(i) shall be null and void ab initio and shall vest no rights in any purported transferee and shall not relieve the transferor of any obligations with respect to the applicable Certificates.

(j)                 Other Exchanges. In the event that a Book-Entry Certificate is exchanged for a Definitive Certificate, such Certificates may be exchanged only in accordance with such procedures as are substantially consistent with the provisions of subsections (c) through (f) above (including the certification requirements intended to ensure that such transfers comply with

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Rule 144A or Regulation S under the Act, at the case may be) and such other procedures as may from time to time be adopted by the Certificate Registrar.

(k)               Restricted Period. Prior to the termination of the Restricted Period with respect to the issuance of the Certificates, transfers of interests in the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate to U.S. persons (as defined in Regulation S) shall be limited to transfers made pursuant to the provisions of subsection (e) above.

(l)                 If Non-Registered Certificates are issued upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Certificates bearing a restrictive legend relating to compliance with the Act, or if a request is made to remove such legend on Certificates, the Non-Registered Certificates so issued shall bear the restrictive legend, or such legend shall not be removed, as the case may be, unless there is delivered to the Certificate Registrar such satisfactory evidence, which may include an Opinion of Counsel that neither such legend nor the restrictions on transfer set forth therein are required to ensure that transfers thereof comply with the provisions of Rule 144A or Regulation S under the Act. Upon provision of such satisfactory evidence, the Certificate Registrar shall authenticate and deliver Certificates that do not bear such legend.

(m)             All Certificates surrendered for registration of transfer and exchange shall be canceled and subsequently destroyed by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with the Certificate Registrar’s customary procedures.

(n)               With respect to the ERISA Restricted Certificates, no sale, transfer, pledge or other disposition (other than any initial transfer to the Initial Purchasers or with respect to the RR Interest, the applicable Retaining Parties) of any such Certificate shall be made unless the Trustee and Certificate Administrator shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed purchaser or transferee of such Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit F-1 attached hereto, to the effect that such proposed purchaser or transferee is not and will not be (A) an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or a plan subject to Section 4975 of the Code, or a governmental plan (as defined in Section 3(32) of ERISA), a church plan (as defined in Section 3(33) of ERISA) for which no election has been made under Section 410(d) of the Code or any other plan subject to any federal, state or local law (“Similar Law”) which is, to a material extent, similar to the foregoing provisions of ERISA or the Code (each, a “Plan”) or (B) a person acting on behalf of (including an entity whose underlying assets include Plan assets within the meaning of Department of Labor Regulation § 2510.3-101, as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA) or using the assets of any such Plan, other than an insurance company using the assets of its general account under circumstances whereby the purchase and holding of such Certificates by such insurance company would be exempt from the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA and the Code under Sections I and III of Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 95-60 (or, in the case of a Plan subject to Similar Law, would not constitute or result in a non-exempt violation of Similar Law) or (ii) if such Certificate is presented for registration in the name of a purchaser or transferee that is any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor to the effect that the acquisition and holding of such Certificate by such purchaser or transferee will not constitute or result in a non-exempt “prohibited transaction” within the meaning of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or a non-exempt violation of any Similar Law, and will not subject the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer,

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the Special Servicer, any Sub-Servicer, the Initial Purchasers, the Underwriters, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Depositor to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or any such Similar Law) in addition to those set forth in the Agreement. The Trustee and Certificate Administrator shall not register the sale, transfer, pledge or other disposition of any ERISA Restricted Certificate unless the Trustee and Certificate Administrator have received either the representation letter described in clause (i) above or the Opinion of Counsel described in clause (ii) above. The costs of any of the foregoing representation letters or Opinions of Counsel shall not be borne by any of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, any Sub-Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Initial Purchasers, the Underwriters, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Registrar, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Trust. Each Certificate Owner of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be deemed to represent that it is not and will not become a Person specified in clauses (i)(A) or (i)(B) above. Any transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of any ERISA Restricted Certificates that would constitute or result in a prohibited transaction under ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or any Similar Law, or would otherwise violate the provisions of this Section 5.03(n) shall be deemed absolutely null and void ab initio, to the extent permitted under applicable law.

(o)               No Class R or Class V Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any prospective purchaser or transferee that is or will be a Plan, or any person acting on behalf of a Plan (including an entity whose underlying assets include Plan assets within the meaning of Department of Labor Regulation § 2510.3-101, as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA) or using the assets of a Plan to purchase such Class R or Class V Certificate. Each prospective transferee of a Class R or Class V Certificate shall deliver to the transferor and the Certificate Administrator a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F-2, stating that the prospective transferee is not and will not become a Plan or a person acting on behalf of a Plan (including an entity whose underlying assets include Plan assets within the meaning of Department of Labor Regulation § 2510.3-101, as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA) or using the assets of a Plan. Any attempted or purported transfer in violation of these transfer restrictions shall be null and void ab initio and shall vest no rights in any purported transferee and shall not relieve the transferor of any obligations with respect to the applicable Certificates.

Each Person who has or acquires any Residual Ownership Interest shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of such Residual Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the following provisions and the rights of each Person acquiring any Residual Ownership Interest are expressly subject to the following provisions:

(i)                Each Person acquiring or holding any Residual Ownership Interest shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall not acquire or hold such Residual Ownership Interest as agent (including a broker, nominee or other middleman) on behalf of any Person that is not a Permitted Transferee. Any such Person shall promptly notify the Certificate Registrar of any change or impending change in its status (or the status of the beneficial owner of such Residual Ownership Interest) as a Permitted Transferee. Any acquisition described in the first sentence of this Section 5.03(o) by a Person who is not a Permitted Transferee or by a Person who is acting as an agent of a Person who is not a Permitted Transferee shall be void ab initio and of no effect, and the immediately preceding owner who was a Permitted

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Transferee shall be restored to registered and beneficial ownership of the Residual Ownership Interest as soon and as fully as possible.

(ii)               No Residual Ownership Interest may be Transferred, and no such Transfer shall be registered in the Certificate Register, without the express written consent of the Certificate Registrar, and the Certificate Registrar shall not recognize the Transfer, and such proposed Transfer shall not be effective, without such consent with respect thereto. In connection with any proposed Transfer of any Residual Ownership Interest, the Certificate Registrar shall, as a condition to such consent, (x) require the proposed transferee to deliver, and the proposed transferee shall deliver to the Certificate Registrar and to the proposed transferor, an affidavit in substantially the form attached as Exhibit D-1 (a “Transferee Affidavit”) of the proposed transferee (A) that such proposed transferee is a Permitted Transferee and (B) stating that (1) the proposed transferee historically has paid its debts as they have come due and intends to do so in the future, (2) the proposed transferee understands that, as the holder of a Residual Ownership Interest, it may incur tax liabilities in excess of cash flows generated by the residual interest, (3) the proposed transferee intends to pay taxes associated with holding the Residual Ownership Interest as they become due, (4) the proposed transferee will not cause income with respect to the Residual Ownership Interest to be attributable to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed base, within the meaning of an applicable income tax treaty, of such proposed transferee or any other U.S. Tax Person, (5) the proposed transferee will not transfer the Residual Ownership Interest to any Person that does not provide a Transferee Affidavit or as to which the proposed transferee has actual knowledge that such Person is not a Permitted Transferee or is acting as an agent (including a broker, nominee or other middleman) for a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee, and (6) the proposed transferee expressly agrees to be bound by and to abide by the provisions of this Section 5.03(o) and (y) other than in connection with the initial issuance of a Class R Certificate, require a statement from the proposed transferor substantially in the form attached as Exhibit D-2 (the “Transferor Letter”), that the proposed transferor has no actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee and has no actual knowledge or reason to know that the proposed transferee’s statements in its Transferee Affidavit are false.

(iii)                Notwithstanding the delivery of a Transferee Affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (ii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Certificate Registrar has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no Transfer to such proposed transferee shall be effected and such proposed Transfer shall not be registered on the Certificate Register; provided, however, that the Certificate Registrar shall not be required to conduct any independent investigation to determine whether a proposed transferee is a Permitted Transferee. Upon notice to the Certificate Registrar that there has occurred a Transfer to any Person that is a Disqualified Organization or an agent thereof (including a broker, nominee or middleman) in contravention of the foregoing restrictions, and in any event not later than sixty (60) days after a request for information from the transferor of such Residual Ownership Interest or such agent, the Certificate Registrar agrees to furnish to the Internal Revenue Service and the transferor of such Residual Ownership Interest or such agent such information necessary to the application of Section 860E(e) of the Code as may be required by the Code, including, but not limited to, the present value of the total anticipated excess inclusions with respect to such Class R

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Certificate (or portion thereof) for periods after such Transfer. At the election of the Certificate Registrar, the Certificate Registrar may charge a reasonable fee for computing and furnishing such information to the transferor or to such agent referred to above; provided, however, that such Persons shall in no event be excused from furnishing such information.

(p)                The Class R Certificates may only be transferred to and owned by Qualified Institutional Buyers.

(q)               Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall comply with all federal withholding requirements respecting payments to Certificateholders and other payees of interest or original issue discount that the Certificate Administrator reasonably believes are applicable under the Code. The consent of Certificateholders or payees shall not be required for such withholding, and the Certificateholders shall be required to provide the Certificate Administrator with such forms and such other information reasonably required by the Certificate Administrator. If the Certificate Administrator does withhold any amount from interest or original issue discount payments or advances thereof to any Certificateholder or payee pursuant to federal withholding requirements, the Certificate Administrator shall indicate the amount withheld to such Person. Such amounts shall be deemed to have been distributed to such Persons for all purposes of this Agreement.

(r)                Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, none of the Depositor, the Trust, any Underwriter, any Initial Purchaser, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any of their respective affiliated entities (the “Transaction Parties”) is undertaking to provide impartial investment advice, or to give advice in a fiduciary capacity, in connection with the acquisition of any Certificates by any Plan subject to Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code (an “ERISA Plan”) or any person acting on behalf of using the assets of an ERISA Plan. In addition, each beneficial owner of any Certificate or any interest therein that is an ERISA Plan or that is acting on behalf of or using the assets of an ERISA Plan, including any fiduciary purchasing Certificates on behalf of an ERISA Plan (“Plan Fiduciary”) will be deemed to have represented by its acquisition of such Certificate that none of the Transaction Parties has provided any investment recommendation or investment advice on which the ERISA Plan or the Plan Fiduciary has relied in connection with the decision to acquire Offered Certificates, and they are not otherwise acting as a fiduciary (within the meaning of Section 3(21) of ERISA or Section 4975(e)(3) of the Code) to the ERISA Plan in connection with the ERISA Plan’s acquisition of Offered Certificates (unless an applicable prohibited transaction exemption is available to cover the purchase or holding of the Offered Certificates or the transaction is not otherwise prohibited), and (ii) the Plan Fiduciary making the decision to acquire the Offered Certificates is exercising its own independent judgment in evaluating the investment in the Offered Certificates.

Section 5.04        Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates. If (a) any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the Certificate Registrar, or the Certificate Registrar receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Certificate and (b) there is delivered to the Certificate Registrar such security or indemnity as may be required by it to save it harmless, then, in the absence of actual notice to the Certificate Registrar that such Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and

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deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate of like tenor and interest in the Trust. In connection with the issuance of any new Certificate under this Section 5.04, the Certificate Registrar may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Certificate Registrar) connected therewith. Any replacement Certificate issued pursuant to this Section 5.04 shall constitute complete and indefeasible evidence of ownership in the Trust, as if originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate shall be found at any time.

Section 5.05        Persons Deemed Owners. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar, and any agent of any of them, may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the owner of such Certificate for the purpose of receiving distributions as provided in this Agreement and for all other purposes whatsoever, and the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and any agent of any of them shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary; provided, that to the extent that a party to this Agreement responsible for distributing any report, statement or other information required to be distributed to Certificateholders has been provided an Investor Certification, such party to this Agreement shall distribute such report, statement or other information to such beneficial owner (or prospective transferee).

Section 5.06        Access to List of Certificateholders’ Names and Addresses; Special Notices. (a) The Certificate Registrar shall maintain in as current form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of the Certificateholders. If any Certificateholder that has provided an Investor Certification (i) requests in writing from the Certificate Registrar a list of the names and addresses of Certificateholders, (ii) states that such Certificateholder desires to communicate with other Certificateholders with respect to its rights under this Agreement or under the Certificates and (iii) provides a copy of the communication which Certificateholder proposes to transmit, then the Certificate Registrar shall, within ten (10) Business Days after the receipt of such request, furnish such Certificateholder (at such Certificateholder’s sole cost and expense) a current list of the Certificateholders. In addition, upon written request to the Certificate Administrator of any Certificateholder or Certificate Owner (if applicable) that has provided an Investor Certification, the Certificate Administrator shall promptly notify such Certificateholder or Certificate Owner of the identity of the then-current Directing Certificateholder. Every Certificateholder, by receiving and holding a Certificate, agrees that the Certificate Registrar shall not be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the list of the Certificateholders hereunder, regardless of the source from which information was derived. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and the Depositor shall be entitled to a list of the names and addresses of Certificateholders from time to time upon request therefor.

(b)               (i) The Certificate Administrator shall include in any Form 10-D any written request received in accordance with Section 11.04(a) prior to the Distribution Date to which the Form 10-D relates (and on or after the Distribution Date preceding such Distribution Date) from a Certificateholder or Certificate Owner to communicate with other Certificateholders or Certificate Owners related to Certificateholders or Certificate Owners exercising their rights under the terms of this Agreement. Any Form 10-D containing such disclosure (a “Special Notice”) regarding the request to communicate shall include the following and no more than the

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following (a) the name of the Certificateholder or Certificate Owner making the request, (b) the date the request was received, (c) a statement to the effect that the Certificate Administrator has received such request, stating that such Certificateholder or Certificate Owner is interested in communicating with other Certificateholders or Certificate Owners with regard to the possible exercise of rights under this Agreement, and (d) a description of the method other Certificateholders or Certificate Owners may use to contact the requesting Certificateholder or Certificate Owner. It is hereby understood that a disclosure in substantially the following form shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements in the preceding sentence: “On [date], the Certificate Administrator received from [name], a Certificateholder or Certificate Owner, a request to communicate with other Certificateholders and Certificate Owners in the securitization transaction to which this report on Form 10-D relates (the “Securitization”). The requesting Certificateholder or Certificate Owner is interested in communicating with other Certificateholders and Certificate Owners with regard to the possible exercise of rights under the pooling and servicing agreement governing the Securitization. Other Certificateholders and Certificate Owners may contact the requesting Certificateholder or Certificate Owner at [telephone number], [email address] and/or [mailing address].”

(ii)               In verifying the identity of any Certificateholder or Certificate Owner in connection with any request to communicate, (i) if the Certificateholder or Certificate Owner is the holder of record with respect to any Certificate, the Certificate Administrator shall not require any further verification or (ii) if the Certificateholder or Certificate Owner is not the holder of record with respect to any Certificate, the Certificate Administrator shall require no more than (x) a written certification from such Certificateholder or Certificate Owner that it is the beneficial owner of a Certificate and (y) one of the following documents confirming ownership of such Certificate: a trade confirmation, an account statement, a letter from a broker-dealer or another document acceptable to the Certificate Administrator that is similar to any of the foregoing documents. The Certificate Administrator shall not have any obligation to verify the information provided by any Certificateholder or Certificate Owner in any request to communicate and may rely on such information conclusively. Additionally, any expenses the Certificate Administrator incurs in connection with any request to communicate will be paid by the Trust.

Section 5.07        Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Certificate Registrar shall maintain or cause to be maintained an office or offices or agency or agencies where Certificates may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Certificate Registrar in respect of the Certificates and this Agreement may be served. The Certificate Registrar initially designates its office at 600 South 4th Street, 7th Floor, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415 as its office for such purposes. The Certificate Registrar shall give prompt written notice to the Certificateholders and the Mortgagors of any change in the location of the Certificate Register or any such office or agency.

Section 5.08        Appointment of Certificate Administrator. (a) Computershare Trust Company, National Association is hereby initially appointed Certificate Administrator in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. If the Certificate Administrator resigns or is terminated, the Trustee shall appoint a successor certificate administrator which may be the Trustee or an Affiliate thereof to fulfill the obligations of the Certificate Administrator hereunder which must satisfy the eligibility requirements set forth in Section 8.06.

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(b)               The Certificate Administrator may rely upon and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, Officer’s Certificate, certificate of auditors or any other certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, Appraisal, bond or other paper or document reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties.

(c)               The Certificate Administrator, at the expense of the Trust (but only if such amount constitutes “unanticipated expenses of the REMIC” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-1(b)(3)(ii)), may consult with counsel and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance therewith.

(d)               The Certificate Administrator shall not be personally liable for any action reasonably taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Agreement.

(e)               The Certificate Administrator may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys; provided, however, that the appointment of such agents or attorneys shall not relieve the Certificate Administrator of its duties or obligations hereunder.

(f)                The Certificate Administrator shall not be responsible for any act or omission of the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Depositor.

Section 5.09         [Reserved].

Section 5.10        Voting Procedures. With respect to any matters submitted to Certificateholders for a vote, the Certificate Administrator shall administer such vote through the Depository with respect to Book-Entry Certificates and directly with registered Holders by mail with respect to Definitive Certificates. In each case, such vote shall be administered in accordance with the following procedures, unless different procedures are otherwise described herein with respect to a specific vote:

(a)               Any matter submitted to Certificateholders for a vote shall be announced in a notice prepared by the Certificate Administrator. Such notice shall include the record date determined by the Certificate Administrator for purposes of the vote and a voting deadline which shall be no less than thirty (30) days and no later than sixty (60) days after the date such notice is distributed. The notice and related ballot shall be sent to Holders of Book-Entry Certificates through the Depository and by mail to the registered Holders of Definitive Certificates. In addition, the notice and related ballot shall be posted to the Certificate Administrator’s Website. Notices delivered in this manner shall be considered delivered to all Holders regardless of whether any Holder actually receives the notice and ballot.

(b)               In connection with any vote administered pursuant to this Agreement, voting Holders shall be required to certify their holdings in the manner set forth on the ballot, unless a specific manner is otherwise provided herein. Holders may only vote in accordance with their Voting Rights. Voting Rights with respect to any outstanding Class of Certificates shall be calculated by the Certificate Administrator in accordance with the definition of Voting Rights as

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of the record date for the vote. Only Classes with an outstanding Certificate Balance greater than zero as of the record date of the vote shall be permitted to vote. Once a Holder has cast its vote, the vote may be changed or retracted on or before the vote deadline. Any changes or retractions shall be communicated by the Certificateholder to the Certificate Administrator in writing on a ballot. After the vote deadline has passed, votes may not be changed or retracted by any Holder unless the Holder wishing to change or retract its vote holds a sufficient portion of the Voting Rights such that the Holder, by its vote alone, could approve or deny the proposition subject to a vote without taking into consideration the votes cast by any other Holder. Transferees or purchasers of any Class of Certificates are subject to and shall be bound by all votes of Holders initiated or conducted prior to its acquisition of such Certificate.

(c)               The Certificate Administrator may take up to fifteen (15) Business Days to tabulate the results of any vote. The Certificate Administrator shall use its reasonable efforts to resolve any illegible or incomplete ballots received prior to the voting deadline. Illegible or incomplete ballots that are received on the voting deadline or that cannot be resolved by the voting deadline shall not be counted. Promptly after the votes are tabulated, the Certificate Administrator shall prepare a notice announcing the results of the vote. Such notice shall include the percentage of Voting Rights in favor of the proposition, the percentage against the proposition and the percentage abstaining. In addition, the notice will announce whether the proposition has been adopted by Certificateholders. The notice shall be distributed in accordance with the methods described in Section 5.10(a) above. The Certificate Administrator shall also include such notice on the Form 10-D prepared in connection with the distribution period that corresponds with the date such notice is distributed. All vote tabulations shall be final and the Certificate Administrator shall not, absent manifest error, re-tabulate the votes or conduct a new vote for the same proposition.

(d)               Any and all reasonable expenses incurred by the Certificate Administrator in connection with administering any vote shall be borne by the Trust. The Certificate Administrator is under no obligation to advise Holders about the matter being voted on or answer questions other than process-related questions regarding the administration of the vote.

(e)               If any party to this Agreement believes a vote of Certificateholders is needed for some matter related to the administration of the Trust that is not specifically contemplated herein, such party may request the Certificate Administrator to conduct a vote and the Certificate Administrator will conduct the requested vote in accordance with these procedures. Unless specifically provided herein, all such votes require a majority of Certificateholders to carry a proposition.

Section 5.11        Exchangeable Certificates. (a) On the Closing Date, the Grantor Trust shall issue the several Classes of Exchangeable Certificates. Each Class of Exchangeable Certificates shall represent an undivided beneficial ownership interest in the Corresponding Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests in an amount equal to the Class Percentage Interest of such Class in each such Corresponding Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest. All amounts allocated to an Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest hereunder, including principal and interest payable thereon and reimbursement of previously allocated Realized Losses (with interest), shall be allocated to the Classes of Exchangeable Certificates representing an interest therein, in proportion to their Class Percentage Interests therein; provided, that the Exchangeable

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Certificates will be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges as described in Section 4.01(e).

(b)               Certificates of each Class of Exchangeable Certificates (each such Class, in connection with any exchange, an applicable “Surrendered Class”) may be exchanged on the books of DTC for Certificates of the corresponding Classes of Exchangeable Certificates set forth next to such Class in the table below (each, an applicable “Received Class”), and vice versa. The Denomination of each of the Received Classes of Certificates must be equal to the Denomination of each of the Surrendered Classes of Certificates. No fee shall be required with respect to any exchange of Exchangeable Certificates. Following any exchange of Certificates of one or more Surrendered Classes for Certificates of one or more Received Classes, the Class Percentage Interests in the Corresponding Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests that are represented by the Surrendered Classes (and consequently their related Certificate Balances or Notional Amounts) shall be decreased, and those of the Received Classes (and consequently their related Certificate Balances or Notional Amounts) shall be increased. The Certificate Administrator or Certificate Registrar, as applicable, shall (i) make the appropriate notation of such exchange on the Certificate Register and on the Book-Entry Certificate for each Class of Exchangeable Certificates involved in such exchange to reflect such reductions and increases and (ii) give appropriate instructions to the Depository to reflect such reductions and increases.

Surrendered Classes (or Received Classes) of Certificates	Received Classes (or Surrendered Classes) of Certificates
Class A-4	Class A-4-1, Class A-4-X1
Class A-4	Class A-4-2, Class A-4-X2
Class A-5	Class A-5-1, Class A-5-X1
Class A-5	Class A-5-2, Class A-5-X2
Class A-S	Class A-S-1, Class A-S-X1
Class A-S	Class A-S-2, Class A-S-X2
Class B	Class B-1, Class B-X1
Class B	Class B-2, Class B-X2
Class C	Class C-1, Class C-X1
Class C	Class C-2, Class C-X2

For example, a Certificateholder holding Class A-S Certificates with a Denomination of $71,182,000 may surrender Class A-S Certificates with a Denomination of $35,591,000 (the Certificates of the applicable Surrendered Class) and receive in exchange Class A-S-1 Certificates with a Denomination of $35,591,000 and Class A-S-X1 Certificates with a Denomination of $35,591,000 (collectively, the Certificates of the applicable Received Classes). In such event, (i) the Class Percentage Interest of the Class A-S Certificates in each of the Class A-S, Class A-S-X1 and Class A-S-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interests would be reduced from 100% to 50%, (ii) the Class Percentage Interest of the Class A-S-1 Certificates in each of the Class A-S and Class A-S-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interests would be increased from 0% to 50%, and (iii) the Class Percentage Interest of the Class A-S-X1 Certificates in the Class A-S-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest would be increased from 0% to 50%.

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will be required to surrender all such Certificates, as well as Class A-S-X1 Certificates with a Denomination of $35,591,000 in order to accomplish such exchange. In such event, (i) the Class Percentage Interest of the Class A-S-1 Certificates in each of the Class A-S and Class A-S-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interests would be reduced from 50% to 0%, (ii) the Class Percentage Interest of the Class A-S-X1 Certificates in the Class A-S-X1 Upper-Tier Regular Interest would be reduced from 50% to 0%, and (iii) the Class Percentage Interest of the Class A-S Certificates in each of the Class A-S, Class A-S-X1 and Class A-S-X2 Upper-Tier Regular Interests would be increased from 0% (assuming no other Class A-S Certificates are then outstanding) to 50%.

(c)               The maximum Certificate Balance or Notional Amount of each Class of Class A-4 Exchangeable Certificates, Class A-5 Exchangeable Certificates, Class A-S Exchangeable Certificates, Class B Exchangeable Certificates or Class C Exchangeable Certificates that may be issued in an exchange is equal to the Certificate Balance of the Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-S, Class B or Class C Upper-Tier Regular Interest, respectively.

(d)               In order to effect an exchange of Exchangeable Certificates, the Certificateholder shall deliver a notice substantially in the form of Exhibit TT to the Certificate Administrator by e-mail to cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com (with a subject line referencing “BANK 2023-BNK45” and setting forth the proposed Exchange Date) no later than three (3) Business Days before the proposed exchange date (the “Exchange Date”). The Exchange Date may be any Business Day other than the first or last Business Day of the month. The notice must (i) be set forth on the applicable Certificateholder’s letterhead, (ii) carry a medallion stamp guarantee and (iii) set forth the following information: (x) the CUSIP number, outstanding Certificate Balance or Notional Amount and Original Certificate Balance or Original Notional Amount of each proposed Surrendered Class and of each proposed Received Class; (y) the Certificateholder’s DTC participant number; and (z) the proposed Exchange Date. A notice shall become irrevocable on the second Business Day before the proposed Exchange Date.

(e)               Upon the satisfaction of the conditions to an exchange described in this Section 5.11, the Certificate Administrator shall deliver Certificates of the applicable Received Classes to the requesting Certificateholder. The Certificate Administrator shall reduce the outstanding Certificate Balance(s) or Notional Amount(s) of the Surrendered Classes, and increase the outstanding Certificate Balance(s) or Notional Amount(s) of the Received Classes, on the Certificate Register. The Certificateholder and the Certificate Administrator shall utilize the “deposit and withdrawal system” at the Depository to effect the exchange.

(f)                The Certificate Administrator shall make the first distribution on Certificates of any Received Classes related to an exchange on the Distribution Date in the month following the month of exchange to the Certificateholder of record as of the applicable Record Date for such Certificates and Distribution Date. If an Exchange Date occurs in any month before the Distribution Date in such month, then any distributions to be made on such Distribution Date on Certificates of any Surrendered Classes shall be so made to the Certificateholders of record as of the applicable Record Date for such Certificates and such Distribution Date. Neither the Certificate Administrator nor the Depositor shall have any obligation to ensure the availability in the market of the applicable Certificates to accomplish any exchange.

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Article VI

THE DEPOSITOR, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, the Operating Advisor, the asset representations reviewer, THE DIRECTING CERTIFICATEHOLDER AND THE Risk Retention Consultation Party

Section 6.01        Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer. (a) The Master Servicer, for itself only, hereby represents, warrants and covenants to the Trustee, for its own benefit and the benefit of the Certificateholders, each Serviced Companion Noteholder, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Special Servicer, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Operating Advisor, as of the Closing Date, that:

(i)                                  The Master Servicer is a national banking association, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the United States of America, and the Master Servicer is in compliance with the laws of each State in which any Mortgaged Property is located to the extent necessary to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

(ii)                                The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Master Servicer, and the performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement by the Master Servicer, do not (A) violate the Master Servicer’s organizational documents, (B) constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the breach of, any material agreement or other material instrument to which it is a party or which is applicable to it or any of its assets or (C) violate any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree to which the Master Servicer or its property is subject, which, in the case of either (B) or (C), is likely to materially and adversely affect the ability of the Master Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

(iii)                           The Master Servicer has the full power and authority to enter into and consummate all transactions to be performed by it contemplated by this Agreement, has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and has duly executed and delivered this Agreement;

(iv)                         This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties hereto, constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of the Master Servicer, enforceable against the Master Servicer in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and, to the extent applicable, the rights of creditors of national banks or of “financial companies” (as defined in Section 201 of the Dodd-Frank Act) or their Affiliates, and (B) general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law;

(v)                              The Master Servicer is not in violation of, and its execution and delivery of this Agreement and its performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement will not constitute a violation of, any law, order or decree of any court or arbiter, or any order regulation or demand of any federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority,

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which violation, in the Master Servicer’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to materially and adversely affect the ability of the Master Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

(vi)                            No litigation is pending or, to the best of the Master Servicer’s knowledge, threatened against the Master Servicer which would prohibit the Master Servicer from entering into this Agreement or, in the Master Servicer’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to materially and adversely affect the ability of the Master Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

(vii)                        The Master Servicer has errors and omissions insurance coverage that is in full force and effect or is self-insuring with respect to such risks, which in either case complies with the requirements of Section 3.07; and

(viii)\                   No consent, approval, authorization or order of, registration or filing with, or notice to, any governmental authority or court is required under federal or state law for the execution, delivery and performance by the Master Servicer of, or compliance by the Master Servicer with, this Agreement or the Master Servicer’s consummation of any transactions contemplated hereby, other than (A) such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, qualifications, registrations, filings or notices as have been obtained, made or given prior to the actual performance by the Master Servicer of its obligations under this Agreement or (B) where the lack of such consent, approval, authorization, order, qualification, registration, filing or notice would not have a material adverse effect on the performance by the Master Servicer under this Agreement.

(b)                              The Special Servicer, for itself only, hereby represents, warrants and covenants to the Trustee, for its own benefit and the benefit of the Certificateholders, each Serviced Companion Noteholder, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Operating Advisor, as of the Closing Date, that:

(i)                                  The Special Servicer is a limited liability company, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Florida and the Special Servicer is in compliance with the laws of each State in which any Mortgaged Property is located to the extent necessary to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

(ii)                                The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Special Servicer, and the performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement by the Special Servicer, do not (A) violate the Special Servicer’s organizational documents, (B) constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the breach of, any material agreement or other material instrument to which it is a party or which is applicable to it or any of its assets, or (C) violate any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree to which the Special Servicer or its property is subject, which, in the case of either (B) or (C), is likely to materially and adversely affect either the ability of the Special Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement or its financial condition;

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(iii)                           The Special Servicer has the full power and authority to enter into and consummate all transactions to be performed by it contemplated by this Agreement, has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and has duly executed and delivered this Agreement;

(iv)                            This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties hereto, constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of the Special Servicer, enforceable against the Special Servicer in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and, to the extent applicable, the rights of the creditors of national banks or of “financial companies” (as defined in Section 201 of the Dodd-Frank Act) or their Affiliates, and (B) general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law;

(v)                                The Special Servicer is not in violation of, and its execution and delivery of this Agreement and its performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement will not constitute a violation of, any law, order or decree of any court or arbiter, or any order regulation or demand of any federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority, which violation, in the Special Servicer’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to materially and adversely affect the ability of the Special Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

(vi)                           No litigation is pending or, to the best of the Special Servicer’s knowledge, threatened against the Special Servicer, which would prohibit the Special Servicer from entering into this Agreement or, in the Special Servicer’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to materially and adversely affect the ability of the Special Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

(vii)                        The Special Servicer has errors and omissions coverage which is in full force and effect or is self-insuring with respect to such risks, which in either case complies with the requirements of Section 3.07; and

(viii)                      No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required under federal or state law for the execution, delivery and performance by the Special Servicer of, or compliance by the Special Servicer with, this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions of the Special Servicer contemplated by this Agreement, except for any consent, approval, authorization or order which has been obtained or can be obtained prior to the actual performance by the Special Servicer of its obligations under this Agreement, or which, if not obtained would not have a materially adverse effect on the ability of the Special Servicer to perform its obligations hereunder.

(c)               The Operating Advisor hereby represents, warrants and covenants to the Trustee, for its own benefit and the benefit of the Certificateholders, each Serviced Companion Noteholder, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, as of the Closing Date, that:

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(i)                                The Operating Advisor is a limited liability company, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of New York and the Operating Advisor is in compliance with the laws of each State in which any Mortgaged Property is located to the extent necessary to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

(ii)                                The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Operating Advisor, and the performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement by the Operating Advisor, do not (A) violate the Operating Advisor’s organizational documents, (B) constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the breach of, any material agreement or other material instrument to which it is a party or which is applicable to it or any of its assets, or (C) violate any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree to which the Operating Advisor or its property is subject, which, in the case of either (B) or (C), is likely to materially and adversely affect either the ability of the Operating Advisor to perform its obligations under this Agreement or its financial condition;

(iii)                             The Operating Advisor has the full power and authority to enter into and consummate all transactions to be performed by it contemplated by this Agreement, has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and has duly executed and delivered this Agreement;

(iv)                            This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties hereto, constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of the Operating Advisor, enforceable against the Operating Advisor in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and (B) general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law;

(v)                               The Operating Advisor is not in violation of, and its execution and delivery of this Agreement and its performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement will not constitute a violation of, any law, order or decree of any court or arbiter, or any order regulation or demand of any federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority, which violation, in the Operating Advisor’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to materially and adversely affect either the ability of the Operating Advisor to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the financial condition of the Operating Advisor;

(vi)                           The Operating Advisor has errors and omissions insurance coverage that is in full force and effect or is self-insuring with respect to such risks, which in either case complies with the requirements of Section 3.07;

(vii)                         No litigation is pending or, to the best of the Operating Advisor’s knowledge, threatened against the Operating Advisor, which would prohibit the Operating Advisor from entering into this Agreement or, in the Operating Advisor’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to materially and adversely affect the ability of the Operating Advisor to perform its obligations under this Agreement; and

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(viii)                  No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required under federal or state law for the execution, delivery and performance by the Operating Advisor of, or compliance by the Operating Advisor with, this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions of the Operating Advisor contemplated by this Agreement, except for any consent, approval, authorization or order which has been obtained or can be obtained prior to the actual performance by the Operating Advisor of its obligations under this Agreement, or which, if not obtained would not have a materially adverse effect on the ability of the Operating Advisor to perform its obligations hereunder.

(d)             The Asset Representations Reviewer hereby represents and warrants to the Trustee, for its own benefit and the benefit of the Certificateholders, and to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Certificate Administrator, as of the Closing Date, that:

(i)                                  The Asset Representations Reviewer is a limited liability company, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of New York, and the Asset Representations Reviewer is in compliance with the laws of each State in which any Mortgaged Property is located to the extent necessary to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

(ii)                               The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Asset Representations Reviewer, and the performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement by the Asset Representations Reviewer, do not (A) violate the Asset Representations Reviewer’s organizational documents, (B) constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the breach of, any material agreement or other material instrument to which it is a party or which is applicable to it or any of its assets, or (C) violate any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree to which the Asset Representations Reviewer or its property is subject, which, in the case of either (B) or (C) above, is likely to materially and adversely affect either the ability of the Asset Representations Reviewer to perform its obligations under this Agreement or its financial condition;

(iii)                            The Asset Representations Reviewer has the full power and authority to enter into and consummate all transactions to be performed by it contemplated by this Agreement, has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and has duly executed and delivered this Agreement;

(iv)                           This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties hereto, constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of the Asset Representations Reviewer, enforceable against the Asset Representations Reviewer in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and (B) general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law;

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(v)                              The Asset Representations Reviewer is not in violation of, and its execution and delivery of this Agreement and its performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement will not constitute a violation of, any law, order or decree of any court or arbiter, or any order regulation or demand of any federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority, which violation, in the Asset Representations Reviewer’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to materially and adversely affect either the ability of the Asset Representations Reviewer to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the financial condition of the Asset Representations Reviewer;

(vi)                           No litigation is pending or, to the best of the Asset Representations Reviewer’s knowledge, threatened against the Asset Representations Reviewer, which would prohibit the Asset Representations Reviewer from entering into this Agreement or, in the Asset Representations Reviewer’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to materially and adversely affect the ability of the Asset Representations Reviewer to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

(vii)                        The Asset Representations Reviewer has errors and omissions coverage that is in full force and effect or is self-insuring with respect to such risks, which in either case complies with the requirements of Section 3.07; and

(viii)                     No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required under federal or state law for the execution, delivery and performance by the Asset Representations Reviewer of, or compliance by the Asset Representations Reviewer with, this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions of the Asset Representations Reviewer contemplated by this Agreement, except for any consent, approval, authorization or order which has been obtained or can be obtained prior to the actual performance by the Asset Representations Reviewer of its obligations under this Agreement, or which, if not obtained would not have a materially adverse effect on the ability of the Asset Representations Reviewer to perform its obligations hereunder; and

(ix)                             The Asset Representations Reviewer is an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer.

(e)                               The representations and warranties set forth in paragraphs (a)-(d) above shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement. Upon written notice or actual knowledge by any party to this Agreement (or upon written notice thereof from any Certificateholder or any Companion Holder) of a breach of any of the representations and warranties set forth in this Section 6.01 which materially and adversely affects the interests of any party to this Agreement, the Certificateholders, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the other parties hereto, each certifying Certificateholder, and, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event, the Directing Certificateholder.

Section 6.02        Liability of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Special Servicer and the Asset Representations Reviewer. The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Special Servicer and the Asset Representations Reviewer shall be liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the respective obligations specifically

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imposed upon and undertaken by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Special Servicer and the Asset Representations Reviewer herein.

Section 6.03        Merger, Consolidation or Conversion of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Special Servicer or the Asset Representations Reviewer. (a) Subject to 6.03(b) below, each of the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer will keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises as an entity under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, and each will obtain and preserve its qualification to do business as a foreign entity in each jurisdiction in which qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of this Agreement, the Certificates or any of the Mortgage Loans or Companion Loans and to perform its respective duties under this Agreement.

(b)               Each of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer may be merged or consolidated with or into any Person, or transfer all or substantially all of its assets (which may be limited to all or substantially all of its assets related to commercial mortgage loan servicing, commercial mortgage surveillance or asset representations reviewer operations, as the case may be) to any Person, in which case any Person resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, or the Asset Representations Reviewer shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to the business of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, or the Asset Representations Reviewer, shall be the successor of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, or the Asset Representations Reviewer (such Person, in the case of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, in each of the foregoing cases, the “Surviving Entity”), as the case may be, hereunder, without the execution or filing of any paper (other than an assumption agreement wherein the successor shall agree to perform the obligations of and serve as the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, or the Asset Representations Reviewer, as the case may be, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement) or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding; provided, however, that with respect to such merger, consolidation or succession, Rating Agency Confirmation is received from each Rating Agency with respect to the Classes of Certificates and, with respect to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, a confirmation is received from each applicable rating agency that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates as described in Section 3.25); provided, further, that if the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor enters into a merger and the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, is the surviving entity under applicable law, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, shall not, as a result of the merger, be required to provide a Rating Agency Confirmation with respect to ratings of the Classes of Certificates or, with respect to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, a confirmation of the rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings; provided, further, that for so long as the Trust, and, with respect to any Serviced Companion Loan included as part of the trust in a related Other Securitization, is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, if the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor notifies the Depositor in writing (a “Merger Notice”) of any such merger, consolidation, conversion or other change in form, and

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the Depositor or the depositor in such Other Securitization, as the case may be, notifies the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, in writing that the Depositor or the depositor in such Other Securitization, as the case may be, has discovered that such successor entity has not complied with its Exchange Act reporting obligations under any other commercial mortgage loan securitization (and specifically identifying the instance of noncompliance), then it shall be an additional condition to such succession that the Depositor or the depositor in such Other Securitization, as the case may be, shall have consented (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to such successor entity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Master Servicer, Special Servicer or Operating Advisor may remain the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or Operating Advisor, as applicable, under this Agreement after (x) being merged or consolidated with or into any Person that is a Prohibited Party, or (y) transferring all or substantially all of its assets to any Person if such Person is a Prohibited Party, except to the extent (i) the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or Operating Advisor, as applicable, is the surviving entity of such merger, consolidation or transfer and has been and continues to be in compliance with its Regulation AB reporting obligations hereunder or (ii) the Depositor consents to such merger, consolidation or transfer, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. If, within sixty (60) days following the date of delivery of the Merger Notice to the Depositor or the depositor in such Other Securitization, as the case may be, the Depositor or depositor in such Other Securitization, as the case may be, shall have failed to notify the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in writing of the Depositor’s determination, or depositor’s determination, in the case of an Other Securitization, to grant or withhold such consent, such failure shall be deemed to constitute a grant of such consent. If the conditions to the provisions in the second preceding sentence are not met, the Trustee may terminate, and if the conditions set forth in the third proviso of the third preceding sentence are not met the Trustee shall terminate, the applicable Surviving Entity’s servicing of the Mortgage Loans pursuant hereto, such termination to be effected in the manner set forth in Section 7.01.

(i)                The Asset Representations Reviewer shall keep in full effect its existence and rights as an entity under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, and shall be in compliance with the laws of all jurisdictions to the extent necessary to perform its duties under this Agreement.

(ii)               Any Person into which the Asset Representations Reviewer may be merged or consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Asset Representations Reviewer shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to the business of the Asset Representations Reviewer, shall be the successor of the Asset Representations Reviewer hereunder, and shall be deemed to have assumed all of the liabilities and obligations of such Asset Representations Reviewer hereunder, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding; provided, however, that the Trustee has received a Rating Agency Confirmation with respect to such successor or surviving Person.

Section 6.04        Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and Others. (a) None of the Depositor, the Master Servicer (including in its capacity as Companion Paying Agent, if applicable), the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any of the partners, directors, officers, shareholders, members, managers, employees or agents of

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any of the foregoing shall be under any liability to the Trust, the Certificateholders or the Companion Holders for any action taken or for refraining from the taking of any action in good faith pursuant to this Agreement, or for errors in judgment; provided, however, that this provision shall not protect the Depositor, the Master Servicer (including in its capacity as Companion Paying Agent, if applicable), the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any such Person against any breach of warranties or representations made herein or any liability which would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence in the performance of such party’s obligations or duties or by reason of negligent disregard of such party’s obligations and duties hereunder. The Depositor, the Master Servicer (including in its capacity as Companion Paying Agent, if applicable), the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and any partner, director, officer, shareholder, member, manager, employee or agent of the Depositor, the Master Servicer (including in its capacity as Companion Paying Agent, if applicable), the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer, and any of the partners, directors, officers, shareholders, members, managers, employees or agents of any of the foregoing may rely on any document of any kind which, prima facie, is properly executed and submitted by any Person respecting any matters arising hereunder. The Depositor, the Master Servicer (including in its capacity as Companion Paying Agent, if applicable), the Special Servicer, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Operating Advisor and the Non-Serviced Trust (with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, to the extent provided under the related Intercreditor Agreement) and any partner, director, officer, shareholder, member, manager, employee or agent of any of the foregoing shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Trust against any and all claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, liabilities, fees and expenses (for the avoidance of doubt, including without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses and expenses relating to the enforcement of this indemnity and of investigation, counsel fees, damages, judgments and amounts paid in settlement) incurred in connection with any actual or threatened legal or administrative action (whether in equity or at law) or claim relating to this Agreement, the Mortgage Loans, the Companion Loans or the Certificates, other than any loss, liability or expense: (i) specifically required to be borne thereby pursuant to the terms hereof; (ii) incurred in connection with any breach of a representation or warranty made by it herein; (iii) incurred by reason of bad faith, willful misconduct or negligence in the performance of its obligations or duties hereunder, or by reason of negligent disregard of such obligations or duties; or (iv) in the case of the Depositor and any of its partners, directors, officers, shareholders, members, managers, employees and agents, incurred in connection with any violation by any of them of any state or federal securities law. In addition, absent actual fraud (as determined by a final non-appealable court order), neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator (including in its capacity as Custodian, Certificate Registrar and 17g-5 Information Provider) shall be liable for special, punitive, indirect or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to lost profits), even if the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action. Each of the Master Servicer (including in its capacity as Companion Paying Agent, if applicable), the Special Servicer, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Operating Advisor conclusively may rely on, and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon, any resolution, officer’s certificate, certificate of auditors or any other certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, financial statement, agreement, appraisal, bond or other document (in electronic or paper format) as contemplated by and in

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accordance with this Agreement and reasonably believed or in good faith believed by the Master Servicer (including in its capacity as Companion Paying Agent, if applicable), the Special Servicer, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Operating Advisor to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties and each of them may consult with counsel, in which case any written advice of counsel or Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection with respect to any action taken or suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such advice or Opinion of Counsel.

(b)               None of the Depositor, the Master Servicer (including in its capacity as Companion Paying Agent, if applicable), the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal or administrative action (whether in equity or at law), proceeding, hearing or examination that is not incidental to its respective duties under this Agreement or which in its opinion may involve it in any expense or liability not recoverable from the Trust; provided, however, that each of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer may in its discretion undertake any such action, proceeding, hearing or examination that it may deem necessary or desirable in respect to this Agreement and the rights and duties of the parties hereto and the interests of the Certificateholders (and, in the case of any Serviced Whole Loan, the rights of the Certificateholders and the holders of a Serviced Companion Loan (as a collective whole) taking into account the subordinate or pari passu nature of such Serviced Companion Loan); provided, however, that if a Serviced Whole Loan and/or the holder of any related Companion Loan are involved, such expenses, costs and liabilities will be payable out of funds related to the applicable Serviced Whole Loan in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement and will also be payable out of the other funds in the Collection Account if amounts on deposit with respect to such Serviced Whole Loan are insufficient therefor. If any such expenses, costs or liabilities relate to a Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, then any subsequent recovery on that Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, as applicable, will be used to reimburse the Trust for any amounts advanced for the payment of such expenses, costs or liabilities. In such event, the legal expenses and costs of such action, proceeding, hearing or examination and any liability resulting therefrom shall be expenses, costs and liabilities of the Trust, and the Depositor, the Master Servicer (including in its capacity as Companion Paying Agent, if applicable), the Special Servicer, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Operating Advisor shall be entitled to be reimbursed therefor out of amounts attributable to the Mortgage Loans or the Companion Loan on deposit in the Collection Account (including, without duplication, any subaccount thereof), as provided by Section 3.05(a)(xii).

(c)               Each of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, as applicable, agrees to indemnify the Depositor, the Trustee, the related Serviced Companion Noteholder, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Master Servicer (including in its capacity as Companion Paying Agent, if applicable) (in the case of the Special Servicer or in the case of the other Master Servicer), the Special Servicer(s) (in the case of the Master Servicer or in the case of the other Special Servicer) and the Trust and any partner, director, officer, shareholder, member, manager, employee or agent thereof, and hold them harmless, from and against any and all claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, liabilities, fees and expenses (for the avoidance of doubt, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses and expenses relating to the enforcement of such indemnity) that any of them may sustain arising from or as a result of any

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willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, in the performance of its obligations and duties under this Agreement or by reason of negligent disregard by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, of its duties and obligations hereunder or by reason of breach of any representations or warranties made herein by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable. The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Operating Advisor, as the case may be, shall immediately notify the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, if a claim is made by a third party with respect to this Agreement or the Mortgage Loans entitling the Trust to indemnification hereunder, whereupon the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall assume the defense of such claim (with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator or the Depositor) and pay all expenses in connection therewith, including counsel fees, and promptly pay, discharge and satisfy any judgment or decree which may be entered against it or them in respect of such claim. Any failure to so notify the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall not affect any rights any of the foregoing Persons may have to indemnification under this Agreement or otherwise, unless the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s, as the case may be, defense of such claim is materially prejudiced thereby.

Each of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall indemnify and hold harmless the Depositor from and against any claims, losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and expenses and related costs, judgments and other costs and expenses (for the avoidance of doubt, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses and expenses relating to the enforcement of such indemnity) incurred by the Depositor or its Affiliates that arise out of or are based upon, severally and not jointly (i) a breach by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, of any obligation it has to deliver information to the 17g-5 Information Provider as set forth in this Agreement, including Section 3.07(a), Section 3.08, Section 3.09(e), Section 3.12, Section 3.17(c) and Section 3.18(g) or (ii) a breach of any obligation it has set forth in Sections 3.13(e), (h) and (j).

(d)               Each of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator (including in its role as Custodian), respectively agrees to indemnify the Depositor, the Master Servicer (including in its capacity as Companion Paying Agent, if applicable), the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator (in the case of the Trustee), the Trustee (in the case of the Certificate Administrator), the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trust and any partner, director, officer, shareholder, member, manager employee or agent thereof, and hold them harmless, from and against any and all claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, liabilities, fees and expenses (for the avoidance of doubt, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses and expenses relating to the enforcement of such indemnity) that any of them may sustain arising from or as a result of any willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, respectively, in the performance of its obligations and duties under this Agreement or by reason of negligent disregard by the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, respectively, of its duties and obligations hereunder or by reason of breach of any representations or warranties made herein; provided that such indemnity shall not cover indirect or consequential damages. The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Operating Advisor, as the case may be, shall immediately notify the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator, respectively, if a claim is made by a third party with respect to this Agreement or the Mortgage Loans entitling the

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Trust to indemnification hereunder, whereupon the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator shall assume the defense of such claim (with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Depositor, the Master Servicer (including in its capacity as Companion Paying Agent, if applicable), the Special Servicer, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Operating Advisor) and pay all expenses in connection therewith, including counsel fees, and promptly pay, discharge and satisfy any judgment or decree which may be entered against it or them in respect of such claim. Any failure to so notify the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator shall not affect any rights any of the foregoing Persons may have to indemnification under this Agreement or otherwise, unless the Trustee’s or the Certificate Administrator’s defense of such claim is materially prejudiced thereby.

(e)               The Depositor agrees to indemnify the Master Servicer (including in its capacity as Companion Paying Agent, if applicable), the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trust and any partner, director, officer, shareholder, member, manager, employee or agent thereof, and hold them harmless, from and against any and all claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, liabilities, fees and expenses (for the avoidance of doubt, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses and expenses relating to the enforcement of such indemnity) that any of them may sustain arising from or as a result of any willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence of the Depositor, in the performance of its obligations and duties under this Agreement or by reason of negligent disregard by the Depositor of its duties and obligations hereunder or by reason of breach of any representations or warranties made herein; provided that such indemnity shall not cover indirect or consequential damages. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Operating Advisor, as the case may be, shall immediately notify the Depositor if a claim is made by a third party with respect to this Agreement, whereupon the Depositor shall assume the defense of such claim (with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Master Servicer (including in its capacity as Companion Paying Agent, if applicable) or the Special Servicer, as the case may be) and pay all expenses in connection therewith, including counsel fees, and promptly pay, discharge and satisfy any judgment or decree which may be entered against it or them in respect of such claim. Any failure to so notify the Depositor shall not affect any rights any of the foregoing Persons may have to indemnification under this Agreement or otherwise, unless the Depositor’s defense of such claim is materially prejudiced thereby.

(f)                The Operating Advisor agrees to indemnify the Master Servicer (including in its capacity as Companion Paying Agent, if applicable), the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trust and any partner, director, officer, shareholder, member, manager, employee or agent thereof, and hold them harmless, from and against any and all claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, liabilities, fees and expenses (for the avoidance of doubt, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses and expenses relating to the enforcement of such indemnity) that any of them may sustain arising from or as a result of any willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence of the Operating Advisor, in the performance of its obligations and duties under this Agreement or by reason of negligent disregard by the Operating Advisor of its duties and obligations hereunder or by reason of breach of any representations or warranties made herein; provided that such indemnity shall not cover indirect or consequential damages. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator,

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the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Depositor, as the case may be, shall immediately notify the Operating Advisor if a claim is made by a third party with respect to this Agreement or the Mortgage Loans entitling the Trust to indemnification hereunder, whereupon the Operating Advisor shall assume the defense of such claim (with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Master Servicer (including in its capacity as Companion Paying Agent), the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Depositor) and pay all expenses in connection therewith, including counsel fees, and promptly pay, discharge and satisfy any judgment or decree which may be entered against it or them in respect of such claim. Any failure to so notify the Operating Advisor shall not affect any rights any of the foregoing Persons may have to indemnification under this Agreement or otherwise, unless the Operating Advisor’s defense of such claim is materially prejudiced thereby.

(g)               Neither the Operating Advisor nor its Affiliates or any of the partners, directors, officers, shareholders, members, managers, employees or agents of the Operating Advisor shall be under any liability to any Certificateholder for any action taken or for refraining from the taking of any action in good faith pursuant to this Agreement, or for errors in judgment; provided, however, that this provision shall not protect the Operating Advisor against any liability which would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence in the performance of duties or by reason of negligent disregard of obligations and duties hereunder.

(h)               The Asset Representations Reviewer agrees to indemnify the Master Servicer (including in its capacity as Companion Paying Agent, if applicable), the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor and the Trust and any partner, director, officer, shareholder, member, manager, employee or agent thereof, and hold them harmless, from and against any and all claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, liabilities, fees and expenses (for the avoidance of doubt, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses and expenses relating to the enforcement of such indemnity) that any of them may sustain arising from or as a result of any willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence of the Asset Representations Reviewer, in the performance of its obligations and duties under this Agreement or by reason of negligent disregard by the Asset Representations Reviewer of its duties and obligations hereunder or by reason of breach of any representations or warranties made herein; provided that such indemnity shall not cover indirect or consequential damages. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor or the Depositor, as the case may be, shall immediately notify the Asset Representations Reviewer if a claim is made by a third party with respect to this Agreement or the Mortgage Loans entitling the Trust to indemnification hereunder, whereupon the Asset Representations Reviewer shall assume the defense of such claim (with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Master Servicer (including in its capacity as Companion Paying Agent, if applicable), the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor or the Depositor) and pay all expenses in connection therewith, including counsel fees, and promptly pay, discharge and satisfy any judgment or decree which may be entered against it or them in respect of such claim. Any failure to so notify the Asset Representations Reviewer shall not affect any rights any of the foregoing Persons may have to indemnification under this Agreement or otherwise, unless the Asset Representations Reviewer’s defense of such claim is materially prejudiced thereby.

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(i)                 The applicable Non-Serviced Master Servicer, Non-Serviced Special Servicer, Non-Serviced Certificate Administrator, Non-Serviced Operating Advisor (if any), Non-Serviced Depositor, Non-Serviced Trustee, and any of their respective partners, directors, officers, shareholders, members, managers, employees or agents (collectively, the “Non-Serviced Indemnified Parties”), shall be indemnified by the Trust and held harmless against the Trust’s pro rata share (subject to the applicable Non-Serviced Intercreditor Agreement) of any and all claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, liabilities, fees and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses and expenses relating to the enforcement of such indemnity) incurred in connection with the servicing and administration of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan and the related Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property under the applicable Non-Serviced PSA (as and to the same extent the applicable Non-Serviced Trust is required to indemnify such parties in respect of other mortgage loans in the applicable Non-Serviced Trust pursuant to the terms of the related Non-Serviced PSA).

The indemnification provided herein shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the termination or resignation of the Master Servicer (including in its capacity as Companion Paying Agent, if applicable), the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer.

(j)                 For purposes of this Section 6.04 and Section 11.12, the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as the case may be, will be deemed not to have engaged in willful misconduct or committed bad faith or negligence in the performance of their respective obligations and duties hereunder or acted in negligent disregard of such obligations and duties if the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, fails to follow any terms of any Mortgage Loan documents because the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, determines that compliance with such terms would or potentially would cause an Adverse REMIC Event or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code (for which determination the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer will be entitled to rely on advice of counsel, the cost of which will be reimbursed as an additional expense of the Trust).

(k)               [Reserved].

Section 6.05        Depositor, Master Servicer and Special Servicer Not to Resign. Subject to the provisions of Section 6.03, none of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer shall resign from their respective obligations and duties hereby imposed on each of them except upon (a) determination that such party’s duties hereunder are no longer permissible under applicable law or (b) in the case of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, upon the appointment of, and the acceptance of such appointment by, a successor (which may be appointed by the resigning Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable), and receipt by the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and a confirmation of any applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities (if any) (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25). Any such determination permitting the resignation of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer pursuant to clause (a) above shall be evidenced by an

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Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the resigning party) to such effect delivered to the Trustee and (prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event) the Directing Certificateholder. Unless applicable law requires the resignation of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer (as the case may be) to be effective immediately, and the Opinion of Counsel delivered pursuant to the prior sentence so states, no such resignation by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer under clause (a) above shall become effective until the Trustee or a successor master servicer or special servicer, as applicable, shall have assumed the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s, as applicable, responsibilities and obligations in accordance with Section 7.02 and no such resignation by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer shall become effective until the Certificate Administrator shall have filed any required Form 8-K pursuant to Section 11.07 and any other Form 8-K filings have been completed with respect to any related Companion Loan. Upon any termination (as described in Section 7.01(c)) or resignation of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, pursuant to this Section 6.05, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall have the right and opportunity to appoint any successor master servicer or special servicer with respect to this Section 6.05; provided that, such successor master servicer or special servicer shall not be the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Operating Advisor or one of their respective Affiliates and (prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event) such successor special servicer is approved by the Directing Certificateholder, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld. The resigning party shall pay all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator) associated with a transfer of its duties pursuant to this Section 6.05. Except as provided in Section 7.01(c), in no event shall the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer have the right to appoint any successor master servicer or special servicer if the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, is terminated or removed pursuant to Section 7.01.

Section 6.06        Rights of the Depositor in Respect of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer. The Depositor may, but is not obligated to, enforce the obligations of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer hereunder and may, but is not obligated to, perform, or cause a designee to perform, any defaulted obligation of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer hereunder or exercise the rights of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, hereunder; provided, however, that the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall not be relieved of any of their respective obligations hereunder by virtue of such performance by the Depositor or its designee. The Depositor shall not have any responsibility or liability for any action or failure to act by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer and is not obligated to supervise the performance of the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Special Servicer under this Agreement or otherwise.

Section 6.07        The Master Servicer and the Special Servicer as Certificate Owners. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or any Affiliate thereof may become the Holder of (or, in the case of a Book-Entry Certificate, Certificate Owner with respect to) any Certificate with (except as otherwise set forth in the definition of “Certificateholder”) the same rights it would have if it were not the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or an Affiliate thereof.

Section 6.08        The Directing Certificateholder and the Risk Retention Consultation Party. (a) (A) Other than with respect to any Serviced AB Whole Loan that is not subject to an AB Control Appraisal Period, for so long as no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Directing Certificateholder shall be entitled to advise (1) the Special Servicer, with

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respect to all Major Decisions for all Serviced Mortgage Loans (other than with respect to any Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the holder of the majority of the Controlling Class), and (2) the Master Servicer, to the extent the Directing Certificateholder’s consent is required by the applicable clauses of the definition of “Master Servicer Decision”, and shall have certain other rights described below, and (B) the Risk Retention Consultation Party shall (other than with respect to an Excluded Loan with respect to the Risk Retention Consultation Party or the holder of the majority of the RR Interest) be entitled to consult on a strictly non-binding basis with the Special Servicer with respect to any Major Decision (provided that prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, the related Mortgage Loan must also be a Specially Serviced Loan). For the avoidance of doubt, any consultation with the Risk Retention Consultation Party under this Agreement shall occur only upon the request of the Risk Retention Consultation Party with respect to any individual triggering event, and any such consultation shall be on a strictly non-binding basis and shall be subject to all limitations with respect to the procedures and timing of such consultation set forth in this Section 6.08.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, except as set forth in, and in any event subject to, the third and fourth paragraphs of this Section 6.08(a) and Section 6.08(b), for so long as no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Special Servicer shall not be permitted to take (or consent to the Master Servicer’s taking) (x) with respect to any Serviced AB Whole Loan (but only prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Appraisal Period), any “major decision” under the related Intercreditor Agreement or (y) any of the following actions with respect to any Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or Serviced Whole Loan (each such action described in clause (x) or clause (y), a “Major Decision”) without the Directing Certificateholder’s consent (provided that if such written consent has not been received by the Special Servicer within ten (10) Business Days (or thirty (30) days with respect to clause (xii) of the definition of “Major Decision”) after the Directing Certificateholder’s receipt of the Special Servicer’s written recommendation and analysis and all information reasonably requested by the Directing Certificateholder, and reasonably available to the Special Servicer in order to grant or withhold such consent, the Directing Certificateholder will be deemed to have approved such action):

(i)                                  any proposed or actual foreclosure upon or comparable conversion (which may include acquisition of an REO Property) of the ownership of properties securing any Serviced Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan that comes into and continues in default;

(ii)                                any modification, consent to a modification or waiver of any monetary term (other than late fees and Default Interest) or material non-monetary term (including, without limitation, the timing of payments and acceptance of discounted payoffs)) of a Serviced Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan or any extension of the maturity date of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan other than in connection with a maturity default if refinancing or sale is expected within 120 days as provided in clause (ix) of the definition of “Master Servicer Decision”;

(iii)                              following a default or an event of default with respect to a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, any exercise of remedies, including the acceleration of the

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Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan or initiation of any proceedings, judicial or otherwise, under the related Mortgage Loan documents;

(iv)                             any sale of a Defaulted Loan and any related defaulted Companion Loan, or any REO Property (other than in connection with the termination of the Trust) or a defaulted Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan that the Special Servicer is permitted to sell in accordance with Section 3.16(a)(iii) of this Agreement, in each case, for less than the applicable Purchase Price;

(v)                                any determination to bring a Mortgaged Property or an REO Property into compliance with applicable environmental laws or to otherwise address hazardous material located at a Mortgaged Property or an REO Property;

(vi)                              any waiver of a “due-on-sale” or “due-on-encumbrance” clause with respect to a Serviced Mortgage Loan or a Serviced Whole Loan or any consent to such a waiver or consent to a transfer of the Mortgaged Property or interests in the Mortgagor or consent to the incurrence of additional debt, other than any such transfer or incurrence of debt as described under clauses (xiv) or (xv) of the definition of “Master Servicer Decision” or as may be effected (I) without the consent of the lender under the related loan agreement, (II) pursuant to the specific terms of such Mortgage Loan and (III) for which there is no lender discretion;

(vii)                          any property management company changes with respect to a Specially Serviced Loan with a principal balance equal to or greater than $10,000,000, including, without limitation, approval of the termination of a manager and appointment of a new property manager, or with respect to any Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or Serviced Companion Loan that is a Non-Specially Serviced Loan, a change in property management if the replacement property manager is a Borrower Party;

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

(ix)                                releases of any material amounts from escrow accounts, reserve funds or letters of credit, in each case held as performance escrows or reserves, other than those required pursuant to the specific terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents (provided, however, that any releases for which there is lender discretion of material amounts from any escrow accounts, reserve funds or letters of credit held as performance escrows or performance reserves specified (along with the related Mortgage Loans) on Schedule 3 hereto shall also constitute Major Decisions);

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

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(xi)                           agreeing to any modification, waiver, consent or amendment of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan in connection with a defeasance if such proposed modification, waiver, consent or amendment is with respect to (A) a modification of the type of defeasance collateral required under the Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan documents such that defeasance collateral other than direct, non-callable obligations of the United States would be permitted or (B) a modification that would permit a principal prepayment instead of defeasance if the applicable loan documents do not otherwise permit such principal prepayment;

(xii)                           other than with respect to a Non-Specially Serviced Loan, any determination of Acceptable Insurance Default;

(xiii)                        any consent to incurrence of additional debt by a Mortgagor or mezzanine debt by a direct or indirect parent of a Mortgagor, to the extent the mortgagee’s approval is required under the related Mortgage Loan documents;

(xiv)                        other than in the case of a Non-Specially Serviced Loan, any modification, waiver or amendment of any lease, the execution of any new lease or the granting of a subordination and non-disturbance or attornment agreement in connection with any lease (other than for ground leases), at a Mortgaged Property if (a) the lease affects an area greater than or equal to the lesser of (1) 30% of the net rentable area of the improvements at the Mortgaged Property and (2) 30,000 square feet or (b) such transaction is not a routine leasing matter;

(xv)                           other than in the case of a Non-Specially Serviced Loan or a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, any modification, amendment, consent to a modification or waiver of any material term of any Intercreditor Agreement or any action to enforce rights (or decision not to enforce rights) with respect thereto; provided, however, that any such modification or amendment that would adversely impact the Master Servicer shall additionally require the consent of the Master Servicer as a condition to its effectiveness;

(xvi)                        requests for property or other collateral releases or substitutions, other than (a) grants of easements or rights of way, (b) releases of non-material, non-income producing parcels of a Mortgaged Property (including, without limitation, any such releases as to which the related Mortgage Loan documents expressly require the mortgagee thereunder to make such releases), (c) consents to releases related to condemnation of parcels of a Mortgaged Property, (d) the release of collateral securing any Mortgage Loan in connection with defeasance of the collateral for such Mortgage Loan or (e) the items listed in clause (ix) of this definition and clause (viii) of the definition of “Master Servicer Decision”;

(xvii)                    other than in the case of a Non-Specially Serviced Loan, approval of easements and rights of way that materially affect the use or value of a Mortgaged Property or the Mortgagor’s ability to make any payments with respect to the related Mortgage Loan;

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

(xix)                          other than in the case of a Non-Specially Serviced Loan, consent to actions and releases related to condemnation of parcels of a Mortgaged Property with respect to a material parcel or a material income producing parcel or any condemnation that materially affects the use or value of the related Mortgaged Property or the ability of the related Mortgagor to pay amounts due in respect of the related Mortgage Loan or any related Companion Loan when due;

(xx)                             other than in the case of any Non-Specially Serviced Loan, approval of any waiver regarding the receipt of financial statements (other than immaterial timing waivers including late financial statements which in no event relieve any borrower of the obligation to provide financial statements on at least a quarterly basis) following three consecutive late deliveries of financial statements; and

(xxi)                         the voting on any plan of reorganization, restructuring or similar plan in the bankruptcy of a borrower.

provided, that in the event that the Special Servicer or the Master Servicer, as the case may be, determines that immediate action, with respect to the foregoing matters or any Master Servicer Decision, or any other matter requiring consent of the Directing Certificateholder prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event in this Agreement (or any matter requiring consultation with the Directing Certificateholder, the Risk Retention Consultation Party or the Operating Advisor), is necessary to protect the interests of the Certificateholders (or, with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, the interest of the Certificateholders and the holders of any related Serviced Companion Loan) (as a collective whole (taking into account the subordinate or pari passu nature of any Companion Loans)), the Special Servicer or the Master Servicer, as the case may be, may take any such action without waiting for the Directing Certificateholder’s response (or without waiting to consult with the Directing Certificateholder, the Risk Retention Consultation Party or the Operating Advisor, as the case may be); provided that if such matter requires consent of or consultation with the Directing Certificateholder, the Risk Retention Consultation Party or the Operating Advisor pursuant to this Agreement, the Special Servicer or the Master Servicer, as the case may be, provides the Directing Certificateholder (or the Operating Advisor, if applicable) and the Risk Retention Consultation Party (if applicable) with prompt written notice following such action including a reasonably detailed explanation of the basis therefor. None of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer is required to obtain the consent of the Directing Certificateholder for any of the foregoing actions or any other matter requiring consent of the Directing Certificateholder at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event; provided, however, that, after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event, the Special Servicer shall consult with the Directing Certificateholder (only prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event) in connection with any Major Decision not relating to an Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder (and any other actions which otherwise require consultation with the Directing Certificateholder prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event hereunder) and consider alternative actions recommended by the

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Directing Certificateholder in respect thereof. If the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer have mutually agreed that the Master Servicer will process any Major Decision, the Master Servicer shall not be permitted to take any of the actions that constitute Major Decisions unless it has obtained the consent of the Special Servicer, which consent will be deemed given (unless earlier objected to by the Special Servicer) ten (10) Business Days after the Special Servicer’s receipt from the Master Servicer of the Master Servicer’s written recommendation and analysis with respect to such Major Decision and all information reasonably requested by the Special Servicer and reasonably available to the Master Servicer in order to make an informed decision with respect to such Major Decision plus the time period provided to the Directing Certificateholder or other relevant party under this Agreement and, if applicable, any additional time period permitted in the related Intercreditor Agreement. Additionally, upon request, the Special Servicer shall consult with the Risk Retention Consultation Party on a non-binding basis (provided, that prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, the related Mortgage Loan must also be a Specially Serviced Loan) in connection with any Major Decision not relating to an Excluded Loan with respect to the Risk Retention Consultation Party and consider alternative actions recommended by the Risk Retention Consultation Party in respect thereof. In the event the Special Servicer receives no response from the Directing Certificateholder or the Risk Retention Consultation Party within ten (10) Business Days after the receipt of the Directing Certificateholder or the Risk Retention Consultation Party, as applicable, of its written request for consent or consultation and receipt of all reasonably requested information, the Special Servicer shall not be obligated to consult with the Directing Certificateholder or the Risk Retention Consultation Party, as applicable, on the specific matter; provided, however, that the failure of the Directing Certificateholder or the Risk Retention Consultation Party to respond shall not relieve the Special Servicer from consulting with the Directing Certificateholder or the Risk Retention Consultation Party, as applicable, on any future matters with respect to the applicable Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan or an Excluded Loan with respect to such party) or Serviced Whole Loan. In addition, after a Control Termination Event, the Special Servicer will also be required to consult with the Operating Advisor in connection with any proposed Major Decision (and any other actions which otherwise require consultation with the Operating Advisor after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event hereunder) and consider alternative actions recommended by the Operating Advisor, in respect thereof, provided that such consultation is on a non-binding basis. In the event that the Special Servicer receives no response from the Operating Advisor within ten (10) Business Days following the later of (i) its written request for input on any required consultation and (ii) delivery of all such additional information reasonably requested by the Operating Advisor related to the subject matter of such consultation, the Special Servicer shall not be obligated to consult with the Operating Advisor on the specific matter; provided, however, that the failure of the Operating Advisor to respond on any specific matters shall not relieve the Special Servicer from its obligation to consult with the Operating Advisor on any future matter with respect to the applicable Mortgage Loan or any other Mortgage Loan. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to any Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the holder of the majority of the Controlling Class (regardless of whether a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing), the Special Servicer shall consult with the Operating Advisor, on a non-binding basis, in connection with the related transactions involving proposed Major Decisions and consider alternative actions recommended by the Operating Advisor, in respect thereof, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 6.08 for consulting with the Operating Advisor.

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Subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 6.08(a), the Special Servicer shall process all requests in respect of Specially Serviced Loans and any matter that constitutes a Major Decision.

Upon receiving a request for any matter that constitutes a Major Decision with respect to a Serviced Mortgage Loan and any Serviced Companion Loan that is not a Specially Serviced Loan, the Master Servicer shall promptly forward such request to the Special Servicer and, unless the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer mutually agree that the Master Servicer will process such request as described above, the Special Servicer shall process such request (including, without limitation, interfacing with the Mortgagor) and the Master Servicer will have no further obligation with respect to such request or the Major Decision except as provided in the next sentence. With respect to such request, the Master Servicer shall continue to cooperate with reasonable requests of the Special Servicer by delivering any additional information in the Master Servicer’s possession to the Special Servicer that is reasonably requested by the Special Servicer relating to such Major Decision. Except as mutually agreed to by the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer shall not be required to interface with the Mortgagor or provide a written recommendation and analysis with respect to any Major Decision. Prior to the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event, the Special Servicer shall promptly forward such request to the Directing Certificateholder together with the Special Servicer’s written recommendation and analysis. The Directing Certificateholder shall promptly provide notice to the Special Servicer of any objection the Directing Certificateholder has to the Special Servicer’s written recommendation and analysis (provided that if such written consent has not been received by the Special Servicer within the applicable time period, then the Directing Certificateholder will be deemed to have approved such action).

In addition, the Master Servicer shall provide the Special Servicer with any notice that it receives relating to a default by the Mortgagor under a Ground Lease where the collateral for the Mortgage Loan is the Ground Lease, and the Special Servicer will determine in accordance with the Servicing Standard whether the Trust as lender should cure any Mortgagor defaults relating to Ground Leases. Any costs relating to any such cure of a Mortgagor default relating to a Ground Lease shall be paid by the Master Servicer as a Servicing Advance.

With respect to (i) prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, any Major Decision relating to a Specially Serviced Loan, and (ii) after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, any Major Decision relating to a Mortgage Loan (in each case, other than with respect to an Excluded Loan with respect to the Risk Retention Consultation Party or the holder of the majority of the RR Interest), the Special Servicer shall provide copies of any notice, information and report that it is required to provide to the Directing Certificateholder pursuant to this Agreement with respect to such Major Decision to the Risk Retention Consultation Party, within the same time frame it is required to provide such notice, information or report to the Directing Certificateholder (for this purpose, without regard to whether such items are actually required to be provided to the Directing Certificateholder under this Agreement due to the occurrence of a Control Termination Event or a Consultation Termination Event).

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for so long as no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Directing Certificateholder subject to any rights, if any, of the related Companion Holder to advise the Special Servicer with respect to the related Serviced Whole Loan, pursuant to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement, may direct the Special Servicer to take, or to refrain from taking, such other actions with respect to a Mortgage Loan, as the Directing Certificateholder may deem advisable or as to which provision is otherwise made herein; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no such direction or objection contemplated by the preceding paragraphs of this Section 6.08(a), this paragraph or Section 3.19(d), may require or cause the Master Servicer or Special Servicer to violate any provision of any Mortgage Loan or related Intercreditor Agreement or mezzanine intercreditor agreement, applicable law, this Agreement, or the REMIC Provisions (and, with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, subject to the rights of the holders of the related Companion Loan), including without limitation the obligation of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer to act in accordance with the Servicing Standard, or expose the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trust or the Trustee to liability, or materially expand the scope of the responsibilities of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, hereunder or cause the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, to act, or fail to act, in a manner which in the reasonable judgment of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, is not in the best interests of the Certificateholders.

In the event the Special Servicer or the Master Servicer, as applicable, determines that a refusal to consent by the Directing Certificateholder or any advice from the Directing Certificateholder or the Risk Retention Consultation Party, would cause the Special Servicer or the Master Servicer, as applicable, to violate the terms of any Mortgage Loan, applicable law or this Agreement, including without limitation, the Servicing Standard, the Special Servicer or the Master Servicer, as applicable, shall disregard such refusal to consent or advise and notify the Directing Certificateholder or the Risk Retention Consultation Party, respectively, and the Trustee and the Rating Agencies of its determination, including a reasonably detailed explanation of the basis therefor. The taking of, or refraining from taking, any action by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer in accordance with the direction of or approval of the Directing Certificateholder or the approval of the Risk Retention Consultation Party that does not violate the terms of any Mortgage Loan, applicable law or the Servicing Standard or any other provisions of this Agreement, will not result in any liability on the part of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer.

With respect to any matter for which the consent or consultation of the Directing Certificateholder or Risk Retention Consultation Party is required, to the extent no specific time period for deemed consent or deemed waiver of consultation rights is expressly stated, in the event no response from the Directing Certificateholder or Risk Retention Consultation Party, as applicable, is received within ten (10) Business Days after the receipt by the Directing Certificateholder or the Risk Retention Consultation Party, as applicable, of written request for consent or consultation and receipt of all reasonably requested information on any required consent or consultation, the Directing Certificateholder or Risk Retention Consultation Party, as applicable, shall be deemed to have consented to or approved or consulted on the specific matter; provided that the failure of the Directing Certificateholder or Risk Retention Consultation Party, as applicable, to respond will not affect any future matters with respect to the applicable Mortgage Loan or any other Mortgage Loan.

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The Directing Certificateholder shall have no liability to the Trust or the Certificateholders for any action taken, or for refraining from the taking of any action, or for errors in judgment; provided, however, that the Directing Certificateholder shall not be protected against any liability to a Controlling Class Certificateholder that would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence in the performance of duties owed to the Controlling Class Certificateholders or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations or duties owed to the Controlling Class Certificateholders. By its acceptance of a Certificate, each Certificateholder acknowledges and agrees that the Directing Certificateholder may take actions that favor the interests of one or more Classes of the Certificates including the Holders of the Controlling Class over other Classes of the Certificates, and that the Directing Certificateholder may have special relationships and interests that conflict with those of Holders of some Classes of the Certificates, that the Directing Certificateholder may act solely in the interests of the Holders of the Controlling Class, including the Holders of the Controlling Class, that the Directing Certificateholder does not have any duties or liability to the Holders of any Class of Certificates other than the Controlling Class, that the Directing Certificateholder shall not be liable to any Certificateholder, by reason of its having acted solely in the interests of the Holders of the Controlling Class, and that the Directing Certificateholder shall have no liability whatsoever (other than to a Controlling Class Certificateholder) for having so acted, and no Certificateholder may take any action whatsoever against the Directing Certificateholder or any director, officer, employee, agent or principal thereof for having so acted.

The Risk Retention Consultation Party shall have no liability to the Trust or the Certificateholders for any action taken, or for refraining from the taking of any action, or for errors in judgment; provided, however, that the Risk Retention Consultation Party shall not be protected against any liability to a Holder of an RR Interest that would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of duties owed to the Holders of the RR Interest or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations or duties owed to the Holders of the RR Interest. By its acceptance of a Certificate, each Certificateholder acknowledges and agrees that the Risk Retention Consultation Party may take actions that favor the interests of one or more Classes of the Certificates including the Holders of an RR Interest over other Classes of the Certificates, and that the Risk Retention Consultation Party may have special relationships and interests that conflict with those of Holders of some Classes of the Certificates, that the Risk Retention Consultation Party may act solely in the interests of the Holders of an RR Interest, that the Risk Retention Consultation Party does not have any duties or liability to the Holders of any Class of Certificates other than the RR Interest, that the Risk Retention Consultation Party shall not be liable to any Certificateholder, by reason of its having acted solely in the interests of the Holder of the RR Interest, and that the Risk Retention Consultation Party shall have no liability whatsoever for having so acted, and no Certificateholder may take any action whatsoever against the Risk Retention Consultation Party or any director, officer, employee, agent or principal thereof for having so acted.

Any Non-Serviced Whole Loan Controlling Holder, with respect to a Non-Serviced Whole Loan, shall have no liability to the Trust or the Certificateholders for any action taken, or for refraining from the taking of any action, or for errors in judgment. By its acceptance of a Certificate, each Certificateholder acknowledges and agrees that any such Non-Serviced Whole Loan Controlling Holder, with respect to the related Non-Serviced Whole Loan, may take actions that favor the interests of one or more classes of the certificates issued under the related Non-

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Serviced PSA including the holders of the controlling class under such Non-Serviced PSA over other classes of the certificates issued under the Non-Serviced PSA and/or any Class of Certificates, and that such Non-Serviced Whole Loan Controlling Holder, with respect to such Non-Serviced Whole Loan, may have special relationships and interests that conflict with those of Holders of some Classes of the Certificates, that such Non-Serviced Whole Loan Controlling Holder, with respect to such Non-Serviced Whole Loan, may act solely in the interests of the Holders of the controlling class under the related Non-Serviced PSA, that such Non-Serviced Whole Loan Controlling Holder, shall not be liable to any Certificateholder, by reason of its having acted solely in the interests of the Holders of the controlling class under the related Non-Serviced PSA, and that the Non-Serviced Whole Loan Controlling Holder, with respect to such Non-Serviced Whole Loan, shall have no liability whatsoever for having so acted, and no Certificateholder may take any action whatsoever against such Non-Serviced Whole Loan Controlling Holder, with respect to such Non-Serviced Whole Loan, or any director, officer, employee, agent or principal thereof for having so acted.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein (i) after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event (and at any time with respect to any Excluded Loan with respect to a Directing Certificateholder), the Directing Certificateholder shall have no right to consent to or direct any action taken or not taken by any party to this Agreement; (ii) after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event but prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, the Directing Certificateholder and the Risk Retention Consultation Party shall remain entitled to receive any notices, reports or information to which it is entitled pursuant to this Agreement, and the Special Servicer and any other applicable party shall consult (on a non-binding basis) with the Directing Certificateholder and, with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan, the Risk Retention Consultation Party (in each case, other than with respect to any Excluded Loan as to such party) to the extent set forth herein in connection with any Major Decision to be taken or refrained from being taken to the extent set forth herein; and (iii) after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Consultation Termination Event (and at any time with respect to any Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the holder of the majority of the Controlling Class), the Directing Certificateholder shall have no direction, consultation or consent rights hereunder and no right to receive any notices, reports or information (other than notices, reports or information required to be delivered to all Certificateholders) or any other rights as Directing Certificateholder and, other than with respect to any Excluded Loan with respect to the Risk Retention Consultation Party or the holder of a majority of the RR Interest, the Risk Retention Consultation Party shall remain entitled to receive any notices, reports or information to which it is entitled pursuant to this Agreement, and the Special Servicer and any other applicable party shall consult with the Risk Retention Consultation Party (on a non-binding basis) to the extent set forth herein in connection with any Major Decision to be taken or refrained from being taken to the extent set forth herein.

Section 6.09        Knowledge of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association acting in any particular capacity hereunder will not be deemed to be imputed with knowledge of (a) Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, acting in a capacity that is unrelated to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or (b) Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, acting in any other capacity hereunder, except, in the case of either clause (a) or clause (b), where some or all

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of the obligations performed in such capacities are performed by one or more employees within the same group or division of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, or where the groups or divisions responsible for performing the obligations in such capacities have one or more of the same Responsible Officers or Servicing Officers, as applicable.

Section 6.10        Knowledge of Computershare Trust Company, National Association. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement, knowledge or information acquired by Computershare Trust Company, National Association, in any particular capacity hereunder, shall not be imputed to Computershare Trust Company, National Association in any of its other capacities hereunder or to Computershare Trust Company, National Association, acting in a capacity that is unrelated to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

[End of Article VI]

Article VII

SERVICER TERMINATION EVENTS

Section 7.01        Servicer Termination Events; Master Servicer and Special Servicer Termination. (a) “Servicer Termination Event”, wherever used herein, means, with respect to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, any one of the following events:

(i)                                   (A) any failure by the Master Servicer to make any deposit required to be made by the Master Servicer to the Collection Account, or remit to the Companion Paying Agent for deposit into the related Companion Distribution Account, on the day and by the time such deposit or remittance is first required to be made under the terms of this Agreement, which failure is not remedied within one (1) Business Day or (B) any failure by the Master Servicer to deposit into, or remit to the Certificate Administrator for deposit into, any Distribution Account any amount required to be so deposited or remitted, which failure is not remedied by 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the relevant Distribution Date; or

(ii)                                any failure by the Special Servicer to deposit into the REO Account, within one (1) Business Day after such deposit is required to be made or to remit to the Master Servicer for deposit into the Collection Account or any other required account hereunder, any amount required to be so deposited or remitted by the Special Servicer pursuant to, and at the time specified by, the terms of this Agreement; or

(iii)                             any failure on the part of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, duly to observe or perform in any material respect any of its other covenants or obligations contained in this Agreement, which failure continues unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days (or (A) with respect to any year that a report on Form 10-K is required to be filed, five (5) Business Days in the case of the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s obligations, as the case may be, contemplated by Article XI, (B) fifteen (15) days in the case of the Master Servicer’s failure to make a Servicing Advance or (C) fifteen (15) days in the case of a failure to pay the premium for any property insurance policy required to be maintained) after the date on which written notice of such failure,

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requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given (A) to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, by any other party hereto, or (B) to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, with a copy to each other party to this Agreement, by the Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of all Voting Rights or, solely as it relates to the servicing of a Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan if affected by that failure, by the related Serviced Companion Noteholder; provided, however, if such failure is capable of being cured and the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, is diligently pursuing such cure, such period will be extended an additional thirty (30) days; provided, further, however, that such extended period will not apply to the obligations regarding Exchange Act reporting; or

(iv)                          any breach on the part of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, of any representation or warranty contained in Section 6.01(a) or Section 6.01(b), as applicable, which materially and adversely affects the interests of any Class of Certificateholders or Companion Holders (excluding the holder of any Non-Serviced Companion Loan) and which continues unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days after the date on which notice of such breach, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, by the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, or to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee by the Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of all Voting Rights or, as it relates to the servicing of a Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan affected by such breach, by the related Serviced Companion Noteholder; provided, however, that if such breach is capable of being cured and the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, is diligently pursuing such cure, such 30-day period will be extended an additional thirty (30) days; or

(v)                                a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the premises in an involuntary case under any present or future federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law for the appointment of a conservator, receiver, liquidator, trustee or similar official in any bankruptcy, insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings, or for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, shall have been entered against the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, and such decree or order shall have remained in force undischarged, undismissed or unstayed for a period of sixty (60) days; or

(vi)                            the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer shall consent to the appointment of a conservator, receiver, liquidator, trustee or similar official in any bankruptcy, insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings of or relating to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, or of or relating to all or substantially all of its property; or

(vii)                        the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, file a petition to take advantage of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization statute, make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations or take any corporate action in furtherance of the foregoing;

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(viii)                  either Moody’s or KBRA (or, in the case of Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan Securities, any Companion Loan Rating Agency) has (i) qualified, downgraded or withdrawn its rating or ratings of one or more classes of Certificates or Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan Securities, as applicable, or (ii) placed one or more classes of Certificates or Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan Securities, as applicable, on “watch status” in contemplation of a ratings downgrade or withdrawal (and in the case of clause (i) or (ii), (A) such rating action has not been withdrawn by Moody’s or KBRA, as applicable (or, in the case of Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan Securities, any Companion Loan Rating Agency) within sixty (60) days of such rating action) and (B) such Rating Agency (or, in the case of Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan Securities, any Companion Loan Rating Agency) has publicly cited servicing concerns with the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as the case may be, as the sole or a material factor in such rating action.

(ix)                              the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, is no longer rated at least “CMS3” or “CSS3”, respectively, by Fitch and the Master Servicer or Special Servicer is not reinstated to at least that rating within 60 days of the delisting.

(b)               If any Servicer Termination Event with respect to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer (in either case, for purposes of this Section 7.01(b), the “Affected Party”) shall occur and be continuing, then, and in each and every such case, so long as such Servicer Termination Event shall not have been remedied, the Trustee may, and at the written direction of the Directing Certificateholder (solely with respect to the Special Servicer and only (i) prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event and (ii) other than with respect to a Mortgage Loan that is an Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class) or the Holders of Certificates entitled to more than 25% of the Voting Rights, the Trustee shall, terminate (and the Depositor may direct the Trustee to terminate each of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, upon five (5) Business Days’ written notice if there is a Servicer Termination Event under clause (A) in the parenthetical in Section 7.01(a)(iii) above), by notice in writing to the Affected Party, with a copy of such notice to the Depositor and the Operating Advisor, all of the rights (subject to Section 3.11 and Section 6.04) and obligations of the Affected Party under this Agreement and in and to the Mortgage Loans and the proceeds thereof (other than as a Certificateholder or Companion Holder, if applicable); provided, however, that the Affected Party shall be entitled to the payment of accrued and unpaid compensation and reimbursement through the date of such termination as provided for under this Agreement for services rendered and expenses incurred. From and after the receipt by the Affected Party of such written notice except as otherwise provided in this Article VII, all authority and power of the Affected Party under this Agreement, whether with respect to the Certificates (other than as a Holder of any Certificate) or the Mortgage Loans or otherwise, shall pass to and be vested in the Trustee with respect to a termination of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer pursuant to and under this Section 7.01, and, without limitation, the Trustee is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of and at the expense of the Affected Party, as attorney-in-fact or otherwise, any and all documents and other instruments, and to do or accomplish all other acts or things necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of termination, whether to complete the transfer and endorsement or assignment of the Mortgage Loans and related documents, or otherwise. The Master Servicer and the Special Servicer each agree that if it is terminated pursuant to this Section 7.01(b), it shall promptly (and in any event no later than twenty (20) Business Days subsequent to its receipt of

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the notice of termination) provide the Trustee with all documents and records requested by it to enable it to assume the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s, as the case may be, functions hereunder, and shall cooperate with the Trustee in effecting the termination of the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s, as the case may be, responsibilities and rights (subject to Section 3.11 and Section 6.04) hereunder, including, without limitation, the transfer within five (5) Business Days to the Trustee for administration by it of all cash amounts which shall at the time be or should have been credited by the Master Servicer to the Collection Account or any Servicing Account (if it is the Affected Party), by the Special Servicer to the REO Account (if it is the Affected Party) or thereafter be received with respect to the applicable Mortgage Loans or any REO Property (provided, however, that the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer each shall, if terminated pursuant to this Section 7.01(b) or pursuant to Section 7.01(d) (with respect to the Special Servicer), continue to be entitled to receive all amounts accrued or owing to it under this Agreement on or prior to the date of such termination, whether in respect of Advances (in the case of the Special Servicer or the Master Servicer) or otherwise, and it and its Affiliates and the directors, managers, officers, members, employees and agents of it and its Affiliates shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Section 3.11 and Section 6.04 notwithstanding any such termination).

(c)               If the Master Servicer receives notice of termination under Section 7.01(b) solely due to a Servicer Termination Event under Section 7.01(a)(viii) or (a)(ix), the Master Servicer shall have a forty-five (45) day period after such notice in which to find a successor master servicer qualified to act as Master Servicer hereunder in accordance with Section 6.03 and Section 7.02 and to which the Master Servicer can sell its rights to service the Mortgage Loans under this Agreement. During such forty-five (45) day period the Master Servicer may continue to serve as the Master Servicer hereunder. In the event that the Master Servicer is unable, within such forty-five (45) day period, to cause a qualified successor master servicer to assume the duties of the Master Servicer hereunder, then and in such event, the Trustee shall assume the obligations of the Master Servicer hereunder.

Notwithstanding Section 7.01(b), if any Servicer Termination Event on the part of the Special Servicer shall occur and be continuing that affects the Holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan, then, so long as the Special Servicer is not otherwise terminated, the Holder of such Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan or the Other Trustee appointed under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as applicable, shall be entitled to direct the Trustee to terminate the Special Servicer with respect to the related Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan. The Special Servicer appointed to replace the Special Servicer with respect to a Serviced Pari Passu Mortgage Loan cannot at any time be (without the prior written consent of the holder of such Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan) the person (or Affiliate thereof) that was terminated at the direction of the holder of the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan. The Special Servicer under this paragraph shall meet the eligibility requirements of Section 7.02 and the eligibility requirements of the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and the appointment thereof shall comply with the provisions of Section 7.02. Any appointment of a replacement Special Servicer in accordance with this paragraph shall be subject to the receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation and confirmation from the applicable rating agencies that such appointment or replacement will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of the then-current ratings of any class of any related Serviced Companion Loan Securities (provided that such rating agency confirmation may

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be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25).

(d)               Subject to the rights of the holder of a related AB Subordinate Companion Loan pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement, at any time prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event and other than with respect to any Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Directing Certificateholder shall be entitled to terminate the rights (subject to Section 3.11 and Section 6.04) and obligations of the Special Servicer under this Agreement, (A) for cause at any time and (B) without cause at any time, in each case, upon ten (10) Business Days’ notice to the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee and the Operating Advisor; such termination to be effective upon the appointment of a successor special servicer meeting the requirements of this Section 7.01(d). Upon a termination of the Special Servicer, the Directing Certificateholder (other than with respect to any Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class) shall appoint a successor special servicer to assume the duties of the Special Servicer hereunder; provided, however, that (i) such successor will meet the requirements set forth in Section 7.02, (ii) each Rating Agency delivers Rating Agency Confirmation and, in the case of any class of any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies deliver a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25) and (iii) no replacement of the Special Servicer shall be effective until the Certificate Administrator shall have filed any required Form 8-K pursuant to Section 11.07 and any other Form 8-K filings have been completed with respect to any related Companion Loan.

After the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event and upon (a) the written direction of Holders of Principal Balance Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights (taking into account the application of any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts to notionally reduce the Certificate Balances pursuant to Section 4.05) of the Principal Balance Certificates (other than the RR Interest) requesting a vote to replace the Special Servicer with a new special servicer designated in such written direction to assume the duties of the Special Servicer hereunder, (b) payment by such Holders to the Certificate Administrator of the reasonable fees and expenses (including any legal fees and any Rating Agency fees and expenses) to be incurred by the Certificate Administrator in connection with administering such vote and which will not be additional expenses of the Trust and (c) delivery by such Holders to the Certificate Administrator and Trustee of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency (which Rating Agency Confirmation shall be obtained at the expense of such Holders) and confirmation from the applicable rating agencies that such appointment (or replacement) will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of the then-current ratings of any class of any related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan Securities, the Certificate Administrator shall promptly post notice to all Certificateholders of such request on the Certificate Administrator’s Website in accordance with Section 3.13(b) and concurrently by mail, and conduct the solicitation of votes of all Certificates (other than the RR Interest) in such regard, which requisite affirmative votes shall be received within one hundred-eighty (180) days of the posting of such notice, and if not so received, such votes shall be null and void ab initio. Upon the written direction of Holders

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of Certificates evidencing at least 66-2/3% of a Certificateholder Quorum of Certificates, the Trustee shall terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Special Servicer under this Agreement and appoint the successor special servicer to assume the duties of the Special Servicer (which must be a Qualified Replacement Special Servicer) designated by such Certificateholders. The Certificate Administrator shall include on each Distribution Date Statement a statement that each Certificateholder may (i) access such notices via the Certificate Administrator’s Website and (ii) register to receive electronic mail notifications when such notices are posted thereon. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Certificateholder’s direction to remove the Special Servicer shall not apply to any Serviced AB Whole Loan for which the holder of the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan is not subject to an AB Control Appraisal Period or any Servicing Shift Whole Loan.

An AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder shall have the right, if an AB Control Appraisal Period is not in effect, to replace the Special Servicer solely with respect to the related Serviced AB Whole Loan, so long as (A) each Rating Agency delivers a Rating Agency Confirmation; (B) the successor special servicer has assumed in writing (from and after the date such successor special servicer becomes the Special Servicer) all of the responsibilities, duties and liabilities of the Special Servicer under this Agreement from and after the date it becomes the Special Servicer as they relate to any Serviced AB Whole Loan pursuant to an assumption agreement reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Administrator; and (C) the Certificate Administrator shall have received an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Administrator to the effect that (x) the designation of such replacement to serve as Special Servicer is in compliance with this Agreement, (y) such replacement will be bound by the terms of this Agreement with respect to any Serviced AB Whole Loan and (z) subject to customary qualifications and exceptions, this Agreement will be enforceable against such replacement in accordance with the terms hereof.

The parties hereto acknowledge that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this section, and subject to the related Intercreditor Agreement, if a servicer termination event on the part of a Non-Serviced Special Servicer under a Non-Serviced PSA remains unremedied and affects the holder of the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, and the related Non-Serviced Special Servicer has not otherwise been terminated, the holder of the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan (or the Trustee, acting at the direction of the Directing Certificateholder prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event (subject to the related Intercreditor Agreement)) will be entitled to direct the related Non-Serviced Trustee to terminate the related Non-Serviced Special Servicer solely with respect to the related Non-Serviced Whole Loan. The appointment (or replacement) of the applicable Non-Serviced Special Servicer with respect to a Non-Serviced Whole Loan will in any event be subject to Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency. A replacement special servicer will be selected by the related Non-Serviced Trustee or, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a control termination event under the related Non-Serviced PSA, by the related Non-Serviced Whole Loan Controlling Holder; provided, however, that any successor special servicer appointed to replace the Special Servicer with respect to such Non-Serviced Whole Loan cannot at any time be the Person (or an Affiliate thereof) that was terminated at the direction of the holder of such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, without the prior written consent of the Directing Certificateholder.

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Following the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, subject to the immediately succeeding paragraph, if the Operating Advisor determines in accordance with the Operating Advisor Standard that the Special Servicer is not performing its duties as required hereunder or is otherwise not acting in accordance with the Servicing Standard, the Operating Advisor shall deliver to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator, with a copy to the Special Servicer, a written report in the form of Exhibit W attached hereto, setting forth the reasons supporting its recommendation (along with any information the Operating Advisor considered relevant to its recommendation) and recommending a replacement Special Servicer (which form may be modified or supplemented from time to time to cure any ambiguity or error or to incorporate any additional information, subject to compliance of such form with the terms and provisions of this Agreement; provided, further, that in no event shall the information or any other content included in such written recommendation contravene any provision of this Agreement) detailing the reasons supporting its recommendation (along with relevant information justifying its recommendation) and recommending a suggested replacement special servicer to assume the duties of the Special Servicer, which shall be a Qualified Replacement Special Servicer. In such event, the Certificate Administrator shall promptly post notice to all Certificateholders of such recommendation and the related report on the Certificate Administrator’s Website in accordance with Section 3.13(b), and by mail conduct the solicitation of votes of all Certificates in such regard. Upon (i) the affirmative vote of Holders of Principal Balance Certificates evidencing at least a majority of the aggregate Voting Rights (taking into account the application of any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts to notionally reduce the respective Certificate Balances of such Certificates) of all Principal Balance Certificates on an aggregate basis within 180 days of posting of the Operating Advisor’s recommendation to the Certificate Administrator’s Website, and if not so received, such votes shall be null and void ab initio, and (ii) receipt by the Certificate Administrator following satisfaction of the foregoing clause (i) of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation from the applicable rating agencies that such appointment (or replacement) will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of the then-current ratings of any class of any related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan Securities, the Trustee shall (i) terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Special Servicer under this Agreement and appoint a successor special servicer approved by the Certificateholders and (ii) promptly notify such outgoing Special Servicer of the effective date of such termination. The reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including reasonable legal fees and expenses of outside counsel) associated with obtaining such Rating Agency Confirmations and administering such vote and the Operating Advisor’s identification of a Qualified Replacement Special Servicer shall be an additional expense of the Trust. In the event that the Trustee does not receive at least a majority of the requested votes, then the Trustee shall have no obligation to remove the Special Servicer. Prior to the appointment of any replacement special servicer, such replacement special servicer shall have agreed to succeed to the obligations of the Special Servicer under this Agreement and to act as the Special Servicer’s successor hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Operating Advisor shall not be permitted to recommend the replacement of the Special Servicer with respect to an AB Whole Loan so long as the related Serviced Companion Noteholder is not subject to an AB Control Appraisal Period under the related Intercreditor Agreement or with respect to any Servicing Shift Whole Loan.

No penalty or fee shall be payable to the terminated Special Servicer with respect to any termination pursuant to this Section 7.01(d). All costs of any such termination made by the Directing Certificateholder without cause shall be paid by the Holders of the Controlling Class.

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For the avoidance of doubt, the indemnification of the Operating Advisor in Section 6.04 shall include, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 6.04, any action or claim arising from, or relating to, the Operating Advisor’s determination under this Section 7.01(d) (regarding removal of the Special Servicer), or the result of the vote of the Certificateholders (regarding removal of the Special Servicer).

(e)               The Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall, as the case may be, from time to time, take all such reasonable actions as are required by it in accordance with the related Servicing Standard in order to prevent the Certificates from being placed on “watch” status or downgraded due to servicing or special servicing, as applicable, concerns by any Rating Agency with respect to the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable. In no event shall the remedy for a breach of the foregoing covenant extend beyond termination pursuant to Section 7.01(a)(viii) or (ix) and the resulting operation of Section 7.01(b) and (c). The operation of this subsection (e) shall not be construed to limit the effect of Section 7.01(a)(viii) or (ix).

(f)                Notwithstanding the foregoing, (1) if any Servicer Termination Event on the part of the Master Servicer affects a Serviced Companion Loan, the related holder of a Serviced Companion Loan or the rating on any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, and if the Master Servicer is not otherwise terminated, or (2) if a Servicer Termination Event on the part of the Master Servicer affects only a Serviced Companion Loan, the related holder of a Serviced Companion Loan or the rating on any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, then the Master Servicer may not be terminated by or at the direction of the related holder of such Serviced Companion Loan or the holders of any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, but upon the written direction of the related holder of such Serviced Companion Loan, the Master Servicer shall be required to appoint a sub-servicer that will be responsible for servicing the related Serviced Whole Loan.

(g)               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 7.01, with respect to any Excluded Special Servicer Loan, if any, the Special Servicer shall resign as Special Servicer of that Excluded Special Servicer Loan. Prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event, if the applicable Excluded Special Servicer Loan is not also an Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Directing Certificateholder shall select an Excluded Special Servicer, as successor to the resigning Special Servicer, for the related Excluded Special Servicer Loan in accordance with this Agreement. At any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event, or if the applicable Excluded Special Servicer Loan is also an Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class or if the Directing Certificateholder is entitled to appoint the Excluded Special Servicer but does not select a replacement special servicer within thirty (30) days of notice of resignation (provided that the conditions required to be satisfied for the appointment of the replacement Special Servicer to be effective are not required to be completed within such thirty (30) day period but in any event are to be completed within one hundred and twenty (120) days), the resigning Special Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to select the related Excluded Special Servicer only after receipt of written notice from the Directing Certificateholder, or if the Directing Certificateholder fails to do so, then another party to this Agreement, that the Directing Certificateholder has not selected a replacement Special Servicer. The resigning Special Servicer shall not have any liability with respect to the actions or inactions of the applicable Excluded

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Special Servicer or with respect to the identity of the applicable Excluded Special Servicer. It shall be a condition to any such appointment that (i) the Rating Agencies confirm that the appointment would not result in a qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of any of their then-current ratings of the Certificates and each NRSRO hired to provide ratings with respect to any Serviced Companion Loan Securities makes the equivalent confirmation, (ii) the related Excluded Special Servicer is a Qualified Replacement Special Servicer and (iii) the related Excluded Special Servicer delivers to the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator and any applicable Other Depositor and Other Certificate Administrator, the information, if any, required under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K pursuant to the Exchange Act regarding itself in its role as Excluded Special Servicer.

If at any time the Special Servicer that had previously acted as the Special Servicer is no longer a Borrower Party with respect to an Excluded Special Servicer Loan (including, without limitation, as a result of the related Mortgaged Property becoming REO Property), (1) the related Excluded Special Servicer shall resign, (2) the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan shall no longer be an Excluded Special Servicer Loan, (3) such original Special Servicer shall become the Special Servicer again for such related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan and (4) such original Special Servicer shall be entitled to all special servicing compensation with respect to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan earned during such time on and after such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan is no longer an Excluded Special Servicer Loan.

The applicable Excluded Special Servicer shall perform all of the obligations of the Special Servicer for the related Excluded Special Servicer Loan and shall be entitled to all special servicing compensation with respect to such Excluded Special Servicer Loan earned during such time as the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan is an Excluded Special Servicer Loan (provided that the Special Servicer shall remain entitled to all other special servicing compensation with respect to all Mortgage Loans and Serviced Whole Loans that are not Excluded Special Servicer Loans during such time).

If a Servicing Officer of the Master Servicer, a related Excluded Special Servicer, or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, has actual knowledge that a Mortgage Loan is no longer an Excluded Loan, an Excluded Controlling Class Loan or an Excluded Special Servicer Loan, as applicable, the Master Servicer, the related Excluded Special Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall provide prompt written notice thereof to each of the other parties to this Agreement.

Section 7.02        Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor. On and after the time the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, either resigns pursuant to clause (a) of Section 6.05 or receives a notice of termination for cause pursuant to Section 7.01(b), and provided that no acceptable successor has been appointed within the time period specified in Section 7.01(c), the Trustee shall be the successor to such party, until such successor to that Master Servicer or that Special Servicer, as applicable, is appointed as provided in this Section 7.02 or by the Directing Certificateholder as provided in Section 7.01(d), as applicable, in all respects in its capacity as the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, under this Agreement and the transactions set forth or provided for herein and shall be subject to, and have the benefit of, all of the rights, (subject to Section 3.11 and Section 6.04) benefits, responsibilities, duties, liabilities and limitations on liability relating thereto and that arise thereafter placed on or for the benefit of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, by the terms and provisions hereof;

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provided, however, that any failure to perform such duties or responsibilities caused by the terminated party’s failure under Section 7.01 to provide information or moneys required hereunder shall not be considered a default by such successor hereunder. The appointment of a successor master servicer shall not affect any liability of the predecessor Master Servicer which may have arisen prior to its termination as Master Servicer, and the appointment of a successor special servicer shall not affect any liability of the predecessor Special Servicer which may have arisen prior to its termination as Special Servicer. The Trustee in its capacity as successor to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as such case may be, shall not be liable for any of the representations and warranties of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, respectively, herein or in any related document or agreement, for any acts or omissions of the predecessor master servicer or special servicer or for any losses incurred by the predecessor Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.06 hereunder, nor shall the Trustee be required to purchase any Mortgage Loan hereunder solely as a result of its obligations as successor master servicer or special servicer, as the case may be. Subject to Section 3.11, as compensation therefor, the Trustee as successor master servicer shall be entitled to the Servicing Fees and all fees relating to the Mortgage Loans or the Companion Loans which that Master Servicer would have been entitled to if the Master Servicer had continued to act hereunder, including but not limited to any income or other benefit from any Permitted Investment pursuant to Section 3.06, and subject to Section 3.11, and the Trustee as successor to the Special Servicer shall be entitled to the Special Servicing Fees to which the Special Servicer would have been entitled if the Special Servicer had continued to act hereunder. Should the Trustee succeed to the capacity of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, the Trustee shall be afforded the same standard of care and liability as the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, hereunder notwithstanding anything in Section 8.01 to the contrary, but only with respect to actions taken by it in its role as successor master servicer or successor special servicer, as the case may be, and not with respect to its role as Trustee hereunder. Notwithstanding the above, the Trustee may, if it shall be unwilling to act as successor to that Master Servicer or that Special Servicer, as applicable, or shall, if it is unable to so act, or if the Trustee is not approved as a servicer by each Rating Agency, or if the Directing Certificateholder (solely with respect to the Special Servicer) ((i) prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event and (ii) other than with respect to any Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class) or the Holders of Certificates entitled to more than 50% of the Voting Rights so request in writing to the Trustee, promptly appoint, or petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint, any established mortgage loan servicing institution which meets the criteria set forth in Section 6.05 and otherwise herein, as the successor to that Master Servicer or that Special Servicer, as applicable, hereunder in the assumption of all or any part of the responsibilities, duties or liabilities of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer hereunder. No appointment of a successor to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer hereunder shall be effective until (i) the assumption in writing by the successor to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer of all its responsibilities, duties and liabilities hereunder that arise thereafter, (ii) receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25), (iii) such appointment (solely with respect to the Special Servicer) has been approved (prior to the occurrence and continuance

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of a Control Termination Event) by the Directing Certificateholder, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld and (iv) the Certificate Administrator shall have filed any required Form 8-K pursuant to Section 11.07 and any other Form 8-K filings have been completed with respect to any related Companion Loan. Pending appointment of a successor to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer hereunder, unless the Trustee shall be prohibited by law from so acting, the Trustee shall act in such capacity as herein above provided. In connection with such appointment and assumption of a successor to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer as described herein, the Trustee may make such arrangements for the compensation of such successor out of payments on the Mortgage Loans as it and such successor shall agree; provided, however, that no such compensation with respect to a successor master servicer or successor special servicer, as the case may be, shall be in excess of that permitted the terminated Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as the case may be, hereunder. The Trustee, the non-terminated Master Servicer or the non-terminated Special Servicer and such successor shall take such action, consistent with this Agreement, as shall be necessary to effectuate any such succession. Any reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses associated with the transfer of the servicing function (other than with respect to a termination without cause) under this Agreement shall be borne by the predecessor Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable. If such predecessor Master Servicer or Special Servicer (as the case may be) has not reimbursed the party requesting such termination or the successor master servicer or special servicer for such expenses within ninety (90) days after the presentation of reasonable documentation, such expense shall be reimbursed by the Trust; provided that the terminated Master Servicer or Special Servicer shall not thereby be relieved of its liability for such expenses. If and to the extent that the terminated Master Servicer or Special Servicer has not reimbursed such costs and expenses, the party requesting such termination shall have an affirmative obligation to take all reasonable actions to collect such expenses on behalf of the Trust. In the event of a termination without cause, such costs and expenses shall be borne by the party requesting such termination, or as otherwise set forth herein; provided that the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee shall not bear any such costs and expenses. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Trustee is terminating the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer in accordance with this Agreement at the direction of any party or parties permitted to direct the Trustee to so terminate the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer pursuant to this Agreement, the Trustee shall not have any liability for such expenses pursuant to this paragraph.

Section 7.03        Notification to Certificateholders. (a) Upon any resignation of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 6.05, any termination of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 7.01 or any appointment of a successor to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 7.02, the Certificate Administrator shall give prompt written notice thereof to Certificateholders at their respective addresses appearing in the Certificate Register.

(b)               Not later than the later of (i) sixty (60) days after the occurrence of any event which constitutes or, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a Servicer Termination Event and (ii) five (5) days after the Certificate Administrator would be deemed to have notice of the occurrence of such an event in accordance with Section 8.02(vii), the Certificate Administrator shall transmit by mail to the Depositor and all Certificateholders (and, if a Serviced Whole Loan is affected, the related Serviced Companion Noteholder) notice of such occurrence, unless such default shall have been cured.

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Section 7.04        Waiver of Servicer Termination Events. The Holders of Certificates representing at least 66-2/3% of the Voting Rights allocated to each Class of Certificates affected by any Servicer Termination Event hereunder may waive such Servicer Termination Event; provided, however, that a Servicer Termination Event under clause (i), (ii), (viii) or (ix) of Section 7.01(a) may be waived only with the consent of all of the Certificateholders of the affected Classes, and a Servicer Termination Event under clause (iii) of Section 7.01(a) (with respect to obligations under Article XI) may be waived only with the consent of the Depositor. Upon any such waiver of a Servicer Termination Event, subject to the rights of any affected holder of a Serviced Companion Loan under Section 7.01(c) or Section 7.01(f), such Servicer Termination Event shall cease to exist and shall be deemed to have been remedied for every purpose hereunder. Upon any such waiver of a Servicer Termination Event by Certificateholders, the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to recover all costs and expenses incurred by it in connection with enforcement action taken with respect to such Servicer Termination Event prior to such waiver from the Trust. No such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Servicer Termination Event or impair any right consequent thereon except to the extent expressly so waived. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, for purposes of waiving any Servicer Termination Event pursuant to this Section 7.04, Certificates registered in the name of the Depositor or any Affiliate of the Depositor shall be entitled to the same Voting Rights with respect to the matters described above as they would if any other Person held such Certificates.

Section 7.05        Trustee as Maker of Advances. In the event that the Master Servicer fails to fulfill its obligations hereunder to make any Advances and such failure remains uncured, the Trustee shall perform such obligations (x) within five (5) Business Days following such failure by the Master Servicer with respect to Servicing Advances resulting in a Servicer Termination Event under Section 7.01(a)(iii) to the extent a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge of such failure with respect to such Servicing Advances and (y) by noon, New York City time, on the related Distribution Date with respect to P&I Advances pursuant to the Certificate Administrator’s notice of failure pursuant to Section 4.03(a) unless such failure has been cured. With respect to any such Advance made by the Trustee, the Trustee shall succeed to all of the Master Servicer’s rights with respect to Advances hereunder, including, without limitation, the Master Servicer’s rights of reimbursement and interest on each Advance at the Reimbursement Rate, and rights to determine that a proposed Advance is a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance or Servicing Advance, as the case may be, (without regard to any impairment of any such rights of reimbursement caused by the Master Servicer’s default in its obligations hereunder); provided, however, that if Advances made by the Trustee and the Master Servicer shall at any time be outstanding, or any interest on any Advance shall be accrued and unpaid, all amounts available to repay such Advances and the interest thereon hereunder shall be applied entirely to the Advances outstanding to the Trustee, until such Advances shall have been repaid in full, together with all interest accrued thereon, prior to reimbursement of the Master Servicer for such Advances. The Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely on any notice given with respect to a Nonrecoverable Advance hereunder.

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Article VIII

CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE AND THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR

Section 8.01        Duties of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator. (a) The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator, prior to the occurrence of a Servicer Termination Event and after the curing or waiving of all Servicer Termination Events which may have occurred, undertake to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Agreement. If a Servicer Termination Event occurs and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Agreement, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs. Any permissive right of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator contained in this Agreement shall not be construed as a duty.

(b)               The Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, upon receipt of all resolutions, certificates, statements, opinions, reports, documents, orders or other instruments furnished to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator which are specifically required to be furnished pursuant to any provision of this Agreement (other than the Mortgage Files, the review of which is specifically governed by the terms of Article II, the Diligence Files, any CREFC^® reports and any information delivered for posting to the Certificate Administrator’s Website or the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website), shall examine them to determine whether they conform to the requirements of this Agreement. If any such instrument is found not to conform to the requirements of this Agreement in a material manner, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator shall notify the party providing such instrument and requesting the correction thereof. The Trustee or the Certificate Administrator shall not be responsible for the accuracy or content of any resolution, certificate, statement, opinion, report, document, order or other instrument furnished by the Depositor, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer or another Person, and accepted by the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator in good faith, pursuant to this Agreement.

(c)               No provision of this Agreement shall be construed to relieve the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct or bad faith; provided, however, that:

(i)                Prior to the occurrence of a Servicer Termination Event, and after the curing of all such Servicer Termination Events which may have occurred, the duties and obligations of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Agreement, the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall not be liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Agreement, no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator and, in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator and conforming to the requirements of this Agreement;

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(ii)                               Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, shall be liable for an error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, respectively, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and

(iii)                            Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, shall be liable with respect to any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of Holders of Certificates entitled to greater than 25% (i) of the Percentage Interest of each affected Class, or (ii) if each Class is an affected Class of the aggregate Voting Rights of the Certificates, relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, under this Agreement (unless a higher percentage of Voting Rights is required for such action).

(d)                              The Certificate Administrator shall make available via its internet website initially located at www.ctslink.com to the Serviced Companion Noteholders all reports that the Certificate Administrator has made available to Certificateholders under this Agreement to the extent such reports relate to the related Serviced Companion Loan and upon the submission of an Investor Certification pursuant to this Agreement.

Section 8.02        Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator. Except as otherwise provided in Section 8.01:

(i)                                  The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator may rely upon and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, direction of the Depositor, Officer’s Certificate, certificate of auditors or any other certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, Appraisal, bond or other paper or document reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;

(ii)                               The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator may consult with counsel and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance therewith;

(iii)                            Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall be under any obligation to exercise any of the trusts or powers vested in it by this Agreement or the Certificates or to make any investigation of matters arising hereunder or to institute, conduct or defend any litigation hereunder or in relation hereto at the request, order or direction of any of the Certificateholders, pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, unless such Certificateholders shall have offered to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it, against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred therein or thereby; neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall be required to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or

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in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, unless repayment of such funds or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against such risk or liability is reasonably assured to it; nothing contained herein shall, however, relieve the Trustee of the obligation, upon the occurrence of a Servicer Termination Event which has not been cured, to exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Agreement, and to use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs;

(iv)                           Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall be liable for any action reasonably taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Agreement;

(v)                              Prior to the occurrence of a Servicer Termination Event hereunder and after the curing of all Servicer Termination Events which may have occurred, neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond or other paper or document, unless requested in writing to do so by Holders of Certificates entitled to more than 50% of the Voting Rights; provided, however, that if the payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, respectively, not reasonably assured to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Agreement, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, respectively, may require indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it from such requesting Holders against such expense or liability as a condition to taking any such action. The reasonable expense of every such reasonable examination shall be paid by the requesting Holders;

(vi)                           The Trustee or the Certificate Administrator may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents, affiliates or attorneys; provided, however, that the appointment of such agents, affiliates or attorneys shall not relieve the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator of its duties or obligations hereunder; provided, further, that the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, may not perform any duties hereunder through any Person that is a Prohibited Party;

(vii)                        For all purposes under this Agreement, none of the Trustee, the Custodian or the Certificate Administrator shall be deemed to have actual knowledge or notice of any Servicer Termination Event or Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event or any act, failure or breach of any Person upon the occurrence of which the Trustee or Certificate Administrator may be required to act unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event, act, failure or breach, as applicable, which is in fact such a default is received by the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator at the respective Corporate Trust Office, and such notice references the Certificates or this Agreement;

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(viii)                 Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall be responsible for any act or omission of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer (unless the Trustee is acting as the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, in which case the Trustee shall only be responsible for its own actions as the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer) or of the Depositor, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer;

(ix)                              Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall in any way be liable by reason of any insufficiency in the Trust Fund unless it is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that the Trustee’s or Certificate Administrator’s, as applicable, negligence or willful misconduct was the primary cause of such insufficiency;

(x)                                  In no event shall the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator be liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder due to force majeure or acts of God; provided that such failure or delay is not also a result of its own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct;

(xi)                               Nothing herein shall require the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator to act in any manner that is contrary to applicable law; and

(xii)                            Nothing herein shall be construed as an obligation for any party to this Agreement to advise a Certificateholder with respect to its rights and protections relative to the Trust.

Each of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to all of the same rights, protections, immunities and indemnities afforded to it as Trustee and Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, in each capacity for which it serves hereunder (including, without limitation, as Custodian, Certificate Registrar, 17g-5 Information Provider and Authenticating Agent).

Section 8.03        Trustee and Certificate Administrator Not Liable for Validity or Sufficiency of Certificates or Mortgage Loans. The recitals contained herein and in the Certificates, other than the acknowledgments of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator in Sections 2.01(g) and Section 2.04 and the signature, if any, of the Certificate Registrar and Authenticating Agent set forth on any outstanding Certificate, shall not be taken as the statements of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, and the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator assume no responsibility for their correctness. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator makes any representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement or of any Certificate (other than as to the signature, if any, of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator set forth thereon) or of any Mortgage Loan or related document. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall be accountable for the use or application by the Depositor of any of the Certificates issued to it or of the proceeds of such Certificates, or for the use or application of any funds paid to the Depositor in respect of the assignment of the Mortgage Loans to the Trust, or any funds deposited in or withdrawn from the Collection Account or any other account by or on behalf of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or in the case of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator. The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall not be responsible for and may rely upon the accuracy or content of any resolution, certificate, statement,

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opinion, report, document, order or other instrument furnished by the Depositor, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer and accepted by the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, in good faith, pursuant to this Agreement.

Section 8.04        Trustee or Certificate Administrator May Own Certificates. The Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, each in its individual capacity, not as Trustee or Certificate Administrator, may become the owner or pledgee of Certificates, and may deal with the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Underwriters in banking transactions, with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee or the Certificate Administrator.

Section 8.05       Fees and Expenses of Trustee and Certificate Administrator; Indemnification of Trustee and Certificate Administrator(a) As compensation for the performance of their respective duties hereunder, the Trustee will be paid the Trustee Fee, which shall cover recurring and otherwise reasonably anticipated expenses of the Trustee, and the Certificate Administrator will be paid the Certificate Administrator Fee equal to the Certificate Administrator’s portion of one (1) month’s interest at the Certificate Administrator Fee Rate, which shall cover recurring and otherwise reasonably anticipated expenses of the Certificate Administrator. The Trustee Fee and Certificate Administrator Fee shall be paid monthly on a Mortgage Loan-by-Mortgage Loan basis. As to each Mortgage Loan and REO Loan (other than the portion of an REO Loan related to any Companion Loan), the Certificate Administrator shall pay to the Trustee monthly the Trustee Fee from the Certificate Administrator Fee, which Certificate Administrator Fee shall accrue from time to time at the Certificate Administrator Fee Rate and the Certificate Administrator Fee shall be computed in the same manner as interest is calculated thereon and for the same period respecting which any related interest payment due or deemed thereon is computed. The Trustee Fee (which shall not be limited to any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust) shall constitute the Trustee’s sole form of compensation for all services rendered by it in the execution of the trusts hereby created and in the exercise and performance of any of the powers and duties of the Trustee hereunder, except for the reimbursement of expenses specifically provided for herein. The Certificate Administrator Fee shall constitute the Certificate Administrator’s sole form of compensation for the exercise and performance of its powers and duties hereunder, except for the reimbursement of expenses specifically provided for herein. No Trustee Fee or Certificate Administrator Fee shall be payable with respect to any Companion Loan.

(b)               The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator (in each case, including in its capacity as Custodian and in its individual capacity) and any director, officer, employee, representative or agent of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator, respectively, shall be entitled to be indemnified and held harmless by the Trust (to the extent of amounts on deposit in the Collection Account or the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, as applicable, from time to time) against any loss, liability or expense (including, without limitation, costs and expenses of litigation, and of investigation, counsel fees, damages, judgments and amounts paid in settlement, and expenses incurred in becoming the successor to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, to the extent not otherwise paid hereunder, and, for the avoidance of doubt, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses and expenses relating to the enforcement of such indemnity) arising out of, or incurred in connection with, any act or omission of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, respectively, relating to the exercise and performance of any of the powers, rights

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and duties of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, respectively (including in any capacities in which they serve, such as paying agent, REMIC Administrator, Authenticating Agent, Custodian, Certificate Registrar, and 17g-5 Information Provider) hereunder; provided, however, that none of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, nor any of the other above specified Persons shall be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Section 8.05(b) for (i) allocable overhead, (ii) expenses or disbursements incurred or made by or on behalf of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, respectively, in the normal course of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, respectively, performing its duties in accordance with any of the provisions hereof, which are not “unanticipated expenses of the REMIC” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-1(b)(3)(ii), (iii) any expense or liability specifically required to be borne thereby pursuant to the terms hereof or (iv) any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence in the performance of the Trustee’s or the Certificate Administrator’s, respectively, obligations and duties hereunder, or by reason of negligent disregard of such obligations or duties, or as may arise from a breach of any representation or warranty of the Trustee specified in Section 8.12 or the Certificate Administrator specified in Section 8.14, respectively, made herein. The provisions of this Section 8.05(b) shall survive the termination of this Agreement and any resignation or removal of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, respectively, and appointment of a successor thereto. The foregoing indemnity shall also apply to the Certificate Administrator in all of its capacities hereunder, including Custodian, Certificate Registrar and Authenticating Agent.

(c)               The Certificate Administrator shall indemnify and hold harmless the Depositor and the Mortgage Loan Sellers from and against any claims, losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and expenses and related costs, judgments and other costs and expenses (for the avoidance of doubt, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses and expenses relating to the enforcement of such indemnity) incurred by the Depositor or any Mortgage Loan Seller or its Affiliates that arise out of or are based upon (i) a breach by the Certificate Administrator, in its capacity as 17g-5 Information Provider or in any other capacity in which the Certificate Administrator is required to make available information to a Privileged Person that is an NRSRO, of its obligations under this Agreement or (ii) negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on the part of the Certificate Administrator, in its capacity as 17g-5 Information Provider or in any other capacity in which the Certificate Administrator is required to make available information to a Privileged Person that is an NRSRO, in the performance of such obligations or its negligent disregard of its obligations and duties under this Agreement.

Section 8.06        Eligibility Requirements for Trustee and Certificate Administrator. Each of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator hereunder shall at all times be, and will be required to resign if it fails to be, (i) a corporation, national bank, national banking association or a trust company, organized and doing business under the laws of any state or the United States of America, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers and to accept the trust conferred under this Agreement, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority and in the case of the Trustee, shall not be an Affiliate of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer (except during any period when the Trustee is acting as, or has become successor to, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, pursuant to Section 7.02), (ii)(a) in the case of the Trustee, an institution whose long-term senior unsecured debt or issuer credit rating is rated at least “A2” by Moody’s or that has a long-term counterparty risk assessment of at least “A2(cr)” by Moody’s

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(provided, however, that the Trustee may maintain a long-term senior unsecured debt rating or an issuer credit rating of at least “Baa3” by Moody’s if the Master Servicer maintains a long-term senior unsecured debt rating of at least “A2” by Moody’s or a long-term counterparty risk assessment rating of at least “A2(cr)” by Moody’s), “A” by Fitch (or short term rating of “F1” by Fitch) (provided, however, that the Trustee may maintain a rating of at least “BBB-” by Fitch as long as the Master Servicer has a short-term rating of at least “F1” by Fitch or a long-term senior unsecured debt rating of at least “A” by Fitch) and “BBB-” by KBRA (or, if not rated by KBRA, then at least an equivalent rating by two other NRSROs which may include Moody’s and Fitch), (b) in the case of the Certificate Administrator, an institution whose long-term senior unsecured debt rating or issuer credit rating is rated at least “Baa3” by Moody’s, or (c) in the case of each of clause (ii)(a) and (ii)(b), such other rating with respect to which the Rating Agencies have provided a Rating Agency Confirmation, and (iii) an entity that is not a Prohibited Party.

If such corporation, national bank or national banking association publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 8.06 the combined capital and surplus of such corporation, national bank or national banking association shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. In the event the place of business from which the Certificate Administrator administers the Trust REMICs or in which the Trustee’s office is located is in a state or local jurisdiction that imposes a tax on the Trust on the net income of a REMIC (other than a tax corresponding to a tax imposed under the REMIC Provisions), the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as applicable shall elect either to (i) resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 8.07, (ii) pay such tax at no expense to the Trust or (iii) administer the Trust REMICs from a state and local jurisdiction that does not impose such a tax.

Section 8.07        Resignation and Removal of the Trustee and Certificate Administrator. (a) The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator may at any time resign and be discharged from the trusts hereby created by giving written notice thereof to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, 17g-5 Information Provider and to all Certificateholders. The Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website in accordance with Section 3.13(b) and provide notice of such event to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor and the 17g-5 Information Provider, which shall promptly post such notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in accordance with Section 3.13(c). Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Depositor shall use its reasonable best efforts to promptly appoint a successor trustee or successor certificate administrator acceptable to the Master Servicer and, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event, the Directing Certificateholder by written instrument, in duplicate, which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee or Certificate Administrator and to the successor trustee or certificate administrator. A copy of such instrument shall be delivered to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificateholders and the Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, by the Depositor. If no successor trustee or certificate administrator shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within ninety (90) days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee or Certificate Administrator may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee or certificate administrator, as applicable, and such petition will be an expense of the Trust.

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(b)               If at any time the Trustee or Certificate Administrator shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.06 (and in the case of the Certificate Administrator, Section 5.08) and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Depositor or the Master Servicer, or if at any time the Trustee or Certificate Administrator shall become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator or of its property shall be appointed, or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or Certificate Administrator or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, or if the Trustee or Certificate Administrator (if different than the Trustee) shall fail to timely publish any report to be delivered, published or otherwise made available by the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 4.02 and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of five (5) days, or if the Certificate Administrator fails to make distributions required pursuant to Section 4.01 or Section 9.01, then the Depositor may remove the Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, and appoint a successor trustee or certificate administrator acceptable to the requesting Master Servicer, by written instrument, in duplicate, which instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee or Certificate Administrator so removed and to the successor trustee or certificate administrator in the case of the removal of the Trustee or Certificate Administrator. A copy of such instrument shall be delivered to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Certificateholders by the Depositor. If no successor trustee or certificate administrator shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within ninety (90) days after the giving of such notice of removal, the removed Trustee or Certificate Administrator may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee or certificate administrator, as applicable, at the expense of the Trust.

(c)               The Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 75% of the Voting Rights may, upon thirty (30) days’ prior written notice, with or without cause, remove the Trustee or Certificate Administrator and appoint a successor trustee or certificate administrator by written instrument or instruments, in triplicate, signed by such Holders or their attorneys-in-fact duly authorized, one complete set of which instruments shall be delivered to the Master Servicer, one complete set to the Trustee or Certificate Administrator so removed and one complete set to the successor so appointed. A copy of such instrument shall be delivered to the Depositor, the Special Servicer and the remaining Certificateholders by the Master Servicer. In the event of any such termination without cause pursuant to this Section 8.07(c), the successor trustee or certificate administrator, as applicable, shall be responsible for all costs and expenses necessary to effect the transfer of responsibilities from its predecessor.

(d)               Any resignation or removal of the Trustee or Certificate Administrator and appointment of a successor trustee or certificate administrator pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 8.07 shall not become effective until (i) acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee or certificate administrator as provided in Section 8.08 and (ii) the Certificate Administrator shall have filed any required Form 8-K pursuant to Section 11.07 and any other Form 8-K filings have been completed with respect to any related Companion Loan. Further, the resigning Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, shall pay all costs and expenses associated with the transfer of its duties.

If the same party is acting as Trustee and Certificate Administrator pursuant to this Agreement, any removal of either such party in its capacity as Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, shall also result in such party’s removal in its capacity as Trustee or Certificate

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Administrator, as applicable, and the Depositor shall appoint a successor certificate administrator and a successor trustee, in each instance meeting the eligibility requirements set forth hereunder.

Upon any succession of the Trustee or Certificate Administrator under this Agreement, the predecessor Trustee or Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to the payment of accrued and unpaid compensation and reimbursement as provided for under this Agreement for services rendered and expenses incurred (including without limitation, unreimbursed Advances). No Trustee or Certificate Administrator shall be personally liable for any action or omission of any successor trustee or certificate administrator.

(e)               Upon the resignation, assignment, merger, consolidation, or transfer of the Trustee or its business to a successor, or upon the termination of the Trustee, (a) the outgoing Trustee shall (i) endorse the original executed Mortgage Note for each Mortgage Loan (to the extent that the original executed Mortgage Note for each Mortgage Loan was endorsed to the outgoing trustee), without recourse, representation or warranty, express or implied, to the order of the successor, as trustee for the registered Holders of BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45 or in blank, and (ii) in the case of the other assignable Mortgage Loan documents (to the extent such other Mortgage Loan documents were assigned to the outgoing trustee), assign such Mortgage Loan documents to such successor, and such successor shall review the documents delivered to it or to the Custodian with respect to each Mortgage Loan, and certify in writing that, as to each Mortgage Loan then subject to this Agreement, such endorsement and assignment has been made; (b) if any original executed Mortgage Note for a Mortgage Loan was not endorsed to the outgoing trustee, the Custodian shall, upon its receipt of a Request for Release, deliver such Mortgage Note to the Depositor or the successor trustee, as requested, and the Master Servicer and the Depositor shall cooperate with any successor trustee to ensure that such Mortgage Note is endorsed (without recourse, representation or warranty, express or implied) to the order of the successor, as trustee for the registered Holders of BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45 or in blank; provided, however, that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, to the extent any such endorsement of such Mortgage Note requires the signature of the related Mortgage Loan Seller in order to comply with the foregoing, then the Master Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to cause the related Mortgage Loan Seller to execute such endorsement; (c) if any other assignable Mortgage Loan document was not assigned to the outgoing trustee, the Custodian shall, upon its receipt of a Request for Release, deliver such Mortgage Loan document to the Depositor or the successor trustee, as requested, and the Master Servicer and the Depositor shall cooperate with any successor trustee to ensure that such Mortgage Loan document is assigned to such successor trustee; and (d) in any case, such successor trustee shall review the documents delivered to it or to the Custodian with respect to each Mortgage Loan, and certify in writing that, as to each Mortgage Loan then subject to this Agreement, such endorsements and assignments have been made or, in the event such endorsement or assignment cannot be made for any reason, to note the same in such certification.

(f)                Neither the Asset Representations Reviewer nor any of its Affiliates may be appointed as successor trustee or certificate administrator.

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acknowledge and deliver to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and to its predecessor Trustee or Certificate Administrator an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor Trustee or Certificate Administrator shall become effective and such successor trustee or certificate administrator without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor hereunder, with the like effect as if originally named as Trustee or Certificate Administrator herein. The predecessor Trustee shall deliver to the successor trustee all Mortgage Files and related documents and statements held by it hereunder (other than any Mortgage Files at the time held on its behalf by the Custodian, which Custodian, at Custodian’s option shall become the agent of the successor trustee), and the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the predecessor Trustee shall execute and deliver such instruments and do such other things as may reasonably be required to more fully and certainly vest and confirm in the successor trustee all such rights, powers, duties and obligations, and to enable the successor trustee to perform its obligations hereunder.

(b)               No successor trustee or successor certificate administrator shall, as applicable, accept appointment as provided in this Section 8.08 unless at the time of such acceptance such successor trustee or successor certificate administrator, as applicable, shall be eligible under the provisions of Section 8.06.

(c)               Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee or successor certificate administrator as provided in this Section 8.08, the Master Servicer shall deliver notice of the succession of such Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, to the Depositor and the Certificateholders. If the Master Servicer fails to deliver such notice within ten (10) days after acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee or successor certificate administrator, as applicable, such successor trustee or successor certificate administrator shall cause such notice to be delivered at the expense of the Master Servicer.

Section 8.09        Merger or Consolidation of Trustee or Certificate Administrator. Any Person into which the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator shall be the successor of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, hereunder; provided that, in the case of the Trustee, such successor person shall be eligible under the provisions of Section 8.06, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding. The Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website in accordance with Section 3.13(b) and shall provide notice of such event to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor and the 17g-5 Information Provider, which shall post such notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in accordance with Section 3.13(c).

Section 8.10        Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, at any time, for the purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which any part of the Trust Fund or property securing the same may at the time be located, the Master Servicer and the Trustee acting jointly shall have the power and shall execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more Persons approved by the

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Trustee to act as co-trustee or co-trustees, jointly with the Trustee, or separate trustee or separate trustees, of all or any part of the Trust Fund, and to vest in such Person or Persons, in such capacity, such title to the Trust, or any part thereof, and, subject to the other provisions of this Section 8.10, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Master Servicer and the Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. If the Master Servicer shall not have joined in such appointment within fifteen (15) days after the receipt by it of a request to do so, or in case a Servicer Termination Event shall have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee alone shall have the power to make such appointment. No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility as a successor trustee under Section 8.06 hereunder and no notice to Holders of Certificates of the appointment of co-trustee(s) or separate trustee(s) shall be required under Section 8.08. All co-trustee fees shall be payable out of the Trust Fund.

(b)               In the case of any appointment of a co-trustee or separate trustee pursuant to this Section 8.10, all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon the Trustee shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed by the Trustee and such separate trustee or co-trustee jointly, except to the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to be performed (whether as Trustee hereunder or as successor to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer hereunder), the Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act or acts, in which event such rights, powers, duties and obligations (including the holding of title to the Trust or any portion thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be exercised and performed by such separate trustee or co-trustee at the direction of the Trustee.

(c)               Any notice, request or other writing given to the Trustee shall be deemed to have been given to each of the then-separate trustees and co-trustees, as effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument appointing any separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Agreement and the conditions of this Article VIII. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its acceptance of the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates or property specified in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Trustee or separately, as may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this Agreement, specifically including every provision of this Agreement relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Trustee. Every such instrument shall be filed with the Trustee.

(d)               Any separate trustee or co-trustee may, at any time, constitute the Trustee, its agent or attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority, to the extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this Agreement on its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or co-trustee shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its estates, properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be exercised by the Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new or successor trustee.

(e)               The appointment of a co-trustee or separate trustee under this Section 8.10 shall not relieve the Trustee of its duties and responsibilities hereunder.

Section 8.11        Appointment of Custodians. The Certificate Administrator is hereby appointed as the Custodian to hold all or a portion of the Mortgage Files. The Custodian shall be a depository institution subject to supervision by federal or state authority, shall have combined capital and surplus of at least $15,000,000 and shall be qualified to do business in the jurisdiction in which it holds any Mortgage File. The Custodian shall be subject to the same obligations and

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standard of care as would be imposed on the Certificate Administrator hereunder in connection with the retention of Mortgage Files directly by the Certificate Administrator. Upon termination or resignation of the Custodian, the Certificate Administrator may appoint another Custodian meeting the foregoing requirements. The appointment of one or more Custodians by the Certificate Administrator shall not relieve the Certificate Administrator from any of its obligations hereunder, and the Certificate Administrator shall remain responsible for all acts and omissions of any Custodian other than the initial Custodian. Any Custodian appointed hereunder must maintain a fidelity bond and errors and omissions policy in an amount customary for Custodians which serve in such capacity in commercial mortgage loan securitization transactions, or may self-insure.

Section 8.12        Representations and Warranties of the Trustee. The Trustee hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, each Serviced Companion Noteholder and the Certificate Administrator for the benefit of the Certificateholders, as of the Closing Date, that:

(i)                                  The Trustee is a national banking association, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the United States of America;

(ii)                               The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Trustee, and the performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement by the Trustee, will not violate the Trustee’s charter and by-laws or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the breach of, any material agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or which is applicable to it or any of its assets;

(iii)                            The Trustee has the full power and authority to enter into and consummate all transactions contemplated by this Agreement, has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and has duly executed and delivered this Agreement;

(iv)                             This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by each of the other parties hereto, constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of the Trustee, enforceable against the Trustee in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to (a) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the rights of creditors of national banking associations specifically and (b) general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law;

(v)                                The Trustee is not in violation of, and its execution and delivery of this Agreement and its performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement will not constitute a violation of, any law, any order or decree of any court or arbiter, or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority, which violation, in the Trustee’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to affect materially and adversely the ability of the Trustee to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

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(vi)                           No litigation is pending or, to the best of the Trustee’s knowledge, threatened against the Trustee which would prohibit the Trustee from entering into this Agreement or, in the Trustee’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to materially and adversely affect the ability of the Trustee to perform its obligations under this Agreement; and

(vii)                        No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Trustee, or compliance by the Trustee with, this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except for any consent, approval, authorization or order which has not been obtained or cannot be obtained prior to the actual performance by the Trustee of its obligations under this Agreement, and which, if not obtained would not have a materially adverse effect on the ability of the Trustee to perform its obligations hereunder.

Section 8.13        Provision of Information to Certificate Administrator, Master Servicer and Special Servicer. The Master Servicer shall promptly, upon request, provide the Special Servicer and the Certificate Administrator with notice of any change in the identity and/or contact information of any Serviced Companion Noteholder (to the extent it receives written notice of such change). The Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer may each conclusively rely on the information provided to them regarding identity and/or contact information regarding any Serviced Companion Noteholder, and the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall have no liability for notices not sent to the correct Serviced Companion Noteholders or any obligation to determine the identity and/or contact information of the Serviced Companion Noteholders to the extent updated or correct information regarding the holders of any of the Serviced Companion Noteholders or the most recent identity and/or contact information regarding any of the Serviced Companion Noteholders has not been provided to the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable.

Section 8.14        Representations and Warranties of the Certificate Administrator. The Certificate Administrator hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, each Serviced Companion Noteholder, and the Trustee, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, as of the Closing Date, that:

(i)                                  The Certificate Administrator is a national banking association duly organized under the laws of the United States of America, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws thereof;

(ii)                               The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Certificate Administrator, and the performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement by the Certificate Administrator, will not violate the Certificate Administrator’s charter and by-laws or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the breach of, any material agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or which is applicable to it or any of its assets;

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(iii)                            The Certificate Administrator has the full power and authority to enter into and consummate all transactions contemplated by this Agreement, has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and has duly executed and delivered this Agreement;

(iv)                           This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by each of the other parties hereto, constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of the Certificate Administrator, enforceable against the Certificate Administrator in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to (a) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the rights of creditors of national banking associations specifically and (b) general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law;

(v)                                The Certificate Administrator is not in violation of, and its execution and delivery of this Agreement and its performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement will not constitute a violation of, any law, any order or decree of any court or arbiter, or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority, which violation, in the Certificate Administrator’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to affect materially and adversely either the ability of the Certificate Administrator to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the financial condition of the Certificate Administrator;

(vi)                             No litigation is pending or, to the best of the Certificate Administrator’s knowledge, threatened against the Certificate Administrator which would prohibit the Certificate Administrator from entering into this Agreement or, in the Certificate Administrator’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to materially and adversely affect either the ability of the Certificate Administrator to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the financial condition of the Certificate Administrator; and

(vii)                          No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Certificate Administrator, or compliance by the Certificate Administrator with, this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except for any consent, approval, authorization or order which has not been obtained or cannot be obtained prior to the actual performance by the Certificate Administrator of its obligations under this Agreement, and which, if not obtained would not have a materially adverse effect on the ability of the Certificate Administrator to perform its obligations hereunder.

Section 8.15        Compliance with the PATRIOT Act. In order to comply with the laws, rules, regulations and executive orders in effect from time to time applicable to banking institutions, including those relating to the funding of terrorist activities and money laundering (“Applicable Laws”), each of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer is required to obtain, verify and record certain information relating to individuals and entities which maintain a business relationship with the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Special Servicer or the Master Servicer, as applicable, arising out of the Trust or this Agreement. Accordingly, each of the parties to this Agreement agrees to provide to the

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Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer, upon its respective reasonable request from time to time such identifying information and documentation as may be available for such party in order to enable the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer to comply with Applicable Laws.

[End of Article VIII]

Article IX

TERMINATION

Section 9.01        Termination upon Repurchase or Liquidation of All Mortgage Loans. Subject to this Section 9.01 and Section 9.02, the Trust and the respective obligations and responsibilities under this Agreement of the Certificate Administrator (other than the obligations of the Certificate Administrator to provide for and make payments to Certificateholders as hereafter set forth), the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee, shall terminate upon payment (or provision for payment) to the Certificateholders of all amounts held by the Certificate Administrator and required hereunder to be so paid on the Distribution Date following the earlier to occur of (i) the final payment (or related Advance) or other liquidation of the last Mortgage Loan and REO Property (as applicable) subject hereto, (ii) the purchase or other liquidation by the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer servicing the greater principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of that time, the other Special Servicer, the Master Servicer servicing the greater principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of that time, the other Master Servicer, or the Holders of the Class R Certificates, in that order of priority, of all the Mortgage Loans and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund at a price equal to (a) the sum of (1) the Termination Purchase Amount and (2) the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer with respect to such termination, unless the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, is the purchaser of such Mortgage Loans, minus (b) solely in the case where the Master Servicer is exercising such purchase right, the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, together with any interest accrued and payable to the Master Servicer in respect of such Advances in accordance with Section 3.03(d) and Section 4.03(d) and any unpaid Servicing Fees, remaining outstanding and payable solely to the Master Servicer (which items shall be deemed to have been paid or reimbursed to the Master Servicer in connection with such purchase) or (iii) so long as the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-3, Class D and Class E Certificates and the Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-S, Class B and Class C Upper-Tier Regular Interests, are no longer outstanding, the voluntary exchange by the Sole Certificateholder of all the outstanding Certificates (other than the Class V Certificates, the Class R Certificates and the RR Interest) and the payment or deemed payment by such exchanging party of the Termination Purchase Amount for the remaining Mortgage Loans and REO Properties in the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of the immediately succeeding paragraph, of which (a) an amount equal to the product of (i) the Required Credit Risk Retention Percentage and (ii) the Termination Purchase Amount will be paid to the Holders of the RR Interest in exchange for the surrender of the RR Interest, and (b) an amount equal to the product of (i) the Non-Retained Percentage and (ii) the Termination Purchase Amount will be deemed paid to the Trust and deemed distributed to the Holder or Holders of the then-outstanding Certificates (other

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than the RR Interest) in exchange for such Certificates; provided, however, that in no event shall the trust created hereby continue beyond the expiration of twenty-one (21) years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James’s, living on the date hereof. Upon termination of the Trust pursuant to clause (i) of the immediately preceding sentence, the Custodian shall release or cause to be released to the Master Servicer at its addresses provided in Section 13.05 of this Agreement or to such other address designated by it in writing, those Mortgage Files remaining in its possession relating to the Mortgage Loans. In connection with a termination of the Trust under this Article IX, the obligations and responsibilities of the Custodian under this Agreement shall terminate upon its delivery of such Mortgage Files to the Master Servicer, Sole Certificateholder or other party as required by this Section 9.01, except for the obligation of the Custodian to execute assignments, endorsements and other instruments as required by this Section 9.01.

Following the date on which the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-3, Class D and Class E Certificates and the Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-S, Class B and Class C Upper-Tier Regular Interests are no longer outstanding (and provided that there is only one Holder (or multiple Holders acting in unanimity) of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class V Certificates, the Class R Certificates and the RR Interest)), the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right, with the consent of the Master Servicer, to exchange all of its Certificates (other than the Class V Certificates, the Class R Certificates and the RR Interest) together with the payment or deemed payment of the Termination Purchase Amount for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund as contemplated by clause (iii) of the first paragraph of this Section 9.01(a) by giving written notice to all the parties hereto no later than sixty (60) days prior to the anticipated date of exchange. In the event that the Sole Certificateholder elects to exchange all of its Certificates (other than the Class V Certificates, Class R Certificates and the RR Interest) and pay the Termination Purchase Amount for all of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust in accordance with the preceding sentence, such Sole Certificateholder, not later than the Distribution Date on which the final distribution on the Certificates is to occur, shall (i) remit for deposit in the Collection Account of the Master Servicer an amount in immediately available funds equal to (a) the product of the Required Credit Risk Retention Percentage and the Termination Purchase Amount plus (b) all amounts due and owing to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator hereunder through the date of the liquidation of the Trust that may be withdrawn from the Collection Account, or an escrow account acceptable to the respective parties hereto, pursuant to Section 3.05(a) or that may be withdrawn from the Distribution Account pursuant to Section 3.05(a), but only to the extent that such amounts are not already on deposit in the Collection Account, and (ii) be deemed to pay to the Trust (which amount shall be further deemed distributed to the Holders of all outstanding Certificates (other than the RR Interest)) an amount equal to the product of the Non-Retained Percentage and the Termination Purchase Amount. In addition, the Master Servicer shall transfer all amounts required to be transferred to the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account and Excess Interest Distribution Account on the P&I Advance Date related to such Distribution Date in which the final distribution on the Certificates is to occur from the Collection Account pursuant to the first paragraph of Section 3.04(b) (provided, however, that if a Serviced Whole Loan is secured by REO Property, the portion of the above-described purchase price allocable to such Trust’s portion of REO Property shall initially be deposited into the related REO Account). Upon confirmation that such final deposits have been made and following the surrender of all its Certificates (other than the Class V Certificates, Class

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R Certificates and the RR Interest) on the applicable Distribution Date, (i) the Certificate Administrator shall remit to the Holders of the RR Interest in immediately available funds an amount equal to the product of the Required Credit Risk Retention Percentage and the Termination Purchase Amount and (ii) the Custodian shall, upon receipt of a Request for Release from the Master Servicer, release or cause to be released to the Sole Certificateholder or any designee thereof, the Mortgage Files for the remaining Mortgage Loans and shall execute all assignments, endorsements and other instruments furnished to it by the Sole Certificateholder as shall be necessary to effectuate transfer of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties remaining in the Trust Fund, and the Trust shall be liquidated in accordance with Section 9.02. Solely for federal income tax purposes, the Sole Certificateholder shall be deemed to have purchased the assets of the Lower-Tier REMIC for an amount equal to the aggregate remaining Certificate Balance of the Principal Balance Certificates (other than any Exchangeable Certificates) and the Exchangeable Upper-Tier P&I Regular Interests, plus accrued, unpaid interest with respect thereto, and the Certificate Administrator shall credit such amounts against amounts distributable in respect of such Certificates, Exchangeable Upper-Tier P&I Regular Interests and Related Lower-Tier Regular Interests.

The obligations and responsibilities under this Agreement of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Companion Paying Agent shall terminate with respect to any Companion Loan to the extent (i) its related Serviced Mortgage Loan has been paid in full or is no longer part of the Trust Fund and (ii) no amounts payable by the related Companion Holder to or for the benefit of the Trust or any party hereto in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement remain due and owing.

The Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer servicing the greater principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of that time, the other Special Servicer, the Master Servicer servicing the greater principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of that time, the other Master Servicer, or the Holders of the Class R Certificates, in that order of priority, may, at their option, elect to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans (and all property acquired through exercise of remedies in respect of any related Mortgage Loan) and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund as contemplated by clause (ii) of the first paragraph of this Section 9.01 by giving written notice to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, and the other parties hereto no later than sixty (60) days prior to the anticipated date of purchase; provided, however, that the Holders of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer, or the Holders of the Class R Certificates may so elect to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund only on or after the first Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the portion of any REO Loans held by the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loans as set forth in the Preliminary Statement (solely for the purposes of this calculation, if such right is being exercised after February 2033 and the CX - 250 Water Street Mortgage Loan is still an asset of the Trust Fund, then such Mortgage Loan that is still an asset of the Trust Fund shall be excluded from the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the related determination date). This purchase shall terminate the Trust and retire the then-outstanding Certificates. In the event that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer purchases, or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class or the Holders of the Class R Certificates purchase, all of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund in

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accordance with the preceding sentence, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class or the Holders of the Class R Certificates, as the case may be, shall deposit in the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account not later than the P&I Advance Date relating to the Distribution Date on which the final distribution on the Certificates is to occur, an amount in immediately available funds equal to the above-described purchase price (exclusive of any portion thereof payable to any Person other than the Certificateholders pursuant to Section 3.05(a), which portion shall be deposited in the Collection Account of the Master Servicer). In addition, the Master Servicer shall transfer to the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account all amounts required to be transferred thereto on such P&I Advance Date from the Collection Account pursuant to the first paragraph of Section 3.04(b), together with any other amounts on deposit in the Collection Account that would otherwise be held for future distribution. Upon confirmation that such final deposits and payments have been made, the Custodian shall release or cause to be released to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class or the Holders of the Class R Certificates, as applicable, the Mortgage Files for the remaining Mortgage Loans and shall execute all assignments, endorsements and other instruments furnished to it by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class or the Holders of the Class R Certificates, as the case may be, as shall be necessary to effectuate transfer of the Mortgage Loans as assets of the Trust and REO Properties remaining in the Trust Fund.

For purposes of this Section 9.01, the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class shall have the first option to terminate the Upper-Tier REMIC and Lower-Tier REMIC, then the Special Servicer servicing the greater principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of that time, then the other Special Servicer, then the Master Servicer servicing the greater principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of that time, then the other Master Servicer, and then the Holders of the Class R Certificates. For purposes of this Section 9.01, the Directing Certificateholder with the consent of the Holders of the Controlling Class, shall act on behalf of the Holders of the Controlling Class in purchasing the assets of the Trust and terminating the Trust.

Notice of any termination pursuant to this Section 9.01 shall be given promptly by the Certificate Administrator by letter to the Certificateholders, each Serviced Companion Noteholder and the 17g-5 Information Provider in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.13(c) (who shall promptly post a copy of such additional notice on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.13(c)) and, if not previously notified pursuant to this Section 9.01, to the other parties hereto mailed (a) in the event such notice is given in connection with the purchase of all of the Mortgage Loans is an asset of the Trust and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund, not earlier than the fifteenth (15th) day and not later than the twenty-fifth (25th) day of the month next preceding the month of the final distribution on the Certificates, or (b) otherwise during the month of such final distribution on or before the P&I Advance Determination Date in such month, in each case specifying (i) the Distribution Date upon which the Trust will terminate and final payment of the Certificates will be made, (ii) the amount of any such final payment and (iii) that the Record Date otherwise applicable to such Distribution Date is not applicable, payments being made only upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates at the offices of the Certificate Registrar or such other location therein designated. Upon termination of the Trust pursuant to this Section 9.01, the Certificate Administrator shall provide notice thereof to the Trustee via email.

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After transferring the Lower-Tier Distribution Amount and the amount of any Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges distributable to the Regular Certificates and the Exchangeable Certificates pursuant to Section 4.01(e) to the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, in each case pursuant to Section 3.04(b) and upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates by the Certificateholders on the final Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator shall distribute to each Certificateholder so presenting and surrendering its Certificates (i) such Certificateholder’s Percentage Interest of that portion of the amounts then on deposit in the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account that are allocable to payments on the Class of Certificates so presented, (ii) to Holders of the Excess Interest Certificates or the RR Interest so presented, any amounts remaining on deposit in the Excess Interest Distribution Account, and (iii) any remaining amount shall be distributed to the Class R Certificates in respect of the Class LR Interest or the Class UR Interest, as applicable. Amounts transferred from the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account to the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account as of the final Distribution Date, shall be distributed in termination and liquidation of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests and the Class LR Interest in accordance with Sections 4.01(a), 4.01(b), 4.01(c), 4.01(e) and 4.01(f). Any funds not distributed on such Distribution Date shall be set aside and held uninvested in trust for the benefit of the Certificateholders not presenting and surrendering their Certificates in the aforesaid manner and shall be disposed of in accordance with this Section 9.01 and Section 4.01(h).

Section 9.02        Additional Termination Requirements. (a) In the event the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer purchases, or the Holders of the Controlling Class or the Holders of the Class R Certificates purchase, all of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund as provided in Section 9.01, the Upper-Tier REMIC and Lower-Tier REMIC, as applicable, shall be terminated in accordance with the following additional requirements, which meet the definition of a “qualified liquidation” in Section 860F(a)(4) of the Code:

(i)                                  the Certificate Administrator shall specify the date of adoption of the plan of complete liquidation (which shall be the date of mailing of the notice specified in Section 9.01) in a statement attached to each of the related Trust REMICs’ final Tax Returns pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.860F-1;

(ii)                              during the 90-day liquidation period and at or prior to the time of the making of the final payment on the Certificates, the Certificate Administrator on behalf of the Trustee shall sell all of the assets of the related Trust REMICs to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Holders of the Controlling Class or the Holders of the Class R Certificates, as applicable, for cash; and

(iii)                           within such 90-day liquidation period and immediately following the making of the final payment on the Lower-Tier Regular Interests and the Certificates, the Certificate Administrator shall distribute or credit, or cause to be distributed or credited, to the Holders of the Class R Certificates in respect of the Class LR Interest (in the case of the Lower-Tier REMIC) and in respect of the Class UR Interest (in the case of the Upper-Tier REMIC) all cash on hand (other than cash retained to meet claims), and the Trust (if applicable) or the related Trust REMIC(s) shall terminate at that time.

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[End of Article IX]

Article X

ADDITIONAL REMIC PROVISIONS

Section 10.01    REMIC Administration. (a) The Certificate Administrator shall make elections or cause elections to be made to treat each Trust REMIC as a REMIC under the Code and, if necessary, under Applicable State and Local Tax Law. Each such election will be made on Form 1066 or other appropriate federal tax return for the taxable year ending on the last day of the calendar year in which the Lower-Tier Regular Interests and the Certificates are issued. For the purposes of the REMIC election in respect of the Upper-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier Regular Interests shall be designated the “regular interests,” and the Class UR Interest shall be designated the sole class of “residual interests” in the Upper-Tier REMIC. For purposes of the REMIC election in respect of the Lower-Tier REMIC, each Class of Lower-Tier Regular Interests shall be designated as a class of “regular interests” and the Class LR Interest shall be designated as the sole class of “residual interests” in the Lower-Tier REMIC. The Special Servicer, the Master Servicer and the Trustee shall not permit the creation of any “interests” (within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code) in any Trust REMIC other than the foregoing interests. The Certificate Administrator shall prepare or cause to be prepared and timely produced to the Trustee to sign (and the Trustee shall timely sign) and file or cause to be filed with the Internal Revenue Service, on behalf of each of the Lower-Tier REMIC and the Upper-Tier REMIC, an application for a taxpayer identification number for such Trust REMIC on IRS Form SS-4 or obtain such number by other permissible means. The Certificate Administrator shall be responsible for the preparation of the related IRS Form W-9, if such form is requested. The Trustee shall be entitled to rely on the information contained therein, and is hereby directed to execute such IRS Form W-9; provided, however, the Certificate Administrator shall also be directed to execute such IRS Form W-9 (in lieu of the Trustee) if permitted by IRS regulations.

(b)               The Closing Date is hereby designated as the “startup day” (“Startup Day”) of each Trust REMIC within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(9) of the Code.

(c)               The Certificate Administrator shall act on behalf of each Trust REMIC in relation to any tax matter or controversy involving either such REMIC and shall represent each such REMIC in any administrative or judicial proceeding relating to an examination or audit by any governmental taxing authority with respect thereto. The legal expenses, including without limitation attorneys’ or accountants’ fees, and costs of any such proceeding and any liability resulting therefrom shall be expenses of the Trust and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to reimbursement therefor out of amounts attributable to the Mortgage Loans and any REO Properties on deposit in the Collection Account as provided by Section 3.05(a) unless such legal expenses and costs are incurred by reason of the Certificate Administrator’s willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence. The Certificate Administrator shall be designated as the “partnership representative” within the meaning of Section 6223 of the Code of each Trust REMIC. By their acceptance thereof, the Holders of the Class R Certificates agree to the designation of the Certificate Administrator as “partnership representative” for the Trust REMICs.

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(d)               The Certificate Administrator shall prepare or cause to be prepared and shall file, or cause to be filed, all of the Tax Returns that it determines are required with respect to each Trust REMIC created hereunder, and shall cause the Trustee to sign (and the Trustee shall timely sign) such Tax Returns in a timely manner. The ordinary expenses of preparing such returns shall be borne by the Certificate Administrator without any right of reimbursement therefor. The Certificate Administrator shall prepare or cause to be prepared, and file or cause to be filed with the IRS, on behalf of each of the Lower-Tier REMIC and the Upper-Tier REMIC, an application for a taxpayer identification number for such REMIC on IRS Form SS-4 or obtain such number by other permissible means.

(e)               The Certificate Administrator shall provide or cause to be provided (i) to any Transferor of a Class R Certificate such information as is necessary for the application of any tax relating to the transfer of such Class R Certificate to any Person who is a Disqualified Organization, or in the case of a Transfer to an agent thereof, to such agent, (ii) to the Certificateholders such information or reports as are required by the Code or the REMIC Provisions including reports relating to interest, original issue discount and market discount or premium (using the Prepayment Assumption) and (iii) to the Internal Revenue Service, Form 8811, within thirty (30) days after the Closing Date.

(f)                The Certificate Administrator shall take such actions and shall cause the Trust to take such actions as are reasonably within the Certificate Administrator’s control and the scope of its duties more specifically set forth herein as shall be necessary to maintain the status of each Trust REMIC as a REMIC under the REMIC Provisions and the Trustee shall assist the Certificate Administrator to the extent reasonably requested by the Certificate Administrator to do so. Neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall knowingly or intentionally take any action, cause the Trust to take any action or fail to take (or fail to cause to be taken) any action reasonably within its control and the scope of duties more specifically set forth herein, that, under the REMIC Provisions, if taken or not taken, as the case may be, could (i) cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a grantor trust or (ii) result in the imposition of a tax upon any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust (including but not limited to the tax on “prohibited transactions” as defined in Section 860F(a)(2) of the Code and the tax on contributions to a REMIC set forth in Section 860G(d) of the Code, but not including the tax on “net income from foreclosure property”) (either such event, an “Adverse REMIC Event”) unless the Certificate Administrator receives an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party seeking to take such action or, if such party fails to pay such expense, and the Certificate Administrator determines that taking such action is in the best interest of the Trust and the Certificateholders, at the expense of the Trust, but in no event at the expense of the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee) to the effect that the contemplated action will not, with respect to the Trust, any Trust REMIC created hereunder, cause the loss of such status or, unless the Certificate Administrator determines in its sole discretion to indemnify the Trust against such tax, result in the imposition of such a tax (not including a tax on “net income from foreclosure property”). The Trustee shall not take or fail to take any action (whether or not authorized hereunder) as to which the Certificate Administrator has advised it in writing that it has received an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that an Adverse REMIC Event could occur with respect to such action. The Certificate Administrator may consult with counsel to make such written advice, and the cost of same shall be borne by the party seeking to take the action not expressly permitted by this Agreement, but in no event at the expense of the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee. At all times as may be required by the

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Code, the Certificate Administrator will to the extent within its control and the scope of its duties more specifically set forth herein, maintain substantially all of the assets of each Trust REMIC as “qualified mortgages” as defined in Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code and “permitted investments” as defined in Section 860G(a)(5) of the Code.

(g)               In the event that any applicable federal, state or local tax, including interest, penalties or assessments, additional amounts or additions to tax, is imposed on any Trust REMIC, such tax shall be charged against amounts otherwise distributable to the Holders of the Certificates, except as provided in the last sentence of this Section 10.01(g); provided that with respect to the estimated amount of tax imposed on any “net income from foreclosure property” pursuant to Section 860G(c) of the Code or any similar tax imposed by a state or local tax authority, the Special Servicer shall retain in the related REO Account a reserve for the payment of such taxes in such amounts and at such times as it shall deem appropriate (or as advised by the Certificate Administrator in writing), and shall remit to the Master Servicer such reserved amounts as the Master Servicer shall request in order to pay such taxes. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, the Master Servicer shall withdraw from the Collection Account sufficient funds to pay or provide for the payment of, and to actually pay, such tax as is estimated to be legally owed by any Trust REMIC (but such authorization shall not prevent the Certificate Administrator from contesting, at the expense of the Trust (other than as a consequence of a breach of its obligations under this Agreement), any such tax in appropriate proceedings, and withholding payment of such tax, if permitted by law, pending the outcome of such proceedings). The Certificate Administrator is hereby authorized to and shall segregate, into a separate non-interest bearing account, the net income from any “prohibited transaction” under Section 860F(a) of the Code or the amount of any taxable contribution to any Trust REMIC after the Startup Day that is subject to tax under Section 860G(d) of the Code and use such income or amount, to the extent necessary, to pay such prohibited transactions tax. To the extent that any such tax (other than any such tax paid in respect of “net income from foreclosure property”) is paid to the Internal Revenue Service or applicable state or local tax authorities, the Certificate Administrator shall retain an equal amount from future amounts otherwise distributable to the Holders of Class R Certificates (as applicable) and shall distribute such retained amounts, (x) in the case of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests, to the Upper-Tier REMIC to the extent they are fully reimbursed for any Realized Losses or Retained Certificate Realized Losses, as applicable, arising therefrom and then to the Holders of the Class R Certificates in respect of the Class LR Interest in the manner specified in Section 4.01(c) and (y) in the case of the Upper-Tier REMIC, to the Holders of the Principal Balance Certificates in the manner specified in Section 4.01(a) or Section 4.01(b), as applicable, to the extent they are fully reimbursed for any Realized Losses or Retained Certificate Realized Losses, as applicable, arising therefrom and then to the Holders of the Class R Certificates in respect of the Class UR Interest. None of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer shall be responsible for any taxes imposed on any Trust REMIC except to the extent such taxes arise as a consequence of a breach of their respective obligations under this Agreement which breach constitutes willful misconduct, bad faith, or negligence by such party.

(h)               The Certificate Administrator shall, for federal income tax purposes, maintain or cause to be maintained books and records with respect to each Trust REMIC on a calendar year and on an accrual basis or as otherwise may be required by the REMIC Provisions.

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(i)                 Following the Startup Day, neither the Certificate Administrator nor the Trustee shall accept any contributions of assets to any Trust REMIC unless the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee shall have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party seeking to make such contribution) to the effect that the inclusion of such assets in such Trust REMIC will not cause an Adverse REMIC Event.

(j)                 Neither the Certificate Administrator nor the Trustee shall enter into any arrangement by which the Trust or any Trust REMIC will receive a fee or other compensation for services nor permit the Trust or any Trust REMIC to receive any income from assets other than “qualified mortgages” as defined in Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code or “permitted investments” as defined in Section 860G(a)(5) of the Code.

(k)               Solely for the purposes of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii), the “latest possible maturity date” by which the Certificate Balance or Notional Amount of each Class of Regular Certificates, Exchangeable Certificates or Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests and by which the Lower-Tier Principal Amount of each Class of Lower-Tier Regular Interests would be reduced to zero is the date that is the Rated Final Distribution Date.

(l)                 None of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall sell, dispose of or substitute for any of the Mortgage Loans (except in connection with (i) the default, imminent default or foreclosure of a Mortgage Loan, including but not limited to, the acquisition or sale of a Mortgaged Property acquired by foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure, (ii) the bankruptcy of the Trust, (iii) the termination of the Trust pursuant to Article IX of this Agreement or (iv) a purchase of Mortgage Loans pursuant to Article II or Article III of this Agreement) or acquire any assets for the Trust or any Trust REMIC or sell or dispose of any investments in the Collection Account or the REO Account for gain unless it has received an Opinion of Counsel that such sale, disposition or substitution will not (a) affect adversely the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or (b) unless the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, has determined in its sole discretion to indemnify the Trust against such tax, cause the Trust or any Trust REMIC to be subject to a tax on “prohibited transactions” pursuant to the REMIC Provisions.

(m)             The Certificate Administrator’s authority under this Agreement includes the authority to make, and the Certificate Administrator is hereby directed to make, any elections allowed under the Code (i) to avoid the application of Section 6221 of the Code (or successor provisions) to either Trust REMIC and (ii) to avoid payment by either Trust REMIC under Section 6225 of the Code (or successor provisions) of any tax, penalty, interest or other amount imposed under the Code that would otherwise be imposed on any Holder of a Class R Certificate, past or present. Each Holder of a Class R Certificate agrees, by acquiring such Certificate, to any such elections.

(n)               The Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests shall be held in the Grantor Trust and have been placed in the Grantor Trust through the efforts of the Underwriters. The Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests shall be held by the Certificate Administrator on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the Exchangeable Certificates, which Exchangeable Certificates, in the aggregate, will evidence 100% beneficial ownership of such

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assets from and after the Closing Date. Each Class of Exchangeable Certificates shall represent an undivided beneficial ownership interest in the Corresponding Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests in an amount equal to the Class Percentage Interest of such Class in each such Corresponding Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interest.

Section 10.02    Use of Agents.(a) The Trustee shall execute all of its obligations and duties under this Article X through its Corporate Trust Office. The Trustee may execute any of its obligations and duties under this Article X either directly or by or through agents, affiliates or attorneys. The Trustee shall not be relieved of any of its duties or obligations under this Article X by virtue of the appointment of any such agents, affiliates or attorneys.

(b)               The Certificate Administrator may execute any of its obligations and duties under this Article X either directly or by or through agents or attorneys. The Certificate Administrator shall not be relieved of any of its duties or obligations under this Article X by virtue of the appointment of any such agents or attorneys.

Section 10.03    Depositor, Master Servicer and Special Servicer to Cooperate with Certificate Administrator. (a) The Depositor shall provide or cause to be provided to the Certificate Administrator within ten (10) days after the Depositor receives a request from the Certificate Administrator, all information or data that the Certificate Administrator reasonably determines to be relevant for tax purposes as to the valuations and issue prices of the Certificates, including, without limitation, the price, yield, Prepayment Assumptions and projected cash flow of the Certificates.

(b)               The Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall each furnish such reports, certifications and information, and upon reasonable notice and during normal business hours, access to such books and records maintained thereby, as may relate to the Certificates or the Trust and as shall be reasonably requested by the Certificate Administrator in order to enable it to perform its duties hereunder.

Section 10.04    Appointment of REMIC Administrators.(a) The Certificate Administrator may appoint at the Certificate Administrator’s expense, one or more REMIC Administrators, which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Certificate Administrator in performing the functions set forth in Section 10.01 herein. The Certificate Administrator shall cause any such REMIC Administrator to execute and deliver to the Certificate Administrator an instrument in which REMIC Administrator shall agree to act in such capacity, with the obligations and responsibilities herein. The appointment of a REMIC Administrator shall not relieve the Certificate Administrator from any of its obligations hereunder, and the Certificate Administrator shall remain responsible and liable for all acts and omissions of the REMIC Administrator. Each REMIC Administrator must be acceptable to the Certificate Administrator and must be organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any State and be subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities. In the absence of any other Person appointed in accordance herewith acting as REMIC Administrator, the Certificate Administrator hereby agrees to act in such capacity in accordance with the terms hereof. If Computershare Trust Company, National Association is removed as Certificate Administrator, then Computershare Trust Company, National Association shall be terminated as REMIC Administrator.

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(b)               Any Person into which any REMIC Administrator may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion, or consolidation to which any REMIC Administrator shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to the corporate agency business of any REMIC Administrator, shall continue to be the REMIC Administrator without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Certificate Administrator or the REMIC Administrator.

(c)               Any REMIC Administrator may at any time resign by giving at least thirty (30) days’ advance written notice of resignation to the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Depositor. The Certificate Administrator may at any time terminate the agency of any REMIC Administrator by giving written notice of termination to such REMIC Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor. Upon receiving a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time any REMIC Administrator shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 10.04, the Certificate Administrator may appoint a successor REMIC Administrator, in which case the Certificate Administrator shall give written notice of such appointment to the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the Depositor and shall mail notice of such appointment to all Certificateholders; provided, however, that no successor REMIC Administrator shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section 10.04. Any successor REMIC Administrator upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers, duties and responsibilities of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as REMIC Administrator. No REMIC Administrator shall have responsibility or liability for any action taken by it as such at the direction of the Certificate Administrator.

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Article XI

EXCHANGE ACT REPORTING AND REGULATION AB COMPLIANCE

Section 11.01    Intent of the Parties; Reasonableness. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the purpose of Article XI of this Agreement is to facilitate compliance by the Depositor (and any Other Depositor of any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan) with the provisions of Regulation AB and the related rules and regulations of the Commission. The Depositor shall not exercise its rights to request delivery of information or other performance under these provisions other than in reasonable good faith, or for purposes other than compliance with the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and, in each case, the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. The parties hereto acknowledge that interpretations of the requirements of Regulation AB may change over time, due to interpretive guidance provided by the Commission or its staff, and agree to comply with requests made by the Depositor (or any Other Depositor or Other Trustee of any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan) in good faith for delivery of information under these provisions on the basis of such evolving interpretations of Regulation AB (to the extent such interpretations require compliance and are not “grandfathered”). In connection with BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45, and any Other Securitization subject to Regulation AB that includes a Serviced Companion Loan, each of the

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Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Trustee, the Custodian and the Certificate Administrator shall cooperate fully with the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator, and any Other Depositor, Other Trustee and Other Certificate Administrator of any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable, to deliver or make available to the Depositor or the Certificate Administrator, and any such Other Depositor, Other Trustee or Other Certificate Administrator, as applicable (including any of its assignees or designees), any and all statements, reports, certifications, records and any other information (in its possession or reasonably attainable) necessary in the reasonable good faith determination of the Depositor or such Other Depositor, as applicable, to permit the Depositor or such Other Depositor, as applicable, to comply with the provisions of Regulation AB, together with such disclosures relating to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Trustee, the Custodian, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, and any Sub-Servicer, or the servicing of the Mortgage Loans (and the related Serviced Companion Loan, if applicable), reasonably believed by the Depositor or the related Other Depositor to be necessary in order to effect such compliance. Each party to this Agreement shall have a reasonable period of time to comply with any written request made under this Section 11.01, but in any event, shall, upon reasonable advance written request, provide information in sufficient time to allow the Depositor and each Other Depositor to satisfy any related filing requirements. For purposes of this Article XI, to the extent any party has an obligation to exercise commercially reasonable efforts to cause a third party to perform, such party hereunder shall not be required to bring any legal action against such third party in connection with such obligation.

Section 11.02    Succession; Subcontractors. (a) As a condition to the succession to the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer or to any Sub-Servicer (but only if such Sub-Servicer is a servicer as contemplated by Item 1108(a)(2)) as servicer or sub-servicer or succession to the Certificate Administrator under this Agreement by any Person (i) into which the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, such Sub-Servicer or Certificate Administrator may be merged or consolidated, or (ii) which may be appointed as a successor to the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer or to any such Sub-Servicer or Certificate Administrator, the person removing and replacing the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer or Certificate Administrator shall provide to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and each Other Depositor, as applicable, at least fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the effective date of such succession or appointment (or such shorter period as is agreed to by the Depositor), (x) written notice to the Depositor, the Other Depositor and the Other Certificate Administrator of such succession or appointment and (y) in writing and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Depositor, all information relating to such successor reasonably requested by the Depositor, Other Depositor or Other Certificate Administrator in order to comply with its reporting obligation under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K pursuant to the Exchange Act (if such reports under the Exchange Act are required to be filed under the Exchange Act); provided, however that if disclosing such information prior to such effective date would violate any applicable law or confidentiality agreement, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, any Additional Servicer or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, shall submit such disclosure to the Depositor and the Other Depositor no later than the effective date of such succession or appointment.

(b)               Each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Sub-Servicer, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor and the Certificate Administrator (each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor and the Certificate Administrator and each

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Sub-Servicer, for purposes of this Section 11.02, a “Servicer”) is permitted to utilize one or more Subcontractors to perform certain of its obligations hereunder. If such Subcontractor will be a Servicing Function Participant, such Servicer shall promptly upon written request provide to the Depositor or any Mortgage Loan Seller (and any Other Trustee, Other Certificate Administrator and Other Depositor related to any Other Securitization that includes a related Serviced Companion Loan) a written description (in form and substance satisfactory to the Depositor, such Mortgage Loan Seller or such Other Trustee, Other Certificate Administrator or Other Depositor, as applicable) of the role and function of each Subcontractor utilized by such Servicer, specifying (i) the identity of such Subcontractor and (ii) the elements of the Servicing Criteria that will be addressed in assessments of compliance provided by each such Subcontractor. As a condition to the utilization by such Servicer of any Subcontractor determined to be a Servicing Function Participant, such Servicer shall (i) with respect to any such Subcontractor engaged by such Servicer that is an Initial Sub-Servicer, use commercially reasonable efforts to cause, and (ii) with respect to any other subcontractor with which it has entered into a servicing relationship, cause such Subcontractor used by such Servicer for the benefit of the Depositor and the Trustee (and any Other Trustee, Other Certificate Administrator and Other Depositor related to any Other Securitization that includes a related Serviced Companion Loan) to comply with the provisions of Section 11.10 and Section 11.11 of this Agreement to the same extent as if such Subcontractor were such Servicer. With respect to any Servicing Function Participant engaged by such Servicer that is an Initial Sub-Servicer, such Servicer shall be responsible for using commercially reasonable efforts to obtain, and with respect to each other Servicing Function Participant engaged by such Servicer, such Servicer shall obtain from each such Servicing Function Participant and deliver to the applicable Persons any assessment of compliance report and related accountant’s attestation required to be delivered by such Subcontractor under Section 11.10 and Section 11.11, in each case, as and when required to be delivered. For the avoidance of doubt, the Custodian shall not be permitted to utilize any Subcontractor to perform any of its obligations hereunder.

(c)               Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Servicer engages a Subcontractor, other than an Initial Sub-Servicer in connection with the performance of any of its duties under this Agreement, such Servicer shall be responsible for determining whether such Subcontractor is a “servicer” within the meaning of Item 1101 of Regulation AB and whether any such Subcontractor meets the criteria in Item 1108(a)(2)(i), (ii) or (iii) of Regulation AB. If a Servicer determines, pursuant to the preceding sentence, that such Subcontractor is a “servicer” within the meaning of Item 1101 of Regulation AB and meets the criteria in Item 1108(a)(2)(i), (ii) or (iii) of Regulation AB, then such Subcontractor shall be deemed to be a Sub-Servicer for purposes of this Agreement, the engagement of such Sub-Servicer shall not be effective unless and until notice is given to the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator of any such Sub-Servicer and Sub-Servicing Agreement. Other than with respect to the Initial Sub-Servicer, no Sub-Servicing Agreement shall be effective until fifteen (15) days after such written notice is received by the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator (or such shorter period as is agreed to by the Depositor). Such notice shall contain all information reasonably necessary to enable the Certificate Administrator to accurately and timely report the event under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K pursuant to the Exchange Act (if such reports under the Exchange Act are required to be filed under the Exchange Act).

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appointed as a successor to the Trustee, the Trustee shall deliver written notice to the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator and the 17g-5 Information Provider, which shall promptly post such notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.13(c), in each case at least thirty (30) calendar days prior to the effective date of such succession or appointment (or if such prior notice is violative of applicable law or any applicable confidentiality agreement, no later than one (1) Business Day after such effective date of succession) and shall furnish to the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator, in writing and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator, all information reasonably necessary for the Certificate Administrator to accurately and timely report, pursuant to Section 11.07, the event under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K pursuant to the Exchange Act (if such reports under the Exchange Act are required to be filed under the Exchange Act).

(e)               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Article XI, in connection with any Sub-Servicer and/or any Mortgage Loan that is the subject of an Initial Sub-Servicing Agreement, with respect to all matters related to Regulation AB, the Master Servicer shall not have any obligation other than to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Sub-Servicer to comply with its obligations under such Initial Sub-Servicing Agreement.

(f)                Any notice and/or information furnished or required to be furnished pursuant to this Section 11.02 shall also be provided to each Other Depositor and each Other Certificate Administrator (to the extent the information relates to a party that services, specially services or is trustee for a Serviced Companion Loan) in the same time frame as set forth in this Section 11.02.

Section 11.03    Filing Obligations. (a) The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee shall reasonably cooperate with the Depositor in connection with the satisfaction of the Trust’s reporting requirements under the Exchange Act. Pursuant to Sections 11.04, 11.05, 11.06 and 11.07 of this Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall prepare for execution by the Depositor any Forms 8-K, 10-D, ABS-EE and 10-K required by the Exchange Act, in order to permit the timely filing thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall file (via the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval System (“EDGAR”)) such Forms executed by the Depositor.

Each party hereto shall be entitled to rely on the information in the Prospectus or this Agreement with respect to the identity of any “sponsor”, credit enhancer, derivative provider or “significant obligor” as of the Closing Date other than with respect to itself or any information required to be provided by it or indemnified for by it pursuant to any separate agreement.

(b)               In the event that the Certificate Administrator is unable to timely file with the Commission all or any required portion of any Form 8-K, 10-D, ABS-EE or 10-K required to be filed by this Agreement because required disclosure information was either not delivered to it or delivered to it after the delivery deadlines set forth in this Agreement, the Certificate Administrator will promptly notify the Depositor. In the case of Forms 10-D, ABS-EE and 10-K, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and the Trustee will thereupon cooperate to prepare and file a Form 12b-25 and a Form 10-D/A, Form ABS-EE/A or Form 10-K/A, as applicable, pursuant to Rule 12b-25 of the Exchange Act. In the

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case of Form 8-K, the Certificate Administrator will, upon receipt of all required Form 8-K Disclosure Information and upon the approval and direction of the Depositor, include such disclosure information on the next succeeding Form 10-D to be filed for the Trust. In the event that any previously filed Form 8-K, Form 10-D, Form ABS-EE or Form 10-K needs to be amended, the Certificate Administrator will notify the Depositor, and such other parties as needed and the parties hereto will cooperate with the Certificate Administrator to prepare any necessary Form 8-K/A, Form 10-D/A, Form ABS-EE/A or Form 10-K/A. Any Form 15, Form 12b-25 or any amendment to Form 8-K, Form 10-D, Form ABS-EE or Form 10-K shall be signed by an officer of the Depositor. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that the performance by the Certificate Administrator of its duties under this Section 11.03 related to the timely preparation and filing of Form 15, a Form 12b-25 or any amendment to Form 8-K, Form 10-D, Form ABS-EE or Form 10-K is contingent upon the parties observing all applicable deadlines in the performance of their duties under Sections 11.03, 11.04, 11.05, 11.06, 11.07, 11.08, 11.09, 11.10, 11.11 and 11.15 of this Agreement. The Certificate Administrator shall have no liability for any loss, expense, damage, claim arising out of or with respect to any failure to properly prepare, arrange for execution and/or timely file any such Form 15, Form 12b-25 or any amendments to Form 8-K, Form 10-D, Form ABS-EE or Form 10-K, where such failure results from the Certificate Administrator’s inability or failure to receive, on a timely basis, any information from any other party hereto needed to prepare, arrange for execution or file such Form 15, Form 12b-25 or any amendments to Forms 8-K, Form 10-D, Form ABS-EE or Form 10-K, not resulting from its own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.

Section 11.04    Form 10-D and Form ABS-EE Filings. (a) Within fifteen (15) days after each Distribution Date (subject to permitted extensions under the Exchange Act), the Certificate Administrator shall prepare and file on behalf of the Trust any Form 10-D required by the Exchange Act, in form and substance as required by the Exchange Act. The Certificate Administrator shall file each Form 10-D with a copy of the related Distribution Date Statement attached thereto. Any disclosure in addition to the Distribution Date Statement that is required to be included on Form 10-D (“Additional Form 10-D Disclosure”) shall, pursuant to the following paragraph be reported by the parties set forth on Exhibit AA to the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator and approved by the Depositor, and the Certificate Administrator will have no duty or liability for any failure hereunder to determine or prepare any Additional Form 10-D Disclosure, absent such reporting, direction and approval.

For so long as the Trust is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, as set forth on Exhibit AA hereto, within five (5) calendar days after the related Distribution Date, (i) certain parties to this Agreement identified on Exhibit AA hereto shall be required to provide to the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor (and in the case of any Servicing Function Participant, with a copy to the Master Servicer), to the extent a Regulation AB Servicing Officer or Responsible Officer, as the case may be, has actual knowledge, in EDGAR-Compatible Format, or in such other format as otherwise agreed upon by the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor and such providing parties, the form and substance of any Additional Form 10-D Disclosure, if applicable; provided that information relating to any REO Account to be reported under “Item 9: Other Information” on Exhibit AA shall be reported by the Special Servicer to the Master Servicer within four (4) calendar days after the related Distribution Date on Exhibit LL; (ii) the parties listed on Exhibit AA hereto shall include with such Additional Form 10-D Disclosure, an Additional Disclosure Notification in the form attached hereto as Exhibit DD

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(except with respect to the reporting of REO Account balances which shall be delivered in the form of Exhibit LL hereto) and (iii) the Depositor shall approve, as to form and substance, or disapprove, as the case may be, the inclusion of the Additional Form 10-D Disclosure on Form 10-D. Information delivered to the Certificate Administrator hereunder should be delivered by email to cts.sec.notifications@wellsfargo.com (or such other e-mail address as the Certificate Administrator may instruct), Attn: CTS SEC Notifications. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator has any duty under this Agreement to monitor or enforce the performance by the parties listed on Exhibit AA of their duties under this paragraph or proactively solicit or procure from such parties any Additional Form 10-D Disclosure information. The Depositor will be responsible for any reasonable expenses incurred by the Trustee or Certificate Administrator in connection with including any Additional Form 10-D Disclosure on Form 10-D pursuant to this paragraph.

The Certificate Administrator shall include in any Form 10-D filed by it (i) the information required by Rule 15Ga-1(a) of the Exchange Act concerning all assets of the Trust that were subject of a demand for the repurchase of, or the substitution of a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for, a Mortgage Loan contemplated by Section 2.03(b), (ii) a reference to the most recent Form ABS-15G filed by the Depositor and the Mortgage Loan Sellers, if applicable, and the Commission’s assigned “Central Index Key” for each such filer and (iii) to the extent such information is provided to the Certificate Administrator by the Master Servicer in the form of Exhibit LL hereto for inclusion therein within the time period described in this Section 11.04, the balances of the REO Account (to the extent the related information has been received from the Special Servicer within the time period specified in this Section 11.04) and the Collection Account as of the related Distribution Date and as of the immediately preceding Distribution Date and (iv) the balances of the Distribution Accounts, the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the Interest Reserve Account, in each case as of the related Distribution Date and as of the immediately preceding Distribution Date. The Depositor and the Mortgage Loan Sellers, in accordance with Section 5(f) of the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, shall deliver such information as described in clause (i) and clause (ii) of this paragraph.

Form 10-D requires the registrant to indicate (by checking “yes” or “no”) that it “(1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the preceding twelve (12) months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past ninety (90) days.” The Depositor shall notify the Certificate Administrator by email to cts.sec.notifications@wellsfargo.com, no later than the fifth (5th) calendar day after the related Distribution Date with respect to the filing of a report on Form 10-D if the answer to the questions should be “no.” The Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely on such representations in preparing, executing and/or filing any such report.

With respect to any Mortgage Loan that permits Additional Debt or mezzanine debt in the future, the Certificate Administrator shall include as part of any applicable Form 10-D filed by it (to the extent it receives such information from the applicable Servicer) the identity of such Mortgage Loan and, to the extent such information is received by the Certificate Administrator from the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, substantially in the form of Exhibit JJ (A) the amount of any such Additional Debt or mezzanine debt, as applicable, that is incurred during the related Collection Period, (B) the total debt service coverage ratio calculated

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on the basis of such Mortgage Loan and such Additional Debt or mezzanine debt, as applicable, and (C) the aggregate LTV Ratio calculated on the basis of such Mortgage Loan and such Additional Debt or mezzanine debt, as applicable.

The Depositor hereby directs the Certificate Administrator to include the following individual’s name and phone number on the cover of Forms 10-D and ABS-EE for each reporting period: Name: Paul E. Kurzeja, Telephone: (980) 386-8509. The Certificate Administrator may rely without further investigation that this information remains correct unless and until the Depositor provides the Certificate Administrator with a new individual’s name and phone number in writing.

Upon receipt of the Asset Review Report Summary from the Asset Representations Reviewer required to be delivered pursuant to Section 12.01(b), the Certificate Administrator shall (i) include such Asset Review Report Summary in Item 1B on the Form 10-D in accordance with Section 11.04 for such period in which such Asset Review Report Summary was delivered, and (ii) post such Asset Review Report Summary to the Certificate Administrator’s Website not later than two (2) Business Days after receipt of such Asset Review Report Summary from the Asset Representations Reviewer.

To the extent the Certificate Administrator receives a request from any Certificateholder or Certificate Owner to communicate with other Certificateholders or Certificate Owners pursuant to Section 5.06, the Certificate Administrator shall include on the Form 10-D relating to the reporting period in which such request was received a Special Notice including the information required to be included pursuant to Section 5.06.

(b)               After preparing the Forms 10-D and ABS-EE, the Certificate Administrator shall forward electronically copies of the Forms 10-D and ABS-EE to the Depositor for review no later than ten (10) calendar days after the related Distribution Date or, if the 10th calendar day after the related Distribution Date is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day. Within two (2) Business Days after receipt of such copies, but no later than the two (2) Business Days prior to the 15th calendar day after the Distribution Date, the Depositor shall notify the Certificate Administrator in writing (which may be furnished electronically) of any changes to or approval of such Form 10-D and Form ABS-EE, respectively, and, a duly authorized officer of the Depositor shall sign the Form 10-D and Form ABS-EE and return an electronic or fax copy of such signed Form 10-D and Form ABS-EE (with an original executed hard copy to follow by overnight mail) to the Certificate Administrator. Alternatively, if the Certificate Administrator agrees in its sole discretion, the Depositor may deliver to the Certificate Administrator manually signed copies of a power of attorney meeting the requirements of Item 601(b)(24) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act under the Securities Act, and certified copies of a resolution of the Depositor’s board of directors authorizing such power of attorney, each to be filed with each Form 10-D and each Form ABS-EE, as applicable, in which case the Certificate Administrator shall sign such Forms 10-D and Forms ABS-EE, as applicable, as attorney in fact for the Depositor. As provided in Section 11.04(d), the Certificate Administrator shall file such Form ABS-EE, upon receipt of the Depositor’s signature thereof, prior to the filing of the related Form 10-D. If a Form 10-D or Form ABS-EE cannot be filed on time or if a previously filed Form 10-D or Form ABS-EE needs to be amended, the Certificate Administrator will follow the procedures set forth in Section 11.03(b). Promptly after filing with the Commission, the Certificate Administrator will

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make available on its Internet website a final executed copy of each Form 10-D and Form ABS-EE filed by the Certificate Administrator. The signing party at the Depositor can be contacted at One Bryant Park, NY-100-11-07, New York, New York 10036, Attention: Leland F. Bunch, III, with a copy to: Paul Kurzeja, Esq., Associate General Counsel & Director, Bank of America Legal Department, 150 North College Street, Mail Code: NC1-028-24-02, Charlotte, North Carolina 28255 and cmbsnotices@bofa.com. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that the performance by the Certificate Administrator of its duties under this Section 11.04(b) related to the timely preparation and filing of Form 10-D and Form ABS-EE, as applicable, is contingent upon such parties observing all applicable deadlines in the performance of their duties under this Section 11.04(b). Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall have any liability for any loss, expense, damage, or claim arising out of or with respect to any failure to properly prepare, arrange for execution and/or timely file such Form 10-D or such Form ABS-EE, respectively, where such failure results from the Certificate Administrator’s inability or failure to receive, on a timely basis, any information from any party to this Agreement needed to prepare, arrange for execution or file such Form 10-D or such Form ABS-EE, respectively, not resulting from its own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.

(c)               Prior to the filing of each Form 10-D by the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 11.04(a), the Certificate Administrator shall prepare and file on behalf of the Trust any Form ABS-EE in form and substance as required by the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to any Form ABS-EE required to be filed with the Commission and incorporated by reference in the Prospectus (or the preliminary version thereof). The Certificate Administrator shall file each Form ABS-EE with a copy of the related CREFC^® Schedule AL File received by the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 3.12(c) as Exhibit 102 thereto. To the extent the Certificate Administrator receives any Schedule AL Additional File with respect to such Form ABS-EE pursuant to Section 3.12(c), the Certificate Administrator shall file such Schedule AL Additional File as Exhibit 103 to such Form ABS-EE. The Certificate Administrator shall not be required to combine multiple CREFC^® Schedule AL Files or Schedule AL Additional Files. The Certificate Administrator shall not be required to review, redact, reconcile, edit or verify the content, completeness or accuracy of the information contained in any CREFC^® Schedule AL File or Schedule AL Additional File. After preparing the Form ABS-EE, the Certificate Administrator shall forward electronically a copy of such Form ABS-EE (together with the related CREFC^® Schedule AL File and any Schedule AL Additional File received by the Certificate Administrator) concurrently with the related Form 10-D to the Depositor for review and approval. Any questions shall be directed to ssreports@wellsfargo.com. The Master Servicer shall reasonably cooperate with the Depositor to answer any reasonable questions that the Depositor may pose to the Master Servicer regarding the data or information contained in any CREFC^® Schedule AL File or Schedule AL Additional File (other than questions regarding data that is in the Initial Schedule AL File, Initial Schedule AL Additional File or the Annex A-1 to the Prospectus) as of the time the Master Servicer delivered such CREFC^® Schedule AL File or Schedule AL Additional File, as applicable, to the Certificate Administrator. The Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Depositor shall each, to the extent related to such party’s obligations hereunder, reasonably cooperate to remedy any filing errors regarding any CREFC^® Schedule AL File or any Schedule AL Additional File in a timely manner.

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The Depositor hereby directs the Certificate Administrator to include the following individual’s name and phone number on the cover of Form ABS-EE for each reporting period: Name: Paul E. Kurzeja, Telephone: (980) 386-8509. The Certificate Administrator may rely without further investigation that this information remains correct unless and until the Depositor provides the Certificate Administrator with a new individual’s name and phone number in writing.

(d)               Any notice and/or information furnished or required to be furnished pursuant to this Section 11.04 shall also be provided to each Other Depositor and each Other Certificate Administrator (to the extent the notice and/or information relates to a Serviced Companion Loan or a party that services, specially services or is trustee or custodian for a Serviced Companion Loan) in the same time frame as set forth in this Section 11.04.

Section 11.05    Form 10-K Filings.(a) Within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Trust (it being understood that the fiscal year for the Trust ends on December 31 of each year) or such earlier date as may be required by the Exchange Act (the “10-K Filing Deadline”), commencing in March 2024, the Certificate Administrator shall prepare and file on behalf of the Trust a Form 10-K, in form and substance as required by the Exchange Act. Each such Form 10-K shall include the following items, in each case to the extent they have been delivered to the Certificate Administrator within the applicable time frames set forth in this Agreement:

(i)                an annual compliance statement for the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian and each Additional Servicer, as described under Section 11.09, including disclosure regarding any material instance of noncompliance and the nature and status thereof;

(ii)                                   (A) the annual reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Operating Advisor, each Additional Servicer and each other Servicing Function Participant; and

(B)              if any such report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria described under Section 11.10 identifies any material instance of noncompliance, disclosure identifying such instance of noncompliance (including whether such instance of noncompliance involved the servicing of the assets backing the Certificates issued pursuant to this Agreement and any steps taken to remedy such instance of noncompliance), or if such report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria described under Section 11.10 is not included as an exhibit to such Form 10-K, disclosure that such report is not included and an explanation why such report is not included;

(iii)                               (A) the registered public accounting firm attestation report for the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Operating Advisor, each Additional Servicer and each Servicing Function Participant; and

(B)              if any registered public accounting firm attestation report described under Section 11.11 identifies any material instance of noncompliance, disclosure

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identifying such instance of noncompliance, or if any such registered public accounting firm attestation report is not included as an exhibit to such Form 10-K, disclosure that such report is not included and an explanation why such report is not included; and

(iv)                a certification in the form attached hereto as Exhibit Y, with such changes as may be necessary or appropriate as a result of changes promulgated by the Commission (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Certification”), which shall, except as described below, be signed by the senior officer of the Depositor in charge of securitization.

Any disclosure or information in addition to clauses (i) through (iv) above that is required to be included on Form 10-K (“Additional Form 10-K Disclosure”) shall, pursuant to the following paragraph be reported by the parties set forth on Exhibit BB to the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator and approved by the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator will have no duty or liability for any failure hereunder to determine or prepare any Additional Form 10-K Disclosure, absent such reporting, direction and approval. Information delivered to the Certificate Administrator hereunder should be delivered by email to cts.sec.notifications@wellsfargo.com, Attn: CTS SEC Notifications.

As set forth on Exhibit BB hereto, no later than March 1st of each year that the Trust is subject to the Exchange Act reporting requirements, commencing in 2024, (i) the parties listed on Exhibit BB shall be required to provide to the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor, to the extent a Regulation AB Servicing Officer or Responsible Officer, as the case may be, has actual knowledge, in EDGAR-Compatible Format or in such other format as otherwise agreed upon by the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor and such providing parties, the form and substance of any Additional Form 10-K Disclosure, if applicable, (ii) the parties listed on Exhibit BB hereto shall include with such Additional Form 10-K Disclosure, an Additional Disclosure Notification in the form attached hereto as Exhibit DD and (iii) the Depositor will approve, as to form and substance, or disapprove, as the case may be, the inclusion of the Additional Form 10-K Disclosure on Form 10-K. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator has any duty under this Agreement to monitor or enforce the performance by the parties listed on Exhibit BB of their duties under this paragraph or proactively solicit or procure from such parties any Additional Form 10-K Disclosure information. The Depositor will be responsible for any reasonable expenses incurred by the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator in connection with including any Additional Form 10-K Disclosure on Form 10-K pursuant to this paragraph.

Form 10-K requires the registrant to indicate (by checking “yes” or “no”) that it “(1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the preceding twelve (12) months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past ninety (90) days.” The Depositor shall notify the Certificate Administrator in writing, no later than March 1st with respect to the filing of a report on Form 10-K, if the answer to the questions should be “no.” The Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely on such representations in preparing, executing and/or filing any such report.

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(b)               After preparing the Form 10-K, the Certificate Administrator shall forward electronically a copy of the Form 10-K to the Depositor for review no later than six (6) Business Days prior to the 10-K Filing Deadline. Within three (3) Business Days after receipt of such copy, but no later than March 25th, the Depositor shall notify the Certificate Administrator in writing (which may be furnished electronically) of any changes to or approval of such Form 10-K and the senior officer in charge of securitization for the Depositor shall sign the Form 10-K and return an electronic or fax copy of such signed Form 10-K (with an original executed hard copy to follow by overnight mail) to the Certificate Administrator at such time. If a Form 10-K cannot be filed on time or if a previously filed Form 10-K needs to be amended, the Certificate Administrator shall follow the procedures set forth in Section 11.03(b). Promptly after filing with the Commission, the Certificate Administrator will make available on its Internet website a final executed copy of each Form 10-K filed by the Certificate Administrator. The signing party at the Depositor can be contacted at One Bryant Park, NY-100-11-07, New York, New York 10036, Attention: Leland F. Bunch, III, with a copy to: Paul Kurzeja, Esq., Associate General Counsel & Director, Bank of America Legal Department, 150 North College Street, Mail Code: NC1-028-24-02, Charlotte, North Carolina 28255 and cmbsnotices@bofa.com. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that the performance by the Certificate Administrator of its duties under this Section 11.05 related to the timely preparation and filing of Form 10-K is contingent upon the parties to this Agreement (and any Additional Servicer or Servicing Function Participant engaged or utilized, as applicable, by any such parties) observing all applicable deadlines in the performance of their duties under this Section 11.05. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall have any liability for any loss, expense, damage, claim arising out of or with respect to any failure to properly prepare, arrange for execution and/or timely file such Form 10-K, where such failure results from the Certificate Administrator’s failure to receive, on a timely basis, any information from the parties to this Agreement (or any Sub-Servicer or Servicing Function Participant engaged by any such parties) needed to prepare, arrange for execution or file such Form 10-K, not resulting from its own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.

(c)               Upon written request from any Mortgage Loan Seller, Other Depositor, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator shall confirm to such Mortgage Loan Seller, Other Depositor, Master Servicer or Special Servicer whether it has received notice that any party to this Agreement has changed since the Closing Date and will provide to such Mortgage Loan Seller or Other Depositor, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, if known to the Certificate Administrator, the identity of the new party.

(d)               Any notice and/or information furnished or required to be furnished pursuant to this Section 11.05 shall also be provided to each Other Depositor and each Other Certificate Administrator (to the extent the notice and/or information relates to a Serviced Companion Loan or a party that services, specially services or is trustee or custodian for a Serviced Companion Loan) in the same time frame as set forth in this Section 11.05.

Section 11.06    Sarbanes-Oxley Certification. Each Form 10-K shall include a Sarbanes-Oxley Certification in the form attached as Exhibit Y required to be included therewith pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. For so long as the Trust or the trust for any Other Securitization is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer (in the case of the Asset Representations

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Reviewer, solely with respect to reporting periods in which the Asset Representations Reviewer is required to deliver an Asset Review Report) shall provide, and (i) with respect to each Initial Sub-Servicer engaged by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, that is a Servicing Function Participant shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Initial Sub-Servicer to provide, and (ii) with respect to each other Servicing Function Participant with which the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian or the Operating Advisor has entered into a servicing relationship with respect to the Mortgage Loans, shall cause such Servicing Function Participant to provide, to each Person who signs the Sarbanes-Oxley Certification for the Trust or any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan (individually and collectively, the “Certifying Person”), on or before March 1st of each year commencing in March 2024, a certification substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibits Y-1, Y-2, Y-3, Y-4, Y-5, Y-6 or Y-7 (each, a “Performance Certification”), as applicable, on which each Certifying Person, the entity for which such Certifying Person acts as an officer (if the Certifying Person is an individual), and such entity’s officers, directors and Affiliates (collectively with the Certifying Person, “Certification Parties”) can reasonably rely; provided that, if a Servicing Function Participant (other than an Initial Sub-Servicer) with which the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian or the Operating Advisor has entered into a servicing relationship with respect to the Mortgage Loans fails to provide a Performance Certification, the Performance Certification provided by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, that engaged such Servicing Function Participant shall not exclude information that would have been provided by such Servicing Function Participant. In addition, in the event that any Serviced Companion Loan is deposited into a commercial mortgage securitization (including an “Other Securitization”) and the Reporting Servicer is provided with timely and complete contact information for the parties to such Other Securitization, each Reporting Servicer, upon not less than thirty (30) days prior written request, shall provide to the Person who signs the Sarbanes-Oxley Certification with respect to such Other Securitization either the Performance Certification or a separate certification in form and substance similar to applicable Performance Certification (which shall address the matters contained in the applicable Performance Certification, but solely with respect to the related Companion Loan) on which such Person, the entity for which the Person acts as an officer (if the Person is an individual), and such entity’s officers, directors and Affiliates can reasonably rely. With respect to any Non-Serviced Companion Loan, the Certificate Administrator will use its reasonable efforts to procure a Sarbanes-Oxley Certification from the applicable Non-Serviced Master Servicer, Non-Serviced Special Servicer and Non-Serviced Trustee in form and substance similar to a Performance Certification. The senior officer in charge of securitization for the Depositor shall serve as the Certifying Person on behalf of the Trust. In addition, each Reporting Servicer shall execute a reasonable reliance certificate (which may be included as part of such other certifications being delivered by such Reporting Servicer) to enable the Certification Parties to rely upon each (i) annual compliance statement provided pursuant to Section 11.09, if applicable, (ii) annual report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria provided pursuant to Section 11.10 and (iii) accountant’s report provided pursuant to Section 11.11, and shall include a certification that each such annual compliance statement or report discloses any deficiencies or defaults described to the registered public accountants of such Reporting Servicer to enable such accountants to render the certificates provided for in Section 11.11. In the event any Reporting Servicer is terminated or resigns pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, or any

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applicable sub-servicing agreement or primary servicing agreement, as the case may be, such Reporting Servicer shall provide a certification to each affected Certifying Person pursuant to this Section 11.06 with respect to the period of time it was subject to this Agreement or the applicable sub-servicing or primary servicing agreement, as the case may be. Each such Performance Certification shall be provided in EDGAR-Compatible Format, or in such other format agreed upon by the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, any affected Other Depositor and Other Certificate Administrator and such providing parties. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 11.06 shall require any Reporting Servicer (i) to certify or verify the accurateness or completeness of any information provided to such Reporting Servicer by third parties (including a “significant obligor”, but other than an Additional Servicer or a Sub-Servicer appointed pursuant to Section 3.20), (ii) to certify information other than to such Reporting Servicer’s knowledge and in accordance with such Reporting Servicer’s responsibilities hereunder or (iii) with respect to completeness of information and reports, to certify anything other than that all fields of information called for in written reports prepared by such Reporting Servicer have been completed except as they have been left blank on their face.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 11.06, with respect to each year in which the Trust and the trust for each Other Securitization is not subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, none of the parties required to deliver any certification under this Section 11.06 shall be obligated to do so.

Section 11.07    Form 8-K Filings. Within four (4) Business Days after the occurrence of an event requiring disclosure on Form 8-K (each such event, a “Reportable Event”), and if requested by the Depositor and to the extent it receives the Form 8-K Disclosure Information described below, the Certificate Administrator shall prepare and file on behalf of the Trust any Form 8-K, as required by the Exchange Act and shall provide notice thereof to the Depositor, provided that the Depositor shall file the initial Form 8-K in connection with the issuance of the Certificates. Any disclosure or information related to a Reportable Event or that is otherwise required to be included on Form 8-K (“Form 8-K Disclosure Information”) shall, pursuant to the following paragraph be reported by the parties set forth on Exhibit CC to the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator and approved by the Depositor, and the Certificate Administrator will have no duty or liability for any failure hereunder to determine or prepare any Form 8-K Disclosure Information or any Form 8-K, absent such reporting, direction and approval.

As set forth on Exhibit CC hereto, for so long as the Trust is subject to the Exchange Act reporting requirements, no later than close of business, New York City time, on the second (2^nd) Business Day after the occurrence of a Reportable Event (i) the parties set forth on Exhibit CC hereto shall be required to provide to the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator, to the extent a Regulation AB Servicing Officer or Responsible Officer, as the case may be, has actual knowledge, in EDGAR-Compatible Format or in such other format agreed upon by the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator and such providing parties any Form 8-K Disclosure Information, if applicable, (ii) the parties listed on Exhibit CC hereto shall include with such Form 8-K Disclosure Information, an Additional Disclosure Notification in the form attached hereto as Exhibit DD and (iii) the Depositor will approve, as to form and substance, or disapprove, as the case may be, the inclusion of the Form 8-K Disclosure Information on Form 8-K. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator has any duty under this Agreement to monitor or enforce the performance by the parties listed on Exhibit CC of their duties under this paragraph or proactively

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solicit or procure from such parties any Form 8-K Disclosure Information. The Depositor will be responsible for any reasonable expenses incurred by the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator in connection with including any Form 8-K Disclosure Information on Form 8-K pursuant to this paragraph. Information delivered to the Certificate Administrator hereunder should be delivered by email to cts.sec.notifications@wellsfargo.com, Attn: CTS SEC Notifications.

After preparing the Form 8-K, the Certificate Administrator shall forward electronically a copy of the Form 8-K to the Depositor for review no later than noon, New York City time, on the 3rd Business Day after the Reportable Event, but in no event earlier than twenty-four (24) hours after having received the Form 8-K Disclosure Information pursuant to the immediately preceding paragraph. Promptly, but no later than the close of business on the third (3rd) Business Day after the Reportable Event, the Depositor shall notify the Certificate Administrator in writing (which may be furnished electronically) of any changes to or approval of such Form 8-K. No later than noon, New York City time, on the 4th Business Day after the Reportable Event, a duly authorized officer of the Depositor shall sign the Form 8-K and return an electronic or fax copy of such signed Form 8-K (with an original executed hard copy to follow by overnight mail) to the Certificate Administrator. If a Form 8-K cannot be filed on time or if a previously filed Form 8-K needs to be amended, the Certificate Administrator will follow the procedures set forth in Section 11.03(b). Promptly after filing with the Commission, the Certificate Administrator will, make available on its Internet website a final executed copy of each Form 8-K filed by the Certificate Administrator. The signing party at the Depositor can be contacted at One Bryant Park, NY-100-11-07, New York, New York 10036, Attention: Leland F. Bunch, III, with a copy to: Paul Kurzeja, Esq., Associate General Counsel & Director, Bank of America Legal Department, 150 North College Street, Mail Code: NC1-028-24-02, Charlotte, North Carolina 28255 and cmbsnotices@bofa.com. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that the performance by the Certificate Administrator of its duties under this Section 11.07 related to the timely preparation and filing of Form 8-K is contingent upon such parties observing all applicable deadlines in the performance of their duties under this Section 11.07. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall have any liability for any loss, expense, damage, claim arising out of or with respect to any failure to properly prepare, arrange for execution and/or timely file such Form 8-K, where such failure results from the Certificate Administrator’s inability or failure to receive, on a timely basis, any information from the parties to this Agreement needed to prepare, arrange for execution or file such Form 8-K, not resulting from its own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.

The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee shall promptly notify (and the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall (i) with respect to each Initial Sub-Servicer that is an Additional Servicer engaged by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Additional Servicer to promptly notify and (ii) with respect to each other Additional Servicer with which it has entered into a servicing relationship with respect to the Mortgage Loans (other than a party to this Agreement) cause such Additional Servicer to promptly notify) the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator, but in no event later than noon, New York City time, on the second (2nd) Business Day after its occurrence, of any Reportable Event applicable to such party to the extent a Regulation AB Servicing Officer or Responsible Officer, as the case may be, has actual knowledge, in EDGAR-Compatible Format.

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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 11.07, with respect to each year in which the Trust and the trust for each Other Securitization is not subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, none of the parties hereto are required to deliver Form 8-K Disclosure Information.

Any notice and/or information furnished or required to be furnished pursuant to this Section 11.07 shall also be provided to each Other Depositor and each Other Certificate Administrator (to the extent the notice and/or information relates to a Serviced Companion Loan or a party that services, specially services or is trustee or custodian for a Serviced Companion Loan) in the same time frame as set forth in this Section 11.07.

For so long as the Trust is subject to the reporting obligations of the Exchange Act, with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan serviced under a related Non-Serviced PSA, no resignation, removal or replacement of any party to such Non-Serviced PSA that would be required to be reported on a Form 8-K relating to this Trust shall become effective with respect to this Trust until the Certificate Administrator has filed any required Form 8-K pursuant to this Section 11.07.

Section 11.08    Form 15 Filing. On or prior to January 30th of the first year in which the Depositor shall provide notice to the Certificate Administrator of its ability under applicable law to suspend its Exchange Act filings, the Certificate Administrator shall prepare and file a notification relating to the automatic suspension of reporting in respect of the Trust under the Exchange Act (the “Form 15 Suspension Notification”) or any form necessary to be filed with the Commission to suspend such reporting obligations. With respect to any reporting period occurring after the filing of such form, subject to Section 11.15(h), the obligations of the parties to this Agreement under Section 11.04, Section 11.05 and Section 11.07 shall be suspended and reports or certifications due under Section 11.09, 11.10 and 11.11 shall not be due until April 15th of each year. The Certificate Administrator shall provide prompt notice to the Mortgage Loan Sellers and all other parties hereto that such form has been filed. If, after the filing of a Form 15 Suspension Notification, the Depositor shall provide notice to the Certificate Administrator that it is required to resume its Exchange Act filings, the Certificate Administrator shall recommence preparing and filing reports on Forms 10-D, 10-K, ABS-EE and 8-K as required pursuant to Section 11.04, Section 11.05 and Section 11.07, and all parties’ obligations under this Article XI shall recommence.

Section 11.09    Annual Compliance Statements. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer (regardless of whether the Special Servicer has commenced special servicing of a Mortgage Loan), the Custodian, the Trustee (provided, however, that the Trustee shall not be required to deliver an assessment of compliance with respect to any period during which there was no Relevant Servicing Criteria applicable to it) and the Certificate Administrator (each, a “Certifying Servicer”) shall (and each such party shall (i) with respect to each Additional Servicer engaged by the Certifying Servicer that is an Initial Sub-Servicer, use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Additional Servicer to deliver to and (ii) with respect to each other Additional Servicer that is also a Servicing Function Participant with which it has entered into a servicing relationship with respect to the Mortgage Loans, cause such Additional Servicer to deliver to), on or before March 1st of each year, commencing in March 2024, deliver to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator (which copy shall be deemed furnished by the Certificate Administrator when made available on its Internet website), the Depositor and the 17g-5 Information Provider

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(who shall post to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website), an Officer’s Certificate, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit GG (or such other form, similar in substance, as may be reasonably acceptable to the Depositor) stating, as to the signer thereof, that (A) a review of such Certifying Servicer’s activities during the preceding calendar year or portion thereof and of such Certifying Servicer’s performance under this Agreement, or the applicable sub-servicing agreement or primary servicing agreement in the case of an Additional Servicer, has been made under such officer’s supervision and (B) to the best of such officer’s knowledge, based on such review, such Certifying Servicer has fulfilled all its obligations under this Agreement, or the applicable sub-servicing agreement or primary servicing agreement in the case of an Additional Servicer, in all material respects throughout such year or portion thereof, or, if there has been a failure to fulfill any such obligation in any material respect, specifying each such failure known to such officer and the nature and status thereof. Such Officer’s Certificate shall be provided in EDGAR-Compatible Format, or in such other format agreed upon by the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator and such providing parties. Each Certifying Servicer shall (i) with respect to each Additional Servicer engaged by such Certifying Servicer that is an Initial Sub-Servicer, use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Additional Servicer, and (ii) with respect to each other Additional Servicer with which it has entered into a servicing relationship with respect to the Mortgage Loans, cause such Additional Servicer to forward a copy of each such statement (or, in the case of the Certificate Administrator, make a copy of each such statement available on its Internet website) to the Directing Certificateholder and the 17g-5 Information Provider. With respect to any Non-Serviced Companion Loan, the Certificate Administrator will use its reasonable efforts to procure such Officer’s Certificate from the applicable Non-Serviced Master Servicer, Non-Serviced Special Servicer and Non-Serviced Trustee in form and substance similar to the form attached hereto as Exhibit GG. Promptly after receipt of each such Officer’s Certificate, the Depositor may review each such Officer’s Certificate and, if applicable, consult with the Certifying Servicer as to the nature of any failures by the Certifying Servicer or any related Additional Servicer with which the Certifying Servicer has entered into a servicing relationship with respect to the Mortgage Loans in the fulfillment of any of the Certifying Servicer’s or Additional Servicer’s obligations hereunder or under the applicable sub-servicing or primary servicing agreement. The obligations of the Certifying Servicer and each Additional Servicer under this Section 11.09 apply to the Certifying Servicer and each Additional Servicer that serviced a Mortgage Loan during the applicable period, whether or not such Certifying Servicer or Additional Servicer is acting as the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator or Additional Servicer at the time such Officer’s Certificate is required to be delivered. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and each Additional Servicer shall not be required to cause the delivery of any such statement until April 15 in any given year so long as it has received written confirmation from the Depositor (or, in the case of an Other Securitization, the related Other Depositor) that a report on Form 10-K is not required to be filed in respect of the Trust or the trust for any Other Securitization for the preceding calendar year.

In the event the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator is terminated or resigns pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, such party shall provide, and each of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall (i) with respect to an Initial Sub-Servicer engaged by such party that is an Additional Servicer that resigns or is terminated under any applicable servicing agreement, use its reasonable efforts to cause such Additional Servicer to provide and (ii) with respect to any other Additional Servicer engaged by such party that resigns or is terminated under any applicable servicing agreement, cause such Additional

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Servicer to provide, an annual statement of compliance pursuant to this Section 11.09 with respect to the period of time that the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator was subject to this Agreement or the period of time that such Additional Servicer was subject to such other servicing agreement.

Any certificate, statement, report, notice and/or information furnished or required to be furnished pursuant to this Section 11.09 shall also be provided to each Other Depositor and each Other Certificate Administrator (to the extent such item and/or information relates to a party that services, specially services or is trustee or custodian for a Serviced Companion Loan) in the same time frame as set forth in this Section 11.09.

Section 11.10    Annual Reports on Assessment of Compliance with Servicing Criteria. (a) On or before March 1st of each year, commencing in March 2024, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer (regardless of whether the Special Servicer has commenced special servicing of the Mortgage Loans), the Trustee (provided, however, that the Trustee shall be required to deliver an assessment of compliance only if an Advance was made by the Trustee in such calendar year), the Custodian, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator and each Additional Servicer, each at its own expense, shall furnish (and each such party shall (i) with respect to each Initial Sub-Servicer engaged by the Master Servicer, Special Servicer, Trustee, Operating Advisor, Custodian, or Certificate Administrator that is a Servicing Function Participant, use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Servicing Function Participant to furnish and (ii) with respect to each other Servicing Function Participant with which it has entered into a servicing relationship with respect to the Mortgage Loans, cause such Servicing Function Participant to furnish) to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor (which copy shall be deemed furnished by the Certificate Administrator when made available on its Internet website) (and, with respect to the Special Servicer, also to the Operating Advisor), and the 17g-5 Information Provider, a report substantially in the form of Exhibit HH or such other form provided by such Reporting Servicer that complies in all material respects with the requirements of Item 1122 of Regulation AB, on an assessment of compliance with the Servicing Criteria applicable to it that contains (A) a statement by such Reporting Servicer of its responsibility for assessing compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria, (B) a statement that such Reporting Servicer used the Relevant Servicing Criteria to assess compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria, (C) such Reporting Servicer’s assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria as of and for the period ending the end of the fiscal year covered by the Form 10-K required to be filed pursuant to Section 11.05, including, if there has been any material instance of noncompliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria, a discussion of each such failure and the nature and status thereof, and (D) a statement that a registered public accounting firm has issued an attestation report on such Reporting Servicer’s assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria as of and for such period. With respect to any Non-Serviced Companion Loan, the Certificate Administrator will use its reasonable efforts to procure such report from the applicable Non-Serviced Master Servicer, Non-Serviced Special Servicer and Non-Serviced Trustee in form and substance similar to the form attached hereto as Exhibit HH. Such report shall be provided in EDGAR-Compatible Format, or in such other format agreed upon by the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator and the Reporting Servicer.

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a certification substantially in the form of Exhibit Z hereto delivered to the Depositor on the Closing Date. Promptly after receipt of each such report, (i) the Depositor may review each such report and, if applicable, consult with each Reporting Servicer as to the nature of any material instance of noncompliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria applicable to it (and each Servicing Function Participant engaged or utilized by each Reporting Servicer, as applicable), and (ii) the Certificate Administrator shall confirm that the assessments taken individually address the Relevant Servicing Criteria for each party as set forth on Exhibit Z and notify the Depositor of any exceptions. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor and any Servicing Function Participant shall not be required to cause the delivery of any such assessments until April 15th in any given year so long as it has received written confirmation from the Depositor (or, in the case of an Other Securitization, the related Other Depositor) that a report on Form 10-K is not required to be filed in respect of the Trust or the trust for any Other Securitization for the preceding calendar year.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time that the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee are the same entity, the Certificate Administrator and Trustee may provide a combined assessment of compliance required pursuant to this Section 11.10(a) in respect of their combined Relevant Servicing Criteria as set forth on Exhibit Z hereto.

(b)               The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor and the Certificate Administrator hereby acknowledge and agree that the Relevant Servicing Criteria set forth on Exhibit Z is appropriately set forth with respect to such party and any Servicing Function Participant with which the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, Trustee, Operating Advisor or Certificate Administrator has entered into a servicing relationship.

(c)               No later than ten (10) Business Days after the end of each fiscal year for the Trust, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall notify the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor and each Mortgage Loan Seller as to the name of each Additional Servicer engaged by it and each Servicing Function Participant utilized by it, in each case other than with respect to any Initial Sub-Servicer, and the Trustee, the Operating Advisor and the Certificate Administrator shall notify the Depositor and each Mortgage Loan Seller as to the name of each Servicing Function Participant utilized by it, in each case by providing an updated Exhibit FF, and each such notice (except to a Mortgage Loan Seller) will specify what specific Servicing Criteria will be addressed in the report on assessment of compliance prepared by such Servicing Function Participant. When the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Operating Advisor submit their assessments pursuant to Section 11.10(a), the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Operating Advisor, as applicable, will also at such time include the assessment (and related attestation pursuant to Section 11.11) of each Servicing Function Participant engaged by it.

In the event the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Custodian or the Certificate Administrator is terminated or resigns pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, such party shall provide, and each such party shall cause any Servicing Function Participant engaged by it to provide (and each of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall (i) with respect to an Initial Sub-Servicer engaged by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer that is an Additional Servicer that resigns or is terminated under any applicable servicing agreement, use its reasonable efforts to cause such Additional Servicer and (ii) with respect to any

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other Additional Servicer that resigns or is terminated under any applicable servicing agreement, cause such Additional Servicer to provide) an annual assessment of compliance pursuant to this Section 11.10, coupled with an attestation as required in Section 11.11 with respect to the period of time that the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Custodian or the Certificate Administrator was subject to this Agreement or the period of time that the Additional Servicer was subject to such other servicing agreement.

(d)               Each of the Operating Advisor and the Special Servicer may at any time request from the Certificate Administrator confirmation of whether a Control Termination Event or Consultation Termination Event occurred during the previous calendar year, and upon such request the Certificate Administrator shall deliver such confirmation to the Operating Advisor or the Special Servicer, as applicable, within ten (10) days of such request.

(e)               Any certificate, statement, report, assessment, attestation, notice and/or information furnished or required to be furnished pursuant to this Section 11.10 shall also be provided to each Other Depositor and each Other Certificate Administrator (to the extent such item and/or information relates to a party that services, specially services or is trustee or custodian for a Serviced Companion Loan) in the same time frame as set forth in this Section 11.10.

Section 11.11    Annual Independent Public Accountants’ Attestation Report. On or before March 1st of each year, commencing in March 2024, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee (provided, however, that the Trustee shall not be required to deliver an assessment of compliance with respect to any period during which there was no Relevant Servicing Criteria applicable to it), the Custodian, the Operating Advisor and the Certificate Administrator, each at its own expense, shall cause (and each such party shall (i) with respect to each Initial Sub-Servicer engaged by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, Trustee, Operating Advisor or Certificate Administrator that is a Servicing Function Participant use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Servicing Function Participant to cause and (ii) with respect to each other Servicing Function Participant with which it has entered into a servicing relationship with respect to the Mortgage Loans, cause such Servicing Function Participant to cause) a registered public accounting firm (which may also render other services to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Operating Advisor or the applicable Servicing Function Participant, as the case may be) and that is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants to furnish a report to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator (who will promptly post such report on the Certificate Administrator’s Website pursuant to Section 3.13(b)) and the Depositor, the 17g-5 Information Provider and, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, the Directing Certificateholder, and, promptly, but not earlier than the second (2^nd) Business Day following the delivery of such report to the 17g-5 Information Provider, to the Rating Agencies, to the effect that (i) it has obtained a representation regarding certain matters from the management of such Reporting Servicer, which includes an assertion that such Reporting Servicer has complied with the Relevant Servicing Criteria applicable to it and (ii) on the basis of an examination conducted by such firm in accordance with standards for attestation engagements issued or adopted by the PCAOB, it is issuing an opinion as to whether such Reporting Servicer’s assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria applicable to it was fairly stated in all material respects. In the event that an overall opinion cannot be expressed, such registered public accounting firm shall state in such report why it was unable to express such an opinion. Each such related accountant’s

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attestation report shall be made in accordance with Rules 1-02(a)(3) and 2-02(g) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act. Such report must be available for general use and not contain restricted use language. With respect to any Non-Serviced Companion Loan, the Certificate Administrator will use its reasonable efforts to procure such report from the applicable Non-Serviced Master Servicer, Non-Serviced Special Servicer and Non-Serviced Trustee. Copies of such statement will be provided by the Certificate Administrator in accordance with Section 3.13(b). Such report shall be provided in EDGAR-Compatible Format, or in such other format agreed upon by the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator and the providing parties.

Promptly after receipt of such report from the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Custodian or any Servicing Function Participant, (i) the Depositor may review the report and, if applicable, consult with the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Custodian or the Certificate Administrator as to the nature of any defaults by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Custodian, the Certificate Administrator or any Servicing Function Participant with which it has entered into a servicing relationship with respect to the Mortgage Loans, as the case may be, in the fulfillment of any of the Master Servicer’s, the Special Servicer’s, the Trustee’s, the Certificate Administrator’s, the Operating Advisor’s, the Custodian’s or the applicable Servicing Function Participants’ obligations hereunder or under the applicable sub-servicing or primary servicing agreement, and (ii) the Certificate Administrator shall confirm that each accountants’ attestation report submitted pursuant to this Section 11.11 relates to an assessment of compliance meeting the requirements of Section 11.10 and notify the Depositor of any exceptions. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Custodian and any Additional Servicer shall not be required to deliver, or shall be required to cause the delivery of such reports until April 15th in any given year so long as it has received written confirmation from the Depositor that a Form 10-K is not required to be filed with respect to the Trust for the preceding fiscal year.

Any notice, report, assessment of compliance, statement, certificate and/or information furnished or required to be furnished pursuant to this Section 11.11 shall also be provided to each Other Depositor and each Other Certificate Administrator (to the extent the notice and/or information relates to a Serviced Companion Loan or a party that services, specially services or is trustee or custodian for a Serviced Companion Loan) in the same time frame as set forth in this ‎Section 11.11.

Section 11.12    Indemnification. Each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer shall indemnify and hold harmless each Certification Party from and against any claims, losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and expenses and related costs, judgments and other costs and expenses (for the avoidance of doubt, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses and expenses relating to the enforcement of such indemnity) incurred by such Certification Party arising out of (i) an actual breach by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Custodian or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, of its obligations under this Article XI, (ii) negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on the part of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Operating

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Advisor, the Custodian or the Certificate Administrator in the performance of such obligations, or (iii) delivery of any Deficient Exchange Act Deliverable by, or on behalf of, such party.

The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor and the Certificate Administrator shall (i) with respect to any Initial Sub-Servicer engaged by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, Trustee or Certificate Administrator that is a Servicing Function Participant or Additional Servicer, use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such party to, and (ii) with respect to each other Additional Servicer and each Servicing Function Participant with which, in each case, it has entered into a servicing relationship with respect to the Mortgage Loans, cause such party to, in each case, indemnify and hold harmless each Certification Party from and against any and all claims, losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and expenses and related costs, judgments and any other costs, fees and expenses (for the avoidance of doubt, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses and expenses relating to the enforcement of such indemnity) incurred by such Certification Party arising out of (a) a breach of its obligations to provide any of the annual compliance statements or annual assessment of compliance with the servicing criteria or attestation reports pursuant to the applicable sub-servicing or primary servicing agreement, (b) negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on its part in the performance of such obligations, (c) any failure by it, as a Servicer (as defined in Section 11.02(b)) to identify a Servicing Function Participant pursuant to Section 11.02(c), or (d) delivery of any Deficient Exchange Act Deliverable.

In addition, each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Custodian, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee shall cooperate (and require each Servicing Function Participant and Additional Servicer retained by it to cooperate under the applicable Sub-Servicing Agreement) with the Depositor and each Other Depositor as necessary for the Depositor or such Other Depositor, as applicable, to conduct any reasonable due diligence necessary to evaluate and assess any material instances of non-compliance disclosed in any of the deliverables required by the applicable reporting requirements under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (“Reporting Requirements”).

In connection with comments provided to the Depositor or any Other Depositor from the Commission or its staff regarding information (x) delivered by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Custodian, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, a Servicing Function Participant or an Additional Servicer, as applicable (“Affected Reporting Party”), (y) regarding such Affected Reporting Party, and (z) prepared by such Affected Reporting Party or any registered public accounting firm, attorney or other agent retained by such Affected Reporting Party to prepare such information, which information is contained in a report filed by the Depositor or any Other Depositor under the Reporting Requirements and which comments are received subsequent to the Depositor’s or any Other Depositor’s filing of such report, the Depositor or any Other Depositor shall promptly provide to such Affected Reporting Party any such comments which relate to such Affected Reporting Party. Such Affected Reporting Party shall be responsible for timely preparing a written response to the Commission or its staff for inclusion in the Depositor’s or any Other Depositor’s response to the Commission or its staff, unless such Affected Reporting Party elects, with the consent of the Depositor or any Other Depositor, as applicable (which consent shall not be unreasonably denied, withheld or delayed), to directly communicate with the Commission or its

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staff and negotiate a response and/or resolution with the Commission or its staff; provided, however, that if an Affected Reporting Party is a Servicing Function Participant or Additional Servicer retained by the Master Servicer, the Master Servicer shall receive copies of all material communications pursuant to this Section 11.12. If such election is made, the applicable Affected Reporting Party shall be responsible for directly negotiating such response and/or resolution with the Commission or its staff in a timely manner; provided that (i) such Affected Reporting Party shall use reasonable efforts to keep the Depositor or any Other Depositor informed of its progress with the Commission or its staff and copy the Depositor or any Other Depositor on all correspondence with the Commission or its staff and provide the Depositor or any Other Depositor with the opportunity to participate (at the Depositor’s or any Other Depositor’s expense) in any telephone conferences and meetings with the Commission or its staff and (ii) the Depositor or any Other Depositor shall cooperate with any Affected Reporting Party in order to authorize such Affected Reporting Party and its representatives to respond to and negotiate directly with the Commission or its staff with respect to any comments from the Commission or its staff relating to such Affected Reporting Party and to notify the Commission or its staff of such authorization. The Depositor (or any Other Depositor) and the Affected Reporting Party shall cooperate and coordinate with one another with respect to any requests made to the Commission or its staff for extension of time for submitting a response or compliance. All respective reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Depositor or any Other Depositor (including reasonable legal fees and expenses of outside counsel to the Depositor or any Other Depositor, as the case may be) in connection with the foregoing (other than those costs and expenses required to be at the Depositor’s or any Other Depositor’s expense as set forth above) and any amendments to any reports filed with the Commission or its staff related thereto shall be promptly paid by the applicable Affected Reporting Party upon receipt of an itemized invoice from the Depositor or any Other Depositor, as the case may be. Each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Custodian, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee shall (i) with respect to any Initial Sub-Servicer engaged by it that is a Servicing Function Participant or Additional Servicer, use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such party to, and (ii) with respect to each other Additional Servicer and each Servicing Function Participant with which, in each case, it has entered into a servicing relationship with respect to the Mortgage Loans, cause such party to, comply with the foregoing by inclusion of similar provisions in the related sub-servicing or similar agreement.

If the indemnification provided for herein is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless any Certification Party, then the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian or the Operating Advisor (the “Performing Party”) shall contribute to the amount paid or payable to the Certification Party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities of the Certification Party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Certification Party on the one hand and the Performing Party on the other in connection with a breach of the Performing Party’s obligations pursuant to Sections 11.06, 11.09 (if applicable), 11.10, 11.11 (or breach of its obligations under the applicable sub-servicing or primary servicing agreement to provide any of the annual compliance statements or annual servicing criteria compliance reports or attestation reports) or the Performing Party’s negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in connection therewith. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor and the Certificate Administrator shall (i) with respect to any Initial Sub-Servicer engaged by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, Trustee or Certificate Administrator that is a Servicing Function Participant or Additional Servicer, use commercially

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reasonable efforts to cause such party to, and (ii) with respect to each other Additional Servicer or Servicing Function Participant, in each case, with which it has entered into a servicing relationship with respect to the Mortgage Loans cause such party, in each case, to agree to the foregoing indemnification and contribution obligations. This Section 11.12 shall survive the termination of this Agreement or the earlier resignation or removal of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Custodian or the Certificate Administrator.

Section 11.13    Amendments. This Article XI may be amended with the written consent of the parties hereto pursuant to Section 13.01 for purposes of complying with Regulation AB and/or to conform to standards developed within the CMBS market and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act without any Opinions of Counsel, Officer’s Certificates, Rating Agency Confirmation with respect to the Certificates or, with respect to any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, a confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25), or the consent of any Certificateholder, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement; provided that the reports and certificates required to be prepared pursuant to Sections 3.13, 11.09, 11.10 and 11.11 shall not be eliminated without Rating Agency Confirmation with respect to the Certificates or, with respect to any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, without a confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25). For the avoidance of doubt, any amendment to this Article XI affecting a Serviced Companion Loan shall be subject to Section 13.01(k).

Section 11.14    Regulation AB Notices. Any notice, report or certificate required to be delivered by any of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Custodian or the Trustee, as the case may be, to the Depositor pursuant to this Article XI may be delivered via email (and additionally delivered via phone or telecopy), notwithstanding the provisions of Section 13.05, to cts.sec.notifications@wellsfargo.com.

Section 11.15    Certain Matters Relating to the Future Securitization of the Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans. (a) Each of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall, and the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause any sub-servicer appointed with respect to any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan to, upon written request or notice from a Mortgage Loan Seller (or a permitted transferee of such Mortgage Loan Seller pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement), reasonably cooperate with the Mortgage Loan Seller (or such permitted transferee) selling any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan into a securitization that is required to comply with Regulation AB (a “Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization”) and, to the extent needed in order to comply with Regulation AB, provide to the Mortgage Loan Seller (or such permitted transferee) information about itself that such Mortgage Loan Seller reasonably requires to meet the requirements of Items 1117 and 1119 and paragraphs (b), (c)(2), (c)(3), (c)(4), (c)(5), (c)(6) and (e) of Item 1108 of Regulation AB and shall reasonably cooperate with such Mortgage

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Loan Seller to provide such other information as may be reasonably necessary to comply with the requirements of Regulation AB. Each of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer understands that such information may be included in the offering material related to a Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization and agrees to (i) negotiate in good faith an agreement (subject to the final sentence of this sub-section) to indemnify and hold the related depositor and underwriters involved in the offering of the related commercial mortgage pass through certificates harmless for any costs, liabilities, fees and expenses (for the avoidance of doubt, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses and expenses relating to the enforcement of such indemnity) incurred by the depositor or such underwriters as a result of any material misstatements or omissions or alleged material misstatements or omissions in any such offering material to the extent that such material misstatement or omission was made in reliance upon any such information provided by the Trustee (where such information pertains to the Trustee individually and not to any specific aspect of the Trustee’s duties or obligations under this Agreement), the Certificate Administrator (where such information pertains to the Certificate Administrator individually and not to any specific aspect of the Certificate Administrator’s duties or obligations under this Agreement), the Master Servicer (where such information pertains to the Master Servicer individually and not to any specific aspect of the Master Servicer’s duties or obligations under this Agreement) and the Special Servicer (where such information pertains to the Special Servicer individually and not to any specific aspect of the Special Servicer’s duties or obligations under this Agreement), as applicable, to such depositor, underwriters or Mortgage Loan Seller (or permitted transferee) as required by this Section 11.15(a) and (ii) deliver such securities law opinion(s) of counsel, certifications and/or indemnification agreement(s) (to the extent the cost thereof is paid by the related Mortgage Loan Seller) with respect to such information that are substantially similar to those delivered with respect to the offering material for this securitization by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, Trustee and Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, or their respective counsel, in connection with the information concerning such party in the offering material related to a Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that the information provided by the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, for inclusion in the offering materials related to such Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization is substantially and materially similar to the information provided by such party with respect to the offering materials related to this transaction, subject to any required changes due to any amendments to Regulation AB or any changes in the interpretation of Regulation AB or changes in factual circumstances, such party shall be deemed to be in compliance with this Section 11.15(a). Any indemnification agreement executed by the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer in connection with the Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization shall be substantially similar to the related indemnification agreement executed in connection with this Agreement. It shall be a condition precedent to any party’s obligations otherwise set forth above and/or elsewhere in Article XI that the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller (or permitted transferee) shall have (a) provided reasonable advance notice (and, in any event, not less than ten (10) Business Days) of the exercise of its rights hereunder and (b) paid, or entered into reasonable agreement to cause to be paid, the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) incurred by such party in reviewing and/or causing the delivery of any disclosure, opinion of counsel or indemnification agreement.

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(b)               Each of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall, and the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause any Servicing Function Participant appointed with respect to a Serviced Securitized Companion Loan to (provided that (a) such party has received notice of the occurrence of the related Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization, or (b) such party is also a party to the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, or (c) the applicable Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization closed prior to the Closing Date, as reflected on Exhibit S), cooperate with the depositor, trustee, certificate administrator, master servicer or special servicer for any Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization in preparing each Form 10-D, Form ABS-EE and Form 10-K required to be filed by such Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization (until January 30 of the first year in which the trustee or other applicable party for such Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization files a Form 15 Suspension Notification with respect to the related trust) and shall provide to such depositor, trustee, certificate administrator or master servicer within the time period set forth in the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement (so long as such time period is no earlier than the time periods set forth herein) for such Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization such information relating to a Serviced Securitized Companion Loan as may be reasonably necessary for the depositor, trustee, certificate administrator and master servicer of the Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization to comply with the reporting requirements of Regulation AB and the Exchange Act; provided, however, that any parties to any Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization shall consult with the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (and the Master Servicer shall consult with any sub-servicer appointed by it with respect to the related Serviced Whole Loan), and the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall cooperate with such parties in respect of establishing the time periods for preparation of the Form 10-D and Form ABS-EE reports in the documentation for such Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, complies in all material respects with the timing, reporting and attestation requirements imposed on such party in Article XI of this Agreement (other than this Section 11.15) with respect to the comparable timing, reporting and attestation requirements contemplated in this Section 11.15(b) with respect to such Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization, such party shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions of this Section 11.15(b).

(c)               Each of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall, and the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause any Servicing Function Participant appointed with respect to a Serviced Securitized Companion Loan to (provided that (a) such party has received notice of the occurrence of the related Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization, or (b) such party is also a party to the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, or (c) the applicable Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization closed prior to the Closing Date, as reflected on Exhibit S), provide the depositor, trustee or certificate administrator, as applicable, under a Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization (until January 30 of the first year in which the trustee or certificate administrator, as applicable, for such Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization files a Form 15 Suspension Notification with respect to the related trust) information with respect to any event that is required to be disclosed under Form 8-K with respect to a Serviced Securitized Companion Loan within two (2) Business Days after the occurrence of such event of which it has knowledge. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent the Trustee, the Certificate

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Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, complies in all material respects with the timing, reporting and attestation requirements imposed on such party in Article XI of this Agreement (other than this Section 11.15) with respect to the comparable timing, reporting and attestation requirements contemplated in this Section 11.15(c) with respect to such Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization, such party shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions of this Section 11.15(c).

(d)               On or before March 1st of each year during which a Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization is required to file an annual report on Form 10-K (and not in respect of any year in which such Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization is not required to file an annual report on Form 10-K because a Form 15 Suspension Notification with respect to the related trust was filed), each of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall, and the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause any Servicing Function Participant appointed with respect to a Serviced Securitized Companion Loan to (provided that (a) such party has received notice of the occurrence of the related Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization, or (b) such party is also a party to the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, or (c) the applicable Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization closed prior to the Closing Date, as reflected on Exhibit S), provide, with respect to itself, to the depositor, trustee or certificate administrator, as applicable, under such Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization, to the extent required pursuant to Item 1122 of Regulation AB, (i) a report on an assessment of compliance with the servicing criteria to the extent required pursuant to Item 1122(a) of Regulation AB, (ii) a registered accounting firm’s attestation report on such Person’s assessment of compliance with the applicable servicing criteria to the extent required pursuant to Item 1122(b) of Regulation AB and (iii) such other information as may be required pursuant to Item 1122(c) of Regulation AB. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, complies in all material respects with the timing, reporting and attestation requirements imposed on such party in Article XI of this Agreement (other than this Section 11.15) with respect to the comparable timing, reporting and attestation requirements contemplated in this Section 11.15(d) with respect to such Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization, such party shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions of this Section 11.15(d).

(e)               On or before March 1st of each year during which a Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization is required to file an annual report on Form 10-K (and not in respect of any year in which such Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization is not required to file an annual report on Form 10-K because a Form 15 Suspension Notification with respect to the related trust was filed), each of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall, and the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause any Servicing Function Participant appointed with respect to a Serviced Securitized Companion Loan to, to the extent required pursuant to Item 1123 of Regulation AB, deliver, with respect to itself, to the depositor, trustee and certificate administrator under such Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization (provided that (a) such party has received notice of the occurrence of the related Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization, or (b) such party is also a party to the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, or (c) the applicable Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization closed prior to the Closing Date, as reflected on Exhibit S), under such Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization a servicer compliance statement signed by an authorized officer of such Person that

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satisfies the requirements of Item 1123 of Regulation AB. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, complies in all material respects with the timing, reporting and attestation requirements imposed on such party in Article XI of this Agreement (other than this Section 11.15) with respect to the comparable timing, reporting and attestation requirements contemplated in this Section 11.15(e) with respect to such Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization, such party shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions of this Section 11.15(e).

(f)                Each of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause a Servicing Function Participant to agree (severally but not jointly) to indemnify (such indemnity limited to each such parties respective failure described below) and hold the related Mortgage Loan Seller (or permitted transferee), depositor, sponsor(s), trustee, certificate administrator or master servicer under a Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization harmless for any costs, liabilities, fees and expenses (for the avoidance of doubt, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses and expenses relating to the enforcement of such indemnity) incurred by such Mortgage Loan Seller, depositor, sponsor(s), trustee, certificate administrator or master servicer as a result of any failure by the Servicing Function Participant to comply with the reporting requirements to the extent applicable set forth under Sections 11.15(b), (c), (d) or (e) above.

Any subservicing agreement related to a Serviced Securitized Companion Loan shall contain a provision requiring the related Sub-Servicer to provide to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, information, reports, statements and certificates with respect to itself and such Serviced Securitized Companion Loan comparable to any information, reports, statements or certificates required to be provided by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer pursuant to this Section 11.15, even if such Sub-Servicer is not otherwise required to provide such information, reports or certificates to any Person in order to comply with Regulation AB. Such information, reports or certificates shall be provided to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, no later than two (2) Business Days prior to the date on which the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, is required to deliver its comparable information, reports, statements or certificates pursuant to this Section 11.15.

(g)               With respect to any Mortgaged Property that secures a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan that the applicable Other Depositor has notified the Master Servicer in writing is a “significant obligor” (within the meaning of Item 1101(k) of Regulation AB) (together with notification of the relevant Distribution Date) with respect to an Other Securitization that includes such Serviced Companion Loan, to the extent that the Master Servicer is in receipt of the updated financial statements of such “significant obligor” for any calendar quarter (other than the fourth (4th) calendar quarter of any calendar year) from the Mortgagor, beginning with the first calendar quarter in which such notice from the Other Depositor was received, or the updated financial statements of such “significant obligor” for any calendar year, beginning for the calendar year in which such notice from the Other Depositor was received, as applicable, the Master Servicer shall deliver to the Other Depositor, on or prior to the day that occurs two (2) Business Days prior to the related Significant Obligor NOI Quarterly Filing Deadline or seven (7) Business Days prior to the related Significant Obligor NOI Yearly Filing Deadline, as applicable, (A) if such financial statement receipt occurs twelve (12) or more Business Days prior to the related Significant Obligor NOI Quarterly Filing Deadline or seventeen (17) or more Business Days prior to the related

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Significant Obligor NOI Yearly Filing Deadline, as applicable, the financial statements of such “significant obligor”, together with the net operating income of such “significant obligor” for the applicable period as calculated by the Master Servicer (or as calculated by the Special Servicer and provided to the Master Servicer solely in the case of any related Specially Serviced Loan or as calculated by the Special Servicer with respect to any Serviced REO Property and provided by the Special Servicer to the Master Servicer) in accordance with CREFC^® guidelines and (B) if such financial statement receipt occurs less than twelve (12) Business Day prior to the related Significant Obligor NOI Quarterly Filing Deadline or less than seventeen (17) Business Days prior to the related Significant Obligor NOI Yearly Filing Deadline, as applicable, such financial statements of the “significant obligor”, together with the net operating income of such “significant obligor” for the applicable period as reported by the related Mortgagor in such financial statements (or as reported by the related Mortgagor to the Special Servicer and provided by the Special Servicer to the Master Servicer solely in the case of any related Specially Serviced Loan or as reported by the Special Servicer with respect to the Serviced REO Property and provided by the Special Servicer to the Master Servicer).

If the Master Servicer does not receive such financial information satisfactory to comply with Item 6 of Form 10-D or Item 1112(b)(1) of Form 10-K, as the case may be, of such “significant obligor” within ten (10) Business Days after the date such financial information is required to be delivered under the related Mortgage Loan documents, the Master Servicer shall notify the Other Depositor with respect to such Other Securitization that includes the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan (and shall cause each applicable Sub-Servicing Agreement entered into after receipt of written notice from the Other Depositor that such Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan is a significant obligor to require the related Sub-Servicer to notify such Other Depositor) that it has not received such financial information. The Master Servicer (in the case of Non-Specially Serviced Loans) or the Special Servicer (in the case of Specially Serviced Loans) shall use efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard (taking into account, in addition, the ongoing reporting obligations of such Other Depositor under the Exchange Act) to obtain the periodic financial statements required to be delivered by the related Mortgagor under the related Mortgage Loan documents.

The Master Servicer shall (and shall cause each applicable Sub-Servicing Agreement entered into after receipt of written notice from the Other Depositor that such Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan is a significant obligor to require the related Sub-Servicer to) retain written evidence of each instance in which it (or a Sub-Servicer) attempts to contact the related Mortgagor related to any such “significant obligor” (identified to it as such by the Other Depositor in accordance with the second preceding paragraph) to obtain the required financial information and is unsuccessful and, within five (5) Business Days prior to the date in which a Form 10-D or Form 10-K, as applicable, is required to be filed with respect to the Other Securitization, shall forward an Officer’s Certificate evidencing its attempts to obtain this information to the Other Exchange Act Reporting Party and Other Depositor related to such Other Securitization; provided, however, the Special Servicer shall provide such Officer’s Certificate to the Master Servicer and the Master Servicer shall forward such Officer’s Certificate to the Other Exchange Act Reporting Party and Other Depositor related to such Other Securitization. This Officer’s Certificate should be addressed to the certificate administrator at its corporate trust office, as specified in the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

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(h)               If any Other Securitization includes a Serviced Companion Loan and is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, then the obligations of the parties hereto set forth in this Article XI with respect such Other Securitization shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding that the Trust may cease to be subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act.

Section 11.16    Certain Matters Regarding Significant Obligors. As of the Closing Date, with respect to the Trust, there is no “significant obligor” within the meaning of Item 1101(k) of Regulation AB (“Significant Obligor”).

Section 11.17    Impact of Cure Period. For the avoidance of doubt, neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall be subject to a Servicer Termination Event pursuant to clause (iii) of the definition thereof prior to the expiration of the grace period applicable to such party’s obligations under this Article XI as provided for in such clause (iii) nor shall any such party be deemed to not be in compliance under this Agreement, during any grace period provided for in this Article XI; provided that if any such party fails to comply with the delivery requirements of this Article XI by the expiration of any applicable grace period such failure shall constitute a Servicer Termination Event. Neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall be subject to a Servicer Termination Event pursuant to clause (iii) of the definition thereof prior to the expiration of the grace period applicable to such party’s obligations under this Article XI as provided for in such clause (iii) nor shall any such party be deemed to not be in compliance under this Agreement, for failing to deliver any item required under this Article XI by the time required hereunder with respect to any reporting period for which the Trust (or any trust in a related Other Securitization) is not required to file Exchange Act reports.

[End of Article XI]

Article XII

THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER

Section 12.01    Asset Review.

(a)               On or prior to each Distribution Date, based either on the CREFC^® Delinquent Loan Status Report and/or the CREFC^® Loan Periodic Update File delivered by the Master Servicer for such Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator shall determine if an Asset Review Trigger has occurred. If an Asset Review Trigger is determined to have occurred, the Certificate Administrator shall promptly provide notice to all Certificateholders and each other party to this Agreement. Any notice required to be delivered to the Certificateholders pursuant to this Article XII shall be delivered by the Certificate Administrator by posting such notice on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, by mailing such notice to the Certificateholders’ addresses appearing in the Certificate Register in the case of Definitive Certificates and by delivering such notice via the Depository in the case of Book-Entry Certificates. The Certificate Administrator shall include in the Form 10-D relating to the reporting period in which the Asset Review Trigger occurred the following statement describing the events that caused the Asset Review Trigger to occur: “As of the [Date of Distribution], the following Mortgage Loans identified below are sixty (60) or more days delinquent and an Asset Review Trigger as defined in the Pooling and Servicing

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Agreement has occurred.”. On each Distribution Date occurring after providing such notice to Certificateholders, the Certificate Administrator, based on information provided to it by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall determine whether (1) any additional Mortgage Loan has become a Delinquent Loan, (2) any Mortgage Loan has ceased to be a Delinquent Loan and (3) whether an Asset Review Trigger has ceased to exist, and, if there is an occurrence of any of the events or circumstances identified in clauses (1), (2) and/or (3), deliver such information in a written notice (which may be via email) in the form of Exhibit RR within two (2) Business Days to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer.

If Certificateholders (other than Holders of the RR Interest) evidencing not less than 5% of the Voting Rights of the Certificates deliver to the Certificate Administrator, within ninety (90) days after the filing of the Form 10-D reporting the occurrence of an Asset Review Trigger, a written direction requesting a vote to commence an Asset Review (an “Asset Review Vote Election”), then the Certificate Administrator shall promptly provide written notice thereof to all Certificateholders (with a copy to the Asset Representations Reviewer) and conduct a solicitation of votes in accordance with Section 5.10 to authorize an Asset Review. Upon the affirmative vote to authorize an Asset Review by Holders of Certificates evidencing at least (i) a majority of those Certificateholders who cast votes and (ii) a majority of an Asset Review Quorum within one hundred fifty (150) days of receipt of the Asset Review Vote Election (an “Affirmative Asset Review Vote”), the Certificate Administrator shall promptly provide written notice thereof to all parties to this Agreement, the Underwriters, the Mortgage Loan Sellers, the Directing Certificateholder, the Risk Retention Consultation Party (and each other holder of the RR Interest) and the other Certificateholders (the “Asset Review Notice”). Upon receipt of an Asset Review Notice, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall request access to the Secure Data Room by providing the Certificate Administrator with a certification substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit QQ (which shall be sent via email to trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com or submitted electronically via the Certificate Administrator’s Website). Upon receipt of such certification, the Certificate Administrator shall promptly (and in any case within two (2) Business Days after such receipt) grant the Asset Representations Reviewer access to the Secure Data Room. In the event an Affirmative Asset Review Vote has not occurred within such one hundred fifty (150) day period following the receipt of the Asset Review Vote Election, no Certificateholder may request a vote or cast a vote for an Asset Review and the Asset Representations Reviewer will not be required to review any Delinquent Loan unless and until (A) an additional Mortgage Loan has become a Delinquent Loan after the expiration of such one hundred fifty (150) day period, (B) a new Asset Review Trigger has occurred as a result or an Asset Review Trigger is otherwise in effect, (C) the Certificate Administrator has timely received any Asset Review Vote Election after the occurrence of the events described in clauses (A) and (B) in this sentence and (D) an Affirmative Asset Review Vote has occurred within one hundred fifty (150) days after the Asset Review Vote Election described in clause (C) in this sentence. After the occurrence of any Asset Review Vote Election or an Affirmative Asset Review Vote, no Certificateholder may make any additional Asset Review Vote Election except as described in the immediately preceding sentence. Any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Certificate Administrator in connection with administering such vote will be paid as an expense of the Trust from the Collection Account. The Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to administer any vote in connection with the foregoing through an agent.

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(b)               (i) Upon receipt of an Asset Review Notice, the Custodian (with respect to clauses (1) - (5) below for all Mortgage Loans), the Master Servicer (with respect to clauses (6) and (7) below for Non-Specially Serviced Loans) and the Special Servicer (with respect to clauses (6) and (7) below for Specially Serviced Loans), in each case to the extent in such party’s possession, shall promptly, but in no event later than ten (10) Business Days, provide the following materials in electronic format to the Asset Representations Reviewer (collectively, with the Diligence Files posted on the Secure Data Room by the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 4.08, a copy of the Prospectus, a copy of each related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and a copy of this Agreement, the “Review Materials”):

(1)       a copy of an assignment of the Mortgage in favor of the Trustee, with evidence of recording thereon, for each Delinquent Loan that is subject to an Asset Review;

(2)       a copy of an assignment of any related assignment of leases (if such item is a document separate from the Mortgage) in favor of the Trustee, with evidence of recording thereon, related to each Delinquent Loan that is subject to an Asset Review;

(3)       a copy of the assignment of all unrecorded documents relating to each Delinquent Loan that is subject to an Asset Review, if not already covered pursuant to clause (1) or clause (2) above;

(4)       a copy of all filed copies (bearing evidence of filing) or evidence of filing of any UCC financing statements related to each Delinquent Loan that is subject to an Asset Review;

(5)       a copy of an assignment in favor of the Trustee of any financing statement executed and filed in the relevant jurisdiction related to each Delinquent Loan that is subject to an Asset Review;

(6)       a copy of any notice previously delivered by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, of any alleged defect or breach with respect to any Delinquent Loan; and

(7)                     copies of any other related documents that were entered into or delivered in connection with the origination of the related Mortgage Loan that the Asset Representations Reviewer has determined are necessary in connection with its completion of any Asset Review and that are requested by the Asset Representations Reviewer, in the time frames and as otherwise described in clause (ii) hereof.

(ii)               In addition, in the event that, as part of an Asset Review of a Mortgage Loan, the Asset Representations Reviewer determines it is missing any document that is required to be part of the Review Materials for such Mortgage Loan and that is necessary in connection with its completion of the Asset Review, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall promptly, but in no event later than ten (10) Business Days after receipt of the Review Materials, notify the Master Servicer (with respect to Non-Specially Serviced Loans) or

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the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans), as applicable, of such missing document(s), and request that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, promptly, but in no event later than ten (10) Business Days after receipt of notification from the Asset Representations Reviewer, deliver to the Asset Representations Reviewer such missing document(s) to the extent in its possession; provided that any such notification and/or request shall be in writing, specifically identifying the documents being requested and sent to the notice address for the related party set forth in Section 13.05 of this Agreement. In the event any missing documents are not provided by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, within such ten (10) Business Day period, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall request such documents from the related Mortgage Loan Seller; provided that the Mortgage Loan Seller is required under the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement to deliver such missing document only to the extent such document is in the possession of such party but in any event excluding any documents that contain information that is proprietary to the related originator or Mortgage Loan Seller or any draft documents or privileged or internal communications (and, if such documents are not in its possession, solely with respect to any Mortgage Loan sold by such Mortgage Loan Seller that is a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, Mortgage Loan Seller shall be required to make a request under the applicable Non-Serviced PSA for any such documents that are not in its possession). In the event any missing documents with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan are not provided by the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall request such documents from the parties to the related Non-Serviced PSA, to the extent that the Asset Representations Reviewer is entitled to request such documents under such Non-Serviced PSA.

(iii)                The Asset Representations Reviewer may, but is under no obligation to, consider and rely upon information furnished to it by a Person that is not a party to this Agreement or the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller, and shall do so only if such information can be independently verified (without unreasonable effort or expense to the Asset Representations Reviewer) and is determined by the Asset Representations Reviewer in its good faith and sole discretion to be relevant to the Asset Review conducted pursuant to this Section 12.01 (any such information, “Unsolicited Information”).

(iv)                Upon receipt by the Asset Representations Reviewer of the Asset Review Notice and access to the Diligence File with respect to a Delinquent Loan, the Asset Representations Reviewer, as an independent contractor, shall commence a review of the compliance of each Delinquent Loan with the representations and warranties related to that Delinquent Loan (such review, the “Asset Review”). The Asset Representations Reviewer shall perform an Asset Review with respect to each representation and warranty made by the related Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to such Delinquent Loan in accordance with the procedures set forth on Exhibit PP (each such procedure, a “Test”); provided, that the Asset Representations Reviewer may, but is under no obligation to, modify any Test and/or associated Review Materials described in Exhibit PP if, and only to the extent, the Asset Representations Reviewer determines pursuant to the Asset Review Standard that it is necessary to modify such Test and/or such associated Review Materials in order to facilitate its Asset Review in accordance with the Asset Review Standard. Once an Asset Review of a Mortgage Loan is completed, no further Asset Review shall be required in respect of, or performed on, such Mortgage Loan notwithstanding that such Mortgage Loan

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may continue to be a Delinquent Loan or again become a Delinquent Loan at a time when a new Asset Review Trigger occurs and a new Affirmative Asset Review Vote is obtained subsequent to the occurrence of such new Asset Review Trigger.

(v)                                  No Certificateholder shall have the right to change the scope of the Asset Review, and the Asset Representations Reviewer shall not be required to review any information other than (1) the Review Materials and (2) if applicable, Unsolicited Information.

(vi)                               The Asset Representations Reviewer may, absent manifest error and subject to the Asset Review Standard, (i) assume, without independent investigation or verification, that the Review Materials are accurate and complete in all material respects and (ii) conclusively rely on such Review Materials.

(vii)                            The Asset Representations Reviewer shall prepare a preliminary report with respect to each Delinquent Loan within fifty-six (56) days after the date on which access to the Secure Data Room is provided, subject to the last sentence of this Section 12.01(b)(vii). In the event that the Asset Representations Reviewer determines that the Review Materials are insufficient to complete a Test and such missing documentation is not delivered to the Asset Representations Reviewer by the related Mortgage Loan Seller, the Master Servicer (with respect to Non-Specially Serviced Loans) or the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans) to the extent in the possession of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, within ten (10) Business Days following the request by the Asset Representations Reviewer to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the related Mortgage Loan Seller, as the case may be, as described in Section 12.01(b)(ii), the Asset Representations Reviewer shall list such missing documents in such preliminary report setting forth the preliminary results of the application of the Tests and the reasons why such missing documents are necessary to complete a Test and (if the Asset Representations Reviewer has so concluded) that the absence of such documents will be deemed to be a failure of such Test. The Asset Representations Reviewer shall provide such preliminary report to the Master Servicer (only with respect to Non-Specially Serviced Loans), the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans) and the related Mortgage Loan Seller. If the preliminary report indicates that any of the representations and warranties fails or is deemed to fail any Test, the related Mortgage Loan Seller shall have ninety (90) days (the “Cure/Contest Period”) to remedy or otherwise refute the failure. Any documents or explanations to support the related Mortgage Loan Seller’s claim that the representation and warranty has not failed a Test or that any missing information or documents in the Review Materials are not required to complete a Test shall be sent by such Mortgage Loan Seller to the Asset Representations Reviewer. For avoidance of doubt, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall not be required to prepare a preliminary report in the event the Asset Representations Reviewer determines that there is no Test failure with respect to the related Mortgage Loan.

(viii)                         The Asset Representations Reviewer shall, within sixty (60) days after the date on which access to the Secure Data Room is provided to the Asset Representations Reviewer by the Certificate Administrator or within the ten (10) days after the expiration of the Cure/Contest Period (whichever is later), complete an Asset Review with respect to

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each Delinquent Loan and deliver (i) a report setting forth the Asset Representations Reviewer’s findings and conclusions as to whether or not it has determined there is any evidence of a failure of any Test based on the Asset Review and a statement that the Asset Representations Reviewer’s findings and conclusions set forth in such report were not influenced by any third party (an “Asset Review Report”) to each party to this Agreement, the related Mortgage Loan Seller for each Delinquent Loan, the Directing Certificateholder and (ii) a summary of the Asset Representations Reviewer’s conclusions included in such Asset Review Report (an “Asset Review Report Summary”) to the Trustee, the Special Servicer and the Certificate Administrator. The period of time by which the Asset Review Report must be completed and delivered may be extended by up to an additional thirty (30) days, upon written notice to the parties to this Agreement and the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller, if the Asset Representations Reviewer determines pursuant to the Asset Review Standard that such additional time is required due to the characteristics of the Mortgage Loan and/or the Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties. In no event may the Asset Representations Reviewer determine whether any Test failure constitutes a Material Defect, or whether the Trust should enforce any rights it may have against the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller, which, in each case, shall be a responsibility of the applicable Enforcing Servicer pursuant to Section 2.03(k) of this Agreement.

(ix)                                  In addition, in the event that the Asset Representations Reviewer does not receive any documentation that it requested from the Master Servicer (with respect to Non-Specially Serviced Loans), the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans) or the related Mortgage Loan Seller in sufficient time to allow the Asset Representations Reviewer to complete its Asset Review and deliver an Asset Review Report, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall prepare the Asset Review Report solely based on the documentation received by the Asset Representations Reviewer with respect to the related Delinquent Loan, and the Asset Representations Reviewer shall have no responsibility to independently obtain any such documentation from any party to this Agreement or otherwise.

(x)                                    Within thirty (30) days after receipt of an Asset Review Report with respect to any Mortgage Loan, the Special Servicer shall determine whether at that time, based on the Servicing Standard, there exists a Material Defect with respect to such Mortgage Loan. If the Special Servicer determines that a Material Defect exists, it shall enforce the obligations of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to such Material Defect in accordance with Section 2.03(b).

(c)                                    The Asset Representations Reviewer and its affiliates shall keep confidential any information appropriately labeled as “Privileged Information” received from any party to this Agreement or any Sponsor (including, without limitation, in connection with the review of the Mortgage Loans) and not disclose such Privileged Information to any Person (including Certificateholders), other than (1) to the extent expressly required by this Agreement in an Asset Review Report or otherwise, to the other parties to this Agreement with a notice indicating that such information is Privileged Information or (2) pursuant to a Privileged Information Exception. Each party to this Agreement that receives Privileged Information from the Asset Representations Reviewer with a notice stating that such information is Privileged Information

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shall not disclose such Privileged Information to any Person without the prior written consent of the Special Servicer other than pursuant to a Privileged Information Exception.

(d)                                  The Asset Representations Reviewer may delegate its duties to agents or subcontractors so long as the related agreements or arrangements with such agents or subcontractors are consistent with the provisions of this Section 12.01; provided that no agent or subcontractor may (i) be affiliated with any Mortgage Loan Seller, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Directing Certificateholder or any of their respective Affiliates or (ii) have been paid any fees, compensation or other remuneration by an Underwriter, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Directing Certificateholder or any of their respective Affiliates in connection with due diligence or other services with respect to any Mortgage Loan prior to the Closing Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall remain obligated and primarily liable for any Asset Review required hereunder in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement without diminution of such obligation or liability or related obligation or liability by virtue of such delegation or arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from any Person acting as its agents or subcontractor to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the Asset Representations Reviewer alone were performing its obligations under this Agreement. The Asset Representations Reviewer shall be entitled to enter into an agreement with any agent or subcontractor providing for indemnification of the Asset Representations Reviewer by such agent or subcontractor, and nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such indemnification.

Section 12.02    Payment of Asset Representations Reviewer Fees and Expenses; Limitation of Liability.

(a)                                   The Asset Representations Reviewer shall be paid a fee of $5,000 on the Closing Date. As compensation for the performance of its routine duties, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall be paid a fee (the “Asset Representations Reviewer Fee”), payable monthly from amounts received in respect of the Mortgage Loans and shall be equal to the product of a rate equal to 0.00035% per annum (the “Asset Representations Reviewer Fee Rate”) and the Stated Principal Balance of each such Mortgage Loan and REO Loan (including any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, but not any Companion Loan) and shall be calculated in the same manner as interest is calculated on such Mortgage Loans.

(b)                                 As compensation for the performance of its duties hereunder, with respect to an individual Asset Review Trigger and the Mortgage Loans that are Delinquent Loans and are subject to an Asset Review, upon the completion of any Asset Review with respect to an individual Asset Review Trigger, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall be paid a fee equal to, in the case of a Delinquent Loan (each such Delinquent Loan, a “Subject Loan”), (i) the sum of: (i) $19,000 multiplied by the number of Subject Loans, plus (ii) $1,900 per Mortgaged Property relating to the Subject Loan in excess of one Mortgaged Property per Subject Loan, plus (iii) $2,500 per Mortgaged Property relating to the Subject Loan subject to a ground lease, plus (iv) $1,400 per Mortgaged Property relating to the Subject Loan subject to a franchise agreement, hotel management agreement or hotel license agreement, subject, in the case of each of clauses (i) through (iv), to adjustments on the basis of the year-end “Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers” as published by the U.S. Department of Labor, or other similar index if the Consumer

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Price Index for All Urban Consumers is no longer calculated for the year of the Closing Date and for the year of the occurrence of the Asset Review (any such fee, the “Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee”). The Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee with respect to each Delinquent Loan (or, in the case of a Joint Mortgage Loan, the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller Percentage Interest thereof) shall be paid by the related Mortgage Loan Seller; provided, however, that if the related Mortgage Loan Seller is insolvent or fails to pay such amount within ninety (90) days of written invoice therefor by the Asset Representations Reviewer, such fee shall be paid by the Trust following delivery by the Asset Representations Reviewer of a certification to the Master Servicer that the requirements for payment set forth in this Section 12.02(b) have been met. The Asset Representations Reviewer shall not deliver any such certificate unless it has invoiced payment of such amount and otherwise met the requirements for payment set forth in this Section 12.02(b), including receipt of evidence of such insolvency or failure to pay such amount. A Mortgage Loan Seller shall be deemed to have failed to pay such amount hereunder ninety (90) days after delivery by the Asset Representations Reviewer of an itemized invoice to such Mortgage Loan Seller by registered mail or overnight courier to the address listed in this Agreement for such Mortgage Loan Seller, or to such other address as shall be provided by such Mortgage Loan Seller for delivery of notices in accordance with this Agreement, or ninety (90) days following attempted delivery of such invoice by registered mail or overnight courier and reasonable follow -up by telephone or e-mail. Notwithstanding any payment of such fee by the Trust to the Asset Representations Reviewer, such fee will remain an obligation of the related Mortgage Loan Seller and the Enforcing Servicer shall pursue remedies against such Mortgage Loan Seller to recover any such amounts to the extent paid by the Trust.

(c)                                   Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee with respect to a Delinquent Loan shall be included in the Purchase Price for any Mortgage Loan that was the subject of a completed Asset Review that is repurchased or substituted by a Mortgage Loan Seller, and such portion of the Purchase Price received shall be used to reimburse the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Trust, as the case may be, for such fees pursuant to Section 12.02(b).

(d)                                  The Asset Representations Reviewer shall be liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically imposed by this Agreement.

Section 12.03    Resignation of the Asset Representations Reviewer. The Asset Representations Reviewer may resign and be discharged from its obligations hereunder by giving written notice thereof to the other parties to this Agreement and each Rating Agency. Upon such notice of resignation, the Depositor shall promptly appoint a successor asset representations reviewer that is an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer. If no successor asset representations reviewer shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within thirty (30) days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Asset Representations Reviewer may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor asset representations reviewer that is an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer. The Asset Representations Reviewer will bear all reasonable costs and expenses of each party hereto and each Rating Agency in connection with its resignation.

Section 12.04    Restrictions of the Asset Representations Reviewer. Neither the Asset Representations Reviewer nor any of its Affiliates shall make any investment in any Class

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of Certificates; provided, however, that such prohibition shall not apply to (i) riskless principal transactions effected by a broker dealer Affiliate of the Asset Representations Reviewer or (ii) investments by an Affiliate of the Asset Representations Reviewer if the Asset Representations Reviewer and such Affiliate maintain policies and procedures that (A) segregate personnel involved in the activities of the Asset Representations Reviewer under this Agreement from personnel involved in such Affiliate’s investment activities and (B) prevent such Affiliate and its personnel from gaining access to information regarding the Trust and the Asset Representations Reviewer and its personnel from gaining access to such Affiliate’s information regarding its investment activities.

Section 12.05    Termination of the Asset Representations Reviewer.

(a)                                   An “Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event” means any one of the following events whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body:

(i)                                      any failure by the Asset Representations Reviewer to observe or perform in any material respect any of its covenants or agreements or the material breach of any of its representations or warranties under this Agreement, which failure shall continue unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the Asset Representations Reviewer by the Trustee or to the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee by the Holders of Certificates having greater than 25% of the Voting Rights, provided that any such failure that is not curable within such thirty (30) day period, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall have an additional cure period of thirty (30) days to effect such cure so long as it has commenced to cure such failure within the initial thirty (30) day period and has provided the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator with an officer’s certificate certifying that it has diligently pursued, and is continuing to pursue, such cure;

(ii)                                   any failure by the Asset Representations Reviewer to perform its obligations hereunder in accordance with the Asset Review Standard in any material respect, which failure shall continue unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days after the date written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, is given to the Asset Representations Reviewer by any party to this Agreement;

(iii)                                any failure by the Asset Representations Reviewer to be an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer, which failure shall continue unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days after the date written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, is given to the Asset Representations Reviewer by any party to this Agreement;

(iv)                              a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the premises in an involuntary case under any present or future federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law for the appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings, or for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, shall have been

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entered against the Asset Representations Reviewer, and such decree or order shall have remained in force undischarged or unstayed for a period of sixty (60) days;

(v)                                  the Asset Representations Reviewer shall consent to the appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator or liquidation committee in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities, voluntary liquidation, or similar proceedings of or relating to the Asset Representations Reviewer or of or relating to all or substantially all of its property; or

(vi)                               the Asset Representations Reviewer shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, file a petition to take advantage of any applicable insolvency or reorganization statute, make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations.

Upon receipt by the Certificate Administrator of written notice of the occurrence of any Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event, the Certificate Administrator shall promptly provide written notice to all Certificateholders (which shall be simultaneously delivered to the Asset Representations Reviewer) in accordance with the notice distribution procedures described in Section 12.01(a), unless the Certificate Administrator has received written notice that such Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event has been remedied. If an Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event shall occur then, and in each and every such case, so long as such Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event shall not have been remedied, either the Trustee (i) may or (ii) upon the written direction of Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights (without regard to the application of any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts), shall, terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Asset Representations Reviewer under this Agreement, other than rights and obligations accrued prior to such termination (including the right to receive all amounts accrued and owing to it under this Agreement) and other than indemnification rights (arising out of events occurring prior to such termination), by notice in writing to the Asset Representations Reviewer. The Asset Representations Reviewer is required to bear all reasonable costs and expenses of itself and of each other party to this Agreement in connection with its termination due to an Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Depositor and each Mortgage Loan Seller shall have the right, but not the obligation, to notify the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee of any Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event of which it becomes aware.

(b)                                 Upon (i) the written direction of Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights (without regard to the application of any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts) requesting a vote to terminate and replace the Asset Representations Reviewer with a proposed successor asset representations reviewer that is an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer and (ii) payment by such Holders to the Certificate Administrator of the reasonable fees and expenses to be incurred by the Certificate Administrator in connection with administering such vote, the Certificate Administrator shall promptly provide written notice thereof to the Asset Representations Reviewer and to all Certificateholders by (i) posting such notice on its internet website, and (ii) mailing such notice to all Certificateholders at their addresses appearing in the Certificate Register and to the Asset Representations Reviewer. Upon the written direction of Holders of Certificates evidencing at least 75% of a Certificateholder Quorum (without

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regard to the application of any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts), the Trustee shall terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Asset Representations Reviewer under this Agreement (other than any rights or obligations that accrued prior to the date of such termination and other than indemnification rights arising out of events occurring prior to such termination) by notice in writing to the Asset Representations Reviewer and appoint the proposed successor. As between the Asset Representations Reviewer, on the one hand, and the Certificateholders, on the other, the Certificateholders shall be entitled in their sole discretion to vote for the termination or not vote for the termination of the Asset Representations Reviewer. In the event that Holders of the Certificates evidencing at least 75% of a Certificateholder Quorum (without regard to the application of any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts) elect to remove the Asset Representations Reviewer without cause and appoint a successor, the successor asset representations reviewer will be responsible for all expenses necessary to effect the transfer of responsibilities from its predecessor.

(c)                                   On or after the receipt by the Asset Representations Reviewer of written notice of termination, subject to this Section 12.05, all of its authority and power under this Agreement shall be terminated and, without limitation, the terminated Asset Representations Reviewer shall execute any and all documents and other instruments, and do or accomplish all other acts or things reasonably necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of termination. As soon as practicable, but in no event later than thirty (30) days after (1) the Asset Representations Reviewer resigns pursuant to Section 12.03 of this Agreement or (2) the Trustee delivers such written notice of termination to the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee shall appoint a successor asset representations reviewer that is an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer. The Trustee shall provide written notice of the appointment of an Asset Representations Reviewer to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator, the Directing Certificateholder and each Certificateholder within one Business Day of such appointment.

The Asset Representations Reviewer shall at all times be an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer and if the Asset Representations Reviewer ceases to be an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall immediately notify the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator and the Directing Certificateholder of such disqualification and immediately resign under Section 12.03 of this Agreement and the Trustee shall appoint a successor asset representations reviewer subject to and in accordance with this Section 12.05. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Trustee is unable to find a successor asset representations reviewer within thirty (30) days of the termination of the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Depositor shall be permitted to find a replacement. The Trustee shall not be liable for any failure to identify and appoint a successor asset representations reviewer so long as the Trustee uses commercially reasonable efforts to conduct a search for a successor asset representations reviewer and such failure is not a result of the Trustee’s negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in the performance of its obligations hereunder.

(d)                                  Upon any termination of the Asset Representations Reviewer and appointment of a successor to the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee shall, as soon as possible, give written notice thereof to the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator (who shall, as soon as possible, give written notice thereof to the Certificateholders),

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the Operating Advisor, the Mortgage Loan Sellers, the Depositor, each Rating Agency, and, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event and the Directing Certificateholder. In the event that the Asset Representations Reviewer is terminated, all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement shall terminate, other than any rights or obligations that accrued prior to the date of such termination (including the right to receive all amounts accrued and owing to it under this Agreement) and other than indemnification rights (arising out of events occurring prior to such termination).

[End of Article XII]

Article XIII

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Section 13.01    Amendment. (a) This Agreement may be amended from time to time by the parties hereto, without the consent of any of the Certificateholders or the Companion Holders:

(i)                                      to correct any defect or ambiguity in this Agreement in order to address any manifest error in any provision of this Agreement;

(ii)                                   to cause the provisions in this Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus (or in an offering document for any related non-offered certificates) with respect to the Certificates, the Trust or this Agreement or to correct or supplement any of its provisions which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions therein or to correct any error;

(iii)                                to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the P&I Advance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Holder of an RR Interest), as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment;

(iv)                               to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust or any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Holder of an RR Interest) or Companion Holder;

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(v)                                  to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of Section 5.03(o) or any other provision hereof restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Disqualified Non-U.S. Tax Person;

(vi)                               to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Holder of an RR Interest) or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25);

(vii)                           to amend or supplement any provision hereof to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25); provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Holder of an RR Interest) not consenting to such amendment or supplement, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel;

(viii)                         to modify the provisions of Sections 3.05 and 3.17 (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing and with respect to the Mortgage Loans other than any Excluded Loan as to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Directing Certificateholder, determine that the CMBS industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its

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then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25);

(ix)                                 to modify the procedures of this Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Holders of the RR Interest), as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.13(c) and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website;

(x)                                    to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in C.F.R. 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv); or

(xi)                                  to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions in the event the Risk Retention Rules or any other regulations applicable to the foreign or domestic risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed in whole or in part, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or, to the extent applicable, to modify or eliminate the affected provision(s) related to the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such amendment (A) may change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations or rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller under any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary hereunder, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller or (B) may materially and adversely affect the holder of a Companion Loan without such Companion Holder’s consent.

(b)                                  This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the parties hereto with the consent of the Holders of Certificates of each Class affected by such amendment evidencing in the aggregate not less than a majority of the aggregate Percentage Interests constituting the Class for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Certificates of such Class; provided, however, that no such amendment shall:

(i)                                     reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans that are required to be distributed on a Certificate of any Class without the consent of the Holder of the Certificate or which are required to be distributed to a Companion Holder without the consent of such Companion Holder; or

(ii)                                   reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Holder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of

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all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Holders, as applicable; or

(iii)                                adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding; or

(iv)                               change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations or rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary hereunder, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

(v)                                  amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25) and, if required under the related Intercreditor Agreement, the consent of the holder of any AB Subordinate Companion Loan for each Serviced AB Whole Loan.

(c)                                   Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer shall consent to any amendment hereto without having first received an Opinion of Counsel (at the Trust’s expense) to the effect that such amendment is permitted hereunder and that such amendment or the exercise of any power granted to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any other specified person in accordance with such amendment will not result in the imposition of a tax on any portion of the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC, or cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code. Furthermore, no amendment to this Agreement may be made that changes any provision specifically required to be included in this Agreement by an Intercreditor Agreement related to a Companion Loan without, in each case, the consent of the holder of the related Companion Loan(s).

(d)                                 No later than the effective date of any amendment to this Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall post a copy of the same to the Certificate Administrator’s Website, deliver a copy of the same to the 17g-5 Information Provider who shall post a copy of the same on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.13(b) and Section 3.13(c), as applicable, and thereafter, the Certificate Administrator shall furnish written notification of the substance of such amendment together with a copy of such amendment in electronic format to each Certificateholder and each Serviced Companion Noteholder, the Depositor, each Other Depositor, each Other Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Underwriters and the Rating Agencies.

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(e)                                   It shall not be necessary for the consent of Certificateholders under this Section 13.01 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof. The manner of obtaining such consents and of evidencing the authorization of the execution thereof by Certificateholders shall be subject to such reasonable regulations as the Certificate Administrator may prescribe.

(f)                                     The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall not be obligated to enter into any amendment pursuant to this Section 13.01 that affects its rights, duties and immunities under this Agreement or otherwise.

(g)                                  The cost of any Opinion of Counsel to be delivered pursuant to Section 13.01(a) or Section 13.01(c) and the cost of any amendment entered into hereunder shall be borne by the Person seeking the related amendment, except that if the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee requests any amendment of this Agreement in furtherance of the rights and interests of Certificateholders, the cost of any Opinion of Counsel required in connection therewith pursuant to Section 13.01(a) or Section 13.01(c) shall be payable out of the Collection Account.

(h)                                  The Servicing Standard shall not be amended unless each Rating Agency provides Rating Agency Confirmation and, with respect to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies provide a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25).

(i)                                      To the extent the Operating Advisor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Asset Representations Reviewer or Depositor obtains an Opinion of Counsel as provided for in Section 13.01(c) in connection with executing any amendment to this Agreement, such party shall be deemed not to have acted negligently in connection with entering into such amendment for purposes of availing itself of any indemnity provided to such party under this Agreement.

(j)                                      Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, for purposes of the giving or withholding of consents pursuant to this Section 13.01, Certificates registered in the name of the Depositor or any Affiliate of the Depositor shall be entitled to the same Voting Rights with respect to matters described above as they would if any other Person held such Certificates, so long as neither the Depositor nor any of its Affiliates is performing servicing duties with respect to any of the Mortgage Loans.

(k)                                  This Agreement may not be amended without the consent of any holder of a Companion Loan if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the rights of such Companion Holder hereunder.

(l)                                       In addition, if one but not all of the Mortgage Notes evidencing a Joint Mortgage Loan is repurchased by the applicable Mortgage Loan Sellers, this Agreement may be amended by the parties hereto (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment (or, if the Master Servicer or Special Servicer is requesting such amendment in connection with the

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fulfillment of its duties under this Agreement, at the expense of the Trust)), without the consent of any Certificateholder, to add or modify provisions relating to the applicable Repurchased Note for purposes of the servicing and administration of such Repurchased Note provided that the amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the Certificateholders, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency (obtained at the expense of the Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller) with respect to such amendment (or, if no such Rating Agency Confirmation is actually received, by an Opinion of Counsel to such effect). Prior to the effectiveness of such amendment, if one but not all of the Mortgage Notes with respect to a Joint Mortgage Loan is repurchased, the terms of Section 3.30 shall govern the servicing and administration of such Joint Mortgage Loan.

Section 13.02    Recordation of Agreement; Counterparts. (a) To the extent permitted by applicable law, this Agreement is subject to recordation in all appropriate public offices for real property records in all the counties or other comparable jurisdictions in which any or all of the properties subject to the Mortgages are situated, and in any other appropriate public recording office or elsewhere, such recordation to be effected by the Certificate Administrator at the expense of the Depositor on direction by the Special Servicer and with the consent of the Depositor (which may not be unreasonably withheld), but only upon direction accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel (the cost of which shall be paid by the Depositor) to the effect that such recordation materially and beneficially affects the interests of the Certificateholders.

(b)                                   For the purpose of facilitating the recordation of this Agreement as herein provided and for other purposes, this Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument, and the words “executed,” “signed,” “signature” and words of like import as used above and elsewhere in this Agreement or in any other certificate, agreement or document related to this transaction shall include, in addition to manually executed signatures, images of manually executed signatures transmitted by facsimile or other electronic format (including, without limitation, “pdf”) and other electronic signatures (including, without limitation, any electronic sound, symbol, or process, attached to or logically associated with a contract or other record and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the record). The use of electronic signatures and electronic records (including, without limitation, any contract or other record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means) shall be of the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a manually executed signature or use of a paper-based record-keeping system to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act and any other applicable law, including, without limitation, any state law based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the Uniform Commercial Code.

(c)                                  The Trustee shall make any filings required under the laws of the state of its place of business required solely by virtue of the fact of the location of the Trustee’s place of business, the costs of which, if any, to be at the Trustee’s expense.

Section 13.03    Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders. (a) The death or incapacity of any Certificateholder shall not operate to terminate this Agreement or the Trust, nor entitle such Certificateholder’s legal representatives or heirs to claim an accounting or to take any

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action or proceeding in any court for a partition or winding up of the Trust, nor otherwise affect the rights, obligations and liabilities of the parties hereto or any of them.

(b)                                  No Certificateholder shall have any right to vote (except as expressly provided for herein) or in any manner otherwise control the operation and management of the Trust, or the obligations of the parties hereto, nor shall anything herein set forth, or contained in the terms of the Certificates, be construed so as to constitute the Certificateholders from time to time as partners or members of an association; nor shall any Certificateholder be under any liability to any third party by reason of any action taken by the parties to this Agreement pursuant to any provision hereof.

(c)                                  No Certificateholder shall have any right by virtue of any provision of this Agreement to institute any suit, action or proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this Agreement, any Intercreditor Agreement, any Mortgage Loan, or with respect to the Certificates, unless, with respect to any suit, action or proceeding upon or under or with respect to this Agreement, such Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator a written notice of default, and of the continuance thereof, as herein before provided, or of the need to institute such suit, action or proceeding on behalf of the Trust and unless also (except in the case of a default by the Trustee) the Holders of Certificates of any Class evidencing not less than 25% of the related Percentage Interests in such Class shall have made written request upon the Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as Trustee hereunder and shall have offered to the Trustee such indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it as it may require against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby, and the Trustee, for sixty (60) days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of such indemnity, shall have neglected or refused to institute any such action, suit or proceeding. The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the trusts or powers vested in it hereunder or to institute, conduct or defend any litigation hereunder or in relation hereto at the request, order or direction of any of the Holders of Certificates unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred therein or hereby. It is understood and intended, and expressly covenanted by each Certificateholder with every other Certificateholder and the Trustee, that no one or more Holders of Certificates shall have any right in any manner whatsoever by virtue of any provision of this Agreement or the Certificates to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of the Holders of any other of such Certificates, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such Holder, which priority or preference is not otherwise provided for herein, or to enforce any right under this Agreement or the Certificates, except in the manner herein or therein provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all Certificateholders. For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of this Section 13.03(c), each and every Certificateholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity.

Section 13.04    Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT, AND/OR THE INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS AND DECISIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK,

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WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CHOICE OF LAW RULES THEREOF. THE PARTIES HERETO INTEND THAT THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW SHALL APPLY TO THIS AGREEMENT.

EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY (I) SUBMITS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE FEDERAL COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT; (II) WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT; (III) AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW; AND (IV) CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS UPON IT BY MAILING A COPY THEREOF BY CERTIFIED MAIL ADDRESSED TO IT AS PROVIDED FOR NOTICES HEREUNDER.

THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, RELATING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

Section 13.05    Notices. (a) Any communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and, unless otherwise expressly provided herein, shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered at or couriered, sent by facsimile transmission (other than with respect to the Mortgage Loan Sellers) or mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid (except for notices to the Mortgage Loan Sellers, the Master Servicer the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee which shall be deemed to have been duly given only when received), to:

In the case of the Depositor:

Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc.
One Bryant Park

NY-100-11-07
New York, New York 10036
Attention: Leland F. Bunch, III
Facsimile: (646) 855-5044

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with a copy to:

Paul E. Kurzeja, Esq.
Associate General Counsel & Director
Bank of America Legal Department
150 North College Street, Mail Code: NC1-028-24-02
Charlotte, North Carolina 28255
Facsimile: (704) 409-0267

and with a copy to:

cmbsnotices@bofa.com

and with a copy to:

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
650 South Tryon Street
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Attention: Henry A. LaBrun, Esq.
Facsimile: (704) 348-5200

In the case of the Master Servicer:

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Commercial Mortgage Servicing

MAC D1086-23A

550 South Tryon Street, 23rd Floor
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Attention: BANK 2023-BNK45 Asset Manager
Facsimile number: (704) 715-0036
Email: commercial.servicing@wellsfargo.com

 

with a copy to:

 

K&L Gates LLP

300 South Tryon Street

Suite 1000

Charlotte, North Carolina 28202

Attention: Stacy G. Ackermann

Reference: BANK 2023-BNK45

 

In the case of the Special Servicer:

LNR Partners, LLC

2340 Collins Ave., Suite 700

Miami Beach, Florida 33139

Attention: Heather Bennett and Job Warshaw

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with a copy to

Email: hbennett@lnrpartners.com, jwarshaw@lnrpartners.com and lnr.cmbs.notices@lnrproperty.com

 

or with respect solely to e-mail pursuant to Section 3.13(c) and Section 13.10 to inquiries@lnrproperty.com

In the case of the Directing Certificateholder:

 

LD III Sub XI, LLC

c/o Prime Finance

1330 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 2500

New York, New York 10019

Attention: Jon W. Brayshaw and Luke Dann

with a copy to:

 

Polsinelli

900 West 48th Place, Suite 900

Kansas City, Missouri 64112

Attention: Kraig Kohring

Facsimile number: (816) 753-1536

In the case of the Risk Retention Consultation Party:

Bank of America, National Association
One Bryant Park

NY-100-11-07
New York, New York 10036
Attention: Leland F. Bunch, III
Facsimile: (646) 855-5044

with a copy to:

Paul E. Kurzeja, Esq.
Associate General Counsel & Director
Bank of America Legal Department
150 North College Street, Mail Code: NC1-028-24-02
Charlotte, North Carolina 28255
Facsimile: (704) 409-0267

and with a copy to:

cmbsnotices@bofa.com

and with a copy to:

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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
650 South Tryon Street
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Attention: Henry A. LaBrun, Esq.
Facsimile: (704) 348-5200

In the case of the Certificate Administrator and Trustee:

Computershare Trust Company, National Association

9062 Old Annapolis Road

Columbia, Maryland 21045

Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) – BANK 2023-BNK45

with a copy to:

cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com

trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com

In the case of the Custodian:

Computershare Trust Company, National Association

1055 10th Avenue SE

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414

Attention: Document Custody Group BANK 2023-BNK45

with a copy to:

cmbscustody@computershare.com

in the case of a surrender, transfer or exchange other than with respect to the RR Interest:

Computershare Trust Company, National Association

600 South 4th Street

7th Floor

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415

Attention: CTS – Certificate Transfer Services – BANK 2023-BNK45

In the case of the release or transfer of the RR Interest:

Computershare Trust Company, National Association
9062 Old Annapolis Road

Columbia, Maryland 21045
Attention: Risk Retention Custody – BANK 2023-BNK45

with a copy to:

riskretentioncustody@wellsfargo.com

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in the case of a surrender, transfer or exchange other than with respect to the RR Interest:

Computershare Trust Company, National Association
600 South 4th Street
7th Floor
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415
Attention: Certificate Transfer Services – BANK 2023-BNK45

In the case of the Mortgage Loan Sellers:

1. Bank of America, National Association
One Bryant Park,
Mail Code: NY1-100-11-07
New York, New York 10036
Attention: Director of CMBS Securitization
Email: leland.f.bunch@bofa.com

with copies to:

Bank of America Legal Department
150 North College Street

Mail Code: NC1-028-28-03
Charlotte, North Carolina 28255
Attention: Paul Kurzeja

Associate General Counsel

Email: paul.kurzeja@bofa.com and cmbsnotices@bofa.com

2. Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
301 South College St.
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Attention: BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45

with a copy to:

Troy Stoddard, Senior Counsel
Wells Fargo Legal Department
401 S. Tryon St., MAC D1050-272

26th Floor
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202

and a copy to:

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Herschel Patel
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
10 S. Wacker Dr., 32nd Floor
Chicago, IL 60606

and a copy via email to:

cmbsnotices@wellsfargo.com and herschel.patel@wellsfargo.com

3. Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC
1585 Broadway
New York, New York 10036
Attention: Jane Lam

with copies to:

Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC
1633 Broadway, 29th Floor
New York, New York 10019
Attention: Legal Compliance Division

and

cmbs_notices@morganstanley.com

In the case of the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer:

 

Park Bridge Lender Services LLC

600 Third Avenue, 40th Floor

New York, New York 10016

Attention: BANK 2023-BNK45 Surveillance Manager (with a copy sent contemporaneously via email to cmbs.notices@parkbridgefinancial.com)

In the case of any mezzanine lender or Companion Loan Holder:

The address set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement.

To each such Person, such other address as may hereafter be furnished by such Person to the parties hereto in writing. Any communication required or permitted to be delivered to a Certificateholder shall be deemed to have been duly given when mailed first class, postage prepaid, to the address of such Holder as shown in the Certificate Register. Any notice so mailed within the time prescribed in this Agreement shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Certificateholder receives such notice.

(b)               Any party required to deliver any notice or information pursuant to the terms of this Agreement to the Rating Agencies shall deliver such written notice of the events or information specified in Section 3.13(c) to the Rating Agencies at the address listed below,

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promptly following the occurrence thereof. The Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, the Certificate Administrator, and Trustee also shall furnish such other information regarding the Trust as may be reasonably requested by the Rating Agencies to the extent such party has or can obtain such information without unreasonable effort or expense; provided, however, that such other information is first provided to the 17g-5 Information Provider in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 3.13(c); provided, further, that the 17g-5 Information Provider shall not disclose which Rating Agency has requested such information. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the failure to deliver such notices or copies shall not constitute a Servicer Termination Event, as the case may be, under this Agreement. Any confirmation of the rating by the Rating Agencies required hereunder shall be in writing.

Any notices to the Rating Agencies shall be sent to the following addresses:

Kroll Bond Rating Agency, LLC

805 Third Avenue, 29th Floor

New York, New York 10022

Attention: CMBS Surveillance

E-mail: cmbssurveillance@kbra.com

Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
7 World Trade Center
250 Greenwich Street
New York, New York 10007
Attention: Commercial Mortgage Surveillance Group
E-mail: CMBSSurveillance@moodys.com

 

Fitch Ratings, Inc.
300 West 57th Street
New York, New York 10019
Attention: Commercial Mortgage Surveillance Group
E-mail: info.cmbs@fitchratings.com

Section 13.06    Severability of Provisions. If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall be for any reason whatsoever held invalid, then such covenants, agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement or of the Certificates or the rights of the Holders thereof.

Section 13.07    Grant of a Security Interest. The Depositor intends that the conveyance of the Conveyed Property shall constitute a sale and not a pledge of security for a loan. If such conveyance is deemed to be a pledge of security for a loan, however, the Depositor intends that the rights and obligations of the parties to such loan shall be established pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. The Depositor also intends and agrees that, in such event, (i) the Depositor shall be deemed to have granted to the Trustee (in such capacity) a first priority security interest in the Depositor’s entire right, title and interest in, to and under the Conveyed Property and all proceeds thereof, in each case, whether now owned or existing or hereafter acquired or arising,

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and (ii) this Agreement shall constitute a security agreement under applicable law. The Depositor shall file or cause to be filed, as a precautionary filing, a UCC Financing Statement in all appropriate locations in the State of Delaware promptly following the initial issuance of the Certificates, and the Certificate Administrator shall, at the expense of the Depositor (to the extent reasonable), prepare and file continuation statements with respect thereto, in each case in the six-month period prior to every fifth anniversary of the date of the initial UCC Financing Statement. The Depositor shall cooperate in a reasonable manner with the Certificate Administrator in the preparation and filing of such continuation statement. This Section 13.07 shall constitute notice to the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee pursuant to any of the requirements of the applicable UCC.

Section 13.08    Successors and Assigns; Third Party Beneficiaries. (a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the respective successors and assigns of the parties hereto, and all such provisions shall inure to the benefit of the Certificateholders. Each Mortgage Loan Seller (and its respective agents), each Companion Holder (and its respective agents), each Underwriter, each depositor of a Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization, each Other Exchange Act Reporting Party (with respect to its rights under Article XI of this Agreement) and each Initial Purchaser is an intended third-party beneficiary to this Agreement in respect of the respective rights afforded it hereunder. No other person, including, without limitation, any Mortgagor, shall be entitled to any benefit or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Agreement. If one, but not all, of the Mortgage Notes evidencing any Joint Mortgage Loan is repurchased, the applicable Repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller shall be a third-party beneficiary of this Agreement to the same extent as if it were a holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan, as contemplated by Section 3.30 hereof.

(b)                                  Each Serviced Companion Noteholder shall be a third-party beneficiary to this Agreement in respect to the rights afforded it hereunder. Each of the Other Servicers and the Other Trustees shall be a third-party beneficiary to this Agreement in respect to all provisions herein expressly relating to compensation, reimbursement or indemnification of such Other Servicer and Other Trustee, and any provisions regarding reimbursement or advances or interest thereon to such Other Servicer or Other Trustee.

(c)                                    Each of the applicable Non-Serviced Trustee, Non-Serviced Master Servicer, Non-Serviced Special Servicer, Non-Serviced Depositor, Non-Serviced Certificate Administrator and any Non-Serviced Trust holding a related Non-Serviced Companion Loan, shall be a third-party beneficiary to this Agreement in respect to its rights as specifically provided for herein and under the applicable Non-Serviced Intercreditor Agreement.

(d)                                  Subject to Section 2.03(k), Section 2.03(l)(iv) and Section 2.03(l)(v), any Requesting Certificateholder shall be an express third-party beneficiary to this Agreement for purposes of exercising rights under Section 2.03(k) through Section 2.03(o).

Section 13.09    Article and Section Headings. The article and section headings herein are for convenience of reference only, and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

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Section 13.10    Notices to the Rating Agencies. (a) The Certificate Administrator shall use reasonable efforts promptly to provide notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.13(c), (and the related 17g-5 information provider for any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities to the extent applicable to any Serviced Whole Loan) with respect to each of the following of which it has actual knowledge:

(i)                                      any material change or amendment to this Agreement;

(ii)                                   the occurrence of a Servicer Termination Event that has not been cured;

(iii)                                the resignation or termination of the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Special Servicer; and

(iv)                               the repurchase or substitution of Mortgage Loans by the related Mortgage Loan Seller pursuant to Section 5 of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.

(b)                                  The Master Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to promptly provide notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.13(c), with respect to each of the following of which it has actual knowledge:

(i)                                     the resignation or removal of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator;

(ii)                                  any change in the location of the Collection Account;

(iii)                               any event that would result in the voluntary or involuntary termination of any insurance of the accounts of the Trustee;

(iv)                              any change in the lien priority of any Mortgage Loan with respect to an assumption of the Mortgage Loan or additional encumbrance described in Section 3.08;

(v)                                 any additional lease to an anchor tenant or termination of any existing lease to an anchor tenant at retail properties for any Mortgage Loan with a Stated Principal Balance that is equal to or greater than the lesser of (1) an amount greater than 5% of the then-aggregate outstanding principal balances of the Mortgage Loans and (2) $35,000,000;

(vi)                              any material damage to any Mortgaged Property;

(vii)                           any assumption with respect to a Mortgage Loan; and

(viii)                        any release or substitution of any Mortgaged Property.

(c)                                  The Certificate Administrator shall promptly furnish notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.13(c), and thereafter to the Rating Agencies of (i) any change in the location of the Distribution Accounts and (ii) the final payment to any Class of Certificateholders.

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(d)                                 The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall furnish to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.13(c), and thereafter to each Rating Agency (and any rating agency for any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities to the extent applicable to any Serviced Whole Loan) with respect to each Serviced Mortgage Loan such information as any Rating Agency shall reasonably request and which the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, can reasonably provide in accordance with applicable law and without waiving any attorney-client privilege relating to such information or violating the terms of this Agreement or any Mortgage Loan documents. The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, as applicable, may include any reasonable disclaimer it deems appropriate with respect to such information. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, nothing in this Section 13.10 shall require a party to provide duplicative notices or copies to the Rating Agencies with respect to any of the above listed items. In connection with the delivery by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer to the 17g-5 Information Provider of any information, report, notice or document for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website, the 17g-5 Information Provider shall notify the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer when such information, report, notice or document has been posted. The Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, may, but shall not be obligated to, send such information, report, notice or document to the applicable Rating Agency so long as such information, report, notice or document (i) was previously provided to the 17g-5 Information Provider or (ii) is simultaneously provided, by 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Business Day, to the 17g-5 Information Provider.

Section 13.11    Cooperation with the Mortgage Loan Sellers with Respect to Rights Under the Mortgage Loan Agreements. It is expressly agreed and understood that, notwithstanding the assignment of the Mortgage Loan documents, it is expressly intended that the Mortgage Loan Sellers are entitled to the benefit of any securitization indemnification provisions that specifically run to the benefit of the lenders in the Mortgage Loan documents. Therefore, the Depositor, Master Servicer, Special Servicer and Trustee hereby agree to reasonably cooperate with any Mortgage Loan Seller, at the sole expense of such Mortgage Loan Seller, with respect to obtaining the benefits of the provisions of any section of a loan agreement or securitization cooperation agreement providing for indemnification of the lender and/or its loan seller affiliates with respect to the current securitization of the related Mortgage Loan, including, without limitation, executing any documents as are reasonably necessary to permit the related Mortgage Loan Seller to enforce such provisions for its benefit; provided, that none of the Depositor, Master Servicer, Special Servicer or Trustee shall be required to take any action that is inconsistent with the Servicing Standard, would violate applicable law, the terms and provisions of this Agreement or the Mortgage Loan documents, would adversely affect any Certificateholder, would cause either Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a grantor trust for federal income tax purposes, or would result in the imposition of a “prohibited transaction” or “prohibited contribution” tax under the REMIC Provisions. To the extent that the Trustee is required to execute any document facilitating the above rights of a Mortgage Loan Seller under this Section 13.11, such document shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

[End of Article XIII]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused their names to be signed hereto by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, in each case as of the day and year first above written.

Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc.
Depositor
By:	/s/ Leland F. Bunch, III
	Name:  Leland F. Bunch, III
	Title: Chief Executive Officer & President

BANK 2023-BNK45: Pooling and Servicing Agreement

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
Master Servicer
By:	/s/ Nachette Hadden
	Name: Nachette Hadden
	Title: Director

BANK 2023-BNK45: Pooling and Servicing Agreement

LNR Partners, LLC,
Special Servicer
By:	/s/ Jerry Hirschkorn
	Name: Jerry Hirschkorn
	Title: Vice President

BANK 2023-BNK45: Pooling and Servicing Agreement

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, national association,
not in its individual capacity, but solely as Certificate Administrator
By:	/s/  Anna M. Lopez
	Name:Anna M. Lopez
	Title: Vice President

BANK 2023-BNK45: Pooling and Servicing Agreement

 

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, national association,
not in its individual capacity, but solely as Trustee
By:	/s/ Anna M. Lopez
	Name:  Anna M. Lopez
	Title: Vice President

BANK 2023-BNK45: Pooling and Servicing Agreement

PARK BRIDGE LENDER SERVICES LLC,
as Operating Advisor
By:	Park Bridge Advisors LLC Its Sole Member
	By:	Park Bridge Financial LLC Its Sole Member
		By:	/s/ Robert J. Spinna, Jr.
			Name:  Robert J. Spinna, Jr.
			Title: Managing Member
PARK BRIDGE LENDER SERVICES LLC,
as Asset Representations Reviewer
By:	Park Bridge Advisors LLC Its Sole Member
	By:	Park Bridge Financial LLC Its Sole Member
	By:	/s/ Robert J. Spinna, Jr.
		Name:  Robert J. Spinna, Jr.
		Title: Managing Member

BANK 2023-BNK45: Pooling and Servicing Agreement

EXHIBIT A-1

[FORM OF] CLASS [__] CERTIFICATE

BANK 2023-BNK45

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES

SERIES 2023-BNK45, CLASS [__]

[FOR CLASSES X-D, X-F, X-G, X-H, D, E, F, G, AND H OFFERED PURSUANT TO REGULATION S:]¹ [THIS CERTIFICATE IS A TEMPORARY REGULATION S BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE FOR PURPOSES OF REGULATION S (“REGULATION S”) UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”). NEITHER THIS TEMPORARY REGULATION S BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD OR DELIVERED, EXCEPT AS PERMITTED UNDER THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.

NO BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF THIS TEMPORARY REGULATION S BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL OR INTEREST HEREON UNLESS THE REQUIRED CERTIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN DELIVERED PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.]

[FOR BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATES:]² [UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

TRANSFERS OF THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE, AND TRANSFERS OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS

¹  Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate legend.

²  Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 

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SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.]

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE DEPOSITOR, THE BORROWERS, THE SPONSORS, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY, THE UNDERWRITERS, THE INITIAL PURCHASERS, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

[FOR CLASSES A-1, A-2, A-SB, A-3, A-4, A-4-1, A-4-2, A-5, A-5-1, A-5-2, A-S, A-S-1, A-S-2, B, B-1, B-2, C, C-1, C-2, D, E, F, G AND H:] [PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE DISTRIBUTABLE AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

THE PORTION OF THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THE CERTIFICATES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DECREASED BY THE PORTION OF PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTIONS ON THE CERTIFICATES AND THE PORTION OF REALIZED LOSSES ALLOCABLE TO THIS CERTIFICATE AND WILL BE INCREASED BY RECOVERIES ON THE RELATED MORTGAGE LOANS FOR NONRECOVERABLE ADVANCES (PLUS INTEREST THEREON) THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY REIMBURSED FROM PRINCIPAL COLLECTIONS ON THE MORTGAGE LOANS THAT RESULTED IN A REDUCTION OF THE PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT. ACCORDINGLY, THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE LESS THAN THAT SET FORTH BELOW. ANYONE ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE MAY ASCERTAIN ITS CURRENT CERTIFICATE BALANCE BY INQUIRY OF THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR.]

[FOR CLASS X CERTIFICATES AND CLASSES A-4-X1, A-4-X2, A-5-X1, A-5-X2, A-S-X1, A-S-X2, B-X1, B-X2, C-X1 AND C-X2:] [THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NO PRINCIPAL BALANCE AND WILL NOT RECEIVE ANY DISTRIBUTIONS OF PRINCIPAL. THE NOTIONAL AMOUNT OF THE CLASS OF CERTIFICATES TO WHICH THIS CERTIFICATE BELONGS WILL BE REDUCED IN CONNECTION WITH THE REDUCTION OF THE AGGREGATE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF ANY UNDERLYING CLASS OF PRINCIPAL BALANCE CERTIFICATES OR UPPER-TIER REGULAR INTERESTS, AS APPLICABLE, THAT COMPRISE ITS NOTIONAL AMOUNT. ACCORDINGLY, THE NOTIONAL AMOUNT OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL NOTIONAL AMOUNT SET FORTH BELOW.

THE NOTIONAL AMOUNT ON WHICH THE INTEREST PAYABLE TO THE HOLDERS OF THIS CLASS OF CERTIFICATES IS BASED WILL BE REDUCED AS A

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RESULT OF PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS AND LOSSES ON THE MORTGAGE LOANS. ACCORDINGLY, THE INTEREST PAYABLE PURSUANT TO THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE LESS THAN THAT SET FORTH BELOW.]

[FOR CLASSES X-D, X-F, X-G, X-H, D, E, F, G AND H:] [THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (A)(1) PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”) TO A PERSON THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER”, WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (A “QIB”), OR IS PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB, AND WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE, OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (2) TO AN INSTITUTION THAT IS A NON-“U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” AS DEFINED IN, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF, REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (3) TO INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE “ACCREDITED INVESTORS” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“REGULATION D”) OR ANY ENTITY IN WHICH ALL OF THE EQUITY OWNERS ARE “ACCREDITED INVESTORS” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D (COLLECTIVELY, “INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTORS”), AND (B) IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.]

[FOR CLASSES X-F, X-G, X-H, F, G AND H:] [THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE PURCHASED BY OR PLEDGED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED TO ANY PERSON THAT IS OR BECOMES AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY PROVISIONS OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), OR TO SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), OR A GOVERNMENTAL PLAN (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(32) OF ERISA) OR OTHER PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO ANY FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW THAT IS, TO A MATERIAL EXTENT, SIMILAR TO THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE (“SIMILAR LAW”), OR ANY PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH PLAN (INCLUDING AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE PLAN ASSETS WITHIN THE MEANING OF DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGULATION § 2510.3-101, AS MODIFIED BY SECTION 3(42) OF ERISA) OR USING THE ASSETS OF SUCH PLAN TO ACQUIRE THIS CERTIFICATE, UNLESS (A)(I) SUCH PERSON IS AN “INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL ACCOUNT” WITHIN THE MEANING OF PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION 95-60, AND (II) ALL CONDITIONS OF SECTIONS I AND III OF PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION 95-60 WILL BE MET WITH RESPECT TO SUCH INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL ACCOUNT’S ACQUISITION, HOLDING AND DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE, OR (B) WITH

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RESPECT TO THE ACQUISITION, HOLDING OR DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE BY ANY PLAN SUBJECT TO SIMILAR LAW, SUCH ACQUISITION, HOLDING AND DISPOSITION BY SUCH PLAN WILL NOT CONSTITUTE OR OTHERWISE RESULT IN A NON-EXEMPT VIOLATION OF SIMILAR LAW.]

[FOR EXCHANGEABLE CERTIFICATES (CLASSES A-4, A-4-1, A-4-2, A-4-X1, A-4-X2, A-5, A-5-1, A-5-2, A-5-X1, A-5-X2, A-S, A-S-1, A-S-2, A-S-X1, A-S-X2, B, B-1, B-2, B-X1, B-X2, C, C-1, C-2, C-X1, C-X2): SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS AND PROCEDURES SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE EXCHANGED FOR OTHER Exchangeable CERTIFICATES IN THE AMOUNTS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.]

[FOR REGULAR CERTIFICATES OTHER THAN THE RR INTEREST (CLASSES A-1, A-2, A-SB, A-3, D, E, F, G, H, X-A, X-B, X-D, X-F, X-G AND X-H): THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT”, AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.]

[FOR EXCHANGEABLE CERTIFICATES (CLASSES A-4, A-4-1, A-4-2, A-4-X1, A-4-X2, A-5, A-5-1, A-5-2, A-5-X1, A-5-X2, A-S, A-S-1, A-S-2, A-S-X1, A-S-X2, B, B-1, B-2, B-X1, B-X2, C, C-1, C-2, C-X1, C-X2): THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS AN UNDIVIDED BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A PORTION OF THE RELATED EXCHANGEABLE CLASS SPECIFIC GRANTOR TRUST ASSETS.]

[FOR SUBORDINATE CERTIFICATES (CLASSES A-S, A-S-1, A-S-2, A-S-X1, A-S-X2, B, B-1, B-2, B-X1, B-X2, C, C-1, C-2, C-X1, C-X2, D, E, F, G AND H): THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE TO ONE OR MORE OTHER CLASSES OF CERTIFICATES AS AND TO THE EXTENT SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.]

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PASS-THROUGH RATE: CLASS [__] PASS-
THROUGH RATE INITIAL [CERTIFICATE
BALANCE][NOTIONAL AMOUNT] OF
THIS CERTIFICATE AS OF THE CLOSING
DATE: $[            ] DATE OF POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT: AS OF FEBRUARY 1, 2023 CUT-OFF DATE: AS SET FORTH IN THE
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
(AS DEFINED HEREIN) CLOSING DATE: FEBRUARY 23, 2023 FIRST DISTRIBUTION DATE:
MARCH 17, 2023 APPROXIMATE AGGREGATE
[CERTIFICATE BALANCE][NOTIONAL
AMOUNT] OF THE CLASS [__]
CERTIFICATES
AS OF THE CLOSING DATE: $[_________] MASTER SERVICER: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION SPECIAL SERVICER: LNR PARTNERS, LLC TRUSTEE: COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR: COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OPERATING Advisor: PARK BRIDGE LENDER SERVICES LLC ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER: PARK BRIDGE LENDER SERVICES LLC CUSIP NO.: [            ] ISIN NO.: [            ] COMMON CODE NO.: [            ] CERTIFICATE NO.: [_]-[_]  

 

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CLASS [__] CERTIFICATE

evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, consisting primarily of a pool of commercial mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”), all payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date, all REO Properties and revenues received in respect thereof, the mortgagee’s rights under the insurance policies, any Assignment of Leases, and any guaranties or other collateral as security for the Mortgage Loans and such amounts as shall from time to time be held in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts, the Interest Reserve Account, the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Retained Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account and the REO Accounts, formed and sold by

Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc.

THIS CERTIFIES THAT [FOR BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATES: CEDE & CO.] [FOR DEFINITIVE CERTIFICATES: [______]] is the registered owner of the interest evidenced by this Certificate in the Class [__] Certificates issued by the Trust created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc. (hereinafter called the “Depositor”, which term includes any successor entity under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer. A summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates designated as Certificates of the series specified on the face hereof (herein called the “Certificates”) and representing an interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof equal to the quotient expressed as a percentage obtained by dividing the Denomination of this Certificate specified on the face hereof [FOR EXCHANGEABLE CERTIFICATES (CLASSES A-4, A-4-1, A-4-2, A-4-X1, A-4-X2, A-5, A-5-1, A-5-2, A-5-X1, A-5-X2, A-S, A-S-1, A-S-2, A-S-X1, A-S-X2, B, B-1, B-2, B-X1, B-X2, C, C-1, C-2, C-X1 AND C-X2): (subject to adjustments reflected on the schedule of exchanges attached hereto)], by the aggregate initial Certificate Balance or Notional Amount, as applicable, of the Class [__] Certificates [FOR EXCHANGEABLE CERTIFICATES (CLASSES A-4, A-4-1, A-4-2, A-4-X1, A-4-X2, A-5, A-5-1, A-5-2, A-5-X1, A-5-X2, A-S, A-S-1, A-S-2, A-S-X1, A-S-X2, B, B-1, B-2, B-X1, B-X2, C, C-1, C-2, C-X1 AND C-X2): (as increased or decreased, as the case may be, to reflect any exchanges of Exchangeable Certificates)]. The Certificates are designated as the BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45 and are issued in the classes as specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Certificates will evidence in the aggregate 100% of the beneficial ownership of the Trust Fund.

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and reference is made to that agreement for information with respect to the interests, rights, benefits, obligations, proceeds, and duties evidenced hereby and the rights, duties and obligations of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to which

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Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as amended from time to time, the Certificateholder by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which the Certificateholder is bound. In the case of any conflict between terms specified in this Certificate and terms specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall govern.

[FOR REGULAR CERTIFICATES OTHER THAN THE RR INTEREST (CLASSES A-1, A-2, A-SB, A-3, D, E, F, G, H, X-A, X-B, X-D, X-F, X-G AND X-H): This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit”, as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).] [FOR EXCHANGEABLE CERTIFICATES (CLASSES A-4, A-4-1, A-4-2, A-4-X1, A-4-X2, A-5, A-5-1, A-5-2, A-5-X1, A-5-X2, A-S, A-S-1, A-S-2, A-S-X1, A-S-X2, B, B-1, B-2, B-X1, B-X2, C, C-1, C-2, C-X1 AND C-X2): This certificate represents an undivided beneficial interest in a portion of the related Exchangeable Class Specific Grantor Trust Assets]. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall distribute to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as of the related Record Date, an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and/or interest then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class of Certificates of the same Class as this Certificate for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All sums distributable on this Certificate are payable in the coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

Interest on this Certificate will accrue (computed as if each year consisted of 360 days and each month consisted of 30 days) during the Interest Accrual Period relating to such Distribution Date at the Pass-Through Rate specified above on the Certificate Balance or Notional Amount, as applicable, of this Certificate immediately prior to each Distribution Date. Principal and/or interest allocated to this Certificate on any Distribution Date will be in an amount equal to this Certificate’s pro rata share of the Available Funds to be distributed on the Certificates of this Class as of such Distribution Date, with a final distribution to be made upon retirement of this Certificate as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Realized Losses and certain other amounts on the Mortgage Loans shall be allocated on the applicable Distribution Date to Certificateholders in the manner set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans allocated to any Class of Certificates will be allocated pro rata among the outstanding Certificates of such Class.

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Collection Account and the Distribution Accounts will be held on behalf of the Trustee for the

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benefit of the Holders of Certificates specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Master Servicer (with respect to the Collection Account) or the Certificate Administrator (with respect to the Distribution Accounts) will be authorized to make withdrawals therefrom. Amounts on deposit in such accounts may be invested in Permitted Investments to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Interest or other investment income earned on funds in the Collection Account will be paid to the Master Servicer as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account shall be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of certain expenses incurred with respect to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans and administration of the Trust.

All distributions under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to a Class of Certificates shall be made on each Distribution Date (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) to Certificateholders of record on the related Record Date by check mailed to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register or, provided that such Certificateholder has provided the Certificate Administrator with wire instructions at least five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Certificateholder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor. The final distribution on this Certificate (determined without regard to any possible future reimbursement of Realized Losses or Retained Certificate Realized Losses, as applicable, previously allocated to this Certificate) shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of this Certificate at the offices of the Certificate Registrar or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders of such final distribution.

Any funds not distributed to any Holder or Holders of Certificates of such Class on such Distribution Date because of the failure of such Holder or Holders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held uninvested in trust and credited to the account or accounts of the appropriate non-tendering Holder or Holders. If any Certificates as to which notice has been given pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six (6) months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation in order to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one (1) year after the second notice all such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator, directly or through an agent, shall take such steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning the surrender of their Certificates as it shall deem appropriate, subject to applicable law with respect to escheatment of funds. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders following the first anniversary of the delivery of such second notice to the non-tendering Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held in trust under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register only upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the office of the Certificate Registrar or at the office of its transfer agent, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment

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in the form below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder hereof or such Holder’s attorney-in-fact duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates of the same Class in authorized Denominations will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

Subject to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Class [__] Certificates will be issued in minimum denominations of [FOR REGISTERED PRINCIPAL BALANCE CERTIFICATES AND EXCHANGEABLE CERTIFICATES (CLASSES A-1, A-2, A-SB, A-3, A-4, A-4-1, A-4-2, A-4-X1, A-4-X2, A-5, A-5-1, A-5-2, A-5-X1, A-5-X2, A-S, A-S-1, A-S-2, A-S-X1, A-S-X2, B, B-1, B-2, B-X1, B-X2, C, C-1, C-2, C-X1 AND C-X2): $10,000][FOR NON-REGISTERED PRINCIPAL BALANCE CERTIFICATES: CLASSES D, E, F, G AND H: $100,000][FOR CLASS X CERTIFICATES: $1,000,000], and in integral multiples of $1 in excess thereof, with one Certificate of each such Class evidencing an additional amount equal to the remainder of the initial Certificate Balance of such Class.

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange of any Certificate (other than Definitive Certificates) referred to in Section 5.03 [FOR EXCHANGEABLE CERTIFICATES (CLASSES A-4, A-4-1, A-4-2, A-4-X1, A-4-X2, A-5, A-5-1, A-5-2, A-5-X1, A-5-X2, A-S, A-S-1, A-S-2, A-S-X1, A-S-X2, B, B-1, B-2, B-X1, B-X2, C, C-1, C-2, C-X1 AND C-X2): and Section 5.11] of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the Transferor shall reimburse the Trust for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer or exchange.

The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Certificate Registrar, and any agent of any of them, may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Registrar, or any agent of any of them, shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Certificateholders under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement at any time by the parties thereto with the consent of the Holders of Certificates of each Class affected by such amendment evidencing in the aggregate not less than a majority of the aggregate Percentage Interests constituting the Class. Any such consent by the Holder of this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent is made upon the Certificate. The Pooling and Servicing Agreement also permits the amendment thereof, in certain circumstances, without the consent of the Holders of any of the Certificates.

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The Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or the Holders of the Class R Certificates, in that order of priority, may, at their option, elect to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans (and all property acquired through exercise of remedies in respect of any related Mortgage Loan) and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund as contemplated by clause (ii) of the first paragraph of Section 9.01 in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by giving written notice to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the other parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement no later than sixty (60) days prior to the anticipated date of purchase; provided, however, that the Holders of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer, or the Holders of the Class R Certificates may so elect to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund only on or after the first Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans and the portion of any REO Loans held by the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loans (solely for the purposes of this calculation, if such right is being exercised after February 2023 and the CX - 250 Water Street Mortgage Loan is still an asset of the Trust Fund, then such Mortgage Loan that is still an asset of the Trust Fund shall be excluded from the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the related determination date).

Following the date on which the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-3, Class D and Class E Certificates and the Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-S, Class B and Class C Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests are no longer outstanding (and provided that there is only one Holder (or multiple Holders acting in unanimity) of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class V Certificates, Class R Certificates and RR Interest)), the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right, with the consent of the Master Servicer, to exchange all of its Certificates (other than the Class V Certificates, Class R Certificates and RR Interest) together with the payment or deemed payment of the Termination Purchase Amount for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

The obligations created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Trust created thereby (other than the obligation of the Certificate Administrator to make payments to Certificateholders as provided for in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), shall terminate upon reduction of the Certificate Balances of all the Certificates to zero (including, without limitation, any such final payment resulting from a termination of the Trust due to a sale of its property) pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In no event, however, will the Trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James, living on the date hereof.

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose. The Certificate Registrar has executed this Certificate on behalf of the Trust as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans.

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THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES APPLIED IN NEW YORK.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Registrar has caused this Certificate to be duly executed under this official seal.

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
By:
	Name:
	Title:

Dated: February ___, 2023

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

THIS IS ONE OF THE CLASS [__] CERTIFICATES REFERRED TO IN THE WITHIN-MENTIONED POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Authenticating Agent
By:
	Name:
	Title:

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ABBREVIATIONS

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

TEN COM	-	as tenant in common	UNIF GIFT MIN ACT
TEN ENT	-	as tenants by the entireties			Custodian
JT TEN	-	as joint tenants with rights of			(Cust)
		survivorship and not as tenants in	Under Uniform Gifts to Minors
		common
			Act
				(State)

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

FORM OF TRANSFER

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto

 

(Please insert Social Security or other identifying number of Assignee)

 

(Please print or typewrite name and address of assignee)

 

the within Certificate and does hereby or irrevocably constitute and appoint to transfer the said Certificate in the Certificate register of the within-named Trust, with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Dated:                                            NOTICE:  The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of this Certificate in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

SIGNATURE GUARANTEED

The signature must be guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company or by a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange or another national securities exchange. Notarized or witnessed signatures are not acceptable.

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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:

Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in immediately available funds to _________________________________ for the account of __________________________________ account number _______________ or, if mailed by check, to _______________________________________. Statements should be mailed to _______________________________________________________________. This information is provided by assignee named above, or ______________________________, as its agent.

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[TO BE ATTACHED TO RULE 144A/REGULATION S BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATES AND EXCHANGEABLE CERTIFICATES]

SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF CERTIFICATES

The following exchanges of a part of this Certificate have been made:

 

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EXHIBIT A-2

[FORM OF] CLASS R CERTIFICATE

BANK 2023-BNK45

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES

SERIES 2023-BNK45, CLASS R

THE INITIAL INVESTOR IN THIS CERTIFICATE, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN, IS DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. A TRANSFEREE IS ALSO REQUIRED TO DELIVER AN INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION LETTER SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM OF EXHIBIT C TO THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE DEPOSITOR, THE BORROWERS, THE SPONSORS, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY, THE UNDERWRITERS, THE INITIAL PURCHASERS, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (A) PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”) TO A PERSON THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER”, WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (A “QIB”), OR IS PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB, AND WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE, OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, AND (B) IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE PURCHASED BY OR PLEDGED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED TO ANY PERSON THAT IS OR BECOMES AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE

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FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY PROVISIONS OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), OR TO SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), OR A GOVERNMENTAL PLAN (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(32) OF ERISA) OR OTHER PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO ANY FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW THAT IS, TO A MATERIAL EXTENT, SIMILAR TO THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE, OR ANY PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH PLAN (INCLUDING AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE PLAN ASSETS WITHIN THE MEANING OF DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGULATION § 2510.3-101, AS MODIFIED BY SECTION 3(42) OF ERISA) OR USING THE ASSETS OF SUCH PLAN TO ACQUIRE THIS CERTIFICATE.

THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “RESIDUAL INTEREST” IN TWO “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUITS” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(2) AND 860D OF THE CODE. EACH TRANSFEREE OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, IS DEEMED TO HAVE ACCEPTED THIS CERTIFICATE SUBJECT TO CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY TO DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATIONS, DISQUALIFIED NON-U.S. TAX PERSONS OR AGENTS OF EITHER, AS SET FORTH IN SECTION 5.03 OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, AND SHALL BE REQUIRED TO FURNISH AN AFFIDAVIT TO THE TRANSFEROR, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR AND THE TRUSTEE TO THE EFFECT THAT, AMONG OTHER THINGS, (A) IT IS NOT A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION, AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION 860E(e)(5) OF THE CODE, OR AN AGENT (INCLUDING A BROKER, NOMINEE OR OTHER MIDDLEMAN) FOR SUCH DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION AND IS OTHERWISE A PERMITTED TRANSFEREE, (B) IT HAS HISTORICALLY PAID ITS DEBTS AS THEY HAVE COME DUE AND INTENDS TO PAY ITS DEBTS AS THEY COME DUE IN THE FUTURE, (C) IT UNDERSTANDS THAT IT MAY INCUR TAX LIABILITIES WITH RESPECT TO THIS CERTIFICATE IN EXCESS OF CASH FLOWS GENERATED HEREBY, (D) IT INTENDS TO PAY ANY TAXES ASSOCIATED WITH HOLDING THIS CERTIFICATE AS THEY BECOME DUE, (E) IT WILL NOT CAUSE INCOME WITH RESPECT TO THIS CERTIFICATE TO BE ATTRIBUTABLE TO A FOREIGN PERMANENT ESTABLISHMENT OR FIXED BASE, WITHIN THE MEANING OF AN APPLICABLE INCOME TAX TREATY, OF SUCH PERSON OR ANY OTHER U.S. PERSON AND (F) IT WILL NOT TRANSFER THIS CERTIFICATE TO ANY PERSON OR ENTITY THAT DOES NOT PROVIDE A SIMILAR AFFIDAVIT. ANY PURPORTED TRANSFER TO A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION OR OTHER PERSON THAT IS NOT A PERMITTED TRANSFEREE OR OTHERWISE IN VIOLATION OF THESE RESTRICTIONS SHALL BE ABSOLUTELY NULL AND VOID AND SHALL VEST NO RIGHTS IN ANY PURPORTED TRANSFEREE. THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS “NON-ECONOMIC RESIDUAL INTERESTS” AS DEFINED IN TREASURY REGULATIONS SECTION 1.860E-1(c), AND THEREFORE, TRANSFERS OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE DISREGARDED FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES. IN ORDER TO SATISFY A REGULATORY SAFE HARBOR UNDER WHICH SUCH TRANSFERS WILL NOT BE DISREGARDED, THE TRANSFEROR MAY BE REQUIRED, AMONG OTHER THINGS, TO SATISFY ITSELF AS TO THE FINANCIAL

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CONDITION OF THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE AND EITHER TO TRANSFER AT A MINIMUM PRICE OR TO AN ELIGIBLE TRANSFEREE AS SPECIFIED IN TREASURY REGULATIONS.

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PERCENTAGE INTEREST EVIDENCED
BY THIS CERTIFICATE: [_]% DATE OF POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT: AS OF FEBRUARY 1,
2023 CUT-OFF DATE: AS SET FORTH IN
THE POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT (AS DEFINED HEREIN) CLOSING DATE: FEBRUARY 23, 2023 FIRST DISTRIBUTION DATE:
MARCH 17, 2023   MASTER SERVICER: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION SPECIAL SERVICER: LNR PARTNERS, LLC TRUSTEE: COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR: COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OPERATING Advisor: PARK BRIDGE LENDER SERVICES LLC ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER: PARK BRIDGE LENDER SERVICES LLC CUSIP NO.: [            ] ISIN NO.: [            ] CERTIFICATE NO.: R-[_]  

 

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CLASS R CERTIFICATE

evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, consisting primarily of a pool of commercial mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”), all payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date, all REO Properties and revenues received in respect thereof, the mortgagee’s rights under the insurance policies, any Assignment of Leases, and any guaranties or other collateral as security for the Mortgage Loans and such amounts as shall from time to time be held in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts, the Interest Reserve Account, the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Retained Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account and the REO Accounts, formed and sold by

Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc.

THIS CERTIFIES THAT [____________________] is the registered owner of the interest evidenced by this Certificate in the Class R Certificates issued by the Trust created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc. (hereinafter called the “Depositor”, which term includes any successor entity under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer. A summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates designated as Certificates of the series specified on the face hereof (herein called the “Certificates”) and representing the Percentage Interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof. The Certificates are designated as the BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45 and are issued in the classes as specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Certificates will evidence in the aggregate 100% of the beneficial ownership of the Trust Fund.

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and reference is made to that agreement for information with respect to the interests, rights, benefits, obligations, proceeds, and duties evidenced hereby and the rights, duties and obligations of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to which Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as amended from time to time, the Certificateholder by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which the Certificateholder is bound. In the case of any conflict between terms specified in this Certificate and terms specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall govern.

This Class R Certificate represents a “residual interest” in two “real estate mortgage investment conduits”, as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state

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and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income. The Certificate Administrator shall be designated as the “partnership representative” within the meaning of Section 6223 of the Code of each Trust REMIC. By their acceptance thereof, the Holders of the Class R Certificates hereby agree to the designation of the Certificate Administrator as “partnership representative” for the Trust REMICs.

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, distributions, if any, on this Certificate shall be made by the Certificate Administrator in an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) and to the extent and subject to the limitations set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, on the Distribution Date to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as of the related Record Date. All sums distributable on this Certificate are payable in the coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Collection Account and the Distribution Accounts will be held on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of Certificates specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Master Servicer (with respect to the Collection Account) or the Certificate Administrator (with respect to the Distribution Accounts) will be authorized to make withdrawals therefrom. Amounts on deposit in such accounts may be invested in Permitted Investments to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Interest or other investment income earned on funds in the Collection Account will be paid to the Master Servicer as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account shall be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of certain expenses incurred with respect to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans and administration of the Trust.

All distributions under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to a Class of Certificates shall be made on each Distribution Date (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) to Certificateholders of record on the related Record Date by check mailed to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register or, provided that such Certificateholder has provided the Certificate Administrator with wire instructions at least five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Certificateholder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor. The final distribution on this Certificate (determined without regard to any possible future reimbursement of Realized Losses or Retained Certificate Realized Losses, as applicable, previously allocated to this Certificate) shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of this Certificate at the offices of the Certificate Registrar or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders of such final distribution.

Any funds not distributed to any Holder or Holders of Certificates of such Class on such Distribution Date because of the failure of such Holder or Holders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held uninvested in trust and credited to the account or accounts of the appropriate non-tendering Holder or Holders. If any Certificates as to which notice has been

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given pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six (6) months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation in order to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one (1) year after the second notice all such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator, directly or through an agent, shall take such steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning the surrender of their Certificates as it shall deem appropriate, subject to applicable law with respect to escheatment of funds. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders following the first anniversary of the delivery of such second notice to the non-tendering Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held in trust under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register only upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the office of the Certificate Registrar or at the office of its transfer agent, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder hereof or such Holder’s attorney-in-fact duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates of the same Class in authorized Denominations will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of such Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the following provisions. The rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (A) no Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate shall be a Disqualified Organization or agent thereof (including a nominee, middleman or similar person) (an “Agent”), a Plan or a Person acting on behalf of or investing the assets of a Plan (such Plan or Person, an “ERISA Prohibited Holder”) or a Disqualified Non-U.S. Tax Person and shall promptly notify the Certificate Registrar of any change or impending change to such status; (B) in connection with any proposed Transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, the Certificate Registrar shall, as a condition to such consent, (x) require the proposed transferee to deliver, and the proposed transferee shall deliver to the Certificate Registrar and to the proposed transferor, an affidavit in substantially the form attached to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as Exhibit D-1 (a “Transferee Affidavit”) of the proposed transferee (A) that such proposed transferee is a Permitted Transferee and (B) stating that (1) the proposed transferee historically has paid its debts as they have come due and intends to do so in the future, (2) the proposed transferee understands that, as the holder of a Residual Ownership Interest, it may incur tax liabilities in excess of cash flows generated by the residual interest, (3) the proposed transferee intends to pay taxes associated with holding the Residual Ownership Interest as they become due, (4) the proposed transferee will not cause income with respect to the Residual Ownership Interest to be attributable to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed base, within the meaning of an applicable income tax treaty, of such proposed transferee or any other U.S. Tax Person, (5) the proposed transferee will not transfer the Residual Ownership Interest to any Person that does not

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provide a Transferee Affidavit or as to which the proposed transferee has actual knowledge that such Person is not a Permitted Transferee or is acting as an agent (including a broker, nominee or other middleman) for a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee, and (6) the proposed transferee expressly agrees to be bound by and to abide by the provisions of Section 5.03(o) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and (y) other than in connection with the initial issuance of a Class R Certificate, require a statement from the proposed transferor substantially in the form attached as Exhibit D-2 (the “Transferor Letter”), that the proposed transferor has no actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee and has no actual knowledge or reason to know that the proposed transferee’s statements in its Transferee Affidavit are false.

The Class R Certificates will be issued in fully registered, certificated form, in minimum percentage interests of 10% and integral multiples of 1% in excess thereof.

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange of any Certificate (other than Definitive Certificates) referred to in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the Transferor shall reimburse the Trust for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer or exchange.

The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Certificate Registrar, and any agent of any of them, may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Registrar, or any agent of any of them, shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Certificateholders under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement at any time by the parties thereto with the consent of the Holders of Certificates of each Class affected by such amendment evidencing in the aggregate not less than a majority of the aggregate Percentage Interests constituting the Class. Any such consent by the Holder of this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent is made upon the Certificate. The Pooling and Servicing Agreement also permits the amendment thereof, in certain circumstances, without the consent of the Holders of any of the Certificates.

The Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or the Holders of the Class R Certificates, in that order of priority, may, at their option, elect to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans (and all property acquired through exercise of remedies in respect of any related Mortgage Loan) and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund as contemplated by clause (ii) of the first paragraph of Section 9.01

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in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by giving written notice to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the other parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement no later than sixty (60) days prior to the anticipated date of purchase; provided, however, that the Holders of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer, or the Holders of the Class R Certificates may so elect to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund only on or after the first Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans and the portion of any REO Loans held by the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loans (solely for the purposes of this calculation, if such right is being exercised after February 2023 and the CX - 250 Water Street Mortgage Loan is still an asset of the Trust Fund, then such Mortgage Loan that is still an asset of the Trust Fund shall be excluded from the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the related determination date).

Following the date on which the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-3, Class D and Class E Certificates and the Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-S, Class B and Class C Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests are no longer outstanding (and provided that there is only one Holder (or multiple Holders acting in unanimity) of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class V Certificates, Class R Certificates and RR Interest)), the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right, with the consent of the Master Servicer, to exchange all of its Certificates (other than the Class V Certificates, Class R Certificates and RR Interest) together with the payment or deemed payment of the Termination Purchase Amount for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

The obligations created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Trust created thereby (other than the obligation of the Certificate Administrator to make payments to Certificateholders as provided for in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), shall terminate upon reduction of the Certificate Balances of all the Certificates to zero (including, without limitation, any such final payment resulting from a termination of the Trust due to a sale of its property) pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In no event, however, will the Trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James, living on the date hereof.

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose. The Certificate Registrar has executed this Certificate on behalf of the Trust as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans.

THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES APPLIED IN NEW YORK.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Registrar has caused this Certificate to be duly executed under this official seal.

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
By:
	Name:
	Title:

Dated: February ___, 2023

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

THIS IS ONE OF THE CLASS R CERTIFICATES REFERRED TO IN THE WITHIN-MENTIONED POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Authenticating Agent
By:
	Name:
	Title:

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ABBREVIATIONS

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

TEN COM	-	as tenant in common	UNIF GIFT MIN ACT
TEN ENT	-	as tenants by the entireties			Custodian
JT TEN	-	as joint tenants with rights of			(Cust)
		survivorship and not as tenants in	Under Uniform Gifts to Minors
		common
			Act
				(State)

 

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

FORM OF TRANSFER

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto

 

(Please insert Social Security or other identifying number of Assignee)

 

(Please print or typewrite name and address of assignee)

 

the within Certificate and does hereby or irrevocably constitute and appoint to transfer the said Certificate in the Certificate register of the within-named Trust, with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Dated:                                    NOTICE:  The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of this Certificate in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

 

SIGNATURE GUARANTEED

The signature must be guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company or by a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange or another national securities exchange. Notarized or witnessed signatures are not acceptable.

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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:

Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in immediately available funds to _________________________________ for the account of __________________________________ account number _______________ or, if mailed by check, to _______________________________________. Statements should be mailed to _______________________________________________________________. This information is provided by assignee named above, or ______________________________, as its agent.

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EXHIBIT A-3

[FORM OF] CLASS V CERTIFICATE

BANK 2023-BNK45

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES

SERIES 2023-BNK45, CLASS V

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE DEPOSITOR, THE BORROWERS, THE SPONSORS, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY, THE UNDERWRITERS, THE INITIAL PURCHASERS, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (A)(1) PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”) TO A PERSON THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER”, WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (A “QIB”), OR IS PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB, AND WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE, OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (2) TO AN INSTITUTION THAT IS A NON-“U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” AS DEFINED IN, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF, REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (3) TO INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE “ACCREDITED INVESTORS” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“REGULATION D”) OR ANY ENTITY IN WHICH ALL OF THE EQUITY OWNERS ARE “ACCREDITED INVESTORS” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D (COLLECTIVELY, “INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTORS”), AND (B) IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE PURCHASED BY OR PLEDGED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED TO ANY PERSON THAT IS OR BECOMES AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE

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FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY PROVISIONS OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), OR TO SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), OR A GOVERNMENTAL PLAN (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(32) OF ERISA) OR OTHER PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO ANY FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW THAT IS, TO A MATERIAL EXTENT, SIMILAR TO THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE, OR ANY PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH PLAN (INCLUDING AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE PLAN ASSETS WITHIN THE MEANING OF DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGULATION § 2510.3-101, AS MODIFIED BY SECTION 3(42) OF ERISA) OR USING THE ASSETS OF SUCH PLAN TO ACQUIRE THIS CERTIFICATE.

THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS AN UNDIVIDED beneficial INTEREST IN A PORTION OF THE EXCESS INTEREST GRANTOR TRUST ASSETS.

EACH PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE REQUIRED TO DELIVER AN INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION LETTER SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM OF EXHIBIT C TO THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

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PERCENTAGE INTEREST EVIDENCED
BY THIS CERTIFICATE: [_]% DATE OF POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT: AS OF FEBRUARY 1,
2023 CUT-OFF DATE: AS SET FORTH IN THE
POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT (AS DEFINED HEREIN) CLOSING DATE: FEBRUARY 23, 2023 FIRST DISTRIBUTION DATE:
MARCH 17, 2023   MASTER SERVICER:
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION SPECIAL SERVICER:
LNR PARTNERS, LLC   TRUSTEE: COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR:
COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OPERATING ADVISOR:
PARK BRIDGE LENDER SERVICES LLC ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER:
PARK BRIDGE LENDER SERVICES LLC CUSIP NO.: [               ] ISIN NO.: [               ] CERTIFICATE NO.: V-[_]

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CLASS V CERTIFICATE

evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, consisting primarily of a pool of commercial mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”), all payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date, all REO Properties and revenues received in respect thereof, the mortgagee’s rights under the insurance policies, any Assignment of Leases, and any guaranties or other collateral as security for the Mortgage Loans and such amounts as shall from time to time be held in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts, the Interest Reserve Account, the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Retained Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account and the REO Accounts, formed and sold by

Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc.

THIS CERTIFIES THAT [____________________] is the registered owner of the interest evidenced by this Certificate in the Class V Certificates issued by the Trust created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc. (hereinafter called the “Depositor”, which term includes any successor entity under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer. A summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates designated as Certificates of the series specified on the face hereof (herein called the “Certificates”) and representing the Percentage Interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof. The Certificates are designated as the BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45 and are issued in the classes as specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Certificates will evidence in the aggregate 100% of the beneficial ownership of the Trust Fund.

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and reference is made to that agreement for information with respect to the interests, rights, benefits, obligations, proceeds, and duties evidenced hereby and the rights, duties and obligations of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to which Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as amended from time to time, the Certificateholder by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which the Certificateholder is bound. In the case of any conflict between terms specified in this Certificate and terms specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall govern.

This Certificate represents an undivided beneficial interest in a portion of the Excess Interest Grantor Trust Assets. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

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Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement the Certificate Administrator shall distribute to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as of the related Record Date, an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of the Excess Interest then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class of Certificates of the same Class as this Certificate for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All sums distributable on this Certificate are payable in the coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, Excess Interest actually collected on the Mortgage Loans, all as more specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Collection Account and the Distribution Accounts will be held on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of Certificates specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Master Servicer (with respect to the Collection Account) or the Certificate Administrator (with respect to the Distribution Accounts) will be authorized to make withdrawals therefrom. Amounts on deposit in such accounts may be invested in Permitted Investments to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Interest or other investment income earned on funds in the Collection Account will be paid to the Master Servicer as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account shall be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of certain expenses incurred with respect to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans and administration of the Trust.

All distributions under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to a Class of Certificates shall be made on each Distribution Date (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) to Certificateholders of record on the related Record Date by check mailed to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register or, provided that such Certificateholder has provided the Certificate Administrator with wire instructions at least five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Certificateholder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor. The final distribution on this Certificate (determined without regard to any possible future reimbursement of Realized Losses or Retained Certificate Realized Losses, as applicable, previously allocated to this Certificate) shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of this Certificate at the offices of the Certificate Registrar or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders of such final distribution.

Any funds not distributed to any Holder or Holders of Certificates of such Class on such Distribution Date because of the failure of such Holder or Holders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held uninvested in trust and credited to the account or accounts of the appropriate non-tendering Holder or Holders. If any Certificates as to which notice has been given pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six (6) months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation in order to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one (1) year after the second notice all such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator, directly or through an agent, shall take

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such steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning the surrender of their Certificates as it shall deem appropriate, subject to applicable law with respect to escheatment of funds. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders following the first anniversary of the delivery of such second notice to the non-tendering Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held in trust under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register only upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the office of the Certificate Registrar or at the office of its transfer agent, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder hereof or such Holder’s attorney-in-fact duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates of the same Class in authorized Denominations will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

The Class V Certificates will be issued in fully registered, certificated form, in minimum percentage interests of 10% and integral multiples of 1% in excess thereof.

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange of any Certificate (other than Definitive Certificates) referred to in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the Transferor shall reimburse the Trust for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer or exchange.

The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Certificate Registrar, and any agent of any of them, may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Registrar, or any agent of any of them, shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Certificateholders under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement at any time by the parties thereto with the consent of the Holders of Certificates of each Class affected by such amendment evidencing in the aggregate not less than a majority of the aggregate Percentage Interests constituting the Class. Any such consent by the Holder of this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent is made upon the Certificate. The Pooling and Servicing Agreement also permits the

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amendment thereof, in certain circumstances, without the consent of the Holders of any of the Certificates.

The Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or the Holders of the Class R Certificates, in that order of priority, may, at their option, elect to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans (and all property acquired through exercise of remedies in respect of any related Mortgage Loan) and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund as contemplated by clause (ii) of the first paragraph of Section 9.01 in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by giving written notice to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the other parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement no later than sixty (60) days prior to the anticipated date of purchase; provided, however, that the Holders of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer, or the Holders of the Class R Certificates may so elect to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund only on or after the first Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans and the portion of any REO Loans held by the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loans (solely for the purposes of this calculation, if such right is being exercised after February 2023 and the CX - 250 Water Street Mortgage Loan is still an asset of the Trust Fund, then such Mortgage Loan that is still an asset of the Trust Fund shall be excluded from the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the related determination date).

Following the date on which the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-3, Class D and Class E Certificates and the Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-S, Class B and Class C Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests are no longer outstanding (and provided that there is only one Holder (or multiple Holders acting in unanimity) of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class V Certificates, Class R Certificates and RR Interest)), the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right, with the consent of the Master Servicer, to exchange all of its Certificates (other than the Class V Certificates, Class R Certificates and RR Interest) together with the payment or deemed payment of the Termination Purchase Amount for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

The obligations created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Trust created thereby (other than the obligation of the Certificate Administrator to make payments to Certificateholders as provided for in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), shall terminate upon reduction of the Certificate Balances of all the Certificates to zero (including, without limitation, any such final payment resulting from a termination of the Trust due to a sale of its property) pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In no event, however, will the Trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James, living on the date hereof.

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose. The Certificate Registrar has executed this Certificate on behalf of the Trust as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and

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Servicing Agreement and makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans.

THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES APPLIED IN NEW YORK.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Registrar has caused this Certificate to be duly executed under this official seal.

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
By:
	Name:
	Title:

Dated: February ___, 2023

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

THIS IS ONE OF THE CLASS V CERTIFICATES REFERRED TO IN THE WITHIN-MENTIONED POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Authenticating Agent
By:
	Name:
	Title:

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ABBREVIATIONS

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

TEN COM	-	as tenant in common	UNIF GIFT MIN ACT
TEN ENT	-	as tenants by the entireties			Custodian
JT TEN	-	as joint tenants with rights of			(Cust)
		survivorship and not as tenants in	Under Uniform Gifts to Minors
		common
			Act
				(State)

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

FORM OF TRANSFER

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto

 

(Please insert Social Security or other identifying number of Assignee)

 

(Please print or typewrite name and address of assignee)

 

the within Certificate and does hereby or irrevocably constitute and appoint to transfer the said Certificate in the Certificate register of the within-named Trust, with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated:                            NOTICE:  The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of this Certificate in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

SIGNATURE GUARANTEED

The signature must be guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company or by a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange or another national securities exchange. Notarized or witnessed signatures are not acceptable.

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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:
Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in immediately available funds to _________________________________ for the account of __________________________ account number ____________________________ or, if mailed by check, to _____________________________________________. Statements should be mailed to _______________________________________________________________. This information is provided by assignee named above, or ______________________________, as its agent.

 

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EXHIBIT A-4

[FORM OF] RR Interest

BANK 2023-BNK45

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES

SERIES 2023-BNK45, RR INTEREST

[FOR BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATES ONLY AFTER THE RR INTEREST TRANSFER RESTRICTION PERIOD:]³ [UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

TRANSFERS OF THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE, AND TRANSFERS OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.]

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE DEPOSITOR, THE BORROWERS, THE SPONSORS, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY, THE UNDERWRITERS, THE INITIAL PURCHASERS, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE DISTRIBUTABLE AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF

³        Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

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THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

THE PORTION OF THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THE CERTIFICATES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DECREASED BY THE PORTION OF PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTIONS ON THE CERTIFICATES AND THE PORTION OF RETAINED CERTIFICATE REALIZED LOSSES ALLOCABLE TO THIS CERTIFICATE AND WILL BE INCREASED BY RECOVERIES ON THE RELATED MORTGAGE LOANS FOR NONRECOVERABLE ADVANCES (PLUS INTEREST THEREON) THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY REIMBURSED FROM PRINCIPAL COLLECTIONS ON THE MORTGAGE LOANS THAT RESULTED IN A REDUCTION OF THE RETAINED CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT. ACCORDINGLY, THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE LESS THAN THAT SET FORTH BELOW. ANYONE ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE MAY ASCERTAIN ITS CURRENT CERTIFICATE BALANCE BY INQUIRY OF THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR.

THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (A)(1) PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”) TO A PERSON THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER”, WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (A “QIB”), OR IS PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB, AND WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE, OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (2) TO AN INSTITUTION THAT IS A NON-“U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” AS DEFINED IN, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF, REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (3) TO INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE “ACCREDITED INVESTORS” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“REGULATION D”) OR ANY ENTITY IN WHICH ALL OF THE EQUITY OWNERS ARE “ACCREDITED INVESTORS” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D (COLLECTIVELY, “INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTORS”), AND (B) IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

THE INITIAL INVESTOR IN THIS CERTIFICATE, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN, IS DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

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THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE PURCHASED BY OR PLEDGED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED TO ANY PERSON THAT IS OR BECOMES AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY PROVISIONS OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), OR TO SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), OR A GOVERNMENTAL PLAN (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(32) OF ERISA) OR OTHER PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO ANY FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW THAT IS, TO A MATERIAL EXTENT, SIMILAR TO THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE (“SIMILAR LAW”), OR ANY PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH PLAN (INCLUDING AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE PLAN ASSETS WITHIN THE MEANING OF DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGULATION § 2510.3-101, AS MODIFIED BY SECTION 3(42) OF ERISA) OR USING THE ASSETS OF SUCH PLAN TO ACQUIRE THIS CERTIFICATE, UNLESS (A)(I) SUCH PERSON IS AN “INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL ACCOUNT” WITHIN THE MEANING OF PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION 95-60, AND (II) ALL CONDITIONS OF SECTIONS I AND III OF PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION 95-60 WILL BE MET WITH RESPECT TO SUCH INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL ACCOUNT’S ACQUISITION, HOLDING AND DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE, OR (B) WITH RESPECT TO THE ACQUISITION, HOLDING OR DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE BY ANY PLAN SUBJECT TO SIMILAR LAW, SUCH ACQUISITION, HOLDING AND DISPOSITION BY SUCH PLAN WILL NOT CONSTITUTE OR OTHERWISE RESULT IN A NON-EXEMPT VIOLATION OF SIMILAR LAW.

THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS (I) A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT”, AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED AND (II) AN UNDIVIDED BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A PORTION OF THE EXCESS INTEREST GRANTOR TRUST ASSETS.

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PASS-THROUGH RATE: THE
WEIGHTED AVERAGE NET
MORTGAGE RATE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF
THIS CERTIFICATE AS OF THE
CLOSING DATE: $[            ] DATE OF POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT: AS OF FEBRUARY 1,
2023 CUT-OFF DATE: AS SET FORTH IN THE
POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT (AS DEFINED HEREIN) CLOSING DATE: FEBRUARY 23, 2023 FIRST DISTRIBUTION DATE:
MARCH 17, 2023 APPROXIMATE AGGREGATE
CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THE RR
INTEREST
AS OF THE CLOSING DATE:
$[_________] MASTER SERVICER: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION SPECIAL SERVICER: LNR PARTNERS, LLC TRUSTEE: COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR: COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OPERATING Advisor: PARK BRIDGE LENDER SERVICES LLC ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER: PARK BRIDGE LENDER SERVICES LLC CUSIP NO.: [______] CERTIFICATE NO.: RR-[_]

 

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RR INTEREST

evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, consisting primarily of a pool of commercial mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”), all payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date, all REO Properties and revenues received in respect thereof, the mortgagee’s rights under the insurance policies, any Assignment of Leases, and any guaranties or other collateral as security for the Mortgage Loans and such amounts as shall from time to time be held in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts, the Interest Reserve Account, the Retained Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Retained Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account and the REO Accounts, formed and sold by

Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc.

THIS CERTIFIES THAT [FOR BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATES ONLY AFTER THE RR INTEREST TRANSFER RESTRICTION PERIOD: CEDE & CO.] [FOR DEFINITIVE CERTIFICATES: [BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION][WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION][MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A.] is the registered owner of the interest evidenced by this Certificate in the RR Interest issued by the Trust created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc. (hereinafter called the “Depositor”, which term includes any successor entity under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer. A summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates designated as Certificates of the series specified on the face hereof (herein called the “Certificates”) and representing an interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof equal to the quotient expressed as a percentage obtained by dividing the Denomination of this Certificate specified on the face hereof, by the aggregate initial Certificate Balance of the RR Interest. The Certificates are designated as the BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45 and are issued in the classes as specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Certificates will evidence in the aggregate 100% of the beneficial ownership of the Trust Fund.

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and reference is made to that agreement for information with respect to the interests, rights, benefits, obligations, proceeds, and duties evidenced hereby and the rights, duties and obligations of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to which Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as amended from time to time, the Certificateholder by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which the Certificateholder is bound. In the case of any conflict between terms specified in this Certificate and terms specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall govern.

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This Certificate represents (i) a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit”, as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) and (ii) an undivided beneficial interest in a portion of the Excess Interest Grantor Trust Assets. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall distribute to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as of the related Record Date, an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest (including Excess Interest) then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class of Certificates of the same Class as this Certificate for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All sums distributable on this Certificate are payable in the coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

Interest on this Certificate will accrue (computed as if each year consisted of 360 days and each month consisted of 30 days) during the Interest Accrual Period relating to such Distribution Date at the Pass-Through Rate on the Certificate Balance of this Certificate immediately prior to each Distribution Date. Principal and interest allocated to this Certificate on any Distribution Date will be in an amount equal to this Certificate’s pro rata share of the Retained Certificate Available Funds to be distributed on the Certificates of this Class as of such Distribution Date, with a final distribution to be made upon retirement of this Certificate as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Retained Certificate Realized Losses and certain other amounts on the Mortgage Loans shall be allocated on the applicable Distribution Date to Certificateholders in the manner set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All Retained Certificate Realized Losses allocated to the RR Interest will be allocated pro rata among the outstanding Certificates of such Class.

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans and Excess Interest actually collected on the Mortgage Loans, all as more specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Collection Account and the Distribution Accounts will be held on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of Certificates specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Master Servicer (with respect to the Collection Account) or the Certificate Administrator (with respect to the Distribution Accounts) will be authorized to make withdrawals therefrom. Amounts on deposit in such accounts may be invested in Permitted Investments to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Interest or other investment income earned on funds in the Collection Account will be paid to the Master Servicer as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account shall be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including

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reimbursement of certain expenses incurred with respect to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans and administration of the Trust.

All distributions under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to a Class of Certificates shall be made on each Distribution Date (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) to Certificateholders of record on the related Record Date by check mailed to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register or, provided that such Certificateholder has provided the Certificate Administrator with wire instructions at least five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Certificateholder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor. The final distribution on this Certificate (determined without regard to any possible future reimbursement of Realized Losses or Retained Certificate Realized Losses, as applicable, previously allocated to this Certificate) shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of this Certificate at the offices of the Certificate Registrar or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders of such final distribution.

Any funds not distributed to any Holder or Holders of Certificates of such Class on such Distribution Date because of the failure of such Holder or Holders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held uninvested in trust and credited to the account or accounts of the appropriate non-tendering Holder or Holders. If any Certificates as to which notice has been given pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six (6) months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation in order to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one (1) year after the second notice all such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator, directly or through an agent, shall take such steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning the surrender of their Certificates as it shall deem appropriate, subject to applicable law with respect to escheatment of funds. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders following the first anniversary of the delivery of such second notice to the non-tendering Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held in trust under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register only upon receipt by the Certificate Administrator of (i) a certificate from the prospective Transferee in the form set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, countersigned by the Retaining Sponsor and (ii) a certificate from the prospective Transferor in the form set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

The RR Interest will be issued in fully registered, certificated form in minimum denominations of $1, and in integral multiples of $0.01 in excess thereof, with one Certificate of each such Class evidencing an additional amount equal to the remainder of the initial Certificate Balance of such Class.

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No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange of any Certificate (other than Definitive Certificates) referred to in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the Transferor shall reimburse the Trust for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer or exchange.

The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the applicable Special Servicer and the Certificate Registrar, and any agent of any of them, may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Registrar, or any agent of any of them, shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Certificateholders under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement at any time by the parties thereto with the consent of the Holders of Certificates of each Class affected by such amendment evidencing in the aggregate not less than a majority of the aggregate Percentage Interests constituting the Class. Any such consent by the Holder of this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent is made upon the Certificate. The Pooling and Servicing Agreement also permits the amendment thereof, in certain circumstances, without the consent of the Holders of any of the Certificates.

The Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or the Holders of the Class R Certificates, in that order of priority, may, at their option, elect to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans (and all property acquired through exercise of remedies in respect of any related Mortgage Loan) and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund as contemplated by clause (ii) of the first paragraph of Section 9.01 in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by giving written notice to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the other parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement no later than sixty (60) days prior to the anticipated date of purchase; provided, however, that the Holders of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer, or the Holders of the Class R Certificates may so elect to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund only on or after the first Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans and the portion of any REO Loans held by the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loans (solely for the purposes of this calculation, if such right is being exercised after February 2023 and the CX - 250 Water Street Mortgage Loan is still an asset of the Trust Fund, then such Mortgage Loan that is still an asset of the Trust Fund shall be excluded from the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the related determination date).

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Following the date on which the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-3, Class D and Class E Certificates and the Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-S, Class B and Class C Exchangeable Upper-Tier Regular Interests are no longer outstanding (and provided that there is only one Holder (or multiple Holders acting in unanimity) of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class V Certificates, Class R Certificates and RR Interest)), the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right, with the consent of the Master Servicer, to exchange all of its Certificates (other than the Class V Certificates, Class R Certificates and RR Interest) together with the payment or deemed payment of the Termination Purchase Amount for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

The obligations created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Trust created thereby (other than the obligation of the Certificate Administrator to make payments to Certificateholders as provided for in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), shall terminate upon reduction of the Certificate Balances of all the Certificates to zero (including, without limitation, any such final payment resulting from a termination of the Trust due to a sale of its property) pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In no event, however, will the Trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James, living on the date hereof.

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose. The Certificate Registrar has executed this Certificate on behalf of the Trust as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans.

THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES APPLIED IN NEW YORK.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Registrar has caused this Certificate to be duly executed under this official seal.

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
By:
	Name:
	Title:

Dated: February ___, 2023

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

THIS IS A PART OF THE RR INTEREST REFERRED TO IN THE WITHIN-MENTIONED POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Authenticating Agent
By:
	Name:
	Title:

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ABBREVIATIONS

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

TEN COM	-	as tenant in common	UNIF GIFT MIN ACT
TEN ENT	-	as tenants by the entireties			Custodian
JT TEN	-	as joint tenants with rights of			(Cust)
		survivorship and not as tenants in	Under Uniform Gifts to Minors
		common
			Act
				(State)

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

 

 

FORM OF TRANSFER

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto

 

(Please insert Social Security or other identifying number of Assignee)

 

(Please print or typewrite name and address of assignee)

 

the within Certificate and does hereby or irrevocably constitute and appoint to transfer the said Certificate in the Certificate register of the within-named Trust, with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Dated:                              NOTICE:  The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of this Certificate in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

 

SIGNATURE GUARANTEED

The signature must be guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company or by a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange or another national securities exchange. Notarized or witnessed signatures are not acceptable.

  A-4-11  

DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:

Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in immediately available funds to _________________________________ for the account of __________________________________ account number _______________ or, if mailed by check, to _______________________________________. Statements should be mailed to _______________________________________________________________. This information is provided by assignee named above, or ______________________________, as its agent.

  A-4-12  

EXHIBIT B

MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE

 

 

BANK 2023-BNK45
Loan ID	Mortgage Loan Seller	Property Name	Original Balance	Cut-off Date Balance
1	WFB	Conair Glendale	70,000,000	70,000,000
2	WFB	100 & 150 South Wacker Drive	65,000,000	65,000,000
3	WFB	Orlando Office Portfolio	65,000,000	65,000,000
3.01	WFB	390 North Orange	22,320,369	22,320,369
3.02	WFB	Citrus Center	22,145,589	22,145,589
3.03	WFB	One Orlando Centre	20,534,042	20,534,042
4	BANA/WFB	CX - 250 Water Street	55,000,000	55,000,000
5	BANA/WFB	Brandywine Strategic Office Portfolio	50,000,000	50,000,000
5.01	BANA/WFB	401-405 Colorado	12,793,469	12,793,469
5.02	BANA/WFB	1900 Market	12,592,449	12,592,449
5.03	BANA/WFB	The Bulletin Building	10,087,551	10,087,551
5.04	BANA/WFB	Four Points Centre 3	4,702,857	4,702,857
5.05	BANA/WFB	500 North Gulph	3,290,000	3,290,000
5.06	BANA/WFB	Metroplex, PA	3,276,531	3,276,531
5.07	BANA/WFB	933 First Avenue	3,257,143	3,257,143
6	MSMCH	Tice's Corner	50,000,000	50,000,000
7	MSMCH	Anchorage Hiltons Portfolio	50,000,000	49,932,456
7.01	MSMCH	Homewood Suites by Hilton Anchorage	18,465,910	18,440,965
7.02	MSMCH	Hilton Garden Inn Anchorage	17,897,730	17,873,552
7.03	MSMCH	Hampton Inn Anchorage	13,636,360	13,617,939
8	BANA	Concord Mills	50,000,000	49,883,139
9	MSMCH	The Shoppes at East Chase	45,675,000	45,675,000
10	MSMCH	Millennium Boston Retail	30,000,000	29,903,876
11	BANA	Norfolk Premium Outlets	25,000,000	25,000,000
12	WFB	The Boulders Resort	25,000,000	24,827,588
13	WFB	Birmingham Marriott	23,500,000	23,485,758
14	MSMCH	Green Acres	20,000,000	20,000,000
15	MSMCH	Boca Corporate Center	18,145,000	18,145,000
16	MSMCH	Carolinas Retail Portfolio	15,000,000	15,000,000
16.01	MSMCH	Boulevard Market Fair	8,353,700	8,353,700
16.02	MSMCH	Landmark Center	6,646,300	6,646,300
17	MSMCH	Arlington Town Square	10,350,000	10,350,000
18	MSMCH	4401 E. Dixon Blvd	8,970,000	8,970,000
19	MSMCH	The Landings South	7,350,000	7,350,000
20	WFB	Abingdon Storage	5,500,000	5,500,000
21	MSMCH	Clear Creek Plaza	4,500,000	4,496,502
22	MSMCH	218 E 5th Street	4,250,000	4,250,000
23	WFB	Cross Pointe Centre - NC	4,000,000	3,995,217
24	WFB	Walgreens Little Rock	3,450,000	3,447,744

BANK 2023-BNK45
Loan ID	Mortgage Loan Seller	Property Name	Address	City
1	WFB	Conair Glendale	7311 & 7475 North Glen Harbor Boulevard, 10669 & 10691 West Vista Avenue	Glendale
2	WFB	100 & 150 South Wacker Drive	100 & 150 South Wacker Drive	Chicago
3	WFB	Orlando Office Portfolio	Various	Orlando
3.01	WFB	390 North Orange	390 North Orange Avenue	Orlando
3.02	WFB	Citrus Center	255 South Orange Avenue	Orlando
3.03	WFB	One Orlando Centre	800 North Magnolia Avenue	Orlando
4	BANA/WFB	CX - 250 Water Street	250 Water Street	Cambridge
5	BANA/WFB	Brandywine Strategic Office Portfolio	Various	Various
5.01	BANA/WFB	401-405 Colorado	401-405 Colorado Street	Austin
5.02	BANA/WFB	1900 Market	1900 Market Street	Philadelphia
5.03	BANA/WFB	The Bulletin Building	3025 Market Street	Philadelphia
5.04	BANA/WFB	Four Points Centre 3	11120 Four Points Drive	Austin
5.05	BANA/WFB	500 North Gulph	500 North Gulph Road	King of Prussia
5.06	BANA/WFB	Metroplex, PA	4000 Chemical Road	Plymouth Meeting
5.07	BANA/WFB	933 First Avenue	933 First Avenue	King of Prussia
6	MSMCH	Tice's Corner	441 Chestnut Ridge Road	Woodcliff Lake
7	MSMCH	Anchorage Hiltons Portfolio	Various	Anchorage
7.01	MSMCH	Homewood Suites by Hilton Anchorage	101 West 48th Avenue	Anchorage
7.02	MSMCH	Hilton Garden Inn Anchorage	4555 Union Square Drive	Anchorage
7.03	MSMCH	Hampton Inn Anchorage	4301 Credit Union Drive	Anchorage
8	BANA	Concord Mills	8201 Concord Mills Boulevard	Concord
9	MSMCH	The Shoppes at East Chase	7274 Eastchase Parkway	Montgomery
10	MSMCH	Millennium Boston Retail	175 Tremont Street	Boston
11	BANA	Norfolk Premium Outlets	1600 Premium Outlets Boulevard	Norfolk
12	WFB	The Boulders Resort	34631 North Tom Darlington Drive	Scottsdale
13	WFB	Birmingham Marriott	3590 Grandview Parkway	Birmingham
14	MSMCH	Green Acres	2034 Green Acres Road	Valley Stream
15	MSMCH	Boca Corporate Center	7775-7777 Glades Road	Boca Raton
16	MSMCH	Carolinas Retail Portfolio	Various	Various
16.01	MSMCH	Boulevard Market Fair	3793-3797 Clemson Boulevard	Anderson
16.02	MSMCH	Landmark Center	1302 Bridford Parkway	Greensboro
17	MSMCH	Arlington Town Square	3-89 South Evergreen Avenue	Arlington Heights
18	MSMCH	4401 E. Dixon Blvd	4401 East Dixon Boulevard	Shelby
19	MSMCH	The Landings South	5300 Sidney Simons Boulevard, 2450 & 2538 Airport Thruway	Columbus
20	WFB	Abingdon Storage	403 Arundel Court	Abingdon
21	MSMCH	Clear Creek Plaza	3790 US-395	Carson City
22	MSMCH	218 E 5th Street	218 East 5th Street	New York
23	WFB	Cross Pointe Centre - NC	5075 Morganton Road	Fayetteville
24	WFB	Walgreens Little Rock	15500 Chenal Parkway	Little Rock

BANK 2023-BNK45
Loan ID	Mortgage Loan Seller	Property Name	State	Note Date	Maturity  Date or ARD	Mortgage Rate	Original Term to Maturity or ARD (mos.)
1	WFB	Conair Glendale	AZ	12/21/2022	1/6/2033	6.74500%	120
2	WFB	100 & 150 South Wacker Drive	IL	1/24/2023	2/1/2033	6.08900%	120
3	WFB	Orlando Office Portfolio	FL	12/30/2022	1/11/2028	6.80900%	60
3.01	WFB	390 North Orange	FL
3.02	WFB	Citrus Center	FL
3.03	WFB	One Orlando Centre	FL
4	BANA/WFB	CX - 250 Water Street	MA	1/27/2023	2/10/2033	5.50950%	120
5	BANA/WFB	Brandywine Strategic Office Portfolio	Various	1/19/2023	2/6/2028	5.87500%	60
5.01	BANA/WFB	401-405 Colorado	TX
5.02	BANA/WFB	1900 Market	PA
5.03	BANA/WFB	The Bulletin Building	PA
5.04	BANA/WFB	Four Points Centre 3	TX
5.05	BANA/WFB	500 North Gulph	PA
5.06	BANA/WFB	Metroplex, PA	PA
5.07	BANA/WFB	933 First Avenue	PA
6	MSMCH	Tice's Corner	NJ	12/1/2022	12/1/2032	6.42000%	120
7	MSMCH	Anchorage Hiltons Portfolio	AK	11/14/2022	12/1/2032	6.75000%	120
7.01	MSMCH	Homewood Suites by Hilton Anchorage	AK
7.02	MSMCH	Hilton Garden Inn Anchorage	AK
7.03	MSMCH	Hampton Inn Anchorage	AK
8	BANA	Concord Mills	NC	10/11/2022	11/1/2032	6.54800%	120
9	MSMCH	The Shoppes at East Chase	AL	12/23/2022	1/1/2033	6.60000%	120
10	MSMCH	Millennium Boston Retail	MA	10/6/2022	10/6/2032	6.37000%	120
11	BANA	Norfolk Premium Outlets	VA	3/9/2022	4/1/2032	4.50000%	120
12	WFB	The Boulders Resort	AZ	7/6/2022	7/11/2032	5.56300%	120
13	WFB	Birmingham Marriott	AL	12/15/2022	1/11/2033	7.10200%	120
14	MSMCH	Green Acres	NY	1/3/2023	1/6/2028	5.89900%	60
15	MSMCH	Boca Corporate Center	FL	12/19/2022	1/1/2033	6.76000%	120
16	MSMCH	Carolinas Retail Portfolio	Various	12/22/2022	1/5/2033	6.05000%	120
16.01	MSMCH	Boulevard Market Fair	SC
16.02	MSMCH	Landmark Center	NC
17	MSMCH	Arlington Town Square	IL	11/21/2022	12/5/2032	6.20000%	120
18	MSMCH	4401 E. Dixon Blvd	NC	12/1/2022	12/1/2032	6.09000%	120
19	MSMCH	The Landings South	GA	10/26/2022	11/5/2032	6.57000%	120
20	WFB	Abingdon Storage	MD	1/13/2023	2/11/2033	6.45800%	120
21	MSMCH	Clear Creek Plaza	NV	12/5/2022	1/1/2033	6.24000%	120
22	MSMCH	218 E 5th Street	NY	11/22/2022	12/1/2032	6.55000%	120
23	WFB	Cross Pointe Centre - NC	NC	11/18/2022	12/11/2032	7.15600%	120
24	WFB	Walgreens Little Rock	AR	12/14/2022	1/11/2030	6.85000%	84

BANK 2023-BNK45
Loan ID	Mortgage Loan Seller	Property Name	Remaining Term to Maturity or ARD (mos.)	Original Amortization Term (mos.)	ARD Loan (Yes/No)	Primary Servicing Fee Rate	Non-Serviced Primary Servicing Fee Rate
1	WFB	Conair Glendale	119	0	No	0.00250%	0.00000%
2	WFB	100 & 150 South Wacker Drive	120	0	No	0.00250%	0.00000%
3	WFB	Orlando Office Portfolio	59	0	No	0.00250%	0.00000%
3.01	WFB	390 North Orange
3.02	WFB	Citrus Center
3.03	WFB	One Orlando Centre
4	BANA/WFB	CX - 250 Water Street	120	0	Yes	0.00250%	0.00000%
5	BANA/WFB	Brandywine Strategic Office Portfolio	60	0	No	0.00125%	0.00000%
5.01	BANA/WFB	401-405 Colorado
5.02	BANA/WFB	1900 Market
5.03	BANA/WFB	The Bulletin Building
5.04	BANA/WFB	Four Points Centre 3
5.05	BANA/WFB	500 North Gulph
5.06	BANA/WFB	Metroplex, PA
5.07	BANA/WFB	933 First Avenue
6	MSMCH	Tice's Corner	118	0	No	0.00250%	0.00000%
7	MSMCH	Anchorage Hiltons Portfolio	118	360	No	0.00250%	0.00000%
7.01	MSMCH	Homewood Suites by Hilton Anchorage
7.02	MSMCH	Hilton Garden Inn Anchorage
7.03	MSMCH	Hampton Inn Anchorage
8	BANA	Concord Mills	117	360	No	0.00000%	0.00250%
9	MSMCH	The Shoppes at East Chase	119	360	No	0.02000%	0.00000%
10	MSMCH	Millennium Boston Retail	116	360	No	0.00000%	0.00250%
11	BANA	Norfolk Premium Outlets	110	360	No	0.00000%	0.00250%
12	WFB	The Boulders Resort	113	360	No	0.00000%	0.00250%
13	WFB	Birmingham Marriott	119	360	No	0.00250%	0.00000%
14	MSMCH	Green Acres	59	0	No	0.00000%	0.00125%
15	MSMCH	Boca Corporate Center	119	0	No	0.00250%	0.00000%
16	MSMCH	Carolinas Retail Portfolio	119	0	No	0.00250%	0.00000%
16.01	MSMCH	Boulevard Market Fair
16.02	MSMCH	Landmark Center
17	MSMCH	Arlington Town Square	118	0	No	0.00250%	0.00000%
18	MSMCH	4401 E. Dixon Blvd	118	0	No	0.00250%	0.00000%
19	MSMCH	The Landings South	117	0	No	0.00250%	0.00000%
20	WFB	Abingdon Storage	120	0	No	0.00250%	0.00000%
21	MSMCH	Clear Creek Plaza	119	360	No	0.00250%	0.00000%
22	MSMCH	218 E 5th Street	118	0	No	0.00250%	0.00000%
23	WFB	Cross Pointe Centre - NC	118	360	No	0.00250%	0.00000%
24	WFB	Walgreens Little Rock	83	360	No	0.00250%	0.00000%

EXHIBIT C

FORM OF INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION LETTER

 

Computershare Trust Company, National Association

as Certificate Registrar,

600 South 4th Street, 7th Floor

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415

Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) – BANK 2023-BNK45

[OR OTHER CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR]

 

Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc.

One Bryant Park

New York, New York 10036

Attention: Leland F. Bunch, III

Re: Transfer of BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This letter is delivered pursuant to Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, on behalf of the holders of BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45 in connection with the transfer by _________________ (the “Seller”) to the undersigned (the “Purchaser”) of $_______________ aggregate [Certificate Balance][Notional Amount][__% Percentage Interest] of Class ___ Certificates (the “Certificates”). Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

In connection with such transfer, the Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to you and the addressees hereof as follows:

1.       Check one of the following:^*

☐ The Purchaser is not purchasing a Class R Certificate and the Purchaser is an institution that is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D (“Regulation D”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or any entity in which all of the equity owners

 

^* Purchaser must select one of the following two certifications.

  Exhibit C-1  

are “accredited investors” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D (each, an “Institutional Accredited Investor”) and has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its investment in the Certificates, and the Purchaser and any accounts for which it is acting are each able to bear the economic risk of the Purchaser’s or such account’s investment. The Purchaser is acquiring the Certificates purchased by it for its own account or for one or more accounts, each of which is an Institutional Accredited Investor, as to each of which the Purchaser exercises sole investment discretion. The Purchaser hereby undertakes to reimburse the Trust for any costs incurred by it in connection with this transfer.

☐ The Purchaser is a “qualified institutional buyer” (a “QIB”) within the meaning of Rule 144A (“Rule 144A”) under the Securities Act. The Purchaser is aware that the transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, and the Purchaser has had the opportunity to obtain the information required to be provided pursuant to paragraph (d)(4)(i) of Rule 144A.

2.       The Purchaser’s intention is to acquire the Certificates (a) for investment for the Purchaser’s own account or (b) for reoffer, resale, pledge or other transfer (i) to QIBs in transactions under Rule 144A, and not in any event with the view to, or for resale in connection with, any distribution thereof, or (ii) (other than with respect to a Class R Certificate) to Institutional Accredited Investors, subject in the case of clause (ii) above to (w) the receipt by the Certificate Registrar of a letter substantially in the form hereof, (x) the receipt by the Certificate Registrar of an opinion of counsel acceptable to the Trustee and Certificate Registrar that such reoffer, resale, pledge or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act, (y) the receipt by the Certificate Registrar of such other evidence acceptable to the Certificate Registrar that such reoffer, resale, pledge or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and other applicable laws and (z) a written undertaking to reimburse the Trust for any costs incurred by it in connection with the proposed transfer. The Purchaser understands that the Certificates (and any subsequent Certificates) have not been registered under the Securities Act, by reason of a specified exemption from the registration provisions of the Securities Act which depends upon, among other things, the bona fide nature of the Purchaser’s investment intent (or intent to reoffer, resell, pledge or transfer the Certificates only to certain investors in certain exempted transactions) as expressed herein.

3.       The Purchaser has reviewed the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus relating to the Offered Certificates (collectively, the “Prospectus”) (and, with respect to Offered Private Certificates, the Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum and the Final Private Placement Memorandum related to such Offered Private Certificates) and the agreements and other materials referred to therein and has had the opportunity to ask questions and receive answers concerning the terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Prospectus.

4.       The Purchaser acknowledges that the Certificates (and any Certificates issued on transfer or exchange thereof) have not been registered or qualified under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any State or any other jurisdiction, and that the Certificates cannot be reoffered, resold, pledged or otherwise transferred unless it is registered or qualified thereunder or unless an exemption from such registration or qualification is available.

  Exhibit C-2  

5.       The Purchaser hereby undertakes to be bound by the terms and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in its capacity as an owner of a Certificate or Certificates, as the case may be (each, a “Certificateholder”), in all respects as if it were a signatory thereto. This undertaking is made for the benefit of the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and all Certificateholders present and future.

6.       The Purchaser will not sell or otherwise transfer any portion of the Certificate or Certificates, except in compliance with Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

7.       Check one of the following:^**

☐ The Purchaser is a U.S. Tax Person (as defined below) and it has attached hereto an Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) Form W-9 (or successor form).

☐ The Purchaser is not a U.S. Tax Person and under applicable law in effect on the date hereof, no taxes will be required to be withheld by the Certificate Registrar (or its agent) with respect to distributions to be made on the Certificates. The Purchaser has attached hereto [(i) a duly executed IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E (or successor form, as applicable), which identifies such Purchaser as the beneficial owner of the Certificates and states that such Purchaser is not a U.S. Tax Person, (ii) IRS Form W-8IMY (with all appropriate attachments) or (iii)]^*** two duly executed copies of IRS Form W-8ECI (or successor form), which identify such Purchaser as the beneficial owner of the Certificates and state that interest and original issue discount on the Certificates and Permitted Investments is, or is expected to be, effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business. The Purchaser agrees to provide to the Certificate Registrar updated [IRS Form W-8BEN, IRS Form W-8BEN-E, IRS Form W-8IMY or]*** IRS Form W-8ECI, [as the case may be,]*** any applicable successor IRS forms, or such other certifications as the Certificate Registrar may reasonably request, on or before the date that any such IRS form or certification expires or becomes obsolete, or promptly after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent IRS form of certification furnished by it to the Certificate Registrar.

For purposes of this paragraph 7, “U.S. Tax Person” means a citizen or resident of the United States, a corporation or partnership (except to the extent provided in applicable Treasury Regulations) or other entity created or organized in, or under the laws of, the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, including any entity treated as a corporation or partnership for federal income tax purposes, an estate whose income is subject to United States federal income tax regardless of its source or a trust if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of such trust, and one or more such U.S. Tax Persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of such trust (or, to the extent provided in applicable Treasury Regulations, certain trusts in existence on August 20, 1996 that have elected to be treated as U.S. Tax Persons).

^** Each Purchaser must include one of the two alternative certifications.

^*** Does not apply to a transfer of Class R Certificates.

  Exhibit C-3  

8.       Please make all payments due on the Certificates:^****

☐ (a) by wire transfer pursuant to wire instructions provided by the Purchaser:

  Bank:  

  ABA #:    

Account #:  

  Attention:    

☐ (b) by mailing a check or draft to the following address:

9.       If the Purchaser is purchasing a Class R Certificate, the Purchaser is not a partnership (including any entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes), any interest in which is owned, directly or indirectly, through one or more partnerships, trusts or other pass-through entities by a Disqualified Non-U.S. Tax Person.

	Very truly yours,
		[The Purchaser]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:
Dated:

^**** Only to be filled out by Purchasers of Definitive Certificates. Please select (a) or (b). For holders of the Definitive Certificates, wire transfers are only available if such holder’s Definitive Certificates have an aggregate Certificate Balance or Notional Amount, as applicable, of at least U.S. $5,000,000.

  Exhibit C-4  

EXHIBIT D-1

Form of Transferee Affidavit FOR TRANSFERS
OF CLASS R CERTIFICATES

[Date]

Computershare Trust Company, National Association,
as Certificate Registrar

600 South 4th Street, 7th Floor

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415

Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) – BANK 2023-BNK45

[OR OTHER CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR]

Re: BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45 (the “Certificates”) issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), dated as of February 1, 2023, between Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer

STATE OF	)
	)	ss.:
COUNTY OF	)

I, [______], under penalties of perjury, declare that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the following representations are true, correct and complete, and being first sworn, depose and say that:

1.       I am a [______] of [______] (the “Purchaser”), on behalf of which I have the authority to make this affidavit.

2.       The Purchaser is acquiring Class R Certificates representing [__]% of the residual interest in each of the real estate mortgage investment conduits (each, a “REMIC” or “Trust REMIC”) designated as the (i)  “Lower-Tier REMIC” and (ii) “Upper-Tier REMIC”, respectively, relating to the Certificates for which an election is to be made under Section 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”).

3.       The Purchaser is not a “Disqualified Organization” (as defined below), and that the Purchaser is not acquiring the Class R Certificates for the account of, or as agent or nominee of, or with a view to the transfer of direct or indirect record or beneficial ownership thereof, to a Disqualified Organization. For the purposes hereof, a Disqualified Organization is any of the following: (i) the United States, any State or political subdivision thereof, any possession of the United States or any agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing (other than an instrumentality which is a corporation if all of its activities are subject to tax and, except

  Exhibit D-1-1  

for the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, a majority of its board of directors is not selected by such governmental unit), (ii) a foreign government, any international organization or any agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing, (iii) any organization which is exempt from the tax imposed by Chapter 1 of the Code (including the tax imposed by Section 511 of the Code on unrelated business taxable income) on any excess inclusions (as defined in Section 860E(c)(1) of the Code) with respect to the Class R Certificates (except certain farmers’ cooperatives described in Section 521 of the Code), (iv) rural electric and telephone cooperatives described in Section 1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code and (v) any other Person so designated by the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator based upon an Opinion of Counsel as provided to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator (at no expense to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator) that the holding of an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate by such Person may cause a Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that the Certificates are outstanding or any Person having an Ownership Interest in any Class of Certificates (other than such Person) to incur a liability for any federal tax imposed under the Code that would not otherwise be imposed but for the Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate to such Person. The terms “United States,” “State” and “international organization” shall have the meanings set forth in Section 7701 of the Code or successor provisions.

4.       The Purchaser acknowledges that Section 860E(e) of the Code would impose a substantial tax on the transferor or, in certain circumstances, on an agent for the transferee, with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Class R Certificates to a Disqualified Organization.

5.       The Purchaser is a Permitted Transferee and, to the extent applicable, the Purchaser’s U.S. taxpayer identification number is [__________].

6.       No purpose of the acquisition of the Class R Certificates is to impede the assessment or collection of tax.

7.       The Purchaser will not cause income from the Class R Certificate to be attributable to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed base, within the meaning of an applicable income tax treaty, of the Purchaser or any other person.

8.       Check the applicable paragraph:

☐                  The present value of the anticipated tax liabilities associated with holding the Class R Certificate, as applicable, does not exceed the sum of:

(i)                the present value of any consideration given to the Purchaser to acquire such Class R Certificate;

(ii)             the present value of the expected future distributions on such Class R Certificate; and

(iii)          the present value of the anticipated tax savings associated with holding such Class R Certificate as the related REMIC generates losses.

  Exhibit D-1-2  

For purposes of this calculation, (i) the Purchaser is assumed to pay tax at the highest rate currently specified in Section 11(b) of the Code (but the tax rate in Section 55(b)(1)(B) of the Code may be used in lieu of the highest rate specified in Section 11(b) of the Code if the Purchaser has been subject to the alternative minimum tax under Section 55 of the Code in the preceding two years and will compute its taxable income in the current taxable year using the alternative minimum tax rate) and (ii) present values are computed using a discount rate equal to the short-term Federal rate prescribed by Section 1274(d) of the Code for the month of the transfer and the compounding period used by the Purchaser.

☐             The transfer of the Class R Certificate complies with U.S. Treasury Regulations Sections 1.860E-1(c)(5) and (6) and, accordingly,

(i)                the Purchaser is an “eligible corporation,” as defined in U.S. Treasury Regulations Section 1.860E-1(c)(6)(i), as to which income from the Class R Certificate will only be taxed in the United States;

(ii)             at the time of the transfer, and at the close of the Purchaser’s two fiscal years preceding the year of the transfer, the Purchaser had gross assets for financial reporting purposes (excluding any obligation of a person related to the Purchaser within the meaning of U.S. Treasury Regulations Section 1.860E-1(c)(6)(ii)) in excess of $100 million and net assets in excess of $10 million;

(iii)          the Purchaser will transfer the Class R Certificate only to another “eligible corporation,” as defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.860E-1(c)(6)(i), in a transaction that satisfies the requirements of Sections 1.860E-1(c)(4)(i), (ii) and (iii) and Treasury Regulations Section 1.860E-1(c)(5); and

(iv)         the Purchaser determined the consideration paid to it to acquire the Class R Certificate based on reasonable market assumptions (including, but not limited to, borrowing and investment rates, prepayment and loss assumptions, expense and reinvestment assumptions, tax rates and other factors specific to the Purchaser) that it has determined in good faith.

☐             None of the above.

9.       The Purchaser historically has paid its debts as they have come due and intends to pay its debts as they come due in the future and the Purchaser intends to pay taxes associated with holding the Class R Certificates as they become due.

10.     The Purchaser understands that it may incur tax liabilities with respect to the Class R Certificate in excess of any cash flows generated by such Certificate.

11.     The Purchaser is aware that the Certificate Registrar will not register any transfer of a Class R Certificate by the Transferor unless the Purchaser, or such Purchaser’s agent, delivers to the Certificate Registrar, among other things, an affidavit and agreement in substantially the same form as this affidavit and agreement. The Purchaser expressly agrees that it will not consummate any such transfer if it knows or believes that any representation contained in such affidavit and agreement is false.

  Exhibit D-1-3  

12.     The Purchaser represents that it is not acquiring the Class R Certificate as a nominee, trustee or agent for any person that is not a Permitted Transferee and that for so long as it retains its interest in the Class R Certificate, it will endeavor to remain a Permitted Transferee.

13.     The Purchaser consents to any additional restrictions or arrangements that shall be deemed necessary upon advice of counsel to constitute a reasonable arrangement to ensure that the Class R Certificate will only be owned, directly or indirectly, by a Permitted Transferee.

14.     The Purchaser has reviewed the provisions of Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, a description of which provisions is set forth in the Class R Certificates; and the Purchaser expressly agrees to be bound by and to comply with such provisions.

15.     The Purchaser consents to the designation of the Certificate Administrator as “partnership representative” of each Trust REMIC pursuant to Section 10.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Purchaser has caused this instrument to be duly executed on its behalf by its duly authorized officer this ___day of _________, 20__.

By:
	Name:
	Title:
By:
	Name:
	Title:

  Exhibit D-1-4  

On this ____ day of _______20__, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for the State of _______________, duly commissioned and sworn, personally appeared ______________________ and ________________________, known or proved to me to be the same persons who executed the foregoing instrument and to be _____________________________ and ___________________________, respectively, of the Purchaser, and acknowledged to me that they executed the same as their respective free acts and deeds and as the free act and deed of the Purchaser.

		NOTARY PUBLIC in and for the
		State of
[SEAL]
My Commission expires:

  Exhibit D-1-5  

EXHIBIT D-2

FORM OF TRANSFEROR LETTER FOR TRANSFERS
OF CLASS R CERTIFICATES

[Date]

Computershare Trust Company, National Association,
as Certificate Registrar

600 South 4th Street, 7th Floor

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415

Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) – BANK 2023-BNK45

[OR OTHER CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR]

Re: BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45 (the “Certificates”)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This letter is delivered to you in connection with the transfer by [______] (the “Transferor”) to [______] (the “Transferee”) of Class R Certificates evidencing a [__]% Percentage Interest in such Class (the “Residual Certificates”). The Certificates, including the Residual Certificates, were issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer. All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Transferor hereby certifies, represents and warrants to you, as Certificate Registrar, that:

(1)       No purpose of the Transferor relating to the transfer of the Residual Certificates by the Transferor to the Transferee is or will be to impede the assessment or collection of any tax.

(2)       The Transferor understands that the Transferee has delivered to you a Transferee Affidavit in the form attached to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as Exhibit D-1. The Transferor does not know or believe that any representation contained therein is false.

(3)       The Transferor has at the time of this transfer conducted a reasonable investigation of the financial condition of the Transferee as contemplated by Treasury regulation Section 1.860E-1(c)(4)(i) and, as a result of that investigation, the Transferor has determined that the Transferee has historically paid its debts as they became due and has found no significant evidence to indicate that the Transferee will not continue to pay its debts as they become due in the future. The Transferor understands that the transfer of the Residual Certificates may not be respected for United States income tax purposes (and the Transferor may continue to be liable for

  Exhibit D-2-1  

United States income taxes associated therewith) unless the Transferor has conducted such an investigation.

Very truly yours,
	(Transferor)
By:
	Name:
	Title:

  Exhibit D-2-2  

EXHIBIT D-3

Form of Transferee CERTIFICATE FOR TRANSFERS
OF RR Interest

[Date]

Computershare Trust Company, National Association,
as Certificate Registrar

600 South 4th Street, 7th Floor

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415

Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) – BANK 2023-BNK45

[OR OTHER CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR]

 

Bank of America, National Association,
as Retaining Sponsor

One Bryant Park

New York, New York 10036

Attention: Leland F. Bunch, III

 

with a copy to: cmbsnotices@bofa.com

 

Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc.

One Bryant Park

New York, New York 10036

Attention: Leland F. Bunch, III

 

with a copy to: cmbsnotices@bofa.com

Re: BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45 (the “Certificates”) issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), dated as of February 1, 2023, between Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer

[_____] (the “Purchaser”) hereby certifies, represents and warrants to you, as Certificate Registrar and as “retaining sponsor” as such term is defined in Regulation RR, that:

1. The Purchaser is acquiring $[_____] Certificate Balance of the RR Interest from [_____] (the “Transferor”).

2. The Purchaser is aware that the Certificate Registrar will not register any transfer of an RR Interest by the Transferor unless the Purchaser, or such Purchaser’s agent, delivers

  Exhibit D-3-1  

to the Certificate Registrar, among other things, a certificate in substantially the same form as this certificate. The Purchaser expressly agrees that it will not consummate any such transfer if it knows or believes that any representation contained in such certificate is false.

3. If the Purchaser is an insurance company general account relying on PTCE 95-60 to cover its acquisition of the RR Interest, (a) all of the conditions of Parts I and III of PTCE 95-60 will be satisfied with respect to the acquisition of the RR Interest and (b) the acquisition of the RR Interest will be effected through BofA Securities, Inc., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Academy Securities, Inc., Drexel Hamilton, LLC or an affiliate thereof.

4. Check one of the following:

☐ The transfer will occur during the RR Interest Transfer Restriction Period, and the Purchaser certifies, represents and warrants to you, as Certificate Registrar, that:

A. It is a “majority-owned affiliate”, as such term is defined in Regulation RR, of the Transferor (a “Majority-Owned Affiliate”).

B. It is not acquiring the RR Interest as a nominee, trustee or agent for any person that is not a Majority-Owned Affiliate, and that for so long as it retains its interest in the RR Interest, it will remain a Majority-Owned Affiliate.

C. It will be bound by the U.S. Credit Risk Retention Agreement, between Bank of America, National Association, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC and Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A., dated and effective as of February 23, 2023 (the “Credit Risk Retention Agreement”) as if it were a party to such agreement.

D. It hereby makes each representation set forth in Section 4(b) of the Credit Risk Retention Agreement.

E. It consents to any additional restrictions or arrangements that shall be deemed necessary upon advice of counsel to constitute a reasonable arrangement to ensure that its ownership of the RR Interest will satisfy the risk retention requirements of the Transferor, in its capacity as [sponsor][originator] under Regulation RR.

☐ The transfer will occur after the termination of the RR Interest Transfer Restriction Period.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Purchaser has caused this instrument to be duly executed on its behalf by its duly authorized senior officer this ___day of _________, 20__.

  Exhibit D-3-2  

By:
	Name:
	Title:
By:
	Name:
	Title:

  Exhibit D-3-3  

The foregoing certificate is hereby confirmed, and the transfer is accepted, as of the date first above written:

 

[RETAINING SPONSOR]
By:
	Name:
	Title:
[Medallion Stamp Guarantee]

  Exhibit D-3-4  

EXHIBIT D-4

FORM OF TRANSFEROR CERTIFICATE FOR TRANSFERS
OF RR INTEREST

[Date]

Computershare Trust Company, National Association,
as Certificate Registrar

600 South 4th Street, 7th Floor

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415

Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) – BANK 2023-BNK45

[OR OTHER CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR]

Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc.

One Bryant Park

New York, New York 10036

Attention: Leland F. Bunch, III

 

with a copy to: cmbsnotices@bofa.com

Bank of America, National Association,
as Retaining Sponsor

One Bryant Park

New York, New York 10036

Attention: Leland F. Bunch, III

with a copy to: cmbsnotices@bofa.com

[EACH OTHER HOLDER OF AN RR INTEREST]

Re: BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45 (the “Certificates”)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This is delivered to you in connection with the transfer by [______] (the “Transferor”) to [______] (the “Transferee”) of RR Interest evidencing $[____] Certificate Balance in such Class. The Certificates were issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer. All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Transferor hereby certifies, represents and warrants to you that:

  Exhibit D-4-1  

1. The transfer is in compliance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

2. If the Transferee is an insurance company general account relying on PTCE 95-60 to cover its acquisition of the RR Interest, (a) all of the conditions of Parts I and III of PTCE 95-60 will be satisfied with respect to the acquisition of the RR Interest and (b) the acquisition of the RR Interest will be effected through BofA Securities, Inc., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Academy Securities, Inc., Drexel Hamilton, LLC or an affiliate thereof.

3. Check one of the following:

☐ The transfer will occur during the RR Interest Transfer Restriction Period, and the Transferor certifies, represents and warrants to you that:

A. The transfer is in compliance with the U.S. Credit Risk Retention Agreement, between Bank of America, National Association, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC and Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A., dated and effective as of February 23, 2023 (the “Credit Risk Retention Agreement”).

B. The Transferee is a “majority-owned affiliate”, as such term is defined in Regulation RR, of the Transferor.

C. The Transferee has complied in all material respects with all of the covenants in the Credit Risk Retention Agreement during the period from the date of the Credit Risk Retention Agreement through and including the date of this transfer.

D. All of the representations and warranties made by the Transferor in the Credit Risk Retention Agreement are true and correct as of the date of the transfer.

E. All of the requirements set forth in Section 3(c) of the Credit Risk Retention Agreement have been complied with through and including the date of the transfer.

☐ The transfer will occur after the termination of the RR Interest Transfer Restriction Period.

4. The Transferor understands that the Transferee has delivered to you a Transferee Certificate in the form attached to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as Exhibit D-3. The Transferor does not know or believe that any representation contained therein is false.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Transferor has caused this instrument to be duly executed on its behalf by its duly authorized senior officer this ___day of _________, 20__.

  Exhibit D-4-2  

	[TRANSFEROR]
By:
	Name:
	Title:

The foregoing certificate is hereby confirmed, and the transfer is accepted, as of the date first above written:

 

 

[RETAINING SPONSOR]
By:
	Name:
	Title:
[Medallion Stamp Guarantee]

  Exhibit D-4-3  

EXHIBIT E

FORM OF REQUEST FOR RELEASE
(for Custodian)

Loan Information
	Name of Mortgagor:
	[Master Servicer]
	[Special Servicer] Loan No.:
Custodian
	Name:	Computershare Trust Company, National Association
	Address:	1055 10th Ave SE Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414 Attention: Document Custody Group BANK 2023-BNK45
	Custodian/Trustee Mortgage File No.:
Depositor
	Name:	Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc.
	Address:	One Bryant Park New York, New York 10036 Attention: Leland F. Bunch, III
	Certificates:	BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45

The undersigned [Master Servicer] [Special Servicer] hereby requests delivery from Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as custodian (in such capacity, the “Custodian”) and as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), for the Holders of BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45, the documents referred to below (the “Documents”). All capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Request for Release shall have the meanings given them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of February 1, 2023, between Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate

  Exhibit E-1  

Administrator and as Trustee, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”).

 

( )

( )

( )

( )

The undersigned [Master Servicer] [Special Servicer] hereby acknowledges and agrees as follows:

(1)       The [Master Servicer] [Special Servicer] shall hold and retain possession of the Documents in trust for the benefit of the Trustee, solely for the purposes provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

(2)       The [Master Servicer] [Special Servicer] shall not cause or permit the Documents to become subject to, or encumbered by, any claims, liens, security interests, charges, writs of attachment or other impositions nor shall the [Master Servicer] [Special Servicer] assert or seek to assert any claims or rights of set-off to or against the Documents or any proceeds thereof except as otherwise provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

(3)       The [Master Servicer] [Special Servicer] shall return the Documents to the Custodian when the need therefor no longer exists, unless the Mortgage Loans have been liquidated or the Mortgage Loans have been paid in full and the proceeds thereof have been remitted to the Collection Account except as expressly provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

(4)       The Documents and any proceeds thereof, including proceeds of proceeds, coming into the possession or control of the [Master Servicer] [Special Servicer] shall at all times be earmarked for the account of the Trustee, and the [Master Servicer] [Special Servicer] shall keep the Documents separate and distinct from all other property in the [Master Servicer’s] [Special Servicer’s] possession, custody or control.

	[____________]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:
Date:

  Exhibit E-2  

EXHIBIT F-1

FORM OF ERISA REPRESENTATION
LETTER REGARDING ERISA RESTRICTED CERTIFICATES

Computershare Trust Company, National Association,
600 South 4th Street, 7th Floor
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415

Attention: Corporate Trust Services – BANK 2023-BNK45

[OR OTHER CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR]

 

Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc.

One Bryant Park

New York, New York 10036

Attention: Leland F. Bunch, III

Re: Transfer of BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned (the “Purchaser”) proposes to purchase US$[___] aggregate initial [Notional Amount][Certificate Balance] in the BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45, [Class [X-F][X-G][X-H][F][G][H] Certificates][RR Interest] issued pursuant to that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of February 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

In connection with such transfer, the undersigned hereby represents and warrants to you as follows:

1.       The Purchaser is not and will not be (a) an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), or a governmental plan (as defined in Section 3(32) of ERISA), a church plan (as defined in Section 3(33) of ERISA) for which no election has been made under Section 410(d) of the Code, or any other plan subject to any federal, state or local law (“Similar Law”) which is, to a material extent, similar to the foregoing provisions of ERISA or the Code (each a “Plan”) or (b) a person acting on behalf of (including an entity whose underlying assets include Plan assets by reason of investment in the entity by such a Plan or Plans and the application of Department of Labor Regulation § 2510.3-101, as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA) or using the assets of any such Plan, other than an insurance company using the assets of its “insurance company general account”

  Exhibit F-1-1  

(as such term is defined in Section V(e) of Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption (“PTCE”) 95-60) under circumstances whereby the purchase and holding of Certificates by such insurance company would be exempt from the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA and the Code under Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60 (or a Plan subject to Similar Law purchasing under circumstances that would not constitute or result in a non-exempt violation of applicable Similar Law).

2.       The Purchaser understands that if the Purchaser is or becomes a Person referred to in 1(a) or (b) above, such Purchaser is required to provide to the Trustee and Certificate Administrator an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor to the effect that the acquisition and holding of such Certificate by such purchaser or transferee will not constitute or result in a “prohibited transaction” within the meaning of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or any Similar Law, and will not subject the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, any sub-servicer, the Initial Purchasers, the Underwriters, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Operating Advisor or the Depositor to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or any such Similar Law) in addition to those set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be at the expense of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Initial Purchasers, the Underwriters or the Trust.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Purchaser hereby executes this ERISA Representation Letter on the ___ day of _____________, 20__.

	Very truly yours,
		[The Purchaser]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:
Date:

  Exhibit F-1-2  

EXHIBIT F-2

Form of ERISA Representation Letter
regarding CLASS V AND CLASS R CERTIFICATES

[Date]

Computershare Trust Company, National Association,
as Certificate Administrator

600 South 4th Street, 7th Floor

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415

Attention: Corporate Trust Services – BANK 2023-BNK45

[OR OTHER CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR]

 

[Transferor]

[______]

[______]

Attention: [______]

Re: BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned (the “Purchaser”) proposes to purchase [__]% Percentage Interest in the BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45, [Class V][Class R] Certificates (the “[Class V][Class R] Certificate”) issued pursuant to that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of February 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

In connection with such transfer, the undersigned hereby represents and warrants to you that, with respect to the [Class R][Class V] Certificate, the Purchaser is not and will not become (a) an employee benefit plan or other plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”) or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), or a governmental plan (as defined in Section 3(32) of ERISA) or other plan that is subject to any federal, state or local law that is, to a material extent, similar to the foregoing provisions of ERISA or the Code (“Similar Law”) (each, a “Plan”), or (b) any person acting on behalf of any such Plan (including an entity whose underlying assets include Plan assets by reason of investment in the entity by such a Plan or Plans and the application of Department of Labor Regulation § 2510.3-101, as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA) or using the assets of a Plan to purchase such [Class V][Class R] Certificate.

  Exhibit F-2-1  

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Purchaser hereby executes this ERISA Representation Letter on the ___ day of _____, 20__.

	Very truly yours,
	[The Purchaser]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:
Date:

  Exhibit F-2-2  

EXHIBIT G

FORM OF DISTRIBUTION DATE STATEMENT

See Annex B to the Prospectus

 

  Exhibit G-1  

EXHIBIT H

FORM OF OMNIBUS ASSIGNMENT

[NAME OF CURRENT ASSIGNOR] having an address at [ADDRESS OF CURRENT ASSIGNOR] (the “Assignor”) for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are acknowledged, hereby sells, transfers, assigns, delivers, sets over and conveys, without recourse, representation or warranty, express or implied, unto “Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee for the registered holders of BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45” (the “Assignee”), having an office at 9062 Old Annapolis Road, Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951, Attention: CMBS Trustee BANK 2023-BNK45, its successors and assigns, all right, title and interest of the Assignor in and to:

That certain mortgage and security agreement, deed of trust and security agreement, deed to secure debt and security agreement, or similar security instrument (the “Security Instrument”), and that certain Promissory Note (the “Mortgage Note”), for each of the Mortgage Loans shown on the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached hereto as Exhibit B, and that certain assignment of leases and rents given in connection therewith and all of the Assignor’s right, title and interest in any claims, collateral, insurance policies, certificates of deposit, letters of credit, escrow accounts, performance bonds, demands, causes of action and any other collateral arising out of and/or executed and/or delivered in or to or with respect to the Security Instrument and the Mortgage Note, together with any other documents or instruments executed and/or delivered in connection with or otherwise related to the Security Instrument and the Mortgage Note.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Assignor has executed this instrument under seal to be effective as of the [__] day of [_____________], 20[__].

[NAME OF CURRENT ASSIGNOR]
By:
	Name:
	Title:

  Exhibit H-1  

EXHIBIT I

Form of Transfer Certificate
for Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate
to Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate
during Restricted Period

(Exchanges or transfers pursuant to
Section 5.03(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement)

Computershare Trust Company, National Association,
as Certificate Registrar

600 South 4th Street, 7th Floor

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415

Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)

BANK 2023-BNK45

Re: BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45, Class [__]

Reference is hereby made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of February 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This letter relates to US $[______] aggregate [Certificate Balance] [Notional Amount] of the Class [__] Certificates (the “Certificates”) which are held in the form of a beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate of such Class (CUSIP No. [______]) with the Depository in the name of [insert name of Transferor] (the “Transferor”). The Transferor has requested an exchange or transfer of such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate of such Class (CINS No. [______] and ISIN No. [______]) to be held with the Depository in the name of [Euroclear] [Clearstream]^* (Common Code No. [______]).

In connection with such request and in respect of such Certificates, the Transferor does hereby certify that such exchange or transfer has been made in compliance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation S (“Regulation S”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and accordingly the Transferor does hereby certify that:

^*          Select appropriate depository.

  Exhibit I-1  

(1)                     the offer of the Certificates was not made to a person in the United States;

[(2)                 at the time the buy order was originated, the transferee was outside the United States or the Transferor and any person acting on its behalf reasonably believed and believes that the transferee was outside the United States;]^**

[(2)                 the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither the Transferor nor any person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was pre-arranged with a buyer in the United States;]^**

(3)                     no “directed selling efforts” within the meaning of Rule 902(c) of Regulation S have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or 904(b) of Regulation S, as applicable; and

(4)                     the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

We understand that this certificate is required in connection with certain securities laws of the United States. In connection therewith, if administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate to any interested party in such proceeding. This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Initial Purchasers.

	[Insert Name of Transferor]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:
Dated:
cc:  Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc.

^**       Insert one of these two provisions, which come from the definition of “offshore transaction” in Regulation S.

  Exhibit I-2  

EXHIBIT J

Form of Transfer Certificate
for Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate
to Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate after Restricted Period

(Exchange or transfers pursuant to
Section 5.03(d) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement)

Computershare Trust Company, National Association,
as Certificate Registrar

600 South 4th Street, 7th Floor

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415

Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)

BANK 2023-BNK45

Re: BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45, Class [__]

Reference is hereby made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of February 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This letter relates to US $[______] aggregate [Certificate Balance] [Notional Amount] of the Class [__] Certificates (the “Certificates”) which are held in the form of a beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate of such Class (CUSIP No. [______]) with the Depository in the name of [insert name of Transferor] (the “Transferor”). The Transferor has requested an exchange or transfer of such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate of such Class (CINS No. [______], ISIN No. [______], and Common Code No. [______]).

In connection with such request and in respect of such Certificates, the Transferor does hereby certify that such exchange or transfer has been made in compliance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation S (“Regulation S”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and accordingly the Transferor does hereby certify that:

(1)                     the offer of the Certificates was not made to a person in the United States,

  Exhibit J-1  

[(2)                 at the time the buy order was originated, the transferee was outside the United States or the Transferor and any person acting on its behalf reasonably believed and believes that the transferee was outside the United States,]^*

[(2)                 the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither the Transferor nor any person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was pre-arranged with a buyer in the United States,] ^*

(3)                     no “directed selling efforts” within the meaning of Rule 902(c) of Regulation S have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or 904(b) of Regulation S, as applicable, and

(4)                     the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

We understand that this certificate is required in connection with certain securities laws of the United States. In connection therewith, if administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate to any interested party in such proceeding. This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Initial Purchasers.

	[Insert Name of Transferor]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:
Dated:
cc:  Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc.

^*       Insert one of these two provisions, which come from the definition of “offshore transaction” in Regulation S.

  Exhibit J-2  

EXHIBIT K

Form of Transfer Certificate
for Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate
to Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate during Restricted Period

(Exchange or transfers pursuant to
Section 5.03(e) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement)

Computershare Trust Company, National Association,
as Certificate Registrar

600 South 4th Street, 7th Floor

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415

Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)

BANK 2023-BNK45

Re: BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45, Class [__]

Reference is hereby made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of February 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This letter relates to US $[______] aggregate [Certificate Balance] [Notional Amount] of the Class [__] Certificates (the “Certificates”) which are held in the form of a beneficial interest in the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate of such Class (CINS No. [______] and ISIN No. [______]) with [Euroclear] [Clearstream]^* (Common Code [______]) through the Depository in the name of [insert name of transferor] (the “Transferor”). The Transferor has requested an exchange or transfer of such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate of such Class (CUSIP No. [______]).

In connection with such request, and in respect of such Certificates, the Transferor does hereby certify that such Certificates are being exchanged or transferred in accordance with Rule 144A (“Rule 144A”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), to a transferee that the Transferor reasonably believes is purchasing the Certificates for its own account, or for one or more accounts with respect to which the transferee exercises sole investment discretion, and the transferee and any such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A in each case in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and

^*        Select appropriate depository.

  Exhibit K-1  

in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States or other applicable jurisdiction.

We understand that this certificate is required in connection with certain securities laws of the United States. In connection therewith, if administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate to any interested party in such proceeding. This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Initial Purchasers.

	[Insert Name of Transferor]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:
Dated:
cc:  Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc.

  Exhibit K-2  

EXHIBIT L

Form of Transfer Certificate
for Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate
to Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate after Restricted Period

(Exchanges pursuant to
Section 5.03(f) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement)

Computershare Trust Company, National Association,
as Certificate Registrar

600 South 4th Street, 7th Floor

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415

Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)

BANK 2023-BNK45

Re: BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45, Class [__]

Reference is hereby made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of February 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

[For purposes of acquiring a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate of the Class specified above after the expiration of the Restricted Period,] [For purposes of receiving payments under a Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate of the Class specified above,]^* the undersigned holder of a beneficial interest in a Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate of the Class specified above issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement certifies that it is not a U.S. Person as defined by Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

We undertake to advise you promptly by facsimile on or prior to the date on which you intend to submit your corresponding certification relating to the Certificates of the Class specified above held by you for our account if any applicable statement herein is not correct on such date, and in the absence of any such notification it may be assumed that this certification applies as of such date.

We understand that this certificate is required in connection with certain securities laws of the United States. In connection therewith, if administrative or legal proceedings are

^*        Select, as applicable.

  Exhibit L-1  

commenced or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate to any interested party in such proceeding. This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Initial Purchasers.

Dated:______________
By:
	as, or as agent for, the holder of a beneficial interest in the Certificates to which this certificate relates.

  Exhibit L-2  

EXHIBIT M

Form of Transfer Certificate
for Non-Book Entry Certificate
to Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate

(Exchanges or transfers pursuant to
Section 5.03(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement)

Computershare Trust Company, National Association,
as Certificate Registrar

600 South 4th Street, 7th Floor

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415

Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)

BANK 2023-BNK45

Re: BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45, Class [__]

Reference is hereby made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of February 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This letter relates to US $[______] aggregate [Certificate Balance] [Notional Amount] of the Class [__] Certificates (the “Certificates”) which are held in the form of Non-Book Entry Certificates of such Class (CUSIP No. [______]) in the name of [insert name of Transferor] (the “Transferor”). The Transferor has requested an exchange or transfer of such Non-Book Entry Certificates for a beneficial interest in the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate of such Class (CINS No. [______] and ISIN No. [______]) to be held with [Euroclear] [Clearstream]^* (Common Code [______]) through the Depository.

In connection with such request, and in respect of such Certificates, the Transferor does hereby certify that such exchange or transfer has been made in compliance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation S (“Regulation S”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and accordingly the Transferor does hereby certify that:

(1)                     the offer of the Certificates was not made to a person in the United States;

^*        Select appropriate depository.

  Exhibit M-1  

[(2)                 at the time the buy order was originated, the transferee was outside the United States or the Transferor and any person acting on its behalf reasonably believed and believes that the transferee was outside the United States;]^**

[(2)                 the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither the Transferor nor any person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was pre-arranged with a buyer in the United States;] ^**

(3)                     no “directed selling efforts” within the meaning of Rule 902(c) of Regulation S have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or 904(b) of Regulation S, as applicable; and

(4)                     the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

We understand that this certificate is required in connection with certain securities laws of the United States. In connection therewith, if administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate to any interested party in such proceeding. This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Initial Purchasers.

	[Insert Name of Transferor]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:
Dated:
cc:  Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc.

^**       Insert one of these two provisions, which come from the definition of “offshore transaction” in Regulation S.

  Exhibit M-2  

EXHIBIT N

Form of Transfer Certificate
for Non-Book Entry Certificate
to Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate

(Exchange or transfers pursuant to
Section 5.03(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement)

Computershare Trust Company, National Association,
as Certificate Registrar

600 South 4th Street, 7th Floor

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415

Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)

BANK 2023-BNK45

Re: BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45, Class [__]

Reference is hereby made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of February 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This letter relates to US $[______] aggregate [Certificate Balance] [Notional Amount] of the Class [__] Certificates (the “Certificates”) which are held in the form of Non-Book Entry Certificates of such Class (CUSIP No. [______]) in the name of [insert name of Transferor] (the “Transferor”). The Transferor has requested an exchange or transfer of such Non-Book Entry Certificates for a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate (CINS No. [______], ISIN No. [______], and Common Code No. [______]).

In connection with such request, and in respect of such Certificates, the Transferor does hereby certify that such exchange or transfer has been made in compliance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation S (“Regulation S”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and accordingly the Transferor does hereby certify that:

(1)                     the offer of the Certificates was not made to a person in the United States,

  Exhibit N-1  

[(2)                 at the time the buy order was originated, the transferee was outside the United States or the Transferor and any person acting on its behalf reasonably believed and believes that the transferee was outside the United States,]^*

[(2)                 the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither the Transferor nor any person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was pre-arranged with a buyer in the United States,] ^*

(3)                     no “directed selling efforts” within the meaning of Rule 902(c) of Regulation S have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or 904(b) of Regulation S, as applicable, and

(4)                     the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

We understand that this certificate is required in connection with certain securities laws of the United States. In connection therewith, if administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate to any interested party in such proceeding. This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Initial Purchasers.

	[Insert Name of Transferor]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:
Dated:
cc:  Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc.

^*       Insert one of these two provisions, which come from the definition of “offshore transaction” in Regulation S.

  Exhibit N-2  

EXHIBIT O

Form of Transfer Certificate
for Non-Book Entry Certificate
to Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate

(Exchange or transfers pursuant to
Section 5.03(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement)

Computershare Trust Company, National Association,
as Certificate Registrar

600 South 4th Street, 7th Floor

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415

Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)

BANK 2023-BNK45

Re: BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45, Class [__]

Reference is hereby made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of February 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This letter relates to US $[______] aggregate [Certificate Balance] [Notional Amount] of the Class [__] Certificates (the “Certificates”) which are held in the form of Non-Book Entry Certificates of such Class (CUSIP No. [______]) in the name of [insert name of transferor] (the “Transferor”). The Transferor has requested an exchange or transfer of such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate of such Class (CUSIP No. [______]).

In connection with such request, and in respect of such Certificates, the Transferor does hereby certify that such Certificates are being exchanged or transferred in accordance with Rule 144A (“Rule 144A”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), to a transferee that the Transferor reasonably believes is purchasing the Certificates for its own account, or for one or more accounts with respect to which the transferee exercises sole investment discretion, and the transferee and any such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A in each case in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States or other applicable jurisdiction.

We understand that this certificate is required in connection with certain securities laws of the United States. In connection therewith, if administrative or legal proceedings are

  Exhibit O-1  

commenced or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate to any interested party in such proceeding. This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Initial Purchasers.

	[Insert Name of Transferor]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:
Dated:
cc:  Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc.

  Exhibit O-2  

EXHIBIT P-1A

FORM OF INVESTOR CERTIFICATION for Non-Borrower PartY AND/OR THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY
(for Persons other than the DIRECTING CERTIFICATEHOLDER and/or a Controlling Class Certificateholder)

[Date]

Computershare Trust Company, National Association
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045
Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)
BANK 2023-BNK45
trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com
cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com

Re: BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45, Class [_] Certificates

In accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, with respect to the certificates (the “Certificates”), the undersigned hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

1.       The undersigned is a Certificateholder, a beneficial owner or prospective purchaser of the Class [__] Certificates, a Companion Holder or the Risk Retention Consultation Party (or any investment advisor or manager or other representative of the foregoing).

2.       The undersigned is neither the Directing Certificateholder nor a Controlling Class Certificateholder.

3.       In the case that the undersigned is a Certificateholder, beneficial owner or prospective purchaser of an Offered Certificate, the undersigned has received a copy of the Prospectus.

4.       [FOR PARTIES OTHER THAN THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY: The undersigned is not a Borrower Party.]

5.       The undersigned is requesting access pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to certain information (the “Information”) on the Certificate Administrator’s Website and/or is requesting the information identified on the schedule attached hereto (also, the “Information”) pursuant to the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In consideration of the disclosure to the undersigned of the Information, or the access thereto, the undersigned will keep the Information confidential (except from such outside persons as are assisting it in making an evaluation in connection with purchasing the related Certificates, from its

  Exhibit P-1A-1  

accountants and attorneys, and otherwise from such governmental or banking authorities or agencies to which the undersigned is subject), and such Information will not, without the prior written consent of the Depositor, be otherwise disclosed by the undersigned or by its officers, directors, partners, employees, agents or representatives (collectively, the “Representatives”) in any manner whatsoever, in whole or in part; provided, however, that the obligations of the undersigned to keep any such Information confidential shall expire one year following the date that the undersigned receives such Information (with respect to a prospective purchaser only) or is no longer a Certificateholder, a beneficial owner or prospective purchaser of the Class of Certificates referenced above. The undersigned will not use or disclose the Information in any manner which could result in a violation of any provision of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or would require registration of any Certificate not previously registered pursuant to Section 5 of the Securities Act.

6.       The undersigned shall be fully liable for any breach of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by itself or any of its Representatives and shall indemnify the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers and the Trust Fund for any loss, liability or expense incurred thereby with respect to any such breach by the undersigned or any of its Representatives.

7.       The undersigned shall be deemed to have recertified to the provisions herein each time it accesses the Information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website and the Certificate Administrator shall have no obligation to monitor, determine or verify whether the undersigned has properly certified or recertified under this Investor Certification any time the undersigned accesses the Certificate Administrator’s Website.

8.       Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned has made the representations above and shall have caused, or shall be deemed to have caused its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the date certified.

	[_____]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:
Dated:
cc:  Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc.

  Exhibit P-1A-2  

EXHIBIT P-1B

FORM OF INVESTOR CERTIFICATION for Non-Borrower PartY
(for the DIRECTING CERTIFICATEHOLDER and/or a Controlling Class Certificateholder)

[Date]

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association Commercial Mortgage Servicing 550 S. Tryon Street MAC D1086-23A 23rd Floor Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 Attention: BANK 2023-BNK45 Asset Manager Email: commercial.servicing@wellsfargo.com	Computershare Trust Company, National Association 9062 Old Annapolis Road Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951 Attention:  Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) BANK 2023-BNK45 trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com
Park Bridge Lender Services LLC 600 Third Avenue, 40th Floor New York, New York 10016 Attention: BANK 2023-BNK45 Surveillance Manager (with a copy sent contemporaneously via email to: cmbs.notices@parkbridgefinancial.com)	Computershare Trust Company, National Association 600 South 4th Street, 7th Floor Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415 Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) BANK 2023-BNK45mailto:
LNR Partners, LLC 2340 Collins Avenue, Suite 700 Miami Beach, Florida 33139 Attention: Heather Bennett and Job Warshaw, with a copy to hbennett@lnrpartners.com, jwarshaw@lnrpartners.com and lnr.cmbs.notices@lnrproperty.com

Re: BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45, Class Certificates

In accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, with respect to the certificates (the “Certificates”), the undersigned hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

1.       The undersigned is the Directing Certificateholder or a Controlling Class Certificateholder.

  Exhibit P-1B-1  

2.       The undersigned has received a copy of the Prospectus.

3.       The undersigned is not a Borrower Party.

4.       The undersigned is requesting access pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to certain information (the “Information”) on the Certificate Administrator’s Website and may from time to time request information from the Master Servicer or Special Servicer [and/or is requesting the information identified on the schedule attached hereto (also, the “Information”) pursuant to the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement]. In consideration of the disclosure to the undersigned of the Information, or the access thereto, the undersigned will keep the Information confidential (except from such outside persons as are assisting it in making an evaluation in connection with purchasing the related Certificates, from its accountants and attorneys, and otherwise from such governmental or banking authorities or agencies to which the undersigned is subject), and such Information will not, without the prior written consent of the Depositor, be otherwise disclosed by the undersigned or by its officers, directors, partners, employees, agents or representatives (collectively, the “Representatives”) in any manner whatsoever, in whole or in part; provided, however, that the obligations of the undersigned to keep any such Information confidential shall expire one year following the date that the undersigned receives such Information (with respect to a prospective purchaser only) or is no longer a Certificateholder, a beneficial owner or prospective purchaser of the Class of Certificates referenced above. The undersigned will not use or disclose the Information in any manner which could result in a violation of any provision of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or would require registration of any Certificate not previously registered pursuant to Section 5 of the Securities Act.

5.       The undersigned shall be fully liable for any breach of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by itself or any of its Representatives and shall indemnify the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers and the Trust Fund for any loss, liability or expense incurred thereby with respect to any such breach by the undersigned or any of its Representatives.

6.       At any time the undersigned becomes a Borrower Party with respect to any Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan, the undersigned shall deliver the certification attached as Exhibit P-1D to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and shall deliver to the applicable parties the notices attached as Exhibit P-1E and Exhibit P-1F to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

7.       The undersigned shall be deemed to have recertified to the provisions herein each time it accesses the Information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, and the Certificate Administrator shall have no obligation to monitor, determine or verify whether the undersigned has properly certified or recertified under this Investor Certification any time the undersigned accesses the Certificate Administrator’s Website.

8.       [For use with any party other than the initial Directing Certificateholder] The undersigned hereby certifies that an executed copy of this certification in [paper][electronic click-through] form has been delivered in accordance with the notice provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the applicable Information provider listed above [(a) by overnight courier or (b) mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid].

  Exhibit P-1B-2  

9.       Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned has made the representations above and shall have caused, or shall be deemed to have caused its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the date certified.

	[_____]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:
Dated:
cc:  Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc.

 

  Exhibit P-1B-3  

EXHIBIT P-1C

FORM OF INVESTOR CERTIFICATION for Borrower PartY
(for Persons other than the DIRECTING CERTIFICATEHOLDER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY and/or a Controlling Class Certificateholder)

[Date]

Computershare Trust Company, National Association
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951
Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)
BANK 2023-BNK45
trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com
cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Commercial Mortgage Servicing
550 S. Tryon Street

MAC D1086-23A

23rd Floor

Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Attention: BANK 2023-BNK45 Asset Manager
Email: commercial.servicing@wellsfargo.com

Re: BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45, Class Certificates

In accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, with respect to the certificates (the “Certificates”), the undersigned hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

1.       The undersigned is a Certificateholder, a beneficial owner or prospective purchaser of the Class [__] Certificates or a Companion Holder (or any investment advisor or manager or other representative of the foregoing).

2.       The undersigned is neither the Directing Certificateholder nor a Controlling Class Certificateholder.

3.       In the case that the undersigned is a Certificateholder, a beneficial owner or prospective purchaser of an Offered Certificate, the undersigned has received a copy of the Prospectus.

  Exhibit P-1C-1  

4.       The undersigned is a Borrower Party.

5.       The undersigned is requesting access to the Distribution Date Statement pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In consideration of the disclosure to the undersigned of the Distribution Date Statement, or the access thereto, the undersigned will keep the Distribution Date Statement confidential (except from such outside persons as are assisting it in making an evaluation in connection with purchasing the related Certificates, from its accountants and attorneys, and otherwise from such governmental or banking authorities or agencies to which the undersigned is subject), and such Distribution Date Statement will not, without the prior written consent of the Depositor, be otherwise disclosed by the undersigned or by its officers, directors, partners, employees, agents or representatives (collectively, the “Representatives”) in any manner whatsoever, in whole or in part; provided, however, that the obligations of the undersigned to keep any such Distribution Date Statement confidential shall expire one year following the date that the undersigned receives such Distribution Date Statement (with respect to a prospective purchaser only) or is no longer a Certificateholder, a beneficial owner or prospective purchaser of the Class of Certificates referenced above. The undersigned will not use or disclose the Distribution Date Statement in any manner which could result in a violation of any provision of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or would require registration of any Certificate not previously registered pursuant to Section 5 of the Securities Act.

6.       The undersigned shall be fully liable for any breach of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by itself or any of its Representatives and shall indemnify the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers and the Trust Fund for any loss, liability or expense incurred thereby with respect to any such breach by the undersigned or any of its Representatives.

7.       The undersigned shall be deemed to have recertified to the provisions herein each time it accesses the Distribution Date Statement on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, and the Certificate Administrator shall have no obligation to monitor, determine or verify whether the undersigned has properly certified or recertified under this Investor Certification any time the undersigned accesses the Certificate Administrator’s Website.

8.       Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned has made the representations above and shall have caused, or shall be deemed to have caused its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the date certified.

[_____]
By:
	Name:
	Title:

  Exhibit P-1C-2  

Dated:                        

cc:  Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc.

  Exhibit P-1C-3  

EXHIBIT P-1D

FORM OF INVESTOR CERTIFICATION for Borrower PartY
(for the DIRECTING CERTIFICATEHOLDER and/or a Controlling Class Certificateholder)

[Date]

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association Commercial Mortgage Servicing 550 S. Tryon Street MAC D1086-23A 23rd Floor Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 Attention: BANK 2023-BNK45 Asset Manager Email: commercial.servicing@wellsfargo.com	Computershare Trust Company, National Association 9062 Old Annapolis Road Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951 Attention:  Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) BANK 2023-BNK45 trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com
Park Bridge Lender Services LLC 600 Third Avenue, 40th Floor New York, New York 10016 Attention: BANK 2023-BNK45 Surveillance Manager (with a copy sent contemporaneously via email to: cmbs.notices@parkbridgefinancial.com)	Computershare Trust Company, National Association 600 South 4th Street, 7th Floor Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415 Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) BANK 2023-BNK45
LNR Partners, LLC 2340 Collins Avenue, Suite 700 Miami Beach, Florida 33139 Attention: Heather Bennett and Job Warshaw, with a copy to hbennett@lnrpartners.com, jwarshaw@lnrpartners.com and lnr.cmbs.notices@lnrproperty.com

Re: BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45, Class Certificates

In accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, with respect to the certificates (the “Certificates”), the undersigned hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

1. The undersigned is [the Directing Certificateholder][the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class][a Controlling Class Certificateholder].

  Exhibit P-1D-1  

2.       The undersigned is a Borrower Party with respect to the following [Excluded Loan][Excluded Controlling Class Loan](s):

[IDENTIFY [EXCLUDED LOAN][EXCLUDED CONTROLLING CLASS LOAN](S)] (the “[Excluded Loan][Excluded Controlling Class Loan](s)”)

The undersigned is not a Borrower Party with respect to any other Mortgage Loan.

3.       The undersigned has received a copy of the Prospectus.

4.       Except with respect to the [Excluded Loan][Excluded Controlling Class Loan](s), the undersigned is requesting access pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to certain information (the “Information”) on the Certificate Administrator’s Website [and/or is requesting the information identified on the schedule attached hereto (also, the “Information”) pursuant to the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement]. In consideration of the disclosure to the undersigned of the Information, or the access thereto, the undersigned will keep the Information confidential (except from such outside persons as are assisting it in making an evaluation in connection with purchasing the related Certificates, from its accountants and attorneys, and otherwise from such governmental or banking authorities or agencies to which the undersigned is subject), and such Information will not, without the prior written consent of the Depositor, be otherwise disclosed by the undersigned or by its officers, directors, partners, employees, agents or representatives (collectively, the “Representatives”) in any manner whatsoever, in whole or in part; provided, however, that the obligations of the undersigned to keep any such Information confidential shall expire one year following the date that the undersigned receives such Information (with respect to a prospective purchaser only) or is no longer a Certificateholder, a beneficial owner or prospective purchaser of the Class of Certificates referenced above. The undersigned will not use or disclose the Information in any manner which could result in a violation of any provision of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or would require registration of any Certificate not previously registered pursuant to Section 5 of the Securities Act.

5.       The undersigned hereby acknowledges and agrees that it is prohibited from accessing, reviewing and using Excluded Information (as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) relating to the [Excluded Loan][Excluded Controlling Class Loan](s) to the extent the undersigned receives access to such Excluded Information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website or otherwise receives access to such Excluded Information in connection with its duties, or exercise of its rights pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

6.       The undersigned shall be fully liable for any breach of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by itself or any of its Representatives and shall indemnify the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers and the Trust Fund for any loss, liability or expense incurred thereby with respect to any such breach by the undersigned or any of its Representatives.

7.       To the extent the undersigned receives access to any Excluded Information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website or otherwise receives access to such Excluded Information, the undersigned shall be deemed to have agreed that it (i) will not directly or indirectly provide

  Exhibit P-1D-2  

any such Excluded Information to (A) the related Borrower Party, (B) any related Excluded Controlling Class Holder, (C) any employees or personnel of the undersigned or any of its Affiliates involved in the management of any investment in the related Borrower Party or the related Mortgaged Property or (D) to its actual knowledge, any non-Affiliate that holds a direct or indirect ownership interest in the related Borrower Party, and (ii) will maintain sufficient internal controls and appropriate policies and procedures in place in order to comply with the obligations described in clause (i) above.

8.       The undersigned shall be deemed to have recertified to the provisions herein each time it accesses the Information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, and the Certificate Administrator shall have no obligation to monitor, determine or verify whether the undersigned has properly certified or recertified under this Investor Certification any time the undersigned accesses the Certificate Administrator’s Website.

9.       The undersigned hereby certifies that an executed copy of this certification in [paper][electronic click-through] form has been delivered in accordance with the notice provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the applicable Information provider listed above [(a) by overnight courier or (b) mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid].

10.       Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned has made the representations above and shall have caused, or shall be deemed to have caused its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the date certified.

	[_____]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:
Dated:
cc:  Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc.

  Exhibit P-1D-3  

EXHIBIT P-1E

FORM OF NOTICE OF EXCLUDED CONTROLLING CLASS HOLDER

[Date]

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association Commercial Mortgage Servicing 550 S. Tryon Street MAC D1086-23A 23rd Floor Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 Attention: BANK 2023-BNK45 Asset Manager Email: commercial.servicing@wellsfargo.com	Computershare Trust Company, National Association 9062 Old Annapolis Road Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951 Attention:  Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) BANK 2023-BNK45 trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com
Park Bridge Lender Services LLC 600 Third Avenue, 40th Floor New York, New York 10016 Attention: BANK 2023-BNK45 Surveillance Manager (with a copy sent contemporaneously via email to: cmbs.notices@parkbridgefinancial.com)	Computershare Trust Company, National Association 600 South 4th Street, 7th Floor Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415 Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) BANK 2023-BNK45
LNR Partners, LLC 2340 Collins Avenue, Suite 700 Miami Beach, Florida 33139 Attention: Heather Bennett and Job Warshaw, with a copy to hbennett@lnrpartners.com, jwarshaw@lnrpartners.com and lnr.cmbs.notices@lnrproperty.com

Re: BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45, Class Certificates

THIS NOTICE IDENTIFIES AN “[EXCLUDED LOAN][EXCLUDED CONTROLLING CLASS LOAN]” RELATING TO THE BANK 2023-BNK45, COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2023-BNK45, REQUIRING ACTION BY YOU AS THE RECIPIENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 3.13(b) OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

In accordance with Section 3.13(b) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, with respect to the above-referenced certificates (the “Certificates”), the undersigned (the “Excluded Controlling Class Holder”) hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

1.                  The undersigned is [the Directing Certificateholder][the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class][a Controlling Class Certificateholder] as of the date hereof.

  Exhibit P-1E-1  

2.                  The undersigned has become a Borrower Party with respect to the following [Mortgage Loan(s)] [and] [Whole Loan(s)] (the “[Excluded Loan][Excluded Controlling Class Loan](s)”):

Loan Number	ODCR	Loan Name	Borrower Name

[[If applicable] For the avoidance of doubt, [each] of the foregoing loans is both an Excluded Loan and an Excluded Controlling Class Loan.]

3.                  As of the date above, the undersigned is the beneficial owner of the following certificates, and is providing the below information to the addressees hereto for purposes of their compliance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, including, among other things, the Certificate Administrator’s determination as to whether a Consultation Termination Event is in effect with respect to the Excluded Controlling Class Loans listed in paragraph 2 if any such mortgage loan is an Excluded Loan:

CUSIP	Class	Outstanding Certificate Balance	Initial Certificate Balance

The undersigned is not a Borrower Party with respect to any other Mortgage Loan.

4.                  Except with respect to the [Excluded Loan][Excluded Controlling Class Loan](s), the undersigned is requesting access pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to certain information (the “Information”) on the Certificate Administrator’s Website [and/or is requesting the information identified on the schedule attached hereto (also, the “Information”) pursuant to the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement]. In consideration of the disclosure to the undersigned of the Information, or the access thereto, the undersigned will keep the Information confidential (except from such outside persons as are assisting it in making an evaluation in connection with purchasing the related Certificates, from its accountants and attorneys, and otherwise from such governmental or banking authorities or agencies to which the undersigned is subject), and such Information will not, without the prior written consent of the Depositor, be otherwise disclosed by the undersigned or by its officers, directors, partners, employees, agents or representatives (collectively, the “Representatives”) in any manner whatsoever, in whole or in part; provided, however, that the obligations of the undersigned to keep any such Information confidential shall expire one year following the date that the undersigned receives such Information (with respect to a prospective purchaser only) or is no longer a Certificateholder, a

  Exhibit P-1E-2  

beneficial owner or prospective purchaser of the Class of Certificates referenced above. The undersigned will not use or disclose the Information in any manner which could result in a violation of any provision of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or would require registration of any Certificate not previously registered pursuant to Section 5 of the Securities Act.

5.                  The undersigned hereby acknowledges and agrees that it is prohibited from accessing, reviewing and using Excluded Information (as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) relating to the [Excluded Loan][Excluded Controlling Class Loan](s) to the extent the undersigned receives access to such Excluded Information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website or otherwise receives access to such Excluded Information in connection with its duties, or exercise of its rights pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

6.                  The undersigned shall be fully liable for any breach of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by itself or any of its Representatives and shall indemnify the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers and the Trust Fund for any loss, liability or expense incurred thereby with respect to any such breach by the undersigned or any of its Representatives.

7.                  To the extent the undersigned receives access to any Excluded Information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website or otherwise receives access to such Excluded Information, the undersigned shall be deemed to have agreed that it (i) will not directly or indirectly provide any such Excluded Information to (A) the related Borrower Party, (B) any related Excluded Controlling Class Holder, (C) any employees or personnel of the undersigned or any of its Affiliates involved in the management of any investment in the related Borrower Party or the related Mortgaged Property or (D) to its actual knowledge, any non-Affiliate that holds a direct or indirect ownership interest in the related Borrower Party, and (ii) will maintain sufficient internal controls and appropriate policies and procedures in place in order to comply with the obligations described in clause (i) above.

8.                  The undersigned shall be deemed to have recertified to the provisions herein each time it accesses the Information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, and the Certificate Administrator shall have no obligation to monitor, determine or verify whether the undersigned has properly certified or recertified under this Investor Certification any time the undersigned accesses the Certificate Administrator’s Website.

9.                  The undersigned hereby certifies that an executed copy of this certification in paper form has been delivered in accordance with the notice provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to each of the addressees listed above (a) by overnight courier or (b) mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid.

10.              The undersigned is simultaneously providing notice to the Certificate Administrator in the form of Exhibit P-1F to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, requesting termination of access to any Excluded Information. The undersigned acknowledges that it is not permitted to access and shall not access any Excluded Information relating to the [Excluded Loan][Excluded Controlling Class Loan](s) on the Certificate Administrator’s Website unless and until it has (i) delivered notice of the termination of the related Excluded Controlling Class Holder

  Exhibit P-1E-3  

status and (ii) submitted a new investor certification in accordance with Section 3.13(b) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

11.              The undersigned agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each party to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers and the Trust Fund from any damage, loss, cost or liability (including legal fees and expenses and the cost of enforcing this indemnity) arising out of or resulting from any unauthorized access by the undersigned or any agent, employee, representative or person acting on its behalf of any Excluded Information relating to the [Excluded Loan][Excluded Controlling Class Loan](s) listed in Paragraph 2 above.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the respective meanings given to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned has made the representations above and shall have caused, or shall be deemed to have caused its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the date certified.

	[Directing Certificateholder][Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class][Controlling Class Certificateholder]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:
Dated:
cc:  Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc.

  Exhibit P-1E-4  

EXHIBIT P-1F

FORM OF NOTICE OF [EXCLUDED LOAN] [EXCLUDED CONTROLLING CLASS HOLDER] TO CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR

[Date]

Via: Email
Computershare Trust Company, National Association
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045
Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)
BANK 2023-BNK45
cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com

trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com

with a copy to:

 

Computershare Trust Company, National Association,

8480 Stagecoach Circle
Frederick, Maryland 21701-4747

Attention: BANK 2023-BNK45

Re: BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45

In accordance with Section 3.13(b) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, with respect to the above-referenced certificates (the “Certificates”), the undersigned (the “Excluded Controlling Class Holder”) hereby directs you as follows:

1.                  The undersigned is [the Directing Certificateholder][the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class][a Controlling Class Certificateholder] as of the date hereof.

2.                  The undersigned has become a Borrower Party with respect to the following [Mortgage Loan(s)] [and] [Whole Loan(s)] (the “[Excluded Loan][Excluded Controlling Class Loan](s)”):

 

Loan Number	ODCR	Loan Name	Borrower Name

  Exhibit P-1F-1  

3.                  The following USER IDs for CTSLink are affiliated with the undersigned and access to any information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website with respect to the BANK 2023-BNK45 securitization should be revoked as to such users:

4.                  The undersigned acknowledges that it is not permitted to access and shall not access any Excluded Information with respect to such [Excluded Loan][Excluded Controlling Class Loan](s) on the Certificate Administrator’s Website unless and until it (i) is no longer an Excluded Controlling Class Holder with respect to such [Excluded Loan][Excluded Controlling Class Loan](s), (ii) has delivered notice of the termination of the related Excluded Controlling Class Holder status and (iii) has submitted an investor certification in the form of Exhibit P-1B to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the respective meanings given to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned has made the representations above and shall have caused, or shall be deemed to have caused its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the date certified.

	[Directing Certificateholder][Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class][Controlling Class Certificateholder]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:
Dated:
cc:  Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc.

The undersigned hereby acknowledges that
access to CTSLink has been revoked for
the users listed in Paragraph 3.

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
Certificate Administrator

Name:

Title:

  Exhibit P-1F-2  

EXHIBIT P-1G

 

Form of Certification of the Directing Certificateholder

 

[Date]

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association Commercial Mortgage Servicing 550 S. Tryon Street MAC D1086-23A 23rd Floor Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 Attention: BANK 2023-BNK45 Asset Manager Email: commercial.servicing@wellsfargo.com	Computershare Trust Company, National Association 9062 Old Annapolis Road Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951 Attention:  Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) BANK 2023-BNK45 trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com
Park Bridge Lender Services LLC 600 Third Avenue, 40th Floor New York, New York 10016 Attention: BANK 2023-BNK45 Surveillance Manager (with a copy sent contemporaneously via email to: cmbs.notices@parkbridgefinancial.com)	Computershare Trust Company, National Association 600 South 4th Street, 7th Floor Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415 Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) BANK 2023-BNK45
LNR Partners, LLC 2340 Collins Avenue, Suite 700 Miami Beach, Florida 33139 Attention: Heather Bennett and Job Warshaw, with a copy to hbennett@lnrpartners.com, jwarshaw@lnrpartners.com and lnr.cmbs.notices@lnrproperty.com

Re: BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45, Class [__] Certificates

In accordance with Section 3.23 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

1.       The undersigned has been appointed to act as the Directing Certificateholder.

2.       The undersigned is not a Borrower Party.

3.       If the undersigned becomes a Borrower Party with respect to any Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan, the undersigned agrees to and shall deliver the certification attached as Exhibit P-1D to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and shall deliver to the applicable parties the notices attached as Exhibit P-1E and Exhibit P-1F to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

  Exhibit P-1G-1  

4.       [For use with any party other than the initial Directing Certificateholder]The undersigned hereby certifies that an executed copy of this certification in paper form has been delivered in accordance with the notice provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to each of the addressees listed above (a) by overnight courier or (b) mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid.

5.       Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned shall have caused, or shall be deemed to have caused its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the date certified.

	[Directing Certificateholder]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:
Dated:
cc:  Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc.

  Exhibit P-1G-2  

EXHIBIT P-1H

 

Form of Certification of the RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY

 

[Date]

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association Commercial Mortgage Servicing 550 S. Tryon Street MAC D1086-23A 23rd Floor Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 Attention: BANK 2023-BNK45 Asset Manager Email: commercial.servicing@wellsfargo.com	Computershare Trust Company, National Association 9062 Old Annapolis Road Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951 Attention:  Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) BANK 2023-BNK45 trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com
Park Bridge Lender Services LLC 600 Third Avenue, 40th Floor New York, New York 10016 Attention: BANK 2023-BNK45 Surveillance Manager (with a copy sent contemporaneously via email to: cmbs.notices@parkbridgefinancial.com)	Computershare Trust Company, National Association 600 South 4th Street, 7th Floor Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415 Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) BANK 2023-BNK45
LNR Partners, LLC 2340 Collins Avenue, Suite 700 Miami Beach, Florida 33139 Attention: Heather Bennett and Job Warshaw, with a copy to hbennett@lnrpartners.com, jwarshaw@lnrpartners.com and lnr.cmbs.notices@lnrproperty.com

Re: BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45, RR Interest

In accordance with Section 3.23 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

1.       The undersigned has been appointed to act as the Risk Retention Consultation Party.

[FOR ANY SUCCESSOR RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY][2. The undersigned hereby certifies that an executed copy of this certification in paper form has been delivered in accordance with the notice provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to each of the addressees listed above (a) by overnight courier or (b) mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid.]

  Exhibit P-1H-1  

3.       Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned shall have caused, or shall be deemed to have caused its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the date certified.

	[RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:
Dated:
cc:  Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc.

 

  Exhibit P-1H-2  

EXHIBIT P-2

FORM OF CERTIFICATION FOR NRSROs

[Date]

Computershare Trust Company, National Association
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951
Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) – BANK 2023-BNK45

Attention: BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45

In accordance with the requirements for obtaining certain information pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, with respect to the certificates (the “Certificates”), the undersigned hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

1. The undersigned is a Rating Agency hired by the Depositor to provide ratings on the Certificates; or

2. The undersigned is a nationally recognized statistical rating organization and either (x) has provided the Depositor with the appropriate certifications under Exchange Act Rule 17g-5(e), had access to the Depositor’s 17g-5 website prior to the Closing Date, is requesting access pursuant to the Agreement to certain information (the “Information”) on such 17g-5 website pursuant to the provisions of the Agreement, and agrees that any confidentiality agreement applicable to the undersigned with respect to the information obtained from the Depositor’s 17g-5 website prior to the Closing Date shall also be applicable to information obtained from the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website (including without limitation, to any information received by the Depositor for posting on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website), or (y), if the undersigned did not have access to the Depositor’s 17g-5 website prior to the Closing Date, it hereby agrees that it shall be bound by the provisions of the confidentiality agreement attached hereto as Annex A which shall be applicable to it with respect to any information obtained from the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website, including any information that is obtained from the section of the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website that hosts the Depositor’s 17g-5 website after the Closing Date.

The undersigned shall be deemed to have recertified to the provisions herein each time it accesses the Information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website and the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

  Exhibit P-2-1  

BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned has made the representations above and shall have caused, or shall be deemed to have caused its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the date certified.

  Exhibit P-2-2  

ANNEX A

CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT

This Confidentiality Agreement (the “Confidentiality Agreement”) is made in connection with Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc. (together with its affiliates, the “Furnishing Entities” and each a “Furnishing Entity”) furnishing certain financial, operational, structural and other information relating to the issuance of the BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45 (the “Certificates”) pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc., as Depositor (the “Depositor”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator, as Custodian and as Trustee, and the assets underlying or referenced by the Certificates, including the identity of, and financial information with respect to borrowers, sponsors, guarantors, managers and lessees with respect to such assets (together, the “Collateral”) to you (the “NRSRO”) through the website of Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as 17g-5 Information Provider under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, including the [section of the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website that hosts the Depositor’s 17g-5 website after the Closing Date (as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement)]. Information provided by each Furnishing Entity is labeled as provided by the specific Furnishing Entity.

Definition of Confidential Information. For purposes of this Confidentiality Agreement, the term “Confidential Information” shall include the following information (irrespective of its source or form of communication, including information obtained by you through access to this site) that may be furnished to you by or on behalf of a Furnishing Entity in connection with the issuance or monitoring of a rating with respect to the Certificates: (x) all data, reports, interpretations, forecasts, records, agreements, legal documents and other information (such information, the “Evaluation Material”) and (y)  any of the terms, conditions or other facts with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, including the status thereof; provided, however, that the term Confidential Information shall not include information which:

was or becomes generally available to the public (including through filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission or disclosure in an offering document) other than as a result of a disclosure by you or a NRSRO Representative (as defined in Section 2(c)(i) below) in violation of this Confidentiality Agreement;

was or is lawfully obtained by you from a source other than a Furnishing Entity or its representatives that (i) is reasonably believed by you to be under no obligation to maintain the information as confidential and (ii) provides it to you without any obligation to maintain the information as confidential; or

is independently developed by the NRSRO without reference to any Confidential Information.

Information to Be Held in Confidence.

You will use the Confidential Information solely for the purpose of determining or monitoring a credit rating on the Certificates and, to the extent that any information used is derived from but does not reveal any Confidential Information, for benchmarking, modeling or research purposes (the “Intended Purpose”).

You acknowledge that you are aware that the United States and state securities laws impose restrictions on trading in securities when in possession of material, non-public information and that the NRSRO will advise (through policy manuals or otherwise) each NRSRO Representative who is informed of the matters that are the subject of this Confidentiality Agreement to that effect.

You will treat the Confidential Information as private and confidential. Subject to Section 4, without the prior written consent of the applicable Furnishing Entity, you will not disclose to any person any Confidential Information, whether such Confidential Information was furnished to you before, on or after the date of this Confidentiality Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you may:

  Exhibit P-2-3  

disclose the Confidential Information to any of the NRSRO’s affiliates, directors, officers, employees, legal representatives, agents and advisors (each, a “NRSRO Representative”) who, in the reasonable judgment of the NRSRO, need to know such Confidential Information in connection with the Intended Purpose; provided, that, prior to disclosure of the Confidential Information to a NRSRO Representative, the NRSRO shall have taken reasonable precautions to ensure, and shall be satisfied, that such NRSRO Representative will act in accordance with this Confidentiality Agreement;

solely to the extent required for compliance with Rule 17g-5(a)(3) of the Act (17 C.F.R. 240.17g-5), post the Confidential Information to the NRSRO’s password protected website; and

use information derived from the Confidential Information in connection with an Intended Purpose, if such derived information does not reveal any Confidential Information.

Disclosures Required by Law. If you or any NRSRO Representative is requested or required (orally or in writing, by interrogatory, subpoena, civil investigatory demand, request for information or documents, deposition or similar process relating to any legal proceeding, investigation, hearing or otherwise) to disclose any Confidential Information, you agree to provide the relevant Furnishing Entity with notice as soon as practicable (except in the case of regulatory or other governmental inquiry, examination or investigation, and otherwise to the extent practical and permitted by law, regulation or regulatory or other governmental authority) that a request to disclose the Confidential Information has been made so that the relevant Furnishing Entity may seek an appropriate protective order or other reasonable assurance that confidential treatment will be accorded the Confidential Information if it so chooses. Unless otherwise required by a court or other governmental or regulatory authority to do so, and provided that you been informed by written notice that the related Furnishing Entity is seeking a protective order or other reasonable assurance for confidential treatment with respect to the requested Confidential Information, you agree not to disclose the Confidential Information while the Furnishing Entity’s effort to obtain such a protective order or other reasonable assurance for confidential treatment is pending. You agree to reasonably cooperate with each Furnishing Entity in its efforts to obtain a protective order or other reasonable assurance that confidential treatment will be accorded to the portion of the Confidential Information that is being disclosed, at the sole expense of such Furnishing Entity; provided, however, that in no event shall the NRSRO be required to take a position that such information should be entitled to receive such a protective order or reasonable assurance as to confidential treatment. If a Furnishing Entity succeeds in obtaining a protective order or other remedy, you agree to comply with its terms with respect to the disclosure of the Confidential Information, at the sole expense of such Furnishing Entity. If a protective order or other remedy is not obtained or if the relevant Furnishing Entity waives compliance with the provisions of this Confidentiality Agreement in writing, you agree to furnish only such information as you are legally required to disclose, at the sole expense of the relevant Furnishing Entity.

Obligation to Return Evaluation Material. Promptly upon written request by or on behalf of the relevant Furnishing Entity, all material or documents, including copies thereof, that contain Evaluation Material will be destroyed or, in your sole discretion, returned to the relevant Furnishing Entity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) the NRSRO may retain one or more copies of any document or other material containing Evaluation Material to the extent necessary for legal or regulatory compliance (or compliance with the NRSRO’s internal policies and procedures designed to ensure legal or regulatory compliance) and (b) the NRSRO may retain any portion of the Evaluation Material that may be found in backup tapes or other archive or electronic media or other documents prepared by the NRSRO and any Evaluation Material obtained in an oral communication; provided, that any Evaluation Material so retained by the NRSRO will remain subject to this Confidentiality Agreement and the NRSRO will remain bound by the terms of this Confidentiality Agreement.

Violations of this Confidentiality Agreement.

The NRSRO will be responsible for any breach of this Confidentiality Agreement by you, the NRSRO or any NRSRO Representative.

You agree promptly to advise each relevant Furnishing Entity in writing of any misappropriation or unauthorized disclosure or use by any person of the Confidential Information which may come to your attention and to take all steps reasonably requested by such Furnishing Entity to limit, stop or otherwise remedy such misappropriation, or unauthorized disclosure or use.

  Exhibit P-2-4  

You acknowledge and agree that the Furnishing Entities would not have an adequate remedy at law and would be irreparably harmed in the event that any of the provisions of this Confidentiality Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that each Furnishing Entity shall be entitled to specific performance and injunctive relief to prevent breaches of this Confidentiality Agreement and to specifically enforce the terms and provisions hereof, in addition to any other remedy to which a Furnishing Entity may be entitled at law or in equity. It is further understood and agreed that no failure to or delay in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall preclude any other or further exercise of any right, power or privilege.

Term. Notwithstanding the termination or cancellation of this Confidentiality Agreement and regardless of whether the NRSRO has provided a credit rating on a Security, your obligations under this Confidentiality Agreement will survive indefinitely.

Governing Law. This Confidentiality Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under the Confidentiality Agreement, the relationships of the parties and/or the interpretation and enforcement of the rights and duties of the parties shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed within such State.

Amendments. This Confidentiality Agreement may be modified or waived only by a separate writing by the NRSRO and each Furnishing Entity.

Entire Agreement. This Confidentiality Agreement represents the entire agreement between you and the Furnishing Entities relating to the treatment of Confidential Information heretofore or hereafter reviewed or inspected by you. This agreement supersedes all other understandings and agreements between us relating to such matters; provided, however, that, if the terms of this Confidentiality Agreement conflict with another agreement relating to the Confidential Information that specifically states that the terms of such agreement shall supersede, modify or amend the terms of this Confidentiality Agreement, then to the extent the terms of this Confidentiality Agreement conflict with such agreement, the terms of such agreement shall control notwithstanding acceptance by you of the terms hereof by entry into this website.

Contact Information. Notices for each Furnishing Entity under this Confidentiality Agreement, shall be directed as set forth below:

Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc.

One Bryant Park

New York, New York 10036

Attention: Leland F. Bunch, III

  Exhibit P-2-5  

EXHIBIT P-3

ONLINE MARKET DATA PROVIDER CERTIFICATION

Computershare Trust Company, National Association
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951
Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) – BANK 2023-BNK45

Attention: BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45

This Certification has been prepared for provision of information to the market data providers listed in Paragraph 1 below pursuant to the direction of the Depositor. If you represent a Market Data Provider not listed herein and would like access to the information, please contact CTSLink at 866-846-4526, or at ctslink.customerservice@wellsfargo.com.

In accordance with the requirements for obtaining certain information pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, with respect to the above-referenced certificates (the “Certificates”), the undersigned hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

1. The undersigned is an employee or agent of Bloomberg, L.P., Trepp, LLC, Intex Solutions, Inc., Interactive Data Corp., Markit Group Limited, BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., CMBS.com, Inc., Moody’s Analytics, Morningstar Credit Information & Analytics, LLC, RealInsight, Thomson Reuters Corporation, KBRA Analytics, LLC or DealView Technologies Ltd., a market data provider that has been given access to the Statements to Certificateholders, CREFC^® Reports and supplemental notices on www.ctslink.com (“CTSLink”) by request of the Depositor.

2. The undersigned agrees that each time it accesses CTSLink, the undersigned is deemed to have recertified that the representation above remains true and correct.

3. The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that the provision to it of information and/or reports on CTSLink is for its own use only, and agrees that it will not disseminate or otherwise make such information available to any other person without the written consent of the Depositor.

4. The undersigned shall be fully liable for any breach of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by itself or any of its Representatives and shall indemnify the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trust Fund for any loss,

  Exhibit P-3-1  

liability or expense incurred thereby with respect to any such breach by the undersigned or any of its Representatives.

5. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned has made the representations above and shall have caused, or shall be deemed to have caused its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the date certified.

  Exhibit P-3-2  

EXHIBIT Q

CUSTODIAN CERTIFICATION/EXCEPTION REPORT

[DATE]

To the Persons Listed on the attached Schedule A

Re: BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

In accordance with Section 2.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, the undersigned, as Custodian, hereby certifies that, except as noted on the attached Custodial Exception Report, as to each Mortgage Loan listed in the Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than any Mortgage Loan paid in full or for which a Liquidation Event has occurred) the Custodian has, subject to Section 2.02(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, reviewed the documents delivered to it pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and has determined that (i) subject to the first proviso of the definition of “Mortgage File”, all documents specified in clauses (i) through (v), (viii), (ix), (xi), (xii) and (xiii), if any, of the definition of “Mortgage File,” as applicable, are in its possession, (ii) the foregoing documents delivered or caused to be delivered by the Mortgage Loan Seller have been reviewed by the Custodian and appear regular on their face and appear to be executed and to relate to such Mortgage Loan and (iii) based on such examination and only as to the foregoing documents, the information set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule with respect to the items specified in clauses (vii) and (viii) in the definition of “Mortgage Loan Schedule” is correct.

Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the above-captioned Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Custodian
By:
	Name:
	Title:

 

  Exhibit Q-1  

SCHEDULE A

[APPLICABLE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLER’S NOTICE ADDRESS]

 

Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc.

One Bryant Park

New York, New York 10036

Attention: Leland F. Bunch, III

Kroll Bond Rating Agency, LLC
805 Third Avenue, 29th Floor
New York, New York 10022
Attention: CMBS Surveillance
E-mail: cmbssurveillance@kbra.com

Fitch Ratings, Inc.
300 West 57th Street
New York, New York 10019
Attention: Commercial Mortgage Surveillance Group
Facsimile No.: (212) 635-0295
E-mail: info.cmbs@fitchratings.com

Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

7 World Trade Center

250 Greenwich Street

New York, New York 10007

Attention: Commercial Mortgage Surveillance Manager

E-mail: CMBSSurveillance@moodys.com

 

LNR Partners, LLC

2340 Collins Avenue, Suite 700

Miami Beach, Florida 33139

Attention: Heather Bennett and Job Warshaw, with a copy to hbennett@lnrpartners.com,
jwarshaw@lnrpartners.com and lnr.cmbs.notices@lnrproperty.com

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Commercial Mortgage Servicing
550 S. Tryon Street

MAC D1086-23A

23rd Floor

Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Attention: BANK 2023-BNK45 Asset Manager
Email: commercial.servicing@wellsfargo.com

 

Computershare Trust Company, National Association
9062 Old Annapolis Road

  Exhibit Q-2  

Columbia, Maryland 21045
Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) – BANK 2023-BNK45

LD III Sub XI, LLC
c/o Prime Finance

1330 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 2500

New York, New York 10019

Attention: Jon W. Brayshaw and Luke Dann

 

 

  Exhibit Q-3  

EXHIBIT R-1

FORM OF POWER OF ATTORNEY – MASTER SERVICER

RECORDING REQUESTED BY:

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Commercial Mortgage Servicing

MAC D1086-23A

550 South Tryon Street, 23rd Floor
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Attention: BANK 2023-BNK45 Asset Manager
Telecopy Number: (704) 715-0036
Email: commercial.servicing@wellsfargo.com

SPACE ABOVE THIS LINE FOR RECORDER’S USE

 

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY TO WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,

FROM COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

AS TRUSTEE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE HOLDERS OF

BANK 2023-BNK45, COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE

PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2023-
BNK45

KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS:

WHEREAS, Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer (the “Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee (the “Trustee”) and Certificate Administrator, entered into a Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of February 1, 2023 (the “PSA”), pertaining to a securitization trust formed for the benefit of the registered holders of the BANK 2023-BNK45 (the “Trust”), and which provides in part that the Master Servicer shall administer and service certain “Mortgage Loans” and provide services to the “Mortgagors” as those terms are defined in the PSA, for the benefit of the Trustee in accordance with the terms of the PSA and the Mortgage Loans; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the PSA, the Master Servicer is granted certain powers, responsibilities and authority in connection with its servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans subject to the terms of the PSA; and

WHEREAS, the Trustee has been requested by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.0l(b) of the PSA to grant this Limited Power of Attorney to the Master Servicer to enable the Master Servicer to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, certain documents and

  Exhibit R-1-1  

instruments related to the Mortgage Loans thereby empowering the Master Servicer to take such actions as it deems necessary to comply with its servicing, administrative and management duties under and in accordance with the PSA.

NOW, THEREFORE, KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS:

Computershare Trust Company, National Association, a nationally banking association having an office at 9062 Old Annapolis Road, Columbia, Maryland 21045, not in its individual or banking capacity, but solely in its capacity as trustee for the registered holders of BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45 (the “Trustee”) under the PSA, does make, constitute and appoint Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, with principal corporate offices at 550 South Tryon Street, 23rd Floor, Charlotte, North Carolina 28202, as Master Servicer, by and through its designated officers, as the Trustee's true and lawful attorney-in-fact with respect to the Mortgage Loans and each mortgaged property and related collateral (the “Mortgaged Property”) held by the Trustee to secure the obligations of the Mortgage Loans in its capacity as Trustee, and in Trustee's name, place and stead, to prepare, complete, execute, deliver, record and file on behalf of the registered holders and the Trustee, and in any event in accordance with the terms of the PSA; (i) customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents including, without limitation, estoppel certificates, financing statements, continuation statements, title endorsements and reports and other documents and instruments necessary to preserve and maintain the validity, enforceability, perfection and priority of the lien on the Mortgaged Property; (ii) to consent to assignments and assumptions or substitutions, and transfers of interest of the Mortgagors, in each case subject to and in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Loans and subject to the provisions of the PSA; (iii) to collect any insurance proceeds, condemnation proceeds and liquidation proceeds in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Loans; (iv) to consent to any subordinate financing to be secured by any Mortgaged Property to the extent that such consent is required pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loans or which otherwise is required under the PSA; (v) to consent to the application of any proceeds of insurance policies or condemnation awards to the restoration of the related Mortgaged Property or to repayment of the Mortgage Loans or otherwise, in each case in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Loans; (vi) to execute any and all instruments necessary or appropriate for judicial or nonjudicial foreclosure of, the taking of a deed in lieu of foreclosure with respect to, or the conversion of title to any Mortgaged Property securing a Mortgage Loans owned by the Trustee and serviced by the Master Servicer for the Trustee, and, consistent with the authority granted by the PSA, to take any and all actions on behalf of the Trustee in connection with maintaining and defending the enforceability of such Mortgage Loans obligation and the collection thereof including, without limitation, the execution of any and all instruments necessary or appropriate in defense of and for the collection and enforcement of said Mortgage Loans obligation in accordance with the terms of the PSA; (vii) to execute and deliver documents relating to the management, operation, maintenance, repair, leasing and marketing of the Mortgaged Property, including agreements and requests by the Mortgagors with respect to modifications of the management of the Mortgaged Property or the replacement of managers; (viii) to exercise all rights, powers and privileges granted or provided to the holder of the Mortgage Loans under their respective terms including all rights of approval and consent thereunder; (ix) to enter into lease subordination agreements, non-disturbance and attornment agreements or other leasing or rental arrangements

  Exhibit R-1-2  

which may be requested by the Mortgagors or their tenants in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Loans; (x) to join the Mortgagor in granting, modifying or releasing any easements, covenants, conditions, restrictions, equitable servitudes, or land use or zoning requirements with respect to the Mortgaged Property to the extent such does not adversely affect the value of the Mortgaged Property; (xi) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Property; (xii) to draw upon, replace, substitute, release or amend any letters of credit standing as collateral under the Mortgage Loans; and (xiii) to apply amounts in the various escrow accounts set up under the Mortgage Loans pursuant to the terms provided for therein.

 

ARTICLE I

The enumeration of particular powers hereinabove is not intended in any way to limit the grant to the Master Servicer as the Trustee's attorney-in-fact of full power and authority with respect to the Mortgage Loans consistent with the PSA to execute and deliver any such documents, instrument or other writing, as fully, to all intents and purposes, as the Trustee might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming whatsoever such attorney-in-fact shall and may do by virtue hereof; and the Trustee agrees and represents to those dealing with such attorney-in-fact that they may rely upon this limited power of attorney until termination of the limited power of attorney under the provisions of Article III below. As between and among the Trustee, the registered holders, the Trust, and the Master Servicer, the Master Servicer may not exercise any right, authority or power granted by this instrument in a manner which would violate the terms of the PSA or the servicing standard imposed on the Master Servicer by the PSA, but any and all third parties dealing with the Master Servicer as the Trustee's attorney-in-fact may rely completely, unconditionally and conclusively on the Master Servicer's authority and need not make inquiry about whether the Master Servicer is acting pursuant to the PSA or such standard. Any purchaser, title company, recorder's office or other third party may rely upon a written statement by the Master Servicer that any particular loan or property in question and the release thereof is subject to and included under this power of attorney and the PSA.

ARTICLE II

Any act or thing lawfully done by the Master Servicer, and otherwise authorized under this Limited Power of Attorney, shall be binding on the Trustee and the Trustee's successors and assigns.

ARTICLE III

This Limited Power of Attorney shall continue in full force and effect until the earliest occurrence of any of the following events, unless sooner revoked in writing by the Trustee:

(i) the suspension or termination of this Limited Power of Attorney by the Trustee;

(ii) the transfer of servicing under the PSA from the Master Servicer to another

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servicer;

(iii) the termination, resignation or removal of the Trustee as trustee of such Trust;

(iv) the appointment of a receiver or conservator with respect to the business of the Master Servicer;

(v) the filing of a voluntary or involuntary petition in bankruptcy by or against the Master Servicer;

(vi) the termination of the PSA; or

(vii) the termination of the Master Servicer.

Nothing herein shall be deemed to amend or modify the PSA or the respective rights, duties or obligations of the Trustee, or the Master Servicer thereunder, and nothing herein shall constitute a waiver of any rights or remedies thereunder.

[SIGNATURE ON FOLLOWING PAGE]

 

 

  Exhibit R-1-4  

 

       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this instrument to be executed and its corporate seal to be affixed hereto by its officer duly authorized as of the ___ day of _________________.

 

 

Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee for the benefit of the registered holders of BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45

By:

Name:

Title:

Witness:

Witness:

STATE OF MARYLAND	)
	)	SS.
COUNTY OF HOWARD	)

 

On the [DAY] day of February in the year 2023, before me, [NOTARY], Notary Public, personally appeared [SIGNER], Vice President, who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she voluntarily executed the same in his/her authorized capacity and that by his/her signature on the instrument the person, or the entity upon behalf of which the person acted, executed the instrument.

Witness my hand and official seal.

 

Notary Public: [NOTARY]

My Commission expires [DATE]

  Exhibit R-1-5  

EXHIBIT R-2

FORM OF POWER OF ATTORNEY – SPECIAL SERVICER

RECORDING REQUESTED BY:

 

LNR Partners, LLC

2340 Collins Avenue, Suite 700

Miami Beach, Florida 33139

Attention: Leticia Alvarez, with a copy to lalvarez@starwood.com

SPACE ABOVE THIS LINE FOR RECORDER’S USE

 

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY TO LNR PARTNERS, LLC,

FROM COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

AS TRUSTEE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF

BANK 2023-BNK45, COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE

PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2023-BNK45

KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS:

WHEREAS, Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee (the “Trustee”) and Certificate Administrator, entered into a Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of February 1, 2023 (the “PSA”), pertaining to a securitization trust designated as BANK 2023-BNK45 (the “Trust”), and which provides in part that the Special Servicer shall administer and service certain “Mortgage Loans” and provide services to the “Mortgagors” as those terms are defined in the PSA, for the benefit of the Trustee in accordance with the terms of the PSA and the Mortgage Loans; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the PSA, the Special Servicer is granted certain powers, responsibilities and authority in connection with its servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans subject to the terms of the PSA; and

WHEREAS, Section 3.0l(b) of the PSA provides for the Trustee to grant this Limited Power of Attorney to the Special Servicer to enable the Special Servicer to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, certain documents and instruments related to the Mortgage Loans thereby empowering the Special Servicer to take such actions as it deems necessary to comply with its servicing, administrative and management duties under and in accordance with the PSA.

  Exhibit R-2-1  

NOW, THEREFORE, KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS:

Computershare Trust Company, National Association, a nationally banking association having an office at 9062 Old Annapolis Road, Columbia, Maryland 21045, not in its individual or banking capacity, but solely in its capacity as trustee for the benefit of the registered holders of BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45 (the “Trustee”) under the PSA, does make, constitute and appoint LNR Partners, LLC, with principal corporate offices at 2340 Collins Avenue, Suite 700, Miami Beach, Florida 33139, as Special Servicer, by and through its designated officers, as the Trustee's true and lawful attorney-in-fact with respect to the Mortgage Loans and each mortgaged property and related collateral (each a “Mortgaged Property”) held by the Trustee to secure the obligations of the Mortgage Loans in its capacity as Trustee, and in Trustee's name, place and stead, to prepare, complete, execute, deliver, record and file on behalf of the registered holders and the Trustee, and in any event in accordance with the terms of the PSA; (i) consents or waivers and other instruments and documents including, without limitation, estoppel certificates, financing statements, continuation statements, title endorsements and reports and other documents and instruments necessary to preserve and maintain the validity, enforceability, perfection and priority of the lien on a Mortgaged Property; (ii) to consent to assignments and assumptions or substitutions, and transfers of interest of the Mortgagors, including the completion and execution of loan assumption agreements or modification agreements, in each case subject to and in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Loans and subject to the provisions of the PSA; (iii) to collect any insurance proceeds, condemnation proceeds and liquidation proceeds in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Loans; (iv) to consent to any subordinate financing to be secured by any Mortgaged Property to the extent that such consent is required pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loans or which otherwise is required under the PSA; (v) to consent to the application of any proceeds of insurance policies or condemnation awards to the restoration of the related Mortgaged Property or to repayment of the Mortgage Loans or otherwise, in each case in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Loans; (vi) to undertake full enforcement of and preservation of the Trustee’s interests in any Mortgage or the related promissory note, and in the proceeds thereof, by way of, including but not limited to, execution of any and all instruments necessary or appropriate for judicial or nonjudicial foreclosure of, the taking of a deed in lieu of foreclosure with respect to, or the conversion of title to any Mortgaged Property securing a Mortgage Loans owned by the Trustee and serviced by the Special Servicer for the Trustee, consistent with the authority granted by the PSA, to take any and all actions on behalf of the Trustee in connection with maintaining and defending the enforceability of such Mortgage Loans obligation and the collection thereof including, without limitation, the execution of any and all instruments necessary or appropriate in defense of and for the collection and enforcement of said Mortgage Loans obligation in accordance with the terms of the PSA; (vii) to execute and deliver documents relating to the management, operation, maintenance, repair, leasing and marketing of a Mortgaged Property, including agreements and requests by the Mortgagors with respect to modifications of the management of a Mortgaged Property or the replacement of managers; (viii) to exercise all rights, powers and privileges granted or provided to the holder of the Mortgage Loans under their respective terms including all rights of approval and consent thereunder; (ix) to enter into lease subordination agreements, non-disturbance and attornment agreements or other leasing or rental arrangements which may be requested by the Mortgagors or their tenants in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Loans; (x) granting, modifying or releasing any easements, covenants, conditions, restrictions,

  Exhibit R-2-2  

equitable servitudes, or land use or zoning requirements with respect to a Mortgaged Property to the extent such does not adversely affect the value of a Mortgaged Property; (xi) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and a Mortgaged Property; (xii) the endorsement on behalf of the Trustee of all checks, drafts and/or other negotiable instruments made payable to the Trustee, to draw upon, replace, substitute, release or amend any letters of credit standing as collateral under the Mortgage Loans; (xiii) to apply amounts in the various escrow accounts set up under the Mortgage Loans pursuant to the terms provided for therein; (xiv) the conveyance of the properties to the mortgage insurer, or the closing of the title to the property to be acquired as real estate owned, or conveyance of title to real estate owned; (xv) the assignment of any Mortgage or deed of trust and the related Mortgage Note, in connection with the sale or repurchase of the Mortgage Loans secured and evidenced thereby; (xvi) with respect to the sale of property acquired through a foreclosure or deed-in lieu of foreclosure, including, without limitation, the execution of the following documentation: listing agreements, purchase and sale agreements, grant/warranty/quit claim deeds or any other deed causing the transfer of title of the property to a party contracted to purchase same, escrow instructions and any and all documents necessary to effect the transfer of property; (xvii) executing and/or filing such documents and take such other action as is proper and necessary to defend the Trustee, solely in its capacity as Trustee, in litigation and to resolve such litigation, provided that such resolution shall not include any admission of fault or wrongdoing by the Trustee or, without the Trustee’s consent, subject the Trustee to any form of injunctive relief; and (xvii) executing any and all other documents, instruments and certifications as are reasonably necessary to accomplish the Special Servicer’s duties and responsibilities under the PSA.

 

ARTICLE I

The enumeration of particular powers hereinabove is not intended in any way to limit the grant to the Special Servicer as the Trustee's attorney-in-fact of full power and authority with respect to the Mortgage Loans consistent with the PSA to take any and all actions and execute and deliver any documents, instrument or other writing, as fully, to all intents and purposes, as the Trustee might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming whatsoever such attorney-in-fact shall and may do by virtue hereof; and the Trustee agrees and represents to those dealing with such attorney-in-fact that they may rely upon this limited power of attorney until termination of the limited power of attorney under the provisions of Article III below. As between and among the Trustee, the registered holders, the Trust, and the Special Servicer, the Special Servicer may not exercise any right, authority or power granted by this instrument in a manner which would violate the terms of the PSA or the servicing standard imposed on the Special Servicer by the PSA, but any and all third parties dealing with the Special Servicer as the Trustee's attorney-in-fact may rely completely, unconditionally and conclusively on the Special Servicer's authority and need not make inquiry about whether the Special Servicer is acting pursuant to the PSA or such standard. Any purchaser, title company, recorder's office or other third party may rely upon a written statement by the Special Servicer that any particular loan or property in question and the release thereof is subject to and included under this power of attorney and the PSA.

  Exhibit R-2-3  

ARTICLE II

Any act or thing lawfully done by the Special Servicer, and otherwise authorized under this Limited Power of Attorney, shall be binding on the Trustee and the Trustee's successors and assigns.

ARTICLE III

This Limited Power of Attorney shall be automatically revoked upon:

(i) the transfer of servicing under the PSA from the Special Servicer to another servicer;

(ii) the termination, resignation or removal of the Trustee as trustee of such Trust;

(iii) the termination of the PSA; or

(iv) the termination of the Special Servicer.

 

Nothing herein shall be deemed to amend or modify the PSA or the respective rights, duties or obligations of the Trustee, or the Special Servicer thereunder, and nothing herein shall constitute a waiver of any rights or remedies thereunder.

This Limited Power of Attorney is entered into and shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of law principles of such state.

[SIGNATURE ON FOLLOWING PAGE]

  Exhibit R-2-4  

       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this instrument to be executed and its corporate seal to be affixed hereto by its officer duly authorized as of the ___ day of _________________.

 

 

Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of the registered holders of BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45

By:

Name:

Title:

Witness:

Witness:

STATE OF MARYLAND	)
	)	SS.
COUNTY OF HOWARD	)

 

On the [DAY] day of February in the year 2023, before me, [NOTARY], Notary Public, personally appeared [SIGNER], Vice President, who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she voluntarily executed the same in his/her authorized capacity and that by his/her signature on the instrument the person, or the entity upon behalf of which the person acted, executed the instrument.

Witness my hand and official seal.

 

Notary Public: [NOTARY]

My Commission expires [DATE]

  Exhibit R-2-5  

EXHIBIT S

INITIAL SERVICED COMPANION NOTEHOLDERS

 

Loan	Companion Holder
Conair Glendale	NOTE A-2:   Wells Fargo Bank, National Association 30 Hudson Yards, 15th Floor New York, New York 10001 Attention: A.J. Sfarra Email: Anthony.sfarra@wellsfargo.com with a copy to: Troy Stoddard, Esq. Senior Counsel Wells Fargo Legal Department 401 South Tryon Street, 26th Floor MAC D1050-266 Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 Email: troy.stoddard@wellsfargo.com   with a copy to (if by email):   troy.doll@alston.com and peter.mckee@alston.com
100 & 150 South Wacker	NOTE A-2:   Wells Fargo Bank, National Association 30 Hudson Yards, 15th Floor New York, New York 10001 Attention: A.J. Sfarra Email: Anthony.sfarra@wellsfargo.com with a copy to: Troy Stoddard, Esq. Senior Counsel Wells Fargo Legal Department 401 South Tryon Street, 26th Floor MAC D1050-266 Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 Email: troy.stoddard@wellsfargo.com   with a copy to (if by email):   troy.doll@alston.com and peter.mckee@alston.com

  Exhibit S-1  

 

Orlando Office Portfolio

NOTE A-2:   Wells Fargo Bank, National Association 30 Hudson Yards, 15th Floor New York, New York 10001 Attention: A.J. Sfarra Email: Anthony.sfarra@wellsfargo.com with a copy to: Troy Stoddard, Esq. Senior Counsel Wells Fargo Legal Department 401 South Tryon Street, 26th Floor MAC D1050-266 Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 Email: troy.stoddard@wellsfargo.com   with a copy to (if by email):   troy.doll@alston.com and peter.mckee@alston.com

CX - 250 Water Street

NOTES A-1, A-2, A-3, A-5, A-6, A-7 AND A-8:   Bank of America, N.A. 620 South Tryon Street NC1-030-21-01 Charlotte, North Carolina 28255 Attention: Steven L. Wasser Email: steve.l.wasser@bofa.com   with a copy to:   Paul E. Kurzeja, Associate General Counsel Bank of America Legal Department One Bank of America Center 150 N. College Street, NC1-028-28-03 Charlotte, North Carolina 28255 Email: paul.kurzeja@bofa.com   and with a copy to: cmbsnotices@bofa.com   NOTES A-9, A-10, A-11, A-13, A-14, A-15 AND A-16:   Wells Fargo Bank, National Association 30 Hudson Yards, 15th Floor New York, New York 10001 Attention: A.J. Sfarra Email: anthony.sfarra@wellsfargo.com   with a copy to:

  Exhibit S-2  

 

Troy Stoddard, Esq., Senior Counsel

Wells Fargo Legal Department

401 S Tryon Street

MAC D1050-272, 26th Floor

Charlotte, North Carolina 28202

Email: troy.stoddard@wellsfargo.com

 

and with a copy to (if by email): troy.doll@alston.com and peter.mckee@alston.com

 

NOTES A-17 AND A-18:

 

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

200 West Street

New York, New York 10282

Attention: Justin Peterson

Email: justin.peterson@gs.com

 

with a copy to:

 

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

200 West Street

New York, New York 10282

Attention: Structured Finance Legal (REFG)

Email: gs-refgsecuritization@gs.com

 

and:

 

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

200 Liberty Street

New York, New York 10281

Attention: Lisa Pauquette

E-mail: lisa.pauquette@cwt.com

 

NOTES A-19 AND A-20:

 

3650 Real Estate Investment Trust 2 LLC

2977 McFarlane Road, Suite 300

Coconut Grove, Florida 33133

Attention: Legal Dept.

Email: compliance@3650REIT.com

 

with a copy to:

 

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

200 Liberty Street

New York, New York 10281

Attention: Greg Prindle

Email: gregory.prindle@cwt.com

 

  Exhibit S-3  

 

Brandywine Strategic Office Portfolio NOTES A-1-1, A-1-2 AND A-2:   Barclays Bank PLC 745 Seventh Avenue New York, New York 10019 Attention: Adam Scotto Email: adam.scotto@barclays.com   NOTES A-4 AND A-5:   Bank of America, N.A. 620 South Tryon Street Mail Code: NC1-030-21-01 Charlotte, NC 28255 Attention: Steven L. Wasser Email: steve.l.wasser@bofa.com   with a copy to:   Bank of America Legal Department One Bank of America Center 150 N. College Street, NC1-028-28-03 Charlotte, NC 28255 Attention: Paul E. Kurzeja, Esq. Email: paul.kurzeja@bofa.com   and a copy by e-mail to:   cmbsnotices@bofa.com   NOTES A-7 AND A-8:   Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Real Estate Capital Markets 30 Hudson Yards 62nd Floor New York, NY 10001 Attention: Jeff Cirillo Email: Jeff.Cirillo@wellsfargo.com   with a copy to:   Wells Fargo Bank, National Association c/o Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Servicing 401 S. Tryon Street, 8th Floor Charlotte, North Carolina 28202

  Exhibit S-4  

Facsimile No.: 844-879-5855

 

NOTES A-9, A-10, A-11-1 AND A-11-2:

 

Citi Real Estate Funding Inc.

390 Greenwich Street, 6th Floor

New York, New York 10013

Attention: Richard Simpson

Facsimile number: (646) 328-2943

 

with an electronic copy emailed to:

 

richard.simpson@citi.com

 

with copies to:

 

Citi Real Estate Funding Inc.

390 Greenwich Street, 7th Floor

New York, New York 10013

Attention: Raul Orozco

Facsimile number: (347) 394-0898

 

with an electronic copy emailed to:

 

raul.d.orozco@citi.com

 

and

 

Citi Real Estate Funding Inc.

388 Greenwich Street, 17th Floor

New York, New York 10013

Attention: Ryan M. O’Connor

Facsimile number: (646) 862-8988

 

with an electronic copy emailed to:

 

ryan.m.oconnor@citi.com

 

 

  Exhibit S-5  

EXHIBIT T

 

FORM OF NOTICE RELATING TO THE NON-SERVICED MORTGAGE LOANS

 

[FOR EACH OF THE CONCORD MILLS AND MILLENNIUM BOSTON RETAIL MORTGAGE LOANS:

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Commercial Mortgage Servicing

MAC D1086-23A

550 South Tryon Street, 23rd Floor
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Attention: BANK 2022-BNK44 Asset Manager
Facsimile number: (704) 715-0036
Email: commercial.servicing@wellsfargo.com

 

with a copy to:

 

K&L Gates LLP

300 South Tryon Street

Suite 1000

Charlotte, North Carolina 28202

Attention: Stacy G. Ackermann

Reference: BANK 2022-BNK44]

 

[FOR THE NORFOLK PREMIUM OUTLETS MORTGAGE LOAN:

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Commercial Mortgage Servicing

MAC D1086-23A

550 South Tryon Street, 23rd Floor
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Attention: BANK 2022-BNK41 Asset Manager
Facsimile number: (704) 715-0036
Email: commercial.servicing@wellsfargo.com

 

with a copy to:

 

K&L Gates LLP

300 South Tryon Street

Suite 1000

Charlotte, North Carolina 28202

  Exhibit T-1  

Attention: Stacy G. Ackermann

Reference: BANK 2022-BNK41]

 

[FOR THE BOULDERS RESORT MORTGAGE LOAN:

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Commercial Mortgage Servicing
MAC D1086-23A
550 South Tryon Street, 23rd Floor
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Attention: BANK 2022-BNK43 Asset Manager
Email: commercial.servicing@wellsfargo.com

with a copy to:

K&L Gates LLP
300 South Tryon Street, Suite 1000
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Attention: Stacy G. Ackermann
Facsimile Number: (704) 353-3190
Email: stacy.ackermann@klgates.com]

 

[FOR THE GREEN ACRES MORTGAGE LOAN (PRIOR TO THE GREEN ACRES LEAD
NOTE SECURITIZATION DATE):

 

Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association

10851 Mastin Street, Suite 700

Overland Park, Kansas 66210

Attention: Executive Vice President – Division Head

Fax number: 1-888-706-3565

 

with a copy to:

 

Stinson LLP

1201 Walnut Street, Suite 2900

Kansas City, Missouri 64106-2150

Attention: Kenda K. Tomes

Fax number: (816) 412-9338

 

and with a copy to:

 

NoticeAdmin@midlandls.com

 

and with respect to any investor inquiry, to:

 

AskMidland@midlandls.com]

  Exhibit T-2  

VIA [EMAIL]

Re: BANK 2023-BNK45,
Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45

Ladies and Gentlemen:

As you know, [_____], acts as the master servicer (the “Lead Servicer”) for the whole loan secured by the [mortgaged property][portfolio of mortgaged properties] identified as [NON-SERVICED WHOLE LOAN] (the “Subject Whole Loan”) under the pooling and servicing agreement relating to the [_____] securitization trust (the “PSA”). This is to inform you that one or more of the promissory notes related to the Subject Whole Loan (the “Subject Mortgage Loan”) has been transferred to BANK 2023-BNK45 pursuant to that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2023 (the “2023-BNK45 Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc., as depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer (the “2023-BNK45 Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “2023-BNK45 Certificate Administrator”) and as trustee (in such capacity, the “2023-BNK45 Trustee”), and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, and that the 2023-BNK45 Trustee is the holder of the Subject Mortgage Loan.

The undersigned, as 2023-BNK45 Certificate Administrator, hereby directs you, in your capacity as the Lead Servicer of the Subject Whole Loan, to remit to the 2023-BNK45 Master Servicer all amounts payable to, and forward, deliver or otherwise make available, as the case may be, to the 2023-BNK45 Master Servicer all reports, statements, documents, communications, and other information that are to be forwarded, delivered or otherwise made available to, the holder of the Subject Mortgage Loan under the related Intercreditor Agreement (as such term is defined in the 2023-BNK45 Pooling and Servicing Agreement) and the PSA.

The Subject Mortgage Loan [is][is not] a Significant Obligor (as such term is defined in the 2023-BNK45 Pooling and Servicing Agreement) under the 2023-BNK45 Pooling and Servicing Agreement

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

  Exhibit T-3  

Date:

Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator for the Holders of the BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45
By:
	Name:
	Title:

  Exhibit T-4  

EXHIBIT U

 

FORM OF NOTICE AND CERTIFICATION
REGARDING DEFEASANCE OF MORTGAGE LOAN

To: Kroll Bond Rating Agency, LLC
805 Third Avenue, 29th Floor
New York, New York 10022
Attention: CMBS Surveillance
E-mail: cmbssurveillance@kbra.com

Fitch Ratings, Inc.
300 West 57th Street
New York, New York 10019
Attention: Commercial Mortgage Surveillance Group
Facsimile No.: (212) 635-0295
E-mail: info.cmbs@fitchratings.com

Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

7 World Trade Center

250 Greenwich Street

New York, New York 10007

Attention: Commercial Mortgage Surveillance Manager

E-mail: CMBSSurveillance@moodys.com

 

[INSERT ADDRESS OF APPLICABLE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLER]

From: Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, in its capacity as Master Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of February 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer.

Date: _________, 20___

Re: BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45

Mortgage Loan (the “Mortgage Loan”) identified by loan number _____ [and loan number [_______]] on the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and heretofore secured by the Mortgaged Properties identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule by the following names:____________________
       ____________________

  Exhibit U-1  

Reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement described above. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

As Master Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, we hereby:

(a)   Notify you that the Mortgagor has consummated a defeasance of the Mortgage Loan pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loan, of the type checked below:

____   a full defeasance of the entire principal balance of the Mortgage Loan; or

____   a partial defeasance of a portion of the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan that represents and, an allocated loan amount of $____________ or _______% of the entire principal balance of the Mortgage Loan;

(b)   Certify that each of the following is true, subject to those exceptions set forth with explanatory notes on Exhibit A hereto, which exceptions the Master Servicer has determined, consistent with the Servicing Standards, will have no material adverse effect on the Mortgage Loan or the defeasance transaction:

(i)                               The Mortgage Loan documents permit the defeasance, and the terms and conditions for defeasance specified therein were satisfied in all material respects in completing the defeasance.

(ii)                            The defeasance was consummated on __________, 20__.

(iii)                         The defeasance collateral consists of securities that (i) constitute “government securities” as defined in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 as amended (15 U.S.C. 80A1), (ii) are listed as “Qualified Investments for ‘AAA’ Financings” under Paragraphs 1, 2 or 3 of “Cash Flow Approach” in Standard & Poor’s Public Finance Criteria 2000, as amended to the date of the defeasance, (iii) if they include a principal obligation, the principal due at maturity cannot vary or change, and (iv) are not subject to prepayment, call or early redemption.

(iv)                        The Master Servicer received an opinion of counsel (from counsel approved by the Master Servicer in accordance with the Servicing Standard) that the defeasance will not result in an Adverse REMIC Event.

(v)                           The Master Servicer determined that the defeasance collateral will be owned by an entity (the “Defeasance Obligor”) that is a Single-Purpose Entity (as defined in Standard & Poor’s Structured Finance Ratings Real Estate Finance Criteria, as amended to the date of the defeasance (the “S&P Criteria”)) or is subject to restrictions in its organizational documents substantially similar to those contained in the organization documents of the original Borrower with respect to bankruptcy remoteness and single purpose as of the date of the defeasance, and after the defeasance owns no assets other than the defeasance collateral and real property securing Mortgage Loans included in the pool.

  Exhibit U-2  

(vi)                        The defeasance documents require the crediting of the defeasance collateral to an Eligible Account (as defined in the S&P Criteria) in the name of the Trustee on behalf of the Trust, which account is maintained as a securities account by a securities intermediary and has been pledged to the Trustee on behalf of the Trust.

(vii)                     The agreements executed in connection with the defeasance (i) grant control of the pledged securities account to Trustee on behalf of the Trust, (ii) require the securities intermediary to make the scheduled payments on the Mortgage Loan from the proceeds of the defeasance collateral directly to the Master Servicer’s collection account in the amounts and on the dates specified in the Mortgage Loan documents or, in a partial defeasance, the portion of such scheduled payments attributed to the allocated loan amount for the real property defeased, increased by any defeasance premium specified in the Mortgage Loan documents (the “Scheduled Payments”), (iii) permit reinvestment of proceeds of the defeasance collateral only in Permitted Investments (as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or as defined in the documents evidencing the defeasance), (iv) permit release of surplus defeasance collateral and earnings on reinvestment from the pledged securities account only after the Mortgage Loan has been paid in full, if any such release is permitted, (v) prohibit transfers by the Defeasance Obligor of the defeasance collateral and subordinate liens against the defeasance collateral, and (vi) provide for payment from sources other than the defeasance collateral or other assets of the Defeasance Obligor of all fees and expenses of the securities intermediary for administering the defeasance and the securities account and all fees and expenses of maintaining the existence of the Defeasance Obligor.

(viii)                  The Master Servicer received written confirmation from a firm of independent certified public accountants, who were approved by the Master Servicer in accordance with the Servicing Standard stating that (i) revenues from the defeasance collateral (without taking into account any earnings on reinvestment of such revenues) will be sufficient to timely pay each of the Scheduled Payments after the defeasance including the payment in full of the Mortgage Loan (or the allocated portion thereof in connection with a partial defeasance) on its Maturity Date (or, in the case of an ARD Loan, on its Anticipated Repayment Date), (ii) the revenues received in any month from the defeasance collateral will be applied to make Scheduled Payments within four (4) months after the date of receipt, and (iii) interest income from the defeasance collateral to the Defeasance Obligor in any calendar or fiscal year will not exceed such Defeasance Obligor’s interest expense for the Mortgage Loan (or the allocated portion thereof in a partial defeasance) for such year.

(ix)                          The Mortgage Loan is not among the ten (10) largest loans in the pool as of the date of the Current Report (as defined below). The entire principal balance of the Mortgage Loan as of the date of defeasance was less than both $[______] and five percent of pool balance, which is less than [__]% of the aggregate Certificate Balance of the Certificates as of the date of the most recent Distribution Date Statement received by us (the “Current Report”).

(x)                             The Master Servicer has received opinions of counsel stating that the Trustee on behalf of the Trust possesses a valid, perfected first priority security interest in the

  Exhibit U-3  

defeasance collateral and that the documents executed in connection with the defeasance are enforceable in accordance with their respective terms.

(c)                            Certify that Exhibit B hereto is a list of the material agreements, instruments, organizational documents for the Defeasance Obligor, and opinions of counsel and independent accountants executed and delivered in connection with the defeasance.

(d)                           Certify that the individual under whose hand the Master Servicer has caused this Notice and Certification to be executed did constitute a Servicing Officer as of the date of the defeasance described above.

(e)                            Certify that it has provided the required notices to, and obtained the required consents of, the related Mortgage Loan Seller in accordance with Section 3.18(i) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

(f)                              Agree to provide copies of all items listed in Exhibit B to you upon request.

  Exhibit U-4  

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Master Servicer has caused this Notice and Certification to be executed as of the date captioned above.

[________________]
	as Master Servicer
By:
	Name:
	Title:

 

  Exhibit U-5  

EXHIBIT V

FORM OF OPERATING ADVISOR ANNUAL REPORT¹

Report Date: This report will be delivered no later than [INSERT DATE], pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”).
Transaction: BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45
Operating Advisor: Park Bridge Lender Services LLC
Special Servicer: LNR Partners, LLC
Directing Certificateholder: LD III Sub XI, LLC

I. Population of Mortgage Loans that Were Considered in Compiling this Report

1. The Special Servicer has notified the Operating Advisor that [●] Specially Serviced Loans were transferred to special servicing in the prior calendar year [INSERT YEAR].

a. [●] of those Specially Serviced Loans are still being analyzed by the Special Servicer as part of the development of an Asset Status Report.

b. Asset Status Reports were issued with respect to [●] of such Specially Serviced Loans. This report is based only on the Specially Serviced Loans in respect of which an Asset Status Report has been issued. The Asset Status Reports may not yet be fully implemented.

II. Executive Summary

Based on the requirements and qualifications set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as well as the items listed below, the Operating Advisor (in accordance with the Operating Advisor’s analysis requirements outlined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) has undertaken a limited review of the Special Servicer’s reported actions on the loans identified in this report. Based solely on such limited review, and subject to the assumptions, limitations and qualifications set forth herein, the Operating Advisor believes, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that the Special Servicer [is/is not] operating in compliance with the Servicing Standard with respect to its performance of its duties under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. [The Operating Advisor believes, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that the Special Servicer has failed to materially comply with the Servicing Standard as a result of the following material deviations.]

● [LIST OF MATERIAL DEVIATION ITEMS]

¹   This report is an indicative report and does not reflect the final form of annual report to be used in any particular year. The Operating Advisor will have the ability to modify or alter the organization and content of any particular report, subject to the compliance with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, including, without limitation, provisions relating to Privileged Information.

  Exhibit V-1  

In addition, the Operating Advisor notes the following: [PROVIDE SUMMARY OF ANY ADDITIONAL MATERIAL INFORMATION].

● [ADD RECOMMENDATION OF REPLACEMENT OF SPECIAL SERVICER, IF APPLICABLE]

In connection with the assessment set forth in this report, the Operating Advisor:

1. Reviewed the Asset Status Reports, the Special Servicer’s assessment of compliance report, attestation report by a third party regarding the Special Servicer’s compliance with its obligations and net present value calculations and Appraisal Reduction Amount calculations and [LIST OTHER REVIEWED INFORMATION] for the following [●] Specially Serviced Loans: [List related mortgage loans]

2. Consulted with the Special Servicer as provided under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Operating Advisor’s analysis of the Asset Status Reports (including related net present value calculations and Appraisal Reduction Amount calculations) related to the Specially Serviced Loans should be considered a limited investigation and not be considered a full or limited audit. For instance, we did not review each page of the Special Servicer’s policy and procedure manuals (including amendments and appendices), re-engineer the quantitative aspects of their net present value calculation, visit any property, visit the Special Servicer, visit the Directing Certificateholder or interact with any borrower. In addition, our review of the net present value calculations and Appraisal Reduction Amount calculations is limited to the mathematical accuracy of the calculations and the corresponding application of the non-discretionary portions of the applicable formulas, and as such, does not take into account the reasonableness of the discretionary portions of such formulas.

III. Specific Items of Review

1. The Operating Advisor reviewed the following items in connection with the generation of this report: [LIST MATERIAL ITEMS].

2. During the prior year, the Operating Advisor consulted with the Special Servicer regarding its strategy plan for a limited number of issues related to the following Specially Serviced Loans: [LIST]. The Operating Advisor participated in discussions and made strategic observations and recommended alternative courses of action to the extent it deemed such observations and recommendations appropriate.

3. Appraisal Reduction Amount calculations and net present value calculations:

4. The Operating Advisor [received/did not receive] information necessary to recalculate and verify the accuracy of the mathematical calculations and the corresponding application of the non-discretionary portions of the applicable formulas required to be utilized in connection with any Appraisal Reduction Amount or net present value calculations used in the Special Servicer’s

  Exhibit V-2  

determination of what course of action to take in connection with the workout or liquidation of a Specially Serviced Loan prior to the utilization by the Special Servicer.

a. The Operating Advisor [agrees/does not agree] with the [mathematical calculations] [and/or] [the application of the applicable non-discretionary portions of the formula] required to be utilized for such calculation.

b. After consultation with the Special Servicer to resolve any inaccuracy in the mathematical calculations or the application of the non-discretionary portions of the related formula in arriving at those mathematical calculations, such inaccuracy [has been/ has not been] resolved.

5. The following is a general discussion of certain concerns raised by the Operating Advisor discussed in this report: [LIST CONCERNS].

6. In addition to the other information presented herein, the Operating Advisor notes the following additional items, if any: [LIST ADDITIONAL ITEMS].

IV. Assumptions, Qualifications and Disclaimers Related to the Work Product Undertaken and Opinions Related to this Report

1. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Operating Advisor (i) is not required to report on instances of non-compliance with, or deviations from, the Servicing Standard or the Special Servicer’s obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement that the Operating Advisor determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, to be immaterial and (ii) will not be required in the ordinary course to provide or obtain a legal opinion, legal review or legal conclusion as part of that assessment.

2. In rendering our assessment herein, we have assumed that all executed factual statements, instruments, and other documents that we have relied upon in rendering this assessment have been executed by persons with legal capacity to execute such documents.

3. Except as may have been reflected in any Asset Status Report, the Operating Advisor did not participate in, or have access to, the Special Servicer’s and Directing Certificateholder’s discussion(s) regarding any Specially Serviced Loan. The Operating Advisor does not have authority to speak with the Directing Certificateholder or borrower directly. As such, the Operating Advisor relied upon the information delivered to it by the Special Servicer as well as its interaction with the Special Servicer, if any, in gathering the relevant information to generate this report. The services that we perform are not designed and cannot be relied upon to detect fraud or illegal acts should any exist.

4. The Special Servicer has the legal authority and responsibility to service any Specially Serviced Loans pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Operating Advisor has no responsibility or authority to alter the standards set forth therein or direct the actions of the Special Servicer.

  Exhibit V-3  

5. Confidentiality and other contractual limitations limit the Operating Advisor’s ability to outline the details or substance of any communications held between it and the Special Servicer regarding any Specially Serviced Loans and certain information it reviewed in connection with its duties under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As a result, this report may not reflect all the relevant information that the Operating Advisor is given access to by the Special Servicer.

6. There are many tasks that the Special Servicer undertakes on an ongoing basis related to Specially Serviced Loans. These include, but are not limited to, assumptions, ownership changes, collateral substitutions, capital reserve changes, etc. The Operating Advisor does not participate in any discussions regarding such actions. As such, Operating Advisor has not assessed the Special Servicer’s operational compliance with respect to those types of actions.

7. The Operating Advisor is not empowered to speak with any investors directly. If the investors have questions regarding this report, they should address such questions to the Certificate Administrator through the Certificate Administrator’s website.

8. This report does not constitute recommendations to buy, sell or hold any security, nor does the Operating Advisor take into account market prices of securities or financial markets generally when performing its limited review of the Special Servicer as described above. The Operating Advisor does not have a fiduciary relationship with any Certificateholder or any other party or individual. Nothing is intended to or should be construed as creating a fiduciary relationship between the Operating Advisor and any Certificateholder, party or individual.

Terms used but not defined herein have the meaning set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

  Exhibit V-4  

EXHIBIT W

Form of Notice from Operating Advisor Recommending Replacement of THE Special Servicer

Computershare Trust Company, National Association
as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee

9062 Old Annapolis Road

Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951

Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)
BANK 2023-BNK45

LNR Partners, LLC

2340 Collins Avenue, Suite 700

Miami Beach, Florida 33139

Attention: Heather Bennett and Job Warshaw, with a copy to hbennett@lnrpartners.com,
jwarshaw@lnrpartners.com and lnr.cmbs.notices@lnrproperty.com

Re: BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45,
Recommendation of Replacement of Special Servicer

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This letter is delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(d) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, on behalf of the holders of BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45 (the “Certificates”) regarding the replacement of the Special Servicer. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Based upon our review of the Special Servicer’s operational practices conducted pursuant to and in accordance with Section 3.26 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, it is our assessment that LNR Partners, LLC, in its current capacity as Special Servicer, is not [performing its duties under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement][acting in accordance with the Servicing Standard]. The following factors support our assessment: [________].

Based upon such assessment, we further hereby recommend that LNR Partners, LLC be removed as Special Servicer and that [________] be appointed its successor in such capacity.

Exhibit W-1

	Very truly yours,
		[The Operating Advisor]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:
Dated:

Exhibit W-2

EXHIBIT X

Form of CONFIDENTIALITY Agreement

[Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Commercial Mortgage Servicing
550 S. Tryon Street

MAC D1086-23A

23rd Floor

Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Attention: BANK 2023-BNK45 Asset Manager
Telecopy Number: (704) 715-0036
Email: commercial.servicing@wellsfargo.com]

[LNR Partners, LLC

2340 Collins Avenue, Suite 700

Miami Beach, Florida 33139

Attention: Heather Bennett and Job Warshaw, with a copy to hbennett@lnrpartners.com,
jwarshaw@lnrpartners.com and lnr.cmbs.notices@lnrproperty.com]

Re: Access to Certain Information Regarding BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is hereby made to that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of February 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), among the Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer. Defined terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

[Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (“Wells Fargo”)/LNR Partners, LLC (“LNR”)] understands that [____] (the “Company”) is requesting certain confidential or non-public information relating to the Mortgage Loans to which the Company has continuing rights as a Certificateholder. The Company is requesting such information for the purpose of analyzing asset performance and evaluating any continuing rights the Company may have under the Trust (the “Permitted Purpose”). The Company agrees that the Permitted Purpose shall not include the use or disclosure of the Confidential Information (as defined below) in any manner that violates any applicable law, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the related mortgage loan documents.

[Wells Fargo/LNR] will provide the Company with certain confidential, non-public servicing information (the “Confidential Information”) pertaining to the Mortgage Loans and the related Mortgaged Properties and borrowers. The Company acknowledges that the Confidential Information (a) includes or may be based upon information provided to [Wells Fargo/LNR] by

Exhibit X-1

[_____] [__], 20[__]
Page 2

third parties, (b) may not have been verified by [Wells Fargo/LNR], and (c) may be incomplete or contain inaccuracies. The Company agrees that [Wells Fargo/LNR], the [“Master Servicer”/“Special Servicer”] (as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) and its respective Representatives (as defined below) shall not have any liability to the Company or its Representatives resulting from (x) any inaccuracies or omissions in the Confidential Information, (y) any use of the Confidential Information, or (z) [Wells Fargo/LNR]’s failure or inability to provide the Confidential Information to the Company for any reason. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following will not constitute “Confidential Information” for purposes of this letter agreement: (a) information that was already in Company’s possession prior to its receipt from [Wells Fargo/LNR]; (b) information that is obtained by Company from a third person who, insofar as is known to Company, is not prohibited from transmitting the information to Company by a contractual, legal or fiduciary obligation to [Wells Fargo/LNR]; (c) information that is or becomes publicly available through no fault of Company; and (d) information that is independently developed by Company. The term “Representatives” with respect to any entity shall mean the officers, directors, general partners, employees, agents, affiliates, auditors and legal counsel (which may be internal counsel) of that entity.

The Company may have access to the Confidential Information through (at [Wells Fargo/LNR]’s election): (i) responses to reasonable written inquiries received from the Company, (ii) conference calls conducted on a reasonably scheduled basis with [Wells Fargo/LNR]’s surveillance group, or (iii) direct on-line access (read-only capacity) to the information available on the applicable [____] system or any successor or replacement system (“System”). [Wells Fargo/LNR] may cease or defer providing the Company with Confidential Information in the event that (a) the Company or its Representatives violate any provision hereof, or (b) [Wells Fargo/LNR] determines (in its sole discretion) that such termination is necessary for any reason, including its determination that such action is required pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the related Mortgage Loan documents, or any applicable law. [Wells Fargo/LNR] shall cease to provide the Company with Confidential Information if [Wells Fargo/LNR] has actual knowledge that the Company or its Representatives are affiliates of any borrower under the Mortgage Loan documents and [Wells Fargo/LNR] determines that the provision, notice or access to such Confidential Information would violate the accepted servicing practices or servicing standards as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Company’s obligations and the restrictions applicable to the protection of the Confidential Information hereunder shall survive the termination of the Company’s access to the Confidential Information. [Wells Fargo/LNR]’s remedies hereunder, at law or at equity, are cumulative and may be combined.

The Company agrees that it will not, and it shall not permit its Representatives, to disclose the Confidential Information in any manner whatsoever to any other person or entity, other than its Representatives (but only to the extent necessary to accomplish the Permitted Purpose) who have a need to know the information, or as otherwise required by applicable law, court order or any governmental agency or regulator. The Company acknowledges (i) its obligations under the U.S. federal securities laws, and (ii) that any disclosure of the Confidential Information by it or its Representatives for any purpose other than a Permitted Purpose, in addition to being a breach of this letter agreement, may constitute a violation of federal and state securities laws. The Company will take reasonable measures to ensure that each Representative is advised of this letter agreement and agrees to keep the Confidential Information confidential. The Company shall be liable for any breach of this letter agreement by its Representatives and shall indemnify the Depositor, the

Exhibit X-2

[_____] [__], 20[__]
Page 3

Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers and the Trust Fund for any loss, liability or expense incurred thereby with respect to any such breach by the Company or any of its Representatives. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may subsequently provide all or any part of such Confidential Information to any other person or entity that holds or is contemplating the purchase of any Certificate or interest therein, but only if such person or entity confirms such ownership interest or prospective ownership interest and provided that, prior to the delivery of such Confidential Information, such persons shall have executed and delivered to the Company an agreement that is substantially similar in form and substance to this agreement.

This letter agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without the application of conflict of laws principles. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, [Wells Fargo/LNR] intends at all times to comply with the terms and provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and nothing in this letter agreement should be construed to limit or qualify any of [Wells Fargo/LNR]’s rights or obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. This letter agreement may be executed in counterparts and by facsimile/Portable Document Format (PDF); each such counterpart shall be deemed to be an original instrument, and all such counterparts together shall constitute one agreement.

This agreement shall terminate with respect to the information received by the Company one year after the Company receives such information or ceases to be a Certificateholder. Company agrees that this letter agreement supersedes and replaces and survives any click-through agreement regarding confidentiality of Confidential Information agreed to in connection with accessing the System whether agreed to in accessing the System before or after signing this letter agreement.

Exhibit X-3

Please have an authorized signatory countersign in the space provided below to indicate the Company’s confirmation of, and agreement to, the matters set forth herein.

Very truly yours,
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By:
	Name:
	Title:
LNR PARTNERS, LLC
By:
	Name:
	Title:

CONFIRMED AND AGREED TO:

[COMPANY NAME]

By:
	Name:
	Title:

Exhibit X-4

EXHIBIT Y

FORM CERTIFICATION TO BE PROVIDED WITH FORM 10-K

CERTIFICATION

I, [identify the certifying individual], certify that:

1. I have reviewed this report on Form 10-K, and all reports on Form 10-D required to be filed in respect of the period covered by this report on Form 10-K of BANK 2023-BNK45 (the “Exchange Act periodic reports”);

2. Based on my knowledge, the Exchange Act periodic reports, taken as a whole, do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, all of the distribution, servicing and other information required to be provided under Form 10-D for the period covered by this report is included in the Exchange Act periodic reports;

4. Based on my knowledge and the servicer compliance statements required in this report under Item 1123 of Regulation AB, and except as disclosed in the Exchange Act periodic reports, the servicers have fulfilled their obligations under the servicing agreements in all material respects; and

5. All of the reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities and their related attestation reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities required to be included in this report in accordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 have been included as an exhibit to this report, except as otherwise disclosed in this report. Any material instances of noncompliance described in such reports have been disclosed in this report on Form 10-K.

In giving the certifications above, I have reasonably relied on information provided to me by the following unaffiliated parties:

[(A) Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer;

(B) [List other applicable reporting servicers]]

Exhibit Y-1

Date: _________________________

President

Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc.

(Senior officer in charge of the securitization of the depositor)

Exhibit Y-2

EXHIBIT Y-1

FORM OF CERTIFICATION TO BE PROVIDED
TO DEPOSITOR BY CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR

BANK 2023-BNK45 (the “Trust”)

The undersigned, __________, a __________ of COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION on behalf of COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Certificate Administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), under that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), entered into by Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc., as depositor (the “Depositor”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer (the “Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, certifies to [_______], the Depositor, each Other Depositor and each Other Certificate Administrator with respect to a securitization of a Serviced Companion Loan and their respective officers, directors and affiliates, to the extent that the following information is within our normal area of responsibilities and duties under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and with the knowledge and intent that the applicable Certification Parties will rely upon this certification, that:

1. I have reviewed the annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year 20[__] (the “Annual Report”), and all reports on Form 10-D and Form 8-K to be filed in respect of periods included in the year covered by the Annual Report (collectively with the Annual Report, the “Reports”);

2. To my knowledge, the Reports taken as a whole, do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by the Annual Report;

3. To my knowledge, the distribution information required to be provided by the Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for inclusion in the Reports is included in the Reports;

4. I am responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and based on my knowledge and the compliance reviews conducted in preparing the Certificate Administrator compliance statements required for inclusion on Form 10-K pursuant to Item 1123 of Regulation AB, and except as disclosed on any Reports, the Certificate Administrator has fulfilled its obligations in all material respects under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and

Exhibit Y-1-1

5. The report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria applicable to the Certificate Administrator for asset-backed securities with respect to the Certificate Administrator or any Servicing Function Participant retained by the Certificate Administrator and related attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria applicable to it required to be included in the annual report on Form 10-K for the Relevant Period in accordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 has been provided to the Depositor for inclusion as an exhibit to such Form 10-K. Any material instances of noncompliance described in such reports have been provided to the Depositor for disclosure in such annual report on Form 10-K.

In giving the certifications above, the Certificate Administrator has reasonably relied on information provided to it by the following unaffiliated persons: the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee and/or the Custodian.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Date:

[COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By:
	Name:
	Title:]

Exhibit Y-1-2

Exhibit Y-2

FORM OF CERTIFICATION TO BE PROVIDED
TO DEPOSITOR BY MASTER SERVICER

BANK 2023-BNK45 (the “Trust”)

I, [identify the certifying individual], a [_______________] of WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Master Servicer under that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), entered into by Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc., as depositor (the “Depositor”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer (the “Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”) and as trustee, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, on behalf of the Master Servicer, certify to [Name of Certifying Person(s) for Sarbanes-Oxley Certification], the Depositor and each Other Depositor with respect to a securitization of a Serviced Companion Loan and their respective officers, directors and affiliates, and with the knowledge and intent that the applicable Certification Parties will rely upon this certification, that:

1. Based on my knowledge, with respect to the period ending [December 31, 20__] (the “Relevant Period”), and assuming the accuracy of the statements required to be made by each Special Servicer in the special servicer backup certificate delivered by each Special Servicer relating to the Relevant Period, all servicing information and all reports (the “Servicer Reports”) required to be submitted by the Master Servicer to the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Sections 3.12(b) and (d) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for inclusion in the annual report on Form 10-K for the Relevant Period and inclusion in all reports on Form 10-D or Form 8-K have been submitted by the Master Servicer to the Certificate Administrator for inclusion in these reports;

2. Based on my knowledge, and assuming the accuracy of the statements required to be made by each Special Servicer in the special servicer backup certificate delivered by each Special Servicer relating to the Relevant Period, the master servicing information contained in the Servicer Reports, taken as a whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by these reports;

3.  I am, or a Servicing Officer under my supervision is, responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the Master Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and based upon my knowledge and the annual compliance reviews conducted in preparing the servicer compliance statements required to be delivered under Article XI of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for inclusion on Form 10-K pursuant to Item 1123 of Regulation AB with respect to the Master Servicer, and except as disclosed in the compliance certificate delivered by the Master Servicer under Section 11.09 of the Pooling and

Exhibit Y-2-1

Servicing Agreement, the Master Servicer has fulfilled its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in all material respects during the Relevant Period;

4. The accountants that are to deliver the annual attestation report on assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria in respect of the Master Servicer with respect to the Trust’s fiscal year _____ have been provided all information relating to the Master Servicer’s assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria in order to enable them to conduct a review in compliance with the standards for attestation engagements issued or adopted by the PCAOB; and

5. The report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria applicable to the Master Servicer for asset-backed securities with respect to the Master Servicer or any Servicing Function Participant retained by the Master Servicer and related attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria applicable to it required to be included in the annual report on Form 10-K for the Relevant Period in accordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 has been provided to the Depositor and to the Certificate Administrator for inclusion as an exhibit to such Form 10-K. Any material instances of noncompliance described in such reports have been provided to the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor for disclosure in such annual report on Form 10-K.

[In giving the certification above, I have reasonably relied on and make no certification as to information provided to me by the following unaffiliated parties: [name(s) of third parties (including the Special Servicer, but other than a Sub-Servicer, Additional Servicer or any other third party retained by the Master Servicer that is not a Sub-Servicer appointed pursuant to Section 3.20 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) and, notwithstanding the foregoing certifications, neither I nor the Master Servicer makes any certification under the foregoing clauses (2) and (3) with respect to the information in the Servicer Reports that is in turn dependent upon information provided by the Special Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Solely with respect to the completeness of information and reports, I do not certify anything other than that all fields of information called for in written reports prepared by the Master Servicer have been properly completed and that any fields that have been left blank on their face have been done so in accordance with the CREFC procedures for such report.]

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Date:

[WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By:
	Name:
	Title:]

Exhibit Y-2-2

Exhibit Y-3

FORM OF CERTIFICATION TO BE PROVIDED
TO DEPOSITOR BY SPECIAL SERVICER

BANK 2023-BNK45 (the “Trust”)

I, [identify the certifying individual], a [_______________] of LNR PARTNERS, LLC, as Special Servicer under that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of February 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), entered into by Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc., as depositor (the “Depositor”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer (the “Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”) and as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, on behalf of the Special Servicer, certify to [Name of Certifying Person(s) for Sarbanes-Oxley Certification], the Depositor and each Other Depositor with respect to a securitization of a Serviced Companion Loan and their respective officers, directors and affiliates, and with the knowledge and intent that the applicable Certification Parties will rely upon this certification, that:

1. Based on my knowledge, with respect to the period ending [December 31, 20__] (the “Relevant Period”), all servicing information and all required reports (the “Special Servicer Reports”) required to be submitted by the Special Servicer pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for inclusion in the annual report on Form 10-K for the Relevant Period and inclusion in all reports on Form 10-D or Form 8-K have been submitted by the Special Servicer to the Master Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, for inclusion in these reports;

2.  Based on my knowledge, the special servicing information contained in the Special Servicer Reports, taken as a whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by these reports;

3.  I am, or a Servicing Officer under my supervision is, responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the Special Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and based upon my knowledge and the annual compliance reviews conducted in preparing the servicer compliance statements required to be delivered under Article XI of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for inclusion in the Form 10-K under Item 1123 of Regulation AB with respect to the Special Servicer, and except as disclosed in the compliance certificate delivered by the Special Servicer under Section 11.09 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Special Servicer has fulfilled its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in all material respects during the Relevant Period;

4.  The accountants that are to deliver the annual attestation report on assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria in respect of the Special Servicer with

Exhibit Y-3-1

respect to the Trust’s fiscal year _____ have been provided all information relating to the Special Servicer assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria, in order to enable them to conduct a review in compliance with the standards for attestation engagements issued or adopted by the PCAOB; and

5. The report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria applicable to the Special Servicer for asset-backed securities with respect to the Special Servicer or any Servicing Function Participant retained by the Special Servicer and related attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria applicable to it required to be included in the annual report on Form 10-K for the Relevant Period in accordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 has been provided to the Depositor and to the Certificate Administrator for inclusion as an exhibit to such Form 10-K. Any material instances of noncompliance described in such reports have been provided to the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor for disclosure in such annual report on Form 10-K.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Date:

Special Servicer
By:
	Name:
	Title:

Exhibit Y-3-2

Exhibit Y-4

Form of Certification to be Provided
to Depositor by Trustee

BANK 2023-BNK45 (The “Trust”)

The undersigned, __________, a __________ of COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, on behalf of COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), under that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), entered into by Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc., as depositor (the “Depositor”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer (the “Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”) and as the Trustee, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, certifies to [______], the Depositor and each Other Depositor with respect to a securitization of a Serviced Companion Loan and their respective officers, directors and affiliates, to the extent that the following information is within our normal area of responsibilities and duties under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and with the knowledge and intent that the applicable Certification Parties will rely upon this certification, that:

The report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria applicable to the Trustee for asset-backed securities with respect to the Trustee or any Servicing Function Participant retained by the Trustee and related attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria applicable to it required to be included in the annual report on Form 10-K for the Relevant Period in accordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 has been provided to the Depositor and to the Certificate Administrator for inclusion as an exhibit to such Form 10-K. Any material instances of noncompliance described in such reports have been provided to the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor for disclosure in such annual report on Form 10-K.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Date:

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By:
	Name:
	Title:

Exhibit Y-4-1

Exhibit Y-5

FORM OF CERTIFICATION TO BE PROVIDED
TO DEPOSITOR BY OPERATING ADVISOR

BANK 2023-BNK45 (the “Trust”)

I, [identify the certifying individual], a [_______________] of Park Bridge Lender Services LLC (the “Operating Advisor”) as Operating Advisor under that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of February 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), entered into by Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc., as depositor (the “Depositor”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer (the “Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”) and as trustee, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor and as asset representations reviewer, on behalf of the Operating Advisor, certify to [Name of Certifying Person(s) for Sarbanes-Oxley Certification], the Depositor and each Other Depositor with respect to a securitization of a Serviced Companion Loan and their respective officers, directors and affiliates, and with the knowledge and intent that the applicable Certification Parties will rely upon this certification, that:

1. Based on my knowledge, with respect to the period ending [December 31, 20__] (the “Relevant Period”), all information required to be submitted by the Operating Advisor to the Master Servicer, the Depositor, Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for inclusion in the annual report on Form 10-K for the Relevant Period and inclusion in all reports on Form 10-D or Form 8-K (the “Reports”) (such information provided by the Operating Advisor, collectively, the “Operating Advisor Periodic Information”) have been submitted by the Operating Advisor to the Master Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, for inclusion in these reports;

2. Based on my knowledge, the Operating Advisor Periodic Information contained in the Reports, taken as a whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by these reports;

3. The accountants that are to deliver the annual attestation report on assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria in respect of the Operating Advisor with respect to the Trust’s fiscal year ________ have been provided all information relating to the Operating Advisor’s assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria, in order to enable them to conduct a review in compliance with the standards for attestation engagements issued or adopted by the PCAOB; and

Exhibit Y-5-1

4. The report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria applicable to the Operating Advisor for asset-backed securities with respect to the Operating Advisor or any Servicing Function Participant retained by the Operating Advisor and related attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria applicable to it required to be included in the annual report on Form 10-K for the Relevant Period in accordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 has been provided to the Depositor and to the Certificate Administrator for inclusion as an exhibit to such Form 10-K. Any material instances of noncompliance described in such reports have been provided to the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor for disclosure in such annual report on Form 10-K.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Date:

PARK BRIDGE LENDER SERVICES LLC
By:	Park Bridge Advisors LLC, a New York limited liability company, its sole member
	By:	Park Bridge Financial LLC, a New York limited liability company, its sole member
By:
	Name:
	Title:

Exhibit Y-5-2

Exhibit Y-6

Form of Certification to be Provided
to Depositor by CUSTODIAN

BANK 2023-BNK45 (The “Trust”)

The undersigned, __________, a __________ of COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, on behalf of COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Custodian (the “Custodian”), under that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), entered into by Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc., as depositor (the “Depositor”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer (the “Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”) and as trustee, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, certifies to [______], the Depositor and each Other Depositor with respect to a securitization of a Serviced Companion Loan and their respective officers, directors and affiliates, to the extent that the following information is within our normal area of responsibilities and duties under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and with the knowledge and intent that the applicable Certification Parties will rely upon this certification, that:

The report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria applicable to the Custodian for asset-backed securities with respect to the Custodian or any Servicing Function Participant retained by the Custodian and related attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria applicable to it required to be included in the annual report on Form 10-K for the Relevant Period in accordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 has been provided to the Depositor and to the Certificate Administrator for inclusion as an exhibit to such Form 10-K. Any material instances of noncompliance described in such reports have been provided to the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor for disclosure in such annual report on Form 10-K.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Date:

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By:
	Name:
	Title:

Exhibit Y-6-1

Exhibit Y-7

FORM OF CERTIFICATION TO BE PROVIDED
TO DEPOSITOR BY ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER

BANK 2023-BNK45 (the “Trust”)

I, [identify the certifying individual], a [_______________] of PARK BRIDGE LENDER SERVICES LLC (the “Asset Representations Reviewer”) as Asset Representations Reviewer under that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of February 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), entered into by Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc., as depositor (the “Depositor”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer (the “Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”) and as trustee, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, on behalf of the Asset Representations Reviewer, certify to [Name of Certifying Person(s) for Sarbanes-Oxley Certification], the Depositor and each Other Depositor with respect to a securitization of a Serviced Companion Loan and their respective officers, directors and affiliates, and with the knowledge and intent that the applicable Certification Parties will rely upon this certification, that:

1. Based on my knowledge, with respect to the period ending [December 31, 20__] (the “Relevant Period”), all information required to be submitted by the Asset Representations Reviewer to the Master Servicer, the Depositor, Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for inclusion in the annual report on Form 10-K for the Relevant Period and inclusion in all reports on Form 10-D or Form 8-K (the “Reports”) (such information provided by the Asset Representations Reviewer, collectively, the “Asset Representations Reviewer Periodic Information”) have been submitted by the Asset Representations Reviewer to the Master Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, for inclusion in these reports; and

2. Based on my knowledge, the Asset Representations Reviewer Periodic Information contained in the Reports, taken as a whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by these reports.

Exhibit Y-7-1

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Date:

PARK BRIDGE LENDER SERVICES LLC
By:	Park Bridge Advisors LLC, a New York limited liability company, its sole member
	By:	Park Bridge Financial LLC, a New York limited liability company, its sole member
By:
	Name:
	Title:

Exhibit Y-7-2

EXHIBIT Z

Servicing Criteria
to be Addressed in Assessment of Compliance

The assessment of compliance to be delivered by the referenced party shall address, at a minimum, the criteria identified below as “Applicable Servicing Criteria” applicable to such party, as such criteria may be updated or limited by the Commission or its staff (including, without limitation, not requiring the delivery of certain of the items set forth on this Exhibit based on interpretive guidance provided by the Commission or its staff relating to Item 1122 of Regulation AB). In addition, this Exhibit Z shall not be construed to impose on any Person any servicing duty that is not otherwise imposed on such Person under the main body of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of which this Exhibit Z forms a part or to require an assessment of a criterion that is not encompassed by the servicing duties of the applicable party that are set forth in the main body of such Pooling and Servicing Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of this Exhibit Z, other than with respect to Item 1122(d)(2)(iii), references to Servicer below shall include any Sub-Servicer engaged by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer.

	Applicable Servicing Criteria	applicable party(ies)
Reference	Criteria
	General Servicing Considerations
1122(d)(1)(i)	Policies and procedures are instituted to monitor any performance or other triggers and events of default in accordance with the transaction agreements.	Certificate Administrator Master Servicer Special Servicer
1122(d)(1)(ii)	If any material servicing activities are outsourced to third parties, policies and procedures are instituted to monitor the third party’s performance and compliance with such servicing activities.	Certificate Administrator Master Servicer Special Servicer
1122(d)(1)(iii)	Any requirements in the transaction agreements to maintain a back-up servicer for the mortgage loans are maintained.	N/A
1122(d)(1)(iv)	A fidelity bond and errors and omissions policy is in effect on the party participating in the servicing function throughout the reporting period in the amount of coverage required by and otherwise in accordance with the terms of the transaction agreements.	Master Servicer Special Servicer Custodian (as applicable)
1122(d)(1)(v)	Aggregation of information, as applicable, is mathematically accurate and the information conveyed accurately reflects the information.	Certificate Administrator Master Servicer Special Servicer
	Cash Collection and Administration
1122(d)(2)(i)	Payments on mortgage loans are deposited into the appropriate custodial bank accounts and related bank clearing accounts no more than two business days following receipt, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.	Certificate Administrator Master Servicer Special Servicer
1122(d)(2)(ii)	Disbursements made via wire transfer on behalf of an obligor or to an investor are made only by authorized personnel.	Certificate Administrator

Exhibit Z-1

1122(d)(2)(iii)	Advances of funds or guarantees regarding collections, cash flows or distributions, and any interest or other fees charged for such advances, are made, reviewed and approved as specified in the transaction agreements.	Trustee (as applicable)1 Master Servicer Special Servicer
1122(d)(2)(iv)	The related accounts for the transaction, such as cash reserve accounts or accounts established as a form of overcollateralization, are separately maintained (e.g., with respect to commingling of cash) as set forth in the transaction agreements.	Certificate Administrator Master Servicer Special Servicer
1122(d)(2)(v)	Each custodial account is maintained at a federally insured depository institution as set forth in the transaction agreements. For purposes of this criterion, “federally insured depository institution” with respect to a foreign financial institution means a foreign financial institution that meets the requirements of Rule 13k-1(b)(1) of the Exchange Act.	Certificate Administrator Master Servicer Special Servicer
1122(d)(2)(vi)	Unissued checks are safeguarded so as to prevent unauthorized access.	Certificate Administrator Master Servicer Special Servicer
1122(d)(2)(vii)	Reconciliations are prepared on a monthly basis for all asset-backed securities related bank accounts, including custodial accounts and related bank clearing accounts. These reconciliations (A) are mathematically accurate; (B) are prepared within 30 calendar days after the bank statement cutoff date, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements; (C) are reviewed and approved by someone other than the person who prepared the reconciliation; and (D) contain explanations for reconciling items. These reconciling items are resolved within 90 calendar days of their original identification, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.	Certificate Administrator Master Servicer Special Servicer
	Investor Remittances and Reporting
1122(d)(3)(i)	Reports to investors, including those to be filed with the Commission, are maintained in accordance with the transaction agreements and applicable Commission requirements. Specifically, such reports (A) are prepared in accordance with timeframes and other terms set forth in the transaction agreements; (B) provide information calculated in accordance with the terms specified in the transaction agreements; (C) are filed with the Commission as required by its rules and regulations; and (D) agree with investors’ or the trustee’s records as to the total unpaid principal balance and number of mortgage loans serviced by the Reporting Servicer.	Certificate Administrator Operating Advisor (with respect to A and B)
1122(d)(3)(ii)	Amounts due to investors are allocated and remitted in accordance with timeframes, distribution priority and other terms set forth in the transaction agreements.	Certificate Administrator
1122(d)(3)(iii)	Disbursements made to an investor are posted within two business days to the Servicer’s investor records, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.	Certificate Administrator
1122(d)(3)(iv)	Amounts remitted to investors per the investor reports agree with cancelled checks, or other form of payment, or custodial bank statements.	Certificate Administrator
	Pool Asset Administration
1122(d)(4)(i)	Collateral or security on mortgage loans is maintained as required by the transaction agreements or related mortgage loan documents.	Custodian Master Servicer Special Servicer
1122(d)(4)(ii)	Mortgage loan and related documents are safeguarded as required by the transaction agreements	Custodian
1122(d)(4)(iii)	Any additions, removals or substitutions to the asset pool are made, reviewed and approved in accordance with any conditions or requirements in the transaction agreements.	Certificate Administrator Master Servicer Special Servicer

¹   Only to the extent that the Trustee was required to make an Advance pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement during the applicable calendar year.

Exhibit Z-2

1122(d)(4)(iv)	Payments on mortgage loans, including any payoffs, made in accordance with the related mortgage loan documents are posted to the Servicer’s obligor records maintained no more than two business days after receipt, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements, and allocated to principal, interest or other items (e.g., escrow) in accordance with the related mortgage loan documents.	Master Servicer
1122(d)(4)(v)	The Reporting Servicer’s records regarding the mortgage loans agree with the Reporting Servicer’s records with respect to an obligor’s unpaid principal balance.	Master Servicer
1122(d)(4)(vi)	Changes with respect to the terms or status of an obligor’s mortgage loans (e.g., loan modifications or re-agings) are made, reviewed and approved by authorized personnel in accordance with the transaction agreements and related pool asset documents.	Master Servicer Special Servicer
1122(d)(4)(vii)	Loss mitigation or recovery actions (e.g., forbearance plans, modifications and deeds in lieu of foreclosure, foreclosures and repossessions, as applicable) are initiated, conducted and concluded in accordance with the timeframes or other requirements established by the transaction agreements.	Special Servicer Operating Advisor
1122(d)(4)(viii)	Records documenting collection efforts are maintained during the period a mortgage loan is delinquent in accordance with the transaction agreements. Such records are maintained on at least a monthly basis, or such other period specified in the transaction agreements, and describe the entity’s activities in monitoring delinquent mortgage loans including, for example, phone calls, letters and payment rescheduling plans in cases where delinquency is deemed temporary (e.g., illness or unemployment).	Master Servicer Special Servicer
1122(d)(4)(ix)	Adjustments to interest rates or rates of return for mortgage loans with variable rates are computed based on the related mortgage loan documents.	Master Servicer
1122(d)(4)(x)	Regarding any funds held in trust for an obligor (such as escrow accounts):  (A) such funds are analyzed, in accordance with the obligor’s mortgage loan documents, on at least an annual basis, or such other period specified in the transaction agreements; (B) interest on such funds is paid, or credited, to obligors in accordance with applicable mortgage loan documents and state laws; and (C) such funds are returned to the obligor within 30 calendar days of full repayment of the related mortgage loans, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.	Master Servicer
1122(d)(4)(xi)	Payments made on behalf of an obligor (such as tax or insurance payments) are made on or before the related penalty or expiration dates, as indicated on the appropriate bills or notices for such payments, provided that such support has been received by the servicer at least 30 calendar days prior to these dates, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.	Master Servicer
1122(d)(4)(xii)	Any late payment penalties in connection with any payment to be made on behalf of an obligor are paid from the servicer’s funds and not charged to the obligor, unless the late payment was due to the obligor’s error or omission.	Master Servicer
1122(d)(4)(xiii)	Disbursements made on behalf of an obligor are posted within two business days to the obligor’s records maintained by the servicer, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.	Master Servicer
1122(d)(4)(xiv)	Delinquencies, charge-offs and uncollectible accounts are recognized and recorded in accordance with the transaction agreements.	Master Servicer
1122(d)(4)(xv)	Any external enhancement or other support, identified in Item 1114(a)(1) through (3) or Item 1115 of Regulation AB, is maintained as set forth in the transaction agreements.	N/A

At all times that the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee are the same entity, the Trustee and Certificate Administrator may provide a combined assessment of compliance in respect of their combined responsibilities under Section 1122 of Regulation AB.

At all times that the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer are the same entity, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer may provide a combined assessment of compliance in respect of their combined responsibilities under Section 1122 of Regulation AB.

Exhibit Z-3

EXHIBIT AA

ADDITIONAL FORM 10-D DISCLOSURE

The parties identified in the “Party Responsible” column are obligated pursuant to Section 11.04 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to disclose to the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator (or the Master Servicer to the extent specified in Section 11.04 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) any information described in the corresponding Form 10-D Item described in the “Item on Form 10-D” column to the extent such party has actual knowledge (and in the case of net operating income information, financial statements, annual operating statements, budgets and/or rent rolls required to be provided in connection with Item 6 below, possession) of such information (other than information as to itself). Each of the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (in its capacity as such) shall be entitled to rely on the accuracy of the Prospectus (other than information with respect to itself that is set forth in or omitted from the Prospectus), in the absence of specific written notice to the contrary from the Depositor or a Mortgage Loan Seller. Each of the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (in its capacity as such) shall be entitled to conclusively assume that there is no “significant obligor” other than a party or property identified as such in the Prospectus and to assume that no other party or property will constitute a “significant obligor” after the Cut-off Date. In no event shall the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer be required to provide any information for inclusion in a Form 10-D that relates to any Mortgage Loan for which such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer is not the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as the case may be. For this Series 2023-BNK45 Pooling and Servicing Agreement, each of the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (in its capacity as such) shall be entitled to assume that there is no provider of credit enhancement, liquidity or derivative instruments within the meaning of Items 1114 or 1115 of Regulation AB.

Item on Form 10-D	Party Responsible
Item 1A: Distribution and Pool Performance Information: ●     Item 1111(h) of Regulation AB ●     Item 1125 of Regulation AB ●     Item 1121(a)(13) of Regulation AB	●     Each Master Servicer ●     Certificate Administrator
Item 1B: Distribution and Pool Performance Information: ●     Item 1121(a)(14) of Regulation AB ●     Item 1121(d) of Regulation AB ●     Item 1121(e) of Regulation AB	●     Certificate Administrator ●     Depositor ●     Asset Representations Reviewer
Item 2: Legal Proceedings:	●     Each Master Servicer (as to itself) ●     Each Special Servicer (as to itself)

Exhibit AA-1

●     Item 1117 of Regulation AB (it being acknowledged that such Item 1117 requires disclosure only of proceedings described therein that are material to security holders)	●     Certificate Administrator (as to itself) ●     Trustee (as to itself) ●     Depositor (as to itself) ●     Operating Advisor (as to itself) ●     Any other Reporting Servicer (as to itself) ●     Trustee/Certificate Administrator/each Master Servicer/Depositor/each Special Servicer as to the Trust (whichever of them is in principal control of the proceedings) ●     Each Mortgage Loan Seller as sponsor (as defined in Regulation AB) ●     Originators under Item 1110 of Regulation AB ●     Party under Item 1100(d)(1) of Regulation AB
Item 3:  Sale of Securities and Use of Proceeds	●     Depositor
Item 4:  Defaults Upon Senior Securities	●     Certificate Administrator
Item 5:  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders	●     Certificate Administrator
Item 6: Significant Obligors of Pool Assets: ●     Item 1112(b) of Regulation AB provided, however, that all of the following conditions shall apply: (a) information shall be required to be reported only with respect to a party or property (if any) identified as a “significant obligor” in the Prospectus; (b) the information to be reported shall consist of such quarterly and annual operating statements, budgets and rent rolls	●     Each Master Servicer (excluding information for which the Special Servicer is the “Party Responsible”) ●     Each Special Servicer (as to Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties)

Exhibit AA-2

of the related Mortgaged Property or REO Property (as applicable), and quarterly and annual financial statements of the related Borrower (except in the case of an REO Property), received or prepared by the “Party Responsible” pursuant to its obligations under Section 3.12(b) of this Pooling and Servicing Agreement; provided, however, that for a significant obligor under item 1101(k)(2) of Regulation AB, only net operating income for the most recent fiscal year and interim period is required and, if such information for a prior period was required but not previously reported, such information for such prior period; and (c) the information shall be reportable in the Form 10-D that relates to the Distribution Date that immediately follows the Collection Period in which the information was received or prepared by the “Party Responsible” as described in clause (b) above.
Item 7: Change in Sponsor Interest in the Securities: ●     Item 1124 of Regulation AB.	●     Each Mortgage Loan Seller (as to itself in its capacity as a sponsor as defined in Regulation AB)
Item 8: Significant Enhancement Provider Information: ●     Item 1114(b)(2) and Item 1115(b) of Regulation AB	●     Depositor
Item 9:  Other Information, but only to the extent of any information that meets all the following conditions:  (a) such information constitutes “Additional Form 8-K Disclosure” pursuant to Exhibit CC, (b) such information is required to be reported as “Additional Form 8-K Disclosure” during the period to which the Form 10-D relates, and (c) such information was not previously reported as “Additional Form 8-K Disclosure”.	●     Certificate Administrator, Trustee, each Master Servicer and/or each Special Servicer, in each case to the extent that such party is the “Party Responsible” with respect to such information pursuant to Exhibit CC. ●     Certificate Administrator (including the balances of the Distribution Account, the Interest Reserve Account and the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account as of the related Distribution Date and the preceding Distribution Date)

Exhibit AA-3

	●     Each Master Servicer (with respect to the balance of its Collection Account as of the related Distribution Date and the preceding Distribution Date) ●     Each Special Servicer (with respect to the balance of each applicable REO Account as of the related Distribution Date and the preceding Distribution Date) ●     Any other party responsible for disclosure items on Form 8-K (including each applicable Seller with respect to Item 1100(e) of Regulation AB to the extent material to Certificateholders)
Item 10: Exhibits (no. 3): Articles of incorporation and by-laws (Exhibit No. 3(i) and 3(ii) of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)	●     Depositor
Item 10: Exhibits (no. 4): With respect to instruments defining the rights of security holders (Exhibit No. 4 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)	●     Certificate Administrator ●     Depositor provided that, in each case, that this shall in no event be construed to make such party responsible for the initial filing of this Pooling and Servicing Agreement provided, further, in each case, that in the event any reportable agreement is executed by the Depositor and the Trustee or Certificate Administrator, then the Depositor shall be the responsible party.
Item 10: Exhibits (no. 10): Material contracts (Exhibit No. 10 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)	●     Certificate Administrator, Trustee, each Master Servicer and/or each Special Servicer, in each case to the extent of any contract that satisfies all the following conditions:  (a) such contract relates to the Trust or one or more Mortgage Loans or REO Mortgage Loans, and (b) such contract is a contract to which such party (or a subcontractor or vendor engaged by such party) is a party or that such party (or a subcontractor or vendor engaged by such party) has caused to have been executed on behalf of the Trust.
Item 10: Exhibits (no. 22): Published Report Regarding Matters Submitted to a Vote of Security Holders	●     The applicable party that is the “Party Responsible” with respect to Item 5 as set forth above.

Exhibit AA-4

(Exhibit No. 22 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K), but only if the party that is the “Party Responsible” with respect to Item 5 above elects to publish a report containing the information required by such Item 5 above and also elects to report the information on Form 10-D by means of filing the published report and answering Item 5 by referencing the published report.
Item 10: Exhibits (no. 23): Consents of Experts and Counsel (Exhibit No. 23(ii) of Item 601 of Regulation S-K), where the filing of a written consent is required with respect to material (in the Form 10-D) that is incorporated by reference in the Depositor’s registration statement.	●     Depositor
Item 10: Exhibits (no. 24) Power of Attorney (Exhibit No. 24 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K), but only if the name of any party signing the Form 10-D, or the name of any officer signing the Form 10-D on behalf of a party, is signed pursuant to a power of attorney.	●     Certificate Administrator
Item 10: Exhibits (no. 99) Additional exhibits (Exhibit No. 99 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)	●     Not Applicable.
Item 10: Exhibits (no. 100) XBRL-Related Documents (Exhibit No. 100 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K).	●     Not Applicable.
Item 10:  Exhibits (By Operation of Item 8 Above), but only to the extent of any document that meets all the following conditions:  (a) such document constitutes “Additional Form 8-K Disclosure” pursuant to Item 9.01(d) of Exhibit CC, (b) such document is required to be reported as “Additional Form 8-K Disclosure” during the period to which the Form 10-D relates, and (c) such document was not previously reported as “Additional Form 8-K Disclosure”.	●     Certificate Administrator, Depositor and Trustee, in each case only to the extent that such party is the “Party Responsible” for the exhibit pursuant to Item 9(d) of Exhibit CC (it being acknowledged that no Master Servicer or Special Servicer constitutes a “Party Responsible” under Exhibit CC with respect to any exhibits to a Form 10-K); provided that, in each case, that in the event any reportable agreement is executed by the Depositor and the Trustee or Certificate Administrator, then the Depositor shall be the responsible party for this Item 10.

Exhibit AA-5

EXHIBIT BB

ADDITIONAL FORM 10-K DISCLOSURE

The parties identified in the “Party Responsible” column are obligated pursuant to Section 11.05 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to disclose to the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator any information described in the corresponding Form 10-K Item described in the “Item on Form 10-K” column to the extent such party has actual knowledge (and in the case of net operating income information, financial statements, annual operating statements, budgets and/or rent rolls required to be provided in connection with 1112(b) below, possession) of such information (other than information as to itself). Each of the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (in its capacity as such) shall be entitled to rely on the accuracy of the Prospectus (other than information with respect to itself that is set forth in or omitted from the Prospectus), in the absence of specific written notice to the contrary from the Depositor or a Mortgage Loan Seller. Each of the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (in its capacity as such) shall be entitled to conclusively assume that there is no “significant obligor” other than a party or property identified as such in the Prospectus and to assume that no other party or property will constitute a “significant obligor” after the Cut-off Date. In no event shall the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer be required to provide any information for inclusion in a Form 10-K that relates to any Mortgage Loan for which such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer is not the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as the case may be. For this Series 2023-BNK45 Pooling and Servicing Agreement, each of the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (in its capacity as such) shall be entitled to assume that there is no provider of credit enhancement, liquidity or derivative instruments within the meaning of Items 1114 or 1115 of Regulation AB.

Item on Form 10-K	Party Responsible
Item 1B: Unresolved Staff Comments	●     Depositor
Item 9B: Other Information, but only to the extent of any information that meets all the following conditions: (a) such information constitutes “Additional Form 8-K Disclosure” pursuant to Exhibit CC, (b) such information is required to be reported as “Additional Form 8-K Disclosure” during the period to which the Form 10-K relates, and (c) such information was not previously reported as “Additional Form 8-K Disclosure” or as “Additional Form 10-D Disclosure”	●     Certificate Administrator, Trustee, each Master Servicer and/or each Special Servicer, in each case to the extent that such party is the “Party Responsible” with respect to such information pursuant to Exhibit CC.
Item 15:  Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules (SEE BELOW)	SEE BELOW

Exhibit BB-1

Instruction J(2)(b) (Significant Obligors of Pool Assets) – Part 1 of 3 Parts: ●     Item 1112(b) of Regulation AB, but only to the extent that (i) such information was required to have been set forth in the Prospectus, (ii) such information was not so set forth and (iii) the Master Servicer has not previously reported such information as “Additional Form 10-D Information”.	●     The applicable Mortgage Loan Seller.
Instruction J(2)(b) (Significant Obligors of Pool Assets) – Part 2 of 3 Parts: ●     Item 1112(b) of Regulation AB, but only to the extent that (i) such information was set forth in the Prospectus and (ii) the Master Servicer has not previously reported such information or updated versions thereof as “Additional Form 10-D Information”.	●     Depositor

Exhibit BB-2

Instruction J(2)(b) (Significant Obligors of Pool Assets) – Part 3 of 3 Parts: ●     Item 1112(b) of Regulation AB; provided, however, that all of the following conditions shall apply: (a) information shall be required to be reported only with respect to a party or property (if any) identified as a “significant obligor” in the Prospectus; (b) the information to be reported shall consist of such quarterly and annual operating statements, budgets and rent rolls of the related Mortgaged Property or REO Property (as applicable), and quarterly and annual financial statements of the related Borrower (except in the case of an REO Property), received or prepared by the “Party Responsible” pursuant to its obligations under Section 3.12(b) of this Pooling and Servicing Agreement; provided, however, that for a significant obligor described under item 1101(k)(2) of Regulation AB, only net operating income for the most recent fiscal year and interim period is required and, if such information for a prior period was required but not previously reported, such information for such prior period; and (c) the information shall be reportable only to the extent that is has not previously been reported as “Additional Form 10-D Information”.

●     Each Master Servicer (excluding information for which the Special Servicer is the “Party Responsible”) ●     Each Special Servicer (as to Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties)

Instruction J(2)(c) (Significant Enhancement Provider Information): ●     Items 1114(b)(2) and 1115(b) of Regulation AB

●     Depositor

Exhibit BB-3

Instruction J(2)(d) (Legal Proceedings): ●     Item 1117 of Regulation AB (it being acknowledged that such Item 1117 requires disclosure only of proceedings described therein that are material to security holders)

●     Each Master Servicer (as to itself) ●     Each Special Servicer (as to itself) ●     Certificate Administrator (as to itself) ●     Trustee (as to itself) ●     Depositor (as to itself) ●     Trustee/Certificate Administrator/each Master Servicer/Depositor/each Special Servicer as to the Trust (whichever of them is in principal control of the proceedings) ●     Each Mortgage Loan Seller as sponsor (as defined in Regulation AB) ●     Originators under Item 1110 of Regulation AB ●     Party under Item 1100(d)(1) of Regulation AB

Instruction J(2)(e) (Affiliations and Certain Relationships and Related Transactions) – Part 1 of 2 Parts: 1119(a) of Regulation AB, but only the existence and (if existent) how there is (that is, the nature of) any affiliation between itself (that is, the particular “Party Responsible”), on the one hand, and any one or more of the following, on the other: (1) the Depositor, (2) any Mortgage Loan Seller, (3) the Trust and (4) any other party listed under this item as a “Party Responsible”; provided, however, that an affiliation need not be disclosed for purposes of the applicable Form 10-K if it was disclosed in the Prospectus or if it was previously reported as “Additional Form 10-K Disclosure”. and ●     1119(b) of Regulation AB,

●     Each Master Servicer (as to itself) (only as to affiliations under Item 1119(a) with the Trustee, Certificate Administrator, each Special Servicer or a sub-servicer retained by it meeting any of the descriptions in Item 1108(a)(3)). ●     Each Special Servicer ●     Certificate Administrator ●     Trustee ●     Each party (other than a Mortgage Loan Seller), if any, that is identified in the Prospectus as an “originator” of one or more Mortgage Loans, if the Prospectus specifically states that the applicable Mortgage Loans were 10% or more of the assets of the Trust at the date of the Prospectus (provided that such a party shall no longer constitute a “Party Responsible” under this item from and after the date (if any) when the Depositor notifies the parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the effect that such party no longer

Exhibit BB-4

but only the existence and (if existent) the general character of any business relationship, agreement, arrangement, transaction or understanding that is entered into outside the ordinary course of business or is on terms other than would be obtained in an arm’s length transaction with an unrelated third party (apart from the Series 2023-BNK45 transaction) between itself (that is, the particular “Party Responsible”) or any of its affiliates, on the one hand, and any one or more of the following, on the other: (1) the Depositor, (2) any Mortgage Loan Seller, and (3) the Trust; provided, however, that a relationship, agreement, arrangement, transaction or understanding (A) must be reported only if it then exists or existed within the two prior years, (B) need not be reported if it is not material to an investor’s understanding of the Certificates and (C) need not be disclosed for purposes of the applicable Form 10-K if it was disclosed in the Prospectus or if it was previously reported as “Additional Form 10-K Disclosure”. and ●     1119(c) of Regulation AB, but only the existence and (if existent) a description (including the terms and approximate dollar amount) of any specific relationship involving or related to the Series 2023-BNK45 transaction or the Mortgage Loans between itself (that is, the particular “Party Responsible”) or any of its affiliates, on the one hand, and any one or more of the following, on the other: (1) the Depositor, (2) any Mortgage Loan Seller, and (3) the Trust; provided, however, that a relationship (A) must be reported only if it then exists or existed within the two prior years, (B) need not be reported if it is not material to an investor’s understanding of the Certificates and (C) need not be disclosed for purposes of the applicable Form 10-K if it was disclosed in the Prospectus constitutes an originator of 10% or more of the assets of the Trust). ●     Each party (other than a Mortgage Loan Seller), if any, that is specifically identified as an “originator of 10% or more of the assets of the Trust for purposes of Regulation AB and the upcoming Form 10-K” in a written notice delivered to the parties to this Pooling and Servicing Agreement, which notice is delivered not later than February 15 of the year in which the Form 10-K is due. ●     Each party (if any) that is identified in the Prospectus as an “other material party to the securities or transaction” (or substantially similar phrasing); provided, however, that such a party shall no longer constitute a “Party Responsible” under this item from and after the date (if any) when the Depositor notifies the parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the effect that such party no longer constitutes a material party for purposes of Regulation AB. ●     Each party (if any) that that is specifically identified as an “other material party to the securities or transaction for purposes of Regulation AB and the upcoming Form 10-K” (or substantially similar phrasing) in a written notice delivered by the Depositor to the parties to this Pooling and Servicing Agreement, which notice is delivered not later than February 15 of the year in which the Form 10-K is due.

Exhibit BB-5

or if it was previously reported as “Additional Form 10-K Disclosure”.

Instruction J(2)(e) (Affiliations and Certain Relationships and Related Transactions) – Part 2 of 2 Parts: 1119(a) of Regulation AB, But only the existence and (if existent) how there is any affiliation between itself (that is, the particular “Party Responsible”), on the one hand, and any one or more of the parties listed under the preceding item as a “Party Responsible”, on the other; provided, however, that an affiliation need not be disclosed for purposes of the applicable Form 10-K if it was disclosed in the Prospectus or if it was previously reported as “Additional Form 10-K Disclosure”. and ●     1119(b) of Regulation AB, but only the existence and (if existent) the general character of any business relationship, agreement, arrangement, transaction or understanding that is entered into outside the ordinary course of business or is on terms other than would be obtained in an arm’s length transaction with an unrelated third party (apart from the Series 2023-BNK45 transaction) between itself (that is, the particular “Party Responsible”), on the one hand, and any one or more of the parties listed under the preceding item as a “Party Responsible”, on the other; provided, however, that a relationship, agreement, arrangement, transaction or understanding (A) must be reported only if it then exists or existed within the two prior years, (B) need not be reported if it is not material to an investor’s understanding of the Certificates and (C) need not be disclosed for purposes of the applicable Form 10-K if it was disclosed in the Prospectus or if it was

●     Depositor ●     Each Mortgage Loan Seller

Exhibit BB-6

previously reported as “Additional Form 10-K Disclosure”. and ●     1119(c) of Regulation AB, but only the existence and (if existent) a description (including the terms and approximate dollar amount) of any specific relationship involving or related to the Series 2023-BNK45 transaction or the Mortgage Loans between itself (that is, the particular “Party Responsible”) or any of its affiliates, on the one hand, and any one or more of the parties listed under the preceding item as a “Party Responsible”, on the other; provided, however, that a relationship (A) must be reported only if it then exists or existed within the two prior years, (B) need not be reported if it is not material to an investor’s understanding of the Certificates and (C) need not be disclosed for purposes of the applicable Form 10-K if it was disclosed in the Prospectus or if it was previously reported as “Additional Form 10-K Disclosure”.
Item 15: Exhibits (no. 2): Plan of acquisition, reorganization, arrangement, liquidation or succession (Exhibit No. 2 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)	●     Depositor
Item 15: Exhibits (no. 3): Articles of incorporation and by-laws (Exhibit No. 3(i) and 3(ii) of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)	●     Depositor

Exhibit BB-7

Item 15: Exhibits (no. 4): With respect to instruments defining the rights of security holders (Exhibit No. 4 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)	●     Trustee ●     Certificate Administrator ●     Depositor provided that, in each case, that this shall in no event be construed to make such party responsible for the initial filing of this Pooling and Servicing Agreement provided, further, in each case, that in the event any reportable agreement is executed by the Depositor and the Trustee or Certificate Administrator, then the Depositor shall be the responsible party.
Item 15: Exhibits (no. 10): Material contracts (Exhibit No. 10 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)	●     Certificate Administrator, Trustee, each Master Servicer and/or each Special Servicer, in each case to the extent of any contract that satisfies all the following conditions:  (a) such contract relates to the Trust or one or more Mortgage Loans or REO Mortgage Loans, and (b) such contract is a contract to which such party (or a subcontractor or vendor engaged by such party) is a party or that such party (or a subcontractor or vendor engaged by such party) has caused to have been executed on behalf of the Trust.
Item 15: Exhibits (no. 11): Statement regarding computation of per share earnings (Exhibit No. 11 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)	●     Not Applicable
Item 15: Exhibits (no. 12): Statement regarding computation of ratios (Exhibit No. 12 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)	●     Not Applicable.
Item 15: Exhibits (no. 13): Annual report to security holders, Form 10-Q and Form 10-QSB, or quarterly report to security holders (Exhibit No. 13 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)	●     Not Applicable
Item 15: Exhibits (no. 14): Code of Ethics (Exhibit No. 14 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)	●     Not Applicable.

Exhibit BB-8

Item 15: Exhibits (no. 16): Letter re change in certifying accountant (Exhibit No. 16 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)	●     Not Applicable
Item 15: Exhibits (no. 18): Letter re change in accounting principles (Exhibit No. 18 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)	●     Not Applicable.
Item 15: Exhibits (no. 21): Subsidiaries of registrant (Exhibit No. 18 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)	●     Depositor.
Item 15: Exhibits (no. 22): Published Report Regarding Matters Submitted to a Vote of Security Holders (Exhibit No. 22 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K).	●     Not Applicable.
Item 15: Exhibits (no. 23) – Part 1 of 2 Parts: Consents of Experts and Counsel (Exhibit No. 23(ii) of Item 601 of Regulation S-K), where (a) the filing of a written consent is required with respect to material (in the Form 10-D) that is incorporated by reference in the Depositor’s registration statement and (b) the consent is not the consent of a registered public accounting firm in connection with an attestation delivered pursuant to Section 11.13 of this Pooling and Servicing Agreement.	●     Depositor
Item 15: Exhibits (no. 23) – Part 2 of 2 Parts: Consents of Experts and Counsel (Exhibit No. 23(ii) of Item 601 of Regulation S-K), but the required shall consist of a consent of the registered public accounting firm for purposes of any attestation report rendered with respect to the particular “Party Responsible” pursuant to Section 11.13 of this Pooling and Servicing Agreement.	●     Each Master Servicer ●     Each Special Servicer ●     Depositor ●     Any other Servicing Function Participant provided, however, in each case, that such party shall have the duty to report or deliver, or cause the reporting or delivery, of such consent only to the extent that such party is required to deliver or cause the delivery of the related attestation report.

Exhibit BB-9

Item 15: Exhibits (no. 24) Power of Attorney (Exhibit No. 24 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K), but only if the name of any party signing the Form 10-D, or the name of any officer signing the Form 10-D on behalf of a party, is signed pursuant to a power of attorney.	●     Certificate Administrator
Item 15: Exhibits (no. 31(i)) Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certifications (Exhibit No. 31(i) of Item 601 of Regulation S-K).	●     Not Applicable
Item 15: Exhibits (no. 31(ii)) Rule 13a-14(d)/15d-14(d) Certifications (Exhibit No. 31(ii) of Item 601 of Regulation S-K).	●     Delivery of this exhibit (Sarbanes-Oxley certification and backup certifications) is governed by Section 11.08 (and Section 11.07) of this Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Item 15: Exhibits (no. 32) Section 1350 Certifications (Exhibit No. 32 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K).	●     Not Applicable.
Item 15: Exhibits (no. 33) Report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities (Exhibit No. 33 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K).	●     Delivery of this exhibit (annual compliance assessment) is governed by Section 11.10 (and Section 11.07) of this Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Item 15: Exhibits (no. 34) Attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities (Exhibit No. 34 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K).	●     Delivery of this exhibit (annual accountants’ attestation report) is governed by Section 11.11 (and Section 11.07) of this Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Item 15: Exhibits (no. 35) Servicer compliance statement (Exhibit No. 35 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K).	●     Delivery of this exhibit (annual servicer compliance statements) is governed by Section 11.09 (and Section 11.07) of this Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Item 15: Exhibit (no. 36) Certification For Shelf Offerings of Asset-Backed Securities (Exhibit No. 36 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K).	●     Depositor

Exhibit BB-10

Item 15: Exhibits (no. 99) Additional exhibits (Exhibit No. 99 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)	●     Not Applicable.
Item 15: Exhibits (no. 100) XBRL-Related Documents (Exhibit No. 100 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K).	●     Not Applicable.
Item 15:  Exhibits (By Operation of Item 9B Above), but only to the extent of any document that meets all the following conditions:  (a) such document constitutes “Additional Form 8-K Disclosure” pursuant to Item 9.01(d) of Exhibit CC, (b) such document is required to be reported as “Additional Form 8-K Disclosure” during the period to which the Form 10-K relates, and (c) such document was not previously reported as “Additional Form 8-K Disclosure”.	●     Certificate Administrator, Depositor and Trustee, in each case only to the extent that such party is the “Party Responsible” for the exhibit pursuant to Item 9(d) of Exhibit CC (it being acknowledged that no Master Servicer or Special Servicer constitutes a “Party Responsible” under Exhibit CC with respect to any exhibits to a Form 10-K).
Item 15:  Exhibit (no. 101) Interactive Data File (Exhibit No. 101 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K).	Not Applicable
Item 15:  Exhibit (no. 102) Asset Data File (Exhibit No. 102 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K).	[Certificate Administrator] [Depositor]
Item 15:  Exhibit (no. 103) Asset Related Document (Exhibit No, 103 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K).	[Certificate Administrator] [Depositor]

Exhibit BB-11

EXHIBIT CC

FORM 8-K DISCLOSURE INFORMATION

The parties identified in the “Party Responsible” column are obligated pursuant to Section 11.07 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to report to the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator the occurrence of any event described in the corresponding Form 8-K Item described in the “Item on Form 8-K” column to the extent such party has actual knowledge of such information (other than information as to itself). Each of the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (in its capacity as such) shall be entitled to rely on the accuracy of the Prospectus (other than information with respect to itself that is set forth in or omitted from the Prospectus), in the absence of specific written notice to the contrary from the Depositor or a Mortgage Loan Seller. Each of the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (in its capacity as such) shall be entitled to conclusively assume that there is no “significant obligor” other than a party or property identified as such in the Prospectus and to assume that no other party or property will constitute a “significant obligor” after the Cut-off Date. In no event shall the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer be required to provide any information for inclusion in a Form 8-K that relates to any Mortgage Loan for which such Master Servicer or such Special Servicer is not the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as the case may be. For this Series 2023-BNK45 Pooling and Servicing Agreement, each of the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (in its capacity as such) shall be entitled to assume that there is no provider of credit enhancement, liquidity or derivative instruments within the meaning of Items 1114 or 1115 of Regulation AB.

Item on Form 8-K

Party Responsible

Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

●     Depositor, except as described in the next bullet (it being acknowledged that Item 601 of Regulation S-K requires filing of material contracts to which the registrant or a subsidiary thereof is a party). ●     Certificate Administrator, Trustee, each Master Servicer and/or each Special Servicer (it being acknowledged that Instruction 3 to Item 1.01 of Form 8-K requires disclosure regarding the entry into or an amendment of a definitive agreement that is material to the asset-backed securities transaction, even if the registrant is not a party to such agreement), in each case to the extent of any amendment or definitive agreement that satisfies all the

Exhibit CC-1

	following conditions: (a) such amendment or definitive agreement relates to the Trust or one or more Mortgage Loans or REO Mortgage Loans, and (b) such amendment or definitive agreement is an amendment or definitive agreement to which such party (or a subcontractor or vendor engaged by such party) is a party or that such party (or a subcontractor or vendor engaged by such party) has caused to have been executed on behalf of the Trust; provided, however, that the Certificate Administrator shall be the “Party Responsible” in connection with any amendment to this Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Item 1.02:  Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement– Part 1 of 2 Parts	●     Certificate Administrator, Trustee, each Master Servicer and/or each Special Servicer, in each case to the extent of any contract that satisfies all the following conditions:  (a) such contract relates to the Trust or one or more Mortgage Loans or REO Mortgage Loans, and (b) such contract is a contract to which such party (or a subcontractor or vendor engaged by such party) is a party or that such party (or a subcontractor or vendor engaged by such party) has caused to have been executed on behalf of the Trust; provided, however, that the Certificate Administrator shall be the “Party Responsible” in connection with any amendment to this Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Item 1.02:  Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement– Part 2 of 2 Parts	●     Depositor, to the extent of any material agreement not covered in the prior item
Item 1.03:  Bankruptcy or Receivership	●     Depositor
Item 2.04:  Triggering Events that Accelerate or Increase a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement	●     Depositor ●     Certificate Administrator

Exhibit CC-2

Item 3.03:  Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders	●     Certificate Administrator
Item 5.03:  Amendments of Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change of Fiscal Year	●     Depositor
Item 6.01:  ABS Informational and Computational Material	●     Depositor
Item 6.02 (Part 1 of 3 Parts):  Change of Servicer or Trustee, but only to the extent related to a change in trustee	●     Trustee ●     Depositor
Item 6.02 (Part 2 of 3 Parts):  Change of Servicer or Trustee, but only to the extent related to a change in Master Servicer or Special Servicer	●     Certificate Administrator ●     Each Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as the case may be (in each case, as to itself)
Item 6.02 (Part 3 of 3 Parts):  Change of Servicer or Trustee, but only to the extent related to a servicer (other than a party to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) appointed by the particular “Party Responsible”.	●     Each Master Servicer (as to a party appointed by such Master Servicer) ●     Each Special Servicer ●     Certificate Administrator ●     Depositor
Item 6.03:  Change in Credit Enhancement or External Support	●     Depositor ●     Certificate Administrator
Item 6.04:  Failure to Make a Required Distribution	●     Certificate Administrator
Item 6.05:  Securities Act Updating Disclosure	●     Depositor
Item 7.01:  Regulation FD Disclosure	●     Depositor
Item 8.01:  Other Events	●     Depositor
Item 9.01(d): Exhibits (no. 1): Underwriting agreement (Exhibit No. 1 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)	●     Not applicable
Item 9.01(d): Exhibits (no. 2): Plan of acquisition, reorganization, arrangement, liquidation or succession (Exhibit No. 2 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)	●     Depositor
Item 9.01(d): Exhibits (no. 3): Articles of incorporation and by-laws (Exhibit No. 3(i) and 3(ii) of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)	●     Depositor
Item 9.01(d): Exhibits (no. 4):	●     Certificate Administrator

Exhibit CC-3

With respect to instruments defining the rights of security holders (Exhibit No. 4 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)	provided that, in each case, that this shall in no event be construed to make such party responsible for the initial filing of this Pooling and Servicing Agreement
Item 9.01(d): Exhibits (no. 7): Correspondence from an independent accountant regarding non-reliance on a previously issued audit report or completed interim review. (Exhibit No. 7 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)	●     Not Applicable
Item 9.01(d): Exhibits (no. 14): Code of Ethics (Exhibit No. 14 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)	●     Not Applicable
Item 9.01(d): Exhibits (no. 16): Letter re change in certifying accountant (Exhibit No. 16 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)	●     Not Applicable
Item 9.01(d): Exhibits (no. 17): Correspondence on departure of director (Exhibit No. 17 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)	●     Not Applicable
Item 9.01(d): Exhibits (no. 20): Other documents or statements to security holders (Exhibit No. 20 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)	●     Not Applicable
Item 9.01(d): Exhibits (no. 23): Consents of Experts and Counsel (Exhibit No. 23(ii) of Item 601 of Regulation S-K), where the filing of a written consent is required with respect to material (in the Form 10-D) that is incorporated by reference in the Depositor’s registration statement.	●     Depositor
Item 9.01(d): Exhibits (no. 24) Power of Attorney (Exhibit No. 24 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K), but only if the name of any party signing the Form 10-D, or the name of any officer signing the Form 10-D on behalf of a party, is signed pursuant to a power of attorney.	●     Certificate Administrator

Exhibit CC-4

Item 15: Exhibits (no. 99) Additional exhibits (Exhibit No. 99 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)	●     Not Applicable.
Item 15: Exhibits (no. 100) XBRL-Related Documents (Exhibit No. 100 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K).	●     Not Applicable.

Exhibit CC-5

EXHIBIT DD

ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURE NOTIFICATION

**SEND VIA EMAIL TO cts.sec.notifications@wellsfargo.com AND VIA OVERNIGHT MAIL TO THE ADDRESS IMMEDIATELY BELOW**

Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator

9062 Old Annapolis Road

Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951

Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)

Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc., BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45—SEC REPORT PROCESSING

RE: **Additional Form [10-D][10-K][8-K] Disclosure** Required

Ladies and Gentlemen:

In accordance with Section [11.04] [11.05] [11.07] of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc., as Depositor (the “Depositor”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, the undersigned, as [ ], hereby notifies you that certain events have come to our attention that [will] [may] need to be disclosed on Form [10-D][10-K][8-K].

Description of Additional Form [10-D][10-K][8-K] Disclosure:

List of any Attachments hereto to be included in the Additional Form [10-D][10-K][8-K] Disclosure:

Any inquiries related to this notification should be directed to [                                ], phone number: [                              ]; email address: [                               ].

	[NAME OF PARTY],
	as [role]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:
cc:  Depositor

Exhibit DD-1

EXHIBIT EE

INITIAL SUB-SERVICERS

1.NorthMarq Capital, LLC

Exhibit EE-1

EXHIBIT FF

SERVICING FUNCTION PARTICIPANTS

1.NorthMarq Capital, LLC

Exhibit FF-1

EXHIBIT GG

FORM OF ANNUAL COMPLIANCE STATEMENT

CERTIFICATION

BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45
(the “Trust”)

I, [identifying the certifying individual], on behalf of [Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer] [LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer] [Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as [Certificate Administrator][Custodian][Trustee]] (the “Certifying Servicer”), certify to Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc. and its officers, directors and affiliates, and with the knowledge and intent that they will rely upon this certification, that:

1. I (or Servicing Officers under my supervision) have reviewed the Certifying Servicer’s activities [during the preceding calendar year] [between [__] and [__]] (the “Reporting Period”) and the Certifying Servicer’s performance under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and

2. To the best of my knowledge, based on such review, the Certifying Servicer has fulfilled all of its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in all material respects during the Reporting Period. [To my knowledge, the Certifying Servicer has failed to fulfill the following obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement: [SPECIFY EACH SUCH FAILURE AND THE NATURE AND STATUS THEREOF]].

Date:  __________________________________

[WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Master Servicer]
[LNR Partners, LLC,
as Special Servicer]
[COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as [Certificate
Administrator][Custodian][Trustee]]

By:
	Name:
	Title:

Exhibit GG-1

EXHIBIT HH

FORM OF REPORT ON ASSESSMENT OF
COMPLIANCE with SERVICING CRITERIA

[Name of Reporting Servicer] (the “Reporting Servicer”) is responsible for assessing compliance with the servicing criteria applicable to it under paragraph (d) of Item 1122 of Regulation AB, as of and for the 12-month period ending December 31, 20[__] (the “Reporting Period”), as set forth in Exhibit Z to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The transactions covered by this report include asset-backed securities transactions for which the Reporting Servicer acted as [a master servicer, special servicer, trustee, certificate administrator] involving commercial mortgage loans [other than __________________¹] (the “Platform”);

The Reporting Servicer has engaged certain vendors, which are not servicers as defined in Item 1101(j) of Regulation AB (the “Vendors”) to perform specific, limited or scripted activities, and the Reporting Servicer elects to take responsibility for assessing compliance with the servicing criteria or portion of the servicing criteria applicable to such Vendors’ activities as set forth on Schedule A;

Except as set forth in paragraph 4 below, the Reporting Servicer used the criteria set forth in paragraph (d) of Item 1122 of Regulation AB to assess the compliance with the applicable servicing criteria;

The criteria listed in the column titled “Inapplicable Servicing Criteria” on Schedule A hereto are inapplicable to the Reporting Servicer based on the activities it performs, directly or through its Vendors, with respect to the Platform;

The Reporting Servicer has complied, in all material respects, with the applicable servicing criteria as of December 31, 20[__] and for the Reporting Period with respect to the Platform taken as a whole[, except as described on Schedule B hereto];

The Reporting Servicer has not identified and is not aware of any material instance of noncompliance by the Vendors with the applicable servicing criteria as of December 31, 20[__] and for the Reporting Period with respect to the Platform taken as a whole[, except as described on Schedule B hereto];

The Reporting Servicer has not identified any material deficiency in its policies and procedures to monitor the compliance by the Vendors with the applicable servicing criteria as of December 31, 20[__] and for the Reporting Period with respect to the Platform taken as a whole[, except as described on Schedule B hereto]; and

¹ Describe any permissible exclusions, including those permitted under telephone interpretation 17.04 (i.e., transactions registered prior to compliance with Regulation AB, transactions involving an offer and sale of asset-backed securities that were not required to be issued), if applicable.

Exhibit HH-1

[____], a registered public accounting firm, has issued an attestation report on the Reporting Servicer’s assessment of compliance with the applicable servicing criteria for the Reporting Period.

[Date of Certification]

[NAME OF REPORTING SERVICER]
By:
	Name:
	Title:

Exhibit HH-2

EXHIBIT II

CREFC^® PAYMENT INFORMATION

Payments shall be made to “CRE Finance Council” and sent to:

Commercial Real Estate Finance Council, Inc.

28 West 44th Street, Suite 815

New York, NY 10036

Attn: Executive Director

or by wire transfer to:

[wiring instructions are on file with each Master Servicer]

Exhibit II-1

EXHIBIT JJ

Form of Notice of ADDITIONAL

INDEBTEDNESS NOTIFICATION

VIA EMAIL:

To: Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator; cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com, trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com and cts.sec.notifications@wellsfargo.com

Ref: BANK 2023-BNK45, Additional Debt Notice for From 10-D

The following information is being furnished to you for inclusion on Form 10-D pursuant to Section 3.18(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement

	Portfolio Name	Mortgage Loan	Position in Debt Stack	Additional Debt	OPB	OPB Date	Appraised Value	Appraised Value Date	Aggregate LTV	Aggregate NCF DSCR	Aggregate NCF DSCR Date	Primary Servicer	Master Servicer	Lead Servicer	Prospectus ID
1	BANK 2023-BNK45			$			$		%
	Outside the Trust			$			$		%
	Outside the Trust			$			$		%
	Total			$
2	BANK 2023-BNK45			$			$		%
	Outside the Trust			$			$		%
	Outside the Trust			$			$		%
	Total			$
3	BANK 2023-BNK45			$			$		%
	Outside the Trust			$			$		%
	Outside the Trust			$			$		%
	Total			$

Exhibit JJ-1

EXHIBIT KK

[RESERVED]

Exhibit KK-1

EXHIBIT LL

ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURE NOTIFICATION (ACCOUNTS)

INSTRUCTIONS:

FOR ACCOUNT BALANCE REPORTING: SEND VIA EMAIL TO:

CTS.SEC.NOTIFICATIONS@WELLSFARGO.COM

FOR ALL OTHER NOTIFICATIONS: SEND VIA EMAIL AND OVERNIGHT MAIL TO THE ADDRESS IMMEDIATELY BELOW**

Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator

9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951
Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) – BANK 2023-BNK45—SEC REPORT
PROCESSING

Email: cts.sec.notifications@wellsfargo.com

RE: **Additional Form [10-D][10-K][8-K] Disclosure** Required

Ladies and Gentlemen:

In accordance with Section 11.04 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc., as Depositor (the “Depositor”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, the undersigned, as [ ], hereby notifies you that certain events have come to our attention that [will] [may] need to be disclosed on Form [10-D][10-K][8-K].

Description of Additional Form [10-D][10-K][8-K] Disclosure:

[With respect to the Collection Accounts and REO Account balance information:

Account Name	Beginning Balance as of MM/DD/YYYY	Ending Balance as of MM/DD/YYYY
Master Servicer’s Collection Account
REO Account

Exhibit LL-1

List of any Attachments hereto to be included in the Additional Form [10-D][10-K][8-K] Disclosure:

Any inquiries related to this notification should be directed to [                                 ], phone number: [                                ]; email address: [                               ].

	[NAME OF PARTY],
	as [role]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:
cc:  Depositor

Exhibit LL-2

EXHIBIT MM

Form of notice of purchase of
controlling class certificate

[Date]

Computershare Trust Company, National Association
as Certificate Administrator

9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045
Email: trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com
Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) – BANK 2023-BNK45

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
as Master Servicer

Commercial Mortgage Servicing
550 S. Tryon Street

MAC D1086-23A

23rd Floor

Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Attention: BANK 2023-BNK45 Asset Manager
Telecopy Number: (704) 715-0036
Email: commercial.servicing@wellsfargo.com

LNR Partners, LLC

2340 Collins Avenue, Suite 700

Miami Beach, Florida 33139

Attention: Heather Bennett and Job Warshaw, with a copy to hbennett@lnrpartners.com,
jwarshaw@lnrpartners.com and lnr.cmbs.notices@lnrproperty.com

Park Bridge Lender Services LLC
600 Third Avenue, 40th Floor

New York, New York 10016

Attention: BANK 2023-BNK45 Surveillance Manager (with a copy sent contemporaneously via
email to: cmbs.notices@parkbridgefinancial.com)

Re: BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45 (the “Certificates”) issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), dated as of February 1, 2023, between Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer

Exhibit MM-1

This letter is delivered to you, pursuant to Section 3.23(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in connection with the transfer by ____________ (the “Transferor”) to us (the “Transferee”) of $__________________ original principal balance in the Class [__] Certificates, representing [_____]% of the Class [__] Certificates. The Certificates were issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

1. Our name and address is as follows:

Contact Info: [Tel/Email]

2. [IF APPLICABLE] We hereby certify, represent and warrant to you, as Certificate Administrator, that we are purchasing a majority interest in the Class [__] Certificates, and that we are not affiliated with the Transferor. To the extent that any Control Termination Event or Consultation Termination Event has occurred due to a waiver of a prior Class [__] Certificateholder of its rights under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, we hereby request that you reinstate such rights and post a “special notice” on your website to the following effect:

“A Consultation Termination Event or a Control Termination Event has been terminated and is no longer in effect due to a transfer of a majority interest of the Controlling Class to an unaffiliated third party which has terminated any waiver by the prior Holder.”

All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Very truly yours,
	(Transferee)
By:
	Name:
	Title:

Exhibit MM-2

EXHIBIT NN

FORM OF ASSET REVIEW REPORT BY THE
ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER¹

To: [Addresses of Recipients]

Re: BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45

Ladies and Gentlemen:

In accordance with Section 12.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), the undersigned, as asset representations reviewer (the “Asset Representations Reviewer”), has performed an Asset Review on each Delinquent Loan identified in accordance with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and is hereby issuing the following Asset Review Report.

1. We have performed an Asset Review on each [Subject] Loan identified in accordance with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and our conclusion is that there is [no evidence of a failed Test] [evidence of [•] failed Test[s] as specifically detailed on the scorecard attached hereto as Exhibit A] with respect to the [Subject] Loans.

2. A conclusion by the Asset Representations Reviewer of a passed Test or a failed Test shall not constitute a determination by the Asset Representations Reviewer of (i) the existence or nonexistence of a Material Defect, or (ii) whether the Trust should enforce any rights it may have against the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller. In addition, the Tests may not be sufficient to determine every instance of noncompliance.

3. The Asset Representations Reviewer, other than forwarding this report to the persons listed above, will not be required to take or participate in any other or further action with respect to the aforementioned Asset Review Report.

4. Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

¹   This report is an indicative report, and the Asset Representations Reviewer will have the ability to modify or alter the organization and content of this report, subject to compliance with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, including without limitation, provisions relating to Privileged Information.

Exhibit NN-1

PARK BRIDGE LENDER SERVICES LLC, as Asset Representations Reviewer
By:	Park Bridge Advisors LLC, a New York limited liability company, its sole member
	By:	Park Bridge Financial LLC, a New York limited liability company, its sole member
By:
	Name:
	Title:

Exhibit NN-2

Exhibit A

Detailed Scorecard
[Template Example Below]

Test failures
Loan #	Loan Name	Mortgage Loan Seller	R&W #	R&W Name	Test Description	Findings
[Insert Loan Number]	[Insert Loan Name]	[Insert Mortgage Loan Seller]	21	Compliance with Usury Laws	[Insert Test Description]	[Insert Test findings]
			31	Single-Purpose Entity

Exhibit NN-3

EXHIBIT OO

FORM OF ASSET REVIEW REPORT SUMMARY¹

To: [Addresses of Recipients]

Re: BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45

Ladies and Gentlemen:

In accordance with Section 12.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), the undersigned, as asset representations reviewer (the “Asset Representations Reviewer”), has performed an Asset Review on each Delinquent Loan identified in accordance with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and is hereby issuing the following Asset Review Report Summary.

1. We have performed an Asset Review on each [Subject] Loan identified in accordance with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and our conclusion is that there is [no evidence of a failed Test] [evidence of [•] failed Test[s] as identified on the summary scorecard attached hereto as Exhibit A] with respect to the [Subject] Loans.

2. A conclusion by the Asset Representations Reviewer of a passed Test or a failed Test shall not constitute a determination by the Asset Representations Reviewer of (i) the existence or nonexistence of a Material Defect, or (ii) whether the Trust should enforce any rights it may have against the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller. In addition, the Tests may not be sufficient to determine every instance of noncompliance.

3. The Asset Representations Reviewer, other than forwarding this Asset Review Report Summary to the parties listed above, will not be required to take or participate in any other or further action with respect to the aforementioned Asset Review Report Summary.

4. Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

¹    This report is an indicative report, and the Asset Representations Reviewer will have the ability to modify or alter the organization and content of this report, subject to compliance with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, including without limitation, provisions relating to Privileged Information.

Exhibit OO-1

PARK BRIDGE LENDER SERVICES LLC, as Asset Representations Reviewer
By:	Park Bridge Advisors LLC, a New York limited liability company, its sole member
	By:	Park Bridge Financial LLC, a New York limited liability company, its sole member
By:
	Name:
	Title:

Exhibit OO-2

Exhibit A

Summary Scorecard
[Template Example Below]

Test failures
Loan #	Loan Name	Mortgage Loan Seller	Representations and Warranty #	Representation and Warranty Name
[Insert Loan #]	[Insert Loan Name]	[Insert Mortgage Loan Seller]	21	Compliance with Usury Laws
			31	Single-Purpose Entity

Exhibit OO-3

EXHIBIT PP

ASSET REVIEW PROCEDURES

In the event of any conflict between this Exhibit PP and the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall control and govern the Asset Representation Reviewer’s responsibilities and duties with respect to the Asset Reviews.

Call for Review and Collection and Inventory of Review Materials

Step 1 Asset Representations Reviewer (“ARR”) receives the following items before beginning its review:

■ CREFC^® Delinquent Mortgage Loan Status Report

■ Notice of Asset Review Trigger (with attachments)

■ Notice of Asset Review Vote Election

■ Notice of Affirmative Asset Review Vote

■ Asset Review Notice

■ List of all Subject Loans

■ Review Materials for each Subject Loan via Secure Data Room access, including the Diligence File

■ Any Unsolicited Information (if applicable)

Step 2 For each Subject Loan, ARR inventories all Review Materials to which ARR is provided access in the Secure Data Room to determine what, if any, Review Materials for such Subject Loan are missing, using the list of documents provided in the definition of “Mortgage File” of this Agreement, any comparable lists included in the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, and any closing checklist from the origination of such Subject Loan, to guide its review and determination.

Exhibit PP-1

Step 3 If ARR determines that the information made available to it in the Secure Data Room with respect to any Subject Loan is missing any documents required to complete an Asset Review of such Subject Loan, ARR prepares list of such missing documents and, within the time periods specified in Section 12.01 of this Agreement, (i) notifies the Master Servicer (with respect to Non-Specially Serviced Loans) and the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans) of such missing documents, and request that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, deliver to the ARR such missing document(s) to the extent in its possession and (ii) in the event any missing documents are not provided by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, the ARR shall request such documents from the related Mortgage Loan Seller.

Analysis and Testing of Representations and Warranties

Step 4 For each Subject Loan for which ARR has received all Review Materials required to complete an Asset Review of such Subject Loan, ARR tests such Subject Loan for compliance with each representation and warranty made by the related Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to such Subject Loan as follows:

■ ARR reviews each representation and warranty and each item included in the Review Materials applicable or related to such representation or warranty to determine whether there is any evidence that such representation or warranty was not true when made by the related Mortgage Loan Seller.

■ For each representation and warranty, ARR lists

● all items from the Review Materials reviewed or used in its testing of such representation and warranty;

● whether ARR has determined that there is any evidence that such representation or warranty was not true when made by the related Mortgage Loan Seller; and

o if so, stating the aspect of the applicable representation or warranty that does not appear to have been true when made by the related Mortgage Loan Seller and ARR’s basis for its conclusion;

o completing the Asset Review Report by setting forth, for each [Subject Loan], the information contemplated herein with respect to each representation and warranty.

●ARR will not attempt (and has no obligation) to determine the materiality of any potential breach of a representation or warranty that it discovers evidence of during its review as contemplated herein.

Exhibit PP-2

EXHIBIT QQ

FORM OF CERTIFICATION TO CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR
REQUESTING ACCESS TO SECURE DATA ROOM

Computershare Trust Company, National Association
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951
Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) – BANK 2023-BNK45

Email: trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com

Attention: BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45

In accordance with the requirements for obtaining access to the Secure Data Room pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, with respect to the certificates (the “Certificates”), the undersigned hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

1. The undersigned is an authorized representative of [the Asset Representations Reviewer][[_____], an entity designated by the Depositor to receive access to the secure Data Room].

2. The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that (a) access to the Secure Data Room is being granted to it solely for purposes of the undersigned carrying out its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (b) it will not disseminate or otherwise make information contained on the Secure Data Room available to any other person except in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or otherwise with the written consent of the Depositor and (c) it will only access information relating to the Mortgage Loans to which the Asset Review relates.

3. The undersigned agrees that each time it accesses the Secure Data Room, the undersigned is deemed to have recertified that the representations above remains true and correct.

Exhibit QQ-1

4. [The undersigned is not a Certificateholder, a beneficial owner or a prospective purchaser of any Certificate.]^*

BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned has made the representations above and shall have caused, or shall be deemed to have caused its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the date certified.

[NAME OF PARTY],
as [role]
By:
	Name:
	Title:

Dated: _______

[Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc.,

as Depositor]^*

By:
	[Name]
	[Title]

^*     Required to the extent that a party other than the Asset Representations Reviewer is identified by the Depositor as needing access to the Secure Data Room.

Exhibit QQ-2

EXHIBIT RR

FORM OF NOTICE OF [ADDITIONAL DELINQUENT LOAN][CESSATION OF DELINQUENT LOAN][CESSATION OF ASSET REVIEW TRIGGER]

[Date]

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association Commercial Mortgage Servicing 550 S. Tryon Street MAC D1086-23A 23rd Floor Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 Attention: BANK 2023-BNK45 Asset Manager Email: commercial.servicing@wellsfargo.com	Park Bridge Lender Services LLC 600 Third Avenue, 40th Floor New York, New York 10016 Attention: BANK 2023-BNK45 Surveillance Manager (with a copy sent contemporaneously via email to: cmbs.notices@parkbridgefinancial.com)
LNR Partners, LLC 2340 Collins Avenue, Suite 700 Miami Beach, Florida 33139 Attention: Heather Bennett and Job Warshaw, with a copy to hbennett@lnrpartners.com, jwarshaw@lnrpartners.com and lnr.cmbs.notices@lnrproperty.com

Attention: BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45

In accordance with Section 12.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator hereby notifies you that as of [RELATED DISTRIBUTION DATE]:

1. _____ An additional Mortgage Loan has become a Delinquent Loan.

2. _____ A Mortgage Loan has ceased to be a Delinquent Loan.

3. _____ An Asset Review Trigger has ceased to exist.

(check all that apply)

Exhibit RR-1

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the respective meanings given to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator for the Holders of the BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45
By:
	[Name]
	[Title]

Exhibit RR-2

EXHIBIT SS

[Reserved]

Exhibit SS-1

Exhibit TT

FORM OF EXCHANGE LETTER

[Certificateholder’s letterhead]

[Date]

Computershare Trust Company, National Association,
as Certificate Administrator
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045
Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)

BANK 2023-BNK45
trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com
cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com

Re: BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45

In accordance with Section 5.11(d) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, we hereby (i) certify that as of the above date, the undersigned is the beneficial owner of the Exchangeable Certificate set forth below under “Exchangeable Certificates to be Surrendered”, is duly authorized to deliver this notice to the Certificate Administrator and that such power has not been granted or assigned to any other Person and the Certificate Administrator may conclusively rely upon this notice and (ii) give notice of our intent to present and surrender the Exchangeable Certificates set forth below under “Exchangeable Certificates to be Surrendered” and all of our right, title and interest in and to such Exchangeable Certificates, including all payments of interest thereon received after [_____________], in exchange for the corresponding Exchangeable Certificates set forth below under “Exchangeable Certificates to be Received”. We propose an Exchange Date of [______].

We agree that upon such exchange, our interests in the portion(s) of the Exchangeable Certificates surrendered in exchange shall be reduced and our interest in the portion(s) of the Exchangeable Certificates received in such exchange shall be increased.

	Exchangeable Certificates to be Surrendered	Exchangeable Certificates to be Received
Class(es)	[_]	[_]
CUSIP(s)	[_]	[_]

Exhibit TT-1

Original Certificate Balance(s)/Notional Amount(s)	$[_]	$[_]
Outstanding Certificate Balance(s)/Notional Amount(s)	$[_]	$[_]

Exhibit TT-2

Our Depository participant number is [________].

Sincerely,

By:

Name:

Title:

[Medallion Stamp Guarantee]

Exhibit TT-3

Exhibit UU

 

FORM OF CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR RECEIPT OF THE RR INTEREST

 

[Date]

 

Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Inc.

One Bryant Park

New York, New York 10036

Attention: Leland F. Bunch, III

 

Bank of America, National Association

  as Retaining Sponsor

One Bryant Park

New York, New York 10036

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

301 South College St.

Charlotte, North Carolina 28288

 

Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A.

1585 Broadway

New York, New York 10036

 

Re: BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45

In accordance with Section 5.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), the Certificate Administrator hereby acknowledges receipt and possession of and further agrees that it will hereafter hold in the Retained Interest Safekeeping Account $[_____] of the RR Interest in the form of a [144A Global Certificate][Definitive Certificate] (CUSIP No. [_]), which constitute the RR Interest as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, for the benefit of Bank of America, National Association, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association and Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A., each an initial Holder of the RR Interest, as the registered holders thereof. A copy of such RR Interest is attached as Exhibit A-1. Payments on the RR Interest will be made to each registered holder thereof in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Exhibit UU-1

 

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator for the Holders of the BANK 2023-BNK45, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-BNK45
By:
	[Name]
	[Title]

 

Exhibit UU-2

EXHIBIT A-1

Exhibit UU-3

SCHEDULE 1

Mortgage Loans with Additional Debt

1.                  Conair Glendale

2.                  100 & 150 South Wacker Drive

3.                  Orlando Office Portfolio

4.                  CX - 250 Water Street

5.                  Brandywine Strategic Office Portfolio

6.                  Concord Mills

7.                  Millennium Boston Retail

8.                  Norfolk Premium Outlets

9.                  The Boulders Resort

10.              Green Acres

Schedule 1-1

SCHEDULE 2

CLASS A-SB PLANNED PRINCIPAL BALANCE SCHEDULE

Distribution Date	Class A-SB Planned Principal Balance ($)
March 2023	$15,769,000.00
April 2023	$15,769,000.00
May 2023	$15,769,000.00
June 2023	$15,769,000.00
July 2023	$15,769,000.00
August 2023	$15,769,000.00
September 2023	$15,769,000.00
October 2023	$15,769,000.00
November 2023	$15,769,000.00
December 2023	$15,769,000.00
January 2024	$15,769,000.00
February 2024	$15,769,000.00
March 2024	$15,769,000.00
April 2024	$15,769,000.00
May 2024	$15,769,000.00
June 2024	$15,769,000.00
July 2024	$15,769,000.00
August 2024	$15,769,000.00
September 2024	$15,769,000.00
October 2024	$15,769,000.00
November 2024	$15,769,000.00
December 2024	$15,769,000.00
January 2025	$15,769,000.00
February 2025	$15,769,000.00
March 2025	$15,769,000.00
April 2025	$15,769,000.00
May 2025	$15,769,000.00
June 2025	$15,769,000.00
July 2025	$15,769,000.00
August 2025	$15,769,000.00
September 2025	$15,769,000.00
October 2025	$15,769,000.00
November 2025	$15,769,000.00
December 2025	$15,769,000.00
January 2026	$15,769,000.00
February 2026	$15,769,000.00
March 2026	$15,769,000.00
April 2026	$15,769,000.00
May 2026	$15,769,000.00
June 2026	$15,769,000.00

Schedule 2-1

 

Distribution Date	Class A-SB Planned Principal Balance ($)
July 2026	$15,769,000.00
August 2026	$15,769,000.00
September 2026	$15,769,000.00
October 2026	$15,769,000.00
November 2026	$15,769,000.00
December 2026	$15,769,000.00
January 2027	$15,769,000.00
February 2027	$15,769,000.00
March 2027	$15,769,000.00
April 2027	$15,769,000.00
May 2027	$15,769,000.00
June 2027	$15,769,000.00
July 2027	$15,769,000.00
August 2027	$15,769,000.00
September 2027	$15,769,000.00
October 2027	$15,769,000.00
November 2027	$15,769,000.00
December 2027	$15,769,000.00
January 2028	$15,769,000.00
February 2028	$15,768,191.40
March 2028	$15,425,118.02
April 2028	$15,163,031.63
May 2028	$14,858,221.96
June 2028	$14,593,084.71
July 2028	$14,285,306.47
August 2028	$14,017,085.46
September 2028	$13,747,423.67
October 2028	$13,435,242.92
November 2028	$13,162,448.62
December 2028	$12,847,219.85
January 2029	$12,571,259.25
February 2029	$12,293,815.57
March 2029	$11,892,427.04
April 2029	$11,611,315.13
May 2029	$11,287,993.02
June 2029	$11,003,625.01
July 2029	$10,677,134.62
August 2029	$10,389,475.39
September 2029	$10,100,269.07
October 2029	$9,769,070.84
November 2029	$9,476,521.11
December 2029	$9,142,069.62
January 2030	$8,845,623.86
February 2030	$8,551,832.37
March 2030	$8,137,677.07

Schedule 2-2

 

Distribution Date	Class A-SB Planned Principal Balance ($)
April 2030	$7,840,062.00
May 2030	$7,501,376.05
June 2030	$7,200,334.01
July 2030	$6,858,313.51
August 2030	$6,553,807.54
September 2030	$6,247,663.93
October 2030	$5,900,679.44
November 2030	$5,591,016.89
December 2030	$5,240,608.36
January 2031	$4,927,388.90
February 2031	$4,612,484.16
March 2031	$4,179,154.54
April 2031	$3,860,205.89
May 2031	$3,500,761.61
June 2031	$3,178,155.76
July 2031	$2,815,152.90
August 2031	$2,488,850.37
September 2031	$2,160,790.95
October 2031	$1,792,481.58
November 2031	$1,460,666.63
December 2031	$1,088,702.98
January 2032	$753,091.95
February 2032	$415,673.10
March 2032	$76.75
April 2032 and thereafter	$0.00

Schedule 2-3

SCHEDULE 3

MORTGAGE LOANS WITH ESCROWS OR RESERVES EXCEEDING 10% OF THE INITIAL PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THE MORTGAGE LOAN OR (IF APPLICABLE) WHOLE LOAN

Mortgage Loan Number	Mortgage Loan	Reserve Description	Applicable Escrow or Reserve (Initial Amount)
7	Anchorage Hiltons Portfolio	PIP Reserve	$5,173,375

Schedule 3-1

EX-4.3

Exhibit 4.3 

EXECUTION VERSION

DEUTSCHE MORTGAGE & ASSET RECEIVING CORPORATION,
Depositor,

MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
Master Servicer,

LNR PARTNERS, LLC,
General Special Servicer,

ARGENTIC SERVICES COMPANY LP,

Pacific Design Center Special Servicer, 

Computershare Trust Company, N.A.,
Trustee, Certificate Administrator, Paying Agent and Custodian,

and

PARK BRIDGE LENDER SERVICES LLC,
Operating Advisor and Asset Representations Reviewer

POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
Dated as of April 1, 2023

Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust
Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 2023-B38

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

Article I DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01	Defined Terms	8
Section 1.02	Certain Calculations	138
Section 1.03	Certain Constructions	146
Section 1.04	Certain Matters Relating to the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans	147
Article II CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS; ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES
Section 2.01	Conveyance of Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; Assignment of Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements	148
Section 2.02	Acceptance by Custodian and the Trustee	159
Section 2.03	Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Depositor; Repurchase and Substitution of Mortgage Loans	161
Section 2.04	Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer	179
Section 2.05	Execution and Delivery of Certificates; Issuance of Upper-Tier Regular Interests; Issuance of Lower-Tier Regular Interests and Issuance of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Regular Interests	189
Section 2.06	Miscellaneous REMIC and Grantor Trust Provisions	190
Article III ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF THE TRUST FUND
Section 3.01	The Master Servicer To Act as Master Servicer; Special Servicer To Act as Special Servicer; Administration of the Mortgage Loans, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and the Serviced Companion Loans.	191
Section 3.02	Liability of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer When Sub-Servicing	197
Section 3.03	Collection of Mortgage Loan and Serviced Companion Loan Payments	198
Section 3.04	Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Escrow Accounts	198
Section 3.05	Collection Accounts; Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account; Pacific Design Center Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account; Distribution Accounts; Interest Reserve Account and Serviced Whole Loan Collection Accounts	201

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Section 3.06	Permitted Withdrawals from the Collection Accounts, the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Accounts and the Distribution Accounts; Trust Ledger.	210
Section 3.07	Investment of Funds in the Collection Accounts, the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Accounts, the Distribution Accounts, the Interest Reserve Account, the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Pacific Design Center Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the REO Account, the Lock-Box Accounts, the Cash Collateral Accounts and the Reserve Accounts	233
Section 3.08	Maintenance of Insurance Policies and Errors and Omissions and Fidelity Coverage	235
Section 3.09	Enforcement of Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption Agreements; Defeasance Provisions.	240
Section 3.10	Appraisals; Realization upon Defaulted Loans.	247
Section 3.11	Custodian to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files.	253
Section 3.12	Servicing Fees, Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fees and Special Servicing Compensation.	255
Section 3.13	Reports to the Certificate Administrator; Collection Account Statements.	263
Section 3.14	Access to Certain Documentation.	270
Section 3.15	Title and Management of REO Properties and REO Accounts.	279
Section 3.16	Sale of Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties.	284
Section 3.17	Additional Obligations of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer; Inspections.	290
Section 3.18	Authenticating Agent.	292
Section 3.19	Appointment of Custodians.	293
Section 3.20	Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts and Reserve Accounts.	293
Section 3.21	Servicing Advances.	293
Section 3.22	Appointment and Replacement of Special Servicer.	298
Section 3.23	Transfer of Servicing Between the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer; Record Keeping; Asset Status Report.	305
Section 3.24	Special Instructions for the Master Servicer and/or Special Servicer.	313
Section 3.25	Certain Rights and Obligations of the Master Servicer and/or the Special Servicer.	314
Section 3.26	Modification, Waiver, Amendment and Consents.	314
Section 3.27	Certain Intercreditor Matters Relating to the Whole Loans.	320
Section 3.28	Directing Holder Contact with the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer.	325
Section 3.29	Controlling Class Certificateholders, Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholders, the Directing Holder and the Risk Retention Consultation Parties; Certain Rights and Powers of the Directing Holder and the Risk Retention Consultation Parties.	326
Section 3.30	Rating Agency Confirmation.	331
Section 3.31	Appointment and Duties of the Operating Advisor.	334
Section 3.32	Delivery of Excluded Information to the Certificate Administrator.	340
Section 3.33	Certain Matters with Respect to Joint Mortgage Loans.	341
Section 3.34	Resignation Upon Prohibited Risk Retention Affiliation.	345

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Section 3.35	Trust Subordinate Companion Loan.	346
Section 3.36	Pacific Design Center Loan-Specific Directing Holder.	347
Article IV DISTRIBUTIONS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
Section 4.01	Distributions.	348
Section 4.02	Statements to Certificateholders; Reports by Certificate Administrator; Other Information Available to the Holders and Others.	362
Section 4.03	Compliance with Withholding Requirements.	376
Section 4.04	REMIC Compliance.	377
Section 4.05	Imposition of Tax on the Trust Fund	379
Section 4.06	Remittances.	380
Section 4.07	P&I Advances	381
Section 4.08	Appraisal Reductions; Collateral Deficiency Amounts.	388
Section 4.09	Grantor Trust Reporting.	392
Section 4.10	Secure Data Room.	394
Article V THE CERTIFICATES
Section 5.01	The Certificates.	395
Section 5.02	Registration, Transfer and Exchange of Certificates.	400
Section 5.03	Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates.	412
Section 5.04	Appointment of Paying Agent.	413
Section 5.05	Access to Certificateholders’ Names and Addresses; Special Notices.	413
Section 5.06	Actions of Certificateholders.	414
Section 5.07	Rule 144A Information.	415
Section 5.08	Voting Procedures.	415
Article VI THE DEPOSITOR, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE DIRECTING HOLDER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTIES, THE OPERATING ADVISOR AND THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER
Section 6.01	Liability of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer.	416
Section 6.02	Merger or Consolidation of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Operating Advisor.	416
Section 6.03	Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and Others.	418

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Section 6.04	Limitation on Resignation of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Operating Advisor; Termination of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Operating Advisor.	420
Section 6.05	Rights of the Depositor and the Trustee in Respect of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer.	422
Section 6.06	The Master Servicer or Special Servicer as Owners of a Certificate	423
Section 6.07	The Directing Holder, the Operating Advisor and the Risk Retention Consultation Parties.	424
Section 6.08	Rights of Non-Directing Holders	430
Article VII SERVICER AND OPERATING ADVISOR TERMINATION
Section 7.01	Servicer Termination Events.	431
Section 7.02	Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor	439
Section 7.03	Notification to Certificateholders and Other Persons.	441
Section 7.04	Other Remedies of Trustee.	442
Section 7.05	Waiver of Past Servicer Termination Events and Operating Advisor Termination Events; Termination.	442
Section 7.06	Trustee as Maker of Advances.	442
Section 7.07	Termination of the Operating Advisor.	443
Article VIII CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE AND CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR
Section 8.01	Duties of Trustee and Certificate Administrator	447
Section 8.02	Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator.	449
Section 8.03	Trustee and Certificate Administrator Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage Loans.	452
Section 8.04	Trustee and Certificate Administrator May Own Certificates.	454
Section 8.05	Payment of Trustee’s and Certificate Administrator’s Fees and Expenses; Indemnification.	454
Section 8.06	Eligibility Requirements for Trustee and Certificate Administrator.	457
Section 8.07	Resignation and Removal of Trustee and Certificate Administrator.	458
Section 8.08	Successor Trustee and Certificate Administrator.	460
Section 8.09	Merger or Consolidation of Trustee or Certificate Administrator.	461
Section 8.10	Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.	461
Article IX TERMINATION
Section 9.01	Termination.	463

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Article X EXCHANGE ACT REPORTING AND REGULATION AB COMPLIANCE
Section 10.01	Intent of the Parties; Reasonableness.	468
Section 10.02	Notification Requirements and Deliveries in Connection with securitization of a Serviced Companion Loan.	469
Section 10.03	Information to be Provided by the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer.	471
Section 10.04	Information to be Provided by the Trustee.	472
Section 10.05	Filing Obligations.	473
Section 10.06	Form 10-D and Form ABS-EE Filings.	474
Section 10.07	Form 10-K Filings.	479
Section 10.08	Sarbanes-Oxley Certification.	482
Section 10.09	Form 8-K Filings.	483
Section 10.10	Suspension of Exchange Act Filings; Incomplete Exchange Act Filings; Amendments to Exchange Act Reports.	485
Section 10.11	Annual Compliance Statements.	486
Section 10.12	Annual Reports on Assessment of Compliance with Servicing Criteria.	487
Section 10.13	Annual Independent Public Accountants’ Servicing Report.	489
Section 10.14	Exchange Act Reporting Indemnification.	490
Section 10.15	Amendments.	493
Section 10.16	Exchange Act Report Signatures; Delivery of Notices.	494
Section 10.17	Termination of the Certificate Administrator.	495
Article XI THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER
Section 11.01	Asset Review.	496
Section 11.02	Payment of Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fees and Expenses; Limitation of Liability.	502
Section 11.03	Resignation of the Asset Representations Reviewer.	503
Section 11.04	Restrictions of the Asset Representations Reviewer.	503
Section 11.05	Termination of the Asset Representations Reviewer.	504
Article XII MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 12.01	Counterparts.	506
Section 12.02	Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders.	507
Section 12.03	Governing Law.	508
Section 12.04	Waiver of Jury Trial; Consent to Jurisdiction.	508
Section 12.05	Notices.	509
Section 12.06	Severability of Provisions.	518
Section 12.07	Notice to the Depositor and Each Rating Agency.	518

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Section 12.08	Amendment.	520
Section 12.09	Confirmation of Intent.	526
Section 12.10	No Intended Third-Party Beneficiaries.	526
Section 12.11	Entire Agreement.	527
Section 12.12	Third Party Beneficiaries.	527

 

TABLE OF EXHIBITS

Exhibit A-1	Form of Class A-1 Certificate
Exhibit A-2	Form of Class A-2 Certificate
Exhibit A-3	Form of Class A-3 Certificate
Exhibit A-4	Form of Class A-SB Certificate
Exhibit A-5	Form of Class A-4 Certificate
Exhibit A-6	Form of Class A-M Certificate
Exhibit A-7	Form of Class B Certificate
Exhibit A-8	Form of Class C Certificate
Exhibit A-9	Form of Class D Certificate
Exhibit A-10	Form of Class E Certificate
Exhibit A-11	Form of Class F Certificate
Exhibit A-12	Form of Class G Certificate
Exhibit A-13	Form of Class H Certificate
Exhibit A-14	Form of Class X-A Certificate
Exhibit A-15	Form of Class X-D Certificate
Exhibit A-16	Form of Class X-F Certificate
Exhibit A-17	Form of Class X-G Certificate
Exhibit A-18	Form of Class X-H Certificate
Exhibit A-19	Form of Class S Certificate
Exhibit A-20	Form of Class R Certificate
Exhibit A-21	Form of Class RR Certificate
Exhibit A-22	Form of Class PDC-A1 Certificate
Exhibit A-23	Form of Class PDC-A2 Certificate
Exhibit A-24	Form of Class PDC-HRR Certificate
Exhibit B	Mortgage Loan Schedule
Exhibit C-1	Form of Transferee Affidavit
Exhibit C-2	Form of Transferor Letter
Exhibit C-3	Form of Transferee Certificate for Transfers of PDC-HRR Certificates
Exhibit C-4	Form of Transferor Certificate for Transfers of PDC-HRR Certificates
Exhibit C-5	Form of Transferee Certificate for Transfers of the Class RR Certificates or the RR Interest
Exhibit C-6	Form of Transferor Certificate for Transfers of the Class RR Certificates or the RR Interest
Exhibit D-1	Form of Investment Representation Letter
Exhibit D-2	Form of ERISA Representation Letter
Exhibit E	Form of Request for Release
Exhibit F	Securities Legend
Exhibit G	Form of Regulation S Transfer Certificate

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Exhibit H	Form of Transfer Certificate for Exchange or Transfer from Rule 144A Global Certificate to Regulation S Global Certificate during the Restricted Period
Exhibit I	Form of Transfer Certificate for Exchange or Transfer from Rule 144A Global Certificate to Regulation S Global Certificate after the Restricted Period
Exhibit J	Form of Transfer Certificate for Exchange or Transfer from Regulation S Global Certificate to Rule 144A Global Certificate during the Restricted Period
Exhibit K	Form of Distribution Date Statement
Exhibit L-1A	Form of Investor Certification for Non-Borrower Party and/or Risk Retention Consultation Party (for Persons other than the Directing Holder, a Controlling Class Certificateholder and/or a Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholder)
Exhibit L-1B	Form of Investor Certification for Non-Borrower Party (for the Directing Holder, a Controlling Class Certificateholder and/or a Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholder)
Exhibit L-1C	Form of Investor Certification for Borrower Party (for Persons other than the Directing Holder, a Controlling Class Certificateholder, a Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholder and/or a Risk Retention Consultation Party)
Exhibit L-1D	Form of Investor Certification for Borrower Party (for the Directing Holder, a Controlling Class Certificateholder and/or a Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholder)
Exhibit L-1E	Form of Notice of Excluded Controlling Class Holder
Exhibit L-1F	Form of Notice of Excluded Controlling Class Holder to Certificate Administrator
Exhibit L-1G	Form of Certification of the Directing Holder
Exhibit L-1H	Form of Certification of a Risk Retention Consultation Party
Exhibit L-2	Form of Financial Market Publisher Certification
Exhibit M	Form of Notification from Custodian
Exhibit N-1	Form of Closing Date Custodian Certification
Exhibit N-2	Form of Post-Closing Custodian Certification
Exhibit O	Form of Trustee Backup Certification
Exhibit P	Form of Custodian Backup Certification
Exhibit Q	Form of Certificate Administrator Backup Certification
Exhibit R	Form of Operating Advisor Backup Certification
Exhibit S	[Reserved]
Exhibit T	Form of Master Servicer Backup Certification
Exhibit U	Form of Special Servicer Backup Certification
Exhibit V	Form of Sub-Servicer Backup Certification
Exhibit W	Form of Sarbanes Oxley Certification
Exhibit X	Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicers
Exhibit Y	Servicing Function Participants
Exhibit Z	Form of NRSRO Certification
Exhibit AA-1	Form of Transferor Certificate for Transfer of the Excess Servicing Fee Rights
Exhibit AA-2	Form of Transferee Certificate for Transfer of the Excess Servicing Fee Rights
Exhibit BB-1	Form of Operating Advisor Annual Report (Pooled Securitization)
Exhibit BB-2	Form of Operating Advisor Annual Report (Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Securitization)
Exhibit CC	Additional Disclosure Notification

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Exhibit DD-1	Form of Power of Attorney by Trustee for Master Servicer
Exhibit DD-2	Form of Power of Attorney by Trustee for General Special Servicer
Exhibit DD-3	Form of Power of Attorney by Trustee for Pacific Design Center Special Servicer
Exhibit EE	Form of Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan Notification
Exhibit FF	Form of Companion Loan Noteholder Certification
Exhibit GG	[Reserved]
Exhibit HH	Form of Asset Review Report by the Asset Representations Reviewer
Exhibit II	Form of Asset Review Report Summary by the Asset Representations Reviewer
Exhibit JJ	Asset Review Procedures
Exhibit KK	Form of Certification to Certificate Administrator Requesting Access to Secure Data Room
Exhibit LL	Form of Notice of [Additional Delinquent Loan][Cessation of Delinquent Loan][Cessation of Asset Review Trigger]
Exhibit MM	Form of Certificate Administrator Receipt of the Retained Certificates
Exhibit NN	Form of Notice of Purchase of a Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificate
Exhibit OO	Form of Notice of Additional Secured Indebtedness Notification

TABLE OF SCHEDULES

Schedule I	Directing Holders
Schedule II	Servicing Criteria to be Addressed in Assessment of Compliance
Schedule III	Class A-SB Planned Principal Balance Schedule
Schedule IV	Additional Form 10-D Disclosure
Schedule V	Additional Form 10-K Disclosure
Schedule VI	Form 8-K Disclosure Information
Schedule VII	Initial Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders
Schedule VIII	Contact Information for the Other 17g-5 Information Provider
Schedule IX	Mortgage Loans With “Performance”, “Earn-Out” or “Holdback” Escrows or Reserves Exceeding 10% of the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan, as Applicable, as of the Cut-off Date
Schedule X	Retained Defeasance Rights and Obligations Mortgage Loans
Schedule XI	Mortgage Loans With Additional Secured Debt

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Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2023, between Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as General Special Servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as Pacific Design Center Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, Certificate Administrator, Paying Agent and Custodian, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor and Asset Representations Reviewer.

PRELIMINARY STATEMENT:

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

The Depositor intends to sell pass-through certificates to be issued hereunder in multiple Classes which in the aggregate will evidence the entire beneficial ownership interest in the Trust Fund consisting primarily of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan. For income tax purposes alone, the Trust Fund will consist of the Mortgage Loans, the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC and the Grantor Trust, all as more fully described below.

In addition, the parties intend that the portions of the Trust Fund consisting of the Class S Specific Grantor Trust Assets and the VRR Interest Upper-Tier Regular Interests corresponding to the VRR Interest and distributions thereon, shall be treated as a grantor trust under subtitle A, chapter 1, subchapter J, part I, subpart E of the Code for federal income tax purposes (the “Grantor Trust”). Solely for tax purposes, the Class S Certificates and the VRR Interest shall represent undivided beneficial interests in the portion of the Trust Fund consisting of the Class S Specific Grantor Trust Assets and the VRR Interest shall represent undivided beneficial interests in the portion of the Trust Fund consisting of the VRR Interest Upper-Tier Regular Interests and distributions thereon. As provided herein, the Certificate Administrator shall take all actions expressly required hereunder to ensure that the portion of the Trust Fund consisting of the Grantor Trust maintains its status as a grantor trust under federal income tax law and not be treated as part of the Trust REMICs.

TRUST SUBORDINATE COMPANION LOAN REMIC

The Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC will hold the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and the proceeds of such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, together with its allocable share of any related property acquired by foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure and will issue the Class LPDCA-1, Class LPDCA-2 and the Class LPDCHRR Interests as the “regular interests” in the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC (the “Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Regular Interests”) and the uncertificated Class LPDC-R Interest, which is the sole class of residual interests in the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC and is represented by the Class R Certificates. Any Pacific Design Center Portfolio Certificate Available Funds remaining in the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Distribution Account after all required distributions under this Agreement have been made to the Loan-Specific Certificates will be deemed distributed to the Class LPDC-R Interest and shall be payable to the Holders of the Class R Certificates.

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The Holders of the Loan-Specific Certificates shall only be entitled to receive distributions in respect of, and shall only incur losses with respect to, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, each of which is not part of the Mortgage Pool backing the Pooled Certificates and the RR Interest. No Class of Pooled Certificates or the VRR Interest has an interest in the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan.

Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Regular Interest (Corresponding Upper-Tier Regular Interests)	Pass-Through Rate	Original Lower-Tier Principal Amount
Class LPDCA-1 (Class PDC-A1)	(1)	$	10,000,000
Class LPDCA-2 (Class PDC-A2)	(1)	$	9,000,000
Class LPDCHRR (Class PDC-HRR)	(1)	$	1,000,000
Class LPDC-R Interest	(2)		(2)

⁽¹⁾ The pass-through rate for each Class of Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Regular Interests on any Distribution Date will equal the Net Mortgage Rate on the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan.

⁽²⁾ The Class LPDC-R is the sole class of residual interest in the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC. It is not entitled to any principal or interest.

LOWER-TIER REMIC

The Lower-Tier REMIC will hold the Mortgage Loans (exclusive of interest that is deferred after the anticipated repayment date of a mortgage loan with an anticipated repayment date and the excess interest distribution account) (exclusive of Excess Interest) and certain other related assets subject to this Agreement, and will issue (i) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests set forth in the table below as classes of “regular interests” in the Lower-Tier REMIC and (ii) the Class LTR Interest as the sole class of residual interests in the Lower-Tier REMIC, which will be evidenced by the Class R Certificates. The Lower-Tier REMIC will not hold the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or interests in the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC.

The Lower-Tier Regular Interests will be held by the Upper-Tier REMIC.

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

Lower-Tier Regular Interests and the Class LTR Interest / (Corresponding Upper-Tier Regular Interests)	Initial Principal Balance or Notional Amount	Pass-Through Rate
Class LA-1 / (A-1, X-A)	$6,484,000	(1)
Class LA-2 / (A-2, X-A)	$201,433,000	(1)
Class LA-3 / (A-3, X-A)	$50,784,000	(1)
Class LA-SB / (A-SB, X-A)	$4,164,000	(1)
Class LA-4 / (A-4, X-A)	$173,967,000	(1)
Class LA-M / (A-M, X-A)	$70,205,000	(1)
Class LB / (B)	$31,202,000	(1)
Class LC / (C)	$24,182,000	(1)
Class LD / (D, X-D)	$14,821,000	(1)
Class LE / (E, X-D)	$6,241,000	(1)
Class LF / (F, X-F)	$12,481,000	(1)
Class LG / (G, X-G)	$10,140,000	(1)
Class LH / (H, X-H)	$17,942,153	(1)

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Lower-Tier Regular Interests and the Class LTR Interest / (Corresponding Upper-Tier Regular Interests)	Initial Principal Balance or Notional Amount	Pass-Through Rate
Class LRR / (RR)	$12,658,410	(1)
LRRI/ (RR Interest)	$20,186,125	(1)
LTR	(2)	(2)

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

(2) The Class LTR Interest (evidenced by the Class R Certificates) is the sole class of residual interest in the Lower-Tier REMIC. It will not have a Certificate Balance or Notional Amount, will not bear interest and will not be entitled to distributions of Yield Maintenance Charges. Any Pooled Aggregate Available Funds remaining in the Lower-Tier Distribution Account after distributing the Lower-Tier Distribution Amount will be deemed distributed to the Class LTR Interest and shall be payable to the Holders of the Class R Certificates.

UPPER-TIER REMIC

The Upper-Tier REMIC will hold the Lower-Tier Regular Interests, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Regular Interests and certain other related assets subject to this Agreement and will issue (i) the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class X-A, Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G, Class X-H, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G, Class H, Class RR (exclusive of Excess Interest), Class PDC-A1, Class PDC-A2 and Class PDC-HRR Certificates and the RR Interest (exclusive of Excess Interest) representing “regular interests” in the Upper-Tier REMIC created hereunder (“Upper-Tier Regular Interests”), and (ii) the Class UTR Interest as the sole class of residual interests in the Upper-Tier REMIC, which will be evidenced by the Class R Certificates.

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

Upper-Tier Regular Interests Represented by Corresponding Certificates	Initial Principal Balance, Notional Amount or VRR Interest Balance	Initial Pass-Through Rate
Class A-1	$6,484,000	5.5420%
Class A-2	$201,433,000	5.6260%
Class A-3	$50,784,000	5.7930%
Class A-SB	$4,164,000	5.8349%
Class A-4	$173,967,000	5.5246%
Class X-A	$507,037,000(1)	0.5676%(2)
Class A-M	$70,205,000	6.1205%
Class B	$31,202,000	6.2446%
Class C	$24,182,000	6.2446%
Class X-D	$21,062,000(1)	2.2446%(3)
Class X-F	$12,481,000(1)	2.2446%(4)
Class X-G	$10,140,000(1)	2.2446%(5)
Class X-H	$17,942,153(1)	2.2446%(6)
Class D	$14,821,000	4.0000%
Class E	$6,241,000	4.0000%
Class F	$12,481,000	4.0000%
Class G	$10,140,000	4.0000%

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Upper-Tier Regular Interests Represented by Corresponding Certificates	Initial Principal Balance, Notional Amount or VRR Interest Balance	Initial Pass-Through Rate
Class H	$17,942,153	4.0000%
Class RR	$12,658,410	6.2446%(7)
Class PDC-A1	$10,000,000	15.48016%
Class PDC-A2	$9,000,000	15.48016%
Class PDC-HRR	$1,000,000	15.48016%
Upper-Tier Regular Interests Not Represented by Certificates
RR Interest	$20,186,125	6.2446%(7)
Class UTR(8)	(8)	(8)

(1) Notional Amount.

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

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

(4) The regular interest represented by this certificate is entitled to a specified portion of the interest payable on the Class LF Lower-Tier Regular Interest equal to the excess of the WAC Rate over the interest payable on the Corresponding Upper-Tier Regular Interest as identified on the table for the Lower-Tier REMIC.

(5) The regular interest represented by this certificate is entitled to a specified portion of the interest payable on the Class LG Lower-Tier Regular Interest equal to the excess of the WAC Rate over the interest payable on the Corresponding Upper-Tier Regular Interest as identified on the table for the Lower-Tier REMIC.

(6) The regular interest represented by this certificate is entitled to a specified portion of the interest payable on the Class LH Lower-Tier Regular Interest equal to the excess of the WAC Rate over the interest payable on the Corresponding Upper-Tier Regular Interest as identified on the table for the Lower-Tier REMIC.

(7) Although it does not have a specified Pass-Through Rate (other than for tax reporting purposes), the effective interest rate for the Class RR Certificates and the RR Interest will be the WAC Rate.

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

The foregoing structure is intended to cause all of the cash from the Mortgage Loans (exclusive of Excess Interest) and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan to flow through to the Upper-Tier REMIC as cash flow on the Upper-Tier Regular Interests, without creating any shortfall, actual or potential (other than for credit losses), to any REMIC regular interests. To the extent that the structure is believed to diverge from such intention, the parties identifying such ambiguity shall notify the other parties hereto and the parties involved will resolve such ambiguities to accomplish the intended result and will to the extent necessary rectify any drafting errors or seek clarification to the structure without Certificateholder approval (but with guidance of counsel) to accomplish such intention, including, to the extent necessary, making any amendments in accordance with Section 12.08 of this Agreement.

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Neither the Class R nor the Class S Certificates will have a Certificate Balance or Notional Amount, bear interest or be entitled to distributions of Yield Maintenance Charges. Any Pooled Aggregate Available Funds or Pacific Design Center Available Funds remaining in the Upper-Tier Distribution Account after all required distributions under this Agreement have been made to each Class of Upper-Tier Regular Interests, will be deemed distributed to the Class UTR Interest and shall be payable to the Holders of the Class R Certificates.

None of the Class X-A, Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G, Class X-H, Class S and Class R Certificates have Certificate Balances. The Certificate Balance of (i) any Class of Pooled Principal Balance Certificates and the VRR Interest Balance of the VRR Interest outstanding at any time represents the maximum amount which Holders or the VRR Interest Owners, as applicable, thereof are entitled to receive as distributions allocable to principal from the cash flow on the Mortgage Loans and the other assets in the Trust Fund and (ii) the Certificate Balance of any Class of Loan-Specific Certificates outstanding at any time represents the maximum amount which holders thereof are entitled to receive as distributions allocable to principal from the cash flow on the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; provided that if amounts previously allocated as Realized Losses or VRR Realized Losses, as applicable, to a Class of Certificates or the RR Interest in reduction of the Certificate Balance or the VRR Interest Balance, as applicable, thereof are subsequently recovered (including without limitation after the reduction of the Certificate Balance of such Class or the VRR Interest Balance, as applicable, to zero), such Class or VRR Interest may receive distributions in respect of such recoveries in accordance with the priorities set forth in Section 4.01 of this Agreement.

GRANTOR TRUST

The Class S Certificates, the Class RR Certificates and the RR Interest shall each represent undivided beneficial interests in the portion of the Trust Fund consisting of the Class S Specific Grantor Trust Assets and the Class RR Certificates and the RR Interest shall each represent undivided beneficial interests in the VRR Interest Upper-Tier Regular Interests and distributions thereon. As provided herein, the Certificate Administrator shall not take any actions that would cause the portions of the Trust Fund consisting of the Grantor Trust (i) to fail to maintain its status as a “grantor trust” for U.S. federal income tax purposes or (ii) to be treated as part of any Trust REMIC.

On the Closing Date, the Depositor is selling, assigning and transferring and otherwise conveying to (i) DBNY, $12,658,410 initial Certificate Balance of the VRR Interest in the form of Class RR Certificates (which assignment, transfer and conveyance shall, solely for purposes of satisfying the requirements of Section 3(a) and Section 4(a)(1) of the Risk Retention Rule, be deemed assigned, transferred and conveyed from the Depositor to GACC and from GACC to DBNY), (ii) GS Bank, $12,937,500 initial VRR Interest Balance in the form of the RR Interest (which assignment, transfer and conveyance shall, solely for purposes of satisfying the requirements of Section 11(a)(1) of the Risk Retention Rule, be deemed assigned, transferred and conveyed from the Depositor to GACC and from GACC to GS Bank) and (iii) JPMCB, $7,248,625 initial VRR Interest Balance in the form of the RR Interest (which assignment, transfer and conveyance shall, solely for purposes of satisfying the requirements of Section 11(a)(1) of the Risk Retention Rule, be deemed assigned, transferred and conveyed from the Depositor to GACC and from GACC to JPMCB).

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The portion of the VRR Interest that DBNY is so purchasing from the Depositor on the Closing Date is referred to in this Agreement as the “VRR1 Interest”. The portion of the VRR Interest that GS Bank is so purchasing from the Depositor on the Closing Date is referred to in this Agreement as the “VRR2 Interest”. The portion of the VRR Interest that JPMCB is so purchasing from the Depositor on the Closing Date is referred to in this Agreement as the “VRR3 Interest”.

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

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WHOLE LOANS

Loan No.	Whole Loan	Type	Non-Serviced PSA/TSA	Companion Loan Name	Companion Loan Type
1	Pacific Design Center	Serviced	NAP	A-2 A-3 A-4 A-5 A-6 A-7 A-8 A-9 B	Pari Passu Pari Passu Pari Passu Pari Passu Pari Passu Pari Passu Pari Passu Pari Passu Subordinate
2	1201 Third Avenue	Non-Serviced	(1)	A-1-1 A-1-2 A-1-3 A-2 A-4-2	Pari Passu Pari Passu Pari Passu Pari Passu Pari Passu
3	CX-250 Water Street	Non-Serviced	(2)	A-1 A-2 A-3 A-4 A-5 A-6 A-7 A-8 A-9 A-10 A-11 A-12 A-13 A-14 A-15 A-16 A-19 A-20	Pari Passu Pari Passu Pari Passu Pari Passu Pari Passu Pari Passu Pari Passu Pari Passu Pari Passu Pari Passu Pari Passu Pari Passu Pari Passu Pari Passu Pari Passu Pari Passu Pari Passu Pari Passu
4	Green Acres	Non-Serviced	(3)	A-1 A-2 A-4 A-5 A-6 A-7 A-8 A-9 A-10 A-11 A-12 A-13-1 A-13-2 A-14 A-15-2 A-16	Pari Passu Pari Passu Pari Passu Pari Passu Pari Passu Pari Passu Pari Passu Pari Passu Pari Passu Pari Passu Pari Passu Pari Passu Pari Passu Pari Passu Pari Passu Pari Passu
5	Green Lakes Crossing Outlets	Serviced	NAP	A-1-2 A-1-3 A-1-4 A-2-1-A A-2-3 A-3-1 A-3-2 A-3-3	Pari Passu Pari Passu Pari Passu Pari Passu Pari Passu Pari Passu Pari Passu Pari Passu
6	Scottsdale Fashion Square	Non-Serviced	SCOTT 2023-SFS	A-1-S1 A-2-S1 A-1-C3 A-1-C4 A-2-C1 A-2-C2 A-2-C3-1 A-2-C3-2	Pari Passu Pari Passu Pari Passu Pari Passu Pari Passu Pari Passu Pari Passu Pari Passu
7	National Warehouse & Distribution Warehouse	Non-Serviced	BANK5 2023-5YR1	A-1 A-2 A-4-2 A-5	Pari Passu Pari Passu Pari Passu Pari Passu
8	100 Jefferson Road	Servicing Shift	(4)	A-2 A-3 A-4	Pari Passu Pari Passu Pari Passu
11	One Campus Martius	Non-Serviced	Benchmark 2022-B36	A-1 A-2 A-4-B	Pari Passu Pari Passu Pari Passu

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				A-5 A-6 A-7 A-8	Pari Passu Pari Passu Pari Passu Pari Passu
16	Riverport Tower	Serviced	NAP	A-1	Pari Passu
20	Sentinel Square II	Non-Serviced	FIVE 2023-V1	A-1-1 A-2 A-3 A-4	Pari Passu Pari Passu Pari Passu Pari Passu
21	Centers of High Point	Non-Serviced	FIVE 2023-V1	A-1	Pari Passu

(1) The 1201 Third Avenue Whole Loan is expected to be initially serviced under the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the BANK5 2023-5YR1 securitization. From and after the securitization of Note A-2, the 1201 Third Avenue Whole Loan will be serviced under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement for such future securitization.

(2) The CX – 250 Water Street Whole Loan is initially serviced under the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the BANK 2023-BNK45 securitization. From and after the securitization of Note A-1, the CX – 250 Water Street Whole Loan will be serviced under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement for such future securitization.

(3) The Green Acres Whole Loan is initially serviced under the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the BMO 2023-C4 securitization. From and after the securitization of Note A-1, the Green Acres Whole Loan will be serviced under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement for such future securitization.

(4) The 100 Jefferson Road Whole Loan will be serviced under this Agreement until the related Servicing Shift Securitization Date for the related Servicing Shift Lead Note, after which the 100 Jefferson Whole Loan will be serviced pursuant to the pooling and servicing agreement for the securitization of such Servicing Shift Lead Note.

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

Article I

DEFINITIONS

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Acceptable Insurance Default”: With respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan, any Default arising by reason of the failure of the related Borrower to maintain standard extended coverage casualty insurance or other insurance that covers acts of terrorism, as to which the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, has determined, in accordance with the Servicing Standard (and (i) unless a Control Termination Event is continuing, with the consent of the Directing Holder (or, if a Control Termination Event is continuing, but other than during the continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, after consulting with the Directing Holder as provided in Section 6.07) and (ii) with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan, after non-binding consultation with the Risk Retention Consultation Parties pursuant to Section 6.07 (but, in either case, other than with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is an Excluded Loan as to any such party)), that either: (x) such insurance is not available at commercially reasonable rates and the subject hazards are not at the time commonly insured against for properties similar to the Mortgaged Property and located in or around the geographic region in which such Mortgaged Property is located (but only by reference to such insurance that has been obtained by such owners at current market rates), or (y) such insurance is not available at any rate; provided that the Directing Holder and the Risk Retention Consultation Parties, as applicable, will not have more than 30 days to respond to the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s, as applicable, request for such consent or consultation, as applicable; provided, further, that upon the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s, as applicable, determination, consistent with the Servicing Standard, that exigent circumstances do not allow the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, to consult with the Directing Holder or the Risk Retention Consultation Parties, as applicable, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, will not be required to do so. In making this determination, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, to the extent consistent with the Servicing Standard, may rely on the opinion of an insurance consultant, the cost of which shall be an Additional Trust Fund Expense.

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Additional Secured Debt”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any debt owed by the related Borrower to a party other than the lender under such Mortgage Loan that is secured by the related Mortgaged Property as of the Closing Date as set forth on Schedule XI hereto, as increased or decreased from time to time pursuant to the terms of the related subordinate or pari passu loan documents (including any Intercreditor Agreement or subordination agreement).

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

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

“Administrative Cost Rate”: As of any date of determination and with respect to each Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, a per annum rate equal to the sum of the Servicing Fee Rate, the Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fee Rate, the Operating Advisor Fee Rate and the CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee Rate, and, in the case of each Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan Primary Servicing Fee Rate. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Cost Rate includes any related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan Primary Servicing Fee Rate.

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

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

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Advances) actually paid by the related Borrower, and third, upon determining in accordance with the Servicing Standard that such Advance Interest Amount is not recoverable from the amounts described in first or second, from other amounts on deposit in the Collection Account or the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account, as applicable.

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

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

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

“Affirmative Asset Review Vote”: As defined in Section 11.01(a) of this Agreement.

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

“Aggregate Principal Distribution Amount”: For any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the sum of the following amounts (which for the avoidance of doubt, will not include the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan):

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

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

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

(A)                         Nonrecoverable Advances (including any servicing advance with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement reimbursed out of general collections on the Mortgage Loans), with interest on such Nonrecoverable Advances at the

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Reimbursement Rate, that are paid or reimbursed from principal collections on the Mortgage Loans in a period during which such principal collections would have otherwise been included in the Aggregate Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date; and

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

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

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

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

“Allocated Loan Amount”: (A) With respect to any single Mortgaged Property that is the only real property collateral for the related Mortgage Loan, the total outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan; and (B) with respect to each Mortgaged Property that is one of multiple Mortgaged Properties securing a Mortgage Loan, the portion of the total outstanding principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan allocated to such Mortgaged Property in accordance with net cash flow, appraised value or otherwise in accordance with or as set forth in the applicable Mortgage, Loan Agreement or the Mortgage Loan Schedule.

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

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

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

“Applicable Fitch Permitted Investment Rating”: (A) in the case of such investments with maturities of thirty (30) days or less, the short-term debt or deposit obligations of which are rated at least “F1” by Fitch or the long-term debt or deposit obligations of which are rated at least “A” by Fitch, and (B) in the case of such investments with maturities of more than thirty (30) days, the short-term obligations of which are rated at least “F1+” by Fitch or the long-term obligations of which are rated at least “AA-” by Fitch.

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“Applicable KBRA Permitted Investment Rating”: In the case of any such investment, the short-term debt obligations of which are rated in the highest short-term rating category by KBRA (if then rated by KBRA).

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

“Applicable Moody’s Permitted Investment Rating”: in the case of such investments, the short-term debt obligations of which are rated at least “P-1” by Moody’s or the long-term debt obligations of which are rated at least “A2” by Moody’s.

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

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

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

“Appraisal Reduction Amount”: For any Distribution Date and for any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan as to which any Appraisal Reduction Event has occurred, an amount calculated by the Master Servicer (and, prior to the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event, in consultation with the Directing Holder, and, during the continuance of a Control Termination Event (or an Operating Advisor Consultation Event with respect to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan), in consultation with the Operating Advisor to the extent set forth in Section 6.07 of this Agreement) as of the first Determination Date that is at least 10 Business Days following the later of (i) the date the Master Servicer receives from the Special Servicer the related Appraisal (and any information reasonably requested by the Master Servicer from the Special Servicer, to the extent such information is in the possession of the Special Servicer, necessary to calculate the Appraisal Reduction Amount) or the Special Servicer’s Small Loan Appraisal Estimate (and thereafter by the first Determination Date following any material change in the amounts set forth in the following equation) and (ii) the occurrence of such Appraisal Reduction Event equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan or the Stated Principal Balance of the applicable Serviced Whole Loan, as the case may be, over (b) the excess of (i) the sum of: (A) 90% of the appraised value of the related Mortgaged Property as determined (1) by one or more Appraisals obtained by the Special Servicer with respect to that Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan with an outstanding principal balance equal to or in excess of $2,000,000 (the costs of which shall be paid by the Master Servicer as a Servicing Advance), minus such downward adjustments as the Special Servicer may make (without implying any obligation to do so) based upon its review of the Appraisals and any other information it deems relevant, or (2) by an internal valuation performed by the Special Servicer with respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan with an outstanding principal balance less than $2,000,000, plus (B) all escrows, letters of credit and reserves, plus (C) all insurance and casualty proceeds and condemnation awards that constitute collateral for the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan (whether paid or then payable by any insurance company or government

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

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

Each Serviced Whole Loan will be treated as a single mortgage loan for purposes of calculating an Appraisal Reduction Amount with respect to the mortgage loans and companion loans, as applicable, that comprise such Serviced Whole Loan. Any Appraisal Reduction Amount in respect of a Serviced Whole Loan (other than a Serviced Whole Loan with a related Subordinate Companion Loan) with a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan shall be allocated in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement or, if no allocation is specified in the related Intercreditor Agreement, then, pro rata, between the related Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan that is pari passu in right of payment with such Mortgage Loan, if any, based upon their respective Stated Principal Balances. Any Appraisal Reduction Amount in respect of a Serviced Whole Loan with a related Subordinate Companion Loan (including the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan) shall be allocated first, to the Subordinate Companion Loan

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(until its principal balance is notionally reduced to zero by such related Appraisal Reduction Amounts) and second, in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement or, if no allocation is specified in the related Intercreditor Agreement, then, pro rata, between the related Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans based upon their respective Stated Principal Balances.

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

Any Appraisal Reduction Amount with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan will be allocated first to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (until its principal balance is notionally reduced to zero by such related Appraisal Reduction Amounts) and then to the Pacific Design Center Mortgage Loan.

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

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

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“Arbitration Services Provider”: As defined in Section 2.03(n)(i) of this Agreement.

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

“ASR Consultation Process”: As defined in Section 3.23(e)(x) of this Agreement.

“Asset-Level Basis”: With respect to the Operating Advisor’s evaluation of the Special Servicer’s performance of its duties with respect to or, as they relate to the resolution and/or liquidation of, as applicable, Specially Serviced Loans (and, with respect to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Securitization, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Event, with respect to Major Decisions on non-Specially Serviced Loans and Serviced Companion Loans) under this Agreement, taking into account the Special Servicer’s specific duties under this Agreement as well as the extent to which those duties were performed in accordance with the Servicing Standard, with reasonable consideration by the Operating Advisor of any assessment of compliance report, attestation report, Major Decision Reporting Package, Asset Status Report, Final Asset Status Report and other information, in each case delivered to the Operating Advisor by the Special Servicer or made available to Privileged Persons that are posted on the Certificate Administrator’s Website during the prior calendar year (together with any additional information and material reviewed by the Operating Advisor) (other than any communications between the Directing Holder and the Special Servicer that would be Privileged Information) pursuant to this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no annual report shall be required from the Operating Advisor with respect to the Special Servicer, if during the prior calendar year, no Final Asset Status Report was prepared by the Special Servicer in connection with a Specially Serviced Loan or REO Property.

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Asset Review Notice”: As defined in Section 11.01(b) of this Agreement.

“Asset Review Quorum”: In connection with any solicitation of votes to authorize an Asset Review as described in Section 11.01(a), the Certificateholders evidencing at least 5% of the aggregate Pooled Voting Rights represented by all Pooled Certificates (other than the Class S Certificates) and the Class RR Certificates.

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

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

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

“Asset Review Trigger”: Any time that either (1) Mortgage Loans having an aggregate outstanding principal balance of 25.0% or more of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of all of the Mortgage Loans (including any REO Loans (or a portion of any REO Loan in the case of a Whole Loan)) held by the Trust as of the end of the applicable Collection Period are Delinquent Loans or (2)(A) prior to and including the second anniversary of the Closing Date, at least 10 Mortgage Loans are Delinquent Loans as of the end of the applicable Collection Period and the outstanding principal balance of such Delinquent Loans in the aggregate constitutes at least 15.0% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of all of the Mortgage Loans (including any REO Loans (or a portion of any REO Loan in the case of a Whole Loan)) held by the Trust as of the end of the applicable Collection Period, or (B) after the second anniversary of the Closing Date, at least 15 Mortgage Loans are Delinquent Loans as of the end of the applicable Collection Period and the aggregate outstanding principal balance of such Delinquent Loans in the aggregate constitutes at least 20.0% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of all of the Mortgage Loans (including any REO Loans) (or a portion of any REO Loan in the case of a Whole Loan) held by the Trust as of the end of the applicable Collection Period.

“Asset Review Vote Election”: As defined in Section 11.01(a) of this Agreement.

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

“Assignment of Leases, Rents and Profits”: With respect to any Mortgaged Property, any assignment of leases, rents and profits or similar agreement executed by the Borrower, assigning to the mortgagee all of the income, rents and profits derived from the

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ownership, operation, leasing or disposition of all or a portion of such Mortgaged Property, in the form which was duly executed, acknowledged and delivered, as amended, modified, renewed or extended through the date hereof and from time to time hereafter.

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

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

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

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

“Available Funds”: With respect to any Distribution Date, will equal (i) with respect to distributions to be made on the Non-VRR Certificates, the VRR Interest and the Class R Certificates, the Pooled Aggregate Available Funds and (ii) in the case of distributions to be made on the Loan-Specific Certificates and the Class R Certificates, the Pacific Design Center Available Funds.

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

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

“Base Interest Fraction”: With respect to any Principal Prepayment on any Mortgage Loan and for:

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

(B) any of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E Certificates with a Pass-Through Rate equal to a fixed per annum rate, a fraction (not greater than one)(a) whose numerator is the greater of zero and the amount, if any, by which (i) the Pass-Through Rate on such class of certificates exceeds (ii) the yield rate (as provided by the Master Servicer) used in calculating the Prepayment Premium or Yield Maintenance Charge, as applicable, with respect to such principal prepayment and (b) whose denominator is the amount, if any, by which (i) the Mortgage Rate on such Mortgage Loan (without regard to any increase in the interest rate of any ARD Loan after the related Anticipated Repayment Date, and net of the Administrative Cost Rate) during the related Interest Accrual Period multiplied by 365/360 exceeds (ii) the yield rate (as provided by the Master Servicer) used in calculating the Prepayment Premium or Yield Maintenance Charge, as applicable, with respect to such Principal Prepayment; provided, however, that if such yield rate is greater than or equal to the amount set forth in clause (b)(i) above, then the respective Base Interest Fraction shall be zero; provided, further, that if such yield rate is greater than or equal to the amount set forth in clause (b)(i) above, but less than the Pass-Through Rate described in clause (a)(i) above, then the respective Base Interest Fraction shall be one.

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

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Date or the related Anticipated Repayment Date, as applicable, for such prepaid Mortgage Loan, the issue with the earlier maturity date shall be selected.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Business Day”: Any day other than (i) a Saturday or a Sunday, (ii) a day on which (a) banking institutions in New York, Texas, Kansas, Pennsylvania, Florida or any of the jurisdictions in which any of the respective primary servicing or corporate offices of the master servicer or any special servicer, corporate trust offices of either the certificate administrator or the trustee or primary corporate office of any financial institution holding the collection account, any other account required to be established under this Agreement or other trust administration accounts are located, or (b) the New York Stock Exchange or the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America, are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to remain closed.

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

“Cash Collateral Account”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan that has a Lock-Box Account, any account or accounts created pursuant to the related Mortgage, Loan Agreement, Cash Collateral Account Agreement or other Loan Document into which the Lock-Box Account monies are swept on a regular basis for the benefit of the Trustee, on behalf of the Certificateholders, as successor to the related Mortgage Loan Seller. Any Cash Collateral Account shall be beneficially owned for federal income tax purposes by the Person who is entitled to receive all reinvestment income or gain thereon in accordance with the terms and provisions of the related Loan Documents and Section 3.06(h) of this Agreement, which Person shall be taxed on all reinvestment income or gain thereon in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan. The Master Servicer shall be permitted to make withdrawals therefrom for deposit into the Collection Account or the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account, as applicable. To the extent not inconsistent with the terms of the related Loan Documents, each such Cash Collateral Account shall be an Eligible Account.

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

“Certificate”: Any Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class X-A, Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G, Class X-H, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G, Class H, Class S, Class R, Class RR, Class PDC-A1, Class PDC-A2 or Class PDC-HRR Certificate issued, authenticated and delivered hereunder.

“Certificate Administrator”: Computershare Trust Company, N.A., a national banking association, in its capacity as Certificate Administrator, or its successor in interest, or any successor Certificate Administrator appointed as herein provided. Computershare Trust Company, N.A. will perform its obligations as Certificate Administrator hereunder through its Corporate Trust Services division (including, as applicable, any agents or affiliates utilized thereby).

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

“Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fee”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, REO Loan and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and for any Distribution Date, an amount per Interest Accrual Period equal to the product of (i) the Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fee Rate

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(computed on the same accrual basis as interest accrues on the related Mortgage Loan, REO Loan and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan) multiplied by (ii) the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan, REO Loan or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as of the Due Date in the immediately preceding Collection Period (without giving effect to payments of principal on such Mortgage Loan, REO Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan on such Due Date). The Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fee shall be calculated in accordance with the provisions of Section 1.02(a) of this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fee with respect to each Mortgage Loan, REO Loan and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan shall be payable from the Lower-Tier REMIC.

“Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fee Rate”: A rate equal to 0.01393% per annum.

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

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

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

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

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

“Certificateholder”: The Person in whose name a Certificate (including the Class RR Certificates) is registered in the Certificate Register or any beneficial owner thereof; provided, however, that solely for the purposes of giving any consent, approval, waiver or taking any action pursuant to this Agreement, any Certificate (including the Class RR Certificates) registered in the name of or beneficially owned by (i) the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Excluded Special Servicer), the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the

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Depositor, any Mortgage Loan Seller or any Affiliate of any of such Persons or (ii) any Borrower Party, in each case shall be deemed not to be outstanding (provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, any Controlling Class Certificates or Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificates, as applicable, owned by an Excluded Controlling Class Holder shall not be deemed to be outstanding as to such Excluded Controlling Class Holder solely with respect to any related Excluded Controlling Class Loan; and provided, further, that any Controlling Class Certificates or Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificates, as applicable, owned by the Special Servicer or an Affiliate thereof shall not be deemed to be outstanding as to the Special Servicer or such Affiliate solely with respect to any related Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan), and the Voting Rights to which it is entitled shall not be taken into account in determining whether the requisite percentage of Voting Rights necessary to effect any such consent, approval, waiver or take any such action has been obtained; provided, however, that the foregoing restrictions shall not apply in the case of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Excluded Special Servicer), the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, any Mortgage Loan Seller or any Affiliate of any of such Persons unless such consent, approval or waiver sought from such party would in any way increase its compensation or limit its obligations in the named capacities hereunder or waive a Servicer Termination Event or trigger an Asset Review with respect to such Mortgage Loan; provided, further, that so long as there is no Servicer Termination Event with respect to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer or such Affiliate of either shall be entitled to exercise such Voting Rights with respect to any issue which could reasonably be believed to adversely affect such party’s compensation or increase its obligations or liabilities hereunder; and provided, further, that such restrictions shall not apply to (i) the exercise of the Special Servicer’s, the Master Servicer’s or any Mortgage Loan Seller’s rights, if any, or any of their Affiliates as a member of the Controlling Class or Pacific Design Center Controlling Class, as applicable, or (ii) any Affiliate of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, any Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator that has provided an Investor Certification in which it has certified as to the existence of certain policies and procedures restricting the flow of information between it and the Depositor, the Master Servicer, such Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable. The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall each be entitled to request and rely upon a certificate of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Depositor in determining whether a Certificate is registered in the name of an Affiliate of such Person. All references herein to “Holders” or “Certificateholders” shall reflect the rights of Certificate Owners as they may indirectly exercise such rights through the Depository and the Depository Participants, except as otherwise specified herein; provided, however, that the parties hereto shall be required to recognize as a “Holder” or “Certificateholder” only the Person in whose name a Certificate is registered in the Certificate Register.

“Certificateholder Quorum”: In connection with any solicitation of votes in connection with the replacement of the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.22(d) of this Agreement (other than as a result of the replacement of the Special Servicer at the recommendation of the Operating Advisor) or the Asset Representations Reviewer pursuant to Section 11.05(b) of this Agreement, the holders of Certificates evidencing at least 50% of the aggregate Voting Rights (taking into account the application of any Appraisal Reduction Amounts to notionally reduce the Certificate Balances of the Certificates pursuant to Section 4.08 of this Agreement, except in the case of the termination of the Asset Representations Reviewer pursuant to Section 11.05(b) of this

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Agreement) of all Principal Balance Certificates and the Class RR Certificates on an aggregate basis.

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

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

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

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

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

“Class”: All of the Certificates that collectively bear the same alphabetical or alphanumeric Class designation, each separately designated Lower-Tier Regular Interest, and each separately designated Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Regular Interest.

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

“Class A-1 Pass-Through Rate”: A fixed per annum rate equal to 5.5420%.

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

“Class A-2 Pass-Through Rate”: A fixed per annum rate equal to 5.6260%.

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

“Class A-3 Pass-Through Rate”: A fixed per annum rate equal to 5.7930%.

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

“Class A-4 Pass-Through Rate”: A fixed per annum rate equal to 5.5246%.

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

“Class A-M Pass-Through Rate”: A per annum rate equal to the lesser of (i) the WAC Rate and (ii) 6.1205%.

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

“Class A-SB Pass-Through Rate”: A per annum rate equal to the lesser of (i) the WAC Rate and (ii) 5.8349%.

“Class A-SB Planned Principal Balance”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the planned principal amount for such Distribution Date specified in Schedule III hereto relating to the Class A-SB Certificates.

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

“Class B Pass-Through Rate”: A per annum rate equal to the WAC Rate that corresponds to the related interest accrual period.

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

“Class C Pass-Through Rate”: A per annum rate equal to the WAC Rate that corresponds to the related interest accrual period.

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

“Class D Pass-Through Rate”: A fixed per annum rate equal to 4.0000%.

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

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“Class E Pass-Through Rate”: A fixed per annum rate equal to 4.0000%.

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

“Class F Pass-Through Rate”: A fixed per annum rate equal to 4.0000%.

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

“Class G Pass-Through Rate”: A fixed per annum rate equal to 4.0000%.

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

“Class H Pass-Through Rate”: A fixed per annum rate equal to 4.0000%.

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

“Class LPDC-R Interest”: The sole class of “residual interest” in the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC, represented by the Class R Certificates.

“Class LPDCA-1 Interest”, “Class LPDCA-2 Interest”, “Class LPDCHRR Interest”: Each, a regular interest in the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC entitled to monthly distributions payable thereto pursuant to Section 4.01 of this Agreement.

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

“Class PDC-A1 Certificate”: Any one of the Certificates with a “Class PDC-A1” designation on the face thereof, executed and authenticated by the Certificate Administrator or the Authenticating Agent on behalf of the Depositor in substantially the form of the Exhibit set forth next to such Class in the Table of Exhibits of this Agreement.

“Class PDC-A1 Pass-Through Rate”: A per annum rate equal to the Net Mortgage Rate applicable to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan. The Class PDC-A1 Pass-Through Rate for the initial Distribution Date is 15.48016% per annum.

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“Class PDC-A2 Certificate”: Any one of the Certificates with a “Class PDC-A2” designation on the face thereof, executed and authenticated by the Certificate Administrator or the Authenticating Agent on behalf of the Depositor in substantially the form of the Exhibit set forth next to such Class in the Table of Exhibits of this Agreement.

“Class PDC-A2 Pass-Through Rate”: A per annum rate equal to the Net Mortgage Rate applicable to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan. The Class PDC-A2 Pass-Through Rate for the initial Distribution Date is 15.48016% per annum.

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

“Class PDC-HRR Pass-Through Rate”: A per annum rate equal to the Net Mortgage Rate applicable to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan. The Class PDC-HRR Pass-Through Rate for the initial Distribution Date is 15.48016% per annum.

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

“Class RR Certificate”: Any one of the Certificates with a “Class RR” designation on the face thereof, executed and authenticated by the Certificate Administrator or the Authenticating Agent on behalf of the Depositor in substantially the form of the Exhibit set forth next to such Class in the Table of Exhibits of this Agreement. The Class RR Certificate represents (i) beneficial ownership of a “regular interest” in the Upper-Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions and (ii) beneficial ownership of a portion of the Class S Grantor Trust Assets.

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

“Class S Specific Grantor Trust Assets”: The portion of the Trust Fund consisting of (i) any Excess Interest and (ii) amounts held from time to time in the Excess Interest Distribution Account.

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

“Class X Certificates”: The Class X-A, Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G and Class X-H Certificates, collectively.

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“Class X Component”: Each of the Class X-A Components, the Class X-D Components, the Class X-F Component, the Class X-G Component and the Class X-H Component.

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

“Class X Notional Amount”: The Class X-A Notional Amount, the Class X-D Notional Amount, the Class X-F Notional Amount, the Class X-G Notional Amount and the Class X-H Notional Amount, as applicable, and as the context may require.

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

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

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

“Class X-A Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the weighted average of the Class X-A Strip Rates for the respective Class X-A Components for such Distribution Date, weighted on the basis of the respective Class X Component Notional Amounts of such Components outstanding immediately prior to such Distribution Date. The Class X-A Pass-Through Rate for the initial Distribution Date is 0.5676% per annum.

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

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

“Class X-D Component”: Each of the Component XD and Component XE.

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

“Class X-D Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the weighted average of the Class X-D Strip Rates for the respective Class X-D Components for such Distribution Date, weighted on the basis of the respective Class X Component Notional Amounts of such Components outstanding immediately prior to such Distribution Date. The Class X-D Pass-Through Rate for the initial Distribution Date is 2.2446% per annum.

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

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

“Class X-F Component”: The Component XF.

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

“Class X-F Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the Class X-F Strip Rate for the Class X-F Component for such Distribution Date. The Class X-F Pass-Through Rate for the initial Distribution Date is 2.2446% per annum.

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

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

“Class X-G Component”: The Component XG.

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

“Class X-G Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the Class X-G Strip Rate for the Class X-G Component for such Distribution Date. The Class X-G Pass-Through Rate for the initial Distribution Date is 2.2446% per annum.

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

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

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

“Class X-H Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the Class X-H Strip Rate for the Class X-H Component for such Distribution Date. The Class X-H Pass-Through Rate for the initial Distribution Date is 2.2446% per annum.

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

“Clearstream”: Clearstream Banking Luxembourg or any successor thereto.

“Closing Date”: April 21, 2023.

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

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

“Collection Account”: The trust account or accounts created and maintained by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.05(a) of this Agreement, which shall be entitled “Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, on behalf of Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38 and the RR Interest Owner, Collection Account” and which must be an Eligible Account.

“Collection Period”: With respect to any Distribution Date and each Mortgage Loan (including any related Companion Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan), the period that begins on the day immediately following the Due Date for such Mortgage Loan or Trust

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

“Commission”: The Securities and Exchange Commission.

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

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

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

“Companion Loan Rating Agency”: Any NRSRO rating any class of Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan Securities.

“Compensating Interest Payment”: An amount as of any Distribution Date equal to the lesser of (i) the aggregate amount of Prepayment Interest Shortfalls incurred in connection with voluntary Principal Prepayments received in respect of the Serviced Mortgage Loans or Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (in each case, other than (a) a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, (b) a Specially Serviced Loan or (c) a Mortgage Loan or any related Serviced Companion Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan with respect to which the Special Servicer has waived or amended the prepayment restrictions such that the related Borrower is not required to prepay on a Due Date or pay interest that would have accrued on the amount prepaid through and including the last day of the interest accrual period occurring following the date of such prepayment) for the related Distribution Date, and (ii) the aggregate of (A) the portion of its Master Servicing Fee (calculated for this purpose at a per annum rate equal to (1) 0.00125% (0.125 basis points) for each Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), Serviced Companion Loan and related REO Loan without an initial sub-servicer, and (2) 0.000625% (0.0625 basis points) for each Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), Serviced Companion Loan and the related REO Loan where servicing functions are performed by an initial sub-servicer,) that is being paid in such Collection Period with respect to the Mortgage Loans, Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans or REO Loans serviced by it, (B) all Prepayment Interest Excess received by the Master Servicer during the related Collection Period on the Mortgage Loans (and, for so long as a Whole Loan is serviced under this Agreement, any related Pari Passu Companion Loan) and (C) to the extent earned on principal prepayments, net investment earnings payable to the Master Servicer for such Collection Period received by the Master Servicer during such Collection Period with respect to the Mortgage Loan or any related

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Condemnation Proceeds”: Any awards resulting from the full or partial condemnation or any eminent domain proceeding or any conveyance in lieu or in anticipation thereof with respect to a Mortgaged Property by or to any governmental, quasi-governmental authority or private entity with condemnation powers (other than (i) amounts to be applied to the restoration, preservation or repair of such Mortgaged Property or released to the related Borrower in accordance with the terms of the REMIC Provisions and the applicable Loan Documents for the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan and (ii) in the case of the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan, the extent to which any portion of such proceeds are received by the Master Servicer or Certificate Administrator in connection with the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan, and are not allocable to the related Mortgage Loan and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, as applicable, pursuant to the Pacific Design Center Intercreditor Agreement) or, if applicable, with respect to the Mortgaged Property securing a Serviced Whole Loan, any portion of such amounts payable to the holders of the applicable Mortgage Loan. With respect to the Mortgaged Property securing any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan or Non-Serviced Companion Loan, only the portion of such amounts payable to the holder of the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan shall be included in Condemnation Proceeds.

“Consultation Termination Event”: An event that will occur and be continuing (a) with respect to any Mortgage Loan (other than any Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan and Serviced AB Mortgage Loan) or any Serviced Whole Loan (other than any Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan

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or any Serviced AB Mortgage Loan), when one or more of the following is true: (i) there is no class of Control Eligible Certificates that has a then-outstanding Certificate Balance (without regard to the application of any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts) equal to at least 25% of the initial Certificate Balance of that Class or (ii) such Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan is an applicable Excluded Loan; and (b) with respect to any Serviced AB Whole Loan, when a related Control Appraisal Period has occurred and is continuing and the events described in clause (a) above are occurring; provided, further, that a Consultation Termination Event shall not be deemed to be continuing in the event the Certificate Balances of all Classes of Pooled Principal Balance Certificates other than the Control Eligible Certificates have been reduced to zero; provided, further, that no Consultation Termination Event may occur with respect to the Loan-Specific Directing Holder related to each such Servicing Shift Whole Loan and the term “Consultation Termination Event” shall not be applicable to the Loan-Specific Directing Holder related to such Servicing Shift Whole Loan. With respect to Excluded Loans related to the Directing Holder, a Consultation Termination Event shall be deemed to exist.

“Control Appraisal Period”: With respect to the AB Whole Loans, shall have the meaning assigned to the term “Control Appraisal Period” in the related Intercreditor Agreement.

“Control Eligible Certificates”: Any of the Class G or Class H Certificates.

“Control Termination Event”: An event that will occur and be continuing (a) with respect to any Mortgage Loan (other than any Serviced AB Mortgage Loan and any Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan) or Serviced Whole Loan (other than any Serviced AB Whole Loan and any Servicing Shift Whole Loan), when one or more of the following is true: (i) the Certificate Balance of the Class G Certificates (taking into account the application of any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts to notionally reduce the Certificate Balance of such Class in accordance with Section 4.08(a) hereof) is reduced to less than 25% of the initial Certificate Balance of such Class or (ii) such Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan is an applicable Excluded Loan; and (b) with respect to each Serviced AB Whole Loan, when a related Control Appraisal Period is continuing and the events described in clause (a) above are occurring; provided, further that a Control Termination Event shall not be deemed to be continuing in the event the Certificate Balances of all Classes of Pooled Principal Balance Certificates other than the Control Eligible Certificates has been reduced to zero; provided, further, that no Control Termination Event may occur with respect to the Loan-Specific Directing Holder related to any Servicing Shift Whole Loan and the term “Control Termination Event” shall not be applicable to the Loan-Specific Directing Holder related to such Servicing Shift Whole Loan. With respect to Excluded Loans related to the Directing Holder, a Control Termination Event shall be deemed to exist.

“Controlling Class”: As of any date of determination, the most subordinate Class of Control Eligible Certificates then-outstanding that has a then aggregate Certificate Balance (as notionally reduced by any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts allocable to such Class in accordance with Section 4.08(a) of this Agreement) at least equal to 25% of the initial Certificate Balance of that Class or if no Class of Control Eligible Certificates meets the preceding requirement, the most senior Class of Control Eligible Certificates; provided that if, at any time, the Certificate Balances of all Control Eligible Certificates, as notionally reduced by any Appraisal Reduction Amounts (but without regard to any Collateral Deficiency Amount) allocable to such Classes, have been reduced to zero, the Controlling Class shall be the most subordinate Class of

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Control Eligible Certificates that has a principal balance greater than zero; provided, further, that if at any time the Certificate Balance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class D, Class E and Class F Certificates have been reduced to zero as a result of the allocation of principal payments on the Mortgage Loans, then the “Controlling Class” shall be the most subordinate class of Control Eligible Certificates that has an aggregate Certificate Balance greater than zero without regard to the application of Appraisal Reduction Amounts (or any Collateral Deficiency Amount) to notionally reduce the Certificate Balance of such Class. The Controlling Class as of the Closing Date will be the Class H Certificates.

“Controlling Class Certificateholder”: Each Holder (or Certificate Owner, if applicable) of a Certificate of the Controlling Class as determined by the Certificate Registrar from time to time, upon request by any party to this Agreement.

“Controlling Companion Loan”: With respect to any Servicing Shift Whole Loan, the related Pari Passu Companion Loan which, in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement, will be the “Lead Note”, “Controlling Note” or similarly defined term as identified in the related Intercreditor Agreement.

“Corporate Trust Office”: The offices of the Trustee and Certificate Administrator are located, (i) with respect to the Trustee, at 9062 Old Annapolis Road, Columbia, Maryland 21045, Attention: Corporate Trust Services – Benchmark 2023-B38, (ii) with respect to the Certificate Administrator, at 9062 Old Annapolis Road, Columbia, Maryland 21045, Attention: Corporate Trust Services – Benchmark 2023-B38, and (iii) in the case of any surrender, transfer or exchange, at 1505 Energy Park Drive, St. Paul, Minnesota 55108, Attention: CTS – Certificate Transfers Services – Benchmark 2023-B38, or the principal trust office of any successor certificate administrator qualified and appointed pursuant to this Agreement.

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

“Corresponding Certificates”: As defined in the Preliminary Statement with respect to any Corresponding Lower-Tier Regular Interest, any Corresponding Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Regular Interests or Corresponding Component.

“Corresponding Components”: As defined in the Preliminary Statement with respect to any Corresponding Certificates, any Corresponding Lower-Tier Regular Interest or any Corresponding Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Regular Interests.

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

“Corresponding Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interests”: As defined in the Preliminary Statement with respect to any Corresponding Certificates or Corresponding Component.

“CREFC^®”: Commercial Real Estate Finance Council^®, formerly known as Commercial Mortgage Securities Association, or any association or organization that is a successor

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thereto. If neither such association nor any successor remains in existence, “CREFC^®” shall be deemed to refer to such other association or organization as may exist whose principal membership consists of servicers, trustees, certificateholders, issuers, placement agents and underwriters generally involved in the commercial mortgage loan securitization industry, which is the principal such association or organization in the commercial mortgage loan securitization industry and whose principal purpose is the establishment of industry standards for reporting transaction-specific information relating to commercial mortgage pass-through certificates and commercial mortgage-backed bonds and the commercial mortgage loans and foreclosed properties underlying or backing them to investors holding or owning such certificates or bonds, and any successor to such other association or organization. If an organization or association described in one of the preceding sentences of this definition does not exist, “CREFC^®” shall be deemed to refer to such other association or organization as shall be selected by the Master Servicer and reasonably acceptable to the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Special Servicer and, if no Control Termination Event is continuing, the Directing Holder.

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

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

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

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

“CREFC^® Comparative Financial Status Report”: The monthly report in “Comparative Financial Status Report” format substantially in the form of and containing the information called for therein for the Mortgage Loans or Serviced Whole Loans, or such other form for the presentation of such information as may be approved from time to time by the CREFC^® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally. In connection with preparing the CREFC^® Comparative Financial Status Report, the Master Servicer shall process (a) interim financial statements beginning with interim financial statements for the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2023 (to the extent that the related Borrower provides sufficient information to report pursuant to CREFC^® guidelines), and (b) annual financial statements beginning with annual financial statements for the 2023 fiscal year.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Account Name: Commercial Real Estate Finance Council (CREFC^®)

Bank Name: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

Bank Address: 80 Broadway, New York, NY 10005

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Routing Number: 021000021

Account Number: 213597397

“CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee Rate”: A rate equal to 0.00050% per annum.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“CREFC^® Loan Periodic Update File”: The monthly data file substantially in the form of, and containing the information called for in, the downloadable form of the “CREFC^® Loan Periodic Update File” available and effective from time to time on the CREFC^® Website and, provided that each CREFC^® Loan Periodic Update File shall be accompanied by a CREFC^®

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Advance Recovery Report, if such report is required for a particular month, and all references herein to “CREFC^® Loan Periodic Update File” shall be construed accordingly.

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

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

“CREFC^® Operating Statement Analysis Report”: A report (i) for single Mortgaged Property Mortgage Loans, prepared with respect to such Mortgaged Property and (ii) for Mortgage Loans secured by more than one Mortgaged Property, in the aggregate, substantially in the form of, and containing the information called for in, the downloadable form of the “Operating Statement Analysis Report” available and effective from time to time on the CREFC^® Website.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“CREFI Indemnification Agreement”: The agreement dated as of the Pricing Date, among CREFI, the Depositor, the Underwriters and the Initial Purchasers.

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

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

“Crossover Date”: The Distribution Date, if any, on which the Certificate Balance of each of the Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G and Class H Certificates is (or will be) reduced to zero.

“Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amount”: As of any date of determination as to any Mortgage Loan, the sum of (i) all Appraisal Reduction Amounts then in effect, and (ii) with respect to any AB Modified Loan, any Collateral Deficiency Amount then in effect. The Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the Master Servicer’s calculation or determination of any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amount.

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

“Custodian”: Any Custodian appointed pursuant to Section 3.19 of this Agreement. If a Custodian is not so appointed, then the Custodian shall be the Certificate

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Administrator. The Custodian may (but need not) be the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee or the Master Servicer or any Affiliate of the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee or the Master Servicer. Computershare Trust Company, N.A. will perform its obligations as Custodian hereunder through its Document Custody division (including, as applicable, any agents or affiliates utilized thereby).

“Cut-off Date”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, the later of the related Due Date of such Mortgage Loan and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan in April 2023 (or, in the case of any Mortgage Loan and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan that has its first Due Date subsequent to April 2023, the date that would have been its Due Date in April 2023 under the terms of that Mortgage Loan and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan if a Periodic Payment were scheduled to be due in that month) and the date of origination of such Mortgage Loan.

“Cut-off Date Balance”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, the outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, as of the Cut-off Date, after application of all payments of principal due on or before such date, whether or not received.

“DBNY”: Deutsche Bank AG, acting through its New York Branch, in its capacity as the holder of the VRR1 Interest, and its successors in interest.

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

“Debt Service Coverage Ratio”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan as of any date of determination and for any period, the ratio calculated by dividing the net operating income or net cash flow, as applicable, of the related Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties, as the case may be, for the most recently ended 12-month trailing or one-year period for which data is available from the related Borrower (or year-to-date until such time that data for the trailing 12-month period is available), before payment of any scheduled payments of principal and interest on such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan but after funding of required reserves and “normalized” information from the CREFC^® NOI Adjustment Worksheet for such Mortgaged Property by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, if applicable, pursuant to Section 3.13 of this Agreement, by the annual debt service required by such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan. Annual debt service shall be calculated by multiplying the Periodic Payment in effect on such date of determination for such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan by 12 (or such fewer number of months for which related information is available).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Determination Date”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the 11th day of the calendar month of the related Distribution Date or, if such 11th day is not a Business Day, then the next Business Day, commencing in May 2023.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(xvii) any related mezzanine intercreditor agreement;

(xviii)all related environmental reports; and

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(xix)      all related environmental insurance policies;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(k)                              copies of any zoning reports;

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

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

(n)                             copies of all UCC searches;

(o)                             copies of all litigation searches;

(p)                             copies of all bankruptcy searches;

(q)                             a copy of the origination settlement statement;

(r)                                a copy of the insurance consultant report;

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

(t)                                copies of the escrow statements;

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

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

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

provided that (i) with respect to any Mortgage Loan which is a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan on the Closing Date, any assignments in favor of the trustee will be in favor of the trustee under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement and (ii) with respect to any Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan, any assignments in favor of the trustee may be in blank and may not be recorded or filed until otherwise set forth in Section 2.01(a), in each case, to the extent that the Originator received such documents in connection with the origination of such Mortgage Loan. In the event any of the items identified above were not included in connection with the origination of such Mortgage Loan, the Diligence File shall include a statement to that effect; provided that the Mortgage Loan Seller shall not deliver information that is proprietary to the related Originator or Mortgage Loan Seller or any draft documents or privileged or internal communications. The Mortgage Loan Seller may, without any obligation to do so, include such other documents or information as part of the Diligence File that such Mortgage Loan Seller believes should be included to enable the Asset Representations Reviewer to perform the Asset Review on such Mortgage Loan; provided that such documents or information are clearly labeled and identified.

“Diligence File Certification”: As defined in Section 2.01(f) of this Agreement.

“Directing Holder”: (a) With respect to each Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan, the related Loan-Specific Directing Holder; (b) with respect to each Mortgage Loan (other than any Serviced AB Whole Loan, the Pacific Design Center Mortgage Loan and any Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan), the Controlling Class Certificateholder (or a representative thereof) selected by more than 50% of the Controlling Class Certificateholders, by Certificate Balance, as determined by the Certificate Registrar from time to time (the “Trust Directing Holder”); provided, however, that (i) absent that selection, or (ii) until a Directing Holder is so selected, or (iii) upon receipt of a notice from a majority of the Controlling Class Certificateholders, by Certificate Balance, that a Directing Holder is no longer designated, the Controlling Class Certificateholder that represents that it owns the largest aggregate Certificate Balance of the Controlling Class (or its representative) will be the Directing Holder; provided, however, that in the case of this clause (iii) in the event no one holder represents that it owns the largest aggregate Certificate Balance of the Controlling Class, then there shall be no Directing Holder until appointed in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; (c) with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan, (i) for so long as no Pacific Design Center Control Appraisal Period has occurred and is continuing, the Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Representative and (ii) for so long as an Pacific Design Center Control Appraisal Period has occurred and is continuing, the Trust Directing Holder; and (d) with respect to each

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Serviced AB Whole Loan other than the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan, (i) for so long as no Control Appraisal Period has occurred and is continuing, the related Loan-Specific Directing Holder, and (ii) for so long as a Control Appraisal Period has occurred and is continuing, the Trust Directing Holder.

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

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

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

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

“Directing Holder Asset Status Report Review Process”: As defined in Section 3.23(e) of this Agreement.

“Directly Operate”: With respect to any Serviced REO Property, the furnishing or rendering of services to the tenants thereof that are not customarily provided to tenants in connection with the rental of space for occupancy only within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.512(b)-1(c)(5), the management or operation of such Serviced REO Property, the holding of such Serviced REO Property primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of a trade or business, or any use of such Serviced REO Property in a trade or business conducted by the Trust Fund, or the performance of any construction work on the Serviced REO Property other than through an Independent Contractor; provided that the Special Servicer, on behalf of the Trust Fund, shall not be considered to Directly Operate a Serviced REO Property solely because the Special Servicer, on behalf of the Trust Fund, establishes rental terms, chooses tenants, enters into or renews leases, deals with taxes and insurance, or makes decisions as to repairs or capital expenditures with respect to such Serviced REO Property or takes other actions consistent with Treasury Regulations Section l.856-4(b)(5)(ii).

“Disclosable Special Servicer Fee”: With respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan or Serviced REO Property, any compensation and other remuneration (including, without limitation, in the form of commissions, brokerage fees, rebates, and as a result of any other fee-sharing arrangement) received or retained by the Special Servicer

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

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

“Dispute Resolution Consultation”: As defined in Section 2.03(l)(iii) of this Agreement.

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

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

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

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Organization” shall have the meanings set forth in Section 7701 of the Code or successor provisions.

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

“Distribution Date”: For each Determination Date, the 4th Business Day following such Determination Date, commencing in May 2023.

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

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

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

“Early Termination Notice Date”: Any date as of which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan remaining in the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Stated Pool Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as of the Cut-off Date. Solely for purposes of this calculation, if an ARD Loan is still an asset of the Trust and such right is being exercised after its respective Anticipated Repayment Date, then such Mortgage Loan will be excluded from the aggregate Stated Principal Balance and the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance.

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

“Eligible Account”: Any of the following:

(i)                                  a segregated account or accounts maintained with a federal or state chartered depository institution or trust company (including the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator), the long-term unsecured debt or deposit obligations of which are rated at least

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“A2” by Moody’s, “A” by Fitch and at least the equivalent by KBRA (if then rated by KBRA), if the deposits are to be held in such account for thirty (30) days or more, and the short-term debt or deposit obligations of which have a short-term rating of not less than “P-1” from Moody’s, “F1” by Fitch and at least the equivalent by KBRA (if then rated by KBRA) if the deposits are to be held in such account for less than thirty (30) days;

(ii)                               a segregated account or accounts maintained with PNC Bank, National Association so long as PNC Bank, National Association’s long-term unsecured debt or deposit rating shall be at least “A2” by Moody’s, “A-” by Fitch and at least the equivalent by KBRA (if then rated by KBRA) (if the deposits are to be held in the account for more than thirty (30) days) or PNC Bank, National Association’s short-term deposit or short-term unsecured debt rating shall be at least “P-1” by Moody’s, “F1” by Fitch and at least the equivalent by KBRA (if then rated by KBRA) (if the deposits are to be held in the account for thirty (30) days or less);

(iii)                            such other account or accounts that, but for the failure to satisfy one or more of the minimum rating(s) set forth in the applicable clause, would be listed in clauses (i) – (ii) above, with respect to which (A) a Rating Agency Confirmation has been obtained from each Rating Agency for which the minimum ratings set forth in the applicable clause is not satisfied with respect to such account, which account may be an account maintained by or with the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer and (B) if such other account is rated below an investment grade rating or investment grade credit assessment by Moody's or Fitch, a Rating Agency Confirmation has been obtained from KBRA;

(iv)                           any other account or accounts not listed in clauses (i) – (iii) above with respect to which (A) a Rating Agency Confirmation has been obtained from each Rating Agency and, with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, with respect to which a Companion Loan Rating Agency Confirmation has been obtained from each Companion Loan Rating Agency for which the minimum ratings set forth in the applicable clause is not satisfied with respect to such account, which account may be an account maintained by or with the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer and (B) if such other account is rated below an investment grade rating or investment grade credit assessment by Moody’s or Fitch, a Rating Agency Confirmation has been obtained from KBRA; or

(v)                              a segregated trust account or accounts maintained with the corporate trust department of a federal or state chartered depository institution or trust company that has a long-term unsecured debt rating of at least “A2” from Moody’s (if the deposits are to be held in the account for more than thirty (30) days) or a short-term unsecured debt rating of at least “P-1” from Moody’s (if the deposits are to be held in the account for thirty (30) days or less) and that, in either case, has corporate trust powers, acting in its fiduciary capacity, provided that any state chartered depository institution or trust company is subject to regulation regarding fiduciary funds substantially similar to 12 C.F.R. § 9.10(b). Eligible Accounts may bear interest.

Eligible Accounts may bear interest.

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“Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer”: An entity that (a) is the special servicer, operating advisor or asset representations reviewer on a transaction rated by any of DBRS Morningstar, Fitch, KBRA, Moody’s or S&P and that has not been a special servicer, operating advisor or asset representations reviewer on a transaction for which any of DBRS Morningstar, Fitch, KBRA, Moody’s or S&P has qualified, downgraded or withdrawn its rating or ratings of, one or more classes of certificates for such transaction citing servicing or other relevant concerns with such special servicer, operating advisor or asset representations reviewer, as applicable, as the sole or material factor in such rating action, (b) can and will make the representations and warranties of the Asset Representations Reviewer set forth in Section 2.04(g), (c) is not (and is not affiliated with) any Sponsor, any Mortgage Loan Seller, any Originator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Trust Directing Holder, any Risk Retention Consultation Party or any of their respective affiliates, (d) has not performed (and is not affiliated with any party hired to perform) any due diligence, loan underwriting, brokerage, borrower advisory or similar services with respect to any Mortgage Loan or any related Companion Loan prior to the Closing Date for or on behalf of any Sponsor, any Mortgage Loan Seller, any Underwriter, any party to this Agreement or the Trust Directing Holder, any Risk Retention Consultation Party or any of their respective Affiliates, or have been paid any fees, compensation or other remuneration by any of them in connection with any such services, and (e) does not directly or indirectly, through one or more Affiliates or otherwise, own any interest in any Certificates, the RR Interest, any Mortgage Loan, any Companion Loan or any securities backed by a Companion Loan or otherwise have any financial interest in the securitization transaction to which this Agreement relates, other than in fees from its role as Asset Representations Reviewer (or as Operating Advisor, if applicable) and except as otherwise set forth in Section 11.04.

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

“Eligible Operating Advisor”: An entity (i) that is a special servicer or operating advisor on a commercial mortgage-backed securities transaction rated by the Rating Agencies (including, in the case of Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, this transaction) but has not been special servicer or operating advisor on a transaction for which any Rating Agency has qualified, downgraded or withdrawn its rating or ratings of, one or more classes of certificates for such transaction citing servicing concerns with the special servicer or operating advisor as the sole or material factor in such rating action, (ii) that can and will make the representations and warranties set forth in Section 2.04(f) of this Agreement, including to the effect that it possesses sufficient financial strength to fulfill its duties and responsibilities pursuant to this Agreement over the life of the Trust, (iii) that is not (and is not affiliated (including, in the case of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Securitization, Risk Retention Affiliated) with) the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, a Mortgage Loan Seller, any Borrower Party, the Pacific Design Center Retaining Third-Party Purchaser, the Directing Holder, a Risk Retention Consultation Party, an Other Depositor, Other Trustee, Other Servicer or Other Special Servicer, or an Affiliate of the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, a Mortgage Loan Seller, the Directing Holder or an Other Depositor, Other Trustee, Other Servicer or Other Special Servicer, or any of their respective

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Affiliates (including, in the case of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Securitization, Risk Retention Affiliates), (iv) that has not been paid by the Special Servicer or successor Special Servicer any fees, compensation or other remuneration (x) in respect of its obligations hereunder or (y) for the appointment or recommendation for replacement of a successor Special Servicer to become the Special Servicer, (v) that (x) has been regularly engaged in the business of analyzing and advising clients in commercial mortgage-backed securities matters and has at least five years of experience in collateral analysis and loss projections, and (y) has at least five years of experience in commercial real estate asset management and experience in the workout and management of distressed commercial real estate assets, and (vi) that does not directly or indirectly, through one or more affiliates or otherwise, own or have derivative exposure in any interest in any certificates, any Mortgage Loans, any Companion Loan or any securities backed by a Companion Loan or otherwise have any financial interest in the securitization transaction to which this Agreement relates, other than in fees from its role as Operating Advisor and Asset Representations Reviewer (to the extent it also acts as the Asset Representations Reviewer).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Excess Interest”: With respect to any ARD Loan, interest collected from the related Borrower at the Revised Rate in respect of such ARD Loan in excess of the interest accrued at the Initial Rate, plus any related interest accrued on such amounts, to the extent permitted by applicable law and the related Loan Documents.

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

“Excess Interest Distribution Account”: The segregated non-interest bearing trust account or sub-account created and maintained by the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 3.05(k), which shall be entitled “Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Certificate Administrator, for the benefit of the Holders of Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38 – Excess Interest Distribution Account,” and which must be an Eligible Account or a sub-account of an Eligible Account. The Excess Interest Distribution Account shall not be an asset of any Trust REMIC, but rather shall be an asset of the Grantor Trust.

“Excess Prepayment Interest Shortfall”: With respect to any Distribution Date, (i) with respect to the Mortgage Loans, the aggregate of any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls resulting from any Principal Payments made on the Mortgage Loans to be included in the Pooled Aggregate Available Funds for such Distribution Date and that are not covered by the Master Servicer’s Compensating Interest Payment for such Distribution Date and the portion of the compensating interest payments allocable to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan to the extent received from the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer, and (ii) with respect to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, the aggregate of any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls resulting from any Principal Prepayments made on the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan to be included in the Pacific Design Center Available Funds for such Distribution Date that are not covered by the Master Servicer’s Compensating Interest Payment for such Distribution Date.

“Excess Servicing Fee Rate”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan (and any successor REO Loan with respect thereto), a rate per annum equal to the Servicing Fee Rate (subject to the rights of the Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicers identified on Exhibit X to this Agreement) minus (A) with respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan (i) if no primary servicing fee rate or subservicing fee rate is payable to a party other than the Master Servicer, 0.00125% or (ii) if a primary servicing fee rate or subservicing fee rate is payable

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to a party other than the Master Servicer, 0.000625% plus any such primary servicing fee rate or subservicing fee rate payable to a party other than the Master Servicer; or (B) with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, 0.000625%, but which may be reduced under certain circumstances as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

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

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

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

“Excluded Controlling Class Holder”: With respect to any Excluded Controlling Class Loan, the Directing Holder, any Controlling Class Certificateholder or any Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholder (with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan and other than during the continuance of a Pacific Design Center Control Appraisal Period), as applicable, in either case that is a Borrower Party with respect to such Excluded Controlling Class Loan. Immediately upon obtaining actual knowledge of any such party becoming an “Excluded Controlling Class Holder”, the Directing Holder or Controlling Class Certificateholder, the Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Representative or any Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholder, as applicable, shall provide notice in the form of Exhibit L-1E hereto to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator, which such notice shall be physically delivered in accordance with Section 11.05 of this Agreement and shall specifically identify the Excluded Controlling Class Holder and the subject Excluded Controlling Class Loan. Additionally, any Excluded Controlling Class Holder shall also send to the Certificate Administrator a notice substantially in the form of Exhibit L-1F hereto, which such notice shall provide each of the CTSLink User ID’s associated with such Excluded Controlling Class Holder, and which such notice shall direct the Certificate Administrator to restrict such Excluded Controlling Class Holder’s access to the Certificate Administrator’s Website as provided in this Agreement. As of the Closing Date, there are no Excluded Controlling Class Holders related to the Trust.

“Excluded Controlling Class Loan”: Any Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan with respect to which, as of any date of determination, the Directing Holder or any Controlling Class Certificateholder (or, with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan other than during the continuance of a Pacific Design Center Control Appraisal Period, the Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Representative or any Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholder) is a Borrower Party. As of the Closing Date, there are no Excluded Controlling Class Loans related to the Trust.

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related Mortgaged Properties that is segregated on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, including, without limitation, any Asset Status Reports, Final Asset Status Reports or summaries thereof, or any appraisals, inspection reports (related to Specially Serviced Loans conducted by the Special Servicer or the Excluded Special Servicer), recoverability officer’s certificates, the Operating Advisor Annual Reports, any determination of the Special Servicer’s net present value calculation, any appraisal reduction amount calculations, environmental assessments, seismic reports and property condition reports and such other information and reports designated as Excluded Information (other than such information with respect to such Excluded Controlling Class Loan(s) that is aggregated with information of other Mortgage Loans at a pool level) by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Operating Advisor, as the case may be. For the avoidance of doubt, any file or report contained in the CREFC® Investor Reporting Package (CREFC® IRP) (other than the CREFC® Special Servicer Loan File relating to any Excluded Controlling Class Loan) and any Schedule AL Additional File shall not be considered “Excluded Information”. Any Excluded Information to be delivered to the Certificate Administrator by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor shall be delivered in accordance with Section 3.32 hereof. For the avoidance of doubt, the Certificate Administrator’s obligation to segregate any information delivered to it under the “Excluded Information” tab on the Certificate Administrator’s Website shall be triggered solely by such information being delivered in the manner provided in Section 3.31(e) hereof.

“Excluded Loan”: (a) With respect to the Directing Holder, any Mortgage Loan, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, or Whole Loan with respect to which, as of the applicable date of determination, the Directing Holder or (solely in the case of the Trust Directing Holder) the holder of the majority of the Controlling Class (or, with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan other than during the continuance of an Pacific Design Center Control Appraisal Period, the Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Representative or the holder of the majority of the Pacific Design Center Controlling Class (by Certificate Balance)) is a Borrower Party, or (b) with respect to any Risk Retention Consultation Party, a Mortgage Loan, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or Whole Loan with respect to which, as of the applicable date of determination, such Risk Retention Consultation Party or the Person entitled to appoint such Risk Retention Consultation Party is a Borrower Party. For the avoidance of doubt, any Excluded Loan as to either the Directing Holder or a holder of the majority of the Controlling Class (or the Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Representative) is also an Excluded Controlling Class Loan. As of the Closing Date, there are no Excluded Loans related to the Trust.

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

“Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan”: Any Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or Serviced Whole Loan with respect to which, as of any date of determination, the Special Servicer has obtained knowledge that it is a Borrower Party. As of the Closing Date, there are no Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loans related to the Trust.

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

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

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

“Final Asset Status Report”: With respect to any Specially Serviced Loan, the Asset Status Report (together with such other data or supporting information provided by the Special Servicer to the Directing Holder that does not include any communication (other than the related Asset Status Report) between the Special Servicer and the Directing Holder with respect to such Specially Serviced Loan) required to be delivered by the Special Servicer by the Initial Delivery Date or any Subsequent Asset Status Report, in each case, in the form fully approved or deemed approved, if applicable, by the Directing Holder pursuant to the Directing Holder Asset Status Report Review Process or following completion of the ASR Consultation Process, as applicable. For the avoidance of doubt, the Special Servicer may issue more than one Final Asset Status Report with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan in accordance with the procedures described in Section 3.23(e). Each Final Asset Status Report will be labeled or otherwise identified or communicated as being final by the Special Servicer.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“GACC Indemnification Agreement”: The agreement dated as of the Pricing Date, among GACC, the Depositor, the Underwriters and the Initial Purchasers.

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

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

“Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account”: The segregated non-interest bearing trust account or sub-account created and maintained by the Certificate Administrator for the benefit of the Pooled Certificateholders and the VRR Interest Owner pursuant to Section 3.05(i) of this Agreement for the Certificateholders and, in the case of a Serviced Companion Loan, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, which shall be entitled “Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Certificate Administrator, for the benefit of Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38 and, if applicable, Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account.” The Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account must be an Eligible Account or a sub-account of an Eligible Account and will be an asset of the Lower-Tier REMIC.

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

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

“GS Bank”: Goldman Sachs Bank USA, in its capacity as the holder of the VRR2 Interest, and its successors in interest.

“Grantor Trust”: A segregated asset pool within the Trust Fund treated as a “grantor trust” under subpart E, part I of subchapter J of the Code, consisting of the assets described in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

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

“GSMC”: Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company, in its capacity as a Mortgage Loan Seller, and its successors in interest.

“GSMC Indemnification Agreement”: The agreement dated as of the Pricing Date, among GSMC, the Depositor, the Underwriters and the Initial Purchasers.

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

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

“Holder”: With respect to any Certificate, a Certificateholder; with respect to any Lower-Tier Regular Interest or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Regular Interest, the Trustee.

“Impermissible Asset Representations Reviewer Affiliate”: As defined in Section 3.34 of this Agreement.

“Impermissible Operating Advisor Affiliate”: As defined in Section 3.34 of this Agreement.

“Impermissible Risk Retention Affiliate”: As defined in Section 3.34 of this Agreement.

“Impermissible TPP Affiliate”: As defined in Section 3.34 of this Agreement.

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“Indemnification Agreements”: Each of the GACC Indemnification Agreement, the CREFI Indemnification Agreement, GSMC Indemnification Agreement and the JPMCB Indemnification Agreement.

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

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

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

“Independent Contractor”: Either (i) any Person that would be an “independent contractor” with respect to the applicable Trust REMIC within the meaning of Section 856(d)(3) of the Code if such Trust REMIC were a real estate investment trust (except that the ownership tests set forth in that section shall be considered to be met by any Person that owns, directly or indirectly, 35% or more of any Class or 35% or more of the aggregate value of all Classes of Certificates), provided that such Trust REMIC does not receive or derive any income from such Person and the relationship between such Person and such Trust REMIC is at arm’s length, all within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.856-4(b)(5) (except neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall be considered to be an Independent Contractor under the definition in this clause (i) unless an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party seeking to be deemed an Independent Contractor) addressed to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee has been delivered to the Certificate Administrator to that effect) or (ii) any other Person (including the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer) if the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, on behalf of itself, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee has received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party seeking to be deemed an Independent Contractor) to the effect that the taking of any action in respect of any Serviced REO Property by such Person, subject to any conditions therein specified, that is otherwise herein contemplated to be taken by an Independent Contractor will not cause such Serviced REO Property to cease to qualify as “foreclosure property” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code (determined without regard to the exception applicable for purposes of Section 860D(a) of the Code) or cause any income realized in respect of such Serviced REO Property to fail to qualify as Rents from Real Property (provided that such income would otherwise so qualify).

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

“Initial Delivery Date”: As defined in Section 3.23(e) of this Agreement.

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“Initial Purchasers”: Individually and collectively, as the context may require, each of Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., AmeriVet Securities, Inc. and Drexel Hamilton, LLC and their respective successors in interest.

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

“Initial Requesting Certificateholder”: The first Certificateholder or Certificate Owner (in each case, other than a Holder or Certificate Owner of the Class RR Certificate) to deliver a Repurchase Request as described in Section 2.03(k) with respect to a Mortgage Loan or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan. For the avoidance of doubt, there may not be more than one Initial Requesting Certificateholder with respect to any Mortgage Loan or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, and a Holder of a Class RR Certificate may not be an Initial Requesting Certificateholder.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Interest Accrual Amount”: With respect to any Distribution Date and any Class of Non-VRR Certificates, an amount equal to the interest for the related Interest Accrual Period accrued at the Pass-Through Rate for such Class on the Certificate Balance or Notional Amount, as applicable, for such Class immediately prior to such Distribution Date. Calculations of interest

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due for each Interest Accrual Period in respect of such Classes of Non-VRR Certificates shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

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

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

“Interest Reserve Account”: The segregated non-interest bearing trust account or sub-account created and maintained by the Certificate Administrator for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner pursuant to Section 3.05(e) of this Agreement, which shall be entitled “Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Certificate Administrator, for the benefit of Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38, Interest Reserve Account” and which must be an Eligible Account or a sub-account of an Eligible Account. The Interest Reserve Account shall be an asset of the Lower-Tier REMIC.

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

“Interested Person”: As of any date of determination, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Excluded Special Servicer, if any, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Directing Holder, any Risk Retention Consultation Party, any Companion Loan Noteholder, any Certificateholder, any Borrower, any Mortgage Loan Seller, any holder of a related mezzanine loan, any Manager, any Independent Contractor engaged by the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.15 of this Agreement, or any Person known to a Servicing Officer of the Special Servicer to be an Affiliate of any of them, and, with respect to a Whole Loan if it is a Defaulted Loan, the depositor, the master servicer, the special servicer (or any independent contractor engaged by such special servicer), or the trustee for the securitization of a Companion Loan, and each related Companion Loan Noteholder or its representative, any holder of a related mezzanine loan.

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

“Investment”: Any direct or indirect ownership interest in any security, note or other financial instrument related to the Certificates or issued or executed by a Borrower, a loan

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directly or indirectly secured by any of the foregoing or a hedging transaction (however structured) that references or relates to any of the foregoing.

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

“Investment Decisions”: Investment, trading, lending or other financial decisions, strategies or recommendations with respect to Investments, whether on behalf of the Master Servicer or any Affiliate thereof, any Special Servicer or any Affiliate thereof, the Operating Advisor or any Affiliate thereof, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any Affiliate thereof, the Certificate Administrator or any Affiliate thereof, or the Trustee or any Affiliate thereof, as applicable, or any Person on whose behalf the Master Servicer or any Affiliate thereof, any Special Servicer or any Affiliate thereof, the Operating Advisor or any Affiliate thereof, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any Affiliate thereof, the Certificate Administrator or any Affiliate thereof, or the Trustee or any Affiliate thereof, as applicable, has discretion in connection with Investments.

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

“Investor Certification”: A certificate (which may be in electronic form) substantially in the form of Exhibit L-1A, Exhibit L-1B, Exhibit L-1C or Exhibit L-1D to this Agreement or in the form of an electronic certification on the Certificate Administrator’s Website (which may be a “click-through confirmation”), representing (i) that such Person executing the certificate is a Certificateholder, the RR Interest Owner, the Directing Holder or a Risk Retention Consultation Party (in each case, to the extent such Person is not a Certificateholder), a beneficial owner of a Certificate, a Companion Loan Noteholder, a prospective purchaser of a Certificate (or any investment advisor or manager or other representative of the foregoing), (ii) that either (a) such Person is a Risk Retention Consultation Party or is a Person who is not a Borrower Party, in which case such Person shall have access to all the reports and information made available to Certificateholders via the Certificate Administrator’s Website hereunder, or (b) such Person is a Borrower Party in which case (1) if such Person is the Directing Holder, a Controlling Class Certificateholder, a Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholder or a Risk Retention Consultation Party, such Person shall have access to all the reports and information made available to Certificateholders via the Certificate Administrator’s Website hereunder other than any Excluded Information as set forth herein, or (2) if such Person is not the Directing Holder, a Controlling Class Certificateholder, a Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholder or a Risk Retention Consultation Party, such Person shall only receive access to the Distribution Date Statements prepared by the Certificate Administrator, (iii) that such Person has received a copy of the final Prospectus and (iv) such Person agrees to keep any Privileged Information confidential and will not violate any securities laws; provided, however, that any Excluded Controlling Class Holder (i) shall be permitted to obtain, upon reasonable request in accordance with Section 4.02(b) of this Agreement any Excluded Information relating to any Excluded Controlling Class Loan with respect to which such Excluded Controlling Class Holder is not a Borrower Party (if such Excluded Information is not otherwise available to such Excluded Controlling Class Holder via the Certificate Administrator’s Website on account of it constituting Excluded Information) from the Master Servicer (with respect to non-Specially Serviced Loans) or the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans), in each case, to the extent in

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the possession of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable and (ii) shall be considered a Privileged Person for all other purposes, except with respect to its ability to obtain information with respect to any related Excluded Controlling Class Loan.

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

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

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

“IRS”: The Internal Revenue Service.

“Joint Mortgage Loan”: Any Mortgage Loan comprised of multiple Mortgage Notes that are being sold separately to the Depositor by more than one Mortgage Loan Seller. The Mortgage Loan identified on Exhibit B hereto as “Green Acres” and “Great Lakes Crossing Outlets” are the Joint Mortgage Loans related to the Trust.

“JPMCB”: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, in its capacity as a Mortgage Loan Seller, and the holder of the VRR3 Interest, and its successors in interest.

“JPMCB Indemnification Agreement”: The agreement dated as of the Pricing Date, among JPMCB, the Depositor, the Underwriters and the Initial Purchasers.

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

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

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

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specifically exclude Penalty Charges. With respect to any Whole Loan, as used in this Agreement, Late Collections shall refer to such portion of Late Collections to the extent allocable to the related Mortgage Loan or related Companion Loan, as applicable, pursuant to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement.

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

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

“Liquidation Fee”: A fee payable to the Special Servicer (i) with respect to each Specially Serviced Loan or Serviced REO Loan, (ii) with respect to each Mortgage Loan (or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan) repurchased by a Mortgage Loan Seller (except as specified in the following paragraph) or that is subject to a Loss of Value Payment, or (iii) with respect to each Defaulted Loan that is a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan sold by the Special Servicer in accordance with Section 3.16(b) of this Agreement; provided, however, for clarification, should such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan be sold by the Other Special Servicer, then the Liquidation Fee shall be paid to such Other Special Servicer, in each case as to which the Special Servicer obtains a full, partial or discounted payoff from the related Borrower, a loan purchaser or which is repurchased by the related Mortgage Loan Seller outside of the applicable Cure/Contest Period, as applicable, or any Liquidation Proceeds with respect thereto (in any case, other than amounts for which a Workout Fee has been paid, or will be payable), equal to:

(a)               the lesser of:

(i)                                 the product of 1.0% (or, if such rate would result in an aggregate liquidation fee of less than $25,000, then such higher rate as would result in an aggregate liquidation fee equal to $25,000) and the proceeds of such full, partial or discounted payoff or the Net Liquidation Proceeds related to such liquidated or repurchased Mortgage Loan or Specially Serviced Loan, as the case may be, in each case exclusive of any portion of such payoff or Net Liquidation Proceeds that represents Penalty Charges;

(ii)                              $1,000,000 (or $2,000,000 with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan); and

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

(b)               with respect to any particular liquidation (or partial liquidation), as reduced by the amount of any and all related Offsetting Modification Fees received by the Special

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Servicer as additional servicing compensation relating to such Specially Serviced Loan, Serviced REO Loan or Mortgage Loan.

No Liquidation Fee shall be payable:

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

(b) with respect to (i) any Serviced Whole Loan with a related Subordinate Companion Loan, in connection with the purchase of such Serviced Whole Loan by the holders of a Subordinate Companion Loan or (ii) any existing mezzanine indebtedness or any mezzanine indebtedness that may exist on a future date, in connection with the purchase of the related Mortgage Loan by a mezzanine lender, in each case described in clause (b)(i) or (ii) above, if the purchase of the Mortgage Loan occurred within 90 days after the first time that such holder’s option to purchase such Mortgage Loan becomes exercisable;

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

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

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

(f) in connection with the purchase of any Defaulted Loan by the Special Servicer, the Directing Holder or any of their respective Affiliates (except in the case of the Directing Holder (or its affiliate), if such purchase occurs more than 90 days after the transfer of the Defaulted Loan to special servicing);

(g) in connection with a Loss of Value Payment by a Mortgage Loan Seller, if the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller makes such Loss of Value Payment within the Initial Resolution Period (and giving effect to any applicable extension period beyond the end of the Initial Resolution Period set forth in Section 2.03(e) of this Agreement); provided that, with respect to a Serviced Companion Loan and any related Loss of Value Payment made after such Initial Resolution Period and any such extension period, a Liquidation Fee shall only be payable to the Special Servicer to the extent that (i) the Special Servicer is enforcing the related Mortgage Loan Seller’s obligations under the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement with respect to such Serviced Companion Loan and (ii) the related Liquidation Fee is not otherwise required to be paid

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to the Other Special Servicer relating to such Serviced Companion Loan or otherwise prohibited from being paid to the Special Servicer (in each case, under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement); and

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

“Liquidation Proceeds”: Cash amounts (other than Insurance Proceeds and Condemnation Proceeds and REO Proceeds) received by or paid to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer in connection with: (i) the liquidation of a Mortgaged Property or other collateral constituting security for a Defaulted Loan, through trustee’s sale, foreclosure sale, judicial foreclosure, disposition of REO Property or otherwise, exclusive of any portion thereof required to be released to the related Borrower in accordance with applicable law and the terms and conditions of the related Mortgage Note and Mortgage; (ii) the realization upon any deficiency judgment obtained against a Borrower; (iii) the sale of a Defaulted Loan; (iv) the repurchase of a Mortgage Loan (or related REO Loan) or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement; (v) the purchase of all the Mortgage Loans, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan by the Sole Certificateholder, the Certificateholder owning a majority of the Percentage Interests in the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer or the Master Servicer and, if applicable, the repurchase of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, pursuant to Section 9.01 of this Agreement; (vi) with respect to any existing mezzanine indebtedness or any mezzanine indebtedness that may exist on a future date, the purchase of the related Mortgage Loan by a mezzanine lender; (vii) in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan, the purchase of such Mortgage Loan by a related Companion Loan Noteholder, or the applicable designee, as applicable, pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement; or (viii) the transfer of any Loss of Value Payments from the Loss of Value Reserve Fund to the Collection Account in accordance with Section 3.06(e) of this Agreement (provided that, for the purpose of determining the amount of the Liquidation Fee (if any) payable to the Special Servicer in connection with such Loss of Value Payment, the full amount of such Loss of Value Payment shall be deemed to constitute “Liquidation Proceeds” from which the Liquidation Fee (if any) is payable as of such time such Loss of Value Payment is made by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller). With respect to the Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties securing any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan or Non-Serviced Companion Loan, only the portion of such amounts payable to the holder of the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan will be included in Liquidation Proceeds.

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

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

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

“Loan-Specific Certificateholder”: A Certificateholder of a Loan-Specific Certificate.

“Loan-Specific Certificates”: The Class PDC-A1, Class PDC-A2 and Class PDC-HRR Certificates, collectively.

“Loan-Specific Directing Holder”: (a) With respect to the Serviced AB Whole Loan that consists of the Pacific Design Center Mortgage Loan, the Pacific Design Center Loan-Specific Directing Holder, (b) with respect to any other Serviced AB Whole Loan, the holder of the related Subordinate Companion Loan; and (c) with respect to any Servicing Shift Whole Loan prior to the related Servicing Shift Securitization Date, the related “controlling holder”, “directing holder”, “directing lender” or any analogous concept set forth under the related Intercreditor Agreement. On and after the related Servicing Shift Securitization Date, there will be no Loan-Specific Directing Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to such Servicing Shift Whole Loan. For the avoidance of doubt, as of the Closing Date, ES Ventures Holding, Inc. is expected to be the Loan-Specific Directing Holder with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan.

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

“Loan-Specific Initial Purchaser”: Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, and its successors in interest.

“Loan-Specific Private Placement Memorandum”: The Depositor’s Private Placement Memorandum, dated April 11, 2023, relating to the offering of the Loan-Specific Certificates.

“Loan-Specific Voting Rights”: The portion of the voting rights of all of the Loan-Specific Certificates that is allocated to any Loan-Specific Certificateholder or Class of Loan-Specific Certificates. At all times during the term of this Agreement, the percentage of Loan-Specific Voting Rights assigned to each Class of Loan-Specific Certificates shall a percentage equal to the product of 100% and a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the aggregate Certificate Balance (and solely in connection with any vote for purposes of determining whether to remove the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer pursuant to Section 7.01(b) and the Operating Advisor pursuant to Section 7.07(a) with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan, taking into account any notional reduction in the Certificate Balance for Appraisal Reduction Amounts allocated to the Loan-Specific Certificates pursuant to Section 4.08 hereof) of such Class of Loan-Specific Certificates, in each case determined as of the prior Distribution Date,

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and the denominator of which is equal to the aggregate Certificate Balance (and solely in connection with any vote for purposes of determining whether to remove the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer pursuant to Section 7.01(b) and the Operating Advisor pursuant to Section 7.07(a) with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan, taking into account any notional reduction in the Certificate Balance for Appraisal Reduction Amounts allocated to the Loan-Specific Certificates pursuant to Section 4.08 hereof) of the Loan-Specific Certificates, each determined as of the prior Distribution Date.

“Lock-Box Account”: With respect to any Mortgaged Property, if applicable, any account created pursuant to the related Loan Documents to receive revenues therefrom. Any Lock-Box Account shall be beneficially owned for federal income tax purposes by the Person who is entitled to receive the reinvestment income or gain thereon in accordance with the terms and provisions of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan and Section 3.06(h) of this Agreement, which Person shall be taxed on all reinvestment income or gain thereon. The Master Servicer shall be permitted to make withdrawals therefrom for deposit into the related Cash Collateral Accounts in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan.

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

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

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

“Lower-Tier Distribution Account”: The segregated non-interest bearing trust account or sub-account created and maintained by the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 3.05(b) of this Agreement, which shall be entitled “Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Certificate Administrator, for the benefit of Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38, Lower-Tier Distribution Account” and which must be an Eligible Account or a sub-account of an Eligible Account. The Lower-Tier Distribution Account shall be an asset of the Lower-Tier REMIC.

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

“Lower-Tier Principal Balance”: With respect to any Class of Lower-Tier Regular Interests, initially will equal the original principal balance set forth in the Preliminary Statement herein, and from time to time will equal such amount reduced by the amount of distributions of the Lower-Tier Distribution Amount allocable to principal and Realized Losses or VRR Realized Losses, as applicable, allocable thereto in all prior periods as described in Section 4.01(h) of this

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Agreement, such that at all times the Lower-Tier Principal Balance of a Lower-Tier Regular Interest shall equal the Certificate Balance of the Corresponding Certificates.

“Lower-Tier Regular Interests”: The Class LA-1 Interest, Class LA-2 Interest, Class LA-3 Interest, Class LA-SB Interest, Class LA-4 Interest, Class LA-M Interest, Class LB Interest, Class LC Interest, Class LD Interest, Class LE Interest, Class LF Interest, Class LG Interest, Class LH Interest, Class LRR Interest and LRRI Interest issued by the Lower-Tier REMIC and held by the Trustee as assets of the Upper-Tier REMIC. Each Lower-Tier Regular Interest (i) is designated as a “regular interest” in the Lower-Tier REMIC, (ii) relates to its Corresponding Certificates and, if applicable, Corresponding Component, (iii) is uncertificated, (iv) has an initial Lower-Tier Principal Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement herein, (v) has a Pass-Through Rate equal to the WAC Rate, (vi) has a “latest possible maturity date,” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-1(a), that is May 2056 and (vii) is entitled to the distributions in the amounts and at the times specified in Section 4.01(a) of this Agreement.

“Lower-Tier REMIC”: A segregated asset pool within the Trust Fund consisting of the Mortgage Loans (exclusive of Excess Interest), collections thereon, the Trust’s interest in any REO Property acquired in respect thereof, amounts related thereto held from time to time in the Collection Account and the Lower-Tier Distribution Account, the REO Account (to the extent of the Trust Fund’s interest therein), related amounts in the Interest Reserve Account, amounts held from time to time in the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account (to the extent of the Trust Fund’s interest therein) in respect thereof and all other property included in the Trust Fund (other than the Loss-of-Value Reserve Fund) that is not in the Upper-Tier REMIC, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC or the Grantor Trust.

“MAI”: Member of the Appraisal Institute.

“Major Decision”: Any of the following:

(1)                                with respect to each Serviced Mortgage Loan and Serviced Whole Loan (other than any Serviced AB Whole Loan for so long as no related Control Appraisal Period is continuing):

(a)                               (i) any modification, consent to a modification or waiver of any monetary term (other than late fees and Default Interest) or material non-monetary term (including, without limitation, the timing of payments and acceptance of discounted payoffs) of a Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan, (ii) any extension of the Maturity Date of any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan or (iii) any modification, waiver, consent or amendment of a Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan in connection with a defeasance if such proposed modification, waiver, consent or amendment is with respect to a (A) a waiver of a Mortgage Loan event of default (but excluding non-monetary events of default other than defaults relating to transfers of interest in the Borrower or the existing collateral or material modifications of the existing collateral), (B) a modification of the type of defeasance collateral required under the Loan Documents other than direct, non-callable obligations of the United States would be permitted or (C) a modification that would permit a principal

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prepayment instead of defeasance if the applicable Loan Documents do not otherwise permit such principal prepayment;

(b)                              (i) any property management company changes for which the lender is required to consent or approve under the Loan Documents with respect to a Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or Serviced Whole Loan with a Stated Principal Balance greater than $2,500,000 or (ii) changes to the identity of the franchisor, change in flag or action of substantially similar import for which the lender is required to consent or approve under the Loan Documents;

(c)                               any determination of an Acceptable Insurance Default;

(d)                              any modification, consent to a modification or waiver of any material term of any Intercreditor Agreement or similar agreement related to a Mortgage Loan, or any action to enforce rights with respect to the Mortgage Loan;

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

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

(g)                              requests for property releases or substitutions, other than (i) grants of easements or rights of way that do not materially affect the use or value of a Mortgaged Property or the Borrower’s ability to make any payments with respect to a Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan, (ii) release of non-material parcels of a Mortgaged Property (including, without limitation, any such releases (A) to which the related Loan Documents expressly require the mortgagee thereunder to make such releases upon the satisfaction of certain conditions (and the conditions to the release that are set forth in the related Loan Documents do not include the approval of the lender or the exercise of lender discretion (other than confirming the satisfaction of such conditions to the release set forth in the related Loan Documents that do not include any approval or exercise of lender discretion)) and such release is made as required by the related Loan Documents or (B) that are related to any condemnation action that is pending, or threatened in writing, and would affect a non-material portion of the Mortgaged Property), or (iii) the release of collateral securing any Mortgage Loan in connection with a defeasance of such collateral;

(h)                              any waiver of a “due-on-sale” or “due-on-encumbrance” clause with respect to a Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan or any consent to such a waiver or consent to a transfer of the Mortgaged Property or direct or indirect interests in the Borrower (including any interests in any applicable mezzanine borrower) or consent to the incurrence of additional debt, other than any such transfer or

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incurrence of debt as may be effected without the consent of the lender under the related loan agreement;

(i)                                  releases of any material amount from (i) any escrow accounts, reserve accounts or letters of credit, in each case, held as performance escrows (or reserves) or earn-out escrows (or reserves), other than those required pursuant to the specific terms of the related Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan and for which there is no lender discretion, and (ii) any escrow or reserve identified on Schedule IX hereto, to the extent there is lender discretion;

(j)                                  any acceptance of an assumption agreement or any other agreement permitting a transfer of interests in the related Borrower or guarantor releasing such Borrower or guarantor from liability under a Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan other than pursuant to the specific terms of such Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan and for which there is no lender discretion;

(k)                               any exercise of a material remedy with respect to a Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan following a default or event of default of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan;

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

(m)                            any consent to incurrence of additional debt by a Borrower or mezzanine debt by a direct or indirect parent of a Borrower, to the extent that the lender’s approval is required under the related Loan Documents;

(n)                               determining whether to cure any default by a Borrower under a ground lease or permit any ground lease modification, amendment or subordination, non-disturbance and attornment agreement or entry into a new ground lease and grant approvals, including granting of subordination, non-disturbance and attornment agreements and consents involving leasing activities (to the extent lender approval is required under the related Loan Documents) if (1) such lease involves a ground lease or lease of an outparcel, (2) such lease affects an area equal to or greater than the lesser of (i) 30,000 square feet and (ii) 30% of the net rentable area of the related Mortgaged Property, or (3) such transaction is not a routine leasing matter for a customary lease of space for parking, office, retail, warehouse, industrial and/or manufacturing purposes; and

(o)                               approving waivers regarding the receipt of financial statements (other than immaterial timing waivers);

(2)                                with respect to any Serviced AB Whole Loan for so long as no related Control Appraisal Period is continuing, the applicable Serviced AB Whole Loan Major Decision.

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

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

“Major Decision Reporting Package”: As defined in Section 6.07(a) of this Agreement.

“Majority-Owned Affiliate”: “majority-owned affiliate” as defined in the Risk Retention Rules.

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

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

“Master Servicer”: Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, a national banking association, or its successor in interest, or any successor master servicer appointed as provided herein.

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

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

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

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

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

“Master Servicing Fee”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and for any Distribution Date, an amount per interest accrual period

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related to such Mortgage Loan equal to the product of (i) the respective Master Servicing Fee Rate (adjusted to a monthly rate) and (ii) the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the Due Date in the immediately preceding Collection Period (without giving effect to payments of principal on such Mortgage Loan on such Due Date). For the avoidance of doubt, with respect to any Subordinate Companion Loan (other than the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan), no Master Servicing Fee shall accrue or be payable on the principal balance thereof.

“Master Servicing Fee Rate”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, the rate per annum set forth on Exhibit B to this Agreement under the column labeled “Master Servicing Fee Rate”.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Companion Loan, the Serviced Companion Loans or the Non-Serviced Companion Loans but shall include Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans.

“Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements”: Each of the GACC Purchase Agreement, the CREFI Purchase Agreement, the GSMC Purchase Agreement and the JPMCB Purchase Agreement.

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

(a)               the Loan Number;

(b)               the Mortgage Loan Seller;

(c)               the Mortgage Loan name or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan name;

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

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

(f)                the original principal balance;

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

(h)               the Maturity Date or Anticipated Repayment Date for each Mortgage Loan or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan;

(i)                 the Due Date;

(j)                 the amount of the Periodic Payment due on the first Due Date following the Cut-off Date (or, in the case of a Mortgage Loan that provides an initial interest-only period and provides for scheduled amortization payments after the expiration of such interest-only period, the average of the first 12 monthly payments of principal and interest payable during the amortization period);

(k)               the Servicing Fee Rate (separately designating the Master Servicing Fee Rate, any Primary Servicing Fee Rate, any subservicing fee rate and any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan Primary Servicing Fee Rate);

(l)                 whether the Mortgage Loan or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan is an Actual/360 Loan;

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

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

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(o)               whether the Mortgage Loan or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan is part of a Whole Loan;

(p)               whether the Mortgage Loan or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan is secured in any part by a leasehold interest; and

(q)               whether the Mortgage Loan or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan has any related mezzanine debt or other subordinate debt.

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

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

“Mortgage Loan Sellers”: Each of GACC, CREFI, GSMC and JPMCB.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Net Mortgage Rate”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan (including a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan on any Distribution Date, the per annum rate equal to the Mortgage Rate then in effect for such Mortgage Loan (including any portion related to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan) for the related Interest Accrual Period (without regard to any increase in the interest rate of any ARD Loan after the related Anticipated Repayment Date), minus, for any such Mortgage Loan, the related Administrative Cost Rate. The “Net Mortgage Rate” for purposes of calculating Pass-Through Rates and Withheld Amounts shall be the Net Mortgage Rate of such Mortgage Loan (or portion related to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan) without taking into account any modification, waiver or amendment of the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, whether agreed to by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer or resulting from a bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding involving the related Borrower.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any such Mortgage Loan or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan does not accrue interest on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months, then, solely for purposes of calculating the Pass-Through Rate on the Non-VRR Certificates (other than the Class S Certificates), the Loan-Specific Certificates and the VRR Interest (and for the purposes of calculating the Base Interest Fraction), the Net Mortgage Rate of such Mortgage Loan (or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan) for any one month period preceding a related Due Date will be the annualized rate at which interest would have to accrue in respect of such Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months in order to produce the aggregate amount of interest actually accrued in respect of such Mortgage Loan (or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan) at the related Net Mortgage Rate during such one month period; provided, however, that with respect to each

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Actual/360 Loan, the Net Mortgage Rate for the one-month period (i) prior to the Due Dates in (a) January and February in each year that is not a leap year or (b) February only in each year that is a leap year (in either case, unless the related Distribution Date is the final Distribution Date) shall be determined exclusive of any Withheld Amounts from that month and (ii) prior to the Due Date in March (or February if the related Distribution Date is the final Distribution Date), shall be determined inclusive of the Withheld Amounts from the immediately preceding February, and, if applicable, January. With respect to any REO Loan, the Net Mortgage Rate shall be calculated as described above, as if the predecessor Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan had remained outstanding.

“Net Prepayment Interest Excess”: The excess amount, if any, that the aggregate of all Prepayment Interest Excess for all Mortgage Loans (other than the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans) or Serviced Companion Loans that the Master Servicer is servicing exceeds the aggregate of all Compensating Interest Payments for such Mortgage Loans (other than the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans) or Serviced Companion Loans as of any related Distribution Date.

“Net Prepayment Interest Shortfall”: With respect to the Mortgage Loans or Serviced Companion Loans that the Master Servicer is servicing, the aggregate Prepayment Interest Shortfalls in excess of the Compensating Interest Payments on such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan.

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

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

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

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

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“Non-Serviced Companion Loan”: Each of the Pari Passu Companion Loans and Subordinate Companion Loans, if any, identified as “Non-Serviced” and, after the related Servicing Shift Securitization Date, “Servicing Shift” under the column entitled “Type” in the “Whole Loan” chart in the Preliminary Statement.

“Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan”: Each of the Mortgage Loans identified as “Non-Serviced” and, after each related Servicing Shift Securitization Date, “Servicing Shift” under the column entitled “Type” in the “Whole Loan” chart in the Preliminary Statement.

“Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan Primary Servicing Fee Rate”: The “primary servicing fee rate” or “pari passu primary servicing rate” (each as defined or set forth in the applicable Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement) and any other servicing fee rate (other than those payable to the applicable Other Special Servicer) applicable to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan. The Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan Primary Servicing Fee Rate for (A) any Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan will be such amount as set forth in the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement for such Servicing Shift Whole Loan and (B) each Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan as of the Closing Date, the applicable rate per annum set forth on Exhibit B to this Agreement under the column labeled “Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan Primary Servicing Fee Rate”.

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

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

“Non-Serviced Whole Loans”: Each of the Whole Loans identified as “Non-Serviced” and, after each related Servicing Shift Securitization Date, “Servicing Shift” under the column entitled “Type” in the “Whole Loan” chart in the Preliminary Statement.

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

“Non-VRR Certificates”: The Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class X-A, Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G, Class X-H, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G, Class H and Class S Certificates.

“Non-VRR Percentage”: An amount expressed as a percentage equal to 100% less the VRR Percentage. For the avoidance of doubt, at all times, the sum of the VRR Percentage and the Non-VRR Percentage shall equal 100%.

“Non-VRR Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges”: As defined in Section 4.01(c) of this Agreement.

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

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

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

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

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

“Notional Amount”: As of any date of determination: (i) with respect to each of the Class X-A, Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G and Class X-H Certificates as a Class, the related

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Class X Notional Amount as of such date of determination and (ii) with respect to any Class X Certificate, the product of the Percentage Interest evidenced by such Certificate and the related Class X Notional Amount as of such date of determination.

“NRSRO”: Any nationally recognized statistical ratings organization.

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

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

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

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

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

“Operating Advisor Consultation Event”: With respect to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Securitization, the event that occurs the earlier of when (i) the Certificate Balance of the Class PDC-HRR Certificates (taking into account the application of any Appraisal Reduction Amounts to notionally reduce the Certificate Balance of the Class PDC-HRR Certificates) is 25% or less of the initial Certificate Balance of the Class PDC-HRR Certificates, or (ii) a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing.

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

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

“Operating Advisor Fee Rate”: For each Interest Accrual Period, a per annum rate equal to 0.00291% with respect to each such Mortgage Loan and REO Loan (including Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans but excluding any Companion Loans) and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan.

“Operating Advisor Standard”: The requirement that the Operating Advisor shall act solely on behalf of the Trust and in the best interest of, and for the benefit of, the Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner and, with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan for the benefit of the related Companion Loan Noteholders (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders, RR Interest Owner and Companion Loan Noteholders constituted a single

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lender, taking into account the pari passu nature of any related pari passu Companion Loan (and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan with a related Subordinate Companion Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of such Subordinate Companion Loan)), and not to Holders of any particular Class of Certificateholders or the RR Interest Owners (as determined by the Operating Advisor in the exercise of its good faith and reasonable judgment), and without regard to any conflict of interest arising from any relationship that the Operating Advisor or any of its affiliates may have with any of the Borrowers, Managers, any borrower sponsor or guarantor, any Mortgage Loan Seller, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Directing Holder, any Risk Retention Consultation Party, any Certificateholder, the RR Interest Owner or any of their respective affiliates.

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

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

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

“Other 17g-5 Information Provider”: The applicable other “17g-5 information provider” under an Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to a Serviced Companion Loan. The Depositor shall inform the other parties hereto of the name and contact information for any Other 17g-5 Information Provider existing as of the Closing Date. The name and contact information of any such Other 17g-5 Information Provider as of the Closing Date is set forth on Schedule VIII hereto. Each party hereto shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon the information set forth on Schedule VIII until such party receives notice of any change thereto.

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

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

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

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

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

“Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement”: A pooling and servicing agreement or other applicable servicing agreement relating to a Serviced Companion Loan or a Non-Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable.

“Other Securitization”: Any commercial mortgage securitization trust that holds a Serviced Companion Loan or Non-Serviced Companion Loan or any successor REO Loan with respect thereto.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(i)                                   the Pacific Design Center Scheduled Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date; and

(ii)                                the Pacific Design Center Unscheduled Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date;

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

(iii)                            Nonrecoverable Advances, with interest on such Nonrecoverable Advances at the Reimbursement Rate, that are paid or reimbursed from principal collections on the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan in a period during which such principal collections would have otherwise been included in the Pacific Design Center Aggregate Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date; and

(iv)                           Workout Delayed Reimbursement Amounts paid or reimbursed from principal collections on the Pacific Design Center Trust Subordinate Companion Loan in a period during which such principal collections would have otherwise been included in the Pacific Design Center Aggregate Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date;

provided, further, that, in the case of clauses (A) and (B) above, if any of the amounts that were reimbursed from principal collections on the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (including the portion of the REO Loan allocable to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan) are subsequently recovered on the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (or the portion of the REO Loan allocable to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan), such recovery will increase the Pacific Design Center Aggregate Principal Distribution Amount for the Distribution Date related to the period in which such recovery occurs.

“Pacific Design Center Assumed Scheduled Payment”: For any Collection Period and with respect to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan that is delinquent in respect of its Balloon Payment (excluding, for purposes of determining or making P&I Advances, the portion allocable to the Pacific Design Center Mortgage Loan), an amount equal to the sum of (a) the principal portion of the Periodic Payment that would have been due on such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (or portion of the REO Loan allocable to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan) on the related Due Date based on the constant payment required by the related Mortgage Note or the original amortization schedule of such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (as calculated with interest at the related Mortgage Rate), if applicable, assuming such Balloon Payment has not become due, after giving effect to any reduction in the principal balance thereof occurring in connection with a modification of such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan in connection with a default or bankruptcy (or similar proceeding), and (b) interest on the Stated Principal Balance of such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (excluding, for purposes of determining P&I Advances, the portion allocable to the Pacific Design Center Mortgage Loan, if applicable) at the applicable Mortgage Rate (net of interest at the Servicing Fee Rate).

“Pacific Design Center Available Funds”: With respect to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the sum of the following amounts (without duplication) (which, for the avoidance of doubt, will not include any amounts received in respect of the Mortgage Loans):

(a)                 the aggregate amount of all cash received on the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (including the portion of Loss of Value Payments deposited into the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.06(e) of this Agreement) and any REO Property (including Compensating Interest Payments with respect to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan required to be deposited by the Master Servicer pursuant to

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Section 3.17(c)) on deposit in or credited to any portion of the Collection Account (in each case, exclusive of any amount on deposit in or credited to any portion of the Collection Account that is held for the benefit of the holders of any Mortgage Loan, any other Companion Loan Noteholder or the holders of the Non-VRR Certificates or the VRR Interest Owners), as of the close of business on the related Master Servicer Remittance Date, exclusive of (without duplication):

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

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

(iii)                          all amounts in the Collection Account that are due or reimbursable to any Person other than the Certificateholders pursuant to clauses (ii) through (xv), inclusive, of Section 3.06(a) of this Agreement;

(iv)                         with respect to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and any Distribution Date occurring in (1) each February and (2) any January occurring in a year that is not a leap year (unless, in either case, such Distribution Date is the final Distribution Date), the related Withheld Amount related to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan to the extent such amounts are on deposit in the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.05(e) of this Agreement;

(v)                            all Yield Maintenance Charges and Prepayment Premiums allocable to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan;

(vi)                         all amounts deposited in the Collection Account in error; and

(vii)                      all Penalty Charges allocable to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and retained in the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.05(a)(vii) of this Agreement;

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

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(c)                 P&I Advances on the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan made by the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, for such Distribution Date (net of the related Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fee with respect to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan;

(d)                with respect to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and any Distribution Date occurring in each March (or February, if the related Distribution Date is the final Distribution Date), the Withheld Amounts related to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan remitted to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Distribution Account pursuant to Section 3.07; and

(e)                 the aggregate amount of Pacific Design Center Gain-on-Sale Proceeds transferred to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Distribution Account from the Pacific Design Center Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account for distribution on the subject Distribution Date.

Notwithstanding the investment of funds held in the Collection Account or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Distribution Account pursuant to Section 3.07 of this Agreement, for purposes of calculating the Pacific Design Center Available Funds, the amounts so invested shall be deemed to remain on deposit in such account.

“Pacific Design Center Control Appraisal Period”: With respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan, shall have the meaning assigned to the term “Control Appraisal Period” in the Pacific Design Center Intercreditor Agreement.

“Pacific Design Center Control Eligible Certificates”: Any of the Class PDC-A1, Class PDC-A-2 and Class PDC-HRR Certificates.

“Pacific Design Center Controlling Class”: As of any date of determination, the most subordinate Class of Pacific Design Center Control Eligible Certificates then-outstanding that has a then aggregate Certificate Balance as notionally reduced by any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts allocable to such Class in accordance with Section 4.08, at least equal to 25% of the Original Certificate Balance of that Class; provided that if, at any time, the Certificate Balances of all Pacific Design Center Control Eligible Certificates, as notionally reduced by any Appraisal Reduction Amounts (but without regard to any Collateral Deficiency Amount) allocable to such classes, have been reduced to zero, the Pacific Design Center Controlling Class will be the most senior Class of Pacific Design Center Control Eligible Certificates that has a principal balance greater than zero; provided, further that if at any time the Certificate Balance of the Class PDC-A1 Certificates have been reduced to zero as a result of the allocation of principal payments on the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, then the “Pacific Design Center Controlling Class” will be the most subordinate Class of Pacific Design Center Control Eligible Certificates that has an aggregate Certificate Balance greater than zero without regard to the application of Appraisal Reduction Amounts (or any Collateral Deficiency Amount) to notionally reduce the Certificate Balance of such Class.

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“Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholders”: Each Holder (or Certificate Owner, if applicable) of a Certificate of the Pacific Design Center Controlling Class as determined by the Certificate Registrar, from time to time, upon request by any party hereto.

“Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Representative”: The Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Representative shall be the Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholder (or a representative thereof) selected by more than 50% of the Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholders, by Certificate Balance, as determined by the Certificate Registrar from time to time; provided, however, that (i) absent that selection, or (ii) until a Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Representative is so selected, or (iii) upon receipt of a notice from a majority of the Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholders, by Certificate Balance, that a Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Representative is no longer designated, then the Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholder that represents that it owns the largest aggregate Certificate Balance of the Pacific Design Center Controlling Class (with evidence of ownership) or a representative thereof, will be the Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Representative; provided, however, that, (1) in the case of this clause (iii), in the event that no one Holder owns the largest aggregate Certificate Balance of the Pacific Design Center Controlling Class, then there will be no Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Representative until appointed in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, and (2) the Certificate Administrator and the other parties hereto shall be entitled to assume that the identity of the Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Representative has not changed until such parties receive written notice of a replacement of the Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Representative from a party holding the requisite interest in the Pacific Design Center Controlling Class, or the resignation of the then-current Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Representative.

During the continuance of a Pacific Design Center Control Appraisal Period, there will be no Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Representative. The Depositor shall promptly provide the name and contact information for the initial Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Representative upon request of any party to this Agreement and any such requesting party may conclusively rely on the name and contact information provided by the Depositor.

The initial Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Representative is expected to be ES Ventures Holding, Inc., a Delaware corporation, an affiliate of the Pacific Design Center Retaining Third-Party Purchaser, and Argentic Services Company LP.

“Pacific Design Center Gain-on-Sale Proceeds”: Any Gain-on-Sale Proceeds collected on or in respect of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan.

“Pacific Design Center Gain-on-Sale Remittance Amount”: For each Distribution Date, the lesser of (i) the amount on deposit in the Pacific Design Center Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account on such Distribution Date, and (ii) the amount distributable from the Pacific Design Center Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account pursuant to Section 4.01(f).

“Pacific Design Center Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account”: A custodial account or accounts (or subaccount of the Distribution Account) created and maintained by the Certificate Administrator, pursuant to Section 3.05(n) on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Loan-

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Specific Certificateholders, which shall initially be entitled “Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Certificate Administrator on behalf of Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, for the benefit of the registered holders of Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38, Pacific Design Center Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account”. Any such account shall be an Eligible Account or a subaccount of an Eligible Account and will be an asset of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC.

“Pacific Design Center Intercreditor Agreement”: That certain Agreement between Noteholders, dated as of February 1, 2023, by and between the holder of the Pacific Design Center Mortgage Loan, the holders of the Pacific Design Center Pari Passu Companion Loans and the holder of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, relating to the relative rights of such holders of the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan, as the same may be further amended in accordance with the terms thereof.

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

“Pacific Design Center Interest Distribution Amount”: With respect to any Class of Loan-Specific Certificates for any Distribution Date, an amount equal to (A) the sum of (i) the Interest Accrual Amount with respect to such Class of Certificates for such Distribution Date and (ii) the Interest Shortfall, if any, with respect to such Class of Certificates for such Distribution Date, less (B) any Excess Prepayment Interest Shortfall allocated to such Class of Loan-Specific Certificates on such Distribution Date.

For purposes of clause (B) above, the Excess Prepayment Interest Shortfall allocated to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, if any, for each Distribution Date shall be allocated to each Class of Loan-Specific Certificates in an amount equal to the product of (i) the amount of such Excess Prepayment Interest Shortfall and (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the Interest Accrual Amount for such Class of Loan-Specific Certificates for such Distribution Date and the denominator of which is the aggregate Interest Accrual Amounts for all Classes of Loan-Specific Certificates for such Distribution Date.

“Pacific Design Center Interest Shortfall”: On any Distribution Date for any Class of Loan-Specific Certificates, the amount of interest required to be distributed to the Holders of such Class pursuant to Section 4.01(c) of this Agreement on such Distribution Date minus the amount of interest actually distributed to such Holders pursuant to such Section, if any.

“Pacific Design Center Loan-Specific Directing Holder”: With respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan, the Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Representative.

“Pacific Design Center Mortgage Loan”: With respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan, the Mortgage Loan that is included in the Trust (identified as Mortgage Loan No. 1

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on the Mortgage Loan Schedule), which is designated as promissory note A-1. The Trust Subordinate Companion Loan is subordinate to the Pacific Design Center Mortgage Loan.

“Pacific Design Center Mortgaged Property”: The Mortgaged Property which secures the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan.

“Pacific Design Center Principal Distribution Amount”: With respect to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the sum of the following amounts: (a) the Pacific Design Center Principal Shortfall for such Distribution Date, (b) the Pacific Design Center Scheduled Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date and (c) the Pacific Design Center Unscheduled Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date; provided that the Pacific Design Center Principal Distribution Amount for any Distribution Date shall be reduced, to not less than zero, by the amount of any reimbursements of (A) Nonrecoverable Advances, with interest on such Nonrecoverable Advances at the Reimbursement Rate that are paid or reimbursed from principal collections on the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan in a period during which such principal collections would have otherwise been included in the Pacific Design Center Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date and (B) Workout Delayed Reimbursement Amounts paid or reimbursed from principal collections on the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan in a period during which such principal collections would have otherwise been included in the Pacific Design Center Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date (provided that, in the case of clauses (A) and (B) above, if any of the amounts that were reimbursed from principal collections on the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (including the portion of the REO Loan allocable to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan) are subsequently recovered on the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (or the portion of the REO Loan allocable to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan), such recovery will increase the Pacific Design Center Principal Distribution Amount for the Distribution Date related to the period in which such recovery occurs).

“Pacific Design Center Principal Shortfall”: For any Distribution Date after the initial Distribution Date with respect to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, the amount, if any, by which (a) the related Pacific Design Center Principal Distribution Amount for the preceding Distribution Date exceeds (b) the aggregate amount actually distributed on the preceding Distribution Date in respect of such Pacific Design Center Principal Distribution Amount. The Pacific Design Center Principal Shortfall for the initial Distribution Date will be zero.

“Pacific Design Center Retaining Third-Party Purchaser”: The holder of risk retention in the form of an “eligible horizontal residual interest” in accordance with Rule 7 of the Risk Retention Rule as part of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Securitization. The initial Pacific Design Center Retaining Third-Party Purchaser is expected to be Steamboat CMBS LLC, a Delaware limited company.

“Pacific Design Center Realized Loss”: With respect to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and any Distribution Date, the amount, if any, by which (i) the aggregate Certificate Balance of the Loan-Specific Certificates, after giving effect to distributions of principal on such Distribution Date, exceeds (ii) the Stated Principal Balance of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (for purposes of this calculation, the Stated Principal Balance will not be reduced by the amount of principal payments received on the Trust Subordinate Companion

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Loan that were used to reimburse the Master Servicer or the Trustee from general collections of principal on the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan for Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts, to the extent those amounts are not otherwise determined to be Nonrecoverable Advances), including the assumed Stated Principal Balance if the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan has become an REO Loan, as of the end of the last day of the related Collection Period.

“Pacific Design Center Scheduled Principal Distribution Amount”: With respect to any Distribution Date and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, the aggregate of the principal portions of the following: (a) all Periodic Payments (excluding Balloon Payments) with respect to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan due during or, if and to the extent not previously received or advanced pursuant to Section 4.07 and distributed to Certificateholders on a preceding Distribution Date, prior to the related Collection Period and all Pacific Design Center Assumed Scheduled Payments with respect to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan for the related Collection Period, in each case to the extent either (i) paid by the related Mortgagor as of the related Determination Date (or, with respect to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan with a Due Date occurring or a grace period ending after the related Determination Date, the related Due Date or last day of such grace period, as applicable, to the extent received by the Master Servicer as of the Business Day preceding the related Master Servicer Remittance Date) or (ii) advanced by the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, pursuant to Section 4.07, and (b) all Balloon Payments with respect to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan to the extent received on or prior to the related Determination Date (or, with respect to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan with a Due Date occurring, or a grace period ending, after the related Determination Date, the related Due Date or, last day of such grace period, as applicable, to the extent received by the Master Servicer as of the Business Day preceding the related Master Servicer Remittance Date), and to the extent not included in clause (a) above.

“Pacific Design Center Special Servicer”: Argentic Services Company LP, a Delaware limited partnership, or its successor in interest, or any successor special servicer appointed as provided herein.

“Pacific Design Center Unscheduled Principal Distribution Amount”: With respect to any Distribution Date and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, the aggregate of the following: : (a) all Principal Prepayments received on the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as of the related Determination Date; and (b) the principal portion of any other collections (exclusive of payments by the related borrower) received on the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and any REO Property on or prior to the related Determination Date whether in the form of Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds, net income, rents, and profits from REO Property or otherwise, that were identified and applied by the Master Servicer as recoveries of principal of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan for which no Advance was previously made; provided that all such Liquidation Proceeds and Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds will be reduced by any unpaid Special Servicing Fees, Liquidation Fees, any amount related to the Loss of Value Payments to the extent that such amount was transferred into the Collection Account during the related collection period, accrued interest on Advances and other additional trust fund expenses incurred in connection with the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, thus reducing the Pacific Design Center Unscheduled Principal Distribution Amount.

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“Pacific Design Center Whole Loan”: The Pacific Design Center Mortgage Loan and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, each of which is secured by the same Mortgage on the Pacific Design Center Mortgaged Property. References herein to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan shall be construed to refer to the aggregate indebtedness under the Pacific Design Center Mortgage Loan and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan.

“Pari Passu Companion Loan”: Each of the Companion Loans identified as “Pari Passu” under the column entitled “Companion Loan Type” in the “Whole Loan” chart in the Preliminary Statement.

“Pass-Through Rate”: (a) With respect to each Class of Non-VRR Certificates set forth below, the following rates:

Class	Pass-Through Rate
Class A-1	Class A-1 Pass-Through Rate
Class A-2	Class A-2 Pass-Through Rate
Class A-3	Class A-3 Pass-Through Rate
Class A-SB	Class A-SB Pass-Through Rate
Class A-4	Class A-4 Pass-Through Rate
Class X-A	Class X-A Pass-Through Rate
Class X-D	Class X-D Pass-Through Rate
Class X-F	Class X-F Pass-Through Rate
Class X-G	Class X-G Pass-Through Rate
Class X-H	Class X-H Pass-Through Rate
Class A-M	Class A-M Pass-Through Rate
Class B	Class B Pass-Through Rate
Class C	Class C Pass-Through Rate
Class D	Class D Pass-Through Rate
Class E	Class E Pass-Through Rate
Class F	Class F Pass-Through Rate
Class G	Class G Pass-Through Rate
Class H	Class H Pass-Through Rate

(b) With respect to each Class of Loan-Specific Certificates set forth below, the following rates:

Class PDC-A1	Class PDC-A1 Pass-Through Rate
Class PDC-A2	Class PDC-A2 Pass-Through Rate
Class PDC-HRR	Class PDC-HRR Pass-Through Rate

None of the Class S Certificates, Class R Certificates or the VRR Interest have Pass-Through Rates; however, the effective interest rate of the VRR Interest will be the WAC Rate for the related Distribution Date.

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

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“PCAOB”: The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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outstanding any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities that are then rated by such Rating Agency, such class of securities) as evidenced in writing;

(ii)                  time deposits, unsecured certificates of deposit, or bankers’ acceptances that mature in one (1) year or less after the date of issuance and are issued or held by any depository institution or trust company (including the Trustee) incorporated or organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof and subject to supervision and examination by federal or state banking authorities that, in each case, satisfy the Applicable Fitch Permitted Investment Rating, the Applicable Moody’s Permitted Investment Rating and the Applicable KBRA Permitted Investment Rating (or, in the case of any such Rating Agency, if permitted by the related Mortgage Loan, such lower rating as is otherwise acceptable to such Rating Agency, as confirmed in a Rating Agency Confirmation, in addition to a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency not rating such time deposits, unsecured certificates of deposit, or bankers’ acceptances);

(iii)               repurchase agreements or obligations with respect to any security described in clause (i) above where such security has a remaining maturity of one year or less and where such repurchase obligation has been entered into with a depository institution or trust company (acting as principal) described in clause (ii) above;

(iv)             debt obligations bearing interest or sold at a discount issued by any corporation incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof which mature in one (1) year or less from the date of acquisition, that, in each case, satisfy the Applicable Fitch Permitted Investment Rating, the Applicable Moody’s Permitted Investment Rating and the Applicable KBRA Permitted Investment Rating (or, in the case of any such Rating Agency, if permitted by the related Mortgage Loan, such lower rating as is the subject of a Rating Agency Confirmation by such Rating Agency, in addition to a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency not rating such debt obligations); provided, however, that securities issued by any particular corporation will not be Permitted Investments to the extent that investment therein will cause the then outstanding principal amount of securities issued by such corporation and held in the accounts established hereunder to exceed 10% of the sum of the aggregate principal balance and the aggregate principal amount of all Permitted Investments in such accounts;

(v)                 commercial paper (including both non-interest bearing discount obligations and interest bearing obligations payable on demand or on a specified date not more than one year after the date of issuance thereof), that, in each case, satisfy the Applicable Fitch Permitted Investment Rating, the Applicable Moody’s Permitted Investment Rating and the Applicable KBRA Permitted Investment Rating (or, in the case of any such Rating Agency, if permitted by the related Mortgage Loan, such lower rating as is otherwise acceptable to such Rating Agency, as confirmed in a Rating Agency Confirmation, in addition to a Rating

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Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency not rating such commercial paper); provided, however, that the investments described in this clause must (A) have a predetermined fixed dollar of principal due at maturity that cannot vary or change, (B) if such investments have a variable rate of interest, such interest rate must be tied to a single interest rate index plus a fixed spread (if any) and must move proportionately with that index, and (C) such investments must not be subject to liquidation prior to their maturity;

(vi)              money market funds which seek to maintain a constant net asset value per share, rated at least “Aaa-mf” by Moody’s and in the highest rating category by each of Fitch and KBRA (or, if not rated by either such Rating Agency, otherwise acceptable to such Rating Agency, as confirmed in a Rating Agency Confirmation relating to the Certificates) and “AAAm” by S&P (or, if not rated by S&P, otherwise acceptable to such Rating Agency, as confirmed in a Rating Agency Confirmation relating to the Certificates), which may include the investments referred to in clause (i) hereof if so qualified that (a) have substantially all of their assets invested continuously in the types of investments referred to in clause (i) above and (b) have net assets of not less than $5,000,000,000;

(vii)          any other demand, money market or time deposit, obligation, security or investment, but for the failure to satisfy one or more of the minimum rating(s) set forth in the applicable clause, would be listed in clauses (i) – (vi) above with respect to which a Rating Agency Confirmation has been obtained from each Rating Agency for which the minimum ratings set forth in the applicable clause is not satisfied with respect to such demand, money market or time deposit, obligation, security or investment and, with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, a Companion Loan Rating Agency Confirmation has been obtained from each Companion Loan Rating Agency; and

(viii)         any other demand, money market or time deposit, obligation, security or investment not listed in clauses (i) – (vi) above with respect to which a Rating Agency Confirmation has been obtained from each and every Rating Agency;

provided, however, that with respect to any Permitted Investment for which a rating by S&P is required as set forth above, such rating must be an unqualified rating (i.e., one with no qualifying suffix), with the exception of ratings with regulatory indicators, such as the (sf) subscript, and unsolicited ratings; provided, further, however, that each investment described hereunder shall not (A) evidence either the right to receive (1) only interest with respect to such investment or (2) a yield to maturity greater than 120% of the yield to maturity at par of the underlying obligations, (B) be purchased at a price greater than par, (C) be sold prior to stated maturity if such sale would result in a loss of principal on the instrument or a tax on “prohibited transactions” under Section 860F of the Code or (D) have an “r” highlighter or other comparable qualifier attached to its rating; and provided, further, that each investment described hereunder must have (X) a predetermined fixed amount of principal due at maturity (that cannot vary or change), (Y) an original maturity of not more than 365 days and a remaining maturity of not more than thirty (30) days and (Z) except in the case of a Permitted Investment described in clause (E)

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of this definition, a fixed interest rate or an interest rate that is tied to a single interest rate index plus a single fixed spread and moves proportionately with that index; and provided, further, that each investment described hereunder must be a “cash flow investment” (within the meaning of the REMIC Provisions).

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

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

“Pooled Aggregate Available Funds”: With respect to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the sum of the following amounts (without duplication) available for distribution to holders of the Non-VRR Certificates, the Class R Certificates and the VRR Interest Owners on each Distribution Date (which, for the avoidance of doubt, will not include any amounts received in respect of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan):

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

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

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

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(iii)                              all amounts in the Collection Account that are due or reimbursable to any Person other than the Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owners pursuant to clauses (ii) through (xv), inclusive, of Section 3.06(a) of this Agreement;

(iv)                              with respect to each Actual/360 Loan and any Distribution Date occurring in (1) each February and (2) any January occurring in a year that is not a leap year (unless, in either case, such Distribution Date is the final Distribution Date), the related Withheld Amount to the extent such amounts are on deposit in the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.05(e) of this Agreement;

(v)                                all Excess Interest allocable to the Mortgage Loans (which is separately distributed to Holders of the Excess Interest Certificates and the RR Interest Owners);

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

(vii)                          all amounts deposited in the Collection Account in error; and

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

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

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

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

(e)                                the aggregate amount of Gain-on-Sale Proceeds in respect of the Mortgage Loans transferred to the Lower Tier Distribution Account from the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account for distribution on the subject Distribution Date pursuant to the first paragraph of Section 4.01(g).

Notwithstanding the investment of funds held in the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.06, for purposes of calculating the Pooled Aggregate Available Funds, the amounts so invested shall be deemed to remain on deposit in such account.

“Pooled Available Funds”: With respect to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the Non-VRR Percentage of the Pooled Aggregate Available Funds for such Distribution Date.

“Pooled Certificateholder”: A Certificateholder of a Pooled Certificate.

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“Pooled Certificates”: Each of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class X-A, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G, Class X-H, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G, Class H, Class S and Class RR Certificates.

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

“Pooled Principal Balance Certificates”: Each of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G and Class H Certificates.

“Pooled Quorum”: In connection with any solicitation of votes in connection with the replacement of the Special Servicer (other than with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan) pursuant to Section 3.22 of this Agreement (other than as a result of the replacement of the Special Servicer at the recommendation of the Operating Advisor) or the Asset Representations Reviewer pursuant to Section 11.05(b) of this Agreement, the holders of Certificates evidencing at least 50% of the aggregate Pooled Voting Rights (taking into account the application of any Appraisal Reduction Amounts to notionally reduce the Certificate Balances of the Certificates pursuant to Section 4.08 of this Agreement, except in the case of the termination of the Asset Representations Reviewer pursuant to Section 11.05(b) of this Agreement) of all Pooled Principal Balance Certificates and the Class RR Certificates on an aggregate basis.

“Pooled Realized Loss”: With respect to the Mortgage Loans and any Distribution Date, the amount, if any, by which (i) the aggregate Certificate Balance of the Pooled Principal Balance Certificates, after giving effect to distributions of principal on such Distribution Date, exceeds (ii) product of (A) the Non-VRR Percentage and (B) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans in the Mortgage Pool (for purposes of this calculation, the aggregate Stated Principal Balance will not be reduced by the amount of principal payments received on the Mortgage Loans that were used to reimburse the Master Servicer or the Trustee from general collections of principal on the Mortgage Loans for Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts, to the extent those amounts are not otherwise determined to be Nonrecoverable Advances), including any REO Loans (but in each case, excluding any Companion Loan), as of the end of the last day of the related Collection Period.

“Pooled Securitization”: The securitization constituted by the issuance of the Pooled Certificates.

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“Pooled Voting Rights”: The portion of the voting rights of all of the Pooled Certificates that is allocated to any Pooled Certificateholder or Class of Pooled Certificates. At all times during the term of this Agreement, the percentage of Voting Rights assigned to each Class shall be allocated among the various Classes of Certificateholders as follows: (1) 2% in the case of the Class X Certificates (allocated pro rata based upon their respective Notional Amounts as of the date of determination); and (2) in the case of any Pooled Principal Balance Certificates and the Class RR Certificates, a percentage equal to the product of 98% and a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the aggregate Certificate Balance (and solely in connection with any vote for purposes of determining whether to remove the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 7.01(a) and the Operating Advisor pursuant to Section 7.07(a), taking into account any notional reduction in the Certificate Balance for Appraisal Reduction Amounts allocated to the Certificates pursuant to Section 4.08(a) hereof) of such Class, in each case, determined as of the prior Distribution Date, and the denominator of which is equal to the aggregate Certificate Balance (and solely in connection with any vote for purposes of determining whether to remove the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 7.01(a) and the Operating Advisor pursuant to Section 7.07(a), taking into account any notional reduction in the Certificate Balance for Appraisal Reduction Amounts allocated to the Certificates) of the Pooled Principal Balance Certificates and the Class RR Certificates, each determined as of the prior Distribution Date. None of the Class S Certificates, the Class R Certificates or the RR Interest shall be entitled to any Voting Rights.

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

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

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

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

“Preliminary Prospectus”: The Depositor’s Prospectus, dated March 28, 2023, relating to the offering of the Publicly Offered Certificates.

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

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

“Prepayment Interest Shortfall”: With respect to any Distribution Date, for each Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan serviced by the Master Servicer that was subject to a Principal Prepayment in full or in part and which did not include a full month’s interest, or as to which Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds or Condemnation Proceeds, as applicable, were received by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer for application to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, in each case after the Determination Date in the calendar month preceding such Distribution Date but prior to the Due Date in the related Collection Period, the amount of interest that would have accrued at the Net Mortgage Rate for such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan on the amount of such Principal Prepayment, Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds or Condemnation Proceeds during the period commencing on the date as of which such Principal Prepayment, Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds or Condemnation Proceeds, as applicable, were applied to the unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan and ending on (and including) the day immediately preceding such Due Date (without regard to any Prepayment Premium, Yield Maintenance Charge or Excess Interest actually collected).

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

“Pricing Date”: April 5, 2023.

“Primary Servicing Fee Rate”: With respect to each Serviced Mortgage Loan (other than any Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan), the sum of the rates per annum set forth on Exhibit B to this Agreement under the columns labeled “Primary Servicing Fee Rate” and “Subservicing Fee Rate”. With respect to each Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan, prior to the related Servicing Shift Securitization Date, the sum of the applicable rates per annum set forth on Exhibit B to this Agreement under the columns labeled “Primary Servicing Fee Rate” and

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“Subservicing Fee Rate”. With respect to each Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, no Primary Servicing Fee Rate will be charged by the Master Servicer, but the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan Primary Servicing Fee Rate (which, with respect to each such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan as of the Closing Date, is set forth on Exhibit B to this Agreement under the column labeled “Companion Loan Primary Servicing Fee Rate”) is charged by the applicable Other Servicer pursuant to the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the Primary Servicing Fee Rate includes any fee rate payable to a Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer.

“Prime Rate”: The “Prime Rate” (and solely with respect to the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, subject to a floor rate of 2.0%) as published in the “Money Rates” section of The Wall Street Journal, Eastern edition (or, if such section or publication is no longer available, such other comparable publication as determined by the Certificate Administrator in its reasonable discretion) as may be in effect from time to time, or, if the “Prime Rate” no longer exists, such other comparable rate (as determined by the Certificate Administrator in its reasonable discretion) as may be in effect from time to time. The Certificate Administrator shall notify in writing the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer with regard to any determination of the Prime Rate in accordance with the parenthetical in the preceding sentence.

“Principal Balance Certificates”: The Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G, Class H, Class PDC-A1, Class PDC-2, Class PDC-HRR Certificates.

“Principal Distribution Amount”: For any Distribution Date and the Pooled Principal Balance Certificates, the sum of (i) the Non-VRR Percentage of the Aggregate Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date and (ii) the Principal Shortfall, if any, for the prior Distribution Date.

“Principal Prepayment”: Any payment of principal made by a Borrower on a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan which is received in advance of its scheduled due date and which is not accompanied by an amount of interest representing the full amount of scheduled interest due on any date or dates in any month or months subsequent to the month of prepayment.

“Principal Shortfall”: For any Distribution Date, the amount, if any, by which (1) the Principal Distribution Amount for the prior Distribution Date exceeds (2) the aggregate amount actually distributed on the preceding Distribution Date to Holders of the Pooled Principal Balance Certificates in respect of such Principal Distribution Amount.

“Private Certificate”: Each of the Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G, Class X-H, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G, Class H, Class S, Class R, Class PDC-A1, Class PDC-A2, Class PDC-HRR and the Class RR Certificates, collectively.

“Private Global Certificate”: Each of the Regulation S Global Certificates or Rule 144A Global Certificates with respect to the Private Certificates if and so long as such class of Certificates is registered in the name of a nominee of the Depository.

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“Private Placement Memorandum”: The Depositor’s Private Placement Memorandum, dated April 6, 2023, relating to the offering of the Private Certificates (other than the Class RR Certificates and the Loan-Specific Certificates).

“Privileged Information”: Any (i) correspondence or other communications between the Directing Holder or a Risk Retention Consultation Party and the Special Servicer related to any Specially Serviced Loan (other than any applicable Excluded Loan) or the exercise of the consent or consultation rights of the Directing Holder or consultation rights of any Risk Retention Consultation Party under this Agreement or any related Intercreditor Agreement, (ii) strategically sensitive information that the Special Servicer has reasonably determined could compromise the Trust Fund’s position in any ongoing or future negotiations with the related Borrower or other interested party and that is labeled or otherwise identified as Privileged Information when delivered to a party to this Agreement by the Special Servicer, (iii) information subject to attorney-client privilege (and which the Special Servicer has labeled or otherwise communicated as being subject to privilege) and (iv) any Asset Status Report or Final Asset Status Report. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer shall be entitled to rely on any identification of materials as “attorney-client privileged” without liability for any such reliance hereunder.

“Privileged Information Exception”: With respect to any Privileged Information, at any time (a) such Privileged Information becomes generally available and known to the public other than as a result of a disclosure directly or indirectly by the party restricted from disclosing such Privileged Information (the “Restricted Party”), (b) it is reasonable and necessary for the Restricted Party to disclose such Privileged Information in working with legal counsel, auditors, arbitration parties, taxing authorities or other governmental agencies, (c) such Privileged Information was already known to such Restricted Party and not otherwise subject to a confidentiality obligation and/or (d) the Restricted Party (in the case of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee, based on the advice of legal counsel) is required by law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree to disclose such information.

“Privileged Person”: The Depositor and its designees, the Initial Purchasers, the Underwriters, the Loan-Specific Initial Purchaser, the Mortgage Loan Sellers, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Excluded Special Servicer), the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, any Additional Servicer designated by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, any Affiliate of the Operating Advisor designated by the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, any Companion Loan Noteholder who provides a certification substantially in the form of Exhibit FF hereto, any Person (including the Directing Holder, Risk Retention Consultation Party or a VRR Interest Owner) who provides the Certificate Administrator with an Investor Certification and any NRSRO (including any Rating Agency) that provides the Certificate Administrator with a NRSRO Certification, which Investor Certification and NRSRO Certification may be submitted electronically via the Certificate Administrator’s Website; provided, however, that in no event may a Borrower Party (other than a Borrower Party that is a Risk Retention Consultation Party or the Special Servicer) be entitled to receive (i) if such party is the Directing Holder, any Controlling Class Certificateholder or any Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholder, any Excluded Information via the Certificate Administrator’s Website (unless a loan-by-loan segregation is later performed by the

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Certificate Administrator in which case such access shall only be prohibited with respect to the related Excluded Controlling Class Loan(s)), and (ii) if such party is not the Directing Holder, any Controlling Class Certificateholder or any Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholder, any information other than the Distribution Date Statement.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if the Special Servicer obtains knowledge that it is a Borrower Party, the Special Servicer shall nevertheless be a Privileged Person; provided that the Special Servicer (i) shall not directly or indirectly provide any information solely related to the related Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan (which may include any Asset Status Reports, Final Asset Status Reports (or summaries thereof), and such other information specified in this Agreement pertaining to such Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan) to (A) the related Borrower Party, (B) any of the Special Servicer’s employees or personnel or any of its Affiliates involved in the management of any investment in the related Borrower Party or the related Mortgaged Property or (C) to its actual knowledge, any non-Affiliate that holds a direct or indirect ownership interest in the related Borrower Party, and (ii) shall maintain sufficient internal controls and appropriate policies and procedures in place in order to comply with the obligations described in clause (i) above; provided, further, that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as an obligation of the Master Servicer or the Certificate Administrator to restrict the Special Servicer’s access to any information on the Master Servicer’s website or the Certificate Administrator’s Website and in no case shall the Master Servicer or the Certificate Administrator be held liable if the Special Servicer accesses any of the items listed in the definition of Excluded Information relating to the Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loans.

“Prohibited Party”: Any proposed Servicing Function Participant that is listed on the Depositor’s Do Not Hire List.

“Prohibited Prepayment”: As defined in the definition of “Compensating Interest Payment”.

“Property Protection Expenses”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or Serviced Whole Loan, any costs and expenses incurred by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.04, Section 3.08(a), Section 3.10, Section 3.11, Section 3.15(a), Section 3.15(b), Section 3.15(c), Section 3.16(b) or Section 3.24(a) of this Agreement or indicated herein as being payable as a Servicing Advance or as a cost or expense of the Trust Fund (and, in the case of the Serviced Whole Loans, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders but subject to the provisions of Section 1.02(e)) or the Lower-Tier REMIC or Upper-Tier REMIC to be paid out of the Collection Account.

“Proposed Course of Action”: As defined in Section 2.03(l)(i) of this Agreement.

“Proposed Course of Action Notice”: As defined in Section 2.03(l)(i) of this Agreement.

“Prospectus”: The Depositor’s Prospectus, dated April 6, 2023, relating to the offering of the Publicly Offered Certificates.

“PTCE”: Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption.

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“Publicly Offered Certificates”: Each of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3 Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class X-A, Class A-M, Class B and Class C Certificates.

“Publicly Offered Global Certificates”: Each of the Publicly Offered Certificates, if and so long as the applicable Class of Publicly Offered Certificates is registered in the name of the Depository.

“Purchase Price”: With respect to (i) any Mortgage Loan and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan to be repurchased or purchased pursuant to Section 2.03(e) or Section 9.01 of this Agreement, (ii) any Specially Serviced Loan or any Serviced REO Loan to be sold pursuant to Section 3.16 of this Agreement or (iii) any Defaulted Loan that is a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan to be sold by the Special Servicer in accordance with the proviso in Section 3.16(b) of this Agreement, an amount, calculated by the Master Servicer (with respect to Performing Loans) or the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans or Serviced REO Loans), as applicable, equal to:

(a)                                 the outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (or related REO Loan) (including, to the extent required pursuant to the final sentence of this definition, any related Companion Loan) as of the date of purchase; plus

(b)                               all accrued and unpaid interest on such Mortgage Loan or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (or any related REO Loan) (including, to the extent required pursuant to the final sentence of this definition, any related Companion Loan) at the related Mortgage Rate in effect from time to time to but not including the Due Date immediately preceding or coinciding with the Determination Date for the Collection Period of purchase, but excluding any Default Interest or Excess Interest; plus

(c)                                all related unreimbursed Servicing Advances plus accrued and unpaid interest on related Advances at the Reimbursement Rate, and all Special Servicing Fees (whether paid or unpaid) and Workout Fees and Liquidation Fees (to the extent set forth in clause (d) below) allocable to such Mortgage Loan (and, in the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, unpaid fees payable to the applicable servicer, Other Servicer, the Other Special Servicer or the Other Trustee allocable to such Mortgage Loan) and the related REO Loan, if any and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; plus

(d)                               any Liquidation Fee due pursuant to Section 3.12 of this Agreement allocable to such Mortgage Loan (or related REO Loan) (including, to the extent required pursuant to the final sentence of this definition, any related Companion Loan) (which shall not include any Liquidation Fees if such affected Mortgage Loan is repurchased prior to the expiration of the additional 90-day period immediately following the initial 90-day period under Section 2.03 of this Agreement); plus

(e)                                 all Additional Trust Fund Expenses allocable to such Mortgage Loan; plus

(f)                                   if such Mortgage Loan (or related REO Loan) or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan is being purchased or substituted by a Mortgage Loan Seller pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, to the extent not otherwise included in the

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amount described in clause (c) of this definition, any unpaid Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee related to such Mortgage Loan or related REO Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred or to be incurred by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee in respect of the Breach or Defect giving rise to the repurchase obligation, including any such expenses arising out of the enforcement of the repurchase obligation, including, without duplication, any such expenses previously reimbursed from the Collection Account or the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account, as applicable, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate, to the extent payable to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Trustee; provided, however, that such out-of-pocket expenses shall not include expenses incurred by Certificateholders or Certificate Owners in instituting an Asset Review Vote Election, in taking part in an Asset Review Vote Election or in exercising such Certificateholder’s or Certificate Owner’s, as applicable, rights under the dispute resolution mechanics pursuant to Section 2.03(k) hereof.

For purposes of this Agreement, (i) the “Purchase Price” in respect of a Serviced Companion Loan that is purchased by the related Mortgage Loan Seller shall be the purchase price paid by the related Mortgage Loan Seller under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the applicable servicing agreement, (ii) with respect to a sale of an REO Property securing a Serviced Whole Loan, the term Mortgage Loan or REO Loan shall be construed to include any related Companion Loans and (iii) with respect to any Joint Mortgage Loan, the “Purchase Price” for each of the applicable Mortgage Loan Sellers shall be its respective percentage interest as of the Closing Date of the total Purchase Price for such Joint Mortgage Loan.

“Qualified Affiliate”: Any Person (a) that is organized and doing business under the laws of any state of the United States or the District of Columbia, (b) that is in the business of performing the duties of a servicer of mortgage loans (or, in the case of the Operating Advisor, that is in the business of performing the duties of an operating advisor), and (c) as to which 50% or greater of its outstanding voting stock or equity ownership interest are directly or indirectly owned by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, or by any Person or Persons who directly or indirectly own equity ownership interests in the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor, as applicable.

“Qualified Institutional Buyer”: A “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A.

“Qualified Insurer”: As used in Section 3.08 of this Agreement,

(i) in the case of each Mortgage Loan or Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan, an insurance company or security or bonding company qualified to write the related insurance policy in the relevant jurisdiction and whose claims paying ability is rated (a) “A3” by Moody’s (or, if not rated by Moody’s, at least an equivalent rating by one NRSRO (which may include Fitch or KBRA)) and (b) “A-” by Fitch (or, if not rated by Fitch, at least “A-

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” or an equivalent rating as “A-” by one other NRSRO (which may include Moody’s or KBRA)),

(ii) in the case of the fidelity bond and the errors and omissions insurance required to be maintained pursuant to Section 3.08(d) of this Agreement, an insurance company that has a claims paying ability (or the obligations which are guaranteed or backed by a company having such claims paying ability) with at least one of the following ratings: (a) “A3” by Moody’s, (b) “A-” by S&P, (c) “A-” by Fitch, (d) “A-:X” by A.M. Best Company, Inc. or (e) “A(low)” by DBRS Morningstar,

or, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), such other rating as to which the related Rating Agency (and, if applicable, the related Serviced Companion Rating Agency) has provided a Rating Agency Confirmation relating to the Certificates and any Serviced Companion Loan Securities (subject to the foregoing exceptions).

“Qualified Mortgage”: A Mortgage Loan that is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code (but without regard to the rule in Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(f)(2) that treats a defective obligation as a qualified mortgage), or any substantially similar successor provision.

“Qualified Replacement Special Servicer”: A replacement special servicer that (i) satisfies all of the eligibility requirements applicable to special servicers in this Agreement, (ii) is not the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or an affiliate of the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer, (iii) is not obligated to pay the Operating Advisor (x) any fees or otherwise compensate the Operating Advisor in respect of its obligations under this Agreement, or (y) for the appointment of the successor special servicer or the recommendation by the Operating Advisor for the replacement special servicer to become the special servicer, (iv) is not entitled to receive any compensation from the Operating Advisor other than compensation that is not material and is unrelated to the Operating Advisor’s recommendation that such party be appointed as the replacement special servicer, (v) is not entitled to receive any fee from the Operating Advisor for its appointment as successor special servicer, in each case, unless expressly approved by 100% of the Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner, (vi) currently has a special servicer rating of at least “CSS3” from Fitch, (vii) is currently acting as a special servicer in a CMBS transaction rated by Moody’s on a transaction-level basis (as to which CMBS transaction there are outstanding CMBS rated by Moody’s) and has not been publicly cited by Moody’s as having servicing concerns as the sole or a material factor in any qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings (or placement on “watch status” in contemplation of a rating downgrade or withdrawal) of securities in a transaction serviced by the applicable servicer prior to the time of determination, and (viii) is currently acting as a special servicer in a transaction rated by KBRA and has not been publicly cited by KBRA as having servicing concerns as the sole or a material factor in any qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings (or placement on “watch status” in contemplation of a rating downgrade or withdrawal) of securities in a transaction serviced by the applicable servicer prior to the time of determination.

“Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan”: A substitute mortgage loan (other than with respect to the Whole Loans, for which no substitution shall be permitted) replacing a Mortgage Loan with respect to which a Material Breach or Material Defect exists that must, on the date of

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substitution: (i) have an outstanding Stated Principal Balance, after application of all scheduled payments of principal and/or interest due during or prior to the month of substitution, whether or not received, not in excess of the Stated Principal Balance of the Removed Mortgage Loan as of the Due Date in the calendar month during which the substitution occurs; (ii) have a fixed Mortgage Rate not less than the Mortgage Rate of the Removed Mortgage Loan (determined without regard to any prior modification, waiver or amendment of the terms of the removed Mortgage Loan); (iii) have the same Due Date and a grace period no longer than that of the Removed Mortgage Loan; (iv) accrue interest on the same basis as the Removed Mortgage Loan (for example, on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed); (v) have a remaining term to stated maturity not greater than, and not more than five years less than, the remaining term to stated maturity of the Removed Mortgage Loan; (vi) have a then-current loan to value ratio equal to or less than the lesser of (1) the loan to value ratio for the Removed Mortgage Loan as of the Closing Date and (2) 75%, in each case using the “value” for the Mortgaged Property as determined using an Appraisal prepared in accordance with the requirements of the FIRREA; (vii) comply (except in a manner that would not be adverse to the interests of the Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner) as of the date of substitution in all material respects with all of the representations and warranties set forth in the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement; (viii) have an Environmental Report that indicates no material adverse environmental conditions with respect to the related Mortgaged Property and that will be delivered as a part of the related Servicing File; (ix) have a then-current Debt Service Coverage Ratio at least equal to the greater of (1) the original Debt Service Coverage Ratio of the Removed Mortgage Loan as of the Closing Date and (2) 1.25x; (x) be determined by an Opinion of Counsel (at the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller’s expense) to be a “qualified replacement mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(4) of the Code; (xi) not have a maturity date or an amortization period that extends to a date that is after the date that is five years prior to the Rated Final Distribution Date; (xii) have comparable prepayment restrictions to those of the Removed Mortgage Loan; (xiii) not be substituted for a Removed Mortgage Loan unless the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee have received a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies (the cost, if any, of obtaining such Rating Agency Confirmation to be paid by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller); (xiv) have been approved, (A) for so long as no Control Termination Event is continuing, by the Directing Holder, and (B) during any such time that the Master Servicer is the Enforcing Servicer, by the Special Servicer; (xv) prohibit defeasance within two years after the Closing Date; (xvi) not be substituted for a Removed Mortgage Loan if it would result in the termination of the REMIC status of any Trust REMIC or the imposition of tax on any Trust REMIC other than a tax on income expressly permitted or contemplated to be received by the terms of this Agreement, as determined by an Opinion of Counsel (at the cost of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller); (xvii) have an engineering report that indicates no material adverse property condition or deferred maintenance with respect to the related Mortgaged Property that will be delivered as a part of the related Servicing File; and (xviii) be current in the payment of all scheduled payments of principal and interest then due. In the event that one or more mortgage loans are substituted for one or more Removed Mortgage Loans, then the amounts described in clause (i) shall be determined on the basis of aggregate Stated Principal Balances and each such proposed Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan must individually satisfy each of the requirements specified in clauses (ii) through (xviii) above, except the rates referred to in clause (ii) above and the remaining term to stated maturity referred to in clause (v) above shall be determined on a weighted average basis; provided that no individual Mortgage Rate (net of the Servicing Fee Rate, the Certificate

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Administrator/Trustee Fee Rate, the Operating Advisor Fee Rate and the CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee Rate) shall be lower than the highest Pass-Through Rate (that is a fixed rate not subject to a cap equal to or based on the WAC Rate) of any Class of Principal Balance Certificates having an outstanding Certificate Balance. When a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan is substituted for a Removed Mortgage Loan, the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller shall certify that the Mortgage Loan meets all of the requirements of the above definition and shall send such certification to the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee and, for so long as no Consultation Termination Event is continuing, the Directing Holder.

“RAC No-Response Scenario”: As defined in Section 3.30(a) of this Agreement.

“Rated Final Distribution Date”: As to the Pooled Certificates and the Loan-Specific Certificates, the Distribution Date in April 2056. None of the Class X-H, Class H, Class S or Class R Certificates will have a Rated Final Distribution Date.

“Rating Agency”: Any of Fitch, Moody’s or KBRA; provided that with respect to any matter affecting a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan or any Serviced Whole Loan, “Rating Agency” shall also refer to any rating agency engaged to rate the Serviced Companion Loan Securities related to such Serviced Whole Loan or securities related to such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, as applicable.

“Rating Agency Confirmation”: With respect to any matter, confirmation in writing (which may be in electronic form) by each applicable Rating Agency that a proposed action, failure to act or other event so specified will not, in and of itself, result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of the then-current rating assigned to any Class of Certificates if then rated by the Rating Agency; provided that a written waiver or other acknowledgment from any Rating Agency indicating its decision not to review the matter for which the Rating Agency Confirmation is sought shall be deemed to satisfy the requirement for the Rating Agency Confirmation from such Rating Agency with respect to such matter. At any time during which no Certificates are rated by a Rating Agency, no Rating Agency Confirmation shall be required from that Rating Agency. With respect to any matter affecting any Pari Passu Companion Loan, any Rating Agency Confirmation shall also refer to a comparable confirmation from the nationally recognized statistical rating organizations then rating the securities representing an interest in such loan with respect to such rating organizations’ respective ratings of such securities.

“Rating Agency Q&A Forum and Document Request Tool”: As defined in Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement.

“Real Property”: Land or improvements thereon such as buildings or other inherently permanent structures thereon (including items that are structural components of the buildings or structures), in each such case as such terms are used in the REMIC Provisions.

“Realized Loss”: The Pooled Realized Loss or the Pacific Design Center Realized Loss, as applicable.

“Reassignment of Assignment of Leases, Rents and Profits”: As defined in Section 2.01(a)(viii) of this Agreement.

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“Record Date”: With respect to each Distribution Date, the close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs.

“Regular Certificates”: The Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class X-A, Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G, Class X-H, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G, Class H, Class RR, Class PDC-A1, Class PDC-A2 and Class PDC-HRR Certificates.

“Regulation AB”: Subpart 229.1100 – Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R. §§ 229.1100-229.1125, as such rules may be amended from time to time, and subject to such clarification and interpretation as have been provided by the Commission or by the staff of the Commission, or as may be provided by the Commission or its staff from time to time, in each case as effective from time to time as of the compliance dates specified therein.

“Regulation D”: Regulation D under the Act.

“Regulation S”: Regulation S under the Act.

“Regulation S Global Certificate”: Each of the Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G, Class X-H, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G, Class H, Class PDC-A1 and Class PDC-A2 Certificates issued as such on the Closing Date.

“Regulation S Investor”: With respect to a transferee of an interest in a Regulation S Global Certificate, a transferee that acquires such interest pursuant to Regulation S.

“Regulation S Transfer Certificate”: As defined in Section 5.02(c)(i)(B) of this Agreement.

“Regulatory Agencies” As defined in the definition of “Risk Retention Rule”.

“Reimbursement Rate”: The rate per annum applicable to the accrual of interest on Servicing Advances in accordance with Section 3.21(e) and P&I Advances in accordance with Section 4.07(h), which rate per annum shall equal the Prime Rate, compounded annually. Interest at the Reimbursement Rate will accrue from (and including) the date on which the related Advance is made or the related expense incurred to (but excluding) the date on which such amounts are recovered out of amounts received on the Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as to which such Advances were made or servicing expenses incurred or the first Master Servicer Remittance Date after a determination of non-recoverability, as the case may be, is made; provided that such interest at the Reimbursement Rate will continue to accrue to the extent funds are not available in the Collection Accounts for such reimbursement of such Advance; provided, further, that no interest will accrue on any P&I Advance (i) made with respect to a Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan until after the related Due Date has passed and any applicable grace period has expired or (ii) if the related Periodic Payment is received after the Determination Date but on or prior to the Business Day immediately prior to the related Distribution Date.

“Relevant Distribution Date”: With respect to (a) any Significant Obligor with respect to the Trust, the Distribution Date, and (b) any “significant obligor” (within the meaning

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of Item 1101(k) of Regulation AB) with respect to an Other Securitization holding a Serviced Companion Loan, the “Distribution Date” (or analogous concept) under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

“Relevant Servicing Criteria”: The Servicing Criteria applicable to each Reporting Servicer (as set forth, with respect to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee on Schedule II to this Agreement). For clarification purposes, multiple Reporting Servicers can have responsibility for the same Relevant Servicing Criteria and some of the Servicing Criteria will not be applicable to certain Reporting Servicers. With respect to a Servicing Function Participant engaged by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, the term “Relevant Servicing Criteria” refers to the items of the Relevant Servicing Criteria applicable to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee that engaged such Servicing Function Participant that are applicable to such Servicing Function Participant based on the functions it has been engaged to perform.

“REMIC”: A “real estate mortgage investment conduit” within the meaning of Section 860D of the Code and the REMIC Provisions.

“REMIC Provisions”: Provisions of the federal income tax law relating to real estate mortgage investment conduits, which appear at Section 860A through 860G of subchapter M of chapter 1 of the Code, and related provisions, and regulations (including any applicable proposed regulations) and rulings promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in effect from time to time.

“Removed Mortgage Loan”: A Mortgage Loan (including the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan) which is repurchased from the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms hereof or as to which one or more Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans are substituted.

“Rents from Real Property”: With respect to any Serviced REO Property, gross income of the character described in Section 856(d) of the Code, which income, subject to the terms and conditions of that Section of the Code in its present form, does not include:

(a)                                except as provided in Section 856(d)(4) or Section 856(d)(6) of the Code, any amount received or accrued, directly or indirectly, with respect to such Serviced REO Property, if the determination of such amount depends in whole or in part on the income or profits derived by any Person from such property (unless such amount is a fixed percentage or percentages of receipts or sales and otherwise constitutes Rents from Real Property);

(b)                               any amount received or accrued, directly or indirectly, from any Person if the Trust Fund owns directly or indirectly (including by attribution) a ten percent or greater interest in such Person determined in accordance with Sections 856(d)(2)(B) and Section 856(d)(5) of the Code;

(c)                                any amount received or accrued, directly or indirectly, with respect to such Serviced REO Property if any Person Directly Operates such Serviced REO Property;

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(d)                               any amount charged for services that are not customarily furnished in connection with the rental of property to tenants in buildings of a similar class in the same geographic market as such Serviced REO Property within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.856-4(b)(1) (whether or not such charges are separately stated); and

(e)                                 rent attributable to personal property unless such personal property is leased under, or in connection with, the lease of such Serviced REO Property and, for any taxable year of the Trust Fund, such rent is no greater than 15 percent of the total rent received or accrued under, or in connection with, the lease.

“REO Account”: As defined in Section 3.15(b) of this Agreement.

“REO Loan”: Any Mortgage Loan (excluding any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or Serviced Whole Loan as to which the related Mortgaged Property has become an REO Property.

“REO Proceeds”: With respect to any Serviced REO Property and the related Serviced REO Loan, all revenues received by the Special Servicer with respect to such Serviced REO Property or Serviced REO Loan which do not constitute Liquidation Proceeds.

“REO Property”: A Mortgaged Property title to which has been acquired by the Special Servicer on behalf of the Trust Fund through foreclosure, deed-in-lieu of foreclosure or otherwise, or in the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Trust Fund’s beneficial interest in the Mortgaged Property acquired by the Other Trustee pursuant to the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

“Replacement Mortgage Loan”: Any Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan that is substituted for one or more Removed Mortgage Loans.

“Reporting Servicer”: As defined in Section 10.12 of this Agreement.

“Repurchase”: As defined in Section 2.03(d) of this Agreement.

“Repurchase Communication”: For purposes of Section 2.03(d) of this Agreement only, any communication, whether oral or written, which need not be in any specific form.

“Repurchase Request”: As defined in Section 2.03(d) of this Agreement.

“Repurchase Request Recipient”: As defined in Section 2.03(d) of this Agreement.

“Repurchase Request Rejection”: As defined in Section 2.03(d) of this Agreement.

“Repurchase Request Withdrawal”: As defined in Section 2.03(d) of this Agreement.

“Request for Release”: A request for a release signed by a Servicing Officer, substantially in the form of Exhibit E to this Agreement.

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“Requesting Certificateholder”: As defined in Section 2.03(l)(iii) of this Agreement.

“Requesting Holders”: As defined in Section 4.08(b) of this Agreement.

“Requesting Investor”: As defined in Section 5.05(a) of this Agreement.

“Requesting Party”: As defined in Section 5.05(a) of this Agreement.

“Reserve Accounts”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or Serviced Whole Loan, reserve accounts, if any, established pursuant to the Mortgage or the Loan Agreement and any Escrow Account. Any Reserve Account may be a sub-account of a related Cash Collateral Account. Any Reserve Account shall be beneficially owned for federal income tax purposes by the Person who is entitled to receive the reinvestment income or gain thereon in accordance with the terms and provisions of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan and Section 3.06(h) of this Agreement, which Person shall be taxed on all reinvestment income or gain thereon. The Master Servicer shall be permitted to make withdrawals therefrom for deposit into the related Cash Collateral Account, if applicable, or the Collection Account or for the purposes set forth under the related Loan Documents for the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan.

“Resolution Extension Period” shall mean:

(a)               for purposes of remediating a Material Breach with respect to any Mortgage Loan, the 90-day period following the end of the applicable Initial Resolution Period;

(b)               for purposes of remediating a Material Defect with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is a Performing Loan at the commencement of, and does not become a Specially Serviced Loan during, the applicable Initial Resolution Period, the period commencing at the end of the applicable Initial Resolution Period and ending on, and including, the earlier of (i) the 90th day following the end of such Initial Resolution Period and (ii) the 45th day following the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller’s receipt of written notice from the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer of the occurrence of any Servicing Transfer Event with respect to such Mortgage Loan subsequent to the end of such Initial Resolution Period;

(c)               for purposes of remediating a Material Defect with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is a Performing Loan as of the commencement of the applicable Initial Resolution Period, but as to which a Servicing Transfer Event occurs during such Initial Resolution Period, the period commencing at the end of the applicable Initial Resolution Period and ending on, and including, the 90th day following the earlier of the end of such Initial Resolution Period and the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller’s receipt of written notice from the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer of the occurrence of such Servicing Transfer Event; and

(d)               for purposes of remediating a Material Defect with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is a Specially Serviced Loan as of the commencement of the applicable Initial Resolution Period, zero (-0-) days; provided that, if the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller did not receive written notice from the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer of the

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relevant Servicing Transfer Event as of the commencement of the applicable Initial Resolution Period, then such Servicing Transfer Event shall be deemed to have occurred during such Initial Resolution Period and clause (c) of this definition will be deemed to apply.

“Resolution Failure”: As defined in Section 2.03(k) of this Agreement.

“Resolved”: With respect to a Repurchase Request, (i) that the related Defect or Breach has been cured, (ii) the related Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan has been repurchased in accordance with the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, (iii) a mortgage loan has been substituted for the related Mortgage Loan in accordance with the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, (iv) the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller made the Loss of Value Payment, (v) a contractually binding agreement entered into between the Enforcing Servicer, on behalf of the Trust, and the related Mortgage Loan Seller that settles the related Mortgage Loan Seller’s obligations under the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, or (vi) the related Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan is no longer property of the Trust as a result of a sale or other disposition in accordance with this Agreement.

“Responsible Officer”: When used with respect to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, any officer of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, assigned to the Corporate Trust Office of such party; in each case, with direct responsibility for the administration of this Agreement and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject, and, in the case of any certification required to be signed by a Responsible Officer, such an officer whose name and specimen signature appears on a list of corporate trust officers furnished to the Master Servicer by the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator, as such list may from time to time be amended.

“Restricted Certificate”: As defined in Section 5.02(k) of this Agreement.

“Restricted Mezzanine Holder”: A holder of a related mezzanine loan that has been accelerated or as to which the mezzanine lender has initiated foreclosure or enforcement proceedings against the equity collateral pledged to secure such mezzanine loan.

“Restricted Party”: As defined in the definition of “Privileged Information Exception”.

“Restricted Period”: The 40-day period prescribed by Regulation S commencing on the later of (a) the date upon which the Certificates are first offered to persons other than the Initial Purchasers and any other distributor (as defined in Regulation S) of the Certificates and (b) the Closing Date.

“Retained Certificate”: Individually and collectively, (i) the Class RR Certificates and (ii) the Class PDC-HRR Certificates.

“Retained Defeasance Rights and Obligations”: Any of the rights and obligations defined in Section 3.26(i).

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“Retained Interest Safekeeping Account”: An account maintained by the Certificate Administrator, which account shall be deemed to be owned by the Holder(s) of the Retained Certificates in proportions equal to their respective Percentage Interests.

“Retaining Party”: Any Holder of a Retained Certificate and any successor Holder of such Retained Certificate or the RR Interest.

“Retaining Sponsor”: With respect to (a) the Pooled Securitization, GACC, and (b) the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Securitization, GSMC.

“Revised Rate”: With respect to those Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule indicated as having a revised rate, the increased interest rate after the Anticipated Repayment Date (in the absence of a default) for each applicable Mortgage Loan, as calculated and as set forth in the related Mortgage Loan.

“Risk Retention Affiliate” or “Risk Retention Affiliated” means “affiliate of” or “affiliated with”, as such terms are defined in 12 C.F.R. §244.2 of the Risk Retention Rule.

“Risk Retention Consultation Party”: Each of (i) the party selected by DBNY (in the case of the VRR1 Risk Retention Consultation Party), (ii) the party selected by GS Bank (in the case of the VRR2 Risk Retention Consultation Party), and (ii) the party selected by JPMCB (in the case of the VRR3 Risk Retention Consultation Party). The Certificate Administrator and the other parties hereto shall be entitled to assume that the identity of any Risk Retention Consultation Party has not changed until such parties receive written notice of a replacement of such Risk Retention Consultation Party from DBNY (in the case of the VRR1 Risk Retention Consultation Party), GS Bank (in the case of the VRR2 Risk Retention Consultation Party), or JPMCB (in the case of the VRR3 Risk Retention Consultation Party), as confirmed by the Certificate Registrar. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Risk Retention Consultation Party shall have any consultation rights with respect to any Excluded Loan related to any Risk Retention Consultation Party. The initial VRR1 Risk Retention Consultation Party shall be DBNY, the initial VRR2 Risk Retention Consultation Party shall be GSMC, and the initial VRR3 Risk Retention Consultation Party shall be JPMCB.

In the event that no VRR1 Risk Retention Consultation Party, VRR2 Risk Retention Consultation Party or VRR3 Risk Retention Consultation Party, as applicable, has been appointed or identified to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, and the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, has attempted to obtain such information from the Certificate Administrator and no such entity has been identified to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, then until such time as a new Risk Retention Consultation Party is identified, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall have no duty to consult with, provide notice to, or seek the approval or consent of any such Risk Retention Consultation Party, as the case may be.

“Risk Retention Rule”: The Credit Risk Retention regulations, 79 Fed. Reg. 77601, pages 77740-77766 (Dec. 24, 2014), jointly promulgated by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and

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the Department of Housing and Urban Development (the “Regulatory Agencies”) to implement the credit risk retention requirements under Section 15G of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as added by Section 941 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act), as such regulations may be amended from time to time by such Regulatory Agencies, and subject to such clarification and interpretation as have been provided by such Regulatory Agencies, whether in the adopting release, or as may be provided by any such Regulatory Agency or its staff from time to time, in each case, as effective from time to time as of the applicable compliance date specified therein.

“RR Interest”: An uncertificated interest in the Trust representing the right to receive the RR Interest Percentage of all amounts collected on the Mortgage Loans (excluding the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan), net of all expenses of the Trust, and distributable on each Distribution Date to Holders of Certificates (other than to the Class R or Class S Certificates) and allocated to the VRR Interest. The RR Interest evidences (i) beneficial ownership of a “regular interest” in the Upper-Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions and (ii) beneficial ownership of a portion of the Class S Grantor Trust Assets. For the avoidance of doubt, the parties hereto agree not to treat the RR Interest as a security under applicable law.

“RR Interest Balance”: With respect to the RR Interest (i) on or prior to the first Distribution Date, an amount equal to the initial RR Interest Balance as specified in the Preliminary Statement hereto and (ii) as of any date of determination after the first Distribution Date, the RR Interest Balance on the Distribution Date immediately prior to such date of determination after giving effect to (a) any distributions made on such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01(d), (b) any VRR Realized Losses allocated to the RR Interest on such Distribution Date, and (c) any recoveries on the Mortgage Loans (excluding the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan) of Nonrecoverable Advances (plus interest on such Nonrecoverable Advances) that were previously reimbursed from principal collections on the related Mortgage Loans, that resulted in a reduction of the Aggregate Principal Distribution Amount, which recoveries are allocated to the RR Interest and added to the RR Interest Balance.

“RR Interest Percentage”: 61.5% (which consists of 39.4% with respect to the VRR2 Interest (GS Bank as the initial VRR2 Interest Holder) and 22.1% with respect to the VRR3 Interest (JPCMB as the initial VRR3 Holder)).

“RR Interest Owner(s)”: The Person who owns the RR Interest, as identified to the Certificate Administrator in writing. At any time, there shall be only two RR Interest Owners. GS Bank and JPMCB are, collectively and individually, as the context may require, the RR Interest Owner as of the Closing Date.

“Rule 144A”: Rule 144A under the Act.

“Rule 144A Global Certificate”: Each of the Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G, Class X-H, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G, Class H, Class PDC-A1 and Class PDC-A2 Certificates issued as such on the Closing Date.

“Rule 15Ga-1 Notice”: As defined in Section 2.03(d) of this Agreement.

“Rule 15Ga-1 Notice Provider”: As defined in Section 2.03(d) of this Agreement.

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“S&P”: S&P Global Ratings, a Standard and Poor’s Ratings Services, a Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC business, or its successor in interest. If neither such rating agency nor any successor remains in existence, “S&P” shall be deemed to refer to such other nationally recognized statistical rating agency or other comparable Person reasonably designated by the Depositor, notice of which designation shall be given to the other parties hereto, and specific ratings of S&P herein referenced shall be deemed to refer to the equivalent ratings of the party so designated.

“Sarbanes Oxley Act”: The Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder (including any interpretations thereof by the Commission’s staff).

“Sarbanes Oxley Certification”: As defined in Section 10.08 of this Agreement.

“Schedule AL Additional File”: With respect to each CREFC^® Schedule AL File prepared by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.13(a), any data file containing additional information or schedules regarding data points in such CREFC^® Schedule AL File required by Items 1111(h)(4) and/or 1111(h)(5) of Regulation AB and Item 601(b)(103) of Regulation S-K.

“Scheduled Principal Distribution Amount”: With respect to any Distribution Date and the Mortgage Loans, the aggregate of the principal portions of the following: (a) all Periodic Payments (excluding Balloon Payments) with respect to the Mortgage Loans due during or, if and to the extent not previously received or advanced pursuant to Section 4.07 in respect of a preceding Distribution Date (and not previously distributed to Certificateholders), prior to, the related Collection Period, and all Assumed Scheduled Payments with respect to the Mortgage Loans for the related Collection Period, in each case to the extent either (i) paid by the related Borrower as of the Determination Date (or, with respect to each Mortgage Loan with a Due Date occurring or a grace period ending, after the related Determination Date, the related Due Date or last day of such grace period, as applicable, to the extent received by the Master Servicer as of the Business Day preceding the Master Servicer Remittance Date) or (ii) advanced by the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, pursuant to Section 4.07 in respect of such Distribution Date, and (b) all Balloon Payments with respect to the Mortgage Loans to the extent received on or prior to the related Determination Date (or, with respect to each Mortgage Loan with a Due Date occurring, or a grace period ending, after the related Determination Date, the related Due Date or last day of such grace period, as applicable, to the extent received by the Master Servicer as of the Business Day preceding the Master Servicer Remittance Date), and to the extent not included in clause (a) above.

“Secure Data Room”: The “Secure Data Room” tab, which shall initially be located within the Certificate Administrator’s Website (initially “www.ctslink.com”) on the page relating to this transaction.

“Securities Legend”: As defined in Section 5.02(c)(iii) of this Agreement.

“Serviced AB Mortgage Loan”: Any Mortgage Loan serviced pursuant to this Agreement comprised of a Serviced Mortgage Loan, a Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan

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and, in certain cases, one or more Pari Passu Companion Loans. The Pacific Design Center Mortgage Loan shall be a Serviced AB Mortgage Loan related to the Trust.

“Serviced AB Whole Loan”: Any Whole Loan serviced pursuant to this Agreement comprised of a Serviced Mortgage Loan, a Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan and, in certain cases, one or more Pari Passu Companion Loans. The Pacific Design Center Whole Loan shall be a Serviced AB Whole Loan related to the Trust.

“Serviced AB Whole Loan Major Decision”: With respect to any Serviced AB Whole Loan, shall have the meaning assigned to the term “Major Decision” in the related Intercreditor Agreement.

“Serviced Companion Loan”: Each of the Pari Passu Companion Loans and Subordinate Companion Loans, if any, identified as “Serviced” and, prior to the related Servicing Shift Securitization Date, “Servicing Shift” under the column entitled “Type” in the “Whole Loan” chart in the Preliminary Statement.

“Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder”: Any holder of a Serviced Companion Loan; provided that for so long as a Serviced Companion Loan is included in an Other Securitization, for purposes of providing or distributing any reports, statements, notices or other information required or permitted to be provided to a Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder hereunder, “Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder” shall also include the related Other Servicer.

“Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder Register”: As defined in Section 3.27(b) of this Agreement.

“Serviced Companion Loan Rating Agency”: With respect to any Serviced Companion Loan, any rating agency that was engaged by a participant in the securitization of such Serviced Companion Loan to assign a rating to the related Serviced Companion Loan Securities.

“Serviced Companion Loan Rating Agency Confirmation”: With respect to any matter involving the servicing and administration of a Serviced Companion Loan or Serviced REO Loan as to which any Serviced Companion Loan Securities exist, confirmation in writing (which may be in electronic form) by each applicable Serviced Companion Loan Rating Agency that a proposed action, failure to act or other event so specified will not, in and of itself, result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of the then current rating assigned to any class of such Serviced Companion Loan Securities (if then rated by such Serviced Companion Loan Rating Agency); provided that upon receipt of a written waiver or other acknowledgment from a Serviced Companion Loan Rating Agency indicating its decision not to review or declining to review the matter for which the Serviced Companion Loan Rating Agency Confirmation is sought (such written notice, a “Serviced Companion Loan Rating Agency Declination”), or as otherwise provided in Section 3.30 of this Agreement, the requirement for the Serviced Companion Loan Rating Agency Confirmation from the applicable Serviced Companion Loan Rating Agency with respect to such matter shall not apply.

“Serviced Companion Loan Securities”: With respect to any Serviced Companion Loan so long as the related Mortgage Loan or any successor Serviced REO Loan is part of the Mortgage Pool, any class of securities backed by such Serviced Companion Loan. Any reference

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herein to a “series” of Serviced Companion Loan Securities shall refer to separate securitizations of one or more of the Serviced Companion Loans.

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

“Serviced Mortgage Loan”: Any Mortgage Loan that is included in the Trust and serviced under this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, “Serviced Mortgage Loans” exclude any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan.

“Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan”: A Pari Passu Companion Loan that is part of a Serviced Whole Loan.

“Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan Noteholder”: Any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan.

“Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan Securities”: For so long as the related Mortgage Loan or any successor REO Loan is in the Trust Fund, any class of securities issued by another securitization and backed by a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan.

“Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan”: Each of the Whole Loans identified as “Serviced” under the column entitled “Type” in the “Whole Loan” chart in the Preliminary Statement that has at least one Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan.

“Serviced REO Loan”: Any REO Loan that is serviced by the Special Servicer pursuant to this Agreement.

“Serviced REO Property”: Any REO Property that is serviced by the Special Servicer pursuant to this Agreement.

“Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan”: With respect to any Serviced AB Whole Loan, any subordinate promissory note that is part of such Whole Loan that is subordinate to the related Serviced Mortgage Loan, which includes the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan. With respect to each of the Whole Loans identified as “Serviced” under the column entitled “Type” in the “Whole Loan” chart in the Preliminary Statement, the related Companion Loans identified as “Subordinate” under the column entitled “Companion Loan Type” shall be Serviced Subordinate Companion Loans related to the Trust.

“Serviced Whole Loan”: Each of the Whole Loans identified as “Serviced” under the column entitled “Type” in the “Whole Loan” chart in the Preliminary Statement.

“Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account”: With respect to each Serviced Whole Loan, the separate account, sub-account or ledger account created and maintained by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.05(g) on behalf of the Certificateholders and the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, which shall be entitled “Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, on behalf of Computershare Trust Company,

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N.A., as Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38, and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account.” Amounts in any Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account applicable to the related Serviced Companion Loans shall not be assets of the Trust Fund, but instead shall be held by the Master Servicer on behalf of the Trust Fund (in respect of amounts reimbursable therefrom) and, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders. Any such account or sub-account shall be an Eligible Account or a sub-account of an Eligible Account (including a sub-account of the Collection Account). Notwithstanding the foregoing, amounts held in the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account with respect to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, will be assets of the Trust Fund held on behalf of the holders of the Loan-Specific Certificates.

“Serviced Whole Loan Remittance Amount”: For each distribution date that a Master Servicer is required to make a distribution to a Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder pursuant to Section 3.05(h) and with respect to each Serviced Whole Loan and related Mortgaged Property (if it becomes a Serviced REO Property), any amount received by the Master Servicer (or, with respect to a Serviced REO Property, the Special Servicer) during the related Collection Period that is payable to the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder(s) pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement or to be remitted to the Collection Account.

“Serviced Whole Loan Remittance Date”: With respect to any Serviced Companion Loan, (x) prior to contribution of such Serviced Companion Loan to an Other Securitization, a date as set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement (or if no such date is specified, the Master Servicer Remittance Date) and (y) following contribution of such Serviced Companion Loan to an Other Securitization, the earlier of (A) the Master Servicer Remittance Date or (B) the Business Day immediately succeeding the “determination date” set forth in the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, or such earlier date as required by the related Intercreditor Agreement; provided, however, that, unless otherwise required under the related Intercreditor Agreement, no remittance is required to be made until two (2) Business Days after receipt of the related Periodic Payment with respect to the related Serviced Whole Loan.

“Serviced Whole Loan REO Account”: As defined in Section 3.15(b) of this Agreement.

“Serviced Whole Loan Special Servicer”: Any Person responsible for performing the duties of Special Servicer hereunder with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan or any related Serviced REO Property.

“Service(s)(ing)”: In accordance with Regulation AB, the act of servicing and administering the Mortgage Loans or any other assets of the Trust by an entity that meets the definition of “servicer” set forth in Item 1101 of Regulation AB and is referenced in the disclosure requirements set forth in Item 1108 of Regulation AB. For clarification purposes, any uncapitalized occurrence of this term shall have the meaning commonly understood by participants in the commercial mortgage-backed securities market.

“Servicer Termination Event”: A Master Servicer Termination Event or Special Servicer Termination Event, as applicable.

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“Servicing Advance”: All customary, reasonable and necessary “out of pocket” costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees and expenses and fees of real estate brokers) incurred by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, Certificate Administrator, or the Trustee, as applicable, in connection with the servicing and administering of (a) a Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan, in respect of which a default, delinquency or other unanticipated event has occurred or as to which a default is reasonably foreseeable or (b) a Mortgaged Property securing a Serviced Mortgage Loan or an REO Property, including, in the case of each of such clause (a) and clause (b), but not limited to, (x) the cost of (i) compliance with the Master Servicer’s obligations set forth in Section 3.04, (ii) the preservation, restoration and protection of a Mortgaged Property, (iii) obtaining any Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds or any Liquidation Proceeds of the nature described in clauses (i) – (vi) of the definition of “Liquidation Proceeds,” (iv) any enforcement or judicial proceedings with respect to a Mortgaged Property, including foreclosures and (v) the operation, leasing, management, maintenance and liquidation of any REO Property and (y) any amount specifically designated herein to be paid as a “Servicing Advance”. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, “Servicing Advances” shall not include allocable overhead of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, such as costs for office space, office equipment, supplies and related expenses, employee salaries and related expenses and similar internal costs and expenses or costs and expenses incurred by any such party in connection with its purchase of a Mortgage Loan or REO Property. None of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee shall make any Servicing Advance in connection with the exercise of any cure rights or purchase rights granted to the holder of a Companion Loan under the related Intercreditor Agreement or this Agreement.

“Servicing Compensation”: With respect to any Collection Period, the related Servicing Fee, Net Prepayment Interest Excess, if any, and any other fees, charges or other amounts payable to the Master Servicer under this Agreement for such period.

“Servicing Criteria”: The criteria set forth in paragraph (d) of Item 1122 of Regulation AB as such may be amended from time to time.

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

“Servicing Fee Amount”: With respect to the Master Servicer and any date of determination, the aggregate of the products obtained by multiplying, for each Mortgage Loan, Serviced Companion Loan and any REO Loan, (a) the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan, Serviced Companion Loan or REO Loan as of the end of the immediately preceding Collection Period and (b) the difference between the Servicing Fee Rate for such Mortgage Loan, Serviced Companion Loan or REO Loan over the servicing fee rate (if any) applicable to such Mortgage Loan, Serviced Companion Loan or REO Loan as specified in any Sub-Servicing

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Agreement related to such Mortgage Loan, Serviced Companion Loan or REO Loan. With respect to each Sub-Servicer and any date of determination, the aggregate of the products obtained by multiplying, for each Mortgage Loan, Serviced Companion Loan or REO Loan serviced by such Sub-Servicer, (a) the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan, Serviced Companion Loan or REO Loan as of the end of the immediately preceding Collection Period and (b) the servicing fee rate specified in the related Sub-Servicing Agreement for such Mortgage Loan, Serviced Companion Loan or REO Loan.

“Servicing Fee Rate”: (A) With respect to each Mortgage Loan and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, the sum of the Master Servicing Fee Rate and the related Primary Servicing Fee Rate, if any, which rates per annum are set forth on Exhibit B to this Agreement, and (B) with respect to each Serviced Companion Loan, the rate set forth on Exhibit B to this Agreement under the column labeled “Primary Servicing Fee Rate”.

“Servicing File”: As defined in the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and including any original or copy of any replacement comfort letter related to any hospitality property following receipt thereof by the Master Servicer.

“Servicing Function Participant”: Any Person, other than the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer, that, within the meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation AB, is performing activities that address the Servicing Criteria, unless such Person’s activities relate only to 5% or less of the Mortgage Loans (based on their Stated Principal Balance) or the Master Servicer has assumed responsibility for the servicing activity, as provided for under Regulation AB. No Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan Service Provider shall be a Servicing Function Participant retained by any Servicing Function Participant that is a party to this Agreement, unless such party is a Servicing Function Participant in connection with its servicing obligations under this Agreement. The Servicing Function Participants as of the Closing Date are listed on Exhibit Y hereto.

“Servicing Officer”: Any officer or employee of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, involved in, or responsible for, the administration and servicing of the Mortgage Loans and/or Serviced Companion Loans, or this Agreement and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer’s or employee’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject, and, in the case of any certification required to be signed by a Servicing Officer, such an officer or employee whose name and specimen signature appears on a list of servicing officers furnished to the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, as such list may from time to time be amended.

“Servicing Shift Lead Note”: With respect to any Servicing Shift Whole Loan, as of any date of determination, the note or other evidence of indebtedness and/or agreements evidencing the indebtedness of the related Borrower under the related Servicing Shift Whole Loan including any amendments or modifications, or any renewal or substitution notes, as of such date, the sale of which to the related Other Securitization will cause servicing to shift from this Agreement to the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement pursuant to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement for such Servicing Shift Whole Loan.

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“Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan” With respect to any Servicing Shift Whole Loan, the related Mortgage Loan included in the Trust Fund that will be serviced under this Agreement as of the Closing Date, but the servicing of which is expected to shift to the pooling and servicing agreement entered into in connection with the securitization of the related Controlling Companion Loan on and after the date of such securitization. Each of the Mortgage Loans identified as “Servicing Shift” under the column entitled “Type” in the “Whole Loan” chart in the Preliminary Statement will be a Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan related to the Trust as of the Closing Date.

“Servicing Shift Securitization Date”: With respect to any Servicing Shift Whole Loan, the date on which the related Servicing Shift Lead Note (or Controlling Companion Loan) is included in a related Other Securitization, provided that such holder of such Servicing Shift Lead Note (or Controlling Companion Loan) provides each of the parties to this Agreement (in each case only to the extent such party will not also be a party to the related Other Securitization) with notice in accordance with the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement that such Servicing Shift Lead Note (or Controlling Companion Loan) is to be included in such Other Securitization, which notice shall include contact information for each party to the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the identity of the other related “controlling class representative” (or analogous term).

“Servicing Shift Whole Loan”: A Whole Loan that is serviced and administered pursuant to this Agreement as of the Closing Date, which includes the related Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan included in the Trust Fund and one or more Pari Passu Companion Loans not included in the Trust Fund, but the servicing of which is expected to shift to the pooling and servicing agreement or other servicing agreement entered into in connection with the securitization of the related Servicing Shift Lead Note on and after the date of such Securitization. As of the Closing Date, such Whole Loan identified as a “Servicing Shift Whole Loan” under the heading “Whole Loan Type” in the Preliminary Statement hereto is a Serviced Whole Loan. After the related Servicing Shift Securitization Date, such Servicing Shift Whole Loan will cease to be a Serviced Whole Loan. Each of the Whole Loans identified as “Servicing Shift” under the column entitled “Type” in the “Whole Loan” chart in the Preliminary Statement will be a Servicing Shift Whole Loan related to the Trust as of the Closing Date.

“Servicing Standard”: With respect to the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, to diligently service and administer the applicable Serviced Mortgage Loans and any related Serviced Companion Loans, Specially Serviced Loans and Serviced REO Loans for which each is responsible in the best interests of and for the benefit of all of the Certificateholders and, in the case of any Serviced Whole Loan, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders constituted a single lender (and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan with any related Subordinate Companion Loan(s), taking into account the subordinate nature of such Subordinate Companion Loan(s)), as determined by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, in the exercise of its reasonable judgment) in accordance with applicable law, the terms of this Agreement, the applicable Loan Documents and any related Intercreditor Agreement, and to the extent consistent with the foregoing, in accordance with the higher of the following standards of care:

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(a)               the same manner in which, and with the same care, skill, prudence and diligence with which the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, services and administers similar mortgage loans for other third-party portfolios, and

(b)               the same care, skill, prudence and diligence with which the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, services and administers similar mortgage loans owned, if any, by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be.

In either case, with a view to the timely recovery of all payments of principal and interest under the applicable Mortgage Loans or Serviced Whole Loans or, in the case of a Specially Serviced Loan or an REO Property, the maximization of timely recovery of principal and interest on a net present value basis (determined in accordance with the Loan Documents or, if the Loan Documents are silent, at the Calculation Rate) on the applicable Mortgage Loans or Serviced Companion Loans, and the best interests of the Trust, the Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner (as a collective whole, as if such Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner constituted a single lender) (and, in the case of any Serviced Whole Loan, the best interests of the Trust, the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner and the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders) (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner and Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, as applicable, constituted a single lender) (taking into account the pari passu nature (or, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan with a related Subordinate Companion Loan, the subordinate nature of any Companion Loan)), as determined by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, in its reasonable judgment, in either case, giving due consideration to the customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional commercial, multifamily and manufactured housing community mortgage loan servicers, but without regard to any potential conflict of interest arising from (a) any relationship that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, may have with the related Borrower, any Mortgage Loan Seller, the Originators, any other party to this Agreement or any Affiliate of the foregoing; (b) the ownership of any Certificate or any interest in any Companion Loan or any mezzanine loan or subordinate debt relating to a Mortgage Loan by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, or any Affiliate thereof; (c) the Master Servicer’s obligation, if any, to make Advances; (d) the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s, as the case may be, right to receive compensation or reimbursement of costs for its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction; (e) the ownership, servicing or management for others of any other mortgage loans, subordinate debt, mezzanine loans or mortgaged properties not covered by this Agreement by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable; (f) any debt that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, has extended to any Borrower or an Affiliate of any Borrower (including, without limitation, any mezzanine financing); (g) any option to purchase any Mortgage Loan or the related Companion Loan the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as the case may be, or any of its affiliates may have; and (h) any obligation of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or one of their respective Affiliates, to repurchase or substitute for a Mortgage Loan as Mortgage Loan Seller (if the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer or one of their respective affiliates is a Mortgage Loan Seller).

“Servicing Transfer Event”: An event specified in the definition of Specially Serviced Loan.

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“Significant Obligor”: (a) Any obligor (as defined in Item 1101(i) of Regulation AB) or group of affiliated obligors on any Mortgage Loan or group of Mortgage Loans that represent, as of the Closing Date, 10% or more of the Mortgage Pool (by principal balance as of the Cut-off Date); or (b) any single Mortgaged Property or group of Mortgaged Properties securing any Mortgage Loan or group of cross-collateralized and/or cross-defaulted Mortgage Loans that represent, as of the Closing Date, 10% or more of the Mortgage Pool (by principal balance as of the Cut-off Date). For the avoidance of doubt, as of the Closing Date, there are no Significant Obligors relating to the Trust.

“Significant Obligor NOI Quarterly Filing Deadline”:  With respect to each calendar quarter (other than the fourth calendar quarter of any calendar year), the date that is fifteen (15) days after the Relevant Distribution Date occurring on or immediately following the date on which financial statements for such calendar quarter are required to be delivered to the related lender under the related Loan Documents.

“Significant Obligor NOI Yearly Filing Deadline”:  With respect to each calendar year, the date that is the 90th day after the end of such calendar year.

“Similar Law”: As defined in Section 5.02(k) of this Agreement.

“Small Loan Appraisal Estimate”: With respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan having a Stated Principal Balance of less than $2,000,000, the Special Servicer’s good faith estimate of the value of the Mortgaged Property securing such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as certified to the Master Servicer by the Special Servicer.

“Sole Certificateholder”: Any Holder (or Holders, provided that they act in unanimity) holding 100% of the then outstanding Certificates (including Certificates with Certificate Balances that have been actually or notionally reduced by any Realized Losses or VRR Realized Losses, as applicable, or Appraisal Reduction Amounts, but excluding the Class S and Class R Certificates) or an assignment of the Voting Rights thereof; provided that the Notional Amounts or the Certificate Balances, as applicable, of the Class X-A and Class X-D Certificates and the Certificate Balances of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E Certificates have been reduced to zero.

“Special Notice”: Any (a) notice transmitted to Certificateholders pursuant to Section 5.05(c) of this Agreement, (b) notice of any request by at least 25% of the Voting Rights of the Certificates or 25% of the Pooled Voting Rights of Pooled Certificates, as applicable, to terminate and replace the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.22(d) of this Agreement, (c) notice of any request by at least 15% of the Voting Rights of the Certificates to terminate and replace the Operating Advisor pursuant to Section 7.07(b) of this Agreement and (d) notice transmitted to Certificateholders pursuant to Section 3.22(c) of this Agreement.

“Special Servicer”: With respect to (i) each of the Serviced Mortgage Loans (other than the Pacific Design Center Mortgage Loan and any Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan) and any related Serviced Companion Loans, LNR Partners, LLC, a Florida limited liability company, or its successor in interest, or any successor special servicer appointed as provided

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herein, (ii) the Pacific Design Center Mortgage Loan and the related Serviced Companion Loans, the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer and (ii) with respect to any Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan, if any, the related Excluded Special Servicer appointed pursuant to Section 3.22(j) of this Agreement, as applicable and as the context may require.

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

“Special Servicer Termination Event”: As defined in Section 7.01(b) of this Agreement.

“Special Servicing Compensation”: With respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan, any of the Special Servicing Fee, Workout Fee, Liquidation Fee and any other fees, charges or other amounts which shall be due to the Special Servicer that are expressly provided for in Section 3.12 of this Agreement.

“Special Servicing Fee”: With respect to each Specially Serviced Loan (or Serviced REO Loan) for each calendar month (or portion thereof), the fraction of the Special Servicing Fee Rate applicable to such month, or portion thereof (determined using the same interest accrual methodology that is applied with respect to the Mortgage Rate for such Mortgage Loan (or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan) for such month) multiplied by the Stated Principal Balance of such Specially Serviced Loan as of the Due Date (without giving effect to all payments of principal on such Specially Serviced Loan or Serviced REO Loan on such Due Date) in the Collection Period prior to such Distribution Date (or, in the event that a Principal Prepayment in full or an event described in clauses (i)-(vii) under the definition of Liquidation Proceeds has occurred with respect to any such Specially Serviced Loan or Serviced REO Loan on a date that is not a Due Date, on the basis of the actual number of days to elapse from and including the most recently preceding related Due Date to but excluding the date of such Principal Prepayment or Liquidation Proceeds event in a month consisting of 30 days), with a minimum monthly fee of $5,000. For the avoidance of doubt, the Special Servicing Fee shall be deemed to be paid from the Lower-Tier REMIC with respect to the Mortgage Loans.

“Special Servicing Fee Rate”: A rate equal to 0.25% per annum.

“Specially Serviced Loan”: Subject to Section 3.23 of this Agreement, any Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or Serviced Companion Loan with respect to which:

(a)                                either (i) with respect to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, other than a Balloon Loan, a payment default shall have occurred on such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan at its Maturity Date or, if the Maturity Date of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan has been extended in accordance herewith, a payment default occurs on such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan at its extended Maturity Date or (ii) with respect to a Balloon Loan, a payment default shall have occurred with respect to the related Balloon Payment; provided that if (A) the related Borrower is diligently seeking a refinancing or sale of the related Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged

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Properties and delivers, on or before the related Maturity Date or extended Maturity Date, a statement to that effect, and delivers, on or before the related Maturity Date or extended Maturity Date, a refinancing commitment, letter of intent or otherwise binding application for refinancing from an acceptable lender or a signed purchase agreement reasonably acceptable to the Master Servicer (who shall promptly deliver a copy to the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Directing Holder (but only for so long as no Consultation Termination Event is continuing)), (B) the related Borrower continues to make its Assumed Scheduled Payment, and (C) no other Servicing Transfer Event shall have occurred with respect to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, then a Servicing Transfer Event will not occur until the earlier of (1) 120 days beyond the related Maturity Date or extended Maturity Date and (2) the termination of such refinancing commitment, letter of intent, otherwise binding application for refinancing or signed purchase agreement;

(b)                               any Periodic Payment (other than a Balloon Payment or any other payment due under clause (a)(i) above in this definition), or any amount due on a monthly basis as an Escrow Payment or reserve funds, is 60 days or more delinquent;

(c)                                the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer (and, in the case of a determination by the Special Servicer, for so long as no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, with the consent of the Directing Holder) determines in its reasonable business judgment, exercised in accordance with the Servicing Standard, that (x) a default consisting of a failure to make a payment of principal or interest is reasonably foreseeable or there is a significant risk of such default or (y) any other default that is likely to impair the use or marketability of the related Mortgaged Property or the value of the Mortgaged Property as security for the Mortgage Loan or, if applicable, Serviced Companion Loan is reasonably foreseeable or there is a significant risk of such default, which monetary or other default, in either case, would likely continue unremedied beyond the applicable grace period (or, if no grace period is specified, for a period of 60 days) and is not likely to be cured by the related Borrower within 60 days or, except as provided in clause (a)(ii) above, in the case of a Balloon Payment, for at least 30 days; provided that the Special Servicer shall not be permitted to make such judgment at any time that the Special Servicer is affiliated with the Directing Holder;

(d)                               the related Borrower has become the subject of a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the premises in an involuntary case under any present or future federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law, or the appointment of a conservator, receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings, or for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs;

(e)                                the related Borrower consents to the appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings of or relating to such Borrower of or relating to all or substantially all of its property;

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(f)                                  the related Borrower (i) admits in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or (ii) files a petition to take advantage of any applicable insolvency or reorganization statute, makes an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or voluntarily suspends payment of its obligations;

(g)                               a default, of which the Master Servicer or Special Servicer has notice (other than a failure by such related Borrower to pay principal or interest) and which in the opinion of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer materially and adversely affects the interests of the Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner or any holder of a Serviced Companion Loan, if applicable, occurs and remains unremedied for the applicable grace period specified in the Loan Documents for such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan (or if no grace period is specified for those defaults which are capable of cure, 60 days); or

(h)                               the Master Servicer or Special Servicer receives notice of the foreclosure or proposed foreclosure of any lien on the related Mortgaged Property (each of clause (a) through (h), a “Servicing Transfer Event”);

provided that such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan will cease to be a Specially Serviced Loan (each, a “Corrected Mortgage Loan”) (i) with respect to the circumstances described in clauses (a) and (b) above, when the related Borrower thereunder has brought such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan current and thereafter made three consecutive full and timely Periodic Payments, including pursuant to any workout of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, (ii) with respect to the circumstances described in clauses (c), (d), (e), (f) and (h) above, when such circumstances cease to exist in the good faith judgment of the Special Servicer, or (iii) with respect to the circumstances described in clause (g) above, when such default is cured (as determined by the Special Servicer in accordance with the Servicing Standard) or waived by the Special Servicer; provided that, in each case, at that time no circumstance exists (as described above) that would cause such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan to continue to be characterized as a Specially Serviced Loan.

If a Servicing Transfer Event exists with respect to any Mortgage Loan included in a Serviced Whole Loan, then it will also be deemed to exist with respect to the related Serviced Companion Loans, and vice versa.

“Sponsor”: Each of GACC, GSMC, JPMCB and CREFI.

“Startup Day”: In the case of the Upper-Tier REMIC, the Lower-Tier REMIC and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC, the day designated as such pursuant to Section 2.06(a) of this Agreement.

“Stated Principal Balance”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, Serviced Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loan and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, as applicable, on any date of determination, the principal balance as of the Cut-off Date of such Mortgage Loan, Serviced Companion Loan, Serviced Whole Loan or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (or in the case of a Replacement Mortgage Loan, the outstanding principal balance as of the related date of substitution and after application of all scheduled payments of

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principal and interest due on or before the related Due Date in the month of substitution, whether or not received) (or in the case of a Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, the unpaid principal balance of such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan after application of all scheduled payments of principal and interest due during or prior to the month of substitution, whether or not received), as reduced (to not less than zero) on each Distribution Date by (i) all payments (or P&I Advances in lieu thereof) of, and all other collections allocated as provided in Section 1.02 of this Agreement to, principal of or with respect to such Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, the Serviced Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, that are distributed to the Certificateholders on such Distribution Date or Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders on the related remittance date in the same calendar month as such Distribution Date or applied to any other payments required under this Agreement or related Intercreditor Agreement on or prior to such Distribution Date, and (ii) any principal forgiven by the Special Servicer (or with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, by the related Other Special Servicer or other applicable servicer) and other principal losses realized in respect of such Mortgage Loan, Serviced Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan during the related Collection Period (or with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, other principal losses realized in respect of such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan during the related Collection Period as determined in accordance with the terms of the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement).

A Mortgage Loan or any related REO Loan and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan shall be deemed to be part of the Trust Fund and to have an outstanding Stated Principal Balance until the Distribution Date on which Liquidation Proceeds, if any, are to be (or, if no such Liquidation Proceeds are received, would have been) distributed to Certificateholders. The Stated Principal Balance of any Mortgage Loan, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loan with respect to which the Master Servicer or Special Servicer has made a Final Recovery Determination is zero.

“Sub-Servicer”: Any Person engaged by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer (including, for the avoidance of doubt, each Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer and any primary servicer) to perform servicing activities with respect to one or more Mortgage Loans or REO Loans.

“Sub-Servicing Agreement”: The written contract between the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, on the one hand, and any Sub-Servicer, on the other hand, relating to servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans as provided in Section 3.01(c) of this Agreement.

“Sub-Servicing Entity”: As defined in Section 7.01(a)(ix) of this Agreement.

“Subcontractor”: Any vendor, subcontractor or other Person that is not responsible for the overall servicing (as “servicing” is commonly understood by participants in the mortgage-backed securities market) of Mortgage Loans but performs one or more discrete functions identified in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB with respect to Mortgage Loans under the direction or authority of the Master Servicer or a Servicing Function Participant.

“Subject Loans”: As defined in Section 11.02(a) of this Agreement.

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“Subordinate Companion Loan”: With respect to any Whole Loan, any subordinate promissory note that is part of such Whole Loan, including the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, which is subordinated in right of payment to the related Mortgage Loan to the extent set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement, which are identified as “Subordinate” in the chart entitled “Whole Loans” in the Preliminary Statement.

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

“Subsequent Notice”: As defined in Section 3.23(e) of this Agreement.

“Substitution Shortfall Amount”: In connection with the substitution of one or more Replacement Mortgage Loans for one or more Removed Mortgage Loans, the amount, if any, by which the Purchase Price or aggregate Purchase Price, as the case may be, for such Removed Mortgage Loan(s) exceeds the initial Stated Principal Balance or aggregate initial Stated Principal Balance, as the case may be, of such Replacement Mortgage Loan(s).

“Tax Returns”: The federal income tax returns on IRS Form 1066, U.S. Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit (REMIC) Income Tax Return, including Schedule Q thereto, Quarterly Notice to Residual Interest Holders of REMIC Taxable Income or Net Loss Allocation, or any successor forms, to be filed by the Certificate Administrator on behalf of each of the Upper-Tier REMIC, the Lower-Tier REMIC and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC due to its classification as a REMIC under the REMIC Provisions and the federal income tax return to be filed by the Certificate Administrator on behalf of the Grantor Trust due to its classification as a grantor trust under subtitle A, chapter 1, subchapter J, part I, subpart E of the Code, together with any and all other information, reports or returns that may be required to be furnished to the Certificateholders or filed with the IRS or any other governmental taxing authority under any applicable provisions of federal law or Applicable State and Local Tax Law.

“Terminated Party”: As defined in Section 7.01(e) of this Agreement.

“Terminating Party”: As defined in Section 7.01(e) of this Agreement.

“Termination Date”: The Distribution Date on which the Trust Fund is terminated pursuant to Section 9.01 of this Agreement.

“Test”: As defined in Section 11.01(b)(iv) of this Agreement.

“Third Party Appraiser”: A Person performing an Appraisal.

“Third Party Reports”: With respect to any Mortgaged Property, the related Appraisal, Phase I environmental report, Phase II environmental report, seismic report, engineering report, structural report, property condition report or similar report, if any.

“Transfer”: Any direct or indirect transfer or other form of assignment of any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate.

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“Transfer Restriction Period”: The period from the Closing Date to the conclusion of the earlier of:

(a)               the latest of (i) the date on which the aggregate unpaid principal balance of all outstanding Mortgage Loans has been reduced to 33.0% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loans; (ii) the date on which the aggregate outstanding Certificate Balance of the Principal Balance Certificates and the VRR Interest Balance of the VRR Interest have been reduced to 33.0% of the aggregate outstanding Certificate Balance of the Principal Balance Certificates and the VRR Interest Balance of the VRR Interest as of the Closing Date; and (iii) two years after the Closing Date; and

(b)               such time as when the Risk Retention Rule ceases to require the retention of risk with respect to the securitization of the Mortgage Loans contemplated by this Agreement, resulting from the repeal, amendment or modification of all or any portion of the Risk Retention Rule, as confirmed by an acknowledgment by the Retaining Sponsor.

With respect to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, this definition of “Transfer Restriction Period” above shall apply except that the term “Mortgage Loan” in this definition shall be replaced with “Trust Subordinate Companion Loan”, “Principal Balance Certificates” shall be replaced with “Loan-Specific Certificates” and references to the “VRR Interest” shall be disregarded.

“Transferee Affidavit”: As defined in Section 5.02(l)(ii) of this Agreement.

“Transferor Letter”: As defined in Section 5.02(l)(ii) of this Agreement.

“Trust” or “Trust Fund”: The corpus of the trust created hereby and to be administered hereunder, consisting of (in each case, to the extent of the Trust Fund’s interest therein and specifically excluding any interest of any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder (other than the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, which is an asset of the Trust Fund) therein): (i) such Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as from time to time are subject to this Agreement, together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto; (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan due after the Cut-off Date; (iii) the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO Property; (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property; (v) any Assignments of Leases, Rents and Profits and any security agreements related to the Mortgage Loans; (vi) any indemnities or guaranties given as additional security for any Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (vii) a security interest in all assets deposited in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts and Reserve Accounts; (viii) the Loss of Value Reserve Fund; (ix) the Collection Account, the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Accounts, the Distribution Accounts, any Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Pacific Design Center Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the Trust’s interest in any REO Account, including any amounts on deposit therein, assets credited thereto and any reinvestment income, as applicable; (x) a security interest in any environmental indemnity agreements relating to the Mortgaged Properties; (xi) a security interest in all insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (xii) the rights and remedies under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements relating to document delivery requirements with respect to

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the Mortgage Loans and the representations and warranties of the related Mortgage Loan Seller regarding its Mortgage Loans (and in the case of GSMC, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan); (xiii) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests; (xiv) the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Regular Interests; (xv) VRR Interest Upper-Tier Regular Interest; and (xvi) the proceeds of the foregoing (other than any interest earned on deposits in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts and any Reserve Accounts, to the extent such interest belongs to the related Borrower). For the avoidance of doubt, no Retained Defeasance Rights and Obligations will be an asset of the Trust.

“Trust Directing Holder”: The Directing Holder under clause (b) of the definition of “Directing Holder”.

At such time as there is no Controlling Class in accordance with the definition thereof, the Trust Directing Holder (in such capacity) shall have no rights under this Agreement.

“Trust Ledger”: Amounts deposited in the Collection Account or a Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account and attributable to the Mortgage Loans or related Serviced Whole Loan, respectively, which are maintained pursuant to Section 3.06(a) and Section 3.06(b) of this Agreement, as applicable, and held on behalf of the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders or held on behalf of the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders and related Companion Loan Noteholders, as applicable.

“Trust REMICs”: The Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC.

“Trust Subordinate Companion Loan”: With respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan, the Companion Loan evidenced by the promissory note B made by the related Mortgagor and secured by the Mortgage on the Pacific Design Center Mortgaged Property, which are included in the Trust and which are subordinate in right of payment to the Pacific Design Center Mortgage Loan to the extent set forth in the related Loan documents and as provided in the Pacific Design Center Intercreditor Agreement.

“Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC”: One of three separate REMICs comprising a portion of the Trust Fund, which consist of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and the proceeds thereof, any allocable portion of REO Property with respect thereto, the related portions of the REO Account, and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Distribution Account.

“Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Distribution Account”: With respect to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, the segregated non-interest bearing trust account or sub-account created and maintained by the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 3.05(b) of this Agreement, which shall be entitled “Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Certificate Administrator, for the benefit of Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Distribution Account” and which must be an Eligible Account or a sub-account of an Eligible Account. The Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Distribution Account shall be an asset of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC.

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“Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Distribution Amount”: As defined in Section 4.01.

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

“Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Regular Interests”: The Class LPDCA-1, Class LPDCA-2 and the Class LPDCHRR Interests issued by the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC and held by the Trustee as assets of the Upper-Tier REMIC. Each Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Regular Interest (i) is designated as a “regular interest” in the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC, (ii) relates to its Corresponding Certificates and, if applicable, Corresponding Component, (iii) is uncertificated, (iv) has an initial Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Principal Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement herein, (v) has a Pass-Through Rate equal to the Net Mortgage Rate on the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, (vi) has a “latest possible maturity date,” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-1(a), is May 2056 and (vii) is entitled to the distributions in the amounts and at the times specified in Section 4.01(c) of this Agreement.

“Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Securitization”: The securitization constituted by the issuance of the Loan-Specific Certificates.

“Trustee”: Computershare Trust Company, N.A., a national banking association, in its capacity as Trustee, or its successor in interest, or any successor Trustee appointed as herein provided (including, as applicable, any agents or affiliates utilized thereby).

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

“UCC”: Uniform Commercial Code.

“Underwriters”: Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., AmeriVet Securities, Inc. and Drexel Hamilton, LLC and their respective successors in interest.

“Unliquidated Advance”: Any Advance previously made by a party hereto that has been previously reimbursed, as between the Person that made the Advance hereunder, on the one hand, and the Trust Fund, on the other, as part of a Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount pursuant to Section 3.06(a) of this Agreement, as applicable, but that has not been recovered from the related Borrower or otherwise from collections on or the proceeds of the Mortgage Loan or the applicable Serviced Whole Loan or Serviced REO Property in respect of which the Advance was made.

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“Unscheduled Payments”: With respect to a Mortgage Loan and a Collection Period, all Net Liquidation Proceeds, Net Condemnation Proceeds and Net Insurance Proceeds payable under such Mortgage Loan, the Purchase Price of any Mortgage Loan that is repurchased or purchased pursuant to Section 2.03(e), Section 3.16 or Section 9.01 of this Agreement, the Substitution Shortfall Amount with respect to any substitution pursuant to Section 2.03(g) of this Agreement and any other payments under or with respect to such Mortgage Loan not scheduled to be made, including Principal Prepayments received by the Master Servicer (but excluding Prepayment Premiums or Yield Maintenance Charges, if any) during such Collection Period.

“Unscheduled Principal Distribution Amount”: With respect to any Distribution Date and the Mortgage Loans, the aggregate of the following: (a) all Principal Prepayments received on such Mortgage Loan on or prior to the Determination Date and (b) the principal portion of any other collections (exclusive of payments by Borrowers) received on the Mortgage Loans and any REO Properties on or prior to the related Determination Date whether in the form of Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds and Condemnation Proceeds, net income, rents, and profits from REO Property or otherwise, that were identified and applied by the master servicer as recoveries of principal of the related Mortgage Loan for which no Advance was previously made; provided that all such Liquidation Proceeds and Insurance Proceeds and Condemnation Proceeds will be reduced by any unpaid Special Servicing Fees, Liquidation Fees, any amount related to the Loss of Value Payments to the extent that such amount was transferred into the Collection Account during the related Collection Period, accrued interest on Advances and other additional trust fund expenses incurred in connection with the related Mortgage Loan, thus reducing the Unscheduled Principal Distribution Amount.

“Updated Appraisal”: An Appraisal of a Mortgaged Property or Serviced REO Property, as the case may be, conducted subsequent to any appraisal performed on or prior to the Cut-off Date and in accordance with Appraisal Institute standards, the costs of which shall be paid as a Servicing Advance by the Master Servicer. Updated Appraisals shall be conducted by an Independent MAI appraiser selected by the Special Servicer.

“Updated Valuation”: With respect to a Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or Serviced Whole Loan having a Stated Principal Balance of $2,000,000 or higher, an Updated Appraisal. With respect to a Mortgage Loan having a Stated Principal Balance of less than $2,000,000, an updated Small Loan Appraisal Estimate or an Updated Appraisal.

“Upper-Tier Distribution Account”: The segregated non-interest bearing trust account or sub-account created and maintained by the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 3.05(f) of this Agreement, which shall be entitled “Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Certificate Administrator, for the benefit of Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38, Upper-Tier Distribution Account” and which must be an Eligible Account or a sub-account of an Eligible Account. The Upper-Tier Distribution Account shall be an asset of the Upper-Tier REMIC.

“Upper-Tier Regular Interest”: As defined in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

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“Upper-Tier REMIC”: A segregated asset pool within the Trust Fund consisting of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Regular Interests, the Upper-Tier Distribution Account and amounts held therein from time to time.

“U.S. Person”: A citizen or resident of the United States, a corporation, partnership (except to the extent provided in applicable Treasury Regulations), or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, including any entity treated as a corporation or partnership for federal income tax purposes, an estate whose income is subject to United States federal income tax regardless of its source, or a trust if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of such trust, and one or more such U.S. Persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of such trust (or, to the extent provided in applicable Treasury Regulations, certain trusts in existence on August 20, 1996 that have elected to be treated as U.S. Persons).

“Voting Rights”: The portion of the voting rights of all of the Certificates that is allocated to any Certificateholder or Class of Certificateholders. At all times during the term of this Agreement, the percentage of Voting Rights assigned to each Class shall be allocated among the various Classes of Certificateholders as follows: (1) 2% in the case of the Class X Certificates (allocated pro rata based upon their respective Notional Amounts as of the date of determination); and (2) in the case of any Principal Balance Certificates and the Class RR Certificates, a percentage equal to the product of 98% and a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the aggregate Certificate Balance (and solely in connection with any vote for purposes of determining whether to remove the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 7.01(a) and the Operating Advisor pursuant to Section 7.07(a), taking into account any notional reduction in the Certificate Balance for Appraisal Reduction Amounts allocated to the Certificates pursuant to Section 4.08(a) hereof) of such Class, in each case, determined as of the prior Distribution Date, and the denominator of which is equal to the aggregate Certificate Balance (and solely in connection with any vote for purposes of determining whether to remove the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 7.01(a) and the Operating Advisor pursuant to Section 7.07(a), taking into account any notional reduction in the Certificate Balance for Appraisal Reduction Amounts allocated to the Certificates) of the Principal Balance Certificates and the Class RR Certificates, each determined as of the prior Distribution Date. None of the Class S Certificates, the Class R Certificates, or the RR Interest shall be entitled to any Voting Rights.

“VRR Allocation Percentage”: A fraction, expressed as a percentage, equal to the VRR Percentage divided by the Non-VRR Percentage.

“VRR Available Funds”: With respect to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the product of the VRR Percentage multiplied by the Pooled Aggregate Available Funds for such Distribution Date.

“VRR Interest”: The RR Interest and the Class RR Certificates, collectively. The VRR Interest represents a “regular interest” in the Upper Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions. The VRR Interest also represent undivided beneficial interests in the VRR Percentage of the Class S Specific Grantor Trust Assets.

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“VRR Interest Balance”: The Certificate Balance of the Class RR Certificates and/or the RR Interest Balance of the RR Interest, as applicable.

“VRR Interest Distribution Amount”: With respect to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the product of (A) the VRR Allocation Percentage and (B) the aggregate amount of interest distributed to the Holders of the Non-VRR Certificates pursuant to Section 4.01(b)(i), (iv), (vii), (x), (xiii), (xvi), (xix), (xxii) and (xxv) on such Distribution Date.

“VRR Interest Owner”: Holders of the Class RR Certificates and the RR Interest Owner, collectively.

“VRR Interest Upper-Tier Regular Interest”: The uncertificated interests (i) constituting a “regular interest” in the Upper-Tier REMIC, (ii) having an interest rate equal to the WAC Rate and (iii) having a Certificate Balance (in the case of the Class RR Certificates) and RR Interest Balance (in the case of the RR Interest) as described herein, in each case, for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

“VRR Percentage”: As of any date of determination, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the initial VRR Interest Balance, and the denominator of which is the aggregate initial Certificate Balance of all of the Classes of Pooled Principal Balance Certificates and the initial VRR Interest Balance.

“VRR Principal Distribution Amount”: With respect to any Distribution Date and the VRR Interest, an amount equal to the product of (A) the VRR Allocation Percentage and (B) the aggregate amount of principal distributed to the Holders of the Non-VRR Certificates pursuant to Section 4.01(b)(ii), (v), (viii), (xi), (xiv), (xvii), (xx), (xxiii) and (xxvi) on such Distribution Date.

“VRR Realized Loss”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the amount, if any, by which (i) the aggregate VRR Interest Balance, after giving effect to distributions of principal on such Distribution Date, exceeds (ii) the product of (A) the VRR Percentage and (B) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans (for purposes of this calculation, the aggregate Stated Principal Balance will not be reduced by the amount of principal payments received on the Mortgage Loans that were used to reimburse the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee from general collections of principal on the Mortgage Loans for Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts, to the extent those amounts are not otherwise determined to be Nonrecoverable Advances), including any REO Loans (but in each case, excluding any Companion Loan), as of the end of the last day of the related Collection Period.

“VRR Realized Loss Interest Distribution Amount”: With respect to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the product of (A) the VRR Allocation Percentage and (B) the aggregate amount of interest on unreimbursed Realized Losses distributed to the Holders of the Non-VRR Certificates pursuant to Section 4.01(b)(iii), (vi), (ix), (xii), (xv), (xviii), (xxi), (xxiv) and (xxvii) on such Distribution Date.

“VRR Retaining Party”: Any Holder of any portion of the VRR Interest. Initially, the VRR Retaining Parties shall be DBNY, as the Holder of the VRR1 Interest, and GS Bank, as the Holder of the VRR2 Interest and JPMCB, as Holder of the VRR3 Interest.

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“VRR1 Interest”: As defined in the Preliminary Statement.

“VRR1 Risk Retention Consultation Party”: The Risk Retention Consultation Party selected by DBNY. The initial VRR1 Risk Retention Consultation Party shall be DBNY.

“VRR2 Interest”: As defined in the Preliminary Statement.

“VRR2 Risk Retention Consultation Party”: The Risk Retention Consultation Party selected by GS Bank. The initial VRR2 Risk Retention Consultation Party shall be GSMC.

“VRR3 Interest”: As defined in the Preliminary Statement.

“VRR3 Risk Retention Consultation Party”: The Risk Retention Consultation Party selected by JPMCB. The initial VRR3 Risk Retention Consultation Party shall be JPMCB.

“WAC Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to the fraction (expressed as a percentage) the numerator of which is the sum for all Mortgage Loans of the product of (i) the Net Mortgage Rate for each such Mortgage Loan as of the first day of the related Collection Period and (ii) the Stated Principal Balance of each such Mortgage Loan as of the first day of the related Collection Period, and the denominator of which is the sum of the Stated Principal Balances of all Mortgage Loans as of the first day of the related Collection Period (after giving effect to any payments received during any applicable grace period).

“WHFIT”: A “Widely Held Fixed Investment Trust” as that term is defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.671-5(b)(22) or successor provisions.

“WHFIT Regulations”: Treasury Regulations Section 1.671-5, as amended.

“WHMT”: A “Widely Held Mortgage Trust” as that term is defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.671-5(b)(23) or successor provisions.

“Whole Loan”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan with a related Companion Loan and/or a related Subordinate Companion Loan, such Mortgage Loan and its related Companion Loan(s), collectively, as identified in the “Whole Loan” chart in the Preliminary Statement. With respect to each Whole Loan, references herein to each such Whole Loan shall be construed to refer to the aggregate indebtedness under the related Mortgage Loan and the related Companion Loan(s).

“Withheld Amount”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan that accrues interest on an Actual/360 Basis, and with respect to each Distribution Date occurring in any January of each calendar year that is not a leap year and February of each calendar year, unless in either case such Distribution Date is the final Distribution Date, an amount equal to one day’s interest at the Net Mortgage Rate on the respective Stated Principal Balance as of the Distribution Date in the month preceding the month in which the Master Servicer Remittance Date occurs, to the extent a Periodic Payment or P&I Advance or other deposit is made in respect of the Mortgage Loans.

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The Withheld Amount for each applicable Distribution Date for each Mortgage Loan that does not accrue interest on a 30/360 basis will be equal to 1/31 of the interest accrued in respect of the immediately preceding Due Date, to the extent a Periodic Payment or P&I Advance is made in respect thereof.

“Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or, with respect to Servicing Advances, any Serviced Whole Loan, the amount of any Advance made with respect to such Mortgage Loan and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, on or before the date such Mortgage Loan, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loan becomes (or, but for the making of three monthly payments under its modified terms, would then constitute) a Corrected Mortgage Loan, together with (to the extent accrued and unpaid) interest on such Advances, to the extent that (i) such Advance is not reimbursed to the Person who made such Advance on or before the date, if any, on which such Mortgage Loan, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loan becomes a Corrected Mortgage Loan and (ii) the amount of such Advance becomes an obligation of the related Borrower to pay such amount under the terms of the modified Loan Documents.

“Workout Fee”: An amount equal to the lesser of (1) 1.0% of each collection of interest and principal (including scheduled payments, prepayments (provided that a repurchase or substitution by a Mortgage Loan Seller of a Mortgage Loan due to a Material Defect or a Material Breach shall not be considered a prepayment for purposes of this definition), Balloon Payments and payments at maturity, but excluding late payment charges, Default Interest and Excess Interest) received on a Specially Serviced Loan that becomes a Corrected Mortgage Loan for so long as it remains a Corrected Mortgage Loan, pursuant to Section 3.12(c) of this Agreement and (2) $1,000,000 (or $2,000,000 with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan), in the aggregate with respect to any particular workout of a Specially Serviced Loan; provided that in the event the Workout Fee with respect to a Corrected Mortgage Loan is less than $25,000, then the Special Servicer shall be entitled to an amount from the final payment on the related Corrected Mortgage Loan (including any related Serviced Companion Loan) that would result in the total Workout Fees payable to the Special Servicer in respect of that Corrected Mortgage Loan (including any related Serviced Companion Loan) to be equal to $25,000; provided, further, that the Workout Fee with respect to any Corrected Mortgage Loan shall be capped in accordance with Section 3.12(c) of this Agreement; provided, further that no Workout Fee shall be payable by the Trust with respect to any Corrected Mortgage Loan if and to the extent that the Corrected Mortgage Loan became a Specially Serviced Loan under clause (c) of the definition of “Specially Serviced Loan” (and no other clause of such definition) and no event of default actually occurs, unless the Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan is modified by the Special Servicer in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; provided, further, that if a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan becomes a Specially Serviced Loan only because of an event described in clause (a) of the definition of “Specially Serviced Loan” and the related collection of principal and interest is received within 4 months following the related maturity date as a result of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan being refinanced or otherwise repaid in full, the Special Servicer shall not be entitled to collect a Workout Fee out of the proceeds received in connection with such workout if such fee would reduce the amount available for distributions to Certificateholders, but the Special Servicer may collect from the related Borrower and retain (x) a workout fee, (y) such other fees as are provided for in the related Loan Documents and (z) other

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appropriate fees in connection with such workout; provided, further, however, that in the event the Workout Fee collected over the course of such workout calculated at 1.0% is less than $25,000, then the Special Servicer shall be entitled to an amount from the final payment on the related Corrected Mortgage Loan (including any related Serviced Companion Loan) that would result in the total Workout Fees payable to the Special Servicer in respect of that Corrected Mortgage Loan (including any related Serviced Companion Loan) to be $25,000. In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, the total amount of Workout Fees payable by the Trust with respect to such Corrected Mortgage Loan and with respect to any particular workout (assuming, for the purposes of this calculation, that such Corrected Mortgage Loan continues to perform throughout its term in accordance with the terms of the related workout) shall be reduced by the amount of any and all related Offsetting Modification Fees received by the Special Servicer as additional servicing compensation relating to such Corrected Mortgage Loan; provided that the Special Servicer shall be entitled to collect such Workout Fees from the Trust until such time it has been fully paid such reduced amount. For the avoidance of doubt, the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller will be required to pay a Workout Fee in connection with a repurchase or substitution to the extent the Special Servicer was entitled to such a fee and such fee was unpaid immediately prior to such repurchase or substitution or was previously paid by the Trust and was not reimbursed by the related Borrower immediately prior to such repurchase or substitution. In furtherance of the foregoing, upon a Specially Serviced Loan becoming a Corrected Mortgage Loan, the Special Servicer shall provide the Master Servicer with a calculation of the total amount of Workout Fees expected to be payable by the Trust with respect to such Corrected Mortgage Loan throughout its term (which calculation shall be reasonably acceptable to the Master Servicer) and the total amount of related Offsetting Modification Fees received by the Special Servicer.

“Yield Maintenance Charge”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, the yield maintenance charge set forth in the related Loan Documents; provided that, amounts shall be considered Yield Maintenance Charges pursuant to the allocation set forth under Section 1.02(f) or Section 1.02(g), as applicable.

Section 1.02        Certain Calculations. Unless otherwise specified herein, the following provisions shall apply:

(a)                                All calculations of interest with respect to the Mortgage Loans and Serviced Companion Loans (other than the Actual/360 Loans) and of Advances in respect thereof provided for herein shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. All calculations of interest with respect to the Actual/360 Loans and of Advances provided in respect thereof provided for herein shall be made as set forth in the Loan Documents for such Mortgage Loans and, if applicable, Serviced Companion Loans, with respect to the calculation of the related Mortgage Rate. The Servicing Fee, the Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fee, the CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee and the Operating Advisor Fee for each Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, shall accrue on the same basis as interest accrues on such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable.

(b)                               Any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan payment is deemed to be received on the date such payment is actually received by the Master Servicer or the Certificate Administrator; provided that for purposes of calculating distributions on the Certificates, Principal Prepayments with respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan are deemed to be

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received on the date they are applied in accordance with Section 3.01(b) of this Agreement to reduce the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan on which interest accrues.

(c)                                 Except as otherwise provided in the related Loan Documents or Intercreditor Agreement, any amounts received in respect of a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan as to which a default has occurred and is continuing in excess of Periodic Payments shall be applied to Default Interest and other amounts due on such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan prior to the application to late fees.

(d)                                Allocations of payments between a Mortgage Loan and the related Serviced Companion Loans in a Whole Loan shall be made in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement.

(e)                                If an expense under this Agreement relates in the reasonable judgment of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee or the Paying Agent, as applicable, primarily to the administration of the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC, the Grantor Trust or to any determination respecting the amount, payment or avoidance of any tax under the REMIC Provisions or the actual payment of any REMIC tax or expense, or Grantor Trust tax or expense or this Agreement states that any expense is solely “an expense of the Trust Fund” or words of similar import, then such expense shall not be allocated to, deducted or reimbursed from, or otherwise charged against any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder and such Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder shall not suffer any adverse consequences as a result of the payment of such expense.

(f)                                  All amounts collected by or on behalf of the Trust in respect of any Mortgage Loan (other than an REO Loan) in the form of payments from the related Borrower, Liquidation Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds or Insurance Proceeds (excluding, if applicable, in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Serviced Whole Loan, of any amounts payable to the holder of the related Serviced Companion Loan, pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement) shall be allocated to amounts due and owing under the related Loan Documents (including for principal and accrued and unpaid interest) in accordance with the express provisions of the related Loan Documents and, with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is part of a Serviced Whole Loan, the related Intercreditor Agreement; provided that, absent such express provisions, all such amounts collected (exclusive, if applicable, in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Serviced Whole Loan, of any amounts payable to the holder of the related Serviced Companion Loan pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement) shall be deemed to be allocated for purposes of collecting amounts due under the Mortgage Loan in the following order of priority:

(i)                                        as a recovery of any unreimbursed Advances (including any Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount) with respect to such Mortgage Loan and unpaid interest at the Reimbursement Rate on such Advances and, if applicable, unreimbursed and unpaid Additional Trust Fund Expenses (including Special Servicing Fees, Liquidation Fees and Workout Fees previously paid by the Trust from general collections) with respect to the related Mortgage Loan;

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(ii)                                     as a recovery of Nonrecoverable Advances and any interest at the Reimbursement Rate thereon to the extent previously paid or reimbursed from principal collections on the Mortgage Loans (as described in the first proviso in the definition of Aggregate Principal Distribution Amount);

(iii)                                  to the extent not previously allocated pursuant to clause (i) above, as a recovery of accrued and unpaid interest on such Mortgage Loan (exclusive of Default Interest and Excess Interest) to the extent of the excess of (A) accrued and unpaid interest on such Mortgage Loan at the related Mortgage Rate in effect from time to time through the end of the applicable interest accrual period for the related Mortgage Loan, over (B) the sum of (a)(x) the cumulative amount of the reductions (if any) in the amount of related P&I Advances for such Mortgage Loan that have theretofore occurred under Section 4.07(d) of this Agreement in connection with Appraisal Reduction Amounts (to the extent that collections have not been allocated as a recovery of accrued and unpaid interest pursuant to clause (v) below on earlier dates) or (y) with respect to any accrued and unpaid interest that was not advanced due to a determination that the related P&I Advance would be a Nonrecoverable Advance, the amount of interest that (absent such determination of nonrecoverability preventing such P&I Advance from being made) would not have been advanced because of the reductions in the amount of related P&I Advances for such Mortgage Loan that would have occurred in connection with related Appraisal Reduction Amounts, and (b) Accrued AB Loan Interest;

(iv)                                 to the extent not previously allocated pursuant to clause (i) above, as a recovery of principal of such Mortgage Loan then due and owing, including by reason of acceleration of such Mortgage Loan following a default thereunder (or, if such Mortgage Loan has been liquidated, as a recovery of principal to the extent of its entire remaining unpaid principal balance);

(v)                                    as a recovery of (i) accrued and unpaid interest on such Mortgage Loan to the extent of the cumulative amount of the reductions (if any) in the amount of related P&I Advances for such Mortgage Loan that have theretofore occurred under Section 4.07(d) of this Agreement in connection with related Appraisal Reduction Amounts or would have occurred in connection with the related Appraisal Reduction Amounts but for such P&I Advance not having been made as a result of a determination that such P&I Advance would have been a Nonrecoverable Advance and (ii) Accrued AB Loan Interest (in each of clause (i) and (ii), to the extent that collections have not been allocated as recovery of accrued and unpaid interest pursuant to this clause (v) on earlier dates);

(vi)                                 as a recovery of amounts to be currently allocated to the payment of, or escrowed for the future payment of, real estate taxes, assessments and insurance premiums and similar items relating to such Mortgage Loan;

(vii)                              as a recovery of any other reserves to the extent then required to be held in escrow with respect to such Mortgage Loan;

(viii)                           as a recovery of any Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium then due and owing under such Mortgage Loan;

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(ix)                                   as a recovery of any late payment charges and Default Interest then due and owing under such Mortgage Loan;

(x)                                      as a recovery of any Assumption Fees and Modification Fees then due and owing under such Mortgage Loan;

(xi)                                    as a recovery of any other amounts then due and owing under such Mortgage Loan other than remaining unpaid principal (if both consent fees and Operating Advisor Consulting Fees are due and owing, first, allocated to consent fees and then, allocated to Operating Advisor Consulting Fees);

(xii)                                as a recovery of any remaining principal of such Mortgage Loan to the extent of its entire remaining unpaid principal balance; and

(xiii)                             in the case of an ARD Loan after the related Anticipated Repayment Date, any accrued and unpaid Excess Interest;

provided that, to the extent required under the REMIC Provisions, payments or proceeds received (or receivable by exercise of the Mortgage Loan Seller’s rights under the related Loan Documents) with respect to any partial release of a Mortgaged Property (including in connection with a condemnation) at a time when the loan-to-value ratio of the related Mortgage Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan) exceeds 125% or would exceed 125% following any partial release (based solely on the value of real property and excluding personal property and going concern value, if any) must be collected and allocated to reduce the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan) in the manner permitted by the REMIC Provisions.

(g)                               Collections by or on behalf of the Trust in respect of any REO Property (exclusive of amounts to be allocated to the payment of the costs of operating, managing, leasing, maintaining and disposing of such REO Property and, if applicable, in the case of an REO Property related to a Serviced Whole Loan, exclusive of any amounts payable to the holder of the related Serviced Companion Loan pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement) shall be deemed to be allocated for purposes of collecting amounts due under the Mortgage Loan in the following order of priority:

(i)                                        as a recovery of any unreimbursed Advances (including any Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount) with respect to such Mortgage Loan and unpaid interest at the Reimbursement Rate on such Advances and, if applicable, unreimbursed and unpaid Additional Trust Fund Expenses (including Special Servicing Fees, Liquidation Fees and Workout Fees previously paid by the Trust from general collections) with respect to such Mortgage Loan;

(ii)                                     as a recovery of Nonrecoverable Advances and any interest at the Reimbursement Rate thereon to the extent previously allocated to principal collections on the Mortgage Loans (as described in the first proviso in the definition of Aggregate Principal Distribution Amount);

(iii)                                  to the extent not previously allocated pursuant to clause (i) above, as a recovery of accrued and unpaid interest on the related Mortgage Loan (exclusive of Default

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Interest and Excess Interest) to the extent of the excess of (A) accrued and unpaid interest on such Mortgage Loan at the related Mortgage Rate in effect from time to time through the end of the applicable interest accrual period for the related Mortgage Loan, over (B) the sum of (a)(x) the cumulative amount of the reductions (if any) in the amount of related P&I Advances for such Mortgage Loan that have theretofore occurred under Section 4.07(d) of this Agreement in connection with Appraisal Reduction Amounts (to the extent that collections have not been allocated as a recovery of accrued and unpaid interest pursuant to clause (v) below or Section 1.02(f)(v) on earlier dates) or (y) with respect to any accrued and unpaid interest that was not advanced due to a determination that the related P&I Advance would be a Nonrecoverable Advance, the amount of interest (absent such determination of nonrecoverability preventing such P&I Advance from being made) would not have been advanced because of the reductions in the amount of related P&I Advances for such Mortgage Loan that would have occurred in connection with related Appraisal Reduction Amounts, and (b) Accrued AB Loan Interest;

(iv)                                 to the extent not previously allocated pursuant to clause (i)-(ii) above, as a recovery of principal of the related Mortgage Loan to the extent of its entire unpaid principal balance;

(v)                                    as a recovery of (i) accrued and unpaid interest on the related Mortgage Loan to the extent of the cumulative amount of the reductions (if any) in the amount of related P&I Advances for such Mortgage Loan that have theretofore occurred under Section 4.07(d) of this Agreement in connection with related Appraisal Reduction Amounts or would have occurred in connection with the related Appraisal Reduction Amounts but for such P&I Advance not having been made as a result of a determination that such P&I Advance would have been a Nonrecoverable Advance and (ii) Accrued AB Loan Interest (in each of clause (i) and (ii), to the extent that collections have not theretofore been allocated as a recovery of accrued and unpaid interest pursuant to this clause (v) or Section 1.02(f)(v) on earlier dates);

(vi)                                 as a recovery of any Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium then due and owing under the related Mortgage Loan;

(vii)                              as a recovery of any late payment charges and Default Interest then due and owing under the related Mortgage Loan;

(viii)                           as a recovery of any Assumption Fees and Modification Fees then due and owing under the related Mortgage Loan;

(ix)                                   as a recovery of any other amounts then due and owing under the related Mortgage Loan other than remaining unpaid principal (if both consent fees and Operating Advisor Consulting Fees are due and owing, first, allocated to consent fees and then, allocated to Operating Advisor Consulting Fees); and

(x)                                      in the case of an ARD Loan after the related Anticipated Repayment Date, any accrued but unpaid Excess Interest.

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(h)                               All amounts collected by or on behalf of the Trust in respect of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (other than an REO Loan) in the form of payments from the related Borrower, Liquidation Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds or Insurance Proceeds (exclusive of any amounts payable to the holder of the related Mortgage Loan or any other Serviced Companion Loan pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement) shall be allocated to amounts due and owing under the related Loan Documents (including for principal and accrued and unpaid interest) in accordance with the express provisions of the related Loan Documents and the related Intercreditor Agreement; provided that, absent such express provisions, all such amounts collected (exclusive of any amounts payable to the holder of the related Mortgage Loan or any other Serviced Companion Loan pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement) shall be deemed to be allocated for purposes of collecting amounts due under the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan in the following order of priority:

(i)                                        as a recovery of any unreimbursed Advances (including any Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount) with respect to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and unpaid interest at the Reimbursement Rate on such Advances and, if applicable, unreimbursed and unpaid Additional Trust Fund Expenses (including Special Servicing Fees, Liquidation Fees and Workout Fees previously paid by the issuing entity from general collections) with respect to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan;

(ii)                                     as a recovery of Nonrecoverable Advances and any interest at the Reimbursement Rate thereon to the extent previously paid or reimbursed from principal collections on the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (as described in the first proviso in the definition of Pacific Design Center Aggregate Principal Distribution Amount);

(iii)                                  to the extent not previously allocated pursuant to clause (h)(i) above, as a recovery of accrued and unpaid interest on the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (exclusive of Default Interest) to the extent of the excess of (A) accrued and unpaid interest on the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan at the related Mortgage Rate in effect from time to time through the end of the applicable mortgage interest accrual period, over (B) the sum of (a)(x) the cumulative amount of the reductions (if any) in the amount of related P&I Advances for the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan that have theretofore occurred under Section 4.07(d) of this Agreement in connection with Appraisal Reduction Amounts (to the extent that collections have not been allocated as a recovery of accrued and unpaid interest pursuant to clause (h)(v) below on earlier dates) or (y) with respect to any accrued and unpaid interest that was not advanced due to a determination that the related P&I Advance would be a Nonrecoverable Advance, the amount of interest that (absent such determination of nonrecoverability preventing such P&I Advance from being made) would not have been advanced because of the reductions in the amount of related P&I Advances for the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan that would have occurred in connection with related Appraisal Reduction Amounts, and (b) Accrued AB Loan Interest;

(iv)                                 to the extent not previously allocated pursuant to clause (f)(i) above, as a recovery of principal of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan then due and owing, including by reason of acceleration of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan following a default thereunder (or, if the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan has been liquidated, as a recovery of principal to the extent of its entire remaining unpaid principal balance);

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(v)                                    as a recovery of (i) accrued and unpaid interest on the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan to the extent of the cumulative amount of the reductions (if any) in the amount of related P&I Advances for the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan that have theretofore occurred under Section 4.07(d) of this Agreement in connection with related Appraisal Reduction Amounts or would have occurred in connection with the related Appraisal Reduction Amounts but for such P&I Advance not having been made as a result of a determination that such P&I Advance would have been a Nonrecoverable Advance and (ii) Accrued AB Loan Interest (in each of clause (i) and (ii), to the extent that collections have not been allocated as recovery of accrued and unpaid interest pursuant to this clause (h)(v) on earlier dates);

(vi)                                 as a recovery of amounts to be currently allocated to the payment of, or escrowed for the future payment of, real estate taxes, assessments and insurance premiums and similar items relating to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan;

(vii)                              as a recovery of any other reserves to the extent then required to be held in escrow with respect to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan;

(viii)                           as a recovery of any Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium then due and owing under the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan;

(ix)                                   as a recovery of any late payment charges and Default Interest then due and owing under the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan;

(x)                                      as a recovery of any Assumption Fees and Modification Fees then due and owing under the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan;

(xi)                                   as a recovery of any other amounts then due and owing under the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan other than remaining unpaid principal (if both consent fees and Operating Advisor Consulting Fees are due and owing, first, allocated to consent fees and then, allocated to Operating Advisor Consulting Fees); and

(xii)                                as a recovery of any remaining principal of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan to the extent of its entire remaining unpaid principal balance;

provided that, to the extent required under the REMIC Provisions, payments or proceeds received (or receivable by exercise of the Mortgage Loan Seller’s rights under the related Loan Documents) with respect to any partial release of a Mortgaged Property (including in connection with a condemnation) at a time when the loan-to-value ratio of the related Serviced Whole Loan exceeds 125% or would exceed 125% following any partial release (based solely on the value of real property and excluding personal property and going concern value, if any) must be collected and allocated to reduce the Stated Principal Balance of the related Serviced Whole Loan in the manner permitted by the REMIC Provisions.

(i)                                   Collections by or on behalf of the Trust in respect of any REO Property (exclusive of amounts to be allocated to the payment of the costs of operating, managing, leasing, maintaining and disposing of such REO Property and exclusive of any amounts payable to the holder of the related Mortgage Loan or any other Serviced Companion Loan pursuant to the related

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Intercreditor Agreement) shall be deemed to be allocated for purposes of collecting amounts due under the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan in the following order of priority:

(i)                                        as a recovery of any unreimbursed Advances (including any Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount) with respect to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and unpaid interest at the Reimbursement Rate on such Advances and, if applicable, unreimbursed and unpaid Additional Trust Fund Expenses (including Special Servicing Fees, Liquidation Fees and Workout Fees previously paid by the issuing entity from general collections) with respect to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan;

(ii)                                     as a recovery of Nonrecoverable Advances and any interest at the Reimbursement Rate thereon to the extent previously allocated to principal collections on the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (as described in the first proviso in the definition of Pacific Design Center Aggregate Principal Distribution Amount);

(iii)                                   to the extent not previously allocated pursuant to clause (i) above, as a recovery of accrued and unpaid interest on the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (exclusive of Default Interest) to the extent of the excess of (A) accrued and unpaid interest on the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan at the related Mortgage Rate in effect from time to time through the end of the applicable mortgage interest accrual period, over (B) the sum of (a)(x) the cumulative amount of the reductions (if any) in the amount of related P&I Advances for the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan that have theretofore occurred under Section 4.07(d) of this Agreement in connection with Appraisal Reduction Amounts (to the extent that collections have not been allocated as a recovery of accrued and unpaid interest pursuant to clause (i)(v) below or Section 1.02(h)(v) on earlier dates) or (y) with respect to any accrued and unpaid interest that was not advanced due to a determination that the related P&I Advance would be a Nonrecoverable Advance, the amount of interest (absent such determination of nonrecoverability preventing such P&I Advance from being made) would not have been advanced because of the reductions in the amount of related P&I Advances for the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan that would have occurred in connection with related Appraisal Reduction Amounts, and (b) Accrued AB Loan Interest;

(iv)                                  to the extent not previously allocated pursuant to clause (i)-(ii) above, as a recovery of principal of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan to the extent of its entire unpaid principal balance;

(v)                                    as a recovery of (i) accrued and unpaid interest on the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan to the extent of the cumulative amount of the reductions (if any) in the amount of related P&I Advances for the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan that have theretofore occurred under Section 4.07(d) of this Agreement in connection with related Appraisal Reduction Amounts or would have occurred in connection with the related Appraisal Reduction Amounts but for such P&I Advance not having been made as a result of a determination that such P&I Advance would have been a Nonrecoverable Advance and (ii) Accrued AB Loan Interest (in each of clause (i) and (ii), to the extent that collections have not theretofore been allocated as a recovery of accrued and unpaid interest pursuant to this clause (i)(v) or Section 1.02(h)(v) on earlier dates);

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(vi)                                 as a recovery of any Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium then due and owing under the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan;

(vii)                              as a recovery of any late payment charges and Default Interest and Excess Interest then due and owing under the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan;

(viii)                           as a recovery of any Assumption Fees and Modification Fees then due and owing under the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; and

(ix)                                   as a recovery of any other amounts then due and owing under the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan other than remaining unpaid principal (if both consent fees and Operating Advisor Consulting Fees are due and owing, first, allocated to consent fees and then, allocated to Operating Advisor Consulting Fees).

(j)                                   The applications of amounts received in respect of any Mortgage Loan or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan pursuant to paragraph (f) or paragraph (h) of this Section 1.02 shall be determined by the Master Servicer in accordance with the Servicing Standard. The applications of amounts received in respect of any Mortgage Loan or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or any REO Property pursuant to paragraph (g) or paragraph (i) of this Section 1.02 shall be determined by the Special Servicer in accordance with the Servicing Standard.

(k)                                All net present value calculations and determinations made hereunder with respect to the Mortgage Loans or a Mortgaged Property or REO Property (including for purposes of the definition of “Servicing Standard”) shall be made in accordance with the Loan Documents or, if the Loan Documents are silent, using the Calculation Rate.

(l)                                   For purposes of calculations required herein, Excess Interest shall not be added to the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loans notwithstanding that the related Loan Documents may provide otherwise.

Section 1.03        Certain Constructions. For purposes of this Agreement, references to the most or next most subordinate Class of Non-VRR Certificates outstanding at any time shall mean the most or next most subordinate Class of Non-VRR Certificates then outstanding as among the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G and Class H Certificates. For purposes of this Agreement, each Class of Non-VRR Certificates and the VRR Interest shall be deemed to be outstanding only to the extent its respective Certificate Balance or VRR Interest Balance, as applicable, has not been reduced to zero. For purposes of this Agreement, the Excess Interest Certificates shall be outstanding so long as any ARD Loan is outstanding. For purposes of this Agreement, the Class R Certificates shall be outstanding so long as the Trust Fund has not been terminated pursuant to Section 9.01 of this Agreement or any other Class of Certificates remains outstanding. For purposes of this Agreement, each of the Class X-A, Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G and Class X-H Certificates shall be deemed to be outstanding until their respective Notional Amounts have been reduced to zero.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, for purposes of this Agreement, each reference to any action by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer that is subject

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to the consent or approval of the Directing Holder or consultation with the Directing Holder, any Risk Retention Consultation Party, the Operating Advisor, shall in each case be further subject to the determination by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer that taking or refraining from taking the action as proposed by the Directing Holder, any Risk Retention Consultation Party or the Operating Advisor, or not taking such action as proposed by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer if the Directing Holder or the Operating Advisor fails to grant its consent or approval, or if the Directing Holder, any Risk Retention Consultation Party or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, fail to express their concurrence, to any action proposed to be taken by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, in each case, is consistent with the Servicing Standard. In each case, (a) if the response by the Directing Holder, any Risk Retention Consultation Party or the Operating Advisor hereunder is inconsistent with the Servicing Standard, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall take such action as is consistent with the Servicing Standard, and (b) if the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer determines that immediate action is necessary to protect the interests of the Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner, in the case of any Serviced Whole Loan, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders, RR Interest Owner and Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, as applicable, constituted a single lender (and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan with a related Subordinate Companion Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of such Subordinate Companion Loan)), and the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, has made a reasonable effort to contact the Directing Holder, any Risk Retention Consultation Party or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, it may take such action without waiting for a response from the Directing Holder, any Risk Retention Consultation Party or the Operating Advisor, as applicable; provided that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall provide the Directing Holder or any Risk Retention Consultation Party (or the Operating Advisor, if applicable) with prompt written notice following such action including a reasonably detailed explanation of the basis for such action.

Section 1.04        Certain Matters Relating to the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans. Each Other Servicer, Other Special Servicer, Other Depositor, Other Operating Advisor, Other Asset Representations Reviewer and Other Trustee, and any of their respective directors, officers, employees or agents (as and to the same extent the securitization trust formed under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement is required to indemnify such parties in respect of other Mortgage Loans in the securitization trust formed under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement pursuant to the terms of the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement) and each Other Securitization (collectively, the “Other Indemnified Parties”), shall be indemnified by the Trust and held harmless against the Trust’s pro rata share (subject to the related Intercreditor Agreement) of any and all claims, losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and related costs, judgments and any other costs, liabilities, fees and expenses incurred in connection with servicing and administration of or any actual or threatened legal action or claim relating to the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan and the related non-serviced Mortgaged Property under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, this Agreement or the related Intercreditor Agreement (but excluding any such losses allocable to the related Companion Loans); provided that such indemnification will not extend to any losses, liabilities, costs or expenses: (i) specifically required to be borne by such party, without right of reimbursement, pursuant to the terms of the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (ii) incurred in connection with any legal action or claim against such party resulting from any breach of a representation or warranty made by such person under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (iii) incurred in

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connection with any legal action or claim against such party resulting from any willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of such Person’s obligations and duties under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the related Intercreditor Agreement or resulting from negligent disregard of such obligations and duties.

In connection with the securitization of any Serviced Companion Loan while it is a Serviced Companion Loan, upon the request of (and at the expense of) the related Companion Loan Noteholders, each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee, as applicable, shall use reasonable efforts to cooperate with such Companion Loan Noteholders in attempting to cause the related Borrower to provide information relating to the related Serviced Whole Loan and the related notes, and that such holders reasonably determine to be necessary or appropriate, for inclusion in any disclosure document(s) relating to such Other Securitization.

On the related Servicing Shift Securitization Date for any Servicing Shift Whole Loan (i) the Custodian shall, upon receipt of a Request for Release transfer the related Mortgage File (other than the note(s) designating such Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan), the original of which shall be retained by the Custodian) for such Servicing Shift Whole Loan to the related Other Trustee under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement and retain a copy of such Mortgage File and (ii) the Master Servicer shall, upon receipt of notice from the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller or the holder of the applicable Controlling Companion Loan that the related Servicing Shift Lead Note has been or is being securitized on the related Servicing Shift Securitization Date, transfer (and cooperate with reasonable requests in connection with such transfer of) the Servicing File for such Servicing Shift Whole Loan, and any Escrow Payments, reserve funds and originals of items specified in Sections 2.01(a)(xix) and (xx) for such Servicing Shift Whole Loan, to the related Other Servicer on the related Servicing Shift Securitization Date.

Upon receipt of notice from the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller or the holder of the applicable Controlling Companion Loan that such Servicing Shift Lead Note has been or is being securitized on the related Servicing Shift Securitization Date, the Master Servicer shall provide the Custodian with a Request for Release of the Mortgage File on such related Servicing Shift Securitization Date and transfer (and cooperate with reasonable requests in connection with such transfer of) the Servicing File to the related Other Servicer identified to it pursuant to the related notice from the related Mortgage Loan Seller on such related Servicing Shift Securitization Date.

Article II

CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS;
ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES

Section 2.01        Conveyance of Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; Assignment of Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements. (a)  The Depositor, concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof on the Closing Date, does hereby establish a trust designated as “Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust,” appoint the Trustee as trustee of the Trust Fund and sell, transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the Trustee without recourse (except to the extent herein provided) all the right, title and interest of the Depositor in and to the Mortgage Loans and

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the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, including all rights to payment in respect thereof, except as set forth below, and any security interest thereunder (whether in real or personal property and whether tangible or intangible) in favor of the Depositor, and a security interest in all Reserve Accounts, Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts and all other assets to the extent included or to be included in the Trust Fund for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner. Such transfer and assignment includes all interest and principal due on or with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan after the Cut-off Date and, in the case of a Mortgage Loan included in a Whole Loan, is subject to the related Intercreditor Agreement. Transfer and assignment of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan and the right to service a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan is further subject to the terms and conditions of the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the related Intercreditor Agreement. The Depositor, concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof, does also hereby transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the Trustee without recourse (except to the extent provided herein), for the benefit of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, all the right, title and interest of the Depositor in, to and under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements as provided therein (excluding Sections 6(e)-(g) of each Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the representations, warranties and covenants in favor of the Depositor set forth in clause (viii) of Section 4(b) of each Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and the Depositor’s rights and remedies with respect to a breach thereof, and excluding the Depositor’s rights and remedies under the Indemnification Agreements) to the extent related to any Mortgage Loan or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan. The Depositor shall cause the Reserve Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts and Lock-Box Accounts relating to the Mortgage Loans or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan to be transferred to and held in the name of the Master Servicer on behalf of the Trustee as successor to the Mortgage Loan Sellers.

With respect to any Mortgage Loan or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan that is subject to an Intercreditor Agreement, the parties hereto intend that the provisions of this Section 2.01(a) serve as an assignment and assumption agreement between the Depositor, as the assignor, and the Trustee on behalf of the Trust, as the assignee. Accordingly, the Depositor hereby (and in accordance with and subject to all other applicable provisions of this Agreement) assigns, grants, sells, transfers, delivers, sets over, and conveys to the Trustee all right, title and interest of the Depositor in, to and arising out of the related Intercreditor Agreement and the Trustee on behalf of the Trust hereby accepts (subject to applicable provisions of this Agreement) the foregoing assignment and assumes all of the rights and obligations of the Depositor with respect to related Intercreditor Agreement from and after the Closing Date. In addition, the Trustee acknowledges that any such Mortgage Loan that is part of a Serviced Whole Loan shall be serviced pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

In connection with such transfer and assignment, the Depositor does hereby deliver to, and deposit with, the Custodian, with copies to the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, the following documents or instruments with respect to each Mortgage Loan and each Serviced Companion Loan (which, except for the Mortgage Note referred to in clause (i) below, relate to the Serviced Whole Loan) so assigned (provided that the original of documents specified in Section 2.01(a)(xix) and Section 2.01(a)(xx) shall be delivered to the Master Servicer):

(i)                                  (A) the original Mortgage Note, bearing, or accompanied by, all prior or intervening endorsements, endorsed by the most recent endorsee prior to the Trustee or, if

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none, by the Originator, without recourse, either in blank and further showing a complete, unbroken chain of endorsement from the Originator or to the order of the Trustee in the following form: “Pay to the order of Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38, without recourse”; and (B) in the case of each related Serviced Companion Loan other than the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, a copy of the executed Mortgage Note for such Serviced Companion Loan;

(ii)                               (A) the original of the Mortgage or a certified copy thereof from the applicable recording office (or a copy thereof from the applicable recording office if (to the knowledge of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller or its third-party vendor, as certified by such party to the Custodian in writing) it is not the practice of such office to provide certified copies, provided that the Custodian may conclusively rely on any such certification by such Mortgage Loan Seller or third-party vendor and shall not be required to investigate whether any recording office cannot provide a certified copy) and, (B) if applicable, the originals or certified copies thereof from the applicable recording office (or copies thereof from the applicable recording office if (to the knowledge of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller or its third-party vendor, as certified by such party to the Custodian in writing) it is not the practice of such office to provide certified copies, provided that the Custodian may conclusively rely on any such certification by such Mortgage Loan Seller or third-party vendor and shall not be required to investigate whether any recording office cannot provide a certified copy) of any intervening assignments thereof showing a complete chain of assignment from the Originator of the Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan to the most recent assignee of record thereof prior to the Trustee, if any, in each case with evidence of recording indicated thereon;

(iii)                            an original or copy (if the related Mortgage Loan Seller or its designee, rather than the Custodian and its designee, is responsible for the recording thereof) of an Assignment of Mortgage, in recordable form (except for missing recording information and, if delivered in blank, except for the name of the assignee), executed by the most recent assignee of record thereof prior to the Trustee or, if none, by the Originator, either in blank or in favor of the Trustee in the following form: “Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38” (in such capacity and, with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, on behalf of any related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders);

(iv)                           (A) an original or copy of any related security agreement (if such item is a document separate from the Mortgage) and, if applicable, the originals or copies of any intervening assignments thereof showing a complete chain of assignment from the Originator of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan to the most recent assignee thereof prior to the Trustee, if any; and (B) an original assignment of any related security agreement (if such item is a document separate from the related Mortgage) executed by the most recent assignee thereof prior to the Trustee or, if none, by the Originator, either in blank or in favor of the Trustee in the following form: “Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38” (in such capacity and,

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with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, on behalf of any related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders), which assignment may be included as part of the corresponding Assignment of Mortgage referred to in clause (iii) above;

(v)                              (A) stamped or certified copies of any UCC financing statements and continuation statements which were filed in order to perfect (and maintain the perfection of) any security interest held by the Originator of the Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan (and each assignee of record prior to the Trustee) in and to the personalty of the Borrower at the Mortgaged Property (in each case with evidence of filing or recording thereon) and which were in the possession of the related Mortgage Loan Seller (or its agent) at the time the Mortgage Files were delivered to the Custodian, together with original UCC-3 assignments of financing statements showing a complete chain of assignment from the secured party named in such UCC-1 financing statement to the most recent assignee of record thereof prior to the Trustee, if any, and (B) if any such security interest is perfected and the earlier UCC financing statements and continuation statements were in the possession of the related Mortgage Loan Seller, an assignment of UCC financing statement by the most recent assignee of record prior to the Trustee or, if none, by the Originator, evidencing the transfer of such security interest, either in blank or in favor of the Trustee in the following form: “Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38” (in such capacity and, with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, on behalf of any related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders); provided that other evidence of filing or recording reasonably acceptable to the Trustee may be delivered in lieu of delivering such UCC financing statements including, without limitation, evidence of such filed or recorded UCC financing statement as shown on a written UCC search report from a reputable search firm, such as CSC/LexisNexis Document Solutions, Corporation Service Company, CT Corporation System and the like or printouts of on-line confirmations from such UCC filing or recording offices or authorized agents thereof;

(vi)                           the original or a copy of the Loan Agreement relating to such Mortgage Loan, if any;

(vii)                        the original or a copy of the lender’s title insurance policy (which may be in electronic form) issued in connection with the origination of the Mortgage Loan, together with all endorsements or riders (or copies thereof) that were issued with or subsequent to the issuance of such policy, insuring the priority of the Mortgage as a first lien on the Mortgaged Property, or, subject to Section 2(d) of the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, a “marked up” commitment to insure marked as binding and countersigned by the related insurer or its authorized agent (which may be a pro forma or specimen title insurance policy which has been accepted or approved as binding in writing by the related title insurance company), or, subject to Section 2(d) of the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, an agreement to provide the same pursuant to binding escrow instructions executed by an authorized representative of the title company;

(viii)                     (A) the original or a copy of the related Assignment of Leases, Rents and Profits (if such item is a document separate from the Mortgage) and, if applicable, the originals or copies of any intervening assignments thereof showing a complete chain of

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assignment from the Originator of the Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan to the most recent assignee of record thereof prior to the Trustee, if any, in each case with evidence of recording thereon; and (B) an original or copy (if the related Mortgage Loan Seller or its designee, rather than the Custodian and its designee, is responsible for the recording thereof) of an assignment of any related Assignment of Leases, Rents and Profits (a “Reassignment of Assignment of Leases, Rents and Profits”) (if such item is a document separate from the Mortgage), in recordable form (except for missing recording information and, if delivered in blank, except for the name of the assignee), executed by the most recent assignee of record thereof prior to the Trustee or, if none, by the Originator, either in blank or in favor of the Trustee in the following form: “Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38” (in such capacity and, with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, on behalf of any related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders), which assignment may be included as part of the corresponding Assignment of Mortgage referred to in clause (iii) above;

(ix)                             the original or copy of any environmental indemnity agreements and copies of any environmental insurance policies pertaining to the related Mortgaged Property required in connection with origination of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan and copies of Environmental Reports;

(x)                                copies of the currently effective Management Agreements, if any, for the Mortgaged Properties;

(xi)                              if the Borrower has a leasehold interest in the related Mortgaged Property, the original or copy of the ground lease (or, with respect to a leasehold interest where the Borrower is a lessee and that is a space lease or an air rights lease, the original of such space lease or air rights lease), and any related lessor estoppel or similar agreement or a copy thereof; if any;

(xii)                           if the related assignment of contracts is separate from the Mortgage, the original executed version of such assignment of contracts and the assignment thereof, if any, to the Trustee;

(xiii)                        if any related Lock-Box Agreement or Cash Collateral Account Agreement is separate from the Mortgage or Loan Agreement, a copy thereof; with respect to the Reserve Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts and Lock-Box Accounts, if any, a stamped or certified copy of the UCC-1 financing statements, if any, submitted for filing with respect to the related mortgagee’s security interest in the Reserve Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts and Lock-Box Accounts and all funds contained therein (and UCC-3 assignments of financing statements assigning such UCC-1 financing statements to the Trustee in the following form: “Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38” (in such capacity and, with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, on behalf of any related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders));

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(xiv)                      originals or copies of all assumption, modification, written assurance and substitution agreements, if any, with evidence of recording thereon if appropriate, in those instances where the terms or provisions of the Mortgage, the Mortgage Note or any related security document have been modified or the Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan has been assumed;

(xv)                         the original or a copy of any guaranty of the obligations of the Borrower under the Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan together with, as applicable, (A) the original or copies of any intervening assignments of such guaranty showing a complete chain of assignment from the Originator of the Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan to the most recent assignee thereof prior to the Trustee, if any, and (B) an original assignment of such guaranty executed by the most recent assignee thereof prior to the Trustee or, if none, by the Originator;

(xvi)                       the original or a copy of the power of attorney (with evidence of recording thereon, if appropriate) granted by the related Borrower if the Mortgage, Mortgage Note or other document or instrument referred to above was signed on behalf of the Borrower pursuant to such power of attorney;

(xvii)                   with respect to each Whole Loan, a copy of the related Intercreditor Agreement and, if applicable, a copy of the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement;

(xviii)                with respect to hospitality properties, a copy of the franchise agreement, if any, an original or copy of the comfort letter, if any, and if, pursuant to the terms of such comfort letter, the general assignment of the Mortgage Loan is not sufficient to transfer or assign the benefits of such comfort letter to the Trust, a copy of the notice to the franchisor of the transfer of such Mortgage Loan and/or a copy of the request for the issuance of a new comfort letter in favor of the Trust (in each case, as and to the extent required pursuant to the terms of such comfort letter), with the original of any replacement comfort letter to be included in the Mortgage File following receipt thereof by the Master Servicer;

(xix)                        the original (or copy, if the original is held by the Master Servicer or applicable Other Servicer pursuant to Section 2.01(c) of this Agreement) of any letter of credit held by the lender as beneficiary or assigned as security for such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan;

(xx)                           the appropriate assignment or amendment documentation related to the assignment to the Trust of any letter of credit securing such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan (or copy thereof, if the original is held by the Master Servicer or applicable Other Servicer pursuant to Section 2.01(c) of this Agreement) which entitles the Master Servicer on behalf of the Trust and the Companion Loan Noteholders (with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan) to draw thereon; and

(xxi)                        with respect to any Mortgage Loan with related mezzanine debt or other subordinate debt (other than a Companion Loan), a copy of the related co-lender agreement, subordination agreement or other intercreditor agreement.

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The original assignments referred to in clauses (iii), (iv)(B), (viii)(B) and (xv)(B), may be in the form of one or more instruments in recordable form in any applicable filing or recording offices.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2.01(a) or in Section 2.01(b), Section 2.01(c), or Section 2.02, in connection with any Servicing Shift Whole Loan (1) instruments of assignment to the Trustee may be in blank and need not be recorded or filed pursuant to this Agreement until the earliest of (i) the related Servicing Shift Securitization Date, in which case such instruments shall be assigned and recorded in accordance with the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, (ii) the date such Servicing Shift Whole Loan becomes a Specially Serviced Loan, in which case assignments and recordations shall be effected in accordance with this Section 2.01(a), and (iii) 90 days following the Closing Date, in which case assignments and recordations shall be effected in accordance with this Section 2.01(a), (2) no letter of credit need be amended (including, without limitation, to change the beneficiary thereon) until the earliest of (i) the related Servicing Shift Securitization Date, in which case such amendment shall be in accordance with the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement and (ii) the date such Servicing Shift Whole Loan becomes a Specially Serviced Loan, in which case such amendment shall be effected in accordance with the terms of this Section 2.01, and (iii) 90 days following the Closing Date, in which case such amendment shall be effected in accordance with the terms of this Section 2.01, and (3) on and following the related Servicing Shift Securitization Date, the Person selling the related Servicing Shift Lead Note to the related Other Depositor, at its own expense, shall be (a) entitled to direct in writing, which may be conclusively relied upon by the Custodian, the Custodian to deliver the originals of all the Loan Documents relating to such Servicing Shift Whole Loan in its possession (other than the original Note(s) evidencing such Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan) to the related Other Trustee or the related Other Custodian, (b) if the right under clause (a) is exercised, required to cause the retention by or delivery to the Custodian of photocopies of Loan Documents related to such Servicing Shift Whole Loan so delivered to such Other Trustee or such Other Custodian, (c) entitled to cause the completion (or, in the event of a recordation as contemplated by clause (1)(ii) of this paragraph, the preparation, execution and delivery) and recordation of instruments of assignment in the name of the related Other Trustee or related Other Custodian, (d) if the right under clause (c) is exercised, required to deliver to the Trustee or Custodian photocopies of any instruments of assignment so completed and recorded, and (e) entitled to require the Master Servicer to transfer, and to cooperate with all reasonable requests in connection with the transfer of, the Servicing File, and any Escrow Payments, reserve funds and items specified in clauses (xix) and (xx) of Section 2.01(a) for such Servicing Shift Whole Loan to the related Other Servicer.

With respect to Serviced Whole Loans, except for the Mortgage Note referred to in clause (i)(B) of the second preceding paragraph, only a single original set of the Loan Documents specified above is required to be delivered. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, any assignments or other transfer documents referred to in the third preceding paragraph as being in favor of the Trustee shall instead be in favor of the applicable Other Trustee and (1) if the Custodian is not also the related Non-Serviced Whole Loan Custodian, the preceding document delivery requirements will be met by the delivery by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller to the Custodian of copies of the documents specified above (other than the Mortgage Note and intervening endorsements evidencing a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, with respect to which the originals shall be required), including a copy of the Mortgage

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securing the applicable Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan and copies of the companion notes or (2) if the Custodian is also the related Non-Serviced Whole Loan Custodian, the preceding document delivery requirements shall be met by the delivery by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Custodian of only the original Mortgage Note and intervening endorsements evidencing such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan (and, if any document specified in Section 2.01(a) of this Agreement was not required to be delivered in connection with the related Other Securitization, a copy of such document); provided that with respect to such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, if Computershare Trust Company, N.A. ceases to be Custodian with respect to such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, it shall, upon receipt of a request for release, provide the original note, allonge and intercreditor agreement and copies of all other Loan Documents specified above to the successor Custodian.

With respect to the Mortgage Loans, within 45 days after the Closing Date or, without limiting the requirements of the third paragraph of Section 2.01(b), after such later date on which the Mortgage Loan Seller has received all the missing recording/filing information, each Mortgage Loan Seller will, or will at the expense of such Mortgage Loan Seller retain a third party vendor to, except in the case of any Mortgage Loan that is a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, (1) complete (to the extent necessary) and submit for recording in favor of the Trustee in the following form: “Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38” (and with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders) in the appropriate public recording office (a) each Assignment of Mortgage referred to in Section 2.01(a)(iii) which has not yet been submitted for recording and (b) each Reassignment of Assignment of Leases, Rents and Profits referred to in Section 2.01(a)(viii)(B) (if not otherwise included in the related Assignment of Mortgage) which has not yet been submitted for recordation; and (2) complete (to the extent necessary) and file in the appropriate public filing office each UCC assignment of financing statement referred to in Section 2.01(a)(v)(B) and (xiii) which has not yet been submitted for filing or recording. Each such document shall reflect that the recorded original should be returned by the public recording office to the Custodian or its designee (or to the Mortgage Loan Seller or its designee as an alternative) following recording, and each such document shall reflect that the file copy thereof should be returned to the Custodian or its designee (or to the Mortgage Loan Seller or its designee as an alternative) following filing; provided that in those instances where the public recording office retains the original Assignment of Mortgage or Reassignment of Assignment of Leases, Rents and Profits, the Custodian shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain therefrom a certified copy of the recorded original, at the expense of the Depositor. In the event that any such document or instrument in respect of any Mortgage Loan (or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan) is lost or returned unrecorded or unfiled, as the case may be, because of a defect therein, the related Mortgage Loan Seller shall promptly prepare or cause the preparation of a substitute thereof or cure or cause the curing of such defect, as the case may be, and shall thereafter deliver the substitute or corrected document to or at the direction of the Custodian or such other third party vendor as retained by the Mortgage Loan Seller for recording or filing, as appropriate, at such Mortgage Loan Seller’s expense (as set forth in the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement). In the event that any Mortgage Loan Seller receives the original recorded or filed copy, each Mortgage Loan Seller will, promptly upon receipt of the original recorded or filed copy (and in no event later than five Business Days following such receipt) deliver such original to the Custodian, with evidence of filing or recording thereon. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2.01, in those instances where the public recording office retains the original Mortgage, Assignment of

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Mortgage, Assignment of Leases, Rents and Profits or Reassignment of Assignment of Leases, Rents and Profits, if applicable, after any has been recorded, the obligations of the related Mortgage Loan Seller under the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement shall be deemed to have been satisfied upon delivery to the Custodian of a copy of the recorded original of such Mortgage, Assignment of Mortgage, Assignment of Leases, Rents and Profits or Reassignment of Assignment of Leases, Rents and Profits, if applicable.

If a Mortgage Loan Seller cannot deliver, or cause to be delivered, as to any Mortgage Loan, the original or a copy of the related lender’s title insurance policy referred to in Section 2.01(a)(vii) solely because such policy has not yet been issued, the delivery requirements of this Section 2.01 will be deemed to be satisfied as to such missing item, and such missing item will be deemed to have been included in the related Mortgage File by delivery to the Custodian of a binder marked as binding and countersigned by the title insurer or its authorized agent (which may be a pro forma or specimen title insurance policy which has been accepted or approved as binding in writing by the related title insurance company) or an acknowledged closing instruction or escrow letter, and the Mortgage Loan Seller will be required to deliver to the Custodian, promptly following the receipt thereof, the original related lender’s title insurance policy (or a copy thereof). Copies of recorded or filed Assignments of Mortgage, Reassignments of Assignment of Leases, Rents and Profits and UCC assignments of financing statements shall be held by the Custodian.

Subject to the third preceding paragraph, all original documents relating to the Mortgage Loans which are not delivered to the Custodian are and shall be held by the Depositor or the Master Servicer (or a sub-servicer on its behalf), as the case may be, in trust for the benefit of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner, and, insofar as they also relate to the Serviced Companion Loans, on behalf of and for the benefit of the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders. In the event that any such original document, or in the case of a Serviced Companion Loan, the original Mortgage Note, is required pursuant to the terms of this Section to be a part of a Mortgage File in order to effectuate the purposes of this Agreement, such document shall be delivered promptly to the Custodian.

(b)               In connection with the Depositor’s assignment pursuant to subsection (a) above, the Depositor shall direct, and hereby represents and warrants that it has directed, each of the Mortgage Loan Sellers pursuant to the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement to deliver to and deposit with or cause to be delivered to and deposited with, (i) the Custodian, on or before the Closing Date, subject to Section 2.01(a), for each Mortgage Loan so assigned the Mortgage Note (or a copy of the Mortgage Note evidencing each related Serviced Companion Loan), the original or a copy of the related Mortgage, the original or a copy of the title policy for each Mortgage Loan (subject to the second-to-last paragraph under Section 2.01(a)), a copy of the related ground lease (or, with respect to a leasehold interest with respect to a space lease or air rights, a copy of the related space lease or air rights lease), if applicable, for each Mortgage Loan and an original (or copy, if the original is held by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 2.01(c) or the Mortgage Loan is a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) of any letters of credit held by the lender as beneficiary or assigned as security for the Mortgage Loan, and, except as otherwise provided in the following paragraph, within 30 days following the Closing Date, the remaining applicable documents referred to in Section 2.01(a) for each such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, in each case, with copies to the Master Servicer and (ii) the Master Servicer, on or before

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the Closing Date, all documents and records that are part of each applicable Servicing File. If the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller cannot deliver, or cause to be delivered, as to any Mortgage Loan, the original Mortgage Note, such Mortgage Loan Seller shall deliver a copy or duplicate original of such Mortgage Note, together with an affidavit certifying that the original thereof has been lost or destroyed and an indemnification in favor of the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee and the Custodian.

If the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller or the Depositor cannot deliver, or cause to be delivered, as to any Mortgage Loan (subject to any qualifications provided for herein or in the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), the original or a copy of any of the documents and/or instruments referred to in Section 2.01(a)(ii), Section 2.01(a)(iii), Section 2.01(a)(v), Section 2.01(a)(viii), Section 2.01(a)(xiv) and Section 2.01(a)(xvi) and the UCC financing statements and UCC assignments of financing statements referred to in Section 2.01(a)(xiii), with evidence of recording or filing thereon, solely because of a delay caused by the public recording or filing office where such document or instrument has been delivered for recordation or filing, or because such original recorded or filed document has been lost or returned from the recording or filing office and subsequently lost, as the case may be, the delivery requirements of Section 2.01 shall be deemed to have been satisfied as to such missing item, and such missing item shall be deemed to have been included in the related Mortgage File, provided that a copy of such document or instrument (without evidence of recording or filing thereon, but certified (which certificate may relate to multiple documents and/or instruments) by the applicable public recording or filing office, the applicable title insurance company or the related Mortgage Loan Seller to be a true and complete copy of the original thereof submitted for recording or filing, as the case may be) has been delivered to the Custodian within 60 days after the Closing Date, and either the original of such missing document or instrument, or a copy thereof, with evidence of recording or filing, as the case may be, thereon, is delivered to the Custodian within 180 days after the Closing Date (or within such longer period after the Closing Date so long as the related Mortgage Loan Seller has provided the Custodian with evidence of such recording or filing, as the case may be, or has certified to the Custodian as to the occurrence of such recording or filing, as the case may be, and is, as certified to the Custodian no less often than quarterly, in good faith attempting to obtain from the appropriate county recorder’s or filing office such original or copy, provided such extensions do not exceed 24 months in the aggregate).

(c)               Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to the documents referred to in Section 2.01(a)(xix) and Section 2.01(a)(xx) of this Agreement, the Master Servicer shall hold (or the applicable Other Servicer with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan will hold) the original of each such document in trust on behalf of the Trust (or the applicable Other Trust with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) in order to draw on such letter of credit on behalf of the Trust (or the applicable Other Trust with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) and the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller shall be deemed to have satisfied the delivery requirements of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and this Section 2.01 of this Agreement by delivering the original of each such document to the Master Servicer (or the applicable Other Servicer with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) who shall forward a copy of the applicable document to the Custodian (or the custodian in the applicable Other Securitization with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan). The applicable Mortgage Loan Seller shall pay any costs of assignment or amendment of such letter of credit (which

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amendment shall change the beneficiary of the letter of credit to the Trust (or the applicable Other Trust with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) in care of the Master Servicer (or the applicable Other Servicer with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan)) required in order for the Master Servicer (or the applicable Other Servicer with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) to draw on such letter of credit on behalf of the Trust (or the applicable Other Trust with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan). In the event that the documents specified in Section 2.01(a)(xx) of this Agreement are missing with respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan because the related assignment or amendment documents have not been completed, the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller shall take all necessary steps to enable the Master Servicer to draw on the related letter of credit on behalf of the Trust including, if necessary, drawing on the letter of credit in its own name pursuant to written instructions from the Master Servicer and immediately remitting such funds (or causing such funds to be remitted) to the Master Servicer.

(d)               With respect to the Serviced Mortgage Loan secured by the Mortgaged Properties identified as Loan No. 23 (TownePlace Suites BWI Airport) and Loan No. 13 (Crowne Plaza Union Station) on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, which is subject to a franchise agreement with a related comfort letter in favor of the respective Mortgage Loan Seller that requires notice to or request of the related franchisor to transfer or assign any related comfort letter to the Trust or otherwise have a new comfort letter issued in the name of the Trust, the related Mortgage Loan Seller or its designee will be required to provide any such required notice or make any such required request to the related franchisor, with a copy of such notice or request to the Master Servicer and Special Servicer, or take any such other required action, in any event, within 45 days of the Closing Date (or any shorter period if required by the applicable comfort letter), notify the related franchisor that such Mortgage Loan has been transferred to the Trust and request a replacement comfort letter (or any such new document or acknowledgement as may be contemplated under the existing comfort letter), and the Master Servicer shall use reasonable efforts in accordance with the Servicing Standard to acquire such replacement comfort letter, if necessary (or to acquire any such new document or acknowledgement as may be contemplated under the existing comfort letter).

(e)               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, with respect to any Joint Mortgage Loan, the obligations of the related Mortgage Loan Seller to deliver a Note to the Trustee, or a Custodian on its behalf, shall be limited to delivery of only the Note held by such party to the Trustee, or Custodian on its behalf. With respect to any Joint Mortgage Loan, the obligations of each Mortgage Loan Seller to deliver the remaining portion of the related Mortgage File or any document required to be delivered with respect thereto shall be joint and several, provided that either of the related Mortgage Loan Sellers may deliver one Mortgage File or one of any other document required to be delivered with respect to any Joint Mortgage Loan hereunder and such delivery shall satisfy such delivery requirements for each of the related Mortgage Loan Sellers.

(f)                Each Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement shall provide that within 60 days after the Closing Date, each Mortgage Loan Seller shall deliver or cause to be delivered an electronic copy of the Diligence File for each of its Mortgage Loans to (or as instructed by) the Depositor, together with an index identifying each such document delivered, each such Diligence File being organized and categorized in accordance with the electronic file structure reasonably agreed to by the Depositor and the related Mortgage Loan Seller. Each Mortgage Loan Purchase

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Agreement shall further provide that within 60 days after the Closing Date, the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller shall provide to the Depositor (together with copies (which may be sent by electronic mail) to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Asset Representations Reviewer) with a certificate stating that (i) the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller has delivered or caused to be delivered an electronic copy of the Diligence File for each of its Mortgage Loans, (ii) the Diligence File contains all documents and information required under the definition of “Diligence File” and (iii) the Diligence File is organized and categorized in accordance with the electronic file structure reasonably agreed to by the Depositor and the related Mortgage Loan Seller (the “Diligence File Certification”).

(g)               On or before the Closing Date, the Depositor shall deliver to the Master Servicer the Initial Schedule AL File and the Initial Schedule AL Additional File in XML Format and Excel format and the Annex A-1 to the Prospectus at the following email address: NoticeAdmin@midlandls.com.

Section 2.02        Acceptance by Custodian and the Trustee. By its execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Trustee acknowledges the assignment to it of the Mortgage Loans in good faith without notice of adverse claims and declares that the Custodian holds and will hold such documents and all others delivered to it constituting the Mortgage File (to the extent the documents constituting the Mortgage File are actually delivered to the Custodian) for any Mortgage Loan assigned to the Trustee hereunder in trust, upon the conditions herein set forth, for the use and benefit of all present and future Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner and Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders.

The Custodian hereby certifies to each of the Directing Holder, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and each Mortgage Loan Seller that except as identified in the Custodian’s closing date certification, which shall be delivered no later than two Business Days after the Closing Date substantially in the form attached as Exhibit N-1 to this Agreement, (i) each Mortgage Note (or copy thereof, with respect to any Serviced Companion Loan) is in its possession and has been reviewed by the Custodian and (A) appears regular on its face (handwritten additions, changes or corrections shall not constitute irregularities if initialed by the Borrower), (B) appears to have been executed (where appropriate) and (C) purports to relate to such Mortgage Loan and (ii) each of the documents specified in Section 2.01(a)(ii), Section 2.01(a)(vii), Section 2.01(a)(xi) and Section 2.01(a)(xix) of this Agreement have been received, have been executed, appear to be what they purport to be, purport to be recorded or filed (as applicable) and have not been torn in any materially adverse manner or mutilated or otherwise defaced, and that such documents relate to the Mortgage Loans identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule. If the Custodian does not send a closing date certification on the Closing Date, it shall send an email confirmation to the Trustee that it has received all of the Mortgage Notes (or copies or lost note affidavits as permitted), subject to any exceptions noted therein, on the Closing Date.

On or about the 60th day following the Closing Date (and, if any exceptions are noted, again on or about the 90th day following the Closing Date and monthly thereafter until the earliest of (i) the second anniversary of the Closing Date, (ii) the day on which all material exceptions have been removed and (iii) the day on which the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller has repurchased or substituted for the last affected Mortgage Loan), the Custodian shall review each

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Mortgage File and shall certify to each of the Directing Holder, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and each Mortgage Loan Seller in the form attached as Exhibit N-2 to this Agreement that all documents (other than documents referred to in clauses (xix) and (xx) of Section 2.01(a) of this Agreement, which shall be delivered to the Master Servicer, and the documents referred to in clauses (iii), (iv)(B), (v)(B) and (viii)(B) of Section 2.01(a) of this Agreement and the assignments of financing statements referred to in clause (xiii) of Section 2.01(a) of this Agreement, which shall be delivered for filing or recording by the related Mortgage Loan Seller as provided herein) referred to in Section 2.01(a) above (in the case of the documents referred to in Section 2.01(a)(iv), Section 2.01(a)(vi), Section 2.01(a)(viii), Section 2.01(a)(ix), Section 2.01(a)(x), Section 2.01(a)(xi), Section 2.01(a)(xii) through Section 2.01(a)(xvi) and Section 2.01(a)(xviii) through Section 2.01(a)(xx) of this Agreement, as identified to it in writing as a document required to be delivered by the related Mortgage Loan Seller) and any original recorded documents included in the delivery of a Mortgage File have been received, have been executed, appear to be what they purport to be, purport to be recorded or filed (as applicable) and have not been torn in any materially adverse manner or mutilated or otherwise defaced, and that such documents relate to the Mortgage Loans identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule. In so doing, the Custodian may rely on the purported due execution and genuineness of any such document and on the purported genuineness of any signature thereon. With respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Custodian shall only be required to certify to each of the Directing Holder, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and each Mortgage Loan Seller that the document set forth in Section 2.01(a)(i) has been received, subject to the preceding provisions of this Section 2.02.

If at the conclusion of such review any document or documents constituting a part of a Mortgage File have not been executed or received, have not been recorded or filed (if required), are unrelated to the Mortgage Loans identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule, appear not to be what they purport to be or have been torn in any materially adverse manner or mutilated or otherwise defaced, the Custodian shall promptly so notify (in the form attached as Exhibit M to this Agreement) the Trustee, the Directing Holder (but only if no Consultation Termination Event is continuing), the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the related Mortgage Loan Seller by providing a written report, setting forth for each affected Mortgage Loan, with particularity, the nature of the defective or missing document. The Depositor shall or shall cause the related Mortgage Loan Seller to deliver to the Custodian an executed, recorded or undamaged document, as applicable, or, if the failure to deliver such document in such form constitutes a Material Defect, the Depositor shall cause the related Mortgage Loan Seller to cure, repurchase or substitute for the related Mortgage Loan in the manner provided in Section 2.03(e) of this Agreement. None of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian or the Trustee shall be responsible for any loss, cost, damage or expense to the Trust Fund resulting from any failure to receive any document constituting a portion of a Mortgage File noted on such a report or for any failure by the Depositor to use its best efforts to deliver any such document.

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Servicer, to deliver a power of attorney substantially in the form of Exhibit C to the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement to the Master Servicer and Special Servicer, that permits such parties to take such other action as is necessary to effect the delivery, assignment and/or recordation of any documents and/or instruments relating to any Mortgage Loan which have not been delivered, assigned or recorded at the time required for enforcement by the Trust Fund. Pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, each of the Mortgage Loan Sellers will be required to effect (at the expense of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller) the assignment and recordation of its respective Loan Documents until the assignment and recordation of all such Loan Documents has been completed.

In reviewing any Mortgage File pursuant to the third preceding paragraph or Section 2.01 of this Agreement, the Master Servicer shall have no responsibility to cause the Custodian or Trustee to, and the Custodian or Trustee will have no responsibility to, examine any opinions or determine whether any document is legal, valid, binding, sufficient, duly authorized or enforceable, whether the text of any assignment or endorsement is in proper or recordable form (except, if applicable, to determine if the Trustee is the assignee or endorsee), whether any document has been recorded in accordance with the requirements of any applicable jurisdiction, whether a blanket assignment is permitted in any applicable jurisdiction, or whether any Person executing any document or rendering any opinion is authorized to do so or whether any signature thereon is genuine.

The Custodian shall hold that portion of the Trust Fund delivered to the Custodian consisting of “instruments” (as such term is defined in Section 9-102 of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in Minnesota on the date hereof) in Minnesota and, except as otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, shall not remove such instruments from Minnesota unless it receives an Opinion of Counsel (obtained and delivered at the expense of the Person requesting the removal of such instruments from Minnesota) that if the transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the Trustee is deemed not to be a sale, after such removal, the Trustee will possess a first priority perfected security interest in such instruments.

Section 2.03        Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Depositor; Repurchase and Substitution of Mortgage Loans. (a)  The Depositor hereby represents and warrants that:

(i)                                  The Depositor is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware;

(ii)                                The Depositor has taken all necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by it, and has the power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and all the transactions contemplated hereby, including, but not limited to, the power and authority to sell, assign and transfer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with this Agreement;

(iii)                            This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Depositor and assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement by each other party hereto, this Agreement and all of the obligations of the Depositor hereunder are the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Depositor, enforceable in accordance with

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the terms of this Agreement, except as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation, receivership, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally, or by general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);

(iv)                            The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance of its obligations hereunder by the Depositor will not conflict with any provision of its certificate of incorporation or bylaws, or any law or regulation to which the Depositor is subject, or conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute a default under (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a default under) any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any agreement or instrument to which the Depositor is a party or by which it is bound, or any law, order or decree applicable to the Depositor, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien on any of the Depositor’s assets or property, which would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Depositor to carry out the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

(v)                              The certificate of incorporation of the Depositor provides that the Depositor is permitted to engage in only the following activities:

(A)             to acquire, own, hold, sell, transfer, assign, pledge and otherwise deal with the following: (I) “fully-modified pass-through” certificates (“GNMA Certificates”) issued and guaranteed as to timely payment of principal and interest by the Government National Mortgage Association (“GNMA”), a wholly-owned corporate instrumentality of the United States within the Department of Housing and Urban Development organized and existing under Title III of the National Housing Act of 1934; (II) Guaranteed Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates (“FNMA Certificates”) issued and guaranteed as to timely payment of principal and interest by FNMA; (III) Mortgage Participation Certificates (“FHLMC Certificates”) issued and guaranteed as to timely payment of interest and ultimate or full payment of principal by FHLMC; (IV) any other participation certificates, pass-through certificates or other obligations or interests backed directly or indirectly by mortgage loans and issued or guaranteed by GNMA, FNMA or FHLMC (collectively with the GNMA Certificates, FNMA Certificates and FHLMC Certificates, the “Agency Securities”); (V) mortgage-backed securities, which securities need not be issued or guaranteed, in whole or in part, by any governmental entity, issued by one or more private entities (hereinafter referred to as “Private Securities”); (VI) mortgage loans secured by first, second or more junior liens on one-to-four family residential properties, multifamily properties that are either rental apartment buildings or projects containing five or more residential units or commercial properties, regardless of whether insured or guaranteed in whole or in part by any governmental entity, or participation interests or stripped interests in such mortgage loans (“Mortgage Loans”); (VII) conditional sales contracts and installment sales or loan agreements or participation interests therein secured by manufactured housing (“Contract”); and (VIII) receivables of third-parties or other financial assets of third-parties, either fixed or revolving, that by their terms convert into cash within a finite time period (“Other Assets”);

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(B)              to loan its funds to any person under loan agreements and other arrangements which are secured by Agency Securities, Private Securities, Mortgage Loans, Contracts and/or Other Assets;

(C)              to authorize, issue, sell and deliver bonds or other evidences of indebtedness that are secured by Agency Securities, Private Securities, Mortgage Loans, Contracts and/or Other Assets;

(D)             to authorize, issue, sell and deliver certificates evidencing beneficial ownership interests in pools of Agency Securities, Private Securities, Mortgage Loans, Contracts and/or Other Assets; and

(E)              to engage in any activity and to exercise any powers permitted to corporations under the laws of the State of Delaware that are incident to the foregoing and necessary or convenient to accomplish the foregoing.

Capitalized terms defined in this clause (v) shall apply only to such clause;

(vi)                            There is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or threatened against the Depositor in any court or by or before any other governmental agency or instrumentality which would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Depositor to carry out its obligations under this Agreement;

(vii)                         No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or registration or filing with, or notice to any court or governmental agency or body, is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Depositor of or compliance by the Depositor with this Agreement, or if required, such approval has been obtained prior to the Cut-off Date; and

(viii)                     The Trustee, if not the owner of the related Mortgage Loan, will have a valid and perfected security interest of first priority in each of the Mortgage Loans and any proceeds thereof.

(b)                         The Depositor hereby represents and warrants with respect to each Mortgage Loan that:

(i)                                  Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment to the Trustee by the Depositor, the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage were not subject to an assignment or pledge, and the Depositor had good title to, and was the sole owner of, the Mortgage Loan and had full right to transfer and sell the Mortgage Loan to the Trustee free and clear of any encumbrance, equity, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest; provided that, in the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the related Mortgage has been (or will be) assigned to the Other Trustee under the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the benefit of the holders of securities issued in connection with the related Other Securitization, as applicable;

(ii)                               The Depositor is transferring such Mortgage Loan free and clear of any and all liens, pledges, charges or security interests of any nature encumbering such Mortgage Loan;

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(iii)                            The related Assignment of Mortgage constitutes the legal, valid and binding assignment of such Mortgage from the Depositor to the Trustee, and any related Reassignment of Assignment of Leases, Rents and Profits constitutes the legal, valid and binding assignment from the Depositor to the Trustee; and

(iv)                            No claims have been made by the Depositor under the lender’s title insurance policy, and the Depositor has not done anything which would impair the coverage of such lender’s title insurance policy.

(c)                           It is understood and agreed that the representations and warranties set forth in this Section 2.03 shall survive delivery of the respective Mortgage Files to the Custodian until the termination of this Agreement, and shall inure to the benefit of the Certificateholders, any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Custodian, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer.

(d)                         If the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer (i) receives a Repurchase Communication of a request or demand for repurchase or replacement of a Mortgage Loan because of a Breach or a Defect (each as defined below) (any such request or demand, a “Repurchase Request”, and the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, to the extent it receives a Repurchase Request, the “Repurchase Request Recipient” with respect to such Repurchase Request); (ii) receives a Repurchase Communication of a withdrawal of a Repurchase Request by the Person making such Repurchase Request (a “Repurchase Request Withdrawal”), (iii) receives a Repurchase Communication that any Mortgage Loan that was subject to a Repurchase Request has been repurchased or replaced (a “Repurchase”), or (iv) receives a Repurchase Communication of the rejection of a Repurchase Request (a “Repurchase Request Rejection”), then such Person shall deliver written notice of such Repurchase Request, Repurchase Request Withdrawal, Repurchase or Repurchase Request Rejection (each such notice, a “Rule 15Ga-1 Notice”) to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the related Mortgage Loan Seller, in each case within ten Business Days from such party’s receipt of a Repurchase Communication of such Repurchase Request, Repurchase Request Withdrawal, Repurchase or Repurchase Request Rejection, as applicable; provided, however, if the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer receives notice of a Repurchase Request Withdrawal or Repurchase Request Rejection from the Special Servicer or the Master Servicer, as applicable, then such receiving party shall have no obligation to deliver such notice to any other party.

Each Rule 15Ga-1 Notice shall include (i) the identity of the related Mortgage Loan, (ii) the date the Repurchase Communication of the Repurchase Request, Repurchase Request Withdrawal, Repurchase or Repurchase Request Rejection, as applicable, was received and (iii) in the case of a Repurchase Request, (A) the identity of the Person making such Repurchase Request, (B) if known, the basis for the Repurchase Request (as asserted in the Repurchase Request) and (C) a statement from the Repurchase Request Recipient as to whether it currently plans to pursue such Repurchase Request.

No Person that is required to provide a Rule 15Ga-1 Notice pursuant to this Section 2.03(d) (a “Rule 15Ga-1 Notice Provider”) shall be required to provide any information in a Rule 15Ga-1 Notice protected by the attorney-client privilege or attorney work product doctrines. Each Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement will provide that (i) any Rule 15Ga-1 Notice provided

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pursuant to this Section 2.03(d) is so provided only to assist the related Mortgage Loan Seller, the Depositor and its Affiliates to comply with Rule 15Ga-1 under the Exchange Act, Items 1104 and 1121 of Regulation AB and any other requirement of law or regulation and (ii) (A) no action taken by, or inaction of, a Rule 15Ga-1 Notice Provider and (B) no information provided pursuant to this Section 2.03(d) by a Rule 15Ga-1 Notice Provider, shall be deemed to constitute a waiver or defense to the exercise of any legal right the Rule 15Ga-1 Notice Provider may have with respect to the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, including with respect to any Repurchase Request that is the subject of a Rule 15Ga-1 Notice.

In the event that the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Custodian receives a Repurchase Communication of a Repurchase Request or a Repurchase Request Withdrawal, then such party shall promptly forward such Repurchase Communication of such Repurchase Request or Repurchase Request Withdrawal to the Master Servicer, if relating to a Performing Loan, or to the Special Servicer, if relating to a Specially Serviced Loan or REO Property, and include the following statement in the related correspondence: “This is a “Repurchase Request [Withdrawal]” under Section 2.03(d) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to the Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38 requiring action by you as the recipient of such Repurchase Request or Repurchase Request Withdrawal thereunder”. Upon receipt of such Repurchase Communication of such Repurchase Request or Repurchase Request Withdrawal by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, such party shall be deemed to be the Repurchase Request Recipient of such Repurchase Communication of such Repurchase Request or Repurchase Request Withdrawal, and such party shall comply with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.03(d) with respect to such Repurchase Request or Repurchase Request Withdrawal. In no event shall the Custodian, by virtue of this provision, be required to provide any notice other than as set forth in Section 2.02 of this Agreement in connection with its review of the Mortgage File.

(e)               A “Defect” shall exist with respect to a Mortgage Loan or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan if any document constituting a part of the related Mortgage File that is required to be delivered by the related Mortgage Loan Seller has not been delivered within the time periods provided for in the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, has not been properly executed, is missing, does not appear to be regular on its face or contains information that does not conform in any material respect with the corresponding information set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule. A “Breach” shall mean a breach of any representation or warranty of any Mortgage Loan Seller made pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement with respect to any Mortgage Loan or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan. If any party hereto discovers or receives notice of a Defect or a Breach, and if such Defect is a Material Defect or such Breach is a Material Breach, as applicable, then such party, on behalf of the Trust Fund, shall give prompt written notice thereof (which notice shall be accompanied by a written demand to cure, repurchase or substitute in accordance with the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement) to the related Mortgage Loan Seller, the other parties hereto, the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement), the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder (if any) and, for so long as no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Directing Holder. If any such Defect or Breach materially and adversely affects the value of any Mortgage Loan or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, the value of the related Mortgaged Property or the interests

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of the Trustee or any Certificateholders or the RR Interest Owner in any Mortgage Loan, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or Mortgaged Property, or causes the related Mortgage Loan or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan to be other than a Qualified Mortgage, then such Defect shall constitute a “Material Defect” or such Breach shall constitute a “Material Breach,” as the case may be; provided that if any of the documents specified in Section 2.01(a)(i), Section 2.01(a)(ii), Section 2.01(a)(vii), Section 2.01(a)(xi) and Section 2.01(a)(xix) of this Agreement are not delivered as required in the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, it shall be deemed a Material Defect. The Custodian, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee shall not be required to make any such determination. Promptly upon receiving written notice of any such Material Defect or Material Breach with respect to a Mortgage Loan or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, accompanied by a written demand to take the actions contemplated by this sentence from the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Custodian, on behalf of the Trust Fund, the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller shall, not later than 90 days from the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller’s receipt of such notice of such Material Defect or Material Breach, as the case may be (or, in the case of a Material Defect or Material Breach relating to a Mortgage Loan or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan not being a Qualified Mortgage, not later than 90 days after the Mortgage Loan Seller or any party hereto discovering such Material Defect or Material Breach, provided that the related Mortgage Loan Seller has received notice in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement) (any such 90-day period, the “Initial Resolution Period”), (i) cure the same in all material respects, at its own expense, (ii) repurchase the affected Mortgage Loan (or, in the case of a Joint Mortgage Loan, the applicable portion thereof), Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or REO Loan at the applicable Purchase Price in conformity with the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or (iii) substitute a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan (other than with respect to the Whole Loans, as applicable, for which no substitution will be permitted) for such affected Mortgage Loan (provided that, in no event shall such substitution occur later than the second anniversary of the Closing Date) and pay to the Master Servicer for deposit into the Collection Account (or, with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account) any Substitution Shortfall Amount in connection therewith; provided that GSMC may not repurchase the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan without repurchasing the related Mortgage Loan; provided, however, that if (i) such Material Defect or Material Breach is capable of being cured but not within the Initial Resolution Period or, with respect to the immediately preceding proviso, the time period set forth therein, (ii) such Material Defect or Material Breach is not related to any Mortgage Loan’s or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan’s not being a Qualified Mortgage, (iii) the Mortgage Loan Seller has commenced and is diligently proceeding with the cure of such Material Defect or Material Breach within the Initial Resolution Period and (iv) the Mortgage Loan Seller has delivered to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator (who will promptly deliver a copy of such officer’s certificate to the 17g-5 Information Provider), the Trustee, the Operating Advisor and, prior to the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event, the Directing Holder, an officer’s certificate that describes the reason the cure was not effected within the initial 90-day period, then the Mortgage Loan Seller shall have an additional period equal to the applicable Resolution Extension Period to complete such cure or, failing such cure, to repurchase the Mortgage Loan, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and the related REO Loan (or, in the case of a Joint Mortgage Loan, the applicable portion thereof) or, if applicable, substitute a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Mortgage Loan is not

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secured by a Mortgaged Property that is, in whole or in part, a hotel, restaurant (operated by a Borrower), healthcare facility, nursing home, assisted living facility, theatre or fitness center (operated by a Borrower), then the failure to deliver to the Custodian copies of the UCC financing statements with respect to such Mortgage Loan shall not be a Material Defect. With respect to any Joint Mortgage Loan, each applicable Mortgage Loan Seller’s obligation shall be such Mortgage Loan Seller’s pro rata share based on such Mortgage Loan Seller’s percentage interest as of the date of the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement in such Joint Mortgage Loan. With respect to the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans, the related Mortgage Loan Seller agrees that any Defect as such term is defined in the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement (other than a Defect related to the promissory note for the related Companion Loan) will constitute a Defect under the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if there is a Material Breach or Material Defect with respect to one or more Mortgaged Properties with respect to a Mortgage Loan (or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan), the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller will not be obligated to repurchase the Mortgage Loan (or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, or, in the case of a Joint Mortgage Loan, the applicable portion thereof) and such Material Breach or Material Defect will be considered Resolved if (i) the affected Mortgaged Property may be released pursuant to the terms of any partial release provisions in the related Loan Documents (and such Mortgaged Property is, in fact, released), (ii) the remaining Mortgaged Property(ies) satisfy the requirements, if any, set forth in the Loan Documents and the Mortgage Loan Seller provides an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such release would not cause an Adverse REMIC Event to occur and (iii) each applicable Rating Agency has provided a Rating Agency Confirmation.

If a Mortgage Loan Seller, in connection with a Material Defect or a Material Breach (or an allegation of a Material Defect or a Material Breach) pertaining to a Mortgage Loan (or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan), makes a cash payment pursuant to an agreement or a settlement between the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller and the Special Servicer on behalf of the Trust (and, for so long as no Control Termination Event is continuing, only if such Mortgage Loan Seller is not affiliated with the Directing Holder, and only with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is not an applicable Excluded Loan or any Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan, with the consent of the Directing Holder (or the Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Representative in respect of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan)) (each such payment, a “Loss of Value Payment”) with respect to such Mortgage Loan, the amount of such Loss of Value Payment shall be deposited into the Loss of Value Reserve Fund to be applied in accordance with Section 3.06(e) of this Agreement. In connection with any such determination with respect to any Performing Loan, the Master Servicer shall promptly provide the Special Servicer, but in any event within the time frame and in the manner set forth in Section 3.23, with the Servicing File and all information, documents (but excluding the original documents constituting the Mortgage File) and records (including records stored electronically) relating to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, and reasonably requested by the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 2.03 in order to permit the Special Servicer to calculate the Loss of Value Payment. If such Loss of Value Payment is made, the Loss of Value Payment shall serve as the sole remedy available to the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner and the Trustee on their behalf regarding any such Material Breach or Material Defect in lieu of any obligation of the Mortgage Loan Seller to otherwise cure such Material Breach or Material Defect or repurchase or substitute for the affected Mortgage Loan or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan based on such Material Breach or

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Material Defect under any circumstances. This paragraph is intended to apply only to a mutual agreement or settlement between the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller and the Trust, provided that (i) prior to any such agreement or settlement nothing in this paragraph shall preclude the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Trustee from exercising any of its rights related to a Material Defect or a Material Breach in the manner and timing set forth in the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or this Section 2.03 (excluding this paragraph) (including any right to cure, repurchase or substitute for such Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan); (ii) such Loss of Value Payment shall not be greater than the Purchase Price of the affected Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; and (iii) a Material Defect or a Material Breach as a result of a Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan not constituting a Qualified Mortgage may not be cured by a Loss of Value Payment. With respect to any Joint Mortgage Loan, each applicable Mortgage Loan Seller’s obligation shall be such Mortgage Loan Seller’s pro rata share based on such Mortgage Loan Seller’s percentage interest as of the date of the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement in such Joint Mortgage Loan.

If any Breach pertains to a representation or warranty to the effect that the related Loan Documents or any particular Loan Document requires the related Borrower to bear the costs and expenses associated with any particular action or matter under such Loan Document(s), then the related Mortgage Loan Seller shall cure such Breach within the applicable cure period (as the same may be extended) by reimbursing the Trust Fund (by wire transfer of immediately available funds) the reasonable amount of any such costs and expenses incurred by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee or the Trust Fund that are incurred as a result of such Breach and have not been reimbursed by the related Borrower; provided, however, that in the event any such costs and expenses exceed $10,000, the related Mortgage Loan Seller shall have the option to either repurchase or substitute for the related Mortgage Loan as provided above or pay such costs and expenses. Except as provided in the proviso to the immediately preceding sentence, the related Mortgage Loan Seller shall remit the amount of such costs and expenses and upon its making such remittance, the related Mortgage Loan Seller shall be deemed to have cured such Breach in all respects. To the extent any fees or expenses that are the subject of a cure by the related Mortgage Loan Seller are subsequently obtained from the related Borrower, the portion of the cure payment made by the related Mortgage Loan Seller equal to such fees or expenses obtained from the related Borrower shall promptly be returned to the related Mortgage Loan Seller. With respect to any Joint Mortgage Loan, each applicable Mortgage Loan Seller’s obligation shall be such Mortgage Loan Seller’s pro rata share based on such Mortgage Loan Seller’s percentage interest as of the date of the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement in such Joint Mortgage Loan.

(f)                In connection with any repurchase of or substitution for a Mortgage Loan contemplated by this Section 2.03, (A) the Custodian, the Master Servicer (with respect to any Performing Loan) and the Special Servicer (with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan) shall each tender to the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller all portions of the Mortgage File (in the case of the Custodian) and the Servicing File (in the case of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, as applicable) and other documents pertaining to such Mortgage Loan possessed by it (other than attorney-client communications that are privileged communications), upon delivery (i) to each of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, of a trust receipt and (ii) to the Custodian by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, of a Request for Release and an acknowledgement by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, of its

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receipt of the Purchase Price or the Substitution Shortfall Amount from the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller, (B) each document that constitutes a part of the Mortgage File that was endorsed or assigned to the Trustee shall be endorsed or assigned without recourse in the form of endorsement or assignment provided to the Custodian by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller, as the case may be, to the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller as shall be necessary to vest in the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller the legal and beneficial ownership of such Mortgage Loan to the extent such ownership was transferred to the Trustee (provided that the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, shall use reasonable efforts to cooperate in furnishing necessary information to the extent in its possession to the Mortgage Loan Seller in connection with such Mortgage Loan Seller’s preparation of such endorsement or assignment) and (C) the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall release, or cause a release of, any escrow payments and reserve funds held by the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, as applicable, or on the Trustee’s, the Certificate Administrator’s, the Master Servicer’s and the Special Servicer’s, as applicable, behalf, in respect of such Mortgage Loan to the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller.

(g)               The Enforcing Servicer shall, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner and the Trustee, use reasonable efforts to enforce the obligations of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller under Section 6 of the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement. Such enforcement, including, without limitation, the legal prosecution of claims, shall be carried out in accordance with the Servicing Standard. The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall be reimbursed for the reasonable costs of such enforcement: first, pursuant to Section 3.06 of this Agreement (with respect to the related Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan), out of the related Purchase Price or Substitution Shortfall Amount, as applicable, to the extent that such expenses are a specific component thereof; and second, if at the conclusion of such enforcement action it is determined that the amounts described in clause first are insufficient, then pursuant to Section 3.06 of this Agreement, out of general collections on the Mortgage Loans or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan on deposit in the Collection Account in each case with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate from the time such expense was incurred to, but excluding, the date such expense was reimbursed. To the extent the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller prevails in such proceeding, such Mortgage Loan Seller shall be entitled to reimbursement from the Trust for all necessary and reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection with such proceeding, including reasonable attorneys’ fees.

So long as document exceptions are outstanding, on each anniversary of the Closing Date, the Custodian shall prepare and forward to the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Directing Holder (as identified to the Custodian by the Certificate Administrator), the Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Representative (only with respect to the Pacific Design Center Mortgage Loan) and the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller, a document exception report setting forth the then current status of any Defects related to the Mortgage Files pertaining to the Mortgage Loans sold by such Mortgage Loan Seller.

As to any Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer (with respect to Performing Loans) or the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties) shall direct the related Mortgage Loan Seller to deliver to the Custodian for such

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Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan (with a copy to the Master Servicer), the related Mortgage File with the related Mortgage Note endorsed as required by Section 2.01(a)(i) hereof. Periodic Payments due with respect to Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans in or prior to the month of substitution shall not be part of the Trust Fund and, if received by the Master Servicer, shall be remitted by the Master Servicer to the related Mortgage Loan Seller on the next succeeding Distribution Date. For the month of repurchase or substitution, distributions to Certificateholders will include the Periodic Payment(s) due on the related Removed Mortgage Loan, if and to the extent received by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer on behalf of the Trust on or prior to the related date of repurchase or substitution, as applicable, and such Mortgage Loan Seller shall be entitled to retain all amounts received thereafter in respect of such Removed Mortgage Loan.

In any month in which a Mortgage Loan Seller substitutes one or more Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans for one or more Removed Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer shall determine the applicable Substitution Shortfall Amount and promptly notify the Certificate Administrator thereof. Promptly upon receipt of such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall direct such Mortgage Loan Seller to deposit into the Collection Account and/or the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account, as applicable, cash equal to such amount concurrently with the delivery of the Mortgage Files for such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans, without any reimbursement thereof. The Certificate Administrator shall also direct such Mortgage Loan Seller to give written notice to the Depositor, the Trustee and the Master Servicer of such deposit. The Certificate Administrator shall cause its Distribution Date Statement to reflect the removal of each Removed Mortgage Loan and, if applicable, the substitution of the Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan. Upon any such substitution, the Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans shall be subject to the terms of this Agreement in all respects.

It is understood and agreed that Section 6 of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements provides the sole remedy available to the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner and the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner respecting any Breach (including a Breach with respect to a Mortgage Loan or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan failing to constitute a Qualified Mortgage) or any Defect.

(h)               In the event that any litigation is commenced which alleges facts which, in the judgment of the Depositor, could constitute a breach of any of the Depositor’s representations and warranties relating to the Mortgage Loans, the Depositor hereby reserves the right to conduct the defense of such litigation at its expense and shall not be required to obtain any consent from the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Directing Holder, unless such defense results in any liability of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Directing Holder, as applicable.

(i)                 If for any reason a Mortgage Loan Seller fails to fulfill its obligations under the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement with respect to any Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer (with respect to Performing Loans) and the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans) shall use reasonable efforts in enforcing any obligation of such Mortgage Loan Seller (including but not limited to) to cure, repurchase or substitute for such Mortgage Loan under the terms of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement all at the expense of such Mortgage Loan Seller.

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(j)                 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, for the purposes of Section 2.03 of this Agreement and any provision relating to repurchase and substitution obligations for a Material Breach or Material Defect, with respect to any Joint Mortgage Loan, the obligations of each of the applicable Mortgage Loan Sellers to repurchase or substitute such Joint Mortgage Loan shall be limited to a repurchase, substitution or Loss of Value Payment with respect to the Note it sold to the Depositor in accordance with the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement. With respect to any Joint Mortgage Loan, any cure by either of the applicable Mortgage Loan Sellers with respect to the Note sold by it to the Depositor in accordance with the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement that also cures the Material Defect or Material Breach with respect to the entire related Joint Mortgage Loan shall satisfy the cure obligations of both Mortgage Loan Sellers with respect to such Joint Mortgage Loan.

(k)               (i) In the event an Initial Requesting Certificateholder delivers a written request to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator or the Operating Advisor (solely in its capacity as Operating Advisor) that a Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan be repurchased by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller alleging the existence of a Material Breach or Material Defect with respect to such Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and setting forth the basis for such allegation (a “Certificateholder Repurchase Request”), such party shall promptly forward that Certificateholder Repurchase Request to the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, and the Enforcing Servicer shall promptly forward that Repurchase Request to the related Mortgage Loan Seller and each other party to this Agreement and take the actions required under Section 2.03(e). Subject to Section 2.03(l), the Enforcing Servicer shall be the Enforcing Party with respect to the Certificateholder Repurchase Request. If a Resolution Failure occurs with respect to the Certificateholder Repurchase Request, the provisions described below under Section 2.03(l) shall apply.

(ii)                              In the event that the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator or the Operating Advisor (solely in its capacity as Operating Advisor) has knowledge of a Material Breach or Material Defect with respect to a Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, that party shall deliver prompt written notice of such Material Breach or Material Defect to the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, and the Enforcing Servicer shall promptly forward to each other party to this Agreement and the related Mortgage Loan Seller, identifying the applicable Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and setting forth the basis for such allegation (a “PSA Party Repurchase Request” and, each of a Certificateholder Repurchase Request or a PSA Party Repurchase Request, a “Repurchase Request”). Subject to Section 2.03(l), the Enforcing Servicer shall be the Enforcing Party with respect to the PSA Party Repurchase Request. If a Resolution Failure occurs with respect to the PSA Party Repurchase Request, the provisions described below under Section 2.03(l) shall apply.

(iii)                           In the event the Repurchase Request is not Resolved within 180 days after the Mortgage Loan Seller receives the Repurchase Request (such event, a “Resolution Failure”), and for all purposes herein, such Resolution Failure shall be deemed to have occurred. Receipt of the Repurchase Request shall be deemed to occur two (2) Business Days after the Repurchase Request is sent to the related Mortgage Loan Seller.

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(iv)                          Within two (2) Business Days after a Resolution Failure occurs with respect to a PSA Party Repurchase Request made by any party other than the Special Servicer or a Certificateholder Repurchase Request made by any Certificateholder other than the Trust Directing Holder or a Controlling Class Certificateholder, in each case, related to a Performing Loan, the Master Servicer shall send a written notice (a “Master Servicer Proposed Course of Action Notice”) to the Special Servicer, indicating the Master Servicer’s analysis and recommended course of action with respect to such Repurchase Request, along with the Servicing File and all information, documents (but excluding the original documents constituting the Mortgage File) and records (including records stored electronically on computer tapes, magnetic discs and the like) relating to such Performing Loan and, if applicable, the related Serviced Companion Loan, either in the Master Servicer’s possession or otherwise reasonably available to the Master Servicer, and reasonably requested by the Special Servicer to enable it to assume its duties hereunder to the extent set forth hereunder for such Performing Loan. Upon receipt of such Master Servicer Proposed Course of Action Notice and such Servicing File, the Special Servicer shall become the Enforcing Servicer with respect to such Repurchase Request.

(l)                 (i)  After a Resolution Failure occurs with respect to a Repurchase Request regarding a Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (whether the Repurchase Request was initiated by an Initial Requesting Certificateholder or by a party to this Agreement), the Enforcing Servicer shall send a notice (a “Proposed Course of Action Notice”) to the Initial Requesting Certificateholder, if any, to the address specified in the Initial Requesting Certificateholder’s Repurchase Request, and to the Certificate Administrator, who shall make such notice available to all other Certificateholders, Certificate Owners and the RR Interest Owner (by posting such notice on the Certificate Administrator’s Website) indicating the Enforcing Servicer’s intended course of action with respect to the Repurchase Request (the “Proposed Course of Action”). If the Master Servicer is the Enforcing Servicer, the Master Servicer may (but shall not be obligated to) consult with the Special Servicer and (for so long as no Consultation Termination Event is continuing) the Trust Directing Holder regarding any Proposed Course of Action. Such notice shall include (a) a request to Certificateholders to indicate their agreement with or dissent from such Proposed Course of Action by clearly marking “agree” or “disagree” to the Proposed Course of Action on such notice within 30 days of the date of such notice and a disclaimer that responses received after such 30-day period will not be taken into consideration, (b) a statement that in the event any Certificateholder disagrees with the Proposed Course of Action, the Enforcing Servicer (either as the Enforcing Party or as the Enforcing Servicer in circumstances where a Certificateholder is acting as the Enforcing Party) shall be compelled to follow the course of action agreed to and/or proposed by the majority of the responding Certificateholders that involves referring the matter to mediation or arbitration, as the case may be, (c) a statement that responding Certificateholders will be required to certify their holdings in connection with such response, (d) a statement that only responses clearly marked “agree” or “disagree” with such Proposed Course of Action will be taken into consideration and (e) instructions for responding Certificateholders to send their responses to the applicable Enforcing Servicer and the Certificate Administrator. The Certificate Administrator shall within three (3) Business Days after the expiration of the 30-day response period, tabulate the responses received from the Certificateholders and share the results with the Enforcing Servicer. The Certificate Administrator shall only count responses timely received and clearly indicating agreement or dissent with the related Proposed Course of Action and additional verbiage or qualifying language shall not be taken into consideration for purposes

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of determining whether the related Certificateholder agrees or disagrees with the Proposed Course of Action. The Certificate Administrator shall be under no obligation to answer any questions from Certificateholders regarding such Proposed Course of Action. For the avoidance of doubt, the Certificate Administrator’s obligations in connection with this Section 2.03(l) shall be limited solely to tabulating Certificateholder responses of “agree” or “disagree” to the Proposed Course of Action, and such obligation shall not be construed to impose any enforcement obligation on the Certificate Administrator. The Enforcing Servicer may conclusively rely (without investigation) on the Certificate Administrator’s tabulation of the majority of the responding Certificateholders. If (a) the Enforcing Servicer’s intended course of action with respect to the Repurchase Request does not involve pursuing further action to exercise rights against the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to the Repurchase Request and the Initial Requesting Certificateholder, if any, or any other Certificateholder or Certificate Owner wishes to exercise its right to refer the matter to mediation (including nonbinding arbitration) or arbitration, or (b) the Enforcing Servicer’s intended course of action is to pursue further action to exercise rights against the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to the Repurchase Request but the Initial Requesting Certificateholder, if any, or any other Certificateholder or Certificate Owner does not agree with the dispute resolution method selected by the Enforcing Servicer, then the Initial Requesting Certificateholder, if any, or such other Certificateholder or Certificate Owner may deliver to the Enforcing Servicer a written notice (a “Preliminary Dispute Resolution Election Notice”) within 30 days from the date the Proposed Course of Action Notice is posted on the Certificate Administrator’s Website (the “Dispute Resolution Cut-off Date”) indicating its intent to exercise its right to refer the matter to either mediation or arbitration. In the event any Certificateholder or Certificate Owner entitled to do so delivers a Preliminary Dispute Resolution Election Notice, and the Enforcing Servicer has also received responses from other Certificateholders or Certificate Owners supporting the Enforcing Servicer’s initial Proposed Course of Action, such responses shall be considered Preliminary Dispute Resolution Election Notices supporting the Proposed Course of Action for purposes of determining the course of action proposed by the majority of Certificateholders.

(ii)                              If neither the Initial Requesting Certificateholder, if any, nor any other Certificateholder or Certificate Owner entitled to do so delivers a Preliminary Dispute Resolution Election Notice prior to the Dispute Resolution Cut-off Date, no Certificateholder or Certificate Owner otherwise entitled to do so shall have the right to refer the Repurchase Request to mediation or arbitration, and the Enforcing Servicer shall be the sole party obligated and entitled to determine a course of action, including but not limited to, enforcing the Trust’s rights against the related Mortgage Loan Seller, subject to any consent or consultation rights of the Trust Directing Holder pursuant to Section 6.08.

(iii)                           Promptly and in any event within 10 Business Days following receipt of a Preliminary Dispute Resolution Election Notice from (a) the Initial Requesting Certificateholder, if any, or (b) any other Certificateholder or Certificate Owner (each of clauses (a) and (b), a “Requesting Certificateholder”; provided that a VRR Interest Owner may not be a Requesting Certificateholder), the Enforcing Servicer will be required to consult with each Requesting Certificateholder regarding such Requesting Certificateholder’s intention to elect either mediation (including nonbinding arbitration) or arbitration as the dispute resolution method with respect to the Repurchase Request (the “Dispute Resolution Consultation”) so that such Requesting Certificateholder may consider

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the views of the Enforcing Servicer as to the claims underlying the Repurchase Request and possible dispute resolution methods, such discussions to occur and be completed no later than 10 Business Days following the Dispute Resolution Cut-off Date. The Enforcing Servicer shall be entitled to establish procedures the Enforcing Servicer deems to be in accordance with the Servicing Standard relating to the timing and extent of such consultations. No later than 5 Business Days after completion of the Dispute Resolution Consultation, a Requesting Certificateholder may provide a final notice to the Enforcing Servicer indicating its decision to exercise its right to refer the matter to either mediation or arbitration (“Final Dispute Resolution Election Notice”).

(iv)                          If, following the Dispute Resolution Consultation, no Requesting Certificateholder timely delivers a Final Dispute Resolution Election Notice to the Enforcing Servicer, then the Enforcing Servicer will continue to act as the Enforcing Party and will remain obligated under this Agreement to determine a course of action, including but not limited to, enforcing the rights of the Trust with respect to the Repurchase Request and no Certificateholder, Certificate Owner or RR Interest Owner shall have any further right to elect to refer the matter to mediation or arbitration.

(v)                             If a Requesting Certificateholder timely delivers a Final Dispute Resolution Election Notice to the Enforcing Servicer, then such Requesting Certificateholder shall become the Enforcing Party and must promptly submit the matter to mediation (including nonbinding arbitration) or arbitration. If there is more than one Requesting Certificateholder that timely delivers a Final Dispute Resolution Election Notice, then such Requesting Certificateholders will collectively become the Enforcing Party, and the holder or holders of a majority of the Voting Rights among such Requesting Certificateholders will be entitled to make all decisions relating to such mediation or arbitration. If, however, no Requesting Certificateholder commences arbitration or mediation pursuant to the terms of this Agreement within 30 days after delivery of its Final Dispute Resolution Election Notice to the Enforcing Servicer, then (i) the rights of a Requesting Certificateholder to act as the Enforcing Party shall terminate and no Certificateholder or Certificate Owner shall have any further right to elect to refer the matter to mediation or arbitration, (ii) if the Proposed Course of Action Notice indicated that the Enforcing Servicer shall take no further action with respect to the Repurchase Request, then the related Material Breach or Material Defect shall be deemed waived for all purposes under this Agreement and the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement; provided, however, that such Material Breach or Material Defect shall not be deemed waived with respect a Requesting Certificateholder, any other Certificateholder or Certificate Owner or the Enforcing Servicer to the extent there is a material change in the facts and circumstances known to such party at the time when the Proposed Course of Action Notice is posted on the Certificate Administrator’s Website and (iii) if the Proposed Course of Action Notice had indicated a course of action other than the course of action under clause (ii), then the Enforcing Servicer shall again become the Enforcing Party and, as such, shall be the sole party obligated and entitled to determine a course of action including, but not limited to, enforcing the Trust’s rights against the related Mortgage Loan Seller.

(vi)                          Notwithstanding the foregoing, the dispute resolution provisions described above under this Section 2.03(l) will not apply, and the Enforcing Servicer shall remain the

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Enforcing Party, if the Enforcing Servicer has commenced litigation with respect to the Repurchase Request, or determines in accordance with the Servicing Standard that it is in the best interest of Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner to commence litigation with respect to the Repurchase Request to avoid the running of any applicable statute of limitations.

(vii)                       In the event a Requesting Certificateholder becomes the Enforcing Party, the Enforcing Servicer, on behalf of the Trust, shall remain a party to any proceedings against the related Mortgage Loan Seller; provided that the degree and extent to which the Enforcing Servicer actively prepares for and participates in such proceeding shall be determined by such Enforcing Servicer (in consultation with the Trust Directing Holder for so long as no Consultation Termination Event is continuing), and in accordance with the Servicing Standard. For the avoidance of doubt, the Depositor, the Mortgage Loan Sellers and any of their respective Affiliates shall not be entitled to be an Initial Requesting Certificateholder or a Requesting Certificateholder.

(viii)                    The Requesting Certificateholder is entitled to elect either mediation or arbitration in its sole discretion; however, the Requesting Certificateholder may not elect to then utilize the alternative method in the event that the initial method is unsuccessful.

(ix)                            If (i) a Repurchase Request is made with respect to any Mortgage Loan based on any particular alleged Material Breach or Material Defect, (ii) a Resolution Failure is deemed to occur with respect to such Repurchase Request, and (iii) if either (A) a mediation or arbitration is undertaken with respect to such Repurchase Request or (B) the Certificateholders and Certificate Owners cease to have a right to refer such Repurchase Request to mediation or arbitration, in either case in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, then no Certificateholder or Certificate Owner may make any subsequent Repurchase Request with respect to such Mortgage Loan based on the same alleged Material Breach or Material Defect unless there is a material change in the facts and circumstances known to such party.

(x)                               The Depositor, the Mortgage Loan Seller and any of their respective Affiliates shall not be entitled to be an Initial Requesting Certificateholder or a Requesting Certificateholder.

(m)             If the Enforcing Party selects mediation (including nonbinding arbitration), the following provisions shall apply:

(i)                                 The mediation shall be administered by a nationally recognized mediation services provider selected by the related Mortgage Loan Seller in accordance with published mediation procedures promulgated by a nationally recognized mediation services provider selected by the Mortgage Loan Seller (such provider, the “Meditation Services Provider”).

(ii)                              The mediator shall be impartial, an attorney admitted to practice in the State of New York and have at least 15 years of experience in commercial litigation, and commercial real estate finance or commercial mortgage-backed securitization matters or

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other complex commercial transactions, and who will be appointed from a list of neutrals maintained by the Mediation Services Provider. Upon being supplied a list of at least ten potential qualified mediators by the Mediation Services Provider each party will have the right to exercise two peremptory challenges within 14 days and to rank the remaining potential mediators in order of preference. The Mediation Services Provider shall select the mediator from the remaining attorneys on the list respecting the preference choices of the parties to the extent possible.

(iii)                      The parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to conduct an organizational conference to begin the mediation within 10 Business Days of the selection of the mediator and to conclude the mediation within 60 days thereafter.

(iv)                     The expenses of any mediation shall be allocated among the parties to the mediation, including, if applicable, between the Enforcing Party and the Enforcing Servicer, as mutually agreed by the parties as part of the mediation.

(n)               If the Enforcing Party selects third-party arbitration, the following provisions will apply:

(i)                            The arbitration shall be administered by a nationally recognized arbitration services provider selected by the related Mortgage Loan Seller in accordance with published arbitration procedures promulgated by a nationally recognized arbitration services provider selected by the Mortgage Loan Seller (such provider, the “Arbitration Services Provider”).

(ii)                         The arbitrator shall be impartial, an attorney admitted to practice in the State of New York and have at least 15 years of experience in commercial litigation and commercial real estate finance or commercial mortgage-backed securitization matters or other complex commercial transactions, and who will be appointed from a list of neutrals maintained by the Arbitration Services Provider. Upon being supplied a list of at least ten potential arbitrators by the Arbitration Services Provider each party will have the right to exercise two peremptory challenges within 14 days and to rank the remaining potential arbitrators in order of preference. The Arbitration Services Provider will select the arbitrator from the remaining attorneys on the list respecting the preference choices of the parties to the extent possible.

(iii)                      Prior to accepting an appointment, the arbitrator must promptly disclose any circumstances likely to create a reasonable inference of bias or conflict of interest or likely to preclude completion of the hearings within the prescribed time schedule.

(iv)                     After consulting with the parties at an organizational conference held not later than 10 Business Days after its appointment, the arbitrator shall devise procedures and deadlines for the arbitration, to the extent not already agreed to by the parties, with the goal of expediting the proceeding and completing the arbitration within 120 days. The arbitrator shall have the authority to schedule, hear, and determine any and all motions, including dispositive and discovery motions, in accordance with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for non-jury matters (the “Rules”) (including summary judgment and other

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prehearing and post hearing motions), and will do so by reasoned decision on the motion of any party to the arbitration.

(v)                        Notwithstanding whatever other discovery may be available under the Rules, unless otherwise agreed by the parties, each party to the arbitration will be presumptively limited to the following discovery in the arbitration: (A) the parties shall reasonably and in good faith voluntarily produce to all other parties all documents upon which they intend to rely and all documents they reasonably and in good faith believe to be relevant to the claims or defenses asserted by any of the parties, (B) party witness depositions (excluding Rule 30b-6 witnesses), and (C) expert witness depositions, provided that the arbitrator shall have the ability to grant the parties, or either of them, additional discovery to the extent that the arbitrator determines good cause is shown that such additional discovery is reasonable and necessary.

(vi)                     The arbitrator shall make its final determination no later than 30 days after the conclusion of the hearings and submission of any post-hearing submissions. The arbitrator shall resolve the dispute in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and this Agreement, and may not modify or change those agreements in any way or award remedies not consistent with those agreements. The arbitrator will not have the power to award punitive damages or consequential damages in any arbitration conducted by them. Interest on any monetary award shall bear interest from the date of the Final Dispute Resolution Election Notice at the Prime Rate. In its final determination, the arbitrator shall determine and award the costs of the arbitration (including the fees of the arbitrator, cost of any record or transcript of the arbitration, and administrative fees) and shall award reasonable attorneys’ fees to the parties to the arbitration as determined by the arbitrator in its reasonable discretion. The determination of the arbitrator shall be by a reasoned decision in writing and counterpart copies will be promptly delivered to the parties. The final determination of the arbitrator shall be final and non-appealable, except for actions to confirm or vacate the determination permitted under federal or state law, and may be enforced in any court of competent jurisdiction.

(vii)                  By selecting arbitration, the selecting party is giving up the right to sue in court, including the right to a trial by jury.

(viii)               No person may bring a putative or certificated class action to arbitration.

(o)             The following provisions will apply to both mediation and third-party arbitration:

(i)                            Any mediation or arbitration will be held in New York, New York unless another location is agreed by all parties.

(ii)                         If the dispute involves a matter that cannot effectively be remedied by the payment of damages, or if there be any dispute relating to arbitration or the arbitrators that cannot be resolved promptly by the arbitrators or the Arbitration Services Provider, then any party in such instance may during the pendency of the arbitration proceedings seek temporary equitable remedies, pending the final decision of the arbitration panel, solely by

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application in the Southern District if such court shall have subject matter jurisdiction, or if the Southern District has no jurisdiction, then it the Supreme Court of the State of New York for the County of New York. The arbitration proceedings shall not be stayed unless so ordered by the court.

(iii)                      The details and/or existence of any Repurchase Request, any informal meetings, mediations or arbitration proceedings conducted under this Section 2.03, including all offers, promises, conduct and statements, whether oral or written, made in the course of the parties’ attempt to informally resolve any Repurchase Request, will be confidential, privileged and inadmissible for any purpose, including impeachment, in any mediation, arbitration or litigation, or other proceeding (including any proceeding under this Section 2.03). Such information will be kept strictly confidential and will not be disclosed or shared with any third party (other than a party’s attorneys, experts, accountants and other agents and representatives, as reasonably required in connection with any resolution procedure under this Section 2.03), except as otherwise required by law, regulatory requirement or court order. If any party to a resolution procedure receives a subpoena or other request for information from a third party (other than a governmental regulatory body) for such confidential information, the recipient will promptly notify the other party to the resolution procedure and will provide the other party with a reasonable opportunity to object to the production of its confidential information.

(iv)                     In the event a Requesting Certificateholder is the Enforcing Party, the agreement with the arbitrator or mediator, as the case may be, shall be required contain an acknowledgment that the Trust, or the Enforcing Servicer on its behalf, shall be a party to any arbitration or mediation proceedings solely for the purpose of being the beneficiary of any award in favor of the Enforcing Party; provided that the degree and extent to which the Enforcing Servicer actively prepares for and participates in such proceedings shall be determined by such Enforcing Servicer in consultation with the Trust Directing Holder, provided that a Consultation Termination Event is not continuing, and in accordance with the Servicing Standard. All amounts recovered by the Enforcing Party shall be paid to the Trust, or the Enforcing Servicer on its behalf, and deposited in the Collection Account. The agreement with the arbitrator or mediation, as the case may be, will provide that in the event a Requesting Certificateholder is allocated any related costs and expenses pursuant to the terms of the arbitrator’s decision or the agreement reached in mediation, neither the Trust nor the Enforcing Servicer acting on its behalf shall be responsible for any such costs and expenses allocated to the Requesting Certificateholder.

(v)                        In the event a Requesting Certificateholder is the Enforcing Party, the Requesting Certificateholder shall be required to pay any expenses allocated to the Enforcing Party in the arbitration proceedings or any expenses that the Enforcing Party agrees to bear in the mediation proceedings.

(vi)                     The Trust (or the Trustee or the Enforcing Party acting on its behalf), the Depositor or any Mortgage Loan Seller shall be permitted to redact any personally identifiable customer information included in any information provided for purposes of any mediation or arbitration. Each party to the proceedings shall be required to agree to keep confidential the details related to the Repurchase Request and the dispute resolution

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identified in connection with such procedures; provided, however, that the Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner shall be permitted to communicate prior to the commencement of any such proceedings to the extent provided in Section 5.06.

(vii)                  For the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall the exercise of any right of a Requesting Certificateholder to refer a Repurchase Request to mediation or arbitration or participation in such mediation or arbitration affect in any manner the ability of the Enforcing Servicer to perform its obligations with respect to a Mortgage Loan or the exercise of any rights of a Directing Holder (including without limitation, a liquidation, foreclosure, negotiation of a loan modification or workout, acceptance of a discounted pay off or deed in lieu, or bankruptcy or other litigation).

(viii)                    For the avoidance of doubt, any expenses required to be borne by or allocated to the Enforcing Servicer in mediation or arbitration or related responsibilities under this Agreement shall be reimbursable as Additional Trust Fund Expenses.

Section 2.04        Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer. (a) The Master Servicer, as Master Servicer, hereby represents and warrants with respect to itself to the Trustee, for its own benefit and the benefit of the Certificateholders, and to the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Special Servicer, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Operating Advisor and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, as of the Closing Date, that:

(i)                            The Master Servicer is a national banking association, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the United States of America, and the Master Servicer is in compliance with the laws of each state (within the United States of America) in which any related Mortgaged Property is located to the extent necessary to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

(ii)                         The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Master Servicer, and the performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement by the Master Servicer, do not (A) violate the Master Servicer’s organizational documents, (B) constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the breach of, any material agreement or other material instrument to which it is a party or which is applicable to it or any of its assets, or (C) violate any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree to which the Master Servicer or its property is subject, which, in the case of either (B) or (C), is likely to materially and adversely affect either the ability of the Master Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement or its financial condition;

(iii)                      The Master Servicer has the full corporate power and authority to enter into and consummate all transactions to be performed by it contemplated by this Agreement, has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Agreement, and has duly executed and delivered this Agreement;

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(iv)                     This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Special Servicer and the Depositor, constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of the Master Servicer, enforceable against the Master Servicer in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law;

(v)                        The Master Servicer is not in default with respect to any law, any order or decree of any court, or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state, municipal or governmental agency, which default, in the Master Servicer’s reasonable judgment is likely to materially and adversely affect the financial condition or operations of the Master Servicer or its properties taken as a whole or its ability to perform its duties and obligations hereunder;

(vi)                     No litigation is pending or, to the best of the Master Servicer’s knowledge, threatened against the Master Servicer which would prohibit the Master Servicer from entering into this Agreement or, in the Master Servicer’s good faith and reasonable judgment is likely to materially and adversely affect either the ability of the Master Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the financial condition of the Master Servicer;

(vii)                  No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Master Servicer of, or compliance by the Master Servicer with, this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions of the Master Servicer contemplated by this Agreement, except for any consent, approval, authorization or order which has been obtained, or which, if not obtained would not have a materially adverse effect on the ability of the Master Servicer to perform its obligations hereunder; and

(viii)               Each officer and employee of the Master Servicer that has responsibilities concerning the servicing and administration of Mortgage Loans or Serviced Whole Loans is covered by errors and omissions insurance and the fidelity bond in the amounts and with the coverage required by this Agreement or the Master Servicer self-insures for such risks in compliance with the requirements of Section 3.08(d) of this Agreement; and

(ix)                       To the actual knowledge of the Master Servicer, the Master Servicer is not a Risk Retention Affiliate of the Pacific Design Center Retaining Third-Party Purchaser.

(b)               The General Special Servicer, as General Special Servicer, hereby represents and warrants to and covenants with the Trustee, for its own benefit and the benefit of the Certificateholders, and to the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the

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Pacific Design Center Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, as of the Closing Date, that:

(i)                            The General Special Servicer is a limited liability company, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Florida, and the General Special Servicer is in compliance with the laws of each state (within the United States of America) in which any related Mortgaged Property is located to the extent necessary to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

(ii)                         The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the General Special Servicer, and the performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement by the General Special Servicer, do not (A) violate the General Special Servicer’s organizational documents or (B) constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the breach of, any material agreement or other material instrument to which it is a party or which is applicable to it or any of its assets, or (C) violate any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree to which the General Special Servicer or its property is subject, which, in the case of either (B) or (C), is likely to materially and adversely affect either the ability of the General Special Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement or its financial condition;

(iii)                      The General Special Servicer has the full limited liability company power and authority to enter into and consummate all transactions to be performed by it contemplated by this Agreement, has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Agreement, and has duly executed and delivered this Agreement;

(iv)                     This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer and the Depositor, constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of the General Special Servicer, enforceable against the General Special Servicer in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law;

(v)                        The General Special Servicer is not in default with respect to any law, any order or decree of any court, or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state, municipal or governmental agency, which default, in the General Special Servicer’s reasonable judgment is likely to materially and adversely affect the financial condition or operations of the General Special Servicer or its properties taken as a whole or its ability to perform its duties and obligations hereunder;

(vi)                          No litigation is pending or, to the best of the General Special Servicer’s knowledge, threatened against the General Special Servicer which would prohibit the General Special Servicer from entering into this Agreement or, in the General Special Servicer’s good faith and reasonable judgment is likely to materially and adversely affect

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either the ability of the General Special Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the financial condition of the General Special Servicer;

(vii)                       No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the General Special Servicer of, or compliance by the General Special Servicer with, this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions of the General Special Servicer contemplated by this Agreement, except for any consent, approval, authorization or order which has been obtained, or which, if not obtained would not have a materially adverse effect on the ability of the General Special Servicer to perform its obligations hereunder; and

(viii)                    Each officer and employee of the General Special Servicer that has responsibilities concerning the servicing and administration of Mortgage Loans or Serviced Whole Loans is covered by errors and omissions insurance and the fidelity bond in the amounts and with the coverage required by this Agreement or the General Special Servicer self-insures for such risks in compliance with the requirements of Section 3.08(d) of this Agreement.

(c)               The Pacific Design Center Special Servicer hereby represents and warrants to and covenants with the Trustee, for its own benefit and the benefit of the Certificateholders, and to the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the General Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, as of the Closing Date, that:

(i)                            the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer is a Delaware limited liability company, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of Delaware, and the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer is in compliance with the laws of each state (within the United States of America) in which any related Mortgaged Property is located to the extent necessary to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

(ii)                         The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer, and the performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement by the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer, do not (A) violate the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer’s organizational documents or (B) constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the breach of, any material agreement or other material instrument to which it is a party or which is applicable to it or any of its assets, or (C) violate any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree to which the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer or its property is subject, which, in the case of either (B) or (C), is likely to materially and adversely affect either the ability of the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement or its financial condition;

(iii)                      The Pacific Design Center Special Servicer has the full corporate power and authority to enter into and consummate all transactions to be performed by it contemplated by this Agreement, has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Agreement, and has duly executed and delivered this Agreement;

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(iv)                     This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the General Special Servicer and the Depositor, constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer, enforceable against the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law;

(v)                        The Pacific Design Center Special Servicer is not in default with respect to any law, any order or decree of any court, or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state, municipal or governmental agency, which default, in the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer’s reasonable judgment is likely to materially and adversely affect the financial condition or operations of the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer or its properties taken as a whole or its ability to perform its duties and obligations hereunder;

(vi)                          No litigation is pending or, to the best of the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer’s knowledge, threatened against the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer which would prohibit the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer from entering into this Agreement or, in the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer’s good faith and reasonable judgment is likely to materially and adversely affect either the ability of the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the financial condition of the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer;

(vii)                       No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer of, or compliance by the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer with, this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions of the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer contemplated by this Agreement, except for any consent, approval, authorization or order which has been obtained, or which, if not obtained would not have a materially adverse effect on the ability of the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer to perform its obligations hereunder; and

(viii)                    Each officer and employee of the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer that has responsibilities concerning the servicing and administration of Mortgage Loans or Serviced Whole Loans is covered by errors and omissions insurance and the fidelity bond in the amounts and with the coverage required by this Agreement or the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer self-insures for such risks in compliance with the requirements of Section 3.08(d) of this Agreement.

(d)               The Trustee hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the

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Certificate Administrator and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders as of the Closing Date, that:

(i)                                 The Trustee is a national banking association, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the United States of America and has full power, authority and legal right to own its properties and conduct its business as presently conducted and to execute, deliver and perform the terms of this Agreement;

(ii)                              This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Trustee and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties hereto, constitutes a legal, valid and binding instrument enforceable against the Trustee in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights in general and by general equity principles (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);

(iii)                           Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Trustee nor the consummation by the Trustee of the transactions herein contemplated to be performed by the Trustee, nor compliance by the Trustee with the provisions hereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any applicable law (subject to the appointment in accordance with such applicable law of any co-Trustee or separate Trustee required pursuant to this Agreement), governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Trustee or its properties or the organizational documents of the Trustee or the terms of any material agreement, instrument or indenture to which the Trustee is a party or by which it is bound which, in the Trustee’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to affect materially and adversely the ability of the Trustee to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

(iv)                          The Trustee is not in violation of, and the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Trustee and its performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement will not constitute a violation with respect to, any order or decree of any court binding on the Trustee or any law, order or regulation of any federal, state, municipal or governmental agency having jurisdiction, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance which, in any such event, would have consequences that would materially and adversely affect the condition (financial or otherwise) or operation of the Trustee or its properties;

(v)                             No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or registration or filing with, or notice to any court or governmental agency or body, is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Trustee of or compliance by the Trustee with this Agreement, or if required, such approval has been obtained prior to the Cut-off Date or which, if not obtained, would have a materially adverse effect on the Trustee’s ability to perform its obligations hereunder;

(vi)                          To the best of the Trustee’s knowledge, no litigation is pending or threatened against the Trustee which would prohibit its entering into or materially and adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Indemnification

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Agreement, dated and effective the Pricing Date, between the Trustee, the Depositor, the Underwriters and the Initial Purchasers; and

(vii)                       To the actual knowledge of the Trustee, the Trustee is not a Risk Retention Affiliate of the Pacific Design Center Retaining Third-Party Purchaser.

(e)               The Certificate Administrator hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, as of the Closing Date, that:

(i)                                 The Certificate Administrator is a national banking association, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the United States of America and has full power, authority and legal right to own its properties and conduct its business as presently conducted and to execute, deliver and perform the terms of this Agreement;

(ii)                              This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Certificate Administrator and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties hereto, constitutes a legal, valid and binding instrument enforceable against the Certificate Administrator in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights in general and by general equity principles (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);

(iii)                           Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Certificate Administrator nor the consummation by the Certificate Administrator of the transactions herein contemplated to be performed by the Certificate Administrator, nor compliance by the Certificate Administrator with the provisions hereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any applicable law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Certificate Administrator or its properties or the organizational documents of the Certificate Administrator or the terms of any material agreement, instrument or indenture to which the Certificate Administrator is a party or by which it is bound which, in the Certificate Administrator’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to affect materially and adversely the ability of the Certificate Administrator to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

(iv)                          The Certificate Administrator is not in violation of, and the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Certificate Administrator and its performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement will not constitute a violation with respect to, any order or decree of any court binding on the Certificate Administrator or any law, order or regulation of any federal, state, municipal or governmental agency having jurisdiction, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance which, in any such event, would have consequences that are likely to affect materially and adversely the ability of the Certificate Administrator to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

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(v)                             No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or registration or filing with, or notice to any court or governmental agency or body, is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Certificate Administrator of or compliance by the Certificate Administrator with this Agreement, or if required, such approval has been obtained prior to the Cut-off Date or which, if not obtained, would have a materially adverse effect on the Certificate Administrator’s ability to perform its obligations hereunder;

(vi)                          To the best of the Certificate Administrator’s knowledge, no litigation is pending or threatened against the Certificate Administrator which would prohibit its entering into or materially and adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Indemnification Agreement, dated and effective the Pricing Date, between the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Underwriters and the Initial Purchasers; and

(vii)                       To the actual knowledge of the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Administrator is not a Risk Retention Affiliate of the Pacific Design Center Retaining Third-Party Purchaser.

(f)                The Operating Advisor hereby represents and warrants to the Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, as of the Closing Date, that:

(i)                                 The Operating Advisor is a limited liability company, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of New York and has full power, authority and legal right to own its properties and conduct its business as presently conducted and to execute, deliver and perform the terms of this Agreement;

(ii)                         The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Operating Advisor, and the performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement by the Operating Advisor, do not (A) violate the Operating Advisor’s organizational documents or (B) constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the breach of, any material agreement or other material instrument to which it is a party or which is applicable to it or any of its assets, or (C) violate any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree to which the Operating Advisor or its property is subject, which, in the case of either (B) or (C), is likely to materially and adversely affect either the ability of the Operating Advisor to perform its obligations under this Agreement or its financial condition;

(iii)                      The Operating Advisor has the full limited liability company power and authority to enter into and consummate all transactions to be performed by it contemplated by this Agreement, has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Agreement, and has duly executed and delivered this Agreement;

(iv)                     This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, and the Depositor, constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of the Operating Advisor,

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enforceable against the Operating Advisor in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law;

(v)                        The Operating Advisor is not in default with respect to any law, any order or decree of any court, or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state, municipal or governmental agency, which default, in the Operating Advisor’s reasonable judgment, is likely to materially and adversely affect the financial condition or operations of the Operating Advisor or its properties taken as a whole or its ability to perform its duties and obligations hereunder;

(vi)                          No litigation is pending or, to the best of the Operating Advisor’s knowledge, threatened against the Operating Advisor which would prohibit the Operating Advisor from entering into this Agreement or, in the Operating Advisor’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to materially and adversely affect either the ability of the Operating Advisor to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the financial condition of the Operating Advisor;

(vii)                       No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Operating Advisor, or compliance by the Operating Advisor with, this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions of the Operating Advisor contemplated by this Agreement, except for any consent, approval, authorization or order which has been obtained, or which, if not obtained would not have a materially adverse effect on the ability of the Operating Advisor to perform its obligations hereunder; and

(viii)                    The Operating Advisor is an Eligible Operating Advisor.

(g)               The Asset Representations Reviewer hereby represents and warrants to the Trustee, for its own benefit and the benefit of the Certificateholders, and to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Certificate Administrator, as of the Closing Date, that:

(i)                            The Asset Representations Reviewer is a limited liability company, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of New York, and the Asset Representations Reviewer is in compliance with the laws of each State in which any Mortgaged Property is located to the extent necessary to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

(ii)                         The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Asset Representations Reviewer, and the performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement by the Asset Representations Reviewer, do not (A) violate the Asset Representations Reviewer’s organizational documents, (B) constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the breach of, any material agreement or other material instrument to which it is a party or which is applicable to it or

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any of its assets, or (C) violate any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree to which the Asset Representations Reviewer or its property is subject, which, in the case of either (B) or (C), is likely to materially and adversely affect either the ability of the Asset Representations Reviewer to perform its obligations under this Agreement or its financial condition;

(iii)                      The Asset Representations Reviewer has the full limited liability company power and authority to enter into and consummate all transactions to be performed by it contemplated by this Agreement, has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Agreement, and has duly executed and delivered this Agreement;

(iv)                     This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties hereto, constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of the Asset Representations Reviewer, enforceable against the Asset Representations Reviewer in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and (B) general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law;

(v)                        The Asset Representations Reviewer is not in violation of, and its execution and delivery of this Agreement and its performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement will not constitute a violation of, any law, order or decree of any court or arbiter, or any order regulation or demand of any federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority, which violation, in the Asset Representations Reviewer’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to materially and adversely affect either the ability of the Asset Representations Reviewer to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the financial condition of the Asset Representations Reviewer;

(vi)                     No litigation is pending or, to the best of the Asset Representations Reviewer’s knowledge, threatened against the Asset Representations Reviewer, which would prohibit the Asset Representations Reviewer from entering into this Agreement or, in the Asset Representations Reviewer’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to materially and adversely affect the ability of the Asset Representations Reviewer to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

(vii)                  No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required under federal or state law for the execution, delivery and performance by the Asset Representations Reviewer of, or compliance by the Asset Representations Reviewer with, this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions of the Asset Representations Reviewer contemplated by this Agreement, except for any consent, approval, authorization or order which has been obtained or can be obtained prior to the actual performance by the Asset Representations Reviewer of its obligations under this Agreement, or which, if not obtained would not have a materially adverse effect on the ability of the Asset Representations Reviewer to perform its obligations hereunder; and

(viii)               The Asset Representations Reviewer is an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer.

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(h)               It is understood and agreed that the representations and warranties set forth in this Section shall survive delivery of the respective Mortgage Files to the Custodian on behalf of the Trustee until the termination of this Agreement, and shall inure to the benefit of the Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders and the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as the case may be. Upon discovery by the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or a Responsible Officer of the Trustee (or upon written notice thereof from any Certificateholder) of a breach of any of the representations and warranties set forth in this Section which materially and adversely affects the interests of the Certificateholders, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders or the Trustee in any Mortgage Loan, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the other parties hereto, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders and the Mortgage Loan Sellers.

Section 2.05        Execution and Delivery of Certificates; Issuance of Upper-Tier Regular Interests; Issuance of Lower-Tier Regular Interests and Issuance of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Regular Interests. The Trustee acknowledges the assignment to it of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and the delivery of the Mortgage Files to the Custodian (to the extent the documents constituting the Mortgage Files are actually delivered to the Custodian), subject to the provisions of Section 2.01 and Section 2.02 of this Agreement and, concurrently with such delivery, (i) acknowledges and hereby declares that it holds the Mortgage Loans (excluding the Excess Interest) for the benefit of (y) the Holders of the Class R Certificates (in respect of the Class LTR Interest) and (z) the Holder of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests; (ii) acknowledges and hereby declares that it holds the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan for the benefit of (y) the Holders of the Class R Certificates (in respect of the Class LPDC-R Interest) and (z) the Holder of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Regular Interests, (iii) acknowledges and hereby declares that it holds the Excess Interest for the benefit of the Holders of the Excess Interest Certificates and the RR Interest; (iv) in exchange for the Mortgage Loans, acknowledges the issuance of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests and the Class LTR Interest represented by the Class R Certificates; (v) in exchange for the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, acknowledges the issuance of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Regular Interests and the Class LPDC-R Interest represented by the Class R Certificates, (vi) acknowledges the contribution by the Depositor of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Regular Interests to the Upper-Tier REMIC and hereby declares that it holds the Lower-Tier Regular Interests on behalf of the Upper-Tier REMIC and the Holders of the Regular Certificates and the VRR Interest Upper-Tier Regular Interests and holds the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Regular Interests on behalf of the Upper-Tier REMIC and the Holders of the Loan-Specific Certificates; and (vii) in exchange for the Lower-Tier Regular Interests and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Regular Interests, has caused to be executed and caused to be authenticated and delivered to or upon the order of the Depositor, or as directed by the terms of this Agreement, the VRR Interest Upper-Tier Regular Interests, the Regular Certificates and the Class UTR Interest, each represented by the Class R Certificates, in authorized denominations; and the Depositor hereby acknowledges the receipt by it or its designees of the Certificates, which Certificates evidence ownership of the entire Trust Fund.

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The Depositor, as of the Closing Date, and concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, does hereby assign without recourse all the right, title and interest of the Depositor in and to the Excess Interest and any other property constituting the Grantor Trust to the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the Excess Interest Certificates and the RR Interest Owner. The Trustee (i) acknowledges the assignment to it of the VRR Interest Upper-Tier Regular Interests and Class S Specific Grantor Trust Assets, (ii) declares that it holds and will hold such Class S Specific Grantor Trust Assets in trust for the exclusive use and benefit of all present and future Holders of the Excess Interest Certificates and the RR Interest Owner, and (iii) has caused to be executed and caused to be authenticated and delivered to or upon the order of the Depositor, in exchange for the Class S Specific Grantor Trust Assets, and the Depositor hereby acknowledges the receipt by it or its designees of, the Excess Interest Certificates in authorized Denominations.

Section 2.06        Miscellaneous REMIC and Grantor Trust Provisions. (a)  The Lower-Tier Regular Interests and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Regular Interests issued hereunder are hereby designated as the “regular interests” in the Lower-Tier REMIC and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC, respectively, within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(1) of the Code, and the Class LTR Interest, represented by the Class R Certificates, is hereby designated as the sole class of “residual interests” in the Lower-Tier REMIC within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(2) of the Code, and the Class LPDC-R Interest, represented by the Class R Certificates, is hereby designated as the sole class of “residual interests” in the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(2) of the Code. The Upper-Tier Regular Interest are hereby designated as “regular interests” in the Upper-Tier REMIC within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(1) of the Code, and the Class UTR Interest, represented by the Class R Certificates, is hereby designated as the sole class of “residual interests” in the Upper-Tier REMIC within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(2) of the Code. The Closing Date is hereby designated as the “Startup Day” of each Trust REMIC within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(9) of the Code. The “latest possible maturity date” of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC, the Lower-Tier REMIC and the Upper-Tier REMIC for purposes of Section 860G(a)(l) of the Code is May 2056.

(b)               None of the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer shall enter into any arrangement by which the Trust Fund will receive a fee or other compensation for services other than as specifically contemplated herein.

(c)               Each Class of Excess Interest Certificates and the RR Interest shall represent undivided beneficial interests in the portion of the Grantor Trust consisting of the VRR Interest Upper-Tier Regular Interests and the Class S Specific Grantor Trust Assets with the corresponding alphabetic or alphanumeric designation. The Grantor Trust shall be treated as a “grantor trust” within the meaning of the Grantor Trust Provisions. The Class S Certificates shall each represent undivided beneficial interests in the Non-VRR Percentage of the Class S Specific Grantor Trust Assets and the VRR Interest shall represent undivided beneficial interests in the VRR Interest Upper-Tier Regular Interests and distributions thereon and the VRR Percentage of the Class S Specific Grantor Trust Assets.

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Article III

ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING
OF THE TRUST FUND

Section 3.01        The Master Servicer To Act as Master Servicer; Special Servicer To Act as Special Servicer; Administration of the Mortgage Loans, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and the Serviced Companion Loans. (a) The Master Servicer (generally with respect to Serviced Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loans that are not Specially Serviced Loans) and the Special Servicer (generally with respect to Specially Serviced Loans and Serviced REO Loans), each as an independent contractor servicer, shall service and administer the Serviced Mortgage Loans and any related Serviced Companion Loans (which includes the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan) on behalf of the Trust Fund and the Trustee (as Trustee for the Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner) and, in the case of any Serviced Whole Loan, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder(s), (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner and Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder(s), as applicable, constituted a single lender (and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan with a related Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of such Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan)), in each case, in accordance with the Servicing Standard.

The Master Servicer’s or Special Servicer’s liability for actions and omissions in its capacity as Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as the case may be, hereunder is limited as provided herein (including, without limitation, pursuant to Section 6.03 hereof). To the extent consistent with the foregoing and subject to any express limitations set forth in this Agreement, the Master Servicer and Special Servicer shall seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes; provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed as an express or implied guarantee by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer of the collectability of the Mortgage Loans or the Serviced Companion Loans. Subject only to the Servicing Standard, the Master Servicer and Special Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone or through sub-servicers (subject to paragraph (c) of this Section 3.01, to the related sub-servicing agreement with each sub-servicer and to Section 3.02 of this Agreement), to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration that it may deem consistent with the Servicing Standard and, in its reasonable judgment, in the best interests of the Certificateholders, including, without limitation, with respect to each Serviced Mortgage Loan and, in the case of any Serviced Whole Loan, in the best interests of the Certificateholders and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder(s), as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and (with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan) Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder(s) constituted a single lender (and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan with any related Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of such Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan) to prepare, execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders and the Trustee or any of them: (i) any and all financing statements, continuation statements and other documents or instruments necessary to maintain the lien on each Mortgaged Property and related collateral; (ii) any modifications, waivers, consents or amendments to or with respect to any documents contained in the related Mortgage File; and (iii) any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to such

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Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall modify, amend, waive or otherwise consent to any change of the terms of any Mortgage Loan except under the circumstances described in Section 3.03, Section 3.09, Section 3.10, Section 3.24, Section 3.25, Section 3.26 and Section 3.27 hereof. The Master Servicer (with respect to Serviced Mortgage Loans and any related Serviced Companion Loans that are non-Specially Serviced Loans) and the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans and Serviced REO Loans) shall provide to the Borrowers related to such Mortgage Loans that it is servicing any reports required to be provided to them pursuant to the related Loan Documents. Subject to Section 3.11 of this Agreement, the Trustee shall, upon the receipt of a written request of a Servicing Officer, execute and deliver to the Master Servicer and Special Servicer, as applicable, any powers of attorney (in the form attached hereto as Exhibit DD-1, Exhibit DD-2 or Exhibit DD-3, as applicable, or such other form as mutually agreed to by the Trustee and the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable) and other documents (including but not limited to other powers of attorney) prepared by the Master Servicer and Special Servicer, as applicable, and necessary or appropriate (as certified in such written request) to enable the Master Servicer and Special Servicer, as applicable, to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder. The Trustee shall not be held liable for any misuse of any such power of attorney or such other documents by the Master Servicer and Special Servicer, as applicable. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, none of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer shall, without the Trustee’s written consent: (i) initiate any action, suit or proceeding solely under the Trustee’s name without indicating the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s, as the case may be, representative capacity (unless prohibited by any requirement of the applicable jurisdiction in which any such action, suit or proceeding is brought and if so prohibited, in the manner required by such jurisdiction (provided that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall then provide five (5) Business Days’ written notice to the Trustee of the initiation of such action, suit or proceeding (or such shorter time period as is reasonably required in the judgment of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, made in accordance with the Servicing Standard) prior to filing such action, suit or proceeding), and shall not be required to obtain the Trustee’s consent or indicate the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s, as applicable, representative capacity); or (ii) take any action with the intent to cause, and that actually causes, the Trustee to be registered to do business in any state.

(b)               Unless otherwise provided in the related Mortgage Note or related Intercreditor Agreement, the Master Servicer shall apply any partial Principal Prepayment received on a Serviced Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable, on a date other than a Due Date to the Stated Principal Balance of such Serviced Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable, as of the Due Date immediately following the date of receipt of such partial Principal Prepayment. Unless otherwise provided in the related Mortgage Note or related Intercreditor Agreement, the Master Servicer shall apply any amounts received on U.S. Treasury obligations in respect of a Serviced Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable, being defeased pursuant to its terms to the Stated Principal Balance of and interest on such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable, as of the Due Date immediately following the receipt of such amounts.

(c)               The Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, may enter into Sub-Servicing Agreements with third parties with respect to any of its respective obligations hereunder, provided that (i) any such agreement requires the Sub-Servicer to comply in all material respects with all of

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the applicable terms and conditions of this Agreement and shall be consistent with the provisions of this Agreement, the terms of the respective Loan Documents and, in the case of a Serviced Companion Loan, the related Intercreditor Agreement, (ii) if such Sub-Servicer is a Servicing Function Participant or an Additional Servicer, any such agreement provides that (x) the failure of such Sub-Servicer to comply with any of the requirements under Article X of this Agreement applicable to such Sub-Servicer, including the failure to deliver any reports or certificates at the time such report or certification is required under Article X and (y) the failure of such Sub-Servicer to comply with any requirements to deliver any items required by Items 1122 and 1123 of Regulation AB under any other pooling and servicing agreement relating to any other series of certificates offered by the Depositor shall constitute an event of default by such Sub-Servicer upon the occurrence of which (following the expiration of any applicable grace period) the Master Servicer shall (and the Depositor may) immediately terminate the related Sub-Servicer under the related Sub-Servicing Agreement, which termination shall be deemed for cause, (iii) no Sub-Servicer retained by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall grant any modification, waiver or amendment to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable, or foreclose any Mortgage without the approval of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, which approval shall be given or withheld in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 3.09, Section 3.10, Section 3.24, Section 3.25, Section 3.26, Section 3.27, (as applicable), (iv) such Sub-Servicing Agreement shall be consistent with the Servicing Standard, (v) such Sub-Servicing Agreement with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan shall be terminable if at any time the related Sub-Servicer is a Risk Retention Affiliate of the Pacific Design Center Retaining Third-Party Purchaser and such Sub-Servicer is a servicer as contemplated by Item 1108(a)(2) of Regulation AB, and (vi) with respect to any Sub-Servicing Agreement entered into after the Closing Date, if such Sub-Servicer is a Servicing Function Participant or an Additional Servicer, such Sub-Servicer, at the time the related Sub-Servicing Agreement is entered into, is not a Prohibited Party. Any such Sub-Servicing Agreement may permit the Sub-Servicer to delegate its duties to agents or Subcontractors so long as the related agreements or arrangements with such agents or Subcontractors are consistent with the provisions of this Section 3.01(c) (including, for the avoidance of doubt, that no such agent or Subcontractor is a Prohibited Party, if such agent or Subcontractor would be a Servicing Function Participant, at the time the related sub-servicing agreement is entered into). Any monies received by a Sub-Servicer pursuant to a Sub-Servicing agreement (other than sub-servicing fees) shall be deemed to be received by the Master Servicer on the date received by such Sub-Servicer.

Any Sub-Servicing Agreement entered into by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall provide that it may be assumed or terminated by the Trustee (in its sole discretion, but must be assumed with respect to any Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer so long as such Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer is not in default under the applicable Sub-Servicing Agreement) if the Trustee has assumed the duties of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, respectively, or any successor Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, without cost or obligation to the assuming party or the Trust Fund, upon the assumption by such party of the obligations, except to the extent they arose prior to the date of assumption, of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, pursuant to Section 7.02 (it being understood that any such obligations shall be the obligations of the terminated Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, only).

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Any Sub-Servicing Agreement, and any other transactions or services relating to the Mortgage Loans or the Serviced Companion Loans involving a Sub-Servicer, shall be deemed to be between the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, and such Sub-Servicer alone, and the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Trust Fund, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificateholders and, if applicable, Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders shall not be deemed parties thereto and shall have no claims, rights (except as specified below), obligations, duties or liabilities with respect to the Sub-Servicer, except as set forth in Section 3.01(c)(ii) and Section 3.01(d).

Any Sub-Servicing Agreement as to which a Mortgage Loan Seller required the Master Servicer to enter into shall provide that the Master Servicer (and any successor Master Servicer) or Trustee may only terminate the related Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer for cause pursuant to such Sub-Servicing Agreement and as otherwise specified in such Sub-Servicing Agreement.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Special Servicer shall not enter into any Sub-Servicing Agreement which provides for the performance by third parties of any or all of its obligations herein, without the consent of the Directing Holder for so long as no Control Termination Event is continuing, except to the extent necessary for the Special Servicer to comply with applicable regulatory requirements.

The Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall monitor the performance and enforce the obligations of each Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer and each Sub-Servicer that it retains under a related Sub-Servicing Agreement, except that the Master Servicer shall only be required to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause any Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer to comply with Article X hereof. No Sub-Servicer shall be permitted under any Sub-Servicing Agreement to make material servicing decisions, such as loan modifications or determinations as to the manner or timing of enforcing remedies under the Loan Documents, without the consent of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable. The Master Servicer’s consent may also be required for certain other servicing decisions as provided in the related Sub-Servicing Agreement.

Except with respect to the Special Servicer, no party shall enter into a Sub-Servicing Agreement with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan with a Sub-Servicer that is a Risk Retention Affiliate of the Pacific Design Center Retaining Third-Party Purchaser if such Sub-Servicer would be a servicer as contemplated by Item 1108(a)(2) of Regulation AB. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the parties to this Agreement, absent actual knowledge to the contrary, may conclusively rely upon a representation of any Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer that such Sub-Servicer is not, to its actual knowledge, a Risk Retention Affiliate of the Pacific Design Center Retaining Third-Party Purchaser. If at any time a party to this transaction obtains actual knowledge that such Sub-Servicer is a servicer as contemplated by Item 1108(a)(2) of Regulation AB and is a Risk Retention Affiliate of the Pacific Design Center Retaining Third-Party Purchaser, such party shall terminate such Sub-Servicer in accordance with the related Sub-Servicing Agreement.

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the Special Servicer, in each case in accordance with Section 7.02, the Trustee, the successor Master Servicer or such successor Special Servicer, as applicable, to the extent necessary to permit the Trustee, the successor Master Servicer or such successor Special Servicer, as applicable, to carry out the provisions of Section 7.02, shall, without act or deed on the part of the Trustee, the successor Master Servicer or such successor Special Servicer, as applicable, succeed to all of the rights and obligations of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, under any Sub-Servicing Agreement entered into by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, pursuant to Section 3.01(c). In such event, such successor shall be deemed to have assumed all of the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s interest, as applicable, therein (but not any liabilities or obligations in respect of acts or omissions of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, prior to such deemed assumption) and to have replaced the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, as a party to such Sub-Servicing Agreement to the same extent as if such Sub-Servicing Agreement had been assigned to such successor, except that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall not thereby be relieved of any liability or obligations under such Sub-Servicing Agreement that accrued prior to the succession of such successor.

If the Trustee or any successor Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, assumes the servicing obligations of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, then upon request of such successor, the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, shall at its own expense (except (i) in the event that the Special Servicer is terminated pursuant to Section 3.22(b), at the expense of the Certificateholders effecting such termination, as applicable; or (ii) in the event that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer is terminated pursuant to Section 6.04(c), at the expense of the Trust) deliver to such successor all documents and records relating to any Sub-Servicing Agreement and the Mortgage Loans and/or the Serviced Companion Loans, as applicable, then being serviced hereunder or thereunder and an accounting of amounts collected and held by it, if any, and shall otherwise use commercially reasonable efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of any Sub-Servicing Agreement to such successor. The Master Servicer shall not be required to assume the obligations of the Special Servicer and nothing in this paragraph shall imply otherwise.

(e)               The parties hereto acknowledge that each Whole Loan is subject to the terms and conditions of the related Intercreditor Agreement and, with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, further subject to the servicing under and all other terms and conditions of the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The parties hereto further recognize the respective rights and obligations of each Companion Loan Noteholder under the related Intercreditor Agreement, including, without limitation with respect to (A) the allocation of collections (and all other amounts received in connection with the related Whole Loan) on or in respect of the related Mortgage Loan and (B) the allocation of Default Interest on or in respect of the related Mortgage Loan.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the Master Servicer’s and the Special Servicer’s obligations and responsibilities hereunder and the Master Servicer’s and the Special Servicer’s authority with respect to the Serviced Whole Loans are limited by and subject to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement and, with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the rights of the Other Servicer and the Other Special Servicer under the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Master Servicer shall, consistent with the applicable Servicing Standard, enforce the rights of the Trustee

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(as holder of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) under the related Intercreditor Agreement and the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The parties hereto acknowledge that each Non-Serviced Whole Loan and any related REO Property are being serviced and administered under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Other Servicer will make any Servicing Advances required thereunder in respect of such Non-Serviced Whole Loan and remit collections on the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan to or on behalf of the Trust. None of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee shall have any obligation or authority to supervise the related Other Servicer, the related Other Special Servicer or the related Other Trustee or to make Servicing Advances with respect to any such Non-Serviced Whole Loan. Although each Non-Serviced Whole Loan is being serviced under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Directing Holder may have certain information and consultation rights relating to the servicing of the Non-Serviced Whole Loan pursuant to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement and the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Any obligation of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, to provide information and collections to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Certificateholders with respect to any Non-Serviced Whole Loan shall be dependent on its receipt of the corresponding information and collections from the related Other Servicer or the related Other Special Servicer. Nothing herein shall be deemed to override the provisions of an Intercreditor Agreement with respect to the rights of the related noteholders thereunder and with respect to the servicing and administrative duties and obligations with respect to such Non-Serviced Whole Loans. In the event of any inconsistency or discrepancy between the provisions, terms or conditions of an Intercreditor Agreement related to a Non-Serviced Whole Loan and the provisions, terms or conditions of this Agreement, the related Intercreditor Agreement shall govern.

If any Mortgage Loan included in any Serviced Whole Loan is no longer part of the Trust Fund and the servicing and administration of such Serviced Whole Loan is to be governed by a separate servicing agreement and not by this Agreement, the Master Servicer and, if such Serviced Whole Loan is then being specially serviced hereunder, the Special Servicer, shall continue to act in such capacities under such separate servicing agreement, which agreement shall be reasonably acceptable to the Master Servicer and/or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, and shall contain servicing and administration, limitation of liability, indemnification and servicing compensation provisions substantially similar to the corresponding provisions of this Agreement, except that such Serviced Whole Loan and the related Mortgaged Property shall be serviced as if they were the sole assets serviced and administered thereunder and the sole source of funds thereunder and except that there shall be no further obligation of any Person to make P&I Advances. All amounts due the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the Special Servicer (including Advances and interest thereon) pursuant to this Agreement and the applicable Intercreditor Agreement shall be paid to the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the Special Servicer by the successor Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, or as an Additional Trust Fund Expense on the first Master Servicer Remittance Date following termination. In addition, until such time as a separate servicing agreement with respect to such Serviced Whole Loan and any related Serviced REO Property has been entered into and, notwithstanding that neither such Mortgage Loan nor any related Serviced REO Property is part of the Trust Fund, the Custodian shall continue to hold the Mortgage File and the Master Servicer and, if applicable, the Special Servicer shall (subject to the preceding sentence) continue to service such Serviced Whole Loan or any related Serviced REO Property, as the case may be, under this Agreement as if it were a separate servicing agreement; provided that, the Master Servicer shall have no obligation to make

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any Advance on the related Serviced Mortgage Loan (or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan) on or after the date the related Serviced Mortgage Loan (or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan) ceases to be part of the Trust Fund; provided, however, that if, in the case of any Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan, the related Serviced Companion Loan continues to be included in an Other Securitization, then for so long as a separate servicing agreement (pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement) has not been entered into, the Master Servicer shall inform the related Other Servicer of any need to make Servicing Advances with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan within three (3) Business Days of determining that such an Advance is necessary or being notified that such an Advance is necessary, or in the case of a Servicing Advance that needs to be made on an emergency or urgent basis, within one (1) Business Day. With respect to Servicing Advances made by any Other Servicer as contemplated in the proviso to the preceding sentence, the Master Servicer shall, from collections on the related Serviced Whole Loan (but never out of general collections on the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties) received by the Master Servicer, reimburse the Other Servicer for such Servicing Advances in the same manner and on the same level of priority as if such Servicing Advances had been made by the Master Servicer hereunder. Nothing herein shall be deemed to override the provisions of an Intercreditor Agreement with respect to the rights of the related noteholders thereunder and with respect to the servicing and administrative duties and obligations with respect to such Serviced Whole Loans. In the event of any inconsistency or discrepancy between the provisions, terms or conditions of an Intercreditor Agreement related to a Serviced Whole Loan and the provisions, terms or conditions of this Agreement, the related Intercreditor Agreement shall govern, and as to any matter on which such Intercreditor Agreement is silent or makes reference to this Agreement, this Agreement shall govern.

(f)                Subject to Section 3.01(e) and Section 3.35, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the servicing and administration of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan shall continue hereunder by the Master Servicer and the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer even if the related Pacific Design Center Mortgage Loan is no longer part of the Trust Fund.

Section 3.02        Liability of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer When Sub-Servicing. Notwithstanding any Sub-Servicing Agreement, any of the provisions of this Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, and any Person acting as sub-servicer (or its agents or Subcontractors) or any reference to actions taken through any Person acting as sub-servicer or otherwise, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall remain obligated and primarily liable to the Trustee (on behalf of the Certificateholders), the Certificateholders and, with respect to the Serviced Whole Loans, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, for the servicing and administering of the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and Serviced Companion Loans in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement without diminution of such obligation or liability by virtue of such sub-servicing agreements or arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from the Depositor or any other Person acting as sub-servicer (or its agents or Subcontractors) to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, alone were servicing and administering the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and Serviced Companion Loans. Each of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall be entitled to enter into an agreement with any sub-servicer providing for indemnification of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, by such sub-servicer, and nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit

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or modify such indemnification, but no such agreement for indemnification shall be deemed to limit or modify this Agreement.

Section 3.03        Collection of Mortgage Loan and Serviced Companion Loan Payments. The Master Servicer (with respect to all the Serviced Mortgage Loans and any related Serviced Companion Loans (other than Specially Serviced Loans) that the Master Servicer is servicing) and the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans) shall use reasonable efforts to collect all payments called for under the terms and provisions of the Serviced Mortgage Loans and any related Serviced Companion Loans each is obligated to service hereunder, and shall follow the Servicing Standard with respect to such collection procedures; provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed as an express or implied guarantee by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer of the collectability of the Mortgage Loans or the Serviced Companion Loans; provided, further, that with respect to such Serviced Mortgage Loans and any related Serviced Companion Loans, as applicable, that have Anticipated Repayment Dates, so long as the related Borrower is in compliance with each provision of the related Loan Documents, the Master Servicer and Special Servicer (including the Special Servicer in its capacity as a Certificateholder, if applicable) shall not take any enforcement action with respect to the failure of the related Borrower to make any payment of Excess Interest, other than requests for collection, until the final maturity date of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, or the outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, has been paid in full, however, consistent with the applicable Servicing Standard, the Master Servicer, or the Special Servicer each may in its discretion waive the Excess Interest (even at the final maturity date) in connection with any Mortgage Loan it is obligated to service hereunder if taking such action is in the best interest of the Certificateholders as a collective whole. With respect to each Performing Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), the Master Servicer shall use its reasonable efforts, consistent with the Servicing Standard, to collect income statements and rent rolls from Borrowers as required by the Loan Documents and the terms hereof. The Master Servicer shall provide at least 90 days’ notice (with a copy to the Special Servicer) to the Borrowers of Balloon Payments coming due on Performing Loans (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan). Consistent with the foregoing, the Master Servicer (with respect to each Performing Loan) or the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans) may in their discretion waive any late payment charge or Default Interest it is entitled to receive in connection with any delinquent Periodic Payment or Balloon Payment with respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan that it is servicing. In addition, the Special Servicer shall be entitled to take such actions with respect to the collection of payments on the Mortgage Loans and the Serviced Companion Loans as are permitted or required under this Agreement.

Section 3.04        Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Escrow Accounts. (a)  The Master Servicer, in the case of all Serviced Mortgage Loans that it is servicing, shall maintain accurate records with respect to each related Mortgaged Property reflecting the status of taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon and the status of insurance premiums payable with respect thereto. With respect to each Specially Serviced Loan, the Special Servicer shall use its reasonable efforts, consistent with the Servicing Standard, to collect income statements and rent rolls from Borrowers as required by the Loan Documents. The Special Servicer, in the case of Serviced REO Loans, and the Master Servicer, in the case of all Serviced Mortgage Loans that it is servicing, shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to, from time to time, (i) obtain all bills for the payment of such items

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(including renewal premiums), and (ii) effect, or, if the Special Servicer, to use reasonable efforts to cause the Master Servicer to effect, payment of all such bills with respect to such Mortgaged Properties prior to the applicable penalty or termination date, in each case employing for such purpose Escrow Payments as allowed under the terms of the related Loan Documents for the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan. If a Borrower under a Serviced Mortgage Loan fails to make any such payment on a timely basis or collections from the Borrower are insufficient to pay any such item before the applicable penalty or termination date, the Master Servicer shall advance the amount of any shortfall as a Servicing Advance unless the Master Servicer determines in accordance with the Servicing Standard that such Advance would be a Nonrecoverable Advance (provided that with respect to advancing insurance premiums or delinquent tax assessments the Master Servicer shall comply with the provisions of the second to last paragraph in Section 3.21(d) of this Agreement). The Master Servicer shall be entitled to reimbursement of Servicing Advances, with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate, that it makes pursuant to this Section 3.04 of this Agreement from amounts received on or in respect of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan respecting which such Advance was made or if such Advance has become a Nonrecoverable Advance, to the extent permitted by Section 3.06 of this Agreement. No costs incurred by the Master Servicer in effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties shall, for the purpose of calculating distributions to Certificateholders or Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, be added to the amount owing under the related Mortgage Loans or Serviced Companion Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans or Serviced Companion Loans so permit.

The parties acknowledge that with respect to Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans, the Other Servicer is obligated to make (or any other service provider provided for in the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement may make) Servicing Advances with respect to such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans pursuant to the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Other Servicer (or other service provider) shall be entitled to reimbursement for nonrecoverable Servicing Advances (as such term or similar term may be defined in the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement) with, in each case, any accrued and unpaid interest thereon provided for under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement in the manner set forth in such Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the related Intercreditor Agreement and Section 3.06(a)(v) of this Agreement.

(b)               The Master Servicer shall segregate and hold all funds collected and received pursuant to any Serviced Mortgage Loan or any Serviced Companion Loan that it is servicing constituting Escrow Payments separate and apart from any of its own funds and general assets and shall establish and maintain one or more segregated custodial accounts (each, an “Escrow Account”) into which all Escrow Payments shall be deposited within two (2) Business Days after receipt of properly identified funds and maintained in accordance with the requirements of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, and in accordance with the Servicing Standard. The Master Servicer shall also deposit into each Escrow Account any amounts representing losses on Permitted Investments to the extent required pursuant to Section 3.07(b) of this Agreement and any Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds which are required to be applied to the restoration or repair of any Mortgaged Property pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan. Escrow Accounts shall be Eligible Accounts (except to the extent the related Loan Documents require it to be held in an account that is not an Eligible Account); provided that, if the ratings of the financial institution holding such account are downgraded to a

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ratings level below that of an Eligible Account (except to the extent the related Loan Documents require it to be held in an account that is not an Eligible Account), the Master Servicer shall have 30 days (or such longer time as confirmed by a Rating Agency Confirmation, obtained at the expense of the Master Servicer relating to the Certificates and any related Serviced Companion Loan Securities) to transfer such account to an Eligible Account. Escrow Accounts shall be entitled, “Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, on behalf of Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38 and various Borrowers and, if applicable, Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders”. Withdrawals from an Escrow Account may be made by the Master Servicer only:

(i)                                 to effect timely payments of items constituting Escrow Payments for the related Mortgage;

(ii)                              to transfer funds to the Collection Account and/or the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account (or any sub-account thereof) to reimburse the Master Servicer or the Trustee for any Servicing Advance (with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate) relating to Escrow Payments, but only from amounts received with respect to the related Mortgage Loan and/or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, which represent late collections of Escrow Payments thereunder;

(iii)                           for application to the restoration or repair of the related Mortgaged Property in accordance with the related Mortgage Loan and/or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, and the Servicing Standard;

(iv)                          to clear and terminate such Escrow Account upon the termination of this Agreement or pay-off of the related Mortgage Loan and/or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable;

(v)                             to pay from time to time to the related Borrower any interest or investment income earned on funds deposited in the Escrow Account if such income is required to be paid to the related Borrower under law or by the terms of the Loan Documents for such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, or otherwise to the Master Servicer; or

(vi)                          to remove any funds deposited in an Escrow Account that were not required to be deposited therein or to refund amounts to Borrowers determined to be overages.

(c)               The Master Servicer shall, as to each Serviced Mortgage Loan and each Serviced Companion Loan that it is servicing, (i) maintain accurate records with respect to the related Mortgaged Property reflecting the status of real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon and the status of insurance premiums and any ground rents payable in respect thereof and (ii) use reasonable efforts to obtain, from time to time, all bills for (or otherwise confirm) the payment of such items (including renewal premiums) and, for such Mortgage Loans and Serviced Companion Loans that require the related Borrower to escrow for such items, shall effect payment thereof prior to the applicable penalty or termination date. For purposes of effecting any such payment for which it is responsible, the Master Servicer shall apply

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Escrow Payments as allowed under the terms of the related Loan Documents for such Mortgage Loan and Serviced Companion Loan (or, if such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan does not require the related Borrower to escrow for the payment of real estate taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, ground rents (if applicable) and similar items, the Master Servicer shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to cause the related Borrower to comply with the requirement of the related Loan Documents that the Borrower make payments in respect of such items at the time they first become due and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items). Subject to Section 3.21 of this Agreement, the Master Servicer shall timely make a Servicing Advance with respect to the Serviced Mortgage Loans and any related Serviced Companion Loans that it is servicing, if any, to cover any such item which is not so paid, including any penalties or other charges arising from the Borrower’s failure to timely pay such items.

Section 3.05        Collection Accounts; Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account; Pacific Design Center Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account; Distribution Accounts; Interest Reserve Account and Serviced Whole Loan Collection Accounts. (a)  The Master Servicer shall establish and maintain a Collection Account, on behalf of the Trustee as the Holder of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests with respect to the Mortgage Loans that it is servicing and for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner. The Collection Account shall be established and maintained as an Eligible Account. Amounts attributable to Excess Interest will be assets of the Grantor Trust. Amounts attributable to the Companion Loans (other than the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan) will not be assets of the Trust Fund.

Within two (2) Business Days following receipt of properly identified funds, the Master Servicer shall deposit or cause to be deposited in the Collection Account the following payments and collections received or made by or on behalf of it on or with respect to the Mortgage Loans subsequent to the Cut-off Date:

(i)                                 all payments on account of principal on the Mortgage Loans (other than any Mortgage Loan related to a Serviced Whole Loan), including the principal component of all Unscheduled Payments;

(ii)                              all payments on account of interest on the Mortgage Loans (other than any Mortgage Loan related to a Serviced Whole Loan) (net of the related Servicing Fees), including Prepayment Premiums, Default Interest, Excess Interest, Yield Maintenance Charges and the interest component of all Unscheduled Payments;

(iii)                           any amounts required to be deposited pursuant to Section 3.07(b) of this Agreement, in connection with net losses realized on Permitted Investments with respect to funds held in the Collection Account;

(iv)                          all Net REO Proceeds withdrawn from the related REO Account (other than the Serviced Whole Loan REO Account) pursuant to Section 3.15(b) of this Agreement;

(v)                             any amounts received from Borrowers which represent recoveries of Property Protection Expenses and are allocable to the Mortgage Loans (other than any

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Mortgage Loan related to a Serviced Whole Loan), to the extent not permitted to be retained by the Master Servicer as provided herein;

(vi)                          all Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds received in respect of any Mortgage Loan (other than any Mortgage Loan related to a Serviced Whole Loan) or any REO Property (other than a Serviced REO Property related to a Serviced Whole Loan), other than Gain-on-Sale Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds that are received in connection with a purchase of all the Mortgage Loans and any REO Properties in the Trust Fund and that are to be deposited in the Lower-Tier Distribution Account pursuant to Section 9.01 of this Agreement, together with any amounts representing recoveries of Nonrecoverable Advances, including any recovery of Unliquidated Advances, in respect of the related Mortgage Loans (other than any Mortgage Loan related to a Serviced Whole Loan); provided that any Liquidation Proceeds related to a sale, pursuant to Section 3.16 hereof or pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement, of a Mortgage Loan included in a Serviced Whole Loan shall be deposited directly into the Collection Account and applied solely to pay expenses relating to that Mortgage Loan and to Aggregate Available Funds;

(vii)                       Penalty Charges on the Mortgage Loans (other than any Mortgage Loan related to a Serviced Whole Loan) to the extent required to offset interest on Advances and Additional Trust Fund Expenses pursuant to Section 3.12(d) of this Agreement;

(viii)                    any amounts required to be deposited by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.08(b) of this Agreement in connection with losses resulting from a deductible clause in a blanket or master force-placed policy in respect of the Mortgage Loans (other than any Mortgage Loan related to a Serviced Whole Loan);

(ix)                            any other amounts required by the provisions of this Agreement (including without limitation any amounts to be transferred from the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.06(b)(i)(B) and, with respect to the Companion Loans or any mezzanine indebtedness that may exist on a future date, all amounts received pursuant to the cure and purchase rights or reimbursement obligations set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement or mezzanine intercreditor agreement, as applicable, other than in respect of a Serviced Whole Loan) to be deposited into the Collection Account by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer;

(x)                               any Compensating Interest Payments in respect of the Mortgage Loans that the Master Servicer is servicing (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan or any Mortgage Loan related to a Serviced Whole Loan) pursuant to Section 3.17(b) of this Agreement;

(xi)                            any Loss of Value Payments, as set forth in Section 3.06(e) of this Agreement; and

(xii)                         in the case of any Mortgage Loan that is part of a Serviced Whole Loan, the amounts to be withdrawn from the related Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account and deposited into the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.06(b)(i).

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In the case of Gain-on-Sale Proceeds, the Master Servicer shall make appropriate ledger entries received with respect thereto, which the Master Servicer shall hold for (i) the Trustee for the benefit of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests, (ii) for the benefit of the Pooled Certificateholders, the VRR Interest Owners and the Trustee as the Holder of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests, (iii) the Trustee for the benefit of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Regular Interests, (iv) for the benefit of the Loan-Specific Certificateholders and the Trustee as the Holder of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Regular Interests and (v) for the benefit of any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder entitled thereto. Any Gain-on-Sale Proceeds shall be identified separately from any other amounts held in the Collection Account (with amounts attributable to each Class or Classes and any Serviced Companion Loan also identified separately).

The foregoing requirements for deposits in the Collection Account shall be exclusive, it being understood and agreed that, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, payments in the nature of late payment charges (subject to Section 3.12 and the related Intercreditor Agreement), Assumption Fees, assumption application fees, Modification Fees and consent fees, loan service transaction fees, defeasance fees, extension fees, demand fees, beneficiary statement charges and similar fees need not be deposited in the Collection Account by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable in accordance with Section 3.12 hereof, shall be entitled to retain any such charges and fees received with respect to the Mortgage Loans that it is servicing as additional compensation.

If the Master Servicer deposits in the Collection Account any amount not required to be deposited therein, it may at any time withdraw such amount from the Collection Account, any provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding.

Upon receipt of any of the amounts described in clauses (i), (ii), (v) and (vi) above with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan which is not a Serviced REO Loan, the Special Servicer shall remit such amounts within one Business Day after receipt thereof (except, if such amounts are not properly identified, the Special Servicer shall promptly identify such amounts and shall remit such amounts within one Business Day after such identification) to the Master Servicer for deposit into the Collection Account in accordance with the second paragraph of this Section 3.05 of this Agreement, unless the Special Servicer determines, consistent with the Servicing Standard, that a particular item should not be deposited because of a restrictive endorsement or other appropriate reason. Any such amounts received by the Special Servicer with respect to a Serviced REO Property (other than any Serviced REO Property related to the Serviced Whole Loans) shall be deposited by the Special Servicer into the REO Account and remitted to the Master Servicer for deposit into the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.15(b) of this Agreement. With respect to any related Serviced Whole Loan, the Special Servicer shall comply with Section 3.05(g) of this Agreement. With respect to any such amounts paid by check to the order of the Special Servicer, the Special Servicer shall endorse without recourse or warranty such check to the order of the Master Servicer and shall promptly deliver any such check to the Master Servicer by overnight courier.

(b)               The Certificate Administrator shall establish and maintain (1) the Lower-Tier Distribution Account in its own name for the benefit of the Trustee, for the benefit of the

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Certificateholders (other than the Holders of the Excess Interest Certificates), the RR Interest Owner and the Trustee as the Holder of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests and (2) the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Distribution Account in its own name for the benefit of the Trustee, for the benefit of the Loan-Specific Certificateholders. Each of the Lower-Tier Distribution Account and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Distribution Account shall be established and maintained as an Eligible Account or as a sub-account of an Eligible Account.

(c)               With respect to each Distribution Date, the Master Servicer shall deliver to the Certificate Administrator on or before the Master Servicer Remittance Date the funds then on deposit in the Collection Account after giving effect to withdrawals of funds pursuant to Section 3.06(a) of this Agreement and deposits from the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.06 of this Agreement. Upon receipt from the Master Servicer of such amounts held in the Collection Account, the Certificate Administrator shall deposit in (A) the Lower-Tier Distribution Account, (i) the amount of Pooled Aggregate Available Funds to be distributed pursuant to Section 4.01 of this Agreement on such Distribution Date and (ii) the amount of Gain-on-Sale Proceeds allocable to any Mortgage Loan (other than amounts allocable to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan) to be deposited into the Lower-Tier Distribution Account (which the Certificate Administrator shall then deposit in the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account) pursuant to Section 3.06 of this Agreement, (B) Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Distribution Account, (i) the amount of Pacific Design Center Available Funds to be distribution pursuant to Section 4.01 of this Agreement on such Distribution Date and (ii) the amount of Gain-on-Sale Proceeds allocable to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan to be deposited into the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Distribution Account (which the Certificate Administrator shall then deposit in the Pacific Design Center Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account) pursuant to Section 3.06 of this Agreement, (C) the Interest Reserve Account as part of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the amount of any Withheld Amounts to be deposited pursuant to Section 3.05(e) of this Agreement and (D) the Excess Interest Distribution Account, the Excess Interest to be distributed to the Holders of the Excess Interest Certificates and the RR Interest Owner.

(d)               If any Loss of Value Payments are received in connection with a Material Defect or Material Breach, as the case may be, pursuant to or as contemplated by Section 2.03(e) of this Agreement, the Special Servicer shall establish and maintain one or more accounts (collectively, the “Loss of Value Reserve Fund”) to be held for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner, for purposes of holding such Loss of Value Payments. Each account that constitutes the Loss of Value Reserve Fund shall be an Eligible Account or a sub-account of an Eligible Account. The Special Servicer shall, upon receipt, deposit in the Loss of Value Reserve Fund all Loss of Value Payments received by it and the Master Servicer upon the direction of and receipt of requisite information from the applicable Special Servicer separately notate by ledger entry any amounts attributable to the Mortgage Loans and any amount attributable to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan shall remit or apply as set forth in Section 3.06(e). The Certificate Administrator shall account for the Loss of Value Reserve Fund as an outside reserve fund within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(h) and not an asset of any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust. Furthermore, for all federal tax purposes, the Certificate Administrator shall (i) treat amounts paid out of the Loss of Value Reserve Fund through the Collection Account to the Certificateholders as contributed to and distributed by the Trust REMICs and (ii) treat any amounts paid out of the Loss of Value Reserve Fund through the Collection Account to a Mortgage Loan Seller as distributions by the Trust Fund to such Mortgage Loan Seller as beneficial owner

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of the Loss of Value Reserve Fund. The applicable Mortgage Loan Seller will be the beneficial owner of the Loss of Value Reserve Fund for all federal income tax purposes, and shall be taxable on all income earned thereon.

(e)               The Certificate Administrator shall establish and maintain the Interest Reserve Account in its own name for the benefit of the Trustee, for the benefit of the Certificateholders (other than the Holders of the Excess Interest Certificates), the RR Interest Owner and the Trustee as the Holder of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests. The Interest Reserve Account shall be established and maintained as an Eligible Account or as a sub-account of an Eligible Account.

On each Master Servicer Remittance Date occurring in (i) January of each calendar year that is not a leap year and (ii) February of each calendar year, unless in either case such Master Servicer Remittance Date is the final Master Servicer Remittance Date, the Certificate Administrator shall calculate the Withheld Amounts. On each such Master Servicer Remittance Date, the Certificate Administrator shall, with respect to each Mortgage Loan that does not accrue interest on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, withdraw or be deemed to withdraw from (1) the Lower-Tier Distribution Account and deposit or be deemed to deposit in the Interest Reserve Account an amount equal to the aggregate of the Withheld Amounts with respect to the Mortgage Loans, as calculated in accordance with the previous sentence and (2) the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Distribution Account and deposit or be deemed to deposit in the Interest Reserve Account an amount equal to the aggregate of the Withheld Amounts with respect to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loans, as calculated in accordance with the previous sentence. If the Certificate Administrator shall deposit in the Interest Reserve Account any amount not required to be deposited therein, it may at any time withdraw such amount from the Interest Reserve Account any provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding. On or prior to the Master Servicer Remittance Date in March of each calendar year (or in February if the final Distribution Date will occur in such month), the Certificate Administrator shall transfer to (1) the Lower-Tier Distribution Account the aggregate of all Withheld Amounts on deposit in the Interest Reserve Account with respect to the Mortgage Loans and (2) the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Distribution Account the aggregate of all Withheld Amounts on deposit in the Interest Reserve Account with respect to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan.

(f)                The Certificate Administrator shall establish and maintain the Upper-Tier Distribution Account in its own name for the benefit of the Trustee and for the benefit of the Certificateholders (other than the Holders of the Excess Interest Certificates) and the RR Interest Owner. The Upper-Tier Distribution Account shall be established and maintained as an Eligible Account or a sub-account of an Eligible Account. Promptly on each Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator shall withdraw or be deemed to withdraw from the Lower-Tier Distribution Account and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Distribution Account and deposit or be deemed to deposit in the Upper-Tier Distribution Account on or before such date the Lower-Tier Distribution Amount, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Distribution Amount, and the amount of any Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges for such Distribution Date to be distributed in respect of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Regular Interests pursuant to Section 4.01(a) and Section 4.01(b), as applicable, of this Agreement on such date. The Certificate Administrator shall establish and

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maintain the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Distribution Account in its own name on behalf of the Trustee, for the benefit of the Loan-Specific Certificateholders. The Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Distribution Account shall be established and maintained as an Eligible Account or a sub-account of an Eligible Account, and may be a sub-account of the Upper-Tier Distribution Account but shall, for purposes of this Agreement, be treated as a separate account. Promptly on each Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator shall withdraw from the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Distribution Account the amounts to be distributed in respect of the Loan-Specific Certificates pursuant to Section 4.01 of this Agreement on such date.

(g)               With respect to each Serviced Whole Loan or any related Serviced REO Property, the Master Servicer shall maintain, or cause to be maintained, a Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account in which the Master Servicer shall deposit or cause to be deposited within two Business Days following receipt of properly identified and available funds the following payments and collections received or made by or on behalf of it on such Serviced Whole Loan or Serviced REO Property subsequent to the Cut-off Date:

(i)                                 all payments on account of principal on such Serviced Whole Loan, including the principal component of Unscheduled Payments;

(ii)                              all payments on account of interest on such Serviced Whole Loan (net of the related Servicing Fees), including Prepayment Premiums, Default Interest, Yield Maintenance Charges and the interest component of all Unscheduled Payments;

(iii)                           any amounts required to be deposited pursuant to Section 3.07(b), in connection with net losses realized on Permitted Investments with respect to funds held in such Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account;

(iv)                          all Net REO Proceeds withdrawn from the related REO Account in respect of such Serviced Whole Loan pursuant to Section 3.15(b);

(v)                             any amounts received from Borrowers which represent recoveries of Property Protection Expenses and are allocable to such Serviced Whole Loan, to the extent not permitted to be retained by the Master Servicer as provided herein;

(vi)                          all Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds received in respect of such Serviced Whole Loan or any related Serviced REO Property (other than Gain-on-Sale Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds that are received in connection with a purchase of all the Mortgage Loans and any REO Properties in the Trust Fund and that are to be deposited in the Lower-Tier Distribution Account pursuant to Section 9.01), together with any amounts representing recoveries of Nonrecoverable Advances, including any recovery of Unliquidated Advances, in respect of such Serviced Whole Loan; provided that (1) any Liquidation Proceeds related to a sale pursuant to Section 3.16 hereof or pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement of (A) a Mortgage Loan included in a Serviced Whole Loan shall be deposited directly into the Collection Account and applied solely to pay expenses relating to that Mortgage Loan and to Pooled Aggregate Available Funds; and (B) the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan shall be deposited directly into the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Distribution Account applied solely to pay expenses

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relating to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and to the Pacific Design Center Aggregate Available Funds; and (2) any Liquidation Proceeds related to a sale of a related Serviced Companion Loan (other than the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan) included in a Serviced Whole Loan shall be deposited into the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account and applied solely to pay expenses relating to that Serviced Companion Loan and to pay amounts due to the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder;

(vii)                       Penalty Charges on such Serviced Whole Loan to the extent required to offset interest on Advances and debt service advances made by a Serviced Companion Loan Service Provider and Additional Trust Fund Expenses pursuant to Section 3.12(d);

(viii)                    any amounts required to be deposited by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.08(b) in connection with losses resulting from a deductible clause in a blanket or master force placed policy in respect of such Serviced Whole Loan;

(ix)                            any other amounts required by the provisions of this Agreement (including with respect to the Companion Loans or any mezzanine indebtedness that may exist on a future date, all amounts received pursuant to the cure and purchase rights or reimbursement obligations set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement or mezzanine intercreditor agreement, as applicable) to be deposited into the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer;

(x)                               any cure payments remitted by any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement; and

(xi)                            any Compensating Interest Payments in respect of such Serviced Whole Loan pursuant to Section 3.17(c).

The foregoing requirements for deposits into the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account shall be exclusive, it being understood and agreed that, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, payments in the nature of late payment charges (subject to Section 3.12 hereof), Assumption Fees, assumption application fees, Modification Fees, consent fees, loan service transaction fees, defeasance fees, extension fees, demand fees, beneficiary statement charges and similar fees need not be deposited into the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable in accordance with Section 3.12 hereof, shall be entitled to retain any such charges and fees received with respect to the Serviced Whole Loans as additional compensation. If the Master Servicer deposits in the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account any amount not required to be deposited therein, it may at any time withdraw such amount from such Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account, any provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding.

Each Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account shall be maintained as a segregated account, separate and apart from any trust fund created for mortgage backed securities of other series and the other accounts of the Master Servicer; provided that such Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account may be a sub-account of the Master Servicer’s

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Collection Account or may be maintained on a ledger basis but shall, for purposes of this Agreement, be treated as a separate account. Each Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account shall be established and maintained as an Eligible Account or as a sub-account of an Eligible Account.

Upon receipt of any of the foregoing amounts described in clauses (i), (ii), (v) and (vi) above with respect to each Serviced Whole Loan for so long as it is a Specially Serviced Loan but is not a Serviced REO Loan, the Special Servicer shall remit within one Business Day such properly identified amounts to the Master Servicer for deposit into the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account in accordance with the first paragraph of this Section 3.05(g), unless the Special Servicer determines, consistent with the applicable Servicing Standard, that a particular item should not be deposited because of a restrictive endorsement or other appropriate reason. Any such amounts received by the Special Servicer with respect to a Serviced REO Property related to any Serviced Whole Loan shall initially be deposited by the Special Servicer into the related Serviced Whole Loan REO Account and remitted to the Master Servicer for deposit into the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.15(b). With respect to any such amounts paid by check to the order of the Special Servicer, the Special Servicer (A) with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan shall endorse without recourse or warranty such check to the order of the Master Servicer and shall promptly deliver any such check to the Master Servicer by overnight courier and (B) with respect to any REO Loan shall deposit such check into the applicable Whole Loan REO Account.

(h)               Except as otherwise set forth in Section 3.06(b), with respect to each Due Date and any related Serviced Companion Loan, on each Serviced Whole Loan Remittance Date, the Master Servicer shall remit, from amounts on deposit in the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account in accordance with Section 3.06(b)(i)(A), to the applicable Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of such Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder or an agent therefor appearing on the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder Register on the related date such amounts as are required to be remitted (or, if no such account so appears or information relating thereto is not provided at least five (5) Business Days prior to the date such amounts are required to be remitted, by check sent by first class mail to the address of such Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder or its agent appearing on the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder Register) the portion of the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Remittance Amount allocable to such Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder.

(i)                 Prior to the Master Servicer Remittance Date relating to any Collection Period in which Gain-on-Sale Proceeds are received with respect to (i) the Mortgage Loans, the Certificate Administrator shall establish and maintain the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, which may have one or more sub-accounts, to be held in its own name for the benefit of the Trustee, for the benefit of the Certificateholders (other than the Holders of the Excess Interest Certificates) and the RR Interest Owner, and with respect to each Serviced Whole Loan, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, and the Trustee as holder of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests and (ii) the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, the Certificate Administrator shall establish and maintain the Pacific Design Center Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, which may have one or more sub-accounts, to be held in its own name for the benefit of the Trustee, for the benefit of the Loan-

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Specific Certificateholders, and the Trustee as holder of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Regular Interests. Each account that constitutes a Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account or Pacific Design Center Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account shall be an Eligible Account or a sub-account of an Eligible Account. On each Master Servicer Remittance Date, the Master Servicer shall withdraw from the Collection Account or, if allocable to any Serviced Whole Loan, the Master Servicer shall withdraw from the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account, and remit to the Certificate Administrator (i) in the case of the Mortgage Loans (other than the Serviced Whole Loans), for deposit in the Lower-Tier Distribution Account, as applicable (which the Certificate Administrator shall then deposit in the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account), (ii) in the case of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, for deposit in the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Distribution Account (which the Certificate Administrator shall then deposit in the Pacific Design Center Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account), and (iii) in the case of the Serviced Whole Loans (other than the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan), for deposit in the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, all Gain-on-Sale Proceeds received during the Collection Period ending on the Determination Date immediately prior to such Master Servicer Remittance Date which are allocable to a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan (other than the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan); provided that on the Business Day prior to the final Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator shall withdraw from the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and deposit in the Lower-Tier Distribution Account (after allocation to any related Serviced Companion Loan as provided in 0), for distribution on such Distribution Date, any and all amounts then on deposit in the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account attributable to the Mortgage Loans.

(j)                 Funds in the Collection Account, the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts, the Interest Reserve Account, the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Pacific Design Center Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the REO Account may be invested in Permitted Investments in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.06(h) of this Agreement; provided, however, that for so long as Computershare Trust Company, N.A. is the Certificate Administrator, funds on deposit in the Distribution Accounts, the Interest Reserve Account, the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the Pacific Design Center Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account shall not be invested.

The Master Servicer shall give written notice to the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Special Servicer of the location and account number of the Collection Account and, if applicable, the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Accounts as of the Closing Date and shall notify the Depositor, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee, as applicable, in writing on or prior to the Closing Date and prior to any subsequent change thereof. In addition, the Master Servicer shall provide notice to each affected holder of a Serviced Companion Loan of the location and account number of the relevant Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account as well as notice in writing on or prior to the Closing Date and prior to any subsequent change thereof. The Certificate Administrator shall give written notice to the Depositor, the Trustee, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer of the location and account number of the Interest Reserve Account and the Distribution Accounts as of the Closing Date and shall notify the Depositor, the Trustee, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer, as applicable, in writing prior to any subsequent change thereof.

(k)               The Certificate Administrator shall establish and maintain the Excess Interest Distribution Account, in its own name, for the benefit of the RR Interest Owner and the

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Holders of the Excess Interest Certificates, with respect to the Excess Interest, which shall be an asset of the Grantor Trust and beneficially owned by the Holders of the Excess Interest Certificates and the RR Interest Owner and shall not be an asset of any Trust REMIC. The Excess Interest Distribution Account shall be established and maintained as an Eligible Account or as a subaccount of an Eligible Account. Following the distribution of the applicable portions of Excess Interest to the Holders of the Excess Interest Certificates and the RR Interest Owner on the first Distribution Date after which there are no longer any Mortgage Loans outstanding which pursuant to their terms could pay Excess Interest, the Certificate Administrator shall terminate the Excess Interest Distribution Account.

(l)                 The Certificate Administrator shall establish and maintain the Legal Fee Reserve Account. On the Closing Date, the Depositor shall deposit $250,000 with the Certificate Administrator, to be credited to the Legal Fee Reserve Account. Funds held in the Legal Fee Reserve Account shall remain uninvested. Annually, on or about April 1, beginning 2024, upon receipt by the Certificate Administrator from the Depositor of a legal invoice related to Commission compliance matters, the Certificate Administrator shall pay such legal invoice from and solely to the extent of funds then on deposit in the Legal Fee Reserve Account. Any such instruction shall be sent by email to cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com, along with a copy of the invoice, and a subject line reference of “Benchmark 2023-B38 – Legal Fee Reserve Account”. The Legal Fee Reserve Account will not be a part of the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust. The Depositor will be the beneficial owner of the Legal Fee Reserve Account for all federal income tax purposes, and shall be taxable on all income earned therefrom.

Upon the depletion of the Legal Fee Reserve Account, or if there are insufficient funds to pay any invoice, the Certificate Administrator shall notify the Depositor, and thereafter the Depositor shall pay any additional legal invoices from its own funds and the Certificate Administrator shall have no responsibility in connection therewith.

The Certificate Administrator shall have no responsibility for verifying the accuracy, reasonableness, or appropriateness of any invoice received. On the final Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator shall pay to the Depositor any funds then remaining in the Legal Fee Reserve Account in accordance with directions provided by the Depositor.

(m)             [Reserved].

(n)               The Certificate Administrator shall establish (upon written notice from the Special Servicer to the Master Servicer (who shall deliver a copy of such notice to the Certificate Administrator) of an event occurring that generates Gain-on-Sale Proceeds) and maintain (i) the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account for the benefit of the Pooled Certificateholders and (ii) the Pacific Design Center Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account for the benefit of the Pacific Design Center Loan-Specific Certificateholders. Each of the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the Pacific Design Center Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account shall be maintained as an Eligible Account (or as a subaccount of an Eligible Account), separate and apart from trust funds for mortgage pass through certificates of other series administered by the Certificate Administrator.

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Servicer shall maintain a separate Trust Ledger with respect to the Mortgage Loans that it is servicing on which it shall make ledger entries as to amounts deposited (or credited) or withdrawn (or debited) with respect thereto. On each Master Servicer Remittance Date (or such other date as may be specified below or on which funds are available for such purpose as specified below), with respect to each Mortgage Loan (other than any Mortgage Loan related to a Serviced Whole Loan unless otherwise specified in clauses (i), (ii), (v), (vi), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xv), (xvi) and (xvii) of this (a)), the Master Servicer shall make withdrawals from amounts allocated thereto in the Collection Account (and may debit the Trust Ledger) for the purposes listed below (the order set forth below not constituting an order of priority for such withdrawals):

(i)                                 on or before 3:00 p.m. (New York City time) on each Master Servicer Remittance Date, to remit to the Certificate Administrator the amounts to be deposited into the Lower-Tier Distribution Account (including any amount transferred from the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account in respect of each Mortgage Loan that is part of a Serviced Whole Loan) (or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Distribution Account in respect of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan) (including without limitation the aggregate of the Available Funds, Prepayment Premiums, Yield Maintenance Charges and Gain-on-Sale Proceeds) which the Certificate Administrator shall then deposit into the Upper-Tier Distribution Account, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Distribution Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the Pacific Design Center Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, pursuant to Section 3.05(e), Section 3.05(f) and (i) of this Agreement, respectively;

(ii)                              to pay (A) itself unpaid Servicing Fees (or, with respect to any Excess Servicing Fee Rights, to pay any Excess Servicing Fees to the holder of such Excess Servicing Fee Rights pursuant to Section 3.12(a) of this Agreement); the Operating Advisor, unpaid Operating Advisor Fees; and the Special Servicer, unpaid Special Servicing Fees, Liquidation Fees and Workout Fees in respect of each Mortgage Loan, Specially Serviced Loan and Serviced REO Loan (exclusive of each Mortgage Loan or Serviced REO Loan included in a Serviced Whole Loan), as applicable, the Master Servicer’s, the Operating Advisor’s or Special Servicer’s, as applicable, rights to payment of Servicing Fees, Operating Advisor Fees and Special Servicing Fees, Liquidation Fees and Workout Fees pursuant to this clause (ii)(A) with respect to any Mortgage Loan, Specially Serviced Loan or Serviced REO Loan (exclusive of each Mortgage Loan or Serviced REO Loan included in a Serviced Whole Loan), as applicable, being limited to amounts received on or in respect of such Mortgage Loan, Specially Serviced Loan or REO Loan, as applicable (whether in the form of payments, Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds or Condemnation Proceeds), that are allocable as recovery of interest thereon, (B) the Special Servicer, any unpaid Special Servicing Fees, Liquidation Fees and Workout Fees in respect of each Specially Serviced Loan or Serviced REO Loan, as applicable, remaining unpaid out of general collections on the Mortgage Loans, Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties, but in the case of each Serviced Whole Loan, only to the extent that amounts on deposit in the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account are insufficient therefor (provided that the Master Servicer shall, after receiving payment from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account, if any, (i) promptly notify the related Companion Loan Noteholder and (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to exercise on behalf of the Trust any rights under the related Intercreditor Agreement to obtain reimbursement for a pro rata portion of such

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amount allocable to the related Serviced Companion Loans from the related Companion Loan Noteholders), (C) each month to the Other Servicer or Other Special Servicer (or Other Indemnified Party under Section 1.04 of this Agreement), as applicable, the Trust’s pro rata portion (based on the related Mortgage Loan’s Stated Principal Balance) of any unpaid special servicing fees, liquidation fees, workout fees and additional trust expenses in respect of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan remaining unpaid (including amounts payable to such parties and Other Indemnified Parties under Section 1.04 of this Agreement), out of general collections on the Mortgage Loans, Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties, (D) the Operating Advisor, any unpaid Operating Advisor Consulting Fees (but only to the extent such Operating Advisor Consulting Fees were received from the related Borrower) and (E) the Asset Representations Reviewer, the unpaid Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee (to the extent such fee is to be paid by the Trust Fund) payable in connection with any Asset Review that was performed as a result of an Affirmative Asset Review Vote;

(iii)                           to reimburse the Trustee or itself, in that order, for unreimbursed P&I Advances (other than Nonrecoverable Advances, which are reimbursable pursuant to clause (v) below, and exclusive of the Mortgage Loans or Serviced REO Loans included in the Serviced Whole Loans) the Master Servicer’s or the Trustee’s right to reimbursement pursuant to this clause (iii) being limited to amounts received which represent Late Collections for the applicable Mortgage Loan (exclusive of the Mortgage Loan or Serviced REO Loan included in the Serviced Whole Loan; provided that to the extent such amounts are insufficient to repay such P&I Advances on any Mortgage Loan as to which there is a related Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan, such P&I Advances may be reimbursed, on a pro rata basis with any reimbursement to the related Serviced Companion Loan Service Provider for unreimbursed principal and/or interest advances with respect to any related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan, from collections on the related Serviced Whole Loan allocable to such Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan) during the applicable period; provided, further, that if such P&I Advance becomes a Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount, then such P&I Advance shall thereafter be reimbursed from amounts recovered on the related Mortgage Loan intended by the modified loan documents to be applied to reimburse such Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount and then from the portion of general collections and recoveries on or in respect of all of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties on deposit in the Collection Account from time to time that represent collections or recoveries of principal to the extent provided in clause (v) below;

(iv)                          to reimburse the Trustee or itself, in that order, (with respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced REO Property) (exclusive of the Mortgage Loans or Serviced REO Loans included in the Serviced Whole Loans or any Serviced REO Property securing any Serviced Whole Loan), for unreimbursed Servicing Advances, the Master Servicer’s or the Trustee’s respective rights to receive payment pursuant to this clause (iv) with respect to any Mortgage Loan, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or Serviced REO Property being limited to, as applicable, payments received from the related Borrower which represent reimbursements of such Servicing Advances, Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds and REO Proceeds with respect to the applicable Mortgage Loan or Serviced REO Property; provided that if such Servicing Advance becomes a Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount, then such Servicing Advance shall thereafter be

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reimbursed from amounts recovered on the related Mortgage Loan intended by the modified loan documents to be applied to reimburse such Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount and then from the portion of general collections and recoveries on or in respect of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties on deposit in the Collection Account from time to time that represent collections or recoveries of principal to the extent provided in clause (v) below;

(v)                             (A) to reimburse the Trustee or itself, in that order (with respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced REO Property), (1)  with respect to Nonrecoverable Advances, first, out of Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds and REO Proceeds, if any, received on the related Mortgage Loan or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and related REO Properties, second, out of the principal portion of general collections on the Mortgage Loans (which excludes the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan) and REO Properties, and then, to the extent the principal portion of general collections is insufficient and with respect to such deficiency only, subject to any election at its sole discretion (or at the Trustee’s sole discretion for the reimbursement of the Trustee) to defer reimbursement thereof pursuant to this Section 3.06(a) of this Agreement, out of other collections on the Mortgage Loans (which excludes the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan) and REO Properties; provided that Nonrecoverable Advances that are P&I Advances made in respect of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (and any interest due on such Advances) may not be reimbursed directly from general collections on the Mortgage Loans in the Mortgage Pool, but can be reimbursed only from collections relating to the Pacific Design Center Mortgage Loan and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, provided, further, that, neither the Master Servicer nor the Trustee shall be entitled to recover (1) any Nonrecoverable Advance made in respect of a Mortgage Loan (other than the Pacific Design Center Mortgage Loan) or any interest due on such Advance from any collections on the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan allocable to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or (2) any Nonrecoverable Advance that is a P&I Advance made in respect of such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or any interest due on such Advance from any collections or amounts allocable to the Mortgage Loans (other than the Pacific Design Center Mortgage Loan); however, with respect to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, the Master Servicer or the Trustee shall only be entitled to reimbursement for a P&I Advance and interest thereon from the amounts that would have been allocable to the Pacific Design Center Mortgage Loan and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and (i)  with respect to the Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts, out of the principal portion of the general collections on the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties, net of such amounts being reimbursed pursuant to the preceding clause (1) above, but in the case of either clause (1) or (2) above with respect to each Serviced Whole Loan, only to the extent that amounts on deposit in the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account are insufficient therefor after taking into account any allocation set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement (provided that the Master Servicer shall, after receiving payment from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account, if any, (i) promptly notify the related Companion Loan Noteholder and (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to exercise on behalf of the Trust any rights under the related Intercreditor Agreement to obtain reimbursement for a pro rata portion (or such other amount as may be set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement) of such amount representing Servicing Advances allocable to the related Serviced Companion Loans from the related Companion Loan Noteholders); provided, however, that neither the

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Master Servicer nor the Trustee shall be entitled to recover (1) any Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts in respect of a Mortgage Loan (other than the Pacific Design Center Mortgage Loan) from any collections on the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan allocable to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or (2) any Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts in respect of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan from any collections on or allocable to the Mortgage Loans (other than the Pacific Design Center Mortgage Loan); however, if the Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount relates to a Servicing Advance for the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to recover such Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount from general collections on deposit in the Collection Account for the Mortgage Pool including the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; and (B) to pay itself or the Special Servicer out of general collections on the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties, with respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced REO Property any related earned Servicing Fee, Special Servicing Fee, Liquidation Fee or Workout Fee, as applicable, that remained unpaid in accordance with clause (ii) above following a Final Recovery Determination made with respect to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced REO Property and the deposit into the Collection Account of all amounts received in connection therewith, but in the case of each Serviced Whole Loan, only to the extent that amounts on deposit in the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account are insufficient therefor (provided that the Master Servicer shall, after receiving payment from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account, if any, (i) promptly notify the related Companion Loan Noteholder and (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to exercise on behalf of the Trust any rights under the related Intercreditor Agreement to obtain reimbursement for a pro rata portion of such amount allocable to the related Serviced Companion Loans from the related Companion Loan Noteholders) and (C) to reimburse the related Other Servicer, the related Other Special Servicer and the related Other Trustee, as applicable, out of general collections on the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties for the Trust’s pro rata portion (based on the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan’s Stated Principal Balance) of nonrecoverable servicing advances (and interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate) previously made with respect to the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans, provided that with respect to the Pacific Design Center Mortgage Loan and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances from funds collected from the related Serviced Whole Loan shall be made first, from amounts collected with respect to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and then, from amounts collected on the Pacific Design Center Mortgage Loan, in accordance with the terms of the Pacific Design Center Intercreditor Agreement;

(vi)                          (A) at such time as it reimburses the Trustee or itself, in that order (with respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced REO Property), for (1) any unreimbursed P&I Advance (including any such P&I Advance that constitutes a Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount) made with respect to a Mortgage Loan pursuant to clause (iii) above, to pay itself or the Trustee, as applicable, any Advance Interest Amounts accrued and payable thereon, (2) any unreimbursed Servicing Advances (including any such Advance that constitutes a Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount) made with respect to a Mortgage Loan or Serviced REO Property pursuant to clause (iv) above, to pay itself or the Trustee, as the case may be, any Advance Interest Amounts accrued and payable thereon or (3) any Nonrecoverable P&I Advances made with respect to a Mortgage Loan or Serviced REO Property and any Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances made with respect to

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a Mortgage Loan or REO Property or any Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts pursuant to clause (v) above, to pay itself or the Trustee, as the case may be, any Advance Interest Amounts accrued and payable thereon, in each case, first, from Penalty Charges as provided in Section 3.12(d) and then, from general collections, but in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan only to the extent that such Nonrecoverable Advance has been reimbursed and only to the extent that amounts on deposit in the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account are insufficient therefor after taking into account any allocation set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement (provided that the Master Servicer shall, after receiving payment from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account, if any, (i) promptly notify the related Companion Loan Noteholder and (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to exercise on behalf of the Trust any rights under the related Intercreditor Agreement to obtain reimbursement for a pro rata portion of such amount representing Advance Interest Amounts on Servicing Advances allocable to the related Serviced Companion Loans from the related Companion Loan Noteholders) and (B) at such time as it reimburses the related Other Servicer, the related Other Special Servicer and the related Other Trustee, as applicable, for any nonrecoverable servicing advances made with respect to any related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan or the related REO Property pursuant to clause (v) above, to pay the related Other Servicer, the related Other Special Servicer and the related Other Trustee, as applicable, any interest accrued and payable thereon;

(vii)                       to reimburse itself, the Special Servicer, the Custodian, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as the case may be, for any unreimbursed expenses reasonably incurred by such Person in respect of any Breach or Defect giving rise to a repurchase or substitution obligation of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller or any other obligation of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller under Section 6 of the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, including, without limitation, any expenses arising out of the performance of its duties under Section 2.03 of this Agreement or out of the enforcement of the repurchase or substitution obligation of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller or any other obligation of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller under Section 6 of the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, together with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate, each such Person’s right to reimbursement pursuant to this clause (vii) with respect to any Mortgage Loan (exclusive of any Mortgage Loan included in the Serviced Whole Loan) or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, as applicable, subject to the following: (a) if the Purchase Price is paid for such Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, as applicable, then such Person’s right to reimbursement shall be limited to that portion of the Purchase Price that represents such expense in accordance with clause (f) of the definition of Purchase Price, or (b) if no Purchase Price is paid or if an amount less than the Purchase Price is paid and proceedings are instituted to enforce the related Mortgage Loan Seller’s payment or performance pursuant to the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or if a Loss of Value Payment is made, then such Person shall be entitled to reimbursement from the Trust following the adjudication of such proceedings in favor of such Mortgage Loan Seller, settlement of the Breach or Defect claim, or payment of such Loss of Value Payment, as the case may be;

(viii)                    to pay itself all Prepayment Interest Excesses on the Mortgage Pool (exclusive of any Mortgage Loan or Serviced REO Loan included in the Serviced Whole Loan) not required to be used pursuant to Section 3.17(b) of this Agreement;

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(ix)                            (A) to pay itself, as additional servicing compensation in accordance with Section 3.12(a) of this Agreement, (1) interest and investment income earned in respect of amounts relating to the Trust Fund held in the Collection Account as provided in Section 3.12(b) of this Agreement (but only to the extent of the net investment earnings with respect to such Collection Account for any period from any Distribution Date to the immediately succeeding Master Servicer Remittance Date) and (2) Penalty Charges on the Mortgage Loans that are non-Specially Serviced Loans (exclusive of any Mortgage Loan or Serviced REO Loan included in a Serviced Whole Loan), but only to the extent collected from the related Borrower and only to the extent that all amounts then due and payable with respect to the related Mortgage Loan have been paid and are not needed to pay interest on Advances in accordance with Section 3.12 and/or pay or reimburse the Trust for Additional Trust Fund Expenses incurred with respect to such Mortgage Loan during or prior to the related Collection Period (including Special Servicing Fees, Workout Fees or Liquidation Fees); and (B) to pay the Special Servicer, as additional servicing compensation in accordance with Section 3.12(b), Net Default Interest and any other Penalty Charges on Specially Serviced Loans (exclusive of any Mortgage Loan or Serviced REO Loan included in the Serviced Whole Loan), but only to the extent collected from the related Borrower and only to the extent that all amounts then due and payable with respect to the related Specially Serviced Loan have been paid and are not needed to pay interest on Advances or Additional Trust Fund Expenses (including Special Servicing Fees, Workout Fees or Liquidation Fees), all in accordance with Section 3.12;

(x)                               to pay itself, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor or any of their respective directors, officers, members, managers, employees and agents, as the case may be, any amounts payable to any such Person pursuant to Section 6.03(a) of this Agreement (and in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, only to the extent that such amounts on deposit in the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account are insufficient therefor after taking into account any allocation set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement (provided that the Master Servicer shall, after receiving payment from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account, if any, (i) promptly notify the related Companion Loan Noteholder and (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to exercise on behalf of the Trust any rights under the related Intercreditor Agreement to obtain reimbursement for a pro rata portion of such amount allocable to the related Serviced Companion Loans from the related Companion Loan Noteholders)); provided that for the purposes of allocating Additional Trust Fund Expenses, any amounts so paid shall be deemed allocated, (a) if relating to a particular Mortgage Loan, to such Mortgage Loan and (b) if not related to any particular Mortgage Loan, pro rata, among all Mortgage Loans based on the respective Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans;

(xi)                            to pay for the cost of the Opinions of Counsel contemplated by Sections 3.10(d), 3.10(e), 3.15(a), 3.15(b) and Section 12.08 of this Agreement (and in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, only to the extent that such amounts on deposit in the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account are insufficient therefor after taking into account any allocation set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement (provided that the Master Servicer shall, after receiving payment from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account, if any, (i) promptly notify the related Companion Loan Noteholder and (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to exercise on behalf of the Trust any rights under the

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related Intercreditor Agreement to obtain reimbursement for a pro rata portion of such amount allocable to the related Serviced Companion Loans from the related Companion Loan Noteholders)); provided that for the purposes of allocating Additional Trust Fund Expenses, (i) any amounts so paid shall be deemed allocated, (a) if relating to a particular Mortgage Loan, to such Mortgage Loan and (b) if not related to any particular Mortgage Loan, pro rata, among all Mortgage Loans based on the respective Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans;

(xii)                         to pay out of general collections on the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties any and all federal, state and local taxes imposed on any Trust REMIC or any of their assets or transactions, together with all incidental costs and expenses, to the extent that none of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee is liable therefor pursuant to this Agreement, except to the extent such amounts relate solely to the Serviced Whole Loans, in which case, such amounts will be reimbursed, first, out of the related Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account from collections on the related Serviced Companion Loan and the related Mortgage Loan on a pro rata basis by principal balance, and second, to the extent any such costs and expenses remain unreimbursed, out of the Collection Account; provided that for the purposes of allocating Additional Trust Fund Expenses, (i) any amounts so paid shall be deemed allocated, (a) if relating to a particular Mortgage Loan, to such Mortgage Loan and (b) if not related to any particular Mortgage Loan, pro rata, among all Mortgage Loans based on the respective Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans;

(xiii)                      to reimburse the Trustee, the Custodian or the Certificate Administrator out of general collections on the Mortgage Loans, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and REO Properties for expenses incurred by and reimbursable to it by the Trust Fund, except to the extent such amounts relate solely to a Serviced Whole Loan, in which case, such amounts will be reimbursed first, from the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account(s) in accordance with Section 3.06(b) and then, out of general collections on the Mortgage Loans; provided that for the purposes of allocating Additional Trust Fund Expenses, (i) any amounts so paid shall be deemed allocated, (a) if relating to a particular Mortgage Loan, to such Mortgage Loan and (b) if not related to any particular Mortgage Loan, pro rata, among all Mortgage Loans based on the respective Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans;

(xiv)                     to pay any Person permitted to purchase a Mortgage Loan (or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan) under Section 3.16 of this Agreement with respect to each Mortgage Loan (exclusive of any Mortgage Loan included in the Serviced Whole Loan), if any, previously purchased by such Person pursuant to this Agreement, all amounts received thereon subsequent to the date of purchase relating to periods after the date of purchase;

(xv)                        (A) to pay to itself, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Depositor, as the case may be, any amount specifically required to be paid to such Person at the expense of the Trust Fund under any provision of this Agreement to which reference is not made in any other clause of this Section 3.06(a) of this Agreement and (B) to reimburse or pay any party to this Agreement any unpaid expenses specifically reimbursable from the Collection Account under this Agreement (and, in the case of an

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amount specifically related to a Serviced Whole Loan, only to the extent that such amounts on deposit in the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account are insufficient therefor after taking into account any allocation set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement (provided that the Master Servicer shall, after receiving payment from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account, if any, (i) promptly notify the related Companion Loan Noteholder and (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to exercise on behalf of the Trust any rights under the related Intercreditor Agreement to obtain reimbursement for a pro rata portion of such amount allocable to the related Serviced Companion Loans from the related Companion Loan Noteholders)), it being acknowledged that this clause (xv) shall not be construed to modify any limitation or requirement otherwise set forth in this Agreement as to the time at which any Person is entitled to payment or reimbursement of any amount or as to the funds from which any such payment or reimbursement is permitted to be made; provided that (i) any amounts so paid shall be deemed allocated, (a) if relating to a particular Mortgage Loan, to such Mortgage Loan and (b) if not related to any particular Mortgage Loan, pro rata, among all Mortgage Loans based on the respective Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans;

(xvi)                     to withdraw from the Collection Account any sums deposited therein in error and pay such sums to the Persons entitled thereto (including any amounts relating to a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Serviced Whole Loan);

(xvii)                  to pay from time to time to itself in accordance with Section 3.07(b) of this Agreement any interest or investment income earned on funds deposited in the Collection Account;

(xviii)               to transfer Gain-on-Sale Proceeds (A) allocable to Mortgage Loans to the Lower-Tier Distribution Account for deposit by the Certificate Administrator into the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and (B) allocable to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan to Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Distribution Account for deposit into the Pacific Design Center Portfolio Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account in accordance with Section 3.05(i) of this Agreement;

(xix)                       to pay itself, the Special Servicer or the related Mortgage Loan Seller, as the case may be, with respect to each Mortgage Loan, if any (or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, if applicable), previously purchased or substituted (i.e., replaced) by such Person pursuant to or as contemplated by this Agreement, all amounts received on such Mortgage Loan or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan subsequent to the date of purchase or substitution, and, in the case of a substitution, with respect to the related Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan(s), all Periodic Payments due thereon during or prior to the month of substitution, in accordance with the third paragraph of Section 2.03(g) of this Agreement;

(xx)                          to pay to the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Custodian or any of their directors, officers, employees, representatives and agents, as the case may be, any amounts payable or reimbursable to any such Person pursuant to Section 8.05(d) of this Agreement; provided that any amounts so paid shall be deemed allocated, (a) if relating to a particular Mortgage Loan, to such Mortgage Loan and (b) if not related to any particular

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Mortgage Loan, pro rata, among all Mortgage Loans based on the respective Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans;

(xxi)                       pursuant to the CREFC^® License Agreement, to pay the CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee to CREFC^® on a monthly basis; and

(xxii)                    to clear and terminate the Collection Account at the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01 of this Agreement.

The Master Servicer shall also be entitled to make withdrawals from time to time, from the Collection Account of amounts necessary for the payments or reimbursement of amounts required to be paid to the applicable Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan Service Providers and the related trust of the applicable Other Securitization by the holder of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan pursuant to the applicable Intercreditor Agreement and the applicable Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

The Master Servicer shall pay to the Special Servicer from the Collection Account amounts permitted to be paid to it therefrom promptly upon receipt of a certificate of a Servicing Officer of the Special Servicer describing the item and amount to which the Special Servicer is entitled. The Master Servicer may rely conclusively on any such certificate and shall have no duty to re-calculate the amounts stated therein. The Special Servicer shall keep and maintain separate accounting for each Specially Serviced Loan and Serviced REO Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan, on a loan-by-loan and, if appropriate, property-by-property basis, for the purpose of justifying any request for withdrawal from the Collection Account.

The Master Servicer shall keep and maintain separate accounting records, on a Mortgage Loan by Mortgage Loan basis, reflecting amounts allocable to each Mortgage Loan, and on a property-by-property basis when appropriate, for the purpose of justifying any withdrawal, debit or credit from the Collection Account or the Trust Ledger. Upon written request, the Master Servicer shall provide to the Certificate Administrator such records and any other information in the possession of the Master Servicer to enable the Certificate Administrator to determine the amounts attributable to (i) the Lower-Tier REMIC with respect to the Mortgage Loans, (ii) the Excess Interest and (iii) the Companion Loans.

The Master Servicer shall pay to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Special Servicer, the Other Trustee, the Other Servicer or the Other Special Servicer, from the Collection Account amounts permitted to be paid to such Person therefrom, promptly upon receipt of a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, a responsible officer of the Other Trustee, a Responsible Officer of the Certificate Administrator, a certificate of an officer of the Operating Advisor, a certificate of an officer of the Asset Representations Reviewer, a certificate of a Servicing Officer or a certificate of the Other Servicer or Other Special Servicer, as applicable, describing the item and amount to which such Person is entitled (unless such payment to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Special Servicer, the Other Trustee, the Other Servicer or Other Special Servicer, as the case may be, is specifically required pursuant to this Agreement and the timing and the amount of payment is specified in, or calculable pursuant to, this Agreement, in which case a certificate is not required). The Master Servicer may rely

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conclusively on any such certificate and shall have no duty to recalculate the amounts stated therein.

The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer, CREFC^®, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan Service Providers (to the extent specified in Section 12.12) shall in all cases have a right prior to the Certificateholders to any funds on deposit in the Collection Account from time to time for the reimbursement or payment of the Servicing Compensation (including investment income), Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fees, Special Servicing Compensation (including investment income), the CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee, the Operating Advisor Fees, Operating Advisor Consulting Fees (but only to the extent such Operating Advisor Consulting Fees are actually received from the Borrowers), the Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee (to the extent owed by the Trust pursuant to Section 11.02(c) of this Agreement), Advances, Advance Interest Amounts, their respective indemnification payments (if any) pursuant to Section 6.03, Section 8.05 or Section 12.02 of this Agreement (for each of such Persons other than CREFC^®), their respective expenses hereunder to the extent such fees and expenses are to be reimbursed or paid from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account pursuant to this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, any fees or expenses (including legal fees) for which a party is to be indemnified pursuant to Section 6.03 herein may be submitted directly to the Trust Fund and paid from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account on behalf of such party pursuant to this Agreement. In addition, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer shall in all cases have a right prior to the Certificateholders to any funds on deposit in the Collection Account from time to time for the reimbursement and payment of any federal, state or local taxes imposed on any Trust REMIC.

Upon the determination that a previously made Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance, to the extent that the reimbursement thereof would exceed the full amount of the principal portion of general collections on the Mortgage Loans (or with respect to Servicing Advances, the Serviced Whole Loans) deposited in the Collection Account and available for distribution on the next Distribution Date, the Master Servicer or the Trustee, each at its own option and in its sole discretion, as applicable, instead of obtaining reimbursement for the remaining amount of such Nonrecoverable Advance pursuant to Section 3.06(a) or Section 3.06(b) of this Agreement immediately, may elect to refrain from obtaining such reimbursement for such portion of the Nonrecoverable Advance during the Collection Period ending on the then-current Determination Date for successive one-month periods for a total period not to exceed 12 months (with the consent of the Directing Holder, for so long as no Control Termination Event is continuing, for any deferral in excess of 6 months). If the Master Servicer or the Trustee makes such an election at its sole option and in its sole discretion to defer reimbursement with respect to all or a portion of a Nonrecoverable Advance (together with interest thereon), then such Nonrecoverable Advance (together with interest thereon) or portion thereof shall continue to be fully reimbursable in the subsequent Collection Period (subject, again, to the same sole discretion to elect to defer; it is acknowledged that, in such a subsequent period, such Nonrecoverable Advance shall again be payable first from principal collections as described above prior to payment from other collections). In connection with a potential election by the Master Servicer or the Trustee to refrain from the reimbursement of a particular Nonrecoverable Advance or portion thereof during the one-month Collection Period ending on the related Determination Date for any

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Distribution Date, the Master Servicer or the Trustee shall further be authorized (in its sole discretion) to wait for principal collections on the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and Serviced Companion Loans, as applicable, to be received before making its determination of whether to refrain from the reimbursement of a particular Nonrecoverable Advance (or portion thereof) until the end of such Collection Period; provided that the Master Servicer or the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts to give notice of its election to the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement), at least 15 days prior to any reimbursement to it of Nonrecoverable Advances from amounts in the Collection Account allocable to interest on the Mortgage Loans unless (1) the Master Servicer or the Trustee determines in its sole discretion that waiting 15 days after such a notice could jeopardize its ability to recover Nonrecoverable Advances, (2) changed circumstances or new or different information becomes known to the Master Servicer or the Trustee that could affect or cause a determination of whether any Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance, whether to defer reimbursement of a Nonrecoverable Advance or the determination in clause (1) above, or (3) the Master Servicer or the Trustee has not timely received from the Certificate Administrator information requested by the Master Servicer or the Trustee to consider in determining whether to defer reimbursement of a Nonrecoverable Advance; provided that, if clause (1), (2) or (3) apply, the Master Servicer or the Trustee shall give notice of an anticipated reimbursement to it of Nonrecoverable Advances from amounts in the Collection Account allocable to interest on the Mortgage Loans as soon as reasonably practicable in such circumstances to the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement). Neither the Master Servicer nor the Trustee shall have any liability for any loss, liability or expense resulting from any notice provided to each Rating Agency contemplated by the immediately preceding sentence.

The foregoing shall not, however, be construed to limit any liability that may otherwise be imposed on such Person for any failure by such Person to comply with the conditions to making such an election under this Section 3.06(a) or to comply with the terms of this Section 3.06(a) and the other provisions of this Agreement that apply once such an election, if any, has been made. If the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, determines, in its sole discretion, that it should recover the Nonrecoverable Advances without deferral as described above, then the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, shall be entitled to immediate reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate from all amounts in the Collection Accounts for such Distribution Date. Any such election by any such party to refrain from reimbursing itself or obtaining reimbursement for any Nonrecoverable Advance or portion thereof with respect to any one or more Collection Periods shall not limit the accrual of interest at the Reimbursement Rate on such Nonrecoverable Advance for the period prior to the actual reimbursement of such Nonrecoverable Advance. The Master Servicer’s or the Trustee’s, as applicable, election to defer reimbursement of such Nonrecoverable Advances as set forth above is an accommodation to the Certificateholders and, as applicable, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders and shall not be construed as an obligation on the part of the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, or a right of the Certificateholders or the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders. Nothing herein shall be deemed to create in the Certificateholders or the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders a right to prior payment of distributions over the Master Servicer’s or the Trustee’s, as applicable, right to reimbursement for Advances (deferred or otherwise). In all events, the decision to defer reimbursement or to seek immediate

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reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances shall be deemed to be in accordance with the Servicing Standard and neither the Master Servicer, the Trustee nor the other parties to this Agreement shall have any liability to one another or to any of the Certificateholders or any of the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders for any such election that such party makes as contemplated by this Section 3.06(a) or for any losses, damages or other adverse economic or other effects that may arise from such an election.

None of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee shall be permitted to reverse any other Person’s determination, or to prohibit any such other authorized Person from making a determination, that an Advance constitutes, or would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance.

If the Master Servicer, the Trustee or any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan Service Provider, as applicable, is reimbursed out of general collections for any unreimbursed Advances that are determined to be Nonrecoverable Advances (together with any Advance Interest Amount), then (for purposes of calculating distributions on the Certificates) such reimbursement and payment of interest shall be deemed to have been made: first, out of the Principal Distribution Amount, which, but for its application to reimburse a Nonrecoverable Advance and/or to pay the Advance Interest Amount, would be included in Available Funds for any subsequent Distribution Date and, second, out of other amounts which, but for their application to reimburse a Nonrecoverable Advance and/or to pay the Advance Interest Amount, would be included in Available Funds for any subsequent Distribution Date.

If and to the extent that any payment is deemed to be applied as contemplated in the paragraph above to reimburse a Nonrecoverable Advance or to pay the Advance Interest Amount, then the Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date shall be reduced, to not less than zero, by the amount of such reimbursement. If and to the extent (i) any Advance is determined to be a Nonrecoverable Advance, (ii) such Advance and/or the Advance Interest Amount is reimbursed out of the Principal Distribution Amount as contemplated above and (iii) the particular item for which such Advance was originally made is subsequently collected out of payments or other collections in respect of the related Mortgage Loan, then the Principal Distribution Amount for the Distribution Date that corresponds to the Collection Period in which such item was recovered shall be increased by an amount equal to the lesser of (A) the amount of such item and (B) any previous reduction in the Principal Distribution Amount for a prior Distribution Date as contemplated in the paragraph above resulting from the reimbursement of the subject Advance and/or the payment of the Advance Interest Amount.

(b)               The Master Servicer shall maintain a separate Trust Ledger with respect to each Serviced Whole Loan that it is servicing on which it shall make ledger entries as to amounts deposited (or credited) or withdrawn (or debited) with respect thereto. On each Master Servicer Remittance Date (or such other date as may be specified below or on which funds are available for such purpose as specified below), with respect to each Serviced Whole Loan, the Master Servicer shall make withdrawals from amounts allocated thereto in the related Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account (and may debit the Trust Ledger) for any of the following purposes (the order set forth below not constituting an order of priority for such withdrawals):

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(i)                                 to make remittances each month in an aggregate amount of immediately available funds equal to the allocable portion of the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Remittance Amount (A) to the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Distribution Account, as applicable, within the time frame specified in, and otherwise in accordance with Section 3.05(h), (B) to the Collection Account for the benefit of the Trust in respect of amounts allocable to the related Mortgage Loan, in each case in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement (after taking into account the amounts permitted to be withdrawn from the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account pursuant to this Section 3.06(b)); provided that Liquidation Proceeds relating to the repurchase of any Serviced Companion Loan (other than the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan) by the related seller thereof shall be remitted solely to the holder of such Serviced Companion Loan, as the case may be, and Liquidation Proceeds relating to the repurchase of a Mortgage Loan related to a Serviced Whole Loan by the related Mortgage Loan Seller shall be remitted solely to the Collection Account and (C) Liquidation Proceeds relating to the repurchase of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan by the related Mortgage Loan Seller shall be remitted solely to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Distribution Account;

(ii)                              to pay (A) to itself unpaid Servicing Fees (or, with respect to any Excess Servicing Fee Rights, to pay any Excess Servicing Fees to the holder of such Excess Servicing Fee Rights pursuant to Section 3.12(a) of this Agreement) and to the Special Servicer unpaid Special Servicing Fees, Liquidation Fees and Workout Fees in respect of such Serviced Whole Loan or related Serviced REO Loan, as applicable, the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s, as applicable, rights to payment of Servicing Fees, Special Servicing Fees, Liquidation Fees and Workout Fees, as applicable, pursuant to this clause (ii)(A) with respect to such Serviced Whole Loan or related Serviced REO Loan, as applicable, being limited to amounts received on or in respect of such Serviced Whole Loan (whether in the form of payments, Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds or Condemnation Proceeds), or such Serviced REO Loan (whether in the form of REO Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds or Condemnation Proceeds), that are allocable as recovery of interest thereon and (B) to the Special Servicer, each month to the extent not covered by clause (ii)(A) above, any unpaid Special Servicing Fees, Liquidation Fees and Workout Fees in respect of such Serviced Whole Loan or related Serviced REO Loan, as applicable, remaining unpaid out of general collections in the Collection Account as provided in Section 3.06(a)(ii) of this Agreement;

(iii)                           to reimburse the Trustee or itself, in that order, for unreimbursed P&I Advances with respect to the applicable Mortgage Loan and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and to reimburse the related Serviced Companion Loan Service Provider for unreimbursed principal and/or interest advances with respect to the applicable Serviced Companion Loan, the Master Servicer’s, the Trustee’s and the applicable Serviced Companion Loan Service Provider’s right to reimbursement pursuant to this clause (iii) being limited to amounts received in the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account which represent Late Collections received in respect of such Mortgage Loan, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable (as allocable thereto pursuant to the related Loan Documents and the related Intercreditor Agreement), during the applicable period; provided that to the extent such amounts are

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insufficient to repay such P&I Advances on any Mortgage Loan as to which there is a related Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan, such P&I Advances may be reimbursed, from collections on the related Serviced Whole Loan allocable to such Subordinate Companion Loan; provided, further, that if such P&I Advance on the applicable Mortgage Loan becomes a Nonrecoverable Advance or a Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount, then such P&I Advance shall thereafter be reimbursed in accordance with clause (v) below;

(iv)                          to reimburse the Trustee, the Special Servicer or itself, in that order, as applicable (with respect to such Serviced Whole Loan or Serviced REO Property), for unreimbursed Servicing Advances with respect to such Serviced Whole Loan or related Serviced REO Property, the Master Servicer’s or the Trustee’s respective rights to receive payment pursuant to this clause (iv) being limited to, as applicable, related payments by the applicable Borrower with respect to such Servicing Advance, Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds and Condemnation Proceeds and REO Proceeds with respect to such Serviced Whole Loan; provided that if such Servicing Advance becomes a Nonrecoverable Advance or a Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount, then such Servicing Advance shall thereafter be reimbursed in accordance with clause (v) below;

(v)                             (A) to reimburse the Trustee or itself, in that order, (with respect to such Serviced Whole Loan or related REO Property), as applicable (x) with respect to Nonrecoverable Advances, first, out of Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds and REO Proceeds received on the related Serviced Whole Loan and related REO Properties, and second, out of general collections in the Collection Account as provided in Section 3.06(a) and (y) with respect to the Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts, first, out of the principal portion of the general collections on the Serviced Whole Loan and related REO Properties, net of such amounts being reimbursed pursuant to the subclause first in the preceding clause (x) above and second out of general collections in the Collection Account as provided in Section 3.06(a); provided that in the case of both clause (x) and clause (y) of this clause (v), prior to making any reimbursement from general collections, such reimbursements shall be made first, from collections on, and proceeds of the applicable Subordinate Companion Loan (which, for the avoidance of doubt, includes the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan), if any, and then from collections on, and proceeds of the related Mortgage Loan, or in the case of a Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan with a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan, on a pro rata basis as between the Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans (based on the Mortgage Loan’s Stated Principal Balance or related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan’s principal balance) and then from general collections of the Trust (provided that, in the case of a Servicing Advance that is a Nonrecoverable Advance, the Master Servicer shall, after receiving payment from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account, if any, (i) promptly notify the related Companion Loan Noteholder and (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to exercise on behalf of the Trust any rights under the related Intercreditor Agreement to obtain reimbursement for a pro rata portion of such amount allocable to the related Serviced Companion Loans from the related Companion Loan Noteholders) or (B) to pay itself or the Special Servicer out of general collections on such Serviced Whole Loan and related REO Properties, any related earned Servicing Fee, Special Servicing Fee, Liquidation Fee or Workout Fee, as applicable, that remained unpaid in accordance with clause (ii) above following a Final Recovery Determination made with respect to such Serviced Whole Loan

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or related REO Property and the deposit into the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account of all amounts received in connection therewith; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, such party’s rights to reimbursement pursuant to this clause (v) with respect to any such Nonrecoverable Advance or Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount that is a P&I Advance, being limited (except to the extent set forth in Section 3.06(a)) to amounts on deposit in the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account that were received in respect of the particular Mortgage Loan or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (as allocable thereto pursuant to the related Loan Documents and the related Intercreditor Agreement) in the related Serviced Whole Loan as to which such Nonrecoverable Advance or such Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount were incurred (provided that to the extent such amounts are insufficient to repay such Advances on any Mortgage Loan as to which there is a related Subordinate Companion Loan, such P&I Advances may be reimbursed from collections on the related Serviced Whole Loan allocable to such Subordinate Companion Loan);

(vi)                          at such time as it reimburses the Trustee or itself, in that order, as applicable, for (A) any unreimbursed P&I Advance with respect to the applicable Mortgage Loan or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (including any such Advance that constitutes a Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount) or any unreimbursed principal and/or interest advance with respect to the related Serviced Companion Loan pursuant to clause (iii) above, to pay itself, the Trustee or such Serviced Companion Loan Service Provider, as applicable, any Advance Interest Amounts accrued and payable thereon, (B) any unreimbursed Servicing Advances (including any such Advance that constitutes a Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount) pursuant to clause (iv) above, to pay itself, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be, any Advance Interest Amounts accrued and payable thereon or (C) any Nonrecoverable Advances pursuant to clause (v) above, to pay itself, the Special Servicer, the Trustee or any Serviced Companion Loan Service Provider, as the case may be, any Advance Interest Amounts accrued and payable thereon, with such amounts payable in the case of clauses (A), (B) and (C) above, first, from Penalty Charges pursuant to Section 3.12(d), then, from collections on, and proceeds of the applicable Subordinate Companion Loan, if any, and then, from collections on, and proceeds of on a pro rata basis as between the Mortgage Loan and any related other Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans (based on the Mortgage Loan’s Stated Principal Balance or related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan’s principal balance), provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, such party’s rights to reimbursement pursuant to this clause (vi) with respect to any such interest on P&I Advances (including any such P&I Advance that is a Nonrecoverable Advance or a Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount) being limited to amounts on deposit in the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account that were received in respect of the particular Mortgage Loan or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (as allocable thereto pursuant to the related Loan Documents and the related Intercreditor Agreement) in the related Serviced Whole Loan as to which such advance relates (provided that any Mortgage Loan as to which there is a related Subordinate Companion Loan, such interest on P&I Advances may be reimbursed from collections on the related Serviced Whole Loan allocable to such Subordinate Companion Loan);

(vii)                       to reimburse itself, the Special Servicer, the Custodian, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as the case may be, as applicable, for any unreimbursed

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expenses reasonably incurred by such Person in respect of any Breach or Defect with respect to the Mortgage Loan or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan giving rise to a repurchase obligation of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller under Section 6 of the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or, with respect to a Serviced Companion Loan, under the related mortgage loan purchase agreement, including, without limitation, any expenses arising out of the enforcement of the repurchase obligation, each such Person’s right to reimbursement pursuant to this clause (vii) with respect to such Serviced Whole Loan being limited to that portion of the Purchase Price paid for the related Mortgage Loan that represents such expense in accordance with clause (e) of the definition of Purchase Price (or, with respect to a Serviced Companion Loan, a comparable expense);

(viii)                    to pay itself all Prepayment Interest Excesses on any related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan included in the Serviced Whole Loans not required to be used pursuant to Section 3.17(c) of this Agreement;

(ix)                            (A) to pay itself, as additional servicing compensation in accordance with Section 3.12(a), (1) interest and investment income earned in respect of amounts relating to such Serviced Whole Loan held in the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account as provided in Section 3.07(b) (but only to the extent of the net investment earnings with respect to such Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account for any period from any Distribution Date to the immediately succeeding Master Servicer Remittance Date) and (2) any Penalty Charges on the related Mortgage Loan and Serviced Companion Loan (except to the extent prohibited by the related Intercreditor Agreement and other than Specially Serviced Loans) but only to the extent collected from the related Borrower and to the extent that all amounts then due and payable with respect to the Serviced Whole Loans have been paid and are not needed to pay Advance Interest Amounts, interest on debt service advances made by the related Serviced Companion Loan Service Provider and/or Additional Trust Fund Expenses in accordance with Section 3.12 and the related Intercreditor Agreement; and (B) to pay the Special Servicer, as additional servicing compensation in accordance with the second paragraph of Section 3.12, the portion of any Penalty Charges on the related Mortgage Loan and Serviced Companion Loan (except to the extent prohibited by the related Intercreditor Agreement), during the period it is a Specially Serviced Loan (but only to the extent collected from the related Borrower and to the extent that all amounts then due and payable with respect to the related Specially Serviced Loan have been paid and are not needed to pay interest on Advances, interest on debt service advances made by the related Serviced Companion Loan Service Provider and/or Additional Trust Fund Expenses in accordance with Section 3.12 and the related Intercreditor Agreement);

(x)                               to recoup any amounts deposited in such Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account in error;

(xi)                            to pay itself, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Depositor or any of their respective directors, officers, members, managers, employees and agents, as the case may be, any amounts payable to any such Person pursuant to Section 6.03(a) or 6.03(b), to the extent that such amounts relate to such Serviced Whole Loan;

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(xii)                         to pay for the cost of the Opinions of Counsel contemplated by Section 3.10(d), 3.10(e), 3.15(a), 3.15(b) and Section 12.08 to the extent that such opinions specifically relate to such Serviced Whole Loan;

(xiii)                      to pay out of general collections on such Serviced Whole Loan and related Serviced REO Property any and all federal, state and local taxes imposed on the Upper-Tier REMIC, the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC or any of their assets or transactions, together with all incidental costs and expenses, in each case to the extent that neither the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator nor the Trustee is liable therefor pursuant to this Agreement and only to the extent that such amounts relate to the related Mortgage Loan or to the related Serviced Companion Loans (but only to the extent that any related Serviced Companion Loan is included in a REMIC);

(xiv)                     to reimburse the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator out of general collections on such Serviced Whole Loan and related REO Properties for expenses incurred by and reimbursable to it by the Trust Fund specifically related to such Serviced Whole Loan;

(xv)                        to pay any Person permitted to purchase a Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan under Section 3.16 with respect to the Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan included in such Serviced Whole Loan, if any, previously purchased by such Person pursuant to this Agreement, all amounts received thereon subsequent to the date of purchase relating to periods after the date of purchase;

(xvi)                     to deposit in the Interest Reserve Account the amounts with respect to the Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan included in such Serviced Whole Loan required to be deposited in the Interest Reserve Account pursuant to Section 3.05(e);

(xvii)                  to pay to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Depositor, as the case may be, to the extent that such amounts relate to the Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan included in such Serviced Whole Loan, any amount specifically required to be paid to such Person at the expense of the Trust Fund under any provision of this Agreement to which reference is not made in any other clause of this Section 3.06(b), it being acknowledged that this clause (xvii) shall not be construed to modify any limitation or requirement otherwise set forth in this Agreement or in the related Intercreditor Agreement as to the time at which any Person is entitled to payment or reimbursement of any amount or as to the funds from which any such payment or reimbursement is permitted to be made;

(xviii)               to pay the related Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to the Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan included in such Serviced Whole Loan, if any, previously purchased or substituted (i.e., replaced) by such Person pursuant to or as contemplated by this Agreement, all amounts received on such Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan subsequent to the date of purchase or substitution, and, in the case of a substitution, with respect to the related Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan(s), all

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Periodic Payments due thereon during or prior to the month of substitution, in accordance with the third paragraph of Section 2.03(g); and

(xix)                       to clear and terminate such Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account at the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01.

In the case of the amounts payable as set forth above in this Section 3.06(b) with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, if such amount is not specifically payable, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or the related Intercreditor Agreement, out of collections or proceeds allocable to any particular note that is a part of such Serviced Whole Loan, such amount shall be paid from collections on, and proceeds of the related Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan, if any, and then, from collections on, and proceeds of, on a pro rata basis as between, the related Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans (based on the related Mortgage Loan’s principal balance or the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan’s principal balance), and then, to the extent provided for in this Agreement, from general collections.

The Master Servicer shall keep and maintain separate accounting records, on a loan by loan and property by property basis when appropriate, for the purpose of justifying any withdrawal from any Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account. All withdrawals with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan shall be made first, from the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account and then, from the Master Servicer’s Collection Account to the extent permitted by Section 3.06(a). Upon request, the Master Servicer shall provide to the Certificate Administrator such records and any other information in the possession of the Master Servicer to enable the Certificate Administrator to determine the amounts attributable to the Lower-Tier REMIC and the Companion Loans.

The Master Servicer shall pay to the Special Servicer from the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Accounts amounts permitted to be paid to it therefrom promptly upon receipt of a certificate of a Servicing Officer of such Special Servicer describing the item and amount to which the Special Servicer is entitled. The Master Servicer may rely conclusively on any such certificate and shall have no duty to recalculate the amounts stated therein. The Special Servicer shall keep and maintain separate accounting for each Specially Serviced Loan included in the Serviced Whole Loan and related REO Loan, on a loan-by-loan and, if appropriate, property-by-property basis, for the purpose of justifying any request for withdrawal from any Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account.

Any permitted withdrawals under this Section 3.06(b) with respect to reimbursement for advances or other amounts payable to an Other Trustee shall, if applicable, also be deemed to be a permitted withdrawal for similar amounts owed to the fiscal agent of the Other Trustee, if any.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, with respect to each Serviced Companion Loan, the Master Servicer shall withdraw from the related Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account and remit to the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, within (x) with respect to any Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan, if required pursuant to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement, two (2) Business Days of receipt of properly identified funds and (y) with respect to any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan, one (1) Business Day of

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receipt of properly identified funds, any amounts that represent Late Collections or Principal Prepayments on such Serviced Companion Loan or any successor REO Loan with respect thereto, that are received by the Master Servicer prior to 3:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any given Business Day (and to the extent any such amounts are received after 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time on any given Business Day, the Master Servicer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to remit such Late Collections or Principal Prepayments to the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders within one (1) Business Day of receipt of properly identified funds but, in any event, the Master Servicer shall remit such amounts within two (2) Business Days of receipt of properly identified funds) (exclusive of any portion of such amount payable or reimbursable to any third party in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement or this Agreement), unless such amount would otherwise be included in the monthly remittance to the holder of such Serviced Companion Loan for such month.

If the Master Servicer fails, as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Master Servicer Remittance Date, any related Serviced Whole Loan Remittance Date or any other date a remittance is required to be made, as applicable, to remit to the Certificate Administrator (in respect of the related Mortgage Loan) or the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders (in respect of any related Serviced Companion Loan) any amounts required to be so remitted hereunder by such date (including any P&I Advance pursuant to Section 4.07 and any Gain-on-Sale Proceeds allocable to the Serviced Companion Loans pursuant to Section 4.01(g)), the Master Servicer shall pay to the Certificate Administrator (in respect of the Mortgage Loan) or the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders (in respect of the Serviced Companion Loan), for the account of the Certificate Administrator (in respect of the Mortgage Loan) or the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders (in respect of the Serviced Companion Loans), interest, calculated at the Prime Rate, on such amount(s) not timely remitted, from the time such payment was required to be made (without regard to any grace period) until (but not including) the date such late payment is received by the Certificate Administrator or the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, as applicable.

(c)               On each Master Servicer Remittance Date, all net income and gain realized from investment of funds to which the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer is entitled pursuant to Section 3.07(b) of this Agreement shall be subject to withdrawal by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable.

(d)              With respect to the Serviced Whole Loans, if amounts required to pay the expenses allocable to any related Serviced Companion Loan exceed amounts on deposit in the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as applicable, may seek reimbursement from the Trust Fund with respect to such expenses allocable to such Serviced Companion Loan. The Master Servicer shall seek (on behalf of the Trust Fund, subject to the related Intercreditor Agreement) payment or reimbursement from the holder of the related Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan, if any, and then for the pro rata portion of such expenses allocable to a related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan from the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder or, if such Serviced Companion Loan has been deposited into a securitization, out of general collections in the collection account established pursuant to the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

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Servicer shall, promptly upon written direction from the Master Servicer (provided that, (1) with respect to clause (iv) below, the Special Servicer shall have provided notice to the Master Servicer of the occurrence of such liquidation event and (2) with respect to clause (v) below, the Certificate Administrator shall have provided the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer with five Business Days’ prior notice of such final Distribution Date), transfer such Loss of Value Payments (up to the remaining portion thereof) from the Loss of Value Reserve Fund to the Master Servicer for deposit into the Collection Account for the following purposes:

(i)                                 to reimburse the Master Servicer or the Trustee, in accordance with Section 3.06(a) of this Agreement, for any Nonrecoverable Advance made by such party with respect to such Mortgage Loan or any related Serviced REO Property (together with the Advance Interest Amount);

(ii)                              to pay, in accordance with Section 3.06(a) of this Agreement, or to reimburse the Trust for the prior payment of, any expense relating to such Mortgage Loan or any related Serviced REO Property that constitutes or, if not paid out of such Loss of Value Payments, would constitute an Additional Trust Fund Expense;

(iii)                           to offset any portion of Realized Losses and VRR Realized Losses that are attributable to such Mortgage Loan, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or related REO Property, as the case may be (as calculated without regard to the application of such Loss of Value Payments), incurred with respect to such Mortgage Loan or any related successor REO Loan;

(iv)                          following the occurrence of a liquidation event with respect to such Mortgage Loan, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or any related Serviced REO Property and any related transfers from the Loss of Value Reserve Fund with respect to the items contemplated by the immediately preceding clauses (i)-(iii) as to such Mortgage Loan, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or related Serviced REO Property, to cover the items contemplated by the immediately preceding clauses (i)-(iii) in respect of any other Mortgage Loan or Serviced REO Loan; and

(v)                             On the final Distribution Date after all distributions have been made as set forth in clauses (i)-(iv) above, to each Mortgage Loan Seller, its pro rata share, based on the amount that it contributed, net of any amount contributed by such Mortgage Loan Seller that was used pursuant to clauses (i)-(iii) to offset any portion of Realized Losses and VRR Realized Losses, that are attributable to such Mortgage Loan, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or related REO Property, Additional Trust Fund Expenses or any Nonrecoverable Advances incurred with respect to the Mortgage Loan related to such contribution.

Any Loss of Value Payments transferred to the Collection Account pursuant to clauses (i)-(iii) of the prior paragraph shall be treated as Liquidation Proceeds received by the Trust in respect of the related Mortgage Loan or any successor REO Loan with respect thereto for which such Loss of Value Payments were received; and any Loss of Value Payments transferred to the Collection Account pursuant to clause (iv) of the prior paragraph shall be treated as Liquidation Proceeds received by the Trust in respect of the Mortgage Loan or REO Loan for which such Loss

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of Value Payments are being transferred to the Collection Account to cover an item contemplated by clauses (i)-(iv) of the prior paragraph.

(f)                The Certificate Administrator may, from time to time, make withdrawals from the Lower-Tier Distribution Account for any of the following purposes (the order set forth below shall not indicate any order of priority), in each case to the extent not previously paid from the Collection Account:

(i)                                 to make deposits of the Lower-Tier Distribution Amount and the amount of any Prepayment Premium and Yield Maintenance Charges distributable pursuant to Section 4.01(a) of this Agreement in the Upper-Tier Distribution Account, and to make distributions on the Class R Certificates in respect of the Class LTR Interest pursuant to Section 4.01(a) of this Agreement;

(ii)                              to pay itself, the Trustee and the Custodian respective portions of any accrued but unpaid Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fees;

(iii)                           to pay itself an amount equal to all net income and gain realized from investment of funds in the Lower-Tier Distribution Account pursuant to Section 3.07(b) of this Agreement;

(iv)                           to pay to itself, the Trustee, the Custodian or any of their directors, officers, employees, representatives and agents, as the case may be, any amounts payable or reimbursable to any such Person pursuant to Section 8.05(b), Section 8.05(c) and Section 8.05(d) of this Agreement;

(v)                               to recoup any amounts deposited in the Lower-Tier Distribution Account in error; and

(vi)                             to clear and terminate the Lower-Tier Distribution Account at the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01 of this Agreement.

(g)               The Certificate Administrator may make withdrawals from the Upper-Tier Distribution Account for any of the following purposes:

(i)                                 to make distributions to Certificateholders (other than the Holders of the Excess Interest Certificates) and the RR Interest Owner on each Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01 or Section 9.01 of this Agreement (in the case of Holders of the Class R Certificates, in respect of the Class UTR Interest), as applicable;

(ii)                              to recoup any amounts deposited in the Upper-Tier Distribution Account in error; and

(iii)                           to clear and terminate the Upper-Tier Distribution Account at the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01 of this Agreement.

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(h)               The Certificate Administrator, on behalf of the Trustee, may, from time to time, make withdrawals from the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Distribution Account for any of the following purposes:

(i)                                 to be deemed to make deposits of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Distribution Amount pursuant to Section 4.01(a) and the amount of any Yield Maintenance Charges distributable pursuant to Section 4.01(l) in the Upper Tier Distribution Account for distribution to Holders of the Loan-Specific Certificates, and to make distributions to Holders of the Class R Certificates, pursuant to Section 4.01(c);

(ii)                              to pay to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator or any of their directors, officers, employees and agents, as the case may be, any amounts payable or reimbursable to any such Person, with respect to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan pursuant to Section 3.12;

(iii)                           to pay for the cost (without duplication) of the Opinions of Counsel sought by the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator (A) as provided in clause (vi) of the definition of “Disqualified Organization,” (B) as contemplated by Section 3.26(a), Section 3.12(e) and Section 8.05(c) to the extent payable out of the Trust Fund, or (C) as contemplated by Section 12.08 in connection with any amendment to this Agreement requested by the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, which amendment is in furtherance of the rights and interests of Holders of the Loan-Specific Certificates, in each case, to the extent not paid pursuant to Section 12.08;

(iv)                          to pay any and all federal, state and local taxes imposed on the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC or on the assets or transactions of such Trust REMIC, together with all incidental costs and expenses, to the extent none of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the REMIC Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer is liable therefor pursuant to Section 4.04(a) with respect to such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC;

(v)                             to pay the REMIC Administrator any amounts reimbursable to it pursuant to Section 4.04(a) with respect to such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC;

(vi)                          to pay to the Master Servicer any amounts deposited by the Master Servicer in such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Distribution Account not required to be deposited therein;

(vii)                       to clear and terminate such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Distribution Account at the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01 and

(viii)                    consistent with the above, with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan, subject to Section 3.06(a)(i), any withdrawals permitted pursuant to this Section 3.06(h), shall be paid or reimbursed (a) first, from amounts on deposit allocated to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and then, from amounts on deposit allocated to the related Mortgage Loan and (b) then from general collections in respect of all other Mortgage Loans.

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Section 3.07        Investment of Funds in the Collection Accounts, the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Accounts, the Distribution Accounts, the Interest Reserve Account, the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Pacific Design Center Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the REO Account, the Lock-Box Accounts, the Cash Collateral Accounts and the Reserve Accounts. (a)  The Master Servicer (with respect to the Collection Account, and any Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account and any Borrower Accounts (as defined below and subject to the second succeeding sentence)), the Special Servicer (with respect to any REO Account and any Loss of Value Reserve Fund) and the Certificate Administrator (with respect to the Distribution Accounts, the Interest Reserve Account, the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the Pacific Design Center Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account) may direct any depository institution maintaining the Collection Account, any Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account, the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Pacific Design Center Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, any Borrower Accounts, any REO Account, any Loss of Value Reserve Fund, the Interest Reserve Account and the Distribution Accounts (each such account, for purposes of this Section 3.06(h), an “Investment Account”), to invest the funds in such Investment Account in one or more Permitted Investments that bear interest or are sold at a discount, and that mature, unless payable on demand, no later than the Business Day preceding the date on which such funds are required to be withdrawn from such Investment Account pursuant to this Agreement. Any investment of funds on deposit in an Investment Account by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Certificate Administrator shall be documented in writing and shall provide evidence that such investment is a Permitted Investment which matures at or prior to the time required hereby or is payable on demand. In the case of any Escrow Account, Lock-Box Account, Cash Collateral Account or Reserve Account (the “Borrower Accounts”), the Master Servicer shall act upon the written request of the related Borrower or Manager to the extent that the Master Servicer is required to do so under the terms of the respective Loan Documents, provided that in the absence of appropriate written instructions from the related Borrower or Manager meeting the requirements of this Section 3.06(h), the Master Servicer shall have no obligation to, but will be entitled to, direct the investment of funds in such accounts in Permitted Investments. All such Permitted Investments shall be held to maturity, unless payable on demand. Any investment of funds in an Investment Account shall be made in the name of the Trustee (in its capacity as such) or in the name of a nominee of the Trustee. The Certificate Administrator shall have sole control (except with respect to investment direction which shall be in the control of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, with respect to any REO Accounts, as an independent contractor to the Trust Fund) over each such investment and any certificate or other instrument evidencing any such investment shall be delivered directly to the Certificate Administrator or its agent (which shall initially be the Master Servicer), together with any document of transfer, if any, necessary to transfer title to such investment to the Trustee or its nominee. Neither the Certificate Administrator nor the Trustee shall have any responsibility or liability with respect to the investment directions of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, any Borrower or Manager or any losses resulting therefrom, whether from Permitted Investments or otherwise. The Master Servicer shall have no responsibility or liability with respect to the investment directions of the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, any Borrower or Manager or any losses resulting therefrom, whether from Permitted Investments or otherwise. The Special Servicer shall have no responsibility or liability with respect to the investment directions of the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, any Borrower or Manager or any losses resulting therefrom, whether from Permitted Investments or otherwise. In the event amounts on deposit in an Investment Account are at any time invested in

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a Permitted Investment payable on demand, the Master Servicer (or the Special Servicer or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable) shall:

(x)            consistent with any notice required to be given thereunder, demand that payment thereon be made on the last day such Permitted Investment may otherwise mature hereunder in an amount equal to the lesser of (1) all amounts then payable thereunder and (2) the amount required to be withdrawn on such date; and

(y)            demand payment of all amounts due thereunder promptly upon determination by the Master Servicer (or the Special Servicer or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable) that such Permitted Investment would not constitute a Permitted Investment in respect of funds thereafter on deposit in the related Investment Account.

(b)               All income and gain realized from investment of funds deposited in any Investment Account shall be for the benefit of the Master Servicer (except with respect to the investment of funds deposited in (i) any Borrower Account, which shall be for the benefit of the related Borrower to the extent required under the related Loan Documents for the Mortgage Loan or applicable law, (ii) any REO Account and the Loss of Value Reserve Fund, which shall be for the benefit of the Special Servicer or (iii) the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Pacific Design Center Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Interest Reserve Account and the Distribution Accounts, which shall be for the benefit of the Certificate Administrator) and, if held in the Collection Account, any Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account, REO Account or Distribution Account shall be subject to withdrawal by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, in accordance with Section 3.06 or Section 3.15(b) of this Agreement, as applicable. The Master Servicer, or with respect to any REO Account or Loss of Value Reserve Fund, the Special Servicer, or with respect to the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Pacific Design Center Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account or the Distribution Accounts, the Certificate Administrator, shall deposit from its own funds into the Collection Account, applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account, any REO Account or Loss of Value Reserve Fund, the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Pacific Design Center Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account or the Distribution Accounts, as applicable, the amount of any loss incurred in respect of any such Permitted Investment immediately upon realization of such loss; provided that the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, may reduce the amount of such payment to the extent it forgoes any investment income in such Investment Account otherwise payable to it. The Master Servicer shall also deposit from its own funds in any Borrower Account immediately upon realization of such loss the amount of any loss incurred in respect of Permitted Investments, except to the extent that amounts are invested at the direction of or for the benefit of the Borrower under the terms of the related Loan Documents for the Mortgage Loan, Serviced Whole Loan or applicable law; provided that neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall be required to deposit any loss on an investment of funds in an Investment Account if such loss is incurred solely as a result of the insolvency of the federal or state chartered depository institution or trust company that holds such Investment Account, so long as such depository institution or trust company has satisfied the qualifications set forth in the definition of Eligible Account both (x) at the time the investment was made and (y) 30 days prior to such insolvency.

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(c)               Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, if any default occurs in the making of a payment due under any Permitted Investment, or if a default occurs in any other performance required under any Permitted Investment, in either case as a result of an action or inaction of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, the Trustee may, and upon the request of Holders of Certificates entitled to a majority of the Voting Rights allocated to any Class shall, take such action as may be appropriate to enforce such payment or performance, including the institution and prosecution of appropriate proceedings. If the Trustee takes any such action, (i) the Master Servicer, if such Permitted Investment was for the benefit of the Master Servicer, (ii) the Special Servicer, if such Permitted Investment was for the benefit of the Special Servicer or (iii) the Certificate Administrator, if such Permitted Investment was for the benefit of the Certificate Administrator, shall pay or reimburse the Trustee for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in connection therewith.

Section 3.08        Maintenance of Insurance Policies and Errors and Omissions and Fidelity Coverage. (a)  In the case of each Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable (but excluding any REO Loan), the Master Servicer shall use commercially reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to cause the related Borrower, with respect to the Serviced Mortgage Loans and any related Serviced Companion Loans that it is servicing, to maintain the following insurance coverage (including identifying the extent to which such Borrower is maintaining insurance coverage and, if such Borrower does not so maintain, the Master Servicer will itself cause to be maintained with Qualified Insurers) for the related Mortgaged Property: (x) except where the Loan Documents permit a Borrower to rely on self-insurance provided by a tenant, a fire and casualty extended coverage insurance policy, which does not provide for reduction due to depreciation, in an amount that is at least equal to the lesser of (i) the full replacement cost of improvements securing such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, and (ii) the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, but, in any event, in an amount sufficient to avoid the application of any co-insurance clause and (y) all other insurance coverage (including, but not limited to, coverage for acts of terrorism) that is required, subject to applicable law, under the related Loan Documents; provided that:

(i)                                 the Master Servicer shall not be required to maintain any earthquake or environmental insurance policy on any Mortgaged Property unless the Trustee has an insurable interest and (x) such insurance policy was in effect at the time of the origination of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, or (y) such insurance policy was required by the related Loan Documents and is available at commercially reasonable rates, provided that the Master Servicer shall require the related Borrower to maintain such insurance in the amount, in the case of clause (x), maintained at origination, and in the case of clause (y), required by such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, in each case, to the extent such amounts are available at commercially reasonable rates and to the extent the Trustee has an insurable interest;

(ii)                              if and to the extent that any Loan Document grants the lender thereunder any discretion (by way of consent, approval or otherwise) as to the insurance provider from whom the related Borrower is to obtain the requisite insurance coverage, the Master

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Servicer shall (to the extent consistent with the Servicing Standard) require the related Borrower to obtain the requisite insurance coverage from Qualified Insurers;

(iii)                           the Master Servicer shall have no obligation beyond using its reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to cause any Borrower to maintain the insurance required to be maintained under the Loan Documents; provided that this clause shall not limit the Master Servicer’s obligation to obtain and maintain a force-placed insurance policy, as provided herein;

(iv)                          except as provided below (including under clause (vi) below), in no event shall the Master Servicer be required to cause the Borrower to maintain, or itself obtain, insurance coverage to the extent that the failure of such Borrower to maintain insurance coverage is an Acceptable Insurance Default (as determined by the Special Servicer);

(v)                             to the extent that the Master Servicer itself is required to maintain insurance that the Borrower does not maintain, the Master Servicer will not be required to maintain insurance other than what is available to the Master Servicer on a force-placed basis at commercially reasonable rates, and only to the extent the Trust as lender has an insurable interest thereon; and

(vi)                          any explicit terrorism insurance requirements contained in the related Loan Documents shall be enforced by the Master Servicer in accordance with the Servicing Standard (unless the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, with the consent of, if no Control Termination Event is continuing, the Directing Holder, and after non-binding consultation with the Risk Retention Consultation Parties and the Operating Advisor pursuant to Section 6.07, has consented to a waiver (including a waiver to permit the Master Servicer to accept insurance that does not comply with specific requirements contained in the Loan Documents) in writing of that provision in accordance with the Servicing Standard); provided that the Master Servicer shall promptly notify the Special Servicer, or the Special Servicer shall promptly notify the Master Servicer, as applicable, in writing of such waiver.

During the period that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer is evaluating the availability of such insurance or waiting for a response from the Directing Holder or to consult with a Risk Retention Consultation Party pursuant to Section 6.08, neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall be liable for any loss related to its failure to require the Borrower to maintain such insurance and neither shall be in default of its obligations as a result of such failure unless the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer is required to take any immediate action pursuant to the Servicing Standard or other servicing requirements of this Agreement.

With respect to each CREFI Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall not permit the related Borrower to maintain a “Non-Conforming Policy” (as such term is defined in the related Loan Agreement) unless a Rating Agency Confirmation has been obtained.

The Master Servicer shall notify the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee and the Directing Holder if the Master Servicer determines in accordance with the Servicing Standard that a Borrower under a Serviced Mortgage Loan has failed to maintain

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insurance required under the Loan Documents and such failure materially and adversely affects the interests of the Certificateholders or if a Borrower under a Serviced Mortgage Loan has notified the Master Servicer in writing that the Borrower does not intend to maintain such insurance and that the Master Servicer has determined in accordance with the Servicing Standard that such failure materially and adversely affects the interests of the Certificateholders.

Subject to Section 3.15(b) of this Agreement, with respect to each Serviced REO Property, the Special Servicer shall use reasonable efforts and only if the Trustee has an insurable interest, consistent with the Servicing Standard, to maintain (subject to the right of the Special Servicer to direct the Master Servicer to make a Servicing Advance for the costs associated with coverage that the Special Servicer determines to maintain, in which case the Master Servicer shall make such Servicing Advance) with Qualified Insurers to the extent reasonably available at commercially reasonable rates and to the extent the Trustee has an insurable interest, (a) a fire and casualty extended coverage insurance policy, which does not provide for reduction due to depreciation, in an amount that is at least equal to the lesser of the full replacement value of the Mortgaged Property or the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan, Serviced REO Loan or the Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable (or such greater amount of coverage required by the related Loan Documents (unless such amount is not available or, if no Control Termination Event is continuing, the Directing Holder has consented to a lower amount)), but, in any event, in an amount sufficient to avoid the application of any co-insurance clause, (b) a comprehensive general liability insurance policy with coverage comparable to that which would be required under prudent lending requirements and in an amount not less than $1.0 million per occurrence, and (c) to the extent consistent with the Servicing Standard, a business interruption or rental loss insurance covering revenues or rents for a period of at least 12 months; provided that the Special Servicer shall not be required in any event to maintain or obtain insurance coverage described in this paragraph beyond what is reasonably available at a commercially reasonable rate and consistent with the Servicing Standard, and in no case will any such insurance be an expense of the Special Servicer. The Special Servicer (at the expense of the Trust) shall be entitled to rely on insurance consultants in making such determinations.

All such insurance policies maintained as described above shall contain (if they insure against loss to property) a “standard” mortgagee clause, with loss payable to the Master Servicer (on behalf of the Trustee on behalf of Certificateholders and, with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders), or shall name the Trustee as the insured, with loss payable to the Special Servicer on behalf of the Trustee (on behalf of Certificateholders and, with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders) (in the case of insurance maintained in respect of an REO Property). Any amounts collected by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, under any such policies (other than amounts to be applied to the restoration or repair of the related Mortgaged Property or Serviced REO Property or amounts to be released to the related Borrower, in each case in accordance with the Servicing Standard) shall be deposited in the Collection Account (or, in the case of the Serviced Whole Loans, in the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account), subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section 3.06 of this Agreement, in the case of amounts received in respect of a Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan, or in the applicable REO Account of the Special Servicer, subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section 3.15 of this Agreement, in the case of amounts received in respect of a Serviced REO Property. Any cost incurred by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer in maintaining any such insurance

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shall not, for purposes hereof, including calculating monthly distributions to Certificateholders or Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, be added to the Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan so permit; provided that this sentence shall not limit the rights of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer on behalf of the Trust Fund to enforce any obligations of the related Borrower under such Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan. Any costs incurred by the Master Servicer in maintaining any such insurance policies in respect of the Mortgage Loans or Specially Serviced Loans (other than REO Properties) (i) if the Borrower defaults on its obligation to do so, shall be advanced by the Master Servicer as a Servicing Advance and will be charged to the related Borrower and (ii) shall not, for purposes of calculating monthly distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loan so permit. Any cost incurred by the Special Servicer in maintaining any such insurance policies with respect to Serviced REO Properties shall be an expense of the Trust Fund (and in the case of any Serviced Whole Loan, such expense shall be allocated in accordance with the allocation provisions of the related Intercreditor Agreement) payable out of the related REO Account (or Serviced Whole Loan REO Account, as applicable) or, if the amount on deposit therein is insufficient therefor, advanced by the Master Servicer as a Servicing Advance (or paid from the Collection Account if the Master Servicer determines such Advance would be a Nonrecoverable Advance, subject to Section 3.21(d) of this Agreement).

(b)               If either:

(x) the Master Servicer or Special Servicer obtains and maintains, or causes to be obtained and maintained, a blanket policy or master force-placed policy insuring against hazard losses on all of the Serviced Mortgage Loans and any related Serviced Companion Loans or Serviced REO Properties, as applicable, then, to the extent such policy

(i)                                is obtained from a Qualified Insurer, and

(ii)                             provides protection equivalent to the individual policies otherwise required, or

(y) the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer (or, in each case, its corporate parent), as applicable, has long-term unsecured debt obligations or deposit accounts that are rated at least “A3” by Moody’s, “A-” by Fitch (if rated by Fitch) or its equivalent by KBRA (if then rated by KBRA) and the Master Servicer or Special Servicer self-insures for its obligation to maintain the individual policies otherwise required,

then the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer shall conclusively be deemed to have satisfied its obligation to cause hazard insurance to be maintained on the related Mortgaged Properties or Serviced REO Properties, as applicable.

Such a blanket or master force-placed policy may contain a deductible clause (not in excess of a customary amount), in which case the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as the case may be, that maintains such policy shall, if there shall not have been maintained on any Mortgaged Property securing a Serviced Mortgage Loan or Serviced REO Property thereunder a hazard insurance

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policy complying with the requirements of Section 3.08(a) of this Agreement, and there shall have been one or more losses that would have been covered by such an individual policy, promptly deposit into the Collection Account (or, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, in the related Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account), from its own funds, the amount not otherwise payable under the blanket or master force-placed policy in connection with such loss or losses because of such deductible clause to the extent that any such deductible exceeds the deductible limitation that pertained to the related Mortgage Loan or the related Serviced Whole Loan (or, in the absence of any such deductible limitation, the deductible limitation for an individual policy which is consistent with the Servicing Standard). The Master Servicer and Special Servicer shall prepare and present, on behalf of itself, the Trustee, Certificateholders and, if applicable the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, claims under any such blanket or master force-placed policy maintained by it in a timely fashion in accordance with the terms of such policy. If the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, causes any Mortgaged Property securing a Serviced Mortgage Loan or Serviced REO Property to be covered by such “force-placed” insurance policy, the incremental costs of such insurance applicable to such Mortgaged Property or Serviced REO Property (i.e., other than any minimum or standby premium payable for such policy whether or not any Mortgaged Property or Serviced REO Property is covered thereby) shall be paid as a Servicing Advance.

(c)               With respect to each Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan that is subject to an Environmental Insurance Policy, if the Master Servicer has actual knowledge of any event giving rise to a claim under an Environmental Insurance Policy, the Master Servicer shall notify the Special Servicer to such effect and the Master Servicer shall take reasonable actions as are in accordance with the Servicing Standard and the terms and conditions of such Environmental Insurance Policy to make a claim thereunder and achieve the payment of all amounts to which the Trust is entitled thereunder. With respect to each Specially Serviced Loan and Serviced REO Property that is subject to an Environmental Insurance Policy, if the Special Servicer has actual knowledge of any event giving rise to a claim under an Environmental Insurance Policy, such Special Servicer shall take reasonable actions as are in accordance with the Servicing Standard and the terms and conditions of such Environmental Insurance Policy to make a claim thereunder and achieve the payment of all amounts to which the Trust, on behalf of the Certificateholders and, if applicable, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders (giving due regard to the junior nature of the related Subordinate Companion Loan, if any), is entitled thereunder. Any legal fees or other out-of-pocket costs incurred in accordance with the Servicing Standard in connection with any claim under an Environmental Insurance Policy described above (whether by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer) shall be paid by, and reimbursable to, the Master Servicer as a Servicing Advance.

(d)               The Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall at all times during the term of this Agreement (or, in the case of the Special Servicer, at all times during the term of this Agreement during which Specially Serviced Loans and/or Serviced REO Properties as to which it is the Special Servicer are included in the Trust Fund) keep in force with a Qualified Insurer, a fidelity bond in such form and amount as are consistent with the Servicing Standard. The Master Servicer and Special Servicer, as applicable, shall be deemed to have complied with the foregoing provision if an Affiliate thereof has such fidelity bond coverage and, by the terms of such fidelity bond, the coverage afforded thereunder extends to the Master Servicer and Special Servicer, as the case may be. Such fidelity bond shall provide that it may not be canceled without ten days’ prior

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written notice to the Trustee. So long as the long-term unsecured debt obligations or deposit accounts of the Master Servicer (or its corporate parent if such insurance is guaranteed by its parent) or the Special Servicer (or its corporate parent), as applicable, are rated at least “A3” by Moody’s, “A-” by Fitch (if rated by Fitch) or its equivalent by KBRA (if then rated by KBRA), the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, may self-insure with respect to the fidelity bond coverage required as described above, in which case it shall not be required to maintain an insurance policy with respect to such coverage.

The Master Servicer and Special Servicer, as applicable, shall at all times during the term of this Agreement (or, in the case of the Special Servicer, at all times during the term of this Agreement during which Specially Serviced Loans and/or Serviced REO Properties exist as part of the Trust Fund) also keep in force with a Qualified Insurer a policy or policies of insurance covering loss occasioned by the errors and omissions of its officers and employees in connection with their servicing obligations hereunder, which policy or policies shall be in such form and amount as are consistent with the Servicing Standard. The Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall be deemed to have complied with the foregoing provisions if an Affiliate thereof has such insurance and, by the terms of such policy or policies, the coverage afforded thereunder extends to the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as the case may be. Any such errors and omissions policy shall provide that it may not be canceled without ten days’ prior written notice to the Trustee. So long as the long-term unsecured debt obligations or deposit accounts of the Master Servicer (or its corporate parent if such insurance is guaranteed by its parent) or the Special Servicer (or its corporate parent), as applicable, , are rated at least “A3” by Moody’s, “A-” by Fitch (if rated by Fitch) or its equivalent by KBRA (if then rated by KBRA), the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, may self-insure with respect to the errors and omissions coverage required as described above, in which case it shall not be required to maintain an insurance policy with respect to such coverage.

Section 3.09        Enforcement of Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption Agreements; Defeasance Provisions. (a) If any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan contains a provision in the nature of a “due-on-sale” clause (including, without limitation, sales or transfers of Mortgaged Properties (in full or part) or the sale, transfer, pledge or hypothecation of direct or indirect interests in the Borrower or its owners), which by its terms:

(i)                                 provides that such Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan will (or may at the mortgagee’s option) become due and payable upon the sale or other transfer of an interest in the related Mortgaged Property (including, without limitation, the sale, transfer, pledge or hypothecation of direct or indirect interests in the Borrower or its owners),

(ii)                              provides that such Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan may not be assumed without the consent of the related mortgagee in connection with any such sale or other transfer, or

(iii)                           provides that such Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan may be assumed or transferred without the consent of the mortgagee, provided certain conditions set forth in the Loan Documents are satisfied,

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then, the Master Servicer (with respect to Performing Loans (other than Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans), to the extent such action is not a Major Decision) or the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans and, to the extent such action is a Major Decision, Performing Loans (other than Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans)) shall determine, in each case in a manner consistent with the Servicing Standard, on behalf of the Trustee as the mortgagee of record, whether to (a) exercise any right it may have with respect to such Serviced Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan (x) to accelerate the payments thereon or (y) to grant or withhold its consent to any sale or transfer, consistent with the Servicing Standard or (b) waive any right to exercise such rights; provided that, (i) with respect to such consent or waiver of rights that is a Major Decision, prior to itself taking such an action, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall obtain, other than during the continuance of a Control Termination Event, the prior written consent (or deemed consent) of the Directing Holder pursuant to Section 6.07 (or (A)(1) after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event, but other than during a Consultation Termination Event and (2) other than with respect to any applicable Excluded Loan, upon consultation with the Directing Holder and the Risk Retention Consultation Parties pursuant to Section 6.07 and (B) after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event (or with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Event), upon consultation with the Operating Advisor pursuant to Section 6.07) and (ii) the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer processing such action, prior to consenting to such action, shall obtain, a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to the Certificates and Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if any, in the case of any such Mortgage Loan that (1) represents more than 5% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans then outstanding and has a Stated Principal Balance of at least $10,000,000, (2) has a Stated Principal Balance that is more than $35,000,000, (3) represents one of the ten largest Mortgage Loans or groups of cross-collateralized Mortgage Loans based on Stated Principal Balance and has a Stated Principal Balance of at least $10,000,000, (4) is the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan or (5) is a Mortgage Loan as to which the related Serviced Companion Loan (A) represents one of the ten largest mortgage loans in the related Other Securitization based on outstanding principal balance and has an outstanding principal balance of at least $10,000,000, (B) represents more than 5% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the mortgage loans then outstanding in the related Other Securitization and has an outstanding principal balance of at least $10,000,000 or (C) has an outstanding principal balance that is more than $35,000,000 (provided that the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, shall be entitled to request and reasonably rely upon the written notification provided by the master servicer, special servicer, trustee or certificate administrator of the applicable Other Securitization as to whether any condition in clause (4)(A) or (B) is met, or if no timely response is received, entitled to reasonably rely on the most recent CREFC® reports related to the applicable Other Securitization).

The Master Servicer or the Special Servicer processing such action shall notify the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Directing Holder and the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, that any such assumption or substitution agreement has been completed by forwarding to the Custodian (with a copy to the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee and the Directing Holder, as applicable) the original copy of such agreement, which copies shall be added to the related Mortgage File and shall, for all purposes, be considered a part of such Mortgage File to the same extent as all other documents and instruments constituting a part thereof. To the extent not precluded by the Loan Documents, neither the Master Servicer nor the Special

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Servicer shall approve an assumption or substitution without requiring the related Borrower to pay any fees owed to the Rating Agencies associated with the approval of such assumption or substitution. However, if the related Borrower is required but fails to pay such fees, such fees shall be an expense of the Trust Fund (and in the case of any Serviced Whole Loan, such expense shall be allocated in accordance with the allocation provisions of the related Intercreditor Agreement); provided that in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan the Master Servicer shall be required, after receiving payment from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account, if any, to (i) promptly notify the holder of the related Companion Loan and (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to exercise on behalf of the Trust Fund the rights of the Trust Fund under the related Intercreditor Agreement to obtain reimbursement for a pro rata portion of such amount allocable to the related Companion Loan from the holders of such Companion Loan.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to any applicable Excluded Loan relating to the Directing Holder, the Special Servicer shall consult with the Operating Advisor, on a non-binding basis, in connection with the related transactions involving proposed Major Decisions that it is processing and consider alternative actions recommended by the Operating Advisor, in respect thereof, in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 6.07 for consulting with the Operating Advisor.

(b)               If any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan contains a provision in the nature of a “due-on-encumbrance” clause, which by its terms:

(i)                                 provides that such Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan shall (or may at the mortgagee’s option) become due and payable upon the creation of any lien or other encumbrance on the related Mortgaged Property or any direct or indirect ownership interest in the borrower (including, unless specifically permitted, any mezzanine financing of the Borrower or the Mortgaged Property or any sale or transfer of preferred equity in the Borrower or its owners),

(ii)                              requires the consent of the related mortgagee to the creation of any such lien or other encumbrance on the related Mortgaged Property (including, without limitation, any mezzanine financing of the Borrower or the Mortgaged Property or any sale or transfer of preferred equity in the Borrower or its owners), or

(iii)                           provides that such Mortgaged Property may be further encumbered without the consent of the mortgagee (including, without limitation, any mezzanine financing of the Borrower or the Mortgaged Property or any sale or transfer of preferred equity in the Borrower or its owners), provided certain conditions set forth in the Loan Documents are satisfied,

then, the Master Servicer (with respect to Performing Loans (other than Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans), to the extent such action is not a Major Decision) or the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans and, to the extent such action is a Major Decision, Performing Loans (other than Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans)) shall determine, in each case in a manner consistent with the Servicing Standard, on behalf of the Trustee as the mortgagee of record, whether to (a) exercise any right it may have with respect to such Serviced Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan (x) to accelerate the payments thereon or (y) to withhold its consent to the creation of any

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additional lien or other encumbrance, consistent with the Servicing Standard or (b) grant or waive its right to exercise such rights; provided that, (i) with respect to such consent or waiver of rights that is a Major Decision, prior to itself taking such an action, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall obtain, other than during the continuance of a Control Termination Event, the prior written consent (or deemed consent) of the Directing Holder pursuant to Section 6.07 (or (A)(1) after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event, but prior to a Consultation Termination Event and (2) other than with respect to any applicable Excluded Loan, upon consultation with the Directing Holder and the Risk Retention Consultation Parties pursuant to Section 6.07 and (B) with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Event, upon consultation with the Operating Advisor pursuant to Section 6.07 and (ii) the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer processing such action, prior to consenting to such action, shall obtain, a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to the Certificates and Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if any, in the case of any such Mortgage Loan that (1) represents more than 2% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans then outstanding, (2) has a Stated Principal Balance that is more than $35,000,000, (3) represents one of the ten largest Mortgage Loans or groups of cross-collateralized Mortgage Loans based on Stated Principal Balance, (4) has an aggregate loan-to-value ratio (including any existing and proposed additional debt) that is equal to or greater than 85%, (5) has an aggregate Debt Service Coverage Ratio (in each case, determined based upon the aggregate of the Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan, any existing additional debt and the principal amount of the proposed additional lien) that is less than 1.20x or (6) is a Mortgage Loan as to which the related Serviced Companion Loan (A) represents one of the ten largest mortgage loans in the related Other Securitization based on outstanding principal balance, (B) represents more than 2% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the mortgage loans then outstanding in the related Other Securitization or (C) has an outstanding principal balance that is more than $35,000,000 (provided that the Special Servicer shall be entitled to request and reasonably rely upon the written notification provided by the master servicer, special servicer, trustee or certificate administrator of the applicable Other Securitization as to whether any condition in clause (6)(A) or (B) is met, or if no timely response is received, entitled to reasonably rely on the most recent CREFC® reports related to the applicable Other Securitization); provided that with respect to clauses (1), (3), (4) and (5), such Mortgage Loan shall have a Stated Principal Balance of at least $10,000,000 for the requirement of a Rating Agency Confirmation to apply.

The Master Servicer or the Special Servicer processing such action shall notify the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Directing Holder and the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, that the creation of any lien or other encumbrance has been completed by forwarding to the Custodian (with a copy to the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee and the Directing Holder, as applicable) the original copy (if available, and otherwise, a copy) of the document creating such lien or encumbrance, which copies shall be added to the related Mortgage File and shall, for all purposes, be considered a part of such Mortgage File to the same extent as all other documents and instruments constituting a part thereof. To the extent not precluded by the Loan Documents, neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall approve the creation of any lien or other encumbrance without requiring the related Borrower to pay any fees owed to the Rating Agencies associated with the approval of such lien or encumbrance. However, if the related Borrower is required but fails to pay such fees, such fees shall be an expense of the Trust Fund (and in the case of any Serviced Whole Loan, such expense

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shall be allocated in accordance with the allocation provisions of the related Intercreditor Agreement); provided that in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan the Master Servicer shall be required, after receiving payment from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account, if any, to (i) promptly notify the holder of the related Companion Loan and (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to exercise on behalf of the Trust Fund the rights of the Trust Fund under the related Intercreditor Agreement to obtain reimbursement for a pro rata portion of such amount allocable to the related Companion Loan from the holders of such Companion Loan.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to any applicable Excluded Loan relating to the Directing Holder (regardless of whether an Operating Advisor Consultation Event has occurred and is continuing), the Special Servicer or the related Excluded Special Servicer, as applicable, shall consult with the Operating Advisor, on a non-binding basis, in connection with the related transactions involving proposed Major Decisions that it is processing and consider alternative actions recommended by the Operating Advisor, in respect thereof, in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 6.07 for consulting with the Operating Advisor.

(c)               Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer may waive its rights or grant its consent under any “due-on-sale” or “due-on-encumbrance” clause relating to any Mortgage Loan without, if no Control Termination Event is continuing, the consent of the Directing Holder. The Directing Holder shall have 10 Business Days (or longer period provided by the related Intercreditor Agreement) after receipt of notice along with the Special Servicer’s recommendation and analysis with respect to such waiver and any additional information the Directing Holder may reasonably request from the Special Servicer of a proposed waiver or consent under any “due-on-sale” or “due-on-encumbrance” clause in which to grant or withhold its consent (provided that if the Special Servicer fails to receive a response to such notice from the Directing Holder in writing within such period, then the Directing Holder shall be deemed to have consented to such proposed waiver or consent).

(d)               The Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall provide copies of any waivers that it processes pursuant to Section 3.09(a) or (b) of this Agreement to the other party, the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such waivers to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement) and the related Other 17g-5 Information Provider (if any) with respect to each Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan.

(e)                Nothing in this Section 3.09 shall constitute a waiver of the Trustee’s right, as the mortgagee of record, to receive notice of any assumption of a Mortgage Loan, any sale or other transfer of the related Mortgaged Property or the creation of any lien or other encumbrance with respect to such Mortgaged Property.

(f)                 In connection with the taking of, or the failure to take, any action pursuant to this Section 3.09, the Special Servicer shall not agree to modify, waive or amend, and no assumption or substitution agreement entered into pursuant to Section 3.09(a) of this Agreement shall contain any terms that are different from, any term of any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan or the related Mortgage Note, other than pursuant to Section 3.26 hereof, as applicable.

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(g)               With respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan which permits release of Mortgaged Properties through defeasance:

(i)                                 Subject to the consent rights and processes set forth in Section 6.07 with respect to Major Decisions, the Master Servicer shall process all defeasances of Serviced Mortgage Loans and Serviced Companion Loans in accordance with the terms of the related Loan Documents, and shall be entitled to any defeasance fees paid relating thereto (provided that for the avoidance of doubt, any such defeasance fee shall not include the Special Servicer’s portion of any Modification Fees or waiver fees in connection with a defeasance that the Special Servicer is entitled to under this Agreement). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Master Servicer shall process such defeasances without the consent of the Special Servicer (or Directing Holder, if applicable), subject only to the Special Servicer’s consent rights (including any required Directing Holder approval of Special Servicer actions) with respect to any modification, waiver or amendment that constitutes a Major Decision.

(ii)                              If such Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan requires that the lender purchase the required government securities, then the Master Servicer shall purchase, or shall cause the purchase of, such obligations on behalf of the Trust, at the related Borrower’s expense, in accordance with the terms of such Mortgage Loan; provided that the Master Servicer shall not accept the amounts paid by the related Borrower to effect defeasance until acceptable government securities have been identified.

(iii)                           To the extent not inconsistent with such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, the Master Servicer shall require the related Borrower to provide an Opinion of Counsel (which shall be an expense of the related Borrower) to the effect that the Trustee has a first priority perfected security interest in the defeasance collateral (including the government securities) and the assignment of the defeasance collateral is valid and enforceable; such opinion, together with any other certificates or documents to be required in connection with such defeasance shall be in form and substance acceptable to each Rating Agency.

(iv)                          To the extent not inconsistent with such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, the Master Servicer shall require a certificate at the related Borrower’s expense from an Independent certified public accountant certifying to the effect that the government securities will provide cash flows sufficient to meet all payments of interest and principal (including payments at maturity) on such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan in compliance with the requirements of the terms of the related Loan Documents.

(v)                             Prior to permitting the release of any Mortgaged Property through defeasance, the Master Servicer shall obtain, to the extent permissible under the related Loan Documents and at the related Borrower’s expense, a Rating Agency Confirmation; provided that the Master Servicer shall not be required to obtain such Rating Agency Confirmation from any Rating Agency if such Mortgage Loan at the time of such defeasance is not (x) a Mortgage Loan that (together with any Mortgage Loans cross-collateralized with such Mortgage Loan) is one of the ten largest Mortgage Loans by Stated Principal Balance, (y) a Mortgage Loan with a Stated Principal Balance equal to or greater

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than $35,000,000 or (z) a Mortgage Loan that represents 5% or more of the Stated Principal Balance of all Mortgage Loans.

(vi)                          Prior to permitting release of any Mortgaged Property through defeasance, the Master Servicer shall require an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such release will not cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding or cause a tax to be imposed on the Trust Fund under the REMIC Provisions; provided that to the extent not inconsistent with the Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, the related Borrower shall pay the cost related to the Opinion of Counsel (and shall otherwise be a Servicing Advance).

(vii)                       No defeasance shall occur on or prior to the second anniversary of the Startup Day of the Trust REMICs, or in the case of any Companion Loan, the later of the second anniversary of the Startup Day of the Trust REMICs and the second anniversary of the startup day of any REMIC holding such Companion Loan.

(viii)                    The Trustee shall at the expense of the related Borrower (to the extent not inconsistent with the related Loan Documents) hold the U.S. government securities as pledgee for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner and, if applicable, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, and the Certificate Administrator shall apply payments of principal and interest received on the government obligations to the Collection Account (or Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account) in respect of the defeased Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan according to the payment schedule existing immediately prior to the defeasance.

(ix)                            The Master Servicer shall, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, enforce provisions in the Mortgage Loans that it is servicing requiring Borrowers to pay all reasonable expenses associated with a defeasance.

(x)                               To the extent not inconsistent with such Mortgage Loan, or to the extent the related Loan Documents provide the lender with discretion, the Master Servicer shall require a single purpose entity, formed solely for the purpose of owning and pledging the government securities related to one or more of the Mortgage Loans, to act as a successor borrower.

(xi)                            The Master Servicer may accept as defeasance collateral of any “government security,” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation’s Section 1.860G-(2)(a)(8)(ii), notwithstanding any more restrictive requirements in the Loan Documents; provided that the Master Servicer has received an Opinion of Counsel that acceptance of such defeasance collateral will not cause an Adverse REMIC Event.

(xii)                         Neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall charge a fee for defeasance in excess of that permitted under the Loan Documents in the event that the Loan Documents provide for such a fee limitation.

(h)               When the Special Servicer’s consent is requested under this Section 3.09, such consent shall be deemed given 15 Business Days (or such longer time period pursuant to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement but not less than five (5) Business Days after the time

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period set forth therein for Directing Holder approval) after receipt (unless earlier objected to) by the Special Servicer from the Master Servicer of the Master Servicer’s written analysis and recommendation with respect to such proposed action together with such other information reasonably requested by the Special Servicer.

Section 3.10        Appraisals; Realization upon Defaulted Loans. (a)  Other than with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan and only to the extent the Special Servicer has knowledge of the following, contemporaneously with the earliest of (i) the effective date of any (A) modification of the Maturity Date or extended Maturity Date, a Mortgage Rate, principal balance or amortization terms of any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan or any other term of a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, (B) extension of the Maturity Date or extended Maturity Date of a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan as described below in Section 3.26 of this Agreement, or (C) consent to the release of any Mortgaged Property from the lien of the related Mortgage other than pursuant to the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, (ii) the occurrence of an Appraisal Reduction Event, (iii) a default in the payment of a Balloon Payment for which an extension is not granted, or (iv) the date on which the Special Servicer, consistent with the Servicing Standard, requests an Updated Valuation, the Special Servicer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain an Updated Valuation (or a letter update for an existing appraisal which is less than two years old) within 60 days of such request, the cost of which shall constitute a Servicing Advance; provided that the Special Servicer shall not be required to obtain an Updated Valuation pursuant to clauses (i) through (iv) above with respect to any Mortgaged Property for which there exists an Appraisal, Updated Appraisal or Small Loan Appraisal Estimate which is less than nine months old unless the Special Servicer has actual knowledge of a material adverse change in circumstances that, consistent with the Servicing Standard, would call into question the validity of such Appraisal, Updated Appraisal or Small Loan Appraisal Estimate. For so long as such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan is a Specially Serviced Loan, (i) the Special Servicer shall, within 30 days of the end of each 9-month period following the related Appraisal Reduction Event, use commercially reasonable efforts to order an Appraisal (which may be an update of a prior Appraisal), the cost of which shall constitute a Servicing Advance and (ii) the Master Servicer shall recalculate the Appraisal Reduction Amount prior to the Special Servicer granting extensions beyond one year or any subsequent extension after granting a one year extension with respect to the same Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan. Subject to any required consent from the Directing Holder and consultation with the Risk Retention Consultation Parties and Operating Advisor pursuant to Section 6.07, nothing herein is intended to limit the Special Servicer’s ability to pursue multiple strategies contemporaneously if the Special Servicer deems such actions appropriate under the Servicing Standard. The Special Servicer shall update, in accordance with the timing described above, each Small Loan Appraisal Estimate or Updated Appraisal for so long as an Appraisal Reduction Event exists with respect to the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan and the Master Servicer shall recalculate the Appraisal Reduction Amount based on such updated Small Loan Appraisal Estimate or Updated Appraisal and receipt of information reasonably requested by the Master Servicer from the Special Servicer to the extent such information is in the possession of the Special Servicer, reasonably necessary to calculate the Appraisal Reduction Amount. The Special Servicer shall send all such letter updates and Updated Valuations to the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such materials to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement), the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder (if any), the Risk Retention Consultation Parties and, for so long as

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no Consultation Termination Event is continuing, the Directing Holder. None of the Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator shall calculate or verify any Appraisal Reduction Amounts.

The Special Servicer shall monitor each Specially Serviced Loan, evaluate whether the causes of the default can be corrected over a reasonable period without significant impairment of the value of the related Mortgaged Property, initiate corrective action in cooperation with the Borrower if, in the Special Servicer’s judgment, cure is likely, and take such other actions (including without limitation, negotiating and accepting a discounted payoff of a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan) as are consistent with the Servicing Standard. If, in the Special Servicer’s judgment, such corrective action has been unsuccessful, no satisfactory arrangement can be made for collection of delinquent payments, and the Specially Serviced Loan has not been released from the Trust Fund pursuant to any provision hereof, and except as otherwise specifically provided in Section 3.09(a) and 3.09(b) of this Agreement, the Special Servicer may, to the extent consistent with the Asset Status Report (and with the consent of the Directing Holder, if no Control Termination Event is continuing, and after consultation with each of the Risk Retention Consultation Parties pursuant to Section 6.07) and with the Servicing Standard, accelerate such Specially Serviced Loan and commence a foreclosure or other acquisition with respect to the related Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties, provided that the Special Servicer determines that such acceleration and foreclosure are more likely to produce a greater recovery to Certificateholders and, if applicable, Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and, if applicable, Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, constituted a single lender) (and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan with a related Subordinate Companion Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of such Subordinate Companion Loan) on a present value basis (discounting at the related Calculation Rate) than would a waiver of such default or an extension or modification in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.26 hereof. In connection with causing the Trust to foreclose on collateral that consists of multiple properties held for sale to customers by the related Borrower (such as unsold condominium units in a single project), the Special Servicer directing such foreclosure shall consider the effect of the bidding price for the properties on the tax basis of such properties if such properties are likely to be treated in the hands of the Trust as properties held for sale to customers. The Master Servicer shall pay the costs and expenses in any such proceedings as a Servicing Advance unless the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, determines, in its good faith judgment, that such Servicing Advance would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance; provided that, if such Servicing Advance would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance but the Special Servicer determines that such payment would be in the best interests of the Certificateholders and, if applicable, Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, as applicable, constituted a single lender) (and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan with a related Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of such Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan) (with the Master Servicer permitted to conclusively rely upon any such determination by the Special Servicer), the Special Servicer shall direct the Master Servicer to make such payment from the Collection Account (or, if applicable, the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account), which payment shall be an Additional Trust Fund Expense. The Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely (and with respect to the Special Servicer, shall rely) upon any determination of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer that a Servicing Advance, if made, would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance. If the Master Servicer does not make such Servicing Advance in violation of the second preceding

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sentence, the Trustee shall make such Servicing Advance, unless the Trustee determines that such Servicing Advance would be a Nonrecoverable Advance. The Master Servicer and the Trustee, as applicable, shall be entitled to reimbursement of Servicing Advances (with interest at the Reimbursement Rate) made pursuant to this paragraph to the extent permitted by Section 3.06 of this Agreement.

(b)               If the Special Servicer elects to proceed with a non-judicial foreclosure in accordance with the laws of the state where the Mortgaged Property is located, the Special Servicer shall not be required to pursue a deficiency judgment against the related Borrower or any other liable party if (i) the laws of the state do not permit such a deficiency judgment after a non-judicial foreclosure or (ii) if the Special Servicer determines, in its best judgment, that the likely recovery if a deficiency judgment is obtained will not be sufficient to warrant the cost, time, expense and/or exposure of pursuing the deficiency judgment and such determination is evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator.

(c)               In the event that title to any Mortgaged Property is acquired in foreclosure or by deed in lieu of foreclosure, the deed or certificate of sale shall be issued to the Trustee (on behalf of the Trust Fund), or to its nominee (which shall not include the Special Servicer) or a separate Trustee or co-Trustee on behalf of the Trustee as Holder of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests and the Certificateholders and, if applicable, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders. Notwithstanding any such acquisition of title and cancellation of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, shall (except for purposes of Section 9.01 of this Agreement) be considered to be a Serviced REO Loan until such time as the related Serviced REO Property shall be sold by the Trust Fund and shall be reduced only by collections net of expenses. Consistent with the foregoing, for purposes of all calculations hereunder, so long as such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, shall be considered to be an outstanding Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable:

(i)                it shall be assumed that, notwithstanding that the indebtedness evidenced by the related Mortgage Note shall have been discharged, such Mortgage Note and, for purposes of determining the Stated Principal Balance thereof, the related amortization schedule in effect at the time of any such acquisition of title shall remain in effect; and

(ii)                subject to Section 1.02(g) of this Agreement, Net REO Proceeds received in any month shall be applied to amounts that would have been payable under the related Mortgage Note(s) in accordance with the terms of such Mortgage Note(s) and any applicable Intercreditor Agreement. In the absence of such terms, Net REO Proceeds shall, subject to Section 1.02(g) of this Agreement, be deemed to have been received first, in payment of the accrued interest that remained unpaid on the date that the related Serviced REO Property was acquired by the Trust Fund; second, in respect of the delinquent principal installments that remained unpaid on such date; and thereafter, Net REO Proceeds received in any month shall be applied to the payment of installments of principal and accrued interest on such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable, deemed to be due and payable in accordance with the terms of such Mortgage Note(s) and such amortization schedule until such principal has been paid in full and then to other amounts due under such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable. If such Net

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REO Proceeds exceed the Periodic Payment then payable, the excess shall be treated as a Principal Prepayment received in respect of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable.

(d)               Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, the Special Servicer shall not acquire for the benefit of the Trust Fund any personal property pursuant to this Section 3.10 unless either:

(i)                                 such personal property is incident to real property (within the meaning of Section 856(e)(l) of the Code) so acquired by the Special Servicer for the benefit of the Trust Fund; or

(ii)                              the Special Servicer shall have requested and received an Opinion of Counsel (which opinion shall be an expense of the Lower-Tier REMIC) to the effect that the holding of such personal property by the Lower-Tier REMIC or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC, if applicable, will not cause the imposition of a tax on any Trust REMIC under the REMIC Provisions or cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificate is outstanding (and such Opinion of Counsel may be premised on the designation hereby of any such personal property as being deemed part of an “outside reserve fund” (within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(h)) with the owner of such personal property for federal income tax purposes to be designated at such time).

(e)               Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Agreement, the Special Servicer shall not, on behalf of the Trust Fund, obtain title to any direct or indirect partnership interest or other equity interest in any Borrower pledged pursuant to any pledge agreement unless the Special Servicer shall have requested and received an Opinion of Counsel (which opinion shall be an expense of the Trust Fund (and in the case of any Serviced Whole Loan, such expense shall be allocated in accordance with the allocation provisions of the related Intercreditor Agreement)) to the effect that the holding of such partnership interest or other equity interest by the Trust Fund will not cause the imposition of a tax on any Trust REMIC under the REMIC Provisions or cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificate is outstanding.

(f)                Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Special Servicer shall not cause the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust Fund, to obtain title to a Mortgaged Property as a result of or in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise, to obtain title to any direct or indirect partnership interest in any Borrower pledged pursuant to a pledge agreement and thereby be the beneficial owner of a Mortgaged Property, have a receiver of rents appointed with respect to, and shall not otherwise cause the Trustee to acquire possession of, or take any other action with respect to, any Mortgaged Property if, as a result of any such action, the Trustee, for the Trust Fund, the Certificateholders (including the holders of the Loan-Specific Certificates), the RR Interest Owner, or Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, if applicable, would be considered to hold title to, to be a “mortgagee-in-possession” of, or to be an “owner” or “operator” of such Mortgaged Property within the meaning of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended from time to time, or any comparable law, unless the Special Servicer has previously determined in accordance with the Servicing Standard,

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based on an updated environmental assessment report prepared by an Independent Person who regularly conducts environmental audits (which report shall be an expense of the Trust), performed within six months prior to any such acquisition of title or other action that:

(i)                                such Mortgaged Property is in compliance with applicable environmental laws or, if not, after consultation with an environmental consultant, that it would be in the best economic interest of the Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner (and with respect to the Serviced Whole Loans, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders), as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner and, if applicable, Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders constituted a single lender (and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan with a related Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of such Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan), to take such actions as are necessary to bring such Mortgaged Property in compliance therewith, and

(ii)                              there are no circumstances present at such Mortgaged Property relating to the use, management or disposal of any Hazardous Materials for which investigation, testing, monitoring, containment, clean-up or remediation could be required under any currently effective federal, state or local law or regulation, or that, if any such Hazardous Materials are present for which such action could be required, after consultation with an environmental consultant, it would be in the best economic interest of the Certificateholders and RR Interest Owner (and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders), as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and RR Interest Owner and, if applicable, Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders constituted a single lender (and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan with a related Subordinate Companion Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of such Subordinate Companion Loan), to take such actions with respect to the affected Mortgaged Property.

In the event that the environmental assessment first obtained by the Special Servicer with respect to a Mortgaged Property indicates that such Mortgaged Property may not be in compliance with applicable environmental laws or that Hazardous Materials may be present but does not definitively establish such fact, the Special Servicer shall cause such further environmental tests to be conducted by an Independent Person who regularly conducts such tests as the Special Servicer shall deem prudent to protect the interests of Certificateholders and, if applicable, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders. Any such tests shall be deemed part of the environmental assessment obtained by the Special Servicer for purposes of this Section 3.10.

(g)               The environmental assessment contemplated by Section 3.10(f) of this Agreement shall be prepared within three months (or as soon thereafter as practicable) of the determination that such assessment is required by any Independent Person who regularly conducts environmental audits for purchasers of commercial property where the Mortgaged Property is located, as determined by the Special Servicer in a manner consistent with the Servicing Standard. Upon the written direction of the Special Servicer and delivery by the Special Servicer to the Master Servicer of pertinent back-up information the Master Servicer shall advance the cost of preparation of such environmental assessments as a Servicing Advance unless the Master Servicer determines, in its good faith judgment, that such Servicing Advance would be a Nonrecoverable Advance. The Master Servicer shall be entitled to reimbursement of Servicing Advances (with interest at the Reimbursement Rate) made pursuant to the preceding sentence to the extent

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permitted by Section 3.06. The Special Servicer shall provide written reports and a copy of any environmental assessments in electronic format to the Directing Holder (if no Consultation Termination Event is continuing), the Risk Retention Consultation Parties, the Operating Advisor, the Master Servicer, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder (if any) and the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such materials to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement), monthly regarding any actions taken by the Special Servicer with respect to any Mortgaged Property securing a Defaulted Loan or defaulted Serviced Companion Loan as to which the environmental testing contemplated by Section 3.10(f) of this Agreement has revealed that either of the conditions set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) of the first sentence thereof has not been satisfied, in each case until the earlier to occur of (i) satisfaction of both such conditions, (ii) repurchase of the related Mortgage Loan by the Mortgage Loan Seller or (iii) release of the lien of the related Mortgage on such Mortgaged Property.

(h)               If the Special Servicer determines pursuant to Section 3.10(f)(i) of this Agreement that a Mortgaged Property is not in compliance with applicable environmental laws but that it is in the best economic interest of the Trust Fund (and with respect to the Serviced Whole Loans, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders), as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and, if applicable, Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders constituted a single lender (and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan with a related Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of such Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan), to take such actions as are necessary to bring such Mortgaged Property in compliance therewith, or if the Special Servicer determines pursuant to Section 3.10(f)(ii) of this Agreement that the circumstances referred to therein relating to Hazardous Materials are present but that it is in the best economic interest of the Trust Fund (and with respect to the Serviced Whole Loans, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders), as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and, if applicable, Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders constituted a single lender (and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan with a related Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of such Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan), to take such action with respect to the containment, clean-up or remediation of Hazardous Materials affecting such Mortgaged Property as is required by law or regulation, the Special Servicer shall (with the consent of the Directing Holder (if no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing) and after consultation with the Risk Retention Consultation Parties and the Operating Advisor pursuant to Section 6.07) take such action as it deems to be in the best economic interest of the Trust Fund (and with respect to the Serviced Whole Loans, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders), as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and, if applicable, Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders constituted a single lender (and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan with a related Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of such Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan), but only if the Certificate Administrator has mailed notice to the Holders of the Regular Certificates, the RR Interest Owner, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders and the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders of such proposed action, which notice shall be prepared by the Special Servicer, and only if the Certificate Administrator does not receive, within 30 days of such notification, instructions from the Holders of the Regular Certificates, the RR Interest Owner and the Loan-Specific Certificateholders entitled to a majority of the Voting Rights and, with respect to Serviced Whole Loans, the applicable Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders directing the Special Servicer not to take such action. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Special Servicer reasonably

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determines that it is likely that within such 30-day period irreparable environmental harm to such Mortgaged Property would result from the presence of such Hazardous Materials and provides a prior written statement to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator setting forth the basis for such determination, then the Special Servicer may take or cause to be taken such action to remedy such condition as may be consistent with the Servicing Standard. None of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer shall be obligated to take any action or not take any action pursuant to this Section 3.10(g) at the direction of the Certificateholders entitled to Voting Rights or with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, at the direction of the Certificateholders entitled to Voting Rights and the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders unless the Certificateholders entitled to Voting Rights and, with respect to any Serviced Companion Loan, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders agree to indemnify the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer with respect to such action or inaction. The Master Servicer shall advance the cost of any such compliance, containment, clean-up or remediation as a Servicing Advance unless the Master Servicer determines, in its good faith judgment, that such Advance would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance.

(i)                 The Special Servicer shall notify the Master Servicer of any Mortgaged Property (other than a Mortgaged Property securing a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) which is abandoned or foreclosed that requires reporting to the IRS and shall provide the Master Servicer with all information regarding forgiveness of indebtedness and required to be reported with respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan which is abandoned or foreclosed and the Master Servicer shall report to the IRS and the related Borrower, in the manner required by applicable law, such information and the Master Servicer shall report, via Form 1099C or Form 1099A, all forgiveness of indebtedness to the extent such information has been provided to the Master Servicer by the Special Servicer. The Master Servicer shall deliver a copy of any such report to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator.

(j)                 The costs of any Updated Valuation obtained pursuant to this Section 3.10 shall be paid by the Master Servicer as a Servicing Advance (or from the Collection Account upon a non-recoverability determination) and shall be reimbursable from the Collection Account or, with respect to the Serviced Whole Loans, first, from the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account and second, to the extent amounts in the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Accounts are insufficient therefor, from the Collection Account in accordance with Section 3.06(a); provided that the Master Servicer shall, after receiving payment from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account, if any, (i) promptly notify the related Companion Loan Noteholder and (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to exercise on behalf of the Trust any rights under the related Intercreditor Agreement to obtain reimbursement for a pro rata portion of such amount allocable to the related Serviced Companion Loans from the related Companion Loan Noteholders.

Section 3.11        Custodian to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files. Upon the payment in full of any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, or the receipt by the Master Servicer of a notification that payment in full has been escrowed in a manner customary for such purposes, the Master Servicer shall immediately notify the Custodian by a certification (which certification shall include a statement to the effect that all amounts received or to be received in connection with such payment which are required to be deposited in the Collection Account or the

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applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account, as applicable, pursuant to Section 3.05 of this Agreement have been or will be so deposited) of a Servicing Officer and shall request delivery to it of the related Mortgage File. Any expense incurred in connection with any instrument of satisfaction or deed of reconveyance that is not paid by the related Borrower shall be chargeable to the Trust Fund. The Master Servicer agrees to use reasonable efforts in accordance with the Servicing Standard to enforce any provision in the relevant Loan Documents that require the Borrower to pay such amounts. No expenses incurred in connection with any instrument of satisfaction or deed of reconveyance shall be an expense of the Custodian.

From time to time upon request of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer and delivery to the Custodian of a Request for Release, the Custodian shall promptly release the Mortgage File (or any portion thereof) designated in such Request for Release to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable. Upon return of the foregoing to the Custodian, or in the event of a liquidation or conversion of the Mortgage Loan or the Serviced Whole Loan into a Serviced REO Property, or in the event of a substitution of a Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 2.03 of this Agreement, or receipt by the Custodian of a certificate of a Servicing Officer stating that such Mortgaged Property was liquidated and that all amounts received or to be received in connection with such liquidation which are required to be deposited into the Collection Account or the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account, as applicable, have been so deposited, or that such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan has become a Serviced REO Property, or that the Master Servicer has received a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan and the applicable Substitution Shortfall Amount, the Custodian shall deliver a copy of the Request for Release to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable. If from time to time, pursuant to the terms of the applicable Intercreditor Agreement or Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and as appropriate for enforcing the terms of the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Other Servicer or the Other Special Servicer requests delivery to it of the original Mortgage Note by providing the Trustee and the Custodian a Request for Release, then the Custodian shall release or cause the release of such original Mortgage Note to the Other Servicer or the Other Special Servicer or its designee.

Within five (5) Business Days (or, in case of an emergency, within such shorter period as is reasonable under the circumstances) after receipt of a written certification of a Servicing Officer, the Trustee shall execute and deliver to the Master Servicer (with respect to Performing Loans) and the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans and REO Loans) any court pleadings, requests for a trustee’s sale or other documents prepared by the Special Servicer, its agents or attorneys, necessary to the foreclosure or trustee’s sale in respect of a Mortgaged Property or to any legal action brought to obtain judgment against any Borrower on the Mortgage Note or Mortgage or to obtain a deficiency judgment, or to enforce any other remedies or rights provided by the Mortgage Note or Mortgage or otherwise available at law or in equity. Each such certification shall include a request that such pleadings or documents be executed by the Trustee and a statement as to the reason such documents or pleadings are required, that the proposed action is consistent with the Servicing Standard and that the execution and delivery thereof by the Trustee will not invalidate or otherwise affect the lien of the Mortgage, except for the termination of such a lien upon completion of the foreclosure or trustee’s sale.

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Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and as appropriate for enforcing the terms of such Servicing Shift Whole Loan, as applicable, the related Other Servicer requests in writing delivery to it of the related original Note, then the Custodian shall release or cause the release of such related original Note to the related Other Servicer or its designee.

Section 3.12        Servicing Fees, Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fees and Special Servicing Compensation. (a) As compensation for its activities hereunder, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to the Servicing Fee with respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, Serviced Companion Loan and REO Loan. The Master Servicer’s rights to the Servicing Fee may not be transferred in whole or in part except in connection with the transfer of all of the Master Servicer’s responsibilities and obligations under this Agreement or as provided in the second succeeding paragraph with respect to the Excess Servicing Fee.

In addition, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to receive, as additional Servicing Compensation, to the extent not prohibited by applicable law and the related Loan Documents and any related Intercreditor Agreement, (i) all investment income earned on amounts on deposit in the Collection Account (and with respect to each Serviced Whole Loan, the related Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account) and certain Reserve Accounts (to the extent consistent with the related Loan Documents); (ii) any Net Default Interest and any other Penalty Charges collected by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer during a Collection Period accrued on any Performing Loan (and the related Serviced Companion Loan, if applicable), in each case, remaining after application thereof during such Collection Period to pay the Advance Interest Amount relating to such Performing Loan and to pay or reimburse the Trust for any unreimbursed Additional Trust Fund Expenses (including Special Servicing Fees, Workout Fees and Liquidation Fees) relating to such Performing Loan incurred during or prior to such Collection Period, and, in the case of the Serviced Whole Loans, to the extent allocated to the related Mortgage Loan in the related Intercreditor Agreement and as further described in Section 3.12(d); (iii) any amounts collected for checks returned for insufficient funds (with respect to any Performing Loan or Specially Serviced Loan) on accounts maintained by the Master Servicer; and (iv) (A) 100% of any Modification Fees and consent fees (or similar fees) related to any consents, modifications, waivers, extensions or amendments of any Serviced Mortgage Loans (and any related Serviced Companion Loan) that are Performing Loans and that do not involve a Major Decision, (B) 50% of any Modification Fees and consent fees (or similar fees) related to any consents, modifications, waivers, extensions or amendments of any Serviced Mortgage Loans (and any related Serviced Companion Loan) that are Performing Loans that involve one or more Major Decisions (whether or not processed by the Special Servicer), (C) 100% of any defeasance fees (provided that for the avoidance of doubt, any such defeasance fee shall not include the Special Servicer’s portion of any Modification Fees or waiver fees in connection with a defeasance that the Special Servicer is entitled to under this Agreement), (D) 100% of Assumption Fees or processing fees (or similar fees) with respect to Serviced Mortgage Loans (and any related Serviced Companion Loan) that is a Performing Loan that do not involve a Major Decision, (E) 100% of loan service transaction fees on any Mortgage Loan that is a Performing Loan with respect to actions that do not involve a Major Decision, (F) 50% of Assumption Fees or processing fees (or similar fees) with respect to Performing Mortgage Loans (and any related Serviced Companion Loan) that involve one or more Major Decisions (whether or not processed by the Special Servicer), (G) 100% of beneficiary statement charges to the extent such beneficiary statements are prepared by the Master Servicer (but not including Prepayment Premiums or Yield Maintenance Charges) on all Mortgage Loans

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(and the related Serviced Companion Loans) that are Performing Loans, (H) 100% of assumption application fees with respect to Serviced Mortgage Loans (and any related Serviced Companion Loan) for which the Master Servicer is processing the underlying assumption-related transaction (whether or not the consent of the Special Servicer is required), and (I) 0% of assumption application fees with respect to Specially Serviced Loans and Performing Loans for which the Special Servicer is processing the related assumption transaction, in each case to the extent received and not required to be deposited or retained in the Collection Account (or Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account), in each case pursuant to Section 3.05 of this Agreement. The Master Servicer shall also be entitled pursuant to, and to the extent provided in, Section 3.06(a)(viii) or 3.07(b) of this Agreement, as applicable, to withdraw from the Collection Account and to receive from any Borrower Accounts (to the extent not payable to the related Borrower under the Mortgage Loan or applicable law), Net Prepayment Interest Excess, if any, that accrue on the Mortgage Loans that it is servicing and any interest or other income earned on deposits therein. In addition, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to the portion of Net Default Interest and any late payment fees or penalty charges collected by the Other Servicer servicing a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan that are allocated to such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement and remaining after application thereof to reimburse interest on related P&I Advances and to reimburse the Trust for certain expenses (including Special Servicing Fees, Liquidation Fees and Workout Fees) of the Trust, if applicable, as provided in this Agreement. Except as specified in the preceding sentence and except with respect to clause (i) in this paragraph, the Master Servicer will not be entitled to the compensation set forth in clauses (iii) and (iv) in this paragraph with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer will each be entitled to charge the related Borrower reasonable review fees in connection with any borrower request to the extent such fees are not prohibited under the related Loan Documents and are actually paid by or on behalf of the related Borrower.

The Master Servicer and any successor holder of the Excess Servicing Fee Rights that relate to the Mortgage Loans (and any successor REO Loans with respect to such Mortgage Loans) shall be entitled, at any time, at its own expense, to transfer, sell, pledge or otherwise assign such Excess Servicing Fee Rights in whole (but not in part), in either case, to any Qualified Institutional Buyer or Institutional Accredited Investor (other than a Plan); provided that no such transfer, sale, pledge or other assignment shall be made unless (i) that transfer, sale, pledge or other assignment is exempt from the registration and/or qualification requirements of the Act and any applicable state securities laws and is otherwise made in accordance with the Act and such state securities laws, (ii) the prospective transferor shall have delivered to the Depositor a certificate substantially in the form attached as Exhibit AA-1 hereto and (iii) the prospective transferee shall have delivered to the Master Servicer and the Depositor a certificate substantially in the form attached as Exhibit AA-2 hereto. None of the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Certificate Registrar is obligated to register or qualify an Excess Servicing Fee Right under the Act or any other securities law or to take any action not otherwise required under this Agreement to permit the transfer, sale, pledge or assignment of an Excess Servicing Fee Right without registration or qualification. The Master Servicer and each holder of an Excess Servicing Fee Right desiring to effect a transfer, sale, pledge or other assignment of such Excess Servicing Fee Right shall, and the Master Servicer hereby agrees, and each such holder of an Excess Servicing Fee Right by its

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acceptance of such Excess Servicing Fee Right shall be deemed to have agreed, in connection with any transfer of such Excess Servicing Fee Right effected by such Person, to indemnify the Certificateholders, the Trust, the Depositor, the Underwriters, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Certificate Registrar, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Special Servicer against any liability that may result if such transfer is not exempt from registration and/or qualification under the Act or other applicable federal and state securities laws or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws or in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this paragraph. By its acceptance of an Excess Servicing Fee Right, the holder thereof shall be deemed to have agreed not to use or disclose such information in any manner that could result in a violation of any provision of the Act or other applicable securities laws or that would require registration of such Excess Servicing Fee Right or any Certificate pursuant to the Act. From time to time following any transfer, sale, pledge or assignment of an Excess Servicing Fee Right, the Master Servicer with respect to the related Mortgage Loan or successor REO Loan with respect thereto to which the Excess Servicing Fee Right relates, shall pay, out of each amount paid to the Master Servicer as Servicing Fee with respect to such Mortgage Loan or REO Loan, as the case may be, the related Excess Servicing Fees to the holder of such Excess Servicing Fee Right within one Business Day following the payment of such Servicing Fee to the Master Servicer, in each case in accordance with payment instructions provided by such holder in writing to the Master Servicer. The holder of an Excess Servicing Fee Right shall not have any rights under this Agreement except as set forth in the preceding sentences of this paragraph. None of the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Registrar, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Depositor, the Special Servicer or the Trustee shall have any obligation whatsoever regarding payment of the Excess Servicing Fee or the assignment or transfer of the Excess Servicing Fee Right.

As compensation for its activities hereunder on each Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled with respect to each Mortgage Loan to its portion of the Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fee, which shall be payable from amounts on deposit in the Lower-Tier Distribution Account. The Certificate Administrator shall pay the Trustee the Trustee’s portion of the Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fee. The Certificate Administrator’s rights to the Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fee may not be transferred in whole or in part except in connection with the transfer of all of its responsibilities and obligations under this Agreement.

Except as otherwise provided herein, the Master Servicer shall pay all of its overhead expenses incurred by it in connection with its servicing activities hereunder, including all fees of any sub-servicers retained by it (but excluding Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicers). Except as otherwise provided herein, the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall each pay all expenses incurred by it in connection with its activities hereunder.

(b)               As compensation for its activities hereunder, the Special Servicer shall be entitled with respect to each Specially Serviced Loan and Serviced REO Loan to the Special Servicing Compensation, which shall be payable from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account or the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account, as applicable, as set forth in Section 3.06 of this Agreement. The Special Servicer’s rights to the Special Servicing Fee may not be transferred in whole or in part except in connection with the transfer of all of the Special Servicer’s responsibilities and obligations under this Agreement. In addition, the Special Servicer shall be entitled to receive, as Special Servicing Compensation, to the extent permitted by applicable law

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and the related Loan Documents, (i) any Net Default Interest and any other Penalty Charges collected by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer during a Collection Period accrued on any Specially Serviced Loan remaining after application thereof during such Collection Period (and in the case of the Serviced Whole Loans, as set forth in and subject to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement) and as further described in Section 3.12(d) herein to pay the Advance Interest Amount relating to such Specially Serviced Loan and any unreimbursed Additional Trust Fund Expenses (including Special Servicing Fees, Workout Fees and Liquidation Fees) incurred during or prior to such Collection Period on such related Specially Serviced Loan (but not nonsufficient funds check fees and the like, which shall be paid to the Master Servicer) as further described below in this subsection (b); (ii) (A) 100% of any Modification Fees and consent fees (or similar fees) related to any Specially Serviced Loan, (B) 50% of any Modification Fees and consent fees (or similar fees) related to any consents, modifications, waivers, extensions or amendments of any Mortgage Loans (and the related Serviced Companion Loans) that are non-Specially Serviced Loans which involve one or more Major Decisions (whether or not processed by the Special Servicer) and (C) 0% of any Modification Fees and consent fees (or similar fees) on Mortgage Loans (and the related Serviced Companion Loans) that are Performing Loans which do not involve a Major Decision, (iii) (A) 100% of any Assumption Fees and processing fees (or similar fees) on Specially Serviced Loans, (B) 50% of any Assumption Fees and processing fees (or similar fees) on Mortgage Loans (and the related Serviced Companion Loans) that are Performing Loans which involve a Major Decision (whether or not processed by the Special Servicer) and (C) 0% of any Assumption Fees and consent fees on Mortgage Loans (and the related Serviced Companion Loans) that are Performing Loans which do not involve a Major Decision, (iv) 100% of assumption application fees received with respect to the Mortgage Loans (and the related Serviced Companion Loans) for which the Special Servicer is processing the underlying assumption related transaction and 100% of such fees for Specially Serviced Loans, (v) 100% of beneficiary statement charges to the extent such beneficiary statements are prepared by the Special Servicer (but not including Prepayment Premiums or Yield Maintenance Charges) on Specially Serviced Loans, and (vi) any interest or other income earned on deposits in the REO Accounts and 100% of charges for checks returned for insufficient funds on the REO Account.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer will each be entitled to charge the related Borrower reasonable review fees in connection with any borrower request.

With respect to any of the fees set forth in the preceding Section 3.12(a) and this Section 3.12(b) as to which both the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer are entitled to receive a portion thereof, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall each have the right, in their sole discretion, but not any obligation, to reduce or elect not to charge its respective portion of such fee; provided that (A) neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall have the right to reduce or elect not to charge the portion of any such fee due to the other and (B) to the extent either the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer exercises its right to reduce or elect not to charge its respective portion in any such fee, the party that reduced or elected not to charge its respective portion of such fee shall not have any right to share in any part of the other party’s portion of such fee. If the Master Servicer decides not to charge any fee, the Special Servicer shall nevertheless be entitled to charge its portion of the related fee to which the Special Servicer would have been entitled if the Master Servicer had charged a fee and the Master Servicer shall not be entitled to any of such fee charged by the Special Servicer. If the Special Servicer decides not to charge any

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fee, the Master Servicer shall nevertheless be entitled to charge its portion of the related fee to which the Master Servicer would have been entitled if the Special Servicer had charged a fee and the Special Servicer shall not be entitled to any of such fee charged by the Master Servicer.

In addition, the Special Servicer shall be entitled to the portion of Net Default Interest and any other Penalty Charges collected by the Other Special Servicer servicing the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan and that are allocated to such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan remaining after application thereof during such Collection Period to pay the Advance Interest Amount relating to such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan and any unreimbursed Additional Trust Fund Expenses (including Special Servicing Fees, Workout Fees and Liquidation Fees) incurred during or prior to such Collection Period on such related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan (but not nonsufficient funds check fees and similar fees, which shall be paid to the Master Servicer) as provided in this Agreement. Except as specified in the preceding sentence, the Special Servicer will not be entitled to the compensation set forth in this Section 3.12(b) with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan.

(c)               In addition, a Workout Fee will be payable to the Special Servicer with respect to each Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan that ceases to be a Specially Serviced Loan pursuant to the definition thereof. As to each such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, the Workout Fee will be payable out of each collection of interest and principal (including scheduled payments, prepayments, Balloon Payments and payments at maturity) received on such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan for so long as it remains a Corrected Mortgage Loan. The Workout Fee with respect to any such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan will cease to be payable if such loan again becomes a Specially Serviced Loan or if the related Mortgaged Property becomes a Serviced REO Property; provided that a new Workout Fee will become payable if and when such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loans again ceases to be a Specially Serviced Loan. If the Special Servicer is terminated (other than for cause) or resigns with respect to any or all of its servicing duties, it shall retain the right to receive any and all Workout Fees payable with respect to the Mortgage Loans that cease to be a Specially Serviced Loan during the period that it had responsibility for servicing such Specially Serviced Loan (or for any Specially Serviced Loan that had not yet become a Corrected Mortgage Loan because as of the time that the Special Servicer is terminated the borrower has not made three consecutive monthly debt service payments and subsequently the Specially Serviced Loan becomes a Corrected Mortgage Loan) at the time of such termination or resignation (and the successor Special Servicer shall not be entitled to any portion of such Workout Fees), in each case until the Workout Fee for any such loan ceases to be payable in accordance with the preceding sentence.

A Liquidation Fee will be payable to the Special Servicer, except as described below, with respect to (i) each Mortgage Loan repurchased by a Mortgage Loan Seller after the Initial Resolution Period (and giving effect to any Resolution Extension Period) in accordance with Section 2.03(e) of this Agreement or that is subject to a Loss of Value Payment, (ii) each Specially Serviced Loan as to which the Special Servicer obtains a full, partial or discounted payoff from the related Borrower, (iii) any Specially Serviced Loan or Serviced REO Property as to which the Special Servicer recovered any Liquidation Proceeds and (iv) each Defaulted Loan that is a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan sold by the Special Servicer in accordance with the proviso in Section 3.16(b) of this Agreement as to which the Special Servicer recovered any Liquidation Proceeds; provided, however, for clarification, in the case of clause (iv), should the Non-Serviced

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Mortgage Loan be sold by the Other Special Servicer, then the Liquidation Fee shall be paid to such Other Special Servicer. As to each such Mortgage Loan repurchased by a Mortgage Loan Seller after the Initial Resolution Period (and giving effect to any Resolution Extension Period) in accordance with Section 2.03(e) of this Agreement or Specially Serviced Loan and Serviced REO Property, the Liquidation Fee will be payable from the related payment or proceeds. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary described above, no Liquidation Fee will be payable based on, or out of, Liquidation Proceeds to the extent set forth in the definition of “Liquidation Fee” herein. With respect to any future mezzanine debt, to the extent not prohibited by the Loan Documents, the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, shall require that the related mezzanine intercreditor agreement provide that if a Mortgage Loan is purchased by the related mezzanine lender on a date that is more than 90 days following the date that the related option first becomes exercisable, such mezzanine lender shall be required to pay a Liquidation Fee equal to the amount that the Special Servicer would otherwise be entitled to under this Agreement with respect to a liquidation of such Mortgage Loan (provided that such Liquidation Fee shall in all circumstances be payable by the related mezzanine lender and shall not, under any circumstances, be payable out of the Trust unless the Master Servicer fails to require the related mezzanine intercreditor agreement to require the mezzanine lender to pay such amounts in breach of its obligation to do so under this paragraph). If Liquidation Proceeds are received with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan as to which the Special Servicer is properly entitled to a Workout Fee, such Workout Fee will be payable based on and out of the portion of such Liquidation Proceeds that constitute principal and/or interest. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Special Servicer shall only be entitled to receive a Liquidation Fee or a Workout Fee, but not both, with respect to Liquidation Proceeds received on any Mortgage Loan or any Specially Serviced Loan. If (i) the Special Servicer resigns or has been terminated, and (ii) either prior or subsequent to such resignation or termination, either (A) a Specially Serviced Loan was liquidated or modified pursuant to an action plan submitted by the initial Special Servicer and approved (or deemed approved) by the Directing Holder or the Special Servicer has determined to grant a forbearance, or (B) a Specially Serviced Loan being monitored by the Special Servicer subsequently became a Corrected Mortgage Loan, then in either such event the Special Servicer shall be paid the related Workout Fee or Liquidation Fee, as applicable.

The total amount of Workout Fees and Liquidation Fees that are payable by the Trust with respect to each Mortgage Loan, Serviced Whole Loan or Serviced REO Loan through the period such Mortgage Loan is an asset of the Trust shall be subject to an aggregate cap of $1,000,000. For the purposes of determining whether any such cap has been reached with respect to a Special Servicer and a Mortgage Loan, Serviced Whole Loan or Serviced REO Loan, only the Workout Fees and Liquidation Fees paid to such Special Servicer with respect to such Mortgage Loan, Serviced Whole Loan or Serviced REO Loan shall be taken into account, and any Workout Fees or Liquidation Fees for any other Mortgage Loans, Serviced Whole Loans or Serviced REO Loans shall not be taken into account (and any Workout Fees or Liquidation Fees paid to a predecessor or successor special servicer or Other Special Servicer shall also not be taken into account).

The Special Servicer shall be required to pay out of its own funds all expenses incurred by it in connection with its servicing activities hereunder (including, without limitation, any amounts, other than management fees in respect of REO Properties, due and owing to any of its sub-servicers, any amounts due and owing to any of its Affiliates, and the premiums for any

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blanket insurance policy obtained by it insuring against hazard losses pursuant to Section 3.08 of this Agreement, except to the extent such premiums are reimbursable pursuant to Section 3.08 of this Agreement), if and to the extent such expenses are not expressly payable directly out of the Collection Account or if a Serviced Whole Loan is involved, the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account or the applicable REO Account or as a Servicing Advance, and the Special Servicer shall not be entitled to reimbursement therefor except as expressly provided in this Agreement.

The Special Servicer and its Affiliates shall be prohibited from receiving or retaining any compensation or any other remuneration (including, without limitation, in the form of commissions, brokerage fees, rebates, or as a result of any other fee-sharing arrangement) from any Person (including, without limitation, the Trust, any Borrower, any Manager, any guarantor or indemnitor in respect of a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan and any purchaser of any Mortgage Loan, Serviced Companion Loan or REO Property) in connection with the disposition, workout or foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, the management or disposition of any REO Property, or the performance of any other special servicing duties under this Agreement, other than as expressly provided in this Section 3.12; provided that such prohibition shall not apply to Permitted Special Servicer/Affiliate Fees.

(d)               In determining the compensation of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, with respect to Penalty Charges, on any Distribution Date, the aggregate Penalty Charges collected on any Mortgage Loan or, unless prohibited by the related Intercreditor Agreement to be so applied, any Serviced Companion Loan, during the related Collection Period shall be applied (as between Default Interest and late payment charges, in the priority set forth in the definition of “Advance Interest Amount”) to reimburse (i) the Master Servicer or the Trustee for interest on Advances at the Reimbursement Rate with respect to such Mortgage Loan that accrued in the period that such Penalty Charges were collected and advance interest to any related Serviced Companion Loan Service Provider for any debt service advance made by such party with respect to any related Serviced Companion Loan that accrued in the period that such Penalty Charges were collected, (ii) the Trust Fund for all interest on Advances with respect to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan previously paid to the Master Servicer, the Trustee or to any Serviced Companion Loan Service Provider pursuant to Section 3.06(a)(vi) or Section 3.06(b)(vi) of this Agreement and (iii) the Trust Fund for any Additional Trust Fund Expenses (including Special Servicing Fees, Workout Fees and Liquidation Fees) with respect to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan paid in or prior to the Collection Period that such Penalty Charges were collected and not previously paid out of Penalty Charges, and any Penalty Charges remaining thereafter shall be distributed pro rata to the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer based upon the amount of Penalty Charges the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer would otherwise have been entitled to receive during such period with respect to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan without any such application. Except as set forth in this Agreement, the Special Servicer shall not be entitled to any Special Servicing Fees, Workout Fees or Liquidation Fees with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan or any related REO Property. For the avoidance of doubt, the portion of Penalty Charges allocated to a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Non-Serviced Whole Loan (in accordance with the applicable Intercreditor Agreement and, if applicable, the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement) shall be allocated in accordance with clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above (except that, Advances in clauses (i) and (ii) shall mean P&I Advances).

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If any Servicing Shift Whole Loan becomes a Specially Serviced Loan prior to the related Servicing Shift Securitization Date, the Special Servicer shall service and administer such Servicing Shift Whole Loan and any related REO Property in the same manner as any other Specially Serviced Loan or Serviced REO Property and shall be entitled to all rights and compensation earned with respect to such Serviced Whole Loan as Special Servicer of such Serviced Whole Loan. With respect to any Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan, prior to the related Servicing Shift Securitization Date, no other special servicer will be entitled to any such compensation or have such rights and obligations. If such Servicing Shift Whole Loan is still a Specially Serviced Loan on the related Servicing Shift Securitization Date, the Other Special Servicer and the Special Servicer shall be entitled to compensation with respect to such Servicing Shift Whole Loan as if the Special Servicer were being terminated as the Special Servicer with respect to such Servicing Shift Whole Loan and the Other Special Servicer were replacing the Special Servicer as the successor Special Servicer with respect to such Servicing Shift Whole Loan.

If any Servicing Shift Whole Loan is being specially serviced on the related Servicing Shift Securitization Date, the Special Servicer shall be entitled to compensation for the period during which it acted as Special Servicer with respect to such Servicing Shift Whole Loan, including its share of any liquidation or workout fees and any additional servicing compensation as well as all surviving indemnity and other rights in respect of such special servicing role under this Agreement.

(e)               The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee shall be entitled to reimbursement from the Trust Fund (and, prior to recovery from the Trust Fund, in the case of any Serviced Whole Loans, subject to the related Intercreditor Agreement, first, from the related Subordinate Companion Loan up to the full principal balance thereof, if any, and second, to the extent any such costs and expenses remain unreimbursed, from the related Mortgage Loan and the Collection Account, or in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan with a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan, first, out of the related Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account from collections on the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan and the related Mortgage Loan on a pro rata basis by principal balance, and second, to the extent any such costs and expenses remain unreimbursed, out of the Collection Account) for the costs and expenses incurred by them in the performance of their duties under this Agreement which are “unanticipated expenses incurred by the REMIC” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-1(b)(3)(iii). Such expenses shall include, by way of example and not by way of limitation, environmental assessments, Updated Appraisals and appraisals in connection with foreclosure, the fees and expenses of any administrative or judicial proceeding and expenses expressly identified as reimbursable in Section 3.06(a)(xv) of this Agreement. All such costs and expenses shall be treated as costs and expenses of the Lower-Tier REMIC and the related Serviced Whole Loan, if applicable.

(f)                No provision of this Agreement or of the Certificates shall require the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee to expend or risk their own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of their duties hereunder or thereunder, or in the exercise of any of their rights or powers, if, in the good faith business judgment of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the

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Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as the case may be, repayment of such funds would not be ultimately recoverable from late payments, Net Insurance Proceeds, Net Liquidation Proceeds and other collections on or in respect of the Mortgage Loans, or from adequate indemnity from other assets comprising the Trust Fund against such risk or liability.

If the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Trustee receives a request or inquiry from a Borrower, any Certificateholder or any other Person the response to which would, in the Master Servicer’s, the Special Servicer’s, the Certificate Administrator’s, the Operating Advisor’s, the Asset Representations Reviewer’s or the Trustee’s good faith business judgment require the assistance of Independent legal counsel or other consultant to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Trustee, the cost of which would not be an expense of the Trust Fund or any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder hereunder, then the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Trustee, as the case may be, shall not be required to take any action in response to such request or inquiry unless such Borrower, such Certificateholder, or such other Person, as applicable, makes arrangements for the payment of the Master Servicer’s, the Special Servicer’s, the Certificate Administrator’s, the Operating Advisor’s, the Asset Representations Reviewer’s or the Trustee’s reasonable expenses associated with such counsel (including, without limitation, posting an advance payment for such expenses) satisfactory to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Trustee, as the case may be, in its sole discretion. Unless such arrangements have been made, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Trustee, as the case may be, shall have no liability to any Person for the failure to respond to such request or inquiry.

Section 3.13        Reports to the Certificate Administrator; Collection Account Statements. (a) The Master Servicer shall deliver to the Certificate Administrator no later than 3:00 p.m. (New York City time) one Business Day prior to the Master Servicer Remittance Date prior to each Distribution Date (beginning June 2023), the CREFC^® Appraisal Reduction Template, if any for such Distribution Date and the CREFC^® Loan Periodic Update File separately (x) with respect to the Mortgage Loans that it is servicing (and, if applicable, the related REO Properties) and (y) with respect to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (and, if applicable, the related REO Properties), for the related Distribution Date (which shall include, without limitation, the amount of Available Funds allocable to the Mortgage Loans or the amount of Available Funds allocable to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, as the case may be) including information therein that states the anticipated P&I Advances in respect of such Mortgage Loans or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, as the case may be, for the related Distribution Date. The Master Servicer’s responsibilities under this Section 3.13(a) with respect to Serviced REO Loans shall be subject to the satisfaction of the Special Servicer’s obligations under Section 3.23 of this Agreement. The Master Servicer shall (no later than the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Remittance Date) make available to each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder with respect to the related Whole Loan or, if such Serviced Companion Loan is securitized, the respective Other Servicer and Other Trustee, the CREFC^® Investor Reporting Package (CREFC^® IRP) (excluding any templates) pursuant to the terms of this Agreement on a monthly basis.

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No later than 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) two (2) Business Days following each Distribution Date beginning May 2023, the Master Servicer shall deliver to the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor (in the case of the Depositor, to the Depositor’s email addresses set forth in Section 12.05 together with the name, phone number and email address of the servicing officer of the Master Servicer to contact with any questions related to the CREFC^® Schedule AL File and the Schedule AL Additional File) a single CREFC^® Schedule AL File (with respect to each Mortgage Loan that was part of the Mortgage Pool during any portion of the related reporting period covered by the Form 10-D required to be filed with respect to the subject Distribution Date pursuant to Section 10.06) and the related Schedule AL Additional File, in each case, in EDGAR Compatible Format and Excel format; provided, however, that the Master Servicer shall have no obligation to prepare or deliver the CREFC^® Schedule AL File or the Schedule AL Additional File unless and until the Master Servicer receives the Initial Schedule AL File and the Initial Schedule AL Additional File from the Depositor in EDGAR Compatible Format and Excel format; and provided, further, that, if the Master Servicer has not received the Initial Schedule AL File and the Initial Schedule AL Additional File from the Depositor prior to the time it would need the Initial Schedule AL File and the Initial Schedule AL Additional File in order for the Master Servicer to prepare the CREFC^® Schedule AL File with respect to the first Distribution Date, the Master Servicer shall request the Initial Schedule AL File and the Initial Schedule AL Additional File from the Depositor, including by email to the email addresses for the Depositor set forth in Section 12.05. If the CREFC^® Schedule AL File is not provided by the Master Servicer to the Certificate Administrator by 5:00 p.m. (New York city time) two (2) Business Days following any Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator shall notify the Depositor in writing and also request such CREFC^® Schedule AL File from the Master Servicer via email to NoticeAdmin@midlandls.com. The Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely, absent manifest error, without any due diligence, investigation or verification, on the content, completeness and accuracy of the Initial Schedule AL File and the Initial Schedule AL Additional File, in each case, as of the Closing Date. Any Schedule AL Additional File that the Master Servicer determines, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, to deliver in connection with any CREFC^® Schedule AL File prepared by the Master Servicer pursuant to this paragraph shall be delivered in EDGAR Compatible Format and in Excel format to the Certificate Administrator concurrently with the delivery of the related CREFC^® Schedule AL File. With respect to each Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall include the analogous CREFC^® Schedule AL File and/or Schedule AL Additional File, as applicable, information that it receives from the related Other Servicer under the applicable Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement in the single CREFC^® Schedule AL File and/or Schedule AL Additional File, as applicable, that it delivers to the Certificate Administrator for the subject Distribution Date.

In the absence of manifest error, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon, without investigation or inquiry, any information and reports delivered to it by any third party, and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon the Master Servicer’s reports and any information provided by the Trustee, without any duty or obligation to recompute, verify or recalculate any of the amounts and other information stated therein.

(b)               For so long as the Master Servicer makes deposits into or credits to and withdrawals or debits from the Collection Account or any Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account, not later than 15 days after each Distribution Date, the Master Servicer shall forward to

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the Certificate Administrator and, upon request (but not more frequently than once per month), each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder with respect to the related Whole Loan and related Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account (or, if such Serviced Companion Loan is securitized, the respective Other Servicer and Other Trustee) a statement prepared by the Master Servicer setting forth the status of each of the Collection Account and each Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account as of the close of business on the last Business Day of the prior Collection Period and showing the aggregate amount of deposits into and withdrawals from the Collection Account and each Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account of each category of deposit (or credit) specified in Section 3.05 of this Agreement and each category of withdrawal (or debit) specified in Section 3.06 of this Agreement for the related Collection Period, in each case for the Mortgage Loans (including the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans). The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator and its agents and attorneys may at any time during normal business hours, upon reasonable notice, inspect and copy the books, records and accounts of the Master Servicer solely relating to the Mortgage Loans and the performance of its duties hereunder.

(c)               Beginning in June 2023, no later than 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on each Master Servicer Remittance Date, the Master Servicer shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Certificate Administrator (who shall promptly post such reports to the Certificate Administrator’s Website pursuant to Section 4.02(b)(iii)(B) of this Agreement), the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders and the Operating Advisor the following reports (in electronic form) separately (x) with respect to the Mortgage Loans that it is servicing (and, if applicable, the related REO Properties) and (y) with respect to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, providing the required information as of the immediately preceding Determination Date: (i) to the extent the Master Servicer has received the most recent CREFC^® Special Servicer Loan File from the Special Servicer at the time required, the most recent CREFC^® Delinquent Loan Status Report, CREFC^® Historical Loan Modification and Corrected Mortgage Loan Report, the CREFC^® Loan Setup File (with respect to the first Distribution Date) and CREFC^® REO Status Report, (ii) the most recent CREFC^® Property File, CREFC^® Financial File, CREFC^® Comparative Financial Status Report and the CREFC^® Loan Level Reserve/LOC Report (in each case incorporating the data required to be included in the CREFC^® Special Servicer Loan File), (iii) the CREFC^® Servicer Watch List with information that is current as of such Determination Date and (iv) the CREFC^® Advance Recovery Report.

The information that pertains to Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties reflected in such reports shall be based solely upon the reports delivered by the Special Servicer to the Master Servicer (other than information as to which the Master Servicer has the primary responsibility to generate) no later than the related Determination Date in the form required by Section 3.13(g) of this Agreement or shall be provided by means of such reports so delivered by the Special Servicer to the Master Servicer in the form so required. In the absence of manifest error, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon, without investigation or inquiry, the information and reports delivered to it by the Special Servicer, and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon the Master Servicer’s reports and the Special Servicer’s reports and any information provided by the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee without any duty or obligation to recompute, verify or recalculate any of the amounts and other information stated therein.

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(d)               The Master Servicer shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers and the Operating Advisor the following materials, in each case to the extent that such materials or the information on which they are based have been received by the Master Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loans that the Master Servicer is servicing:

(i)                                 Within 45 days after receipt of any quarterly operating statement, if any, commencing within 45 days of receipt of such quarterly operating statement for the quarter ending June 30, 2023, with respect to each Serviced Mortgage Loan, Specially Serviced Loan and Serviced REO Loan (to the extent prepared by and received from the Special Servicer (in written format or in electronic media) in the case of any Specially Serviced Loan or Serviced REO Loan) (and the Borrower provides sufficient information to report pursuant to CREFC^® guidelines), a CREFC^® Operating Statement Analysis Report for the related Mortgaged Property or Serviced REO Property as of the end of the preceding calendar quarter (i) for single Mortgaged Property Mortgage Loans, prepared with respect to such Mortgaged Property and (ii) for Mortgage Loans secured by more than one Mortgaged Property, in the aggregate, together with, upon request, copies of the related operating statements and rent rolls (but only to the extent the related Borrower is required by the Mortgage to deliver, or otherwise agrees to provide such information and, with respect to operating statements and rent rolls for Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties, only to the extent received by the Special Servicer); provided that, to the extent the annual CREFC^® Operating Statement Analysis Report is delivered as described under clause (ii) below, then such delivery shall satisfy the requirement under this clause (a) to deliver a quarterly CREFC^® Operating Statement Analysis Report for the quarter ending June 30 of each year, commencing in 2023. The Master Servicer (or the Special Servicer in the case of Specially Serviced Loans and Serviced REO Properties) shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain said quarterly and other periodic operating statements and related rent rolls in accordance with the Servicing Standard. Commencing with the quarter ending June 30, 2023, upon receipt of such quarterly and other periodic operating statements (including year-to-date statements) and related rent rolls, the Master Servicer shall promptly update the CREFC^® Operating Statement Analysis Report (to the extent that the related Borrower provides sufficient information to report pursuant to CREFC^® guidelines); provided, however, that any analysis or update with respect to the first calendar quarter of each year shall not be required to the extent such analysis or update is not required to be provided under the then current applicable CREFC^® guidelines. The Master Servicer shall deliver, upon request of any Rating Agency, copies of any of the foregoing items so collected thereby to the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such items to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.14(d)).

(ii)                              At least annually, on or before June 30 of each year, beginning with June 30, 2024, with respect to each Serviced Mortgage Loan, Specially Serviced Loan and Serviced REO Loan (to the extent prepared by and received from the Special Servicer (in written format or in electronic media) in the case of any Specially Serviced Loan or Serviced REO Loan), a CREFC^® Operating Statement Analysis Report for the related Mortgaged Property or Serviced REO Property as of the end of the preceding calendar year (initially, year-end 2023), together with, upon request, copies of the related operating statements and related rent rolls (but only to the extent the related Borrower is required by the Mortgage to deliver,

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or otherwise agrees to provide such information and, with respect to operating statements and related rent rolls for Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties, only to the extent received by the Special Servicer) for the current trailing 12 months, if available, or year-to-date, provided, however, that with respect to any obligation of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, to provide a year-end analysis or update, such analysis or update shall not be required to the extent such analysis or update is not required to be provided under the then current applicable CREFC^® guidelines. The Master Servicer (or the Special Servicer in the case of Specially Serviced Loans and Serviced REO Properties) shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain said annual operating statements and related rent rolls in accordance with the Servicing Standard. Commencing with the year ending December 31, 2023, upon receipt of such annual operating statements and related rent rolls, the Master Servicer shall promptly update the CREFC^® Operating Statement Analysis Report (commencing with the year ending December 31, 2023 (to the extent that the related Borrower provides sufficient information to report pursuant to CREFC^® guidelines)). The Master Servicer shall deliver, upon request of any Rating Agency, copies of any of the foregoing items so collected thereby to the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such items to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.14(d)).

(iii)                           Within 30 days after receipt by the Special Servicer (in the case of a Specially Serviced Loan or Serviced REO Property) or the Master Servicer (in the case of any Mortgage Loan that is not a Specially Serviced Loan) of any annual year-end operating statements or related rent rolls with respect to any Mortgaged Property (except with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or Serviced REO Property (to the extent prepared by and received from the Special Servicer in the case of any Specially Serviced Loan or Serviced REO Property), commencing within 30 days of receipt of such statements for year-end 2023, a CREFC^® NOI Adjustment Worksheet for such Mortgaged Property (with the annual year-end operating statements attached thereto as an exhibit). The Master Servicer will use the “Normalized” column from the CREFC^® NOI Adjustment Worksheet to update the full year-end data on any CREFC^® Operating Statement Analysis Report and will use any operating statements received with respect to any Mortgaged Property (other than any Mortgaged Property which is a Serviced REO Property or constitutes security for a Specially Serviced Loan or a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) to update the CREFC^® Operating Statement Analysis Report for such Mortgaged Property; provided, however, that any analysis or update with respect to the year-end or first quarter of each year shall not be required to the extent such analysis or update is not required to be provided under the then current applicable CREFC^® guidelines.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Master Servicer, upon request by a Rating Agency, shall forward such items to the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such items to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement).

The Master Servicer shall maintain one CREFC^® Operating Statement Analysis Report for each Mortgaged Property (and shall not be required to maintain any such report for a Mortgaged Property securing a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) and Serviced REO Property (to the extent prepared by and received from the Special Servicer in the case of any Serviced REO

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Property or any Mortgaged Property constituting security for a Specially Serviced Loan) relating to a Mortgage Loan that it is servicing. The CREFC^® Operating Statement Analysis Report for each Mortgaged Property (other than any such Mortgaged Property that secures a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan or that is a Serviced REO Property or constitutes security for a Specially Serviced Loan) is to be updated with trailing 12-month information, as available, or year-to-date information until 12-month trailing information (commencing with the quarter ending June 30, 2023 (to the extent that the related Borrower provides sufficient information to report pursuant to CREFC^® guidelines)) is available by the Master Servicer, and the Master Servicer shall deliver such updated report to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Directing Holder and any related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder in the calendar month following receipt by the Master Servicer of such updated trailing or year-to-date operating statements and related rent rolls for such Mortgaged Property, and upon request.

The Special Servicer shall pursuant to Section 3.13(h) of this Agreement, deliver to the Master Servicer the information required of it pursuant to this Section 3.13(d) with respect to Specially Serviced Loans and Serviced REO Loans.

(e)               In connection with their servicing of the Serviced Mortgage Loans and Serviced REO Properties, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall provide to each other and to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator, written notice of any event that comes to their knowledge with respect to a Mortgage Loan or Serviced REO Property that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, respectively, determines, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, would have a material adverse effect on such Mortgage Loan or Serviced REO Property, which notice shall include an explanation as to the reason for such material adverse effect.

(f)                The Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall make available to the Directing Holder copies of all rent rolls, operating statements and financial statements actually provided by each Borrower, including any monthly or quarterly statements or rent rolls, within 15 Business Days of receipt.

(g)               On or before 2:00 p.m. Central Time on each Determination Date, the Special Servicer shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Master Servicer and, upon the request of any of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Depositor, the Directing Holder or any Rating Agency, to such requesting party, the CREFC^® Special Servicer Loan File with respect to the Specially Serviced Loans (and, if applicable, the related Serviced REO Properties), providing the required information as of the Determination Date (or, upon the reasonable request of any Master Servicer, data files in a form acceptable to the Master Servicer), which CREFC^® Special Servicer Loan File shall include data, to enable the Master Servicer to produce the CREFC^® Supplemental Servicer Reports. Such reports or data shall be presented in writing and in an electronic format acceptable to the Master Servicer.

(h)               The Special Servicer shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Master Servicer and, upon the request of any of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Depositor, the Directing Holder or any Rating Agency, to such requesting party, without charge, the following materials for Specially Serviced Loans or Serviced REO Properties,

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as applicable, in each case to the extent that such materials or the information on which they are based have been received by the Special Servicer:

(i)                                 At least annually, on or before June 1 of each year, commencing in 2023, with respect to each Specially Serviced Loan and Serviced REO Loan, a CREFC^® Operating Statement Analysis Report for the related Mortgaged Property or Serviced REO Property as of the end of the preceding calendar year (initially year-end December 31, 2023) together with copies of the operating statements and related rent rolls for the related Mortgaged Property or Serviced REO Property as of the end of the preceding calendar year (but only to the extent the related Borrower is required by the Mortgage to deliver, or otherwise agrees to provide, such information and, with respect to operating statements and related rent rolls for Specially Serviced Loans and Serviced REO Properties, only to the extent requested by the Special Servicer) and for the current trailing 12 months, if available, or year-to-date. The Special Servicer shall use its reasonable efforts to obtain said annual and other periodic operating statements and related rent rolls with respect to each Mortgaged Property constituting security for a Specially Serviced Loan and each Serviced REO Property.

(ii)                              Within 45 days of receipt by the Special Servicer of any annual operating statements with respect to any Mortgaged Property relating to a Specially Serviced Loan or Serviced REO Property, a CREFC^® NOI Adjustment Worksheet for such Mortgaged Property or Serviced REO Property (with the annual operating statements attached thereto as an exhibit); provided that, with the consent of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer may instead provide data files in a form acceptable to the Master Servicer. The Special Servicer will use the “Normalized” column from the CREFC^® NOI Adjustment Worksheet to update the full year-end data on any CREFC^® Operating Statement Analysis Report and will use any operating statements received with respect to any Mortgaged Property relating to a Specially Serviced Loan or Serviced REO Property to update the CREFC^® Operating Statement Analysis Report for such Mortgaged Property.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, upon request for receipt of any such items from any Rating Agency, the Special Servicer shall forward such items to the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such items to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement).

The Special Servicer shall maintain one CREFC^® Operating Statement Analysis Report for each Mortgaged Property securing a Specially Serviced Loan and each Serviced REO Property. The CREFC^® Operating Statement Analysis Report for each Mortgaged Property securing a Specially Serviced Loan and each Serviced REO Property is to be updated by the Special Servicer and such updated report delivered to the Master Servicer within 45 days after receipt by the Special Servicer of updated operating statements for each such Mortgaged Property; provided that, the Special Servicer may instead provide data files in an electronic form acceptable to the Special Servicer. The Special Servicer shall provide each such report to the Master Servicer in the then applicable CREFC^® format.

(i)                 If the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, is required to deliver any statement, report or information under any provision of this Agreement (including Section 3.14), the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, may satisfy such

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obligation by (x) delivering such statement, report or information in a commonly used electronic format or (y) making such statement, report or information available on the Master Servicer’s website, unless this Agreement expressly specifies a particular method of delivery or such statement, report or information must be filed with the Commission as contemplated in Article X; provided that all reports required to be delivered to the Certificate Administrator shall be delivered in accordance with clause (x).

(j)                 The Master Servicer may, but is not required to, make any of the reports or files it delivers pursuant to this Section 3.13 available each month on the Master Servicer’s website only with the use of a password, in which case the Master Servicer shall provide such password to (i) the other parties to this Agreement, who by their acceptance of such password shall be deemed to have agreed not to disclose such password to any other Person and (ii) each Certificateholder and prospective Certificateholder who requests such password, and has delivered an Investor Certification to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer. In connection with providing access to the Master Servicer’s website, the Master Servicer may require registration and the acceptance of a disclaimer and otherwise (subject to the preceding sentence) adopt reasonable rules and procedures, which may include, to the extent the Master Servicer deems necessary or appropriate, conditioning access on execution of an agreement governing the availability, use and disclosure of such information, and which may provide indemnification to the Master Servicer for any liability or damage that may arise therefrom.

(k)               With respect to each Collection Period, the Special Servicer shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Master Servicer within two Business Days following the Determination Date and the Master Servicer shall, to the extent it has received, deliver to the Certificate Administrator, without charge and on the same day as the Master Servicer is required to deliver the CREFC^® Investor Reporting Package, an electronic report which may include html, word or excel compatible format, clean and searchable pdf. format or such other format as mutually agreeable between the Certificate Administrator and the Special Servicer (or Master Servicer on its behalf) that discloses and contains an itemized listing of any Disclosable Special Servicer Fees received by the Special Servicer or any of its Affiliates during the related Collection Period; provided that no report regarding Disclosable Special Servicer Fees shall be required to be delivered if there are no Disclosable Special Servicer Fees for the related Collection Period. Such report may omit any such information that has previously been delivered to the Certificate Administrator by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer.

Section 3.14        Access to Certain Documentation. (a) The Master Servicer and Special Servicer, as applicable, shall provide to any Certificateholders and any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders that are federally insured financial institutions, the Operating Advisor (but only if a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing or with respect to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Securitization, an Operating Advisor Consultation Event has occurred and is continuing), the Directing Holder (but only if no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing), the Federal Reserve Board, the FDIC and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the supervisory agents and examiners of such boards and such corporations, and any other federal or state banking or insurance regulatory authority that may exercise authority over any Certificateholder or Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder is subject, access to the documentation regarding the Mortgage Loans or the Whole Loans, as applicable, that it is servicing required by applicable regulations of the Federal Reserve Board,

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FDIC, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency or any such federal or state banking or regulatory authority, such access being afforded without charge but only upon reasonable written request and during normal business hours at the offices of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable. At the election of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Certificate Administrator, such access may be afforded to such Person identified above by the delivery of copies of information as requested by such Person and the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Certificate Administrator shall be permitted to require payment (other than from the Directing Holder and the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator on its own behalf or on behalf of the Certificateholders, as applicable) of a sum sufficient to cover the reasonable out-of-pocket costs incurred by it in making such copies. Such access shall (except as described in the preceding sentence) be afforded without charge but only upon reasonable prior written request and during normal business hours at the offices of the Certificate Administrator or the Custodian. In addition, upon reasonable prior written notice to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Depositor or their accountants or other representatives shall have reasonable access to review the documents, correspondence and records in the possession of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, as they relate to a Mortgaged Property and any Serviced REO Property during normal business hours at the offices of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be. Nothing in this Section 3.14 shall detract from the obligation of the Master Servicer and Special Servicer to observe any applicable law prohibiting disclosure of information with respect to the Borrowers, and the failure of the Master Servicer and Special Servicer to provide access as provided in this Section 3.14 as a result of such obligation shall not constitute a breach of this Section 3.14.

(b)               In connection with providing or granting any information or access pursuant to the prior paragraph to a Certificateholder, Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder or any regulatory authority that may exercise authority over a Certificateholder or Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer may each require payment from such Certificateholder or Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder (to the extent permitted in the related Intercreditor Agreement) of a sum sufficient to cover the reasonable costs and expenses of providing such information or access, including copy charges and reasonable fees for employee time and for space; provided that no charge may be made if such information or access was required to be given or made available under applicable law. In connection with providing Certificateholders or Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders access to the information described in the preceding paragraph the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, as applicable, may require (prior to affording such access) a written confirmation executed by the requesting Person substantially in such form as may be reasonably acceptable to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, generally to the effect that such Person is a Holder of Certificates or a beneficial holder of Book-Entry Certificates or Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder or a regulator or governmental body and will keep such information confidential.

(c)               Upon the reasonable request of (1) any Certificateholder or the RR Interest Owner identified to the Master Servicer to the Master Servicer’s reasonable satisfaction (or, with respect to any Serviced Companion Loan, the request of any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder), the Master Servicer may provide (or forward electronically) (at the expense of such Certificateholder, RR Interest Owner or Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder) copies of any appraisals, operating statements, rent rolls and financial statements obtained by the Master

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Servicer, or (2) any Controlling Class Certificateholder or Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholder (with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan) identified to the Master Servicer (in the case of a Performing Loan) or the Special Servicer (in the case of a Specially Serviced Loan) to the Master Servicer’s or Special Servicer’s reasonable satisfaction, as applicable, the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, shall provide (or forward electronically) (at the expense of such Controlling Class Certificateholder or Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholder, as applicable) any Excluded Information in the Master Servicer’s or Special Servicer’s, as applicable, possession (available on the Certificate Administrator’s Website but not accessible to such Controlling Class Certificateholder or Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholder, as applicable, through the Certificate Administrator’s Website on account of it constituting Excluded Information) relating to any Excluded Controlling Class Loan in which such Controlling Class Certificateholder or Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholder, as applicable, is not an Excluded Controlling Class Holder; provided that, in connection therewith, the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, may require a written confirmation executed by the requesting Person substantially in such form as may be reasonably acceptable to the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, generally to the effect that such Person is a Holder of Certificates or a Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder or a beneficial holder of Book-Entry Certificates or the RR Interest Owner or a regulator or a governmental body and will keep such information confidential and will use such information only for the purpose of analyzing asset performance and evaluating any continuing rights the Certificateholder and the RR Interest Owner may have under this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the Master Servicer shall not make any Asset Status Reports available to any Certificateholders or RR Interest Owner on its website. None of the parties to this Agreement shall provide any Asset Status Report or any Final Asset Status Report to the Certificate Administrator.

(d)               The 17g-5 Information Provider shall make available solely to the Depositor and to any NRSRO that delivers an NRSRO Certification to the 17g-5 Information Provider the following items to the extent such items are delivered to it via electronic mail at 17g5informationprovider@computershare.com (or such other address as the 17g-5 Information Provider shall specify by written notice to the other parties hereto) in an electronic format readable and uploadable (that is not locked or corrupted) on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s system, specifically with a subject reference of “Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust, Series 2023-B38” and an identification of the type of information being provided in the body of such electronic mail; or via any alternative electronic mail address following notice to the parties hereto or any other delivery method established or approved by the 17g-5 Information Provider if or as may be necessary or beneficial (provided that, if such information is not in electronic format readable and uploadable (that is not locked or corrupted), then the 17g-5 Information Provider shall immediately notify the applicable delivering party thereof, whereupon such party shall promptly deliver the subject information in such format):

(i)                                 any waivers delivered to the 17g-5 Information Provider pursuant to Section 3.09 of this Agreement;

(ii)                              any Officer’s Certificate supporting any determination that any Advance was (or, if made, would be) a Nonrecoverable Advance delivered to the 17g-5 Information Provider pursuant to Section 3.21(d) or Section 4.07(c) of this Agreement and notice of determination not to refrain from reimbursement of all Nonrecoverable Advances;

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(iii)                         any Asset Status Report delivered by the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.23(e) of this Agreement;

(iv)                          any environmental reports delivered by the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.10(g) of this Agreement;

(v)                             any annual statements as to compliance and related Officer’s Certificates delivered pursuant to Section 10.11 and Section 10.12 of this Agreement;

(vi)                          any annual independent public accountants’ attestation reports delivered pursuant to Section 10.13 of this Agreement;

(vii)                       any Appraisals delivered to the 17g-5 Information Provider pursuant to Section 3.10 of this Agreement;

(viii)                    any notice to the Rating Agencies relating to the Special Servicer’s determination to take action without receiving a Rating Agency Confirmation from any Rating Agency as set forth in the definition of “Rating Agency Confirmation” pursuant to Section 3.30 of this Agreement;

(ix)                             copies of any questions or requests submitted by the Rating Agencies directed toward the Master Servicer, Special Servicer, Certificate Administrator or Trustee;

(x)                                any requests for a Rating Agency Confirmation that are delivered to the 17g-5 Information Provider pursuant to Section 3.30 of this Agreement;

(xi)                             any notice of resignation of the Trustee or Certificate Administrator and any notice of the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee or successor Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 8.07 or Section 8.08 of this Agreement;

(xii)                          any notice of resignation or assignment of the rights of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 6.04 of this Agreement;

(xiii)                      any notice of Servicer Termination Event or termination of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer delivered pursuant to Section 7.03 of this Agreement;

(xiv)                     any notice of the merger or consolidation of the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.09 of this Agreement;

(xv)                        any notice of the merger or consolidation of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer pursuant to Section 6.02 of this Agreement;

(xvi)                     any notice of any amendment that modifies the procedures herein relating to Exchange Act Rule 17g-5 pursuant to Section 12.08 of this Agreement;

(xvii)                  any notice or other information provided by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 12.07 of this Agreement;

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(xviii)               any summary of oral communication with the Rating Agencies delivered to the 17g-5 Information Provider pursuant to Section 3.14(f) of this Agreement; provided that the summary of such oral communication shall not attribute which Rating Agency the communication was with;

(xix)                       the Rating Agency Q&A Forum and Document Request Tool; and

(xx)                          such information as is delivered to the 17g-5 Information Provider by the Depositor in mutually agreeable electronic format within fifteen (15) days of the Closing Date.

The foregoing information shall be made available by the 17g-5 Information Provider on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website (a link to which shall be provided on the Depositor’s website at www.intralinks.com or such other website as the Depositor may notify the parties hereto in writing). Information will be posted on the same Business Day of receipt provided that such information is received by 2:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) or, if received after 2:00 p.m., on the next Business Day by 12:00 p.m. New York City time. The 17g-5 Information Provider shall have no obligation or duty to verify, confirm or otherwise determine whether the information being delivered is accurate, complete, conforms to the transaction, or otherwise is or is not anything other than what it purports to be or whether such information (other than (solely with respect to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s obligation to post such information) the information set forth in clauses (i) through (xx) above) is required to be posted on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to this Agreement or Rule 17g-5. If any information is delivered or posted in error, the 17g-5 Information Provider may remove it from the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website. The Certificate Administrator and the 17g-5 Information Provider have not obtained and shall not be deemed to have obtained actual knowledge of any information only by receipt and posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website. Access will be provided by the 17g-5 Information Provider to the Rating Agencies, and to the NRSROs upon receipt of an NRSRO Certification in the form of Exhibit Z hereto (which certification may be submitted electronically via the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website). If a Rating Agency requests access to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website, access will be provided by the 17g-5 Information Provider on the same Business Day provided such request is made prior to 2:00 p.m., on such Business Day, or, if received after 2:00 p.m., on the following Business Day. Questions regarding delivery of information to the 17g-5 Information Provider may be directed to cmbsexcludedinformation@wellsfargo.com (or such other address as the 17g-5 Information Provider shall specify by written notice to the other parties hereto).

Upon delivery by the Depositor to the 17g-5 Information Provider (in an electronic format mutually agreed upon by the Depositor and the 17g-5 Information Provider) of information designated by the Depositor as having been previously made available to NRSROs by the Depositor (the “Pre-Closing 17g-5 Information”), the 17g-5 Information Provider shall make such Pre-Closing 17g-5 Information available only to the Depositor and to NRSROs via the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant this Section 3.14(b). The Depositor shall not be entitled to direct the 17g-5 Information Provider to provide access to the Pre-Closing 17g-5 Information or any other information on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website to any designee or other third party.

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The 17g-5 Information Provider shall notify any party that delivers information to the 17g-5 Information Provider under this Agreement that such information was received and that it has been posted. The 17g-5 Information Provider shall notify each NRSRO that has provided a NRSRO Certification each time a document is posted to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website and such notice shall specifically identify such document. The 17g-5 Information Provider shall send such notice to such Persons to the email address that has been provided by and is used by such Person for the purpose of accessing the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website, including a general email address if such general email address has been provided to the 17g-5 Information Provider in connection with a completed NRSRO Certification in the form of Exhibit Z hereto.

The 17g-5 Information Provider shall make available, only to NRSROs, the Rating Agency Q&A Forum and Document Request Tool. The “Rating Agency Q&A Forum and Document Request Tool” shall be a service available on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website, where Rating Agencies and NRSROs may (i) submit Inquiries to the Certificate Administrator relating to the Distribution Date Statement, submit Inquiries to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, relating to the reports being made available pursuant to this Section 4.02(d), the Serviced Mortgage Loans or the Mortgaged Properties or submit inquiries to the Operating Advisor relating to the Operating Advisor Annual Reports or actions by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer as to which the Operating Advisor has consultation rights pursuant to Section 6.07, whether or not referenced in such Operating Advisor Annual Report, (ii) view Inquiries that have been previously submitted and answered, together with the answers thereto and (iii) submit requests for loan-level reports and information. Upon receipt of an Inquiry for the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, the 17g-5 Information Provider shall forward the Inquiry to the Certificate Administrator, Operating Advisor, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, and in the case of an inquiry relating to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, to the applicable party under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, in each case within a commercially reasonable period following receipt thereof. Following receipt of an Inquiry or request relating to the subject matters described in clauses (i) or (iii) above, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, unless it determines not to answer such Inquiry as provided below, shall reply to the Inquiry, which reply of the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, Master Servicer or Special Servicer shall be by email to the 17g-5 Information Provider. The 17g-5 Information Provider shall post (within a commercially reasonable period following preparation or receipt of such answer, as the case may be) such Inquiry and the related answer (or reports, as applicable) to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website. Any report posted by the 17g-5 Information Provider in response to a request may be posted on a page accessible by a link on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website. If the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer determines, in its respective sole discretion, that (i) the question is beyond the scope outlined above, (ii) answering any Inquiry would not be in the best interests of the Trust and/or the Certificateholders or would be in violation of applicable law, the Servicing Standard, this Agreement or the applicable Loan Documents, (iii) answering any Inquiry would or is reasonably expected to result in a waiver of an attorney-client privilege or the disclosure of attorney work product or answering such inquiry is otherwise not advisable or (iv) (A) answering any Inquiry would materially increase the duties of, or result in significant additional cost or expense to, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, and (B) the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, determines in accordance with

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the Servicing Standard (or in good faith, in the case of the Certificate Administrator or the Operating Advisor) that the performance of such duties or the payment of such costs and expenses is beyond the scope of its duties in its capacity as Certificate Administrator, Operating Advisor, Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, under this Agreement, it shall not be required to answer such Inquiry and, in the case of the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, shall promptly notify the 17g-5 Information Provider, and the 17g-5 Information Provider shall post such Inquiry on the Rating Agency Q&A Forum and Document Request Tool together with a statement that such Inquiry was not answered. Answers posted on the Rating Agency Q&A Forum and Document Request Tool will be attributable only to the respondent, and shall not be deemed to be answers from any of the Depositor, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee or any of their respective Affiliates and no such party shall have any responsibility or liability for the content of any such information. The 17g-5 Information Provider shall not be required to post to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website any Inquiry or answer thereto that the 17g-5 Information Provider determines, in its sole discretion, is administrative or ministerial in nature. The Rating Agency Q&A Forum and Document Request Tool will not reflect questions, answers and other communications between the 17g-5 Information Provider and any Person which are not submitted via the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website.

In connection with providing access to the Certificate Administrator’s Website and the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website, the Certificate Administrator and/or the 17g-5 Information Provider may require registration and the acceptance of a disclaimer. The Certificate Administrator and the 17g-5 Information Provider, as the case may be, shall not be liable for the dissemination of information in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, make no representations or warranties as to the accuracy or completeness of such information being made available, and assume no responsibility for such information; provided that it is acknowledged and agreed that the 17g-5 Information Provider shall not be charged with knowledge of any of the contents of such information solely by virtue of its compliance with its obligations to post such information to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website. The 17g-5 Information Provider shall not be liable for its failure to make any information available to the NRSROs unless such information was delivered to the 17g-5 Information Provider at the email address set forth herein in an electronic format readable and uploadable (that is not locked or corrupted) on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s system, with a subject heading of “Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust, Series 2023-B38” and sufficient detail to indicate that such information is required to be posted on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website; provided that, if such information is not in electronic format readable and uploadable (that is not locked or corrupted), then the 17g-5 Information Provider shall immediately notify the applicable delivering party thereof, whereupon such party shall promptly deliver the subject information in such format.

The 17g-5 Information Provider shall not be responsible or have any liability for any act, omission or delay attributable to the failure of any other party to this Agreement to timely deliver information to be posted on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website or for any errors or defects in the information supplied by any such party.

The 17g-5 Information Provider’s obligations in respect of Rule 17g-5 or any other law or regulation related thereto shall be limited to the specific obligations contained in this

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Agreement and the 17g-5 Information Provider makes no representations or warranties as to the compliance of the Depositor with Rule 17g-5 or any other law or regulation related thereto.

With respect to each Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee shall provide to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website, promptly upon receipt from a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan Service Provider, all reports, statements, documents, notices and other information it receives in respect of such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan that such party would otherwise have been required to be submitted to the 17g-5 Information Provider under this Agreement for posting had such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan been a Serviced Mortgage Loan. The 17g-5 Information Provider shall post on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website all such information it receives in accordance with this Agreement.

Upon delivery by the Depositor to the 17g-5 Information Provider (in an electronic format mutually agreed upon by the Depositor and the 17g-5 Information Provider) of information designated by the Depositor as having been previously made available to NRSROs by the Depositor (the “Pre-Closing 17g-5 Information”), the 17g-5 Information Provider shall make such Pre-Closing 17g-5 Information available only to the Depositor and to NRSROs via the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant this Section 3.14(b). The Depositor shall not be entitled to direct the 17g-5 Information Provider to provide access to the Pre-Closing 17g-5 Information or any other information on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website to any designee or other third party.

(e)              Each of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer may, in accordance with such reasonable rules and procedures as it may adopt, also deliver, produce or otherwise make available through its website or otherwise, any additional information identified in Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement relating to the Mortgage Loans or Whole Loans, the Mortgaged Properties or the related Borrowers, for review by the Depositor, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers and any other Persons who deliver an Investor Certification in accordance with this Section 3.14, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder (if any), the Directing Holder and the Rating Agencies (collectively, the “Disclosure Parties”) (only to the extent such additional information is simultaneously or previously delivered to the 17g-5 Information Provider in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement, who shall post such additional information on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement), in each case, except to the extent doing so is prohibited by this Agreement, applicable law or by the related Loan Documents. Each of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall be entitled to (i) indicate the source of such information and affix thereto any disclaimer it deems appropriate in its discretion and/or (ii) require that the recipient of such information (A) except for the Depositor, enter into an Investor Certification or other confidentiality agreement acceptable to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, and (B) acknowledge that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer may contemporaneously provide such information to any other Disclosure Party. In addition, to the extent access to such information is provided via the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s website, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer may require registration and the acceptance of a reasonable and customary disclaimer and/or an additional or alternative agreement as to the confidential nature of such information. In connection with providing access to or copies of the information described in this Section 3.14(e) to current or prospective Certificateholders the form of confidentiality agreement used by the Master

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Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall be: (i) in the case of a Certificateholder (or a licensed or registered investment advisor acting on behalf of such Certificateholder), an Investor Certification executed by the requesting Person indicating that such Person is a Holder of Certificates and will keep such information confidential (except that such Certificateholder may provide such information (x) to its auditors, legal counsel and regulators and (y) to any other Person that holds or is contemplating the purchase of any Certificate or interest therein (provided that such other Person confirms in writing such ownership interest or prospective ownership interest and agrees to keep such information confidential)); and (ii) in the case of a prospective purchaser of Certificates or interests therein (or a licensed or registered investment advisor acting on behalf of such prospective purchaser), an Investor Certification indicating that such Person is a prospective purchaser of a Certificate or an interest therein and is requesting the information for use in evaluating a possible investment in Certificates and will otherwise keep such information confidential with no further dissemination (except that such Certificateholder may provide such information to its auditors, legal counsel and regulators). In the case of a licensed or registered investment advisor acting on behalf of a current or prospective Certificateholder, the Investor Certification shall be executed and delivered by both the investment advisor and such current or prospective Certificateholder.

Neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall be liable for its dissemination of information in accordance with this Agreement or by others in violation of the terms of this Agreement. Neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall be responsible or have any liability for the completeness or accuracy of the information delivered, produced or otherwise made available pursuant to this Section 3.14 unless (i) the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, is the original source for such information and (ii) such failure to deliver complete and accurate information is by reason of such party’s willful misconduct, bad faith, fraud and/or negligence.

In connection with the delivery by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, to the 17g-5 Information Provider of any information, report, notice or document for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website, the 17g-5 Information Provider shall notify the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, of when such information, report, notice or document has been posted to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website. The Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, may, but is not obligated to, send such information report, notice or other document to the applicable Rating Agency or Rating Agencies following the earlier of (a) receipt of notification from the 17g-5 Information Provider that such information, report, notice or other document has been posted to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website and (b) 12:00 p.m. on the first Business Day following the date the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, has provided such information, report, notice or other document to the 17g-5 Information Provider.

(f)                The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee shall be permitted (but shall not be required) to orally communicate with the Rating Agencies regarding any Mortgage Loan, Serviced Whole Loan, any Certificateholder, any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder, any Mortgaged Property or any REO Property; provided that such party summarizes the information provided to the Rating Agencies in such communication and provides the 17g-5 Information Provider and the related Other 17g-5 Information Provider (if any) with such summary

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in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement the same day such communication takes place; provided that the summary of such oral communications shall not attribute which Rating Agency the communication was with. The 17g-5 Information Provider shall post such summary on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement.

(g)               None of the foregoing restrictions in this Section 3.14 or otherwise in this Agreement shall prohibit or restrict oral or written communications, or providing information, between the Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Special Servicer, on the one hand, and any Rating Agency or NRSRO, on the other hand, with regard to (i) such Rating Agency’s or NRSRO’s review of the ratings it assigns to the Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, (ii) such Rating Agency’s or NRSRO’s approval of the Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, as a commercial mortgage master, special or primary servicer or (iii) such Rating Agency’s or NRSRO’s evaluation of the Master Servicer’s, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Special Servicer’s, as applicable, servicing operations in general; provided that the Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall not provide any information relating to the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans to any Rating Agency or NRSRO in connection with such review and evaluation by such Rating Agency or NRSRO unless (x) Borrower, property and other deal specific identifiers are redacted; (y) such information has already been provided to the 17g-5 Information Provider and has been uploaded on to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website or the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, has in fact provided such information to such Rating Agency in accordance with Section 3.14(e); or (z) the Rating Agency confirms in writing that it does not intend to use such information in undertaking credit rating surveillance with respect to the Certificates; provided, however, that the Rating Agencies may use information delivered under this clause (z) for any purpose to the extent it is publicly available (unless the availability results from a breach of this Agreement or any other confidentiality agreement to which such Rating Agency is subject) or comprised of information collected by the applicable Rating Agency from the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website (or another 17g-5 information provider’s website that they have access to) other than pursuant to this Section 3.14(g).

(h)               The costs and expenses of compliance with this Section 3.14 by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee and any other party hereto shall not be Additional Trust Fund Expenses.

Section 3.15        Title and Management of REO Properties and REO Accounts.
(a) If title to any Mortgaged Property (other than with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) is acquired for the benefit of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner (and, in the case of the Serviced Whole Loans, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders) in foreclosure, by deed in lieu of foreclosure or upon abandonment or reclamation from bankruptcy, the deed or certificate of sale shall be taken in the name of the Trust where permitted by applicable law or regulation and consistent with customary servicing procedures, and otherwise in the name of the Trustee, or its nominee (which shall not include the Master Servicer), or a separate Trustee or co-Trustee, on behalf of the Trust Fund (and, in the case of the Serviced Whole Loans, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders). The Special Servicer, on behalf of the Trust Fund (and, in the

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case of the Serviced Whole Loans, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders), shall dispose of any Serviced REO Property prior to the close of the third calendar year following the year in which the Trust Fund acquires ownership of such Serviced REO Property for purposes of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code, unless (i) the Special Servicer on behalf of the Lower-Tier REMIC (or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC, if applicable) has applied for an extension of such period pursuant to Sections 856(e)(3) and 860G(a)(8)(A) of the Code, in which case the Special Servicer shall sell such Serviced REO Property within the applicable extension period or if the Special Servicer has applied for extension as provided in this clause (i) but such request has not yet been granted or denied, the additional time specified in such request, or (ii) the Special Servicer seeks and subsequently receives an Opinion of Counsel (which opinion shall be an expense of the Trust Fund and, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, such expenses shall be allocated in accordance with the allocation provisions set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement), addressed to the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee, to the effect that the holding by the Trust Fund of such Serviced REO Property for an additional specified period will not cause such Serviced REO Property to fail to qualify as “foreclosure property” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code (determined without regard to the exception applicable for purposes of Section 860D(a) of the Code) at any time that any Certificate is outstanding, in which event such period shall be extended by such additional specified period subject to any conditions set forth in such Opinion of Counsel. The Special Servicer, on behalf of the Trust Fund (and, in the case of the Serviced Whole Loans, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders), shall dispose of any Serviced REO Property held by the Trust Fund prior to the last day of such period (taking into account extensions) by which such Serviced REO Property is required to be disposed of pursuant to the provisions of the immediately preceding sentence in a manner provided under Section 3.16 hereof. In the case of the Trust Fund’s beneficial interest in any REO Property acquired by the Other Trustee pursuant to an Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Special Servicer shall coordinate with the Other Special Servicer with respect to any REO extension on behalf of the Trust Fund. The Special Servicer shall manage, conserve, protect and operate each Serviced REO Property for the Certificateholders (and, in the case of the Serviced Whole Loans, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders) solely for the purpose of its prompt disposition and sale in a manner which does not cause such Serviced REO Property to fail to qualify as “foreclosure property” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code (determined without regard to the exception applicable for purposes of Section 860D(a) of the Code) and such that income from the operation or sale of such property does not result in receipt by the Trust Fund of any income from non-permitted assets as described in Section 860F(a)(2)(B) of the Code with respect to such property.

(b)               The Special Servicer shall have full power and authority, subject only to the Servicing Standard and the specific requirements and prohibitions of this Agreement, to do any and all things in connection with any Serviced REO Property as are consistent with the manner in which the Special Servicer manages and operates similar property owned or managed by the Special Servicer or any of its Affiliates, all on such terms and for such period as the Special Servicer deems to be in the best interests of Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner and, in the case of the Serviced Whole Loans, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders and, in connection therewith, the Special Servicer shall agree to the payment of management fees that are consistent with general market standards. Consistent with the foregoing, the Special Servicer shall cause or permit to be earned with respect to such Serviced REO Property any “net income from foreclosure property,” within the meaning of Section 860G(c) of the Code, which is subject to tax

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under the REMIC Provisions, only if it has determined, and has so advised the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator in writing, that the earning of such income on a net after-tax basis could reasonably be expected to result in a greater recovery on behalf of Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner (and, in the case of the Serviced Whole Loans, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders) than an alternative method of operation or rental of such Serviced REO Property that would not be subject to such a tax.

The Special Servicer shall segregate and hold all revenues received by it with respect to any Serviced REO Property separate and apart from its own funds and general assets and shall establish and maintain with respect to any Serviced REO Property a segregated custodial account (each, an “REO Account”), for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner, each of which shall be an Eligible Account and shall be entitled (i) with respect to each of the Serviced Mortgage Loans other than the Pacific Design Center Mortgage Loan, “LNR Partners, LLC, as General Special Servicer, on behalf of Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38, REO Account” and (ii) with respect to the Pacific Design Center Mortgage Loan, “Argentic Services Company LP, as Pacific Design Center Special Servicer, on behalf of Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38, REO Account.” With respect to a Serviced REO Property securing a Serviced Whole Loan, the Special Servicer shall establish an REO Account solely with respect to such property (each such account, a “Serviced Whole Loan REO Account”), each of which shall be an Eligible Account and shall be entitled (i) with respect to each Serviced Whole Loan (other than the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan), “LNR Partners, LLC, as General Special Servicer, on behalf of Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38 and the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders REO Account”, and (ii) with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan, “Argentic Services Company LP, as Pacific Design Center Special Servicer, on behalf of Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38 and the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders REO Account” in each case to be held for the benefit of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner and the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders. The Special Servicer shall be entitled to withdraw for its account any interest or investment income earned on funds deposited in an REO Account or a Serviced Whole Loan REO Account to the extent provided in Section 3.07(b) of this Agreement. The Special Servicer shall deposit or cause to be deposited REO Proceeds in the REO Account or the applicable Serviced Whole Loan REO Account within two Business Days after receipt of such properly identified and available REO Proceeds, and shall withdraw therefrom funds necessary for the proper operation, management and maintenance of such Serviced REO Property and for other Property Protection Expenses with respect to such Serviced REO Property, including:

(i)                                 all insurance premiums due and payable in respect of any Serviced REO Property;

(ii)                              all real estate taxes and assessments in respect of any Serviced REO Property that may result in the imposition of a lien thereon;

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(iii)                           all costs and expenses reasonable and necessary to protect, maintain, manage, operate, repair and restore any Serviced REO Property including, if applicable, the payments of any ground rents in respect of such Serviced REO Property; and

(iv)                          any taxes imposed on the Lower-Tier REMIC or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC, as applicable, in respect of net income from foreclosure property in accordance with Section 4.05, and with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, such expenses shall be allocated pro rata to the Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loans based on each loan’s Stated Principal Balance and only to the extent any such Serviced Companion Loan is included in a REMIC.

To the extent that such REO Proceeds are insufficient for the purposes set forth in clauses (i) through (iii) above, the Master Servicer shall make such Advance unless the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer determines, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, that such Servicing Advance would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance (provided that with respect to advancing insurance premiums or delinquent tax assessments the Master Servicer shall comply with the provisions of the second to last paragraph in Section 3.21(d) of this Agreement) and if the Master Servicer does not make any such Advance, the Trustee, to the extent the Trustee has actual knowledge of the Master Servicer’s failure to make such Advance, shall make such Advance, unless in each case, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, determines that such Advance would be a Nonrecoverable Advance. The Trustee shall be entitled to rely, conclusively, on any determination by the Special Servicer or the Master Servicer, as applicable, that an Advance, if made, would be a Nonrecoverable Advance, and in the case of such determination by the Special Servicer, shall be bound by such determination. The Trustee, when making an independent determination whether or not a proposed Advance would be a Nonrecoverable Advance, shall use its good faith business judgment. The Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, shall be entitled to reimbursement of such Advances (with interest at the Reimbursement Rate) made pursuant to the preceding sentence, to the extent permitted by Section 3.06 of this Agreement. The Special Servicer shall withdraw from each REO Account or Serviced Whole Loan REO Account, as applicable, and remit to the Master Servicer for deposit into the Collection Account or the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account, as applicable, on a monthly basis on the later of the date that is (x) on or prior to the related Determination Date or (y) two (2) Business Days after such amounts are received and properly identified and determined to be available, the Net REO Proceeds received or collected from each Serviced REO Property, except that in determining the amount of such Net REO Proceeds, the Special Servicer may retain in each REO Account or Serviced Whole Loan REO Account reasonable reserves for repairs, replacements and necessary capital improvements and other related expenses.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Special Servicer shall not:

(i)              permit any New Lease to be entered into, renewed or extended, if the New Lease by its terms will give rise to any income that does not constitute Rents from Real Property;

(ii)           permit any amount to be received or accrued under any New Lease, other than amounts that will constitute Rents from Real Property;

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(iii)        authorize or permit any construction on any Serviced REO Property, other than the repair or maintenance thereof or the completion of a building or other improvement thereon, and then only if more than ten percent of the construction of such building or other improvement was completed before default on the related Mortgage Loan became imminent, all within the meaning of Section 856(e)(4)(B) of the Code; or

(iv)       Directly Operate or allow any Person to Directly Operate any Serviced REO Property on any date more than 90 days after its date of acquisition by the Trust Fund, unless such Person is an Independent Contractor;

unless, in any such case, the Special Servicer has requested and received an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee (which opinion shall be an expense of the Trust Fund and, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan with a Serviced Companion Loan, such expense shall be allocated in accordance with the allocation provisions of the related Intercreditor Agreement) to the effect that such action will not cause such Serviced REO Property to fail to qualify as “foreclosure property” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code (determined without regard to the exception applicable for purposes of Section 860D(a) of the Code) at any time that it is held by the Trust Fund, in which case the Special Servicer may take such actions as are specified in such Opinion of Counsel.

The Special Servicer shall be required to contract with an Independent Contractor, the fees and expenses of which shall be an expense of the Trust Fund (and, in the case of the Serviced Whole Loans, such expense shall be allocated in accordance with the allocation provisions of the related Intercreditor Agreement) and payable out of REO Proceeds, for the operation and management of any Serviced REO Property, within 90 days of the Trust Fund’s acquisition thereof (unless the Special Servicer shall have provided the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator with an Opinion of Counsel that the operation and management of any Serviced REO Property other than through an Independent Contractor shall not cause such Serviced REO Property to fail to qualify as “foreclosure property” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code) (which opinion shall be an expense of the Trust Fund, and in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, such expense shall be allocated in accordance with the allocation provisions of the related Intercreditor Agreement), provided that:

(1)                         the terms and conditions of any such contract shall be reasonable and customary for the area and type of property and shall not be inconsistent herewith;

(2)                         any such contract shall require, or shall be administered to require, that the Independent Contractor pay all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the operation and management of such Serviced REO Property, including those listed above, and remit all related revenues (net of such costs and expenses) to the Special Servicer as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 30 days following the receipt thereof by such Independent Contractor;

(3)                         none of the provisions of this Section 3.15(b) relating to any such contract or to actions taken through any such Independent Contractor shall be deemed to relieve the Special Servicer of any of its duties and obligations to the Trust Fund, the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders and, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, the related Companion

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Loan Noteholders, with respect to the operation and management of any such Serviced REO Property; and

(4)                         the Special Servicer shall be obligated with respect thereto to the same extent as if it alone were performing all duties and obligations in connection with the operation and management of such Serviced REO Property.

The Special Servicer shall be entitled to enter into any agreement with any Independent Contractor performing services for it related to its duties and obligations hereunder for indemnification of the Special Servicer by such Independent Contractor, and nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such indemnification.

(c)               Promptly following any acquisition by the Special Servicer of a Serviced REO Property on behalf of the Trust Fund, the Special Servicer shall notify the Master Servicer thereof, and, upon delivery of such notice, the Special Servicer shall obtain an Updated Valuation thereof, but only if any Updated Valuation with respect thereto is more than 9 months old and the Special Servicer has no actual knowledge of any material adverse change in circumstances that, consistent with the Servicing Standard, would call into question the validity of such Updated Valuation, in order to determine the fair market value of such Serviced REO Property and shall notify the Depositor and the Master Servicer and with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, the holder of the related Companion Loan, if any, and of the results of such Updated Valuation. Any such Updated Appraisal shall be conducted in accordance with Appraisal Institute standards and the cost thereof shall be an expense of the Trust Fund and allocated to Classes of Principal Balance Certificates and the Class RR Certificates (in the same manner as Realized Losses and VRR Realized Losses as set forth in Section 4.01(c) of this Agreement). In the case of any Serviced Whole Loan such expenses shall be allocated in accordance with the allocation provisions set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement. The Special Servicer shall obtain a new Updated Valuation or a letter update every 9 months thereafter until the Serviced REO Property is sold.

(d)               When and as necessary, the Special Servicer shall send to the Certificate Administrator a statement prepared by the Special Servicer setting forth the amount of net income or net loss, as determined for federal income tax purposes, resulting from the operation and management of a trade or business on, the furnishing or rendering of a non-customary service to the tenants of, or the receipt of any other amount not constituting Rents from Real Property in respect of, any Serviced REO Property in accordance with Sections 3.15(a) and 3.15(b) of this Agreement.

(e)               Upon the disposition of any Serviced REO Property in accordance with this Section 3.15, the Special Servicer shall calculate the Gain-on-Sale Proceeds allocable to a Mortgage Loan or the applicable Serviced Whole Loan, if any, realized in connection with such sale.

Section 3.16        Sale of Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties. (a)  The parties hereto may sell or purchase, or permit the sale or purchase of, a Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan only on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 3.16 or as otherwise expressly provided in or contemplated by Section 2.03(e) and Section 9.01 of this Agreement or in an applicable Intercreditor Agreement. The Special Servicer

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may only sell a Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan together with the related Mortgage Loan if it has received consent of the holder of the related Subordinate Companion Loan.

(b)               If the Special Servicer determines in accordance with the Servicing Standard that it would be in the best interests of the Certificateholders (including the holders of the Loan-Specific Certificates) and the RR Interest Owner or, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner and the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan Noteholders (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders, RR Interest Owner and, if applicable, Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders constituted a single lender) (and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan with a related Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of such Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan) to attempt to sell a Defaulted Loan (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, but including the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, if applicable) and any related Pari Passu Companion Loan, the Special Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to solicit offers for each such Defaulted Loan on behalf of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner and, if applicable, the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan Noteholders in such manner as will be reasonably likely to realize a fair price. In the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, to the extent that such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan is not sold together with the related Non-Serviced Companion Loan by the Other Special Servicer for the related Non-Serviced Whole Loan and, if permitted under the related Intercreditor Agreement, the Special Servicer shall be entitled to sell (with the consent of the Directing Holder (if no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing) and after consulting on a non-binding basis with the applicable Risk Retention Consultation Party pursuant to Section 6.07) such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan if it determines in accordance with the Servicing Standard that such action would be in the best interests of the Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner (and shall be entitled to a Liquidation Fee in connection with such sale). Subject to the qualifications described in this Section 3.16, the Special Servicer shall accept the first cash offer received from any Person that constitutes a fair price for such Defaulted Loan. Subject to Section 3.16(k), if the Special Servicer receives more than one cash offer that constitutes a fair price for such Defaulted Loan during the period designated by the Special Servicer for receipt of offers, the Special Servicer shall accept the highest price.

The Special Servicer shall give the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Directing Holder (other than in respect of any applicable Excluded Loan) and each Risk Retention Consultation Party not less than ten (10) Business Days’ prior written notice of its intention to sell any such Defaulted Loan, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, neither the Trustee, in its individual capacity, nor any of its Affiliates may make an offer for or purchase any such Defaulted Loan pursuant to this Agreement.

(c)               Whether any cash offer constitutes a fair price for such Defaulted Loan, as the case may be, shall be determined by the Special Servicer, if the highest offeror is a Person other than an Interested Person, and by the Trustee, if the highest offeror is an Interested Person; provided that no offer from an Interested Person shall constitute a fair price unless (i) the offer is the highest offer received, and (ii) if the offer is less than the applicable Purchase Price, at least two other offers are received from independent third parties. In determining whether any offer received from an Interested Person represents a fair price for any such Defaulted Loan, the Trustee shall be supplied with and shall rely on the most recent Appraisal or Updated Appraisal conducted

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in accordance with this Agreement within the preceding 9-month period or in the absence of any such Appraisal, on a narrative appraisal prepared by an Independent MAI appraiser selected by (i) the Special Servicer if the Special Servicer or an Affiliate of the Special Servicer is not making an offer with respect to such Defaulted Loan, (ii) by the Master Servicer if the Special Servicer is making such an offer unless the Master Servicer and Special Servicer are Affiliates or (iii) the Operating Advisor if the Master Servicer and Special Servicer are Affiliates and the Special Servicer is making an offer. The cost of any such Updated Appraisal or narrative appraisal shall be covered by, and shall be reimbursable as, a Servicing Advance. In addition, the Trustee shall be permitted to retain, at the expense of the related Interested Person, an independent third party expert in real estate or commercial mortgage loan matters with at least 5 years’ experience in valuing or investing in loans similar to the subject Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as the case may be, that has been selected with reasonable care by the trustee to determine such fair price and will be permitted to conclusively rely on the opinion of such third party’s determination. Any costs and fees of the Trustee in connection with an offer by an Interested Person and the Trustee’s duties therewith shall be paid in advance of any such determination by such Interested Person.

In determining whether any offer from a Person other than an Interested Person constitutes a fair price for any such Defaulted Loan, the Special Servicer shall take into account (in addition to the results of any Appraisal, Updated Appraisal or narrative appraisal that it may have obtained pursuant to this Agreement within the prior 9 months), and in determining whether any offer from an Interested Person constitutes a fair price for any such Defaulted Loan, any appraiser shall be instructed to take into account, as applicable, among other factors, the period and amount of the Delinquency on such Defaulted Loan, the period and amount of the occupancy level and physical condition of the related Mortgaged Property, the state of the local economy in the area where the Mortgaged Property is located, the expected recovery from such Defaulted Loan if the Special Servicer were to pursue a workout strategy, and the time and expense associated with a purchaser’s foreclosing on the related Mortgaged Property.

In addition, the Special Servicer shall refer to all other relevant information obtained by it or otherwise contained in the Mortgage File; provided that the Special Servicer shall take account of any change in circumstances regarding the related Mortgaged Property known to the Special Servicer that has occurred subsequent to, and that would, in the Special Servicer’s reasonable judgment, materially affect the value of the related Mortgaged Property reflected in the most recent related Appraisal. Furthermore, the Special Servicer may consider available objective third party information obtained from generally available sources, as well as information obtained from vendors providing real estate services to the Special Servicer, concerning the market for distressed real estate loans and the real estate market for the subject property type in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located. The Special Servicer may, to the extent it is reasonable to do so in accordance with the Servicing Standard, conclusively rely on any opinions or reports of qualified Independent experts in real estate or commercial mortgage loan matters with at least five years’ experience in valuing or investing in loans similar to the subject Specially Serviced Loan, selected with reasonable care by the Special Servicer, in making such determination. All reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the Special Servicer pursuant to this Section 3.16(c) shall constitute, and be reimbursable as, Servicing Advances. The other parties to this Agreement shall cooperate with all reasonable requests for information made by the Special Servicer in order to allow the Special Servicer to perform its duties pursuant to this Section 3.16(c).

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The Purchase Price (which, in connection with the administration of a Defaulted Loan related to a Serviced Whole Loan, shall be construed and calculated as if the loans in such Serviced Whole Loan together constitute a single Mortgage Loan thereunder) for any such Defaulted Loan shall in all cases be deemed a fair price.

(d)               Subject to subsection (c) above, the Special Servicer shall act on behalf of the Trustee (for the benefit of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner and, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders) in negotiating and taking any other action necessary or appropriate in connection with the sale of any such Defaulted Loan, and the applicable collection of all amounts payable in connection therewith. In connection therewith, the Special Servicer may charge for its own account prospective offerors, and may retain, fees that approximate the Special Servicer’s actual costs in the preparation and delivery of information pertaining to such sales or exchanging offers without obligation to deposit such amounts into the REO Account the Collection Account or, in the case of any Serviced Whole Loan, the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account. Any sale of such Defaulted Loan shall be final and without recourse to the Trustee or the Trust Fund (except such recourse to the Trust Fund imposed by those representations and warranties typically given in such transactions, any prorations applied thereto and any customary closing matters), and if such sale is consummated in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, none of the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Trustee shall have any liability to any Certificateholder or Companion Loan Noteholder with respect to the purchase price therefor accepted by the Special Servicer or the Trustee.

(e)               Any sale of such Defaulted Loan shall be for cash only.

(f)                The parties hereto may sell or purchase, or permit the sale or purchase of, a Serviced REO Property only on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 3.16 or as otherwise expressly provided in an applicable Intercreditor Agreement.

(g)               The Special Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to solicit offers for each Serviced REO Property on behalf of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner and, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders in such manner as will be reasonably likely to realize a fair price within the time period provided for by Section 3.15(a) of this Agreement. The Special Servicer (with the consent of the Directing Holder for so long as no Control Termination Event is continuing) shall accept the first cash offer received from any Person that constitutes a fair price for such Serviced REO Property. Subject to Section 3.16(k), if the Special Servicer receives more than one cash offer that constitutes a fair price for such Serviced REO Property during the period designated by the Special Servicer for receipt of offers, the Special Servicer shall accept the highest price. If the Special Servicer determines, in its good faith and reasonable judgment, that it will be unable to realize a fair price for any Serviced REO Property within the time constraints imposed by Section 3.15(a) of this Agreement, then the Special Servicer (with the consent of the Directing Holder for so long as no Control Termination Event is continuing) shall dispose of such Serviced REO Property upon such terms and conditions as the Special Servicer shall deem necessary and desirable to maximize the recovery thereon under the circumstances and, in connection therewith, shall accept the highest outstanding cash offer, regardless of from whom received.

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The Special Servicer shall give the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Directing Holder, not less than ten (10) Business Days’ prior written notice of its intention to sell any Serviced REO Property, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, neither the Trustee, in its individual capacity, nor any of its Affiliates may make an offer for or purchase any Serviced REO Property pursuant to this Agreement.

(h)               Whether any cash offer constitutes a fair price for any Serviced REO Property, as the case may be, shall be determined by the Special Servicer, if the highest offeror is a Person other than an Interested Person, and by the Trustee, if the highest offeror is an Interested Person; provided that no offer from an Interested Person shall constitute a fair price unless it is the highest offer received. In determining whether any offer received from an Interested Person represents a fair price for any such Serviced REO Property, the Trustee shall be supplied with and shall rely on the most recent appraisal or Updated Appraisal conducted in accordance with this Agreement within the preceding 9-month period or in the absence of any such appraisal, on a narrative appraisal prepared by an Independent MAI appraiser selected by the Special Servicer if the Special Servicer or an Affiliate of the Special Servicer is not making an offer with respect to a Serviced REO Property (or by the Master Servicer if the Special Servicer is making such an offer). The cost of any such Updated Appraisal or narrative appraisal and any related costs and fees of the Trustee shall be covered by, and shall be reimbursable as, a Servicing Advance. In determining whether any offer from a Person other than an Interested Person constitutes a fair price for any such Serviced REO Property, the Special Servicer shall take into account (in addition to the results of any appraisal, updated appraisal or narrative appraisal that it may have obtained pursuant to this Agreement within the prior 9 months), and in determining whether any offer from an Interested Person constitutes a fair price for any such Serviced REO Property, any appraiser shall be instructed to take into account, as applicable, among other factors, the period and amount of the occupancy level and physical condition of the Mortgaged Property or Serviced REO Property, the state of the local economy and the obligation to dispose of any Serviced REO Property within the time period specified in Section 3.15(a) of this Agreement. The Purchase Price (which, in connection with the administration of a Serviced REO Property related to a Serviced Whole Loan, shall be construed and calculated as if the loans in such Serviced Whole Loan together constitute a single Mortgage Loan thereunder) for any Serviced REO Property shall in all cases be deemed a fair price. In addition, the Trustee shall be permitted to retain, at the expense of the related Interested Person, an independent third party to determine such fair price and will be permitted to conclusively rely on the opinion of such third party’s determination. Any costs and fees of the Trustee in connection with an offer by an Interested Person and the Trustee’s duties therewith shall be paid in advance of any such determination by such Interested Person.

(i)                 Subject to subsections (g) and (h) above, the Special Servicer shall act on behalf of the Trustee (for the benefit of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner and, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders) in negotiating and taking any other action necessary or appropriate in connection with the sale of any Serviced REO Property, and the applicable collection of all amounts payable in connection therewith. In connection therewith, the Special Servicer may charge for its own account prospective offerors, and may retain, fees that approximate the Special Servicer’s actual costs in the preparation and delivery of information pertaining to such sales or exchanging offers without obligation to deposit such amounts into the Collection Account or, in the case of any Serviced Whole Loan, the

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applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account. Any sale of a Serviced REO Property shall be final and without recourse to the Trustee or the Trust Fund (except such recourse to the Trust Fund imposed by those representations and warranties typically given in such transactions, any prorations applied thereto and any customary closing matters), and if such sale is consummated in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, none of the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall have any liability to any Certificateholder or Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder with respect to the purchase price therefor accepted by the Special Servicer or the Trustee.

(j)                 Any sale of a Serviced REO Property shall be for cash only.

(k)               Notwithstanding any of the foregoing paragraphs of this Section 3.16, the Special Servicer shall not be obligated to accept the highest cash offer if the Special Servicer determines (in consultation with the Directing Holder (other than with respect to any applicable Excluded Loan or unless a Consultation Termination Event exists), each Risk Retention Consultation Party (other than with respect to any applicable Excluded Loan) (which consultation shall be non-binding) and, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan or an REO Property related to a Serviced Whole Loan, the related Companion Loan Noteholder(s)), in accordance with the Servicing Standard, that rejection of such offer would be in the best interests of the Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner and, in the case of a sale of a Serviced Whole Loan or an REO Property related to a Serviced Whole Loan, the related Companion Loan Noteholders (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner and, if applicable, Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders constituted a single lender and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan with a related Subordinate Companion Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of such Subordinate Companion Loan) and, with respect to a Whole Loan with a Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, and the Special Servicer may accept a lower cash offer (from any Person other than itself or its Affiliate) if it determines, in its reasonable and good faith judgment, that acceptance of such offer would be in the best interests of the Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner (for example, if the prospective buyer making the lower offer is more likely to perform its obligations or the terms offered by the prospective buyer making the lower offer are more favorable) and, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders, RR Interest Owner and, if applicable, Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders constituted a single lender) (and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan with a related Subordinate Companion Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of such Subordinate Companion Loan).

(l)                 With respect to each defaulted Serviced Companion Loan, the Special Servicer shall sell such defaulted Serviced Companion Loan (or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, in the case of the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan) together with the related Mortgage Loan pursuant to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement as if such Mortgage Loan and Serviced Companion Loans (or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, in the case of the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan) were one whole loan on behalf of the Certificateholders and the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders. The Special Servicer shall provide notice and other information required under the related Intercreditor Agreement to the applicable Other Special Servicer as soon as practicable following its decision to attempt to sell, and prior to commencement or marketing of, any Serviced Companion Loan. With respect

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to Serviced Whole Loans, the Special Servicer shall be required to obtain the consent of any holder of a related Serviced Companion Loan (or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, in the case of the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan) prior to a sale of such Serviced Whole Loan, unless (i) such holder is the related Borrower or an Affiliate or agent of the related Borrower or (ii) the Special Servicer delivers to such holders of the related Serviced Companion Loans (or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, in the case of the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan): (A) at least fifteen (15) Business Days’ prior written notice of any decision to attempt to sell the related Serviced Whole Loan; (B) at least ten (10) days prior to the proposed sale date, a copy of each bid package (together with any material amendments to such bid packages) received by the Special Servicer in connection with any such proposed sale; (C) at least ten (10) days prior to the proposed sale date, a copy of the most recent appraisal for such Serviced Whole Loan, and any documents in the servicing file reasonably requested by the holders of the applicable Serviced Companion Loans (or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, in the case of the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan) that are material to the sale price of such Serviced Whole Loan; and (D) until the sale is completed, and a reasonable period of time (but not less time than is afforded to other offerors, the Directing Holder and the Risk Retention Consultation Parties) prior to the proposed sale date, all information and other documents being provided to other offerors and all leases or other documents that are approved by the Special Servicer in connection with the proposed sale. The holders of the Serviced Companion Loans (or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, in the case of the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan) (or, in any case, their respective representatives) shall be permitted to submit an offer at any sale of such related Serviced Whole Loan; however, the related Borrower and its agents and Affiliates shall not be permitted to submit an offer at such sale.

(m)             With respect to any Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan, if the related Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan becomes a Defaulted Loan, the Special Servicer (or, on or after the related Servicing Shift Securitization Date, the Other Special Servicer under the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement related to such Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan) will be required to sell such Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan together with the related Companion Loan(s) as notes evidencing one whole loan, in accordance with the provisions of the related Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement or the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as the case may be.

Section 3.17        Additional Obligations of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer; Inspections. (a) The Master Servicer (at its own expense) (or, with respect to Specially Serviced Loans and Serviced REO Properties, the Special Servicer) shall inspect or cause to be inspected each Mortgaged Property securing a Serviced Mortgage Loan that it is servicing at such times and in such manner as is consistent with the Servicing Standard, but in any event shall inspect each Mortgaged Property with a Stated Principal Balance (or in the case of a Mortgage Loan secured by more than one Mortgaged Property, having an Allocated Loan Amount) of (A) $2,000,000 or more at least once every 12 months (commencing in 2024) and (B) less than $2,000,000 at least once every 24 months (commencing in 2024), (or, in each case, at such decreased frequency as each Rating Agency shall have provided a Rating Agency Confirmation relating to the Certificates and Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if any); provided that if a physical inspection has been performed by the Special Servicer in the previous twelve (12) months and the Master Servicer has no knowledge of a material change in the Mortgaged Property since such physical inspection, the Master Servicer will not be required to perform or cause to be performed, such physical inspection; provided, further, that if any scheduled payment becomes more than sixty (60) days delinquent on the related Mortgage Loan, the Special Servicer shall

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inspect or cause to be inspected the related Mortgaged Property as soon as practicable after such Mortgage Loan becomes a Specially Serviced Loan and annually thereafter for so long as such Mortgage Loan remains a Specially Serviced Loan. The reasonable cost of each such inspection performed in accordance with the Servicing Standard by the Special Servicer shall be paid by the Master Servicer as a Servicing Advance; provided, that if such Advance would be a Nonrecoverable Advance, then the cost of such inspections shall be an expense of the Trust payable out of general collections. With respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, the costs described in the preceding sentence above that relate to the applicable Serviced Whole Loan shall be paid out of amounts on deposit in the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account related to such Serviced Whole Loan (allocated in accordance with the expense allocation provision of the related Intercreditor Agreement). If funds in the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account relating to a Serviced Whole Loan are insufficient, then any deficiency shall be paid from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account; provided that the Master Servicer shall, after receiving payment from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account, if any, (i) promptly notify the related Companion Loan Noteholder and (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to exercise on behalf of the Trust any rights under the related Intercreditor Agreement to obtain reimbursement for a pro rata portion of such amount allocable to the related Companion Loans from the related Companion Loan Noteholders. With respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan, the costs will be allocated, first, as an expense of the holders of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, and second, as an expense of the holder(s) of the related Mortgage Loan and the related pari passu Companion Loans (if any), pro rata and pari passu, to the extent provided in the related Intercreditor Agreement. The Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall prepare a written report of the inspection describing, among other things, the condition of and any damage to the Mortgaged Property securing a Mortgage Loan that it is servicing and specifying the existence of any material vacancies in such Mortgaged Property, any sale, transfer or abandonment of such Mortgaged Property of which it has actual knowledge, any material adverse change in the condition of the Mortgaged Property, or any visible material waste committed on applicable Mortgaged Property. The Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, shall send such reports to the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such reports to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement), the related Other 17g-5 Information Provider (if any) and, upon request, to the Underwriters and the Initial Purchasers within 20 days of completion and receipt (by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, or, if earlier, any sub-servicer on their behalf) of the inspection report, each inspection report.

(b)               With respect to each Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Companion Loan, the Master Servicer (or the Special Servicer, in the case of a Specially Serviced Loan) shall exercise the Trustee’s rights, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, with respect to the Manager under the related Loan Documents and Management Agreement, if any.

(c)               The Master Servicer shall deliver all Compensating Interest Payments (other than the portion of any Compensating Interest Payment allocated to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan) to the Certificate Administrator for deposit in the Lower-Tier Distribution Account on each Master Servicer Remittance Date, without any right of reimbursement therefor. The Master Servicer shall deliver all Compensating Interest Payments with respect to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan to the Certificate Administrator for deposit in the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Distribution Account on each Master

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Servicer Remittance Date, without any right of reimbursement therefor. The Master Servicer shall deliver the portion of any Compensating Interest Payment allocated to a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan to the holder of the Serviced Companion Loan on each Master Servicer Remittance Date, without any right of reimbursement therefor.

(d)               The Master Servicer shall, as to each Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan that is secured by the interest of the related Borrower under a ground lease (or, with respect to a leasehold interest that is a space lease or an air rights lease, such space lease or air rights lease), promptly (and in any event within 60 days) after the Closing Date notify the related ground lessor of the transfer of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan to the Trust pursuant to this Agreement and inform such ground lessor that any notices of default under the related ground lease (or, with respect to a leasehold interest that is a space lease or an air rights lease, the related space lease or air rights lease) should thereafter be forwarded to the Master Servicer.

(e)               The Master Servicer shall, to the extent consistent with the Servicing Standard and permitted by the related Loan Documents, not apply any funds with respect to a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan (whether arising in the form of a holdback, earnout reserve, cash trap or other similar feature) to the prepayment of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan prior to an event of default or reasonably foreseeable event of default with respect to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan. Prior to an event of default or reasonably foreseeable event of default any such amounts described in the immediately preceding sentence shall be held by the Master Servicer as additional collateral for the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan.

Section 3.18        Authenticating Agent. The Certificate Administrator may appoint an Authenticating Agent to execute and to authenticate Certificates. The Authenticating Agent must be acceptable to the Depositor and must be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or any state, having a principal office and place of business in a state and city acceptable to the Depositor, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $15,000,000, authorized under such laws to do a trust business and subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities. The Certificate Administrator shall serve as the initial Authenticating Agent.

Any corporation into which the Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Authenticating Agent shall be party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency business of the Authenticating Agent, shall be the Authenticating Agent without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Certificate Administrator or the Authenticating Agent.

The Authenticating Agent may at any time resign by giving at least 30 days’ advance written notice of resignation to the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Depositor and the Master Servicer. The Certificate Administrator may at any time terminate the agency of the Authenticating Agent by giving written notice of termination to the Authenticating Agent, the Depositor and the Master Servicer. Upon receiving a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time the Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance

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with the provisions of this Section 3.18, the Certificate Administrator may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent, which shall be acceptable to the Depositor, and shall mail notice of such appointment to all Certificateholders. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers, duties and responsibilities of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as Authenticating Agent herein. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section 3.18.

The Authenticating Agent shall have no responsibility or liability for any action taken by it as such at the direction of the Certificate Administrator. Any compensation paid to the Authenticating Agent shall be an unreimbursable expense of the Certificate Administrator, as applicable.

Section 3.19        Appointment of Custodians. The Certificate Administrator shall be the initial Custodian hereunder. The Certificate Administrator may appoint one or more additional Custodians to hold all or a portion of the Mortgage Files on behalf of the Trustee and otherwise perform the duties set forth in Article II, by entering into a Custodial Agreement with any Custodian who is not the Depositor. The Certificate Administrator agrees to comply with the terms of each Custodial Agreement and to enforce the terms and provisions thereof against the Custodian for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner. The Certificate Administrator shall not be liable for any act or omission of the Custodian under the Custodial Agreement. Each Custodian (other than the initial Custodian) shall be a depository institution subject to supervision by federal or state authority, shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $10,000,000, shall have a long-term debt rating of at least “Baa2” from Moody’s, “BBB” from Fitch and an equivalent rating by KBRA (if rated by KBRA). Each Custodial Agreement may be amended only as provided in Section 12.08 of this Agreement. Any compensation paid to the Custodian shall be an unreimbursable expense of the Certificate Administrator. If the Custodian is an entity other than the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian shall maintain a fidelity bond in the form and amount that are customary for securitizations similar to the securitization evidenced by this Agreement. The Custodian shall be deemed to have complied with this provision if one of its Affiliates has such fidelity bond coverage and, by the terms of such fidelity bond, the coverage afforded thereunder extends to the Custodian. In addition, the Custodian shall keep in force during the term of this Agreement a policy or policies of insurance covering loss occasioned by the errors and omissions of its officers and employees in connection with its obligations hereunder in the form and amount that are customary for securitizations similar to the securitization evidenced by this Agreement. All fidelity bonds and policies of errors and omissions insurance obtained under this Section 3.19 shall be issued by a Qualified Insurer.

Section 3.20        Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts and Reserve Accounts. The Master Servicer shall administer each Lock-Box Account, Cash Collateral Account, Escrow Account and Reserve Account in accordance with the related Mortgage or Loan Agreement, Cash Collateral Account Agreement or Lock-Box Agreement, if any relating to the Serviced Mortgage Loans and any related Serviced Companion Loans it is servicing.

Section 3.21        Servicing Advances. (a) The Master Servicer (or, to the extent provided in Section 3.21(c) of this Agreement, the Trustee) to the extent specifically provided for

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in this Agreement, shall make any Servicing Advances as and to the extent otherwise required pursuant to the terms hereof with respect to the Serviced Mortgage Loans and any related Serviced Companion Loans that it is servicing. For purposes of distributions to Certificateholders and compensation to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, Servicing Advances shall not be considered to increase the Stated Principal Balance of any such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loans so provide. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Special Servicer shall have no obligation to make any Servicing Advances under this Agreement, but may make a Servicing Advance on an urgent or emergency basis in its discretion.

(b)               Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Special Servicer shall give the Master Servicer not less than five Business Days’ written notice with respect to any Servicing Advance to be made on any Specially Serviced Loan, before the date on which the Master Servicer is required to make such Servicing Advance with respect to such Specially Serviced Loan or Serviced REO Loan; provided that the Special Servicer shall be required to provide the Master Servicer with only two Business Days’ written notice in respect of Servicing Advances required to be made on an urgent or emergency basis (which may include, without limitation, Servicing Advances required to make tax or insurance payments). If the Master Servicer or the Trustee makes a Servicing Advance with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan then it shall provide written notice to the related Other Servicer, Other Special Servicer and Other Trustee of the amount of such Servicing Advance with respect to such Serviced Whole Loan as part of its monthly report following the making of such Servicing Advance.

(c)               The Master Servicer shall notify the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator in writing promptly upon, and in any event within one Business Day after, becoming aware that it will be unable to make any Servicing Advance required to be made pursuant to the terms hereof, and in connection therewith, shall set forth in such notice the amount of such Servicing Advance, the Person to whom it is to be paid, and the circumstances and purpose of such Servicing Advance, and shall set forth therein information and instructions for the payment of such Servicing Advance, and, on the date specified in such notice for the payment of such Servicing Advance, or, if the date for payment has passed or if no such date is specified, then within five Business Days following such notice, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 3.21(d) of this Agreement, shall pay the amount of such Servicing Advance in accordance with such information and instructions.

(d)               The Special Servicer shall promptly furnish any party required to make Servicing Advances hereunder with any information in its possession regarding the Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties as such party required to make Servicing Advances may reasonably request for purposes of making recoverability determinations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Special Servicer shall have no obligation to make an affirmative determination that any Advance is, or would be, a Nonrecoverable Advance, and in the absence of a determination by the Special Servicer that such an Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance, then all such decisions shall remain with the Master Servicer or Trustee, as applicable.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Servicing Advance shall be required hereunder if the Person otherwise required to make such Servicing Advance determines that such Servicing Advance would, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. In

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addition, neither the Master Servicer nor the Trustee shall make any Servicing Advance to the extent that it has received written notice that the Special Servicer has determined that such Servicing Advance would, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. In making such recoverability determination, such Person will be entitled to (i) give due regard to the existence of any Nonrecoverable Advance or Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount with respect to other Mortgage Loans, the recovery of which, at the time of such consideration, is being deferred or delayed by the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, in light of the fact that proceeds on the related Mortgage Loan (or the related Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable) are a source of recovery not only for the Servicing Advance under consideration, but also as a potential source of recovery of such Nonrecoverable Advance or Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount which is being or may be deferred or delayed and (ii) consider (among other things) the obligations of the Borrower under the terms of the related Mortgage Loan (or the related Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable) as it may have been modified, (iii) consider (among other things) the related Mortgaged Properties in their “as is” or then current conditions and occupancies, as modified by such party’s assumptions (consistent with the Servicing Standard in the case of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer) regarding the possibility and effects of future adverse changes with respect to such Mortgaged Properties, (iv) estimate and consider (consistent with the Servicing Standard in the case of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer) (among other things) future expenses, (v) estimate and consider (among other things) the timing of recoveries and (vi) consider any non-recoverability determination of the Other Servicer or Other Trustee under the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to a P&I Advance for a Non-Serviced Companion Loan.

The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee, as applicable, shall consider Unliquidated Advances in respect of prior Servicing Advances for purposes of nonrecoverability determinations as if such Unliquidated Advances were unreimbursed Servicing Advances. If an Appraisal of the related Mortgaged Property shall not have been obtained within the prior 9-month period (and the Master Servicer and the Trustee shall each request any such appraisal from the Special Servicer prior to ordering an Appraisal pursuant to this sentence) or if such an Appraisal shall have been obtained but as a result of unforeseen occurrences, such Appraisal does not, in the good faith determination of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, reflect current market conditions, and the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, and the Special Servicer cannot agree on the appropriate downward adjustment to such Appraisal, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be, may, subject to its reasonable and good faith determination that such Appraisal will demonstrate the nonrecoverability of the related Advance, obtain an Appraisal for such purpose at the expense of the Trust Fund (and, in the case of any Serviced Whole Loan, such expense shall be allocated in accordance with the allocation provisions of the related Intercreditor Agreement).

Any determination by the Master Servicer, Special Servicer or the Trustee that the Master Servicer or Trustee, as the case may be, has made a Servicing Advance that is a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance or any determination by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee that any proposed Servicing Advance, if made, would constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance shall be evidenced in the case of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer by a certificate of a Servicing Officer delivered to the other, to the Trustee, the Directing Holder (but only if no Consultation Termination Event is continuing), the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator, any related Companion Loan Noteholder(s) and the

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Depositor and, in the case of the Trustee, by a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, delivered to the Depositor, the Directing Holder (but only if no Consultation Termination Event is continuing), the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator, any related Companion Loan Noteholder(s), the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, which in each case sets forth such nonrecoverability determination and the considerations of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, forming the basis of such determination (such certificate accompanied by, to the extent available, income and expense statements, rent rolls, occupancy status, property inspections and other information used by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, to make such determination, together with any existing Appraisal or any Updated Appraisal); provided that the Special Servicer may, at its option, make a determination in accordance with the Servicing Standard, that any Servicing Advance previously made or proposed to be made is nonrecoverable and shall deliver to the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Directing Holder (but only with respect to a Specially Serviced Loan and if no Consultation Termination Event is continuing), the Operating Advisor, the Trustee, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder (if any) and the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement), notice of such determination. Any such determination may be relied upon by and shall be binding on the Master Servicer and the Trustee. For the avoidance of doubt, any nonrecoverability determination with respect to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan will be made based on the subordinate nature of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Special Servicer shall have no obligation to make an affirmative determination that any Advance is, or would be, a Nonrecoverable Advance, and in the absence of a determination by the Special Servicer that such an Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance, then all such decisions shall remain with the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable. If the Special Servicer makes a determination that only a portion, and not all, of any previously made or proposed Servicing Advance is a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, the Master Servicer and the Trustee shall each have the right to make its own subsequent determination that any remaining portion of any such previously made or proposed Servicing Advance is a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance.

Any such Person may update or change its recoverability determinations at any time (but not reverse any other Person’s determination or prohibit any such other authorized Person from making a determination, that a Servicing Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance) and (consistent with the Servicing Standard in the case of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer) may obtain, at the expense of the Trust (and, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, such expense shall be allocated in accordance with the allocation provisions of the related Intercreditor Agreement), any analysis, Appraisals or market value estimates or other information for such purposes. Absent bad faith, any such determination as to the recoverability of any Servicing Advance shall be conclusive and binding on the Certificateholders and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders.

The Trustee, in determining whether or not a Servicing Advance previously made is, or a proposed Servicing Advance, if made, would be, a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance shall use its reasonable judgment.

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constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance, the Master Servicer shall deliver notice of such determination to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Special Servicer. Upon receipt of such notice, the Master Servicer (with respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan that is a Performing Loan) and the Special Servicer (with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan or REO Property) shall determine (with the reasonable assistance of the Master Servicer) whether the payment of such amount (i) is necessary to preserve the related Mortgaged Property and (ii) would be in the best interests of the Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner and, in the case of any Serviced Companion Loans, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders, RR Interest Owner and, if applicable, Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders constituted a single lender (and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan with a related Subordinate Companion Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of such Subordinate Companion Loan)). If the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer determines that the payment of such amount (i) is necessary to preserve the related Mortgaged Property and (ii) would be in the best interests of the Certificateholders and, in the case of any Serviced Companion Loan, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder (and in the case of a Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of such Subordinate Companion Loan), the Special Servicer (in the case of a determination by the Special Servicer) shall direct the Master Servicer in writing to make such payment and the Master Servicer shall make such payment, to the extent of available funds, from amounts in the Collection Account or, if a Serviced Whole Loan is involved, from amounts in the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3.21, the Master Servicer may elect (but shall not be required) to make a payment out of the Collection Account to pay for certain expenses specified in this sentence notwithstanding that the Master Servicer has determined that a Servicing Advance with respect to such expenditure would be a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance (unless, with respect to Specially Serviced Loans or Serviced REO Loans, the Special Servicer has notified the Master Servicer to not make such expenditure), where making such expenditure would prevent (i) the related Mortgaged Property from being uninsured or being sold at a tax sale or (ii) any event that would cause a loss of the priority of the lien of the related Mortgage, or the loss of any security for the related Mortgage Loan; provided that in each instance, the Master Servicer determines in accordance with the Servicing Standard (as evidenced by a certificate of a Servicing Officer delivered to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator) that making such expenditure is in the best interests of the Certificateholders and, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and, if applicable, Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders constituted a single lender (and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan with a related Subordinate Companion Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of such Subordinate Companion Loan)). The Master Servicer may elect to obtain reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances from the Trust Fund in accordance with Section 3.06 of this Agreement.

(e)               The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and/or the Trustee, as applicable, shall be entitled to the reimbursement of Servicing Advances made by any of them to the extent permitted pursuant to Section 3.06 of this Agreement, if applicable, together with any related Advance Interest Amount in respect of such Servicing Advances, and the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee each hereby covenants and agrees to promptly seek and effect the

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reimbursement of such Servicing Advances from the related Borrowers to the extent permitted by applicable law and the related Loan Documents.

The parties acknowledge that, pursuant to the applicable Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the applicable Other Servicer is obligated to make Servicing Advances with respect to the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan. The Other Servicer, the Other Special Servicer (to the extent it has made an advance), the Other Trustee or fiscal agent or other Persons making advances under the applicable Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be entitled to reimbursement in accordance with Section 3.06(b) of this Agreement for the pro rata portion (based on Stated Principal Balance) of the related Mortgage Loan (after amounts allocated to the related Subordinate Companion Loan, if any) with respect to any Servicing Advance that is nonrecoverable (with, in each case, any pro rata portion of accrued and unpaid interest thereon provided for under the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement) in the manner set forth in the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the related Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable.

With respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, if the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or Trustee, as applicable, determines that a proposed Servicing Advance with respect to such Serviced Whole Loan, if made, or any outstanding Servicing Advance with respect to any such Mortgage Loan previously made, would be, or is, as applicable, a Nonrecoverable Advance, the Master Servicer or Trustee, as applicable, shall provide the Other Servicer, Other Special Servicer and the Other Trustee under each related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement with written notice of such determination, together with supporting evidence for such determination within two (2) Business Days after such determination or such longer time period permitted by the applicable Intercreditor Agreement.

Section 3.22        Appointment and Replacement of Special Servicer. (a) (i) LNR Partners, LLC is hereby appointed as the initial Special Servicer to service each Specially Serviced Loan (other than the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan) and related REO Property and (ii) Argentic Services Company LP, is hereby appointed as the initial Special Servicer to service the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan (upon such Whole Loan becoming a Specially Serviced Loan) and related REO Property.

(b)               For so long as no Control Termination Event is continuing, the Directing Holder shall be entitled to terminate the rights and obligations (subject to Section 3.05, Section 3.12 and Section 6.03(a) of this Agreement) of the Special Servicer under this Agreement, with or without cause, and appoint a successor Special Servicer pursuant to Section 7.02 of this Agreement, upon ten (10) Business Days’ notice to the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Paying Agent, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee; provided that, with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, the related Directing Holder’s right to terminate the rights and obligations of the Special Servicer under this Agreement with respect to such Serviced Whole Loan shall be subject to the limitations set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement; provided, further, that with respect to any Servicing Shift Whole Loan, the limitations on termination without cause set forth in clause (b) shall not apply to the related Loan-Specific Directing Holder’s right to terminate the Special Servicer’s rights and obligations under this Agreement without cause with respect to such Servicing Shift Whole Loan pursuant to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement. The recommendation of replacement of the Special Servicer by the Operating Advisor and the approval of the Certificateholders and

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RR Interest Owner of a Qualified Replacement Special Servicer shall not be construed to preclude the Directing Holder from appointing a replacement special servicer, provided that such replacement may not be the removed Special Servicer or its Affiliate.

(c)               If, during the continuance of a Control Termination Event (or, with respect to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Securitization, at any time), the Operating Advisor determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that (i) the Special Servicer is not performing its duties as required hereunder or is otherwise not acting in accordance with the Servicing Standard, and (ii) the replacement of the Special Servicer would be in the best interest of the Pooled Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner and any related Loan-Specific Certificateholders, as applicable, as a collective whole, then the Operating Advisor shall deliver to the Trustee and to the Certificate Administrator, with a copy to the Special Servicer, a written report setting forth the reasons supporting its recommendation (along with any information the Operating Advisor considered relevant to its recommendation) and recommending a replacement special servicer (which must be a Qualified Replacement Special Servicer); provided that in no event shall the information or any other content included in such written recommendation contravene any provision of this Agreement. In such event, the Certificate Administrator shall promptly post notice to each Certificateholder and the RR Interest Owner of such recommendation and the related report on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, and by mail (or through the DTC system, as applicable), and shall conduct the solicitation of votes of all Voting Rights in such regard, which requisite affirmative votes must be received within 180 days of the posting of such notice, and if not so received, such votes shall be null and void ab initio. Upon (i)(y) in the case of the Special Servicer (other than with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan), the written direction of Holders of Pooled Certificates and the Class RR Certificates evidencing at least a majority of a quorum of Pooled Certificateholders (which, for this purpose, is the Holders of Certificates that (a) evidence at least 20% of the Pooled Voting Rights (taking into account the application of any Pooled Realized Losses and Appraisal Reduction Amounts to notionally reduce the respective Certificate Balances) of all Pooled Principal Balance Certificates and Class RR Certificates on an aggregate basis and (B) consist of at least three Certificateholders or Certificate Owners that are not affiliated with each other) or (z) in the case of the Special Servicer with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan, the written direction of Holders of Loan-Specific Certificates, evidencing at least a majority of a quorum of Loan-Specific Certificateholders (which, for this purpose, is the Holders of Loan-Specific Certificates that (A) evidence at least 20% of the Loan-Specific Voting Rights (taking into account the application of any Pacific Design Center Realized Losses and Appraisal Reduction Amounts to notionally reduce the respective Certificate Balances) of all Loan-Specific Certificates on an aggregate basis and (B) consist of at least three Loan-Specific Certificateholders or Certificate Owners that are not Risk Retention Affiliated with each other) and (ii) receipt of a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to the Certificates and, if such successor Special Servicer shall also specially service a Serviced Whole Loan, any related class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, by the Trustee following satisfaction of the foregoing clause (i), the Trustee (upon receipt of written confirmation from the Certificate Administrator, if the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee are different entities) shall (x) terminate all of the rights and obligations of the applicable Special Servicer under this Agreement and appoint such successor Special Servicer; provided that such termination is subject to the terminated Special Servicer’s rights to indemnification, payment of outstanding fees and other compensation, reimbursement of advances and other rights set forth in this Agreement which survive termination and (y) promptly notify such outgoing Special Servicer of the effective

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date of such termination. The reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses associated with administering such vote shall be an Additional Trust Fund Expense. If the Trustee does not receive the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the quorum described in clause (i) of the preceding sentence within 180 days after the notice is posted to the Certificate Administrator’s Website, then the Trustee shall not remove the Special Servicer. Prior to the appointment of any replacement special servicer, such replacement special servicer shall have agreed to succeed to the obligations of the Special Servicer under this Agreement and to act as the Special Servicer’s successor hereunder. In the event the Special Servicer is terminated pursuant to this Section 3.22(c), the Directing Holder shall not subsequently reappoint such terminated Special Servicer or any Affiliate (or Risk Retention Affiliate in the case of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Securitization) thereof. No penalty or fee shall be payable to the terminated Special Servicer with respect to any termination pursuant to this Section 3.22(c).

(d)               If at any time a Control Termination Event that relates to any Mortgage Loan (other than the Pacific Design Center Mortgage Loan) has occurred and is continuing, but no Pacific Design Center Control Appraisal Period is continuing (and therefore the Directing Holder for the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan is the Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Representative), upon (a) the written direction of Holders of Pooled Principal Balance Certificates and the Class RR Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Pooled Voting Rights (taking into account the application of any Appraisal Reduction Amounts to notionally reduce the Certificate Balances of the Pooled Principal Balance Certificates and the Class RR Certificates pursuant to Section 4.08 of this Agreement) of the Pooled Principal Balance Certificates and the Class RR Certificates requesting a vote to replace the Special Servicer (other than with respect to a Non-Serviced Whole Loan, any Servicing Shift Whole Loan or the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan) with a new special servicer designated in such written direction, (b) payment by such Holders to the Certificate Administrator of the reasonable fees and expenses (including any legal fees and any Rating Agency fees and expenses) to be incurred by the Certificate Administrator in connection with administering such vote and (c) delivery by such Holders to the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee of a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to the Certificates and a comparable confirmation from each NRSRO that has been engaged to rate any securities backed, in whole or in part, by a Pari Passu Companion Loan and, if such successor Special Servicer shall also specially service a Serviced Whole Loan, any related Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the Certificate Administrator shall promptly provide written notice to all Certificateholders of such request by posting such notice on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, and by mail (or through the DTC system, as applicable), and conduct the solicitation of all Pooled Voting Rights in such regard. Subsequently, if a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, upon the written direction of (i) Holders of Pooled Principal Balance Certificates and the Class RR Certificates evidencing at least 66-2/3% of a Pooled Quorum or (ii) Holders of Pooled Principal Balance Certificates and the Class RR Certificates evidencing more than 50% of the aggregate Pooled Voting Rights of each Class of Pooled Non-Reduced Certificates on an aggregate basis, the Trustee shall (x) terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Special Servicer (other than with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan and any Servicing Shift Whole Loan) under this Agreement and appoint the successor Special Servicer (which must be a Qualified Replacement Special Servicer) designated by such Certificateholders, provided that such termination is subject to the terminated Special Servicer’s rights to indemnification, payment of outstanding fees and other compensation, reimbursement of advances and other rights set forth in this Agreement which survive termination and (y) promptly

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notify such outgoing Special Servicer of the effective date of such termination; provided that if such written direction is not provided within 180 days of the notice from the Certificate Administrator of the request for a vote to terminate and replace the Special Servicer, then such written direction shall have no force and effect. The reasonable fees and out-of-pocket costs associated with administering such vote shall be an Additional Trust Fund Expense. The Certificate Administrator shall include on each Distribution Date Statement a statement that each Certificateholder, the RR Interest Owner and Certificate Owner may access notices on the Certificate Administrator’s Website and each Certificateholder, the RR Interest Owner and Certificate Owner may register to receive email notifications when such notices are posted on the Certificate Administrator’s Website; provided that the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to reimbursement from the requesting Certificateholders or the RR Interest Owner for the reasonable expenses of posting such notices. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Certificateholders’ direction to replace the Special Servicer shall not apply to any Serviced AB Whole Loan unless a related Control Appraisal Period has occurred and is continuing with respect to such Serviced AB Whole Loan under the related Intercreditor Agreement. The related Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan Noteholder shall have the right, other than during the continuance of such related Control Appraisal Period to replace the Special Servicer solely with respect to such Serviced AB Whole Loan. In addition, at no time will the Trust Directing Holder or Pooled Certificateholders be permitted to replace the Special Servicer without cause with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan, other than the Holders of the Pacific Design Center Control Eligible Certificates when the Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Representative is the Directing Holder of the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan.

After the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event and a Pacific Design Center Control Appraisal Period, upon (i) the written direction of holders of Principal Balance Certificates and the Class RR Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights (taking into account the application of any Appraisal Reduction Amounts to notionally reduce the Certificate Balances) of the Principal Balance Certificates and the Class RR Certificates requesting a vote to replace the Special Servicer with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan with a new special servicer, (ii) payment by such holders to the Certificate Administrator of the reasonable fees and expenses (including any legal fees and expenses and any Rating Agency fees and expenses) to be incurred by the Certificate Administrator in connection with administering such vote (which fees and expenses will not be additional trust fund expenses), and (iii) delivery by such holders to the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency (such Rating Agency Confirmation will be obtained at the expense of those holders of certificates requesting such vote), the Certificate Administrator shall promptly post notice of such request on the Certificate Administrator’s website and concurrently provide written notice of such request by mail and conduct the solicitation of votes of all Certificates in such regard, which such vote must occur within 180 days of the posting of such notice. Upon the written direction of (i) Holders of Principal Balance Certificates and the Class RR Certificates evidencing at least 66-2/3% of a Certificateholder Quorum or (ii) holders of Principal Balance Certificates and the Class RR Certificates evidencing more than 50% of the aggregate Voting Rights of each Class of Non-Reduced Certificates on an aggregate basis, the Trustee shall terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Special Servicer with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan pursuant to Section 7.01 and appoint the successor Special Servicer (which must be a Qualified Replacement Special Servicer) designated by such

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Certificateholders, subject to indemnification, right to outstanding fees, reimbursement of Advances and other rights set forth in the this Agreement, which survive such termination.

(e)               The Trustee shall, promptly after receiving any removal notice pursuant to Section 3.22(b) of this Agreement or direction to terminate pursuant to Section 3.22(c) or Section 3.22(d) of this Agreement, so notify the Certificate Administrator, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder (if any) and the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement). The termination of the Special Servicer and appointment of a successor Special Servicer pursuant to this Section 3.22 shall not be effective until (i) the Trustee receives from each Rating Agency a Rating Agency Confirmation and, if such successor Special Servicer shall also specially service a Serviced Whole Loan, a Serviced Companion Loan Rating Agency Confirmation, (ii) the successor special servicer has assumed all of its responsibilities, duties and liabilities hereunder pursuant to a writing reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, (iii) receipt by the Trustee of an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that (x) the designation of such replacement to serve as Special Servicer is in compliance with this Agreement, (y) such replacement will be bound by the terms of this Agreement and (z) this Agreement will be enforceable against such replacement in accordance with its terms, (iv) the replacement Special Servicer certifies that such replacement special servicer satisfies all related qualifications set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement relating to such Serviced Companion Loan and (v) receipt by the Certificate Administrator (with a confirmation of such receipt delivered to the Trustee) of notice and information required to be delivered by the successor Special Servicer under Section 10.03 of this Agreement. Any successor Special Servicer shall make the representations and warranties provided for in Section 2.04(b) of this Agreement mutatis mutandis. Further, such successor Special Servicer shall be a Person satisfies the criteria set forth in the definition of Qualified Replacement Special Servicer. In addition, any replacement Special Servicer that will service any Serviced Whole Loan shall meet any requirements specified in the related Intercreditor Agreement or, if applicable, the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

The existing Special Servicer shall be deemed to have been removed simultaneously with such designated Person’s becoming the Special Servicer hereunder; provided that the Special Servicer removed pursuant to this Section shall be entitled to receive, and shall have received, all amounts accrued or owing to it under this Agreement on or prior to the effective date of such resignation and it shall continue to be entitled to any rights that accrued prior to the date of such resignation (including the right to receive all fees, expenses and other amounts accrued or owing to it under this Agreement, plus the right to receive any Workout Fee specified in Section 3.12(c) of this Agreement if the Special Servicer is terminated and any indemnification rights that the Special Servicer is entitled to pursuant to Section 6.03(a) of this Agreement) notwithstanding any such removal. Such removed Special Servicer shall cooperate with the Trustee and the replacement Special Servicer in effecting the termination of the resigning Special Servicer’s responsibilities and rights hereunder, including without limitation the transfer within two Business Days to the successor Special Servicer for administration by it of all cash amounts that are thereafter received with respect to the Mortgage Loans and, if applicable, Whole Loans.

(f)                The appointment of any such successor Special Servicer shall not relieve the Master Servicer or the Trustee of their respective obligations to make Advances as set forth herein; provided that none of the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the previous special servicer shall

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be liable for any actions or any inaction of such successor Special Servicer. Any termination fee payable to the terminated Special Servicer (and it is acknowledged that there is no such fee payable in the event of a termination for breach of this Agreement) shall be paid by the Certificateholders or the Directing Holder, as applicable, so terminating the Special Servicer and shall not in any event be an expense of the Trust Fund or any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder (unless such Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder is the Directing Holder).

(g)               If a replacement special servicer is appointed with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan or any related Serviced REO Property in accordance with this Section 3.22 such that there are multiple parties acting as Special Servicer hereunder, then, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (i) when used in the context of imposing duties and obligations on the Special Servicer hereunder or the performance of such duties and obligations, the term “Special Servicer” shall mean the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Special Servicer, insofar as such duties and obligations relate to the subject Serviced Whole Loan or any related Serviced REO Property, and shall mean the General Special Servicer (as defined below in clause (h)), in all other cases (provided that in Section 3.14 and Article VII of this Agreement, the term “Special Servicer” shall mean each of the Serviced Whole Loan Special Servicers and the General Special Servicer); (ii) when used in the context of identifying the recipient of any information, funds, documents, instruments and/or other items, the term “Special Servicer” shall mean the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Special Servicer, insofar as such information, funds, documents, instruments and/or other items relate to the subject Serviced Whole Loan or any related Serviced REO Property, and shall mean the General Special Servicer, in all other cases; (iii) when used in the context of granting the Special Servicer the right to purchase Defaulted Loans pursuant to Section 3.16 of this Agreement, the term “Special Servicer” shall mean the General Special Servicer only; (iv) when used in the context of granting the Special Servicer the right to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans and all other property held by the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01 of this Agreement, the term “Special Servicer” shall mean the General Special Servicer only; (v) when used in the context of the Special Servicer being replaced pursuant to this Section 3.22 by the applicable Directing Holder, the term “Special Servicer” shall mean the General Special Servicer or the Serviced Whole Loan Special Servicer, if applicable; (vi) when used in the context of granting the Special Servicer any protections, limitations on liability, immunities and/or indemnities hereunder, the term “Special Servicer” shall mean each of the Serviced Whole Loan Special Servicers and the General Special Servicer; and (vii) when used in the context of requiring indemnification from, imposing liability on, or exercising any remedies against, the Special Servicer for any breach of a representation, warranty or covenant hereunder or for any negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in the performance of duties and obligations hereunder or any negligent disregard of such duties and obligations or otherwise holding the Special Servicer responsible for any of the foregoing, the term “Special Servicer” shall mean the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Special Servicer or the General Special Servicer, as applicable.

(h)               References in this Section 3.22 to “General Special Servicer” mean the Person performing the duties and obligations of special servicer with respect to the Mortgage Pool (exclusive of any Whole Loan or related REO Property as to which a different Serviced Whole Loan Special Servicer has been appointed with respect thereto). For the avoidance of doubt, as of the Closing Date, the General Special Servicer shall be LNR Partners, LLC.

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(i)                 No penalty or fee shall be payable to the terminated Special Servicer with respect to any termination pursuant to this Section 3.22. All costs and expenses of any such termination made without cause shall be paid by the Controlling Class Certificateholders or the Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholders, as applicable.

(j)                 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3.22, with respect to any Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan, if any, the Special Servicer shall resign with respect to such Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan.

In the event the Special Servicer is required to resign as Special Servicer with respect to any Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan because it obtains knowledge that it is a Borrower Party other than during the continuance of a Control Termination Event, then (i) if the Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan is not also an Excluded Loan applicable to the Directing Holder, the Trust Directing Holder or Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Representative (solely with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan and other than during the continuance of a Pacific Design Center Control Appraisal Period) shall be entitled to appoint (and replace with or without cause) the Excluded Special Servicer, as successor to the resigning Special Servicer, in accordance with this Agreement for the Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan, (ii) if the Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan is also an Excluded Loan applicable to the Directing Holder, the largest Controlling Class Certificateholder or Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholder (solely with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan and other than during the continuance of a Pacific Design Center Control Appraisal Period) (by Certificate Balance) that is not an Excluded Controlling Class Holder shall be entitled to appoint (and replace with or without cause) the Excluded Special Servicer for the Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan, and (iii) if there is no Controlling Class Certificateholder or Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholder (solely with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan and other than during the continuance of a Pacific Design Center Control Appraisal Period) that is not an Excluded Controlling Class Holder, the resigning Special Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to appoint the Excluded Special Servicer for the Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan.

In the event the Special Servicer is required to resign as Special Servicer with respect to any Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan because it obtains knowledge that it is a Borrower Party and either (i) a Control Termination Event is continuing or (ii) there is no Controlling Class Certificateholder or Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholder (solely with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan and other than during the continuance of a Pacific Design Center Control Appraisal Period) that is not an Excluded Controlling Class Holder, then the resigning Special Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to appoint the Excluded Special Servicer for the Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan. The Special Servicer shall not have any liability with respect to the actions or inactions of the applicable Excluded Special Servicer or with respect to the identity of the applicable Excluded Special Servicer.

If (i) at any time the Special Servicer that had acted as the Special Servicer for an Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan prior to it becoming an Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan or (ii) an Excluded Special Servicer was appointed on the Closing Date, and, in either case, the Special Servicer is no longer a Borrower Party (including, without limitation, as a

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result of the related Mortgaged Property becoming REO Property) with respect to an Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan, (1) the related Excluded Special Servicer shall resign, (2) the related Mortgage Loan shall no longer be an Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan, (3) such Special Servicer shall become the Special Servicer again for such related Mortgage Loan and (4) such original Special Servicer shall be entitled to all special servicing compensation with respect to such Mortgage Loan earned during such time on and after such Mortgage Loan is no longer an Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan.

The Excluded Special Servicer shall perform all of the obligations of the Special Servicer for the related Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan and will be entitled to all special servicing compensation with respect to such Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan earned during such time as the related Mortgage Loan is an Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan (provided that the Special Servicer shall remain entitled to all other special servicing compensation with respect all Mortgage Loans and Serviced Whole Loans that are not Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loans during such time).

If a Servicing Officer or Special Servicing Officer, as applicable, of the Master Servicer, a related Excluded Special Servicer, or the Special Servicer, as applicable, has actual knowledge that a Mortgage Loan is no longer an Excluded Loan, an Excluded Controlling Class Loan or an Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan, as applicable, the Master Servicer, the related Excluded Special Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, shall provide prompt written notice thereof to each of the other parties to this Agreement.

(k)               No removal or replacement of the Special Servicer as contemplated by this Agreement shall become effective until (i) a successor Special Servicer shall have assumed the resigning or terminated Special Servicer’s responsibilities, duties, liabilities and obligations hereunder, (ii) the Certificate Administrator shall have filed any required Form 8-K pursuant to Section 10.09, (iii) any other information required under Section 10.03 or Section 10.09 has been delivered to any applicable Other Depositor with respect to any related Companion Loan, and (iv) as to any resignation, removal, succession, merger or consolidation of the Special Servicer that would constitute a Reportable Event, upon at least 4 Business Days prior notice of the anticipated effective date of such event, the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor shall cooperate in a timely manner with the Special Servicer or any other Person pursuing such resignation, removal, succession, merger or consolidation, as applicable, in connection with the Depositor’s or the Certificate Administrator’s obligation to file any related required Form 8-K relating to this Trust on the anticipated effective date of such event.

Section 3.23        Transfer of Servicing Between the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer; Record Keeping; Asset Status Report. (a) Upon the occurrence of any event specified in the definition of Specially Serviced Loan with respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan of which the Master Servicer may have notice, the Master Servicer shall promptly give notice thereof to the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the related Mortgage Loan Seller, if no Consultation Termination Event is continuing, the Directing Holder and, if applicable, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders and shall use efforts in accordance with the Servicing Standard to provide the Special Servicer with the Servicing File and all other information, documents (but excluding the original documents constituting the Mortgage File) and records (including records

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stored electronically) relating to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, and reasonably requested by the Special Servicer to enable it to assume its duties hereunder with respect thereto without acting through a sub-servicer. The Master Servicer shall use efforts in accordance with the Servicing Standard to comply with the preceding sentence within five Business Days of the date it has notice of the occurrence of any event specified in the definition of Specially Serviced Loan and in any event shall continue to act as Master Servicer and administrator of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, until the Special Servicer has commenced the servicing of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, which shall occur upon the receipt by the Special Servicer of the information, documents and records referred to in the preceding sentence. With respect to each Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan that becomes a Specially Serviced Loan, the Master Servicer shall instruct the related Borrower to continue to remit all payments in respect of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan to the Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall forward any notices it would otherwise send to the Borrower of a Specially Serviced Loan to the Special Servicer, who shall send such notice to the related Borrower.

Upon determining that a Specially Serviced Loan has become a Corrected Mortgage Loan, the Special Servicer shall promptly give notice thereof to the Master Servicer, and upon giving such notice, such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan shall cease to be a Specially Serviced Loan in accordance with the first proviso of the definition of Specially Serviced Loan, the Special Servicer’s obligation to service such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan shall terminate and the obligations of the Master Servicer to service and administer such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan as a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan that is a Performing Loan shall resume.

(b)               In servicing any Specially Serviced Loan, the Special Servicer shall provide to the Custodian originals of documents included within the definition of “Mortgage File” for inclusion in the related Mortgage File (to the extent such documents are in the possession of the Special Servicer) and copies of any additional related Mortgage Loan information, including written correspondence with the related Borrower, and the Special Servicer shall promptly provide copies of all of the foregoing to the Master Servicer as well as copies of any analysis or internal review prepared by or for the benefit of the Special Servicer.

(c)               Not later than two Business Days preceding each date on which the Master Servicer is required to furnish a report under Section 3.13(a) of this Agreement to the Certificate Administrator, the Special Servicer shall deliver to the Certificate Administrator, with a copy to the Trustee, the Operating Advisor and the Master Servicer, a written statement describing, on a loan by loan basis, (i) the amount of all payments received on each Specially Serviced Loan, including Principal Prepayments, on each Specially Serviced Loan, the amount of Net Insurance Proceeds and Net Liquidation Proceeds received with respect to each Specially Serviced Loan, and with respect to REO Properties, the amount of net income or net loss, as determined from management of a trade or business on, the furnishing or rendering of a non-customary service to the tenants of, or the receipt of any rental income that does not constitute Rents from Real Property with respect to the Serviced REO Property relating to each applicable Specially Serviced Loan, in each case in accordance with Section 3.15 of this Agreement (it being understood and agreed that to the extent this information is provided in accordance with Section 3.13(g) of this Agreement, this Section 3.23(c) shall be deemed to be satisfied) and (ii) such additional information relating

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to the Specially Serviced Loans as the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee reasonably request, to enable it to perform its duties under this Agreement. Such statement and information shall be furnished to the Master Servicer in writing and/or in such electronic media as is acceptable to the Master Servicer.

(d)               Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding Section 3.23(c), the Master Servicer shall maintain ongoing payment records with respect to each of the Specially Serviced Loans relating to a Mortgage Loan that it is servicing and shall provide the Special Servicer and the Operating Advisor with any information reasonably required by the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor to perform its duties under this Agreement. The Special Servicer shall provide the Master Servicer with any information reasonably required by the Master Servicer to perform its duties under this Agreement.

(e)               No later than 60 days after a Serviced Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and, if applicable, any related Serviced Companion Loan becomes a Specially Serviced Loan (the “Initial Delivery Date”), the Special Servicer shall deliver a report (the “Asset Status Report”) with respect to such Mortgage Loan, Serviced Whole Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and the related Mortgaged Property. Subsequent to the issuance of a Final Asset Status Report, the Special Servicer shall prepare one or more additional Asset Status Reports with respect to such Specially Serviced Loan (each such report a “Subsequent Asset Status Report”) to the extent that during the course of the resolution of such Specially Serviced Loan material changes in the strategy reflected in the initial Final Asset Status Report (or subsequent Final Asset Status Reports) are necessary to reflect the then current circumstances and recommendation as to how the Specially Serviced Loan might be returned to performing status or otherwise liquidated in accordance with the Servicing Standard. The Special Servicer shall deliver each Asset Status Report to the Master Servicer, the Directing Holder (but (i) only if no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing and (ii) not with respect to any applicable Excluded Loan), each Risk Retention Consultation Party (but not with respect to any applicable Excluded Loan), the Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Representative (but only in the case of an Asset Status Report relating to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan, and only for so long as no Pacific Design Center Control Appraisal Period has occurred and is continuing and not with respect to any Excluded Loan), with respect to any related Serviced Companion Loan, to the extent the related Serviced Companion Loan has been included in a securitization transaction, to the master servicer of such securitization into which the related Serviced Companion Loan has been sold or to the holder of the related Serviced Companion Loan, the Operating Advisor (but, other than with respect to an Excluded Loan applicable to the Directing Holder, only during the continuance of a Control Termination Event (or with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan, only after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Event), the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such report to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement), each related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder, and upon request, the Underwriters and the Initial Purchasers; provided that the Special Servicer shall not be required to deliver an Asset Status Report to the Directing Holder if the Special Servicer and the Directing Holder are the same entity. A summary of each Final Asset Status Report shall be provided to the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee. Such Asset Status Report shall set forth the following information to the extent reasonably determinable:

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(i)                                 summary of the status of such Specially Serviced Loan and any negotiations with the related Borrower;

(ii)                              a discussion of the legal and environmental considerations reasonably known to the Special Servicer, consistent with the Servicing Standard, that are applicable to the exercise of remedies as aforesaid and to the enforcement of any related guaranties or other collateral for the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan and whether outside legal counsel has been retained;

(iii)                           the most current rent roll and income or operating statement available for the related Mortgaged Property;

(iv)                          (A) the Special Servicer’s recommendations on how such Specially Serviced Loan might be returned to performing status (including the modification of a monetary term, and any workout, restructure or debt forgiveness) and returned to the Master Servicer for regular servicing or foreclosed or otherwise realized upon (including any proposed sale of a Defaulted Loan or Serviced REO Property), (B) a description of any such proposed or taken actions, and (C) the alternative courses of action that were or are being considered by the Special Servicer in connection with the proposed or taken actions;

(v)                             the status of any foreclosure actions or other proceedings undertaken with respect to the Specially Serviced Loan, any proposed workouts and the status of any negotiations with respect to such workouts, and an assessment of the likelihood of additional defaults under the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan;

(vi)                          a description of any amendment, modification or waiver of a material term of any ground lease (or, with respect to a leasehold interest that is a space lease or an air rights lease, any such space lease or air rights lease) or franchise agreement;

(vii)                       the decision that the Special Servicer made, or intends or proposes to make, including a narrative analysis setting forth the Special Servicer’s rationale for its proposed decision, including its rejection of the alternatives;

(viii)                    an analysis of whether or not taking such proposed action is reasonably likely to produce a greater recovery on a present value basis than not taking such action, setting forth (x) the basis on which the Special Servicer made such determination and (y) the net present value calculation (including the applicable Calculation Rate used) and all related assumptions;

(ix)                            the appraised value of the related Mortgaged Property (and a copy of the last obtained Appraisal of such Mortgaged Property) together with a description of any adjustments to the valuation of such Mortgaged Property made by the Special Servicer together with an explanation of those adjustments; and

(x)                               such other information as the Special Servicer deems relevant in light of the Servicing Standard.

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As provided in Section 3.12(d), if any Servicing Shift Whole Loan becomes a Specially Serviced Loan prior to the related Servicing Shift Securitization Date, the Special Servicer shall service and administer such Servicing Shift Whole Loan and related REO Property in the same manner as any other Specially Serviced Loan or Serviced REO Property, shall be entitled to all Special Servicing Compensation earned with respect to such Serviced Whole Loan and shall have all the rights and obligations with respect to such Serviced Whole Loan as Special Servicer of such Serviced Whole Loan.

With respect to any Mortgage Loan other than an applicable Excluded Loan, for so long as no Control Termination Event is continuing, if within 10 Business Days of receiving an Asset Status Report, the Directing Holder does not disapprove such Asset Status Report in writing, or if the Special Servicer makes a determination, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, that the disapproval by the Directing Holder (communicated to the Special Servicer within such 10-Business Day period) is not in the best interest of all the Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner (taken as a collective whole) (or, with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, the best interests of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner and the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and, if applicable, Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders constituted a single lender and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan with a related Subordinate Companion Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of such Subordinate Companion Loan)), then the Special Servicer shall implement the recommended action as outlined in such Asset Status Report; provided that such Special Servicer may not take any action that is contrary to applicable law, this Agreement, the Servicing Standard (taking into consideration the best interests of all the Certificateholders and, with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and, if applicable, Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders constituted a single lender) (and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan with a related Subordinate Companion Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of such Subordinate Companion Loan)), the terms of the applicable Loan Documents or any related Intercreditor Agreement. For so long as no Control Termination Event is continuing, if the Directing Holder disapproves such Asset Status Report within such 10 Business Day period and the Special Servicer has not made the affirmative determination described above, the Special Servicer will revise such Asset Status Report and deliver to the Directing Holder, the Master Servicer, the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such report to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement) and each related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder, a new Asset Status Report as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 30 days after such disapproval. The Special Servicer shall revise such Asset Status Report as described above in this Section 3.23(e) until the Directing Holder fails to disapprove such revised Asset Status Report in writing within 10 Business Days of receiving such revised Asset Status Report or until the Special Servicer makes a determination, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, that the disapproval by the Directing Holder (communicated to the Special Servicer within such 10-Business Day period) is not in the best interests of all the Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner (taken as a collective whole) (or, with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, the best interests of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner and the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and, if applicable, Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders constituted a single lender and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan with a related Subordinate Companion Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of such Subordinate Companion Loan)). In any event, for so long as no Control Termination Event is continuing, if the Directing Holder does not

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approve an Asset Status Report within 60 Business Days from the first submission of an Asset Status Report, the Special Servicer shall follow the Directing Holder’s direction, if such direction is consistent with the Servicing Standard; provided, however, that if the Directing Holder’s direction would cause the Special Servicer to violate the Servicing Standard, the Special Servicer may act upon the most recently submitted form of Asset Status Report if consistent with the Servicing Standard. The procedures described in this paragraph are collectively referred to as the “Directing Holder Asset Status Report Review Process”. Prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event (or, with respect to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Securitization, prior to an Operating Advisor Consultation Event), the Special Servicer shall promptly deliver each Final Asset Status Report to the Operating Advisor following the completion of the Directing Holder Asset Status Report Review Process.

The Special Servicer shall notify the Operating Advisor as to whether any Asset Status Report delivered to the Operating Advisor is a Final Asset Status Report, which notification may be satisfied by (i) delivery of an Asset Status Report that is either signed by the Directing Holder or that otherwise includes an indication that such Asset Status Report is deemed approved due to the passage of any required consent or consultation time period or (ii) such other method as reasonably agreed to by the Special Servicer and the Operating Advisor.

The Special Servicer may, from time to time, modify any Asset Status Report it has previously delivered and implement such report, provided such report shall have been prepared, reviewed and not rejected pursuant to the terms of this Section, and in particular, shall modify and resubmit such Asset Status Report to the Directing Holder (with a copy to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator) if (i) the estimated sales proceeds, foreclosure proceeds, workout or restructure terms or anticipated debt forgiveness varies materially from the amount on which the original report was based or (ii) the related Borrower becomes the subject of bankruptcy proceedings. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Special Servicer (i) may, following the occurrence of an extraordinary event with respect to the related Mortgaged Property, take any action set forth in such Asset Status Report before the expiration of a 10 Business Day period if the Special Servicer has reasonably determined that failure to take such action would materially and adversely affect the interests of the Certificateholders and, with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and, if applicable, Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders constituted a single lender (and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan with a related Subordinate Companion Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of such Subordinate Companion Loan)), and it has made a reasonable effort to contact the Directing Holder and, if any Serviced Whole Loan is involved, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders and (ii) in any case, shall determine whether such affirmative disapproval is not in the best interests of all the Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner (taken as a collective whole) (or, with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, the best interest of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner and the holders of the related Companion Loan, as a collective whole (taking into account the pari passu or subordinate nature of such Companion Loan)) and, with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and, if applicable, Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders constituted a single lender (and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan with a related Subordinate Companion Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of such Subordinate Companion Loan)) pursuant to the Servicing Standard, and, upon making such determination, shall implement the recommended action outlined in the Asset Status Report. The

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Asset Status Report is not intended to replace or satisfy any specific consent or approval right which the Directing Holder may have. Any Asset Status Report delivered with respect to an Excluded Controlling Class Loan shall be sent via email (or such other electronic means mutually acceptable to the parties) in one or more separate files labeled by the Special Servicer “Excluded Information” followed by the applicable loan number and loan name to cmbsexcludedinformation@wellsfargo.com.

The Special Servicer shall have the authority to meet with the Borrower for any Specially Serviced Loan and take such actions consistent with the Servicing Standard and the related Asset Status Report. The Special Servicer shall not take any action inconsistent with the related Asset Status Report, unless such action would be required in order to act in accordance with the Servicing Standard, this Agreement, applicable law or the related Loan Documents.

During the continuance of a Control Termination Event (or, with respect to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Securitization, an Operating Advisor Consultation Event), the Special Servicer shall promptly deliver each Asset Status Report prepared in connection with a Specially Serviced Loan to the Operating Advisor (and, with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is not an Excluded Loan applicable to the Directing Holder and only for so long as no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Directing Holder). The Operating Advisor shall provide comments to the Special Servicer in respect of each Asset Status Report, if any, within ten (10) Business Days following the later of (i) receipt of such Asset Status Report or (ii) receipt of such additional information reasonably requested by the Operating Advisor and propose possible alternative courses of action to the extent it determines such alternatives to be in the best interest of the Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner (including any Certificateholders that are holders of the Control Eligible Certificates), as a collective whole (or, with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, the best interests of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner and the related Companion Loan Noteholders, as a collective whole (taking into account the pari passu and/or subordinate nature of such Companion Loan, as applicable)). The Special Servicer shall consider such alternative courses of action, if any, and any other feedback provided by the Operating Advisor (and, with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is not an Excluded Loan applicable to the Directing Holder and only for so long as no Consultation Termination Event is continuing, the Directing Holder) in connection with the Special Servicer’s preparation of any Asset Status Report that is provided while a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing (or, with respect to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Securitization, an Operating Advisor Consultation Event has occurred and is continuing). The Special Servicer may revise the Asset Status Report as it deems necessary to take into account any input and/or comments from the Operating Advisor (and, with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is not an Excluded Loan applicable to the Directing Holder and only for so long as no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Directing Holder), to the extent the Special Servicer determines that the Operating Advisor’s and/or the Directing Holder’s input and/or recommendations are not inconsistent with the Servicing Standard and in the best interest of the Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner as a collective whole (or, with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, the best interest of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner and the holders of the related Companion Loan, as a collective whole (taking into account the subordinate or pari passu nature of such Companion Loan)). If the Special Servicer determines to revise any Asset Status Report to take into account any input and/or comments from the Operating Advisor or the Directing Holder, the Special Servicer shall promptly deliver to the Operating Advisor and the Directing Holder the

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revised Asset Status Report (until a Final Asset Status Report is issued). The procedures described in this paragraph are collectively referred to as the “ASR Consultation Process”.

After the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event (and at any time with respect to any applicable Excluded Loan applicable to the Directing Holder), the Directing Holder shall have no right to consent to any Asset Status Report under this Section 3.23. After the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event but other than during the continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, the Directing Holder (except with respect to any applicable Excluded Loan) and after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event (or with respect to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Securitization, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Event) (or with respect to an Excluded Loan applicable to the Directing Holder) the Operating Advisor shall be entitled to consult with the Special Servicer (on a non-binding basis) (in person or remotely via electronic, telephonic or other mutually agreeable communication) and may propose alternative courses of action and provide such other feedback as the Operating Advisor determines in respect of any Asset Status Report, and to consult with the Special Servicer to the extent it has received a Major Decision Reporting Package (in person or remotely via electronic, telephonic or other mutually agreeable communication) with respect to any Major Decisions processed by the Special Servicer. During the continuance of a Consultation Termination Event (and at any time with respect to any applicable Excluded Loan), the Directing Holder (other than in its capacity as a Certificateholder) shall have no right to receive any Asset Status Report or otherwise consult with the Special Servicer with respect to Asset Status Reports and the Special Servicer shall only be obligated to consult with the Operating Advisor with respect to any Asset Status Report as described above. The Special Servicer may choose to revise the Asset Status Report as it deems reasonably necessary in accordance with the Servicing Standard to take into account any input and/or recommendations of the Operating Advisor or the Directing Holder during the applicable periods described above, but is under no obligation to follow any particular recommendation of the Operating Advisor or the Directing Holder. The Special Servicer shall implement the Final Asset Status Report.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to each Serviced AB Whole Loan, other than during the continuance of a related Control Appraisal Period, the related Loan-Specific Directing Holder, rather than the Trust Directing Holder, will have certain approval rights over any related Asset Status Report.

In addition, with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, such Asset Status Reports are subject to any non-binding consultation rights, if any, that the holders of the related Pari Passu Companion Loans have pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement.

If neither the Operating Advisor nor the Directing Holder proposes alternative courses of action within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of such Asset Status Report, the Special Servicer shall implement the Asset Status Report as proposed by the Special Servicer.

No direction, advice, consent, approval or disapproval of the Directing Holder, the Operating Advisor or a Risk Retention Consultation Party shall (a) require, permit or cause the Special Servicer to violate the terms of a Specially Serviced Loan, any related Intercreditor Agreement, applicable law or any provision of this Agreement, including, but not limited to,

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Section 3.09, Section 3.16, Section 3.18 and Section 3.25 and the Special Servicer’s obligation to act in accordance with the Servicing Standard and to maintain the REMIC status of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC and the grantor trust status of the Grantor Trust, or (b) result in the imposition of a “prohibited transaction” or “contribution” tax under the REMIC Provisions, or (c) expose the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Trust Fund, the Certificate Administrator, the Paying Agent, the Operating Advisor, the Trustee or their respective officers, directors, employees or agents to any claim, suit or liability or (d) materially expand the scope of the Special Servicer’s, Certificate Administrator’s, Trustee’s or the Master Servicer’s responsibilities under this Agreement. The Special Servicer shall not be required to follow any direction of the Directing Holder described in this paragraph.

(f)                Unless a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Special Servicer shall deliver to the Operating Advisor only each Final Asset Status Report promptly following the approval or deemed approval of the Directing Holder.

Section 3.24        Special Instructions for the Master Servicer and/or Special Servicer. (a) Prior to taking any action with respect to a Mortgage Loan or a Serviced Whole Loan secured by Mortgaged Properties located in a “one-action” state, the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, shall consult with legal counsel, the fees and expenses of which shall be an expense of the Trust Fund (and, in the case of any Serviced Whole Loan, such expense shall be allocated in accordance with the allocation provisions of the related Intercreditor Agreement).

(b)               The Master Servicer shall send written notice to each Borrower (other than with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) and the related Manager and clearing bank relating to a Serviced Mortgage Loan that it is servicing that, if applicable, it and/or the Trustee has been appointed as the “Designee” of the “Lender” under any related Lock-Box Agreement.

(c)               Without limiting the obligations of the Master Servicer hereunder with respect to the enforcement of a Borrower’s obligations under the related Loan Documents, the Master Servicer agrees that it shall, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, enforce the provisions of the Loan Documents relating to the Serviced Mortgage Loan that it is servicing with respect to the collection of Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges.

(d)               If a Rating Agency shall charge a fee in connection with providing a Rating Agency Confirmation, the Master Servicer shall require the related Borrower (other than with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) to pay such fee to the extent not inconsistent with the applicable Loan Documents. If such fee remains unpaid, such fee shall be an expense of the Trust Fund (allocated as an Additional Trust Fund Expense in the same manner as Realized Losses as set forth in Section 4.01(h) of this Agreement) and, (1) in the case of a Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan with a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan (but not a Subordinate Companion Loan), allocated in accordance with the allocation provisions of the related Intercreditor Agreement, the costs of which may be advanced as a Servicing Advance.

(e)               The Master Servicer shall, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, use commercially reasonable efforts to exercise on behalf of the Trust any right of the Trust to recover any amounts owed by the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders to the Trust Fund pursuant to

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the related Intercreditor Agreement (but in the case of any Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan, subject to Section 1.02). The cost of such enforcement on behalf of the Trust shall be paid and reimbursable as a Servicing Advance.

(f)                With respect to a Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan with a Stated Principal Balance equal to or greater than the lesser of 5% of the Stated Principal Balance of all Mortgage Loans held by the Trust Fund and $35,000,000, or with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is one of the ten largest Mortgage Loans based on Stated Principal Balance, to the extent not inconsistent with the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, the Master Servicer shall not consent to a change of franchise affiliation with respect to a Mortgaged Property (other than a Mortgaged Property securing a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) serviced hereunder or the property manager with respect to a Mortgaged Property (other than a Mortgaged Property securing a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) serviced hereunder unless the Master Servicer obtains a Rating Agency Confirmation relating to the Certificates and Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if any.

Section 3.25        Certain Rights and Obligations of the Master Servicer and/or the Special Servicer. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall be required to take or refrain from taking any action pursuant to instructions from the Directing Holder or a Non-Controlling Note Holder, or due to any failure to approve an action by the Directing Holder, or due to any objection by the Directing Holder or a Non-Controlling Note Holder that would (i) cause any one of them to violate applicable law, the terms of any Loan Documents, any Intercreditor Agreement, this Agreement, including the Servicing Standard, or the REMIC Provisions of the Code, (ii) expose the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Paying Agent, a Mortgage Loan Seller, the Trust Fund, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator (in any of its capacities), or the Custodian or their respective Affiliates, officers, directors, employees or agents to any claim, suit or liability, (iii) materially expand the scope of the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s responsibilities, or (iv) cause the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer to act, or fail to act, in a manner that is not in the best interests of the Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner.

(b)               Upon request, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall discuss with the Directing Holder (for so long as no Consultation Termination Event is continuing and other than with respect to any applicable Excluded Loan) and the Operating Advisor, on a monthly basis, the performance of any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan that is a Specially Serviced Loan, which is delinquent, has been placed on a “Watch List” or has been identified by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer as exhibiting deteriorating performance.

Section 3.26        Modification, Waiver, Amendment and Consents. (a) Subject to Section 3.25, Section 3.26(f) and Section 3.27, and, if applicable, each Intercreditor Agreement, (i) with respect to any Performing Loan and actions that do not involve Major Decisions, the Master Servicer, or (ii) (A) with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan or (B) as to Major Decisions irrespective of whether the related Mortgage Loan is a Performing Loan, the Special Servicer, in each case subject to (x) the rights of the Directing Holder and (y) with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan with a Subordinate Companion Loan, the rights of the holder of the related Subordinate Companion Loans, and, after consultation with the Operating Advisor (if a Control

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Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, or, with respect to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Securitization, an Operating Advisor Consultation Event has occurred and is continuing, and to the extent the Operating Advisor has consultation rights pursuant to Section 3.23(e), Section 3.31 and Section 6.07 of this Agreement) and the Risk Retention Consultation Parties (to the extent the Risk Retention Consultation Parties have consultation rights pursuant to Section 6.07 of this Agreement), may modify, waive, amend, consent or take such other action with respect to any term of any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan if such modification, waiver, amendment, consent or other action (A) is consistent with the Servicing Standard and (B) would not constitute a “significant modification” of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(b) and would not otherwise cause an Adverse REMIC Event; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, the Master Servicer and Special Servicer may mutually agree that the Master Servicer will process any of the foregoing matters that are Major Decisions with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is not a Specially Serviced Loan. If the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer mutually agree that the Master Servicer will process any Major Decision with respect to a Performing Loan, the Master Servicer shall obtain the consent (or deemed consent) of the Special Servicer as provided in Section 3.26(m). Each of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer may conclusively rely on an Opinion of Counsel in meeting this requirement. In order to meet the foregoing requirements, in the case of a release of real property collateral securing a Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, shall observe the REMIC requirements of the Code with respect to a required payment of principal if the loan-to-value ratio immediately after the release exceeds 125% with respect to the related real property collateral. In connection with (i) the release of a Mortgaged Property or any portion of a Mortgaged Property from the lien of the related Mortgage or (ii) the taking of a Mortgaged Property or any portion of a Mortgaged Property by exercise of the power of eminent domain or condemnation, if the Loan Documents require the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, to calculate (or to approve the calculation of the related Borrower of) the loan-to-value ratio of the remaining Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties or the fair market value of the real property constituting the remaining Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties, for purposes of REMIC qualification of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, then such calculation shall exclude the value of any personal property and going concern value, if any. If, following any such release or taking, the loan-to-value ratio as so calculated is greater than 125%, the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, shall require payment of principal by a “qualified amount” as determined under Revenue Procedure 2010-30 or successor provisions, unless the related Borrower provides an Opinion of Counsel that if such amount is not paid the related Mortgage Loan will not fail to be a Qualified Mortgage.

Upon receiving a request for any matter that constitutes a Major Decision with respect to a Serviced Mortgage Loan that is not a Specially Serviced Loan, the Master Servicer shall forward such request to the Special Servicer and, unless the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer mutually agree that the Master Servicer will process such request, the Special Servicer will be required to process such request and the Master Servicer will have no further obligation with respect to such request or the Major Decision other than providing the Special Servicer with any reasonably requested information or documentation. In addition, the Master Servicer shall provide the Special Servicer with any notice that it receives relating to a default by the borrower under a ground lease where the collateral for the Mortgage Loan is the ground lease, and the

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Special Servicer will determine in accordance with the Servicing Standard whether to cure any borrower defaults relating to ground leases.

(b)               Neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer may extend the Maturity Date of any Mortgage Loan, Serviced Whole Loan or Specially Serviced Loan beyond the date that is the date occurring later than the earlier of (1) five years prior to the Rated Final Distribution Date, and (2) in the case of a Mortgage Loan, Serviced Whole Loan or Specially Serviced Loan secured solely or primarily by the related Borrower’s interest in a ground lease (or, with respect to a leasehold interest where the related Borrower is the lessee and that is a space lease or an air rights lease, such space lease or air rights lease), the date that is 20 years prior to the expiration date of such ground lease (or, with respect to a leasehold interest where the related Borrower is the lessee and that is a space lease or an air rights lease, such space lease or air rights lease) (or 10 years prior to the expiration date of such lease if the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable gives due consideration to the remaining term of such ground lease (or, with respect to a leasehold interest where the Borrower is the lessee and that is a space lease or an air rights lease, such space lease or air rights lease) and such extension is in the best interest of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner and, with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders, RR Interest Owner and (with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan) Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder constituted a single lender (and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan with a related Subordinate Companion Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of such Subordinate Companion Loan)) and, (A) if no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, with the consent of the Directing Holder and (B) to the extent such extension constitutes a Major Decision, after consultation with each Risk Retention Consultation Party pursuant to Section 6.07).

(c)               Neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall permit any Borrower to add or substitute any collateral for an outstanding Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan, which collateral constitutes real property, unless the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall have obtained a Rating Agency Confirmation relating to the Certificates and Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if any.

(d)               Any payment of interest, which is deferred pursuant to any modification, waiver or amendment permitted hereunder, shall not, for purposes hereof, including, without limitation, calculating monthly distributions to Certificateholders or, if applicable, Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, be added to the unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan or such modification, waiver or amendment so permit.

(e)               Except for waivers of Penalty Charges and waivers of notice periods, all material modifications, waivers and amendments of the Serviced Mortgage Loans and any related Serviced Companion Loans in accordance with this Section 3.26 or Section 3.27 of this Agreement (with respect to Serviced Whole Loans) shall be in writing.

(f)                The Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall notify each other, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, each Risk Retention Consultation Party, the Directing Holder (other than if a Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing), the Operating Advisor (only if a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing (or

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with respect to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, an Operating Advisor Consultation Event has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Securitization)), the Depositor, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder (if any) and the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement), in writing, of any modification, waiver, material consent or amendment of any term of any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan processed by such servicer and the date thereof, and shall deliver to the Custodian for deposit in the related Mortgage File, an original counterpart of the agreement relating to such modification, waiver, material consent or amendment, promptly (and in any event within 10 Business Days) following the execution thereof. With respect to the processing of any modification, waiver or consent related to any Borrower incurring Additional Secured Debt, the Special Servicer (if the Special Servicer processes such modification, waiver or consent pursuant to Section 3.26 or Section 3.09(b)) or the Master Servicer (if the Master Servicer processes such modification, waiver or consent pursuant to Section 3.26 or Section 3.09(b)) shall, on or before the later of (i) 3:00 p.m. on the related Master Servicer Remittance Date and (ii) five (5) Business Days immediately following the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, obtaining actual knowledge of the incurrence of such Additional Secured Debt, deliver notice of the Borrower’s incurrence of such debt, substantially in the form of Exhibit OO, to cts.sec.notifications@wellsfargo.com and an Additional Disclosure Notification in the form attached hereto as Exhibit CC. The notice contemplated in the preceding sentence shall set forth, to the extent the Special Servicer or Master Servicer, as the case may be, has the requisite information or can reasonably obtain such information, (1) the amount of Additional Secured Debt that was incurred in the related Collection Period, (2) the total Debt Service Coverage Ratio calculated on the basis of such Mortgage Loan and Additional Secured Debt, and (3) the aggregate loan-to-value ratio calculated on the basis of such Mortgage Loan and Additional Secured Debt. In the event that either (i) the CREFC^® Investor Reporting Package is amended to include such information set forth above, in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and Certificate Administrator, as applicable, and the Master Servicer confirms with the Certificate Administrator that such amended CREFC^® Investor Reporting Package enables the Certificate Administrator to include such information on Form 10-D in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Certificate Administrator, or (ii) the Trust is no longer subject to the Exchange Act, the additional report in the form of Exhibit OO shall no longer be required hereunder.

(g)               The Master Servicer or the Special Servicer may (subject to the Servicing Standard), as a condition to granting any request by a Borrower for consent, modification, waiver or indulgence or any other matter or thing, the granting of which is within its discretion pursuant to the terms of the instruments evidencing or securing the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan and is permitted by the terms of this Agreement and applicable law, require that such Borrower pay to it (i) as additional servicing compensation, a reasonable and customary fee for the additional services performed in connection with such request (provided that the charging of such fee would not constitute a “significant modification” of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(b)), and (ii) any related costs and expenses incurred by it. In no event shall the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer be entitled to payment for such fees or expenses unless such payment is collected from the related Borrower.

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(h)               Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Master Servicer shall not permit the substitution of any Mortgaged Property pursuant to the defeasance provisions of any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan (or any portion thereof), if any, unless such defeasance complies with Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(a)(8) and satisfies the conditions set forth in Section 3.09(f) of this Agreement.

(i)                 Notwithstanding anything herein or in the related Loan Documents to the contrary, the Master Servicer may permit the substitution of direct, non-callable “government securities” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, or any other securities that comply with Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(a)(8)(ii) (including U.S. government agency securities if such securities are eligible defeasance collateral under then current guidelines of the Rating Agencies) for any Mortgaged Property pursuant to the defeasance provisions of any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan (or any portion thereof) in lieu of the defeasance collateral specified in the related Loan Documents; provided that, the Master Servicer reasonably determines that allowing their use would not cause a default or event of default under the related Loan Documents to become reasonably foreseeable and the Master Servicer receives an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the Borrower to the extent permitted under the Loan Documents) to the effect that such use would not be and would not constitute a “significant modification” of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(b) and would not otherwise cause an Adverse REMIC Event and provided that the requirements set forth in Section 3.09(f) of this Agreement are satisfied.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to the Mortgage Loans identified on Schedule X that are subject to defeasance, the related Mortgage Loan Seller has transferred to a third party or has retained on behalf of itself or an Affiliate the right to establish or designate the successor borrower and/or to purchase or cause to be purchased the related defeasance collateral (any such right or obligation, the “Retained Defeasance Rights and Obligations”). In the event the Master Servicer receives notice of a defeasance request with respect to a Mortgage Loan, which such Mortgage Loan provides for Retained Defeasance Rights and Obligations in the related Loan Documents, the Master Servicer shall provide, within five (5) Business Days of receipt of such notice, written notice of such defeasance request to the related Mortgage Loan Seller. Until such time as the related Mortgage Loan Seller provides the Master Servicer with written notice to the contrary, the notice of a defeasance of a Mortgage Loan with Retained Defeasance Rights and Obligations shall be delivered to the related Mortgage Loan Seller at its address for notices set forth in Section 12.05. With respect to any Mortgage Loan that is subject to defeasance, if the successor borrower is not designated or formed by the related Mortgage Loan Seller or any Affiliate or successor thereto, the successor borrower shall be reasonably acceptable to the Master Servicer in accordance with the Servicing Standard.

(j)                 If required under the related Loan Documents or if otherwise consistent with the Servicing Standard, the Master Servicer shall establish and maintain one or more accounts, which may be sub-accounts of the Collection Account (the “Defeasance Accounts”), into which all payments received by the Master Servicer from any defeasance collateral substituted for any Mortgaged Property shall be deposited and retained, and shall administer such Defeasance Accounts in accordance with the Loan Documents. Each Defeasance Account shall at all times be an Eligible Account. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Master Servicer permit

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such amounts to be maintained in the Defeasance Account for a period in excess of 12 months, unless such amounts are reinvested by the Master Servicer in “government securities” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, or any other securities that comply with Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(a)(8)(ii). To the extent not required or permitted to be placed in a separate account, the Master Servicer shall deposit all payments received by it from defeasance collateral substituted for any Mortgaged Property into the Collection Account or, if a Serviced Whole Loan is involved, the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account and treat any such payments as payments made on the Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, in advance of its Due Date in accordance with clause (a) of the definition of Principal Distribution Amount, and not as a prepayment of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall the Master Servicer permit such amounts to be maintained in the Collection Account or, if a Serviced Whole Loan is involved, the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account for a period in excess of 365 days.

(k)               Any right to take any action, grant or withhold any consent or otherwise exercise any right, election or remedy afforded the Directing Holder under this Agreement may, unless otherwise expressly provided herein to the contrary, be affirmatively waived by the Directing Holder by written notice given to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable. Upon delivery of any such notice of waiver given by the Directing Holder, any time period (exclusive or otherwise) afforded the Directing Holder to exercise any such right, make any such election or grant or withhold any such consent shall thereupon be deemed to have expired with the same force and effect as if the specific time period set forth in this Agreement applicable thereto had itself expired. If the Master Servicer or Special Servicer determines that a refusal to consent by the Directing Holder or any advice from the Directing Holder would cause the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, to violate applicable law, the terms of the applicable Loan Documents, any related Intercreditor Agreements, the REMIC Provisions or the terms of this Agreement, including without limitation, the Servicing Standard, the Master Servicer or Special Servicer shall disregard such refusal to consent or advice and notify the Directing Holder, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder (if any) and the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement) of its determination, including a reasonably detailed explanation of the basis therefor.

(l)                 Any modification, waiver or amendment of, or consents or approvals relating to, a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan that is a Specially Serviced Loan or Serviced REO Loan (i) shall be performed by the Special Servicer and not the Master Servicer, (ii) to the extent provided in this Agreement and/or the applicable Intercreditor Agreement, shall be subject to the consent of the related Directing Holder and (iii) shall be structured so as to be consistent with the allocation and payment priorities in the related Loan Documents and Intercreditor Agreement, if any, such that neither the Trust as holder of the Mortgage Loan nor a holder of any related Serviced Companion Loan gains a priority over the other such holder that is not reflected in the related Loan Documents and Intercreditor Agreement. Neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall enter into, or structure (including, without limitation, by way of the application of credits, discounts, forgiveness or otherwise), any modification, waiver, amendment, work-out, consent or approval with respect to any Mortgage Loan in a manner that would have the effect of placing amounts payable as compensation, or otherwise reimbursable, to the Master

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Servicer or Special Servicer in a higher priority than that which is provided in the allocation and payment priorities set forth in Section 1.02(f) hereof or in the related Intercreditor Agreement.

(m)             In addition, with respect to a Performing Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), the Master Servicer, prior to taking action with respect to any Major Decision (or making a determination not to take action with respect to a Major Decision), shall refer the request to the Special Servicer, which shall process the request directly or, if mutually agreed to by the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer, the Master Servicer shall (subject to the consent of the Special Servicer) process such request. If the Master Servicer processes such request and is recommending approval of such request, the Master Servicer shall prepare and submit its written recommendation and analysis to the Special Servicer with all information in the Master Servicer’s possession that the Special Servicer may reasonably request in order to withhold or grant its consent, and in all cases the Special Servicer shall be entitled (subject to the consultation rights of the Operating Advisor and Risk Retention Consultation Parties or the consent or consultation rights of the Directing Holder pursuant to Section 6.07) to approve or disapprove any modification, waiver or amendment that constitutes a Major Decision. When the Special Servicer’s consent is required hereunder, such consent shall be deemed given 15 Business Days, or such longer time period pursuant to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement but not less than five (5) Business Days after the time period set forth therein for Directing Holder approval, (or in connection with an Acceptable Insurance Default, 90 days) after receipt (unless earlier objected to) by the Special Servicer from the Master Servicer of the Master Servicer’s written analysis and recommendation with respect to such proposed Major Decision together with such other information reasonably requested by the Special Servicer and reasonably available to the Master Servicer. Other than during the continuance of a Control Termination Event, neither the Master Servicer (with respect to any Major Decision processed by the Master Servicer) nor the Special Servicer (with respect to any Major Decision processed by the Special Servicer) will be permitted to take any action constituting a Major Decision, as to which the Directing Holder has objected in writing within 10 Business Days (or, in connection with an Acceptable Insurance Default, 30 days) after receipt by the Directing Holder of the Master Servicer’s and/or Special Servicer’s, as applicable, written analysis and recommendation together with such other information reasonably requested by the Directing Holder; provided that if such written objection has not been received by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, within such 10-Business Day (or 30-day) period, the Directing Holder will be deemed to have approved such action.

(n)               The Master Servicer shall provide the Special Servicer with any notice that it receives relating to a default by the borrower under a ground lease where the collateral for the Mortgage Loan includes the ground lease, and the Special Servicer will determine in accordance with the Servicing Standard whether to cure any borrower defaults relating to ground leases.

(o)               With respect to any Borrower request or other action on a non-Specially Serviced Loan that is not a Major Decision, the Master Servicer shall not be required to obtain the consent of or consult with the Special Servicer or the Directing Holder.

Section 3.27        Certain Intercreditor Matters Relating to the Whole Loans. (a) With respect to Serviced Whole Loans, except for those duties to be performed by, and notices to be furnished by, the Trustee under this Agreement, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall perform such duties and furnish such notices, reports and information on behalf

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of the Trust Fund as may be the obligation of the Trust, or the obligation of the master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable, following securitization, under the related Intercreditor Agreement.

(b)               The Master Servicer shall maintain a register (the “Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder Register”) on which the Master Servicer shall record the names and addresses of the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders and wire transfer instructions for such Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders from time to time, to the extent such information is provided in writing to the Master Servicer by a Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder. Each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder has agreed to inform the Master Servicer of its name, address, taxpayer identification number and wiring instructions (to the extent the foregoing information is not already contained in the related Intercreditor Agreement) and of any transfer thereof (together with any instruments of transfer). The name and address of each initial Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder as of the Closing Date is set forth on Schedule VII hereto. The Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon the information delivered by any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder until it receives notice of transfer or of any change in information.

In no event shall the Master Servicer be obligated to pay any party the amounts payable to a Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder hereunder other than the Person listed as the applicable Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder on the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder Register. In the event that a Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder transfers the related Serviced Companion Loan without notice to the Master Servicer, the Master Servicer shall have no liability whatsoever for any misdirected payment on such Serviced Companion Loan and shall have no obligation to recover and redirect such payment.

The Master Servicer shall promptly provide the names and addresses of any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder to any party hereto, any related Companion Loan Noteholder or any successor thereto upon written request, and any such party or successor may, without further investigation, conclusively rely upon such information. The Master Servicer shall have no liability to any Person for the provision of any such names and addresses.

(c)               The Directing Holder shall not owe any fiduciary duty to the Trustee, any Master Servicer, any Special Servicer, any Certificateholder (including the Directing Holder, if applicable) or any noteholder of a Serviced Whole Loan. The Directing Holder will not have any liability to the Certificateholders (including the Directing Holder, if applicable) or any other noteholder of a Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, for any action taken, or for refraining from the taking of any action or the giving of any consent, pursuant to this Agreement, or for errors in judgment.

(d)               With respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, the Directing Holder shall be entitled to exercise the consent rights, cure rights and purchase rights, as applicable, to the extent set forth in the applicable Intercreditor Agreement, in accordance with the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement.

(e)               The Special Servicer (if any Serviced Companion Loan is a Specially Serviced Loan or has become a Serviced REO Loan) or the Master Servicer (otherwise), as applicable, shall take all actions relating to the servicing and/or administration of, and (subject to

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Section 3.13 and Section 3.17 of this Agreement and the following paragraph) the preparation and delivery of reports and other information with respect to, the Serviced Whole Loan related to any Serviced Companion Loan or any related Serviced REO Property required to be performed by the holder of the related Mortgage Loan or contemplated to be performed by a servicer, in any case pursuant to and as required by each related Intercreditor Agreement and/or any related mezzanine intercreditor agreement existing on the Closing Date and any related Intercreditor Agreement or mezzanine intercreditor agreement not existing on the Closing Date that is provided to the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable. In addition notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the following considerations shall apply with respect to the servicing of a Serviced Companion Loan:

(i)                                 none of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee shall make any P&I Advance with respect to the Serviced Companion Loan (other than the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan); and

(ii)                              the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall each consult with and obtain the consent of the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder(s) to the extent required by the related Intercreditor Agreement.

The Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, shall timely provide to each related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder any reports or notices required to be delivered to such Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement, and the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, shall provide to the Pacific Design Center Loan-Specific Directing Holder any reports or notices required to be delivered to the holder of a Trust Subordinate Companion Loan pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement. The Special Servicer shall reasonably cooperate with the Master Servicer and the Master Servicer shall reasonably cooperate with the Special Servicer in preparing/delivering any such report or notice with respect to special servicing matters.

If any Serviced Companion Loan or any portion thereof or any particular payments thereon are included in a REMIC or a “grantor trust” (within the meaning of the Grantor Trust Provisions), then neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall knowingly take any action that would result in the equivalent of an Adverse REMIC Event with respect to such REMIC or adversely affect the tax status of such grantor trust as a grantor trust.

The parties hereto acknowledge that a Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder shall not (1) owe any fiduciary duty to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or any Certificateholder or (2) have any liability to the Trustee or the Certificateholders for any action taken, or for refraining from the taking of any action pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement or the giving of any consent or for errors in judgment. Each Certificateholder or RR Interest Owner, by its acceptance of a Certificate or RR Interest, shall be deemed to have confirmed its understanding that a Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder (i) may take or refrain from taking actions that favor its interests or the interests of its affiliates over the Certificateholders, (ii) may have special relationships and interests that conflict with the interests of the Certificateholders and shall be deemed to have agreed to take no action against a Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder or any of its officers, directors, employees, principals or agents as a

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result of such special relationships or conflicts and (iii) shall not be liable by reason of its having acted or refrained from acting solely in its interest or in the interest of its affiliates.

The parties hereto recognize and acknowledge the respective rights of each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder under the related Intercreditor Agreement. Each of the rights of a Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder under or contemplated by this Section 3.27(e) may be exercisable by a designee thereof on its behalf; provided that the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee are provided with written notice by the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder of such designation (upon which such party may conclusively rely) and the contact details of the designee.

Notwithstanding anything herein or in the Intercreditor Agreement to the contrary, no direction or objection by the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder may require or cause the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, to violate any provision of any Mortgage Loan, applicable law, this Agreement, any Intercreditor Agreement or the REMIC Provisions, including without limitation the Master Servicer’s or Special Servicer’s obligation to act in accordance with the Servicing Standard, or expose the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, a Mortgage Loan Seller, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Paying Agent, the Trust Fund, the Certificate Administrator (in any of its capacities) or the Trustee to liability, or materially expand the scope of the Master Servicer’s or Special Servicer’s responsibilities hereunder.

Any reference to servicing any of the Mortgage Loans in accordance with any of the related Loan Documents (including the related Mortgage Note and Mortgage) shall also mean, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement.

To the extent not otherwise expressly included herein, any provisions required to be included herein pursuant to any Intercreditor Agreement for a Serviced Whole Loan or a Non-Serviced Whole Loan are deemed incorporated herein by reference, and the parties hereto shall comply with those provisions as if set forth herein in full.

For purposes of exercising any rights that the Directing Holder of the Mortgage Note for any Mortgage Loan in a Serviced Whole Loan may have under the related Intercreditor Agreement, the Directing Holder shall be the designee of the Trust, as such noteholder, and the Trustee shall, upon request, take such actions as may be necessary under the related Intercreditor Agreement to effect such designation. The Certificate Administrator shall provide notice of the identity of the Directing Holder (to the extent the Certificate Administrator has received notice of a change in the identity of the Directing Holder), upon request, to the other parties to the related Intercreditor Agreement, to the extent the identity and contact information of such parties to such Intercreditor Agreement are actually known to the Certificate Administrator.

(f)                With respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall deliver information comparable to the above described information in Section 3.13(c) and Section 3.13(d) hereof to the same Persons as described above in Section 3.13(c) and Section 3.13(d) and according to the same time frames as described above in Section 3.13(c) and Section 3.13(d), to the extent such Master Servicer has timely received such information from the Other Servicer under the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

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Promptly following the Closing Date or, as applicable, upon the receipt of notice by the Certificate Administrator of the related Servicing Shift Securitization Date, the Certificate Administrator shall send written notice (which notice may be by email) substantially in the form of Exhibit EE hereto, accompanied by a copy of an executed version of this Agreement, with respect to each Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan to each applicable Other Depositor, Other Servicer, Other Special Servicer, Other Trustee, Other Operating Advisor and Other Asset Representations Reviewer stating that, as of the Closing Date, or, as applicable, the related Servicing Shift Securitization Date, the Trustee is the holder of the applicable Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan and directing each such recipient to remit to the Master Servicer no later than one (1) Business Day after each Determination Date all amounts payable to, and to forward, deliver or otherwise make available, as the case may be, to the Master Servicer no later than one (1) Business Day after each Determination Date all reports, statements, documents, communications and other information that are to be forwarded, delivered or otherwise made available to, the holder of the applicable Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan under the related Intercreditor Agreement and Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Such notice shall also provide contact information for the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Directing Holder, the 17g-5 Information Provider and the Rating Agencies.

With respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, if the applicable Other Servicer, Other Special Servicer or Other Trustee shall be replaced in accordance with the terms of the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, promptly upon notice thereof, the applicable party to this Agreement that receives such notice shall, upon request, acknowledge such successor as the successor to the Other Servicer, Other Special Servicer or Other Trustee, as the case may be.

With respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, upon its receipt of written notice of the replacement of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator shall give prompt written notice thereof to each related Other Servicer, Other Special Servicer, Other Trustee and Other Operating Advisor, together with relevant contact information of the successor Master Servicer, Special Servicer or Trustee, as applicable.

With respect to each Serviced Whole Loan, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall provide each Companion Loan Noteholder and, if applicable, related Non-Directing Holder (or its designee or representative), within the same time frame and to the same extent it is required to provide such information and materials to the Certificateholders or the Directing Holder, as applicable (but without regard to whether or not the Directing Holder actually has lost any rights to receive such information as a result of a Consultation Termination Event), hereunder with (1) copies of each financial statement received by the Master Servicer pursuant to the terms of the related Loan Documents, (2) copies of any notice of default sent to the Borrower and (3) subject to the terms of the Loan Documents, copies of any other documents or information relating to the Serviced Whole Loan (including, without limitation, property inspection reports, loan servicing statements, Borrower requests and asset status reports) that the Master Servicer delivers to the related Directing Holder and copies of any other notice, information or report that it is required to provide to the Directing Holder pursuant to this Agreement with respect to any Major Decision or with respect to any “major decisions” or “major actions” as set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement or the implementation of any recommended actions outlined in an Asset Status Report relating to such Serviced Whole Loan. Any copies to be

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furnished by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer may be furnished by hard copy or electronic means.

(g)               With respect to each Whole Loan, if any Serviced Companion Loan becomes the subject of an “asset review” (or such analogous term defined in the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement) pursuant to the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee and the Custodian shall reasonably cooperate with the Other Asset Representations Reviewer or any other party to the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement in connection with such asset review by providing the Other Asset Representations Reviewer or such other requesting party with any documents reasonably requested by the Other Asset Representations Reviewer or such other requesting party (not at its own expense or the expense of the Trust but at the expense of the related mortgage loan seller, such Other Asset Representations Reviewer or such other requesting party to the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement), but only to the extent that (i) Other Asset Representations Reviewer or such other requesting party has not been able to obtain such documents from the related mortgage loan seller or any party to the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and (ii) such documents are in the possession of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Custodian, as the case may be. For the avoidance of doubt, none of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Custodian (i) shall have any further obligations with respect to any such asset review nor shall any such party be bound by the results of any such asset review, or (ii) shall be obligated to provide such documents if providing such documents, in its reasonable determination, would be a violation of this Agreement or any related Intercreditor Agreement.

(h)               To the extent that the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement or Intercreditor Agreement relating to any Non-Serviced Whole Loan permits the holder of the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan to terminate the related Other Servicer or Other Special Servicer or appoint a sub-servicer or replacement therefor, the Trustee may, and at the written direction of the Holders of at least 25% of the aggregate Voting Rights of all Certificates (or the Depositor with respect to any such right arising from such Other Servicer’s or Other Special Servicer’s failure to comply with Exchange Act reporting obligations) upon five (5) Business Days’ notice, shall, exercise the right to terminate the related Other Servicer or Other Special Servicer or appoint a sub-servicer or replacement therefor, as applicable.

(i)                 To the extent of any conflict between this Agreement and any Intercreditor Agreement, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall control.

Section 3.28        Directing Holder Contact with the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer. Each of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall, not more frequently than once per month, without charge, make a knowledgeable Servicing Officer via telephone available during normal business hours to verbally answer questions from the Directing Holder (for so long as no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing) and the Operating Advisor (for so long as a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing or with respect to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Securitization, an Operating Advisor Consultation Event has occurred and is continuing), in each case, upon the reasonable request of the Directing Holder or the Operating Advisor, as the case may be, regarding the performance and servicing of the Mortgage Loans and/or REO Properties for which the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, is responsible.

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Section 3.29        Controlling Class Certificateholders, Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholders, the Directing Holder and the Risk Retention Consultation Parties; Certain Rights and Powers of the Directing Holder and the Risk Retention Consultation Parties. (a) Each Certificateholder and Certificate Owner of a Control Eligible Certificate or Pacific Design Center Control Eligible Certificate is hereby deemed to have agreed by virtue of its purchase of such Certificate (or beneficial ownership interest in such Certificate) to provide its name and address to the Certificate Registrar and to notify the Certificate Registrar of the transfer of any Control Eligible Certificate or Pacific Design Center Control Eligible Certificate (or the beneficial ownership of any Control Eligible Certificate or Pacific Design Center Control Eligible Certificate), the selection of a Directing Holder or the resignation or removal thereof. Any such Certificateholder (or Certificate Owner) or its designee at any time appointed Directing Holder is hereby deemed to have agreed by virtue of its purchase of a Control Eligible Certificate or Pacific Design Center Control Eligible Certificate (or the beneficial ownership interest in a Control Eligible Certificate or Pacific Design Center Control Eligible Certificate) to notify the Certificate Registrar when such Certificateholder (or Certificate Owner) or designee is appointed Directing Holder and when it is removed or resigns. Upon receipt of such notice, the Certificate Registrar shall notify the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee, each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder of the identity of the Directing Holder, any resignation or removal thereof and/or any new Holder or Certificate Owner of a Control Eligible Certificate or Pacific Design Center Control Eligible Certificate.

On the Closing Date, the initial Directing Holder shall execute a certification substantially in the form of Exhibit L-1G to this Agreement. Upon the resignation or removal of the existing Directing Holder, any successor Directing Holder shall also execute and deliver a certification substantially in the form of Exhibit L-1G to this Agreement to the parties to this Agreement prior to being recognized as the new Directing Holder. Upon the resignation or removal of any existing Risk Retention Consultation Party, any successor Risk Retention Consultation Party shall execute and deliver a certification substantially in the form of Exhibit L-1H to this Agreement prior to being recognized as the new Risk Retention Consultation Party. The parties hereto shall be entitled to assume that the Risk Retention Consultation Party has not changed absent such notice.

In addition, upon the request of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor or, for so long as no Consultation Termination Event is continuing, the Directing Holder, the Certificate Registrar shall promptly (but no later than five (5) Business Days after such request) provide to the requesting party the identity of the then-current Controlling Class or Pacific Design Center Controlling Class and a list of the Holders of Certificates of the Controlling Class or Pacific Design Center Controlling Class. However, if any Certificate of the Controlling Class or Pacific Design Center Controlling Class is a Global Certificate, then the Certificate Administrator shall promptly (but in no event more than five (5) Business Days following such request) request from the Depository, with the assistance of the Trustee, the list of Depository Participants for the Controlling Class or Pacific Design Center Controlling Class and make reasonable efforts to obtain a list of Certificate Owners from such Depository Participants, and the Certificate Administrator shall provide such list of Depository Participants and such list of Certificate Owners (to the extent the Certificate Administrator obtains such list of Certificate Owners), to the requesting party promptly upon receipt. The Certificate

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Administrator shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the list of Depository Participants for the Controlling Class or Pacific Design Center Controlling Class provided by the Depository and the list of Certificate Owners provided by any Depository Participant and shall not have any liability for such reliance; provided that, if any Certificate of the Controlling Class or Pacific Design Center Controlling Class is a Global Certificate and the Certificate Administrator has actual knowledge of the identity of the related Certificate Owner(s), then the Certificate Administrator shall include such Certificate Owner in the list provided to any requesting party pursuant to first sentence of this paragraph. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor and the Directing Holder shall be entitled to conclusively rely on any such information so provided. Any expenses incurred in connection with obtaining such information shall be at the expense of the requesting party, except that if (i) such expenses arise in connection with an event as to which the Directing Holder has review, consent or consultation rights with respect to an action taken by, or report prepared by, the requesting party pursuant to this Agreement or the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement or in connection with a request made by the Operating Advisor in connection with its obligation under this Agreement to deliver a copy of the Operating Advisor Annual Report to the Directing Holder and (ii) the requesting party has not been notified of the identity of the Directing Holder or reasonably believes that the identity of the Directing Holder has changed, then such expenses shall be at the expense of the Trust.

To the extent the Master Servicer has actual knowledge of any change in the identity of a Holder (or Certificate Owner(s)) of the Controlling Class or Pacific Design Center Controlling Class, then the Master Servicer shall promptly notify the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Special Servicer thereof, who may rely conclusively on such notice from the Master Servicer.

(b)               The initial Directing Holder on the Closing Date with respect to (i) clause (b) of the definition of “Directing Holder” shall be Eightfold Real Estate Capital, L.P. and (ii) clause (c) of the definition of “Directing Holder” shall be ES Ventures Holding, Inc. The Certificate Registrar shall be entitled to assume each such Directing Holder or subsequent Directing Holder selected in accordance with this Agreement and notified to the Certificate Registrar thereof in writing, is the Directing Holder appointed by the Holder (or Certificate Owner) of each Class of Control Eligible Certificates or Pacific Design Center Control Eligible Certificates, as applicable, until the Certificate Registrar receives (i) written notice of a replacement Directing Holder from a majority of the Controlling Class Certificateholders or Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholders, as applicable, by Certificate Balance, (ii) written notice from a majority of the Controlling Class Certificateholders or Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholders, as applicable, by Certificate Balance, that a Directing Holder is no longer designated, (iii) written notice from a Directing Holder of the resignation of such Directing Holder, or (iv) written notice that the Holder (or Certificate Owner) of a majority of the applicable Class of Control Eligible Certificates or Pacific Design Center Control Eligible Certificates, as applicable, is no longer the Holder (or Certificate Owner) of a majority of the applicable Class of Control Eligible Certificates due to a transfer of those Certificates (or a beneficial ownership interest in those Certificates). Upon the resignation of a Directing Holder, the Certificate Administrator shall request the Controlling Class Certificateholders or Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholders, as applicable, to select a new Directing Holder.

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In the event either (y) the Certificate Registrar receives notice identified in any of clause (ii) through (iv) of the immediately preceding paragraph and no successor Directing Holder is then identified to the Certificate Registrar or (z) a party to this Agreement requests from the Certificate Administrator the identity of the Directing Holder and such identity is not known to the Certificate Administrator, then the Certificate Administrator shall promptly deliver a notice of such event (the “Initial Notice”) to all the Certificateholders via the Depository (and a copy of such Initial Notice shall be simultaneously sent to each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee and the Operating Advisor), which notice shall include a request that the Controlling Class Certificateholder or Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholders, as applicable, that believes it may own the largest aggregate Certificate Balance of the Controlling Class or Pacific Design Center Controlling Class represent in writing to the Certificate Administrator that it owns the largest aggregate Certificate Balance of the Controlling Class or Pacific Design Center Controlling Class (with evidence of its ownership) and provide its contact information. Upon receipt of such written representation (and any subsequent written representation), the Certificate Administrator shall deliver a notice (the “Subsequent Notice”) to all the Certificateholders via the Depository of such representation (and a copy of such Subsequent Notice shall be simultaneously sent to each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee and the Operating Advisor) and so long as another party holding an equal or larger aggregate Certificate Balance of the Controlling Class or Pacific Design Center Controlling Class does not provide a written representation within thirty (30) days from the date of delivery of the latest Subsequent Notice, the party making the original assertion shall become the Controlling Class Certificateholder until replaced by another party pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Controlling Class Certificateholder(s) or Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholders, as applicable, providing notice that it (or they) are the Holders of a majority of the Controlling Class Certificateholders or Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholders, as applicable, by Certificate Balance, shall have the right to select the Directing Holder at any time without regard to such 30-day period, and a Directing Holder selected by the Holders of a majority of the Controlling Class Certificateholders (or Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholders with respect to the Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Representative), by Certificate Balance, shall be recognized as such immediately upon being selected in accordance with this Agreement whether or not such 30-day period has expired.

In the event that a Directing Holder is selected pursuant to this Section 3.29(b) or there is deemed to be no Directing Holder pursuant to this Section 3.29(b), the Certificate Registrar shall notify the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee of the identity of the new Directing Holder or the absence of a Directing Holder, as applicable.

At any time more than 50% of the Percentage Interest of the Controlling Class Certificateholders or Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholders, as applicable, direct the Certificate Administrator in writing to hold an election for a Directing Holder, the Certificate Administrator shall hold such election as soon as practicable at the expense of such requesting Certificateholders.

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provide, and the Certificate Administrator shall promptly (but no later than five (5) Business Days after such request) provide (i) for so long as no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the identity of the Directing Holder, including names and contact information and, to the extent reasonably available, a list of Controlling Class Certificateholders (and Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholders prior to the occurrence of a Pacific Design Center Control Appraisal Period) and (ii) confirmation as to whether a Control Termination Event, Consultation Termination Event or Operating Advisor Consultation Event has occurred in the 12 months preceding any such request or any other period specified in such request. In addition to the foregoing, (i) within two (2) Business Days of receiving notice of the selection of a new Directing Holder or the existence of a new Controlling Class Certificateholder or Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholder or (ii) within ten (10) days of the commencement or cessation of any Consultation Termination Event, Control Termination Event or Operating Advisor Consultation Event, the Certificate Administrator shall notify the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer and post notice on the Certificate Administrator’s Website. Any expenses incurred in connection with obtaining such information shall be at the expense of the requesting party, except that if (i) such expenses arise in connection with an event as to which the Directing Holder has review, consent or consultation rights with respect to an action taken by, or report prepared by, the requesting party pursuant to this Agreement or the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement or in connection with a request made by the Operating Advisor in connection with its obligation under this Agreement to deliver a copy of the Operating Advisor Annual Report to the Directing Holder and (ii) the requesting party has not been notified of the identity of the Directing Holder or reasonably believes that the identity of the Directing Holder has changed, then such expenses shall be at the expense of the Trust.

The Special Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee shall be entitled to assume (i) Eightfold Real Estate Capital, L.P. is the Trust Directing Holder appointed by the Holder (or Certificate Owner) of each Class of Control Eligible Certificates and (ii) ES Ventures Holding, Inc. is the Directing Holder with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan appointed by the Holder (or Certificate Owner) of each Class of Pacific Design Center Control Eligible Certificates until such party receives notice to the contrary. At any time that a party to this Agreement receives notice of the selection of a Directing Holder from the Certificate Registrar, the Certificate Administrator or a majority of the Controlling Class Certificateholders or Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholders, as applicable, by Certificate Balance, then such party to this Agreement shall be entitled to rely on the most recent notification with respect to the identity of the Controlling Class Certificateholder or Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholder, as applicable, and the Directing Holder. The Special Servicer shall have no obligation to obtain the consent of or consult with any entity appointed as a successor Directing Holder until the Special Servicer receives written notice of such successor Directing Holder’s identity and contact information.

Additionally, once a successor Risk Retention Consultation Party has been selected, each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and each other Certificateholder (or Certificate Owner, if applicable) shall be entitled to rely on such selection unless the VRR Interest Owner entitled to appoint the Risk Retention Consultation Parties, by Certificate Balance, or such Risk Retention

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Consultation Party shall have notified the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and each other VRR Interest Owner, in writing, of the selection of a new Risk Retention Consultation Party.

(d)               If to the extent the Certificate Administrator determines that a Class of Book-Entry Certificates is the Controlling Class or Pacific Design Center Controlling Class, the Certificate Administrator shall notify the related Certificateholders of such Class (through the Depository) of such event.

(e)               Each Certificateholder or RR Interest Owner acknowledges and agrees, by its acceptance of its Certificates or RR Interest, that: (i) the Directing Holder may have special relationships and interests that conflict with those of Holders of one or more Classes of Certificates or the RR Interest or Companion Loan Noteholders; (ii) the Directing Holder may act solely in the interests of the Holders of the Controlling Class or Pacific Design Center Controlling Class, as applicable (or, in the case of a Whole Loan, in the interests of one or more Companion Loan Noteholders); (iii) the Directing Holder does not have any liability or duties to the Holders of any Class of Certificates other than the Controlling Class or Pacific Design Center Controlling Class, as applicable; (iv) the Directing Holder may take actions that favor the interests of the Directing Holder or one or more Classes of the Certificates including the Holders of the Controlling Class or Pacific Design Center Controlling Class, as applicable, (or, in the case of a Whole Loan, one or more Companion Loan Noteholders) over the interests of the Holders of one or more Classes of Certificates and other Companion Loan Noteholders; and (v) the Directing Holder shall have no liability whatsoever to any Certificateholder or RR Interest Owner (other than to a Controlling Class Certificateholder or Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholder, as applicable), the Trust, any Companion Loan Noteholder any party hereto or any other Person (including any Borrower under a Mortgage Loan) for having so acted as set forth in clauses (i) through (iv) of this paragraph, and no Certificateholder or RR Interest Owner (other than a Controlling Class Certificateholder or Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholder, as applicable) or Companion Loan Noteholder may take any action whatsoever against the Directing Holder or any director, officer, employee, agent or principal thereof for having so acted.

Each Certificateholder or RR Interest Owner acknowledges and agrees, by its acceptance of its Certificates and the RR Interest Owner with respect to the RR Interest, that a Risk Retention Consultation Party: (i) may have special relationships and interests that conflict with those of Holders of one or more Classes of Certificates or the RR Interest Owner other than the VRR Interest Owner related to such Risk Retention Consultation Party; (ii) may act solely in the interests of the applicable VRR Interest Owner; (iii) do not have any liability or duties to the Holders of any Class of Certificates or the RR Interest Owner other than the VRR Interest Owner related to such Risk Retention Consultation Party; (iv) may take actions that favor interests of the Holders of the Certificates or the RR Interest Owner, over the interests of the Holders of one or more other Classes of Certificates or other RR Interest Owner, as appliable; and (v) shall have no liability whatsoever for having so acted as set forth in clauses (i) through (iv) above, and no Certificateholder or the RR Interest Owner (other than the VRR Interest Owner related to such Risk Retention Consultation Party) may take any action whatsoever against the applicable Risk Retention Consultation Parties or any director, officer, employee, agent or principal of the applicable Risk Retention Consultation Parties for having so acted.

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(f)               The Certificate Registrar shall determine which Class of Certificates is the then-current Controlling Class and/or Pacific Design Center Controlling Class within two (2) Business Days of a request from the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator or any Certificateholder and provide such information to the requesting party.

(g)               [Reserved].

(h)               The Directing Holder shall not have any consent or consultation rights with respect to any Mortgage Loan determined to be an Excluded Loan as to either the Directing Holder or, except in the case of any Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan, or, for so long as no related Control Appraisal Period is continuing, any related Serviced AB Mortgage Loan, the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class. Likewise, a Risk Retention Consultation Party shall not have any consultation rights with respect to any Mortgage Loan determined to be an Excluded Loan as to such Risk Retention Consultation Party. In the case of an Excluded Loan relating to the Directing Holder, in respect of the servicing of any such Excluded Loan, a Control Termination Event and Consultation Termination Event shall be deemed to have occurred with respect to such Excluded Loan.

(i)                 [Reserved].

Section 3.30        Rating Agency Confirmation. (a) Notwithstanding the terms of any related Loan Documents or other provisions of this Agreement, if any action under any Loan Documents or this Agreement requires Rating Agency Confirmation as a condition precedent to such action, if the party (the “Requesting Party”) attempting and/or required to obtain such Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency has made a request to any Rating Agency for such Rating Agency Confirmation and, within 10 Business Days of the Rating Agency Confirmation request being posted to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website, such Rating Agency has not replied to such request or has responded in a manner that indicates that such Rating Agency is neither reviewing such request nor waiving the requirement for Rating Agency Confirmation, then such Requesting Party shall be required to confirm (through direct communication and not by posting any confirmation on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website) that the applicable Rating Agency has received the Rating Agency Confirmation request, and, if it has not, promptly request the related Rating Agency Confirmation again (which may also be through direct communication). The circumstances described in the preceding sentence are referred to in this Agreement as a “RAC No-Response Scenario.” Once the Requesting Party has sent a request for a Rating Agency Confirmation to the 17g-5 Information Provider, such Requesting Party, may, but shall not be obligated to send such request directly to the Rating Agencies in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 3.14.

If there is no response to such Rating Agency Confirmation request within 5 Business Days of such second request in a RAC No Response Scenario or if such Rating Agency has responded in a manner that indicates such Rating Agency is neither reviewing such request nor waiving the requirement for Rating Agency Confirmation, then (x) with respect to any condition in any Loan Document requiring such Rating Agency Confirmation or with respect to any other matter under this Agreement relating to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (other than as set forth in clause (y) below), the requirement

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to obtain a Rating Agency Confirmation shall be deemed not to apply (as if such requirement did not exist) with respect to such Rating Agency and the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, may then take such action if the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, confirms its original determination (made prior to making such request) that taking the action with respect to which it requested the Rating Agency Confirmation would still be consistent with the Servicing Standard, (y) with respect to a replacement of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, such condition shall be deemed not to apply (as if such requirement did not exist) if (i) the replacement master servicer or special servicer has been appointed and currently serves as a master servicer or a special servicer, as applicable, on a transaction-level basis on a CMBS transaction currently rated by Moody’s that currently has securities outstanding and for which Moody’s has not cited servicing concerns with respect to such replacement master servicer or special servicer as the sole or a material factor in any qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings (or placement on “watch status” in contemplation of a rating downgrade or withdrawal) of securities in a commercial mortgage-backed securitization transaction serviced by the applicable replacement master servicer or special servicer prior to the time of determination, if Moody’s is the non-responding Rating Agency, (ii) the replacement master servicer or special servicer is rated at least “CMS3” (in the case of the master servicer) or “CSS3” (in the case of the special servicer), if Fitch is the non-responding Rating Agency or (iii) KBRA has not publicly cited servicing concerns with respect to the applicable replacement master servicer or special servicer as the sole or a material factor in any qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings (or placement on “watch status” in contemplation of a ratings downgrade or withdrawal) of securities in any other commercial mortgage-backed securitization transaction serviced by such replacement master servicer or special servicer prior to the time of determination, if KBRA is the non-responding Rating Agency.

Any Rating Agency Confirmation request made by the Master Servicer, Special Servicer, Certificate Administrator or Trustee, as applicable, pursuant to this Agreement, shall be made in writing, which writing shall contain a cover page indicating the nature of the Rating Agency Confirmation request, and shall contain all back-up material necessary for the Rating Agency to process such request. Such written Rating Agency Confirmation request shall be provided in electronic format to the 17g-5 Information Provider, and the 17g-5 Information Provider shall post such request on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in accordance with Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement.

Promptly following the Master Servicer’s or Special Servicer’s determination to take any action discussed in this Section 3.30(a) following any requirement to obtain a Rating Agency Confirmation being deemed not to apply (as if such requirement did not exist), the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall provide electronic written notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider of the action taken for the particular item at such time, and the 17g-5 Information Provider shall post such notice on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in accordance with Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement.

(b)               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3.30, for purposes of the provisions of any Loan Document relating to defeasance (including without limitation the type of collateral acceptable for use as defeasance collateral), release or substitution of any collateral, in the event of a RAC No-Response Scenario, any Rating Agency Confirmation requirement in the Loan Documents with respect to which the Master Servicer or Special Servicer

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would have been required to make the determination described in Section 3.30(a) (as a result of such RAC No-Response Scenario) shall be deemed not to apply regardless of any such determination by the Requesting Party (or, if the Requesting Party is the related Borrower, the Master Servicer (with respect to Performing Loans) or the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans and Serviced REO Loans), as applicable); provided that the Requesting Party (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable) shall in any event review the other conditions required under the related Loan Documents with respect to such defeasance, release or substitution and confirm to its satisfaction in accordance with the Servicing Standard that such conditions (other than the requirement for a Rating Agency Confirmation) have been satisfied.

(c)               For all other matters or actions not specifically discussed in Section 3.30(a) above, the applicable Requesting Party shall deliver a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency.

(d)               Notwithstanding the terms of the related Loan Documents, the other provisions of this Agreement or the applicable Intercreditor Agreement, with respect to any Serviced Companion Loan as to which there exists Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if any action relating to the servicing and administration of the related Whole Loan or any related REO Property (the “Relevant Action”) requires delivery of a Rating Agency Confirmation as a condition precedent to such action pursuant to this Agreement, then, except as set forth below in this paragraph, such action shall also require delivery of a Serviced Companion Loan Rating Agency Confirmation as a condition precedent to such action from each related Serviced Companion Loan Rating Agency. Each Serviced Companion Loan Rating Agency Confirmation shall be sought by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, depending on whichever such party is seeking the corresponding Rating Agency Confirmation(s) in connection with the Relevant Action. The requirement to obtain a Serviced Companion Loan Rating Agency Confirmation with respect to any Serviced Companion Loan Securities will be subject to, will be permitted to be waived by the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer on, and will be deemed not to apply on, the same terms and conditions applicable to obtaining Rating Agency Confirmations, as set forth in this Agreement; provided that the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, depending on which is seeking the subject Serviced Companion Loan Rating Agency Confirmation, shall forward to one or more of its counterparts (i.e., the Other Servicer or Other Special Servicer, as applicable), the Other 17g-5 Information Provider, or such other party or parties as are agreed to by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, and the applicable parties for the related Other Securitization, at the expense of the Other Securitization to the extent not borne by the related Borrower, and in such format as the sender and recipient may reasonably agree, (i) the request for such Serviced Companion Loan Rating Agency Confirmation, (ii) all materials forwarded to the 17g-5 Information Provider under this Agreement in connection with seeking the Rating Agency Confirmation(s) for the applicable Relevant Action at approximately the same time that such materials are forwarded to the 17g-5 Information Provider and (iii) any other materials that the applicable Serviced Companion Loan Rating Agency may reasonably request in connection with such Serviced Companion Loan Rating Agency Confirmation promptly following receipt of such request from the Other Trustee.

The Certificate Administrator shall, promptly following receipt of written request from the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, provide to the Master Servicer or

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the Special Servicer, as applicable, the contact information for the Other Servicer, the Other Special Servicer, the Other Trustee and the Other 17g-5 Information Provider for the Other Securitization, solely to the extent in its possession.

Section 3.31        Appointment and Duties of the Operating Advisor.

(a)               The Operating Advisor shall review (i) as the Operating Advisor’s obligations are provided in Section 3.23(e), Section 3.31 and Section 6.07, the actions of the Special Servicer with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan and, after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event (or, in the case of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Securitization, an Operating Advisor Consultation Event), the actions of the Special Servicer with respect to Major Decisions relating to any Performing Loan; (ii) all reports by the Special Servicer made available to Privileged Persons that are posted on the Certificate Administrator’s Website with respect to the Special Servicer, assets on the CREFC® Servicer Watch List, Specially Serviced Loans and, if a Control Termination Event (or, in the case of an Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Securitization, a related Operating Advisor Consultation Trigger Event) exists, Major Decisions on Performing Loans; and (iii) each Asset Status Report after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event (or, in the case of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Securitization, an Operating Advisor Consultation Event) and each Final Asset Status Report delivered or made available to the Operating Advisor. The Operating Advisor shall perform its duties hereunder in accordance with the Operating Advisor Standard. The Operating Advisor’s duties hereunder with respect to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Securitization shall apply only to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan.

In addition and for the avoidance of doubt, although the Operating Advisor may have certain consultation duties with the Master Servicer with respect to certain Major Decisions processed by the Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor will have no obligations or responsibility at any time to review or assess the actions of the Master Servicer for compliance with the Servicing Standard, and the Operating Advisor will not be required to consider such Master Servicer actions in connection with any Operating Advisor Annual Report.

(b)               The Operating Advisor and its Affiliates will be obligated to keep confidential any information appropriately labeled as or which appears on its face to be “Privileged Information” received from the Special Servicer or Directing Holder in connection with the Directing Holder’s exercise of its rights under this Agreement (including, without limitation, in connection with any Asset Status Report) or otherwise in connection with this transaction, except under the circumstances described in Section 3.31(i) and subject to any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree requiring the disclosure of such Privileged Information. Subject to the terms and conditions in this Agreement related to Privileged Information, the Operating Advisor agrees that it shall use information received from the Special Servicer pursuant to the terms of this Agreement solely for purposes of complying with its duties and obligations hereunder.

(c)               During the continuance of a Control Termination Event (or, in the case of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Securitization, at any time), based on the Operating Advisor’s review of (i) any assessment of compliance, any attestation report, Asset Status Report and other information (other than any communications between the Directing Holder and the

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Special Servicer that would be Privileged Information) delivered to the Operating Advisor by the Special Servicer or made available to Privileged Persons that are posted on the Certificate Administrator’s Website during the prior calendar year, (ii) with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan, any related Final Asset Status Report or Major Decision Reporting Package approved or deemed approved by the Directing Holder and (iii) after the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event (or, in the case of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Securitization, an Operating Advisor Consultation Event), any Asset Status Report and any Major Decision Reporting Package, the Operating Advisor shall (if, at any time during the prior calendar year, (a) any Serviced Mortgage Loan was a Specially Serviced Loan or (b) the Operating Advisor was entitled to consult with the Special Servicer with respect to any Major Decision) deliver to the Depositor, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator (which shall promptly post such Operating Advisor Annual Report on the Certificate Administrator’s Website in accordance with Section 4.02(b)) and the 17g-5 Information Provider (which shall promptly post such Operating Advisor Annual Report on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in accordance with Section 3.14(d)) within one hundred twenty (120) days of the end of the prior calendar year, an annual report (the “Operating Advisor Annual Report”), substantially in the form of Exhibit BB-1 (with respect to the Pooled Securitization) and Exhibit BB-2 (with respect to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Securitization) (which form may be modified or altered as to either its organization or content by the Operating Advisor, subject to compliance of such form with the terms and provisions of this Agreement including, without limitation, provisions herein relating to Privileged Information; provided, however, that in no event shall the information or any other content included in the Operating Advisor Annual Report contravene any provision of this Agreement), that (A) sets forth whether the Operating Advisor believes, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that the Special Servicer is operating in compliance with the Servicing Standard with respect to its performance of its duties under the this Agreement with respect to the Specially Serviced Loans (and following the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event (or, in the case of an Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Securitization, a related Operating Advisor Consultation Event), to perform its review with respect to Major Decisions on Performing Loans) during the prior calendar year on an Asset-Level Basis and (B) identifies (1) which, if any, standards the Operating Advisor believes, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, the Special Servicer has failed to comply and (2) any material deviations from the Special Servicer’s obligations hereunder with respect to the resolution or liquidation of any Specially Serviced Loan that the Special Servicer is responsible for servicing under this Agreement or REO Property (other than with respect to any REO Property related to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan or the Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan); provided, however, that in the event the Special Servicer is replaced, the Operating Advisor Annual Report shall only relate to the entity that was acting as Special Servicer as of December 31 in the prior calendar year and is continuing in such capacity through the date of such Operating Advisor Annual Report; provided, further, that the Operating Advisor shall prepare a separate Operating Advisor Annual Report relating to the Excluded Special Servicer and any Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan(s) serviced by such Excluded Special Servicer. Subject to the restrictions in this Agreement, each such Operating Advisor Annual Report shall (A) identify any material deviations (i) from the Servicing Standard and (ii) from the Special Servicer’s obligations under this Agreement with respect to the resolution or liquidation of Specially Serviced Loans or REO Properties that the Special Servicer is responsible for servicing under this Agreement (other than with respect to any REO Property related to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) based on the limited review required in

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this Agreement and (B) comply with all of the confidentiality requirements described in this Agreement regarding Privileged Information (subject to any permitted exceptions). In preparing the Operating Advisor Annual Report, the Operating Advisor shall not be required to (A) report on any instances of non-compliance with, or deviations from, the Servicing Standard or the Special Servicer’s obligations under this Agreement that the Operating Advisor determines, in accordance with the Operating Advisor Standard, to be immaterial or (B) provide or obtain a legal opinion, legal review or legal conclusion. Such Operating Advisor Annual Report shall be delivered to the Depositor, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator (which shall promptly post such Operating Advisor Annual Report on the Certificate Administrator’s Website in accordance with Section 4.02(b)) and the 17g-5 Information Provider (which shall promptly post such Operating Advisor Annual Report on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in accordance with Section 3.14(d)); provided, however, that the Special Servicer shall be given an opportunity to review the Operating Advisor Annual Report at least five (5) Business Days prior to such Operating Advisor Annual Report’s delivery to the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator and the 17g-5 Information Provider. The Operating Advisor shall have no obligation to adopt any comments to the Operating Advisor Annual Report that are provided by the Special Servicer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, except with respect to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Securitization, no Operating Advisor Annual Report shall be required from the Operating Advisor with respect to the Special Servicer, if during the prior calendar year, no Final Asset Status Report was prepared by the Special Servicer in connection with a Specially Serviced Loan or REO Property. Furthermore, with respect to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Securitization, each Operating Advisor Annual Report will be required to comply with the requirements with respect to reports of the Operating Advisor set forth in Rule 7(b) of the Risk Retention Rule.

In the event the Operating Advisor’s ability to perform its obligations in respect of the Operating Advisor Annual Report is limited or prohibited due to the failure of a party hereto to timely deliver information required to be delivered to the Operating Advisor or because such information is inaccurate or incomplete, the Operating Advisor shall set forth such limitations or prohibitions in the related Operating Advisor Annual Report and the Operating Advisor shall not be subject to any liability arising from such limitations and prohibitions. The Operating Advisor shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the accuracy and completeness of any information it is provided. If the Operating Advisor is prohibited or materially limited from obtaining Privileged Information and such prohibition or limitation prevents the Operating Advisor from performing its duties under this Agreement, the Operating Advisor shall not be subject to any liability arising from its lack of access to such Privileged Information.

(d)               Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary (A) the Operating Advisor’s assessment of the Special Servicer’s performance shall be based on the provisions of this Agreement and (B) so long as LNR Partners, LLC is acting as Special Servicer, LNR Partners, LLC shall provide the Operating Advisor reasonable access, at LNR Partners, LLC’s offices during normal business hours, to LNR Partners, LLC’s policies and procedures. The Operating Advisor shall be permitted to review such policies and procedures but is not permitted to retain hard copies and will not be provided with any electronic copies or soft copies. The Operating Advisor shall keep all information contained in the policies and procedures strictly confidential, except (A) the Operating Advisor may disclose such information if (i) such information becomes generally available and known to the public other than as a result of a disclosure directly or indirectly by the Operating Advisor, or (ii) such disclosure is required by

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applicable law, order, rule or regulation (as demonstrated by evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Special Servicer), and (B) the Operating Advisor may disclose a particular portion of the policies and procedures solely when necessary to support specific conclusions concerning allegations of material deviations from the Servicing Standard and the Special Servicer’s obligations under this Agreement (i) in the Operating Advisor Annual Report, or (ii) in connection with a recommendation by the Operating Advisor to replace LNR Partners, LLC as the Special Servicer pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Operating Advisor shall be permitted to share such information with its Affiliates and any subcontractors of the Operating Advisor to the extent reasonably necessary to perform the Operating Advisor’s obligations under this Agreement and provided such Affiliates and subcontractors of the Operating Advisor agree in writing prior to their receipt of such information to be bound by the same confidentiality provisions applicable to the Operating Advisor. The Operating Advisor’s assessment may not take into account (i) the fact that LNR Partners, LLC provided physical access and not via electronic copy to the LNR Partners, LLC written policies and procedures pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement and (ii) the waiver or reduction of any Operating Advisor Consulting Fee pursuant to Section 3.31(j) of this Agreement. Nothing set forth herein shall limit or affect the scope of the Operating Advisor’s review in connection with its preparation of the Operating Advisor Annual Report, provided that the Operating Advisor’s access to or reliance upon LNR Partners, LLC’s written policies and procedures shall be subject to the terms of this paragraph. During any period when the Special Servicer is not LNR Partners, LLC or an affiliate of LNR Partners, LLC, the requirements contained in this paragraph shall be null and void.

(e)               During the continuance of a Control Termination Event (or, in the case of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Securitization, at any time), with respect to each Mortgage Loan (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or Serviced Whole Loan, after the calculation has been finalized but prior to the utilization by the Special Servicer of any of the calculations related to (i) Appraisal Reduction Amounts, (ii) Collateral Deficiency Amounts or (iii) net present value in accordance with Section 1.02(k)), the Master Servicer (with respect to clauses (i) and (ii)) or the Special Servicer (with respect to clause (iii)), as applicable, shall forward such calculations, together with any supporting material or additional information necessary in support thereof (including such additional information reasonably requested by the Operating Advisor and in the possession of, or reasonably obtainable by, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, to confirm the mathematical accuracy of such calculations, but not including any Privileged Information) to the Operating Advisor promptly, but in any event no later than two (2) Business Days after preparing such calculations, and the Operating Advisor shall promptly, but no later than five (5) Business Days after receipt of such calculations and any supporting or additional materials, recalculate and review for accuracy of the mathematical calculations and the corresponding application of the non-discretionary portion of the applicable formulas required to be utilized in connection with any such calculation.

In connection with this Section 3.31(e), if the Operating Advisor does not agree with the mathematical calculations of the Appraisal Reduction Amount, Collateral Deficiency Amount or net present value or the application of the applicable non-discretionary portions of the formula required to be utilized for such calculation, the Operating Advisor and the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall consult with each other in order to resolve any material inaccuracy in such calculations or application in arriving at those mathematical calculations or any

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disagreement within seven (7) Business Days of delivery of such calculations. The Special Servicer shall cooperate with the Master Servicer and provide any information reasonably requested by the Master Servicer necessary for the calculation of the Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount that is in the Special Servicer’s possession. If the Operating Advisor and the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, are not able to resolve such inaccuracies or disagreement prior to the end of such seven (7) Business Day period, the Operating Advisor shall promptly notify the Certificate Administrator of such disagreement and the Certificate Administrator shall examine the calculations and supporting materials provided by the Operating Advisor, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, and determine which calculation is to apply (and shall provide prompt written notice of such determination to the Operating Advisor, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, as applicable). In making such determination, the Certificate Administrator may hire an independent third party to assist with any such calculation at the expense of the Trust and shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such third party’s determination (provided such third party has been selected with reasonable care by the Certificate Administrator).

(f)                Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to the Operating Advisor’s review of Appraisal Reduction Amount, Collateral Deficiency Amount or net present value calculations as required above, the Operating Advisor’s recalculation shall not take into account the reasonableness of the Master Servicer’s or Special Servicer’s, as applicable, property and borrower performance assumptions or other similar discretionary portions of the net present value calculation, Collateral Deficiency Amount or Appraisal Reduction Amount calculation.

(g)               Prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event (or, in the case of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Securitization, an Operating Advisor Consultation Event), the Operating Advisor’s review shall be limited to an after-the-action review of the reports, calculations and material described above (together with any additional information and material reviewed by the Operating Advisor), and, therefore, it shall have no involvement with respect to the determination and execution of Major Decisions and other similar actions that the Special Servicer may perform under this Agreement and shall have no obligations at any time with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan. In addition, with respect to the Operating Advisor’s review of the net present value calculations, the Operating Advisor’s recalculation does not take into account the reasonableness of the Master Servicer’s or Special Servicer’s property and borrower performance assumptions or other similar discretionary portions of the net present value calculation.

(h)               Subject to the requirements of confidentiality imposed on the Operating Advisor herein (including without limitation in respect of Privileged Information), the Operating Advisor shall respond to Inquiries proposed by Privileged Persons from time to time in accordance with the terms of Section 4.02(c) of this Agreement.

(i)                 The Operating Advisor and its Affiliates shall keep all information appropriately labeled as or which appears on its face to be “Privileged Information” confidential and shall not, without the prior written consent of the Special Servicer and either the Directing Holder (with respect to any Mortgage Loan other than a Non-Serviced Whole Loan and any applicable Excluded Loan and for so long as no Consultation Termination Event is continuing) or the Risk Retention Consultation Parties (with respect to any Mortgage Loan other than a Non-

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Serviced Whole Loan and any applicable Excluded Loan), as applicable, disclose such labeled Privileged Information to any Person (including Certificateholders other than the Directing Holder), other than (1) to the extent expressly required by this Agreement, to the other parties to this Agreement with a notice indicating that such information is Privileged Information, (2) pursuant to a Privileged Information Exception or (3) where necessary to support specific findings or conclusions concerning allegations of deviations from the Servicing Standard or the Special Servicer’s obligations under this Agreement (i) in the Operating Advisor Annual Report or (ii) in connection with a recommendation by the Operating Advisor to replace the Special Servicer. Each party to this Agreement that receives Privileged Information from the Operating Advisor with a notice stating that such information is Privileged Information shall not disclose such Privileged Information to any Person without the prior written consent of the Special Servicer and, unless a Control Termination Event is continuing, the Directing Holder (with respect to any Mortgage Loan other than a Non-Serviced Whole Loan and any applicable Excluded Loan) other than pursuant to a Privileged Information Exception. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Operating Advisor shall be permitted to share Privileged Information with its Affiliates and any subcontractors of the Operating Advisor that agree in writing to be bound by the same confidentiality provisions applicable to the Operating Advisor. Subject to the terms and conditions in this Agreement related to Privileged Information, the Operating Advisor agrees that it shall use information received from the Special Servicer pursuant to the terms of this Agreement solely for purposes of complying with its duties and obligations hereunder. In addition and for the avoidance of doubt, while the Operating Advisor may serve in a similar capacity with respect to other securitizations that involve the same parties or borrower involved in this securitization, the knowledge of the employees performing operating advisor functions for such other securitizations shall not be imputed to employees of the Operating Advisor involved in this securitization.

(j)                 On each Master Servicer Remittance Date, the Operating Advisor shall be paid the applicable Operating Advisor Fee from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.06 of this Agreement, as applicable. In addition, the Operating Advisor Consulting Fee shall be payable to the Operating Advisor with respect to each Major Decision for which the Operating Advisor has consultation rights. Each of the Operating Advisor Fee and the Operating Advisor Consulting Fee shall be payable from funds on deposit in the Collection Account as provided in Section 3.06 of this Agreement, but with respect to the Operating Advisor Consulting Fee only to the extent such Operating Advisor Consulting Fee is actually received from the related Borrower. When the Operating Advisor has consultation rights with respect to a Major Decision under this Agreement, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer processing the Major Decision shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to collect the applicable Operating Advisor Consulting Fee from the related Borrower in connection with such Major Decision, but only to the extent not prohibited by the related Loan Documents; but in no event shall the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, take any enforcement action with respect to the collection of such Operating Advisor Consulting Fee other than requests for collection. The Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, may waive or reduce the amount of any Operating Advisor Consulting Fee payable by the related Borrower if it determines that such full or partial waiver is in accordance with the Servicing Standard; provided that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall consult on a non-binding basis with the Operating Advisor prior to any such waiver or reduction.

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(k)               The Operating Advisor may delegate its duties to agents or subcontractors so long as the related agreements or arrangements with such agents or subcontractors are consistent with the provisions of this Agreement, and to the extent such agents or subcontractors satisfy clauses (iii), (iv) and (vi) of the definition of “Eligible Operating Advisor”. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, the Operating Advisor shall remain obligated and primarily liable for any actions required to be performed hereunder in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement without diminution of such obligation or liability or related obligation or liability by virtue of such delegation or arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from any Person acting as its agents or subcontractor to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the Operating Advisor alone were performing its obligations under this Agreement.

(l)                 If there are no Classes of Certificates outstanding (including the Loan-Specific Certificates) other than the Control Eligible Certificates, the Class RR Certificates, the Class S Certificates and the Class R Certificates, then all of the rights and obligations of the Operating Advisor under this Agreement will terminate without payment of any penalty or termination fee (other than any rights or obligations that accrued prior to the date of such termination (including accrued and unpaid compensation) and other than indemnification rights arising out of events occurring prior to such termination). If the Operating Advisor is terminated pursuant to this Section 3.31(l), then no replacement operating advisor shall be appointed. Upon receipt of written notice of such acts by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall provide the Operating Advisor with prompt notice upon its termination pursuant to this Section 3.31(l). The Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall be entitled to request that the Certificate Administrator provide, and the Certificate Administrator shall promptly (but no later than five (5) Business Days after such request) provide, confirmation of whether a termination pursuant to this Section 3.31(l) has occurred.

Section 3.32        Delivery of Excluded Information to the Certificate Administrator.

(a)               Any Excluded Information that the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor identifies and delivers to the Certificate Administrator for posting to the Certificate Administrator’s Website shall be delivered to the Certificate Administrator via e-mail (or such other electronic means as is mutually acceptable to the parties) in one or more separate files labeled “Excluded Information” followed by the applicable loan name and loan file to cmbsexcludedinformation@wellsfargo.com. For the avoidance of doubt, any information that is not appropriately labeled and delivered in accordance with this Section 3.32 shall not be separately posted as Excluded Information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, and any information appropriately labeled and delivered to the Certificate Administrator pursuant to this Section shall be posted on the Certificate Administrator’s Website under the “Excluded Information” section, as provided under Section 4.02(b). When so posted, Excluded Controlling Class Holders shall be prohibited from the access of Excluded Information with respect to any Excluded Controlling Class Loans on the Certificate Administrator’s Website (unless loan-by-loan segregation is later performed by the Certificate Administrator in which case such access shall only be prohibited with respect to the related Excluded Controlling Class Loan(s)). None of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor shall have any obligations to separately label and deliver any Excluded Information in accordance with this Section 3.32 until such party has received notice with respect to the related Excluded Controlling Class Loan in the form of Exhibit L-1E to this Agreement. Nothing set forth in this Agreement shall prohibit the Directing Holder, any

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Controlling Class Certificateholder or any Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholder from receiving, requesting or reviewing any Excluded Information relating to any Excluded Controlling Class Loan with respect to which the Directing Holder or such Controlling Class Certificateholder is not a Borrower Party and, if such Excluded Information is not available on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, such Directing Holder or Controlling Class Certificateholder or Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholder that is not a Borrower Party with respect to the related Excluded Controlling Class Loan shall be permitted to obtain such information upon reasonable request in accordance with Section 3.14(c) and the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, as applicable, may require and rely on such certifications prior to releasing any such information.

Section 3.33        Certain Matters with Respect to Joint Mortgage Loans.

(a)               If a Mortgage Loan Seller of a Joint Mortgage Loan (a “Repurchasing Seller”) repurchases, or substitutes for, the Note(s) (a “Repurchased Note”) related to such Joint Mortgage Loan that it sold to the Depositor, but the other Mortgage Loan Seller(s) of such Joint Mortgage Loan does not repurchase, or substitute for, the Note(s) related to such Joint Mortgage Loan that it sold to the Depositor, the provisions of this Section 3.33 shall apply prior to the adoption, pursuant to Section 12.08, of any amendment to this Agreement that provides otherwise. Each Mortgage Loan Seller of a Joint Mortgage Loan has agreed pursuant to the terms of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement that the terms set forth in this Section 3.33 with respect to the servicing and administration of such Joint Mortgage Loan shall apply if one or more of the Notes related to such Joint Mortgage Loan has been repurchased or, by way of substitution, otherwise removed from the Trust and at least one other Note related to such Joint Mortgage Loan is included in the Trust until such time as all of the Notes related to such Joint Mortgage Loan are no longer included in the Trust. For purposes of this Section 3.33 and Section 12.08 only, “Note” shall mean with respect to any Joint Mortgage Loan, each original promissory note and all allonges that collectively represents the Note with respect to such Joint Mortgage Loan and shall not be a collective reference to such promissory notes.

(b)               Custody of and record title under the Loan Documents with respect to the applicable Joint Mortgage Loan shall be held exclusively by the Trustee or the Custodian as provided under this Agreement, except that the Repurchasing Seller shall hold and retain title to its original Repurchased Note and any related endorsements thereof.

(i)                            All of the Notes with respect to any Joint Mortgage Loan shall be of equal priority, and no portion of any Note shall have priority or preference over any other portion of the other Notes or security therefor. Payments from the related Borrower (including, without limitation, any late fees) or any other amounts received with respect to each Note shall be collected as provided in this Agreement by the Master Servicer and shall be applied upon receipt by the Master Servicer pro rata to each related Note based on its respective Repurchased Percentage Interest, subject to Section 3.33(b)(ii). Payments or any other amounts received with respect to the related Repurchased Note shall be held for the benefit of the applicable Repurchasing Seller and remitted (net of its pro rata share of any Master Servicing Fees, Special Servicing Fees, Operating Advisor Fees and any other amounts due to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer) to the applicable Repurchasing Seller or its designee by the Master Servicer on each Distribution Date pursuant to instructions

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provided by the applicable Repurchasing Seller and deposited and applied in accordance with this Agreement, subject to (ii). If any Joint Mortgage Loan to which this Section 3.33 applies becomes REO Loans, payments or any other amounts received with respect to any such Joint Mortgage Loan shall be collected and shall be applied upon receipt by the Master Servicer pro rata to each related Note based on its respective Repurchased Percentage Interest, subject to Section 3.33(b)(ii). Any Appraisal Reduction Amounts calculated with respect to any Joint Mortgage Loan subject to this Section 3.33 shall be allocated to each related Note pro rata based upon the respective Stated Principal Balances thereof.

(ii)                         If the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, receives an aggregate payment of less than the aggregate amount due under any such Joint Mortgage Loan at any particular time, the applicable Repurchasing Seller shall receive from the Master Servicer an amount equal to such Repurchasing Seller’s Repurchased Percentage Interest of such payment. All expenses, losses and shortfalls relating solely to such Joint Mortgage Loan including, without limitation, losses of principal or interest, Nonrecoverable Advances, interest on Advances, Operating Advisor expenses, Special Servicing Fees, Workout Fees and Liquidation Fees (including any such fees related to the applicable Notes), shall be allocated between the holders of the related Notes pro rata based upon the respective Stated Principal Balances thereof. In no event shall any costs, expenses, fees or any other amounts related to any Mortgage Loan or Joint Mortgage Loan other than the applicable Joint Mortgage Loan be deducted from payments or any other amounts received with respect to such Joint Mortgage Loan and payable to the applicable Repurchasing Seller. For purposes of (i), this (ii) and Section 3.33(g), “Repurchased Percentage Interest” shall mean the percentage interest of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller in the applicable Joint Mortgage Loan.

(iii)                       A Joint Mortgage Loan to which this Section 3.33 applies shall be serviced for the benefit of the applicable Repurchasing Seller and the Certificateholders pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement in accordance with the Servicing Standard and in accordance with the provisions herein as if (A) such Joint Mortgage Loan were a Serviced Whole Loan, (B) the related Note(s) not repurchased were (1) a Mortgage Loan serviced pursuant to this Agreement and (2) the only Mortgage Loan that is part of such Joint Mortgage Loan, and (C) the related Repurchased Note were a Serviced Companion Loan. No Repurchasing Seller shall be permitted to terminate the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor as servicer, special servicer or operating advisor, respectively, of the related Repurchased Note. All rights of the mortgagee under each such Joint Mortgage Loan shall be exercised by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, on behalf of the Trust to the extent of its interest therein and the applicable Repurchasing Seller in accordance with this Agreement.

(iv)                     The related Repurchasing Seller shall be treated hereunder as if it were a Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder on a pari passu basis. Funds collected by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, and applied to the applicable Notes shall be deposited and disbursed in accordance with the provisions hereof relating to Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders. Compensation shall be paid to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Operating Advisor with respect to each Repurchased Note as provided in this Agreement as if each such Note were a Serviced Companion Loan.

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None of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor shall have any obligation to make P&I Advances with respect to any Repurchased Note or, if no related Note is part of the Trust, an Advance with respect to any Repurchased Note. Except as otherwise specified herein, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall have no reporting requirement with respect to any Repurchased Note other than to deliver to the related Repurchasing Seller any document as is required to be delivered to a Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder hereunder.

(c)               If any non-repurchased Note relating to a Joint Mortgage Loan to which this Section 3.33 applies is considered a Specially Serviced Loan, then any related Repurchased Note shall also be a Specially Serviced Loan under this Agreement. The Special Servicer shall cause such related Repurchased Note to be specially serviced for the benefit of the applicable Repurchasing Seller in accordance with the terms and provisions set forth in this Agreement and shall be entitled to any Special Servicing Fee, Workout Fee or Liquidation Fee payable to the Special Servicer under this Agreement as with respect to a Serviced Companion Loan.

(d)               If (A) the Master Servicer shall pay any amount to any Repurchasing Seller pursuant to the terms hereof in the belief or expectation that a related payment has been made or will be received or collected in connection with either or both of the applicable Notes and (B) such related payment is not received or collected by the Master Servicer, then the applicable Repurchasing Seller shall promptly on demand by the Master Servicer return such amount to the Master Servicer. If the Master Servicer determines at any time that any amount received or collected by the Master Servicer in respect of any Joint Mortgage Loans to which this Section 3.33 applies must be returned to the related Borrower or paid to any other person or entity pursuant to any insolvency law or otherwise, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Master Servicer shall not be required to distribute any portion thereof to the related Repurchasing Seller, and such Repurchasing Seller shall promptly on demand by the Master Servicer repay (which obligation shall survive the termination of this Agreement) any portion thereof that the Master Servicer shall have distributed to such Repurchasing Seller, together with interest thereon at such rate, if any, as the Master Servicer may pay to the related Borrower or such other person or entity with respect thereto.

(e)               Subject to this Agreement (including, without limitation, the consent and consultation rights of the Directing Holder and any consultation rights of the Operating Advisor), the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, on behalf of the holders of any of the Repurchased Notes, shall have the exclusive right and obligation to (i) administer, service and make all decisions and determinations regarding the related Joint Mortgage Loan and (ii) enforce the applicable Loan Documents as provided hereunder. Without limiting the generality of the preceding sentence, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, may agree to any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of, forgive interest on and principal of, capitalize interest on, permit the release, addition or substitution of collateral securing, and/or permit the release of the related Borrower on or any guarantor of any Joint Mortgage Loan it is required to service and administer as contemplated by this Section 3.33, without the consent of the related Repurchasing Seller, subject, however, to the terms of this Agreement as they pertain to a Serviced Companion Loan.

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(f)                In taking or refraining from taking any action permitted hereunder, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall each be subject to the same degree of care with respect to the administration and servicing of the Joint Mortgage Loan to which this Section 3.33 applies as is consistent with this Agreement; and shall be liable to any Repurchasing Seller only to the same extent as set forth herein with respect to any holder of a Serviced Companion Loan.

(g)               If the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer has made an Advance with respect to any Repurchased Note which would otherwise be reimbursable to such advancing party under this Agreement, and such Advance is determined to be a Nonrecoverable Advance, the applicable Repurchasing Seller shall reimburse the Trust in an amount equal to such Repurchasing Seller’s Repurchased Percentage Interest of such Nonrecoverable Advance with interest thereon; provided that, if the Repurchasing Seller does not reimburse the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, the Master Servicer shall reimburse the Trustee, itself and/or the Special Servicer, as applicable, for such amounts from the Collection Account. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the applicable Repurchasing Seller shall not be obligated to reimburse the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer (and amounts due to the applicable Repurchasing Seller shall not be offset) for Advances or interest thereon or any amounts related to any Mortgage Loans or any other Joint Mortgage Loan other than such amounts relating to the applicable Repurchased Note. To the extent that the applicable Repurchasing Seller reimburses any such Nonrecoverable Advances and such amounts are subsequently recovered, the applicable Repurchasing Seller shall receive a reimbursement from such recovery based on its Repurchased Percentage Interest of such recovery. This reimbursement right shall not limit the Trustee’s, the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s rights to reimbursement under this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the total liability of each Repurchasing Seller shall not exceed an amount equal to its Repurchased Percentage Interest of the amount to be reimbursed.

(h)               Each Repurchasing Seller shall have the right to assign the related Repurchased Note; provided that the assignee of the related Repurchased Note shall agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement.

(i)                 The Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall, in connection with their servicing and administrative duties under this Agreement, exercise efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to execute and deliver, on behalf of each Repurchasing Seller as a holder of a pari passu interest in the applicable Joint Mortgage Loan, any and all financing statements, continuation statements and other documents and instruments necessary to maintain the lien created by any Mortgage or other security document related to the applicable Joint Mortgage Loan on the related Mortgaged Property and related collateral, any and all modifications, waivers, amendments or consents to or with respect to the related Joint Mortgage Loan documents, and any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments with respect to the related Repurchased Note or related Repurchased Notes and the related Mortgaged Property all in accordance with, and subject to, the terms of this Agreement. Each Repurchasing Seller agrees to furnish, or cause to be furnished, to the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer any powers of attorney or other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, to carry out its servicing and administrative duties under this Agreement related to the applicable Joint Mortgage Loan; provided, however, that such Repurchasing Seller shall not be liable, and shall be

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indemnified by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, for any negligence with respect to, or misuse of, any such power of attorney by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be; and further provided that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, without the written consent of the applicable Repurchasing Seller, shall not initiate any action in the name of such Repurchasing Seller without indicating its representative capacity or take any action with the intent to cause and that actually causes, such Repurchasing Seller to be registered to do business in any state.

(j)                 Pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the applicable Repurchasing Seller is required to deliver to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, the Loan Documents related to the applicable Repurchased Note, any requests for release and any court pleadings, requests for trustee’s sale or other documents necessary to the foreclosure or trustee’s sale in respect of the related Mortgaged Property or to any legal action or to enforce any other remedies or rights provided by the Note(s) or the Mortgage(s) or otherwise available at law or equity with respect to the related Repurchased Note.

Section 3.34        Resignation Upon Prohibited Risk Retention Affiliation.

Under the Risk Retention Rule, any Pacific Design Center Retaining Third-Party Purchaser is prohibited from being Risk Retention Affiliated with, among other persons, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer. As long as the prohibition exists, upon the occurrence of (i) a Servicing Officer of the Master Servicer or a Responsible Officer of the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as applicable, obtaining actual knowledge that the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as applicable, is or has become Risk Retention Affiliated with or a Risk Retention Affiliate of the Pacific Design Center Retaining Third-Party Purchaser (in such case, an “Impermissible TPP Affiliate”), (ii) the Master Servicer, Certificate Administrator or the Trustee receiving written notice by any other party to this Agreement, the Pacific Design Center Retaining Third-Party Purchaser, any Sponsor or any Underwriter or Initial Purchaser that the Master Servicer, Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as applicable, is or has become an Impermissible TPP Affiliate, or (iii) the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer obtaining actual knowledge that it is or has become a Risk Retention Affiliate of the Pacific Design Center Retaining Third-Party Purchaser or any other party to this Agreement (in such case, an “Impermissible Operating Advisor Affiliate” “Impermissible Asset Representations Reviewer Affiliate”, respectively; and either of an Impermissible TPP Affiliate, an Impermissible Operating Advisor Affiliate and an Impermissible Asset Representations Reviewer Affiliate being an “Impermissible Risk Retention Affiliate”), such Impermissible Risk Retention Affiliate shall promptly notify GSMC, as Retaining Sponsor, and the other parties to this Agreement and resign in accordance with Section 6.04, Section 8.07 or Section 11.03, as applicable. The resigning Impermissible Risk Retention Affiliate shall bear all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of each other party to this Agreement, the Trust and each Rating Agency in connection with such resignation as and to the extent required under this Agreement; provided however, if the affiliation causing an Impermissible Risk Retention Affiliate is the result of the Pacific Design Center Retaining Third-Party Purchaser acquiring an interest in such Impermissible Risk Retention Affiliate or an affiliate of such Impermissible Risk Retention Affiliate, then such costs and expenses will be an expense of the Trust.

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Section 3.35        Trust Subordinate Companion Loan.

(a)               With respect to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, references to actions being taken for the benefit of such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or in the best interests of the holders of the Loan-Specific Certificates in this Agreement shall be deemed to be taken (and subject to the same considerations) also for the benefit of, or to be taken in the best interests of, the Holders of such Loan-Specific Certificates, as beneficial owners of such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan.

(b)               Any notices, reports or other information related to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan required to be delivered by a party under this Agreement or the related Intercreditor Agreement to the holders of the Loan-Specific Certificates or the holders of such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan shall be delivered (in lieu of delivery to such holders) to the related Pacific Design Center Loan-Specific Directing Holder by such party within the same time periods as such notices, reports or other information are required to be delivered to the holder of such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan.

(c)               Any consents required to be obtained from the holder of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan under this Agreement or the related Intercreditor Agreement or any obligation under this Agreement or the related Intercreditor Agreement of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer or other party to this Agreement to consult with or obtain the consent of or follow the direction of the holder of such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan shall instead be deemed to require such Person to consult with, obtain the consent of or follow the direction of the related Pacific Design Center Loan-Specific Directing Holder.

(d)               With respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan, subject to the foregoing and applicable REMIC Provisions, the Pacific Design Center Loan-Specific Directing Holder may direct the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, on behalf of the Trustee and the holders of the Loan-Specific Certificates to implement the holder of such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan’s exercise of any rights, to the extent that each such holder is entitled to such rights under the related Intercreditor Agreement.

(e)               Prior to the Special Servicer obtaining the consent of, or consulting with the Pacific Design Center Loan-Specific Directing Holder, to the extent required under the related Intercreditor Agreement, such Pacific Design Center Loan-Specific Directing Holder shall have delivered to the Special Servicer an officer’s certificate in form and substance acceptable to the Special Servicer (with a copy to the Master Servicer), as applicable, stating such party is not a “Mortgage Loan Borrower Related Party” (as defined under the related Intercreditor Agreement).

(f)                Subject to Section 3.01(f), at any time the Pacific Design Center Mortgage Loan is not part of the Trust, the Master Servicer or Special Servicer shall have no obligation to service such Mortgage Loan and shall solely service the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan until such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan is removed from the Trust pursuant to Section 3.35(g) and shall have no obligation to make any Advance with respect to such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, such related Mortgage Loan or the related Serviced AB Whole Loan.

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(g)               Within two (2) Business Days following the removal of the Pacific Design Center Mortgage Loan from the Trust as a result of a repurchase of such Mortgage Loan by the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Special Servicer shall provide written notice (an “Exchange Election Notice”) to the Certificate Administrator who shall upon receipt thereof notify the Pacific Design Center Loan-Specific Directing Holder (by posting such Exchange Election Notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website) that the Holders of all of the Loan-Specific Certificates may unanimously elect to exchange their Certificates for the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (an “Exchange”) by delivery of written notice (an “Acceptance Notice”) to the Depositor, Master Servicer, Special Servicer, Certificate Administrator and Trustee within 5 Business Days of receipt of the Exchange Election Notice. In the event an Acceptance Notice is not delivered within such 5 Business Days, the Special Servicer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to sell such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, for the fair value of such asset. The Holders of such class of Certificates shall pay (from their own funds and not from amounts allocable from any portion of the Trust to such Class of Certificates) all costs and expenses of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and Trustee incurred in connection with the Exchange. The Exchange shall be subject to the reasonable procedures established by the Trustee and Certificate Registrar in connection with the Exchange.

Section 3.36        Pacific Design Center Loan-Specific Directing Holder. (a)  The Certificateholder(s) holding more than fifty percent (50%) of the Certificate Balance of the Pacific Design Center Controlling Class, shall have the right to appoint and replace (for any reason) the Pacific Design Center Loan-Specific Directing Holder.

(b)               The Pacific Design Center Loan-Specific Directing Holder shall not have any liability to the Holders of the Loan-Specific Certificates or any other Certificateholders for any action taken, or for refraining from the taking of any action or the giving of any consent or failure to give any consent in good faith pursuant to this Agreement or errors in judgment. By its acceptance of a Pacific Design Center Loan-Specific Certificate or other Certificate, each holder of a Pacific Design Center Loan-Specific Certificate or other Certificate will be deemed to have confirmed its agreement that such Pacific Design Center Loan-Specific Directing Holder may take or refrain from taking actions, or give or refrain from giving any consents, that favor the interests of the appointing Certificateholder(s) over any other holder of such Class of Certificates or other Certificate, and that such Pacific Design Center Loan-Specific Directing Holder may have special relationships and interests that conflict with the interests of other Holders of such Class of Certificates or any other Certificates, will be deemed to have agreed to take no action against such Pacific Design Center Loan-Specific Directing Holder or any of its officers, directors, employees, principals or agents as a result of such special relationships or interests, and that any Pacific Design Center Loan-Specific Directing Holder will not be deemed to have been grossly negligent or reckless, or to have acted in bad faith or engaged in willful misconduct or to have recklessly disregarded any exercise of its rights by reason of its having acted or refrained from acting, or having given any consent or having failed to give any consent, solely in the interests of the Holders of the Loan-Specific Certificates.

(c)               Each Holder of a Pacific Design Center Loan-Specific Certificate is hereby deemed to have agreed by virtue of its purchase of such a Certificate to provide its name and address to the Certificate Administrator and to notify the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Special Servicer and the Operating Advisor of the transfer of any such

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Certificate, the selection of a Pacific Design Center Loan-Specific Directing Holder or the resignation or removal thereof, by delivering a notice to each such Person substantially in the form of Exhibit NN, attached hereto (which notice shall include the contact information of the selected Pacific Design Center Loan-Specific Directing Holder, if applicable). Notwithstanding the foregoing, any transfer of the Class PDC-HRR Certificate shall be subject to the transfer restrictions set forth in Section 5.01(j) and Section 5.02(m) of this Agreement.

(d)               With respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan, the Pacific Design Center Loan-Specific Directing Holder shall be entitled, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Control Termination Event, to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Noteholder”, as defined in and under the terms of, the related Intercreditor Agreement.

Article IV
DISTRIBUTIONS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS

Section 4.01        Distributions. (a) REMIC-Related Deemed Deposits and Distributions. On each Distribution Date, amounts held in the Lower-Tier Distribution Account shall be withdrawn (to the extent of the Pooled Aggregate Available Funds, including or reduced by, to the extent required by Section 3.05(e) of this Agreement, the Withheld Amounts, plus any amount withdrawn from the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account pursuant to Section 3.05(i) of this Agreement) in the case of all Classes of Lower-Tier Regular Interests (such amount, the “Lower-Tier Distribution Amount”). On each Distribution Date, distributions in respect of principal shall be deemed to have been made on each Class of Lower-Tier Regular Interests in an amount equal to the amount of principal actually distributed on its respective Corresponding Certificates as provided in Section 4.01(b) of this Agreement. As of any date, the principal balance of each Lower-Tier Regular Interest shall equal the Lower-Tier Principal Balance thereof. On each Distribution Date, distributions of interest made in respect of any Class of Non-VRR Certificates (excluding the Class S Certificates) or the VRR Interest Upper-Tier Regular Interests pursuant to Section 4.01(b), Section 4.01(c) or Section 9.01 of this Agreement shall be deemed to have first been distributed from the Lower-Tier REMIC to the Upper-Tier REMIC in respect of its Corresponding Lower-Tier Regular Interest set forth in the Preliminary Statement to this Agreement; provided that each Lower-Tier Regular Interest shall be deemed to have received distributions in respect of interest in an amount equal to the Interest Distribution Amount in respect of the Class X-A Strip Rate, Class X-D Strip Rate, Class X-F Strip Rate, Class X-G Strip Rate or Class X-H Strip Rate of its corresponding Class X Component, as applicable, in each case to the extent actually distributed to the related Class of Corresponding Certificates as provided in Section 4.01(b) of this Agreement. In addition, on each Distribution Date, amounts held in the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Distribution Account shall be withdrawn (to the extent of the Pacific Design Center Available Funds, including or reduced by, to the extent required by Section 3.05(e) of this Agreement, the Withheld Amounts, plus any amount withdrawn from the Pacific Design Center Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account pursuant to Section 3.05(i) of this Agreement) in the case of all Classes of Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Regular Interests (such amount, the “Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Distribution Amount”). On each Distribution Date, distributions in respect of principal shall be deemed to have been made on each

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Class of Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Regular Interests in an amount equal to the amount of principal actually distributed on its respective Corresponding Certificates as provided in Section 4.01(c) of this Agreement. As of any date, the principal balance of each Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Regular Interest shall equal the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Principal Balance thereof. On each Distribution Date, distributions of interest made in respect of any Class of Loan-Specific Certificates on each Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01(c) of this Agreement shall be deemed to have first been distributed from the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC to the Upper-Tier REMIC in respect of its Corresponding Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interest set forth in the Preliminary Statement to this Agreement.

All distributions of reimbursements of Pooled Realized Losses or VRR Realized Losses, as applicable, and Additional Trust Fund Expenses made in respect of any Class of Principal Balance Certificates or the VRR Interest Upper-Tier Regular Interests on each Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01 of this Agreement shall be deemed to have first been distributed from the Lower-Tier REMIC to the Upper-Tier REMIC in respect of its Corresponding Lower-Tier Regular Interest set forth in the Preliminary Statement to this Agreement; provided that distributions of reimbursements of Pooled Realized Losses or VRR Realized Losses, as applicable, and Additional Trust Fund Expenses shall be made in sequential order of the priority set forth in Section 4.01(b) and Section 4.01(c) for principal distributions, up to the amount of Pooled Realized Losses or VRR Realized Losses, as applicable, and Additional Trust Fund Expenses previously allocated to a particular Lower-Tier Regular Interest corresponding to such Class of Certificates. In addition, all distributions of reimbursements of Pacific Design Center Realized Losses, and Additional Trust Fund Expenses made in respect of any Class of Loan-Specific Certificates on each Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01 of this Agreement shall be deemed to have first been distributed from the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC to the Upper-Tier REMIC in respect of its Corresponding Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interest set forth in the Preliminary Statement to this Agreement; provided, that distributions of reimbursements of Pacific Design Center Realized Non-VRR Realized Losses, and Additional Trust Fund Expenses shall be made in sequential order of the priority set forth in Section 4.01(c) for principal distributions, up to the amount of Pacific Design Center Realized Losses, and Additional Trust Fund Expenses previously allocated to a particular Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interest corresponding to such Class of Loan-Specific Certificates.

On each Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator shall apply amounts related to each Prepayment Premium and Yield Maintenance Charge then on deposit (i) in the Lower-Tier Distribution Account and received during or prior to the related Collection Period to the Lower-Tier Regular Interests in proportion to the amount of principal deemed distributed to each Class of Lower-Tier Regular Interests on such Distribution Date and (ii) in the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Distribution Account and received during or prior to the related Collection Period to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Regular Interests in proportion to the amount of principal deemed distributed to each Class of Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Regular Interests on such Distribution Date, in each case pursuant to this Section 4.01(a).

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amount of any Prepayment Premiums and any Yield Maintenance Charges distributed to the Upper-Tier REMIC pursuant to this Section 4.01(a) into the Upper-Tier Distribution Account. Any amount in respect of the Mortgage Pool that remains in the Lower-Tier Distribution Account or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Distribution Account on each Distribution Date after the deemed distribution described in the preceding sentence shall be distributed to the Holders of the Class R Certificates (in respect of the Class LTR Interest or the Class LPDC-R Interest, as applicable) (but only to the extent of such amount for such Distribution Date remaining in the Lower-Tier Distribution Account or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Distribution Account, as applicable, if any).

(b)               Distributions of Pooled Available Funds. On each Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator shall withdraw from the Upper-Tier Distribution Account the amounts deposited in the Upper-Tier Distribution Account to the extent of the Pooled Available Funds in respect of such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01(a) of this Agreement, and distribute such amount to the Holders of the Pooled Certificates and the Class R Certificates in the amounts and in the order of priority set forth below:

(i)                                 First, to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class X-A, Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G and Class X-H Certificates, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to, and pro rata in accordance with, the respective Interest Distribution Amount for those Classes;

(ii)                               Second, to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB and Class A-4 Certificates, in reduction of the Certificate Balances thereof, prior to the Crossover Date, in the following priority:

(A)                         first, to the Class A-SB Certificates, in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date, until the Certificate Balance of such Class is reduced to the Class A-SB Planned Principal Balance;

(B)                           second, to the Class A-1 Certificates, in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount (or the portion of it remaining after distributions on the Class A-SB Certificates pursuant to (A) above in this clause (b)(ii)) for such Distribution Date, until the Certificate Balance of such Class is reduced to zero;

(C)                           third, to the Class A-2 Certificates, in reduction of Certificate Balance thereof, an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount (or the portion of it remaining after distributions on the Class A-SB and Class A-1 Certificates pursuant to (A) and (B) above in this clause (b)(ii)) for such Distribution Date, until the Certificate Balance of such Class is reduced to zero;

(D)                          fourth, to the Class A-3 Certificates, in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount (or the portion of it remaining after distributions on the Class A-SB, Class A-1 and Class A-2 Certificates pursuant to (A), (B) and (C) above in this clause (b)(ii)) for

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such Distribution Date, until the Certificate Balance of such Class is reduced to zero;

(E)                            fifth, to the Class A-4 Certificates, in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount (or the portion of it remaining after distributions on the Class A-SB, Class A-1, Class A-2 and Class A-3 Certificates pursuant to (A), (B), (C) and (D) above in this clause (b)(ii)) for such Distribution Date, until the Certificate Balance of such Class is reduced to zero;

(F)                            sixth, to the Class A-SB Certificates, in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount (or the portion of it remaining after distributions on the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB and Class A-4 Certificates pursuant to (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) above in this clause (b)(ii)) for such Distribution Date, until the Certificate Balance of such Class is reduced to zero;

(iii)                           Third, to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB and Class A-4 Certificates, up to an amount equal to, and pro rata based upon, the aggregate unreimbursed Pooled Realized Losses previously allocated to those Classes of Certificates;

(iv)                          Fourth, to the Class A-M Certificates in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Interest Distribution Amount of such Class;

(v)                             Fifth, to the Class A-M Certificates, in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount less amounts of Principal Distribution Amount distributed pursuant to all prior clauses, until the Certificate Balance of such Class A-M is reduced to zero;

(vi)                          Sixth, to the Class A-M Certificates, up to an amount equal to the aggregate of unreimbursed Pooled Realized Losses previously allocated to such Class;

(vii)                      Seventh, to the Class B Certificates in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Interest Distribution Amount of such Class;

(viii)                    Eighth, to the Class B Certificates, in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount less amounts of Principal Distribution Amount distributed pursuant to all prior clauses, until the Certificate Balance of such Class is reduced to zero;

(ix)                            Ninth, to the Class B Certificates, up to an amount equal to the aggregate of unreimbursed Pooled Realized Losses previously allocated to such Class;

(x)                               Tenth, to the Class C Certificates in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Interest Distribution Amount of such Class;

(xi)                            Eleventh, to the Class C Certificates, in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount less amounts of Principal

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Distribution Amount distributed pursuant to all prior clauses, until the Certificate Balance of such Class C is reduced to zero;

(xii)                         Twelfth, to the Class C Certificates, up to an amount equal to the aggregate of unreimbursed Pooled Realized Losses previously allocated to such Class;

(xiii)                      Thirteenth, to the Class D Certificates in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Interest Distribution Amount of such Class;

(xiv)                     Fourteenth, to the Class D Certificates, in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount less amounts of Principal Distribution Amount distributed pursuant to all prior clauses, until the Certificate Balance of such Class is reduced to zero;

(xv)                        Fifteenth, to the Class D Certificates, up to an amount equal to the aggregate of unreimbursed Pooled Realized Losses previously allocated to such Class;

(xvi)                     Sixteenth, to the Class E Certificates in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Interest Distribution Amount of such Class;

(xvii)                  Seventeenth, to the Class E Certificates in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount, less amounts of Principal Distribution Amount distributed pursuant to all prior clauses, until the Certificate Balance of such Class is reduced to zero;

(xviii)               Eighteenth, to the Class E Certificates, up to an amount equal to the aggregate of unreimbursed Pooled Realized Losses previously allocated to such Class;

(xix)                       Nineteenth, to the Class F Certificates in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Interest Distribution Amount of such Class;

(xx)                          Twentieth, to the Class F Certificates in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount less the amount of the Principal Distribution Amount distributed pursuant to all prior clauses, until the Certificate Balance of such Class is reduced to zero;

(xxi)                       Twenty-first, to the Class F Certificates, up to an amount equal to the aggregate of unreimbursed Pooled Realized Losses previously allocated to such Class;

(xxii)                     Twenty-second, to the Class G Certificates in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Interest Distribution Amount of such Class;

(xxiii)                  Twenty-third, to the Class G Certificates in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount less the amount of the Principal Distribution Amount distributed pursuant to all prior clauses, until the Certificate Balance of such Class is reduced to zero;

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(xxiv)                Twenty-fourth, to the Class G Certificates, up to an amount equal to the aggregate of unreimbursed Pooled Realized Losses previously allocated to such Class;

(xxv)                   Twenty-fifth, to the Class H Certificates in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Interest Distribution Amount of such Class;

(xxvi)                Twenty-sixth, to the Class H Certificates in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount less the amount of the Principal Distribution Amount distributed pursuant to all prior clauses, until the Certificate Balance of such Class is reduced to zero;

(xxvii)             Twenty-seventh, to the Class H Certificates, up to an amount equal to the aggregate of unreimbursed Pooled Realized Losses previously allocated to such Class; and

(xxviii)          Twenty-eighth, to the Class R Certificates (in respect of the Class UTR Interest), any amounts of Available Funds remaining in the Upper-Tier Distribution Account.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, on each Distribution Date occurring on and after the Crossover Date, regardless of the allocation of principal payments described in priority Second above, the Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date will be distributed pursuant to Section 4.01(b)(ii) to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB and Class A-4 Certificates, pro rata, based on their respective Certificate Balances, in reduction of their respective Certificate Balances, until the Certificate Balance of each such Class of Certificates is reduced to zero, and without regard to the Class A-SB Planned Principal Balance.

(c)               Distributions of Pacific Design Center Available Funds on the Loan-Specific Certificates and Class R Certificates: On each Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator shall withdraw from the Upper-Tier Distribution Account the amounts deposited in the Upper-Tier Distribution Account to the extent of the Pacific Design Center Available Funds in respect of such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01(a) of this Agreement, and distribute such amount to the Holders of the Loan-Specific Certificates in the amounts and in the order of priority set forth below:

(i)                                 First, to the Class PDC-A1 Certificates, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Pacific Design Center Interest Distribution Amount for such Class;

(ii)                              Second, to the Class PDC-A1 Certificates, in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, an amount equal to the Pacific Design Center Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date, until the Certificate Balance of the Class PDC-A1 Certificates has been reduced to zero

(iii)                           Third, to the Class PDC-A1 Certificates, up to an amount equal to the aggregate unreimbursed Pacific Design Center Realized Losses previously allocated to such Class;

(iv)                          Fourth, to the Class PDC-A2 Certificates, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Pacific Design Center Interest Distribution Amount of such Class;

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(v)                             Fifth, to the Class PDC-A2 Certificates, in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, an amount equal to the Pacific Design Center Principal Distribution Amount less amounts of Pacific Design Center Principal Distribution Amount distributed pursuant to all prior clauses, until the Certificate Balance of such Class is reduced to zero;

(vi)                          Sixth, to the Class PDC-A2 Certificates, up to an amount equal to the aggregate of unreimbursed Pacific Design Center Realized Losses previously allocated to such Class;

(vii)                       Seventh, to the Class PDC-HRR Certificates, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Pacific Design Center Interest Distribution Amount of such Class;

(viii)                     Eighth, to the Class PDC-HRR Certificates, in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, an amount equal to the Pacific Design Center Principal Distribution Amount, less amounts of Pacific Design Center Principal Distribution Amount distributed pursuant to all prior clauses, until the Certificate Balance of such Class is reduced to zero;

(ix)                             Ninth, to the Class PDC-HRR Certificates, up to an amount equal to the aggregate of unreimbursed Pacific Design Center Realized Losses previously allocated to such Class; and

(x)                                Tenth, to the Class R Certificates (in respect of the Class LPDC-R Interest), any amounts of Pacific Design Center Available Funds remaining in the Upper-Tier Distribution Account.

(d)               Distributions of VRR Available Funds. On each Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator shall withdraw from the Upper-Tier Distribution Account the amounts on deposit therein, to the extent of the VRR Available Funds for such Distribution Date, and shall distribute such amounts to the Holders of the Class RR Certificates and the RR Interest Owners in accordance with this section (d).

On each Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator shall apply the then applicable VRR Available Funds for such Distribution Date to make distributions to the Holders of the Class RR Certificates and the RR Interest Owners for the following purposes and in the following order of priority:

(i)                             first, to the RR Interest and the Class RR Certificates, pro rata, based on their respective VRR Interest Balances, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the VRR Interest Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date;

(ii)                         second, to the RR Interest and the Class RR Certificates, pro rata based on their respective VRR Interest Balances, in reduction of their respective VRR Interest Balance thereof, up to an amount equal to the VRR Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date until the outstanding VRR Interest Balance has been reduced to zero; and

(iii)                       third, to reimburse (with interest) prior write-offs of the respective VRR Interest Balance of the RR Interest and the Class RR Certificates, pro rata based on their respective VRR Interest Balances up to an amount equal to the unreimbursed VRR

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Realized Losses previously allocated to the VRR Interest, plus interest in an amount equal to the VRR Realized Loss Interest Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date;

provided that, with respect to any Distribution Date, to the extent that VRR Available Funds for such Distribution Date exceeds the distributions to the Holders of the Class RR Certificates and the RR Interest Owners on such Distribution Date pursuant to the immediately preceding clauses (i) through (iii), the Certificate Administrator shall distribute such excess to the Holders of the Class R Certificates.

(e)               [Reserved].

(f)                Distributions of Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges. On each Distribution Date, following the distribution from the Lower-Tier Distribution Account in respect of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests pursuant to Section 4.01(a) of this Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall make distributions of any Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges collected on the Mortgage Loans during the related Collection Period from amounts deposited in the Upper-Tier Distribution Account pursuant to Section 3.05(f) of this Agreement, as follows:

On any Distribution Date, any Non-VRR Percentage of the Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges collected on the Mortgage Loans during the related Collection Period (such portion of such Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges, the “Non-VRR Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges”) shall be distributed to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E Certificates in an amount equal to, in the case of each such Class, the product of (a) a fraction, not greater than one, the numerator of which is the amount distributed as principal to such Class on such Distribution Date, and whose denominator is the total amount distributed as principal to the Pooled Principal Balance Certificates on such Distribution Date, (b) the Base Interest Fraction for the related Principal Prepayment and such Class of Certificates and (c) the amount of such Non-VRR Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges.

Any Yield Maintenance Charges or Prepayment Premiums collected on the Mortgage Loans collected during the related Collection Period and remaining after such distributions described in the preceding paragraph (the “IO Group YM Distribution Amount”) shall be allocated and distributed in the following manner:

(i)                                 to the Class X-A Certificates, in an amount equal to the product of (a) a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate amount of principal distributed on the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4 and Class A-M Certificates on such Distribution Date and the denominator of which is the total Principal Distribution amount in respect of such Distribution Date, multiplied by (b) the IO Group YM Distribution Amount; and

(ii)                              to the Class X-D Certificates, the IO Group YM Distribution Amount remaining after such distribution to the holders of the Class X-A Certificates as described in (i) above.

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On each Distribution Date, amounts on deposit in the Upper-Tier Distribution Account that represent the VRR Percentage of such Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges collected on the Mortgage Loans during the related Collection Period shall be distributed by the Certificate Administrator to the VRR Interest Owners.

On any Distribution Date, any Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges collected in respect of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan during the related Collection Period shall be distributed by the Certificate Administrator in the following manner:(a) to the Holders of the Class PDC-A1, Class PDC-A2 and Class PDC-HRR Certificates in an amount equal to the product of (x) a fraction whose numerator is the amount of principal distributed to such Class of Loan-Specific Certificates on such Distribution Date and whose denominator is the total amount of principal distributed to the Holders of each Class of Loan-Specific Certificates on such Distribution Date, (y) the aggregate amount of Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges allocated to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan. If there is more than one Class of Loan-Specific Certificates entitled to distributions of principal on any particular Distribution Date on which Yield Maintenance Charges are distributable to such Classes, the aggregate amount of such Yield Maintenance Charges shall be allocated among all such Classes of Loan-Specific Certificates up to, and on a pro rata basis in accordance with, their respective entitlements in those Yield Maintenance Charges in accordance with the first sentence of this paragraph.

(g)               Gain-on-Sale Accounts. On each Master Servicer Remittance Date, the Certificate Administrator shall determine if the Pooled Available Funds for such Distribution Date (determined without regard to the inclusion of any Gain-on-Sale Proceeds therein) would be sufficient to pay all interest and principal due and owing to reimburse all previously allocated Pooled Realized Losses reimbursable to the Holders of the Pooled Certificates on such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01(b). If the Certificate Administrator determines that such Pooled Available Funds (as so determined) would not be sufficient to make such payments and reimbursements, then the Certificate Administrator shall withdraw from the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account (or sub-account thereof) and shall deposit in the Lower-Tier Distribution Account on the applicable Master Servicer Remittance Date an amount (to be included in the Pooled Available Funds for the related Distribution Date for allocation between the VRR Interest and the Pooled Certificates) equal to the lesser of (i) the amounts then on deposit in the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and (ii) the sum of (A) the amount of the applicable insufficiency and (B) the VRR Allocation Percentage of the amount described in the immediately preceding clause (A).

Any amounts remaining in the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account after such distributions on any Distribution Date that (A) are allocable to the Mortgage Loans shall be held and maintained in such account and applied to offset future Pooled Realized Losses and VRR Realized Losses, as applicable, and Additional Trust Fund Expenses from time to time; and (B) are allocable to the Serviced Companion Loans (other than the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan), shall be remitted within one Business Day after each such Distribution Date by the Certificate Administrator to the Master Servicer (which shall remit to the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders in accordance with Section 3.05(h)).

On each Distribution Date, immediately after giving effect to the operation of the two preceding paragraphs, amounts held in the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account (other than amounts allocable to any related Serviced Companion Loan or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan)

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pursuant to the terms of any related Intercreditor Agreement) that exceed amounts reasonably required (as determined by the Certificate Administrator) to offset future Pooled Realized Losses and VRR Realized Losses, as applicable, and Additional Trust Fund Expenses, shall be distributed to the Holders of the Class R Certificates (in respect of the Class LTR Interest) and, upon termination of the Trust Fund, any amounts remaining in the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account (other than amounts allocable to any related Serviced Companion Loan pursuant to the terms of any related Intercreditor Agreement) shall be distributed by the Certificate Administrator to the Class R Certificates (in respect of the Class LTR Interest). Amounts paid with respect to the Mortgage Loans from the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account pursuant to the preceding clauses (i) and (ii) shall first be deemed to have been distributed to the Lower-Tier Regular Interests in reimbursement of Pooled Realized Losses and VRR Realized Losses, as applicable, and Additional Trust Fund Expenses previously allocated thereto in the same manner as provided in Section 4.01(a) of this Agreement. Amounts paid from the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account will not reduce the Certificate Balances of any Class of Non-VRR Certificates, Class S Certificates or the Class RR Certificates receiving such distributions.

On each Distribution Date, to the extent that any gains are realized on sales of the Pacific Design Center Mortgaged Property related to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, such gains shall be deposited into the Pacific Design Center Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account. In connection with each Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator shall determine if the Pacific Design Center Available Funds for such Distribution Date (determined without regard to the inclusion of any such gains therein) would be sufficient to pay all interest and principal due and owing to, and to reimburse (with interest thereon) all previously allocated Pacific Design Center Realized Losses and Additional Trust Fund Expenses (allocable to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Securitization) reimbursable to, the holders of the Loan-Specific Certificates on such Distribution Date. If the Certificate Administrator determines that such Pacific Design Center Available Funds (as so determined) would not be sufficient to make such payments and reimbursements, then the Certificate Administrator shall withdraw from the Pacific Design Center Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and deposit in the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Distribution Account the Pacific Design Center Gain-on-Sale Remittance Amount. In addition, holders of the Class R Certificates (in respect of the Class LPDC-R Interest) will be entitled to distributions of amounts on deposit in the Pacific Design Center Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account that exceed amounts reasonably anticipated to be required to offset possible future Pacific Design Center Realized Losses and Additional Trust Fund Expenses (allocable to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Securitization), as determined by the Special Servicer from time to time, or that remain after all distributions with respect to the Loan-Specific Certificates on the final Distribution Date.

(h)               Realized Losses. On each Distribution Date, immediately following the distributions to be made on such date pursuant to Section 4.01(b), the Certificate Administrator shall calculate the amount, if any, of the Pooled Realized Loss and VRR Realized Loss for such Distribution Date. Any allocation of Pooled Realized Losses to any Class of Principal Balance Certificates and VRR Realized Losses to the VRR Interest shall be made by reducing the Certificate Balance and VRR Interest Balance, as applicable, thereof by the amount so allocated. On each Distribution Date, immediately following distributions to be made on such date pursuant to Section 4.01(c), the Certificate Administrator shall calculate the amount, if any of the Pacific Design Center Realized Loss for such Distribution Date. Any allocation of Pacific Design Center

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Realized Losses to any Class of Loan-Specific Certificates shall be made by reducing the Certificate Balance thereof by the amount so allocated. The allocation of Pooled Realized Losses, VRR Realized Losses and Pacific Design Center Realized Losses shall constitute allocations of losses and other shortfalls experienced by the Trust Fund.

The Certificate Balances of each Class of Pooled Principal Balance Certificates will be reduced without distribution on any Distribution Date as a write-off to the extent of any Pooled Realized Losses allocated to such Class of Certificates with respect to such date. Any such write-offs will be applied to the Classes of Pooled Principal Balance Certificates in the following order, in each case until the Certificate Balance of such Class is reduced to zero: first, to the Class H Certificates; second, to the Class G Certificates; third, to the Class F Certificates; fourth, to the Class E Certificates; fifth, to the Class D Certificates; sixth, to the Class C Certificates, seventh, to the Class B Certificates; eighth, to the Class A-M Certificates; and finally, to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB and Class A-4 Certificates, pro rata, based on their respective Certificate Balances. The Certificate Balances of each Class of Loan-Specific Principal Balance Certificates will be reduced without distribution on any Distribution Date as a write-off to the extent of any Pacific Design Center Realized Losses allocated to such Class of Loan-Specific Certificates with respect to such date. Any such write-offs will be applied to the Classes Loan-Specific Certificates in the following order, in each case until the Certificate Balance of such Class is reduced to zero: first, to the Class PDC-HRR Certificates, second, to the Class PDC-A2 Certificates, and finally, to the Class PDC-A1 Certificates, in each case until the remaining Certificate Balances of such Classes of Certificates have been reduced to zero.

Any Realized Losses so allocated to any Class of Certificates shall be allocated among the respective Certificates of such Class in proportion to the Percentage Interests evidenced thereby.

On each Distribution Date, any VRR Realized Loss for such Distribution Date shall be allocated to the VRR Interest; and, in connection therewith, the VRR Interest Balance shall be reduced without distribution, as a write-off, to the extent of such VRR Realized Loss.

Distributions in reimbursement of Pooled Realized Losses or VRR Realized Losses, as applicable, previously allocated to the respective Classes of the Pooled Principal Balance Certificates and distributions in reimbursement of VRR Realized Losses previously allocated to the VRR Interest shall be made in the amounts and manner specified in Section 4.01(b) or Section 4.01(c), as applicable. Additional Trust Fund Expenses and shortfalls in Pooled Aggregate Available Funds due to extraordinary expenses of the Trust Fund (including indemnification expenses), a reduction in the Mortgage Rate on a Mortgage Loan by a bankruptcy court pursuant to a plan of reorganization or pursuant to any of its equitable powers, or otherwise, shall be treated as and allocated in the same manner as Pooled Realized Losses and VRR Realized Losses. Reimbursement of previously allocated Pooled Realized Losses and VRR Realized Losses will not constitute distributions of principal for any purpose and will not result in an additional reduction in the Certificate Balance of the Class of Pooled Certificates or VRR Interest Upper-Tier Regular Interests in respect of which any such reimbursement is made. Distributions in reimbursement of Pacific Design Center Realized Losses previously allocated to the respective Classes of the Loan-Specific Certificates shall be made in the amounts and manner specified in Section 4.01(c). Additional Trust Fund Expenses attributable to the Trust Subordinate Companion

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Loan and shortfalls in Pacific Design Center Available Funds due to extraordinary expenses of the Trust Fund (including indemnification expenses), a reduction in the Mortgage Rate on the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan by a bankruptcy court pursuant to a plan of reorganization or pursuant to any of its equitable powers, or otherwise, shall be treated as and allocated in the same manner as Pacific Design Center Realized Losses. Reimbursement of previously allocated Pacific Design Center Realized Losses will not constitute distributions of principal for any purpose and will not result in an additional reduction in the Certificate Balance of the Class of Loan-Specific Certificates Interest in respect of which any such reimbursement is made.

If and to the extent that any Nonrecoverable Advances (plus interest thereon) that were reimbursed from principal collections on the Mortgage Loans (including REO Loans) and previously resulted in a reduction of the Aggregate Principal Distribution Amount are subsequently recovered on the related Mortgage Loan or REO Property, then (on the Distribution Date related to the Collection Period during which the recovery occurred): (i) the VRR Percentage of the amount of such recovery shall be added to the VRR Interest Balance, up to the lesser of (A) the VRR Percentage of the amount of such recovery and (B) the amount of the unreimbursed VRR Realized Losses previously allocated to the VRR Interest Upper-Tier Regular Interest, and the interest payable on the VRR Interest Upper-Tier Regular Interest will be deemed increased by the VRR Allocation Percentage of any contemporaneous increases in interest payable on the Pooled Certificates pursuant to clause (ii) of this sentence, (ii) the Non-VRR Percentage of the amount of such recovery will be added to the Certificate Balance of the Classes of Pooled Principal Balance Certificates that previously were allocated Pooled Realized Losses, in the same sequential order as distributions pursuant to Section 4.01(b), in each case up to the lesser of (A) the unallocated portion of the Non-VRR Percentage of the amount of such recovery and (B) the amount of the unreimbursed Pooled Realized Losses previously allocated to the subject Class of Certificates, and (iii) the Interest Shortfall with respect to each affected Class of Non-VRR Certificates for the next Distribution Date will be increased by the aggregate amount of interest that would have accrued through the then current Distribution Date if the restored write-down for the reimbursed Class of Pooled Principal Balance Certificates had never been written down. To the extent that the Certificate Balance of, and/or any interest payable on, any Class of Pooled Certificates or the VRR Interest Upper-Tier Regular Interest is so increased, an identical increase shall be deemed made to the Lower-Tier Principal Balance of, and any interest payable on, the Corresponding Lower-Tier Regular Interest. If the Certificate Balance of any Class of Pooled Principal Balance Certificates or the VRR Interest Balance (or the Lower-Tier Principal Balance of any Lower-Tier Regular Interest) is so increased, the amount of unreimbursed Pooled Realized Losses or VRR Realized Losses, as applicable, of such Class of Pooled Principal Balance Certificates or the VRR Interest (or such Lower-Tier Regular Interest), as the case may be, shall be decreased by such amount, and any interest accrued on the amount of unreimbursed Pooled Realized Losses or VRR Realized Losses, as applicable, so decreased shall be deemed not to exist.

With respect to any Distribution Date, any Pooled Realized Losses or VRR Realized Losses, as applicable, allocated pursuant to this Agreement with respect to such Distribution Date shall reduce the Lower-Tier Principal Balances of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests as a write-off and shall be allocated among the Lower-Tier Regular Interests in the same priority as the Class of Corresponding Certificates. With respect to any Distribution Date, any Pacific Design Center Realized Losses allocated pursuant to this Agreement with respect to such Distribution Date shall reduce the principal balances of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan

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REMIC Regular Interests as a write-off and shall be allocated among the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Regular Interests in the same priority as the Class of Corresponding Certificates.

(i)                 All amounts distributable to a Class of Certificates pursuant to this Section 4.01 on each Distribution Date shall be allocated pro rata among the outstanding Certificates in each such Class based on their respective Percentage Interests. Such distributions shall be made on each Distribution Date other than the Termination Date to each Certificateholder of record on the related Record Date, (i) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Holder at a bank or other entity located in the United States and having appropriate facilities therefor if such Holder shall have provided the Paying Agent with wire instructions in writing at least five Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions), or (ii) otherwise, by check mailed by first-class mail to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register. The final distribution on each Certificate shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the Certificate Administrator or its agent (which may be the Paying Agent or the Certificate Registrar acting as such agent) that is specified in the notice to Holders of such final distribution.

(j)                 Except as otherwise provided in Section 9.01 with respect to an Anticipated Termination Date, the Certificate Administrator shall, as soon as reasonably practicable within the month preceding the month in which the final distribution with respect to any Class of Certificates is expected to be made, mail to each Holder of such Class of Certificates on such date a notice to the effect that:

(A)             the Certificate Administrator reasonably expects based upon information previously provided to it that the final distribution with respect to such Class of Certificates will be made on such Distribution Date, but only upon presentation and surrender of such Certificates at the office of the Certificate Administrator therein specified, and

(B)              if such final distribution is made on such Distribution Date, no interest shall accrue on such Certificates from and after such Distribution Date;

provided that the Class R Certificates shall remain outstanding until no other Class of Certificates or Lower-Tier Regular Interests are outstanding.

Any funds not distributed to any Holder or Holders of such Classes of Certificates on such Distribution Date because of the failure of such Holder or Holders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held for the benefit of the appropriate non-tendering Holder or Holders. If any Certificates as to which notice has been given pursuant to this Section 4.01(j) shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Holders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice not all of such Certificates shall have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Holders

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concerning surrender of their Certificates. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Holders shall be paid out of such funds. Subject to applicable state escheatment laws, if within two years after the second notice any such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent shall distribute to the Certificate Administrator all amounts distributable to the Holders thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall thereafter hold such amounts for the benefit of such Holders until the earlier of (i) its termination as Certificate Administrator hereunder and the transfer of such amounts to a successor Certificate Administrator and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund and distribution of such amounts to the Class R Certificateholders. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Holder on any amount held hereunder or by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Holder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with this Section 4.01(j). Any such amounts transferred to the Certificate Administrator may be invested in Permitted Investments and all income and gain realized from investment of such funds shall accrue for its benefit.

(k)               The Non-VRR Percentage of the Excess Prepayment Interest Shortfalls allocated to the Mortgage Loans, if any, for each Distribution Date shall be allocated (and the Non-VRR Percentage of Compensating Interest Payments shall be deemed distributed) among the various Classes of Non-VRR Certificates, and the VRR Percentage of the Excess Prepayment Interest Shortfalls allocated to the Mortgage Loans, if any, for each Distribution Date shall be deemed allocated (and the VRR Percentage of Compensating Interest Payments shall be deemed distributed) to the VRR Interest Upper-Tier Regular Interests and, in each case, correspondingly to the respective Class or Classes of Corresponding Lower-Tier Regular Interests, pro rata, based upon the Interest Accrual Amount distributable to each such Class of Certificates prior to reduction by such Excess Prepayment Interest Shortfalls. Compensating Interest Payments shall be deposited by the Master Servicer into the Collection Account on or prior to the Master Servicer Remittance Date. Any Excess Prepayment Interest Shortfall allocated to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan for any Distribution Date shall be allocated on such Distribution Date to the Loan-Specific Certificates, pro rata, based upon the Interest Accrual Amount distributable to each such Class of Certificates prior to reduction by such Excess Prepayment Interest Shortfalls. Prepayment Interest Excess in respect of any Trust Subordinate Companion Loan shall be paid to the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation.

(l)                 On the final Master Servicer Remittance Date, the Master Servicer shall withdraw from the Collection Account and deliver to the Certificate Administrator who shall distribute to the Mortgage Loan Sellers, any Loss of Value Payments relating to the Mortgage Loans that it is servicing and that were transferred from the Loss of Value Reserve Fund to the Collection Account on the immediately preceding Master Servicer Remittance Date in accordance with Section 3.06(e)(v) of this Agreement.

(m)             On each Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator shall withdraw from the Excess Interest Distribution Account any amounts on deposit therein that represent Excess Interest received with respect to each ARD Loan during the related Collection Period shall be distributed (i) to the Holders of the Class S Certificates in an amount equal to the Non-VRR Percentage of such Excess Interest; (ii) to the VRR Interest Owners, pro rata, in an aggregate amount equal to the product of (A) the VRR Percentage, multiplied by (B) the amount of such Excess Interest.

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Section 4.02        Statements to Certificateholders; Reports by Certificate Administrator; Other Information Available to the Holders and Others. (a) On each Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator shall prepare and make available on the Certificate Administrator’s Website to each Certificateholder and RR Interest Owner a statement (substantially in the form set forth as Exhibit K to this Agreement and based on the information set forth in (i) the CREFC^® Investor Reporting Package (CREFC^® IRP) prepared by the Master Servicer (other than the CREFC^® Special Servicer Loan File) and the other reports prepared by the Master Servicer, Certificate Administrator and Special Servicer relating to such Distribution Date, including the CREFC^® Special Servicer Loan File, upon which information the Certificate Administrator may conclusively rely, in accordance with CREFC^® guidelines and (ii) the CREFC^® Reconciliation of Funds Template prepared by the Certificate Administrator) as to distributions made on such Distribution Date (each, a “Pooled Distribution Date Statement”) setting forth (with respect to each Class of Certificates and the RR Interest) the following information as it relates to the Pooled Certificates and the RR Interest:

(i)                                      the Record Date, Interest Accrual Period, and Determination Date for such Distribution Date;

(ii)                           the aggregate amount of the distribution to be made on such Distribution Date to the Holders of each Class of Certificates and the RR Interest Owner with a Certificate Balance in reduction of the Certificate Balance of those Certificates or a RR Interest Balance in reduction of the RR Interest Balance of the RR Interest;

(iii)                          the aggregate amount of the distribution to be made on such Distribution Date to the Holders of each Class of Non-VRR Certificates (other than the Class S Certificates) and the VRR Interest Upper-Tier Regular Interests allocable to (A) the Interest Accrual Amount, (B) Interest Shortfalls and/or (C) the VRR Interest Distribution Amount;

(iv)                          the aggregate amount of Advances made in respect of the Distribution Date and the amount of interest paid on Advances since the prior Distribution Date (including, to the extent material, the general use of funds advanced and general source of funds for reimbursements);

(v)                                  the aggregate amount of compensation, if any, paid to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, CREFC^®, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer and servicing compensation, if any, paid to the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer for the related Determination Date and any other fees or expenses accrued and paid from the Trust Fund;

(vi)                         (A) the Pooled Aggregate Available Funds and the Loan-Specific Available Funds for the Distribution Date, (B) the total amount of all principal and/or interest distributions, as well as any other distributions (other than Yield Maintenance Charges), properly made on or in respect of any Class of Non-VRR Certificates and the VRR Interest with respect to such Distribution Date and (C) any other cash flows received on the Mortgage Loans and applied to pay fees and expenses (including the components of the Pooled Aggregate Available Funds or the Loan-Specific Available Funds, as applicable, or such other cash flows);

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(vii)                       the amount of the distribution on the Distribution Date to the holders of any Class of Non-VRR Certificates and the VRR Interest allocable to Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges;

(viii)                   the accrued Interest Accrual Amount in respect of each Class of Non-VRR Certificates and the VRR Interest for such Distribution Date;

(ix)                            the Pass-Through Rate for each Class of Non-VRR Certificates and the VRR Interest for the Distribution Date and the next succeeding Distribution Date;

(x)                                 the Principal Distribution Amount for the Distribution Date;

(xi)                       the aggregate Certificate Balance or aggregate Notional Amount, as the case may be, of each Class of Certificates (other than the Class S and Class R Certificates) immediately before and immediately after such Distribution Date, separately identifying any reduction in the aggregate Certificate Balance (or, if applicable, the aggregate Notional Amount) of each such Class as a result of the allocation of any Pooled Realized Losses, Pacific Design Center Realized Losses or VRR Realized Losses, as applicable, and/or Additional Trust Fund Expenses on such Distribution Date;

(xii)                 the fraction, expressed as a decimal carried to at least eight places, the numerator of which is the then related Certificate Balance, and the denominator of which is the related initial aggregate Certificate Balance, for each Class of Non-VRR Certificates and the VRR Interest immediately following the Distribution Date;

(xiii)                   the amount of any Appraisal Reduction Amounts, Collateral Deficiency Amounts and Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts allocated during the related Collection Period on a loan-by-loan basis; and the total Appraisal Reduction Amounts, Collateral Deficiency Amounts and Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts as of such Distribution Date on a loan-by-loan basis;

(xiv)                 the number and related Stated Principal Balance of any Mortgage Loans modified, extended or waived on a loan-by-loan basis since the previous Determination Date (including a description of any material modifications, extensions or waivers to Mortgage Loan terms, fees, penalties or payments during the Collection Period or that have cumulatively become material over time);

(xv)                      the amount of any remaining unpaid Interest Shortfalls for each Class of Non-VRR Certificates and the VRR Interest as of the Distribution Date;

(xvi)                 an loan-by-loan listing of each Mortgage Loan which was the subject of a Principal Prepayment (other than Liquidation Proceeds and Insurance Proceeds) during the related Collection Period and the amount of Principal Prepayment occurring, together with the aggregate amount of Principal Prepayments made during the related Collection Period;

(xvii)              an loan-by-loan listing of each Mortgage Loan which was defeased since the previous Determination Date;

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(xviii)               the amount of the distribution to the holders of each Class of Certificates or the RR Interest Owner on the Distribution Date attributable to reimbursement of Pooled Realized Losses, Pacific Design Center Realized Losses or VRR Realized Losses, as applicable;

(xix)                   as to any Mortgage Loan repurchased by a Mortgage Loan Seller or otherwise liquidated or disposed of during the related Collection Period, (A) the Loan Number of the related Mortgage Loan and (B) the amount of proceeds of any repurchase of a Mortgage Loan, Liquidation Proceeds and/or other amounts, if any, received thereon during the related Collection Period and the portion thereof included in the Pooled Aggregate Available Funds or Loan-Specific Available Funds, as applicable, for such Distribution Date;

(xx)                  the amount on deposit in each of the Interest Reserve Account, the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the Pacific Design Center Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account before and after giving effect to the distribution made on such Distribution Date (and any material account activity since the prior Distribution Date);

(xxi)                  the then-current credit support levels for each Class of Certificates (other than the Class X, Class S and Class R Certificates);

(xxii)                 the original and then-current ratings of each Class of Certificates (other than the Class S and Class R Certificates);

(xxiii)            with respect to any REO Loan as to which the related Mortgaged Property became an REO Property during the preceding calendar month, the city, state, property type, latest Debt Service Coverage Ratio and the current Stated Principal Balance;

(xxiv)             with respect to any REO Property included in the Trust Fund at the close of business on the related Determination Date (A) the Loan Number of the related Mortgage Loan and (B) the value of such REO Property based on the most recent Appraisal or valuation;

(xxv)                with respect to any Serviced REO Property sold or otherwise disposed of during the related Collection Period and for which a Final Recovery Determination has been made, (A) the Loan Number of the related Mortgage Loan, (B) the Pooled Realized Losses, Pacific Design Center Realized Losses and VRR Realized Loss attributable to the related Mortgage Loan, (C) the amount of sale proceeds and other amounts, if any, received in respect of such Serviced REO Property during the related Collection Period and the portion thereof included in the Pooled Aggregate Available Funds or Loan-Specific Available Funds, as applicable, for such Distribution Date, (D) the date of the Final Recovery Determination and (E) the balance of the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the Pacific Design Center Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account for such Distribution Date;

(xxvi)                  the amount of the distribution on the Distribution Date to the holders of the Class R Certificates and the Excess Interest Certificates;

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(xxvii)          material breaches of Mortgage Loan representations and warranties or any covenants under this Agreement of which the Certificate Administrator has received or delivered written notice;

(xxviii)           the identity of the Operating Advisor;

(xxix)               the amount of Pooled Realized Losses, Pacific Design Center Realized Losses, VRR Realized Losses, Additional Trust Fund Expenses and Interest Shortfalls, if any, incurred with respect to the Mortgage Loans during the related Collection Period and in the aggregate for all prior Collection Periods (except to the extent reimbursed or paid);

(xxx)               an itemized listing of any Disclosable Special Servicer Fees received by the Special Servicer or any of its Affiliates during the related Collection Period;

(xxxi)            the identity of the Controlling Class and the Pacific Design Center Controlling Class;

(xxxii)           the identity of the Directing Holder; and

(xxxiii)        such other information as contemplated by Exhibit K to this Agreement.

In the case of information furnished pursuant to sub-clauses (ii), (iii), (v), (vii), (viii), (xv) and (xviii) above, the amounts shall be expressed as a dollar amount in the aggregate for all Certificates of each applicable Class and per $1,000 of original Certificate Balance or Notional Amount, as the case may be.

On each Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator shall also prepare and make available on the Certificate Administrator’s Website to each Certificateholder a statement (substantially in the form set forth as Exhibit K to this Agreement and based on the information set forth in (i) the CREFC® Investor Reporting Package (CREFC® IRP) prepared by the Master Servicer (other than the CREFC® Special Servicer Loan File) and the other reports prepared by the Master Servicer, Certificate Administrator and Special Servicer relating to such Distribution Date, including the CREFC® Special Servicer Loan File, upon which information the Certificate Administrator may conclusively rely, in accordance with CREFC® guidelines and (ii) the CREFC® Reconciliation of Funds Template prepared by the Certificate Administrator) as to distributions made on such Distribution Date on the Loan-Specific Certificates (each, a “Loan-Specific Distribution Date Statement”; the Loan-Specific Distribution Date Statement and the Pooled Distribution Date Statement for each Distribution Date, together, a “Distribution Date Statement”) setting forth the information described by clauses (i) through (xxxiii) as it relates solely to the Loan-Specific Certificates and the portion of the Trust Fund composed of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (or any related REO Property).

The Master Servicer may omit from the reports that it delivers to the Certificate Administrator (and the Special Servicer may omit from the reports it delivers to the Master Servicer) in connection with the preparation of the Distribution Date Statement any information that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, regards as confidential, so long as such information is not required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 1125 of Regulation AB. None of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator shall be

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responsible for the accuracy or completeness of any information supplied to it by a Borrower, a Mortgage Loan Seller, the Depositor, any Sponsor, any party to this Agreement or a master servicer, a special servicer or other similar party under an Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement or other third party that is included in any reports, statements, materials or information prepared or provided by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable.

If and for so long as the Trust is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, no Distribution Date Statement that is part of any Commission filing shall include references to the Rating Agencies or any ratings ascribed by any Rating Agency to any Class of Certificates.

On each Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator shall make available to each Holder of a Class R Certificate a copy of the reports made available to the other Certificateholders on such Distribution Date and a statement setting forth the amounts, if any, actually distributed with respect to the Class R Certificates on such Distribution Date. Such obligation of the Certificate Administrator shall be deemed to have been satisfied to the extent that it provided substantially comparable information pursuant to any requirements of the Code as from time to time in force.

The Certificate Administrator has not obtained and shall not be deemed to have obtained actual knowledge of any information only by virtue of its receipt and posting of such information to the Certificate Administrator’s Website or filing such information pursuant to this Agreement, including, but not limited to, filing via through the EDGAR system, unless the Certificate Administrator has an explicit obligation to review or prepare such information.

Within a reasonable period of time after the end of each calendar year, the Certificate Administrator shall furnish to each Person who at any time during the calendar year was a Certificateholder of record or the RR Interest Owner, a report summarizing on an annual basis (if appropriate) the items provided to Certificateholders pursuant to clauses (ii) and (iii) above as to the applicable Class, aggregated for such calendar year or applicable portion thereof during which such person was a Certificateholder, together with such other information that the Certificate Administrator deems necessary or desirable, or that a Certificateholder, RR Interest Owner or Certificate Owner reasonably requests, to enable such Certificateholders and RR Interest Owner to prepare their federal income tax returns. Such information shall include the amount of original issue discount accrued on each Class of Certificates held by Persons other than Holders exempted from the reporting requirements and information regarding the expenses of the Trust Fund. Such requirement shall be deemed to be satisfied to the extent such information is provided pursuant to applicable requirements of the Code from time to time in force.

On each Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator shall deliver the related Distribution Date Statement to the Depositor in electronic format to dbinvestor@list.db.com (or to such other address as the Depositor shall specify by written notice to the Certificate Administrator).

Upon receipt of any Asset Review Report Summary from the Asset Representations Reviewer required to be delivered pursuant to Section 11.01(b)(viii), the Certificate Administrator

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shall include such summary in Item 1B on the Form 10-D for such period in which the Asset Review Report Summary was delivered.

(b)               The Certificate Administrator shall make available via the Certificate Administrator’s Website, to any Privileged Person (provided that the Prospectus, the Distribution Date Statements and the Commission filings will be made available to the general public, and provided, further, that any Privileged Person that is a Borrower Party shall only be entitled to access documents made available to the general public) the following items, in each case to the extent received by the Certificate Administrator:

(i)                 the following “deal documents”:

(A)             the Prospectus;

(B)             this Agreement, each sub-servicing agreement delivered to the Certificate Administrator from and after the Closing Date (if any), the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements and any amendments and exhibits hereto or thereto; and

(C)              the CREFC^® Loan Setup File delivered to the Certificate Administrator by the Master Servicer;

(ii)              the following “SEC EDGAR filings”:

(A)              any reports on Forms 10-D, 10-K, 8-K and ABS-EE that have been filed by the Certificate Administrator with respect to the Trust through the EDGAR system;

(iii)             the following “periodic reports”:

(A)             the Distribution Date Statements;

(B)           the supplemental reports and the CREFC^® data files identified as such in the definition of “CREFC^® Investor Reporting Package (CREFC^® IRP)” (other than the CREFC^® Loan Setup File and the CREFC^® Special Servicer Loan File), to the extent it has received or prepared such report or file; and

(C)              any Operating Advisor Annual Reports.

(iv)              the following “additional documents”:

(A)             the summary of any Final Asset Status Report delivered to the Certificate Administrator in electronic format;

(B)              any other Third Party Reports (or updates thereto) delivered to the Certificate Administrator in electronic format;

(C)              the CREFC^® Appraisal Reduction Template; and

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(D)             any documents provided to the Certificate Administrator by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Depositor directing the Certificate Administrator to post to the “additional documents” tab;

(v)               the following “special notices”:

(A)             any notice with respect to a release pursuant to Section 3.10(g);

(B)              all Special Notices;

(C)              notice of any waiver, modification or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan;

(D)              notice of final payment on the Certificates or the RR Interest;

(E)              all notices of the occurrence of any Servicer Termination Events (or any analogous servicer termination event under any Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to any Non-Serviced Whole Loan) received by the Certificate Administrator;

(F)              notice of termination or resignation of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Trustee (and appointments of successors to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Trustee);

(G)             any notice to Certificateholders or the RR Interest Owner of the Operating Advisor’s recommendation to replace the Special Servicer and the related report prepared by the Operating Advisor in connection with such recommendation;

(H)            any notice of any request by requisite percentage of Certificateholders for a vote to terminate the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer;

(I)               notice of the Certificate Administrator’s determination that an Asset Review Trigger is in effect and any other notice required to be delivered to the Certificateholders pursuant to Section 11.01;

(J)               any Asset Review Report Summary received by the Certificate Administrator;

(K)            any and all Officer’s Certificates and other evidence delivered to or by the Certificate Administrator to support its or the Master Servicer’s, the Trustee’s or the Special Servicer’s, as the case may be, determination that any Advance was (or, if made, would be) a Nonrecoverable Advance;

(L)              any notice of the termination of the Trust;

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(M)           any notice of the occurrence and continuance or the termination of a Control Termination Event, a Pacific Design Center Control Appraisal Period or an Operating Advisor Consultation Event;

(N)             any notice of the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event;

(O)             any notice of the occurrence of an Operating Advisor Termination Event;

(P)              any notice of the occurrence of an Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event;

(Q)             any Proposed Course of Action Notice;

(R)             all of the annual compliance statements and annual assessments as to compliance delivered to the Certificate Administrator since the Closing Date pursuant to Section 10.11 and Section 10.12 of this Agreement;

(S)              all of the annual independent public accountants’ servicing reports caused to be delivered to the Certificate Administrator since the Closing Date pursuant to Section 10.13 of this Agreement; and

(T)            any notice or documents provided by the Depositor or the Master Servicer directing the Certificate Administrator to post to the “special notices” tab;

(vi)            the Investor Q&A Forum;

(vii)           solely to Certificateholders and Certificate Owners, the Investor Registry; and

(viii)         the “U.S. Risk Retention Special Notices” tab on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, to which the Certificate Administrator shall post the disclosure required pursuant to 12 C.F.R. 244.4(c)(1)(ii) of the Risk Retention Rule;

provided that with respect to a Control Termination Event or a Consultation Termination Event deemed to exist due solely to the existence of an Excluded Loan, the Certificate Administrator shall only be required to make available such notice of the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event or the notice of the occurrence and continuance a Consultation Termination Event to the extent the Certificate Administrator has been notified of such Excluded Loan.

The Certificate Administrator shall, in addition to posting the applicable notices on the “U.S. Risk Retention Special Notices” tab described in clause (viii) above, provide email notification to any Privileged Person (other than Financial Market Publishers) that has registered to receive access to the Certificate Administrator’s Website that a notice has been posted to the “U.S. Risk Retention Special Notices” tab.

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, all Excluded Information shall be made available under a separate tab or heading designated “Excluded Information” (and not under any of the tabs or headings described in items (i) through (vii) above) and made available to Privileged Persons other than Excluded Controlling Class Holders (unless loan-by-loan segregation is later performed by the Certificate Administrator in which case such access by an Excluded Controlling Class Holder shall only be prohibited with respect to the related Excluded Controlling Class Loans). The “U.S. Risk Retention Special Notices” tab shall be available to Privileged Persons (other than any Financial Market Publisher).

Any Person that is a Borrower Party shall only be entitled to access (a) the Distribution Date Statements, and the following items made available to the general public: the Prospectus, this Agreement, the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements and the Commission filings on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, and (b) in the case of the Directing Holder or a Controlling Class Certificateholder or a Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholder, if any such Person becomes an Excluded Controlling Class Holder, upon delivery to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee in physical form of an investor certification substantially in the forms of Exhibit L-1D and Exhibit L-1E and upon delivery to the Certificate Administrator in physical form of an investor certification substantially in the form of Exhibit L-1F, which shall include each of the CTSLink User ID’s associated with such Excluded Controlling Class Holder, all information (other than Excluded Information) available on the Certificate Administrator’s Website (unless loan-by-loan segregation is later performed by the Certificate Administrator in which case such access by an Excluded Controlling Class Holder shall only be prohibited with respect to the related Excluded Controlling Class Loans).

In the case of the Directing Holder, a Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholder or a Controlling Class Certificateholder that is not an Excluded Controlling Class Holder, upon delivery of an investor certification substantially in the form of Exhibit L-1B hereto, such Directing Holder, Controlling Class Certificateholder or a Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholder shall be entitled to access all information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee may each rely on (i) an investor certification in the form of Exhibit L-1B hereto from the Directing Holder, a Controlling Class Certificateholder or a Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholder to the effect that such Person is not an Excluded Controlling Class Holder and (ii) an investor certification in the form of Exhibit L-1E hereto from the Directing Holder, a Controlling Class Certificateholder or a Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholder to the effect that such Person is an Excluded Controlling Class Holder with respect to one or more Excluded Controlling Class Loan(s). In the event the Directing Holder, a Controlling Class Certificateholder, the Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Representative or a Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholder becomes an Excluded Controlling Class Holder, such party shall promptly notify each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee in writing substantially in the form of Exhibit L-1E that such party is an Excluded Controlling Class Holder and identify the Excluded Controlling Class Loan(s) and thereafter shall not be entitled to any Excluded Information related to such Excluded Controlling Class Loan(s) and made available on the Certificate Administrator’s Website. With respect to any Excluded Information, each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Operating Advisor shall mark or label such

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information as “Excluded Information” prior to delivery to the Certificate Administrator, and the Certificate Administrator shall segregate on the Certificate Administrator’s Website such Excluded Information (and may be segregated on loan-by-loan basis) from information relating to other Mortgage Loans. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to conclusively assume that the Directing Holder and all beneficial owners of the Certificates of the Controlling Class are not Excluded Controlling Class Holders except to the extent that the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, has received such notice from the Directing Holder, a Controlling Class Certificateholder or a Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholder that it has become an Excluded Controlling Class Holder. None of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Certificate Administrator shall be liable for any communication to the Directing Holder, Controlling Class Certificateholder or Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholder or disclosure of Excluded Information if the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, did not receive prior written notice that the related Mortgage Loan is an Excluded Controlling Class Loan (including, in the case of a summary of an Asset Status Report or Final Asset Status Report delivered to the Certificate Administrator for posting to the Certificate Administrator’s Website and/or any failure to label any such information provided to the Certificate Administrator).

Each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to conclusively rely on (i) any written notice from the Directing Holder, a Controlling Class Certificateholder or a Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholder that it is no longer an Excluded Controlling Class Holder and (ii) any certification delivered by the Directing Holder or a Controlling Class Certificateholder or Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholders, as applicable, substantially in the form of Exhibit L1-B that such Person is no longer an Excluded Controlling Class Holder. To the extent the Directing Holder or a Controlling Class Certificateholder or Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholder receives access pursuant to this Agreement to any Excluded Information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website or otherwise receives access to such Excluded Information, such Directing Holder or Controlling Class Certificateholder or Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholder, as applicable, shall be deemed to have agreed that it (i) will not directly or indirectly provide any information related to the Excluded Controlling Class Loan to the related Borrower or to any Excluded Controlling Class Holder or (A) any employees or personnel of such Directing Holder or Controlling Class Certificateholder or Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholder, as applicable, or any Affiliate involved in the management of any investment in the related Borrower or the related Mortgaged Property or (B) to its actual knowledge, any non-Affiliate that holds a direct or indirect ownership interest in the related Borrower, and (ii) will maintain sufficient internal controls and appropriate policies and procedures in place in order to comply with the obligations described in clause (i) above.

To the extent any of the Risk Retention Consultation Parties or a VRR Interest Owner receives access pursuant to this Agreement to any information solely related to a Mortgage Loan with respect to which such party is a Borrower Party (which shall include any Asset Status Reports, Final Asset Status Reports (or summaries thereof), inspection reports related to Specially Serviced Loans conducted by the Special Servicer or any Excluded Special Servicer and which may include any Operating Advisor reports delivered to the Certificate Administrator regarding

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the Special Servicer’s net present value determination or any Appraisal Reduction Amount calculations, and any Officer’s Certificates delivered by the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, supporting any determination that any Advance was (or, if made, would be) a Nonrecoverable Advance, but in each case other than information with respect to such Mortgage Loan that is aggregated with information of other Mortgage Loans at a pool level), on the Certificate Administrator’s Website or otherwise receives access to such information, such Risk Retention Consultation Party or VRR Interest Owner shall be deemed to have agreed that it (i) will not directly or indirectly provide any such information to (A) the related Borrower Party, (B) any employees or personnel of such Risk Retention Consultation Party or VRR Interest Owner or any of its Affiliates involved in the management of any investment in the related Borrower Party or the related Mortgaged Property or (C) to its actual knowledge, any non-Affiliate that holds a direct or indirect ownership interest in the related Borrower Party, and (ii) will maintain sufficient internal controls and appropriate policies and procedures in place in order to comply with the obligations described in clause (i) above. For the avoidance of doubt, for the purposes of this paragraph, any file or report contained in the CREFC^® Investor Reporting Package (“CREFC^® IRP”) (other than the CREFC^® Special Servicer Loan File relating to any such Excluded Loan) shall be considered information that is aggregated with information of other Mortgage Loans at a pool level.

The Certificate Administrator makes no representations or warranties as to the accuracy or completeness of such information and assumes no responsibility therefor. In addition, the Certificate Administrator may disclaim responsibility for any information distributed or filed by the Certificate Administrator for which it is not the original source. The Certificate Administrator shall not be responsible for the accuracy or completeness of any information supplied to it by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer that is included in any reports, statements, materials or information prepared or provided by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon the Master Servicer’s reports and the Special Servicer’s reports without any duty or obligation to recompute, verify or re-evaluate any of the amounts or other information stated therein. In connection with providing access to the Certificate Administrator’s Internet website, the Certificate Administrator may require registration and the acceptance of a disclaimer. The Certificate Administrator shall not be liable for the dissemination of information in accordance herewith. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Certificate Administrator shall not be liable for any Excluded Information to the extent such information was included in any summary of an Asset Status Report or Final Asset Status Report delivered to the Certificate Administrator for posting to the Certificate Administrator’s Website and not properly identified as Excluded Information.

The Certificate Administrator shall have no liability for access by an Excluded Controlling Class Holder to the Certificate Administrator’s Website of any information with respect to which such Excluded Controlling Class Holder is prohibited from accessing pursuant to this Agreement if such Excluded Controlling Class Holder provided an Investor Certification but did not indicate it was a Borrower Party.

The provisions in this Section shall not limit the Master Servicer’s ability to make accessible certain information regarding the Mortgage Loans at a website maintained by the Master Servicer.

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(c)               The Certificate Administrator shall make available, only to Privileged Persons, the Investor Q&A Forum. The “Investor Q&A Forum” shall be a service available on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, where (i) Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner and Certificate Owners who are Privileged Persons may (A) submit questions to the Certificate Administrator relating to the Distribution Date Statement, (B) submit questions to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, relating to the reports being made available pursuant to this Section 4.02(c), the Mortgage Loans or the Mortgaged Properties (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or related Mortgaged Properties and (C) submit questions to the Operating Advisor relating to the Operating Advisor Annual Reports or actions by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer as to which the Operating Advisor has consultation rights, whether or not referenced in any Operating Advisor Annual Reports or other reports prepared by the Operating Advisor (collectively, “Inquiries”), and (ii) Privileged Persons may view Inquiries that have been previously submitted and answered, together with the answers thereto. Upon receipt of an Inquiry for the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator shall forward the Inquiry to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, (and in the case of an inquiry relating to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, to the applicable party under the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement) in each case within a commercially reasonable period following receipt thereof. Following receipt of an Inquiry, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer (other than with respect to the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans or related Mortgaged Properties) or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, unless it determines not to answer such Inquiry as provided below, shall reply to the Inquiry, which reply of the Master Servicer, Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor shall be sent by email to the Certificate Administrator. The Certificate Administrator shall post (within a commercially reasonable period following preparation or receipt of such answer, as the case may be) such Inquiry and the related answer to the Investor Q&A Forum. If the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor determines, in its respective sole discretion, that (i) any Inquiry is beyond the scope outlined above, (ii) answering any Inquiry would not be in the best interests of the Trust and/or the Certificateholders and/or the RR Interest Owner, (iii) answering any Inquiry would be in violation of applicable law, this Agreement or the applicable Loan Documents, (iv) answering any Inquiry would materially increase the duties of, or result in significant additional cost or expense to, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, (v) answering such inquiry would require the disclosure of Privileged Information (subject to the Privileged Information Exception), (vi) answering such inquiry would or is reasonably expected to result in a waiver of an attorney-client privilege or the disclosure of attorney work product, or (vii) answering any Inquiry is otherwise not advisable for any reason, it shall not be required to answer such Inquiry and, in the case of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor, shall promptly notify the Certificate Administrator, and the Certificate Administrator shall not post such Inquiry on the Investor Q&A Forum. In addition, no party shall post or otherwise disclose information known to such party to be Privileged Information as part of its response to any Inquiry. The Certificate Administrator shall notify the Person who submitted such Inquiry if the Inquiry will not be answered. The Certificate Administrator shall not be required to post to the Investor Q&A Forum any Inquiry or answer thereto that the Certificate Administrator determines, in its sole discretion, is administrative or ministerial in nature. The Investor Q&A Forum will not reflect questions, answers and other communications between the Certificate Administrator or other Person which are not submitted via the Investor

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Q&A Forum. In addition, no party is permitted to post or otherwise disclose direct communication with the Directing Holder or any Risk Retention Consultation Party (in its capacity as Risk Retention Consultation Party) as part of its response to any questions. In the case of an Inquiry relating to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Certificate Administrator shall make reasonable efforts to obtain an answer from the related non-serviced master servicer or the related non-serviced special servicer, as applicable; provided that the Certificate Administrator shall not be responsible for the content of such answer or any delay or failure to obtain such answer.

(d)               The Certificate Administrator shall make available to any Certificateholder, the RR Interest Owner, and Certificate Owner, the Investor Registry. The “Investor Registry” shall be a voluntary service available on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, where Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner and Certificate Owners can register and thereafter obtain contact information with respect to any other Certificateholder, RR Interest Owner or Certificate Owner that has so registered. Any person registering to use the Investor Registry will be required to certify that (a) it is a Certificateholder, RR Interest Owner or a Certificate Owner and (b) it grants authorization to the Certificate Administrator to make its name and contact information available on the Investor Registry for at least 45 days from the date of such certification to other registered Certificateholders, RR Interest Owner and registered Certificate Owners. Such Person shall then be asked to enter certain mandatory fields such as the individual’s name, the company name and email address, as well as certain optional fields such as address, phone, and Class(es) of Certificates owned. If any Certificateholder, RR Interest Owner or Certificate Owner notifies the Certificate Administrator that it wishes to be removed from the Investor Registry (which notice may not be within 45 days of its registration), the Certificate Administrator shall promptly remove it from the Investor Registry. The Certificate Administrator will not be responsible for verifying or validating any information submitted on the Investor Registry, or for monitoring or otherwise maintaining the accuracy of any information thereon. The Certificate Administrator may require acceptance of a waiver and disclaimer for access to the Investor Registry.

(e)               The Master Servicer may at its sole cost and expense, but is not required to, make any of the reports or files it delivers pursuant to this Agreement available on the Master Servicer’s website only with the use of a password, in which case the Master Servicer shall provide such password to (i) the other parties to this Agreement, who by their acceptance of such password shall be deemed to have agreed not to disclose such password to any other Person and (ii) each Certificateholder and prospective Certificateholder who requests such password, provided that any such Certificateholder or prospective Certificateholder, as the case may be, has delivered an Investor Certification to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer. In connection with providing access to the Master Servicer’s website, the Master Servicer may require registration and the acceptance of a disclaimer and otherwise (subject to the preceding sentence) adopt reasonable rules and procedures, which may include, to the extent the Master Servicer deems necessary or appropriate, conditioning access on execution of an agreement governing the availability, use and disclosure of such information, and which may provide indemnification to the Master Servicer for any liability or damage that may arise therefrom. The Master Servicer shall not be liable for dissemination of this information in accordance with this Agreement, provided that such information otherwise meets the requirements set forth herein with respect to the form and substance of such information or reports. The Master Servicer shall be entitled to attach to any report provided pursuant to this subsection, any reasonable disclaimer with respect to information provided, or any assumptions required to be made by such report.

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Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Master Servicer may, at its sole cost and expense, make available by electronic media, bulletin board service or Internet website any reports or other information the Master Servicer is required or permitted to provide to any Borrower with respect to such Borrower’s Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan to the extent such action does not conflict with the terms of this Agreement, the terms of the related Loan Documents or applicable law. If the Master Servicer is required to deliver any statement, report or other information under any provision of this Agreement, then, the Master Servicer may satisfy such obligation by (x) physically delivering a paper copy of such statement, report or information, (y) delivering such statement, report or information in a commonly used electronic format, or (z) making such statement, report or information available on its website, unless this Agreement expressly specifies a particular method of delivery; provided that all reports required to be delivered to the Certificate Administrator shall be delivered in accordance with clause (x) or (y) or, upon request, clause (z).

(f)                Subject to Section 3.13, the Special Servicer shall from time to time (and, in any event, as may be reasonably requested by the Master Servicer) provide the Master Servicer with such information in its possession regarding the Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties as may be reasonably necessary for the Master Servicer to prepare each report and any supplemental information to be provided by the Master Servicer to the Certificate Administrator. Neither the Certificate Administrator nor the Depositor shall have any obligation to recompute, verify or recalculate the information provided thereto by the Master Servicer. Unless the Certificate Administrator has actual knowledge that any report or file received from the Master Servicer contains erroneous information, the Certificate Administrator is authorized to rely thereon in calculating and making distributions to Certificateholders and allocating Realized Losses to the Certificates in accordance with Section 4.01 of this Agreement and preparing the statements to Certificateholders required by Section 4.02(a) of this Agreement.

(g)               As soon as reasonably practicable, upon the written request of and at the expense of any Certificateholder, the Certificate Administrator shall provide the requesting Certificateholder with such information that is in the Certificate Administrator’s possession or can reasonably be obtained by the Certificate Administrator as is requested by such Certificateholder, for purposes of satisfying applicable reporting requirements under Rule 144A under the Securities Act. Neither the Certificate Registrar nor the Certificate Administrator shall have any responsibility for the sufficiency under Rule 144A or any other securities laws of any available information so furnished to any person including any prospective purchaser of a Certificate or any interest therein, nor for the content or accuracy of any information so furnished which was prepared or delivered to them by another.

(h)               The Certificate Administrator shall make available at its offices, during normal business hours, upon not less than two Business Days prior notice, for review by any Privileged Person and any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder that is a Privileged Person (solely with respect to items (ii) and (iii), to the extent such information relates to the related Serviced Companion Loan), originals or copies of documents relating to the Mortgage Loans and any related REO Properties to the extent in its possession, including, without limitation, the following items (except to the extent prohibited by applicable law or under any of the related Loan Documents):

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(i)                        any and all notices and reports delivered to the Certificate Administrator with respect to any Mortgaged Property as to which the environmental testing contemplated by Section 3.10(f) of this Agreement revealed that neither of the conditions set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) thereof was satisfied;

(ii)                     the most recent annual (or more frequent, if available) operating statements, rent rolls (to the extent such rent rolls have been made available by the related Borrower) and/or lease summaries and retail sales information, if any, received from the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer in respect to each Mortgaged Property;

(iii)                    the Mortgage File, including any and all modifications, waivers and amendments of the terms of a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan entered into by the Master Servicer and/or the Special Servicer and delivered to the Certificate Administrator; and

(iv)                  any other information that may be necessary to satisfy the requirements of subsection (d)(4)(i) of Rule 144A under the Securities Act.

The Certificate Administrator may require a Privileged Person to execute an Investor Certification prior to granting access to such information, which may be in the form of a “click-through” confirmation. Copies of any and all of the foregoing items will be available from the Certificate Administrator upon request. The Certificate Administrator will be permitted to require payment by the requesting party (other than a Rating Agency) of a sum sufficient to cover the reasonable costs and expenses of making such information available and providing any copies thereof. The Certificate Administrator’s obligation under this Section 4.02(h) to make available any document is subject to the Certificate Administrator’s receipt of such document.

The Certificate Administrator shall not be liable for providing or disseminating information in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(i)                      The Depositor hereby authorizes the Certificate Administrator to make available to any Financial Market Publisher or such other vendor chosen by the Depositor that submits to the Certificate Administrator a certification substantially in the form of Exhibit L-2 to this Agreement, all the Distribution Date Statements, CREFC^® reports and supplemental notices delivered or made available pursuant to this Section 4.02 to Privileged Persons.

Section 4.03        Compliance with Withholding Requirements. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Paying Agent shall comply with all federal withholding requirements with respect to payments to Certificateholders and other payees of interest, original issue discount or other amounts that the Paying Agent reasonably believes are applicable under the Code. The consent of Certificateholders or payees shall not be required for any such withholding. If the Paying Agent or its agent withholds any amount from interest, original issue discount payments or other amounts or advances thereof to any Certificateholder or payee pursuant to federal withholding requirements, the Paying Agent shall indicate the amount withheld to such Certificateholder or payee. Any amount so withheld shall be treated as having been distributed to such Certificateholder for all purposes of this Agreement.

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Section 4.04        REMIC Compliance. (a) The parties intend that the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC shall constitute, and that the affairs of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC shall be conducted so as to qualify it as, a “real estate mortgage investment conduit” as defined in, and in accordance with, the REMIC Provisions at all times any Certificates are outstanding, and the provisions hereof shall be interpreted consistently with this intention. In furtherance of such intention, the Certificate Administrator shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, act as agent, and is hereby appointed to act as agent, of each such REMIC and shall on behalf of each such REMIC:

(i)               make or cause to be made an election, on behalf of each of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC, to be treated as a REMIC on Form 1066 for its first taxable year, in accordance with the REMIC Provisions;

(ii)            prepare and timely file, or cause to be prepared and timely filed, and cause the Trustee to sign (and the Trustee shall sign), all required Tax Returns for the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC, using a calendar year as the taxable year for each of such REMIC as required by the REMIC Provisions and other applicable federal, state or local income tax laws;

(iii)          prepare and forward, or cause to be prepared and forwarded, to the Certificateholders and the IRS and applicable state and local tax authorities all information reports as and when required to be provided to them in accordance with the REMIC Provisions;

(iv)          if the filing or distribution of any documents of an administrative nature not addressed in clauses (i) through (iii) of this Section 4.04(a) is then required by the REMIC Provisions in order to maintain the status of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC as a REMIC or is otherwise required by the Code, prepare and file or distribute, or cause to be prepared and signed and filed or distributed, such documents with or to such Persons when and as required by the REMIC Provisions or the Code or comparable provisions of state and local law;

(v)                     within 30 days of the Closing Date, obtain a taxpayer identification number for each of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC on IRS Form SS-4 and (in the case of the Upper-Tier REMIC only), furnish or cause to be furnished to the IRS, on Form 8811 or as otherwise may be required by the Code, the name, title and address of the person that the Certificateholders may contact for tax information relating thereto (and the Certificate Administrator shall act as the representative of the Upper-Tier REMIC for this purpose), together with such additional information as may be required by such Form, and shall update such information at the time or times and in the manner required by the Code (and the Depositor agrees within 10 Business Days of the Closing Date to provide any information reasonably requested by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Certificate Administrator and necessary to make such filing); and

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(vi)            maintain such records relating to the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC as may be necessary to prepare the foregoing returns, schedules, statements or information, such records, for federal income tax purposes, to be maintained on a calendar year and on an accrual basis.

The Certificate Administrator shall be designated as the “partnership representative” within the meaning of Section 6223 of the Code of each Trust REMIC. Each Holder of a Percentage Interest in the Class R Certificates, by acceptance hereof, is deemed to have consented to such designation and agrees to execute any documents required to give effect thereto, and any fees and expenses incurred by the Certificate Administrator in connection with any audit or administrative or judicial proceeding shall be paid by the Trust Fund.

The Certificate Administrator shall not intentionally take any action or intentionally omit to take any action if, in taking or omitting to take such action, the Certificate Administrator has actual knowledge that such action or omission (as the case may be) would cause the termination of the REMIC status of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC or the imposition of tax on the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC (other than a tax on income expressly permitted to be received by the terms of this Agreement). Notwithstanding any provision of this paragraph to the contrary, the Certificate Administrator shall not be required to take any action that the Certificate Administrator in good faith believes to be inconsistent with any other provision of this Agreement, nor shall the Certificate Administrator be deemed in violation of this paragraph if it takes any action expressly required or authorized by any other provision of this Agreement, and the Certificate Administrator shall have no responsibility or liability with respect to any act or omission of the Depositor, the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer which does not enable the Certificate Administrator to comply with any of clauses (i) through (vi) of the first paragraph of this Section 4.04(a) or which results in any action contemplated by clauses (i) or (ii) of the next succeeding sentence. In this regard the Certificate Administrator shall (i) exercise reasonable care not to allow the occurrence of any “prohibited transactions” within the meaning of Section 860F(a) of the Code, unless the party seeking such action shall have delivered to the Certificate Administrator an Opinion of Counsel (at such party’s expense) that such occurrence would not (A) result in a taxable gain, (B) otherwise subject the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC to tax (other than a tax at the highest marginal corporate tax rate on net income from foreclosure property), or (C) cause the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC; and (ii) exercise reasonable care not to allow the Trust Fund to receive any contributions, or any income from the performance of services or from assets not permitted under the REMIC Provisions to be held by a REMIC (provided that the receipt of any income expressly permitted or contemplated by the terms of this Agreement shall not be deemed to violate this clause). None of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Depositor shall be (i) permitted to take any action that the Certificate Administrator would not be permitted to take pursuant to the preceding two sentences or (ii) responsible or liable (except in connection with taking any act or omission referred to in the two preceding sentences or the following sentence) for any failure by the Certificate Administrator to comply with the provisions of this Section 4.04. The Depositor, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall cooperate in a timely manner with the Certificate Administrator in supplying any information within the Depositor’s, the Trustee’s, the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s control (other

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than any confidential information) that is reasonably necessary to enable the Certificate Administrator to perform its duties under this Section 4.04.

The Certificate Administrator shall be responsible for the preparation of IRS Form W-9, if requested. The Trustee shall be entitled to rely on any information contained therein and is hereby directed to execute such IRS Form W-9, Form 8811 and any other tax form reasonably requested by the Certificate Administrator; provided that the Certificate Administrator shall be directed to execute such IRS Form W-9 (or any other tax forms as may be necessary) (in lieu of the Trustee) if permitted by applicable Treasury Regulations.

The Certificate Administrator’s authority under this Agreement includes the authority to make, and the Certificate Administrator is hereby directed to make, any elections allowed under the Code (i) to avoid the application of Section 6221 of the Code (or successor provisions) to any REMIC and (ii) to avoid payment by any Trust REMIC under Section 6226 of the Code (or successor provisions) of any tax, penalty, interest or other amount imposed under the Code that would otherwise be imposed on any Holder of any Class R Certificate, past or present. A Holder of any Class R Certificate agrees, by acquiring such interest, to any such elections and to the Certificate Administrator’s designation as “partnership representative” of each REMIC under Section 6223 of the Code.

(b)               The following assumptions are to be used for purposes of determining the anticipated payments of principal and interest for calculating the original yield to maturity and original issue discount with respect to the Certificates: (i) each Mortgage Loan will pay principal and interest in accordance with its terms and scheduled payments will be timely received on their Due Dates, provided that the Mortgage Loans will prepay in accordance with the Prepayment Assumption; (ii) none of the Sole Certificateholder, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Certificateholder owning a majority of the Percentage Interests in the Controlling Class will exercise the right described in Section 9.01 of this Agreement to cause early termination of the Trust Fund; and (iii) no Mortgage Loan is repurchased by a Mortgage Loan Seller pursuant to the terms of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.

Section 4.05        Imposition of Tax on the Trust Fund. If any tax, including interest, penalties or assessments, additional amounts or additions to tax, is imposed on the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC or the Upper-Tier REMIC, such tax shall be charged against amounts otherwise distributable to the Holders of the Certificates; provided that any taxes imposed on any net income from foreclosure property pursuant to Section 860G(d) of the Code or any similar tax imposed by a state or local jurisdiction shall instead be treated as an expense of the related Serviced REO Property in determining Net REO Proceeds with respect to the Serviced REO Property (and until such taxes are paid, the Special Servicer from time to time shall withdraw from amounts in the REO Account (and, in the case of any Serviced Whole Loan, from amounts in the Serviced Whole Loan REO Account) allocable to the Mortgage Loans and transfer to the Certificate Administrator amounts reasonably determined by the Certificate Administrator to be necessary to pay such taxes, which the Certificate Administrator shall maintain in a separate, non-interest-bearing account, and the Certificate Administrator shall send to the Special Servicer for deposit in the REO Account (or, if applicable, the Serviced Whole Loan REO Account) the excess determined by the Certificate Administrator from time to time of the amount in such account over the amount necessary to pay such taxes) and shall be paid

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therefrom; provided that any such tax imposed on net income from foreclosure property that exceeds the amount in any such reserve shall be retained from Pooled Aggregate Available Funds or Loan-Specific Available Funds, as applicable, as provided in Section 3.06(a)(xii) or, in the case of any Serviced Whole Loan, in Section 3.06(b)(xiii), and the next sentence. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, the Certificate Administrator is hereby authorized to and shall retain or cause to be retained from Pooled Aggregate Available Funds or Loan-Specific Available Funds, as applicable, sufficient funds to pay or provide for the payment of, and to actually pay, such tax as is legally owed by the applicable Trust REMIC (but such authorization shall not prevent the Trustee from contesting, at the expense of the Trust Fund or in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan with a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan, on a pro rata basis as between the related Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan (based on their respective outstanding principal balances)) any such tax in appropriate proceedings, and withholding payment of such tax, if permitted by law, pending the outcome of such proceedings. The Certificate Administrator is hereby authorized to and shall segregate or cause to be segregated, into a separate non-interest bearing account, (i) the net income allocable to the Mortgage Loans from any “prohibited transaction” under Section 860F(a) of the Code or (ii) the amount of any contribution to the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC or the Upper-Tier REMIC after the related Startup Day that is subject to tax under Section 860G(d) of the Code and use such income or amount, to the extent necessary, to pay such tax (and return the balance thereof, if any, to the Collection Account, the Lower-Tier Distribution Account, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Distribution Account or the Upper-Tier Distribution Account). To the extent that any such tax is paid to the IRS, the Certificate Administrator shall retain an equal amount from future amounts otherwise distributable to the Holders of the Class R Certificates, as the case may be, and shall distribute such retained amounts to the Holders of Non-VRR Certificates and the VRR Interest Owners, or the Trustee as Holder of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interests, until they are fully reimbursed and then to the Holders of the Class R Certificates. Neither the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, nor the Trustee shall be responsible for any taxes imposed on the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC or the Upper-Tier REMIC except to the extent such tax is attributable to a breach of a representation or warranty or the negligence or willful misconduct of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee or an act or omission of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee in contravention of this Agreement, provided, further, that such breach, act or omission could result in liability under Section 6.03 of this Agreement, in the case of the Master Servicer, Section 4.04 of this Agreement, in the case of the Trustee or Section 4.04 of this Agreement, in the case of the Certificate Administrator in accordance with the standard of liability set forth in those sections. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, in each such case, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer shall not be responsible for the Trustee’s or the Certificate Administrator’s breaches, acts or omissions, the Trustee shall not be responsible for the breaches, acts or omissions of the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer and the Certificate Administrator shall not be responsible for the breaches, acts or omissions of the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer.

Section 4.06        Remittances. On the Master Servicer Remittance Date immediately preceding each Distribution Date, the Master Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan that it is servicing shall:

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(i)              remit to the Certificate Administrator for deposit in the Lower-Tier Distribution Account (with respect to the Mortgage Loans) and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Distribution Account (with respect to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan) an amount equal to Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges, and, for deposit in accordance with Section 3.05(i) of this Agreement, Gain-on-Sale Proceeds, in each case received by the Master Servicer in its Collection Period preceding such Distribution Date;

(ii)             remit to the Certificate Administrator for deposit in (a) the Lower-Tier Distribution Account an amount equal to the aggregate of the Pooled Aggregate Available Funds for such Distribution Date and (b) the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Distribution Account and amount equal to the aggregate of the Pacific Design Center Available Funds for such Distribution;

(iii)            remit to the Certificate Administrator for deposit in the Excess Interest Distribution Account an amount equal to the Excess Interest for the benefit of the Holders of the Excess Interest Certificates and the RR Interest Owner received by the Master Servicer in the Collection Period preceding such Distribution Date; and

(iv)          remit to CREFC^® the CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee.

Section 4.07        P&I Advances. (a)  On or before 3:00 p.m. (New York City time) on each Master Servicer Remittance Date, the Master Servicer shall in the case of all Mortgage Loans either (i) remit to the Certificate Administrator for deposit into the (A) Lower-Tier Distribution Account from its own funds an amount equal to the aggregate amount of P&I Advances, if any, with respect to the Mortgage Loans to be made in respect of the related Distribution Date or (B) Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Distribution Account from its own funds an amount equal to the aggregate amount of P&I Advances, if any, with respect to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan to be made in respect of the related Distribution Date, (ii) apply amounts held in the Collection Account or the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account for future distribution to Certificateholders in subsequent months in discharge of any such obligation to make P&I Advances; provided that such amounts in the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account shall only be applied up to the related Mortgage Loan’s pro rata share of the amounts held therein on such date, or (iii) make P&I Advances in the form of any combination of (i) and (ii) aggregating the total amount of P&I Advances to be made by the Master Servicer, except that the portion of such P&I Advance equal to the CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee for each such Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan shall not be remitted to the Certificate Administrator but shall instead be remitted to CREFC^®. Any amounts held in the Collection Account or any Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account, as applicable, for future distribution and so used to make P&I Advances shall be appropriately reflected in the Master Servicer’s records and replaced by the Master Servicer by deposit in the Collection Account or the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account, as applicable, on or before the next succeeding P&I Advance Determination Date (to the extent not previously replaced through either (x) the deposit of Late Collections of the delinquent principal and/or interest in respect of which such P&I Advances were made or (y) the deposit of Periodic Payments collected prior to the expiration of any applicable grace period that ends after the P&I Advance Determination Date in respect of which such P&I Advances were made). The Master Servicer shall notify the Trustee

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and the Certificate Administrator of (i) the aggregate amount of P&I Advances for a Distribution Date and (ii) the amount of any Nonrecoverable P&I Advances for such Distribution Date, on or before the P&I Advance Determination Date. If the Master Servicer fails to make a required P&I Advance by 3:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Master Servicer Remittance Date, then the Trustee shall make such P&I Advance pursuant to Section 7.06 of this Agreement by 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the related Distribution Date, in each case unless the Master Servicer shall have cured such failure (and shall have provided written notice of such cure to the Trustee) by 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on such Distribution Date or the Trustee determines that such P&I Advance, if made, would be a Nonrecoverable Advance. Neither the Master Servicer nor the Trustee shall be required to make principal or interest advances with respect to any delinquent payment amounts due on any Companion Loan (other than the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan). If the Master Servicer or the Trustee makes a P&I Advance with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan with a related Serviced Companion Loan or Non-Serviced Companion Loan, then it shall provide written notice to the related Other Servicer, Other Special Servicer and Other Trustee of the amount of such P&I Advance with respect to such Mortgage Loan within two (2) Business Days of making such P&I Advance.

(b)               Subject to Section 4.07(c) and 4.07(d) below, the aggregate amount of P&I Advances to be made by the Master Servicer with respect to any Distribution Date shall equal the aggregate of: (i) the Periodic Payments (other than any Balloon Payment) (net of related Servicing Fees (other than, in the case of any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the servicing fee rate pursuant to the applicable Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement)) that were due on the Mortgage Loans, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and any REO Loan (including any portion of a REO Loan related to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, other than any portion of an REO Loan related to any other Companion Loan) during the related Collection Period and delinquent as of the P&I Advance Determination Date (or not advanced by any Sub Servicer on behalf of the Master Servicer) and (ii) with respect to each Mortgage Loan or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan delinquent in respect of its Balloon Payment as of the Master Servicer Remittance Date (including any REO Loan (including any portion of an REO Loan related to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, other than any portion of an REO Loan related to any other Companion Loan) as to which the related Balloon Payment would have been past due), an amount equal to the Assumed Scheduled Payment or Pacific Design Center Assumed Scheduled Payment, as applicable, therefor. Subject to subsection (c) below, the obligation of the Master Servicer to make such P&I Advances, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan that it is servicing, is mandatory, and with respect to any applicable Mortgage Loan, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or REO Loan (including any portion of an REO Loan related to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, but excluding any portion of an REO Loan related to any other Companion Loan), shall continue until (but not including) the Distribution Date on which Liquidation Proceeds or REO Proceeds, if any, are to be distributed. The Periodic Payment or Assumed Scheduled Payment shall be reduced, for purposes of P&I Advances, by any modifications pursuant to Section 3.26 of this Agreement or otherwise and by any reductions by a bankruptcy court pursuant to a plan of reorganization or pursuant to any of its equitable powers.

(c)               Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no P&I Advance shall be required hereunder if the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, determines that such P&I Advance would, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance. In addition, neither the Master Servicer nor the Trustee shall make any P&I Advance to the extent

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that it has received written notice that the Special Servicer has determined (if no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, in consultation with the Directing Holder) that such P&I Advance would, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance. In making such recoverability determination, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee, as applicable, will be entitled to (i) give due regard to the existence of any Nonrecoverable Advance or Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount with respect to other Mortgage Loans, the recovery of which, at the time of such consideration, is being deferred or delayed by the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, in light of the fact that proceeds on the related Mortgage Loan are a source of recovery not only for the P&I Advance under consideration, but also as a potential source of recovery of such Nonrecoverable Advance or Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount which is being or may be deferred or delayed, (ii) consider (among other things) the obligations of the Borrower under the terms of the related Mortgage Loan (or the Whole Loan, as applicable) as it may have been modified, (iii) consider (among other things) the related Mortgaged Properties in their “as is” or then current conditions and occupancies, as modified by such party’s assumptions (consistent with the Servicing Standard in the case of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer) regarding the possibility and effects of future adverse change with respect to such Mortgaged Properties, (iv) estimate and consider (consistent with the Servicing Standard in the case of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer) (among other things) future expenses, (v) estimate and consider (among other things) the timing of recoveries, (vi) in the case of a potential P&I Advance with respect to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, consider the subordinate nature of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, it being the intent that no P&I Advance with respect to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan should be reimbursed from out of general collections of principal on the Mortgage Pool, and (vii) with respect to a Non-Serviced Whole Loan, consider any nonrecoverability determination of the Other Servicer or Other Trustee relating to a principal and interest advance for a Non-Serviced Companion Loan.

The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee, as applicable, shall consider Unliquidated Advances in respect of prior P&I Advances for purposes of nonrecoverability determinations as if such Unliquidated Advances were unreimbursed P&I Advances. None of the Master Servicer or Trustee shall make any P&I Advances with respect to delinquent amounts due on any Companion Loan. If an Appraisal of the related Mortgaged Property shall not have been obtained within the prior 9-month period (and the Master Servicer and the Trustee shall each request any such appraisal from the Special Servicer prior to ordering an Appraisal pursuant to this sentence) or if such an Appraisal shall have been obtained but as a result of unforeseen occurrences, such Appraisal does not, in the good faith determination of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, reflect current market conditions, and the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, and the Special Servicer cannot agree on the appropriate downward adjustment to such Appraisal, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be, may, subject to its reasonable and good faith determination that such Appraisal will demonstrate the nonrecoverability of the related Advance, obtain an Appraisal for such purpose at the expense of the Trust Fund (subject, in the case of any Serviced Whole Loan, to the allocation provisions of the related Intercreditor Agreement).

Any such determination by the Master Servicer, Special Servicer or the Trustee that the Master Servicer or Trustee, as applicable, has made a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance or that any proposed P&I Advance, if made, would constitute a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance shall be evidenced by a certificate of a Servicing Officer delivered to the Trustee, the Certificate

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Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Special Servicer, any related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan Noteholder(s), the Directing Holder (but only if no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing) and the Depositor and, in the case of the Trustee, by a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, delivered to the Depositor, the Directing Holder (but only if no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing), the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, which in each case sets forth such nonrecoverability determination and the considerations of the Master Servicer, Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, forming the basis of such determination (such certificate accompanied by, to the extent available, income and expense statements, rent rolls, occupancy status, property inspections and other information used by the Master Servicer, Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, to make such determination, together with any existing Appraisal or any Updated Appraisal); provided that the Special Servicer may, at its option, make a determination in accordance with the Servicing Standard, that any P&I Advance previously made or proposed to be made is nonrecoverable and shall deliver to the Master Servicer, the Directing Holder (but only if no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing) (and, with respect to a Serviced Mortgage Loan, to any Other Servicer or Other Special Servicer under the pooling and servicing agreement into which the related Companion Loan is deposited), the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee and the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement), notice of such determination, together with a certificate of a Servicing Officer and the supporting information described above. Any such determination shall be conclusive and binding on the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee.

Any such Person may update or change its recoverability determinations at any time (but not reverse any other Person’s determination or prohibit any such other authorized Person from making a determination, that a P&I Advance constitutes, or would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance) and (consistent with the Servicing Standard in the case of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer) may obtain, at the expense of the Trust Fund (subject, in the case of any Serviced Whole Loan, to the allocation provisions of the related Intercreditor Agreement), any analysis, Appraisals or market value estimates or other information for such purposes. Absent bad faith, any such determination as to the recoverability of any P&I Advance shall be conclusive and binding on the Certificateholders.

Notwithstanding the above, (i) the Trustee shall be entitled to rely conclusively on and be bound by any determination by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, that a P&I Advance, if made, would be a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance and (ii) the Master Servicer shall be entitled to rely conclusively on and be bound by any determination of the Special Servicer that a P&I Advance, if made, would be a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance (but this statement shall not be construed to entitle the Special Servicer to reverse any other authorized Person’s determination, or to prohibit any such other authorized Person from making a determination that an advance constitutes, or would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance). The Trustee, in determining whether or not a P&I Advance previously made is, or a proposed P&I Advance, if made, would be, a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance shall use its good faith business judgment. The Special Servicer shall promptly furnish the Master Servicer and the Trustee with any information in its possession regarding the Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties as each such party may reasonably request for purposes of making recoverability determinations.

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(d)               In connection with the recovery of any P&I Advance out of the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.06(a) of this Agreement or any Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.06(b) of this Agreement, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to pay itself or the Trustee, as the case may be (in reverse of such order with respect to any Mortgage Loan or REO Property) out of any amounts then on deposit in the Collection Account or the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account (subject to the provisions of Section 3.06) (to the extent amounts therein relate to the Mortgage Loans, taking into account the related Intercreditor Agreement), interest at the Reimbursement Rate in effect from time to time, accrued on the amount of such P&I Advance from the date made to but not including the date of reimbursement with respect to the Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan that the Master Servicer is servicing; provided, however, that no interest will accrue on any P&I Advance (i) made with respect to a Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan until after the related Due Date has passed and any applicable grace period has expired or (ii) if the related Periodic Payment is received after the Determination Date but on or prior to the Business Day immediately prior to the related Distribution Date. The Master Servicer shall reimburse itself or the Trustee, as the case may be, for any outstanding P&I Advance as soon as practicably possible after funds available for such purpose are deposited in the Collection Account or the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account with respect to the Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan that the Master Servicer is servicing.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 4.06 of this Agreement, (i) neither the Master Servicer nor the Trustee shall make an advance for Yield Maintenance Charges, Excess Interest or Penalty Charges and (ii) if the Master Servicer receives notice of an Appraisal Reduction Event and the related Appraisal Reduction Amount, the interest portion of any P&I Advance with respect to a Serviced Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, as applicable, as to which there has been an Appraisal Reduction Amount will be an amount equal to the product of (x) the amount required to be advanced without giving effect to the Appraisal Reduction Amount and (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, as applicable, as of the immediately preceding Determination Date less any Appraisal Reduction Amount applicable to such Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, as applicable, and the denominator of which is the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, as applicable, as of such Determination Date. All P&I Advances for any Mortgage Loans or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan that have been modified shall be calculated on the basis of their terms as modified. With respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, if the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, does not receive notice of an Appraisal Reduction Event and the related Appraisal Reduction Amount from the related Other Servicer, then the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, shall have no obligation to proportionately reduce the interest portion of any P&I Advance required to be made by the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable. With respect to any Non-Serviced Companion Loan that has already been securitized prior to the Closing Date, the Certificate Administrator, on behalf of the Trust, shall notify each Other Servicer and each Other Trustee of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan that (a) such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan has been included in this Trust and (b) upon (i) the existence of an Appraisal Reduction Event and/or (ii) the related calculation of any Appraisal Reduction Amount (or receipt of notice of any such calculation), such Other Servicer shall provide the Master Servicer (who shall promptly provide to the Special Servicer and so long as no Consultation Termination Event is continuing, to the Directing Holder) and the Trustee with prompt notice of the existence

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of any such Appraisal Reduction Event and/or any such Appraisal Reduction Amount once calculated. With respect to any Serviced Companion Loan, the Master Servicer shall notify the related Other Servicer and Other Trustee of the existence of an Appraisal Reduction Event and any related Appraisal Reduction Amount. The Master Servicer shall be deemed to have delivered notice of any such Appraisal Reduction Event and any related Appraisal Reduction Amount if the Master Servicer includes such event and/or amount in its monthly servicer statements provided to the other servicer.

The portion of any Insurance Proceeds and Net Liquidation Proceeds in respect of a Mortgage Loan, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or any REO Loan allocable to principal shall equal the total amount of such proceeds minus (i) any portion thereof payable to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee pursuant to this Agreement and (ii) a portion thereof equal to the interest component of the Periodic Payment(s), as accrued at the related Net Mortgage Rate from the date as to which interest was last paid by the Borrower up to but not including the Due Date in the Collection Period in which such proceeds are received; provided that, if the interest portion(s) of one or more P&I Advances with respect of such Mortgage Loan, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or REO Loan, as applicable, were reduced as a result of an Appraisal Reduction Event, the amount of the Net Liquidation Proceeds to be applied to interest shall be reduced by the aggregate amount of such reductions and the portion of such Net Liquidation Proceeds to be applied to principal shall be increased by such amount, and if the amount of the Net Liquidation Proceeds to be applied to principal has been applied to pay the principal of such Mortgage Loan, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or REO Loan in full, any remaining Net Liquidation Proceeds shall then be applied to pay any remaining accrued and unpaid interest of such Mortgage Loan, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or REO Loan.

(e)               With respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee will each be permitted to make its determination that the Master Servicer or the Trustee has made a P&I Advance on such Mortgage Loan that is a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance or that any proposed P&I Advance, if made, would constitute a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance with respect to such Mortgage Loan in accordance with Section 4.07(a) independently of any determination made by the Other Servicer (or any master servicer with respect to a commercial mortgage securitization holding another Non-Serviced Companion Loan related to such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, if any) under the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement (or any pooling and servicing agreement with respect to a commercial mortgage securitization holding another Non-Serviced Companion Loan related to such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, if any). If the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, determines that a proposed P&I Advance with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, if made, or any outstanding P&I Advance with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan previously made, would be, or is, as applicable, a Nonrecoverable Advance, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, shall provide the Other Servicer (and any master servicer with respect to a commercial mortgage securitization holding another Non-Serviced Companion Loan related to such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, if any), the Other Special Servicer and Other Trustee with written notice of such determination, promptly and in any event within two (2) Business Days after such determination or such longer time period permitted by the applicable Intercreditor Agreement. If the Master Servicer receives written notice from an Other Servicer (relating to the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement that governs the servicing and administration of the

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related Non-Serviced Whole Loan) that it has determined, with respect to the related Non-Serviced Companion Loan, that any proposed advance of principal and/or interest with respect to the related Non-Serviced Companion Loan would be, or any outstanding advance of principal and interest is, a nonrecoverable advance of principal and/or interest, such determination shall not be binding on the Certificateholders, the Master Servicer or the Trustee; provided that, with respect to each Non-Serviced Whole Loan, each of the Master Servicer and the Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely on any such nonrecoverability determination.

If the Master Servicer receives notice from a Rating Agency that it is no longer approved as a master servicer for commercial mortgage securitizations, it shall promptly notify the Trustee, any Other Trustee, any Other Servicer and any other trustee or master servicer with respect to each commercial mortgage securitization that holds a Non-Serviced Companion Loan related to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, if any.

(f)                With respect to any Serviced Whole Loan that has a Serviced Companion Loan, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee will be permitted to make its determination that the Master Servicer or the Trustee has made a P&I Advance on the related Mortgage Loan that is a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance or that any proposed P&I Advance, if made, would constitute a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance with respect to such Mortgage Loan in accordance with Section 4.07(a) independently of any determination made in respect of the related Serviced Companion Loan, by the master servicer under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In addition, neither the Master Servicer nor the Trustee shall make any P&I Advance or Servicing Advance with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan to the extent that it has received written notice that the Special Servicer has determined that such Advance would, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance. If the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, determines that a proposed P&I Advance with respect to such Serviced Whole Loan, if made, or any outstanding P&I Advance with respect to any such Mortgage Loan previously made, would be, or is, as applicable, a Nonrecoverable Advance or if the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, subsequently determines that a proposed Servicing Advance would be a Nonrecoverable Advance or an outstanding Servicing Advance is or would be a Nonrecoverable Advance, the Master Servicer or Trustee, as applicable, shall provide the Other Servicer, Other Special Servicer and the Other Trustee under each related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement with written notice of such determination, promptly and in any event within two (2) Business Days after such determination or such longer time period permitted by the applicable Intercreditor Agreement. If the Master Servicer receives written notice from any master servicer under any such Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement that such master servicer has determined, with respect to the related Serviced Companion Loan, that any proposed advance of principal and/or interest with respect to such Serviced Companion Loan would be, or any outstanding advance of principal and interest is, a nonrecoverable advance of principal and/or interest, such determination shall not be binding on the Certificateholders, the Master Servicer or the Trustee; provided that, with respect to each Non-Serviced Whole Loan, each of the Master Servicer and the Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely on any such nonrecoverability determination.

(g)               If the Master Servicer receives notice from a Rating Agency that it is no longer approved as a master servicer for commercial mortgage securitizations, it shall promptly notify the Trustee, any Other Trustee, any Other Servicer and any other trustee or master servicer

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with respect to each commercial mortgage securitization that holds a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan related to any Serviced Whole Loan, if any.

(h)               The Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, shall be entitled to the reimbursement of P&I Advances it makes to the extent permitted pursuant to Section 3.06 of this Agreement together with any related Advance Interest Amount in respect of such P&I Advances to the extent permitted pursuant to Section 3.06 of this Agreement and the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer each hereby covenants and agrees to promptly seek and effect the reimbursement of such Advances from the related Borrowers to the extent permitted by applicable law and the related Mortgage Loan (or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan) and this Agreement.

Section 4.08        Appraisal Reductions; Collateral Deficiency Amounts. (a) For purposes of (x) determining the Pooled Non-Reduced Certificates, the Controlling Class and whether a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, and (y) determining the Voting Rights of the related Classes for purposes of removal of the Special Servicer, the VRR Percentage of the Appraisal Reduction Amounts allocated to the Mortgage Loans will be allocated to the VRR Interest to notionally reduce (to not less than zero) the VRR Interest Balance. The Non-VRR Percentage of the Appraisal Reduction Amounts allocated to the Mortgage Loans will be allocated to each Class of Pooled Principal Balance Certificates in reverse sequential order to notionally reduce the related Certificate Balances until the Certificate Balance of each such Class of Certificates is reduced to zero (i.e., first, to the Class H Certificates, second, to the Class G Certificates, third, to the Class F Certificates, fourth, to the Class E Certificates, fifth, to the Class D Certificates, sixth, to the Class C Certificates, seventh, to the Class B Certificates, eighth, to the Class A-M Certificates, and ninth, to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB and Class A-4 Certificates, pro rata, based on their Certificate Balances).

As a result of calculating one or more Appraisal Reduction Amounts that is allocated to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, the amount of any required P&I Advance with respect to such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan shall be reduced, which will have the effect of reducing the amount of interest available to the Loan-Specific Certificates then-outstanding in reverse sequential order.

As of the first Determination Date following a Serviced Mortgage Loan becoming an AB Modified Loan, the Master Servicer shall calculate whether a Collateral Deficiency Amount exists with respect to such AB Modified Loan, taking into account the most recent Appraisal obtained by the Special Servicer with respect to such Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, as applicable and all other information relevant to a Collateral Deficiency Amount determination. Upon obtaining knowledge or receipt of notice by the Master Servicer that a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan has become an AB Modified Loan, the Master Servicer shall (i) promptly request from the related Other Servicer, Other Special Servicer and Other Trustee the most recent appraisal with respect to such AB Modified Loan, in addition to all other information reasonably required by the Master Servicer to calculate whether a Collateral Deficiency Amount exists with respect to such AB Modified Loan, and (ii) as of the first Determination Date following receipt by the Master Servicer of the appraisal and any other information set forth in the immediately preceding clause (i) that the Master Servicer reasonably expects to receive, calculate whether a Collateral Deficiency Amount exists with respect to such AB Modified Loan, taking into account the most recent appraisal obtained by the Other Special Servicer with respect to such

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Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, and all other information relevant to a Collateral Deficiency Amount determination. Upon obtaining knowledge or receipt of notice by any other party to this Agreement that a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan has become an AB Modified Loan, such party shall promptly notify the Master Servicer thereof. The Special Servicer, upon reasonable prior written request, shall provide the Master Servicer with information in its possession that is reasonably required to calculate or recalculate any Collateral Deficiency Amount. Upon reasonable prior written request, the Special Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to assist the Master Servicer in obtaining information reasonably required to calculate or recalculate any Collateral Deficiency Amount with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan in the event that the Master Servicer is unsuccessful in obtaining such information from the related Other Servicer, Other Special Servicer or Other Trustee. None of the Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator shall calculate or verify any Collateral Deficiency Amount.

For purposes of determining the Pooled Non-Reduced Certificates, the Controlling Class and the occurrence of a Control Termination Event, the VRR Percentage of any Appraisal Reduction Amounts shall be allocated to the VRR Interest to notionally reduce (to not less than zero) the VRR Interest Balance thereof, and the Non-VRR Percentage of any Appraisal Reduction Amounts will be allocated to each class of Pooled Principal Balance Certificates in reverse sequential order to notionally reduce the Certificate Balance thereof until the related Certificate Balance of each such class is reduced to zero.

For purposes of determining the Controlling Class and whether a Control Termination Event is continuing, Collateral Deficiency Amounts allocated to an AB Modified Loan will be allocated by applying the Non-VRR Percentage of the Collateral Deficiency Amounts to each Class of Control Eligible Certificates in reverse sequential order to notionally reduce the related Certificate Balances until the Certificate Balance of each such Class of Control Eligible Certificates is reduced to zero. For the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of determining the Controlling Class or whether a Control Termination Event is continuing, any Class of Control Eligible Certificates shall be allocated the Non-VRR Percentage of both applicable Appraisal Reduction Amounts and applicable Collateral Deficiency Amounts (the sum of which shall constitute the applicable Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amount), in accordance with this Section 4.08(a).

For purposes of determining the Non-Reduced Certificates, the Pacific Design Center Controlling Class, the occurrence of a Pacific Design Center Control Appraisal Period and Voting Rights of the related Classes for purposes of removal of the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer, Appraisal Reduction Amounts allocated to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan will be allocated first to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and then to the Pacific Design Center Mortgage Loan. Appraisal Reduction Amounts allocated to a Trust Subordinate Companion Loan will be allocated to each class of Loan-Specific Certificates in reverse sequential order to notionally reduce the Certificate Balance thereof until the related Certificate Balance of each such class is reduced to zero (i.e., first, to the Class PDC-HRR Certificates, then, to the Class PDC-A2 Certificates, and finally, to the Class PDC-A1 Certificates). In addition, for purposes of determining the Pacific Design Center Controlling Class and the occurrence of a Pacific Design Center Appraisal Period, Collateral Deficiency Amounts allocated to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan will be allocated to each class of Pacific Design Center Control Eligible Certificates in reverse sequential order to notionally reduce the Certificate Balance thereof until

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the related Certificate Balance of each such class is reduced to zero (i.e., first, to the Class PDC-HRR Certificates, then, to the Class PDC-A2 Certificates, and finally, to the Class PDC-A1 Certificates). For the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of determining the Pacific Design Center Controlling Class and the occurrence of a Pacific Design Center Control Appraisal Period, any Class of Pacific Design Center Control Eligible Certificates will be allocated both applicable Appraisal Reduction Amounts and applicable Collateral Deficiency Amounts, as described in this paragraph.

With respect to (i) any Appraisal Reduction Amount calculated for the purposes of determining the Non-Reduced Certificates or Pooled Non-Reduced Certificates or determining the Voting Rights of the related Classes for purposes of removal of the Special Servicer and (ii) any Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount calculated for purposes of determining the Controlling Class or the occurrence of a Control Termination Event is continuing, the appraised value of the related Mortgaged Property shall be determined on an “as is” basis.

The Master Servicer shall promptly notify the Certificate Administrator and the Special Servicer of the amount of any Appraisal Reduction Amount (which notification shall be made by delivery of the CREFC^® Loan Periodic Update File in accordance with Section 3.13(a)), any Collateral Deficiency Amount and any resulting Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amount allocated to each Mortgage Loan, AB Modified Loan or Serviced Whole Loan if any (which notification shall be satisfied through the delivery of such information included in the CREFC^® Appraisal Reduction Amount Template included in the CREFC^® Investor Reporting Package (or such other form as agreed to by the Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer), which shall be delivered simultaneously with the CREFC^® Loan Periodic Update File in accordance with Section 3.13(a)). Based on information in its possession, the Certificate Administrator shall determine from time to time which Class of Certificates is the Controlling Class and the Pacific Design Center Controlling Class. Promptly upon its determination of a change in the Controlling Class or Pacific Design Center Controlling Class, the Certificate Administrator shall notify the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Operating Advisor of such event, including the identity and contact information of the new Controlling Class Certificateholder or Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholder, as applicable (the cost of obtaining such information from the Depository being an expense of the Trust).

(b)               The Holders of the majority (by Certificate Balance) of any Class of Control Eligible Certificates or Pacific Design Center Control Eligible Certificates whose aggregate Certificate Balance, as notionally reduced by Appraisal Reduction Amounts or Collateral Deficiency Amounts allocated thereto, is less than 25% of the initial Certificate Principal Balance of such Class (such Class, an “Appraised-Out Class”) as a result of an allocation of an Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount in respect of such Class shall have the right, at their sole expense, to require the Special Servicer to order a supplemental Appraisal of any Mortgage Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan) for which an Appraisal Reduction Event has occurred or as to which there exists a Collateral Deficiency Amount (such Holders, the “Requesting Holders”), and use its reasonable efforts to obtain an Appraisal prepared on an “as-is” basis by an MAI appraiser reasonably acceptable to the Special Servicer within 60 days from receipt of the Requesting Holders’ written request. Any Appraised-Out Class for which the Requesting Holders are challenging the Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount determination shall not exercise any rights of the Controlling Class or Pacific Design Center Controlling Class,

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until such time, if any, as such Class is reinstated as the Controlling Class or Pacific Design Center Controlling Class, as applicable, and the rights of the Controlling Class or Pacific Design Center Controlling Class will be exercised by the next most senior Control Eligible Certificates, if any, during such period. During such period, the rights of the Pacific Design Center Controlling Class during each Appraisal Review Period shall be exercised by the next most senior Control Eligible Certificates or Pacific Design Center Control Eligible Certificates, respectively, if any, and otherwise, by the Directing Holder.

In addition, the Requesting Holders of any Appraised-Out Class shall have the right, at their sole expense, to require the Special Servicer to order an additional appraisal of any Serviced Mortgage Loan for which an Appraisal Reduction Event has occurred or as to which there exists a Collateral Deficiency Amount if an event has occurred at or with regard to the related Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties that would have a material effect on its appraised value, and the Special Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to obtain an Appraisal prepared on an “as-is” basis by an MAI appraiser reasonably acceptable to the Special Servicer within 60 days from receipt of the Requesting Holders’ written request; provided that the Special Servicer shall not be required to obtain such appraisal if it determines in accordance with the Servicing Standard that no events at or with regard to the related Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties have occurred that would have a material effect on the appraised value of the related Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties. The right of the holders of an Appraised-Out Class to require the Special Servicer to order an additional appraisal as described in this paragraph shall be limited to no more frequently than once in any 9-month period with respect to any Mortgage Loan.

Upon receipt of any such supplemental Appraisal the Special Servicer shall send the Appraisal to the Master Servicer, and the Master Servicer shall recalculate such Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount, as applicable, based upon such supplemental Appraisal and receipt of information reasonably requested by the Master Servicer from the Special Servicer, to the extent such information is in the possession of the Special Servicer, and is reasonably necessary to make such recalculation. If required by any such recalculation, the Appraised-Out Class shall be reinstated as the Controlling Class or the Pacific Design Center Controlling Class.

Appraisals that are permitted to be obtained by the Special Servicer at the request of holders of an Appraised-Out Class shall be in addition to any appraisals that the Special Servicer may otherwise be required to obtain in accordance with the Servicing Standard or this Agreement without regard to any appraisal requests made by any holder of an Appraised-Out Class.

(c)               An appraisal for any Mortgage Loan that has not been brought current for at least three consecutive Periodic Payments (or paid in full, liquidated, repurchased or otherwise disposed of) will be updated every 9 months for so long as an Appraisal Reduction Event or Collateral Deficiency Amount exists.

(d)               Notwithstanding the foregoing, within 60 days after an Appraisal Reduction Event (or in the case of an Appraisal Reduction Event occurring by reason of clause (ii) of the definition thereof, within 30 days of such Appraisal Reduction Event) (i) with respect to Serviced Mortgage Loans and any related Serviced Companion Loans having a Stated Principal Balance of $2,000,000 or higher, the Special Servicer shall order and use efforts consistent with the Servicing

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Standard to obtain an Updated Appraisal or (ii) with respect to Serviced Mortgage Loans and any related Serviced Companion Loans having a Stated Principal Balance of less than $2,000,000, the Special Servicer, at its option, shall (A) provide a Small Loan Appraisal Estimate within the same time period as an Appraisal would otherwise be required and such Small Loan Appraisal Estimate shall be used in lieu of an Updated Appraisal to calculate the Appraisal Reduction Amount for such Mortgage Loans or applicable Serviced Whole Loans; or (B) order and use efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to obtain an Updated Appraisal.

(e)               The Special Servicer, upon reasonable request, shall deliver to the Master Servicer any information in the Special Servicer’s possession reasonably required to determine, calculate, redetermine or recalculate any Appraisal Reduction Amount.

On the first Determination Date occurring at least 10 Business Days after the later of (i) date the Master Servicer receives from the Special Servicer the related Updated Appraisal or the Special Servicer’s Small Loan Appraisal Estimate, as applicable, and (ii) the occurrence of an Appraisal Reduction Event, the Master Servicer shall adjust the Appraisal Reduction Amount to take into account such Updated Appraisal or Small Loan Appraisal Estimate, as applicable and any information reasonably requested by the Master Servicer from the Special Servicer, to the extent such information is in the possession of the Special Servicer, necessary to calculate the Appraisal Reduction Amount. Each Appraisal Reduction Amount shall also be adjusted to take into account any subsequent Small Loan Appraisal Estimate or Updated Appraisal, as applicable, and any letter updates, as of the date of each such subsequent Small Loan Appraisal Estimate, Updated Appraisal or letter update, as applicable, and receipt of information reasonably requested by the Master Servicer from the Special Servicer, to the extent such information is in the possession of the Special Servicer and is reasonably necessary to calculate the Appraisal Reduction Amount. Such report shall also be forwarded by the Master Servicer, to the extent the related Serviced Companion Loan has been included in a securitization transaction, to the master servicer of such securitization into which the related Serviced Companion Loan has been sold, or to the holder of any related Serviced Companion Loan by the Master Servicer.

Section 4.09        Grantor Trust Reporting. The Certificate Administrator shall maintain adequate books and records to account for the separate entitlements of the Grantor Trust.

(a)               The parties intend that the Grantor Trust shall be treated as a “grantor trust” under subtitle A, chapter 1, subchapter J, part I, subpart E of the Code, and the provisions thereof shall be interpreted consistently with this intention. In furtherance of such intention, none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator shall have the power to vary the assets of the Grantor Trust so as to take advantage of market fluctuations or so as to improve the rate of return of the Excess Interest Certificates, and shall otherwise comply with Treasury Regulations Section 301.7701-4(c). Within 30 days of the Closing Date, the Certificate Administrator shall obtain a taxpayer identification number for the Grantor Trust on IRS Form SS-4. The Certificate Administrator shall file or cause to be filed with the IRS Form 1041 (or, if the Grantor Trust is a WHFIT, information will be provided on Form 1099) or such other form as may be applicable and shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Holders of the Excess Interest Certificates and the RR Interest Owner their allocable share of income and expense with respect to the Class S Specific Grantor Trust Assets with the

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corresponding alphabetic or alphanumeric designation and proceeds thereof and/or VRR Interest Upper-Tier Regular Interests, as applicable, as such amounts are received or accrue, as applicable.

(b)               As of the Closing Date, the Grantor Trust shall be treated as a WHFIT that is a WHMT. The Certificate Administrator shall report as required under the WHFIT Regulations to the extent such information as is reasonably necessary to enable the Certificate Administrator to do so is provided to the Certificate Administrator on a timely basis. The Certificate Administrator is hereby directed to assume that DTC, “Embassy & Co.” and “Hare & Co.” are the only “middleman” as defined by the WHFIT Regulations unless the Depositor provides the Certificate Administrator with the identities of other “middlemen” that are Certificateholders. The Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely on the first sentence of this Section 4.09(b), and shall be entitled to indemnification in accordance with the terms of this Agreement in the event that the IRS makes a determination that any such notice is incorrect.

(i)               The Certificate Administrator, in its discretion, shall report required WHFIT information using either the cash or accrual method, except to the extent the WHFIT Regulations specifically require a different method. The Certificate Administrator shall be under no obligation to determine whether any Certificateholder uses the cash or accrual method. The Certificate Administrator shall make available (via the Certificate Administrator’s Website) WHFIT information to Certificateholders annually. In addition, the Certificate Administrator shall not be responsible or liable for providing subsequently amended, revised or updated information to any Certificateholder, unless requested by the Certificateholder.

(ii)              The Certificate Administrator shall not be liable for failure to meet the reporting requirements of the WHFIT Regulations nor for any penalties thereunder if such failure is due to: (i) the lack of reasonably necessary information being provided to the Certificate Administrator or (ii) incomplete, inaccurate or untimely information being provided to the Certificate Administrator. Each owner of a class of securities representing, in whole or in part, beneficial ownership of an interest in a WHFIT, by acceptance of its interest in such class of securities, will be deemed to have agreed to provide the Certificate Administrator with information regarding any sale of such securities, including the price, amount of proceeds and date of sale. Absent receipt of information regarding any sale of Excess Interest Certificates, including the price, amount of proceeds and date of sale from the beneficial owner thereof or the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator shall assume there is no secondary market trading of WHFIT interests.

(iii)           To the extent required by the WHFIT Regulations, the Certificate Administrator shall use reasonable efforts to publish on the Certificate Administrator’s Website the CUSIPs for the Certificates that represent ownership of a WHFIT. The CUSIPs so published will represent the Rule 144A CUSIPs. The Certificate Administrator shall make reasonable good faith efforts to keep the website accurate and updated to the extent CUSIPs have been received. Absent the receipt of a CUSIP, the Certificate Administrator will use a reasonable identifier number in lieu of a CUSIP. The Certificate Administrator shall not be liable for investor reporting delays that result from the receipt of inaccurate or untimely CUSIP information.

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Section 4.10        Secure Data Room. (a)  The Certificate Administrator shall create the Secure Data Room and the Depositor shall, upon receipt of each Mortgage Loan Seller’s Diligence File Certification, deliver to the Certificate Administrator within 120 days following the Closing Date an electronic copy of the Diligence Files for the Mortgage Loans that have been uploaded by the Mortgage Loan Sellers to the Intralinks Site. Upon receipt thereof, the Certificate Administrator shall promptly upload the contents of each Diligence File to the Secure Data Room. Access to the Secure Data Room shall be granted by the Certificate Administrator to (i) the Asset Representations Reviewer and (ii) any other Person at the direction of the Depositor, in each case, upon the occurrence of an Affirmative Asset Review Vote and receipt by the Certificate Administrator of a certification substantially in the form of Exhibit KK hereto (which shall be sent via email to trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com or submitted electronically via the Certificate Administrator’s website). In no case whatsoever shall Certificateholders be permitted to access the Secure Data Room. For the avoidance of doubt, the Certificate Administrator shall be under no obligation to post any documents or information to the Secure Data Room other than the contents of the Diligence Files initially delivered to it by the Depositor.

(b)               The Certificate Administrator shall not have any obligation or duty to verify, review, confirm or otherwise determine whether the type, number or contents of any Diligence File delivered to the Certificate Administrator is accurate, complete, or relates to the transaction or confirm that all documents and information constituting any Diligence File have actually been delivered to the Certificate Administrator. In no case shall the Certificate Administrator be deemed to have obtained actual or constructive knowledge of the contents of, or information contained in, any Diligence File by virtue of posting such Diligence File to the Secure Data Room. In the event that any document or information is posted in error, the Certificate Administrator may remove such document or information from the Secure Data Room. The Certificate Administrator shall not have any obligation to produce physical or electronic copies of any document or information provided to it for posting to the Secure Data Room. The Certificate Administrator shall not be responsible or held liable for any other Person’s use or dissemination of the documents or information contained on the Secure Data Room; provided that such event or occurrence is not also a result of its own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct. The Certificate Administrator shall not be required to restrict access to the Secure Data Room on a loan-by-loan basis and any Person with access to the Secure Data Room shall covenant to access only the information necessary to perform its duties and responsibilities under this Agreement.

(c)               Upon the resignation or removal of the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 8.07, the Certificate Administrator shall transfer electronic copies of the Diligence Files to a successor certificate administrator designated in writing by the Depositor, and all costs and expenses associated with the transfer of the Diligence Files shall be payable as part of the costs and expenses associated with the transfer of its responsibilities upon the resignation or removal of the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 8.07. Following the date on which any Mortgage Loan is paid in full, liquidated, repurchased or otherwise removed from the Trust, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, may (but shall not be obligated to) direct the Certificate Administrator in writing to delete the Diligence File related to such Mortgage Loan from the Secure Data Room; provided that absent such direction, the Certificate Administrator shall not be obligated to delete any Diligence File from the Secure Data Room. Following the termination of the Trust pursuant to Section 9.01, the Certificate Administrator shall be permitted

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to delete all files from the Secure Data Room. Upon deletion pursuant to this Section 4.10, in no event shall the Certificate Administrator be obligated to reproduce or retrieve such deleted files.

Article V

THE CERTIFICATES

Section 5.01        The Certificates. (a) The Certificates consist of the Class A-1 Certificates, the Class A-2 Certificates, the Class A-3 Certificates, the Class A-SB Certificates, the Class A-4 Certificates, the Class A-M Certificates, the Class X-A Certificates, the Class X-D Certificates, the Class X-F Certificates, the Class X-G Certificates, the Class X-H Certificates, the Class B Certificates, the Class C Certificates, the Class D Certificates, the Class E Certificates, the Class F Certificates, the Class G Certificates, the Class H Certificates, the Class S Certificates, the Class R Certificates, the Class RR Certificates, the Class PDC-A1 Certificates, the Class PDC-A2 Certificates and the Class PDC-HRR Certificates.

The Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-M, Class X-A, Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G, Class X-H, Class B, Class C, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G, Class H, Class S, Class R, Class RR, Class PDC-A1, Class PDC-A2 and Class PDC-HRR Certificates will be substantially in the forms for such Class of Certificates as set forth next to such Classes in the Table of Exhibits to this Agreement. The Certificates of each Class (other than the Class S and Class R Certificates) will be issuable in registered form only, in minimum denominations of authorized Certificate Balance or Notional Amount, as applicable, as described in the succeeding table, and multiples of $l in excess thereof (or such lesser amount if the Certificate Balance or Notional Amount, as applicable, is not a multiple of $1). The Class RR Certificates will be issuable in one or more Individual Certificates, in minimum denominations of authorized Certificate Balance as described in the succeeding table, and multiples of $l in excess thereof (or such lesser amount if the Certificate Balance is not a multiple of $1). With respect to any Certificate or any beneficial interest in a Certificate, the “Denomination” thereof shall be (i) the amount (A) set forth on the face thereof or (B) in the case of any Global Certificate, set forth on a schedule attached thereto or, in the case of any beneficial interest in a Global Certificate, the amount set forth on the books and records of the related Depository Participant or indirect participating brokerage firm, as applicable, (ii) expressed in terms of Certificate Balance or Notional Amount, as applicable, and (iii) be in an authorized denomination, as set forth below:

Class	Minimum Denomination			Aggregate Denomination of all Certificates of Class
A-1	$	10,000		$	6,484,000
A-2	$	10,000		$	201,433,000
A-3	$	10,000		$	50,784,000
A-SB	$	10,000		$	4,164,000
A-4	$	10,000		$	173,967,000
X-A	$	100,000		$	507,037,000
A-M	$	10,000		$	70,205,000
B	$	10,000		$	31,202,000
C	$	10,000		$	24,182,000
X-D	$	1,000,000		$	21,062,000
X-F	$	1,000,000		$	12,481,000

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Class	Minimum Denomination			Aggregate Denomination of all Certificates of Class
X-G	$	1,000,000		$	10,140,000
X-H	$	1,000,000		$	17,942,153
D	$	100,000	(1)	$	14,821,000
E	$	100,000	(1)	$	6,241,000
F	$	100,000	(1)	$	12,481,000
G	$	100,000	(1)	$	10,140,000
H	$	100,000	(1)	$	17,942,153
RR	$	10,000		$	12,658,410
PDC-A1	$	100,000		$	10,000,000
PDC-A2	$	100,000		$	9,000,000
PDC-HRR	$	100,000		$	1,000,000

(1) Or $10,000 in the case of Rule 144A Global Certificates.

Each Certificate will share ratably in all rights of the related Class.

The Class S and Class R Certificates will each be issuable in one or more Individual Certificates in minimum denominations of 5% Percentage Interests and integral multiples of a 1% Percentage Interest in excess thereof and together aggregating the entire 100% Percentage Interest in each such Class.

The Global Certificates shall be issued as one or more certificates registered in the name of a nominee designated by the Depository, and Certificate Owners shall hold interests in the Global Certificates through the book-entry facilities of the Depository in the minimum Denominations and aggregate Denominations and Classes as set forth above.

The Global Certificates shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Agreement as Individual Certificates authenticated and delivered hereunder.

The Retained Certificates shall each be issuable in one or more Individual Certificates at all times during the Transfer Restriction Period.

(b)               Except insofar as pertains to any Individual Certificate, the Trust Fund, the Certificate Administrator, the Paying Agent and the Trustee may for all purposes (including the making of payments due on the Global Certificates and the giving of notice to Holders thereof) deal with the Depository as the authorized representative of the Certificate Owners with respect to the Global Certificates for the purposes of exercising the rights of Certificateholders hereunder; provided that, for purposes of transmitting communications pursuant to Section 5.05(a) of this Agreement, to the extent that the Depositor has provided the Certificate Administrator with the names of Certificate Owners (even if such Certificateholders hold their Certificates through the Depository) the Certificate Administrator shall provide such information to such Certificate Owners directly. The rights of Certificate Owners with respect to Global Certificates shall be limited to those established by law and agreements between such Certificateholders and the Depository and Depository Participants. Except as set forth in Section 5.01(e) below, Certificate Owners of Global Certificates shall not be entitled to physical certificates for the Global Certificates as to which they are the Certificate Owners. Requests and directions from, and votes

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of, the Depository as Holder of the Global Certificates shall not be deemed inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners. Subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 5.01 of this Agreement and Applicable Procedures, the holder of a beneficial interest in a Private Global Certificate may request that the Certificate Administrator cause the Depository (or any Agent Member) to notify the Certificate Registrar and the Certificate Custodian in writing of a request for transfer or exchange of such beneficial interest for an Individual Certificate or Certificates. Upon receipt of such a request and payment by the related Certificate Owner of any attendant expenses, the Certificate Administrator shall cause the issuance and delivery of such Individual Certificates. The Certificate Registrar may establish a reasonable record date in connection with solicitations of consents from or voting by Certificateholders and give notice to the Depository of such record date. Without the written consent of the Certificate Registrar, no Global Certificate may be transferred by the Depository except to a successor Depository that agrees to hold the Global Certificates for the account of the Certificate Owners.

(c)               Any of the Certificates may be issued with appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and variations, and may have imprinted or otherwise reproduced thereon such legend or legends, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement, as may be required to comply with any law or with rules or regulations pursuant thereto, or with the rules of any securities market in which the Certificates are admitted to trading, or to conform to general usage.

(d)               The Global Certificates (i) shall be delivered by the Certificate Registrar to the Depository or, pursuant to the Depository’s instructions on behalf of the Depository to, and deposited with, the Certificate Custodian, and in either case shall be registered in the name of Cede & Co. and (ii) shall bear a legend substantially to the following effect:

“Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (“DTC”), to the Certificate Registrar for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.”

The Global Certificates may be deposited with such other Depository as the Certificate Registrar may from time to time designate, and shall bear such legend as may be appropriate.

(e)               If (i) the Depository advises the Certificate Administrator in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able properly to discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor are unable to locate a qualified successor within 90 days of such notice or (ii) the Trustee has instituted or has been directed to institute any judicial proceeding to enforce the rights of the Holders of such Class and the Trustee has been advised by counsel that in connection with such proceeding it is necessary or appropriate for the Certificate

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Registrar to obtain possession of the Certificates of such Class, the Certificate Administrator shall notify the affected Certificate Owner or Owners through the Depository of the occurrence of such event and the availability of Individual Certificates to such Certificate Owners requesting them. Upon surrender to the Certificate Administrator of Global Certificates by the Depository, accompanied by registration instructions from the Depository for registration of transfer, the Certificate Administrator shall issue the Individual Certificates. Neither the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer nor the Depositor shall be liable for any actions taken by the Depository or its nominee, including, without limitation, any delay in delivery of such instructions. Upon the issuance of Individual Certificates, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer shall recognize the Holders of Individual Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder.

(f)                If the Trustee, its agents, the Certificate Administrator, its agents or the Master Servicer or Special Servicer have instituted or have been directed to institute any judicial proceeding in a court to enforce the rights of the Certificateholders under the Certificates, and the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer have been advised by counsel that in connection with such proceeding it is necessary or appropriate for the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer to obtain possession of the Certificates, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer may in their sole discretion determine that the Certificates represented by the Global Certificates shall no longer be represented by such Global Certificates. In such event, the Certificate Administrator or the Authenticating Agent will execute and authenticate and the Certificate Registrar will deliver, in exchange for such Global Certificates, Individual Certificates (and if the Certificate Administrator or the Certificate Custodian has in its possession Individual Certificates previously executed, the Authenticating Agent will authenticate and the Certificate Registrar will deliver such Certificates) in a Denomination equal to the aggregate Denomination of such Global Certificates.

(g)               If the Trust Fund ceases to be subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Certificate Administrator shall make available to each Holder and Certificate Owner of a Class of Certificates, upon request of such a Holder, information, to the extent such information is in its possession, substantially equivalent in scope to the information currently filed by the Certificate Administrator with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act, plus additional information required to be provided for securities qualifying for resales under Rule 144A under the Act.

For so long as either the Class S or Class R Certificates remain outstanding, none of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall take any action which would cause the Trust Fund to fail to be subject to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

(h)               Each Certificate may be printed or in typewritten or similar form, and each Certificate shall, upon original issue, be executed and authenticated by the Certificate Administrator or the Authenticating Agent and delivered to, or at the order of, the Depositor. All Certificates shall be executed by manual or facsimile signature on behalf of the Certificate Administrator or Authenticating Agent by an authorized officer or signatory. Certificates bearing the signature of an individual who was at any time the proper officer or signatory of the Certificate Administrator or Authenticating Agent shall bind the Certificate Administrator or Authenticating

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Agent, notwithstanding that such individual has ceased to hold such office or position prior to the delivery of such Certificates or did not hold such office or position at the date of such Certificates. No Certificate shall be entitled to any benefit under this Agreement, or be valid for any purpose, unless there appears on such Certificate a certificate of authentication in the form set forth in Exhibit A-1 through Exhibit A-24 executed by the Authenticating Agent by manual signature, and such certificate of authentication upon any Certificate shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Certificate has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. All Certificates shall be dated the date of their authentication.

(i)                 If, in connection with any Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator shall have reported the amount of an anticipated distribution to the Depository based on the expected receipt of any monthly payment based on information set forth in any report of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, or any other monthly payment, Balloon Payment or prepayment expected to be or which is paid on the last two Business Days preceding such Distribution Date, and the related Borrower fails to make such payments at such time, the Certificate Administrator shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Depository to make the revised distribution on a timely basis on such Distribution Date. The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator (in any of its capacities), the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall not be liable or held responsible for any resulting delay (or claims by the Depository resulting therefrom) in the making of such distribution to Certificateholders. Any out-of-pocket costs incurred by the Certificate Administrator as a consequence of a Borrower failing to make such payments shall be reimbursable to the Certificate Administrator as an expense of the Trust Fund.

(j)                 During the Transfer Restriction Period, each Retained Certificate shall only be held as Individual Certificates in the Retained Interest Safekeeping Account by the Certificate Administrator (and each Retaining Party’s respective interest shall be tracked in the form of an entry in the Certificate Administrator’s trust accounting system under the Retained Interest Safekeeping Account), for the benefit of the Holder of the related Certificate. The Certificate Administrator shall hold such Retained Certificates in safekeeping and shall release the same only upon receipt of (i) written instructions from the holder of the Retained Certificates and the Retaining Sponsor, and in accordance with any authentication procedures as may be utilized by the Certificate Administrator and in accordance with this Agreement, and (ii) any certifications or other requirements governing transfers of the Retained Certificate required under Section 5.02(m). There shall be, and hereby is, established by the Certificate Administrator an account which will be designated the “Retained Interest Safekeeping Account” and into which the Retained Certificates shall be held and which shall be governed by and subject to this Agreement. In addition, on and after the date hereof, the Certificate Administrator may establish any number of subaccounts to the Retained Interest Safekeeping Account for each Retaining Party. The Retained Certificates to be delivered in physical form to the Certificate Administrator shall be delivered as set forth herein. No amounts distributable to the Retained Certificates shall be remitted to the Retained Interest Safekeeping Account, but shall be remitted directly to each Retaining Party in accordance with written instructions provided separately by each Retaining Party to the Certificate Administrator. Under no circumstances by virtue of safekeeping the Retained Certificates shall the Certificate Administrator be obligated to bring legal action or institute proceedings against any person on behalf of the Retaining Parties. During the Transfer Restriction Period and for such longer time as the applicable Retaining Party may request, the Certificate Administrator shall hold

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the Retained Certificates in definitive, fully registered form without interest coupons at the below location, or any other location; provided that the Certificate Administrator has given notice to each of the Retaining Parties of such new location:

 

Computershare Trust Company, N.A.

Attn: Security Control and Transfer (SCAT)

425 E. Hennepin Avenue

Minneapolis, MN 55414

The Certificate Administrator shall make available to each VRR Retaining Party its respective account information as mutually agreed upon by the Certificate Administrator and such VRR Retaining Party, and in accordance with the Certificate Administrator’s policies and procedures. Any transfer of a Certificate evidencing the VRR Interest shall be subject to this Article V. During the Transfer Restriction Period, unless the Retaining Sponsor and the Depositor otherwise consent in writing, the Certificate Administrator shall not permit any Person to copy (other than for internal purposes), and shall not itself provide to any Person copies of, the executed Certificates held by it in the Retained Interest Safekeeping Account.

Section 5.02        Registration, Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Certificate Administrator shall keep or cause to be kept at its offices books (the “Certificate Register”) for the registration, transfer and exchange of Certificates (the Certificate Administrator, in such capacity, being the “Certificate Registrar”). The Depositor, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall have the right to inspect the Certificate Register or to obtain a copy thereof at all reasonable times, and to rely conclusively upon a certificate of the Certificate Registrar as to the information set forth in the Certificate Register. The names and addresses of all Certificateholders and the names and addresses of the transferees of any Certificates shall be registered in the Certificate Register; provided that, in no event shall the Certificate Registrar be required to maintain in the Certificate Register the names of the individual Participants holding beneficial interests in the Trust Fund through the Depository. The Person in whose name any Certificate is so registered shall be deemed and treated as the sole owner and Holder thereof for all purposes of this Agreement and the Depositor, Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, any Paying Agent and any agent of any of them shall not be affected by any notice or knowledge to the contrary. An Individual Certificate is transferable or exchangeable only upon the surrender of such Certificate to the Certificate Registrar at its offices together with an assignment and transfer (executed by the Holder or his duly authorized attorney), subject to the requirements of Section 5.01(h) and Sections 5.02(c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h) and (i) of this Agreement. Upon request of the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Registrar shall provide the Certificate Administrator with the names, addresses and Percentage Interests of the Holders. In its capacity as Certificate Registrar, the Certificate Administrator shall be responsible for, among other things, holding the Class PDC-HRR Certificate and each Certificate evidencing the Class RR Certificates as Individual Certificates on behalf of each Holder of such Certificates in accordance with Section 5.01(j).

(b)               Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Individual Certificate, subject to the requirements of Sections 5.02(c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h) and (i) of this Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall execute and the Authenticating Agent shall duly authenticate in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in Denominations

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of a like aggregate Denomination as the Individual Certificate being surrendered. Such Certificates shall be delivered by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with Section 5.02(e) of this Agreement. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer shall be canceled and subsequently destroyed by the Certificate Registrar. Each new Certificate issued pursuant to this Section 5.02 shall be registered in the name of any Person as the transferring Holder may request, subject to the provisions of Sections 5.01(h) and 5.02(c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h) and (i) of this Agreement.

(c)               In addition to the provisions of Sections 5.01(h) and (j) and 5.02(d), (e), (f), (g), (h) and (i) of this Agreement and the rules of the Depository, the exchange, transfer and registration of transfer of Private Certificates that are Individual Certificates or beneficial interests in the Private Global Certificates shall be subject to the following restrictions:

(i)              Transfers between Holders of Individual Certificates. With respect to the transfer and registration of transfer of an Individual Certificate representing an interest in a Class of Private Certificates to a transferee that takes delivery in the form of an Individual Certificate (other than transfers of the Class S or Class R Certificates, which may be made only in accordance with Section 5.02(i) of this Agreement, and transfers of any Retained Certificate, which may only be made in accordance with Section 5.02(c)(iv) or Section 5.02(m) of this Agreement and during the Transfer Restriction Period in accordance with Section 5.01(j)):

(A)             Other than the initial transfer from the Initial Purchasers to an initial investor, the Certificate Registrar shall register the transfer of such Individual Certificate if the requested transfer is being made by a transferee who has provided the Certificate Registrar with an Investment Representation Letter substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1 to this Agreement (an “Investment Representation Letter”), to the effect that the transfer is being made to a Qualified Institutional Buyer in accordance with Rule 144A;

(B)              Other than the initial transfer from the Initial Purchasers to an initial investor, the Certificate Registrar shall register the transfer of such Individual Certificate pursuant to Regulation S after the expiration of the Restricted Period if (1) the transferor has provided the Certificate Registrar with a Regulation S Transfer Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement (a “Regulation S Transfer Certificate”), and (2) the transferee furnishes to the Certificate Registrar an Investment Representation Letter; or

(C)              Other than the initial transfer from the Initial Purchasers to an initial investor, the Certificate Registrar shall register the transfer of such Individual Certificate if prior to the transfer such transferee furnishes to the Certificate Registrar (1) an Investment Representation Letter to the effect that the transfer is being made to an Institutional Accredited Investor or to an Affiliated Person in accordance with an applicable exemption under the Act, and (2) in the case of a transfer to an Affiliated Person, an opinion of counsel acceptable to the Certificate Registrar that such transfer is in compliance with the Act;

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and, in each case, the Certificate Registrar shall register the transfer of such Individual Certificate only if prior to the transfer the transferee furnishes to the Certificate Registrar a written undertaking by the transferor to reimburse the Trust Fund for any costs incurred by it in connection with the proposed transfer. In addition, the Certificate Registrar may, as a condition of the registration of any such transfer, require the transferor to furnish such other certificates, legal opinions or other information (at the transferor’s expense) as the Certificate Registrar may reasonably require to confirm that the proposed transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a commercial mortgage-backed securitization transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Act and other applicable laws.

(ii)             Transfers within the Private Global Certificates. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary herein, so long as a Private Global Certificate remains outstanding and is held by or on behalf of the Depository, transfers within such Global Certificate shall only be made in accordance with this Section 5.02(c)(ii).

(A)             Rule 144A Global Certificate to Regulation S Global Certificate During the Restricted Period. If, during the Restricted Period, a Certificate Owner of an interest in a Rule 144A Global Certificate wishes at any time to transfer its beneficial interest in such Rule 144A Global Certificate to a Person who wishes to take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the related Regulation S Global Certificate, such Certificate Owner may, in addition to complying with all applicable rules and procedures of the Depository and Clearstream or Euroclear applicable to transfers by their respective participants (the “Applicable Procedures”), transfer or cause the transfer of such beneficial interest for an equivalent beneficial interest in such Regulation S Global Certificate only upon compliance with the provisions of this Section 5.02(c)(ii)(A). Upon receipt by the Certificate Registrar at the Corporate Trust Office of (1) written instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures from an Agent Member directing the Certificate Registrar to credit or cause to be credited to another specified Agent Member’s account a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Certificate in an amount equal to the Denomination of the beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Certificate to be transferred, (2) a written order given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the account of the Agent Member and the Euroclear or Clearstream account, as the case may be, to be credited with, and the account of the Agent Member to be debited for, such beneficial interest, and (3) a certificate in the form of Exhibit H to this Agreement given by the Certificate Owner of such interest, the Certificate Registrar shall instruct the Depository or the Certificate Custodian, as applicable, to reduce the Denomination of the Rule 144A Global Certificate by the Denomination of the beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Certificate to be so transferred and, concurrently with such reduction, to increase the Denomination of the Regulation S Global Certificate by the Denomination of the beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Certificate to be so transferred, and to credit or cause to be credited to the account of the Person specified in such instructions (who shall be an Agent Member acting for or on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream, or both, as the ease may be) a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Certificate having a Denomination

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equal to the amount by which the Denomination of the Rule 144A Global Certificate was reduced upon such transfer.

(B)              Rule 144A Global Certificate to Regulation S Global Certificate After the Restricted Period. If, after the Restricted Period, a Certificate Owner of an interest in a Rule 144A Global Certificate wishes at any time to transfer its beneficial interest in such Rule 144A Global Certificate to a Person who wishes to take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the related Regulation S Global Certificate, such holder may, in addition to complying with all Applicable Procedures, transfer or cause the transfer of such beneficial interest for an equivalent beneficial interest in such Regulation S Global Certificate only upon compliance with the provisions of this Section 5.02(c)(ii)(B). Upon receipt by the Certificate Registrar at the Corporate Trust Office of (1) written instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures from an Agent Member directing the Certificate Registrar to credit or cause to be credited to another specified Agent Member’s account a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Certificate in an amount equal to the Denomination of the beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Certificate to be transferred, (2) a written order given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the account of the Agent Member and, in the case of a transfer pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation S, the Euroclear or Clearstream account, as the case may be, to be credited with, and the account of the Agent Member to be debited for, such beneficial interest, and (3) a certificate in the form of Exhibit I to this Agreement given by the Certificate Owner of such interest, the Certificate Registrar shall instruct the Depository or the Certificate Custodian, as applicable, to reduce the Denomination of the Rule 144A Global Certificate by the aggregate Denomination of the beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Certificate to be so transferred and, concurrently with such reduction, to increase the Denomination of the Regulation S Global Certificate by the aggregate Denomination of the beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Certificate to be so transferred, and to credit or cause to be credited to the account of the Person specified in such instructions a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Certificate having a Denomination equal to the amount by which the Denomination of the Rule 144A Global Certificate was reduced upon such transfer.

(C)              Regulation S Global Certificate to Rule 144A Global Certificate. If the Certificate Owner of an interest in a Regulation S Global Certificate wishes at any time to transfer its beneficial interest in such Regulation S Global Certificate to a Person who wishes to take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the related Rule 144A Global Certificate, such Certificate Owner may, in addition to complying with all Applicable Procedures, transfer or cause the transfer of such beneficial interest for an equivalent beneficial interest in such Rule 144A Global Certificate only upon compliance with the provisions of this Section 5.02(c)(ii)(C). Upon receipt by the Certificate Registrar at the Corporate Trust Office of (1) written instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures from an Agent Member directing the Certificate Registrar to credit or cause to be credited to another specified Agent Member’s account a beneficial

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interest in the Rule 144A Global Certificate in an amount equal to the Denomination of the beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Certificate to be transferred, (2) a written order given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the account of the Agent Member to be credited with, and the account of the Agent Member or, if such account is held for Euroclear or Clearstream, the Euroclear or Clearstream account, as the case may be, to be debited for, such beneficial interest, and (3) with respect to a transfer of a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global Certificate for a beneficial interest in the related Rule 144A Global Certificate (i) during the Restricted Period, a certificate in the form of Exhibit J to this Agreement given by the holder of such beneficial interest or (ii) after the Restricted Period, an Investment Representation Letter from the transferee to the effect that such transferee is a Qualified Institutional Buyer, the Certificate Registrar shall instruct the Depository or the Certificate Custodian, as applicable, to reduce the Denomination of the Regulation S Global Certificate by the aggregate Denomination of the beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Certificate to be transferred, and, concurrently with such reduction, to increase the Denomination of the Rule 144A Global Certificate by the aggregate Denomination of the beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Certificate to be so transferred, and to credit or cause to be credited to the account of the Person specified in such instructions a beneficial interest in such Rule 144A Global Certificate having a Denomination equal to the amount by which the Denomination of the Regulation S Global Certificate was reduced upon such transfer.

(iii)           Transfers from the Private Global Certificates to Individual Certificates. Any and all transfers from a Private Global Certificate to a transferee wishing to take delivery in the form of an Individual Certificate will require the transferee to take delivery subject to the restrictions on the transfer of such Individual Certificate described in a legend set forth on the face of such Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit F to this Agreement (the “Securities Legend”), and such transferee agrees that it will transfer such Individual Certificate only as provided therein and herein. No such transfer shall be made and the Certificate Registrar shall not register any such transfer unless such transfer is made in accordance with this Section 5.02(c)(iii).

(A)              Transfers of a beneficial interest in a Private Global Certificate to an Institutional Accredited Investor will require delivery in the form of an Individual Certificate and the Certificate Registrar shall register such transfer only upon compliance with the provisions of Section 5.02(c)(i)(C) of this Agreement.

(B)              Transfers of a beneficial interest in a Private Global Certificate to a Qualified Institutional Buyer or a Regulation S Investor wishing to take delivery in the form of an Individual Certificate will be registered by the Certificate Registrar only upon compliance with the provisions of Section 5.02(c)(i)(A) or (B) of this Agreement, respectively.

(C)              Notwithstanding the foregoing, no transfer of a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global Certificate to an Individual Certificate pursuant to

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Subparagraph (B) above shall be made prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period.

Upon acceptance for exchange or transfer of a beneficial interest in a Private Global Certificate for an Individual Certificate, as provided herein, the Certificate Registrar shall endorse on the schedule affixed to the related Private Global Certificate (or on a continuation of such schedule affixed to such Private Global Certificate and made a part thereof) an appropriate notation evidencing the date of such exchange or transfer and a decrease in the Denomination of such Private Global Certificate equal to the Denomination of such Individual Certificate issued in exchange therefor or upon transfer thereof. Unless determined otherwise by the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor in accordance with applicable law, an Individual Certificate issued upon transfer of or exchange for a beneficial interest in the Private Global Certificate shall bear the Securities Legend.

(iv)                Transfers of Individual Certificates to the Private Global Certificates. If a Holder of an Individual Certificate wishes at any time to transfer such Certificate to a Person who wishes to take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the related Regulation S Global Certificate or the related Rule 144A Global Certificate, such transfer may be effected only in accordance with the Applicable Procedures and this Section 5.02(c)(iv) (other than with respect to any Retained Certificate during the Transfer Restriction Period, which shall be held as an Individual Certificate pursuant to Section 5.01(j)). Upon receipt by the Certificate Registrar at the Corporate Trust Office of (1) the Individual Certificate to be transferred with an assignment and transfer pursuant to Section 5.05(a) of this Agreement, (2) written instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures from an Agent Member directing the Certificate Registrar to credit or cause to be credited to a specified Agent Member’s account a beneficial interest in such Regulation S Global Certificate or such Rule 144A Global Certificate, as the case may be, in an amount equal to the Denomination of the Individual Certificate to be so transferred, (3) a written order given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the account of the Agent Member and, in the case of any transfer pursuant to Regulation S, the Euroclear or Clearstream account, as the case may be, to be credited with such beneficial interest, and (4) (x) an Investment Representation Letter from the transferee and, if delivery is to be taken in the form of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Certificate, a Regulation S Transfer Certificate from the transferor or (y) an Investment Representation Letter from the transferee to the effect that such transferee is a Qualified Institutional Buyer if delivery is to be taken in the form of a beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Certificate, the Certificate Registrar shall cancel such Individual Certificate, execute and deliver a new Individual Certificate for the Denomination of the Individual Certificate not so transferred, registered in the name of the Holder or the Holder’s transferee (as instructed by the Holder), and the Certificate Registrar shall instruct the Depository or the Certificate Custodian, as applicable, to increase the Denomination of the Regulation S Global Certificate or the Rule 144A Global Certificate, as the case may be, by the Denomination of the Individual Certificate to be so transferred, and to credit or cause to be credited to the account of the Person specified in such instructions who, in the case of any increase in the Regulation S Global Certificate during the Restricted Period, shall be an Agent Member acting for or on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream, or both, as the case may

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be, a corresponding Denomination of the Rule 144A Global Certificate or the Regulation S Global Certificate, as the case may be.

It is the intent of the foregoing that under no circumstances may an Institutional Accredited Investor that is not a Qualified Institutional Buyer take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in a Private Global Certificate, other than the initial transfer from the Initial Purchasers to an initial investor.

(v)            All Transfers. An exchange of a beneficial interest in a Global Certificate for an Individual Certificate or Certificates, an exchange of an Individual Certificate or Certificates for a beneficial interest in a Global Certificate and an exchange of an Individual Certificate or Certificates for another Individual Certificate or Certificates (in each case, whether or not such exchange is made in anticipation of subsequent transfer, and, in the case of the Global Certificates, so long as the Global Certificates remain outstanding and are held by or on behalf of the Depository), may be made only in accordance with this Section 5.02 and in accordance with the rules of the Depository and Applicable Procedures (other than with respect to any Retained Certificate during the Transfer Restriction Period, which shall be held as an Individual Certificate pursuant to Section 5.01(j)).

(d)               If Certificates are issued upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Certificates not bearing the Securities Legend, the Certificates so issued shall not bear the Securities Legend. If Certificates are issued upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Certificates bearing the Securities Legend, or if a request is made to remove the Securities Legend on a Certificate, the Certificates so issued shall bear the Securities Legend, or the Securities Legend shall not be removed, as the case may be, unless there is delivered to the Certificate Registrar such satisfactory evidence, which may include an opinion of counsel (at the expense of the party requesting the removal of such legend) familiar with United States securities laws, as may be reasonably required by the Certificate Registrar, that neither the Securities Legend nor the restrictions on transfers set forth therein are required to ensure that transfers of any Certificate comply with the provisions of Rule 144A, Rule 144 or Regulation S under the Act, the Risk Retention Rule or that such Certificate is not a “restricted security” within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Act. Upon provision of such satisfactory evidence, the Certificate Registrar shall execute and deliver a Certificate that does not bear the Securities Legend.

(e)               Subject to the restrictions on transfer and exchange set forth in Section 5.01(i) and in this Section 5.02, the Holder of any Individual Certificate may transfer or exchange the same in whole or in part (with a denomination equal to any authorized denomination) by surrendering such Certificate at the office of the Certificate Administrator or at the office of any transfer agent appointed as provided under this Agreement, together with an instrument of assignment or transfer (executed by the Holder or its duly authorized attorney), in the case of transfer, and a written request for exchange, in the case of exchange. Following a proper request for transfer or exchange, the Certificate Registrar shall, within five Business Days of such request if made at such office of the Certificate Administrator or within ten Business Days if made at the office of a transfer agent (other than the Certificate Registrar), execute and deliver at the office of the Certificate Administrator or at the office of such transfer agent, as the case may be, to the transferee (in the case of transfer) or Holder (in the case of exchange) or send by first-class mail (at the risk of the transferee in the case of transfer or Holder in the case of exchange) to such

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address as the transferee or Holder, as applicable, may request, an Individual Certificate or Certificates, as the case may require, for a like aggregate Denomination and in such Denomination or Denominations as may be requested. The presentation for transfer or exchange of any Individual Certificate shall not be valid unless made at the office of the Certificate Administrator or at the office of a transfer agent by the registered Holder in person, or by a duly authorized attorney-in-fact. The Certificate Registrar may decline to accept any request for an exchange or registration of transfer of any Certificate during the period of 15 days preceding any Distribution Date.

(f)                An Individual Certificate (other than an Individual Certificate issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Global Certificate pursuant to Section 5.01 of this Agreement) or a beneficial interest in a Private Global Certificate may only be transferred to Eligible Investors, as described herein. In the event that a Responsible Officer of the Certificate Registrar has actual knowledge that such an Individual Certificate or beneficial interest in a Private Global Certificate is being held by or for the benefit of a Person who is not an Eligible Investor, or that such holding is unlawful under the laws of a relevant jurisdiction, then the Certificate Registrar shall have the right to void such transfer, if permitted under applicable law, or to require the investor to sell such Individual Certificate or beneficial interest in a Private Global Certificate to an Eligible Investor within fourteen days after notice of such determination and each Certificateholder by its acceptance of a Certificate authorizes the Certificate Registrar to take such action.

(g)               Subject to the provisions of this Section 5.02 regarding transfer and exchange, transfers of the Global Certificates shall be limited to transfers of such Global Certificates in whole, but not in part, to nominees of the Depository or to a successor of the Depository or such successor’s nominee.

(h)               No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange referred to in this Section 5.02 other than for transfers to Institutional Accredited Investors, as provided herein. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the transferor shall reimburse the Trust Fund for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided herein) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer.

(i)                 Subject to Section 5.02(e) of this Agreement, transfers of the Class S or Class R Certificates may be made only in accordance with this Section 5.02(i). The Certificate Registrar shall register the transfer of a Class R Certificate only if (x) the transferor has advised the Certificate Registrar in writing that such Certificate is being transferred to a Qualified Institutional Buyer and (y) prior to such transfer the transferee furnishes to the Certificate Registrar an Investment Representation Letter. The Certificate Registrar shall register the transfer of a Class S Certificate only if (x) the transferor has advised the Certificate Registrar in writing that such Certificate is being transferred to a Qualified Institutional Buyer or an Affiliated Person or an Institutional Accredited Investor and (y) prior to such transfer, the transferee has furnished to the Certificate Registrar an Investment Representation Letter substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1. In addition, the Certificate Registrar may as a condition of the registration of any such transfer

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require the transferor to furnish such other certifications, legal opinions or other information (at the transferor’s expense) as it may reasonably require to confirm that the proposed transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Act and other applicable laws.

(j)                 No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of any Class of Private Certificates or interest therein shall be made unless that transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration and/or qualification requirements of the Act and any applicable state securities laws, or is otherwise made in accordance with the Act and such state securities laws. Neither the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar are obligated to register or qualify the Private Certificates under the Act or any other securities law or to take any action not otherwise required under this Agreement to permit the transfer of such Private Certificates without registration or qualification. Any Certificateholder desiring to effect such a transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar, against any loss, liability or expense that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws.

(k)               No transfer of any Class X-F, Class X-G, Class X-H, Class F, Class G, Class H, Class S, Class R, Class RR, Class PDC-A1, Class PDC-A2 and Class PDC-HRR Certificate (each, a “Restricted Certificate”) shall be made to (i) an employee benefit plan or other plan or retirement arrangement, including an individual retirement account or Keogh plan, which is subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or to Section 4975 of the Code, or a governmental plan, as defined in Section 3(32) of ERISA, or other plan subject to any federal, state or local law (“Similar Law”) which is to a material extent similar to the foregoing provisions of ERISA or the Code (each, a “Plan”) or (ii) any person acting on behalf of any such Plan or using the assets of any such Plan (including any entity whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason of a Plan’s investment in the entity (within the meaning of Labor Regulations Section 2510.3-101, as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA)), other than (except with respect to the VRR Interest, the Class S Certificates or the Class R Certificates), an insurance company using the assets of its general account under circumstances whereby such purchase and the subsequent holding of such Certificate by such insurance company will be exempt from the “prohibited transaction” provisions of Sections 406 and 407 of ERISA and Code Section 4975 under Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60, or, in the case of a plan subject to Similar Law, where the acquisition, holding and disposition of such Restricted Certificate will not constitute or result in a non-exempt violation under Similar Law. Except in connection with the transfer thereof by the Depositor or a Retaining Party (provided that, in the case of a Retaining Party, such exception shall apply only with respect to the transfer thereof on the Closing Date), each prospective transferee of a Restricted Certificate shall either (A) deliver to the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar and the Certificate Administrator, a transfer or representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D-2 to this Agreement, stating that the prospective transferee is not and will not become a Person referred to in (i) or (ii) above or (B) if the transferee is such an entity specified in (i) or (ii) above (except in the case of the VRR Interest, a Class S Certificate or a Class R Certificate, which may not be transferred unless the transferee represents it is not such an entity), such entity, at its own expense, shall provide any opinion of counsel, officers’ certificates or agreements as may be required by, and in form and substance satisfactory to, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator and the Certificate Registrar, to the effect that the purchase and holding of the Certificates by or on behalf of a Plan

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will not constitute or result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction within the meaning of Sections 406 and 407 of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code or a non-exempt violation of any Similar Law, and will not subject the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers or the Certificate Registrar to any obligation or liability. Neither the Certificate Administrator nor the Certificate Registrar shall register a Class S or Class R Certificate in any Person’s name unless such Person has provided the letter referred to in clause (A) of the preceding sentence. The transferee of a beneficial interest in a Global Certificate that is a Restricted Certificate shall be deemed to represent that it is not and will not become a Plan or a Person acting on behalf of any Plan or using the assets of any Plan to acquire such interest other than (with respect to transfers of beneficial interests in Global Certificates which are Restricted Certificates other than the VRR Interest, Class S Certificates or the Class R Certificates) an insurance company using the assets of its general account under circumstances whereby the purchase and holding by such insurance company would be exempt from the “prohibited transaction” provisions of Sections 406 and 407 of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code under Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60, or, in the case of a plan subject to Similar Law, where the acquisition, holding and disposition of such Restricted Certificate will not constitute a non-exempt violation under Similar Law. Any transfer of a Restricted Certificate that would violate or result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or Similar Law shall be deemed absolutely null and void ab initio.

Each purchaser of Certificates that is a Plan subject to ERISA and/or Section 4975 of the Code (an “ERISA Plan”) or is acting on behalf of or using the assets of an ERISA Plan will be deemed to have represented and warranted that (i) none of the Depositor, the Trust, the Trustee, any Initial Purchaser, any Underwriter, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any of their respective affiliated entities, has provided any investment advice within the meaning of Section 3(21) of ERISA (and regulations thereunder) to the ERISA Plan, or to any fiduciary or other person making the decision to invest the assets of the ERISA Plan (“Fiduciary”), in connection with its acquisition of Certificates, and (ii) the Fiduciary is exercising its own independent judgment in evaluating the transaction.

(l)                 Each Person who has or acquires any Ownership Interest shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of such Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the following provisions and the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest are expressly subject to the following provisions:

(i)             Each Person acquiring or holding any Ownership Interest shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall not acquire or hold such Ownership Interest as agent (including a broker, nominee or other middleman) on behalf of any Person that is not a Permitted Transferee. Any such Person shall promptly notify the Certificate Registrar of any change or impending change in its status (or the status of the beneficial owner of such Ownership Interest) as a Permitted Transferee. Any acquisition described in the first sentence of this Section 5.02(l) by a Person who is not a Permitted Transferee or by a Person who is acting as an agent of a Person who is not a Permitted Transferee shall be void and of no effect, and the immediately preceding owner who was a Permitted Transferee shall be

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restored to registered and beneficial ownership of the Ownership Interest as fully as possible.

(ii)            No Ownership Interest may be Transferred, and no such Transfer shall be registered in the Certificate Register, without the express written consent of the Certificate Registrar, and the Certificate Registrar shall not recognize the Transfer, and such proposed Transfer shall not be effective, without such consent with respect thereto. In connection with any proposed Transfer of any Ownership Interest, the Certificate Registrar shall, as a condition to such consent, (x) require delivery to it in form and substance satisfactory to it, and the proposed transferee shall deliver to the Certificate Registrar and to the proposed transferor an affidavit in substantially the form attached as Exhibit C-1 (a “Transferee Affidavit”) of the proposed transferee (A) that such proposed transferee is a Permitted Transferee and (B) stating that (i) the proposed transferee historically has paid its debts as they have come due and intends to do so in the future, (ii) the proposed transferee understands that, as the holder of an Ownership Interest, it may incur liabilities in excess of cash flows generated by the residual interest, (iii) the proposed transferee intends to pay taxes associated with holding the Ownership Interest as they become due, (iv) the proposed transferee will not transfer the Ownership Interest to any Person that does not provide a Transferee Affidavit or as to which the proposed transferee has actual knowledge that such Person is not a Permitted Transferee or is acting as an agent (including a broker, nominee or other middleman) for a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee, (v) the proposed transferee will not cause income from the Class R Certificate to be attributable to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed base, within the meaning of an applicable income tax treaty, of the proposed transferee or any other U.S. Person and (vi) the proposed transferee expressly agrees to be bound by and to abide by the provisions of this Section 5.02(l) and (y) other than in connection with the initial issuance of the Class R Certificates, require a statement from the proposed transferor substantially in the form attached as Exhibit C-2 (the “Transferor Letter”), that the proposed transferor has no actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee and has no actual knowledge or reason to know that the proposed transferee’s statements in the Transferee Affidavit are false.

(iii)          Notwithstanding the delivery of a Transferee Affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (ii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Certificate Registrar has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no Transfer to such proposed transferee shall be effected and such proposed Transfer shall not be registered on the Certificate Register; provided that the Certificate Registrar shall not be required to conduct any independent investigation to determine whether a proposed transferee is a Permitted Transferee.

Neither the Certificate Administrator nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restriction or transfer imposed under Article V of this Agreement or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any Certificate (including, without limitation, the Securities Legend), or any interest therein, other than to require delivery of the certification(s) and/or opinions of counsel described in Article V applicable with respect to changes in registration of record ownership of Certificates in the Certificate Register. The Certificate Administrator and the Certificate Registrar shall have no liability for transfers, including transfers made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository

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or between or among Depository Participants or Certificate Owners made in violation of applicable restrictions.

Upon written notice to the Certificate Registrar, or upon the Certificate Registrar having actual knowledge, that there has occurred a Transfer to any Person that is a Disqualified Organization or an agent thereof (including a broker, nominee, or middleman) in contravention of the foregoing restrictions, and in any event not later than 60 days after a request for information from the transferor of such Ownership Interest, or such agent, the Certificate Registrar and the Certificate Administrator agree to furnish to the IRS and the transferor of such Ownership Interest or such agent such information necessary to the application of Section 860E(e) of the Code as may be required by the Code, including, but not limited to, the present value of the total anticipated excess inclusions with respect to such Class R Certificate (or portion thereof) for periods after such Transfer. At the election of the Certificate Registrar and the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Registrar and the Certificate Administrator may charge a reasonable fee for computing and furnishing such information to the transferor or to such agent referred to above; provided that such Persons shall in no event be excused from furnishing such information.

(m)             At all times during the Transfer Restriction Period, if a Transfer of any Retained Certificate after the Closing Date is to be made, then, upon receipt of: (i) a certification from such Certificateholder’s prospective Transferee substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C-3 or Exhibit C-5, which such certification must be countersigned by the Retaining Sponsor with a medallion stamp guarantee of the Retaining Sponsor, (ii) a certification from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C-4 or Exhibit C-6, as applicable, which such certification must be countersigned by the Retaining Sponsor with a medallion stamp guarantee of the Retaining Sponsor, (iii) a W-9 completed by the Transferee and (iv) wire instructions and contact information of the Transferee, the Certificate Administrator (which may conclusively rely upon such certifications) shall instruct the Certificate Registrar to register such Transfer.  Upon receipt of the Certificate Administrator’s instruction, the Certificate Registrar shall, subject to Section 5.02(e), register the Transfer of the Retained Certificate and reflect such Retained Certificate in the name of the prospective Transferee and shall deliver written confirmation substantially in the form of Exhibit MM to this Agreement. The Certificate Registrar shall not register a Transfer of any Retained Certificate after the Closing Date during the Transfer Restriction Period unless it is so instructed by the Certificate Administrator. After the termination of the Transfer Restriction Period, if a transfer of a Retained Certificate is to be made and such Retained Certificate is in Retained Interest Safekeeping Account, then upon receipt of: (i) a certification from such Certificateholder’s prospective Transferee substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C-3 or Exhibit C-5, which such certification must be countersigned by the Retaining Sponsor with a medallion stamp guarantee of the Retaining Sponsor and (ii) a certification from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C-4 or Exhibit C-6, which such certification must be countersigned by the Retaining Sponsor with a medallion stamp guarantee of the Retaining Sponsor, the Certificate Administrator (which may conclusively rely upon such certifications) shall instruct the Certificate Registrar to register such Transfer, and upon receipt of the Certificate Administrator’s instruction, the Certificate Registrar shall register the Transfer of the Retained Certificate and reflect such Retained Certificate in the name of the prospective Transferee. After the termination of the Transfer Restriction Period, if a transfer of a Retained Certificate is to be made and such Retained Certificate is in the Retained Interest Safekeeping

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Account, the Certificate Registrar shall not register a Transfer of such Retained Certificate unless it is so instructed by the Certificate Administrator. For the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall a Retained Certificate be held as a Book-Entry Certificate during the Transfer Restriction Period. After the Transfer Restriction Period, a Retained Certificate may be transferred subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Article V. Any transfer of an interest in a Retained Certificate that is not in compliance with this Section 5.02 shall be null and void ab initio to the extent permitted under applicable law.

(n)               No Person shall be permitted to own, directly or indirectly, any interest in the RR Interest other than (i) GSMC or JPMCB or one of their respective Majority Owned Affiliates that is not a Non-Exempt Person or (ii) a Person that provides financing permitted under the Risk Retention Rule (a “Permitted Lender”) to GSMC, JPMCB or such Majority Owned Affiliate; provided, further, that if such financing is provided by the Permitted Lender in a repurchase transaction, GSMC, JPMCB or such Majority-Owned Affiliate of GSMC or JPMCB, as applicable, may transfer its interest in the applicable RR Interest to the Permitted Lender so long as GSMC, JPMCB or such Majority-Owned Affiliate is obligated to repurchase such interest in such RR Interest pursuant to the terms of the related financing documents. Each RR Interest Owner, if it wishes to transfer the applicable RR Interest, shall notify the Certificate Administrator in writing of such transfer and identify the new RR Interest Owner. The Certificate Administrator shall register the ownership of the applicable RR Interest on a registry of ownership maintained by the Certificate Administrator. Any transfer of the RR Interest (including to a Majority Owned Affiliate) shall be null and void ab initio to the extent permitted under applicable law unless all of the following is provided to the Certificate Administrator (i) the transferor of the RR Interest has executed and delivered to the Certificate Administrator a certification in the form of Exhibit C-6 hereto and (ii) the transferee of the RR Interest has executed and delivered to the Certificate Administrator a certification in the form of Exhibit C-5 hereto, which certification shall include wiring instructions and contact information for such transferee. Notwithstanding anything else in this Agreement to the contrary, no Person shall have any rights hereunder with respect to the RR Interest unless (i) in the case of GSMC, JPMCB or their respective Majority Owned Affiliate, such Person is identified in writing to the Certificate Administrator as being the applicable RR Interest Owner, or (ii) in the case of any subsequent transferee, such Person is identified as being the applicable RR Interest Owner on the ownership registry. The Certificate Administrator, the other parties to this Agreement and the Certificateholders shall be entitled to treat the applicable RR Interest Owner (in the case of any subsequent RR Interest Owner, as recorded on such ownership registry) as the owner in fact thereof for all purposes and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in the RR Interest on the part of any other Person. Any transfer of an interest in the RR Interest that is not in compliance with this Section 5.02(n) shall be null and void ab initio to the extent permitted under applicable law.

Section 5.03        Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates. If (i) any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the Certificate Registrar, or the Certificate Registrar receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Certificate, and (ii) there is delivered to the Certificate Registrar such security or indemnity as may be required by it to save it and the Certificate Administrator harmless, then, in the absence of actual knowledge by a Responsible Officer of the Certificate Registrar that such Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Certificate Administrator or the Authenticating Agent shall execute and authenticate and the Certificate Registrar shall deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such

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mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate of the same Class and of like tenor and Percentage Interest. Upon the issuance of any new Certificate under this Section 5.03, the Certificate Registrar may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Certificate Registrar) connected therewith. Any replacement Certificate issued pursuant to this Section 5.03 shall constitute complete and indefeasible evidence of ownership of the corresponding interest in the Trust Fund, as if originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate shall be found at any time.

Section 5.04        Appointment of Paying Agent. The Certificate Administrator may appoint a paying agent (a “Paying Agent”) for the purpose of making distributions to Certificateholders pursuant to Section 4.01 of this Agreement. The Certificate Administrator shall cause such Paying Agent, if other than the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee or the Master Servicer, to execute and deliver to the Master Servicer and the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Master Servicer and the Trustee that such Paying Agent will hold all sums held by it for the payment to Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner in trust for the benefit of the Certificateholders the RR Interest Owner entitled thereto until such sums have been paid to the Certificateholders or disposed of as otherwise provided herein. The initial Paying Agent shall be the Certificate Administrator. Except for the Certificate Administrator, as the initial Paying Agent, the Paying Agent shall at all times be an entity having a long-term unsecured debt rating of at least “Baa2” from Moody’s, “A” from Fitch and an equivalent rating from KBRA (if rated by KBRA), or shall be otherwise acceptable to each Rating Agency, as confirmed by a receipt of a Rating Agency Confirmation.

Section 5.05        Access to Certificateholders’ Names and Addresses; Special Notices. (a) If any Certifying Certificateholder (for purposes of this Section 5.05, an “Applicant”) applies in writing to the Certificate Registrar, and such application states that the Applicant desires to communicate with other Certificateholders with respect to its rights under this Agreement, the Certificate Registrar shall, within ten (10) Business Days after the receipt of such request, afford such Certificateholder (at such Certificateholder’s sole cost and expense) access during normal business hours to a current list of the Certificateholders related to the Class of Certificates held by such Certificateholder.

Any Certificateholder or Certificate Owner wishing to communicate with other Certificateholders and Certificate Owners regarding the exercise of its rights under the terms of this Agreement (such party, a “Requesting Investor”) may deliver a written request (a “Communication Request”) signed by an authorized representative of the Requesting Investor to the Certificate Administrator. Any Communication Request shall contain the method other Certificateholders and Certificate Owners should use to contact the Requesting Investor, and, if the Requesting Investors is not the registered holder of a Class of Certificates, then the Communication Request must contain (i) a written certification from the Requesting Investor that it is a beneficial owner of a class of certificates, (ii) the name of the transaction, Benchmark 2023-B38 and (iii) one of the following forms of documentation evidencing its beneficial ownership in such class of certificates: (A) a trade confirmation, (B) an account statement, (C) a medallion stamp guaranteed letter from a broker or dealer stating the Requesting Investor is the beneficial owner, or (D) a document reasonably acceptable to the Certificate Administrator that is similar to any of the documents identified in clauses (A) through (C). The Certificate Administrator shall not be

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permitted to require any information other than the foregoing in verifying a Certificateholder’s or Certificate Owner’s identity in connection with a Communication Request. Requesting Investors will be responsible for their own expenses in making any Communication Request, but will not be required to bear any expenses of the Certificate Administrator. Upon receipt of such request, the Certificate Administrator shall furnish or cause to be furnished to such Applicant a list of the names and addresses of the Certificateholders as of the most recent Record Date.

(b)               Every Certificateholder, by receiving and holding its Certificate, agrees with the Certificate Administrator and the Certificate Registrar that the Certificate Administrator and the Certificate Registrar shall not be held accountable in any way by reason of the disclosure of any information as to the names and addresses of the Certificateholders hereunder, regardless of the source from which such information was derived.

(c)               Upon the written request of any Certifying Certificateholder that (a) states that such Certificateholder desires the Certificate Administrator to transmit a notice to all Certificateholders stating that such Certificateholder wishes to be contacted by other Certificateholders, setting forth the relevant contact information and briefly stating the reason for the requested contact and (b) provides a copy of the Special Notice which such Certificateholder proposes to transmit, the Certificate Administrator shall deliver such Special Notice to all Certificateholders at their respective addresses appearing on the Certificate Register. The costs and expenses of the Certificate Administrator associated with delivering with any such Special Notice shall be borne by the party requesting such Special Notice. Every Certificateholder, by receiving and holding a Certificate, agrees that neither the Certificate Administrator nor the Certificate Registrar shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such Special Notice to Certificateholders, regardless of the information set forth in such Special Notice.

Section 5.06        Actions of Certificateholders. (a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Agreement to be given or taken by Certificateholders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Certificateholders in person or by agent duly appointed in writing; and except as herein otherwise expressly provided that, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee and, when required, to the Master Servicer. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Agreement and conclusive in favor of the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee and the Master Servicer, if made in the manner provided in this Section.

(b)               The fact and date of the execution by any Certificateholder of any such instrument or writing may be proved in any reasonable manner which the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee deems sufficient.

(c)               Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other act by a Certificateholder shall bind every Holder of every Certificate issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof, in respect of anything done, or omitted to be done, by the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee or the Master Servicer in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Certificate.

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(d)               The Certificate Administrator, the Trustee or Certificate Registrar may require such additional proof of any matter referred to in this Section 5.06 as it shall deem necessary.

Section 5.07        Rule 144A Information. The Certificate Administrator shall, upon request of any Certifying Certificateholder that is a Holder of a Private Certificate or any beneficial owner of such a Certificate, furnish to such Holder or beneficial owner or a prospective purchaser designated by such Holder or beneficial owner who is a Qualified Institutional Buyer the information required to be delivered under Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Act, to the extent such information has been provided to the Certificate Administrator and has been identified as Rule 144A information (which shall include all information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website and all information currently required to be made available to Certificateholders, as well as any other specifically identified information herein), if at the time of such request periodic reports are not being filed with respect to the Trust under Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

Section 5.08        Voting Procedures. With respect to any matters submitted to Certificateholders for a vote, the Certificate Administrator shall administer such vote through the Depository with respect to Book-Entry Certificates and directly with registered Holders by mail with respect to Individual Certificates. In each case, such vote shall be administered in accordance with the following procedures, unless different procedures are otherwise described herein with respect to a specific vote:

(a)               Any matter submitted to Certificateholders for a vote shall be announced in a notice prepared by the Certificate Administrator. Such notice shall include the record date determined by the Certificate Administrator for purposes of the vote and a voting deadline which shall be no less than thirty (30) days and no later than sixty (60) days after the date such notice is distributed. The notice and related ballot shall be sent to Holders of Book-Entry Certificates through the Depository and by mail to the registered Holders of Individual Certificates. In addition, the notice and related ballot shall be posted to the Certificate Administrator’s Website. Notices delivered in this manner shall be considered delivered to all Holders regardless of whether any Holder actually receives the notice and ballot.

(b)               In connection with any vote administered pursuant to this Agreement, voting Holders shall be required to certify their holdings in the manner set forth on the ballot, unless a specific manner is otherwise provided herein. Holders may only vote in accordance with their Voting Rights. Voting Rights with respect to any outstanding Class of Certificates shall be calculated by the Certificate Administrator in accordance with the definition of Voting Rights as of the record date for the vote. Only Classes with an outstanding Certificate Balance greater than zero as of the record date of the vote shall be permitted to vote. Once a Holder has cast its vote, the vote may be changed or retracted on or before the vote deadline. Any changes or retractions shall be communicated by the Certificateholder to the Certificate Administrator in writing on a ballot. After the vote deadline has passed, votes may not be changed or retracted by any Holder unless the Holder wishing to change or retract its vote holds a sufficient portion of the Voting Rights such that the Holder, by its vote alone, could approve or deny the proposition subject to a vote without taking into consideration the votes cast by any other Holder. Transferees or purchasers of any Class of Certificates are subject to and shall be bound by all votes of Holders initiated or conducted prior to its acquisition of such Certificate.

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(c)               The Certificate Administrator may take up to fifteen (15) Business Days to tabulate the results of any vote. The Certificate Administrator shall use its reasonable efforts to resolve any illegible or incomplete ballots received prior to the voting deadline. Illegible or incomplete ballots that are received on the voting deadline or that cannot be resolved by the voting deadline shall not be counted. Promptly after the votes are tabulated, the Certificate Administrator shall prepare a notice announcing the results of the vote. Such notice shall include the percentage of Voting Rights in favor of the proposition, the percentage against the proposition and the percentage abstaining. In addition, the notice will announce whether the proposition has been adopted by Certificateholders. The notice shall be distributed in accordance with the methods described in Section 5.08(a) above. The Certificate Administrator shall also include such notice on the Form 10-D prepared in connection with the distribution period that corresponds with the date such notice is distributed. All vote tabulations shall be final and the Certificate Administrator shall not, absent manifest error, retabulate the votes or conduct a new vote for the same proposition.

(d)               Unless otherwise paid for by any Holder pursuant to Section 8.01 or Section 8.02, or clause (e) below, any and all reasonable expenses incurred by the Certificate Administrator in connection with administering any vote shall be borne by the Trust. The Certificate Administrator is under no obligation to advise Holders about the matter being voted on or answer questions other than process-related questions regarding the administration of the vote.

(e)               If any party to this Agreement believes a vote of Certificateholders is needed for some matter related to the administration of the Trust that is not specifically contemplated herein, such party may request the Certificate Administrator to conduct a vote and the Certificate Administrator will conduct the requested vote in accordance with these procedures. Unless specifically provided herein, all such votes require a majority of Certificateholders to carry a proposition.

Article VI
THE DEPOSITOR, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE DIRECTING HOLDER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTIES, THE OPERATING ADVISOR AND THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER

Section 6.01        Liability of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer. The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer each shall be liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically imposed by this Agreement.

Section 6.02        Merger or Consolidation of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Operating Advisor. Subject to the following paragraph, each of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall keep in full effect its existence, rights and good standing as a national banking association under the laws of the United States of America or a limited liability company under the laws of the State of Florida, respectively, and shall not jeopardize its ability to do business in each jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Properties securing the Mortgage Loans that it is servicing are located or to protect the validity and enforceability of this Agreement, the Certificates or any of such Mortgage Loans that it is servicing and to perform its respective duties under this Agreement. In addition, subject to

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the following paragraph, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer shall keep in full effect its existence, rights and good standing as a limited liability company under the laws of the State of New York and shall not jeopardize its ability to do business in each jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Properties are located or to protect the validity and enforceability of this Agreement, the Certificates or any of such Mortgage Loans and to perform its respective duties under this Agreement.

Each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer may be merged or consolidated with or into any Person, or transfer all or substantially all of its assets (which may be limited to all or substantially all of its assets related to commercial mortgage loan servicing or commercial mortgage surveillance, as the case may be) to any Person, in which case any Person into which the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer may be merged or consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer is a party, or any Person succeeding to the business of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer, shall be the successor of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer, as applicable, hereunder, and shall be deemed to have assumed all of the liabilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer, as applicable, hereunder, if each of the Rating Agencies has provided a Rating Agency Confirmation relating to the Certificates and Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if any; provided that none of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor shall be required to obtain a Rating Agency Confirmation from any Rating Agency if the Master Servicer, Special Servicer or Operating Advisor, as applicable, is merged into or consolidated with a Qualified Affiliate or transfers all or substantially all of its assets to a Qualified Affiliate; provided, further, if the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor enters into a merger and the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, is the surviving entity under applicable law, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, shall not, as a result of the merger, be required to provide a Rating Agency Confirmation or obtain the consent of the Depositor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Master Servicer, Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer may remain the Master Servicer, Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer, as applicable, under this Agreement after (x) being merged or consolidated with or into any Person that is a Prohibited Party, or (y) transferring all or substantially all of its assets to any Person if such Person is a Prohibited Party, except to the extent (i) the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer, as applicable, is the surviving entity of such merger, consolidation or transfer and has been and continues to be in compliance with its Regulation AB reporting obligations hereunder or (ii) the Depositor consents to such merger, consolidation or transfer, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Asset Representations Reviewer shall keep in full effect its existence and rights as an entity under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, and shall be in compliance with the laws of all jurisdictions to the extent necessary to perform its duties under this Agreement. Any Person into which the Asset Representations Reviewer may be merged or consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Asset Representations Reviewer shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to the business of the Asset Representations Reviewer, shall be the

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successor of the Asset Representations Reviewer hereunder, and shall be deemed to have assumed all of the liabilities and obligations of such Asset Representations Reviewer hereunder, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding; provided, however, that the Trustee has received a Rating Agency Confirmation with respect to such successor or surviving Person.

Section 6.03        Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and Others. (a) None of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer nor any Affiliates, partners, shareholders, directors, officers, employees, members, managers, representatives or agents (including sub-servicers) of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer shall be under any liability to the Trust Fund, the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner or any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, any party hereto or any third party beneficiary for any action taken, or for refraining from the taking of any action, in good faith pursuant to this Agreement (including actions taken or not taken at the direction of the Directing Holder), or for errors in judgment; provided that this provision shall not protect the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer, or any Affiliate, representative, member, manager, director, officer, employee or agent (including sub-servicers) of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer, against any breach of warranties or representations made herein, or against any liability which would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful misconduct, bad faith, fraud or negligence (or in the case of (x) the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, by reason of any specific liability imposed hereunder for a breach of the Servicing Standard, (y) the Operating Advisor, by reason of any specific liability imposed hereunder for a breach of the Operating Advisor Standard or (z) the Asset Representations Reviewer, by reason of any specific liability imposed hereunder for a breach of the Asset Review Standard) in the performance of duties or by reason of negligent disregard of obligations or duties hereunder. The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and any Affiliate, representative, member, manager, director, officer, employee or agent (including sub-servicers) of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor may rely in good faith on any document of any kind which, prima facie, is properly executed and submitted by any appropriate Person respecting any matters arising hereunder. In addition, in no event shall the Depositor be obligated to cause any party to perform or comply with the obligations to remit the CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee to CREFC^®, to report any such CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee so paid or to make available any Distribution Date Statement to the general public (or in particular, CREFC^®).

The Trust Fund and each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder shall be indemnified and held harmless by each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Operating Advisor (severally and not jointly) for any loss, liability or expense (including legal fees and expenses) incurred in connection with any claim, loss, penalty, fine, foreclosure, judgment or liability relating to this Agreement or the Certificates, incurred by the Trust Fund or such Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder, as applicable, by reason of willful misconduct, bad faith, fraud or negligence in the performance of duties hereunder, or by reason of negligent disregard of obligations and duties thereunder, on the part of such indemnifying party.

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The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and any Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, members, managers, representatives and agents (including sub-servicers) of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Trust Fund for any loss, liability or expense (including legal fees and expenses (including any such expenses incurred in enforcing this indemnity)) incurred in connection with any claim, loss, penalty, fine, foreclosure, judgment, liability or legal action relating to this Agreement or the Certificates, other than any loss, liability or expense (including legal fees and expenses (including any such expenses incurred in enforcing this indemnity)) (i) incurred by such party by reason of willful misconduct, bad faith, fraud or negligence in the performance of duties hereunder or by reason of negligent disregard of obligations and duties thereunder or (ii) in the case of the Depositor and any of its Affiliates, directors, officers, representatives, members, managers, employees and agents, incurred in connection with any violation by any of them of any state or federal securities law; provided that such indemnified parties shall be paid out of the Collection Account in accordance with Section 3.06(a) of this Agreement; provided, further, that if such matter relates directly to any Serviced Whole Loan, such indemnified parties shall be paid first out of the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account (allocated in accordance with the expense allocation provision of the related Intercreditor Agreement), and then, if funds therein are insufficient, out of the Collection Account; provided that the Master Servicer shall, after receiving payment from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account, if any, (i) promptly notify the related Companion Loan Noteholder and (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to exercise on behalf of the Trust any rights under the related Intercreditor Agreement to obtain reimbursement for a pro rata portion of such amount allocable to the related Serviced Companion Loans from the related Companion Loan Noteholders.

The Depositor shall indemnify the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Operating Advisor and each of their respective Affiliates and each of their respective directors, officers, employees, representatives and agents, and hold each of them harmless against any and all claims, losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, fees and expenses that such indemnified party may sustain in connection with this Agreement (including, without limitation, reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel incurred by such indemnified party in any action or proceeding between the Depositor and such indemnified party or between such indemnified party and any third party or otherwise) resulting from the Depositor’s willful misconduct, bad faith, fraud or negligence in the performance of each of its duties hereunder or by reason of negligent disregard of its respective obligations and duties hereunder.

The Operating Advisor shall indemnify the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Depositor and each of their respective Affiliates and each of their respective directors, officers, employees, representatives and agents, and hold each of them harmless against any and all claims, losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, fees and expenses that such indemnified party may sustain in connection with this Agreement (including, without limitation, reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel incurred by such indemnified party in any action or proceeding between the Operating Advisor and such indemnified party or between such indemnified party and any third party or otherwise) resulting from the Operating Advisor’s willful misconduct, bad faith, fraud or negligence in the

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performance of each of its duties hereunder or by reason of negligent disregard of its respective obligations and duties hereunder.

The Asset Representations Reviewer shall indemnify the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor and the Trust and each of their Affiliates and any partner, director, officer, shareholder, member, manager, employee, representative or agent thereof, and hold them harmless, from and against any and all claims, losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, liabilities, fees and expenses that any of them may sustain arising from or as a result of any willful misconduct, bad faith, fraud or negligence of the Asset Representations Reviewer in the performance of its obligations and duties under this Agreement or by reason of negligent disregard by the Asset Representations Reviewer of its duties and obligations hereunder.

(b)               None of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that (i) is not incidental to its respective duties under this Agreement or (ii) in its opinion, may expose it to any expense or liability not recoverable from the Trust Fund; provided that each of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor may in its discretion undertake any such action that it may deem necessary or desirable in respect to this Agreement and the rights and duties of the parties hereto and the interests of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner and holders of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if applicable, hereunder. In such event, the legal expenses and costs of such action and any liability resulting therefrom shall be expenses, costs and liabilities of the Trust Fund and the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Operating Advisor shall be entitled to be reimbursed therefor from the Collection Account in accordance with Section 3.06(a) of this Agreement, no later than 60 days after submitting such expenses or costs for reimbursement, provided that a failure to reimburse such parties within such 60 days will not affect or limit such parties’ rights to receive reimbursement hereunder; provided, further, that in the case of any Serviced Whole Loan, such amounts shall be allocated in accordance with the expense allocation provision of the related Intercreditor Agreement, and such parties shall be entitled to be reimbursed first, from the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account and then, from the Collection Account, all in accordance with Section 3.06(a) of this Agreement and the related Intercreditor Agreement.

(c)               The terms of this Section 6.03 shall survive the termination of any party hereto or of this Agreement.

(d)               For the avoidance of doubt, with respect to any indemnification provisions in this Agreement providing that the Trust Fund or a party to this Agreement is required to indemnify another party to this Agreement for costs, fees and expenses, such costs, fees and expenses shall include costs (including, but not limited to reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses) of the enforcement of such indemnity.

Section 6.04        Limitation on Resignation of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Operating Advisor; Termination of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Operating Advisor. (a) Each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Operating

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Advisor may assign their respective rights and delegate their respective duties and obligations under this Agreement in connection with the sale or transfer of a substantial portion of their commercial mortgage servicing, asset management or (solely with respect to the Operating Advisor) commercial mortgage surveillance, portfolio, provided that: (i) the purchaser or transferee accepting such assignment and delegation (A) shall be an established mortgage finance institution, bank or mortgage servicing institution (or, in the case of the Operating Advisor, an Eligible Operating Advisor), organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any state of the United States of America or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to perform the duties of the Master Servicer, Special Servicer or Operating Advisor or a Person resulting from a merger, consolidation or succession that is permitted under Section 6.02 of this Agreement, (B) shall be acceptable to each Rating Agency as confirmed in a Rating Agency Confirmation delivered to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator relating to the Certificates and Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if any, (C) shall execute and deliver to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator an agreement that contains an assumption by such Person of the due and punctual performance and observance of each covenant and condition to be performed or observed by the Master Servicer, Special Servicer or Operating Advisor, as applicable under this Agreement from and after the date of such agreement and (D) shall not be a Prohibited Party; (ii) the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor shall not be released from its obligations under this Agreement that arose prior to the effective date of such assignment and delegation under this Section 6.04; (iii) the rate at which the Servicing Compensation, Special Servicing Compensation or Operating Advisor Fee, as applicable (or any component thereof) is calculated shall not exceed the rate then in effect and (iv) the resigning Master Servicer, Special Servicer or Operating Advisor, as applicable, shall be responsible for the reasonable costs and expenses of each other party hereto and the Rating Agencies in connection with such transfer. Upon acceptance of such assignment and delegation, the purchaser or transferee shall be the successor Master Servicer, Special Servicer or Operating Advisor, as applicable, hereunder.

(b)               Except as provided in Section 6.02 of this Agreement and this Section 6.04, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Operating Advisor shall not resign from its respective obligations and duties hereby imposed on it except (i) upon determination that such duties hereunder are no longer permissible under applicable law or are in material conflict by reason of applicable law with any other activities carried on by it, (ii) in connection with the assignment of rights and delegation of duties as set forth in Section 6.04(a), or (iii) solely with respect to the Operating Advisor, pursuant to Section 6.04(e). Any such determination described in clause (i) above permitting the resignation of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, shall be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (obtained at the resigning Master Servicer’s, Special Servicer’s or Operating Advisor’s expense) to such effect delivered to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator.

(c)               The Trustee shall be permitted to remove the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer upon a Master Servicer Termination Event or Special Servicer Termination Event, as applicable. Without limiting the generality of the succeeding paragraph, no such removal shall be effective unless and until (i) the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer has been paid any unpaid Servicing Compensation or Special Servicing Compensation, as applicable, unreimbursed Advances (including Advance Interest Amounts thereon to which it is entitled) and all other amounts to which the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer is entitled hereunder to the extent such amounts accrue prior to such effective date and (ii) with respect to a resignation by the Master

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Servicer, the successor Master Servicer has deposited into the Investment Accounts from which amounts were withdrawn to reimburse the terminated Master Servicer, an amount equal to the amounts so withdrawn, to the extent such amounts would not have been permitted to be withdrawn except pursuant to this paragraph, in which case the successor Master Servicer shall, immediately upon deposit, have the same right of reimbursement or payment as the terminated Master Servicer had immediately prior to its termination without regard to the operation of this paragraph.

(d)               No resignation or removal of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor as contemplated by the preceding paragraphs of this Section 6.04 shall become effective until (i) the Trustee or a successor Master Servicer, Special Servicer or Operating Advisor shall have assumed the resigning or terminated Master Servicer’s, Special Servicer’s or Operating Advisor’s responsibilities, duties, liabilities and obligations hereunder, (ii) the Certificate Administrator shall have filed any required Form 8-K pursuant to Section 10.09, (iii) any other information required under Section 10.03 or Section 10.09 has been delivered to any applicable Other Depositor with respect to any related Companion Loan, and (iv) as to any resignation, removal, succession, merger or consolidation of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer that would constitute a Reportable Event, upon at least 4 Business Days prior notice of the anticipated effective date of such event, the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor shall cooperate in a timely manner with the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or any other Person pursuing such resignation, removal, succession, merger or consolidation, as applicable, in connection with the Depositor’s or the Certificate Administrator’s obligation to file any related required Form 8-K relating to this Trust on the anticipated effective date of such event. If no successor Master Servicer, Special Servicer or Operating Advisor can be obtained to perform such obligations for the same compensation to which the terminated Master Servicer, Special Servicer or Operating Advisor would have been entitled, additional amounts payable to such successor Master Servicer, Special Servicer or Operating Advisor shall be treated as Realized Losses.

(e)               The Operating Advisor may resign from its obligations and duties hereby imposed on it (a) upon thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Risk Retention Consultation Parties and the Directing Holder, if applicable, and (b) upon the appointment of, and the acceptance of such appointment by, a successor Operating Advisor that is an Eligible Operating Advisor. No such resignation by the Operating Advisor shall become effective until the replacement Operating Advisor shall have assumed the resigning Operating Advisor’s responsibilities and obligations. The resigning Operating Advisor shall pay all costs and expenses (including costs and expenses incurred by the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator) associated with a transfer of its duties pursuant to this Section 6.04(e).

Section 6.05        Rights of the Depositor and the Trustee in Respect of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer. Solely with respect to their performance of their respective duties under this Agreement, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall afford the Depositor, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee and the Rating Agencies, upon reasonable notice, during normal business hours access to all records maintained by it in respect of its rights and obligations hereunder and access to its officers responsible for such obligations. Upon written request, the Master Servicer and/or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall furnish to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee its most recent publicly available financial statements

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(or, with respect to the Master Servicer, those of its ultimate parent) and such other non-proprietary information as the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall determine in its sole and absolute discretion as it possesses, which is relevant to the performance of its duties hereunder and which it is not prohibited by applicable law or contract from disclosing. The Depositor may, but is not obligated to, enforce the obligations of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer hereunder which are in default and may, but is not obligated to, perform, or cause a designee to perform, any defaulted obligation of such Person hereunder or exercise any rights of such Person hereunder, provided that the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall not be relieved of any of its obligations hereunder by virtue of such performance by the Depositor or its designee. If the Depositor or its designee undertakes any such action, it will be reimbursed by the Trust Fund from the Collection Accounts (or with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, to the extent such reimbursement is allocable to such Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account), as provided in Section 3.06 and Section 6.03(a) hereof to the extent not recoverable from the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable. None of the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer (solely with respect to any action or failure to act by the Special Servicer) or the Special Servicer (solely with respect to any action or failure to act by the Master Servicer) shall have any responsibility or liability for any action or failure to act by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer and no such party is obligated to monitor or supervise the performance of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer under this Agreement or otherwise. Neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall be under any obligation to disclose confidential or proprietary information pursuant to this Section.

Section 6.06        The Master Servicer or Special Servicer as Owners of a Certificate. The Master Servicer or an Affiliate of the Master Servicer, or the Special Servicer or an Affiliate of the Special Servicer, may become the Holder (or with respect to a Global Certificate, Certificate Owner) of any Certificate with the same rights it would have if it were not the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer or an Affiliate thereof. If, at any time during which the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer or an Affiliate of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer is the Holder or Certificate Owner of any Certificate, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer proposes to take action (including for this purpose, omitting to take action) that (i) is not expressly prohibited by the terms hereof and would not, in the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s good faith judgment, violate the Servicing Standard, and (ii) if taken, might nonetheless, in the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s good faith judgment, be considered by other Persons to violate the Servicing Standard, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer may, but will not be required to, seek the approval of the Certificateholders to such action (or inaction) by delivering to the Certificate Administrator a written notice that (i) states that it is delivered pursuant to this Section 6.06, (ii) identifies the Percentage Interest in each Class of Certificates beneficially owned by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer or an Affiliate of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer and (iii) describes in reasonable detail the action (or inaction) that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer proposes to take (or refrain from taking). The Certificate Administrator, upon receipt of such notice, shall forward it to the Certificateholders (other than the Master Servicer and its Affiliates or the Special Servicer and its Affiliates, as appropriate) together with such instructions for response as the Certificate Administrator shall reasonably determine. If at any time Certificateholders holding a majority of the Voting Rights of all Certificateholders and, if no Control Termination Event is continuing, the Directing Holder (calculated without regard to the Certificates beneficially owned by the Master Servicer or its Affiliates or the Special Servicer or its Affiliates, as applicable) shall have consented in writing to the proposal described in the written

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notice, and if the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer shall act as proposed in the written notice, such action shall be deemed to comply with the Servicing Standard. The Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to reimbursement from the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, of the reasonable expenses of the Certificate Administrator incurred pursuant to this paragraph. It is not the intent of the foregoing provision that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer be permitted to invoke the procedure set forth herein with respect to routine servicing matters arising hereunder, except in the case of unusual circumstances.

Section 6.07        The Directing Holder, the Operating Advisor and the Risk Retention Consultation Parties. (a) For so long as no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Directing Holder shall be entitled to advise (1) the Special Servicer with respect to all Specially Serviced Loans (other than any applicable Excluded Loan) as to all Major Decisions and (2) the Special Servicer with respect to Performing Loans (other than any applicable Excluded Loan or any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) with respect to Major Decisions.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, except as set forth in, and in any event subject to, this Section 6.07, with respect to any Mortgage Loan (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan and any applicable Excluded Loan) or any Serviced Whole Loan, for so long as no Control Termination Event is continuing, neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall be permitted to take any action that constitutes a Major Decision, and the Special Servicer shall not consent to the Master Servicer’s taking any of the following actions that are Major Decisions, as to which the Directing Holder has objected in writing within ten (10) Business Days (or, in connection with an Acceptable Insurance Default, 30 days) after receipt of a written report by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, describing in reasonable detail (i) the background and circumstances requiring action of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, (ii) the proposed course of action recommended, and (iii) all information reasonably requested by the Directing Holder, and reasonably available to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in order to grant or withhold such consent, which report may, if prepared by the Special Servicer, in its sole discretion, take the form of an Asset Status Report (the “Major Decision Reporting Package”) (provided that if such written objection has not been received by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, within such 10-Business Day (or 30-day) period, then the Directing Holder shall be deemed to have approved such action). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if the Special Servicer or Master Servicer (if the Master Servicer is otherwise authorized by this Agreement to take such action), as applicable, determines that immediate action, with respect to the matters described in Section 6.07(a) (b) or (c) that requires the consent or consultation of the Directing Holder, the Operating Advisor or a Risk Retention Consultation Party, or any other matter requiring consent or consultation of the Directing Holder in this Agreement, is necessary to protect the interests of the Certificateholders and, with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and, if applicable, Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders constituted a single lender and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan with a related Subordinate Companion Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of such Subordinate Companion Loan) and the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, has made a reasonable effort to contact the Directing Holder, the Operating Advisor or such Risk Retention Consultation Party, as applicable, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, may take any such action without waiting for the Directing Holder’s response.

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If a Control Termination Event is continuing, but for so long as no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall be required to obtain the consent of the Directing Holder with respect to any of the Major Decisions or Asset Status Reports, but shall consult with the Directing Holder in connection with any Major Decision that it is processing or, in the case of the Special Servicer, any Asset Status Report (or any other matter for which the consent of the Directing Holder would have been required or for which the Directing Holder would have the right to direct the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer if no Control Termination Event was continuing) and to consider alternative actions recommended by the Directing Holder in respect of such Major Decision or Asset Status Report (or such other matter). Such consultation will not be binding on the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer. In the event the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, receives no response from the Directing Holder within 10 Business Days following the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s written request for input (which request shall include the related Major Decision Reporting Package) on any required consultation, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall not be obligated to consult with the Directing Holder on the specific matter.

(b)               In addition, (i) for so long as no Consultation Termination Event is continuing, with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan (other than any applicable Excluded Loan with respect to the applicable Risk Retention Consultation Party and, for so long as no Pacific Design Center Control Appraisal Period is continuing, the Pacific Design Center Mortgage Loan), and (ii) during the continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, with respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan (other than any applicable Excluded Loan with respect to the applicable Risk Retention Consultation Party and, for so long as no Pacific Design Center Control Appraisal Period is continuing, the Pacific Design Center Mortgage Loan), upon request of a Risk Retention Consultation Party, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall consult with such Risk Retention Consultation Party on a non-binding basis in connection with any Major Decision that it is processing (and such other matters that are subject to the non-binding consultation rights of such Risk Retention Consultation Party pursuant to this Agreement) and to consider alternative actions recommended by such Risk Retention Consultation Party in respect of such Major Decision (or any other matter requiring consultation with such Risk Retention Consultation Party); provided that in the event the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, receives no response from a Risk Retention Consultation Party within 10 days following the later of (i) the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s, as applicable, written request for input on any requested consultation and (ii) delivery of all such additional information in the possession of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, reasonably requested by such Risk Retention Consultation Party related to the subject matter of such consultation, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall not be obligated to consult with such Risk Retention Consultation Party on the specific matter; provided, however, that the failure of such Risk Retention Consultation Party to respond will not relieve the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, from using reasonable efforts to consult with such Risk Retention Consultation Party on any future matters with respect to the applicable Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan or any other Mortgage Loan. For the avoidance of doubt, (x) no Risk Retention Consultation Party shall have any consultation rights with respect to any related Excluded Loan and (y) any consultation with either Risk Retention Consultation Party under this Agreement shall occur only upon request of such Risk Retention Consultation Party, and any such consultation shall be on a strictly non-binding

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basis and shall be subject to all limitations with respect to the procedures and timing for such consultation set forth in this Section 6.07.

The Risk Retention Consultation Party acting in its capacity as Risk Retention Consultation Party shall not have liability to the Trust Fund, any party to this Agreement, any Certificateholders, RR Interest Owner or any other Person for any action taken, or for refraining from the taking of any action, or for errors in judgment.

(c)               Prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event (or, in the case of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Securitization, an Operating Advisor Consultation Event), the Special Servicer shall provide (solely with respect to each Specially Serviced Loan) each Major Decision Reporting Package to the Operating Advisor promptly after the Special Servicer receives the Directing Holder’s approval or deemed approval of such Major Decision Reporting Package. After and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event (or, in the case of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Securitization, an Operating Advisor Consultation Event), the Special Servicer shall provide each Major Decision Reporting Package to the Operating Advisor simultaneously with the Special Servicer’s written request for the Operating Advisor’s input regarding the related Major Decision (which written request and Major Decision Reporting Package may be delivered in one notice), as set forth below. With respect to any particular Major Decision and/or related Major Decision Reporting Package or any Asset Status Report required to be delivered by the Special Servicer to the Operating Advisor, the Special Servicer shall make available to the Operating Advisor a servicing officer with the relevant knowledge regarding the Mortgage Loan and such Major Decision and/or Asset Status Report in order to address reasonable questions that the Operating Advisor may have relating to, among other things, such Major Decision and/or Asset Status Report.

If a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing (or, in the case of the Trust Subordinate Loan Securitization, an Operating Advisor Consultation Event has occurred and is continuing), the Special Servicer shall consult with the Operating Advisor in connection with any proposed Major Decision that it is processing as to which it has delivered to the Operating Advisor a Major Decision Reporting Package (and any other actions which otherwise require consultation with the Operating Advisor) and consider alternative actions recommended by the Operating Advisor, in respect thereof, provided that such consultation is on a non-binding basis. In the event that the Special Servicer receives no response from the Operating Advisor within ten (10) days following the later of (i) its written request for input on any required consultation (which request is required to include the related Major Decision Reporting Package) and (ii) delivery of all such additional information reasonably requested by the Operating Advisor related to the subject matter of such consultation, the Special Servicer shall not be obligated to consult with the Operating Advisor on the specific matter; provided, however, that the failure of the Operating Advisor to respond on any specific matters shall not relieve the Special Servicer from its obligation to use reasonable efforts to consult with the Operating Advisor on any future matter with respect to the applicable Mortgage Loan or any other Mortgage Loan. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to any applicable Excluded Loan related to the Directing Holder , the Special Servicer or the related Excluded Special Servicer, as applicable, shall consult with the Operating Advisor, on a non-binding basis, in connection with the related transactions involving proposed Major Decisions that it is processing or for which it must give its consent or for which it must give its consent and consider alternative actions recommended by the Operating Advisor, in

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respect thereof, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 6.07 for consulting with the Operating Advisor.

(d)               The failure of any of the Directing Holder, the Operating Advisor or any Risk Retention Consultation Party to respond to any request for consent or consultation shall not relieve the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer from using reasonable efforts to seek the consent of or consult with, as applicable, the Directing Holder, the Operating Advisor or the Risk Retention Consultation Parties on any future matters with respect to the applicable Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan or any other Mortgage Loan.

In addition, for so long as no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Directing Holder may direct the Special Servicer to take, or to refrain from taking, such other actions with respect to a Mortgage Loan as the Directing Holder may deem advisable or as to which provision is otherwise made herein; provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no such direction from the Directing Holder and no advice from any Risk Retention Consultation Party or the Operating Advisor, and no objection contemplated by the preceding paragraph or this paragraph, may require or cause the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, to violate any provision of any Mortgage Loan, applicable law, this Agreement, any Intercreditor Agreement or the REMIC Provisions, including without limitation the Special Servicer’s obligation to act in accordance with the Servicing Standard, or expose the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Paying Agent, the Trust Fund, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee to liability, or materially expand the scope of the Special Servicer’s responsibilities hereunder.

If the Special Servicer or Master Servicer, as applicable, determines that a refusal to consent by the Directing Holder, or any advice from the Directing Holder, the Risk Retention Consultation Parties or the Operating Advisor, would otherwise cause the Special Servicer or Master Servicer, as applicable, to violate the terms of any Mortgage Loan, any Intercreditor Agreement, applicable law, the REMIC Provisions or this Agreement, including without limitation, the Servicing Standard, the Special Servicer or Master Servicer, as applicable, shall disregard such refusal to consent or advice and notify the Directing Holder, the Risk Retention Consultation Parties or the Operating Advisor, the Trustee, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder (if any) and the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement) of its determination, including a reasonably detailed explanation of the basis therefor. The taking of, or refraining from taking, any action by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer in accordance with the direction of or approval of the Directing Holder, any Risk Retention Consultation Party or the Operating Advisor that does not violate any law or the Servicing Standard or any other provisions of this Agreement or any Intercreditor Agreements will not result in any liability on the part of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, with respect to the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans, (i) at all times when no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Directing Holder shall be entitled to the rights of the “Non-Directing Holder” (or similar term) under the related Intercreditor Agreement and (ii) at no time shall the Operating Advisor be entitled to the rights of the “Non-Directing Holder” (or similar term) under the related Intercreditor Agreement.

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The Directing Holder shall have no liability to the Trust Fund, any party to this Agreement, any Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner or any other Person for any action taken, or for refraining from the taking of any action, or for errors in judgment; provided that the Directing Holder shall not be protected against any liability to a Controlling Class Certificateholder or Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholder, as applicable, that would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence in the performance of duties or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations or duties.

(e)               Subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 6.07, (a) the Special Servicer shall process all requests for any matter that constitutes a Major Decision unless the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer mutually agree that the Master Servicer shall process such request with respect to a Performing Loan, and (b) the Master Servicer shall process all requests for any matter that is not a Major Decision with respect to any Performing Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) without any obligation to obtain the consent of or consult with any other person. Upon receiving a request for any matter that constitutes a Major Decision, unless the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer mutually agree that the Master Servicer shall process such request in accordance with the terms and conditions reasonably agreed to by the Master Servicer and Special Servicer, including the Special Servicer’s consent, the Master Servicer shall forward such request to the Special Servicer and the Special Servicer shall process such request and the Master Servicer shall have no further obligation with respect to such request or the related Major Decision.

With respect to any Borrower request or other action on Performing Loans that is not a Major Decision, the Master Servicer shall not be required to obtain the consent of or consult with the Special Servicer, the Directing Holder or the Operating Advisor or the Risk Retention Consultation Parties.

(f)                Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein (i) if a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Directing Holder shall have no right to consent to any action taken or not taken by any party to this Agreement; (ii) if a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing but no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Directing Holder shall remain entitled to receive any notices, reports or information to which it is entitled pursuant to this Agreement, and the Master Servicer, Special Servicer and any other applicable party shall consult with the Directing Holder in connection with any action to be taken or refrained from taking to the extent set forth herein; and (iii) if a Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Directing Holder shall have no consultation or consent rights hereunder and no right to receive any notices, reports or information (other than notices, Voting Rights given to all Certificateholders and rights to receive reports or information required to be delivered to all Certificateholders) or any other rights as Directing Holder.

(g)               The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Operating Advisor, may from time to time request that the Certificate Administrator provide the name of the then-current Trust Directing Holder for any applicable Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan or the Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Representative. Upon such request, the Certificate Administrator shall promptly (but in no event more than five (5) Business Days following such request) provide the name of the then-current Trust Directing Holder or Pacific Design Center

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Controlling Class Representative, as applicable, to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Operating Advisor, but only to the extent the Certificate Administrator has actual knowledge of the identity of the then-current Trust Directing Holder or Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Representative, as applicable; provided that if the Certificate Administrator does not have actual knowledge of the identity of the then-current Trust Directing Holder or Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Representative, as applicable, then the Certificate Administrator shall promptly (but in no event more than five (5) Business Days following such request) (i) determine which Class is the Controlling Class or the Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Representative, as applicable, and (ii) request from the Controlling Class Certificateholders or Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholders, as applicable, the identity of the Trust Directing Holder or Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Representative, as applicable. Any expenses incurred in connection with obtaining such information shall be at the expense of the requesting party, except that if (i) such expenses arise in connection with an event as to which the Trust Directing Holder or Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Representative, as applicable, has review, consent or consultation rights with respect to an action taken by, or report prepared by, the requesting party pursuant to this Agreement or in connection with a request made by the Operating Advisor in connection with its obligation under this Agreement to deliver a copy of the Operating Advisor Annual Report to the Trust Directing Holder or Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Representative, as applicable, and (ii) the requesting party has not been notified of the identity of the Trust Directing Holder or Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Representative, as applicable, or reasonably believes that the identity of the Trust Directing Holder or Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Representative, as applicable, has changed, then such expenses shall be at the expense of the Trust. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee and the Operating Advisor, shall be entitled to conclusively rely on any such information so provided.

To the extent the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer has written notice of any change in the identity of a Trust Directing Holder or the Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Representative, as applicable, or the list of Holders (or Certificate Owners, if applicable) of the Controlling Class or Pacific Design Center Controlling Class, then the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall promptly notify the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer thereof, who may rely conclusively on such notice from the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable.

(h)               DBNY, GSMC and JPMCB shall be the initial Risk Retention Consultation Parties and shall remain so until a successor is appointed pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. Upon the resignation or removal of any of the existing Risk Retention Consultation Parties, any successor Risk Retention Consultation Party shall deliver to the parties to this Agreement a certification substantially in the form of Exhibit L-1H to this Agreement prior to being recognized as the new Risk Retention Consultation Party. The parties hereto shall be entitled to assume that the Risk Retention Consultation Party has not changed absent such notice.

(i)                 Once a Risk Retention Consultation Party has been selected, each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and each other Certificateholder (or Certificate Owner, if applicable) shall be entitled to rely on such selection unless DBNY (in the case of the VRR1 Risk Retention Consultation Party), GSMC (in the case of the VRR2 Risk Retention Consultation Party), or

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JPMCB (in the case of the VRR3 Risk Retention Consultation Party) shall have notified the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and each other VRR Interest Owner, in writing, of the selection of such new Risk Retention Consultation Party (including the new contact information).

(j)                 Each Certificateholder or RR Interest Owner acknowledges and agrees, by its acceptance of its Certificates or RR Interest, that the Risk Retention Consultation Parties: (i) may have special relationships and interests that conflict with those of Holders of one or more Classes of Certificates other than the VRR Interest Owner related to the Risk Retention Consultation Party; (ii) may act solely in the interests of the applicable VRR Interest Owner; (iii) does not have any liability or duties to the Holders of any Classes of Certificates other than the VRR Interest Owner related to the Risk Retention Consultation Party; (iv) may take actions that favor interests of the Holders of one or more Classes of Certificates (including the Class RR Certificates) over the interests of the Holders of one or more other Classes of Certificates; and (v) shall have no liability whatsoever for having so acted as set forth in clauses (i) through (iv) above, and no Certificateholder may take any action whatsoever against any Risk Retention Consultation Party or any director, officer, employee, agent or principal of such Risk Retention Consultation Party for having so acted.

Section 6.08        Rights of Non-Directing Holders. With respect to each Serviced Whole Loan, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall:

(a)       consult with the related Non-Directing Holder (or its designee or representative) on a strictly non-binding basis, to the extent that such Non-Directing Holder (or its designee or representative) requests consultation with respect to any “major decision” or “major action” set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement or the implementation of any recommended actions outlined in an Asset Status Report relating to the Serviced Whole Loan, and to consider alternative actions recommended by such Non-Directing Holder (or its designee or representative); provided that after the expiration of a period of ten (10) Business Days from the delivery to the related Non-Directing Holder (or its designee or representative) of written notice of a proposed action, together with copies of the related notice, information or report, the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, shall no longer be obligated to consult with the applicable Non-Directing Holder (or its designee or representative) (unless the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, proposes a new course of action that is materially different from the action previously proposed, in which case such ten (10) Business Day period shall begin anew from the date of such proposal and delivery of all information relating thereto). Notwithstanding the foregoing non-binding consultation rights of the Non-Directing Holder, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, may take any “major decision” or “major action” set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement or any action set forth in the Asset Status Report before the expiration of the aforementioned ten (10) Business Day period if the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, determines that immediate action with respect thereto is necessary to protect the interests of the Certificateholder and the related Companion Loan Noteholder. Unless specified otherwise in the related Intercreditor Agreement, neither the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer shall be obligated at any time to follow or take any alternative actions recommended by the Non-Directing Holder; and

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(b)       in addition to the foregoing non-binding consultation rights, if provided for in the related Intercreditor Agreement, the Non-Directing Holder shall have the right to annual conference calls with the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer at the offices of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, upon reasonable notice and at times reasonably acceptable to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in which servicing issues related to the related Whole Loan are discussed.

Article VII

SERVICER AND OPERATING ADVISOR TERMINATION

Section 7.01        Servicer Termination Events. (a) “Master Servicer Termination Event,” wherever used herein, means any one of the following events:

(i)                  any failure by the Master Servicer (A) to make a required deposit to the Collection Account or the related Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account for any Serviced Whole Loan on the day and by the time such deposit was first required to be made under the terms of this Agreement, which failure is not remedied within one Business Day, (B) to deposit into, or remit to the Certificate Administrator for deposit into, any Distribution Account any amount required to be so deposited or remitted (including, without limitation, any required P&I Advance, unless the Master Servicer determines such P&I Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance), which failure is not remedied by 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the relevant Distribution Date (provided, however, that to the extent the Master Servicer does not timely make such remittance to the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer shall pay the Certificate Administrator for the account of the Certificate Administrator interest on any amount not timely remitted at the Reimbursement Rate from and including the applicable required remittance date to, but not including, the date such remittance is actually made), or (C) to remit to any holder of a Serviced Companion Loan, as and when required by this Agreement or the related Intercreditor Agreement, any amount required to be so remitted (which failure continues for one Business Day);

(ii)               any failure on the part of the Master Servicer duly to observe or perform in any material respect any of its other covenants or obligations contained in this Agreement, which failure continues unremedied for a period of 30 days (or (A) with respect to any year that a report on Form 10-K is required to be filed, five (5) Business Days in the case of the Master Servicer’s obligations contemplated by Article X (except as otherwise provided under clause (x) of this definition of “Master Servicer Termination Event”), or (B) 15 days in the case of the Master Servicer’s failure to make a Servicing Advance or 45 days in the case of failure to pay the premium for any insurance policy required to be force placed by the Master Servicer pursuant to this Agreement or in any event such reasonable shorter period of time as is necessary to avoid the commencement of foreclosure proceedings for any lien relating to unpaid real estate taxes or assessments or a lapse in any required insurance coverage) after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the Master Servicer, by (a) any other party hereto, with a copy to each other party to this Agreement, (b) the Holders of Certificates of any Class evidencing Percentage Interests aggregating not less than 25% of such Class or (c) an affected Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder; provided that, if such failure is

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capable of being cured and the Master Servicer is diligently pursuing such cure, such 15-, 30- or 45-day period, as applicable, will be extended an additional 30 days; provided, further, however, that such extended period will not apply to the obligations regarding Exchange Act reporting contemplated by Article X;

(iii)             any breach on the part of the Master Servicer of any representation or warranty contained in Section 2.04(a) of this Agreement, which materially and adversely affects the interests of any Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner or Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders and which continues unremedied for a period of 30 days after the date on which notice of such breach, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given (a) to the Master Servicer by any party hereto or (b) to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor and the Trustee (x) by the Holders of Certificates of any Class evidencing Percentage Interests aggregating not less than 25% of such Class or (y) by an affected Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder; provided that, if such breach is capable of being cured and the Master Servicer is diligently pursuing such cure, such 30-day period will be extended an additional 30 days;

(iv)              a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the premises in an involuntary case under any present or future federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law for the appointment of a conservator, receiver, liquidator, trustee or similar official in any bankruptcy, insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings, or for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, shall have been entered against the Master Servicer and such decree or order shall have remained in force undischarged, undismissed or unstayed for a period of 60 days;

(v)                the Master Servicer shall consent to the appointment of a conservator, receiver, liquidator, trustee or similar official in any bankruptcy, insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings of or relating to the Master Servicer or of or relating to all or substantially all of its property;

(vi)             the Master Servicer shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, file a petition to take advantage of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization statute, make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations or take any corporate action in furtherance of the foregoing;

(vii)           either Moody’s or KBRA (or, in the case of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, any Companion Loan Rating Agency) has (A) qualified, downgraded or withdrawn its rating or ratings of one or more Classes of Certificates or Serviced Companion Loan Securities, as applicable, or (B) placed one or more Classes of Certificates or Serviced Companion Loan Securities, as applicable, on “watch status” in contemplation of a ratings downgrade or withdrawal (and such qualification, downgrade, withdrawal or “watch status” placement shall not have been withdrawn by Moody’s or KBRA, as applicable (or, in the case of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, any Companion Loan Rating Agency, as applicable), within sixty (60) days of such rating action) and, in the case

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of either of clauses (A) or (B), publicly citing servicing concerns with the Master Servicer as the sole or a material factor in such rating action; or

(viii)           the Master Servicer is no longer rated at least “CMS3” by Fitch and such Master Servicer is not reinstated to at least that rating within sixty (60) days of the delisting;

(ix)              subject to Section 10.16(c), any failure by the Master Servicer to deliver (a) any Exchange Act reporting items required to be delivered by the Master Servicer to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator under Article X by the time required under Article X or (b) any Exchange Act reporting items that a primary servicer, sub-servicer or Servicing Function Participant (such entity, the “Sub-Servicing Entity”) retained by the Master Servicer (but excluding any Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer) is required to deliver (any Sub-Servicing Entity shall be terminated if it defaults in accordance with the provision of this clause (ix)), which failure, with respect to clauses (a) and (b), (other than in the case of Form 8-K reporting requirements) is not remedied within three (3) Business Days;

then, and in each and every such case, so long as a Master Servicer Termination Event shall not have been remedied, the Trustee may, and at the written direction of (x) the Holders of at least 25% of the aggregate Voting Rights of all Certificates, or (y) the Depositor with respect to clause (ii) above (to the extent such Master Servicer Termination Event relates to the obligations regarding Exchange Act reporting contemplated by Article X) or clause (x) above upon five (5) Business Days’ notice, shall, terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Master Servicer (other than as set forth in Section 7.01(d)). In the case of clause (vii) or (viii), the Certificate Administrator shall be required to notify Certificateholders and Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders of such Master Servicer Termination Event and request whether such Certificateholders and, if applicable, Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders favor such termination.

If the Master Servicer is also the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer is terminated as provided in this Section 7.01(a), then the Master Servicer shall also be terminated as Special Servicer.

If the Master Servicer receives notice of termination under this Section 7.01(a) solely due to a Master Servicer Termination Event under Section 7.01(a)(vii), (viii) or (ix) and if the Master Servicer provides the Trustee with the appropriate “request for proposal” materials within five (5) Business Days following such termination notice, then the Master Servicer shall continue to serve as Master Servicer hereunder until a successor Master Servicer is selected in accordance with this Section 7.01(a). Upon receipt of the “request for proposal” materials, the Trustee shall promptly thereafter (using such “request for proposal” materials provided by the Master Servicer) solicit good faith bids for the rights to service the Mortgage Loans and Serviced Companion Loans under this Agreement from at least three (3) Persons qualified to act as Master Servicer hereunder in accordance with Section 6.02 and 7.02 of this Agreement (any such Person so qualified, a “Qualified Bidder”) or, if three (3) Qualified Bidders cannot be located, then from as many persons as the Trustee can determine are Qualified Bidders; provided that, at the Trustee’s request, the Master Servicer shall supply the Trustee with the names of Persons from whom to solicit such bids; and provided, further, that the Trustee shall not be responsible if less than three

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(3) or no Qualified Bidders submit bids for the right to service the Mortgage Loans and Serviced Companion Loans under this Agreement. The bid proposal shall require any Successful Bidder (as defined below), as a condition of such bid, to enter into this Agreement as successor Master Servicer, and to agree to be bound by the terms hereof, within 45 days after the notice of termination of the Master Servicer. The materials provided to the Trustee shall provide for soliciting bids: (i) on the basis of such successor Master Servicer retaining all Sub-Servicers to continue the primary servicing of the Mortgage Loans and Serviced Companion Loans pursuant to the terms of the respective Sub-Servicing Agreements and entering into a Sub-Servicing Agreement with the terminated Master Servicer to service each of the Mortgage Loans and Serviced Companion Loans for which it was the Master Servicer and not subject to a Sub-Servicing Agreement with a cashiering Sub-Servicer at a sub-servicing fee rate per annum equal to, for each Mortgage Loan and Serviced Companion Loan serviced, the Primary Servicing Fee Rate (each, a “Servicing Retained Bid”); and (ii) on the basis of terminating each Sub-Servicing Agreement and Sub-Servicer that it is permitted to terminate in accordance with Section 3.01(c) of this Agreement (each, a “Servicing Released Bid”). The Trustee shall select the Qualified Bidder with the highest cash Servicing Retained Bid (or, if none, the highest cash Servicing Released Bid from any Person qualified to act as a Master Servicer) (the “Successful Bidder”) to act as successor Master Servicer hereunder; provided that if the Trustee does not receive a Rating Agency Confirmation in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 3.30 of this Agreement with respect to such Successful Bidder, then the Trustee shall repeat the bid process described above (but subject to the above described 45 day time period) until such Rating Agency Confirmation is obtained. The Trustee shall direct the Successful Bidder to enter into this Agreement as successor Master Servicer pursuant to the terms hereof no later than 45 days after notice of the termination of the Master Servicer; provided that the initial Master Servicer may request and obtain, with the prior written consent of the Directing Holder, an additional 20 days for such sale and assumption to be completed so long as the initial Master Servicer delivers to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate stating that the sale and assumption of the right to service the Mortgage Loans and Serviced Companion Loans cannot be completed in the initial 45-day period and specifying the reasons therefor.

Upon the assignment and acceptance of master servicing rights hereunder (subject to the terms of Section 3.12 of this Agreement) to and by the Successful Bidder, the Trustee shall remit or cause to be remitted (i) if the successful bid was a Servicing Retained Bid, to the Master Servicer to be terminated pursuant to this Section 7.01(a), the amount of such cash bid received from the Successful Bidder (net of “out of pocket” expenses incurred in connection with obtaining such bid and transferring servicing) and (ii) if the successful bid was a Servicing Released Bid, to the Master Servicer and each terminated Sub-Servicer its respective Bid Allocation.

The Master Servicer to be terminated pursuant to this Section 7.01(a) shall be responsible for all out of pocket expenses incurred in connection with the attempt to sell its rights to service the Mortgage Loans and Serviced Companion Loans, which expenses are not reimbursed to the party that incurred such expenses pursuant to the preceding paragraph.

If the Successful Bidder has not entered into this Agreement as successor Master Servicer within the above described time period or no Successful Bidder was identified within the above described time period, the Master Servicer to be terminated pursuant to Section 7.01(a) of this Agreement shall reimburse the Trustee for all reasonable “out of pocket” expenses incurred

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by the Trustee in connection with such bid process and the Trustee shall have no further obligations under this Section 7.01(a). The Trustee thereafter may act or may select a successor to act as Master Servicer hereunder in accordance with Section 7.02 of this Agreement.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article VII, if the Master Servicer shall timely deliver the notice and request for proposal materials referred to in the fourth preceding paragraph, no resignation or termination of the Master Servicer shall be effective in connection with a Master Servicer Termination Event under Section 7.01(a)(vii), (viii) or (ix) of this Agreement, and the Master Servicer shall continue to perform as such and to collect the servicing fee until the conclusion of the process described in this clause (a).

(b)               “Special Servicer Termination Event,” wherever used herein, means any one of the following events:

(i)                any failure by the Special Servicer to deposit into the REO Account at or within the time specified by this Agreement and such failure continues unremedied for one Business Day, or any failure by the Special Servicer to remit to Master Servicer for deposit into, the Collection Account (or, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, the related Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account) any amount required to be so remitted by the Special Servicer pursuant to, and at the time specified by, the terms of this Agreement; provided that the failure of the Special Servicer to remit such amount to the Master Servicer shall not be a Special Servicer Termination Event if such failure is remedied within two Business Days and if the Special Servicer has compensated the Master Servicer for any loss of income (at the Reimbursement Rate) on such amount suffered by the Master Servicer due to and caused by the late remittance of the Special Servicer and reimburse the Trust for any resulting Advance Interest Amount due to the Master Servicer;

(ii)               any failure on the part of the Special Servicer duly to observe or perform in any material respect any of its other covenants or obligations contained in this Agreement, which failure continues unremedied for a period of 30 days (or (A) with respect to any year that a report on Form 10-K is required to be filed, five (5) Business Days in the case of the Special Servicer’s obligations contemplated by Article X (except as otherwise provided under clause (x) of this definition of “Special Servicer Termination Event”), or (B) 45 days in the case of failure to pay the premium for any insurance policy required to be force placed by the Special Servicer pursuant to this Agreement or in any event such reasonable shorter period of time as is necessary to avoid the commencement of foreclosure proceedings for any lien relating to unpaid real estate taxes or assessments or a lapse in any required insurance coverage) after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the Special Servicer, by (a) any other party hereto, with a copy to each other party to this Agreement, (b) the Holders of Certificates of any Class evidencing Percentage Interests aggregating not less than 25% of such Class or (c) an affected Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder; provided that, if such failure is capable of being cured and the Special Servicer is diligently pursuing such cure, such 30- or 45-day period, as applicable, will be extended an additional 30 days; provided, further, however, that such extended period will not apply to the obligations regarding Exchange Act reporting contemplated by Article X;

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(iii)             any breach on the part of the Special Servicer of any representation or warranty contained in Section 2.04(b) of this Agreement, which materially and adversely affects the interests of any Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner or Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders and which continues unremedied for a period of 30 days after the date on which notice of such breach, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given (a) to the Special Servicer by any party hereto, or (b) to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor and the Trustee (x) by the Holders of Certificates of any Class evidencing Percentage Interests aggregating not less than 25% of such Class or (y) by an affected Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder; provided that, if such breach is capable of being cured and the Special Servicer is diligently pursuing such cure, such 30-day period will be extended an additional 30 days;

(iv)             a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the premises in an involuntary case under any present or future federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law for the appointment of a conservator, receiver, liquidator, trustee or similar official in any bankruptcy, insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings, or for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, shall have been entered against the Special Servicer and such decree or order shall have remained in force undischarged, undismissed or unstayed for a period of 60 days;

(v)               the Special Servicer shall consent to the appointment of a conservator, receiver, liquidator, trustee or similar official in any bankruptcy, insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings of or relating to the Special Servicer or of or relating to all or substantially all of its property;

(vi)             the Special Servicer shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, file a petition to take advantage of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization statute, make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations or take any corporate action in furtherance of the foregoing;

(vii)            either Moody’s or KBRA (or, in the case of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, any Companion Loan Rating Agency) has (A) qualified, downgraded or withdrawn its rating or ratings of one or more Classes of Certificates or Serviced Companion Loan Securities, as applicable, or (B) placed one or more Classes of Certificates or Serviced Companion Loan Securities, as applicable, on “watch status” in contemplation of a ratings downgrade or withdrawal (and such qualification, downgrade, withdrawal or “watch status” placement shall not have been withdrawn by Moody’s or KBRA, as applicable (or, in the case of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, any Companion Loan Rating Agency, as applicable), within sixty (60) days of such rating action) and, in the case of either of clauses (A) or (B), publicly citing servicing concerns with the Special Servicer as the sole or a material factor in such rating action;

(viii)          the Special Servicer is no longer rated at least “CSS3” by Fitch and such Special Servicer is not reinstated to at least that rating within 60 days of the delisting;

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(ix)             subject to Section 10.16(c), any failure by the Special Servicer to deliver (a) any Exchange Act reporting items required to be delivered by the Special Servicer to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator under Article X by the time required under Article X or (b) any Exchange Act reporting items that a Sub-Servicing Entity retained by the Special Servicer (but excluding any Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer) is required to deliver (any Sub-Servicing Entity shall be terminated if it defaults in accordance with the provision of this clause (ix)), which failure, with respect to clauses (a) and (b), (other than in the case of Form 8-K reporting requirements) is not remedied within three (3) Business Days;

then, and in each and every such case, so long as a Special Servicer Termination Event shall not have been remedied, the Trustee may, and at the written direction of (x) the Holders of at least (A) 25% of the aggregate Pooled Voting Rights of all Certificates (other than with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan) and (B) 25% of the Voting Rights in the case of the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan, (y) for so long as no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Directing Holder, or (z) the Depositor with respect to clause (ii) above (to the extent such Special Servicer Termination Event relates to the obligations regarding Exchange Act reporting contemplated by Article X) or clause (ix) above upon five (5) Business Days’ notice, shall, terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Special Servicer (other than the rights to indemnification provided in Section 6.03(a) of this Agreement and compensation provided in Section 3.12(c) of this Agreement). In the case of clause (vii) or (viii) above, the Trustee shall, upon actual knowledge by a Responsible Officer of such Special Servicer Termination Event, notify the Special Servicer and the Certificate Administrator, and the Certificate Administrator, upon receipt of such notice or upon actual knowledge by a Responsible Officer of such Special Servicer Termination Event, shall notify the Certificateholders and Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders of such Special Servicer Termination Event and request whether such Certificateholders and, if applicable, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, favor such termination.

(c)               Notwithstanding Section 7.01(a), (i) if any Master Servicer Termination Event occurs that affects a Serviced Companion Loan and the Master Servicer is not otherwise terminated or (ii) if an NRSRO engaged to rate a Serviced Companion Loan Security qualifies, downgrades or withdraws its rating of such Serviced Companion Loan Security, publicly citing servicing concerns with the Master Servicer as the sole or a material factor in such rating action and that rating action is not withdrawn within 60 days, then the Trustee, at the direction of the Companion Loan Noteholder, shall direct the Master Servicer to appoint a sub-servicer (or if a sub-servicer is then sub-servicing such Serviced Whole Loan, to appoint a new sub-servicer to service such Serviced Whole Loan, but only if such existing sub-servicer is in default after any applicable cure periods under the related sub-servicing agreement, and the Master Servicer shall be permitted to terminate the sub-servicing agreement due to such default) with respect all of the rights and obligations of the Master Servicer under this Agreement related to such Serviced Whole Loan. The Master Servicer shall appoint a replacement sub-servicer with respect to such Serviced Whole Loan; provided that such sub-servicer meets the eligibility requirements of a successor master servicer under Section 7.02 (including receipt of a Rating Agency Confirmation relating to the Certificates and Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if any) and the eligibility requirements of each Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

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(d)               Notwithstanding Section 7.01(b), (i) if any Special Servicer Termination Event occurs that affects a Serviced Companion Loan and the Special Servicer is not otherwise terminated or (ii) if an NRSRO engaged to rate a Serviced Companion Loan Security qualifies, downgrades or withdraws its rating of such Serviced Companion Loan Security, publicly citing servicing concerns with the Special Servicer as the sole or a material factor in such rating action and that rating action is not withdrawn within 60 days, then the Trustee, at the direction of the Companion Loan Noteholder, shall terminate the Special Servicer with respect to the related Serviced Whole Loan only, but no other Mortgage Loan.

(e)               If the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer is terminated pursuant to this Section 7.01, the Trustee (the “Terminating Party”) shall, by notice in writing to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be (the “Terminated Party”), terminate all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and in and to the Mortgage Loans and the proceeds thereof, other than any rights the Terminated Party has to Excess Servicing Fees, any rights it has hereunder as a Certificateholder and any rights or obligations that accrued prior to the date of such termination (including the right to receive all amounts accrued or owing to it under this Agreement, plus interest at the Reimbursement Rate on such amounts until received to the extent such amounts bear interest as provided in this Agreement, with respect to periods prior to the date of such termination and the right to the benefits of Section 6.03 of this Agreement notwithstanding any such termination), and with respect to the Special Servicer, the right to receive any Workout Fee subsequent to its termination as Special Servicer, pursuant to Section 3.12(c) of this Agreement. No successor Special Servicer shall be entitled to such Workout Fee received by the terminated Special Servicer. On or after the receipt by the Terminated Party of such written notice, all of its authority and power under this Agreement, whether with respect to the Certificates (except that the Terminated Party shall retain its rights as a Certificateholder if and to the extent that it is a Certificateholder), the Mortgage Loans, the Serviced Companion Loans or otherwise, shall pass to and be vested in the Terminating Party pursuant to and under this Section and, without limitation, the Terminating Party is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of and at the expense of the Terminated Party, as attorney-in-fact or otherwise, any and all documents and other instruments, and to do or accomplish all other acts or things necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of termination, whether to complete the transfer and endorsement or assignment of the Mortgage Loans and related documents, or otherwise. The Master Servicer and the Special Servicer each agree in the event it is terminated pursuant to this Section 7.01 to promptly (and in any event no later than ten Business Days subsequent to such notice) provide, at its own expense, the Terminating Party with all documents and records requested by the Terminating Party to enable the Terminating Party to assume its functions hereunder, and to cooperate with the Terminating Party and the successor to its responsibilities hereunder in effecting the termination of its responsibilities and rights hereunder, including, without limitation, the transfer to the successor Master Servicer or Special Servicer or the Terminating Party, as applicable, for administration by it of all cash amounts which shall at the time be or should have been credited by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer to the Collection Account, the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account, any REO Account, the Loss of Value Reserve Fund, any Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, Lock-Box Account or Cash Collateral Account or which shall thereafter be received with respect to the Mortgage Loans, and shall promptly provide the Terminating Party or such successor Master Servicer or successor Special Servicer (which may include the Trustee) all documents and records reasonably requested by it, such documents and records to be provided in such form as the Terminating Party or such successor

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Master Servicer or Special Servicer shall reasonably request (including electronic form), to enable it to assume the Master Servicer’s or Special Servicer’s function hereunder. All reasonable costs and expenses of the Terminating Party (including the cost of obtaining a Rating Agency Confirmation and any applicable indemnity) or the successor Master Servicer or successor Special Servicer incurred in connection with transferring the Mortgage Files to the successor Master Servicer or Special Servicer and amending this Agreement to reflect such succession as successor Master Servicer or successor Special Servicer pursuant to this Section 7.01 shall be paid by the predecessor Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, upon presentation of reasonable documentation of such costs and expenses. If the predecessor Master Servicer or Special Servicer (as the case may be) has not reimbursed the Terminating Party or the successor Master Servicer or Special Servicer for such expenses within 90 days after the presentation of reasonable documentation, such expense shall be reimbursed by the Trust Fund; provided that the Terminated Party shall not thereby be relieved of its liability for such expenses. If and to the extent that the Terminated Party has not reimbursed such costs and expenses, the Terminating Party shall have an affirmative obligation to take all reasonable actions to collect such expenses on behalf of the Trust Fund.

In no event shall the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator be deemed to have knowledge of, or be aware of, any Master Servicer Termination Event or Special Servicer Termination Event until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, has received written notice thereof or has actual knowledge thereof.

No removal or replacement of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer as contemplated by this Agreement shall become effective until (i) the Trustee or a successor Master Servicer or Special Servicer shall have assumed the resigning or terminated Master Servicer’s or Special Servicer’s responsibilities, duties, liabilities and obligations hereunder, (ii) the Certificate Administrator shall have filed any required Form 8-K pursuant to Section 10.09, (iii) any other information required under Section 10.03 or Section 10.09 has been delivered to any applicable Other Depositor with respect to any related Companion Loan, and (iv) as to any resignation, removal, succession, merger or consolidation of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer that would constitute a Reportable Event, upon at least 4 Business Days prior notice of the anticipated effective date of such event, the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor shall cooperate in a timely manner with the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or any other Person pursuing such resignation, removal, succession, merger or consolidation, as applicable, in connection with the Depositor’s or the Certificate Administrator’s obligation to file any related required Form 8-K relating to this Trust on the anticipated effective date of such event.

Section 7.02        Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor. Upon the receipt of a notice of termination by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 7.01 of this Agreement, the Terminating Party (subject to Section 7.01(a) and Section 7.01(c)) shall be its successor, until a successor is appointed by the Directing Holder as provided in this Section 7.02 or Section 3.22(b), as applicable, in all respects in its capacity as the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer under this Agreement and the transactions set forth or provided for herein and, except as provided herein, shall be subject to all the responsibilities, duties, limitations on liability and liabilities relating thereto and arising thereafter placed on the Master Servicer or Special Servicer by the terms and provisions hereof, provided that (i) the Terminating Party shall have no responsibilities, duties, liabilities or obligations with respect to any act or omission of the Master

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Servicer or Special Servicer and (ii) any failure to perform, or delay in performing, such duties or responsibilities caused by the Terminated Party’s failure to provide, or delay in providing, records, tapes, disks, information or monies shall not be considered a termination event for such successor hereunder. The Trustee, as successor Master Servicer or successor Special Servicer, shall be indemnified to the full extent provided to the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, under this Agreement prior to the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s termination. The appointment of a successor Master Servicer or successor Special Servicer shall not affect any liability of the predecessor Master Servicer or Special Servicer which may have arisen prior to its termination as the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer. The Terminating Party shall not be liable for any of the representations and warranties of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer herein or in any related document or agreement, for any acts or omissions of the predecessor Master Servicer or predecessor Special Servicer or for any losses incurred in respect of any Permitted Investment by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.06(h) hereunder nor shall the Trustee be required to purchase any Mortgage Loan or any Serviced Companion Loan hereunder. As compensation therefor, the Terminating Party as successor Master Servicer or successor Special Servicer shall be entitled to the Servicing Compensation or Special Servicing Compensation, as applicable, and all funds relating to the Mortgage Loans or the Serviced Companion Loans that accrue after the date of the Terminating Party’s succession to which such predecessor Master Servicer or Special Servicer would have been entitled if such predecessor Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, had continued to act hereunder. If any Advances made by the Master Servicer or the Trustee shall at any time be outstanding, or any amounts of interest thereon shall be accrued and unpaid, all amounts available to repay Advances and interest hereunder shall be applied entirely to the Advances made by the Trustee (and the accrued and unpaid interest thereon), until such Advances and interest shall have been repaid in full. Notwithstanding the above, the Trustee may, if it shall be unwilling to so act, or shall if it is unable to so act or if the Holders of Certificates entitled to (i) in the case of the Master Servicer, at least 25% of the aggregate Voting Rights (or, for so long as no Control Termination Event is continuing, the Directing Holder), or (ii) in the case of the Special Servicer, at least 25% of the aggregate Pooled Voting Rights (other than with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan) and (iii) 25% of the aggregate Voting Rights in the case of the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan (or, for so long as no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Directing Holder), so request in writing to the Trustee, or, with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, if an affected Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder so requests in writing to the Trustee, or if the Trustee is not an “approved” servicer by any of the Rating Agencies for mortgage pools similar to the Trust Fund, promptly appoint, or petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint, any established mortgage loan servicing institution that, for so long as no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, has been approved by the Directing Holder (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld in the case of the appointment of a successor Master Servicer) to act as the successor to the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, hereunder in the assumption of all or any part of the responsibilities, duties or liabilities of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer hereunder; provided that the Trustee shall obtain a Rating Agency Confirmation with respect to the Certificates and any Serviced Companion Loan Securities. No appointment of a successor to the Master Servicer or Special Servicer hereunder shall be effective until the assumption by such successor of all the Master Servicer’s or Special Servicer’s responsibilities, duties and liabilities hereunder, which appointment has been approved, if no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing,

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by the Directing Holder, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld. Pending appointment of a successor to the Master Servicer (or the Special Servicer if the Special Servicer is also the Master Servicer) hereunder, unless the Trustee shall be prohibited by law from so acting, the Trustee shall act in such capacity as hereinabove provided. Pending the appointment of a successor to the Special Servicer, the Trustee shall act in such capacity. In connection with such appointment and assumption described herein, the Trustee may make such arrangements for the compensation of such successor out of payments on Mortgage Loans, Serviced Companion Loans or otherwise as it and such successor shall agree; provided that no such compensation shall be in excess of that permitted to the Terminated Party hereunder, unless no successor to the Terminated Party can be obtained to perform the obligations of such Terminated Party hereunder, in which case additional amounts shall be paid to such successor and such amounts in excess of that permitted the Terminated Party shall be treated as Realized Losses and VRR Realized Losses. Any successor Special Servicer shall be subject to the rights of the Directing Holder under Section 3.22(b) of this Agreement. The Depositor, the Trustee, the Master Servicer or Special Servicer and such successor shall take such action, consistent with this Agreement, as shall be necessary to effectuate any such succession.

If the Trustee or an Affiliate acts pursuant to this Section 7.02 as successor to the resigning or terminated Master Servicer, it may reduce the Master Servicer’s Excess Servicing Fee Rate to the extent that it’s or such Affiliate’s compensation as successor Master Servicer would otherwise be below the market rate servicing compensation. If the Trustee elects to appoint a successor to the resigning or terminated Master Servicer other than itself or an Affiliate pursuant to this Section 7.02, it may reduce the Master Servicer’s Excess Servicing Fee Rate to the extent reasonably necessary (in the sole discretion of the Trustee) for the Trustee to appoint a qualified successor Master Servicer that meets the requirements of this Section 7.02.

Section 7.03        Notification to Certificateholders and Other Persons. (a) Upon its receipt of written notice of any termination pursuant to Section 7.01 above or appointment of a successor to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator shall give prompt written notice thereof to Certificateholders at their respective addresses appearing in the Certificate Register, the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement), the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and to each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder at its address appearing in the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder Register.

(b)               Within 30 days after the occurrence of any Servicer Termination Event (or any analogous servicer termination event under any Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to any Non-Serviced Whole Loan), Operating Advisor Termination Event or Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator (who shall then notify all Holders of Certificates), the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement), and each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder, notice of such Servicer Termination Event, Operating Advisor Termination Event or Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event, unless such Servicer Termination Event, Operating Advisor Termination Event or Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event shall have been cured or waived.

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Section 7.04        Other Remedies of Trustee. During the continuance of any Servicer Termination Event, so long as the Servicer Termination Event shall not have been remedied, the Trustee, in addition to the rights specified in Section 7.01 of this Agreement, shall have the right, in its own name as Trustee of an express trust, to take all actions now or hereafter existing at law, in equity or by statute to enforce its rights and remedies and to protect the interests, and enforce the rights and remedies, of the Certificateholders and, in the case of any Serviced Companion Loan, of the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders (including the institution and prosecution of all judicial, administrative and other proceedings and the filing of proofs of claim and debt in connection therewith). In such event, the legal fees, expenses and costs of such action and any liability resulting therefrom shall be expenses, costs and liabilities of the Trust Fund (and, in the case of any Serviced Whole Loan, such amounts shall be allocated in accordance with the expense allocation provision of the related Intercreditor Agreement). Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, no remedy provided for by this Agreement shall be exclusive of any other remedy, and each and every remedy shall be cumulative and in addition to any other remedy, and no delay or omission to exercise any right or remedy shall impair any such right or remedy or shall be deemed to be a waiver of any Servicer Termination Event.

Section 7.05        Waiver of Past Servicer Termination Events and Operating Advisor Termination Events; Termination. The Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than (a) 66-2/3% of the aggregate Voting Rights of the Certificates in the case of the Master Servicer, (b) 66-2/3% of the aggregate Pooled Voting Rights of the Certificates in the case of the Special Servicer (other than with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan) and (c) 66-2/3% of the aggregate Voting Rights in the case of the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan may, together with each affected Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder (to the extent they are adversely affected by such Servicer Termination Event or Operating Advisor Termination Event, as applicable), on behalf of all Holders of Certificates waive any termination event with respect to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor (within 20 days of the receipt of notice from the Certificate Administrator of the occurrence of an Operating Advisor Termination Event) in the performance of its obligations hereunder and its consequences, except a termination event with respect to making any required deposits (including, with respect to the Master Servicer, P&I Advances) to or payments from the Collection Account, any Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account or the Lower-Tier Distribution Account, or in remitting payments as received, in each case in accordance with this Agreement. Upon any such waiver of a past termination event, such termination event shall cease to exist, and any Servicer Termination Event or Operating Advisor Termination Event arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been remedied for every purpose of this Agreement. No such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other termination event or impair any right consequent thereon. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Master Servicer Termination Event under Section 7.01(a)(ii) (to the extent such Master Servicer Termination Event relates to the obligations regarding Exchange Act reporting contemplated by Article X) or Section 7.01(a)(ix) or a Special Servicer Termination Event under Section 7.01(b)(ii) (to the extent such Special Servicer Termination Event relates to the obligations regarding Exchange Act reporting contemplated by Article X) or Section 7.01(b)(ix) of this Agreement may be waived only with the consent of the Depositor and each affected Other Depositor.

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shall perform such obligations (x) within five Business Days of the Master Servicer Termination Event resulting from such failure by the Master Servicer with respect to Servicing Advances to the extent a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge of such failure with respect to such Servicing Advances and (y) by 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the related Distribution Date with respect to P&I Advances pursuant to the Trustee’s receipt of notice of failure pursuant to Section 4.07(a) of this Agreement unless the Trustee has received notice that such failure has been cured by 11:00 a.m. on such Distribution Date. With respect to any such Advance made by the Trustee, the Trustee shall succeed to all of the Master Servicer’s rights with respect to Advances hereunder, including, without limitation, the Master Servicer’s rights of reimbursement and interest on each Advance at the Reimbursement Rate, and rights to determine that a proposed Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance (without regard to any impairment of any such rights of reimbursement caused by the Master Servicer’s failure to perform its obligations hereunder); provided that if Advances made by the Trustee and the Master Servicer shall at any time be outstanding, or any interest on any Advance shall be accrued and unpaid, all amounts available to repay such Advances and the interest thereon hereunder shall be applied entirely to the Advances outstanding to the Trustee, until such Advances shall have been repaid in full, together with all interest accrued thereon, prior to reimbursement of the Master Servicer for such Advances. The Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely on any notice given with respect to a Nonrecoverable Advance or any determination of nonrecoverability in connection therewith by the Master Servicer hereunder.

Section 7.07        Termination of the Operating Advisor. (a)  An “Operating Advisor Termination Event” means any one of the following events whether any such event shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body:

(i)                  any failure by the Operating Advisor to observe or perform in any material respect any of its covenants or agreements or the material breach of any of its representations or warranties under this Agreement, which failure shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the Operating Advisor by any party hereto or to the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee by the Holders of Certificates having greater than 25% of the aggregate Pooled Voting Rights (or with respect to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Securitization, Loan-Specific Certificateholders having greater than 25% of the aggregate Loan-Specific Voting Rights); provided that with respect to any such failure which is not curable within such 30-day period, the Operating Advisor shall have an additional cure period of thirty (30) days to effect such cure so long as it has commenced to cure such failure within the initial 30-day period and has provided the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator with an Officer’s Certificate certifying that it has diligently pursued, and is continuing to pursue, such cure;

(ii)              any failure by the Operating Advisor to perform in accordance with the Operating Advisor Standard which failure shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, is given in writing to the Operating Advisor by any party to this Agreement;

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(iii)               any failure by the Operating Advisor to be an Eligible Operating Advisor, which failure shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, is given in writing to the Operating Advisor by any party to this Agreement;

(iv)            a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the premises in an involuntary case under any present or future federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law for the appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings, or for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, shall have been entered against the Operating Advisor, and such decree or order shall have remained in force undischarged or unstayed for a period of 60 days;

(v)               the Operating Advisor shall consent to the appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator or liquidation committee in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities, voluntary liquidation, or similar proceedings of or relating to the Operating Advisor or of or relating to all or substantially all of its property; or

(vi)             the Operating Advisor shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, file a petition to take advantage of any applicable insolvency or reorganization statute, make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations.

Upon receipt by the Certificate Administrator of notice of the occurrence of any Operating Advisor Termination Event, the Certificate Administrator shall promptly provide written notice to all Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner electronically by posting such notice on the Certificate Administrator’s Website and by mail, unless the Certificate Administrator has received notice that it has been remedied. If an Operating Advisor Termination Event has occurred then, and in each and every such case, so long as such Operating Advisor Termination Event shall not have been remedied, either (i) the Trustee may or (ii) upon the written direction of holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights of each Class of Certificates (or if an Operating Advisor Termination Event affects only the related Loan-Specific Certificates that are part of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Securitization, upon the written direction of the holders of Loan-Specific Certificates evidencing at least 25% of the Loan-Specific Voting Rights), the Trustee shall, terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Operating Advisor under this Agreement, other than rights and obligations accrued prior to such termination, including the right to receive all amounts accrued and owing to it under this Agreement, and other than indemnification rights (arising out of events occurring prior to such termination), by notice in writing to the Operating Advisor; provided that no such termination shall be effective until a successor Operating Advisor has been appointed and has assumed all of the obligations of the Operating Advisor under this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Depositor shall have the right, but not the obligation, to notify the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee of any Operating Advisor Termination Event of which the Depositor has actual knowledge.

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The holders of Voting Rights representing at least 25% of the Voting Rights affected by any Operating Advisor Termination Event hereunder may waive such Operating Advisor Termination Event within twenty (20) days of the receipt of notice from the Certificate Administrator of the occurrence of such Operating Advisor Termination Event. Upon any such waiver of an Operating Advisor Termination Event, such Operating Advisor Termination Event shall cease to exist and shall be deemed to have been remedied for every purpose hereunder. Upon any such waiver of an Operating Advisor Termination Event by Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner, the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to recover all costs and expenses incurred by it in connection with enforcement action taken with respect to such Operating Advisor Termination Event prior to such waiver from the Trust.

(b)               With respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan, upon (i) the written direction of holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 15% of the aggregate Voting Rights requesting a vote to terminate and replace the Operating Advisor with a proposed successor Operating Advisor that is an Eligible Operating Advisor and (ii) payment by such Holders to the Certificate Administrator of the reasonable fees and expenses to be incurred by the Certificate Administrator in connection with administering such vote, the Certificate Administrator shall promptly provide written notice thereof to the Operating Advisor and to all Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner by (i) posting such notice on the Certificate Administrator’s Website and (ii) mail at their addresses appearing in the Certificate Register. Upon the written direction of Holders of Certificates evidencing more than 50% of the Voting Rights that exercise their right to vote (provided that Holders of at least 50% of the Voting Rights exercise their right to vote), the Trustee shall terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Operating Advisor with respect to the Mortgage Loans under this Agreement (other than rights and obligations accrued prior to such termination including the right to receive all amounts accrued and owing to it under this Agreement and other than indemnification rights arising out of events occurring prior to such termination) by written notice to the Operating Advisor, and the proposed successor operating advisor will be appointed. The provisions set forth in the foregoing sentences of this Section 7.07(b) shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of solely the Certificateholders and the Trustee as between each other. The Operating Advisor shall not have any cause of action based upon or arising from any breach or alleged breach of such provisions other than may arise, as a result of the failure to comply with the above described voting procedures. As between the Operating Advisor, on the one hand, and the Certificateholders, on the other, the Certificateholders shall be entitled in their sole discretion to vote for the termination or not vote for the termination of the Operating Advisor.

The provisions set forth in the foregoing sentences of this Section 7.07(b) shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of solely the Certificateholders and the Trustee as between each other. The Operating Advisor shall not have any cause of action based upon or arising from any breach or alleged breach of such provisions other than may arise, as a result of the failure to comply with the above described voting procedures. As between the Operating Advisor, on the one hand, and the Certificateholders, on the other, the Certificateholders shall be entitled in their sole discretion to vote for the termination or not vote for the termination of the Operating Advisor.

(c)               On or after the receipt by the Operating Advisor of such written notice of termination, subject to the foregoing, all of its authority and power under this Agreement shall be terminated and, without limitation, the terminated Operating Advisor shall execute any and all documents and other instruments, and do or accomplish all other acts or things reasonably

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necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of termination. As soon as practicable, but in no event later than 15 Business Days after (1) the Operating Advisor resigns pursuant to Section 6.04(a) of this Agreement or (2) the Certificate Administrator delivers such written notice of termination to the Operating Advisor, the Trustee shall upon the written direction of Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights of each Class of Certificates appoint a successor Operating Advisor that is an Eligible Operating Advisor, which successor Operating Advisor may be an Affiliate of the Trustee and shall be the proposed Operating Advisor in the case of a termination pursuant to Section 7.07(b) of this Agreement; provided that if the Trustee is acting as the successor Master Servicer or successor Special Servicer, neither the Trustee nor any of its Affiliates shall be the successor Operating Advisor. The Trustee shall provide written notice of the appointment of a successor Operating Advisor to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Certificate Administrator (and the Certificate Administrator shall promptly provide such notice to the Directing Holder, each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder and each Certificateholder) within one Business Day of such appointment. The Operating Advisor shall not at any time be the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, a Mortgage Loan Seller, an Other Depositor, an Other Servicer, an Other Special Servicer or an Affiliate of any of them. If any of such entities becomes the Operating Advisor, including by means of an Affiliation arising after the date hereof, the Operating Advisor shall immediately resign or cause an assignment under Section 6.04 of this Agreement and the Trustee shall upon the written direction of Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights of each Class of Certificates (or if an Operating Advisor Termination Event affects only the related Loan-Specific Certificates that are part of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Securitization, upon the written direction of the Loan-Specific Certificateholders evidencing at least 25% of the Loan-Specific Voting Rights) appoint a successor Operating Advisor subject to and in accordance with this Section 7.07(c), which successor Operating Advisor may be an Affiliate of the Trustee.

(d)               Upon any termination of the Operating Advisor and appointment of a successor to the Operating Advisor, the Trustee shall, as soon as possible, give written notice thereof to the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder, the Risk Retention Consultation Parties, the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement) and, if no Consultation Termination Event is continuing, the Directing Holder. If the Operating Advisor is terminated, all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement shall terminate, other than any rights or obligations that accrued prior to the date of such termination (including the right to receive all amounts accrued and owing to it under this Agreement) and other than indemnification rights (arising out of events occurring prior to such termination).

(e)               The parties hereto agree, and the Certificateholders by their acceptance of their Certificates and the RR Interest Owner by its acceptance of the RR Interest shall be deemed to have agreed, that (i) subject to Article VI, the Operating Advisor shall have no liability to any Certificateholder or the RR Interest Owner for any actions taken or for refraining from taking any actions under this Agreement, (ii) the Operating Advisor shall act solely as a contracting party to the extent set forth in this Agreement, (iii) the Operating Advisor shall have no (A) fiduciary duty, or (B) other duty except with respect to its specific obligations under this Agreement, and shall have no duty to any particular Class of Certificates or particular Certificateholders or the RR

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Interest Owner, and (iv) the Operating Advisor does not constitute an “investment adviser” within the meaning of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended.

Article VIII

CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE AND CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR

Section 8.01        Duties of Trustee and Certificate Administrator. (a)  Each of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Agreement and no permissive right of the Trustee shall be construed as a duty. During the continuance of a Servicer Termination Event of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 7.02 and 7.05 of this Agreement shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Agreement, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs.

(b)               The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator, upon receipt of any resolutions, certificates, statements, opinions, reports, documents, orders or other instruments furnished to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, which are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator pursuant to any provision of this Agreement (other than the Mortgage Files, the review of which is specifically governed in Article II, any CREFC^® reports, and any information delivered for posting to the Certificate Administrator’s Website), shall examine them to determine whether they conform on their face to the requirements of this Agreement; provided that, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, shall not be responsible for the accuracy or content of any such resolution, certificate, statement, opinion, report, document, order or other instrument provided to it hereunder. If any such instrument is found not to conform on its face to the requirements of this Agreement in a material manner, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, shall request the provider of such instrument to have the instrument corrected, and if the instrument is not corrected to such Trustee’s or such Certificate Administrator’s reasonable satisfaction, such Trustee or such Certificate Administrator will provide notice thereof to the Certificateholders.

(c)               None of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator or any of their officers, directors, employees, agents or “control” persons within the meaning of the Act shall have any liability arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, provided that, subject to Section 8.02 of this Agreement, no provision of this Agreement shall be construed to relieve the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator or any such person, from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct or its own bad faith; and provided, further, that:

(i)                The Trustee’s and the Certificate Administrator’s duties and obligations shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Agreement, neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall be liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in regard to such party in this Agreement, no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator and, in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, the Trustee and the Certificate

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Administrator may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any resolutions, certificates, statements, reports, opinions, documents, orders or other instruments furnished to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, that conform on their face to the requirements of this Agreement to the extent set forth herein without responsibility for investigating the contents thereof;

(ii)               [Reserved];

(iii)             Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall be personally liable with respect to any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of Holders of Certificates entitled to greater than 25% of the Percentage Interests (or such other higher or lower percentage as is specified herein) of each affected Class, or of the aggregate Voting Rights of the Certificates, relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, under this Agreement;

(iv)            Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator nor any of their directors, officers, employees, Affiliates, agents or control persons shall be responsible for any act or omission of any Custodian, Paying Agent or Certificate Registrar that is not an Affiliate of the Trustee or Certificate Administrator, respectively, and that is selected other than by the Trustee or Certificate Administrator, respectively, performed or omitted in compliance with any custodial or other agreement, or any act or omission of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any other Person, including, without limitation, in connection with actions taken pursuant to this Agreement;

(v)               Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action which is not incidental to its respective duties as Trustee or Certificate Administrator in accordance with this Agreement (and, if it does, all legal expenses and costs of such action shall be expenses and costs of the Trust Fund (and, in the case of any Whole Loan, any such costs and expenses shall be allocated in accordance with the allocation provisions of the related Intercreditor Agreement), and the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, shall be entitled, as provided in Section 3.06 hereof, to be reimbursed therefor from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account (and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, the related Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account) or the Distribution Account and identified on the Trust Ledger, unless such legal action arises out of the negligence or bad faith of the Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, or any breach of a representation or warranty of the Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, contained herein; and

(vi)              Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall be charged with knowledge of any act, failure to act or breach of any Person upon the occurrence of which the Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, may be required to act, unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, obtains actual knowledge of such act, failure or breach. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate

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Administrator shall be deemed to have actual knowledge of the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s failure to provide scheduled reports, certificates and statements when and as required to be delivered to the Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, pursuant to this Agreement.

None of the provisions contained in this Agreement shall require either the Trustee, in its capacity as Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, in its capacity as Certificate Administrator, to expend or risk its own funds, or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if in the opinion of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, the repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it, and none of the provisions contained in this Agreement shall in any event require the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, to perform, or be responsible for the manner of performance of, any of the obligations of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer under this Agreement, except, in the case of the Trustee, during such time, if any, as the Trustee shall be the successor to, and be vested with the rights, duties, powers and privileges of, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall be required to post any surety or bond of any kind in connection with its performance of its obligations under this Agreement and neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall be liable for any loss on any investment of funds pursuant to this Agreement. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, when acting as the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer hereunder, the Trustee shall comply with the Servicing Standard.

Section 8.02        Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator. (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 8.01 of this Agreement:

(i)                  The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator may request and/or conclusively rely upon and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, Officer’s Certificate, direction of the Depositor, certificate of auditors or any other certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, appraisal, bond or other paper or document reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties and neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall have any responsibility to ascertain or confirm the genuineness of any such party or parties;

(ii)                Each of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator may consult with counsel and the written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the written advice of such counsel or such Opinion of Counsel;

(iii)             (A) Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall be under any obligation to exercise any of the trusts or powers vested in it by this Agreement or to make any investigation of matters arising hereunder or institute, conduct or defend any litigation hereunder or in relation hereto at the request, order or direction of any of the Certificateholders or the RR Interest Owner, pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement,

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unless such Certificateholders or the RR Interest Owner shall have offered to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred therein or thereby, provided that nothing contained herein shall relieve the Trustee of the obligations, upon the occurrence of a Servicer Termination Event (which has not been cured or waived) of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge, to exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Agreement, and to use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs; and (B) the right of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator to perform any discretionary act enumerated in this Agreement shall not be construed as a duty, and the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, shall not be answerable for other than its own negligence or willful misconduct or bad faith in the performance of any such act;

(iv)             None of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator or any of their directors, officers, employees, Affiliates, agents or “control” persons within the meaning of the Act shall be personally liable (A) for an error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts or (B) for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith and reasonably believed by the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Agreement;

(v)               Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, appraisal, bond or other paper or document, unless requested in writing to do so by Holders of Certificates entitled to greater than 25% (or such other percentage as is specified herein) of the Percentage Interests of each affected Class; provided that if the payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, not reasonably assured to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Agreement, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, may require indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it from such requesting Holders against such cost, expense or liability as a condition to taking any such action. The reasonable expense of every such investigation shall be paid by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, if a Servicer Termination Event or Operating Advisor Termination Event shall be continuing relating to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor, respectively, and otherwise by the Certificateholders requesting the investigation;

(vi)             The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder and the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator may perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents, Affiliates, nominees, custodians or

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attorneys but shall not be relieved of the obligations hereunder; provided that the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, may not perform any duties hereunder through any Person that is a Prohibited Party;

(vii)           Other than in the case of actual fraud (as determined by a non-appealable final court order), in no event shall the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, be liable for special, punitive, indirect or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to lost profits), even if the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action;

(viii)         In no event shall the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator be liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder due to force majeure or acts of God; provided that such failure or delay is not also a result of its own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct;

(ix)             Except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement, Computershare Trust Company, N.A. acting in any particular capacity hereunder will not be deemed to be imputed with knowledge of (a) Computershare Trust Company, N.A., acting in a capacity that is unrelated to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or (b) Computershare Trust Company, N.A., acting in any other capacity hereunder, except, in the case of either clause (a) or clause (b), where some or all of the obligations performed in such capacities are performed by one or more employees within the same group or division of Computershare Trust Company, N.A., or where the groups or divisions responsible for performing the obligations in such capacities have one or more of the same Responsible Officers, provided in any event, however, the knowledge of employees performing special servicing functions shall not be imputed to employees performing master servicing functions, and the knowledge of employees performing master servicing functions shall not be imputed to employees performing special servicing functions;

(x)               Nothing herein shall require the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator to act in any manner that is contrary to applicable law; and

(xi)             Nothing herein shall be construed as an obligation of the parties to this Agreement to advise the Certificateholders with respect to their rights and protections relative to the Trust.

(b)               Following the Startup Day, the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall not, except as expressly required by any provision of this Agreement, accept any contribution of assets to the Trust Fund unless the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator shall have received an Opinion of Counsel (the costs of obtaining such opinion to be borne by the Person requesting such contribution) to the effect that the inclusion of such assets in the Trust Fund will not cause an Adverse REMIC Event.

(c)               All rights of action under this Agreement or under any of the Certificates, enforceable by the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator, may be enforced by it without the possession of any of the Certificates, or the production thereof at the trial or other proceeding

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relating thereto, and any such suit, action or proceeding instituted by the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be brought in its name for the benefit of all the Holders of such Certificates, subject to the provisions of this Agreement.

(d)             Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall have a duty to conduct any affirmative investigation as to the occurrence of any condition requiring the repurchase of any Mortgage Loan by any Mortgage Loan Seller pursuant to this Agreement or the eligibility of any Mortgage Loan for purposes of this Agreement.

(e)               Each of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to all of the same rights, protections, immunities and indemnities afforded to it as Trustee and Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, in each capacity for which it serves hereunder (including, without limitation, as Custodian, Certificate Registrar, 17g-5 Information Provider, Paying Agent and Authenticating Agent).

(f)                In order to comply with laws, rules, regulations and executive orders in effect from time to time applicable to banking institutions, including those relating to the funding of terrorist activities and money laundering (“Applicable Law”), the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee, as the case may be, are required to obtain, verify and record certain information relating to individuals and entities that maintain a business relationship with the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee. Accordingly, each of the parties hereto agrees to provide to the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee, upon its respective request from time to time, such identifying information and documentation as may be available for such party in order to enable the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee to comply with Applicable Law.

Section 8.03        Trustee and Certificate Administrator Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage Loans. The recitals contained herein and in the Certificates shall not be taken as the statements of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Master Servicer, or the Special Servicer and the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer assume no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer make no representations or warranties as to the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement, of the Certificates or any offering document used to offer the Certificates for sale or the validity, enforceability or sufficiency of any Mortgage Loan, or related document. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall at any time have any responsibility or liability for or with respect to the legality, validity and enforceability of any Mortgage, any Mortgage Loan, or the perfection and priority of any Mortgage or the maintenance of any such perfection and priority, or for or with respect to the sufficiency of the Trust Fund or its ability to generate the payments to be distributed to Certificateholders under this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall be liable or responsible for: (i) the existence, condition and ownership of any Mortgaged Property; (ii) the existence of any hazard or other insurance thereon (other than if the Trustee shall assume the duties of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 7.02 of this Agreement) or the enforceability thereof; (iii) the existence of any Mortgage Loan or the contents of the related Mortgage File on any computer or other record thereof (other than if the Trustee shall assume the duties of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 7.02 of this Agreement);

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(iv) the validity of the assignment of any Mortgage Loan to the Trust Fund or of any intervening assignment; (v) the completeness of any Mortgage File; the performance or enforcement of any Mortgage Loan (other than if the Trustee shall assume the duties of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 7.02 of this Agreement); (vi) the compliance by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer with any warranty or representation made under this Agreement or in any related document or the accuracy of any such warranty or representation prior to the Trustee’s receipt of written notice or other discovery of any non-compliance therewith or any breach thereof; (vii) any investment of monies by or at the direction of the Master Servicer or any loss resulting therefrom, the acts or omissions of any of the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer (other than if the Trustee shall assume the duties of the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer or Special Servicer pursuant to Section 7.02 of this Agreement) or any sub-servicer or any Borrower; any action of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer (other than if the Trustee shall assume the duties of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer pursuant to Section 7.02 of this Agreement) or any sub-servicer taken in the name of the Trustee, except to the extent such action is taken at the express written direction of the Trustee; (viii) the failure of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer or any sub-servicer to act or perform any duties required of them on behalf of the Trust Fund or the Trustee hereunder; or (ix) any action by or omission of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator taken at the instruction of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer (other than if the Trustee shall assume the duties of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 7.02 of this Agreement) unless the taking of such action is not permitted by the express terms of this Agreement; provided that the foregoing shall not relieve the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator of their respective obligations to perform their duties as specifically set forth in this Agreement. The Trustee or the Certificate Administrator shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator (in the case of the Trustee only), the Trustee (in the case of the Certificate Administrator only), the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer of any of the Certificates or of the proceeds of such Certificates, or for the use or application of any funds paid to the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator (in the case of the Trustee only), the Trustee (in the case of the Certificate Administrator only), the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer in respect of the assignment of the Mortgage Loans or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or deposited in or withdrawn from the Collection Accounts, any Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account, the Lower-Tier Distribution Account, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Distribution Account, the Upper-Tier Distribution Account, the Lock-Box Account, the Cash Collateral Account, the Reserve Accounts, the Interest Reserve Account, any REO Account or any Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account or Pacific Design Center Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account or any other account maintained by or on behalf of the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, other than any funds held by the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall have any responsibility for filing any financing or continuation statement in any public office at any time or to otherwise perfect or maintain the perfection of any security interest or lien granted to it hereunder (unless the Trustee shall have become the successor Master Servicer) or to record this Agreement. In making any calculation hereunder which includes as a component thereof the payment or distribution of interest for a stated period at a stated rate “to the extent permitted by applicable law,” the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, shall assume that such payment is so permitted unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be,

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has actual knowledge, or receives an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the Person asserting the impermissibility) to the effect, that such payment is not permitted by applicable law. The Depositor is not obligated to monitor or supervise the performance of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator under this Agreement or otherwise.

Section 8.04       Trustee and Certificate Administrator May Own Certificates. The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and any agent of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator in its individual capacity or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Certificates, and may deal with the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Initial Purchasers and the Underwriters in banking transactions, with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Certificate Administrator or such agent, as the case may be.

Section 8.05        Payment of Trustee’s and Certificate Administrator’s Fees and Expenses; Indemnification. (a) On each Distribution Date, prior to the distribution of amounts to the Certificateholders, the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to withdraw and pay the Trustee and itself its respective portion of the Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fee, as reasonable compensation from amounts remitted to the Lower-Tier Distribution Account (which shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust), for all services rendered in the execution of the trusts hereby created and in the exercise and performance of any of the powers and duties of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator at the Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fee Rate. The Trustee’s fee shall be paid as a portion of the Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fee.

(b)               If the Trustee assumes the servicing responsibilities of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer hereunder pursuant to or otherwise arising from the resignation or removal of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, the Trustee shall be entitled to the compensation to which the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, would have been entitled (other than the rights of the Special Servicer to receive any Workout Fee specified in Section 3.12(c) of this Agreement if the Special Servicer is terminated).

(c)               The Trustee, the Custodian and the Certificate Administrator shall be paid or reimbursed by the Trust Fund upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee, the Custodian or the Certificate Administrator pursuant to and in accordance with any of the provisions of this Agreement (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its counsel and of all persons not regularly in its employ), which the Certificate Administrator will be entitled to withdraw from the Distribution Accounts prior to the distribution to Certificateholders to the extent set forth herein and to the extent such payments are “unanticipated expenses incurred by the REMIC” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-1(b)(iii) except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from its negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith; provided that, subject to the last paragraph of Section 8.01 and Section 8.02(a)(iii) of this Agreement, the Trustee, the Custodian or the Certificate Administrator shall not refuse to perform any of their respective duties hereunder solely as a result of the failure to be paid their respective portion of the Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fee, or the Trustee’s, Custodian’s or Certificate Administrator’s previously-incurred expenses, as applicable. The term “unanticipated expenses incurred by the REMIC” shall include any fees, expenses and disbursement of any separate Trustee or co-Trustee

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appointed hereunder, only to the extent such fees, expenses and disbursements were not reasonably anticipated as of the Closing Date and are attributable to the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC or the Upper-Tier REMIC and the losses, liabilities, damages, claims or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred or advanced by an Indemnified Party in connection with any litigation arising out of this Agreement attributable to the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC or the Grantor Trust, including, without limitation, under Section 2.03, Section 3.10, the third paragraph of Section 3.11, Section 4.05 and Section 7.01 of this Agreement.

The Master Servicer and the Special Servicer covenant and agree to pay or reimburse the Trustee for the reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in connection with any transfer of the servicing responsibilities of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, respectively, hereunder, pursuant to or otherwise arising from the resignation or removal of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer (except in the case of removal of the Special Servicer without cause), as applicable, in accordance with any of the provisions of this Agreement (and including the reasonable fees and expenses and disbursements of its counsel and all other persons not regularly in its employ), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from the negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith of the Trustee.

(d)               Each of the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Paying Agent, the Trustee, the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (each, for purposes of this Section 8.05(d), an “Indemnifying Party”) shall (severally and not jointly) indemnify the Trustee (both in its capacity as Trustee and individually), the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Certificate Administrator (in its capacity as Certificate Administrator, Custodian, Paying Agent and individually) and each of their Affiliates and each of the partners, shareholders, members, managers, directors, officers, employees, representatives and agents of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator and each of their Affiliates (each, for purposes of this Section 8.05(d), an “Indemnified Party”), and hold each of them harmless against any and all claims, losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, fees and expenses that the Indemnified Party may sustain in connection with this Agreement (including, without limitation, reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel incurred by the Indemnified Party in any action or proceeding between the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party or between the Indemnified Party and any third party or otherwise) resulting from each such Indemnifying Party’s respective willful misconduct, bad faith, fraud or negligence in the performance of each of its respective duties hereunder or by reason of negligent disregard of its respective obligations and duties hereunder (including in the case of the Master Servicer, any agent of the Master Servicer or sub-servicer).

The Trust Fund shall indemnify each Indemnified Party and the Custodian from, and hold it harmless against, any and all losses, liabilities, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, judgments, claims or unanticipated expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel incurred by the Indemnified Party in any action or proceeding between the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party or between the Indemnified Party and any third party or otherwise) arising in respect of this Agreement, the Mortgage Loans, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or the Certificates other than (i) resulting from the willful misconduct, bad faith, fraud or negligence of the Indemnified Party or the Custodian, as applicable, in the performance of its obligations and duties under this Agreement, (ii) by reason of its negligent

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disregard of those obligations or duties, or as may arise from a breach of any representation or warranty of the Indemnified Party or the Custodian, as applicable, made in this Agreement and (iii) as to which such Indemnified Party or the Custodian, as applicable, is entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Section 8.05(d). The right of reimbursement of the Indemnified Parties under this Section 8.05(d) shall be senior to the rights of all Certificateholders.

For the avoidance of doubt, with respect to any indemnification provisions in this Agreement providing that the Trust or a party to this Agreement is required to indemnify another party to this Agreement for costs, fees and expenses, such costs, fees and expenses are intended to include costs (including, but not limited to, reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses) of the enforcement of such indemnity.

(e)               Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Section 8.05 shall survive the termination or maturity of this Agreement or the resignation, removal or termination of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, regarding rights accrued prior to such resignation, removal or termination and (with respect to any acts or omissions during its respective tenures) the resignation, removal or termination of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Paying Agent, the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Registrar or the Custodian.

(f)                This Section 8.05 shall be expressly construed to include, but not be limited to, such indemnities, compensation, expenses, disbursements, advances, losses, liabilities, damages and the like, as may pertain or relate to any environmental law or environmental matter.

(g)               Each of the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Paying Agent and the Trustee (in each case with respect to itself only, for purposes of this Section 8.05(g), an “Indemnifying Party”) shall (severally and not jointly) indemnify the Trust Fund, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and each other, and each of their respective Affiliates and each of the partners, shareholders, members, managers, directors, officers, employees, representatives and agents of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer and their respective Affiliates (each, for purposes of this Section 8.05(g), an “Indemnified Party”), and hold each of them harmless against any and all claims, losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, fees and expenses that the Indemnified Party may sustain in connection with this Agreement (including, without limitation reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel incurred by the Indemnified Party in any action or proceeding between the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party or between the Indemnified Party and any third party or otherwise) resulting from the applicable Indemnifying Party’s willful misconduct, bad faith, fraud or negligence in the performance of its duties hereunder or by reason of negligent disregard of its obligations and duties hereunder.

(h)               The Certificate Administrator (for purposes of this Section 8.05(h), the “Indemnifying Party”) shall, solely in its capacity as the 17g-5 Information Provider, indemnify each Mortgage Loan Seller and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (each, for purposes of this Section 8.05(h), an “Indemnified Party”), and hold each of them harmless against any and all claims, losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, fees and expenses that the Indemnified Party may sustain in connection with this Agreement (including, without limitation reasonable fees and disbursements

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of counsel incurred by the Indemnified Party in any action or proceeding between the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party or between the Indemnified Party and any third party or otherwise) related to (i) the applicable Indemnifying Party’s willful misconduct, bad faith, fraud or negligence in the performance of its duties hereunder or by reason of negligent disregard of its obligations and duties hereunder or (ii) a determination by any Rating Agency that it cannot reasonably rely on representations made by the Depositor or any Affiliate thereof pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 17g-5(a)(3), to the extent caused by any such willful misconduct, bad faith, fraud or negligence in the performance of its duties hereunder or by reason of negligent disregard referred to in clause (i) above by the Indemnifying Party.

(i)                 Each of the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Paying Agent, the Authenticating Agent, the Certificate Registrar and the Trustee (in each case with respect to itself only, for purposes of this Section 8.05(i), an “Indemnifying Party”) shall (severally and not jointly) indemnify the Trust Fund, the Depositor and the Retaining Sponsor and each other, and each of their respective Affiliates and each of the partners, shareholders, members, managers, directors, officers, employees, representatives and agents of the Depositor and the Retaining Sponsor and their respective Affiliates (each, for purposes of this Section 8.05(i), an “Indemnified Party”), and hold each of them harmless against any and all claims, losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, fees and expenses (including, without limitation reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel incurred by the Indemnified Party in any action or proceeding between the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party or between the Indemnified Party and any third party or otherwise) that the Indemnified Party may sustain as a result of or relating to a violation of the Exchange Act or Risk Retention Rule if such violation, in whole or in part, arises out of or results from the applicable Indemnifying Party’s willful misconduct, bad faith, fraud or negligence in the performance of its duties or by reason of negligent disregard of its obligations and duties, in each case, as set forth under Section 5.01(j) and Section 5.02(m) of this Agreement.

Section 8.06        Eligibility Requirements for Trustee and Certificate Administrator. The Trustee and Certificate Administrator hereunder shall at all times:

(i)                  be a corporation, national bank, national banking association or a trust company organized and doing business under the laws of any state or the United States of America,

(ii)               be authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers and to accept the trust conferred under this Agreement,

(iii)              have a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000,

(iv)             be subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority and, solely in the case of the Trustee, shall not be an Affiliate of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer (except, in the case of the Trustee, during any period when the Trustee has assumed the duties of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as the case may be, pursuant to Section 7.02 of this Agreement),

(v)                not be a Prohibited Party, and

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(vi)              (A) in the case of the Certificate Administrator, an institution whose long term senior unsecured debt is rated at least “Baa3” by Moody’s or which has an issuer credit rating of at least “Baa3” by Moody’s and (B) in the case of the Trustee, an institution whose long-term senior unsecured debt or issuer credit rating is at least (x) “A2” by Moody’s or which has a long-term counterparty risk assessment of at least “A2(cr)” by Moody’s (provided, however, that the Trustee may maintain a long-term senior unsecured debt rating or an issuer credit rating of at least “Baa3” by Moody’s if the Master Servicer is an institution whose long term senior unsecured debt is rated at least “A2” by Moody’s or whose long-term counterparty risk assessment is rated at least “A2(cr)” by Moody’s), (y) “A” by Fitch (or a short-term rating of “F1” by Fitch) (provided, however, that the Trustee may maintain a rating of at least “BBB-” by Fitch as long as the Master Servicer has a short-term rating of at least “F1” by Fitch or a long-term senior unsecured debt rating of at least “A” by Fitch) and (z) if rated by KBRA, “BBB-” by KBRA (or if not rated by KBRA, then at least an equivalent rating by two other NRSROs, which may include Moody’s or Fitch), or in the case of the Certificate Administrator and Trustee, such other rating with respect to which the Rating Agencies have provided a Rating Agency Confirmation.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator meets the provisions of clauses (i) through (iii), (v) and (vi) above, but does not meet the provisions of clause (iv) above, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, shall be deemed to meet the provisions of such clause (iv) if it appoints a fiscal agent as a back-up liquidity provider, provided that such fiscal agent meets the provisions of clauses (i) through (vi) above and shall have assumed in writing all obligations of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, to make Advances under this Agreement as and when required of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be. If a corporation or association publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for purposes of this Section the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If the place of business from which the Trustee administers the Trust Fund is a state or local jurisdiction that imposes a tax on the Trust Fund or the net income of any Trust REMIC (other than a tax corresponding to a tax imposed under the REMIC Provisions) the Trustee shall elect either to (i) resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 8.07 of this Agreement, (ii) pay such tax and continue as Trustee or (iii) administer the Trust Fund from a state and local jurisdiction that does not impose such a tax. If at any time the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 8.07 of this Agreement.

Section 8.07        Resignation and Removal of Trustee and Certificate Administrator. The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator may at any time resign and be discharged from the trusts hereby created by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, all Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Mortgage Loan Sellers, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Directing Holder and the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement). Upon notice of resignation from the Trustee, the Depositor shall use its reasonable best efforts to promptly appoint a successor trustee, the appointment of which is subject to the requirements

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contained in Section 8.06 of this Agreement and shall be, if no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, reasonably acceptable to the Directing Holder. Upon notice of resignation from the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee shall promptly appoint a successor certificate administrator, the appointment of which is subject to the requirements contained in Section 8.06 of this Agreement. If no successor trustee or certificate administrator shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor. The Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, shall bear all reasonable out of pocket costs and expenses of each other party hereto and each Rating Agency in connection with its resignation.

If at any time the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.06 of this Agreement and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Depositor or the Master Servicer, or if at any time the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator shall become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be (or of its property), shall be appointed, or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be (or of its property or affairs), for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, or if the Trustee or Certificate Administrator (if different than the Trustee) shall fail (other than by reason of the failure of either the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer to timely perform its obligations hereunder or as a result of other circumstances beyond the Trustee’s or Certificate Administrator’s, as applicable, reasonable control), to timely publish any report to be delivered, published or otherwise made available by the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 4.02 and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of five (5) days, or if the Certificate Administrator fails to make distributions required pursuant to Section 4.01 or Section 9.01, then the Depositor may remove the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, and the Depositor shall promptly appoint a successor acceptable to the Master Servicer by written instrument, which shall be delivered to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, so removed and to the successor.

The Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 50% of the Voting Rights may, with cause (at any time) or without cause (at any time with 30 days’ prior written notice), remove the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator and appoint a successor by written instrument or instruments, in eight originals, signed by such Holders or their attorneys-in-fact duly authorized, one complete set of which instruments shall be delivered to each of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the successor trustee or certificate administrator, as applicable.

In addition, if the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator is terminated without cause, the terminating party shall pay all of the expenses of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, necessary to affect the transfer of its responsibilities to the successor.

If the Trustee is terminated or removed pursuant to this Section 8.07, all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and in and to the Mortgage Loans shall be terminated, other than any rights or obligations that accrued prior to the date of such termination or removal

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(including the right to receive all fees, expenses, indemnities, and other amounts accrued or owing to it under this Agreement, plus interest at the Reimbursement Rate on all such amounts until received to the extent such amounts bear interest as provided in this Agreement, with respect to periods prior to the date of such termination or removal).

If the Certificate Administrator is terminated or removed pursuant to this Section 8.07, (i) all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and in and to the Mortgage Loans shall be terminated, other than any rights or obligations that accrued prior to the date of such termination or removal (including the right to receive all fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts accrued or owing to it under this Agreement with respect to periods prior to the date of such termination or removal) and (ii) such resignation, termination, or removal shall be effective with respect to each of its other capacities hereunder except its capacity as Custodian (but including, without limitation, its capacities as Certificate Registrar, 17g-5 Information Provider, Paying Agent and Authenticating Agent).

Upon the resignation, assignment, or transfer of the Trustee or its business to a successor, or upon the termination of the Trustee, (a) the outgoing Trustee, at its own expense without right to reimbursement therefor, shall (A) endorse the original executed Mortgage Note for each Mortgage Loan (to the extent that the original executed Mortgage Note for each Mortgage Loan was endorsed to the outgoing Trustee), without recourse, representation or warranty, express or implied, to the order of the successor, as trustee for the registered Holders of Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38 or in blank, and (B) in the case of the other assignable Loan Documents (to the extent such other Loan Documents were assigned to the outgoing Trustee), assign and record such Loan Documents to such successor, and such successor shall review the documents delivered to it or to the Custodian with respect to each Mortgage Loan, and certify in writing that, as to each Mortgage Loan then subject to this Agreement, such endorsement and assignment has been made; (b) if any original executed Mortgage Note for a Mortgage Loan was not endorsed to the outgoing Trustee, the Custodian shall deliver such Mortgage Note to the successor trustee and the Custodian shall cooperate with any successor trustee to ensure that such Mortgage Note is endorsed (without recourse, representation or warranty, express or implied) to the order of the successor trustee, as trustee for the registered Holders of Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38 or in blank. If any assignable Loan Document (other than the Mortgage Note) was not assigned to the outgoing Trustee or if the Trustee is removed pursuant to Section 8.07 without cause, with respect to the Loan Documents identified in clause (B) of the preceding sentence, the Custodian shall deliver such Loan Document to the successor trustee and, if appropriate, such Loan Documents shall be recorded at the expense of the Trust (i) prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event, with the consent of the Directing Holder, (ii) after the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event but prior to the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event, after consultation with the Directing Holder and the Operating Advisor and (iii) after the continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, after consultation with the Operating Advisor and the reasonable cooperation (as determined by the Depositor) of the Depositor.

Section 8.08        Successor Trustee and Certificate Administrator. (a) Any successor trustee or certificate administrator shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Master Servicer, the Certificate

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Administrator (or in the case of a successor certificate administrator, to the predecessor Certificate Administrator) and the Trustee, as the case may be, instruments accepting their appointment hereunder, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, shall become effective and such successor, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor hereunder, with the like effect as if originally named as Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, herein; provided that such successor shall satisfy the requirements contained in Section 8.06 of this Agreement and the Certificate Administrator shall have filed any required Form 8-K pursuant to Section 10.09. The predecessor Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, shall deliver to its successor all Mortgage Files and related documents and statements held by it hereunder, and the Depositor and the predecessor Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, shall execute and deliver such instruments and do such other things as may reasonably be required for more fully and certainly vesting and confirming in the successor all such rights, powers, duties and obligations. No successor trustee or certificate administrator, as the case may be, shall accept appointment as provided in this Section 8.08 unless at the time of such acceptance such successor shall be eligible under the provisions of Section 8.06 of this Agreement.

Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided in this Section 8.08, the Depositor shall mail notice of the succession of such Trustee hereunder to all Holders of Certificates at their addresses as shown in the Certificate Register. If the Depositor fails to mail such notice within 10 days after acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such notice to be so mailed at the expense of the Depositor.

(b)               Any successor trustee appointed pursuant to this Agreement shall satisfy the eligibility requirements set forth in Section 8.06 hereof.

(c)               Neither the Asset Representations Reviewer nor any of its Affiliates may be appointed as successor trustee or certificate administrator.

Section 8.09        Merger or Consolidation of Trustee or Certificate Administrator. Any Person into which the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, shall be the successor of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, hereunder; provided that such Person shall be eligible under the provisions of Section 8.06 of this Agreement without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding. The Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, shall notify the other parties hereto of any such event, and the Certificate Administrator shall post notice of such merger or consolidation to the Certificate Administrator’s Website in accordance with Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement and provide notice of such event to the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement).

Section 8.10        Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee. Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, at any time, for the purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any

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jurisdiction in which any part of the Trust Fund or property securing the same may at the time be located, or for enforcement actions, or where a conflict of interest exists, the Depositor and the Trustee acting jointly shall have the power and shall execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more Persons approved by the Trustee to act (at the expense of the Trust) as co-Trustee or co-Trustees, jointly with the Trustee, or separate Trustee or separate Trustees, of all or any part of the Trust Fund, and to vest in such Person or Persons, in such capacity, such title to the Trust Fund, or any part thereof, and, subject to the other provisions of this Section 8.10, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Depositor and the Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. If the Depositor shall not have joined in such appointment within 15 days after the receipt by it of a request so to do, or in case a Servicer Termination Event shall be continuing, the Trustee alone shall have the power to make such appointment. Except as required by applicable law, the appointment of a co-Trustee or separate Trustee shall not relieve the Trustee of its responsibilities, obligations and liabilities hereunder. No co-Trustee or separate Trustee hereunder shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility as a successor Trustee under Section 8.06 hereunder and no notice to Holders of Certificates of the appointment of co-Trustee(s) or separate Trustee(s) shall be required under Section 8.08 hereof.

In the case of any appointment of a co-Trustee or separate Trustee pursuant to this Section 8.10, all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon the Trustee shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed by the Trustee and such separate Trustee or co-Trustee jointly (it being understood that such separate Trustee or co-Trustee is not authorized to act separately without the Trustee joining in such act), except to the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to be performed (whether as Trustee hereunder or as successor to the Master Servicer hereunder), the Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act or acts, in which event such rights, powers, duties and obligations (including the holding of title to the Trust Fund or any portion thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be exercised and performed by such separate Trustee or co-Trustee solely at the direction of the Trustee.

No Trustee under this Agreement shall be personally liable by reason of any act or omission of any other trustee under this Agreement. The Depositor and the Trustee acting jointly may at any time accept the resignation of or remove any separate Trustee or co-Trustee, or if the separate Trustee or co-Trustee is an employee of the Trustee, the Trustee acting alone may accept the resignation of or remove any separate Trustee or co-Trustee.

Any notice, request or other writing given to the Trustee shall be deemed to have been given to each of the then separate Trustees and co-Trustees, as effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument appointing any separate Trustee or co-Trustee shall refer to this Agreement and the conditions of this Article VIII. Every such instrument shall be filed with the Trustee. Each separate Trustee and co-Trustee, upon its acceptance of the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates or property specified in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Trustee or separately, as may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this Agreement, specifically including every provision of this Agreement relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Trustee. In no event shall any such separate Trustee or co-Trustee be entitled to any provision relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of or affording protection to such separate Trustee or co-Trustee that imposes a standard of conduct less stringent than that imposed by the Trustee hereunder, affording greater protection than that

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afforded to the Trustee hereunder or providing a greater limit on liability than that provided to the Trustee hereunder.

Any separate Trustee or co-Trustee may, at any time, constitute the Trustee its agent or attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority, to the extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this Agreement on its behalf and in its name. If any separate Trustee or co-Trustee shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its estates, properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be exercised by the Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new or successor Trustee.

Article IX

TERMINATION

Section 9.01        Termination. (a) The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee created hereby with respect to the Certificates and the RR Interest (other than the obligations of the Certificate Administrator to make certain payments and to send certain notices to Certificateholders as hereinafter set forth) shall terminate upon payment (or provision for payment) to the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders of all amounts held by or on behalf of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer, as the case may be, required hereunder to be so paid on the Distribution Date following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and all other property held by the Trust Fund in accordance with Section 9.01(c) of this Agreement; (ii) the exchange by the Sole Certificateholder of its Certificates for the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan in accordance with Section 9.01(g) of this Agreement; and (iii) the later of (a) the receipt or collection of the last payment due on any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan included in the Trust Fund, or (b) the liquidation and disposition pursuant to this Agreement of the last asset held by the Trust Fund; provided that in no event shall the trust created hereby continue beyond the expiration of twenty-one years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom, living on the date hereof.

For purposes of this Section 9.01, the Sole Certificateholder shall have the first option to terminate the Trust Fund, pursuant to Section 9.01(g), and then the Certificateholder owning a majority of the Percentage Interests in the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer, in that order, shall have the option to terminate the Trust Fund pursuant to subsection (c). For purposes of this Section 9.01, the Directing Holder with the consent of the Holders of the Controlling Class, shall act on behalf of the Holders of the Controlling Class in purchasing the assets of the Trust Fund and terminating the Trust.

(b)               The Trust Fund, the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC shall be terminated and the assets of the Trust Fund shall be sold or otherwise disposed of in connection therewith, only pursuant to a “plan of complete liquidation” within the meaning of Section 860F(a)(4)(A) of the Code providing for the actions contemplated by the provisions hereof and pursuant to which the applicable Notice of Termination

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is given, and requiring that the Trust Fund, the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC shall terminate on a Distribution Date occurring not more than 90 days following the date of adoption of the plan of complete liquidation. For purposes of this Section 9.01(b), the Notice of Termination given pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of this Agreement shall constitute the adoption of the plan of complete liquidation as of the date such notice is given, which date shall be specified by the Certificate Administrator in the final federal income tax returns of the Upper-Tier REMIC, the Lower-Tier REMIC and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC. Notwithstanding the termination of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC or the Trust Fund, the Certificate Administrator shall be responsible for filing the final Tax Returns for each such Trust REMIC, the Grantor Trust and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC for the period ending with such termination, and shall retain books and records with respect to such Trust REMICs and the Grantor Trust for the same period of retention for which it maintains its own tax returns or such other reasonable period. The Trustee shall sign all Tax Returns and other reports required by this Section.

(c)               The Certificateholder owning a majority of the Percentage Interest of the Controlling Class and, if no such Certificateholder exercises such option, the Special Servicer, and if the Special Servicer does not exercise such option, the Master Servicer may effect an early termination of the Trust Fund, upon not less than 30 days’ prior Notice of Termination given to the Trustee, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer any time specifying the Anticipated Termination Date, which shall be on or after the Early Termination Notice Date, by purchasing on such date all, but not less than all, of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan then included in the Trust Fund, and the Trust’s interest in all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, at a purchase price, payable in cash, equal to the sum of, without duplication:

(i)                 100% of the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan included in the Trust as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of principal);

(ii)               the fair market value of all other property included in the Trust Fund as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date, as determined by an Independent appraiser acceptable to the Master Servicer as of a date not more than 30 days prior to the last day of the month preceding such Distribution Date;

(iii)              all unpaid interest accrued on the unpaid balance of each Mortgage Loan (including any Mortgage Loan as to which title to the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired) and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan at the Mortgage Rate to the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of interest); and

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(iv)             the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate, and unpaid Servicing Compensation, Special Servicing Compensation, Operating Advisor Fees, Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fees, the CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fees and Trust Fund expenses.

If the Certificateholder owning a majority of the Percentage Interests in the Controlling Class, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer purchases all of the Mortgage Loans, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan remaining in the Trust Fund in accordance with this Section 9.01(c), the Certificateholder owning a majority of the Percentage Interests in the Controlling Class, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall deposit in the Lower-Tier Distribution Account, as applicable, not later than the Master Servicer Remittance Date relating to the Anticipated Termination Date on which the final distribution on the Certificates is to occur, an amount in immediately available funds equal to the above-described purchase price (exclusive of any portion thereof payable to any Person other than the Certificateholders pursuant to Section 3.05(a) of this Agreement, which portion shall be deposited in the Collection Account). In addition, the Master Servicer shall transfer to the Certificate Administrator for deposit in the Lower-Tier Distribution Account, as applicable, all amounts required to be transferred thereto on the Master Servicer Remittance Date from the Collection Account, together with any other amounts on deposit in the Collection Account that would otherwise be held for future distribution. Upon confirmation by the Master Servicer in writing that it has transferred all such amounts to the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian shall release or cause to be released to the Certificateholder owning a majority of the Percentage Interests in the Controlling Class, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, the Mortgage Files for the remaining Mortgage Loans and the Trustee shall execute all assignments, endorsements and other instruments furnished to it by such purchasing party as shall be necessary to effectuate transfer of the Mortgage Loans, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan remaining in the Trust Fund, and the Trust Fund shall be liquidated in accordance with this Article IX.

For purposes of this Section 9.01, the Directing Holder with the consent of the Holders of the Controlling Class, shall act on behalf of the Holders of the Controlling Class in purchasing the assets of the Trust Fund and terminating the Trust.

As a condition to the purchase of the assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to this Section 9.01(c), the purchaser shall deliver to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator an Opinion of Counsel, which shall be at the expense of such purchaser, stating that such termination will be a “qualified liquidation” under Section 860F(a)(4)(A) of the Code. All costs and expenses incurred by any and all parties to this Agreement or by the Trust Fund in connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and other assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to this Section 9.01(c) shall be borne by the party exercising its purchase rights hereunder. The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any determination made by an Independent appraiser pursuant to this subsection (c).

(d)               If the Trust Fund has not been previously terminated pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section 9.01, the Certificate Administrator shall determine as soon as practicable the Distribution Date on which the Certificate Administrator reasonably anticipates, based on

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information with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan previously provided to it, that the final distribution will be made to the Holders of outstanding Certificates and the VRR Interest Upper-Tier Regular Interests, notwithstanding that such distribution may be insufficient to distribute in full the Certificate Balance of each Class of Certificates, together with amounts required to be distributed on such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01(b) of this Agreement; provided that, if no such Classes of Certificates are then outstanding, the final distribution shall be made (i) to the Holders of the Class R Certificates (A) (in respect of the Class LTR Interest) of any amount remaining in the Collection Accounts, the Lower-Tier Distribution Account and (in respect of the Class LPDC-R Interest), of any amounts remaining in the Collection Accounts, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Distribution Account, and (ii) to the Holders of the Class R Certificates (in respect of the Class UTR Interest) of any amount remaining in the Upper-Tier Distribution Account.

(e)               Notice of any termination of the Trust Fund pursuant to this Section 9.01 shall be mailed by the Certificate Administrator to Certificateholders (with a copy to the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Mortgage Loan Sellers, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder (if any) and the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement)), at their addresses shown in the Certificate Registrar not more than 30 days, and not less than ten days, prior to the Anticipated Termination Date. The notice mailed by the Certificate Administrator to Certificateholders shall:

(i)                  specify the Anticipated Termination Date on which the final distribution is anticipated to be made to Holders of Certificates of the Classes specified therein;

(ii)                specify the amount of any such final distribution, if known; and

(iii)               state that the final distribution to Certificateholders will be made only upon presentation and surrender of Certificates at the office of the Paying Agent therein specified.

If the Trust Fund is not terminated on any Anticipated Termination Date for any reason, the Certificate Administrator shall promptly mail notice thereof to each Certificateholder.

(f)                Any funds not distributed on the Termination Date because of the failure of any Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall be set aside and held in trust for the account of the appropriate non-tendering Certificateholders, whereupon the Trust Fund shall terminate. If any Certificates as to which notice of the Termination Date has been given pursuant to this Section 9.01 shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining Certificateholders, at their last addresses shown in the Certificate Register, to surrender their Certificates for cancellation in order to receive, from such funds held, the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice any Certificate shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates. The costs and expenses of maintaining such funds and of contacting Certificateholders shall be paid out of the assets which remain held. If within two years after the second notice any Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent

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shall pay to the Certificate Administrator all amounts distributable to the Holders thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall thereafter hold such amounts for the benefit of such Holders until the earlier of (i) its termination as Certificate Administrator hereunder and the transfer of such amounts to a successor certificate administrator and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund and distribution of such amounts to the Class R Certificateholders. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with this Section 9.01. Any amounts remaining in the Excess Interest Distribution Account representing Excess Interest shall be distributed to the Holders of the Excess Interest Certificates and the RR Interest Owner.

(g)               Following the date on which the Class X-A Notional Amount and the Class X-D Notional Amount, and the aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E Certificates is reduced to zero, the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class S or Class R Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund as contemplated by clause (ii) of Section 9.01(a) by giving written notice to all the parties hereto no later than 60 days prior to the anticipated date of exchange; provided that such Sole Certificateholder pays to the Certificate Administrator as additional compensation an amount equal to one day of interest calculated at the Prime Rate on the aggregate Certificate Balance of the Principal Balance Certificates as of the first day of the current calendar month and such Sole Certificateholder pays to the Master Servicer as additional compensation an amount equal to (i) the product of (a) the Prime Rate, (b) the aggregate Certificate Balance of the then outstanding Certificates (other than any Class of Class X Certificates, the Class S Certificates and the Class R Certificates) as of the date of the exchange and (c) three, divided by (ii) 360, for the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and any REO Properties remaining in the Trust Fund and such payments shall be treated as made by the Sole Certificateholder directly to the Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer and not through or by either of the Trust REMICs. If the Sole Certificateholder elects to exchange all of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class S and Class R Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund in accordance with the preceding sentence, such Sole Certificateholder, not later than the Distribution Date on which the final distribution on the Certificates is to occur, shall deposit in the Collection Account an amount in immediately available funds equal to all amounts due and owing to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and the Trustee hereunder through the date of the liquidation of the Trust Fund that may be withdrawn from the Collection Account, or an escrow account acceptable to the respective parties hereto, pursuant to Section 3.06(a) of this Agreement or that may be withdrawn from the Distribution Accounts pursuant to Section 3.06(g) of this Agreement, but only to the extent that such amounts are not already on deposit in the Collection Account. In addition, the Master Servicer shall transfer all amounts required to be transferred to the Certificate Administrator for deposit in the Lower-Tier Distribution Account on such Servicer Remittance Date from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.05 of this Agreement. Upon confirmation from the Certificate Administrator that such final deposits have been made and following the surrender of all the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class S and Class R Certificates) on the final Distribution Date to the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian shall upon receipt of a Request for Release from the Master Servicer, release to the Sole Certificateholder or any designee thereof, the Mortgage Files for the remaining

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Mortgage Loans and the Trustee shall execute all assignments, endorsements and other instruments furnished to it by the Sole Certificateholder as shall be necessary to effectuate transfer of the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and REO Properties remaining in the Trust Fund and the Trust Fund shall be liquidated in accordance with this Article IX. The remaining Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and REO Properties are deemed distributed to the Sole Certificateholder in liquidation of the Trust Fund pursuant to this Article IX. Solely for federal income tax purposes, the Sole Certificateholder shall be deemed to have purchased the assets of the Lower-Tier REMIC for an amount equal to the remaining Certificate Balance of its Certificates (other than the Class S and Class R Certificates), plus accrued, unpaid interest with respect thereto, and the Certificate Administrator shall credit such amounts against amounts distributable in respect of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests and such Certificates. If the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan (or any related REO Loan) is an asset of the Trust, (i) if the Mortgaged Property securing the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan has become an REO Property, then the Sole Owner exercising the exchange described above, as a prerequisite, shall designate a nominee to hold title to such REO Property on behalf of the purchaser and the holders of the Loan-Specific Certificates and (ii) if the Mortgaged Property securing the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan is not an REO Property, then the Custodian shall, upon receipt of a Request for Release from the Master Servicer, release or cause to be released to the related Pacific Design Center Loan-Specific Directing Holder or any designee thereof, the Mortgage Note for the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, and shall execute all assignments, endorsements and other instruments furnished to it by the related Pacific Design Center Loan-Specific Directing Holder as shall be necessary to effectuate transfer of such Mortgage Note and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC shall be liquidated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Article IX, and neither of the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall have any further obligation to service such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan hereunder

(h)               [Reserved].

(i)                 The duties of the Operating Advisor under this Agreement will terminate, without cost or expense to the Operating Advisor, upon termination of the Trust Fund.

Article X

EXCHANGE ACT REPORTING AND REGULATION AB COMPLIANCE

Section 10.01    Intent of the Parties; Reasonableness. Except with respect to Section 10.08, Section 10.11, Section 10.13, Section 10.14, Section 10.15, Section 10.16 and Section 10.17, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the purpose of this Article X is to facilitate compliance by the Depositor (and any Other Depositor of any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan) with the provisions of Regulation AB and related rules and regulations of the Commission. None of the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee shall exercise its rights to request delivery of information or other performance under these provisions other than in reasonable good faith, or for purposes other than compliance with the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and, in each case, the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that interpretations of the requirements of Regulation AB may change over time due to interpretive guidance provided by the Commission or its staff, and agree to comply, subject to Section 10.02,

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with reasonable requests made by the Depositor (or any Other Depositor or Other Trustee of any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan), the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee in reasonable good faith for delivery of information under these provisions on the basis of such evolving interpretations of Regulation AB (to the extent such interpretations require compliance and are not “grandfathered” and do not mandate compliance). In connection with the Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38 and any Other Securitization subject to Regulation AB that includes a Serviced Companion Loan, subject to the preceding sentence, each of the parties to this Agreement shall cooperate fully with the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee and any Other Depositor or Other Trustee of any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable, to deliver or make available to the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee and any such Other Depositor or Other Trustee, as applicable (including any of their assignees or designees), any and all information in its possession and necessary in the reasonable good faith determination of the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee or such Other Depositor or Other Trustee, as applicable, to permit the Depositor or such Other Depositor, as applicable, to comply with the provisions of Regulation AB, together with such disclosure relating to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee, as applicable, and any Servicing Function Participant, or the Servicing of the Serviced Mortgage Loans and any related Serviced Companion Loans, reasonably believed by the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee or the related Other Depositor or the related Other Trustee, as applicable, in good faith to be necessary in order to effect such compliance. Each party to this Agreement shall have a reasonable period of time to comply with any written request made under this Section 10.01, but in any event, shall, upon reasonable advance written request, provide information in sufficient time to allow the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as applicable, to satisfy any related filing requirements.

For purposes of this Article X, to the extent any party has an obligation to exercise commercially reasonable efforts to cause a third party to perform, such party hereunder shall not be required to bring any legal action against such third party in connection with such obligation.

Section 10.02    Notification Requirements and Deliveries in Connection with securitization of a Serviced Companion Loan. (a)  Any other provision of this Article X to the contrary notwithstanding, including, without limitation, any deadlines for delivery set forth in this Article X, in connection with the requirements contained in this Article X that provide for the delivery of information and other items to, and the cooperation with, the Other Depositor and Other Trustee of any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan and is subject to Regulation AB, no party hereunder shall be obligated to provide any such items to or cooperate with such Other Depositor or Other Trustee until the Other Depositor or Other Trustee of such Other Securitization has provided each party hereto with not less than 10 Business Days’ (or such shorter period as required for such Other Depositor or Other Trustee to comply with related filing obligations, provided that (i) such Other Depositor or Other Trustee, as applicable, has provided written notice as soon as reasonably practicable and, concurrently with such written notice, obtained verbal confirmation of receipt of such written notice, in each case, in accordance with Section 11.05 of this Agreement, (ii) such period shall not be less than 3 Business Days’) written notice (which shall only be required to be delivered once) stating that such Other Securitization is subject to Regulation AB and that the Other Securitization is subject to Exchange Act reporting,

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and (iii) specifying in reasonable detail the information and other items requested to be delivered (insofar as such information or other items are not expressly identified herein); provided that if Exchange Act reporting is being requested, such Other Depositor or Other Trustee is only required to provide a single written notice to such effect. Any reasonable cost and expense of the Master Servicer, Special Servicer, Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, Trustee and Certificate Administrator in cooperating with such Other Depositor or Other Trustee of such Other Securitization (above and beyond their expressed duties hereunder) shall be the responsibility of such Other Depositor or Other Securitization. The parties hereto shall have the right to request written confirmation from the Other Depositor or Other Trustee of such Other Securitization as to whether Regulation AB or the Exchange Act requires the delivery of the items identified in this Article X to such Other Depositor and Other Trustee of such Other Securitization prior to providing any of the reports or other information required to be delivered under this Article X in connection therewith and if any such party makes such a request, then (i) upon such requesting party’s receipt of such written confirmation, such requesting party shall comply with the deadlines for delivery set forth in this Article X with respect to such Other Securitization and (ii) until such requesting party’s receipt of such written confirmation, such party shall not be required to deliver such items. The parties hereunder shall also have the right to require that such Other Depositor provide them with the contact details of such Other Depositor, Other Trustee and any other parties to the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to such Other Securitization.

(b)               Each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee shall, upon reasonable prior written request given in accordance with the terms of (a) above, and subject to a right of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as the case may be, to review and approve such disclosure materials, permit a holder of a related Serviced Companion Loan to use such party’s description contained in the Prospectus (updated as appropriate by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as applicable) for inclusion in the disclosure materials relating to any securitization of a Serviced Companion Loan.

(c)               The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee, upon reasonable prior written request given in accordance with the terms of Section 10.02(a) above, shall each timely provide (to the extent the reasonable out-of-pocket cost thereof is paid or caused to be paid by the requesting party) to the Other Depositor and any underwriters with respect to any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan such opinion(s) of counsel, certifications and/or indemnification agreement(s) with respect to the updated description referred in (b) with respect to such party, substantially identical to those, if any, delivered by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as the case may be, or their respective counsel, in connection with the information concerning such party in the Prospectus and/or any other disclosure materials relating to this Trust (updated as deemed appropriate by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, or their respective legal counsel, as the case may be). Neither the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee shall be obligated to deliver any such item with respect to the securitization of a Serviced Companion Loan if it did not deliver a corresponding item with respect to this Trust.

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terms of Section 10.02(a) above, shall provide (to the extent the reasonable out-of-pocket cost thereof is paid or caused to be paid by the applicable party set forth below in this (d)) to the Other Depositor and the Other Trustee under the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement related to any Other Securitization the following: (i) any information (including, but not limited to, disclosure information) required for such Other Securitization to comply in a timely manner with applicable filing requirements under Items 1.01 and 6.02 of Form 8-K and (ii) such opinion(s) of counsel, certifications and/or indemnification agreement(s) with respect to such information that are substantially similar to those delivered by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as the case may be, or their respective counsel, in connection with the information concerning such party in the Prospectus and/or any other disclosure materials relating to this Trust.

In the case of a Form 8-K that is filed by or on behalf of an Other Securitization in connection with the closing of this Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust securitization transaction, the reasonable out-of-pocket cost of the information, opinion(s) of counsel, certifications and indemnification agreement(s) provided by or on behalf of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as the case may be, pursuant to this (d) shall be paid or caused to be paid (pursuant to a payment arrangement reasonably acceptable to the delivering party and the receiving party and agreed to as a condition precedent to delivery of such items) by the applicable mortgage loan seller that transferred the related Serviced Companion Loan to the related Other Depositor for inclusion in such Other Securitization.

In the case of a Form 8-K that is filed by or on behalf of an Other Securitization as a result of the termination, removal, resignation or any other replacement of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator under this Agreement, the out-of-pocket cost of the information, opinion(s) of counsel, certifications and indemnification agreement(s) provided by or on behalf of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as the case may be, pursuant to this Section 10.02(d) shall be paid or caused to be paid by the same party or parties required to pay the costs and expenses relating to such termination, removal, resignation or other replacement pursuant to this Agreement.

Section 10.03    Information to be Provided by the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer. (a) For so long as the Trust is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act and for so long as any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act (in addition to any requirements contained in Section 10.09) in connection with the succession to the Master Servicer, Special Servicer or any Servicing Function Participant (if such Servicing Function Participant is a servicer as contemplated by Item 1108(a)(2) of Regulation AB) as servicer or Sub-Servicer under or as contemplated by this Agreement or any related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement by any Person (i) into which the Master Servicer, Special Servicer or such Servicing Function Participant may be merged or consolidated, (ii) which may be appointed as a sub-servicer (other than the appointment of a Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer) by a Master Servicer or Special Servicer, or (iii) that is appointed as a successor Master Servicer or successor Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.22 or Section 7.02, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or any Servicing Function Participant (with respect to the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii)) or the successor Master Servicer or the successor Special Servicer (with respect to the foregoing clause (iii)) shall, as a condition to such succession

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and at the reasonable expense of the same party or parties required to pay the costs and expenses relating to such succession pursuant to this Agreement, provide to the Depositor and to any Other Depositor related to any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan, at least 5 Business Days (other than a succession or appointment pursuant to Section 7.01(b) for which notice shall be delivered as soon as reasonably practicable) prior to the effective date of such succession or appointment as long as such disclosure prior to such effective date would not be violative of any applicable law or confidentiality agreement, otherwise no later than the Business Day following such effective date, but in no event later than the time required pursuant to Section 10.09, (x) written notice to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor (and any Other Trustee and Other Depositor related to any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan) of such succession or appointment, (y) in writing and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor (and any Other Trustee and Other Depositor of any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan), all information relating to such successor reasonably requested by the Depositor (or such Other Depositor) so that it may comply with its reporting obligation under Items 1.01 and 6.02 of Form 8-K with respect to any Class of Certificates or Serviced Companion Loan Securities and (z) such opinion(s) of counsel, certifications and/or indemnification agreement(s) with respect to such information that are substantially similar to those delivered by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, or their respective counsel, in connection with the information concerning such party in the Prospectus and/or any other disclosure materials relating to this Trust.

Section 10.04    Information to be Provided by the Trustee. (a) For so long as the Trust is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, (in addition to any requirements contained in Section 10.09) in connection with the succession to the Trustee as Trustee or appointment of a co-Trustee under this Agreement by any Person (i) into which the Trustee may be merged or consolidated, (ii) which may be appointed as a co-Trustee or separate Trustee pursuant to Section 8.10, or (iii) that is appointed as a successor Trustee pursuant Section 8.08, the Trustee (with respect to the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii)) or the successor Trustee (with respect to the foregoing clause (iii)) shall, as a condition to such succession and at the reasonable expense of the same party or parties required to pay the costs and expenses relating to such succession pursuant to this Agreement, provide to the Depositor and to the Other Depositor related to any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan, at least 5 calendar days prior to the effective date of such succession or appointment as long as such disclosure prior to such effective date would not be violative of any applicable law or confidentiality agreement, otherwise immediately following such effective date, but in no event later than the time required pursuant to Section 10.09, (x) written notice to the Depositor, and to the Other Depositor related to any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan, of such succession or appointment, (y) in writing and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Depositor, and to the Other Depositor related to any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan, all information reasonably requested by the Depositor, or such Other Depositor, so that it may comply with its reporting obligation under Items 1.01 and 6.02 of Form 8-K with respect to any Class of Certificates or Serviced Companion Loan Securities and (z) such opinion(s) of counsel, certifications and/or indemnification agreement(s) with respect to such information that are substantially similar to those delivered by the Trustee or their respective counsel, in connection with the information concerning such party in the Prospectus and/or any other disclosure materials relating to this Trust.

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Section 10.05    Filing Obligations. (a) Each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee shall, and each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee, as applicable, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause each Servicing Function Participant (other than any party to this Agreement) with which it has entered into a servicing relationship with respect to the Serviced Mortgage Loan to, reasonably cooperate with the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor (and any Other Trustee or Other Depositor related to any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan) in connection with the Certificate Administrator’s and Depositor’s (or such Other Trustee’s or Other Depositor’s) good faith efforts to satisfy the Trust’s (or such Other Securitization’s) reporting requirements under the Exchange Act.

(b)               With respect to any Mortgaged Property that secures a Serviced Companion Loan that the applicable Other Depositor has notified the Master Servicer in writing is a “significant obligor” (within the meaning of Item 1101(k) of Regulation AB) (together with notification of the Relevant Distribution Date) with respect to an Other Securitization that includes such Serviced Companion Loan, to the extent that the Master Servicer is in receipt of the updated financial statements of such “significant obligor” for any calendar quarter (other than the fourth calendar quarter of any calendar year) from the Borrower, beginning with the first calendar quarter following receipt of such notice from the Other Depositor, or the updated financial statements of such “significant obligor” for any calendar year, beginning for the calendar year following such notice from the Other Depositor, as applicable, the Master Servicer shall deliver to the Other Depositor, on or prior to the day that occurs two (2) Business Days prior to the related “significant obligor” NOI Quarterly Filing Deadline or seven (7) Business Days prior to the related Significant Obligor NOI Yearly Filing Deadline, as applicable, (A) if such financial statement receipt occurs twelve (12) or more Business Days prior to the related Significant Obligor NOI Quarterly Filing Deadline or seventeen (17) or more Business Days prior to the related Significant Obligor NOI Yearly Filing Deadline, as applicable, such financial statements of the “significant obligor”, together with the net operating income of such “significant obligor” for the applicable period as calculated by the Master Servicer in accordance with CREFC^® guidelines and (B) if such financial statement receipt occurs less than twelve (12) Business Days prior to the related Significant Obligor NOI Quarterly Filing Deadline or less than seventeen (17) Business Days prior to the related Significant Obligor NOI Yearly Filing Deadline, as applicable, such financial statements of the “significant obligor”, together with the net operating income of such “significant obligor” for the applicable period as reported by the related Borrower in such financial statements.

If the Master Servicer does not receive financial information satisfactory to comply with Item 6 of Form 10-D or Item 1112(b)(1) of Form 10-K, as the case may be, of such “significant obligor” within ten (10) Business Days after the date such financial information is required to be delivered under the related Loan Documents, the Master Servicer shall notify the Other Depositor with respect to such Other Securitization that includes the related Companion Loan (or shall cause each applicable Sub-Servicing Agreement to require any related Sub-Servicer to notify such Other Depositor) that it has not received such financial information.  The Master Servicer (in the case of non-Specially Serviced Loans) or the Special Servicer (in the case of Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties, and upon notice from the Master Servicer of any such request from the Other Depositor) shall use efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard

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(taking into account, in addition, the ongoing reporting obligations of such Other Depositor under the Exchange Act) to obtain the periodic financial statements required to be delivered by the related Borrower under the related Loan Documents.

The Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall (or shall cause any related Sub-Servicing Agreement entered into after receipt of written notice from the Other Depositor that such Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan is a significant obligor to require the related Sub-Servicer to) retain written evidence of each instance in which it (or a Sub-Servicer) attempts to contact the related Borrower related to any such “significant obligor” (identified to it as such by the Other Depositor in accordance with the second preceding paragraph) to obtain the required financial information and is unsuccessful and, no less than five (5) Business Days prior to the date in which a Form 10-D or Form 10-K, as applicable, is required to be filed by the Other Securitization, shall forward an Officer’s Certificate evidencing its attempts to obtain this information to the certificate administrator and Other Depositor related to such Other Securitization. This Officer’s Certificate should be addressed to the certificate administrator at its corporate trust office, as specified in the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Section 10.06    Form 10-D and Form ABS-EE Filings. Within 15 days after each Distribution Date (subject to permitted extensions under the Exchange Act), the Certificate Administrator shall prepare and file on behalf of the Trust any Form 10-D and Form ABS-EE required by the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, in form and substance as required by the Exchange Act and such rules and regulations; provided that, in connection with the filing of the Prospectus and the Preliminary Prospectus with respect to the Public Certificates, the Depositor shall file any related Form ABS-EE required to be filed with the Commission and incorporated by reference into each such document. A duly authorized representative of the Depositor shall sign each Form 10-D filed on behalf of the Trust. The Certificate Administrator shall file each Form 10-D with a copy of the related Distribution Date Statement attached thereto; provided that the Certificate Administrator shall redact from such Distribution Date Statement any information relating to the ratings of the Certificates and the identity of the Rating Agencies. Any disclosure in addition to the Distribution Date Statement that is required to be included on Form 10-D and/or Form ABS-EE (“Additional Form 10-D Disclosure”) shall, pursuant to the paragraph immediately below, be reported by the parties set forth on Schedule IV and directed to the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor for approval by the Depositor. The Certificate Administrator will have no duty or liability for any failure hereunder to determine or prepare any Additional Form 10-D Disclosure (other than such Additional Form 10-D Disclosure which is to be reported by it as set forth on Schedule IV) absent such reporting, direction and approval after the date hereof. The Certificate Administrator shall include in any Form 10-D filed by it, without limitation, to the extent such information is provided to the Certificate Administrator by the Depositor for inclusion therein, (i) the information required by Rule 15Ga-1(a) under the Exchange Act concerning all assets of the Trust that were subject of a demand to repurchase or replace for breach of the representations and warranties, (ii) a reference to the most recent Form ABS-15G filed by the Depositor and each Mortgage Loan Seller, if applicable, and the Commission assigned “Central Index Key” number for each such filer and (iii) incorporate by reference the Form ABS-EE filing for the related reporting period (which Form ABS-EE disclosures shall be filed at the time of each filing of the applicable report on Form 10-D with respect to each Mortgage Loan that was part of the Mortgage Pool during any portion of the related reporting period). The Certificate Administrator and the Depositor shall be entitled

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together to determine the manner of the presentation of such information (including the dates as of which such information is presented) in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

For so long as the Trust is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act and for so long as any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, within five calendar days after the related Distribution Date, (i) the parties listed on Schedule IV hereto shall be required to provide to the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor (and in the case of any Servicing Function Participant with a copy to the Master Servicer) (and to any Other Trustee or Other Depositor related to any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan), to the extent a Servicing Officer or Responsible Officer, as the case may be, thereof has actual knowledge (other than Item 1117 of Regulation AB as to such party which shall be reported if actually known by any Servicing Officer or Responsible Officer, as the case may be or any lawyer in the in house legal department of such party), in EDGAR Compatible Format, or in such other format as otherwise agreed upon by the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor (or such Other Trustee and Other Depositor) and such party, the form and substance of the Additional Form 10-D Disclosure described on Schedule IV applicable to such party, (ii) the parties listed on Schedule IV hereto shall include with such Additional Form 10-D Disclosure, an Additional Disclosure Notification in the form attached hereto as Exhibit CC and (iii) the Certificate Administrator shall, at any time prior to filing the related Form 10-D, provide prompt notice to the Depositor to the extent that the Certificate Administrator is notified of an event reportable on Form 10-D for which it has not received the necessary Additional Form 10-D Disclosure from the applicable party. No later than the 7th calendar day after the Distribution Date, the Depositor will approve, as to form and substance, or disapprove, as the case may be, the inclusion of the Additional Form 10-D Disclosure on Form 10-D or (in the case of asset-level information required by Item 1A on Form 10-D) Form ABS-EE with respect to the Trust; provided that if the Certificate Administrator does not receive a response from the Depositor by such time the Depositor will be deemed to have consented to the inclusion of such Additional Form 10-D Disclosure. Other than to the extent provided for in clause (iii) above, the Certificate Administrator has no duty under this Agreement to monitor or enforce the performance by the parties listed on Schedule IV of their duties under this paragraph or proactively solicit or procure from such parties any Additional Form 10-D Disclosure information. The Depositor will be responsible for any reasonable fees assessed and any expenses incurred by the Certificate Administrator in connection with including any Additional Form 10-D Disclosure on Form 10-D or (in the case of asset-level information required by Item 1A on Form 10-D) Form ABS-EE with respect to the Trust pursuant to this paragraph.

After preparing the Form 10-D, the Certificate Administrator shall forward electronically a copy of the Form 10-D to the Depositor for review and approval; provided that the Certificate Administrator shall use its reasonable best efforts to provide such copy to the Depositor by the 8th day after the Distribution Date. No later than the end of business on the 4th Business Day prior to the filing date, the Depositor shall notify the Certificate Administrator in writing (which may be furnished electronically) of any changes to or approval of such Form 10-D, and no later than the 2nd Business Day prior to the filing, a duly authorized representative of the Depositor shall sign the Form 10-D and return an electronic or fax copy of such signed Form 10-D (with an original executed hard copy to follow by overnight mail) to the Certificate Administrator. The Certificate Administrator shall file such Form 10-D, upon signature thereof as provided in Section 10.16, not later than (i) 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the 15th calendar day after the

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related Distribution Date or (ii) if agreed to prior to the time set forth in clause (i) above, such other time as the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator mutually agree is permitted by the Commission for the filing such Form 10-D. If a Form 10-D cannot be filed on time or if a previously filed Form 10-D needs to be amended, the Certificate Administrator shall follow the procedures set forth in Section 10.10(b). After filing with the Commission, the Certificate Administrator shall, pursuant to Section 4.02(b), make available on the Certificate Administrator’s website a final executed copy of each Form 10-D prepared and filed by the Certificate Administrator. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that the performance by the Certificate Administrator of its duties under this Section 10.06 related to the timely preparation and filing of Form 10-D is contingent upon such parties (and any Additional Servicer or Servicing Function Participant) observing all applicable deadlines in the performance of their duties under this Section 10.06. The Certificate Administrator shall have no liability for any loss, expense, damage, claim arising out of or with respect to any failure to properly prepare or file such Form 10-D where such failure results from the Certificate Administrator’s inability or failure to receive on a timely basis any information from any other party hereto needed to prepare, arrange for execution or file such Form 10-D, not resulting from its own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.

Form 10-D requires the registrant to indicate (by checking “yes” or “no”) that it “(1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.” The Depositor shall notify the Certificate Administrator in writing via email to cts.sec.notifications@wellsfargo.com, no later than the 5th calendar day after the related Distribution Date during any year in which the Trust is required to file a Form 10-D if the answer to the questions should be “no”; provided that if the failure of the Depositor to have filed such required reports arises in connection with the securitization contemplated by this Agreement, then the Certificate Administrator shall be deemed to have notice of such failure (only with respect to Exchange Act reports prepared or required to be prepared and filed by the Certificate Administrator) without being notified by the Depositor; provided, further, that in connection with the delivery of any notice contemplated by this sentence, the Depositor may instruct the Certificate Administrator that such notice shall be effective for a period (not to exceed 12 months) from the date of such notice, in which case no further notice from the Depositor shall be required during such specified period. The Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely on such notifications in preparing, executing and/or filing any Form 10-D.

With respect to any Mortgage Loan that permits Additional Secured Debt in the future, the Certificate Administrator shall include as part of any applicable Form 10-D filed by it, to the extent such information is received by the Certificate Administrator from the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, substantially in the form of Exhibit OO (A) the amount of any such Additional Secured Debt, as applicable, that is incurred during the related Collection Period, (B) the total Debt Service Coverage Ratio calculated on the basis of the Mortgage Loan and such Additional Secured Debt and (C) the aggregate loan-to-value ratio calculated on the basis of the Mortgage Loan and such Additional Secured Debt.

The Depositor hereby directs the Certificate Administrator to include the following individual’s name and phone number on the cover of Forms 10-D and ABS-EE for each reporting period: Name: Lainie Kaye, Telephone: (212) 504-6678. The Certificate Administrator may rely

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without further investigation that this information remains correct unless and until the Depositor provides the Certificate Administrator with a new individual’s name and phone number in writing.

Upon receipt of an Asset Review Report Summary from the Asset Representations Reviewer required to be delivered pursuant to Section 11.01(b), the Certificate Administrator shall include such Asset Review Report Summary under Item 1B on the Form 10-D for such reporting period in which the Asset Review Report Summary was received by the Certificate Administrator.

To the extent the Certificate Administrator receives a Communication Request from any Certificateholder or Certificate Owner to communicate with other Certificateholders or Certificate Owners pursuant to Section 5.05, the Certificate Administrator shall include under Item 1B on the Form 10-D relating to the reporting period in which such request was received a Special Notice regarding the request to communicate, and such Special Notice is required to include the following and no more than the following: (a) the name of the Certificateholder or Certificate Owner making the request, (b) the date the request was received, (c) a statement to the effect that the Certificate Administrator has received such request, stating that such Certificateholder or Certificate Owner is interested in communicating with other Certificateholders or Certificate Owners with regard to the possible exercise of rights under this Agreement, and (d) a description of the method other Certificateholders or Certificate Owners may use to contact the requesting Certificateholder or Certificate Owner. It is hereby understood that a disclosure in substantially the following form shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements in the preceding sentence:

On [date], the Certificate Administrator received from [name], a Certificateholder or Certificate Owner, a request to communicate with other Certificateholders and Certificate Owners in the securitization transaction to which this report on Form 10-D relates (the “Securitization”). The requesting Certificateholder or Certificate Owner is interested in communicating with other Certificateholders and Certificate Owners with regard to the possible exercise of rights under the pooling and servicing agreement governing the Securitization. Other Certificateholders and Certificate Owners may contact the requesting Certificateholder or Certificate Owner at [telephone number], [email address] and/or [mailing address].

At the time required under Section 10.06, the Certificate Administrator shall file each Form ABS-EE with a copy of the related CREFC^® Schedule AL File received by the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 3.13(a) as Exhibit 102 thereto. To the extent the Certificate Administrator receives any Schedule AL Additional File with respect to such Form ABS-EE pursuant to Section 3.13(a), the Certificate Administrator shall file such Schedule AL Additional File as Exhibit 103 to such Form ABS-EE. The Certificate Administrator shall not be required to combine multiple CREFC^® Schedule AL Files or Schedule AL Additional Files. The Certificate Administrator shall not be required to review, redact, reconcile, edit or verify the content, completeness or accuracy of the information contained in any CREFC^® Schedule AL File or Schedule AL Additional File. The Certificate Administrator shall not be deemed to have actual knowledge of the contents of any CREFC^® Schedule AL File or Schedule AL Additional File solely by its receipt thereof.

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After preparing the Forms 10-D and ABS-EE with respect to the Trust, the Certificate Administrator shall forward electronically copies of such Forms 10-D and ABS-EE (together with the related CREFC^® Schedule AL File and any Schedule AL Additional File received by the Certificate Administrator) to the Depositor for review no later than seven (7) calendar days after the related Distribution Date or, if the 7th calendar day after the related Distribution Date is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day. The Master Servicer shall reasonably cooperate with the Depositor to answer any questions that the Depositor may pose to the Master Servicer regarding the data or information contained in, or omitted from, any CREFC^® Schedule AL File or Schedule AL Additional File (other than questions regarding (1) the accuracy as of the Closing Date of data that had been included in the Initial Schedule AL File, the Initial Schedule AL Additional File or the Annex A-1 to the Prospectus or (2) changes made to such CREFC^® Schedule AL File or Schedule AL Additional File by the Certificate Administrator following receipt from the Master Servicer). Any such questions for the Master Servicer related to the filing shall be directed to Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association at the email address provided with the submission of the CREFC® Schedule AL File and Schedule AL Additional File (or such other email address or phone number provided to the Certificate Administrator and Depositor by written notice from the Master Servicer). The Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Depositor shall each, to the extent related to such party’s obligations hereunder, reasonably cooperate to remedy any filing errors regarding any CREFC^® Schedule AL File or any Schedule AL Additional File as soon as possible. Within four (4) Business Days after receipt of copies of such Forms 10-D and ABS-EE from the Certificate Administrator, but no later than two (2) Business Days prior to the 15th calendar day after the related Distribution Date, the Depositor shall notify the Certificate Administrator in writing (which may be furnished electronically) of any changes to or approval of such Form 10-D and Form ABS-EE, respectively, and an officer of the Depositor shall sign the Form 10-D and Form ABS-EE with respect to the Trust and return an electronic or fax copy of each of the signed Form 10-D and Form ABS-EE (with an original executed hard copy to follow by overnight mail) to the Certificate Administrator. Upon receipt of such signed Form 10-D and Form ABS-EE (in electronic form or by fax copy), the Certificate Administrator shall deem such reports to be approved by the Depositor and shall proceed with filing such reports with the Commission. If a Form 10-D or Form ABS-EE with respect to the Trust cannot be filed on time or if a previously filed Form 10-D or Form ABS-EE with respect to the Trust needs to be amended, the Certificate Administrator will follow the procedures set forth in Section 10.10(b) of this Agreement. Promptly after filing with the Commission, the Certificate Administrator will make available on its internet website a final executed copy of each Form 10-D and Form ABS-EE with respect to the Trust prepared and filed by the Certificate Administrator. The signing party at the Depositor can be contacted at Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation at 1 Columbus Circle, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Lainie Kaye, with copies via email to cmbs.requests@db.com, or such other address as the Depositor may direct. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that the performance by the Certificate Administrator of its duties under this Section 10.06 related to the timely preparation and filing of Form 10-D and Form ABS-EE with respect to the Trust is contingent upon such parties observing all applicable deadlines in the performance of their duties under this Section 10.06. The Certificate Administrator shall have no liability for any loss, expense, damage, or claim arising out of or with respect to any failure to properly prepare, arrange for execution and/or timely file any Form 10-D or Form ABS-EE with respect to the Trust, where such failure results because required disclosure information was either not delivered to the Certificate

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Administrator or delivered to the Certificate Administrator after the delivery deadlines set forth in this Agreement, not resulting from its own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.

Section 10.07    Form 10-K Filings. Within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Trust or such earlier date as may be required by the Exchange Act (the “10-K Filing Deadline”) (it being understood that the fiscal year for the Trust ends on December 31st of each year), commencing with fiscal year 2023, the Certificate Administrator shall prepare and file on behalf of the Trust a Form 10-K, in form and substance as required by the Exchange Act. Each such Form 10-K shall include the following items, in each case to the extent they have been delivered to the Certificate Administrator within the applicable time frames set forth in this Agreement:

(i)                     an annual compliance statement for each applicable Certifying Servicer, as described under Section 10.11;

(ii)                (A) the annual reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for each applicable Reporting Servicer, as described under Section 10.12, and (B) if any Reporting Servicer’s report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria described under Section 10.12 identifies any material instance of noncompliance, disclosure identifying such instance of noncompliance (including whether such instance of noncompliance involved the servicing of the assets backing the Certificates issued pursuant to this Agreement and any steps taken to remedy such instance of noncompliance), or if any Reporting Servicer’s report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria described under Section 10.12 is not included as an exhibit to such Form 10-K, disclosure that such report is not included and an explanation as to why such report is not included;

(iii)              (A) the registered public accounting firm attestation report for each Reporting Servicer, as described under Section 10.13, and (B) if any registered public accounting firm attestation report described under Section 10.13 identifies any material instance of noncompliance, disclosure identifying such instance of noncompliance, or if any such registered public accounting firm attestation report is not included as an exhibit to such Form 10-K, disclosure that such report is not included and an explanation as to why such report is not included; and

(iv)             a Sarbanes-Oxley Certification as described in Section 10.08.

Any disclosure or information in addition to (i) through (iv) above that is required to be included on Form 10-K (“Additional Form 10-K Disclosure”) shall, pursuant to the paragraph immediately below, be reported by the parties set forth on Schedule V hereto to the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator (and to any Other Depositor or Other Trustee related to any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan) and approved by the Depositor (and such Other Depositor), and the Certificate Administrator (or such Other Trustee) will have no duty or liability for any failure hereunder to determine or prepare any Additional Form 10-K Disclosure (other than such Additional Form 10-K Disclosure which is to be reported by it as set forth on Schedule V) absent such reporting and approval.

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Not later than 10 Business Days after the end of each fiscal year for which the Trust (or any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan) is required to file a Form 10-K, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee shall provide the other parties to this Agreement and the Mortgage Loan Sellers (and the parties to any Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to any Other Securitization that includes such Serviced Companion Loan) with written notice of the name and address of each Servicing Function Participant retained by such party. Not later than the end of each year for which the Trust is required to file a Form 10-K, (i) the Certificate Administrator shall upon request provide to each Mortgage Loan Seller, Other Depositor and Other Trustee written notice of any change in the identity of any party to this Agreement, including the name and address of any new party to this Agreement and (ii) the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall provide to each related Mortgage Loan Seller, Other Depositor and Other Trustee written notice of any change in the identity of any Sub-Servicer that is a Servicing Function Participant or an Additional Servicer engaged by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, including the name and address of any new Sub-Servicer that is a Servicing Function Participant or an Additional Servicer.

With respect to any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan, not later than the end of each year for which the Other Securitization trust is required to file a Form 10-K, (i) the Certificate Administrator shall upon request provide to each mortgage loan seller with respect to such Other Securitization written notice of any change in the identity of any party to this Agreement, including the name and address of any new party to this Agreement and (ii) the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall provide to each such mortgage loan seller written notice of any change in the identity of any Sub-Servicer that is a Servicing Function Participant or an Additional Servicer engaged by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer for the servicing of such Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, including the name and address of any new Sub-Servicer that is a Servicing Function Participant or an Additional Servicer.

For so long as the Trust (or any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan) is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, by March 1st, commencing in March 2024 (i) the parties listed on Schedule V hereto shall be required to provide to the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor (and in the case of any Servicing Function Participant with a copy to the Master Servicer) (and to any Other Depositor or Other Trustee related to any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan), to the extent a Servicing Officer or a Responsible Officer, as the case may be, thereof has actual knowledge (other than with respect to Items 1117 and 1119 of Regulation AB as to such party which shall be reported if actually known by any Servicing Officer or any lawyer in the in house legal department of such party), in EDGAR Compatible Format (to the extent available to such party in such format), or in such other form as otherwise agreed upon by the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor (or such Other Trustee and Other Depositor) and such party, the form and substance of the Additional Form 10-K Disclosure described on Schedule V applicable to such party, (ii) the parties listed on Schedule V hereto shall include with such Additional Form 10-K Disclosure, an Additional Disclosure Notification in the form attached hereto as Exhibit CC and (iii) the Certificate Administrator shall, at any time prior to filing the related Form 10-K, provide prompt notice to the Depositor to the extent that the Certificate Administrator is notified of an event reportable on Form 10-K for which it has not received the necessary Additional Form 10-K Disclosure from the applicable party. No later than March 10th, the Depositor will approve, as to form and substance,

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or disapprove, as the case may be, the inclusion of the Additional Form 10-K Disclosure on Form 10-K; provided that if the Certificate Administrator does not receive a response from the Depositor by such time the Depositor will be deemed to have consented to the inclusion of such Additional Form 10-K Disclosure. Other than to the extent provided for in clause (iii) above, the Certificate Administrator has no duty under this Agreement to monitor or enforce the performance by the parties listed on Schedule V of their duties under this paragraph or proactively solicit or procure from such parties any Additional Form 10-K Disclosure information. The Depositor will be responsible for any reasonable fees assessed and any expenses incurred by the Certificate Administrator in connection with including any Additional Form 10-K Disclosure on Form 10-K pursuant to this paragraph.

After preparing the Form 10-K, on or prior to the 6th Business Day prior to the 10-K Filing Deadline, the Certificate Administrator shall forward electronically a copy of the Form 10-K to the Depositor for review and approval. Within three Business Days after receipt of such copy, but no later than March 24th, the Depositor shall notify the Certificate Administrator in writing (which may be furnished electronically) of any changes to or approved of such Form 10-K. No later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the 4th Business Day prior to the 10-K Filing Deadline, a senior officer in charge of securitization of the Depositor shall sign the Form 10-K and return an electronic or fax copy of such signed Form 10-K (with an original executed hard copy to follow by overnight mail) to the Certificate Administrator. The Certificate Administrator shall file such Form 10-K, upon signature thereof as provided in Section 10.16, not later than (i) 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the 10-K Filing Deadline or (ii) such other time as the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator mutually agree is permitted by the Commission for the filing such Form 10-K, of each year in which a report on Form 10-K is required to be filed by the Trust. If a Form 10-K cannot be filed on time or if a previously filed Form 10-K needs to be amended, the Certificate Administrator will follow the procedures set forth in Section 10.10(b). After filing with the Commission, the Certificate Administrator shall, pursuant to Section 4.02(b), make available on its internet website a final executed copy of each Form 10-K prepared and filed by the Certificate Administrator. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that the performance by the Certificate Administrator of its duties under this Section 10.07 related to the timely preparation and filing of Form 10-K is contingent upon such parties (and any Additional Servicer or Servicing Function Participant) observing all applicable deadlines in the performance of their duties under this Article X. The Certificate Administrator shall have no liability with respect to any failure to properly prepare or file such Form 10-K resulting from the Certificate Administrator’s inability or failure to receive from any other party any information needed to prepare, arrange for execution or file such Form 10-K on a timely basis, not resulting from its own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.

Form 10-K requires the registrant to indicate (by checking “yes” or “no”) that it “(1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.” The Depositor shall notify the Certificate Administrator in writing via email to cts.sec.notifications@wellsfargo.com, no later than the 15th calendar day of March during any year in which the Trust is required to file a Form 10-K if the answer to the questions should be “no”; provided that if the failure of the Depositor to have filed such required reports arises in connection with the securitization contemplated by this Agreement, then the Certificate Administrator shall be deemed to have notice

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of such failure (only with respect to Exchange Act reports prepared or required to be prepared and filed by the Certificate Administrator) without being notified by the Depositor; provided, further, that in connection with the delivery of any notice contemplated by this sentence, the Depositor may instruct the Certificate Administrator that such notice shall be effective for a period (not to exceed 12 months) from the date of such notice, in which case no further notice from the Depositor shall be required during such specified period. The Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely on such notifications in preparing, executing and/or filing any Form 10-K.

Section 10.08    Sarbanes-Oxley Certification. Each Form 10-K shall include a certification (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Certification”), as set forth in Exhibit W attached hereto, required to be included therewith pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Each Reporting Servicer shall, and each Reporting Servicer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause each Servicing Function Participant (other than any party to this Agreement) with which it has entered into a servicing relationship with respect to the Serviced Mortgage Loans, to provide to the Person who signs the Sarbanes-Oxley Certification for the Trust or any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan (each such Person, a “Certifying Person”), by March 1st of each year (commencing in 2024) in which the Trust is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act and of each year in which any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, a certification (each, a “Performance Certification”), in the form attached hereto as Exhibit O, Exhibit P, Exhibit Q, Exhibit R, Exhibit T, Exhibit U or Exhibit V, as applicable, upon which each Certifying Person, the entity for which such Certifying Person acts as an officer, and such entity’s officers, directors and Affiliates (collectively with the Certifying Persons, “Certification Parties”) can reasonably rely. The senior officer in charge of securitization of the Depositor shall serve as the Certifying Person on behalf of the Trust. The Certifying Person at the Depositor can be contacted at Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation at 1 Columbus Circle, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Lainie Kaye, with a copy to Salvatore Palazzolo, Esq. If any Reporting Servicer is terminated or resigns pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, or any applicable Sub-Servicing Agreement, such Reporting Servicer shall provide a Performance Certification to each Certifying Person pursuant to this Section 10.08 with respect to the period of time it was subject to this Agreement or the applicable Sub-Servicing Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trustee shall not be required to deliver a Performance Certification with respect to any period during which there was no Relevant Servicing Criteria applicable to it.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 10.08 shall require any Reporting Servicer (i) to certify or verify the accurateness or completeness of any information provided to such Reporting Servicer by third parties (other than a Sub-Servicer, Additional Servicer or any other third party retained by it that is not a Sub-Servicer listed on Exhibit X or a Sub-Servicer appointed pursuant to Section 3.01(c)), (ii) to certify information other than to such Reporting Servicer’s knowledge and in accordance with such Reporting Servicer’s responsibilities hereunder or (iii) with respect to completeness of information and reports, to certify anything other than that all fields of information called for in written reports prepared by such Reporting Servicer have been completed except as they have been left blank on their face.

Each Performance Certification shall include a reasonable reliance provision enabling the Certification Parties to rely upon each (i) annual compliance statement provided pursuant to Section 10.11, (ii) annual report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria

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provided pursuant to Section 10.12 and (iii) registered public accounting firm attestation report provided pursuant to Section 10.13.

For so long as the Trust is subject to the reporting obligations of the Exchange Act, with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan serviced under an Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall use commercially reasonable efforts to procure a Sarbanes-Oxley back-up certification from the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan Service Providers, in form and substance similar to a Performance Certification or to the form, if any, provided in the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Master Servicer shall promptly forward to the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor any such Sarbanes-Oxley back-up certification received by the Master Servicer.

Section 10.09    Form 8-K Filings. Within four (4) Business Days after the occurrence of an event requiring disclosure (the “8-K Filing Deadline”) under Form 8-K (each a “Reportable Event”), to the extent it receives the Form 8-K Disclosure Information described below, the Certificate Administrator shall, at the direction of the Depositor, prepare and file on behalf of the Trust any Form 8-K, as required by the Exchange Act and shall provide notice thereof to Form10K.Compliance@cwt.com, provided that the Depositor shall file the initial Form 8-K in connection with the issuance of the Certificates. Any disclosure or information related to a Reportable Event or that is otherwise required to be included on Form 8-K (“Form 8-K Disclosure Information”) shall, pursuant to the paragraph immediately below, be reported by the parties set forth on Schedule VI to which such Reportable Event relates and such Form 8-K Disclosure Information shall be delivered to the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator (and to any Other Depositor and Other Trustee related to any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan) in EDGAR Compatible Format and approved by the Depositor. The Certificate Administrator will have no duty or liability for any failure hereunder to determine or prepare any Form 8-K Disclosure Information (other than such Form 8-K Disclosure Information which is to be reported by it as set forth on Schedule VI) absent such reporting and approval.

For so long as the Trust (or any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan) is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, the parties listed on Schedule VI hereto shall, to the extent a Servicing Officer or a Responsible Officer, as the case may be, thereof has actual knowledge, use their commercially reasonable efforts to provide to the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator (and to any Other Depositor and Other Trustee related to any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan) within 1 Business Day after the occurrence of the Reportable Event, but shall provide in no event later than the end of business (New York City time) on the 2nd Business Day after the occurrence of the Reportable Event, the form and substance of the Form 8-K Disclosure Information described on Schedule VI as applicable to such party, in EDGAR Compatible Format, or in such other format as otherwise agreed to in advance by the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor (and such Other Trustee and Other Depositor) and such party and accompanied by an Additional Disclosure Notification in the form attached hereto as Exhibit CC. The Depositor will approve, as to form and substance, or disapprove, as the case may be, the inclusion of the Form 8-K Disclosure Information on Form 8-K by the end of business on the 2nd Business Day after the Reportable Event; provided that if the Certificate Administrator does not receive a response from the Depositor by such time as required under this Agreement the Depositor will be deemed to have consented to such Form 8-K Disclosure Information. The Certificate Administrator has no duty under this Agreement to

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monitor or enforce the performance by the parties listed on Schedule VI of their duties under this paragraph or proactively solicit or procure from such parties any Form 8-K Disclosure Information; provided that to the extent that the Certificate Administrator is notified of such Reportable Event and it does not receive the necessary Form 8-K Disclosure Information, it shall notify the Depositor that it has not received such information and, provided, further, that the limitation on liability provided by this sentence shall not be applicable if the Reportable Event relates to the Certificate Administrator or any party that the Certificate Administrator has engaged to perform its obligations under this Agreement. The Depositor will be responsible for any reasonable fees assessed and any expenses incurred by the Certificate Administrator in connection with including any Form 8-K Disclosure Information on Form 8-K pursuant to this paragraph.

After preparing the Form 8-K, the Certificate Administrator shall, no later than the end of the Business Day (New York City time) on the 3rd Business Day after the Reportable Event, forward electronically a copy of the Form 8-K to the Depositor for review and approval and the Depositor shall promptly notify the Certificate Administrator in writing (which may be furnished electronically) of any changes to the Form 8-K. No later than noon on the 4th Business Day (New York City time) after the Reportable Event, a duly authorized representative of the Depositor shall sign the Form 8-K and return an electronic or fax copy of such signed Form 8-K (with an original executed hard copy to follow by overnight mail) to the Certificate Administrator. The Certificate Administrator shall file such Form 8-K, upon signature thereof as provided in Section 10.16, not later than (i) 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the 4th Business Day following the reportable event or (ii) such other time as the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator mutually agree is permitted by the Commission for the filing such Form 8-K. If a Form 8-K cannot be filed on time or if a previously filed Form 8-K needs to be amended, the Certificate Administrator will follow the procedures set forth in Section 10.10(b). After filing with the Commission, the Certificate Administrator will, pursuant to Section 4.02(b), make available on its internet website a final executed copy of each Form 8-K prepared and filed by the Certificate Administrator. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that the performance by the Certificate Administrator of its duties under this Section 10.09 related to the timely preparation and filing of Form 8-K is contingent upon such parties observing all applicable deadlines in the performance of their duties under this Section 10.09. The Certificate Administrator shall have no liability for any loss, expense, damage, claim arising out of or with respect to any failure to properly prepare, arrange for execution and/or timely file such Form 8-K, where such failure results from the Certificate Administrator’s inability or failure to receive approved Form 8-K Disclosure Information within the applicable timeframes set forth in this Section 10.09 and not resulting from the Certificate Administrator’s own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct (provided that to the extent that the Certificate Administrator is notified of such Reportable Event and it does not receive the necessary Form 8–K Disclosure Information, it will notify the Depositor that it has not received such information and further provided that the limitation on liability provided by this sentence shall not be applicable if the Reportable Event relates to the Certificate Administrator or any party that the Certificate Administrator has engaged to perform its obligations under this Agreement).

In addition to the foregoing, as to any resignation, removal, succession, merger or consolidation of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer that would constitute a Reportable Event, upon at least 4 Business Days prior notice of the anticipated effective date of such event, the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor shall cooperate in a timely manner with the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or any other Person pursuing such resignation, removal, succession,

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merger or consolidation, as applicable, in connection with the Depositor’s or the Certificate Administrator’s obligation to file any related required Form 8-K relating to this Trust on the anticipated effective date of such event.

For so long as the Trust is subject to the reporting obligations of the Exchange Act, with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan serviced under an Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, no resignation, removal or replacement of any party to such Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement that would be required to be reported on a Form 8-K relating to this Trust shall become effective until the Certificate Administrator shall have filed any required Form 8-K pursuant to this Section 10.09.

Section 10.10    Suspension of Exchange Act Filings; Incomplete Exchange Act Filings; Amendments to Exchange Act Reports. (a) If at any time the Trust is permitted to suspend its reporting obligations under the Exchange Act, on or before January 30 of the first year in which the Certificate Administrator is able to do so under applicable law, the Depositor shall direct the Certificate Administrator to prepare and file any form necessary to be filed with the Commission to suspend such reporting obligations. With respect to any reporting period occurring after the filing of such form, except with respect to the Other Securitizations, the obligations of the parties to this Agreement under Section 10.01, Section 10.03, Section 10.06, Section 10.07, Section 10.08 and Section 10.09 with respect to the Trust shall be suspended. The Certificate Administrator shall provide prompt notice to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Mortgage Loan Sellers that such form has been filed.

(b)               If the Certificate Administrator is unable to timely file with the Commission all or any required portion of any Form 8-K, Form 10-D, Form ABS-EE or Form 10-K required to be filed by this Agreement because required disclosure information either was not delivered to it or was delivered to it after the delivery deadlines set forth in this Agreement or for any other reason, the Certificate Administrator shall promptly notify (which notice (which may be sent by fax or by email notwithstanding the provisions of Section 12.04) shall include the identity of those Reporting Servicers who either did not deliver such information or delivered such information to it after the delivery deadlines set forth in this Agreement) the Depositor and each Reporting Servicer that failed to make such delivery. In the case of Form 10-D, Form ABS-EE and Form 10-K, each such Reporting Servicer shall cooperate with the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator to prepare and file a Form 12b-25 and a Form 10-D/A, Form ABS-EE/A and Form 10-K/A as applicable, pursuant to Rule 12b-25 of the Exchange Act. In the case of Form 8-K, the Certificate Administrator shall, upon receipt of all required Form 8-K Disclosure Information and upon the approval and direction of the Depositor, include such disclosure information on the next Form 10-D, Form ABS-EE that is required to be filed on behalf of the Trust. In the event that any previously filed Form 8-K, Form 10-D, Form ABS-EE or Form 10-K needs to be amended, the Certificate Administrator shall notify the Depositor and such other parties as needed and such parties shall cooperate to prepare any necessary Form 8-K/A, Form 10-D/A, Form ABS-EE/A or Form 10-K/A. In the event that any Reporting Servicer receives notice from the applicable parties to any Other Securitization that any previously filed Form 8-K, Form 10-D, Form ABS-EE or Form 10-K needs to be amended, such party shall cooperate in preparation of any necessary Form 8-K/A, Form 10-D/A, Form ABS-EE/A or Form 10-K/A. Any Form 12b-25 or any amendment to Form 8-K, Form 10-D, Form ABS-EE or Form 10-K shall be signed by the Depositor. The

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parties to this agreement acknowledge that the performance by the Certificate Administrator of its duties under this Section 10.10 related to the timely preparation and filing of a Form 12b-25 or any amendment to Form 8-K, Form 10-D, Form ABS-EE or Form 10-K is contingent upon the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Depositor performing their duties under this Section. The Certificate Administrator shall have no liability for any loss, expense, damage or claim arising out of or with respect to any failure to properly prepare and/or timely file any such Form 12b-25 or any amendments to Forms 8-K, Form 10-D, Form ABS-EE or Form 10-K, where such failure results from the Certificate Administrator’s inability or failure to receive, on a timely basis, any information from any other party hereto needed to prepare, arrange for execution or file such Form 12b-25 or any amendments to Form 8-K, Form 10-D, Form ABS-EE or Form 10-K, not resulting from its own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.

Section 10.11    Annual Compliance Statements. (a) The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Custodian, the Certificate Administrator, any Additional Servicer and each Servicing Function Participant (if such Servicing Function Participant is a servicer contemplated by Item 1108(a)(2)(i), (ii) or (iii) of Regulation AB) (each, a “Certifying Servicer”) shall deliver (and the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Custodian and the Certificate Administrator shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause each Additional Servicer and each Servicing Function Participant (if such Servicing Function Participant is a servicer contemplated by Item 1108(a)(2)(i), (ii) or (iii) of Regulation AB) (other than any party to this Agreement) with which it has entered into a servicing relationship with respect to the Serviced Mortgage Loans or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, to deliver) to the Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor (in the case of the Special Servicer only), each Other Trustee, each Other Depositor and the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such report to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement) on or before March 1st of each year, commencing in 2024, an Officer’s Certificate stating, as to the signer thereof, that (A) a review of such Certifying Servicer’s activities during a reporting period consisting of the preceding calendar year or portion thereof and of such Certifying Servicer’s performance under this Agreement, or the applicable sub-servicing agreement or primary servicing agreement in the case of an Additional Servicer, has been made under such officer’s supervision and (B) that, to the best of such officer’s knowledge, based on such review, such Certifying Servicer has fulfilled all its obligations under this Agreement, or the applicable sub-servicing agreement or primary servicing agreement in the case of an Additional Servicer, in all material respects throughout such reporting period, or, if there has been a failure to fulfill any such obligation in any material respect, specifying each such failure known to such officer and the nature and status thereof.

(b)               With respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan serviced under an Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall use commercially reasonable efforts to procure an Officer’s Certificate as described in this Section from the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan Service Providers in form and substance similar to the Officer’s Certificate described in this Section.

(c)               Promptly after receipt of each such Officer’s Certificate, the Depositor (and each Other Depositor for any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan) shall have the right to review such Officer’s Certificate and, if applicable, consult with each Certifying Servicer, as applicable, as to the nature of any failures by such Certifying Servicer, in the

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fulfillment of any of the Certifying Servicer’s obligations hereunder or under the applicable sub-servicing agreement. None of the Certifying Servicers or any Additional Servicer or any Servicing Function Participant shall be required to deliver, or to endeavor to cause the delivery of, any such Officer’s Certificate until April 15, in any given year so long as it has received written confirmation from the Depositor (and the Other Depositor for any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan) that a Form 10-K is not required to be filed in respect of the Trust (or, in the case of a Serviced Companion Loan, the related Other Securitization that includes such Serviced Companion Loan) for the preceding calendar year. If any Certifying Servicer is terminated or resigns pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any applicable Sub-Servicing Agreement, as the case may be, such Certifying Servicer shall provide the Officer’s Certificate pursuant to this Section 10.11 with respect to the period of time it was subject to this Agreement or the applicable Sub-Servicing Agreement, as the case may be.

(d)               Each of the Operating Advisor, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer may at any time request from the Certificate Administrator confirmation of whether a Control Termination Event or Consultation Termination Event occurred during the previous calendar year, and upon such request the Certificate Administrator shall deliver such confirmation to the Operating Advisor, the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, within fifteen (15) days of such request.

Section 10.12    Annual Reports on Assessment of Compliance with Servicing Criteria. By March 1st of each year, commencing in March 2024, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer (regardless of whether the Special Servicer has commenced special servicing of any Mortgage Loan or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan), the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Trustee (only with respect to any period during which any Relevant Servicing Criteria was applicable to it), the Operating Advisor and each Servicing Function Participant (each, a “Reporting Servicer”), each at its own expense, shall furnish (and each Reporting Servicer, as applicable, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause, by March 1st each Servicing Function Participant (other than a party to this Agreement), with which it has entered into a servicing relationship with respect to the Serviced Mortgage Loans or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, if applicable, to furnish, each at its own expense, to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor (and to the Other Depositor and Other Trustee for any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan) and the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such report to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.16(d) of this Agreement) in an EDGAR Compatible Format, or in such other format as otherwise agreed upon by the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor (or such Other Trustee and Other Depositor, as applicable) a report on an assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria with respect to commercial mortgage backed securities transactions taken as a whole involving such party that contains (A) a statement by such Reporting Servicer of its responsibility for assessing compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria, (B) a statement that such Reporting Servicer used the Servicing Criteria to assess compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria, (C) such Reporting Servicer’s assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria as of and for the period ending the end of the fiscal year covered by the Form 10-K required to be filed pursuant to Section 10.07, including, if there has been any material instance of noncompliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria, a discussion of each such failure and the nature and status thereof, and (D) a statement that a registered public accounting firm has issued an attestation report on such Reporting Servicer’s assessment of compliance with the

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Relevant Servicing Criteria as of and for such period. Copies of all compliance reports delivered pursuant to this Section 10.12 shall be made available to any Privileged Person by the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 4.02(c) of this Agreement and to any Rating Agency and NRSRO by the 17g-5 Information Provider pursuant to Section 3.16(d) of this Agreement.

No later than 10 Business Days after the end of each fiscal year for the Trust (and for any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan) for which a Form 10-K is required to be filed, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Operating Advisor shall each forward to the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor (and to the Other Depositor and Other Trustee for any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan) the name and contact information of each Servicing Function Participant engaged by it during such year or portion thereof (except with respect to any Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer) and what Relevant Servicing Criteria will be addressed in the report on assessment of compliance prepared by such Servicing Function Participant. When the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor and each Servicing Function Participant submit their respective assessments by March 1st, as applicable, to the Certificate Administrator (and each Other Trustee), each such party shall also at such time, if it has received the assessment (and attestation pursuant to Section 10.13) of each Servicing Function Participant engaged by it, include such assessment (and attestation) in its submission to the Certificate Administrator (and such Other Trustee).

Promptly after receipt of each such report on assessment of compliance, (i) the Depositor (and any Other Depositor for any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan) shall have the right to review each such report and, if applicable, consult with the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor and any Servicing Function Participant as to the nature of any material instance of noncompliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Trustee or any Servicing Function Participant, and (ii) the Certificate Administrator shall confirm that the assessments, taken individually, address the Relevant Servicing Criteria for each party as set forth on Schedule II and notify the Depositor (and each Other Depositor for an Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan) of any exceptions; provided that the Certificate Administrator shall not be responsible for confirming whether any such party has certified to all the Relevant Servicing Criteria applicable to it. None of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor or any Servicing Function Participant shall be required to deliver, or to endeavor to cause the delivery of, any such reports until April 15 in any given year so long as it has received written confirmation from the Depositor (and the Other Depositor for any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan) that a Form 10-K is not required to be filed in respect of the Trust (or, in the case of a Serviced Companion Loan, the related Other Securitization that includes such Serviced Companion Loan) for the preceding calendar year. If any Reporting Servicer is terminated or resigns pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, or any applicable Sub-Servicing Agreement, as the case may be, such Reporting Servicer shall provide the reports and statements pursuant to this Section 10.12 with respect to the period of time it was subject to this Agreement or the applicable Sub-Servicing Agreement, as the case may be.

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The parties hereto acknowledge that a material instance of noncompliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria reported on an assessment of compliance pursuant to this Section 10.12 by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor or the Custodian shall not, as a result of being so reported, in and of itself, constitute a breach of such parties’ obligations or a Servicer Termination Event or Operating Advisor Termination Event, as applicable, under this Agreement unless otherwise provided for in this Agreement.

For so long as the Trust is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan serviced under an Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall use commercially reasonable efforts to procure an annual report on assessment of compliance as described in this Section and an attestation as described in Section 10.13 from the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan Service Providers in form and substance similar to the annual report on assessment of compliance described in this Section (or in such Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as the case may be) and the attestation described in Section 10.13. The Master Servicer shall promptly forward to the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor any such assessment of compliance received by the Master Servicer. Until such time as the Certificate Administrator receives notice that the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan Service Providers no longer have a continuing obligation under the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement related to an Other Securitization that includes the related Non-Serviced Companion Loan to provide to the Trust an annual report on assessment of compliance as described in this Section and an attestation as described in Section 10.13 for any year that the Trust formed under this Agreement is not subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, the Certificate Administrator shall notify the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan Service Providers if such parties fail to deliver to the Certificate Administrator such assessment of compliance and attestation within the time frame required by such Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Section 10.13    Annual Independent Public Accountants’ Servicing Report. By March 1st, of each year, commencing in March 2024, each Reporting Servicer, each at its own expense, shall cause, and each Reporting Servicer, as applicable, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause each Servicing Function Participant (other than a party to this Agreement) with which it has entered into a servicing relationship with respect to the Serviced Mortgage Loans, each at such Servicing Function Participant’s own expense, a registered public accounting firm (which may also render other services to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and such Servicing Function Participant, as the case may be) and that is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants to furnish a report to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor (and to any Other Depositor and Other Trustee for any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan), the Operating Advisor (in the case of the Special Servicer only) and the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such report to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.16(d) of this Agreement) to the effect that (i) it has obtained a representation regarding certain matters from the management of such Reporting Servicer, which includes an assessment from such Reporting Servicer of its compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria in all material respects, and (ii) on the basis of an examination conducted by such firm in accordance with standards for attestation engagements issued or adopted by the PCAOB, it is expressing an opinion as to whether such Reporting Servicer’s compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria was fairly stated in all material respects, or it cannot express an overall opinion regarding such Reporting Servicer’s assessment

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of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria. If an overall opinion cannot be expressed, such registered public accounting firm shall state in such report why it was unable to express such an opinion. Such report must be available for general use and not contain restricted use language. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trustee shall not be required to deliver an annual independent public accountants’ servicing report with respect to any period during which there was no Relevant Servicing Criteria applicable to it.

Promptly after receipt of such report from each Reporting Servicer, (i) the Depositor (and any Other Depositor related to an Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan) shall have the right to review the report and, if applicable, consult with the related Reporting Servicer as to the nature of any material instance of noncompliance by such Reporting Servicer with the Servicing Criteria applicable to such person, as the case may be, in the fulfillment of any of such Reporting Servicer’s obligations hereunder or under any applicable sub-servicing agreement or primary servicing agreement, and (ii) the Certificate Administrator shall confirm that each assessment submitted pursuant to Section 10.12 is coupled with an attestation meeting the requirements of this Section and notify the Depositor (and any Other Depositor related to an Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan) of any exceptions; provided that the Certificate Administrator shall not be responsible for confirming whether any particular Reporting Servicer has certified to all of the Relevant Servicing Criteria applicable to it. No Reporting Servicer shall be required to deliver, or to endeavor to cause the delivery of, such reports until April 15 in any given year so long as it has received written confirmation from the Depositor that a Form 10-K is not required to be filed in respect of the Trust (or, in the case of a Serviced Companion Loan, the related Other Securitization that includes such Serviced Companion Loan) for the preceding calendar year. If any Reporting Servicer is terminated or resigns pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, or any applicable Sub-Servicing Agreement or primary servicing agreement, as the case may be, such Reporting Servicer shall provide the report pursuant to this Section 10.13 with respect to the period of time it was subject to this Agreement or the applicable Sub-Servicing Agreement or primary servicing agreement, as the case may be.

Section 10.14    Exchange Act Reporting Indemnification. Each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Custodian (if not the Certificate Administrator), the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee shall indemnify and hold harmless each Certification Party, the Depositor (and any Other Depositor related to an Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan), their respective directors and officers, and each other person who controls any such entity within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, against any and all expenses, losses, claims, damages and other liabilities, including without limitation the costs of investigation, legal defense and any amounts paid in settlement of any claim or litigation arising out of (i) the failure to perform its obligations to the Depositor (or any Other Depositor related to an Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan) or Certificate Administrator (or any Other Trustee related to an Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan) under this Article X by the time required, (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any information (x) regarding such party or any Servicing Function Participant, Additional Servicer or subcontractor engaged by it (other than any Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer), (y) prepared by any such party described in clause (x) or any registered public accounting firm, attorney or other agent retained by such party to prepare such information and (z)

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delivered by or on behalf of such party in connection with the performance of such party’s obligations described in this Article X, or the omission or alleged omission to state in any such information a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the applicable party shall be entitled to participate in any action arising out of the foregoing and the Depositor shall consult with such party with respect to any litigation or audit strategy, as applicable, in connection with the foregoing and any potential settlement terms related thereto, (iii) the failure of any Servicing Function Participant or Additional Servicer retained by it (other than a Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer) to perform its obligations to the Depositor (or any Other Depositor related to an Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan) or Certificate Administrator (or any Other Trustee related to an Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan) under this Article X by the time required or (iv) any Deficient Exchange Act Deliverable.

In addition, each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Custodian, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee shall cooperate (and require each Servicing Function Participant and Additional Servicer retained by it to cooperate under the applicable Sub-Servicing Agreement) with the Depositor (and each Other Depositor) as necessary for the Depositor (and such Other Depositor) to conduct any reasonable due diligence necessary to evaluate and assess any material instances of non-compliance disclosed in any of the deliverables required by the applicable reporting requirements under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (“Reporting Requirements”).

In connection with comments provided to the Depositor or any Other Depositor from the Commission regarding information (x) delivered by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Custodian, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, a Servicing Function Participant or an Additional Servicer, as applicable (“Affected Reporting Party”), (y) regarding such Affected Reporting Party, and (z) prepared by such Affected Reporting Party or any registered public accounting firm, attorney or other agent retained by such party to prepare such information, which information is contained in a report filed by the Depositor or such Other Depositor, as applicable, under the Reporting Requirements and which comments are received subsequent to the Depositor's or such Other Depositor’s, as applicable, filing of such report, the Depositor shall (or such Other Depositor may) promptly provide to such Affected Reporting Party any such comments which relate to such Affected Reporting Party. Upon receipt of such comments, such Affected Reporting Party shall be responsible for timely preparing a written response to the Commission for inclusion in the Depositor’s or such Other Depositor’s, as applicable, response to the Commission, unless such Affected Reporting Party elects, with the consent of the Depositor or such Other Depositor, as applicable (which consent shall not be unreasonably denied, withheld or delayed), to directly communicate with the Commission and negotiate a response and/or resolution with the Commission; provided, however, if an Affected Reporting Party is a Servicing Function Participant or Additional Servicer retained by the Master Servicer, the Master Servicer shall receive copies of all material communications pursuant to this Section 10.14. If such election is made, the applicable Affected Reporting Party shall be responsible for directly negotiating such response and/or resolution with the Commission in a timely manner; provided that (i) such Affected Reporting Party shall use reasonable efforts to keep the Depositor or such Other Depositor, as applicable, informed of its progress with the Commission and copy the Depositor or

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such Other Depositor, as applicable, on all correspondence with the Commission and provide the Depositor or such Other Depositor, as applicable, with the opportunity to participate (at the Depositor’s or such Other Depositor’s expense, as applicable) in any telephone conferences and meetings with the Commission and (ii) the Depositor or such Other Depositor, as applicable, shall cooperate with any Affected Reporting Party in order to authorize such Affected Reporting Party and its representatives to respond to and negotiate directly with the Commission with respect to any comments from the Commission relating to such Affected Reporting Party and to notify the Commission of such authorization. The Depositor (or such Other Depositor, as applicable) and the Affected Reporting Party shall cooperate and coordinate with one another with respect to any requests made to the Commission for extension of time for submitting a response or compliance. All respective reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Depositor or such Other Depositor, as applicable (including reasonable legal fees and expenses of outside counsel to the Depositor or such Other Depositor, as applicable), in connection with the foregoing (other than those costs and expenses required to be at the Depositor’s or such Other Depositor’s expense, as applicable and as set forth above) and any amendments to any reports filed with the Commission related thereto shall be promptly paid by the applicable Affected Reporting Party upon receipt of an itemized invoice from the Depositor or such Other Depositor, as applicable. Each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Custodian, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause any Servicing Function Participant or Additional Servicer retained by it to comply with the foregoing by inclusion of similar provisions in the related sub-servicing or similar agreement.

The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause each Servicing Function Participant (other than any party to this Agreement) with which it has entered into a servicing relationship with respect to the Serviced Mortgage Loans to indemnify and hold harmless each Certification Party from and against any losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and expenses and related costs, judgments and other costs and expenses incurred by such Certification Party arising out of (i) a breach of its obligations to provide any of the annual compliance statements or annual assessment of servicing criteria or attestation reports pursuant to this Agreement, or the applicable Sub-Servicing Agreement, as applicable or (ii) any Deficient Exchange Act Deliverable.

If the indemnification provided for herein is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless any Certification Party, then the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, each Additional Servicer or other Servicing Function Participant (the “Performing Party”) shall, and the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause each Servicing Function Participant with which it has entered into a servicing relationship (other than a party to this Agreement) with respect to the Serviced Mortgage Loans to contribute to the amount paid or payable to the Certification Party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities of the Certification Party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Certification Party on the one hand and the Performing Party on the other in connection with a breach of the Performing Party’s obligations pursuant to this Article X. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause each Servicing

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Function Participant (other than any party to this Agreement) with which it has entered into a servicing relationship with respect to the Serviced Mortgage Loans to agree to the foregoing indemnification and contribution obligations.

Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party hereunder, notify in writing the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof; but the omission to so notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party under this Agreement except to the extent that such omission to notify materially prejudices the indemnifying party. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party, after the indemnifying party has been notified of the commencement of such action, such indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein (at its own expense) and, to the extent that it may wish, shall be entitled to assume the defense thereof (jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified) with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), and after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election to so assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party for any expenses subsequently incurred in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. In any such proceeding, any indemnified party shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party unless (i) the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have agreed to the retention of such counsel, (ii) the named parties to any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties and, in the case of an investigation by the Commission, any parties that are, or whose reporting materials are, the subject of such investigation) include both the indemnifying party and the indemnified party and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them or (iii) the indemnifying party fails within a reasonable period of time to designate counsel that is reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). In no event shall the indemnifying parties be liable for fees and expenses of more than one counsel (in addition to any local counsel) in any one jurisdiction separate from their own counsel for all indemnified parties in connection with any one action or separate but similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances. An indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent. However, if settled with such consent, the indemnifying party shall indemnify the indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement to the extent that the indemnifying party is otherwise required to do so under this Agreement. If an indemnifying party assumes the defense of any proceeding, it shall be entitled to settle such proceeding with the consent of the indemnified party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) or, if such settlement (i) provides for an unconditional release of the indemnified party in connection with all matters relating to the proceeding that have been asserted against the indemnified party in such proceeding by the other parties to such settlement and (ii) does not require an admission of fault by the indemnified party, without the consent of the indemnified party.

Section 10.15    Amendments. This Article X may be amended by the written consent of all the parties hereto pursuant to Section 12.07 for purposes of complying with Regulation AB without, in each case, any Opinions of Counsel, Officer’s Certificates, Rating

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Agency Confirmations or the consent of any Certificateholder, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement.

Section 10.16    Exchange Act Report Signatures; Delivery of Notices. (a) Each Form 8-K report, Form 10-D report, Form 10-K report and Form ABS-EE shall be signed by the Depositor in accordance with procedures to be agreed upon by the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator. The signing party at the Depositor can be contacted at Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation at 1 Columbus Circle, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Lainie Kaye, with a copy to Salvatore Palazzolo.

(b)             Notwithstanding anything in Section 12.04 to the contrary, any notice required to be delivered to (i) the Depositor under this Article X shall be properly given if sent by email to cmbs.request@db.com (or such other email address as the Depositor may instruct) and (ii) to the Certificate Administrator under this Article X shall be properly given if sent by facsimile to (410) 884-2380, Attention: Core Services, or such other number as the Certificate Administrator may instruct and with a copy by email to cts.sec.notifications@wellsfargo.com (or such other email address as the Certificate Administrator may instruct).

(c)               For the avoidance of doubt:

(i)                 Neither Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall be subject to a Servicer Termination Event, as applicable, pursuant to the second clause of the definition of “Master Servicer Termination Event” or “Special Servicer Termination Event,” as applicable, nor shall any such party be deemed to not be in compliance under this Agreement, during any grace period provided for in such second clause; provided that if any such party fails to comply with the requirements of this Article X by the expiration of any applicable grace period such failure shall constitute a Servicer Termination Event with respect to such party;

(ii)               Neither Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall be subject to a Servicer Termination Event, as applicable, pursuant to the last clause of the definition of “Master Servicer Termination Event” or “Special Servicer Termination Event,” as applicable, nor shall any such party be deemed to not be in compliance under this Agreement, for failing to deliver any item required under this Article X by the time required hereunder with respect to any reporting period for which the Trust and each Other Securitization is not required to file Exchange Act reports.

(d)       If the Certificate Administrator or the Depositor does not receive the report on assessment of compliance and/or attestation report pursuant to Section 10.12 and 10.13, respectively, with respect to any Servicing Function Participant, or with respect to any Servicing Function Participant retained or engaged by a party hereto that is actually known by a Responsible Officer of the Certificate Administrator or the Depositor, as the case may be, by March 1st of any year during which an Annual Report on Form 10-K is required to be filed with the Commission with respect to the Trust, then the Certificate Administrator shall, and the Depositor may, forward a Servicer Notice to such Servicing Function Participant or the party hereto that retained or engaged such Sub-Servicing Function Participant, as the case may be, with a copy of such Servicer Notice to the Depositor (if the Certificate Administrator is sending the Servicer Notice) or the

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Certificate Administrator (if the Depositor is sending the Servicer Notice), as applicable, within two (2) Business Days of such failure. For the purposes of this Article X and Section 7.01 of this Agreement, a “Servicer Notice” shall constitute either any writing forwarded to such party or, in the case of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 12.05, e-mail notice or fax notice which, in the case of an email transmission, shall be forwarded to all of the following e-mail addresses for the applicable party: in the case of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, to the applicable email address as provided in writing by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, upon request, or such other e-mail addresses as are provided in writing by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, to the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor (but any party to this Agreement (or someone acting on their behalf) shall only be required to forward any such notice to be delivered to the Master Servicer to no more than three e-mail addresses in the aggregate in order to fulfill its notification requirements as set forth in the preceding sentence and/or under the provisions of Section 7.01). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the forwarding of a Servicer Notice shall not relieve the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, of any liability under Section 7.01(a)(ix) or Section 7.01(b)(ix), respectively, for the failure of any Servicing Function Participant or Sub-Servicing Entity to deliver any Exchange Act reporting items pursuant to this Article X.

Section 10.17    Termination of the Certificate Administrator. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Depositor may direct the Trustee to, and the Trustee shall upon such direction, terminate the Certificate Administrator upon five Business Days’ notice if the Certificate Administrator fails to comply with any of its obligations under this Article X; provided that (a) such termination shall not be effective until a successor certificate administrator shall have accepted the appointment, (b) the Certificate Administrator may not be terminated if it cannot perform its obligations due to its failure to properly prepare or file on a timely basis any Form 8-K, Form 10-K, Form 10-D or Form ABS-EE or any amendments to such forms or any Form 12b-25 where such failure results from the Certificate Administrator’s inability or failure to receive, within the exact time frames set forth in this Agreement any information, approval, direction or signature from any other party hereto needed to prepare, arrange for execution or file any such Form 8-K, Form 10-K, Form 10-D or Form ABS-EE or any amendments to such forms or any Form 12b-25 not resulting from its own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct, (c) the Certificate Administrator may not be terminated if, following the Certificate Administrator’s failure to comply with any of such obligations under Section 10.06, Section 10.07, Section 10.09, Section 10.11, Section 10.12 or Section 10.13 on or prior to the dates by which such obligations are to be performed pursuant to, and as set forth in, such Sections the Certificate Administrator subsequently complies with such obligations before the Depositor gives written notice to it that it is terminated in accordance with this Section 10.17 and (d) the Certificate Administrator may not be terminated if the Certificate Administrator’s failure to comply does not cause it to fail in its obligations to timely file the related Form 8-K, Form 10-D, Form ABS-EE or Form 10-K, as the case may be, by the related deadline for filing such Form 8-K, Form 10-D, Form ABS-EE or Form 10-K, then the Depositor shall cease to have the right to terminate the Certificate Administrator under this Section 10.17 on the date on which such Form 8-K, Form 10-D, Form ABS-EE or Form 10-K is so filed.

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Article XI

THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER

Section 11.01    Asset Review.

(a)               On or prior to each Distribution Date, based either on the CREFC^® Delinquent Loan Status Report or the CREFC^® Loan Periodic Update File, the Certificate Administrator shall determine if an Asset Review Trigger has occurred. If an Asset Review Trigger is determined to have occurred, the Certificate Administrator shall promptly provide notice to the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trust Directing Holder, all Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner and each other party to this Agreement. Any notice required to be delivered to the Certificateholders pursuant to this Article XI shall be delivered by the Certificate Administrator by posting such notice on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, by mailing such notice to their addresses appearing in the Certificate Register in the case of Individual Certificates and by delivering such notice via the Depository in the case of Book-Entry Certificates. The Certificate Administrator shall include in the Form 10-D relating to the reporting period in which the Asset Review Trigger occurred the following date a statement describing the events that caused the Asset Review Trigger to occur: “As of the [Date of Distribution], the following mortgage loans identified below are 60 or more days delinquent and an Asset Review Trigger as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement has occurred.” On each Distribution Date after providing such notice to Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner, the Certificate Administrator, based on information provided to it by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, shall determine whether (1) any additional Mortgage Loan has become a Delinquent Loan, (2) any Mortgage Loan has ceased to be a Delinquent Loan and (3) an Asset Review Trigger has ceased to exist, and, if there is an occurrence of any of the events or circumstances identified in clauses (1), (2) or (3), deliver such information in a written notice (which may be via email) substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit LL within 2 Business Days to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trust Directing Holder. For the avoidance of doubt, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall not perform an Asset Review with respect to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan at any time.

If Certificateholders evidencing not less than 5% of the Pooled Voting Rights deliver to the Certificate Administrator, within 90 days after the filing of the Form 10-D reporting the occurrence of an Asset Review Trigger, a written direction requesting a vote to commence an Asset Review (such written direction, the “Asset Review Vote Election”), then upon receipt of the Asset Review Vote Election, the Certificate Administrator shall promptly provide written notice thereof to the Asset Representations Reviewer and to all Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner, and to conduct a solicitation of votes of the Certificateholders to authorize an Asset Review. Upon the affirmative vote to authorize an Asset Review by Holders of Certificates evidencing at least a majority of an Asset Review Quorum within 150 days of receipt of the Asset Review Vote Election (an “Affirmative Asset Review Vote”), the Certificate Administrator shall promptly provide written notice thereof to all parties to this Agreement, the Underwriters, the Mortgage Loan Sellers, each Risk Retention Consultation Party, the Trust Directing Holder and the Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner. In the event an Affirmative Asset Review Vote has not occurred within such 150-day period following the receipt of the Asset Review Vote

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Election, no Certificateholder may request a vote or cast a vote for an Asset Review and the Asset Representations Reviewer will not be required to review any Delinquent Loan unless and until (A) an additional Mortgage Loan has become a Delinquent Loan after the expiration of such 150-day period, (B) an additional Asset Review Trigger has occurred as a result or otherwise is in effect, (C) the Certificate Administrator has timely received any Asset Review Vote Election after the occurrence of the events described in clauses (A) and (B) in this sentence and (D) an Affirmative Asset Review Vote has occurred within 150 days after the Asset Review Vote Election described in clause (C) in this sentence. After the occurrence of any Asset Review Vote Election or an Affirmative Asset Review Vote, no Certificateholder may make any additional Asset Review Vote Election except as described in the immediately preceding sentence. Any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Certificate Administrator in connection with administering such vote will be paid as an expense of the Trust from the Collection Account. The Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to administer any vote in connection with the foregoing through an agent.

(b)               (i) Upon receipt of such notice of an Affirmative Asset Review Vote (the “Asset Review Notice”), the Custodian (with respect to clauses (1) – (5) for all Mortgage Loans), the Master Servicer (with respect to clauses (6) and (7) for Performing Loans) and the Special Servicer (with respect to clauses (6) and (7) for Specially Serviced Loans), in each case to the extent in such party’s possession, will be required to promptly, but in no event later than 10 Business Days (except with respect to clause (7)) after receipt of such notice from the Certificate Administrator, provide the following materials to the asset representations reviewer (collectively, with the Diligence Files, a copy of the Prospectus, a copy of each related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and a copy of this Agreement, the “Review Materials”):

(1)         a copy of an assignment of the Mortgage in favor of the Trustee (or the related Other Trustee, in the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), with evidence of recording thereon, for each Delinquent Loan that is subject to an Asset Review;

(2)         a copy of an assignment of any related assignment of leases (if such item is a document separate from the Mortgage) in favor of the Trustee (or the related Other Trustee, in the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), with evidence of recording thereon, related to each Delinquent Loan that is subject to an Asset Review;

(3)         a copy of the assignment of all unrecorded documents relating to each Delinquent Loan that is subject to an Asset Review, if not already covered pursuant to items (1) or (2) above;

(4)         a copy of all filed copies (bearing evidence of filing) or evidence of filing of any UCC financing statements related to each Delinquent Loan that is subject to an Asset Review;

(5)         a copy of an assignment in favor of the Trustee (or the related Other Trustee, in the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) of any financing statement executed and filed in the relevant jurisdiction related to each Delinquent Loan that is subject to an Asset Review;

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(6)         a copy of any notice previously delivered by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, of any alleged defect or breach with respect to any Delinquent Loan; and

(7)         any other related documents that were entered into or delivered in connection with the origination of such Mortgage Loan that are necessary in connection with the Asset Representations Reviewer’s completion of any Asset Review and that are that are reasonably requested by the Asset Representations Reviewer in the time frames and as otherwise described below.

(ii)               If, as part of an Asset Review of any Mortgage Loan, the Asset Representations Reviewer determines that it is missing any documents that are required to be a part of the Review Materials for such Mortgage Loan or which were entered into or delivered in connection with the origination of such Mortgage Loan, in each case that are necessary to review and assess one or more documents comprising the Diligence File in connection with its completion of any Test, then the Asset Representations Reviewer shall promptly, but in no event later than 10 Business Days after receipt of the Review Materials identified in clauses (1) through (6) above, notify (in writing) that the Master Servicer (with respect to Performing Loans) or the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans), as applicable, of such missing documents, and provide a written request (in accordance with this Agreement) that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, promptly, but in no event later than 10 Business Days after receipt of such notification from the Asset Representations Reviewer, to deliver to the Asset Representations Reviewer such missing documents to the extent in its possession; provided that any such notification and/or request shall be in writing, specifically identify the documents being requested and sent to the notice address for the related party set forth in Section 12.05 of this Agreement. In the event any such missing documents are not provided by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, within such 10 Business Day period, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall request such documents from the related Mortgage Loan Seller. The Mortgage Loan Seller will be required under the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement to deliver such additional documents only to the extent in the possession of such Mortgage Loan Seller; provided that the Mortgage Loan Seller shall not be required to deliver information that is proprietary to the related originator or Mortgage Loan Seller or any draft documents or privileged or internal communications.

(iii)              The Asset Representations Reviewer may, but is under no obligation to, consider and rely upon information furnished to it by a Person that is not a party to this Agreement or the related Mortgage Loan Seller, and shall do so only if such information can be independently verified (without unreasonable effort or expense to the Asset Representations Reviewer) and is determined by the Asset Representations Reviewer in each case in accordance with its good faith and sole discretion to be relevant to the Asset Review conducted pursuant to this Section 11.01 hereof (such information, “Unsolicited Information”).

(iv)              Upon receipt by the Asset Representations Reviewer of the Asset Review Notice and access to the Diligence File posted to the Secure Data Room with respect to a Delinquent Loan, the Asset Representations Reviewer, as an independent contractor, shall

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commence a review of the compliance of each Delinquent Loan with the representations and warranties related to that Delinquent Loan in accordance with the Asset Review Standard and the procedures set forth on Exhibit JJ hereto (such review, the “Asset Review”). The Asset Representations Reviewer shall perform an Asset Review with respect to each representation and warranty made by the related Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to such Delinquent Loan in accordance with the procedures set forth on Exhibit JJ (each such procedure, a “Test”); provided, however, the Asset Representations Reviewer may, but is under no obligation to, modify any Test and/or associated Review Materials described in Exhibit JJ, if, and only to the extent, the Asset Representations Reviewer determines pursuant to the Asset Review Standard that it is necessary to modify such Test and/or such associated Review Materials in order to facilitate its Asset Review in accordance with the Asset Review Standard. Once an Asset Review of a Mortgage Loan is completed, no further Asset Review shall be required in respect of, or performed on, such Mortgage Loan notwithstanding that such Mortgage Loan may continue to be a Delinquent Loan or again become a Delinquent Loan at a time when a new Asset Review Trigger occurs and a New Affirmative Asset Review Vote is obtained subsequent to the occurrence of such New Asset Review Trigger.

(v)                The Asset Representations Reviewer will not be permitted to review any information other than (x) the Review Materials, and (y) if applicable, Unsolicited Information.

(vi)              The Asset Representations Reviewer may, absent manifest error and subject to the Asset Review Standard, (i) assume, without independent investigation or verification, that the Review Materials are accurate and complete in all material respects and (ii) conclusively rely on such Review Materials.

(vii)            If the Asset Representations Reviewer determines that the Review Materials are insufficient to complete a Test and such missing documentation is not delivered to the Asset Representations Reviewer by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller, the Master Servicer (with respect to Performing Loans) or the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans) within 10 days of the written request by the Asset Representations Reviewer, then the Asset Representations Reviewer shall list such missing documents in a preliminary report setting forth the preliminary results of the application of the Tests and the reasons why such missing documents are necessary to complete a Test and (if the Asset Representations Reviewer has so concluded) that the absence of such documents shall be deemed to be a failure of such Test. The Asset Representations Reviewer shall provide such preliminary report to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, and to the related Mortgage Loan Seller no later than 60 days after the date on which access to the Diligence Files in the Secure Data Room is made available to the Asset Representations Reviewer by the Certificate Administrator. If the preliminary report indicates that any of the representations and warranties fails or is deemed to fail any Test, the related Mortgage Loan Seller shall have 90 days (the “Cure/Contest Period”) to remedy or otherwise refute the failure. Any documents provided or explanations given to support a conclusion that the representation and warranty has not failed a Test or that any missing documents in the Review Materials are not required to complete a Test shall be promptly delivered by the related Mortgage Loan Seller to the Asset Representations

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Reviewer. The Asset Representations Reviewer will not be required to prepare a preliminary report in the event the Asset Representations Reviewer determines that there is no Test failure with respect to the related Delinquent Loan.

(viii)          The Asset Representations Reviewer shall, within the later of (x) 60 days after the date on which access to the Diligence Files in the Secure Data Room is made available to the Asset Representations Reviewer by the Certificate Administrator or (y) 10 days after the expiration of the Cure/Contest Period, complete an Asset Review with respect to each Delinquent Loan and deliver (i) a report setting forth the Asset Representations Reviewer’s findings and conclusions as to whether or not it has determined there is any evidence of a failure of any Test based on the Asset Review and a statement that the Asset Representations Reviewer’s findings and conclusions set forth in such report were not influenced by any third party (an “Asset Review Report”) to each party to this Agreement and the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller for each Delinquent Loan and the Trust Directing Holder and (ii) a summary of the Asset Representations Reviewer’s conclusions included in such Asset Review Report (an “Asset Review Report Summary”) to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer. The period of time by which the Asset Review Report must be completed and delivered may be extended by up to an additional 30 days, upon written notice to the parties to this Agreement and the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller, if the Asset Representations Reviewer determines pursuant to the Asset Review Standard that such additional time is required due to the characteristics of the Mortgage Loan and/or the Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties. In no event may the Asset Representations Reviewer determine whether any Test failure constitutes a Material Breach or Material Defect, or whether the Trust should enforce any rights it may have against the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller, which, in each case, shall be a responsibility of the Enforcing Servicer pursuant to Section 2.03(g) of this Agreement.

(ix)           In addition, in the event that the Asset Representations Reviewer does not receive any documentation that it requested from the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, or the related Mortgage Loan Seller in sufficient time to allow the Asset Representations Reviewer to complete its Asset Review and deliver an Asset Review Report (as such date may have been extended pursuant to this Agreement), the Asset Representations Reviewer shall prepare the Asset Review Report solely based on the documentation received by the Asset Representations Reviewer with respect to the related Delinquent Loan, and the Asset Representations Reviewer shall have no responsibility to independently obtain any such documentation from any party to this Agreement.

(x)                Within 45 days after receipt of an Asset Review Report with respect to any Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer (with respect to any Performing Loan) or the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans) shall determine whether at that time, based on the Servicing Standard, whether there exists a Material Breach or Material Defect with respect to such Mortgage Loan. If the Master Servicer (with respect to any Performing Loan) or the Special Servicer (with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan) determines that a Material Breach or Material Defect exists, the Enforcing Servicer shall enforce the obligations of the related Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to such Material Breach or Material Defect in accordance with Section 2.03(d).

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(c)               The Asset Representations Reviewer and its Affiliates shall keep all information appropriately labeled as “Privileged Information” confidential and shall not disclose such Privileged Information to any Person (including Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner), other than (1) to the extent expressly required by this Agreement in an Asset Review Report or otherwise, to the other parties to this Agreement with a notice indicating that such information is Privileged Information or (2) pursuant to a Privileged Information Exception. Each party to this Agreement that receives Privileged Information from the Asset Representations Reviewer with a notice stating that such information is Privileged Information shall not disclose such Privileged Information to any Person without the prior written consent of the Special Servicer other than pursuant to a Privileged Information Exception. The Asset Representations Reviewer shall keep all documents and information received by the Asset Representations Reviewer in connection with an Asset Review that are provided by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer confidential and shall not disclose such documents or information except (i) for purposes of complying with its duties and obligations under this Agreement, (ii) if such documents or information become generally available and known to the public other than as a result of a disclosure directly or indirectly by the Asset Representations Reviewer, (iii) if it is reasonable and necessary for the Asset Representations Reviewer to disclose such documents or information in working with legal counsel, auditors, taxing authorities or other governmental agencies, (iv) if such documents or information was already known to the Asset Representations Reviewer and not otherwise subject to a confidentiality obligation and/or (v) if the Asset Representations Reviewer is required by law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree to disclose such document or information.

(d)               The Asset Representations Reviewer may delegate its duties to agents or subcontractors so long as the related agreements or arrangements with such agents or subcontractors are consistent with the provisions of this Section 11.01; provided that no agent or subcontractor may (1) be affiliated with any Mortgage Loan Seller, Master Servicer, Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Directing Holder or any of their respective Affiliates or (2) have been paid any fees, compensation or other remuneration by an Underwriter, Master Servicer, Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Directing Holder or any of their respective Affiliates in connection with due diligence or other services with respect to any Mortgage Loan prior to the Closing Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall remain obligated and primarily liable for any Asset Review required hereunder in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement without diminution of such obligation or liability by virtue of such delegation or arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from any Person acting as its agents or subcontractor to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the Asset Representations Reviewer alone were performing its obligations under this Agreement. The Asset Representations Reviewer shall be entitled to enter into an agreement with any agent or subcontractor providing for indemnification of the Asset Representations Reviewer by such agent or subcontractor, and nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such indemnification.

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Section 11.02    Payment of Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fees and Expenses; Limitation of Liability.

(a)               As compensation for the performance of its duties hereunder, upon the completion of any Asset Review with respect to each Delinquent Loan that is subject to an Asset Review, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall be entitled to a fee that is a reasonable and customary hourly fee charged by the Asset Representations Reviewer for similar consulting assignments at the time of such review and any related costs and expenses; provided that the total payment to the Asset Representations Reviewer shall not be greater than the Asset Representations Reviewer Fee Cap (the “Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee”). With respect to an individual Asset Review Trigger and the Mortgage Loans that are Delinquent Loans and are subject to an Asset Review (the “Subject Loans”), the “Asset Representations Reviewer Fee Cap” shall equal the sum of: (i) $20,500 multiplied by the number of Subject Loans, plus (ii) $2,050 per Mortgaged Property relating to the Subject Loans in excess of one Mortgaged Property per Subject Loan, plus (iii) $2,700 per Mortgaged Property relating to a Subject Loan subject to a ground lease, plus (iv) $1,500 per Mortgaged Property relating to a Subject Loan subject to a franchise agreement, hotel management agreement or hotel license agreement, subject, in the case of each of clauses (i) through (iv), to adjustments on the basis of the year-end Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, or other similar index if the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers is no longer calculated, for the year of the Closing Date and for the year of the occurrence of the Asset Review.

(b)               [Reserved].

(c)               The related Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to each Delinquent Loan that is subject to an Asset Review shall pay the portion of the Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee attributable to the Delinquent Loan(s) contributed by it, as allocated on the basis of the hourly charges and costs and expenses incurred with respect to its related Delinquent Loans; provided that if the total charge for the Asset Representations Reviewer on an hourly fee plus costs and expenses basis would exceed the Asset Representations Reviewer Fee Cap, each Mortgage Loan Seller’s required payment shall be reduced pro rata according to its proportion of the total charges until the aggregate amount owed by all Mortgage Loan Sellers is equal to the Asset Representations Reviewer Fee Cap; provided, however, that if the related Mortgage Loan Seller (i) is insolvent or (ii) at any time after the outstanding Certificate Balances of the Control Eligible Certificates have been reduced to zero as a result of the allocation of Pooled Realized Losses to such Certificates, fails to pay such amount within 90 days of written request by the Asset Representations Reviewer following its completion of the applicable Asset Review, such fee shall be paid by the Trust following delivery by the Asset Representations Reviewer of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, of such insolvency or failure to pay such amount; provided, further, that notwithstanding any payment of such fee by the Trust to the Asset Representations Reviewer, such fee shall remain an obligation of the related Mortgage Loan Seller and the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall, to the extent consistent with the Servicing Standard, pursue remedies against such Mortgage Loan Seller in order to seek recovery of such amounts from such Mortgage Loan Seller or its insolvency estate. The Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee with respect to a Delinquent Loan shall be included in the Purchase Price for any Mortgage Loan that was the subject of a completed Asset Review and that is repurchased by the related Mortgage Loan Seller.

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(d)               The Asset Representations Reviewer shall be liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically imposed by this Agreement.

(e)               The Asset Representations Reviewer may assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement in connection with the sale or transfer of all or substantially all of its Asset Representations Reviewer portfolio, provided that: (i) the purchaser or transferee accepting such assignment and delegation (A) is an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer, organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any state of the United States of America or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to perform the duties of the asset representations reviewer resulting from a merger, consolidation or succession that is permitted under this Agreement, (B) executes and delivers to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator an agreement that contains an assumption by such person of the due and punctual performance and observance of each covenant and condition to be performed or observed by the asset representations reviewer under this Agreement from and after the date of such agreement and (C) is not be a prohibited party under this Agreement; (ii) the Asset Representations Reviewer shall not be released from its obligations under this Agreement that arose prior to the effective date of such assignment and delegation; (iii) the rate at which the Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee (or any component thereof) is calculated shall not exceed the rate then in effect and (iv) the resigning Asset Representations Reviewer shall be responsible for the reasonable costs and expenses of each other party to this Agreement and the Rating Agencies in connection with such transfer. Upon acceptance of such assignment and delegation, the purchaser or transferee shall provide notice to each party to this Agreement and then will be the successor asset representations reviewer hereunder.

Section 11.03    Resignation of the Asset Representations Reviewer. The Asset Representations Reviewer may resign and be discharged from its obligations hereunder by giving written notice thereof to the other parties to this Agreement and the 17g-5 Information Provider. Upon such notice of resignation, the Depositor shall promptly appoint a successor Asset Representations Reviewer that is an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer and give written notice thereof to the other parties to this Agreement. If no successor Asset Representations Reviewer shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Asset Representations Reviewer may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Asset Representations Reviewer that is an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer. The Asset Representations Reviewer will bear all reasonable costs and expenses of each other party hereto and each Rating Agency in connection with its resignation.

Section 11.04    Restrictions of the Asset Representations Reviewer. Neither the Asset Representations Reviewer nor any of its Affiliates shall make any investment in any Class of Certificates or the RR Interest; provided, however, that such prohibition shall not apply to (i) riskless principal transactions effected by a broker-dealer Affiliate of the Asset Representations Reviewer or (ii) investments by an Affiliate of the Asset Representations Reviewer if the Asset Representations Reviewer and such Affiliate maintain policies and procedures that (A) segregate personnel involved in the activities of the Asset Representations Reviewer under this Agreement from personnel involved in such Affiliate’s investment activities and (B) prevent such Affiliate and its personnel from gaining access to information regarding the Trust and the Asset

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Representations Reviewer and its personnel from gaining access to such Affiliate’s information regarding its investment activities.

Section 11.05    Termination of the Asset Representations Reviewer.

(a)               An “Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event” means any one of the following events whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body:

(i)                any failure by the Asset Representations Reviewer to observe or perform in any material respect any of its covenants or agreements or the material breach of any of its representations or warranties under this Agreement, which failure shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the Asset Representations Reviewer by the Trustee or to the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee by the Holders of Certificates evidencing at least 25% of the Pooled Voting Rights; provided that if such failure is capable of being cured and the Asset Representations Reviewer is diligently pursuing such cure, such 30 day period shall be extended by an additional 30 days;

(ii)               any failure by the Asset Representations Reviewer to perform its obligations set forth in this Agreement in accordance with the Asset Review Standard in any material respect, which failure shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after the date written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, is given to the Asset Representations Reviewer by any party to this Agreement;

(iii)             any failure by the Asset Representations Reviewer to be an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer, which failure shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after the date written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, is given to the Asset Representations Reviewer by any party to this Agreement;

(iv)             a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the premises in an involuntary case under any present or future federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law for the appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings, or for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, shall have been entered against the Asset Representations Reviewer, and such decree or order shall have remained in force undischarged or unstayed for a period of 60 days;

(v)                the Asset Representations Reviewer shall consent to the appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator or liquidation committee in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities, voluntary liquidation, or similar proceedings of or relating to the Asset Representations Reviewer or of or relating to all or substantially all of its property; or

(vi)               the Asset Representations Reviewer shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, file a petition to take advantage of any

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applicable insolvency or reorganization statute, make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations.

Upon receipt by the Certificate Administrator of written notice (which shall be simultaneously delivered to the Asset Representations Reviewer) of the occurrence of any Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event, the Certificate Administrator shall promptly provide written notice to all Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner in accordance with the notice distribution procedures described in Section 11.01(a), unless the Certificate Administrator has received written notice that such Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event has been remedied. If an Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event shall occur then, and in each and every such case, so long as such Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event shall not have been remedied, either the Trustee (i) may or (ii) upon the written direction of holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Pooled Voting Rights shall, terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Asset Representations Reviewer under this Agreement, other than rights and obligations accrued prior to such termination (including the right to receive all amounts accrued and owing to it under this Agreement) and other than indemnification rights (arising out of events occurring prior to such termination), by notice in writing to the Asset Representations Reviewer. The Asset Representations Reviewer shall bear all reasonable costs and expenses of itself and of each other party to this Agreement in connection with its termination due to an Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Depositor and each Sponsor shall have the right, but not the obligation, to notify the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee of any Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event of which it becomes aware.

(b)               Upon (i) the written direction of holders of Pooled Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Pooled Voting Rights requesting a vote to terminate and replace the Asset Representations Reviewer with a proposed successor Asset Representations Reviewer that is an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer and (ii) payment by such Holders to the Certificate Administrator of the reasonable fees and expenses to be incurred by the Certificate Administrator in connection with administering such vote, the Certificate Administrator shall promptly provide written notice thereof to the Asset Representations Reviewer and to all Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner by (i) posting such notice on its internet website, and (ii) mailing such notice to all Certificateholders at their addresses appearing in the Certificate Register and to the RR Interest Owner and the Asset Representations Reviewer. Upon the written direction of Holders of Pooled Certificates evidencing at least 75% of a Pooled Quorum, the Trustee shall terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Asset Representations Reviewer under this Agreement (other than any rights or obligations that accrued prior to the date of such termination and other than indemnification rights arising out of events occurring prior to such termination) by notice in writing to the Asset Representations Reviewer and appoint the proposed successor. As between the Asset Representations Reviewer, on the one hand, and the Pooled Certificateholders, on the other, the Pooled Certificateholders shall be entitled in their sole discretion to vote for the termination or not vote for the termination of the Asset Representations Reviewer. In the event that Holders of the certificates evidencing at least 75% of a Pooled Quorum elect to remove the Asset Representations Reviewer without cause and appoint a successor, the successor Asset Representations Reviewer shall be responsible for all expenses necessary to effect the transfer of responsibilities from its predecessor.

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(c)               On or after the receipt by the Asset Representations Reviewer of written notice of termination, subject to this Section 11.05, all of its authority and power under this Agreement shall be terminated and, without limitation, the terminated Asset Representations Reviewer shall execute any and all documents and other instruments, and do or accomplish all other acts or things reasonably necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of termination. As soon as practicable, but in no event later than 30 days after (1) the Asset Representations Reviewer resigns pursuant to Section 11.03 of this Agreement or (2) the Trustee delivers such written notice of termination to the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee shall appoint a successor Asset Representations Reviewer that is an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer. The Trustee shall provide written notice of the appointment of an Asset Representations Reviewer to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator, the Directing Holder and each Certificateholder within one Business Day of such appointment.

The Asset Representations Reviewer shall at all times be an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer and if the Asset Representations Reviewer ceases to be an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall immediately resign under Section 11.03 of this Agreement and the Trustee shall use commercially reasonable efforts to appoint a successor Asset Representations Reviewer subject to and in accordance with this Section 11.05. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Trustee is unable to find a successor Asset Representations Reviewer within 30 days of the termination of the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Depositor shall be permitted to find a replacement. The Trustee shall not be liable for any failure to identify and appoint a successor asset representations reviewer so long as the Trustee uses commercially reasonable efforts to conduct a search for a successor asset representations reviewer and such failure is not a result of the Trustee’s negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in the performance of its obligations hereunder.

(d)               Upon any termination of the Asset Representations Reviewer and appointment of a successor to the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee shall, as soon as possible, give written notice thereof to the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator (who shall, as soon as possible, give written notice thereof to the Certificateholders), the Operating Advisor, the Sponsors, the Depositor and, other than during the continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, the Directing Holder and each Rating Agency. In the event that the Asset Representations Reviewer is terminated, all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement shall terminate, other than any rights or obligations that accrued prior to the date of such termination (including the right to receive all amounts accrued and owing to it under this Agreement) and other than indemnification rights (arising out of events occurring prior to such termination).

Article XII

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Section 12.01    Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument, and the words “executed,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import as used above and elsewhere in this Agreement or in any

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other certificate, agreement or document related to this transaction shall include, in addition to manually executed signatures, images of manually executed signatures transmitted by facsimile or other electronic format (including, without limitation, “pdf”) and other electronic signatures (including, without limitation, any electronic sound, symbol, or process, attached to or logically associated with a contract or other record and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the record). The use of electronic signatures and electronic records (including, without limitation, any contract or other record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means) shall be of the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a manually executed signature or use of a paper-based record-keeping system to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act and any other applicable law, including, without limitation, any state law based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the Uniform Commercial Code.

Section 12.02    Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders. The death or incapacity of any Certificateholder shall not operate to terminate this Agreement or the Trust Fund, or entitle such Certificateholder’s legal representatives or heirs to claim an accounting or to take any action or proceeding in any court for a partition or winding up of the Trust Fund, or otherwise affect the rights, obligations and liabilities of the parties hereto or any of them.

No Certificateholder shall have any right to vote (except as expressly provided for herein) or in any manner otherwise control the operation and management of the Trust Fund, or the obligations of the parties hereto, and nothing herein set forth, or contained in the terms of the Certificates, shall be construed so as to constitute the Certificateholders from time to time as partners or members of an association; and no Certificateholder shall be under any liability to any third person by reason of any action taken by the parties to this Agreement pursuant to any provision hereof.

Other than with respect to any rights to deliver a Certificateholder Repurchase Request and exercise the rights described under Section 2.03(k)(i), no Certificateholder or the RR Interest Owner shall have any right by virtue of any provision of this Agreement to institute any suit, action or proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this Agreement, any Intercreditor Agreement, any Mortgage Loan, or with respect to the Certificates or the RR Interest, unless, with respect to any suit, action or proceeding upon or under or with respect to this Agreement, such Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator a written notice of default, and of the continuance thereof, as herein before provided, or of the need to institute such suit, action or proceeding on behalf of the Trust and unless also (except in the case of a default by the Trustee) the Holders of Certificates of any Class evidencing not less than 25% of the related Percentage Interests in such Class shall have made written request upon the Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as Trustee hereunder and shall have offered to the Trustee such indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it as it may require against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby, and the Trustee, for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of such indemnity, shall have neglected or refused to institute any such action, suit or proceeding. The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the trusts or powers vested in it hereunder or to institute, conduct or defend any litigation hereunder or in relation hereto at the request, order or direction of any of the Holders of Certificates or the RR Interest Owner unless such Holders or the RR Interest Owner, as applicable,

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have offered to the Trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred therein or hereby. It is understood and intended, and expressly covenanted by each Certificateholder with every other Certificateholder and the Trustee, that no one or more Holders of Certificates shall have any right in any manner whatsoever by virtue of any provision of this Agreement or the Certificates to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of the Holders of any other of such Certificates, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such Holder, which priority or preference is not otherwise provided for herein, or to enforce any right under this Agreement or the Certificates, except in the manner herein or therein provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all Certificateholders. For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of this Section 12.02, each and every Certificateholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity.

No Certificateholder shall be a “Party in Interest” as described under 11 U.S.C. Section 1109(b) solely by virtue of its ownership of a Certificate.

Section 12.03    Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT, AND/OR THE INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS AND DECISIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CHOICE OF LAW RULES THEREOF. THE PARTIES HERETO INTEND THAT THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW SHALL APPLY TO THIS AGREEMENT.

Section 12.04    Waiver of Jury Trial; Consent to Jurisdiction. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, EACH PARTY HERETO WAIVES ITS RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY ASSIGNMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR OTHER LITIGATION OF ANY TYPE BROUGHT BY ANY PARTY AGAINST THE OTHER PARTIES, WHETHER WITH RESPECT TO CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, OR OTHERWISE. EACH PARTY HERETO AGREES THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE TRIED BY A COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, THE PARTIES FURTHER AGREE THAT THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IS WAIVED BY OPERATION OF THIS SECTION AS TO ANY ACTION, COUNTERCLAIM OR OTHER PROCEEDING WHICH SEEKS, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, TO CHALLENGE THE VALIDITY OR ENFORCEABILITY OF THIS AGREEMENT, ANY ASSIGNMENT OR ANY PROVISION HEREOF OR THEREOF. THIS WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY ASSIGNMENT.

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY (I) SUBMITS TO THE

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JURISDICTION OF ANY NEW YORK STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS SITTING IN NEW YORK CITY WITH RESPECT TO MATTERS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT; (II) AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS WITH RESPECT TO SUCH MATTERS MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE OR FEDERAL COURTS; (III) WAIVES THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING INVOLVING SUCH CLAIMS IN ANY SUCH COURT; AND (IV) AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW.

Section 12.05    Notices. Unless otherwise specified in this Agreement, all demands, notices and communications hereunder shall be in writing, shall be deemed to have been given upon receipt (except that notices to Holders of Class R Certificates or Holders of any Class of Certificates no longer held through a Depository and instead held in registered, definitive form shall be deemed to have been given upon being sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid or by overnight courier) as follows:

If to the Trustee, to:

 

Computershare Trust Company, N.A.

9062 Old Annapolis Road

Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951
Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) – Benchmark 2023-B38

with copies to:

cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com; and
trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com.

 

If to the Certificate Administrator, to:

Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951
Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) – Benchmark 2023-B38

with copies to:

cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com; and
trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com.

If to the Certificate Administrator in connection with a release or transfer of a Retained Certificate:

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Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951
Attention: Risk Retention Custody – Benchmark 2023-B38

with a copy to:

riskretentioncustody@wellsfargo.com.

If to the Certificate Registrar in connection with a transfer, exchange or surrender of any Certificate other than a Retained Certificate:

Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
1505 Energy Park Drive
St. Paul, Minnesota 55108
Attention: CTS – Certificate Transfers Services (CMBS) – Benchmark 2023-B38

If to the Custodian, to:

Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
1055 10^th Avenue SE
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414
Attention: Benchmark 2023-B38 – Document Custody Group
Email: CMBSCustody@computershare.com.

If to the Depositor, to:

Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation
1 Columbus Circle
New York, New York 10019
Attention: Lainie Kaye

with a copy via email to:

cmbs.requests@db.com

If to the Operating Advisor, to:

Park Bridge Lender Services LLC
600 Third Avenue, 40th Floor
New York, New York 10016
Attention: BMARK 2023-B38 – Surveillance Manager

with a copy sent contemporaneously via email to:
cmbs.notices@parkbridgefinancial.com

If to the Asset Representations Reviewer, to:

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Park Bridge Lender Services LLC
600 Third Avenue, 40th Floor
New York, New York 10016
Attention: BMARK 2023-B38 – Surveillance Manager

with a copy sent contemporaneously via email to:
cmbs.notices@parkbridgefinancial.com

If to the Master Servicer, to:

 

Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association
10851 Mastin Street, Suite 700

Overland Park, Kansas 66210
Attention: Executive Vice President – Division Head

Facsimile: (888) 706-3565

Email: NoticeAdmin@midlandls.com

with a copy to:

Stinson LLP
1201 Walnut Street, Suite 2900

Kansas City, Missouri 64106-2150

Attention: Kenda K. Tomes
Facsimile: (816) 412-9338

Email: kenda.tomes@stinson.com

 

If to the General Special Servicer, to:

 

LNR Partners, LLC

2340 Collins Avenue, Suite 700

Miami Beach, Florida 33139

Attention: Heather Bennett and Job Warshaw

with a copy to:

Email: hbennett@starwood.com; jwarshaw@lnrpartners.com; and
lnr.cmbs.notices@lnrproperty.com

 

If to the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer:

 

Argentic Services Company LP
500 North Central Expressway, Suite 261
Plano, Texas 75074
Attention: Andrew Hundertmark
Email: ahundertmark@argenticservices.com

with a copy to:

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Polsinelli
900 West 48th Place, Suite 900
Kansas City, Missouri 64112
Attention: Kraig Kohring
Email: kkohring@polsinelli.com

If to German American Capital Corporation, as Mortgage Loan Seller, to:

German American Capital Corporation
1 Columbus Circle
New York, New York 10019
Attention: Lainie Kaye

with copies via email to:

cmbs.requests@db.com

If to Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company, as Mortgage Loan Seller, to:

Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company
200 West Street
New York, New York 10282
Attention: Scott Epperson
Email: scott.epperson@gs.com and gs-refgsecuritization@gs.com

with a copies by electronic mail to:

gs-refglegal@gs.com

If to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as Mortgage Loan Seller, to:

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association
383 Madison Avenue, 8th Floor
New York, New York 10179
Attention: Kunal K. Singh
E-mail: US_CMBS_Notice@jpmorgan.com

with a copy to:

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association
4 New York Plaza, Floor 21
New York, New York 10004-2413
Attention: SPG Legal
Email: US_CMBS_Notice@jpmorgan.com

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If to Citi Real Estate Funding Inc., as Mortgage Loan Seller, to:

Citi Real Estate Funding Inc.
388 Greenwich Street, 6th Floor
New York, New York 10013
Attention: Richard Simpson
Fax number: (646) 328-2943

with a copy to:

 

Citi Real Estate Funding Inc.

390 Greenwich Street, 5th Floor

New York, New York 10013

Attention: Raul Orozco

Fax number: (347) 394-0898

 

with a copy to:

 

Citi Real Estate Funding Inc.

388 Greenwich Street, 17th Floor

New York, New York 10013

Attention: Ryan M. O’Connor

Fax number: (646) 862-8988

 

with copies by electronic mail to:

 

Richard Simpson at richard.simpson@citi.com

Ryan M. O’Connor at ryan.m.oconnor@citi.com

and, in the case of each Rule 15Ga 1 Notice, cmbs.notice@citi.com

If to Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as Initial Purchaser or Underwriter, to:

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities
1 Columbus Circle
New York, New York 10019
Attention: Lainie Kaye

with copies via email to:

cmbs.requests@db.com

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If to Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, as Initial Purchaser, Underwriter or Loan-Specific Initial Purchaser, to:

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
200 West Street
New York, New York 10282
Attention: Scott Epperson
Email: scott.epperson@gs.com and gs-refgsecuritization@gs.com

with a copies by electronic mail to:

gs-refglegal@gs.com

If to J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as Initial Purchaser or Underwriter, to:

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
383 Madison Avenue, 8^th Floor
New York, New York 10179
Attention: SPG Syndicate
Email: ABS_Synd@jpmorgan.com

with a copy to:

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
4 New York Plaza, 21^st Floor
New York, New York 10004
Attention: SPG Legal
Email: US_CMBS_Notice@jpmorgan.com

 

If to Citigroup Global Markets Inc., as Initial Purchaser or Underwriter, to:

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
390 Greenwich Street, 5th Floor
New York, New York 10013
Attention: Raul Orozco
Facsimile: (347) 394-0898

with a copy to:

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
388 Greenwich Street, 6th Floor
New York, New York 10013
Attention: Richard Simpson
Facsimile: (646) 328-2943

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with a copy to:

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
388 Greenwich Street, 17th Floor
New York, New York 10013
Attention: Ryan O’Connor

with copies by electronic mail to:

richard.simpson@citi.com, and ryan.m.oconnor@citi.com

 

If to AmeriVet Securities, Inc., as an Initial Purchaser or Underwriter, to:

AmeriVet Securities, Inc.

1155 Avenue of the Americas, 14th Floor

New York, NY 10036

Attention: Florian Jaze, Chief Financial Officer

email: Florian.jaze@amerivetsecurities.com

 

If to Drexel Hamilton, LLC, as Initial Purchaser or Underwriter, to:

Drexel Hamilton, LLC

77 Water Street

New York, New York 10005

Attention: Alex Kim

Email: akim@drexelhamilton.com

If to the initial Trust Directing Holder with respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan (other than any Serviced AB Mortgage Loan and any Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan), to:

Eightfold Real Estate Capital, L.P.
545 NW 26th Street, Suite 630
Miami, Florida 33127
Attention: Brian Tageson
E-mail: btageson@eightfoldcapital.com

with a copy to:

Eightfold Real Estate Capital L.P.

545 NW 26th Street, Suite 630

Miami, Florida 33127

Attention: Adnan Charania

E-mail: acharania@eightfoldcapital.com

If to the initial Directing Holder with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan, to:

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ES Ventures Holding, Inc.

c/o Elliott Investment Management L.P.

Phillips Point, East Tower

777 S. Flagler Drive, Suite 1000

West Palm Beach, FL 33401

With a copy to: cmbsnotices@elliottmgmt.com

 

If to Deutsche Bank AG, acting through its New York Branch, as the initial VRR1 Risk Retention Consultation Party, to:

Deutsche Bank AG, acting through its New York Branch
1 Columbus Circle
New York, New York 10019
Attention: Lainie Kaye

with copies via email to:

cmbs.requests@db.com

If to Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company, as the initial VRR2 Risk Retention Consultation Party, to:

 

Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company
200 West Street
New York, New York 10282
Attention: Scott Epperson
Email: scott.epperson@gs.com and gs-refgsecuritization@gs.com

with a copies by electronic mail to:

gs-refglegal@gs.com

If to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as the initial VRR3 Risk Retention Consultation Party, to:

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association
383 Madison Avenue, 8th Floor
New York, New York 10179
Attention: Kunal K. Singh
E-mail: US_CMBS_Notice@jpmorgan.com

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with a copy to:

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association
4 New York Plaza, Floor 21
New York, New York 10004-2413
Attention: SPG Legal
Email: US_CMBS_Notice@jpmorgan.com

If to the 17g-5 Information Provider, electronically to:

17g5informationprovider@computershare.com
(in an electronic format readable and uploadable (that is not locked or corrupted) on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s system, specifically with a subject reference of “Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust” and an identification of the type of information being provided in the body of such electronic mail)

or, in the case of the parties to this Agreement, to such other address as such party shall specify by written notice to the other parties hereto.

Solely to the extent the provisions herein contemplate electronic delivery of information, such information shall be transmitted via electronic mail with a subject reference to include “Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust” (or substantially similar language) (i) in the case of the Depositor, to cmbs.requests@db.com, (ii) in the case of the Trustee, to trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com, (iii) in the case of the Certificate Administrator, to the email address specified on the Certificate Administrator’s Website (and, if no such email address is specified therein, to cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com), (iv) in the case of the Operating Advisor, to cmbs.notices@parkbridgefinancial.com, (v) in the case of the Asset Representations Reviewer, to cmbs.notices@parkbridgefinancial.com, (vi) in the case of the Master Servicer to NoticeAdmin@midlandls.com (and solely with respect to notices under Section 3.14, with a copy to: AskMidland@midlandls.com), (vii) in the case of the General Special Servicer, to lnr.cmbs.notices@lnrproperty.com, (viii) in the case of the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer, to ahundertmark@argenticservices.com, (ix) in the case of German American Capital Corporation, to cmbs.requests@db.com, (x) in the case of Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company, to scott.epperson@gs.com and gs-refgsecuritization@gs.com, and with copies to Structured Finance Legal (REFG) at gs-refglegal@gs.com, (xi) in the case of JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, to US_CMBS_Notice@jpmorgan.com, (xii) in the case of Citi Real Estate Funding Inc., to richard.simpson@citi.com and ryan.m.oconnor@citi.com, and, in the case of each Rule 15Ga-1 Notice, cmbs.notice@citi.com, (xiii) in the case of Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., to cmbs.requests@db.com, (xiv) in the case of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, to scott.epperson@gs.com and gs-refgsecuritization@gs.com, and with copies to Structured Finance Legal (REFG) at gs-refglegal@gs.com, (xv) in the case of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, to ABS_Synd@jpmorgan.com and US_CMBS_Notice@jpmorgan.com, (xvi) in the case of Citigroup Global Markets Inc., to richard.simpson@citi.com and ryan.m.oconnor@citi.com, (xvii) in the case of AmeriVet Securities, Inc., to Florian.jaze@amerivetsecurities.com, (xviii) in the case of Drexel Hamilton, LLC, to akim@drexelhamilton.com, (xix) in the case of Deutsche Bank AG, acting through its New York Branch, as a Risk Retention Consultation Party, to

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CMBS.requests@db.com, (xx) in the case of Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company, as a Risk Retention Consultation Party, to scott.epperson@gs.com and gs-refgsecuritization@gs.com, and with copies to Structured Finance Legal (REFG) at gs-refglegal@gs.com, (xxiii) in the case of JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as a Risk Retention Consultation Party, to US_CMBS_Notice@jpmorgan.com, (xxii) in the case of the 17g-5 Information Provider, to 17g5informationprovider@computershare.com; or, in the case of the parties to this Agreement, to such other electronic mail address as such party shall specify by written notice (which may be electronic) to the other parties hereto.

The obligation of any party to this Agreement to deliver any notices, reports or other information to any Other Depositor, Other Servicer, Other Special Servicer, Other Trustee or Other 17g-5 Information Provider shall be effective in each case only to the extent such party to this Agreement has received notice of the identity and contact information of such Other Depositor, Other Servicer, Other Special Servicer, Other Trustee or Other 17g-5 Information Provider, as applicable. Any such party may conclusively rely on the name and contact information provided by the related Other Depositor, Other Servicer, Other Special Servicer, Other Trustee or Other 17g-5 Information Provider, as applicable, and shall be entitled to assume that the identity and contact information for such Other Depositor, Other Servicer, Other Special Servicer, Other Trustee or Other 17g-5 Information Provider, as applicable has not changed, absent receipt of written notice from such Other Depositor, Other Servicer, Other Special Servicer, Other Trustee or Other 17g-5 Information Provider, or a replacement thereof under the applicable Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, of a change with respect to the identity and contact information for such Other Depositor, Other Servicer, Other Special Servicer, Other Trustee or Other 17g-5 Information Provider, or a replacement thereof under the applicable Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as applicable.

Section 12.06    Severability of Provisions. If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall be for any reason whatsoever held invalid, then, to the extent permitted by applicable law, such covenants, agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement or of the Certificates or the rights of the Holders thereof.

Section 12.07    Notice to the Depositor and Each Rating Agency. (a) The Certificate Administrator shall promptly provide notice, promptly furnish (or make available) to the Depositor, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers, the Directing Holder (if no Consultation Termination Event is continuing), the Trustee the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder (if any) and the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website) with respect to each of the following of which a Responsible Officer of the Certificate Administrator has actual knowledge:

(i)                  any material change or amendment to this Agreement, any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or any Intercreditor Agreement;

(ii)               the occurrence of any Servicer Termination Event that has not been cured;

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(iii)              the merger, consolidation, resignation or termination of the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Trustee; and

(iv)               the repurchase of Mortgage Loans pursuant to Section 2.03(e) of this Agreement.

(b)               The Certificate Administrator shall promptly furnish to the Depositor, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers, the Directing Holder and the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such materials to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website):

(i)                 notice of the final payment to any Class of Certificateholders;

(ii)               notice of any change in the location of the Distribution Accounts, the Interest Reserve Account, the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account or the Pacific Design Center Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account; and

(iii)             each report to Certificateholders described in Section 4.02 and Section 3.13 of this Agreement.

(c)               The Master Servicer (or, in the case of items collected pursuant to Section 3.04 and referenced in clause (i) below, the Special Servicer) shall promptly furnish to the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such materials to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website) and the related Other 17g-5 Information Provider (if any):

(i)                   upon request, a copy of each rent roll and each operating and other financial statement and occupancy reports, to the extent such information is required to be delivered under a Mortgage Loan, in each case to the extent collected pursuant to Section 3.03 of this Agreement or pursuant to Section 3.04 of this Agreement;

(ii)               notice of any change in the location of the Collection Account or any Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account,

(iii)             a copy of any notice with respect to a breach of a representation or warranty with respect to any Mortgage Loan;

(iv)               any event that would result in the voluntary or involuntary termination of any insurance of the accounts of the Master Servicer;

(v)                any change in the lien priority of a Mortgage Loan;

(vi)               any new lease of an anchor or a termination of an anchor lease at a retail Mortgaged Property;

(vii)             any material damage to a Mortgaged Property; and

(viii)            any amendment, modification, consent or waiver to or of any provision of a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan.

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(d)               Any party required to deliver any notice or information pursuant to the terms of this Agreement to the Rating Agencies shall deliver such written notice of the events or information specified in Section 3.14(d) to the Rating Agencies at the address listed below, promptly following the occurrence thereof. The Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, and the Certificate Administrator and Trustee also shall furnish such other information regarding the Trust Fund as may be reasonably requested by the Rating Agencies to the extent such party has or can obtain such information without unreasonable effort or expense; provided that such other information is first provided to the 17g-5 Information Provider in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 3.14(d). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the failure to deliver such notices or copies shall not constitute a Servicer Termination Event, as the case may be, under this Agreement. Any confirmation of the rating by the Rating Agencies required hereunder shall be in writing.

Notices to each Rating Agency shall be addressed as follows:

Fitch Ratings, Inc.
300 West 57th Street
New York, New York 10019
Attention: Commercial Mortgage Surveillance Group
Facsimile No.: (212) 635 0295
E mail: info.cmbs@fitchratings.com

Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
7 World Trade Center
250 Greenwich Street
New York, New York 10041
Attention: Commercial Mortgage Surveillance Group
E-mail: CMBSSurveillance@moodys.com

Kroll Bond Rating Agency, LLC
805 Third Avenue, 29th Floor
New York, New York 10022
Attention: CMBS Surveillance
Email: cmbs.surveillance@kbra.com

Facsimile No.: (646) 731-2395

 

or in each case to such other address as any Rating Agency shall specify by written notice to the parties hereto.

Section 12.08    Amendment. This Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended at any time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee without the consent of any of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owners, or any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders:

(i)                 to cure any ambiguity or to correct any manifest error;

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(ii)                to cause the provisions herein or therein to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus or the Private Placement Memorandum or Loan-Specific Private Placement Memorandum with respect to the Certificates, the RR Interest, the Trust or this Agreement or to correct or supplement any provisions herein or therein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions herein or therein;

(iii)              to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or RR Interest Owner, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment;

(iv)               to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust that would be a claim against the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, RR Interest Owner or Companion Loan Noteholder;

(v)                to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions any provision hereof restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Non-U.S. Tax Person;

(vi)              to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, RR Interest Owner, or any holder of a Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting thereto as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates);

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(vii)             to amend or supplement any provision hereof to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies; provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or RR Interest Owner not consenting thereto as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by confirmation of the applicable Rating Agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates);

(viii)          to modify the provisions of Section 3.06 and Section 3.17 (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing, the Directing Holder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the status of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates);

(ix)              to modify the procedures of this Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders or the RR Interest Owner, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website;

(x)                to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of this Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv); and

(xi)              to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (a) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Risk Retention Rule, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or (b) in the event the Risk Retention Rule or any other regulation applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended

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or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel;

provided that any amendment under this Section 12.08 (a) shall not materially increase the obligations of the Depositor, the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the 17g-5 Information Provider, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer without such party’s consent; and (b) shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or the RR Interest Owner or Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder not consenting thereto, as evidenced in the case of clauses (iii) through (x) above by (1) an Opinion of Counsel or (2) solely in the case of a Certificateholder of a rated Class, receipt of a Rating Agency Confirmation from each applicable Rating Agency. In no event shall any such amendment cause the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a grantor trust.

This Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee with the prior written consent of the RR Interest Owner (if affected by such amendment), the Holders of Certificates representing not less than a majority of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates affected thereby (without regard to Certificates held by the Depositor, any of the Depositor’s Affiliates and/or agents) and each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder affected thereby for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or modifying in any manner the rights of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner or the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders; provided that no such amendment may:

(1)       reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loans which are required to be distributed on any Certificate or the RR Interest, without the consent of the Holders of Certificates representing all of the Percentage Interests of the Class or Classes or the RR Interest Owner, as applicable, affected thereby or which are required to be distributed to any Companion Loan Noteholders without the consent of such Companion Loan Noteholders;

(2)       reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Loan Noteholder or Loan-Specific Certificateholder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Loan Noteholder or Holder of the Loan-Specific Certificates, as applicable;

(3)       adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding;

(4)       change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage

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Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary hereunder, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

(5)       amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates).

Further, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of the Certificateholders or, if applicable, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, may amend this Agreement to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC or the Upper-Tier REMIC as a REMIC or the qualification of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust, or to prevent the imposition of any additional material state or local taxes, at all times that any Certificates are outstanding; provided that such action, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (obtained at the expense of the Trust Fund), is necessary or helpful to maintain such qualification or to prevent the imposition of any such taxes, and would not adversely affect in any material respect the interest of any Certificateholder or if applicable, any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder or (ii) to the extent necessary to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act, Regulation AB, and/or any related regulatory actions and/or interpretations.

If neither the Depositor nor any successor thereto, if any, is in existence, any amendment under this Section 12.08 shall be effective with the consent of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, in writing, and to the extent required by this Section 12.08, the Certificateholders and Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders.

It shall not be necessary for the consent of Certificateholders under this Section 12.08 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof. The method of obtaining such consents and of evidencing the authorization of the execution thereof by Certificateholders and, if applicable, Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, shall be subject to such reasonable regulations as the Trustee may prescribe; provided that such method shall always be by affirmation and in writing.

Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Agreement, no amendment shall be made to this Agreement or any Custodial Agreement unless the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the Trust Fund (and, in the case of any Whole Loan, any such expense shall be allocated in accordance with the expense allocation provision of the related Intercreditor Agreement) confirming that such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Agreement and that all conditions precedent with respect thereto have been satisfied, respectively, hereunder and such amendment will not cause the Lower-Tier

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REMIC, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC or the Upper-Tier REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding, or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a grantor trust, or cause a tax to be imposed on the Trust Fund or any such Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust.

Prior to the execution of any amendment to this Agreement or any Custodial Agreement, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer may request and shall be entitled to rely conclusively upon an Opinion of Counsel and an Officer’s Certificate, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment (or, if such amendment is required to maintain the rating issued by any Rating Agency or requested by the Trustee for any purpose described in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) of the first sentence of this Section 12.08 (which do not modify or otherwise relate solely to the obligations, duties or rights of the Trustee), then at the expense of the Trust Fund (and, in the case of any Whole Loan, any such expense shall be allocated in accordance with the expense allocation provision of the related Intercreditor Agreement)) confirming that the execution of such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Agreement and that all conditions precedent with respect thereto have been satisfied. The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such amendment which affects the Trustee’s, the Certificate Administrator’s, the Operating Advisor’s or the Asset Representations Reviewer’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Agreement.

Notwithstanding any contrary provision contained in this Agreement, no amendment shall be made to this Agreement (i) which adversely affects the rights, including (without limitation) as a third-party beneficiary hereunder, and/or obligations (including, without limitation, in the case of a Mortgage Loan Seller, under the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement) of any Mortgage Loan Seller, Initial Purchaser or Underwriter without the written consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller, Initial Purchaser or Underwriter, as applicable, (ii) which adversely affects (as determined by the applicable Companion Loan Noteholder in good faith) the rights and/or obligations of any Companion Loan Noteholder without the written consent of such Companion Loan Noteholder, or (iii) which adversely affects the rights of the Holders of the Loan-Specific Certificates without the consent of such Holders.

Promptly after the execution of any amendment to this Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall post a copy of the same to the Certificate Administrator’s Website, deliver a copy of the same to the 17g-5 Information Provider who shall post a copy of the same on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement, and, thereafter, the Certificate Administrator shall furnish a written notification of the substance of such amendment to each Certificateholder, the Depositor, the Master Servicer (who shall promptly forward such notification to each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder, Other Depositor, Other Servicer, Other Special Servicer and Other Trustee), the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee, each Mortgage Loan Seller, the Underwriters and the Initial Purchasers.

In addition, within one (1) Business Day following the execution of any amendment to this Agreement, the party requesting such amendment shall deliver (or cause to be delivered)

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such amendment (in EDGAR Compatible Format) to each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder, Other Depositor, Other Servicer, Other Special Servicer and Other Trustee.

Notwithstanding any contrary provision contained in this Agreement, if one but not all of the Notes evidencing a Joint Mortgage Loan is repurchased by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller, this Agreement may be amended by the parties hereto (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment), without the consent of any Certificateholder, to add or modify provisions relating to the applicable Repurchased Note for purposes of the servicing and administration of such Repurchased Note, provided that the amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the Certificateholders, as evidenced by a No Downgrade Confirmation from each Rating Agency (obtained at the expense of the repurchasing Mortgage Loan Seller) with respect to such amendment (or, if no such No Downgrade Confirmation is actually received, by an opinion of counsel to such effect). Prior to the effectiveness of such amendment, if one but not all of the Notes with respect to a Joint Mortgage Loan is repurchased, the terms of Article III shall govern the servicing and administration of such Joint Mortgage Loan.

Section 12.09    Confirmation of Intent. It is the express intent of the parties hereto that the conveyance of the Trust Fund (including the Mortgage Loans) by the Depositor to the Trustee on behalf of Certificateholders as contemplated by this Agreement be treated for all purposes as a sale by the Depositor of the Trust Fund to the Trustee. It is, further, not the intention of the parties that such conveyance be deemed a pledge of the Trust Fund by the Depositor to the Trustee to secure a debt or other obligation of the Depositor. However, if, notwithstanding the intent of the parties, the Trust Fund is held to continue to be property of the Depositor then (a) this Agreement shall also be deemed to be a security agreement under applicable law; (b) the transfer of the Trust Fund provided for herein shall be deemed to be a grant by the Depositor to the Trustee on behalf of Certificateholders of a first priority security interest in, and the Depositor hereby grants to the Trustee a security interest in, all of the Depositor’s right, title and interest in and to, whether now owned or existing or hereafter acquired or arising, the property identified in clauses (i) through (xiv) of the definition of “Trust Fund” and all proceeds thereof; (c) the possession by the Trustee (or the Custodian on its behalf) of Mortgage Notes and such other items of property as constitute instruments, money, negotiable documents or chattel paper shall be deemed to be “possession by the secured party” for purposes of perfecting the security interest pursuant to Section 9-313 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code; and (d) notifications to Persons holding such property, and acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from Persons holding such property, shall be deemed notifications to, or acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from, financial intermediaries, bailees or agents (as applicable) of the Trustee for the purpose of perfecting such security interest under applicable law. The Depositor shall, and upon the request and direction of the Master Servicer, the Trustee shall, to the extent consistent with this Agreement (and at the expense of the Trust Fund (and, in the case of any Whole Loan, such expense shall be allocated in accordance with the expense allocation provision of the related Intercreditor Agreement)), take such actions as may be necessary to ensure that such security interest is a perfected security interest of first priority under applicable law and will be maintained as such throughout the term of this Agreement. It is the intent of the parties that such a security interest would be effective whether any of the Certificates are sold, pledged or assigned.

Section 12.10    No Intended Third-Party Beneficiaries. Except as specified in Section 12.12 of this Agreement, no Person other than a party to this Agreement, any Mortgage

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Loan Seller, any Initial Purchaser, any Underwriter or any Certificateholder shall have any rights with respect to the enforcement of any of the rights or obligations hereunder. Without limiting the foregoing and for the avoidance of doubt, subject to Section 12.12 of this Agreement, the parties to this Agreement specifically state that no Borrower, Manager or other party to a Mortgage Loan is an intended third-party beneficiary of this Agreement.

Section 12.11    Entire Agreement. This Agreement (and, with respect to each Whole Loan, together with the related Intercreditor Agreement) contains the entire agreement and understanding between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements, understanding, inducements and conditions, express or implied, oral or written, of any nature whatsoever with respect to the subject matter hereof. The express terms hereof control and supersedes any course of performance or usage of the trade inconsistent with any of the terms hereof.

Section 12.12    Third Party Beneficiaries. Each of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer acknowledge that (i) each Mortgage Loan Seller and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. are third party beneficiaries with respect to Section 8.05(h) of this Agreement, the obligations of any party to this Agreement to deliver information to the 17g-5 Information Provider hereunder and the obligations of the 17g-5 Information Provider to post information to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website (or make available to the NRSROs the items referenced in Section 3.13(b) and (d)) and the express obligations of any party hereto to deliver documents, notices, information or funds to a Mortgage Loan Seller, (ii) each Mortgage Loan Seller is a third party beneficiary with respect to Section 2.01, Section 2.02, Section 2.03, Section 3.33, Section 8.05, Section 11.01 and Section 12.08 of this Agreement and its rights as a Privileged Person, (iii) each Initial Purchaser and each Underwriter is a third party beneficiary with respect to its rights to receive any notices, documents, certifications and/or information hereunder and its rights under Section 12.08 of this Agreement, (iv) each holder of a Companion Loan and any related Other Depositor is an intended third party beneficiary in respect of the rights afforded it under this Agreement and may directly (or, in the case of a holder of a Companion Loan, the related Other Servicer may) enforce such rights, (v) each of the Serviced Companion Loan Service Providers under the applicable Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement is an intended third party beneficiary under this Agreement with respect to any provision herein expressly relating to compensation, reimbursement or indemnification of such Serviced Companion Loan Service Provider and the provisions regarding the coordination of Advances, (vi) each of the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan Service Providers under the applicable Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement is an intended third party beneficiary under this Agreement with respect to any provisions herein relating to (1) the reimbursement of any nonrecoverable advances made with respect to the applicable Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan by such Persons, (2) the indemnification of each applicable Other Servicer, Other Special Servicer and Other Trustee and certain other parties pursuant to Section 1.04 or any other section of this Agreement against any claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and related costs, judgments and any other costs, liabilities, fees and expenses incurred in connection with the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement and this Agreement that relate solely to its servicing of the related Whole Loan and any related reimbursement provisions, (3) the provisions set forth in Section 4.07 of this Agreement regarding advancing coordination and (4) the provisions set forth in Sections 3.29 and 6.07, as applicable, of this Agreement; and (vii) if one, but not all, of the Notes with respect to any Joint Mortgage Loan is repurchased, the applicable Repurchasing Seller

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the General Special Servicer, the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer have caused their names to be signed hereto by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized all as of the day and year first above written.

	DEUTSCHE MORTGAGE & ASSET
		RECEIVING CORPORATION,
		as Depositor
	By:
		Name:
		Title:
	By:
		Name:
		Title:

	MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION
		OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL
		ASSOCIATION,
		as Master Servicer
	By:
		Name:
		Title:
	LNR PARTNERS, LLC,
		as General Special Servicer
	By:
		Name:
		Title:

 

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	ARGENTIC SERVICES COMPANY LP,
		as Pacific Design Center Special Servicer
	By:
		Name:
		Title:
	Computershare Trust Company,
		N.A.,
		as Trustee, Certificate Administrator, Paying
		Agent and Custodian
	By:
		Name:
		Title:

	PARK BRIDGE LENDER SERVICES LLC,
		as Operating Advisor
	By:		Park Bridge Advisors LLC Its Sole Member
			By:		Park Bridge Financial LLC Its Sole Member
	By:
		Name:
		Title:

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	PARK BRIDGE LENDER SERVICES LLC,
		as Asset Representations Reviewer
	By:		Park Bridge Advisors LLC Its Sole Member
			By:		Park Bridge Financial LLC Its Sole Member
	By:
			Name:
			Title:

 

 

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EXHIBIT A-1

FORM OF CLASS A-1 CERTIFICATE

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]¹

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN THE DEPOSITOR, THE SPONSORS, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICERS, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTIES, THE TRUSTEE, THE DIRECTING HOLDER, THE UNDERWRITERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THE CERTIFICATES NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS ON THIS CERTIFICATE ARE PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.

¹ Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

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BENCHMARK 2023-B38 MORTGAGE TRUST COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, CLASS A-1

Class A-1 Pass-Through Rate:  5.5420%		CUSIP: 081916AA6 ISIN:            US081916AA68
Original Aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class A-1 Certificates: $6,484,000		Initial Certificate Balance of this Certificate: $[__]
First Distribution Date:  May 17, 2023		Cut-off Date: The close of business on the later of the related Due Date of such Mortgage Loan in April 2023 (or, in the case of any Mortgage Loan that has its first Due Date after April 2023, the date that would have been its Due Date in April 2023 under the terms of that Mortgage Loan if a Periodic Payment were scheduled to be due in that month) and the date of origination of such Mortgage Loan
Assumed Final Distribution Date:  December 2027		No.: A-1-[_]

 

This certifies that [              ] is the registered owner of a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, including the distributions to be made with respect to the Class A-1 Certificates. The Trust Fund, described more fully below, consists primarily of a pool of Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan secured by first liens on commercial and multifamily properties and held in trust by the Trustee and serviced by the Master Servicer. The Trust Fund was created, and the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan are to be serviced, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below). The Holder of this Certificate, by virtue of the acceptance hereof, assents to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and is bound thereby.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between the Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer (the “Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Argentic Services Company LP, as special servicer with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan (the “Pacific Design Center Special Servicer”), Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), as custodian and as paying agent, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor (in such capacity, the “Operating Advisor”) and as asset representations reviewer (in such capacity, the “Asset Representations Reviewer”) evidences the issuance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-

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4, Class X-A, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G, Class X-H, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G, Class H, Class S, Class R, Class RR, Class PDC-A1, Class PDC-A2 and Class PDC-HRR Certificates (the “Certificates”; the Holders of Certificates issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are collectively referred to herein as “Certificateholders”) and the creation of the RR Interest. This Certificate is issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit”, as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

The Certificate Administrator makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans and has executed this Certificate in its limited capacity as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In the event that there is any conflict between any provision of this Certificate and any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, such provision of this Certificate shall be superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator, or the Paying Agent on behalf of the Certificate Administrator, will distribute (other than the final distribution on any Certificate), on the fourth Business Day after each Determination Date (each such date, a “Distribution Date”) an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class A-1 Certificates for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. “Determination Date” is defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as the eleventh day of each month, or if such eleventh day is not a Business Day, then the next Business Day, commencing in May 2023. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

During each Interest Accrual Period (as defined below), interest on the Class A-1 Certificates will be calculated based on a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months on the outstanding Certificate Balance hereof.

Interest accrued on this Certificate during an Interest Accrual Period, plus the aggregate unpaid Interest Shortfall with respect to this Certificate, if any, will be payable on the related Distribution Date to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The “Interest Accrual Period” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Each Interest Accrual Period is assumed to consist of 30 days.

All distributions (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) will be made by the Paying Agent to the Persons in whose names the Certificates are registered at the close of

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business on each Record Date, which will be the close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Such distributions shall be made on each Distribution Date other than the Termination Date to each Certificateholder of record on the related Record Date, (i) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Holder at a bank or other entity located in the United States and having appropriate facilities therefor if such Holder shall have provided the Paying Agent with wire instructions in writing at least five Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions), or (ii) otherwise, by check mailed by first-class mail to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register. The final distribution on each Certificate shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the Certificate Administrator or its agent (which may be the Paying Agent or the Certificate Registrar acting as such agent) that is specified in the notice to Holders of such final distribution.

Any funds not distributed on the Termination Date because of the failure of any Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held for the benefit of the appropriate non-tendering Certificateholders. If any Certificates as to which notice of the Termination Date has been given pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice not all of such Certificates shall have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. Subject to applicable state escheatment laws, if within two years after the second notice any such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent shall distribute to the Certificate Administrator all amounts distributable to the Holders thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall thereafter hold such amounts for the benefit of such Holders until the earlier of (i) its termination as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the transfer of such amounts to a successor Certificate Administrator and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund and distribution of such amounts to the Class R Certificateholders. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Any such amounts transferred to the Certificate Administrator may be invested in Permitted Investments and all income and gain realized from investment of such funds shall accrue for its benefit.

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries in respect of the Mortgage Loans, as more specifically set forth herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Fund includes (in each case, to the extent of the Trust Fund’s interest therein and specifically excluding any interest

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of any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder (other than the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, which is an asset of the Trust Fund) therein): (i) such Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as from time to time are subject to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto; (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan due after the Cut-off Date; (iii) the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO Property; (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property; (v) any Assignments of Leases, Rents and Profits and any security agreements related to the Mortgage Loans; (vi) any indemnities or guaranties given as additional security for any Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (vii) a security interest in all assets deposited in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts, and Reserve Accounts; (viii) the Loss of Value Reserve Fund; (ix) the Collection Account, the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Accounts, the Distribution Accounts, any Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Pacific Design Center Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the Trust’s interest in any REO Account, including any amounts on deposit therein, assets credited thereto and any reinvestment income, as applicable; (x) a security interest in any environmental indemnity agreements relating to the Mortgaged Properties; (xi) a security interest in all insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (xii) the rights and remedies under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements relating to document delivery requirements with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the representations and warranties of the related Mortgage Loan Seller regarding its Mortgage Loans (and in the case of GSMC, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan); (xiii) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests; (xiv) the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Regular Interests (xv) the VRR Interest Upper-Tier Regular Interest; and (xvi) the proceeds of the foregoing (other than any interest earned on deposits in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts and any Reserve Accounts, to the extent such interest belongs to the related Borrower). As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals may be made from certain of the above accounts for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders.

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the interests, rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the limitations thereon, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Certificate Administrator.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, this Certificate is transferable or exchangeable only upon surrender of this Certificate to the Certificate Registrar at its offices together with an assignment and transfer (executed by the Holder or his duly authorized attorney), subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of this Certificate, subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall execute and the Authenticating Agent shall duly authenticate in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate denomination as the Certificate being surrendered. Such Certificates shall be delivered by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

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Prior to due presentation of this Certificate for registration of transfer, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent and any agent of any of them may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent or any agent of any of them shall be affected by notice or knowledge to the contrary.

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange referred to in Section 5.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement other than for transfers to Institutional Accredited Investors as provided in Section 5.02(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the transferor shall reimburse the Trust Fund for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended at any time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee without the consent of any of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owners or any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, (i) to cure any ambiguity or to correct any manifest error; (ii) to cause the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus, the Private Placement Memorandum or the Loan-Specific Private Placement Memorandum with respect to the Certificates, the RR Interest, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement; (iii) to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or RR Interest Owner, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment; (iv) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust that would be a claim against the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the

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imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, RR Interest Owner or Companion Loan Noteholder; (v) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Non-U.S. Tax Person; (vi) to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, RR Interest Owner or any holder of a Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting thereto as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (vii) to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies; provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or RR Interest Owner not consenting thereto as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by confirmation of the applicable Rating Agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (viii) to modify the provisions of Section 3.06 and Section 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing, the Directing Holder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the status of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (ix) to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders or the RR Interest Owner, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of

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Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website; (x) to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv); and (xi) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (a) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Risk Retention Rule, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or (b) in the event the Risk Retention Rule or any other regulation applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee with the prior written consent of the RR Interest Owner (if affected by such amendment), Holders of Certificates representing not less than a majority of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates affected thereby (without regard to Certificates held by the Depositor, any of the Depositor’s Affiliates and/or agents) and each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder affected thereby for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or modifying in any manner the rights of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner or the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders; provided that no such amendment may:

(i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loans which are required to be distributed on any Certificate or the RR Interest, without the consent of the Holders of Certificates representing all of the Percentage Interests of the Class or Classes affected thereby or the consent of the RR Interest Owner, as applicable, or which are required to be distributed to any Companion Loan Noteholders without the consent of such Companion Loan Noteholders;

(ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Loan Noteholder or Loan-Specific Certificateholder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Loan Noteholder or Holder of the Loan-Specific Certificates, as applicable;

(iii) adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding;

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(iv) change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary hereunder, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

(v) amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates).

Further, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of the Certificateholders or, if applicable, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, may amend the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC or the Upper-Tier REMIC as a REMIC or the qualification of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust, or to prevent the imposition of any additional material state or local taxes, at all times that any Certificates are outstanding; provided that such action, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (obtained at the expense of the Trust Fund), is necessary or helpful to maintain such qualification or to prevent the imposition of any such taxes, and would not adversely affect in any material respect the interest of any Certificateholder or if applicable, any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder or (ii) to the extent necessary to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act, Regulation AB, and/or any related regulatory actions and/or interpretations.

The Certificateholder owning a majority of the Percentage Interest in the Controlling Class and, if no such Certificateholder exercises such option, the Special Servicer, and if the Special Servicer does not exercise such option, the Master Servicer may effect an early termination of the Trust Fund, upon not less than 30 days’ prior Notice of Termination given to the Trustee, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer any time specifying the Anticipated Termination Date, which shall be on or after the Early Termination Notice Date (defined as any date as of which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan remaining in the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Stated Pool Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as of the Cut-off Date (or for purposes of this calculation, if an ARD Loan is still an asset of the Trust and such right is being exercised after its respective Anticipated Repayment Date, then such Mortgage Loan will be excluded from the aggregate Stated Principal Balance and the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance)) by purchasing on such date all, but not less than all, of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan then included in the Trust Fund, and the Trust’s interest in all

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property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, at a purchase price, payable in cash, equal to the sum of, without duplication:

(A) 100% of the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan included in the Trust as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of principal);

(B) the fair market value of all other property included in the Trust Fund as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date, as determined by an Independent appraiser acceptable to the Master Servicer as of a date not more than 30 days prior to the last day of the month preceding such Distribution Date;

(C) all unpaid interest accrued on the unpaid balance of each Mortgage Loan (including any Mortgage Loan as to which title to the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired) and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan at the Mortgage Rate to the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of interest); and

(D) the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate, and unpaid Servicing Compensation, Special Servicing Compensation, Operating Advisor Fees, Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fees, the CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fees and Trust Fund expenses.

In addition, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that following the date on which the Class X-A Notional Amount, the Class X-D Notional Amount and the aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E Certificates is reduced to zero, the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class S or Class R Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund as contemplated by clause (ii) of Section 9.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by giving written notice to all the parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement no later than 60 days prior to the anticipated date of exchange.

All costs and expenses incurred by any and all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Trust Fund in connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and other assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be borne by the party exercising its purchase rights thereunder. The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any determination made by an Independent appraiser pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

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The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificates and the RR Interest (other than the obligations of the Certificate Administrator to make certain payments and to send certain notices to Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner and the RR Interest Owner as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) shall terminate upon payment (or provision for payment) to the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders of all amounts held by or on behalf of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer, as the case may be, required under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be so paid on the Distribution Date following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and all other property held by the Trust Fund in accordance with Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (ii) the exchange by the Sole Certificateholder of its Certificates for the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan in accordance with Section 9.01(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and (iii) the later of (a) the receipt or collection of the last payment due on any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan included in the Trust Fund, or (b) the liquidation and disposition pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the last asset held by the Trust Fund; provided that in no event shall the trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom, living on the date hereof.

Unless the Certificate of Authentication on this Certificate has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Administrator has caused this Class A-1 Certificate to be duly executed.

Dated: April 21, 2023

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Administrator
By:
	Name:
	Title:

Certificate of Authentication

This is one of the Class A-1 Certificates referred to in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Dated: April 21, 2023

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Authenticating Agent
By:
	Name:
	Title:

 

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EXHIBIT A-2

FORM OF CLASS A-2 CERTIFICATE

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]¹

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN THE DEPOSITOR, THE SPONSORS, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICERS, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTIES, THE TRUSTEE, THE DIRECTING HOLDER, THE UNDERWRITERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THE CERTIFICATES NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS ON THIS CERTIFICATE ARE PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.

¹  Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

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BENCHMARK 2023-B38 MORTGAGE TRUST COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, CLASS A-2

Class A-2 Pass-Through Rate:  5.6260%		CUSIP: 081916AB4 ISIN:            US081916AB42
Original Aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class A-2 Certificates: $201,433,000		Initial Certificate Balance of this Certificate: $[__]
First Distribution Date:  May 17, 2023		Cut-off Date: The close of business on the later of the related Due Date of such Mortgage Loan in April 2023 (or, in the case of any Mortgage Loan that has its first Due Date after April 2023, the date that would have been its Due Date in April 2023 under the terms of that Mortgage Loan if a Periodic Payment were scheduled to be due in that month) and the date of origination of such Mortgage Loan
Assumed Final Distribution Date:  April 2028		No.: A-2-[_]

 

This certifies that [              ] is the registered owner of a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, including the distributions to be made with respect to the Class A-2 Certificates. The Trust Fund, described more fully below, consists primarily of a pool of Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan secured by first liens on commercial and multifamily properties and held in trust by the Trustee and serviced by the Master Servicer. The Trust Fund was created, and the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan are to be serviced, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below). The Holder of this Certificate, by virtue of the acceptance hereof, assents to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and is bound thereby.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between the Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer (the “Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Argentic Services Company LP, as special servicer with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan (the “Pacific Design Center Special Servicer”), Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), as custodian and as paying agent, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor (in such capacity, the “Operating Advisor”) and as asset representations reviewer (in such capacity, the “Asset Representations Reviewer”) evidences the issuance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class X-A, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G, Class X-H, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G, Class H, Class S, Class R, Class RR, Class PDC-A1, Class PDC-A2

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and Class PDC-HRR Certificates (the “Certificates”; the Holders of Certificates issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are collectively referred to herein as “Certificateholders”) and the creation of the RR Interest. This Certificate is issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit”, as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

The Certificate Administrator makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans and has executed this Certificate in its limited capacity as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In the event that there is any conflict between any provision of this Certificate and any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, such provision of this Certificate shall be superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator, or the Paying Agent on behalf of the Certificate Administrator, will distribute (other than the final distribution on any Certificate), on the fourth Business Day after each Determination Date (each such date, a “Distribution Date”) an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class A-2 Certificates for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. “Determination Date” is defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as the eleventh day of each month, or if such eleventh day is not a Business Day, then the next Business Day, commencing in May 2023. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

During each Interest Accrual Period (as defined below), interest on the Class A-2 Certificates will be calculated based on a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months on the outstanding Certificate Balance hereof.

Interest accrued on this Certificate during an Interest Accrual Period, plus the aggregate unpaid Interest Shortfall with respect to this Certificate, if any, will be payable on the related Distribution Date to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The “Interest Accrual Period” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Each Interest Accrual Period is assumed to consist of 30 days.

All distributions (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) will be made by the Paying Agent to the Persons in whose names the Certificates are registered at the close of business on each Record Date, which will be the close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Such

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distributions shall be made on each Distribution Date other than the Termination Date to each Certificateholder of record on the related Record Date, (i) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Holder at a bank or other entity located in the United States and having appropriate facilities therefor if such Holder shall have provided the Paying Agent with wire instructions in writing at least five Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions), or (ii) otherwise, by check mailed by first-class mail to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register. The final distribution on each Certificate shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the Certificate Administrator or its agent (which may be the Paying Agent or the Certificate Registrar acting as such agent) that is specified in the notice to Holders of such final distribution.

Any funds not distributed on the Termination Date because of the failure of any Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held for the benefit of the appropriate non-tendering Certificateholders. If any Certificates as to which notice of the Termination Date has been given pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice not all of such Certificates shall have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. Subject to applicable state escheatment laws, if within two years after the second notice any such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent shall distribute to the Certificate Administrator all amounts distributable to the Holders thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall thereafter hold such amounts for the benefit of such Holders until the earlier of (i) its termination as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the transfer of such amounts to a successor Certificate Administrator and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund and distribution of such amounts to the Class R Certificateholders. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Any such amounts transferred to the Certificate Administrator may be invested in Permitted Investments and all income and gain realized from investment of such funds shall accrue for its benefit.

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries in respect of the Mortgage Loans, as more specifically set forth herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Fund includes (in each case, to the extent of the Trust Fund’s interest therein and specifically excluding any interest of any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder (other than the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, which is an asset of the Trust Fund) therein): (i) such Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as from time to time are subject to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,

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together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto; (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan due after the Cut-off Date; (iii) the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO Property; (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property; (v) any Assignments of Leases, Rents and Profits and any security agreements related to the Mortgage Loans; (vi) any indemnities or guaranties given as additional security for any Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (vii) a security interest in all assets deposited in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts, and Reserve Accounts; (viii) the Loss of Value Reserve Fund; (ix) the Collection Account, the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Accounts, the Distribution Accounts, any Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Pacific Design Center Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the Trust’s interest in any REO Account, including any amounts on deposit therein, assets credited thereto and any reinvestment income, as applicable; (x) a security interest in any environmental indemnity agreements relating to the Mortgaged Properties; (xi) a security interest in all insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (xii) the rights and remedies under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements relating to document delivery requirements with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the representations and warranties of the related Mortgage Loan Seller regarding its Mortgage Loans (and in the case of GSMC, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan); (xiii) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests; (xiv) the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Regular Interests (xv) the VRR Interest Upper-Tier Regular Interest; and (xvi) the proceeds of the foregoing (other than any interest earned on deposits in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts and any Reserve Accounts, to the extent such interest belongs to the related Borrower). As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals may be made from certain of the above accounts for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders.

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the interests, rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the limitations thereon, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Certificate Administrator.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, this Certificate is transferable or exchangeable only upon surrender of this Certificate to the Certificate Registrar at its offices together with an assignment and transfer (executed by the Holder or his duly authorized attorney), subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of this Certificate, subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall execute and the Authenticating Agent shall duly authenticate in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate denomination as the Certificate being surrendered. Such Certificates shall be delivered by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Prior to due presentation of this Certificate for registration of transfer, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent and any agent of any of them may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the

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Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent or any agent of any of them shall be affected by notice or knowledge to the contrary.

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange referred to in Section 5.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement other than for transfers to Institutional Accredited Investors as provided in Section 5.02(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the transferor shall reimburse the Trust Fund for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended at any time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee without the consent of any of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owners or any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, (i) to cure any ambiguity or to correct any manifest error; (ii) to cause the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus, the Private Placement Memorandum or the Loan-Specific Private Placement Memorandum with respect to the Certificates, the RR Interest, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement; (iii) to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or RR Interest Owner, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment; (iv) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust that would be a claim against the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, RR Interest Owner or Companion Loan Noteholder; (v) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by

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a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Non-U.S. Tax Person; (vi) to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, RR Interest Owner or any holder of a Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting thereto as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (vii) to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies; provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or RR Interest Owner not consenting thereto as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by confirmation of the applicable Rating Agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (viii) to modify the provisions of Section 3.06 and Section 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing, the Directing Holder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the status of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (ix) to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders or the RR Interest Owner, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website; (x) to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the

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extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv); and (xi) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (a) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Risk Retention Rule, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or (b) in the event the Risk Retention Rule or any other regulation applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee with the prior written consent of the RR Interest Owner (if affected by such amendment), Holders of Certificates representing not less than a majority of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates affected thereby (without regard to Certificates held by the Depositor, any of the Depositor’s Affiliates and/or agents) and each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder affected thereby for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or modifying in any manner the rights of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner or the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders; provided that no such amendment may:

(i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loans which are required to be distributed on any Certificate or the RR Interest, without the consent of the Holders of Certificates representing all of the Percentage Interests of the Class or Classes affected thereby or the consent of the RR Interest Owner, as applicable, or which are required to be distributed to any Companion Loan Noteholders without the consent of such Companion Loan Noteholders;

(ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Loan Noteholder or Loan-Specific Certificateholder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Loan Noteholder or Holder of the Loan-Specific Certificates, as applicable;

(iii) adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding;

(iv) change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary hereunder, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

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(v) amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates).

Further, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of the Certificateholders or, if applicable, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, may amend the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC or the Upper-Tier REMIC as a REMIC or the qualification of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust, or to prevent the imposition of any additional material state or local taxes, at all times that any Certificates are outstanding; provided that such action, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (obtained at the expense of the Trust Fund), is necessary or helpful to maintain such qualification or to prevent the imposition of any such taxes, and would not adversely affect in any material respect the interest of any Certificateholder or if applicable, any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder or (ii) to the extent necessary to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act, Regulation AB, and/or any related regulatory actions and/or interpretations.

The Certificateholder owning a majority of the Percentage Interest in the Controlling Class and, if no such Certificateholder exercises such option, the Special Servicer, and if the Special Servicer does not exercise such option, the Master Servicer may effect an early termination of the Trust Fund, upon not less than 30 days’ prior Notice of Termination given to the Trustee, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer any time specifying the Anticipated Termination Date, which shall be on or after the Early Termination Notice Date (defined as any date as of which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan remaining in the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Stated Pool Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as of the Cut-off Date (or for purposes of this calculation, if an ARD Loan is still an asset of the Trust and such right is being exercised after its respective Anticipated Repayment Date, then such Mortgage Loan will be excluded from the aggregate Stated Principal Balance and the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance)) by purchasing on such date all, but not less than all, of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan then included in the Trust Fund, and the Trust’s interest in all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, at a purchase price, payable in cash, equal to the sum of, without duplication:

(A) 100% of the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan included in the Trust as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of principal);

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(B) the fair market value of all other property included in the Trust Fund as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date, as determined by an Independent appraiser acceptable to the Master Servicer as of a date not more than 30 days prior to the last day of the month preceding such Distribution Date;

(C) all unpaid interest accrued on the unpaid balance of each Mortgage Loan (including any Mortgage Loan as to which title to the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired) and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan at the Mortgage Rate to the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of interest); and

(D) the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate, and unpaid Servicing Compensation, Special Servicing Compensation, Operating Advisor Fees, Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fees, the CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fees and Trust Fund expenses.

In addition, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that following the date on which the Class X-A Notional Amount, the Class X-D Notional Amount and the aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E Certificates is reduced to zero, the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class S or Class R Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund as contemplated by clause (ii) of Section 9.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by giving written notice to all the parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement no later than 60 days prior to the anticipated date of exchange.

All costs and expenses incurred by any and all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Trust Fund in connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and other assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be borne by the party exercising its purchase rights thereunder. The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any determination made by an Independent appraiser pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificates and the RR Interest (other than the obligations of the Certificate Administrator to make certain payments and to send certain notices to Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) shall terminate upon payment (or provision for payment) to the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders of all amounts held by or on behalf of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer, as the case may be, required under the Pooling

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and Servicing Agreement to be so paid on the Distribution Date following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and all other property held by the Trust Fund in accordance with Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (ii) the exchange by the Sole Certificateholder of its Certificates for the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan in accordance with Section 9.01(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and (iii) the later of (a) the receipt or collection of the last payment due on any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan included in the Trust Fund, or (b) the liquidation and disposition pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the last asset held by the Trust Fund; provided that in no event shall the trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom, living on the date hereof.

Unless the Certificate of Authentication on this Certificate has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Administrator has caused this Class A-2 Certificate to be duly executed.

Dated: April 21, 2023

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Administrator
By:
	Name:
	Title:

Certificate of Authentication

This is one of the Class A-2 Certificates referred to in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Dated: April 21, 2023

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Authenticating Agent
By:
	Name:
	Title:

 

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EXHIBIT A-3

FORM OF CLASS A-3 CERTIFICATE

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]¹

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN THE DEPOSITOR, THE SPONSORS, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICERS, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTIES, THE TRUSTEE, THE DIRECTING HOLDER, THE UNDERWRITERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THE CERTIFICATES NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS ON THIS CERTIFICATE ARE PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.

¹ Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement

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BENCHMARK 2023-B38 MORTGAGE TRUST COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, CLASS A-3

Class A-3 Pass-Through Rate: 5.7930%		CUSIP: 081916AC2 ISIN:            US081916AC25
Original Aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class A-3 Certificates: $50,784,000		Initial Certificate Balance of this Certificate: $[__]
First Distribution Date: May 17, 2023		Cut-off Date: The close of business on the later of the related Due Date of such Mortgage Loan in April 2023 (or, in the case of any Mortgage Loan that has its first Due Date after April 2023, the date that would have been its Due Date in April 2023 under the terms of that Mortgage Loan if a Periodic Payment were scheduled to be due in that month) and the date of origination of such Mortgage Loan
Assumed Final Distribution Date:  April 2030		No.: A-3-[_]

This certifies that [              ] is the registered owner of a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, including the distributions to be made with respect to the Class A-3 Certificates. The Trust Fund, described more fully below, consists primarily of a pool of Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan secured by first liens on commercial and multifamily properties and held in trust by the Trustee and serviced by the Master Servicer. The Trust Fund was created, and the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan are to be serviced, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below). The Holder of this Certificate, by virtue of the acceptance hereof, assents to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and is bound thereby.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between the Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer (the “Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Argentic Services Company LP, as special servicer with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan (the “Pacific Design Center Special Servicer”), Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), as custodian and as paying agent, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor (in such capacity, the “Operating Advisor”) and as asset representations reviewer (in such capacity, the “Asset Representations Reviewer”) evidences the issuance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class X-A, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G, Class X-H, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G, Class H, Class S, Class R, Class RR, Class PDC-A1, Class PDC-A2 and Class PDC-HRR Certificates (the “Certificates”; the Holders of Certificates issued under the

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Pooling and Servicing Agreement are collectively referred to herein as “Certificateholders”) and the creation of the RR Interest. This Certificate is issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit”, as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

The Certificate Administrator makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans and has executed this Certificate in its limited capacity as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In the event that there is any conflict between any provision of this Certificate and any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, such provision of this Certificate shall be superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator, or the Paying Agent on behalf of the Certificate Administrator, will distribute (other than the final distribution on any Certificate), on the fourth Business Day after each Determination Date (each such date, a “Distribution Date”) an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class A-3 Certificates for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. “Determination Date” is defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as the eleventh day of each month, or if such eleventh day is not a Business Day, then the next Business Day, commencing in May 2023. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

During each Interest Accrual Period (as defined below), interest on the Class A-3 Certificates will be calculated based on a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months on the outstanding Certificate Balance hereof.

Interest accrued on this Certificate during an Interest Accrual Period, plus the aggregate unpaid Interest Shortfall with respect to this Certificate, if any, will be payable on the related Distribution Date to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The “Interest Accrual Period” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Each Interest Accrual Period is assumed to consist of 30 days.

All distributions (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) will be made by the Paying Agent to the Persons in whose names the Certificates are registered at the close of business on each Record Date, which will be the close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Such distributions shall be made on each Distribution Date other than the Termination Date to each

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Certificateholder of record on the related Record Date, (i) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Holder at a bank or other entity located in the United States and having appropriate facilities therefor if such Holder shall have provided the Paying Agent with wire instructions in writing at least five Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions), or (ii) otherwise, by check mailed by first-class mail to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register. The final distribution on each Certificate shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the Certificate Administrator or its agent (which may be the Paying Agent or the Certificate Registrar acting as such agent) that is specified in the notice to Holders of such final distribution.

Any funds not distributed on the Termination Date because of the failure of any Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held for the benefit of the appropriate non-tendering Certificateholders. If any Certificates as to which notice of the Termination Date has been given pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice not all of such Certificates shall have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. Subject to applicable state escheatment laws, if within two years after the second notice any such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent shall distribute to the Certificate Administrator all amounts distributable to the Holders thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall thereafter hold such amounts for the benefit of such Holders until the earlier of (i) its termination as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the transfer of such amounts to a successor Certificate Administrator and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund and distribution of such amounts to the Class R Certificateholders. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Any such amounts transferred to the Certificate Administrator may be invested in Permitted Investments and all income and gain realized from investment of such funds shall accrue for its benefit.

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries in respect of the Mortgage Loans, as more specifically set forth herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Fund includes (in each case, to the extent of the Trust Fund’s interest therein and specifically excluding any interest of any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder (other than the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, which is an asset of the Trust Fund) therein): (i) such Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as from time to time are subject to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto; (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on

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or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan due after the Cut-off Date; (iii) the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO Property; (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property; (v) any Assignments of Leases, Rents and Profits and any security agreements related to the Mortgage Loans; (vi) any indemnities or guaranties given as additional security for any Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (vii) a security interest in all assets deposited in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts, and Reserve Accounts; (viii) the Loss of Value Reserve Fund; (ix) the Collection Account, the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Accounts, the Distribution Accounts, any Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Pacific Design Center Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the Trust’s interest in any REO Account, including any amounts on deposit therein, assets credited thereto and any reinvestment income, as applicable; (x) a security interest in any environmental indemnity agreements relating to the Mortgaged Properties; (xi) a security interest in all insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (xii) the rights and remedies under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements relating to document delivery requirements with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the representations and warranties of the related Mortgage Loan Seller regarding its Mortgage Loans (and in the case of GSMC, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan); (xiii) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests; (xiv) the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Regular Interests (xv) the VRR Interest Upper-Tier Regular Interest; and (xvi) the proceeds of the foregoing (other than any interest earned on deposits in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts and any Reserve Accounts, to the extent such interest belongs to the related Borrower). As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals may be made from certain of the above accounts for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders.

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the interests, rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the limitations thereon, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Certificate Administrator.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, this Certificate is transferable or exchangeable only upon surrender of this Certificate to the Certificate Registrar at its offices together with an assignment and transfer (executed by the Holder or his duly authorized attorney), subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of this Certificate, subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall execute and the Authenticating Agent shall duly authenticate in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate denomination as the Certificate being surrendered. Such Certificates shall be delivered by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Prior to due presentation of this Certificate for registration of transfer, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent and any agent of any of them may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the

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Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent or any agent of any of them shall be affected by notice or knowledge to the contrary.

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange referred to in Section 5.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement other than for transfers to Institutional Accredited Investors as provided in Section 5.02(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the transferor shall reimburse the Trust Fund for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended at any time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee without the consent of any of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owners or any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, (i) to cure any ambiguity or to correct any manifest error; (ii) to cause the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus, the Private Placement Memorandum or the Loan-Specific Private Placement Memorandum with respect to the Certificates, the RR Interest, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement; (iii) to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or RR Interest Owner, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment; (iv) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust that would be a claim against the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, RR Interest Owner or Companion Loan Noteholder; (v) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by

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a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Non-U.S. Tax Person; (vi) to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, RR Interest Owner or any holder of a Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting thereto as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (vii) to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies; provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or RR Interest Owner not consenting thereto as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by confirmation of the applicable Rating Agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (viii) to modify the provisions of Section 3.06 and Section 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing, the Directing Holder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the status of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (ix) to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders or the RR Interest Owner, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website; (x) to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the

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extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv); and (xi) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (a) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Risk Retention Rule, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or (b) in the event the Risk Retention Rule or any other regulation applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee with the prior written consent of the RR Interest Owner (if affected by such amendment), Holders of Certificates representing not less than a majority of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates affected thereby (without regard to Certificates held by the Depositor, any of the Depositor’s Affiliates and/or agents) and each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder affected thereby for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or modifying in any manner the rights of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner or the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders; provided that no such amendment may:

(i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loans which are required to be distributed on any Certificate or the RR Interest, without the consent of the Holders of Certificates representing all of the Percentage Interests of the Class or Classes affected thereby or the consent of the RR Interest Owner, as applicable, or which are required to be distributed to any Companion Loan Noteholders without the consent of such Companion Loan Noteholders;

(ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Loan Noteholder or Loan-Specific Certificateholder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Loan Noteholder or Holder of the Loan-Specific Certificates, as applicable;

(iii) adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding;

(iv) change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary hereunder, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

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(v) amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates).

Further, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of the Certificateholders or, if applicable, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, may amend the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC or the Upper-Tier REMIC as a REMIC or the qualification of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust, or to prevent the imposition of any additional material state or local taxes, at all times that any Certificates are outstanding; provided that such action, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (obtained at the expense of the Trust Fund), is necessary or helpful to maintain such qualification or to prevent the imposition of any such taxes, and would not adversely affect in any material respect the interest of any Certificateholder or if applicable, any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder or (ii) to the extent necessary to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act, Regulation AB, and/or any related regulatory actions and/or interpretations.

The Certificateholder owning a majority of the Percentage Interest in the Controlling Class and, if no such Certificateholder exercises such option, the Special Servicer, and if the Special Servicer does not exercise such option, the Master Servicer may effect an early termination of the Trust Fund, upon not less than 30 days’ prior Notice of Termination given to the Trustee, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer any time specifying the Anticipated Termination Date, which shall be on or after the Early Termination Notice Date (defined as any date as of which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan remaining in the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Stated Pool Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as of the Cut-off Date (or for purposes of this calculation, if an ARD Loan is still an asset of the Trust and such right is being exercised after its respective Anticipated Repayment Date, then such Mortgage Loan will be excluded from the aggregate Stated Principal Balance and the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance)) by purchasing on such date all, but not less than all, of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan then included in the Trust Fund, and the Trust’s interest in all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, at a purchase price, payable in cash, equal to the sum of, without duplication:

(A) 100% of the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan included in the Trust as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of principal);

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(B) the fair market value of all other property included in the Trust Fund as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date, as determined by an Independent appraiser acceptable to the Master Servicer as of a date not more than 30 days prior to the last day of the month preceding such Distribution Date;

(C) all unpaid interest accrued on the unpaid balance of each Mortgage Loan (including any Mortgage Loan as to which title to the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired) and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan at the Mortgage Rate to the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of interest); and

(D) the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate, and unpaid Servicing Compensation, Special Servicing Compensation, Operating Advisor Fees, Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fees, the CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fees and Trust Fund expenses.

In addition, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that following the date on which the Class X-A Notional Amount, the Class X-D Notional Amount and the aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E Certificates is reduced to zero, the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class S or Class R Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund as contemplated by clause (ii) of Section 9.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by giving written notice to all the parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement no later than 60 days prior to the anticipated date of exchange.

All costs and expenses incurred by any and all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Trust Fund in connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and other assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be borne by the party exercising its purchase rights thereunder. The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any determination made by an Independent appraiser pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificates and the RR Interest (other than the obligations of the Certificate Administrator to make certain payments and to send certain notices to Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) shall terminate upon payment (or provision for payment) to the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders of all amounts held by or on behalf of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer, as the case may be, required under the Pooling

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and Servicing Agreement to be so paid on the Distribution Date following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and all other property held by the Trust Fund in accordance with Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (ii) the exchange by the Sole Certificateholder of its Certificates for the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan in accordance with Section 9.01(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and (iii) the later of (a) the receipt or collection of the last payment due on any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan included in the Trust Fund, or (b) the liquidation and disposition pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the last asset held by the Trust Fund; provided that in no event shall the trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom, living on the date hereof.

Unless the Certificate of Authentication on this Certificate has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Administrator has caused this Class A-3 Certificate to be duly executed.

Dated: April 21, 2023

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Administrator
By:
	Name:
	Title:

Certificate of Authentication

This is one of the Class A-3 Certificates referred to in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Dated: April 21, 2023

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Authenticating Agent
By:
	Name:
	Title:

 

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EXHIBIT A-4

FORM OF CLASS A-SB CERTIFICATE

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]¹

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN THE DEPOSITOR, THE SPONSORS, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICERS, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTIES, THE TRUSTEE, THE DIRECTING HOLDER, THE UNDERWRITERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THE CERTIFICATES NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS ON THIS CERTIFICATE ARE PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.

¹ Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement

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BENCHMARK 2023-B38 MORTGAGE TRUST COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, CLASS A-SB

Class A-SB Pass-Through Rate: A per annum rate equal to the lesser of (i) the WAC Rate and (ii) 5.8349%		CUSIP: 081916AD0 ISIN:            US081916AD08
Original Aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class A-SB Certificates: $4,164,000		Initial Certificate Balance of this Certificate: $[__]
First Distribution Date: May 17, 2023		Cut-off Date: The close of business on the later of the related Due Date of such Mortgage Loan in April 2023 (or, in the case of any Mortgage Loan that has its first Due Date after April 2023, the date that would have been its Due Date in April 2023 under the terms of that Mortgage Loan if a Periodic Payment were scheduled to be due in that month) and the date of origination of such Mortgage Loan
Assumed Final Distribution Date: July 2032		No.: A-SB-[_]

 

This certifies that [              ] is the registered owner of a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, including the distributions to be made with respect to the Class A-SB Certificates. The Trust Fund, described more fully below, consists primarily of a pool of Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan secured by first liens on commercial and multifamily properties and held in trust by the Trustee and serviced by the Master Servicer. The Trust Fund was created, and the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan are to be serviced, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below). The Holder of this Certificate, by virtue of the acceptance hereof, assents to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and is bound thereby.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between the Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer (the “Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Argentic Services Company LP, as special servicer with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan (the “Pacific Design Center Special Servicer”), Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), as custodian and as paying agent, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor (in such capacity, the “Operating Advisor”) and as asset representations reviewer (in such capacity, the “Asset Representations Reviewer”) evidences the issuance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class X-A, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G, Class X-H, Class

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D, Class E, Class F, Class G, Class H, Class S, Class R, Class RR, Class PDC-A1, Class PDC-A2 and Class PDC-HRR Certificates (the “Certificates”; the Holders of Certificates issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are collectively referred to herein as “Certificateholders”) and the creation of the RR Interest. This Certificate is issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit”, as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

The Certificate Administrator makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans and has executed this Certificate in its limited capacity as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In the event that there is any conflict between any provision of this Certificate and any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, such provision of this Certificate shall be superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator, or the Paying Agent on behalf of the Certificate Administrator, will distribute (other than the final distribution on any Certificate), on the fourth Business Day after each Determination Date (each such date, a “Distribution Date”) an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class A-SB Certificates for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. “Determination Date” is defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as the eleventh day of each month, or if such eleventh day is not a Business Day, then the next Business Day, commencing in May 2023. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

During each Interest Accrual Period (as defined below), interest on the Class A-SB Certificates will be calculated based on a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months on the outstanding Certificate Balance hereof.

Interest accrued on this Certificate during an Interest Accrual Period, plus the aggregate unpaid Interest Shortfall with respect to this Certificate, if any, will be payable on the related Distribution Date to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The “Interest Accrual Period” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Each Interest Accrual Period is assumed to consist of 30 days.

All distributions (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) will be made by the Paying Agent to the Persons in whose names the Certificates are registered at the close of business on each Record Date, which will be the close of business on the last Business Day of the

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calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Such distributions shall be made on each Distribution Date other than the Termination Date to each Certificateholder of record on the related Record Date, (i) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Holder at a bank or other entity located in the United States and having appropriate facilities therefor if such Holder shall have provided the Paying Agent with wire instructions in writing at least five Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions), or (ii) otherwise, by check mailed by first-class mail to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register. The final distribution on each Certificate shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the Certificate Administrator or its agent (which may be the Paying Agent or the Certificate Registrar acting as such agent) that is specified in the notice to Holders of such final distribution.

Any funds not distributed on the Termination Date because of the failure of any Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held for the benefit of the appropriate non-tendering Certificateholders. If any Certificates as to which notice of the Termination Date has been given pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice not all of such Certificates shall have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. Subject to applicable state escheatment laws, if within two years after the second notice any such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent shall distribute to the Certificate Administrator all amounts distributable to the Holders thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall thereafter hold such amounts for the benefit of such Holders until the earlier of (i) its termination as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the transfer of such amounts to a successor Certificate Administrator and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund and distribution of such amounts to the Class R Certificateholders. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Any such amounts transferred to the Certificate Administrator may be invested in Permitted Investments and all income and gain realized from investment of such funds shall accrue for its benefit.

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries in respect of the Mortgage Loans, as more specifically set forth herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Fund includes (in each case, to the extent of the Trust Fund’s interest therein and specifically excluding any interest of any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder (other than the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, which is an asset of the Trust Fund) therein): (i) such Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate

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Companion Loan as from time to time are subject to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto; (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan due after the Cut-off Date; (iii) the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO Property; (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property; (v) any Assignments of Leases, Rents and Profits and any security agreements related to the Mortgage Loans; (vi) any indemnities or guaranties given as additional security for any Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (vii) a security interest in all assets deposited in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts, and Reserve Accounts; (viii) the Loss of Value Reserve Fund; (ix) the Collection Account, the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Accounts, the Distribution Accounts, any Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Pacific Design Center Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the Trust’s interest in any REO Account, including any amounts on deposit therein, assets credited thereto and any reinvestment income, as applicable; (x) a security interest in any environmental indemnity agreements relating to the Mortgaged Properties; (xi) a security interest in all insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (xii) the rights and remedies under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements relating to document delivery requirements with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the representations and warranties of the related Mortgage Loan Seller regarding its Mortgage Loans (and in the case of GSMC, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan); (xiii) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests; (xiv) the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Regular Interests (xv) the VRR Interest Upper-Tier Regular Interest; and (xvi) the proceeds of the foregoing (other than any interest earned on deposits in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts and any Reserve Accounts, to the extent such interest belongs to the related Borrower). As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals may be made from certain of the above accounts for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders.

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the interests, rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the limitations thereon, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Certificate Administrator.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, this Certificate is transferable or exchangeable only upon surrender of this Certificate to the Certificate Registrar at its offices together with an assignment and transfer (executed by the Holder or his duly authorized attorney), subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of this Certificate, subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall execute and the Authenticating Agent shall duly authenticate in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate denomination as the Certificate being surrendered. Such Certificates shall be delivered by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Prior to due presentation of this Certificate for registration of transfer, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent and any agent of any of them may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is

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registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent or any agent of any of them shall be affected by notice or knowledge to the contrary.

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange referred to in Section 5.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement other than for transfers to Institutional Accredited Investors as provided in Section 5.02(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the transferor shall reimburse the Trust Fund for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended at any time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee without the consent of any of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owners or any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, (i) to cure any ambiguity or to correct any manifest error; (ii) to cause the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus, the Private Placement Memorandum or the Loan-Specific Private Placement Memorandum with respect to the Certificates, the RR Interest, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement; (iii) to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or RR Interest Owner, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment; (iv) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust that would be a claim against the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, RR Interest Owner or Companion Loan Noteholder; (v) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC

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or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Non-U.S. Tax Person; (vi) to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, RR Interest Owner or any holder of a Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting thereto as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (vii) to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies; provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or RR Interest Owner not consenting thereto as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by confirmation of the applicable Rating Agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (viii) to modify the provisions of Section 3.06 and Section 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing, the Directing Holder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the status of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (ix) to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders or the RR Interest Owner, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website; (x) to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would

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be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv); and (xi) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (a) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Risk Retention Rule, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or (b) in the event the Risk Retention Rule or any other regulation applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee with the prior written consent of the RR Interest Owner (if affected by such amendment), Holders of Certificates representing not less than a majority of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates affected thereby (without regard to Certificates held by the Depositor, any of the Depositor’s Affiliates and/or agents) and each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder affected thereby for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or modifying in any manner the rights of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner or the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders; provided that no such amendment may:

(i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loans which are required to be distributed on any Certificate or the RR Interest, without the consent of the Holders of Certificates representing all of the Percentage Interests of the Class or Classes affected thereby or the consent of the RR Interest Owner, as applicable, or which are required to be distributed to any Companion Loan Noteholders without the consent of such Companion Loan Noteholders;

(ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Loan Noteholder or Loan-Specific Certificateholder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Loan Noteholder or Holder of the Loan-Specific Certificates, as applicable;

(iii) adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding;

(iv) change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary hereunder, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

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(v) amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates).

Further, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of the Certificateholders or, if applicable, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, may amend the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC or the Upper-Tier REMIC as a REMIC or the qualification of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust, or to prevent the imposition of any additional material state or local taxes, at all times that any Certificates are outstanding; provided that such action, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (obtained at the expense of the Trust Fund), is necessary or helpful to maintain such qualification or to prevent the imposition of any such taxes, and would not adversely affect in any material respect the interest of any Certificateholder or if applicable, any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder or (ii) to the extent necessary to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act, Regulation AB, and/or any related regulatory actions and/or interpretations.

The Certificateholder owning a majority of the Percentage Interest in the Controlling Class and, if no such Certificateholder exercises such option, the Special Servicer, and if the Special Servicer does not exercise such option, the Master Servicer may effect an early termination of the Trust Fund, upon not less than 30 days’ prior Notice of Termination given to the Trustee, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer any time specifying the Anticipated Termination Date, which shall be on or after the Early Termination Notice Date (defined as any date as of which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan remaining in the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Stated Pool Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as of the Cut-off Date (or for purposes of this calculation, if an ARD Loan is still an asset of the Trust and such right is being exercised after its respective Anticipated Repayment Date, then such Mortgage Loan will be excluded from the aggregate Stated Principal Balance and the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance)) by purchasing on such date all, but not less than all, of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan then included in the Trust Fund, and the Trust’s interest in all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, at a purchase price, payable in cash, equal to the sum of, without duplication:

(A) 100% of the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan included in the Trust as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of principal);

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(B) the fair market value of all other property included in the Trust Fund as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date, as determined by an Independent appraiser acceptable to the Master Servicer as of a date not more than 30 days prior to the last day of the month preceding such Distribution Date;

(C) all unpaid interest accrued on the unpaid balance of each Mortgage Loan (including any Mortgage Loan as to which title to the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired) and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan at the Mortgage Rate to the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of interest); and

(D) the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate, and unpaid Servicing Compensation, Special Servicing Compensation, Operating Advisor Fees, Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fees, the CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fees and Trust Fund expenses.

In addition, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that following the date on which the Class X-A Notional Amount, the Class X-D Notional Amount and the aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E Certificates is reduced to zero, the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class S or Class R Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund as contemplated by clause (ii) of Section 9.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by giving written notice to all the parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement no later than 60 days prior to the anticipated date of exchange.

All costs and expenses incurred by any and all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Trust Fund in connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and other assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be borne by the party exercising its purchase rights thereunder. The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any determination made by an Independent appraiser pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificates and the RR Interest (other than the obligations of the Certificate Administrator to make certain payments and to send certain notices to Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) shall terminate upon payment (or provision for payment) to the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders of all amounts held by or on behalf of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer, as the case may be, required under the Pooling

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and Servicing Agreement to be so paid on the Distribution Date following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and all other property held by the Trust Fund in accordance with Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (ii) the exchange by the Sole Certificateholder of its Certificates for the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan in accordance with Section 9.01(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and (iii) the later of (a) the receipt or collection of the last payment due on any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan included in the Trust Fund, or (b) the liquidation and disposition pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the last asset held by the Trust Fund; provided that in no event shall the trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom, living on the date hereof.

Unless the Certificate of Authentication on this Certificate has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Administrator has caused this Class A-SB Certificate to be duly executed.

Dated: April 21, 2023

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Administrator
By:
	Name:
	Title:

Certificate of Authentication

This is one of the Class A-SB Certificates referred to in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Dated: April 21, 2023

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Authenticating Agent
By:
	Name:
	Title:

 

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EXHIBIT A-5

FORM OF CLASS A-4 CERTIFICATE

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]¹

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN THE DEPOSITOR, THE SPONSORS, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICERS, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTIES, THE TRUSTEE, THE DIRECTING HOLDER, THE UNDERWRITERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THE CERTIFICATES NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS ON THIS CERTIFICATE ARE PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.

¹ Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 

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BENCHMARK 2023-B38 MORTGAGE TRUST COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, CLASS A-4

Class A-4 Pass-Through Rate:  5.5246%		CUSIP: 081916AE8 ISIN:            US081916AE80
Original Aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class A-4 Certificates: $173,967,000		Initial Certificate Balance of this Certificate: $[__]
First Distribution Date:  May 17, 2023		Cut-off Date: The close of business on the later of the related Due Date of such Mortgage Loan in April 2023 (or, in the case of any Mortgage Loan that has its first Due Date after April 2023, the date that would have been its Due Date in April 2023 under the terms of that Mortgage Loan if a Periodic Payment were scheduled to be due in that month) and the date of origination of such Mortgage Loan
Assumed Final Distribution Date:  February 2033		No.: A-4-[_]

 

This certifies that [              ] is the registered owner of a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, including the distributions to be made with respect to the Class A-4 Certificates. The Trust Fund, described more fully below, consists primarily of a pool of Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan secured by first liens on commercial and multifamily properties and held in trust by the Trustee and serviced by the Master Servicer. The Trust Fund was created, and the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan are to be serviced, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below). The Holder of this Certificate, by virtue of the acceptance hereof, assents to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and is bound thereby.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between the Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer (the “Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Argentic Services Company LP, as special servicer with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan (the “Pacific Design Center Special Servicer”), Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), as custodian and as paying agent, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor (in such capacity, the “Operating Advisor”) and as asset representations reviewer (in such capacity, the “Asset Representations Reviewer”) evidences the issuance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class X-A, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G, Class X-H, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G, Class H, Class S, Class R, Class RR, Class PDC-A1, Class PDC-A2

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and Class PDC-HRR Certificates (the “Certificates”; the Holders of Certificates issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are collectively referred to herein as “Certificateholders”) and the creation of the RR Interest. This Certificate is issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit”, as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

The Certificate Administrator makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans and has executed this Certificate in its limited capacity as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In the event that there is any conflict between any provision of this Certificate and any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, such provision of this Certificate shall be superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator, or the Paying Agent on behalf of the Certificate Administrator, will distribute (other than the final distribution on any Certificate), on the fourth Business Day after each Determination Date (each such date, a “Distribution Date”) an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class A-4 Certificates for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. “Determination Date” is defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as the eleventh day of each month, or if such eleventh day is not a Business Day, then the next Business Day, commencing in May 2023. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

During each Interest Accrual Period (as defined below), interest on the Class A-4 Certificates will be calculated based on a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months on the outstanding Certificate Balance hereof.

Interest accrued on this Certificate during an Interest Accrual Period, plus the aggregate unpaid Interest Shortfall with respect to this Certificate, if any, will be payable on the related Distribution Date to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The “Interest Accrual Period” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Each Interest Accrual Period is assumed to consist of 30 days.

All distributions (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) will be made by the Paying Agent to the Persons in whose names the Certificates are registered at the close of business on each Record Date, which will be the close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Such

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distributions shall be made on each Distribution Date other than the Termination Date to each Certificateholder of record on the related Record Date, (i) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Holder at a bank or other entity located in the United States and having appropriate facilities therefor if such Holder shall have provided the Paying Agent with wire instructions in writing at least five Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions), or (ii) otherwise, by check mailed by first-class mail to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register. The final distribution on each Certificate shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the Certificate Administrator or its agent (which may be the Paying Agent or the Certificate Registrar acting as such agent) that is specified in the notice to Holders of such final distribution.

Any funds not distributed on the Termination Date because of the failure of any Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held for the benefit of the appropriate non-tendering Certificateholders. If any Certificates as to which notice of the Termination Date has been given pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice not all of such Certificates shall have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. Subject to applicable state escheatment laws, if within two years after the second notice any such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent shall distribute to the Certificate Administrator all amounts distributable to the Holders thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall thereafter hold such amounts for the benefit of such Holders until the earlier of (i) its termination as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the transfer of such amounts to a successor Certificate Administrator and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund and distribution of such amounts to the Class R Certificateholders. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Any such amounts transferred to the Certificate Administrator may be invested in Permitted Investments and all income and gain realized from investment of such funds shall accrue for its benefit.

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries in respect of the Mortgage Loans, as more specifically set forth herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Fund includes (in each case, to the extent of the Trust Fund’s interest therein and specifically excluding any interest of any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder (other than the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, which is an asset of the Trust Fund) therein): (i) such Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as from time to time are subject to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,

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together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto; (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan due after the Cut-off Date; (iii) the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO Property; (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property; (v) any Assignments of Leases, Rents and Profits and any security agreements related to the Mortgage Loans; (vi) any indemnities or guaranties given as additional security for any Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (vii) a security interest in all assets deposited in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts, and Reserve Accounts; (viii) the Loss of Value Reserve Fund; (ix) the Collection Account, the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Accounts, the Distribution Accounts, any Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Pacific Design Center Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the Trust’s interest in any REO Account, including any amounts on deposit therein, assets credited thereto and any reinvestment income, as applicable; (x) a security interest in any environmental indemnity agreements relating to the Mortgaged Properties; (xi) a security interest in all insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (xii) the rights and remedies under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements relating to document delivery requirements with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the representations and warranties of the related Mortgage Loan Seller regarding its Mortgage Loans (and in the case of GSMC, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan); (xiii) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests; (xiv) the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Regular Interests (xv) the VRR Interest Upper-Tier Regular Interest; and (xvi) the proceeds of the foregoing (other than any interest earned on deposits in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts and any Reserve Accounts, to the extent such interest belongs to the related Borrower). As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals may be made from certain of the above accounts for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders.

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the interests, rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the limitations thereon, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Certificate Administrator.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, this Certificate is transferable or exchangeable only upon surrender of this Certificate to the Certificate Registrar at its offices together with an assignment and transfer (executed by the Holder or his duly authorized attorney), subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of this Certificate, subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall execute and the Authenticating Agent shall duly authenticate in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate denomination as the Certificate being surrendered. Such Certificates shall be delivered by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Prior to due presentation of this Certificate for registration of transfer, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent and any agent of any of them may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the

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Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent or any agent of any of them shall be affected by notice or knowledge to the contrary.

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange referred to in Section 5.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement other than for transfers to Institutional Accredited Investors as provided in Section 5.02(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the transferor shall reimburse the Trust Fund for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended at any time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee without the consent of any of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owners or any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, (i) to cure any ambiguity or to correct any manifest error; (ii) to cause the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus, the Private Placement Memorandum or the Loan-Specific Private Placement Memorandum with respect to the Certificates, the RR Interest, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement; (iii) to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or RR Interest Owner, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment; (iv) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust that would be a claim against the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, RR Interest Owner or Companion Loan Noteholder; (v) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by

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a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Non-U.S. Tax Person; (vi) to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, RR Interest Owner or any holder of a Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting thereto as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (vii) to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies; provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or RR Interest Owner not consenting thereto as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by confirmation of the applicable Rating Agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (viii) to modify the provisions of Section 3.06 and Section 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing, the Directing Holder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the status of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (ix) to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders or the RR Interest Owner, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website; (x) to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the

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extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv); and (xi) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (a) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Risk Retention Rule, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or (b) in the event the Risk Retention Rule or any other regulation applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee with the prior written consent of the RR Interest Owner (if affected by such amendment), Holders of Certificates representing not less than a majority of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates affected thereby (without regard to Certificates held by the Depositor, any of the Depositor’s Affiliates and/or agents) and each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder affected thereby for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or modifying in any manner the rights of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner or the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders; provided that no such amendment may:

(i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loans which are required to be distributed on any Certificate or the RR Interest, without the consent of the Holders of Certificates representing all of the Percentage Interests of the Class or Classes affected thereby or the consent of the RR Interest Owner, as applicable, or which are required to be distributed to any Companion Loan Noteholders without the consent of such Companion Loan Noteholders;

(ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Loan Noteholder or Loan-Specific Certificateholder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Loan Noteholder or Holder of the Loan-Specific Certificates, as applicable;

(iii) adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding;

(iv) change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary hereunder, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

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(v) amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates).

Further, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of the Certificateholders or, if applicable, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, may amend the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC or the Upper-Tier REMIC as a REMIC or the qualification of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust, or to prevent the imposition of any additional material state or local taxes, at all times that any Certificates are outstanding; provided that such action, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (obtained at the expense of the Trust Fund), is necessary or helpful to maintain such qualification or to prevent the imposition of any such taxes, and would not adversely affect in any material respect the interest of any Certificateholder or if applicable, any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder or (ii) to the extent necessary to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act, Regulation AB, and/or any related regulatory actions and/or interpretations.

The Certificateholder owning a majority of the Percentage Interest in the Controlling Class and, if no such Certificateholder exercises such option, the Special Servicer, and if the Special Servicer does not exercise such option, the Master Servicer may effect an early termination of the Trust Fund, upon not less than 30 days’ prior Notice of Termination given to the Trustee, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer any time specifying the Anticipated Termination Date, which shall be on or after the Early Termination Notice Date (defined as any date as of which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan remaining in the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Stated Pool Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as of the Cut-off Date (or for purposes of this calculation, if an ARD Loan is still an asset of the Trust and such right is being exercised after its respective Anticipated Repayment Date, then such Mortgage Loan will be excluded from the aggregate Stated Principal Balance and the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance)) by purchasing on such date all, but not less than all, of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan then included in the Trust Fund, and the Trust’s interest in all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, at a purchase price, payable in cash, equal to the sum of, without duplication:

(A) 100% of the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan included in the Trust as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of principal);

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(B) the fair market value of all other property included in the Trust Fund as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date, as determined by an Independent appraiser acceptable to the Master Servicer as of a date not more than 30 days prior to the last day of the month preceding such Distribution Date;

(C) all unpaid interest accrued on the unpaid balance of each Mortgage Loan (including any Mortgage Loan as to which title to the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired) and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan at the Mortgage Rate to the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of interest); and

(D) the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate, and unpaid Servicing Compensation, Special Servicing Compensation, Operating Advisor Fees, Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fees, the CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fees and Trust Fund expenses.

In addition, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that following the date on which the Class X-A Notional Amount, the Class X-D Notional Amount and the aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E Certificates is reduced to zero, the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class S or Class R Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund as contemplated by clause (ii) of Section 9.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by giving written notice to all the parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement no later than 60 days prior to the anticipated date of exchange.

All costs and expenses incurred by any and all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Trust Fund in connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and other assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be borne by the party exercising its purchase rights thereunder. The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any determination made by an Independent appraiser pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificates and the RR Interest (other than the obligations of the Certificate Administrator to make certain payments and to send certain notices to Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) shall terminate upon payment (or provision for payment) to the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders of all amounts held by or on behalf of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer, as the case may be, required under the Pooling

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and Servicing Agreement to be so paid on the Distribution Date following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and all other property held by the Trust Fund in accordance with Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (ii) the exchange by the Sole Certificateholder of its Certificates for the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan in accordance with Section 9.01(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and (iii) the later of (a) the receipt or collection of the last payment due on any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan included in the Trust Fund, or (b) the liquidation and disposition pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the last asset held by the Trust Fund; provided that in no event shall the trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom, living on the date hereof.

Unless the Certificate of Authentication on this Certificate has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Administrator has caused this Class A-4 Certificate to be duly executed.

Dated: April 21, 2023

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Administrator
By:
	Name:
	Title:

Certificate of Authentication

This is one of the Class A-4 Certificates referred to in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Dated: April 21, 2023

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Authenticating Agent
By:
	Name:
	Title:

 

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EXHIBIT A-6

FORM OF CLASS A-M CERTIFICATE

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]¹

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN THE DEPOSITOR, THE SPONSORS, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICERS, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTIES, THE TRUSTEE, THE DIRECTING HOLDER, THE UNDERWRITERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THE CERTIFICATES NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS ON THIS CERTIFICATE ARE PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE TO ONE OR MORE OTHER CLASSES OF CERTIFICATES AS AND TO THE EXTENT SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.

FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.

¹  Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 

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BENCHMARK 2023-B38 MORTGAGE TRUST COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, CLASS A-M

Class A-M Pass-Through Rate:  A per annum rate equal to the lesser of (i) the WAC Rate and (ii) 6.1205%		CUSIP: 081916AG3 ISIN:            US081916AG39
Original Aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class A-M Certificates: $70,205,000		Initial Certificate Balance of this Certificate: $[__]
First Distribution Date: May 17, 2023		Cut-off Date: The close of business on the later of the related Due Date of such Mortgage Loan in April 2023 (or, in the case of any Mortgage Loan that has its first Due Date after April 2023, the date that would have been its Due Date in April 2023 under the terms of that Mortgage Loan if a Periodic Payment were scheduled to be due in that month) and the date of origination of such Mortgage Loan
Assumed Final Distribution Date:  February 2033		No.: A-M-[_]

This certifies that [              ] is the registered owner of a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, including the distributions to be made with respect to the Class A-M Certificates. The Trust Fund, described more fully below, consists primarily of a pool of Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan secured by first liens on commercial and multifamily properties and held in trust by the Trustee and serviced by the Master Servicer. The Trust Fund was created, and the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan are to be serviced, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below). The Holder of this Certificate, by virtue of the acceptance hereof, assents to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and is bound thereby.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between the Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer (the “Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Argentic Services Company LP, as special servicer with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan (the “Pacific Design Center Special Servicer”), Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), as custodian and as paying agent, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor (in such capacity, the “Operating Advisor”) and as asset representations reviewer (in such capacity, the “Asset Representations Reviewer”) evidences the issuance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class X-A, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G, Class X-H, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G, Class H, Class S, Class R, Class RR, Class PDC-A1, Class PDC-A2

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and Class PDC-HRR Certificates (the “Certificates”; the Holders of Certificates issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are collectively referred to herein as “Certificateholders”) and the creation of the RR Interest. This Certificate is issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit”, as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

The Certificate Administrator makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans and has executed this Certificate in its limited capacity as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In the event that there is any conflict between any provision of this Certificate and any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, such provision of this Certificate shall be superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator, or the Paying Agent on behalf of the Certificate Administrator, will distribute (other than the final distribution on any Certificate), on the fourth Business Day after each Determination Date (each such date, a “Distribution Date”) an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class A-M Certificates for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. “Determination Date” is defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as the eleventh day of each month, or if such eleventh day is not a Business Day, then the next Business Day, commencing in May 2023. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

During each Interest Accrual Period (as defined below), interest on the Class A-M Certificates will be calculated based on a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months on the outstanding Certificate Balance hereof.

Interest accrued on this Certificate during an Interest Accrual Period, plus the aggregate unpaid Interest Shortfall with respect to this Certificate, if any, will be payable on the related Distribution Date to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The “Interest Accrual Period” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Each Interest Accrual Period is assumed to consist of 30 days.

All distributions (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) will be made by the Paying Agent to the Persons in whose names the Certificates are registered at the close of business on each Record Date, which will be the close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Such

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distributions shall be made on each Distribution Date other than the Termination Date to each Certificateholder of record on the related Record Date, (i) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Holder at a bank or other entity located in the United States and having appropriate facilities therefor if such Holder shall have provided the Paying Agent with wire instructions in writing at least five Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions), or (ii) otherwise, by check mailed by first-class mail to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register. The final distribution on each Certificate shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the Certificate Administrator or its agent (which may be the Paying Agent or the Certificate Registrar acting as such agent) that is specified in the notice to Holders of such final distribution.

Any funds not distributed on the Termination Date because of the failure of any Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held for the benefit of the appropriate non-tendering Certificateholders. If any Certificates as to which notice of the Termination Date has been given pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice not all of such Certificates shall have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. Subject to applicable state escheatment laws, if within two years after the second notice any such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent shall distribute to the Certificate Administrator all amounts distributable to the Holders thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall thereafter hold such amounts for the benefit of such Holders until the earlier of (i) its termination as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the transfer of such amounts to a successor Certificate Administrator and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund and distribution of such amounts to the Class R Certificateholders. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Any such amounts transferred to the Certificate Administrator may be invested in Permitted Investments and all income and gain realized from investment of such funds shall accrue for its benefit.

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries in respect of the Mortgage Loans, as more specifically set forth herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Fund includes (in each case, to the extent of the Trust Fund’s interest therein and specifically excluding any interest of any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder (other than the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, which is an asset of the Trust Fund) therein): (i) such Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as from time to time are subject to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,

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together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto; (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan due after the Cut-off Date; (iii) the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO Property; (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property; (v) any Assignments of Leases, Rents and Profits and any security agreements related to the Mortgage Loans; (vi) any indemnities or guaranties given as additional security for any Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (vii) a security interest in all assets deposited in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts, and Reserve Accounts; (viii) the Loss of Value Reserve Fund; (ix) the Collection Account, the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Accounts, the Distribution Accounts, any Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Pacific Design Center Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the Trust’s interest in any REO Account, including any amounts on deposit therein, assets credited thereto and any reinvestment income, as applicable; (x) a security interest in any environmental indemnity agreements relating to the Mortgaged Properties; (xi) a security interest in all insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (xii) the rights and remedies under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements relating to document delivery requirements with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the representations and warranties of the related Mortgage Loan Seller regarding its Mortgage Loans (and in the case of GSMC, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan); (xiii) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests; (xiv) the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Regular Interests (xv) the VRR Interest Upper-Tier Regular Interest; and (xvi) the proceeds of the foregoing (other than any interest earned on deposits in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts and any Reserve Accounts, to the extent such interest belongs to the related Borrower). As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals may be made from certain of the above accounts for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders.

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the interests, rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the limitations thereon, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Certificate Administrator.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, this Certificate is transferable or exchangeable only upon surrender of this Certificate to the Certificate Registrar at its offices together with an assignment and transfer (executed by the Holder or his duly authorized attorney), subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of this Certificate, subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall execute and the Authenticating Agent shall duly authenticate in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate denomination as the Certificate being surrendered. Such Certificates shall be delivered by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Prior to due presentation of this Certificate for registration of transfer, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent and any agent of any of them may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the

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Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent or any agent of any of them shall be affected by notice or knowledge to the contrary.

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange referred to in Section 5.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement other than for transfers to Institutional Accredited Investors as provided in Section 5.02(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the transferor shall reimburse the Trust Fund for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended at any time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee without the consent of any of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owners or any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, (i) to cure any ambiguity or to correct any manifest error; (ii) to cause the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus, the Private Placement Memorandum or the Loan-Specific Private Placement Memorandum with respect to the Certificates, the RR Interest, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement; (iii) to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or RR Interest Owner, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment; (iv) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust that would be a claim against the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, RR Interest Owner or Companion Loan Noteholder; (v) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by

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a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Non-U.S. Tax Person; (vi) to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, RR Interest Owner or any holder of a Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting thereto as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (vii) to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies; provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or RR Interest Owner not consenting thereto as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by confirmation of the applicable Rating Agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (viii) to modify the provisions of Section 3.06 and Section 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing, the Directing Holder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the status of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (ix) to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders or the RR Interest Owner, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website; (x) to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the

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extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv); and (xi) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (a) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Risk Retention Rule, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or (b) in the event the Risk Retention Rule or any other regulation applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee with the prior written consent of the RR Interest Owner (if affected by such amendment), Holders of Certificates representing not less than a majority of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates affected thereby (without regard to Certificates held by the Depositor, any of the Depositor’s Affiliates and/or agents) and each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder affected thereby for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or modifying in any manner the rights of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner or the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders; provided that no such amendment may:

(i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loans which are required to be distributed on any Certificate or the RR Interest, without the consent of the Holders of Certificates representing all of the Percentage Interests of the Class or Classes affected thereby or the consent of the RR Interest Owner, as applicable, or which are required to be distributed to any Companion Loan Noteholders without the consent of such Companion Loan Noteholders;

(ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Loan Noteholder or Loan-Specific Certificateholder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Loan Noteholder or Holder of the Loan-Specific Certificates, as applicable;

(iii) adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding;

(iv) change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary hereunder, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

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(v) amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates).

Further, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of the Certificateholders or, if applicable, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, may amend the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC or the Upper-Tier REMIC as a REMIC or the qualification of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust, or to prevent the imposition of any additional material state or local taxes, at all times that any Certificates are outstanding; provided that such action, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (obtained at the expense of the Trust Fund), is necessary or helpful to maintain such qualification or to prevent the imposition of any such taxes, and would not adversely affect in any material respect the interest of any Certificateholder or if applicable, any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder or (ii) to the extent necessary to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act, Regulation AB, and/or any related regulatory actions and/or interpretations.

The Certificateholder owning a majority of the Percentage Interest in the Controlling Class and, if no such Certificateholder exercises such option, the Special Servicer, and if the Special Servicer does not exercise such option, the Master Servicer may effect an early termination of the Trust Fund, upon not less than 30 days’ prior Notice of Termination given to the Trustee, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer any time specifying the Anticipated Termination Date, which shall be on or after the Early Termination Notice Date (defined as any date as of which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan remaining in the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Stated Pool Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as of the Cut-off Date (or for purposes of this calculation, if an ARD Loan is still an asset of the Trust and such right is being exercised after its respective Anticipated Repayment Date, then such Mortgage Loan will be excluded from the aggregate Stated Principal Balance and the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance)) by purchasing on such date all, but not less than all, of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan then included in the Trust Fund, and the Trust’s interest in all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, at a purchase price, payable in cash, equal to the sum of, without duplication:

(A) 100% of the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan included in the Trust as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of principal);

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(B) the fair market value of all other property included in the Trust Fund as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date, as determined by an Independent appraiser acceptable to the Master Servicer as of a date not more than 30 days prior to the last day of the month preceding such Distribution Date;

(C) all unpaid interest accrued on the unpaid balance of each Mortgage Loan (including any Mortgage Loan as to which title to the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired) and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan at the Mortgage Rate to the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of interest); and

(D) the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate, and unpaid Servicing Compensation, Special Servicing Compensation, Operating Advisor Fees, Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fees, the CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fees and Trust Fund expenses.

In addition, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that following the date on which the Class X-A Notional Amount, the Class X-D Notional Amount and the aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E Certificates is reduced to zero, the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class S or Class R Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund as contemplated by clause (ii) of Section 9.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by giving written notice to all the parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement no later than 60 days prior to the anticipated date of exchange.

All costs and expenses incurred by any and all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Trust Fund in connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and other assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be borne by the party exercising its purchase rights thereunder. The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any determination made by an Independent appraiser pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificates and the RR Interest (other than the obligations of the Certificate Administrator to make certain payments and to send certain notices to Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) shall terminate upon payment (or provision for payment) to the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders of all amounts held by or on behalf of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer, as the case may be, required under the Pooling

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and Servicing Agreement to be so paid on the Distribution Date following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and all other property held by the Trust Fund in accordance with Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (ii) the exchange by the Sole Certificateholder of its Certificates for the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan in accordance with Section 9.01(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and (iii) the later of (a) the receipt or collection of the last payment due on any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan included in the Trust Fund, or (b) the liquidation and disposition pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the last asset held by the Trust Fund; provided that in no event shall the trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom, living on the date hereof.

Unless the Certificate of Authentication on this Certificate has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Administrator has caused this Class A-M Certificate to be duly executed.

Dated: April 21, 2023

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Administrator
By:
	Name:
	Title:

Certificate of Authentication

This is one of the Class A-M Certificates referred to in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Dated: April 21, 2023

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Authenticating Agent
By:
	Name:
	Title:

 

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EXHIBIT A-7

FORM OF CLASS B CERTIFICATE

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]¹

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN THE DEPOSITOR, THE SPONSORS, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICERS, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTIES, THE TRUSTEE, THE DIRECTING HOLDER, THE UNDERWRITERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THE CERTIFICATES NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS ON THIS CERTIFICATE ARE PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE TO ONE OR MORE OTHER CLASSES OF CERTIFICATES AS AND TO THE EXTENT SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.

FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.

¹ Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 

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BENCHMARK 2023-B38 MORTGAGE TRUST COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, CLASS B

Class B Pass-Through Rate:  A per annum rate equal to the WAC Rate.		CUSIP: 081916AH1 ISIN:            US081916AH12
Original Aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class B Certificates: $31,202,000		Initial Certificate Balance of this Certificate: $[__]
First Distribution Date:  May 17, 2023		Cut-off Date: The close of business on the later of the related Due Date of such Mortgage Loan in April 2023 (or, in the case of any Mortgage Loan that has its first Due Date after April 2023, the date that would have been its Due Date in April 2023 under the terms of that Mortgage Loan if a Periodic Payment were scheduled to be due in that month) and the date of origination of such Mortgage Loan
Assumed Final Distribution Date:  March 2033		No.: B-[_]

This certifies that [              ] is the registered owner of a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, including the distributions to be made with respect to the Class B Certificates. The Trust Fund, described more fully below, consists primarily of a pool of Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan secured by first liens on commercial and multifamily properties and held in trust by the Trustee and serviced by the Master Servicer. The Trust Fund was created, and the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan are to be serviced, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below). The Holder of this Certificate, by virtue of the acceptance hereof, assents to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and is bound thereby.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between the Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer (the “Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Argentic Services Company LP, as special servicer with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan (the “Pacific Design Center Special Servicer”), Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), as custodian and as paying agent, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor (in such capacity, the “Operating Advisor”) and as asset representations reviewer (in such capacity, the “Asset Representations Reviewer”) evidences the issuance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class X-A, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G, Class X-H, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G, Class H, Class S, Class R, Class RR, Class PDC-A1, Class PDC-A2 and Class PDC-HRR Certificates (the “Certificates”; the Holders of Certificates issued under the

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Pooling and Servicing Agreement are collectively referred to herein as “Certificateholders”) and the creation of the RR Interest. This Certificate is issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit”, as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

The Certificate Administrator makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans and has executed this Certificate in its limited capacity as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In the event that there is any conflict between any provision of this Certificate and any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, such provision of this Certificate shall be superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator, or the Paying Agent on behalf of the Certificate Administrator, will distribute (other than the final distribution on any Certificate), on the fourth Business Day after each Determination Date (each such date, a “Distribution Date”) an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class B Certificates for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. “Determination Date” is defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as the eleventh day of each month, or if such eleventh day is not a Business Day, then the next Business Day, commencing in May 2023. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

During each Interest Accrual Period (as defined below), interest on the Class B Certificates will be calculated based on a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months on the outstanding Certificate Balance hereof.

Interest accrued on this Certificate during an Interest Accrual Period, plus the aggregate unpaid Interest Shortfall with respect to this Certificate, if any, will be payable on the related Distribution Date to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The “Interest Accrual Period” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Each Interest Accrual Period is assumed to consist of 30 days.

All distributions (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) will be made by the Paying Agent to the Persons in whose names the Certificates are registered at the close of business on each Record Date, which will be the close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Such distributions shall be made on each Distribution Date other than the Termination Date to each

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Certificateholder of record on the related Record Date, (i) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Holder at a bank or other entity located in the United States and having appropriate facilities therefor if such Holder shall have provided the Paying Agent with wire instructions in writing at least five Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions), or (ii) otherwise, by check mailed by first-class mail to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register. The final distribution on each Certificate shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the Certificate Administrator or its agent (which may be the Paying Agent or the Certificate Registrar acting as such agent) that is specified in the notice to Holders of such final distribution.

Any funds not distributed on the Termination Date because of the failure of any Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held for the benefit of the appropriate non-tendering Certificateholders. If any Certificates as to which notice of the Termination Date has been given pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice not all of such Certificates shall have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. Subject to applicable state escheatment laws, if within two years after the second notice any such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent shall distribute to the Certificate Administrator all amounts distributable to the Holders thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall thereafter hold such amounts for the benefit of such Holders until the earlier of (i) its termination as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the transfer of such amounts to a successor Certificate Administrator and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund and distribution of such amounts to the Class R Certificateholders. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Any such amounts transferred to the Certificate Administrator may be invested in Permitted Investments and all income and gain realized from investment of such funds shall accrue for its benefit.

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries in respect of the Mortgage Loans, as more specifically set forth herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Fund includes (in each case, to the extent of the Trust Fund’s interest therein and specifically excluding any interest of any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder (other than the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, which is an asset of the Trust Fund) therein): (i) such Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as from time to time are subject to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto; (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on

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or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan due after the Cut-off Date; (iii) the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO Property; (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property; (v) any Assignments of Leases, Rents and Profits and any security agreements related to the Mortgage Loans; (vi) any indemnities or guaranties given as additional security for any Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (vii) a security interest in all assets deposited in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts, and Reserve Accounts; (viii) the Loss of Value Reserve Fund; (ix) the Collection Account, the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Accounts, the Distribution Accounts, any Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Pacific Design Center Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the Trust’s interest in any REO Account, including any amounts on deposit therein, assets credited thereto and any reinvestment income, as applicable; (x) a security interest in any environmental indemnity agreements relating to the Mortgaged Properties; (xi) a security interest in all insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (xii) the rights and remedies under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements relating to document delivery requirements with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the representations and warranties of the related Mortgage Loan Seller regarding its Mortgage Loans (and in the case of GSMC, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan); (xiii) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests; (xiv) the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Regular Interests (xv) the VRR Interest Upper-Tier Regular Interest; and (xvi) the proceeds of the foregoing (other than any interest earned on deposits in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts and any Reserve Accounts, to the extent such interest belongs to the related Borrower). As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals may be made from certain of the above accounts for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders.

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the interests, rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the limitations thereon, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Certificate Administrator.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, this Certificate is transferable or exchangeable only upon surrender of this Certificate to the Certificate Registrar at its offices together with an assignment and transfer (executed by the Holder or his duly authorized attorney), subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of this Certificate, subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall execute and the Authenticating Agent shall duly authenticate in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate denomination as the Certificate being surrendered. Such Certificates shall be delivered by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Prior to due presentation of this Certificate for registration of transfer, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent and any agent of any of them may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the

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Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent or any agent of any of them shall be affected by notice or knowledge to the contrary.

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange referred to in Section 5.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement other than for transfers to Institutional Accredited Investors as provided in Section 5.02(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the transferor shall reimburse the Trust Fund for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended at any time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee without the consent of any of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owners or any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, (i) to cure any ambiguity or to correct any manifest error; (ii) to cause the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus, the Private Placement Memorandum or the Loan-Specific Private Placement Memorandum with respect to the Certificates, the RR Interest, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement; (iii) to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or RR Interest Owner, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment; (iv) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust that would be a claim against the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, RR Interest Owner or Companion Loan Noteholder; (v) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by

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a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Non-U.S. Tax Person; (vi) to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, RR Interest Owner or any holder of a Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting thereto as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (vii) to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies; provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or RR Interest Owner not consenting thereto as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by confirmation of the applicable Rating Agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (viii) to modify the provisions of Section 3.06 and Section 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing, the Directing Holder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the status of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (ix) to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders or the RR Interest Owner, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website; (x) to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the

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extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv); and (xi) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (a) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Risk Retention Rule, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or (b) in the event the Risk Retention Rule or any other regulation applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee with the prior written consent of the RR Interest Owner (if affected by such amendment), Holders of Certificates representing not less than a majority of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates affected thereby (without regard to Certificates held by the Depositor, any of the Depositor’s Affiliates and/or agents) and each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder affected thereby for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or modifying in any manner the rights of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner or the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders; provided that no such amendment may:

(i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loans which are required to be distributed on any Certificate or the RR Interest, without the consent of the Holders of Certificates representing all of the Percentage Interests of the Class or Classes affected thereby or the consent of the RR Interest Owner, as applicable, or which are required to be distributed to any Companion Loan Noteholders without the consent of such Companion Loan Noteholders;

(ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Loan Noteholder or Loan-Specific Certificateholder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Loan Noteholder or Holder of the Loan-Specific Certificates, as applicable;

(iii) adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding;

(iv) change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary hereunder, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

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(v) amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates).

Further, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of the Certificateholders or, if applicable, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, may amend the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC or the Upper-Tier REMIC as a REMIC or the qualification of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust, or to prevent the imposition of any additional material state or local taxes, at all times that any Certificates are outstanding; provided that such action, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (obtained at the expense of the Trust Fund), is necessary or helpful to maintain such qualification or to prevent the imposition of any such taxes, and would not adversely affect in any material respect the interest of any Certificateholder or if applicable, any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder or (ii) to the extent necessary to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act, Regulation AB, and/or any related regulatory actions and/or interpretations.

The Certificateholder owning a majority of the Percentage Interest in the Controlling Class and, if no such Certificateholder exercises such option, the Special Servicer, and if the Special Servicer does not exercise such option, the Master Servicer may effect an early termination of the Trust Fund, upon not less than 30 days’ prior Notice of Termination given to the Trustee, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer any time specifying the Anticipated Termination Date, which shall be on or after the Early Termination Notice Date (defined as any date as of which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan remaining in the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Stated Pool Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as of the Cut-off Date (or for purposes of this calculation, if an ARD Loan is still an asset of the Trust and such right is being exercised after its respective Anticipated Repayment Date, then such Mortgage Loan will be excluded from the aggregate Stated Principal Balance and the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance)) by purchasing on such date all, but not less than all, of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan then included in the Trust Fund, and the Trust’s interest in all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, at a purchase price, payable in cash, equal to the sum of, without duplication:

(A) 100% of the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan included in the Trust as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of principal);

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(B) the fair market value of all other property included in the Trust Fund as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date, as determined by an Independent appraiser acceptable to the Master Servicer as of a date not more than 30 days prior to the last day of the month preceding such Distribution Date;

(C) all unpaid interest accrued on the unpaid balance of each Mortgage Loan (including any Mortgage Loan as to which title to the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired) and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan at the Mortgage Rate to the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of interest); and

(D) the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate, and unpaid Servicing Compensation, Special Servicing Compensation, Operating Advisor Fees, Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fees, the CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fees and Trust Fund expenses.

In addition, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that following the date on which the Class X-A Notional Amount, the Class X-D Notional Amount and the aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E Certificates is reduced to zero, the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class S or Class R Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund as contemplated by clause (ii) of Section 9.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by giving written notice to all the parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement no later than 60 days prior to the anticipated date of exchange.

All costs and expenses incurred by any and all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Trust Fund in connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and other assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be borne by the party exercising its purchase rights thereunder. The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any determination made by an Independent appraiser pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificates and the RR Interest (other than the obligations of the Certificate Administrator to make certain payments and to send certain notices to Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) shall terminate upon payment (or provision for payment) to the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders of all amounts held by or on behalf of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer, as the case may be, required under the Pooling

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and Servicing Agreement to be so paid on the Distribution Date following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and all other property held by the Trust Fund in accordance with Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (ii) the exchange by the Sole Certificateholder of its Certificates for the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan in accordance with Section 9.01(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and (iii) the later of (a) the receipt or collection of the last payment due on any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan included in the Trust Fund, or (b) the liquidation and disposition pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the last asset held by the Trust Fund; provided that in no event shall the trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom, living on the date hereof.

Unless the Certificate of Authentication on this Certificate has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Administrator has caused this Class B Certificate to be duly executed.

Dated: April 21, 2023

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Administrator
By:
	Name:
	Title:

Certificate of Authentication

This is one of the Class B Certificates referred to in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Dated: April 21, 2023

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Authenticating Agent
By:
	Name:
	Title:

 

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EXHIBIT A-8

FORM OF CLASS C CERTIFICATE

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]¹

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN THE DEPOSITOR, THE SPONSORS, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICERS, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTIES, THE TRUSTEE, THE DIRECTING HOLDER, THE UNDERWRITERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THE CERTIFICATES NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS ON THIS CERTIFICATE ARE PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE TO ONE OR MORE OTHER CLASSES OF CERTIFICATES AS AND TO THE EXTENT SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.

FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.

¹ Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

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BENCHMARK 2023-B38 MORTGAGE TRUST COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, CLASS C

Class C Pass-Through Rate:  A per annum rate equal to the WAC Rate.		CUSIP: 081916AJ7 ISIN:            US081916AJ77
Original Aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class C Certificates: $24,182,000		Initial Certificate Balance of this Certificate: $[__]
First Distribution Date: May 17, 2023		Cut-off Date: The close of business on the later of the related Due Date of such Mortgage Loan in April 2023 (or, in the case of any Mortgage Loan that has its first Due Date after April 2023, the date that would have been its Due Date in April 2023 under the terms of that Mortgage Loan if a Periodic Payment were scheduled to be due in that month) and the date of origination of such Mortgage Loan
Assumed Final Distribution Date: April 2033		No.: C-[_]

This certifies that [              ] is the registered owner of a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, including the distributions to be made with respect to the Class C Certificates. The Trust Fund, described more fully below, consists primarily of a pool of Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan secured by first liens on commercial and multifamily properties and held in trust by the Trustee and serviced by the Master Servicer. The Trust Fund was created, and the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan are to be serviced, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below). The Holder of this Certificate, by virtue of the acceptance hereof, assents to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and is bound thereby.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between the Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer (the “Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Argentic Services Company LP, as special servicer with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan (the “Pacific Design Center Special Servicer”), Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), as custodian and as paying agent, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor (in such capacity, the “Operating Advisor”) and as asset representations reviewer (in such capacity, the “Asset Representations Reviewer”) evidences the issuance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class X-A, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G, Class X-H, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G, Class H, Class S, Class R, Class RR, Class PDC-A1, Class PDC-A2 and Class PDC-HRR Certificates (the “Certificates”; the Holders of Certificates issued under the

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Pooling and Servicing Agreement are collectively referred to herein as “Certificateholders”) and the creation of the RR Interest. This Certificate is issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit”, as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

The Certificate Administrator makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans and has executed this Certificate in its limited capacity as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In the event that there is any conflict between any provision of this Certificate and any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, such provision of this Certificate shall be superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator, or the Paying Agent on behalf of the Certificate Administrator, will distribute (other than the final distribution on any Certificate), on the fourth Business Day after each Determination Date (each such date, a “Distribution Date”) an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class C Certificates for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. “Determination Date” is defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as the eleventh day of each month, or if such eleventh day is not a Business Day, then the next Business Day, commencing in May 2023. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

During each Interest Accrual Period (as defined below), interest on the Class C Certificates will be calculated based on a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months on the outstanding Certificate Balance hereof.

Interest accrued on this Certificate during an Interest Accrual Period, plus the aggregate unpaid Interest Shortfall with respect to this Certificate, if any, will be payable on the related Distribution Date to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The “Interest Accrual Period” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Each Interest Accrual Period is assumed to consist of 30 days.

All distributions (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) will be made by the Paying Agent to the Persons in whose names the Certificates are registered at the close of business on each Record Date, which will be the close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Such distributions shall be made on each Distribution Date other than the Termination Date to each

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Certificateholder of record on the related Record Date, (i) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Holder at a bank or other entity located in the United States and having appropriate facilities therefor if such Holder shall have provided the Paying Agent with wire instructions in writing at least five Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions), or (ii) otherwise, by check mailed by first-class mail to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register. The final distribution on each Certificate shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the Certificate Administrator or its agent (which may be the Paying Agent or the Certificate Registrar acting as such agent) that is specified in the notice to Holders of such final distribution.

Any funds not distributed on the Termination Date because of the failure of any Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held for the benefit of the appropriate non-tendering Certificateholders. If any Certificates as to which notice of the Termination Date has been given pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice not all of such Certificates shall have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. Subject to applicable state escheatment laws, if within two years after the second notice any such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent shall distribute to the Certificate Administrator all amounts distributable to the Holders thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall thereafter hold such amounts for the benefit of such Holders until the earlier of (i) its termination as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the transfer of such amounts to a successor Certificate Administrator and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund and distribution of such amounts to the Class R Certificateholders. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Any such amounts transferred to the Certificate Administrator may be invested in Permitted Investments and all income and gain realized from investment of such funds shall accrue for its benefit.

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries in respect of the Mortgage Loans, as more specifically set forth herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Fund includes (in each case, to the extent of the Trust Fund’s interest therein and specifically excluding any interest of any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder (other than the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, which is an asset of the Trust Fund) therein): (i) such Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as from time to time are subject to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto; (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on

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or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan due after the Cut-off Date; (iii) the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO Property; (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property; (v) any Assignments of Leases, Rents and Profits and any security agreements related to the Mortgage Loans; (vi) any indemnities or guaranties given as additional security for any Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (vii) a security interest in all assets deposited in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts, and Reserve Accounts; (viii) the Loss of Value Reserve Fund; (ix) the Collection Account, the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Accounts, the Distribution Accounts, any Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Pacific Design Center Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the Trust’s interest in any REO Account, including any amounts on deposit therein, assets credited thereto and any reinvestment income, as applicable; (x) a security interest in any environmental indemnity agreements relating to the Mortgaged Properties; (xi) a security interest in all insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (xii) the rights and remedies under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements relating to document delivery requirements with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the representations and warranties of the related Mortgage Loan Seller regarding its Mortgage Loans (and in the case of GSMC, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan); (xiii) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests; (xiv) the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Regular Interests (xv) the VRR Interest Upper-Tier Regular Interest; and (xvi) the proceeds of the foregoing (other than any interest earned on deposits in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts and any Reserve Accounts, to the extent such interest belongs to the related Borrower). As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals may be made from certain of the above accounts for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders.

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the interests, rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the limitations thereon, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Certificate Administrator.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, this Certificate is transferable or exchangeable only upon surrender of this Certificate to the Certificate Registrar at its offices together with an assignment and transfer (executed by the Holder or his duly authorized attorney), subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of this Certificate, subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall execute and the Authenticating Agent shall duly authenticate in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate denomination as the Certificate being surrendered. Such Certificates shall be delivered by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Prior to due presentation of this Certificate for registration of transfer, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent and any agent of any of them may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the

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Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent or any agent of any of them shall be affected by notice or knowledge to the contrary.

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange referred to in Section 5.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement other than for transfers to Institutional Accredited Investors as provided in Section 5.02(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the transferor shall reimburse the Trust Fund for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended at any time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee without the consent of any of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owners or any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, (i) to cure any ambiguity or to correct any manifest error; (ii) to cause the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus, the Private Placement Memorandum or the Loan-Specific Private Placement Memorandum with respect to the Certificates, the RR Interest, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement; (iii) to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or RR Interest Owner, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment; (iv) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust that would be a claim against the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, RR Interest Owner or Companion Loan Noteholder; (v) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by

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a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Non-U.S. Tax Person; (vi) to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, RR Interest Owner or any holder of a Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting thereto as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (vii) to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies; provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or RR Interest Owner not consenting thereto as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by confirmation of the applicable Rating Agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (viii) to modify the provisions of Section 3.06 and Section 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing, the Directing Holder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the status of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (ix) to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders or the RR Interest Owner, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website; (x) to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the

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extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv); and (xi) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (a) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Risk Retention Rule, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or (b) in the event the Risk Retention Rule or any other regulation applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee with the prior written consent of the RR Interest Owner (if affected by such amendment), Holders of Certificates representing not less than a majority of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates affected thereby (without regard to Certificates held by the Depositor, any of the Depositor’s Affiliates and/or agents) and each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder affected thereby for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or modifying in any manner the rights of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner or the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders; provided that no such amendment may:

(i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loans which are required to be distributed on any Certificate or the RR Interest, without the consent of the Holders of Certificates representing all of the Percentage Interests of the Class or Classes affected thereby or the consent of the RR Interest Owner, as applicable, or which are required to be distributed to any Companion Loan Noteholders without the consent of such Companion Loan Noteholders;

(ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Loan Noteholder or Loan-Specific Certificateholder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Loan Noteholder or Holder of the Loan-Specific Certificates, as applicable;

(iii) adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding;

(iv) change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary hereunder, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

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(v) amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates).

Further, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of the Certificateholders or, if applicable, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, may amend the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC or the Upper-Tier REMIC as a REMIC or the qualification of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust, or to prevent the imposition of any additional material state or local taxes, at all times that any Certificates are outstanding; provided that such action, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (obtained at the expense of the Trust Fund), is necessary or helpful to maintain such qualification or to prevent the imposition of any such taxes, and would not adversely affect in any material respect the interest of any Certificateholder or if applicable, any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder or (ii) to the extent necessary to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act, Regulation AB, and/or any related regulatory actions and/or interpretations.

The Certificateholder owning a majority of the Percentage Interest in the Controlling Class and, if no such Certificateholder exercises such option, the Special Servicer, and if the Special Servicer does not exercise such option, the Master Servicer may effect an early termination of the Trust Fund, upon not less than 30 days’ prior Notice of Termination given to the Trustee, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer any time specifying the Anticipated Termination Date, which shall be on or after the Early Termination Notice Date (defined as any date as of which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan remaining in the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Stated Pool Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as of the Cut-off Date (or for purposes of this calculation, if an ARD Loan is still an asset of the Trust and such right is being exercised after its respective Anticipated Repayment Date, then such Mortgage Loan will be excluded from the aggregate Stated Principal Balance and the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance)) by purchasing on such date all, but not less than all, of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan then included in the Trust Fund, and the Trust’s interest in all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, at a purchase price, payable in cash, equal to the sum of, without duplication:

(A) 100% of the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan included in the Trust as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of principal);

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(B) the fair market value of all other property included in the Trust Fund as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date, as determined by an Independent appraiser acceptable to the Master Servicer as of a date not more than 30 days prior to the last day of the month preceding such Distribution Date;

(C) all unpaid interest accrued on the unpaid balance of each Mortgage Loan (including any Mortgage Loan as to which title to the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired) and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan at the Mortgage Rate to the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of interest); and

(D) the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate, and unpaid Servicing Compensation, Special Servicing Compensation, Operating Advisor Fees, Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fees, the CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fees and Trust Fund expenses.

In addition, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that following the date on which the Class X-A Notional Amount, the Class X-D Notional Amount and the aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E Certificates is reduced to zero, the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class S or Class R Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund as contemplated by clause (ii) of Section 9.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by giving written notice to all the parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement no later than 60 days prior to the anticipated date of exchange.

All costs and expenses incurred by any and all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Trust Fund in connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and other assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be borne by the party exercising its purchase rights thereunder. The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any determination made by an Independent appraiser pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificates and the RR Interest (other than the obligations of the Certificate Administrator to make certain payments and to send certain notices to Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) shall terminate upon payment (or provision for payment) to the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders of all amounts held by or on behalf of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer, as the case may be, required under the Pooling

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and Servicing Agreement to be so paid on the Distribution Date following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and all other property held by the Trust Fund in accordance with Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (ii) the exchange by the Sole Certificateholder of its Certificates for the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan in accordance with Section 9.01(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and (iii) the later of (a) the receipt or collection of the last payment due on any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan included in the Trust Fund, or (b) the liquidation and disposition pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the last asset held by the Trust Fund; provided that in no event shall the trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom, living on the date hereof.

Unless the Certificate of Authentication on this Certificate has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Administrator has caused this Class C Certificate to be duly executed.

Dated: April 21, 2023

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Administrator
By:
	Name:
	Title:

Certificate of Authentication

This is one of the Class C Certificates referred to in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Dated: April 21, 2023

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Authenticating Agent
By:
	Name:
	Title:

 

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EXHIBIT A-9

FORM OF CLASS D [RULE 144A] ¹ [TEMPORARY REG S]² [REG S]³ [IAI]⁴ CERTIFICATE

[THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND, PRIOR TO THE DATE THAT IS 40 DAYS AFTER THE OFFERING OF THE CERTIFICATES, MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO A U.S. PERSON EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.]⁵

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]⁶

THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS, AND ONLY (A)(1) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) FOR SO LONG AS THIS CERTIFICATE IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”), TO AN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (“QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER”), PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF ANOTHER QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED, IN EACH CASE, THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (3) (EXCEPT WITH RESPECT TO THE CLASS R

¹ For Rule 144A Global Certificates only.
² For Temp Reg S Global Certificates only.
³ For Reg S Global Certificates only.
⁴ For IAI Global Certificates only.
⁵ For Temp Reg S Global Certificates only.
⁶ Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 

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CERTIFICATES) TO OTHER INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS THAT ARE “ACCREDITED INVESTORS,” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY ENTITY IN WHICH ALL OF THE EQUITY OWNERS ARE INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS THAT ARE “ACCREDITED INVESTORS,” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (4) (EXCEPT WITH RESPECT TO THE CLASS R CERTIFICATES) TO INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE A NON-“U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, AND (B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

THE INITIAL INVESTOR IN THIS CERTIFICATE, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN, IS DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.  A TRANSFEREE IS ALSO REQUIRED TO DELIVER AN INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION LETTER SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM OF EXHIBIT D-1 TO THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT IF SUCH TRANSFEREE IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER OR (OTHER THAN WITH RESPECT TO A RESIDUAL CERTIFICATE) AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, AND MAY ALSO BE REQUIRED TO DELIVER AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IF SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A.

ANY HOLDER DESIRING TO EFFECT A TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL, AND DOES HEREBY AGREE TO, INDEMNIFY THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE TRUSTEE, THE MASTER SERVICER AND THE DEPOSITOR AGAINST ANY LOSS, LIABILITY OR EXPENSE THAT MAY RESULT IF THE TRANSFER IS NOT EXEMPT FROM THE SECURITIES ACT OR IS NOT MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS.

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF DEUTSCHE BANK AG, THE DEPOSITOR, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS, THE INITIAL PURCHASERS, THE BORROWERS, THE SPONSORS, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICERS, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTIES, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THE CERTIFICATES NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS ON THIS CERTIFICATE ARE PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING

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CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

TRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES OF PORTIONS OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS AS PROVIDED IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.

THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE TO ONE OR MORE OTHER CLASSES OF CERTIFICATES AS AND TO THE EXTENT SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.

FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.

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BENCHMARK 2023-B38 MORTGAGE TRUST COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, CLASS D

Class D Pass-Through Rate: 4.0000%		CUSIP:            [081916AT5]7 [U06918AE3]8 [081916AU2]9 ISIN:                     [US081916AT59]10 [USU06918AE39]11 [US081916AU23]12
Original Aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class D Certificates: $14,821,000		Initial Certificate Balance of this Certificate: $[__]
First Distribution Date: May 17, 2023		Cut-off Date: The close of business on the later of the related Due Date of such Mortgage Loan in April 2023 (or, in the case of any Mortgage Loan that has its first Due Date after April 2023, the date that would have been its Due Date in April 2023 under the terms of that Mortgage Loan if a Periodic Payment were scheduled to be due in that month) and the date of origination of such Mortgage Loan
Assumed Final Distribution Date:  April 2033		No.: D-[__]

This certifies that [              ] is the registered owner of a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, including the distributions to be made with respect to the Class D Certificates. The Trust Fund, described more fully below, consists primarily of a pool of Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan secured by first liens on commercial and multifamily properties and held in trust by the Trustee and serviced by the Master Servicer. The Trust Fund was created, and the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan are to be serviced, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below). The Holder of this Certificate, by virtue of the acceptance hereof, assents to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and is bound thereby.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between the Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank,

⁷ For Rule 144A Certificates

⁸ For Regulation S Certificates

⁹ For IAI Certificates

¹⁰ For Rule 144A Certificates

¹¹ For Regulation S Certificates

¹² For IAI Certificates

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National Association, as master servicer (the “Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Argentic Services Company LP, as special servicer with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan (the “Pacific Design Center Special Servicer”), Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), as custodian and as paying agent, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor (in such capacity, the “Operating Advisor”) and as asset representations reviewer (in such capacity, the “Asset Representations Reviewer”) evidences the issuance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class X-A, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G, Class X-H, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G, Class H, Class S, Class R, Class RR, Class PDC-A1, Class PDC-A2 and Class PDC-HRR Certificates (the “Certificates”; the Holders of Certificates issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are collectively referred to herein as “Certificateholders”) and the creation of the RR Interest. This Certificate is issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit”, as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

The Certificate Administrator makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans and has executed this Certificate in its limited capacity as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In the event that there is any conflict between any provision of this Certificate and any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, such provision of this Certificate shall be superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator, or the Paying Agent on behalf of the Certificate Administrator, will distribute (other than the final distribution on any Certificate), on the fourth Business Day after each Determination Date (each such date, a “Distribution Date”) an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class D Certificates for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. “Determination Date” is defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as the eleventh day of each month, or if such eleventh day is not a Business Day, then the next Business Day, commencing in May 2023. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

During each Interest Accrual Period (as defined below), interest on the Class D Certificates will be calculated based on a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months on the outstanding Certificate Balance hereof.

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Interest accrued on this Certificate during an Interest Accrual Period, plus the aggregate unpaid Interest Shortfall with respect to this Certificate, if any, will be payable on the related Distribution Date to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The “Interest Accrual Period” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Each Interest Accrual Period is assumed to consist of 30 days.

All distributions (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) will be made by the Paying Agent to the Persons in whose names the Certificates are registered at the close of business on each Record Date, which will be the close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Such distributions shall be made on each Distribution Date other than the Termination Date to each Certificateholder of record on the related Record Date, (i) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Holder at a bank or other entity located in the United States and having appropriate facilities therefor if such Holder shall have provided the Paying Agent with wire instructions in writing at least five Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions), or (ii) otherwise, by check mailed by first-class mail to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register. The final distribution on each Certificate shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the Certificate Administrator or its agent (which may be the Paying Agent or the Certificate Registrar acting as such agent) that is specified in the notice to Holders of such final distribution.

Any funds not distributed on the Termination Date because of the failure of any Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held for the benefit of the appropriate non-tendering Certificateholders. If any Certificates as to which notice of the Termination Date has been given pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice not all of such Certificates shall have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. Subject to applicable state escheatment laws, if within two years after the second notice any such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent shall distribute to the Certificate Administrator all amounts distributable to the Holders thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall thereafter hold such amounts for the benefit of such Holders until the earlier of (i) its termination as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the transfer of such amounts to a successor Certificate Administrator and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund and distribution of such amounts to the Class R Certificateholders. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Any such amounts transferred to the Certificate Administrator may be invested in

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Permitted Investments and all income and gain realized from investment of such funds shall accrue for its benefit.

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries in respect of the Mortgage Loans, as more specifically set forth herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Fund includes (in each case, to the extent of the Trust Fund’s interest therein and specifically excluding any interest of any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder (other than the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, which is an asset of the Trust Fund) therein): (i) such Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as from time to time are subject to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto; (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan due after the Cut-off Date; (iii) the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO Property; (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property; (v) any Assignments of Leases, Rents and Profits and any security agreements related to the Mortgage Loans; (vi) any indemnities or guaranties given as additional security for any Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (vii) a security interest in all assets deposited in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts, and Reserve Accounts; (viii) the Loss of Value Reserve Fund; (ix) the Collection Account, the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Accounts, the Distribution Accounts, any Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Pacific Design Center Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the Trust’s interest in any REO Account, including any amounts on deposit therein, assets credited thereto and any reinvestment income, as applicable; (x) a security interest in any environmental indemnity agreements relating to the Mortgaged Properties; (xi) a security interest in all insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (xii) the rights and remedies under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements relating to document delivery requirements with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the representations and warranties of the related Mortgage Loan Seller regarding its Mortgage Loans (and in the case of GSMC, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan); (xiii) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests; (xiv) the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Regular Interests (xv) the VRR Interest Upper-Tier Regular Interest; and (xvi) the proceeds of the foregoing (other than any interest earned on deposits in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts and any Reserve Accounts, to the extent such interest belongs to the related Borrower). As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals may be made from certain of the above accounts for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders.

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the interests, rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the limitations thereon, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Certificate Administrator.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, this Certificate is transferable or exchangeable only upon surrender of this Certificate to the Certificate Registrar at its offices together with an assignment and transfer (executed by the Holder or his duly authorized attorney), subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of this

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Certificate, subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall execute and the Authenticating Agent shall duly authenticate in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate denomination as the Certificate being surrendered. Such Certificates shall be delivered by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Prior to due presentation of this Certificate for registration of transfer, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent and any agent of any of them may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent or any agent of any of them shall be affected by notice or knowledge to the contrary.

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange referred to in Section 5.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement other than for transfers to Institutional Accredited Investors as provided in Section 5.02(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the transferor shall reimburse the Trust Fund for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended at any time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee without the consent of any of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owners or any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, (i) to cure any ambiguity or to correct any manifest error; (ii) to cause the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus, the Private Placement Memorandum or the Loan-Specific Private Placement Memorandum with respect to the Certificates, the RR Interest, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement; (iii) to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or RR Interest Owner, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment; (iv) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the

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relevant provisions of the Code at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust that would be a claim against the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, RR Interest Owner or Companion Loan Noteholder; (v) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Non-U.S. Tax Person; (vi) to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, RR Interest Owner or any holder of a Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting thereto as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (vii) to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies; provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or RR Interest Owner not consenting thereto as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by confirmation of the applicable Rating Agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (viii) to modify the provisions of Section 3.06 and Section 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing, the Directing Holder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the status of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its

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then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (ix) to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders or the RR Interest Owner, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website; (x) to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv); and (xi) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (a) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Risk Retention Rule, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or (b) in the event the Risk Retention Rule or any other regulation applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee with the prior written consent of the RR Interest Owner (if affected by such amendment), Holders of Certificates representing not less than a majority of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates affected thereby (without regard to Certificates held by the Depositor, any of the Depositor’s Affiliates and/or agents) and each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder affected thereby for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or modifying in any manner the rights of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner or the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders; provided that no such amendment may:

(i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loans which are required to be distributed on any Certificate or the RR Interest, without the consent of the Holders of Certificates representing all of the Percentage Interests of the Class or Classes affected thereby or the consent of the RR Interest Owner, as applicable, or which are required to be distributed to any Companion Loan Noteholders without the consent of such Companion Loan Noteholders;

(ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Loan Noteholder or Loan-Specific Certificateholder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such

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Companion Loan Noteholder or Holder of the Loan-Specific Certificates, as applicable;

(iii) adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding;

(iv) change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary hereunder, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

(v) amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates).

Further, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of the Certificateholders or, if applicable, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, may amend the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC or the Upper-Tier REMIC as a REMIC or the qualification of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust, or to prevent the imposition of any additional material state or local taxes, at all times that any Certificates are outstanding; provided that such action, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (obtained at the expense of the Trust Fund), is necessary or helpful to maintain such qualification or to prevent the imposition of any such taxes, and would not adversely affect in any material respect the interest of any Certificateholder or if applicable, any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder or (ii) to the extent necessary to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act, Regulation AB, and/or any related regulatory actions and/or interpretations.

The Certificateholder owning a majority of the Percentage Interest in the Controlling Class and, if no such Certificateholder exercises such option, the Special Servicer, and if the Special Servicer does not exercise such option, the Master Servicer may effect an early termination of the Trust Fund, upon not less than 30 days’ prior Notice of Termination given to the Trustee, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer any time specifying the Anticipated Termination Date, which shall be on or after the Early Termination Notice Date (defined as any date as of which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan remaining in the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Stated Pool Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as of the Cut-off Date (or for purposes of this calculation, if an ARD Loan is still an asset of the Trust and such right is

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being exercised after its respective Anticipated Repayment Date, then such Mortgage Loan will be excluded from the aggregate Stated Principal Balance and the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance)) by purchasing on such date all, but not less than all, of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan then included in the Trust Fund, and the Trust’s interest in all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, at a purchase price, payable in cash, equal to the sum of, without duplication:

(A) 100% of the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan included in the Trust as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of principal);

(B) the fair market value of all other property included in the Trust Fund as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date, as determined by an Independent appraiser acceptable to the Master Servicer as of a date not more than 30 days prior to the last day of the month preceding such Distribution Date;

(C) all unpaid interest accrued on the unpaid balance of each Mortgage Loan (including any Mortgage Loan as to which title to the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired) and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan at the Mortgage Rate to the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of interest); and

(D) the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate, and unpaid Servicing Compensation, Special Servicing Compensation, Operating Advisor Fees, Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fees, the CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fees and Trust Fund expenses.

In addition, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that following the date on which the Class X-A Notional Amount, the Class X-D Notional Amount and the aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E Certificates is reduced to zero, the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class S or Class R Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund as contemplated by clause (ii) of Section 9.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by giving written notice to all the parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement no later than 60 days prior to the anticipated date of exchange.

All costs and expenses incurred by any and all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Trust Fund in connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and other assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be borne by the party exercising its purchase rights

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thereunder. The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any determination made by an Independent appraiser pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificates and the RR Interest (other than the obligations of the Certificate Administrator to make certain payments and to send certain notices to Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) shall terminate upon payment (or provision for payment) to the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders of all amounts held by or on behalf of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer, as the case may be, required under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be so paid on the Distribution Date following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and all other property held by the Trust Fund in accordance with Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (ii) the exchange by the Sole Certificateholder of its Certificates for the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan in accordance with Section 9.01(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and (iii) the later of (a) the receipt or collection of the last payment due on any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan included in the Trust Fund, or (b) the liquidation and disposition pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the last asset held by the Trust Fund; provided that in no event shall the trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom, living on the date hereof.

Unless the Certificate of Authentication on this Certificate has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Administrator has caused this Class D Certificate to be duly executed.

Dated: April 21, 2023

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Administrator
By:
	Name:
	Title:

Certificate of Authentication

This is one of the Class D Certificates referred to in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Dated: April 21, 2023

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Authenticating Agent
By:
	Name:
	Title:

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EXHIBIT A-10

FORM OF CLASS E [RULE 144A] ¹ [TEMPORARY REG S]² [REG S]³ [IAI]⁴ CERTIFICATE

[THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND, PRIOR TO THE DATE THAT IS 40 DAYS AFTER THE OFFERING OF THE CERTIFICATES, MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO A U.S. PERSON EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.]⁵

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]⁶

THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS, AND ONLY (A)(1) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) FOR SO LONG AS THIS CERTIFICATE IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”), TO AN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (“QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER”), PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF ANOTHER QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED, IN EACH CASE, THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (3) (EXCEPT WITH RESPECT TO THE CLASS R

¹ For Rule 144A Global Certificates only.

² For Temp Reg S Global Certificates only.

³ For Reg S Global Certificates only.

⁴ For IAI Global Certificates only.

⁵ For Temp Reg S Global Certificates only.

⁶ Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 

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CERTIFICATES) TO OTHER INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS THAT ARE “ACCREDITED INVESTORS,” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY ENTITY IN WHICH ALL OF THE EQUITY OWNERS ARE INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS THAT ARE “ACCREDITED INVESTORS,” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (4) (EXCEPT WITH RESPECT TO THE CLASS R CERTIFICATES) TO INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE A NON-“U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, AND (B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

THE INITIAL INVESTOR IN THIS CERTIFICATE, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN, IS DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.  A TRANSFEREE IS ALSO REQUIRED TO DELIVER AN INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION LETTER SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM OF EXHIBIT D-1 TO THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT IF SUCH TRANSFEREE IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER OR (OTHER THAN WITH RESPECT TO A RESIDUAL CERTIFICATE) AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, AND MAY ALSO BE REQUIRED TO DELIVER AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IF SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A.

ANY HOLDER DESIRING TO EFFECT A TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL, AND DOES HEREBY AGREE TO, INDEMNIFY THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE TRUSTEE, THE MASTER SERVICER AND THE DEPOSITOR AGAINST ANY LOSS, LIABILITY OR EXPENSE THAT MAY RESULT IF THE TRANSFER IS NOT EXEMPT FROM THE SECURITIES ACT OR IS NOT MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS.

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF DEUTSCHE BANK AG, THE DEPOSITOR, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS, THE INITIAL PURCHASERS, THE BORROWERS, THE SPONSORS, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICERS, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTIES, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THE CERTIFICATES NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS ON THIS CERTIFICATE ARE PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING

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CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

TRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES OF PORTIONS OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS AS PROVIDED IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.

THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE TO ONE OR MORE OTHER CLASSES OF CERTIFICATES AS AND TO THE EXTENT SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.

FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.

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BENCHMARK 2023-B38 MORTGAGE TRUST COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, CLASS E

Class E Pass-Through Rate:  4.0000%		CUSIP:            [081916AV0]7 [U06918AF0]8 [081916AW8]9 ISIN:                      [US081916AV06]10 [USU06918AF04]11 [US081916AW88]12
Original Aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class E Certificates: $6,241,000		Initial Certificate Balance of this Certificate: $[__]
First Distribution Date: May 17, 2023		Cut-off Date: The close of business on the later of the related Due Date of such Mortgage Loan in April 2023 (or, in the case of any Mortgage Loan that has its first Due Date after April 2023, the date that would have been its Due Date in April 2023 under the terms of that Mortgage Loan if a Periodic Payment were scheduled to be due in that month) and the date of origination of such Mortgage Loan
Assumed Final Distribution Date:  April 2033		No.: E-[__]

This certifies that [              ] is the registered owner of a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, including the distributions to be made with respect to the Class E Certificates. The Trust Fund, described more fully below, consists primarily of a pool of Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan secured by first liens on commercial and multifamily properties and held in trust by the Trustee and serviced by the Master Servicer. The Trust Fund was created, and the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan are to be serviced, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below). The Holder of this Certificate, by virtue of the acceptance hereof, assents to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and is bound thereby.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between the Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank,

⁷ For Rule 144A Certificates

⁸ For Regulation S Certificates

⁹ For IAI Certificates

¹⁰ For Rule 144A Certificates

¹¹ For Regulation S Certificates

¹² For IAI Certificates

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National Association, as master servicer (the “Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Argentic Services Company LP, as special servicer with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan (the “Pacific Design Center Special Servicer”), Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), as custodian and as paying agent, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor (in such capacity, the “Operating Advisor”) and as asset representations reviewer (in such capacity, the “Asset Representations Reviewer”) evidences the issuance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class X-A, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G, Class X-H, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G, Class H, Class S, Class R, Class RR, Class PDC-A1, Class PDC-A2 and Class PDC-HRR Certificates (the “Certificates”; the Holders of Certificates issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are collectively referred to herein as “Certificateholders”) and the creation of the RR Interest. This Certificate is issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit”, as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

The Certificate Administrator makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans and has executed this Certificate in its limited capacity as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In the event that there is any conflict between any provision of this Certificate and any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, such provision of this Certificate shall be superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator, or the Paying Agent on behalf of the Certificate Administrator, will distribute (other than the final distribution on any Certificate), on the fourth Business Day after each Determination Date (each such date, a “Distribution Date”) an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class E Certificates for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. “Determination Date” is defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as the eleventh day of each month, or if such eleventh day is not a Business Day, then the next Business Day, commencing in May 2023. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

During each Interest Accrual Period (as defined below), interest on the Class E Certificates will be calculated based on a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months on the outstanding Certificate Balance hereof.

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Interest accrued on this Certificate during an Interest Accrual Period, plus the aggregate unpaid Interest Shortfall with respect to this Certificate, if any, will be payable on the related Distribution Date to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The “Interest Accrual Period” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Each Interest Accrual Period is assumed to consist of 30 days.

All distributions (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) will be made by the Paying Agent to the Persons in whose names the Certificates are registered at the close of business on each Record Date, which will be the close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Such distributions shall be made on each Distribution Date other than the Termination Date to each Certificateholder of record on the related Record Date, (i) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Holder at a bank or other entity located in the United States and having appropriate facilities therefor if such Holder shall have provided the Paying Agent with wire instructions in writing at least five Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions), or (ii) otherwise, by check mailed by first-class mail to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register. The final distribution on each Certificate shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the Certificate Administrator or its agent (which may be the Paying Agent or the Certificate Registrar acting as such agent) that is specified in the notice to Holders of such final distribution.

Any funds not distributed on the Termination Date because of the failure of any Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held for the benefit of the appropriate non-tendering Certificateholders. If any Certificates as to which notice of the Termination Date has been given pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice not all of such Certificates shall have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. Subject to applicable state escheatment laws, if within two years after the second notice any such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent shall distribute to the Certificate Administrator all amounts distributable to the Holders thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall thereafter hold such amounts for the benefit of such Holders until the earlier of (i) its termination as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the transfer of such amounts to a successor Certificate Administrator and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund and distribution of such amounts to the Class R Certificateholders. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Any such amounts transferred to the Certificate Administrator may be invested in

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Permitted Investments and all income and gain realized from investment of such funds shall accrue for its benefit.

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries in respect of the Mortgage Loans, as more specifically set forth herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Fund includes (in each case, to the extent of the Trust Fund’s interest therein and specifically excluding any interest of any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder (other than the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, which is an asset of the Trust Fund) therein): (i) such Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as from time to time are subject to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto; (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan due after the Cut-off Date; (iii) the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO Property; (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property; (v) any Assignments of Leases, Rents and Profits and any security agreements related to the Mortgage Loans; (vi) any indemnities or guaranties given as additional security for any Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (vii) a security interest in all assets deposited in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts, and Reserve Accounts; (viii) the Loss of Value Reserve Fund; (ix) the Collection Account, the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Accounts, the Distribution Accounts, any Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Pacific Design Center Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the Trust’s interest in any REO Account, including any amounts on deposit therein, assets credited thereto and any reinvestment income, as applicable; (x) a security interest in any environmental indemnity agreements relating to the Mortgaged Properties; (xi) a security interest in all insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (xii) the rights and remedies under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements relating to document delivery requirements with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the representations and warranties of the related Mortgage Loan Seller regarding its Mortgage Loans (and in the case of GSMC, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan); (xiii) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests; (xiv) the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Regular Interests (xv) the VRR Interest Upper-Tier Regular Interest; and (xvi) the proceeds of the foregoing (other than any interest earned on deposits in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts and any Reserve Accounts, to the extent such interest belongs to the related Borrower). As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals may be made from certain of the above accounts for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders.

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the interests, rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the limitations thereon, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Certificate Administrator.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, this Certificate is transferable or exchangeable only upon surrender of this Certificate to the Certificate Registrar at its offices together with an assignment and transfer (executed by the Holder or his duly authorized attorney), subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of this

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Certificate, subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall execute and the Authenticating Agent shall duly authenticate in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate denomination as the Certificate being surrendered. Such Certificates shall be delivered by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Prior to due presentation of this Certificate for registration of transfer, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent and any agent of any of them may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent or any agent of any of them shall be affected by notice or knowledge to the contrary.

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange referred to in Section 5.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement other than for transfers to Institutional Accredited Investors as provided in Section 5.02(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the transferor shall reimburse the Trust Fund for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended at any time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee without the consent of any of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owners or any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, (i) to cure any ambiguity or to correct any manifest error; (ii) to cause the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus, the Private Placement Memorandum or the Loan-Specific Private Placement Memorandum with respect to the Certificates, the RR Interest, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement; (iii) to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or RR Interest Owner, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment; (iv) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the

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relevant provisions of the Code at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust that would be a claim against the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, RR Interest Owner or Companion Loan Noteholder; (v) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Non-U.S. Tax Person; (vi) to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, RR Interest Owner or any holder of a Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting thereto as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (vii) to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies; provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or RR Interest Owner not consenting thereto as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by confirmation of the applicable Rating Agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (viii) to modify the provisions of Section 3.06 and Section 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing, the Directing Holder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the status of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its

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then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (ix) to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders or the RR Interest Owner, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website; (x) to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv); and (xi) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (a) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Risk Retention Rule, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or (b) in the event the Risk Retention Rule or any other regulation applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee with the prior written consent of the RR Interest Owner (if affected by such amendment), Holders of Certificates representing not less than a majority of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates affected thereby (without regard to Certificates held by the Depositor, any of the Depositor’s Affiliates and/or agents) and each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder affected thereby for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or modifying in any manner the rights of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner or the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders; provided that no such amendment may:

(i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loans which are required to be distributed on any Certificate or the RR Interest, without the consent of the Holders of Certificates representing all of the Percentage Interests of the Class or Classes affected thereby or the consent of the RR Interest Owner, as applicable, or which are required to be distributed to any Companion Loan Noteholders without the consent of such Companion Loan Noteholders;

(ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Loan Noteholder or Loan-Specific Certificateholder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such

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Companion Loan Noteholder or Holder of the Loan-Specific Certificates, as applicable;

(iii) adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding;

(iv) change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary hereunder, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

(v) amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates).

Further, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of the Certificateholders or, if applicable, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, may amend the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC or the Upper-Tier REMIC as a REMIC or the qualification of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust, or to prevent the imposition of any additional material state or local taxes, at all times that any Certificates are outstanding; provided that such action, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (obtained at the expense of the Trust Fund), is necessary or helpful to maintain such qualification or to prevent the imposition of any such taxes, and would not adversely affect in any material respect the interest of any Certificateholder or if applicable, any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder or (ii) to the extent necessary to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act, Regulation AB, and/or any related regulatory actions and/or interpretations.

The Certificateholder owning a majority of the Percentage Interest in the Controlling Class and, if no such Certificateholder exercises such option, the Special Servicer, and if the Special Servicer does not exercise such option, the Master Servicer may effect an early termination of the Trust Fund, upon not less than 30 days’ prior Notice of Termination given to the Trustee, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer any time specifying the Anticipated Termination Date, which shall be on or after the Early Termination Notice Date (defined as any date as of which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan remaining in the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Stated Pool Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as of the Cut-off Date (or for purposes of this calculation, if an ARD Loan is still an asset of the Trust and such right is

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being exercised after its respective Anticipated Repayment Date, then such Mortgage Loan will be excluded from the aggregate Stated Principal Balance and the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance)) by purchasing on such date all, but not less than all, of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan then included in the Trust Fund, and the Trust’s interest in all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, at a purchase price, payable in cash, equal to the sum of, without duplication:

(A) 100% of the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan included in the Trust as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of principal);

(B) the fair market value of all other property included in the Trust Fund as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date, as determined by an Independent appraiser acceptable to the Master Servicer as of a date not more than 30 days prior to the last day of the month preceding such Distribution Date;

(C) all unpaid interest accrued on the unpaid balance of each Mortgage Loan (including any Mortgage Loan as to which title to the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired) and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan at the Mortgage Rate to the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of interest); and

(D) the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate, and unpaid Servicing Compensation, Special Servicing Compensation, Operating Advisor Fees, Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fees, the CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fees and Trust Fund expenses.

In addition, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that following the date on which the Class X-A Notional Amount, the Class X-D Notional Amount and the aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E Certificates is reduced to zero, the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class S or Class R Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund as contemplated by clause (ii) of Section 9.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by giving written notice to all the parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement no later than 60 days prior to the anticipated date of exchange.

All costs and expenses incurred by any and all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Trust Fund in connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and other assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be borne by the party exercising its purchase rights

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thereunder. The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any determination made by an Independent appraiser pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificates and the RR Interest (other than the obligations of the Certificate Administrator to make certain payments and to send certain notices to Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) shall terminate upon payment (or provision for payment) to the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders of all amounts held by or on behalf of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer, as the case may be, required under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be so paid on the Distribution Date following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and all other property held by the Trust Fund in accordance with Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (ii) the exchange by the Sole Certificateholder of its Certificates for the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan in accordance with Section 9.01(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and (iii) the later of (a) the receipt or collection of the last payment due on any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan included in the Trust Fund, or (b) the liquidation and disposition pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the last asset held by the Trust Fund; provided that in no event shall the trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom, living on the date hereof.

Unless the Certificate of Authentication on this Certificate has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Administrator has caused this Class E Certificate to be duly executed.

Dated: April 21, 2023

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Administrator
By:
	Name:
	Title:

Certificate of Authentication

This is one of the Class E Certificates referred to in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Dated: April 21, 2023

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Authenticating Agent
By:
	Name:
	Title:

 

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EXHIBIT A-11

FORM OF CLASS F [RULE 144A] ¹ [TEMPORARY REG S]² [REG S]³ [IAI]⁴ CERTIFICATE

[THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND, PRIOR TO THE DATE THAT IS 40 DAYS AFTER THE OFFERING OF THE CERTIFICATES, MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO A U.S. PERSON EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.]⁵

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]⁶

THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS, AND ONLY (A)(1) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) FOR SO LONG AS THIS CERTIFICATE IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”), TO AN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (“QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER”), PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF ANOTHER QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED, IN EACH CASE, THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (3) (EXCEPT WITH RESPECT TO THE CLASS R

¹ For Rule 144A Global Certificates only.

² For Temp Reg S Global Certificates only.

³ For Reg S Global Certificates only.

⁴ For IAI Global Certificates only.

⁵ For Temp Reg S Global Certificates only.

⁶ Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

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CERTIFICATES) TO OTHER INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS THAT ARE “ACCREDITED INVESTORS,” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY ENTITY IN WHICH ALL OF THE EQUITY OWNERS ARE INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS THAT ARE “ACCREDITED INVESTORS,” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (4) (EXCEPT WITH RESPECT TO THE CLASS R CERTIFICATES) TO INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE A NON-“U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, AND (B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

THE INITIAL INVESTOR IN THIS CERTIFICATE, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN, IS DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.  A TRANSFEREE IS ALSO REQUIRED TO DELIVER AN INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION LETTER SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM OF EXHIBIT D-1 TO THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT IF SUCH TRANSFEREE IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER OR (OTHER THAN WITH RESPECT TO A RESIDUAL CERTIFICATE) AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, AND MAY ALSO BE REQUIRED TO DELIVER AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IF SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A.

ANY HOLDER DESIRING TO EFFECT A TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL, AND DOES HEREBY AGREE TO, INDEMNIFY THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE TRUSTEE, THE MASTER SERVICER AND THE DEPOSITOR AGAINST ANY LOSS, LIABILITY OR EXPENSE THAT MAY RESULT IF THE TRANSFER IS NOT EXEMPT FROM THE SECURITIES ACT OR IS NOT MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS.

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF DEUTSCHE BANK AG, THE DEPOSITOR, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS, THE INITIAL PURCHASERS, THE BORROWERS, THE SPONSORS, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICERS, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTIES, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THE CERTIFICATES NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS ON THIS CERTIFICATE ARE PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING

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CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

TRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES OF PORTIONS OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS AS PROVIDED IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.

THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE TO ONE OR MORE OTHER CLASSES OF CERTIFICATES AS AND TO THE EXTENT SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.

THIS CERTIFICATE SHOULD NOT BE PURCHASED BY A TRANSFEREE THAT IS OR BECOMES (A) AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER PLAN OR RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT, INCLUDING AN INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT OR A KEOGH PLAN, WHICH IS SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), OR TO SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), OR A GOVERNMENTAL PLAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(32) OF ERISA, OR OTHER PLAN SUBJECT TO ANY FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW (“SIMILAR LAW”) WHICH IS TO A MATERIAL EXTENT SIMILAR TO THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE (EACH, A “PLAN”), OR (B) ANY PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH PLAN OR USING THE ASSETS OF ANY SUCH PLAN (INCLUDING AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE PLAN ASSETS BY REASON OF A PLAN’S INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY (PURSUANT TO U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGULATION SECTION 2510.3-101, AS MODIFIED BY SECTION 3(42) OF ERISA)), OTHER THAN AN INSURANCE COMPANY USING THE ASSETS OF ITS GENERAL ACCOUNT UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES WHEREBY SUCH PURCHASE AND THE SUBSEQUENT HOLDING OF SUCH CERTIFICATE BY SUCH INSURANCE COMPANY WILL BE EXEMPT FROM THE PROHIBITED TRANSACTION PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 406 AND 407 OF ERISA, AND SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE UNDER SECTIONS I AND III OF PTCE 95-60 OR, IN THE CASE OF A PLAN SUBJECT TO SIMILAR LAW, WHERE THE ACQUISITION, HOLDING AND DISPOSITION OF SUCH CERTIFICATE WILL NOT CONSTITUTE OR RESULT IN A NON-EXEMPT VIOLATION OF ANY SIMILAR LAW.

FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.

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BENCHMARK 2023-B38 MORTGAGE TRUST COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, CLASS F

Class F Pass-Through Rate: 4.0000%		CUSIP:            [081916AX6]7 [U06918AG8]8 [081916AY4]9 ISIN:                      [US081916AX61]10 [USU06918AG86]11 [US081916AY45]12
Original Aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class F Certificates: $12,481,000		Initial Certificate Balance of this Certificate: $[__]
First Distribution Date: May 17, 2023		Cut-off Date: The close of business on the later of the related Due Date of such Mortgage Loan in April 2023 (or, in the case of any Mortgage Loan that has its first Due Date after April 2023, the date that would have been its Due Date in April 2023 under the terms of that Mortgage Loan if a Periodic Payment were scheduled to be due in that month) and the date of origination of such Mortgage Loan
Assumed Final Distribution Date:  April 2033		No.: F-[__]

This certifies that [              ] is the registered owner of a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, including the distributions to be made with respect to the Class F Certificates. The Trust Fund, described more fully below, consists primarily of a pool of Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan secured by first liens on commercial and multifamily properties and held in trust by the Trustee and serviced by the Master Servicer. The Trust Fund was created, and the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan are to be serviced, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below). The Holder of this Certificate, by virtue of the acceptance hereof, assents to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and is bound thereby.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between the Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank,

⁷ For Rule 144A Certificates

⁸ For Regulation S Certificates

⁹ For IAI Certificates

¹⁰ For Rule 144A Certificates

¹¹ For Regulation S Certificates

¹² For IAI Certificates

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National Association, as master servicer (the “Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Argentic Services Company LP, as special servicer with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan (the “Pacific Design Center Special Servicer”), Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), as custodian and as paying agent, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor (in such capacity, the “Operating Advisor”) and as asset representations reviewer (in such capacity, the “Asset Representations Reviewer”) evidences the issuance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class X-A, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G, Class X-H, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G, Class H, Class S, Class R, Class RR, Class PDC-A1, Class PDC-A2 and Class PDC-HRR Certificates (the “Certificates”; the Holders of Certificates issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are collectively referred to herein as “Certificateholders”) and the creation of the RR Interest. This Certificate is issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit”, as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

The Certificate Administrator makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans and has executed this Certificate in its limited capacity as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In the event that there is any conflict between any provision of this Certificate and any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, such provision of this Certificate shall be superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator, or the Paying Agent on behalf of the Certificate Administrator, will distribute (other than the final distribution on any Certificate), on the fourth Business Day after each Determination Date (each such date, a “Distribution Date”) an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class F Certificates for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. “Determination Date” is defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as the eleventh day of each month, or if such eleventh day is not a Business Day, then the next Business Day, commencing in May 2023.

During each Interest Accrual Period (as defined below), interest on the Class F Certificates will be calculated based on a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months on the outstanding Certificate Balance hereof.

Interest accrued on this Certificate during an Interest Accrual Period, plus the aggregate unpaid Interest Shortfall with respect to this Certificate, if any, will be payable on the

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related Distribution Date to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The “Interest Accrual Period” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Each Interest Accrual Period is assumed to consist of 30 days.

All distributions (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) will be made by the Paying Agent to the Persons in whose names the Certificates are registered at the close of business on each Record Date, which will be the close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Such distributions shall be made on each Distribution Date other than the Termination Date to each Certificateholder of record on the related Record Date, (i) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Holder at a bank or other entity located in the United States and having appropriate facilities therefor if such Holder shall have provided the Paying Agent with wire instructions in writing at least five Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions), or (ii) otherwise, by check mailed by first-class mail to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register. The final distribution on each Certificate shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the Certificate Administrator or its agent (which may be the Paying Agent or the Certificate Registrar acting as such agent) that is specified in the notice to Holders of such final distribution.

Any funds not distributed on the Termination Date because of the failure of any Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held for the benefit of the appropriate non-tendering Certificateholders. If any Certificates as to which notice of the Termination Date has been given pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice not all of such Certificates shall have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. Subject to applicable state escheatment laws, if within two years after the second notice any such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent shall distribute to the Certificate Administrator all amounts distributable to the Holders thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall thereafter hold such amounts for the benefit of such Holders until the earlier of (i) its termination as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the transfer of such amounts to a successor Certificate Administrator and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund and distribution of such amounts to the Class R Certificateholders. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Any such amounts transferred to the Certificate Administrator may be invested in Permitted Investments and all income and gain realized from investment of such funds shall accrue for its benefit.

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This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries in respect of the Mortgage Loans, as more specifically set forth herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Fund includes (in each case, to the extent of the Trust Fund’s interest therein and specifically excluding any interest of any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder (other than the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, which is an asset of the Trust Fund) therein): (i) such Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as from time to time are subject to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto; (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan due after the Cut-off Date; (iii) the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO Property; (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property; (v) any Assignments of Leases, Rents and Profits and any security agreements related to the Mortgage Loans; (vi) any indemnities or guaranties given as additional security for any Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (vii) a security interest in all assets deposited in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts, and Reserve Accounts; (viii) the Loss of Value Reserve Fund; (ix) the Collection Account, the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Accounts, the Distribution Accounts, any Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Pacific Design Center Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the Trust’s interest in any REO Account, including any amounts on deposit therein, assets credited thereto and any reinvestment income, as applicable; (x) a security interest in any environmental indemnity agreements relating to the Mortgaged Properties; (xi) a security interest in all insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (xii) the rights and remedies under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements relating to document delivery requirements with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the representations and warranties of the related Mortgage Loan Seller regarding its Mortgage Loans (and in the case of GSMC, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan); (xiii) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests; (xiv) the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Regular Interests (xv) the VRR Interest Upper-Tier Regular Interest; and (xvi) the proceeds of the foregoing (other than any interest earned on deposits in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts and any Reserve Accounts, to the extent such interest belongs to the related Borrower). As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals may be made from certain of the above accounts for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders.

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the interests, rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the limitations thereon, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Certificate Administrator.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, this Certificate is transferable or exchangeable only upon surrender of this Certificate to the Certificate Registrar at its offices together with an assignment and transfer (executed by the Holder or his duly authorized attorney), subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of this Certificate, subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall execute and the Authenticating Agent shall duly authenticate in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized

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denominations of a like aggregate denomination as the Certificate being surrendered. Such Certificates shall be delivered by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Prior to due presentation of this Certificate for registration of transfer, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent and any agent of any of them may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent or any agent of any of them shall be affected by notice or knowledge to the contrary.

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange referred to in Section 5.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement other than for transfers to Institutional Accredited Investors as provided in Section 5.02(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the transferor shall reimburse the Trust Fund for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended at any time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee without the consent of any of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owners or any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, (i) to cure any ambiguity or to correct any manifest error; (ii) to cause the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus, the Private Placement Memorandum or the Loan-Specific Private Placement Memorandum with respect to the Certificates, the RR Interest, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement; (iii) to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or RR Interest Owner, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment; (iv) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust that would be a claim against the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust;

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provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, RR Interest Owner or Companion Loan Noteholder; (v) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Non-U.S. Tax Person; (vi) to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, RR Interest Owner or any holder of a Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting thereto as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (vii) to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies; provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or RR Interest Owner not consenting thereto as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by confirmation of the applicable Rating Agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (viii) to modify the provisions of Section 3.06 and Section 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing, the Directing Holder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the status of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (ix) to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating

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to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders or the RR Interest Owner, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website; (x) to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv); and (xi) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (a) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Risk Retention Rule, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or (b) in the event the Risk Retention Rule or any other regulation applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee with the prior written consent of the RR Interest Owner (if affected by such amendment), Holders of Certificates representing not less than a majority of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates affected thereby (without regard to Certificates held by the Depositor, any of the Depositor’s Affiliates and/or agents) and each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder affected thereby for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or modifying in any manner the rights of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner or the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders; provided that no such amendment may:

(i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loans which are required to be distributed on any Certificate or the RR Interest, without the consent of the Holders of Certificates representing all of the Percentage Interests of the Class or Classes affected thereby or the consent of the RR Interest Owner, as applicable, or which are required to be distributed to any Companion Loan Noteholders without the consent of such Companion Loan Noteholders;

(ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Loan Noteholder or Loan-Specific Certificateholder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Loan Noteholder or Holder of the Loan-Specific Certificates, as applicable;

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(iii) adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding;

(iv) change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary hereunder, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

(v) amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates).

Further, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of the Certificateholders or, if applicable, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, may amend the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC or the Upper-Tier REMIC as a REMIC or the qualification of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust, or to prevent the imposition of any additional material state or local taxes, at all times that any Certificates are outstanding; provided that such action, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (obtained at the expense of the Trust Fund), is necessary or helpful to maintain such qualification or to prevent the imposition of any such taxes, and would not adversely affect in any material respect the interest of any Certificateholder or if applicable, any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder or (ii) to the extent necessary to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act, Regulation AB, and/or any related regulatory actions and/or interpretations.

The Certificateholder owning a majority of the Percentage Interest in the Controlling Class and, if no such Certificateholder exercises such option, the Special Servicer, and if the Special Servicer does not exercise such option, the Master Servicer may effect an early termination of the Trust Fund, upon not less than 30 days’ prior Notice of Termination given to the Trustee, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer any time specifying the Anticipated Termination Date, which shall be on or after the Early Termination Notice Date (defined as any date as of which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan remaining in the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Stated Pool Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as of the Cut-off Date (or for purposes of this calculation, if an ARD Loan is still an asset of the Trust and such right is being exercised after its respective Anticipated Repayment Date, then such Mortgage Loan will be excluded from the aggregate Stated Principal Balance and the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance)) by purchasing on such date all, but not less than all, of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust

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Subordinate Companion Loan then included in the Trust Fund, and the Trust’s interest in all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, at a purchase price, payable in cash, equal to the sum of, without duplication:

(A) 100% of the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan included in the Trust as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of principal);

(B) the fair market value of all other property included in the Trust Fund as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date, as determined by an Independent appraiser acceptable to the Master Servicer as of a date not more than 30 days prior to the last day of the month preceding such Distribution Date;

(C) all unpaid interest accrued on the unpaid balance of each Mortgage Loan (including any Mortgage Loan as to which title to the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired) and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan at the Mortgage Rate to the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of interest); and

(D) the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate, and unpaid Servicing Compensation, Special Servicing Compensation, Operating Advisor Fees, Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fees, the CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fees and Trust Fund expenses.

In addition, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that following the date on which the Class X-A Notional Amount, the Class X-D Notional Amount and the aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E Certificates is reduced to zero, the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class S or Class R Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund as contemplated by clause (ii) of Section 9.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by giving written notice to all the parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement no later than 60 days prior to the anticipated date of exchange.

All costs and expenses incurred by any and all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Trust Fund in connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and other assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be borne by the party exercising its purchase rights thereunder. The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any determination made by an Independent appraiser pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

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The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificates and the RR Interest (other than the obligations of the Certificate Administrator to make certain payments and to send certain notices to Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) shall terminate upon payment (or provision for payment) to the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders of all amounts held by or on behalf of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer, as the case may be, required under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be so paid on the Distribution Date following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and all other property held by the Trust Fund in accordance with Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (ii) the exchange by the Sole Certificateholder of its Certificates for the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan in accordance with Section 9.01(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and (iii) the later of (a) the receipt or collection of the last payment due on any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan included in the Trust Fund, or (b) the liquidation and disposition pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the last asset held by the Trust Fund; provided that in no event shall the trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom, living on the date hereof.

Unless the Certificate of Authentication on this Certificate has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Administrator has caused this Class F Certificate to be duly executed.

Dated: April 21, 2023

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Administrator
By:
	Name:
	Title:

Certificate of Authentication

This is one of the Class F Certificates referred to in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Dated: April 21, 2023

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Authenticating Agent
By:
	Name:
	Title:

 

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EXHIBIT A-12

FORM OF CLASS G [RULE 144A]¹ [TEMPORARY REG S]² [REG S]³ [IAI]⁴ CERTIFICATE

[THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND, PRIOR TO THE DATE THAT IS 40 DAYS AFTER THE OFFERING OF THE CERTIFICATES, MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO A U.S. PERSON EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.]⁵

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]⁶

THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS, AND ONLY (A)(1) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) FOR SO LONG AS THIS CERTIFICATE IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”), TO AN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (“QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER”), PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF ANOTHER QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED, IN EACH CASE, THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (3) (EXCEPT WITH RESPECT TO THE CLASS R

¹ For Rule 144A Global Certificates only.

² For Temp Reg S Global Certificates only.

³ For Reg S Global Certificates only.

⁴ For IAI Global Certificates only.

⁵ For Temp Reg S Global Certificates only.

⁶ Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 

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CERTIFICATES) TO OTHER INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS THAT ARE “ACCREDITED INVESTORS,” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY ENTITY IN WHICH ALL OF THE EQUITY OWNERS ARE INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS THAT ARE “ACCREDITED INVESTORS,” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (4) (EXCEPT WITH RESPECT TO THE CLASS R CERTIFICATES) TO INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE A NON-“U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, AND (B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

THE INITIAL INVESTOR IN THIS CERTIFICATE, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN, IS DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.  A TRANSFEREE IS ALSO REQUIRED TO DELIVER AN INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION LETTER SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM OF EXHIBIT D-1 TO THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT IF SUCH TRANSFEREE IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER OR (OTHER THAN WITH RESPECT TO A RESIDUAL CERTIFICATE) AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, AND MAY ALSO BE REQUIRED TO DELIVER AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IF SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A.

ANY HOLDER DESIRING TO EFFECT A TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL, AND DOES HEREBY AGREE TO, INDEMNIFY THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE TRUSTEE, THE MASTER SERVICER AND THE DEPOSITOR AGAINST ANY LOSS, LIABILITY OR EXPENSE THAT MAY RESULT IF THE TRANSFER IS NOT EXEMPT FROM THE SECURITIES ACT OR IS NOT MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS.

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF DEUTSCHE BANK AG, THE DEPOSITOR, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS, THE INITIAL PURCHASERS, THE BORROWERS, THE SPONSORS, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICERS, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTIES, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THE CERTIFICATES NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS ON THIS CERTIFICATE ARE PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING

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CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

TRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES OF PORTIONS OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS AS PROVIDED IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.

THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE TO ONE OR MORE OTHER CLASSES OF CERTIFICATES AS AND TO THE EXTENT SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.

THIS CERTIFICATE SHOULD NOT BE PURCHASED BY A TRANSFEREE THAT IS OR BECOMES (A) AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER PLAN OR RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT, INCLUDING AN INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT OR A KEOGH PLAN, WHICH IS SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), OR TO SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), OR A GOVERNMENTAL PLAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(32) OF ERISA, OR OTHER PLAN SUBJECT TO ANY FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW (“SIMILAR LAW”) WHICH IS TO A MATERIAL EXTENT SIMILAR TO THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE (EACH, A “PLAN”), OR (B) ANY PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH PLAN OR USING THE ASSETS OF ANY SUCH PLAN (INCLUDING AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE PLAN ASSETS BY REASON OF A PLAN’S INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY (PURSUANT TO U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGULATION SECTION 2510.3-101, AS MODIFIED BY SECTION 3(42) OF ERISA)), OTHER THAN AN INSURANCE COMPANY USING THE ASSETS OF ITS GENERAL ACCOUNT UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES WHEREBY SUCH PURCHASE AND THE SUBSEQUENT HOLDING OF SUCH CERTIFICATE BY SUCH INSURANCE COMPANY WILL BE EXEMPT FROM THE PROHIBITED TRANSACTION PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 406 AND 407 OF ERISA, AND SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE UNDER SECTIONS I AND III OF PTCE 95-60 OR, IN THE CASE OF A PLAN SUBJECT TO SIMILAR LAW, WHERE THE ACQUISITION, HOLDING AND DISPOSITION OF SUCH CERTIFICATE WILL NOT CONSTITUTE OR RESULT IN A NON-EXEMPT VIOLATION OF ANY SIMILAR LAW.

FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.

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BENCHMARK 2023-B38 MORTGAGE TRUST COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, CLASS G

Class G Pass-Through Rate: 4.0000%		CUSIP:          [081916AZ1]7 [U06918AH6]8 [081916BA5]9 ISIN:                    [US081916AZ10]10 [USU06918AH69]11 [US081916BA59]12
Original Aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class G Certificates: $10,140,000		Initial Certificate Balance of this Certificate: $[_____]
First Distribution Date: May 17, 2023		Cut-off Date: The close of business on the later of the related Due Date of such Mortgage Loan in April 2023 (or, in the case of any Mortgage Loan that has its first Due Date after April 2023, the date that would have been its Due Date in April 2023 under the terms of that Mortgage Loan if a Periodic Payment were scheduled to be due in that month) and the date of origination of such Mortgage Loan
Assumed Final Distribution Date: April 2033		No.: G-[__]

This certifies that [              ] is the registered owner of a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, including the distributions to be made with respect to the Class G Certificates. The Trust Fund, described more fully below, consists primarily of a pool of Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan secured by first liens on commercial and multifamily properties and held in trust by the Trustee and serviced by the Master Servicer. The Trust Fund was created, and the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan are to be serviced, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below). The Holder of this Certificate, by virtue of the acceptance hereof, assents to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and is bound thereby.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between the Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank,

⁷ For Rule 144A Certificates

⁸ For Regulation S Certificates

⁹ For IAI Certificates

¹⁰ For Rule 144A Certificates

¹¹ For Regulation S Certificates

¹² For IAI Certificates

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National Association, as master servicer (the “Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Argentic Services Company LP, as special servicer with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan (the “Pacific Design Center Special Servicer”), Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), as custodian and as paying agent, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor (in such capacity, the “Operating Advisor”) and as asset representations reviewer (in such capacity, the “Asset Representations Reviewer”) evidences the issuance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class X-A, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G, Class X-H, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G, Class H, Class S, Class R, Class RR, Class PDC-A1, Class PDC-A2 and Class PDC-HRR Certificates (the “Certificates”; the Holders of Certificates issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are collectively referred to herein as “Certificateholders”) and the creation of the RR Interest. This Certificate is issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit”, as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

The Certificate Administrator makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans and has executed this Certificate in its limited capacity as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In the event that there is any conflict between any provision of this Certificate and any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, such provision of this Certificate shall be superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator, or the Paying Agent on behalf of the Certificate Administrator, will distribute (other than the final distribution on any Certificate), on the fourth Business Day after each Determination Date (each such date, a “Distribution Date”) an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class G Certificates for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. “Determination Date” is defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as the eleventh day of each month, or if such eleventh day is not a Business Day, then the next Business Day, commencing in May 2023.

During each Interest Accrual Period (as defined below), interest on the Class G Certificates will be calculated based on a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months on the outstanding Certificate Balance hereof.

Interest accrued on this Certificate during an Interest Accrual Period, plus the aggregate unpaid Interest Shortfall with respect to this Certificate, if any, will be payable on the

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related Distribution Date to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The “Interest Accrual Period” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Each Interest Accrual Period is assumed to consist of 30 days.

All distributions (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) will be made by the Paying Agent to the Persons in whose names the Certificates are registered at the close of business on each Record Date, which will be the close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Such distributions shall be made on each Distribution Date other than the Termination Date to each Certificateholder of record on the related Record Date, (i) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Holder at a bank or other entity located in the United States and having appropriate facilities therefor if such Holder shall have provided the Paying Agent with wire instructions in writing at least five Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions), or (ii) otherwise, by check mailed by first-class mail to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register. The final distribution on each Certificate shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the Certificate Administrator or its agent (which may be the Paying Agent or the Certificate Registrar acting as such agent) that is specified in the notice to Holders of such final distribution.

Any funds not distributed on the Termination Date because of the failure of any Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held for the benefit of the appropriate non-tendering Certificateholders. If any Certificates as to which notice of the Termination Date has been given pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice not all of such Certificates shall have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. Subject to applicable state escheatment laws, if within two years after the second notice any such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent shall distribute to the Certificate Administrator all amounts distributable to the Holders thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall thereafter hold such amounts for the benefit of such Holders until the earlier of (i) its termination as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the transfer of such amounts to a successor Certificate Administrator and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund and distribution of such amounts to the Class R Certificateholders. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Any such amounts transferred to the Certificate Administrator may be invested in Permitted Investments and all income and gain realized from investment of such funds shall accrue for its benefit.

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This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries in respect of the Mortgage Loans, as more specifically set forth herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Fund includes (in each case, to the extent of the Trust Fund’s interest therein and specifically excluding any interest of any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder (other than the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, which is an asset of the Trust Fund) therein): (i) such Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as from time to time are subject to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto; (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan due after the Cut-off Date; (iii) the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO Property; (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property; (v) any Assignments of Leases, Rents and Profits and any security agreements related to the Mortgage Loans; (vi) any indemnities or guaranties given as additional security for any Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (vii) a security interest in all assets deposited in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts, and Reserve Accounts; (viii) the Loss of Value Reserve Fund; (ix) the Collection Account, the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Accounts, the Distribution Accounts, any Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Pacific Design Center Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the Trust’s interest in any REO Account, including any amounts on deposit therein, assets credited thereto and any reinvestment income, as applicable; (x) a security interest in any environmental indemnity agreements relating to the Mortgaged Properties; (xi) a security interest in all insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (xii) the rights and remedies under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements relating to document delivery requirements with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the representations and warranties of the related Mortgage Loan Seller regarding its Mortgage Loans (and in the case of GSMC, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan); (xiii) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests; (xiv) the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Regular Interests (xv) the VRR Interest Upper-Tier Regular Interest; and (xvi) the proceeds of the foregoing (other than any interest earned on deposits in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts and any Reserve Accounts, to the extent such interest belongs to the related Borrower). As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals may be made from certain of the above accounts for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders.

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the interests, rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the limitations thereon, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Certificate Administrator.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, this Certificate is transferable or exchangeable only upon surrender of this Certificate to the Certificate Registrar at its offices together with an assignment and transfer (executed by the Holder or his duly authorized attorney), subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of this Certificate, subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall execute and the Authenticating Agent shall duly authenticate in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized

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denominations of a like aggregate denomination as the Certificate being surrendered. Such Certificates shall be delivered by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Prior to due presentation of this Certificate for registration of transfer, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent and any agent of any of them may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent or any agent of any of them shall be affected by notice or knowledge to the contrary.

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange referred to in Section 5.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement other than for transfers to Institutional Accredited Investors as provided in Section 5.02(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the transferor shall reimburse the Trust Fund for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended at any time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee without the consent of any of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owners or any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, (i) to cure any ambiguity or to correct any manifest error; (ii) to cause the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus, the Private Placement Memorandum or the Loan-Specific Private Placement Memorandum with respect to the Certificates, the RR Interest, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement; (iii) to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or RR Interest Owner, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment; (iv) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust that would be a claim against the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust;

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provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, RR Interest Owner or Companion Loan Noteholder; (v) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Non-U.S. Tax Person; (vi) to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, RR Interest Owner or any holder of a Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting thereto as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (vii) to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies; provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or RR Interest Owner not consenting thereto as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by confirmation of the applicable Rating Agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (viii) to modify the provisions of Section 3.06 and Section 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing, the Directing Holder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the status of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (ix) to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating

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to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders or the RR Interest Owner, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website; (x) to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv); and (xi) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (a) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Risk Retention Rule, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or (b) in the event the Risk Retention Rule or any other regulation applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee with the prior written consent of the RR Interest Owner (if affected by such amendment), Holders of Certificates representing not less than a majority of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates affected thereby (without regard to Certificates held by the Depositor, any of the Depositor’s Affiliates and/or agents) and each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder affected thereby for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or modifying in any manner the rights of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner or the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders; provided that no such amendment may:

(i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loans which are required to be distributed on any Certificate or the RR Interest, without the consent of the Holders of Certificates representing all of the Percentage Interests of the Class or Classes affected thereby or the consent of the RR Interest Owner, as applicable, or which are required to be distributed to any Companion Loan Noteholders without the consent of such Companion Loan Noteholders;

(ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Loan Noteholder or Loan-Specific Certificateholder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Loan Noteholder or Holder of the Loan-Specific Certificates, as applicable;

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(iii) adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding;

(iv) change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary hereunder, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

(v) amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates).

Further, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of the Certificateholders or, if applicable, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, may amend the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC or the Upper-Tier REMIC as a REMIC or the qualification of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust, or to prevent the imposition of any additional material state or local taxes, at all times that any Certificates are outstanding; provided that such action, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (obtained at the expense of the Trust Fund), is necessary or helpful to maintain such qualification or to prevent the imposition of any such taxes, and would not adversely affect in any material respect the interest of any Certificateholder or if applicable, any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder or (ii) to the extent necessary to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act, Regulation AB, and/or any related regulatory actions and/or interpretations.

The Certificateholder owning a majority of the Percentage Interest in the Controlling Class and, if no such Certificateholder exercises such option, the Special Servicer, and if the Special Servicer does not exercise such option, the Master Servicer may effect an early termination of the Trust Fund, upon not less than 30 days’ prior Notice of Termination given to the Trustee, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer any time specifying the Anticipated Termination Date, which shall be on or after the Early Termination Notice Date (defined as any date as of which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan remaining in the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Stated Pool Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as of the Cut-off Date (or for purposes of this calculation, if an ARD Loan is still an asset of the Trust and such right is being exercised after its respective Anticipated Repayment Date, then such Mortgage Loan will be excluded from the aggregate Stated Principal Balance and the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance)) by purchasing on such date all, but not less than all, of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust

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Subordinate Companion Loan then included in the Trust Fund, and the Trust’s interest in all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, at a purchase price, payable in cash, equal to the sum of, without duplication:

(A) 100% of the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan included in the Trust as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of principal);

(B) the fair market value of all other property included in the Trust Fund as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date, as determined by an Independent appraiser acceptable to the Master Servicer as of a date not more than 30 days prior to the last day of the month preceding such Distribution Date;

(C) all unpaid interest accrued on the unpaid balance of each Mortgage Loan (including any Mortgage Loan as to which title to the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired) and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan at the Mortgage Rate to the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of interest); and

(D) the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate, and unpaid Servicing Compensation, Special Servicing Compensation, Operating Advisor Fees, Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fees, the CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fees and Trust Fund expenses.

In addition, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that following the date on which the Class X-A Notional Amount, the Class X-D Notional Amount and the aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E Certificates is reduced to zero, the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class S or Class R Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund as contemplated by clause (ii) of Section 9.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by giving written notice to all the parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement no later than 60 days prior to the anticipated date of exchange.

All costs and expenses incurred by any and all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Trust Fund in connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and other assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be borne by the party exercising its purchase rights thereunder. The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any determination made by an Independent appraiser pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

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The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificates and the RR Interest (other than the obligations of the Certificate Administrator to make certain payments and to send certain notices to Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) shall terminate upon payment (or provision for payment) to the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders of all amounts held by or on behalf of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer, as the case may be, required under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be so paid on the Distribution Date following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and all other property held by the Trust Fund in accordance with Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (ii) the exchange by the Sole Certificateholder of its Certificates for the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan in accordance with Section 9.01(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and (iii) the later of (a) the receipt or collection of the last payment due on any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan included in the Trust Fund, or (b) the liquidation and disposition pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the last asset held by the Trust Fund; provided that in no event shall the trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom, living on the date hereof.

Unless the Certificate of Authentication on this Certificate has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

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       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Administrator has caused this Class G Certificate to be duly executed.

Dated: April 21, 2023

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Administrator
By:
	Name:
	Title:

Certificate of Authentication

This is one of the Class G Certificates referred to in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Dated: April 21, 2023

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Authenticating Agent
By:
	Name:
	Title:

 

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EXHIBIT A-13

FORM OF CLASS H [RULE 144A]¹ [TEMPORARY REG S]² [REG S]³ [IAI]⁴ CERTIFICATE

[THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND, PRIOR TO THE DATE THAT IS 40 DAYS AFTER THE OFFERING OF THE CERTIFICATES, MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO A U.S. PERSON EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.]⁵

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]⁶

THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS, AND ONLY (A)(1) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) FOR SO LONG AS THIS CERTIFICATE IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”), TO AN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (“QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER”), PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF ANOTHER QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED, IN EACH CASE, THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (3) (EXCEPT WITH RESPECT TO THE CLASS R

¹ For Rule 144A Global Certificates only.

² For Temp Reg S Global Certificates only.

³ For Reg S Global Certificates only.

⁴ For IAI Global Certificates only.

⁵ For Temp Reg S Global Certificates only.

⁶ Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 

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CERTIFICATES) TO OTHER INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS THAT ARE “ACCREDITED INVESTORS,” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY ENTITY IN WHICH ALL OF THE EQUITY OWNERS ARE INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS THAT ARE “ACCREDITED INVESTORS,” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (4) (EXCEPT WITH RESPECT TO THE CLASS R CERTIFICATES) TO INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE A NON-“U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, AND (B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

THE INITIAL INVESTOR IN THIS CERTIFICATE, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN, IS DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.  A TRANSFEREE IS ALSO REQUIRED TO DELIVER AN INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION LETTER SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM OF EXHIBIT D-1 TO THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT IF SUCH TRANSFEREE IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER OR (OTHER THAN WITH RESPECT TO A RESIDUAL CERTIFICATE) AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, AND MAY ALSO BE REQUIRED TO DELIVER AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IF SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A.

ANY HOLDER DESIRING TO EFFECT A TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL, AND DOES HEREBY AGREE TO, INDEMNIFY THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE TRUSTEE, THE MASTER SERVICER AND THE DEPOSITOR AGAINST ANY LOSS, LIABILITY OR EXPENSE THAT MAY RESULT IF THE TRANSFER IS NOT EXEMPT FROM THE SECURITIES ACT OR IS NOT MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS.

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF DEUTSCHE BANK AG, THE DEPOSITOR, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS, THE INITIAL PURCHASERS, THE BORROWERS, THE SPONSORS, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICERS, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTIES, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THE CERTIFICATES NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS ON THIS CERTIFICATE ARE PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING

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CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

TRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES OF PORTIONS OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS AS PROVIDED IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.

THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE TO ONE OR MORE OTHER CLASSES OF CERTIFICATES AS AND TO THE EXTENT SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.

THIS CERTIFICATE SHOULD NOT BE PURCHASED BY A TRANSFEREE THAT IS OR BECOMES (A) AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER PLAN OR RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT, INCLUDING AN INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT OR A KEOGH PLAN, WHICH IS SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), OR TO SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), OR A GOVERNMENTAL PLAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(32) OF ERISA, OR OTHER PLAN SUBJECT TO ANY FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW (“SIMILAR LAW”) WHICH IS TO A MATERIAL EXTENT SIMILAR TO THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE (EACH, A “PLAN”), OR (B) ANY PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH PLAN OR USING THE ASSETS OF ANY SUCH PLAN (INCLUDING AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE PLAN ASSETS BY REASON OF A PLAN’S INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY (PURSUANT TO U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGULATION SECTION 2510.3-101, AS MODIFIED BY SECTION 3(42) OF ERISA)), OTHER THAN AN INSURANCE COMPANY USING THE ASSETS OF ITS GENERAL ACCOUNT UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES WHEREBY SUCH PURCHASE AND THE SUBSEQUENT HOLDING OF SUCH CERTIFICATE BY SUCH INSURANCE COMPANY WILL BE EXEMPT FROM THE PROHIBITED TRANSACTION PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 406 AND 407 OF ERISA, AND SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE UNDER SECTIONS I AND III OF PTCE 95-60 OR, IN THE CASE OF A PLAN SUBJECT TO SIMILAR LAW, WHERE THE ACQUISITION, HOLDING AND DISPOSITION OF SUCH CERTIFICATE WILL NOT CONSTITUTE OR RESULT IN A NON-EXEMPT VIOLATION OF ANY SIMILAR LAW.

FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.

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BENCHMARK 2023-B38 MORTGAGE TRUST COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, CLASS H

Class H Pass-Through Rate:  4.0000%		CUSIP:          [081916BB3]7 [U06918AJ2]8 [081916BC1]9 ISIN:                    [US081916BB33]10 [USU06918AJ26]11 [US081916BC16]12
Original Aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class H Certificates: $17,942,153		Initial Certificate Balance of this Certificate: $[_____]
First Distribution Date: May 17, 2023		Cut-off Date: The close of business on the later of the related Due Date of such Mortgage Loan in April 2023 (or, in the case of any Mortgage Loan that has its first Due Date after April 2023, the date that would have been its Due Date in April 2023 under the terms of that Mortgage Loan if a Periodic Payment were scheduled to be due in that month) and the date of origination of such Mortgage Loan
Assumed Final Distribution Date: April 2033		No.: H-[__]

This certifies that [              ] is the registered owner of a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, including the distributions to be made with respect to the Class H Certificates. The Trust Fund, described more fully below, consists primarily of a pool of Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan secured by first liens on commercial and multifamily properties and held in trust by the Trustee and serviced by the Master Servicer. The Trust Fund was created, and the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan are to be serviced, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below). The Holder of this Certificate, by virtue of the acceptance hereof, assents to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and is bound thereby.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between the Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank,

⁷ For Rule 144A Certificates

⁸ For Regulation S Certificates

⁹ For IAI Certificates

¹⁰ For Rule 144A Certificates

¹¹ For Regulation S Certificates

¹² For IAI Certificates

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National Association, as master servicer (the “Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Argentic Services Company LP, as special servicer with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan (the “Pacific Design Center Special Servicer”), Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), as custodian and as paying agent, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor (in such capacity, the “Operating Advisor”) and as asset representations reviewer (in such capacity, the “Asset Representations Reviewer”) evidences the issuance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class X-A, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G, Class X-H, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G, Class H, Class S, Class R, Class RR, Class PDC-A1, Class PDC-A2 and Class PDC-HRR Certificates (the “Certificates”; the Holders of Certificates issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are collectively referred to herein as “Certificateholders”) and the creation of the RR Interest. This Certificate is issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit”, as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

The Certificate Administrator makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans and has executed this Certificate in its limited capacity as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In the event that there is any conflict between any provision of this Certificate and any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, such provision of this Certificate shall be superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator, or the Paying Agent on behalf of the Certificate Administrator, will distribute (other than the final distribution on any Certificate), on the fourth Business Day after each Determination Date (each such date, a “Distribution Date”) an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class H Certificates for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. “Determination Date” is defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as the eleventh day of each month, or if such eleventh day is not a Business Day, then the next Business Day, commencing in May 2023.

During each Interest Accrual Period (as defined below), interest on the Class H Certificates will be calculated based on a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months on the outstanding Certificate Balance hereof.

Interest accrued on this Certificate during an Interest Accrual Period, plus the aggregate unpaid Interest Shortfall with respect to this Certificate, if any, will be payable on the

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related Distribution Date to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The “Interest Accrual Period” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Each Interest Accrual Period is assumed to consist of 30 days.

All distributions (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) will be made by the Paying Agent to the Persons in whose names the Certificates are registered at the close of business on each Record Date, which will be the close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Such distributions shall be made on each Distribution Date other than the Termination Date to each Certificateholder of record on the related Record Date, (i) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Holder at a bank or other entity located in the United States and having appropriate facilities therefor if such Holder shall have provided the Paying Agent with wire instructions in writing at least five Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions), or (ii) otherwise, by check mailed by first-class mail to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register. The final distribution on each Certificate shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the Certificate Administrator or its agent (which may be the Paying Agent or the Certificate Registrar acting as such agent) that is specified in the notice to Holders of such final distribution.

Any funds not distributed on the Termination Date because of the failure of any Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held for the benefit of the appropriate non-tendering Certificateholders. If any Certificates as to which notice of the Termination Date has been given pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice not all of such Certificates shall have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. Subject to applicable state escheatment laws, if within two years after the second notice any such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent shall distribute to the Certificate Administrator all amounts distributable to the Holders thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall thereafter hold such amounts for the benefit of such Holders until the earlier of (i) its termination as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the transfer of such amounts to a successor Certificate Administrator and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund and distribution of such amounts to the Class R Certificateholders. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Any such amounts transferred to the Certificate Administrator may be invested in Permitted Investments and all income and gain realized from investment of such funds shall accrue for its benefit.

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This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries in respect of the Mortgage Loans, as more specifically set forth herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Fund includes (in each case, to the extent of the Trust Fund’s interest therein and specifically excluding any interest of any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder (other than the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, which is an asset of the Trust Fund) therein): (i) such Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as from time to time are subject to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto; (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan due after the Cut-off Date; (iii) the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO Property; (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property; (v) any Assignments of Leases, Rents and Profits and any security agreements related to the Mortgage Loans; (vi) any indemnities or guaranties given as additional security for any Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (vii) a security interest in all assets deposited in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts, and Reserve Accounts; (viii) the Loss of Value Reserve Fund; (ix) the Collection Account, the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Accounts, the Distribution Accounts, any Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Pacific Design Center Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the Trust’s interest in any REO Account, including any amounts on deposit therein, assets credited thereto and any reinvestment income, as applicable; (x) a security interest in any environmental indemnity agreements relating to the Mortgaged Properties; (xi) a security interest in all insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (xii) the rights and remedies under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements relating to document delivery requirements with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the representations and warranties of the related Mortgage Loan Seller regarding its Mortgage Loans (and in the case of GSMC, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan); (xiii) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests; (xiv) the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Regular Interests (xv) the VRR Interest Upper-Tier Regular Interest; and (xvi) the proceeds of the foregoing (other than any interest earned on deposits in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts and any Reserve Accounts, to the extent such interest belongs to the related Borrower). As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals may be made from certain of the above accounts for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders.

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the interests, rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the limitations thereon, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Certificate Administrator.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, this Certificate is transferable or exchangeable only upon surrender of this Certificate to the Certificate Registrar at its offices together with an assignment and transfer (executed by the Holder or his duly authorized attorney), subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of this Certificate, subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall execute and the Authenticating Agent shall duly authenticate in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized

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denominations of a like aggregate denomination as the Certificate being surrendered. Such Certificates shall be delivered by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Prior to due presentation of this Certificate for registration of transfer, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent and any agent of any of them may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent or any agent of any of them shall be affected by notice or knowledge to the contrary.

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange referred to in Section 5.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement other than for transfers to Institutional Accredited Investors as provided in Section 5.02(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the transferor shall reimburse the Trust Fund for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended at any time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee without the consent of any of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owners or any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, (i) to cure any ambiguity or to correct any manifest error; (ii) to cause the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus, the Private Placement Memorandum or the Loan-Specific Private Placement Memorandum with respect to the Certificates, the RR Interest, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement; (iii) to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or RR Interest Owner, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment; (iv) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust that would be a claim against the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust;

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provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, RR Interest Owner or Companion Loan Noteholder; (v) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Non-U.S. Tax Person; (vi) to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, RR Interest Owner or any holder of a Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting thereto as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (vii) to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies; provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or RR Interest Owner not consenting thereto as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by confirmation of the applicable Rating Agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (viii) to modify the provisions of Section 3.06 and Section 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing, the Directing Holder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the status of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (ix) to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating

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to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders or the RR Interest Owner, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website; (x) to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv); and (xi) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (a) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Risk Retention Rule, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or (b) in the event the Risk Retention Rule or any other regulation applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee with the prior written consent of the RR Interest Owner (if affected by such amendment), Holders of Certificates representing not less than a majority of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates affected thereby (without regard to Certificates held by the Depositor, any of the Depositor’s Affiliates and/or agents) and each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder affected thereby for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or modifying in any manner the rights of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner or the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders; provided that no such amendment may:

(i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loans which are required to be distributed on any Certificate or the RR Interest, without the consent of the Holders of Certificates representing all of the Percentage Interests of the Class or Classes affected thereby or the consent of the RR Interest Owner, as applicable, or which are required to be distributed to any Companion Loan Noteholders without the consent of such Companion Loan Noteholders;

(ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Loan Noteholder or Loan-Specific Certificateholder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Loan Noteholder or Holder of the Loan-Specific Certificates, as applicable;

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(iii) adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding;

(iv) change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary hereunder, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

(v) amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates).

Further, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of the Certificateholders or, if applicable, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, may amend the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC or the Upper-Tier REMIC as a REMIC or the qualification of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust, or to prevent the imposition of any additional material state or local taxes, at all times that any Certificates are outstanding; provided that such action, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (obtained at the expense of the Trust Fund), is necessary or helpful to maintain such qualification or to prevent the imposition of any such taxes, and would not adversely affect in any material respect the interest of any Certificateholder or if applicable, any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder or (ii) to the extent necessary to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act, Regulation AB, and/or any related regulatory actions and/or interpretations.

The Certificateholder owning a majority of the Percentage Interest in the Controlling Class and, if no such Certificateholder exercises such option, the Special Servicer, and if the Special Servicer does not exercise such option, the Master Servicer may effect an early termination of the Trust Fund, upon not less than 30 days’ prior Notice of Termination given to the Trustee, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer any time specifying the Anticipated Termination Date, which shall be on or after the Early Termination Notice Date (defined as any date as of which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan remaining in the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Stated Pool Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as of the Cut-off Date (or for purposes of this calculation, if an ARD Loan is still an asset of the Trust and such right is being exercised after its respective Anticipated Repayment Date, then such Mortgage Loan will be excluded from the aggregate Stated Principal Balance and the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance)) by purchasing on such date all, but not less than all, of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust

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Subordinate Companion Loan then included in the Trust Fund, and the Trust’s interest in all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, at a purchase price, payable in cash, equal to the sum of, without duplication:

(A) 100% of the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan included in the Trust as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of principal);

(B) the fair market value of all other property included in the Trust Fund as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date, as determined by an Independent appraiser acceptable to the Master Servicer as of a date not more than 30 days prior to the last day of the month preceding such Distribution Date;

(C) all unpaid interest accrued on the unpaid balance of each Mortgage Loan (including any Mortgage Loan as to which title to the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired) and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan at the Mortgage Rate to the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of interest); and

(D) the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate, and unpaid Servicing Compensation, Special Servicing Compensation, Operating Advisor Fees, Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fees, the CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fees and Trust Fund expenses.

In addition, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that following the date on which the Class X-A Notional Amount, the Class X-D Notional Amount and the aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E Certificates is reduced to zero, the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class S or Class R Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund as contemplated by clause (ii) of Section 9.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by giving written notice to all the parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement no later than 60 days prior to the anticipated date of exchange.

All costs and expenses incurred by any and all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Trust Fund in connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and other assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be borne by the party exercising its purchase rights thereunder. The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any determination made by an Independent appraiser pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

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The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificates and the RR Interest (other than the obligations of the Certificate Administrator to make certain payments and to send certain notices to Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) shall terminate upon payment (or provision for payment) to the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders of all amounts held by or on behalf of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer, as the case may be, required under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be so paid on the Distribution Date following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and all other property held by the Trust Fund in accordance with Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (ii) the exchange by the Sole Certificateholder of its Certificates for the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan in accordance with Section 9.01(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and (iii) the later of (a) the receipt or collection of the last payment due on any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan included in the Trust Fund, or (b) the liquidation and disposition pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the last asset held by the Trust Fund; provided that in no event shall the trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom, living on the date hereof.

Unless the Certificate of Authentication on this Certificate has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

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       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Administrator has caused this Class H Certificate to be duly executed.

Dated: April 21, 2023

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Administrator
By:
	Name:
	Title:

Certificate of Authentication

This is one of the Class H Certificates referred to in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Dated: April 21, 2023

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Authenticating Agent
By:
	Name:
	Title:

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EXHIBIT A-14

FORM OF CLASS X-A CERTIFICATE

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]¹

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF DEUTSCHE BANK AG, THE DEPOSITOR, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS, THE INITIAL PURCHASERS, THE BORROWERS, THE SPONSORS, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICERS, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTIES, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THE CERTIFICATES NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

THE HOLDERS OF THIS CLASS X-A CERTIFICATE WILL BE ENTITLED ONLY TO DISTRIBUTIONS OF INTEREST ON THE NOTIONAL AMOUNT OF THE CLASS X-A CERTIFICATES AND WILL NOT BE ENTITLED TO ANY DISTRIBUTIONS WITH RESPECT TO PRINCIPAL. THE NOTIONAL AMOUNT OF THE CLASS X-A CERTIFICATES IS EQUAL TO AN AMOUNT AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING NOTIONAL AMOUNT OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL NOTIONAL AMOUNT SET FORTH BELOW.

FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.

¹ Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 

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BENCHMARK 2023-B38 MORTGAGE TRUST COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, CLASS X-A

Class X-A Pass-Through Rate:  Variable		CUSIP: 081916AF5 ISIN: US081916AF55
Original Aggregate Notional Amount of the Class X-A Certificates: $507,037,000		Initial Notional Amount of this Certificate: $[__]
First Distribution Date: May 17, 2023		Cut-off Date: The close of business on the later of the related Due Date of such Mortgage Loan in April 2023 (or, in the case of any Mortgage Loan that has its first Due Date after April 2023, the date that would have been its Due Date in April 2023 under the terms of that Mortgage Loan if a Periodic Payment were scheduled to be due in that month) and the date of origination of such Mortgage Loan
Assumed Final Distribution Date:  February 2033		No.: X-A-[_]

 

This certifies that [              ] is the registered owner of a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, including the distributions to be made with respect to the Class X-A Certificates. The Trust Fund, described more fully below, consists primarily of a pool of Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan secured by first liens on commercial and multifamily properties and held in trust by the Trustee and serviced by the Master Servicer. The Trust Fund was created, and the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan are to be serviced, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below). The Holder of this Certificate, by virtue of the acceptance hereof, assents to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and is bound thereby.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between the Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer (the “Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Argentic Services Company LP, as special servicer with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan (the “Pacific Design Center Special Servicer”), Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), as custodian and as paying agent, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor (in such capacity, the “Operating Advisor”) and as asset representations reviewer (in such capacity, the “Asset Representations Reviewer”) evidences the issuance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class X-A, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G, Class X-H, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G, Class H, Class S, Class R, Class RR, Class PDC-A1, Class PDC-A2

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and Class PDC-HRR Certificates (the “Certificates”; the Holders of Certificates issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are collectively referred to herein as “Certificateholders”) and the creation of the RR Interest. This Certificate is issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit”, as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

The Certificate Administrator makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans and has executed this Certificate in its limited capacity as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In the event that there is any conflict between any provision of this Certificate and any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, such provision of this Certificate shall be superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator, or the Paying Agent on behalf of the Certificate Administrator, will distribute (other than the final distribution on any Certificate), on the fourth Business Day after each Determination Date (each such date, a “Distribution Date”) an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of interest then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class X-A Certificates for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. “Determination Date” is defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as the eleventh day of each month, or if such eleventh day is not a Business Day, then the next Business Day, commencing in May 2023. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

During each Interest Accrual Period (as defined below), interest on the Class X-A Certificates will be calculated based on a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months on the outstanding Notional Amount hereof.

Interest accrued on this Certificate during an Interest Accrual Period, plus the aggregate unpaid Interest Shortfall with respect to this Certificate, if any, will be payable on the related Distribution Date to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The “Interest Accrual Period” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Each Interest Accrual Period is assumed to consist of 30 days.

All distributions (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) will be made by the Paying Agent to the Persons in whose names the Certificates are registered at the close of business on each Record Date, which will be the close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Such

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distributions shall be made on each Distribution Date other than the Termination Date to each Certificateholder of record on the related Record Date, (i) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Holder at a bank or other entity located in the United States and having appropriate facilities therefor if such Holder shall have provided the Paying Agent with wire instructions in writing at least five Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions), or (ii) otherwise, by check mailed by first-class mail to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register. The final distribution on each Certificate shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the Certificate Administrator or its agent (which may be the Paying Agent or the Certificate Registrar acting as such agent) that is specified in the notice to Holders of such final distribution.

Any funds not distributed on the Termination Date because of the failure of any Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held for the benefit of the appropriate non-tendering Certificateholders. If any Certificates as to which notice of the Termination Date has been given pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice not all of such Certificates shall have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. Subject to applicable state escheatment laws, if within two years after the second notice any such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent shall distribute to the Certificate Administrator all amounts distributable to the Holders thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall thereafter hold such amounts for the benefit of such Holders until the earlier of (i) its termination as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the transfer of such amounts to a successor Certificate Administrator and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund and distribution of such amounts to the Class R Certificateholders. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Any such amounts transferred to the Certificate Administrator may be invested in Permitted Investments and all income and gain realized from investment of such funds shall accrue for its benefit.

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries in respect of the Mortgage Loans, as more specifically set forth herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Fund includes (in each case, to the extent of the Trust Fund’s interest therein and specifically excluding any interest of any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder (other than the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, which is an asset of the Trust Fund) therein): (i) such Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as from time to time are subject to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,

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together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto; (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan due after the Cut-off Date; (iii) the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO Property; (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property; (v) any Assignments of Leases, Rents and Profits and any security agreements related to the Mortgage Loans; (vi) any indemnities or guaranties given as additional security for any Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (vii) a security interest in all assets deposited in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts, and Reserve Accounts; (viii) the Loss of Value Reserve Fund; (ix) the Collection Account, the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Accounts, the Distribution Accounts, any Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Pacific Design Center Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the Trust’s interest in any REO Account, including any amounts on deposit therein, assets credited thereto and any reinvestment income, as applicable; (x) a security interest in any environmental indemnity agreements relating to the Mortgaged Properties; (xi) a security interest in all insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (xii) the rights and remedies under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements relating to document delivery requirements with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the representations and warranties of the related Mortgage Loan Seller regarding its Mortgage Loans (and in the case of GSMC, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan); (xiii) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests; (xiv) the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Regular Interests (xv) the VRR Interest Upper-Tier Regular Interest; and (xvi) the proceeds of the foregoing (other than any interest earned on deposits in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts and any Reserve Accounts, to the extent such interest belongs to the related Borrower). As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals may be made from certain of the above accounts for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders.

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the interests, rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the limitations thereon, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Certificate Administrator.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, this Certificate is transferable or exchangeable only upon surrender of this Certificate to the Certificate Registrar at its offices together with an assignment and transfer (executed by the Holder or his duly authorized attorney), subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of this Certificate, subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall execute and the Authenticating Agent shall duly authenticate in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate denomination as the Certificate being surrendered. Such Certificates shall be delivered by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Prior to due presentation of this Certificate for registration of transfer, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent and any agent of any of them may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the

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Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent or any agent of any of them shall be affected by notice or knowledge to the contrary.

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange referred to in Section 5.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement other than for transfers to Institutional Accredited Investors as provided in Section 5.02(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the transferor shall reimburse the Trust Fund for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended at any time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee without the consent of any of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owners or any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, (i) to cure any ambiguity or to correct any manifest error; (ii) to cause the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus, the Private Placement Memorandum or the Loan-Specific Private Placement Memorandum with respect to the Certificates, the RR Interest, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement; (iii) to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or RR Interest Owner, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment; (iv) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust that would be a claim against the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, RR Interest Owner or Companion Loan Noteholder; (v) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by

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a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Non-U.S. Tax Person; (vi) to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, RR Interest Owner or any holder of a Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting thereto as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (vii) to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies; provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or RR Interest Owner not consenting thereto as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by confirmation of the applicable Rating Agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (viii) to modify the provisions of Section 3.06 and Section 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing, the Directing Holder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the status of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (ix) to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders or the RR Interest Owner, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website; (x) to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the

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extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv); and (xi) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (a) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Risk Retention Rule, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or (b) in the event the Risk Retention Rule or any other regulation applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee with the prior written consent of the RR Interest Owner (if affected by such amendment), Holders of Certificates representing not less than a majority of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates affected thereby (without regard to Certificates held by the Depositor, any of the Depositor’s Affiliates and/or agents) and each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder affected thereby for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or modifying in any manner the rights of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner or the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders; provided that no such amendment may:

(i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loans which are required to be distributed on any Certificate or the RR Interest, without the consent of the Holders of Certificates representing all of the Percentage Interests of the Class or Classes affected thereby or the consent of the RR Interest Owner, as applicable, or which are required to be distributed to any Companion Loan Noteholders without the consent of such Companion Loan Noteholders;

(ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Loan Noteholder or Loan-Specific Certificateholder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Loan Noteholder or Holder of the Loan-Specific Certificates, as applicable;

(iii) adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding;

(iv) change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary hereunder, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

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(v) amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates).

Further, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of the Certificateholders or, if applicable, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, may amend the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC or the Upper-Tier REMIC as a REMIC or the qualification of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust, or to prevent the imposition of any additional material state or local taxes, at all times that any Certificates are outstanding; provided that such action, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (obtained at the expense of the Trust Fund), is necessary or helpful to maintain such qualification or to prevent the imposition of any such taxes, and would not adversely affect in any material respect the interest of any Certificateholder or if applicable, any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder or (ii) to the extent necessary to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act, Regulation AB, and/or any related regulatory actions and/or interpretations.

The Certificateholder owning a majority of the Percentage Interest in the Controlling Class and, if no such Certificateholder exercises such option, the Special Servicer, and if the Special Servicer does not exercise such option, the Master Servicer may effect an early termination of the Trust Fund, upon not less than 30 days’ prior Notice of Termination given to the Trustee, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer any time specifying the Anticipated Termination Date, which shall be on or after the Early Termination Notice Date (defined as any date as of which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan remaining in the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Stated Pool Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as of the Cut-off Date (or for purposes of this calculation, if an ARD Loan is still an asset of the Trust and such right is being exercised after its respective Anticipated Repayment Date, then such Mortgage Loan will be excluded from the aggregate Stated Principal Balance and the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance)) by purchasing on such date all, but not less than all, of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan then included in the Trust Fund, and the Trust’s interest in all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, at a purchase price, payable in cash, equal to the sum of, without duplication:

(A) 100% of the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan included in the Trust as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of principal);

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(B) the fair market value of all other property included in the Trust Fund as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date, as determined by an Independent appraiser acceptable to the Master Servicer as of a date not more than 30 days prior to the last day of the month preceding such Distribution Date;

(C) all unpaid interest accrued on the unpaid balance of each Mortgage Loan (including any Mortgage Loan as to which title to the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired) and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan at the Mortgage Rate to the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of interest); and

(D) the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate, and unpaid Servicing Compensation, Special Servicing Compensation, Operating Advisor Fees, Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fees, the CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fees and Trust Fund expenses.

In addition, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that following the date on which the Class X-A Notional Amount, the Class X-D Notional Amount and the aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E Certificates is reduced to zero, the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class S or Class R Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund as contemplated by clause (ii) of Section 9.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by giving written notice to all the parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement no later than 60 days prior to the anticipated date of exchange.

All costs and expenses incurred by any and all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Trust Fund in connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and other assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be borne by the party exercising its purchase rights thereunder. The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any determination made by an Independent appraiser pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificates and the RR Interest (other than the obligations of the Certificate Administrator to make certain payments and to send certain notices to Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) shall terminate upon payment (or provision for payment) to the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders of all amounts held by or on behalf of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer, as the case may be, required under the Pooling

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and Servicing Agreement to be so paid on the Distribution Date following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and all other property held by the Trust Fund in accordance with Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (ii) the exchange by the Sole Certificateholder of its Certificates for the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan in accordance with Section 9.01(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and (iii) the later of (a) the receipt or collection of the last payment due on any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan included in the Trust Fund, or (b) the liquidation and disposition pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the last asset held by the Trust Fund; provided that in no event shall the trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom, living on the date hereof.

Unless the Certificate of Authentication on this Certificate has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Administrator has caused this Class 
X-A Certificate to be duly executed.

Dated: April 21, 2023

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Administrator
By:
	Name:
	Title:

Certificate of Authentication

This is one of the Class X-A Certificates referred to in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Dated: April 21, 2023

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Authenticating Agent
By:
	Name:
	Title:

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EXHIBIT A-15

FORM OF CLASS X-D [RULE 144A]¹ [TEMPORARY REG S]² [REG S]³ [IAI]⁴ CERTIFICATE

[THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND, PRIOR TO THE DATE THAT IS 40 DAYS AFTER THE OFFERING OF THE CERTIFICATES, MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO A U.S. PERSON EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.]⁵

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]⁶

THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS, AND ONLY (A)(1) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) FOR SO LONG AS THIS CERTIFICATE IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”), TO AN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (“QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER”), PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF ANOTHER QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED, IN EACH CASE, THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (3) (EXCEPT WITH RESPECT TO THE CLASS R

¹ For Rule 144A Global Certificates only.

² For Temp Reg S Global Certificates only.

³ For Reg S Global Certificates only.

⁴ For IAI Global Certificates only.

⁵ For Temp Reg S Global Certificates only.

⁶ Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

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CERTIFICATES) TO OTHER INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS THAT ARE “ACCREDITED INVESTORS,” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY ENTITY IN WHICH ALL OF THE EQUITY OWNERS ARE INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS THAT ARE “ACCREDITED INVESTORS,” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (4) (EXCEPT WITH RESPECT TO THE CLASS R CERTIFICATES) TO INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE A NON-“U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, AND (B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

THE INITIAL INVESTOR IN THIS CERTIFICATE, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN, IS DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.  A TRANSFEREE IS ALSO REQUIRED TO DELIVER AN INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION LETTER SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM OF EXHIBIT D-1 TO THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT IF SUCH TRANSFEREE IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER OR (OTHER THAN WITH RESPECT TO A RESIDUAL CERTIFICATE) AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, AND MAY ALSO BE REQUIRED TO DELIVER AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IF SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A.

ANY HOLDER DESIRING TO EFFECT A TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL, AND DOES HEREBY AGREE TO, INDEMNIFY THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE TRUSTEE, THE MASTER SERVICER AND THE DEPOSITOR AGAINST ANY LOSS, LIABILITY OR EXPENSE THAT MAY RESULT IF THE TRANSFER IS NOT EXEMPT FROM THE SECURITIES ACT OR IS NOT MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS.

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF DEUTSCHE BANK AG, THE DEPOSITOR, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS, THE INITIAL PURCHASERS, THE BORROWERS, THE SPONSORS, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICERS, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTIES, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THE CERTIFICATES NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

THE HOLDERS OF THIS CLASS X-D CERTIFICATE WILL BE ENTITLED ONLY TO DISTRIBUTIONS OF INTEREST ON THE NOTIONAL AMOUNT OF THE CLASS X-D CERTIFICATES AND WILL NOT BE ENTITLED TO ANY DISTRIBUTIONS WITH

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RESPECT TO PRINCIPAL. THE NOTIONAL AMOUNT OF THE CLASS X-D CERTIFICATES IS EQUAL TO AN AMOUNT AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING NOTIONAL AMOUNT OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL NOTIONAL AMOUNT SET FORTH BELOW.

TRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES OF PORTIONS OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS AS PROVIDED IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.

FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.

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BENCHMARK 2023-B38 MORTGAGE TRUST COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, CLASS X-D

Class X-D Pass-Through Rate:  Variable		CUSIP:          [081916AK4]7 [U06918AA1]8 [081916AL2]9 ISIN:                    [US081916AK41]10 [USU06918AA17]11 [US081916AL24]12
Original Aggregate Notional Amount of the Class X-D Certificates:  $ 21,062,000		Initial Notional Amount of this Certificate:  $[_____]
First Distribution Date: May 17, 2023		Cut-off Date: The close of business on the later of the related Due Date of such Mortgage Loan in April 2023 (or, in the case of any Mortgage Loan that has its first Due Date after April 2023, the date that would have been its Due Date in April 2023 under the terms of that Mortgage Loan if a Periodic Payment were scheduled to be due in that month) and the date of origination of such Mortgage Loan
Assumed Final Distribution Date:  April 2033		No.:  X-D-[__]

This certifies that [              ] is the registered owner of a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, including the distributions to be made with respect to the Class X-D Certificates. The Trust Fund, described more fully below, consists primarily of a pool of Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan secured by first liens on commercial and multifamily properties and held in trust by the Trustee and serviced by the Master Servicer. The Trust Fund was created, and the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan are to be serviced, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below). The Holder of this Certificate, by virtue of the acceptance hereof, assents to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and is bound thereby.

⁷ For Rule 144A Certificates

⁸ For Regulation S Certificates

⁹ For IAI Certificates

¹⁰ For Rule 144A Certificates

¹¹ For Regulation S Certificates

¹² For IAI Certificates

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The Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between the Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer (the “Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Argentic Services Company LP, as special servicer with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan (the “Pacific Design Center Special Servicer”), Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), as custodian and as paying agent, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor (in such capacity, the “Operating Advisor”) and as asset representations reviewer (in such capacity, the “Asset Representations Reviewer”) evidences the issuance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class X-A, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G, Class X-H, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G, Class H, Class S, Class R, Class RR, Class PDC-A1, Class PDC-A2 and Class PDC-HRR Certificates (the “Certificates”; the Holders of Certificates issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are collectively referred to herein as “Certificateholders”) and the creation of the RR Interest. This Certificate is issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit”, as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

The Certificate Administrator makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans and has executed this Certificate in its limited capacity as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In the event that there is any conflict between any provision of this Certificate and any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, such provision of this Certificate shall be superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator, or the Paying Agent on behalf of the Certificate Administrator, will distribute (other than the final distribution on any Certificate), on the fourth Business Day after each Determination Date (each such date, a “Distribution Date”) an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of interest then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class X-D Certificates for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. “Determination Date” is defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as the eleventh day of each month, or if such eleventh day is not a Business Day, then the next Business Day, commencing in May 2023. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

During each Interest Accrual Period (as defined below), interest on the Class X-D Certificates will be calculated based on a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months on the outstanding Notional Amount hereof.

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Interest accrued on this Certificate during an Interest Accrual Period, plus the aggregate unpaid Interest Shortfall with respect to this Certificate, if any, will be payable on the related Distribution Date to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The “Interest Accrual Period” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Each Interest Accrual Period is assumed to consist of 30 days.

All distributions (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) will be made by the Paying Agent to the Persons in whose names the Certificates are registered at the close of business on each Record Date, which will be the close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Such distributions shall be made on each Distribution Date other than the Termination Date to each Certificateholder of record on the related Record Date, (i) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Holder at a bank or other entity located in the United States and having appropriate facilities therefor if such Holder shall have provided the Paying Agent with wire instructions in writing at least five Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions), or (ii) otherwise, by check mailed by first-class mail to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register. The final distribution on each Certificate shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the Certificate Administrator or its agent (which may be the Paying Agent or the Certificate Registrar acting as such agent) that is specified in the notice to Holders of such final distribution.

Any funds not distributed on the Termination Date because of the failure of any Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held for the benefit of the appropriate non-tendering Certificateholders. If any Certificates as to which notice of the Termination Date has been given pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice not all of such Certificates shall have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. Subject to applicable state escheatment laws, if within two years after the second notice any such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent shall distribute to the Certificate Administrator all amounts distributable to the Holders thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall thereafter hold such amounts for the benefit of such Holders until the earlier of (i) its termination as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the transfer of such amounts to a successor Certificate Administrator and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund and distribution of such amounts to the Class R Certificateholders. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Any such amounts transferred to the Certificate Administrator may be invested in

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Permitted Investments and all income and gain realized from investment of such funds shall accrue for its benefit.

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries in respect of the Mortgage Loans, as more specifically set forth herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Fund includes (in each case, to the extent of the Trust Fund’s interest therein and specifically excluding any interest of any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder (other than the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, which is an asset of the Trust Fund) therein): (i) such Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as from time to time are subject to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto; (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan due after the Cut-off Date; (iii) the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO Property; (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property; (v) any Assignments of Leases, Rents and Profits and any security agreements related to the Mortgage Loans; (vi) any indemnities or guaranties given as additional security for any Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (vii) a security interest in all assets deposited in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts, and Reserve Accounts; (viii) the Loss of Value Reserve Fund; (ix) the Collection Account, the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Accounts, the Distribution Accounts, any Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Pacific Design Center Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the Trust’s interest in any REO Account, including any amounts on deposit therein, assets credited thereto and any reinvestment income, as applicable; (x) a security interest in any environmental indemnity agreements relating to the Mortgaged Properties; (xi) a security interest in all insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (xii) the rights and remedies under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements relating to document delivery requirements with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the representations and warranties of the related Mortgage Loan Seller regarding its Mortgage Loans (and in the case of GSMC, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan); (xiii) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests; (xiv) the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Regular Interests (xv) the VRR Interest Upper-Tier Regular Interest; and (xvi) the proceeds of the foregoing (other than any interest earned on deposits in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts and any Reserve Accounts, to the extent such interest belongs to the related Borrower). As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals may be made from certain of the above accounts for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders.

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the interests, rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the limitations thereon, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Certificate Administrator.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, this Certificate is transferable or exchangeable only upon surrender of this Certificate to the Certificate Registrar at its offices together with an assignment and transfer (executed by the Holder or his duly authorized attorney), subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of this

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Certificate, subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall execute and the Authenticating Agent shall duly authenticate in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate denomination as the Certificate being surrendered. Such Certificates shall be delivered by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Prior to due presentation of this Certificate for registration of transfer, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent and any agent of any of them may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent or any agent of any of them shall be affected by notice or knowledge to the contrary.

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange referred to in Section 5.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement other than for transfers to Institutional Accredited Investors as provided in Section 5.02(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the transferor shall reimburse the Trust Fund for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended at any time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee without the consent of any of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owners or any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, (i) to cure any ambiguity or to correct any manifest error; (ii) to cause the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus, the Private Placement Memorandum or the Loan-Specific Private Placement Memorandum with respect to the Certificates, the RR Interest, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement; (iii) to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or RR Interest Owner, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment; (iv) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the

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relevant provisions of the Code at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust that would be a claim against the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, RR Interest Owner or Companion Loan Noteholder; (v) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Non-U.S. Tax Person; (vi) to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, RR Interest Owner or any holder of a Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting thereto as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (vii) to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies; provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or RR Interest Owner not consenting thereto as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by confirmation of the applicable Rating Agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (viii) to modify the provisions of Section 3.06 and Section 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing, the Directing Holder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the status of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its

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then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (ix) to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders or the RR Interest Owner, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website; (x) to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv); and (xi) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (a) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Risk Retention Rule, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or (b) in the event the Risk Retention Rule or any other regulation applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee with the prior written consent of the RR Interest Owner (if affected by such amendment), Holders of Certificates representing not less than a majority of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates affected thereby (without regard to Certificates held by the Depositor, any of the Depositor’s Affiliates and/or agents) and each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder affected thereby for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or modifying in any manner the rights of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner or the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders; provided that no such amendment may:

(i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loans which are required to be distributed on any Certificate or the RR Interest, without the consent of the Holders of Certificates representing all of the Percentage Interests of the Class or Classes affected thereby or the consent of the RR Interest Owner, as applicable, or which are required to be distributed to any Companion Loan Noteholders without the consent of such Companion Loan Noteholders;

(ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Loan Noteholder or Loan-Specific Certificateholder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such

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Companion Loan Noteholder or Holder of the Loan-Specific Certificates, as applicable;

(iii) adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding;

(iv) change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary hereunder, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

(v) amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates).

Further, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of the Certificateholders or, if applicable, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, may amend the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC or the Upper-Tier REMIC as a REMIC or the qualification of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust, or to prevent the imposition of any additional material state or local taxes, at all times that any Certificates are outstanding; provided that such action, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (obtained at the expense of the Trust Fund), is necessary or helpful to maintain such qualification or to prevent the imposition of any such taxes, and would not adversely affect in any material respect the interest of any Certificateholder or if applicable, any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder or (ii) to the extent necessary to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act, Regulation AB, and/or any related regulatory actions and/or interpretations.

The Certificateholder owning a majority of the Percentage Interest in the Controlling Class and, if no such Certificateholder exercises such option, the Special Servicer, and if the Special Servicer does not exercise such option, the Master Servicer may effect an early termination of the Trust Fund, upon not less than 30 days’ prior Notice of Termination given to the Trustee, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer any time specifying the Anticipated Termination Date, which shall be on or after the Early Termination Notice Date (defined as any date as of which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan remaining in the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Stated Pool Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as of the Cut-off Date (or for purposes of this calculation, if an ARD Loan is still an asset of the Trust and such right is

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being exercised after its respective Anticipated Repayment Date, then such Mortgage Loan will be excluded from the aggregate Stated Principal Balance and the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance)) by purchasing on such date all, but not less than all, of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan then included in the Trust Fund, and the Trust’s interest in all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, at a purchase price, payable in cash, equal to the sum of, without duplication:

(A) 100% of the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan included in the Trust as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of principal);

(B) the fair market value of all other property included in the Trust Fund as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date, as determined by an Independent appraiser acceptable to the Master Servicer as of a date not more than 30 days prior to the last day of the month preceding such Distribution Date;

(C) all unpaid interest accrued on the unpaid balance of each Mortgage Loan (including any Mortgage Loan as to which title to the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired) and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan at the Mortgage Rate to the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of interest); and

(D) the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate, and unpaid Servicing Compensation, Special Servicing Compensation, Operating Advisor Fees, Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fees, the CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fees and Trust Fund expenses.

In addition, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that following the date on which the Class X-A Notional Amount, the Class X-D Notional Amount and the aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E Certificates is reduced to zero, the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class S or Class R Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund as contemplated by clause (ii) of Section 9.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by giving written notice to all the parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement no later than 60 days prior to the anticipated date of exchange.

All costs and expenses incurred by any and all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Trust Fund in connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and other assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be borne by the party exercising its purchase rights

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thereunder. The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any determination made by an Independent appraiser pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificates and the RR Interest (other than the obligations of the Certificate Administrator to make certain payments and to send certain notices to Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) shall terminate upon payment (or provision for payment) to the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders of all amounts held by or on behalf of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer, as the case may be, required under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be so paid on the Distribution Date following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and all other property held by the Trust Fund in accordance with Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (ii) the exchange by the Sole Certificateholder of its Certificates for the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan in accordance with Section 9.01(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and (iii) the later of (a) the receipt or collection of the last payment due on any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan included in the Trust Fund, or (b) the liquidation and disposition pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the last asset held by the Trust Fund; provided that in no event shall the trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom, living on the date hereof.

Unless the Certificate of Authentication on this Certificate has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

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       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Administrator has caused this Class X-D Certificate to be duly executed.

Dated: April 21, 2023

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Administrator
By:
	Name:
	Title:

Certificate of Authentication

This is one of the Class X-D Certificates referred to in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Dated: April 21, 2023

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Authenticating Agent
By:
	Name:
	Title:

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EXHIBIT A-16

FORM OF CLASS X-F [RULE 144A]^[82] [TEMPORARY REG S]^[83] [REG S]^[84] [IAI]^[85] CERTIFICATE

[THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND, PRIOR TO THE DATE THAT IS 40 DAYS AFTER THE OFFERING OF THE CERTIFICATES, MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO A U.S. PERSON EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.]^[86]

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]^[87]

THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS, AND ONLY (A)(1) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) FOR SO LONG AS THIS CERTIFICATE IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”), TO AN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (“QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER”), PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF ANOTHER QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED, IN EACH CASE, THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (3) (EXCEPT WITH RESPECT TO THE CLASS R

¹ For Rule 144A Global Certificates only.

² For Temp Reg S Global Certificates only.

³ For Reg S Global Certificates only.

⁴ For IAI Global Certificates only.

⁵ For Temp Reg S Global Certificates only.

⁶ Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 

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CERTIFICATES) TO OTHER INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS THAT ARE “ACCREDITED INVESTORS,” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY ENTITY IN WHICH ALL OF THE EQUITY OWNERS ARE INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS THAT ARE “ACCREDITED INVESTORS,” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (4) (EXCEPT WITH RESPECT TO THE CLASS R CERTIFICATES) TO INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE A NON-“U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, AND (B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

THE INITIAL INVESTOR IN THIS CERTIFICATE, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN, IS DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.  A TRANSFEREE IS ALSO REQUIRED TO DELIVER AN INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION LETTER SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM OF EXHIBIT D-1 TO THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT IF SUCH TRANSFEREE IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER OR (OTHER THAN WITH RESPECT TO A RESIDUAL CERTIFICATE) AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, AND MAY ALSO BE REQUIRED TO DELIVER AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IF SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A.

ANY HOLDER DESIRING TO EFFECT A TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL, AND DOES HEREBY AGREE TO, INDEMNIFY THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE TRUSTEE, THE MASTER SERVICER AND THE DEPOSITOR AGAINST ANY LOSS, LIABILITY OR EXPENSE THAT MAY RESULT IF THE TRANSFER IS NOT EXEMPT FROM THE SECURITIES ACT OR IS NOT MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS.

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF DEUTSCHE BANK AG, THE DEPOSITOR, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS, THE INITIAL PURCHASERS, THE BORROWERS, THE SPONSORS, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICERS, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTIES, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THE CERTIFICATES NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

THE HOLDERS OF THIS CLASS X-F CERTIFICATE WILL BE ENTITLED ONLY TO DISTRIBUTIONS OF INTEREST ON THE NOTIONAL AMOUNT OF THE CLASS X-F CERTIFICATES AND WILL NOT BE ENTITLED TO ANY DISTRIBUTIONS WITH

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RESPECT TO PRINCIPAL. THE NOTIONAL AMOUNT OF THE CLASS X-F CERTIFICATES IS EQUAL TO AN AMOUNT AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING NOTIONAL AMOUNT OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL NOTIONAL AMOUNT SET FORTH BELOW.

TRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES OF PORTIONS OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS AS PROVIDED IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.

THIS CERTIFICATE SHOULD NOT BE PURCHASED BY A TRANSFEREE THAT IS OR BECOMES (A) AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER PLAN OR RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT, INCLUDING AN INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT OR A KEOGH PLAN, WHICH IS SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), OR TO SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), OR A GOVERNMENTAL PLAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(32) OF ERISA, OR OTHER PLAN SUBJECT TO ANY FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW (“SIMILAR LAW”) WHICH IS TO A MATERIAL EXTENT SIMILAR TO THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE (EACH, A “PLAN”), OR (B) ANY PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH PLAN OR USING THE ASSETS OF ANY SUCH PLAN (INCLUDING AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE PLAN ASSETS BY REASON OF A PLAN’S INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY (PURSUANT TO U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGULATION SECTION 2510.3-101, AS MODIFIED BY SECTION 3(42) OF ERISA)), OTHER THAN AN INSURANCE COMPANY USING THE ASSETS OF ITS GENERAL ACCOUNT UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES WHEREBY SUCH PURCHASE AND THE SUBSEQUENT HOLDING OF SUCH CERTIFICATE BY SUCH INSURANCE COMPANY WILL BE EXEMPT FROM THE PROHIBITED TRANSACTION PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 406 AND 407 OF ERISA, AND SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE UNDER SECTIONS I AND III OF PTCE 95-60 OR, IN THE CASE OF A PLAN SUBJECT TO SIMILAR LAW, WHERE THE ACQUISITION, HOLDING AND DISPOSITION OF SUCH CERTIFICATE WILL NOT CONSTITUTE OR RESULT IN A NON-EXEMPT VIOLATION OF ANY SIMILAR LAW.

FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.

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BENCHMARK 2023-B38 MORTGAGE TRUST COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, CLASS X-F

Class X-F Pass-Through Rate:  Variable		CUSIP:    [081916AM0]7 [U06918AB9]8 [081916AN8]9 ISIN:        [US081916AM07]10 [USU06918AB99]11 [US081916AN89]12
Original Aggregate Notional Amount of the Class X-F Certificates:  $12,481,000		Initial Notional Amount of this Certificate:  $[_____]
First Distribution Date: May 17, 2023		Cut-off Date: The close of business on the later of the related Due Date of such Mortgage Loan in April 2023 (or, in the case of any Mortgage Loan that has its first Due Date after April 2023, the date that would have been its Due Date in April 2023 under the terms of that Mortgage Loan if a Periodic Payment were scheduled to be due in that month) and the date of origination of such Mortgage Loan
Assumed Final Distribution Date:  April 2033		No.:  X-F-[__]

This certifies that [              ] is the registered owner of a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, including the distributions to be made with respect to the Class X-F Certificates. The Trust Fund, described more fully below, consists primarily of a pool of Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan secured by first liens on commercial and multifamily properties and held in trust by the Trustee and serviced by the Master Servicer. The Trust Fund was created, and the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan are to be serviced, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below). The Holder of this Certificate, by virtue of the acceptance hereof, assents to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and is bound thereby.

 

 

⁷ For Rule 144A Certificates

⁸ For Regulation S Certificates

⁹ For IAI Certificates

¹⁰ For Rule 144A Certificates

¹¹ For Regulation S Certificates

¹² For IAI Certificates

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The Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between the Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer (the “Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Argentic Services Company LP, as special servicer with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan (the “Pacific Design Center Special Servicer”), Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), as custodian and as paying agent, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor (in such capacity, the “Operating Advisor”) and as asset representations reviewer (in such capacity, the “Asset Representations Reviewer”) evidences the issuance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class X-A, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G, Class X-H, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G, Class H, Class S, Class R, Class RR, Class PDC-A1, Class PDC-A2 and Class PDC-HRR Certificates (the “Certificates”; the Holders of Certificates issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are collectively referred to herein as “Certificateholders”) and the creation of the RR Interest. This Certificate is issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit”, as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

The Certificate Administrator makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans and has executed this Certificate in its limited capacity as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In the event that there is any conflict between any provision of this Certificate and any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, such provision of this Certificate shall be superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator, or the Paying Agent on behalf of the Certificate Administrator, will distribute (other than the final distribution on any Certificate), on the fourth Business Day after each Determination Date (each such date, a “Distribution Date”) an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of interest then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class X-F Certificates for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. “Determination Date” is defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as the eleventh day of each month, or if such eleventh day is not a Business Day, then the next Business Day, commencing in May 2023.

During each Interest Accrual Period (as defined below), interest on the Class X-F Certificates will be calculated based on a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months on the outstanding Notional Amount hereof.

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Interest accrued on this Certificate during an Interest Accrual Period, plus the aggregate unpaid Interest Shortfall with respect to this Certificate, if any, will be payable on the related Distribution Date to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The “Interest Accrual Period” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Each Interest Accrual Period is assumed to consist of 30 days.

All distributions (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) will be made by the Paying Agent to the Persons in whose names the Certificates are registered at the close of business on each Record Date, which will be the close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Such distributions shall be made on each Distribution Date other than the Termination Date to each Certificateholder of record on the related Record Date, (i) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Holder at a bank or other entity located in the United States and having appropriate facilities therefor if such Holder shall have provided the Paying Agent with wire instructions in writing at least five Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions), or (ii) otherwise, by check mailed by first-class mail to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register. The final distribution on each Certificate shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the Certificate Administrator or its agent (which may be the Paying Agent or the Certificate Registrar acting as such agent) that is specified in the notice to Holders of such final distribution.

Any funds not distributed on the Termination Date because of the failure of any Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held for the benefit of the appropriate non-tendering Certificateholders. If any Certificates as to which notice of the Termination Date has been given pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice not all of such Certificates shall have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. Subject to applicable state escheatment laws, if within two years after the second notice any such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent shall distribute to the Certificate Administrator all amounts distributable to the Holders thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall thereafter hold such amounts for the benefit of such Holders until the earlier of (i) its termination as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the transfer of such amounts to a successor Certificate Administrator and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund and distribution of such amounts to the Class R Certificateholders. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Any such amounts transferred to the Certificate Administrator may be invested in

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Permitted Investments and all income and gain realized from investment of such funds shall accrue for its benefit.

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries in respect of the Mortgage Loans, as more specifically set forth herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Fund includes (in each case, to the extent of the Trust Fund’s interest therein and specifically excluding any interest of any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder (other than the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, which is an asset of the Trust Fund) therein): (i) such Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as from time to time are subject to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto; (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan due after the Cut-off Date; (iii) the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO Property; (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property; (v) any Assignments of Leases, Rents and Profits and any security agreements related to the Mortgage Loans; (vi) any indemnities or guaranties given as additional security for any Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (vii) a security interest in all assets deposited in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts, and Reserve Accounts; (viii) the Loss of Value Reserve Fund; (ix) the Collection Account, the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Accounts, the Distribution Accounts, any Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Pacific Design Center Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the Trust’s interest in any REO Account, including any amounts on deposit therein, assets credited thereto and any reinvestment income, as applicable; (x) a security interest in any environmental indemnity agreements relating to the Mortgaged Properties; (xi) a security interest in all insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (xii) the rights and remedies under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements relating to document delivery requirements with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the representations and warranties of the related Mortgage Loan Seller regarding its Mortgage Loans (and in the case of GSMC, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan); (xiii) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests; (xiv) the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Regular Interests (xv) the VRR Interest Upper-Tier Regular Interest; and (xvi) the proceeds of the foregoing (other than any interest earned on deposits in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts and any Reserve Accounts, to the extent such interest belongs to the related Borrower). As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals may be made from certain of the above accounts for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders.

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the interests, rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the limitations thereon, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Certificate Administrator.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, this Certificate is transferable or exchangeable only upon surrender of this Certificate to the Certificate Registrar at its offices together with an assignment and transfer (executed by the Holder or his duly authorized attorney), subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of this

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Certificate, subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall execute and the Authenticating Agent shall duly authenticate in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate denomination as the Certificate being surrendered. Such Certificates shall be delivered by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Prior to due presentation of this Certificate for registration of transfer, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent and any agent of any of them may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent or any agent of any of them shall be affected by notice or knowledge to the contrary.

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange referred to in Section 5.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement other than for transfers to Institutional Accredited Investors as provided in Section 5.02(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the transferor shall reimburse the Trust Fund for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended at any time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee without the consent of any of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owners or any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, (i) to cure any ambiguity or to correct any manifest error; (ii) to cause the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus, the Private Placement Memorandum or the Loan-Specific Private Placement Memorandum with respect to the Certificates, the RR Interest, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement; (iii) to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or RR Interest Owner, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment; (iv) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the

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relevant provisions of the Code at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust that would be a claim against the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, RR Interest Owner or Companion Loan Noteholder; (v) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Non-U.S. Tax Person; (vi) to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, RR Interest Owner or any holder of a Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting thereto as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (vii) to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies; provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or RR Interest Owner not consenting thereto as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by confirmation of the applicable Rating Agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (viii) to modify the provisions of Section 3.06 and Section 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing, the Directing Holder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the status of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its

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then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (ix) to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders or the RR Interest Owner, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website; (x) to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv); and (xi) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (a) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Risk Retention Rule, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or (b) in the event the Risk Retention Rule or any other regulation applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee with the prior written consent of the RR Interest Owner (if affected by such amendment), Holders of Certificates representing not less than a majority of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates affected thereby (without regard to Certificates held by the Depositor, any of the Depositor’s Affiliates and/or agents) and each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder affected thereby for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or modifying in any manner the rights of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner or the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders; provided that no such amendment may:

(i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loans which are required to be distributed on any Certificate or the RR Interest, without the consent of the Holders of Certificates representing all of the Percentage Interests of the Class or Classes affected thereby or the consent of the RR Interest Owner, as applicable, or which are required to be distributed to any Companion Loan Noteholders without the consent of such Companion Loan Noteholders;

(ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Loan Noteholder or Loan-Specific Certificateholder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such

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    Companion Loan Noteholder or Holder of the Loan-Specific Certificates, as applicable;

(iii) adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding;

(iv) change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary hereunder, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

(v) amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates).

Further, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of the Certificateholders or, if applicable, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, may amend the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC or the Upper-Tier REMIC as a REMIC or the qualification of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust, or to prevent the imposition of any additional material state or local taxes, at all times that any Certificates are outstanding; provided that such action, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (obtained at the expense of the Trust Fund), is necessary or helpful to maintain such qualification or to prevent the imposition of any such taxes, and would not adversely affect in any material respect the interest of any Certificateholder or if applicable, any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder or (ii) to the extent necessary to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act, Regulation AB, and/or any related regulatory actions and/or interpretations.

The Certificateholder owning a majority of the Percentage Interest in the Controlling Class and, if no such Certificateholder exercises such option, the Special Servicer, and if the Special Servicer does not exercise such option, the Master Servicer may effect an early termination of the Trust Fund, upon not less than 30 days’ prior Notice of Termination given to the Trustee, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer any time specifying the Anticipated Termination Date, which shall be on or after the Early Termination Notice Date (defined as any date as of which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan remaining in the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Stated Pool Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as of the Cut-off Date (or for purposes of this calculation, if an ARD Loan is still an asset of the Trust and such right is

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being exercised after its respective Anticipated Repayment Date, then such Mortgage Loan will be excluded from the aggregate Stated Principal Balance and the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance)) by purchasing on such date all, but not less than all, of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan then included in the Trust Fund, and the Trust’s interest in all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, at a purchase price, payable in cash, equal to the sum of, without duplication:

(A) 100% of the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan included in the Trust as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of principal);

(B) the fair market value of all other property included in the Trust Fund as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date, as determined by an Independent appraiser acceptable to the Master Servicer as of a date not more than 30 days prior to the last day of the month preceding such Distribution Date;

(C) all unpaid interest accrued on the unpaid balance of each Mortgage Loan (including any Mortgage Loan as to which title to the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired) and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan at the Mortgage Rate to the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of interest); and

(D) the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate, and unpaid Servicing Compensation, Special Servicing Compensation, Operating Advisor Fees, Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fees, the CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fees and Trust Fund expenses.

In addition, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that following the date on which the Class X-A Notional Amount, the Class X-D Notional Amount and the aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E Certificates is reduced to zero, the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class S or Class R Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund as contemplated by clause (ii) of Section 9.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by giving written notice to all the parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement no later than 60 days prior to the anticipated date of exchange.

All costs and expenses incurred by any and all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Trust Fund in connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and other assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be borne by the party exercising its purchase rights

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thereunder. The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any determination made by an Independent appraiser pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificates and the RR Interest (other than the obligations of the Certificate Administrator to make certain payments and to send certain notices to Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) shall terminate upon payment (or provision for payment) to the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders of all amounts held by or on behalf of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer, as the case may be, required under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be so paid on the Distribution Date following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and all other property held by the Trust Fund in accordance with Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (ii) the exchange by the Sole Certificateholder of its Certificates for the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan in accordance with Section 9.01(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and (iii) the later of (a) the receipt or collection of the last payment due on any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan included in the Trust Fund, or (b) the liquidation and disposition pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the last asset held by the Trust Fund; provided that in no event shall the trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom, living on the date hereof.

Unless the Certificate of Authentication on this Certificate has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

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       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Administrator has caused this Class X-F Certificate to be duly executed.

Dated: April 21, 2023

	COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Administrator
	By:
		Name:
		Title:

Certificate of Authentication

This is one of the Class X-F Certificates referred to in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Dated: April 21, 2023

	COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Authenticating Agent
	By:
		Name:
		Title:

 

 

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EXHIBIT A-17

FORM OF CLASS X-G [RULE 144A]¹ [TEMPORARY REG S]² [REG S]³ [IAI]⁴ CERTIFICATE

[THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND, PRIOR TO THE DATE THAT IS 40 DAYS AFTER THE OFFERING OF THE CERTIFICATES, MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO A U.S. PERSON EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.]⁵

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]⁶

THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS, AND ONLY (A)(1) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) FOR SO LONG AS THIS CERTIFICATE IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”), TO AN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (“QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER”), PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF ANOTHER QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED, IN EACH CASE, THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (3) (EXCEPT WITH RESPECT TO THE CLASS R

 

 

 

¹ For Rule 144A Global Certificates only.

² For Temp Reg S Global Certificates only.

³ For Reg S Global Certificates only.

⁴ For IAI Global Certificates only.

⁵ For Temp Reg S Global Certificates only.

⁶ Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

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CERTIFICATES) TO OTHER INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS THAT ARE “ACCREDITED INVESTORS,” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY ENTITY IN WHICH ALL OF THE EQUITY OWNERS ARE INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS THAT ARE “ACCREDITED INVESTORS,” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (4) (EXCEPT WITH RESPECT TO THE CLASS R CERTIFICATES) TO INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE A NON-“U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, AND (B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

THE INITIAL INVESTOR IN THIS CERTIFICATE, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN, IS DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.  A TRANSFEREE IS ALSO REQUIRED TO DELIVER AN INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION LETTER SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM OF EXHIBIT D-1 TO THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT IF SUCH TRANSFEREE IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER OR (OTHER THAN WITH RESPECT TO A RESIDUAL CERTIFICATE) AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, AND MAY ALSO BE REQUIRED TO DELIVER AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IF SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A.

ANY HOLDER DESIRING TO EFFECT A TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL, AND DOES HEREBY AGREE TO, INDEMNIFY THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE TRUSTEE, THE MASTER SERVICER AND THE DEPOSITOR AGAINST ANY LOSS, LIABILITY OR EXPENSE THAT MAY RESULT IF THE TRANSFER IS NOT EXEMPT FROM THE SECURITIES ACT OR IS NOT MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS.

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF DEUTSCHE BANK AG, THE DEPOSITOR, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS, THE INITIAL PURCHASERS, THE BORROWERS, THE SPONSORS, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICERS, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTIES, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THE CERTIFICATES NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

THE HOLDERS OF THIS CLASS X-G CERTIFICATE WILL BE ENTITLED ONLY TO DISTRIBUTIONS OF INTEREST ON THE NOTIONAL AMOUNT OF THE CLASS X-G CERTIFICATES AND WILL NOT BE ENTITLED TO ANY DISTRIBUTIONS WITH

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RESPECT TO PRINCIPAL. THE NOTIONAL AMOUNT OF THE CLASS X-G CERTIFICATES IS EQUAL TO AN AMOUNT AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING NOTIONAL AMOUNT OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL NOTIONAL AMOUNT SET FORTH BELOW.

TRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES OF PORTIONS OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS AS PROVIDED IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.

THIS CERTIFICATE SHOULD NOT BE PURCHASED BY A TRANSFEREE THAT IS OR BECOMES (A) AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER PLAN OR RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT, INCLUDING AN INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT OR A KEOGH PLAN, WHICH IS SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), OR TO SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), OR A GOVERNMENTAL PLAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(32) OF ERISA, OR OTHER PLAN SUBJECT TO ANY FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW (“SIMILAR LAW”) WHICH IS TO A MATERIAL EXTENT SIMILAR TO THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE (EACH, A “PLAN”), OR (B) ANY PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH PLAN OR USING THE ASSETS OF ANY SUCH PLAN (INCLUDING AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE PLAN ASSETS BY REASON OF A PLAN’S INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY (PURSUANT TO U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGULATION SECTION 2510.3-101, AS MODIFIED BY SECTION 3(42) OF ERISA)), OTHER THAN AN INSURANCE COMPANY USING THE ASSETS OF ITS GENERAL ACCOUNT UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES WHEREBY SUCH PURCHASE AND THE SUBSEQUENT HOLDING OF SUCH CERTIFICATE BY SUCH INSURANCE COMPANY WILL BE EXEMPT FROM THE PROHIBITED TRANSACTION PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 406 AND 407 OF ERISA, AND SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE UNDER SECTIONS I AND III OF PTCE 95-60 OR, IN THE CASE OF A PLAN SUBJECT TO SIMILAR LAW, WHERE THE ACQUISITION, HOLDING AND DISPOSITION OF SUCH CERTIFICATE WILL NOT CONSTITUTE OR RESULT IN A NON-EXEMPT VIOLATION OF ANY SIMILAR LAW.

FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.

 

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BENCHMARK 2023-B38 MORTGAGE TRUST COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, CLASS X-G

Class X-G Pass-Through Rate:  Variable		CUSIP:    [081916AP3]7 [U06918AC7]8 [081916AQ1]9 ISIN:        [US081916AP38]10 [USU06918AC72]11 [US081916AQ11]12
Original Aggregate Notional Amount of the Class X-G Certificates:  $10,140,000		Initial Notional Amount of this Certificate:  $[_____]
First Distribution Date: May 17, 2023		Cut-off Date: The close of business on the later of the related Due Date of such Mortgage Loan in April 2023 (or, in the case of any Mortgage Loan that has its first Due Date after April 2023, the date that would have been its Due Date in April 2023 under the terms of that Mortgage Loan if a Periodic Payment were scheduled to be due in that month) and the date of origination of such Mortgage Loan
Assumed Final Distribution Date:  April 2033		No.:  X-G-[__]

This certifies that [              ] is the registered owner of a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, including the distributions to be made with respect to the Class X-G Certificates. The Trust Fund, described more fully below, consists primarily of a pool of Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan secured by first liens on commercial and multifamily properties and held in trust by the Trustee and serviced by the Master Servicer. The Trust Fund was created, and the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan are to be serviced, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below). The Holder of this Certificate, by virtue of the acceptance hereof, assents to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and is bound thereby.

 

 

 

⁷ For Rule 144A Certificates

⁸ For Regulation S Certificates

⁹ For IAI Certificates

¹⁰ For Rule 144A Certificates

¹¹ For Regulation S Certificates

¹² For IAI Certificates

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The Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between the Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer (the “Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Argentic Services Company LP, as special servicer with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan (the “Pacific Design Center Special Servicer”), Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), as custodian and as paying agent, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor (in such capacity, the “Operating Advisor”) and as asset representations reviewer (in such capacity, the “Asset Representations Reviewer”) evidences the issuance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class X-A, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G, Class X-H, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G, Class H, Class S, Class R, Class RR, Class PDC-A1, Class PDC-A2 and Class PDC-HRR Certificates (the “Certificates”; the Holders of Certificates issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are collectively referred to herein as “Certificateholders”) and the creation of the RR Interest. This Certificate is issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit”, as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

The Certificate Administrator makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans and has executed this Certificate in its limited capacity as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In the event that there is any conflict between any provision of this Certificate and any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, such provision of this Certificate shall be superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator, or the Paying Agent on behalf of the Certificate Administrator, will distribute (other than the final distribution on any Certificate), on the fourth Business Day after each Determination Date (each such date, a “Distribution Date”) an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of interest then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class X-G Certificates for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. “Determination Date” is defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as the eleventh day of each month, or if such eleventh day is not a Business Day, then the next Business Day, commencing in May 2023.

During each Interest Accrual Period (as defined below), interest on the Class X-G Certificates will be calculated based on a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months on the outstanding Notional Amount hereof.

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Interest accrued on this Certificate during an Interest Accrual Period, plus the aggregate unpaid Interest Shortfall with respect to this Certificate, if any, will be payable on the related Distribution Date to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The “Interest Accrual Period” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Each Interest Accrual Period is assumed to consist of 30 days.

All distributions (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) will be made by the Paying Agent to the Persons in whose names the Certificates are registered at the close of business on each Record Date, which will be the close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Such distributions shall be made on each Distribution Date other than the Termination Date to each Certificateholder of record on the related Record Date, (i) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Holder at a bank or other entity located in the United States and having appropriate facilities therefor if such Holder shall have provided the Paying Agent with wire instructions in writing at least five Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions), or (ii) otherwise, by check mailed by first-class mail to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register. The final distribution on each Certificate shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the Certificate Administrator or its agent (which may be the Paying Agent or the Certificate Registrar acting as such agent) that is specified in the notice to Holders of such final distribution.

Any funds not distributed on the Termination Date because of the failure of any Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held for the benefit of the appropriate non-tendering Certificateholders. If any Certificates as to which notice of the Termination Date has been given pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice not all of such Certificates shall have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. Subject to applicable state escheatment laws, if within two years after the second notice any such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent shall distribute to the Certificate Administrator all amounts distributable to the Holders thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall thereafter hold such amounts for the benefit of such Holders until the earlier of (i) its termination as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the transfer of such amounts to a successor Certificate Administrator and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund and distribution of such amounts to the Class R Certificateholders. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Any such amounts transferred to the Certificate Administrator may be invested in

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Permitted Investments and all income and gain realized from investment of such funds shall accrue for its benefit.

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries in respect of the Mortgage Loans, as more specifically set forth herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Fund includes (in each case, to the extent of the Trust Fund’s interest therein and specifically excluding any interest of any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder (other than the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, which is an asset of the Trust Fund) therein): (i) such Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as from time to time are subject to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto; (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan due after the Cut-off Date; (iii) the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO Property; (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property; (v) any Assignments of Leases, Rents and Profits and any security agreements related to the Mortgage Loans; (vi) any indemnities or guaranties given as additional security for any Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (vii) a security interest in all assets deposited in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts, and Reserve Accounts; (viii) the Loss of Value Reserve Fund; (ix) the Collection Account, the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Accounts, the Distribution Accounts, any Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Pacific Design Center Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the Trust’s interest in any REO Account, including any amounts on deposit therein, assets credited thereto and any reinvestment income, as applicable; (x) a security interest in any environmental indemnity agreements relating to the Mortgaged Properties; (xi) a security interest in all insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (xii) the rights and remedies under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements relating to document delivery requirements with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the representations and warranties of the related Mortgage Loan Seller regarding its Mortgage Loans (and in the case of GSMC, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan); (xiii) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests; (xiv) the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Regular Interests (xv) the VRR Interest Upper-Tier Regular Interest; and (xvi) the proceeds of the foregoing (other than any interest earned on deposits in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts and any Reserve Accounts, to the extent such interest belongs to the related Borrower). As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals may be made from certain of the above accounts for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders.

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the interests, rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the limitations thereon, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Certificate Administrator.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, this Certificate is transferable or exchangeable only upon surrender of this Certificate to the Certificate Registrar at its offices together with an assignment and transfer (executed by the Holder or his duly authorized attorney), subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of this

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Certificate, subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall execute and the Authenticating Agent shall duly authenticate in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate denomination as the Certificate being surrendered. Such Certificates shall be delivered by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Prior to due presentation of this Certificate for registration of transfer, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent and any agent of any of them may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent or any agent of any of them shall be affected by notice or knowledge to the contrary.

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange referred to in Section 5.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement other than for transfers to Institutional Accredited Investors as provided in Section 5.02(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the transferor shall reimburse the Trust Fund for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended at any time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee without the consent of any of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owners or any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, (i) to cure any ambiguity or to correct any manifest error; (ii) to cause the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus, the Private Placement Memorandum or the Loan-Specific Private Placement Memorandum with respect to the Certificates, the RR Interest, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement; (iii) to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or RR Interest Owner, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment; (iv) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the

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relevant provisions of the Code at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust that would be a claim against the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, RR Interest Owner or Companion Loan Noteholder; (v) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Non-U.S. Tax Person; (vi) to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, RR Interest Owner or any holder of a Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting thereto as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (vii) to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies; provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or RR Interest Owner not consenting thereto as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by confirmation of the applicable Rating Agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (viii) to modify the provisions of Section 3.06 and Section 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing, the Directing Holder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the status of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its

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then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (ix) to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders or the RR Interest Owner, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website; (x) to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv); and (xi) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (a) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Risk Retention Rule, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or (b) in the event the Risk Retention Rule or any other regulation applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee with the prior written consent of the RR Interest Owner (if affected by such amendment), Holders of Certificates representing not less than a majority of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates affected thereby (without regard to Certificates held by the Depositor, any of the Depositor’s Affiliates and/or agents) and each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder affected thereby for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or modifying in any manner the rights of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner or the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders; provided that no such amendment may:

(i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loans which are required to be distributed on any Certificate or the RR Interest, without the consent of the Holders of Certificates representing all of the Percentage Interests of the Class or Classes affected thereby or the consent of the RR Interest Owner, as applicable, or which are required to be distributed to any Companion Loan Noteholders without the consent of such Companion Loan Noteholders;

(ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Loan Noteholder or Loan-Specific Certificateholder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such

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    Companion Loan Noteholder or Holder of the Loan-Specific Certificates, as applicable;

(iii) adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding;

(iv) change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary hereunder, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

(v) amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates).

Further, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of the Certificateholders or, if applicable, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, may amend the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC or the Upper-Tier REMIC as a REMIC or the qualification of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust, or to prevent the imposition of any additional material state or local taxes, at all times that any Certificates are outstanding; provided that such action, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (obtained at the expense of the Trust Fund), is necessary or helpful to maintain such qualification or to prevent the imposition of any such taxes, and would not adversely affect in any material respect the interest of any Certificateholder or if applicable, any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder or (ii) to the extent necessary to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act, Regulation AB, and/or any related regulatory actions and/or interpretations.

The Certificateholder owning a majority of the Percentage Interest in the Controlling Class and, if no such Certificateholder exercises such option, the Special Servicer, and if the Special Servicer does not exercise such option, the Master Servicer may effect an early termination of the Trust Fund, upon not less than 30 days’ prior Notice of Termination given to the Trustee, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer any time specifying the Anticipated Termination Date, which shall be on or after the Early Termination Notice Date (defined as any date as of which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan remaining in the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Stated Pool Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as of the Cut-off Date (or for purposes of this calculation, if an ARD Loan is still an asset of the Trust and such right is

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being exercised after its respective Anticipated Repayment Date, then such Mortgage Loan will be excluded from the aggregate Stated Principal Balance and the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance)) by purchasing on such date all, but not less than all, of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan then included in the Trust Fund, and the Trust’s interest in all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, at a purchase price, payable in cash, equal to the sum of, without duplication:

(A) 100% of the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan included in the Trust as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of principal);

(B) the fair market value of all other property included in the Trust Fund as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date, as determined by an Independent appraiser acceptable to the Master Servicer as of a date not more than 30 days prior to the last day of the month preceding such Distribution Date;

(C) all unpaid interest accrued on the unpaid balance of each Mortgage Loan (including any Mortgage Loan as to which title to the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired) and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan at the Mortgage Rate to the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of interest); and

(D) the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate, and unpaid Servicing Compensation, Special Servicing Compensation, Operating Advisor Fees, Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fees, the CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fees and Trust Fund expenses.

In addition, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that following the date on which the Class X-A Notional Amount, the Class X-D Notional Amount and the aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E Certificates is reduced to zero, the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class S or Class R Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund as contemplated by clause (ii) of Section 9.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by giving written notice to all the parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement no later than 60 days prior to the anticipated date of exchange.

All costs and expenses incurred by any and all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Trust Fund in connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and other assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be borne by the party exercising its purchase rights

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thereunder. The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any determination made by an Independent appraiser pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificates and the RR Interest (other than the obligations of the Certificate Administrator to make certain payments and to send certain notices to Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) shall terminate upon payment (or provision for payment) to the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders of all amounts held by or on behalf of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer, as the case may be, required under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be so paid on the Distribution Date following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and all other property held by the Trust Fund in accordance with Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (ii) the exchange by the Sole Certificateholder of its Certificates for the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan in accordance with Section 9.01(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and (iii) the later of (a) the receipt or collection of the last payment due on any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan included in the Trust Fund, or (b) the liquidation and disposition pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the last asset held by the Trust Fund; provided that in no event shall the trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom, living on the date hereof.

Unless the Certificate of Authentication on this Certificate has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

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       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Administrator has caused this Class X-G Certificate to be duly executed.

Dated: April 21, 2023

	COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Administrator
	By:
		Name:
		Title:

Certificate of Authentication

This is one of the Class X-G Certificates referred to in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Dated: April 21, 2023

	COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Authenticating Agent
	By:
		Name:
		Title:

 

 

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EXHIBIT A-18

FORM OF CLASS X-H [RULE 144A]¹ [TEMPORARY REG S]² [REG S]³ [IAI]⁴ CERTIFICATE

[THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND, PRIOR TO THE DATE THAT IS 40 DAYS AFTER THE OFFERING OF THE CERTIFICATES, MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO A U.S. PERSON EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.]⁵

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]⁶

THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS, AND ONLY (A)(1) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) FOR SO LONG AS THIS CERTIFICATE IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”), TO AN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (“QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER”), PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF ANOTHER QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED, IN EACH CASE, THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (3) (EXCEPT WITH RESPECT TO THE CLASS R

 

 

 

¹ For Rule 144A Global Certificates only.

² For Temp Reg S Global Certificates only.

³ For Reg S Global Certificates only.

⁴ For IAI Global Certificates only.

⁵ For Temp Reg S Global Certificates only.

⁶ Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

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CERTIFICATES) TO OTHER INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS THAT ARE “ACCREDITED INVESTORS,” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY ENTITY IN WHICH ALL OF THE EQUITY OWNERS ARE INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS THAT ARE “ACCREDITED INVESTORS,” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (4) (EXCEPT WITH RESPECT TO THE CLASS R CERTIFICATES) TO INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE A NON-“U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, AND (B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

THE INITIAL INVESTOR IN THIS CERTIFICATE, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN, IS DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.  A TRANSFEREE IS ALSO REQUIRED TO DELIVER AN INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION LETTER SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM OF EXHIBIT D-1 TO THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT IF SUCH TRANSFEREE IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER OR (OTHER THAN WITH RESPECT TO A RESIDUAL CERTIFICATE) AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, AND MAY ALSO BE REQUIRED TO DELIVER AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IF SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A.

ANY HOLDER DESIRING TO EFFECT A TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL, AND DOES HEREBY AGREE TO, INDEMNIFY THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE TRUSTEE, THE MASTER SERVICER AND THE DEPOSITOR AGAINST ANY LOSS, LIABILITY OR EXPENSE THAT MAY RESULT IF THE TRANSFER IS NOT EXEMPT FROM THE SECURITIES ACT OR IS NOT MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS.

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF DEUTSCHE BANK AG, THE DEPOSITOR, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS, THE INITIAL PURCHASERS, THE BORROWERS, THE SPONSORS, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICERS, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTIES, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THE CERTIFICATES NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

THE HOLDERS OF THIS CLASS X-H CERTIFICATE WILL BE ENTITLED ONLY TO DISTRIBUTIONS OF INTEREST ON THE NOTIONAL AMOUNT OF THE CLASS X-H CERTIFICATES AND WILL NOT BE ENTITLED TO ANY DISTRIBUTIONS WITH

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RESPECT TO PRINCIPAL. THE NOTIONAL AMOUNT OF THE CLASS X-H CERTIFICATES IS EQUAL TO AN AMOUNT AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING NOTIONAL AMOUNT OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL NOTIONAL AMOUNT SET FORTH BELOW.

TRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES OF PORTIONS OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS AS PROVIDED IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.

THIS CERTIFICATE SHOULD NOT BE PURCHASED BY A TRANSFEREE THAT IS OR BECOMES (A) AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER PLAN OR RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT, INCLUDING AN INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT OR A KEOGH PLAN, WHICH IS SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), OR TO SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), OR A GOVERNMENTAL PLAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(32) OF ERISA, OR OTHER PLAN SUBJECT TO ANY FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW (“SIMILAR LAW”) WHICH IS TO A MATERIAL EXTENT SIMILAR TO THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE (EACH, A “PLAN”), OR (B) ANY PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH PLAN OR USING THE ASSETS OF ANY SUCH PLAN (INCLUDING AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE PLAN ASSETS BY REASON OF A PLAN’S INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY (PURSUANT TO U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGULATION SECTION 2510.3-101, AS MODIFIED BY SECTION 3(42) OF ERISA)), OTHER THAN AN INSURANCE COMPANY USING THE ASSETS OF ITS GENERAL ACCOUNT UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES WHEREBY SUCH PURCHASE AND THE SUBSEQUENT HOLDING OF SUCH CERTIFICATE BY SUCH INSURANCE COMPANY WILL BE EXEMPT FROM THE PROHIBITED TRANSACTION PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 406 AND 407 OF ERISA, AND SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE UNDER SECTIONS I AND III OF PTCE 95-60 OR, IN THE CASE OF A PLAN SUBJECT TO SIMILAR LAW, WHERE THE ACQUISITION, HOLDING AND DISPOSITION OF SUCH CERTIFICATE WILL NOT CONSTITUTE OR RESULT IN A NON-EXEMPT VIOLATION OF ANY SIMILAR LAW.

FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.

 

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BENCHMARK 2023-B38 MORTGAGE TRUST COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, CLASS X-H

Class X-H Pass-Through Rate:  Variable		CUSIP:    [081916AR9]7 [U06918AD5]8 [081916AS7]9 ISIN:        [US081916AR93]10 [USU06918AD55]11 [US081916AS76]12
Original Aggregate Notional Amount of the Class X-H Certificates:  $17,942,153		Initial Notional Amount of this Certificate:  $[_____]
First Distribution Date: May 17, 2023		Cut-off Date: The close of business on the later of the related Due Date of such Mortgage Loan in April 2023 (or, in the case of any Mortgage Loan that has its first Due Date after April 2023, the date that would have been its Due Date in April 2023 under the terms of that Mortgage Loan if a Periodic Payment were scheduled to be due in that month) and the date of origination of such Mortgage Loan
Assumed Final Distribution Date:  April 2033		No.:  X-H-[__]

This certifies that [              ] is the registered owner of a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, including the distributions to be made with respect to the Class X-H Certificates. The Trust Fund, described more fully below, consists primarily of a pool of Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan secured by first liens on commercial and multifamily properties and held in trust by the Trustee and serviced by the Master Servicer. The Trust Fund was created, and the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan are to be serviced, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below). The Holder of this Certificate, by virtue of the acceptance hereof, assents to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and is bound thereby.

 

 

 

⁷ For Rule 144A Certificates

⁸ For Regulation S Certificates

⁹ For IAI Certificates

¹⁰ For Rule 144A Certificates

¹¹ For Regulation S Certificates

¹² For IAI Certificates

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The Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between the Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer (the “Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Argentic Services Company LP, as special servicer with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan (the “Pacific Design Center Special Servicer”), Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), as custodian and as paying agent, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor (in such capacity, the “Operating Advisor”) and as asset representations reviewer (in such capacity, the “Asset Representations Reviewer”) evidences the issuance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class X-A, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G, Class X-H, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G, Class H, Class S, Class R, Class RR, Class PDC-A1, Class PDC-A2 and Class PDC-HRR Certificates (the “Certificates”; the Holders of Certificates issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are collectively referred to herein as “Certificateholders”) and the creation of the RR Interest. This Certificate is issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit”, as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

The Certificate Administrator makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans and has executed this Certificate in its limited capacity as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In the event that there is any conflict between any provision of this Certificate and any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, such provision of this Certificate shall be superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator, or the Paying Agent on behalf of the Certificate Administrator, will distribute (other than the final distribution on any Certificate), on the fourth Business Day after each Determination Date (each such date, a “Distribution Date”) an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of interest then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class X-H Certificates for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. “Determination Date” is defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as the eleventh day of each month, or if such eleventh day is not a Business Day, then the next Business Day, commencing in May 2023.

During each Interest Accrual Period (as defined below), interest on the Class X-H Certificates will be calculated based on a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months on the outstanding Notional Amount hereof.

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Interest accrued on this Certificate during an Interest Accrual Period, plus the aggregate unpaid Interest Shortfall with respect to this Certificate, if any, will be payable on the related Distribution Date to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The “Interest Accrual Period” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Each Interest Accrual Period is assumed to consist of 30 days.

All distributions (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) will be made by the Paying Agent to the Persons in whose names the Certificates are registered at the close of business on each Record Date, which will be the close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Such distributions shall be made on each Distribution Date other than the Termination Date to each Certificateholder of record on the related Record Date, (i) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Holder at a bank or other entity located in the United States and having appropriate facilities therefor if such Holder shall have provided the Paying Agent with wire instructions in writing at least five Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions), or (ii) otherwise, by check mailed by first-class mail to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register. The final distribution on each Certificate shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the Certificate Administrator or its agent (which may be the Paying Agent or the Certificate Registrar acting as such agent) that is specified in the notice to Holders of such final distribution.

Any funds not distributed on the Termination Date because of the failure of any Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held for the benefit of the appropriate non-tendering Certificateholders. If any Certificates as to which notice of the Termination Date has been given pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice not all of such Certificates shall have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. Subject to applicable state escheatment laws, if within two years after the second notice any such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent shall distribute to the Certificate Administrator all amounts distributable to the Holders thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall thereafter hold such amounts for the benefit of such Holders until the earlier of (i) its termination as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the transfer of such amounts to a successor Certificate Administrator and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund and distribution of such amounts to the Class R Certificateholders. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Any such amounts transferred to the Certificate Administrator may be invested in

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Permitted Investments and all income and gain realized from investment of such funds shall accrue for its benefit.

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries in respect of the Mortgage Loans, as more specifically set forth herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Fund includes (in each case, to the extent of the Trust Fund’s interest therein and specifically excluding any interest of any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder (other than the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, which is an asset of the Trust Fund) therein): (i) such Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as from time to time are subject to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto; (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan due after the Cut-off Date; (iii) the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO Property; (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property; (v) any Assignments of Leases, Rents and Profits and any security agreements related to the Mortgage Loans; (vi) any indemnities or guaranties given as additional security for any Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (vii) a security interest in all assets deposited in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts, and Reserve Accounts; (viii) the Loss of Value Reserve Fund; (ix) the Collection Account, the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Accounts, the Distribution Accounts, any Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Pacific Design Center Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the Trust’s interest in any REO Account, including any amounts on deposit therein, assets credited thereto and any reinvestment income, as applicable; (x) a security interest in any environmental indemnity agreements relating to the Mortgaged Properties; (xi) a security interest in all insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (xii) the rights and remedies under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements relating to document delivery requirements with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the representations and warranties of the related Mortgage Loan Seller regarding its Mortgage Loans (and in the case of GSMC, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan); (xiii) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests; (xiv) the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Regular Interests (xv) the VRR Interest Upper-Tier Regular Interest; and (xvi) the proceeds of the foregoing (other than any interest earned on deposits in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts and any Reserve Accounts, to the extent such interest belongs to the related Borrower). As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals may be made from certain of the above accounts for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders.

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the interests, rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the limitations thereon, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Certificate Administrator.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, this Certificate is transferable or exchangeable only upon surrender of this Certificate to the Certificate Registrar at its offices together with an assignment and transfer (executed by the Holder or his duly authorized attorney), subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of this

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Certificate, subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall execute and the Authenticating Agent shall duly authenticate in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate denomination as the Certificate being surrendered. Such Certificates shall be delivered by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Prior to due presentation of this Certificate for registration of transfer, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent and any agent of any of them may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent or any agent of any of them shall be affected by notice or knowledge to the contrary.

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange referred to in Section 5.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement other than for transfers to Institutional Accredited Investors as provided in Section 5.02(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the transferor shall reimburse the Trust Fund for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended at any time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee without the consent of any of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owners or any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, (i) to cure any ambiguity or to correct any manifest error; (ii) to cause the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus, the Private Placement Memorandum or the Loan-Specific Private Placement Memorandum with respect to the Certificates, the RR Interest, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement; (iii) to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or RR Interest Owner, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment; (iv) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the

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relevant provisions of the Code at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust that would be a claim against the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, RR Interest Owner or Companion Loan Noteholder; (v) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Non-U.S. Tax Person; (vi) to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, RR Interest Owner or any holder of a Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting thereto as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (vii) to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies; provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or RR Interest Owner not consenting thereto as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by confirmation of the applicable Rating Agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (viii) to modify the provisions of Section 3.06 and Section 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing, the Directing Holder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the status of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its

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then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (ix) to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders or the RR Interest Owner, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website; (x) to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv); and (xi) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (a) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Risk Retention Rule, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or (b) in the event the Risk Retention Rule or any other regulation applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee with the prior written consent of the RR Interest Owner (if affected by such amendment), Holders of Certificates representing not less than a majority of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates affected thereby (without regard to Certificates held by the Depositor, any of the Depositor’s Affiliates and/or agents) and each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder affected thereby for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or modifying in any manner the rights of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner or the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders; provided that no such amendment may:

(i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loans which are required to be distributed on any Certificate or the RR Interest, without the consent of the Holders of Certificates representing all of the Percentage Interests of the Class or Classes affected thereby or the consent of the RR Interest Owner, as applicable, or which are required to be distributed to any Companion Loan Noteholders without the consent of such Companion Loan Noteholders;

(ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Loan Noteholder or Loan-Specific Certificateholder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such

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    Companion Loan Noteholder or Holder of the Loan-Specific Certificates, as applicable;

(iii) adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding;

(iv) change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary hereunder, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

(v) amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates).

Further, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of the Certificateholders or, if applicable, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, may amend the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC or the Upper-Tier REMIC as a REMIC or the qualification of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust, or to prevent the imposition of any additional material state or local taxes, at all times that any Certificates are outstanding; provided that such action, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (obtained at the expense of the Trust Fund), is necessary or helpful to maintain such qualification or to prevent the imposition of any such taxes, and would not adversely affect in any material respect the interest of any Certificateholder or if applicable, any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder or (ii) to the extent necessary to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act, Regulation AB, and/or any related regulatory actions and/or interpretations.

The Certificateholder owning a majority of the Percentage Interest in the Controlling Class and, if no such Certificateholder exercises such option, the Special Servicer, and if the Special Servicer does not exercise such option, the Master Servicer may effect an early termination of the Trust Fund, upon not less than 30 days’ prior Notice of Termination given to the Trustee, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer any time specifying the Anticipated Termination Date, which shall be on or after the Early Termination Notice Date (defined as any date as of which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan remaining in the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Stated Pool Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as of the Cut-off Date (or for purposes of this calculation, if an ARD Loan is still an asset of the Trust and such right is

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being exercised after its respective Anticipated Repayment Date, then such Mortgage Loan will be excluded from the aggregate Stated Principal Balance and the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance)) by purchasing on such date all, but not less than all, of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan then included in the Trust Fund, and the Trust’s interest in all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, at a purchase price, payable in cash, equal to the sum of, without duplication:

(A) 100% of the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan included in the Trust as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of principal);

(B) the fair market value of all other property included in the Trust Fund as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date, as determined by an Independent appraiser acceptable to the Master Servicer as of a date not more than 30 days prior to the last day of the month preceding such Distribution Date;

(C) all unpaid interest accrued on the unpaid balance of each Mortgage Loan (including any Mortgage Loan as to which title to the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired) and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan at the Mortgage Rate to the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of interest); and

(D) the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate, and unpaid Servicing Compensation, Special Servicing Compensation, Operating Advisor Fees, Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fees, the CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fees and Trust Fund expenses.

In addition, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that following the date on which the Class X-A Notional Amount, the Class X-D Notional Amount and the aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E Certificates is reduced to zero, the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class S or Class R Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund as contemplated by clause (ii) of Section 9.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by giving written notice to all the parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement no later than 60 days prior to the anticipated date of exchange.

All costs and expenses incurred by any and all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Trust Fund in connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and other assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be borne by the party exercising its purchase rights

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thereunder. The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any determination made by an Independent appraiser pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificates and the RR Interest (other than the obligations of the Certificate Administrator to make certain payments and to send certain notices to Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) shall terminate upon payment (or provision for payment) to the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders of all amounts held by or on behalf of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer, as the case may be, required under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be so paid on the Distribution Date following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and all other property held by the Trust Fund in accordance with Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (ii) the exchange by the Sole Certificateholder of its Certificates for the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan in accordance with Section 9.01(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and (iii) the later of (a) the receipt or collection of the last payment due on any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan included in the Trust Fund, or (b) the liquidation and disposition pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the last asset held by the Trust Fund; provided that in no event shall the trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom, living on the date hereof.

Unless the Certificate of Authentication on this Certificate has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

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       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Administrator has caused this Class X-H Certificate to be duly executed.

Dated: April 21, 2023

	COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Administrator
	By:
		Name:
		Title:

Certificate of Authentication

This is one of the Class X-H Certificates referred to in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Dated: April 21, 2023

	COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Authenticating Agent
	By:
		Name:
		Title:

 

 

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EXHIBIT A-19

FORM OF CLASS S [RULE 144A]¹ [IAI]² CERTIFICATE

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF DEUTSCHE BANK AG, THE DEPOSITOR, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS, THE INITIAL PURCHASERS, THE BORROWERS, THE SPONSORS, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICERS, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTIES, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THE CERTIFICATES NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS, AND ONLY (A)(1) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) FOR SO LONG AS THIS CERTIFICATE IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”), TO AN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (“QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER”), PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF ANOTHER QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED, IN EACH CASE, THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (3) (EXCEPT WITH RESPECT TO THE CLASS R CERTIFICATES) TO OTHER INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS THAT ARE “ACCREDITED INVESTORS,” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY ENTITY IN WHICH ALL OF THE EQUITY OWNERS ARE INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS THAT ARE “ACCREDITED INVESTORS,” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (4) (EXCEPT WITH RESPECT TO THE CLASS R CERTIFICATES) TO INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE A NON-“U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, AND (B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

 

 

 

¹ For Rule 144A Global Certificates only.

² For IAI Global Certificates only.

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THE INITIAL INVESTOR IN THIS CERTIFICATE, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN, IS DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.  A TRANSFEREE IS ALSO REQUIRED TO DELIVER AN INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION LETTER SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM OF EXHIBIT D-1 TO THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT IF SUCH TRANSFEREE IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER OR (OTHER THAN WITH RESPECT TO A RESIDUAL CERTIFICATE) AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, AND MAY ALSO BE REQUIRED TO DELIVER AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IF SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A.

THIS CERTIFICATE SHOULD NOT BE PURCHASED BY A TRANSFEREE THAT IS OR BECOMES (A) AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER PLAN OR RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT, INCLUDING AN INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT OR A KEOGH PLAN, WHICH IS SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), OR TO SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), OR A GOVERNMENTAL PLAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(32) OF ERISA, OR OTHER PLAN SUBJECT TO ANY FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW (“SIMILAR LAW”) WHICH IS TO A MATERIAL EXTENT SIMILAR TO THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE (EACH, A “PLAN”), OR (B) ANY PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH PLAN OR USING THE ASSETS OF ANY SUCH PLAN (INCLUDING AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE PLAN ASSETS BY REASON OF A PLAN’S INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY (PURSUANT TO U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGULATION SECTION 2510.3-101, AS MODIFIED BY SECTION 3(42) OF ERISA)).

TRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES OF PORTIONS OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS AS PROVIDED IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.

ANY HOLDER DESIRING TO EFFECT A TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL, AND DOES HEREBY AGREE TO, INDEMNIFY THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE TRUSTEE, THE MASTER SERVICER AND THE DEPOSITOR AGAINST ANY LOSS, LIABILITY OR EXPENSE THAT MAY RESULT IF THE TRANSFER IS NOT EXEMPT FROM THE SECURITIES ACT OR IS NOT MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS.

 

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BENCHMARK 2023-B38 MORTGAGE TRUST COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, CLASS S

No.: S-1   Percentage Interest: [100]% CUSIP:    [081916BD9]³
[081916BE7]⁴ ISIN:        [US081916BD98]⁵
[US081916BE71]⁶

This certifies that [              ] is the registered owner of a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, including the distributions to be made with respect to the Class S Certificates. The Trust Fund, described more fully below, consists primarily of a pool of Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan secured by first liens on commercial and multifamily properties and held in trust by the Trustee and serviced by the Master Servicer. The Trust Fund was created, and the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan are to be serviced, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below). The Holder of this Certificate, by virtue of the acceptance hereof, assents to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and is bound thereby.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between the Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer (the “Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Argentic Services Company LP, as special servicer with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan (the “Pacific Design Center Special Servicer”), Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), as custodian and as paying agent, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor (in such capacity, the “Operating Advisor”) and as asset representations reviewer (in such capacity, the “Asset Representations Reviewer”) evidences the issuance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class X-A, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G, Class X-H, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G, Class H, Class S, Class R, Class RR, Class PDC-A1, Class PDC-A2 and Class PDC-HRR Certificates (the “Certificates”; the Holders of Certificates issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are collectively referred to herein as “Certificateholders”) and the creation of the RR Interest. This Certificate is issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This Certificate represents a beneficial ownership interest in a portion of the Excess Interest collected on the ARD Loan and amounts held from time to time in the Excess Interest Distribution Account. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding

 

 

 

³ For Rule 144A Certificates

⁴ For IAI Certificates

⁵ For Rule 144A Certificates

⁶ For IAI Certificates

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sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

The Certificate Administrator makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans and has executed this Certificate in its limited capacity as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In the event that there is any conflict between any provision of this Certificate and any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, such provision of this Certificate shall be superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator, or the Paying Agent on behalf of the Certificate Administrator, will distribute (other than the final distribution on any Certificate), on the fourth Business Day after each Determination Date (each such date, a “Distribution Date”) an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of interest then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class S Certificates for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. “Determination Date” is defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as the eleventh day of each month, or if such eleventh day is not a Business Day, then the next Business Day, commencing in May 2023.

All distributions (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) will be made by the Paying Agent to the Persons in whose names the Certificates are registered at the close of business on each Record Date, which will be the close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Such distributions shall be made on each Distribution Date other than the Termination Date to each Certificateholder of record on the related Record Date, (i) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Holder at a bank or other entity located in the United States and having appropriate facilities therefor if such Holder shall have provided the Paying Agent with wire instructions in writing at least five Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions), or (ii) otherwise, by check mailed by first-class mail to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register. The final distribution on each Certificate shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the Certificate Administrator or its agent (which may be the Paying Agent or the Certificate Registrar acting as such agent) that is specified in the notice to Holders of such final distribution.

Any funds not distributed on the Termination Date because of the failure of any Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held for the benefit of the appropriate non-tendering Certificateholders. If any Certificates as to which notice of the Termination Date has been given pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice not all of such Certificates shall have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of

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contacting such Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. Subject to applicable state escheatment laws, if within two years after the second notice any such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent shall distribute to the Certificate Administrator all amounts distributable to the Holders thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall thereafter hold such amounts for the benefit of such Holders until the earlier of (i) its termination as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the transfer of such amounts to a successor Certificate Administrator and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund and distribution of such amounts to the Class S Certificateholders. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Any such amounts transferred to the Certificate Administrator may be invested in Permitted Investments and all income and gain realized from investment of such funds shall accrue for its benefit.

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries in respect of the Mortgage Loans, as more specifically set forth herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Fund includes (in each case, to the extent of the Trust Fund’s interest therein and specifically excluding any interest of any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder (other than the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, which is an asset of the Trust Fund) therein): (i) such Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as from time to time are subject to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto; (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan due after the Cut-off Date; (iii) the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO Property; (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property; (v) any Assignments of Leases, Rents and Profits and any security agreements related to the Mortgage Loans; (vi) any indemnities or guaranties given as additional security for any Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (vii) a security interest in all assets deposited in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts, and Reserve Accounts; (viii) the Loss of Value Reserve Fund; (ix) the Collection Account, the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Accounts, the Distribution Accounts, any Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Pacific Design Center Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the Trust’s interest in any REO Account, including any amounts on deposit therein, assets credited thereto and any reinvestment income, as applicable; (x) a security interest in any environmental indemnity agreements relating to the Mortgaged Properties; (xi) a security interest in all insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (xii) the rights and remedies under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements relating to document delivery requirements with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the representations and warranties of the related Mortgage Loan Seller regarding its Mortgage Loans (and in the case of GSMC, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan); (xiii) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests; (xiv) the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Regular Interests (xv) the VRR Interest Upper-Tier Regular Interest; and (xvi) the proceeds of the foregoing (other than any interest earned on deposits in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts and any Reserve Accounts, to the extent such interest belongs to the related

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Borrower). As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals may be made from certain of the above accounts for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders.

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the interests, rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the limitations thereon, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Certificate Administrator.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, this Certificate is transferable or exchangeable only upon surrender of this Certificate to the Certificate Registrar at its offices together with an assignment and transfer (executed by the Holder or his duly authorized attorney), subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of this Certificate, subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall execute and the Authenticating Agent shall duly authenticate in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate denomination as the Certificate being surrendered. Such Certificates shall be delivered by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Prior to due presentation of this Certificate for registration of transfer, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent and any agent of any of them may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent or any agent of any of them shall be affected by notice or knowledge to the contrary.

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange referred to in Section 5.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement other than for transfers to Institutional Accredited Investors as provided in Section 5.02(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the transferor shall reimburse the Trust Fund for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended at any time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee without the consent of any of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owners or any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, (i) to cure any ambiguity or to correct any manifest error; (ii) to cause the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus, the

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Private Placement Memorandum or the Loan-Specific Private Placement Memorandum with respect to the Certificates, the RR Interest, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement; (iii) to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or RR Interest Owner, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment; (iv) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust that would be a claim against the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, RR Interest Owner or Companion Loan Noteholder; (v) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Non-U.S. Tax Person; (vi) to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, RR Interest Owner or any holder of a Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting thereto as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (vii) to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies; provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or RR Interest Owner not consenting thereto as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by confirmation of the applicable Rating Agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any

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(provided that such Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (viii) to modify the provisions of Section 3.06 and Section 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing, the Directing Holder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the status of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (ix) to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders or the RR Interest Owner, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website; (x) to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv); and (xi) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (a) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Risk Retention Rule, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or (b) in the event the Risk Retention Rule or any other regulation applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee with the prior written consent of the RR Interest Owner (if affected by such amendment), Holders of Certificates representing not less than a majority of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates affected thereby (without regard to Certificates held by the Depositor, any of the Depositor’s Affiliates and/or agents) and each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder affected thereby for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or modifying in any manner the rights of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner or the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders; provided that no such amendment may:

(i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or

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    Serviced Whole Loans which are required to be distributed on any Certificate or the RR Interest, without the consent of the Holders of Certificates representing all of the Percentage Interests of the Class or Classes affected thereby or the consent of the RR Interest Owner, as applicable, or which are required to be distributed to any Companion Loan Noteholders without the consent of such Companion Loan Noteholders;

(ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Loan Noteholder or Loan-Specific Certificateholder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Loan Noteholder or Holder of the Loan-Specific Certificates, as applicable;

(iii) adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding;

(iv) change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary hereunder, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

(v) amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates).

Further, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of the Certificateholders or, if applicable, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, may amend the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC or the Upper-Tier REMIC as a REMIC or the qualification of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust, or to prevent the imposition of any additional material state or local taxes, at all times that any Certificates are outstanding; provided that such action, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (obtained at the expense of the Trust Fund), is necessary or helpful to maintain such qualification or to prevent the imposition of any such taxes, and would not adversely affect in any material respect the interest of any Certificateholder or if applicable, any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder or (ii) to the extent necessary to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as

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amended, the Exchange Act, Regulation AB, and/or any related regulatory actions and/or interpretations.

The Certificateholder owning a majority of the Percentage Interest in the Controlling Class and, if no such Certificateholder exercises such option, the Special Servicer, and if the Special Servicer does not exercise such option, the Master Servicer may effect an early termination of the Trust Fund, upon not less than 30 days’ prior Notice of Termination given to the Trustee, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer any time specifying the Anticipated Termination Date, which shall be on or after the Early Termination Notice Date (defined as any date as of which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan remaining in the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Stated Pool Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as of the Cut-off Date (or for purposes of this calculation, if an ARD Loan is still an asset of the Trust and such right is being exercised after its respective Anticipated Repayment Date, then such Mortgage Loan will be excluded from the aggregate Stated Principal Balance and the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance)) by purchasing on such date all, but not less than all, of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan then included in the Trust Fund, and the Trust’s interest in all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, at a purchase price, payable in cash, equal to the sum of, without duplication:

(A) 100% of the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan included in the Trust as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of principal);

(B) the fair market value of all other property included in the Trust Fund as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date, as determined by an Independent appraiser acceptable to the Master Servicer as of a date not more than 30 days prior to the last day of the month preceding such Distribution Date;

(C) all unpaid interest accrued on the unpaid balance of each Mortgage Loan (including any Mortgage Loan as to which title to the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired) and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan at the Mortgage Rate to the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of interest); and

(D) the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate, and unpaid Servicing Compensation, Special Servicing Compensation, Operating Advisor Fees, Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fees, the CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fees and Trust Fund expenses.

 

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In addition, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that following the date on which the Class X-A Notional Amount, the Class X-D Notional Amount and the aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E Certificates is reduced to zero, the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class S or Class R Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund as contemplated by clause (ii) of Section 9.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by giving written notice to all the parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement no later than 60 days prior to the anticipated date of exchange.

All costs and expenses incurred by any and all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Trust Fund in connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and other assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be borne by the party exercising its purchase rights thereunder. The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any determination made by an Independent appraiser pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificates and the RR Interest (other than the obligations of the Certificate Administrator to make certain payments and to send certain notices to Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) shall terminate upon payment (or provision for payment) to the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders of all amounts held by or on behalf of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer, as the case may be, required under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be so paid on the Distribution Date following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and all other property held by the Trust Fund in accordance with Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (ii) the exchange by the Sole Certificateholder of its Certificates for the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan in accordance with Section 9.01(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and (iii) the later of (a) the receipt or collection of the last payment due on any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan included in the Trust Fund, or (b) the liquidation and disposition pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the last asset held by the Trust Fund; provided that in no event shall the trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom, living on the date hereof.

Unless the Certificate of Authentication on this Certificate has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

 

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       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Administrator has caused this Class S Certificate to be duly executed.

Dated: April 21, 2023

	COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Administrator
	By:
		Name:
		Title:

Certificate of Authentication

This is one of the Class S Certificates referred to in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Dated: April 21, 2023

	COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Authenticating Agent
	By:
		Name:
		Title:

 

 

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EXHIBIT A-20

FORM OF CLASS R CERTIFICATE

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF DEUTSCHE BANK AG, THE DEPOSITOR, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS, THE INITIAL PURCHASERS, THE BORROWERS, THE SPONSORS, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICERS, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTIES, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THE CERTIFICATES NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “RESIDUAL INTEREST” IN THREE “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUITS” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(2) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”). A TRANSFEREE OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, IS DEEMED TO HAVE ACCEPTED THIS CERTIFICATE SUBJECT TO CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY, AS SET FORTH IN SECTION 5.02(l) OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, AND SHALL BE REQUIRED TO FURNISH AN AFFIDAVIT TO THE TRANSFEROR AND THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR TO THE EFFECT THAT, AMONG OTHER THINGS, (A) IT IS NOT A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION, AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION 860E(e)(5) OF THE CODE, OR AN AGENT (INCLUDING A BROKER, NOMINEE OR OTHER MIDDLEMAN) FOR SUCH DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION AND IS OTHERWISE A PERMITTED TRANSFEREE, (B) IT WILL NOT CAUSE INCOME WITH RESPECT TO THIS CERTIFICATE TO BE ATTRIBUTABLE TO A FOREIGN PERMANENT ESTABLISHMENT OR FIXED BASE, WITHIN THE MEANING OF AN APPLICABLE INCOME TAX TREATY, OF SUCH PERSON OR ANY OTHER U.S. PERSON, (C) IT HAS HISTORICALLY PAID ITS DEBTS AS THEY HAVE COME DUE AND INTENDS TO CONTINUE TO PAY ITS DEBTS AS THEY COME DUE IN THE FUTURE, AND (D) IT INTENDS TO PAY ANY TAXES ASSOCIATED WITH HOLDING THIS CERTIFICATE AS THEY BECOME DUE. ANY PURPORTED TRANSFER TO A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION OR OTHER PERSON THAT IS NOT A PERMITTED TRANSFEREE OR OTHERWISE IN VIOLATION OF THESE RESTRICTIONS SHALL BE ABSOLUTELY NULL AND VOID AND SHALL VEST NO RIGHTS IN ANY PURPORTED TRANSFEREE. BECAUSE THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS MULTIPLE “NON-ECONOMIC RESIDUAL INTERESTS,” AS DEFINED IN TREASURY REGULATIONS SECTION 1.860E 1(c), TRANSFERS OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE DISREGARDED FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES. IN ORDER TO SATISFY A REGULATORY SAFE HARBOR UNDER WHICH SUCH TRANSFERS WILL NOT BE DISREGARDED, THE TRANSFEROR MAY BE REQUIRED, AMONG OTHER THINGS, TO SATISFY ITSELF AS TO THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE AND

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EITHER TO PAY A SPECIFIED AMOUNT TO THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE OR TRANSFER TO AN ELIGIBLE TRANSFEREE AS PROVIDED IN REGULATIONS.

THE HOLDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, IS DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO CONSENT TO THE DESIGNATION OF THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR AS “PARTNERSHIP REPRESENTATIVE” FOR EACH TRUST REMIC PURSUANT TO SECTION 6223 OF THE CODE.

THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS, AND ONLY (A)(1) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (2) FOR SO LONG AS THIS CERTIFICATE IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”), TO AN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (“QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER”), PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF ANOTHER QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED, IN EACH CASE, THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, AND (B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

THE INITIAL INVESTOR IN THIS CERTIFICATE, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN, IS DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.  A TRANSFEREE IS ALSO REQUIRED TO DELIVER AN INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION LETTER SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM OF EXHIBIT D-1 TO THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT IF SUCH TRANSFEREE IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER OR (OTHER THAN WITH RESPECT TO A RESIDUAL CERTIFICATE) AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, AND MAY ALSO BE REQUIRED TO DELIVER AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IF SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A.

THIS CERTIFICATE SHOULD NOT BE PURCHASED BY A TRANSFEREE THAT IS OR BECOMES (A) AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER PLAN OR RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT, INCLUDING AN INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT OR A KEOGH PLAN, WHICH IS SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), OR TO SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE

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“CODE”), OR A GOVERNMENTAL PLAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(32) OF ERISA, OR OTHER PLAN SUBJECT TO ANY FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW (“SIMILAR LAW”) WHICH IS TO A MATERIAL EXTENT SIMILAR TO THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE (EACH, A “PLAN”), OR (B) ANY PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH PLAN OR USING THE ASSETS OF ANY SUCH PLAN (INCLUDING AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE PLAN ASSETS BY REASON OF A PLAN’S INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY (PURSUANT TO U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGULATION SECTION 2510.3-101, AS MODIFIED BY SECTION 3(42) OF ERISA)).

TRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES OF PORTIONS OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS AS PROVIDED IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.

ANY HOLDER DESIRING TO EFFECT A TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL, AND DOES HEREBY AGREE TO, INDEMNIFY THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE TRUSTEE, THE MASTER SERVICER AND THE DEPOSITOR AGAINST ANY LOSS, LIABILITY OR EXPENSE THAT MAY RESULT IF THE TRANSFER IS NOT EXEMPT FROM THE SECURITIES ACT OR IS NOT MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS.

 

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BENCHMARK 2023-B38 MORTGAGE TRUST COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, CLASS R

No.: R-1	Percentage Interest: [100]%
	CUSIP: 081916BF41 ISIN:     US081916BF472

 

This certifies that [              ] is the registered owner of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate in the Class R Certificates issued by the Trust Fund. The Class R Certificateholder is not entitled to interest or principal distributions. The Class R Certificateholder will be entitled to receive the proceeds of the remaining assets of the Upper-Tier REMIC, if any, on the Final Scheduled Distribution Date for the Certificates, after distributions in respect of any accrued but unpaid interest on the Certificates and after distributions in reduction of principal balance have reduced the principal balances of the Certificates to zero. It is not anticipated that there will be any assets remaining in the Upper-Tier REMIC or Trust Fund on the Final Scheduled Distribution Date following the distributions on the Regular Certificates. The Trust Fund, described more fully below, consists primarily of a pool of Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan secured by first liens on commercial and multifamily properties and held in trust by the Trustee and serviced by the Master Servicer. The Trust Fund was created, and the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan are to be serviced, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below). The Holder of this Certificate, by virtue of the acceptance hereof, assents to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and is bound thereby.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between the Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer (the “Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Argentic Services Company LP, as special servicer with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan (the “Pacific Design Center Special Servicer”), Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), as custodian and as paying agent, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor (in such capacity, the “Operating Advisor”) and as asset representations reviewer (in such capacity, the “Asset Representations Reviewer”) evidences the issuance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class X-A, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G, Class X-H, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G, Class H, Class S, Class R, Class RR, Class PDC-A1, Class PDC-A2 and Class PDC-HRR Certificates (the “Certificates”; the Holders of Certificates issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are collectively referred to herein as “Certificateholders”) and the creation of the RR Interest. This Certificate is issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

 

 

¹ For Rule 144A Certificates

² For Rule 144A Certificates

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This Class R Certificate represents the sole “residual interests” in three “real estate mortgage investment conduits”, as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(2) and 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income. The Certificate Administrator shall be designated as the “partnership representative” (within the meaning of Section 6223 of the Code) for each Trust REMIC.

The Certificate Administrator makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans and has executed this Certificate in its limited capacity as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In the event that there is any conflict between any provision of this Certificate and any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, such provision of this Certificate shall be superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.

All distributions (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) will be made by the Paying Agent to the Persons in whose names the Certificates are registered at the close of business on each Record Date, which will be the close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Such distributions shall be made on each Distribution Date other than the Termination Date to each Certificateholder of record on the related Record Date, (i) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Holder at a bank or other entity located in the United States and having appropriate facilities therefor if such Holder shall have provided the Paying Agent with wire instructions in writing at least five Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions), or (ii) otherwise, by check mailed by first-class mail to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register. The final distribution on each Certificate shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the Certificate Administrator or its agent (which may be the Paying Agent or the Certificate Registrar acting as such agent) that is specified in the notice to Holders of such final distribution.

Any funds not distributed on the Termination Date because of the failure of any Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held for the benefit of the appropriate non-tendering Certificateholders. If any Certificates as to which notice of the Termination Date has been given pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice not all of such Certificates shall have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. Subject to applicable state escheatment laws, if within two years after the second notice any such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent shall distribute to the Certificate Administrator all amounts distributable to the Holders thereof, and the Certificate Administrator

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shall thereafter hold such amounts for the benefit of such Holders until the earlier of (i) its termination as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the transfer of such amounts to a successor Certificate Administrator and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund and distribution of such amounts to the Class R Certificateholders. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Any such amounts transferred to the Certificate Administrator may be invested in Permitted Investments and all income and gain realized from investment of such funds shall accrue for its benefit.

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries in respect of the Mortgage Loans, as more specifically set forth herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Fund includes (in each case, to the extent of the Trust Fund’s interest therein and specifically excluding any interest of any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder (other than the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, which is an asset of the Trust Fund) therein): (i) such Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as from time to time are subject to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto; (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan due after the Cut-off Date; (iii) the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO Property; (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property; (v) any Assignments of Leases, Rents and Profits and any security agreements related to the Mortgage Loans; (vi) any indemnities or guaranties given as additional security for any Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (vii) a security interest in all assets deposited in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts, and Reserve Accounts; (viii) the Loss of Value Reserve Fund; (ix) the Collection Account, the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Accounts, the Distribution Accounts, any Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Pacific Design Center Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the Trust’s interest in any REO Account, including any amounts on deposit therein, assets credited thereto and any reinvestment income, as applicable; (x) a security interest in any environmental indemnity agreements relating to the Mortgaged Properties; (xi) a security interest in all insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (xii) the rights and remedies under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements relating to document delivery requirements with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the representations and warranties of the related Mortgage Loan Seller regarding its Mortgage Loans (and in the case of GSMC, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan); (xiii) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests; (xiv) the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Regular Interests (xv) the VRR Interest Upper-Tier Regular Interest; and (xvi) the proceeds of the foregoing (other than any interest earned on deposits in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts and any Reserve Accounts, to the extent such interest belongs to the related Borrower). As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals may be made from certain of the above accounts for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders.

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the interests, rights,

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benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the limitations thereon, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Certificate Administrator.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, this Certificate is transferable or exchangeable only upon surrender of this Certificate to the Certificate Registrar at its offices together with an assignment and transfer (executed by the Holder or his duly authorized attorney), subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of this Certificate, subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall execute and the Authenticating Agent shall duly authenticate in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate denomination as the Certificate being surrendered. Such Certificates shall be delivered by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Prior to due presentation of this Certificate for registration of transfer, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent and any agent of any of them may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent or any agent of any of them shall be affected by notice or knowledge to the contrary.

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange referred to in Section 5.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement other than for transfers to Institutional Accredited Investors as provided in Section 5.02(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the transferor shall reimburse the Trust Fund for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended at any time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee without the consent of any of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owners or any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, (i) to cure any ambiguity or to correct any manifest error; (ii) to cause the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus, the Private Placement Memorandum or the Loan-Specific Private Placement Memorandum with respect to the Certificates, the RR Interest, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement; (iii) to change the timing and/or nature of

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deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or RR Interest Owner, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment; (iv) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust that would be a claim against the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, RR Interest Owner or Companion Loan Noteholder; (v) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Non-U.S. Tax Person; (vi) to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, RR Interest Owner or any holder of a Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting thereto as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (vii) to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies; provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or RR Interest Owner not consenting thereto as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by confirmation of the applicable Rating Agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (viii) to modify the provisions of Section 3.06 and Section 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as

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a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing, the Directing Holder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the status of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (ix) to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders or the RR Interest Owner, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website; (x) to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv); and (xi) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (a) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Risk Retention Rule, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or (b) in the event the Risk Retention Rule or any other regulation applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee with the prior written consent of the RR Interest Owner (if affected by such amendment), Holders of Certificates representing not less than a majority of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates affected thereby (without regard to Certificates held by the Depositor, any of the Depositor’s Affiliates and/or agents) and each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder affected thereby for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or modifying in any manner the rights of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner or the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders; provided that no such amendment may:

(i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loans which are required to be distributed on any Certificate or the RR Interest, without the consent of the Holders of Certificates representing all of the Percentage Interests of the Class or Classes affected thereby or the consent of the RR Interest Owner, as

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  applicable, or which are required to be distributed to any Companion Loan Noteholders without the consent of such Companion Loan Noteholders;

(ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Loan Noteholder or Loan-Specific Certificateholder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Loan Noteholder or Holder of the Loan-Specific Certificates, as applicable;

(iii) adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding;

(iv) change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary hereunder, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

(v) amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates).

Further, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of the Certificateholders or, if applicable, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, may amend the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC or the Upper-Tier REMIC as a REMIC or the qualification of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust, or to prevent the imposition of any additional material state or local taxes, at all times that any Certificates are outstanding; provided that such action, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (obtained at the expense of the Trust Fund), is necessary or helpful to maintain such qualification or to prevent the imposition of any such taxes, and would not adversely affect in any material respect the interest of any Certificateholder or if applicable, any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder or (ii) to the extent necessary to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act, Regulation AB, and/or any related regulatory actions and/or interpretations.

The Certificateholder owning a majority of the Percentage Interest in the Controlling Class and, if no such Certificateholder exercises such option, the Special Servicer, and

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if the Special Servicer does not exercise such option, the Master Servicer may effect an early termination of the Trust Fund, upon not less than 30 days’ prior Notice of Termination given to the Trustee, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer any time specifying the Anticipated Termination Date, which shall be on or after the Early Termination Notice Date (defined as any date as of which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan remaining in the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Stated Pool Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as of the Cut-off Date (or for purposes of this calculation, if an ARD Loan is still an asset of the Trust and such right is being exercised after its respective Anticipated Repayment Date, then such Mortgage Loan will be excluded from the aggregate Stated Principal Balance and the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance)) by purchasing on such date all, but not less than all, of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan then included in the Trust Fund, and the Trust’s interest in all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, at a purchase price, payable in cash, equal to the sum of, without duplication:

(A) 100% of the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan included in the Trust as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of principal);

(B) the fair market value of all other property included in the Trust Fund as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date, as determined by an Independent appraiser acceptable to the Master Servicer as of a date not more than 30 days prior to the last day of the month preceding such Distribution Date;

(C) all unpaid interest accrued on the unpaid balance of each Mortgage Loan (including any Mortgage Loan as to which title to the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired) and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan at the Mortgage Rate to the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of interest); and

(D) the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate, and unpaid Servicing Compensation, Special Servicing Compensation, Operating Advisor Fees, Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fees, the CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fees and Trust Fund expenses.

In addition, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that following the date on which the Class X-A Notional Amount, the Class X-D Notional Amount and the aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E Certificates is reduced to zero, the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class S or Class R Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and each

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REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund as contemplated by clause (ii) of Section 9.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by giving written notice to all the parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement no later than 60 days prior to the anticipated date of exchange.

All costs and expenses incurred by any and all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Trust Fund in connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and other assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be borne by the party exercising its purchase rights thereunder. The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any determination made by an Independent appraiser pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificates and the RR Interest (other than the obligations of the Certificate Administrator to make certain payments and to send certain notices to Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) shall terminate upon payment (or provision for payment) to the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders of all amounts held by or on behalf of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer, as the case may be, required under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be so paid on the Distribution Date following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and all other property held by the Trust Fund in accordance with Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (ii) the exchange by the Sole Certificateholder of its Certificates for the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan in accordance with Section 9.01(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and (iii) the later of (a) the receipt or collection of the last payment due on any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan included in the Trust Fund, or (b) the liquidation and disposition pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the last asset held by the Trust Fund; provided that in no event shall the trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom, living on the date hereof.

Unless the Certificate of Authentication on this Certificate has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Administrator has caused this Class R Certificate to be duly executed.

Dated: April 21, 2023

	COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Administrator
	By:
		Name:
		Title:

Certificate of Authentication

This is one of the Class R Certificates referred to in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Dated: April 21, 2023

	COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Authenticating Agent
	By:
		Name:
		Title:

 

 

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EXHIBIT A-21

FORM OF CLASS RR CERTIFICATE

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF DEUTSCHE BANK AG, THE DEPOSITOR, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS, THE INITIAL PURCHASERS, THE BORROWERS, THE SPONSORS, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICERS, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTIES, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THE CERTIFICATES NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS ON THIS CERTIFICATE ARE PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS, AND ONLY (A)(1) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) FOR SO LONG AS THIS CERTIFICATE IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”), TO AN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (“QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER”), PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF ANOTHER QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED, IN EACH CASE, THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (3) (EXCEPT WITH RESPECT TO THE CLASS R CERTIFICATES) TO OTHER INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS THAT ARE “ACCREDITED INVESTORS,” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY ENTITY IN WHICH ALL OF THE EQUITY OWNERS ARE INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS THAT ARE “ACCREDITED INVESTORS,” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (4) (EXCEPT WITH RESPECT TO THE CLASS R CERTIFICATES) TO INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE A NON-“U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, AND (B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH

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ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

THIS CERTIFICATE SHOULD NOT BE PURCHASED BY A TRANSFEREE THAT IS OR BECOMES (A) AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER PLAN OR RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT, INCLUDING AN INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT OR A KEOGH PLAN, WHICH IS SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), OR TO SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), OR A GOVERNMENTAL PLAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(32) OF ERISA, OR OTHER PLAN SUBJECT TO ANY FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW (“SIMILAR LAW”) WHICH IS TO A MATERIAL EXTENT SIMILAR TO THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE (EACH, A “PLAN”), OR (B) ANY PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH PLAN OR USING THE ASSETS OF ANY SUCH PLAN (INCLUDING AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE PLAN ASSETS BY REASON OF A PLAN’S INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY (PURSUANT TO U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGULATION SECTION 2510.3-101, AS MODIFIED BY SECTION 3(42) OF ERISA)).

FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS (I) A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED, AND (II) A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN THE EXCESS INTEREST AND PROCEEDS THEREOF IN THE EXCESS INTEREST DISTRIBUTION ACCOUNT.

THIS CERTIFICATE IS INTENDED TO CONSTITUTE PART OF AN “ELIGIBLE VERTICAL INTEREST” (AS DEFINED IN REGULATION RR PROMULGATED UNDER SECTION 15G OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED), AND AS SUCH IS SUBJECT TO VARIOUS PROHIBITIONS ON HEDGING, TRANSFER AND FINANCING SET FORTH IN REGULATION RR PROMULGATED UNDER SECTION 15G OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED. THE INITIAL INVESTOR IN THIS CERTIFICATE, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN, IS DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

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BENCHMARK 2023-B38 MORTGAGE TRUST COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, CLASS RR CERTIFICATES

Class RR Pass-Through Rate:  N/A		CUSIP:     [081916BP2]1 [081916BQ0]2 ISIN:         [US081916BP29]3 [US081916BQ02]4
Original Aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class RR Certificates:  $12,658,410		Initial Certificate Balance of this Certificate:  $[_____]
First Distribution Date: May 17, 2023		Cut-off Date: The close of business on the later of the related Due Date of such Mortgage Loan in April 2023 (or, in the case of any Mortgage Loan that has its first Due Date after April 2023, the date that would have been its Due Date in April 2023 under the terms of that Mortgage Loan if a Periodic Payment were scheduled to be due in that month) and the date of origination of such Mortgage Loan
Assumed Final Distribution Date:  April 2033		No.:  RR-[__]

This certifies that [              ] is the registered owner of a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, including the distributions to be made with respect to the Class RR Certificates. The Trust Fund, described more fully below, consists primarily of a pool of Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan secured by first liens on commercial and multifamily properties and held in trust by the Trustee and serviced by the Master Servicer. The Trust Fund was created, and the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan are to be serviced, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below). The Holder of this Certificate, by virtue of the acceptance hereof, assents to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and is bound thereby.

 

 

 

¹ For Rule 144A Certificates

² For IAI Certificates.

³ For Rule 144A Certificates

⁴ For IAI Certificates

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The Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between the Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer (the “Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Argentic Services Company LP, as special servicer with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan (the “Pacific Design Center Special Servicer”), Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), as custodian and as paying agent, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor (in such capacity, the “Operating Advisor”) and as asset representations reviewer (in such capacity, the “Asset Representations Reviewer”) evidences the issuance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class X-A, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G, Class X-H, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G, Class H, Class S, Class R, Class RR, Class PDC-A1, Class PDC-A2 and Class PDC-HRR Certificates (the “Certificates”; the Holders of Certificates issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are collectively referred to herein as “Certificateholders”) and the creation of the RR Interest. This Certificate is issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This Certificate represents (i) a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit,” as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and (ii) a beneficial interest in the Excess Interest and proceeds thereof in the Excess Interest Distribution Account. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

The Certificate Administrator makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans and has executed this Certificate in its limited capacity as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In the event that there is any conflict between any provision of this Certificate and any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, such provision of this Certificate shall be superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator, or the Paying Agent on behalf of the Certificate Administrator, will distribute (other than the final distribution on any Certificate), on the fourth Business Day after each Determination Date (each such date, a “Distribution Date”) an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class RR Certificates for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. “Determination Date” is defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as the eleventh day of each month, or if such eleventh day is not a Business Day, then the next Business Day, commencing in May 2023. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

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During each Interest Accrual Period (as defined below), interest on the Class RR Certificates will be calculated based on a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months on the outstanding Certificate Balance hereof.

Interest accrued on this Certificate during an Interest Accrual Period, plus the aggregate unpaid Interest Shortfall with respect to this Certificate, if any, will be payable on the related Distribution Date to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The “Interest Accrual Period” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Each Interest Accrual Period is assumed to consist of 30 days.

All distributions (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) will be made by the Paying Agent to the Persons in whose names the Certificates are registered at the close of business on each Record Date, which will be the close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Such distributions shall be made on each Distribution Date other than the Termination Date to each Certificateholder of record on the related Record Date, (i) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Holder at a bank or other entity located in the United States and having appropriate facilities therefor if such Holder shall have provided the Paying Agent with wire instructions in writing at least five Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions), or (ii) otherwise, by check mailed by first-class mail to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register. The final distribution on each Certificate shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the Certificate Administrator or its agent (which may be the Paying Agent or the Certificate Registrar acting as such agent) that is specified in the notice to Holders of such final distribution.

Any funds not distributed on the Termination Date because of the failure of any Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held for the benefit of the appropriate non-tendering Certificateholders. If any Certificates as to which notice of the Termination Date has been given pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice not all of such Certificates shall have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. Subject to applicable state escheatment laws, if within two years after the second notice any such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent shall distribute to the Certificate Administrator all amounts distributable to the Holders thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall thereafter hold such amounts for the benefit of such Holders until the earlier of (i) its termination as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the transfer of such amounts to a successor Certificate Administrator and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund and distribution of such amounts to the Class R Certificateholders. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held under the Pooling and Servicing

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Agreement or by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Any such amounts transferred to the Certificate Administrator may be invested in Permitted Investments and all income and gain realized from investment of such funds shall accrue for its benefit.

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries in respect of the Mortgage Loans, as more specifically set forth herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Fund includes (in each case, to the extent of the Trust Fund’s interest therein and specifically excluding any interest of any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder (other than the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, which is an asset of the Trust Fund) therein): (i) such Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as from time to time are subject to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto; (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan due after the Cut-off Date; (iii) the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO Property; (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property; (v) any Assignments of Leases, Rents and Profits and any security agreements related to the Mortgage Loans; (vi) any indemnities or guaranties given as additional security for any Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (vii) a security interest in all assets deposited in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts, and Reserve Accounts; (viii) the Loss of Value Reserve Fund; (ix) the Collection Account, the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Accounts, the Distribution Accounts, any Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Pacific Design Center Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the Trust’s interest in any REO Account, including any amounts on deposit therein, assets credited thereto and any reinvestment income, as applicable; (x) a security interest in any environmental indemnity agreements relating to the Mortgaged Properties; (xi) a security interest in all insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (xii) the rights and remedies under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements relating to document delivery requirements with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the representations and warranties of the related Mortgage Loan Seller regarding its Mortgage Loans (and in the case of GSMC, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan); (xiii) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests; (xiv) the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Regular Interests (xv) the VRR Interest Upper-Tier Regular Interest; and (xvi) the proceeds of the foregoing (other than any interest earned on deposits in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts and any Reserve Accounts, to the extent such interest belongs to the related Borrower). As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals may be made from certain of the above accounts for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders.

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the interests, rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the limitations thereon, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Certificate Administrator.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, this Certificate is transferable or exchangeable only upon surrender of

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this Certificate to the Certificate Registrar at its offices together with an assignment and transfer (executed by the Holder or his duly authorized attorney), subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of this Certificate, subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall execute and the Authenticating Agent shall duly authenticate in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate denomination as the Certificate being surrendered. Such Certificates shall be delivered by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Prior to due presentation of this Certificate for registration of transfer, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent and any agent of any of them may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent or any agent of any of them shall be affected by notice or knowledge to the contrary.

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange referred to in Section 5.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement other than for transfers to Institutional Accredited Investors as provided in Section 5.02(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the transferor shall reimburse the Trust Fund for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended at any time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee without the consent of any of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owners or any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, (i) to cure any ambiguity or to correct any manifest error; (ii) to cause the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus, the Private Placement Memorandum or the Loan-Specific Private Placement Memorandum with respect to the Certificates, the RR Interest, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement; (iii) to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or RR Interest Owner, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating

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Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment; (iv) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust that would be a claim against the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, RR Interest Owner or Companion Loan Noteholder; (v) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Non-U.S. Tax Person; (vi) to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, RR Interest Owner or any holder of a Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting thereto as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (vii) to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies; provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or RR Interest Owner not consenting thereto as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by confirmation of the applicable Rating Agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (viii) to modify the provisions of Section 3.06 and Section 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing, the Directing Holder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the status of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel

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and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (ix) to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders or the RR Interest Owner, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website; (x) to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv); and (xi) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (a) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Risk Retention Rule, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or (b) in the event the Risk Retention Rule or any other regulation applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee with the prior written consent of the RR Interest Owner (if affected by such amendment), Holders of Certificates representing not less than a majority of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates affected thereby (without regard to Certificates held by the Depositor, any of the Depositor’s Affiliates and/or agents) and each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder affected thereby for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or modifying in any manner the rights of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner or the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders; provided that no such amendment may:

(i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loans which are required to be distributed on any Certificate or the RR Interest, without the consent of the Holders of Certificates representing all of the Percentage Interests of the Class or Classes affected thereby or the consent of the RR Interest Owner, as applicable, or which are required to be distributed to any Companion Loan Noteholders without the consent of such Companion Loan Noteholders;

(ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Loan Noteholder or Loan-

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    Specific Certificateholder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Loan Noteholder or Holder of the Loan-Specific Certificates, as applicable;

(iii) adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding;

(iv) change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary hereunder, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

(v) amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates).

Further, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of the Certificateholders or, if applicable, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, may amend the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC or the Upper-Tier REMIC as a REMIC or the qualification of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust, or to prevent the imposition of any additional material state or local taxes, at all times that any Certificates are outstanding; provided that such action, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (obtained at the expense of the Trust Fund), is necessary or helpful to maintain such qualification or to prevent the imposition of any such taxes, and would not adversely affect in any material respect the interest of any Certificateholder or if applicable, any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder or (ii) to the extent necessary to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act, Regulation AB, and/or any related regulatory actions and/or interpretations.

The Certificateholder owning a majority of the Percentage Interest in the Controlling Class and, if no such Certificateholder exercises such option, the Special Servicer, and if the Special Servicer does not exercise such option, the Master Servicer may effect an early termination of the Trust Fund, upon not less than 30 days’ prior Notice of Termination given to the Trustee, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer any time specifying the Anticipated Termination Date, which shall be on or after the Early Termination Notice Date (defined as any date as of which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan remaining in the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Stated Pool

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Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as of the Cut-off Date (or for purposes of this calculation, if an ARD Loan is still an asset of the Trust and such right is being exercised after its respective Anticipated Repayment Date, then such Mortgage Loan will be excluded from the aggregate Stated Principal Balance and the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance)) by purchasing on such date all, but not less than all, of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan then included in the Trust Fund, and the Trust’s interest in all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, at a purchase price, payable in cash, equal to the sum of, without duplication:

(A) 100% of the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan included in the Trust as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of principal);

(B) the fair market value of all other property included in the Trust Fund as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date, as determined by an Independent appraiser acceptable to the Master Servicer as of a date not more than 30 days prior to the last day of the month preceding such Distribution Date;

(C) all unpaid interest accrued on the unpaid balance of each Mortgage Loan (including any Mortgage Loan as to which title to the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired) and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan at the Mortgage Rate to the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of interest); and

(D) the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate, and unpaid Servicing Compensation, Special Servicing Compensation, Operating Advisor Fees, Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fees, the CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fees and Trust Fund expenses.

In addition, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that following the date on which the Class X-A Notional Amount, the Class X-D Notional Amount and the aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E Certificates is reduced to zero, the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class S or Class R Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund as contemplated by clause (ii) of Section 9.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by giving written notice to all the parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement no later than 60 days prior to the anticipated date of exchange.

All costs and expenses incurred by any and all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Trust Fund in connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans, Trust

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Subordinate Companion Loan and other assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be borne by the party exercising its purchase rights thereunder. The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any determination made by an Independent appraiser pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificates and the RR Interest (other than the obligations of the Certificate Administrator to make certain payments and to send certain notices to Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) shall terminate upon payment (or provision for payment) to the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders of all amounts held by or on behalf of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer, as the case may be, required under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be so paid on the Distribution Date following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and all other property held by the Trust Fund in accordance with Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (ii) the exchange by the Sole Certificateholder of its Certificates for the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan in accordance with Section 9.01(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and (iii) the later of (a) the receipt or collection of the last payment due on any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan included in the Trust Fund, or (b) the liquidation and disposition pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the last asset held by the Trust Fund; provided that in no event shall the trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom, living on the date hereof.

Unless the Certificate of Authentication on this Certificate has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

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       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Administrator has caused this Class RR Certificate to be duly executed.

Dated: April 21, 2023

	COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Administrator
	By:
		Name:
		Title:

Certificate of Authentication

This is one of the Class RR Certificates referred to in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Dated: April 21, 2023

	COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Authenticating Agent
	By:
		Name:
		Title:

 

 

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EXHIBIT A-22

FORM OF CLASS PDC-A1 [RULE 144A] ¹ [TEMPORARY REG S]² [REG S]³ [IAI]⁴ CERTIFICATE

[THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND, PRIOR TO THE DATE THAT IS 40 DAYS AFTER THE OFFERING OF THE CERTIFICATES, MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO A U.S. PERSON EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.]⁵

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]⁶

THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS, AND ONLY (A)(1) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) FOR SO LONG AS THIS CERTIFICATE IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”), TO AN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (“QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER”), PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF ANOTHER QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED, IN EACH CASE, THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (3) TO OTHER INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS THAT ARE

 

 

 

¹ For Rule 144A Global Certificates only.

² For Temp Reg S Global Certificates only.

³ For Reg S Global Certificates only.

⁴ For IAI Global Certificates only.

⁵ For Temp Reg S Global Certificates only.

⁶ Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

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“ACCREDITED INVESTORS,” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY ENTITY IN WHICH ALL OF THE EQUITY OWNERS ARE INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS THAT ARE “ACCREDITED INVESTORS,” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (4)  TO INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE A NON-“U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, AND (B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

THE INITIAL INVESTOR IN THIS CERTIFICATE, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN, IS DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.  A TRANSFEREE IS ALSO REQUIRED TO DELIVER AN INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION LETTER SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM OF EXHIBIT D-1 TO THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT IF SUCH TRANSFEREE IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER OR (OTHER THAN WITH RESPECT TO A RESIDUAL CERTIFICATE) AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, AND MAY ALSO BE REQUIRED TO DELIVER AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IF SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A.

ANY HOLDER DESIRING TO EFFECT A TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL, AND DOES HEREBY AGREE TO, INDEMNIFY THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE TRUSTEE, THE MASTER SERVICER AND THE DEPOSITOR AGAINST ANY LOSS, LIABILITY OR EXPENSE THAT MAY RESULT IF THE TRANSFER IS NOT EXEMPT FROM THE SECURITIES ACT OR IS NOT MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS.

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF DEUTSCHE BANK AG, THE DEPOSITOR, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS, THE LOAN-SPECIFIC INITIAL PURCHASER, THE BORROWERS, THE SPONSORS, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICERS, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTIES, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THE CERTIFICATES NOR THE UNDERLYING TRUST SUBORDINATE COMPANION LOAN IS INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS ON THIS CERTIFICATE ARE PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

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TRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES OF PORTIONS OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS AS PROVIDED IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.

THIS CERTIFICATE SHOULD NOT BE PURCHASED BY A TRANSFEREE THAT IS OR BECOMES (A) AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER PLAN OR RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT, INCLUDING AN INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT OR A KEOGH PLAN, WHICH IS SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), OR TO SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), OR A GOVERNMENTAL PLAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(32) OF ERISA, OR OTHER PLAN SUBJECT TO ANY FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW (“SIMILAR LAW”) WHICH IS TO A MATERIAL EXTENT SIMILAR TO THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE (EACH, A “PLAN”), OR (B) ANY PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH PLAN OR USING THE ASSETS OF ANY SUCH PLAN (INCLUDING AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE PLAN ASSETS BY REASON OF A PLAN’S INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY (PURSUANT TO U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGULATION SECTION 2510.3-101, AS MODIFIED BY SECTION 3(42) OF ERISA)), OTHER THAN AN INSURANCE COMPANY USING THE ASSETS OF ITS GENERAL ACCOUNT UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES WHEREBY SUCH PURCHASE AND THE SUBSEQUENT HOLDING OF SUCH CERTIFICATE BY SUCH INSURANCE COMPANY WILL BE EXEMPT FROM THE PROHIBITED TRANSACTION PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 406 AND 407 OF ERISA, AND SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE UNDER SECTIONS I AND III OF PTCE 95-60 OR, IN THE CASE OF A PLAN SUBJECT TO SIMILAR LAW, WHERE THE ACQUISITION, HOLDING AND DISPOSITION OF SUCH CERTIFICATE WILL NOT CONSTITUTE OR RESULT IN A NON-EXEMPT VIOLATION OF ANY SIMILAR LAW.

FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.

 

 

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BENCHMARK 2023-B38 MORTGAGE TRUST COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, CLASS PDC-A1

Class PDC-A1 Pass-Through Rate: A per annum rate equal to the Net Mortgage Rate applicable to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan.		CUSIP:     [081916BH0]7 [U06918AM5]8 [081916BJ6]9 ISIN:         [US081916BH03]10 [USU06918AM54]11 [US081916BJ68]12
Original Aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class PDC-A1 Certificates: $10,000,000		Initial Certificate Balance of this Certificate: $[__]
First Distribution Date: May 17, 2023		Cut-off Date: The close of business on the later of the related Due Date of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan in April 2023 (or, if the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan has its first Due Date after April 2023, the date that would have been its Due Date in April 2023 under the terms of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan if a Periodic Payment were scheduled to be due in that month) and the date of origination of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan
Assumed Final Distribution Date:  February 2033		No.: PDC-A1-[__]

This certifies that [              ] is the registered owner of a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, including the distributions to be made with respect to the Class PDC-A1 Certificates. The Trust Fund, described more fully below, consists primarily of a pool of Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan secured by first liens on commercial and multifamily properties and held in trust by the Trustee and serviced by the Master Servicer. The Trust Fund was created, and the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan are to be serviced, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below). The Holder of this Certificate, by virtue of the acceptance hereof, assents to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and is bound thereby.

 

 

 

⁷ For Rule 144A Certificates

⁸ For Regulation S Certificates

⁹ For IAI Certificates

¹⁰ For Rule 144A Certificates

¹¹ For Regulation S Certificates

¹² For IAI Certificates

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The Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between the Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer (the “Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Argentic Services Company LP, as special servicer with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan (the “Pacific Design Center Special Servicer”), Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), as custodian and as paying agent, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor (in such capacity, the “Operating Advisor”) and as asset representations reviewer (in such capacity, the “Asset Representations Reviewer”) evidences the issuance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class X-A, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G, Class X-H, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G, Class H, Class S, Class R, Class RR, Class PDC-A1, Class PDC-A2 and Class PDC-HRR Certificates (the “Certificates”; the Holders of Certificates issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are collectively referred to herein as “Certificateholders”) and the creation of the RR Interest. This Certificate is issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit”, as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

The Certificate Administrator makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans and has executed this Certificate in its limited capacity as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In the event that there is any conflict between any provision of this Certificate and any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, such provision of this Certificate shall be superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator, or the Paying Agent on behalf of the Certificate Administrator, will distribute (other than the final distribution on any Certificate), on the fourth Business Day after each Determination Date (each such date, a “Distribution Date”) an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class PDC-A1 Certificates for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. “Determination Date” is defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as the eleventh day of each month, or if such eleventh day is not a Business Day, then the next Business Day, commencing in May 2023. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

During each Interest Accrual Period (as defined below), interest on the Class PDC-A1 Certificates will be calculated based on a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months on the outstanding Certificate Balance hereof.

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Interest accrued on this Certificate during an Interest Accrual Period, plus the aggregate unpaid Interest Shortfall with respect to this Certificate, if any, will be payable on the related Distribution Date to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The “Interest Accrual Period” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Each Interest Accrual Period is assumed to consist of 30 days.

All distributions (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) will be made by the Paying Agent to the Persons in whose names the Certificates are registered at the close of business on each Record Date, which will be the close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Such distributions shall be made on each Distribution Date other than the Termination Date to each Certificateholder of record on the related Record Date, (i) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Holder at a bank or other entity located in the United States and having appropriate facilities therefor if such Holder shall have provided the Paying Agent with wire instructions in writing at least five Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions), or (ii) otherwise, by check mailed by first-class mail to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register. The final distribution on each Certificate shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the Certificate Administrator or its agent (which may be the Paying Agent or the Certificate Registrar acting as such agent) that is specified in the notice to Holders of such final distribution.

Any funds not distributed on the Termination Date because of the failure of any Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held for the benefit of the appropriate non-tendering Certificateholders. If any Certificates as to which notice of the Termination Date has been given pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice not all of such Certificates shall have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. Subject to applicable state escheatment laws, if within two years after the second notice any such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent shall distribute to the Certificate Administrator all amounts distributable to the Holders thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall thereafter hold such amounts for the benefit of such Holders until the earlier of (i) its termination as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the transfer of such amounts to a successor Certificate Administrator and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund and distribution of such amounts to the Class R Certificateholders. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Any such amounts transferred to the Certificate Administrator may be invested in

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Permitted Investments and all income and gain realized from investment of such funds shall accrue for its benefit.

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries in respect of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, as more specifically set forth herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Fund includes (in each case, to the extent of the Trust Fund’s interest therein and specifically excluding any interest of any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder (other than the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, which is an asset of the Trust Fund) therein): (i) such Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as from time to time are subject to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto; (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan due after the Cut-off Date; (iii) the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO Property; (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property; (v) any Assignments of Leases, Rents and Profits and any security agreements related to the Mortgage Loans; (vi) any indemnities or guaranties given as additional security for any Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (vii) a security interest in all assets deposited in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts, and Reserve Accounts; (viii) the Loss of Value Reserve Fund; (ix) the Collection Account, the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Accounts, the Distribution Accounts, any Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Pacific Design Center Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the Trust’s interest in any REO Account, including any amounts on deposit therein, assets credited thereto and any reinvestment income, as applicable; (x) a security interest in any environmental indemnity agreements relating to the Mortgaged Properties; (xi) a security interest in all insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (xii) the rights and remedies under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements relating to document delivery requirements with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the representations and warranties of the related Mortgage Loan Seller regarding its Mortgage Loans (and in the case of GSMC, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan); (xiii) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests; (xiv) the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Regular Interests (xv) the VRR Interest Upper-Tier Regular Interest; and (xvi) the proceeds of the foregoing (other than any interest earned on deposits in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts and any Reserve Accounts, to the extent such interest belongs to the related Borrower). As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals may be made from certain of the above accounts for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders.

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the interests, rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the limitations thereon, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Certificate Administrator.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, this Certificate is transferable or exchangeable only upon surrender of this Certificate to the Certificate Registrar at its offices together with an assignment and transfer (executed by the Holder or his duly authorized attorney), subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of this

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Certificate, subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall execute and the Authenticating Agent shall duly authenticate in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate denomination as the Certificate being surrendered. Such Certificates shall be delivered by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Prior to due presentation of this Certificate for registration of transfer, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent and any agent of any of them may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent or any agent of any of them shall be affected by notice or knowledge to the contrary.

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange referred to in Section 5.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement other than for transfers to Institutional Accredited Investors as provided in Section 5.02(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the transferor shall reimburse the Trust Fund for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended at any time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee without the consent of any of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owners or any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, (i) to cure any ambiguity or to correct any manifest error; (ii) to cause the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus, the Private Placement Memorandum or the Loan-Specific Private Placement Memorandum with respect to the Certificates, the RR Interest, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement; (iii) to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or RR Interest Owner, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment; (iv) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the

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relevant provisions of the Code at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust that would be a claim against the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, RR Interest Owner or Companion Loan Noteholder; (v) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Non-U.S. Tax Person; (vi) to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, RR Interest Owner or any holder of a Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting thereto as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (vii) to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies; provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or RR Interest Owner not consenting thereto as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by confirmation of the applicable Rating Agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (viii) to modify the provisions of Section 3.06 and Section 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing, the Directing Holder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the status of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its

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then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (ix) to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders or the RR Interest Owner, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website; (x) to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv); and (xi) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (a) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Risk Retention Rule, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or (b) in the event the Risk Retention Rule or any other regulation applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee with the prior written consent of the RR Interest Owner (if affected by such amendment), Holders of Certificates representing not less than a majority of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates affected thereby (without regard to Certificates held by the Depositor, any of the Depositor’s Affiliates and/or agents) and each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder affected thereby for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or modifying in any manner the rights of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner or the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders; provided that no such amendment may:

(i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loans which are required to be distributed on any Certificate or the RR Interest, without the consent of the Holders of Certificates representing all of the Percentage Interests of the Class or Classes affected thereby or the consent of the RR Interest Owner, as applicable, or which are required to be distributed to any Companion Loan Noteholders without the consent of such Companion Loan Noteholders;

(ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Loan Noteholder or Loan-Specific Certificateholder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such

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    Companion Loan Noteholder or Holder of the Loan-Specific Certificates, as applicable;

(iii) adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding;

(iv) change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary hereunder, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

(v) amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates).

Further, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of the Certificateholders or, if applicable, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, may amend the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC or the Upper-Tier REMIC as a REMIC or the qualification of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust, or to prevent the imposition of any additional material state or local taxes, at all times that any Certificates are outstanding; provided that such action, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (obtained at the expense of the Trust Fund), is necessary or helpful to maintain such qualification or to prevent the imposition of any such taxes, and would not adversely affect in any material respect the interest of any Certificateholder or if applicable, any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder or (ii) to the extent necessary to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act, Regulation AB, and/or any related regulatory actions and/or interpretations.

The Certificateholder owning a majority of the Percentage Interest in the Controlling Class and, if no such Certificateholder exercises such option, the Special Servicer, and if the Special Servicer does not exercise such option, the Master Servicer may effect an early termination of the Trust Fund, upon not less than 30 days’ prior Notice of Termination given to the Trustee, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer any time specifying the Anticipated Termination Date, which shall be on or after the Early Termination Notice Date (defined as any date as of which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan remaining in the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Stated Pool Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as of the Cut-off Date (or for purposes of this calculation, if an ARD Loan is still an asset of the Trust and such right is

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being exercised after its respective Anticipated Repayment Date, then such Mortgage Loan will be excluded from the aggregate Stated Principal Balance and the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance)) by purchasing on such date all, but not less than all, of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan then included in the Trust Fund, and the Trust’s interest in all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, at a purchase price, payable in cash, equal to the sum of, without duplication:

(A) 100% of the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan included in the Trust as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of principal);

(B) the fair market value of all other property included in the Trust Fund as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date, as determined by an Independent appraiser acceptable to the Master Servicer as of a date not more than 30 days prior to the last day of the month preceding such Distribution Date;

(C) all unpaid interest accrued on the unpaid balance of each Mortgage Loan (including any Mortgage Loan as to which title to the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired) and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan at the Mortgage Rate to the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of interest); and

(D) the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate, and unpaid Servicing Compensation, Special Servicing Compensation, Operating Advisor Fees, Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fees, the CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fees and Trust Fund expenses.

In addition, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that following the date on which the Class X-A Notional Amount, the Class X-D Notional Amount and the aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E Certificates is reduced to zero, the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class S or Class R Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund as contemplated by clause (ii) of Section 9.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by giving written notice to all the parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement no later than 60 days prior to the anticipated date of exchange.

All costs and expenses incurred by any and all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Trust Fund in connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and other assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be borne by the party exercising its purchase rights

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thereunder. The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any determination made by an Independent appraiser pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificates and the RR Interest (other than the obligations of the Certificate Administrator to make certain payments and to send certain notices to Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) shall terminate upon payment (or provision for payment) to the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders of all amounts held by or on behalf of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer, as the case may be, required under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be so paid on the Distribution Date following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and all other property held by the Trust Fund in accordance with Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (ii) the exchange by the Sole Certificateholder of its Certificates for the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan in accordance with Section 9.01(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and (iii) the later of (a) the receipt or collection of the last payment due on any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan included in the Trust Fund, or (b) the liquidation and disposition pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the last asset held by the Trust Fund; provided that in no event shall the trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom, living on the date hereof.

Unless the Certificate of Authentication on this Certificate has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Administrator has caused this Class PDC-A1 Certificate to be duly executed.

Dated: April 21, 2023

	COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Administrator
	By:
		Name:
		Title:

Certificate of Authentication

This is one of the Class PDC-A1 Certificates referred to in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Dated: April 21, 2023

	COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Authenticating Agent
	By:
		Name:
		Title:

 

 

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EXHIBIT A-23

FORM OF CLASS PDC-A2 [RULE 144A] ¹ [TEMPORARY REG S]² [REG S]³ [IAI]⁴ CERTIFICATE

[THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND, PRIOR TO THE DATE THAT IS 40 DAYS AFTER THE OFFERING OF THE CERTIFICATES, MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO A U.S. PERSON EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.]⁵

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]⁶

THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS, AND ONLY (A)(1) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) FOR SO LONG AS THIS CERTIFICATE IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”), TO AN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (“QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER”), PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF ANOTHER QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED, IN EACH CASE, THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (3) TO OTHER INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS THAT ARE

 

 

 

¹ For Rule 144A Global Certificates only.

² For Temp Reg S Global Certificates only.

³ For Reg S Global Certificates only.

⁴ For IAI Global Certificates only.

⁵ For Temp Reg S Global Certificates only.

⁶ Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

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“ACCREDITED INVESTORS,” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY ENTITY IN WHICH ALL OF THE EQUITY OWNERS ARE INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS THAT ARE “ACCREDITED INVESTORS,” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (4)  TO INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE A NON-“U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, AND (B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

THE INITIAL INVESTOR IN THIS CERTIFICATE, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN, IS DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.  A TRANSFEREE IS ALSO REQUIRED TO DELIVER AN INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION LETTER SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM OF EXHIBIT D-1 TO THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT IF SUCH TRANSFEREE IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER OR (OTHER THAN WITH RESPECT TO A RESIDUAL CERTIFICATE) AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, AND MAY ALSO BE REQUIRED TO DELIVER AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IF SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A.

ANY HOLDER DESIRING TO EFFECT A TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL, AND DOES HEREBY AGREE TO, INDEMNIFY THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE TRUSTEE, THE MASTER SERVICER AND THE DEPOSITOR AGAINST ANY LOSS, LIABILITY OR EXPENSE THAT MAY RESULT IF THE TRANSFER IS NOT EXEMPT FROM THE SECURITIES ACT OR IS NOT MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS.

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF DEUTSCHE BANK AG, THE DEPOSITOR, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS, THE LOAN-SPECIFIC INITIAL PURCHASER, THE BORROWERS, THE SPONSORS, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICERS, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTIES, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THE CERTIFICATES NOR THE UNDERLYING TRUST SUBORDINATE COMPANION LOAN IS INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS ON THIS CERTIFICATE ARE PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

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TRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES OF PORTIONS OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS AS PROVIDED IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.

THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE TO ONE OR MORE OTHER CLASSES OF CERTIFICATES AS AND TO THE EXTENT SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.

THIS CERTIFICATE SHOULD NOT BE PURCHASED BY A TRANSFEREE THAT IS OR BECOMES (A) AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER PLAN OR RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT, INCLUDING AN INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT OR A KEOGH PLAN, WHICH IS SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), OR TO SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), OR A GOVERNMENTAL PLAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(32) OF ERISA, OR OTHER PLAN SUBJECT TO ANY FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW (“SIMILAR LAW”) WHICH IS TO A MATERIAL EXTENT SIMILAR TO THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE (EACH, A “PLAN”), OR (B) ANY PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH PLAN OR USING THE ASSETS OF ANY SUCH PLAN (INCLUDING AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE PLAN ASSETS BY REASON OF A PLAN’S INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY (PURSUANT TO U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGULATION SECTION 2510.3-101, AS MODIFIED BY SECTION 3(42) OF ERISA)), OTHER THAN AN INSURANCE COMPANY USING THE ASSETS OF ITS GENERAL ACCOUNT UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES WHEREBY SUCH PURCHASE AND THE SUBSEQUENT HOLDING OF SUCH CERTIFICATE BY SUCH INSURANCE COMPANY WILL BE EXEMPT FROM THE PROHIBITED TRANSACTION PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 406 AND 407 OF ERISA, AND SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE UNDER SECTIONS I AND III OF PTCE 95-60 OR, IN THE CASE OF A PLAN SUBJECT TO SIMILAR LAW, WHERE THE ACQUISITION, HOLDING AND DISPOSITION OF SUCH CERTIFICATE WILL NOT CONSTITUTE OR RESULT IN A NON-EXEMPT VIOLATION OF ANY SIMILAR LAW.

FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.

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BENCHMARK 2023-B38 MORTGAGE TRUST COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, CLASS PDC-A2

Class PDC-A2 Pass-Through Rate: A per annum rate equal to the Net Mortgage Rate applicable to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan.		CUSIP:     [081916BK3]7 [U06918AN3]8 [081916BL1]9 ISIN:         [US081916BK32]10 [USU06918AN38]11 [US081916BL15]12
Original Aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class PDC-A2 Certificates: $9,000,000		Initial Certificate Balance of this Certificate: $[__]
First Distribution Date: May 17, 2023		Cut-off Date: The close of business on the later of the related Due Date of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan in April 2023 (or, if the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan has its first Due Date after April 2023, the date that would have been its Due Date in April 2023 under the terms of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan if a Periodic Payment were scheduled to be due in that month) and the date of origination of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan
Assumed Final Distribution Date:  February 2033		No.: PDC-A2-[__]

This certifies that [              ] is the registered owner of a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, including the distributions to be made with respect to the Class PDC-A2 Certificates. The Trust Fund, described more fully below, consists primarily of a pool of Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan secured by first liens on commercial and multifamily properties and held in trust by the Trustee and serviced by the Master Servicer. The Trust Fund was created, and the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan are to be serviced, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below). The Holder of this Certificate, by virtue of the acceptance hereof, assents to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and is bound thereby.

 

 

 

⁷ For Rule 144A Certificates

⁸ For Regulation S Certificates

⁹ For IAI Certificates

¹⁰ For Rule 144A Certificates

¹¹ For Regulation S Certificates

¹² For IAI Certificates

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The Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between the Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer (the “Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Argentic Services Company LP, as special servicer with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan (the “Pacific Design Center Special Servicer”), Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), as custodian and as paying agent, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor (in such capacity, the “Operating Advisor”) and as asset representations reviewer (in such capacity, the “Asset Representations Reviewer”) evidences the issuance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class X-A, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G, Class X-H, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G, Class H, Class S, Class R, Class RR, Class PDC-A1, Class PDC-A2 and Class PDC-HRR Certificates (the “Certificates”; the Holders of Certificates issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are collectively referred to herein as “Certificateholders”) and the creation of the RR Interest. This Certificate is issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit”, as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

The Certificate Administrator makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans and has executed this Certificate in its limited capacity as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In the event that there is any conflict between any provision of this Certificate and any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, such provision of this Certificate shall be superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator, or the Paying Agent on behalf of the Certificate Administrator, will distribute (other than the final distribution on any Certificate), on the fourth Business Day after each Determination Date (each such date, a “Distribution Date”) an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class PDC-A2 Certificates for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. “Determination Date” is defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as the eleventh day of each month, or if such eleventh day is not a Business Day, then the next Business Day, commencing in May 2023. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

During each Interest Accrual Period (as defined below), interest on the Class PDC-A2 Certificates will be calculated based on a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months on the outstanding Certificate Balance hereof.

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Interest accrued on this Certificate during an Interest Accrual Period, plus the aggregate unpaid Interest Shortfall with respect to this Certificate, if any, will be payable on the related Distribution Date to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The “Interest Accrual Period” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Each Interest Accrual Period is assumed to consist of 30 days.

All distributions (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) will be made by the Paying Agent to the Persons in whose names the Certificates are registered at the close of business on each Record Date, which will be the close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Such distributions shall be made on each Distribution Date other than the Termination Date to each Certificateholder of record on the related Record Date, (i) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Holder at a bank or other entity located in the United States and having appropriate facilities therefor if such Holder shall have provided the Paying Agent with wire instructions in writing at least five Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions), or (ii) otherwise, by check mailed by first-class mail to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register. The final distribution on each Certificate shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the Certificate Administrator or its agent (which may be the Paying Agent or the Certificate Registrar acting as such agent) that is specified in the notice to Holders of such final distribution.

Any funds not distributed on the Termination Date because of the failure of any Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held for the benefit of the appropriate non-tendering Certificateholders. If any Certificates as to which notice of the Termination Date has been given pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice not all of such Certificates shall have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. Subject to applicable state escheatment laws, if within two years after the second notice any such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent shall distribute to the Certificate Administrator all amounts distributable to the Holders thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall thereafter hold such amounts for the benefit of such Holders until the earlier of (i) its termination as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the transfer of such amounts to a successor Certificate Administrator and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund and distribution of such amounts to the Class R Certificateholders. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Any such amounts transferred to the Certificate Administrator may be invested in

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Permitted Investments and all income and gain realized from investment of such funds shall accrue for its benefit.

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries in respect of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, as more specifically set forth herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Fund includes (in each case, to the extent of the Trust Fund’s interest therein and specifically excluding any interest of any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder (other than the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, which is an asset of the Trust Fund) therein): (i) such Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as from time to time are subject to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto; (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan due after the Cut-off Date; (iii) the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO Property; (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property; (v) any Assignments of Leases, Rents and Profits and any security agreements related to the Mortgage Loans; (vi) any indemnities or guaranties given as additional security for any Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (vii) a security interest in all assets deposited in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts, and Reserve Accounts; (viii) the Loss of Value Reserve Fund; (ix) the Collection Account, the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Accounts, the Distribution Accounts, any Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Pacific Design Center Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the Trust’s interest in any REO Account, including any amounts on deposit therein, assets credited thereto and any reinvestment income, as applicable; (x) a security interest in any environmental indemnity agreements relating to the Mortgaged Properties; (xi) a security interest in all insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (xii) the rights and remedies under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements relating to document delivery requirements with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the representations and warranties of the related Mortgage Loan Seller regarding its Mortgage Loans (and in the case of GSMC, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan); (xiii) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests; (xiv) the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Regular Interests (xv) the VRR Interest Upper-Tier Regular Interest; and (xvi) the proceeds of the foregoing (other than any interest earned on deposits in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts and any Reserve Accounts, to the extent such interest belongs to the related Borrower). As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals may be made from certain of the above accounts for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders.

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the interests, rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the limitations thereon, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Certificate Administrator.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, this Certificate is transferable or exchangeable only upon surrender of this Certificate to the Certificate Registrar at its offices together with an assignment and transfer (executed by the Holder or his duly authorized attorney), subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of this

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Certificate, subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall execute and the Authenticating Agent shall duly authenticate in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate denomination as the Certificate being surrendered. Such Certificates shall be delivered by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Prior to due presentation of this Certificate for registration of transfer, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent and any agent of any of them may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent or any agent of any of them shall be affected by notice or knowledge to the contrary.

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange referred to in Section 5.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement other than for transfers to Institutional Accredited Investors as provided in Section 5.02(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the transferor shall reimburse the Trust Fund for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended at any time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee without the consent of any of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owners or any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, (i) to cure any ambiguity or to correct any manifest error; (ii) to cause the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus, the Private Placement Memorandum or the Loan-Specific Private Placement Memorandum with respect to the Certificates, the RR Interest, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement; (iii) to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or RR Interest Owner, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment; (iv) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the

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relevant provisions of the Code at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust that would be a claim against the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, RR Interest Owner or Companion Loan Noteholder; (v) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Non-U.S. Tax Person; (vi) to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, RR Interest Owner or any holder of a Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting thereto as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (vii) to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies; provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or RR Interest Owner not consenting thereto as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by confirmation of the applicable Rating Agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (viii) to modify the provisions of Section 3.06 and Section 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing, the Directing Holder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the status of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its

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then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (ix) to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders or the RR Interest Owner, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website; (x) to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv); and (xi) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (a) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Risk Retention Rule, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or (b) in the event the Risk Retention Rule or any other regulation applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee with the prior written consent of the RR Interest Owner (if affected by such amendment), Holders of Certificates representing not less than a majority of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates affected thereby (without regard to Certificates held by the Depositor, any of the Depositor’s Affiliates and/or agents) and each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder affected thereby for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or modifying in any manner the rights of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner or the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders; provided that no such amendment may:

(i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loans which are required to be distributed on any Certificate or the RR Interest, without the consent of the Holders of Certificates representing all of the Percentage Interests of the Class or Classes affected thereby or the consent of the RR Interest Owner, as applicable, or which are required to be distributed to any Companion Loan Noteholders without the consent of such Companion Loan Noteholders;

(ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Loan Noteholder or Loan-Specific Certificateholder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such

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    Companion Loan Noteholder or Holder of the Loan-Specific Certificates, as applicable;

(iii) adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding;

(iv) change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary hereunder, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

(v) amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates).

Further, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of the Certificateholders or, if applicable, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, may amend the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC or the Upper-Tier REMIC as a REMIC or the qualification of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust, or to prevent the imposition of any additional material state or local taxes, at all times that any Certificates are outstanding; provided that such action, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (obtained at the expense of the Trust Fund), is necessary or helpful to maintain such qualification or to prevent the imposition of any such taxes, and would not adversely affect in any material respect the interest of any Certificateholder or if applicable, any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder or (ii) to the extent necessary to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act, Regulation AB, and/or any related regulatory actions and/or interpretations.

The Certificateholder owning a majority of the Percentage Interest in the Controlling Class and, if no such Certificateholder exercises such option, the Special Servicer, and if the Special Servicer does not exercise such option, the Master Servicer may effect an early termination of the Trust Fund, upon not less than 30 days’ prior Notice of Termination given to the Trustee, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer any time specifying the Anticipated Termination Date, which shall be on or after the Early Termination Notice Date (defined as any date as of which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan remaining in the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Stated Pool Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as of the Cut-off Date (or for purposes of this calculation, if an ARD Loan is still an asset of the Trust and such right is

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being exercised after its respective Anticipated Repayment Date, then such Mortgage Loan will be excluded from the aggregate Stated Principal Balance and the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance)) by purchasing on such date all, but not less than all, of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan then included in the Trust Fund, and the Trust’s interest in all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, at a purchase price, payable in cash, equal to the sum of, without duplication:

(A) 100% of the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan included in the Trust as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of principal);

(B) the fair market value of all other property included in the Trust Fund as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date, as determined by an Independent appraiser acceptable to the Master Servicer as of a date not more than 30 days prior to the last day of the month preceding such Distribution Date;

(C) all unpaid interest accrued on the unpaid balance of each Mortgage Loan (including any Mortgage Loan as to which title to the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired) and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan at the Mortgage Rate to the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of interest); and

(D) the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate, and unpaid Servicing Compensation, Special Servicing Compensation, Operating Advisor Fees, Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fees, the CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fees and Trust Fund expenses.

In addition, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that following the date on which the Class X-A Notional Amount, the Class X-D Notional Amount and the aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E Certificates is reduced to zero, the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class S or Class R Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund as contemplated by clause (ii) of Section 9.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by giving written notice to all the parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement no later than 60 days prior to the anticipated date of exchange.

All costs and expenses incurred by any and all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Trust Fund in connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and other assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be borne by the party exercising its purchase rights

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thereunder. The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any determination made by an Independent appraiser pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificates and the RR Interest (other than the obligations of the Certificate Administrator to make certain payments and to send certain notices to Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) shall terminate upon payment (or provision for payment) to the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders of all amounts held by or on behalf of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer, as the case may be, required under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be so paid on the Distribution Date following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and all other property held by the Trust Fund in accordance with Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (ii) the exchange by the Sole Certificateholder of its Certificates for the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan in accordance with Section 9.01(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and (iii) the later of (a) the receipt or collection of the last payment due on any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan included in the Trust Fund, or (b) the liquidation and disposition pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the last asset held by the Trust Fund; provided that in no event shall the trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom, living on the date hereof.

Unless the Certificate of Authentication on this Certificate has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Administrator has caused this Class PDC-A2 Certificate to be duly executed.

Dated: April 21, 2023

	COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Administrator
	By:
		Name:
		Title:

Certificate of Authentication

This is one of the Class PDC-A2 Certificates referred to in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Dated: April 21, 2023

	COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Authenticating Agent
	By:
		Name:
		Title:

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT A-24

FORM OF CLASS PDC-HRR [RULE 144A] ¹ [TEMPORARY REG S]² [REG S]³ [IAI]⁴ CERTIFICATE

[THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND, PRIOR TO THE DATE THAT IS 40 DAYS AFTER THE OFFERING OF THE CERTIFICATES, MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO A U.S. PERSON EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.]⁵

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]⁶

THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS, AND ONLY (A)(1) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) FOR SO LONG AS THIS CERTIFICATE IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”), TO AN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (“QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER”), PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF ANOTHER QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED, IN EACH CASE, THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (3) TO OTHER INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS THAT ARE

 

 

 

¹ For Rule 144A Global Certificates only.

² For Temp Reg S Global Certificates only.

³ For Reg S Global Certificates only.

⁴ For IAI Global Certificates only.

⁵ For Temp Reg S Global Certificates only.

⁶ Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

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“ACCREDITED INVESTORS,” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY ENTITY IN WHICH ALL OF THE EQUITY OWNERS ARE INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS THAT ARE “ACCREDITED INVESTORS,” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (4)  TO INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE A NON-“U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, AND (B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

THIS CERTIFICATE IS INTENDED TO CONSTITUTE PART OF AN “ELIGIBLE HORIZONTAL RESIDUAL INTEREST” (AS DEFINED IN REGULATION RR PROMULGATED UNDER SECTION 15G OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED), AND AS SUCH IS SUBJECT TO VARIOUS PROHIBITIONS ON HEDGING, TRANSFER AND FINANCING SET FORTH IN REGULATION RR PROMULGATED UNDER SECTION 15G OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED). THE INITIAL PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN, IS DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

THE INITIAL INVESTOR IN THIS CERTIFICATE, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN, IS DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.  A TRANSFEREE IS ALSO REQUIRED TO DELIVER AN INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION LETTER SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM OF EXHIBIT D-1 TO THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT IF SUCH TRANSFEREE IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER OR (OTHER THAN WITH RESPECT TO A RESIDUAL CERTIFICATE) AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, AND MAY ALSO BE REQUIRED TO DELIVER AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IF SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A.

ANY HOLDER DESIRING TO EFFECT A TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL, AND DOES HEREBY AGREE TO, INDEMNIFY THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE TRUSTEE, THE MASTER SERVICER AND THE DEPOSITOR AGAINST ANY LOSS, LIABILITY OR EXPENSE THAT MAY RESULT IF THE TRANSFER IS NOT EXEMPT FROM THE SECURITIES ACT OR IS NOT MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS.

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF DEUTSCHE BANK AG, THE DEPOSITOR, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS, THE LOAN-SPECIFIC INITIAL PURCHASER, THE BORROWERS, THE SPONSORS, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICERS, THE CERTIFICATE

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ADMINISTRATOR, THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTIES, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THE CERTIFICATES NOR THE UNDERLYING TRUST SUBORDINATE COMPANION LOAN IS INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS ON THIS CERTIFICATE ARE PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

TRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES OF PORTIONS OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS AS PROVIDED IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.

THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE TO ONE OR MORE OTHER CLASSES OF CERTIFICATES AS AND TO THE EXTENT SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.

THIS CERTIFICATE SHOULD NOT BE PURCHASED BY A TRANSFEREE THAT IS OR BECOMES (A) AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER PLAN OR RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT, INCLUDING AN INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT OR A KEOGH PLAN, WHICH IS SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), OR TO SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), OR A GOVERNMENTAL PLAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(32) OF ERISA, OR OTHER PLAN SUBJECT TO ANY FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW (“SIMILAR LAW”) WHICH IS TO A MATERIAL EXTENT SIMILAR TO THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE (EACH, A “PLAN”), OR (B) ANY PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH PLAN OR USING THE ASSETS OF ANY SUCH PLAN (INCLUDING AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE PLAN ASSETS BY REASON OF A PLAN’S INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY (PURSUANT TO U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGULATION SECTION 2510.3-101, AS MODIFIED BY SECTION 3(42) OF ERISA)), OTHER THAN AN INSURANCE COMPANY USING THE ASSETS OF ITS GENERAL ACCOUNT UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES WHEREBY SUCH PURCHASE AND THE SUBSEQUENT HOLDING OF SUCH CERTIFICATE BY SUCH INSURANCE COMPANY WILL BE EXEMPT FROM THE PROHIBITED TRANSACTION PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 406 AND 407 OF ERISA, AND SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE UNDER SECTIONS I AND III OF PTCE 95-60 OR, IN THE CASE OF A PLAN SUBJECT TO SIMILAR LAW, WHERE THE ACQUISITION, HOLDING AND DISPOSITION OF SUCH CERTIFICATE WILL NOT CONSTITUTE OR RESULT IN A NON-EXEMPT VIOLATION OF ANY SIMILAR LAW.

FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT

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CONDUIT,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.

 

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BENCHMARK 2023-B38 MORTGAGE TRUST COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, CLASS PDC-HRR

Class PDC-HRR Pass-Through Rate: A per annum rate equal to the Net Mortgage Rate applicable to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan.		CUSIP:     [081916BM9]7 [U06918AP8]8 [081916BN7]9 ISIN:         [US081916BM97]10 [USU06918AP85]11 [US081916BN70]12
Original Aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class PDC-HRR Certificates: $1,000,000		Initial Certificate Balance of this Certificate: $[__]
First Distribution Date: May 17, 2023		Cut-off Date: The close of business on the later of the related Due Date of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan in April 2023 (or, if the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan has its first Due Date after April 2023, the date that would have been its Due Date in April 2023 under the terms of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan if a Periodic Payment were scheduled to be due in that month) and the date of origination of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan
Assumed Final Distribution Date:  February 2033		No.: PDC-HRR-[__]

This certifies that [              ] is the registered owner of a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, including the distributions to be made with respect to the Class PDC-HRR Certificates. The Trust Fund, described more fully below, consists primarily of a pool of Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan secured by first liens on commercial and multifamily properties and held in trust by the Trustee and serviced by the Master Servicer. The Trust Fund was created, and the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan are to be serviced, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below). The Holder of this Certificate, by virtue of the acceptance hereof, assents to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and is bound thereby.

 

 

 

⁷ For Rule 144A Certificates

⁸ For Regulation S Certificates

⁹ For IAI Certificates

¹⁰ For Rule 144A Certificates

¹¹ For Regulation S Certificates

¹² For IAI Certificates

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The Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between the Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer (the “Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Argentic Services Company LP, as special servicer with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan (the “Pacific Design Center Special Servicer”), Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), as custodian and as paying agent, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor (in such capacity, the “Operating Advisor”) and as asset representations reviewer (in such capacity, the “Asset Representations Reviewer”) evidences the issuance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class X-A, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G, Class X-H, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G, Class H, Class S, Class R, Class RR, Class PDC-A1, Class PDC-A2 and Class PDC-HRR Certificates (the “Certificates”; the Holders of Certificates issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are collectively referred to herein as “Certificateholders”) and the creation of the RR Interest. This Certificate is issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit”, as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

The Certificate Administrator makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans and has executed this Certificate in its limited capacity as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In the event that there is any conflict between any provision of this Certificate and any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, such provision of this Certificate shall be superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator, or the Paying Agent on behalf of the Certificate Administrator, will distribute (other than the final distribution on any Certificate), on the fourth Business Day after each Determination Date (each such date, a “Distribution Date”) an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class PDC-HRR Certificates for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. “Determination Date” is defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as the eleventh day of each month, or if such eleventh day is not a Business Day, then the next Business Day, commencing in May 2023. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

During each Interest Accrual Period (as defined below), interest on the Class PDC-HRR Certificates will be calculated based on a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months on the outstanding Certificate Balance hereof.

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Interest accrued on this Certificate during an Interest Accrual Period, plus the aggregate unpaid Interest Shortfall with respect to this Certificate, if any, will be payable on the related Distribution Date to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The “Interest Accrual Period” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Each Interest Accrual Period is assumed to consist of 30 days.

All distributions (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) will be made by the Paying Agent to the Persons in whose names the Certificates are registered at the close of business on each Record Date, which will be the close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Such distributions shall be made on each Distribution Date other than the Termination Date to each Certificateholder of record on the related Record Date, (i) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Holder at a bank or other entity located in the United States and having appropriate facilities therefor if such Holder shall have provided the Paying Agent with wire instructions in writing at least five Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions), or (ii) otherwise, by check mailed by first-class mail to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register. The final distribution on each Certificate shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the Certificate Administrator or its agent (which may be the Paying Agent or the Certificate Registrar acting as such agent) that is specified in the notice to Holders of such final distribution.

Any funds not distributed on the Termination Date because of the failure of any Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held for the benefit of the appropriate non-tendering Certificateholders. If any Certificates as to which notice of the Termination Date has been given pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice not all of such Certificates shall have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. Subject to applicable state escheatment laws, if within two years after the second notice any such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent shall distribute to the Certificate Administrator all amounts distributable to the Holders thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall thereafter hold such amounts for the benefit of such Holders until the earlier of (i) its termination as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the transfer of such amounts to a successor Certificate Administrator and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund and distribution of such amounts to the Class R Certificateholders. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Any such amounts transferred to the Certificate Administrator may be invested in

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Permitted Investments and all income and gain realized from investment of such funds shall accrue for its benefit.

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries in respect of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, as more specifically set forth herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Fund includes (in each case, to the extent of the Trust Fund’s interest therein and specifically excluding any interest of any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder (other than the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, which is an asset of the Trust Fund) therein): (i) such Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as from time to time are subject to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto; (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan due after the Cut-off Date; (iii) the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO Property; (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property; (v) any Assignments of Leases, Rents and Profits and any security agreements related to the Mortgage Loans; (vi) any indemnities or guaranties given as additional security for any Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (vii) a security interest in all assets deposited in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts, and Reserve Accounts; (viii) the Loss of Value Reserve Fund; (ix) the Collection Account, the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Accounts, the Distribution Accounts, any Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Pacific Design Center Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the Trust’s interest in any REO Account, including any amounts on deposit therein, assets credited thereto and any reinvestment income, as applicable; (x) a security interest in any environmental indemnity agreements relating to the Mortgaged Properties; (xi) a security interest in all insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (xii) the rights and remedies under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements relating to document delivery requirements with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the representations and warranties of the related Mortgage Loan Seller regarding its Mortgage Loans (and in the case of GSMC, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan); (xiii) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests; (xiv) the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Regular Interests (xv) the VRR Interest Upper-Tier Regular Interest; and (xvi) the proceeds of the foregoing (other than any interest earned on deposits in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts and any Reserve Accounts, to the extent such interest belongs to the related Borrower). As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals may be made from certain of the above accounts for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders.

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the interests, rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the limitations thereon, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Certificate Administrator.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, this Certificate is transferable or exchangeable only upon surrender of this Certificate to the Certificate Registrar at its offices together with an assignment and transfer (executed by the Holder or his duly authorized attorney), subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of this

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Certificate, subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall execute and the Authenticating Agent shall duly authenticate in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate denomination as the Certificate being surrendered. Such Certificates shall be delivered by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Prior to due presentation of this Certificate for registration of transfer, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent and any agent of any of them may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent or any agent of any of them shall be affected by notice or knowledge to the contrary.

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange referred to in Section 5.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement other than for transfers to Institutional Accredited Investors as provided in Section 5.02(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the transferor shall reimburse the Trust Fund for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended at any time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee without the consent of any of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owners or any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, (i) to cure any ambiguity or to correct any manifest error; (ii) to cause the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus, the Private Placement Memorandum or the Loan-Specific Private Placement Memorandum with respect to the Certificates, the RR Interest, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement; (iii) to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or RR Interest Owner, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment; (iv) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the

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relevant provisions of the Code at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust that would be a claim against the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, RR Interest Owner or Companion Loan Noteholder; (v) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Non-U.S. Tax Person; (vi) to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, RR Interest Owner or any holder of a Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting thereto as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (vii) to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies; provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or RR Interest Owner not consenting thereto as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by confirmation of the applicable Rating Agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (viii) to modify the provisions of Section 3.06 and Section 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing, the Directing Holder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the status of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its

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then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (ix) to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders or the RR Interest Owner, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website; (x) to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv); and (xi) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (a) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Risk Retention Rule, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or (b) in the event the Risk Retention Rule or any other regulation applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee with the prior written consent of the RR Interest Owner (if affected by such amendment), Holders of Certificates representing not less than a majority of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates affected thereby (without regard to Certificates held by the Depositor, any of the Depositor’s Affiliates and/or agents) and each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder affected thereby for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or modifying in any manner the rights of the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner or the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders; provided that no such amendment may:

(i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loans which are required to be distributed on any Certificate or the RR Interest, without the consent of the Holders of Certificates representing all of the Percentage Interests of the Class or Classes affected thereby or the consent of the RR Interest Owner, as applicable, or which are required to be distributed to any Companion Loan Noteholders without the consent of such Companion Loan Noteholders;

(ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Loan Noteholder or Loan-Specific Certificateholder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such

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    Companion Loan Noteholder or Holder of the Loan-Specific Certificates, as applicable;

(iii) adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding;

(iv) change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary hereunder, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

(v) amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates).

Further, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of the Certificateholders or, if applicable, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, may amend the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC or the Upper-Tier REMIC as a REMIC or the qualification of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust, or to prevent the imposition of any additional material state or local taxes, at all times that any Certificates are outstanding; provided that such action, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (obtained at the expense of the Trust Fund), is necessary or helpful to maintain such qualification or to prevent the imposition of any such taxes, and would not adversely affect in any material respect the interest of any Certificateholder or if applicable, any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder or (ii) to the extent necessary to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act, Regulation AB, and/or any related regulatory actions and/or interpretations.

The Certificateholder owning a majority of the Percentage Interest in the Controlling Class and, if no such Certificateholder exercises such option, the Special Servicer, and if the Special Servicer does not exercise such option, the Master Servicer may effect an early termination of the Trust Fund, upon not less than 30 days’ prior Notice of Termination given to the Trustee, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer any time specifying the Anticipated Termination Date, which shall be on or after the Early Termination Notice Date (defined as any date as of which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan remaining in the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Stated Pool Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as of the Cut-off Date (or for purposes of this calculation, if an ARD Loan is still an asset of the Trust and such right is

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being exercised after its respective Anticipated Repayment Date, then such Mortgage Loan will be excluded from the aggregate Stated Principal Balance and the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance)) by purchasing on such date all, but not less than all, of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan then included in the Trust Fund, and the Trust’s interest in all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, at a purchase price, payable in cash, equal to the sum of, without duplication:

(A) 100% of the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan included in the Trust as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of principal);

(B) the fair market value of all other property included in the Trust Fund as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date, as determined by an Independent appraiser acceptable to the Master Servicer as of a date not more than 30 days prior to the last day of the month preceding such Distribution Date;

(C) all unpaid interest accrued on the unpaid balance of each Mortgage Loan (including any Mortgage Loan as to which title to the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired) and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan at the Mortgage Rate to the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of interest); and

(D) the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate, and unpaid Servicing Compensation, Special Servicing Compensation, Operating Advisor Fees, Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fees, the CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fees and Trust Fund expenses.

In addition, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that following the date on which the Class X-A Notional Amount, the Class X-D Notional Amount and the aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E Certificates is reduced to zero, the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class S or Class R Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund as contemplated by clause (ii) of Section 9.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by giving written notice to all the parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement no later than 60 days prior to the anticipated date of exchange.

All costs and expenses incurred by any and all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Trust Fund in connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and other assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be borne by the party exercising its purchase rights

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thereunder. The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any determination made by an Independent appraiser pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificates and the RR Interest (other than the obligations of the Certificate Administrator to make certain payments and to send certain notices to Certificateholders and the RR Interest Owner as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) shall terminate upon payment (or provision for payment) to the Certificateholders, the RR Interest Owner and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders of all amounts held by or on behalf of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer, as the case may be, required under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be so paid on the Distribution Date following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and all other property held by the Trust Fund in accordance with Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (ii) the exchange by the Sole Certificateholder of its Certificates for the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan in accordance with Section 9.01(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and (iii) the later of (a) the receipt or collection of the last payment due on any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan included in the Trust Fund, or (b) the liquidation and disposition pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the last asset held by the Trust Fund; provided that in no event shall the trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom, living on the date hereof.

Unless the Certificate of Authentication on this Certificate has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Administrator has caused this Class PDC-HRR Certificate to be duly executed.

Dated: April 21, 2023

	COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Administrator
	By:
		Name:
		Title:

Certificate of Authentication

This is one of the Class PDC-HRR Certificates referred to in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Dated: April 21, 2023

	COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Authenticating Agent
	By:
		Name:
		Title:

 

 

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EXHIBIT B

MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE

 

 

 

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BMARK 2023-B38 - Mortgage Loan Schedule														Servicing Fee Rate
																	Non-Serviced Mortgage	Interest
		Mortgage Loan						Mortage	Original Principal	Cut-off Date	Maturity Date	Due	Monthly	Master Servicing	Primary Servicing	Serviced Loan Subservicing	Loan Primary Servicing	Accrual	Letter of		Part of	Leasehold	Current Mezzanine
ID	Loan Number	Seller	Mortgage Loan Name	Street Address	City	State	Zip Code	Rate	Balance	Stated Principal Balance	or ARD	Date	Debt Service	Fee Rate	Fee Rate	Fee Rate	Fee Rate	Method	Credit	Post-ARD Revised Rate	Loan Combination	Interest	or Subordinate Debt
1.00	1.00	GSMC	Pacific Design Center	8687 and 8661 Melrose Avenue and 700 North San Vicente Boulevard	West Hollywood	CA	90069	5.94107142857143%	$65,600,000	$65,600,000.00	2/6/2033	6	329,289.38	0.00125%	0.00125%	0.00000%	0.00000%	Actual/360	No	None	Yes	None	$20,000,000 Subordinate Note B
1b	1b	GSMC	Pacific Design Center	8687 and 8661 Melrose Avenue and 700 North San Vicente Boulevard	West Hollywood	CA	90069	5.94107142857143%	$20,000,000	$20,000,000	2/6/2033	6	100,393.11	0.00125%	0.00125%	0.00000%	0.00000%	Actual/360	No	None	Yes	None	None
2.00	2.00	JPMCB	1201 Third Avenue	1201 Third Avenue	Seattle	WA	98101	5.58500%	$60,000,000	$60,000,000.00	3/9/2028	9	283,128.47	0.00125%	0.00000%	0.00000%	0.00125%	Actual/360	No	None	Yes	None	None
3.00	3.00	GSMC	CX - 250 Water Street	250 Water Street	Cambridge	MA	2141	5.50950%	$53,150,000	$53,150,000.00	2/10/2033	10	247,414.17	0.00125%	0.00000%	0.00000%	0.00125%	Actual/360	No	Greater of (i) 7.5095% and (ii) the sum of the swap rate in effect on the ARD plus 4.2800%	Yes	None	None
4.00	4.00	GSMC, GACC	Green Acres	2034 Green Acres Road	Valley Stream	NY	11581	5.89900%	$50,000,000	$50,000,000.00	1/6/2028	6	249,205.44	0.00125%	0.00000%	0.00000%	0.00125%	Actual/360	No	None	Yes	Yes	None
5.00	5.00	GSMC, GACC	Great Lakes Crossing Outlets	4000 Baldwin Road	Auburn Hills	MI	48326	6.52100%	$50,000,000	$50,000,000.00	2/1/2033	1	275,482.06	0.00125%	0.00000%	0.00000%	0.00125%	Actual/360	No	None	Yes	None	None
6.00	6.00	GSMC	Scottsdale Fashion Square	7014 East Camelback Road	Scottsdale	AR	85251	6.21425%	$49,000,000	$49,000,000.00	3/6/2028	6	257,272.83	0.00125%	0.00000%	0.00525%	0.00000%	Actual/360	No	None	Yes	None	None
7.00	7.00	CREFI	National Warehouse & Distribution Portfolio	Various	Various	Various	Various	6.81000%	$35,000,000	$35,000,000.00	4/6/2028	6	228,407.00	0.00125%	0.00000%	0.00000%	0.00250%	Actual/360	No	None	Yes	None	None
7.01	7.01		1700 Schuster Road	1700 Schuster Road	Delano	CA	93215		$13,977,707	$13,977,707.01												None	None
7.02	7.02		101 Michelin Drive	101 Michelin Drive	Laurens	SC	29360		$7,013,376	$7,013,375.80												None	None
7.03	7.03		1525 West 2960 South	1525 West 2960 South	Nibley	UT	84321		$5,600,000	$5,600,000.00												None	None
7.04	7.04		5685 Raiders Road, Building B	5685 Raiders Road	Frazeysburg	OH	43822		$4,681,529	$4,681,528.66												None	None
7.05	7.05		840 Complex Street Southwest	840 Complex Street Southwest	Lenoir	NC	28645		$3,727,389	$3,727,388.54												None	None
8.00	8.00	JPMCB	100 Jefferson Road	100 Jefferson Road	Parsippany	NJ	07054	7.26000%	$30,000,000	$30,000,000.00	4/6/2033	6	184,020.83	0.00125%	0.00000%	0.00000%	0.00125%	Actual/360	No	None	Yes	None	None
9.00	9.00	CREFI	9200 Calumet Industrial	9200 Calumet Avenue	Munster	IN	46321	7.28000%	$29,500,000	$29,500,000.00	11/6/2029	6	181,452.31	0.00125%	0.00125%	NAP	0.00000%	Actual/360	No	None	No	None	None
10.00	10.00	GACC	Naugatuck Valley Shopping Center	950 Wolcott Street	Waterbury	CT	6705	5.15000%	$29,000,000	$27,749,935.81	4/6/2030	6	158,347.61	0.00125%	0.00125%	0.00000%	0.00000%	Actual/360	No	None	No	None	None
11.00	11.00	JPMCB	One Campus Martius	1000 Woodward Avenue	Detroit	MI	48226	6.02000%	$27,500,000	$27,500,000.00	7/1/2032	1	139,874.42	0.00125%	0.00000%	0.05000%	0.00000%	Actual/360	No	None	Yes	None	None
12.00	12.00	JPMCB	Shoppes at Mid Rivers	5232 North Service Road	Saint Peters	MO	63376	6.60500%	$27,472,500	$27,472,500.00	1/5/2033	5	153,313.40	0.00125%	0.00125%	0.00000%	0.00000%	Actual/360	No	None	No	None	None
13.00	13.00	GACC	Crowne Plaza Union Station	123 West Louisiana Street	Indianapolis	IN	46225	7.15200%	$24,000,000	$23,985,677.95	3/6/2033	6	162,130.05	0.00125%	0.00125%	NAP	0.00000%	Actual/360	No	None	No	Yes	None
14.00	14.00	CREFI	Hyatt Place Crocker Park	2020 Crocker Road	Westlake	OH	44145	6.72000%	$16,000,000	$16,000,000.00	4/6/2033	6	90,844.44	0.00125%	0.00125%	NAP	0.00000%	Actual/360	No	None	No	None	None
15.00	15.00	CREFI	1027 Filbert Street	1027 Filbert Street	Philadelphia	PA	19107	7.12000%	$15,500,000	$15,500,000.00	4/1/2033	1	104,374.07	0.00125%	0.00125%	NAP	0.00000%	Actual/360	No	None	No	Yes	($9,600,000 Subordinate Note A), ($34,189,882.81: Subordinate Note B)
16.00	16.00	GSMC	Riverport Tower	13736 Riverport Drive	Maryland Heights	MI	63043	5.82500%	$15,000,000	$15,000,000.00	7/6/2032	6	73,823.78	0.00125%	0.00000%	0.00000%	0.00125%	Actual/360	No	None	Yes	None	None
17.00	17.00	GACC	The Grove	5569 Grove Boulevard	Hoover	AL	35226	7.05000%	$12,000,000	$12,000,000.00	12/6/2032	6	71,479.17	0.00125%	0.00125%	0.00000%	0.00000%	Actual/360	No	None	No	None	None
18.00	18.00	CREFI	Chatsworth Retail	9805, 9825 and 9843-9853 Mason Avenue	Chatsworth	CA	91311	6.26000%	$11,700,000	$11,700,000.00	4/6/2033	6	61,882.71	0.00125%	0.00125%	NAP	0.00000%	Actual/360	No	None	No	None	None
19.00	19.00	CREFI	CVS 5 Portfolio	Various	Various	Various	Various	6.68000%	$10,125,000	$10,125,000.00	12/6/2032	6	57,145.31	0.00125%	0.00125%	NAP	0.00000%	Actual/360	No	None	No		None
19.01	19.01		CVS Carlsbad	2650 Gateway Road	Carlsbad	CA	92009		$2,175,000	$2,175,000.00												Yes	None
19.02	19.02		CVS Dallas	7979 Belt Line Road	Dallas	TX	75254		$2,150,000	$2,150,000.00												Yes	None
19.03	19.03		CVS Mobile	4645 Airport Boulevard	Mobile	AL	36608		$2,100,000	$2,100,000.00												Yes	None
19.04	19.04		CVS Charlottesville	1170 Emmet Street	Charlottesville	VA	22903		$2,050,000	$2,050,000.00												Yes	None
19.05	19.05		CVS Clifton	635 Lexington Avenue	Clifton	NJ	7011		$1,650,000	$1,650,000.00												Yes	None
20.00	20.00	GACC	Sentinel Square II	1050 1st Street Northeast	Washington	DC	20002	6.05000%	$10,000,000	$10,000,000.00	12/6/2027	6	51,116.90	0.00125%	0.00000%	0.00000%	0.00125%	Actual/360	No	None	Yes	None	None
21.00	21.00	GACC	Centers of High Point	Various	High Point	NC	27260	6.50000%	$9,642,857	$9,642,857.00	2/6/2028	6	52,957.59	0.00125%	0.00000%	0.00000%	0.00125%	Actual/360	No	None	Yes		None
21.01	21.01		Center Point of Hamilton	309 Russell Avenue, 401-421 and 416 South Hamilton Street	High Point	NC	27260		$4,755,339	$4,755,338.52												None	None
21.02	21.02		Center Point on Centennial	400-418 East Russell Avenue, 403-445 South Centennial and 404-432 Tate Drive	High Point	NC	27260		$2,329,066	$2,329,066.49												None	None
21.03	21.03		Center Point on Manning	324 East Russell Avenue	High Point	NC	27260		$1,576,341	$1,576,340.98												None	None
21.04	21.04		Center Point on Russell	319 South Centennial Street	High Point	NC	27260		$684,196	$684,196.26												None	None
21.05	21.05		Center Point on Field House	411 Manning Street	High Point	NC	27260		$287,956	$287,956.30												None	None
21.06	21.06		Center Point 212	212 East Russell Avenue	High Point	NC	27260		$9,958	$9,958.45												None	None
22.00	22.00	CREFI	Dollar Walgreens Portfolio	Various	Various	Various	Various	6.36000%	$8,076,250	$8,076,250.00	2/6/2033	6	43,398.63	0.00125%	0.00125%	NAP	0.00000%	Actual/360	No	None	No		None
22.01	22.01		Walgreens and Dollar Tree - Oak Park	13550 West Nine Mile Road and 23090 Coolidge Highway	Oak Park	MI	48237		$5,525,000	$5,525,000.00												None	None
22.02	22.02		Family Dollar and Pamela Tubbs - Birmingham	1343 and 1355 Bessemer Road	Birmingham	AL	35208		$812,500	$812,500.00												None	None
22.03	22.03		Family Dollar - Detroit	3911 Joy Road	Detroit	MI	48206		$780,000	$780,000.00												None	None
22.04	22.04		Family Dollar - Akron	19 North Arlington Street	Akron	OH	44305		$650,000	$650,000.00												None	None
22.05	22.05		Dollar General - Bernice	314 Highway 167 North	Bernice	LA	71222		$308,750	$308,750.00												None	None
23.00	23.00	GSMC	TownePlace Suites BWI Airport	1171 Winterson Road	Linthicum	MD	21090	6.84000%	$8,000,000	$8,000,000.00	4/6/2033	6	52,367.35	0.00125%	0.00125%	0.00000%	0.00000%	Actual/360	No	None	No	None	None
24.00	24.00	GSMC	68-78 River Road	68-78 River Road	Summit	NJ	7901	6.62900%	$8,000,000	$8,000,000.00	4/6/2033	6	44,807.13	0.00125%	0.00125%	0.00000%	0.00000%	Actual/360	No	None	No	None	None
25.00	25.00	CREFI	Sylvan Heights	901-941 East Park Row Drive	Arlington	TX	76010	7.23000%	$3,900,000	$3,888,468.23	12/6/2032	6	26,551.99	0.00125%	0.00125%	NAP	0.00000%	Actual/360	No	None	No

 

   

 

EXHIBIT C-1

FORM OF TRANSFEREE AFFIDAVIT

AFFIDAVIT PURSUANT TO
SECTION 860E(e)(4) OF THE
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF
1986, AS AMENDED

STATE OF NEW YORK	)
	)	ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK	)

                                     , being first duly sworn, deposes and says:

1.                          That he/she is a                                       of                                       (the “Purchaser”), a                                       duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of                                       on behalf of which he/she makes this affidavit.

2.                          That the Purchaser’s Taxpayer Identification Number is                             .

3.                          That the Purchaser of the Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38, Class R (the “Class R Certificate”) is a Permitted Transferee (as defined in Article I of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, as depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as general special servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as special servicer with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, as certificate administrator, as paying agent and as custodian), or is acquiring the Class R Certificate for the account of, or as agent (including as a broker, nominee, or other middleman) for, a Permitted Transferee and has received from such person or entity an affidavit substantially in the form of this affidavit.

4.                          That the Purchaser historically has paid its debts as they have come due and intends to pay its debts as they come due in the future and the Purchaser intends to pay taxes associated with holding the Class R Certificate as they become due.

5.                          That the Purchaser understands that it may incur tax liabilities with respect to the Class R Certificate in excess of any cash flow generated by the Class R Certificate.

6.                          That the Purchaser will not transfer the Class R Certificate to any person or entity from which the Purchaser has not received an affidavit substantially in the form of this affidavit or as to which the Purchaser has actual knowledge that the requirements set forth in paragraph 3, paragraph 4 or paragraph 7 hereof are not satisfied or that the Purchaser has reason to know does not satisfy the requirements set forth in paragraph 4 hereof.

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7.                         That the Purchaser is not a Disqualified Non-U.S. Tax Person and is not purchasing the Class R Certificate for the account of, or as an agent (including as a broker, nominee or other middleman) for, a Disqualified Non-U.S. Tax Person and is otherwise a Permitted Transferee.

8.                          That the Purchaser agrees to such amendments of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as may be required to further effectuate the restrictions on transfer of the Class R Certificate to a “disqualified organization,” an agent thereof, or a person that does not satisfy the requirements of paragraph 4, paragraph 7 and paragraph 11 hereof.

9.                          That the Purchaser, pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, agrees to the designation of the Certificate Administrator as the “partnership representative” (within the meaning of Code Section 6223) of each Trust REMIC.

10.                    The Purchaser agrees to be bound by and to abide by the provisions of Section 5.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement concerning registration of the transfer and exchange of the Class R Certificate.

11.                     The Purchaser will not cause income from the Class R Certificate to be attributable to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed base, within the meaning of an applicable income tax treaty, of the Purchaser or any other U.S. Tax Person.

12.                    Check the applicable paragraph:

☐           The present value of the anticipated tax liabilities associated with holding the Class R Certificate, as applicable, does not exceed the sum of:

(i)                       the present value of any consideration given to the Purchaser to acquire such Class R Certificate;

(ii)                     the present value of the expected future distributions on such Certificate; and

(iii)                 the present value of the anticipated tax savings associated with holding such Class R Certificate as the related REMIC generates losses.

For purposes of this calculation, (i) the Purchaser is assumed to pay tax at the highest rate currently specified in Code Section 11(b) (but the tax rate in Code Section 55(b)(1)(B) may be used in lieu of the highest rate specified in Code Section 11(b) if the Purchaser has been subject to the alternative minimum tax under Code Section 55 in the preceding two years and will compute its taxable income in the current taxable year using the alternative minimum tax rate) and (ii) present values are computed using a discount rate equal to the short term Federal rate prescribed by Code Section 1274(d) for the month of the transfer and the compounding period used by the Purchaser.

☐           The transfer of the Class R Certificate complies with U.S. Treasury Regulations Section 1.860E-1(c)(5) and (6) and, accordingly,

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(i)                        the Purchaser is an “eligible corporation,” as defined in U.S. Treasury Regulations Section 1.860E-1(c)(6)(i), as to which income from the Class R Certificate will only be taxed in the United States;

(ii)                    at the time of the transfer, and at the close of the Purchaser’s two fiscal years preceding the year of the transfer, the Purchaser had gross assets for financial reporting purposes (excluding any obligation of a person related to the Purchaser within the meaning of U.S. Treasury Regulations Section 1.860E-1(c)(6)(ii)) in excess of $100 million and net assets in excess of $10 million;

(iii)                 the Purchaser will transfer the Class R Certificate only to another “eligible corporation,” as defined in U.S. Treasury Regulations Section 1.860E-1(c)(6)(i), in a transaction that satisfies the requirements of Section 1.860E-1(c)(4)(i), (ii) and (iii) and Section 1.860E-1(c)(5) of the U.S. Treasury Regulations; and

(iv)                the Purchaser determined the consideration paid to it to acquire the Class R Certificate based on reasonable market assumptions (including, but not limited to, borrowing and investment rates, prepayment and loss assumptions, expense and reinvestment assumptions, tax rates and other factors specific to the Purchaser) that it has determined in good faith.

☐           None of the above.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Purchaser has caused this instrument to be executed on its behalf by its                                             this          day of                        , 20     .

	[The Purchaser]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:

 

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Personally appeared before me the above named                                 , known or proved to me to be the same person who executed the foregoing instrument and to be the of the Purchaser, and acknowledged to me that he/she executed the same as his/her free act and deed and the free act and deed of the Purchaser.

Subscribed and sworn before me this          day of                        , 20     .

NOTARY PUBLIC
COUNTY OF
STATE OF
My commission expires the ____ day of ___________, 20__.

 

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EXHIBIT C-2

FORM OF TRANSFEROR LETTER

[Date]

Computershare Trust Company, N.A.

1505 Energy Park Drive

St. Paul, Minnesota 55108

Attention: CTS – Certificate Transfers Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust

 

Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (“Pooling and Servicing Agreement”) relating to Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38, Class R

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

[Transferor] has reviewed the attached affidavit of [Transferee], and has no actual knowledge that such affidavit is not true or that [Transferee] is not a Permitted Transferee (as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement defined in the attached affidavit) and has no actual knowledge or reason to know that the information contained in the attached affidavit is not true. No purpose of [Transferor] relating to the transfer of the Class R Certificate by [Transferor] to [Transferee] is or will be to impede the assessment of any tax.

	Very truly yours,
	[Transferor]
By:
Name:
Title:

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EXHIBIT C-3

FORM OF TRANSFEREE Certificate for TRANSFERS OF PDC-HRR CERTIFICATES

[Date]

 

Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045

Attention: Risk Retention Custody – Benchmark 2023-B38

 

with a copy to:

 

riskretentioncustody@wellsfargo.com

 

Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company
200 West Street
New York, New York 10282
Attention: Scott Epperson

with a copies by electronic mail to:

gs-refglegal@gs.com

 

Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation

1 Columbus Circle

New York, New York 10019

Attention: Lainie Kaye

 

with a copy via email to:

 

cmbs.requests@db.com

Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38 (the “Certificates”) issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as General Special Servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as Pacific Design Center Special Servicer, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC , as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, as Certificate Administrator, as Paying Agent and as Custodian.

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Ladies and Gentlemen:

[_____] (the “Purchaser”) hereby certifies, represents and warrants to you, in your respective capacities as Certificate Registrar, Retaining Sponsor and Depositor, that:

1. The Purchaser is acquiring (the “Transfer”) $[_____] aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class PDC-HRR Certificates from [_____] (the “Transferor”).

2. The Purchaser is aware that the Certificate Registrar will not register any transfer of any portion of the PDC-HRR Certificates by the Transferor unless the Purchaser, or such Purchaser’s agent, delivers to the Certificate Registrar, among other things, a certificate in substantially the same form as this certificate. The Purchaser expressly agrees that it will not consummate any such transfer if it knows or believes that any representation contained in such certificate is false.

3. The Transfer is in compliance with any applicable credit risk retention agreement in effect between the Retaining Sponsor, the Depositor and the Transferor (the “Risk Retention Agreement”).

4. Check one of the following:

☐        The Purchaser certifies, represents and warrants to each of the addressees hereto that:

A. It is a “majority-owned affiliate”, as such term is defined in the Risk Retention Rule, of the Transferor (a “Majority-Owned Affiliate”).

B. It is not acquiring the PDC-HRR Certificates as a nominee, trustee or agent for any person that is not a Majority-Owned Affiliate, and that for so long as it retains its interest in the PDC-HRR Certificates, it will remain a Majority-Owned Affiliate.

C. It will deliver a joinder agreement substantially in the form attached to the Risk Retention Agreement pursuant to which it has agreed to be bound by the terms of the Risk Retention Agreement to the same extent as if it was the Transferor itself.

☐              The Transfer will occur on and after the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date, and the Purchaser certifies, represents and warrants to each of the addressees hereto that:

A. It will execute and deliver to the Retaining Sponsor a new credit risk retention agreement in accordance with the Risk Retention Agreement.

B. If required by the Retaining Sponsor, an affiliate of the Purchaser will execute and deliver a guaranty, if required under the Risk Retention Agreement.

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C. It will comply with any additional requirements and satisfy any additional conditions set forth under the Risk Retention Agreement applicable to the Transfer and the Purchaser as a subsequent Pacific Design Center Retaining Third-Party Purchaser.

☐                The Transfer will occur after the termination of the Retained Interest Transfer Restriction Period.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Purchaser has caused this instrument to be duly executed on its behalf by its duly authorized senior officer this ___day of _________, 20__.

	[TRANSFEROR]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:

GOLDMAN SACHS MORTGAGE COMPANY
By:
	Name:
	Title:

[Medallion Stamp Guarantee]

 

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EXHIBIT C-4

FORM OF TRANSFEROR Certificate for TransferS of
PDC-HRR Certificates

[Date]

 

Computershare Trust Company, N.A. 9062 Old Annapolis Road Columbia, Maryland 21045 Attention: Risk Retention Custody – Benchmark 2023-B38   with a copy to:   riskretentioncustody@wellsfargo.com
Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company 200 West Street New York, New York 10282 Attention: Scott Epperson with a copies by electronic mail to: gs-refglegal@gs.com
Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation 1 Columbus Circle New York, New York 10019 Attention: Lainie Kaye   with a copy via email to:   cmbs.requests@db.com

 

Re:                            Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38 (the “Certificates”)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This is delivered to you in connection with the transfer (the “Transfer”) by [______] (the “Transferor”) to [______] (the “Transferee”) of [$[_____] aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class PDC-HRR Certificates].

The Certificates were issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Deutsche Mortgage

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& Asset Receiving Corporation, as depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as general special servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as special servicer with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, as certificate administrator, as paying agent and as custodian. All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Transferor hereby certifies, represents and warrants to you, in your respective capacities as Certificate Registrar, Retaining Sponsor and Depositor, that:

1. The Transfer is in compliance with any applicable credit risk retention agreement in effect between the Retaining Sponsor and the Transferor (the “Risk Retention Agreement”) and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

2. Check one of the following:

☐              The Transferor certifies, represents and warrants to you that:

A. The Transferee is a “majority-owned affiliate”, as such term is defined in the Risk Retention Rule, of the Transferor (a “Majority-Owned Affiliate”).

B. The Transferor has satisfied all of the conditions under the Risk Retention Agreement applicable to transfers by the Transferor to a Majority-Owned Affiliate.

☐             The Transfer will occur on and after the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date, and the Transferor certifies, represents and warrants to you that:

A. The Transferor has satisfied all of the conditions under the Risk Retention Agreement applicable to transfers by the Transferor to subsequent Pacific Design Center Retaining Third-Party Purchasers.

☐               The Transfer will occur after the termination of the Retained Interest Transfer Restriction Period.

3. The Transferor certifies, represents and warrants to you that the Transferor has provided notice of the Transfer to the Retaining Sponsor and [check one of the following]:

☐               The Retaining Sponsor has consented to the Transfer, a copy of which is attached hereto.

☐               At least ten (10) Business Days have passed since the Retaining Sponsor’s receipt of such written notice, and the Retaining Sponsor has not responded to the Transferor.

4. The Transferor understands that the Transferee has delivered to you a Transferee Certificate in the form attached to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as Exhibit C-3. The Transferor does not know or believe that any representation contained therein is false.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Transferor has caused this instrument to be duly executed on its behalf by its duly authorized senior officer this ___day of _________, 20__.

	[TRANSFEROR]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:

GOLDMAN SACHS MORTGAGE COMPANY
By:
	Name:
	Title:

[Medallion Stamp Guarantee]

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EXHIBIT C-5

FORM OF TRANSFEREE Certificate for TRANSFERS OF THE CLASS RR CERTIFICATES OR THE RR INTEREST

[Date]

 

Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045

Attention: Risk Retention Custody – Benchmark 2023-B38

 

with a copy to:

 

riskretentioncustody@wellsfargo.com

 

German American Capital Corporation
1 Columbus Circle

New York, New York 10019
Attention: Lainie Kaye

 

Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation

1 Columbus Circle

New York, New York 10019

Attention: Lainie Kaye

 

with a copy via email to:

 

cmbs.requests@db.com

 

Re: Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38 (the “Certificates”) issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as General Special Servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as Pacific Design Center Special Servicer, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC , as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, as Certificate Administrator, as Paying Agent and as Custodian.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

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[_____] (the “Purchaser”) hereby certifies, represents and warrants to you, in your respective capacities as Certificate Registrar, Retaining Sponsor and Depositor, that:

1. The Purchaser is acquiring from [__________] (the “Transferor”) [$[_____] principal balance of the [Class RR Certificates] [$[____] RR Interest Balance of the RR Interest] (the “Transferred Interest”)].

2. The Purchaser is aware that, following its acquisition of the Transferred Interest, the Certificate Registrar will not register any transfer of the Transferred Interest by the Purchaser unless the transferee, or such transferee’s agent, delivers to the Certificate Registrar, among other things, a certificate in substantially the same form as this certificate. The Purchaser expressly agrees that it will not consummate any such transfer if it knows or believes that any representation contained in such certificate is false.

3. The Purchaser is not and will not become (a) an employee benefit plan or other plan or other retirement arrangement, including an individual retirement account or a Keogh plan, which is subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”) or to Code Section 4975, or a governmental plan, as defined in Section 3(32) of ERISA, or other plan subject to any federal, state or local law (“Similar Law”) which is to a material extent similar to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or to Section 4975 of the Code (each, a “Plan”), or (b) any person acting on behalf of any such Plan or using the assets of any such Plan (including an entity whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason of a Plan’s investment in the entity) ((within the meaning of U.S. Department of Labor Regulation Section 2510.3-101, as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA)).

4. Check one of the following:

☐       The Purchaser certifies, represents and warrants to you, in your respective capacities as Certificate Registrar, Retaining Sponsor and Depositor, that the transfer will occur during the Transfer Restriction Period and that:

A. The Purchaser is a “majority-owned affiliate”, as such term is defined in the Risk Retention Rule, of the Transferor (a “Majority-Owned Affiliate”).

B. The Purchaser is not acquiring the Transferred Interest as a nominee, trustee or agent for any person that is not a Majority-Owned Affiliate, and that for so long as it retains its interest in the Transferred Interest (or until the end of the Transfer Restriction Period, if earlier), it will remain a Majority-Owned Affiliate.

C. The Purchaser consents to any additional restrictions or arrangements that shall be deemed necessary upon advice of counsel to constitute a reasonable arrangement to ensure that its ownership of the Transferred Interest will satisfy the risk retention requirements of the Transferor, in its capacity as [the retaining sponsor][an originator] under the Risk Retention Rule.

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☐       The Purchaser certifies, represents and warrants to you, in your respective capacities as Certificate Registrar, Retaining Sponsor and Depositor, that the transfer will occur after the termination of the Transfer Restriction Period.

☐       [[FOR RR INTEREST ONLY:] The Purchaser certifies, represents and warrants to each of the addressees hereto that:

A. The Purchaser is a Permitted Lender;

B. The Purchaser is not acquiring an interest in the RR Interest as a nominee, trustee or agent for any person that is not a Permitted Lender, and that for so long as it retains its interest in the RR Interest, it will remain a Permitted Lender; and

C. The Purchaser consents to any additional restrictions or arrangements that shall be deemed necessary upon advice of counsel to constitute a reasonable arrangement to ensure that its ownership of the Transferred Interest will satisfy the risk retention requirements of the Transferor, in its capacity as [the retaining sponsor][an originator] under the Risk Retention Rule.]

☐       The Purchaser certifies, represents and warrants to you, in your respective capacities as Certificate Registrar, Retaining Sponsor and Depositor, that the transfer will occur after the termination of the Transfer Restriction Period.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Purchaser has caused this instrument to be duly executed on its behalf by its duly authorized senior officer this ___day of _________, 20__.

	[PURCHASER]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:

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The foregoing certificate is hereby confirmed, and the transfer is accepted, as of the date first above written:

[APPLICABLE RETAINING PARTY]
By:
	Name:
	Title:

[Medallion Stamp Guarantee]

GERMAN AMERICAN CAPITAL CORPORATION
By:
	Name:
	Title:
By:
	Name:
	Title:

[Medallion Stamp Guarantee]

DEUTSCHE MORTGAGE & ASSET RECEIVING CORPORATION
By:
	Name:
	Title:

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By:
	Name:
	Title:

[Medallion Stamp Guarantee]

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EXHIBIT C-6

FORM OF TRANSFEROR Certificate for TransferS of
THE CLASS RR CERTIFICATES OR THE RR INTEREST

[Date]

 

Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045

Attention: Risk Retention Custody – Benchmark 2023-
B38

 

with a copy to:

 

riskretentioncustody@wellsfargo.com

 

German American Capital Corporation
1 Columbus Circle

New York, New York 10019
Attention: Lainie Kaye

 

Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation

1 Columbus Circle

New York, New York 10019

Attention: Lainie Kaye

 

with a copy via email to:

 

cmbs.requests@db.com

 

 Re: Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38 (the “Certificates”)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This letter is delivered to you in connection with the transfer by [______] (the “Transferor”) to [______] (the “Transferee”) of [$[_____] principal balance of the Class RR Certificates (the “Transferred Interest”)][Class RR Certificates] [$[____] RR Interest Balance of the RR Interest].

The Certificates were issued and the RR Interest created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, as depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer, LNR Partners, LLC,

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as general special servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as special servicer with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, as certificate administrator, as paying agent and as custodian. All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Transferor hereby certifies, represents and warrants to you, in your respective capacities as Certificate Registrar, Retaining Sponsor and Depositor, that:

1. The transfer is in compliance with Sections 5.01 and 5.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

2. Check one of the following:

☐ The Transferor certifies, represents and warrants to you that the transfer will occur during the Transfer Restriction Period and that:

A. The Transferee is a “majority-owned affiliate”, as such term is defined in the Risk Retention Rule, of the Transferor.

B. To the Transferor’s knowledge, the Transferee is not acquiring the Transferred Interest as a nominee, trustee or agent for any person that is not a “majority-owned affiliate”, as such term is defined in the Risk Retention Rule, of the Transferor, and that for so long as it retains its interest in the Transferred Interest, it will remain a “majority-owned affiliate”, as such term is defined in the Risk Retention Rule, of the Transferor.

☐ The Transferor certifies, represents and warrants to you that the transfer will occur after the termination of the Transfer Restriction Period.

☐ [[FOR RR INTEREST ONLY:] The Transferor certifies, represents and warrants to each of the addressees hereto that:

A. The Transferor is a Permitted Lender;

B. The Transferor is not acquiring an interest in the RR Interest as a nominee, trustee or agent for any person that is not a Permitted Lender, and that for so long as it retains its interest in the RR Interest, it will remain a Permitted Lender; and

C. The Transferor consents to any additional restrictions or arrangements that shall be deemed necessary upon advice of counsel to constitute a reasonable arrangement to ensure that its ownership of the Transferred Interest will satisfy the risk retention requirements of the Transferor, in its capacity as [the retaining sponsor][an originator] under the Risk Retention Rule.]

☐ The Transferor certifies, represents and warrants to you that the transfer will occur after the termination of the Transfer Restriction Period.

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3. The Transferor understands that the Transferee has delivered to you a Transferee Certificate in the form attached to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as Exhibit C-5. The Transferor does not know or believe that any representation contained therein is false.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Transferor has caused this instrument to be duly executed on its behalf by its duly authorized senior officer this ___day of _________, 20__.

		[TRANSFEROR]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:

 

The foregoing certificate is hereby confirmed, and the transfer is accepted, as of the date first above written:

 

[APPLICABLE RETAINING PARTY]
By:
	Name:
	Title:

[Medallion Stamp Guarantee]

GERMAN AMERICAN CAPITAL CORPORATION
By:
	Name:
	Title:

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By:
	Name:
	Title:

[Medallion Stamp Guarantee]

DEUTSCHE MORTGAGE & ASSET RECEIVING CORPORATION
By:
	Name:
	Title:
By:
	Name:
	Title:

[Medallion Stamp Guarantee]

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EXHIBIT D-1

FORM OF INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION LETTER

 

Computershare Trust Company, N.A.

1505 Energy Park Drive

St. Paul, Minnesota 55108

Attention: CTS – Certificate Transfers Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust

 

Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation
1 Columbus Circle

New York, New York 10019
Attention: Lainie Kaye

 

with a copy via email to:

 

cmbs.requests@db.com

Re: Transfer of Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38: Class [ ]

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This letter is delivered pursuant to Section 5.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of April 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), entered into between Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, as depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as general special servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as special servicer with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, as certificate administrator, as paying agent and as custodian, on behalf of the holders of Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates (the “Certificates”) with respect to the transfer by [__________] (the “Seller”) to the undersigned (the “Purchaser”) of [$_____ aggregate Certificate Balance][_____% Percentage Interest] of Class [_____] Certificates, in certificated fully registered form (such registered interest, the “Certificate”). Terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

In connection with such transfer, the undersigned hereby represents and warrants to you as follows:

[For Institutional Accredited Investors only] 1. The Purchaser is an institutional “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501 (a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or an entity in which all of the equity owners are such accredited investors (an “Institutional Accredited Investor”), and has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of

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evaluating the merits and risks of the investment in the Certificate, and the Purchaser and any accounts for which the Purchaser is acting are each able to bear the economic risk of the investment. The Purchaser is acquiring the Certificate for its own account or for one or more accounts (each of which is an Institutional Accredited Investor) as to each of which the Purchaser exercises sole investment discretion. The Purchaser hereby undertakes to reimburse the Trust for any costs incurred by it in connection with this transfer.

[For Qualified Institutional Buyers only] 1. The Purchaser is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A (“Rule 144A”) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Purchaser is aware that the transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, and the Purchaser has had the opportunity to obtain the information required to be provided pursuant to paragraph (d)(4)(i) of Rule 144A.

2. The Purchaser’s intention is to acquire the Certificate (a) for investment for the Purchaser’s own account or (b) for reoffer, resale, pledge or other transfer to (i) “qualified institutional buyers” within the meaning of, and in transactions complying with, Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act, (ii) entities qualifying as “accredited investors” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act, or any entity in which all of the equity owners are such accredited investors, or (iii) pursuant to any other exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, subject in the case of this clause (iii) to (a) the receipt by the Certificate Registrar of a letter substantially in the form hereof, (b) the receipt by the Certificate Registrar of an opinion of counsel acceptable to the Certificate Registrar that such reoffer, resale, pledge or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act, (c) the receipt by the Certificate Registrar of such other evidence acceptable to the Certificate Registrar that such reoffer, resale, pledge or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and other applicable laws (including applicable state and foreign securities laws), and (d) a written undertaking to reimburse the Trust for any costs incurred by it in connection with the proposed transfer. It understands that the Certificate (and any subsequent Certificate) has not been registered under the Securities Act, by reason of a specified exemption from the registration provisions of the Securities Act which depends upon, among other things, the bona fide nature of the Purchaser’s investment intent (or intent to resell to only certain investors in certain exempted transactions) as expressed herein.

3. The Purchaser acknowledges that the Certificate (and any Certificate issued on transfer or exchange thereof) has not been registered or qualified under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any State or any other jurisdiction, and that the Certificate cannot be reoffered, resold, pledged or otherwise transferred unless it is registered or qualified thereunder or unless an exemption from such registration or qualification is available.

4. The Purchaser has reviewed the [Private Placement Memorandum dated April 6, 2023, relating to [certain of] the Certificates (the “Private Placement Memorandum”)] [the Loan-Specific Private Placement Memorandum, dated April 11, 2023 relating to certain of the Certificates (the “Loan-Specific Private Placement Memorandum”)] and the agreements and other materials referred to therein and has had the opportunity to ask questions and receive answers concerning the terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the [Private Placement Memorandum] [and the Loan-Specific Private Placement Memorandum].

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5. The Purchaser hereby undertakes to be bound by the terms and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in its capacity as an owner of a Certificate or Certificates, as the case may be (each, a “Certificateholder”), in all respects as if it were a signatory thereto. This undertaking is made for the benefit of the Trust, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Registrar and all Certificateholders present and future.

6. The Purchaser will not sell or otherwise transfer any portion of the Certificate, except in compliance with Section 5.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

7. Check one of the following:

☐ The Purchaser is a “U.S. Tax Person” (as defined below) and it has attached hereto an Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) Form W-9 (or successor form).

☐ The Purchaser is not a “U.S. Tax Person” (as defined below) and under applicable law in effect on the date hereof, no taxes will be required to be withheld by the Certificate Registrar (or its agent) with respect to distributions to be made on the Certificate(s). The Purchaser has attached hereto [(i) a duly executed IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E (or successor form), which identifies such Purchaser as the beneficial owner of the Certificate(s) and states that such Purchaser is not a U.S. Tax Person, (ii) two duly executed copies of IRS Form W-8IMY (and all appropriate attachments) or (iii)]* two duly executed copies of IRS Form W-8ECI (or successor form), which identify such Purchaser as the beneficial owner of the Certificate(s) and state that interest and original issue discount on the Certificate(s) is, or is expected to be, effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business. The Purchaser agrees to provide to the Certificate Registrar updated [IRS Forms W-8BEN, IRS Forms W-8BEN-E, IRS Forms W-8IMY or]* IRS Forms W-8ECI[, as the case may be]*, any applicable successor IRS forms, or such other certifications as the Certificate Registrar may reasonably request, on or before the date that any such IRS form or certification expires or becomes obsolete, or promptly after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent IRS form of certification furnished by it to the Certificate Registrar.

For purposes of this paragraph 7, “U.S. Tax Person” means a citizen or resident of the United States, a corporation, partnership (except to the extent provided in applicable Treasury Regulations), or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, including any entity treated as a corporation or partnership for federal income tax purposes, an estate whose income is subject to United States federal income tax regardless of its source, or a trust if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of such trust, and one or more such U.S. Tax Persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of such trust (or, to the extent provided in applicable Treasury Regulations, certain trusts in existence on August 20, 1996 that have elected to be treated as U.S. Tax Persons).

Please make all payments due on the Certificates: ^**

^*                   Delete for Class R

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(a)       by wire transfer to the following account at a bank or entity in New York, New York, having appropriate facilities therefor:

Account number:

Institution:

(b)       by mailing a check or draft to the following address:

	Very truly yours,
	[Purchaser]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:

Dated: ________________, 20___

^**              Only to be filled out by Purchasers of Individual Certificates. Please select (a) or (b).

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EXHIBIT D-2

FORM OF ERISA REPRESENTATION LETTER

[Date]

Computershare Trust Company, N.A.

1505 Energy Park Drive

St. Paul, Minnesota 55108

Attention: CTS – Certificate Transfers Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust

Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation
1 Columbus Circle

New York, New York 10019
Attention: Lainie Kaye

 

with a copy via email to:

 

cmbs.requests@db.com

Re: Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38, Class [ ]

Ladies and Gentlemen:

_______________ (the “Purchaser”) intends to purchase from _______________ (the “Seller”) [$_____ initial Certificate Balance][$_____ initial Notional Amount][ or _____% Percentage Interest] of Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Class [_____], CUSIP No. _____ (the “Certificates”), issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of April 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, as depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as general special servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as special servicer with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, as certificate administrator, as paying agent and as custodian. All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meaning set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Purchaser hereby certifies, represents and warrants to, and covenants with, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Registrar and the Trustee that:

The Purchaser is not and will not become (a) an employee benefit plan or other plan or retirement arrangement, including an individual retirement account or a Keogh plan, which is subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”) or to Section 4975 of the Code, or a governmental plan, as defined in Section 3(32) of ERISA, or other plan subject to any federal, state or local law (“Similar Law”) which is to a material extent similar to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or to Section 4975 of the Code (each, a “Plan”), or (b) any person acting on behalf of any such Plan or using the assets of any such

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Plan (including any entity whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason of a Plan’s investment in the entity (within the meaning of Labor Regulation Section 2510.3-101, as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA)), other than (except in the case of the Class S and Class R Certificates and the VRR Interest) an insurance company using the assets of its general account under circumstances whereby such purchase and the subsequent holding of such Certificate by such insurance company will be exempt from the prohibited transaction provisions of Section 406 and 407 of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code under Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60, or, in the case of a Plan subject to Similar Law, where the acquisition, holding and disposition of such Certificate will not constitute a non-exempt violation under Similar Law.

The Purchaser understands that if the Purchaser is a person referred to in clause (a) or (b) above, except in the case of the Class S and Class R Certificates and the VRR Interest, which may not be transferred unless the transferee represents it is not such a person, such Purchaser is required to provide to the Certificate Registrar any Opinions of Counsel, officers’ certificates or agreements as may be required by such persons, and which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator and the Certificate Registrar that the purchase and holding of the Certificates by or on behalf of a Plan will not constitute or result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 and Section 407 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or a non-exempt violation of any Similar Law, and will not subject the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the General Special Servicer, the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Initial Purchasers, the Underwriters, the Loan-Specific Initial Purchaser, or the Certificate Registrar to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or Similar Law), which Opinions of Counsel, officers’ certificates or agreements shall not be at the expense of the Master Servicer, the General Special Servicer, the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Initial Purchasers, the Underwriters, the Loan-Specific Initial Purchaser, the Trust or the Certificate Registrar.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Purchaser hereby executes this ERISA Representation Letter on this day of , 20 .

	Very truly yours,
	[Purchaser]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:

 

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EXHIBIT E

FORM OF REQUEST FOR RELEASE

 

[Date]

Computershare Trust Company, N.A.

1055 10th Avenue SE
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414

Attention: Document Custody Group – Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust

Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (“Pooling and Servicing Agreement”) relating to Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38

Dear __________________:

In connection with the administration of the Mortgage Files held by, or on behalf of, you as Custodian under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the undersigned hereby requests a release of the Mortgage File (or the portion thereof specified below) held by you as Custodian with respect to the following described Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan for the reason indicated below:

Mortgagor’s Name: 

Address: 

Asset No.: 

If only particular documents in the Mortgage File are requested, please specify which:

Reason for requesting file (or portion thereof):

______     1. Mortgage Loan and/or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan paid in full. Such [Master Servicer] [General Special Servicer] [Pacific Design Center Special Servicer] [Other Servicer] [Other Special Servicer] hereby certifies that all amounts received in connection with the [Mortgage Loan][Trust Subordinate Companion Loan] have been or will be, following such [Master Servicer’s] [General Special Servicer’s] [Pacific Design Center Special Servicer’s] [Other Servicer’s][Other Special Servicer’s] release of the Mortgage File, credited to the Collection Account pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

______     2. The Mortgage Loan and/or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan is being foreclosed.

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______     3. Other. (Describe)

The undersigned acknowledges that the above Mortgage File (or requested portion thereof) will be held by the undersigned in accordance with the provisions of the [Pooling and Servicing Agreement][Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement] and will be returned to you or your designee within ten (10) days of our receipt thereof, unless [the [Other Servicer][Other Special Servicer] requires such Mortgage File pursuant to the applicable Intercreditor Agreement or Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement.][the [Mortgage Loan][Trust Subordinate Companion Loan] has been paid in full or otherwise liquidated, in which case the Mortgage File (or such portion thereof) will be retained by us permanently, or unless the [Mortgage Loan][Trust Subordinate Companion Loan] is being foreclosed,] in which case the Mortgage File (or such portion thereof) will be returned when no longer required by us for such purpose.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

[MASTER SERVICER][GENERAL SPECIAL SERVICER][PACIFIC DESIGN CENTER SPECIAL SERVICER][OTHER SERVICER][OTHER SPECIAL SERVICER]
By:
	Name:
	Title:

 

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EXHIBIT F

SECURITIES LEGEND

THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS, AND ONLY (A)(1) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) FOR SO LONG AS THIS CERTIFICATE IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”), TO AN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (“QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER”), PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF ANOTHER QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED, IN EACH CASE, THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (3) (EXCEPT WITH RESPECT TO THE CLASS R CERTIFICATES) TO OTHER INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS THAT ARE “ACCREDITED INVESTORS,” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY ENTITY IN WHICH ALL OF THE EQUITY OWNERS ARE INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS THAT ARE “ACCREDITED INVESTORS,” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (4) (EXCEPT WITH RESPECT TO THE CLASS R CERTIFICATES) TO INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE A NON-“U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, AND (B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

THE INITIAL INVESTOR IN THIS CERTIFICATE, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN, IS DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. A TRANSFEREE IS ALSO REQUIRED TO DELIVER AN INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION LETTER SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM OF EXHIBIT D-1 TO THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT IF SUCH TRANSFEREE IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER OR (OTHER THAN WITH RESPECT TO A RESIDUAL CERTIFICATE) AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, AND MAY ALSO BE REQUIRED TO DELIVER AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IF SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A.

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EXHIBIT G

FORM OF REGULATION S TRANSFER CERTIFICATE

 

Computershare Trust Company, N.A.

1505 Energy Park Drive

St. Paul, Minnesota 55108

Attention: CTS – Certificate Transfers Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust

Re: Transfer of Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38, Class [    ]

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 5.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), and executed in connection with the above referenced transaction, on behalf of the Holders of the Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38, Class [_] (the “Certificates”) in connection with the transfer by the undersigned (the “Transferor”) to                                       (the “Transferee”) of $                     Certificate Balance of Certificates, in fully registered form (each, an “Individual Certificate”), or a beneficial interest of such aggregate Certificate Balance in the Regulation S Global Certificate (the “Global Certificate”) maintained by The Depository Trust Company or its successor as Depositary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (such transferred interest, in either form, being the “Transferred Interest”).

In connection with such transfer, the Transferor does hereby certify that such transfer has been effected in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Certificates and (i) with respect to transfers made in accordance with Regulation S (“Regulation S”) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), the Transferor does hereby certify that:

(1)       the offer of the Transferred Interest was not made to a person in the United States;

[(2) at the time the buy order was originated, the Transferee was an institution that was outside the United States or the Transferor and any person acting on its behalf reasonably believed that the Transferee was an institution that was outside the United States;]^*

[(2) the transaction was executed with a Transferee that was an institution or reasonably believed to be an institution by the Transferor or anyone acting on its behalf in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither there undersigned nor any person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was pre-arranged with a buyer in the United States;]*

^* Insert one of these two provisions, which come from the definition of “offshore transaction” in Regulation S.

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(3)       no directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or 904(b) of Regulation S, as applicable; and

(4)       the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

or (ii) with respect to transfers made in reliance on Rule 144 under the Securities Act, the Transferor does hereby certify that the Certificates that are being transferred are not “restricted securities” as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act.

This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Master Servicer, the General Special Servicer and the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer.

	[Insert Name of Transferor]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:

Dated: ________________, 20     

 

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EXHIBIT H

FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE
FOR EXCHANGE OR TRANSFER FROM RULE 144A
GLOBAL CERTIFICATE TO REGULATION S GLOBAL
CERTIFICATE DURING THE RESTRICTED PERIOD

(Exchanges or transfers pursuant to Section 5.02(c)(ii)(A) of
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement)

 

Computershare Trust Company, N.A.

1505 Energy Park Drive

St. Paul, Minnesota 55108

Attention: CTS – Certificate Transfers Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust

 

Re: Transfer of Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38, Class [    ]

Reference is hereby made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), and executed in connection with the above-referenced transaction. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This letter relates to US $                     aggregate Certificate Balance of Certificates (the “Certificates”) which are held in the form of Rule 144A Global Certificate (CUSIP No.                     ) with the Depository in the name of [insert name of transferor] (the “Transferor”). The Transferor has requested a transfer of such beneficial interest for an interest in the Regulation S Global Certificate (CUSIP No.                     ) to be held with [Euroclear] [Clearstream]^* (Common Code) through the Depositary.

In connection with such request and in respect of such Certificates, the Transferor does hereby certify that such transfer has been effected in accordance with the Transfer restrictions set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and accordingly the Transferor does hereby certify that:

(1)       the offer of the Certificates was not made to a person in the United States,

[(2)            at the time the buy order was originated, the transferee was an institution that was outside the United States or the Transferor and any persons acting on its behalf reasonably believed that the Transferee was outside the United States,]^**

^*  Select appropriate depository.

^**  Insert one of these two provisions, which come from the definition of “offshore transaction” in Regulation S.

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[(2)            the transaction was executed with a Transferee that was an institution or reasonably believed to be an institution by the Transferor or anyone acting on its behalf in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither the Transferor nor any person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was pre-arranged with a buyer in the United States,]^*

(3)       no directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or 904(b) of Regulation S, as applicable, and

(4)       the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Master Servicer, the General Special Servicer and the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer.

	[Insert Name of Transferor]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:

Dated: ________________, 20__

 

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EXHIBIT I

FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE
FOR EXCHANGE OR TRANSFER FROM RULE 144A
GLOBAL CERTIFICATE TO REGULATION S GLOBAL
CERTIFICATE AFTER THE RESTRICTED PERIOD

(Exchange or transfers pursuant to
Section 5.02(c)(ii)(B) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement)

 

Computershare Trust Company, N.A.

1505 Energy Park Drive

St. Paul, Minnesota 55108

Attention: CTS – Certificate Transfer Services (CMBS) Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust

 

Re: Transfer of Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38, Class [    ]

Reference is hereby made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), and executed in connection with the above referenced transaction. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

The letter relates to U.S. $                     aggregate Certificate Balance of Certificates (the “Certificates”) which are held in the form of the Rule 144A Global Certificate (CUSIP No.                     ) with the Depository in the name of [insert name of transferor] (the “Transferor”). The Transferor has requested a transfer of such beneficial interest in the Certificates for an interest in the Regulation S Global Certificate (Common Code No.                     ).

In connection with such request, and in respect of such Certificates, the Transferor does hereby certify that such transfer has been effected in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and, (i) with respect to transfers made in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), the Transferor does hereby certify that:

(1)       the offer of the Certificates was not made to a person in the United States,

[(2)            at the time the buy order was originated, the transferee was an institution that was outside the United States or the Transferor and any person acting on its behalf reasonably believed that the transferee was outside the United States,]^*

^*  Insert one of these two provisions, which come from the definition of “offshore transaction” in Regulation S.

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[(2)            the transaction was executed with a Transferee that was an institution or reasonably believed to be an institution by the Transferor or anyone acting on its behalf in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither the Transferor nor any person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was pre-arranged with a buyer in the United States,]^*

(3)       no directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or 904(b) of Regulation S, as applicable, and

(4)       the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act;

or (ii) with respect to transfers made in reliance on Rule 144 under the Securities Act, the Transferor does hereby certify that the Certificates that are being transferred are not “restricted securities” as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act.

This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Master Servicer, the General Special Servicer and the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer.

	[Insert Name of Transferor]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:

Dated: _______________, 20___

 

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EXHIBIT J

FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE
FOR EXCHANGE OR TRANSFER FROM REGULATION S GLOBAL
CERTIFICATE TO RULE 144A GLOBAL CERTIFICATE DURING THE RESTRICTED PERIOD

(Exchange or transfers pursuant to Section 5.02(c)(ii)(C)
of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement)

Computershare Trust Company, N.A.

1505 Energy Park Drive

St. Paul, Minnesota 55108

Attention: CTS – Certificate Transfers Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust

 

Re: Transfer of Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38, Class [    ]

Reference is hereby made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), and executed in connection with the above referenced transaction. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This letter relates to U.S. $                     aggregate Certificate Balance of Certificates (the “Certificates”) which are held in the form of the Regulation S Global Certificate (CUSIP No.                     ) with [Euroclear] [Clearstream]^* (Common Code                     ) through the Depository in the name of [insert name of transferor] (the “Transferor”). The Transferor has requested a transfer of such beneficial interest in the Certificates for an interest in the Regulation 144A Global Certificate (CUSIP No.                     ).

In connection with such request, and in respect of such Certificates, the Transferor does hereby certify that such Certificates are being transferred in accordance with (i) the transfer restrictions set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and (ii) Rule 144A under the Securities Act to a transferee that the Transferor reasonably believes is purchasing the Certificates for its own account with respect to which the transferee exercises sole investment discretion and the transferee and any such account is “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A, in each case in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States or an jurisdiction.

This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor,

^*  Select appropriate depositary

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the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Master Servicer, the General Special Servicer and the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer.

	[Insert Name of Transferor]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:

Dated: ______________, 20__

 

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EXHIBIT K

FORM OF DISTRIBUTION DATE STATEMENT

 

  K-1  

 

Distribution Date:	05/17/23	Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust
Determination Date:	05/11/23
Record Date:	04/28/23	Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
		Series 2023-B38

Table of Contents
Section	Pages
Certificate Distribution Detail	2-3
Certificate Factor Detail	4
Certificate Interest Reconciliation Detail	5
Additional Information	6
Bond / Collateral Reconciliation - Cash Flows	7
Bond / Collateral Reconciliation - Balances	8
Current Mortgage Loan and Property Stratification	9-13
Mortgage Loan Detail (Part 1)	14
Mortgage Loan Detail (Part 2)	15
Principal Prepayment Detail	16
Historical Detail	17
Delinquency Loan Detail	18
Collateral Stratification and Historical Detail	19
Specially Serviced Loan Detail - Part 1	20
Specially Serviced Loan Detail - Part 2	21
Modified Loan Detail	22
Historical Liquidated Loan Detail	23
Historical Bond / Collateral Loss Reconciliation Detail	24
Interest Shortfall Detail - Collateral Level	25
Supplemental Notes	26

Contacts
Role	Party and Contact Information
Depositor	Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation
	Attention: Lainie Kaye	cmbs.requests@db.com
	1 Columbus Circle | New York, NY 10019 | United States
Certificate Administrator	Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
	Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)	cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com; trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com
	9062 Old Annapolis Road | Columbia, MD 21045 | United States
Master Servicer	Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association
	Attention: Executive Vice President – Division Head	NoticeAdmin@midlandls.com; AskMidland@midlandls.com
	10851 Mastin Street, Building 82, Suite 300 | Overland Park, KS 66210 | United States
Special Servicer	LNR Partners, Inc.
	Job Warshaw and Heather Bennett	hbennett@starwood.com; jwarshaw@lnrpartners.com
	2340 Collins Avenue, Suite 700 | Miami Beach, FL 33139 | United States
Special Servicer of Pacific Design Center Loan	Argentic Services Company LP
	Attention: Andrew Hundertmark	ahundertmark@argenticservices.com
	500 N. Central Expressway, Suite 261 | Plano, TX 75074 | United States
Operating Advisor & Asset Representations Reviewer	Park Bridge Lender Services LLC
	CMBS Notices	cmbs.notices@parkbridgefinancial.com
	600 Third Avenue, 40th Floor | New York, NY 10016 | United States
Trustee	Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
	Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)	cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com; trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com
	9062 Old Annapolis Road | Columbia, MD 21045 | United States

This report is compiled by Computershare Trust Company, N.A. from information provided by third parties. Computershare Trust Company, N.A. has not independently confirmed the accuracy of the information.

Please visit www.ctslink.com for additional information and if applicable, any special notices and any credit risk retention notices. In addition, certificate holders may register online for email notification when special notices are posted. For information or assistance please call 866-846-4526.

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Distribution Date:	05/17/23	Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust
Determination Date:	05/11/23
Record Date:	04/28/23	Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
		Series 2023-B38

Certificate Distribution Detail
Class	CUSIP	Pass-Through Rate (2)	Original Balance	Beginning Balance	Principal Distribution	Interest Distribution	Prepayment Penalties	Realized Losses	Total Distribution	Ending Balance	Current Credit Support¹	Original Credit Support¹
Regular Certificates
A-1		0.000000%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00%	0.00%
A-2		0.000000%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00%	0.00%
A-3		0.000000%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00%	0.00%
A-SB		0.000000%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00%	0.00%
A-4		0.000000%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00%	0.00%
A-M		0.000000%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00%	0.00%
B		0.000000%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00%	0.00%
C		0.000000%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00%	0.00%
D		0.000000%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00%	0.00%
E		0.000000%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00%	0.00%
F		0.000000%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00%	0.00%
G		0.000000%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00%	0.00%
H		0.000000%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00%	0.00%
S		0.000000%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00%	0.00%
R		0.000000%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00%	0.00%
RR Certificates		0.000000%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00%	0.00%
RR Interest		0.000000%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00%	0.00%
PDC-A1		0.000000%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00%	0.00%
PDC-A2		0.000000%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00%	0.00%
PDC-HRR		0.000000%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00%	0.00%
Regular SubTotal			0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Notional Certificates
X-A		0.000000%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Certificate Distribution Detail continued to next page

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Distribution Date:	05/17/23	Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust
Determination Date:	05/11/23
Record Date:	04/28/23	Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
		Series 2023-B38

Certificate Distribution Detail
Class	CUSIP	Pass-Through Rate (2)	Original Balance	Beginning Balance	Principal Distribution	Interest Distribution	Prepayment Penalties	Realized Losses	Total Distribution	Ending Balance	Current Credit Support¹	Original Credit Support¹
Notional Certificates
X-D		0.000000%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
X-F		0.000000%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
X-G		0.000000%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
X-H		0.000000%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Notional SubTotal			0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Deal Distribution Total					0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
*	Denotes the Controlling Class (if required)
(1)	Calculated by taking (A) the sum of the ending certificate balance of all classes in a series less (B) the sum of (i) the ending certificate balance of the designated class and (ii) the ending certificate balance of all classes which are not subordinate to the designated class and dividing the result by (A).
(2)	Pass-Through Rates with respect to any Class of Certificates on next month's Payment Date is expected to be the same as the current respective Pass-Through Rate, subject to any modifications on the underlying loans, any change in certificate or pool balance, any change in the underlying index (if and as applicable), and any other matters provided in the governing documents.

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Distribution Date:	05/17/23	Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust
Determination Date:	05/11/23
Record Date:	04/28/23	Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
		Series 2023-B38

Certificate Factor Detail
Class	CUSIP	Beginning Balance	Principal Distribution	Interest Distribution	Interest Shortfalls / (Paybacks)	Cumulative Interest Shortfalls	Prepayment Penalties	Realized Losses	Total Distribution	Ending Balance
Regular Certificates
A-1		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
A-2		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
A-3		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
A-SB		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
A-4		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
A-M		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
B		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
C		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
D		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
E		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
F		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
G		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
H		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
S		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
R		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
RR Certificates		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
RR Interest		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
PDC-A1		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
PDC-A2		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
PDC-HRR		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
Notional Certificates
X-A		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
X-D		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
X-F		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
X-G		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
X-H		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000

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Distribution Date:	05/17/23	Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust
Determination Date:	05/11/23
Record Date:	04/28/23	Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
		Series 2023-B38

Certificate Interest Reconciliation Detail
	Class	Accrual Period	Accrual Days	Prior Cumulative Interest Shortfalls	Accrued Certificate Interest	Net Aggregate Prepayment Interest Shortfall	Distributable Certificate Interest	Interest Shortfalls / (Paybacks)	Payback of Prior Realized Losses	Additional Interest Distribution Amount	Interest Distribution	Cumulative Interest Shortfalls
	A-1	MM/DD/YY-MM/DD/YY	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	A-2	MM/DD/YY-MM/DD/YY	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	A-3	MM/DD/YY-MM/DD/YY	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	A-SB	MM/DD/YY-MM/DD/YY	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	A-4	MM/DD/YY-MM/DD/YY	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	X-A	MM/DD/YY-MM/DD/YY	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	A-M	MM/DD/YY-MM/DD/YY	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	X-D	MM/DD/YY-MM/DD/YY	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	X-F	MM/DD/YY-MM/DD/YY	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	X-G	MM/DD/YY-MM/DD/YY	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	X-H	MM/DD/YY-MM/DD/YY	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	B	MM/DD/YY-MM/DD/YY	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	C	MM/DD/YY-MM/DD/YY	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	D	MM/DD/YY-MM/DD/YY	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	E	MM/DD/YY-MM/DD/YY	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	F	MM/DD/YY-MM/DD/YY	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	G	MM/DD/YY-MM/DD/YY	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	H	MM/DD/YY-MM/DD/YY	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	RR Certificates	MM/DD/YY-MM/DD/YY	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	RR Interest	MM/DD/YY-MM/DD/YY	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	PDC-A1	MM/DD/YY-MM/DD/YY	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	PDC-A2	MM/DD/YY-MM/DD/YY	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	PDC-HRR	MM/DD/YY-MM/DD/YY	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Totals				0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

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Distribution Date:	05/17/23	Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust
Determination Date:	05/11/23
Record Date:	04/28/23	Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
		Series 2023-B38

Additional Information

Total Available Distribution Amount (1) 0.00

(1) The Available Distribution Amount includes any Prepayment Premiums.

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Distribution Date:	05/17/23	Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust
Determination Date:	05/11/23
Record Date:	04/28/23	Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
		Series 2023-B38

Bond / Collateral Reconciliation - Cash Flows

Total Funds Collected

Interest
	Interest Paid or Advanced	0.00
	Interest Reductions due to Nonrecoverability Determination	0.00
	Interest Adjustments	0.00
	Deferred Interest	0.00
	ARD Interest	0.00
	Net Prepayment Interest Excess / (Shortfall)	0.00
	Extension Interest	0.00
	Interest Reserve Withdrawal	0.00
	Total Interest Collected	0.00

Principal
	Scheduled Principal	0.00
	Unscheduled Principal Collections
	Principal Prepayments	0.00
	Collection of Principal after Maturity Date	0.00
	Recoveries From Liquidations and Insurance Proceeds	0.00
	Excess of Prior Principal Amounts Paid	0.00
	Curtailments	0.00
	Negative Amortization	0.00
	Principal Adjustments	0.00
	Total Principal Collected	0.00

Other
	Prepayment Penalties / Yield Maintenance	0.00
	Gain on Sale / Excess Liquidation Proceeds	0.00
	Borrower Option Extension Fees	0.00
	Total Other Collected	0.00

Total Funds Collected 0.00

Total Funds Distributed

Fees
	Master Servicing Fee	0.00
	Certificate Administrator Fee	0.00
	Trustee Fee	0.00
	CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee	0.00
	Operating Advisor Fee	0.00
	Asset Representations Reviewer Fee	0.00
	Total Fees	0.00

Expenses/Reimbursements
	Reimbursement for Interest on Advances	0.00
	ASER Amount	0.00
	Special Servicing Fees (Monthly)	0.00
	Special Servicing Fees (Liquidation)	0.00
	Special Servicing Fees (Work Out)	0.00
	Legal Fees	0.00
	Rating Agency Expenses	0.00
	Taxes Imposed on Trust Fund	0.00
	Non-Recoverable Advances	0.00
	Workout Delayed Reimbursement Amounts	0.00
	Other Expenses	0.00
	Total Expenses/Reimbursements	0.00

Interest Reserve Deposit 0.00

Payments to Certificateholders and Others
	Interest Distribution	0.00
	Principal Distribution	0.00
	Prepayment Penalties / Yield Maintenance	0.00
	Total Payments to Certificateholders and Others	0.00

Total Funds Distributed 0.00

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Distribution Date:	05/17/23	Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust
Determination Date:	05/11/23
Record Date:	04/28/23	Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
		Series 2023-B38

Bond / Collateral Reconciliation - Balances 

Collateral Reconciliation

		Total
Beginning Scheduled Collateral Balance	0.00	0.00
(-) Scheduled Principal Collections	0.00	0.00
(-) Unscheduled Principal Collections	0.00	0.00
(-) Principal Adjustments (Cash)	0.00	0.00
(-) Principal Adjustments (Non-Cash)	0.00	0.00
(-) Realized Losses from Collateral	0.00	0.00
(-) Other Adjustments²	0.00	0.00
Ending Scheduled Collateral Balance	0.00	0.00
Beginning Actual Collateral Balance	0.00	0.00
Ending Actual Collateral Balance	0.00	0.00

Certificate Reconciliation

		Total
Beginning Certificate Balance		0.00
(-) Principal Distributions		0.00
(-) Realized Losses		0.00
	Realized Loss and Realized Loss Adjustments on Collateral	0.00
	Current Period NRA¹	0.00
	Current Period WODRA¹	0.00
	Principal Used to Pay Interest	0.00
	Non-Cash Principal Adjustments	0.00
	Certificate Other Adjustments**	0.00
Ending Certificate Balance		0.00

NRA/WODRA Reconciliation
	Non-Recoverable Advances (NRA) from Principal	Workout Delayed Reimbursement of Advances (WODRA) from Principal
Beginning Cumulative Advances	0.00	0.00
Current Period Advances	0.00	0.00
Ending Cumulative Advances	0.00	0.00

Under / Over Collateralization Reconciliation
Beginning UC / (OC)	0.00
UC / (OC) Change	0.00
Ending UC / (OC)	0.00
Net WAC Rate	0.00%
UC / (OC) Interest	0.00

(1)	Current Period NRA and WODRA displayed will represent the portion applied as Realized Losses to the bonds.
(2)	Other Adjustments value will represent miscellaneous items that may impact the Scheduled Balance of the collateral.
**	A negative value for Certificate Other Adjustments represents the payback of prior Principal Shortfalls, if any.

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Distribution Date:	05/17/23	Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust
Determination Date:	05/11/23
Record Date:	04/28/23	Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
		Series 2023-B38

Current Mortgage Loan and Property Stratification

Aggregate Pool

Scheduled Balance
Scheduled Balance	# Of Loans	Scheduled Balance	% Of Agg. Bal.	WAM²	WAC	Weighted Avg DSCR¹
Totals

Debt Service Coverage Ratio¹
Debt Service Coverage Ratio	# Of Loans	Scheduled Balance	% Of Agg. Bal.	WAM²	WAC	Weighted Avg DSCR¹
Totals

(1)	Debt Service Coverage Ratios are updated periodically as new NOI figures become available from borrowers on an asset level. In all cases the most current DSCR provided by the Servicer is used. To the extent that no DSCR is provided by the Servicer, information from the offering document is used. The debt service coverage ratio information was provided to the Certificate Administrator by the Master Servicer and the Certificate Administrator has not independently confirmed the accuracy of such information.
(2)	Anticipated Remaining Term and WAM are each calculated based upon the term from the current month to the earlier of the Anticipated Repayment Date, if applicable, and the Maturity Date.
(3)	Data in this table was calculated by allocating pro-rata the current loan information to the properties based upon the Cut Off Date Balance of each property as disclosed in the offering document. The Scheduled Balance Totals reflect the aggregate balances of all pooled loans as reported in the CREFC Loan Periodic Update File. To the extent that the Scheduled Balance Total figure for the "State" and "Property" stratification tables is not equal to the sum of the scheduled balance figures for each state or property, the difference is explained by loans that have been modified into a split loan structure. The "State" and "Property" stratification tables do not include the balance of the subordinate note (sometimes called the B-piece or a "hope note") of a loan that has been modified into a split-loan structure. Rather, the scheduled balance for each state or property only reflects the balance of the senior note (sometimes called the A-piece) of a loan that has been modified into a split-loan structure.

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Distribution Date:	05/17/23	Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust
Determination Date:	05/11/23
Record Date:	04/28/23	Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
		Series 2023-B38

Current Mortgage Loan and Property Stratification

Aggregate Pool

State³
State	# Of Properties	Scheduled Balance	% Of Agg. Bal.	WAM²	WAC	Weighted Avg DSCR¹
Totals

Property Type³
Property Type	# Of Properties	Scheduled Balance	% Of Agg. Bal.	WAM²	WAC	Weighted Avg DSCR¹
Totals

Note: Please refer to footnotes on the next page of the report.

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Determination Date:	05/11/23
Record Date:	04/28/23	Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
		Series 2023-B38

Current Mortgage Loan and Property Stratification

Aggregate Pool

Note Rate
Note Rate	# Of Loans	Scheduled Balance	% Of Agg. Bal.	WAM²	WAC	Weighted Avg DSCR¹
Totals

Seasoning
Seasoning	# Of Loans	Scheduled Balance	% Of Agg. Bal.	WAM²	WAC	Weighted Avg DSCR¹
Totals

(1)	Debt Service Coverage Ratios are updated periodically as new NOI figures become available from borrowers on an asset level. In all cases the most current DSCR provided by the Servicer is used. To the extent that no DSCR is provided by the Servicer, information from the offering document is used. The debt service coverage ratio information was provided to the Certificate Administrator by the Master Servicer and the Certificate Administrator has not independently confirmed the accuracy of such information.
(2)	Anticipated Remaining Term and WAM are each calculated based upon the term from the current month to the earlier of the Anticipated Repayment Date, if applicable, and the Maturity Date.
(3)	Data in this table was calculated by allocating pro-rata the current loan information to the properties based upon the Cut Off Date Balance of each property as disclosed in the offering document. The Scheduled Balance Totals reflect the aggregate balances of all pooled loans as reported in the CREFC Loan Periodic Update File. To the extent that the Scheduled Balance Total figure for the "State" and "Property" stratification tables is not equal to the sum of the scheduled balance figures for each state or property, the difference is explained by loans that have been modified into a split loan structure. The "State" and "Property" stratification tables do not include the balance of the subordinate note (sometimes called the B-piece or a "hope note") of a loan that has been modified into a split-loan structure. Rather, the scheduled balance for each state or property only reflects the balance of the senior note (sometimes called the A-piece) of a loan that has been modified into a split-loan structure.

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Distribution Date:	05/17/23	Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust
Determination Date:	05/11/23
Record Date:	04/28/23	Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
		Series 2023-B38

Current Mortgage Loan and Property Stratification

Aggregate Pool

Anticipated Remaining Term (ARD and Balloon Loans)
Anticipated Remaining Term	# Of Loans	Scheduled Balance	% Of Agg. Bal.	WAM²	WAC	Weighted Avg DSCR¹
Totals

Remaining Amortization Term (ARD and Balloon Loans)
Remaining Amortization Term	# Of Loans	Scheduled Balance	% Of Agg. Bal.	WAM²	WAC	Weighted Avg DSCR¹
Totals

(1)	Debt Service Coverage Ratios are updated periodically as new NOI figures become available from borrowers on an asset level. In all cases the most current DSCR provided by the Servicer is used. To the extent that no DSCR is provided by the Servicer, information from the offering document is used. The debt service coverage ratio information was provided to the Certificate Administrator by the Master Servicer and the Certificate Administrator has not independently confirmed the accuracy of such information.
(2)	Anticipated Remaining Term and WAM are each calculated based upon the term from the current month to the earlier of the Anticipated Repayment Date, if applicable, and the Maturity Date.
(3)	Data in this table was calculated by allocating pro-rata the current loan information to the properties based upon the Cut Off Date Balance of each property as disclosed in the offering document. The Scheduled Balance Totals reflect the aggregate balances of all pooled loans as reported in the CREFC Loan Periodic Update File. To the extent that the Scheduled Balance Total figure for the "State" and "Property" stratification tables is not equal to the sum of the scheduled balance figures for each state or property, the difference is explained by loans that have been modified into a split loan structure. The "State" and "Property" stratification tables do not include the balance of the subordinate note (sometimes called the B-piece or a "hope note") of a loan that has been modified into a split-loan structure. Rather, the scheduled balance for each state or property only reflects the balance of the senior note (sometimes called the A-piece) of a loan that has been modified into a split-loan structure.

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Distribution Date:	05/17/23	Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust
Determination Date:	05/11/23
Record Date:	04/28/23	Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
		Series 2023-B38

Current Mortgage Loan and Property Stratification

Aggregate Pool

Age of Most Recent NOI
Age of Most Recent NOI	# Of Loans	Scheduled Balance	% Of Agg. Bal.	WAM²	WAC	Weighted Avg DSCR¹
Totals

Remaining Stated Term (Fully Amortizing Loans)
Age of Most Recent NOI	# Of Loans	Scheduled Balance	% Of Agg. Bal.	WAM²	WAC	Weighted Avg DSCR¹
Totals

(1)	Debt Service Coverage Ratios are updated periodically as new NOI figures become available from borrowers on an asset level. In all cases the most current DSCR provided by the Servicer is used. To the extent that no DSCR is provided by the Servicer, information from the offering document is used. The debt service coverage ratio information was provided to the Certificate Administrator by the Master Servicer and the Certificate Administrator has not independently confirmed the accuracy of such information.
(2)	Anticipated Remaining Term and WAM are each calculated based upon the term from the current month to the earlier of the Anticipated Repayment Date, if applicable, and the Maturity Date.
(3)	Data in this table was calculated by allocating pro-rata the current loan information to the properties based upon the Cut Off Date Balance of each property as disclosed in the offering document. The Scheduled Balance Totals reflect the aggregate balances of all pooled loans as reported in the CREFC Loan Periodic Update File. To the extent that the Scheduled Balance Total figure for the "State" and "Property" stratification tables is not equal to the sum of the scheduled balance figures for each state or property, the difference is explained by loans that have been modified into a split loan structure. The "State" and "Property" stratification tables do not include the balance of the subordinate note (sometimes called the B-piece or a "hope note") of a loan that has been modified into a split-loan structure. Rather, the scheduled balance for each state or property only reflects the balance of the senior note (sometimes called the A-piece) of a loan that has been modified into a split-loan structure.

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Distribution Date:	05/17/23	Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust
Determination Date:	05/11/23
Record Date:	04/28/23	Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
		Series 2023-B38

Mortgage Loan Detail (Part 1)

Pros ID

Loan ID

Loan Group

Prop Type (1)

City

State

Interest Accrual Type

Gross Rate

Scheduled Interest

Scheduled Principal

Principal Adjustments

Anticipated Repay Date

Original Maturity Date

Adjusted Maturity Date

Beginning Scheduled Balance

Ending Scheduled Balance

Paid Through Date

Totals

1 Property Type Codes
	HC - Health Care	MU - Mixed Use	WH - Warehouse	MF - Multi-Family
	SS - Self Storage	LO - Lodging	RT - Retail	SF - Single Family Rental
	98 - Other	IN - Industrial	OF - Office	MH - Mobile Home Park
	SE - Securities	CH - Cooperative Housing	ZZ - Missing Information/Undefined

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Distribution Date:	05/17/23	Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust
Determination Date:	05/11/23
Record Date:	04/28/23	Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
		Series 2023-B38

Mortgage Loan Detail (Part 2)

Pros ID

Loan Group

Most Recent Fiscal NOI

Most Recent NOI

Most Recent NOI Start Date

Most Recent NOI End Date

Appraisal Reduction Date

Appraisal Reduction Amount

Cumulative ASER

Current P&I Advances

Cumulative P&I Advances

Cumulative Servicer Advances

Current NRA/WODRA from Principal

Defease Status

Totals

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Determination Date:	05/11/23
Record Date:	04/28/23	Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
		Series 2023-B38

Principal Prepayment Detail
			Unscheduled Principal		Prepayment Penalties
Pros ID	Loan Number	Loan Group	Amount	Prepayment / Liquidation Code	Prepayment Premium Amount	Yield Maintenance Amount
Totals

Note: Principal Prepayment Amount listed here may include Principal Adjustment Amounts on the loan in addition to the Unscheduled Principal Amount.

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Distribution Date:	05/17/23	Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust
Determination Date:	05/11/23
Record Date:	04/28/23	Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
		Series 2023-B38

Historical Detail

Delinquencies¹

Prepayments

Rate and Maturities

30-59 Days

60-89 Days

90 Days or More

Foreclosure

REO

Modifications

Curtailments

Payoff

Next Weighted Avg.

Distribution Date

#

Balance

#

Balance

#

Balance

#

Balance

#

Balance

#

Balance

#

Amount

#

Amount

Coupon

Remit

WAM¹

(1) Foreclosure and REO Totals are included in the delinquencies aging categories.

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Determination Date:	05/11/23
Record Date:	04/28/23	Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
		Series 2023-B38

Delinquency Loan Detail

Pros ID

Loan ID

Paid Through Date

Months Delinquent

Mortgage Loan Status¹

Current P&I Advances

Outstanding P&I Advances

Outstanding Servicer Advances

Actual Principal Balance

Servicing Transfer Date

Resolution Strategy Code²

Bankruptcy Date

Foreclosure Date

REO Date

Totals

1 Mortgage Loan Status
	A - Payment Not Received But Still in Grace Period	0 - Current	4 - Performing Matured Balloon
	B - Late Payment But Less Than 30 days  Delinquent	1 - 30-59 Days Delinquent	5 - Non Performing Matured Balloon
		2 - 60-89 Days Delinquent	6 - 121+ Days Delinquent
		3 - 90-120 Days Delinquent

2 Resolution Strategy Code
	1 - Modification	6 - DPO	10 - Deed in Lieu of Foreclosures
	2 - Foreclosure	7 - REO	11- Full Payoff
	3 - Bankruptcy	8 - Resolved	12 - Reps and Warranties
	4 - Extension	9 - Pending Return to Master Servicer	13 -  TBD
	5 - Note Sale	98 - Other

     Note: Outstanding P & I Advances include the current period advance.

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Distribution Date:	05/17/23	Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust
Determination Date:	05/11/23
Record Date:	04/28/23	Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
		Series 2023-B38

Collateral Stratification and Historical Detail

Maturity Dates and Loan Status¹

	Total	Performing	Non-Performing	REO/Foreclosure
Past Maturity	0	0	0	0
0 - 6 Months	0	0	0	0
7 - 12 Months	0	0	0	0
13 - 24 Months	0	0	0	0
25 - 36 Months	0	0	0	0
37 - 48 Months	0	0	0	0
49 - 60 Months	0	0	0	0
> 60 Months	0	0	0	0

Historical Delinquency Information

	Total	Current	30-59 Days	60-89 Days	90+ Days	REO/Foreclosure
May-23	0	0	0	0	0	0
Apr-23	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mar-23	0	0	0	0	0	0
Feb-23	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jan-23	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dec-22	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nov-22	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oct-22	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sep-22	0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug-22	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul-22	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun-22	0	0	0	0	0	0

(1) Maturity dates used in this chart are based on the dates provided by the Master Servicer in the Loan Periodic File.

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Determination Date:	05/11/23
Record Date:	04/28/23	Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
		Series 2023-B38

Specially Serviced Loan Detail - Part 1
Pros ID	Loan ID	Ending Scheduled Balance	Actual Balance	Appraisal Value	Appraisal Date	Net Operating Income	DSCR	DSCR Date	Maturity Date	Remaining Amort Term
Totals

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Distribution Date:	05/17/23	Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust
Determination Date:	05/11/23
Record Date:	04/28/23	Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
		Series 2023-B38

Specially Serviced Loan Detail - Part 2
Pros ID	Loan ID	Property Type¹	State	Servicing Transfer Date	Resolution Strategy Code²	Special Servicing Comments

1 Property Type Codes
	HC - Health Care	MU - Mixed Use	WH - Warehouse
	MF - Multi-Family	SS - Self Storage	LO - Lodging
	RT - Retail	SF - Single Family Rental	98 - Other
	IN - Industrial	OF - Office	MH - Mobile Home Park
	SE - Securities	CH - Cooperative Housing	ZZ - Missing Information/Undefined

2 Resolution Strategy Code
	1 - Modification	6 - DPO	10 - Deed in Lieu of Foreclosures
	2 - Foreclosure	7 - REO	11- Full Payoff
	3 - Bankruptcy	8 - Resolved	12 - Reps and Warranties
	4 - Extension	9 - Pending Return to Master Servicer	13 -  TBD
	5 - Note Sale	98 - Other

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Distribution Date:	05/17/23	Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust
Determination Date:	05/11/23
Record Date:	04/28/23	Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
		Series 2023-B38

Modified Loan Detail 

		Pre-Modification		Post-Modification				Modification	Modification
Pros ID	Loan Number	Balance	Rate	Balance	Rate	Modification Code¹	Modification Booking Date	Closing Date	Effective Date
Totals

1 Modification Codes
	1 - Maturity Date Extension	5 - Temporary Rate Reduction	8 - Other
	2 - Amortization Change	6 - Capitalization on Interest	9 - Combination
	3 - Principal Write-Off	7 - Capitalization on Taxes	10 - Forbearance

Note: Please refer to Servicer Reports for modification comments.

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Distribution Date:	05/17/23	Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust
Determination Date:	05/11/23
Record Date:	04/28/23	Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
		Series 2023-B38

Historical Liquidated Loan Detail

Pros ID¹

Loan Number

Dist.Date

Loan Beginning Scheduled Balance

Most Recent Appraised Value or BPO

Gross Sales Proceeds or Other Proceeds

Fees, Advances, and Expenses

Net Proceeds Received on Liquidation

Net Proceeds Available for Distribution

Realized Loss to Loan

Current Period Adjustment to Loan

Cumulative Adjustment to Loan

Loss to Loan with Cumulative Adjustment

Percent of Original Loan Balance

Current Period Totals

Cumulative Totals

Note: Fees, Advances and Expenses also include outstanding P & I advances and unpaid fees (servicing, trustee, etc.).

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Distribution Date:	05/17/23	Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust
Determination Date:	05/11/23
Record Date:	04/28/23	Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
		Series 2023-B38

		Historical Bond / Collateral Loss Reconciliation Detail
Pros ID	Loan Number	Distribution Date	Certificate Interest Paid from Collateral Principal Collections	Reimb of Prior Realized Losses from Collateral Interest Collections	Aggregate Realized Loss to Loan	Loss Covered by Credit Support/Deal Structure	Loss Applied to Certificate Interest Payment	Loss Applied to Certificate Balance	Non-Cash Principal Adjustment	Realized Losses from NRA/WODRA	Total Loss Applied to Certificate Balance
Current Period Totals
Cumulative Totals

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Distribution Date:	05/17/23	Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust
Determination Date:	05/11/23
Record Date:	04/28/23	Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
		Series 2023-B38

Interest Shortfall Detail - Collateral Level

Pros ID

Interest Adjustments

Deferred Interest Collected

Special Servicing Fees

ASER

PPIS /  (PPIE)

Non- Recoverable Interest

Interest on Advances

Reimbursement of Advances from Interest

Other Shortfalls / (Refunds)

Modified Interest Reduction / (Excess)

Monthly

Liquidation

Work Out

Total

Note: Interest Adjustments listed for each loan do not include amounts that were used to adjust the Weighted Average Net Rate of the mortgage loans.

Collateral Shortfall Total

0.00

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Distribution Date:	05/17/23	Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust
Determination Date:	05/11/23
Record Date:	04/28/23	Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
		Series 2023-B38

Supplemental Notes

None

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EXHIBIT L-1A

Form of Investor Certification for Non-Borrower PartY AND/OR Risk Retention Consultation Party
(for Persons other than the Directing holder, a Controlling Class Certificateholder AND/OR A PACIFIC DESIGN CENTER CONTROLLING CLASS CERTIFICATEHOLDER)

[Date]

Computershare Trust Company, N.A.

9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045

Attention: Corporate Trust Services – Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust

Email: trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com

cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com

Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (“Pooling and Servicing Agreement”) relating to Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38

In accordance with the requirements for obtaining certain information under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the above-referenced certificates (the “Certificates”), the undersigned hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

1.       The undersigned is either a certificateholder, beneficial owner or prospective purchaser of the above-referenced Class ___ Certificates or is a Risk Retention Consultation Party, and is not the Directing Holder, a Controlling Class Certificateholder or a Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholder.

2.       In the case of a Publicly Offered Certificate, the undersigned has received a copy of the Prospectus.

3.       The undersigned is not a Borrower Party or a Risk Retention Consultation Party.

4.       The undersigned is requesting access pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to certain information (the “Information”) on the Certificate Administrator’s Website.

In consideration of the disclosure to the undersigned of the Information, or the access thereto, the undersigned shall keep the Information confidential (except from such outside persons as are assisting it in making an evaluation in connection with purchasing the related Certificates, from its accountants and attorneys, and otherwise from such governmental or banking authorities or agencies to which the undersigned is subject), and such Information shall not, without the prior written consent of the Depositor, be otherwise disclosed by the undersigned or by its officers, directors, partners, employees, agents or representatives (collectively, the “Representatives”) in any manner whatsoever, in whole or in part.

  L-1A-1  

 

The undersigned shall not use or disclose the Information in any manner which could result in a violation of any provision of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or would require registration of any Certificate not previously registered pursuant to Section 5 of the Securities Act.

5.       The undersigned shall be fully liable for any breach of this agreement by itself or any of its Representatives and shall indemnify the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the General Special Servicer, the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers, the Loan-Specific Initial Purchaser and the Trust Fund for any loss, liability or expense incurred thereby with respect to any such breach by the undersigned or any of its Representatives.

6.       The undersigned agrees that each time it accesses the Certificate Administrator’s Website, the undersigned is deemed to have recertified that the representations and covenants contained herein remain true and correct.

7.       Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned has made the representations above and shall have caused, or shall be deemed to have caused, its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the date certified.

By:
	Title:
	Company:
	Phone:

  L-1A-2  

 

EXHIBIT L-1B

Form of Investor Certification for Non-Borrower PartY (for the
directing holder, a Controlling Class Certificateholder AND/OR
A PACIFIC DESIGN CENTER CONTROLLING CLASSSS CERTIFICATEHOLDER)

[Date]

Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association 10851 Mastin Street, Suite 700 Overland Park, Kansas 66210 Attention: Executive Vice President – Division Head Facsimile: (888) 706-3565	Computershare Trust Company, N.A. 9062 Old Annapolis Road Columbia, Maryland 21045 Attention:  Corporate Trust Services – Benchmark 2023-B38 Email: trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com
LNR Partners, LLC 2340 Collins Avenue, Suite 700 Miami Beach, Florida 33139 Attention: Heather Bennett and Job Warshaw Email: hbennett@starwood.com jwarshaw@lnrpartners.com lnr.cmbs.notices@lnrpartners.com	Park Bridge Lender Services LLC 600 Third Avenue, 40th Floor New York, New York 10016 Attention: BMARK 2023-B38 – Surveillance Manager (with a copy sent contemporaneously via email to: cmbs.notices@parkbridgefinancial.com)
Argentic Services Company LP 500 North Central Expressway, Suite 261 Plano, Texas 75074 Attention: Andrew Hundertmark Email: ahundertmark@argenticservices.com

Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (“Pooling and Servicing Agreement”) relating to Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38

In accordance with the requirements for obtaining certain information under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the above-referenced certificates (the “Certificates”), the undersigned hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

1.       The undersigned is either the Directing Holder, a Controlling Class Certificateholder or Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholder.

2.       The undersigned is not a Borrower Party.

  L-1B-1  

 

3.       The undersigned is requesting access pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to certain information (the “Information”) on the Certificate Administrator’s Website.

In consideration of the disclosure to the undersigned of the Information, or the access thereto, the undersigned shall keep the Information confidential (except from such outside persons as are assisting it in making an evaluation in connection with purchasing the related Certificates, from its accountants and attorneys, and otherwise from such governmental or banking authorities or agencies to which the undersigned is subject), and such Information shall not, without the prior written consent of the Depositor, be otherwise disclosed by the undersigned or by its officers, directors, partners, employees, agents or representatives (collectively, the “Representatives”) in any manner whatsoever, in whole or in part, unless required to do so by law, regulation or legal, judicial or administrative process; provided, however, that the confidentiality requirement detailed above shall not apply to information which (i) is already in the undersigned’s possession, (ii) is or becomes publicly available other than as a result of a disclosure by the undersigned in breach of this agreement or (iii) is or becomes available to the undersigned from a source other than the Certificate Administrator’s Website.

The undersigned shall not use or disclose the Information in any manner which could result in a violation of any provision of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or would require registration of any Certificate not previously registered pursuant to Section 5 of the Securities Act.

4.       The undersigned shall be fully liable for any breach of this agreement by itself or any of its Representatives and shall indemnify the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the General Special Servicer, the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers, the Loan-Specific Initial Purchaser and the Trust Fund for any loss, liability or expense incurred thereby with respect to any such breach by the undersigned or any of its Representatives.

5.       At any time the undersigned becomes a Borrower Party with respect to any Mortgage Loan, the undersigned shall deliver the certification attached as Exhibit L-1D to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and shall deliver to the applicable parties the notices attached as Exhibit L-1E and Exhibit L-1F to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

6.       The undersigned agrees that each time it accesses the Certificate Administrator’s Website, the undersigned is deemed to have recertified that the representations and covenants contained herein remain true and correct.

7.       The undersigned hereby certifies that an executed copy of this certification in paper form has been delivered in accordance with the notice provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to each of the addressees listed above (a) by overnight courier or (b) mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid.

  L-1B-2  

 

8.       Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned has made the representations above and shall have caused, or shall be deemed to have caused, its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the date certified.

By:
	Title:
	Company:
	Phone:

 

  L-1B-3  

 

EXHIBIT L-1C

Form of Investor Certification for Borrower PartY
(for Persons other than the Directing Holder, a Controlling
Class Certificateholder, A PACIFIC DESIGN CENTER CONTROLLING
CLASS CERTIFICATEHOLDER AND/OR A RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION
PARTY)

[Date]

Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association 10851 Mastin Street, Suite 700 Overland Park, Kansas 66210 Attention: Executive Vice President – Division Head Facsimile: (888) 706-3565	Computershare Trust Company, N.A. 9062 Old Annapolis Road Columbia, Maryland 21045 Attention:  Corporate Trust Services – Benchmark 2023-B38 Email: trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com
LNR Partners, LLC 2340 Collins Avenue, Suite 700 Miami Beach, Florida 33139 Attention: Heather Bennett and Job Warshaw Email: hbennett@starwood.com jwarshaw@lnrpartners.com lnr.cmbs.notices@lnrpartners.com	Argentic Services Company LP 500 North Central Expressway, Suite 261 Plano, Texas 75074 Attention: Andrew Hundertmark Email: ahundertmark@argenticservices.com

 

Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (“Pooling and Servicing Agreement”) relating to Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38

In accordance with the requirements for obtaining certain information under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the above-referenced certificates (the “Certificates”), the undersigned hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

1.       The undersigned is either a certificateholder, beneficial owner or prospective purchaser of the above-referenced Class ___ Certificates, and is not the Directing Holder, a Controlling Class Certificateholder or a Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholder.

2       The undersigned is a Borrower Party.

  L-1C-1  

 

3.       The undersigned is requesting access pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the Distribution Date Statements on the Certificate Administrator’s Website.

In consideration of the disclosure to the undersigned of the Distribution Date Statements, or the access thereto, the undersigned shall keep the Distribution Date Statements confidential (except from such outside persons as are assisting it in making an evaluation in connection with purchasing the related Certificates, from its accountants and attorneys, and otherwise from such governmental or banking authorities or agencies to which the undersigned is subject), and such Distribution Date Statements shall not, without the prior written consent of the Depositor, be otherwise disclosed by the undersigned or by its officers, directors, partners, employees, agents or representatives (collectively, the “Representatives”) in any manner whatsoever, in whole or in part.

The undersigned shall not use or disclose the Distribution Date Statements in any manner which could result in a violation of any provision of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or would require registration of any Certificate not previously registered pursuant to Section 5 of the Securities Act.

4.       The undersigned shall be fully liable for any breach of this agreement by itself or any of its Representatives and shall indemnify the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the General Special Servicer, the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers, the Loan-Specific Initial Purchaser and the Trust Fund for any loss, liability or expense incurred thereby with respect to any such breach by the undersigned or any of its Representatives.

5.       The undersigned agrees that each time it accesses the Certificate Administrator’s Website, the undersigned is deemed to have recertified that the representations and covenants contained herein remain true and correct.

6.       Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned shall be deemed to have caused its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the date certified.

By: 

Title:

Company:

Phone:

  L-1C-2  

 

EXHIBIT L-1D

Form of Investor Certification for Borrower PartY
(for the Directing Holder, a Controlling Class
Certificateholder AND/OR A PACIFIC DESIGN CENTER CONTROLLING
CLASS CERTIFICATEHOLDER)

[Date]

Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association 10851 Mastin Street, Suite 700 Overland Park, Kansas 66210 Attention: Executive Vice President – Division Head Facsimile: (888) 706-3565	Computershare Trust Company, N.A. 9062 Old Annapolis Road Columbia, Maryland 21045 Attention:  Corporate Trust Services – Benchmark 2023-B38 Email: trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com
LNR Partners, LLC 2340 Collins Avenue, Suite 700 Miami Beach, Florida 33139 Attention: Heather Bennett and Job Warshaw Email: hbennett@starwood.com jwarshaw@lnrpartners.com lnr.cmbs.notices@lnrpartners.com	Park Bridge Lender Services LLC 600 Third Avenue, 40th Floor New York, New York 10016 Attention: BMARK 2023-B38 – Surveillance Manager (with a copy sent contemporaneously via email to: cmbs.notices@parkbridgefinancial.com)
Argentic Services Company LP 500 North Central Expressway, Suite 261 Plano, Texas 75074 Attention: Andrew Hundertmark Email: ahundertmark@argenticservices.com

Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (“Pooling and Servicing Agreement”) relating to Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38

In accordance with the requirements for obtaining certain information under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the above-referenced certificates (the “Certificates”), the undersigned hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

1.       The undersigned is [the Directing Holder][a Controlling Class Certificateholder][a Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholder].

  L-1D-1  

 

2       The undersigned is a Borrower Party with respect to the following Excluded Controlling Class Loans:

[IDENTIFY EXCLUDED CONTROLLING CLASS LOANS] (the “Excluded Controlling Class Loans”)

3.       Except with respect to the Excluded Controlling Class Loans, the undersigned is requesting access pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to certain information (the “Information”) on the Certificate Administrator’s Website.

In consideration of the disclosure to the undersigned of the Information, or the access thereto, the undersigned shall keep the Information confidential (except from such outside persons as are assisting it in making an evaluation in connection with purchasing the related Certificates, from its accountants and attorneys, and otherwise from such governmental or banking authorities or agencies to which the undersigned is subject), and such Information shall not, without the prior written consent of the Depositor, be otherwise disclosed by the undersigned or by its officers, directors, partners, employees, agents or representatives (collectively, the “Representatives”) in any manner whatsoever, in whole or in part.

The undersigned shall not use or disclose the Information in any manner which could result in a violation of any provision of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or would require registration of any Certificate not previously registered pursuant to Section 5 of the Securities Act.

4.       The undersigned hereby acknowledges and agrees that it is prohibited from accessing, reviewing and using Excluded Information (as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) relating to the Excluded Controlling Class Loans to the extent the undersigned receives access to such Excluded Information on the Certificate Administrator’s website or otherwise receives access to such Excluded Information in connection with its duties, or exercise of its rights pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

5.       The undersigned shall be fully liable for any breach of this agreement by itself or any of its Representative and shall indemnify each party to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers, the Loan-Specific Initial Purchaser and the Trust Fund for any loss, liability or expense incurred thereby with respect to any such breach by the undersigned or any of its Representatives.

6.       To the extent the undersigned receives access to any Excluded Information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website or otherwise receives access to such Excluded Information, the undersigned shall be deemed to have agreed that it (i) will not directly or indirectly provide such Excluded Information to the related Borrower or (A) any employees or personnel of the undersigned or any Affiliate involved in the management of any investment in the related Borrower or the related Mortgaged Property or (B) to its actual knowledge, any non-Affiliate that holds a direct or indirect ownership interest in the related Borrower, and (ii) will maintain sufficient internal controls and appropriate policies and procedures in place in order to comply with the obligations described in clause (i) above.

  L-1D-2  

 

7.       The undersigned agrees that each time it accesses the Certificate Administrator’s Website, the undersigned is deemed to have recertified that the representations and covenants contained herein remain true and correct.

8.       The undersigned hereby certifies that an executed copy of this certification in paper form has been delivered in accordance with the notice provisions of the Agreement to each of the addressees listed above (a) by overnight courier or (b) mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid.

9.       Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

[BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned shall be deemed to have caused its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the date certified.]

[The Directing Holder][a Controlling Class Certificateholder][a Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholder]

By:      

Title:

Company:

Phone:

  L-1D-3  

 

EXHIBIT L-1E

FORM OF NOTICE OF EXCLUDED CONTROLLING CLASS HOLDER

[Date]

Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association 10851 Mastin Street, Suite 700 Overland Park, Kansas 66210 Attention: Executive Vice President – Division Head Facsimile: (888) 706-3565	Computershare Trust Company, N.A. 9062 Old Annapolis Road Columbia, Maryland 21045 Attention:  Corporate Trust Services – Benchmark 2023-B38 Email: trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com
LNR Partners, LLC 2340 Collins Avenue, Suite 700 Miami Beach, Florida 33139 Attention: Heather Bennett and Job Warshaw Email: hbennett@starwood.com jwarshaw@lnrpartners.com lnr.cmbs.notices@lnrpartners.com	Park Bridge Lender Services LLC 600 Third Avenue, 40th Floor New York, New York 10016 Attention: BMARK 2023-B38 – Surveillance Manager (with a copy sent contemporaneously via email to: cmbs.notices@parkbridgefinancial.com)
Argentic Services Company LP 500 North Central Expressway, Suite 261 Plano, Texas 75074 Attention: Andrew Hundertmark Email: ahundertmark@argenticservices.com

Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (“Pooling and Servicing Agreement”) relating to Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38

THIS NOTICE IDENTIFIES AN “EXCLUDED CONTROLLING CLASS LOAN” RELATING TO THE BENCHMARK 2023-B38 MORTGAGE TRUST COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2023-B38, REQUIRING ACTION BY YOU AS THE RECIPIENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 3.32 OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

In accordance with Section 4.02(b) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, with respect to the above-referenced certificates (the “Certificates”), the undersigned (the “Excluded Controlling Class Holder”) hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

  L-1E-1  

 

1.                  The undersigned is [the Directing Holder] [a Controlling Class Certificateholder][a Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholder] as of the date hereof.

2.                  The undersigned has become an Excluded Controlling Class Holder with respect to the following Mortgage Loan(s) (“Excluded Controlling Class Loans”):

Mortgage Loan Number	ODCR	Loan Name	Borrower Name

3.                  As of the date above, the undersigned is the beneficial owner of the following certificates, and is providing the below information to the addressees hereto for purposes of their compliance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, including, the Certificate Administrator’s determination as to whether a Consultation Termination Event or Control Termination Event is in effect with respect to the Excluded Controlling Class Loans listed in paragraph 2 if any such mortgage loan is an Excluded Mortgage Loan:

CUSIP	Class	Outstanding Certificate Balance	Initial Certificate Balance

4.                  The undersigned is simultaneously providing notice to the Certificate Administrator in the form of Exhibit L-1F to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, requesting termination of access to any Excluded Information. The undersigned acknowledges that it is not permitted to access and shall not access any Excluded Information relating to the Excluded Controlling Class Loans on the Certificate Administrator’s website unless and until it has (i) delivered notice of the termination of the related Excluded Controlling Class Holder status and (ii) submitted a new investor certification in accordance with Section 4.02(b) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

5.                  The undersigned agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each party to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers, the Loan-Specific Initial Purchaser and the Trust Fund from any damage, loss, cost or liability (including legal fees and expenses and the cost of enforcing this indemnity) arising out of or resulting from any unauthorized access by the undersigned or any agent, employee, representative or person acting

  L-1E-2  

 

on its behalf of any Excluded Information relating to the Excluded Controlling Class Loans listed in Paragraph 2 above.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the respective meanings given to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has made the representations above and shall be deemed to have caused its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized officer, as of the day and year written above.

	[Directing Holder][a Controlling Class Certificateholder][a Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholder]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:
		Phone:
		Email:
		Address:

  L-1E-3  

 

EXHIBIT L-1F

FORM OF NOTICE OF EXCLUDED CONTROLLING CLASS HOLDER TO CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR

[Date]

Via: Email
Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045
Attention: Corporate Trust Services – Benchmark 2023-B38
trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com
cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com

with a copy to:

Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
8480 Stagecoach Circle
Frederick, Maryland 21701-4747
Attention: Benchmark 2023-B38

Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (“Pooling and Servicing Agreement”) relating to Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38

In accordance with Section 4.02(b) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, with respect to the above-referenced certificates (the “Certificates”), the undersigned (the “Excluded Controlling Class Holder”) hereby directs you as follows:

1.                  The undersigned is the [Directing Holder][a Controlling Class Certificateholder][a Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholder] as of the date hereof.

2.                  The undersigned has become an Excluded Controlling Class Holder with respect to the following Mortgage Loan(s) (“Excluded Controlling Class Loans”):

 

Mortgage Loan Number	ODCR	Loan Name	Borrower Name

  L-1F-1  

 

3.                  The following USER IDs for CTSLink are affiliated with the undersigned and access to any information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website with respect to the Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust securitization should be revoked as to such users:

4.                  The undersigned acknowledges that it is not permitted to access and shall not access any Excluded Information with respect to such Excluded Controlling Class Loans on the Certificate Administrator’s website unless and until it (i) is no longer an Excluded Controlling Class Holder with respect to such Excluded Controlling Class Loans, (ii) has delivered notice of the related Excluded Controlling Class Holder status and (iii) has submitted an investor certification in the form of Exhibit L-1E to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the respective meanings given to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has made the representations above and shall be deemed to have caused its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized officer, as of the day and year written above.

	[Directing Holder][a Controlling Class Certificateholder][a Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholder]
	Name:
	Title:
	Phone:
	Email:
	Address:

The undersigned hereby acknowledges that
access to CTSLink has been revoked for
the users listed in Paragraph 3.

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
Certificate Administrator

 

Name:
Title:

  L-1F-2  

 

EXHIBIT L-1G

Form of Certification of the DIRECTING HOLDER

 

[Date]

Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association 10851 Mastin Street, Suite 700 Overland Park, Kansas 66210 Attention: Executive Vice President – Division Head Facsimile: (888) 706-3565	Computershare Trust Company, N.A. 9062 Old Annapolis Road Columbia, Maryland 21045 Attention:  Corporate Trust Services – Benchmark 2023-B38 Email: trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com
Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation 1 Columbus Circle New York, New York 10019 Attention: Lainie Kaye with a copy via email to: cmbs.requests@db.com	Park Bridge Lender Services LLC 600 Third Avenue, 40th Floor New York, New York 10016 Attention: BMARK 2023-B38 – Surveillance Manager (with a copy sent contemporaneously via email to: cmbs.notices@parkbridgefinancial.com)
LNR Partners, LLC 2340 Collins Avenue, Suite 700 Miami Beach, Florida 33139 Attention: Heather Bennett and Job Warshaw Email: hbennett@starwood.com jwarshaw@lnrpartners.com lnr.cmbs.notices@lnrpartners.com	Argentic Services Company LP 500 North Central Expressway, Suite 261 Plano, Texas 75074 Attention: Andrew Hundertmark Email: ahundertmark@argenticservices.com

Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (“Pooling and Servicing Agreement”) relating to Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38

In accordance with Section 3.29(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

1.       The undersigned has been appointed to act as the Directing Holder.

2.       The undersigned is not a Borrower Party.

3.       If the undersigned becomes a Borrower Party with respect to any Mortgage Loan, the undersigned agrees to and shall deliver the certification attached as Exhibit

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L-1D to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and shall deliver to the applicable parties the notices attached as Exhibit L-1E and Exhibit L-1F to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

4.       [Other than for Initial Directing Holder: The undersigned hereby certifies that an executed copy of this certification in paper form has been delivered in accordance with the notice provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to each of the addressees listed above (a) by overnight courier or (b) mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid.]

5.       Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

[BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned shall be deemed to have caused its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the date certified.]

	[The Directing Holder][a Controlling Class Certificateholder][a Pacific Design Center Controlling Class Certificateholder]
	By:
		Title:
		Company:
		Phone:

  L-1G-2  

 

EXHIBIT L-1H

 

Form of Certification of A RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY

[Date]

Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association 10851 Mastin Street, Suite 700 Overland Park, Kansas 66210 Attention: Executive Vice President – Division Head Facsimile: (888) 706-3565	Computershare Trust Company, N.A. 9062 Old Annapolis Road Columbia, Maryland 21045 Attention:  Corporate Trust Services – Benchmark 2023-B38 Email: trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com
Park Bridge Lender Services LLC 600 Third Avenue, 40th Floor New York, New York 10016 Attention: BMARK 2023-B38 – Surveillance Manager (with a copy sent contemporaneously via email to: cmbs.notices@parkbridgefinancial.com)	Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation 1 Columbus Circle New York, New York 10019 Attention: Lainie Kaye with a copy via email to: cmbs.requests@db.com
Computershare Trust Company, N.A. 1505 Energy Park Drive St. Paul, Minnesota 55108 Attention: CTS – Certificate Transfers Benchmark 2023-B38	LNR Partners, LLC 2340 Collins Avenue, Suite 700 Miami Beach, Florida 33139 Attention: Heather Bennett and Job Warshaw Email: hbennett@starwood.com jwarshaw@lnrpartners.com lnr.cmbs.notices@lnrpartners.com
Argentic Services Company LP 500 North Central Expressway, Suite 261 Plano, Texas 75074 Attention: Andrew Hundertmark Email: ahundertmark@argenticservices.com

Re: Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38, VRR Interest

In accordance with Section 3.29 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

1.       The undersigned has been appointed to act as the [VRR1 Risk Retention Consultation Party][VRR2 Risk Retention Consultation Party][VRR3 Risk Retention Consultation Party].

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2.       The undersigned is not a Borrower Party.

3.       The undersigned hereby certifies that an executed copy of this certification in paper form has been delivered in accordance with the notice provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to each of the addressees listed above (a) by overnight courier or (b) mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid.

4.       The contact information for the undersigned for all notices and other communications is as follows:

[_____]

5.       Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned shall have caused, or shall be deemed to have caused its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the date certified.

	[RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:
Dated: _______

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EXHIBIT L-2

FORM OF FINANCIAL MARKET PUBLISHER CERTIFICATION

This Certification has been prepared for provision of information to the market data providers listed in Paragraph 1 below pursuant to the direction of the Depositor.

In connection with the Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38 (the “Certificates”) issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), entered into between Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, as depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as general special servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as special servicer with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, as certificate administrator, as paying agent and as custodian, the undersigned hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

1. The undersigned is an employee or agent of BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., Moody’s Analytics, KBRA Analytics, LLC, Bloomberg Financial Markets, L.P., RealINSIGHT, CMBS.com, Inc., Intex Solutions, Inc., Trepp, LLC, Interactive Data Corporation, Markit LLC, CRED iQ or Thomson Reuters Corporation, a market data provider that has been given access to the Distribution Date Statements, CREFC^® reports and supplemental notices delivered or made available pursuant to Section 4.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to Privileged Persons on www.ctslink.com (the “Website”) by request of the Depositor.

2. The undersigned agrees that each time it accesses the Website, the undersigned is deemed to have recertified that the representation above remains true and correct.

3. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the agreement pursuant to which the Certificates were issued.

BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned has made the representations above and shall be deemed to have caused its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the date certified.

 

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EXHIBIT M

FORM OF NOTIFICATION FROM CUSTODIAN

[DATE]

To the Persons Listed on the attached Schedule A

Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (“Pooling and Servicing Agreement”) relating to Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38

Ladies and Gentlemen:

In accordance with Section 2.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the undersigned, as Custodian, hereby notifies you that, based upon the review required under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Mortgage File for each Mortgage Loan or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan set forth on the attached defect schedule contains a document or documents which (i) has not been executed or received, (ii) has not been recorded or filed (if required), (iii) is unrelated to the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule, (iv) appears not to be what they purport to be or has been torn in any materially adverse manner or (v) is mutilated or otherwise defaced, in each case as more fully described on the attached defect schedule.

The Custodian has no responsibility to determine, and expresses no opinion with respect thereto, whether any document or opinion is legal, valid, binding or enforceable, whether the text of any assignment or endorsement is in proper or recordable form (except, if applicable, to determine if the Trustee is the assignee or endorsee), whether any document has been recorded in accordance with the requirements of any applicable jurisdiction, whether a blanket assignment is permitted in any applicable jurisdiction, or whether any Person executing any document or rendering any opinion is authorized to do so or whether any signature thereon is genuine.

Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the above-captioned Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

	COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Custodian
	By:
		Name:
		Title:

 

 

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SCHEDULE A
TO
FORM OF NOTIFICATION FROM CUSTODIAN

Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation
1 Columbus Circle

New York, New York 10019
Attention: Lainie Kaye

with a copy via email to:

cmbs.requests@db.com

Park Bridge Lender Services LLC
600 Third Avenue, 40th Floor
New York, New York 10016
Attention: BMARK 2023-B38 – Surveillance Manager (with a copy sent contemporaneously via
email to: cmbs.notices@parkbridgefinancial.com)

Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951
Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) – Benchmark 2023-B38

with copies to:

cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com; and
trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com

 

Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association

10851 Mastin Street, Suite 700

Overland Park, Kansas 66210

Attention: Executive Vice President – Division Head

Facsimile: (888) 706-3565

with a copy to:

 

Stinson LLP

1201 Walnut Street, Suite 2900

Kansas City, Missouri 64106-2150

Attention: Kenda K. Tomes

Facsimile: (816) 412-9338

Email: kenda.tomes@stinson.com

 

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LNR Partners, LLC
2340 Collins Avenue, Suite 700
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
Attention: Heather Bennett and Job Warshaw
Email:

hbennett@starwood.com

jwarshaw@lnrpartners.com

lnr.cmbs.notices@lnrpartners.com

 

Argentic Services Company LP

500 North Central Expressway, Suite 261

Plano, Texas 75074

Attention: Andrew Hundertmark

Email: ahundertmark@argenticservices.com

For so long as no Consultation Termination Event is continuing:

 

Eightfold Real Estate Capital, L.P.
545 NW 26th Street, Suite 630
Miami, Florida 33127
Attention: Brian Tageson
E-mail: btageson@eightfoldcapital.com

 

with a copy to:

 

Eightfold Real Estate Capital, L.P.

545 NW 26th Street, Suite 630

Miami, Florida 33127

Attention: Adnan Charania

E-mail: acharania@eightfoldcapital.com

To the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller:

 

[German American Capital Corporation
1 Columbus Circle

New York, New York 10019
Attention: Lainie Kaye

with a copy via email to:

cmbs.requests@db.com]

[Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company
200 West Street
New York, New York 10282

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Attention: Scott Epperson
Email: scott.epperson@gs.com and gs-refgsecuritization@gs.com

With a copy to:

Structured Finance Legal (REFG)
Email: gs-refglegal@gs.com]

[JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association
383 Madison Avenue, 8th Floor
New York, New York 10179
Attention: Kunal Singh
Email: US_CMBS_Notice@jpmorgan.com

with a copy to:

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association
4 New York Plaza, 21st Floor
New York, New York 10004
Attention: SPG Legal
Email: US_CMBS_Notice@jpmorgan.com]

[Citi Real Estate Funding Inc.
388 Greenwich Street, 6th Floor
New York, New York 10013
Attention: Richard Simpson
Fax number: (646) 328-2943

with a copy to:

Citi Real Estate Funding Inc.
390 Greenwich Street, 5th Floor
New York, New York 10013
Attention: Raul Orozco
Fax number: (347) 349-0898

with a copy to:

Citi Real Estate Funding Inc.
388 Greenwich Street, 17th Floor
New York, New York 10013
Attention: Ryan O’Connor

with copies by electronic mail to:

richard.simpson@citi.com, and ryan.m.oconnor@citi.com and, in the case of each Rule 15Ga-1
Notice, cmbs.notice@citi.com]

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DEFECT SCHEDULE
TO FORM OF NOTIFICATION FROM CUSTODIAN

 

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EXHIBIT N-1

FORM OF CLOSING DATE CUSTODIAN CERTIFICATION

[Date]

[                 ]
[                 ]
[                 ]
Attention: [                 ]

Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (“Pooling and Servicing Agreement”) relating to Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38

In accordance with Section 2.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Custodian hereby certifies that, with respect to each Mortgage Loan and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan listed on the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached hereto as Schedule A, (a) the Custodian has in its possession the documents specified in clause (i) of the definition of “Mortgage File”, (b) the foregoing documents delivered or caused to be delivered by the Mortgage Loan Sellers as described in clause (a) above have been reviewed by it or by a Custodian on its behalf and appear regular on their face, appear to be executed and purports to relate to such Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, except as identified on the schedule attached hereto, and (c) each of the documents specified in Section 2.01(a)(ii), 2.01(a)(vii), 2.01(a)(xi) and 2.01(a)(xix) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement have been received, have been executed, appear to be what they purport to be, purport to be recorded or filed (as applicable) and have not been torn in any materially adverse manner or mutilated or otherwise defaced, and that such documents relate to the Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

	COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Custodian
	By:
		Name:
		Title:

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SCHEDULE A
TO CLOSING DATE CUSTODIAN CERTIFICATION

MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE

 

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EXHIBIT N-2

FORM OF POST-CLOSING CUSTODIAN CERTIFICATION

[Date]

[                 ]
[                 ]
[                 ]
Attention: [                 ]

 

 

Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (“Pooling and Servicing Agreement”) relating to Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38

In accordance with Section 2.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Custodian hereby certifies, subject to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, that, with respect to each Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan listed on the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached hereto as Schedule A, all documents (other than documents referred to in clauses (xix) and (xx) of Section 2.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the documents referred to in clauses (iii), (iv)(B), (v)(B) and (viii)(B) of Section 2.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the assignments of financing statements referred to in clause (xiii) of Section 2.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) referred to in Section 2.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (in the case of the documents referred to in Section 2.01(a)(iv), (vi), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii) through (xvi) and (xviii) through (xx) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as identified to it in writing as a document required to be delivered by the related Mortgage Loan Seller) and any original recorded documents included in the delivery of a Mortgage File have been received, have been executed, appear to be what they purport to be, purport to be recorded or filed (as applicable) and have not been torn in any materially adverse manner or mutilated or otherwise defaced, and that such documents relate to the Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule, in each case, except as set forth on the attached schedule hereto.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

	COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Custodian
	By:
		Name:
		Title:

 

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SCHEDULE A
TO POST-CLOSING CUSTODIAN CERTIFICATION

MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE

 

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EXHIBIT O

FORM OF TRUSTEE BACKUP CERTIFICATION

Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust (The “Trust”)

The undersigned, __________, a __________ of Computershare Trust Company, N.A., on behalf of Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), under that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, as depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as general special servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as special servicer with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. as trustee, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), as paying agent and as custodian, certifies to [       ], Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation and its officers, directors and affiliates, to the extent that the following information is within the Trustee’s normal area of responsibilities and duties under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and with the knowledge and intent that they will rely upon this certification, that:

1. I am responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the Trustee and based on my knowledge and the compliance reviews conducted in preparing the Trustee compliance statements required for inclusion on Form 10-K pursuant to Item 1123 of Regulation AB, and except as disclosed to the Certificate Administrator and to the Depositor, the Trustee has fulfilled its obligations in all material respects under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and

2. The report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria applicable to the Trustee for asset-backed securities with respect to the Trustee or any Servicing Function Participant retained by the Trustee and related attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria applicable to it required to be included in the annual report on Form 10-K for the Relevant Period in accordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 has been provided to the Depositor and to the Certificate Administrator for inclusion as an exhibit to such Form 10-K. Any material instances of noncompliance described in such reports have been provided to the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor for disclosure in such annual report on Form 10-K.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

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Date:     

	COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
	By:
		Name:
		Title:

 

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EXHIBIT P

FORM OF CUSTODIAN BACKUP CERTIFICATION

Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust (The “Trust”)

The undersigned, __________, a __________ of Computershare Trust Company, N.A., on behalf of Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as custodian (in such capacity, the “Custodian”), under that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), entered into between Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, as depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as general special servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as special servicer with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, as certificate administrator, as paying agent and as custodian, certifies to [       ], Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation and its officers, directors and affiliates, to the extent that the following information is within the Custodian’s normal area of responsibilities and duties under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and with the knowledge and intent that they will rely upon this certification, that:

1. I am responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the Custodian and based on my knowledge and the compliance reviews conducted in preparing the Custodian compliance statements required for inclusion on Form 10-K pursuant to Item 1123 of Regulation AB, and except as disclosed to the Certificate Administrator and to the Depositor, the Custodian has fulfilled its obligations in all material respects under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and

2. The report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria applicable to the Custodian for asset-backed securities with respect to the Custodian or any Servicing Function Participant retained by the Custodian and related attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria applicable to it required to be included in the annual report on Form 10-K for the Relevant Period in accordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 has been provided to the Depositor and to the Certificate Administrator for inclusion as an exhibit to such Form 10-K. Any material instances of noncompliance described in such reports have been provided to the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor for disclosure in such annual report on Form 10-K.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

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Date:     

	COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY,
		N.A.
	By:
		Name:
		Title:

 

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EXHIBIT Q

FORM OF CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR BACKUP CERTIFICATION

Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust (The “Trust”)

The undersigned, __________, a __________ of Computershare Trust Company, N.A., on behalf of Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as certificate administrator, (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), paying agent and custodian, under that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer (the “Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as general special servicer (the “General Special Servicer”), Argentic Services Company LP, as special servicer with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan (the “Pacific Design Center Special Servicer”), Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), as certificate administrator, as custodian and as paying agent, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor (in such capacity, the “Operating Advisor”) and as asset representations reviewer (in such capacity, the “Asset Representations Reviewer”), certifies to [       ], Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation and its officers, directors and affiliates, to the extent that the following information is within the Certificate Administrator’s normal area of responsibilities and duties under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and with the knowledge and intent that they will rely upon this certification, that:

1. I have reviewed the annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year [20___] (the “Annual Report”), and all reports on Form 10-D and Form 8-K to be filed in respect of periods included in the year covered by the Annual Report (collectively with the Annual Report, the “Reports”), of the Trust;

2. To my knowledge, the Reports taken as a whole, do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by the Annual Report;

3. To my knowledge, the distribution information required to be provided by the Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for inclusion in the Reports is included in the Reports;

4. I am responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and based on my knowledge and the compliance reviews conducted in preparing the Certificate Administrator compliance statements required for inclusion on Form 10-K pursuant to Item 1123 of Regulation AB, and except as disclosed on any Reports, the Certificate Administrator has fulfilled its obligations in all material respects under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and

5. The report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria applicable to the Certificate Administrator for asset-backed securities with respect to the Certificate

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Administrator or any Servicing Function Participant retained by the Certificate Administrator and related attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria applicable to it required to be included in the annual report on Form 10-K for the Relevant Period in accordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 has been provided to the Depositor for inclusion as an exhibit to such Form 10-K. Any material instances of noncompliance described in such reports have been provided to the Depositor for disclosure in such annual report on Form 10-K.

In giving the certifications above, the Certificate Administrator has reasonably relied on information provided to it by the following unaffiliated persons: the Master Servicer, the General Special Servicer, the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Depositor.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Date:     

	COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY,
		N.A.
	By:
		Name:
		Title:

 

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EXHIBIT R

FORM OF OPERATING ADVISOR BACKUP CERTIFICATION

Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust (the “Trust”)

1. Based on my knowledge, with respect to the period ending [December 31, 20__] (the “Relevant Period”), all information required to be submitted by the Operating Advisor to the Master Servicer, the Depositor, Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for inclusion in the annual report on Form 10-K for the Relevant Period and inclusion in all reports on Form 10-D or Form 8-K (the “Operating Advisor Reports”) have been submitted by the Operating Advisor to the Master Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, for inclusion in these reports;

2. Based on my knowledge, the operating advisor information contained in the Operating Advisor Reports, taken as a whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by these reports;

3. The accountants that are to deliver the annual attestation report on assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria in respect of the Operating Advisor with respect to the Trust’s fiscal year ________ have been provided all information relating to the Operating Advisor’s assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria, in order to enable them to conduct a review in compliance with the standards for attestation engagements issued or adopted by the PCAOB; and

4. The report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria applicable to the Operating Advisor for asset-backed securities with respect to the Operating Advisor or any Servicing Function Participant retained by the Operating Advisor and related attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria applicable to it required to be included in the annual report on Form 10-K for the Relevant Period in accordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 has been provided to the Depositor and to the Certificate Administrator for inclusion as an exhibit to such Form 10-K. Any material instances of noncompliance described in such reports have been provided to the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor for disclosure in such annual report on Form 10-K.

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Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Date:     

	PARK BRIDGE LENDER SERVICES LLC
	By:		Park Bridge Advisors LLC Its Sole Member
	By:	Park Bridge Financial LLC Its Sole Member
	By:
	Name:
	Title:

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EXHIBIT S

[RESERVED]

 

 

 

  S-1  

 

EXHIBIT T

FORM OF MASTER SERVICER BACKUP CERTIFICATION

Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust (the “Trust”)

I, [identify the certifying individual], a [_______________] of Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association (the “Master Servicer”) under that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, as depositor, the Master Servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as general special servicer (the “General Special Servicer”), Argentic Services Company LP, as special servicer with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan (the “Pacific Design Center Special Servicer”), Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), as paying agent and as custodian, on behalf of the Master Servicer, certify to [Name of Certifying Person(s) for Sarbanes-Oxley Certification], the Depositor, each Other Depositor and their respective officers, directors and affiliates, and with the knowledge and intent that they will rely upon this certification, that:

1. Based on my knowledge, with respect to the period ending [December 31, 20__] (the “Relevant Period”), and assuming the accuracy of the statements required to be made by the General Special Servicer and the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer, [each applicable Other Servicer and each applicable Other Special Servicer] in the backup certificate[s] delivered by the General Special Servicer and the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer, [each applicable Other Servicer and each applicable Other Special Servicer] relating to the Relevant Period, all servicing information and all reports required to be submitted by the Master Servicer to the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Sections 3.13(a) and 3.13(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for inclusion in the annual report on Form 10-K for the Relevant Period and inclusion in all reports on Form 10-D or Form 8-K (the “Servicer Reports”) have been submitted by the Master Servicer to the Certificate Administrator for inclusion in these reports;

2. Based on my knowledge, and assuming the accuracy of the statements required to be made by the General Special Servicer and the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer, [each applicable Other Servicer and each applicable Other Special Servicer] in the backup certificate[s] delivered by the General Special Servicer and the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer, [each applicable Other Servicer and each applicable Other Special Servicer] relating to the Relevant Period, the master servicing information contained in the Servicer Reports, taken as a whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by these reports;

3. I am, or a servicing officer under my supervision is, responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the Master Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement

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and based upon my knowledge and the annual compliance reviews conducted in preparing the servicer compliance statements required for inclusion on Form 10-K pursuant to Item 1123 of Regulation AB with respect to the Master Servicer, and except as disclosed in the compliance certificate delivered by the Master Servicer under Section 10.11 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Master Servicer has fulfilled its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in all material respects in the year to which such report applies;

4. The accountants that are to deliver the annual attestation report on assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria in respect of the Master Servicer with respect to the Trust’s fiscal year _____ have been provided all information relating to the Master Servicer’s assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria in order to enable them to conduct a review in compliance with the standards for attestation engagements issued or adopted by the PCAOB; and

5. The report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria applicable to the Master Servicer for asset-backed securities with respect to the Master Servicer or any Servicing Function Participant retained by the Master Servicer and related attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria applicable to it required to be included in the annual report on Form 10-K for the Relevant Period in accordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 has been provided to the Depositor and to the Certificate Administrator for inclusion as an exhibit to such Form 10-K. Any material instances of noncompliance described in such reports have been provided to the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor for disclosure in such annual report on Form 10-K.

In giving the certification above, I have reasonably relied on and make no certification as to information provided to me by the following unaffiliated parties: [name(s) of servicer, sub-servicer, co-servicer, Other Servicer, Other Special Servicer or Other Trustee not retained by the master servicer giving certification] and, notwithstanding the foregoing certifications, neither I nor Master Servicer makes any certification under the foregoing clauses (2) and (3) with respect to the information in the Servicing Reports that is in turn dependent upon information provided by the General Special Servicer and the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by any Other Servicer, Other Special Servicer or Other Trustee.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Date:     

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	Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association
	By:
		Name:
		Title:

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EXHIBIT U

FORM OF SPECIAL SERVICER BACKUP CERTIFICATION

Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust (the “Trust”)

I, [identify the certifying individual], a [_______________ ] of [LNR Partners, LLC] [Argentic Services Company LP], as a special servicer (in such capacity, the “Special Servicer”) under that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of April 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, as depositor, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), as paying agent and as custodian, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer (the “Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as the general special servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as the special servicer with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan, on behalf of the Special Servicer, certify to [Name of Certifying Person(s) for Sarbanes-Oxley Certification], the Depositor, each Other Depositor and their respective officers, directors and affiliates, and with the knowledge and intent that they will rely upon this certification, that:

1. Based on my knowledge, with respect to the period ending [December 31, 20__] (the “Relevant Period”), all servicing information and all required reports required to be submitted by the Special Servicer to the Master Servicer, the Depositor, Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for inclusion in the annual report on Form 10-K for the Relevant Period and inclusion in all reports on Form 10-D or Form 8-K (the “Special Servicer Reports”) have been submitted by the Special Servicer to the Master Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, for inclusion in these reports;

2. Based on my knowledge, the special servicing information contained in the Special Servicer Reports, taken as a whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by these reports;

3. I am, or an officer under my supervision is, responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the Special Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and based upon my knowledge and the annual compliance reviews conducted in preparing the servicer compliance statements required in this report under Item 1123 of Regulation AB with respect to the Special Servicer, and except as disclosed in the compliance certificate delivered by the Special Servicer under Section 10.11 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Special Servicer has fulfilled its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in all material respects in the year to which such report applies;

4. The accountants that are to deliver the annual attestation report on assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria in respect of the Special Servicer with

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respect to the Trust’s fiscal year _____ have been provided all information relating to the Special Servicer assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria, in order to enable them to conduct a review in compliance with the standards for attestation engagements issued or adopted by the PCAOB; and

5. The report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria applicable to the Special Servicer for asset-backed securities with respect to the Special Servicer or any Servicing Function Participant retained by the Special Servicer and related attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria applicable to it required to be included in the annual report on Form 10-K for the Relevant Period in accordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 has been provided to the Depositor and to the Certificate Administrator for inclusion as an exhibit to such Form 10-K. Any material instances of noncompliance described in such reports have been provided to the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor for disclosure in such annual report on Form 10-K.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Date:     

	[LNR PARTNERS, LLC][ARGENTIC
		SERVICES COMPANY LP]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:

 

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EXHIBIT V

FORM OF SUB-SERVICER BACKUP CERTIFICATION

Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust (the “Trust”)

As contemplated by Section 10.08 of that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of April 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, as depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer (the “Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as general special servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as special servicer with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor and asset representations reviewer, Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), paying agent and custodian, [identify the certifying individual], a                      of                     , a                      [corporation] (the “Sub-Servicer”) as Sub-Servicer in connection with the sub-servicing of one or more Mortgage Loans and/or Serviced Companion Loan under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, on behalf of the Sub-Servicer, certify to [Name of Each Certifying Person for Sarbanes-Oxley Certification], the Depositor, each Other Depositor, the Master Servicer and their officers, directors and affiliates, and with the knowledge and intent that they will rely upon this certification, that:

1. I have reviewed the Servicer Reports and Sub-Servicer Reports (each as defined below) relating to the Mortgage Loans and/or Serviced Companion Loan delivered by the Sub-Servicer to the Master Servicer, pursuant to the Sub-Servicing Agreement dated [___________], 20[__] by and between the Sub-Servicer and the Master Servicer (the “Sub-Servicing Agreement”);

2. Based on my knowledge, with respect to the period ending [December 31, 20__] (the “Relevant Period”), all servicing information and all reports required to be submitted by the Sub-Servicer to the Certificate Administrator pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the “Servicer Reports”) for inclusion in the annual report on Form 10-K for the Relevant Period and inclusion in all reports on Form 10-D or Form 8-K have been submitted by the Sub-Servicer to the Certificate Administrator for inclusion in these reports;

3. Based on my knowledge, with respect to the Relevant Period, all servicing information and all reports required to be submitted by the Sub-Servicer to the Master Servicer pursuant to the Sub-Servicing Agreement (the “Sub-Servicer Reports”) have been submitted by the Sub-Servicer to the Master Servicer;

4. Based on my knowledge, the sub-servicer information contained in the Servicer Reports and Sub-Servicer Reports, taken as a whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by these reports;

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5. Based upon my knowledge and the annual compliance review performed as required under Section [__] of the Sub-Servicing Agreement, and except as disclosed in the compliance certificate delivered pursuant to Section [__] of the Sub-Servicing Agreement, the Sub-Servicer has fulfilled its obligations under the Sub-Servicing Agreement in all material respects;

6. [I am, or a servicing officer under my supervision is, responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the Sub-Servicer under the Sub-Servicing Servicing Agreement and based upon my knowledge and the annual compliance reviews conducted in preparing the servicer compliance statements for inclusion on Form 10-K pursuant Item 1123 of Regulation AB with respect to the Sub-Servicer, and except as disclosed in the compliance certificate delivered by the Sub-Servicer under Section [__] of the Sub-Servicing Agreement, the Sub-Servicer has fulfilled its obligations under the Sub-Servicing Agreement in all material respects in the year which such report applies];

7. The accountants that are to deliver the annual attestation report on assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria in respect of the Sub-Servicer with respect to the Trust’s fiscal year _____ have been provided all information relating to the Sub-Servicer’s assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria, in order to enable them to conduct a review in compliance with the standards for attestation engagements issued or adopted by the PCAOB; and

8. The report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria applicable to the Sub-Servicer for asset-backed securities with respect to the Sub-Servicer or any Servicing Function Participant retained by the Sub-Servicer and related attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria applicable to it required to be included in the annual report on Form 10-K for the Relevant Period in accordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 has been provided to the Depositor and to the Certificate Administrator for inclusion as an exhibit to such Form 10-K. Any material instances of noncompliance described in such reports have been provided to the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor for disclosure in such annual report on Form 10-K.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Sub-Servicing Agreement, or if not defined in the Sub-Servicing Agreement, then the meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Date:     

	[INSERT NAME OF SUB-SERVICER]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:

 

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EXHIBIT W

FORM OF SARBANES-OXLEY CERTIFICATION

I, [identify the certifying individual], certify that:

1.       I have reviewed this report on Form 10-K and all reports on Form 10-D required to be filed in respect of the period covered by this report on Form 10-K of the Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust (the “Exchange Act periodic reports”);

2.       Based on my knowledge, the Exchange Act periodic reports, taken as a whole, do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.       Based on my knowledge, all of the distribution, servicing and other information required to be provided under Form 10-D for the period covered by this report is included in the Exchange Act periodic reports;

4.       Based on my knowledge and the servicer compliance statements required in this report under Item 1123 of Regulation AB, and except as disclosed in the Exchange Act periodic reports, the servicers have fulfilled their obligations under the servicing agreements in all material respects; and

5.       All of the reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities and their related attestation reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities required to be included in this report in accordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 have been included as an exhibit to this report, except as otherwise disclosed in this report. Any material instances of noncompliance described in such reports have been disclosed in this report on Form 10-K.

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In giving the certifications above, I have reasonably relied on information provided to me by the following unaffiliated parties: Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, LNR Partners, LLC, Argentic Services Company LP, Computershare Trust Company, N.A., Park Bridge Lender Services LLC and [list any sub-servicers].

Dated:     

	[_____]
	(Senior officer in charge of securitization of the depositor)

 
 

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EXHIBIT X

MORTGAGE LOAN SELLER SUB-SERVICERS

 

None.

 

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EXHIBIT Y

SERVICING FUNCTION PARTICIPANTS

None.

 

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EXHIBIT Z

FORM OF NRSRO CERTIFICATION

[Date]

Computershare Trust Company, N.A.

9062 Old Annapolis Road

Columbia, Maryland 21045

Attention: Corporate Trust Services – Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust

 

with copies to:

 

cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com, and

trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com

 

Re: Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38

 

In accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2023 (the “Agreement”), and executed in connection with the above-referenced transaction, with respect to the certificates issued thereunder (the “Certificates”), the undersigned hereby certifies as follows:

1.            (a) The undersigned is a Rating Agency; or

(b)       The undersigned is a nationally recognized statistical rating organization and either (x) has provided the Depositor with the appropriate certifications under Exchange Act Rule 17g-5(e), had access to the Depositor’s 17g-5 website prior to the Closing Date, is requesting access pursuant to the Agreement to certain information (the “Information”) on such 17g-5 website pursuant to the provisions of the Agreement, and agrees that any confidentiality agreement applicable to the undersigned with respect to the information obtained from the Depositor’s 17g-5 website prior to the Closing Date shall also be applicable to information obtained from the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website (including without limitation, to any information received by the Depositor for posting on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website), or (y), if the undersigned did not have access to the Depositor’s 17g-5 website prior to the Closing Date, it hereby agrees that it shall be bound by the provisions of the confidentiality agreement attached hereto as Annex A which shall be applicable to it with respect to any information obtained from the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website, including any information that is obtained from the section of the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website that hosts the Depositor’s 17g-5 website after the Closing Date.

2.                The undersigned either (a) has not accessed information pursuant to Rule 17g–5(a)(3) ten (10) or more times during the most recently ended calendar year, or (b) has determined and maintained credit ratings for at least 10% of the issued securities and money market instruments for which it accessed information pursuant to Rule 17g–5(a)(3)(iii) in the

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calendar year prior to the year covered by the SEC Certification, if it accessed such information for 10 or more issued securities or money market instruments.

3.             The undersigned agrees that each time it accesses the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website, it is deemed to have recertified that the representations herein contained remain true and correct.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Agreement.

BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned has made the representations above and shall be deemed to have caused its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the date certified.

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ANNEX A

CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT

This Confidentiality Agreement (the “Confidentiality Agreement”) is made in connection with [________] (together with its affiliates, “[_______]”, the “Furnishing Entities” and each a “Furnishing Entity”) furnishing certain financial, operational, structural and other information relating to the issuance of the Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates (the “Certificates”) pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, as depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as general special servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as special servicer with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, as certificate administrator, as paying agent and as custodian, and the assets underlying or referenced by the Certificates, including the identity of, and financial information with respect to borrowers, sponsors, guarantors, managers and lessees with respect to such assets (together, the “Collateral”) to you (the “NRSRO”) through the website of Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as 17g-5 Information Provider under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, including the [section of the 17g-5 Information Provider’s website that hosts the Depositor’s 17g-5 website after the Closing Date (as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement)]. Information provided by each Furnishing Entity is labeled as provided by the specific Furnishing Entity.

  1. Definition of Confidential Information. For purposes of this Confidentiality Agreement, the term “Confidential Information” shall include the following information (irrespective of its source or form of communication, including information obtained by you through access to this site) that may be furnished to you by or on behalf of a Furnishing Entity in connection with the issuance or monitoring of a rating with respect to the Certificates: (x) all data, reports, interpretations, forecasts, records, agreements, legal documents and other information (such information, the “Evaluation Material”) and (y)  any of the terms, conditions or other facts with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, including the status thereof; provided, however, that the term Confidential Information shall not include information which:

- was or becomes generally available to the public (including through filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission or disclosure in an offering document) other than as a result of a disclosure by you or a NRSRO Representative (as defined in Section 2(c)(i) below) in violation of this Confidentiality Agreement;

- was or is lawfully obtained by you from a source other than a Furnishing Entity or its representatives that (i) is reasonably believed by you to be under no obligation to maintain the information as confidential and (ii) provides it to you without any obligation to maintain the information as confidential; or

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- is independently developed by the NRSRO without reference to any Confidential Information.

  2. Information to Be Held in Confidence

(a) You will use the Confidential Information solely for the purpose of determining or monitoring a credit rating on the Certificates and, to the extent that any information used is derived from but does not reveal any Confidential Information, for benchmarking, modeling or research purposes (the “Intended Purpose”).

(b) You acknowledge that you are aware that the United States and state securities laws impose restrictions on trading in securities when in possession of material, non-public information and that the NRSRO will advise (through policy manuals or otherwise) each NRSRO Representative who is informed of the matters that are the subject of this Confidentiality Agreement to that effect.

(c) You will treat the Confidential Information as private and confidential. Subject to Section 4, without the prior written consent of the applicable Furnishing Entity, you will not disclose to any person any Confidential Information, whether such Confidential Information was furnished to you before, on or after the date of this Confidentiality Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you may:

(i) disclose the Confidential Information to any of the NRSRO’s affiliates, directors, officers, employees, legal representatives, agents and advisors (each, a “NRSRO Representative”) who, in the reasonable judgment of the NRSRO, need to know such Confidential Information in connection with the Intended Purpose; provided, that, prior to disclosure of the Confidential Information to a NRSRO Representative, the NRSRO shall have taken reasonable precautions to ensure, and shall be satisfied, that such NRSRO Representative will act in accordance with this Confidentiality Agreement;

(ii) solely to the extent required for compliance with Rule 17g-5(a)(3) of the Act (17 C.F.R. 240.17g-5), post the Confidential Information to the NRSRO’s password protected website; and

(iii) use information derived from the Confidential Information in connection with an Intended Purpose, if such derived information does not reveal any Confidential Information.

  3.  Disclosures Required by Law. If you or any NRSRO Representative is requested or required (orally or in writing, by interrogatory, subpoena, civil investigatory demand, request for information or documents, deposition or similar process relating to any legal proceeding, investigation, hearing or otherwise) to disclose any Confidential Information, you agree to provide the relevant Furnishing Entity with notice as soon as practicable (except in the case of regulatory or other governmental inquiry, examination or investigation, and otherwise to the extent practical and permitted by law, regulation or regulatory or other governmental authority) that a request to disclose the Confidential Information has been made so that the relevant Furnishing Entity may seek an

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    appropriate protective order or other reasonable assurance that confidential treatment will be accorded the Confidential Information if it so chooses. Unless otherwise required by a court or other governmental or regulatory authority to do so, and provided that you been informed by written notice that the related Furnishing Entity is seeking a protective order or other reasonable assurance for confidential treatment with respect to the requested Confidential Information, you agree not to disclose the Confidential Information while the Furnishing Entity’s effort to obtain such a protective order or other reasonable assurance for confidential treatment is pending. You agree to reasonably cooperate with each Furnishing Entity in its efforts to obtain a protective order or other reasonable assurance that confidential treatment will be accorded to the portion of the Confidential Information that is being disclosed, at the sole expense of such Furnishing Entity; provided, however, that in no event shall the NRSRO be required to take a position that such information should be entitled to receive such a protective order or reasonable assurance as to confidential treatment. If a Furnishing Entity succeeds in obtaining a protective order or other remedy, you agree to comply with its terms with respect to the disclosure of the Confidential Information, at the sole expense of such Furnishing Entity. If a protective order or other remedy is not obtained or if the relevant Furnishing Entity waives compliance with the provisions of this Confidentiality Agreement in writing, you agree to furnish only such information as you are legally required to disclose, at the sole expense of the relevant Furnishing Entity.

  4. Obligation to Return Evaluation Material. Promptly upon written request by or on behalf of the relevant Furnishing Entity, all material or documents, including copies thereof, that contain Evaluation Material will be destroyed or, in your sole discretion, returned to the relevant Furnishing Entity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) the NRSRO may retain one or more copies of any document or other material containing Evaluation Material to the extent necessary for legal or regulatory compliance (or compliance with the NRSRO’s internal policies and procedures designed to ensure legal or regulatory compliance) and (b) the NRSRO may retain any portion of the Evaluation Material that may be found in backup tapes or other archive or electronic media or other documents prepared by the NRSRO and any Evaluation Material obtained in an oral communication; provided, that any Evaluation Material so retained by the NRSRO will remain subject to this Confidentiality Agreement and the NRSRO will remain bound by the terms of this Confidentiality Agreement.

  5.  Violations of this Confidentiality Agreement.

(a) The NRSRO will be responsible for any breach of this Confidentiality Agreement by you, the NRSRO or any NRSRO Representative.

(b) You agree promptly to advise each relevant Furnishing Entity in writing of any misappropriation or unauthorized disclosure or use by any person of the Confidential Information which may come to your attention and to take all steps reasonably requested by such Furnishing Entity to limit, stop or otherwise remedy such misappropriation, or unauthorized disclosure or use.

(c) You acknowledge and agree that the Furnishing Entities would not have an adequate remedy at law and would be irreparably harmed in the event that any of the

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provisions of this Confidentiality Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that each Furnishing Entity shall be entitled to specific performance and injunctive relief to prevent breaches of this Confidentiality Agreement and to specifically enforce the terms and provisions hereof, in addition to any other remedy to which a Furnishing Entity may be entitled at law or in equity. It is further understood and agreed that no failure to or delay in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall preclude any other or further exercise of any right, power or privilege.

  6. Term. Notwithstanding the termination or cancellation of this Confidentiality Agreement and regardless of whether the NRSRO has provided a credit rating on a Security, your obligations under this Confidentiality Agreement will survive indefinitely.

  7. Governing Law. This Confidentiality Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under the Confidentiality Agreement, the relationships of the parties and/or the interpretation and enforcement of the rights and duties of the parties shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed within such State.

  8. Amendments. This Confidentiality Agreement may be modified or waived only by a separate writing by the NRSRO and each Furnishing Entity.

9. Entire Agreement. This Confidentiality Agreement represents the entire agreement between you and the Furnishing Entities relating to the treatment of Confidential Information heretofore or hereafter reviewed or inspected by you. This agreement supersedes all other understandings and agreements between us relating to such matters; provided, however, that, if the terms of this Confidentiality Agreement conflict with another agreement relating to the Confidential Information that specifically states that the terms of such agreement shall supersede, modify or amend the terms of this Confidentiality Agreement, then to the extent the terms of this Confidentiality Agreement conflict with such agreement, the terms of such agreement shall control notwithstanding acceptance by you of the terms hereof by entry into this website.

  10. Contact Information. Notices for each Furnishing Entity under this Confidentiality Agreement, shall be directed as set forth below:

[__________________]

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EXHIBIT AA-1

FORM OF TRANSFEROR CERTIFICATE
FOR TRANSFER OF THE EXCESS SERVICING FEE RIGHTS

[Date]

 

Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation
1 Columbus Circle

New York, New York 10019
Attention: Lainie Kaye

with a copy via email to:

cmbs.requests@db.com

  Re: Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This letter is delivered to you in connection with the transfer by _________________ (the “Transferor”) to _________________ (the “Transferee”) of the Excess Servicing Fee Right established under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), and executed with respect to the above-referenced transaction. All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Transferee hereby certifies, represents and warrants to you, as Depositor, that:

1.       The Transferor is the lawful owner of the right to receive the Excess Servicing Fees with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan for which _________________ is the Master Servicer (the “Excess Servicing Fee Right”), with the full right to transfer the Excess Servicing Fee Right free from any and all claims and encumbrances whatsoever.

2.       Neither the Transferor nor anyone acting on its behalf has (a) offered, transferred, pledged, sold or otherwise disposed of the Excess Servicing Fee Right, any interest in the Excess Servicing Fee Right or any other similar security to any person in any manner, (b) solicited any offer to buy or accept a transfer, pledge or other disposition of the Excess Servicing Fee Right, any interest in the Excess Servicing Fee Right or any other similar security from any person in any manner, (c) otherwise approached or negotiated with respect to the Excess Servicing Fee Right, any interest in the Excess Servicing Fee Right or any other similar security with any person in any manner, (d) made any general solicitation with respect to the Excess Servicing Fee Right, any interest in the Excess Servicing Fee Right or any other similar security by means of general advertising or in any other manner, or (e) taken any other action, which (in the case of any of the acts described in clauses (a) through (e) hereof) would constitute a distribution of the

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Excess Servicing Fee Right under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or would render the disposition of the Excess Servicing Fee Right a violation of Section 5 of the Securities Act or any state securities laws, or would require registration or qualification of the Excess Servicing Fee Right pursuant to the Securities Act or any state securities laws.

	Very truly yours,
	By:
		Name:
		Title:

 

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EXHIBIT AA-2

FORM OF TRANSFEREE CERTIFICATE
FOR TRANSFER OF THE EXCESS SERVICING FEE RIGHTS

[Date]

Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation
1 Columbus Circle

New York, New York 10019
Attention: Lainie Kaye

with a copy via email to:

cmbs.requests@db.com

Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association
10851 Mastin Street, Suite 700
Overland Park, Kansas 66210
Attention: Executive Vice President – Division Head

Facsimile: (888) 706-3565

 

  Re: Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This letter is delivered to you in connection with the transfer by _________________ (the “Transferor”) to _________________ (the “Transferee”) of the Excess Servicing Fee Right established under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), entered into and executed with respect to the above-referenced transaction. All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Transferee hereby certifies, represents and warrants to you, as the Depositor and the Master Servicer, that:

1.       The Transferee is acquiring the right to receive Excess Servicing Fees with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as to which __________________ is the applicable Master Servicer (the “Excess Servicing Fee Right”) for its own account for investment and not with a view to or for sale or transfer in connection with any distribution thereof, in whole or in part, in any manner which would violate the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or any applicable state securities laws.

2.       The Transferee understands that (a) the Excess Servicing Fee Right has not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act or registered or qualified under any applicable state securities laws, (b) none of the Depositor, the Trustee, Certificate Administrator or the Certificate Registrar is obligated so to register or qualify the Excess Servicing Fee Right, and (c)

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the Excess Servicing Fee Right may not be resold or transferred unless it is (i) registered pursuant to the Securities Act and registered or qualified pursuant to any applicable state securities laws or (ii) sold or transferred in transactions which are exempt from such registration and qualification and (A) the Depositor has received a certificate from the prospective transferor substantially in the form attached as Exhibit AA-1 to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and (B) each of the Master Servicer and the Depositor have received a certificate from the prospective transferee substantially in the form attached as Exhibit AA-2 to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

3.       The Transferee understands that it may not sell or otherwise transfer the Excess Servicing Fee Right or any interest therein except in compliance with the provisions of Section 3.12 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, which provisions it has carefully reviewed.

4.       Neither the Transferee nor anyone acting on its behalf has (a) offered, pledged, sold, disposed of or otherwise transferred the Excess Servicing Fee Right, any interest in the Excess Servicing Fee Right or any other similar security to any person in any manner, (b) solicited any offer to buy or accept a pledge, disposition or other transfer of the Excess Servicing Fee Right, any interest in the Excess Servicing Fee Right or any other similar security from any person in any manner, (c) otherwise approached or negotiated with respect to the Excess Servicing Fee Right, any interest in the Excess Servicing Fee Right or any other similar security with any person in any manner, (d) made any general solicitation with respect to the Excess Servicing Fee Right, any interest in the Excess Servicing Fee Right or any other similar security by means of general advertising or in any other manner, or (e) taken any other action with respect to the Excess Servicing Fee Right, any interest in the Excess Servicing Fee Right or any other similar security, which (in the case of any of the acts described in clauses (a) through (e) above) would constitute a distribution of the Excess Servicing Fee Right under the Securities Act, would render the disposition of the Excess Servicing Fee Right a violation of Section 5 of the Securities Act or any state securities law or would require registration or qualification of the Excess Servicing Fee Right pursuant thereto. The Transferee will not act, nor has it authorized or will it authorize any person to act, in any manner set forth in the foregoing sentence with respect to the Excess Servicing Fee Right, any interest in the Excess Servicing Fee Right or any other similar security.

5.       The Transferee has been furnished with all information regarding (a) the Depositor, (b) the Excess Servicing Fee Right and any payments thereon, (c) the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Trust Fund created pursuant thereto, (d) the nature, performance and servicing of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, and (e) all related matters that it has requested.

6.       The Transferee is (a) a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act or (b) an “accredited investor” as defined in any of paragraphs (1), (2), (3) and (7) of Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act or an entity in which all of the equity owners come within such paragraphs. The Transferee has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Excess Servicing Fee Right; the Transferee has sought such accounting, legal and tax advice as it has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision; and the

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Transferee is able to bear the economic risks of such investment and can afford a complete loss of such investment.

7.       The Transferee agrees (i) to keep all information relating to the Trust, the Trust Fund and the parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and made available to it, confidential, (ii) not to use or disclose such information in any manner which could result in a violation of any provision of the Securities Act or would require registration of the Excess Servicing Fee Right or any Certificate pursuant to the Securities Act, and (iii) not to disclose such information, and to cause its officers, directors, partners, employees, agents or representatives not to disclose such information, in any manner whatsoever, in whole or in part, to any other Person other than such holder’s auditors, legal counsel and regulators, except to the extent such disclosure is required by law, court order or other legal requirement or to the extent such information is of public knowledge at the time of disclosure by such holder or has become generally available to the public other than as a result of disclosure by such holder; provided, however, that such holder may provide all or any part of such information to any other Person who is contemplating an acquisition of the Excess Servicing Fee Right if, and only if, such Person (x) confirms in writing such prospective acquisition and (y) agrees in writing to keep such information confidential, not to use or disclose such information in any manner which could result in a violation of any provision of the Securities Act or would require registration of the Excess Servicing Fee Right or any Certificates pursuant to the Securities Act and not to disclose such information, and to cause its officers, directors, partners, employees, agents or representatives not to disclose such information, in any manner whatsoever, in whole or in part, to any other Person other than such Persons’ auditors, legal counsel and regulators.

8.       The Transferee acknowledges that the holder of the Excess Servicing Fee Right shall not have any rights under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement except as set forth in Section 3.12(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and that the Excess Servicing Fee Rate may be reduced to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

	Very truly yours,
	By:
		Name:
		Title:

 

 

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EXHIBIT BB-1

FORM OF OPERATING ADVISOR ANNUAL REPORT (POOLED SECURITIZATION)¹

 

Report Date: If during the prior calendar year, any Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or Serviced Whole Loan was a Specially Serviced Loan at any time, this report will be delivered no later than [INSERT DATE], pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, as the depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as general special servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as Pacific Design Center special servicer, Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as certificate administrator and trustee, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer.
Transaction: Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38
Operating Advisor: Park Bridge Lender Services LLC
Special Servicer for period: LNR Partners, LLC
Directing Holder: Eightfold Real Estate Capital, L.P.

I. Population of Mortgage Loans that Were Considered in Compiling this Report

1 The Special Servicer has notified the Operating Advisor that [●] Specially Serviced Loans were transferred to special servicing in the prior calendar year [INSERT YEAR].

a. [●] of those Specially Serviced Loans are still being analyzed by the Special Servicer as part of the development of a [Final] Asset Status Report.

b. [Final] Asset Status Reports were issued with respect to [●] of such Specially Serviced Loans. This report is based only on the Specially Serviced Loans in respect of which [a Final] Asset Status Report has been issued. The [Final] Asset Status Reports may not yet be fully implemented.

2 The Special Servicer has notified the Operating Advisor that it has completed a Major Decision with respect to [●] Specially Serviced Loans, and provided the Major Decision Reporting Package or Asset Status Report with respect to [●] Specially Serviced Loans to the operating advisor.

II. Executive Summary

Based on the requirements and qualifications set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as well as the items listed below, the Operating Advisor (in accordance

 

 

¹ This report is an indicative report with respect to the Pooled Securitization and does not reflect the final form of annual report to be used in any particular year. The Operating Advisor will have the ability to modify or alter the organization and content of any particular report, subject to the compliance with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, including, without limitation, provisions relating to Privileged Information.

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with the Operating Advisor’s analysis requirements outlined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) has undertaken a limited review of the Special Servicer’s reported actions on the loans identified in this report. Based solely on such limited review and subject to the assumptions, limitations and qualifications set forth herein, the Operating Advisor believes, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that the Special Servicer [is/is not] operating in compliance with the Servicing Standard with respect to its performance of its duties under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement during the prior calendar year on a “asset-level basis” with respect to the resolution or liquidation of any Specially Serviced Loans that the special servicer is responsible for servicing under the PSA. [The Operating Advisor believes, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that the Special Servicer has failed to comply with the Servicing Standard as a result of the following material deviations.]

● [LIST OF MATERIAL DEVIATION ITEMS]

In addition, the Operating Advisor notes the following: [PROVIDE SUMMARY OF ANY ADDITIONAL MATERIAL INFORMATION].

● [ADD RECOMMENDATION OF REPLACEMENT OF SPECIAL SERVICER, IF APPLICABLE]

III.        List of Items that Were Considered in Compiling this Report

In rendering our assessment herein, we examined and relied upon the accuracy and completeness of the items listed below:

1. Any Major Decision Reporting Package that is delivered or made available to the Operating Advisor by the Special Servicer pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

2. Reports by the Special Servicer made available to Privileged Persons that are posted on the Certificate Administrator’s Website that is relevant to the Operating Advisor’s obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and certain information it has reasonably requested from the Special Servicer and each Final Asset Status Report, in each case, delivered or made available to the Operating Advisor pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

3. The Special Servicer’s assessment of compliance report, attestation report by a third party regarding the Special Servicer’s compliance with its obligations, and non-discretionary portions of net present value calculations and Appraisal Reduction Amount calculations delivered or made available to the Operating Advisor pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

4. [LIST OTHER REVIEWED INFORMATION]

NOTE: The Operating Advisor’s review of the above materials should be considered a limited review and not be considered a full or limited audit, legal review or legal opinion. For instance, we did not review each page of the Special Servicer’s policy and procedure manuals (including amendments and appendices), review underlying lease agreements or similar underlying

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documents, re-engineer the quantitative aspects of their net present value calculation, visit any related property, visit the Special Servicer, visit the Directing Holder or interact with any Borrower. In addition, our review of the net present value calculations and Appraisal Reduction calculations is limited to the mathematical accuracy of the calculations and the corresponding application of the non-discretionary portions of the applicable formulas, and as such, does not take into account the reasonableness of the discretionary portions of such formulas.

IV.           Qualifications and Disclaimers Related to the Work Product Undertaken and Opinions Related to this Report

1. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Operating Advisor is not required to report on instances of non-compliance with, or deviations from, the Servicing Standard or the Special Servicer’s obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement that the Operating Advisor determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, to be immaterial.

2. In rendering our assessment herein, we have assumed that all executed factual statements, instruments, and other documents that we have relied upon in rendering this assessment have been executed by persons with legal capacity to execute such documents.

3. Other than the receipt of any Major Decision Reporting Package or any Asset Status Report that is delivered or made available to the Operating Advisor pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Operating Advisor did not participate in, or have access to, the Special Servicer’s and Directing Holder’s discussion(s) regarding any Specially Serviced Loan. The Operating Advisor does not have authority to speak with the Directing Holder or Borrower directly. As such, the Operating Advisor relied upon the information delivered to it by the Special Servicer as well as its interaction with the Special Servicer, if any, in gathering the relevant information to generate this report. The services that we perform are not designed and cannot be relied upon to detect fraud or illegal acts should any exist.

4. The Special Servicer has the legal authority and responsibility to service any Specially Serviced Loans pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Operating Advisor has no responsibility or authority to alter the standards set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the actions of the Special Servicer.

5. Confidentiality and other contractual limitations limit the Operating Advisor’s ability to outline the details or substance of any communication held between it and the Special Servicer regarding any Specially Serviced Loans and certain information it reviewed in connection with its duties under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As a result, this report may not reflect all the relevant information that the Operating Advisor is given access to by the Special Servicer.

6. There are many tasks that the Special Servicer undertakes on an ongoing basis related to Specially Serviced Loans. These include, but are not limited to, assumptions, ownership changes, collateral substitutions, capital reserve changes, etc. The Operating Advisor does not participate in any discussions regarding such actions. As such, Operating

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Advisor has not assessed the Special Servicer’s operational compliance with respect to those types of actions.

7. The Operating Advisor is not empowered to speak with any investors directly. If the investors have questions regarding this report, they should address such questions to the Certificate Administrator through the Certificate Administrator’s Website.

8. This report does not constitute recommendations to buy, sell or hold any security, nor does the Operating Advisor take into account market prices of securities or financial markets generally when performing its limited review of the Special Servicer as described above. The Operating Advisor does not have a fiduciary relationship with any Certificateholder or any other party or individual. Nothing is intended to or should be construed as creating a fiduciary relationship between the Operating Advisor and any Certificateholder, party or individual.

 

Terms used but not defined herein have the meaning set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

	PARK BRIDGE LENDER SERVICES LLC,
	as	Operating Advisor
	By:	Park Bridge Advisors LLC Its Sole Member
		By:	Park Bridge Financial LLC    Its Sole Member
		By:
			Name:
			Title:

 

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EXHIBIT BB-2

FORM OF OPERATING ADVISOR ANNUAL REPORT (Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Securitization)²

Report Date: If during the prior calendar year, any Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or Serviced Whole Loan was a Specially Serviced Loan at any time, this report will be delivered no later than [INSERT DATE], pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, as the depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as general special servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as Pacific Design Center special servicer, Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as certificate administrator and trustee, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer.
Transaction: Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38
Operating Advisor: Park Bridge Lender Services LLC
Special Servicer for period: Argentic Services Company LP
Directing Holder: ES Ventures Holding, Inc.

I. Population of Mortgage Loans that Were Considered in Compiling this Report

1 The Special Servicer has notified the Operating Advisor that [●] Specially Serviced Loans were transferred to special servicing in the prior calendar year [INSERT YEAR].

a. [●] of those Specially Serviced Loans are still being analyzed by the Special Servicer as part of the development of an Asset Status Report.

b. Asset Status Reports were issued with respect to [●] of such Specially Serviced Loans. This report is based only on the Specially Serviced Loans in respect of which an Asset Status Report has been issued. The Asset Status Reports may not yet be fully implemented.

2 [●] Mortgage Loans were the subject of a Major Decision as to which the Operating Advisor has consultation rights pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

II. Executive Summary

Based on the requirements and qualifications set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as well as the items listed below, the Operating Advisor (in accordance with the Operating Advisor’s analysis requirements outlined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) has undertaken a limited review of the Special Servicer’s reported actions on the loans identified in this report. Based solely on such limited review and subject to the

 

 

² This report is an indicative report with respect to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Securitization and does not reflect the final form of annual report to be used in any particular year. The Operating Advisor will have the ability to modify or alter the organization and content of any particular report, subject to the compliance with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, including, without limitation, provisions relating to Privileged Information.

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assumptions, limitations and qualifications set forth herein, the Operating Advisor believes, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that the Special Servicer [is/is not] operating in compliance with the Servicing Standard with respect to its performance of its duties under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement during the prior calendar year on a “asset-level basis”. [The Operating Advisor believes, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that the Special Servicer has failed to comply with the Servicing Standard as a result of the following material deviations.]

● [LIST OF MATERIAL DEVIATION ITEMS]

In addition, the Operating Advisor notes the following: [PROVIDE SUMMARY OF ANY ADDITIONAL MATERIAL INFORMATION].

● [ADD RECOMMENDATION OF REPLACEMENT OF SPECIAL SERVICER, IF APPLICABLE]

    In connection with the assessment set forth in this report, the Operating Advisor:

    1 Reviewed the Asset Status Reports, the Special Servicer’s assessment of compliance report, attestation report by a third party regarding the Special Servicer’s compliance with its obligations and net present value calculations and Appraisal Reduction Amount calculations and [LIST OTHER REVIEWED INFORMATION] for the following [●] Specially Serviced Loans: [List related Mortgage Loans]

    2 Consulted with the Special Servicer as provided under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Operating Advisor’s analysis of the Asset Status Reports (including related net present value calculations, Collateral Deficiency Amount calculations and Appraisal Reduction Amount calculations) related to the Specially Serviced Loans should be considered a limited investigation and not be considered a full or limited audit. For instance, we did not re-engineer the quantitative aspects of their net present value calculator, visit any property, visit the Special Servicer, visit the Directing Holder or interact with any borrower. In addition, our review of the net present value calculations and Appraisal Reduction Amount calculations is limited to the mathematical accuracy of the calculations and the corresponding application of the non-discretionary portions of the applicable formulas, and as such, does not take into account the reasonableness of the discretionary portions of such formulas.

     III.       Specific Items of Review

1 The Operating Advisor reviewed the following items in connection with the generation of this report: [LIST MATERIAL ITEMS].

2 During the prior year, the Operating Advisor consulted with the Special Servicer regarding its strategy plan for a limited number of issues related to the following Specially Serviced Loans: [LIST]. The Operating Advisor participated in discussions and made strategic observations and recommended alternative courses of action to the extent it deemed such observations and recommendations appropriate. The Special Servicer [agreed with/did not agree with] the material recommendations made by the Operating Advisor. Such recommendations generally included the following: [LIST].

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3 Net present value calculations:

4 The Operating Advisor [received/did not receive] information necessary to recalculate and verify the accuracy of the mathematical calculations and the corresponding application of the non-discretionary portions of the applicable formulas required to be utilized in connection with any Appraisal Reduction Amount or net present value calculations used in the special servicer’s determination of what course of action to take in connection with the workout or liquidation of a Specially Serviced Loan prior to the utilization by the Special Servicer.

(a)   The Operating Advisor [agrees/does not agree] with the [mathematical calculations] [and/or] [the application of the applicable non-discretionary portions of the formula] required to be utilized for such calculation.

(b)   After consultation with the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, to resolve any inaccuracy in the mathematical calculations or the application of the non-discretionary portions of the related formula in arriving at those mathematical calculations, such inaccuracy [has been/ has not been] resolved.

5 The following is a general discussion of certain concerns raised by the Operating Advisor discussed in this report: [LIST CONCERNS].

6 In addition to the other information presented herein, the Operating Advisor notes the following additional items, if any: [LIST ADDITIONAL ITEMS].

    IV.       Qualifications and Disclaimers Related to the Work Product Undertaken and Opinions Related to this Report

    1. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Operating Advisor is not required to report on instances of non-compliance with, or deviations from, the Servicing Standard or the Special Servicer’s obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement that the Operating Advisor determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, to be immaterial.

    2. In rendering our assessment herein, we have assumed that all executed factual statements, instruments, and other documents that we have relied upon in rendering this assessment have been executed by persons with legal capacity to execute such documents.

    3. Except as may have been reflected in any Major Decision Reporting Package or any Asset Status Report that is delivered or made available to the Operating Advisor pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Operating Advisor did not participate in, or have access to, the Special Servicer’s and Directing Holder’s discussion(s) regarding any Specially Serviced Loan. The Operating Advisor does not have any obligation to speak with the Directing Holder or Borrower directly. As such, the Operating Advisor relied upon the information delivered to it by the Special Servicer as well as its interaction with the Special Servicer, if any, in gathering the relevant information to generate this report. The services that we perform are not designed and cannot be relied upon to detect fraud or illegal acts should any exist.

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    4. The Special Servicer has the legal authority and responsibility to service any Specially Serviced Loans pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Operating Advisor has no responsibility or authority to alter the standards set forth therein or the actions of the Special Servicer.

    5. Confidentiality and other contractual limitations limit the Operating Advisor’s ability to outline the details or substance of any communication held between it and the Special Servicer regarding any Specially Serviced Loans and certain information it reviewed in connection with its duties under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As a result, this report may not reflect all the relevant information that the Operating Advisor is given access to by the Special Servicer.

    6. There are many tasks that the Special Servicer undertakes on an ongoing basis related to Specially Serviced Loans. These include, but are not limited to, assumptions, ownership changes, collateral substitutions, capital reserve changes, etc. The Operating Advisor does not participate in any discussions regarding such actions. As such, Operating Advisor has not assessed the Special Servicer’s operational compliance with respect to those types of actions.

    7. The Operating Advisor is not empowered to speak with any investors directly. If the investors have questions regarding this report, they should address such questions to the Certificate Administrator through the Certificate Administrator’s Website.

    8. This report does not constitute recommendations to buy, sell or hold any security, nor does the Operating Advisor take into account market prices of securities or financial markets generally when performing its limited review of the Special Servicer as described above. The Operating Advisor does not have a fiduciary relationship with any Certificateholder or any other party or individual. Nothing is intended to or should be construed as creating a fiduciary relationship between the Operating Advisor and any Certificateholder, party or individual.

 

Terms used but not defined herein have the meaning set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

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	PARK BRIDGE LENDER SERVICES LLC,
	as	Operating Advisor
	By:	Park Bridge Advisors LLC Its Sole Member
		By:	Park Bridge Financial LLC    Its Sole Member
		By:
			Name:
			Title:

 

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EXHIBIT CC

ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURE NOTIFICATION

**SEND VIA EMAIL TO cts.sec.notifications@wellsfargo.com AND [_____] AND VIA OVERNIGHT MAIL TO THE ADDRESSES IMMEDIATELY BELOW**

 

Computershare Trust Company, N.A.

9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045

Attention: Corporate Trust Services – Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust

with copies to:

 

cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com, and

trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com

Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation,
as Depositor
1 Columbus Circle

New York, New York 10019
Attention: Lainie Kaye

with a copy via email to:

cmbs.requests@db.com

Re: **Additional Form [10-D][10-K][8-K] Disclosure Required **

Ladies and Gentlemen:

In accordance with Section [10.06][10.07][10.09] of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, as depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer (the “Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as general special servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as special servicer with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as asset representations reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as trustee and as certificate administrator (the “Certificate Administrator”), paying agent and custodian, the undersigned, as                          , hereby notifies you that certain events have come to our attention that [will] [may] need to be disclosed on Form [10-D][10-K][8-K].

Description of Additional Form [10-D][10-K][8-K] Disclosure:

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List of any Attachments hereto to be included in the Additional Form [10-D][10-K][8-K] Disclosure:

 

 

 

Any inquiries related to this notification should be directed to                          , phone number:                          ; email address:                          .

	[NAME OF PARTY], as [role]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:

 

 

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EXHIBIT DD-1

FORM OF POWER OF ATTORNEY BY TRUSTEE FOR MASTER SERVICER

 

RECORDING REQUESTED BY:

 

Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association
10851 Mastin Street, Suite 700
Overland Park, Kansas 66210
Attention: Executive Vice President – Division Head

Facsimile: (888) 706-3565

SPACE ABOVE THIS LINE FOR RECORDER’S USE

 

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
TO MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
FROM COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

AS TRUSTEE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE HOLDERS
OF BENCHMARK 2023-B38 MORTGAGE TRUST

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES,
SERIES 2023-B38

 

KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS:

WHEREAS, Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer (the “Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as General Special Servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as Pacific Design Center Special Servicer, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”) and as Certificate Administrator, entered into a Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of April 1, 2023 (the “PSA”), pertaining to a securitization trust formed for the benefit of the registered holders of Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38 (the “Trust”), and which provides in part that the Master Servicer shall administer and service certain “Mortgage Loans” and provide services to the “Mortgagors” as those terms are defined in the PSA, for the benefit of the Trustee in accordance with the terms of the PSA and the Mortgage Loans; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the PSA, the Master Servicer is granted certain powers, responsibilities and authority in connection with its servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans subject to the terms of the PSA; and

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WHEREAS, the Trustee has been requested by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.01(a) of the PSA to grant this Limited Power of Attorney to the Master Servicer to enable the Master Servicer to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, certain documents and instruments related to the Mortgage Loans thereby empowering the Master Servicer to take such actions as it deems necessary to comply with its servicing, administrative and management duties under and in accordance with the PSA.

NOW, THEREFORE, KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS:

Computershare Trust Company, N.A., a nationally banking association having an office at 9062 Old Annapolis Road, Columbia, Maryland 21045, not in its individual or banking capacity, but solely in its capacity as trustee for the registered holders of Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38 (in such capacity, the “Trustee”) under the PSA, does make, constitute and appoint Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, with principal corporate offices at 10851 Mastin Street, Suite 700, Overland Park, Kansas 66210, as Master Servicer, by and through its designated officers, as the Trustee’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and each mortgaged property and related collateral (the “Mortgaged Property”) held by the Trustee to secure the obligations of the Mortgage Loans in its capacity as Trustee, and in Trustee’s name, place and stead, to prepare, complete, execute, deliver, record and file on behalf of the registered holders and the Trustee, and in any event in accordance with the terms of the PSA; (i) customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents including, without limitation, estoppel certificates, financing statements, continuation statements, title endorsements and reports and other documents and instruments necessary to preserve and maintain the validity, enforceability, perfection and priority of the lien on the Mortgaged Property; (ii) to consent to assignments and assumptions or substitutions, and transfers of interest of the Mortgagors, in each case subject to and in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Loans and subject to the provisions of the PSA; (iii) to collect any insurance proceeds, condemnation proceeds and liquidation proceeds in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Loans; (iv) to consent to any subordinate financing to be secured by any Mortgaged Property to the extent that such consent is required pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loans or which otherwise is required under the PSA; (v) to consent to the application of any proceeds of insurance policies or condemnation awards to the restoration of the related Mortgaged Property or to repayment of the Mortgage Loans or otherwise, in each case in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Loans; (vi) to execute any and all instruments necessary or appropriate for judicial or nonjudicial foreclosure of, the taking of a deed in lieu of foreclosure with respect to, or the conversion of title to any Mortgaged Property securing a Mortgage Loans owned by the Trustee and serviced by the Master Servicer for the Trustee, and, consistent with the authority granted by the PSA, to take any and all actions on behalf of the Trustee in connection with maintaining and defending the enforceability of such Mortgage Loan obligation and the collection thereof including, without limitation, the execution of any and all instruments necessary or appropriate in defense of and for the collection and enforcement of said Mortgage Loan obligation in accordance with the terms of the PSA; (vii) to execute and deliver documents relating to the management, operation, maintenance, repair, leasing and marketing of the Mortgaged Property, including agreements and requests by the Mortgagors with respect to modifications of the management of the Mortgaged Property or the replacement of managers;

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(viii) to exercise all rights, powers and privileges granted or provided to the holder of the Mortgage Loans under their respective terms including all rights of approval and consent thereunder; (ix) to enter into lease subordination agreements, non-disturbance and attornment agreements or other leasing or rental arrangements which may be requested by the Mortgagors or their tenants in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Loans; (x) to join the Mortgagor in granting, modifying or releasing any easements, covenants, conditions, restrictions, equitable servitudes, or land use or zoning requirements with respect to the Mortgaged Property to the extent such does not adversely affect the value of the Mortgaged Property; (xi) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Property; (xii) to draw upon, replace, substitute, release or amend any letters of credit standing as collateral under the Mortgage Loans; and (xiii) to apply amounts in the various escrow accounts set up under the Mortgage Loans pursuant to the terms provided for therein.

ARTICLE I

The enumeration of particular powers hereinabove is not intended in any way to limit the grant to the Master Servicer as the Trustee’s attorney-in-fact of full power and authority with respect to the Mortgage Loans consistent with the PSA to execute and deliver any such documents, instrument or other writing, as fully, to all intents and purposes, as the Trustee might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming whatsoever such attorney-in-fact shall and may do by virtue hereof; and the Trustee agrees and represents to those dealing with such attorney-in-fact that they may rely upon this limited power of attorney until termination of the limited power of attorney under the provisions of Article III below. As between and among the Trustee, the registered holders, the Trust, and the Master Servicer, the Master Servicer may not exercise any right, authority or power granted by this instrument in a manner which would violate the terms of the PSA or the servicing standard imposed on the Master Servicer by the PSA, but any and all third parties dealing with the Master Servicer as the Trustee's attorney-in-fact may rely completely, unconditionally and conclusively on the Master Servicer's authority and need not make inquiry about whether the Master Servicer is acting pursuant to the PSA or such standard. Any purchaser, title company, recorder's office or other third party may rely upon a written statement by the Master Servicer that any particular loan or property in question and the release thereof is subject to and included under this power of attorney and the PSA.

ARTICLE II

Any act or thing lawfully done by the Master Servicer, and otherwise authorized under this Limited Power of Attorney, shall be binding on the Trustee and the Trustee’s successors and assigns.

ARTICLE III

This Limited Power of Attorney shall continue in full force and effect until the earliest occurrence of any of the following events, unless sooner revoked in writing by the

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Trustee:

(i) the suspension or termination of this Limited Power of Attorney by the Trustee;

(ii) the transfer of servicing under the PSA from the Master Servicer to another servicer;

(iii) the termination, resignation or removal of the Trustee as trustee of such Trust;

(iv) the appointment of a receiver or conservator with respect to the business of the Master Servicer;

(v) the filing of a voluntary or involuntary petition in bankruptcy by or against the Master Servicer;

(vi) the termination of the PSA; or

(vii) the termination of the Master Servicer.

Nothing herein shall be deemed to amend or modify the PSA or the respective rights, duties or obligations of the Trustee, or the Master Servicer thereunder, and nothing herein shall constitute a waiver of any rights or remedies thereunder.

 

[SIGNATURE ON FOLLOWING PAGE]

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this instrument to be executed and its corporate seal to be affixed hereto by its officer duly authorized as of the __ day of April 2023.

		Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38 (and not in its individual capacity)

	By:

    Name:   

    Title:   

Witness:
Witness:

 

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STATE OF MARYLAND	)
	)	SS.
COUNTY OF HOWARD	)

 

On the [DAY] day of [MONTH] in the year 2023, before me, [NOTARY], Notary Public, personally appeared [SIGNER], Vice President, who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she voluntarily executed the same in his/her authorized capacity and that by his/her signature on the instrument the person, or the entity upon behalf of which the person acted, executed the instrument.

Witness my hand and official seal.

	Notary Public: [NOTARY]
	My Commission expires [DATE]

 

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EXHIBIT DD-2

FORM OF POWER OF ATTORNEY BY TRUSTEE FOR GENERAL SPECIAL SERVICER

RECORDING REQUESTED BY:

 

LNR Partners, LLC
2340 Collins Avenue, Suite 700
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
Attention: Leticia Alvarez
Facsimile number: (305) 695-5601
With a copy by email to: lnr.cmbs.notices@lnrproperty.com

 

SPACE ABOVE THIS LINE FOR RECORDER’S USE

 

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
TO LNR PARTNERS, LLC,
FROM COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

AS TRUSTEE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE HOLDERS
OF BENCHMARK 2023-B38 MORTGAGE TRUST

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES,
SERIES 2023-B38

 

KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS:

WHEREAS, Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as General Special Servicer (the “General Special Servicer”), Argentic Services Company LP, as Pacific Design Center Special Servicer, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee (the “Trustee”) and Certificate Administrator, entered into a Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of April 1, 2023 (the “PSA”), pertaining to a securitization trust formed for the benefit of the registered holders of Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38 (the “Trust”), and which provides in part that the General Special Servicer shall administer and service certain “Mortgage Loans” and provide services to the “Mortgagors” as those terms are defined in the PSA, for the benefit of the Trustee in accordance with the terms of the PSA and the Mortgage Loans; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the PSA, the General Special Servicer is granted certain powers, responsibilities and authority in connection with its servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans subject to the terms of the PSA; and

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WHEREAS, Section 3.01(a) of the PSA provides for the Trustee to grant this Limited Power of Attorney to the General Special Servicer to enable the General Special Servicer to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, certain documents and instruments related to the Mortgage Loans thereby empowering the General Special Servicer to take such actions as it deems necessary to comply with its servicing, administrative and management duties under and in accordance with the PSA.

NOW, THEREFORE, KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS:

Computershare Trust Company, N.A., a nationally banking association having an office at 9062 Old Annapolis Road, Columbia, Maryland 21045, not in its individual or banking capacity, but solely in its capacity as trustee for the benefit of the registered holders of Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38 (the “Trustee”) under the PSA, does make, constitute and appoint LNR Partners, LLC, with principal corporate offices at 2340 Collins Avenue, Suite 700, Miami Beach, Florida 33139, as General Special Servicer, by and through its designated officers, as the Trustee’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and each mortgaged property and related collateral (each a “Mortgaged Property”) held by the Trustee to secure the obligations of the Mortgage Loans in its capacity as Trustee, and in Trustee’s name, place and stead, to prepare, complete, execute, deliver, record and file on behalf of the registered holders and the Trustee, and in any event in accordance with the terms of the PSA; (i) consents or waivers and other instruments and documents including, without limitation, estoppel certificates, financing statements, continuation statements, title endorsements and reports and other documents and instruments necessary to preserve and maintain the validity, enforceability, perfection and priority of the lien on a Mortgaged Property; (ii) to consent to assignments and assumptions or substitutions, and transfers of interest of the Mortgagors, including the completion and execution of loan assumption agreements or modification agreements, in each case subject to and in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Loans and subject to the provisions of the PSA; (iii) to collect any insurance proceeds, condemnation proceeds and liquidation proceeds in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Loans; (iv) to consent to any subordinate financing to be secured by any Mortgaged Property to the extent that such consent is required pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loans or which otherwise is required under the PSA; (v) to consent to the application of any proceeds of insurance policies or condemnation awards to the restoration of the related Mortgaged Property or to repayment of the Mortgage Loans or otherwise, in each case in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Loans; (vi) to undertake full enforcement of and preservation of the Trustee’s interests in any Mortgage or the related promissory note, and in the proceeds thereof, by way of, including but not limited to, execution of any and all instruments necessary or appropriate for judicial or nonjudicial foreclosure of, the taking of a deed in lieu of foreclosure with respect to, or the conversion of title to any Mortgaged Property securing a Mortgage Loans owned by the Trustee and serviced by the General Special Servicer for the Trustee, consistent with the authority granted by the PSA, to take any and all actions on behalf of the Trustee in connection with maintaining and defending the enforceability of such Mortgage Loans obligation and the collection thereof including, without limitation, the execution of any and all instruments necessary or appropriate in defense of and for the collection and enforcement of said Mortgage Loans obligation in accordance with the terms of the PSA; (vii) to execute and deliver documents relating to the management, operation, maintenance, repair, leasing and marketing of

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a Mortgaged Property, including agreements and requests by the Mortgagors with respect to modifications of the management of a Mortgaged Property or the replacement of managers; (viii) to exercise all rights, powers and privileges granted or provided to the holder of the Mortgage Loans under their respective terms including all rights of approval and consent thereunder; (ix) to enter into lease subordination agreements, non-disturbance and attornment agreements or other leasing or rental arrangements which may be requested by the Mortgagors or their tenants in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Loans; (x) granting, modifying or releasing any easements, covenants, conditions, restrictions, equitable servitudes, or land use or zoning requirements with respect to a Mortgaged Property to the extent such does not adversely affect the value of a Mortgaged Property; (xi) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and a Mortgaged Property; (xii) the endorsement on behalf of the Trustee of all checks, drafts and/or other negotiable instruments made payable to the Trustee, to draw upon, replace, substitute, release or amend any letters of credit standing as collateral under the Mortgage Loans; (xiii) to apply amounts in the various escrow accounts set up under the Mortgage Loans pursuant to the terms provided for therein; (xiv) the conveyance of the properties to the mortgage insurer, or the closing of the title to the property to be acquired as real estate owned, or conveyance of title to real estate owned; (xv) the assignment of any Mortgage or deed of trust and the related Mortgage Note, in connection with the sale or repurchase of the Mortgage Loans secured and evidenced thereby; (xvi) with respect to the sale of property acquired through a foreclosure or deed-in lieu of foreclosure, including, without limitation, the execution of the following documentation: listing agreements; purchase and sale agreements; grant/warranty/quit claim deeds or any other deed causing the transfer of title of the property to a party contracted to purchase same; escrow instructions and any and all documents necessary to effect the transfer of property; (xvii) executing and/or filing such documents and take such other action as is proper and necessary to defend the Trustee, solely in its capacity as Trustee, in litigation and to resolve such litigation, provided that such resolution shall not include any admission of fault or wrongdoing by the Trustee or, without the Trustee’s consent, subject the Trustee to any form of injunctive relief; and (xvii) executing any and all other documents, instruments and certifications as are reasonably necessary to accomplish the General Special Servicer’s duties and responsibilities under the PSA.

 

ARTICLE I

The enumeration of particular powers hereinabove is not intended in any way to limit the grant to the General Special Servicer as the Trustee's attorney-in-fact of full power and authority with respect to the Mortgage Loans consistent with the PSA to take any and all actions and execute and deliver any documents, instrument or other writing, as fully, to all intents and purposes, as the Trustee might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming whatsoever such attorney-in-fact shall and may do by virtue hereof; and the Trustee agrees and represents to those dealing with such attorney-in-fact that they may rely upon this limited power of attorney until termination of the limited power of attorney under the provisions of Article III below. As between and among the Trustee, the registered holders, the Trust, and the General Special Servicer, the General Special Servicer may not exercise any

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right, authority or power granted by this instrument in a manner which would violate the terms of the PSA or the servicing standard imposed on the General Special Servicer by the PSA, but any and all third parties dealing with the General Special Servicer as the Trustee's attorney-in-fact may rely completely, unconditionally and conclusively on the General Special Servicer's authority and need not make inquiry about whether the General Special Servicer is acting pursuant to the PSA or such standard. Any purchaser, title company, recorder's office or other third party may rely upon a written statement by the General Special Servicer that any particular loan or property in question and the release thereof is subject to and included under this power of attorney and the PSA.

ARTICLE II

Any act or thing lawfully done by the General Special Servicer, and otherwise authorized under this Limited Power of Attorney, shall be binding on the Trustee and the Trustee's successors and assigns.

ARTICLE III

This Limited Power of Attorney shall be automatically revoked upon:

(i) the transfer of servicing under the PSA from the General Special Servicer to another servicer;

(ii) the termination, resignation or removal of the Trustee as trustee of such Trust;

(iii) the termination of the PSA; or

(iv) the termination of the General Special Servicer.

 

Nothing herein shall be deemed to amend or modify the PSA or the respective rights, duties or obligations of the Trustee, or the General Special Servicer thereunder, and nothing herein shall constitute a waiver of any rights or remedies thereunder.

This Limited Power of Attorney is entered into and shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of law principles of such state.

 

[SIGNATURE ON FOLLOWING PAGE]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this instrument to be executed and its corporate seal to be affixed hereto by its officer duly authorized as of the __ day of April 2023.

 

  Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38 (and not in its individual capacity)

	By:

  Name:  

  Title:  

Witness:
Witness:

 

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STATE OF MARYLAND	)
	)  SS.
COUNTY OF HOWARD	)

 

 

On the [DAY] day of April in the year 2023, before me, [NOTARY], Notary Public, personally appeared [SIGNER], Vice President, who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she voluntarily executed the same in his/her authorized capacity and that by his/her signature on the instrument the person, or the entity upon behalf of which the person acted, executed the instrument.

Witness my hand and official seal.

	Notary Public: [NOTARY]
	My Commission expires [DATE]

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EXHIBIT DD-3

FORM OF POWER OF ATTORNEY BY TRUSTEE FOR PACIFIC DESIGN CENTER
SPECIAL SERVICER

RECORDING REQUESTED BY:

 

Argentic Services Company LP

500 North Central Expressway, Suite 261

Plano, Texas 75074

Attention: Andrew Hundertmark

Email: ahundertmark@argenticservices.com

 

SPACE ABOVE THIS LINE FOR RECORDER’S USE

 

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
TO ARGENTIC SERVICES COMPANY LP,
FROM COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

AS TRUSTEE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE HOLDERS
OF BENCHMARK 2023-B38 MORTGAGE TRUST

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES,
SERIES 2023-B38

 

KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS:

WHEREAS, Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as General Special Servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as Pacific Design Center Special Servicer (the “Pacific Design Center Special Servicer”), Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”) and as Certificate Administrator, entered into a Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of April 1, 2023 (the “PSA”), pertaining to a securitization trust formed for the benefit of the registered holders of Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38 (the “Trust”), and which provides in part that the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer shall administer and service certain “Mortgage Loans” and provide services to the “Mortgagors” as those terms are defined in the PSA, for the benefit of the Trustee in accordance with the terms of the PSA and the Mortgage Loans; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the PSA, the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer is granted certain powers, responsibilities and authority in connection with its servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans subject to the terms of the PSA; and

WHEREAS, the Trustee has been requested by the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.01(a) of the PSA to grant this Limited Power of Attorney to the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer to enable the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer to

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execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, certain documents and instruments related to the Mortgage Loans thereby empowering the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer to take such actions as it deems necessary to comply with its servicing, administrative and management duties under and in accordance with the PSA.

NOW, THEREFORE, KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS:

Computershare Trust Company, N.A., a nationally banking association having an office at 9062 Old Annapolis Road, Columbia, Maryland 21045, not in its individual or banking capacity, but solely in its capacity as trustee for the registered holders of Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38 (in such capacity, the “Trustee”) under the PSA, does make, constitute and appoint Argentic Services Company LP, with principal corporate offices at 500 North Central Expressway, Suite 261, Plano, Texas 75074, as Pacific Design Center Special Servicer, by and through its designated officers, as the Trustee’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and each mortgaged property and related collateral (the “Mortgaged Property”) held by the Trustee to secure the obligations of the Mortgage Loans in its capacity as Trustee, and in Trustee’s name, place and stead, to prepare, complete, execute, deliver, record and file on behalf of the registered holders and the Trustee, and in any event in accordance with the terms of the PSA; (i) customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents including, without limitation, estoppel certificates, financing statements, continuation statements, title endorsements and reports and other documents and instruments necessary to preserve and maintain the validity, enforceability, perfection and priority of the lien on the Mortgaged Property; (ii) to consent to assignments and assumptions or substitutions, and transfers of interest of the Mortgagors, in each case subject to and in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Loans and subject to the provisions of the PSA; (iii) to collect any insurance proceeds, condemnation proceeds and liquidation proceeds in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Loans; (iv) to consent to any subordinate financing to be secured by any Mortgaged Property to the extent that such consent is required pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loans or which otherwise is required under the PSA; (v) to consent to the application of any proceeds of insurance policies or condemnation awards to the restoration of the related Mortgaged Property or to repayment of the Mortgage Loans or otherwise, in each case in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Loans; (vi) to execute any and all instruments necessary or appropriate for judicial or nonjudicial foreclosure of, the taking of a deed in lieu of foreclosure with respect to, or the conversion of title to any Mortgaged Property securing a Mortgage Loans owned by the Trustee and serviced by the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer for the Trustee, and, consistent with the authority granted by the PSA, to take any and all actions on behalf of the Trustee in connection with maintaining and defending the enforceability of such Mortgage Loans obligation and the collection thereof including, without limitation, the execution of any and all instruments necessary or appropriate in defense of and for the collection and enforcement of said Mortgage Loans obligation in accordance with the terms of the PSA; (vii) to execute and deliver documents relating to the management, operation, maintenance, repair, leasing and marketing of the Mortgaged Property, including agreements and requests by the Mortgagors with respect to modifications of the management of the Mortgaged Property or the replacement of managers; (viii) to exercise all rights, powers and privileges granted or provided to the holder of the Mortgage Loans under their respective terms including all rights of approval and consent thereunder; (ix) to enter into lease subordination agreements, non-disturbance and attornment agreements or other leasing or rental arrangements which may be requested by the Mortgagors or

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their tenants in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Loans; (x) to join the Mortgagor in granting, modifying or releasing any easements, covenants, conditions, restrictions, equitable servitudes, or land use or zoning requirements with respect to the Mortgaged Property to the extent such does not adversely affect the value of the Mortgaged Property; (xi) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Property; (xii) to draw upon, replace, substitute, release or amend any letters of credit standing as collateral under the Mortgage Loans; and (xiii) to apply amounts in the various escrow accounts set up under the Mortgage Loans pursuant to the terms provided for therein.

 

ARTICLE I

 

The enumeration of particular powers hereinabove is not intended in any way to limit the grant to the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer as the Trustee's attorney-in-fact of full power and authority with respect to the Mortgage Loans consistent with the PSA to execute and deliver any such documents, instrument or other writing, as fully, to all intents and purposes, as the Trustee might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming whatsoever such attorney-in-fact shall and may do by virtue hereof; and the Trustee agrees and represents to those dealing with such attorney-in-fact that they may rely upon this limited power of attorney until termination of the limited power of attorney under the provisions of Article III below. As between and among the Trustee, the registered holders, the Trust, and the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer, the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer may not exercise any right, authority or power granted by this instrument in a manner which would violate the terms of the PSA or the servicing standard imposed on the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer by the PSA, but any and all third parties dealing with the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer as the Trustee's attorney-in-fact may rely completely, unconditionally and conclusively on the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer's authority and need not make inquiry about whether the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer is acting pursuant to the PSA or such standard. Any purchaser, title company, recorder's office or other third party may rely upon a written statement by the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer that any particular loan or property in question and the release thereof is subject to and included under this power of attorney and the PSA.

 

ARTICLE II

Any act or thing lawfully done by the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer, and otherwise authorized under this Limited Power of Attorney, shall be binding on the Trustee and the Trustee's successors and assigns.

ARTICLE III

This Limited Power of Attorney shall continue in full force and effect until the earliest occurrence of any of the following events, unless sooner revoked in writing by the Trustee:

(i) the suspension or termination of this Limited Power of Attorney by the Trustee;

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(ii) the transfer of servicing under the PSA from the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer to another servicer;

(iii) the termination, resignation or removal of the Trustee as trustee of such Trust;

(iv) the appointment of a receiver or conservator with respect to the business of the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer;

(v) the filing of a voluntary or involuntary petition in bankruptcy by or against the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer;

(vi) the termination of the PSA; or

(vii) the termination of the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer.

Nothing herein shall be deemed to amend or modify the PSA or the respective rights, duties or obligations of the Trustee, or the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer thereunder, and nothing herein shall constitute a waiver of any rights or remedies thereunder.

[SIGNATURE ON FOLLOWING PAGE]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this instrument to be executed and its corporate seal to be affixed hereto by its officer duly authorized as of the __ day of April 2023.

 

 

  Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38 (and not in its individual capacity)

	By:

  Name:  

  Title:  

Witness:
Witness:

 

 

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STATE OF MARYLAND	)
	)  SS.
COUNTY OF HOWARD	)

 

 

On the [DAY] day of [MONTH] in the year 2023, before me, [NOTARY], Notary Public, personally appeared [SIGNER], Vice President, who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she voluntarily executed the same in his/her authorized capacity and that by his/her signature on the instrument the person, or the entity upon behalf of which the person acted, executed the instrument.

Witness my hand and official seal.

	Notary Public: [NOTARY]
	My Commission expires [DATE]

 

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EXHIBIT EE

FORM OF NON-SERVICED MORTGAGE LOAN NOTIFICATION

 

[Other Depositor] [Address Line 1] [Address Line 2] Attn: [Contact Person]	[Other Trustee]* [Address Line 1] [Address Line 2] Attn: [Contact Person] *If the Other Trustee is comprised of multiple entities (such as a separate trustee and certificate administrator), this form shall be addressed to each such entity
[Other Servicer] [Address Line 1] [Address Line 2] Attn: [Contact Person]	[Other Special Servicer] [Address Line 1] [Address Line 2] Attn: [Contact Person]
[Other Operating Advisor] [Address Line 1] [Address Line 2] Attn: [Contact Person]	[Other Asset Representations Reviewer] [Address Line 1] [Address Line 2] Attn: [Contact Person]

 

Re: [Other Securitization Trust]

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is hereby made to the [Trust][Pooling] and Servicing Agreement, dated as of [_____] (the “Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between [_____], as Depositor, [_____], as master servicer, [_____], as special servicer, [_____], as certificate administrator and as trustee, and [_____], as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them (or an analogous term) in the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

The undersigned is the certificate administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2023 (the “B38 PSA”), between Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, as depositor (the “B38 Depositor”), Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer (the “B38 Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as general special servicer (the “B38 General Special Servicer”), Argentic Services Company LP, as special servicer with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan (the “B38 Pacific Design Center Special Servicer”), Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (in such capacity, the “B38 Trustee”), as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “B38 Certificate Administrator”), as paying agent and as custodian, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor (in such capacity, the “B38 Operating Advisor”) and as asset

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representations reviewer (in such capacity, the “B38 Asset Representations Reviewer”), pursuant to which the Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust (the “B38 Trust”) was established and the [1201 Third Avenue][CX – 250 Water Street][Green Acres][Scottsdale Fashion Square][National Warehouse & Distribution Portfolio][Centers of High Point][One Campus Martius][Sentinel Square II] Companion Loan was transferred to the B38 Trust as of April 21, 2023 (the “Closing Date”).

The undersigned hereby notifies you that, as of the Closing Date, or as applicable, the related Servicing Shift Securitization Date:

1.       Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as trustee under the B38 PSA, is the holder of the [1201 Third Avenue][CX – 250 Water Street][Green Acres][Scottsdale Fashion Square][National Warehouse & Distribution Portfolio][Centers of High Point][One Campus Martius][Sentinel Square II] Companion Loan.

2.       The [1201 Third Avenue][CX – 250 Water Street][Green Acres][Scottsdale Fashion Square][National Warehouse & Distribution Portfolio][Centers of High Point][One Campus Martius][Sentinel Square II] Mortgage Loan [is][is not] a Significant Obligor (as such term is defined in the B38 PSA) under the B38 PSA.

3.       The contact information for the B38 Depositor, B38 Trustee, the B38 Certificate Administrator, the B38 Master Servicer, the B38 General Special Servicer, the B38 Operating Advisor, the B38 Asset Representations Reviewer, each Rating Agency (as defined in the B38 PSA) and the Directing Holder (as defined in the B38 PSA) with respect to the [1201 Third Avenue][CX – 250 Water Street][Green Acres][Scottsdale Fashion Square][National Warehouse & Distribution Portfolio][Centers of High Point][One Campus Martius][Sentinel Square II] Companion Loan are as set forth on Schedule I attached hereto.

4.       You are directed to remit to Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as the B38 Master Servicer, to the collection account set forth on Schedule II attached hereto no later than one (1) Business Day after each Determination Date (as defined in the B38 PSA) all amounts payable to, and to forward, deliver or otherwise make available, as the case may be, to Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as B38 Master Servicer, no later than one (1) Business Day after each Determination Date (as defined in the B38 PSA) all reports, statements, documents, communications and other information that are to be forwarded, delivered or otherwise made available to, the holder of the [1201 Third Avenue][CX – 250 Water Street][Green Acres][Scottsdale Fashion Square][National Warehouse & Distribution Portfolio][Centers of High Point][One Campus Martius][Sentinel Square II] Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable.

5.       The B38 Trust is subject to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as it may be amended from time to time.

6.       A copy of an executed version of the B38 PSA is [attached hereto][enclosed herewith].

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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	Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Certificate Administrator for the Holders of the Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38
	By:
		[Name]
		[Title]

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SCHEDULE I

TO FORM OF NOTICE FROM THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR

REGARDING [NON-SERVICED WHOLE LOAN]

 

B38 Depositor:	Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation 1 Columbus Circle New York, New York 10019 Attention: Lainie Kaye with a copy via email to: cmbs.requests@db.com
B38 Trustee:	Computershare Trust Company, N.A. 9062 Old Annapolis Road Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951 Attention: Corporate Trust Services – Benchmark 2023-B38   with copies to: cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com; and trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com
B38 Certificate Administrator:	Computershare Trust Company, N.A. 9062 Old Annapolis Road Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951 Attention: Corporate Trust Services – Benchmark 2023-B38   with copies to: cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com; and trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com
B38 Master Servicer:	Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association 10851 Mastin Street, Suite 700 Overland Park, Kansas 66210 Attention: Executive Vice President – Division Head Facsimile: (888) 706-3565   with a copy to: Stinson LLP

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	1201 Walnut Street, Suite 2900 Kansas City, Missouri 64106-2150 Attention: Kenda K. Tomes Facsimile: (816) 412-9338 Email: kenda.tomes@stinson.com
B38 General Special Servicer	LNR Partners, LLC 2340 Collins Avenue, Suite 700 Miami Beach, Florida 33139 Attention: Heather Bennett and Job Warshaw Facsimile: (305) 695-5601 Email: hbennett@starwood.com, jwarshaw@lnrpartners.com and lnr.cmbs.notices@lnrpartners.com
B38 Operating Advisor:	Park Bridge Lender Services LLC 600 Third Avenue, 40th Floor New York, New York 10016 Attention: BMARK 2023-B38 – Surveillance Manager (with a copy sent contemporaneously via email to: cmbs.notices@parkbridgefinancial.com)
B38 Asset Representation Reviewer:	Park Bridge Lender Services LLC 600 Third Avenue, 40th Floor New York, New York 10016 Attention: BMARK 2023-B38 – Surveillance Manager (with a copy sent contemporaneously via email to: cmbs.notices@parkbridgefinancial.com)
B38 Rating Agencies:	Kroll Bond Rating Agency, LLC 805 Third Avenue, 29th Floor New York, New York 10022 Attention: CMBS Surveillance Email: cmbs.surveillance@kbra.com Facsimile No.: (646) 731-2395   Fitch Ratings, Inc. 300 West 57th Street New York, New York 10019 Attention: Commercial Mortgage Surveillance Group Facsimile No.: (212) 635-0295 Email: info.cmbs@fitchratings.com   Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

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	7 World Trade Center 250 Greenwich Street New York, New York 10041 Attention: Commercial Mortgage Surveillance Group E-mail: CMBSSurveillance@moodys.com
B38 Directing Holder:	Eightfold Real Estate Capital, L.P. 545 NW 26th Street, Suite 630 Miami, Florida 33127 Attention: Brian Tageson E-mail: btageson@eightfoldcapital.com   with a copy to:   Eightfold Real Estate Capital, L.P. 545 NW 26th Street, Suite 630 Miami, Florida 33127 Attention: Adnan Charania E-mail: acharania@eightfoldcapital.com

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SCHEDULE II TO FORM OF NOTICE

FROM THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR

REGARDING [NON-SERVICED WHOLE LOAN]

 

Account:          Collection Account

Account #: [______]

Title: Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, on behalf of Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38 Collection Account

Location: [___]

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT FF

FORM OF SERVICED COMPANION LOAN NOTEHOLDER CERTIFICATION

[Date]

Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association
10851 Mastin Street, Suite 700
Overland Park, Kansas 66210
Attention: Executive Vice President – Division Head

Facsimile: (888) 706-3565

 

Computershare Trust Company, N.A.

9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045
Attention: Corporate Trust Services – Benchmark 2023-B38

 

with copies to:

 

cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com, and

trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com

 

Re: Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust – Companion Loan

In accordance with the requirements for obtaining certain information under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the “Agreement”), dated as of April 1, 2023, between Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, as depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as general special servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as special servicer with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, as certificate administrator, as paying agent and as custodian, with respect to any Companion Loan (as defined in the Agreement), the undersigned hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

1.       The undersigned is a Companion Loan Noteholder (as defined in the Agreement).

2.       The undersigned is requesting access pursuant to the Agreement to certain information (the “Information”) on the Certificate Administrator’s Website.

In consideration of the disclosure to the undersigned of the Information, or the access thereto, the undersigned shall keep the Information confidential (except from such outside persons as are assisting it in making an evaluation in connection with purchasing the related Certificates, from its accountants and attorneys, and otherwise from such governmental or banking authorities or agencies to which the undersigned is subject), and such Information shall not, without the prior written consent of the Depositor, be otherwise disclosed by the

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undersigned or by its officers, directors, partners, employees, agents or representatives (collectively, the “Representatives”) in any manner, in whole or in part.

The undersigned shall not use or disclose the Information in any manner which could result in a violation of any provision of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or would require registration of any Certificate not previously registered pursuant to Section 5 of the Securities Act.

3.       The undersigned agrees that each time it accesses the Certificate Administrator’s Website, the undersigned is deemed to have recertified that the representations contained herein remain true and correct.

4.       The undersigned shall be fully liable for any breach of this agreement by itself or any of its Representatives and shall indemnify the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the General Special Servicer, the Pacific Design Center Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers, the Loan-Specific Initial Purchaser and the Trust Fund for any loss, liability or expense incurred thereby with respect to any such breach by the undersigned or any of its Representatives.

5.       Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized officer, as of the day and year written above.

	[Companion Loan Noteholder]
	By:
		Title:
		Company:
		Phone:

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EXHIBIT GG

 

[RESERVED]

 

 

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EXHIBIT HH

FORM OF ASSET REVIEW REPORT BY THE
ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER³

To: [Addresses of Recipients]

Re: Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38

Ladies and Gentlemen:

In accordance with Section 11.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), the undersigned, as asset representations reviewer (the “Asset Representations Reviewer”), has performed an Asset Review on each Delinquent Mortgage Loan identified by the Certificate Administrator, and is hereby issuing the following Asset Review Report.

1. We have performed an Asset Review on each Delinquent Mortgage Loan identified by the Certificate Administrator and our conclusion is that there is [no evidence of a failed Test][evidence of [●] failed Tests as specifically detailed on the scorecard attached hereto as Exhibit A] with respect to the Delinquent Mortgage Loans.

2. A conclusion by the Asset Representations Reviewer of a passed Test or a failed Test shall not constitute a determination by the Asset Representations Reviewer of (i) the existence or nonexistence of a Material Defect, or (ii) whether the Trust should enforce any rights it may have against the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller. In addition, the Tests may not be sufficient to determine every instance of noncompliance.

3. The Asset Representations Reviewer, other than forwarding this report to the persons listed above, will not be required to take or participate in any other or further action with respect to the aforementioned Asset Review Report.

4. Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

 

 

³ This report is an indicative report, and the Asset Representations Reviewer will have the ability to modify or alter the organization and content of this report, subject to compliance with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, including without limitation, provisions relating to Privileged Information.

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	PARK BRIDGE LENDER SERVICES LLC, as Asset Representations Reviewer
	By:	Park Bridge Advisors LLC Its Sole Member
		By:	Park Bridge Financial LLC Its Sole Member

  By:  

  Name:  

  Title:  

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Exhibit A

Detailed Scorecard
[Template Example Below]

Test Failures
Loan #	Loan Name	Mortgage Loan Seller	R&W #	R&W Name	Test Description	Findings
[Insert Loan Number]	[Insert Loan Name]	[Insert Mortgage Loan Seller]	[Insert R&W #]	[Insert R&W Name]	[Insert Test Description]	[Insert Test findings]
			[Insert R&W #]	[Insert R&W Name]

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EXHIBIT II

FORM OF ASSET REVIEW REPORT SUMMARY
BY THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER⁴

To: [Addresses of Recipients]

Re: Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38

Ladies and Gentlemen:

In accordance with Section 11.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), the undersigned, as asset representations reviewer (the “Asset Representations Reviewer”), has performed an Asset Review on each Delinquent Mortgage Loan identified by the Certificate Administrator, and is hereby issuing the following Asset Review Report Summary.

1. We have performed an Asset Review on each Delinquent Mortgage Loan identified by the Certificate Administrator and our conclusion is that there is [no evidence of a failed Test][evidence of [●] failed Tests as identified on the summary scorecard attached hereto as Exhibit A] with respect to the Delinquent Mortgage Loans.

2. A conclusion by the Asset Representations Reviewer of a passed Test or a failed Test shall not constitute a determination by the Asset Representations Reviewer of (i) the existence or nonexistence of a Material Defect, or (ii) whether the Trust should enforce any rights it may have against the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller. In addition, the Tests may not be sufficient to determine every instance of noncompliance.

3. The Asset Representations Reviewer, other than forwarding this Asset Review Report Summary to the parties listed above, will not be required to take or participate in any other or further action with respect to the aforementioned Asset Review Report Summary.

4. Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

 

 

⁴    This report is an indicative report, and the Asset Representations Reviewer will have the ability to modify or alter the organization and content of this report, subject to compliance with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, including without limitation, provisions relating to Privileged Information.

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	PARK BRIDGE LENDER SERVICES LLC, as Asset Representations Reviewer
	By:	Park Bridge Advisors LLC Its Sole Member
		By:	Park Bridge Financial LLC Its Sole Member

  By:  

  Name:  

  Title:  

 

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Exhibit A

Summary Scorecard
[Template Example Below]

Test failures
Loan #	Loan Name	Mortgage Loan Seller	Representation and Warranty #	Representation and Warranty Name
[Insert Loan #]	[Insert Loan Name]	[Insert Mortgage Loan Seller]	[Insert Representation and Warranty #]	[Insert Representation and Warranty Name]
			[Insert Representation and Warranty #]	[Insert Representation and Warranty Name]

 

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EXHIBIT JJ

ASSET REVIEW PROCEDURES

                Subject to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, this Exhibit sets forth Asset Representations Reviewer’s review procedures for each Delinquent Mortgage Loan based on the information provided for an Asset Review. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In the event of any conflict between this Exhibit JJ and the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall control and govern the Asset Representation Reviewer’s responsibilities and duties with respect to Asset Reviews.

Call for Review and Collection and Inventory of Review Materials

 

Step 1 Asset Representations Reviewer (“ARR”) receives the following items before beginning its review from the parties specified in Section 11.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement:

 

■ Notice of Asset Review Trigger (with attachments)

■ Asset Review Vote Election

■ Notice of Affirmative Asset Review Vote

■ List of all Delinquent Mortgage Loans subject to the Asset Review

■ Review Materials for each Delinquent Mortgage Loan via Secure Data Room access, including the Diligence File

■ Any Unsolicited Information (if applicable)

 

Step 2 For each Delinquent Mortgage Loan, ARR inventories all Review Materials to which ARR is provided access in the Secure Data Room to determine what, if any, Review Materials for such Delinquent Mortgage Loan are missing, using the list of documents in Section 2.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, any comparable lists included in the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, and any closing checklist from the origination of such Delinquent Mortgage Loan, to guide its review and determination

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Step 3 If ARR determines that the information made available to it in the Secure Data Room with respect to any Delinquent Mortgage Loan is missing any documents required to complete an Asset Review of such Delinquent Mortgage Loan, ARR shall prepare a list of such missing documents and notify Master Servicer (with respect to Non-Specially Serviced Loans) and Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans) or applicable Mortgage Loan Seller of such missing documents. If the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, does not provide such document as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the ARR shall notify the related Mortgage Loan Seller of such missing information

Analysis and Testing of Representations and Warranties

 

Step 4 For each Delinquent Mortgage Loan for which ARR has received all Review Materials required to complete an Asset Review of such Delinquent Mortgage Loan, ARR tests such Delinquent Mortgage Loan for compliance with each representation and warranty made by the related Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to such Delinquent Mortgage Loan as follows:

■ ARR reviews each representation and warranty and each item included in the Review Materials applicable or related to such representation or warranty to determine whether there is any evidence that such representation or warranty was not true when made by the related Mortgage Loan Seller

■ For each representation and warranty, ARR lists

● all items from the Review Materials reviewed or used in its testing of such representation and warranty

● whether ARR has determined that there is any evidence that such representation or warranty was not true when made by the related Mortgage Loan Seller, and

○ if so, stating the aspect of the applicable representation or warranty that does not appear to have been true when made by the related Mortgage Loan Seller and ARR’s basis for its conclusion

○ completing the Asset Review Report by setting forth, for each Delinquent Mortgage Loan, the information contemplated herein with respect to each representation and warranty

 

ARR will not attempt (and has no obligation) to determine the materiality of any potential breach of a representation or warranty that it discovers evidence of during its review as contemplated herein.

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EXHIBIT KK

FORM OF CERTIFICATION TO CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR REQUESTING ACCESS TO SECURE DATA ROOM

Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951
Attention: Corporate Trust Services – Benchmark 2023-B38
Email: trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com

Attention: Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38

In accordance with the requirements for obtaining access to the Secure Data Room pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, as depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as general special servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as special servicer with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, as certificate administrator, as paying agent and as custodian, with respect to the certificates (the “Certificates”), the undersigned hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

1.       The undersigned is an authorized representative of [________________________].

2.       The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that (a) access to the Secure Data Room is being granted to it solely for purposes of the undersigned carrying out its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (b) it will not disseminate or otherwise make information contained on the Secure Data Room available to any other person except in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or otherwise with the written consent of the Depositor and (c) it will only access information relating to the Mortgage Loans to which the Asset Review relates.

3.       The undersigned agrees that each time it accesses the Secure Data Room, the undersigned is deemed to have recertified that the representations above remains true and correct.

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4.       [The undersigned is not a Certificateholder, a beneficial owner or a prospective purchaser of any Certificate.]*

BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned has made the representations above and shall have caused, or shall be deemed to have caused its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the date certified.

		[NAME OF PARTY], as [role]
		By:
			Name:
			Title:
Dated:
[Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving
	Corporation] **
By:
	Name:
	Title:

 

 

 

^**      Required to the extent that a party other than the Asset Representations Reviewer is identified by the Depositor as needing access to the Secure Data Room.

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EXHIBIT LL

FORM OF NOTICE OF [ADDITIONAL DELINQUENT MORTGAGE LOAN][CESSATION OF DELINQUENT MORTGAGE LOAN][CESSATION OF ASSET REVIEW TRIGGER]

[Date]

Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association 10851 Mastin Street, Suite 700 Overland Park, Kansas 66210 Attention: Executive Vice President – Division Head Facsimile: (888) 706-3565	Park Bridge Lender Services LLC 600 Third Avenue, 40th Floor New York, New York 10016 Attention: BMARK 2023-B38 – Surveillance Manager (with a copy sent contemporaneously via email to: cmbs.notices@parkbridgefinancial.com)
LNR Partners, LLC 2340 Collins Avenue, Suite 700 Miami Beach, Florida 33139 Attention: Heather Bennett and Job Warshaw Email: hbennett@starwood.com jwarshaw@lnrpartners.com lnr.cmbs.notices@lnrpartners.com   Argentic Services Company LP 500 North Central Expressway, Suite 261 Plano, Texas 75074 Attention: Andrew Hundertmark Email: ahundertmark@argenticservices.com	Eightfold Real Estate Capital, L.P. 545 NW 26th Street, Suite 630 Miami, Florida 33127 Attention: Brian Tageson E-mail: btageson@eightfoldcapital.com   with a copy to:   Eightfold Real Estate Capital, L.P. 545 NW 26th Street, Suite 630 Miami, Florida 33127 Attention: Adnan Charania E-mail: acharania@eightfoldcapital.com

Attention: Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38

In accordance with Section 11.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, as depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as general special servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as special servicer with respect to the Pacific Design Center Whole Loan, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor and asset representations reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), paying agent and custodian, the Certificate Administrator hereby notifies you that as of [RELATED DISTRIBUTION DATE]:

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1.         _____ An additional Mortgage Loan has become a Delinquent Mortgage Loan.

2.         _____ A Mortgage Loan has ceased to be a Delinquent Mortgage Loan.

3.         _____ An Asset Review Trigger has ceased to exist.

(check all that apply)

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the respective meanings given to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Certificate Administrator for the Holders of the Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38
By:
	[Name]
	[Title]

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EXHIBIT MM

Form of Certificate Administrator Receipt of the retained certificates

[Date]

[Retaining Party]

Re: Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38 (Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation as Depositor)

In accordance with Section 5.02(m) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2023 (the “Agreement”), pursuant to which the captioned series of commercial mortgage pass-through certificates (the “Certificates”) were issued and the RR Interest was created, the undersigned, as Certificate Administrator, hereby acknowledges receipt and possession of, and further agrees that it will hereafter hold in the Retained Interest Safekeeping Account, the Certificates identified on Schedule I attached hereto (the “Subject Certificates”), which constitute some or all of the [Class RR Certificates][PDC-HRR Certificates], for the benefit of [Retaining Party], the registered holder of the Subject Certificates, pursuant to the Agreement. Payments on the Subject Certificates will be made to the registered holder thereof in accordance with the Agreement, including pursuant to any written wiring instructions provided in accordance with the Agreement [and/or attached hereto].

This receipt is solely for the benefit of the addressee and is non-transferable. Possession of this receipt by any other Person will not entitle such Person to delivery of, or any rights in respect of, the Subject Certificates. The Subject Certificates are subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in, and may not be released from the Retained Interest Safekeeping Account except in accordance with, the Agreement.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Agreement.

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Administrator
By:
	Name:
	Title:

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[Wiring Instructions]

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Schedule I

 

Certificates Registered in the Name of [Retaining Party]

Class (CUSIP)	Certificate No.	Initial Certificate Balance

 

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EXHIBIT NN

form of notice of purchase of a pacific design center controlling class certificate

[Date]

 

Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
         as Certificate Administrator
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045
Attention: Corporate Trust Services – Benchmark 2023-B38

Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-B38 (the “Certificates”) issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), dated as of April 1, 2023, between Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as General Special Servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as Pacific Design Center Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer.

This letter is delivered to you, pursuant to Section 3.36(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in connection with the transfer by ____________ (the “Transferor”) to us (the “Transferee”) of $__________________ original principal balance of the Class [PDC-A1][PDC-A2][PDC-HRR] Certificates, representing [_____]% of the Class [PDC-A1][PDC-A2][PDC-HRR] Certificates. The Loan-Specific Certificates were issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

1. Our name and address is as follows:

Contact Info: [Tel/Email]

2. [IF APPLICABLE] We hereby certify, represent and warrant to you, as Certificate Administrator, that we are purchasing a majority interest in the Class [PDC-A1][PDC-A2][PDC-HRR] Certificates.

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All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Very truly yours,
	(Transferee)
By:
	Name:
	Title:

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EXHIBIT OO

 

FORM OF NOTICE OF ADDITIONAL SECURED

INDEBTEDNESS NOTIFICATION

 

VIA E-MAIL:

To: Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Certificate Administrator; cts.sec.notifications@wellsfargo.com; trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com

 

Ref: BMARK 2023-B38, Additional Secured Debt Notice for From 10-D

 

The following information is being furnished to you for inclusion on Form 10-D pursuant to Section 3.26(f) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement

 

	Portfolio Name	Mortgage Loan	Position in Debt Stack	Additional Secured Debt	OPB	OPB Date	Appraised Value	Appraised Value Date	Aggregate LTV	Aggregate NCF DSCR	Aggregate NCF DSCR Date	Primary Servicer	Master Servicer	Lead Servicer	Prospectus ID
1	BMARK 2023-B38			$			$		%
	Outside the Trust			$			$		%
	Outside the Trust			$			$		%
	Total			$
2	BMARK 2023-B38			$			$		%
	Outside the Trust			$			$		%
	Outside the Trust			$			$		%
	Total			$
3	BMARK 2023-B38			$			$		%
	Outside the Trust			$			$		%
	Outside the Trust			$			$		%
	Total			$

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SCHEDULE I

DIRECTING HOLDERS

 

Mortgage Loan	Directing Holder	Contact Information
All Serviced Mortgage Loans (other than the Pacific Design Center Mortgage Loan and the 100 Jefferson Road Mortgage Loan)	Eightfold Real Estate Capital, L.P.	Eightfold Real Estate Capital, L.P. 545 NW 26th Street, Suite 630 Miami, Florida 33127 Attention: Brian Tageson E-mail: btageson@eightfoldcapital.com   with a copy to:   Eightfold Real Estate Capital, L.P. 545 NW 26th Street, Suite 630 Miami, Florida 33127 Attention: Adnan Charania E-mail: acharania@eightfoldcapital.com
Pacific Design Center Mortgage Loan	ES Ventures Holding, Inc.	ES Ventures Holdings Inc. c/o Elliott Investment Management L.P. Phillips Point, East Tower 777 S. Flagler Drive, Suite 1000 West Palm Beach, Florida 33401 with a copy to: cmbsnotices@elliottmgmt.com
100 Jefferson Road Mortgage Loan	Argentic Real Estate Finance 2 LLC	Argentic Real Estate Finance 2 LLC 31 West 27th Street, 12th Floor New York, New York 10001 Attention: Michael Schulte   with a copy to: Dechert LLP 300 South Tryon Street, Suite 800 Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 Attention: Stewart McQueen

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SCHEDULE II

SERVICING CRITERIA TO BE ADDRESSED IN ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE

The assessment of compliance to be delivered shall address, at a minimum, the criteria identified below as “Relevant Servicing Criteria” (with each Servicing Function Participant deemed to be responsible for the items applicable to the functions it is performing and for which the party that retained such Servicing Function Participant is responsible):

	Relevant Servicing Criteria	Applicable Party(ies)
Reference	Criteria
	General Servicing Considerations
1122(d)(1)(i)	Policies and procedures are instituted to monitor any performance or other triggers and events of default in accordance with the transaction agreements.	Cert. Admin. Master Servicer Special Servicer
1122(d)(1)(ii)	If any material servicing activities are outsourced to third parties, policies and procedures are instituted to monitor the third party’s performance and compliance with such servicing activities.	Cert. Admin. Master Servicer Special Servicer
1122(d)(1)(iii)	Any requirements in the transaction agreements to maintain a back-up servicer for the mortgage loans are maintained.	N/A
1122(d)(1)(iv)	A fidelity bond and errors and omissions policy is in effect on the party participating in the servicing function throughout the reporting period in the amount of coverage required by and otherwise in accordance with the terms of the transaction agreements.	Master Servicer Special Servicer
1122(d)(1)(v)	Aggregation of information, as applicable, is mathematically accurate and the information conveyed accurately reflects the information.	Master Servicer Special Servicer Certificate Administrator
	Cash Collection and Administration
1122(d)(2)(i)	Payments on mortgage loans are deposited into the appropriate custodial bank accounts and related bank clearing accounts no more than two business days following receipt, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.	Master Servicer Special Servicer

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	Relevant Servicing Criteria	Applicable Party(ies)
Reference	Criteria
1122(d)(2)(ii)	Disbursements made via wire transfer on behalf of an obligor or to an investor are made only by authorized personnel.	Cert. Admin.
1122(d)(2)(iii)	Advances of funds or guarantees regarding collections, cash flows or distributions, and any interest or other fees charged for such advances, are made, reviewed and approved as specified in the transaction agreements.	Trustee Master Servicer Special Servicer
1122(d)(2)(iv)	The related accounts for the transaction, such as cash reserve accounts or accounts established as a form of overcollateralization, are separately maintained (e.g., with respect to commingling of cash) as set forth in the transaction agreements.	Cert. Admin. Master Servicer Special Servicer
1122(d)(2)(v)	Each custodial account is maintained at a federally insured depository institution as set forth in the transaction agreements.  For purposes of this criterion, “federally insured depository institution” with respect to a foreign financial institution means a foreign financial institution that meets the requirements of Rule 13k-1(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act.	Cert. Admin. Master Servicer Special Servicer
1122(d)(2)(vi)	Unissued checks are safeguarded so as to prevent unauthorized access.	Cert. Admin. Master Servicer Special Servicer
1122(d)(2)(vii)	Reconciliations are prepared on a monthly basis for all asset-backed securities related bank accounts, including custodial accounts and related bank clearing accounts.  These reconciliations are (A) mathematically accurate; (B) prepared within 30 calendar days after the bank statement cutoff date, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements; (C) reviewed and approved by someone other than the person who prepared the reconciliation; and (D) contain explanations for reconciling items.  These reconciling items are resolved within 90 calendar days of their original identification, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.	Cert. Admin. Master Servicer Special Servicer

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	Relevant Servicing Criteria	Applicable Party(ies)
Reference	Criteria
	Investor Remittances and Reporting
1122(d)(3)(i)	Reports to investors, including those to be filed with the Commission, are maintained in accordance with the transaction agreements and applicable Commission requirements.  Specifically, such reports (A) are prepared in accordance with timeframes and other terms set forth in the transaction agreements; (B) provide information calculated in accordance with the terms specified in the transaction agreements; (C) are filed with the Commission as required by its rules and regulations; and (D) agree with investors’ or the trustee’s records as to the total unpaid principal balance and number of mortgage loans serviced by the Master Servicer.	Cert. Admin. Operating Adv. (excluding clauses (C) and (D) in the case of the Operating Adv.)
1122(d)(3)(ii)	Amounts due to investors are allocated and remitted in accordance with timeframes, distribution priority and other terms set forth in the transaction agreements.	Cert. Admin.
1122(d)(3)(iii)	Disbursements made to an investor are posted within two business days to the Master Servicer’s investor records or Certificate Administrator’s investor records, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.	Cert. Admin.
1122(d)(3)(iv)	Amounts remitted to investors per the investor reports agree with cancelled checks, or other form of payment, or custodial bank statements.	Cert. Admin.
	Pool Asset Administration
1122(d)(4)(i)	Collateral or security on mortgage loans is maintained as required by the transaction agreements or related mortgage loan documents.	Custodian Master Servicer Special Servicer
1122(d)(4)(ii)	Mortgage loan and related documents are safeguarded as required by the transaction agreements.	Custodian
1122(d)(4)(iii)	Any additions, removals or substitutions to the asset pool are made, reviewed and approved in accordance with any conditions or requirements in the transaction agreements.	Master Servicer Special Servicer

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	Relevant Servicing Criteria	Applicable Party(ies)
Reference	Criteria
1122(d)(4)(iv)	Payments on mortgage loans, including any payoffs, made in accordance with the related mortgage loan documents are posted to the Master Servicer’s obligor records maintained no more than two business days after receipt, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements, and allocated to principal, interest or other items (e.g., escrow) in accordance with the related mortgage loan documents.	Master Servicer
1122(d)(4)(v)	The Master Servicer’s records regarding the mortgage loans agree with the Master Servicer’s records with respect to an obligor’s unpaid principal balance.	Master Servicer
1122(d)(4)(vi)	Changes with respect to the terms or status of an obligor’s mortgage loans (e.g., loan modifications or re-agings) are made, reviewed and approved by authorized personnel in accordance with the transaction agreements and related pool asset documents.	Master Servicer Special Servicer
1122(d)(4)(vii)	Loss mitigation or recovery actions (e.g., forbearance plans, modifications and deeds in lieu of foreclosure, foreclosures and repossessions, as applicable) are initiated, conducted and concluded in accordance with the timeframes or other requirements established by the transaction agreements.	Special Servicer Operating Adv.
1122(d)(4)(viii)	Records documenting collection efforts are maintained during the period a mortgage loan is delinquent in accordance with the transaction agreements.  Such records are maintained on at least a monthly basis, or such other period specified in the transaction agreements, and describe the entity’s activities in monitoring delinquent mortgage loans including, for example, phone calls, letters and payment rescheduling plans in cases where delinquency is deemed temporary (e.g., illness or unemployment).	Master Servicer Special Servicer
1122(d)(4)(ix)	Adjustments to interest rates or rates of return for mortgage loans with variable rates are computed based on the related mortgage loan documents.	Master Servicer

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	Relevant Servicing Criteria	Applicable Party(ies)
Reference	Criteria
1122(d)(4)(x)	Regarding any funds held in trust for an obligor (such as escrow accounts): (A) such funds are analyzed, in accordance with the obligor’s mortgage loan documents, on at least an annual basis, or such other period specified in the transaction agreements; (B) interest on such funds is paid, or credited, to obligors in accordance with applicable mortgage loan documents and state laws; and (C) such funds are returned to the obligor within 30 calendar days of full repayment of the related mortgage loans, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.	Master Servicer
1122(d)(4)(xi)	Payments made on behalf of an obligor (such as tax or insurance payments) are made on or before the related penalty or expiration dates, as indicated on the appropriate bills or notices for such payments, provided that such support has been received by the servicer at least 30 calendar days prior to these dates, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.	Master Servicer
1122(d)(4)(xii)	Any late payment penalties in connection with any payment to be made on behalf of an obligor are paid from the servicer’s funds and not charged to the obligor, unless the late payment was due to the obligor’s error or omission.	Master Servicer
1122(d)(4)(xiii)	Disbursements made on behalf of an obligor are posted within two business days to the obligor’s records maintained by the servicer, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.	Master Servicer
1122(d)(4)(xiv)	Delinquencies, charge-offs and uncollectible accounts are recognized and recorded in accordance with the transaction agreements.	Master Servicer
1122(d)(4)(xv)	Any external enhancement or other support, identified in Item 1114(a)(1) through (3) or Item 1115 of Regulation AB, is maintained as set forth in the transaction agreements.	N/A

 

At all times that the Master Servicer and Special Servicer are the same entity, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer may provide a combined assessment of compliance in respect of their combined responsibilities under Section 1122 of Regulation AB.

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SCHEDULE III

CLASS A-SB PLANNED PRINCIPAL BALANCE SCHEDULE

Period	Balance($)		Period	Balance($)
1	4,164,000.00		60	4,163,556.98
2	4,164,000.00		61	4,061,499.27
3	4,164,000.00		62	3,971,448.69
4	4,164,000.00		63	3,868,404.48
5	4,164,000.00		64	3,777,329.13
6	4,164,000.00		65	3,685,772.54
7	4,164,000.00		66	3,581,262.98
8	4,164,000.00		67	3,488,665.49
9	4,164,000.00		68	3,383,143.13
10	4,164,000.00		69	3,289,493.55
11	4,164,000.00		70	3,195,348.73
12	4,164,000.00		71	3,063,550.50
13	4,164,000.00		72	2,968,196.81
14	4,164,000.00		73	2,859,992.60
15	4,164,000.00		74	2,763,557.15
16	4,164,000.00		75	2,654,300.39
17	4,164,000.00		76	2,556,771.56
18	4,164,000.00		77	2,458,726.32
19	4,164,000.00		78	2,347,903.22
20	4,164,000.00		79	2,248,747.31
21	4,164,000.00		80	2,136,843.51
22	4,164,000.00		81	2,036,565.00
23	4,164,000.00		82	1,935,755.09
24	4,164,000.00		83	1,797,903.97
25	4,164,000.00		84	1,695,314.48
26	4,164,000.00		85	1,633,311.58
27	4,164,000.00		86	1,579,801.35
28	4,164,000.00		87	1,517,115.20
29	4,164,000.00		88	1,462,894.78
30	4,164,000.00		89	1,408,342.96
31	4,164,000.00		90	1,344,642.68
32	4,164,000.00		91	1,289,368.10
33	4,164,000.00		92	1,224,964.09
34	4,164,000.00		93	1,168,958.03
35	4,164,000.00		94	1,112,609.68
36	4,164,000.00		95	1,029,646.65
37	4,164,000.00		96	972,446.75
38	4,164,000.00		97	906,168.12
39	4,164,000.00		98	848,213.50
40	4,164,000.00		99	781,200.05
41	4,164,000.00		100	722,481.60
42	4,164,000.00		101	663,404.28
43	4,164,000.00		102	595,297.69
44	4,164,000.00		103	535,442.99
45	4,164,000.00		104	466,579.50
46	4,164,000.00		105	405,938.06
47	4,164,000.00		106	344,925.97
48	4,164,000.00		107	266,330.18
49	4,164,000.00		108	204,464.75
50	4,164,000.00		109	133,643.50
51	4,164,000.00		110	70,967.06
52	4,164,000.00		111 and thereafter	0.00
53	4,164,000.00
54	4,164,000.00
55	4,164,000.00
56	4,164,000.00
57	4,164,000.00
58	4,164,000.00
59	4,164,000.00

 

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SCHEDULE IV

ADDITIONAL FORM 10-D DISCLOSURE

The parties identified in the “Party Responsible” column (with each Servicing Function Participant deemed to be responsible for the following items for which the party that retained such Servicing Function Participant is responsible) are obligated pursuant to Section 10.06 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to disclose to the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator any information described in the corresponding Form 10-D Item described in the “Item on Form 10-D” column to the extent such party has actual knowledge (and in the case of financial statements required to be provided in connection with Item 6 below, possession) of such information (other than information as to itself). Each of the Certificate Administrator, the Paying Agent, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (in its capacity as such) shall be entitled to rely on the accuracy of the Prospectus (other than information with respect to itself that is set forth in or omitted from the Prospectus), in the absence of specific written notice to the contrary from the Depositor or Mortgage Loan Sellers. Each of the Certificate Administrator, the Paying Agent, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (in its capacity as such) shall be entitled to conclusively assume that there is no “significant obligor” other than a party identified as such in the Prospectus. For this Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Pooling and Servicing Agreement, each of the Certificate Administrator, the Paying Agent, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (in its capacity as such) shall be entitled to assume that there is no provider of credit enhancement, liquidity or derivative instruments within the meaning of Items 1114 or 1115 of Regulation AB other than a party identified as such in the Prospectus.

 

Item on Form 10-D	Party Responsible
Item 1A: Asset-Level Information ● Item 1111(h) of Regulation AB ● Item 1125 of Regulation AB	●        Each Mortgage Loan Seller (only with respect to 1121(c)(2)) ●       Each Master Servicer (only with respect to 1121(a)(12) as to non-Specially Serviced Loans) ●       Special Servicer (only with respect to 1121(a)(12) as to Specially Serviced Loans)
Item 1B: Asset Representations Reviewer and Investor Communication: ● Item 1121(d) of Regulation AB ● Item 1121(e) of Regulation AB	●         Depositor ●         Certificate Administrator ●         Asset Representations Reviewer
Item 2: Legal Proceedings: Item 1117 of Regulation AB (to the extent material to Certificateholders)	●       Master Servicer (as to itself) ●       Special Servicer (as to itself) ●       Trustee (as to itself) ●       Certificate Administrator (as to itself) ●       Depositor (as to itself)

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	●       Any other Reporting Servicer (as to itself) ●       Trustee/Certificate Administrator/Master Servicer/Depositor/Special Servicer as to the Trust ●       Each Mortgage Loan Seller ●       Originators under Item 1110 of Regulation AB (to be provided by the Depositor) ●       Party under Item 1100(d)(1) of Regulation AB (to be provided by the Depositor)
Item 3:  Sale of Securities and Use of Proceeds	●       Depositor
Item 4:  Defaults Upon Senior Securities	●       Certificate Administrator ●       Trustee
Item 5:  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders	●       Certificate Administrator
Item 6:  Significant Obligors of Pool Assets	●       Master Servicer
Item 7: Change in Sponsor Interest in the Securities: Item 1124 of Regulation AB	●       Each Mortgage Loan Seller
Item 8:  Significant Enhancement Provider Information	●       N/A
Item 9:  Other Information (information required to be disclosed on Form 8-K that was not properly disclosed)	●       Any party responsible for disclosure items on Form 8-K to the extent of such items
Item 10:  Exhibits	●       Depositor (exhibits required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K, such as material agreements) ●       Certificate Administrator (Monthly Statement to Certificateholders)

 

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SCHEDULE V

ADDITIONAL FORM 10-K DISCLOSURE

The parties identified in the “Party Responsible” column (with each Servicing Function Participant deemed to be responsible for the following items for which the party that retained such Servicing Function Participant is responsible) are obligated pursuant to Section 10.07 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to disclose to the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator any information described in the corresponding Form 10-K Item described in the “Item on Form 10-K” column to the extent such party has actual knowledge (and in the case of financial statements required to be provided in connection with 1112(b) below, possession) of such information (other than information as to itself). Each of the Certificate Administrator, the Paying Agent, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (in its capacity as such) shall be entitled to rely on the accuracy of the Prospectus (other than information with respect to itself that is set forth in or omitted from the Prospectus), in the absence of specific written notice to the contrary from the Depositor or Mortgage Loan Sellers. Each of the Certificate Administrator, the Paying Agent, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (in its capacity as such) shall be entitled to conclusively assume that there is no “significant obligor” other than a party identified as such in the Prospectus. For this Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Pooling and Servicing Agreement, each of the Certificate Administrator, the Paying Agent, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (in its capacity as such) shall be entitled to assume that there is no provider of credit enhancement, liquidity or derivative instruments within the meaning of Items 1114 or 1115 of Regulation AB other than a party identified as such in the Prospectus.

 

Item on Form 10-K	Party Responsible
Item 1B: Unresolved Staff Comments	●       Depositor
Item 9B:  Other Information (information required to be disclosed on Form 8-K that was not properly disclosed)	●       Any party responsible for disclosure items on Form 8-K to the extent of such items
Item 15:  Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules	●       Certificate Administrator ●       Depositor
Additional Item: Disclosure per Item 1112(b)(1) of Regulation AB	●       Master Servicer
Additional Item: Disclosure per Items 1114(b)(2) and 1115(b) of Regulation AB	●       N/A

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Additional Item:
Disclosure per Item 1117 of Regulation AB (to the extent material to Certificateholders) ●       Master Servicer (as to itself) ●       Special Servicer (as to itself) ●       Certificate Administrator (as to itself) ●       Trustee (as to itself) ●       Depositor (as to itself) ●       Operating Advisor (as to itself) ●       Asset Representations Reviewer (as to itself) ●       Any other Reporting Servicer (as to itself) ●       Trustee/Certificate Administrator/Master Servicer/Depositor/Special Servicer as to the Trust ●       Each Mortgage Loan Seller ●       Originators under Item 1110 of Regulation AB (to be provided by the Depositor) ●       Party under Item 1100(d)(1) of Regulation AB (to be provided by the Depositor)

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Additional Item:
Disclosure per Item 1119 of Regulation AB ●       Master Servicer (as to itself) (to the extent material to Certificateholders and only as to affiliations under 1119(a) with the Trustee, Certificate Administrator, Special Servicer or a sub-servicer meeting any of the descriptions in Item 1108(a)(3)) ●       Special Servicer (as to itself) (to the extent material to Certificateholders and only as to affiliations under 1119(a) with the Trustee, Certificate Administrator, Master Servicer or a sub-servicer meeting any of the descriptions in Item 1108(a)(3)) ●       Certificate Administrator (as to itself) (to the extent material to Certificateholders) ●       Trustee (as to itself) (to the extent material to Certificateholders) ●       Depositor (as to itself) ●       Depositor (as to the Trust) ●       Each Mortgage Loan Seller ●       Operating Advisor (as to itself) ●       Asset Representations Reviewer (as to itself) ●       Originators under Item 1110 of Regulation AB (to be provided by the Depositor) ●       Party under Item 1100(d)(1) of Regulation AB (to be provided by the Depositor)

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SCHEDULE VI

FORM 8-K DISCLOSURE INFORMATION

The parties identified in the “Party Responsible” column (with each Servicing Function Participant deemed to be responsible for the following items for which the party that retained such Servicing Function Participant is responsible) are obligated pursuant to Section 10.09 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to report to the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator the occurrence of any event described in the corresponding Form 8-K Item described in the “Item on Form 8-K” column to the extent such party has actual knowledge of such information (other than information as to itself). Each of the Certificate Administrator, the Paying Agent, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (in its capacity as such) shall be entitled to rely on the accuracy of the Prospectus (other than information with respect to itself that is set forth in or omitted from the Prospectus), in the absence of specific written notice to the contrary from the Depositor or Mortgage Loan Sellers. Each of the Certificate Administrator, the Paying Agent, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (in its capacity as such) shall be entitled to conclusively assume that there is no “significant obligor” other than a party identified as such in the Prospectus. For this Benchmark 2023-B38 Mortgage Trust Pooling and Servicing Agreement, each of the Certificate Administrator, the Paying Agent, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (in its capacity as such) shall be entitled to assume that there is no provider of credit enhancement, liquidity or derivative instruments within the meaning of Items 1114 or 1115 of Regulation AB other than a party identified as such in the Prospectus.

 

Item on Form 8-K	Party Responsible
Item 1.01- Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement Disclosure is required regarding entry into or amendment of any definitive agreement that is material to the securitization, even if depositor is not a party.   Examples: servicing agreement, custodial agreement. Note: disclosure not required as to definitive agreements that are fully disclosed in the prospectus	●       Trustee/Certificate Administrator/Master Servicer/Depositor/Special Servicer as to the Trust (only as to the agreements such entity is a party to or entered into on behalf of the Trust)
Item 1.02- Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement Disclosure is required regarding termination of  any definitive agreement that is material to the securitization (other than expiration in accordance with its terms), even if depositor is	●       Trustee/Certificate Administrator/Master Servicer/Depositor/Special Servicer as to the Trust  (only as to the agreements such entity is a party to or entered into on behalf of the Trust)

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Item on Form 8-K	Party Responsible
not a party.   Examples: servicing agreement, custodial agreement.
Item 1.03- Bankruptcy or Receivership	●       Depositor ●       Each Mortgage Loan Seller
Item 2.04- Triggering Events that Accelerate or Increase a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement Includes an early amortization, performance trigger or other event, including event of default, that would materially alter the payment priority/distribution of cash flows/amortization schedule. Disclosure will be made of events other than waterfall triggers which are disclosed in the monthly statements to the certificateholders.	●       Depositor ●       Certificate Administrator
Item 3.03- Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders Disclosure is required of any material modification to documents defining the rights of Certificateholders, including the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.	●       Certificate Administrator
Item 5.03- Amendments of Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change of Fiscal Year Disclosure is required of any amendment “to the governing documents of the issuing entity”.	●       Depositor
Item 5.06 – Change in Shell Company Status	●       Depositor
Item 5.07 – Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders	●       Depositor
Item 5.08 – Shareholder Director Nomination	●       Depositor
Item 6.01- ABS Informational and Computational Material	●       Depositor
Item 6.02- Change of Servicer or Trustee Requires disclosure of any removal, replacement, substitution or addition of any master servicer, affiliated servicer, other servicer servicing 10% or more of pool assets at time of report, other	●       Master Servicer (as to itself or a servicer retained by it) ●       Special Servicer (as to itself or a servicer retained by it) ●       Certificate Administrator (as to itself or an entity retained by it)

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Item on Form 8-K	Party Responsible
material servicers or trustee.	●       Trustee ●       Depositor
Reg AB disclosure about any new servicer or master servicer is also required.	●       Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable
Reg AB disclosure about any new Trustee is also required.	●       Trustee
Reg AB disclosure about any new Certificate Administrator is also required.	●       Certificate Administrator
Item 6.03- Change in Credit Enhancement or Other External Support	●       N/A
Item 6.04- Failure to Make a Required Distribution	●       Certificate Administrator
Item 6.05- Securities Act Updating Disclosure If any material pool characteristic differs by 5% or more at the time of issuance of the securities from the description in the final prospectus, provide updated Reg AB disclosure about the actual asset pool. If there are any new servicers or originators required to be disclosed under Regulation AB as a result of the foregoing, provide the information called for in Items 1108 and 1110 respectively.	●       Depositor
Item 7.01- Regulation FD Disclosure	●       Depositor
Item 8.01 – Other Events Any event, with respect to which information is not otherwise called for in Form 8-K, that the registrant deems of importance to certificateholders.	●       Depositor
Item 9.01 – Financial Statements and Exhibits	●       Responsible party for reporting/disclosing the financial statement or exhibit

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SCHEDULE VII

 

INITIAL SERVICED COMPANION LOAN NOTEHOLDERS

 

 

Serviced Companion Loan	Initial Noteholders	Address
Pacific Design Center	Goldman Sachs Bank USA (Note A-2 and Note A-3)	Goldman Sachs Bank USA 200 West Street New York, New York 10282 Attention: Scott Epperson Email: scott.epperson@gs.com and gs-refgsecuritization@gs.com with a copy to: Goldman Sachs Bank USA 200 West Street New York, New York 10282 Attention: Structured Finance Legal (REFG) Email: gs-refglegal@gs.com   and:   Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP 200 Liberty Street New York, New York 10281 Attention: Lisa Pauquette, Esq. Facsimile No.: (212) 504-6666 E-mail: lisa.pauquette@cwt.com

Sch. VII-1

 

Argentic Real Estate Finance 2 LLC (Note A-4, Note A-5, Note A-6 and Note A-7)	Argentic Real Estate Finance 2 LLC 31 West 27th Street, 12th Floor New York, New York 10001 Attention: Michael Schulte with a copy to:   Dechert LLP 300 South Tryon Street, Suite 800 Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 Attention: Stewart McQueen
Bank of Montreal (Note A-8 and Note A-9)	Bank of Montreal c/o BMO Capital Markets Corp. 151 West 42nd Street New York, New York 10036 Attention: Michael Birajiclian and David Schell E-mail: Michael.Birajiclian@bmo.com and David.Schell@bmo.com   with a copy to:   Bank of Montreal c/o BMO Capital Markets Corp. 151 West 42nd Street New York, New York 10036 Attention: Legal Department E-mail: BMOCMBSNotices@bmo.com

Sch. VII-2

 

 

Great Lakes Crossing Outlets	Goldman Sachs Bank USA (Note A-1-2, Note A-1-3 and Note A-1-4)	Goldman Sachs Bank USA 200 West Street New York, New York 10282 Attention: Scott Epperson Email: scott.epperson@gs.com and gs-refgsecuritization@gs.com with a copy to: Goldman Sachs Bank USA 200 West Street New York, New York 10282 Attention: Structured Finance Legal (REFG) Email: gs-refglegal@gs.com   and:   Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP 200 Liberty Street New York, New York 10281 Attention: Lisa Pauquette, Esq. Facsimile No.: (212) 504-6666 E-mail: lisa.pauquette@cwt.com
	DBR Investments Co. Limited (Note A-2-1-A and Note A-2-3)	DBR Investments Co. Limited 1 Columbus Circle New York, New York 10019 Attention: Lainie Kaye, with copies via email to cmbs.requests@db.com
	BMO 2023-C4 (Note A-3-1)	Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association 10851 Mastin Street, Suite 700 Overland Park, Kansas 66210 Attention: Executive Vice President – Division Head Facsimile: (888) 706-3565 with a copy to:   Stinson LLP 1201 Walnut Street, Suite 2900 Kansas City, Missouri 64106-2150 Attention: Kenda K. Tomes Facsimile: (816) 412-9338 Email: kenda.tomes@stinson.com

Sch. VII-3

	Bank of Montreal (Note A-3-2 and Note A-3-3)	Bank of Montreal c/o BMO Capital Markets Corp. 151 West 42nd Street New York, New York 10036 Attention: Richard Bianchi E-mail: Richard.Bianchi@bmo.com with a copy to: Bank of Montreal c/o BMO Capital Markets Corp. 151 West 42nd Street New York, New York 10036 Attention: Legal Department E-mail: BMOCMBSNotices@bmo.com
100 Jefferson Road	Argentic Real Estate Finance 2 LLC/affiliate (Note A-2, Note A-3 and Note A-4)	Argentic Real Estate Finance 2 LLC 31 West 27th Street, 12th Floor New York, New York 10001 Attention: Michael Schulte with a copy to:   Dechert LLP 300 South Tryon Street, Suite 800 Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 Attention: Stewart McQueen
Riverport Tower	Benchmark 2022-B37 (Note A-1)	Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association 10851 Mastin Street, Suite 700 Overland Park, Kansas 66210 Attention: Executive Vice President – Division Head Facsimile: (888) 706-3565 with a copy to:   Stinson LLP 1201 Walnut Street, Suite 2900 Kansas City, Missouri 64106-2150 Attention: Kenda K. Tomes Facsimile: (816) 412-9338 Email: kenda.tomes@stinson.com

Sch. VII-4

SCHEDULE VIII

 

CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE OTHER 17G-5 INFORMATION PROVIDER

 

None.

Sch. VIII-1

SCHEDULE IX

MORTGAGE LOANS WITH “PERFORMANCE”, “EARN-OUT” OR “HOLDBACK” ESCROWS OR RESERVES EXCEEDING 10% OF THE STATED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THE MORTGAGE LOAN OR WHOLE LOAN, AS APPLICABLE, AS OF THE CUT-OFF DATE

 

None.

Sch. IX-1

SCHEDULE X

Retained Defeasance Rights and Obligations Mortgage Loans

Loan No.	Mortgage Loan	Mortgage Loan Seller
7	National Warehouse & Distribution Portfolio	CREFI
8	100 Jefferson Road	JPMCB
9	9200 Calumet Industrial	CREFI
10	Naugatuck Valley Shopping Center	GACC
13	Crowne Plaza Union Station	GACC
15	1027 Filbert Street	CREFI
17	The Grove	GACC
18	Chatsworth Retail Portfolio	CREFI
19	CVS 5 Portfolio	CREFI
22	Dollar Walgreens Portfolio	CREFI
23	TownePlace Suites BWI Airport	GSMC
25	Sylvan Heights	CREFI

Sch. X-1

SCHEDULE XI

MORTGAGE LOANS WITH ADDITIONAL SECURED DEBT

1. Pacific Design Center

2. 1201 Third Avenue

3. CX – 250 Water Street

4. Green Acres

5. Great Lakes Crossing Outlets

6. Scottsdale Fashion Square

7. National Warehouse & Distribution Portfolio

8. 100 Jefferson Road

9. One Campus Martius

10. Riverport Tower

11. Sentinel Square II

12. Centers of High Point

Sch. XI-1

EX-4.4

Exhibit 4.4 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CITIGROUP COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES INC.,
Depositor,

 

MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

Master Servicer,

 

3650 REIT Loan SERVICING LLC,
as Special Servicer,

 

BellOak, LLC,
Operating Advisor and Asset Representations Reviewer,

 

and

 

Computershare Trust Company, National Association,
Certificate Administrator and Trustee

  

 

 

 

POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
Dated as of May 1, 2023

 

Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust,
Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 2023-V2

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

Article I DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01	Defined Terms	8
Section 1.02	Certain Calculations	153
Section 1.03	Certain Constructions	163
Article II CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AND TRUST SUBORDINATE COMPANION LOAN; ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES
Section 2.01	Conveyance of Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan	164
Section 2.02	Acceptance by the Trustee, the Custodian and the Certificate Administrator	171
Section 2.03	Mortgage Loan Sellers’ Repurchase, Substitution or Cures of Trust Loans for Document Defects in Mortgage Files and Breaches of Representations and Warranties	174
Section 2.04	Representations and Warranties of the Depositor	192
Section 2.05	Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Master Servicer	194
Section 2.06	Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Special Servicers	196
Section 2.07	Representations and Warranties of the Trustee	198
Section 2.08	Representations and Warranties of the Certificate Administrator	200
Section 2.09	Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Operating Advisor	201
Section 2.10	Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Asset Representations Reviewer	203
Section 2.11	Execution and Delivery of Certificates; Issuance of Lower-Tier Regular Interests	205
Section 2.12	Miscellaneous REMIC and Grantor Trust Provisions	206
Section 2.13	Bare Trust	207
Article III ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS AND TRUST SUBORDINATE COMPANION LOAN(S)
Section 3.01	Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer; Administration of the Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; Sub-Servicing Agreements; Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans	208
Section 3.02	Liability of the Master Servicer	222
Section 3.03	Collection of Certain Mortgage Loan Payments	223
Section 3.04	Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Escrow Accounts	225
Section 3.05	Collection Account; Distribution Accounts; and Excess Liquidation Proceeds Reserve Account; and Excess Interest Distribution Account	227
Section 3.05	AWhole Loan Custodial Account	232

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Section 3.06	Permitted Withdrawals From the Collection Account	235
Section 3.06A.	Permitted Withdrawals From the Whole Loan Custodial Account	243
Section 3.07	Investment of Funds in the Collection Account, the REO Account, the Mortgagor Accounts, and Other Accounts	248
Section 3.08	Maintenance of Insurance Policies and Errors and Omissions and Fidelity Coverage	251
Section 3.09	Enforcement of Due-On-Sale and Due-On-Encumbrance Clauses; Assumption Agreements; Defeasance Provisions	256
Section 3.10	Appraisal Reductions; Calculation and Allocation of Collateral Deficiency Amounts; Realization Upon Defaulted Loans	263
Section 3.11	Trustee, Certificate Administrator and Custodian to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files	271
Section 3.12	Servicing Fees, Trustee/Certificate Administrator Fees and Special Servicing Compensation	272
Section 3.13	Compensating Interest Payments	282
Section 3.14	Application of Penalty Charges and Modification Fees	283
Section 3.15	Access to Certain Documentation	284
Section 3.16	Title and Management of REO Properties	286
Section 3.17	Sale of Defaulted Loans and REO Properties; Sale of Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans	291
Section 3.18	Additional Obligations of the Master Servicer; Inspections; Obligation to Notify Ground Lessors; Delivery of Certain Reports to the Serviced Companion Loan Holder	299
Section 3.19	Lock-Box Accounts, Escrow Accounts	301
Section 3.20	Property Advances	301
Section 3.21	Appointment of Special Servicer; Asset Status Reports	306
Section 3.22	Transfer of Servicing Between Master Servicer and Special Servicer; Record Keeping	311
Section 3.23	Interest Reserve Account	312
Section 3.24	Modifications, Waivers, Amendments and Other Actions	313
Section 3.25	Additional Obligations With Respect to Certain Mortgage Loans	319
Section 3.26	Certain Matters Relating to the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans	320
Section 3.27	Additional Matters Regarding Advance Reimbursement	320
Section 3.28	Serviced Companion Loan Intercreditor Matters	323
Section 3.29	Appointment and Duties of the Operating Advisor	326
Section 3.30	Rating Agency Confirmation	332
Section 3.31	General Acknowledgement Regarding Companion Loan Holders	335
Section 3.32	Delivery of Excluded Information to the Certificate Administrator	336
Section 3.33	Resignation Upon Prohibited Risk Retention Affiliation.	336
Article IV DISTRIBUTIONS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
Section 4.01	Distributions	341

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Section 4.02	Statements to Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner; Certain Reports by the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer	359
Section 4.03	Compliance With Withholding Requirements	380
Section 4.04	REMIC Compliance	381
Section 4.05	Imposition of Tax on the Trust REMICs	383
Section 4.06	Remittances; P&I Advances	385
Section 4.07	Grantor Trust Reporting	392
Section 4.08	Calculations	393
Section 4.09	Secure Data Room	394
Article V THE CERTIFICATES AND THE Loan-Specific CertificateS
Section 5.01	The Certificates	395
Section 5.02	Form and Registration	396
Section 5.03	Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates	400
Section 5.04	Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates	412
Section 5.05	Persons Deemed Owners	412
Section 5.06	Appointment of Paying Agent	412
Section 5.07	Access to Certificateholders’ Names and Addresses; Special Notices	413
Section 5.08	Actions of Certificateholders or Loan-Specific Certificateholders	414
Section 5.09	Authenticating Agent	415
Section 5.10	Appointment of Custodian	416
Section 5.11	Maintenance of Office or Agency	416
Section 5.12	Voting Procedures	417
Article VI THE DEPOSITOR, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, the Operating Advisor, THE Asset Representations Reviewer and the Controlling Class Representative
Section 6.01	Liability of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Operating Advisor	418
Section 6.02	Merger or Consolidation of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer	419
Section 6.03	Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and Others	420
Section 6.04	Limitation on Resignation of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor	421
Section 6.05	Rights of the Depositor, the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator in Respect of the Master Servicer and Special Servicer	424
Section 6.06	Master Servicer, Special Servicer as Owner of a Certificate	425
Section 6.07	Rating Agency Fees	426
Section 6.08	Termination of the Special Servicer	426

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Section 6.09	The Directing Holder, the Controlling Class Representative and the Risk Retention Consultation Parties	437
Article VII DEFAULT
Section 7.01	Servicer Termination Events	448
Section 7.02	Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor	455
Section 7.03	Notification to Certificateholders	457
Section 7.04	Other Remedies of Trustee	457
Section 7.05	Waiver of Past Servicer Termination Events and Operating Advisor Termination Events; Termination	458
Section 7.06	Termination of the Operating Advisor	459
Article VIII CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE and The Certificate Administrator
Section 8.01	Duties of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator	463
Section 8.02	Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator	466
Section 8.03	Neither the Trustee Nor the Certificate Administrator Is Liable for Certificates or Trust Loans	470
Section 8.04	Trustee and Certificate Administrator May Own Certificates	471
Section 8.05	Payment of Trustee/Certificate Administrator Fees and Expenses; Indemnification	471
Section 8.06	Eligibility Requirements for the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator	474
Section 8.07	Resignation and Removal of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator	475
Section 8.08	Successor Trustee or Successor Certificate Administrator	478
Section 8.09	Merger or Consolidation of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator	478
Section 8.10	Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee	479
Section 8.11	Access to Certain Information	480
Article IX TERMINATION; OPTIONAL MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE
Section 9.01	Termination; Optional Trust Loan Purchase	482
Article X EXCHANGE ACT REPORTING AND REGULATION AB COMPLIANCE
Section 10.01	Intent of the Parties; Reasonableness	489
Section 10.02	Succession; Sub-Servicers; Subcontractors.	489
Section 10.03	Filing Obligations	492

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Section 10.04	Form 10-D and Form ABS-EE Filings.	493
Section 10.05	Form 10-K Filings.	498
Section 10.06	Sarbanes-Oxley Certification	501
Section 10.07	Form 8-K Filings	502
Section 10.08	Annual Compliance Statements	504
Section 10.09	Annual Reports on Assessment of Compliance With Servicing Criteria	506
Section 10.10	Annual Independent Public Accountants’ Servicing Report	508
Section 10.11	Significant Obligors	509
Section 10.12	Indemnification	510
Section 10.13	Amendments	513
Section 10.14	Regulation AB Notices	513
Section 10.15	Termination of the Certificate Administrator	513
Section 10.16	Termination of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer	514
Section 10.17	Termination of Sub-Servicing Agreements	514
Section 10.18	Notification Requirements and Deliveries in Connection With Securitization of a Serviced Companion Loan	514
Section 10.19	Termination of Exchange Act Filings With Respect to the Trust	517
Article XI ASSET REVIEW PROVISIONS
Section 11.01	Asset Review	517
Section 11.02	Payment of Asset Representations Asset Review Fee and Expenses; Limitation of Liability	525
Section 11.03	Resignation of the Asset Representations Reviewer	526
Section 11.04	Restrictions of the Asset Representations Reviewer	527
Section 11.05	Termination of the Asset Representations Reviewer	527
Article XII MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 12.01	Counterparts	530
Section 12.02	Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders	530
Section 12.03	Governing Law	531
Section 12.04	Notices	532
Section 12.05	Severability of Provisions	542
Section 12.06	Notice to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider, Depositor and Each Rating Agency	542
Section 12.07	Amendment	544
Section 12.08	Confirmation of Intent	549
Section 12.09	Third-Party Beneficiaries	549
Section 12.10	Request by Certificateholders or the Serviced Companion Loan Holder	550
Section 12.11	Waiver of Jury Trial	550
Section 12.12	Submission to Jurisdiction	550
Section 12.13	Exchange Act Rule 17g-5 Procedures	551

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Section 12.14	Cooperation With the Mortgage Loan Sellers With Respect to Rights Under the Loan Agreements	556
Section 12.15	Electronic Signatures.	557
Section 12.16	PNC Bank, National Association	557

 

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TABLE OF EXHIBITS
Exhibit A-1	Form of Class A-1 Certificate
Exhibit A-2	Form of Class A-2 Certificate
Exhibit A-3	Form of Class A-3 Certificate
Exhibit A-4	Form of Class X-A Certificate
Exhibit A-5	Form of Class A-S Certificate
Exhibit A-6	Form of Class B Certificate
Exhibit A-7	Form of Class C Certificate
Exhibit A-8	Form of Class X-D Certificate
Exhibit A-9	Form of Class D Certificate
Exhibit A-10	Form of Class E-RR Certificate
Exhibit A-11	Form of Class F-RR Certificate
Exhibit A-12	Form of Class G-RR Certificate
Exhibit A-13	Form of Class J-RR Certificate
Exhibit A-14	Form of Class R Certificate
Exhibit A-15	Form of Class S Certificate1
Exhibit A-16	Form of Class VRR Certificate2
Exhibit B	Mortgage Loan Schedule
Exhibit C	Form of Request for Release
Exhibit D	Form of Distribution Date Statement
Exhibit E	Form of Transfer Certificate for Rule 144A Global Certificate to Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate
Exhibit F	Form of Transfer Certificate for Rule 144A Global Certificate to Regulation S Global Certificate
Exhibit G	Form of Transfer Certificate for Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate to Rule 144A Global Certificate during Restricted Period
Exhibit H	Form of Certification to be given by Certificate Owner of Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate
Exhibit I	Form of Transfer Certificate for Non-Book Entry Certificate to Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate
Exhibit J	Form of Transfer Certificate for Non-Book Entry Certificate to Regulation S Global Certificate
Exhibit K	Form of Transfer Certificate for Non-Book Entry Certificate to Rule 144A Global Certificate
Exhibit L-1	Form of Affidavit Pursuant to Sections 860D(a)(6)(A) and 860E(e)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as Amended
Exhibit L-2A	Form of Transferor Letter for Transfer of Class R Certificates
Exhibit L-2B	Form of Transferor Letter for Transfer of Non-Book Entry Certificates (other than Public Certificates)
Exhibit L-3	Form of Transferee Letter
Exhibit L-4	Form of Investment Representation Letter
Exhibit L-5A	Form of Transferee Certificate for Transfer of Class VRR Certificates

 

 

¹   To be issued only if the Trust Fund includes ARD Mortgage Loans on the Closing Date.

²   No Class VRR Certificates will be issued under this Agreement.

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Exhibit L-5B	Form of Transferee Certificate for Transfer of Certificates Evidencing the HRR Interest
Exhibit L-5C	[RESERVED]
Exhibit L-6A	Form of Transferor Certificate for Transfer of Class VRR Certificates
Exhibit L-6B	Form of Transferor Certificate for Transfer of Certificates Evidencing the HRR Interest
Exhibit L-6C	[RESERVED]
Exhibit L-7A	[RESERVED]
Exhibit L-7B	[RESERVED]
Exhibit M-1A	Form of Investor Certification for Non-Borrower Party (for persons other than the Controlling Class Representative, a Controlling Class Certificateholder, the Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative and/or a Loan-Specific Controlling Class Certificateholder)
Exhibit M-1B	Form of Investor Certification for Non-Borrower Party (for the Controlling Class Representative, a Controlling Class Certificateholder, the Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative and/or a Loan-Specific Controlling Class Certificateholder)
Exhibit M-1C	Form of Investor Certification for Borrower Party (for the Controlling Class Representative, a Controlling Class Certificateholder, the Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative and/or a Loan-Specific Controlling Class Certificateholder)
Exhibit M-1D	Form of Investor Certification for Borrower Party (for persons other than the Controlling Class Representative, a Controlling Class Certificateholder, a Risk Retention Consultation Party, a Holder of Class VRR Certificate(s), the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, the Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative and/or a Loan-Specific Controlling Class Certificateholder)
Exhibit M-1E	Form of Investor Certification for Borrower Party (for a Risk Retention Consultation Party, a Holder of Class VRR Certificate(s) or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner)
Exhibit M-1F	Form of Notice of Excluded Controlling Class Holder
Exhibit M-1G	Form of Notice of Excluded Controlling Class Holder to Certificate Administrator
Exhibit M-1H	Form of Certification of the Controlling Class Representative and the Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative
Exhibit M-1I	Form of Certification of a Risk Retention Consultation Party
Exhibit M-2A	Form of Investor Certification for Exercising Voting Rights or Pooled Voting Rights for Non-Borrower Party
Exhibit M-2B	Form of Investor Certification for Exercising Voting Rights or Pooled Voting Rights for Borrower Party
Exhibit M-3	Form of Online Vendor Certification
Exhibit M-4	Form of Confidentiality Agreement
Exhibit M-5	Form of NRSRO Certification
Exhibit N	Custodian Certification

 

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Exhibit O	Servicing Criteria to be Addressed in Assessment of Compliance
Exhibit P	[RESERVED]
Exhibit Q	Retained Defeasance Rights and Obligations Mortgage Loans
Exhibit R	Form of Operating Advisor Annual Report as defined in Section 3.29
Exhibit S	Sub-Servicing Agreements
Exhibit T	Form of Recommendation of Special Servicer Termination
Exhibit U	Additional Form 10-D Disclosure
Exhibit V	Additional Form 10-K Disclosure
Exhibit W-1	Form of Additional Disclosure Notification
Exhibit W-2	Form of Additional Disclosure Notification (Accounts)
Exhibit W-3	Form of Notice of Additional Indebtedness Notification
Exhibit X	Form Certification to be Provided with Form 10-K
Exhibit Y-1	Form of Certification to be Provided to Depositor by the Certificate Administrator
Exhibit Y-2	Form of Certification to be Provided to Depositor by the Master Servicer
Exhibit Y-3	Form of Certification to be Provided to Depositor by the Special Servicer
Exhibit Y-4	Form of Certification to be Provided to Depositor by the Operating Advisor
Exhibit Y-5	Form of Certification to be Provided to Depositor by the Custodian
Exhibit Y-6	Form of Certification to be Provided to Depositor by the Trustee
Exhibit Y-7	Form of Certification to be Provided to Depositor by the Asset Representations Reviewer
Exhibit Y-8	Form of Certification to be Provided to Depositor by a Sub-Servicer
Exhibit Z	Form 8-K Disclosure Information
Exhibit AA-1	Form of Power of Attorney for Master Servicer
Exhibit AA-2	Form of Power of Attorney for Special Servicer
Exhibit BB	[RESERVED]
Exhibit CC-1	Form of Transferor Certificate for Transfer of the Excess Servicing Fee Rights
Exhibit CC-2	Form of Transferee Certificate for Transfer of the Excess Servicing Fee Rights
Exhibit DD	Form of Notice and Certification Regarding Defeasance of Mortgage Loan
Exhibit EE	[RESERVED]
Exhibit FF-1	Form of Notice Regarding Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan (Heritage Plaza) [TO BE SENT UPON THE RELATED SERVICING SHIFT DATE]
Exhibit FF-2	Form of Notice Regarding Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan (Scottsdale Fashion Square)
Exhibit FF-3	Form of Notice Regarding Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan (PetSmart HQ and Patewood Corporate Center)
Exhibit FF-4	Form of Notice Regarding Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan (National Warehouse & Distribution Portfolio and 1201 Third Avenue)

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Exhibit FF-5	Form of Notice Regarding Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan (Meadowood Mall)
Exhibit GG	Specified Mortgage Loans
Exhibit HH	Form of Asset Review Report
Exhibit II	Form of Asset Review Report Summary
Exhibit JJ	Asset Review Procedures
Exhibit KK	Form of Certification to Certificate Administrator Requesting Access to Secure Data Room
Exhibit LL	Form of Notice of [Additional Delinquent Loan][Cessation of Delinquent Loan][Cessation of Asset Review Trigger]
Exhibit MM	Form of Certificate Administrator Receipt in Respect of Risk Retention Certificates
Exhibit NN	Initial Serviced Companion Loan Holders

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Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023, among Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as a Special Servicer, BellOak, LLC, as Operating Advisor, BellOak, LLC, as Asset Representations Reviewer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee.

PRELIMINARY STATEMENT:

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

The Depositor intends to sell pass-through certificates to be issued hereunder in multiple classes which in the aggregate, together with the Uncertificated VRR Interest, will evidence the entire beneficial ownership interest in the Trust Fund consisting primarily of the Mortgage Loans (including the PetSmart HQ REMIC Regular Interest represented by the PetSmart HQ Mortgage Loan and the Patewood Corporate Center REMIC Regular Interest represented by the Patewood Corporate Center Mortgage Loan) and any Trust Subordinate Companion Loan(s). As provided herein, the Certificate Administrator will elect that two segregated portions of the Trust Fund (other than any VRR Specific Grantor Trust Assets and any Class S Specific Grantor Trust Assets) be treated for federal income tax purposes as two separate REMICs (designated as the “Upper-Tier REMIC” and the “Lower-Tier REMIC”, respectively).

In addition, the parties intend that the portion of the Trust Fund consisting of any VRR Specific Grantor Trust Assets and any Class S Specific Grantor Trust Assets will be treated as a grantor trust under subpart E of Part I of subchapter J of the Code. Solely for federal income tax purposes, the Class VRR Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest shall represent undivided beneficial interests in any VRR Specific Grantor Trust Assets, and the Class S Certificates shall represent undivided beneficial interests in any Class S Specific Grantor Trust Assets.

PETSMART HQ REMIC

On August 17, 2022, 3650 REIT Warehouse Facility Entity 2A LLC (“3650 WFE2A”) formed the PetSmart HQ REMIC with respect to the PetSmart HQ Mortgage Loan and other related assets, which issued two regular interests (one of which is referred to herein as the “PetSmart HQ REMIC Regular Interest”) and a single uncertificated residual interest (the “PetSmart HQ REMIC Residual Interest”). The PetSmart HQ REMIC Regular Interest has a principal balance of $22,350,000 as of the Cut-Off Date and for tax reporting purposes will be entitled to principal and interest and any other amounts payable on the PetSmart HQ Mortgage Loan.

The PetSmart HQ REMIC Regular Interest will be held by the Trustee as an asset of the Lower-Tier REMIC. The PetSmart HQ REMIC Residual Interest was contributed to the securitization trust created under the 3650R 2022-PF2 PSA.

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PATEWOOD CORPORATE CENTER REMIC

On August 17, 2022, 3650 WFE2A formed the Patewood Corporate Center REMIC with respect to the Patewood Corporate Center Mortgage Loan and other related assets, which issued a single regular interest (a 53.25% portion of which is referred to herein as the “Patewood Corporate Center REMIC Regular Interest” and, together with the PetSmart HQ REMIC Regular Interest, the “Loan REMIC Regular Interests”) and a single uncertificated residual interest (the “Patewood Corporate Center REMIC Residual Interest” and, together with the PetSmart HQ REMIC Residual Interest, the “Loan REMIC Residual Interests”). The Patewood Corporate Center REMIC Regular Interest has a principal balance of $20,500,000 as of the Cut-Off Date and for tax reporting purposes will be entitled to principal and interest and any other amounts payable on the Patewood Corporate Center Mortgage Loan.

The Patewood Corporate Center REMIC Regular Interest will be held by the Trustee as an asset of the Lower-Tier REMIC. The Patewood Corporate Center REMIC Residual Interest was contributed to the securitization trust created under the 3650R 2022-PF2 PSA.

TRUST SUBORDINATE COMPANION LOAN REMIC(S)

For the avoidance of doubt, the Trust Fund will not include any Trust Subordinate Companion Loans. Accordingly, no separate REMIC elections will be made as to any Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, and no Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMICs or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interests will exist.

LOWER-TIER REMIC

The Lower-Tier REMIC will hold the Loan REMIC Regular Interests and, except for the Loan REMIC Held Mortgage Loans, the Mortgage Loans (exclusive of any Excess Interest) and will issue (i) 11 classes of uncertificated Lower-Tier Regular Interests (designated as the Class LA-1, Class LA-2, Class LA-3, Class LA-S, Class LB, Class LC, Class LD, Class LE-RR, Class LF-RR, Class LG-RR and Class LJ-RR Lower-Tier Regular Interests, respectively), each of which will constitute a class of “regular interests” in the Lower-Tier REMIC, (ii) only if the table in the next paragraph indicates that it has an original Lower-Tier Principal Balance greater than zero, a 12th class of uncertificated Lower-Tier Regular Interests (designated as the Class LVRR Lower-Tier Regular Interest, which (if issued) will constitute a class of “regular interests” in the Lower-Tier REMIC, and (iii) the Lower-Tier Residual Interest, which will be the sole class of “residual interests” in the Lower-Tier REMIC and will be evidenced by the Class R Certificates. For the avoidance of doubt, no Class LVRR Lower-Tier Regular Interest shall be issued on the Closing Date, and any references to “Class LVRR Lower-Tier Regular Interest” in this Agreement shall be disregarded.

The following table sets forth the per annum rate at which interest will accrue on, and the original Lower-Tier Principal Balance of, each Lower-Tier Regular Interest:

Designation of Lower-Tier Regular Interest	Interest Rate	Original Lower-Tier Principal Balance
Class LA-1	(1)		$4,750,000

 

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Class LA-2	(1)		$200,000,000
Class LA-3	(1)		$397,022,000
Class LA-S	(1)		$90,265,000
Class LB	(1)		$42,984,000
Class LC	(1)		$32,238,000
Class LD	(1)		$19,343,000
Class LE-RR	(1)		$8,596,000
Class LF-RR	(1)		$18,268,000
Class LG-RR	(1)		$12,895,000
Class LJ-RR	(1)		$33,313,341
Class LVRR	(1)		$0

 

(1)       Each Lower-Tier Regular Interest will accrue interest at the WAC Rate in effect from time to time.

The Lower-Tier Residual Interest will not have a Lower-Tier Principal Balance, will not bear interest and will not be entitled to distributions of Yield Maintenance Charges. Any Aggregate Available Funds remaining in the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account after all distributions deemed made on the Lower-Tier Regular Interests on any Distribution Date will be payable to the Holders of the Class R Certificates in respect of the Lower-Tier Residual Interest.

UPPER-TIER REMIC

The Upper-Tier REMIC will hold the Lower-Tier Regular Interests and any Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interests and will issue (i) the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-S, Class B, Class C, Class D, Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR and Class J-RR Certificates, each class of which evidences a class of “regular interests” in the Upper-Tier REMIC, (ii) only if the table in the next paragraph indicates that it has an original Certificate Balance greater than zero, the Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest, which (if issued) will be a class of “regular interests” in the Upper-Tier REMIC, (iii) the Class X-A and Class X-D Certificates, each class of which evidences one or more classes of “regular interests” in the Upper-Tier REMIC, (iv) any Loan-Specific Certificates, each class of which evidences a class of “regular interests” in the Upper-Tier REMIC, and (v) the Upper-Tier Residual Interest, which will be the sole class of “residual interests” in the Upper-Tier REMIC and will also be evidenced by the Class R Certificates. For the avoidance of doubt, no Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest or Loan-Specific Certificates shall be issued on the Closing Date, and any references to “Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest”, “Loan-Specific Certificates” or “Loan-Specific Certificate” in this Agreement shall be disregarded.

The following table sets forth the approximate initial pass-through rate and the original Certificate Balance or, in the case of the Class X-A and Class X-D Certificates, original Notional Amount, as applicable, for each Class of Non-Vertically Retained Regular Certificates and for the Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest:

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Class Designation	Approximate Initial Pass-Through Rate (per annum)	Original Certificate Balance / Original Notional Amount
Class A-1	5.8501%		$4,750,000
Class A-2	5.3576%		$200,000,000
Class A-3	5.8118%		$397,022,000
Class X-A(1)	1.2192%		$692,037,000
Class A-S	6.5374%		$90,265,000
Class B	6.9946%		$42,984,000
Class C	6.9946%		$32,238,000
Class X-D(1)	2.9946%		$19,343,000
Class D	4.0000%		$19,343,000
Class E-RR	6.9946%		$8,596,000
Class F-RR	6.9946%		$18,268,000
Class G-RR	6.9946%		$12,895,000
Class J-RR	6.9946%		$33,313,341
Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest	(2)		$0(3)

 

(1) The Class X-A and Class X-D Certificates will not have Certificate Balances; rather, each such Class of Certificates will accrue interest as provided herein on the related Notional Amount.

(2) Other than for tax reporting purposes, the Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest will not have a Pass-Through Rate, but will be entitled to interest on any Distribution Date equal to the VRR Interest Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date as set forth in Section 4.01(c). For tax reporting purposes, the Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest will accrue interest at the WAC Rate in effect from time to time.

(3) $0 is also the initial Combined VRR Interest Balance.

The Upper-Tier Residual Interest will not have a Certificate Balance or Notional Amount, will not bear interest and will not be entitled to distributions of Yield Maintenance Charges. Any Available Funds remaining in the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, after all required distributions under this Agreement have been made with respect to the Non-Vertically Retained Regular Certificates, any Loan-Specific Certificates and the Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest, will be distributed to the Holders of the Class R Certificates in respect of the Upper-Tier Residual Interest.

The following table sets forth, with respect to each Class of Non-Vertically Retained Principal Balance Certificates and, if applicable, Loan-Specific Principal Balance Certificates and with respect to the Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest, the corresponding Lower-Tier Regular Interest (the “Corresponding Lower-Tier Regular Interest”) or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interest (the “Corresponding Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interest”), as applicable, and any corresponding component of the Class X Certificates (the “Corresponding Component”). Each Class of Non-Vertically Retained Principal Balance Certificates constitutes the “Corresponding Certificates” with respect to each of the Corresponding Lower-Tier Regular Interest and the Corresponding Component (if any) for that Class. The Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest is deemed to be the “Corresponding Certificates” with respect to the Class LVRR Lower-Tier Regular Interest. Each Class of any Loan-Specific Principal Balance Certificates

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constitutes the “Corresponding Certificates” with respect to the Corresponding Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interest for that Class. For the avoidance of doubt, no Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest or Loan-Specific Principal Balance Certificates shall be issued on the Closing Date, and any references to “Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest”, “Loan-Specific Principal Balance Certificates” or “Loan-Specific Principal Balance Certificate” in this Agreement shall be disregarded.

Class Designation	Corresponding Lower-Tier Regular Interest or Corresponding Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interest(1)	Corresponding Component(1)
Class A-1	Class LA-1	Class A-1
Class A-2	Class LA-2	Class A-2
Class A-3	Class LA-3	Class A-3
Class A-S	Class LA-S	Class A-S
Class B	Class LB	N/A
Class C	Class LC	N/A
Class D	Class LD	Class D
Class E-RR	Class LE-RR	N/A
Class F-RR	Class LF-RR	N/A
Class G-RR	Class LG-RR	N/A
Class J-RR	Class LJ-RR	N/A
Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest	Class LVRR	N/A

 

(1) The Corresponding Lower-Tier Regular Interest and the Corresponding Component, if any, with respect to any Class of Non-Vertically Retained Principal Balance Certificates are also the Corresponding Lower-Tier Regular Interest and Corresponding Component with respect to each other.

GRANTOR TRUST

The portions of the Trust Fund consisting of the VRR Specific Grantor Trust Assets and the Class S Specific Grantor Trust Assets shall be treated as a grantor trust under subpart E, part I of subchapter J of the Code (the “Grantor Trust”) for federal income tax purposes. The Class VRR Certificates (with an initial Certificate Balance of $0 and the Uncertificated VRR Interest (with an initial Uncertificated VRR Interest Balance of $0) shall represent undivided beneficial interests in the portion of the Grantor Trust consisting of the VRR Specific Grantor Trust Assets, and the Class S Certificates shall represent undivided beneficial interests in the portion of the Grantor Trust consisting of the Class S Specific Grantor Trust Assets. As provided herein, the Certificate Administrator shall not take any actions that would cause the Grantor Trust to either (i) lose its status as a “grantor trust” or (ii) be treated as part of any Trust REMIC. For the avoidance of doubt, there are no VRR Specific Grantor Trust Assets or Class S Specific Grantor Trust Assets and, accordingly, no Grantor Trust will be created, no Class S Certificates, Class VRR Certificates or Uncertificated VRR Interest will be issued, and any references to “VRR Specific Grantor Trust Assets, “Class S Specific Grantor Trust Assets”, “Grantor Trust”,

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“Class S Certificates”, “Class VRR Certificates” or “Uncertificated VRR Interest” in this Agreement shall be disregarded.

WHOLE LOANS

The following table (the “Whole Loan Table”) identifies, by loan number for the related Mortgage Loan and name of the related Mortgaged Property or portfolio of Mortgaged Properties (in each case as set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule), each of the Whole Loans related to the Trust as of the Closing Date, and further, with respect to each such Whole Loan, sets forth or otherwise identifies as of the Closing Date: (1) whether the subject Whole Loan is a Serviced Whole Loan, an Outside Serviced Whole Loan or a Servicing Shift Whole Loan; (2) in the case of an Outside Serviced Whole Loan, the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement; (3) the date of the related Co-Lender Agreement; and (4) the Note(s) that evidences or collectively evidence, as applicable, (a) the related Mortgage Loan, (b) any related Pari Passu Companion Loan(s) and (c) any related Subordinate Companion Loan(s).

Loan No. for related Mortgage Loan	Name of related Mortgaged Property or Portfolio of Mortgaged Properties	Servicing Type	Outside Servicing Agreement	Date of Co-Lender Agreement	Mortgage Loan	Pari Passu Companion Loan(s)	Subordinate Companion Loan(s)
1	ICP/IRG Holdings Portfolio	Serviced	N/A	May 25, 2023	Note A-1-A-1 Note A-2-A	Note A-1-A-2 Note A-1-B-1 Note A-1-B-2 Note A-2-B Note A-2-C Note A-2-D Note A-2-E	N/A
2	Austin Multifamily Portfolio	Serviced	N/A	May 5, 2023	Note A-1	Note A-2	N/A
3	Cumberland Mall	Serviced	N/A	April 14, 2023	Note A-1 Note A-2 Note A-8 Note A-10	Note A-3 Note A-4 Note A-5 Note A-6 Note A-7 Note A-9 Note A-11	N/A
4	Harborside 2-3	Serviced	N/A	May 23, 2023	Note A-1 Note A-7	Note A-2-1 Note A-2-2 Note A-3 Note A-4 Note A-5 Note A-6-1 Note A-6-2 Note A-8 Note A-9	N/A
7	Green Acres	Serviced	N/A	February 13, 2023	Note A-1 Note A-4-1 Note A-13-2 Note A-15-2	Note A-2 Note A-3 Note A-4-2 Note A-5 Note A-6 Note A-7 Note A-8 Note A-9 Note A-10	N/A

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Loan No. for related Mortgage Loan	Name of related Mortgaged Property or Portfolio of Mortgaged Properties	Servicing Type	Outside Servicing Agreement	Date of Co-Lender Agreement	Mortgage Loan	Pari Passu Companion Loan(s)	Subordinate Companion Loan(s)
		Serviced				Note A-11 Note A-12 Note A-13-1 Note A-14 Note A-15-1 Note A-16
8	Heritage Plaza	Servicing Shift	N/A(1)	May 25, 2023	Note A-5	Note A-1 Note A-2-1 Note A-2-2 Note A-3-1 Note A-3-2 Note A-4 Note A-6	N/A
11	Scottsdale Fashion Square(3)	Outside Serviced	SCOTT 2023-SFS TSA	March 3, 2023	Note A-1-C4 Note A-2-C2-1	Note A-1-S1 Note A-2-S1 Note A-1-C1 Note A-1-C2 Note A-1-C3 Note A-2-C1 Note A-2-C2-2 Note A-2-C3-1 Note A-2-C3-2	N/A
15	PetSmart HQ	Outside Serviced	3650R 2021-PF1 PSA	November 30, 2022	Note A-3	Note A-1 Note A-2 Note A-4	N/A
16	National Warehouse & Distribution Portfolio	Outside Serviced	BANK5 2023-5YR1	March 13, 2023	Note A-4-2	Note A-1 Note A-2 Note A-3 Note A-4-1 Note A-5	N/A
17	Patewood Corporate Center	Outside Serviced	3650R 2021-PF1 PSA	November 30, 2022	Note A-2 Note A-3	Note A-1 Note A-4	N/A
22	Meadowood Mall	Outside Serviced	3650R 2022-PF2	November 5, 2021	Note A-4-B	Note A-1 Note A-2 Note A-3 Note A-4-A	Note B
26	1201 Third Avenue	Outside Serviced	BANK5 2023-5YR1	April 19, 2023	Note A-4-2	Note A-1-1 Note A-1-2 Note A-1-3 Note A-2 Note A-3 Note A-4-1	N/A

 

(1)  The related Servicing Shift Lead Note is Note A-1.

(2) As of the Closing Date, a Servicing Shift Whole Loan will be a Serviced Whole Loan serviced pursuant to this Agreement. On and after the related Servicing Shift Date, a Servicing Shift Whole Loan will be an Outside Serviced Whole Loan serviced pursuant to the Outside Servicing Agreement governing the securitization of the related Pari Passu Companion Loan evidenced by the related Servicing Shift Lead Note.

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(3) For purposes of calculating interest and other amounts payable on the Scottsdale Fashion Square Mortgage Loan, each related Mortgage Note was divided into three components (each, a “Scottsdale Component” and, collectively, the “Scottsdale Components”) as follows: “Scottsdale Component A”, “Scottsdale Component B”, and “Scottsdale Component C”.

 

CREDIT RISK RETENTION

Regular Certificates, Class S Certificates and Uncertificated VRR Interest

3650 REIT will be the “retaining sponsor” (as such term is defined in Regulation RR) for the securitization transaction constituted by the securitization of the Mortgage Pool and the issuance of the Regular Certificates, the Class S Certificates (if any) and the Uncertificated VRR Interest (if any).

On the Closing Date, the Retaining Sponsor (or its Majority-Owned Affiliate) is purchasing for cash the Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR and Class J-RR Certificates. The Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR and Class J-RR Certificates that the Retaining Sponsor (or its Majority-Owned Affiliate) is purchasing are collectively referred to in this agreement as the “HRR Interest”.

Loan-Specific Certificates

For the avoidance of doubt, the Trust Fund will not include any Trust Subordinate Companion Loans, and no Loan-Specific Certificates will be issued. Accordingly, there will not be a “retaining sponsor” (as such term is defined in Regulation RR) or any required risk retention for a securitization transaction constituted by the securitization of a Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and the issuance of the related Loan-Specific Certificates.

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As of the Cut-Off Date, the Mortgage Loans have an aggregate Stated Principal Balance equal to approximately $859,674,341. As of the Cut-Off Date, there are no Trust Subordinate Companions, and therefore the Stated Principal Balance thereof is $0.

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

Article I

DEFINITIONS

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

“3650 REIT”: 3650 Real Estate Investment Trust 2 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and its successors in interest.

“3650 REIT Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement”: The mortgage loan purchase agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, by and between 3650 REIT and the Depositor.

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“3650 REIT Mortgage Loans”: The Mortgage Loans (or portions thereof) transferred by 3650 REIT to the Depositor and/or the Trust pursuant to the 3650 REIT Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and this Agreement.

“3650R 2021-PF1 PSA”: The Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2021, between 3650 REIT Commercial Mortgage Securities II LLC, as depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as special servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator and as trustee, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor and asset representations reviewer, as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, pursuant to which the 3650R 2021-PF1 Commercial Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2021-PF1 were issued.

“3650R 2022-PF2 PSA”: The Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2022, between 3650 REIT Commercial Mortgage Securities II LLC, as depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as special servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as certificate administrator and as trustee, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor and asset representations reviewer, as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, pursuant to which the 3650R 2022-PF2 Commercial Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2022-PF2 were issued.

“10-K Filing Deadline”: As defined in Section 10.05 of this Agreement.

“30/360 Basis”: The accrual of interest on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

“AB Whole Loan”: A Whole Loan that includes a Subordinate Companion Loan. The only AB Whole Loans related to the Trust as of the Closing Date are those with related Notes listed in the Whole Loan Table under the column heading “Subordinate Companion Loan(s).”

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

“Accelerated Mezzanine Loan”: A mezzanine loan (secured by a pledge of the direct (or indirect) equity interests in a Mortgagor under a Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan) if such mezzanine loan either (i) has been accelerated, or (ii) is the subject of foreclosure proceedings against the equity collateral pledged to secure that mezzanine loan.

“Acceptable Insurance Default”: With respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan), any Default arising when the related Loan Documents require that the related Mortgagor must maintain all risk casualty insurance or other insurance that covers damages

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or losses arising from acts of terrorism and the Special Servicer has determined, in its reasonable judgment in accordance with the Servicing Standard (and with the consent of the applicable Directing Holder and after non-binding consultation with any applicable Consulting Parties pursuant to Section 6.09), that (i) such insurance is not available at commercially reasonable rates and the subject hazards are not commonly insured against by prudent owners of similar real properties located in or near the geographic region in which the Mortgaged Property is located (but only by reference to such insurance that has been obtained by such owners at current market rates), or (ii) such insurance is not available at any rate; provided, however, that the applicable Directing Holder shall be required to respond to the Special Servicer’s request for such consent (or be deemed to have provided such consent) within the time period in Section 6.09(a) with respect to Acceptable Insurance Defaults; provided, further, that upon the Special Servicer’s determination, consistent with the Servicing Standard, that exigent circumstances do not allow the Special Servicer to consult with the related Directing Holder or the applicable Consulting Parties, the Special Servicer shall not be required to do so. In making this determination, the Special Servicer, to the extent consistent with the Servicing Standard, may rely on the opinion of an insurance consultant.

“Accrued Component Interest”: With respect to each Component for any Distribution Date, one month’s interest at the Class X Strip Rate applicable to such Component for such Distribution Date, accrued on the Component Notional Amount of such Component outstanding immediately prior to such Distribution Date. Accrued Component Interest shall be calculated on a 30/360 Basis and, with respect to any Component and any Distribution Date, shall be deemed to accrue during the calendar month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs.

“Act” or “Securities Act”: The Securities Act of 1933, as it may be amended from time to time and the rules and regulations thereunder.

“Actual/360 Basis”: The accrual of interest on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed during any relevant accrual period in a year assumed to consist of 360 days.

“Actual/360 Mortgage Loan”: A Mortgage Loan that accrues interest on an Actual/360 Basis (and, in the case of the Scottsdale Fashion Square Mortgage Loan, the Scottsdale Components).

“Additional Debt”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any debt owed by the related Mortgagor to a party other than the lender under such Mortgage Loan that is secured by the related Mortgaged Property.

“Additional Disclosure Notification”: The form of notification to be included with any Additional Form 10-D Disclosure, Additional Form 10-K Disclosure or Form 8-K Disclosure Information which is attached to this Agreement as Exhibit W.

“Additional Form 10-D Disclosure”: As defined in Section 10.04 of this Agreement.

“Additional Form 10-K Disclosure”: As defined in Section 10.05 of this Agreement.

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“Additional Information”: As defined in Section 4.02(a) of this Agreement.

“Additional Servicer”: Each Affiliate of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Depositor, any Mortgage Loan Seller or any of the Underwriters that Services any of the Mortgage Loans, each Outside Servicer, each Outside Special Servicer and each Person, other than the Special Servicer or the Certificate Administrator, who is not an Affiliate of the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Depositor, any Mortgage Loan Seller or any of the Underwriters who Services 10% or more of the Mortgage Loans by unpaid principal balance calculated in accordance with the provisions of Regulation AB.

“Additional Servicing Compensation”: As defined in Section 3.12(a) of this Agreement.

“Additional Special Servicing Compensation”: As defined in Section 3.12(c) of this Agreement.

“Additional Trust Fund Expenses”: (i) Special Servicing Fees, Workout Fees and Liquidation Fees, (ii) interest in respect of unreimbursed Advances, (iii) the cost of various default-related or unanticipated Opinions of Counsel required or permitted to be obtained in connection with the servicing of the Trust Loans and the administration of the Trust Fund, (iv) unanticipated, non-Mortgage Loan specific expenses of the Trust Fund, including indemnities and expense reimbursements to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Depositor and federal, state and local taxes, and tax-related expenses, specifically payable out of the Trust Fund, (v) any fees or expenses that are expressly designated as an Additional Trust Fund Expense pursuant to any provision of this Agreement and (vi) any other default-related or unanticipated expense of the Trust Fund that is not covered by a Property Advance and for which there is no corresponding collection from a Mortgagor.

“Administrative Cost Rate”: (i) With respect to any Mortgage Loan as of any date of determination, a per annum rate equal to the sum of the Servicing Fee Rate, the Operating Advisor Fee Rate, the Asset Representations Reviewer Ongoing Fee Rate, the CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee Rate and the Trustee/Certificate Administrator Fee Rate; and (ii) with respect to any Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as of any date of determination, a per annum rate equal to the sum of the Servicing Fee Rate and the CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee Rate.

“Advance”: Any P&I Advance or Property Advance.

“Advance Interest Amount”: Interest at the Advance Rate on the aggregate amount of P&I Advances and Property Advances for which the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, have not been reimbursed for the number of days from the date on which such Advance was made through, but not including, the date of reimbursement of the related Advance, less any amount of interest previously paid on such Advance; provided, however, that with respect to any P&I Advance made prior to the expiration of the related grace period (or, if there is no grace period, on or prior to the related Due Date), interest on such P&I Advance shall

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accrue only from and after the expiration of such grace period (or, if there is no grace period, from and after the related Due Date) and only if the subject Trust Loan is then still delinquent; and provided, further, that interest at the Advance Rate shall not accrue on any Advance made to cover a delinquent Applicable Monthly Payment that has been received after the Determination Date and prior to 2:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on the related Master Servicer Remittance Date.

“Advance Rate”: A per annum rate equal to the Prime Rate, compounded annually (and solely with respect to the Master Servicer, subject to a floor rate of 2.0% per annum).

“Affected Loan(s)”: As defined in Section 2.03(a) of this Agreement.

“Affiliate”: With respect to any specified Person, any other Person controlling or controlled by or under common control with such specified Person; provided that, solely for the purposes of the definition of “Borrower Party”, the term “Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, (i) any other Person controlling or controlled by or under common control with such specified Person or (ii) any other Person that owns, directly or indirectly, 25% (or in the case of a Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan, 10%) or more of the beneficial interests in such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing. Upon reasonable request of the Trustee and/or the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee and/or the Certificate Administrator may obtain and rely on an Officer’s Certificate of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Depositor to determine whether any Person is an Affiliate of such party.

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

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

(a)           the aggregate amount of all cash received on the Mortgage Loans and any REO Properties on deposit in the Collection Account (in each case, exclusive of any amount on deposit in or credited to any portion of the Collection Account that is held for the benefit of the Companion Loan Holders or is otherwise allocable to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan) and/or the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account as of the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the related Master Servicer Remittance Date, exclusive of any portion of the foregoing that represents (without duplication):

(i)                         Monthly Payments, together with any Balloon Payments that are accompanied by interest through the related Maturity Date, paid by the related Mortgagors in respect of a Mortgage Loan, that are due on a Due Date (without regard to grace periods) that occurs after the related Determination Date;

(ii)                      payments (scheduled or otherwise) of principal (including Principal Prepayments) and interest, Net Liquidation Proceeds, Net Insurance Proceeds, Net Condemnation Proceeds and other unscheduled recoveries that were received in respect of the Mortgage Pool subsequent to the related Determination Date (other

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than any remittances on the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans or the Trust’s applicable interest in any related REO Property contemplated by clause (b) of this definition for the subject Distribution Date);

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

(iv)                   Yield Maintenance Charges on the Mortgage Loans;

(v)                      Excess Interest on the ARD Mortgage Loan(s);

(vi)                   Penalty Charges retained in the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.14 of this Agreement;

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

(viii)            with respect to the Mortgage Loans (including REO Mortgage Loans) for which Withheld Amounts are required to be deposited in the Interest Reserve Account, and any Distribution Date in January (other than during a leap year) or February of any calendar year (unless such Distribution Date is the final Distribution Date), an amount equal to one day of interest on the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the close of business on the Distribution Date in the month preceding the month in which the subject Distribution Date occurs at the related Mortgage Rate, less the Administrative Cost Rate, to the extent such amounts are on deposit in the Collection Account;

(b)           if and to the extent not already included in clause (a) of this definition for the subject Distribution Date, (i) the aggregate amount allocable to the Mortgage Loans transferred from any REO Account or Whole Loan Custodial Account to the Collection Account for the subject Distribution Date pursuant to Section 3.16 or Section 3.06A, as applicable, of this Agreement, and (ii) all remittances received on the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans or the Trust’s interest in any related REO Property in the month of the subject Distribution Date, in each case to the extent that such transfer is made or such remittances are received, as the case may be, by the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the related Master Servicer Remittance Date;

(c)           the aggregate amount of any Compensating Interest Payments made by the Master Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loans with respect to the subject Distribution Date and P&I Advances made by the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, with respect to the Mortgage Loans for the subject Distribution Date (net of the related Trustee/Certificate Administrator Fee, Asset Representations Reviewer Ongoing Fee and Operating Advisor Fee with respect to the Mortgage Loans (including REO Mortgage Loans) for which such Compensating Interest Payments or P&I Advances are made, to the extent not already deducted from Aggregate Available Funds pursuant to clause (a)(iii) of this definition);

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(d)           the aggregate amount of Excess Liquidation Proceeds transferred to the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account from the Excess Liquidation Proceeds Reserve Account for distribution on the subject Distribution Date; and

(e)           with respect to each Actual/360 Mortgage Loan and any Distribution Date occurring in each March (or February, if the related Distribution Date is the final Distribution Date), commencing in 2024, the Withheld Amounts remitted to the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account pursuant to Section 3.23 of this Agreement

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

“Aggregate Principal Distribution Amount”: For any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the sum of the following amounts (which, for the avoidance of doubt, will not include any amounts received in respect of any Trust Subordinate Companion Loan):

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

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

provided that the Aggregate Principal Distribution Amount for any Distribution Date shall be reduced, to not less than zero, by the amount of any reimbursements of (i) Nonrecoverable Advances (including any servicing advance with respect to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan under the related Outside Servicing Agreement), together with interest on such Nonrecoverable Advances at the Advance Rate, that are paid or reimbursed from principal collections on the Mortgage Loans (including the REO Mortgage Loans) in a period during which such principal collections would have otherwise been included in the Aggregate Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date and (ii) Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts that were paid or reimbursed from principal collections on the Mortgage Loans (including the REO Mortgage Loans) in a period during which such principal collections would have otherwise been included in the Aggregate Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date (provided that, in the case of clause (i) and (ii) above, if any of the amounts that were reimbursed from principal collections on the Mortgage Loans (including the REO Mortgage Loans) for a prior Distribution Date are subsequently recovered on the related Mortgage Loan (including any successor REO Mortgage Loan with respect thereto), such recovery will increase the Aggregate Principal Distribution Amount for the Distribution Date related to the Collection Period in which such recovery occurs).

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

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

“A.M. Best”: A.M. Best Company, Inc. or its successors in interest. If neither A.M. Best nor any successor remains in existence, “A.M. Best” shall be deemed to refer to such

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other nationally recognized statistical rating agency or other comparable Person reasonably designated by the Depositor, notice of which designation shall be given to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer and specific ratings of A.M. Best herein referenced shall be deemed to refer to the equivalent ratings (as reasonably determined by the Depositor) of the party so designated.

“Ancillary Fees”: With respect to any Serviced Loan, any and all demand fees, beneficiary statement charges, fees for insufficient or returned checks and other usual and customary charges and fees (other than Modification Fees, Consent Fees, earnout fees (or similar fees), Penalty Charges, Assumption Fees, assumption application fees and defeasance fees) actually received from the related Mortgagor.

“Anticipated Repayment Date” or “ARD”: With respect to any ARD Mortgage Loan, the date upon which such ARD Mortgage Loan commences accruing interest at its Revised Rate.

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

“Applicable Co-sponsors”: (i) With respect to the Cumberland Mall Mortgage Loan, BMO and GACC; (ii) with respect to the Harborside 2-3 Mortgage Loan, CREFI and BMO; (iii) with respect to the Scottsdale Fashion Square Mortgage Loan, GACC and GSMC; (iv) with respect to the Green Acres Mortgage Loan, GACC, BMO and GSMC; and (v) with respect to the ICP/IRG Holdings Portfolio Mortgage Loan, 3650 REIT and JPMCB.

“Applicable Fitch Permitted Investment Rating”: (A) In the case of any investments with maturities of thirty (30) days or less, the short-term obligations of which are rated at least “F1” by Fitch or the long-term obligations of which are rated at least “A” by Fitch, and (B) in the case of such investments with maturities of more than thirty (30) days, the short-term obligations of which are rated at least “F1+” by Fitch or the long-term obligations of which are rated at least “AA-” by Fitch.

“Applicable KBRA Permitted Investment Rating”: (A) In the case of any investments with maturities of 90 days or less, the short-term obligations of which are rated at least “K3” by KBRA or the long-term obligations of which are rated at least “BBB-” by KBRA, and (B) in the case of any investments with maturities of more than 90 days but less than 365 days, the short-term obligations of which are rated at least “K1” by KBRA or the long-term obligations of which are rated at least “A-” by KBRA.

“Applicable Laws”: As defined in Section 3.01(l), Section 3.21(h) and Section 8.02(h), respectively, of this Agreement.

“Applicable Monthly Payment”: For any Mortgage Loan (including an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan) or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan with respect to any month (including any such Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as to which the related Mortgaged Property has become an REO Property), the Monthly Payment; provided, however, that for purposes of calculating the amount of any P&I Advance required to be made by the Master Servicer or the Trustee, notwithstanding the amount of such Applicable Monthly Payment, interest

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shall be calculated at the Mortgage Rate less the Servicing Fee Rate and, if applicable, shall be exclusive of Excess Interest; and provided, further, that for purposes of determining the amount of any P&I Advance, the Monthly Payment shall be as reduced pursuant to any modification of a Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan pursuant to Section 3.24 of this Agreement or pursuant to the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement, or pursuant to any bankruptcy, insolvency, or other similar proceeding involving the related Mortgagor.

“Applicable Moody’s Permitted Investment Rating”: In the case of any investments, the short-term debt obligations of which are rated at least “P-1” by Moody’s or the long-term debt obligations of which are rated at least “A2” by Moody’s.

“Applicable S&P Permitted Investment Rating”: (A) In the case of such investments with maturities of sixty (60) days or less, the short term obligations of which are rated at least “A-1” by S&P, and (B) in the case of such investments with maturities of 365 days or less, but more than sixty (60) days, the short term obligations of which are rated at least “A-1+” by S&P (or at least “A-1” by S&P, if the long term obligations of which are rated at least “AA-” by S&P).

“Applicant”: As defined in Section 5.07(a) of this Agreement.

“Appraisal”: An appraisal prepared by an Appraiser, which shall be prepared in accordance with MAI standards.

“Appraisal Reduction Amount”: For any Distribution Date and for any Serviced Mortgage Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan, if applicable) as to which an Appraisal Reduction Event has occurred and an Appraisal Reduction Amount is required to be calculated by the Special Servicer, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the Stated Principal Balance of such Serviced Mortgage Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan) as of the last day of the related Collection Period over (b) the excess of (i) the sum of (A) 90% of the appraised value of the related Mortgaged Property or Properties (as determined by (1) one or more Appraisals obtained by the Special Servicer (the cost of which shall be advanced by the Master Servicer as a Property Advance (or, if such Property Advance would be a Nonrecoverable Advance, paid by the Master Servicer out of the Collection Account as an expense of the Trust Fund)) or (2) an internal valuation performed by the Special Servicer with respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan (considering any Cross-Collateralized Group as a single Mortgage Loan) or Serviced Whole Loan with an outstanding principal balance of less than $2,000,000 (provided that the Special Servicer may, in its sole discretion in accordance with the Servicing Standard, obtain Appraisal(s) with respect to such Serviced Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan as contemplated by the preceding clause (1)), minus, with respect to any Appraisal, such downward adjustments as the Special Servicer may make in accordance with the Servicing Standard (without implying any obligation to do so) based upon the Special Servicer’s review of the Appraisal and such other information as the Special Servicer may deem appropriate and (B) all escrows, letters of credit and reserves in respect of such Serviced Mortgage Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan) as of the date of the calculation over (ii) the sum, as of the Due Date occurring in the month of the date of determination, of (A) to the extent not previously advanced by the Master Servicer or the Trustee, all unpaid interest on such Serviced Mortgage Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan) at a per annum rate equal to its Mortgage Rate (and with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, interest on the related Serviced Companion Loan(s) at the related Mortgage Rate), (B) all unreimbursed Advances (which shall include, without limitation, (1) any Advances

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as to which the advancing party was reimbursed from a source other than the related Mortgagor and (2) any Unliquidated Advances), with interest thereon at the Advance Rate in respect of such Serviced Mortgage Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan) and (C) all currently due and unpaid real estate taxes and assessments, insurance premiums and ground rents, unpaid Special Servicing Fees and all other amounts, due and unpaid with respect to such Serviced Mortgage Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan) (which taxes, premiums, ground rents and other amounts have not been the subject of an Advance by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, and/or for which funds have not been escrowed). Promptly upon knowledge of the occurrence of an Appraisal Reduction Event (or a longer period so long as the Special Servicer is (as certified thereby to the Trustee in writing) diligently and in good faith proceeding to obtain such), if an Appraisal has not been obtained within the immediately preceding nine (9) months (or if the Special Servicer has determined in accordance with the Servicing Standard such Appraisal to be materially inaccurate), the Special Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to obtain an Appraisal, the costs of which shall be paid by the Master Servicer as a Property Advance (or as an expense of the Trust Fund and paid by the Master Servicer out of the Collection Account if such Property Advance would be a Nonrecoverable Advance), or conduct an internal valuation, as applicable, in accordance with Section 3.10(a) of this Agreement. The Master Servicer shall provide (via electronic delivery) the Special Servicer with information in its possession that is reasonably required to calculate or recalculate any Appraisal Reduction Amount pursuant to this definition using reasonable efforts to deliver such information within four (4) Business Days of the Special Servicer’s reasonable written request. None of the Master Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator shall calculate or verify Appraisal Reduction Amounts. On the first Determination Date that is at least five (5) Business Days following the receipt of such Appraisal or the conducting of an internal valuation, the Special Servicer in consultation with the Controlling Class Representative or applicable Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative (in each case, for so long as such party is the applicable Directing Holder or a Consulting Party) shall calculate or adjust, as applicable, the Appraisal Reduction Amount to take into account such Appraisal or internal valuation, as applicable, and such information, if any, reasonably requested by the Special Servicer from the Master Servicer reasonably required to calculate or recalculate the Appraisal Reduction Amount. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Appraisal is required to be obtained in accordance with Section 3.10(a) of this Agreement but is not obtained and, if permitted, an internal valuation has not been conducted, within 120 days following the events described in the applicable clause of the definition “Appraisal Reduction Event” (without regard to the time periods stated therein), then, until such Appraisal is obtained or, if permitted, such internal valuation is conducted and solely for purposes of determining the amounts of P&I Advances, the Appraisal Reduction Amount for or allocable to the related Serviced Mortgage Loan (or, in the case of any Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan, for such Whole Loan) will equal 25% of the then current Stated Principal Balance of such related Serviced Mortgage Loan (or, in the case of any Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan, 25% of the then current Stated Principal Balance of such Whole Loan, subject to allocation in accordance with the second following paragraph); provided that, upon receipt of an Appraisal, or, if permitted, completion of an internal valuation however, the Appraisal Reduction Amount for such Serviced Mortgage Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan) will be recalculated in accordance with this definition without regard to this sentence. With respect to each Serviced Loan as to which an Appraisal Reduction Event has occurred (unless the Serviced Loan has become a Corrected Loan (if a Servicing Transfer Event had occurred with respect to the related Serviced Loan) and has remained current for three consecutive Monthly Payments, and

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with respect to which no other Appraisal Reduction Event has occurred during the preceding three months), the Special Servicer shall, within 30 days of each anniversary of such Appraisal Reduction Event, order an Appraisal (which may be an update of the prior Appraisal) (the cost of which will be covered by, and reimbursable as, a Property Advance by the Master Servicer or as an expense of the Trust Fund and paid by the Master Servicer out of the Collection Account if such Property Advance would be a Nonrecoverable Advance) or, if applicable, conduct an internal valuation, provided, however, no new or updated Appraisal or internal valuation will be required if the Serviced Loan or REO Property is under contract to be sold within 90 days of such Appraisal Reduction Event or anniversary thereof and the Special Servicer reasonably believes such sale is likely to close. Based upon such Appraisal or letter updates thereto, or, if applicable, an internal valuation, the Special Servicer shall determine and report to the Master Servicer and the Certificate Administrator the Appraisal Reduction Amount, if any, with respect to such Serviced Mortgage Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan), and each of those parties shall be entitled to rely conclusively on such determination by the Special Servicer. The Special Servicer shall deliver a copy of any such Appraisal or internal valuation to the Master Servicer and the Certificate Administrator, which shall be in electronic format. Each Appraisal Reduction Amount shall also be adjusted with respect to the next Distribution Date to take into account any subsequent Appraisal and annual letter updates or, if applicable, any subsequent internal valuation, as of the date of each such subsequent Appraisal or letter update or, if applicable, internal valuation.

Upon payment in full or liquidation of any Serviced Loan for which an Appraisal Reduction Amount has been determined, such Appraisal Reduction Amount will be eliminated. In addition, with respect to any Serviced Loan, as to which an Appraisal Reduction Event has occurred, such Serviced Loan shall no longer be subject to the Appraisal Reduction Amount if (a) such Serviced Loan has become a Corrected Loan (if a Servicing Transfer Event had occurred with respect to the related Serviced Loan) and such Serviced Loan becomes and remains current for three consecutive Monthly Payments and (b) no other Appraisal Reduction Event has occurred and is continuing with respect to such Serviced Loan.

Appraisal Reduction Amounts with respect to each Serviced Whole Loan shall be allocated, first, to any related Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan(s) (up to the outstanding principal balance(s) thereof), and then, to the related Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s) on a pro rata and pari passu basis in accordance with the respective outstanding principal balances of such Serviced Mortgage Loan and the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if so provided in the related Co-Lender Agreement, the holder of a Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan may be permitted to post cash or a letter of credit to offset all or some portion of an Appraisal Reduction Amount.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to each Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Appraisal Reduction Amount shall be the portion of any “appraisal reduction amount” relating to such Outside Serviced Whole Loan, that is calculated pursuant to the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement by the related Outside Special Servicer or related Outside Servicer, as applicable, and that is allocable to such Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan pursuant to such Outside Servicing Agreement and the related Co-Lender Agreement. The parties hereto shall be entitled to rely on such calculations as reported to them by the related Outside Servicer. The Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and, by their acceptance of their Certificates, the Certificateholders shall be deemed to have acknowledged that the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement and the related

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Co-Lender Agreement, taken together, provide that any such “appraisal reduction amount” will be calculated under the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement by the applicable party thereto.

“Appraisal Reduction Event”: With respect to any Serviced Loan, the earliest of (i) the date on which such Serviced Loan becomes a Modified Asset, (ii) the date on which such Serviced Loan is 60 days or more delinquent in respect of any Monthly Payment, which does not include a Balloon Payment, (iii) solely in the case of a delinquent Balloon Payment, (A) the date occurring 30 days after the date on which such Balloon Payment was due (except as described in the immediately following clause (B)) or (B) if the related Mortgagor has delivered to the Master Servicer (who shall promptly deliver a copy thereof to the Special Servicer) or the Special Servicer (who shall promptly deliver a copy thereof to the Master Servicer) a signed purchase agreement or a refinancing commitment acceptable to the Special Servicer prior to the date 30 days after the Balloon Payment was due, the date occurring 120 days after the date on which the Balloon Payment was due (or such shorter period beyond the date on which that Balloon Payment was due during which the refinancing is scheduled to occur), (iv) the date on which the related Mortgaged Property has become an REO Property, (v) a receiver or similar official is appointed and continues for 60 days in such capacity in respect of the related Mortgaged Property, (vi) 60 days after the related Mortgagor is subject to a bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceedings, which, in the case of an involuntary bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding, is not dismissed within those 60 days, or (vii) the date on which such Serviced Loan remains outstanding five (5) years following any extension of its maturity date pursuant to Section 3.24 of this Agreement. If an Appraisal Reduction Event occurs with respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan that is part of a Serviced Whole Loan, then an Appraisal Reduction Event shall be deemed to have occurred with respect to the related Serviced Companion Loan(s). If an Appraisal Reduction Event occurs with respect to any Serviced Companion Loan that is part of a Serviced Whole Loan, then an Appraisal Reduction Event shall be deemed to have occurred with respect to the related Serviced Mortgage Loan and any other Serviced Companion Loan(s) included as part of that Serviced Whole Loan. No Appraisal Reduction Event may occur at any time when the aggregate Certificate Balance of all Classes of Non-Vertically Retained Principal Balance Certificates (other than the Class A-1, Class A-2 and Class A-3 Certificates) and, solely in the case of any Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan, in addition to the aggregate Certificate Balance of all related Classes of Loan-Specific Certificates, has been reduced to zero. The Special Servicer shall notify the Master Servicer and the Master Servicer shall notify the Special Servicer, as applicable, promptly upon the occurrence of any of the foregoing events.

“Appraised-Out Class”: Any Class of Control Eligible Certificates or Loan-Specific Control Eligible Certificates, the Certificate Balance of which (taking into account the allocation of any Appraisal Reduction Amounts or Collateral Deficiency Amounts to notionally reduce the Certificate Balance of such Class) has been reduced to less than 25% of its initial Certificate Balance.

“Appraised Value”: As of any date of determination, (i) with respect to any Mortgaged Property (other than a Mortgaged Property securing an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan), the appraised value thereof based upon an appraisal or update thereof prepared by an Appraiser that is contained in the related Servicing File obtained within the time parameters required by this Agreement, and (ii) with respect to each Mortgaged Property securing an Outside

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Serviced Mortgage Loan, the appraised value allocable thereto, as determined pursuant to the Outside Servicing Agreement.

“Appraiser”: An Independent nationally recognized professional commercial real estate appraiser who (i) is a member in good standing of the Appraisal Institute, (ii) if the state in which the related Mortgaged Property is located certifies or licenses appraisers, is certified or licensed in such state, and (iii) has a minimum of five years’ experience in the related property type and market.

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

“Arbitration Services Provider”: As defined in Section 2.03(i)(i).

“ARD Mortgage Loan”: Any Mortgage Loan that is identified as having an Anticipated Repayment Date and a Revised Rate on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.

“Asset Representations Reviewer”: BellOak, LLC, a California limited liability company, or its successor-in-interest, or any successor Asset Representations Reviewer as herein provided.

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

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

“Asset Representations Reviewer Ongoing Fee Rate”: As defined in Section 11.02(a).

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

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

“Asset Review Notice”: As defined in Section 11.01(a).

“Asset Review Quorum”: In connection with any solicitation of votes to authorize an Asset Review as described in Section 11.01(a), the Holders of Certificates evidencing at least 5% of the Voting Rights represented by all of the Certificates.

“Asset Review Report”: As defined in Section 11.01(b)(vii)(C).

“Asset Review Report Summary”: As defined in Section 11.01(b)(vii)(C).

“Asset Review Standard”: The performance by the Asset Representations Reviewer of its duties under this Agreement in good faith subject to the express terms of this Agreement. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement, all determinations or

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assumptions made by the Asset Representations Reviewer in connection with an Asset Review shall be made in the Asset Representations Reviewer’s good faith discretion and judgment based on the facts and circumstances known to it at the time of such determination or assumption.

“Asset Review Trigger”: Any time when, as of the end of the applicable Collection Period, either (1) Mortgage Loans with an aggregate outstanding principal balance of 30% or more of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of all of the Mortgage Loans (including any REO Mortgage Loans) held by the Trust are Delinquent Loans, or (2) at least 15 Mortgage Loans are Delinquent Loans and the aggregate outstanding principal balance of such Delinquent Loans constitutes at least 20.0% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of all of the Mortgage Loans (including any REO Mortgage Loans) held by the Trust.

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

“Asset Status Report”: As defined in Section 3.21(b) of this Agreement.

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

“Assumption Fees”: With respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan, if applicable), any and all assumption fees of such Serviced Mortgage Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan, if applicable) for transactions effected under Section 3.09(a), 3.09(b) and 3.09(c) of this Agreement (excluding assumption application fees), actually paid by the related Mortgagor and other applicable fees (not including assumption fees and/or assumption application fees) actually paid by the related Mortgagor in accordance with the related Loan Documents, with respect to any assumption or substitution agreement entered into by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer on behalf of the Trust (or, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, on behalf of the Trust and the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s)) pursuant to Section 3.09(a) of this Agreement or paid by the related Mortgagor with respect to any transfer of an interest in such Mortgagor pursuant to Section 3.09(a) of this Agreement.

“Authenticating Agent”: Any authenticating agent appointed by the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 5.09 of this Agreement.

“Available Funds”: For any Distribution Date, (i) with respect to distributions to be made on the Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest, the Aggregate Available Funds, (ii) with respect to distributions to be made on the Non-Vertically Retained Certificates (other than the Class S Certificates), the Non-Vertically Retained Available Funds, (iii) with respect to distributions to be made on the Combined VRR Interest and the Class R Certificates, the Combined VRR Available Funds and (iv) with respect to distributions to be made on the Loan-Specific Certificates, the related Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Available Funds.

“Balloon Loan”: Any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan that by its original terms or by virtue of any modification provides for an amortization schedule extending

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beyond its Maturity Date, unless such extension results solely from the accrual of interest on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in a year of 360 days, notwithstanding calculation of Monthly Payments based on a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

“Balloon Payment”: With respect to any Balloon Loan as of any date of determination, the amount outstanding on the Maturity Date of such Balloon Loan in excess of the related Monthly Payment.

“BANK5 2023-5YR1 PSA”: The Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2023, between Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc., as depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer, CWCapital Asset Management LLC, as special servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as certificate administrator and as trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as operating advisor and asset representations reviewer, as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, pursuant to which the BANK5 2023-5YR1 Commercial Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2023-5YR1 were issued.

“Barclays”: Barclays Capital Real Estate Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its successors in interest.

“Barclays Guarantor”: Barclays Capital Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its successors in interest.

“Barclays Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement”: The mortgage loan purchase agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, by and between Barclays, the Barclays Guarantor and the Depositor.

“Barclays Mortgage Loans”: The Mortgage Loans (or portions thereof) transferred by Barclays to the Depositor and/or the Trust pursuant to the Barclays Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and this Agreement.

“Base Interest Fraction”: With respect to any Principal Prepayment on any Mortgage Loan and with respect to any Class of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-S, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates, a fraction (a) whose numerator is the amount, if any, by which (i) the Pass-Through Rate on such Class of Certificates exceeds (ii) the discount rate used in accordance with the related Loan Documents in calculating the Yield Maintenance Charge with respect to such Principal Prepayment (or, if the Yield Maintenance Charge is a fixed percentage of the principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan, the yield rate applicable to any related yield maintenance charge or that is otherwise described in the related Loan Documents) and (b) whose denominator is the amount, if any, by which (i) the Mortgage Rate on such Mortgage Loan exceeds (ii) the discount rate used in accordance with the related Loan Documents in calculating the Yield Maintenance Charge with respect to such Principal Prepayment (or, if the Yield Maintenance Charge is a fixed percentage of the principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan, the yield rate applicable to any related yield maintenance charge or that is otherwise described in the related Loan Documents); provided, however, that under no circumstances shall the Base Interest Fraction be greater than one. If the discount rate referred to in the preceding sentence is greater than or equal to both of (x) the Mortgage Rate on the related Mortgage Loan and (y) the Pass-Through

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Rate described in the preceding sentence, then the Base Interest Fraction shall equal zero, and if such discount rate is greater than or equal to the Mortgage Rate on such Mortgage Loan, but less than the Pass-Through Rate described in the preceding sentence, then the Base Interest Fraction shall equal one.

“Borrower Delayed Reimbursements”: Any Additional Trust Fund Expenses and reimbursements of Advances that the related Mortgagor is required, pursuant to a written modification agreement, to pay in the future to the Trust in its capacity as owner of the related Trust Loan.

“Borrower Party”: Either (i) a Mortgagor under a Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan, or a manager of a related Mortgaged Property or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing or (ii) a holder or beneficial owner (or an Affiliate of any holder or beneficial owner) of any Accelerated Mezzanine Loan.

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

“BMO”: Bank of Montreal, a Canadian chartered bank, and its successors in interest.

“BMO Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement”: The mortgage loan purchase agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, by and between BMO and the Depositor.

“BMO Mortgage Loans”: The Mortgage Loans (or portions thereof) transferred by BMO to the Depositor and/or the Trust pursuant to the BMO Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and this Agreement.

“Business Day”: Any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or any day on which the New York Stock Exchange, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or banking institutions in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the States of New York, Kansas, Florida and Delaware, the cities in which the principal offices of the Operating Advisor, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer are located, or the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee is located, are authorized or obligated by law, executive order or governmental decree to be closed.

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

“Certificate”: Any Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class X-A, Class A-S, Class B, Class C, Class X-D, Class D, Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR, Class J-RR, Class VRR, Class S or Class R Certificate, in any event issued, authenticated and delivered hereunder.

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“Certificate Administrator”: Computershare Trust Company, National Association, a national banking association, or its successor in interest, or any successor Certificate Administrator appointed as herein provided. Computershare Trust Company, National Association will perform its obligations through its Corporate Trust Services division.

“Certificate Administrator Accounts”: As defined in Section 3.07(a) of this Agreement.

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

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

“Certificate Balance”: (i) With respect to any Class of Principal Balance Certificates or the Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest outstanding at any time, (a) as of any date of determination on or prior to the first Distribution Date, an amount equal to the aggregate initial Certificate Balance of such Class of Principal Balance Certificates or the Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest, as specified in the Preliminary Statement hereto, and (b) as of any date of determination after the first Distribution Date, an amount equal to the Certificate Balance of such Class of Principal Balance Certificates or the Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest on the Distribution Date immediately prior to such date of determination, after any actual (or, in the case of the Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest, deemed) distributions of principal thereon and allocations of applicable Realized Losses thereto on such prior Distribution Date, and after any increases to such Certificate Balance on such prior Distribution Date (as and to the extent provided in Section 4.01(g) of this Agreement) in connection with recoveries of Nonrecoverable Advances previously reimbursed out of collections of principal on the Mortgage Loans. For the avoidance of doubt, no Class VRR Certificates or Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest will be issued under this Agreement, and the respective Certificate Balances of the Class VRR Certificates and the Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest shall each be deemed to be zero at all times.

(ii)       With respect to any Class of Loan-Specific Certificates outstanding at any time, (a) as of any date of determination on or prior to the first Distribution Date, an amount equal to the aggregate initial Certificate Balance of such Class of Loan-Specific Certificates, as specified in the Preliminary Statement hereto, and (b) as of any date of determination after the first Distribution Date, an amount equal to the Certificate Balance of such Class of Loan-Specific Certificates on the Distribution Date immediately prior to such date of determination, after any actual distributions of principal thereon and allocations of applicable Realized Losses thereto on such prior Distribution Date, and after any increases to such Certificate Balance on such prior Distribution Date (as and to the extent provided in Section 4.01(g) of this Agreement) in connection with recoveries of Nonrecoverable Advances previously reimbursed out of collections of principal on the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan.

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

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

“Certificate Owner”: With respect to a Global Certificate, a Person who is the beneficial owner of such Certificate or Loan-Specific Certificate, as applicable, as reflected on the books of the Depository or on the books of a Person maintaining an account with such Depository (directly as a Depository Participant or indirectly through a Depository Participant, in accordance with the rules of such Depository). Each of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer shall have the right to require, as a condition to acknowledging the status of any Person as a Certificate Owner under this Agreement, that such Person provide evidence (which may be in the form of an Investor Certification) at its expense of its status as a Certificate Owner hereunder.

“Certificate Register” and “Certificate Registrar”: The register maintained and the registrar appointed pursuant to Section 5.03(a) of this Agreement.

“Certificateholder”: With respect to any Certificate, the Person whose name is registered in the Certificate Register (including, solely for the purposes of distributing reports, statements or other information pursuant to this Agreement, Certificate Owners or potential transferees of Certificates to the extent the Person distributing such information has been provided with an appropriate Investor Certification by or on behalf of such Certificate Owner or potential transferee); provided, however, that

(a)       solely for the purpose of giving any consent, approval, waiver or taking any action pursuant to this Agreement (including voting on amendments to this Agreement) that specifically relates to the rights, duties, compensation or termination of, and/or any other matter specifically involving, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, any Excluded Mortgage Loan Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, any Mortgage Loan Seller or any Person known to a Responsible Officer of the Certificate Registrar to be an Affiliate of any such party, any Certificate registered in the name of or beneficially owned by such party or any Affiliate thereof shall be deemed not to be outstanding and the Voting Rights to which it is entitled shall not be taken into account in determining whether the requisite percentage of Voting Rights necessary to effect any such consent, approval, waiver or take any such action has been obtained;

(b)       solely for the purpose of giving any consent, approval, waiver or taking any action pursuant to this Agreement, any Certificate beneficially owned by a Borrower Party shall be deemed not to be outstanding and the Voting Rights to which it is entitled shall not be taken into account in determining whether the requisite percentage of Voting Rights necessary to effect any such consent, approval, waiver or take any such action has been obtained (provided, that notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of exercising any rights it may have solely as a member of the Controlling Class, any Controlling Class Certificate owned by an Excluded Controlling Class Holder shall be deemed not to be outstanding as to such Excluded Controlling Class Holder solely with respect to giving consent and taking any action with respect to any related Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loan); and

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(c)       if the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or an Affiliate of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer is a member of the Controlling Class, it shall be permitted to act in such capacity and exercise all rights under this Agreement bestowed upon the Controlling Class (other than, with respect to any Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loan with respect to which such party is an Excluded Controlling Class Holder, as described in the proviso in parenthesis in clause (b) above).

For the avoidance of doubt, nothing contained in this definition will preclude the Special Servicer from performing its duties and exercising its rights in its capacity as Special Servicer under this Agreement other than with respect to an Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan.

“Certificateholder Quorum”: A quorum that

(1)       with respect to the Certificates and any related Loan-Specific Certificates, for purposes of a vote to terminate and replace the Special Servicer for a Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan at the request of the Holders of Regular Certificates and/or related Loan-Specific Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights allocable to the Regular Certificates and Loan-Specific Certificates (without regard to the application of any Appraisal Reduction Amounts) pursuant to Section 6.08(a)(iii) of this Agreement, consists of the Holders of Certificates and/or Loan-Specific Certificates evidencing at least 50% of the Voting Rights (taking into account the allocation of any Appraisal Reduction Amounts to notionally reduce the Certificate Balances of the respective Classes of applicable Principal Balance Certificates and related Loan-Specific Principal Balance Certificates) of all of the Regular Certificates and the related Loan-Specific Certificates, on an aggregate basis;

(2)       with respect to the Certificates, (a) for purposes of a vote to terminate and replace the Special Servicer or the Asset Representations Reviewer at the request of the Holders of Regular Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights (without regard to the application of any Appraisal Reduction Amounts) pursuant to Section 6.08(a)(ii) or Section 11.05(b), as applicable, of this Agreement, consists of the Holders of Regular Certificates evidencing at least 50% of the Pooled Voting Rights (taking into account the allocation of any Appraisal Reduction Amounts to notionally reduce the Certificate Balances of the respective Classes of Principal Balance Certificates) of all of the Regular Certificates, on an aggregate basis; and (b) for purposes of a vote to terminate and replace the Special Servicer (including with respect to any Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan) based on a recommendation of the Operating Advisor pursuant to Section 6.08(b)(i) of this Agreement, consists of the Holders and/or beneficial owners of Certificates evidencing at least 20% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of all the Principal Balance Certificates, with such quorum including at least three Holders or beneficial owners of Certificates that are not Risk Retention Affiliated with each other; and

(3)       with respect to the Certificates and any related Loan-Specific Certificates, for purposes of a vote to terminate and replace the Special Servicer with respect to a Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan based on a recommendation of the Operating Advisor pursuant to Section 6.08(b)(ii) of this Agreement, consists of the Holders of Certificates and/or related Loan-Specific Certificates evidencing at least 20% of the Voting Rights (taking into account the application of Appraisal Reduction Amounts to notionally reduce Certificate Balances)

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of all Principal Balance Certificates and Loan-Specific Principal Balance Certificates on an aggregate basis; and

(4)       with respect to any Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan and the related Loan-Specific Certificates, for purposes of a vote to terminate and replace the Special Servicer based on a recommendation of the Operating Advisor pursuant to Section 6.08(b)(iii) of this Agreement, consists of the holders of related Loan-Specific Certificates evidencing at least 20% of the aggregate of the outstanding principal balances of all such Loan-Specific Certificates, with such quorum including at least three (3) holders or beneficial owners of such Loan-Specific Certificates that are not Risk Retention Affiliated with each other.

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

“Certification Parties”: As defined in Section 10.06 of this Agreement.

“Certifying Certificateholder”: As defined in Section 5.07(a) of this Agreement.

“Certifying Person”: As defined in Section 10.06 of this Agreement.

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

“Class”: With respect to the Certificates and the Loan-Specific Certificates, all of the Certificates or Loan-Specific Certificates, as applicable, bearing the same alphabetical or alphanumeric class designation, and with respect to the Lower-Tier Regular Interests and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interests, each such interest set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

“Class A-1 Certificate”: Any one of the Certificates executed and authenticated by the Certificate Administrator or the Authenticating Agent in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A-1 hereto.

“Class A-1 Component”: The Component having such designation.

“Class A-1 Pass-Through Rate”: For any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to 5.8501%.

“Class A-2 Certificate”: Any one of the Certificates executed and authenticated by the Certificate Administrator or the Authenticating Agent in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A-2 hereto.

“Class A-2 Component”: The Component having such designation.

“Class A-2 Pass-Through Rate”: For any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to 5.3576%.

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“Class A-3 Certificate”: Any one of the Certificates executed and authenticated by the Certificate Administrator or the Authenticating Agent in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A-3 hereto.

“Class A-3 Component”: The Component having such designation.

“Class A-3 Pass-Through Rate”: For any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to the lesser of (a) the WAC Rate for such Distribution Date and (b) 5.8118%.

“Class A-S Certificate”: Any one of the Certificates executed and authenticated by the Certificate Administrator or the Authenticating Agent in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A-5 hereto.

“Class A-S Component”: The Component having such designation.

“Class A-S Pass-Through Rate”: For any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to the lesser of (a) the WAC Rate for such Distribution Date and (b) 6.5374%.

“Class B Certificate”: Any one of the Certificates executed and authenticated by the Certificate Administrator or the Authenticating Agent in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A-6 hereto.

“Class B Pass-Through Rate”: For any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to the WAC Rate for such Distribution Date.

“Class C Certificate”: Any one of the Certificates executed and authenticated by the Certificate Administrator or the Authenticating Agent in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A-7 hereto.

“Class C Pass-Through Rate”: For any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to the WAC Rate for such Distribution Date.

“Class D Certificate”: Any one of the Certificates executed and authenticated by the Certificate Administrator or the Authenticating Agent in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A-8 hereto.

“Class D Component”: The Component having such designation.

“Class D Pass-Through Rate”: For any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to 4.0000%.

“Class E-RR Certificate”: Any one of the Certificates executed and authenticated by the Certificate Administrator or the Authenticating Agent in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A-10 hereto.

“Class E-RR Pass-Through Rate”: For any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to the WAC Rate for such Distribution Date.

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“Class F-RR Certificate”: Any one of the Certificates executed and authenticated by the Certificate Administrator or the Authenticating Agent in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A-11 hereto.

“Class F-RR Pass-Through Rate”: For any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to the WAC Rate for such Distribution Date.

“Class G-RR Certificate”: Any one of the Certificates executed and authenticated by the Certificate Administrator or the Authenticating Agent in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A-12 hereto.

“Class G-RR Pass-Through Rate”: For any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to the WAC Rate for such Distribution Date.

“Class J-RR Certificate”: Any one of the Certificates executed and authenticated by the Certificate Administrator or the Authenticating Agent in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A-13 hereto.

“Class J-RR Pass-Through Rate”: For any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to the WAC Rate for such Distribution Date.

“Class R Certificate”: Any one of the Certificates executed and authenticated by the Certificate Administrator or the Authenticating Agent in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A-14 hereto. The Class R Certificates have no Pass-Through Rate, Certificate Balance or Notional Amount.

“Class S Certificate”: If issued, any one of the Certificates executed and authenticated by the Certificate Administrator or the Authenticating Agent in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A-15 hereto and evidencing an undivided beneficial interest in the Class S Specific Grantor Trust Assets. The Class S Certificates have no Pass-Through Rate, Certificate Balance or Notional Amount. For the avoidance of doubt, no Class S Certificates will be issued, and all references in this Agreement to “Class S Certificate” and “Class S Certificates” shall be disregarded.

“Class S Specific Grantor Trust Assets”: The portion of the Trust Fund consisting of the Non-Vertically Retained Percentage of any Excess Interest collected on the ARD Mortgage Loans and the Non-Vertically Retained Percentage of amounts held from time to time in the Excess Interest Distribution Account. For the avoidance of doubt, there will be no Class S Specific Grantor Trust Assets, and all references in this Agreement to “Class S Specific Grantor Trust Asset” and “Class S Specific Grantor Trust Assets” shall be disregarded.

“Class VRR Certificate”: If issued, any one of the Certificates executed and authenticated by the Certificate Administrator or the Authenticating Agent in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A-16 hereto. The Class VRR Certificates evidence beneficial ownership of a portion of the Class VRR Specific Grantor Trust Assets. For tax reporting purposes, the Class VRR Certificates will accrue interest at the WAC Rate in effect from time to time. For the avoidance of doubt, no Class VRR Certificates will be issued, and all references in this Agreement to “Class VRR Certificate” and “Class VRR Certificates” shall be disregarded.

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“Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest”: If issued, a class of “regular interests”, within the meaning of Code Section 860G(a)(1), in the Upper-Tier REMIC, with the designation “Class VRR”. The beneficial interest in the Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest is evidenced or constituted, as applicable, by the Combined VRR Interest and the Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest will have a Certificate Balance equal to the Combined VRR Interest Balance from time to time. For tax reporting purposes, the Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest and the Combined VRR Interest (insofar as it represents or constitutes, as applicable, undivided beneficial interests in the Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest) will accrue interest at the WAC Rate in effect from time to time. For the avoidance of doubt, no Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest will be issued, and all references in this Agreement to “Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest” shall be disregarded.

“Class X Certificates”: The Class X-A Certificates and/or the Class X-D Certificates, as the context requires.

“Class X Strip Rate”: With respect to each Component for any Distribution Date, a rate per annum equal to (i) the WAC Rate for such Distribution Date, minus (ii) the Pass-Through Rate for the Corresponding Certificates.

“Class X-A Certificate”: Any one of the Certificates executed and authenticated by the Certificate Administrator or the Authenticating Agent in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A-4 hereto.

“Class X-A Components”: The Class A-1 Component, Class A-2 Component, Class A-3 Component and Class A-S Component, each of which constitutes a separate class of “regular interests”, within the meaning of Code Section 860G(a)(1), in the Upper-Tier REMIC with a pass-through rate equal to its Class X Strip Rate from time to time and a notional amount equal to its Component Notional Amount from time to time.

“Class X-A Notional Amount”: With respect to the Class X-A Certificates as of any date of determination, the sum of the Component Notional Amounts of the Class X-A Components.

“Class X-A Pass-Through Rate”: For any Distribution Date, the weighted average of the Class X Strip Rates for the Class X-A Components for such Distribution Date (weighted on the basis of the respective Component Notional Amounts of such Components outstanding immediately prior to such Distribution Date).

“Class X-D Certificate”: Any one of the Certificates executed and authenticated by the Certificate Administrator or the Authenticating Agent in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A-9 hereto.

“Class X-D Component”: The Class D Component, which constitutes a separate class of “regular interests”, within the meaning of Code Section 860G(a)(1), in the Upper-Tier REMIC with a pass-through rate equal to its Class X Strip Rate from time to time and a notional amount equal to its Component Notional Amount from time to time.

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“Class X-D Notional Amount”: With respect to the Class X-D Certificates as of any date of determination, the Component Notional Amount of the Class X-D Component.

“Class X-D Pass-Through Rate”: For any Distribution Date, the Class X Strip Rate for the Class X-D Component for such Distribution Date.

“Clearing Agency”: An organization registered as a “clearing agency” pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act. The initial Clearing Agency shall be The Depository Trust Company.

“Clearstream”: Clearstream Banking, Luxembourg, and its successors in interest.

“Closing Date”: May 25, 2023.

“CMBS”: Commercial mortgage-backed securities.

“Co-Lender Agreement”: With respect to any Whole Loan, the co-lender agreement, intercreditor agreement, agreement among noteholders or similar agreement, dated as of the date set forth in the Whole Loan Table under the column heading “Date of Co-Lender Agreement” and governing the relative rights of the holders of the related Mortgage Loan and Companion Loan(s), as the same may be amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof. A Co-Lender Agreement exists with respect to each Whole Loan as of the Closing Date.

“Co-sponsored Mortgage Loan”: Each of the Green Acres Mortgage Loan, the Scottsdale Fashion Square Mortgage Loan, the Harborside 2-3 Mortgage Loan, the Cumberland Mall Mortgage Loan and the ICP/IRG Holdings Portfolio Mortgage Loan, as the context requires.

“Co-sponsored Trust Subordinate Companion Loan”: Any Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as to which two or more Mortgage Loan Sellers are selling relating Notes to the Depositor.

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

“Collateral Deficiency Amount”: With respect to any AB Modified Loan as of any date of determination, an amount calculated by the Special Servicer and equal to the excess of (i) the Stated Principal Balance of such AB Modified Loan (taking into account the related junior note(s) included therein), over (ii) the sum of (in the case of a Whole Loan, solely to the extent allocable to the subject Trust Loan) (x) the most recent Appraised Value for the related Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties, plus (y) solely to the extent not reflected or taken into account in such Appraised Value and to the extent on deposit with, or otherwise under the control of, the lender as of the date of such determination, any capital or additional collateral contributed by the related Mortgagor at the time the subject Trust Loan became (and as part of the modification related to) such AB Modified Loan for the benefit of the related Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties (provided, that in the case of an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, the amounts set forth in this clause (y) will be taken into account solely to the extent relevant information is received by

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the Special Servicer), plus (z) any other escrows or reserves (in addition to any amounts set forth in the immediately preceding clause (y)) held by the lender in respect of such AB Modified Loan as of the date of such determination. The Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Operating Advisor (other than with respect to any Collateral Deficiency Amount calculations that the Operating Advisor is required to review, recalculate and/or verify pursuant to Section 3.29) shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the Special Servicer’s calculation or determination of any Collateral Deficiency Amount.

“Collection Account”: The account or accounts created and maintained by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.05(a) of this Agreement, which (subject to any changes in the identities of the Master Servicer and/or the Trustee) shall be entitled “Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer on behalf of Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of the registered holders of Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2, and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, Collection Account” and which must be an Eligible Account.

“Collection Period”: With respect any Distribution Date, the period beginning on the day immediately following the Determination Date occurring in the month preceding the month in which that Distribution Date occurs (or, in the case of the Collection Period for the initial Distribution Date, with respect to any particular Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, beginning on the day immediately following the Due Date for such Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan in the month preceding the month in which that Distribution Date occurs (or the date that would have been the Due Date if such Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan had a Due Date in such preceding month)) and ending on and including the Determination Date occurring in the month in which that Distribution Date occurs.

“Combined VRR Available Funds”: With respect to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the product of the Aggregate Available Funds for such Distribution Date multiplied by the Vertically Retained Percentage.

“Combined VRR Interest”: The Class VRR Certificates (if issued) and the Uncertificated VRR Interest (if issued), collectively. For avoidance of doubt, neither the Class VRR Certificates nor the Uncertificated VRR Interest shall be issued on the Closing Date, and any references to “Class VRR Certificates", “Uncertificated VRR Interest” or “Combined VRR Interest” in this Agreement should be ignored.

“Combined VRR Interest Balance”: The Certificate Balance of the Class VRR Certificates (if issued) and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Balance, together. For the avoidance of doubt, no Class VRR Certificates or Uncertificated VRR Interest will be issued under this Agreement, and the Combined VRR Interest Balance shall be deemed to be zero at all times.

“Combined VRR Interest Owner”: Any Holder of a Class VRR Certificate (if issued) or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner. For avoidance of doubt, neither the Class VRR Certificates nor the Uncertificated VRR Interest shall be issued under this Agreement and, accordingly, there will be no Combined VRR Interest Owner and all references to “Combined VRR Interest Owner” in this Agreement should be ignored.

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“Commission”: The Securities and Exchange Commission.

“Communication Request”: As defined in Section 5.07(a) of this Agreement.

“Companion Loan”: With respect on any Whole Loan, as defined in the definition of “Whole Loan.” If, with respect to any Whole Loan, any promissory note evidencing a related Companion Loan is split and replaced with 2 or more replacement promissory notes, each such related promissory note will evidence a separate Companion Loan with respect to such Whole Loan. Each Companion Loan is either a Pari Passu Companion Loan or a Subordinate Companion Loan. In the case of a Companion Loan serviced under this Agreement, the term “Companion Loan” shall include a REO Companion Loan.

“Companion Loan Holder”: The holder of a Companion Loan (other than the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan held by the Trust).

“Companion Loan Holder Representative”: With respect to each Serviced Companion Loan, any representative appointed by the related Companion Loan Holder.

“Companion Loan Rating Agency”: With respect to any Serviced Companion Loan, any rating agency that was engaged by a participant in the securitization of such Serviced Companion Loan to assign a rating to the related Serviced Companion Loan Securities.

“Companion Loan Rating Agency Confirmation”: With respect to any matter involving the servicing and administration of a Serviced Companion Loan or any related REO Property as to which any Serviced Companion Loan Securities exist, confirmation in writing (which may be in electronic form) by each applicable Companion Loan Rating Agency that a proposed action, failure to act or other event so specified will not, in and of itself, result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of the then-current rating assigned to any class of such Serviced Companion Loan Securities (if then rated by the Companion Loan Rating Agency); provided that upon receipt of a written waiver or other acknowledgment from the Companion Loan Rating Agency indicating its decision not to review or declining to review the matter for which the Companion Loan Rating Agency Confirmation is sought (such written notice, a “Companion Loan Rating Agency Declination”), or as otherwise provided in Section 3.30 of this Agreement, the requirement for the Companion Loan Rating Agency Confirmation from the applicable Companion Loan Rating Agency with respect to such matter shall not apply.

“Companion Loan Rating Agency Declination”: As defined in the definition of “Companion Loan Rating Agency Confirmation” in this Agreement.

“Compensating Interest Payments”: Any payment required to be made by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.13 of this Agreement to cover Prepayment Interest Shortfalls.

“Component”: With respect to the Class X-A Certificates, each of the Class A-1 Component, Class A-2 Component, Class A-3 Component and Class A-S Component, and with respect to the Class X-D Certificates, the Class D Component.

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

“Condemnation Proceeds”: All proceeds received in connection with the taking of all or a part of a Mortgaged Property or REO Property (including with respect to the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans) by exercise of the power of eminent domain or condemnation, subject, however, to the rights of any tenants and ground lessors, as the case may be, and the terms of the related Mortgage and related Co-Lender Agreement; provided that, in the case of an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, “Condemnation Proceeds” under this Agreement shall be limited to any related proceeds of the type described above in this definition that are received by the Trust Fund in connection with such Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, pursuant to the allocations set forth in the related Co-Lender Agreement.

“Consent Fees”: With respect to any Serviced Loan, any and all fees actually paid by a Mortgagor with respect to any consent or approval (or review thereof) required or requested pursuant to the terms of the Loan Documents that does not involve a modification evidenced by a signed writing, assumption, extension, waiver or amendment of the terms of the Loan Documents.

“Consultation Election Notice”: As defined in Section 2.03(g).

“Consultation Requesting Certificateholder”: Any Certificateholder or Certificate Owner of a Pooled Certificate that timely delivers a Consultation Election Notice.

“Consultation Termination Event”: The event that either (a) will occur when none of the Classes of Control Eligible Certificates has a Certificate Balance, without regard to the allocation of any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amount, that is equal to or greater than 25% of the initial Certificate Balance of that Class of Certificates or (b) is deemed to occur pursuant to Section 6.09(d) or Section 6.09(h) of this Agreement; provided, however, that a Consultation Termination Event shall in no event exist at any time that the Certificate Balance of each Class of Non-Vertically Retained Principal Balance Certificates senior to the Control Eligible Certificates has been reduced to zero (without regard to the allocation of Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts); provided, further, that with respect to any Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan, the foregoing will only apply if a Control Appraisal Period exists or is deemed to exist with respect to such Whole Loan. With respect to Excluded Mortgage Loans as to which the Controlling Class Representative would otherwise be a Consulting Party, a Consultation Termination Event shall be deemed to exist.

“Consulting Party”: With respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan or, if applicable, Serviced Whole Loan, will be each of:

(i)                         except with respect to a Serviced Outside Controlled Whole Loan, solely (a) after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event, but prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, (b) for so long as the related Mortgage Loan is not an Excluded Mortgage Loan, and (c) in the case of a Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan, provided that an applicable Control

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Appraisal Period exists with respect to such Whole Loan, the Controlling Class Representative;

(ii)                       with respect to any Serviced Outside Controlled Whole Loan (which may include a Servicing Shift Whole Loan or a Serviced Whole Loan with a Controlling Subordinate Companion Loan held outside the Trust), solely (a) if and for so long as the holder of the Mortgage Loan included in this securitization transaction is entitled under the related Co-Lender Agreement to exercise consultation rights with respect to such Whole Loan, (b) prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, and (c) for so long as the related Mortgage Loan is not an Excluded Mortgage Loan, the Controlling Class Representative;

(iii)                   with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan that includes a Pari Passu Companion Loan, the holder of such Pari Passu Companion Loan if and to the extent such holder (a) is not the applicable Directing Holder, and (b) is entitled to exercise consultation rights under the related Co-Lender Agreement;

(iv)                 solely after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Trigger Event, the Operating Advisor;

(v)                      with respect to a Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan, solely (a) after the occurrence and during the continuance of a related Loan-Specific Control Termination Event, but prior to the occurrence and continuance of a related Loan-Specific Consultation Termination Event, and (b) provided that no Control Appraisal Period exists or is deemed to exist with respect to such Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan, the Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative; and

(vi)                  except with respect to any Excluded RRCP Mortgage Loan, (a) for so long as no Consultation Termination Event is continuing, with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan, and (b) during the continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, with respect to any Mortgage Loan, each Risk Retention Consultation Party;

provided, that with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, the rights of any Consulting Party set forth in clauses (i) through (iii) above will be subject to and may be limited by the terms and provisions of any related Co-Lender Agreement.

For the avoidance of doubt, (A) the Controlling Class Representative shall not be a Consulting Party if and for so long as (1) a Consultation Termination Event is in effect, (2) the related Mortgage Loan is an Excluded Mortgage Loan, (3) with respect to any Serviced Outside Controlled Whole Loan, it is not entitled under the related Co-Lender Agreement to exercise consultation rights with respect to such Whole Loan, and/or (4) with respect to any Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, no related Control Appraisal Period exists or is deemed to exist with respect to the Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan, (B) the Operating Advisor shall not be a Consulting Party if and for so long as no Operating Advisor Consultation Trigger Event (including, in the case of an EHRI Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Securitization, a related Loan-Specific Operating Advisor Consultation Trigger Event) has occurred and is continuing, (C) none of the Risk Retention Consultation Parties shall be a Consulting Party with respect to any

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Mortgage Loan that is an Excluded RRCP Mortgage Loan with respect to such party, or with respect to any Mortgage Loans other than as described in the immediately preceding clause (v), and (D) the consultation rights of the holder of a Pari Passu Companion Loan with respect to any related Serviced Whole Loan shall be subject to the terms of the related Co-Lender Agreement.

Further for the avoidance of doubt, with respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, if none of the Controlling Class Representative, any Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative, the Operating Advisor, a Risk Retention Consultation Party, or a holder of a Pari Passu Companion Loan is a Consulting Party in accordance with the foregoing definition, then there will be no Consulting Party for that Serviced Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan. If any Consulting Party has not been identified to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable (and (I) if the applicable Consulting Party is the Controlling Class Representative or a Risk Retention Consultation Party, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, has attempted to obtain such information from the Certificate Administrator or (II) if the applicable Consulting Party is the holder of a Pari Passu Companion Loan, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, has attempted to obtain such information in accordance with Section 3.28(g), and, in the case of either of clause (I) or clause (II), no such entity has been identified to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable), then until such time as such Consulting Party is identified to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall have no duty to consult with such Consulting Party. For the avoidance of doubt, the initial Controlling Class Representative is identified in the definition of “Controlling Class Representative”, the initial Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative” is identified in the definition of “Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative”, the initial Risk Retention Consultation Parties are identified in the definition of “Risk Retention Consultation Party”, and the initial holder(s) of the Serviced Companion Loan(s) are identified on Exhibit NN hereto.

“Control Appraisal Period”: With respect to any AB Whole Loan (including any Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan), the “control appraisal period” (or analogous concept) under the related Co-Lender Agreement.

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

“Control Termination Event”: The event that either (a) will occur when none of the Classes of the Control Eligible Certificates has a Certificate Balance (as notionally reduced by any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amount then allocable to such Class in accordance with Section 3.10(a) of this Agreement) that is at least equal to 25% of the initial Certificate Balance of that Class of Certificates or (b) is deemed to occur pursuant to Section 6.09(d) or Section 6.09(h) of this Agreement; provided, however, that a Control Termination Event shall in no event exist at any time that the Certificate Balance of each Class of the Non-Vertically Retained Principal Balance Certificates senior to the Control Eligible Certificates has been reduced to zero (without regard to the allocation of Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts); and provided, further, that with respect to any Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan, the foregoing will only apply if a Control Appraisal Period exists or is deemed to exist with respect to such Whole Loan. With respect to Excluded Mortgage Loans as to which the Controlling Class Representative would otherwise be the Directing Holder, a Control Termination Event shall be deemed to exist.

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“Controlling Class”: As of any time of determination, the most subordinate Class of Control Eligible Certificates then outstanding that has a Certificate Balance (as notionally reduced by any portion of the Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amount allocable to such Class in accordance with Section 3.10(a) of this Agreement) at least equal to 25% of the initial Certificate Balance of such Class; provided, however, that (except under the circumstances set forth in the following proviso) if no Class of Control Eligible Certificates meets the preceding requirement, then the Class F-RR Certificates will be the Controlling Class; and provided, further, however, that if, at any time the aggregate outstanding Certificate Balance of the Classes of Non-Vertically Retained Principal Balance Certificates senior to the Control Eligible Certificates has been reduced to zero (without regard to the allocation of any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amount), then the Controlling Class shall be the most subordinate Class of Control Eligible Certificates that has an outstanding Certificate Balance greater than zero (without regard to the allocation of any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amount). The Controlling Class as of the Closing Date will be the Class J-RR Certificates.

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

“Controlling Class Representative”: The Controlling Class Certificateholder (or other representative) selected by at least a majority of the Controlling Class Certificateholders by Certificate Balance, as identified by notice to the Certificate Administrator by the applicable Controlling Class Certificateholders from time to time, with notice of such selection delivered by the Certificate Administrator to the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee; provided that, (i) absent such selection, or (ii) until a Controlling Class Representative is so selected, or (iii) upon receipt of notice from the Controlling Class Certificateholders that own Regular Certificates representing more than 50% of the Certificate Balance of the Controlling Class that a Controlling Class Representative is no longer so designated, the Controlling Class Representative shall be the Controlling Class Certificateholder that owns Certificates representing the largest aggregate Certificate Balance of the Controlling Class, as identified (in writing with contact information) to the Certificate Administrator (who shall notify the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Operating Advisor). If, upon the occurrence of any of the events or circumstances specified in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) above, the Controlling Class Certificateholder that owns Certificates representing the largest aggregate Certificate Balance of the Controlling Class has not been identified to the Certificate Administrator (and thereby the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer), then the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall have no obligation to obtain the consent of, or consult with, any Controlling Class Representative until notified by the Certificate Administrator of the identity of such largest Controlling Class Certificateholder or otherwise notified of the identity of the Controlling Class Representative as provided in this Agreement. No Person may exercise any of the consent or consultation rights and powers of the Controlling Class Representative with respect to an Excluded Mortgage Loan. The initial Controlling Class Representative on the Closing Date shall be 3650 REIT 2 PF-2 BHE LLC, and the Certificate Registrar and the other parties to this Agreement shall be entitled to assume 3650 REIT 2 PF-2 BHE LLC is the Controlling Class Representative on behalf of the Controlling Class Certificateholders, until the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and each other Controlling Class Certificateholder receives (a) written notice of

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a replacement Controlling Class Representative or (b) written notice that neither 3650 REIT 2 PF-2 BHE LLC nor an Affiliate thereof is the Holder (or Certificate Owner) of a majority of the applicable Controlling Class.

“Controlling Subordinate Companion Loan”: As of any date of determination, any Subordinate Companion Loan that is then evidenced by the “control note” (or analogous concept) under the related Co-Lender Agreement, or the holder of which is then the “directing holder” (or analogous concept) under the related Co-Lender Agreement.

“Corporate Trust Office”: The office of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally administered. At the date of this Agreement, the corporate trust office of (i) the Trustee is located at 9062 Old Annapolis Road, Columbia, Maryland 21045, and (ii) the Certificate Administrator is located, for certificate transfer purposes, at 1505 Energy Park Drive, St. Paul, Minnesota 55108, and for all other purposes, except as specifically set forth herein, 9062 Old Annapolis Road, Columbia, Maryland 21045.

“Corrected Loan”: Any Serviced Loan that had been a Specially Serviced Loan but has ceased to be such in accordance with the definition of “Specially Serviced Loan” (other than by reason of a Liquidation Event occurring in respect of such Serviced Loan or a related Mortgaged Property becoming an REO Property).

“Corresponding Certificates”: As identified in the Preliminary Statement with respect to any Lower-Tier Regular Interest, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interest or Component.

“Corresponding Component”: As identified in the Preliminary Statement with respect to any Class of Non-Vertically Retained Principal Balance Certificates or Lower-Tier Regular Interest.

“Corresponding Lower-Tier Regular Interest”: As identified in the Preliminary Statement with respect to any Class of Non-Vertically Retained Principal Balance Certificates, the Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest or Component.

“Corresponding Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interest”: As identified in the Preliminary Statement with respect to any Class of Loan-Specific Certificates.

“CREFC^®”: CRE Finance Council, formerly known as Commercial Mortgage Securities Association, or any association or organization that is a successor thereto. If neither such association nor any successor remains in existence, “CREFC^®” shall be deemed to refer to such other association or organization as may exist whose principal membership consists of servicers, trustees, certificateholders, issuers, placement agents and underwriters generally involved in the commercial mortgage loan securitization industry, which is the principal such association or organization in the commercial mortgage loan securitization industry and whose principal purpose is the establishment of industry standards for reporting transaction-specific information relating to commercial mortgage pass-through certificates and commercial mortgage-backed bonds and the commercial mortgage loans and foreclosed properties underlying or backing them to investors holding or owning such certificates or bonds, and any successor to

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such other association or organization. If an organization or association described in one of the preceding sentences of this definition does not exist, “CREFC^®” shall be deemed to refer to such other association or organization as shall be selected by the Master Servicer and reasonably acceptable to the Certificate Administrator, the Special Servicer and, for so long as no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Controlling Class Representative.

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

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

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

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

“CREFC^® Capitalized Amounts/Non-Recoverable Trust Expense Template”: A report substantially in the form of, and containing the information called for in, the downloadable form of the “Capitalized Amounts/Non-Recoverable Trust Expense Template” available as of the Closing Date on the CREFC^® Website, or such other form for the presentation of such information and containing such additional information as may from time to time be approved by the CREFC^® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally.

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

“CREFC^® Comparative Financial Status Report”: The monthly report in “Comparative Financial Status Report” format substantially in the form of and containing the information called for therein for the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, or such other form for the presentation of such information as may be approved from time to time by the CREFC^® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally.

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

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

“CREFC^® Historical Bond/Collateral Realized Loss Reconciliation Template”: A report substantially in the form of, and containing the information called for in, the downloadable form of the “Historical Bond/Collateral Realized Loss Reconciliation Template” available as of the Closing Date on the CREFC^® Website, or such other form for the presentation of such information and containing such additional information as may from time to time be approved by the CREFC^® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally.

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

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

“CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan (including any successor REO Mortgage Loan with respect thereto) and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (including any successor REO Companion Loan with respect thereto, but excluding any REO Companion Loan related to any other Serviced Companion Loan) and for any Distribution Date, the amount accrued during the related Interest Accrual Period at the CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee Rate on, in the case of the initial Distribution Date, the Cut-Off Date Balance of such Trust Loan and, in the case of any subsequent Distribution Date, the Stated Principal Balance of such Trust Loan as of the close of business on the Distribution Date in the related Interest Accrual Period; provided that such amounts shall be computed for the same period and on the same interest accrual basis respecting which any related interest payment due or deemed due on the related Trust Loan is computed and shall be prorated for partial periods. For the avoidance of doubt, the CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee shall be

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payable from the Lower-Tier REMIC or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC, as applicable.

“CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee Rate”: With respect to each Trust Loan, a rate equal to 0.00050% per annum.

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

“CREFC^® Investor Reporting Package (IRP)”: Collectively: (a) the following nine data files (and any other files as may be, or have been, adopted and promulgated by CREFC^® as part of the CREFC^® Investor Reporting Package (IRP) from time to time): (i) CREFC^® Loan Setup File, (ii) CREFC^® Loan Periodic Update File, (iii) CREFC^® Property File, (iv) CREFC^® Bond Level File, (v) CREFC^® Financial File, (vi) CREFC^® Collateral Summary File, (vii) CREFC^® Special Servicer Loan File, (viii) CREFC^® Special Servicer Property File and (ix) CREFC^® Schedule AL File;

(b)       the following ten supplemental reports (and any other reports as may be, or have been, adopted and promulgated by CREFC^® as part of the CREFC^® Investor Reporting Package (IRP) from time to time): (i) CREFC^® Delinquent Loan Status Report, (ii) CREFC^® Historical Loan Modification/Forbearance and Corrected Mortgage Loan Report, (iii) CREFC^® REO Status Report, (iv) CREFC^® Operating Statement Analysis Report, (v) CREFC^® Comparative Financial Status Report, (vi) CREFC^® Servicer Watchlist/Portfolio Review Guidelines, (vii) CREFC^® Loan Level Reserve/LOC Report, (viii) CREFC^® NOI Adjustment Worksheet, (ix) CREFC^® Advance Recovery Report, and (x) CREFC^® Total Loan Report;

(c)       the following fifteen templates (and any other templates as may be, or have been, adopted and promulgated by CREFC^® as part of the CREFC^® Investor Reporting Package (IRP) from time to time): (i) CREFC^® Appraisal Reduction Template, (ii) CREFC^® Servicer Realized Loss Template, (iii) CREFC^® Reconciliation of Funds Template, (iv) CREFC^® Historical Bond/Collateral Realized Loss Reconciliation Template, (v) CREFC^® Historical Liquidation Loss Template, (vi) CREFC^® Interest Shortfall Reconciliation Template, (vii) CREFC^® Servicer Remittance to Certificate Administrator Template, (viii) CREFC^® Significant Insurance Event Template, (ix) CREFC^® Loan Modification Report Template; (x) CREFC^® Loan Liquidation Report Template, (xi) CREFC^® REO Liquidation Report Template; (xii) CREFC^® Payment Posting Instructions Template; (xiii) CREFC^® Modification Posting Instructions Template; (xiv) CREFC^® Assumption Modification Posting Instructions Template, and (xv) CREFC^® Capitalized Amounts/Non-Recoverable Trust Expense Template; and

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

“CREFC^® Loan Level Reserve/LOC Report”: The monthly report in the “CREFC^® Loan Level Reserve/LOC Report” format substantially in the form of and containing the information called for therein for the Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, or such other form for the presentation of such information as may be approved from time to time by the CREFC^® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally.

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

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

“CREFC^® Loan Periodic Update File”: The data file in the “CREFC^® Loan Periodic Update File” format substantially in the form of and containing the information called for therein for the Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, or such other form for the presentation of such information as may be approved from time to time by the CREFC^® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally.

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

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

“CREFC^® NOI Adjustment Worksheet”: The worksheet in the “NOI Adjustment Worksheet” format substantially in the form of and containing the information called for therein for the Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, or such other form for the

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presentation of such information as may be approved from time to time by the CREFC^® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally.

“CREFC^® Operating Statement Analysis Report”: The monthly report in the “Operating Statement Analysis Report” format substantially in the form of and containing the information called for therein for the Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, or such other form for the presentation of such information as may be approved from time to time by the CREFC^® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally.

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

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

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

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

“CREFC^® REO Status Report”: The report in the “REO Status Report” format substantially in the form of and containing the information called for therein for the Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, or such other form for the presentation of such information as may be approved from time to time by the CREFC^® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally.

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

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

“CREFC^® Servicer Remittance to Certificate Administrator Template”: A report substantially in the form of, and containing the information called for in, the downloadable form of the “Interest Servicer Remittance to Certificate Administrator Template” available as of the Closing Date on the CREFC^® Website, or such other form for the presentation of such information and containing such additional information as may from time to time be approved by the CREFC^® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally.

“CREFC^® Servicer Watch List/Portfolio Review Guidelines”: As of each Determination Date a report, including and identifying each Performing Serviced Loan satisfying the “CREFC^® Portfolio Review Guidelines” approved from time to time by the CREFC^® in the “CREFC^® Servicer Watch List” format substantially in the form of and containing the information called for therein for the Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, or such other form (including other portfolio review guidelines) for the presentation of such information as may be approved from time to time by the CREFC^® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally.

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

“CREFC^® Special Servicer Loan File”: The data file in the “CREFC^® Special Servicer Loan File” format substantially in the form of and containing the information called for therein for the Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, or such other form for the presentation of such information as may be approved from time to time by the CREFC^® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally.

“CREFC^® Special Servicer Property File”: The data file in the “CREFC^® Special Servicer Property File” format substantially in the form of and containing the information called for therein for the Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, or such other form for the presentation of such information as may be approved from time to time by the CREFC^® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally.

“CREFC^® Total Loan Report”: The report in the “Total Loan Report” format substantially in the form of and containing the information called for therein for the Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, or such other form for the presentation of such information as may be approved from time to time by the CREFC^® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally.

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

“CREFI”: Citi Real Estate Funding Inc., a New York corporation, and its successors in interest.

“CREFI Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement”: The mortgage loan purchase agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, by and between CREFI and the Depositor.

“CREFI Mortgage Loans”: The Mortgage Loans (or portions thereof) transferred by CREFI to the Depositor and/or the Trust pursuant to the CREFI Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and this Agreement.

“Cross-Collateralized Group”: Any group of Mortgage Loans that are cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with each other; provided that a Mortgage Loan shall be part of a Cross-Collateralized Group only if and for so long as such Mortgage Loan is cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with each other Mortgage Loan in such Cross-Collateralized Group. There are no Cross-Collateralized Groups included as assets of the Trust as of the Closing Date.

“Cross-Collateralized Mortgage Loan”: Any Mortgage Loan that is part of a Cross-Collateralized Group.

“Cross-Over Date”: The first Distribution Date as of which (prior to any distributions of principal or allocations of Realized Losses on such Distribution Date) the Certificate Balances of the Class A-S, Class B, Class C, Class D, Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR and Class J-RR Certificates have all been previously reduced to zero due to the application of applicable Realized Losses.

“Cumberland Mall Mortgage Loan”: The Mortgage Loan secured by the Mortgaged Property identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as Cumberland Mall.

“Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amount”: As calculated by the Special Servicer as of any date of determination, the sum of (i) all Appraisal Reduction Amounts then in effect, and (ii) with respect to any AB Modified Loan, any Collateral Deficiency Amount then in effect. The Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the Special Servicer’s calculation or determination of any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amount. None of the Master Servicer, the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall calculate or verify any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amount.

“Cure/Contest Period”: As defined in Section 11.01(b)(vii).

“Custodial Agreement”: The custodial agreement, if any, from time to time in effect between the Custodian named therein (if other than the Certificate Administrator) and the Certificate Administrator, as the same may be amended or modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof. For avoidance of doubt, as of the Closing Date, the Custodian is the Certificate Administrator.

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“Custodian”: Any custodian appointed pursuant to Section 5.10 of this Agreement and, unless the Certificate Administrator is such custodian, named pursuant to any Custodial Agreement. The Custodian may (but need not) be the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator or the Master Servicer or any Affiliate or agent of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator or the Master Servicer, but may not be the Depositor, a Mortgage Loan Seller or any Affiliate thereof. The Certificate Administrator shall be the initial Custodian. Computershare Trust Company, National Association will perform its obligations through its Corporate Trust Services division.

“Cut-Off Date”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan and Serviced Companion Loan, the Due Date in May 2023 for that Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable (or, in the case of any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan that has its first Due Date subsequent to May 2023, the date that would have been its Due Date in May 2023 under the terms of that Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable, if a Monthly Payment were scheduled to be due in that month).

“Cut-Off Date Balance”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, the outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable, as of the Cut-Off Date, after application of all payments of principal due on or before such date, whether or not received (or, if such Mortgage Loan was originated subsequent to the Cut-Off Date, its original principal balance) ..

“DBRS Morningstar”: DBRS, Inc. or its successors in interest. If neither DBRS, Inc., nor any successor remains in existence, “DBRS Morningstar” shall be deemed to refer to such other nationally recognized statistical rating agency or other comparable Person reasonably designated by the Depositor, notice of which designation shall be given to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer and specific ratings of DBRS Morningstar herein referenced shall be deemed to refer to the equivalent ratings (as reasonably determined by the Depositor) of the party so designated.

“Debt Service Coverage Ratio”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan, if applicable), for any twelve-month period covered by an annual operating statement for the related Mortgaged Property, the ratio of (i) Net Operating Income produced by the related Mortgaged Property during such period to (ii) the aggregate amount of Monthly Payments (which do not include Balloon Payments) due under such Mortgage Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan, if applicable) during such period; provided that with respect to the Mortgage Loans (and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan that includes a Mortgage Loan) identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as paying interest only for a specified period of time set forth in the related Loan Documents and then paying principal and interest, the related Monthly Payment will be calculated (for purposes of this definition only) to include interest and principal (based on the remaining amortization term indicated in the Mortgage Loan Schedule).

“Default”: An event of default under any Mortgage Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan, if applicable) or an event which, with the passage of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute an event of default under such Mortgage Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan, if applicable).

“Default Interest”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, all interest other than Excess Interest accrued in respect of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced

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Companion Loan as provided in the related Note or Mortgage as a result of a default (exclusive of late payment charges) that is in excess of interest at the related Mortgage Rate.

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

“Defaulted Loan”: A Serviced Loan or Serviced Whole Loan (i) that is delinquent at least sixty days in respect of its Monthly Payments or delinquent in respect of its Balloon Payment, if any, in either case such delinquency to be determined without giving effect to any grace period permitted by the related Mortgage or Note and without regard to any acceleration of payments under the related Mortgage and Note or (ii) as to which the Master Servicer or Special Servicer has, by written notice to the related Mortgagor, accelerated the maturity of the indebtedness evidenced by the related Note.

“Defaulted Mortgage Loan”: A Mortgage Loan that is a Defaulted Loan.

“Defaulted Serviced Whole Loan”: Any Serviced Whole Loan with respect to which the related Serviced Mortgage Loan or a related Serviced Companion Loan is a Defaulted Loan.

“Defeasance Loan”: Those Trust Loans that provide the related Mortgagor with the option to defease the related Mortgaged Property.

“Defective Mortgage Loan”: As defined in Section 2.03(a) of this Agreement.

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

“Definitive Certificate”: Any Certificate or Loan-Specific Certificate in fully registered certificated form without interest coupons.

“Delinquent Loan”: A Mortgage Loan that is delinquent at least sixty (60) days in respect of its Monthly Payments or Balloon Payment, if any, in either case such delinquency to be determined without giving effect to any Grace Period.

“Depositor”: Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its successors and assigns.

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

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

“Designated Site”: The internet website to which Diligence Files are uploaded as designated by the Depositor to the Mortgage Loan Sellers, initially located at www.intralinks.com.

“Determination Date”: The eleventh day of each calendar month (or, if the eleventh day of that month is not a Business Day, the next Business Day), commencing in June 2023.

“Diligence File”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, collectively the following documents in electronic format:

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

(i)                            (A) the Mortgage Note, endorsed on its face or by allonge attached to the Mortgage Note, without recourse, to the order of the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or in blank, and further showing a complete, unbroken chain of endorsement from the originator (if such originator is not the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller) (or, alternatively, if the original executed Note has been lost, a lost note affidavit and indemnity with a copy of such Note), and (B) if such Mortgage Loan is part of a Serviced Whole Loan, the executed Note for each related Serviced Companion Loan;

(ii)                         the Mortgage, together with any and all intervening assignments thereof, in each case (unless the particular item has not been returned from the applicable recording office) with evidence of recording indicated thereon or certified by the applicable recorder’s office (if in the possession of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller);

(iii)                     any related Assignment of Leases (if such item is a document separate from the Mortgage), together with any and all intervening assignments thereof, in each case (unless the particular item has not been returned from the applicable recording office) with evidence of recording indicated thereon or certified by the applicable recorder’s office (if in the possession of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller);

(iv)                     final written modification agreements in those instances where the terms or provisions of the Note for such Mortgage Loan (or, if applicable, any Note of a related Serviced Companion Loan) or the related Mortgage have been modified, in each case (unless the particular item has not been returned from the applicable recording office) with evidence of recording indicated thereon if the instrument being modified is a recordable document;

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(v)                        the policy or certificate of lender’s title insurance issued in connection with such Mortgage Loan (or the related Serviced Whole Loan, if applicable) or, if such policy has not been issued or located, an irrevocable, binding commitment (which may be a “marked-up” pro forma title policy marked as binding and executed by an authorized representative of the title insurer or an agreement to provide the same pursuant to binding escrow instructions executed by an authorized representative of the title insurer) to issue such title insurance policy;

(vi)                    the Ground Lease relating to such Mortgage Loan (or the related Serviced Whole Loan, if applicable), if any, and any ground lessor estoppel;

(vii)                  the related Loan Agreement, if any;

(viii)               the guaranty under such Mortgage Loan or the related Serviced Whole Loan, if any;

(ix)                       the lock box agreement or cash management agreement relating to such Mortgage Loan or the related Serviced Whole Loan, if any;

(x)                          the environmental indemnity from the related Mortgagor, if any;

(xi)                       the related escrow agreement and the related security agreement (in each case, if such item is a document separate from the Mortgage) and, if applicable, any intervening assignments thereof;

(xii)                   in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan, the related Co-Lender Agreement;

(xiii)                any filed copies (bearing evidence of filing) or evidence of filing of any UCC financing statements in favor of the originator of such Mortgage Loan (or the related Serviced Whole Loan, if applicable) or in favor of any assignee prior to the Trustee and UCC-3 assignment financing statements in favor of the Trustee (or, in each case, a copy thereof certified to be the copy of such assignment submitted or to be submitted for filing), if in the possession of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller;

(xiv)                in the case of each of the PetSmart HQ REMIC and the Patewood Corporate Center REMIC, a copy of the related REMIC Declaration

(xv)                   in the case of any Mortgage Loan or the related Serviced Whole Loan as to which there exists a related mezzanine loan, the related intercreditor agreement;

(xvi)               any related environmental insurance policy;

(xvii)            any letter of credit relating to such Mortgage Loan or the related Serviced Whole Loan and any related assignment thereof; and

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(xviii)         any related franchise agreement, property management agreement or hotel management agreement and related comfort letters (together with (i) copies of any notices of transfer that are necessary to transfer or assign to the Trust or the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner the benefits of such comfort letter or (ii) if the related comfort letter contemplates that a request be made of the related franchisor to issue a replacement comfort letter for the benefit of the Trust or Trustee, a copy of the notice requesting the issuance of such replacement comfort letter) and/or estoppel letters relating to such Mortgage Loan or the related Serviced Whole Loan and any related assignment thereof;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(k)                             a copy of all zoning reports;

(l)                                a copy of financial statements of the related Mortgagor;

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

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(n)                            a copy of all UCC searches;

(o)                            a copy of all litigation searches;

(p)                            a copy of all bankruptcy searches;

(q)                            a copy of the origination settlement statement;

(r)                               a copy of any Insurance Summary Report;

(s)                             a copy of the organizational documents of the related Mortgagor and any guarantor;

(t)                               a copy of any escrow statements related to the escrow account balances as of the Mortgage Loan origination date, if not included in the origination settlement statement;

(u)                            the original or a copy of all related environmental reports that were received by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller;

(v)                             unless already included as part of the environmental reports, a copy of any closure letter (environmental); and

(w)                           unless already included as part of the environmental reports, a copy of any environmental remediation agreement for the related Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties,

in each case, to the extent that the related originator received such documents in connection with the origination of such Mortgage Loan. In the event any of the items identified above were not received in connection with the origination of such Mortgage Loan (other than documents that would not be included in connection with the origination of the Mortgage Loan because such document is inapplicable to the origination of a Mortgage Loan of that structure or type, taking into account whether or not such Mortgage Loan has any additional debt), the Diligence File shall include a statement to that effect. No information that is proprietary to the related originator or Mortgage Loan Seller or any draft documents, privileged or internal communications, credit underwriting or due diligence analysis shall constitute part of the Diligence File. It is not required to include any of the same items identified above again if such items have already been included under another clause of the definition of Diligence File, and the Diligence File shall include a statement to that effect. The Mortgage Loan Seller may, without any obligation to do so, include such other documents as part of the Diligence File that such Mortgage Loan Seller believes should be included to enable the Asset Representations Reviewer to perform the Asset Review on such Mortgage Loan; provided that such documents are clearly labeled and identified.

“Diligence File Certification”: As defined in Section 2.01(i) of this Agreement.

“Directing Holder”: With respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan or, if applicable, Serviced Whole Loan:

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(a)       except (i) with respect to an Excluded Mortgage Loan, (ii) with respect to a Trust Subordinate Companion Loan prior to a related Control Appraisal Period, (iii) with respect to any Serviced Outside Controlled Whole Loan, and (iv) during any period that a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Controlling Class Representative;

(b)       with respect to any Serviced Outside Controlled Whole Loan (which may include a Servicing Shift Whole Loan or a Serviced Whole Loan with a Controlling Subordinate Companion Loan held outside the Trust), if and for so long the applicable Companion Loan Holder or its representative is entitled under the related Co-Lender Agreement to exercise consent rights similar to those entitled to be exercised by the Controlling Class Representative (when it is the Directing Holder under the circumstances described in clause (a) of this definition), the related Outside Controlling Note Holder; and

(c)       with respect to a Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan (i) for so long as no related Control Appraisal Period or Loan-Specific Control Termination Event exists or is deemed to exist with respect to such Whole Loan, the Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative (if and for so long as the related Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative is entitled to act as Directing Holder) and (ii) for so long as a related Control Appraisal Period exists or is deemed to exist and a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is continuing, the Controlling Class Representative;

provided, that with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, the rights of the Directing Holder will be subject to and may be limited by the terms and provisions of any related Co-Lender Agreement.

For the avoidance of doubt: (A) the Controlling Class Representative will not be the Directing Holder if and for so long as (1) a Control Termination Event is in effect, (2) the related Mortgage Loan is an Excluded Mortgage Loan, (3) the related Serviced Whole Loan is a Serviced Outside Controlled Whole Loan, and/or (4) with respect to a Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan, no related Control Appraisal Period exists or is deemed to exist with respect to the Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan; and (B) with respect to any Serviced Outside Controlled Whole Loan, the related Outside Controlling Note Holder will be the Directing Holder only if and for so long as such note holder or note holder representative is entitled under the related Co-Lender Agreement to exercise consent rights similar to those entitled to be exercised by the Controlling Class Representative (when it is the Directing Holder under the circumstances described in clause (a) of the prior paragraph of this definition).

Further for the avoidance of doubt, with respect to any Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan, if none of the Controlling Class Representative, an Outside Controlling Note Holder or a Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative is a Directing Holder in accordance with the foregoing definition, then there will be no Directing Holder for that Serviced Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan.

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

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REO Property primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of a trade or business or any use of such REO Property in a trade or business conducted by the Trust Fund, or the performance of any construction work on the REO Property, other than through an Independent Contractor; provided, however, that the Special Servicer, on behalf of the Trust Fund, shall not be considered to Directly Operate an REO Property solely because the Special Servicer, on behalf of the Trust Fund, establishes rental terms, chooses tenants, enters into or renews leases, deals with taxes and insurance, or makes decisions as to repairs or capital expenditures with respect to such REO Property or takes other actions consistent with Treasury Regulations Section 1.856-4(b)(5)(ii).

“Disclosable Special Servicer Fees”: With respect to any Serviced Loan or related REO Property, any compensation and other remuneration (including, without limitation, in the form of commissions, brokerage fees and rebates) received or retained by the Special Servicer or any of its Affiliates that is paid by any Person (including, without limitation, the Trust, any Mortgagor, any Manager, any guarantor or indemnitor in respect of a Serviced Loan and any purchaser of any Serviced Loan or REO Property (or an interest in an REO Property related to a Serviced Whole Loan, if applicable) in connection with the disposition, workout or foreclosure of any Serviced Loan, the management or disposition of any REO Property, and the performance by the Special Servicer or any such Affiliate of any other special servicing duties under this Agreement, other than (1) any compensation which is payable to the Special Servicer under this Agreement and that is set forth in a report that is part of the CREFC® Investor Reporting Package (IRP) for the applicable period, and (2) any Permitted Special Servicer/Affiliate Fees. For the avoidance of doubt, any compensation or other remuneration that an entity acting in the capacities of both the Master Servicer and Special Servicer is entitled to in its capacity as Master Servicer pursuant to this Agreement will not constitute Disclosable Special Servicer Fees.

“Dispute Resolution Consultation”: As defined in Section 2.03(g) of this Agreement.

“Dispute Resolution Cut-off Date”: As defined in Section 2.03(g) of this Agreement.

“Dispute Resolution Requesting Holder”: Either a Requesting Certificateholder or a Consultation Requesting Certificateholder, as applicable.

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

“Disqualified Organization”: Any of (a) the United States, a State or any political subdivision thereof, any possession of the United States, or any agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing (other than an instrumentality that is a corporation if all of its activities are subject

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

“Distribution Account”: Collectively, the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account and a Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Distribution Account, each of which may be subaccounts of a single Eligible Account.

“Distribution Date”: The fourth Business Day following each Determination Date, commencing in June 2023. The first Distribution Date shall be June 16, 2023.

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

“Document Defect”: As defined in Section 2.03(a) of this Agreement.

“Dodd-Frank Act”: The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, as it may be amended from time to time.

“Due Date”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, for any calendar month: (i) up to and including the calendar month in which its Maturity Date occurs, the day of such month set forth in the related Note on which the Monthly Payment thereon is scheduled to be first due (without regard to any grace period); (ii) after the calendar month in which its Maturity Date occurred, the day of such month that would have been the Due Date in accordance with clause (i) of this definition without regard to the occurrence of the Maturity Date; and (iii) if such Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, as applicable, has become an REO Mortgage Loan or REO Companion Loan, as applicable, the day of such month that would have been the Due Date in accordance with clause (i) of this definition without regard to the occurrence of such event.

“Due Diligence Service Provider”: As defined in Section 12.13(l) of this Agreement.

“Due Period”: With respect to any Distribution Date and any Mortgage Loan (including any successor REO Mortgage Loan with respect thereto) or Companion Loan (including any successor REO Companion Loan with respect thereto), the period beginning on the day immediately following the Due Date in the month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs (or, in the case of the Distribution Date occurring in June 2023, if such Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan does not have a Due Date in such preceding month, beginning on the day after the date that would have been the Due Date if such Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan had a Due

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Date in such preceding month) and ending on and including the Due Date in the month in which such Distribution Date occurs.

“Early Termination Notice Date”: Any date as of which (a) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans (including successor REO Mortgage Loans with respect thereto) and any Trust Subordinate Companion Loans (including successor REO Companion Loans with respect thereto) remaining in the Trust Fund is less than (b) 1.0% of the sum of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Pool and any Trust Subordinate Companion Loans as of the Cut-Off Date.

“EDGAR”: The Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval System.

“EDGAR-Compatible Format”: (a) With respect to the CREFC® Schedule AL File, the Schedule AL Additional File and any other information required pursuant to Item 1111(h) of Regulation AB, XML Format or such other format as mutually agreed to between the Depositor, Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer and (b) with respect to any other document or information, any format compatible with EDGAR, including HTML, Word, Excel or clean, searchable PDFs.

“EHRI Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Securitization”: With respect to any Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, a securitization constituted by the issuance of the related Loan-Specific Certificates that is characterized by risk retention in the form of an “eligible horizontal residual interest” held by a “third party purchaser” in accordance with Rule 7 of Regulation RR. For the avoidance of doubt, the Trust Fund will not include any Trust Subordinate Companion Loans and, accordingly, there will not be an EHRI Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Securitization and all references to “EHRI Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Securitization” in this Agreement should be ignored.

“Eligible Account”: Any of: (i) a segregated account or accounts maintained with a federal or state chartered depository institution or trust company (including the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator), (a) the long-term unsecured debt obligations (or short-term unsecured debt obligations if the account holds funds for less than 30 days) or commercial paper of which are rated by Fitch in its highest rating category at all times (or, in the case of the REO Account, Collection Account, Whole Loan Custodial Account, Interest Reserve Account, Excess Liquidation Proceeds Reserve Account and Escrow Account, the long-term unsecured debt obligations (or short-term unsecured debt obligations if the account holds funds for less than 30 days) of which are rated at least “AA-“ by Fitch (or “A” by Fitch so long as the short-term deposit or short-term unsecured debt obligations of such depository institution or trust company are rated no less than “F1” by Fitch) or, if applicable, the short-term rating equivalent thereof, which is at least “F1” by Fitch), (b) the obligations of which satisfy the Applicable Moody’s Permitted Investment Rating and (c) the long-term unsecured debt obligations or deposit accounts of which are rated at least “BBB+” by S&P in the case of letters of credit and accounts in which funds are held for more than 30 days or, in the case of letters of credit and accounts in which funds are held for 30 days or less, the short-term deposit accounts or short-term unsecured debt obligations of which are rated at least “A-1” by S&P (or “A-2” by S&P if the long-term unsecured debt obligations or deposit accounts thereof are rated at least “BBB” by S&P); (ii) an account or accounts maintained with PNC Bank, National Association or Wells Fargo Bank, National

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Association so long as the long-term unsecured debt rating or deposit account rating of PNC Bank, National Association or Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as applicable, shall be at least “A-” by Fitch, “A2” by Moody’s and “BBB” by S&P (if the deposits are to be held in the account for more than 30 days) or the short-term deposit account or short-term unsecured debt rating of PNC Bank, National Association or Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as applicable, shall be at least “F1” by Fitch, “P-1” by Moody’s and “A-2” by S&P (if the deposits are to be held in the account for 30 days or less); (iii) a segregated trust account or accounts maintained with the corporate trust department of a federal or state chartered depository institution or trust company that, in either case, has corporate trust powers, acting in its fiduciary capacity, which institution or trust company has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000, is (in the case of a state chartered depository institution or trust company) subject to regulations substantially similar to 12 C.F.R. §9.10(b), and is subject to supervision or examination by federal and state authority, and the long term unsecured debt obligations of which are rated at least “A2” by Moody’s and “A” by S&P and has a long-term unsecured debt rating of at least “A” from Fitch (to the extent rated by Fitch) (if the deposits are to be held in the account for more than thirty (30) days) or a short-term unsecured debt rating of at least “F1” from Fitch (to the extent rated by Fitch) (if the deposits are to be held in the account for thirty (30) days or less); (iv) such other account or accounts that, but for the failure to satisfy one or more of the minimum rating(s) set forth in the applicable clause, would be listed in clauses (i) through (iii) above, with respect to which (A) a Rating Agency Confirmation has been obtained from each Rating Agency for which the minimum ratings set forth in the applicable clause is not satisfied with respect to such account, and (B) if such other account is rated below an investment grade rating or investment grade credit assessment by Moody's, Fitch, or S&P, a Rating Agency Confirmation has been obtained from KBRA; or (v) such other account or accounts not listed in clauses (i) through (iii) above with respect to which (A) a Rating Agency Confirmation has been obtained from each Rating Agency or Companion Loan Rating Agency, as applicable, for which the minimum ratings set forth in the applicable clause is not satisfied with respect to such account, and (B) if such other account is rated below an investment grade rating or investment grade credit assessment by Moody’s, Fitch or S&P, a Rating Agency Confirmation has been obtained from KBRA. Eligible Accounts may bear interest No Eligible Account shall be evidenced by a certificate of deposit, passbook or other similar instrument.

“Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer”: An entity that (a) is the special servicer, operating advisor or asset representations reviewer on a transaction rated by any of Moody’s, Fitch, KBRA, S&P or DBRS Morningstar and that has not been a special servicer, operating advisor or asset representations reviewer on a transaction for which any of Moody’s, Fitch, KBRA, S&P or DBRS Morningstar has qualified, downgraded or withdrawn its rating or ratings of one or more classes of certificates for such transaction citing servicing or other relevant concerns with such special servicer, operating advisor or asset representations reviewer, as applicable, as the sole or material factor in such rating action, (b) can and will make the representations and warranties set forth in Section 2.10, (c) is not (and is not affiliated with) a Sponsor, a Mortgage Loan Seller, an originator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, a Directing Holder, any Risk Retention Consultation Party, the Retaining Sponsor or any of their respective Affiliates, (d) has not performed (and is not affiliated with any party hired to perform) any due diligence, loan underwriting, brokerage, borrower advisory or similar services with respect to any Mortgage Loan or any related Companion Loan prior to the Closing Date for or on behalf of any Sponsor, any Mortgage Loan Seller, any Underwriter, any Initial Purchaser, a Directing Holder, any Risk

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Retention Consultation Party or any of their respective Affiliates, or have been paid any fees, compensation or other remuneration by any of them in connection with any such services, and (e) does not directly or indirectly, through one or more Affiliates or otherwise, own any interest in any Certificates, the Uncertificated VRR Interest, any Mortgage Loans, any Companion Loan or any securities backed by a Companion Loan or otherwise have any financial interest in the securitization transaction to which this Agreement relates, other than in fees from its role as Asset Representations Reviewer (or as Operating Advisor, if applicable).

“Eligible Operating Advisor”: An entity (i) that is the special servicer or operating advisor on a transaction rated by any of Moody’s, Fitch, KBRA, S&P and/or DBRS Morningstar but has not been the special servicer or operating advisor on a transaction for which Moody’s, Fitch, KBRA, S&P and/or DBRS Morningstar has qualified, downgraded or withdrawn its rating or ratings of, one or more classes of certificates for such transaction citing servicing concerns with the special servicer or operating advisor, as applicable, as the sole or material factor in such rating action, (ii) that (x) has been regularly engaged in the business of analyzing and advising clients in commercial mortgage-backed securities matters and has at least five years of experience in collateral analysis and loss projections, and (y) has at least five years of experience in commercial real estate asset management and experience in the workout and management of distressed commercial real estate assets, (iii) that can and will make the representations and warranties set forth in Section 2.09(a) of this Agreement, (iv) that is not (and is not affiliated (including Risk Retention Affiliated) with) the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, any Mortgage Loan Seller, any Directing Holder, any Risk Retention Consultation Party, the Retaining Sponsor or a depositor, a trustee, a certificate administrator, a master servicer or a special servicer with respect to the securitization of a Companion Loan, or any of their respective Affiliates (including Risk Retention Affiliates), (v) in the case of an EHRI Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Securitization, that is not and is not a Risk Retention Affiliate of the applicable Loan-Specific Retaining Third Party Purchaser, or any other Impermissible Risk Retention Affiliate), (vi) that has not been paid any fees, compensation or other remuneration by any entity acting as Special Servicer or successor Special Servicer (x) in respect of its obligations under this Agreement or (y) for the recommendation of the replacement of the Special Servicer or the appointment of a successor special servicer to become the Special Servicer and (vii) that does not directly or indirectly, through one or more Affiliates or otherwise, own any interest in any Certificates (or, in the case of an EHRI Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Securitization, any related Loan-Specific Certificates), the Uncertificated VRR Interest, any Mortgage Loans, any Companion Loan or any securities backed by a Companion Loan or otherwise have any financial interest in the securitization transaction to which this Agreement relates, other than in fees from its role as Operating Advisor or any fees to which it is entitled as Asset Representations Reviewer, if the Person acting as Operating Advisor is also acting as Asset Representations Reviewer.

“Emergency Advance”: Any Property Advance that, pursuant hereto, the Special Servicer is required to either (a) make (in its sole discretion in accordance with the Servicing Standard) or (b) to request the Master Servicer to make, that must be made in an emergency situation or on an urgent basis within two (2) Business Days of the Special Servicer becoming aware that it must be made in order to avoid any material penalty, any material harm to a Mortgaged Property securing a Serviced Loan or any other material adverse consequence to the Trust Fund or any related Companion Loan Holder.

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“Enforcing Party”: In connection with any Repurchase Request, (i) in the event one or more Dispute Resolution Requesting Holders has delivered a Final Dispute Resolution Election Notice with respect thereto pursuant to Section 2.03(g) of this Agreement, with respect to the mediation or arbitration that arises out of such Final Dispute Resolution Election Notice, such Dispute Resolution Requesting Holder(s), or (ii) in all other cases, the Enforcing Servicer.

“Enforcing Servicer”: The Special Servicer.

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

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

“ERISA Restricted Certificate”: Any Class F-RR, Class G-RR or Class J-RR Certificate or, if transferred through Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Barclays Capital Inc. or BMO Capital Markets Corp., any Class VRR Certificate; provided that any such Certificate: (a) will cease to be considered an ERISA Restricted Certificate and (b) will cease to be subject to the transfer restrictions with respect to ERISA Restricted Certificates contained in Section 5.03(n) of this Agreement if, as of the date of a proposed transfer of such Certificate, it is rated in one of the four highest generic ratings categories by a credit rating agency that meets the requirements of the Underwriter Exemption or (ii) relevant provisions of ERISA would permit the transfer of such Certificate to a Plan.

“Escrow Account”: As defined in Section 3.04(b) of this Agreement.

“Escrow Payment”: Any payment made by any Mortgagor to the Master Servicer pursuant to the related Mortgage, Lock-Box Agreement or Loan Agreement for the account of such Mortgagor for application toward the payment of taxes, insurance premiums, assessments, ground rents, mandated improvements and similar items in respect of the related Mortgaged Property.

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

“Excess Interest”: With respect to each ARD Mortgage Loan, additional interest accrued on such ARD Mortgage Loan after the Anticipated Repayment Date allocable to the difference between the Revised Rate and the Mortgage Rate, plus any compound interest thereon (to the extent permitted by applicable law and the related Loan Documents). The Excess Interest on any ARD Mortgage Loan shall not be an asset of any Trust REMIC, but rather shall be an asset of the Grantor Trust. Because the Trust Fund will not include ARD Mortgage Loans as of the Closing Date, there will be no Excess Interest. Accordingly, all references in this Agreement to “Excess Interest” shall be disregarded.

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Interest. If there is Excess Interest, the Class S Certificates and the Class VRR Certificates shall be the only Classes of Excess Interest Certificates issued under this Agreement. Because the Trust Fund will not include ARD Mortgage Loans as of the Closing Date, there will be no Excess Interest. Accordingly, there will be no Excess Interest Certificates and all references to “Excess Interest Certificate” and “Excess Interest Certificates” shall be disregarded.

“Excess Interest Distribution Account”: The trust account or subaccount created and maintained by the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 3.05(d) of this Agreement in trust for the Holders of the Excess Interest Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, which (subject to changes in the identities of the Certificate Administrator and/or the Trustee) shall be entitled “Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator, on behalf of Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of the registered Holders of Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2, Class VRR and Class S, and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, Excess Interest Distribution Account.” Any such account shall be an Eligible Account. The Excess Interest Distribution Account shall be held solely for the benefit of the Holders of the Excess Interest Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner. The Excess Interest Distribution Account shall not be an asset of any Trust REMIC, but rather shall be an asset of the Grantor Trust. Because the Trust Fund will not include ARD Mortgage Loans as of the Closing Date, there will be no Excess Interest. Accordingly, there will be no Excess Interest Distribution Account and all references to “Excess Interest Distribution Account” shall be disregarded.

“Excess Liquidation Proceeds”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan (and any related Trust Subordinate Companion Loan), the excess of (i) Liquidation Proceeds of that Mortgage Loan (and any such related Trust Subordinate Companion Loan) or any related REO Property (net of any related Liquidation Expenses and any amounts payable to a related Serviced Companion Loan Holder (in connection with a Serviced Companion Loan held outside the Trust) pursuant to the related Co-Lender Agreement), over (ii) the amount that would have been received if a principal payment in full had been made, and all other outstanding amounts had been paid, with respect to such Mortgage Loan (and any such related Trust Subordinate Companion Loan) on the Due Date immediately following the date on which such proceeds were received. With respect to any Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, Excess Liquidation Proceeds shall mean such Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan’s pro rata share of any “Excess Liquidation Proceeds” determined in accordance with the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement and the related Co-Lender Agreement that are received by the Trust.

“Excess Liquidation Proceeds Reserve Account”: The trust account or subaccount created and maintained by the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 3.05(c) of this Agreement in trust for the Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, which (subject to any changes in the identities of the Trustee and/or the Certificate Administrator) shall be entitled “Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator, on behalf of Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of the registered Holders of Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2, and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, Excess Liquidation Proceeds Reserve Account.” Any such account shall be an Eligible Account.

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“Excess Modification Fees”: With respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan, if applicable), the sum of (A) the excess of (i) any and all Modification Fees with respect to any modification, waiver, extension or amendment of any of the terms of a Serviced Mortgage Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan, if applicable), over (ii) all unpaid or unreimbursed Advances and Additional Trust Fund Expenses (including, without limitation, interest on unreimbursed Advances to the extent not otherwise paid or reimbursed by the related Mortgagor (including indirect reimbursement from Penalty Charges or otherwise), but excluding (1) Special Servicing Fees, Workout Fees and Liquidation Fees, and (2) Borrower Delayed Reimbursements) outstanding or previously incurred hereunder with respect to the related Serviced Mortgage Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan, if applicable) and reimbursed from such Modification Fees (which such Advances and Additional Trust Fund Expenses shall be reimbursed from such Modification Fees), and (B) Advances and Additional Trust Fund Expenses previously paid or reimbursed from Modification Fees as described in the preceding clause (A), which Advances and Additional Trust Fund Expenses have been recovered from the related Mortgagor as Penalty Charges, specific reimbursements or otherwise. All Excess Modification Fees earned by the Special Servicer shall offset any future Workout Fees or Liquidation Fees payable with respect to the related Serviced Mortgage Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan, if applicable) or REO Property; provided that if the Serviced Mortgage Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan, if applicable) ceases being a Corrected Loan, and is subject to a subsequent modification, any Excess Modification Fees earned by the Special Servicer prior to such Serviced Mortgage Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan, if applicable) ceasing to be a Corrected Loan shall no longer be offset against future Liquidation Fees and Workout Fees unless such Serviced Mortgage Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan, if applicable) ceased to be a Corrected Loan within 18 months of it becoming a modified Serviced Mortgage Loan (or modified Serviced Whole Loan, if applicable). If such Mortgage Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan) ceases to be a Corrected Loan, the Special Servicer shall be entitled to a Liquidation Fee or Workout Fee (to the extent not previously offset) with respect to the new modification, waiver, extension or amendment or future liquidation of the Specially Serviced Loan or related REO Property (including in connection with a repurchase, sale, refinance, discounted or full payoff or other liquidation); provided that any Excess Modification Fees earned and paid to the Special Servicer in connection with such subsequent modification, waiver, extension or amendment (or, as contemplated by the preceding proviso, a prior modification, waiver, extension or amendment) shall be applied to offset such Liquidation Fee or Workout Fee to the extent described above. Within any prior 12-month period, all Excess Modification Fees earned by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer (after taking into account any offset described above applied during such 12-month period) with respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan, if applicable) shall be subject to a cap equal to the greater of (i) 1% of the outstanding principal balance of such Serviced Mortgage Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan, if applicable) after giving effect to such transaction, and (ii) $25,000.

“Excess Penalty Charges”: With respect to any Serviced Loan and any Collection Period, the sum of (A) the excess of (i) any and all Penalty Charges collected in respect of such Serviced Loan during such Collection Period, over (ii) all unpaid or unreimbursed Advances and Additional Trust Fund Expenses (including, without limitation, Advances and interest on Advances to the extent not otherwise paid or reimbursed by the related Mortgagor, Special Servicing Fees, Workout Fees and Liquidation Fees) outstanding or previously incurred on behalf of the Trust (and, if applicable, the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s)) with respect to such Serviced Loan and reimbursed from such Penalty Charges (which such Advances and

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Additional Trust Fund Expenses shall be reimbursed from such Penalty Charges) in accordance with Section 3.14 of this Agreement and (B) Advances and expenses previously paid or reimbursed from Penalty Charges as described in the immediately preceding clause (A), which Advances and expenses have been recovered from the related Mortgagor or otherwise.

“Excess Prepayment Interest Shortfall”: With respect to any Distribution Date, (i) with respect to the Mortgage Loans, the aggregate of any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls resulting from any principal prepayments made on the Mortgage Loans to be included in the Aggregate Available Funds for such Distribution Date that are not covered by the portion of the Master Servicer’s Compensating Interest Payment for the related Distribution Date allocable to the Mortgage Loans or, in the case of an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, the portion of any compensating interest payments allocable to such Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan to the extent received from the related Outside Servicer, and (ii) with respect to any Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, the amount of any Prepayment Interest Shortfall resulting from any principal prepayment made on such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan to be included in the applicable Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Available Funds for such Distribution Date that is not covered by the portion of the Master Servicer’s Compensating Interest Payment for the related Distribution Date allocable to such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan.

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

“Excess Servicing Fee Rate”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan (including any successor REO Mortgage Loan with respect thereto) and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (including any successor REO Companion Loan with respect thereto), a rate per annum equal to the Servicing Fee Rate minus (i) if no primary servicing fee rate or subservicing fee rate is payable to a party other than Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, 0.00125% or (ii) if a primary servicing fee rate or subservicing fee rate is payable to a party other than Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, 0.000625% plus any such primary servicing fee rate or subservicing fee rate payable to a party other than Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association or (iii) with respect to any Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, 0.000625% plus any outside servicing fee rate payable to the related Outside Servicer; provided that such rate shall be subject to reduction at any time following any resignation of the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 6.04 of this Agreement (if no successor is appointed in accordance with Section 6.04 of this Agreement) or any termination of the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 7.01 of this Agreement, to the extent reasonably necessary (in the sole discretion of the Trustee) for the Trustee to appoint a qualified successor Master Servicer (which successor may include the Trustee) that meets the requirements of Section 7.02 of this Agreement.

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

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

“Excluded Controlling Class Holder”: With respect to any Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loan, the Controlling Class Representative, any Controlling Class Certificateholder, any Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative or any Loan-Specific Controlling Class Certificateholder, as applicable, that is a Borrower Party with respect to such Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loan. Promptly upon obtaining actual knowledge of any such party becoming an “Excluded Controlling Class Holder”, the Controlling Class Representative, Controlling Class Certificateholder, Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative or Loan-Specific Controlling Class Certificateholder, as the case may be, shall provide notice in the form of Exhibit M-1F hereto to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator, which such notice shall be physically delivered in accordance with Section 12.04 of this Agreement and shall specifically identify the Excluded Controlling Class Holder and the subject Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loan. Additionally, any Excluded Controlling Class Holder shall also send to the Certificate Administrator a notice substantially in the form of Exhibit M-1G hereto, which notice shall provide the CTSLink Login User ID associated with such Excluded Controlling Class Holder, and which notice shall direct the Certificate Administrator to restrict such Excluded Controlling Class Holder’s access to the Certificate Administrator’s Website as and to the extent provided in this Agreement.

“Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loan”: (i) Any Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan with respect to which, as of any date of determination, the Controlling Class Representative or any Controlling Class Certificateholder, as applicable, is a Borrower Party, or (ii) a Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan (if any) with respect to which, as of any date of determination, the related Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative or any related Loan-Specific Controlling Class Certificateholder is a Borrower Party; provided that in the case of this clause (ii) that a related Control Appraisal Period is not continuing. For the avoidance of doubt, if a Mortgage Loan or a Whole Loan is not an Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loan, such Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan also is not an Excluded Mortgage Loan.

“Excluded Information”: With respect to any Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loan, any information and reports solely relating to such Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loan and/or the related Mortgaged Property or portfolio of Mortgaged Properties, including, without limitation, any Asset Status Reports, Final Asset Status Reports (or summaries thereof), any Appraisals, inspection reports (related to Specially Serviced Loans conducted by the Special Servicer or the Excluded Mortgage Loan Special Servicer, as applicable), any Officer’s Certificates delivered by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.20(c) or Section 4.06(b) supporting a non-recoverability determination, the Operating Advisor Annual Reports, any determination of the Special Servicer’s net present value calculation, any Appraisal Reduction Amount calculations, environmental assessments, seismic reports and property condition reports and such other information and reports designated as Excluded Information (other than such information with respect to such Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loan that is aggregated with information of other Mortgage Loans at a pool level) by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor, as the case may be. For the avoidance of doubt, any file or report contained in the CREFC^® Investor Reporting Package

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(CREFC® IRP) (other than the CREFC® Special Servicer Loan File and CREFC^® Special Servicer Property File relating to any Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loan) and any Schedule AL Additional File shall not be considered “Excluded Information.” Each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor shall deliver any Excluded Information for posting to the Certificate Administrator’s Website to the Certificate Administrator in accordance with Section 3.32 hereof. For the avoidance of doubt, the Certificate Administrator’s obligation to segregate any information delivered to it under the “Excluded Information” tab on the Certificate Administrator’s Website shall be triggered solely by such information being delivered in the manner provided in Section 3.32 hereof.

“Excluded Mortgage Loan”: If the Controlling Class Representative is or would otherwise be the Directing Holder or a Consulting Party with respect to such Mortgage Loan, a Mortgage Loan or related Whole Loan with respect to which, as of any date of determination, the Controlling Class Representative or a Controlling Class Certificateholder (or Controlling Class Certificateholders in the aggregate) of more than 50% of the Controlling Class (by Certificate Balance) is (or are) a Borrower Party (or are Borrower Parties, as applicable). For the avoidance of doubt, any Excluded Mortgage Loan is also an Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loan.

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

“Excluded RRCP Mortgage Loan”: With respect to any Risk Retention Consultation Party as of any date of determination, a Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan with respect to which such Risk Retention Consultation Party or the Person(s) entitled to appoint such Risk Retention Consultation Party is a Borrower Party. For avoidance of doubt, no Risk Retention Consultation Party shall be appointed under this Agreement, and there shall be no Excluded RRCP Mortgage Loan with respect to the Trust, and all references in this Agreement to “Excluded RRCP Mortgage Loan” should be ignored.

“Excluded Special Servicer Information”: With respect to any Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan, any information and reports solely relating to such Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan and/or the related Mortgaged Property or portfolio of Mortgaged Properties, including, without limitation, any Asset Status Reports, Final Asset Status Reports (or summaries thereof), any Appraisals, inspection reports, any Officer’s Certificates delivered by the Master Servicer, the related Excluded Mortgage Loan Special Servicer or the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.20(c) or Section 4.06(b) supporting a non-recoverability determination, the Operating Advisor Annual Reports (provided that the Special Servicer or the Excluded Mortgage Loan Special Servicer, as applicable, shall be entitled to access and view any Operating Advisor Annual Report relating to itself, even if such report also includes information about any Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan), any determination of the related Excluded Mortgage Loan Special Servicer’s net present value calculation, any Appraisal Reduction Amount calculations, environmental assessments, seismic reports and property condition reports and such other information and reports designated as Excluded Special Servicer Information (other than such information with respect to such Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan that is aggregated with information of other Mortgage Loans at a pool level) by the Master Servicer, the related Excluded Mortgage Loan Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor, as the case may be. For the avoidance

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of doubt, any file or report contained in the CREFC^® Investor Reporting Package (CREFC^® IRP) (other than the CREFC^® Special Servicer Loan File and CREFC^® Special Servicer Property File relating to any Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan, which shall be Excluded Special Servicer Information) shall not be considered “Excluded Special Servicer Information.”

“Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan”: As of any date of determination, any Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan with respect to which the related Special Servicer, to its knowledge, is a Borrower Party.

“FDIC”: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and its successors in interest.

“Final Asset Status Report”: With respect to any Specially Serviced Loan, each related Asset Status Report, together with such other data or supporting information provided by the Special Servicer to any applicable Directing Holder or Consulting Party or, if different, the Operating Advisor or any related Serviced Companion Loan Holder (or its Companion Loan Holder Representative), in each case, which does not include any communications (other than the related Asset Status Report) between the Special Servicer, on the one hand, and any applicable Directing Holder or Consulting Party, on the other hand, with respect to such Specially Serviced Loan; provided that no Asset Status Report shall be considered to be a Final Asset Status Report unless any applicable Directing Holder has either finally approved of and consented to the actions proposed to be taken in connection therewith, or has exhausted all of its rights of approval and consent pursuant to this Agreement, or has been deemed to have approved or consented to such action, or unless the Asset Status Report is otherwise being implemented by the Special Servicer in accordance with this Agreement.

“Final Dispute Resolution Election Notice”: As defined in Section 2.03(g) of this Agreement.

“Final Recovery Determination”: With respect to any defaulted Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan that is a Specially Serviced Loan (or, in the case of an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, the equivalent under the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement) or REO Mortgage Loan, as the case may be, a determination that there has been a recovery of all Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds, REO Proceeds and other payments or recoveries that the Special Servicer, or the related Outside Special Servicer with respect to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan (if it is a “Specially Serviced Loan” (or an analogous concept) under the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement) or any related REO Property, has determined in accordance with the Servicing Standard will ultimately be recoverable; provided that with respect to each Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Final Recovery Determination shall be made by the related Outside Special Servicer in accordance with the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement.

“Fitch”: Fitch Ratings, Inc. or its successors in interest. If neither Fitch Ratings, Inc. nor any successor remains in existence, “Fitch” shall be deemed to refer to such other nationally recognized statistical rating agency or other comparable Person reasonably designated by the Depositor, notice of which designation shall be given to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer and specific ratings of Fitch herein

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referenced shall be deemed to refer to the equivalent ratings (as reasonably determined by the Depositor) of the party so designated.

“Form 8-K Disclosure Information”: As defined in Section 10.07 of this Agreement.

“GACC”: German American Capital Corporation, a Maryland corporation, and its successors in interest.

“GACC Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement”: The mortgage loan purchase agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, by and between GACC and the Depositor.

“GACC Mortgage Loans”: The Mortgage Loans (or portions thereof) transferred by GACC to the Depositor and/or the Trust pursuant to the GACC Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and this Agreement.

“General Special Servicer”: As defined in Section 6.08(i) of this Agreement.

“Global Certificates”: Any Certificate or Loan-Specific Certificates registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee.

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

“Grantor Trust”: A segregated asset pool within the Trust Fund, which at all times shall be treated as a “grantor trust” under the Grantor Trust Provisions, consisting of any VRR Specific Grantor Trust Assets, any Class S Specific Grantor Trust Assets and, if established, the Excess Interest Distribution Account, beneficial ownership of which is represented by the Grantor Trust Certificates. For the avoidance of doubt, there will not be any VRR Specific Grantor Trust Assets or Class S Specific Grantor Trust Assets, and no Excess Interest Distribution Account will be established. Accordingly, there will not be a Grantor Trust and all references in this Agreement to “Grantor Trust” shall be disregarded.

“Grantor Trust Certificates”: Any class of commercial mortgage pass through certificates issued under this Agreement that is designated as evidencing an interest in the Grantor Trust. If there is a Grantor Trust, the Class S Certificates and the Class VRR Certificates shall be the only Classes of Grantor Trust Certificates issued under this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, there will be no Grantor Trust. Accordingly, there will be no Grantor Trust Certificates, and all references in this Agreement to “Grantor Trust Certificate” and “Grantor Trust Certificates” shall be disregarded.

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

“Green Acres Mortgage Loan”: The Mortgage Loan secured by the Mortgaged Property identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as Green Acres.

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“Ground Lease”: The ground lease pursuant to which any Mortgagor holds a leasehold interest in the related Mortgaged Property.

“GS Bank”: Goldman Sachs Bank USA, and its successors in interest.

“GSMC”: Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company, a New York limited partnership, and its successors in interest.

“GSMC Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement”: The mortgage loan purchase agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, by and between GSMC and the Depositor.

“GSMC Mortgage Loans”: The Mortgage Loans (or portions thereof) transferred by GSMC to the Depositor and/or the Trust pursuant to the GSMC Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and this Agreement.

“Harborside 2-3 Mortgage Loan”: The Mortgage Loan secured by the Mortgaged Property identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as Harborside 2-3.

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

“Heritage Plaza Mortgage Loan”: The Mortgage Loan secured by the Mortgaged Property identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as Heritage Plaza.

“Holder”: (i) With respect to any Certificate, a Certificateholder; (ii) with respect to any Loan-Specific Certificate, a Loan-Specific Certificateholder; and (iii)with respect to any Lower-Tier Regular Interest or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interest, the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders.

“HRR Interest”: Collectively, the Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR and Class J-RR Certificates, which are purchased for cash by the Retaining Sponsor from the Initial Purchasers on the Closing Date.

“HRR Interest Transfer Restriction Period”: With respect to the HRR Interest, the period from the Closing Date to the earliest of: (i) the date that is latest of (A) the date on which the aggregate unpaid principal balance of all outstanding Mortgage Loans has been reduced to 33% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loans, (B) the date on which the sum of the aggregate outstanding Certificate Balance of the Principal Balance Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Balance of the Uncertificated VRR Interest has been reduced to 33% of the sum of the aggregate outstanding Certificate Balance of the Principal Balance Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Balance of the Uncertificated VRR Interest as of the Closing Date, or (C) two (2) years after the Closing Date; (ii) to the extent consistent with Regulation RR,

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the date on which all of the Mortgage Loans have been defeased in accordance with the TPP Risk Retention Requirements set forth in Rule 7(b)(8)(i) of Regulation RR; or (iii) the date on which Regulation RR has been officially abolished (and the securitization transaction contemplated by this Agreement is not subject to any other applicable credit risk retention requirements under the Dodd-Frank Act) or, based on a written opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to the Depositor and the Retaining Sponsor, officially determined by the Regulatory Agencies to be no longer applicable to the securitization transaction contemplated by this Agreement or the HRR Interest.

“ICP/IRG Holdings Portfolio Mortgage Loan”: The Mortgage Loan secured by the Mortgaged Property identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as ICP/IRG Holdings Portfolio.

“Impermissible Risk Retention Affiliate”: As defined in Section 3.33 of this Agreement.

“Impermissible TPP Affiliate”: As defined in Section 3.33 of this Agreement.

“Indemnified Party”: As defined in Section 8.05(c) or Section 12.13(d), as applicable, of this Agreement, as the context requires.

“Indemnifying Party”: As defined in Section 8.05(c), Section 10.12 or Section 12.13(d), as applicable, of this Agreement, as the context requires.

“Independent”: When used with respect to any specified Person, any such Person who (i) does not have any direct financial interest, or any material indirect financial interest, in any of a Mortgage Loan Seller, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Controlling Class Representative, any Risk Retention Consultation Party, any Mortgagor, any Companion Loan Holder (or, if applicable, its Companion Loan Holder Representative) or any Affiliate thereof, and (ii) is not connected with any such Person as an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director or Person performing similar functions; provided, however, that a Person shall not fail to be Independent of the Mortgage Loan Sellers, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Controlling Class Representative, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, any Mortgagor, any Companion Loan Holder (or, if applicable, its Companion Loan Holder Representative) or any Affiliate thereof merely because such Person is (A) compensated for services by, or (B) the beneficial owner of 1% or less of any class of securities issued by, the Depositor, the Mortgage Loan Sellers, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Controlling Class Representative, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, any Mortgagor, any Companion Loan Holder (or, if applicable, its Companion Loan Holder Representative) or any Affiliate thereof, as the case may be, provided that such ownership constitutes less than 1% of the total assets owned by such Person.

“Independent Contractor”: Either (i) any Person that would be an “independent contractor” with respect to the applicable Trust REMIC within the meaning of Code Section 856(d)(3) if such Trust REMIC were a real estate investment trust (except that the ownership tests set forth in that section shall be considered to be met by any Person that owns, directly or indirectly, 35% or more of any Class or 35% or more of the aggregate value of all

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Classes of Certificates), provided that such Trust REMIC does not receive or derive any income from such Person and the relationship between such Person and the Trust REMIC is at arm’s length, all within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.856-4(b)(5) (except neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall be considered to be an Independent Contractor under the definition in this clause (i) unless an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party seeking to be deemed an Independent Contractor) addressed to the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator has been delivered to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator to that effect) or (ii) any other Person (including the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer) if the Master Servicer, on behalf of itself, the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator has received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party seeking to be deemed an Independent Contractor) to the effect that the taking of any action in respect of any REO Property by such Person, subject to any conditions therein specified, that is otherwise herein contemplated to be taken by an Independent Contractor will not cause such REO Property to cease to qualify as “foreclosure property” within the meaning of Code Section 860G(a)(8) (determined without regard to the exception applicable for purposes of Code Section 860D(a)) or cause any income realized in respect of such REO Property to fail to qualify as Rents from Real Property (provided that such income would otherwise so qualify).

“Initial Purchasers”: Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, BMO Capital Markets Corp., Barclays Capital Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Drexel Hamilton, LLC and Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC.

“Initial Requesting Certificateholder”: With respect to a Mortgage Loan, the first Certificateholder or Certificate Owner (in either case, other than a Holder or Certificate Owner of the Class VRR Certificates) to deliver a Certificateholder Repurchase Request as described in Section 2.03(f) with respect to such Mortgage Loan. For the avoidance of doubt, there may not be more than one Initial Requesting Certificateholder with respect to any Mortgage Loan, and a Holder of a Class VRR Certificate may not be an Initial Requesting Certificateholder.

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

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

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

“Institutional Accredited Investor”: An entity that qualifies as an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a) (1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Act or any entity in which all of the equity owners qualify as “accredited investors” within the meaning of Rule 501(a) (1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Act.

“Insurance Proceeds”: Proceeds of any fire and hazard insurance policy, title policy or other insurance policy relating to a Mortgage Loan (including an Outside Serviced Mortgage

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Loan) or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (including any amounts paid by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.07 of this Agreement); provided that, in the case of an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, “Insurance Proceeds” under this Agreement shall be limited to any related proceeds of the type described above in this definition that are received by the Trust Fund in connection with such Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, pursuant to the allocations set forth in the related Co-Lender Agreement or, if no allocation is provided in the related Co-Lender Agreement, as allocated pursuant to the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement.

“Insurance Summary Report”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, a report or other summary prepared either by the related Mortgage Loan Seller or a third party insurance consultant on behalf of the related Mortgage Loan Seller that provides a summary of all insurance policies covering the related Mortgaged Property(ies), identifying the insurance provider, applicable ratings of each such provider and the amount of coverage and any applicable deductible.

“Interest Accrual Amount”: (a) With respect to any Distribution Date and any Class of Non-Vertically Retained Principal Balance Certificates, an amount equal to interest for the related Interest Accrual Period accrued at the applicable Pass-Through Rate for such Class on the related Certificate Balance outstanding immediately prior to such Distribution Date; and (b) with respect to any Distribution Date and a Class of the Class X Certificates, an amount equal to the Accrued Component Interest for the related Interest Accrual Period for the applicable Component (or, if there are multiple related Components, the sum of the Accrued Component Interest for the related Interest Accrual Period for all of the respective Components) for such Class for such Interest Accrual Period. Calculations of interest for each Interest Accrual Period shall be made on 30/360 Basis.

“Interest Accrual Period”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the calendar month prior to the month in which such Distribution Date occurs.

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

“Interest Reserve Account”: The trust account or subaccount created and maintained by the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 3.23 of this Agreement, which (subject to any changes in the identities of the Trustee and/or the Certificate Administrator) shall be entitled “Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator, on behalf of Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of the registered Holders of Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2, and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, Interest Reserve Account” and which shall be an Eligible Account.

“Interest Shortfall”: With respect to any Distribution Date for any Class of Non-Vertically Retained Regular Certificates, subject to increase as provided in Section 4.01(g) of this Agreement, the sum of (a) the portion of the Interest Distribution Amount for such

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Class remaining unpaid as of the close of business on the preceding Distribution Date (if any), and (b) to the extent permitted by applicable law, (i) in the case of a Class of Non-Vertically Retained Principal Balance Certificates, one month’s interest on that amount remaining unpaid at the Pass-Through Rate applicable to such Class for the subject Distribution Date, and (ii) in the case of a Class of Interest-Only Certificates, one month’s interest on that amount remaining unpaid at the WAC Rate for the subject Distribution Date.

“Interested Person”: As of any date of determination, any party to this Agreement, any Mortgage Loan Seller, any applicable Directing Holder or Consulting Party, any Mortgagor, any holder of a related mezzanine loan, any manager of a Mortgaged Property, any Independent Contractor engaged by the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.16 of this Agreement, or any Person actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator to be an Affiliate of any of the preceding entities; and, with respect to a Defaulted Serviced Whole Loan, the related Other Depositor, the master servicer, the special servicer (or any independent contractor engaged by such special servicer), or the trustee for the related Other Securitization Trust, the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder or its Companion Loan Holder Representative, any holder of a related mezzanine loan, or any Person actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator to be an Affiliate of any of the preceding entities.

“Interest-Only Certificates”: The Class X-A and Class X-D Certificates, collectively.

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

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

“Investment Company Act”: The Investment Company Act of 1940, as it may be amended from time to time.

“Investment Decisions”: Investment, trading, lending or other financial decisions, strategies or recommendations with respect to Investments, whether on behalf of the Master Servicer or any Affiliate thereof, the Special Servicer or any Affiliate thereof, the Operating Advisor or any Affiliate thereof, the Certificate Administrator or any Affiliate thereof, or the Trustee or any Affiliate thereof, as applicable, or any Person on whose behalf the Master Servicer or any Affiliate thereof, the Special Servicer or any Affiliate thereof, the Operating Advisor or any Affiliate thereof, the Certificate Administrator or any Affiliate thereof, or the Trustee or any Affiliate thereof, as applicable, has discretion in connection with Investments.

“Investor Certification”: A certificate representing that such Person executing the certificate is a Certificateholder, Loan-Specific Certificateholder, a Certificate Owner or a prospective purchaser of a Certificate or Loan-Specific Certificate (or any investment advisor or manager of the foregoing), the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, the Controlling Class Representative or a Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative (to the extent the

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Controlling Class Representative or such Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative is not a Certificateholder or a Certificate Owner), a Risk Retention Consultation Party (to the extent such Risk Retention Consultation Party is not a Certificateholder or Certificate Owner) or a Serviced Companion Loan Holder or its Companion Loan Holder Representative, and that (i) for purposes of obtaining certain information and notices (including access to information and notices on the Certificate Administrator’s Website) pursuant to this Agreement, (A) (1) in the case of a Person that is not the Controlling Class Representative, a Controlling Class Certificateholder, a Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative or any Loan-Specific Controlling Class Certificateholder, such Person is or is not a Borrower Party and such Person is or is not a Risk Retention Consultation Party (and, for purposes of obtaining information and notices with respect to a Whole Loan, such Person is either (x) not a Consulting Party or (y) not a “borrower party”, “borrower restricted party”, “restricted holder” or any other analogous concept under the related Co-Lender Agreement) or (2) in the case of the Controlling Class Representative, any Controlling Class Certificateholder, a Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative or any Loan-Specific Controlling Class Certificateholder, such Person is or is not a Borrower Party as to any identified Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loan, and (B) except in the case of a Serviced Companion Loan Holder or its Companion Loan Holder Representative, such Person has received a copy of the Prospectus, which certificate shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit M-1A, Exhibit M-1B, Exhibit M-1C, Exhibit M-1D or Exhibit M-1E to this Agreement or in the form of an electronic certification contained on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, and/or (ii) for purposes of exercising Voting Rights (which does not apply to a prospective purchaser of a Certificate or Loan-Specific Certificate, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or a Serviced Companion Loan Holder or its Companion Loan Holder Representative), (A) (1) such Person is not a Borrower Party or (2) in the case of the Controlling Class Representative, any Controlling Class Certificateholder, a Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative or any Loan-Specific Controlling Class Certificateholder, such Person is a Borrower Party as to any identified Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loan, (B) such Person is or is not the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, an Excluded Mortgage Loan Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, a Mortgage Loan Seller or an Affiliate of any of the foregoing and (C) such Person has received a copy of the Prospectus, which certificate shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit M-2A or Exhibit M-2B to this Agreement or in the form of an electronic certification (which may be a click-through confirmation) contained on the Certificate Administrator’s Website or the Master Servicer’s website. The Certificate Administrator may require that Investor Certifications are resubmitted from time to time in accordance with its policies and procedures. For the avoidance of doubt if a Borrower Party is the Directing Holder, a Controlling Class Certificateholder or a Loan-Specific Controlling Class Certificateholder, such Person (A) shall be prohibited from having access to the Excluded Information solely with respect to the related Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loan and (B) shall not be permitted to exercise voting or control, consultation and/or special servicer appointment rights as a member of the Controlling Class solely with respect to the related Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loan.

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

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

“IRS”: The Internal Revenue Service.

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“JPMCB”: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, a national banking association, and its successors in interest.

“JPMCB Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement”: The mortgage loan purchase agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, by and between JPMCB and the Depositor.

“JPMCB Mortgage Loans”: The Mortgage Loans (or portions thereof) transferred by JPMCB to the Depositor and/or the Trust pursuant to the JPMCB Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and this Agreement.

“KBRA”: Kroll Bond Rating Agency, LLC or its successors in interest. If neither KBRA nor any successor remains in existence, “KBRA” shall be deemed to refer to such other nationally recognized statistical rating agency or other comparable Person reasonably designated by the Depositor, notice of which designation shall be given to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer and specific ratings of KBRA herein referenced shall be deemed to refer to the equivalent ratings (as reasonably determined by the Depositor) of the party so designated.

“Liquidation Event”: With respect to any Trust Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan), any of the following events: (i) such Trust Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan) is paid in full; (ii) a Final Recovery Determination is made with respect to such Trust Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan); (iii) such Trust Loan is repurchased or substituted for by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller pursuant to Section 6 of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement; (iv) such Trust Loan is purchased or otherwise acquired by the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Holders of the Controlling Class or a Loan-Specific Controlling Class, Holders of the Class R Certificates, the Remaining Certificateholder or the Holder(s) of all the Loan-Specific Certificates pursuant to Section 9.01 of this Agreement; (v) such Trust Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan) is purchased by the holder of a mezzanine loan or a Subordinate Companion Loan Holder pursuant to the related intercreditor agreement, Co-Lender Agreement or similar agreement; (vi) the taking of a Mortgaged Property (or portion thereof) by exercise of the power of eminent domain or condemnation; (vii) such Trust Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan or relevant portion thereof) is purchased by any Person in accordance with Section 3.17 of this Agreement; or (viii) in the case of an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, such Mortgage Loan is liquidated by any party pursuant to terms analogous to those set forth in the preceding clauses contained in the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement and/or the related Co-Lender Agreement. With respect to any REO Property (and the related REO Mortgage Loan or REO Companion Loan(s)), any of the following events: (i) a Final Recovery Determination is made with respect to such REO Property; (ii) such REO Property is purchased or otherwise acquired by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, Holders of the Controlling Class, Holders of the Class R Certificates or the Remaining Certificateholder pursuant to Section 9.01 of this Agreement; (iii) the taking of a REO Property (or portion thereof) by exercise of the power of eminent domain or condemnation; (iv) such REO Property is purchased by the holder of a mezzanine loan or a Subordinate Companion Loan Holder pursuant to the related intercreditor agreement, Co-Lender Agreement or similar agreement; or (v) such REO Property is purchased by another party in accordance with Section 3.17 of this Agreement.

“Liquidation Expenses”: All customary, reasonable and necessary costs and expenses incurred by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and

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the Trustee in connection with the liquidation of any Specially Serviced Loan or REO Property acquired in respect thereof or final payoff of a Corrected Loan (including, without limitation, legal fees and expenses, committee or referee fees, and, if applicable, brokerage commissions, and conveyance taxes associated with such Mortgage Loan or Mortgaged Property).

“Liquidation Fee”: (i) With respect to each Specially Serviced Loan as to which the Special Servicer receives a full or discounted payoff (or unscheduled partial payment to the extent such prepayment is required by the Special Servicer as a condition to a workout) from the related Mortgagor, (ii) except as otherwise described below, with respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan, if applicable) repurchased or substituted, or with respect to which a Loss of Value Payment is made, as contemplated by Section 2.03 of this Agreement, and (iii) with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan or any REO Property (other than an REO Property related to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan) as to which the Special Servicer receives Liquidation Proceeds (including through a trustee’s sale, foreclosure sale or otherwise), Insurance Proceeds or Condemnation Proceeds, an amount calculated by the application of the applicable Liquidation Fee Rate to the related payment or proceeds (exclusive of any portion of such payoff or proceeds that represents Penalty Charges); provided that the Liquidation Fee with respect to such Specially Serviced Loan or REO Property shall be reduced by the amount of any Excess Modification Fees paid by or on behalf of the related Mortgagor with respect to the Specially Serviced Loan or REO Property as described in the definition of “Excess Modification Fees” in this Agreement, but only to the extent those fees have not previously been deducted from a Workout Fee or Liquidation Fee; provided, however, that, except as contemplated by the preceding proviso with respect to offset in connection with Excess Modification Fees and the next two (2) provisos, no Liquidation Fee will be less than $25,000 with respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan (or related Serviced Whole Loan, if applicable); provided, further, that (a) the Liquidation Fee shall be zero with respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan or any Mortgaged Property purchased, repurchased or substituted for pursuant to clauses (iii) through (v) of the first sentence of the definition of Liquidation Event (unless with respect to (A) clause (iii), the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller does not repurchase or substitute for such Mortgage Loan until after more than 120 days following its receipt of notice or discovery of the Material Defect that gave rise to the particular repurchase or substitution obligation, and (B) clause (v), the applicable mezzanine loan holder (based on a purchase option set forth under the related intercreditor agreement) or the applicable Subordinate Companion Loan Holder (based on a purchase option set forth under the related Co-Lender Agreement) does not purchase such Serviced Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan within 90 days of the date that the first purchase option related to the subject Servicing Transfer Event first becomes exercisable under the related intercreditor agreement or the related Co-Lender Agreement, as applicable) or pursuant to clauses (ii) or (iv) of the second sentence of the definition of Liquidation Event (unless with respect to clause (iv), the applicable mezzanine loan holder (based on a purchase option set forth under the related intercreditor agreement) or the applicable Subordinate Companion Loan Holder (based on a purchase option set forth under the related Co-Lender Agreement) does not purchase such REO Property within 90 days of the date that the first purchase option related to the subject Servicing Transfer Event first becomes exercisable under the related intercreditor agreement or the related Co-Lender Agreement, as applicable), (b) the Liquidation Fee shall be zero with respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan or any Mortgaged Property with respect to which a Loss of Value Payment is made as contemplated by Section 2.03(a) of this Agreement unless the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller does not make the particular Loss of Value Payment

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with respect to such Mortgage Loan until after more than 120 days following its receipt of notice or discovery of the Material Defect that gave rise to the payment of the particular Loss of Value Payment, and (c) the Liquidation Fee with respect to each Serviced Mortgage Loan or REO Mortgage Loan repurchased or substituted for after more than 120 days following the Mortgage Loan Seller’s receipt of notice or discovery of a Material Defect shall be in an amount equal to the Liquidation Fee Rate of the outstanding principal balance of such Serviced Mortgage Loan or REO Mortgage Loan; provided, further that if a Serviced Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan becomes a Specially Serviced Loan only because of an event described in clause (a)(ii) of the definition of Specially Serviced Loan as a result of a payment default at maturity and the related Liquidation Proceeds or payment are received within 90 days following the related default in connection with the full and final payoff or refinancing of the related Serviced Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, if applicable, the Special Servicer will not be entitled to collect a Liquidation Fee, but may collect and retain appropriate fees from the related Mortgagor in connection with such liquidation. For the avoidance of doubt, no Liquidation Fee is payable in connection with an optional termination of the Trust (or any Trust Subordination Companion Loan REMIC) pursuant to Section 9.01.

“Liquidation Fee Rate”: A rate equal to the lesser of (a) 1.0% (or 0.75% in the case of the Heritage Plaza Mortgage Loan) or (b) with respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan (or related Serviced Whole Loan, if applicable), such lesser rate as would result in a Liquidation Fee of $1,000,000; provided, however, that except as contemplated in the definition of “Liquidation Fee”, no Liquidation Fee with respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan (or related Serviced Whole Loan, if applicable) will be less than $25,000.

“Liquidation Proceeds”: The amount (other than Insurance Proceeds and Condemnation Proceeds) received in connection with (i) a full or discounted payoff (or unscheduled partial payment to the extent such prepayment is required by the Special Servicer as a condition to a workout) with respect to a Specially Serviced Loan, (ii) a Liquidation Event, (iii) the transfer of any Loss of Value Payments from the Loss of Value Reserve Fund to the Collection Account in accordance with Section 3.06(c) of this Agreement (provided that, for the purpose of determining the amount of the Liquidation Fee (if any) payable to the Special Servicer in connection with such Loss of Value Payment, the full amount of such Loss of Value Payment shall be deemed to constitute “Liquidation Proceeds” from which the Liquidation Fee (if any) is payable as of such time such Loss of Value Payment is made by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller) or (iv) the transfer of any Threshold Event Collateral to the related Whole Loan Custodial Account pursuant to Section 3.28(e) of this Agreement.

“Loan Agreement”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, the loan agreement, if any, between the related originator(s) and the Mortgagor, pursuant to which such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan was made.

“Loan Documents”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, or Serviced Whole Loan, the documents executed or delivered in connection with the origination or any subsequent modification of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, or subsequently added to the related Mortgage File, and any related Co-Lender Agreement and/or intercreditor agreement.

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

“Loan REMIC”: With respect to the PetSmart HQ Whole Loan or the PetSmart HQ Mortgage Loan, the PetSmart HQ REMIC. With respect to the Patewood Corporate Center Whole Loan or the Patewood Corporate Center Mortgage Loan, the Patewood Corporate Center REMIC.

“Loan REMIC Regular Interest”: With respect to the PetSmart HQ Mortgage Loan, the PetSmart HQ REMIC Regular Interest. With respect to the Patewood Corporate Center Mortgage Loan, the Patewood Corporate Center REMIC Regular Interest.

“Loan REMIC Held Mortgage Loan”: With respect to the PetSmart HQ REMIC or the PetSmart HQ REMIC Regular Interest, the PetSmart HQ Mortgage Loan. With respect to the Patewood Corporate Center REMIC or the Patewood Corporate Center REMIC Regular Interest, the Patewood Corporate Center Mortgage Loan.

“Loan REMIC Residual Interest”: With respect to the PetSmart HQ REMIC Regular Interest or the PetSmart HQ Mortgage Loan, the PetSmart HQ REMIC Residual Interest. With respect to the Patewood Corporate Center REMIC Regular Interest or the Patewood Corporate Center Mortgage Loan, the Patewood Corporate Center REMIC Residual Interest.

“Loan-Specific Certificateholder”: With respect to any Loan-Specific Certificate, the Person whose name is registered in the Certificate Register (including, solely for the purposes of distributing reports, statements or other information pursuant to this Agreement, Certificate Owners or potential transferees of Loan-Specific Certificates to the extent the Person distributing such information has been provided with an appropriate Investor Certification by or on behalf of such Certificate Owner or potential transferee); provided, however, that

(a)       solely for the purpose of giving any consent, approval, waiver or taking any action pursuant to this Agreement (including voting on amendments to this Agreement) that specifically relates to the rights, duties, compensation or termination of, and/or any other matter specifically involving, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, any Excluded Mortgage Loan Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, any Mortgage Loan Seller or any Person known to a Responsible Officer of the Certificate Registrar to be an Affiliate of any such party, any Loan-Specific Certificate registered in the name of or beneficially owned by such party or any Affiliate thereof shall be deemed not to be outstanding and the Voting Rights to which it is entitled shall not be taken into account in determining whether the requisite percentage of Voting Rights necessary to effect any such consent, approval, waiver or take any such action has been obtained;

(b)       solely for the purpose of giving any consent, approval, waiver or taking any action pursuant to this Agreement, any Loan-Specific Certificate beneficially owned by a Borrower Party shall be deemed not to be outstanding and the Voting Rights to which it is entitled shall not be taken into account in determining whether the requisite percentage of

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Voting Rights necessary to effect any such consent, approval, waiver or take any such action has been obtained (provided, that notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of exercising any rights it may have solely as a member of the Loan-Specific Controlling Class, any Loan-Specific Controlling Class Certificate owned by an Excluded Controlling Class Holder shall be deemed not to be outstanding as to such Excluded Controlling Class Holder solely with respect to giving consent and taking any action with respect to any related Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loan); and

(c)       if the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or an Affiliate of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer is a member of the Loan-Specific Controlling Class, it shall be permitted to act in such capacity and exercise all rights under this Agreement bestowed upon the Loan-Specific Controlling Class (other than, with respect to any Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loan with respect to which such party is an Excluded Controlling Class Holder, as described in the proviso in parenthesis in clause (b) above).

For the avoidance of doubt, nothing contained in this definition will preclude the Special Servicer from performing its duties and exercising its rights in its capacity as Special Servicer under this Agreement other than with respect to an Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan. For avoidance of doubt, no Loan-Specific Certificates shall be issued under this Agreement and, accordingly, there will be no Loan-Specific Certificateholders and all references to “Loan-Specific Certificateholder” and “Loan-Specific Certificateholders” in this Agreement should be ignored.

“Loan Specific Certificates”: With respect to any Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, any commercial mortgage-backed securities issued under this Agreement (exclusive of the Class R certificates) evidencing an interest in such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and any payments and collections thereon. For the avoidance of doubt, no Trust Subordinate Companion Loans will be included in the Trust Fund. Accordingly, no Loan-Specific Certificates shall be issued under this Agreement and all references to “Loan-Specific Certificate” and “Loan-Specific Certificates” in this Agreement should be ignored.

“Loan-Specific Consultation Termination Event”: With respect to any Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and the related Loan-Specific Certificates, the event that will either (a) occur when none of the Classes of related Loan-Specific Control Eligible Certificates has a Certificate Balance, without regard to the allocation of any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amount with respect to the related Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan then allocable to such Class, that is equal to or greater than 25% of the initial Certificate Balance of that Class of Loan-Specific Control Eligible Certificates or (b) be deemed to occur if a Control Appraisal Period is deemed to occur under the related Co-Lender Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, no Trust Subordinate Companion Loans will be included in the Trust Fund and no Loan-Specific Certificates shall be issued under this Agreement. Accordingly, all references to “Loan-Specific Consultation Termination Event” in this Agreement should be ignored.

“Loan-Specific Control Eligible Certificates”: With respect to any Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, any the related Loan-Specific Principal Balance Certificates. For the avoidance of doubt, no Trust Subordinate Companion Loans will be included in the Trust Fund. Accordingly, no Loan-Specific Control Eligible Certificates shall be issued under this

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Agreement and all references to “Loan-Specific Control Eligible Certificate” and “Loan-Specific Control Eligible Certificates” in this Agreement should be ignored.

“Loan-Specific Control Termination Event”: With respect to any Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and the related Loan-Specific Certificates, the event that will (a) occur when none of the Classes of related Loan-Specific Control Eligible Certificates has a Certificate Balance (as notionally reduced by any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amount with respect to the related Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan then allocable to such Class) that is at least equal to 25% of the initial Certificate Balance of that Class of Loan-Specific Control Eligible Certificates, and (b) be deemed to occur if a Control Appraisal Period is deemed to occur under the related Co-Lender Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, no Trust Subordinate Companion Loans will be included in the Trust Fund and no Loan-Specific Certificates shall be issued under this Agreement. Accordingly, all references to “Loan-Specific Control Termination Event” in this Agreement should be ignored.

“Loan-Specific Controlling Class”: As of any time of determination, with respect to any Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and the related Loan-Specific Certificates, the most subordinate Class of related Loan-Specific Control Eligible Certificates then outstanding that has a Certificate Balance (as notionally reduced by any portion of the Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amount with respect to the related Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan then allocable to such Class) at least equal to 25% of the initial Certificate Balance of such Class. For the avoidance of doubt, no Trust Subordinate Companion Loans will be included in the Trust Fund and no Loan-Specific Certificates shall be issued under this Agreement. Accordingly, all references to “Loan-Specific Controlling Class” in this Agreement should be ignored.

“Loan-Specific Controlling Class Certificateholder”: With respect to any Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and the related Loan-Specific Certificates, any Holder (or Certificate Owner, if applicable) of a Loan-Specific Certificate of the related Loan-Specific Controlling Class as determined by the Certificate Administrator from time to time. For the avoidance of doubt, no Trust Subordinate Companion Loans will be included in the Trust Fund and no Loan-Specific Certificates shall be issued under this Agreement. Accordingly, all references to “Loan-Specific Controlling Class Certificateholder” and “Loan-Specific Controlling Class Certificateholders” in this Agreement should be ignored.

“Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative”: With respect to any Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and the related Loan-Specific Certificates, the related Loan-Specific Controlling Class Certificateholder (or other representative) selected by at least a majority of the related Loan-Specific Controlling Class Certificateholders, by Certificate Balance, as identified by notice to the Certificate Administrator by the related Loan-Specific Controlling Class Certificateholders from time to time, with notice of such selection delivered to the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee; provided, however, that (i) absent that selection, or (ii) until a Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative is so selected or (iii) upon receipt of a notice from the related Loan-Specific Controlling Class Certificateholders that own related Loan-Specific Certificates representing more than 50% of the Certificate Balance of the Loan-Specific Controlling Class, that such Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative is no longer designated, the applicable Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative will be the related Loan-Specific Controlling

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Class Certificateholder that owns the largest aggregate Certificate Balance of the related Loan-Specific Controlling Class, as identified to the Certificate Administrator (who shall notify the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Operating Advisor). If, upon the occurrence of any of the events or circumstances specified in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) above, the related Loan-Specific Controlling Class Certificateholder that owns the largest aggregate Certificate Balance of the related Loan-Specific Controlling Class has not been identified to the Certificate Administrator (and thereby the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer), then the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer will have no obligation to obtain the consent of, or consult with, any Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative in respect of the subject Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and the related Loan-Specific Certificates until notified by the Certificate Administrator of the identity of such largest related Loan-Specific Controlling Class Certificateholder or otherwise notified of the identity of such Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative as provided in this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, no Trust Subordinate Companion Loans will be included in the Trust Fund and no Loan-Specific Certificates shall be issued under this Agreement. Accordingly, all references to “Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative” should be ignored.

“Loan-Specific HRR Interest”: With respect to any Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and the related Loan-Specific Certificates, any Class of such Loan-Specific Certificates that constitutes part of an “eligible horizontal residual interest” held by a “third party purchaser” in accordance with Rule 7 of Regulation RR. For the avoidance of doubt, no Trust Subordinate Companion Loans will be included in the Trust Fund and no Loan-Specific Certificates shall be issued under this Agreement. Accordingly, all references to “Loan-Specific HRR Interest” should be ignored.

“Loan-Specific HRR Transfer Restriction Period”: With respect to any Loan-Specific HRR Interest, the period from the Closing Date to the earliest of: (i) the date that is latest of (A) the date on which the total unpaid principal balance of the related Trust Subordinate Companion Loan has been reduced to 33% of the Cut off Date Balance of such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, (B) the date on which the aggregate outstanding Certificate Balance of the related Loan-Specific Certificates has been reduced to 33% of the aggregate outstanding Certificate Balance of such Loan-Specific Certificates as of the Closing Date, and (C) two (2) years after the Closing Date; (ii) to the extent permitted under Regulation RR, the date on which the related Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan (including the related Trust Subordinate Companion Loan) has been defeased in accordance with Rule 7(b)(8)(i) of Regulation RR; and (iii) the date on which Regulation RR has been officially repealed (and the securitization transaction constituted by the issuance of the related Loan-Specific Certificates is not subject to any other applicable credit risk retention requirements under the Dodd Frank Act) or, based on a written opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to the Depositor and the related Loan-Specific Retaining Sponsor, officially determined by the Regulatory Agencies to be no longer applicable to the securitization transaction constituted by the issuance of the related Loan-Specific Certificates. For the avoidance of doubt, no Trust Subordinate Companion Loans will be included in the Trust Fund and no Loan-Specific Certificates shall be issued under this Agreement. Accordingly, all references to “Loan-Specific HRR Transfer Restriction Period” should be ignored.

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“Loan-Specific Interest Accrual Amount”: With respect to any Distribution Date and any Class of Loan-Specific Certificates, the interest for the related Interest Accrual Period accrued at the pass through rate for such Class on the Certificate Balance for such Class immediately prior to that Distribution Date. Calculations of interest for each Interest Accrual Period will be made on 30/360 Basis. For the avoidance of doubt, no Trust Subordinate Companion Loans will be included in the Trust Fund and no Loan-Specific Certificates shall be issued under this Agreement. Accordingly, all references to “Loan-Specific Interest Accrual Period” should be ignored.

“Loan-Specific Interest Distribution Amount”: With respect to any Distribution Date and each Class of Loan-Specific Certificates, (A) the sum of (i) the related Interest Accrual Amount with respect to such Class for such Distribution Date and (ii) the Loan-Specific Interest Shortfall, if any, with respect to such Class for such Distribution Date, less (B) any Excess Prepayment Interest Shortfall with respect to the related Trust Subordinate Companion Loan that is allocated to such Class on such Distribution Date. For the avoidance of doubt, no Trust Subordinate Companion Loans will be included in the Trust Fund and no Loan-Specific Certificates shall be issued under this Agreement. Accordingly, all references to “Loan-Specific Interest Distribution Amount” should be ignored.

“Loan-Specific Interest Shortfall”: With respect to any Distribution Date for any Class of Loan-Specific Certificates, the sum of (a) the portion of the Loan-Specific Interest Distribution Amount for such Class remaining unpaid as of the close of business on the preceding Distribution Date (if any), and (b) to the extent permitted by applicable law, one month’s interest on that amount remaining unpaid at the pass through rate applicable to such Class for the subject Distribution Date. For the avoidance of doubt, no Trust Subordinate Companion Loans will be included in the Trust Fund and no Loan-Specific Certificates shall be issued under this Agreement. Accordingly, all references to “Loan-Specific Interest Shortfall” should be ignored.

“Loan-Specific Operating Advisor Consultation Trigger Event”: With respect to any Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan and the related Loan-Specific Certificates, if the related Trust Subordinate Companion Loan is part of an EHRI Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Securitization, the event that occurs when the aggregate Certificate Balance of the related Loan-Specific Principal Balance Certificates that constitute the “eligible horizontal residual interest” held by a “third party purchaser” as risk retention in accordance with Rule 7 of Regulation RR (as such aggregate Certificate Balance may be notionally reduced by any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amount then allocable to such related Loan-Specific Principal Balance Certificates in accordance with this Agreement) is 25% or less of the initial aggregate Certificate Balance of such related Loan-Specific Principal Balance Certificates; provided that a Loan-Specific Operating Advisor Consultation Trigger Event shall at all times be deemed to exist with respect to any Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan that is an Excluded Mortgage Loan. For the avoidance of doubt, no Trust Subordinate Companion Loans will be included in the Trust Fund and no Loan-Specific Certificates shall be issued under this Agreement. Accordingly, all references to “Loan-Specific Operating Advisor Consultation Trigger Event” should be ignored.

“Loan Specific Principal Balance Certificates”: With respect to any Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, any related Loan-Specific Certificates with a Certificate Balance.

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For the avoidance of doubt, no Trust Subordinate Companion Loans will be included in the Trust Fund. Accordingly, no Loan-Specific Certificates (including Loan-Specific Principal Balance Certificates) shall be issued under this Agreement and all references to “Loan-Specific Principal Balance Certificate” and “Loan-Specific Principal Balance Certificates” in this Agreement should be ignored.

“Loan-Specific Principal Distribution Amount”: With respect to any Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and the related Loan-Specific Certificates for any Distribution Date, the aggregate principal distribution amount to be made on such Loan-Specific Certificates on such Distribution Date. For the avoidance of doubt, no Trust Subordinate Companion Loans will be included in the Trust Fund and no Loan-Specific Certificates shall be issued under this Agreement. Accordingly, all references to “Loan-Specific Principal Distribution Amount” should be ignored.

“Loan-Specific Retaining Sponsor”: With respect to any Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and the related Loan-Specific Certificates, the “retaining sponsor” (within the meaning of Regulation RR) for the securitization constituted by the issuance of such Loan-Specific Certificates. For the avoidance of doubt, no Trust Subordinate Companion Loans will be included in the Trust Fund and no Loan-Specific Certificates shall be issued under this Agreement. Accordingly, all references to “Loan-Specific Retaining Sponsor” should be ignored.

“Loan-Specific Retaining Third Party Purchaser”: A “third party purchaser” (as defined in Rule 7 of Regulation RR) that is the holder of risk retention in the form of an “eligible horizontal residual interest” in accordance with Rule 7 of Regulation RR as part of an EHRI Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Securitization. For the avoidance of doubt, no Trust Subordinate Companion Loans will be included in the Trust Fund and no Loan-Specific Certificates shall be issued under this Agreement. Accordingly, all references to “Loan-Specific Retaining Third Party Purchaser” should be ignored.

“Loan-Specific Voting Rights”: With respect to the Loan-Specific Certificates relating to any particular Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, the portion of the voting rights of all of such Loan-Specific Certificates in the aggregate that is allocated to any such Loan-Specific Certificate or Class of such Loan-Specific Certificates. At all times during the term of this Agreement, 100% of the related Loan-Specific Voting Rights shall be allocated to the Loan-Specific Principal Balance Certificates relating to any particular Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, and the percentage of Loan-Specific Voting Rights allocated to any particular Class of such Loan-Specific Principal Balance Certificates shall equal a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the Certificate Balance of such Class of such Loan-Specific Principal Balance Certificates as of the date of determination, and the denominator of which is equal to the aggregate of the Certificate Balances of all Classes of such Loan-Specific Principal Balance Certificates, in each case as of the date of determination (provided that, if, but only if, expressly so provided herein in any circumstance, the allocation or exercise of Loan-Specific Voting Rights for any particular purpose shall take into account the allocation of Appraisal Reduction Amounts to notionally reduce Certificate Balances).

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“Loan-to-Value Ratio”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as of any date of determination, the fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the then unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, and the denominator of which is the Appraised Value of the related Mortgaged Property as determined by an Appraisal thereof.

“Lock-Box Account”: With respect to any Mortgaged Property, if applicable, any account created pursuant to any documents relating to a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan to receive rental or other income generated by the Mortgaged Property. Any Lock-Box Account shall be beneficially owned for federal income tax purposes by the Person who is entitled to receive the reinvestment income or gain thereon in accordance with the terms and provisions of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan and Section 3.07 of this Agreement, which Person shall be taxed on all reinvestment income or gain thereon.

“Lock-Box Agreement”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, the lock-box or other similar agreement, if any, between the related originator(s) and the Mortgagor, pursuant to which the related Lock-Box Account, if any, may have been established.

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

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

“Lower-Tier Principal Balance”: The principal amount of any Lower-Tier Regular Interest outstanding as of any date of determination. As of the Closing Date, the Lower-Tier Principal Balance of each Lower-Tier Regular Interest shall equal the original Lower-Tier Principal Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto. On each Distribution Date, the Lower-Tier Principal Balance of each Lower-Tier Regular Interest shall be permanently reduced by all distributions of principal deemed to have been made in respect of such Lower-Tier Regular Interest on such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(ii) of this Agreement, and shall be further permanently reduced on such Distribution Date by all applicable Realized Losses deemed to have been allocated thereto on such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01(f) of this Agreement, such that at all times the Lower-Tier Principal Balance of a Lower-Tier Regular Interest shall equal the Certificate Balance of the Corresponding Certificates. The Lower-Tier Principal Balance of any Lower-Tier Regular Interest may be increased on a particular Distribution Date as and to the extent contemplated by Section 4.01(g) of this Agreement.

“Lower-Tier Regular Interests”: The respective classes of “regular interests”, within the meaning of Code Section 860G(a)(1), in the Lower-Tier REMIC, designated as the Class LA-1, Class LA-2, Class LA-3, Class LA-S, Class LB, Class LC, Class LD, Class LE-RR, Class LF-RR, Class LG-RR and Class LJ-RR Lower-Tier Regular Interests and, if issued, the Class LVRR Lower-Tier Regular Interest.

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the Loan REMICs), the Loan REMIC Regular Interests, any related REO Property (or a beneficial interest in the applicable portion of the “REO Property” under the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement related to any Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan) acquired in respect thereof and all proceeds of such REO Property allocable to the related Mortgage Loan (other than any such assets held by the Loan REMICs), other property of the Trust Fund related thereto and amounts (other than Excess Interest and any interest or other income earned thereon) held in respect thereof from time to time in the Collection Account, any Serviced Whole Loan Custodial Account, the Interest Reserve Account and the related REO Account, and amounts held from time to time in the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account and the Excess Liquidation Proceeds Reserve Account, in each case excluding the beneficial interest of any Companion Loan Holder in an REO Property and any amounts allocable to the Companion Loans and any interest or other income earned on such amounts allocable to the Companion Loans. Any Threshold Event Collateral posted by a Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan Holder will be part of the Trust Fund but not part of the Grantor Trust or any Trust REMIC.

“Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account”: The account or accounts created and maintained as a separate account (or separate sub-account within the same account as another Distribution Account) or accounts by the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 3.05(b) of this Agreement, which (subject to any changes in the identities of the Trustee and/or the Certificate Administrator) shall be entitled “Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator, on behalf of Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of the registered Holders of Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2, and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account” and which must be an Eligible Account. The Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account shall be an asset of the Lower-Tier REMIC.

“Lower-Tier Residual Interest”: The sole class of “residual interests”, within the meaning of Code Section 860G(a)(2), in the Lower-Tier REMIC and evidenced by the Class R Certificates.

“MAI”: Member of the Appraisal Institute.

“Major Decision”: Collectively:

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

(b)                    any modification, consent to a modification or waiver of any monetary term (including, without limitation, reserve amounts and cash flow triggers, but excluding Penalty Charges which the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, is permitted to waive pursuant to this Agreement) or material non-monetary term (including, without limitation, a modification with respect to the timing of payments and acceptance of discounted payoffs but excluding waiver of Penalty Charges) of a Serviced Loan or any extension of the Maturity Date or Anticipated Repayment Date, as applicable, of any Serviced Loan;

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(c)                     any sale of a Serviced Mortgage Loan that is a Defaulted Mortgage Loan (and any related Serviced Companion Loan) or REO Property (other than in connection with the termination of the Trust Fund) for less than the applicable Purchase Price;

(d)                    any determination to bring an REO Property into compliance with applicable environmental laws or to otherwise address Hazardous Materials located at an REO Property or any approval of a Mortgagor’s determination to bring a Mortgaged Property into compliance with applicable environmental laws or to otherwise address Hazardous Materials located at a Mortgaged Property, to the extent the lender is required to consent to, or approve, any such determination by the Mortgagor under the related Loan Documents;

(e)                     any release of collateral or any acceptance of substitute or additional collateral for a Serviced Loan, or any consent to either of the foregoing, unless such action is otherwise required pursuant to the specific terms of the related Serviced Loan and there is no lender discretion;

(f)                       any waiver of a “due-on-sale” or “due-on-encumbrance” clause with respect to a Serviced Loan or, if lender consent is required, any consent to such waiver or consent to a transfer of the Mortgaged Property or interests in the Mortgagor (including any interests in any applicable mezzanine borrower) or consent to the incurrence of additional debt, other than any such transfer or incurrence of debt as may be effected pursuant to the terms of the related loan agreement and without the consent of the lender under the related loan agreement and for which there is no lender discretion;

(g)                    any approval of property management company changes or franchise changes, in each case to the extent the lender is required to consent to, or approve, such changes under the related Loan Documents, provided that with respect to property management company changes (i) the Serviced Loan has an outstanding principal balance greater than $2,500,000, or (ii) the successor property manager is affiliated with the related Mortgagor;

(h)                    approving any requests for the funding or disbursement of amounts from any escrow accounts, reserve funds or letters of credit (including the funding or disbursement of any such amounts with respect to any of the Mortgage Loans secured by the Mortgaged Properties specifically identified on Exhibit GG), other than (a) customary tax and insurance releases, (b) any other routine and/or customary escrow and reserve fundings or disbursements of amounts less than $175,000 for which the satisfaction of performance-related criteria is not required pursuant to the terms of the related Loan Documents, and (c) any request for a funding or disbursement as mutually agreed upon by the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer;

(i)                        any acceptance of an assumption agreement or any other agreement permitting transfers of interests in a Mortgagor or guarantor releasing a Mortgagor or guarantor from liability under a Serviced Loan other than pursuant to the specific terms of such Serviced Loan and for which there is no lender discretion;

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(j)                        any acceleration of a Serviced Loan or the exercise of any other remedy following a default or an event of default with respect to a Serviced Loan, any initiation of judicial, bankruptcy or similar proceedings under the related Loan Documents or with respect to the related Mortgagor or Mortgaged Property;

(k)                     the determination of the Special Servicer pursuant to clause (b) or clause (g) of the definition of “Specially Serviced Loan”;

(l)                        any modification, waiver or amendment of an intercreditor agreement, Co-Lender Agreement or similar agreement (other than with respect to amendments to split or re-size notes consistent with the terms of the subject Co-Lender Agreement and as to which the consent of the Trust is not required), in each case entered into with any mezzanine lender or Companion Loan Holder or subordinate debt holder related to a Serviced Loan, or an action to enforce rights with respect thereto and in each case, in a manner that materially and adversely affects the Holders of the Control Eligible Certificates or (provided that (i) no related Control Appraisal Period exists or is deemed to exist with respect to the Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan and (ii) no Loan-Specific Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing) the Holders of the Loan-Specific Control Eligible Certificates, except that, if any such modification or amendment would adversely impact the Master Servicer, such modification or amendment will additionally require the consent of the Master Servicer as a condition to its effectiveness;

(m)                  any determination of an Acceptable Insurance Default;

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

(o)                    any modification, waiver or amendment of any lease, the execution of any new lease or the granting of a subordination, non-disturbance and attornment agreement in connection with any lease (other than a Ground Lease) at a Mortgaged Property or REO Property, if (a) the lease affects an area greater than or equal to the lesser of (i) 30,000 square feet and (ii) 30% of the net rentable area of the improvements at the Mortgaged Property or (b) such transaction is not a routine leasing matter, provided, that if lender consent is not required for such transaction pursuant to the related Loan Documents or there is no lender discretion in connection with such transaction, such transaction will not constitute a Major Decision;

(p)                    any consent to incurrence of additional debt by a Mortgagor or mezzanine debt by a direct or indirect parent of a Mortgagor, other than such debt that is permitted pursuant to the specific terms of the related Serviced Loan and for which there is no lender discretion (for the avoidance of doubt, the determination of whether conditions precedent to the right to incur additional debt or additional mezzanine debt will not be a matter of lender discretion);

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(q)                    in the case of any Specially Serviced Loan, any approval of or consent to a grant of an easement or right of way that materially affects the use or value of a Mortgaged Property or a Mortgagor’s ability to make payments with respect to such Specially Serviced Loan;

(r)                       agreeing to any modification, waiver, consent or amendment of the related Serviced Loan in connection with a defeasance if such proposed modification, waiver, consent or amendment is with respect to (i) a waiver of a mortgage loan event of default (but excluding non-monetary events of default other than defaults relating to transfers of interest in the Mortgagor or the existing collateral or material modifications of the existing collateral) that would permit the defeasance of the subject Serviced Loan, (ii) a modification of the type of defeasance collateral required under the related Loan Documents such that defeasance collateral other than direct, non-callable obligations of the United States would be permitted or (iii) a modification that would permit a principal prepayment instead of defeasance if the applicable Loan Documents do not otherwise permit such principal prepayment; and

(s)                    determining whether to permit any Ground Lease modification, amendment or subordination, non-disturbance and attornment agreement or entry into a new Ground Lease other than pursuant to the specific terms of the Serviced Loan and for which there is no lender discretion;

provided, for the avoidance of doubt, that any modification, waiver, consent or amendment by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer that is set forth above as a Major Decision shall constitute a Major Decision regardless of the fact that such action is being taken in connection with a defeasance; and, provided, further, that, in the case of a Serviced Outside Controlled Whole Loan, “Major Decision” shall have the meaning as such term or any analogous term is assigned in the related Co-Lender Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the Controlling Class Representative shall have no consent or consultation rights with respect to Major Decisions with respect to any Excluded Mortgage Loan

“Major Decision Reporting Package”: With respect to any Major Decision, (a) a written report prepared by the Special Servicer describing in reasonable detail (i) the background and circumstances requiring action of the Special Servicer, (ii) the proposed course of action recommended, and (iii) information regarding any direct or indirect conflict of interest in the subject action, and (b) all information in the Special Servicer's possession that is reasonably requested by the party receiving such Major Decision Reporting Package in order for such party to exercise any consultation or consent rights available to such party under this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the Special Servicer may provide the information described in clauses (a)(i) and (a)(ii) above in the form of an Asset Status Report.

“Majority-Owned Affiliate”: A “majority-owned affiliate” as defined under Regulation RR.

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

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“Master Servicer”: Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, or its successor in interest, or any successor Master Servicer appointed as herein provided.

“Master Servicer Decision” means, with respect to a Serviced Mortgage Loan or a Serviced Whole Loan that is not a Specially Serviced Loan:

(a)       any decision or Mortgagor request with respect to:

(i) defeasances,

(ii) collections, record keeping, reporting, payment processing and Companion Loan paying agent functions,

(iii) inspections of Mortgaged Properties,

(iv) property insurance and tax matters,

(v) subjecting the related Mortgaged Property to an easement, right of way or similar agreement for utilities, access, parking, public improvements, or another purpose that, in each case, does not materially affect the use or value of the Mortgaged Property or the Mortgagor’s ability to make payments with respect to the related Mortgage Loan (including a consent to subordination of the related Serviced Loan to such easement, right of way or similar agreement),

(vi) Advances (including nonrecoverability determinations), and

(vii) any note-splitting amendment to a Co-Lender Agreement, and

(b)       any decision the Master Servicer is to make under this Agreement with respect to:

(i) notices of a material default, Material Defect, or Repurchase Request,

(ii) general servicing of the Serviced Loans or Serviced Whole Loans other than:

1. any Mortgagor request not specified in the immediately preceding clause (a),

2. a decision to release any reserve to a Mortgagor if such decision would constitute a Major Decision;

3. a decision to modify or take action (or to refrain from taking action) under any provisions regarding cash trap and lease sweep triggers, removal of a property manager or allocation of casualty or condemnation proceeds;

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4. the calculation of loan-to-value ratio in connection with any principal prepayment or property release or substitution;

5. unless required by the related Loan Documents, a decision to modify any covenant setting reserve level requirements or a decision that a Mortgagor has failed to increase reserve requirements as required by the related Loan Documents;

6. any approval of any casualty insurance settlements (unless such casualty insurance settlements are less than the threshold specified in the related Loan Documents and there is no lender discretion provided for in the related Loan Documents, including determining whether any conditions precedent have been satisfied) or condemnation settlements (unless such condemnation settlements are immaterial and there is no lender discretion provided for in the related Loan Documents, including determining whether any conditions precedent have been satisfied), and any determination to apply casualty proceeds or condemnation awards to the reduction of the debt rather than to the restoration of the Mortgaged Property; or

7. any decision or Mortgagor request related to approving annual budgets for the related Mortgaged Property,

(iii) investment of funds held in accounts held by the Master Servicer,

(iv) the Master Servicer’s compensation, including waivers of compensation due the Master Servicer,

(v) administration of the Master Servicer’s website,

(vi) whether a Servicing Transfer Event has occurred with respect to such Serviced Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan,

(vii) consulting with Companion Loan Holders,

(viii) Sub-Servicing Agreements pursuant to Section 3.01(c), and

(ix) Litigation Control pursuant to Section 3.34.

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

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

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

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“Material Defect”: With respect to any Trust Loan, a Material Breach or a Material Document Defect, as the case may be, with respect to such Trust Loan.

“Material Document Defect”: As defined in Section 2.03(a) of this Agreement.

“Maturity Date”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the maturity date as set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule; and with respect to each Serviced Companion Loan, the Maturity Date for the related Mortgage Loan.

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

“Mediation Services Provider”: As defined in Section 2.03(h)(i).

“Modification Fees”: With respect to any Serviced Loan, any and all fees collected from the related Mortgagor with respect to a modification, extension, waiver or amendment that modifies, extends, amends or waives any term of the Loan Documents (as evidenced by a signed writing) agreed to by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, other than (a) any Assumption Fees, Consent Fees or assumption application fees and (b) any fee in connection with a defeasance of such Serviced Loan.

“Modified Asset”: Any Serviced Loan as to which any Servicing Transfer Event has occurred and which has been modified by the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.24 of this Agreement in a manner that:

(a)       affects the amount or timing of any payment of principal or interest due thereon (other than, or in addition to, bringing Monthly Payments current with respect to such Serviced Loan);

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

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

“Monthly Payment”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable (other than any REO Mortgage Loan or REO Companion Loan), and any Due Date, the scheduled monthly payment of principal (if any) and interest at the related Mortgage Rate, which is payable by the related Mortgagor on such Due Date under the related Note or Notes, exclusive of any Balloon Payment. The Monthly Payment with respect to any Due Date for (i) an REO Mortgage Loan or REO Companion Loan or (ii) any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan that is delinquent at its respective Maturity Date and with respect to which the Special Servicer has not entered into an extension, shall be the monthly payment that would otherwise

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have been payable on such Due Date had the related Note not been discharged or the related Maturity Date had not been reached, as the case may be, determined as set forth in the preceding sentence and on the assumption that all other amounts, if any, due thereunder are paid when due. The Monthly Payment for any Serviced Whole Loan is the aggregate Monthly Payment for the related Mortgage Loan and Serviced Companion Loan(s).

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

“Mortgage”: The mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument creating a first lien on or first priority ownership interest in a Mortgaged Property securing the Note(s) evidencing a Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan.

“Mortgage File”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or the related Serviced Whole Loan, subject to Section 2.01(b), collectively the following documents:

(1)       (A) the original executed Note for such Mortgage Loan (and, in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan, the original executed Mortgage Note for the related Trust Subordinate Companion Loan), endorsed on its face or by allonge thereto (without recourse, representation or warranty, express or implied) to the order of Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee, on behalf of the registered Holders of Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2 [IF THE UNCERTIFICATED VRR INTEREST IS ISSUED: and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner]” or in blank, and further showing a complete, unbroken chain of endorsement from the originator (if such originator is not the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller) (or, alternatively, if the original executed Note has been lost, a lost note affidavit and indemnity with a copy of such Note), and (B) if such Mortgage Loan is part of a Serviced Whole Loan, a copy of the executed Note for each related Serviced Companion Loan held outside the Trust;

(2)       an original or copy of the Mortgage, together with originals or copies of any and all intervening assignments thereof, in each case (unless the particular item has not been returned from the applicable recording office) with evidence of recording indicated thereon or certified by the applicable recorder’s office;

(3)       an original or copy of any related Assignment of Leases (if such item is a document separate from the Mortgage), together with originals or copies of any and all intervening assignments thereof, in each case (unless the particular item has not been returned from the applicable recording office) with evidence of recording indicated thereon or certified by the applicable recorder’s office;

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(4)       an original executed assignment, in recordable form (except for missing recording information not yet available if the instrument being assigned has not been returned from the applicable recording office), of (A) the Mortgage and (B) any related Assignment of Leases (if such item is a document separate from the Mortgage), in favor of “Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee, on behalf of the registered Holders of Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2 [IF THE UNCERTIFICATED VRR INTEREST IS ISSUED: and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner] [IF APPLICABLE: and the holder of the related Serviced Companion Loan, as their interests may appear]” or in blank, or a copy of such assignment if the related Mortgage Loan Seller or its designee, rather than the Trustee, is responsible for recording such assignment; provided, however, that with respect to a Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan, each such assignment shall be executed in blank until the earliest of (A) the related Servicing Shift Date, (B) such Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan becoming a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan, and (C) 180 days after the Closing Date;

(5)       the original assignment of all unrecorded documents relating to the Mortgage Loan (or the related Serviced Whole Loan, if applicable), in favor of “Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee, on behalf of the registered Holders of Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2 [IF THE UNCERTIFICATED VRR INTEREST IS ISSUED: and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner] [IF APPLICABLE: and the holder of the related Serviced Companion Loan, as their interests may appear]”; provided, however, that with respect to a Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan, each such assignment shall be executed in blank until the earliest of (A) the related Servicing Shift Date, (B) such Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan becoming a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan, and (C) 180 days after the Closing Date;

(6)       originals or copies of final written modification agreements in those instances where the terms or provisions of the Note for such Mortgage Loan (or, if applicable, any Note of a Serviced Whole Loan) or the related Mortgage have been modified, in each case (unless the particular item has not been returned from the applicable recording office) with evidence of recording indicated thereon if the instrument being modified is a recordable document;

(7)       the original or a copy of the policy or certificate of lender’s title insurance issued in connection with such Mortgage Loan (or the related Serviced Whole Loan, if applicable) or, if such policy has not been issued or located, an irrevocable, binding commitment (which may be a “marked-up” pro forma title policy marked as binding and executed by an authorized representative of the title insurer or an agreement to provide the same pursuant to binding escrow instructions executed by an authorized representative of the title insurer) to issue such title insurance policy;

(8)       an original or copy of the related Ground Lease relating to such Mortgage Loan (or the related Serviced Whole Loan, if applicable), if any, and any ground lessor estoppel;

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(9)       an original or copy of the related Loan Agreement, if any;

(10)     an original of any guaranty under such Mortgage Loan or the related Serviced Whole Loan, if any;

(11)     an original or copy of the lock box agreement or cash management agreement relating to such Mortgage Loan or the related Serviced Whole Loan, if any;

(12)     an original or copy of the environmental indemnity from the related Mortgagor, if any;

(13)     an original or copy of the related escrow agreement and the related security agreement (in each case, if such item is a document separate from the Mortgage) and, if applicable, the originals or copies of any intervening assignments thereof;

(14)     an original assignment of the related security agreement (if such item is a document separate from the Mortgage and if such item is not included in the assignment described in clause (5)), in favor of “Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee, on behalf of the registered Holders of Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2 [IF THE UNCERTIFICATED VRR INTEREST IS ISSUED: and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner] [IF APPLICABLE: and the holder of the related Serviced Companion Loan, as their interests may appear]”; provided, however, that with respect to a Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan, each such assignment shall be executed in blank until the earliest of (A) the related Servicing Shift Date, (B) such Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan becoming a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan, and (C) 180 days after the Closing Date;

(15)     any filed copies (bearing evidence of filing) or evidence of filing of any UCC financing statements in favor of the originator of such Mortgage Loan (or the related Serviced Whole Loan, if applicable) or in favor of any assignee prior to the Trustee, and an original UCC-3 assignment thereof, in form suitable for filing, in favor of the Trustee (or, in each case, a copy thereof, certified to be the copy of such assignment submitted or to be submitted for filing);

(16)     in the case of any Mortgage Loan or the related Serviced Whole Loan as to which there exists a related mezzanine loan, the original or a copy of the related intercreditor agreement;

(17)     an original or copy of any related environmental insurance policy;

(18)     a copy of any letter of credit relating to such Mortgage Loan or the related Serviced Whole Loan and any related assignment thereof (with the original to be delivered to the Master Servicer);

(19)     copies of any related franchise agreement, property management agreement or hotel management agreement and related comfort letters (together with (i) copies of any notices of transfer that are necessary to transfer or assign to the Trust or the Trustee the benefits of such comfort letter or (ii) if the related comfort letter contemplates that a request

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be made of the related franchisor to issue a replacement comfort letter for the benefit of the Trust or Trustee, a copy of the notice requesting the issuance of such replacement comfort letter (the copy of such notice shall be delivered by the related Mortgage Loan Seller to the Custodian for inclusion in the Mortgage File within the time period set forth in the penultimate paragraph of Section 2.01(b)), with the original of any replacement comfort letter to be included in the Mortgage File following receipt thereof by the Master Servicer) and/or estoppel letters relating to such Mortgage Loan or the related Serviced Whole Loan and any related assignment thereof;

(20)       in the case of a Whole Loan, an original or a copy of the related Co-Lender Agreement; and

(21)       with respect to each of the PetSmart HQ Mortgage Loan and the Patewood Corporate Center Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage File shall include a copy of (A) the PetSmart HQ REMIC Declaration or the Patewood Corporate Center REMIC Declaration, as applicable, (B) the filed Form 8811 with respect to the PetSmart HQ REMIC or the Patewood Corporate Center REMIC, as applicable and (C) the Notice of Taxpayer Identification Number assigned with respect to the PetSmart HQ REMIC or the Patewood Corporate Center REMIC, as applicable, and the related Form SS-4.

provided that, whenever the term “Mortgage File” is used to refer to documents actually received by the Certificate Administrator or a Custodian appointed thereby, such term shall not be deemed to include such documents and instruments required to be included therein unless they are actually so received. For the avoidance of doubt, references to the Mortgage File for any Trust Subordinate Companion Loan(s) shall refer to the Mortgage File for the related Mortgage Loan, and shall include the Mortgage Note(s) evidencing such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan.

“Mortgage Loan”: Each of the mortgage loans transferred and assigned to the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.01 and from time to time held in the Trust Fund (other than the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan), the mortgage loans originally so transferred, assigned and held being identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as of the Cut-Off Date. Such term shall include any Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan, REO Mortgage Loan or defeased Mortgage Loan and each Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan (but not the Companion Loans). For the avoidance of doubt, no Retained Defeasance Rights and Obligations will be part of a “Mortgage Loan” or an asset of the Trust. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, with respect to each Co-sponsored Mortgage Loan (which consists of two or more separate Notes contributed to the Trust by the related Applicable Co-sponsors), the term “Mortgage Loan” shall mean the entire such Co-sponsored Mortgage Loan, except that for the purposes of determining any rights or obligations of any related Applicable Co-sponsor with respect to such Co-sponsored Mortgage Loan under this Agreement or such Applicable Co-sponsor’s Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, except as otherwise provided in Section 11.02(b), the term “Mortgage Loan” shall refer to the portion of such Co-sponsored Mortgage Loan evidenced by the related Note(s) contributed to the Trust by such Applicable Co-sponsor and such promissory note(s) shall be treated like a separate Mortgage Loan.

“Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement”: The CREFI Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the GSMC Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the JPMCB Mortgage Loan Purchase

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Agreement, the GACC Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the Barclays Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the BMO Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the 3650 REIT Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, as applicable.

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

(i)                        the Loan Number;

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

(iii)                   the Cut-Off Date Balance;

(iv)                 the original Mortgage Rate;

(v)                     the (A) remaining term to maturity/ARD and (B) Maturity Date/ARD;

(vi)                   in the case of a Balloon Loan, the remaining amortization term;

(vii)              the Servicing Fee Rate (which may be presented as consisting of the following separate components: “Master Servicing Fee Rate (%)”, “Primary Servicing Fee Rate (%)”, “Subservicing Fee Rate (%)” and “Outside Servicing Fee Rate (%)”) (separately identifying any primary servicing fee rate or subservicing fee rate included in the Servicing Fee Rate, and in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, separately identifying the Servicing Fee Rate applicable to the related Serviced Companion Loan in such Serviced Whole Loan, and in the case of an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, separately identifying the primary servicing fee rate payable to the Outside Servicer);

(viii)            the Mortgage Loan Seller(s);

(ix)                    whether the Mortgage Loan is cross-collateralized and the cross-collateralized group it belongs to;

(x)                      whether the Mortgage Loan is an ARD Mortgage Loan;

(xi)                    the ARD Mortgage Loan final Maturity Date, if applicable;

(xii)                 the Revised Rate, if applicable;

(xiii)              whether such Mortgage Loan is part of a Serviced Whole Loan, in which case the information required by clauses (iii), (iv), (v), (vi) and (vii) above shall also be set forth for the Serviced Companion Loan in the related Serviced Whole Loan; and

(xiv)             whether the related Mortgaged Property is in a flood zone and, if applicable, the flood zone code thereof.

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“Mortgage Loan Seller”: Each of CREFI, GSMC, JPMCB, GACC, Barclays, BMO and 3650 REIT, and their respective successors in interest.

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

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

“Mortgage Rate”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan (including an REO Mortgage Loan) or Serviced Companion Loan (including an REO Companion Loan), the per annum rate at which interest accrues (or, if and while it is an REO Mortgage Loan or REO Companion Loan, is deemed to accrue) on such Mortgage Loan (which, in the case of the Scottsdale Fashion Square Mortgage Loan, is the weighted average of the interest rates of the respective Scottsdale Components) or Serviced Companion Loan, as the case may be, as stated in the related Note or Co-Lender Agreement (or, in the case of the Scottsdale Components, the related Mortgage Loan documents), in each case without giving effect to the Default Rate, any Excess Interest or any Revised Rate with respect to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, as the case may be.

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

“Mortgagor”: The obligor or obligors on a Note evidencing a Trust Loan and any related Note(s) in favor of any related Companion Loan Holder(s), including, without limitation, any Person that has acquired the related Mortgaged Property and assumed the obligations of the original obligor under such Note evidencing a Trust Loan and any such Note(s) in favor of any related Companion Loan Holder(s).

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

“Net Condemnation Proceeds”: The Condemnation Proceeds received with respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan (including an REO Mortgage Loan or REO Companion Loan) net of the amount of (i) costs and expenses incurred with respect thereto and (ii) amounts required to be applied to the restoration or repair of the related Mortgaged Property; provided that, in the case of an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, “Net Condemnation Proceeds” under this Agreement shall be limited to any related Condemnation Proceeds that are received by the Trust Fund in connection with such Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, pursuant to the allocations set forth in the related Co-Lender Agreement.

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“Net Insurance Proceeds”: Insurance Proceeds, to the extent such proceeds are not to be applied to the restoration of the related Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgagor in accordance with the express requirements of the Mortgage or Note or other Loan Documents included in the Mortgage File or in accordance with the Servicing Standard, or with respect to the environmental insurance policy, applied to pay any costs, expenses, penalties, fines or similar items; provided that, in the case of an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, “Net Insurance Proceeds” under this Agreement shall be limited to any related Insurance Proceeds that are received by the Trust Fund in connection with such Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, pursuant to the allocations set forth in the related Co-Lender Agreement.

“Net Liquidation Proceeds”: The Liquidation Proceeds received by the Trust Fund with respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan (including an REO Mortgage Loan or REO Companion Loan) net of the amount of Liquidation Expenses incurred with respect thereto.

“Net Mortgage Rate”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan (including any successor REO Mortgage Loan with respect thereto) or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (including any successor REO Companion Loan with respect thereto), the per annum rate equal to the related Mortgage Rate minus the related Administrative Cost Rate.

“Net Mortgage Pass-Through Rate”: (a) With respect to any Mortgage Loan (including any successor REO Mortgage Loan with respect thereto) or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (including any successor REO Companion Loan with respect thereto) that accrues interest on a 30/360 Basis, for any Distribution Date, the Net Mortgage Rate in effect for such Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan during the one-month accrual period applicable to the Due Date for such Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan that occurs in the same month as that Distribution Date; and (b) with respect to any Mortgage Loan (including any successor REO Mortgage Loan with respect thereto) or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (including any successor REO Companion Loan with respect thereto) that accrues interest on an Actual/360 Basis, for any Distribution Date, the annualized rate at which interest would have to accrue in respect of such Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan on a 30/360 Basis in order to produce the aggregate amount of interest actually accrued (or, in the event of a voluntary or involuntary principal prepayment affecting same, that otherwise would have accrued) in respect of such Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (adjusted to the related Net Mortgage Rate and, if applicable, exclusive of any Excess Interest) during the one-month accrual period applicable to the Due Date for such Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan that occurs in the same month as that Distribution Date. However, with respect to each Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan that accrues interest on an Actual/360 Basis, when determining: (i) the related Net Mortgage Pass-Through Rate for the Distribution Date in January (except during a leap year) or February of any year beginning in 2024 (in any event unless that Distribution Date is the final Distribution Date), the “aggregate amount of interest actually accrued (or, in the event of a voluntary or involuntary principal prepayment affecting same, that otherwise would have accrued)”, as referred to in clause (b) of the preceding sentence, shall be deemed to exclude related Withheld Amounts to be transferred to the Interest Reserve Account in such month; and (ii) the related Net Mortgage Pass-Through Rate for the Distribution Date in March (or in February if the final Distribution Date occurs in such particular month of February) in any year, beginning in 2024, the “aggregate amount of interest

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actually accrued (or, in the event of a voluntary or involuntary principal prepayment affecting same, that otherwise would have accrued)”, as referred to in clause (b) of the preceding sentence, shall be deemed to include related Withheld Amounts to be deposited in the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account (or the related Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Distribution Account, if applicable) for distribution on such Distribution Date. In addition, the Net Mortgage Pass-Through Rate with respect to any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan for any Distribution Date shall be determined without regard to: (i) any modification, waiver or amendment of the terms of such Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, whether agreed to by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, an Outside Servicer or an Outside Special Servicer or resulting from a bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding involving the related borrower; (ii) the occurrence and continuation of a default under such Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (iii) the passage of the related maturity date or, in the case of an ARD Mortgage Loan, the related Anticipated Repayment Date; and (iv) the related Mortgaged Property becoming an REO Property. With respect to any Loan REMIC Held Mortgage Loan, the computations set forth above shall be made with respect to the related Loan REMIC Regular Interest instead of with respect to such Loan REMIC Held Mortgage Loan.

“Net Operating Income”: With respect to any Mortgaged Property, for any Mortgagor’s fiscal year end, Net Operating Income will be calculated in accordance with the standard definition of “Net Operating Income” approved from time to time endorsed and put forth by CREFC^®.

“Net REO Proceeds”: With respect to each REO Property and any related REO Mortgage Loan or REO Companion Loan, REO Proceeds received by the Trust Fund with respect to such REO Property, REO Mortgage Loan or REO Companion Loan (other than the proceeds of a liquidation thereof), net of any insurance premiums, taxes, assessments, ground rents and other costs and expenses permitted to be paid therefrom pursuant to Section 3.16(b) of this Agreement; provided that, in the case of an REO Property that relates to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, “Net REO Proceeds” under this Agreement shall be limited to any REO Proceeds that are received by the Trust Fund in connection with such Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, pursuant to the allocations set forth in the related Co-Lender Agreement.

“New Lease”: Any lease of REO Property entered into on behalf of the Trust Fund, including any lease renewed or extended on behalf of the Trust Fund, if the Trust Fund has the right to renegotiate the terms of such lease.

“Non-Book Entry Certificates”: As defined in Section 5.02(c)(iii) of this Agreement.

“Non-Conforming Policy”: As defined in Section 3.08(a) of this Agreement.

“Non-Exempt Person” shall mean any Person other than a Person who either (i) is a U.S. person or (ii) has provided to the Certificate Administrator for the relevant year such duly executed form(s) or statement(s) which may, from time to time, be prescribed by law and which, pursuant to applicable provisions of (A) any income tax treaty between the United States and the country of residence of such Person, (B) the Code or (C) any applicable rules or regulations in effect under clauses (A) or (B) above, permit the Certificate Administrator to make such payments

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free of any obligation or liability for withholding, provided that duly executed form(s) provided to the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 5.03(o)(ii), shall be sufficient to evidence that such providing Person is not a Non-Exempt Person.

“Non-Reduced Certificates”: As of any date of determination, any Class of Principal Balance Certificates then outstanding for which (a)(1) the initial Certificate Balance of such Class of Certificates minus (2) the sum (without duplication) of (x) the aggregate payments of principal (whether as principal prepayments or otherwise) previously distributed to the Holders of such Class of Certificates as of such date of determination, (y) any Appraisal Reduction Amounts allocated to such Class of Certificates as of such date of determination and (z) any applicable Realized Losses previously allocated to such Class of Certificates as of such date of determination, is equal to or greater than (b) 25% of the remainder of (i) the initial Certificate Balance of such Class of Certificates less (ii) any payments of principal (whether as principal prepayments or otherwise) previously distributed to the Holders of that Class of Certificates as of such date of determination. For the avoidance of doubt, no Trust Subordinate Companion Loans will be included in the Trust Fund and no Loan-Specific Certificates will be issued under this Agreement. Accordingly, all references to “Non-Reduced Loan-Specific Certificate” and “Non-Reduced Loan-Specific Certificates” in this Agreement should be ignored.

“Non-Reduced Loan-Specific Certificates”: As of any date of determination, any Class of Loan-Specific Principal Balance Certificates then outstanding for which (a) (1) the initial Certificate Balance of such Class of Loan-Specific Principal Balance Certificates minus (2) the sum (without duplication) of (x) the aggregate payments of principal (whether as principal prepayments or otherwise) previously distributed to the Holders of such Class of Loan-Specific Principal Balance Certificates as of such date of determination, (y) any Appraisal Reduction Amounts allocated to such Class of Loan-Specific Principal Balance Certificates as of the date of determination and (z) any applicable Realized Losses previously allocated to such class of Loan-Specific Principal Balance Certificates, is equal to or greater than (b) 25% of the remainder of (i) the initial Certificate Balance of such Class of Loan-Specific Principal Balance Certificates less (ii) any payments of principal (whether as principal prepayments or otherwise) previously distributed to the Holders of such Class of Loan-Specific Principal Balance Certificates. For the avoidance of doubt, no Trust Subordinate Companion Loans will be included in the Trust Fund and no Loan-Specific Certificates will be issued under this Agreement. Accordingly, all references to “Non-Reduced Loan-Specific Certificate” and “Non-Reduced Loan-Specific Certificates” in this Agreement should be ignored.

“Non-Specially Serviced Loan”: A Trust Loan that is not, and is not part of, a Specially Serviced Loan.

“Non-U.S. Beneficial Ownership Certification”: As defined in Section 5.03(f) of this Agreement.

“Non-U.S. Tax Person”: A person other than a U.S. Tax Person.

“Non-Vertically Retained Percentage”: An amount expressed as a percentage equal to 100% less the Vertically Retained Percentage. For the avoidance of doubt, at all times, the sum

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of the Vertically Retained Percentage and the Non-Vertically Retained Percentage shall equal 100%.

“Non-Vertically Retained Available Funds”: With respect to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the Non-Vertically Retained Percentage of the Aggregate Available Funds for such Distribution Date.

“Non-Vertically Retained Certificates”: All Certificates other than the Class VRR Certificates.

“Non-Vertically Retained Principal Balance Certificates”: All Principal Balance Certificates other than the Class VRR Certificates.

“Non-Vertically Retained Regular Certificates”: The Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class X-A, Class X-D, Class A-S, Class B, Class C, Class D, Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR and Class J-RR Certificates, collectively.

“Non-Vertically Retained Yield Maintenance Charge”: As defined in Section 4.01(d)(ii).

“Nonrecoverable Advance”: Any Nonrecoverable P&I Advance or Nonrecoverable Property Advance. Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts shall constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance only when the Person making such determination in accordance with the procedures specified in Section 3.20 and 4.06, the definition of Nonrecoverable P&I Advance or the definition of Nonrecoverable Property Advance, as applicable, and taking into account factors such as all other outstanding Advances, either (a) has determined that such Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts, would not ultimately be recoverable from late collections or any other recovery on or in respect of the related Trust Loan or Serviced Whole Loan or REO Property, as applicable, or (b) has determined that such Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount, along with any other Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts (that have not been reimbursed to the party that made such Advance) or unreimbursed Nonrecoverable Advances, would not be ultimately recoverable from the principal portion of future general collections on the applicable Trust Loan(s) and REO Property or Properties. For the avoidance of doubt, any non-recoverability determination with respect to a Trust Subordinate Companion Loan shall take into account the subordinate nature of such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan.

“Nonrecoverable P&I Advance”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan (or any successor REO Mortgage Loan with respect thereto) or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (or any successor REO Companion Loan with respect thereto), any P&I Advance previously made or proposed to be made in respect of such Mortgage Loan (or any successor REO Mortgage Loan with respect thereto) or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (or any successor REO Companion Loan with respect thereto), as applicable, or a related REO Mortgage Loan by the Master Servicer or the Trustee, which P&I Advance such party or the Special Servicer has determined pursuant to and in accordance with Section 4.06 of this Agreement, would not or will not be ultimately recoverable from late payments, Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds, or any other recovery on or in respect of such Mortgage Loan (or any successor REO

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Mortgage Loan with respect thereto) or such Subordinate Trust Companion Loan (or any successor REO Companion Loan with respect thereto), as the case may be.

“Nonrecoverable Property Advance”: Any Property Advance (including any Emergency Advance) previously made or proposed to be made in respect of a Serviced Mortgage Loan, Serviced Whole Loan or REO Property by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, which Property Advance the advancing party (or, in the case of an Emergency Advance made by the Special Servicer pursuant to the proviso to the penultimate sentence of Section 3.20(e), the reimbursing party) or, if different, the Special Servicer has determined pursuant to and in accordance with Section 3.20 of this Agreement, would not or will not, as applicable, be ultimately recoverable from late payments, Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds, or any other recovery on or in respect of such Serviced Mortgage Loan, Serviced Whole Loan or REO Property, as the case may be. Any Property Advance (including any Emergency Advance) that is not required to be repaid by the related Mortgagor under the terms of the related Loan Documents shall be deemed to be a Nonrecoverable Advance for purposes of the Master Servicer’s, the Special Servicer’s or the Trustee’s entitlement to reimbursement for such Advance. In the case of an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan or any related REO Property, the term “Nonrecoverable Property Advance” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the Outside Servicing Agreement.

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

“Notice of Termination”: Any of the notices given to the Certificate Administrator by the Master Servicer, the Depositor or any Holder of a Class R Certificate pursuant to Section 9.01(c).

“Notifying Party”: As defined in Section 3.01(i).

“Notional Amount”: For any date of determination, (a) with respect to the Class X-A Certificates, the Class X-A Notional Amount, and (b) with respect to the Class X-D Certificates, the Class X-D Notional Amount.

“NRSRO”: A nationally recognized statistical rating organization within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act.

“NRSRO Certification”: A certification executed by an NRSRO (other than a Rating Agency) in favor of the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider substantially in the form attached as Exhibit M-5 hereto that states that such NRSRO has provided the Depositor with the appropriate certifications pursuant to paragraph (e) of Rule 17g-5 under the Exchange Act and that such NRSRO will keep any information obtained from the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website confidential, except to the extent such information has been made available to the general public. Each NRSRO shall be deemed to recertify to the foregoing each time it accesses the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website.

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“OCC”: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and its successors in interest.

“Offering Circular”: The offering circular dated May 9, 2023 relating to the Private Certificates (other than the Class VRR Certificates, the Class S Certificates and the Loan-Specific Certificates).

“Officer’s Certificate”: With respect to any Person, a certificate signed by an authorized officer of such Person or, in the case of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, a Servicing Officer, and delivered to the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be.

“Operating Advisor”: BellOak, LLC, a California limited liability company, or its successor in interest, or any successor Operating Advisor appointed as herein provided.

“Operating Advisor Annual Report”: As defined in Section 3.29(e) of this Agreement.

“Operating Advisor Consultation Trigger Event”: With respect to any Serviced Loan, the event that occurs when the aggregate Certificate Balance of the HRR Interest (as notionally reduced by any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amount then allocable to the HRR Interest in accordance with Section 3.10(a) of this Agreement) is 25% or less of the initial aggregate Certificate Balance of the HRR Interest; provided that an Operating Advisor Consultation Trigger Event shall at all times be deemed to exist with respect to Excluded Mortgage Loans; and provided, further, that, in the case of an EHRI Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Securitization, an Operating Advisor Consultation Trigger Event shall also exist with respect to the related Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan if and for so long as a related Loan-Specific Operating Advisor Consultation Trigger Event exists.

“Operating Advisor Consulting Fee”: A fee for each Major Decision on which the Operating Advisor has consultation rights equal to $10,000 or such lesser amount as the related Mortgagor pays with respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan, if applicable), payable pursuant to Section 3.06(a) and Section 3.06A(a) of this Agreement; provided, that the Operating Advisor Consulting Fee shall be payable only to the extent such fee is actually received from the related Mortgagor as a separately identifiable fee; provided, further that the Operating Advisor may in its sole discretion reduce the Operating Advisor Consulting Fee with respect to any Major Decision; and provided, further that the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, may waive or reduce the amount of any Operating Advisor Consulting Fee payable by the related Mortgagor if it determines that such full or partial waiver is in accordance with the Servicing Standard (provided that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall consult with the Operating Advisor on a non-binding basis prior to any such waiver or reduction).

“Operating Advisor Fee”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan (or any successor REO Mortgage Loan with respect thereto) and any Distribution Date, an amount accrued during the related Interest Accrual Period at the applicable Operating Advisor Fee Rate on, in the case of the initial Distribution Date, the Cut-Off Date Balance of such Mortgage Loan and, in the case of

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any subsequent Distribution Date, the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the close of business on the Distribution Date in the related Interest Accrual Period; provided that such amounts shall be computed for the same period and on the same interest accrual basis respecting which any related interest payment due or deemed due on the related Mortgage Loan is computed and shall be prorated for partial periods. Such fee shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other fee or other sum payable to the Operating Advisor under this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the Operating Advisor Fee shall be payable from the Lower-Tier REMIC and shall not accrue on the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan.

“Operating Advisor Fee Rate”: With respect to each Interest Accrual Period, a rate equal to 0.00174% per annum with respect to each Mortgage Loan (or any successor REO Mortgage Loan with respect thereto). The Operating Advisor Fee shall not accrue on the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan.

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

“Operating Advisor Standard”: As defined in Section 3.29(b) of this Agreement.

“Operating Advisor Termination Event”: As defined in Section 7.06(a) of this Agreement.

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

“Opting-Out Party”: As defined in Section 6.09(h) of this Agreement.

“Other 17g-5 Information Provider”: The applicable other “17g-5 information provider” under an Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to a Serviced Companion Loan.

“Other Asset Representations Reviewer”: Any party acting as “asset representations reviewer” (within the meaning of Item 1101(m) of Regulation AB) under an Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

“Other Crossed Loans”: As defined in Section 2.03(a) of this Agreement.

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“Other Depositor”: With respect to a Serviced Companion Loan or a Serviced Whole Loan, the “depositor” (within the meaning of Item 1101(e) of Regulation AB) of any related Other Securitization Trust.

“Other Exchange Act Reporting Party”: With respect to any Other Securitization Trust that is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, the trustee, certificate administrator, master servicer, special servicer or depositor under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement that is responsible for the preparation and/or filing of Form 8-K, Form 10-D, Form ABS-EE and Form 10-K with respect to such Other Securitization Trust, as identified in writing to the parties to this Agreement; and, with respect to any Other Securitization Trust that is not subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, the trustee, certificate administrator, master servicer, special servicer or depositor under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement that is responsible for the preparation and/or dissemination of periodic distribution date statements or similar reports, as identified in writing to the parties to this Agreement.

“Other Indemnified Party”: As defined in Section 8.05(c) of this Agreement.

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

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

“Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement”: With respect to a Serviced Companion Loan or the related Serviced Whole Loan, the pooling and servicing agreement or other comparable agreement governing the creation of any related Other Securitization Trust and the issuance of securities backed by the assets of such Other Securitization Trust, but not the servicing of such Serviced Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loan or the related Mortgage Loan.

“Other PSA Asset Review”: With respect to any Serviced Companion Loan, any review of representations and warranties with respect to such Serviced Companion Loan conducted by any related Other Asset Representations Reviewer.

“Other Securitization Trust”: Any “issuing entity” (within the meaning of Item 1101(f) of Regulation AB) that holds a Serviced Companion Loan or successor REO Companion Loan (or any portion thereof or interest therein), as identified in writing to the parties to this Agreement.

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

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

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

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“Outside Certificate Administrator”: With respect to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, the certificate administrator under the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement.

“Outside Controlling Note Holder”: With respect to any Whole Loan that is, and only for so long as such Whole Loan is, a Serviced Outside Controlled Whole Loan, at any such time, the holder of the related controlling note (regardless of whether such note evidences a Pari Passu Companion Loan or a Subordinate Companion Loan) or such holder’s designated representative; provided that if, with respect to any Serviced Outside Controlled Whole Loan, the related controlling note is included in a securitization trust, the Outside Controlling Note Holder shall be the party designated under the pooling and servicing agreement, trust and servicing agreement or comparable agreement governing the securitization of the related controlling note as authorized to exercise the rights of the holder of the related controlling note; and provided, further, that the right of any such designated party to exercise some or all of such rights may terminate or shift to another designated party upon the occurrence of certain trigger events if and to the extent set forth in the pooling and servicing agreement, trust and servicing agreement or comparable agreement governing the securitization of the related controlling note. With respect to each Servicing Shift Whole Loan, the holder of the related controlling note (regardless of whether such note evidences a Pari Passu Companion Loan or a Subordinate Companion Loan) will (i) be an Outside Controlling Note Holder prior to the related Servicing Shift Date and (ii) cease to be an Outside Controlling Note Holder on and after the related Servicing Shift Date. With respect to each Serviced AB Whole Loan (other than a Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan), the holder of a related Subordinate Companion Loan will be an Outside Controlling Note Holder for so long as such Subordinate Companion Loan (or, in the case of a Serviced AB Whole Loan with multiple Subordinate Companion Loans, at least one such Subordinate Companion Loan) is not the subject of a “control appraisal period” (or analogous concept) and not held by a “borrower-related party” (or analogous concept), in any event under the related Co-Lender Agreement.

“Outside Custodian”: With respect to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, the custodian under the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement.

“Outside Depositor”: With respect to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, the depositor under the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement.

“Outside Operating Advisor”: With respect to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, the operating advisor under the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement.

“Outside Paying Agent”: With respect to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, the paying agent under the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement.

“Outside Securitization Trust”: With respect to any Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, the “issuing entity” (within the meaning of Item 1101(f) of Regulation AB) that holds a related Outside Serviced Companion Loan (or any portion thereof or interest therein) and is created under the related Outside Servicing Agreement.

“Outside Service Providers”: With respect to any Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, the related Outside Trustee, Outside Custodian, Outside Certificate Administrator, Outside

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Paying Agent, Outside Servicer, Outside Special Servicer and any sub-servicer of any of the foregoing.

“Outside Serviced Co-Lender Agreement”: The Co-Lender Agreement for an Outside Serviced Whole Loan. With respect to each Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan and the related Servicing Shift Whole Loan, the related Co-Lender Agreement shall be an Outside Serviced Co-Lender Agreement on and after the related Servicing Shift Date.

“Outside Serviced Companion Loan”: Any Companion Loan that is part of an Outside Serviced Whole Loan. With respect to each Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan and the related Servicing Shift Whole Loan, each related Companion Loan shall be an Outside Serviced Companion Loan on and after the related Servicing Shift Date.

“Outside Serviced Whole Loan”: Any Whole Loan that is not serviced under this Agreement, but instead is being serviced pursuant to the pooling and servicing agreement, trust and servicing agreement or other comparable agreement governing the securitization of a related Companion Loan (whether by itself or with other mortgage assets), or pursuant to any successor servicing agreement contemplated by the related Co-Lender Agreement. The only Outside Serviced Whole Loans related to the Trust as of the Closing Date are the Whole Loans as to which “Outside Serviced” is set forth in the Whole Loan Table under the column heading “Servicing Type.” Each Servicing Shift Whole Loan shall be an Outside Serviced Whole Loan on and after the related Servicing Shift Date.

“Outside Serviced Whole Loan Noteholders”: With respect to an Outside Serviced Whole Loan, the holder of the related Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan and the holder(s) of the related Outside Serviced Companion Loan(s), collectively.

“Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan”: Any Mortgage Loan that is part of an Outside Serviced Whole Loan. Each Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan shall be an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan on and after the related Servicing Shift Date.

“Outside Servicer”: With respect to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, the master servicer under the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement.

“Outside Servicing Agreement”: With respect to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan or the related Outside Serviced Whole Loan, the pooling and servicing agreement, trust and servicing agreement or other comparable agreement governing the creation of an Outside Securitization Trust that includes a related Outside Serviced Companion Loan, the issuance of securities backed by the assets of such Outside Securitization Trust and the servicing of such Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, such Outside Serviced Whole Loan and the related Outside Serviced Companion Loan(s), or any successor servicing agreement with respect to such Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, such Outside Serviced Whole Loan and the related Outside Serviced Companion Loan(s) contemplated by the related Co-Lender Agreement. The only Outside Servicing Agreements related to the Trust as of the Closing Date are identified in the Whole Loan Table under the column heading “Outside Servicing Agreement.” With respect to each Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan and the related Servicing Shift Whole Loan, on or after the related Servicing

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Shift Date, the related Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be an Outside Servicing Agreement.

“Outside Special Servicer”: With respect to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, the special servicer under the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement.

“Outside Trustee”: With respect to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, the trustee under the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement.

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

“P&I Advance”: As to any Trust Loan (including any Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan and any REO Trust Loan), any advance made by the Master Servicer or the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.06 of this Agreement. Each reference to the payment or reimbursement of a P&I Advance shall be deemed to include, whether or not specifically referred to but without duplication, payment or reimbursement of interest thereon at the Advance Rate to but excluding the date of payment or reimbursement.

“Pari Passu Companion Loan”: A Companion Loan that, pursuant to the related Loan Documents and/or the related Co-Lender Agreement, is pari passu in right of payment to the related Split Mortgage Loan. The only Pari Passu Companion Loans related to the Trust as of the Closing Date are evidenced by the Notes identified in the Whole Loan Table under the column heading “Pari Passu Companion Loan(s),” each of which Notes evidences a separate Pari Passu Companion Loan.

“Pari Passu Indemnified Items”: As defined in Section 3.01(j)(ii) of this Agreement.

“Pari Passu Indemnified Party”: As defined in Section 3.01(j)(ii) of this Agreement.

“Pari Passu Whole Loan”: A Whole Loan that includes a Pari Passu Companion Loan. The only Pari Passu Whole Loans related to the Trust are those with related Notes listed in the Whole Loan Table under the column heading “Pari Passu Companion Loan(s).”

“Pass-Through Rate”: Each of the Class A-1 Pass-Through Rate, the Class A-2 Pass-Through Rate, the Class A-3 Pass-Through Rate, the Class X-A Pass-Through Rate, the Class A-S Pass-Through Rate, the Class B Pass-Through Rate, the Class C Pass-Through Rate, the Class D Pass-Through Rate, the Class X-D Pass-Through Rate, Class E-RR Pass-Through Rate, the Class F-RR Pass-Through Rate, the Class G-RR Pass-Through Rate and the Class J-RR Pass-Through Rate. The Class S Certificates, the Class R Certificates and, other than for tax reporting purposes, the Class VRR Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest do not have Pass-Through Rates.

“Patewood Corporate Center Mortgage Loan”: The Mortgage Loan secured by the Mortgaged Property identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as Patewood Corporate Center.

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“Patewood Corporate Center REMIC”: A segregated asset pool designated as a REMIC pursuant to the Patewood Corporate Center REMIC Declaration consisting of the Patewood Corporate Center Mortgage Loan and other related assets, collections thereon, any related REO Property acquired in respect thereof and all proceeds of such REO Property, other property related thereto, and amounts received in respect thereof from time to time.

“Patewood Corporate Center REMIC Declaration”: The REMIC declaration dated August 17, 2022, made by 3650 Warehouse Facility Entity 2A LLC and related to the Patewood Corporate Center REMIC.

“Patewood Corporate Center REMIC Regular Interest”: With respect to the Patewood Corporate Center REMIC, a 53.25% portion of the uncertificated “regular interest”, within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(1) of the Code, in the Patewood Corporate Center REMIC and as set forth in the Patewood Corporate Center REMIC Declaration. For the avoidance of doubt, the principal balance of the Patewood Corporate Center REMIC Regular Interest shall at all times equal to the outstanding Stated Principal Balance of the Patewood Corporate Center Mortgage Loan (or, if applicable, the deemed Stated Principal Balance of any successor REO Loan). The interest rate on the Patewood Corporate Center REMIC Regular Interest shall be the Mortgage Rate of the Patewood Corporate Center Mortgage Loan. Payments and other collections of amounts received on or in respect of the Patewood Corporate Center Mortgage Loan (or any related REO Property allocable thereto) shall be deemed distributable on the Patewood Corporate Center REMIC Regular Interest to the extent of the principal, interest at the related Mortgage Rate and Yield Maintenance Charges due thereon.

“Patewood Corporate Center REMIC Residual Interest”: With respect to the Patewood Corporate Center REMIC, the sole class of “residual interests”, within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(2) of the Code, in the Patewood Corporate Center REMIC and as set forth in the Patewood Corporate Center REMIC Declaration. The Patewood Corporate Center REMIC Residual Interest was contributed to the 3650R 2022-PF2 Securitization Trust.

“Patewood Corporate Center Trust Notes”: With respect to the Patewood Corporate Center Mortgage Loan, promissory notes A-2 and A-3 in the aggregate original principal amount of $20,500,000 made by the related Mortgagor in favor of 3650 WFE2A, as the same may hereafter be amended, restated, replaced, extended, renewed, supplemented, consolidated, severed, split or otherwise modified.

“Patewood Corporate Center Whole Loan”: The Whole Loan identified on the Whole Loan Table as related to the Mortgaged Property identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as Patewood Corporate Center.

“Paying Agent”: The paying agent appointed pursuant to Section 5.06 of this Agreement.

“Penalty Charges”: With respect to any Serviced Loan (or successor REO Mortgage Loan or successor REO Companion Loan), any amounts actually collected thereon from the Mortgagor that represent default charges, penalty charges, late fees and/or Default Interest (in the case of any Split Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, to the extent allocable thereto

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pursuant to the related Co-Lender Agreement, and, in the case of a Serviced Companion Loan, to the extent not payable to the Serviced Companion Loan Holder, and, in the case of an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, any such amounts remitted by the related Outside Servicer to the Master Servicer).

“Percentage Allocation Entitlement”: (a) With respect to the Combined VRR Interest, the Vertically Retained Percentage; and (b) with respect to the Non-Vertically Retained Regular Certificates, the Non-Vertically Retained Percentage.

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

“Performing Party”: As defined in Section 10.12 of this Agreement.

“Performing Serviced Companion Loan”: A Serviced Companion Loan that is not, and is not part of, a Specially Serviced Loan or REO Loan.

“Performing Serviced Loan”: A Performing Serviced Mortgage Loan, a Performing Serviced Companion Loan or a Performing Serviced Whole Loan, as the context may require.

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

“Performing Serviced Mortgage Loan”: A Serviced Mortgage Loan that is not, and is not part of, a Specially Serviced Loan or REO Loan.

“Permitted Investments”: Any one or more of the following obligations or securities payable on demand or having a scheduled maturity on or before the Business Day preceding the date upon which such funds are required to be drawn (provided that funds invested by the Certificate Administrator in Permitted Investments managed or advised by the Certificate Administrator may (or, as and when contemplated under Section 3.07(c), shall) mature on the Distribution Date) and a maximum maturity of 365 days (except for the investment in clause (viii) below), regardless of whether issued by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator or any of their respective Affiliates and having at all times the required ratings, if any, provided for in this definition, unless each Rating Agency and Companion Loan Rating Agency shall have provided a Rating Agency Confirmation or Companion Loan Rating Agency Confirmation, as applicable, relating to the Certificates and Serviced Companion Loan Securities:

(i)       direct obligations of, or obligations fully guaranteed as to payment of principal and interest by, the U.S. Treasury; Small Business Administration-guaranteed

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participation certificates and guaranteed pool certificates; U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development public housing agency bonds; Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) guaranteed mortgage-backed securities or participation certificates; and Resolution Funding Corp. debt obligations; provided, however, that the investments described in this clause must (A) have a predetermined fixed dollar of principal due at maturity that cannot vary or change, (B) if such investments have a variable rate of interest, such interest rate must be tied to a single interest rate index plus a fixed spread (if any) and must move proportionately with that index, and (C) such investments must not be subject to liquidation prior to their maturity;

(ii)        Federal Housing Administration debentures;

(iii)       obligations of the following United States government sponsored agencies: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (debt obligations), the Farm Credit System (consolidated system wide bonds and notes), the Federal Home Loan Banks (consolidated debt obligations), and the Federal National Mortgage Association (debt obligations); provided, however, that the investments described in this clause must (A) have a predetermined fixed dollar amount of principal due at maturity that cannot vary or change, (B) if such investments have a variable rate of interest, such interest rate must be tied to a single interest rate index plus a fixed spread (if any) and must move proportionately with that index, (C) such investments must not be subject to liquidation prior to their maturity, and (D) in each case, be rated no less than the Applicable S&P Permitted Investment Rating by S&P (or, if not rated by S&P, otherwise acceptable to S&P as confirmed by receipt of a Rating Agency Confirmation from S&P);

(iv)       federal funds, unsecured certificates of deposit, time or similar deposits, bankers’ acceptances and repurchase agreements of any bank, the obligations of which are rated no less than (A) the Applicable Fitch Permitted Investment Rating by Fitch, (B) the Applicable S&P Permitted Investment Rating by S&P, (C) if rated by KBRA, the Applicable KBRA Permitted Investment Rating by KBRA and (D) the Applicable Moody’s Permitted Investment Rating by Moody’s (or, in the case of any such Rating Agency as set forth in clauses (A) through (C) above, such lower rating as is the subject of a Rating Agency Confirmation by such Rating Agency and KBRA); provided, however, that the investments described in this clause must (x) have a predetermined fixed dollar amount of principal due at maturity that cannot vary or change, (y) if such investments have a variable rate of interest, such interest rate must be tied to a single interest rate index plus a fixed spread (if any) and must move proportionately with that index, and (z) such investments must not be subject to liquidation prior to their maturity;

(v)       demand and time deposits in, or certificates of deposit of, or bankers’ acceptances issued by, any bank or trust company, savings and loan association or savings bank, the obligations of which are rated no less than (A) the Applicable Fitch Permitted Investment Rating by Fitch, (B) the Applicable S&P Permitted Investment Rating by S&P, (C) if rated by KBRA, the Applicable KBRA Permitted Investment Rating by KBRA (or, in the case of any such Rating Agency as set forth in clauses (A) through (C) above, such lower rating as is the subject of a Rating Agency Confirmation by such Rating Agency and KBRA) and (D) the Applicable Moody’s Permitted Investment Rating by Moody’s or such

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lower rating by Moody’s as is the subject of a Companion Loan Rating Agency Confirmation by Moody’s relating to any applicable Serviced Companion Loan Securities; provided, however, that the investments described in this clause must (x) have a predetermined fixed dollar amount of principal due at maturity that cannot vary or change, (y) if such investments have a variable rate of interest, such interest rate must be tied to a single interest rate index plus a fixed spread (if any) and must move proportionately with that index, and (z) such investments must not be subject to liquidation prior to their maturity;

(vi)       debt obligations issued by an entity, the obligations of which are rated no less than (A) the Applicable Fitch Permitted Investment Rating by Fitch, (B) the Applicable S&P Permitted Investment Rating by S&P, (C) if rated by KBRA, the Applicable KBRA Permitted Investment Rating by KBRA (or, in the case of any such Rating Agency as set forth in clauses (A) through (C) above, such lower rating as is the subject of a Rating Agency Confirmation by such Rating Agency and KBRA) and (D) the Applicable Moody’s Permitted Investment Rating by Moody’s or such lower rating by Moody’s as is the subject of a Companion Loan Rating Agency Confirmation by Moody’s relating to any applicable Serviced Companion Loan Securities; provided, however, that the investments described in this clause must (x) have a predetermined fixed dollar amount of principal due at maturity that cannot vary or change, (y) if such investments have a variable rate of interest, such interest rate must be tied to a single interest rate index plus a fixed spread (if any) and must move proportionately with that index, and (z) such investments must not be subject to liquidation prior to their maturity;

(vii)       commercial paper (including both non-interest bearing discount obligations and interest bearing obligations) payable on demand or on a specified date maturing in one (1) year or less from the date of acquisition thereof issued by any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof, the obligations of which are rated no less than (A) the Applicable Fitch Permitted Investment Rating by Fitch, (B) the Applicable S&P Permitted Investment Rating by S&P, (C) if rated by KBRA, the Applicable KBRA Permitted Investment Rating by KBRA (or, in the case of any such Rating Agency as set forth in clauses (A) through (C) above, such lower rating as is the subject of a Rating Agency Confirmation by such Rating Agency and KBRA) and (D) the Applicable Moody’s Permitted Investment Rating by Moody’s or such lower rating by Moody’s as is the subject of a Companion Loan Rating Agency Confirmation by Moody’s relating to any applicable Serviced Companion Loan Securities; provided, however, that the investments described in this clause must (x) have a predetermined fixed dollar of principal due at maturity that cannot vary or change, (y) if such investments have a variable rate of interest, such interest rate must be tied to a single interest rate index plus a fixed spread (if any) and must move proportionately with that index, and (z) such investments must not be subject to liquidation prior to their maturity;

(viii)       units of money market mutual funds, which funds are regulated investment companies and seek to maintain a constant net asset value per share, so long as such funds are (A) rated by Fitch in its highest money market fund ratings category, (B) rated “AAAm” by S&P and (C) rated at least “Aaa-mf” by Moody’s (or, if not rated by any such Rating Agency or Companion Loan Rating Agency, otherwise acceptable to KBRA and such

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Rating Agency or Companion Loan Rating Agency, as applicable, as confirmed in a Rating Agency Confirmation or Companion Loan Rating Agency Confirmation, as applicable);

(ix)      any other demand, money market or time deposit, demand obligation or any other obligation, security or investment with respect to which Rating Agency Confirmation or Companion Loan Rating Agency Confirmation, as applicable, has been obtained from each Rating Agency and Companion Loan Rating Agency; and

(x)       such other demand, money market or time deposit, demand obligation or any other obligation, security or investment that, but for the failure to satisfy one or more of the minimum rating(s) set forth in the applicable clause, would be listed in clauses (i) through (ix) above, with respect to which a Rating Agency Confirmation or Companion Loan Rating Agency Confirmation, as applicable, has been obtained from each Rating Agency and Companion Loan Rating Agency for which the minimum ratings set forth in the applicable clause is not satisfied with respect to such demand, money market or time deposit, demand obligation or any other obligation, security or investment;

provided, however, that (A) such instrument continues to qualify as a “cash flow investment” pursuant to Code Section 860G(a)(6) earning a passive return in the nature of interest, (B) such instrument shall have an unqualified rating (i.e., one with no qualifying suffix), with the exception of ratings with regulatory indicators, such as the “(sf)” subscript, and unsolicited ratings, (C) such instrument shall have a predetermined fixed dollar of principal due at maturity that cannot vary or change, and (D) no instrument or security shall be a Permitted Investment if (i) such instrument or security evidences a right to receive only interest payments, (ii) the right to receive principal and interest payments derived from the underlying investment provides a yield to maturity in excess of 120% of the yield to maturity at par of such underlying investment, (iii) the rating for such instrument or security includes an “r” designation or (iv) if such instrument may be redeemed at a price below the purchase price; and provided, further, that no amount beneficially owned by a Trust REMIC (even if not yet deposited in the Trust) may be invested in investments (other than money market funds) treated as equity interests for federal income tax purposes, unless the Master Servicer receives an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party directing such Permitted Investment, to the effect that such investment will not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC. Permitted Investments may not be purchased at a price in excess of par.

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

“Permitted Transferee”: With respect to a Class R Certificate, any Person or agent of such Person other than (a) a Disqualified Organization, (b) any other Person so designated by the Certificate Registrar who is unable to provide an Opinion of Counsel (provided at the expense of such Person or the Person requesting the transfer) to the effect that the transfer of an ownership interest in any Class R Certificate to such Person will not cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that the Certificates are outstanding, (c) a Disqualified Non-U.S. Tax

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Person, (d) an entity treated as a U.S. partnership if any of its partners, directly or indirectly (other than through a U.S. corporation) is (or is permitted to be under the partnership agreement) a Disqualified Non-U.S. Tax Person or (e) a U.S. Tax Person with respect to which income from a Class R Certificate is attributable to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed base, within the meaning of an applicable income tax treaty, of the transferee or any other U.S. Tax Person.

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

“PetSmart HQ Mortgage Loan”: The Mortgage Loan secured by the Mortgaged Property identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as PetSmart HQ.

“PetSmart HQ REMIC”: A segregated asset pool designated as a REMIC pursuant to the PetSmart HQ REMIC Declaration consisting of the PetSmart HQ Mortgage Loan and other related assets, collections thereon, any related REO Property acquired in respect thereof and all proceeds of such REO Property, other property related thereto, and amounts received in respect thereof from time to time.

“PetSmart HQ REMIC Declaration”: The REMIC declaration dated August 17, 2022, made by 3650 Warehouse Facility Entity 2A LLC and related to the PetSmart HQ REMIC.

“PetSmart HQ REMIC Regular Interest”: With respect to the PetSmart HQ REMIC, one of the uncertificated “regular interests”, within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(1) of the Code, in the PetSmart HQ REMIC and as set forth in the PetSmart HQ REMIC Declaration. For the avoidance of doubt, the principal balance of the PetSmart HQ REMIC Regular Interest shall at all times equal to the outstanding Stated Principal Balance of the PetSmart HQ Mortgage Loan (or, if applicable, the deemed Stated Principal Balance of any successor REO Loan). The interest rate on the PetSmart HQ REMIC Regular Interest shall be the Mortgage Rate of the PetSmart HQ Mortgage Loan. Payments and other collections of amounts received on or in respect of the PetSmart HQ Mortgage Loan (or any related REO Property allocable thereto) shall be deemed distributable on the PetSmart HQ REMIC Regular Interest to the extent of the principal, interest at the related Mortgage Rate and Yield Maintenance Charges due thereon.

“PetSmart HQ REMIC Residual Interest”: With respect to the PetSmart HQ REMIC, the sole class of “residual interests”, within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(2) of the Code, in the PetSmart HQ REMIC and as set forth in the PetSmart HQ REMIC Declaration. The PetSmart HQ REMIC Residual Interest was contributed to the 3650R 2022-PF2 Securitization Trust.

“PetSmart HQ Trust Note”: With respect to the PetSmart HQ Mortgage Loan, that certain promissory note A-3 in the aggregate original principal amount of $22,350,000 made by the related Mortgagor in favor of 3650 WFE2A, as the same may hereafter be amended, restated, replaced, extended, renewed, supplemented, consolidated, severed, split or otherwise modified.

“PetSmart HQ Whole Loan”: The Whole Loan identified on the Whole Loan Table as related to the Mortgaged Property identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as PetSmart HQ.

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“Plan”: As defined in Section 5.03(n) of this Agreement.

“Plan Investor”: As defined in Section 5.03(n) of this Agreement.

“Pooled Voting Rights”: The portion of the voting rights of all of the Certificates (which do not include any Loan-Specific Certificates) that is allocated to any Certificate or Class of Certificates. At all times during the term of this Agreement, the Pooled Voting Rights shall be allocated among the respective Classes of Certificateholders as follows: (a) 1% in the aggregate in the case of the respective Classes of the Interest-Only Certificates, allocated pro rata based upon their respective Notional Amounts as of the date of determination (but only for so long as the Notional Amount of at least one Class of Interest-Only Certificates is greater than zero), and (b) in the case of any Class of Principal Balance Certificates, a percentage equal to the product of 99% (or, if the Notional Amounts of all Classes of Interest-Only Certificates have been reduced to zero, 100%) and a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the Certificate Balance of such Class of Principal Balance Certificates as of the date of determination, and the denominator of which is equal to the aggregate of the Certificate Balances of all Classes of the Principal Balance Certificates, in each case as of the date of determination (provided that, if, but only if, expressly so provided herein in any circumstance, the allocation or exercise of Pooled Voting Rights for any particular purpose shall take into account the allocation of Appraisal Reduction Amounts to notionally reduce Certificate Balances). The Pooled Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates shall be allocated among Holders of Certificates of such Class in proportion to their respective Percentage Interests. The Class S and Class R Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest shall not be entitled to any Pooled Voting Rights.

“Preliminary Dispute Resolution Election Notice”: As defined in Section 2.03(g) of this Agreement.

“Preliminary Prospectus”: The prospectus dated May 4, 2023 relating to the Public Certificates.

“Prepayment Assumption”: The assumption that there will be zero prepayments with respect to the Trust Loans; provided, that it is assumed that any ARD Mortgage Loan is prepaid in full on its Anticipated Repayment Date.

“Prepayment Interest Excess”: With respect to any Distribution Date, for each Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan that was subject to a Principal Prepayment in full or in part during the related Collection Period, which Principal Prepayment was applied to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan after the related Due Date in such Collection Period, the amount of interest (net of the related Servicing Fee and any related Excess Interest and Default Interest) that accrued on the amount of such Principal Prepayment during the period commencing from such Due Date to, but not including, the date as of which such Principal Prepayment was applied to the unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan (or any later date through which interest accrues), to the extent collected from the related Mortgagor (without regard to any related Yield Maintenance Charge actually collected) and, in the case of an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, remitted to the Trust Fund.

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“Prepayment Interest Shortfall”: With respect to any Distribution Date, for each Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan that was subject to a Principal Prepayment in full or in part during the related Collection Period, which Principal Prepayment was applied to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan (with such prepayment allocated between the related Mortgage Loan and Serviced Companion Loan in accordance with the related Co-Lender Agreement) prior to the related Due Date in such Collection Period, the amount of interest (net of the related Servicing Fee and any related Excess Interest and Default Interest) to the extent not collected from the related Mortgagor (without regard to any Yield Maintenance Charge that may be collected), that would have accrued on the amount of such Principal Prepayment during the period commencing on the date as of which such Principal Prepayment was applied to the unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan through the end of the one-month accrual period applicable to such Due Date, inclusive. A Prepayment Interest Shortfall in respect of any Loan REMIC Held Mortgage Loan shall be a Prepayment Interest Shortfall in respect of the related Loan REMIC Regular Interest.

“Primary Collateral”: With respect to any Cross-Collateralized Mortgage Loan, any Mortgaged Property (or portion thereof) designated as directly securing such Cross-Collateralized Mortgage Loan and excluding any Mortgaged Property (or portion thereof) as to which the related lien may only be foreclosed upon by exercise of the cross-collateralization provisions of such Cross-Collateralized Mortgage Loan.

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

“Principal Balance Certificates”: The Certificates (other than the Class X, Class S and Class R Certificates), collectively.

“Principal Distribution Amount”: With respect to any Distribution Date and the Non-Vertically Retained Principal Balance Certificates, the sum of (i) the Non-Vertically Retained Percentage of the Aggregate Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date and (ii) the Principal Shortfall, if any, for such Distribution Date.

“Principal Prepayment”: Any payment of principal made by a Mortgagor on a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan which is received in advance of its scheduled Due Date and which is not accompanied by an amount of interest representing the full amount of scheduled interest due on any date or dates in any month or months subsequent to the month of prepayment other than any amount paid in connection with the release of the related Mortgaged Property through defeasance.

“Principal Shortfall”: For any Distribution Date, the amount, if any, by which (i) the Principal Distribution Amount for the preceding Distribution Date exceeds (ii) the aggregate

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amount actually distributed with respect to principal on the Non-Vertically Retained Principal Balance Certificates on such preceding Distribution Date in respect of such Principal Distribution Amount.

“Private Certificates”: The Class X-D, Class D, Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR, Class J-RR and Class R Certificates and, if issued, the Class VRR and Class S Certificates, collectively.

“Privileged Information”: Any (i) correspondence or other communications between any Directing Holder or Consulting Party (other than the Operating Advisor), on the one hand, and the Special Servicer, on the other hand, related to any Specially Serviced Loan or the exercise of the consent or consultation rights of such Directing Holder or Consulting Party (other than the Operating Advisor) under this Agreement or any Co-Lender Agreement, as applicable, (ii) strategically sensitive information that the Special Servicer has reasonably determined (and has identified as privileged or confidential information) could compromise the Trust Fund’s position in any ongoing or future negotiations with the related Mortgagor or other interested party, and (iii) information subject to attorney-client privilege (and, solely to the extent delivered to a party to this Agreement, that has been identified or otherwise communicated as being subject to such privilege).

“Privileged Information Exception”: With respect to any Privileged Information, at any time (a) such Privileged Information becomes generally available and known to the public other than as a result of a disclosure directly or indirectly by the party restricted from disclosing such Privileged Information (the “Restricted Party”), (b) it is reasonable and necessary for the Restricted Party to disclose such Privileged Information in working with legal counsel, auditors, taxing authorities or other governmental agencies, (c) such Privileged Information was already known to such Restricted Party and not otherwise subject to a confidentiality obligation and/or (d) the Restricted Party is (in the case of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator, any affected Serviced Companion Loan Holder, the Trustee and the Asset Representations Reviewer, as evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate (which shall include a certification that it is based on the advice of counsel) delivered to each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the applicable Directing Holder, the applicable Consulting Parties, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee and the Asset Representations Reviewer) required by law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree to disclose such information.

“Privileged Person”: The Depositor and its designees, the Initial Purchasers, the Underwriters, the Mortgage Loan Sellers, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, any Excluded Mortgage Loan Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, any Additional Servicer designated by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, any Directing Holder, any Consulting Party, the Operating Advisor, any Affiliate of the Operating Advisor designated by the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, any affiliate of the Asset Representations Reviewer designated by the Asset Representations Reviewer, any Companion Loan Holder that delivers an Investor Certification (subject to the next sentence and the proviso to this sentence), any other Person who provides the Certificate Administrator with an Investor Certification (subject to the next sentence and the proviso to this sentence), any Rating Agency, and any other NRSRO that delivers a NRSRO Certification to the Certificate Administrator; provided that in no event

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shall an Excluded Controlling Class Holder be entitled to Excluded Information with respect to a related Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loan with respect to which it is a Borrower Party (but this exclusion shall not apply to any other Mortgage Loan). In no event shall a Borrower Party (other than a Risk Retention Consultation Party if it is a Borrower Party) be considered a Privileged Person; provided that the foregoing shall not be applicable to, nor limit, an Excluded Controlling Class Holder’s right to access information with respect to any Mortgage Loan other than Excluded Information with respect to a related Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loan. For the avoidance of doubt, each applicable Directing Holder, Controlling Class Certificateholder, Loan-Specific Controlling Class Certificateholder and Consulting Party (other than the Operating Advisor and the Risk Retention Consultation Party ) and the Special Servicer shall, at any given time, only be considered a Privileged Person with respect to any Mortgage Loans or Serviced Whole Loans for which it is not then a Borrower Party, and the limitations on access to information set forth in this Agreement will apply only with respect to the related Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan for which the applicable party is a Borrower Party and only with respect to the related Excluded Information (in the case of the applicable Directing Holder, a Controlling Class Certificateholder or any Loan-Specific Controlling Class Certificateholder) or the related Excluded Special Servicer Information (in the case of the Special Servicer).

“Property Advance”: As to any Serviced Mortgage Loan, Serviced Whole Loan or REO Property (other than an REO Property related to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan), any advance made by the Master Servicer or the Trustee in respect of Property Protection Expenses, together with all other customary, reasonable and necessary “out-of-pocket” costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees and fees and expenses of real estate brokers) incurred by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee in connection with the servicing and administration of a Serviced Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, if a default is imminent thereunder or a default, delinquency or other unanticipated event has occurred with respect thereto, or in connection with the administration of any REO Property (other than an REO Property related to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan), including, but not limited to, the cost of (a) compliance with the obligations of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, if any, set forth in Sections 2.03, 3.04 and 3.07 of this Agreement, (b) the preservation, insurance, restoration, protection and management of a related Mortgaged Property, (c) obtaining any Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds, (d) any enforcement or judicial proceedings with respect to a related Mortgaged Property, including foreclosures, (e) any Appraisal or any other appraisal or update thereof expressly permitted or required to be obtained hereunder and (f) the operation, management, maintenance and liquidation of any such REO Property; provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary, “Property Advances” shall not include allocable overhead of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, such as costs for office space, office equipment, supplies and related expenses, employee salaries and related expenses and similar internal costs and expenses, or costs and expenses incurred by any such party in connection with its purchase of any Trust Loan or REO Property pursuant to any provision of this Agreement or an intercreditor agreement; and provided, further, that, no Property Advances shall be made with regard to a Subordinate Companion Loan held outside the Trust if the related Mortgage Loan is no longer held by the Trust. Each reference to the payment or reimbursement of a Property Advance shall be deemed to include, whether or not specifically referred to, payment or reimbursement of interest thereon at the Advance Rate from and including the date of the making of such Advance to but excluding the date of payment or reimbursement. If and when used with respect to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan or any related REO Property,

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the term “Property Advance” shall have the meaning assigned thereto or to the term “Servicing Advance” in the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement.

“Property Protection Expenses”: Any costs and expenses incurred by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.04, 3.07, 3.10(f), 3.10(g) or 3.17(b) or indicated herein as being a cost or expense of a Trust REMIC to be advanced by the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable.

“Proposed Course of Action Notice”: As defined in Section 2.03(g) of this Agreement.

“Prospectus”: The prospectus dated May 4, 2023, relating to the Public Certificates.

“PSA Party Repurchase Request”: As defined in Section 2.03 of this Agreement.

“PTCE”: Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption.

“Public Certificates”: The Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class X-A, Class A-S, Class B and Class C Certificates.

“Public Documents”: As defined in Section 4.02(a) of this Agreement.

“Public Global Certificates”: A Global Certificate relating to a Class of Public Certificates.

“Purchase Price”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (or REO Property), a price equal to the sum of the following (without duplication): (a) the outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (or the related REO Trust Loan) as of the time of purchase less any portion of any Loss of Value Payment then on deposit in the Loss of Value Reserve Fund allocable to pay principal of such Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (or REO Property); plus (b) all accrued and unpaid interest on the principal balance of such Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (or the related REO Trust Loan), other than Default Interest or Excess Interest, at the related Mortgage Rate in effect from time to time through the Due Date in the Collection Period of purchase; plus (c) all related unreimbursed Property Advances (including any Property Advances and Advance Interest Amounts with respect thereto that were reimbursed out of general collections on the Mortgage Loans or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, as applicable) (or, in the case of an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, the pro rata portion of any similar amounts allocable to such Mortgage Loan and payable with respect thereto pursuant to the related Co-Lender Agreement); plus (d) all accrued and unpaid Advance Interest Amounts in respect of related Advances (or, in the case of an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, all such amounts with respect to P&I Advances related to such Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan and, with respect to outstanding Property Advances, the pro rata portion of any similar interest amounts payable with respect thereto pursuant to the related Co-Lender Agreement); plus (e) to the extent not otherwise covered by clause (d) above, any Special Servicing Fees and any other Additional Trust Fund Expenses outstanding or previously incurred in respect of the related Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; plus (f) if such Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate

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Companion Loan is being repurchased or substituted for by a Mortgage Loan Seller pursuant to Section 6 of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, all expenses incurred or to be incurred by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee in respect of the Material Defect giving rise to the repurchase or substitution obligation (to the extent not otherwise included in the amounts described in clause (e) above); provided, however, that such expenses shall not include expenses incurred by Certificateholders or Certificate Owners in instituting an Asset Review Vote Election, in taking part in an Asset Review vote or in exercising such Certificateholder’s or Certificate Owner’s, as applicable, rights under the dispute resolution mechanics pursuant to Section 2.03(g) hereof; plus (g) to the extent not otherwise included in the amount described in clause (e) above, any Liquidation Fee if and to the extent payable in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement; plus (h) solely in the case of a Mortgage Loan, any related Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee to the extent not previously paid by the related Mortgage Loan Seller.

With respect to any REO Property that relates to a Serviced Whole Loan, the Purchase Price for the Trust Fund’s interest in such REO Property shall be the amount calculated in accordance with the first sentence of this definition in respect of the related REO Trust Loan(s) and, solely for purposes of calculating fair prices under the final sentence of Section 3.17(k) of this Agreement, such amount shall be calculated as if the REO Trust Loan consisted of the REO Mortgage Loan and all the related REO Companion Loan(s), if applicable.

“Qualified Bidder”: As defined in Section 7.01(b) of this Agreement.

“Qualified Institutional Buyer”: A “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A.

“Qualified Insurer”: As used in Sections 3.08 and 5.10 of this Agreement, in the case of: (1) all policies not referred to in clause (2) below, an insurance company or security or bonding company qualified to write the related insurance policy in the relevant jurisdiction and whose claims paying ability is rated (a) at least “A-” by Fitch (or, if not rated by Fitch, then either (i) an equivalent rating such as that listed above by at least two NRSROs (which may include S&P, KBRA and/or Moody’s) or by one NRSRO (which may include S&P, KBRA or Moody’s) and A.M. Best) or (ii) Fitch has issued a Rating Agency Confirmation with respect to such insurance company), (b) at least “A3” by Moody’s (or, if not rated by Moody’s, then an equivalent rating such as that listed above by at least two NRSROs (which may include S&P, KBRA and/or Fitch) or by one NRSRO (which may include S&P, KBRA or Fitch) and A.M. Best), (c) at least “A-” by S&P (or, if not rated by S&P, then either (i) an equivalent rating by at least two other NRSROs (which may include KBRA, Moody’s and/or Fitch) or one NRSRO (which may include KBRA, Moody’s or Fitch) and A.M. Best) or (ii) S&P has issued a Rating Agency Confirmation with respect to such insurance company) and (d) at least “A-“ by KBRA (or, if not rated by KBRA, then either (i) an equivalent rating such as that listed above by at least two NRSROs (which may include S&P, Moody’s and/or Fitch) or by one NRSRO (which may include S&P, Moody’s or Fitch) and A.M. Best) or (y) KBRA has issued a Rating Agency Confirmation with respect to such insurance company); or (2) in the case of the fidelity bond and the errors and omissions insurance required to be maintained pursuant to Section 3.08(c) of this Agreement, a company that shall have a claims-paying ability rated at least as follows by at least one of the following credit rating agencies: “A (low)” by DBRS Morningstar, “A-“ by S&P, “A-“ by Fitch, “A3” by Moody’s, “A-

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“ by KBRA or “A:X” by A.M. Best, or (iii) in either case, an insurance company not satisfying the ratings criteria of any Rating Agency set forth in clause (i) or (ii), as applicable, but with respect to which the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, has received a Rating Agency Confirmation from such Rating Agency. “Qualified Insurer” shall also mean any entity that satisfies all of the criteria, other than the ratings criteria, set forth in one of the foregoing clauses and whose obligations under the related insurance policy are guaranteed or backed by an entity that satisfies the ratings criteria set forth in such clause (construed as if such entity were an insurance company referred to therein).

“Qualified Mortgage”: A Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan that is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Code Section 860G(a)(3) (but without regard to the rule of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(f)(2) that causes a defective Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan to be treated as a “qualified mortgage”, or any substantially similar successor provision).

“Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan”: A mortgage loan that must, on the date of substitution: (i) have an outstanding principal balance, after application of all scheduled payments of principal and interest due during or prior to the month of substitution, whether or not received, not in excess of the Stated Principal Balance of the deleted Mortgage Loan as of the Due Date in the calendar month during which the substitution occurs; (ii) have a Mortgage Rate not less than the Mortgage Rate of the deleted Mortgage Loan; (iii) have the same Due Date as and a grace period no longer than that of the deleted Mortgage Loan; (iv) accrue interest on the same basis as the deleted Mortgage Loan (for example, on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months); (v) have a remaining term to stated maturity not greater than, and not more than two years less than, the remaining term to stated maturity of the deleted Mortgage Loan; (vi) have a then-current loan-to-value ratio equal to or less than the lesser of (a) the loan-to-value ratio of the deleted Mortgage Loan as of the Cut-Off Date and (b) 75%, in each case using the “value” for the Mortgaged Property as determined using an Appraisal; (vii) comply (except in a manner that would not be adverse to the interests of the Certificateholders or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner) as of the date of substitution in all material respects with all of the representations and warranties set forth in the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement; (viii) have an environmental report that indicates no material adverse environmental conditions with respect to the related Mortgaged Property and which will be delivered as a part of the related Servicing File; (ix) have a then-current debt service coverage ratio at least equal to the greater of (a) the debt service coverage ratio of the deleted Mortgage Loan as of the Closing Date and (b) 1.25x; (x) constitute a “qualified replacement mortgage” within the meaning of Code Section 860G(a)(4) as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (provided at the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller’s expense); (xi) not have a maturity date or an amortization schedule that extends to a date that is after the date that is five years prior to the Rated Final Distribution Date for the rated Regular Certificates; (xii) have prepayment restrictions comparable to those of the deleted Mortgage Loan; (xiii) not be substituted for a deleted Mortgage Loan unless the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received a prior Rating Agency Confirmation (the cost, if any, of obtaining such Rating Agency Confirmation to be paid by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller); (xiv) have been approved, so long as a Consultation Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing, by the Controlling Class Representative; (xv) prohibit defeasance within two years of the Closing Date; (xvi) not be substituted for a deleted Mortgage Loan if it would result in the termination of the REMIC status of any Trust REMIC or the imposition of tax on any Trust REMIC

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other than a tax on income expressly permitted or contemplated to be imposed by the terms of this Agreement, as determined by an Opinion of Counsel; (xvii) have an engineering report with respect to the related Mortgaged Property that will be delivered as a part of the related Servicing File; (xviii) be current in the payment of all scheduled payments of principal and interest then due; and (xix) not be an ARD Mortgage Loan unless the Mortgage Loan for which it is being substituted is an ARD Mortgage Loan. In the event that more than one mortgage loan is substituted for a deleted Mortgage Loan or Mortgage Loans, then (x) the amounts described in clause (i) above shall be determined on the basis of aggregate principal balances and (y) each such proposed Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan shall individually satisfy each of the requirements specified in clauses (ii) through (xviii) above, except that the rates described in clause (ii) above and the remaining term to stated maturity referred to in clause (v) above shall be determined on a weighted average basis; provided that no individual Mortgage Rate (net of the Administrative Cost Rate) shall be lower than the highest fixed Pass-Through Rate (and not based on, or subject to a cap equal to, the WAC Rate) of any Class of Non-Vertically Retained Principal Balance Certificates having a Certificate Balance then outstanding. When a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan is substituted for a deleted Mortgage Loan, the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller shall certify that the replacement Mortgage Loan(s) meet(s) all of the requirements of the above definition and shall send such certification to the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee and, so long as a Consultation Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing, the Controlling Class Representative.

“Rated Final Distribution Date”: With respect to the rated Certificates, the Distribution Date occurring in May 2055.

“Rating Agency”: Each of Fitch, S&P and KBRA or their successors in interest. If no such rating agency nor any successor thereof remains in existence, “Rating Agency” shall be deemed to refer to such nationally recognized statistical rating organization or other comparable Person reasonably designated by the Depositor, notice of which designation shall be given to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer, and specific ratings of Fitch, KBRA and S&P herein referenced shall be deemed to refer to the equivalent ratings (as reasonably determined by the Depositor) of the party so designated. References herein to the highest long-term unsecured debt rating category of Fitch, KBRA and S&P shall mean “AAA” with respect to Fitch, KBRA and S&P and, in the case of any other rating agency, shall mean such highest rating category without regard to any plus or minus or numerical qualification.

“Rating Agency Confirmation”: With respect to any matter, confirmation in writing (which may be in electronic form) by each applicable Rating Agency that a proposed action, failure to act or other event so specified will not, in and of itself, result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of the then-current rating assigned to any Class of Certificates (if then rated by the Rating Agency); provided that upon receipt of a written waiver or other acknowledgment from any applicable Rating Agency indicating its decision not to review or declining to review the matter for which the Rating Agency Confirmation is sought (such written notice, a “Rating Agency Declination”), or as otherwise provided in Section 3.30 of this Agreement, the requirement for the Rating Agency Confirmation from the applicable Rating Agency with respect to such matter shall be deemed to have been satisfied.

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“Rating Agency Declination”: As defined in the definition of “Rating Agency Confirmation” in this Agreement.

“Realized Loss”: With respect to any Distribution Date:

(a)       with respect to the Non-Vertically Retained Principal Balance Certificates and the Corresponding Lower-Tier Regular Interests for such Certificates, the amount, if any, by which (i) the aggregate Certificate Balance of all Classes of Non-Vertically Retained Principal Balance Certificates, after giving effect to distributions of principal on such Distribution Date, exceeds (ii) the product of (A) the Non-Vertically Retained Percentage and (B) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans (including any REO Mortgage Loans) expected to be outstanding immediately following such Distribution Date (for purposes of this calculation only, not giving effect to any reductions of such aggregate Stated Principal Balance for principal payments received on the Mortgage Loans that were used to reimburse the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee from general collections of principal on the Mortgage Loans for Workout Delayed Reimbursement Amounts, to the extent such Workout Delayed Reimbursement Amounts are not otherwise determined to be Nonrecoverable Advances);

(b)       with respect to the Combined VRR Interest, the Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest and the Class LVRR Lower-Tier Regular Interest, the amount, if any, by which (i) the Combined VRR Interest Balance, after giving effect to distributions of principal on such Distribution Date, exceeds (ii) the product of (A) the Vertically Retained Percentage and (B) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance the Mortgage Loans (including any REO Mortgage Loans) expected to be outstanding immediately following such Distribution Date (for purposes of this calculation only, not giving effect to any reductions of such aggregate Stated Principal Balance for principal payments received on the Mortgage Loans that were used to reimburse the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee from general collections of principal on the Mortgage Loans for Workout Delayed Reimbursement Amounts, to the extent such Workout Delayed Reimbursement Amounts are not otherwise determined to be Nonrecoverable Advances); and

(c)       with respect to the Loan-Specific Principal Balance Certificates relating to any particular Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and the Corresponding Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interests for such Loan-Specific Certificates, the amount, if any, by which (A) the Stated Principal Balance (for purposes of this calculation only, the Stated Principal Balance will not be reduced by the amount of principal payments received on such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan that were used to reimburse the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee for Workout Delayed Reimbursement Amounts with respect to such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, to the extent those amounts are not otherwise determined to be Nonrecoverable Advances) of such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (including any successor REO Companion Loan with respect thereto) expected to be outstanding immediately following that Distribution Date, is less than (B) the then aggregate Certificate Balance of such Loan-Specific Principal Balance Certificates after giving effect to distributions of principal on that Distribution Date.

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The allocation of Realized Losses may be reversed as provided in Section 4.01(g) of this Agreement.

“Record Date”: With respect to each Distribution Date and each Class of Certificates, the last Business Day of the month preceding the month in which that Distribution Date occurs.

“Registered Rating Agency”: (a) Any Rating Agency that has registered as a user of the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website; or (b) any NRSRO other than the Rating Agencies (i) that has registered as a user of the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website and (ii) with respect to which the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider has received an NRSRO Certification pursuant to Section 12.13(h) of this Agreement.

“Regular Certificates”: The Non-Vertically Retained Regular Certificates and, to the extent they represent a portion of the Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest, the Class VRR Certificates, collectively.

“Regulation AB”: Subpart 229.1100 – Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R. §§229.1100-229.1125, as such rules may be amended from time to time, and subject to such clarification and interpretation as have been provided by the Commission or by the staff of the Commission, or as may be provided by the Commission or its staff from time to time, in each case as effective from time to time as of the compliance dates specified therein.

“Regulation RR”: The final credit risk retention rules issued by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (appearing at 12 C.F.R. § 43.1, et seq.), the Securities and Exchange Commission (appearing at 17 C.F.R. § 246.1, et seq.) and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (appearing at 12 C.F.R. § 244.1, et seq.), in each case as applicable to any particular matter arising hereunder, that adopted the joint final rule promulgated by the Regulatory Agencies (appearing at 79 F.R. 77601; pages 77740-77766) to implement the credit risk retention requirements of Section 15G of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as added by Section 941 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, as such rule may be amended from time to time, and subject to such clarification and interpretation as have been provided by the Regulatory Agencies in the adopting release (79 FR 77601 et seq.) or by the staff of any such agency, or as may be provided by any such agency or its staff from time to time, in each case, as effective from time to time.

“Regulation RR Other PSA”: As defined in Section 3.28(e) of this Agreement.

“Regulation S”: Regulation S under the Act.

“Regulation S Global Certificates”: As defined in Section 5.02(c)(i) of this Agreement.

“Regulation S Investor”: With respect to a transferee of a Regulation S Global Certificate, a transferee that acquires such Certificate pursuant to Regulation S.

“Regulation S-K”: Regulation S-K under the Act.

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“Regulatory Agencies”: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency; the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; the Federal Housing Finance Agency; the Securities and Exchange Commission; and the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

“Relevant Distribution Date”: With respect to (a) any Significant Obligor with respect to the Trust, the Distribution Date, and (b) any Significant Obligor with respect to an Other Securitization Trust, the “Distribution Date” (or an analogous concept) under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

“Relevant Servicing Criteria”: The Servicing Criteria applicable to a specific party, as set forth on Exhibit O to this Agreement. For clarification purposes, multiple parties can have responsibility for the same Relevant Servicing Criteria. With respect to a Servicing Function Participant engaged by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Certificate Administrator, the term “Relevant Servicing Criteria” may refer to a portion of the Relevant Servicing Criteria applicable to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Certificate Administrator.

“Remaining Certificateholder”: Any Holder (or Holders provided they act in unanimity) holding 100% of the Certificates (other than the Class S and Class R Certificates) and 100% of the Loan-Specific Certificates or an assignment of the voting rights thereof, together with the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner; provided, however, that the Certificate Balances of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-S, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates and the Notional Amounts of the Class X-A and Class X-D Certificates have been reduced to zero.

“REMIC”: A “real estate mortgage investment conduit” within the meaning of Code Section 860D.

“REMIC Declaration”: With respect to the PetSmart HQ REMIC or the PetSmart HQ Mortgage Loan, the PetSmart HQ REMIC Declaration. With respect to the Patewood Corporate Center REMIC or the Patewood Corporate Center Mortgage Loan, the Patewood Corporate Center REMIC Declaration.

“REMIC Provisions”: Provisions of the federal income tax law relating to real estate mortgage investment conduits, which appear at Section 860A through 860G of subchapter M of chapter 1 of the Code, and related provisions, and regulations (including any applicable proposed regulations) and rulings promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in effect from time to time.

“Rents from Real Property”: With respect to any REO Property, gross income of the character described in Code Section 856(d), which income, subject to the terms and conditions of that Section of the Code in its present form, does not include:

(1)       except as provided in Code Section 856(d)(4) or (6), any amount received or accrued, directly or indirectly, with respect to such REO Property, if the determination of such amount depends in whole or in part on the income or profits derived by any Person from such property (unless such amount is a fixed percentage or percentages of receipts or sales and otherwise constitutes Rents from Real Property);

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(2)       any amount received or accrued, directly or indirectly, from any Person if the Trust Fund owns directly or indirectly (including by attribution) a ten percent or greater interest in such Person determined in accordance with Code Sections 856(d)(2)(B) and (d)(5);

(3)       any amount received or accrued, directly or indirectly, with respect to such REO Property if any Person Directly Operates such REO Property;

(4)       any amount charged for services that are not customarily furnished in connection with the rental of property to tenants in buildings of a similar class in the same geographic market as such REO Property within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.856-4(b)(1) (whether or not such charges are separately stated); and

(5)       rent attributable to personal property unless such personal property is leased under, or in connection with, the lease of such REO Property and, for any taxable year of the Trust Fund, such rent is no greater than 15 percent of the total rent received or accrued under, or in connection with, the lease.

“REO Account”: A segregated custodial account or accounts created and maintained by with respect to each REO Property relating to a Mortgage Loan (other than any Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan) or any Serviced Whole Loan, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.16 of this Agreement on behalf of the Trustee in trust for the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and any related Serviced Companion Loan Holders, which (subject to any change in the identities of such Special Servicer and/or the Trustee) shall be entitled 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as Special Servicer, on behalf of Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of the registered Holders of Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and the related Companion Loan Holders, as their interests may appear--REO Account”. Any such account or accounts shall be an Eligible Account.

“REO Companion Loan”: Any Serviced Companion Loan if the related Mortgaged Property has become an REO Property.

“REO Extension”: As defined in Section 3.16(a) of this Agreement.

“REO Loan”: An REO Mortgage Loan, REO Companion Loan, REO Trust Loan or REO Whole Loan, as the context may require.

“REO Whole Loan”: Any Serviced Whole Loan as to which the related Mortgaged Property has become an REO Property.

“REO Mortgage Loan”: Any Mortgage Loan as to which the related Mortgaged Property has become an REO Property (including an REO Property consisting of the Trust’s beneficial interest in a Mortgaged Property acquired upon a foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure of any of the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans under the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement; for the avoidance of doubt, any such beneficial interest will not be serviced by the Special Servicer under this Agreement).

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“REO Proceeds”: With respect to any REO Property (other than an REO Property related to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan) and the related REO Mortgage Loan and REO Companion Loan, all revenues received by the Special Servicer with respect to such REO Property, REO Mortgage Loan or REO Companion Loan which do not constitute Liquidation Proceeds. In the case of an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan that has become an REO Mortgage Loan and in the case of the related REO Property, “REO Proceeds” under this Agreement shall be limited to any proceeds of the type described above in this definition that are received by the Trust Fund in connection with such Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, pursuant to the allocations set forth in the related Co-Lender Agreement.

“REO Property”: A Mortgaged Property as to which title has been acquired on behalf of the Trust Fund and any related Serviced Companion Loan Holder through foreclosure, deed-in-lieu of foreclosure or otherwise; provided that a Mortgaged Property that secures an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan shall constitute an REO Property if and when it is acquired under the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Trust Fund as the holder of such Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan and of the related Companion Loan Holder(s) through foreclosure, acceptance of a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure or otherwise in accordance with applicable law in connection with a default or imminent default of such Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan.

“REO Trust Loan”: Any REO Mortgage Loan or any successor REO Companion Loan with respect to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan.

“Reportable Event”: As defined in Section 10.07 of this Agreement.

“Reporting Servicer”: As defined in Section 10.09(a) of this Agreement.

“Repurchase”: As defined in Section 2.03(a) of this Agreement.

“Repurchase Communication”: For purposes of Sections 2.03(a) and 3.01(c) of this Agreement only, any communication, whether oral or written, which need not be in any specific form.

“Repurchase Request”: A Certificateholder Repurchase Request, a PSA Party Repurchase Request or any other Repurchase Communication of a request or demand for repurchase or replacement of any Trust Loan alleging a Document Defect or Breach with respect to such Trust Loan.

“Repurchase Request Rejection”: As defined in Section 2.03(a) of this Agreement.

“Repurchase Request Withdrawal”: As defined in Section 2.03(a) of this Agreement.

“Request for Release”: A request for a release signed by a Servicing Officer, substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto.

“Requesting Certificateholder”: (i) The Initial Requesting Certificateholder, if any, or (ii) any other Certificateholder or Certificate Owner of a Pooled Certificate (other than a holder

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of the Class VRR Certificates) that, in each case, is exercising its rights under Section 2.03(g) of this Agreement to refer a matter involving a Repurchase Request with respect to a Mortgage Loan to either mediation or arbitration; provided that a Holder of a Class VRR Certificate may not be a Requesting Certificateholder.

“Requesting Holders”: As defined in Section 3.10(a) of this Agreement.

“Requesting Party”: As defined in Section 3.30(a) of this Agreement.

“Residual Ownership Interest”: Any record or beneficial interest in the Class R Certificates.

“Resolution Failure”: As defined in Section 2.03(f) of this Agreement.

“Resolved”: With respect to a Repurchase Request relating to a Mortgage Loan, means that (i) the related Material Defect has been cured, (ii) the related Mortgage Loan has been repurchased in accordance with the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, (iii) a mortgage loan has been substituted for the related Mortgage Loan in accordance with the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, (iv) the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller has made a Loss of Value Payment, (v) a contractually binding agreement has been entered into between the Enforcing Servicer, on behalf of the Trust, and the related Mortgage Loan Seller that settles the related Mortgage Loan Seller’s obligations under the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, or (vi) the related Mortgage Loan is no longer property of the Trust as a result of a sale or other disposition in accordance with this Agreement.

“Responsible Officer”: When used with respect to (i) the Trustee, any officer of the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee (and, in the event that the Trustee is the Certificate Registrar or the Paying Agent, of the Certificate Registrar or the Paying Agent, as applicable) assigned to the Corporate Trust Office with direct responsibility for the administration of this Agreement and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and (ii) the Certificate Administrator, any officer assigned to the Corporate Trust Services group, with direct responsibility for the administration of this Agreement and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom a particular matter is referred by the Certificate Administrator because of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject. When used with respect to any Certificate Registrar (other than the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator), any officer or assistant officer thereof.

“Restricted Group”: Collectively, the following persons and entities: the Trustee; the Underwriters; the Depositor; the Master Servicer; the Special Servicer; any Sub-Servicers; the Sponsors; each Mortgagor, if any, with respect to Mortgage Loans constituting more than 5% of the total unamortized principal balance of all the Mortgage Loans in the Trust Fund as of the Closing Date; and any and all Affiliates of any of the aforementioned Persons.

“Restricted Party”: As defined in the definition of “Privileged Information Exception” in this Agreement.

“Restricted Period”: As defined in Section 5.02(c)(i) of this Agreement.

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“Retained Defeasance Rights and Obligations”: As defined in Section 3.09(d)(ii) of this Agreement.

“Retained Defeasance Rights and Obligations Mortgage Loan”: As defined in Section 3.09(d)(ii) of this Agreement.

“Retained Interest Safekeeping Account”: An account maintained by the Certificate Administrator, which account shall be deemed to be owned by the Holder(s) of the Risk Retention Certificates in proportion equal to their respective ownership interests in such Risk Retention Certificates.

“Retaining Party”: Any holder of all or part of the RR Interest or a Loan-Specific HRR Interest.

“Retaining Sponsor”: 3650 REIT, acting as retaining sponsor as such term is defined under Rule 2 of Regulation RR.

“Review Materials”: As defined in Section 11.01(b)(i).

“Review Package”: A package of documents consisting of a memorandum outlining the analysis and recommendation (in accordance with the Servicing Standard) of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, with respect to the matters that are the subject thereof, and copies of all relevant documentation.

“Revised Rate”: With respect to any ARD Mortgage Loan, the increased interest rate after the Anticipated Repayment Date (in the absence of a default) for such ARD Mortgage Loan, as calculated and as set forth in the related Loan Agreement.

“Risk Retention Affiliate” or “Risk Retention Affiliated”: Means “affiliate” of or “affiliated” with, as such terms are defined in Rule 2 of Regulation RR applicable to the securitization transaction constituted by the issuance of the Loan-Specific Certificates. For the avoidance of doubt, no Risk Retention Consultation Parties shall be appointed under this Agreement, and all references in this Agreement to “Risk Retention Consultation Party” and “Risk Retention Consultation Parties” shall be ignored.

“Risk Retention Certificate”: Any of the Class VRR Certificates, any of the Certificates comprising the HRR Interest or any Loan-Specific Certificates comprising a Loan-Specific HRR Interest.

“Risk Retention Consultation Party”: Each of (i) the party selected by 3650 REIT and (ii) the party selected by the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner. The Certificate Administrator shall promptly provide the name and contact information for the initial Risk Retention Consultation Parties upon request of any party to this Agreement and any such requesting party may conclusively rely on the name and contact information provided by the Certificate Administrator. The other parties hereto shall be entitled to assume, without independent investigation or verification, that the identity of any Risk Retention Consultation Party has not changed until such parties receive written notice of (including the identity of and contact information for) a replacement of such Risk Retention Consultation Party from 3650 REIT (in the

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case of the VRR1 Risk Retention Consultation Party) or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (in the case of the VRR2 Risk Retention Consultation Party). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Risk Retention Consultation Party shall have any consultation rights with respect to any Excluded RRCP Mortgage Loan with respect thereto. For the avoidance of doubt, no Risk Retention Consultation Parties shall be appointed under this Agreement, and all references in this Agreement to “Risk Retention Consultation Party” and “Risk Retention Consultation Parties” shall be ignored.

“RR Interest”: The Combined VRR Interest (if issued) and the HRR Interest.

“RR Interest Transfer Restriction Period”: With respect to: (a) the Combined VRR Interest, the VRR Interest Transfer Restriction Period; (b) the HRR Interest, the HRR Interest Transfer Restriction Period; and (c) any Loan-Specific HRR Interest, the related Loan-Specific HRR Transfer Restriction Period.

“Rule 144A”: Rule 144A under the Act.

“Rule 144A Global Certificates”: As defined in Section 5.02(c)(ii) of this Agreement.

“Rule 15Ga-1”: Rule 15Ga-1 under the Exchange Act.

“Rule 15Ga-1 Notice”: As defined in Section 2.03(a) of this Agreement.

“Rule 15Ga-1 Notice Provider”: As defined in Section 2.03(a) of this Agreement.

“Rule 17g-5”: Rule 17g-5 under the Exchange Act.

“Rule 17g-5 Information Provider”: The Certificate Administrator acting in such capacity under this Agreement.

“Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website”: The website established and maintained by the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider pursuant to Section 12.06 and Section 12.13 of this Agreement, initially located at www.ctslink.com, under the “NRSRO” tab for the related transaction.

“S&P”: S&P Global Ratings, a Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC business, or its successors in interest. If neither S&P nor any successor remains in existence, “S&P” shall be deemed to refer to such other nationally recognized statistical rating agency or other comparable Person reasonably designated by the Depositor, notice of which designation shall be given to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer and specific ratings of S&P herein referenced shall be deemed to refer to the equivalent ratings (as reasonably determined by the Depositor) of the party so designated.

“Sarbanes-Oxley Act”: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder (including any interpretations thereof by the Commission’s staff).

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“Sarbanes-Oxley Certification”: As defined in Section 10.05(a)(iv) of this Agreement.

“Schedule AL Additional File”: With respect to each CREFC^® Schedule AL File prepared by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 4.02(b), any data file containing additional information or schedules regarding data points in such CREFC^® Schedule AL File required by Items 1111(h)(4) and/or 1111(h)(5) of Regulation AB and Item 601(b)(103) of Regulation S-K.

“Scheduled Principal Distribution Amount”: With respect to each Distribution Date, an amount equal to the aggregate of the principal portions of:

(A)       all Monthly Payments (which do not include Balloon Payments) with respect to the Mortgage Loans (including any REO Mortgage Loans) due or deemed due during or, if and to the extent not previously received or advanced pursuant to Section 4.06 and distributable to the Certificateholders or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner on a preceding Distribution Date, prior to the related Collection Period, in each case to the extent either (i) paid by the Mortgagor as of the Determination Date (or, in the case of an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, received by the Master Servicer as of the Business Day immediately preceding the related Master Servicer Remittance Date) or (ii) advanced by the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, pursuant to Section 4.06 in respect of such Distribution Date); and

(B)       all Balloon Payments with respect to the Mortgage Loans (including any REO Mortgage Loans) to the extent received during the related Collection Period (or, in the case of an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, received by the Master Servicer as of the Business Day immediately preceding the related Master Servicer Remittance Date), and to the extent not included in clause (A) above for the subject Distribution Date and not previously received or advanced and distributable to the Certificateholders or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner on a preceding Distribution Date.

For purposes of clarification, the Scheduled Principal Distribution Amount from time to time shall include all late payments of principal made by the Mortgagors with respect to the Mortgage Loans, including late payments in respect of a delinquent Balloon Payment, received during the periods or by the times described above in this definition, except to the extent those late payments are otherwise applied to reimburse the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be, for prior P&I Advances, pursuant to Section 3.06(a) and Section 3.06A(a).

“SCOTT 2023-SFS TSA”: The Trust and Servicing Agreement, dated as of March 17, 2023, between GS Mortgage Securities Corporation II, as depositor, Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC, as servicer, KeyBank National Association, as special servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as certificate administrator and as custodian, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor and asset representations reviewer, as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, pursuant to which the SCOTT 2023-SFS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2023-SFS were issued.

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“Scottsdale Fashion Square Mortgage Loan”: The Mortgage Loan secured by the Mortgaged Property identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as Scottsdale Fashion Square.

“Secure Data Room”: The “Diligence Files” tab on the page relating to this transaction located within the Certificate Administrator’s Website (initially “www.ctslink.com”).

“Service(s)” or “Servicing”: In accordance with Regulation AB, the act of servicing, managing or administering the Mortgage Loans or any other assets of the Trust by an entity (other than the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee) that meets the definition of “servicer” set forth in Item 1101 of Regulation AB and is subject to the disclosure requirements set forth in Item 1108 of Regulation AB. For clarification purposes, any uncapitalized occurrence of this term shall have the meaning commonly understood by participants in the commercial mortgage-backed securities market.

“Serviced AB Whole Loan”: A Serviced Whole Loan that includes a Subordinate Companion Loan. Each Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan, if any, is a Serviced AB Whole Loan relating to the Trust.

“Serviced Companion Loan”: A Companion Loan that is part of a Serviced Whole Loan. With respect to each Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan and the related Servicing Shift Whole Loan, each related Companion Loan will no longer be a Serviced Companion Loan on and after the related Servicing Shift Date.

“Serviced Companion Loan Holder”: The holder of a Serviced Companion Loan.

“Serviced Companion Loan Holder Register”: As defined in Section 3.28(g).

“Serviced Companion Loan Securities”: Any commercial mortgage-backed securities (including any Loan-Specific Certificates) that evidence an interest in or are secured by the assets of an Other Securitization Trust (or, in the case of any Loan-Specific Certificates, the Trust), which assets include a Serviced Companion Loan (or a portion thereof or interest therein).

“Serviced Loan”: A Serviced Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan.

“Serviced Whole Loan”: A Whole Loan that is being serviced pursuant to this Agreement. The only Serviced Whole Loans related to the Trust as of the Closing Date are the Whole Loans as to which “Serviced” is set forth in the Whole Loan Table under the column heading “Servicing Type,” together with any Servicing Shift Whole Loans. A Servicing Shift Whole Loan will no longer be a Serviced Whole Loan on and after the related Servicing Shift Date.

“Serviced Whole Loan Remittance Date”: With respect to any Serviced Companion Loan: (i) the date specified as the applicable “remittance date” (or analogous concept) in the related Co-Lender Agreement; or (ii) if no such applicable “remittance date” (or analogous concept) is so specified in the related Co-Lender Agreement, then, if such Serviced Companion Loan is not included in an Other Securitization Trust, the Master Servicer Remittance Date and, if such Serviced Companion Loan is included in an Other Securitization Trust, the Business Day immediately following the “determination date” (or analogous concept) set forth in the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

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“Serviced Mortgage Loan”: A Mortgage Loan that is not an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan.

“Serviced Outside Controlled Whole Loan”: A Serviced Whole Loan with respect to which the related “controlling note” (regardless of whether such note evidences a Pari Passu Companion Loan or a Subordinate Companion Loan) is not an asset of the Trust. Each Servicing Shift Whole Loan will be a Serviced Outside Controlled Whole Loan prior to the related Servicing Shift Date. Each Servicing Shift Whole Loan will cease to be a Serviced Outside Controlled Whole Loan from and after the related Servicing Shift Date. Each Serviced AB Whole Loan (other than a Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan) will be a Serviced Outside Controlled Whole Loan for so long as a related Subordinate Companion Loan is evidenced by the “control note” (or analogous concept), or the holder of a related Subordinate Companion Loan is the “directing holder” (or analogous concept), under the related Co-Lender Agreement.

“Serviced Outside Controlled Mortgage Loan”: With respect to a Serviced Outside Controlled Whole Loan, the related Serviced Mortgage Loan included in the Trust, which is evidenced by one or more non-controlling promissory notes made by the related Mortgagor. Each Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan will be a Serviced Outside Controlled Mortgage Loan prior to the related Servicing Shift Date. Each Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan will cease to be a Serviced Outside Controlled Mortgage Loan on and after the related Servicing Shift Date. The Mortgage Loan included in a Serviced AB Whole Loan (other than a Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan) will be a Serviced Outside Controlled Mortgage Loan for so long as a related Subordinate Companion Loan is evidenced by the “control note” (or analogous concept), or the holder of a related Subordinate Companion Loan is the “directing holder” (or analogous concept), under the related Co-Lender Agreement.

“Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan”: A Pari Passu Companion Loan that is part of a Serviced Whole Loan. With respect to each Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan and the related Servicing Shift Whole Loan, each related Pari Passu Companion Loan will cease to be a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan on and after the related Servicing Shift Date.

“Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan Holder”: A holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan.

“Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan”: A Pari Passu Whole Loan that is a Serviced Whole Loan. Each Servicing Shift Whole Loan will cease to be a Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan on and after the related Servicing Shift Date.

“Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan”: A Subordinate Companion Loan that is part of a Serviced AB Whole Loan. The Trust Subordinate Companion Loan is a Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan.

“Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan Holder”: A holder of a Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan (other than the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan held by the Trust).

“Serviced Trust Loan”: Any Serviced Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan.

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“Serviced Whole Loan”: Any Whole Loan that is not an Outside Serviced Whole Loan. Each Servicing Shift Whole Loan will cease to be a Serviced Whole Loan on and after the related Servicing Shift Date.

“Servicer”: As defined in Section 10.02(b) of this Agreement.

“Servicer Indemnified Party”: As defined in Section 8.05(c) of this Agreement.

“Servicer Termination Event”: As defined in Section 7.01 of this Agreement.

“Servicing Criteria”: The criteria set forth in paragraph (d) of Item 1122 of Regulation AB, as such may be amended from time to time.

“Servicing Fee”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan (including each Mortgage Loan that is a Specially Serviced Loan and each Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan), each REO Mortgage Loan, each Serviced Companion Loan (including each Serviced Companion Loan that is a Specially Serviced Loan) and each REO Companion Loan that is included as part of a Serviced Whole Loan and for any Distribution Date, the amount accrued during the related Interest Accrual Period at the related Servicing Fee Rate on, in the case of the initial Distribution Date, the Cut-Off Date Balance and, in the case of any subsequent Distribution Date, the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan, REO Mortgage Loan, Serviced Companion Loan or REO Companion Loan, as the case may be, as of the close of business on the Distribution Date in the related Interest Accrual Period; provided that such amounts shall be computed for the same period and on the same interest accrual basis respecting which any related interest payment due or deemed due on the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan is computed and shall be prorated for partial periods; and provided, further, that, notwithstanding Section 3.05, Section 3.06 or Section 3.12 of this Agreement, (1) the Servicing Fee shall be payable from the Lower-Tier REMIC and (2) the portion thereof payable with respect to each Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan to the applicable Outside Servicer shall be calculated and paid under the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement, shall not be payable to the Master Servicer, shall previously have been deducted by the applicable Outside Servicer prior to remittance to the Trust and shall not be withdrawn from the Collection Account.

“Servicing Fee Rate”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan (including any Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan) (or any successor REO Mortgage Loan with respect thereto), the per annum rate equal to the sum of the rates set forth under the columns labeled “Master Servicing Fee Rate (%)”, “Primary Servicing Fee Rate (%)”, “Subservicing Fee Rate (%)” and “Outside Servicing Fee Rate (%)” on the Mortgage Loan Schedule; with respect to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, [N/A]%; and with respect to each Serviced Companion Loan (other than the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan), the per annum rate set forth under the column labeled “Serviced Companion Loan Servicing Fee (%)” on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.

“Servicing File”: Any documents (other than documents required to be part of the related Mortgage File but including copies of such documents required to be part of the related Mortgage File) related to the origination or the servicing of a Trust Loan that are in the possession of or under the control of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller, including but not limited to appraisals, environmental reports, engineering reports, legal opinions, and the applicable Mortgage

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Loan Seller’s asset summary, delivered to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer; provided that no information that is proprietary to the related Mortgage Loan Seller or any draft documents, privileged or other related Mortgage Loan Seller communications, credit underwriting, due diligence analyses or data, or internal worksheets, memoranda, communications or evaluations shall be required to be delivered as part of the Servicing File. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, with respect to each Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Servicing File shall consist solely of any related documents or records generated by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer hereunder or received by either of them from the applicable Outside Servicer or Outside Special Servicer.

“Servicing Function Participant”: Any Additional Servicer, Sub-Servicer, Subcontractor or any other Person, other than the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee, that is performing activities that address the Servicing Criteria, unless such Person’s activities relate only to 5% or less of the Mortgage Loans by unpaid principal balance calculated in accordance with the provisions of Regulation AB.

“Servicing Officer”: Any officer or employee of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, involved in, or responsible for, the administration and servicing of the Mortgage Loans and the Serviced Companion Loans or this Agreement and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer’s or employee’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject, and, in the case of any certification required to be signed by a Servicing Officer, such an officer or employee whose name and specimen signature appears on a list of servicing officers furnished to the Trustee, the Operating Advisor and the Certificate Administrator by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, as such list may from time to time be amended.

“Servicing Shift Date”: With respect to any Servicing Shift Whole Loan, the date on which the related Pari Passu Companion Loan evidenced by the Servicing Shift Lead Note is included in an Outside Securitization Trust, and which is also the date on which the pooling and servicing agreement or other comparable agreement governing the creation of such Outside Securitization Trust becomes the Outside Servicing Agreement for such Servicing Shift Whole Loan.

“Servicing Shift Lead Note”: With respect to any Servicing Shift Whole Loan, the related Note, the securitization of which shall cause the servicing of such Servicing Shift Whole Loan to shift to the applicable pooling and servicing agreement or other comparable agreement governing that securitization. With respect to any Servicing Shift Whole Loan, the related Servicing Shift Lead Note as of the Closing Date is identified in the footnotes to the Whole Loan Table.

“Servicing Shift Whole Loan”: Any Whole Loan that is initially serviced under this Agreement provided, that upon the inclusion of a designated related Companion Loan in a future securitization, the servicing of such Whole Loan will shift to the pooling and servicing agreement or other comparable agreement governing the securitization of such related Companion Loan (whether by itself or with other mortgage assets). A Servicing Shift Whole Loan will be (i) a Serviced Whole Loan prior to the related Servicing Shift Date servicing and (ii) an Outside Serviced Whole Loan on and after the related Servicing Shift Date. The only Servicing Shift

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Whole Loans related to the Trust as of the Closing Date are the Whole Loans as to which “Servicing Shift” is set forth in the Whole Loan Table under the column heading “Servicing Type.”

“Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan”: Any Mortgage Loan that is part of a Servicing Shift Whole Loan.

“Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan Pooling and Servicing Agreement”: With respect to a Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan or a Servicing Shift Whole Loan, on and after the related Servicing Shift Date, the related pooling and servicing agreement or other comparable agreement governing the creation of the Outside Securitization Trust that holds the related Pari Passu Companion Loan evidenced by the related Servicing Shift Lead Note.

“Servicing Standard”: With respect to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, to service and administer the Serviced Loans and any REO Properties that such party is obligated to service and administer hereunder, on behalf of the Trust Fund and the Trustee (as the trustee for the Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or, with respect to each Serviced Whole Loan, on behalf of the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s), as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or, with respect to each Serviced Whole Loan, such Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s), constituted a single lender (and, in the case of a Serviced AB Whole Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of any related Subordinate Companion Loan(s))), in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and in accordance with the following: (i) the higher of the following standards of care: (A) with the same care, skill, prudence and diligence with which the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, services and administers comparable mortgage loans with similar borrowers and comparable REO properties for other third-party portfolios (giving due consideration to the customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional commercial mortgage lenders servicing their own mortgage loans and REO properties); and (B) with the same care, skill, prudence and diligence with which the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, services and administers comparable mortgage loans and REO properties owned by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be; and in either case, exercising reasonable business judgment and acting in accordance with applicable law, the terms of the respective Serviced Loans and, if applicable, the related Co-Lender Agreement; (ii) with a view to: the timely recovery of all payments of principal and interest, including Balloon Payments, under the Serviced Loans or, in the case of (1) a Specially Serviced Loan or (2) a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan as to which the related Mortgaged Property is an REO Property, the maximization of recovery on that Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan to the Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner constituted a single lender) (or, if a Serviced Whole Loan is involved, with a view to the maximization of recovery on such Serviced Whole Loan to the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s) (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s) constituted a single lender (and, in the case of a Serviced AB Whole Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of any related Subordinate Companion Loan(s)))) of principal and interest, including Balloon Payments, on a present value basis (the relevant discounting of anticipated collections that will be distributable to the Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, in

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the case of any Serviced Whole Loan, to the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and the related Companion Loan Holder) to be performed at the Calculation Rate); and (iii) without regard to (A) any relationship, including as lender on any other debt, that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, or any Affiliate thereof, may have with any of the related Mortgagors, or any Affiliate thereof, or any other party to this Agreement; (B) the ownership of any Certificate (or any Companion Loan or other indebtedness secured by the related Mortgaged Property or any security backed by a Companion Loan) by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, or any Affiliate thereof; (C) the obligation of the Master Servicer to make Advances; (D) the right of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, or any Affiliate thereof, to receive compensation or reimbursement of costs hereunder generally or with respect to any particular transaction; and (E) the ownership, servicing or management for others of any other mortgage loan or real property not subject to this Agreement by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, or any Affiliate thereof; provided that the foregoing standards shall apply with respect to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related REO Property only to the extent that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer has any express duties or rights to grant consent with respect thereto pursuant to this Agreement.

“Servicing Transfer Event”: With respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan or any Serviced Whole Loan, the occurrence of any of the events described in clauses (a) through (g) of the definition of “Specially Serviced Loan” , subject to the terms of such definition.

“Significant Obligor”: Any “significant obligor” (within the meaning of Item 1101(k) of Regulation AB) (i) with respect to the Trust, or (ii) with respect to a Serviced Companion Loan and an Other Securitization Trust, as to which the applicable Other Depositor has notified the Master Servicer in writing is a “significant obligor” (within the meaning of Item 1101(k) of Regulation AB) as to such Other Securitization Trust. There is no Significant Obligor with respect to the Trust.

“Significant Obligor NOI Quarterly Filing Deadline”: With respect to each calendar quarter (other than the fourth calendar quarter of any calendar year) and each Significant Obligor, the date that is fifteen (15) days after the Relevant Distribution Date occurring on or immediately following the date by which the related Mortgagor is required to deliver quarterly financial statements to the lender under the related Loan Agreement in connection with such calendar quarter (which date is set forth in Section 10.11(a) for any Significant Obligor with respect to the Trust).

“Significant Obligor NOI Yearly Filing Deadline”: With respect to each calendar year and each Significant Obligor, the date that is the 90th day after the end of such calendar year.

“Similar Law”: As defined in Section 5.03(n) of this Agreement.

“Special Notice”: As defined in Section 5.07(b).

“Special Servicer”: With respect to each Serviced Loan, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, or its successor in interest, or any successor Special Servicer appointed as provided herein, which successor Special Servicer shall, with respect to any related Excluded Special

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Servicer Mortgage Loan, include the related Excluded Mortgage Loan Special Servicer appointed pursuant to Section 6.08(j) of this Agreement, in each case as applicable and as the context may require. All references in this Agreement to the “Special Servicer” mean, (x) with respect to each Serviced Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, the applicable Special Servicer that acts as the special servicer for such Serviced Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable and (y) only each applicable Special Servicer with respect to the representations, warranties and covenants of the Special Servicers in Section 2.08.

“Special Servicer Decision”: With respect to any Serviced Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, any decision or Mortgagor request that is not a Major Decision or a Master Servicer Decision.

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

“Special Servicing Compensation”: With respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan, Serviced Whole Loan or REO Property (other than an REO Property related to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan), any of the Special Servicing Fee, the Workout Fee, and the Liquidation Fee which shall be due to the Special Servicer.

“Special Servicing Fee”: With respect to each Specially Serviced Loan and REO Property (other than an REO Property related to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan) and any Distribution Date, an amount accrued during the related Interest Accrual Period at the applicable Special Servicing Fee Rate on the Stated Principal Balance of the related Specially Serviced Loan as of the close of business on the Distribution Date in such Interest Accrual Period; provided that (a) such amounts shall be computed for the same period and on the same interest accrual basis respecting which any related interest payment due or deemed due on the related Specially Serviced Loan is computed and shall be prorated for partial periods and (b) such fee shall be payable monthly (i) in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, from collections on such Serviced Whole Loan; and (ii) in the case of a Mortgage Loan (including a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Serviced Whole Loan, if the fee remains unpaid as described in the immediately preceding clause (i)), from general collections on all the Mortgage Loans and any REO Properties.

“Special Servicing Fee Rate”: With respect to any Specially Serviced Loan (or related Serviced Whole Loan, if applicable) or REO Property (other than an REO Property related to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan), a rate equal to (a) 0.25% per annum or (b) if the rate in clause (a) would result in a Special Servicing Fee that would be less than $3,500 in any given month (as prorated for a partial period), then the Special Servicing Fee Rate for such month for such Specially Serviced Loan (or related Serviced Whole Loan, if applicable) or REO Property shall be such higher per annum rate as would result in a Special Servicing Fee equal to $3,500 for such month (as prorated for a partial period) with respect to such Specially Serviced Loan (or related Serviced Whole Loan, if applicable) or REO Property.

“Specially Serviced Loan”: Any Serviced Loan (including a related REO Mortgage Loan or REO Companion Loan) as to which any of the following events has occurred (taking into

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account any cure rights of any related Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan Holder under the related Co-Lender Agreement.):

(a)       the related Mortgagor has failed to make when due any Monthly Payment or a Balloon Payment, which failure continues unremedied (without regard to any grace period):

(i)        except in the case of a Balloon Loan delinquent in respect of its Balloon Payment, beyond 60 days after the date on which the subject payment was due, or

(ii)       solely in the case of a delinquent Balloon Payment, (A) one Business Day after the date on which that Balloon Payment was due (except as described in clause B below) or (B) if (1) the related Mortgagor has delivered to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer (each of whom shall promptly deliver a copy to the other and any applicable Directing Holder and Consulting Party), on or before the date on which that Balloon Payment was due, a refinancing commitment, letter of intent or otherwise binding application or other similar binding document for refinancing from an acceptable lender or signed purchase agreement related to the sale of the related Mortgaged Property reasonably acceptable to the Special Servicer, (2) the related Mortgagor continued to make its Monthly Payments on each Due Date, and (3) no other Servicing Transfer Event has occurred with respect to the Serviced Loan, then a Servicing Transfer Event will not occur until the earlier of (x) 120 days after the date on which the Balloon Payment was due and (y) the termination of the refinancing commitment, letter of intent or otherwise binding application or similar binding document or the purchase agreement; or

(b)       there shall have occurred a default (other than as set forth in clause (a) above and other than an Acceptable Insurance Default) that (i) the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer (and, in the case of the Special Servicer, with the consent of any applicable Directing Holder) determines materially impairs the value of the related Mortgaged Property as security for the Serviced Loan or otherwise materially adversely affects the interests of Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner in the Serviced Mortgage Loan (or, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, the interests of the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s) in such Serviced Whole Loan), and (ii) continues unremedied for the applicable grace period under the terms of the Serviced Loan (or, if no grace period is specified and the default is capable of being cured, for 60 days); provided, that any default requiring a Property Advance will be deemed to materially and adversely affect the interests of the Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner in the subject Serviced Mortgage Loan (or, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, the interests of the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s) in such Serviced Whole Loan); or

(c)       a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the premises in any involuntary case under any present or future federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law, or the appointment of a conservator, receiver

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or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings, or for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, shall have been entered into against the related Mortgagor; or

(d)       the related Mortgagor consents to the appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment or debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings of or relating to such Mortgagor or of or relating to all or substantially all of its property; or

(e)       the related Mortgagor shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, file a petition to take advantage of any applicable insolvency or reorganization statute, make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations; or

(f)       the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer shall have received notice of the commencement of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property; or

(g)       the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer (and, in the case of the Special Servicer, with the consent of any applicable Directing Holder) determines that (i) a default (other than an Acceptable Insurance Default) under the Serviced Loan is reasonably foreseeable, (ii) such default would materially impair the value of the corresponding Mortgaged Property as security for such Serviced Loan or otherwise materially adversely affects the interests of Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner in the Serviced Mortgage Loan (or, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, the interests of the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s) in such Serviced Whole Loan), and (iii) the default is likely to continue unremedied for the applicable cure period under the terms of such Serviced Loan or, if no cure period is specified and the default is capable of being cured, for 60 days;

provided, however, that a Serviced Loan will cease to be a Specially Serviced Loan, when a Liquidation Event has occurred with respect to such Serviced Loan or any related REO Property or, so long as at such time no circumstance identified in clauses (a) through (g) above exists that would cause the subject Serviced Mortgage Loan or any related Serviced Companion Loan to continue to be characterized as a Specially Serviced Loan, when:

(w)       with respect to the circumstances described in clause (a) of this definition, the related Mortgagor has made three consecutive full and timely Monthly Payments under the terms of such Serviced Loan (as such terms may be changed or modified in connection with a bankruptcy or similar proceeding involving the related Mortgagor or by reason of a modification, extension, waiver or amendment granted or agreed to by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.24 of this Agreement);

(x)       with respect to the circumstances described in clauses (c), (d), (e) and (g) of this definition, such circumstances cease to exist in the good faith, reasonable judgment of the Special Servicer, but, with respect to any bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings

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described in clauses (c), (d) and (e), no later than the entry of an order or decree dismissing such proceeding;

(y)       with respect to the circumstances described in clause (b) of this definition, such default is cured as determined by the Special Servicer in its reasonable, good faith judgment; and

(z)       with respect to the circumstances described in clause (f) of this definition, such proceedings are terminated.

The Special Servicer may conclusively rely on the Master Servicer’s determination and the Master Servicer may conclusively rely on the Special Servicer’s determination as to whether a Servicing Transfer Event has occurred giving rise to a Serviced Loan’s becoming a Specially Serviced Loan. If any Serviced Mortgage Loan that is part of a Serviced Whole Loan becomes a Specially Serviced Loan, then the related Serviced Companion Loan shall also become a Specially Serviced Loan. If the Serviced Companion Loan that is included in a Serviced Whole Loan becomes a Specially Serviced Loan, then the related Serviced Mortgage Loan that is part of such Serviced Whole Loan shall also become a Specially Serviced Loan.

“Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan”: A Mortgage Loan that is, or is part of, a Specially Serviced Loan.

“Specified Mortgage Loans”: The Mortgage Loans identified on Exhibit GG to this Agreement.

“Split Mortgage Loan”: Any Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan. The only Split Mortgage Loans that are assets of the Trust as of the Closing Date are those that have the respective loan numbers (as set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule) listed on the Whole Loan Table under the column heading “Loan No. for related Mortgage Loan.”

“Sponsor”: Each of CREFI, GSMC, JPMCB, GACC, Barclays, BMO and 3650 REIT, and their respective successors in interest.

“Startup Day”: The day designated as such pursuant to Section 2.12(d) of this Agreement.

“Stated Principal Balance”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (other than an REO Trust Loan), as of any date of determination, an amount equal to (a) the Cut-Off Date Balance of such Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (or, in the case of a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, the unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan (as of the date of substitution) after application of all scheduled payments of principal and interest due during or prior to the month of substitution, whether or not received), minus (b) the sum of (i) any and all amounts (without duplication) attributable to such Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan that are part of the Scheduled Principal Distribution Amount, the Unscheduled Principal Distribution Amount, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Scheduled Principal Distribution Amount and/or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Unscheduled Principal Distribution Amount, as applicable, for each and every Distribution Date coinciding with or preceding such date of determination and (ii) any adjustment

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to the principal balance of such Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as a result of a reduction of principal by a bankruptcy court or as a result of a modification reducing the principal balance of such Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as of the Determination Date for the most recent Distribution Date coinciding with or preceding such date of determination. The Stated Principal Balance of a Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan with respect to which title to the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired on behalf of the Trust Fund and, if such Trust Loan is part of a Whole Loan, the related Companion Loan Holder(s), is equal to the Stated Principal Balance thereof outstanding on the date on which such title is acquired less any and all amounts attributable to the related REO Trust Loan that are part of the Unscheduled Principal Distribution Amount or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Unscheduled Principal Distribution Amount, as applicable, and the principal portion of any P&I Advances with respect to such REO Trust Loan for each and every Distribution Date coinciding with or preceding such date of determination but after the date on which such title is acquired. With respect to any Serviced Companion Loan (other than the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan) (including any successor REO Companion Loan with respect to such Serviced Companion Loan), as of any date of determination, the Stated Principal Balance shall equal the unpaid principal balance of such Serviced Companion Loan as of the Cut-off Date, minus (i) all amounts remitted to the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder on or prior to the most recent Distribution Date coinciding with or preceding such date of determination that are allocable to principal of such Serviced Companion Loan and (ii) any adjustment to the principal balance of such Serviced Companion Loan as a result of a reduction of principal by a bankruptcy court or as a result of a modification reducing the principal amount due on such Serviced Companion Loan as of the Determination Date for the most recent Distribution Date coinciding with or preceding such date of determination. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Stated Principal Balance of a Mortgage Loan, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or other Serviced Companion Loan that has been paid in full or a Specially Serviced Loan with respect to which the Special Servicer has made a Final Recovery Determination (or, in the case of an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, with respect to which the Outside Special Servicer has made an equivalent determination) shall be zero from and after the Distribution Date related to the Collection Period in which such payment or determination is made. The Stated Principal Balance of a Serviced Whole Loan (including an REO Whole Loan), as of any date of determination, shall equal the sum of the then Stated Principal Balances of the related Mortgage Loan (including an REO Mortgage Loan) and the related Serviced Companion Loan(s) (including any related REO Companion Loan(s)).

“Subcontractor”: Any vendor, subcontractor or other Person that is not responsible for the overall or general servicing (as “servicing” is commonly understood by participants in the mortgage-backed securities market) of Trust Loans but performs one or more discrete functions of the Servicing Criteria with respect to Trust Loans under the direction or authority of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, an Additional Servicer, or a Sub-Servicer.

“Subordinate Companion Loan”: A Companion Loan that, to the extent provided in the related Loan Documents and/or the related Co-Lender Agreement, is generally subordinate in right of payment to the related Split Mortgage Loan. The only Subordinate Companion Loans related to the Trust as of the Closing Date are evidenced by the Notes identified in the Whole Loan Table under the column heading “Subordinate Companion Loan(s),” each of which Notes evidences a separate Subordinate Companion Loan.

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“Subordinate Companion Loan Holder”: The holder of a Subordinate Companion Loan (other than the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan).

“Subordinate YM Certificates”: As defined in Section 4.01(d) of this Agreement.

“Subsequent Third-Party Purchaser” refers to a “subsequent third-party purchaser” (within the meaning of Rule 7 of Regulation RR) that acquires all or any portion of the HRR Interest in accordance with Rule 7 of Regulation.

“Substitution Shortfall Amount”: With respect to a substitution pursuant to Section 2.03(a) of this Agreement, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Purchase Price of the Mortgage Loan being replaced calculated as of the date of substitution over the Stated Principal Balance of the related Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan after application of all scheduled payments of principal and interest due during or prior to the month of substitution. In the event that one or more Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans are substituted (at the same time by the same Mortgage Loan Seller) for one or more deleted Mortgage Loans, the Substitution Shortfall Amount shall be determined as provided in the preceding sentence on the basis of the aggregate Purchase Prices of the Mortgage Loan or Mortgage Loans being replaced and the aggregate Stated Principal Balances of the related Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans.

“Sub-Servicer”: Any Person that Services Trust Loans on behalf of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or an Additional Servicer and is responsible for the performance (whether directly or through Sub-Servicers or Subcontractors) of all or a material portion of the Servicing functions required to be performed by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or an Additional Servicer under this Agreement, with respect to some or all of the Trust Loans. As of the Closing Date, the Sub-Servicer(s) set forth on Exhibit S to this Agreement will be the Sub-Servicer for the related Mortgage Loan(s) set forth on Exhibit S to this Agreement.

“Sub-Servicing Agreement”: The written contract between the Master Servicer, an Additional Servicer or the Special Servicer (if it is permitted to appoint sub-servicers pursuant to Section 3.01(c) of this Agreement), as the case may be, and any Sub-Servicer relating to servicing and administration of Trust Loans as provided in Section 3.01(c) of this Agreement.

“Successful Bidder”: As defined in Section 7.01(b) of this Agreement.

“Tax Returns”: The federal income tax return on IRS Form 1066, U.S. Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit (REMIC) Income Tax Return, including Schedule Q thereto, Quarterly Notice to Residual Interest Holders of REMIC Taxable Income or Net Loss Allocation, or any successor forms, to be filed on behalf of each Trust REMIC under the REMIC Provisions, and the federal income tax return to be filed by the Certificate Administrator on behalf of the Grantor Trust due to its classification as a grantor trust under subpart E, part I of subchapter J of the Code, together with any and all other information, reports or returns that may be required to be furnished to the Certificateholders and/or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or filed with the IRS or any other governmental taxing authority under any applicable provisions of federal, state or local tax laws.

“Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate”: As defined in Section 5.02(c)(i) of this Agreement.

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“Terminated Party”: As defined in Section 7.01(c) of this Agreement.

“Termination Date”: The Distribution Date on which the Trust Fund is terminated pursuant to Section 9.01.

“Termination Purchase Amount”: As of any time of determination, an amount equal to the sum of (A) the aggregate Purchase Price (excluding the amount described in clause (g) of the definition of “Purchase Price”) of all the Mortgage Loans (exclusive of any successor REO Mortgage Loans with respect thereto) and any Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (exclusive of any successor REO Companion Loan with respect thereto) then included in the Trust and (B) the Appraised Value of the Trust’s portion of each REO Property, if any, then included in the Trust, as determined by the Special Servicer (the relevant appraisals for purposes of this clause (B) shall be obtained by the Special Servicer and prepared by an Appraiser in accordance with MAI standards).

“Test”: As defined in Section 11.01(b)(iv).

“Third Party Reports”: With respect to any Mortgaged Property, the related Appraisal, Phase I environmental report, Phase II environmental report, seismic report or property condition report, if any.

“TPP Risk Retention Requirements” means all of the requirements and obligations set forth in Rule 7 and/or Rule 12 of Regulation RR that are applicable to a third-party purchaser who purchases an eligible horizontal residual interest or to its Affiliates, as such requirements or obligations may be amended from time to time, and subject to such clarification and interpretation as have been provided by the Regulatory Agencies in the adopting release (79 FR 77601 et seq.) or by the staff of any such agency, or as may be provided by any such agency or its staff from time to time, in each case, as effective from time to time as of the applicable date compliance is required.

“Threshold Event Collateral”: As defined in Section 3.28(f).

“Transfer”: Any direct or indirect transfer or other form of assignment of any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate.

“Transferee Affidavit”: As defined in Section 5.03(p)(ii) of this Agreement.

“Transferor Letter”: As defined in Section 5.03(p)(ii) of this Agreement.

“Treasury Regulations”: Applicable final or temporary regulation of the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

“Trust”: The trust created by this Agreement named Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust.

“Trust Certificate”: A Certificate or a Loan-Specific Certificate, as the context may require.

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“Trust Certificates”: Collectively, the Certificates and the Loan-Specific Certificates.

“Trust Fund”: The corpus of the trust created hereby and to be administered hereunder, consisting of: (i) such Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as from time to time are subject to this Agreement, together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto; (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan due after the Cut-Off Date or, with respect to a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Due Date in the month of substitution (exclusive of interest relating to periods prior to, but due after, the Cut-Off Date); (iii) any REO Property (but, with respect to any REO Property relating to a Whole Loan, only to the extent of the Trust’s interest in the related Whole Loan); (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property (but, with respect to any REO Property relating to a Whole Loan, only to the extent of the Trust’s interest in the related Whole Loan); (v) the Master Servicer’s and the Trustee’s rights under the insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan required to be maintained pursuant to this Agreement and any proceeds thereof; (vi) the Trustee’s rights in any Assignments of Leases, Rents and Profits and any security agreements; (vii) the Trustee’s rights under any indemnities or guaranties given as additional security for any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (viii) all of the Trustee’s and the Certificate Administrator’s rights in the Escrow Accounts and Lock-Box Accounts and all proceeds of the Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan deposited in the Collection Account, the Distribution Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Excess Liquidation Proceeds Reserve Account and any REO Account, including any reinvestment income thereon; (ix) the Trustee’s rights in any environmental indemnity agreements relating to the Mortgaged Properties; (x) the Depositor’s rights under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements to the extent assigned to the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.01 of this Agreement; (xi) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interests; (xii) the Loss of Value Reserve Fund; (xiii) any Threshold Event Collateral; and (xiv) the Loan REMIC Regular Interests.

“Trust Interest Owner”: Individually or collectively, as the context may require, any Certificateholder, any Loan-Specific Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner.

“Trust Interests”: The Certificates, the Loan-Specific Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interests, collectively.

 

“Trust Loan”: Any Mortgage Loan (including any successor REO Mortgage Loan) or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (including any successor REO Companion Loan) held in the Trust Fund.

“Trust Reimbursement Amount”: As defined in Section 3.06A(a) of this Agreement.

“Trust Reimbursement Amount No.1”: As defined in Section 3.06(a) of this Agreement.

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“Trust Reimbursement Amount No.2”: As defined in Section 3.06A(a) of this Agreement.

“Trust REMIC”: Each of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC, the Lower-Tier REMIC and the Upper-Tier REMIC.

“Trust Subordinate Companion Loan”: Any Subordinate Companion Loan included in the Trust Fund as to which a loan-specific sub-series of commercial mortgage-backed securities is to be issued under this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, with respect to each Co-sponsored Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (which consists of two or more separate notes contributed to the Trust by the related Applicable Co-sponsors), the term “Trust Subordinate Companion Loan” shall mean the entire such Co-sponsored Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, except that for the purposes of determining any rights or obligations of any related Applicable Co-sponsor with respect to each Co-sponsored Trust Subordinate Companion Loan under this Agreement or such Applicable Co-sponsor’s Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the term “Trust Subordinate Companion Loan” shall refer to the portion of such Co-sponsored Trust Subordinate Companion Loan evidenced by the related Note(s) contributed to the Trust by such Applicable Co-sponsor and such promissory note(s) shall be treated like a separate Trust Subordinate Companion Loan. For avoidance of doubt, no Trust Subordinate Companion Loans will be included in the Trust Fund, and all references in this Agreement to “Trust Subordinate Companion Loan” or “Trust Subordinate Companion Loans” should be ignored.

“Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Available Funds”: With respect to any Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and the related Loan-Specific Certificates, the sum of the following amounts (without duplication) (which, for the avoidance of doubt, will not include any amounts received in respect of the Mortgage Loans):

(a)       the aggregate amount of all cash received on such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and, to the extent allocable to such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, any related REO Property that is on deposit in the Collection Account (in each case, exclusive of any amount on deposit in or credited to any portion of the Collection Account that is allocable to any Mortgage Loan or any other Companion Loan or held for the benefit of the holders of the Regular Certificates, the holders of the Class S Certificates and/or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner) and/or the related Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Distribution Account as of the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Master Servicer Remittance Date, exclusive of any portion of the foregoing that represents (without duplication):

(i)       any scheduled payments of principal and/or interest, including any Balloon Payments that are accompanied by interest due through the related maturity date, paid by the related Mortgagor with respect to such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, that are due (without regard to grace periods) on a Due Date that occurs after the related Determination Date;

(ii)       payments (scheduled or otherwise) of principal (including prepayments) and interest, Net Liquidation Proceeds, Net Insurance Proceeds and

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Net Condemnation Proceeds and other unscheduled recoveries allocable to such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan that were received after the related Determination Date;

(iii)       amounts payable or reimbursable to any Person (other than the related Loan-Specific Certificateholders) from the Collection Account pursuant to clauses (ii) through (ix), inclusive, of Section 3.06(a) of this Agreement;

(iv)       with respect to any Distribution Date occurring in January (other than during a leap year) or February of any calendar year (unless such Distribution Date is the final Distribution Date), the Withheld Amount related to such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan to the extent those funds are on deposit in the Collection Account;

(v)        Yield Maintenance Charges on such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (which are separately distributed to holders of the Loan-Specific Certificates);

(vi)        amounts deposited in the Collection Account or the related Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Distribution Account in error; and/or

(vii)       late payment charges or accrued interest on such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan allocable to the default interest rate for such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, to the extent permitted by law, excluding any interest calculated at the Mortgage Rate for such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan;

(b)       if and to the extent not already included in clause (a) of this definition for the subject Distribution Date, the aggregate amount allocable to such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan transferred from the REO Account to the Collection Account for the subject Distribution Date, to the extent that such transfer is made or such remittance is received by the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the related Master Servicer Remittance Date;

(c)       all Compensating Interest Payments made by the Master Servicer with respect to such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan for the subject Distribution Date and P&I Advances made by the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, with respect to such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan for the subject Distribution Date (net of the related Trustee/Certificate Administrator Fee, if any, with respect to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan for which such Compensating Interest Payments or P&I Advances are made, to the extent not already deducted from Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Available Funds pursuant to clause (a)(iii) of this definition); and

(d)       with respect to any Distribution Date occurring in March (or February, if such Distribution Date is the final Distribution Date), commencing in 2024, the related Withheld Amounts related to such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as required to be deposited in the related Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Distribution Account. For avoidance of doubt, no Trust Subordinate Companion Loans will be included in the Trust Fund, and all references in this Agreement to “Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Available Funds” should be ignored.

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“Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Principal Balance”: The principal amount of any Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interest outstanding as of any date of determination. As of the Closing Date, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Principal Balance of each Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interest actually issued under this Agreement shall equal the original Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Principal Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto. On each Distribution Date, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Principal Balance of each Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interest shall be permanently reduced by all distributions of principal deemed to have been made in respect of such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interest on such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(iii) of this Agreement, and shall be further permanently reduced on such Distribution Date by all applicable Realized Losses deemed to have been allocated thereto on such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01(f) of this Agreement, such that at all times the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Principal Balance of a Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interest shall equal the Certificate Balance of the Corresponding Certificates. The Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Principal Balance of any Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interest may be increased on a particular Distribution Date as and to the extent contemplated by Section 4.01(g) of this Agreement. For avoidance of doubt, no Trust Subordinate Companion Loans will be included in the Trust Fund, and all references in this Agreement to “Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Principal Balance” should be ignored.

“Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interests”: The respective classes of “regular interests”, within the meaning of Code Section 860G(a)(1), in any Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC. For avoidance of doubt, no Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMICs will be created under this Agreement, and all references in this Agreement to “Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interest” or “Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interests” should be ignored.

“Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC”: Any REMIC comprising a portion of the Trust Fund that consists of a Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and the proceeds thereof, any allocable portion of any related REO Property with respect thereto, the related REO Account (to the extent of amounts therein allocable to the related Trust Subordinate Companion Loan), the related Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Distribution Account and the Interest Reserve Account (to the extent of amounts therein allocable to the related Trust Subordinate Companion Loan). For avoidance of doubt, no Trust Subordinate Companion Loans will be included in the Trust Fund, and all references in this Agreement to “Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC” or “Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMICs” should be ignored.

“Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Distribution Account”: With respect to each Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, the account or accounts created and maintained as a separate account (or separate sub-account within the same account as another Distribution Account) or accounts by the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 3.05(b) of this Agreement, which (subject to any changes in the identities of the Trustee and/or the Certificate Administrator) shall be entitled “Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator, on behalf of Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of the registered Holders of Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Distribution Account” and which must be an Eligible Account. The Trust

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Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Distribution Account for any Trust Subordinate Companion Loan shall be an asset of the related Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC. For avoidance of doubt, no Trust Subordinate Companion Loans will be included in the Trust Fund, and all references in this Agreement to “Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Distribution Account” should be ignored.

“Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Residual Interest”: The sole class of “residual interests”, within the meaning of Code Section 860G(a)(2), in a Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC and evidenced by the Class R Certificates. For avoidance of doubt, no Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMICs will be created under this Agreement, and all references in this Agreement to “Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Residual Interest” or “Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Residual Interests” should be ignored.

“Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan”: Any Whole Loan that includes a Trust Subordinate Companion Loan. For avoidance of doubt, no Trust Subordinate Companion Loans will be included in the Trust Fund, and all references in this Agreement to “Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan” or “Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loans” should be ignored.

“Trustee”: Computershare Trust Company, National Association, a national banking association, in its capacity as trustee, or its successor in interest, or any successor trustee appointed as herein provided. Computershare Trust Company, National Association will perform its obligations through its Corporate Trust Services division.

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

“Trustee/Certificate Administrator Fee”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan and for any Distribution Date, an amount accrued during the related Interest Accrual Period at the Trustee/Certificate Administrator Fee Rate on, in the case of the initial Distribution Date, the Cut-Off Date Balance of such Mortgage Loan and, in the case of any subsequent Distribution Date, the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the close of business on the Distribution Date in the related Interest Accrual Period; provided that such amounts shall be computed for the same period and on the same interest accrual basis respecting which any related interest payment due or deemed due on the related Mortgage Loan is computed and shall be prorated for partial periods. For the avoidance of doubt, the Trustee/Certificate Administrator Fee shall be payable from the Lower-Tier REMIC.

“Trustee/Certificate Administrator Fee Rate”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, a rate equal to 0.01064% per annum.

“Uncertificated VRR Interest”: An uncertificated interest in the Trust representing the right to receive or be allocated pursuant to Section 4.01(c) a pro rata portion (based on the Uncertificated VRR Interest Balance of the Uncertificated VRR Interest relative to the sum of the Certificate Balance of the Class VRR Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Balance) of any Combined VRR Available Funds and any Appraisal Reduction Amounts, Yield Maintenance Charges, Prepayment Interest Shortfalls, and Excess Interest allocated to the

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Combined VRR Interest. For the avoidance of doubt, the parties hereto agree not to treat the Uncertificated VRR Interest as a security under applicable law. For tax reporting purposes, the Uncertificated VRR Interest will accrue interest at the WAC Rate in effect from time to time. If there had been VRR Specific Grantor Trust Assets, the Uncertificated VRR Interest would have evidenced an undivided beneficial interest in a portion of such VRR Specific Grantor Trust Assets. For avoidance of doubt, no Uncertificated VRR Interest shall be issued under this Agreement, and all references in this Agreement to “Uncertificated VRR Interest” should be ignored.

“Uncertificated VRR Interest Balance”: With respect to the Uncertificated VRR Interest, (a) as of any date of determination on or prior to the first Distribution Date, an amount equal to the initial Uncertificated VRR Interest Balance of the Uncertificated VRR Interest as specified in the Preliminary Statement hereto, and (b) as of any date of determination after the first Distribution Date, an amount equal to the Uncertificated VRR Interest Balance of the Uncertificated VRR Interest on the Distribution Date immediately prior to such date of determination, after any actual distributions of principal thereon and allocations of applicable Realized Losses thereto on such prior Distribution Date, and after any increases to the Uncertificated VRR Interest Balance on such prior Distribution Date (as and to the extent provided in Section 4.01(g) of this Agreement) in connection with recoveries of Nonrecoverable Advances previously reimbursed out of collections of principal on the Mortgage Loans. For avoidance of doubt, no Uncertificated VRR Interest shall be issued under this Agreement, and accordingly, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Balance shall at all times equal zero.

“Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner”: Any Person in whose name the Uncertificated VRR Interest is registered on the Certificate Register or other registry of ownership maintained by the Certificate Administrator. For avoidance of doubt, no Uncertificated VRR Interest shall be issued under this Agreement, and accordingly, there will be no Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and all references in this Agreement to “Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner” should be ignored.

“Underwriter Exemption”: Collectively, (a) Prohibited Transaction Exemption 91-23, granted to a predecessor of Citigroup Global Markets Inc., (b) Prohibited Transaction Exemption 89-88 granted to Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, (c) Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2002-19 granted to J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, (d) the prohibited transaction exemption granted to Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Department Final Authorization Number 97-03E, (e) the prohibited transaction exemption granted to Barclays Capital Inc., Department Final Authorization Number 2004-03E, and (f) Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2006-07 granted to BMO Capital Markets Corp. or a predecessor thereof, each as most recently amended by Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2013-08 and as further amended by the Department of Labor from time to time.

“Underwriters”: Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., BMO Capital Markets Corp., Drexel Hamilton, LLC and Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC.

“Unliquidated Advance”: Any Advance previously made by a party hereto that has been previously reimbursed, as between the Person that made the Advance hereunder, on the one hand, and the Trust Fund, on the other, as part of a Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount

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pursuant to subsections (ii) (B) and (C) of Section 3.06(a) of this Agreement but that has not been recovered from the Mortgagor or otherwise from collections on or the proceeds of the Mortgage Loan or REO Property in respect of which the Advance was made.

“Unscheduled Principal Distribution Amount”: With respect to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the aggregate of: (a) all Principal Prepayments received on the Mortgage Loans during the related Collection Period (or, in the case of the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans, all Principal Prepayments received during the period that renders them includable in the Aggregate Available Funds for such Distribution Date); and (b) any other collections (exclusive of payments by Mortgagors) received on the Mortgage Loans and, to the extent allocable to the related Mortgage Loan, on any REO Properties during the related Collection Period (or, in the case of an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan or any interest in REO Property acquired with respect thereto, all such proceeds received during the period that renders them includable in the Aggregate Available Funds for such Distribution Date), whether in the form of Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation proceeds, net income, rents, and REO Proceeds or otherwise, that were identified and applied by the Master Servicer (and/or, in the case of an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, the related Outside Servicer) as recoveries of previously unadvanced principal of the related Mortgage Loan.

“Unsolicited Information”: As defined in Section 11.01(b)(iii).

“Upper-Tier REMIC”: A segregated asset pool within the Trust Fund consisting of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interests and amounts held from time to time in the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account.

“Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account”: The trust account or accounts created and maintained as a separate trust account (or separate sub-account within the same account as another Distribution Account) or accounts by the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 3.05(b) of this Agreement, which (subject to any changes in the identities of the Trustee and/or the Certificate Administrator) shall be entitled “Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator, on behalf of Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of the registered Holders of Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2, and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account” and which must be an Eligible Account. The Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account shall be an asset of the Upper-Tier REMIC.

“Upper-Tier Residual Interest”: The sole class of “residual interests”, within the meaning of Code Section 860G(a)(2), in the Upper-Tier REMIC and evidenced by the Class R Certificates.

“U.S. Tax Person”: A citizen or resident of the United States, a corporation, partnership (except to the extent provided in applicable Treasury regulations) or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, an estate whose income is subject to United States federal income tax regardless of its source, or a trust if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of such trust, and one or more such U.S. Tax Persons have the authority to

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control all substantial decisions of such trust (or, to the extent provided in applicable Treasury regulations, certain trusts in existence as of August 20, 1996 that have elected to be treated as U.S. Tax Persons).

“Vertical Risk Retention Allocation Percentage”: A percentage equal to the Vertically Retained Percentage divided by the Non-Vertically Retained Percentage. For avoidance of doubt, the Vertical Risk Retention Allocation Percentage shall at all times be 0%.

“Vertically Retained Percentage”: A fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the initial Combined VRR Interest Balance of the Combined VRR Interest, and the denominator of which is the sum of (x) the aggregate initial Certificate Balance of all Classes of Principal Balance Certificates and (y) the initial Uncertificated VRR Interest Balance of the Uncertificated VRR Interest. For avoidance of doubt, the Vertically Retained Percentage shall at all times be 0%.

“Voting Rights”: The portion of the voting rights of all of the Certificates and any Loan-Specific Certificates in the aggregate that is allocated to any Certificate or Class of Certificates or any Loan-Specific Certificate or Class of Loan-Specific Certificates. At all times during the term of this Agreement, the Voting Rights shall be allocated among the respective Classes of Certificateholders and Loan-Specific Certificateholders as follows: (a) 1% in the aggregate in the case of the respective Classes of the Interest-Only Certificates and any Classes of interest-only Loan-Specific Certificates, allocated pro rata based upon their respective Notional Amounts as of the date of determination (but only for so long as the Notional Amount of at least one Class of Interest-Only Certificates or interest-only Loan-Specific Certificates is greater than zero), and (b) in the case of any Class of Principal Balance Certificates or any class of Loan-Specific Principal Balance Certificates, a percentage equal to the product of 99% (or, if the Notional Amounts of all Classes of Interest-Only Certificates and interest-only Loan-Specific Certificates have been reduced to zero, 100%) and a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the Certificate Balance of such Class of Principal Balance Certificates or Loan-Specific Principal Balance Certificates as of the date of determination, and the denominator of which is equal to the aggregate of the Certificate Balances of all Classes of the Principal Balance Certificates and Loan-Specific Principal Balance Certificates, in each case as of the date of determination (provided that, if, but only if, expressly so provided herein in any circumstance, the allocation or exercise of Voting Rights for any particular purpose shall take into account the allocation of Appraisal Reduction Amounts to notionally reduce Certificate Balances). The Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates or Loan-Specific Certificates shall be allocated among Holders of Certificates or Loan-Specific Certificates, as applicable, of such Class in proportion to their respective Percentage Interests. The Class S and Class R Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest shall not be entitled to any Voting Rights.

“VRR Interest”: All of the Class VRR Certificates collectively. The VRR Interest represents undivided beneficial interests in a portion of the VRR Specific Grantor Trust Assets. For the avoidance of doubt, no Class VRR Certificates will be issued under this Agreement. Accordingly, all references in this Agreement to “VRR Interest” should be disregarded.

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“VRR Interest Distribution Amount”: With respect to the Combined VRR Interest for any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the product of (A) the Vertical Risk Retention Allocation Percentage and (B) the aggregate amount of interest distributed to the Holders of the Non-Vertically Retained Regular Certificates pursuant to Sections 4.01(b)(i), (iv), (vii), (x), (xiii), (xvi), (xix), (xxii) and (xxv) on such Distribution Date. For the avoidance of doubt, no Combined VRR Interest will be issued under this Agreement. Accordingly, all references in this Agreement to “VRR Interest Distribution Amount” should be disregarded.

“VRR Interest Transfer Restriction Period”: With respect to the Combined VRR Interest, the period from the Closing Date to the earlier of: (i) the date that is latest of (A) the date on which the aggregate unpaid principal balance of all outstanding Mortgage Loans has been reduced to 33% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loans, (B) the date on which the sum of the aggregate outstanding Certificate Balance of all Classes of Principal Balance Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Balance of the Uncertificated VRR Interest has been reduced to 33% of the sum of the aggregate outstanding Certificate Balance of all Classes of Principal Balance Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Balance of the Uncertificated VRR Interest as of the Closing Date, and (C) two (2) years after the Closing Date; and (ii) in the sole discretion of the Retaining Sponsor and the Depositor, the date on which the provisions of Regulation RR applicable to the Retaining Sponsor, the Retaining Parties and the securitization transaction contemplated by this Agreement are repealed in their entirety or are otherwise eliminated and the Retaining Sponsor and the Depositor have determined that such repeal or elimination renders Regulation RR in its entirety inapplicable (and that there are no other risk retention requirements under the Dodd-Frank Act that would be applicable) to the securitization transaction contemplated by this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, no Combined VRR Interest will be issued under this Agreement. Accordingly, all references in this Agreement to “VRR Interest Transfer Restriction Period” should be disregarded.

“VRR Principal Distribution Amount”: With respect to the Combined VRR Interest for any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the product of (A) the Vertical Risk Retention Allocation Percentage and (B) the aggregate amount of principal distributed to the Holders of the Non-Vertically Retained Principal Balance Certificates pursuant to Sections 4.01(b)(ii), (v), (viii), (xi), (xiv), (xvii), (xx), (xxiii) and (xxvi) and the penultimate paragraph of Section 4.01(b) on such Distribution Date. For the avoidance of doubt, no Combined VRR Interest will be issued under this Agreement. Accordingly, all references in this Agreement to “VRR Principal Distribution Amount” should be disregarded.

“VRR Realized Loss Interest Distribution Amount”: With respect to the Combined VRR Interest for any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the product of (A) the Vertical Risk Retention Allocation Percentage and (B) the aggregate amount of interest on related reimbursed Realized Losses distributed to the Holders of the Non-Vertically Retained Principal Balance Certificates pursuant to Sections 4.01(b)(iii), (vi), (ix), (xii), (xv), (xviii), (xxi), (xxiv) and (xxvii) on such Distribution Date. For the avoidance of doubt, no Combined VRR Interest will be issued under this Agreement. Accordingly, all references in this Agreement to “VRR Realized Loss Interest Distribution Amount” should be disregarded.

“VRR Specific Grantor Trust Assets”: The portion of the Trust Fund consisting of (i) the Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest, together with all distributions thereon and proceeds

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thereof, (ii) the Vertically Retained Percentage of any Excess Interest collected on the ARD Mortgage Loans, and (iii) the Vertically Retained Percentage of amounts held from time to time in the Excess Interest Distribution Account. For the avoidance of doubt, the Trust Fund will not include any VRR Specific Grantor Trust Assets. Accordingly, all references in this Agreement to “VRR Specific Grantor Trust Assets” should be disregarded.

“VRR1 Interest”: The Class VRR Certificates, collectively. For the avoidance of doubt, no Class VRR Certificates will be issued under this Agreement. Accordingly, all references in this Agreement to “VRR1 Interest” should be disregarded.

“VRR1 Risk Retention Consultation Party”: If there is a VRR1 Interest, the Risk Retention Consultation Party selected by 3650 REIT. For the avoidance of doubt, no VRR1 Interest will be issued under this Agreement. Accordingly, all references in this Agreement to “VRR1 Risk Retention Consultation Party” should be disregarded.

“VRR2 Interest”: The Uncertificated VRR Interest. For the avoidance of doubt, no Uncertificated VRR Interest will be issued under this Agreement. Accordingly, all references in this Agreement to “VRR2 Interest” should be disregarded.

“VRR2 Risk Retention Consultation Party”: If there is a VRR2 Interest, the Risk Retention Consultation Party selected by the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner. For the avoidance of doubt, no VRR2 Interest will be issued under this Agreement. Accordingly, all references in this Agreement to “VRR2 Risk Retention Consultation Party” should be disregarded.

“WAC Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to the weighted average of the applicable Net Mortgage Pass-Through Rates of the Mortgage Loans (including the REO Mortgage Loans) for such Distribution Date, weighted on the basis of their respective Stated Principal Balances immediately prior to such Distribution Date; provided, however, that in the case of any Loan REMIC Held Mortgage Loan, “Mortgage Loan” shall refer to the related Loan REMIC Regular Interest for purposes of this definition.

“WHFIT”: A “Widely Held Fixed Investment Trust” as that term is defined in Treasury Regulations section 1.671-5(b)(22) or successor provisions.

“WHFIT Regulations”: Treasury Regulations section 1.671-5, as amended.

“WHMT”: A “Widely Held Mortgage Trust” as that term is defined in Treasury Regulations section 1.671-5(b)(23) or successor provisions.

“Whole Loan”: An aggregate debt consisting of a particular Mortgage Loan that is an asset of the Trust and one or more other mortgage loans (each of which is referred to as a “Companion Loan”), which Mortgage Loan and related Companion Loan(s) are: (i) each evidenced by one or more separate Notes; (ii) cross-defaulted with each other; and (iii) all secured by the same Mortgage(s) encumbering the same Mortgaged Property or portfolio of Mortgaged Properties. The term “Whole Loan” shall include any successor REO Mortgage Loan and the related successor REO Companion Loan(s) (or the related deemed Companion Loan(s), if applicable)). The only Whole Loans related to the Trust as of the Closing Date are identified in

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the Whole Loan Table. Each of the Companion Loans identified in the Whole Loan Table are not assets of the Trust other than the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan.

“Whole Loan Custodial Account”: With respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, the respective segregated account or sub-account created and maintained by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.05A of this Agreement on behalf of the holders of such Serviced Whole Loan, which (subject to any changes in the identities of the Master Servicer and/or the Trustee) shall be entitled “Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, on behalf of Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of the registered Holders of Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, and the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder, as their interests may appear.”

“Whole Loan Special Servicer”: Any Person responsible for performing the duties of Special Servicer hereunder with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan or any related REO Property.

“Whole Loan Table”: The table that appears under the heading “WHOLE LOANS” in the Preliminary Statement.

“Withheld Amounts”: As defined in Section 3.23 of this Agreement.

“Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, the amount of any Advance made with respect to such Mortgage Loan, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loan on or before the date such Mortgage Loan, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loan becomes (or, but for the making of three monthly payments under its modified terms, would then constitute) a Corrected Loan, together with (to the extent accrued and unpaid) interest on such Advances, to the extent that (i) such Advance is not reimbursed to the Person who made such Advance on or before the date, if any, on which such Mortgage Loan, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loan becomes a Corrected Loan and (ii) the amount of such Advance becomes a future obligation of the Mortgagor to pay under the terms of modified Loan Documents. That any amount constitutes all or a portion of any Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount shall not in any manner limit the right of any Person hereunder to determine in the future that such amount instead constitutes a Nonrecoverable Advance.

“Workout Fee”: The fee paid to the Special Servicer with respect to each Corrected Loan equal to the applicable Workout Fee Rate applied to each collection of interest (excluding Default Interest and Excess Interest) and principal (other than any amount for which a Liquidation Fee is paid) received on such Corrected Loan for so long as it remains a Corrected Loan; provided that no Workout Fee shall be payable by the Trust with respect to such Corrected Loan if and to the extent that the Corrected Loan became a Specially Serviced Loan under clause (g) of the definition of Specially Serviced Loan (and no other clause thereof) and no mortgage loan event of default actually occurs, unless the Serviced Mortgage Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan, if applicable) is modified by the Special Servicer in accordance with the terms hereof; provided, further, that if a Serviced Mortgage Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan, if applicable) becomes a Specially Serviced Loan under this Agreement only because of an event described in clause (a)(ii) of the definition of Specially Serviced Loan as a result of a payment default at maturity and the

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related collection of interest and principal is received within 90 days following the related Maturity Date in connection with the full and final payoff or refinancing of the related Serviced Mortgage Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan, if applicable), the Special Servicer will not be entitled to collect a Workout Fee, but may collect and retain appropriate fees from the related Mortgagor in connection with such workout; provided, further, that the Workout Fee with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan that becomes a Corrected Loan under this Agreement shall be reduced by any Excess Modification Fees paid by or on behalf of the related Mortgagor with respect to such Serviced Mortgage Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan, if applicable) as described in the definition of Excess Modification Fees in this Agreement, but only to the extent those fees have not previously been deducted from a Workout Fee or Liquidation Fee.

“Workout Fee Rate”: A rate equal to the lesser of (a) 1.0% (or 0.75% in the case of the Heritage Plaza Mortgage Loan) and (b) such lower rate as would result in a Workout Fee of $1,000,000 when applied to each expected payment of principal and interest (other than Default Interest and Excess Interest) on the subject Serviced Mortgage Loan (or related Serviced Whole Loan, if applicable) from the date such Mortgage Loan (or related Serviced Whole Loan, if applicable) becomes a Corrected Loan, through and including the then-related maturity date; provided that, if the rate in clause (a) above would result in a Workout Fee that would be less than $25,000 when applied to each expected payment of principal and interest (other than Default Interest and Excess Interest) on the subject Serviced Mortgage Loan (or related Serviced Whole Loan, if applicable) from the date such Serviced Mortgage Loan (or related Serviced Whole Loan, if applicable) becomes a Corrected Loan through and including the then-related maturity date, then the Workout Fee Rate shall be a rate equal to such higher rate as would result in a Workout Fee equal to $25,000 when applied to each expected payment of principal and interest (other than Default Interest and Excess Interest) on such Serviced Mortgage Loan (or related Serviced Whole Loan, if applicable) from the date such Serviced Mortgage Loan (or related Serviced Whole Loan, if applicable) becomes a Corrected Loan through and including the then-related maturity date.

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“Yield Maintenance Charge”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, the yield maintenance charge or prepayment premium, if any, payable under the related Note in connection with certain prepayments.

Section 1.02           Certain Calculations. Unless otherwise specified herein, the following provisions shall apply:

(a)               All calculations of interest with respect to the Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan shall be made in accordance with the terms of the related Note and Mortgage.

(b)               For purposes of distribution of Yield Maintenance Charges to the Certificateholders pursuant to Section 4.01(d) of this Agreement on any Distribution Date, the Class of Non-Vertically Retained Principal Balance Certificates as to which the Non-Vertically Retained Percentage of any prepayment shall be deemed to be distributed shall be determined on the assumption that the portion of the Principal Distribution Amount paid to the Non-Vertically Retained Principal Balance Certificates on such Distribution

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Date in respect of principal shall consist first of the Non-Vertically Retained Percentage of scheduled payments included in the definition of Principal Distribution Amount and second of the Non-Vertically Retained Percentage of prepayments included in such definition.

(c)               Any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan payment is deemed to be received by the Trust Fund on the date such payment is actually received by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Certificate Administrator; provided, however, that for purposes of calculating distributions on the Certificates, Principal Prepayments with respect to any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan are deemed to be received on the date they are applied in accordance with Section 3.01(b) of this Agreement to reduce the outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan on which interest accrues.

(d)               For purposes of calculating distributions on the Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest and, in the absence of express provisions in the related Loan Documents (and/or, with respect to each Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, the related Outside Servicing Agreement) to the contrary, for purposes of otherwise collecting amounts due under a Mortgage Loan, all amounts collected by or on behalf of the Trust in respect of any Mortgage Loan in the form of payments from the related Mortgagor, Liquidation Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds or Insurance Proceeds (excluding, if applicable, in the case of each Serviced Whole Loan, any amounts payable to the holder(s) of the related Companion Loan(s) pursuant to the related Co-Lender Agreement) shall be deemed to be allocated in the following order of priority:

(i)                 as a recovery of any unreimbursed Advances (including any Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount) with respect to the related Mortgage Loan, and unpaid interest at the Advance Rate on such Advances and, if applicable, unreimbursed and unpaid expenses of the Trust with respect to the related Mortgage Loan;

(ii)              as a recovery of Nonrecoverable Advances with respect to the related Mortgage Loan and any interest on those Nonrecoverable Advances at the Advance Rate, to the extent previously paid or reimbursed from principal collections on the Mortgage Pool (as described in the first proviso in the definition of “Aggregate Principal Distribution Amount”);

(iii)            to the extent not previously so allocated pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) above, as a recovery of accrued and unpaid interest on such Mortgage Loan (or, with respect to the Scottsdale Fashion Square Mortgage Loan, on each Scottsdale Component) (exclusive of Default Interest and Excess Interest) to the extent of the excess of (A) all unpaid interest (exclusive of Default Interest and Excess Interest) accrued on such Mortgage Loan at the related Mortgage Rate in effect from time to time through the end of the applicable Mortgage Loan interest accrual period, over (B) after taking into account any allocations pursuant to clause (v) below on earlier dates, the aggregate portion of the accrued and unpaid interest described in subclause (A) of this clause (iii) that either (1) was not advanced because of the reductions (if any) in the amount of related P&I Advances for such Mortgage Loan

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that have theretofore occurred under Section 4.06(a) of this Agreement in connection with related Appraisal Reduction Amounts or (2) accrued at the related Net Mortgage Rate on the portion of the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan equal to any related Collateral Deficiency Amount in effect from time to time and as to which no P&I Advance was made (with respect to the Scottsdale Fashion Square Mortgage Loan, such accrued and unpaid interest as between the Scottsdale Components to be applied sequentially to Scottsdale Component A, Scottsdale Component B and Scottsdale Component C, in that order);

(iv)             to the extent not previously so allocated pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) above, as a recovery of principal of such Mortgage Loan then due and owing, including by reason of acceleration of such Mortgage Loan following a default thereunder (or, if the Mortgage Loan has been liquidated, as a recovery of principal to the extent of its entire remaining unpaid principal balance) (with respect to the Scottsdale Fashion Square Mortgage Loan, such principal to be applied to the Scottsdale Components sequentially to Scottsdale Component A, Scottsdale Component B and Scottsdale Component C, in that order, in each case until the outstanding principal balance of each Scottsdale Component is reduced to zero);

(v)               as a recovery of accrued and unpaid interest on such Mortgage Loan (or, with respect to the Scottsdale Fashion Square Mortgage Loan, on each Scottsdale Component) (exclusive of Default Interest and Excess Interest) to the extent of the sum of (A) the cumulative amount of the reductions (if any) in the amount of related P&I Advances for such Mortgage Loan that have theretofore occurred under Section 4.06(a) of this Agreement in connection with related Appraisal Reduction Amounts, plus (B) any unpaid interest (exclusive of Default Interest and Excess Interest) that accrued at the related Net Mortgage Rate on the portion of the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan equal to any related Collateral Deficiency Amount in effect from time to time and as to which no P&I Advance was made (to the extent that collections have not been allocated as recovery of such accrued and unpaid interest pursuant to this clause (v) on earlier dates) (with respect to the Scottsdale Fashion Square Mortgage Loan, such accrued and unpaid interest as between the Scottsdale Components to be applied sequentially to Scottsdale Component A, Scottsdale Component B and Scottsdale Component C, in that order);

(vi)             as a recovery of amounts to be currently allocated to the payment of, or escrowed for the future payment of, real estate taxes, assessments and insurance premiums and similar items relating to such Mortgage Loan;

(vii)           as a recovery of any other reserves to the extent then required to be held in escrow with respect to such Mortgage Loan;

(viii)         as a recovery of any Yield Maintenance Charge then due and owing under such Mortgage Loan;

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(ix)             as a recovery of any late payment charges and Default Interest then due and owing under such Mortgage Loan;

(x)               as a recovery of any Assumption Fees, assumption application fees and Modification Fees then due and owing under such Mortgage Loan;

(xi)             as a recovery of any other amounts then due and owing under such Mortgage Loan other than remaining unpaid principal and other than, if applicable, accrued and unpaid Excess Interest (and, if both Consent Fees and Operating Advisor Consulting Fees are due and owing, first, allocated to Consent Fees and, then, allocated to Operating Advisor Consulting Fees);

(xii)           as a recovery of any remaining principal of such Mortgage Loan to the extent of its entire remaining unpaid principal balance (with respect to the Scottsdale Fashion Square Mortgage Loan, such principal to be applied to the Scottsdale Components sequentially to Scottsdale Component A, Scottsdale Component B and Scottsdale Component C, in that order, in each case until the outstanding principal balance of each Scottsdale Component is reduced to zero); and

(xiii)         in the case of an ARD Mortgage Loan after the related Anticipated Repayment Date, as a recovery of any accrued but unpaid Excess Interest;

provided that, to the extent required under the REMIC Provisions, payments or proceeds received (or receivable by exercise of the lender’s rights under the related Loan Documents) with respect to any partial release of a Mortgaged Property (including following a condemnation) at a time when the loan-to-value ratio of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, exceeds 125%, or would exceed 125% following any partial release (based solely on the value of the real property and excluding personal property and going concern value, if any) must be collected and allocated to reduce the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan or the related Serviced Whole Loan in the manner permitted by the REMIC Provisions. Interest received on the Scottsdale Fashion Square Mortgage Loan pursuant to the foregoing shall be applied to the Scottsdale Components sequentially to Scottsdale Component A, Scottsdale Component B and Scottsdale Component C, in that order, in each case to pay all accrued and outstanding interest in the Scottsdale Fashion Square Mortgage Loan. Principal received on the Scottsdale Fashion Square Mortgage Loan pursuant to the foregoing shall be applied to the Scottsdale Components sequentially to Scottsdale Component A, Scottsdale Component B and Scottsdale Component C, in that order, in each case until the outstanding principal balance of each such Scottsdale Component is reduced to zero.

(e)               Collections by or on behalf of the Trust in respect of any REO Property (exclusive of amounts to be allocated to the payment of the costs of operating, managing, leasing, maintaining and disposing of such REO Property and, if applicable, in the case of each Serviced Whole Loan, exclusive of any amounts payable to the holder(s) of the related Companion Loan(s) pursuant to the related Co-Lender Agreement) shall be deemed to be allocated for purposes of calculating distributions on the Certificates and (subject to any related Co-Lender Agreement and/or Outside Servicing Agreement) for purposes of

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otherwise collecting amounts due under the Mortgage Loan in the following order of priority:

(i)                 as a recovery of any unreimbursed Advances (including any Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount) with respect to the related REO Mortgage Loan and interest at the Advance Rate on all Advances and, if applicable, unreimbursed and unpaid expenses of the Trust with respect to the related REO Mortgage Loan;

(ii)              as a recovery of any Nonrecoverable Advances with respect to the related REO Mortgage Loan and any interest on those Nonrecoverable Advances at the Advance Rate, to the extent previously paid or reimbursed from principal collections on the Mortgage Loans (as described in the first proviso in the definition of “Aggregate Principal Distribution Amount”);

(iii)             to the extent not previously so allocated pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) above, as a recovery of accrued and unpaid interest on the related REO Mortgage Loan (or, with respect to the Scottsdale Fashion Square Mortgage Loan, on each Scottsdale Component) (exclusive of Default Interest and Excess Interest) to the extent of the excess of (A) all unpaid interest (exclusive of Default Interest and Excess Interest) accrued on such REO Mortgage Loan at the applicable Mortgage Rate in effect from time to time through the end of the applicable Mortgage Loan interest accrual period, over (B) after taking into account any allocations pursuant to clause (v) below or clause (v) of Section 1.02(d) above on earlier dates, the aggregate portion of the accrued and unpaid interest described in subclause (A) of this clause (iii) that either (1) was not advanced because of the reductions (if any) in the amount of related P&I Advances for the related REO Mortgage Loan that have theretofore occurred under Section 4.06(a) of this Agreement in connection with Appraisal Reduction Amounts or (2) accrued at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate on the portion of the Stated Principal Balance of such REO Mortgage Loan equal to any related Collateral Deficiency Amount in effect from time to time and as to which no P&I Advance was made (with respect to the Scottsdale Fashion Square Mortgage Loan, such accrued and unpaid interest as between the Scottsdale Components to be applied sequentially to Scottsdale Component A, Scottsdale Component B and Scottsdale Component C, in that order);

(iv)              to the extent not previously so allocated pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) above, as a recovery of principal of the related REO Mortgage Loan to the extent of its entire unpaid principal balance (with respect to the Scottsdale Fashion Square Mortgage Loan, such principal to be applied to the Scottsdale Components sequentially to Scottsdale Component A, Scottsdale Component B and Scottsdale Component C, in that order, in each case until the outstanding principal balance of each Scottsdale Component is reduced to zero);

(v)                as a recovery of accrued and unpaid interest on the related REO Mortgage Loan (or, with respect to the Scottsdale Fashion Square Mortgage Loan, on each Scottsdale Component) (exclusive of Default Interest and Excess Interest)

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to the extent of the sum of (A) the cumulative amount of the reductions (if any) in the amount of related P&I Advances for such REO Mortgage Loan that have theretofore occurred under Section 4.06(a) of this Agreement in connection with related Appraisal Reduction Amounts, plus (B) any unpaid interest (exclusive of Default Interest and Excess Interest) that accrued at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate on the portion of the Stated Principal Balance of such REO Mortgage Loan equal to any related Collateral Deficiency Amount in effect from time to time and as to which no P&I Advance was made (to the extent that collections have not theretofore been allocated as a recovery of such accrued and unpaid interest on earlier dates pursuant to this clause (v) or clause (v) of Section 1.02(d) above) (with respect to the Scottsdale Fashion Square Mortgage Loan, such accrued and unpaid interest as between the Scottsdale Components to be applied sequentially to Scottsdale Component A, Scottsdale Component B and Scottsdale Component C, in that order);

(vi)             as a recovery of any Yield Maintenance Charge then due and owing under the related REO Mortgage Loan;

(vii)          as a recovery of any late payment charges and Default Interest then due and owing under the related REO Mortgage Loan;

(viii)         as a recovery of any Assumption Fees, assumption application fees and Modification Fees then due and owing under the related REO Mortgage Loan;

(ix)             as a recovery of any other amounts then due and owing under the related REO Mortgage Loan other than, if applicable, accrued and unpaid Excess Interest (and, if both Consent Fees and Operating Advisor Consulting Fees are due and owing, first, allocated to Consent Fees and, then, allocated to Operating Advisor Consulting Fees); and

(x)               in the case of an ARD Mortgage Loan after the related Anticipated Repayment Date, as a recovery of any accrued but unpaid Excess Interest.

(f)                The applications of amounts received in respect of any Mortgage Loan pursuant to paragraph (d) of this Section 1.02 shall be determined by the Master Servicer in accordance with the Servicing Standard. The applications of amounts received in respect of any Mortgage Loan or any REO Property pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section 1.02 shall be determined by the Special Servicer (unless such Mortgage Loan is, or such REO Property relates to, an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, in which case such applications shall be determined by the Master Servicer) in accordance with the Servicing Standard.

(g)               For purposes of calculating distributions on the related Loan-Specific Certificates and, in the absence of express provisions in the related Loan Documents and/or the related Co-Lender Agreement to the contrary, for purposes of otherwise collecting amounts due under the subject Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, all amounts collected by or on behalf of any Trust in respect of any Trust Subordinate Companion Loan in the form of payments from the related Mortgagor, Liquidation Proceeds, Condemnation

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Proceeds or Insurance Proceeds (excluding any amounts payable to the related Mortgage Loan pursuant to the related Co-Lender Agreement) shall be deemed to be allocated in the following order of priority:

(i)               as a recovery of any unreimbursed Advances (including any Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount) with respect to such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, and unpaid interest at the Advance Rate on such Advances and, if applicable, unreimbursed and unpaid expenses of the Trust with respect to such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan;

(ii)             as a recovery of Nonrecoverable Advances with respect to such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and any interest on those Nonrecoverable Advances at the Advance Rate, to the extent previously paid or reimbursed from principal collections on such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan;

(iii)            to the extent not previously so allocated pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) above, as a recovery of accrued and unpaid interest on such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (exclusive of Default Interest and Excess Interest) to the extent of the excess of (A) all unpaid interest (exclusive of Default Interest and Excess Interest) accrued on such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan at the related Mortgage Rate in effect from time to time through the end of the applicable mortgage interest accrual period, over (B) after taking into account any allocations pursuant to clause (v) below on earlier dates, the aggregate portion of the accrued and unpaid interest described in subclause (A) of this clause (iii) that either (1) was not advanced because of the reductions (if any) in the amount of related P&I Advances for such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan that have theretofore occurred under Section 4.06(a) of this Agreement in connection with the related Appraisal Reduction Amounts or (2) accrued at the related Net Mortgage Rate on the portion of the Stated Principal Balance of such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan equal to any related Collateral Deficiency Amount in effect from time to time and as to which no P&I Advance was made;

(iv)             to the extent not previously so allocated pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) above, as a recovery of principal of such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan then due and owing, including by reason of acceleration of such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan following a default thereunder (or, if such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan has been liquidated, as a recovery of principal to the extent of its entire remaining unpaid principal balance);

(v)               as a recovery of accrued and unpaid interest on such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (exclusive of Default Interest and Excess Interest) to the extent of the sum of (A) the cumulative amount of the reductions (if any) in the amount of related P&I Advances for such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan that have theretofore occurred under Section 4.06(a) of this Agreement in connection with related Appraisal Reduction Amounts, plus (B) any unpaid interest (exclusive of Default Interest and Excess Interest) that accrued at the related Net Mortgage Rate on the portion of the Stated Principal Balance of such Trust Subordinate

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Companion Loan equal to any related Collateral Deficiency Amount in effect from time to time and as to which no P&I Advance was made (to the extent that collections have not been allocated as recovery of such accrued and unpaid interest pursuant to this clause (v) on earlier dates);

(vi)             as a recovery of amounts to be currently allocated to the payment of, or escrowed for the future payment of, real estate taxes, assessments and insurance premiums and similar items relating to such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan;

(vii)           as a recovery of any other reserves to the extent then required to be held in escrow with respect to such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan;

(viii)         as a recovery of any Yield Maintenance Charge then due and owing under such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan;

(ix)             as a recovery of any late payment charges and Default Interest then due and owing under such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan;

(x)              as a recovery of any Assumption Fees, assumption application fees and Modification Fees then due and owing under such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan;

(xi)             as a recovery of any other amounts then due and owing under such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan other than remaining unpaid principal and other than, if applicable, accrued and unpaid Excess Interest (and, if both Consent Fees and Operating Advisor Consulting Fees are due and owing, first, allocated to Consent Fees and, then, allocated to Operating Advisor Consulting Fees);

(xii)          as a recovery of any remaining principal of such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan to the extent of its entire remaining unpaid principal balance;

provided that, to the extent required under the REMIC Provisions, payments or proceeds received (or receivable by exercise of the lender’s rights under the related Loan Documents) with respect to any partial release of the related Mortgaged Property (including following a condemnation) at a time when the loan-to-value ratio of the subject Trust Subordinate Companion Loan exceeds 125%, or would exceed 125% following any partial release (based solely on the value of the real property and excluding personal property and going concern value, if any) must be collected and allocated to reduce the principal balance of the subject Trust Subordinate Companion Loan in the manner permitted by the REMIC Provisions.

(h)               Collections by or on behalf of the Trust in respect of any REO Property relating to a Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (exclusive of amounts to be allocated to the payment of the costs of operating, managing, leasing, maintaining and disposing of such REO Property and exclusive of any amounts payable to the related Mortgage Loan pursuant to the related Co-Lender Agreement) shall be deemed to be allocated for purposes of calculating distributions on the related Loan-Specific Certificates and (subject to the related Co-Lender Agreement) for purposes of otherwise collecting amounts due under the subject Trust Subordinate Companion Loan in the following order of priority:

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(i)               as a recovery of any unreimbursed Advances (including any Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount) with respect to such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and interest at the Advance Rate on all Advances and, if applicable, unreimbursed and unpaid expenses of the Trust with respect to such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan;

(ii)              as a recovery of any Nonrecoverable Advances with respect to such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and any interest on those Nonrecoverable Advances at the Advance Rate, to the extent previously paid or reimbursed from principal collections on such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan;

(iii)            to the extent not previously so allocated pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) above, as a recovery of accrued and unpaid interest on such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (exclusive of Default Interest and Excess Interest) to the extent of the excess of (A) all unpaid interest (exclusive of Default Interest and Excess Interest) accrued on such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan at the related Mortgage Rate in effect from time to time through the end of the applicable mortgage interest accrual period, over (B) after taking into account any allocations pursuant to clause (v) below or clause (v) of Section 1.02(g) above on earlier dates, the aggregate portion of the accrued and unpaid interest described in subclause (A) of this clause (iii) that either (1) was not advanced because of the reductions (if any) in the amount of related P&I Advances for such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan that have theretofore occurred under Section 4.06(a) of this Agreement in connection with related Appraisal Reduction Amounts or (2) accrued at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate on the portion of the Stated Principal Balance of such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan equal to any related Collateral Deficiency Amount in effect from time to time and as to which no P&I Advance was made;

(iv)             to the extent not previously so allocated pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) above, as a recovery of principal of such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan to the extent of its entire unpaid principal balance;

(v)               as a recovery of accrued and unpaid interest on such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (exclusive of Default Interest and Excess Interest) to the extent of the sum of (A) the cumulative amount of the reductions (if any) in the amount of related P&I Advances for such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan that have theretofore occurred under Section 4.06(a) of this Agreement in connection with related Appraisal Reduction Amounts, plus (B) any unpaid interest (exclusive of Default Interest and Excess Interest) that accrued at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate on the portion of the Stated Principal Balance of such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan equal to any related Collateral Deficiency Amount in effect from time to time and as to which no P&I Advance was made (to the extent that collections have not theretofore been allocated as a recovery of such accrued and unpaid interest on earlier dates pursuant to this clause (v) or clause (v) of Section 1.02(g) above);

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(vi)            as a recovery of any Yield Maintenance Charge then due and owing under such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan;

(vii)          as a recovery of any late payment charges and Default Interest then due and owing under such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan;

(viii)        as a recovery of any Assumption Fees, assumption application fees and Modification Fees then due and owing under such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; and

(ix)             as a recovery of any other amounts then due and owing under such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan other than, if applicable, accrued and unpaid Excess Interest (and, if both Consent Fees and Operating Advisor Consulting Fees are due and owing, first, allocated to Consent Fees and, then, allocated to Operating Advisor Consulting Fees) .

(i)                 The applications of amounts received in respect of a Trust Subordinate Companion Loan pursuant to paragraph (g) of this Section 1.02 shall be determined by the Master Servicer in accordance with the Servicing Standard. The applications of amounts received in respect of such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or any REO Property pursuant to paragraph (h) of this Section 1.02 shall be determined by the Special Servicer in accordance with the Servicing Standard.

(j)                 All net present value calculations and determinations made hereunder with respect to the Mortgage Loans, the Serviced Companion Loans or a Mortgaged Property or REO Property (including for purposes of the definition of “Servicing Standard”, and including, if and when applicable, with respect to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan or the related Mortgaged Property or any related REO Property) shall be made using the Calculation Rate.

(k)               For purposes of calculating Pass-Through Rates (where applicable) and distributions on, and allocations of applicable Realized Losses (where applicable) to, the Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest, as well as for purposes of calculating the Servicing Fee, the Trustee/Certificate Administrator Fee, the Operating Advisor Fee and the Asset Representations Reviewer Ongoing Fee payable each month, each REO Property (including any REO Property with respect to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan held pursuant to an Outside Servicing Agreement) will be treated as if the related Mortgage Loan and any related Companion Loan(s) had remained outstanding and the related Loan Documents continued in full force and effect; and all references to “Mortgage Loan,” “Mortgage Loans” or “Mortgage Pool” (or any other capitalized terms of which such terms are a part) in this Agreement, when used in that context, will be deemed to also be references to or to also include, as the case may be, any related REO Mortgage Loan, and all references to “Companion Loan,” “Companion Loans” or “Trust Subordinate Companion Loan” (or any other capitalized terms of which such terms are a part) in this Agreement, when used in that context, will be deemed to also be references to or to also include, as the case may be, any related REO Companion Loan. Each REO Loan will generally be deemed to have the same characteristics as its actual predecessor Mortgage

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Loan or Companion Loan, as applicable, including the same fixed Mortgage Rate (and, accordingly, the same Net Mortgage Rate) and the same unpaid principal balance and Stated Principal Balance. Amounts due on the predecessor Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, as applicable, including any portion of those amounts payable or reimbursable to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as applicable, will continue to be “due” in respect of the REO Loan; and amounts received in respect of the related REO Property, net of payments to be made, or reimbursements to the Master Servicer or Special Servicer for payments previously advanced, in connection with the operation and management of that property, generally will be applied by the Master Servicer as if received on the predecessor Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, as applicable.

Section 1.03           Certain Constructions. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the most or next most subordinate Class of Non-Vertically Retained Regular Certificates outstanding at any time shall mean the most or next most subordinate Class of Non-Vertically Retained Regular Certificates then outstanding as among the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class X-A, Class X-D, Class A-S, Class B, Class C, Class D, Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR and Class J-RR Certificates; provided, however, that for purposes of determining the most subordinate Class of Non-Vertically Retained Regular Certificates, in the event that the Class A-1, Class A-2 and Class A-3 Certificates are the only Classes of Non-Vertically Retained Principal Balance Certificates outstanding, the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3 and Class X-A Certificates together will be treated as the most subordinate Class of Non-Vertically Retained Regular Certificates. For purposes of this Agreement, each Class of Certificates (other than the Class S and Class R Certificates) shall be deemed to be outstanding only to the extent its respective Certificate Balance or Notional Amount has not been reduced to zero. For purposes of this Agreement, the Class R Certificates shall be deemed to be outstanding so long as the Trust REMICs have not been terminated pursuant to Section 9.01 of this Agreement.

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

(i)               the terms defined in this Agreement include the plural as well as the singular, and the use of any gender herein shall be deemed to include the other gender;

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

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

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(iv)             the words “herein”, “hereof”, “hereunder”, “hereto”, “hereby” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision; and

(v)               the terms “include” or “including” shall mean without limitation by reason of enumeration.

(c)               For the avoidance of doubt, with respect to any indemnification provisions in this Agreement providing that the Trust is required to indemnify a party to this Agreement, or a party to this Agreement is required to indemnify the Trust or another party to this Agreement, for costs, fees and expenses, such costs, fees and expenses are intended to include costs (including, but not limited to, reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses) of the enforcement of such indemnity.

Article II

CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AND TRUST SUBORDINATE COMPANION LOAN; ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES

Section 2.01           Conveyance of Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan.

(a)               The Depositor, concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof, does hereby establish a trust to be designated as Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, appoint the Trustee to serve as trustee of such trust and assign, sell, transfer, set over and otherwise convey to the Trustee (as holder of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests, the Loan REMIC Regular Interests and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interests) in trust without recourse for the benefit of the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and the Loan-Specific Certificateholders all the right, title and interest of the Depositor, including any security interest therein for the benefit of the Depositor, in, to and under (i) the Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, (ii) Sections 2, 3, 4, 5 (other than Section 5(e), 5(f), 5(h) (insofar as it relates to the delivery of the subject certification to the Depositor) and 5(m) (insofar as the indemnity relates to the failure in clause (ii) of such section 5(m)), 6 (other than Sections 6(i), 6(j) and 6(k)) and (to the extent related to the foregoing) 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 20, 22, 23 and 24 (and, in the case of the Barclays Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, also Section 25) of each Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, (iii) each Co-Lender Agreement, if any, (iv) any Trust Subordinate Companion Loan(s) and (v) all Escrow Accounts, Lock-Box Accounts and all other assets included or to be included in the Trust Fund for the benefit of the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and the Loan-Specific Certificateholders. Such assignment includes all interest and principal received or receivable on or with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan(s) (other than payments of principal and interest and other amounts due and payable on the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan(s) on or before the Cut-Off Date and excluding any Retained Defeasance Rights and Obligations with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan(s)). Such assignment of any Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan is further subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable Outside

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Servicing Agreement and the related Co-Lender Agreement. The transfer of the Mortgage Loans, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan(s) and the related rights and property accomplished hereby is absolute and, notwithstanding Section 12.08 of this Agreement, is intended by the parties to constitute a sale.

(b)               In connection with the Depositor’s assignment pursuant to Section 2.01(a) of this Agreement, the Depositor shall direct each Mortgage Loan Seller (pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement) to deliver to and deposit with (or to cause to be delivered to and deposited with) the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee), on or before the Closing Date, the Mortgage File for each Mortgage Loan and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, with copies (other than with respect to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan) to be delivered, within five (5) Business Days after the Closing Date, to the Master Servicer. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, (A) with respect to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan as of the Closing Date, (i) if the Custodian is not also the applicable Outside Custodian with respect to such Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, the preceding document delivery requirements shall be deemed satisfied by the delivery by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller to the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) of (I) with respect to the documents and/or instruments referred to in clause (1) of the definition of “Mortgage File”, executed originals of the related documents, and (II) with respect to the documents and/or instruments referred to in clauses (2) through (20) of the definition of “Mortgage File”, a copy of such documents (with the actual such documents to be delivered to the applicable Outside Custodian under the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement) and (ii) if the Custodian is also the applicable Outside Custodian with respect to such Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, the preceding document delivery requirements shall be deemed satisfied by the delivery by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller to the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) of (I) with respect to the documents and/or instruments referred to in clause (1) of the definition of “Mortgage File”, executed originals of the related documents, and (II) with respect to the documents and/or instruments referred to in clauses (2) through (20) of the definition of “Mortgage File”, a copy of any such document only if such document was not required to be delivered to the applicable Outside Custodian under the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement; provided that with respect to such Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, (x) if Computershare Trust Company, National Association ceases to be the Custodian under this Agreement with respect to such Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, it shall, upon receipt of a request for release, provide to the successor Custodian executed originals of the documents and/or instruments referred to in clause (1) of the definition of “Mortgage File” and copies of the documents and/or instruments referred to in clauses (2) through (20) of the definition of “Mortgage File”, and (y) if Computershare Trust Company, National Association ceases to be the Outside Custodian under the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement with respect to such Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, it shall, promptly provide copies of the documents and/or instruments referred to in clauses (2) through (20) of the definition of “Mortgage File” to the Custodian under this Agreement; and (B) with respect to a Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan, the related Mortgage File delivered to and deposited with the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) as contemplated by the first sentence of this Section 2.01(b) shall, on or after the related Servicing Shift Date, be transferred to the Outside Custodian related to the securitization of the related Pari Passu Companion Loan evidenced by the related Servicing Shift Lead Note in accordance with the second paragraph of Section 2.01(c) and with the

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expectation that the assignments referred to in clauses (4), (5) and (14) of the definition of “Mortgage File” (to the extent that recordation of such item would have otherwise been required) will be recorded in the name of the trustee for that securitization. None of the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Custodian, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer shall be liable for any failure by any Mortgage Loan Seller or the Depositor to comply with the document delivery requirements of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and this Section 2.01(b). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to letters of credit (exclusive of those relating to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan), the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller shall deliver, on or before the Closing Date, to the Master Servicer and the Master Servicer shall hold the original (or copy, if such original has been submitted by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller to the issuing bank to effect an assignment or amendment of such letter of credit (changing the beneficiary thereof to the Trustee (in care of the Master Servicer) for the benefit of the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, any related Loan-Specific Certificateholders and, if applicable, the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder and, to the extent required in order for the Master Servicer to draw on such letter of credit on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, any related Loan-Specific Certificateholders and, if applicable, the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder in accordance with the applicable terms thereof and/or of the related Loan Documents)) and the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller shall be deemed to have satisfied any delivery requirements of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and this Section 2.01(b) by delivering, on or before the Closing Date, with respect to any letter(s) of credit a copy thereof to the Custodian together with an Officer’s Certificate of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller certifying that such document has been delivered to the Master Servicer or an Officer’s Certificate from the Master Servicer certifying that it holds the letter(s) of credit pursuant to this Section 2.01(b). If a letter of credit referred to in the previous sentence is not in a form that would allow the Master Servicer to draw on such letter of credit on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, any related Loan-Specific Certificateholders and, if applicable, the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s) in accordance with the applicable terms thereof and/or of the related Loan Documents, the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller shall deliver the appropriate assignment or amendment documents (or copies of such assignment or amendment documents if the related Mortgage Loan Seller has submitted the originals to the related issuer of such letter of credit for processing) to the Master Servicer within 90 days of the Closing Date; provided that with respect to a Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan, no such assignments shall be made until the earlier of (i) the related Servicing Shift Date, in which case such assignments shall be made in accordance with the related Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and (ii) the earlier of (A) 180 days after the Closing Date and (B) such time as any such letter of credit is required to be drawn upon by the Master Servicer, in which case such assignments shall be made in favor of the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and for the benefit of the holder(s) of the related Companion Loan(s) and any related Loan-Specific Certificateholders, until the occurrence of the related Servicing Shift Date. Contemporaneous with the securitization of the related Pari Passu Companion Loan evidenced by the related Servicing Shift Lead Note, any such letter of credit shall be

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assigned to the related Outside Servicer or related Outside Trustee, as applicable, as provided in the related Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The applicable Mortgage Loan Seller shall pay any costs of assignment or amendment of such letter(s) of credit required in order for the Master Servicer to draw on such letter(s) of credit on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and, if applicable, the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder and any related Loan-Specific Certificateholders, and shall cooperate with the reasonable requests of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in connection with effectuating a draw under any such letter of credit prior to the date such letter of credit is assigned or amended in order that it may be drawn by the Master Servicer on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and, if applicable, the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder and any related Loan-Specific Certificateholders.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, with respect to each Co-sponsored Mortgage Loan and Co-sponsored Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, the obligations of each of the related Applicable Co-sponsors to deliver a Mortgage Note (and any related allonge or assignment) to the Custodian shall be limited to delivery to the Custodian of only the Mortgage Note(s) evidencing the portion of such Co-sponsored Mortgage Loan or Co-sponsored Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, as applicable, being sold by such party (and any related allonge or assignment). With respect to each Co-sponsored Mortgage Loan and Co-sponsored Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, the obligations of the related Applicable Co-sponsors to deliver the remaining portion of the related Mortgage File or any remaining document required to be delivered with respect thereto shall be joint and several, provided that either of the related Applicable Co-sponsors may deliver one Mortgage File (exclusive of the related Mortgage Notes) or one of any other remaining document required to be delivered with respect to such Co-sponsored Mortgage Loan or Co-sponsored Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, as applicable, hereunder and such delivery shall satisfy the corresponding delivery requirements for each of the related Applicable Co-sponsors.

With respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan secured by a Mortgaged Property that is subject to a franchise agreement with a related comfort letter in favor of the related Mortgage Loan Seller that requires notice to or request of the related franchisor to transfer or assign any such related comfort letter to the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (and, if applicable, the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s) and any related Loan-Specific Certificateholders) or have a new comfort letter (or any such new document or acknowledgement as may be contemplated under the existing comfort letter) issued in the name of the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (and, if applicable, the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s) and any related Loan-Specific Certificateholders), the related Mortgage Loan Seller or its designee shall, within 45 days of the Closing Date (or any shorter period if required by the applicable comfort letter), provide any such required notice or make any such required request to the related franchisor for the transfer or assignment of such comfort letter or issuance of a new comfort letter (or any such new document or acknowledgement as may be contemplated under the existing comfort letter), with a copy of such notice or request to the Custodian (who shall include such document in the related Mortgage File) and the Master Servicer, and the Master Servicer shall use reasonable efforts in accordance with the Servicing Standard to acquire such replacement comfort letter, if necessary (or to acquire

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any such new document or acknowledgement as may be contemplated under the existing comfort letter), and the Master Servicer shall, as soon as reasonably practicable following receipt thereof, deliver the original of such replacement comfort letter, new document or acknowledgement, as applicable, to the Custodian for inclusion in the Mortgage File.

After the Depositor’s transfer of the Mortgage Loans and any Trust Subordinate Companion Loan(s) to the Trustee pursuant to this Section 2.01(b), the Depositor shall not take any action inconsistent with the Trust’s ownership of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan(s).

(c)               The Depositor hereby represents and warrants that each Mortgage Loan Seller has covenanted in the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement that it shall record and file, or cause a third party on its behalf to record and file, at the related Mortgage Loan Seller’s expense, in the appropriate public recording office for real property records or UCC financing statements, as appropriate, each related assignment of Mortgage and assignment of Assignment of Leases referred to in clause (4) of the definition of “Mortgage File” and each related UCC-3 assignment referred to in clause (15) of the definition of “Mortgage File”, in each case in favor of the Trustee. This subsection (c) shall not apply to any Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan because the documents referred to herein have been assigned to the related Outside Trustee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to a Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan: (A) the instruments of assignment referred to in clauses (4), (5) and (14) in the definition of “Mortgage File” may be in blank and need not be recorded pursuant to this Agreement (to the extent recordation would have otherwise been required) until the earliest of (i) the related Servicing Shift Date, in which case such instruments shall be completed and, if applicable, recorded in accordance with the related Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and the related Mortgage Loan Seller shall deliver or cause the delivery of photocopies of any such instruments of assignment so completed and recorded to the Custodian, (ii) such Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan becomes a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan prior to the related Servicing Shift Date, in which case such assignments shall be completed and, if applicable, recorded in accordance with this Agreement upon such occurrence, and (iii) the expiration of 180 days following the Closing Date, in which case assignments shall be completed and, if applicable, recordations shall be effected in accordance with this Agreement upon such occurrence; and (B) on or promptly following the related Servicing Shift Date and upon the transfer of servicing of the related Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan to the related Outside Servicing Agreement in accordance with the related Co-Lender Agreement, the Custodian shall deliver the originals of all documents constituting the related Mortgage File and any other related Loan Documents (if not a part of the related Mortgage File) in its possession (other than the documents described in clause (1) of the definition of “Mortgage File”) to the related Outside Trustee or the Outside Custodian; provided that, prior to the delivery of any such original documents to the related Outside Trustee or Outside Custodian, the Custodian shall make and retain photocopies of any and all documents so delivered to the related Outside Trustee or the Outside Custodian; and provided, further, that, to the extent any instruments of assignment that are part of the Mortgage File have been recorded or filed pursuant to this Agreement prior to the related Servicing Shift Date, the Trustee shall execute and deliver assignments to the Outside Trustee.

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The Depositor hereby represents and warrants that the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller has covenanted in the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement as to each Mortgage Loan (exclusive of any Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan) and any Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, that if it cannot deliver or cause to be delivered the documents and/or instruments referred to in clauses (2), (3) and (6) (if recorded) and (15) of the definition of “Mortgage File” solely because of a delay caused by the public recording or filing office where such document or instrument has been delivered for recordation or filing, as applicable, a copy of the original certified by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller or the title agent to be a true and complete copy of the original thereof submitted for recording, shall be forwarded to the Custodian. Each assignment referred to in the prior paragraph that is recorded and the file copy of each UCC-3 assignment referred to in the previous paragraph shall reflect that it should be returned by the public recording or filing office to the Custodian or its agent following recording (or, alternatively, to the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller or its designee, in which case the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller shall deliver or cause the delivery of the recorded/filed original to the Custodian promptly following receipt); provided that, in those instances where the public recording office retains the original assignment of Mortgage or assignment of Assignment of Leases, the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller or its designee shall obtain and provide to the Custodian a certified copy of the recorded original. On a monthly basis, at the expense of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller, the Custodian shall forward to the Master Servicer a copy of each of the aforementioned assignments following the Custodian’s receipt thereof.

If the Custodian has received written notice that any of the aforementioned assignments is lost or returned unrecorded or unfiled, as the case may be, because of a defect therein, then the Custodian shall direct the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller (pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement) promptly to prepare or cause the preparation of a substitute therefor or cure such defect or cause such defect to be cured, as the case may be, and to record or file, or with respect to any assignments that a third party on the Mortgage Loan Seller’s behalf has agreed to record or file as described above, to deliver to such third party the substitute or corrected document.

(d)               In connection with the Depositor’s assignment pursuant to Section 2.01(a) of this Agreement, except with respect to any Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Depositor shall direct the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller (pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement) to deliver to and deposit with (or cause to be delivered to and deposited with) the Master Servicer within five (5) Business Days after the Closing Date: (i) a copy of the Mortgage File; (ii) all documents and records not otherwise required to be contained in the Mortgage File that (A) relate to the origination and/or servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan(s) and any other related Serviced Companion Loan(s), (B) are reasonably necessary for the ongoing administration and/or servicing of the Mortgage Loans (including any asset summaries related to the Mortgage Loans that were delivered to the Rating Agencies in connection with the rating of the Certificates), the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan(s) or any other related Serviced Companion Loans or for evidencing or enforcing any of the rights of the holder of the Mortgage Loans, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan(s) or any other related Serviced Companion Loans or holders of interests therein, and (C) are in possession or under control of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller; and (iii) all unapplied Escrow Payments and reserve funds in the possession or under

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control of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller that relate to such Mortgage Loans, such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan(s) and any other related Serviced Companion Loans, together with a statement indicating which Escrow Payments and reserve funds are allocable to each Mortgage Loan, each Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or any other related Serviced Companion Loan; provided that the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller shall not be required to deliver any draft documents, privileged or other related Mortgage Loan Seller communications, credit underwriting, due diligence analyses or data, or internal worksheets, memoranda, communications or evaluations. The Master Servicer shall hold all such documents, records and funds on behalf of the Trustee in trust for the benefit of the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and any related Loan-Specific Certificateholders (and, insofar as they also relate to a Serviced Companion Loan held outside the Trust, on behalf of and for the benefit of the applicable Serviced Companion Loan Holder). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.01(d) shall not apply to the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans. In addition, each Mortgage Loan Seller is required, pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, to provide to the Master Servicer the initial data with respect to its Mortgage Loans and, in the case of the related Applicable Co-sponsors, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan for the CREFC^® Financial File and the CREFC^® Loan Periodic Update File that are required to be prepared by the Master Servicer pursuant to this Agreement.

(e)               In connection with the Depositor’s assignment pursuant to subsection (a) above, the Depositor shall deliver, and hereby represents and warrants that it has delivered, to the Custodian and the Master Servicer, on or before the Closing Date, a fully executed original counterpart of each Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, as in full force and effect, without amendment or modification, on the Closing Date.

(f)                With respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, the Custodian shall also hold the related Mortgage File for the use and benefit of the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s).

(g)               The parties to this Agreement acknowledge and agree, with respect to the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans, that the Trust assumes the obligations and rights of the holder of each Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan under the respective Co-Lender Agreement and/or Outside Servicing Agreement.

(h)               It is not intended that this Agreement create a partnership or a joint-stock association.

(i)                 The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that each Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement provides that: (1) within sixty (60) days after the Closing Date, the related Mortgage Loan Seller is required to deliver or cause to be delivered the Diligence File for each of its Mortgage Loans to the Depositor by uploading such Diligence Files to the Designated Site; and (2) promptly upon completion of such delivery of the Diligence Files (but in no event later than sixty (60) days after the Closing Date), the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller is required to provide to the Depositor (with a copy (which may be sent by email if and to the extent provided for in Section 12.04 of this Agreement) to each

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of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Controlling Class Representative, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Operating Advisor) an officer’s certificate signed by such Mortgage Loan Seller certifying that the electronic copies of the documents uploaded to the Designated Site constitute all documents required under the definition of “Diligence File” and such Diligence Files are organized and categorized in accordance with the electronic file structure reasonably requested by the Depositor (the “Diligence File Certification”).The Depositor shall have no responsibility for determining whether any Diligence Files delivered to it are complete and shall have no liability to the Trust or the Certificateholders or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or any related Loan-Specific Certificateholders for the failure of any Mortgage Loan Seller to deliver a Diligence File (or a complete Diligence File) to the Depositor.

(j)                 Within one (1) Business Day after the Closing Date, the Depositor shall deliver to the Master Servicer the Initial Schedule AL File and the Initial Schedule AL Additional File in XML Format and Excel format at the following email address: NoticeAdmin@midlandls.com.

(k)               The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that each Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement provides that, contemporaneously with the execution of such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement by the Depositor and the related Mortgage Loan Seller, the related Mortgage Loan Seller is required to deliver to the Special Servicer a power of attorney (substantially in the form of Exhibit G to such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement) that permits the Special Servicer to take such other action as is necessary to effect the delivery, assignment and/or recordation of any documents and/or instruments relating to any related Mortgage Loan or, if applicable, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan which have not been delivered, assigned or recorded at the time required for enforcement actions by the Special Servicer on behalf of the Trust Fund.

Section 2.02           Acceptance by the Trustee, the Custodian and the Certificate Administrator.

(a)               The Trustee, by its execution and delivery of this Agreement, hereby accepts receipt, directly or through the Custodian on its behalf, of (i) the Mortgage Loans, the Loan REMIC Regular Interests, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan(s) and all documents delivered to it that constitute portions of the related Mortgage Files and (ii) all other assets delivered to it and included in the Trust Fund, in good faith and without notice of any adverse claim, and declares that it or the Custodian on its behalf holds and will hold such documents and any other documents subsequently received by it that constitute portions of the Mortgage Files, and that the Custodian on behalf of the Trustee holds and will hold the Mortgage Loans, the Loan REMIC Regular Interests, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan(s) and such other assets, together with any other assets subsequently delivered to it that are to be included in the Trust Fund, in trust for the exclusive use and benefit of all present and future Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, any related Loan-Specific Certificateholders and, if applicable, the Serviced Companion Loan Holders pursuant to Section 2.01(f) of this Agreement. With respect to each Serviced Whole Loan, the Custodian shall also hold the portion of such Mortgage File that relates

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to any Serviced Companion Loan in such Whole Loan that is held outside the Trust in trust for the use and benefit of the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder. In connection with the foregoing, the Certificate Administrator, as the initial Custodian, hereby certifies to each of the other parties hereto, the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller, each Underwriter and each Initial Purchaser that, as to each Mortgage Loan and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, (i) all documents specified in clause (1) of the definition of “Mortgage File” are in its possession, and (ii) the original Note (or, if accompanied by a lost note affidavit, the copy of such Note) received by it with respect to such Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan has been reviewed by it and (A) appears regular on its face (handwritten additions, changes or corrections shall not constitute irregularities if initialed by the Mortgagor), (B) appears to have been executed (where appropriate) and (C) purports to relate to such Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, as applicable.

(b)               On or about the 60th day following the Closing Date (and, if any exceptions are noted, again on or about the 90th day following the Closing Date and monthly thereafter until the earliest of (i) the second anniversary of the Closing Date, (ii) the day on which all exceptions have been removed and (iii) the day on which the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller has repurchased or substituted for the last affected Trust Loan), the Custodian shall review the documents delivered to it with respect to each Trust Loan, and the Custodian shall, subject to Sections 2.01(c), 2.02(c) and 2.02(d) of this Agreement and the terms of the respective Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements, certify in writing (substantially in the form of Exhibit N to this Agreement) to each of the other parties hereto, the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller, each Underwriter and each Initial Purchaser (and upon request, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan that is held outside the Trust, to the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder) that, as to each Mortgage Loan and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan then subject to this Agreement (except as specifically identified in any exception report annexed to such certification, which exception report shall also be available in electronic format (including Excel-compatible format) upon request): (i) all documents specified in clauses (1), (2), (3), (4) (other than with respect to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan), (5), (6) (provided that the Custodian has been notified of any related modification), (7), (15) and (20) (for each Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan and any Trust Subordinate Companion Loan) of the definition of “Mortgage File” are in its possession; (ii) the recordation/filing contemplated by Section 2.01(c) of this Agreement has been completed (based solely on receipt by the Custodian (whether that is the Certificate Administrator or any other Custodian appointed by it) of the particular recorded/filed documents); (iii) all documents received by the Custodian with respect to such Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan have been reviewed by the Custodian and (A) appear regular on their face (handwritten additions, changes or corrections shall not constitute irregularities if initialed by the Mortgagor), (B) appear to have been executed (where appropriate) and (C) purport to relate to such Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; and (iv) based on the examinations referred to in Section 2.02(a) of this Agreement and this Section 2.02(b) and only as to the foregoing documents (together with any Loan Agreement that has been delivered by the related Mortgage Loan Seller), the information set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule with respect to the items specified in clauses (iv) and (v)(B) of the definition of “Mortgage Loan Schedule” accurately reflects the information set forth in the Mortgage File. With respect to the items listed in clauses (2), (3), (4) and (6) of the definition of “Mortgage File” if the

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original of such document is not in the Custodian’s possession because it has not been returned from the applicable recording office, then the Custodian’s certification prepared pursuant to this Section 2.02(b) should indicate the absence of such original. In addition, as it relates to the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans (including, for the avoidance of doubt, each Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan with respect to which the Custodian is also the applicable Outside Custodian under the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement), with respect to the items listed in clauses (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (15) and (20) of the definition of “Mortgage File”, the Custodian’s certification prepared pursuant to this Section 2.02(b) should indicate the absence of such document: (i) in the case of the item listed in clause (1) of the definition of “Mortgage File”, unless the Custodian is in possession of the original of such document; and (ii) in the case of the items listed in clauses (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (15) and (20) of the definition of “Mortgage File”, unless the Custodian is in possession of a copy of such document. If the Custodian’s obligation to deliver the certifications contemplated in this subsection terminates because two years have elapsed since the Closing Date, the Certificate Administrator shall deliver (or cause any other Custodian appointed by it to deliver) a comparable certification to any party hereto, the Serviced Companion Loan Holder and any Underwriter and any Initial Purchaser on request.

(c)               It is acknowledged that none of the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Custodian is under any duty or obligation to inspect, review or examine any of the documents, instruments, certificates or other papers relating to the Trust Loans delivered to it to determine that the same are valid, legal, effective, genuine, binding, enforceable, sufficient or appropriate for the represented purpose or that they are other than what they purport to be on their face. Furthermore, none of the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Custodian shall have any responsibility for determining whether the text of any assignment or endorsement is in proper or recordable form, whether the requisite recording of any document is in accordance with the requirements of any applicable jurisdiction, or whether a blanket assignment is permitted in any applicable jurisdiction.

(d)               The parties hereto hereby agree that the scope of the Custodian’s review of the Mortgage Files is limited solely to confirming that the documents specified in clauses (1), (2), (3), (4) (other than with respect to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan), (5), (6) (provided that the Custodian has been notified of any related modification), (7), (15) and (20) (for each Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan and any Trust Subordinate Companion Loan) of the definition of “Mortgage File” have been received, appear regular on their face and such additional information as will be necessary for delivering the certifications required by Sections 2.02(a) and 2.02(b) of this Agreement, and such review is in no way intended to, nor shall it be used to, verify the content of any collateral descriptions included in any data tapes and shall not otherwise directly or indirectly be reflected in any offering document. Any review of the Mortgage Files by the Custodian and any certification with respect thereto is not intended to, and shall not be deemed by the parties to this Agreement to, constitute “due diligence services” or a “third party due diligence report” as such terms are defined in Rule 17g-10 and 15Ga-2, respectively, under the Exchange Act. Any recipient of the Custodian’s certification or a copy thereof by its receipt thereof is deemed to agree, and each party to this Agreement

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hereby agrees, that it shall not share such certification with any NRSRO or any party not addressed on such certification. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 2.02(d) shall relieve any party to this Agreement from its obligation to deliver information to the Rating Agencies as required under and in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(e)               If, after the Closing Date, the Depositor comes into possession of any documents or records that constitute part of the Mortgage File or Servicing File for any Trust Loan, the Depositor shall promptly deliver such document to the Custodian with a copy to the Master Servicer (if it constitutes part of the Servicing File).

Section 2.03           Mortgage Loan Sellers’ Repurchase, Substitution or Cures of Trust Loans for Document Defects in Mortgage Files and Breaches of Representations and Warranties.

(a)               If (i) any party hereto (other than the Asset Representations Reviewer) (A) discovers or receives notice alleging that any document required to be included in a Mortgage File by the related Mortgage Loan Seller has not been properly executed, is missing, contains information that does not conform in any material respect with the corresponding information set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule, or does not appear to be regular on its face (each, a “Document Defect”) or (B) discovers or receives notice alleging a breach of any representation or warranty of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller made pursuant to Section 6(c) of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement with respect to any Trust Loan (a “Breach”) or (ii) the Special Servicer or the Depositor receives a Repurchase Request, then such Person shall give prompt written notice thereof to the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller, the Controlling Class Representative (prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event), the other parties hereto, any related Serviced Companion Loan Holder (if applicable) and, for posting to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 12.13 of this Agreement, the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider (to the extent notice has not previously been delivered to such Persons pursuant to this sentence). If any such Document Defect or Breach materially and adversely affects, or any such Document Defect is deemed in accordance with Section 2.03(b) of this Agreement to materially and adversely affect, the value of the related Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, the value of the related Mortgaged Property (or any related REO Property) or the interests of the Trustee or any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or any Loan-Specific Certificateholder) in the related Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or the related Mortgaged Property (or any related REO Property) or causes any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan to fail to be a Qualified Mortgage, then such Document Defect shall, subject to Section 2.03(b), constitute a “Material Document Defect” or such Breach shall constitute a “Material Breach”, as the case may be. The Enforcing Servicer shall determine, with respect to any affected Mortgage Loan (including any successor REO Mortgage Loan with respect thereto) or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (including any successor REO Companion Loan with respect thereto), whether a Document Defect is a Material Document Defect or a Breach is a Material Breach. If such Document Defect or Breach has been determined to be a Material Defect, then the Enforcing Servicer shall give prompt written notice to the other parties hereto, the Controlling Class Representative (prior to the occurrence and continuance of a

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Consultation Termination Event), and the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller (and in the case of the Barclays Mortgage Loans, with simultaneous notice to and demand on the Barclays Guarantor, in connection with its obligations set forth in Section 24 of the Barclays Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement) (a) notifying such parties of the existence of such Material Defect and (b) demanding that the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller, not later than 90 days from the earlier of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller’s (x) discovery of, and (y) receipt of notice of, and receipt of a demand to take action with respect to, such Material Defect (or, in the case of a Material Defect relating to a Trust Loan not being a Qualified Mortgage, not later than 90 days from any party discovering such Material Defect), cure the same in all material respects (which cure shall include payment of losses and any Additional Trust Fund Expenses associated therewith (including, if applicable, the amount of any fees of the Asset Representations Reviewer payable pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement attributable to the Asset Review of such Mortgage Loan)) or, if such Material Defect cannot be cured within such 90 day period, either (before the end of such 90-day period) (i) repurchase the affected Trust Loan or any related REO Property (or the Trust’s interest therein with respect to any Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan) at the applicable Purchase Price by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Collection Account or (ii) solely in the case of an affected Mortgage Loan, substitute a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for such affected Mortgage Loan (provided that in no event shall any such substitution occur on or after the second anniversary of the Closing Date and in no event shall any substitution be effected with respect to a Trust Subordinate Companion Loan) and pay the Master Servicer for deposit into the Collection Account, any Substitution Shortfall Amount in connection therewith, all in conformity with the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and this Agreement; provided, however, that no Mortgage Loan Seller may repurchase its portion of a Trust Subordinate Companion Loan without repurchasing the portion of the related Mortgage Loan that it contributed (so long as there is a Material Defect with respect to such related Mortgage Loan); provided, further, that if (i) such Material Defect is capable of being cured but not within such 90 day period, (ii) such Material Defect is not related to any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan not being a Qualified Mortgage and (iii) the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller has commenced and is diligently proceeding with the cure of such Material Defect within such 90 day period, then such Mortgage Loan Seller shall have an additional 90 days to complete such cure or, in the event of a failure to so cure, to complete such repurchase or substitution (it being understood and agreed that, in connection with such Mortgage Loan Seller’s receiving such additional 90 day period, such Mortgage Loan Seller shall deliver an Officer’s Certificate to the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Certificate Administrator setting forth the reasons such Material Defect is not capable of being cured within the initial 90 day period and what actions such Mortgage Loan Seller is pursuing in connection with the cure thereof and stating that such Mortgage Loan Seller anticipates that such Material Defect will be cured within such additional 90 day period); and provided, further, that, if any such Material Defect is still not cured after the initial 90 day period and any such additional 90 day period solely due to the failure of such Mortgage Loan Seller to have received the recorded document, then such Mortgage Loan Seller shall be entitled to continue to defer its cure, repurchase and/or substitution obligations in respect of such Material Defect so long as such Mortgage Loan Seller certifies to the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Certificate

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Administrator every 30 days thereafter that the Material Defect is still in effect solely because of its failure to have received the recorded document and that such Mortgage Loan Seller is diligently pursuing the cure of such defect (specifying the actions being taken), except that no such deferral of cure, repurchase or substitution may continue beyond the date that is 18 months following the Closing Date. If the affected Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan is to be repurchased, the Master Servicer shall designate the Collection Account as the account to which funds in the amount of the Purchase Price are to be wired. If the affected Mortgage Loan is to be substituted for, the Master Servicer shall designate the Collection Account as the account to which funds in the amount of the Substitution Shortfall Amount are to be wired. Any such repurchase or substitution of a Mortgage Loan shall be on a whole loan, servicing released basis. Monthly Payments due with respect to each Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan (if any) after the related Due Date in the month of substitution, and Monthly Payments due with respect to each Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan being repurchased or replaced after the related Cut-Off Date and received by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer on behalf of the Trust on or prior to the related date of repurchase or substitution, shall be part of the Trust Fund. Monthly Payments due with respect to each Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan (if any) on or prior to the related Due Date in the month of substitution, and Monthly Payments due with respect to each Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan being repurchased or replaced and received by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer on behalf of the Trust after the related date of repurchase or substitution, shall not be part of the Trust Fund and are to be remitted by the Master Servicer to the Mortgage Loan Seller effecting the related repurchase or substitution promptly following receipt. From and after the date of substitution, each Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, if any, that has been substituted shall be deemed to constitute a “Mortgage Loan” hereunder for all purposes. No mortgage loan may be substituted for a Defective Mortgage Loan as contemplated by this Section 2.03(a) if the Mortgage Loan to be replaced was itself a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan that had replaced a prior Mortgage Loan, in which case, absent a cure (including by the making of a Loss of Value Payment pursuant to the following paragraph) of the relevant Material Defect, the affected Mortgage Loan will be required to be repurchased.

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.03(a), in lieu of the related Mortgage Loan Seller performing its obligations with respect to any Material Defect as set forth in the preceding paragraph, to the extent that such Mortgage Loan Seller and the Enforcing Servicer (subject to the consent of the applicable Directing Holder) are able to agree upon a cash payment payable by such Mortgage Loan Seller to the Trust that would be deemed sufficient to compensate the Trust for such Material Defect (a “Loss of Value Payment”), such Mortgage Loan Seller may elect, in its sole discretion, to pay such Loss of Value Payment to the Trust, and the amount of such Loss of Value Payment shall be deposited into the Loss of Value Reserve Fund to be applied in accordance with Section 3.06(c) of this Agreement; provided that a Material Defect as a result of a Trust Loan not constituting a Qualified Mortgage may not be cured by a Loss of Value Payment. In connection with the Enforcing Servicer’s reaching an agreement with a Mortgage Loan Seller as to a Loss of Value Payment, the Master Servicer shall, upon the Enforcing Servicer’s request, promptly provide the Enforcing Servicer with a copy of the Servicing File for such Trust Loan and any other information relating to such Trust Loan and reasonably requested by the Enforcing Servicer. Any agreement by the Enforcing Servicer with a Mortgage Loan Seller

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as to any Loss of Value Payment with respect to a Specially Serviced Loan shall be subject to the consent of the applicable Directing Holder. The Loss of Value Payment shall include the portion of any Liquidation Fees payable to the Special Servicer in respect of such Loss of Value Payment and, in the case of a Mortgage Loan, the portion of fees of the Asset Representations Reviewer attributable to any Asset Review of such Mortgage Loan. Upon its making a Loss of Value Payment, the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller shall be deemed to have cured the subject Material Defect in all respects. Provided that such Loss of Value Payment is made, this paragraph describes the sole remedy available to the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, any related Loan-Specific Certificateholders or the Trust regarding any such Material Defect in respect of which such Loss of Value Payment is accepted, and the related Mortgage Loan Seller shall not be obligated to repurchase or replace the affected Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or otherwise cure such Material Defect. This paragraph is intended to apply only to a mutual agreement or settlement between the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller and the Enforcing Servicer, provided that, prior to any such agreement or settlement, nothing in this paragraph shall preclude the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Enforcing Servicer, as applicable, from exercising any of its rights related to a Material Defect in the manner and within the time frames set forth in the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or this Section 2.03 (excluding this paragraph) (including any right to cure, repurchase or substitute for such Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan).

In the case of a Material Defect with respect to any Co-sponsored Mortgage Loan or Co-sponsored Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, each related Applicable Co-sponsor shall be responsible for any remedies under this Agreement and such Applicable Co-sponsor’s Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement solely in respect of the portion of such Co-sponsored Mortgage Loan or Co-sponsored Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, as applicable, evidenced by the related Note(s) sold by such Applicable Co-sponsor under its Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement as if such promissory note(s) were a separate Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, as applicable.

If (x) a Mortgage Loan is to be repurchased or replaced as described above (a “Defective Mortgage Loan”), (y) such Defective Mortgage Loan is part of a Cross-Collateralized Group and (z) the applicable Document Defect or Breach does not constitute a Material Defect as to the other Mortgage Loan(s) that are a part of such Cross-Collateralized Group (the “Other Crossed Loans”) (without regard to this paragraph), then the applicable Document Defect or Breach (as the case may be) shall be deemed to constitute a Material Defect as to each such Other Crossed Loan for purposes of the above provisions, and the related Mortgage Loan Seller shall be obligated to repurchase or replace each such Other Crossed Loan in accordance with the provisions above unless, in the case of such Breach or Document Defect, as applicable:

(A)             the related Mortgage Loan Seller (at its expense) delivers or causes to be delivered to the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such Mortgage Loan Seller’s repurchase or replacement of only the Mortgage Loan(s) as to which a Material Defect has actually occurred without regard to the provisions of this paragraph (the “Affected Loan(s)”) and the operation of the remaining provisions of this Section 2.03(a) (i) will not cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to

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qualify as a grantor trust under subpart E, part I of subchapter J of the Code for federal income tax purposes at any time that any Certificate is outstanding and (ii) will not result in the imposition of a tax upon any Trust REMIC or the Trust Fund (including but not limited to the tax on “prohibited transactions” as defined in Section 860F(a)(2) of the Code and the tax on contributions to a REMIC set forth in Section 860G(d) of the Code); and

(B)              each of the following conditions would be satisfied if the related Mortgage Loan Seller were to repurchase or replace only the Affected Loans and not the Other Crossed Loans:

(1)               the debt service coverage ratio for such Other Crossed Loan(s) (excluding the Affected Loan(s)) for the four calendar quarters immediately preceding the repurchase or replacement is not less than the lesser of (A) 0.10x below the debt service coverage ratio for the Cross-Collateralized Group (including the Affected Loan(s)) set forth in Annex A to the Prospectus and (B) the debt service coverage ratio for the Cross-Collateralized Group (including the Affected Loan(s)) for the four preceding calendar quarters preceding the repurchase or replacement;

(2)               the loan-to-value ratio for the Other Crossed Loans (excluding the Affected Loan(s)) is not greater than the greatest of (A) the loan-to-value ratio, expressed as a whole number percentage (taken to one decimal place), for the Cross-Collateralized Group (including the Affected Loan(s)) set forth in Annex A to the Prospectus plus 10%, (B) the loan-to-value ratio, expressed as a whole number percentage (taken to one decimal place), for the Cross-Collateralized Group (including the Affected Loan(s)) at the time of repurchase or replacement and (C) 75%; and

(3)               either (x) the exercise of remedies against the Primary Collateral of any Mortgage Loan in the Cross-Collateralized Group will not impair the ability to exercise remedies against the Primary Collateral of the other Mortgage Loans in the Cross-Collateralized Group or (y) the Loan Documents evidencing and securing the relevant Mortgage Loans have been modified in a manner that complies with the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and this Agreement and that removes any threat of impairment of the ability to exercise remedies against the Primary Collateral of the other Mortgage Loans in the Cross-Collateralized Group as a result of the exercise of remedies against the Primary Collateral of any Mortgage Loan in the Cross-Collateralized Group.

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The determination of the Enforcing Servicer as to whether the conditions set forth above have been satisfied shall be conclusive and binding in the absence of manifest error on the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, the other parties to this Agreement and the related Mortgage Loan Seller. The Enforcing Servicer will be entitled to cause to be delivered, or direct the related Mortgage Loan Seller to cause to be delivered, to the Enforcing Servicer an Appraisal of any or all of the related Mortgaged Properties for purposes of determining whether the condition set forth in clause (B)(2) above has been satisfied, in each case at the expense of the related Mortgage Loan Seller if the scope and cost of the Appraisal is approved by the related Mortgage Loan Seller and, so long as a Consultation Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing, by the Controlling Class Representative (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld in each case).

With respect to any Defective Mortgage Loan that forms a part of a Cross-Collateralized Group and as to which the conditions described in the second preceding paragraph are satisfied, such that the Trust Fund will continue to hold the Other Crossed Loans, the related Mortgage Loan Seller and the Trustee, as successor to the Depositor, are bound by an agreement (set forth in the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement) to forbear from enforcing any remedies against the other’s Primary Collateral but each is permitted to exercise remedies against the Primary Collateral securing its respective Mortgage Loans, including with respect to the Trustee, the Primary Collateral securing the Affected Loan(s) still held by the Trust Fund. If the exercise of remedies by one such party would impair the ability of the other such party to exercise its remedies with respect to the Primary Collateral securing the Affected Loan or the Other Crossed Loans, as the case may be, held by the other such party, then both parties have agreed to forbear from exercising such remedies unless and until the Loan Documents evidencing and securing the relevant Mortgage Loans can be modified in a manner that complies with the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement to remove the threat of impairment as a result of the exercise of remedies. Any reserve or other cash collateral or letters of credit securing any of the Mortgage Loans that form a Cross-Collateralized Group shall be allocated between such Mortgage Loans in accordance with the related Loan Documents, or otherwise on a pro rata basis based upon their outstanding Stated Principal Balances. All other terms of the related Mortgage Loans shall remain in full force and effect, without any modification thereof. The provisions of this paragraph shall be binding on all future holders of each Mortgage Loan that forms part of a Cross-Collateralized Group.

Pursuant to each Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, if there is a Material Defect with respect to one or more Mortgaged Properties securing a Mortgage Loan, the related Mortgage Loan Seller shall not be obligated to repurchase the affected Mortgage Loan (or, in the case of any Co-sponsored Mortgage Loan, with respect to each related Applicable Co-sponsor, the applicable portion of such Co-sponsored Mortgage Loan sold by such Applicable Co-sponsor under its Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement) if (i) the affected Mortgaged Property(ies) may be released pursuant to the terms of any partial release provisions in the related Loan Documents (and such Mortgaged Property(ies) is, in fact, released), (ii) the remaining Mortgaged Property(ies) satisfy the requirements, if any, set forth in the related Loan Documents and the related Mortgage Loan Seller provides an opinion of counsel to the effect that such release would not (A) cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail as a grantor trust or (B) result in the imposition of a tax upon any Trust REMIC or the Trust and (iii) each Rating Agency has provided a Rating Agency Confirmation.

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To the extent necessary and appropriate, the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, shall execute (pursuant to a limited power of attorney provided by the Trustee that enables the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, to execute) the modification of the Loan Documents that complies with the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement to remove the threat of impairment of the ability of the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Trust Fund to exercise its remedies with respect to the Primary Collateral securing the Mortgage Loan(s) held by such party resulting from the exercise of remedies by the other such party; provided that the Trustee shall not be liable for any misuse of any such power of attorney by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, or any of its agents or subcontractors. The Master Servicer shall advance all costs and expenses incurred by the Trustee, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer with respect to any Cross-Collateralized Group pursuant to this paragraph and the first, second and third preceding paragraphs, and such advances and interest thereon shall (i) constitute and be reimbursable as Property Advances and (ii) be included in the calculation of Purchase Price for the Affected Loan(s) to be repurchased or replaced. Neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall be liable to any Certificateholder, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, any related Loan-Specific Certificateholder or any other party hereto if a modification of the Loan Documents described above cannot be effected for any reason beyond the control of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer or should not be effected as determined by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, in accordance with the Servicing Standard.

If the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Depositor receives a Repurchase Communication of a withdrawal of a Repurchase Request of which notice has been previously received or given and which withdrawal is by the Person making such Repurchase Request (a “Repurchase Request Withdrawal”), such party shall give written notice of such Repurchase Request Withdrawal to the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller, the other parties hereto, the Controlling Class Representative (prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event), any Serviced Companion Loan Holder (if applicable) and, for posting to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 12.13 of this Agreement, the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider (to the extent notice has not previously been delivered to such Persons pursuant to this sentence). If the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer receives a Repurchase Communication that any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan that was subject of a Repurchase Request has been repurchased or replaced (a “Repurchase”), or that such Repurchase Request has been rejected (a “Repurchase Request Rejection”), then the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall (in accordance with the following paragraph) give written notice of such Repurchase or Repurchase Request Rejection to the other such party, the Depositor, the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller (unless it is the entity that has repurchased or replaced the subject Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or rejected such Repurchase Request), and the Certificate Administrator (in each case unless the proposed recipient is the party that notified the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, thereof).

Each notice of a Repurchase Request, Repurchase Request Withdrawal, Repurchase or Repurchase Request Rejection required to be given by a party pursuant to this Section 2.03(a) (each, a “Rule 15Ga-1 Notice”) shall be given no later than ten (10) Business Days after receipt of a Repurchase Communication of such Repurchase Request, Repurchase Request Withdrawal, Repurchase or Repurchase Request Rejection, as applicable, and shall include (i) the identity of the related Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and the Person making the Repurchase Request, (ii) the date that the Repurchase Communication regarding the

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Repurchase Request, Repurchase Request Withdrawal, Repurchase or Repurchase Request Rejection was received, as applicable, (iii) if known, the basis for the Repurchase Request (as asserted in the Repurchase Request) and (iv) in the case of Rule 15Ga-1 Notices provided by the Special Servicer with respect to a Repurchase Request, a statement as to whether the Special Servicer currently plans to pursue such Repurchase Request.

If the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Custodian receives a Repurchase Communication of a Repurchase Request, a Repurchase Request Withdrawal, a Repurchase or a Repurchase Request Rejection, then such party shall promptly forward such Repurchase Communication of such Repurchase Request, Repurchase Request Withdrawal, Repurchase or Repurchase Request Rejection to the Special Servicer and, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, the Controlling Class Representative, and include the following statement in the related correspondence: “This is a Repurchase Communication regarding [a “Repurchase Request”] [a “Repurchase Request Withdrawal”] [a “Repurchase”] [a “Repurchase Request Rejection”] under Section 2.03(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to the Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2, requiring action by you as the recipient of such [Repurchase Request] [Repurchase Request Withdrawal] [Repurchase] [Repurchase Request Rejection] thereunder”. Upon receipt of any Repurchase Communication of a Repurchase Request, Repurchase Request Withdrawal, Repurchase or Repurchase Request Rejection by the Special Servicer pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, the Special Servicer shall be deemed to be the recipient of such Repurchase Communication of such Repurchase Request, Repurchase Request Withdrawal, Repurchase or Repurchase Request Rejection, and the Special Servicer shall comply with the notice procedures set forth in the preceding paragraphs of this Section 2.03(a) with respect to such Repurchase Communication of such Repurchase Request, Repurchase Request Withdrawal, Repurchase or Repurchase Request Rejection.

No Person that is required to provide a Rule 15Ga-1 Notice pursuant to this Section 2.03(a) (a “Rule 15Ga-1 Notice Provider”) shall be required to provide any information in a Rule 15Ga-1 Notice protected by the attorney-client privilege or attorney work product doctrines. Each Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement will provide that (i) any Rule 15Ga-1 Notice provided pursuant to this Section 2.03(a) is so provided only to assist the related Mortgage Loan Seller, the Depositor and their respective Affiliates to comply with Rule 15Ga-1, Items 1104 and 1121 of Regulation AB and any other requirement of law or regulation and (ii)(A) no action taken by, or inaction of, a Rule 15Ga-1 Notice Provider and (B) no information provided pursuant to this Section 2.03(a) by a Rule 15Ga-1 Notice Provider in a Rule 15Ga-1 Notice shall be deemed to constitute a waiver or defense to the exercise of any legal right the Rule 15Ga-1 Notice Provider may have with respect to the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, including with respect to any Repurchase Request that is the subject of a Rule 15Ga-1 Notice.

On or before the Closing Date, the Depositor shall deliver to the Master Servicer a copy of each Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, which the Master Servicer shall provide to each Sub-Servicer.

(b)               Subject to the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller’s right to cure as contemplated in this Section 2.03, and further subject to Section 2.01(b) and

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Section 2.01(c) of this Agreement, failure of such Mortgage Loan Seller to deliver the documents referred to in clauses (1), (2), (7), (8) and (18) in the definition of “Mortgage File” in accordance with this Agreement and the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement for any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan shall be deemed a Material Document Defect; provided, however, that no Document Defect (except a deemed Material Document Defect described above) shall be considered to be a Material Document Defect unless the document with respect to which the Document Defect exists is required in connection with an imminent enforcement of the lender’s rights or remedies under the related Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, defending any claim asserted by any Mortgagor or third party with respect to the related Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, establishing the validity or priority of any lien on any collateral securing the related Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or for any immediate significant servicing obligation.

Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement, if a Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan is not secured by a Mortgaged Property that is, in whole or in part, a hotel, restaurant (operated by a Mortgagor), healthcare facility, nursing home, assisted living facility, self-storage facility, theater or fitness center (operated by a Mortgagor), then the failure to deliver copies of the UCC financing statements with respect to such Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan shall not be a Material Defect.

(c)               In connection with any repurchase of, or substitution of a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for, a Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan pursuant to this Section 2.03, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall each tender to the applicable repurchasing entity, upon delivery to each of them of a receipt executed by the applicable repurchasing entity evidencing such repurchase or substitution, all portions of the Mortgage File and other documents (including, without limitation, the Servicing File), and all Escrow Payments and reserve funds, pertaining to such Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan possessed by it, and each document that constitutes a part of the Mortgage File shall be endorsed or assigned to the extent necessary or appropriate to the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller or its designee in the same manner, but only if the respective documents have been previously assigned or endorsed to the Trustee, and pursuant to appropriate forms of assignment, substantially similar to the manner and forms pursuant to which such documents were previously assigned to the Trustee or as otherwise reasonably requested to effect the retransfer and reconveyance of the Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and the security thereof to the Mortgage Loan Seller or its designee; provided that such tender by the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and/or and the Custodian shall be conditioned upon its receipt from the Master Servicer of a Request for Release and an Officer’s Certificate to the effect that the requirements for repurchase or substitution have been satisfied. The Master Servicer shall, and is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee to, prepare, execute and deliver in its own name, on behalf of the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, any related Loan-Specific Certificateholder and the Trustee or any of them, the endorsements and assignments contemplated by this Section 2.03(c), and such other instruments as may be necessary or appropriate to transfer title to an REO Property (including with respect to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan) in connection with the repurchase of, or substitution for,

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an REO Trust Loan and the Trustee shall execute and deliver any powers of attorney necessary to permit the Master Servicer to do so; provided, however, that the Trustee shall not be held liable for any misuse of any such power of attorney by the Master Servicer or any of its agents or subcontractors. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement provides that in the event a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan is substituted for a Defective Mortgage Loan by the related Mortgage Loan Seller as contemplated by this Section 2.03, the related Mortgage Loan Seller will be required to deliver to the Custodian the related Mortgage File and to the Master Servicer all Escrow Payments and reserve funds pertaining to such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan possessed by it and a certification to the effect that such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan satisfies all of the requirements of the definition of “Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan” in this Agreement.

The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement provides that if any Mortgage Loan is to be repurchased or replaced as contemplated by this Section 2.03, the related Mortgage Loan Seller will be required to amend the Mortgage Loan Schedule (as such term is defined in the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement) to reflect the removal of any deleted Mortgage Loan and, if applicable, the substitution of the related Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan(s) and deliver or cause the delivery of such amended Mortgage Loan Schedule (as such term is defined in the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement) to the parties to this Agreement. Upon any substitution of a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for a deleted Mortgage Loan, such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan shall become part of the Trust Fund and be subject to the terms of this Agreement in all respects.

(d)               The related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement provides the sole remedies available to the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, any related Loan-Specific Certificateholders or the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and any related Loan-Specific Certificateholders, respecting any Document Defect or Breach with respect to any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan. For purposes of this Agreement, any purchase, replacement or payment of any Loss of Value Payment by the Barclays Guarantor, on behalf of Barclays, of or with respect to any Barclays Mortgage Loan shall be deemed a purchase, replacement or payment of Loss of Value Payment, as applicable, by Barclays;

(e)               The parties to this Agreement acknowledge, with respect to each Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, that the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement provides that if a “material document defect” (as such term or any analogous term is defined in the related Outside Servicing Agreement) exists under the related Outside Servicing Agreement with respect to the related Pari Passu Companion Loan that is included in the Outside Securitization Trust established under the related Outside Servicing Agreement, and such Pari Passu Companion Loan is repurchased by or on behalf of the related Mortgage Loan Seller (or other responsible repurchasing entity) from such Outside Securitization Trust as a result of such “material document defect” (as such term or any analogous term is defined in such Outside Servicing Agreement), then the related Mortgage Loan Seller will be required to repurchase such Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan; provided, however, that such repurchase obligation does not apply to any “material document defect” (as such term or any analogous term is defined in the related Outside

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Servicing Agreement) related solely to the promissory note for the subject Pari Passu Companion Loan.

(f)              (i)            In the event an Initial Requesting Certificateholder delivers a written request to a party to this Agreement that a Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan be repurchased by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller alleging the existence of a Material Defect with respect to such Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and setting forth the basis for such allegation (a “Certificateholder Repurchase Request”), such party shall promptly forward that Certificateholder Repurchase Request to the Enforcing Servicer, and the Enforcing Servicer shall promptly forward that Certificateholder Repurchase Request to the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller and each other party to this Agreement.

(ii)              In the event that any of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator or the Operating Advisor (solely in its capacity as operating advisor) determines that a Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan should be repurchased or replaced due to a Material Defect, or has knowledge of a Material Defect with respect to a Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, then such party shall deliver prompt written notice of such Material Defect to the Enforcing Servicer identifying the applicable Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and setting forth the basis for such allegation (a “PSA Party Repurchase Request”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the first sentence of this clause (ii) or any other provision of this Agreement, the Trustee may, but is not obligated to, make a determination that a Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan should be repurchased or replaced due to a Material Defect. The Enforcing Servicer shall promptly forward such PSA Party Repurchase Request to the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller and each other party to this Agreement. Subject to subsections (g), (h), (i), (j) and (k) of this Section 2.03, the Enforcing Servicer shall act as the Enforcing Party and enforce the rights of the Trust against the related Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to each Repurchase Request. The Enforcing Servicer shall enforce the obligations of the Mortgage Loan Sellers under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements (including, without limitation, obligations resulting from a Material Defect) pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements. Subject to the provisions of the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and this Agreement, such enforcement, including, without limitation, the legal prosecution of claims, if any, shall be carried out in such form, to such extent and at such time as the Enforcing Servicer would require were it, in its individual capacity, the owner of the affected Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, and in accordance with the Servicing Standard. Any costs incurred by the Enforcing Servicer with respect to the enforcement of the obligations of a Mortgage Loan Seller under the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement shall be deemed to be Property Advances, to the extent not recovered from the Mortgage Loan Seller or the applicable Requesting Certificateholder and/or Consultation Requesting Certificateholder.

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(iii)            In the event a Repurchase Request with respect to a Mortgage Loan is not Resolved within 180 days after the Mortgage Loan Seller receives the Repurchase Request (a “Resolution Failure”), then the provisions described in Section 2.03(g) below shall apply with respect to such Mortgage Loan (but shall not apply to any Trust Subordinate Companion Loan). Receipt of the Repurchase Request shall be deemed to occur two (2) Business Days after the Repurchase Request is sent to the related Mortgage Loan Seller in a commercially reasonable manner. The fact that a Repurchase Request has been Resolved pursuant to clause (vi) of the definition of “Resolved” shall not preclude the Enforcing Servicer from exercising any of its rights related to a Material Defect in the manner and timing otherwise set forth in this Agreement, in the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or as provided by law. The provisions of subsections (g), (h) and (i) of this Section 2.03 apply solely to Repurchase Requests with respect to a Mortgage Loan (but not with respect to any Trust Subordinate Companion Loan), and any Certificateholder or Certificate Owner rights under such subsections may only be exercised by a Certificateholder or a Certificate Owner of a Certificate.

(g)               (i)            After a Resolution Failure occurs with respect to a Repurchase Request regarding a Mortgage Loan (whether the Repurchase Request was initiated by an Initial Requesting Certificateholder or by a party to this Agreement), the Enforcing Servicer shall send a notice (a “Proposed Course of Action Notice”) to the Initial Requesting Certificateholder, if any, to the address specified in the Initial Requesting Certificateholder’s Repurchase Request, and to the Certificate Administrator who shall make such notice available to all other Certificateholders and Certificate Owners of Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner by posting such notice on the Certificate Administrator’s Website indicating the Enforcing Servicer’s intended course of action with respect to the Repurchase Request. If (a) the Enforcing Servicer’s intended course of action with respect to the Repurchase Request does not involve pursuing further action to exercise rights against the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to the Repurchase Request, or (b) the Enforcing Servicer’s intended course of action is to pursue further action to exercise rights against the related Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to the Repurchase Request but a Requesting Certificateholder does not agree with the course of action selected by the Enforcing Servicer and, in the case of clause (a) or (b), a Requesting Certificateholder wishes to exercise its right to refer the matter to mediation (including non-binding arbitration) or arbitration, if any, then a Requesting Certificateholder may deliver to the Enforcing Servicer a written notice (a “Preliminary Dispute Resolution Election Notice”) within 30 days from the date the Proposed Course of Action Notice was posted on the Certificate Administrator’s Website (the 30th day following the date of posting, the “Dispute Resolution Cut-off Date”) indicating its intent to exercise its right to refer the matter to either mediation (including non-binding arbitration) or arbitration. In addition, any Certificateholder or Certificate Owner of a Certificate may deliver, prior to the Dispute Resolution Cut-off Date, a written notice (a “Consultation Election Notice”) requesting the right to participate in any Dispute Resolution Consultation (as defined in clause (iii) below) that is conducted by the Enforcing Servicer following the Enforcing Servicer’s receipt of a Preliminary Dispute Resolution Election Notice as provided in clause (iii) below.

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(ii)              If no Requesting Certificateholder delivers a Preliminary Dispute Resolution Election Notice prior to the Dispute Resolution Cut-off Date, then no Certificateholder or Certificate Owner of a Certificate or Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner shall have the right to refer the Repurchase Request to mediation or arbitration, and the Enforcing Servicer shall be the sole party obligated and entitled to determine a course of action, including, but not limited to, enforcing the Trust’s rights against the related Mortgage Loan Seller, subject to any consent or consultation rights of the Controlling Class Representative if and for as long as it is the applicable Directing Holder or applicable Consulting Party.

(iii)            Promptly and in any event within ten (10) Business Days following receipt of a Preliminary Dispute Resolution Election Notice from a Requesting Certificateholder, the Enforcing Servicer shall consult with each Requesting Certificateholder regarding such Requesting Certificateholder’s intention to elect either mediation (including non-binding arbitration) or arbitration as the dispute resolution method with respect to the Repurchase Request, and with any Consultation Requesting Certificateholder (the “Dispute Resolution Consultation”) so that each such Dispute Resolution Requesting Holder may consider the views of the Enforcing Servicer as to the claims underlying the Repurchase Request and possible dispute resolution methods, such discussions to occur and be completed no later than ten (10) Business Days following the Dispute Resolution Cut-off Date. The Enforcing Servicer shall be entitled to establish procedures the Enforcing Servicer deems to be in accordance with the Servicing Standard relating to the timing and extent of such consultations. No later than five (5) Business Days after completion of the Dispute Resolution Consultation, a Dispute Resolution Requesting Holder may provide a final notice to the Enforcing Servicer indicating its decision to exercise its right to refer the matter to either mediation or arbitration (“Final Dispute Resolution Election Notice”).

(iv)             If, following the Dispute Resolution Consultation, no Dispute Resolution Requesting Holder timely delivers a Final Dispute Resolution Election Notice to the Enforcing Servicer, then no Certificateholder or Certificate Owner of a Certificate or Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner shall have any further right to refer the Repurchase Request to mediation or arbitration, and the Enforcing Servicer shall be the sole party obligated and entitled to determine a course of action including, but not limited to, enforcing the Trust’s rights against the related Mortgage Loan Seller, subject to any consent or consultation rights of the applicable Directing Holder.

(v)               If a Dispute Resolution Requesting Holder timely delivers a Final Dispute Resolution Election Notice to the Enforcing Servicer, then such Dispute Resolution Requesting Holder shall become the Enforcing Party and must promptly submit the matter to mediation (including non-binding arbitration) or arbitration. If more than one Dispute Resolution Requesting Holder timely delivers a Final Dispute Resolution Election Notice, then such Dispute Resolution Requesting Holders shall collectively become the Enforcing Party, and the holder or holders of a majority of the Voting Rights among such Dispute Resolution Requesting Holder

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shall be entitled to make all decisions relating to such mediation or arbitration (including whether to refer the matter to mediation (including non-binding arbitration) or arbitration). If, however, no Dispute Resolution Requesting Holder commences arbitration or mediation pursuant to the terms of this Agreement within thirty (30) days after delivery of its Final Dispute Resolution Election Notice to the Enforcing Servicer, then (i) the rights of any Dispute Resolution Requesting Holder to act as the Enforcing Party shall terminate and no Certificateholder or Certificate Owner of a Certificate or Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner shall have any further right to elect to refer the matter to mediation or arbitration, (ii) if the Proposed Course of Action Notice indicated that the Enforcing Servicer will take no further action with respect to the Repurchase Request, then the related Material Defect shall be deemed waived for all purposes under this Agreement and the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, provided, however, that such Material Defect will not be deemed waived with respect to the Enforcing Servicer to the extent there is a material change from the facts and circumstances known to it at the time when the Proposed Course of Action Notice was delivered by the Enforcing Servicer, and (iii) if the Proposed Course of Action Notice had indicated a course of action other than the course of action under clause (ii), then the Enforcing Servicer shall be the sole party obligated and entitled to determine a course of action including, but not limited to, enforcing the Trust’s rights against the related Mortgage Loan Seller.

(vi)             Notwithstanding the foregoing, the dispute resolution provisions described above under this Section 2.03(g) shall not apply, and the Enforcing Servicer shall be the sole party entitled to enforce the Trust’s rights against the related Mortgage Loan Seller, if the Enforcing Servicer has commenced litigation with respect to the Repurchase Request, or determines in accordance with the Servicing Standard that it is in the best interest of Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner to commence litigation with respect to the Repurchase Request to avoid the running of any applicable statute of limitations.

(vii)           In the event a Dispute Resolution Requesting Holder becomes the Enforcing Party, the Enforcing Servicer, on behalf of the Trust, shall remain a party to any proceedings against the related Mortgage Loan Seller as further described herein.

(viii)         For the avoidance of doubt, none of the Depositor, any Mortgage Loan Seller or any of their respective affiliates shall be entitled to be a Dispute Resolution Requesting Holder or otherwise vote Certificates owned by it or such Affiliate(s) with respect to a course of action proposed or undertaken pursuant to the procedures described in this Section 2.03.

(ix)             The Dispute Resolution Requesting Holders are entitled to elect either mediation or arbitration with respect to a Repurchase Request in their sole discretion; provided, however, no Dispute Resolution Requesting Holder shall be entitled to then utilize the alternative method in the event that the initial method is unsuccessful, and no other Certificateholder or Certificate Owner of a Certificate or Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner shall be entitled to elect either arbitration or

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mediation in the event a mediation or arbitration is undertaken with respect to such Repurchase Request.

(h)               If the Enforcing Party selects mediation (including non-binding arbitration), the following provisions shall apply:

(i)               The mediation shall be administered by a nationally recognized mediation organization selected by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller within 30 days of receipt of written notice of the Enforcing Party’s selection of mediation (such provider, the “Mediation Services Provider”) in accordance with published mediation procedures (the “Mediation Rules”) promulgated by the Mediation Services Provider.

(ii)              The mediator shall be impartial, an attorney admitted to practice in the State of New York and have at least fifteen (15) years of experience in commercial litigation, and if possible, commercial real estate finance or commercial mortgage-backed securitization matters and who will be appointed from a list of neutrals maintained by the Mediation Services Provider. Upon being supplied a list of at least ten potential qualified mediators by the Mediation Services Provider each party will have the right to exercise two peremptory challenges within fourteen (14) days and to rank the remaining potential mediators in order of preference. The Mediation Services Provider shall select the mediator from the remaining attorneys on the list respecting the preference choices of the parties to the extent possible.

(iii)            Prior to accepting an appointment, the mediator must promptly disclose any circumstances likely to create a reasonable inference of bias or conflict of interest or likely to preclude completion of the hearings within the prescribed time schedule.

(iv)           The parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to conduct an organizational conference to begin the mediation within 10 Business Days of the selection of the mediator and to conclude the mediation within 60 days thereafter.

(v)               The expenses of any mediation shall be allocated among the parties to the mediation including, if applicable, between the Enforcing Party and the Enforcing Servicer, as mutually agreed by the parties as part of the mediation (any such expenses allocated to the Enforcing Servicer shall be reimbursed as provided in clause (vi) below).

(vi)             Out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Enforcing Servicer for mediation or arbitration, to the extent not agreed to be paid by the Enforcing Party or another party (in the case of mediation) or allocated to the Enforcing Party or another party (in the case of arbitration), shall be reimbursable as expenses of the Trust Fund payable out of the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.06(a) of this Agreement.

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(i)                 If the Enforcing Party selects third-party arbitration, the following provisions will apply:

(i)               The arbitration shall be administered by a nationally recognized arbitration organization selected by the related Mortgage Loan Seller within 30 days of receipt of written notice of the Enforcing Party’s selection of third-party arbitration (such provider, the “Arbitration Services Provider”) in accordance with published arbitration procedures (the “Arbitration Rules”) promulgated by the Arbitration Services Provider.

(ii)              The arbitrator shall be impartial, an attorney admitted to practice in the State of New York and have at least 15 years of experience in commercial litigation, and if possible, commercial real estate finance or commercial mortgage-backed securitization matters and who will be appointed from a list of neutrals maintained by the Arbitration Services Provider. Upon being supplied a list of at least ten potential arbitrators by the Arbitration Services Provider each party will have the right to exercise two peremptory challenges within 14 days and to rank the remaining potential arbitrators in order of preference. The Arbitration Services Provider will select the arbitrator from the remaining attorneys on the list respecting the preference choices of the parties to the extent possible.

(iii)            Prior to accepting an appointment, the arbitrator must promptly disclose any circumstances likely to create a reasonable inference of bias or conflict of interest or likely to preclude completion of the hearings within the prescribed time schedule.

(iv)             After consulting with the parties at an organizational conference held not later than 10 Business Days after its appointment, the arbitrator shall devise procedures and deadlines for the arbitration, to the extent not already agreed to by the parties, with the goal of expediting the proceeding and completing the arbitration within 120 days. The arbitrator shall have the authority to schedule, hear, and determine any and all motions, including dispositive and discovery motions, in accordance with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for non-jury matters (the “Rules”) (including summary judgment and other prehearing and post hearing motions), and will do so by reasoned decision on the motion of any party to the arbitration.

(v)               Notwithstanding whatever other discovery may be available under the Rules, unless otherwise agreed by the parties, each party to the arbitration will be presumptively limited to the following discovery in the arbitration: (A) the parties shall reasonably and in good faith voluntarily produce to all other parties all documents upon which they intend to rely and all documents they reasonably and in good faith believe to be relevant to the claims or defenses asserted by any of the parties, (B) party witness depositions (excluding Rule 30b-6 witnesses), and (C) expert witness depositions, provided that the arbitrator shall have the ability to grant the parties, or either of them, additional discovery to the extent that the

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arbitrator determines good cause is shown that such additional discovery is reasonable and necessary.

(vi)           The arbitrator shall make its final determination no later than 30 days after the conclusion of the hearings and submission of any post-hearing submissions. The arbitrator shall resolve the dispute in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and this Agreement, and may not modify or change those agreements in any way or award remedies not consistent with those agreements. The arbitrator will not have the power to award punitive damages or consequential damages in any arbitration conducted by them. Interest on any monetary award shall bear interest from the date of the Final Dispute Resolution Election Notice at the Prime Rate. In its final determination, the arbitrator shall determine and award the costs of the arbitration (including the fees of the arbitrator, cost of any record or transcript of the arbitration, and administrative fees) and shall award reasonable attorneys’ fees to the parties to the arbitration as determined by the arbitrator in its reasonable discretion. The determination of the arbitrator shall be by a reasoned decision in writing and counterpart copies will be promptly delivered to the parties. The final determination of the arbitrator shall be final and non-appealable, except for actions to confirm or vacate the determination permitted under federal or state law, and may be enforced in any court of competent jurisdiction.

(vii)          By selecting arbitration, the Enforcing Party is waiving its right to sue in court, including the right to a trial by jury.

(viii)        No person may bring a putative or certified class action to arbitration.

(j)                 The following provisions will apply to both mediation and third-party arbitration:

(i)               Any mediation or arbitration will be held in New York, New York unless another location is agreed by all parties;

(ii)              If the dispute involves a matter that cannot effectively be remedied by the payment of damages, or if there be any dispute relating to arbitration or the arbitrators that cannot be resolved promptly by the arbitrators or the Arbitration Services Provider, then any party in such instance may during the pendency of the arbitration proceedings seek temporary equitable remedies, pending the final decision of the arbitration panel, solely by application in the Southern District of New York if such court shall have subject matter jurisdiction, or if the Southern District of New York has no jurisdiction, then the Supreme Court of the State of New York for the County of New York. The arbitration proceedings shall not be stayed unless so ordered by the court.

(iii)            The details and/or existence of any Repurchase Request, any informal meetings, mediations or arbitration proceedings conducted under this Section 2.03, including all offers, promises, conduct and statements, whether oral

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or written, made in the course of the parties’ attempt to informally resolve any Repurchase Request, will be confidential, privileged and inadmissible for any purpose, including impeachment, in any mediation, arbitration or litigation, or other proceeding (including any proceeding under this Section 2.03). Such information will be kept strictly confidential and shall not be disclosed or shared with any third party (other than a party’s attorneys, experts, accountants and other agents and representatives, as reasonably required in connection with any resolution procedure under this Section 2.03), except as otherwise required by law, regulatory requirement or court order. If any party to a resolution procedure receives a subpoena or other request for information from a third party (other than a governmental regulatory body) for such confidential information, the recipient shall promptly notify the other party to the resolution procedure and shall provide the other party with a reasonable opportunity to object to the production of its confidential information.

(iv)             In the event a Dispute Resolution Requesting Holder is the Enforcing Party, the agreement with the arbitrator or mediator, as the case may be, shall be required to contain an acknowledgment that the Trust, or the Enforcing Servicer on its behalf, shall be a party to any arbitration or mediation proceedings solely for the purpose of being the beneficiary of any award in favor of the Enforcing Party; provided that the degree and extent to which the Enforcing Servicer actively prepares for and participates in such proceeding shall be determined by such Enforcing Servicer in consultation with the Controlling Class Representative (provided that no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing and only if an Excluded Mortgage Loan is not involved), and in accordance with the Servicing Standard. All amounts recovered by the Enforcing Party shall be paid to the Trust, or the Enforcing Servicer on its behalf, and deposited in the Collection Account. The agreement with the arbitrator or mediator, as the case may be, shall provide that in the event a Dispute Resolution Requesting Holder is allocated any related costs and expenses pursuant to the terms of the arbitrator’s decision or the agreement reached in mediation, neither the Trust nor the Enforcing Servicer acting on its behalf shall be responsible for any such costs and expenses allocated to the Dispute Resolution Requesting Holder.

(v)               In the event a Dispute Resolution Requesting Holder is the Enforcing Party, the Dispute Resolution Requesting Holder shall be required to pay any expenses allocated to the Enforcing Party in the arbitration proceedings or any expenses that the Enforcing Party agrees to bear in the mediation proceedings.

(vi)             The Trust (or the Enforcing Servicer or a trustee, acting on its behalf), the Depositor or any Mortgage Loan Seller shall be permitted to redact any personally identifiable customer information included in any information provided for purposes of any mediation or arbitration. Each party to the proceedings shall be required to agree to keep confidential the details related to the Repurchase Request and the dispute resolution identified in connection with such procedures; provided, however, that (1) the Certificateholders and Certificate Owners shall be permitted to communicate prior to the commencement of any such proceedings to

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the extent provided in Section 5.07, (2) to the extent that the Enforcing Servicer is required under Section 2.03(a) to provide any Rule 15Ga-1 Notice in connection with such Repurchase Request, the Enforcing Servicer shall be permitted to include in such Rule 15Ga-1 Notice the information required pursuant to Section 2.03(a) and (3) the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller shall be permitted to disclose information related to the Repurchase Request to the extent necessary to comply with its obligations under Rule 15Ga-1 or Item 1104 of Regulation AB.

(vii)          For the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall the exercise of any right of a Dispute Resolution Requesting Holder to refer a Repurchase Request to mediation or arbitration or to participate in such mediation or arbitration affect in any manner the ability of the Special Servicer to perform its obligations with respect to a Specially Serviced Loan (including without limitation, a liquidation, foreclosure, negotiation of a loan modification or workout, acceptance of a discounted pay off or deed-in-lieu, or bankruptcy or other litigation) or the exercise of any rights of the Controlling Class Representative if and for as long as it is the applicable Directing Holder.

(viii)        Any out-of-pocket expenses required to be borne by or allocated to the Enforcing Servicer in a mediation or arbitration shall be reimbursable as expenses of the Trust Fund payable out of the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.06(a) of this Agreement.

Section 2.04           Representations and Warranties of the Depositor.

(a)               The Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the Trustee, for its own benefit and the benefit of the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and the Serviced Companion Loan Holders, and to the Master Servicer, each Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Certificate Administrator, as of the Closing Date, that:

(i)                 The Depositor is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation in good standing in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of its property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification (except where the failure to qualify would not have a materially adverse effect on the consummation of any transactions contemplated by this Agreement); the Depositor has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by it, and has the power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and all the transactions contemplated hereby, including, but not limited to, the power and authority to sell, assign and transfer the Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan in accordance with this Agreement; the Depositor has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and has duly executed and delivered this Agreement;

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(ii)              Assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement by each other party hereto, this Agreement and all of the obligations of the Depositor hereunder are the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Depositor, enforceable against the Depositor in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, except as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and, as to any rights of indemnification hereunder, by considerations of public policy;

(iii)            Neither the execution and delivery by the Depositor of this Agreement nor the compliance by the Depositor with the provisions hereof, nor the consummation by the Depositor of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, will (A) conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, the organizational documents of the Depositor or, after giving effect to the consents or taking of the actions contemplated by clause (B) of this paragraph (iii), any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Depositor or its properties, or any of the provisions of any indenture or agreement or other instrument to which the Depositor is a party or by which it is bound or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of its properties pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, agreement or other instrument or (B) require any consent of, notice to, or filing with any person, entity or governmental body, which has not been obtained or made by the Depositor, except where, in any of the instances contemplated by clause (A) above or this clause (B), the failure to do so will not have a material and adverse effect on the consummation of any transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

(iv)             There is no litigation, charge, investigation, action, suit or proceeding pending or, to the Depositor’s knowledge, threatened against the Depositor in any court or by or before any other governmental agency or instrumentality the outcome of which could be reasonably expected to materially and adversely affect the validity of the Mortgage Loans or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or the ability of the Depositor to carry out the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

(v)              The Depositor is not transferring the Trust Loans to the Trustee with any intent to hinder, delay or defraud its present or future creditors;

(vi)             No proceedings looking toward merger, liquidation, dissolution or bankruptcy of the Depositor are pending or contemplated;

(vii)            Immediately prior to the transfer of the Trust Loans to the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner pursuant to this Agreement, the Depositor had such right, title and interest in and to each Mortgage Loan and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as was transferred to it by the related Mortgage Loan Seller pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement;

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(viii)        The Depositor has not transferred any of its right, title and interest in and to the Trust Loans (as such was transferred to it by the Mortgage Loan Sellers pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements) to any Person other than the Trustee; and

(ix)             The Depositor is transferring all of its right, title and interest in and to the Trust Loans (as such was transferred to it by the Mortgage Loan Sellers pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements) to the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner free and clear of any and all liens, pledges, charges, security interests and other encumbrances created by or through the Depositor.

(b)               The representations and warranties set forth in paragraph (a) above shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement. Upon discovery by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or a Responsible Officer of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator (or upon written notice thereof from any Certificateholder or any Serviced Companion Loan Holder) of a breach of any of the representations and warranties set forth in this Section which materially and adversely affects the interests of any party to this Agreement, the Certificateholders or any Serviced Companion Loan Holder or the interests of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee in any Trust Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the other parties hereto, each Certifying Certificateholder, the Serviced Companion Loan Holders and, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, the Controlling Class Representative.

Section 2.05           Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Master Servicer.

(a)               The Master Servicer hereby represents and warrants to, and covenants with, the Trustee, for its own benefit and the benefit of the Certificateholder, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and the Serviced Companion Loan Holders, and to and with the Depositor, each Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Certificate Administrator, as of the Closing Date, that:

(i)                 The Master Servicer is a national banking association, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the United States of America, and the Master Servicer is in compliance with the laws of each jurisdiction in which a Mortgaged Property is located to the extent necessary to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

(ii)              The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Master Servicer, and the performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement by the Master Servicer, do not violate the Master Servicer’s organizational documents or constitute a default (or an event that, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the breach of, any material agreement or other material instrument to which it is a party or that is applicable to it or any of its assets, in each case, which does or is likely to materially and adversely affect

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either the ability of the Master Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the financial condition of the Master Servicer;

(iii)            The Master Servicer has the full power and authority to enter into and consummate all transactions to be performed by it as contemplated by this Agreement, has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and has duly executed and delivered this Agreement;

(iv)             This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by each of the other parties hereto, constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of the Master Servicer, enforceable against the Master Servicer in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy, receivership, insolvency, liquidation, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ (including bank creditors’) rights generally, (B) general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law and (C) public policy considerations regarding the enforceability of provisions providing or purporting to provide indemnification or contribution with respect to violations of securities laws;

(v)               The Master Servicer is not in violation of, and its execution and delivery of this Agreement and its performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement do not constitute a violation of, any law, any order or decree of any court or arbiter, or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority, which violation, in the Master Servicer’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to affect materially and adversely the ability of the Master Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the financial condition of the Master Servicer;

(vi)             No litigation is pending or, to the best of the Master Servicer’s knowledge, threatened against the Master Servicer that would prohibit the Master Servicer from entering into this Agreement or, in the Master Servicer’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to materially and adversely affect either the ability of the Master Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the financial condition of the Master Servicer;

(vii)          Each officer or employee of the Master Servicer that has responsibilities concerning the servicing and administration of Mortgage Loans and the Serviced Companion Loans is covered by errors and omissions insurance in the amounts and with the coverage required by Section 3.08(c) of this Agreement or the Master Servicer self-insures for such errors and omissions coverage in compliance with the requirements of Section 3.08(c) of this Agreement; and

(viii)        No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing or registration with, any state or federal court or governmental agency or body is required for the consummation by the Master Servicer of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except for those consents, approvals, authorizations and orders that previously have been obtained and those filings and

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registrations that previously have been completed and except for consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, filings or registrations which are not required in order for the Master Servicer to enter into this Agreement but may be required (and if so required, will be obtained) in connection with the Master Servicer’s subsequent performance of this Agreement.

(b)               The representations and warranties set forth in paragraph (a) above shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement. Upon discovery by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or a Responsible Officer of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator (or upon written notice thereof from any Certificateholder, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or any Serviced Companion Loan Holder) of a breach of any of the representations and warranties set forth in this Section which materially and adversely affects the interests of any party to this Agreement, the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or any Serviced Companion Loan Holder or the interests of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee in any Trust Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the other parties hereto, each Certifying Certificateholder, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, the Serviced Companion Loan Holders and, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, the Controlling Class Representative.

Section 2.06           Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Special Servicers.

(a)               With respect to itself only, each Special Servicer hereby represents and warrants to, and covenants with, the Trustee, for its own benefit and the benefit of the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and the Serviced Companion Loan Holders, and to and with the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Certificate Administrator, as of the Closing Date, that:

(i)                 The Special Servicer is a limited liability company, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. The Special Servicer is in compliance with the laws of each jurisdiction in which a Mortgaged Property is located to the extent necessary to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

(ii)              The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Special Servicer do not, and the performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement by the Special Servicer will not, (A) violate the Special Servicer’s organizational documents, articles of incorporation, limited liability company operating agreement or by-laws, as applicable, or (B) constitute a default (or an event that, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the breach of, any material agreement or other material instrument to which it is a party or that is applicable to it or any of its assets, in each case, which does or is likely to materially and adversely affect either the ability of the Special Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the financial condition of the Special Servicer;

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(iii)            The Special Servicer has the full power and authority to enter into and consummate all transactions to be performed by it as contemplated by this Agreement, has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and has duly executed and delivered this Agreement;

(iv)             This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by each of the other parties hereto, constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of the Special Servicer, enforceable against the Special Servicer in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy, receivership, insolvency, liquidation, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ (including bank creditors’) rights generally and (B) general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law;

(v)               The Special Servicer is not in violation of, and its execution and delivery of this Agreement do not, and its performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement will not, constitute a violation of, any law, any order or decree of any court or arbiter, or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority, which violation, in the Special Servicer’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to affect materially and adversely either the ability of the Special Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the financial condition of the Special Servicer;

(vi)             No litigation is pending or, to the best of the Special Servicer’s knowledge, threatened against the Special Servicer that would prohibit the Special Servicer from entering into this Agreement or, in the Special Servicer’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to materially and adversely affect either the ability of the Special Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the financial condition of the Special Servicer;

(vii)          Each officer or employee of the Special Servicer that has or, following a transfer of servicing responsibilities to the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.22of this Agreement, would have, responsibilities concerning the servicing and administration of Mortgage Loans and Serviced Companion Loans is covered by errors and omissions insurance in the amounts and with the coverage required by Section 3.08(c) of this Agreement or the Special Servicer self-insures for such errors and omissions coverage in compliance with the requirements of Section 3.08(c) of this Agreement; and

(viii)        No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing or registration with, any state or federal court or governmental agency or body is required for the consummation by the Special Servicer of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except for those consents, approvals, authorizations and orders that previously have been obtained and those filings and registrations that previously have been completed and except for consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, filings or registrations which are not required in order for the Special Servicer to enter into this Agreement but may be required (and

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if so required, will be obtained) in connection with the Special Servicer’s subsequent performance of this Agreement.

(b)               The representations and warranties set forth in paragraph (a) above shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement. Upon discovery by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or a Responsible Officer of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator (or upon written notice thereof from any Certificateholder, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or any Serviced Companion Loan Holder) of a breach of any of the representations and warranties set forth in this Section which materially and adversely affects the interests of any party to this Agreement, the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or any Serviced Companion Loan Holder or the interests of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee in any Trust Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the other parties hereto, each Certifying Certificateholder, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, the Serviced Companion Loan Holders and, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, the Controlling Class Representative.

Section 2.07           Representations and Warranties of the Trustee.

(a)               The Trustee hereby represents and warrants for the benefit of the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and the Serviced Companion Loan Holders, and to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, each Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Certificate Administrator, as of the Closing Date, that:

(i)                The Trustee is a national banking association, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the United States of America; the Trustee possesses and shall continue to possess all requisite authority, power, licenses, permits, franchise and approvals to conduct its business and to execute, deliver and comply with its obligations under this Agreement;

(ii)              The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Trustee and its performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement will not violate the Trustee’s articles of association or by-laws or shareholders’ resolutions or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the breach of, any material contract, agreement or other instrument to which the Trustee is a party or which may be applicable to the Trustee or any of its assets;

(iii)            Except to the extent that the laws of any jurisdiction in which a part of the Trust Fund may be located require that a co-trustee or separate trustee be appointed to act with respect to such property as contemplated by Section 8.08 of this Agreement, the Trustee has the full power and authority to enter into and consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and has duly executed and delivered this Agreement;

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(iv)             This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties hereto, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Trustee, enforceable against it in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, except as such enforcement may be limited by (A) bankruptcy, insolvency, conservatorship, reorganization, receivership, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally, (B) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (C) public policy considerations regarding the enforceability of provisions providing or purporting to provide indemnification or contribution with respect to violations of securities laws;

(v)               The Trustee is not in violation of, and the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Trustee and its performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement will not constitute a violation with respect to, any order or decree of any court or any order, law or regulation of any federal, state, municipal or governmental agency of or in the United States of America having jurisdiction, which violation would have consequences that would materially and adversely affect the financial condition of the Trustee or might have consequences that would materially affect the ability of the Trustee to perform its duties hereunder or thereunder;

(vi)             No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or registration of filing with, or notice to any court, governmental or regulatory agency or body, is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Trustee of this Agreement or if required, such approval has been obtained prior to the Closing Date; and

(vii)          No litigation is pending or, to the best of the Trustee’s knowledge, threatened against the Trustee which would prohibit its entering into or materially and adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

(b)               The representations and warranties set forth in paragraph (a) above shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement. Upon discovery by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or a Responsible Officer of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator (or upon written notice thereof from any Certificateholder, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or any Serviced Companion Loan Holder) of a breach of any of the representations and warranties set forth in this Section which materially and adversely affects the interests of any party to this Agreement, the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or any Serviced Companion Loan Holder or the interests of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee in any Trust Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the other parties hereto, each Certifying Certificateholder, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, the Serviced Companion Loan Holders and, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, the Controlling Class Representative.

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Section 2.08           Representations and Warranties of the Certificate Administrator.

(a)               The Certificate Administrator hereby represents and warrants to the Trustee, for its own benefit and for the benefit of the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and the Serviced Companion Loan Holders, and to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, each Special Servicer, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Operating Advisor, as of the Closing Date, that:

(i)               The Certificate Administrator is a national banking association, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the United States of America; the Certificate Administrator possesses and shall continue to possess all requisite authority, power, licenses, permits, franchise and approvals to conduct its business and to execute, deliver and comply with its obligations under this Agreement;

(ii)              The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Certificate Administrator and its performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement will not violate the Certificate Administrator’s articles of association or by-laws or shareholders’ resolutions or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the breach of, any material contract, agreement or other instrument to which the Certificate Administrator is a party or which may be applicable to the Certificate Administrator or any of its assets;

(iii)            The Certificate Administrator has the full power and authority to enter into and consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and has duly executed and delivered this Agreement;

(iv)             This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties hereto, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Certificate Administrator, enforceable against it in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, except as such enforcement may be limited by (A) bankruptcy, insolvency, conservatorship, reorganization, receivership, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally (B) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (C) public policy considerations regarding the enforceability of provisions providing or purporting to provide indemnification or contribution with respect to violations of securities laws;

(v)               The Certificate Administrator is not in violation of, and the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Certificate Administrator and its performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement will not constitute a violation with respect to, any order or decree of any court or any order, law or regulation of any federal, state, municipal or governmental agency of or in the United States of America having jurisdiction, which violation would have consequences that would materially and adversely affect the financial condition of the Certificate

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Administrator or might have consequences that would materially affect the ability of the Certificate Administrator to perform its duties hereunder or thereunder;

(vi)             No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or registration of filing with, or notice to any court, governmental or regulatory agency or body, is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Certificate Administrator of this Agreement or if required, such approval has been obtained prior to the Closing Date; and

(vii)          No litigation is pending or, to the best of the Certificate Administrator’s knowledge, threatened against the Certificate Administrator which would prohibit its entering into or materially and adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

(b)               The representations and warranties set forth in paragraph (a) above shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement. Upon discovery by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or a Responsible Officer of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator (or upon written notice thereof from any Certificateholder, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or any Serviced Companion Loan Holder) of a breach of any of the representations and warranties set forth in this Section which materially and adversely affects the interests of any party to this Agreement, the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or any Serviced Companion Loan Holder or the interests of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Certificate Administrator in any Trust Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the other parties hereto, each Certifying Certificateholder, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, the Serviced Companion Loan Holders and, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, the Controlling Class Representative.

Section 2.09           Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Operating Advisor.

(a)               The Operating Advisor hereby represents and warrants to the Trustee, for its own benefit and the benefit of the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and the Serviced Companion Loan Holders, and to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, each Special Servicer and the Certificate Administrator, as of the Closing Date, that:

(i)                 The Operating Advisor is a limited liability company, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of California; and the Operating Advisor is in compliance with the laws of each jurisdiction in which a Mortgaged Property is located to the extent necessary to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

(ii)              The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Operating Advisor, and the performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement by the Operating Advisor, do not violate the Operating Advisor’s organizational

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documents or constitute a default (or an event that, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the breach of, any material agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or that is applicable to it or any of its assets, in each case, which does or is likely to materially and adversely affect the ability of the Operating Advisor to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

(iii)            The Operating Advisor has the full power and authority to enter into and consummate all transactions contemplated by this Agreement, has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and has duly executed and delivered this Agreement;

(iv)             This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by each of the other parties hereto, constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of the Operating Advisor, enforceable against the Operating Advisor in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy, receivership, insolvency, liquidation, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (B) general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law, and (C) public policy considerations regarding the enforceability of provisions providing or purporting to provide indemnification or contribution with respect to violations of securities laws;

(v)               The Operating Advisor is not in violation of, and its execution and delivery of this Agreement and its performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement do not constitute a violation of, any law, any order or decree of any court or arbiter, or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority, which violation, in the Operating Advisor’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to affect materially and adversely the ability of the Operating Advisor to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

(vi)             No litigation is pending or, to the best of the Operating Advisor’s knowledge, threatened against the Operating Advisor that would prohibit the Operating Advisor from entering into this Agreement or, in the Operating Advisor’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to materially and adversely affect the ability of the Operating Advisor to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

(vii)          The Operating Advisor has errors and omissions insurance coverage that is in full force and effect, which complies with the requirements of Section 3.08 hereof;

(viii)         The Operating Advisor is an Eligible Operating Advisor;

(ix)             The Operating Advisor possesses sufficient financial strength to fulfill its duties and responsibilities pursuant to this Agreement over the life of the Trust Fund; and

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(x)               No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing or registration with, any state or federal court or governmental agency or body is required for the consummation by the Operating Advisor of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except for any consent, approval, authorization or order which has not been obtained or cannot be obtained prior to the Closing Date, and which, if not obtained would not have a materially adverse effect on the ability of the Operating Advisor to perform its obligations hereunder.

(b)               The representations and warranties set forth in paragraph (a) above shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement. Upon discovery by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or a Responsible Officer of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator (or upon written notice thereof from any Certificateholder, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or any Serviced Companion Loan Holder) of a breach of any of the representations and warranties set forth in this Section which materially and adversely affects the interests of any party to this Agreement, the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or any Serviced Companion Loan Holder or the interests of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee in any Trust Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the other parties hereto, each Certifying Certificateholder, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, the Serviced Companion Loan Holders and, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, the Controlling Class Representative.

Section 2.10           Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Asset Representations Reviewer.

(a)               The Asset Representations Reviewer hereby represents and warrants to the Trustee, for its own benefit and the benefit of the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and the Serviced Companion Loan Holders, and to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, each Special Servicer and the Certificate Administrator, as of the Closing Date, that:

(i)               The Asset Representations Reviewer is a limited liability company, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of California; and the Asset Representations Reviewer is in compliance with the laws of each jurisdiction in which a Mortgaged Property is located to the extent necessary to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

(ii)              The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Asset Representations Reviewer, and the performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement by the Asset Representations Reviewer, do not violate the Asset Representations Reviewer’s organizational documents or constitute a default (or an event that, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the breach of, any material agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or that is applicable to it or any of its assets, in each case, which does or is likely to materially and adversely affect the ability of the Asset Representations Reviewer to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

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(iii)            The Asset Representations Reviewer has the full power and authority to enter into and consummate all transactions contemplated by this Agreement, has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and has duly executed and delivered this Agreement;

(iv)             This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by each of the other parties hereto, constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of the Asset Representations Reviewer, enforceable against the Asset Representations Reviewer in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy, receivership, insolvency, liquidation, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (B) general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law, and (C) public policy considerations regarding the enforceability of provisions providing or purporting to provide indemnification or contribution with respect to violations of securities laws;

(v)               The Asset Representations Reviewer is not in violation of, and its execution and delivery of this Agreement and its performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement do not constitute a violation of, any law, any order or decree of any court or arbiter, or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority, which violation, in the Asset Representations Reviewer’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to affect materially and adversely the ability of the Asset Representations Reviewer to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

(vi)            No litigation is pending or, to the best of the Asset Representations Reviewer’s knowledge, threatened against the Asset Representations Reviewer that would prohibit the Asset Representations Reviewer from entering into this Agreement or, in the Asset Representations Reviewer’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to materially and adversely affect the ability of the Asset Representations Reviewer to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

(vii)          The Asset Representations Reviewer has errors and omissions insurance coverage that is in full force and effect, which complies with the requirements of Section 3.08 hereof;

(viii)        The Asset Representations Reviewer is an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer; and

(ix)             No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing or registration with, any state or federal court or governmental agency or body is required for the consummation by the Asset Representations Reviewer of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except for any consent, approval, authorization or order which has not been obtained or cannot be obtained prior to the Closing Date, and which, if not obtained would not have a materially adverse

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effect on the ability of the Asset Representations Reviewer to perform its obligations hereunder.

(b)               The representations and warranties set forth in paragraph (a) above shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement. Upon discovery by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or a Responsible Officer of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator (or upon written notice thereof from any Certificateholder, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or any Serviced Companion Loan Holder) of a breach of any of the representations and warranties set forth in this Section which materially and adversely affects the interests of any party to this Agreement, the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or any Serviced Companion Loan Holder or the interests of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee in any Trust Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the other parties hereto, each Certifying Certificateholder, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, the Serviced Companion Loan Holders and, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, the Controlling Class Representative.

Section 2.11           Execution and Delivery of Certificates; Issuance of Lower-Tier Regular Interests and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interests.

The Trustee (i) acknowledges the assignment to it of the Mortgage Loans and the Loan REMIC Regular Interests and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and the delivery of the related Mortgage Files to the Custodian (to the extent the documents constituting the Mortgage Files are actually delivered to the Custodian), subject to the provisions of Sections 2.01 and 2.02 of this Agreement, (ii) concurrently with such delivery described in clause (i), declares that it holds the Mortgage Loans (exclusive of Excess Interest), the Loan REMIC Regular Interests and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (exclusive of Excess Interest) for the benefit of the Holders of the Class R Certificates (in respect of the Lower-Tier Residual Interest) and the holder(s) of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests, and (iii) concurrently with such delivery described in clause (i), declares that it holds the Excess Interest for the benefit of the Holders of the Excess Interest Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner. Concurrently with such delivery described in clause (i) of the prior sentence, (i) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interests, the Lower-Tier Residual Interest and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Residual Interest shall be issued, and the Trustee and Certificate Administrator acknowledge the issuance thereof, in exchange for the assets of the Lower-Tier REMIC and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC, as applicable, (ii) the Depositor hereby conveys all right, title and interest in and to the Lower-Tier Regular Interests and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interests and other property constituting the Upper-Tier REMIC to the Trustee, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, (iii) the Trustee acknowledges and hereby declares that it holds the same on behalf of the Holders of the Class R Certificates (in respect of the Upper-Tier Residual Interest), the Grantor Trust (in respect of the Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest) and the Holders of the Non-Vertically Retained Regular Certificates, and (iv) in exchange for the conveyance described in the immediately preceding clause (ii), (A) the Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest (together with the other classes of REMIC regular interests in the Upper-Tier REMIC) and the Upper-Tier Residual Interest shall be issued, and (B) the Certificate Administrator shall execute and cause to be authenticated and delivered to and upon the order of the Depositor, (1) the Non-Vertically Retained Regular Certificates, and (2) the

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Class R Certificates (representing the Lower-Tier Residual Interest, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Residual Interest and the Upper-Tier Residual Interest), registered in the names set forth in such order and duly authenticated by the Certificate Administrator. The Depositor hereby conveys all right, title and interest in and to any VRR Specific Grantor Trust Assets, any Class S Specific Grantor Trust Assets and any other property constituting the Grantor Trust to the Trustee, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged. The Uncertificated VRR Interest shall be issued and the Certificate Administrator shall execute and cause to be authenticated and delivered to and upon the order of the Depositor, the Grantor Trust Certificates in exchange for the conveyance pursuant to the prior sentence.

Section 2.12           Miscellaneous REMIC and Grantor Trust Provisions.

(a)               The respective Lower-Tier Regular Interests are hereby designated as “regular interests” in the Lower-Tier REMIC within the meaning of Code Section 860G(a)(1), and the Lower-Tier Residual Interest (evidenced by the Class R Certificates) is hereby designated as the sole class of “residual interests” in the Lower-Tier REMIC within the meaning of Code Section 860G(a)(2). The related Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interests (if issued) are hereby designated as “regular interests” in each Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC within the meaning of Code Section 860G(a)(1), and the related Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Residual Interest (evidenced by the Class R Certificates) is hereby designated as the sole class of “residual interests” in each Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC within the meaning of Code Section 860G(a)(2).

(b)               The Non-Vertically Retained Regular Certificates, the Loan-Specific Certificates (if issued) and the Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest (if issued) are hereby designated as “regular interests” in the Upper-Tier REMIC within the meaning of Code Section 860G(a)(1), and the Upper-Tier Residual Interest (evidenced by the Class R Certificates) is hereby designated as the sole class of “residual interests” in the Upper-Tier REMIC within the meaning of Code Section 860G(a)(2).

(c)               The PetSmart HQ REMIC Declaration designates the PetSmart HQ REMIC Regular Interest as a “regular interest” in the PetSmart HQ REMIC, and the Patewood Corporate Center REMIC Declaration designates the Patewood Corporate Center REMIC Regular Interest as a “regular interest” in the Patewood Corporate Center REMIC, within the meaning of Section 860(G)(a)(1) of the Code.

(d)               The Closing Date is hereby designated as the “Startup Day” of each Trust REMIC, and August 17, 2022 is designated in the PetSmart HQ REMIC Declaration as the Startup Day of the PetSmart HQ REMIC and in the Patewood Corporate Center REMIC Declaration as the Startup Day of the Patewood Corporate Center REMIC, and, in each case, within the meaning of Code Section 860G(a)(9). The “latest possible maturity date” for purposes of Code Section 860G(a)(1) of (i) the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interests (if issued) and the Loan-Specific Certificates (if issued) is the Rated Final Distribution Date for the related rated Loan-Specific Certificates; (ii) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests, the Non-Vertically Retained Regular Certificates and the Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest (if issued) is the Rated Final Distribution Date for the rated

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Regular Certificates; and (iii) the Loan REMIC Regular Interests is the date set forth in the related REMIC Declaration.

(e)               None of the Depositor, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Certificate Administrator shall enter into any arrangement by which the Trust Fund will receive a fee or other compensation for services other than as specifically contemplated herein.

(f)                The Class S Certificates shall represent undivided beneficial interests in the portion of the Trust Fund consisting of the Class S Specific Grantor Trust Assets, distributions thereon and proceeds thereof, which portion will be treated as part of a “grantor trust” within the meaning of subpart E, part I of subchapter J of the Code. The Class VRR Certificates shall represent, and the Uncertificated VRR Interest shall constitute, undivided beneficial interests in the portion of the Trust Fund consisting of the VRR Specific Grantor Trust Assets, distributions thereon and proceeds thereof, which portion will be treated as part of a “grantor trust” within the meaning of subpart E, part I of subchapter J of the Code.

(g)               For the avoidance of doubt, no Class LVRR Lower-Tier Regular Interest, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interest, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Residual Interest, Loan-Specific Certificates, Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest, Class VRR Certificates, Uncertificated VRR Interest or Class S Certificates shall be issued on the Closing Date, and any references to any such terms in this Agreement should be disregarded. Furthermore, there will be no Class S Specific Grantor Trust Assets, Class VRR Specific Grantor Trust Assets or Grantor Trust, and any references to any such terms in this Agreement should be disregarded.

(h)               The parties to this Agreement and the Certificateholders hereby acknowledge that, for federal income tax purposes, the Mortgage Note evidencing the PetSmart HQ Mortgage Loan represents a 100% beneficial ownership interest in the PetSmart HQ REMIC Regular Interest, and that the Mortgage Notes evidencing the Patewood Corporate Center Mortgage Loan represent a 100% beneficial ownership interest in the Patewood Corporate Center REMIC Regular Interest, respectively, and that the trustee (or the certificate administrator) under the 3650 2022-PF2 PSA, and not the Trustee, will be required to conduct all administration required for the PetSmart HQ REMIC and the Patewood Corporate Center REMIC.

Section 2.13           Bare Trust. Notwithstanding anything else in this Agreement, the parties acknowledge that the trust established under this Agreement is intended to be treated as a bare trust for Canadian federal income tax purposes. Accordingly, the parties to this Agreement agree not to make any Canadian tax filing or take any Canadian tax position that is inconsistent with the treatment of the trust as a bare trust. For the avoidance of doubt, none of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator or any other party to this Agreement is responsible for any Canadian tax administration, or has any liability for any Canadian tax consequences.

 

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Article III

ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS AND TRUST SUBORDINATE COMPANION LOAN(S)

Section 3.01           Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer; Administration of the Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; Sub-Servicing Agreements; Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans.

(a)               The Master Servicer (with respect to the Performing Serviced Loans) and the Special Servicer (with respect to the Specially Serviced Loans and, to the extent provided in this Agreement, the Performing Serviced Loans), each as an independent contractor, shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans (other than the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans, which will be serviced, together with the related Outside Serviced Companion Loans, pursuant to the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement) and the Serviced Companion Loans on behalf of the Trust Fund and the Trustee (for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (as a collective whole) or, with respect to each Serviced Whole Loan, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s) as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and such Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s) constituted a single lender (and, in the case of a Serviced AB Whole Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of the related Subordinate Companion Loan(s)), subject to the terms and conditions of the related Co-Lender Agreement) in accordance with: (i) any and all applicable laws; (ii) the express terms of this Agreement, the respective Serviced Mortgage Loans or Serviced Whole Loans and, in the case of the Serviced Whole Loans, the related Co-Lender Agreement; and (iii) the Servicing Standard. To the extent consistent with the foregoing and subject to any express limitations set forth in this Agreement and any related Co-Lender Agreement or mezzanine loan intercreditor agreement, the Master Servicer and Special Servicer shall seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Loans (other than the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans) and the Serviced Companion Loans. Subject only to the Servicing Standard, the Master Servicer and Special Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone or through Sub-Servicers (subject to paragraph (c) of this Section 3.01 and to Section 3.02 of this Agreement), to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which it may deem consistent with the Servicing Standard and, in its judgment exercised in accordance with the Servicing Standard, in the best interests of the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s) (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s) constituted a single lender (and, in the case of a Serviced AB Whole Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of the related Subordinate Companion Loan(s)), subject to the terms and conditions of the related Co-Lender Agreement), including, without limitation, with respect to each Mortgage Loan and Serviced Companion Loan, (A) other than with respect to the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans, to prepare, execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, the Serviced Companion Loan Holders and the

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Trustee or any of them: (i) any and all financing statements, continuation statements and other documents or instruments necessary to maintain the lien on each Mortgaged Property and related collateral; (ii) subject to Sections 3.07, 3.09, 3.10 and 3.24 of this Agreement, any modifications, waivers, consents or amendments to or with respect to any documents contained in the related Mortgage File or defeasance of any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan; and (iii) any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loan (and any related Serviced Companion Loan) or the related Mortgaged Property; and (B) including with respect to the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans, to direct, manage, prosecute and/or defend any action, suit or proceeding of any kind filed in the name of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer in their respective capacity on behalf of the Trustee or the Trust. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall modify, amend, waive or otherwise consent to any change of the terms of any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan except under the circumstances described in Sections 3.03, 3.07, 3.09, 3.10 and 3.24 of this Agreement. The Master Servicer and Special Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans (other than the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans), the Serviced Companion Loans and each related REO Property in accordance with applicable law and the terms thereof and hereof and the terms of any applicable Co-Lender Agreements and intercreditor agreements and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby.

Subject to Section 3.11 of this Agreement, the Trustee shall, upon the receipt of a written request of a Servicing Officer, execute and deliver (i) to the Master Servicer, any powers of attorney substantially in the form of Exhibit AA-1 to this Agreement or such other form as mutually agreed to by the Trustee and the Master Servicer, (ii) to the Special Servicer, any powers of attorney in the form of Exhibit AA-2 to this Agreement or such other form as mutually agreed to by the Trustee and the Special Servicer, and (iii) to the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, other documents reasonably acceptable to the Trustee prepared by the Master Servicer and Special Servicer and necessary or appropriate (as certified in such written request) to enable the Master Servicer and Special Servicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, none of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or any Sub-Servicer shall, without the Trustee’s written consent: (i) initiate any action, suit or proceeding solely under the Trustee’s name without indicating the Master Servicer’s or Special Servicer’s, as applicable, representative capacity, unless prohibited by any requirement of the applicable jurisdiction in which any such action, suit or proceeding is brought and if so prohibited, in the manner required by such jurisdiction (provided that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall then provide five (5) Business Days’ written notice to the Trustee of the initiation of such action, suit or proceeding (or such shorter time period as is reasonably required in the judgment of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, made in accordance with the Servicing Standard) prior to filing such action, suit or proceeding), and shall not be required to obtain the Trustee’s consent or indicate the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s, as applicable, representative capacity; or (ii) take any action with the intent to cause, and that actually causes, the Trustee to be registered to do business in any state. Each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and any Sub-Servicer shall indemnify the Trustee for any and all costs, liabilities and expenses incurred by the Trustee in connection with the negligent or willful misuse of such powers of attorney by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer or its agents or subcontractors, as applicable.

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(b)               Unless otherwise provided in the related Loan Documents, the Master Servicer shall apply any partial principal prepayment received on a Serviced Loan on a date other than a Due Date, to the principal balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the Due Date immediately following the date of receipt of such partial principal prepayment. Unless otherwise provided in the related Loan Documents, the Master Servicer shall apply any amounts received on “government securities” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act, or any other securities that comply with Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(a)(8)(ii) (which shall not be redeemed by the Master Servicer prior to the maturity thereof) in respect of such a Serviced Loan being defeased pursuant to its terms to the principal balance of and interest on such Serviced Loan as of the Due Date immediately following the receipt of such amounts. If with respect to any Serviced Loan the related Loan Documents permit the lender, at its option, prior to an event of default under the related Serviced Loan, to apply amounts held in any reserve account as a prepayment or to hold such amounts in a reserve account, the Master Servicer shall hold such amounts in the applicable reserve account and may not apply such amounts as a prepayment until the occurrence of an event of default under the related Serviced Loan; provided that any such amounts may be used, if permitted under the related Loan Documents, to defease the related Serviced Loan or, upon an event of default under the related Serviced Loan, to prepay the Serviced Loan.

(c)               The Master Servicer and the Special Servicer may each enter into Sub-Servicing Agreements with third parties (including a party that has previously been engaged as a Subcontractor) with respect to any of its obligations hereunder, provided that (i) any such agreement shall be consistent with the provisions of this Agreement, (ii) any such agreement shall be consistent with the Servicing Standard, (iii) other than with respect to any Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer, the Depositor has consented to the related Sub-Servicer, (iv) any such agreement shall provide that, following receipt of the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement from the Depositor, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall provide a copy of the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement to the related Sub-Servicer, and that such Sub-Servicer shall notify the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in writing within five (5) Business Days after such Sub-Servicer discovers or receives notice alleging a Document Defect or a Breach or receives a Repurchase Communication of a Repurchase Request, a Repurchase Request Withdrawal, a Repurchase or a Repurchase Request Rejection; (v) the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall notify the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller of any such agreement (other than any Sub-Servicing Agreement in place on the Closing Date with a Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer); (vi) any assignment of such Sub-Servicing Agreement by the related Sub-Servicer (other than an assignment to the Master Servicer (in the case of a Sub-Servicer engaged by the Master Servicer) or the Special Servicer (in the case of a Sub-Servicer engaged by the Special Servicer)) shall be subject to the prior written consent of the Depositor (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed); (vii) any amendment or modification of such Sub-Servicing Agreement shall be subject to the prior written consent of the Depositor (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) if the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, determines that, as a result of such amendment or modification, the Sub-Servicer would become a “servicer” within the meaning of Item 1101 of Regulation AB that (1) meets the criteria in Item 1108(a)(2)(i),

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(ii) or (iii) of Regulation AB or (2) meets the criteria in Item 1108(a)(2)(iii) of Regulation AB and services 20% or more of the pool assets; (viii) any such Sub-Servicing Agreement shall provide that it may be assumed by the Trustee or its designee (if the Trustee or its designee has assumed the duties of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable) or by any successor Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, without cost or obligation to the assuming party or the Trust Fund, upon the assumption by such party of the obligations of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, pursuant to Section 7.02 hereof; (ix) any such Sub-Servicing Agreement shall provide that the Trustee (for the benefit of the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and the related Companion Loan Holder (if applicable) and the Trust (as holder of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests, the Loan REMIC Regular Interests and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interests) shall be a third party beneficiary under such Sub-Servicing Agreement, but that (except to the extent the Trustee or its designee assumes the obligations of such party thereunder as contemplated herein) none of the Trust, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, any successor master servicer or special servicer or any Certificateholder (or the related Companion Loan Holder, if applicable) shall have any duties under such Sub-Servicing Agreement or any liabilities arising therefrom; (ix) any such Sub-Servicing Agreement shall provide that the Sub-Servicer shall be in default under the related Sub-Servicing Agreement and such Sub-Servicing Agreement shall be terminated (unless such default is waived by the Depositor in writing) if the Sub-Servicer fails (A) to deliver by the due date (which may take into account any grace period permitted pursuant to this Agreement) any Exchange Act reporting items required to be delivered to the Master Servicer, Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Depositor under Article X or under the Sub-Servicing Agreement or to the master servicer under any other pooling and servicing agreement that the Depositor is a party to, or (B) to perform in any material respect any of its covenants or obligations contained in the Sub-Servicing Agreement regarding creating, obtaining or delivering any Exchange Act reporting items required for any party to this Agreement to perform its obligations under Article X or under the Exchange Act reporting requirements of any other pooling and servicing agreement that the Depositor is a party to; (x) any such Sub-Servicing Agreement shall comply with the requirements set forth in Section 10.17 of this Agreement; (xi) no Sub-Servicer shall be permitted under any Sub-Servicing Agreement to take (or determine not to take) action with respect to Major Decisions or Special Servicer Decisions without the consent of the Master Servicer (in the case of Sub-Servicers engaged by the Master Servicer) or the Special Servicer (in the case of Sub-Servicers engaged by the Special Servicer); and (xii) no Sub-Servicer shall be the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any of their respective Affiliates. Any such Sub-Servicing Agreement may permit the Sub-Servicer to delegate its duties to agents or subcontractors so long as the related agreements or arrangements with such agents or subcontractors are consistent with the provisions of this Section 3.01(c). The Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall each be responsible for paying the servicing fees of any Sub-Servicer retained by it. The Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall, upon request, provide a copy of each Sub-Servicing Agreement (and any assignment thereof) entered into by it to the Depositor. A Sub-Servicer may be an affiliate of the Depositor, the Master Servicer or the Special

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Servicer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Special Servicer may not enter into any Sub-Servicing Agreement which provides for the performance by third parties of any or all of its obligations under this Agreement without, with respect to any Mortgage Loan other than an Excluded Mortgage Loan and prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event, the consent of the Controlling Class Representative, except to the extent necessary for the Special Servicer to comply with applicable regulatory requirements.

Any Sub-Servicing Agreement, and any other transactions or services relating to the Mortgage Loans and/or Serviced Whole Loans involving a Sub-Servicer, shall be deemed to be between the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, and such Sub-Servicer alone, and the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Operating Advisor, the Trust Fund and the Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner shall not be deemed parties thereto and shall have no claims, rights, obligations, duties or liabilities (including, without limitation, any obligation to pay any termination fee to any Sub-Servicer as a result of the termination of any Sub-Servicing Agreement) with respect to the Sub-Servicer, except as set forth in Section 3.01(d) of this Agreement and no provision herein may be construed so as to require the Trust Fund to indemnify any such Sub-Servicer.

As part of its servicing activities hereunder, each of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer for the benefit of the Trustee, the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and, if applicable, the Serviced Companion Loan Holders, shall (at no expense to the Trustee, the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, the Serviced Companion Loan Holders or the Trust) monitor the performance and enforce the obligations of each of its Sub-Servicers under the related Sub-Servicing Agreement (except that, to the extent provided in Article X hereof, the Master Servicer shall be required only to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause any Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer to comply with the requirements of Article X hereof). Such enforcement, including, without limitation, the legal prosecution of claims, termination of Sub-Servicing Agreements in accordance with their respective terms and the pursuit of other appropriate remedies, shall be in such form and carried out to such an extent and at such time as is in accordance with the Servicing Standard and the terms of this Agreement. Each of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall have the right to remove a Sub-Servicer retained by it in accordance with the terms of the related Sub-Servicing Agreement.

(d)               If the Trustee or any successor Master Servicer or successor Special Servicer, as applicable, assumes the obligations of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in accordance with Section 7.02, the Trustee or such successor, as applicable, to the extent necessary to permit the Trustee or such successor, as applicable, to carry out the provisions of Section 7.02, shall, without act or deed on the part of the Trustee or such successor, as applicable, succeed to all of the rights and obligations of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, under any Sub Servicing Agreement entered into by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, pursuant to Section 3.01(c) of this Agreement. In such event, the Trustee or the successor Master Servicer or the successor Special Servicer, as applicable, shall be deemed to have assumed all of the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s, as applicable, interest therein (but not any liabilities or obligations in respect of acts or omissions of the Master Servicer or the

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Special Servicer, as applicable, prior to such deemed assumption) and to have replaced the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, as a party to such Sub-Servicing Agreement to the same extent as if such Sub Servicing Agreement had been assigned to the Trustee or such successor Master Servicer, as applicable, except that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall not thereby be relieved of any liability or obligations under such Sub Servicing Agreement that accrued prior to the succession of the Trustee or the successor Master Servicer or successor Special Servicer, as applicable.

In the event that the Trustee or any successor Master Servicer or successor Special Servicer, assumes the servicing obligations of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, upon request of the Trustee or such successor Master Servicer or successor Special Servicer, as applicable, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall at its own expense deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee or such successor Master Servicer or successor Special Servicer, as applicable, all documents and records relating to any Sub-Servicing Agreement and the Trust Loans then being serviced thereunder and an accounting of amounts collected and held by it, if any, and will otherwise use its reasonable efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of any Sub-Servicing Agreement to the Trustee or the successor Master Servicer or successor Special Servicer, as applicable.

(e)               The parties hereto acknowledge that each Serviced Whole Loan is subject to the terms and conditions of the related Co-Lender Agreement and recognize the respective rights and obligations of the Trust, as holder of the related Trust Loan(s), and of the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s) under the related Co-Lender Agreement, including: (i) with respect to the allocation of collections on or in respect of such Serviced Whole Loan, and the making of remittances, to the Trust, as holder of the related Trust Loan(s), and to the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s); (ii) with respect to the allocation of expenses and losses relating to such Serviced Whole Loan to the Trust, as holder of the related Trust Loan(s), and to the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s); (iii) any consultation, consent and Special Servicer appointment rights of a related Serviced Companion Loan Holder or its Companion Loan Holder Representative, including those specified in this Agreement; (iv) any right of a related Companion Loan Holder to attend (in-person or telephonically) annual meetings with the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, upon reasonable notice and at times reasonably acceptable to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, for the purpose of discussing servicing issues related to such Serviced Whole Loan; (v) any right of a related Companion Loan Holder to cure certain defaults under the related Serviced Whole Loan; and (vi) any right of a related Companion Loan Holder to purchase the related Split Mortgage Loan from the Trust Fund (together with any other related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans, if applicable). With respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, the Master Servicer (if such Serviced Whole Loan is a Performing Serviced Loan) or the Special Servicer (if such Serviced Whole Loan has become a Specially Serviced Loan or the related Mortgaged Property has been converted to an REO Property) shall prepare and provide to the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s) (or its Companion Loan Holder Representative), or, if applicable, the master servicer or special servicer for the related Other Securitization Trust, on its behalf, all notices, reports, statements and communications to be delivered by the holder of the related Mortgage Loan under the related Co-Lender Agreement, and shall perform all duties and obligations to be performed by a servicer and perform all

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servicing-related duties and obligations to be performed by the holder of the related Mortgage Loan pursuant to the related Co-Lender Agreement. Furthermore, to the extent not otherwise expressly included herein, any provisions required to be included herein pursuant to any Co-Lender Agreement for a Serviced Whole Loan are deemed incorporated herein by reference, and the parties hereto shall comply with those provisions as if set forth herein in full. In the event of any conflict between this Agreement and a Co-Lender Agreement with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, the terms of such Co-Lender Agreement shall control with respect to such Serviced Whole Loan.

With respect to any Serviced Outside Controlled Mortgage Loan (including any Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan prior to the related Servicing Shift Date), subject to the rights of the Controlling Class Representative under this Agreement and any applicable consultation rights of the Operating Advisor (to the extent set forth in Sections 3.29(g) and (h)), the Master Servicer (if such Serviced Outside Controlled Mortgage Loan is a Performing Serviced Loan and the matter does not involve a Major Decision or Special Servicer Decision) or the Special Servicer (if such Serviced Outside Controlled Mortgage Loan is a Specially Serviced Loan or if such Serviced Outside Controlled Mortgage Loan is a Performing Serviced Loan and the matter involves a Major Decision or Special Servicer Decision) shall be entitled to exercise the rights and powers granted under the related Co-Lender Agreement to the “Non-Controlling Note Holder” (as such term or any analogous term is defined in the related Co-Lender Agreement).

(f)                Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (a) at no time shall the Master Servicer or the Trustee be required to make any P&I Advance on any Companion Loan other than a Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and (b) if the Mortgage Loan and, if applicable, any Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (or the related REO Property) that is part of a Serviced Whole Loan is no longer part of the Trust Fund, neither the Master Servicer nor the Trustee, as the case may be, shall have any obligation to make any Property Advance on such Serviced Whole Loan. If pursuant to the foregoing sentence, the Master Servicer does not intend to make a Property Advance with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan that the Master Servicer would have made if the related Mortgage Loan or REO Property were still part of the Trust Fund, the Master Servicer shall promptly notify the holder of the related Serviced Companion Loan of its intention to no longer make such Property Advances and shall additionally promptly notify such holder of any required Property Advance it would have otherwise made upon becoming aware of the need for such Property Advance. Additionally, at the time the Mortgage Loan relating to a Serviced Whole Loan is removed from the Trust Fund, the Master Servicer shall deliver to the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder (or the master servicer of any securitization of the related Serviced Companion Loan) (i) a copy of the most recent inspection report and the inspection report for the prior calendar year, (ii) copies of all financial statements collected from the related Mortgagor for the most recent calendar year and the prior calendar year, (iii) a copy of the most recent Appraisal and any other Appraisal done in the prior year and (iv) a copy of all tax and insurance bills for the current calendar year and the prior calendar year.

(g)               Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the Master Servicer’s and the Special Servicer’s obligations and responsibilities hereunder and the Master Servicer’s and the Special Servicer’s

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authority with respect to each Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan and each Outside Serviced Companion Loan related to the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans are limited by and subject to the terms of the related Co-Lender Agreement and this Agreement and the rights of the related Outside Servicer and the related Outside Special Servicer with respect thereto under the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement. The parties further recognize the respective rights and obligations of the related Outside Trustee and/or the Outside Serviced Companion Loan Holders (or the representatives thereof) under each respective Co-Lender Agreement including with respect to the allocation of collections on or in respect of an Outside Serviced Whole Loan in accordance with the related Co-Lender Agreement. The Master Servicer shall cooperate with the Certificate Administrator, on behalf of the Trust, in connection with the enforcement of the rights by the Trustee (as holder of the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans) under each related Co-Lender Agreement and each applicable Outside Servicing Agreement. The Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, (under the power of attorney granted by the Trustee) shall take such actions as it shall deem reasonably necessary to facilitate the servicing of each Outside Serviced Companion Loan by the related Outside Servicer and the related Outside Special Servicer, including, but not limited to, delivering appropriate requests for release to the Custodian (if any) in order to deliver any portion of the related Mortgage Files to the related Outside Servicer or related Outside Special Servicer under the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement.

To the extent that the Trust, as holder of an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, is entitled to (i) consent to or approve any modification, waiver or amendment of such Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan or (ii) exercise any consultation rights with respect to “Major Decisions” or “Material Actions” (as such term or any analogous term is defined in the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement) in connection with such Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan or any related REO Property or any consultation rights with respect to the implementation of “Asset Status Reports” (as such term or any analogous term is defined in the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement), then the following party or parties (to the extent notified by the appropriate party to the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement of any matter requiring the exercise of consent, approval or consultation rights) shall actually exercise such consent, approval or consultation rights, and the respective parties to this Agreement shall take such actions as are reasonably necessary to allow the following party or parties to exercise such consent, approval or consultation rights: (a) the Controlling Class Representative (unless a Control Termination Event exists or the Controlling Class Representative is not permitted to consent under the related Co-Lender Agreement) or the Special Servicer (if a Control Termination Event exists or the Controlling Class Representative is not permitted to consent under the related Co-Lender Agreement) shall exercise any such consent or approval rights, in each case in accordance with Section 3.01(i); and (b) the Controlling Class Representative (unless a Consultation Termination Event exists or the Controlling Class Representative is not permitted to consult under the related Co-Lender Agreement) or the Special Servicer (if a Consultation Termination Event exists or the Controlling Class Representative is not permitted to consult under the related Co-Lender Agreement) shall exercise any such consultation rights entitled to be exercised by the holder of such Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan in accordance with Section 3.01(i); provided, that after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Trigger Event, any such consultation rights shall be exercised by the Special Servicer or the Controlling Class Representative, as applicable, jointly with the Operating Advisor (but, in the case of the Operating

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Advisor, only with respect to matters similar to Major Decisions).. The Master Servicer shall only be obligated to forward any requests received from the Outside Servicer or the Outside Special Servicer, as applicable, for such consent and/or consultation to the Special Servicer (who shall forward any such request to the Controlling Class Representative except if a Control Termination Event or Consultation Termination Event, as applicable, has occurred and is continuing or if the Controlling Class Representative is not permitted to consent or consult, as applicable, under the related Co-Lender Agreement and, following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Trigger Event, to the Operating Advisor), and the Master Servicer shall have no right or obligation to exercise any such consent or consultation rights.

In addition to such consent, approval or consultation rights, the Controlling Class Representative (if no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing and subject to the related Co-Lender Agreement) and the Special Servicer (if a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing), on behalf of the Trust, as holder of each Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, will have the right (exercisable in its sole discretion), to the extent provided in the related Co-Lender Agreement and/or the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement, to attend (in-person or telephonically) annual meetings with the related Outside Servicer or Outside Special Servicer, as applicable, upon reasonable notice and at times reasonably acceptable to the related Outside Servicer or Outside Special Servicer, as applicable, for the purpose of discussing servicing issues related to such Outside Serviced Whole Loan.

None of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian or the Trustee shall have any obligation or authority to supervise any Outside Servicer, any Outside Special Servicer, any Outside Trustee or any other party to the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement or to make Property Advances with respect to any of the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans or a Companion Loan related to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan. The obligation of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer to provide information to the Trustee or any other Person with respect to the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans and any Outside Serviced Companion Loan related to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan is dependent on their receipt of the corresponding information from the related Outside Servicer or the related Outside Special Servicer, as applicable.

(h)               The parties hereto acknowledge that each Outside Serviced Whole Loan is subject to the terms and conditions of the respective Co-Lender Agreement and further acknowledge that, pursuant to the respective Co-Lender Agreement, (i) the related Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan and the related Outside Serviced Companion Loans are to be serviced and administered by the related Outside Servicer and Outside Special Servicer in accordance with the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement, and (ii) in the event that the applicable Outside Serviced Companion Loan is no longer part of the trust fund created by the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement and the related Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan remains an asset of the Trust Fund, then, as set forth in the related Co-Lender Agreement, the related Outside Serviced Whole Loan shall be serviced in accordance with the applicable provisions of the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement as if such agreement was still in full force and effect with respect to the related Outside Serviced Whole Loan, until such time as a new servicing agreement has been agreed to by the parties to the related Co-Lender Agreement in accordance with the provisions of such agreement

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and confirmation has been obtained from the Rating Agencies that such new servicing agreement would not result in a downgrade, qualification or withdrawal of the then current ratings of any Class of Certificates then outstanding and any other requirements applicable to the related Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan.

(i)                 The parties hereto acknowledge that each Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan is subject to the terms and conditions of the related Co-Lender Agreement. With respect to each Outside Serviced Whole Loan, the parties hereto recognize the respective rights and obligations of the related Outside Serviced Whole Loan Noteholders under the related Co-Lender Agreement, including with respect to the allocation of collections and losses on or in respect of the related Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan and the related Outside Serviced Companion Loan(s) and the making of payments to the related Outside Serviced Whole Loan Noteholders in accordance with the related Co-Lender Agreement and the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement. The parties hereto further acknowledge that, pursuant to the related Co-Lender Agreement, each Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan and the related Outside Serviced Companion Loan(s) are to be serviced and administered by the related Outside Servicer and Outside Special Servicer in accordance with the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement, and that payments allocated to each Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan and the related Outside Serviced Companion Loans pursuant to the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement and the related Co-Lender Agreement are to be made by related Outside Servicer. Although each Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan is not serviced and administered hereunder, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer hereunder for each such Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan shall have certain duties as set forth herein and shall constitute the “Master Servicer” and “Special Servicer” hereunder with respect to each such Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan.

If there are at any time amounts due from the Trust, as holder of an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, to any party under the related Co-Lender Agreement or the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement, the Master Servicer shall pay such amounts out of the Collection Account. If a party to the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement related to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan requests the Master Servicer, Special Servicer, Trustee, Certificate Administrator or Custodian to consent to, or consult with respect to, a modification, waiver or amendment of, or other loan-level action related to, such Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan (except a modification, waiver or amendment of the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement or the related Co-Lender Agreement which shall not be subject to the operation of this sentence but shall instead be subject to the operation of the provisions below in this paragraph), the party hereto that receives such request shall (but in the case of the Master Servicer subject to the limitation that it shall only be required to deliver any such request to the Special Servicer) promptly deliver a copy of such request to the Controlling Class Representative (if no Control Termination Event (in the case of consent rights) or Consultation Termination Event (in the case of consultation rights) exists and the Controlling Class Representative may consent or consult, as applicable, under the related Co-Lender Agreement) or to the Special Servicer (if a Control Termination Event (in the case of consent rights) or Consultation Termination Event (in the case of consultation rights) exists or the Controlling Class Representative is not permitted to consent or consult, as applicable, under the related Co-Lender Agreement), as applicable, and, following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Trigger Event, to the Operating Advisor, and (a) any such consent rights shall be exercised by the Controlling Class Representative (unless a

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Control Termination Event exists or the Controlling Class Representative is not permitted to consent under the related Co-Lender Agreement) or by the Special Servicer (if a Control Termination Event exists or the Controlling Class Representative is not permitted to consent under the related Co-Lender Agreement) and (b) any such consultation rights shall be exercised by the Controlling Class Representative (unless a Consultation Termination Event exists or the Controlling Class Representative is not permitted to consult under the related Co-Lender Agreement) or by the Special Servicer (if a Consultation Termination Event exists or the Controlling Class Representative is not permitted to consult under the related Co-Lender Agreement); provided, that after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Trigger Event, any such consultation rights shall be exercised by the Special Servicer or the Controlling Class Representative, as applicable, jointly with the Operating Advisor (but, in the case of the Operating Advisor, only with respect to matters similar to Major Decisions); and provided, further, that, if such Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan were serviced hereunder and such action would not be permitted without Rating Agency Confirmation, then the Controlling Class Representative or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall not exercise any such right of consent without first having obtained (or having caused the related Outside Servicer or Outside Special Servicer to obtain) or received such Rating Agency Confirmation (payable at the expense of the party making such request for consent or approval if such requesting party is a Certificateholder, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or a party to this Agreement, and otherwise payable from the Collection Account). If a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, Certificate Administrator or Custodian receives actual notice of a termination event under the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement, then the Trustee, Certificate Administrator or Custodian, as applicable, shall notify the Master Servicer (in writing), and the Master Servicer shall act in accordance with the instructions of (prior to the occurrence of a Control Termination Event) the Controlling Class Representative in accordance with the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement with respect to such termination event (provided that the Master Servicer shall only be required to comply with such instructions if such instructions are in accordance with the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement and not inconsistent with this Agreement); provided that, if such instructions are not provided within a reasonable time period (not to exceed ten (10) Business Days or such lesser response time as is afforded under the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement) or if a Control Termination Event exists or if the Master Servicer is not permitted by the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement to follow such instructions, then the Master Servicer shall take such action or inaction (to the extent permitted by the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement), as directed in writing by the Holders of the Certificates evidencing at least 25% of the aggregate of all Voting Rights (such direction to be sought and communicated to the Master Servicer by the Certificate Administrator) within a reasonable period of time that does not exceed such response time as is afforded under the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement. Subject to the foregoing, during the continuation of any termination event with respect to the related Outside Servicer or Outside Special Servicer under the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement, each of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall have the right (but not the obligation) to take all actions to enforce its rights and remedies and to protect the interests, and enforce the rights and remedies, of the Trust (including the institution and prosecution of all judicial, administrative and other proceedings and the filings of proofs of claim and debt in connection therewith). The reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the Master Servicer, Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, or the Trustee in connection with such enforcement shall be paid by the Master Servicer out of the Collection Account. If the Trustee receives a request

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(and, if the Master Servicer, Special Servicer or the Certificate Administrator receives such request, such party shall promptly forward such request to the Trustee) from any party to the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement for consent to or approval of a modification, waiver or amendment of the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement and/or the related Co-Lender Agreement, or the adoption of any servicing agreement that is the successor to and/or in replacement of the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement in effect as of the Closing Date or a change in servicer under the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement, then the Trustee is hereby directed to, and the Trustee shall, grant such consent or approval if (a) the Trustee shall have received a prior Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency (payable at the expense of the party making such request for consent or approval to the Trustee, if such requesting party is a Certificateholder, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or a party to this Agreement, and otherwise payable from the Collection Account) with respect to such consent or approval, and (b) unless a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing or the Controlling Class Representative is not permitted to consent under the related Co-Lender Agreement, the Trustee shall have obtained the consent of the Controlling Class Representative. The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer (each, a “Notifying Party”) shall each promptly forward all material notices or other communications delivered to it in connection with the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement to each other Notifying Party (unless a Notifying Party has actual knowledge that such other Notifying Party (i) was copied on such original notice or communication or (ii) actually received such notice or communication), the Operating Advisor, the Controlling Class Representative (if a Consultation Termination Event does not exist) and the Depositor and, if such notice or communication is in the nature of a notice or communication that would be required to be delivered to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider (for posting to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in accordance with Section 12.13) if the related Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan were a Mortgage Loan that is serviced and administered under this Agreement, to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such notice to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in accordance with Section 12.13); provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Special Servicer shall have no obligation to forward any such notice or communication under this provision unless (A) the Special Servicer is the only addressee of such notice or communication or (B) there is no addressee on such notice or communication. Any obligation of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, to provide information and collections to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Controlling Class Representative, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and the Certificateholders with respect to any Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan shall be dependent on its receipt of the corresponding information and collections from the related Outside Servicer or the related Outside Special Servicer. Each of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall reasonably cooperate with the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Controlling Class Representative, in each case as and when applicable, to facilitate the exercise by such party of any consent, approval or consultation rights set forth in this Section 3.01 with respect to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan; provided, however, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall have no right or obligation to exercise any consent or consultation rights or obtain a Rating Agency Confirmation on behalf of the Controlling Class Representative.

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(i)                 pursuant to the related Outside Servicing Agreement, the related Outside Servicer or Outside Special Servicer, as applicable, is obligated to make “Servicing Advances” or “Property Advances” and incur “Additional Trust Fund Expenses” (as each such term or any analogous term is defined in the related Outside Servicing Agreement) with respect to such Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan; the Trust shall be responsible for its pro rata share (such pro rata share and the pro rata share of the holder(s) of the related Outside Serviced Companion Loan(s) to be determined based on the respective principal balances of such Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan and the related Outside Serviced Companion Loan(s)) of any “Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance” or “Nonrecoverable Property Advances” (and advance interest thereon) and any “Additional Trust Fund Expenses” (as each such term or any analogous term is defined in the related Outside Servicing Agreement), but only to the extent that they relate to servicing and administration of such Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, including without limitation, any unpaid “Special Servicing Fees,” “Liquidation Fees” and “Workout Fees” (as each such term or any analogous term is defined in the related Outside Servicing Agreement) relating to such Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan; and in the event that the funds received with respect to the related Outside Serviced Whole Loan are insufficient to cover “Servicing Advances,” “Property Advances” or “Additional Trust Fund Expenses” (as each such term or any analogous term is defined in the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement) relating to the servicing and administration of the related Outside Serviced Whole Loan, (i) the Master Servicer shall, promptly following notice from the related Outside Servicer, reimburse the related Outside Servicer, the related Outside Special Servicer, the related Outside Certificate Administrator or the related Outside Trustee, as applicable (such reimbursement, to the extent owed to the related Outside Special Servicer, the related Outside Certificate Administrator or the related Outside Trustee, may be paid by the Master Servicer to the related Outside Servicer, who shall pay such amounts to the related Outside Special Servicer, the related Outside Certificate Administrator or the related Outside Trustee, as applicable), out of general funds in the Collection Account for the Trust’s pro rata share (such pro rata share and the pro rata share of the holder(s) of the related Outside Serviced Companion Loan(s) to be determined based on the respective principal balances of such Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan and the related Outside Serviced Companion Loan(s)) of any such “Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance,” “Nonrecoverable Property Advances” and/or “Additional Trust Fund Expenses” (as each such term or any analogous term is defined in the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement), and (ii) if the related Outside Servicing Agreement permits the related Outside Servicer, the related Outside Special Servicer, the related Outside Certificate Administrator or the related Outside Trustee to reimburse itself from the related Outside Securitization Trust’s general account, then the parties to this Agreement hereby acknowledge and agree that the related Outside Servicer, the related Outside Special Servicer, the related Outside Certificate Administrator or the related Outside Trustee, as applicable, may do so and the Master Servicer shall be required to, promptly following notice from the related Outside Servicer, reimburse the related Outside Securitization Trust out of general funds in the Collection Account for the Trust’s

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pro rata share (such pro rata share and the pro rata share of the holder(s) of the related Outside Serviced Companion Loan(s) to be determined based on the respective principal balances of such Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan and the related Outside Serviced Companion Loan(s)) of any such “Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance,” “Nonrecoverable Property Advances” and/or “Additional Trust Fund Expenses” (as each such term or any analogous term is defined in the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement) relating to the servicing and administration of such Outside Serviced Whole Loan;

(ii)              With respect to each Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, each of (i) (as and to the same extent the related Outside Securitization Trust established under the related Outside Servicing Agreement is required to indemnify each of the following parties in respect of other mortgage loans in the related Outside Securitization Trust pursuant to the terms of the related Outside Servicing Agreement) the related Outside Servicer, the related Outside Special Servicer, the related Outside Certificate Administrator, the related Outside Trustee, the related Outside Operating Advisor and the related Outside Depositor (and any director, officer, employee or agent of any of the foregoing, to the extent such parties are identified as “Indemnified Parties” in the related Outside Servicing Agreement in respect of other mortgages included in such Outside Securitization Trust) and (ii) the related Outside Securitization Trust (such parties in clause (i) and the related Outside Securitization Trust, collectively, the “Pari Passu Indemnified Parties”) shall be indemnified against any claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and related costs, judgments and any other costs, liabilities, fees and expenses incurred in connection with the servicing and administration of such Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan and the related Mortgaged Property (or, with respect to the related Outside Operating Advisor, incurred in connection with the provision of services for such Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan) under the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement (collectively, the “Pari Passu Indemnified Items”) to the extent of the Trust’s pro rata share (such pro rata share and the pro rata share of the holder(s) of the related Outside Serviced Companion Loan(s) to be determined based on the respective principal balances of such Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan and the related Outside Serviced Companion Loan(s)) of such Pari Passu Indemnified Items, and to the extent amounts on deposit in the “Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account”, “Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan Custodial Account”, “Whole Loan Custodial Account” or “Whole Loan Custodial Account” (as each such term or any analogous term is defined in the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement), as applicable, maintained pursuant to the related Outside Servicing Agreement that are allocated to the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan are insufficient for reimbursement of such amounts, such Indemnified Party shall be entitled to be reimbursed by the Trust (including out of general collections in the Collection Account) for the Trust’s pro rata share of the insufficiency;

(iii)            To the extent not otherwise expressly included herein, any provisions required to be included herein pursuant to any Co-Lender Agreement for an Outside Serviced Whole Loan are deemed incorporated herein by reference, and the parties hereto shall comply with those provisions as if set forth herein in full. In the event

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of any inconsistency between the provisions of this Agreement and any Outside Serviced Co-Lender Agreement, such Outside Serviced Co-Lender Agreement shall prevail, provided that in no event shall the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, take any action or omit to take any action in accordance with the terms of any Outside Serviced Co-Lender Agreement, that would cause the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, to violate the Servicing Standard or REMIC Provisions; and

(iv)             each Outside Servicer, each Outside Special Servicer, each Outside Certificate Administrator, each Outside Trustee, each Outside Operating Advisor and each Outside Securitization Trust shall be third party beneficiaries of this Section 3.01(j).

(k)               To the extent required under any Loan Documents, the Master Servicer shall, on behalf of the related lender, maintain a Note register for the related Mortgage Loan in accordance with such Loan Documents.

(l)                 In order to comply with the laws, rules, regulations and executive orders in effect from time to time applicable to banking institutions, including those relating to the funding of terrorist activities and money laundering (for the purposes of this clause (l), “Applicable Laws”), the Master Servicer may be required to obtain, verify and record certain information relating to individuals and entities which maintain a business relationship with the Master Servicer. Accordingly, each of the parties hereto agrees to provide to the Master Servicer, upon its reasonable request, from time to time such identifying information and documentation as may be readily available to such party in order to enable the Master Servicer to comply with Applicable Laws; provided that the Master Servicer shall be responsible for all reasonable actual out-of-pocket expenses incurred by such party in connection therewith.

Section 3.02           Liability of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer. Notwithstanding any Sub-Servicing Agreement or primary servicing agreement, any of the provisions of this Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, and any Person acting as Sub-Servicer (or its agents or subcontractors) or any reference to actions taken through any Person acting as Sub-Servicer or otherwise, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall remain obligated and primarily liable to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and any Serviced Companion Loan Holder for the servicing and administering of the Mortgage Loans (other than the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans) and the Serviced Companion Loan(s) in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement without diminution of such obligation or liability by virtue of such Sub-Servicing Agreements, primary servicing agreements or arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from any Person acting as Sub-Servicer (or its agents or subcontractors) to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, alone were servicing and administering the Mortgage Loans (other than the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans) and the Serviced Companion Loans. The Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall be entitled to enter into an agreement with any Sub-Servicer providing for indemnification of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, by such Sub-Servicer, and nothing contained

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in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such indemnification, but no such agreement for indemnification shall be deemed to limit or modify this Agreement.

Section 3.03           Collection of Certain Mortgage Loan Payments.

(a)               The Master Servicer (with respect to Performing Serviced Loans) or the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans), as applicable, shall use reasonable efforts in accordance with the Servicing Standard to collect all payments called for under the terms and provisions of the Serviced Loans it is obligated to service hereunder, and shall follow the Servicing Standard with respect to such collection procedures; provided that, with respect to any ARD Mortgage Loan, so long as the related Mortgagor is in compliance with each provision of the related Loan Documents, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall not take any enforcement action with respect to the failure of the related Mortgagor to make any payment of Excess Interest, other than requests for collection, until the Maturity Date of any ARD Mortgage Loan or until the outstanding principal balance of such ARD Mortgage Loan (exclusive of any portion representing accrued Excess Interest) has been paid in full); provided, further, that, with respect to any ARD Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as the case may be, may take action to enforce the Trust Fund’s right to apply excess cash flow to principal in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents. For clarification, no obligation of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer to use reasonable efforts to collect fees from the related Mortgagor will change the obligation of the Master Servicer to pay such fees from general collections or other proceeds in accordance with Section 3.06(a) and Section 3.06A(a) of this Agreement, whether or not such Special Servicing Fees, Workout Fees or Liquidation Fees are collected from or paid by the related Mortgagor. The Master Servicer, with respect to the Performing Serviced Loans, and the Special Servicer, with respect to the Specially Serviced Loans, shall use its reasonable efforts to collect income statements, rent rolls and other reporting information from Mortgagors (as required under the related Loan Documents). Consistent with the foregoing, the Master Servicer (with respect to Performing Serviced Loans) or Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans), as applicable, may in its discretion waive any Penalty Charges in connection with any delinquent Monthly Payment with respect to any Mortgage Loan (other than an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan) or Serviced Companion Loan. In addition, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to take such actions with respect to the collection of payments on the Mortgage Loans (other than the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans) and the Serviced Companion Loan as are permitted or required under Section 3.21 of this Agreement. Furthermore, with respect to any Mortgage Loan (other than an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan), if the related Loan Documents provide for the annual or quarterly testing of financial conditions of the related Mortgagor and/or Mortgaged Properties (e.g., debt yield tests, debt service coverage ratio tests and/or loan-to-value ratio tests) in connection with cash-management triggers or the commencement of additional required escrow payments, the Master Servicer (with respect to Performing Serviced Loans) or the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans), as applicable (only to the extent the related information required for such testing is to be delivered to the Master Servicer and/or the Special Servicer, as applicable, pursuant to the related Loan Documents and is actually delivered to the Master Servicer and/or the Special Servicer, as applicable), shall use reasonable efforts to conduct such financial testing within the

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timeframes contemplated by such Loan Documents, if any. Furthermore, in accordance with this Section 3.03(a), with respect to any Mortgage Loan (other than an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan), the Master Servicer (with respect to Performing Serviced Loans) or the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans), as applicable, shall use reasonable efforts to collect financial statements from the related Mortgagor for the periods set forth in the related Loan Documents (e.g., and as applicable, for the entire fiscal year where annual reporting is required).

(b)               If the Master Servicer receives Excess Interest directly from the related Mortgagor or through the Special Servicer, which Excess Interest was collected during the Collection Period for any Distribution Date, or receives notice from the related Mortgagor that the Master Servicer will be receiving Excess Interest during the Collection Period for any Distribution Date, then the Master Servicer shall notify the Certificate Administrator no later than two Business Days prior to such Distribution Date by means of a clearly labeled item in the CREFC^® Loan Periodic Update File. None of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee shall be responsible for any failure of the related Mortgagor to pay any such Excess Interest. The preceding statements shall not, however, be construed to limit the provisions of Section 3.03(a) of this Agreement.

(c)               With respect to each Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Certificate Administrator shall deliver to the related Outside Trustee, the related Outside Certificate Administrator, the related Outside Special Servicer, the related Outside Servicer and the related Outside Operating Advisor promptly following the Closing Date (or, in the case of each Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan, promptly upon the related Servicing Shift Date), written notice in the form of Exhibit FF-1, Exhibit FF-2, Exhibit FF-3, Exhibit FF-4 or Exhibit FF-5 attached hereto, as applicable, stating that, as of the Closing Date (or the related Servicing Shift Date, as applicable), the Trustee is the holder of such Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan and directing each such recipient to remit to the Master Servicer all amounts payable to, and to forward, deliver or otherwise make available, as the case may be, to the Master Servicer all reports, statements, documents, communications and other information that are to be forwarded, delivered or otherwise made available to, the holder of such Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan under the related Co-Lender Agreement and the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement (which notice shall also provide contact information for the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and each party designated to exercise the rights of the “Non-Controlling Note Holder” under the related Co-Lender Agreement), accompanied by a copy of an executed version of this Agreement, and (B) notice of any subsequent change in the identity of the Master Servicer or any party designated to exercise the rights of the “Non-Controlling Note Holder” under the related Co-Lender Agreement (together with the relevant contact information). Upon request of the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer shall provide its wire instructions for inclusion in the written notices referred to in the previous sentence. The Master Servicer shall, within one (1) Business Day of receipt of properly identified funds, deposit into the Collection Account all amounts received with respect to each Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property related to each Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan or any related REO Property; provided, however, that to the extent any such amounts are received after 2:00 p.m. Eastern time on any given Business

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Day, the Master Servicer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to deposit such amounts into the Collection Account within one (1) Business Day of receipt of such amounts but, in any event, the Master Servicer shall deposit such amounts into the Collection Account within two (2) Business Days of receipt of such amounts.

(d)               With respect to each Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, if the Master Servicer does not receive from the related Outside Servicer any Monthly Payment or other amounts known by the Master Servicer to be owing on such Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan in accordance with the terms of the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement and/or the related Co-Lender Agreement, then the Master Servicer shall provide notice of such failure to the related Outside Servicer and the related Outside Trustee.

Section 3.04           Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Escrow Accounts.

(a)               With respect to each Mortgaged Property securing a Serviced Loan, the Master Servicer shall maintain accurate records with respect to each related Mortgaged Property reflecting the status of taxes, assessments, ground rents and other similar items that are or may become a lien on the related Mortgaged Property and the status of insurance premiums payable with respect thereto. From time to time, to the extent such payments are to be made from escrowed funds, the Master Servicer shall (i) obtain all bills for the payment of such items (including renewal premiums), and (ii) effect payment of all such bills with respect to such Mortgaged Properties prior to the applicable penalty or termination date, in each case employing for such purpose Escrow Payments as allowed under the terms of the related Serviced Loan. With respect to non-escrowed payments, when the Master Servicer becomes aware in accordance with the Servicing Standard that a Mortgagor (other than with respect to the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan) has failed to make any such payment or, with respect to escrowed loans, collections from the Mortgagor are insufficient to pay any such item before the applicable penalty or termination date, the Master Servicer shall advance the amount of any shortfall as a Property Advance unless the Master Servicer determines in accordance with the Servicing Standard that such Advance would be a Nonrecoverable Advance. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Master Servicer may in accordance with the Servicing Standard elect (but is not required) to make (and in the case of a Specially Serviced Loan, at the direction of the Special Servicer will be required to make) a payment from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account that would otherwise be a Property Advance with respect to a Serviced Trust Loan notwithstanding that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer has determined that such a Property Advance would, if advanced, be a Nonrecoverable Property Advance, if making the payment (x) would prevent (i) the related Mortgaged Property from being uninsured or being sold at a tax sale or (ii) any event that would cause a loss of the priority of the lien of the related Mortgage, or the loss of any security for the related Trust Loan, or (y) would remediate any adverse environmental condition or circumstance at the related Mortgaged Property, if, in each instance, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, determines in accordance with the Servicing Standard that making the payment is in the best interest of the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and any related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s) (as a collective whole as if the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR

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Interest Owner and such Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s) constituted a single lender (and, in the case of a Serviced AB Whole Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of the related Subordinate Companion Loan(s))). If the Special Servicer makes such a determination, it shall notify the Master Servicer and the Master Servicer shall make such payment from the Collection Account. No costs incurred by the Master Servicer in effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties shall, for the purpose of calculating distributions to Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, be added to the amount owing under the related Trust Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Trust Loans so permit.

(b)               The Master Servicer shall segregate and hold all funds collected and received pursuant to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan constituting Escrow Payments separate and apart from any of its own funds and general assets and shall establish and maintain one or more segregated custodial accounts (each, an “Escrow Account”) into which all Escrow Payments shall be deposited within two (2) Business Days after receipt of properly identified funds. The Master Servicer shall also deposit into each applicable Escrow Account any amounts representing losses on Permitted Investments to the extent required by Section 3.07(b) of this Agreement and any Insurance Proceeds or Condemnation Proceeds which are required to be applied to the restoration or repair of any Mortgaged Property pursuant to the related Loan Documents. Escrow Accounts shall be Eligible Accounts (except to the extent the related Loan Documents require or permit it to be held in an account that is not an Eligible Account) in accordance with the terms of the related Loan Documents) and (subject to any changes in the identities of the Master Servicer and/or the Trustee) shall be entitled, “Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, on behalf of Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee for the benefit of the registered Holders of Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, the Serviced Companion Loan Holders, and Various Mortgagors.” Withdrawals from an Escrow Account may be made by the Master Servicer only:

(i)                 to effect timely payments of items constituting Escrow Payments for the related Loan Documents and in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable;

(ii)              to transfer funds to the Collection Account and/or the applicable Whole Loan Custodial Account to reimburse the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, for any Property Advance (with interest thereon at the Advance Rate) relating to Escrow Payments, but only from amounts received with respect to the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, which represent late collections of Escrow Payments thereunder;

(iii)            for application to the restoration or repair of the related Mortgaged Property in accordance with the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, and the Servicing Standard;

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(iv)             to clear and terminate such Escrow Account upon the termination of this Agreement;

(v)               to pay from time to time to the related Mortgagor (a) any interest or investment income earned on funds deposited in the Escrow Account if such income is required to be paid to the related Mortgagor under law or by the terms of the Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, or otherwise to the Master Servicer and (b) any other funds required to be released to the related Mortgagors pursuant to the related Loan Documents; and

(vi)             to remove any funds deposited in an Escrow Account that were not required to be deposited therein.

(c)               In the event any Loan Documents permit the lender, at the discretion of the lender, to use letters of credit and/or cash reserves to prepay the related Trust Loan prior to the Maturity Date and in the absence of an event of default or acceleration of the Trust Loan, then the Master Servicer shall hold such amounts in an Escrow Account for so long as the Loan Documents permit such discretion.

(d)               Unless required by the related Loan Documents, neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall apply any earnout escrows or reserves established with respect to any Trust Loan as a prepayment of such Trust Loan if no event of default has occurred under such Trust Loan.

(e)               To the extent that (i) an operations and maintenance plan is required to be established and executed pursuant to the terms of a Serviced Loan, or (ii) any repairs, capital improvements, actions or remediations are required to have been taken or completed pursuant to the terms of the Serviced Loan, the Master Servicer shall determine in accordance with the Servicing Standard (which determination may be made on the basis of inquiry to the Mortgagor and this sentence shall in no event be construed to require a physical inspection other than inspections described in Section 3.18 of this Agreement; provided that all deliveries required to be made to Master Servicer under the related Loan Documents of supporting documentation have been made; then the Master Servicer shall report the then current status as a failure) whether the related Mortgagor has failed to perform such obligations under the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan as of the date required under the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan and report any such failure to the Special Servicer, the Serviced Companion Loan Holders and, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, the Controlling Class Representative within a reasonable time after the date as of which such actions or remediations are required to be or to have been taken or completed.

Section 3.05           Collection Account; Distribution Accounts; and Excess Liquidation Proceeds Reserve Account; and Excess Interest Distribution Account.

(a)               The Master Servicer shall establish and maintain the Collection Account in the Master Servicer’s name on behalf of the Trustee, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, any related Loan-Specific

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Certificateholders and the Trustee as the Holder of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interests. The Collection Account shall be established and maintained as an Eligible Account. Amounts attributable to the Mortgage Loans (other than the Excess Interest) will be assets of the Lower-Tier REMIC (or the related Loan REMIC, as applicable). As and when required under this Agreement, the Master Servicer shall transfer to the Collection Account any amounts to be transferred thereto from a Whole Loan Custodial Account as contemplated by Section 3.06A(a)(i) of this Agreement, and the Master Servicer shall deposit in the Collection Account any amounts required to be deposited therein pursuant to Section 3.07(b) of this Agreement in connection with net losses realized on Permitted Investments with respect to funds held in the Collection Account. In addition, the Master Servicer shall deposit or cause to be deposited in the Collection Account, within one (1) Business Day following receipt of properly identified funds, (y) all Net Liquidation Proceeds received on or with respect to a Trust Loan related to a Serviced Whole Loan in connection with any of the events described in clauses (iii) and (iv) of the definition of “Liquidation Event” in this Agreement, and (z) without duplication, the following payments and collections received or made by it on or with respect to the Mortgage Loans (other than any Mortgage Loan related to a Serviced Whole Loan):

(i)              all payments on account of principal on such Mortgage Loans, including Principal Prepayments and the principal component of Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds;

(ii)              all payments on account of interest on such Mortgage Loans (including Excess Interest);

(iii)              all Yield Maintenance Charges on such Mortgage Loans;

(iv)             all amounts with respect to any related REO Property transferred to the Collection Account, or to the Master Servicer for deposit in the Collection Account, from an REO Account pursuant to Section 3.16(b) of this Agreement;

(v)               all Net Insurance Proceeds, Net Condemnation and Net Liquidation Proceeds with respect to such Mortgage Loans;

(vi)             any amounts received from Mortgagors under such Mortgage Loans that represent (A) recoveries of Property Protection Expenses, (B) any recovery of Unliquidated Advances with respect to such Mortgage Loans, or (C) any other reimbursements in accordance with the related Loan Documents, in each case to the extent not permitted to be retained by the Master Servicer as provided herein;

(vii)            any Loss of Value Payments, as set forth in Section 3.06(c) of this Agreement; and

(viii)          any other amounts required by the provisions of this Agreement to be deposited into the Collection Account by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, including pursuant to Section 2.03 and Section 3.03(c) of this Agreement; provided, however, that to the extent any amounts referred to in clauses (x) or (y)

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above of this Section 3.05(a) are received after 2:00 p.m. Eastern time on any given Business Day, the Master Servicer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to deposit such amounts into the Collection Account within one (1) Business Day of receipt thereof but, in any event, the Master Servicer shall deposit such amounts into the Collection Account within two (2) Business Days of receipt thereof.

The foregoing requirements for deposits in the Collection Account shall be exclusive, it being understood and agreed that, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to the extent provided herein, Ancillary Fees, Consent Fees, Assumption Fees, assumption application fees, defeasance fees, review fees and other amounts that constitute other Additional Servicing Compensation or other Additional Special Servicing Compensation need not be deposited in the Collection Account by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall be entitled to retain any such Ancillary Fees, Consent Fees, Assumption Fees, assumption application fees, defeasance fees, review fees and/or amounts that constitute other Additional Servicing Compensation or other Additional Special Servicing Compensation received with respect to such Mortgage Loans in accordance with Section 3.12 of this Agreement; provided that if the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, receives any such Ancillary Fees, Consent Fees, Assumption Fees, assumption application fees, defeasance fees and/or amounts that constitute other Additional Servicing Compensation or other Additional Special Servicing Compensation in excess of the percentage of such fees to which it is entitled pursuant to Section 3.12(a) (in the case of the Master Servicer) or Section 3.12(c) (in the case of the Special Servicer), then it shall remit to the other party (i.e. the Special Servicer (if Master Servicer has received the excess percentage of such fees) or the Master Servicer (if Special Servicer has received the excess percentage of such fees), as applicable) the percentage of such fees to which such other party is entitled pursuant to Section 3.12(a) or Section 3.12(c), as applicable. To the extent that any Penalty Charges or Modification Fees received by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, with respect to any Mortgage Loan constitute servicing compensation pursuant to Section 3.14(a)(iv) of this Agreement, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall not deposit such fees into the Collection Account and shall instead apply such fees in accordance with Section 3.14(a)(iv) of this Agreement. In the event that the Master Servicer deposits in the Collection Account any amount not required to be deposited therein, it may at any time withdraw such amount from the Collection Account, any provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding. The Master Servicer shall give written notice to the Certificate Administrator and the Special Servicer of the location and account number of the Collection Account and shall notify the Certificate Administrator and the Special Servicer in writing of any subsequent change thereof.

Upon receipt of any of the amounts described in clauses (i) through (vi) and (viii) of the last sentence of the second preceding paragraph with respect to a Mortgage Loan (other than a Mortgage Loan related to a Serviced Whole Loan), the Special Servicer shall promptly, but in no event later than one (1) Business Day after receipt of properly identified funds, remit such amounts to the Master Servicer for deposit into the Collection Account in accordance with the second preceding paragraph, unless the Special Servicer determines, consistent with the Servicing Standard, that a particular item should not be deposited because of a restrictive endorsement or other appropriate reason; provided, however, that to the extent any amounts described in clauses (i) through (vi) and (viii) of the last sentence of the second preceding paragraph are received after

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2:00 p.m. Eastern time on any given Business Day, the Special Servicer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to remit such amounts to the Master Servicer within one (1) Business Day of receipt of properly identified funds but, in any event, the Special Servicer shall remit such amounts to the Master Servicer within two (2) Business Days of receipt of properly identified funds. With respect to any such amounts paid by check to the order of the Special Servicer, the Special Servicer shall endorse such check to the order of the Master Servicer, unless the Special Servicer determines, consistent with the Servicing Standard, that a particular item cannot be so endorsed and delivered because of a restrictive endorsement or other appropriate reason. Any such amounts received by the Special Servicer with respect to an REO Property that relates to any Mortgage Loan (other than a Mortgage Loan related to a Serviced Whole Loan) shall initially be deposited by the Special Servicer into the related REO Account (or, at the option of the Special Servicer, remitted by the applicable property manager directly to the Master Servicer) and thereafter remitted to the Master Servicer for deposit into the Collection Account, all in accordance with Section 3.16 of this Agreement.

(b)               The Certificate Administrator shall establish and maintain the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account and the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account in the name of the Certificate Administrator on behalf of the Trustee, for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner. The Certificate Administrator shall establish and maintain the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Distribution Account(s) in the name of the Certificate Administrator on behalf of the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of the Loan-Specific Certificates. Each of the foregoing accounts shall be non-interest bearing and shall be established and maintained as Eligible Accounts or as sub-accounts of a single Eligible Account. With respect to each Distribution Date, on or before such Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator shall be deemed to make or shall make the withdrawals from the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Distribution Account(s) as set forth in Section 4.01 of this Agreement, shall be deemed to make the deposits into the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account(s) and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Distribution Account as set forth in Section 4.01 hereof, and shall cause the Available Funds (including P&I Advances) and Yield Maintenance Charges to be distributed in respect of the applicable Certificates and Uncertificated VRR Interest, pursuant to Section 4.01 hereof on such date.

 

(c)               The Certificate Administrator shall establish (upon receipt of written notice that an event that generates Excess Liquidation Proceeds has occurred) and maintain the Excess Liquidation Proceeds Reserve Account in the name of the Certificate Administrator on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner. The Excess Liquidation Proceeds Reserve Account shall be non-interest bearing and shall be maintained separate and apart from trust funds for mortgage pass-through certificates of other series administered by the Certificate Administrator and other accounts of the Certificate Administrator.

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in connection with such sale. The Special Servicer shall withdraw from each applicable REO Account and remit to the Master Servicer for deposit into the Collection Account on a monthly basis prior to the related Master Servicer Remittance Date the Excess Liquidation Proceeds received or collected from each REO Property during the related Collection Period, along with a notation of the amount of such Excess Liquidation Proceeds in the CREFC^® REO Liquidation Report. On the related Master Servicer Remittance Date, the Master Servicer shall remit the Excess Liquidation Proceeds received from the Special Servicer pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence to the Certificate Administrator for deposit in the Excess Liquidation Proceeds Reserve Account. Amounts held in the Excess Liquidation Proceeds Reserve Account on each Distribution Date that exceed amounts reasonably anticipated to be required to offset possible future Realized Losses and other shortfalls in payments on the Regular Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest, as determined by the Special Servicer, and all amounts held in the Excess Liquidation Proceeds Reserve Account on the final Distribution Date, in each case after application in accordance with the first two sentences of Section 4.01(e) of this Agreement, shall be distributed to the Holders of the Class R Certificates in respect of the Lower-Tier Residual Interest.

(d)               Prior to the Master Servicer Remittance Date immediately following the end of the first Collection Period during which Excess Interest is received on any ARD Mortgage Loan, and upon notification from the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.03(b) of this Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall establish and maintain the Excess Interest Distribution Account in the name of the Certificate Administrator on behalf of the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of the Excess Interest Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner. The Excess Interest Distribution Account shall be non-interest bearing and shall be established and maintained as an Eligible Account (or as a subaccount of an Eligible Account). With respect to each Distribution Date, the Master Servicer shall withdraw from the Collection Account and remit to the Certificate Administrator on the applicable Master Servicer Remittance Date for deposit in the Excess Interest Distribution Account an amount equal to the Excess Interest received during the applicable Collection Period.

The Certificate Administrator shall, on any Distribution Date, make withdrawals from the Excess Interest Distribution Account to the extent required to make the distributions of Excess Interest required by Section 4.01(k) of this Agreement.

Following the distribution of Excess Interest to the Holders of the Excess Interest Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner on the first Distribution Date after which there are no longer any ARD Mortgage Loans outstanding, the Certificate Administrator may terminate the Excess Interest Distribution Account.

(e)               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account(s), the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Distribution Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account, the Excess Liquidation Proceeds Reserve Account and the Interest Reserve Account may all be sub-accounts of a single Eligible Account; provided that each of them shall be treated as a separate account for purposes of deposits and withdrawals under this Agreement.

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(f)                Amounts deposited into and withdrawn from the Collection Account in respect of any Loan REMIC Held Mortgage Loan shall be deemed to be distributed in respect of the related Loan REMIC Regular Interest in accordance with the related REMIC Declaration. Amounts deemed distributed in respect of the Loan REMIC Regular Interest shall be deposited in the Lower-Tier Distribution Account.

(g)               If any Loss of Value Payments are received in connection with a Material Document Defect or Material Breach, as the case may be, pursuant to or as contemplated by Section 2.03(a) of this Agreement, the Master Servicer shall establish and maintain one or more accounts (collectively, the “Loss of Value Reserve Fund”) to be held on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, for purposes of holding such Loss of Value Payments. Each account that constitutes the Loss of Value Reserve Fund shall be an Eligible Account or a sub-account of an Eligible Account. The Master Servicer shall, upon receipt, deposit in the Loss of Value Reserve Fund all Loss of Value Payments received by it. The Loss of Value Reserve Fund shall be accounted for as an outside reserve fund within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(h) and not an asset of any Trust REMIC. Furthermore, for all federal tax purposes, the Certificate Administrator shall (i) treat amounts paid out of the Loss of Value Reserve Fund (and any income earned thereon) through the Collection Account to the Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, in the case of any income earned on the Loss of Value Reserve Fund and paid to the Master Servicer as additional compensation) as damages paid to and distributed by the Trust REMICs on account of a breach of a representation or warranty by the related Mortgage Loan Seller and (ii) treat any amounts paid out of the Loss of Value Reserve Fund through the Collection Account to a Mortgage Loan Seller as distributions by the Trust Fund to such Mortgage Loan Seller as beneficial owner of the Loss of Value Reserve Fund. The applicable Mortgage Loan Seller will be the beneficial owner of the related account in the Loss of Value Reserve Fund for all federal income tax purposes, and shall be taxable on all income earned thereon.

(h)               For the avoidance of doubt, the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, the Excess Liquidation Proceeds Reserve Account, and the related portion of the Interest Reserve Account (including interest, if any, earned on the investment of funds in such accounts) will be owned by the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Excess Interest Distribution Account will be owned by the Grantor Trust, the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account (including interest, if any, earned on the investment of funds in such account) will be owned by the Upper-Tier REMIC, and each Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Distribution Account and the related portion of the Interest Reserve Account (including interest, if any, earned on the investment of funds in such accounts) will be owned by the applicable Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC, each for federal income tax purposes.

 

Section 3.05A Whole Loan Custodial Account.

(a)               The Master Servicer shall establish and maintain, with respect to each Serviced Whole Loan (if any), one or more separate accounts, which may be sub-accounts

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of a single account (with respect to each Serviced Whole Loan, the “Whole Loan Custodial Account”) in which the amounts described in clauses (i) through (viii) below shall be deposited and held in the name of the Master Servicer on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s), as their interests may appear; provided that a Whole Loan Custodial Account may be a sub-account of the Collection Account or another Whole Loan Custodial Account (but shall be deemed to be a separate account for purposes of applying the terms of this Agreement). Each of the Whole Loan Custodial Accounts shall be an Eligible Account or a subaccount of an Eligible Account. The Master Servicer shall deposit or cause to be deposited in each Whole Loan Custodial Account, within one Business Day following receipt of properly identified funds (or, in the case of payments by the Master Servicer, when otherwise required to be so deposited under this Agreement), the following payments and collections received or made by it on or with respect to the related Serviced Whole Loan:

(i)              all payments on account of principal on the related Serviced Whole Loan, including Principal Prepayments and the principal component of Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds;

(ii)              all payments on account of interest on the related Serviced Whole Loan;

(iii)            all Yield Maintenance Charges on the related Serviced Whole Loan;

(iv)             any amounts required to be deposited pursuant to Section 3.07(b) of this Agreement in connection with net losses realized on Permitted Investments with respect to funds held in such Whole Loan Custodial Account;

(v)               all amounts with respect to any REO Property acquired in respect of the related Serviced Whole Loan transferred to such Whole Loan Custodial Account, or the Master Servicer for deposit in such Whole Loan Custodial Account, from the related REO Account pursuant to Section 3.16(b) of this Agreement;

(vi)             all Net Condemnation Proceeds, Net Insurance Proceeds and Net Liquidation Proceeds with respect to the related Serviced Whole Loan (other than any Net Liquidation Proceeds received on or in respect of the related Trust Loan in connection with any of the events described in clauses (iii) and (iv) of the definition of “Liquidation Event” in this Agreement);

(vii)          any amounts received from the Mortgagor under the related Serviced Whole Loan that represent (A) recoveries of Property Protection Expenses, or (B) any other reimbursements in accordance with the related Loan Documents, in each case to the extent not permitted to be retained by the Master Servicer as provided herein; and

(viii)        any other amounts required by the provisions of this Agreement to be deposited into such Whole Loan Custodial Account by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, including any recovery of any Unliquidated Advances;

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provided, however, that to the extent any such amounts are received after 2:00 p.m. Eastern time on any given Business Day, the Master Servicer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to deposit such amounts into the related Whole Loan Custodial Account within one (1) Business Day of receipt thereof but, in any event, the Master Servicer shall deposit such amounts into the related Whole Loan Custodial Account within two (2) Business Days of receipt thereof.

(b)               The foregoing requirements for deposits in each Whole Loan Custodial Account shall be exclusive, it being understood and agreed that, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to the extent provided herein, Ancillary Fees, Consent Fees, Assumption Fees, assumption application fees, defeasance fees, review fees and other amounts that constitute other Additional Servicing Compensation or other Additional Special Servicing Compensation need not be deposited in such Whole Loan Custodial Account by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall be entitled to retain any such Ancillary Fees, Consent Fees, Assumption Fees, assumption application fees, defeasance fees, review fees and/or other amounts that constitute other Additional Servicing Compensation or other Additional Special Servicing Compensation received with respect to the Serviced Whole Loans in accordance with Section 3.12 of this Agreement; provided that if the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, receives any such Ancillary Fees, Consent Fees, Assumption Fees, assumption application fees, defeasance fees and/or amounts that constitute other Additional Servicing Compensation or other Additional Special Servicing Compensation in excess of the percentage of such fees to which it is entitled pursuant to Section 3.12(a) (in the case of the Master Servicer) or Section 3.12(c) (in the case of the Special Servicer), then it shall remit to the other party (i.e. the Special Servicer (if Master Servicer has received the excess percentage of such fees) or the Master Servicer (if Special Servicer has received the excess percentage of such fees), as applicable) the percentage of such fees to which such other party is entitled pursuant to Section 3.12(a) or Section 3.12(c), as applicable. The Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall not deposit any Modification Fees received by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan into the related Whole Loan Custodial Account and shall instead apply such fees (except to the extent not permitted under the related Co-Lender Agreement) in accordance with Section 3.14 of this Agreement. In the event that the Master Servicer deposits in a Whole Loan Custodial Account any amount not required to be deposited therein, it may at any time withdraw such amount from such Whole Loan Custodial Account, any provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding. The Master Servicer shall give written notice to the Certificate Administrator, the related Serviced Companion Loan Holders and the Special Servicer of the location and account number of each Whole Loan Custodial Account and shall notify the Certificate Administrator, the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder and the Special Servicer in writing of any subsequent change thereof. Each Whole Loan Custodial Account shall be maintained as a segregated account (or sub-account of such segregated account), separate and apart from trust funds created for mortgage backed securities of other series and the other accounts of the Master Servicer.

(c)               Upon receipt of any of the amounts described in clauses (i) through (viii) of Section 3.05A(a) with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, the Special Servicer shall

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promptly, but in no event later than one (1) Business Day after receipt of properly identified funds, remit such amounts to the Master Servicer for deposit into the Whole Loan Custodial Account in accordance with Section 3.05A(a), unless the Special Servicer determines, consistent with the Servicing Standard, that a particular item should not be deposited because of a restrictive endorsement or other appropriate reason; provided, however, that to the extent any amounts described in clauses (i) through (vii) and (viii) of Section 3.05A(a) are received after 2:00 p.m. Eastern time on any given Business Day, the Special Servicer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to remit such amounts to the Master Servicer within one (1) Business Day of receipt of properly identified funds but, in any event, the Special Servicer shall remit such amounts to the Master Servicer within two (2) Business Days of receipt of properly identified funds. With respect to any such amounts paid by check to the order of the Special Servicer, the Special Servicer shall endorse such check to the order of the Master Servicer, unless the Special Servicer determines, consistent with the Servicing Standard, that a particular item cannot be so endorsed and delivered because of a restrictive endorsement or other appropriate reason. Any such amounts received by the Special Servicer with respect to an REO Property that relates to a Serviced Whole Loan shall initially be deposited by the Special Servicer into the related REO Account (or, at the option of the Special Servicer, remitted by the applicable property manager directly to the Master Servicer) and thereafter remitted to the Master Servicer for deposit into the related Whole Loan Custodial Account, all in accordance with Section 3.17 of this Agreement.

Section 3.06           Permitted Withdrawals From the Collection Account.

(a)               The Master Servicer may make withdrawals from the Collection Account only as described below (the order set forth below not constituting an order of priority for such withdrawals), subject to the application of Penalty Charges and Modification Fees in accordance with the related Co-Lender Agreement and Section 3.14 of this Agreement:

(i)                 to remit on or before each Master Servicer Remittance Date to the Certificate Administrator for deposit in the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account in respect of the Mortgage Loans (or the related Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Distribution Account in respect of a Trust Subordinate Companion Loan), the Interest Reserve Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account and the Excess Liquidation Proceeds Reserve Account the amounts required to be deposited in such accounts pursuant to Sections 3.05(b), 3.05(c), 3.05(d), 3.23, 4.01(a)(i) and/or Section 4.06(a) of this Agreement, as applicable;

(ii)              to pay or reimburse the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable (A) for Advances made thereby with respect to Mortgage Loans that are not part of a Serviced Whole Loan (other than Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) and any related Advance Interest Amounts (provided that the Trustee shall have priority with respect to such payment or reimbursement of any such Advances and any related Advance Interest Amounts), the Master Servicer’s right to reimburse any such Person pursuant to this clause (ii)(A) being limited to late collections (including cure payments by related Serviced Companion Loan Holders) of the particular item which was the subject of the related Advance,

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Penalty Charges, Net Condemnation Proceeds, Net REO Proceeds, Net Insurance Proceeds and Net Liquidation Proceeds on or in respect of the particular Mortgage Loan or REO Property respecting which such Advance was made, if applicable (provided that (x) prior to the time any Advance is reimbursed, Advance Interest Amounts may be reimbursed solely from Penalty Charges and Modification Fees collected on the related Mortgage Loan, and (y) at the time any Advance (other than Workout Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) is reimbursed, Advance Interest Amounts on such reimbursed Advance shall be payable first from Penalty Charges and Modification Fees collected on the related Mortgage Loan, and, to the extent such Penalty Charges and Modification Fees are insufficient, then from general collections on deposit in the Collection Account), (B) for Advances made thereby with respect to Mortgage Loans or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan that are part of a Serviced Whole Loan and any related Advance Interest Amounts (provided that the Trustee shall have priority with respect to such payment or reimbursement of any such Advances and any related Advance Interest Amounts), the Master Servicer’s right to reimburse any such person pursuant to this clause (ii)(B) being limited to Net Liquidation Proceeds on or in respect of the particular Mortgage Loan, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or REO Property respecting which such Advance was made, which Net Liquidation Proceeds were received in connection with any of the events described in clauses (iii), (iv) and (vii) of the definition of “Liquidation Event”, (C) to the extent not reimbursed pursuant to Section 3.14 of this Agreement, for Advances with respect to Mortgage Loans (or Property Advances (but not P&I Advances) with respect to a Trust Subordinate Companion Loan) and any related Advance Interest Amounts (or portion thereof) that have been deemed to be Nonrecoverable Advances or are not recovered from recoveries in respect of the related Mortgage Loan, Serviced Whole Loan or REO Property after a Final Recovery Determination to the extent not recovered from the related Whole Loan Custodial Account and Advance Interest Amounts thereon, first, out of the principal portion of general collections on the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties, and second, to the extent the principal portion of general collections is insufficient and with respect to such excess only, subject to any election in its sole discretion to defer reimbursement thereof pursuant to Section 3.27 of this Agreement, out of other collections on the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties, and (D) for Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts with respect to Mortgage Loans and Advance Interest Amounts thereon, first, out of the principal portion of the general collections on the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties, net of such amounts being reimbursed pursuant to clause (C) above, and second, upon a determination by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, that a Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount is a Nonrecoverable Advance, in the same manner as Nonrecoverable Advances may be reimbursed (provided that with respect to each Mortgage Loan or REO Property that relates to a Serviced Whole Loan, such Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts and Advance Interest Amounts thereon shall first be reimbursed pursuant to Section 3.06A(a)(ii) of this Agreement and, if not reimbursed pursuant thereto, shall be paid from the Collection Account as provided in this clause (ii)(D));

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(iii)            to pay on or before each Master Servicer Remittance Date to the Master Servicer (who shall pay the holder of the Excess Servicing Fee Rights the portion of the Servicing Fee that represents Excess Servicing Fees in accordance with Section 3.12 of this Agreement) and to the Special Servicer, as applicable, as compensation, the aggregate unpaid Servicing Fee with respect to Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (to the extent not otherwise required to be applied against Prepayment Interest Shortfalls) in respect of the immediately preceding Interest Accrual Period, and Special Servicing Compensation (if any) in respect of the immediately preceding Interest Accrual Period or Collection Period, as applicable, to be paid, in the case of the Servicing Fee, from interest received on the related Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, and to pay from time to time to the Master Servicer in accordance with Section 3.07(b) of this Agreement any interest or investment income earned on funds deposited in the Collection Account and, in the case of the Special Servicing Fee, from general collections; provided, however, that in the case of any Mortgage Loan or REO Mortgage Loan related to a Serviced Whole Loan or related REO Whole Loan or any Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or related REO Companion Loan, (A) Servicing Fees may be paid out of the Collection Account pursuant to this clause (iii) only from the interest portion of Net Liquidation Proceeds on or in respect of such Mortgage Loan, REO Mortgage Loan, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or REO Companion Loan, as applicable, which Net Liquidation Proceeds were received in connection with any of the events described in clauses (iii), (iv) and (vii) of the definition of “Liquidation Event” and (B) Special Servicing Compensation shall first be paid out of the related Whole Loan Custodial Account pursuant to Section 3.06A(a)(iii) of this Agreement and may be paid out of the Collection Account pursuant to this clause (iii) only if and to the extent that such Special Servicing Compensation has not been paid out of the related Whole Loan Custodial Account pursuant to Section 3.06A(a)(iii) of this Agreement and, in the case of a Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or any related REO Companion Loan, only out of related Net Liquidation Proceeds received in connection with any of the events described in clauses (iii), (iv) and (vii) of the definition of “Liquidation Event”;

(iv)             in accordance with Section 2.03 of this Agreement, to reimburse itself, the Trustee or the Special Servicer, out of general collections on the Mortgage Loans and related REO Properties (including with respect to the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans) for any unreimbursed expense reasonably incurred by such Person in respect of any Material Defect giving rise to a repurchase or substitution obligation of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller or any other obligation of the Mortgage Loan Seller under Section 6 of the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, including, without limitation, any expenses arising out of the performance of its duties under Section 2.03 of this Agreement in connection with such Material Defect or out of the enforcement of the repurchase or substitution obligation or any other obligation of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller under Section 6 of the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement in connection with such Material Defect, together with interest thereon at the Advance Rate from the time such expense was incurred to, but excluding, the date such expense was

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reimbursed, but only to the extent that such expenses are not otherwise reimbursable, each such Person’s right to reimbursement pursuant to this clause (iv) with respect to any Trust Loan being subject to the following: (a) if the Purchase Price is paid for such Trust Loan, then such Person’s right to reimbursement shall be limited to that portion of the Purchase Price that represents such expense in accordance with clause (f) of the definition of Purchase Price, or (b) if no Purchase Price is paid or if an amount less than the Purchase Price is paid and proceedings are instituted to enforce the related Mortgage Loan Seller’s payment or performance pursuant to the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or if a Loss of Value Payment is made, then such Person shall be entitled to reimbursement from the Trust following the adjudication of such proceedings in favor of such Mortgage Loan Seller, settlement of the Material Defect claim, or payment of such Loss of Value Payment, as the case may be;

(v)               to pay out of general collections on the Mortgage Loans and related REO Properties, for costs and expenses incurred by the Trust Fund with respect to the Mortgage Loans and related REO Properties pursuant to Sections 3.04 and 3.10(e) of this Agreement and to pay Liquidation Expenses out of related Liquidation Proceeds pursuant to Section 3.11 of this Agreement (provided that with respect to each Serviced Whole Loan, such expenses shall first be reimbursed pursuant to Section 3.06A(a)(iv) of this Agreement to the extent related to such Serviced Whole Loan and if not reimbursed pursuant thereto, shall be paid from the Collection Account as provided in this clause (v));

(vi)             to the extent not reimbursed or paid pursuant to any other clause of this Section 3.06, to reimburse or pay the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Custodian, the Certificate Administrator, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, CREFC^® or the Depositor, as applicable, for unpaid Additional Trust Fund Expenses (other than Advance Interest Amounts), unpaid Trustee/Certificate Administrator Fees, unpaid Servicing Fees (but only if the related Mortgage Loan has been liquidated or a Final Recovery Determination has been made with respect thereto), unpaid Special Servicing Compensation, unpaid Operating Advisor Fees, unpaid Operating Advisor Consulting Fees (but only to the extent such Operating Advisor Consulting Fee is actually received from the related Mortgagor), unpaid Asset Representations Reviewer Ongoing Fees and any unpaid Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee (to the extent such fee is payable by the Trust), unpaid CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fees and other unpaid items incurred by or owing to such Person pursuant to Section 2.03(h)(vi), Section 2.03(j)(viii), the second sentence of Section 3.07(c), Section 3.08(a), Section 3.08(b), Section 3.10, Section 3.12(c), Section 3.16(a), Section 3.29(k), Section 6.03, Section 7.04, Section 8.05(a), Section 8.05(b), Section 8.05(d), Section 11.02(a), Section 11.02(b) or Section 12.07 of this Agreement, or any other provision of this Agreement pursuant to which such Person is entitled to reimbursement or payment from the Trust Fund, in each case only to the extent expressly reimbursable under such Section , it being acknowledged that this clause (vi) shall not be deemed to modify the substance of any such Section , including the provisions of such

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Section that set forth the extent to which one of the foregoing Persons is or is not entitled to payment or reimbursement (provided that with respect to each Mortgage Loan that is part of a Serviced Whole Loan and each Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, such expenses shall first be reimbursed pursuant to Section 3.06A(a)(v) of this Agreement to the extent related to such Serviced Whole Loan and, if not reimbursed pursuant thereto, shall be paid from the Collection Account as provided in this clause (vi), and provided, further, that fees and compensation to any party with respect to any Serviced Companion Loan (or a successor REO Companion Loan) shall not be payable from the Collection Account pursuant to this clause (vi)) (except in the case of a Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or successor REO Companion Loan, but only out of related Net Liquidation Proceeds received in connection with any of the events described in clause (iii), (iv) and (vii) of the definition of “Liquidation Event”);

(vii)          to transfer to the Certificate Administrator for deposit in one or more separate, non-interest bearing accounts any amount reasonably determined by the Certificate Administrator to be necessary to pay any applicable federal, state or local taxes imposed on any Trust REMIC under the circumstances and to the extent described in Section 4.05 of this Agreement;

(viii)        to make such payments and reimbursements out of Penalty Charges and Modification Fees on deposit in the Collection Account as are contemplated by Section 3.14 of this Agreement;

(ix)            to make such payments and reimbursements as contemplated by Section 3.06(c) of this Agreement out of funds transferred to the Collection Account from the Loss of Value Reserve Fund pursuant to Section 3.06(c) of this Agreement;

(x)               to withdraw any amount deposited into the Collection Account that was not required to be deposited therein; or

(xi)             to clear and terminate the Collection Account pursuant to Section 9.01 of this Agreement.

If and to the extent that the Master Servicer has reimbursed or made payment to itself or any other Person pursuant to any clause of the prior paragraph above for any cost, expense, indemnity, fee or Property Advance or Advance Interest Amount thereon with respect to a Whole Loan that represents the related Serviced Companion Loan’s allocable share of such cost, expense, indemnity, fee, or Property Advance or Advance Interest Amount thereon (taking into account the subordinate nature of any related Subordinate Companion Loan(s)), the Master Servicer (with respect to Performing Serviced Loans) and the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans) shall use efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to collect such amounts out of collections on such Serviced Companion Loan (or, if and to the extent permitted under the related Co-Lender Agreement, from the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder) and deposit all such amounts (collectively, with respect to such Serviced Companion Loan, the “Trust Reimbursement

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Amount No.1”) collected from or on behalf of the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder into the Collection Account.

The Master Servicer shall also be entitled to make withdrawals from time to time, from the Collection Account of amounts necessary for the payments or reimbursement of amounts required to be paid to the parties to, and/or the securitization trust created under, the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement by the holder of each Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan pursuant to each Outside Serviced Co-Lender Agreement. In the absence of manifest error, the Master Servicer may conclusively rely on the request for payments contemplated by the preceding sentence.

The Master Servicer shall keep and maintain separate accounting, on a Mortgage Loan-by-Mortgage Loan basis, for the purpose of justifying any withdrawal from the Collection Account pursuant to subclauses (i) to (ix) of the third preceding paragraph.

The Master Servicer shall pay to each of the Special Servicer (or to third party contractors at the direction of the Special Servicer), the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, from the applicable Collection Account, amounts permitted to be paid thereto from such account promptly upon receipt of a written statement of an officer of the Special Servicer, an officer of the Operating Advisor, an officer of the Asset Representations Reviewer or a Responsible Officer of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, describing the item and amount to which the Special Servicer (or such third party contractor), the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, is entitled (unless such payment to the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, is clearly required pursuant to this Agreement, in which case a written statement is not required). The Master Servicer may rely conclusively on any such written statement and shall have no duty to recalculate the amounts stated therein. The parties seeking payment pursuant to this Section shall each keep and maintain a separate accounting for the purpose of justifying any request for withdrawal from each Collection Account, on a loan-by-loan basis.

With respect to each Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall pay to, subject to Section 3.01(j)(i) and (j)(ii), the related Outside Servicer, the related Outside Special Servicer, the related Outside Certificate Administrator or the related Outside Trustee, as applicable, from the Collection Account on the Master Servicer Remittance Date amounts permitted to be paid to the related Outside Servicer, the related Outside Special Servicer, the related Outside Certificate Administrator or the related Outside Trustee, as applicable, therefrom based upon an Officer’s Certificate received from the related Outside Servicer, the related Outside Special Servicer, the related Outside Certificate Administrator or the related Outside Trustee, as applicable, on the first Business Day following the immediately preceding Determination Date, describing the item and amount to which the related Outside Servicer, the related Outside Special Servicer, the related Outside Certificate Administrator or the related Outside Trustee, as applicable, is entitled. The Master Servicer may rely conclusively on any such certificate and shall have no duty to re-calculate the amounts stated therein.

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The Trustee, the Custodian, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Depositor, CREFC^®, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer shall in all cases have a right prior to the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and any applicable Loan-Specific Certificateholders to any funds (or, if applicable, to any expressly specified funds) on deposit in the Collection Account from time to time for the reimbursement or payment of the Servicing Fees (including investment income), Trustee/Certificate Administrator Fees, Special Servicing Compensation, Advances, Advance Interest Amounts, Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts, Operating Advisor Fees, Operating Advisor Consulting Fees (but only to the extent such Operating Advisor Consulting Fees are actually received from the related Mortgagor(s)), Asset Representations Reviewer Ongoing Fee, Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee (only to the extent such fee is payable by the Trust), CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fees and (for each of such Persons other than CREFC^®) their respective expenses hereunder (including without limitation Additional Trust Fund Expenses) to the extent such fees, indemnity amounts and expenses are to be reimbursed or paid from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account pursuant to this Agreement (and to have such amounts paid directly to third party contractors for any invoices submitted to the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable).

(b)               The Certificate Administrator shall, upon receipt, deposit in each of the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account, the Interest Reserve Account and the Excess Liquidation Proceeds Reserve Account any and all amounts received by the Certificate Administrator in accordance with Section 3.06(a)(i) of this Agreement and required to be deposited therein. If, as of 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Master Servicer Remittance Date or on such other date as any amount referred to in the preceding sentence is required to be delivered hereunder, the Master Servicer shall not have delivered to the Certificate Administrator for deposit in the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account, the Interest Reserve Account and the Excess Liquidation Proceeds Reserve Account the amounts required to be deposited therein pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, Section 3.06(a)(i) of this Agreement), then the Certificate Administrator shall, to the extent that a Responsible Officer of the Certificate Administrator has such knowledge, provide notice of such failure to the Master Servicer by facsimile transmission sent to telecopy number 866-706-3565 (or such alternative number provided by the Master Servicer to the Certificate Administrator in writing) and by electronic mail at NoticeAdmin@midlandls.com (or such alternative electronic mail address provided by the Master Servicer to the Certificate Administrator in writing) as soon as possible, but in any event before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on such day; provided, however, that the Master Servicer will pay the Certificate Administrator interest on such late payment at the Prime Rate until such late payment is received by the Certificate Administrator.

(c)               If any Loss of Value Payments are deposited into the Loss of Value Reserve Fund with respect to any Mortgage Loan, any Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or any related REO Property, then upon direction from the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer shall (provided that, (1) with respect to clause (iv) below, the Special Servicer shall have provided notice to the Master Servicer of the occurrence of such Liquidation Event and (2) with respect to clause (v) below, the Certificate Administrator shall have provided the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer with five Business Days’ prior notice of such final

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Distribution Date), transfer such Loss of Value Payments (up to the remaining portion thereof) from the Loss of Value Reserve Fund to the Collection Account (or, in the case of clause (v) below, to the applicable Mortgage Loan Sellers), for the following purposes:

(i)                 to reimburse the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, in accordance with Section 3.06(a) of this Agreement, for any Nonrecoverable Advance made by such party with respect to such Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, as applicable, or any related REO Property (together with any related Advance Interest Amounts);

(ii)              (A) to pay, in accordance with Section 3.06(a) of this Agreement, or to reimburse the Trust for the prior payment of, any expense relating to such Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, as applicable, or any related REO Property that constitutes or, if not paid out of such Loss of Value Payments, would constitute an Additional Trust Fund Expense, and (B) to pay, in accordance with Section 3.06(a) of this Agreement, any unpaid Liquidation Fee due and owing to the Special Servicer in connection with the receipt of such Loss of Value Payments;

(iii)            to offset any portion of Realized Losses that are attributable to such Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, as applicable, or related REO Property (as calculated without regard to the application of such Loss of Value Payments), incurred with respect to such Mortgage Loan (or any related successor REO Mortgage Loan with respect thereto) or any Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (or any related successor REO Companion Loan with respect thereto);

(iv)             following the occurrence of a Liquidation Event with respect to such Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, as applicable, or any related REO Property and any related transfers from the Loss of Value Reserve Fund with respect to the items contemplated by the immediately preceding clauses (i) to (iii) above as to such Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, as applicable, to cover the items contemplated by the immediately preceding clauses (i), (ii)(A) and (iii) in respect of any other Mortgage Loan or REO Mortgage Loan; and

(v)               on the final Distribution Date after all distributions have been made as set forth in clauses (i) through (iv) above, to each Mortgage Loan Seller, its pro rata share, based on the amount that it contributed, net of any amount contributed by such Mortgage Loan Seller that was used pursuant to clauses (i) to (iii) to offset any portion of Realized Losses that are attributable to the Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, as applicable, or any related REO Property for which the contribution was made, Additional Trust Fund Expenses or any Nonrecoverable Advances incurred with respect to the Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, as applicable, or any related REO Property for which the contribution was made.

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Any Loss of Value Payments transferred to the Collection Account pursuant to clauses (i) to (iii) of the prior paragraph shall be treated as Liquidation Proceeds received by the Trust in respect of the related Mortgage Loan (or any successor REO Mortgage Loan with respect thereto) or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (or any related successor REO Companion Loan with respect thereto) for which such Loss of Value Payments were received; and any Loss of Value Payments transferred to the Collection Account pursuant to clause (iv) of the prior paragraph shall be treated as Liquidation Proceeds received by the Trust in respect of the Mortgage Loan or REO Mortgage Loan for which such Loss of Value Payments are being transferred to the Collection Account to cover an item contemplated by clauses (i), (ii)(A) and (iii) of the prior paragraph.

Section 3.06A. Permitted Withdrawals From the Whole Loan Custodial Account.

(a)               The Master Servicer may make withdrawals from the Whole Loan Custodial Account for each Serviced Whole Loan only as described below (the order set forth below not constituting an order of priority for such withdrawals), subject to the application of Penalty Charges and Modification Fees in accordance with the related Co-Lender Agreement and Section 3.14 of this Agreement:

(i)                 (A) after the Determination Date, and on or prior to the Business Day immediately preceding the Master Servicer Remittance Date, in each calendar month (and also on the Business Day immediately following the receipt of any funds from the REO Account for any REO Property related to such Serviced Whole Loan, if such funds are received after the Determination Date and before the Distribution Date in any calendar month and were not available for any earlier transfer to the Collection Account in such calendar month), to transfer to the Collection Account all amounts on deposit in the Whole Loan Custodial Account payable to the Trust pursuant to the related Co-Lender Agreement with respect to the related Mortgage Loan (or any successor REO Mortgage Loan), including any applicable Trust Reimbursement Amount, and (B) (1) on or prior to the related Serviced Whole Loan Remittance Date in each calendar month, to remit to the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder all amounts on deposit in the Whole Loan Custodial Account that are received as of the Business Day immediately prior to such Serviced Whole Loan Remittance Date that are payable to such Serviced Companion Loan Holder pursuant to the related Co-Lender Agreement with respect to the related Serviced Companion Loan (or any successor REO Companion Loan), exclusive of any applicable Trust Reimbursement Amount and (2) on the Business Day immediately following the receipt of any funds from the REO Account for any REO Property related to such Serviced Whole Loan, if such funds are received on or after the related Serviced Whole Loan Remittance Date and before the Distribution Date in any calendar month, to remit to the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder all amounts on deposit in the Whole Loan Custodial Account payable to such Serviced Companion Loan Holder pursuant to the related Co-Lender Agreement with respect to the related Serviced Companion Loan or any successor REO Companion Loan, exclusive of any applicable Trust Reimbursement Amount;

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(ii)              to pay or reimburse the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, for Advances made thereby with respect to such Serviced Whole Loan and any related Advance Interest Amounts (provided that the Trustee shall have priority with respect to such payment or reimbursement of any such Advances and any related Advance Interest Amounts), the Master Servicer’s right to reimburse any such Person pursuant to this clause (ii) being limited to late collections (including cure payments by related Serviced Companion Loan Holders) of the particular item which was the subject of the related Advance, Penalty Charges, Net Condemnation Proceeds, Net REO Proceeds, Net Insurance Proceeds and Net Liquidation Proceeds on or in respect of the particular Serviced Whole Loan or any related REO Property; provided, however, that if such Advance has become a Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount (but not a Nonrecoverable Advance), then neither such Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount nor any related Advance Interest Amounts shall be reimbursed or paid, as the case may be, out of payments or other collections of interest (other than Penalty Charges) or Yield Maintenance Charges on or in respect of the related Mortgage Loan (or any successor REO Mortgage Loan) or the related Serviced Companion Loan (or any successor REO Companion Loan); and provided, further, that if such Advance is a P&I Advance with respect to the related Mortgage Loan (or a successor REO Mortgage Loan) or a related Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (or a successor REO Companion Loan), then neither such Advance nor any related Advance Interest Amounts shall be reimbursed or paid, as the case may be, out of, or otherwise result in a reduction of, amounts otherwise payable to the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s) with respect to the related Serviced Companion Loan(s) (or any successor REO Companion Loan(s)), except that in the case of a Serviced AB Whole Loan, reimbursements or payments, as the case may be, of Advances or any related Advance Interest Amounts shall be made taking into account the subordinate nature of the related Subordinate Companion Loan(s) to the extent set forth in, and in accordance with, the related Co-Lender Agreement, and except that neither a P&I Advance on a Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (or any successor REO Companion Loan) nor any related Advance Interest Amount shall be reimbursed or paid, as the case may be, out of, or otherwise result in a reduction of, collections on or allocable to the related Mortgage Loan or a successor REO Mortgage Loan with respect thereto unless such P&I Advance and/or Advance Interest Amount constitutes a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance;

(iii)            to pay on or before each Master Servicer Remittance Date (A) to the Master Servicer (who shall pay the holder of the Excess Servicing Fee Rights the portion of the Servicing Fee that represents Excess Servicing Fees in accordance with Section 3.12 of this Agreement) as compensation, the aggregate unpaid Servicing Fee with respect to such Serviced Whole Loan (to the extent not otherwise required to be applied against Prepayment Interest Shortfalls) in respect of the immediately preceding Interest Accrual Period, to be paid from interest received on the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable, and to pay from time to time to the Master Servicer in accordance with Section 3.07(b) any interest or investment income earned on funds deposited in such Whole Loan Custodial Account and (B) to the Special Servicer as

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compensation, any Special Servicing Compensation payable with respect to such Serviced Whole Loan; provided, however, that no Servicing Fees or Special Servicing Compensation earned with respect to the related Mortgage Loan (or a successor REO Mortgage Loan) shall be payable out of, or otherwise result in a reduction of, amounts otherwise payable to the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder with respect to the related Serviced Companion Loan (or any successor REO Companion Loan) (provided that, in the case of a Serviced AB Whole Loan, such payments shall be made taking into account the subordinate nature of the related Subordinate Companion Loan(s) to the extent set forth in, and in accordance with, the related Co-Lender Agreement), and no Servicing Fees or Special Servicing Compensation earned with respect to the related Serviced Companion Loan (or any successor REO Companion Loan) not held by the Trust shall be payable out of, or otherwise result in a reduction of, amounts otherwise payable to the Trust with respect to the related Mortgage Loan (or a successor REO Mortgage Loan) (it being acknowledged and agreed that this proviso is in no way intended to limit the rights of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer under the related Co-Lender Agreement to seek payment of any unpaid Servicing Fees or Special Servicing Compensation, as applicable, with respect to any Serviced Companion Loan not held by the Trust from the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder);

(iv)             to pay for costs and expenses incurred by the Trust Fund solely with respect to such Serviced Whole Loan and related REO Property pursuant to Section 3.10(e) and to pay Liquidation Expenses out of Liquidation Proceeds pursuant to Section 3.11;

(v)               to the extent not reimbursed or paid pursuant to any other clause of this Section 3.06A, to reimburse or pay the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Special Servicer or the Depositor, as applicable, for unpaid Additional Trust Fund Expenses, Servicing Fees and other unpaid items incurred by or owing to such Person pursuant to the second sentence of Section 3.07(c), Section 3.08(a), Section 3.08(b), Section 3.10, the second sentence of Section 3.12(a), the third sentence of Section 3.12(c), Section 3.16(a), Section 3.29, Section 6.03, Section 7.04, Section 8.05(a), Section 8.05(b), Section 8.05(d), Section 11.02(a), Section 11.02(b) or Section 12.07, or any other provision of this Agreement pursuant to which such Person is entitled to reimbursement or payment from the Trust Fund, in each case only to the extent expressly reimbursable under such Section and to the extent related to such Serviced Whole Loan and not related to amounts which are solely expenses of the Trust Fund (such as expenses related to administration of the Trust Fund or REMIC taxes, penalties or interest or preservation of the REMIC status of each Trust REMIC), it being acknowledged that this clause (v) shall not be deemed to modify the substance of any such Section , including the provisions of such Section that set forth the extent to which one of the foregoing Persons is or is not entitled to payment or reimbursement; provided, however, that no payment or reimbursement to the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Certificate Administrator or payment or reimbursement of costs and expenses associated with obtaining a Rating Agency

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Confirmation, shall be made out of, or otherwise result in a reduction of, amounts otherwise payable to the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder with respect to the related Serviced Companion Loan (or successor REO Companion Loan) (provided that, in the case of a Serviced AB Whole Loan, such payments or reimbursements shall be made taking into account the subordinate nature of the related Subordinate Companion Loan(s) to the extent set forth in, and in accordance with, the related Co-Lender Agreement), no payment of fees or other compensation to the Operating Advisor, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator with respect to a related Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or successor REO Companion Loan shall be made out of, or otherwise result in a reduction of, collections on or otherwise allocable to the related Mortgage Loan or a successor REO Mortgage Loan with respect thereto, and no payment or reimbursement of costs and expenses associated with obtaining a Companion Loan Rating Agency Confirmation shall be made out of, or otherwise result in a reduction of, amounts otherwise payable to the Trust with respect to the related Mortgage Loan (or any successor REO Mortgage Loan) or a related Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (or any successor REO Companion Loan);

(vi)             to make such payments and reimbursements out of Penalty Charges and Modification Fees on deposit in such Whole Loan Custodial Account as are contemplated by the related Co-Lender Agreement and Section 3.14 of this Agreement;

(vii)          to withdraw any amount deposited into such Whole Loan Custodial Account that was not required to be deposited therein;

(viii)        if the related Serviced Companion Loan (or any successor REO Companion Loan with respect thereto) is part of an Other Securitization Trust, to the extent required by the related Co-Lender Agreement, to reimburse the applicable party to the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement for any advances of delinquent monthly debt service payments made thereby with respect to such Serviced Companion Loan (or REO Companion Loan), together with interest thereon, provided that such reimbursement, together with interest, shall be made solely out of payments and other collections on such Serviced Companion Loan (or REO Companion Loan); or

(ix)             to clear and terminate such Whole Loan Custodial Account pursuant to Section 9.01 of this Agreement.

The Master Servicer shall keep and maintain separate accounting, on a Mortgage Loan-by-Mortgage Loan and Companion Loan-by-Companion Loan basis, for the purpose of justifying any withdrawal from each Whole Loan Custodial Account pursuant to subclauses (i) - (ix) above. If and to the extent that the Master Servicer has reimbursed or made payment to itself or any other Person pursuant to any clause of the prior paragraph above for any cost, expense, indemnity, or Property Advance or Advance Interest Amount thereon with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan out of monies allocable to the related Mortgage Loan (or any successor REO Mortgage Loan) to an extent that the Trust as holder of the related Mortgage Loan has borne

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some or all of the related Serviced Companion Loan’s allocable share of such cost, expense, indemnity, or Property Advance or Advance Interest Amount thereon (taking into account the subordinate nature of any related Subordinate Companion Loan(s) to the extent set forth in, and in accordance with, the related Co-Lender Agreement), the Master Servicer shall use efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to collect such amounts disproportionately borne by the Trust out of collections on such Serviced Companion Loan (or, if and to the extent permitted under the related Co-Lender Agreement, from the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder) and deposit all such amounts (collectively, with respect to such Serviced Companion Loan, the “Trust Reimbursement Amount No.2” and, together with Trust Reimbursement Amount No.1, the “Trust Reimbursement Amount”) collected from or on behalf of the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder into the Collection Account.

The Master Servicer shall pay to each of the Special Servicer (or to third party contractors at the direction of the Special Servicer), the Operating Advisor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and an advancing party under any Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as applicable, from the applicable Whole Loan Custodial Account, amounts permitted to be paid thereto from such account promptly upon receipt of a written statement of an officer of the Special Servicer, an officer of the Operating Advisor, a Responsible Officer of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator or an officer of such advancing party under such Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as the case may be, describing the item and amount to which the Special Servicer (or such third party contractor), the Operating Advisor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator or such advancing party under such Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as the case may be, is entitled (unless such payment to the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, is clearly required pursuant to this Agreement, in which case a written statement is not required). The Master Servicer may rely conclusively on any such written statement and shall have no duty to re-calculate the amounts stated therein. The parties seeking payment pursuant to this Section shall each keep and maintain separate accounting for the purpose of justifying any request for withdrawal from each Whole Loan Custodial Account, on a loan-by-loan basis.

The Trustee, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer shall in all cases have a right prior to the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and any applicable Loan-Specific Certificateholders to any funds on deposit in a Whole Loan Custodial Account from time to time for the reimbursement or payment of the Servicing Fees (including investment income), or Special Servicing Compensation, Advances, Advance Interest Amounts and their respective indemnity amounts or expenses hereunder to the extent such fees, indemnity amounts and expenses are to be reimbursed or paid from amounts on deposit in such Whole Loan Custodial Account pursuant to this Agreement and the related Co-Lender Agreement (and to have such amounts paid directly to third party contractors for any invoices approved by the Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable); provided, however, for the avoidance of doubt, neither the Trustee/Certificate Administrator Fees nor the Operating Advisor Fee shall be paid from funds on deposit in a Whole Loan Custodial Account.

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related to the applicable Serviced Whole Loan, if such funds are received after the Determination Date and before the Distribution Date in any calendar month and were not available for any earlier transfer to the Collection Account in such calendar month), the Master Servicer shall remit for deposit in the Collection Account all amounts on deposit in a Whole Loan Custodial Account payable to the Trust pursuant to the related Co-Lender Agreement with respect to the related Mortgage Loan (or any successor REO Mortgage Loan), including any applicable Trust Reimbursement Amount; and on or prior to the related Serviced Whole Loan Remittance Date in each calendar month (and also on the Business Day immediately following the receipt of any funds from the REO Account for any REO Property related to the applicable Serviced Whole Loan, if such funds are received after the Determination Date and before the Distribution Date in any calendar month), the Master Servicer shall remit to the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder all amounts on deposit in a Whole Loan Custodial Account payable to such Serviced Companion Loan Holder pursuant to the related Co-Lender Agreement with respect to the related Serviced Companion Loan (or any successor REO Companion Loan), exclusive of any applicable Trust Reimbursement Amount, in each case, prior to the required remittance from the Collection Account to the Certificate Administrator for deposit into the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account on such Master Servicer Remittance Date.

(b)               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, with respect to each Serviced Companion Loan, the Master Servicer shall withdraw from the related Whole Loan Custodial Account and remit to the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder, within one (1) Business Day of receipt of properly identified funds, any amounts that represent late collections or Principal Prepayments received by the Master Servicer from the related Mortgagor that are allocable to such Serviced Companion Loan or any successor REO Companion Loan with respect thereto (exclusive of any portion of such amount paid or reimbursed to any third party in accordance with the related Co-Lender Agreement) unless such amount would otherwise be included in the monthly remittance to the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder for such month pursuant to Section 3.06A(a); provided, however, that to the extent any such amounts are received after 3:00 p.m. Eastern time on any given Business Day, the Master Servicer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to remit such amounts to the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder within one (1) Business Day of receipt of properly identified funds but, in any event, the Master Servicer shall remit such amounts within two (2) Business Days of receipt of properly identified funds.

Section 3.07           Investment of Funds in the Collection Account, the REO Account, the Mortgagor Accounts, and Other Accounts.

(a)              The Master Servicer or, with respect to any REO Account, the Special Servicer, may direct any depository institution maintaining the Collection Account, any Whole Loan Custodial Account, any Mortgagor Account (subject to the second succeeding sentence), any REO Account or any Loss of Value Reserve Fund (each of the Collection Account, any Whole Loan Custodial Account, any REO Account, any Loss of Value Reserve Fund and any Mortgagor Account, for purposes of this Section 3.07, an “Investment Account”), to invest the funds in such Investment Account in one or more Permitted Investments that bear interest or are sold at a discount, and that mature, unless payable on demand, no later than the Business Day preceding the date on which such funds

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are required to be withdrawn from such Investment Account pursuant to this Agreement. Any direction by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer to invest funds on deposit in an Investment Account shall be in writing and shall certify that the requested investment is a Permitted Investment which matures at or prior to the time required hereby or is payable on demand. In the case of any Escrow Account or Lock-Box Account (the “Mortgagor Accounts”), the Master Servicer shall act upon the written request of the related Mortgagor or Manager to the extent the Master Servicer is required to do so under the terms of the respective Mortgage Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan) or related documents, provided that in the absence of appropriate written instructions from the related Mortgagor or Manager meeting the requirements of this Section 3.07, the Master Servicer shall have no obligation to, but will be entitled to, direct the investment of funds in such accounts in Permitted Investments. All such Permitted Investments shall be held to maturity, unless payable on demand. Any investment of funds in an Investment Account shall be made in the name of the Trustee or a nominee of the Trustee (in each case for the benefit of the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and any applicable Loan-Specific Certificateholders). The Trustee (for the benefit of the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and any applicable Loan-Specific Certificateholders) shall have sole control (except with respect to investment direction, which shall be in the control of the Master Servicer (with respect to the Collection Account, any Whole Loan Custodial Account, any Loss of Value Reserve Fund or any Mortgagor Account) or the Special Servicer (with respect to any REO Accounts), as applicable, as an independent contractor to the Trust Fund) over each such investment and any certificate or other instrument evidencing any such investment shall be delivered directly to the Trustee or its nominee (which shall initially be the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable), together with any document of transfer, if any, necessary to transfer title to such investment to the Trustee or its nominee (for the benefit of the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and any applicable Loan-Specific Certificateholders). Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall have any responsibility or liability with respect to the investment directions of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, any Mortgagor or Manager or any losses resulting therefrom, whether from Permitted Investments or otherwise. The Master Servicer shall have no responsibility or liability with respect to the investment direction of the Special Servicer, any Mortgagor or Manager or any losses resulting therefrom, whether from Permitted Investments or otherwise. The Special Servicer shall have no responsibility or liability with respect to the investment direction of the Master Servicer, any Mortgagor or any property manager or any losses resulting therefrom, whether from Permitted Investments or otherwise. In the event amounts on deposit in an Investment Account are at any time invested in a Permitted Investment payable on demand, the Master Servicer (or the Special Servicer in the case of REO Accounts), shall: (x) consistent with any notice required to be given thereunder, demand that payment thereon be made on the last day such Permitted Investment may otherwise mature hereunder in an amount equal to the lesser of (1) all amounts then payable thereunder and (2) the amount required to be withdrawn on such date; and (y) demand payment of all amounts due thereunder promptly upon determination by the Master Servicer (or the Special Servicer in the case of REO Accounts) that such Permitted Investment would not constitute a Permitted Investment in respect of funds thereafter on deposit in the related Investment Account. Amounts on deposit in the Distribution

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Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account, the Excess Liquidation Proceeds Reserve Account and the Interest Reserve Account (each, a “Certificate Administrator Account”) shall remain uninvested.

(b)               All income and gain realized from investment of funds deposited in any Investment Account shall be for the benefit of the Master Servicer, except with respect to the investment of funds deposited in (i) any Mortgagor Account to the extent required under the Mortgage Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan) or applicable law to be for the benefit of the related Mortgagor or (ii) any REO Account, which shall be for the benefit of the Special Servicer, and if held in the Collection Account, a Whole Loan Custodial Account, any Loss of Value Reserve Fund or an REO Account, shall be subject to withdrawal by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in accordance with Section 3.06, Section 3.06A or Section 3.16(b) of this Agreement, as applicable. The Master Servicer (or with respect to any REO Account, the Special Servicer) shall deposit from its own funds into any applicable Investment Account, the amount of any loss incurred in respect of any such Permitted Investment immediately upon realization of such loss (except with respect to losses incurred as a result of the related Mortgagor or Manager exercising its power under the related Loan Documents to direct such investment in such Mortgagor Account); provided, however, that the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, may reduce the amount of such payment to the extent it forgoes any investment income in such Investment Account otherwise payable to it. The Master Servicer shall also deposit from its own funds in any Mortgagor Account the amount of any loss incurred in respect of Permitted Investments, except to the extent that amounts are invested for the benefit of the Mortgagor under the terms of the Mortgage Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan) or applicable law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer (in their respective capacities as Master Servicer and Special Servicer, respectively) shall be required to deposit any loss on an investment of funds in an Investment Account if such loss is incurred solely as a result of the insolvency of the federal or state chartered depository institution or trust company that holds such Investment Account, so long as such depository institution or trust company is not the Person or an Affiliate of the Person maintaining such account hereunder and satisfied the qualifications set forth in the definition of Eligible Account both (1) at the time such investment was made and (2) as of the date that is 30 days prior to the insolvency.

(c)               Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, if any default occurs in the making of a payment due under any Permitted Investment, or if a default occurs in any other performance required under any Permitted Investment, the Trustee may, and upon the request of Holders of Certificates representing greater than 50% of the Percentage Interests of any Class shall, take such action as may be appropriate to enforce such payment or performance, including the institution and prosecution of appropriate proceedings. In the event the Trustee takes any such action, the Trust Fund shall pay or reimburse the Trustee for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in connection therewith. In the event that the Trustee does not take any such action, the Master Servicer may, but is not obligated to, take such action at its own cost and expense.

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Section 3.08           Maintenance of Insurance Policies and Errors and Omissions and Fidelity Coverage.

(a)               The Master Servicer on behalf of the Trustee, as mortgagee of record, shall use efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to cause the related Mortgagor to maintain, to the extent required by each Mortgage Loan (other than an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan) and each Serviced Companion Loan (except to the extent that the failure to maintain such insurance coverage is an Acceptable Insurance Default), and if the Mortgagor does not so maintain, shall itself maintain (subject to the provisions of this Agreement concerning Nonrecoverable Advances and to the extent the Trustee as mortgagee of record has an insurable interest and to the extent available at commercially reasonable rates), (i) fire and hazard insurance (and windstorm insurance, if applicable) with extended coverage on the related Mortgaged Property in an amount which is at least equal to the lesser of (a) one hundred percent (100%) of the then “full replacement cost” of the improvements and equipment (excluding foundations, footings and excavation costs), without deduction for physical depreciation, and (b) the outstanding principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan and the related Serviced Companion Loan(s) or such greater amount as is necessary to prevent any reduction in such policy by reason of the application of co-insurance provisions and to prevent the Trustee thereunder from being deemed to be a co-insurer and provided such policy shall include a “replacement cost” rider, (ii) insurance providing coverage against 18 months (or such longer period or with such extended period endorsement as provided in the related Mortgage or other Loan Document) of rent interruptions and (iii) such other insurance as is required in the related Mortgage Loan and the related Serviced Companion Loan; provided that, if the Loan Documents with respect to any CREFI Mortgage Loan permit the related Mortgagor to maintain, with the lender’s consent or agreement, any insurance policy that (A) has coverages, deductibles and/or other related provisions other than those specified in the related Loan Documents or (B) is provided by an insurer that does not meet the credit ratings requirements set forth in the related Loan Documents (any such insurance policy, a “Non-Conforming Policy”), and (y) with respect to the Soho Warehouse Mortgage Loan, in the case of each of clauses (x) and (y), the Master Servicer shall not consent or agree to such Non-Conforming Policy unless the Master Servicer has received a Rating Agency Confirmation with respect to such Non-Conforming Policy; and provided, further, that, with respect to each of the Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as Soho Warehouse and Encino Target, respectively, neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall permit the related Mortgagor to maintain a “Non-Conforming Policy” (as such term is defined in the related Loan Agreement) unless a Rating Agency Confirmation has been obtained. Subject to Section 3.16 of this Agreement, the Special Servicer in accordance with the Servicing Standard and to the extent available at commercially reasonable rates (as determined by the Special Servicer in accordance with the Servicing Standard), shall cause to be maintained for each REO Property (other than an REO Property related to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan) no less insurance coverage than was previously required of the Mortgagor under the related Loan Documents (except to the extent that the failure to maintain such insurance coverage is an Acceptable Insurance Default); provided that to the extent the Loan Documents require the related Mortgagor to maintain insurance with an insurer rated better than as indicated in the definition of “Qualified Insurer”, the Master Servicer may, without a Rating Agency

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Confirmation or the approval of the Special Servicer, to the extent consistent with the Servicing Standard, permit the related Mortgagor to maintain insurance with an insurer that does not meet the requirements of the Loan Documents so long as the related Mortgagor maintains insurance with an insurer rated at least as indicated in the definition of “Qualified Insurer”. All insurance for an REO Property shall be from a Qualified Insurer, if available from a Qualified Insurer, and if not available from a Qualified Insurer, from an insurance provider that is rated the next highest available rating who is offering such insurance at commercially reasonable rates. Any amounts collected by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer under any such policies (other than amounts required to be applied to the restoration or repair of the related Mortgaged Property or amounts to be released to the Mortgagor in accordance with the terms of the related Loan Documents) shall be deposited into the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.05 of this Agreement or the Whole Loan Custodial Account pursuant to Section 3.05A of this Agreement, as applicable, subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section 3.05, Section 3.05A, Section 3.06 or Section 3.06A of this Agreement. Any cost incurred by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer in maintaining any such insurance shall not, for the purpose of calculating distributions to Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, be added to the unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loan so permit. It is understood and agreed that no other additional insurance other than flood insurance or earthquake insurance subject to the conditions set forth below is to be required of any Mortgagor or to be maintained by the Master Servicer other than pursuant to the terms of the related Loan Documents and pursuant to such applicable laws and regulations as shall at any time be in force and as shall require such additional insurance. If the related Mortgaged Property (other than an REO Property and other than with respect to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan) is located in a federally designated special flood hazard area, the Master Servicer will use efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to cause the related Mortgagor to maintain, to the extent required by each Serviced Loan, and if the related Mortgagor does not so maintain, shall itself obtain (subject to the provisions of this Agreement concerning Nonrecoverable Advances) and maintain flood insurance in respect thereof. Such flood insurance shall be in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan and the related Serviced Companion Loan(s) and (ii) the maximum amount of such insurance required by the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan and as is available for the related property under the national flood insurance program (assuming that the area in which such property is located is participating in such program). If a Mortgaged Property (other than an REO Property) is related to a Serviced Loan pursuant to which earthquake insurance is required to be maintained pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, the Master Servicer shall use efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to cause the related Mortgagor to maintain, and if the related Mortgagor does not so maintain will itself obtain (subject to the provisions of this Agreement concerning Nonrecoverable Advances and for so long as such insurance continues to be available at commercially reasonable rates) and maintain earthquake insurance in respect thereof, in the amount required by the Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan or, if not specified, in-place at origination. If an REO Property (other than an REO Property related to the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan) (i) is located in a federally designated special flood hazard area or (ii) is related to a Serviced Loan with respect to

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which earthquake insurance would be appropriate in accordance with the Servicing Standard and such insurance is available at commercially reasonable rates, the Special Servicer will obtain (subject to the provisions of this Agreement concerning Nonrecoverable Advances) and maintain flood insurance and/or earthquake insurance in respect thereof providing the same coverage as described in this Section 3.08(a). Out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer in maintaining insurance policies pursuant to this Section 3.08 shall be advanced by the Master Servicer as a Property Advance and shall be reimbursable to the Master Servicer with interest at the Advance Rate. The Master Servicer (or the Special Servicer, with respect to REO Properties) agrees to prepare and present, on behalf of itself, the Trustee and the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and the Serviced Companion Loan Holders, claims under each related insurance policy maintained by it pursuant to this Section 3.08(a) in a timely fashion in accordance with the terms of such policy and to take such reasonable steps as are necessary to receive payment or to permit recovery thereunder. All insurance policies required to be maintained by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer hereunder shall name the Trustee or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, on behalf of the Trustee as the mortgagee, as loss payee, and shall be issued by Qualified Insurers, if available from a Qualified Insurer, and if not available from a Qualified Insurer, from an insurance provider that is rated the next highest available rating who is offering such insurance at commercially reasonable rates. Notwithstanding the foregoing: (A) the Master Servicer shall not be required to maintain any earthquake or environmental insurance policy on any Mortgaged Property and the Special Servicer shall not be required to maintain any earthquake or environmental insurance policy on any REO Property, in each case unless such insurance is required to be maintained under the related Loan Documents and is available at commercially reasonable rates; provided, however, that neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall have any obligation to maintain such earthquake or environmental insurance policy required under the related Loan Documents if the originator of the Serviced Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan waived compliance with such insurance requirements (and if the applicable Master Servicer does not cause the Mortgagor to maintain or does not itself maintain such earthquake or environmental insurance policy on any Mortgaged Property, the Special Servicer shall have the right, but not the duty, to obtain, at the Trust’s expense, earthquake or environmental insurance on any Mortgaged Property securing a Specially Serviced Loan or an REO Property so long as such insurance is available at commercially reasonable rates); (B) with respect to the Master Servicer’s obligation to cause the related Mortgagor to maintain such insurance, the Master Servicer shall have no obligation beyond using its efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to cause any Mortgagor to maintain the insurance required to be maintained or that the lender is entitled to reasonably require, subject to applicable law, under the related Loan Documents; and (C) in making determinations as to the availability of insurance at commercially reasonable rates or otherwise, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall, to the extent consistent with the Servicing Standard, be entitled to rely, at its own expense, on insurance consultants in making such determination and any such determinations by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, need not be made more frequently than annually but in any event shall be made at the approximate date on which the Master

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Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, receives notice of the renewal, replacement or cancellation of coverage.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, will not be required to maintain, and shall not cause a Mortgagor to be in default with respect to the failure of the related Mortgagor to obtain, all risk casualty insurance which does not contain any carve out for terrorist or similar acts, if, and only if, the Special Servicer has determined in accordance with the Servicing Standard that the failure to maintain such insurance is an Acceptable Insurance Default; provided that, during the period that the Special Servicer is evaluating such insurance hereunder, the Master Servicer shall not be liable for any loss related to its failure to require the Mortgagor to maintain terrorism insurance and shall not be in default of its obligations hereunder as a result of such failure. The Special Servicer shall promptly notify the Master Servicer of each determination under this paragraph.

(b)               (i) If the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer obtains and maintains a blanket insurance policy insuring against fire and hazard losses on all of the Mortgaged Properties (other than REO Properties and other than Mortgaged Properties that secure the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans) as to which the related Mortgagor has not maintained insurance required by the related Mortgage Loan or, if applicable, related Serviced Whole Loan (other than any Mortgagor that is required under the related Loan Documents to maintain insurance with an insurer rated better than as indicated in the definition of “Qualified Insurer” that maintains insurance with an insurer rated at least as indicated in the definition of “Qualified Insurer”) or the Special Servicer obtains and maintains a blanket insurance policy insuring against fire and hazard losses on all of the REO Properties (other than an REO Property acquired in respect of an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan), as required under this Agreement, as the case may be, then the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall conclusively be deemed to have satisfied its respective obligations concerning the maintenance of insurance coverage set forth in Section 3.08(a) of this Agreement. Any such blanket insurance policy shall be maintained with a Qualified Insurer. A blanket insurance policy may contain a deductible clause, in which case the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall, in the event that (i) there shall not have been maintained on the related Mortgaged Property a policy otherwise complying with the provisions of Section 3.08(a) of this Agreement, and (ii) there shall have been one or more losses which would have been covered by such a policy had it been maintained, immediately deposit into the Collection Account or, if applicable, related Whole Loan Custodial Account from its own funds the amount not otherwise payable under the blanket policy because of such deductible clause to the extent that any such deductible exceeds the deductible limitation that pertained to the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan or, in the absence of any such deductible limitation, the deductible limitation which is consistent with the Servicing Standard. In connection with its activities as Master Servicer or the Special Servicer hereunder, as applicable, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, respectively, agree to prepare and present, on behalf of itself, the Trustee, the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and any related Serviced Companion Loan Holder, claims under any such blanket policy which it maintains in a timely fashion in accordance with the terms of such policy and to take such reasonable steps as are necessary to receive payment or permit recovery thereunder.

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(ii)              If the Master Servicer causes any Mortgaged Property (other than any REO Property and other than any Mortgaged Property that secures an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan) or the Special Servicer causes any REO Property (other than an REO Property acquired in respect of an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan) to be covered by a master force placed insurance policy and such policy shall be issued by a Qualified Insurer and provide no less coverage in scope and amount for such Mortgaged Property or REO Property than the insurance required to be maintained pursuant to Section 3.08(a) of this Agreement, then the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall conclusively be deemed to have satisfied its respective obligations to maintain insurance pursuant to Section 3.08(a) of this Agreement. Such policy may contain a deductible clause, in which case the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall, in the event that (i) there shall not have been maintained on the related Mortgaged Property or REO Property a policy otherwise complying with the provisions of Section 3.08(a), and (ii) there shall have been one or more losses which would have been covered by such a policy had it been maintained, immediately deposit into the Collection Account or, if applicable, related Whole Loan Custodial Account from its own funds the amount not otherwise payable under such policy because of such deductible to the extent that any such deductible exceeds the deductible limitation that pertained to the related Mortgage Loan and/or related Serviced Companion Loan(s) related thereto, or, in the absence of any such deductible limitation, the deductible limitation which is consistent with the Servicing Standard.

(iii)            In either case, if the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, causes any Mortgaged Property or REO Property to be covered by such “force-placed” insurance policy, the incremental costs of such insurance applicable to such Mortgaged Property or REO Property (i.e., other than any minimum or standby premium payable for such policy whether or not any Mortgaged Property or REO Property is covered thereby) shall be paid as a Property Advance. Any legal fees or other out-of-pocket costs incurred in accordance with the Servicing Standard in connection with any claim under an insurance policy described above (whether by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer) shall be paid by, and reimbursable to, the Master Servicer as a Property Advance.

(c)               The Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall each obtain and maintain in effect a fidelity bond or similar form of insurance coverage (which may provide blanket coverage) or a combination of fidelity bond and insurance coverage, in such form as is consistent with the Servicing Standard and in such amounts that are consistent with the Servicing Standard, insuring against loss occasioned by fraud, theft or other intentional misconduct of the officers and employees of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be. The Master Servicer and the Special Servicer each shall be deemed to have complied with this provision if one of its respective Affiliates has such fidelity bond coverage and, by the terms of such fidelity bond, the coverage afforded thereunder extends to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable. In addition, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall each keep in force during the term of this Agreement a policy or policies of insurance covering loss occasioned by the errors and omissions of its officers and employees in connection with its obligations to service the Mortgage Loans

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and any Serviced Companion Loans hereunder in such form as is consistent with the Servicing Standard and in such amounts as are consistent with the Servicing Standard. Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as the Master Servicer (or its corporate parent) or the Special Servicer (or its corporate parent), as applicable, has (i) a short term deposit or unsecured debt rating of at least “F1” by Fitch, (ii) if rated by KBRA, a long term unsecured debt rating of at least “A-” by KBRA, and (iii) a long term unsecured debt rating or deposit account rating of at least “A-” by S&P, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, may self-insure for the fidelity bond and errors and omissions coverage otherwise required above. The Master Servicer shall cause each and every Sub-Servicer it has engaged to maintain or cause to be maintained by an agent or contractor servicing any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan on behalf of such Sub-Servicer, a fidelity bond and an errors and omissions insurance policy which satisfy the requirements for the fidelity bond and the errors and omissions policy to be maintained by the Master Servicer to comply with the foregoing. All fidelity bonds and policies of errors and omissions insurance obtained under this Section 3.08(c) shall be issued by a Qualified Insurer.

(d)               Each of the Operating Advisor and Asset Representations Reviewer shall obtain and maintain at its own expense and keep in full force and effect throughout the term of this Agreement an “errors and omissions” insurance policy with a Qualified Insurer covering losses that may be sustained as a result of an officer’s or employee’s errors or omissions.

Section 3.09           Enforcement of Due-On-Sale and Due-On-Encumbrance Clauses; Assumption Agreements; Defeasance Provisions.

(a)               Upon receipt of any request of a waiver or consent in respect of a due-on-sale or due-on-encumbrance provision under the Loan Documents of a Serviced Loan, the Special Servicer shall promptly process and analyze such request, including the preparation of written materials in connection with such analysis, and determine in a manner consistent with the Servicing Standard whether to waive any right to accelerate payment the lender may have, or grant its consent, under the due-on-sale or due-on-encumbrance provision of such Serviced Loan. If the Master Servicer receives any such request with respect to Performing Serviced Loans, the Master Servicer shall promptly deliver a copy of such request to the Special Servicer. Notwithstanding the forgoing, with respect to any Performing Serviced Loan as to which the Master Servicer and the Specially Servicer mutually agree, the Master Servicer shall process and analyze any such request, including the preparation of written materials in connection with such analysis, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, and provide its written recommendation and analysis to the Special Servicer as to whether or not to waive any right to accelerate payment the lender may have, or grant its consent, under the due-on-sale or due-on-encumbrance provision of such Serviced Loan (with any such recommended course of action to be subject to the Special Servicer’s consent).

Both the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (as applicable in accordance with the first paragraph of this Section 3.09(a)) each in a manner consistent with the Servicing Standard and each on behalf of the Trustee as the mortgagee of record, shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, enforce the restrictions contained in the related Loan Documents on transfers or

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further encumbrances of the related Mortgaged Property and on transfers or further encumbrances of interests in the related Mortgagor, unless following receipt of a request for a waiver or consent in respect of a due-on-sale or due-on-encumbrance provision the Master Servicer (to the extent that it is processing such request pursuant to the first paragraph of this Section 3.09(a), with the written consent of the Special Servicer, which consent shall be deemed given if not denied within 15 Business Days (or, with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, such longer period as required by the related Co-Lender Agreement, but in no event less than 5 Business Days after the time period set forth in such Co-Lender Agreement for review by any related Serviced Companion Loan Holder or its Companion Loan Holder Representative) after the Special Servicer’s receipt (unless earlier objected to) of the written recommendation and analysis of the Master Servicer for such action and any additional information reasonably available to the Master Servicer that the Special Servicer may reasonably request for the analysis of such request, which recommendation and information may be delivered in an electronic format reasonably acceptable to the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer) or the Special Servicer, as applicable, has determined, consistent with the Servicing Standard, that the waiver of such restrictions or granting of consent would be in accordance with the Servicing Standard. Promptly after the Master Servicer (with the written consent of the Special Servicer to the extent required pursuant to this Section 3.09(a)) or the Special Servicer, as applicable, has made any determination to grant a waiver in respect of a due-on-sale or due-on-encumbrance provision, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall: (1) deliver to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, each other party to this Agreement and, for posting to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 12.13 of this Agreement, the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the basis for such determination; provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no such Officer’s Certificate shall be required to be delivered if the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, is granting consent to an assumption pursuant to this Section 3.09(a) in accordance with the terms of the related Loan Documents and there is no material waiver of any conditions or any other provisions of the related Loan Documents with respect thereto; and (2) close the related transaction, subject to the consent of the Special Servicer obtained as described above (if the Master Servicer is processing such request) and to the consent rights of any applicable Directing Holder and/or the consultation rights of any applicable Consulting Party (to the extent any such Directing Holder or Consulting Party has consent or consultation rights, as applicable, pursuant to any related Co-Lender Agreement or pursuant to Section 3.29, Section 6.09, Section 3.24 or this Section 3.09(a), as applicable), and subject to Sections 3.09(b), 3.21, 3.24, 3.25 and Section 3.28; provided, however, that neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall enter into any such agreement to the extent that any terms thereof would result in (i) the imposition of a tax on a Trust REMIC under the REMIC Provisions or cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a grantor trust under subpart E, part I of subchapter J of the Code for federal income tax purposes at any time that any Certificate is outstanding or (ii) create any lien on a Mortgaged Property that is senior to, or on parity with, the lien of the related Mortgage.

With respect to all Serviced Mortgage Loans and each Serviced Whole Loan, the Special Servicer shall, prior to consenting to a proposed action of the Master Servicer pursuant to this Section 3.09 that constitutes a Major Decision, and prior to itself taking such an action, obtain the written consent of any applicable Directing Holder, which consent shall be deemed given ten (10) Business Days after receipt (unless earlier objected to) by such related Directing Holder of the Major Decision Reporting Package for such action, which recommendation and information

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may be delivered in an electronic format reasonably acceptable to the related Directing Holder and the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable.

In addition, neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer may waive the rights of the lender or grant its consent under any “due-on-encumbrance” provision unless (1) the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable (in each case, if it is the party processing the related request pursuant to this Section 3.09(a)), shall have received a prior written Rating Agency Confirmation with respect to such action, or (2) the affected Serviced Mortgage Loan (including a Serviced Mortgage Loan related to a Serviced Whole Loan) (A) represents less than 2% of the aggregate principal balance of all of the Mortgage Loans in the Trust Fund, (B) has a principal balance that is equal to or less than $35,000,000, (C) has a Loan-to-Value Ratio equal to or less than 85% (including any existing and proposed debt), (D) has a Debt Service Coverage Ratio equal to or greater than 1.20x (in each case, determined based upon the aggregate of the Stated Principal Balance of the Serviced Mortgage Loan, any related Serviced Companion Loan (if applicable) and the principal amount of the proposed additional lien) and (E) is not one of the 10 largest Mortgage Loans (considering any Cross-Collateralized Group as a single Mortgage Loan) in the Mortgage Pool based on principal balance or (3) the affected Serviced Mortgage Loan (including a Serviced Mortgage Loan related to a Serviced Whole Loan) has a principal balance less than $10,000,000; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding any provision contained in the related Loan Documents to the contrary, no Rating Agency Confirmation shall be required in connection with such waiver or grant of consent under any “due-on-encumbrance” provision if the affected Serviced Mortgage Loan satisfies the conditions set forth in clause (2) or clause (3) above of this sentence.

Further, neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer may waive the rights of the lender or grant its consent under any “due-on-sale” provision unless (1) the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable (in each case, if it is the party processing the related request pursuant to this Section 3.09(a)), shall have received a prior written Rating Agency Confirmation with respect to such action, or (2) the affected Serviced Mortgage Loan (including a Serviced Mortgage Loan related to a Serviced Whole Loan) (A) represents less than 5% of the principal balance of all of the Mortgage Loans in the Trust Fund, (B) has a principal balance that is equal to or less than $35,000,000 and (C) is not one of the 10 largest Mortgage Loans (considering any Cross-Collateralized Group as a single Mortgage Loan) in the Mortgage Pool based on principal balance or (3) the affected Serviced Mortgage Loan (including a Serviced Mortgage Loan related to a Serviced Whole Loan) has a principal balance less than $10,000,000; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding any provision contained in the related Loan Documents to the contrary, no Rating Agency Confirmation shall be required in connection with such waiver or grant of consent under any “due-on-sale” provision if the affected Serviced Mortgage Loan satisfies the conditions set forth in clause (2) or clause (3) above of this sentence. For the purposes of this Agreement, due-on-sale provisions shall include, without limitation, sales or transfers of Mortgaged Properties, in full or in part, or the sale, transfer, pledge or hypothecation of direct or indirect interests in any Mortgagor or its owner, in each case to the extent not permitted under the related Loan Documents, and due-on-encumbrance provisions shall include, without limitation, any mezzanine/subordinate financing of any Mortgagor or any Mortgaged Property or any sale or transfer of preferred equity in any Mortgagor or its owners, in each case to the extent not permitted under the related Loan Documents.

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The Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable (in each case, if it is the party processing the related request pursuant to this Section 3.09(a)), shall notify in writing the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Special Servicer or the Master Servicer, as applicable, the Controlling Class Representative (prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event), the Operating Advisor, each Risk Retention Consultation Party (other than with respect to any related Excluded RRCP Mortgage Loan), the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider (for posting to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 12.13 of this Agreement) and, with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, each related Serviced Companion Loan Holder, of any assumption or substitution agreement executed pursuant to this Section 3.09(a) and shall forward thereto a copy of such agreement, and shall also deliver to the Certificate Administrator (or a Custodian appointed by it) an original of the recorded agreement relating to such assumption or substitution within 15 Business Days following the execution and receipt thereof by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable.

In connection with any request for a Rating Agency Confirmation from a Rating Agency pursuant to this Section 3.09(a), the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable (in each case, if it is the party processing the related request pursuant to the first paragraph of this Section 3.09(a)), shall deliver a Review Package to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in accordance with Section 12.13 of this Agreement.

Further, subject to the terms of the related Loan Documents and applicable law, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable (in each case, if it is the party processing the related request pursuant to this Section 3.09(a)), shall use reasonable efforts to cause all costs in connection with any assumption or encumbrance, including any arising from seeking a Rating Agency Confirmation, to be paid by the related Mortgagor. To the extent not collected from the related Mortgagor after the use of such efforts, any rating agency charges in connection with the foregoing shall be paid by the Master Servicer as a Property Advance (or as an Additional Trust Fund Expense if such Property Advance would be a Nonrecoverable Advance).

To the extent not prohibited by the applicable Loan Documents and applicable law, the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, may charge the related Mortgagor a fee in connection with any enforcement or waiver contemplated in this subsection (a); provided that any such fee shall be applied as if it were a Modification Fee and/or Assumption Fee, as applicable, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

(b)               Nothing in this Section 3.09 shall constitute a waiver of the Trustee’s right, as the mortgagee of record, to receive notice of any assumption of a Mortgage Loan, any sale or other transfer of the related Mortgaged Property or the creation of any lien or other encumbrance with respect to such Mortgaged Property.

(c)               In connection with the taking of, or the failure to take, any action pursuant to this Section 3.09, neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall agree to modify, waive or amend, and no assumption or substitution agreement entered into pursuant to Section 3.09(a) of this Agreement shall contain any terms that are different from, any term of any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan or the related Note, other than pursuant to Section 3.24 of this Agreement.

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(d)               With respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan which permits release of Mortgaged Properties through defeasance, and to the extent consistent with the terms of the related Loan Documents:

(i)               Subject to the consent rights of the Special Servicer and the Directing Holder and the process set forth in Sections 3.24 and 6.09 with respect to Major Decisions and Special Servicer Decisions (provided that such consent rights of the Special Servicer and/or the Directing Holder shall be subject to the limitations set forth in Section 3.09(e)), the Master Servicer shall process all defeasances of Serviced Mortgage Loans and Serviced Whole Loans in accordance with the terms of the related Loan Documents, and shall be entitled to any defeasance fees paid relating thereto (provided that for the avoidance of doubt, any such defeasance fee shall not include the Special Servicer’s portion of any Modification Fees or waiver fees in connection with a defeasance to which the Special Servicer is entitled under this Agreement).

(ii)              In the event such Serviced Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan requires that the Master Servicer on behalf of the Trustee purchase the required “government securities” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, or any other securities that comply with Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(a)(8)(ii), the Master Servicer, an accommodation Mortgagor pursuant to clause (v) below or the Mortgagor shall, at the Mortgagor’s expense (to the extent consistent with the related Loan Documents), purchase or cause the purchase of such obligations in accordance with the terms of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan and deliver to the Master Servicer, in the case of the Mortgagor, or in the case of the Master Servicer, hold the same on behalf of the Trust Fund and, if applicable, the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder; provided that, subject to the related Loan Documents, the Master Servicer shall not accept the amounts paid by the related Mortgagor to effect defeasance until acceptable “government securities” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, or any other securities that comply with Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(a)(8)(ii) have been identified, in each case which are acceptable as defeasance collateral under the then most recently published current guidelines of the Rating Agencies. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to each of the Mortgage Loans identified on Exhibit Q to this Agreement (each, a “Retained Defeasance Rights and Obligations Mortgage Loan” and, collectively, the “Retained Defeasance Rights and Obligations Mortgage Loans”), the related Mortgage Loan Seller or originator has transferred to a third party or has retained the right to establish or designate the successor borrower and/or to purchase or cause to be purchased the related defeasance collateral (“Retained Defeasance Rights and Obligations”). In the event the Master Servicer receives notice of a defeasance request with respect to a Mortgage Loan that provides for Retained Defeasance Rights and Obligations in the related Loan Documents, the Master Servicer shall provide, within five (5) business days of receipt of such notice, written notice of such defeasance request to the related Mortgage Loan Seller (or such other party specified below) or to the related Mortgage Loan Seller’s assignee. Until such time as CREFI provides written notice

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to the contrary, the notice of a defeasance of a Mortgage Loan with Retained Defeasance Rights and Obligations as to which CREFI is the related Mortgage Loan Seller shall be delivered to richard.simpson@citi.com and ana.rosu@citi.com. Until such time as GACC provides written notice to the contrary, the notice of a defeasance of a Mortgage Loan with Retained Defeasance Rights and Obligations as to which GACC is the related Mortgage Loan Seller shall be delivered to German American Capital Corporation, 1 Columbus Circle, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Lainie Kaye, with a copy by electronic mail to cmbs.requests@db.com. Until such time as GSMC provides written notice to the contrary, the notice of a defeasance of a Mortgage Loan with Retained Defeasance Rights and Obligations as to which GSMC is the related Mortgage Loan Seller shall be delivered to Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company, 200 West Street, New York, New York 10282, Attention: Scott Epperson, email: Scott.Epperson@gs.com and gs-refgsecuritization@gs.com, with a copy to Structured Finance Legal (REFG), email: gs-refglegal@gs.com. Until such time as BMO provides written notice to the contrary, the notice of a defeasance of a Mortgage Loan with Retained Defeasance Rights and Obligations as to which BMO is the related Mortgage Loan Seller shall be delivered to Michael.Birajiclian@bmo.com and David.Schell@bmo.com. Until such time as JPMCB provides written notice to the contrary, the notice of a defeasance of a Mortgage Loan with Retained Defeasance Rights and Obligations as to which JPMCB is the related Mortgage Loan Seller shall be delivered to US_CMBS_Notice@jpmorgan.com. Until such time as 3650 REIT provides written notice to the contrary, the notice of a defeasance of a Mortgage Loan with Retained Defeasance Rights and Obligations as to which 3650 REIT is the related Mortgage Loan Seller shall be delivered to compliance@3650REIT.com.

(iii)            The Master Servicer shall require, to the extent the related Loan Documents grant the mortgagee discretion to so require, delivery of an Opinion of Counsel (which shall be an expense of the related Mortgagor to the extent consistent with the related Loan Documents) to the effect that the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner has a first priority security interest in the defeasance deposit and the “government securities” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, or any other securities that comply with Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(a)(8)(ii), and the assignment thereof is valid and enforceable; such opinion, together with any other certificates or documents to be required in connection with such defeasance shall be in form and substance acceptable to the Master Servicer.

(iv)             The Master Servicer shall obtain, to the extent the related Loan Documents grant the mortgagee discretion to so obtain, a certificate (which shall be an expense of the related Mortgagor to the extent consistent with the related Loan Documents) from an Independent certified public accountant certifying that the “government securities” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, or any other securities that comply with Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(a)(8)(ii), comply with the requirements of the related Loan Agreement or Mortgage.

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(v)             To the extent consistent with the related Loan Documents, prior to permitting release of any Mortgaged Properties through defeasance, the Master Servicer shall (at the Mortgagor’s expense) obtain a Rating Agency Confirmation; provided that the Master Servicer shall not be required to obtain such Rating Agency Confirmation from any Rating Agency to the extent that the Master Servicer has delivered a defeasance certificate to such Rating Agency substantially in the form of Exhibit DD to this Agreement for any Mortgage Loan that, at the time of such defeasance, is (x) not one of the ten largest Mortgage Loans by Stated Principal Balance, (y) a Mortgage Loan with a Stated Principal Balance equal to or less than $35,000,000 and (z) a Mortgage Loan that represents less than 5% of the Stated Principal Balance of all Mortgage Loans.

(vi)             If the Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan permits the related Mortgagor or the lender or its designee to cause an accommodation Mortgagor to assume such defeased obligations, the Master Servicer shall, or shall cause the Mortgagor to, establish at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense (and shall use efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to cause the related Mortgagor to consent to such assumption) a special purpose bankruptcy-remote entity to assume such obligations, as to which the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator has received a Rating Agency Confirmation (if such confirmation is required pursuant to the then most recently published guidelines of the Rating Agencies).

(vii)          To the extent consistent with the related Loan Documents, the Master Servicer shall require the related Mortgagor to pay all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the defeasance of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan. In the event that the Mortgagor is not required to pay any such costs and expenses under the terms of the Loan Documents, such costs and expenses shall be Additional Trust Fund Expenses.

(viii)        In no event shall the Master Servicer have liability to any party hereto or beneficiary hereof for obtaining a Rating Agency Confirmation (or conditioning approval of defeasance on the delivery of a Rating Agency Confirmation) or for imposing conditions to approval of a defeasance on the satisfaction of conditions that are consistent with the Servicing Standard but are not required under Rating Agency guidelines (provided that this shall not protect the Master Servicer from any liability that may be imposed as a result of the violation of applicable law or the Loan Documents).

(ix)         The Master Servicer may accept as defeasance collateral any “government security,” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation’s Section 1.860G-(2)(a)(8)(ii), notwithstanding any more restrictive requirements in the Loan Documents; provided, that the Master Servicer has received an Opinion of Counsel that acceptance of such defeasance collateral will not endanger the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or result in the imposition of a tax upon any Trust REMIC or the Trust Fund (including but not limited to the tax on “prohibited transactions” as defined in Section 860F(a)(2) of the Code and the tax on contributions to a REMIC set forth in Section 860G(d) of the Code, but not

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including the tax on “net income from foreclosure property” as set forth in Section 860G(c) of the Code).

(e)               Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, without any other approval or consent of the Special Servicer (in the case of the Master Servicer) or the Directing Holder, the Master Servicer (for Performing Serviced Loans) or the Special Servicer (for Specially Serviced Loans) may grant and process a Mortgagor’s request for consent to (i) subject the related Mortgaged Property to an easement, right of way or similar agreement for utilities, access, parking, public improvements or another purpose that, in each case, does not materially affect the use or value of the related Mortgaged Property, or the related Mortgagor’s ability to make payments with respect to the related Mortgage Loan (and may consent to subordination of the related Serviced Loan to such easement, right of way or similar agreement) and (ii) to the release, substitution or addition of collateral securing any Serviced Loan in connection with a defeasance of such collateral (provided that the proposed defeasance collateral is of a type permitted under the related Loan Documents and provided further that, with respect to the Master Servicer, such defeasance does not require any modification, waiver or amendment of such Loan Documents as described in subclauses (i) and (ii) of clause (r) of the definition of “Major Decision”; provided that in each case, the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, (A) shall have determined in accordance with the Servicing Standard that such action will not materially and adversely affect the operation or value of such Mortgaged Property or the Trust Fund’s interest in the Mortgaged Property, (B) shall have determined that such action will not cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding. The Master Servicer or the Special Servicer may rely on an Opinion of Counsel in making any such determination and (C) in the case of any action described in clause (ii) above, shall have complied with the provisions of Section 3.09(d) (other than the requirement to obtain the consent of the Special Servicer and/or the Directing Holder as contemplated by Section 3.09(d)(i)).

Section 3.10           Appraisal Reductions; Calculation and Allocation of Collateral Deficiency Amounts; Realization Upon Defaulted Loans.

(a)               Promptly upon knowledge of the occurrence of an Appraisal Reduction Event with respect to a Serviced Loan, the Special Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to (i) obtain an updated Appraisal of the related Mortgaged Property, the costs of which shall be advanced by, and reimbursable to, the Master Servicer as a Property Advance (or shall be an expense of the Trust Fund and paid by the Master Servicer out of the Collection Account if such Property Advance would be a Nonrecoverable Advance) or (ii) conduct an internal valuation if the related Serviced Mortgage Loan (considering any Cross-Collateralized Group as a single Mortgage Loan) or Serviced Whole Loan has an outstanding principal balance of less than $2,000,000 (provided that the Special Servicer may, in its sole discretion in accordance with the Servicing Standard, obtain an updated Appraisal of the related Mortgaged Property as contemplated by the preceding clause (i)); provided, however, that the Special Servicer shall not be required to obtain an updated Appraisal or conduct an internal valuation of any Mortgaged Property with respect to which there exists an Appraisal which is less than nine (9) months old unless the Special Servicer determines in accordance with the Servicing Standard that such previously obtained

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Appraisal is materially inaccurate. With respect to any Serviced Loan for which an Appraisal Reduction Event has occurred and still exists, the Special Servicer shall obtain annual letter updates to any updated Appraisal. Any Appraisal prepared in order to determine the Appraisal Reduction Amount with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan shall be delivered by the Special Servicer, upon request, to each related Serviced Companion Loan Holder.

As of the first Determination Date following a Serviced Trust Loan becoming an AB Modified Loan, the Special Servicer shall calculate whether a Collateral Deficiency Amount exists with respect to such AB Modified Loan, taking into account the most recent Appraisal obtained (or, if applicable, internal valuation performed) by the Special Servicer with respect to such Serviced Trust Loan, and all other information relevant to a Collateral Deficiency Amount determination. The Master Servicer shall provide (via electronic delivery) the Special Servicer with information in its possession that is reasonably required to calculate or recalculate any Collateral Deficiency Amount pursuant to the definition thereof using reasonable efforts to deliver such information within four (4) Business Days of the Special Servicer’s reasonable written request. Upon obtaining actual knowledge or receipt of notice by the Special Servicer that an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan has become an AB Modified Loan, the Special Servicer shall (i) promptly request from the related Outside Servicer, Outside Special Servicer and Outside Trustee the most recent appraisal with respect to such AB Modified Loan, in addition to all other information reasonably required by the Special Servicer to calculate whether a Collateral Deficiency Amount exists with respect to such AB Modified Loan, and (ii) as of the first Determination Date following receipt by the Special Servicer of the appraisal and any other information set forth in the immediately preceding clause (i) that the Special Servicer reasonably expects to receive (and does receive within a reasonable period of time) and reasonably believes is necessary to perform such calculation, calculate whether a Collateral Deficiency Amount exists with respect to such AB Modified Loan, taking into account the most recent appraisal obtained by the Special Servicer from the Outside Servicer, Outside Special Servicer or Outside Trustee, as the case may be, with respect to such Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, and all other information relevant to a Collateral Deficiency Amount determination. In connection with its calculation of a Collateral Deficiency Amount with respect to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan that has become an AB Modified Loan, the Special Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on any appraisal or other information received from the related Outside Servicer, Outside Special Servicer or Outside Trustee. The Special Servicer shall notify the Master Servicer and the Certificate Administrator of any Collateral Deficiency Amount calculated by the Special Servicer with respect to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan that has become an AB Modified Loan. The Master Servicer and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to conclusively rely on any Collateral Deficiency Amounts calculated by the Special Servicer with respect to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan. Upon any other party to this Agreement obtaining knowledge or receipt of notice that an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan has become an AB Modified Loan, such party shall promptly notify the Special Servicer thereof. None of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator or the Master Servicer shall calculate or verify any Collateral Deficiency Amount.

The Certificate Balance of each Class of applicable Principal Balance Certificates shall be notionally reduced (for purposes of determining the identity of the Non-Reduced Certificates and the Controlling Class, as well as the occurrence of a Control Termination Event or an Operating Advisor Consultation Trigger Event affecting all the Serviced Mortgage Loans,

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and, to the extent expressly set forth herein, for purposes of allocating and/or exercising Voting Rights in connection with certain circumstances involving the termination of certain parties hereto) as of any date of determination to the extent of the Appraisal Reduction Amount(s) allocated to such Class on the preceding Distribution Date. An amount equal to the Vertically Retained Percentage of the aggregate Appraisal Reduction Amount allocated to, or in respect of, the Mortgage Loans for any Distribution Date shall be applied to notionally reduce (to not less than zero) the Combined VRR Interest Balance of the Combined VRR Interest (which amount shall, in turn, be applied to notionally reduce (to not less than zero) the Certificate Balance of the Class VRR Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Balance of the Uncertificated VRR Interest, pro rata, based on the respective then-outstanding amounts of such Certificate Balance and Uncertificated VRR Interest Balance). The Non-Vertically Retained Percentage of the aggregate Appraisal Reduction Amount allocated to, or in respect of, the Mortgage Loans for any Distribution Date shall be applied to notionally reduce the Certificate Balances of the following Classes of Non-Vertically Retained Principal Balance Certificates in the following order of priority: first, to the Class J-RR Certificates; second, to the Class G-RR Certificates; third, to the Class F-RR Certificates; fourth, to the Class E-RR Certificates; fifth, to the Class D Certificates; sixth, to the Class C Certificates; seventh, to the Class B Certificates; eighth, to the Class A-S Certificates; and finally, pro rata to the (i) Class A-1 Certificates, (ii) Class A-2 Certificates, and (iii) Class A-3 Certificates, based on their respective Certificate Balances (provided in each case that no Certificate Balance in respect of any such Class may be notionally reduced below zero). In addition, as of any date of determination, for purposes of determining the Controlling Class or the occurrence of a Control Termination Event or an Operating Advisor Consultation Trigger Event affecting all the Serviced Mortgage Loans, and after taking into account the allocations contemplated by the prior sentence, the Non-Vertically Retained Percentage of Collateral Deficiency Amounts in respect of or allocated to the Mortgage Loans shall be applied to notionally reduce the Certificate Balances of each Class of the Control Eligible Certificates in the following order of priority (in each case after taking into account any Appraisal Reduction Amounts allocated thereto): first, to the Class J-RR Certificates; second, to the Class G-RR Certificates; and third, to the Class F-RR Certificates (provided in each case that no Certificate Balance in respect of any such Class may be notionally reduced below zero). Furthermore, as of any date of determination, for purposes of determining the occurrence of an Operating Advisor Consultation Trigger Event affecting all the Serviced Mortgage Loans, and after taking into account the allocations contemplated by the prior two sentences, the Non-Vertically Retained Percentage of Collateral Deficiency Amounts in respect of or allocated to the Mortgage Loans not otherwise allocated pursuant to the prior sentence shall be applied to notionally reduce the Certificate Balance of the Class of the Class E-RR Certificates. For the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of determining the Controlling Class or the occurrence of a Control Termination Event or an Operating Advisor Consultation Trigger Event affecting all the Serviced Mortgage Loans, any Class of Control Eligible Certificates shall be allocated the Non-Vertically Retained Percentage of both applicable Appraisal Reduction Amounts and applicable Collateral Deficiency Amounts, in accordance with the second and third preceding sentences, and for purposes of determining an Operating Advisor Consultation Trigger Event affecting all the Serviced Mortgage Loans, the Class E-RR Certificates shall be allocated the Non-Vertically Retained Percentage of both applicable Appraisal Reduction Amounts and applicable Collateral Deficiency Amounts, in accordance with the immediately preceding and third preceding sentences.

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Any Appraisal Reduction Amounts allocated to a Trust Subordinate Companion Loan shall be allocated to each Class of related Loan-Specific Certificates in reverse sequential order of payment priority to notionally reduce the Certificate Balance thereof until the related Certificate Balance of each such Class is reduced to zero. In addition, for purposes of determining the Loan-Specific Controlling Class, any Collateral Deficiency Amounts in respect of or allocated to a Trust Subordinate Companion Loan shall be allocated to each Class of related Loan-Specific Control Eligible Certificates (if more than one, in reverse sequential order of payment priority) to notionally reduce the Certificate Balance thereof until the related Certificate Balance of each such Class is reduced to zero. For the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of determining the Loan-Specific Controlling Class or a Loan-Specific Operating Advisor Consultation Trigger Event, any Class of the Loan-Specific Control Eligible Certificates shall be allocated both applicable Appraisal Reduction Amounts and applicable Collateral Deficiency Amounts, as described in this paragraph.

With respect to any Appraisal Reduction Amount calculated for the purposes of determining the Non-Reduced Certificates or, to the extent expressly set forth herein, for the purposes of allocating and/or exercising Voting Rights or Pooled Voting Rights in connection with certain circumstances involving the termination of certain parties hereto, and with respect to any Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount calculated for purposes of determining the Controlling Class (or any applicable Loan-Specific Controlling Class), or the occurrence of a Control Termination Event or an Operating Advisor Consultation Trigger Event (or any applicable Loan-Specific Control Termination Event), the appraised value of the related Mortgaged Property shall be determined on an “as-is” basis.

The Special Servicer shall promptly notify the Master Servicer, the Controlling Class Representative (for so long as the Controlling Class Representative is the applicable Directing Holder or Consulting Party), the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator of the determination and any redetermination of (i) any Appraisal Reduction Amount, (ii) any Collateral Deficiency Amount, and (iii) any resulting Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amount by providing such information in the CREFC^® Appraisal Reduction Template or in a format mutually agreeable to both the Special Servicer and the recipient, and the Certificate Administrator shall promptly post notice of the determination of any such Appraisal Reduction Amount, Collateral Deficiency Amount and/or Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amount, as applicable, including such CREFC^® Appraisal Reduction Template, on the Certificate Administrator’s Website.

Any Appraisal Reduction Amounts with respect to each Serviced Whole Loan shall be allocated, first, to any related Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan(s) (up to the outstanding principal balance(s) thereof), and then, to the related Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s), on a pro rata and pari passu basis in accordance with the respective outstanding principal balances of such related Serviced Mortgage Loan and the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if so provided in the related Co-Lender Agreement, the holder of a Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan may be permitted to post cash or a letter of credit to offset all or some portion of an Appraisal Reduction Amount.

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second Appraisal of the Mortgaged Property securing any Serviced Loan (or, in the case of a Class of Loan-Specific Control Eligible Certificates that is an Appraised-Out Class, the related Serviced Whole Loan) as to which there exists an Appraisal Reduction Amount or a Collateral Deficiency Amount (such Holders, the “Requesting Holders”). The Special Servicer shall use its reasonable efforts to cause such Appraisal to be (i) delivered within 30 days from receipt of the Requesting Holders’ written request and (ii) prepared on an “as-is” basis by an Appraiser in accordance with MAI standards. Upon receipt of such second Appraisal, the Special Servicer shall determine, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, whether, based on its assessment of such second Appraisal, any recalculation of the applicable Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount is warranted and, if so warranted, the Special Servicer shall recalculate such Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount, as applicable, based upon such second Appraisal and receipt of information reasonably requested by the Special Servicer from the Master Servicer and reasonably required to calculate or recalculate the Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount, as applicable. The Special Servicer shall promptly deliver notice to the Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer of any such determination and recalculation of Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount, as applicable, and the Certificate Administrator shall promptly post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website. If required by any such recalculation, the applicable Appraised-Out Class shall be reinstated as the Controlling Class or applicable Loan-Specific Controlling Class and each other affected Class of Principal Balance Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest will, if applicable, have its related Certificate Balance or Uncertificated VRR Interest Balance, as applicable, notionally restored to the extent required by such recalculation of the Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount, as applicable.

Any Appraised-Out Class (even if one or more Holders are Requesting Holders challenging the Special Servicer’s Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount determination) may not exercise any direction, control, consent and/or similar rights of the Controlling Class (or any applicable Loan-Specific Controlling Class) until such time, if any, as such Class is reinstated as the Controlling Class (or any applicable Loan-Specific Controlling Class) and no Control Termination Event (or Control Appraisal Period with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan or related Loan-Specific Control Termination Event) exists, and the rights of the Controlling Class (or Loan-Specific Controlling Class) shall be exercised by the most subordinate Class of Control Eligible Certificates (or Loan-Specific Control Eligible Certificates, as applicable) that is not an Appraised-Out Class, if any, during such period.

Appraisals that are to be obtained by the Special Servicer at the request of, Holders of an Appraised-Out Class shall be in addition to any Appraisals that the Special Servicer may otherwise be required to obtain in accordance with the Servicing Standard or this Agreement without regard to any appraisal requests made by any Holder of an Appraised-Out Class.

(b)               In connection with any foreclosure, enforcement of the Loan Documents or other acquisition, the Master Servicer in accordance with Section 3.20 of this Agreement shall pay the out-of-pocket costs and expenses in any such proceedings as a Property Advance unless the Master Servicer determines, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, that such Advance would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance (in which case such costs shall be an expense of the Trust Fund and paid by the Master Servicer out of the Collection Account). The Master Servicer shall be entitled to reimbursement of Advances (with

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interest at the Advance Rate) made pursuant to the preceding sentence to the extent permitted by Section 3.06(a)(ii) of this Agreement.

Subject to Section 3.21 of this Agreement, if the Special Servicer elects to proceed with a non-judicial foreclosure in accordance with the laws of the state where the Mortgaged Property is located, the Special Servicer shall not be required to pursue a deficiency judgment against the related Mortgagor or any other liable party if the laws of the state do not permit such a deficiency judgment after a non-judicial foreclosure or if the Special Servicer determines, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, that the likely recovery if a deficiency judgment is obtained will not be sufficient to warrant the cost, time, expense and/or exposure of pursuing the deficiency judgment and such determination is evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, any applicable Directing Holder and any applicable Consulting Party.

In the event that title to any Mortgaged Property (other than any Mortgaged Property related to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan) is acquired in foreclosure or by deed-in-lieu of foreclosure, the deed or certificate of sale shall be issued to the Trustee, to a co-trustee or to its nominee (which shall not include the Master Servicer but may be a single member limited liability company owned by the Trust and managed by the Special Servicer) or a separate trustee or co-trustee on behalf of the Trustee as holder of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests, the Loan REMIC Regular Interests and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interests and on behalf of the Holders of the Certificates, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and, if applicable, the related Loan-Specific Certificateholders and the related Serviced Companion Loan Holders. Notwithstanding any such acquisition of title and cancellation of the related Serviced Mortgage Loan, the related Serviced Mortgage Loan shall (except for purposes of Section 9.01) be considered to be an REO Mortgage Loan held in the Trust Fund until such time as the related REO Property shall be sold by the Trust Fund and shall be reduced only by collections net of expenses.

(c)               Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, the Special Servicer shall not acquire for the benefit of the Trust Fund any personal property pursuant to this Section 3.10 unless either:

(i)               such personal property is (in the good faith judgment of the Special Servicer) incident to real property (within the meaning of Code Section 856(e)(1)) so acquired by the Special Servicer for the benefit of the Trust Fund; or

(ii)              the Special Servicer shall have requested and received an Opinion of Counsel (which opinion shall be an expense of the Trust Fund) to the effect that the holding of such personal property by the Trust Fund will not cause the imposition of a tax on a Trust REMIC under the REMIC Provisions or cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC for federal income tax purposes or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a grantor trust for federal income tax purposes at any time that any Certificate is outstanding.

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(d)               Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Agreement, neither the Special Servicer nor the Master Servicer shall, on behalf of the Trust Fund or, if applicable, the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder, obtain title to any direct or indirect partnership or membership interest or other equity interest in any Mortgagor pledged pursuant to any pledge agreement, unless the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer shall have requested and received an Opinion of Counsel (which opinion shall be an expense of the Trust Fund) to the effect that the holding of such partnership or membership interest or other equity interest by the Trust Fund will not cause the imposition of a tax on a Trust REMIC under the REMIC Provisions or cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC for federal income tax purposes or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a grantor trust for federal income tax purposes at any time that any Certificate is outstanding.

(e)               Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Special Servicer shall not, on behalf of the Trust Fund or, if applicable, the related Serviced Companion Loan Holders, obtain title to a Mortgaged Property as a result of foreclosure or by deed-in-lieu of foreclosure or otherwise, obtain title to any direct or indirect partnership or membership interest in any Mortgagor pledged pursuant to a pledge agreement and thereby be the beneficial owner of a Mortgaged Property, and shall not otherwise acquire possession of, or take any other action with respect to, any Mortgaged Property if, as a result of any such action, the Custodian, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Trust Fund, the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or, if applicable, the related Serviced Companion Loan Holders, would be considered to hold title to, or be a “mortgagee-in-possession” of, or to be an “owner” or “operator” of such Mortgaged Property within the meaning of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended from time to time, or any comparable law, unless the Special Servicer has previously determined in accordance with the Servicing Standard, based on an updated environmental assessment report prepared by an Independent Person who regularly conducts environmental audits, that:

(i)               such Mortgaged Property is in compliance with applicable environmental laws or, if not, after consultation with an environmental consultant, that it would be in the best economic interest of the Trust Fund and any related Serviced Companion Loan Holder (as a collective whole) to take such actions as are necessary to bring such Mortgaged Property in compliance therewith; and

(ii)              there are no circumstances present at such Mortgaged Property relating to the use, management or disposal of any Hazardous Materials for which investigation, testing, monitoring, containment, clean-up or remediation could be required under any currently effective federal, state or local law or regulation, or that, if any such Hazardous Materials are present for which such action could be required, after consultation with an environmental consultant, it would be in the best economic interest of the Trust Fund and any related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s) (as a collective whole as if the Trust Fund and, if applicable, any related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s) constituted a single lender (and, in the case of a Serviced AB Whole Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of any

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related Subordinate Companion Loan(s))) to take such actions with respect to the affected Mortgaged Property as could be required by such law or regulation.

In the event that the environmental assessment first obtained by the Special Servicer with respect to a Mortgaged Property indicates that such Mortgaged Property may not be in compliance with applicable environmental laws or that Hazardous Materials may be present but does not definitively establish such fact, the Special Servicer shall cause such further environmental tests to be conducted by an Independent Person who regularly conducts such tests as the Special Servicer shall deem prudent to protect the interests of Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and any related Serviced Companion Loan Holder. Any such tests shall be deemed part of the environmental assessment obtained by the Special Servicer for purposes of this Section 3.10.

In the event that the Special Servicer seeks to obtain title to a Mortgaged Property on behalf of the Trust Fund and any related Serviced Companion Loan Holder, the Special Servicer may, in its discretion, establish a single member limited liability company with the Trust Fund and any related Serviced Companion Loan Holder as the sole owner to hold title to such Mortgaged Property.

(f)                The environmental assessment contemplated by Section 3.10(e) of this Agreement shall be prepared within three months of the determination that such assessment is required by any Independent Person who regularly conducts environmental audits for purchasers of commercial property where the Mortgaged Property is located, as determined by the Special Servicer in a manner consistent with the Servicing Standard and, if applicable, any secured creditor impaired property policy issued on or prior to the Closing Date with respect to any Trust Loan (including that the environmental assessment identify any potential pollution conditions (as defined in the environmental insurance policy) with respect to the related Mortgaged Property). The Master Servicer shall advance the cost of preparation of such environmental assessments unless the Master Servicer determines, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, that such Advance would be a Nonrecoverable Advance (in which case such costs shall be an expense of the Trust Fund and paid by the Master Servicer out of the Collection Account). The Master Servicer shall be entitled to reimbursement of Advances (with interest at the Advance Rate) made pursuant to the preceding sentence in the manner set forth in Section 3.06 of this Agreement. Copies of any environmental assessment prepared pursuant to Section 3.10(e) of this Agreement shall be provided to the Holder of any Principal Balance Certificates and any related Serviced Companion Loan Holder upon written request to the Special Servicer.

(g)               If the Special Servicer determines pursuant to Section 3.10(e)(i) of this Agreement that a Mortgaged Property is not in compliance with applicable environmental laws, but that it is in the best economic interest of the Trust Fund and any related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s), as a collective whole as if the Trust Fund and any related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s) constituted a single lender (and, in the case of a Serviced AB Whole Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of any related Subordinate Companion Loan(s)), to take such actions as are necessary to bring such Mortgaged Property in compliance therewith, or if the Special Servicer determines pursuant to Section 3.10(e)(ii) of this Agreement that the circumstances referred to therein

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relating to Hazardous Materials are present, but that it is in the best economic interest of the Trust Fund and any related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s), as a collective whole as if the Trust Fund and any related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s) constituted a single lender (and, in the case of a Serviced AB Whole Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of any related Subordinate Companion Loan(s)), to take such action with respect to the containment, clean-up or remediation of Hazardous Materials affecting such Mortgaged Property as is required by law or regulation, then the Special Servicer shall take such action as it deems to be in the best economic interest of the Trust Fund and any related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s), as a collective whole as if the Trust Fund and any related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s) constituted a single lender (and, in the case of a Serviced AB Whole Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of any related Subordinate Companion Loan(s)). The Master Servicer shall pay the cost of any such compliance, containment, clean-up or remediation from the Collection Account.

(h)               The Special Servicer shall notify the Master Servicer of any abandoned and/or foreclosed properties which require reporting to the IRS and shall provide the Master Servicer with all information regarding forgiveness of indebtedness and required to be reported with respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan which is abandoned or foreclosed and the Master Servicer shall report to the IRS and the related Mortgagor, in the manner required by applicable law, such information and the Master Servicer shall report, via IRS Form 1099C, all forgiveness of indebtedness to the extent such information has been provided to the Master Servicer by the Special Servicer. Upon request, the Master Servicer shall deliver a copy of any such report to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and, if affected, to any related Serviced Companion Loan Holder.

Section 3.11           Trustee, Certificate Administrator and Custodian to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files. Upon the payment in full of any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan or the receipt by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer of a notification that payment in full has been escrowed in a manner customary for such purposes, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer shall immediately notify the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Custodian and, if affected, the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder by delivery of a certification (which certification shall include a statement to the effect that all amounts received or to be received in connection with such payment which are required to be deposited in the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.05 of this Agreement have been or will be so deposited) of a Servicing Officer and shall request delivery to it of the Mortgage File. No expenses incurred in connection with any instrument of satisfaction or deed of reconveyance shall be chargeable to the Trust Fund.

From time to time upon request of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer and delivery to the Certificate Administrator of a Request for Release, the Certificate Administrator (or a Custodian appointed by it) shall promptly release the Mortgage File (or any portion thereof) designated in such Request for Release to the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable. Upon return of the foregoing to the Certificate Administrator (or a Custodian appointed by it) or, in the event of a liquidation or conversion of the Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan into an REO Property, receipt by the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator of a certificate of a Servicing Officer stating that such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan was liquidated and that all amounts received or to be received in connection with such liquidation which are required to be deposited into the Collection Account have been so deposited, or that such Mortgage Loan

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or Serviced Whole Loan has become an REO Property, the Certificate Administrator shall deliver (or cause any Custodian appointed by it to deliver) a copy of the Request for Release to the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable.

Within three (3) Business Days, after receipt of written certification of a Servicing Officer, the Trustee shall execute and deliver to the Special Servicer any court pleadings, requests for trustee’s sale or other documents prepared by the Special Servicer, its agents or attorneys and reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, necessary to the foreclosure or trustee’s sale in respect of a Mortgaged Property or to any legal action brought to obtain judgment against any Mortgagor on the Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, or to obtain a deficiency judgment, or to enforce any other remedies or rights provided by the Loan Documents or otherwise available at law or in equity. Each such certification shall include a request that such pleadings or documents be executed by the Trustee and a statement as to the reason such documents or pleadings are required, and that the execution and delivery thereof by the Trustee will not invalidate or otherwise affect the lien of the Mortgage or other security agreement, except for the termination of such a lien upon completion of the foreclosure or trustee’s sale.

If from time to time, pursuant to the terms of the Co-Lender Agreement and the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement related to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, and as appropriate for enforcing the terms of, or otherwise properly servicing, such Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, the related Outside Servicer, the related Outside Special Servicer or other similar party requests delivery to it of the original Note for such Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, then such party shall deliver a Request for Release in the form of Exhibit C attached hereto to the Certificate Administrator and the Certificate Administrator shall release (or cause any Custodian appointed by it to release) such original Note to the requesting party or its designee. In connection with the release of the original Note for an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan in accordance with the preceding sentence, the Certificate Administrator (or a Custodian appointed by it) shall obtain such documentation as is appropriate to evidence the holding by the related Outside Servicer, the related Outside Special Servicer or such other similar party, as the case may be, of such original Note as custodian on behalf of and for the benefit of the Trustee.

Section 3.12           Servicing Fees, Trustee/Certificate Administrator Fees and Special Servicing Compensation.

(a)               As compensation for its activities hereunder, the Master Servicer shall be entitled, with respect to each Mortgage Loan (including each Mortgage Loan that is a Specially Serviced Loan and each Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan), each REO Mortgage Loan, each Serviced Companion Loan (including each Serviced Companion Loan that is a Specially Serviced Loan) and each REO Companion Loan that is included as part of a Serviced Whole Loan and each Interest Accrual Period, to the Servicing Fee, which shall be payable from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account and/or, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan or portion thereof, the related Whole Loan Custodial Account as set forth in Section 3.06(a)(iii) and Section 3.06(a)(vii) and/or Section 3.06A of this Agreement, as applicable. In addition, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to receive, as additional servicing compensation (the following items, collectively, “Additional Servicing Compensation”), (i) 100% of any Excess Modification Fees with respect to a modification, waiver, extension or amendment of a Performing Serviced Loan consented

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to by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.24 of this Agreement that did not require the approval of the Special Servicer (provided that such transaction qualifies as a Master Servicer Decision), (ii) 50% of any Excess Modification Fees with respect to a modification, waiver, extension or amendment of a Performing Serviced Loan consented to by the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.24 of this Agreement (whether or not the Special Servicer elects to handle any related processing) (provided that such transaction qualifies as a Major Decision or Special Servicer Decision), (iii) 100% of any defeasance fee received in connection with a defeasance of a Serviced Loan as contemplated under Section 3.09 of this Agreement (provided that 50% of the portion of any Excess Modification Fee or waiver fee payable solely in connection with any modification, waiver, amendment or consent executed in connection with a defeasance transaction with respect to a Performing Serviced Loan for which the consent, processing or approval of the Special Servicer is required under clause (r) of the definition of “Major Decision” (and specifically excluding any defeasance fees), must be paid by the Master Servicer to the Special Servicer), (iv) 100% of any Assumption Fees with respect to a Performing Serviced Loan involving a transaction described in the definition of “Assumption Fees” consented to by the Master Servicer that did not require the approval of the Special Servicer (provided that such transaction qualifies as a Master Servicer Decision), (v) 50% of any Assumption Fees with respect to a Performing Serviced Loan involving a transaction described in the definition of “Assumption Fees” consented to by the Special Servicer (whether or not the Special Servicer elects to handle any related processing) (provided that such transaction qualifies as a Major Decision or Special Servicer Decision), (vi) 50% of any fees related to a Major Decision or Special Servicer Decision on a Performing Serviced Loan (other than assumption application fees, defeasance fees, liquidation fees, workout fees and any other fees separately addressed in this Agreement), (vii) the aggregate Prepayment Interest Excess (exclusive of any portion thereof attributable to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan), but only to the extent such amount is not required to be included in any Compensating Interest Payment, in each case to the extent received and not required to be deposited or retained in the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.05 of this Agreement, and (in the case of a Serviced Companion Loan) to the extent permitted under the related Co-Lender Agreement, (viii) 100% of Ancillary Fees (other than (A) fees for insufficient or returned checks and (B) beneficiary statement charges) actually received from Mortgagors in the case of items prepared by the Master Servicer or with respect to the accounts held by the Master Servicer pursuant to this Agreement or the related Loan Documents, including the Collection Account or any related subaccount, any Escrow Account or related subaccount, any Whole Loan Custodial Account or related subaccount, any Lock-Box Account or related subaccount or any reserve account or related subaccount, (ix) 100% of assumption application fees actually received from Mortgagors on Performing Serviced Loans (if the related assumption was processed by the Master Servicer), (x) 100% of Consent Fees and earnout fees and other similar fees with respect to a Performing Serviced Loan that did not require the approval of, or processing by, the Special Servicer; provided that such transaction qualifies as a Master Servicer Decision, (xi) 50% of any Consent Fees and earnout fees and other similar fees with respect to a Performing Serviced Loan consented to by the Special Servicer (regardless of whether the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer processes the related servicing matter); provided that such transaction qualifies as a Major Decision or Special Servicer Decision, (xii) 100% of Excess Penalty

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Charges (to the extent provided in Section 3.14) paid by the Mortgagors with respect to any Serviced Loan other than Excess Penalty Charges accrued during the period such Serviced Loan is a Specially Serviced Loan (provided that for the avoidance of doubt, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to any collections of Excess Penalty Charges that represent amounts accrued while the related Serviced Loan is a Performing Serviced Loan even if collected when the Serviced Loan is a Specially Serviced Loan), (xiii) 100% of fees for insufficient or returned checks actually received from Mortgagors relating to the accounts held by the Master Servicer, and (xiv) 100% of beneficiary statement charges actually received from Mortgagors to the extent the related beneficiary statements were prepared by the Master Servicer; provided, however, that the Master Servicer shall not be entitled to apply or retain any amounts described in clauses (i) through (vi) above as additional compensation with respect to a specific Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, with respect to which a default or event of default thereunder has occurred and is continuing unless and until such default or event of default has been cured (or has been waived in accordance with the terms of this Agreement) and all delinquent amounts required to have been paid by the Mortgagor, Advance Interest Amounts and Additional Trust Fund Expenses (other than Special Servicing Fees, Workout Fees and Liquidation Fees) both (x) due with respect to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, and (y) in the case of expense items, that arose within the last 12 months, have been paid. The Master Servicer shall also be entitled pursuant to, and to the extent provided for in Sections 3.06(a)(iii), Section 3.06(A) and Section 3.07(b), to withdraw from the Collection Account, the Whole Loan Custodial Accounts and the Loss of Value Reserve Fund and to receive from any Mortgagor Accounts (to the extent not payable to the related Mortgagor under a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan or applicable law) any interest or other income earned on deposits therein. Interest or other income earned on funds in the Collection Account, the Whole Loan Custodial Account, the Loss of Value Reserve Fund and any Mortgagor Accounts (to the extent consistent with the related Loan Documents), shall be paid to the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation and interest or other income earned on funds in any REO Account shall be payable to the Special Servicer. In addition, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to charge and retain reasonable review fees in connection with any Mortgagor request with respect to any Performing Serviced Loan as to which the Mortgagor request does not relate to a Major Decision or a Special Servicer Decision or in connection with any Mortgagor request that relates to a Major Decision or Special Servicer Decision being processed by the Master Servicer with the mutual agreement of the Special Servicer, to the extent such fees are (i) not inconsistent with the related Loan Documents, (ii) in accordance with the Servicing Standard and (iii) actually paid by or on behalf of the related Mortgagor. The Special Servicer shall not waive any review fee due to the Master Servicer without the Master Servicer’s consent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Master Servicer’s right to the additional servicing compensation described in this paragraph with respect to a Serviced Companion Loan shall be subject to the related Co-Lender Agreement.

For the avoidance of doubt, with respect to any Excess Modification Fee, Assumption Fee, Consent Fee or other fee with respect to a Performing Serviced Loan that is required to be split between the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall each have the right in its sole discretion, but not any obligation, to reduce or elect not to charge its respective percentage interest

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in any such fee; provided, however (x) neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall have the right to reduce or elect not to charge the percentage interest of any fee due to the other and (y) to the extent either of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer exercises its right to reduce or elect not to charge its respective percentage interest in any fee, the party that reduced or elected not to charge such fee shall not have any right to share in any portion of the other party’s fee. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Master Servicer decides not to charge any fee, the Special Servicer shall still be entitled to charge the portion of the related fee the Special Servicer would have been entitled to if the Master Servicer had charged a fee and the Master Servicer shall not be entitled to any of such fee charged by the Special Servicer. The foregoing provisions of this paragraph shall only apply to Performing Serviced Loans and, subject to the other terms of this Agreement, shall not prohibit any waiver or reduction by the Special Servicer of any fee payable by the Mortgagor with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan.

Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association and any successor holder of the Excess Servicing Fee Rights shall be entitled, at any time, at its own expense, to transfer, sell, pledge or otherwise assign such Excess Servicing Fee Rights in whole (but not in part), in either case, to any Qualified Institutional Buyer or Institutional Accredited Investor (other than a Plan); provided that no such transfer, sale, pledge or other assignment shall be made unless (i) that transfer, sale, pledge or other assignment is exempt from the registration and/or qualification requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws and is otherwise made in accordance with the Securities Act and such state securities laws, (ii) the prospective transferor shall have delivered to the Depositor a certificate substantially in the form attached as Exhibit CC-1 to this Agreement, and (iii) the prospective transferee shall have delivered to Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association and the Depositor a certificate substantially in the form attached as Exhibit CC-2 to this Agreement. None of the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Certificate Registrar is obligated to register or qualify an Excess Servicing Fee Right under the Securities Act or any other securities law or to take any action not otherwise required under this Agreement to permit the transfer, sale, pledge or assignment of an Excess Servicing Fee Right without registration or qualification. Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association and each holder of an Excess Servicing Fee Right desiring to effect a transfer, sale, pledge or other assignment of such Excess Servicing Fee Right shall, and Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association hereby agrees, and each such holder of an Excess Servicing Fee Right by its acceptance of such Excess Servicing Fee Right shall be deemed to have agreed, in connection with any transfer of such Excess Servicing Fee Right effected by such Person, to indemnify the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, the Trust, the Depositor, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Custodian, the Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Registrar and the Special Servicer against any liability that may result if such transfer is not exempt from registration and/or qualification under the Securities Act or other applicable federal and state securities laws or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws or in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this paragraph. By its acceptance of an Excess Servicing Fee Right, the holder thereof shall be deemed to have agreed not to use or disclose any information received in connection with its acquisition and holding of such Excess Servicing Fee Right in any manner that could result in a violation of any provision of the Securities Act or other applicable securities laws or that would require registration of such Excess Servicing Fee Right or any Certificate pursuant to the Securities Act. From time

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to time following any transfer, sale, pledge or assignment of an Excess Servicing Fee Right, the Person then acting as the Master Servicer shall pay, out of each amount paid to such Master Servicer as Servicing Fees with respect to each related Mortgage Loan or REO Mortgage Loan, as the case may be, the related Excess Servicing Fees to the holder of such Excess Servicing Fee Right within one (1) Business Day following the payment of such Servicing Fees to the Master Servicer, in each case in accordance with payment instructions provided by such holder in writing to the Master Servicer. The holder of an Excess Servicing Fee Right shall not have any rights under this Agreement except as set forth in the preceding sentences of this paragraph. None of the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Registrar, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Depositor, the Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Custodian shall have any obligation whatsoever regarding payment of the Excess Servicing Fee or the assignment or transfer of the Excess Servicing Fee Right.

Except as otherwise provided herein, the Master Servicer shall pay all expenses incurred by it in connection with its servicing activities hereunder, including all fees of any Sub-Servicers retained by it.

The Master Servicer will not be entitled to retain any portion of Excess Interest paid on any Mortgage Loan. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, in no event shall Servicing Fees with respect to the related Mortgage Loan (including an REO Mortgage Loan) be payable out of payments and other collections with respect to the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s), and in no event shall Servicing Fees with respect to the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s) (including an REO Companion Loan) be payable out of payments and other collections with respect to the related Mortgage Loan or the Mortgage Pool. In addition, with respect to any Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan, in no event shall Servicing Fees with respect to such Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan (including an REO Companion Loan) be payable out of payments and other collections with respect to any related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s), the related Mortgage Loan or the Mortgage Pool. This paragraph is in no way intended to limit the rights, if any, of the Master Servicer under the related Co-Lender Agreement to seek payment of unpaid Servicing Fees with respect to any Serviced Companion Loan from the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder.

(b)               As compensation for its activities hereunder, on each Distribution Date the Trustee shall be entitled with respect to each Trust Loan to its portion of the Trustee/Certificate Administrator Fee, and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled with respect to each Trust Loan to its portion of the Trustee/Certificate Administrator Fee. The Certificate Administrator shall pay the Trustee the Trustee’s portion of the Trustee/Certificate Administrator Fee. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Trustee/Certificate Administrator Fee includes all routine expenses of the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Paying Agent, the Certificate Administrator and the Authenticating Agent. Each of the Trustee’s and Certificate Administrator’s rights to the Trustee/Certificate Administrator Fee may not be transferred in whole or in part except in connection with the transfer of all of the Trustee’s or Certificate Administrator’s, as applicable, responsibilities and obligations under this Agreement.

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Loan that is included as part of each Serviced Whole Loan) in respect of each Interest Accrual Period to the Special Servicing Fee, which shall be payable from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account and/or, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan or portion thereof, the related Whole Loan Custodial Account as set forth in Section 3.06(a) and Section 3.06A. The Special Servicer’s rights to the Special Servicing Fee may not be transferred in whole or in part except in connection with the transfer of all of the Special Servicer’s responsibilities and obligations under this Agreement. In addition, the Special Servicer shall be entitled to receive, as additional servicing compensation (the following items, collectively, the “Additional Special Servicing Compensation”): (i) 50% of any Excess Modification Fees with respect to a modification, waiver, extension or amendment of a Performing Serviced Loan consented to by the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.24 of this Agreement (whether or not the Special Servicer elects to handle any related processing) (provided that such transaction qualifies as a Major Decision or Special Servicer Decision); (ii) 100% of any Excess Modification Fees with respect to a modification, waiver, extension or amendment of a Specially Serviced Loan; (iii) 100% of any Assumption Fees with respect to a Specially Serviced Loan; (iv) 50% of any Assumption Fees with respect to a Performing Serviced Loan involving a transaction described in the definition of “Assumption Fees” consented to by the Special Servicer (whether or not the Special Servicer elects to handle any related processing) (provided that such transaction qualifies as a Major Decision or Special Servicer Decision); (v) 50% of any fees related to a Major Decision or Special Servicer Decision on a Performing Serviced Loan (other than assumption application fees, defeasance fees, liquidation fees, workout fees and any other fees separately addressed in this Agreement), (vi) 100% of Ancillary Fees (other than (A) fees for insufficient or returned checks and (B) beneficiary statement charges) actually received from Mortgagors in the case of items prepared by the Special Servicer or with respect to accounts held by the Special Servicer pursuant to this Agreement or the related Loan Documents, including any REO Accounts; (vii) 100% of assumption application fees actually received from Mortgagors on (A) Specially Serviced Loans and (B) Performing Serviced Loans if the related assumption was processed by the Special Servicer; (viii) 100% of Consent Fees and earnout fees and other similar fees with respect to a Specially Serviced Loan; (ix) 50% of any Consent Fees and earnout fees and other similar fees with respect to a Performing Serviced Loan consented to by the Special Servicer (regardless of whether the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer processes the related servicing matter) (provided that such transaction qualifies as a Major Decision or Special Servicer Decision); (x) 100% of Excess Penalty Charges (to the extent provided in Section 3.14) accrued with respect to any Serviced Loan during the period such Serviced Loan is a Specially Serviced Loan and actually received from the Mortgagors (provided that for the avoidance of doubt, the Special Servicer shall be entitled to any collections of Excess Penalty Charges that represent amounts accrued while the related Serviced Loan is a Specially Serviced Loan even if collected when the Serviced Loan is not a Specially Serviced Loan); (xi) any interest or other income earned on deposits in the REO Accounts; (xii) 100% of fees for insufficient or returned checks actually received from Mortgagors relating to the accounts held by the Special Servicer; (xiii) 50% of any Excess Modification Fees or waiver fees payable solely in connection with any modification, waiver, amendment or consent executed in connection with a defeasance transaction with respect to Performing Serviced Mortgage Loans for which the consent, processing or approval of

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the Special Servicer is required under clause (r) of the definition of “Major Decision” (and specifically excluding any defeasance fees); and (xiv) 100% of beneficiary statement charges actually received from Mortgagors to the extent the related beneficiary statements were prepared by the Special Servicer. In addition, the Special Servicer shall be entitled to charge and retain reasonable review fees in connection with any Mortgagor request with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan or any Mortgagor request with respect to any Performing Serviced Loan that is being processed or consented to by the Special Servicer, to the extent such fees are (i) not inconsistent with the related Loan Documents, (ii) in accordance with the Servicing Standard and (iii) actually paid by or on behalf of the related Mortgagor. The Master Servicer shall not waive any review fee due to the Special Servicer without the Special Servicer’s consent. The Special Servicer shall not be entitled to any Special Servicing Fees with respect to the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Special Servicer’s right to the additional servicing compensation described in this paragraph with respect to a Serviced Companion Loan shall be subject to the related Co-Lender Agreement.

For the avoidance of doubt, with respect to any Excess Modification Fee, Assumption Fee, Consent Fee or other fee with respect to a Performing Serviced Loan that is required to be split between the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall each have the right in its sole discretion, but not any obligation, to reduce or elect not to charge its respective percentage interest in any such fee; provided, however (x) neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall have the right to reduce or elect not to charge the percentage interest of any fee due to the other and (y) to the extent either of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer exercises its right to reduce or elect not to charge its respective percentage interest in any fee, the party that reduced or elected not to charge such fee shall not have any right to share in any portion of the other party’s fee. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Master Servicer decides not to charge any fee, the Special Servicer shall still be entitled to charge the portion of the related fee the Special Servicer would have been entitled to if the Master Servicer had charged a fee and the Master Servicer shall not be entitled to any of such fee charged by the Special Servicer. The foregoing provisions of this paragraph shall only apply to Performing Serviced Loans and, subject to the other terms of this Agreement, shall not prohibit any waiver or reduction by the Special Servicer of any fee payable by the Mortgagor with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan.

Except as otherwise provided herein, the Special Servicer shall pay all expenses incurred by it in connection with its servicing activities hereunder.

The Special Servicer shall also be entitled to additional servicing compensation in the form of a Workout Fee with respect to each Corrected Loan at the Workout Fee Rate on such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan for so long as it remains a Corrected Loan. The Special Servicer shall not be entitled to any Workout Fee with respect to any Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan. The Workout Fee with respect to any Corrected Loan will cease to be payable if such loan again becomes a Specially Serviced Loan; provided that a new Workout Fee will become payable if and when such Specially Serviced Loan again becomes a Corrected Loan. If the Special Servicer is terminated (other than for cause) or resigns: (1) it shall retain the right to receive any and all Workout Fees payable in respect of Mortgage Loans or Serviced Whole Loans that became Corrected Loans prior to the time of that termination or resignation, except the Workout Fees will

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no longer be payable if any such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan subsequently becomes a Specially Serviced Loan; and (2) it will receive any Workout Fees payable in respect of any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan that was, at the time of that termination or resignation, a Specially Serviced Loan for which the resigning or terminated Special Servicer had cured the event of default through a modification, restructuring or workout negotiated by the Special Servicer and evidenced by a signed writing, but which had not as of the time the Special Servicer resigned or was terminated become a Corrected Loan solely because the Mortgagor had not had sufficient time to make three consecutive full and timely Monthly Payments as described in clause (w) of the definition of “Specially Serviced Loan” and which thereafter becomes a Corrected Loan as a result of the Mortgagor making such three consecutive full and timely Monthly Payments as described in clause (w) of the definition of “Specially Serviced Loan”, except the Workout Fees will no longer be payable if any such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan subsequently becomes a Specially Serviced Loan. In either case, the successor special servicer will not be entitled to any portion of such Workout Fees. The Special Servicer shall also be entitled to additional servicing compensation in the form of a Liquidation Fee (other than with respect to the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans) payable out of the Liquidation Proceeds prior to the deposit of the Net Liquidation Proceeds in the Collection Account or the Whole Loan Custodial Account, as applicable. However, no Liquidation Fee will be payable with respect to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan or in connection with, or out of, Liquidation Proceeds as set forth in the final two provisos of the definition of “Liquidation Fee” herein. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Special Servicer shall not be entitled to receive both a Liquidation Fee and a Workout Fee with respect to any specific collections or proceeds on any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan. For purposes of the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.12(c), a termination and removal of the Special Servicer under Section 6.08 of this Agreement shall be deemed to constitute a termination without cause.

If at any time a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan becomes a Specially Serviced Loan, the Special Servicer shall use its reasonable efforts to collect the amount of any Special Servicing Fee, Liquidation Fee and/or Workout Fee from the related Mortgagor pursuant to the related Loan Documents, including exercising all remedies available under such Loan Documents that would be in accordance with the Servicing Standard, specifically taking into account the costs or likelihood of success of any such collection efforts and the Realized Loss(es) that would be incurred by Certificateholders in connection therewith as opposed to the Realized Loss(es) that would be incurred as a result of not collecting such amounts from the related Mortgagor.

The Special Servicer shall not be entitled to any Liquidation Fee with respect to any Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan or any Outside Serviced Companion Loan. In addition, the Special Servicer will not be entitled to retain any portion of Excess Interest paid on any Mortgage Loan.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, in no event shall Special Servicing Compensation with respect to the related Mortgage Loan (including an REO Mortgage Loan) be payable out of payments and other collections with respect to the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s), and in no event shall Special Servicing Compensation with respect to the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s) (including an REO Companion Loan) be payable out of payments and other collections with respect to the

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related Mortgage Loan or the Mortgage Pool. In addition, with respect to any Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan, unless otherwise provided in the related Co-Lender Agreement, in no event shall Special Servicing Compensation with respect to such Companion Loan (including an REO Companion Loan) be payable out of payments and other collections with respect to any related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s), the related Mortgage Loan or the Mortgage Pool. This paragraph is in no way intended to limit the rights of the Special Servicer under the related Co-Lender Agreement to seek payment of unpaid Special Servicing Compensation with respect to any Serviced Companion Loan from the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder.

(d)               The Master Servicer, Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and Trustee shall be entitled to reimbursement from the Trust Fund for the costs and expenses incurred by them in the performance of their duties under this Agreement which are “unanticipated expenses incurred by the REMIC” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-1(b)(3)(iii). Such expenses shall include, by way of example and not by way of limitation, environmental assessments, Appraisals in connection with foreclosure, the fees and expenses of any administrative or judicial proceeding and expenses expressly identified as reimbursable in Section 3.06(a)(vi) of this Agreement.

(e)               No provision of this Agreement or of the Certificates shall require the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee to expend or risk their own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of their duties hereunder or thereunder, or in the exercise of any of their rights or powers, if, in the good faith business judgment of the Master Servicer, Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as the case may be, repayment of such funds would not be ultimately recoverable from late payments, Net Insurance Proceeds, Net Condemnation Proceeds, Net Liquidation Proceeds and other collections on or in respect of the Mortgage Loans or Serviced Whole Loan (to the extent recovery is permitted from a Serviced Whole Loan hereunder) or from adequate indemnity from other assets comprising the Trust Fund against such risk or liability.

If the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee receives a request or inquiry from a Mortgagor, any Certificateholder or any other Person the response to which would, in the Master Servicer’s, the Special Servicer’s or the Operating Advisor’s commercially reasonable judgment or the Certificate Administrator’s or the Trustee’s good faith business judgment require the assistance of Independent legal counsel or other consultant to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee the cost of which would not be an expense of the Trust Fund hereunder, then the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as the case may be, shall not be required to take any action in response to such request or inquiry unless the Mortgagor or such Certificateholder or such other Person, as applicable, makes arrangements for the payment of the Master Servicer’s, the Special Servicer’s, the Operating Advisor’s, the Certificate Administrator’s or the Trustee’s expenses associated with such counsel (including, without limitation, posting an advance payment for such expenses) satisfactory to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee as the case may be, in its sole discretion. Unless such arrangements have been made, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor,

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the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee as the case may be, shall have no liability to any Person for the failure to respond to such request or inquiry.

(f)                With respect to each Collection Period, the Special Servicer shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Master Servicer, within two Business Days following the related Determination Date, and the Master Servicer shall deliver, to the extent it has received such information, to the Certificate Administrator, without charge and within one Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date, an electronic report that discloses and contains an itemized listing of any Disclosable Special Servicer Fees received by the Special Servicer or any of its Affiliates during the related Collection Period; provided, that no such report shall be due in any month during which no Disclosable Special Servicer Fees were received.

(g)               The Special Servicer and its Affiliates shall be prohibited from receiving or retaining any compensation or any other remuneration (including, without limitation, in the form of commissions, brokerage fees or rebates) from any Person (including, without limitation, the Trust, any Mortgagor, any Manager, any guarantor or indemnitor in respect of a Serviced Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan and any purchaser of any Serviced Mortgage Loan, Serviced Companion Loan or REO Property) in connection with the disposition, workout or foreclosure of any Serviced Loan, the management or disposition of any REO Property, or the performance of any other special servicing duties under this Agreement, other than as expressly provided in this Section 3.12; provided that such prohibition shall not apply to Permitted Special Servicer/Affiliate Fees or the fees received by any Person acting as an Outside Servicer or Outside Special Servicer as expressly provided for under the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement with respect to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, or as master servicer or special servicer as expressly provided for under the applicable Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement governing the securitization of a Serviced Companion Loan. For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing is not intended to act as a prohibition on the right of any entity acting in the capacities of both Master Servicer and Special Servicer from receiving or retaining any fees, compensation or other remuneration it is entitled to in its capacity as Master Servicer pursuant to this Agreement.

(h)               If a Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan becomes a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan prior to the related Servicing Shift Date, the Special Servicer shall service and administer the related Whole Loan and any related REO Property in the same manner as any other Specially Serviced Loan or REO Property and shall be entitled to all rights and compensation earned with respect to the related Whole Loan during the period for which it acts as Special Servicer of the related Whole Loan. With respect to a Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan, prior to the related Servicing Shift Date, no other special servicer will be entitled to any such compensation or have such rights and obligations. If a Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan is still a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan on the related Servicing Shift Date, the related Outside Special Servicer and the Special Servicer shall be entitled to compensation with respect to the related Whole Loan as if the Special Servicer were being terminated as Special Servicer and the related Outside Special Servicer were replacing it as the successor special servicer. Upon receipt of notice of its termination as Special Servicer with respect to a Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan, the Special Servicer shall

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reasonably cooperate with the related Outside Special Servicer in connection with the servicing transition of such Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan on and after the related Servicing Shift Date.

Section 3.13           Compensating Interest Payments. The Master Servicer shall deliver to the Certificate Administrator for deposit in the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account (other than the portion of any Compensating Interest Payment described below that is allocable to a Serviced Companion Loan which shall be remitted by the Master Servicer to the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder or, in the case of any Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, delivered to the Certificate Administrator for deposit in the related Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Distribution Account) on each Master Servicer Remittance Date, without any right of reimbursement therefor, an amount, with respect to each Mortgage Loan (other than an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan) and any related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan, equal to the lesser of:

(i)                 the aggregate of all Prepayment Interest Shortfalls incurred in connection with voluntary Principal Prepayments received in respect of the Mortgage Loans (other than the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans) and any related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s) and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (in each case other than a Specially Serviced Loan or a Mortgage Loan or any related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan on which the Special Servicer allowed a prepayment on a date other than the applicable Due Date) for the related Distribution Date; and

(ii)              the aggregate of (A) that portion of the Master Servicer’s Servicing Fees for the related Distribution Date that is, in the case of each Mortgage Loan, Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and REO Loan for which such Servicing Fees are being paid in such Collection Period, calculated at a per annum rate equal to (1) 0.00125% for each Mortgage Loan (other than an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan), Serviced Companion Loan and related REO Loan without an initial Sub-Servicer, and (2) 0.000625% for each Mortgage Loan (other than an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan), Serviced Companion Loan and the related REO Loan where servicing functions are performed by an initial Sub-Servicer, or (3) with respect to any Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, 0.000625%, and (B) all Prepayment Interest Excesses received by the Master Servicer during such Collection Period with respect to the Mortgage Loans and any Trust Subordinate Companion Loans (and, so long as a Whole Loan is serviced under this Agreement and the related Co-Lender Agreement so permits, any related Serviced Companion Loan) and net investment earnings on such Prepayment Interest Excesses. In no event will the rights of the Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner to the offset of the aggregate Prepayment Interest Shortfalls be cumulative.

If a Prepayment Interest Shortfall occurs with respect to a Trust Loan as a result of the Master Servicer allowing the related Mortgagor to deviate from the terms of the related Loan Documents regarding Principal Prepayments (other than (w) if the Trust Loan is an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, (x) subsequent to a default under the related Loan Documents or if the

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Trust Loan is a Specially Serviced Loan, (y) pursuant to applicable law or a court order or otherwise in such circumstances where the Master Servicer is required to accept such principal prepayment in accordance with the Servicing Standard, or (z) in connection with the payment of any Insurance Proceeds or Condemnation Proceeds) (a “Prohibited Prepayment”), then for purposes of calculating the Compensating Interest Payment for the related Distribution Date, the Master Servicer shall pay, without regard to clause (ii) of the preceding paragraph, the amount of the Prepayment Interest Shortfall with respect to such Trust Loan otherwise described in clause (i) of the preceding paragraph in connection with such Prohibited Prepayment.

Compensating Interest Payments with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan shall be allocated: first, between the related Mortgage Loan and the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s) in accordance with their respective principal amounts until the respective Prepayment Interest Shortfalls with respect thereto are fully covered, and the Master Servicer shall pay the portion of such Compensating Interest Payments allocable to a related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan to the holder thereof; and then, if applicable, to any Trust Subordinate Companion Loan.

Section 3.14           Application of Penalty Charges and Modification Fees.

(a)               On or prior to the second Business Day before each Master Servicer Remittance Date, the Master Servicer shall apply all Penalty Charges and Modification Fees (to the extent permitted under any related Co-Lender Agreement (in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan) and not applied pursuant to Section 3.06A(a)(ii) or Section 3.06(a)(ii), as applicable, of this Agreement) received by it with respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, including an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan (to the extent allocable to such Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan pursuant to the related Co-Lender Agreement and remitted to the Master Servicer by the related Outside Servicer) during the related Collection Period, as follows:

(i)                 first, to the extent of all Penalty Charges and Modification Fees (in such order), to pay or reimburse the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and/or the Trustee, as applicable, for all outstanding Advances (including unreimbursed Advances that have been determined to be Nonrecoverable Advances) and the related Advance Interest Amounts and other outstanding Additional Trust Fund Expenses (including, in the case of the application of Penalty Charges, Special Servicing Fees, Workout Fees and Liquidation Fees) other than Borrower Delayed Reimbursements, in each case, with respect to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan;

(ii)              second, to the extent of all remaining Penalty Charges and Modification Fees (in such order), as a reimbursement to the Trust of all Advances (and related Advance Interest Amounts) with respect to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan previously determined to be Nonrecoverable Advances and previously reimbursed to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and/or the Trustee, as applicable, from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account (and such amounts will be retained or deposited in the Collection Account as recoveries

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of such Nonrecoverable Advances and related Advance Interest Amounts) other than Borrower Delayed Reimbursements;

(iii)            third, to the extent of all remaining Penalty Charges and Modification Fees (in such order), as a reimbursement to the Trust of all other Additional Trust Fund Expenses (including, in the case of the application of Penalty Charges, Special Servicing Fees, Workout Fees and Liquidation Fees) with respect to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan previously paid from the Collection Account or related Whole Loan Custodial Account (and such amounts will be retained or deposited in the Collection Account or related Whole Loan Custodial Account as recoveries of such Additional Trust Fund Expenses) other than Borrower Delayed Reimbursements; and

(iv)             fourth, to the extent of any remaining Penalty Charges and any remaining Modification Fees, to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, as servicing compensation, pro rata, based on their entitlement set forth in Section 3.12 of this Agreement prior to the applications set forth in clauses (i) through (iii) above;

provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Whole Loan, Penalty Charges shall be allocated for the purposes and in the order set forth in the related Co-Lender Agreement.

(b)               In connection with the operation of the provisions of this Section 3.14, not later than the 25th day of the month in which each Distribution Date occurs (beginning with the 25th day of the month following the first Collection Period in which an Additional Trust Fund Expense, Advance or Advance Interest Amount is incurred), the Master Servicer shall deliver to the Special Servicer a report in the form reasonably agreed to by both the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer setting forth information regarding (1) the amount of Penalty Charges, Modification Fees and Assumption Fees collected by the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, as applicable, and (2) the related loan expenses and other amounts paid to the Trust from such Penalty Charges, Modification Fees and Assumption Fees, in each case for the related Collection Period or other reporting period as agreed to by the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer. The Master Servicer shall respond promptly to any inquiries of the Special Servicer with respect to the contents of any such report and shall provide any supporting information with respect thereto that is reasonably requested by the Special Servicer.

Section 3.15           Access to Certain Documentation. The Master Servicer and Special Servicer shall provide to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Controlling Class Representative (but only prior to the occurrence and continuance of any Consultation Termination Event), the Operating Advisor, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers, the Depositor and any Certificateholders and Serviced Companion Loan Holders that are, in the case of any Certificateholder or Serviced Companion Loan Holder, federally insured financial institutions, the Federal Reserve Board, the FDIC and the OCC and the supervisory agents and examiners of such boards and such corporations, and any other governmental or regulatory body to the jurisdiction of which any Certificateholder or Serviced Companion Loan Holder is subject, access to the documentation regarding the Trust Loans required by applicable regulations of the Federal Reserve

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Board, FDIC, OCC or any such governmental or regulatory body, such access being afforded without charge but only upon reasonable request and during normal business hours at the offices of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer (which access shall be limited, in the case of the Serviced Companion Loan Holders or any regulatory authority seeking such access in respect of the Serviced Companion Loan Holders, to records relating to the Serviced Companion Loans). Nothing in this Section 3.15 shall detract from the obligation of the Master Servicer and Special Servicer to observe any applicable law prohibiting disclosure of information with respect to the Mortgagors, and the failure of the Master Servicer and Special Servicer to provide access as provided in this Section 3.15 as a result of such obligation shall not constitute a breach of this Section 3.15.

In connection with providing or granting any information or access pursuant to the prior paragraph to a Certificateholder, a Serviced Companion Loan Holder or any regulatory authority that may exercise authority over a Certificateholder or Serviced Companion Loan Holder, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer may each require payment from such Certificateholder or Serviced Companion Loan Holder of a sum sufficient to cover the reasonable costs and expenses of providing such information or access, including copy charges and reasonable fees for employee time and for space; provided that no charge may be made if such information or access was required to be given or made available without charge under applicable law. In connection with providing Certificateholders or beneficial owners of Certificates access to the information described in the preceding paragraph, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall require (prior to affording such access) a written confirmation executed by the requesting Person substantially in such form as may be reasonably acceptable to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, generally to the effect that such Person is a Holder of Certificates or a beneficial holder of book entry Certificates and will keep such information confidential.

In addition, in connection with providing access to information pursuant to this Section 3.15, each of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer may (i) affix a reasonable disclaimer to any information provided by it for which it is not the original source (without suggesting liability on the part of any other party hereto); (ii) affix to any information provided by it a reasonable statement regarding securities law restrictions on such information and/or condition access to information on the execution of a reasonable confidentiality agreement; (iii) withhold access to confidential information or any intellectual property; and (iv) withhold access to items of information contained in the Servicing File for any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan if the disclosure of such items would constitute a waiver of the attorney-client privilege.

Each of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall, without charge, make a knowledgeable Servicing Officer available via telephone to verbally answer questions from any applicable Directing Holder and Consulting Party (to the extent such Consulting Party has consultation rights pursuant to any related Co-Lender Agreement or pursuant to Section 3.21, Section 3.29 or Section 6.09, as applicable), on a monthly basis, during regular business hours at such time and for such duration as the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, on the one hand, and such applicable Directing Holder or Consulting Party, as applicable, on the other hand, shall reasonably agree, regarding the performance and servicing of the applicable Serviced Trust Loans and/or related REO Properties for which the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, is responsible. In any event, each applicable Directing Holder or applicable Consulting Party, as applicable, agrees to identify for the Master Servicer and

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the Special Servicer in advance (but at least two (2) Business Days prior to the related monthly conference) the applicable Mortgage Loans (or Serviced Whole Loan) and/or REO Properties it intends to discuss. As a condition to such disclosure, the related Directing Holder shall execute a confidentiality agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit M-4 to this Agreement and an Investor Certification.

The Master Servicer may (but shall not be required to), in accordance with such rules and procedures as it may adopt in its sole discretion, make available through the Master Servicer’s website or otherwise, any additional information relating to the Mortgage Loans, the Serviced Companion Loans, the related Mortgaged Properties and/or the related Mortgagors that is not Privileged Information, for review by the Depositor, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Operating Advisor.

The Special Servicer shall deliver (to the extent available to the Special Servicer) to the Operating Advisor such reports and other information produced or otherwise available to any Outside Controlling Note Holder, the Controlling Class Representative, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or Certificateholders generally, as requested by the Operating Advisor in support of the performance of the Operating Advisor’s obligations under this Agreement in electronic format.

The Operating Advisor hereby agrees that it shall use the information provided to it by the Special Servicer solely for purposes of performing its duties as Operating Advisor under this Agreement and shall not disclose such information to any other Person or entity except (i) with respect to Privileged Information, pursuant to Section 3.29(i) of this Agreement, or (ii) with respect to any information other than Privileged Information, to the extent necessary to support its conclusions in its Operating Advisor Annual Report required under Section 3.29 of this Agreement or to discharge its other duties under this Agreement.

Section 3.16           Title and Management of REO Properties.

(a)               In the event that title to any Mortgaged Property (other than a Mortgaged Property with respect to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan) is acquired for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, any related Loan-Specific Certificateholders and the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s)) (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and, if applicable, such Loan-Specific Certificateholders and such Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s) constituted a single lender) (either by the Trust Fund or by a single member limited liability company established for that purpose) in foreclosure, by deed-in-lieu of foreclosure or upon abandonment or reclamation from bankruptcy, the deed or certificate of sale shall be taken in the name of a nominee of the Trustee (which shall not include the Master Servicer), or a separate trustee or co-trustee, on behalf of the Trust Fund and any related Serviced Companion Loan Holders. The Special Servicer, on behalf of the Trust Fund, shall sell any REO Property prior to the close of the third calendar year following the year in which the Lower-Tier REMIC or related Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC, as applicable, acquires ownership of such REO Property, within the meaning of Treasury

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Regulations Section 1.856-6(b)(1), for purposes of Code Section 860G(a)(8), unless (i) the IRS grants (or does not deny) an extension of time (an “REO Extension”) to sell such REO Property or (ii) the Special Servicer obtains an Opinion of Counsel for the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee, addressed to the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee, to the effect that the holding by the Lower-Tier REMIC or related Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC, as applicable, of such REO Property subsequent to the close of the third calendar year following the year in which such acquisition occurred will not result in the imposition of taxes on “prohibited transactions” (as defined in Code Section 860F) of any Trust REMIC, or cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code at any time that any of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interests, the Regular Certificates, the Loan-Specific Certificates or the Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest is outstanding. If the Special Servicer is granted (or is not denied) the REO Extension contemplated by clause (i) of the immediately preceding sentence or obtains the Opinion of Counsel contemplated by clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence, the Special Servicer shall sell such REO Property within such longer period as is permitted by such REO Extension or such Opinion of Counsel, as the case may be. Any expense incurred by the Special Servicer in connection with its receiving the REO Extension contemplated by clause (i) of the second preceding sentence or its obtaining the Opinion of Counsel contemplated by clause (ii) of the second preceding sentence shall be an expense of the Trust Fund payable out of the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.06(a) of this Agreement. The Special Servicer, on behalf of the Trust Fund and any related Serviced Companion Loan Holder, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, shall dispose of any REO Property held by the Trust Fund (i) prior to the last day of such period (taking into account extensions) by which such REO Property is required to be disposed of pursuant to the provisions of the immediately preceding sentence in a manner provided under Section 3.17 of this Agreement and (ii) on the same terms and conditions as if it were the owner of such REO Property. The Special Servicer shall manage, conserve, protect and operate each REO Property for the Certificateholders (and any applicable Loan-Specific Certificateholders), the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and, if applicable, the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder, solely for the purpose of its prompt disposition and sale in a manner which does not cause such REO Property to fail to qualify as “foreclosure property” within the meaning of Code Section 860G(a)(8) or result in the receipt by the Trust Fund of any “income from non-permitted assets” within the meaning of Code Section 860F(a)(2)(B) or (i) endanger the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or (ii) result in the imposition of a tax upon any Trust REMIC or the Trust Fund.

(b)               The Special Servicer shall have full power and authority, subject only to the specific requirements and prohibitions of this Agreement, to do any and all things in connection with any REO Property (other than an REO Property related to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan) as are consistent with the Servicing Standard and the terms of this Agreement, all on such terms and for such period as the Special Servicer deems to be in the best interests of Certificateholders (and any applicable Loan-Specific Certificateholders), the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and, if applicable, the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s) (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders (and any applicable Loan-Specific Certificateholders), the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and, if applicable, the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s) constituted a

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single lender (and, in the case of a Serviced AB Whole Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of any related Subordinate Companion Loan(s))), and, in connection therewith, the Special Servicer shall only agree to the payment of management fees that are consistent with general market standards or to terms that are more favorable. Consistent with the foregoing, the Special Servicer shall cause or permit to be earned with respect to such REO Property any “net income from foreclosure property,” within the meaning of Code Section 860G(c), which is subject to tax under the REMIC Provisions only if it has determined, and has so advised the Certificate Administrator in writing, that the earning of such income on a net after-tax basis could reasonably be expected to result in a greater recovery on behalf of Certificateholders (and any applicable Loan-Specific Certificateholders), the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and, if applicable, the related Companion Loan Holder(s) (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders (and any applicable Loan-Specific Certificateholders), the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and, if applicable, the related Companion Loan Holder(s), constituted a single lender (and, in the case of a Serviced AB Whole Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of any related Subordinate Companion Loan(s))) than an alternative method of operation or rental of such REO Property that would not be subject to such a tax. The Special Servicer shall segregate and hold all revenues received by it with respect to any REO Property separate and apart from its own funds and general assets and shall establish and maintain with respect to any REO Property a segregated custodial account (each, an “REO Account”), each of which shall be an Eligible Account and (subject to any changes in the identities of the Special Servicer and/or the Trustee) shall be entitled, with respect to each of the Mortgage Loans (other than any Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan) and any Serviced Whole Loans, “3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as Special Servicer, on behalf of Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of the registered Holders of Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2, and any Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner [IN THE CASE OF AN REO PROPERTY RELATED TO A SERVICED WHOLE LOAN: and the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s)], as their interests may appear--REO Account”. The Special Servicer shall be entitled to withdraw for its account any interest or investment income earned on funds deposited in an REO Account to the extent provided in Section 3.07(b) of this Agreement. The Special Servicer shall deposit or cause to be deposited in the REO Account, within two (2) Business Days after receipt of properly identified funds, all revenues and proceeds received by it with respect to any REO Property, and shall withdraw therefrom funds necessary for the proper operation, management and maintenance of such REO Property and for other Property Protection Expenses with respect to such REO Property, including:

(i)               all insurance premiums due and payable in respect of any REO Property;

(ii)              all real estate taxes and assessments in respect of any REO Property that may result in the imposition of a lien thereon;

(iii)            all costs and expenses reasonable and necessary to protect, maintain, manage, operate, repair and restore any REO Property including, if applicable, the payments of any ground rents in respect of such REO Property; and

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(iv)             any taxes imposed on any Trust REMIC in respect of net income from foreclosure property in accordance with Section 4.05 of this Agreement.

To the extent that such REO Proceeds are insufficient for the purposes set forth in clauses (i) through (iv) above and the Special Servicer has provided written notice of such shortfall to the Master Servicer at least five (5) Business Days (or, in an emergency situation or on an urgent basis, two (2) Business Days, provided that the written notice sets forth the nature of the emergency or the basis of the urgency) prior to the date that such amounts are due, the Master Servicer shall advance the amount of such shortfall unless the Master Servicer determines, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, that such Advance would be a Nonrecoverable Advance (in which case such costs shall be an expense of the Trust Fund and paid by the Master Servicer out of the Collection Account). If the Master Servicer does not make any such Advance in violation of the immediately preceding sentence, the Trustee shall make such Advance unless the Trustee determines that such Advance would be a Nonrecoverable Advance. The Trustee shall be entitled to rely, conclusively, on any determination by the Master Servicer that an Advance, if made, would be a Nonrecoverable Advance. The Trustee, in determining whether or not a proposed Advance would be a Nonrecoverable Advance, shall use its good faith business judgment. The Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, shall be entitled to reimbursement of such Advances (with interest at the Advance Rate) made pursuant to the preceding sentence, to the extent set forth in Section 3.06 and/or, if applicable, Section 3.06A of this Agreement. The Special Servicer shall withdraw from each REO Account and remit to the Master Servicer for deposit into the Collection Account, or, for a Serviced Whole Loan, the related Whole Loan Custodial Account, on a monthly basis prior to the related Master Servicer Remittance Date the Net REO Proceeds, Net Liquidation Proceeds, Net Condemnation Proceeds and Net Insurance Proceeds received or collected from each REO Property during the related Collection Period, except that in determining the amount of any such Net REO Proceeds, the Special Servicer may retain in each REO Account reasonable reserves for repairs, replacements and necessary capital improvements and other related expenses. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Special Servicer shall not:

(i)                 permit the Trust Fund to enter into, renew or extend any New Lease, if the New Lease by its terms will give rise to any income that does not constitute Rents from Real Property;

(ii)              permit any amount to be received or accrued under any New Lease, other than amounts that will constitute Rents from Real Property;

(iii)            authorize or permit any construction on any REO Property, other than the repair or maintenance thereof or the completion of a building or other improvement thereon, and then only if more than ten percent of the construction of such building or other improvement was completed before default on the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan became imminent, all within the meaning of Code Section 856(e)(4)(B); or

(iv)             Directly Operate or allow any Person to Directly Operate any REO Property on any date more than 90 days after its date of acquisition by the Trust Fund, unless such Person is an Independent Contractor;

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unless, in any such case, the Special Servicer has requested and received an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Special Servicer, any related Serviced Companion Loan Holder, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee (which opinion shall be an expense of the Trust Fund and, if any related Serviced Companion Loan is part of a REMIC, the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder) to the effect that such action will not cause such REO Property to fail to qualify as “foreclosure property” within the meaning of Code Section 860G(a)(8) (determined without regard to the exception applicable for purposes of Code Section 860D(a)) at any time that it is held by the Trust Fund, in which case the Special Servicer may take such actions as are specified in such Opinion of Counsel.

The Special Servicer shall be required to contract with an Independent Contractor, the fees and expenses of which shall be an expense of the Trust Fund and payable out of REO Proceeds, for the operation and management of any REO Property, within 90 days of the Trust Fund’s acquisition thereof (unless the Special Servicer shall have provided the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator with an Opinion of Counsel that the operation and management of any REO Property other than through an Independent Contractor shall not cause such REO Property to fail to qualify as “foreclosure property” within the meaning of Code Section 860G(a)(8)) (which opinion shall be an expense of the Trust Fund), provided that:

(i)                 the terms and conditions of any such contract shall be reasonable and customary for the area and type of property and shall not be inconsistent herewith;

(ii)              any such contract shall require, or shall be administered to require, that the Independent Contractor pay all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the operation and management of such REO Property, including those listed above, and remit all related revenues (net of such costs and expenses) to the Special Servicer as soon as practicable, but in no event later than thirty days following the receipt thereof by such Independent Contractor;

(iii)            none of the provisions of this Section 3.16(b) relating to any such contract or to actions taken through any such Independent Contractor shall be deemed to relieve the Special Servicer of any of its duties and obligations to the Trust Fund or the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders (and any applicable Loan-Specific Certificateholders), the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and, if applicable, any related Serviced Companion Loan Holder with respect to the operation and management of any such REO Property; and

(iv)             the Special Servicer shall be obligated with respect thereto to the same extent as if it alone were performing all duties and obligations in connection with the operation and management of such REO Property.

The Special Servicer shall be entitled to enter into any agreement with any Independent Contractor performing services for it related to its duties and obligations hereunder for indemnification of the Special Servicer by such Independent Contractor, and nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such indemnification.

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(c)               When and as necessary, the Special Servicer shall send to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator and the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder (or the master servicer or special servicer for the related Other Securitization Trust on its behalf) a statement prepared by the Special Servicer setting forth the amount of net income or net loss, as determined for federal income tax purposes, resulting from the operation and management of a trade or business on, the furnishing or rendering of a non-customary service to the tenants of, or the receipt of any other amount not constituting Rents from Real Property in respect of, any REO Property in accordance with Section 3.16(a) and Section 3.16(b) of this Agreement.

(d)               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, this Section 3.16 shall not apply to any REO Property related to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan.

Section 3.17           Sale of Defaulted Loans and REO Properties; Sale of Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans.

(a)               The parties hereto may sell or purchase, or permit the sale or purchase of, a Mortgage Loan (excluding an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan) only (i) on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 3.17, (ii) as otherwise expressly provided in or contemplated by Sections 2.03 and 9.01 of this Agreement, or (iii) (A) in the case of a Mortgage Loan related to a Serviced Whole Loan in accordance with and subject to the provisions of the related Co-Lender Agreement and Section 3.28 of this Agreement and (B) in the case of a Mortgage Loan with a related mezzanine loan or subordinate mortgage loan, in accordance with and subject to the provisions of the related intercreditor agreement.

(b)               Promptly upon a Serviced Loan or Serviced Whole Loan becoming a Defaulted Loan and if the Special Servicer determines in accordance with the Servicing Standard that it would be in the best interests of the Certificateholders (and any applicable Loan-Specific Certificateholders), the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, any related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s) (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders, any such applicable Loan-Specific Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, any related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s), constituted a single lender, taking into account the subordinate nature of any related Subordinate Companion Loan) to attempt to sell such Defaulted Loan, the Special Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to solicit offers for such Defaulted Loan on behalf of the Certificateholders (and any applicable Loan-Specific Certificateholders), the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and, if applicable, any related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s) in such manner as will be reasonably likely to realize a fair price. Subject to the other subsections of this Section 3.17, the Special Servicer shall accept the first (and, if multiple offers are contemporaneously received, the highest) cash offer received from any Person that constitutes a fair price for such Defaulted Loan. The Special Servicer shall notify any applicable Directing Holder and Consulting Party of any written offers (excluding, for the sake of clarity, any unsuccessful bids received during an auction, whether live or on-line, that were lower than the accepted offer) received regarding the sale of any Defaulted Loan, in each case to the extent requested by any such party. Any Serviced Companion Loan that is part of a Defaulted Serviced Whole

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Loan is to be sold together with the related Mortgage Loan, subject to the other subsections of this Section 3.17 and any additional requirements set forth in the related Co-Lender Agreement.

(c)               The Special Servicer shall give the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, any related Serviced Companion Loan Holder (in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan), any applicable Directing Holder and Consulting Party not less than five (5) Business Days’ prior written notice of its intention to sell any Defaulted Loan. No Interested Person shall be obligated to submit an offer to purchase any Defaulted Loan, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, neither the Trustee, in its individual capacity, nor any of its Affiliates may offer to purchase, or purchase any Defaulted Loan pursuant hereto.

(d)               Whether any cash offer constitutes a fair price for any Defaulted Loan for purposes of Section 3.17(b) of this Agreement shall be determined by the Special Servicer, if the offeror is a Person other than an Interested Person, and by the Trustee, if the offeror is an Interested Person (provided that the Trustee may not be an offeror); provided, however, that no offer from an Interested Person shall constitute a fair price unless (i) it is the highest offer received and (ii) at least two other offers are received from independent third parties; and provided, further, notwithstanding the immediately preceding proviso, the Purchase Price for any Defaulted Loan (and any equivalent amount for any related Serviced Companion Loan) shall be deemed a fair price in all cases, including with respect to any offer from an Interested Person. In all cases under this Agreement (except to the extent the Trustee is not required to determine whether any cash offer constitutes a fair price for any Defaulted Loan pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence), in determining whether any offer received from an Interested Person represents a fair price for any Defaulted Loan, the Trustee shall (at the expense of the Interested Person) designate an independent third party expert in real estate or commercial mortgage loan matters with at least five (5) years’ experience in valuing or investing in mortgage loans similar to such Defaulted Loan that has been selected with reasonable care by the Trustee to determine if such cash offer constitutes a fair price for such Defaulted Loan; provided that the Trustee will not engage a third party expert whose fees exceed a commercially reasonable amount as determined by the Trustee. The reasonable costs of all appraisals, inspection reports and broker opinions of value incurred by any such third party pursuant to this Section 3.17(d) will be covered by, and will be reimbursable by the Interested Person. The Trustee will be entitled to rely conclusively upon such third party’s determination. In determining whether any such offer from a Person other than an Interested Person constitutes a fair price for any such Defaulted Loan, the Special Servicer shall take into account (in addition to the results of any Appraisal, updated Appraisal or narrative Appraisal that it may have obtained pursuant to this Agreement within the prior 9 months), among other factors, the period and amount of any delinquency on such Defaulted Loan, the occupancy level and physical condition of the related Mortgaged Property and the state of the local economy. The appraiser conducting any new Appraisal for determining whether any offer from a Person other than an Interested Person represents a fair price for any Defaulted Loan shall be an Appraiser selected by the Special Servicer. The cost of any such Appraisal shall be covered by, and shall be reimbursable to, the Master Servicer as a Property Advance if no Interested Person is offering to purchase such Defaulted Loan.

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(e)               Subject to Section 3.17(a) through Section 3.17(d), Section 3.17(f), Section 3.17(g) and Section 3.17(m), the Special Servicer shall act on behalf of the Trust Fund and any affected Serviced Companion Loan Holder in negotiating and taking any other action necessary or appropriate in connection with the sale of any Defaulted Loan, and the collection of all amounts payable in connection therewith. In connection therewith, the Special Servicer may charge prospective offerors, and may retain, fees that approximate the Special Servicer’s actual costs in the preparation and delivery of information pertaining to such sales or exchanging offers without obligation to deposit such amounts into the Collection Account or, if applicable, the Whole Loan Custodial Account. Any sale of any Defaulted Loan shall be final and without recourse to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator or the Trust Fund (except such recourse to the Trust Fund imposed by those representations and warranties typically given in such transactions, any appropriations applied thereto and any customary closing matters), and if such sale is consummated in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, none of the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor or the Trustee shall have any liability to any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner with respect to the purchase price therefor accepted by the Special Servicer or the Trustee.

(f)                Subject to (x) the rights of a holder of a mezzanine loan, under the respective intercreditor agreement, and (y) the rights of a Subordinate Companion Loan Holder, under the respective Co-Lender Agreement, to purchase a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan (or senior portion thereof), unless and until a Defaulted Loan is sold pursuant to this Section , the Special Servicer shall continue to service and administer such Defaulted Loan in accordance with the Servicing Standard and this Agreement and shall pursue such other resolutions or recovery strategies including workout, foreclosure or sale of such Defaulted Loan, as is consistent with this Agreement and the Servicing Standard.

(g)               Any sale of a Defaulted Loan pursuant to this Section 3.17 shall be for cash only. The purchase price for any Defaulted Loan purchased under this Section 3.17 or any Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan sold in accordance with the related Co-Lender Agreement or Outside Servicing Agreement, shall be deposited into the Collection Account or the related Whole Loan Custodial Account, as applicable, and the Certificate Administrator (or a Custodian appointed by it), upon receipt of (i) an Officer’s Certificate from the Master Servicer to the effect that such deposit has been made and (ii) a Request for Release, shall release or cause to be released to the purchaser of the Defaulted Loan the related Mortgage File, and the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall execute and deliver such instruments of transfer or assignment, in each case without recourse, as shall be necessary to vest in such purchaser ownership of such Defaulted Loan. In connection with any such purchase, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer shall deliver the related Servicing File (to the extent either has possession of such file) to such purchaser.

(h)               The parties hereto may sell or purchase, or permit the sale or purchase of, an REO Property (other than an REO Property related to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan) only on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 3.17.

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(i)                 The Special Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to solicit offers for each REO Property (other than an REO Property related to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan) on behalf of the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder in such manner as will be reasonably likely to realize a fair price within the time period specified by Section 3.16 of this Agreement. Subject to Section 3.17(m) of this Agreement, the Special Servicer shall accept the first (and, if multiple offers are contemporaneously received, highest) cash offer received from any Person that constitutes a fair price for such REO Property. If the Special Servicer determines, in its good faith and reasonable judgment, that it will be unable to realize a fair price for any REO Property (other than an REO Property related to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan) within the time constraints imposed by Section 3.16 of this Agreement, then the Special Servicer shall dispose of such REO Property upon such terms and conditions as the Special Servicer shall deem necessary and desirable to maximize the recovery thereon under the circumstances and, in connection therewith, shall accept the highest outstanding cash offer, regardless from whom received. The Liquidation Proceeds (net of related Liquidation Expenses) for any REO Property sold hereunder shall be deposited in the Collection Account or, if applicable, the related Whole Loan Custodial Account.

(j)                 The Special Servicer shall give the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, any related Serviced Companion Loan Holder, any applicable Directing Holder and any applicable Consulting Party not less than three (3) Business Days’ prior written notice of its intention to sell any REO Property (other than an REO Property related to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan) hereunder. No Interested Person shall be obligated to submit an offer to purchase any REO Property, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, neither the Trustee, in its individual capacity, nor any of its Affiliates may offer to purchase, or purchase, any REO Property pursuant hereto.

(k)               Whether any cash offer constitutes a fair price for any REO Property (other than an REO Property related to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan) for purposes of Section 3.17(i) of this Agreement shall be determined by the Special Servicer, if the offeror is a Person other than an Interested Person, and by the Trustee, if the offeror is an Interested Person (provided that the Trustee may not be an offeror); provided, however, that no offer from an Interested Person shall constitute a fair price unless (i) it is the highest offer received and (ii) at least two other offers are received from independent third parties; and provided, further, notwithstanding the immediately preceding proviso, the Purchase Price for any such REO Property shall be deemed a fair price in all cases, including with respect to any offer from an Interested Person. In determining whether any offer received from an Interested Person represents a fair price for any such REO Property, the Trustee shall (at the expense of the Interested Person) designate an independent third party expert in real estate or commercial mortgage loan matters with at least five (5) years’ experience in valuing or investing in properties similar to such REO Property that has been selected with reasonable care by the Trustee to determine if such cash offer constitutes a fair price for such REO Property; provided that the Trustee will not engage a third party expert whose fees exceed a commercially reasonable amount as determined by the Trustee. The reasonable costs of all appraisals, inspection reports and broker opinions of value incurred

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by any such third party pursuant to this Section 3.17(k) will be covered by, and will be reimbursable by the Interested Person. The Trustee will be entitled to rely conclusively upon such third party’s determination. In determining whether any such offer from a Person other than an Interested Person constitutes a fair price for any such REO Property, the Special Servicer shall take into account (in addition to the results of any Appraisal, updated Appraisal or narrative Appraisal that it may have obtained pursuant to this Agreement within the prior 9 months), among other factors, the period and amount of any delinquency on the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, the occupancy level and physical condition of such REO Property, the state of the local economy and the obligation to dispose of such REO Property within the time period specified in Section 3.16 of this Agreement. The appraiser conducting any new Appraisal for determining whether any offer from a Person other than an Interested Person represents a fair price for any REO Property shall be an Appraiser selected by the Special Servicer. The cost of any such Appraisal shall be covered by, and shall be reimbursable to, the Master Servicer as a Property Advance if no Interested Person is offering to purchase such REO Property.

(l)                 Subject to Section 3.17(a) through Section 3.17(k) and Section 3.17(m) of this Agreement, the Special Servicer shall act on behalf of the Trust Fund and any affected Serviced Companion Loan Holder in negotiating and taking any other action necessary or appropriate in connection with the sale of any Defaulted Loan or REO Property (other than an REO Property related to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan), and the collection of all amounts payable in connection therewith. In connection therewith, the Special Servicer may charge prospective offerors, and may retain, fees that approximate the Special Servicer’s actual costs in the preparation and delivery of information pertaining to such sales or exchanging offers without obligation to deposit such amounts into the Collection Account or, if applicable, the related Whole Loan Custodial Account. Any sale of any Defaulted Loan or REO Property (other than an REO Property related to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan) shall be final and without recourse to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator or the Trust Fund or any related Serviced Companion Loan Holder (except such recourse to the Trust Fund and the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder imposed by those representations and warranties typically given in such transactions, any appropriations applied thereto and any customary closing matters), and if such sale is consummated in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, none of the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor or the Trustee shall have any liability to any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner with respect to the purchase price therefor accepted by the Special Servicer or the Trustee.

(m)             Notwithstanding any of the foregoing paragraphs of this Section 3.17, the Special Servicer shall not be obligated to accept the highest cash offer for a Defaulted Loan if the Special Servicer determines (in consultation with any applicable Directing Holder and Consulting Parties), in accordance with the Servicing Standard, that rejection of such offer would be in the best interests of the applicable Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and, in the case of a sale of a Serviced Whole Loan (or applicable portion thereof), the related affected Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s) (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and, if applicable, any such related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s) constituted a single

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lender (and, in the case of a Serviced AB Whole Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of the related Subordinate Companion Loan(s))), and the Special Servicer may accept a lower cash offer (from any Person other than itself or an Affiliate) if it determines, in its reasonable and good faith judgment, that acceptance of such offer would be in the best interests of the applicable Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, any related affected Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s) (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and, if applicable, any such related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s) constituted a single lender (and, in the case of a Serviced AB Whole Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of the related Subordinate Companion Loan(s))) (for example, if the prospective buyer making the lower offer is more likely to perform its obligations or the terms offered by the prospective buyer making the lower offer are more favorable).

Notwithstanding any of the foregoing paragraphs of this Section 3.17, the Special Servicer shall not be obligated to accept the highest cash offer for an REO Property (other than an REO Property related to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan) if the Special Servicer determines (in consultation with any applicable Directing Holder and Consulting Parties), in accordance with the Servicing Standard, that rejection of such offer would be in the best interests of the applicable Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and, in the case of a sale of an REO Property that corresponds to a Serviced Whole Loan, the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s) (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and, if applicable, any Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s) constituted a single lender (and, in the case of a Serviced AB Whole Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of the related Subordinate Companion Loan(s))), and the Special Servicer may accept a lower cash offer (from any Person other than itself or an Affiliate) if it determines, in its reasonable and good faith judgment, that acceptance of such offer would be in the best interests of the applicable Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and, in the case of an REO Property that corresponds to a Serviced Whole Loan, any related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s) (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and, if applicable, any related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s) constituted a single lender (and, in the case of a Serviced AB Whole Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of the related Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan(s))) (for example, if the prospective buyer making the lower offer is more likely to perform its obligations or the terms offered by the prospective buyer making the lower offer are more favorable).

(n)               In no event shall the Trust Fund or the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer on the Trust’s behalf purchase, or pay or advance costs to purchase, any Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, or any Companion Loan or any Mortgage Loan.

(o)               Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any party identified in the related Co-Lender Agreement or Outside Servicing Agreement (which, if the identified party is the holder of an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, shall mean the Controlling Class Representative for so long as no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing), in its individual capacity and not on behalf of the Trust, shall be entitled to purchase an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan in accordance with the terms and conditions

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set forth in the related Co-Lender Agreement and Outside Servicing Agreement. In no event shall the Trust Fund or the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer on its behalf purchase, or pay or advance costs to purchase, any Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan or the related Companion Loan(s) or any other Mortgage Loan.

(p)               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, any purchase or sale of a Specially Serviced Loan pursuant to this Section 3.17 will remain subject to the cure, purchase and other rights of, in each case if applicable, any related Subordinate Companion Loan Holder as set forth in the related Co-Lender Agreement and any holder of a related mezzanine loan as set forth in the related intercreditor agreement. The Special Servicer shall determine the price to be paid in accordance with the terms of the related Co-Lender Agreement or the related mezzanine loan intercreditor agreement in connection with any such purchase rights in favor of any related Subordinate Companion Loan Holder or mezzanine loan holder and shall provide such notices to the related Subordinate Companion Loan Holder or the holder of a related mezzanine loan as are required by the related Co-Lender Agreement or the related mezzanine loan intercreditor agreement in connection with each such holders’ purchase rights.

(q)               With respect to any Serviced Whole Loan (other than any such Whole Loan that is a Serviced Outside Controlled Whole Loan) that, pursuant to terms of the related Co-Lender Agreement, becomes a Defaulted Serviced Whole Loan, if the Special Servicer determines to sell the related Serviced Mortgage Loan in accordance with this Section 3.17, then the Special Servicer shall sell each related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan (and any related Trust Subordinate Companion Loan) together with such Serviced Mortgage Loan as a single whole loan in accordance with this Agreement and subject to any rights of the applicable Directing Holder and the holder of any related non-controlling Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan hereunder or under the related Co-Lender Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Special Servicer shall not sell any such Serviced Whole Loan if it becomes a Defaulted Serviced Whole Loan without the written consent of each related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan Holder (provided that such consent is not required if the consenting party is the related Mortgagor or an Affiliate of the related Mortgagor) unless the Special Servicer has delivered (which delivery may be by electronic mail to the extent it would not be prohibited under the terms of the related Co-Lender Agreement) to such related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan Holder (at the expense of such Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan Holder to the extent permitted under the terms of the related Co-Lender Agreement; provided, that to the extent an Other Securitization Trust is the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan Holder, no such expense shall be payable out of such Other Securitization Trust or by the parties to the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement): (a) at least 15 Business Days’ prior written notice of any decision to attempt to sell such Defaulted Serviced Whole Loan; (b) at least 10 days prior to the proposed sale date, a copy of each bid package (together with any material amendments to such bid packages) received by the Special Servicer in connection with any such proposed sale; (c) at least 10 days prior to the proposed sale date, a copy of the most recent appraisal for the subject Serviced Whole Loan, and any documents in the Servicing File reasonably requested by such related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan Holder that are material to the price of the subject Serviced Whole Loan; and (d) until the sale is completed, and a reasonable period of time (but no less time than is afforded to other

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offerors) prior to the proposed sale date, all information and other documents being provided to other offerors and all leases or other documents that are approved by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer in connection with the proposed sale; provided, that a related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan Holder may waive as to itself any of the delivery or timing requirements set forth in this sentence. The applicable Directing Holder and each related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan Holder may submit an offer to purchase, and any such party is permitted to be the purchaser at any sale of, the subject Defaulted Serviced Whole Loan unless such Person is the related Mortgagor or an agent or Affiliate of the related Mortgagor.

(r)                With respect to any Serviced Whole Loan that is a Serviced Outside Controlled Whole Loan that, pursuant to the terms of the related Co-Lender Agreement, becomes a Defaulted Serviced Whole Loan, and if the Special Servicer determines to sell the related Serviced Mortgage Loan in accordance with this Section 3.17, then the Special Servicer shall sell each related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan together with such Serviced Mortgage Loan as a single whole loan in accordance with this Agreement and subject to any rights of any related Outside Controlling Note Holder, the Controlling Class Representative and/or the holder of any related non-controlling Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan hereunder or under the related Co-Lender Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Special Servicer shall not sell any such Serviced Whole Loan if it becomes a Defaulted Serviced Whole Loan without the written consent of the Controlling Class Representative (unless a Consultation Termination Event exists), the related Outside Controlling Note Holder and the holder of each related non-controlling Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan (provided that such consent is not required if the consenting party is the related Mortgagor or an Affiliate of the related Mortgagor) unless the Special Servicer has delivered (which delivery may be by electronic mail to the extent it would not be prohibited under the terms of the related Co-Lender Agreement) to the Controlling Class Representative, the related Outside Controlling Note Holder and the holder of each related non-controlling Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan (at the expense of such Outside Controlling Note Holder and the holder of each related non-controlling Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan, to the extent permitted under the terms of the related Co-Lender Agreement): (a) at least 15 Business Days’ prior written notice of any decision to attempt to sell such Serviced Whole Loan; (b) at least 10 days prior to the proposed sale date, a copy of each bid package (together with any material amendments to such bid packages) received by the Special Servicer in connection with any such proposed sale; (c) at least 10 days prior to the proposed sale date, a copy of the most recent appraisal for the subject Serviced Whole Loan, and any documents in the Servicing File reasonably requested by the Controlling Class Representative, the related Outside Controlling Note Holder and the holder of each related non-controlling Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan that are material to the price of the subject Serviced Whole Loan; and (d) until the sale is completed, and a reasonable period of time (but no less time than is afforded to other offerors and the Controlling Class Representative) prior to the proposed sale date, all information and other documents being provided to other offerors and all leases or other documents that are approved by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer in connection with the proposed sale; provided, that the Controlling Class Representative, the related Outside Controlling Note Holder and the holder of each related non-controlling Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan may each waive as to itself any of the delivery or timing

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requirements set forth in this sentence. The Controlling Class Representative, the related Outside Controlling Note Holder and the holder of each related non-controlling Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan shall be permitted to submit an offer to purchase, and any such party is permitted to be the purchaser at any sale of, the subject Serviced Whole Loan unless such Person is the related Mortgagor or an agent or Affiliate of the related Mortgagor.

Notwithstanding the prior paragraph, with respect to any Serviced AB Whole Loan that includes a Subordinate Companion Loan held outside the Trust Fund, if such Serviced AB Whole Loan becomes a Defaulted Serviced Whole Loan, and if the Special Servicer determines to sell the related Serviced Mortgage Loan in accordance with this Section 3.17, then the Special Servicer shall not be permitted or required to sell the related Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan(s) together with such Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s) as a single whole loan except as required by the related Co-Lender Agreement.

If any Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan becomes a Defaulted Serviced Whole Loan, and if the Special Servicer determines to sell the related Serviced Mortgage Loan in accordance with this Section 3.17, then the Special Servicer shall sell the related Trust Subordinate Companion Loan together with such Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s) as one whole loan in accordance with this Agreement and the related Co-Lender Agreement.

(s)                With respect to any Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan upon becoming a “Defaulted Mortgage Loan” (as such term or any analogous term is defined pursuant to the terms of the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement), and with respect to any REO Property related to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, the liquidation of such Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan or such REO Property shall be administered by the related Outside Special Servicer in accordance with the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement and the related Co-Lender Agreement. Any such sale of an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan or any related REO Property pursuant to the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement and/or the related Co-Lender Agreement shall be final and without recourse to the Trustee or the Trust, and none of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee shall have any liability to any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner with respect to the purchase price for such Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan or such REO Property accepted on behalf of the Trust. Any proceeds of such a sale received by the Trust Fund shall be promptly deposited in the Collection Account.

Section 3.18           Additional Obligations of the Master Servicer; Inspections; Obligation to Notify Ground Lessors; Delivery of Certain Reports to the Serviced Companion Loan Holder.

(a)               The Master Servicer (or, with respect to Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties, the Special Servicer) shall inspect or cause to be inspected each Mortgaged Property that secures a Serviced Loan at such times and in such manner as are consistent with the Servicing Standard, but in any event at least once every calendar year with respect to such Mortgaged Property relating to Serviced Mortgage Loans with an outstanding

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principal balance of $2,000,000 or more and at least once every other calendar year with respect to such Mortgaged Property relating to Serviced Mortgage Loans with an outstanding principal balance of less than $2,000,000, in each case commencing in 2024; provided that the Master Servicer is not required to inspect any Mortgaged Property that has been inspected by the Special Servicer during the preceding 12 months. If any Serviced Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan becomes a Specially Serviced Loan, the related Mortgaged Property shall be inspected by the Special Servicer as soon as practicable and thereafter at least every calendar year for so long as such condition exists. The cost of any annual inspection, or bi-annual inspection, as the case may be, shall be borne by the Master Servicer unless the related Serviced Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan is a Specially Serviced Loan. The Master Servicer shall reimburse the Special Servicer for the cost of any inspection of a Specially Serviced Loan as a Property Advance (or as an expense of the Trust Fund and paid by the Master Servicer out of the Collection Account if such Property Advance would be a Nonrecoverable Advance) and any out-of-pocket costs incurred with respect to such inspection shall be borne by the Trust Fund. The Special Servicer or the Master Servicer, as applicable, shall prepare or cause to be prepared a written report of each such inspection performed by it pursuant to this Section 3.18(a), and shall, as soon as reasonably practicable following completion, deliver or make available a copy (in electronic format) of each such report to the Certificate Administrator (who shall post such report to the Certificate Administrator’s Website for review by Privileged Persons in accordance with Section 4.02(a)).

(b)               The Master Servicer shall, as to each Mortgage Loan (excluding an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan) which is secured by the interest of the related Mortgagor under a Ground Lease, even if the corresponding fee interest is encumbered, promptly (and in any event within 60 days following the later of the Closing Date or its receipt of a copy of the Ground Lease) notify the related ground lessor of the transfer of such Mortgage Loan to the Trust Fund pursuant to this Agreement and inform such ground lessor that any notices of default under the related Ground Lease should thereafter be forwarded to the Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall forward to the Special Servicer any written notice of default under a ground lease.

(c)               The Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall each promptly prepare or cause to be prepared and deliver to each Serviced Companion Loan Holder a written report, prepared in the manner set forth in Section 4.02, of each inspection performed by it with respect to the related Mortgaged Property and Serviced Companion Loan related thereto.

(d)               The Master Servicer is hereby authorized to exercise any rights granted under the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement in favor of the Trust (or a party on its behalf) as the holder of each Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan to obtain information from the related Outside Servicer (or other similar parties with an obligation to make advances) in connection with making nonrecoverability determinations. The Master Servicer shall promptly deliver to any related Outside Servicer, upon request, such information in the Master Servicer’s possession as the related Outside Servicer reasonably requests in order to determine whether an advance similar to a P&I Advance would be “nonrecoverable.”

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(e)               If required under the related Co-Lender Agreement, the Master Servicer shall promptly deliver to each Serviced Companion Loan Holder or provide electronically: (i) copies of operating statements and rent rolls; (ii) annual CREFC^® NOI Adjustment Worksheets (with annual operating statements as exhibits); and (iii) annual CREFC^® Operating Statement Analysis Reports, in each case prepared, received or obtained by it pursuant to this Agreement with respect to the Mortgaged Properties securing the related Serviced Companion Loan.

Section 3.19           Lock-Box Accounts, Escrow Accounts.

Except with respect to the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer shall administer each Lock-Box Account and Escrow Account in accordance with the related Mortgage or Loan Agreement or Lock-Box Agreement, if any, and administer any letters of credit pursuant to the related letter of credit agreement and the Loan Documents.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that any cash amounts are held in an Escrow Account or other cash collateral account and the mortgagee under the related Loan Documents is permitted, but not required, to apply such amounts to prepay the related Mortgage Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan), neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall apply such amounts to prepay the Mortgage Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan) until after the occurrence of an event of default under the Mortgage Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan) that may result in the Mortgage Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan) being accelerated or becoming a Specially Serviced Loan.

Section 3.20           Property Advances.

(a)               Except with respect to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer (or, to the extent provided in Section 3.20(b) of this Agreement, the Trustee) shall make any Property Advances as and to the extent incidental to the performance of its duties under this Agreement or otherwise required pursuant to the terms hereof; provided that no Property Advances shall be made with regard to a Subordinate Companion Loan held outside the Trust if the related Mortgage Loan is no longer held by the Trust. The Special Servicer shall give the Master Servicer, the Trustee and any affected Serviced Companion Loan Holder not less than five (or, in the case of Emergency Advances pursuant to Section 3.20(e) of this Agreement, two) Business Days’ written notice before the date on which the Master Servicer is requested to make any Property Advance with respect to a given Specially Serviced Loan or REO Property (other than an REO Property related to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan). In addition, the Special Servicer shall provide the Master Servicer, the Trustee and any affected Serviced Companion Loan Holder with such information in its possession as the Master Servicer, the Trustee or such Serviced Companion Loan Holder, as applicable, may reasonably request to enable the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, to determine whether a requested Property Advance would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance. Any such notice by the Special Servicer to the Master Servicer of a required Property Advance shall be deemed to be a determination by the Special Servicer that such requested Property Advance is not a Nonrecoverable Advance, and the Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such determination. In the absence of a determination by the Special Servicer that a Property

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Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance, all determinations of recoverability with respect to Property Advances to be made (or contemplated to be made) by the Master Servicer or the Trustee will remain with the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable. On the fourth Business Day before each Distribution Date, the Special Servicer shall report to the Master Servicer the Special Servicer’s determination as to whether any Property Advance previously made with respect to a Specially Serviced Loan is a Nonrecoverable Advance promptly after making such determination. The Master Servicer and the Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely on and shall be bound by such a determination and shall be bound by a determination by the Special Servicer that a Property Advance previously made or contemplated to be made with respect to a Specially Serviced Loan is or would be a Nonrecoverable Advance. Although the Special Servicer may determine whether a Property Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance, the Special Servicer will have no right to (i) make an affirmative determination that any Property Advance previously made or to be made (or contemplated to be made) by the Master Servicer or the Trustee is, or would be, recoverable or (ii) reverse any determination that may have been made by the Master Servicer or the Trustee or to prohibit the Master Servicer or the Trustee from making a determination that any Property Advance constitutes or would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance; provided that this sentence will not be construed to limit the Special Servicer’s right to make a determination that a Property Advance to be made (or contemplated to be made) would be, or a previously made Advance is, a Nonrecoverable Advance, as described in this Section 3.20. The Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall consider Unliquidated Advances in respect of prior Property Advances for the purposes of non-recoverability determinations as if such amounts were unreimbursed Property Advances.

For purposes of distributions to Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and Serviced Companion Loan Holders and compensation to the Master Servicer or the Trustee, Property Advances shall not be considered to increase the principal balance of any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan so provide.

(b)               The Master Servicer shall notify the Trustee, the Special Servicer and any related Serviced Companion Loan Holder in writing promptly upon, and in any event within one (1) Business Day after, becoming aware that it will be unable to make any Property Advance required to be made pursuant to the terms hereof, and in connection therewith, shall set forth in such notice the amount of such Property Advance, the Person to whom it will be paid, and the circumstances and purpose of such Property Advance, and shall set forth therein information and instructions for the payment of such Property Advance, and, on the date specified in such notice for the payment of such Property Advance, or, if the date for payment has passed or if no such date is specified, then within five (5) Business Days following such notice, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 3.20(c) of this Agreement, shall pay the amount of such Property Advance in accordance with such information and instructions. Any notice to the Trustee pursuant to this Section shall be deemed to be given to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee if made in accordance with Section 12.04 of this Agreement.

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(c)               None of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee shall be obligated to make a Property Advance as to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan or REO Property if the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, determines that such Advance will be a Nonrecoverable Advance. The determination by any Person with an obligation hereunder to make Property Advances that it has made a Nonrecoverable Advance or that any proposed Property Advance, if made, would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance or a determination by the Special Servicer that a Property Advance previously made or proposed to be made is or would, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance, shall be made by such Person (i) in the case of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, in accordance with the Servicing Standard and (ii) in the case of the Trustee, in accordance with its good faith business judgment and shall be evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate delivered on or prior to the next Master Servicer Remittance Date to (1) the affected Serviced Companion Loan Holders or their Companion Loan Holder representatives (and the related master servicer and special servicer under any related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, if applicable), in the case of any Serviced Whole Loan, (2) the Trustee (unless it is the Person making the determination), (3) any applicable Directing Holder, (4) the Master Servicer (unless it is the Person making the determination), (5) the Special Servicer (unless it is the Person making the determination), and (6) the Depositor (if the Trustee is making the determination), setting forth the basis for such determination, together with any other information that supports such determination together with a copy of any Appraisal of the related Mortgaged Property or REO Property, as the case may be (which Appraisal shall be an expense of the Trust Fund, shall take into account any material change in circumstances of which such Person is aware or such Person has received new information, either of which has a material effect on the value and shall have been conducted in accordance with the standards of the Appraisal Institute within the twelve months preceding such determination of nonrecoverability), and further accompanied by related Mortgagor operating statements and financial statements, budgets and rent rolls of the related Mortgaged Property (to the extent available and/or in such Person’s possession) and any engineers’ reports, environmental surveys or similar reports that such Person may have obtained and that support such determination. In connection with a determination by the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or the Trustee as to whether a Property Advance previously made or to be made constitutes or would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance:

(A)             any such Person will be entitled to consider (among other things) the obligations of the Mortgagor under the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan as it may have been modified, to consider (among other things) the related Mortgaged Properties in their “as is” or then current conditions and occupancies, as modified by such party’s assumptions regarding the possibility and effects of future adverse change with respect to such Mortgaged Properties, to estimate and consider (among other things) future expenses and to estimate and consider (among other things) the timing of recoveries;

(B)              any such Person may update or change its recoverability determinations at any time (but not reverse any other Person’s determination that an Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance) and may

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obtain at the expense of the Trust Fund any analysis, Appraisals or market value estimates or other information as reasonably may be required for such purposes;

(C)             the Special Servicer may, at its option, make a determination in accordance with the Servicing Standard that any proposed Property Advance, if made, would be a Nonrecoverable Advance or that any outstanding Property Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance and may deliver to the Master Servicer, the Trustee, any applicable Directing Holder and the Controlling Class Representative if it is an applicable Consulting Party and, in the case of a Property Advance with respect to a Serviced Outside Controlled Whole Loan, the related Outside Controlling Note Holder notice of such determination, which determination shall be conclusive and binding on the Master Servicer and the Trustee (but this statement shall not be construed to entitle the Special Servicer to reverse any other authorized Person’s determination, or to prohibit any such other authorized Person from making a determination, that a Property Advance constitutes or would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance);

(D)             the Trustee shall be entitled to rely, conclusively, on any determination by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer that a Property Advance is or, if made, would be a Nonrecoverable Advance, and the Master Servicer shall be entitled to rely, conclusively, on any determination by the Special Servicer that a Property Advance is or, if made, would be a Nonrecoverable Advance;

(E)              any non-recoverability determination by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer pursuant to this Section 3.20 with respect to the non-recoverability of Property Advances shall be conclusive and binding on the Master Servicer (in the case of such a determination by the Special Servicer) and the Trustee; and

(F)              notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trustee may conclusively rely upon any determination by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer that any Property Advance would be recoverable (unless a non-recoverability determination has been made by the other servicer in accordance with clause (E) above which is binding on the Trustee), and the Master Servicer may conclusively rely upon any determination by the Special Servicer that any Property Advance would be recoverable.

(d)               The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and/or the Trustee, as applicable, shall be entitled to the reimbursement of Property Advances made by any of them to the extent permitted pursuant to Section 3.06(a)(ii) or Section 3.06A(a)(ii) of this Agreement, together with any related Advance Interest Amount in respect of such Property Advances, and the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, as applicable, hereby covenant and agree to use efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to obtain the reimbursement of such

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Property Advances from the related Mortgagors to the extent permitted by applicable law and the related Loan Documents.

(e)               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if a Property Advance is required to be made under this Agreement with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan or REO Property (other than an REO Property related to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan), the Special Servicer shall request that the Master Servicer make such Property Advance, such request to be made, in writing, at least five (5) Business Days (or, in the case of an Emergency Advance, two (2) Business Days, provided that the written request sets forth the nature of the emergency or the basis of the urgency) in advance of the date on which such Property Advance is required to be made hereunder and to be accompanied by such information and documentation regarding the subject Property Advance as the Master Servicer may reasonably request, subject to the Master Servicer’s right to determine that such Property Advance does not constitute or would not constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance. The Master Servicer shall have the obligation to make any such Property Advance that it is so requested by the Special Servicer to make, within five (5) Business Days (or, in the case of an Emergency Advance, two (2) Business Days) of the Master Servicer’s receipt of such request. The Special Servicer shall have no obligation to make any Property Advance; provided that the Special Servicer may in its sole discretion elect to make an Emergency Advance, and the Master Servicer shall reimburse the Special Servicer for such Property Advance (with interest thereon), provided that such Advance is not determined by the Master Servicer, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, to be nonrecoverable. The Master Servicer shall be entitled to reimbursement for any Advance made by it at the direction of the Special Servicer, together with interest thereon at the same time, in the same manner and to the same extent as the Master Servicer is entitled with respect to any other Advances made thereby.

(f)                Within five (5) Business Days of making an Emergency Advance pursuant to the proviso to the penultimate sentence of Section 3.20(e), the Special Servicer shall deliver to the Master Servicer a request for reimbursement for such Emergency Advance, along with all information and documentation regarding the subject Emergency Advance as the Master Servicer may reasonably request, and the Master Servicer shall be obligated, out of such Master Servicer’s own funds, to reimburse the Special Servicer for any such unreimbursed Emergency Advances (other than any Emergency Advance determined by the Master Servicer, in accordance with Section 3.20(c) of this Agreement, to be a Nonrecoverable Property Advance) made by the Special Servicer pursuant to the proviso to the penultimate sentence of Section 3.20(e), together with interest thereon at the Advance Rate from the date made to, but not including, the date of reimbursement. Such reimbursement and any accompanying payment of interest shall be made within five (5) Business Days of the written request therefor pursuant to the preceding sentence by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated in writing by the Special Servicer. Upon the Master Servicer’s reimbursement to the Special Servicer of any Emergency Advance and payment to the Special Servicer of interest thereon, all in accordance with this Section 3.20(f), the Master Servicer shall for all purposes of this Agreement be deemed to have made such Emergency Advance at the same time as the Special Servicer actually made such Emergency Advance, and accordingly, the Master

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Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such Emergency Advance, together with interest thereon at the Advance Rate, at the same time, in the same manner and to the same extent as the Master Servicer would otherwise have been entitled if it had actually made such Emergency Advance at the time the Special Servicer did. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.20(f), the Master Servicer shall not be required to reimburse the Special Servicer for any Emergency Advance if the Master Servicer determines in accordance with Section 3.20(c) of this Agreement that such Emergency Advance, although not characterized by the Special Servicer as a Nonrecoverable Property Advance, is in fact a Nonrecoverable Property Advance. The Master Servicer shall notify the Special Servicer in writing of such determination and, if applicable, such Nonrecoverable Property Advance shall be reimbursed to the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.06(a) of this Agreement.

Section 3.21           Appointment of Special Servicer; Asset Status Reports.

(a)               3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC is hereby appointed as the initial Special Servicer to specially service each of the Mortgage Loans and each Serviced Whole Loan (other than the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans).

(b)               The Special Servicer, at the earlier of (x) within 60 days after a Servicing Transfer Event occurs and (y) prior to taking action with respect to any Major Decision (or making a determination not to take action with respect to a Major Decision) with respect to a Specially Serviced Loan, shall prepare a report (the “Asset Status Report”) for the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan. Each Asset Status Report shall be delivered in electronic format to the Operating Advisor (subject to Section 3.21(e) of this Agreement), any applicable Directing Holder, any applicable Consulting Parties and, for posting to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 12.13 of this Agreement, the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider; provided, however, the Special Servicer shall not be required to deliver an Asset Status Report to the related Directing Holder if they are the same entity. Prior to the occurrence and continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Trigger Event, the Special Servicer shall deliver to the Operating Advisor each Final Asset Status Report promptly after such Final Asset Status Report has been approved or deemed approved. The Special Servicer shall notify the Operating Advisor of whether any Asset Status Report delivered to the Operating Advisor is a Final Asset Status Report, which notification may be satisfied by (i) delivery of an Asset Status Report that is either signed by the applicable Directing Holder or that otherwise includes an indication that such Asset Status Report is deemed approved due to the passage of any required consent or consultation time period or (ii) such other method as reasonably agreed to by the Operating Advisor and the Special Servicer. The Special Servicer shall deliver a summary of each Final Asset Status Report to the Certificate Administrator. Such Asset Status Report shall be consistent with the Servicing Standard and set forth the following information to the extent reasonably determinable:

(i)                 summary of the status of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan and any negotiations with the Mortgagors;

(ii)               if a Servicing Transfer Event has occurred and is continuing:

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(A)             a discussion of the legal and environmental considerations reasonably known at such time to the Special Servicer, consistent with the Servicing Standard, that are applicable to the exercise of remedies as aforesaid and to the enforcement of any related guaranties or other collateral for the Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan and whether outside legal counsel has been retained;

(B)              the most current rent roll and income or operating statement available for the related Mortgaged Properties;

(C)              the Special Servicer’s recommendations on how the related Mortgage Loan might be returned to performing status or otherwise realized upon;

(D)             a copy of the last obtained Appraisal of the Mortgaged Property;

(E)              the status of any foreclosure actions or other proceedings undertaken with respect thereto, any proposed workouts with respect thereto and the status of any negotiations with respect to such workouts, and an assessment of the likelihood of additional defaults under the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan;

(F)              a description of any amendment, modification or waiver of a material term of any ground lease; and

(G)             if the Special Servicer elects to proceed with a non-judicial foreclosure, then a statement as to (i) whether there was a violation of a non-recourse carve-out under the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan and (ii) any determination not to pursue a deficiency judgment against the related Mortgagor or guarantor;

(iii)              a description of any such proposed or taken actions;

(iv)             the alternative courses of action that were or are being considered by the Special Servicer in connection with the proposed or taken actions;

(v)               the decision that the Special Servicer made, or intends or proposes to make, including a narrative analysis setting forth the Special Servicer’s rationale for its proposed decision, including its rejection of the alternatives;

(vi)             an analysis of whether or not taking such proposed action is reasonably likely to produce a greater recovery on a present value basis than not taking such action, setting forth (x) the basis on which the Special Servicer made such determination and (y) the net present value calculation (including the applicable Calculation Rate used) and all related assumptions; and

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(vii)            such other information as the Special Servicer deems relevant in light of the proposed or taken action and the Servicing Standard.

If any applicable Directing Holder does not disapprove an Asset Status Report in writing within 10 Business Days of receiving such Asset Status Report, then such Directing Holder shall be deemed to have approved such Asset Status Report and the Special Servicer shall implement the recommended action as outlined in such Asset Status Report; provided, however, that the Special Servicer may not take any action that is contrary to applicable law, the Servicing Standard or the terms of the applicable Loan Documents. If the applicable Directing Holder disapproves such Asset Status Report within 10 Business Days of receipt and the Special Servicer has not made the affirmative determination contemplated below, the Special Servicer shall revise such Asset Status Report and deliver to the Operating Advisor (subject to Section 3.21(e) of this Agreement), any applicable Directing Holder, any applicable Consulting Party, any related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s) (in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan) and, for posting to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 12.13 of this Agreement, the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider a new Asset Status Report as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 30 days after such disapproval. The Special Servicer shall revise such Asset Status Report as described above until the applicable Directing Holder shall fail to disapprove such revised Asset Status Report in writing within 10 Business Days of receiving such revised Asset Status Report or until the Special Servicer makes a determination, consistent with the Servicing Standard, that such objection is not in the best interests of all the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and, if applicable, the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s) (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and/or Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s), if applicable, constitute a single lender (and, in the case of a Serviced AB Whole Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of the related Subordinate Companion Loan(s))). The Special Servicer may, from time to time, modify any Asset Status Report it has previously delivered and implement such report, provided such report shall have been prepared, reviewed and not rejected pursuant to the terms of this Section 3.21(b). If the applicable Directing Holder does not approve an Asset Status Report within 60 Business Days from the first submission thereof, the Special Servicer shall take such action as directed by such Directing Holder, provided such action does not violate the Servicing Standard (or, if such action would violate the Servicing Standard, the Special Servicer shall take such action as was reflected in the most recent Asset Status Report prepared by the Special Servicer with respect to the subject Serviced Loan that is consistent with the Servicing Standard and such Asset Status Report shall be deemed a Final Asset Status Report). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Special Servicer determines that emergency action is necessary to protect the related Mortgaged Property or the interests of the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and any related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s), or if a failure to take any such action at such time would be inconsistent with the Servicing Standard, the Special Servicer may take actions with respect to the related Mortgaged Property before the expiration of a 10 Business Day period if the Special Servicer reasonably determines in accordance with the Servicing Standard that failure to take such actions before the expiration of a 10 Business Day period would materially and adversely affect the interest of the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and any related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s) (if applicable) and the Special Servicer has made a reasonable effort to contact the applicable Directing Holder (during the period that such Directing Holder has approval rights); provided that the foregoing shall not relieve the Special Servicer of its duties to comply with the Servicing Standard. If the Special Servicer acts or intends to act in

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accordance with either of the prior two sentences, then the Special Servicer shall act in accordance with the most recent Asset Status Report provided by the Special Servicer with respect to the subject Serviced Loan that is consistent with the Servicing Standard and such Asset Status Report shall be deemed a Final Asset Status Report. To the extent that the Special Servicer received notice of an Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loan (in the form of Exhibit M-1C or M-1F), any Asset Status Report or Excluded Information delivered with respect to an Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loan shall be labeled by the Special Servicer with “Excluded Information” followed by the loan number and loan name.

The Special Servicer shall consult on a non-binding basis with any applicable Consulting Party in connection with each Asset Status Report prior to finalizing and executing such Asset Status Report and any applicable Consulting Party shall be permitted to propose alternative courses of action and provide other feedback within 10 Business Days of receipt of each Asset Status Report. The Special Servicer shall consider any such proposals and other feedback from any such applicable Consulting Party and determine whether any changes to its proposed Asset Status Report should be made, such determination being made in accordance with the Servicing Standard and the other terms of this Agreement, but the Special Servicer will be under no obligation to revise such Asset Status Report based on the input or comments of any applicable Consulting Party. In the event no applicable Consulting Party proposes alternative courses of action within 10 Business Days after receipt of such Asset Status Report, the Special Servicer shall (subject to the approval rights of any applicable Directing Holder) implement the Asset Status Report as proposed by the Special Servicer.

The Special Servicer may choose to revise the Asset Status Report as it deems reasonably necessary in accordance with the Servicing Standard to take into account any input and/or recommendations of any applicable Consulting Party, but is under no obligation to follow any particular recommendation of any applicable Consulting Party. From and after the Closing Date, the Controlling Class Representative shall have no right to receive any Asset Status Report related to an Excluded Mortgage Loan or otherwise to consent or object thereto under this Section 3.21(b) or consult with the Special Servicer with respect to any matter set forth therein. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, a Risk Retention Consultation Party shall have no right to receive any Asset Status Report with respect to any related Excluded RRCP Mortgage Loan.

With respect to a Servicing Shift Whole Loan that is a Serviced Outside Controlled Whole Loan, prior to the related Servicing Shift Date, no request for approval of the Controlling Class Representative shall be made on any matter related to such Servicing Shift Whole Loan, nor shall the Controlling Class Representative have the right to approve Asset Status Reports related to such Servicing Shift Whole Loan, except that the Controlling Class Representative (prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event and only if the related Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan is not an Excluded Mortgage Loan) may exercise the consultation rights, if any, of the holder of the related Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan with respect to Asset Status Reports, Major Decisions and any proposed sale of such Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan set forth in the applicable Co-Lender Agreement. With respect to a Servicing Shift Whole Loan that is a Serviced Outside Controlled Whole Loan and any related REO Property, prior to the related Servicing Shift Date, the Outside Controlling Note Holder with respect to such Servicing Shift Whole Loan shall exercise all approval rights regarding any Asset Status Report in respect of such Servicing Shift Whole Loan or REO Property set forth in the second paragraph of this Section

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3.21(b) without regard to the occurrence of any Control Termination Event or Consultation Termination Event. Notwithstanding the foregoing, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Trigger Event, the Operating Advisor will be entitled to consult on a non-binding basis with the Special Servicer and propose alternative courses of action and provide other feedback in respect of any Asset Status Report, Major Decisions and any proposed sale of such Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan while it is serviced hereunder. The Special Servicer may choose to revise the Asset Status Report as it deems reasonably necessary in accordance with the Servicing Standard to take into account any input and/or recommendations of the Operating Advisor after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Trigger Event or the Controlling Class Representative after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event but prior to the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event, but is under no obligation to follow any particular recommendation of the Operating Advisor or Controlling Class Representative.

(c)               Subject to Section 3.21(b) of this Agreement, during the continuance of a Servicing Transfer Event, the Special Servicer shall have the authority to meet with the related Mortgagors and take any actions consistent with the Servicing Standard and the most recent Asset Status Report for the related Mortgage Loan.

(d)               Upon request of any Certificateholder (or any Certificate Owner, if applicable, which shall have provided the Certificate Administrator with an Investor Certification), the Certificate Administrator shall mail, without charge, to the address specified in such request a copy of the summary of the Final Asset Status Report for each Specially Serviced Loan; provided that an Excluded Controlling Class Holder shall not be provided with any Final Asset Status Report (or copy thereof) or the summary of any Final Asset Status Report (or copy thereof) with respect to any Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loan with respect to which such Excluded Controlling Class Holder is a Borrower Party.

(e)               Prior to the occurrence and continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Trigger Event, the Special Servicer shall deliver to the Operating Advisor only each related Final Asset Status Report.

(f)                With respect to any Asset Status Report provided to the Operating Advisor pursuant to this Section 3.21, the Special Servicer shall make available to the Operating Advisor one or more Servicing Officers with relevant knowledge regarding the applicable Trust Loan and such Asset Status Report in order to address reasonable questions that the Operating Advisor may have relating to, among other things, such Asset Status Report and potential conflicts of interest and compensation with respect to such Asset Status Report.

(g)               Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Special Servicer shall not follow any advice, direction or consultation provided by a Directing Holder or Consulting Party that would require or cause the Special Servicer to violate any applicable law, be inconsistent with the Servicing Standard, require or cause the Special Servicer to violate provisions of this Agreement or the REMIC Provisions, require or cause the Special Servicer to violate the terms of any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, any related Loan Documents, any related Co-Lender Agreement or any intercreditor agreement, expose any

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Certificateholder, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, the Trust Fund, any Mortgage Loan Seller (other than with respect to enforcing the rights and remedies against such Mortgage Loan Seller pursuant to this Agreement or the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement with respect to any Material Defect) or any party to this Agreement or their respective Affiliates, officers, directors, employees or agents to any claim, suit or liability, cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a grantor trust for federal income tax purposes, result in the imposition of a “prohibited transaction” or “prohibited contribution” tax under the REMIC Provisions, materially expand the scope of any Special Servicer’s responsibilities under this Agreement or any Co-Lender Agreement, or cause the Special Servicer to act, or fail to act, in a manner that in the reasonable judgment of the Special Servicer is not in the best interests of the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and/or the Serviced Companion Loan Holders. In addition, the Special Servicer is under no obligation to act upon any recommendation of the Operating Advisor.

(h)               In order to comply with the laws, rules, regulations and executive orders in effect from time to time applicable to banking institutions, including those relating to the funding of terrorist activities and money laundering (for the purposes of this clause (l), “Applicable Laws”), the Special Servicer may be required to obtain, verify and record certain information relating to individuals and entities which maintain a business relationship with the Special Servicer. Accordingly, each of the parties hereto agrees to provide to the Special Servicer, upon its reasonable request, from time to time such identifying information and documentation as may be readily available to such party in order to enable the Special Servicer to comply with Applicable Laws; provided that the Special Servicer shall be responsible for all reasonable actual out-of-pocket expenses incurred by such party in connection therewith.

Section 3.22           Transfer of Servicing Between Master Servicer and Special Servicer; Record Keeping.

(a)               Upon determining that any Serviced Loan has become a Specially Serviced Loan, the Master Servicer shall promptly give written notice thereof to the Special Servicer, any related Serviced Companion Loan Holder (in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan), the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, any applicable Directing Holder, any applicable Consulting Party and, for posting to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 12.13 of this Agreement, the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider and shall promptly deliver a copy of the Servicing File to the Special Servicer and concurrently provide a copy of such Servicing File to the Operating Advisor and shall use its reasonable efforts to provide the Special Servicer with all information, documents (but excluding the original documents constituting the Mortgage File, but including copies thereof) and records (including records stored electronically on computer tapes, magnetic discs and the like) relating to such Serviced Loan and reasonably requested by the Special Servicer to enable it to assume its duties hereunder with respect thereto without acting through a Sub-Servicer. The Master Servicer shall use its reasonable efforts to comply with the preceding sentence within five (5) Business Days of the date such Serviced Loan became a Specially Serviced Loan and in any event shall continue to act as Master Servicer and administrator of such Serviced Loan until the Special Servicer has

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commenced the servicing of such Serviced Loan, which shall occur upon the receipt by the Special Servicer of the Servicing File. With respect to each such Serviced Loan that becomes a Specially Serviced Loan, the Master Servicer shall instruct the related Mortgagor to continue to remit all payments in respect of such Serviced Loan to the Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall forward any notices it would otherwise send to the Mortgagor of such a Specially Serviced Loan to the Special Servicer who shall send such notice to the related Mortgagor.

Upon determining that a Specially Serviced Loan has become a Corrected Loan, the Special Servicer shall promptly give written notice thereof to the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator, any related Serviced Companion Loan Holder, the related Directing Holder (prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event with respect to the related Mortgage Loan) and, for posting to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 12.13 of this Agreement, the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider and, upon giving such notice and the return of the Servicing File to the Master Servicer, such Serviced Loan shall cease to be a Specially Serviced Loan in accordance with the first proviso of the definition of Specially Serviced Loans, the Special Servicer’s obligation to service such Serviced Loan shall terminate and the obligations of the Master Servicer to service and administer such Serviced Loan as a Serviced Loan that is not a Specially Serviced Loan shall resume. In addition, if the related Mortgagor has been instructed, pursuant to the preceding paragraph, to make payments to the Special Servicer, upon such determination, the Special Servicer shall instruct the related Mortgagor to remit all payments in respect of such Specially Serviced Loan directly to the Master Servicer.

(b)               In servicing any Specially Serviced Loan, the Special Servicer shall provide to the Custodian originals of documents included within the definition of “Mortgage File” for inclusion in the related Mortgage File (to the extent such documents are in the possession of the Special Servicer) and copies of any additional related Serviced Loan information, including written or electronic correspondence with the related Mortgagor, and the Special Servicer shall promptly provide copies of all of the foregoing to the Master Servicer as well as copies of any analysis or internal review prepared by or for the benefit of the Special Servicer.

(c)               Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this Section 3.22, the Master Servicer shall maintain ongoing payment records with respect to each of the Specially Serviced Loans and, upon request, shall provide the Special Servicer and the Operating Advisor with any information reasonably required by the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor to perform its duties under this Agreement to the extent such information is within the Master Servicer’s possession. Upon request, the Special Servicer shall provide the Master Servicer and the Operating Advisor with any information reasonably required by the Master Servicer or the Operating Advisor to perform its duties under this Agreement to the extent such information is within the Special Servicer’s possession.

Section 3.23           Interest Reserve Account. The Certificate Administrator shall establish and maintain the Interest Reserve Account in the Certificate Administrator’s name, on behalf of the Trustee, for the benefit of the Certificateholders. The Interest Reserve Account shall

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be established and maintained as a non-interest bearing Eligible Account. On each Master Servicer Remittance Date occurring in January (except during a leap year) or February (commencing in 2024) (unless, in either such case, the related Distribution Date is the final Distribution Date), the Master Servicer shall remit to the Certificate Administrator for deposit into the Interest Reserve Account, in respect of all the Trust Loans that accrue interest on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days in the related month, an amount equal to one day’s interest at the related Net Mortgage Rate on the Stated Principal Balance of each such Trust Loan as of the close of business on the Distribution Date in the month preceding the month in which such Master Servicer Remittance Date occurs, to the extent a Monthly Payment or P&I Advance is made in respect thereof (all amounts so deposited in any consecutive January (if applicable) and February, “Withheld Amounts”). On or prior to the Master Servicer Remittance Date in March (or February if the final Distribution Date occurs in such month) of each calendar year (commencing in 2024), the Certificate Administrator shall transfer (1) to the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account the aggregate of all Withheld Amounts with respect to the Mortgage Loans on deposit in the Interest Reserve Account and (2) to the related Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Distribution Account the aggregate of all Withheld Amounts with respect to a Trust Subordinate Companion Loan on deposit in the Interest Reserve Account.

 

Section 3.24           Modifications, Waivers, Amendments and Other Actions.

(a)               (i) With respect to any Performing Serviced Loan, the Master Servicer (if the related modification, waiver or amendment (A) does not constitute a Special Servicer Decision or Major Decision or (B) constitutes a Special Servicer Decision or Major Decision and the Master Servicer is processing such modification, waiver or amendment subject to the consent of the Special Servicer as provided in the immediately succeeding paragraph), or (ii) with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan or (if the related modification, waiver or amendment constitutes a Special Servicer Decision or Major Decision unless the Master Servicer is processing such modification, waiver or amendment as provided in the immediately succeeding paragraph) any Performing Serviced Loan, the Special Servicer, in each case subject to any consent rights of any applicable Directing Holder and/or the consultation rights of any applicable Consulting Party (to the extent any such Directing Holder or Consulting Party has consent or consultation rights, as applicable, pursuant to Section 3.29, Section 6.09 or this Section 3.24, as applicable) and, to the extent required in accordance with the related Co-Lender Agreement, any applicable consultation rights of any related Serviced Companion Loan Holder (or its Companion Loan Holder Representative), may modify, waive or amend any term of any Serviced Loan if such modification, waiver or amendment (A) is consistent with the Servicing Standard and (B) would not constitute a “significant modification” of such Serviced Loan pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(b) and would not otherwise (1) cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a grantor trust under subpart E, part I of subchapter J of the Code for federal income tax purposes or (2) result in the imposition of a tax upon any Trust REMIC or the Trust Fund (including but not limited to the tax on “prohibited transactions” as defined in Code Section 860F(a)(2) and the tax on contributions to a REMIC set forth in Code Section 860G(d), but not including the tax on “net income from foreclosure property” under Code Section 860G(c)). The Master Servicer and the Special Servicer may rely on

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an Opinion of Counsel with respect to the determination described in clause (B) of the immediately preceding sentence.

In addition, with respect to Performing Serviced Loans, to the extent any modification, waiver, amendment or other action constitutes (i) a Major Decision or (ii) a Special Servicer Decision, the Master Servicer (if (1) the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer have mutually agreed that the Master Servicer shall process such modification, waiver, amendment or other action, or (2) such modification, waiver, amendment or other action constitutes a Major Decision described in subclause (i) or (ii) of clause (r) of the definition of “Major Decision”) shall obtain the consent of the Special Servicer, and, in each case, to the extent any modification, waiver, amendment or other action constitutes a Major Decision, the Special Servicer shall obtain the consent of any applicable Directing Holder in accordance with Section 6.09(a) of this Agreement, and shall consult with any applicable Consulting Parties (to the extent required pursuant to any related Co-Lender Agreement or pursuant to Section 3.21, Section 3.29, Section 6.09 or this Section 3.24, as applicable). With respect to any modification, waiver, amendment, consent or other action that constitutes a Major Decision with regard to any Serviced Loan, the Special Servicer shall also obtain the consent of any applicable Directing Holder in accordance with Section 6.09(a) of this Agreement and shall consult with any applicable Consulting Parties (to the extent required pursuant to any related Co-Lender Agreement or pursuant to Section 3.21, Section 3.29, Section 6.09 or this Section 3.24).

No modification, waiver or amendment of any Co-Lender Agreement related to a Serviced Loan, or any action to enforce rights with respect thereto, in each case, in a manner that materially and adversely affects the rights, duties and obligations of the Special Servicer or the Master Servicer, as applicable, shall be permitted without the prior written consent of the Special Servicer or the Master Servicer, as applicable.

If the Master Servicer receives a Mortgagor request for a Major Decision or Special Servicer Decision, the Master Servicer shall promptly forward such request to the Special Servicer and, except as contemplated by this Section 3.09 or Section 3.24(a), shall have no further obligations with respect to such Major Decision or Special Servicer Decision, except for providing the Special Servicer with information to the extent required under this Agreement. The Special Servicer shall process, and determine whether to consent to or approve, any modification, waiver, amendment or other action that constitutes a Major Decision or Special Servicer Decision with respect to: (a) any Specially Serviced Loan; and (b) any Performing Serviced Loan unless the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer have mutually agreed that the Master Servicer shall process such Major Decision or Special Servicer Decision with respect to such Performing Serviced Loan (provided that, the Master Servicer shall, without the need for any such mutual agreement, process any Major Decision described in subclause (i) or (ii) of clause (r) of the definition of “Major Decision” subject, in each case, to the consent of the Special Servicer as set forth below. In addition, the Special Servicer shall be entitled to review and approve any calculations (including, but not limited to, debt yield and debt service coverage ratio) made by the Master Servicer that would result in (i) the commencement of a cash trap or lease sweep period with respect to any Mortgage Loan, (ii) the removal of a Manager of a Mortgaged Property, (iii) the allocation of Insurance Proceeds or Condemnation Proceeds, or (iv) the release of any reserve to a Mortgagor if such release would constitute a Major Decision. In connection with the foregoing, the Master Servicer shall forward any such calculation to the Special Servicer and

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provide any information that the Special Servicer reasonably requests in order to recalculate and review such calculation. With respect to any such calculation, if the Special Servicer fails to respond within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of such calculation and requested information (if any) referred to above, then such calculation will be deemed to have been approved by the Special Servicer. If the Special Servicer disagrees with any such calculation made by the Master Servicer (including any inputs), then the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to reconcile their calculations; provided that, if the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer are unable to reconcile their calculations within five (5) Business Days after identifying such disagreement, then the Special Servicer’s calculation shall control.

With respect to Performing Serviced Loans, the Master Servicer, prior to taking (or making a determination not to take) any action with respect to any modification, waiver, amendment, consent or other action that constitutes a Major Decision or a Special Servicer Decision, shall refer the request to the Special Servicer, and the Special Servicer shall process the request directly or, if mutually agreed to by the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer, the Master Servicer shall process such request (provided that, the Master Servicer shall, without the need for any such mutual agreement, process any Major Decision described in subclause (i) or (ii) of clause (r) of the definition of “Major Decision” with respect to any Performing Serviced Loan subject to the consent of the Special Servicer as set forth below.

When the Special Servicer’s consent is required with respect to any modification, waiver, amendment, consent or other action that is a Major Decision or a Special Servicer Decision with respect to a Performing Serviced Loan (i.e., when (1) the Master Servicer and Special Servicer have mutually agreed that the Master Servicer shall process such modification, waiver or amendment with respect to a Performing Serviced Loan, or (2) the Master Servicer is processing any Major Decision described in subclause (i) or (ii) of clause (r) of the definition of “Major Decision” with respect to any Performing Serviced Loan, in each case, as set forth in the preceding paragraphs), the Master Servicer shall, in a manner consistent with the Servicing Standard, provide the Special Servicer with written notice of any request for such modification, waiver, amendment, consent or other action, accompanied by the Master Servicer’s written recommendation and analysis and any and all information in the Master Servicer’s possession or reasonably available to it that the Special Servicer or, with respect to a Major Decision, the related Directing Holder may reasonably request in order to withhold or grant its consent, and in all cases the Special Servicer shall be entitled (subject to, with respect to Major Decision, in each case if applicable, the consultation rights of any applicable Consulting Parties (to the extent required pursuant to any related Co-Lender Agreement or pursuant to Section 3.21, Section 3.29, Section 6.09 or this Section 3.24), the consent rights of the applicable Directing Holder (to the extent required pursuant to any related Co-Lender Agreement or pursuant to Section 6.09 or this Section 3.24) and/or the consultation rights of any related Serviced Companion Loan Holder or its Companion Loan Holder Representative) to approve or disapprove such modification, waiver, amendment, consent or other action. The Special Servicer shall have 15 Business Days (or, with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, such longer period as required by the related Co-Lender Agreement, but in no event less than 5 Business Days after the time period set forth in such Co-Lender Agreement for review by any related Serviced Companion Loan Holder or its Companion Loan Holder Representative) (or 60 days with respect to an Acceptable Insurance Default), from the date that the Special Servicer receives the Master Servicer’s written analysis and recommendation and any supporting information it requested from the Master Servicer, to analyze and approve such modification,

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waiver, amendment, consent or other action and, prior to the end of such 15 Business Day period or such longer period if required by the applicable Co-Lender Agreement or 60-day period (with respect to an Acceptable Insurance Default), as applicable, the Special Servicer shall notify any applicable Directing Holder of such request for approval of each such modification, waiver, amendment, consent or other action that constitutes a Major Decision and provide its written analysis and recommendation (or, in the case of any action that constitutes a Major Decision, the Major Decision Reporting Package) with respect thereto. Following such notice, the applicable Directing Holder shall have 10 Business Days (or, in the case of a determination of an Acceptable Insurance Default, 20 days) from the date it receives from the Special Servicer the recommendation and analysis of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer (or, in the case of any action that constitutes a Major Decision, the related Major Decision Reporting Package), as applicable, and any other information it may reasonably request (or, with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, such longer time period as may be provided in the related Co-Lender Agreement) to approve any recommendation of the Special Servicer or the Master Servicer relating to any such request for approval of modification, waiver, amendment, consent or other action that constitutes a Major Decision. In any such event, if the applicable Directing Holder does not respond to a request for approval by 5:00 p.m. on the 10th Business Day (or, with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, such longer time period as may be provided in the related Co-Lender Agreement) or 20th day, as applicable, after receipt of the applicable recommendation and analysis (or, in the case of any action that constitutes a Major Decision, the related Major Decision Reporting Package) and other requested information as set forth in the preceding sentence, the Special Servicer or the Master Servicer, as applicable, may deem its recommendation approved by the applicable Directing Holder, and if the Special Servicer does not respond to a request for approval within the required 15 Business Days (or, with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, such longer period as required by the related Co-Lender Agreement, but in no event less than 5 Business Days after the time period set forth in such Co-Lender Agreement for review by any related Serviced Companion Loan Holder or its Companion Loan Holder Representative) or 60 days (with respect to an Acceptable Insurance Default), as applicable, the Master Servicer may deem its recommendation approved by the Special Servicer.

With respect to any Performing Serviced Loan, the Master Servicer, without the consent or consultation of the Special Servicer, any applicable Consulting Parties and/or any applicable Directing Holder, shall process and determine whether to consent to or approve any request by the related Mortgagor with respect to any action that is not (1) a Major Decision, (2) a Special Servicer Decision or (3) an action with respect to which the Special Servicer’s consent is required pursuant to Section 3.09 of this Agreement.

(b)               All modifications, waivers or amendments of any Serviced Loan shall be in writing and shall be effected in a manner consistent with the Servicing Standard. The Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable (in each case, if it is the party processing the related modification, waiver or amendment pursuant to Section 3.24(a)), shall notify in writing the other such party, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, any related Serviced Companion Loan Holder, any applicable Directing Holder, any applicable Consulting Parties and, for posting to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 12.13 of this Agreement, the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider, in writing, of any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Serviced Loan and the date thereof, and shall deliver a copy to the Trustee, any related Serviced

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Companion Loan Holder (which, in the case of a Serviced Companion Loan that has been included in an Other Securitization Trust, shall be deemed to be the related master servicer under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, unless the notifying party has received written notice otherwise), any applicable Directing Holder and any applicable Consulting Parties, and the original to the Certificate Administrator (or any Custodian appointed by it) of the recorded agreement relating to such modification, waiver or amendment within 15 Business Days following the execution and recordation thereof. For the avoidance of doubt, the requirement with respect to the delivery of assumption or substitution agreements shall be governed by Section 3.09.

(c)               Subject to Section 3.30 of this Agreement, any modification of any Loan Documents that requires obtaining a Rating Agency Confirmation pursuant to such Loan Documents, or any modification that would eliminate, modify or alter the requirement of obtaining a Rating Agency Confirmation in such Loan Documents, shall not be made without obtaining a Rating Agency Confirmation. The Rating Agency Confirmation shall be obtained at the related Mortgagor’s expense in accordance with the related Loan Agreement or, if not so provided in such Loan Agreement or if such Mortgagor does not pay, at the expense of the Trust Fund.

(d)               Promptly after any Mortgage Loan, Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loan becomes a Specially Serviced Loan, the Special Servicer shall request from the Certificate Administrator the name of the current Controlling Class Representative (or, in the case of any Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan, so long as no related Control Appraisal Period exists with respect to such Whole Loan, the current related Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative, as applicable) and, if applicable, shall request from the Master Servicer the name of the current related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s). Upon receipt of the name of such current Controlling Class Representative (or, if applicable, such current Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative) from the Certificate Administrator, the Special Servicer shall notify the Controlling Class Representative (or, if applicable, such current Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative) that such Trust Loan became a Specially Serviced Loan. Upon receipt of the name of such current related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s) from the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer shall notify the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s) that the related Serviced Whole Loan became a Specially Serviced Loan. The Certificate Administrator shall be responsible for providing the name of the current Controlling Class Representative or a current Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative only to the extent the Controlling Class Representative or such Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative, as applicable, has identified itself as such to the Certificate Administrator; provided that (i) if the Controlling Class Representative is determined pursuant to the proviso in the definition of “Controlling Class Representative”, then (A) the Certificate Administrator shall determine which Class is the Controlling Class and (B) the Special Servicer shall request from the Certificate Administrator, and the Certificate Administrator shall request from the Depository at the expense of the Trust, the list of Beneficial Holders of the Controlling Class, and the Certificate Administrator shall provide such list to the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer at the expense of the Trust Fund; and (ii) if a Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative is determined pursuant to the proviso in the definition of “Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative”, then

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(A) the Certificate Administrator shall determine which Class is the related Loan-Specific Controlling Class and (B) the Special Servicer shall request from the Certificate Administrator, and the Certificate Administrator shall request from the Depository at the expense of the Trust, the list of Beneficial Holders of the related Loan-Specific Controlling Class, and the Certificate Administrator shall provide such list to the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer at the expense of the Trust Fund.

(e)              Neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall enter into, or structure (including, without limitation, by way of the application of credits, discounts, forgiveness or otherwise), any modification, waiver, amendment, work-out, consent or approval with respect to any Serviced Loan or Serviced Whole Loan in a manner that would have the effect of placing amounts payable as compensation, or otherwise directly or indirectly reimbursable, to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer in a higher priority than that which is set forth in Sections 1.02(d), 1.02(e), 1.02(g) and/or 1.02(h) hereof or in the related Co-Lender Agreement.

(f)               The Special Servicer or Master Servicer may, as a condition to granting any request by a Mortgagor for consent to a modification, extension, waiver or indulgence or any other matter or thing, the granting of which is within its discretion pursuant to the terms of the instruments evidencing or securing the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan and, further, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and applicable law, require that such Mortgagor pay to it a reasonable or customary fee for the additional services performed in connection with such request and any related costs and expenses incurred by it; provided that the charging of such fee would not be a “significant modification” of the Mortgage Loan within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(b).

(g)               Notwithstanding anything set forth in this Agreement, in no event shall the Special Servicer be permitted to:

(i)                 extend the Maturity Date of a Serviced Loan (other than any Trust Subordinate Companion Loan) beyond a date that is 5 years prior to the Rated Final Distribution Date of the rated Regular Certificates (or extend the maturity of a Trust Subordinate Companion Loan beyond a date that is 7 years prior to the Rated Final Distribution Date of any related rated Loan-Specific Certificates); or

(ii)               if the Serviced Loan is secured by a ground lease, extend the Maturity Date of such Serviced Loan beyond a date which is 20 years or, to the extent consistent with the Servicing Standard, giving due consideration to the remaining term of the ground lease, 10 years prior to the end of the current term of such ground lease, plus any options to extend exercisable unilaterally by the related Mortgagor.

(h)               In connection with (i) the release of a Mortgaged Property or any portion of a Mortgaged Property from the lien of the related Mortgage or (ii) the taking of a Mortgaged Property or any portion of a Mortgaged Property by exercise of the power of eminent domain or condemnation, if the related Loan Documents require the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, to calculate (or require the Mortgagor to provide such calculation to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable) the

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loan-to-value ratio of the remaining Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties or the fair market value of the real property constituting the remaining Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties, for purposes of REMIC qualification of the related Serviced Trust Loan, then, unless then permitted by the REMIC Provisions, such calculation shall exclude the value of personal property and going concern value, if any. In connection with approving any such release or taking, the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, shall calculate the loan-to-value ratio in a manner consistent with the prior sentence, and if such calculation is greater than 125%, the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, will require a payment of principal in an amount equal to or greater than a “qualified amount” as determined under Revenue Procedure 2010-30 or successor provisions unless the related Mortgagor provides an Opinion of Counsel that if such amount is not paid the related Trust Loan will not fail to be a Qualified Mortgage.

(i)                 If and to the extent that the Trust, as holder of an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, is entitled to exercise any consent and/or consultation rights with respect to modifications, waivers and amendments or certain other major decisions under the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement, (a) any such consent rights shall be exercised by the Controlling Class Representative (unless a Control Termination Event exists or the Controlling Class Representative is not permitted to consent under the related Co-Lender Agreement) or by the Special Servicer (if a Control Termination Event exists or the Controlling Class Representative is not permitted to consent under the related Co-Lender Agreement), in each case in accordance with Section 3.01(i), and (b) any such consultation rights shall be exercised by the Controlling Class Representative (unless a Consultation Termination Event exists or the Controlling Class Representative is not permitted to consult under the related Co-Lender Agreement) or by the Special Servicer (if a Consultation Termination Event exists or the Controlling Class Representative is not permitted to consult under the related Co-Lender Agreement), in each case in accordance with Section 3.01(i); provided that, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Trigger Event, any such consultation rights shall be exercised by the Special Servicer or the Controlling Class Representative, as applicable, jointly with the Operating Advisor (but, in the case of the Operating Advisor, only with respect to matters similar to Major Decisions). The Master Servicer shall only be obligated to forward any requests received from the related Outside Servicer or the related Outside Special Servicer, as applicable, for such consent and/or consultation to the Special Servicer (who shall forward any such request to the Controlling Class Representative except if a Control Termination Event or Consultation Termination Event, as applicable, has occurred and is continuing, or if the Controlling Class Representative is not permitted to consent or consult, as applicable, under the related Co-Lender Agreement and, following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Trigger Event, to the Operating Advisor), and the Master Servicer shall have no right or obligation to exercise any such consent or consultation rights.

Section 3.25           Additional Obligations With Respect to Certain Mortgage Loans.

(a)               With respect to each Mortgage Loan (other than an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan) with a Stated Principal Balance in excess of $35,000,000, in connection with any replacement of the Manager for the related Mortgaged Property, the Master

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Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, to the extent permitted by the related Loan Documents, shall require a Rating Agency Confirmation and shall condition its consent to such replacement on the Mortgagor paying for such Rating Agency Confirmation.

(b)               With respect to any Mortgage Loan (other than an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan), if any mezzanine loan is directly or indirectly secured by any equity interest of the related Mortgagor, the Master Servicer (if (i) the related Mortgage Loan is a Performing Serviced Loan and (ii) the performance of the particular obligation would not constitute a Special Servicer Decision or a Major Decision) or the Special Servicer (if (i) the related Mortgage Loan is a Specially Serviced Loan or (ii) the performance of the particular obligation would constitute a Special Servicer Decision or a Major Decision) shall perform the obligations of the Trust, as holder of the related Mortgage Loan, or its servicer or agent under the related mezzanine loan intercreditor agreement.

Section 3.26           Certain Matters Relating to the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans.

(a)               With respect to each Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, in the event that any of the related Outside Trustee, the related Outside Servicer or the related Outside Special Servicer shall be replaced in accordance with the terms of the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall acknowledge its successor as the successor to the related Outside Trustee, the related Outside Servicer or the related Outside Special Servicer, as the case may be, in each case with reasonable promptness following request therefor by a party to the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement. In addition to the foregoing, with respect to each Servicing Shift Whole Loan, after the related Servicing Shift Date the related Mortgage Loan shall be an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, and the rights, duties and obligations of the Trust and the parties to this Agreement shall be as set forth herein with respect to Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans.

(b)               With respect to each Servicing Shift Whole Loan, prior to the related Servicing Shift Date, the Custodian shall hold the Mortgage File with respect to such Servicing Shift Whole Loan. Following the related Servicing Shift Date and upon the transfer of servicing of the related Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan to the related Outside Servicing Agreement in accordance with the related Co-Lender Agreement, (i) the Certificate Administrator shall transfer (or cause any Custodian appointed by it to transfer) the Mortgage File (other than the Note(s) evidencing the related Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan and corresponding allonges, the originals of which shall be retained by the Custodian) for such Servicing Shift Whole Loan to the related Outside Trustee (provided that the Custodian shall retain a photocopy of the Mortgage File) in accordance with the provisions and conditions set forth in clause (B) of the second paragraph of Section 2.01(c) and (ii) the Master Servicer shall, upon written request, if the Master Servicer is not the related Outside Servicer, transfer the Servicing File, any original letter of credit and any escrows or reserve funds held for such Servicing Shift Whole Loan to the related Outside Servicer.

Section 3.27           Additional Matters Regarding Advance Reimbursement.

(a)               Upon the determination that a previously made Advance (other than a P&I Advance on a Trust Subordinate Companion Loan) is a Nonrecoverable Advance, to the

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extent that the reimbursement thereof would exceed the full amount of the principal portion of general collections on the Mortgage Loans deposited in the Collection Account, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, at its own option and in its sole discretion, as applicable, instead of obtaining reimbursement for the remaining amount of such Nonrecoverable Advance pursuant to Section 3.06(a)(ii)(B) of this Agreement immediately, may elect to defer reimbursement for some or all such portion of the Nonrecoverable Advance during the one-month Collection Period ending on the then-current Determination Date, for successive one-month periods for a total not to exceed 12 months; provided that any deferral in excess of 6 months shall be subject to the consent of the applicable Directing Holder; and provided further that, if it is an applicable Consulting Party, the Controlling Class Representative must be consulted with. If the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee makes such an election in its sole discretion to defer reimbursement with respect to all or a portion of a Nonrecoverable Advance (together with interest thereon), then such Nonrecoverable Advance (together with interest thereon) or portion thereof shall continue to be fully reimbursable in the subsequent Collection Period (subject, again, to the same sole discretion option to defer; it is acknowledged that, in such a subsequent period, such Nonrecoverable Advance shall again be reimbursable pursuant to Section 3.06(a)(ii)(B) of this Agreement). In connection with a potential election by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee to defer reimbursement of a particular Nonrecoverable Advance or portion thereof during the one-month Collection Period ending on the related Determination Date for any Distribution Date, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee shall further be authorized to wait for principal collections to be received before making its determination of whether to defer reimbursement of a particular Nonrecoverable Advance or portion thereof) until the end of such Collection Period; provided, however, if, at any time the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, determines that the reimbursement of a Nonrecoverable Advance during any Collection Period will exceed the full amount of the principal portion of general collections deposited in the Collection Account for the related Distribution Date, then the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, shall, through a posting to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 12.13 of this Agreement, give the Rating Agencies at least 15 days’ notice prior to any reimbursement to it of Nonrecoverable Advances from amounts in the Collection Account allocable to interest on the Mortgage Loans unless (1) the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, determines in its sole discretion that waiting 15 days after such a notice could jeopardize the Master Servicer’s, the Special Servicer’s or the Trustee’s, as applicable, ability to recover such Nonrecoverable Advances, (2) changed circumstances or new or different information becomes known to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, that could affect or cause a determination of whether any Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance, whether to defer reimbursement of a Nonrecoverable Advance or the determination in clause (1) above, or (3) the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, has not timely received from the Trustee information requested by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, to consider in determining whether to defer reimbursement of a Nonrecoverable Advance; provided that, if clause (1), (2) or (3) apply, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, shall, through a posting to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 12.13 of this Agreement, give Rating

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Agencies notice of an anticipated reimbursement to it of Nonrecoverable Advances from amounts in the Collection Account allocable to interest on the Mortgage Loans as soon as reasonably practicable in such circumstances. Subject to Section 12.13 of this Agreement, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, shall have no liability for any loss, liability or expense resulting from any notice provided to Rating Agencies contemplated by the immediately preceding sentence. Any election by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee to defer reimbursing itself for any Nonrecoverable Advance (together with interest thereon) or portion thereof with respect to any Collection Period shall not be construed to impose on the other such parties any obligation to make such an election (or any entitlement in favor of any Certificateholder, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or any other Person to such an election) with respect to any subsequent Collection Period or to constitute a waiver or limitation on the right of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee to otherwise be reimbursed for such Nonrecoverable Advance immediately (together with interest thereon). Any such election by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee shall not be construed to impose any duty on any other such party to make such an election (or any entitlement in favor of any Certificateholder, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or any other Person to such an election). Any such election by any such party to defer reimbursing itself or obtaining reimbursement for any Nonrecoverable Advance or portion thereof with respect to any one or more Collection Periods shall not limit the accrual of interest on such Nonrecoverable Advance for the period prior to the actual reimbursement of such Nonrecoverable Advance. None of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee or the other parties to this Agreement will have any liability to one another or to any of the Certificateholders or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner for any such election that such party makes to defer or not to defer reimbursing itself as contemplated by this paragraph or for any losses, damages or other adverse economic or other effects that may arise from such an election nor will such election constitute a violation of the Servicing Standard or any duty under this Agreement. The Master Servicer’s, the Special Servicer’s or the Trustee’s, as applicable, election, if any, to defer reimbursement of such Nonrecoverable Advances as set forth above is an accommodation to the Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and shall not be construed as an obligation on the part of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, or a right of the Certificateholders or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner. Nothing herein shall give the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee the right to defer reimbursement of a Nonrecoverable Advance if there are principal collections then available in the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.06 of this Agreement or to defer reimbursement of a Nonrecoverable Advance for an aggregate period exceeding 12 months.

(b)               If the Master Servicer is required to make a Property Advance, but does not do so within 15 days after the Property Advance is required to be made, then the Trustee will be required: (i) if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge of the failure, to give the Master Servicer notice of its failure; and (ii) if the failure continues for three more Business Days, to make the Advance unless the Trustee determines such advance to be a Nonrecoverable Advance.

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Section 3.28           Serviced Companion Loan Intercreditor Matters.

(a)               If, pursuant to Section 2.03, Section 3.17 or Section 9.01 of this Agreement, any Mortgage Loan that relates to a Serviced Whole Loan is purchased from, repurchased from or substituted out of, the Trust Fund, the subsequent holder thereof shall be bound by the terms of the related Co-Lender Agreement and shall assume the rights and obligations of the holder of the Note that represents the related Mortgage Loan under such Co-Lender Agreement. Subject to the provisions of the related Co-Lender Agreement regarding servicing and custodial responsibilities: (i) all portions of the related Mortgage File and (to the extent provided under the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement) other documents pertaining to such Mortgage Loan shall be endorsed or assigned to the extent necessary or appropriate to the purchaser of such Mortgage Loan in its capacity as the holder of the Note that represents the related Mortgage Loan (as a result of such purchase, repurchase or substitution) and (except for the actual Note) on behalf of the holder of the Note(s) that represents the Serviced Companion Loan(s); (ii) thereafter, such Mortgage File shall be held by the holder of the Note that represents the related Mortgage Loan or a custodian appointed thereby for the benefit thereof, on behalf of itself and the holder of the related Serviced Companion Loan(s) as their interests appear under the related Co-Lender Agreement; and (iii) if the related Servicing File is not already in the possession of such party, it shall be delivered to the master servicer or special servicer, as the case may be, under any separate servicing agreement for the Serviced Whole Loans.

(b)               With respect to each Serviced Companion Loan held outside the Trust, notwithstanding any rights the Operating Advisor, a Risk Retention Consultation Party or the Controlling Class Representative hereunder may have to consult with respect to any action or other matter with respect to the servicing of such Serviced Companion Loan, to the extent the related Co-Lender Agreement provides that such right is exercisable by the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder or its Companion Loan Holder Representative or is exercisable in conjunction with any related Serviced Companion Loan Holder, then (i) neither the Operating Advisor nor the Controlling Class Representative shall be permitted to exercise such right or (ii) to the extent provided in the related Co-Lender Agreement, the Operating Advisor or the Controlling Class Representative, as applicable, shall be required to exercise such right in conjunction with any related Serviced Companion Loan Holder or its Companion Loan Holder Representative, as applicable. Additionally, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, shall consult with, seek the approval of, or obtain the consent of the holder of any Serviced Companion Loan or its Companion Loan Holder Representative with respect to any matters with respect to the servicing of such Serviced Companion Loan to the extent required under related Co-Lender Agreement and shall not take such actions requiring consent of or consultation with the Serviced Companion Loan Holder or its Companion Loan Holder Representative without such consent or consultation. In addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, shall deliver reports and notices to the Serviced Companion Loan Holder or its Companion Loan Holder Representative (or the master servicer or special servicer for the related Other Securitization Trust on behalf of the Serviced Companion Loan Holder) as required under the Co-Lender Agreement.

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(c)               With respect to each Serviced Whole Loan, the Master Servicer shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, on an ongoing basis a statement setting forth, to the extent applicable to such Serviced Whole Loan:

(i)               (A) the amount of the distribution from the related Whole Loan Custodial Account allocable to principal and (B) separately identifying the amount of scheduled principal payments, balloon payments, principal prepayments made at the option of the Mortgagor or other principal prepayments (specifying the reason therefor), net liquidation proceeds and foreclosure proceeds included therein and information on distributions made with respect to the related Serviced Whole Loan;

(ii)              the amount of the distribution from the related Whole Loan Custodial Account allocable to interest and the amount of Default Interest allocable to the related Serviced Whole Loan;

(iii)            the amount of the distribution to the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder, separately identifying the non-default interest, principal and other amounts included therein, and if the distribution to a Serviced Companion Loan Holder is less than the full amount that would be distributable to such Serviced Companion Loan Holder if there were sufficient amounts available therefor, the amount of the shortfall and the allocation thereof between interest and principal and the amount of the shortfall, if any, under the related Serviced Whole Loan;

(iv)             the principal balance of each of the related Serviced Whole Loan and related Serviced Companion Loan after giving effect to the distribution of principal on the most recent Distribution Date; and

(v)               the amount of the servicing fees paid to the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer with respect to the most recent Distribution Date, showing separately the Servicing Fee, the Special Servicing Fee, the Workout Fee and the Liquidation Fee.

Not later than each Distribution Date, the Master Servicer shall make the foregoing statement available to the Serviced Companion Loan Holder (or the master servicer or special servicer for the related Other Securitization Trust on its behalf) by electronic means (which may include posting such information pursuant to the applicable CREFC® reports on the Master Servicer’s website) and by such other means of delivery as required under the related Co-Lender Agreement.

(d)               If any Serviced Companion Loan becomes the subject of an Other PSA Asset Review pursuant to the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall reasonably cooperate (and the Certificate Administrator shall cause any Custodian appointed by it to reasonably cooperate) with the related Other Asset Representations Reviewer in connection with such Other PSA Asset Review by providing the related Other Asset Representations Reviewer with any documents reasonably requested by the related Other Asset Representations Reviewer, but only to the extent that (i) the Other Asset

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Representations Reviewer has not been able to obtain such documents from the related Mortgage Loan Seller and (ii) such documents are in the possession of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator or any Custodian appointed by the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be. For the avoidance of doubt, none of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator or the Custodian shall have other obligations with respect to any such Other PSA Asset Review nor shall any such party be bound by the results of any such asset review.

(e)               With respect to any Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement that satisfies Regulation RR in whole or in part through the purchase by a third party purchaser of an eligible horizontal residual interest pursuant to Rule 7 of Regulation RR (a “Regulation RR Other PSA”), at any time that the Special Servicer has received written notice of such Regulation RR Other PSA and that an Other Operating Advisor Consultation Trigger Event has occurred under such Regulation RR Other PSA because such eligible horizontal residual interest has been reduced as set forth under Rule 7(b)(6)(iv) of Regulation RR, the Special Servicer shall consult with the related Other Operating Advisor under such Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to any decisions that are Major Decisions with respect to the related Serviced Companion Loan. Such consultation shall be on a non-binding basis and shall be performed in accordance with the same process for consultations between the Special Servicer and Operating Advisor with respect to Major Decisions under this Agreement.

(f)                With respect to each Serviced AB Whole Loan with respect to which the holder of any related Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan is entitled under the related Co-Lender Agreement to avoid its applicable “control appraisal period” (or analogous concept) by posting cash or letter of credit as collateral (a “Threshold Event Collateral”), the Special Servicer shall administer any such Threshold Event Collateral in accordance with the terms of the related Co-Lender Agreement. Any Threshold Event Collateral posted by a Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan Holder shall be held in an outside reserve fund which shall not be an asset of any Trust REMIC, and the party that posted such Threshold Event Collateral shall be the owner of such outside reserve fund, all within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(h). Upon a Final Recovery Determination with respect to any such Serviced AB Whole Loan, the Special Servicer shall transfer any related Threshold Event Collateral held in the form of cash (or, if the related Threshold Event Collateral is a letter of credit, the proceeds of such Threshold Event Collateral) to the related Whole Loan Custodial Account, which such transferred amount shall be treated as Liquidation Proceeds and applied in accordance with the terms of the related Co-Lender Agreement and Section 3.06A of this Agreement.

(g)               The Master Servicer shall maintain a register (the “Serviced Companion Loan Holder Register”) with respect to each Serviced Companion Loan on which the Master Servicer shall record the names and addresses of, and wire transfer instructions for, the Serviced Companion Loan Holders from time to time, to the extent such information is provided in writing to the Master Servicer by a Serviced Companion Loan Holder. The name and address of each initial Serviced Companion Loan Holder as of the Closing Date is set forth on Exhibit NN hereto. The Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively

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rely upon the information delivered by any Serviced Companion Loan Holder until it receives notice of transfer or of any change in information.

In the event that a Serviced Companion Loan Holder transfers the related Serviced Companion Loan without notice to the Master Servicer, the Master Servicer shall have no liability whatsoever for any misdirected payment on such Serviced Companion Loan and shall have no obligation to recover and redirect such payment.

The Master Servicer shall promptly provide the names and addresses of any Serviced Companion Loan Holder to any party hereto, any related Companion Loan Note Holder or any successor thereto upon written request, and any such Person may, without further investigation, conclusively rely upon such information. The Master Servicer shall have no liability to any Person for the provision of any such names and addresses.

For the avoidance of doubt, any notices or information required to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement by any party hereto to a Serviced Companion Loan Holder with respect to a Serviced Companion Loan that has been included in an Other Securitization Trust shall be provided to the Other Servicer under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Section 3.29           Appointment and Duties of the Operating Advisor.

(a)               BellOak, LLC is hereby appointed to serve as the initial Operating Advisor. The Operating Advisor shall at all times be an Eligible Operating Advisor. The Operating Advisor shall at all times act in accordance with the Operating Advisor Standard in fulfilling its responsibilities and obligations under this Agreement.

(b)               The Operating Advisor, as an independent contractor, shall (i) review the Special Servicer’s actions and decisions in respect of Specially Serviced Loans and, solely in connection with Major Decisions as to which the Operating Advisor has consultation rights following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Trigger Event, Performing Serviced Loans (in light of the Servicing Standard and the requirements of this Agreement), (ii) after the occurrence of an Operating Advisor Consultation Trigger Event, consult with the Special Servicer regarding the Major Decisions and Asset Status Reports as contemplated by Section 3.29(h), and (iii) perform each other obligation of the Operating Advisor as set forth in this Agreement, in each such case solely on behalf of the Trust Fund and in the best interest of, and for the benefit of, the Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (as a collective whole), and not any particular Class of Certificateholders or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, as determined by the Operating Advisor in the exercise of its good faith and reasonable judgment, but without regard to any conflict of interest arising from any relationship that the Operating Advisor or any of its Affiliates may have with any of the Mortgagors, any Sponsor, any Mortgage Loan Seller, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Directing Holder, any Risk Retention Consultation Party or any of their respective Affiliates (the “Operating Advisor Standard”). The Operating Advisor shall act solely as a contracting party to the extent set forth in this Agreement and shall not owe any fiduciary duty to any party to this Agreement

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or any other Person in connection with this Agreement. The Operating Advisor’s duties shall be limited to its specific obligations under this Agreement, and the Operating Advisor shall have no duty or liability to any particular Class of Certificates or the Uncertificated VRR Interest or any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner. The Operating Advisor is not a servicer or a sub-servicer and will not be charged with changing the outcome on any particular Specially Serviced Loan or with respect to any Major Decision on which it consults for a Performing Serviced Loan. The Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and, by its acceptance of a Certificate, each Certificateholder acknowledges and agrees that there could be multiple strategies to resolve any Specially Serviced Loan and a variety of actions or decisions made with respect to any Major Decision and that the goal of the Operating Advisor’s participation is to provide additional input relating to the Special Servicer’s compliance with the Servicing Standard in making its determinations as to which strategy to execute. The Operating Advisor shall not owe any fiduciary duty to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or any other Person in connection with this Agreement.

(c)               The Operating Advisor shall promptly review (i) all information available to Privileged Persons on the Certificate Administrator’s Website with respect to the Special Servicer, assets on the CREFC^® Servicer Watch List, Specially Serviced Loans and, if an Operating Advisor Consultation Trigger Event exists, Major Decisions on Performing Serviced Loans, (ii) each Final Asset Status Report delivered by the Special Servicer to the Operating Advisor, (iii) if an Operating Advisor Consultation Trigger Event exists, each other Asset Status Report delivered by the Special Servicer to the Operating Advisor, (iv) each Major Decision Reporting Package delivered by the Special Servicer to the Operating Advisor pursuant to Section 6.09(a) (A) in connection with the Operating Advisor’s consultation rights with respect to the subject Major Decision regarding each Serviced Loan if an Operating Advisor Consultation Trigger Event exists, and (B) with respect to the subject Major Decision regarding each Specially Serviced Loan when an Operating Advisor Consultation Trigger Event does not exist, after the Special Servicer receives the Directing Holder’s approval or deemed approval of such Major Decision Reporting Package, and (v) if specifically required to be delivered to the Operating Advisor under this Agreement, such other reports, documents, certificates and other information prepared by the Special Servicer and received by the Operating Advisor, as relate to the actions and decisions of the Special Servicer in respect of Specially Serviced Loans and, solely in connection with Major Decisions as to which the Operating Advisor has consultation rights, Performing Serviced Loans. To the extent not otherwise deliverable by the Special Servicer to the Operating Advisor hereunder or available to the Operating Advisor on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, the Special Servicer shall: (i) concurrently deliver to the Operating Advisor any and all reports provided by the Special Servicer to any of the other parties to this Agreement or to the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or any Certificateholder or Loan-Specific Certificateholder or Certificate Owner, in each case, to the extent that such reports relate to any Specially Serviced Loan or any Major Decision with respect to which the Operating Advisor has consultation rights pursuant to Section 3.29(h) of this Agreement (provided, that, for so long as an Operating Advisor Consultation Trigger Event does not exist, such reports shall exclude any Major Decision Reporting Package that does not relate to a Specially Serviced Loan and any Asset Status Report that is not a Final Asset Status Report); and (ii) grant the Operating Advisor

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adequate and timely access to information and reports prepared by or otherwise in the possession of the Special Servicer necessary for the Operating Advisor to fulfill its duties under this Agreement.

(d)               The Operating Advisor shall review the Special Servicer’s actions and decisions, in light of the Servicing Standard and the requirements of this Agreement, with respect to (i) the applicable Specially Serviced Loan(s) at any time and, (ii) after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Trigger Event, the applicable Performing Serviced Loans solely in connection with Major Decisions as to which the Operating Advisor has consultation rights pursuant to Section 3.29(h) of this Agreement.

(e)               Based on the Operating Advisor’s review of the following information (to the extent delivered to the Operating Advisor or made available to the Operating Advisor on the Certificate Administrator’s Website): any annual compliance statement and any assessment of compliance delivered to the Operating Advisor pursuant to Section 10.08 and Section 10.09 of this Agreement, as applicable; any attestation report delivered to the Operating Advisor pursuant to Section 10.10 of this Agreement; any Major Decision Reporting Package; any Final Asset Status Report and, during the continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Trigger Event, any other Asset Status Report to the extent delivered to the Operating Advisor or made available on the Certificate Administrator’s website; any other reports made available to Privileged Persons on the Certificate Administrator’s Website during the prior calendar year that the Operating Advisor is required to review pursuant to Section 3.29(c); and any other information (other than any communications between the applicable Directing Holder, any Risk Retention Consultation Party or any Serviced Companion Loan Holder (or its Companion Loan Holder Representative), as applicable, and the Special Servicer that would be Privileged Information) prepared by the Special Servicer and delivered to the Operating Advisor under this Agreement, the Operating Advisor shall (if, during the prior calendar year, (i) any Mortgage Loan was a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan or (ii) there existed an Operating Advisor Consultation Trigger Event), and the Operating Advisor may if, with respect to the prior calendar year, the Operating Advisor deems it appropriate in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, prepare and deliver to the Depositor, the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such Operating Advisor Annual Report on the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website), the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator (who shall promptly post such Operating Advisor Annual Report on the Certificate Administrator’s Website), within 120 days of the end of the prior calendar year an annual report (the “Operating Advisor Annual Report”). The Operating Advisor Annual Report shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit R of this Agreement (which form may be modified or altered as to either its organization or content by the Operating Advisor, subject to compliance of such form with the terms and provisions of this Agreement; provided, that in no event shall the information or any other content included in the Operating Advisor Annual Report contravene any provision of this Agreement). The Operating Advisor Annual Report shall set forth the Operating Advisor’s assessment of the Special Servicer’s performance of its duties under this Agreement during the prior calendar year. Subject to the restrictions in this Agreement, including, without limitation, Section 3.29(b) of this Agreement, each such Operating Advisor Annual Report shall

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(A) state whether the Operating Advisor believes, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that the Special Servicer is performing its duties in compliance with (1) the Servicing Standard and (2) the Special Servicer’s obligations under this Agreement, (B) identify any material deviations with respect to such matters from (i) the Servicing Standard or (ii) the Special Servicer’s obligations under this Agreement, (C) comply with all of the confidentiality requirements applicable to the Operating Advisor with respect to Privileged Information provided for in this Agreement (subject to any permitted exceptions set forth in this Agreement), and (D) comply with the requirements with respect to reports of the Operating Advisor set forth under Rule 7(b) of Regulation RR. In the event a lack of access to Privileged Information limits the Operating Advisor from performing its duties under this Agreement, the Operating Advisor shall not be subject to any liability arising from its lack of access to Privileged Information. Such Operating Advisor Annual Report shall be delivered to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider and the Depositor, and the Certificate Administrator and the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider shall promptly, upon receipt, post such Operating Advisor Annual Report on the Certificate Administrator’s Website and the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website, respectively; provided, however, that the Operating Advisor shall deliver any Operating Advisor Annual Report (at least ten (10) calendar days prior to its delivery to the Depositor, the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator) to (a) the Special Servicer, (b) in the case of a Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, the applicable Directing Holder, and (c) the Controlling Class Representative (at any time that it is an applicable Directing Holder or Consulting Party). The Operating Advisor may, but shall not be obligated to, revise the Operating Advisor Annual Report based on any comments received from the Special Servicer or the Controlling Class Representative. In the event the Special Servicer is replaced during the prior calendar year, the Operating Advisor shall only be required to prepare an Operating Advisor Annual Report relating to each entity that was acting as Special Servicer as of December 31 of the prior calendar year and is continuing in such capacity through the date of such Operating Advisor Annual Report. In preparing an Operating Advisor Annual Report, the Operator Advisor is not required to report on instances of non-compliance with, or deviations from, the Servicing Standard or the Special Servicer’s obligations under this Agreement that the Operating Advisor determines, in accordance the Operating Advisor Standard, to be immaterial. In connection with the Operating Advisor Annual Report and the reviews provided for above in this Section 3.29, the Operating Advisor shall perform its review on the basis of the Special Servicer’s performance of its duties with respect to Specially Serviced Loans and, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Trigger Event, with respect to Major Decisions on Performing Serviced Loans, as well as the extent to which those duties were performed in accordance with the Servicing Standard, with reasonable consideration by the Operating Advisor of any annual compliance statement, any assessment of compliance and any attestation report delivered to the Operating Advisor pursuant to Section 10.08, Section 10.09 and Section 10.10 of this Agreement, as applicable, or made available to the Operating Advisor on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, any Asset Status Report, any Major Decision Reporting Package and other information (other than any communications between the applicable Directing Holder, any Risk Retention Consultation Party or any Serviced Companion Loan Holder (or its Companion Loan Holder Representative), as applicable, and the Special Servicer that

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would be Privileged Information) that the Operating Advisor is required to review on the Certificate Administrator’s Website or that is prepared by the Special Servicer and delivered or made available to the Operating Advisor pursuant to this Agreement.

(f)                [RESERVED]

(g)               After the calculation but prior to the utilization by the Special Servicer of any of the calculations with respect to an applicable Specially Serviced Loan related to (i) Appraisal Reduction Amounts, (ii) Collateral Deficiency Amounts or (iii) net present value used in the Special Servicer’s determination of the course of action to be taken in connection with the workout or liquidation of such Specially Serviced Loan, the Special Servicer shall forward such calculations, together with any supporting material or additional information in the Special Servicer’s possession or reasonably obtainable by the Special Servicer necessary in support thereof (including such additional information reasonably requested by the Operating Advisor to confirm the mathematical accuracy of such calculations, but not including any Privileged Information), to the Operating Advisor promptly, but in any event no later than two (2) Business Days after preparing such calculations, and the Operating Advisor shall promptly, but no later than five (5) Business Days after receipt of such calculations and any supporting or additional materials, recalculate and verify the accuracy of the mathematical calculations and the corresponding application of the non-discretionary portion of the applicable formulas required to be utilized in connection with any such calculation.

In connection with this Section 3.29(g), in the event the Operating Advisor does not agree with the mathematical calculations in any material respect or does not agree with the application of the non-discretionary portions of the applicable formulas required to be utilized for such calculation, the Operating Advisor and the Special Servicer shall consult with each other in order to resolve any inaccuracy in the mathematical calculations or the application of the non-discretionary portions of the applicable formulas in arriving at those mathematical calculations or any disagreement within five (5) Business Days of delivery of such calculations to the Operating Advisor. In the event the Operating Advisor and Special Servicer are not able to resolve such inaccuracies or disagreement prior to the end of such five (5) Business Day period, the Operating Advisor shall promptly notify the Certificate Administrator of such disagreement and the Certificate Administrator shall determine which calculation is to apply. In making such determination, the Certificate Administrator may hire an independent third-party to assist with any such calculation at the expense of the Trust Fund.

(h)               After the occurrence and during the continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Trigger Event, the Operating Advisor shall consult (on a non-binding basis) with the Special Servicer in connection with (i) any Major Decision with respect to a Serviced Loan in accordance with Section 3.24, Section 6.09 and this Section 3.29, (ii) each Asset Status Report in accordance with Section 3.21, and (iii) the matters set forth in, and in accordance with, Section 3.09 and Section 3.17(m), and in each case the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, shall consider any alternative courses of action and any other feedback provided by the Operating Advisor. In connection with the Operating Advisor’s obligation to consult (on a non-binding basis) with the Special Servicer with respect to Asset Status Report in accordance with Section 3.21, the Operating Advisor shall

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propose, by written notice, alternative courses of action within 10 Business Days of receipt of each Asset Status Report to the extent the Operating Advisor determines such alternatives to be in the best interest of the Certificateholders (including any Certificateholders that were previously included in the Control Eligible Classes) and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner constituted a single lender. After the occurrence and during the continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Trigger Event, the Operating Advisor shall consult with the Trustee in connection with the matter set forth in, and in accordance with, Section 7.02, and the Trustee shall consider any alternative courses of action and any other feedback provided by the Operating Advisor.

(i)                 Subject to the requirements of confidentiality imposed on the Operating Advisor herein (including without limitation in respect of Privileged Information), the Operating Advisor shall respond to Inquiries relating to the Operating Advisor Annual Reports or actions by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer as to which the Operating Advisor has consultation rights, whether or not referenced in any Operating Advisor Annual Report and made by Privileged Persons from time to time in accordance with the terms of Section 4.02(a) of this Agreement.

(j)                 Subject to the Privileged Information Exception, the Operating Advisor will be obligated to keep confidential any Privileged Information received from the Special Servicer, the applicable Directing Holder, any Risk Retention Consultation Party or any related Serviced Companion Loan Holder (or its Companion Loan Holder Representative) in connection with the exercise of the rights of the applicable Directing Holder, such Risk Retention Consultation Party or such related Serviced Companion Loan Holder under this Agreement (including, without limitation, in connection with the review and/or approval of any Asset Status Report), subject to any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree requiring the disclosure of such Privileged Information.

(k)               The Operating Advisor shall keep all Privileged Information confidential and shall not disclose such Privileged Information to any Person (including Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, other than the Controlling Class Representative or the Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative), other than (1) to the extent expressly required by this Agreement, to the other parties to this Agreement with a notice indicating that such information is Privileged Information, (2) pursuant to a Privileged Information Exception or (3) when necessary to support, and directly related to, specific findings or conclusions (i) in the Operating Advisor Annual Report or (ii) in connection with a recommendation by the Operating Advisor for the replacement of the Special Servicer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Operating Advisor, solely to the extent required in connection with its duties under this Agreement, will be permitted to share Privileged Information with its Affiliates and any subcontractors of the Operating Advisor provided such Affiliates and subcontractors of the Operating Advisor agree in writing prior to their receipt of such Privileged Information to be bound by the same confidentiality provisions applicable to the Operating Advisor described in this Agreement and a copy of such agreement is provided to the parties hereto. Each party to this Agreement that receives Privileged Information from the Operating Advisor with a notice stating that such information is Privileged Information shall not disclose such

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Privileged Information to any Person without the prior written consent of the Special Servicer and, as applicable, any related Outside Controlling Note Holder (if a Serviced Outside Controlled Whole Loan is involved), the Risk Retention Consultation Parties and/or, unless a Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Controlling Class Representative other than pursuant to a Privileged Information Exception.

(l)                 On each Master Servicer Remittance Date, the Operating Advisor shall be paid the applicable Operating Advisor Fee accrued on the Mortgage Loans from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account, pursuant to Section 3.06 of this Agreement, and the applicable Operating Advisor Fee accrued on a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan from collections on such Mortgage Loan on deposit in the related Whole Loan Custodial Account, pursuant to Section 3.06(A) of this Agreement. In addition, the Operating Advisor Consulting Fee shall be payable to the Operating Advisor (but only to the extent such fee is actually received from the related Mortgagor as a separately identifiable fee) with respect to each Major Decision for which the Operating Advisor has consultation rights. Each of the Operating Advisor Fee and the Operating Advisor Consulting Fee shall be payable from funds on deposit in the Collection Account as provided in Section 3.06 of this Agreement, but with respect to the Operating Advisor Consulting Fee only to the extent such Operating Advisor Consulting Fee is actually received from the related Mortgagor. If the Operating Advisor has consultation rights with respect to a Major Decision under this Agreement, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall use commercially reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to collect the applicable Operating Advisor Consulting Fee from the related Mortgagor in connection with such Major Decision, but only to the extent not prohibited by the related Loan Documents, and shall deposit any Operating Advisor Consulting Fee so collected from the related Mortgagor into the Collection Account. The Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, may waive or reduce the amount of any Operating Advisor Consulting Fee payable by the related Mortgagor if it determines that such full or partial waiver is in accordance with the Servicing Standard, but in no event shall the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer take any enforcement action with respect to the collection of such Operating Advisor Consulting Fee other than requests for collection; provided that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall consult (on a non-binding basis) with the Operating Advisor prior to any such waiver or reduction.

(m)             In no event shall the Operating Advisor have the power to compel any transaction party to take or refrain from taking any action.

Section 3.30           Rating Agency Confirmation.

(a)               Notwithstanding the terms of any related Loan Documents or other provisions of this Agreement, if any action under any Loan Documents or this Agreement requires Rating Agency Confirmation as a condition precedent to such action, if the party (the “Requesting Party”) required to obtain such Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency has made a request to any Rating Agency for such Rating Agency Confirmation and if, within 10 Business Days of the Rating Agency Confirmation request being posted to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website, any Rating Agency has

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not granted such request, rejected such request or provided a Rating Agency Declination, then (i) such Requesting Party shall promptly request the related Rating Agency Confirmation again, and (ii) if there is no response to such second Rating Agency Confirmation request from the applicable Rating Agency within five (5) Business Days of such second request, whether in the form of granting or rejecting such Rating Agency Confirmation request or providing a Rating Agency Declination, then: (x) with respect to any condition in any Loan Document or related intercreditor agreement or Co-Lender Agreement requiring a Rating Agency Confirmation or any other matter under this Agreement relating to the servicing of the Serviced Mortgage Loans and any Trust Subordinate Companion Loans (other than as set forth in clause (y) or (z) below), the Requesting Party (or, if the Requesting Party is the related Mortgagor, then the Master Servicer (with respect to Performing Serviced Loans if the subject action is not a Major Decision or a Special Servicer Decision or the Master Servicer is processing a Major Decision or a Special Servicer Decision) or the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties and with respect to Performing Serviced Loans if the subject action is a Major Decision or a Special Servicer Decision processed by the Special Servicer), as applicable) shall determine (with the consent of the applicable Directing Holder (but in each case only in the case of actions that would otherwise be Major Decisions), which consent shall be pursued by the Special Servicer and deemed given if such Directing Holder does not respond within seven (7) Business Days of receipt of a request from the Special Servicer to consent to the Requesting Party’s determination), in accordance with its duties under this Agreement and in accordance with the Servicing Standard, except as provided in Section 3.30(b), whether or not such action would be in accordance with the Servicing Standard, and if the Requesting Party (or, if the Requesting Party is the related Mortgagor, then the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable) makes such determination, then the requirement to obtain a Rating Agency Confirmation shall not apply; (y) with respect to a replacement of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, such condition shall be considered satisfied if: (1) the applicable replacement master servicer has a master servicer rating of at least “CMS3” from Fitch or the applicable replacement special servicer has a special servicer rating of at least “CSS3” from Fitch, if Fitch is the non-responding Rating Agency; (2) the applicable replacement master servicer or special servicer, as applicable, is on S&P’s Select Servicer List as a U.S. Commercial Mortgage Master Servicer or U.S. Commercial Mortgage Special Servicer, as applicable, if S&P is the non-responding Rating Agency; and (3) KBRA has not cited servicing concerns of the applicable replacement master servicer or special servicer as the sole or material factor in any qualification, downgrade or withdrawal (or placement on “watch status” in contemplation of a ratings downgrade or withdrawal) of the ratings of securities in any other CMBS transaction serviced by the applicable servicer prior to the time of determination, if KBRA is the non-responding Rating Agency; and (z) with respect to a replacement or successor of the Operating Advisor, such condition shall be deemed to be waived with respect to any non-responding Rating Agency so long as such Rating Agency has not cited concerns regarding the replacement operating advisor as the sole or material factor in any qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings (or placement on “watch status” in contemplation of a ratings downgrade or withdrawal) of securities in any other CMBS transaction with respect to which the replacement operating advisor acts as trust advisor or operating advisor prior to the time of determination.

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Any Rating Agency Confirmation request made by the Master Servicer, Special Servicer, Certificate Administrator, Operating Advisor or Trustee, as applicable, pursuant to this Agreement, shall be made in writing, which writing shall contain a cover page indicating the nature of the Rating Agency Confirmation request, and shall contain all back-up material reasonably necessary for the Rating Agency to process such request, subject to Section 12.13. Such written Rating Agency Confirmation request shall be provided in electronic format in accordance with Section 12.13(b) and the Master Servicer, Special Servicer, Certificate Administrator, Operating Advisor or Trustee, as applicable, shall be required to send the Rating Agency Confirmation request to the Rating Agencies in accordance with Section 12.13(b).

Promptly following the Requesting Party’s (or, if the Requesting Party is the related Mortgagor, then the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s, as applicable) determination to take any action discussed in this Section 3.30(a) without receiving any required Rating Agency Confirmation, such Requesting Party (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable) shall provide electronic written notice in accordance with Section 12.13(b) of the action taken for the particular item at such time and the Master Servicer, Special Servicer, Certificate Administrator or Trustee, as applicable, shall be required to send the Rating Agency Confirmation request to the Rating Agencies in accordance with Section 12.13(b).

(b)               For the purposes of clause (ii) of Section 3.30(a), and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 3.30(a), with respect to the provisions of any Loan Document relating to defeasance (including without limitation the type of collateral acceptable for use as defeasance collateral), release or substitution of any collateral, any applicable Rating Agency Confirmation requirement in the Loan Documents shall not apply, even without the determination pursuant to Section 3.30(a)(ii)(x) by the Requesting Party (or, if the Requesting Party is the related Mortgagor, by the Master Servicer (with respect to Performing Serviced Loans if the subject action is not a Major Decision or a Special Servicer Decision or the Master Servicer is processing a Major Decision or a Special Servicer Decision) or the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties and with respect to Performing Serviced Loans if the subject action is a Major Decision or a Special Servicer Decision processed by the Special Servicer), as applicable); provided, that the Master Servicer (with respect to Performing Serviced Loans if the subject action is not a Major Decision or a Special Servicer Decision or the Master Servicer is processing a Major Decision or a Special Servicer Decision) or the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties and with respect to Performing Serviced Loans if the subject action is a Major Decision or a Special Servicer Decision processed by the Special Servicer), as applicable, shall in any event review the other conditions required under the related Loan Documents with respect to such defeasance, release or substitution and confirm to its satisfaction in accordance with the Servicing Standard that such conditions (other than the requirement for a Rating Agency Confirmation) have been satisfied.

(c)               For all other matters or actions (i) not specifically discussed in clause (ii) (x), (ii) (y) or (ii) (z) of Section 3.30(a) above and (ii) that are not the subject of a Rating Agency Declination, the proposed action shall not be permitted to proceed unless the applicable Requesting Party shall deliver Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency.

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(d)               With respect to any Serviced Companion Loan as to which there exists Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if any action relating to the servicing and administration of any or all of the related Serviced Loans or any related REO Property (including, but not limited to, the replacement of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or a sub-servicer) (the “Relevant Action”) requires delivery of a Rating Agency Confirmation as a condition precedent to such action pursuant to this Agreement, then, except as set forth below in this paragraph, such action will also require delivery of a Companion Loan Rating Agency Confirmation as a condition precedent to such action from each Companion Loan Rating Agency. Each Companion Loan Rating Agency Confirmation shall be sought by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, depending on whichever such party is seeking the corresponding Rating Agency Confirmation(s) in connection with the Relevant Action. The requirement to obtain a Companion Loan Rating Agency Confirmation with respect to any Serviced Companion Loan Securities will be subject to, will be permitted to be waived by the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer on, and will be deemed satisfied or not to apply on, the same terms and conditions applicable to obtaining Rating Agency Confirmations, as set forth in this Agreement; provided, that the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, depending on which is seeking the subject Companion Loan Rating Agency Confirmation, shall forward to one or more of its counterparts (i.e., the master servicer or special servicer, as applicable), the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s counterpart for the related Other Securitization Trust, or such other party or parties (as are agreed to by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, and the applicable parties for the related Other Securitization Trust), at the expense of the related Other Securitization Trust to the extent not borne by the related Mortgagor, and in such format as the sender and recipient may reasonably agree, (i) the request for such Companion Loan Rating Agency Confirmation at least two (2) Business Days before it is sent to the applicable Companion Loan Rating Agency, (ii) all materials forwarded to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider under this Agreement in connection with seeking the Rating Agency Confirmation(s) for the applicable Relevant Action at approximately the same time that such materials are forwarded to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider, and (iii) any other materials that the applicable Companion Loan Rating Agency may reasonably request in connection with such Companion Loan Rating Agency Confirmation promptly following such request.

(e)               Each of the Master Servicer and the Certificate Administrator shall, promptly following receipt of written request from the Special Servicer, provide to the Special Servicer the contact information for the master servicer, the special servicer, the trustee, the certificate administrator and the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s counterpart for an Other Securitization Trust, in each case to the extent known to it.

Section 3.31           General Acknowledgement Regarding Companion Loan Holders. Each Certificateholder and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner acknowledges and agrees, by its acceptance of its Certificates or the Uncertificated VRR Interest, as applicable, that: (i) each Companion Loan Holder may have special relationships and interests that conflict with those of the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and/or Holders of one or more Classes of Certificates; (ii) each Companion Loan Holder may act solely in its own interests; (iii) no Companion Loan Holder has any duty to the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or the Holders of any Class of Certificates; and (iv) no Companion Loan Holder shall have any liability whatsoever for having so acted in its own

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interests, and neither the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner nor any Certificateholder may take any action whatsoever against any Companion Loan Holder or any director, officer, employee, agent or principal thereof for such Companion Loan Holder’s having so acted in its own interests.

Section 3.32           Delivery of Excluded Information to the Certificate Administrator. Any Excluded Information that the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor identifies and delivers to the Certificate Administrator for posting to the Certificate Administrator’s Website shall be delivered to the Certificate Administrator via e-mail (or such other electronic means as is mutually acceptable to the parties) in one or more separate files labeled “Excluded Information” followed by the applicable loan name and loan file to loandata@citi.com. For the avoidance of doubt, any information that is not appropriately labeled and delivered in accordance with this Section 3.32 shall not be separately posted as Excluded Information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, and any information appropriately labeled and delivered to the Certificate Administrator pursuant to this Section 3.32 shall be posted on the Certificate Administrator’s Website under the “Excluded Information” section, as provided under Section 4.02 (unless a loan-by-loan segregation is later performed by the Certificate Administrator in which case any information appropriately labeled and delivered to the Certificate Administrator pursuant to this Section 3.32 shall be posted on the Certificate Administrator’s Website in such a manner that an Excluded Controlling Class Holder will only be prohibited from accessing Excluded Information with respect to those Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loan(s) for which such Excluded Controlling Class Holder is a Borrower Party; provided that the foregoing shall not be construed as an affirmative obligation for the Certificate Administrator to perform such segregation). When so posted, the Excluded Controlling Class Holders shall be prohibited from accessing Excluded Information with respect to any Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loans on the Certificate Administrator’s Website. None of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor shall have any obligations to separately label and deliver any Excluded Information in accordance with this Section 3.32 until such party has received written notice with respect to the related Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loan in the form of Exhibit M-1C to this Agreement. Nothing set forth in this Agreement shall prohibit the Controlling Class Representative or any Controlling Class Certificateholder from receiving, requesting or reviewing any Excluded Information relating to any Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loan with respect to which the Controlling Class Representative or such Controlling Class Certificateholder is not a Borrower Party and, if such Excluded Information is not available on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, such Controlling Class Representative or Controlling Class Certificateholder that is not a Borrower Party with respect to the related Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loan shall be entitled to obtain (upon reasonable request) such information in accordance with Section 4.02(e) of this Agreement.

Section 3.33           Resignation Upon Prohibited Risk Retention Affiliation.

Under Regulation RR, any Subsequent Third Party Purchaser or Loan-Specific Retaining Third Party Purchaser is prohibited from being Risk Retention Affiliated with, among other persons, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer. As long as the prohibition referred to in the preceding sentence exists, upon the occurrence of (i) a Servicing Officer of the Master Servicer or a Responsible Officer of the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as applicable, obtaining actual knowledge that the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as

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applicable, is or has become Risk Retention Affiliated with or a Risk Retention Affiliate of any such Subsequent Third Party Purchaser or Loan-Specific Retaining Third Party Purchaser (in any such case, an “Impermissible TPP Affiliate”), (ii) the Master Servicer, Certificate Administrator or the Trustee receiving written notice by any other party to this Agreement, any such Subsequent Third Party Purchaser or Loan-Specific Retaining Third Party Purchaser, any Sponsor or any Underwriter or Initial Purchaser that the Master Servicer, Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as applicable, is or has become an Impermissible TPP Affiliate, or (iii) the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer obtaining actual knowledge that it is or has become an Affiliate (including a Risk Retention Affiliate) of any such Subsequent Third Party Purchaser or Loan-Specific Retaining Third Party Purchaser, any Sponsor or any other party to this Agreement (other than the Operating Advisor and Asset Representations Reviewer) (together with an Impermissible TPP Affiliate, an “Impermissible Risk Retention Affiliate”), then, in each case, such Impermissible Risk Retention Affiliate shall promptly notify the Sponsors and the other parties to this Agreement and resign in accordance with Section 6.04, Section 8.07 or Section 11.03, as applicable. The resigning Impermissible Risk Retention Affiliate shall bear all reasonable out of pocket costs and expenses of each other party to this Agreement, the Trust and each Rating Agency in connection with such resignation as and to the extent required under this Agreement, provided, however, if the affiliation causing an Impermissible Risk Retention Affiliate is the result of the subject Subsequent Third Party Purchaser or Loan-Specific Retaining Third Party Purchaser, as applicable, acquiring an interest in such Impermissible Risk Retention Affiliate or an affiliate of such Impermissible Risk Retention Affiliate, then such costs and expenses shall be an expense of the Trust.

Section 3.34           Litigation Control.

(a)               With respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan (other than any Excluded Special Servicer Loan), any Serviced Companion Loan or any related REO Loan or related REO Property, the Special Servicer shall, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, direct, manage, prosecute and/or defend any action brought by a Mortgagor, guarantor, other obligor on the related Mortgage Note or any Affiliates thereof (each a “Borrower-Related Party”) against the Trust (including, without limitation, any action in which both the Trust and the Master Servicer are named) and/or the Special Servicer or any predecessor master servicer or special servicer, and represent the interests of the Trust in any litigation relating to the rights and obligations (or the enforcement of obligations) of the Trust, or of the Mortgagor or other Borrower-Related Party under the related Mortgage Loan documents, or with respect to the related Mortgaged Property or other collateral securing such Mortgage Loan (or related Whole Loan), or otherwise with respect to the enforcement of the obligations of a Borrower-Related Party under the related Mortgage Loan documents (“Trust-Related Litigation”). In the event that the Master Servicer is named in any Trust-Related Litigation but the Special Servicer is not named in such Trust-Related Litigation (regardless of whether the Trust is named in such Trust-Related Litigation), the Master Servicer shall notify the Special Servicer of such litigation as soon as reasonably practicable but in any event no later than within ten (10) Business Days of the Master Servicer receiving service of such Trust-Related Litigation.

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Special Servicer is named, in order to effectuate the role of the Special Servicer as contemplated by Section 3.34(a) above, the Master Servicer shall (i) provide quarterly (unless requested in writing from time to time on a more frequent basis) status reports to the Special Servicer regarding such Trust-Related Litigation; (ii) use reasonable efforts to have the Trust replace the Master Servicer as the appropriate party to the lawsuit; and (iii) so long as the Master Servicer remains a party to such lawsuit, consult with, and take direction from, the Special Servicer with respect to material decisions and material monetary settlements related to the interests of the Trust in such Trust-Related Litigation, including but not limited to the selection of counsel. If and/or when the Trust and/or the Special Servicer are named, the Special Servicer shall assume control of the Trust-Related Litigation as provided in Section 3.34(a) above, the Master Servicer shall no longer have the reporting obligations set forth above and the Special Servicer’s selection of counsel shall be subject to the consent of the Master Servicer which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. Further, if there are claims against the Master Servicer, the Trust, and the Special Servicer, each party at the request of any other such party shall enter into a joint defense agreement in accordance with Section 3.34(h) below.

(c)               The Special Servicer shall not (i) undertake (or direct the Master Servicer to undertake) any material settlement of any Trust-Related Litigation or (ii) initiate any material Trust-Related Litigation unless and until (A) it has notified in writing the Directing Holder (prior to a Control Termination Event and other than with respect to an Excluded Loan) (to the extent the identity of the Directing Holder is actually known to the Special Servicer; provided that the Special Servicer shall make due inquiry of the Certificate Administrator as to the identity of the Directing Holder) and the related holder of any Serviced Companion Loan (if such matter affects such related Serviced Companion Loan) (to the extent the identity of the holder of such Serviced Companion Loan is actually known to the Special Servicer) and (B) the Directing Holder (prior to a Control Termination Event and other than with respect to an Excluded Loan) has not objected in writing within five (5) Business Days of having been notified thereof and having been provided with all information that the Directing Holder has reasonably requested with respect thereto promptly following its receipt of the subject notice (it being understood and agreed that if such written objection has not been received by the Special Servicer within such five (5) Business Day period, then the Directing Holder shall be deemed to have approved the taking of such action); provided that, if the Special Servicer determines (consistent with the Servicing Standard) that immediate action is necessary to protect the interests of the Certificateholders and any related Serviced Companion Loan holders, the Special Servicer may take such action without waiting for the Directing Holder’s response.

(d)               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3.34, neither the Special Servicer nor the Master Servicer shall follow any advice, direction or consultation provided by the Directing Holder (or any party to this Agreement) that would require or cause the Special Servicer or the Master Servicer, as applicable, to violate any applicable law, be inconsistent with the Servicing Standard, require or cause the Special Servicer or the Master Servicer, as applicable, to violate provisions of this Agreement, require or cause the Special Servicer or the Master Servicer, as applicable, to violate the terms of any Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan, expose any Certificateholder or any party to this Agreement or their Affiliates, officers, directors or agents to any claim, suit or liability,

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cause any Trust REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC for federal income tax purposes or result in the imposition of a “prohibited transaction” or “prohibited contribution” tax under the REMIC Provisions or materially expand the scope of the Special Servicer’s or the Master Servicer’s, as applicable, responsibilities under this Agreement.

(e)               Notwithstanding the right of the Special Servicer provided under this Section 3.34 to represent the interests of the Trust in Trust Related Litigation, the Master Servicer shall retain the right at all times to make determinations relating to material and direct claims against the Master Servicer where a settlement by the Special Servicer has not otherwise been resolved pursuant to the terms of subsection (g) below, including but not limited to the right to engage separate counsel, to make settlement decisions and to appear in any proceeding on its own behalf. The cost related to or incurred in connection with exercising such rights shall be subject to indemnification as and to the extent provided in this Agreement.

(f)                Further, nothing in this Section 3.34 shall require the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer to take or fail to take any action which in the Master Servicer’s or Special Servicer’s reasonable judgment, may (i) cause any Trust to fail to qualify as a REMIC for federal income tax purposes, result in the imposition of “prohibited transaction” or “prohibited contribution” tax under the Code, or otherwise result in a violation of the REMIC Provisions, (ii) cause the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer to violate the Servicing Standard or the express provisions of any other Section of this Agreement, (iii) result in a violation of applicable law or the Mortgage Loan documents or (iv) subject the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer to liability or materially expand the scope of the Master Servicer’s or Special Servicer’s obligations under this Agreement.

(g)               If Master Servicer or Special Servicer is a named party, then neither the Special Servicer nor the Master Servicer shall settle on behalf of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, any Trust-Related Litigation without such party’s consent unless: (i) such settlement does not contain or require any admission of liability, wrongdoing or consent to injunctive relief on the part of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, and the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer are each fully released, (ii) the cost of such settlement or any resulting judgment is and shall be paid by the Trust pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and payment of such cost or judgment is provided for in this Agreement, (iii) each of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer is and shall be indemnified as and to the extent provided in this Agreement for all costs and expenses incurred in defending and settling the Trust-Related Litigation and for any judgment, (iv) any such action taken by the Master Servicer at the direction of the Special Servicer shall be deemed (as to the Master Servicer) to be in compliance with the Servicing Standard and (v) the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, provides the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, with assurance reasonably satisfactory to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, as to the items in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv).

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Servicer deem it appropriate, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall (i) use reasonable efforts to enter into a joint defense agreement and (ii) otherwise cooperate with each other to afford the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer the rights afforded to such party in this Section 3.34.

(i)                 This Section 3.34 shall not apply in the event, and to the extent, that the Special Servicer authorizes the Master Servicer, and the Master Servicer agrees (both authority and agreement to be in writing), to make certain decisions or control certain Trust-Related Litigation on behalf of the Trust in accordance with the Servicing Standard.

(j)                 Notwithstanding the foregoing, and subject to the requirements of the final sentence in Section 3.01(b) and subject to the power of attorney (i) in the event that any action, suit, litigation or proceeding names the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Custodian or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, in its individual capacity, or in the event that any judgment is rendered against the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Custodian or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, in its individual capacity, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee or the Custodian, as applicable, upon prior written notice to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, may retain counsel and appear in any such proceeding on its own behalf in order to protect and represent its interests (but not to otherwise direct, manage or prosecute such litigation or claim); (ii) in the event of any action, suit, litigation or proceeding, other than an action, suit, litigation or proceeding relating to the enforcement of the obligations of a Mortgagor, guarantor or other obligor under the related Mortgage Loan documents, or otherwise relating to one or more Mortgage Loans or Mortgaged Properties, neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall, without the prior written consent of the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Custodian or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, (A) initiate an action, suit, litigation or proceeding in the name of the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Custodian or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, whether in such capacity or individually, (B) engage counsel to represent the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Custodian or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, (C) settle any claim giving rise to liability to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, in its individual capacity or (D) prepare, execute or deliver any government filings, forms, permits, registrations or other documents or take any other similar action with the intent to cause, and that actually causes, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Custodian or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, to be registered to do business in any state (provided that neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall be responsible for any delay due to the unwillingness of the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Custodian or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, to grant such consent); and (iii) in the event that any court finds that the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Custodian or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, is a necessary party in respect of any action, suit, litigation or proceeding relating to or arising from this Agreement or any Mortgage Loan, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Custodian or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, shall have the right to retain counsel and appear in any such proceeding on its own behalf in order to protect and represent its interests, whether as the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Custodian or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, or individually (but not to otherwise direct, manage or prosecute such litigation or claim); provided that nothing in this subsection shall be interpreted to preclude the Special Servicer

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(with respect to any material Trust-Related Litigation, with the consent or consultation of the Directing Holder (prior to a Control Termination Event or Consultation Termination Event, respectively, and other than with respect to an Excluded Loan), to the extent required in Section 3.34(c)) from initiating any action, suit, litigation or proceeding in its name as representative of the Trustee of the Trust. References to Mortgage Loans (including references to Mortgagors, guarantors, obligors and Mortgaged Properties) in this Section 3.34 shall mean Serviced Mortgage Loans.

(k)               Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary in this Section 3.34, this Section 3.34 shall not apply to any Trust-Related Litigation and shall have no force and effect with respect thereto, in the event that either (i) at the time such Trust-Related Litigation is commenced or at any time during the continuance of such Trust-Related Litigation, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC is no longer the Special Servicer with respect to the related Mortgage Loan or related Whole Loan or has received notice of its replacement as Special Servicer with respect to the related Mortgage Loan or related Whole Loan whether or not such replacement is effective or (ii) the Depositor, any Sponsor, any Mortgage Loan Seller, any Initial Purchaser, any Underwriter, or any of their respective affiliates is an adverse party (with respect to the Trust, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer) in such Trust-Related Litigation or holds any interest which is adverse to the Trust, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, unless otherwise agreed to in writing by each of the Master Servicer and/or the Special Servicer, as applicable, and the Depositor, Sponsor, Mortgage Loan Seller, Initial Purchaser, Underwriter, or affiliate that is such a party or holds such interest. In each case under clauses (k)(i) and (ii) above, the applicable party listed above shall use reasonable efforts to provide notice of such occurrence to the Master Servicer and/or the Special Servicer, as applicable, pursuant to this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the rights and obligations of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer relating to any Trust-Related Litigation shall be limited solely to the representation of the Trust and itself, separate and apart from the interests of any other party thereto. For the further avoidance of doubt, in such circumstance described in this paragraph, the rights and obligations of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer relating to litigation shall be as otherwise set forth with respect to servicing in this Agreement.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Article IV

DISTRIBUTIONS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS

Section 4.01           Distributions.

(a)               (i) On each Master Servicer Remittance Date, the Master Servicer shall make the remittances and deposits specified in the first paragraph of Section 4.06(a) of this

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Agreement. On or prior to the Master Servicer Remittance Date in March (or February if the final Distribution Date occurs in such month) of each calendar year (commencing in 2024), pursuant to Section 3.23, the Certificate Administrator shall withdraw from the Interest Reserve Account the aggregate of all Withheld Amounts on deposit therein and shall deposit any such amounts in the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account (to the extent such Withheld Amounts relate to the Mortgage Loans) and the related Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Distribution Account (to the extent such Withheld Amounts relate to a Trust Subordinate Companion Loan), as applicable. On each Master Servicer Remittance Date, the Certificate Administrator shall withdraw from the Excess Liquidation Proceeds Reserve Account and deposit in the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account any Excess Liquidation Proceeds required to be so transferred pursuant to Section 4.01(e) of this Agreement. On each Distribution Date, the amounts that have been transferred to the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account from the Collection Account or as P&I Advances or Compensating Interest Payments or as otherwise contemplated by the preceding sentences of this Section 4.01(a) shall be deemed distributed on the Lower-Tier Regular Interests to the Upper-Tier REMIC, in accordance with Section 4.01(a)(ii) and the last paragraph of Section 4.01(d). On each Distribution Date, the amounts with respect to a Trust Subordinate Companion Loan that have been transferred to the related Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Distribution Account from the Collection Account or as P&I Advances or Compensating Interest Payments or as otherwise contemplated by the preceding sentences of this Section 4.01(a) shall be deemed distributed on the related Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interests to the Upper-Tier REMIC, in accordance with Section 4.01(a)(iii) and the last paragraph of Section 4.01(d). Thereafter, such amounts shall be considered to be held in the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account until distributed to the Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner.

(ii)              All distributions made in respect of interest on any Class of Non-Vertically Retained Principal Balance Certificates or in respect of interest of the Class VRR Upper Tier Regular Interest on each Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01(b), Section 4.01(c) or Section 9.01 shall be deemed to have first been distributed from the Lower-Tier REMIC to the Upper-Tier REMIC as interest in respect of its Corresponding Lower-Tier Regular Interest set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto. All distributions made in respect of interest on any Class of the Class X Certificates on each Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01(b) or Section 9.01, and allocable to any particular Component of such Class of Certificates in accordance with the last paragraph of Section 4.01(b), shall be deemed to have first been distributed from the Lower-Tier REMIC to the Upper-Tier REMIC as interest in respect of such Component’s Corresponding Lower-Tier Regular Interest. All distributions made in respect of principal of any Class of Non-Vertically Retained Principal Balance Certificates or in respect of principal of the Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest on each Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01(b), Section 4.01(c) or Section 9.01 shall be deemed to have first been distributed from the Lower-Tier REMIC to the Upper-Tier REMIC in respect of principal of its Corresponding Lower-Tier Regular Interest set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto. All reimbursements (with interest) of applicable Realized Losses made in respect of any Class of Non-Vertically Retained Principal

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Balance Certificates or in respect of the Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest on each Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01(b), Section 4.01(c) or Section 9.01 shall be deemed to have first been distributed from the Lower-Tier REMIC to the Upper-Tier REMIC as reimbursements (with interest) of applicable Realized Losses, in respect of its Corresponding Lower-Tier Regular Interest.

(iii)            All distributions made in respect of interest on any Class of Loan-Specific Certificates on each Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01(m) or Section 9.01 shall be deemed to have first been distributed from the related Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC to the Upper-Tier REMIC as interest in respect of its Corresponding Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interest set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto. All distributions made in respect of principal of any Class of Loan-Specific Certificates on each Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01(m) or Section 9.01 shall be deemed to have first been distributed from the related Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC to the Upper-Tier REMIC in respect of principal of its Corresponding Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interest set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto. All reimbursements (with interest, if applicable) of applicable Realized Losses made in respect of any Class of Loan-Specific Certificates on each Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01(m) or Section 9.01 shall be deemed to have first been distributed from the related Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC to the Upper-Tier REMIC as reimbursements (with interest, if applicable) of applicable Realized Losses in respect of its Corresponding Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interest.

(iv)             On each Distribution Date, Holders of the Class R Certificates shall receive distributions of any Aggregate Available Funds and Yield Maintenance Charges remaining in the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account in respect of the Lower-Tier Residual Interest after all payments have been made to the Certificate Administrator as the holder of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests in accordance with Section 4.01(a)(ii) and the last paragraph of Section 4.01(d). On each Distribution Date, Holders of the Class R Certificates shall receive distributions of any Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Available Funds and Yield Maintenance Charges remaining in a Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Distribution Account in respect of the related Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Residual Interest after all payments have been made to the Certificate Administrator as the holder of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interests in accordance with Section 4.01(a)(iii) and the last paragraph of Section 4.01(d).

(b)               On each Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator shall withdraw from the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account the amounts on deposit in the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account in respect of interest, principal and reimbursement of applicable Realized Losses, to the extent of Non-Vertically Retained Available Funds on deposit therein, and distribute such amounts to the Holders of each Class of Non-Vertically Retained Regular Certificates and to the Holders of the Class R Certificates in the amounts and in the order of priority set forth below:

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(i)                 First, to the respective Holders of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class X-A and Class X-D Certificates, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to, and pro rata in accordance with, the respective Interest Distribution Amounts of those Classes;

(ii)              Second, to the respective Holders of the Class A-1, Class A-2 and Class A-3 Certificates in reduction of the respective Certificate Balances thereof in the following priority (subject to the penultimate paragraph of this Section 4.01(b)):

(A)             to the Holders of the Class A-1 Certificates, in reduction of the related Certificate Balance, up to an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date, until the related Certificate Balance is reduced to zero;

(B)              to the Holders of the Class A-2 Certificates, in reduction of the related Certificate Balance, up to an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date, less the portion of such Principal Distribution Amount distributed pursuant to subclause (A) above, until the related Certificate Balance is reduced to zero; and

(C)              to the Holders of Class A-3 Certificates, in reduction of the related Certificate Balance, up to an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date, less the portion of such Principal Distribution Amount distributed pursuant to subclauses (A) through (B) above, until the related Certificate Balance is reduced to zero;

(iii)            Third, to the respective Holders of the Class A-1, Class A-2 and Class A-3 Certificates, up to an amount equal to, and pro rata based upon, the aggregate unreimbursed Realized Losses previously allocated to each such Class, plus interest thereon at the Pass-Through Rate for such Class compounded monthly from the date each related Realized Loss was allocated to such Class;

(iv)             Fourth, to the Holders of the Class A-S Certificates, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Interest Distribution Amount of that Class;

(v)               Fifth, after the Certificate Balances of the Class A-1, Class A-2 and Class A-3 Certificates have been reduced to zero, to the Holders of the Class A-S Certificates, in reduction of the related Certificate Balance, up to an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date, less the portion of such Principal Distribution Amount distributed pursuant to all prior clauses, until the related Certificate Balance is reduced to zero;

(vi)             Sixth, to the Holders of the Class A-S Certificates, up to an amount equal to the aggregate of unreimbursed Realized Losses previously allocated to such Class, plus interest thereon at the Pass-Through Rate for such Class compounded monthly from the date each related Realized Loss was allocated to such Class;

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(vii)          Seventh, to the Holders of the Class B Certificates, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Interest Distribution Amount of that Class;

(viii)        Eighth, after the Certificate Balances of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3 and Class A-S Certificates have been reduced to zero, to the Holders of the Class B Certificates, in reduction of the related Certificate Balance, up to an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date, less the portion of such Principal Distribution Amount distributed pursuant to all prior clauses, until the related Certificate Balance is reduced to zero;

(ix)             Ninth, to the Holders of the Class B Certificates, up to an amount equal to the aggregate of unreimbursed Realized Losses previously allocated to such Class, plus interest thereon at the Pass-Through Rate for such Class compounded monthly from the date each related Realized Loss was allocated to such Class;

(x)               Tenth, to the Holders of the Class C Certificates, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Interest Distribution Amount of that Class;

(xi)             Eleventh, after the Certificate Balances of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-S and Class B Certificates have been reduced to zero, to the Holders of the Class C Certificates, in reduction of the related Certificate Balance, up to an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date, less the portion of such Principal Distribution Amount distributed pursuant to all prior clauses, until the related Certificate Balance is reduced to zero;

(xii)          Twelfth, to the Holders of the Class C Certificates, up to an amount equal to the aggregate of unreimbursed Realized Losses previously allocated to such Class, plus interest thereon at the Pass-Through Rate for such Class compounded monthly from the date each related Realized Loss was allocated to such Class;

(xiii)        Thirteenth, to the Holders of the Class D Certificates, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Interest Distribution Amount of that Class;

(xiv)         Fourteenth, after the Certificate Balances of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-S, Class B and Class C Certificates have been reduced to zero, to the Holders of the Class D Certificates, in reduction of the related Certificate Balance, up to an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date, less the portion of such Principal Distribution Amount distributed pursuant to all prior clauses, until the related Certificate Balance is reduced to zero;

(xv)           Fifteenth, to the Holders of the Class D Certificates, up to an amount equal to the aggregate of unreimbursed Realized Losses previously allocated to such Class, plus interest thereon at the Pass-Through Rate for such Class compounded monthly from the date each related Realized Loss was allocated to such Class;

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(xvi)         Sixteenth, to the Holders of the Class E-RR Certificates, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Interest Distribution Amount of that Class;

(xvii)      Seventeenth, after the Certificate Balances of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-S, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates have been reduced to zero, to the Holders of the Class E-RR Certificates, in reduction of the related Certificate Balance, up to an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date, less the portion of such Principal Distribution Amount distributed pursuant to all prior clauses, until the related Certificate Balance is reduced to zero;

(xviii)    Eighteenth, to the Holders of the Class E-RR Certificates, up to an amount equal to the aggregate of unreimbursed Realized Losses previously allocated to such Class, plus interest thereon at the Pass-Through Rate for such Class compounded monthly from the date each related Realized Loss was allocated to such Class;

(xix)         Nineteenth, to the Holders of the Class F-RR Certificates, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Interest Distribution Amount of that Class;

(xx)           Twentieth, after the Certificate Balances of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-S, Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E-RR Certificates have been reduced to zero, to the Holders of the Class F-RR Certificates, in reduction of the related Certificate Balance, up to an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date, less the portion of such Principal Distribution Amount distributed pursuant to all prior clauses, until the related Certificate Balance is reduced to zero;

(xxi)         Twenty-First, to the Holders of the Class F-RR Certificates, up to an amount equal to the aggregate of unreimbursed Realized Losses previously allocated to such Class, plus interest thereon at the Pass-Through Rate for such Class compounded monthly from the date each related Realized Loss was allocated to such Class;

(xxii)      Twenty-Second, to the Holders of the Class G-RR Certificates, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Interest Distribution Amount of that Class;

(xxiii)    Twenty-Third, after the Certificate Balances of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-S, Class B, Class C, Class D, Class E-RR and Class F-RR Certificates have been reduced to zero, to the Holders of the Class G-RR Certificates, in reduction of the related Certificate Balance, up to an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date, less the portion of such Principal Distribution Amount distributed pursuant to all prior clauses, until the related Certificate Balance is reduced to zero;

(xxiv)     Twenty-Fourth, to the Holders of the Class G-RR Certificates, up to an amount equal to the aggregate of unreimbursed Realized Losses previously

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allocated to such Class, plus interest thereon at the Pass-Through Rate for such Class compounded monthly from the date each related Realized Loss was allocated to such Class;

(xxv)       Twenty-Fifth, to the Holders of the Class J-RR Certificates, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Interest Distribution Amount of that Class;

(xxvi)     Twenty-Sixth, after the Certificate Balances of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-S, Class B, Class C, Class D, Class E-RR, Class F-RR and Class G-RR Certificates have been reduced to zero, to the Holders of the Class J-RR Certificates, in reduction of the related Certificate Balance, up to an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date, less the portion of such Principal Distribution Amount distributed pursuant to all prior clauses, until the related Certificate Balance is reduced to zero;

(xxvii)  Twenty-Seventh, to the Holders of the Class J-RR Certificates, up to an amount equal to the aggregate of unreimbursed Realized Losses previously allocated to such Class, plus interest thereon at the Pass-Through Rate for such Class compounded monthly from the date each related Realized Loss was allocated to such Class; and

(xxviii)   Last, to the Holders of the Class R Certificates in respect of the Upper-Tier Residual Interest, in the amount of any remaining portion of the Non-Vertically Retained Available Funds for such Distribution Date on deposit in the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, on each Distribution Date occurring on and after the Cross-Over Date, in place of the allocation of principal payments described in clause (ii) above, remaining Non-Vertically Retained Available Funds at such level shall be distributed up to an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date to the respective Holders of Class A-1, Class A-2 and Class A-3 Certificates, pro rata, based on their respective Certificate Balances, in reduction of their respective Certificate Balances. Any remaining Non-Vertically Retained Available Funds will then be allocated as provided in clauses (iii) through (xxviii) above.

All distributions of interest made in respect of a Class of the Class X Certificates on any Distribution Date pursuant to this Section 4.01(b), shall be deemed to have been made: (x) if there is only one Component of such Class, in respect of such Component; and (y) if there are multiple Components of such Class, in respect of all such Components, pro rata in accordance with the respective amounts of interest that would be payable on such Components on such Distribution Date based on one-twelfth of the Class X Strip Rate of each such Component multiplied by its respective Component Notional Amount, reduced by its share of any Excess Prepayment Interest Shortfall with respect to the Mortgage Pool for such Distribution Date, together with any amounts thereof remaining unpaid from previous Distribution Dates.

(c)               On each Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator shall withdraw from the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account the amounts on deposit therein, to the

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extent of the Combined VRR Available Funds for such Distribution Date, and shall distribute such amounts to the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, the Holders of the Class VRR Certificates and the Class R Certificates in accordance with the following paragraph. In connection therewith, for federal income tax purposes, the amounts distributed with respect to the Uncertificated VRR Interest and the Class VRR Certificates on any Distribution Date in accordance with the following paragraph shall be deemed to have first been transferred to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest for the following purposes and in the following order of priority:

(i)                 First, to make distributions of interest on the Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest, up to an amount equal to the VRR Interest Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date;

(ii)              Second, to make distributions in reduction of the Certificate Balance of the Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest, up to an amount equal to the VRR Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date, until the outstanding Certificate Balance of the Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest has been reduced to zero; and

(iii)            Third, to reimburse (with interest) prior write-offs of the Certificate Balance of the Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest, up to an amount equal to the unreimbursed Realized Losses previously allocated to the Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest, plus interest in an amount equal to the VRR Realized Loss Interest Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date.

On each Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator shall apply the Combined VRR Available Funds for such Distribution Date to make distributions to the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and the Holders of the Class VRR Certificates for the following purposes and in the following order of priority:

(i)               First, distributions of interest to the Holders of the Class VRR Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, pro rata based on the Certificate Balance of the Class VRR Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Balance, respectively, up to an aggregate amount equal to the VRR Interest Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date;

(ii)               Second, distributions of principal to the Holders of the Class VRR Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, pro rata based on the Certificate Balance of the Class VRR Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Balance, respectively, in reduction of such Certificate Balance and Uncertificated VRR Interest Balance, up to an aggregate amount equal to the VRR Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date, until the Combined VRR Interest Balance has been reduced to zero; and

(iii)            Third, reimbursements (with interest) of prior write-offs of the Combined VRR Interest Balance to the Holders of the Class VRR Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, pro rata based on the Certificate Balance

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of the Class VRR Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Balance, respectively, up to an aggregate amount equal to the unreimbursed Realized Losses previously allocated to the Combined VRR Interest, plus interest in an aggregate amount equal to the VRR Realized Loss Interest Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date;

provided that, with respect to any Distribution Date, to the extent that the Combined VRR Available Funds for such Distribution Date exceeds the distributions to the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and the Holders of the Class VRR Certificates on such Distribution Date pursuant to the immediately preceding clauses (i) through (iii), the Certificate Administrator shall distribute such excess to the Holders of the Class R Certificates in respect of the Upper-Tier Residual Interest.

 

The right to payment of Holders of the Class VRR Certificates is pro rata and pari passu with the right to payment of the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner. On each Distribution Date, any Combined VRR Available Funds, any Appraisal Reduction Amounts, Yield Maintenance Charges, Prepayment Interest Shortfalls, and Excess Interest allocated to the Combined VRR Interest shall be allocated to the Class VRR Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest pro rata (based on the Certificate Balance of the Class VRR Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Balance, respectively). In addition, any applicable Realized Losses allocated to the Combined VRR Interest shall be allocated between the Class VRR Certificates, on the one hand, and the Uncertificated VRR Interest, on the other hand, pro rata in accordance with the Certificate Balance of the Class VRR Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Balance, respectively.

(d)               On each Distribution Date, until the Notional Amounts of the Class X-A and Class X-D Certificates and the Certificate Balances of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-S, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates have been reduced to zero, amounts on deposit in the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account that represent the Non-Vertically Retained Percentage of each Yield Maintenance Charge (such portion of any Yield Maintenance Charge, a “Non-Vertically Retained Yield Maintenance Charge”) collected on the Mortgage Loans during the related Collection Period (or, in the case of any Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan(s), that accompanied a Principal Prepayment included in the Aggregate Available Funds for such Distribution Date) shall be distributed by the Certificate Administrator to the Holders of the respective Classes of Non-Vertically Retained Regular Certificates (excluding the Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR and Class J-RR Certificates) as follows: (A) first such Non-Vertically Retained Yield Maintenance Charge shall be allocated between (i) the group (the “YM Group A”) of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class X-A and Class A-S Certificates, (ii) the group (the “YM Group B”) comprised solely of the Class B Certificates, (iii) the group (the “YM Group C”) comprised solely of the Class C Certificates and (iv) the group (the “YM Group D” and, collectively with the YM Group A, the YM Group B and the YM Group C, the “YM Groups”) of the Class X-D and Class D Certificates, pro rata based on the aggregate amount of principal distributed with respect to the Class or Classes of Non-Vertically Retained Principal Balance Certificates in each YM Group on such Distribution Date, and (B) then, the portion of such Non-Vertically Retained Yield Maintenance Charge allocated to each YM Group shall be further allocated as among the Classes of Non-Vertically

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Retained Regular Certificates in such YM Group, in the following manner: (1) each Class of Non-Vertically Retained Principal Balance Certificates in such YM Group shall entitle the applicable Certificateholders to receive on the applicable Distribution Date that portion of such Non-Vertically Retained Yield Maintenance Charge equal to the product of (x) a fraction, the numerator of which is the amount distributed as principal to the subject Class of Non-Vertically Retained Principal Balance Certificates on such Distribution Date, and the denominator of which is the total amount of principal distributed to all of the Non-Vertically Retained Principal Balance Certificates in such YM Group on such Distribution Date, (y) except in the case of a YM Group consisting solely of a single Class of Principal Balance Certificates (for which the value in this clause (y) is one (1)), the Base Interest Fraction for the related Principal Prepayment and the subject Class of Non-Vertically Retained Principal Balance Certificates and (z) the portion of such Non-Vertically Retained Yield Maintenance Charge allocated to such YM Group; and (2) any portion of such Non-Vertically Retained Yield Maintenance Charge allocated to such YM Group on any Distribution Date and remaining after such distributions with respect to the Non-Vertically Retained Principal Balance Certificates contemplated by the preceding clause (1) shall be distributed to the Class of Class X Certificates, if any, in such YM Group. If there is more than one Class of Non-Vertically Retained Principal Balance Certificates in any YM Group entitled to distributions of principal on any particular Distribution Date on which Non-Vertically Retained Yield Maintenance Charges collected on the Mortgage Loans are distributable to such Classes, then the aggregate portion of such Non-Vertically Retained Yield Maintenance Charges allocated to such YM Group shall be allocated among all such Classes of Non-Vertically Retained Principal Balance Certificates up to, and on a pro rata basis in accordance with, their respective entitlements in those Non-Vertically Retained Yield Maintenance Charges in accordance with the preceding sentence.

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 4.01(d), on each Distribution Date after the Class X-A Notional Amount and the Class X-D Notional Amount and the Certificate Balances of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-S, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates have been reduced to zero, all amounts on deposit in the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account that represent Non-Vertically Retained Yield Maintenance Charges collected on the Mortgage Loans during the related Collection Period (or, in the case of any Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan(s), that accompanied a Principal Prepayment included in the Aggregate Available Funds for such Distribution Date) shall be distributed by the Certificate Administrator to the Holders of the Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR and Class J-RR Certificates (collectively, the “Subordinate YM Certificates”) as follows: each such Class of Subordinate YM Certificates shall entitle the applicable Certificateholders to receive on the applicable Distribution Date that portion of such Non-Vertically Retained Yield Maintenance Charge equal to the product of (x) a fraction, the numerator of which is the amount distributed as principal to such Class of Subordinate YM Certificates on such Distribution Date, and the denominator of which is the total amount of principal distributed to all of the Subordinate YM Certificates on such Distribution Date, multiplied by (y) the total amount of Non-Vertically Retained Yield Maintenance Charges to be distributed on such Distribution Date. If there is more than one Class of Subordinate YM Certificates entitled to distributions of principal on any particular Distribution Date on which the Non-Vertically Retained Yield Maintenance Charges are distributable to such Classes, then the aggregate amount of such Non-Vertically Retained Yield Maintenance Charges shall be allocated

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among all such Classes of Subordinate YM Certificates entitled to distributions of principal up to, and on a pro rata basis in accordance with, their respective entitlements in those Non-Vertically Retained Yield Maintenance Charges in accordance with the preceding sentence of this paragraph.

On each Distribution Date, amounts on deposit in the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account that represent the Vertically Retained Percentage of each Yield Maintenance Charge collected on the Mortgage Loans during the related Collection Period (or, in the case of any Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan(s), that accompanied a Principal Prepayment included in the Aggregate Available Funds for such Distribution Date) shall be distributed by the Certificate Administrator to the Holders of the Class VRR Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, pro rata based on the Certificate Balance of the Class VRR Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Balance, respectively, with such distribution to be deemed made through the Grantor Trust.

On any Distribution Date, any Yield Maintenance Charges collected in respect of a Trust Subordinate Companion Loan during the related Collection Period will be required to be distributed by the Certificate Administrator to the Holders of the related Loan-Specific Certificates. [DISTRIBUTIONS OF YIELD MAINTENANCE CHARGES ON LOAN-SPECIFIC CERTIFICATES RESERVED.]

Any portion of a Yield Maintenance Charge that is distributed to Holders of the Non-Vertically Retained Regular Certificates on any Distribution Date shall (i) in the case of a Yield Maintenance Charge with respect to a Loan REMIC Held Mortgage Loan, be deemed to have first been distributed from the related Loan REMIC to the Lower-Tier REMIC in respect of the related Loan REMIC Regular Interest, and then from the Lower-Tier REMIC to the Upper-Tier REMIC in respect of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests (exclusive of the Class LVRR Lower-Tier Regular Interest) then receiving a principal distribution, pro rata, based on the respective amounts of those principal distributions, and (ii) in the case of a Yield Maintenance Charge with respect to a Mortgage Loan other than a Loan REMIC Held Mortgage Loan, be deemed to have first been distributed from the Lower-Tier REMIC to the Upper-Tier REMIC in respect of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests (exclusive of the Class LVRR Lower-Tier Regular Interest) then receiving a principal distribution, pro rata, based on the respective amounts of those principal distributions. Any portion of a Yield Maintenance Charge that is distributed to the Holders of the Class VRR Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner on any Distribution Date shall (i) in the case of a Yield Maintenance Charge with respect to a Loan REMIC Held Mortgage Loan, be deemed to have first been distributed from the related Loan REMIC to the Lower-Tier REMIC in respect of the related Loan REMIC Regular Interest, and then from the Lower-Tier REMIC to the Upper-Tier REMIC in respect of the Class LVRR Lower-Tier Regular Interest, and then from the Upper-Tier REMIC to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest, and (ii) in the case of a Yield Maintenance Charge with respect to a Mortgage Loan other than a Loan REMIC Held Mortgage Loan, be deemed to have first been distributed from the Lower-Tier REMIC to the Upper-Tier REMIC in respect of the Class LVRR Lower-Tier Regular Interest, and then from the Upper-Tier REMIC to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest. Any portion of a Yield Maintenance Charge that is distributed to Holders of any Class of Loan-Specific Certificates on any Distribution Date shall be deemed to have first been distributed from the related Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC to the Upper-Tier REMIC

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in respect of its Corresponding Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interest (which, if issued, is set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto).

(e)               On each Master Servicer Remittance Date, the Certificate Administrator shall determine if the Non-Vertically Retained Available Funds for such Distribution Date (determined without regard to the inclusion of any Excess Liquidation Proceeds therein) would be sufficient to pay all interest and principal due and owing to, and to reimburse (with interest thereon) all previously allocated applicable Realized Losses reimbursable to, the Holders of the Non-Vertically Retained Regular Certificates on such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01(b). If the Certificate Administrator determines that such Non-Vertically Retained Available Funds (as so determined) would not be sufficient to make such payments and reimbursements, then the Certificate Administrator shall withdraw from the Excess Liquidation Proceeds Reserve Account and deposit in the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account on the applicable Master Servicer Remittance Date an amount (to be included in the Aggregate Available Funds for the related Distribution Date for allocation between the Combined VRR Interest and the Non-Vertically Retained Regular Certificates) equal to the lesser of (i) all amounts then on deposit in the Excess Liquidation Proceeds Reserve Account and (ii) the sum of (A) the amount of the applicable insufficiency in such Non-Vertically Retained Available Funds and (B) the Vertical Risk Retention Allocation Percentage of the amount described in the immediately preceding sub-clause (A). The Certificate Administrator may also withdraw funds from the Excess Liquidation Proceeds Reserve Account in order to make distributions to the Holders of the Class R Certificates in accordance with the last sentence of Section 3.05(c) of this Agreement.

(f)                On each Distribution Date, following all distributions to be made on such date, the Certificate Balance of each Class of Non-Vertically Retained Principal Balance Certificates shall be reduced without distribution, as a write-off, to the extent of any applicable Realized Loss allocated to such Class of Certificates, on such Distribution Date. On each Distribution Date, any applicable Realized Loss with respect to the Non-Vertically Retained Principal Balance Certificates for such Distribution Date shall be allocated to the following Classes of Non-Vertically Retained Principal Balance Certificates in the following order, until the Certificate Balance of each such Class of Certificates is reduced to zero: first, to the Class J-RR Certificates; second, to the Class G-RR Certificates; third, to the Class F-RR Certificates; fourth, to the Class E-RR Certificates; fifth, to the Class D Certificates; sixth, to the Class C Certificates; seventh, to the Class B Certificates; eighth, to the Class A-S Certificates; and, finally, pro rata to the (i) Class A-1 Certificates, (ii) Class A-2 Certificates, and (iii) Class A-3 Certificates, based on their respective Certificate Balances.

On each Distribution Date, following all distributions to be made on such date, any applicable Realized Loss for such Distribution Date shall be allocated to the Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest; and, in connection therewith, the Certificate Balance of the Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest will be reduced without distribution, as a write-off, to the extent of such applicable Realized Loss. If any applicable Realized Loss is so allocated to the Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest on any Distribution Date, then such applicable Realized Loss shall, in turn, be allocated to the Combined VRR Interest in reduction of the Certificate Balance of the

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Class VRR Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Balance of the Uncertificated VRR Interest (pro rata based on the relative sizes thereof) without distribution, as a write-off, to the extent of such applicable Realized Loss until the Combined VRR Interest Balance is reduced to zero.

On each Distribution Date, following the deemed distributions of principal or in reimbursement (with interest) of previously allocated applicable Realized Losses deemed made in respect of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(ii), the Lower-Tier Principal Balance of each Lower-Tier Regular Interest (after taking account of such deemed distributions) shall be deemed reduced as a result of applicable Realized Losses, to equal the Certificate Balance of its Corresponding Certificates (or, in the case of the Class LVRR Lower Tier Regular Interest, the Certificate Balance of the Class VRR Upper Tier Regular Interest) that will be outstanding immediately following such Distribution Date.

The Notional Amount of the Class X-A Certificates and the Component Notional Amounts of the Class X-A Components will be reduced to reflect reductions of the Certificate Balances of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3 and Class A-S Certificates and of the Lower-Tier Principal Balances of the Class LA-1, Class LA-2, Class LA-3 and Class LA-S Lower-Tier Regular Interests, in any event resulting from allocations of applicable Realized Losses. The Notional Amount of the Class X-D Certificates and the Component Notional Amount of the Class X-D Component will be reduced to reflect reductions of the Certificate Balance of the Class D Certificates and of the Lower-Tier Principal Balance of the Class LD Lower-Tier Regular Interest, in any event resulting from allocations of applicable Realized Losses.

The Certificate Balance of each Class of Loan-Specific Principal Balance Certificates shall be reduced without distribution on any Distribution Date, as a write off, to the extent of any applicable Realized Loss allocated to such Class of Loan-Specific Principal Balance Certificates, on such Distribution Date. On each Distribution Date, any applicable Realized Loss with respect to the Loan-Specific Principal Balance Certificates relating to any particular Trust Subordinate Companion Loan for such Distribution Date shall be allocated to the respective Classes of such Loan-Specific Principal Balance Certificates in the reverse order of payment priority, until the Certificate Balance of each such Class of Loan-Specific Principal Balance Certificates is reduced to zero.

On each Distribution Date, following the deemed distributions of principal or in reimbursement (with interest) of previously allocated applicable Realized Losses deemed made in respect of the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interests pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(iii), the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Principal Balance of each Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interest (after taking account of such deemed distributions) shall be deemed reduced as a result of applicable Realized Losses allocated to its Corresponding Certificates, to equal the Certificate Balance of its Corresponding Certificates that will be outstanding immediately following such Distribution Date.

(g)               Distributions in reimbursement of applicable Realized Losses previously allocated to the respective Classes of the Non-Vertically Retained Principal Balance Certificates and deemed distributions in reimbursement of applicable Realized Losses previously allocated to the Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest shall be made in the

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amounts and manner specified in Section 4.01(b) or Section 4.01(c), as applicable. If and to the extent that any Nonrecoverable Advances (plus interest thereon) that were reimbursed from principal collections on the Mortgage Loans (including REO Mortgage Loans) and previously resulted in a reduction of the Aggregate Principal Distribution Amount are subsequently recovered on the related Mortgage Loan or REO Property, then (on the Distribution Date related to the Collection Period during which the recovery occurred): (i) the Non-Vertically Retained Percentage of the amount of such recovery will be added to the Certificate Balance(s) of the Class or Classes of Non-Vertically Retained Principal Balance Certificates that previously were allocated applicable Realized Losses, in the same sequential order as distributions pursuant to Section 4.01(b) of this Agreement, in each case up to the lesser of (A) the unallocated portion of the Non-Vertically Retained Percentage of the amount of such recovery and (B) the amount of the unreimbursed Realized Losses previously allocated to the subject Class of Non-Vertically Retained Principal Balance Certificates, and the Interest Shortfall with respect to each affected Class of Non-Vertically Retained Regular Certificates for the next Distribution Date will be increased by the aggregate amount of interest that would have accrued through the then current Distribution Date if the restored write-down for such reimbursed Class of Non-Vertically Retained Principal Balance Certificates had never been written down; and (ii) the Vertically Retained Percentage of the amount of such recovery will be added to the Certificate Balance of the Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest (and, accordingly, to the Combined VRR Interest Balance of the Combined VRR Interest, with such increase allocable between the Certificate Balance of the Class VRR Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Balance, pro rata based on the relative sizes thereof) up to the lesser of (A) the Vertically Retained Percentage of the amount of such recovery and (B) the amount of the unreimbursed applicable Realized Losses previously allocated to the Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest (and, accordingly, the Combined VRR Interest), and the interest payable on the Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest (and, accordingly, the Combined VRR Interest) will be deemed increased by the Vertical Risk Retention Allocation Percentage of any contemporaneous increases in interest payable on the Non-Vertically Retained Regular Certificates pursuant to clause (i) of this sentence (which such increase shall accordingly be allocated to the Class VRR Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest pro rata, based on the Certificate Balance of the Class VRR Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Balance, respectively). To the extent that the Certificate Balance of, and/or any interest payable on, any Class of Non-Vertically Retained Regular Certificates or any Component thereof or the Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest is so increased or deemed increased, an identical increase shall be deemed made to the Lower-Tier Principal Balance of, and any interest payable on, the Corresponding Lower-Tier Regular Interest. If the Certificate Balance of the Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest is increased as contemplated above in this paragraph, then the Combined VRR Interest Balance of the Combined VRR Interest shall be increased by such increase in the Certificate Balance of the Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest (which such increase shall accordingly be allocated to the Class VRR Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest pro rata, based on the Certificate Balance of the Class VRR Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Balance, respectively). If the Certificate Balance of any Class of Non-Vertically Retained Principal Balance Certificates or the Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest (or the Combined VRR Interest Balance of the

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Combined VRR Interest or the Lower-Tier Principal Balance of any Lower-Tier Regular Interest) is so increased, the amount of unreimbursed applicable Realized Losses in respect of such Class of Non-Vertically Retained Principal Balance Certificates or the Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest (or the Combined VRR Interest or such Lower-Tier Regular Interest), as the case may be, shall be decreased by such amount, and any interest accrued on the amount of unreimbursed applicable Realized Losses so decreased shall be deemed not to exist.

Distributions in reimbursement of Realized Losses previously allocated to the respective Classes of the Loan-Specific Certificates relating to any particular Trust Subordinate Companion Loan shall be made in the amounts and manner specified in Section 4.01(m). If and to the extent that any Nonrecoverable Advances (plus interest on such Nonrecoverable Advances) that were reimbursed from principal collections on a Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (including any successor REO Companion Loan with respect thereto) and previously resulted in a reduction of the related Loan-Specific Principal Distribution Amount are subsequently recovered on such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or related REO Property, then (on the Distribution Date related to the Collection Period during which the recovery occurred): (i) the amount of such recovery shall be added to the Certificate Balance(s) of the Class or Classes of related Loan-Specific Certificates that previously were allocated applicable Realized Losses, in the same sequential order as distributions pursuant to Section 4.01(m) of this Agreement, in each case up to the lesser of (A) the unallocated portion of the amount of such recovery and (B) the amount of the unreimbursed applicable Realized Losses previously allocated to the subject Class of related Loan-Specific Certificates, and (ii) the related Loan-Specific Interest Shortfall with respect to each affected Class of related Loan-Specific Certificates for the next Distribution Date shall be increased by the amount of interest that would have accrued through the then current Distribution Date if the restored write down for the reimbursed Class of related Loan-Specific Certificates had never been written down. To the extent that the Certificate Balance of, and/or any interest payable on, any Class of Loan-Specific Certificates is so increased or deemed increased, an identical increase shall be deemed made to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Principal Balance of, and any interest payable on, the Corresponding Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interest. If the Certificate Balance of any Class of Loan-Specific Certificates (or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Principal Balance of any Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interest) is increased as contemplated above in this paragraph, then the amount of unreimbursed applicable Realized Losses in respect of such Class of Loan-Specific Certificates (or such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interest) shall be decreased by such amount, and any interest accrued on the amount of such unreimbursed applicable Realized Losses so decreased shall be deemed not to exist.

(h)               All amounts distributable, or reductions allocable on account of applicable Realized Losses, to a Class of Certificates or Loan-Specific Certificates, as applicable, pursuant to this Section 4.01 on each Distribution Date shall be allocated pro rata among the outstanding Certificates or Loan-Specific Certificates, as applicable, in each such Class based on their respective Percentage Interests. All distributions on each Class of Certificates or Loan-Specific Certificates or the Uncertificated VRR Interest pursuant to this Section 4.01 shall be made by the Certificate Administrator on each Distribution Date other than the Termination Date to each related Trust Interest Owner of record at the close of business on the related Record Date by wire transfer of immediately available funds to

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the account of such Trust Interest Owner at a bank or other entity located in the United States and having appropriate facilities to accept such funds, if such Trust Interest Owner has provided the Certificate Administrator with written wiring instructions no less than five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions), or otherwise by check mailed to such Trust Interest Owner. The final distribution on each Certificate, each Loan-Specific Certificate or the Uncertificated VRR Interest shall be made in like manner, but in the case of a Certificate or Loan-Specific Certificate, only upon presentation and surrender of such Certificate or Loan-Specific Certificate, as applicable, and in the case of the Uncertificated VRR Interest, only upon delivery of a written instrument acknowledging surrender of and final distribution on the Uncertificated VRR Interest, at the office of the Certificate Administrator or its agent (which may be the Paying Agent or the Certificate Registrar acting as such agent) that is specified in a notice to Trust Interest Owners of the pendency of the final distribution. The Certificate Administrator shall be responsible for making all distributions on the Certificates, the Loan-Specific Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest contemplated hereunder.

(i)                 Except as otherwise provided in Section 9.01 with respect to an Anticipated Termination Date, the Certificate Administrator shall, no later than the fifteenth day of the month preceding the month in which the final distribution with respect to any Trust Interest is expected to be made (or, if the Certificate Administrator has not received notice of such Anticipated Termination Date by such time, promptly following the Certificate Administrator’s receipt of such notice), mail to each Trust Interest Owner, on such date a notice to the effect that:

(i)                 the Certificate Administrator reasonably expects based upon information previously provided to it that the final distribution with respect to such Trust Interest will be made on such Distribution Date, but in the case of Certificates or Loan-Specific Certificates only upon presentation and surrender of such Certificates or Loan-Specific Certificates, as applicable, and in the case of the Uncertificated VRR Interest, only upon delivery of a written instrument acknowledging surrender of and final distribution on the Uncertificated VRR Interest, at the office of the Certificate Administrator therein specified, and

(ii)              if such final distribution is made on such Distribution Date, no interest shall accrue on such Class of Certificates or Loan-Specific Certificates, the Uncertificated VRR Interest or the Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest, or on the Corresponding Lower-Tier Regular Interest or Corresponding Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interest, as applicable, from and after such Distribution Date; provided, however, that the Class R Certificates shall remain outstanding until there is no other Class of Certificates outstanding.

Any funds not distributed to any Holder or Holders of Certificates of such Class or to the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner on such Distribution Date because of the failure of such Holder or Holders to tender their Certificates or Loan-Specific Certificates or the failure of the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner to deliver the instrument contemplated in clause (i) of the first paragraph of this Section 4.01(i) shall, on such date, be set aside and held in trust for the benefit

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of the appropriate non-tendering Holder or Holders or Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner. If any Trust Interest as to which notice has been given pursuant to this Section 4.01(i) shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six (6) months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Trust Interest Owners to surrender their Trust Interests for cancellation to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice not all of such Trust Interests shall have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Trust Interest Owners concerning surrender of their Trust Interests. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Trust Interest Owners shall be paid out of such funds. Subject to applicable state law with respect to escheatment of funds, if within two years after the second notice any such Trust Interests shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent shall pay to the Certificate Administrator all amounts distributable to the Trust Interest Owners thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall thereafter hold such amounts for the benefit of such Trust Interest Owners until the earlier of (i) its termination as Certificate Administrator hereunder and the transfer of such amounts to a successor Certificate Administrator and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund and distribution of such amounts to the Class R Certificateholders. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Trust Interest Owner on any amount held in trust hereunder or by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Trust Interest Owner’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner’s failure to surrender its Trust Interest, for final payment thereof in accordance with this Section 4.01(i). Any funds not distributed on such Distribution Date shall be set aside and held uninvested in trust for the benefit of Trust Interest Owners not presenting and surrendering their Trust Interests in the aforesaid manner.

(j)                 The Non-Vertically Retained Percentage of the Excess Prepayment Interest Shortfall, if any, with respect to the Mortgage Pool for each Distribution Date will be allocated among the various Classes of Non-Vertically Retained Regular Certificates, pro rata, based upon the respective Interest Accrual Amounts with respect to such Classes of Non-Vertically Retained Regular Certificates for such Distribution Date, and the Vertically Retained Percentage of the Excess Prepayment Interest Shortfall, if any, for each Distribution Date will be deemed allocated to the Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest (and, accordingly, the Combined VRR Interest; and will, in turn, be deemed allocated to the Class VRR Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest, pro rata, based on the Certificate Balance of the Class VRR Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Balance, respectively). The portion of any Excess Prepayment Interest Shortfall for any Distribution Date so allocable to a Class of Class X Certificates shall, in turn, be allocated among the various Components of such Class of Class X Certificates, pro rata, based upon the respective amounts of Accrued Component Interest with respect to such Components for such Distribution Date. The portion of any Excess Prepayment Interest Shortfall for any Distribution Date so allocated to any Class of Non-Vertically Retained Principal Balance Certificates, the Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest or any Component of a Class of Class X Certificates shall be deemed to have first been allocated to the Corresponding Lower-Tier Regular Interest for such Class of Non-Vertically Retained Principal Balance Certificates, the Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest or such Component, as applicable.

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The Excess Prepayment Interest Shortfall, if any, with respect to any Trust Subordinate Companion Loan for each Distribution Date will be allocated among the various Classes of related Loan-Specific Certificates, pro rata, based upon the respective Loan-Specific Interest Accrual Amounts with respect to such Classes of Loan-Specific Certificates for such Distribution Date. The portion of any Excess Prepayment Interest Shortfall with respect to any Trust Subordinate Companion Loan for any Distribution Date so allocated to any Class of related Loan-Specific Certificates shall be deemed to have first been allocated to the Corresponding Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interest for such Class of related Loan-Specific Certificates.

(k)               On each Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator shall withdraw from the Excess Interest Distribution Account any amounts on deposit therein that represent Excess Interest received during the related Collection Period (or, in the case of an ARD Mortgage Loan that is an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, received as of the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the related Master Servicer Remittance Date and not previously distributed) with respect to the ARD Mortgage Loans and shall distribute such Excess Interest: (i) to the Holders of the Class S Certificates in an amount equal to the Non-Vertically Retained Percentage of such Excess Interest; and (ii) to the Holders of the Class VRR Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, pro rata based on the Certificate Balance of the Class VRR Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Balance, respectively, in an amount equal to the Vertically Retained Percentage of such Excess Interest.

(l)                 The various amounts distributable on any Class of Certificates on any Distribution Date pursuant to multiple subsections of, or multiple clauses of any subsection of, this Section 4.01 shall be so distributed in a single, aggregate distribution to the Holders of such Class of Certificates on such Distribution Date.

(m)             [DISTRIBUTIONS OF related Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Available Funds ON LOAN-SPECIFIC CERTIFICATES RESERVED.]

(n)               A Loan REMIC Regular Interest’s share of all payments made on the related Loan REMIC Held Mortgage Loan (other than amounts distributable to the related Loan REMIC Residual Interest in accordance with the related REMIC Declaration) shall be deemed to be paid at the time payments are made under the related Loan REMIC Held Mortgage Loan (in the case of interest, at the Mortgage Rate of such Loan REMIC Held Mortgage Loan) and then deposited in the Lower-Tier REMIC before payments are made to the Trustee as Holder of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests, and shall be treated as principal, interest and Yield Maintenance Charges, as the case may be, based on these characterizations with respect to such Loan REMIC Held Mortgage Loan (or related REO Property), except where expressly noted and, in addition, any payment of principal on or reduction in the Stated Principal Balance of such Loan REMIC Held Mortgage Loan shall reduce the principal balance of the related Loan REMIC Regular Interest. Servicing Fees, Trustee/Certificate Administrator Fees and Operating Advisor Fees with respect to any Loan REMIC Held Mortgage Loan shall be deemed paid by the Lower-Tier REMIC in determining the Net Mortgage Rate of the related Loan REMIC Regular Interest, and all other servicing compensation or unanticipated expenses with respect to such Loan REMIC

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Held Mortgage Loan payable to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee or the Operating Advisor shall be deemed payable by the Lower-Tier REMIC.

Section 4.02           Statements to Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner; Certain Reports by the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer.

(a)               Based on loan-level information received from the Master Servicer and any other applicable Persons, on each Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator shall provide or make available a report, including reports in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D (the “Distribution Date Statement”), setting forth, among other things, the following information:

(A)           the amount of distributions, if any, made on such Distribution Date to the holders of each Class of Principal Balance Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and applied to reduce the respective Certificate Balance thereof or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Balance, as applicable;

(B)            the amount of distributions, if any, made on such Distribution Date to the Holders of each Class of Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner allocable to (A) an Interest Distribution Amount (or, if applicable, a portion of the VRR Interest Distribution Amount), (B) Yield Maintenance Charges and (C) Excess Interest;

(C)            the amount of any distributions made on such Distribution Date to the Holders of the Class R Certificates;

(D)           the aggregate amount of outstanding P&I Advances with respect to each Mortgage Loan as of the related Determination Date, and the total outstanding other or miscellaneous advances (excluding P&I Advances and tax and insurance advances) with respect to each Mortgage Loan as of the related Determination Date;

(E)              the aggregate amount of Servicing Fees retained by or paid to the Master Servicer and Special Servicing Compensation retained by or paid to the Special Servicer in respect of the related Due Period, Collection Period or Interest Accrual Period, as applicable;

(F)              the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans immediately before and after such Distribution Date and the percentage of the Cut-Off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loans which remains outstanding immediately after such Distribution Date;

(G)             the number, aggregate principal balance, weighted average remaining term to maturity and weighted average Mortgage Rate of the outstanding Mortgage Loans, at the close of business on the related Determination Date;

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(H)             as of the Determination Date, the number and aggregate unpaid principal balance of Mortgage Loans (A) delinquent one month, (B) delinquent two months, (C) delinquent three months, (D) delinquent four months or more, (E) that are Specially Serviced Loans but are not delinquent or (F) as to which foreclosure proceedings have been commenced;

(I)                the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of Mortgage Loans as to which the related Mortgagor is subject or is expected to be subject to a bankruptcy proceeding;

(J)                with respect to any Mortgage Loan as to which the related Mortgaged Property became an REO Property (including with respect to the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans) during the related Collection Period, the Stated Principal Balance and unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the date such Mortgaged Property became an REO Property and the most recently determined Appraised Value and date upon which the Appraisal was performed;

(K)             as to any Mortgage Loan repurchased, substituted for or otherwise liquidated or disposed of during the related Collection Period, the Loan Number thereof and the amount of any Liquidation Proceeds and/or other amounts, if any, received thereon during the related Collection Period and the portion thereof included in the Aggregate Available Funds for such Distribution Date;

(L)              with respect to any REO Property (including with respect to the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans) included in the Trust Fund as of the close of business on the last day of the related Collection Period, the Loan Number of the related Mortgage Loan, the book value of such REO Property and the amount of any income collected with respect to such REO Property (net of related expenses) and other amounts, if any, received on such REO Property during the related Collection Period and the portion thereof included in the Aggregate Available Funds for such Distribution Date and the most recently determined Appraised Value and date upon which the Appraisal was performed;

(M)            with respect to any REO Property (including with respect to the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans) sold or otherwise disposed of during the related Collection Period, the Loan Number of the related Mortgage Loan, and the amount of Liquidation Proceeds and other amounts, if any, received in respect of such REO Property during the related Collection Period, the portion thereof included in the Aggregate Available Funds for such Distribution Date and the balance of the Excess Liquidation Proceeds Reserve Account for such Distribution Date;

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(N)             the Interest Distribution Amount in respect of each Class of Non-Vertically Retained Regular Certificates for such Distribution Date, and the VRR Interest Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date;

(O)             any unpaid Interest Distribution Amount in respect of each Class of Non-Vertically Retained Regular Certificates after giving effect to the distributions made on such Distribution Date;

(P)              the Pass-Through Rate for each Class of Non-Vertically Retained Regular Certificates for such Distribution Date;

(Q)             the original Certificate Balance, Notional Amount or Uncertificated VRR Interest Balance as of the Closing Date and the Certificate Balance, Notional Amount or Uncertificated VRR Interest Balance, as the case may be, of each Class of Non-Vertically Retained Regular Certificates, the Class VRR Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest immediately before and immediately after such Distribution Date, separately identifying any reduction in the Certificate Balance, Notional Amount or Uncertificated VRR Interest Balance, as the case may be, of each such Class of Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest due to applicable Realized Losses;

(R)              the Certificate Factor for each Class of Principal Balance Certificates and Class X Certificates immediately following such Distribution Date;

(S)              the Principal Distribution Amount, VRR Principal Distribution Amount and Aggregate Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date;

(T)              the aggregate amount of Principal Prepayments made during the related Collection Period, and the aggregate amount of any Prepayment Interest Excesses received and Prepayment Interest Shortfalls incurred in connection therewith;

(U)             the aggregate amount of losses on Mortgage Loans and Additional Trust Fund Expenses, if any, incurred with respect to the Trust Fund during the related Collection Period, and any Realized Losses for the Non-Vertically Retained Principal Balance Certificates and the Combined VRR Interest, respectively, for such Distribution Date;

(V)             any Appraisal Reduction Amounts and any Collateral Deficiency Amount on a loan-by-loan basis, and the total Appraisal Reduction Amounts, Collateral Deficiency Amounts and Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amount as of the related Determination Date;

(W)           identification of any material modification, extension or waiver of a Mortgage Loan;

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(X)           identification of any material breach of the representations and warranties given with respect to a Mortgage Loan by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller;

(Y)           the identity of the Operating Advisor;

(Z)           the amount of the Operating Advisor Fee, the Trustee/Certificate Administrator Fee and the CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee paid with respect to such Distribution Date;

(AA)       an itemized listing of any Disclosable Special Servicer Fees received by the Special Servicer or any of its Affiliates during the related Collection Period;

(BB)        the identity of the Controlling Class;

(CC)        the identity of the Controlling Class Representative;

(DD)       such additional information as contemplated by Exhibit D to this Agreement; and

(EE)         the information required by Rule 15Ga-1(a), as promulgated under the Exchange Act, concerning all assets of the Trust Fund that were subject of a demand to repurchase or replace for breach of the representations and warranties in any of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements.

In the case of information furnished pursuant to subclauses (A), (B), (C) and (Q) above, the amounts shall be expressed as a dollar amount in the aggregate for all Certificates of each applicable Class and per single Certificate of a specified minimum denomination. The form of any Distribution Date Statement may change over time.

On each Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator shall make available via the Certificate Administrator’s Website to each Holder of a Class R Certificate a copy of the reports made available to the other Certificateholders on such Distribution Date and a statement setting forth the amounts, if any, actually distributed with respect to the Class R Certificates in respect of the related Trust REMIC on such Distribution Date. Such obligation of the Certificate Administrator shall be deemed to have been satisfied to the extent that it provided substantially comparable information pursuant to any requirements of the Code as from time to time in force. Subject to any potential liability for willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence under Sections 6.01, 6.03, 8.01 or 8.05, as applicable, none of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator shall be responsible for the accuracy or completeness of any information supplied to it by or on behalf of a Mortgagor (or a third party on its behalf), any Mortgage Loan Seller (including the information in the Prospectus), another party to this Agreement or a party to an Outside Servicing Agreement that is included in any reports, statements, materials or information prepared or provided by it.

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The Certificate Administrator shall make available each month via the Certificate Administrator’s Website, to any Privileged Person (or, in the case of item (vii) below, solely to Certificateholders, Certificate Owners and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, and provided that the Prospectus, Distribution Date Statements, this Agreement, the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements and the Commission EDGAR filings referred to below (collectively, the “Public Documents”) will be available to the general public, and provided further that any Privileged Person that is a Borrower Party shall only be entitled to access the Public Documents, except as otherwise provided herein with respect to the Special Servicer, any Controlling Class Certificateholder and the Controlling Class Representative), the following items:

(i)                 the following “deal documents”:

(A)             the Prospectus;

(B)            this Agreement, each Sub-Servicing Agreement delivered to the Certificate Administrator since the Closing Date (if any), the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements and any amendments and exhibits hereto or thereto; and

(C)            CREFC^® Loan Setup File delivered to the Certificate Administrator by the Master Servicer;

(ii)              the following “Commission EDGAR filings”:

(A)           any reports on Forms 10-D, 10-K, 8-K and ABS-EE that have been filed by the Certificate Administrator with respect to the Trust through the EDGAR system;

(iii)            the following documents, which shall initially be made available under a tab or heading designated “periodic reports”:

(A)             the Distribution Date Statements;

(B)             the supplemental reports and the CREFC^® data files identified as such in the definition of “CREFC^® Investor Reporting Package (IRP)” (other than the CREFC^® Loan Setup File), to the extent the Certificate Administrator has received such report or file; and

(C)              all Operating Advisor Annual Reports;

(iv)             the following documents, which shall be made available under a tab or heading designated “additional documents”:

(A)             the summary of any Final Asset Status Report delivered to the Certificate Administrator in electronic format pursuant to Section 3.21 of this Agreement;

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(B)              any inspection reports prepared by or on behalf of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, and delivered to the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 3.18 of this Agreement;

(C)              any other Third Party Reports (or updates thereto) delivered to the Certificate Administrator in electronic format;

(D)              any notice of the determination of an Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount with respect to any Mortgage Loan, including the related CREFC^® Appraisal Reduction Template; and

(E)              any notice or documents provided to the Certificate Administrator by the Master Servicer, Special Servicer or the Depositor directing the Certificate Administrator to post to the “additional documents” tab;

(v)               the following documents, which shall be made available under a tab or heading designated “special notices”:

(A)             notice of any release based on an environmental release under this Agreement;

(B)              notice of any waiver, modification or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan;

(C)              notice of final payment on the Certificates or the Uncertificated VRR Interest;

(D)             all notices of the occurrence of any Servicer Termination Events received by the Certificate Administrator or any notice to Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner of the termination of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer;

(E)              notice of termination or resignation of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer;

(F)              notice of resignation of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, and notice of the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee or the successor Certificate Administrator, as applicable;

(G)             any notice of any request by requisite percentage of Certificateholders for a vote to terminate the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 6.08(a) of this Agreement, the Operating Advisor pursuant to Section 7.06(b) of this Agreement or the Asset Representations Reviewer pursuant to Section 11.05(b) of this Agreement;

(H)             any notice to Certificateholders of the Operating Advisor’s recommendation to replace the Special Servicer and the related report

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prepared by the Operating Advisor in connection with such recommendation;

(I)                notice of resignation or termination of the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer and notice of the acceptance of appointment by the successor Operating Advisor or the successor Asset Representations Reviewer, as applicable;

(J)                notice of the Certificate Administrator’s determination that an Asset Review Trigger has occurred and a copy of any Final Asset Review Report received by the Certificate Administrator;

(K)             any notice of the termination of a sub-servicer with respect to Mortgage Loans representing 10% or more of the aggregate principal balance of all the Mortgage Loans;

(L)              any and all officer’s certificates and other evidence delivered to or by the Certificate Administrator to support its or the Master Servicer’s, the Special Servicer’s, or the Trustee’s as the case may be, determination that any Advance was (or, if made, would be) a Nonrecoverable Advance;

(M)            notice of the termination of the Trust;

(N)             any notice that a Control Termination Event or a Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Control Appraisal Period has occurred or is terminated or that a Consultation Termination Event or any applicable Operating Advisor Consultation Trigger Event (including any Loan-Specific Operating Advisor Consultation Trigger Event) has occurred;

(O)             any notice of the occurrence of an Operating Advisor Termination Event;

(P)              any notice of the occurrence of an Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event;

(Q)             any assessments of compliance delivered to the Certificate Administrator;

(R)              any attestation reports delivered to the Certificate Administrator;

(S)              any “special notices” required by a Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner to be posted on the Certificate Administrator’s Website pursuant to Section 5.07; and

(T)              any Proposed Course of Action Notice;

(vi)             the Investor Q&A Forum;

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(vii)          solely to Certificateholders, Certificate Owners and Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner that are Privileged Persons, the Investor Registry; and

(viii)        the “Risk Retention” tab (which shall include, without limitation, any notice from the Depositor or from the Retaining Sponsor regarding any matter related to Regulation RR);

provided that, with respect to a Control Termination Event or a Consultation Termination Event deemed to exist due solely to the existence of an Excluded Mortgage Loan, the Certificate Administrator will only be required to make available such notice of the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event or the notice of the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event to the extent the Certificate Administrator has been notified of such Excluded Mortgage Loan.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, all Excluded Information shall be made available under one separate tab or heading designated “Excluded Information” on the Certificate Administrator’s Website (and not any of the headings described in items (i) through (viii) above) and made available to Privileged Persons other than any Excluded Controlling Class Holder (unless a loan-by-loan segregation is later performed by the Certificate Administrator in which case such access shall only be prohibited with respect to the related Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loan(s)). Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing set forth in this Agreement shall prohibit the Controlling Class Representative or any Controlling Class Certificateholder from receiving, requesting or reviewing any Excluded Information relating to any Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loan with respect to which the Controlling Class Representative or such Controlling Class Certificateholder is not a Borrower Party and, if such Excluded Information is not available to such Controlling Class Representative or Controlling Class Certificateholder via the Certificate Administrator’s Website, such Controlling Class Representative or Controlling Class Certificateholder that is not a Borrower Party with respect to the related Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loan shall be entitled to obtain (upon reasonable request) such information in accordance with Section 4.02(e) of this Agreement.

Notwithstanding any of the foregoing to the contrary, if the Special Servicer is a Borrower Party with respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, the Special Servicer shall nevertheless have access to the Certificate Administrator’s Website; provided, that the Special Servicer hereby agrees not to access, and is not permitted to access, Excluded Special Servicer Information with respect to any Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan (but shall be permitted to access any information with respect to any Mortgage Loan other than any related Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan) made available on the Certificate Administrator’s Website or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement. If the Special Servicer is a Borrower Party with respect to any Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan, the Special Servicer (i) shall not, directly or indirectly provide any information related to any Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan (which shall include, without limitation, any Excluded Information related to such Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan) to (A) any related Borrower Party, (B) any employees or personnel of the Special Servicer or any of its Affiliates involved in the management of any investment in any related Borrower Party or the related Mortgaged Property or (C) to the extent known to the Special Servicer, any non-Affiliate that holds a direct or indirect ownership interest in any related Borrower Party or the related Mortgaged Property, and (ii) shall maintain sufficient

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internal controls and appropriate policies and procedures in place in order to comply with the obligations described in clause (i) above. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary herein, the Certificate Administrator shall not have any obligation to restrict access by the Special Servicer or any Excluded Mortgage Loan Special Servicer to any information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website related to any Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan.

Any Person that is a Borrower Party shall be entitled to access (a) the Public Documents, and (b) in the case of the Controlling Class Representative or a Controlling Class Certificateholder, if any such Person is an Excluded Controlling Class Holder, upon delivery to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee in physical form of an Investor Certification substantially in the form of Exhibit M-1C and a notice in the form of Exhibit M-1F hereto certifying to the effect that it is an Excluded Controlling Class Holder and upon delivery to the Certificate Administrator in physical form of an investor certification substantially in the form of Exhibit M-1G, which shall include each of the CTSLink User ID associated with such Excluded Controlling Class Holder, all information (other than Excluded Information related to the Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loan(s) (unless a loan-by-loan segregation is later performed by the Certificate Administrator in which case such access shall only be prohibited with respect to the Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loan(s) for which such Person is a Borrower Party)) available on the Certificate Administrator’s Website.

In the case of the Controlling Class Representative or Controlling Class Certificateholder that is not an Excluded Controlling Class Holder, upon delivery of an investor certification substantially in the form of Exhibit M-1B hereto certifying to the effect that it is not an Excluded Controlling Class Holder, such Controlling Class Representative or a Controlling Class Certificateholder shall be entitled to access all information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website. The Master Servicer, Special Servicer, Operating Advisor, Certificate Administrator and Trustee may each rely on (i) an Investor Certification in the form of Exhibit M-1B hereto from the Controlling Class Representative or a Controlling Class Certificateholder to the effect that such Person is not an Excluded Controlling Class Holder with respect to any Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loan or (ii) an Investor Certification in the form of Exhibit M-1C hereto from the Controlling Class Representative or a Controlling Class Certificateholder to the effect that such Person is an Excluded Controlling Class Holder with respect to one or more Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loan(s). In the event the Controlling Class Representative or a Controlling Class Certificateholder, as the case may be, becomes an Excluded Controlling Class Holder, such party shall promptly notify each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee in writing substantially in the form of Exhibit M-1F to the effect that such party is an Excluded Controlling Class Holder with respect to the Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loan(s) listed in such notice and shall also provide the Certificate Administrator a notice substantially in the form of Exhibit M-1G listing the CTSLink User ID associated with such Excluded Controlling Class Holder and directing the Certificate Administrator to restrict such Excluded Controlling Class Holder’s access to the Certificate Administrator’s Website as and to the extent provided in this Agreement. Upon confirmation from the Certificate Administrator that such access has been restricted, such Excluded Controlling Class Holder shall submit a new investor certification substantially in the form of Exhibit M-1C (which certification shall include, among other things, an acknowledgement and agreement by such Excluded Controlling Class Holder that it is

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prohibited from accessing and reviewing (and it agrees not to access and review) any Excluded Information with respect to any Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loans for which it is a Borrower Party) to access the information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, except that such Excluded Controlling Class Holder shall not be entitled to access any Excluded Information related to any Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loan(s) (unless a loan-by-loan segregation is later performed by the Certificate Administrator in which case such access shall only be prohibited with respect to the Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loan(s) for which such Person is a Borrower Party) made available on the Certificate Administrator’s Website. Any Excluded Information relating to an Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loan that the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor identifies and delivers to the Certificate Administrator for posting to the Certificate Administrator’s Website shall be delivered to the Certificate Administrator via email to loandata@citi.com in one or more separate files labeled “Excluded Information” followed by the applicable loan name and loan number, and the Certificate Administrator shall segregate on the Certificate Administrator’s Website such Excluded Information on a separate excluded loan tab on the Certificate Administrator’s Website (and, if possible at a later time, on a loan-by-loan basis). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to conclusively assume that the Controlling Class Representative and all Controlling Class Certificateholders are not Excluded Controlling Class Holders except to the extent that the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, has received notice from the Controlling Class Representative or a Controlling Class Certificateholder that it has become an Excluded Controlling Class Holder. None of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Certificate Administrator shall be liable for any communication to the Controlling Class Representative or Controlling Class Certificateholder or disclosure of Excluded Information if the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, did not receive prior written notice that the related Mortgage Loan is an Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loan (including, in the case of the summary of any Asset Status Report or the summary of any Final Asset Status Report delivered to the Certificate Administrator for posting to the Certificate Administrator’s Website and/or any failure to label any such information provided to the Certificate Administrator).

Each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to conclusively rely on any certification delivered by the Controlling Class Representative or a Controlling Class Certificateholder, as applicable, substantially in the form of Exhibit M-1B to the effect that such Person is no longer an Excluded Controlling Class Holder. To the extent the Controlling Class Representative or a Controlling Class Certificateholder receives access pursuant to this Agreement to any Excluded Information with respect to a related Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loan on the Certificate Administrator’s Website or otherwise receives access to such Excluded Information, such Controlling Class Representative or Controlling Class Certificateholder shall be deemed to have agreed that it (i) will not directly or indirectly provide any information related to the Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loan to (A) any related Borrower Party, (B) any Excluded Controlling Class Holder, (C) any employees or personnel of such Controlling Class Representative or Controlling Class Certificateholder, (D) any Affiliate involved in the management of any investment in any related Borrower Party or the related Mortgaged Property or (E) to its actual knowledge, any non-Affiliate that holds a direct or indirect ownership interest in any related

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Borrower Party, and (ii) will maintain sufficient internal controls and appropriate policies and procedures in place in order to comply with the obligations described in clause (i) above.

To the extent a Risk Retention Consultation Party or a Combined VRR Interest Owner receives access pursuant to this Agreement to any information relating to an Excluded RRCP Mortgage Loan (or a Mortgage Loan with respect to which such Holder or owner is a Borrower Party) and/or the related Mortgaged Property (which shall include any Major Decision Reporting Package, Asset Status Reports, Final Asset Status Reports (or summaries thereof), inspection reports related to Specially Serviced Loans conducted by the Special Servicer or any Excluded Mortgage Loan Special Servicer and which may include any Operating Advisor reports delivered to the Certificate Administrator regarding the Special Servicer’s net present value determination, Collateral Deficiency Amount determination or any Appraisal Reduction Amount calculations, and any Officer’s Certificates delivered by the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, supporting any determination that any Advance was (or, if made, would be) a Nonrecoverable Advance, but in each case other than information with respect to such Mortgage Loan that is aggregated with information of other Mortgage Loans at a pool level), whether on the Certificate Administrator’s Website or otherwise, such Risk Retention Consultation Party or such Combined VRR Interest Owner, as applicable, shall be deemed to have agreed that it (i) will not provide any such information to (A) the related Borrower Party, (B) any employees or personnel of such Risk Retention Consultation Party or such Combined VRR Interest Owner or any of its Affiliates involved in the management of any investment in the related Borrower Party or the related Mortgaged Property or (C) to its actual knowledge, any non-Affiliate that holds a direct or indirect ownership interest in the related Borrower Party, and (ii) will maintain sufficient internal controls and appropriate policies and procedures in order to comply with the limitations described in clause (i) above. For the avoidance of doubt, any file or report contained in the CREFC^® Investor Reporting Package (CREFC^® IRP) (other than the CREFC^® Special Servicer Loan File relating to any such Excluded Mortgage Loan) shall be considered information that is aggregated with information of other Mortgage Loans at a pool level. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, a Risk Retention Consultation Party will be permitted to share with any Combined VRR Interest Owner any Major Decision Reporting Package that such Risk Retention Consultation Party has received in connection with the exercise of its consultation rights pursuant to Section 6.09(a).

The Certificate Administrator makes no representations or warranties as to the accuracy or completeness of information provided pursuant to this Section and assumes no responsibility therefor. In addition, the Certificate Administrator disclaims responsibility for any information distributed by the Certificate Administrator for which it is not the original source. In connection with providing access to the Certificate Administrator’s Website, the Certificate Administrator may require registration and acceptance of a disclaimer and may require a recipient of any of the information set forth above (other than the Public Documents) to execute a confidentiality agreement (which may be in the form of a web page “click-through”). The Certificate Administrator shall not be liable for the dissemination of information in accordance with this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Certificate Administrator shall not be liable for any disclosure of Excluded Information relating to an Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loan to the extent such information was included in the summary of any Asset Status Report or the summary of any Final Asset Status Report delivered

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to the Certificate Administrator for posting to the Certificate Administrator’s Website and not properly identified as relating to an Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loan.

The Certificate Administrator shall have no liability for access by an Excluded Controlling Class Holder to the Certificate Administrator’s Website of any information with respect to which such Excluded Controlling Class Holder is prohibited from accessing pursuant to this Agreement if such Excluded Controlling Class Holder provided an Investor Certification but did not indicate it was a Borrower Party.

The Certificate Administrator shall provide assistance in using the Certificate Administrator’s Website through the Certificate Administrator’s customer service desk at telephone number 1-866-846-4526.

The Certificate Administrator may provide such information through means other than (and in lieu of) the Certificate Administrator’s Website; provided that (i) the Depositor shall have consented to such alternative means and (ii) Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and each of the Serviced Companion Loan Holders shall have received notice of such alternative means (which notice may be given via the Certificate Administrator’s Website).

The Master Servicer and the Certificate Administrator shall prepare a separate set of reports, in the same manner and containing substantially similar types of information as described in this Section 4.02, for the Holders of the Loan-Specific Certificates with respect to the related Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and the Loan-Specific Certificates. The Holders of the Loan-Specific Certificates shall be entitled to obtain access to reports and other information in a manner substantially similar to the procedures described in this Agreement.

Any Person that is a Mortgagor, a Manager of a Mortgaged Property, an Affiliate of the foregoing, or an agent of any Mortgagor shall be entitled to access only the Prospectus, Distribution Date Statements, this Agreement, the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements and the Commission EDGAR filings on the Certificate Administrator’s Website which are being made available to the general public. The provisions in this Section shall not limit the Master Servicer’s ability to make accessible certain information regarding the Trust Loans at a website maintained by the Master Servicer.

Within a reasonable period of time after the end of each calendar year, the Certificate Administrator shall furnish to each Person who at any time during the calendar year was a Holder of a Certificate or Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and requests in writing, a statement containing the information as to the applicable Class or the Uncertificated VRR Interest set forth in clauses (A), (B) and (C) of the description of Distribution Date Statements above, aggregated for such calendar year or applicable portion thereof during which such person was a Certificateholder or Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, together with such other information as the Certificate Administrator deems necessary or desirable, or that a Certificateholder, Certificate Owner or Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner reasonably requests, to enable Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner to prepare their tax returns for such calendar year. Such obligation of the Certificate Administrator shall be deemed to have been satisfied to the extent that substantially comparable information shall be provided by the Certificate Administrator pursuant to any requirements of the Code as from time to time are in force.

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The Certificate Administrator shall make the Investor Q&A Forum available only to Privileged Persons. The “Investor Q&A Forum” shall be a service available on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, where Certificateholders and Certificate Owners that are Privileged Persons may submit questions to (a) the Certificate Administrator relating to the Distribution Date Statements, (b) the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, relating to the servicing reports prepared by that party and being made available pursuant to this Section 4.02(a), the Mortgage Loans (excluding the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans), any Trust Subordinate Companion Loans or the related Mortgaged Properties or (c) the Operating Advisor relating to the Operating Advisor Annual Reports or other reports prepared by the Operating Advisor or actions by the Special Servicer referenced in such reports (collectively, “Inquiries”), and (ii) Privileged Persons may view Inquiries that have been previously submitted and answered, together with the answers thereto. Upon receipt of an Inquiry for the Operating Advisor, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, the Certificate Administrator shall forward the Inquiry to the appropriate Person and, in the case of an inquiry relating to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, to the applicable party under the related Outside Servicing Agreement, in each case within a commercially reasonable period following receipt thereof.

Within a commercially reasonable time following receipt of an Inquiry, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, unless it determines not to answer such Inquiry as provided below, shall reply to the Inquiry, which reply of the Operating Advisor, the Master Servicer or Special Servicer shall be by e-mail to the Certificate Administrator. In the case of an Inquiry relating to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Certificate Administrator shall make reasonable efforts to obtain an answer from the related Outside Servicer or the related Outside Special Servicer, as applicable; provided that the Certificate Administrator shall not be responsible for the content of such answer or any delay or failure to obtain such answer. The Certificate Administrator shall post (within a commercially reasonable period following preparation or receipt of such answer, as the case may be) such Inquiry and the related answer to the Certificate Administrator’s Website. If the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer determines, in its respective sole discretion, that (i) any Inquiry is beyond the scope of the topics described above, (ii) answering any Inquiry would not be in the best interests of the Trust and/or the Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, (iii) answering any Inquiry would be in violation of applicable law, this Agreement (including requirements in respect of non-disclosure of Privileged Information) or the applicable Loan Documents, (iv) answering any Inquiry would materially increase the duties of, or result in significant additional cost or expense to, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, (v) answering any Inquiry would require the disclosure of Privileged Information (subject to the Privileged Information Exception) or (vi) answering any Inquiry is otherwise, for any reason, not advisable, then it shall not be required to answer such Inquiry and, in the case of the Operating Advisor, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, shall promptly notify the Certificate Administrator of such determination. In addition, no party shall post or otherwise disclose any direct communications with any Directing Holder or Consulting Party as part of its response to any Inquiries. The Certificate Administrator shall notify the Person who submitted such Inquiry in the event that the Inquiry will not be answered. The Certificate Administrator shall not be required to post to the Certificate Administrator’s Website any Inquiry or answer thereto that the Certificate Administrator determines, in its sole discretion, is administrative or ministerial in nature. The Investor Q&A Forum will not reflect questions,

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answers and other communications which are not submitted via the Certificate Administrator’s Website. Answers posted on the Investor Q&A Forum shall be attributable only to the respondent, and shall not be deemed to be answers from any of the Depositor, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers or any of their respective Affiliates. None of the Underwriters, Initial Purchasers, Depositor, any of their respective affiliates or any other person will certify as to the accuracy of any of the information posted in the Investor Q&A Forum and no such person will have any responsibility or liability for the content of any such information. No party to this Agreement shall disclose Privileged Information in the Investor Q&A Forum.

The Certificate Administrator shall make the Investor Registry available to any Certificateholder, Certificate Owner or Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner that is a Privileged Person. The “Investor Registry” shall be a voluntary service available on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, where Certificateholders, Certificate Owners and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner can register and thereafter obtain information with respect to any other Certificateholder, Certificate Owner or Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner that has so registered. Any person registering to use the Investor Registry will be required to certify that (a) it is a Certificateholder, a Certificate Owner or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and (b) it grants authorization to the Certificate Administrator to make its name and contact information available on the Investor Registry for at least 45 days from the date of such certification to other registered Certificateholders, registered Certificate Owners and the registered Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner. Such Person shall then be asked to enter certain mandatory fields such as the individual’s name, the company name and e-mail address, as well as certain optional fields such as address, phone, and Class(es) of Certificates owned. If any Certificateholder, any Certificate Owner or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner notifies the Certificate Administrator that it wishes to be removed from the Investor Registry (which notice may not be within 45 days of its registration), the Certificate Administrator shall promptly remove it from the Investor Registry. The Certificate Administrator will not be responsible for verifying or validating any information submitted on the Investor Registry, or for monitoring or otherwise maintaining the accuracy of any information thereon. The Certificate Administrator may require acceptance of a waiver and disclaimer for access to the Investor Registry.

Upon filing with the IRS, the Certificate Administrator shall furnish to the Holders of the Class R Certificates the IRS Form 1066 for each Trust REMIC and shall furnish their respective Schedules Q thereto at the times required by the Code or the IRS, and shall provide from time to time such information and computations with respect to the entries on such forms as any Holder of the Class R Certificates may reasonably request.

The specification of information to be furnished by the Certificate Administrator in this Section 4.02 (and any other terms of this Agreement requiring or calling for delivery or reporting of information by the Certificate Administrator to Certificateholders, Certificate Owners and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner) shall not limit the Certificate Administrator in furnishing, and the Certificate Administrator is hereby authorized to furnish, to any Privileged Person any other information (such other information, collectively, “Additional Information”) with respect to the Mortgage Loans or Serviced Whole Loans, the Mortgaged Properties or the Trust Fund as may be provided to it by the Depositor, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer or gathered by it in any investigation or other manner from time to time, provided that (A) while there exists any Servicer Termination Event, any such Additional Information shall

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only be furnished with the consent or at the request of the Depositor (except pursuant to clause (E) below or to the extent such information is requested by a Certifying Certificateholder), (B) the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to indicate the source of all information furnished by it, and the Certificate Administrator may affix thereto any disclaimer it deems appropriate in its sole discretion (together with any warnings as to the confidential nature and/or the uses of such information as it may, in its sole discretion, determine appropriate), (C) the Certificate Administrator may notify any Privileged Person of the availability of any such information in any manner as it, in its sole discretion, may determine, (D) the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled (but not obligated) to require payment from each recipient of a reasonable fee for, and its out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with, the collection, assembly, reproduction or delivery of any such Additional Information, and (E) the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to distribute or make available such Additional Information in accordance with such reasonable rules and procedures as it may deem necessary or appropriate (which may include the requirement that an agreement that provides such information shall be used solely for purposes of evaluating the investment characteristics or valuation of the Certificates be executed by the recipient, if and to the extent the Certificate Administrator deems the same to be necessary or appropriate). Nothing herein shall be construed to impose upon the Certificate Administrator any obligation or duty to furnish or distribute any Additional Information to any Person in any instance, and the Certificate Administrator shall neither have any liability for furnishing nor for refraining from furnishing Additional Information in any instance. The Certificate Administrator shall be entitled (but not required) to request and receive direction from the Depositor as to the manner of delivery of any such Additional Information, if and to the extent the Certificate Administrator deems necessary or advisable, and to require that any consent, direction or request given to it pursuant to this Section be made in writing.

The Depositor hereby authorizes the Certificate Administrator to, and the Certificate Administrator shall, make available to Bloomberg, L.P., Trepp, LLC, Intex Solutions, Inc., BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., CMBS.com, Inc., Moody’s Analytics, Markit Group Limited, RealINSIGHT, Thompson Reuters Corporation, Intercontinental Exchange | ICE Data Services, KBRA Analytics, LLC or such other vendor chosen by the Depositor that submits to the Certificate Administrator a certification in the form of Exhibit M-3 to this Agreement, all the Distribution Date Statements, CREFC^® reports and supplemental notices delivered or made available pursuant to this Section 4.02(a) to Privileged Persons.

(b)               No later than the Business Day prior to each Distribution Date, subject to the third from last paragraph of this subsection (b), the Master Servicer shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and the Special Servicer in electronic form mutually acceptable to the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer the following reports or information (and any other files as may be, or have been, adopted and promulgated by CREFC^® as part of the CREFC^® Investor Reporting Package (IRP) from time to time): (1) a CREFC^® REO Status Report, (2) a CREFC^® Historical Loan Modification/Forbearance and Corrected Mortgage Loan Report, (3) CREFC^® Total Loan Report, (4) the CREFC^® Servicer Watch List/Portfolio Review Guidelines, (5) the CREFC^® Financial File, (6) the CREFC^® Property File, (7) except for the first two Distribution Dates, the CREFC^® Comparative Financial Status Report, (8) the CREFC^®

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Loan Level Reserve/LOC Report, (9) the CREFC^® Advance Recovery Report and (10) the CREFC^® Delinquent Loan Status Report.

With respect to each Serviced Companion Loan that is held by an Other Securitization Trust, the Master Servicer shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the related Other Servicer all reports required to be delivered by the Master Servicer to the Certificate Administrator pursuant to this Section 4.02(b) (which shall include all loan-level reports constituting the CREFC® Investor Reporting Package (IRP)), to the extent related to such Serviced Companion Loan, the related Mortgaged Property or the related Mortgage Note, no later than the earlier of (x) the Master Servicer Remittance Date and (y) the Business Day immediately following the “determination date” (or analogous concept) set forth in the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

No later than the Business Day prior to each Distribution Date except for the first two Distribution Dates, the Master Servicer shall deliver to the Certificate Administrator and the Operating Advisor (by electronic means) the CREFC^® Comparative Financial Status Report for each Trust Loan or related Mortgaged Property as of the Determination Date immediately preceding the preparation of such report for each of the following three periods (but only to the extent the related Mortgagor is required by the Mortgage to deliver and does deliver, or otherwise agrees to provide and does provide, such information): (a) the most current available year-to-date; (b) each of the previous two full fiscal years stated separately (to the extent such information is in the Master Servicer’s possession); and (c) the “base year” (representing the original analysis of information used as of the Cut-Off Date).

The Master Servicer shall provide to the Certificate Administrator the CREFC^® Loan Setup File no later than 4:00 p.m. on the third Business Day before the first Distribution Date to the extent it has received from the Mortgage Loan Sellers one or more spreadsheets (with the data fields filled) containing the data necessary for the completion of the aggregate pool-wide CREFC^® Loan Setup File.

No later than 2:00 p.m., New York City time, on the second Business Day prior to each Distribution Date, the Master Servicer shall deliver to the Certificate Administrator (i) a CREFC^® Loan Periodic Update File setting forth certain information with respect to the Trust Loans and Mortgaged Properties and (ii) the CREFC® Appraisal Reduction Template, to the extent received, or prepared pursuant to Section 3.10(a) of this Agreement, by the Master Servicer.

The Master Servicer shall prepare the initial CREFC^® Financial File and the initial CREFC^® Loan Periodic Update File based on the initial data with respect to each Mortgage Loan provided by the Mortgage Loan Sellers pursuant to the respective Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements.

Not later than 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on each Distribution Date beginning June 2023, the Master Servicer shall deliver to the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor (in the case of the Depositor, to the Depositor’s email addresses set forth in Section 12.04 together with the name, phone number and email address of the servicing officer of the Master Servicer to contact with any questions related to the CREFC^® Schedule AL File and the Schedule AL Additional File) a single CREFC^® Schedule AL File (with respect to each Mortgage Loan that was

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part of the Mortgage Pool during any portion of the related reporting period covered by the Form 10-D required to be filed with respect to the subject Distribution Date pursuant to Section 10.04) and the related Schedule AL Additional File, in each case, in EDGAR-Compatible Format and Excel format; provided, however, that the Master Servicer shall have no obligation to prepare or deliver the CREFC^® Schedule AL File or the Schedule AL Additional File unless and until the Master Servicer receives the Initial Schedule AL File and the Initial Schedule AL Additional File from the Depositor in EDGAR-Compatible Format and Excel format; and provided, further, that, if the Master Servicer has not received the Initial Schedule AL File and the Initial Schedule AL Additional File from the Depositor prior to the time it would need the Initial Schedule AL File and the Initial Schedule AL Additional File in order for the Master Servicer to prepare the CREFC^® Schedule AL File with respect to the first Distribution Date, the Master Servicer shall request the Initial Schedule AL File and the Initial Schedule AL Additional File from the Depositor, including by email to the email addresses for the Depositor set forth in Section 12.04. If the CREFC^® Schedule AL File is not provided by the Master Servicer to the Certificate Administrator by 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator shall notify the Depositor in writing and also request such CREFC^® Schedule AL File from the Master Servicer via email to NoticeAdmin@midlandls.com. The Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely, absent manifest error, without any due diligence, investigation or verification, on the content, completeness and accuracy of the Initial Schedule AL File and the Initial Schedule AL Additional File, in each case, as of the Closing Date. Any Schedule AL Additional File that the Master Servicer determines, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, to deliver in connection with any CREFC^® Schedule AL File prepared by the Master Servicer pursuant to this paragraph shall be delivered in EDGAR-Compatible Format and in Excel format to the Certificate Administrator concurrently with the delivery of the related CREFC^® Schedule AL File. With respect to each Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall include the analogous CREFC^® Schedule AL File and/or Schedule AL Additional File, as applicable, information that it receives from the related Outside Servicer under the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement in the single CREFC^® Schedule AL File and/or Schedule AL Additional File, as applicable, that it delivers to the Certificate Administrator for the subject Distribution Date.

With respect to any Mortgage Loan that is or becomes subject to a forbearance agreement (or any agreement similar thereto) during the reporting period covered by any CREFC^® Schedule AL File prepared by the Master Servicer, the Master Servicer shall so notify the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor in writing (which notification may be in the form of electronic mail) and the Master Servicer shall include as part of such CREFC^® Schedule AL File the appropriate code designations indicating (or to the extent such information cannot be sufficiently indicated via an available code designation, a contemporary explanatory note in the related Schedule AL Additional File indicating) that such Mortgage Loan is in forbearance, and if such Mortgage Loan is reported in such CREFC^® Schedule AL File as “current” during the applicable forbearance period, the Master Servicer shall include a contemporary explanatory note in the related Schedule AL Additional File to reflect that the related Mortgagor is in compliance with such forbearance agreement or similar agreement.

In addition, the Master Servicer (with respect to Performing Serviced Loans) or Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties), as applicable, shall prepare the following with respect to each Mortgaged Property and REO Property, in each case other than with respect to any Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan:

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(i)                 Within 30 days after receipt of a quarterly operating statement, if any, for each calendar quarter, commencing with respect to the calendar quarter ending September 30, 2023, a CREFC^® Operating Statement Analysis Report (but only to the extent the related Mortgagor is required by the related Loan Documents to deliver and does deliver, or otherwise agrees to provide and does provide, such information) for such Mortgaged Property or REO Property as of the end of such calendar quarter; provided, however, that any analysis or report with respect to the first calendar quarter of each year shall not be required to the extent provided in the then current applicable CREFC® guidelines (it being understood that as of the Closing Date, the applicable CREFC® guidelines provide that such analysis or report with respect to the first calendar quarter (in each year) is not required for a Mortgaged Property unless such Mortgaged Property is analyzed on a trailing 12-month basis, or if the related Serviced Trust Loan is on the CREFC® Servicer Watch List). The Master Servicer (with respect to Performing Serviced Loans) or Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties), as applicable, shall deliver to the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and each related Serviced Companion Loan Holder (or the master servicer or special servicer for the related Other Securitization Trust on its behalf) by electronic means the CREFC^® Operating Statement Analysis Report upon request; and

(ii)              Within 30 days after receipt by the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties) or the Master Servicer (with respect to Performing Serviced Loans) of any annual operating statement or rent rolls, commencing with respect to the calendar year ending December 31, 2023, a CREFC^® NOI Adjustment Worksheet (but only to the extent the related Mortgagor is required by the related Loan Documents to deliver and does deliver, or otherwise agrees to provide and does provide, such information), presenting the computation to “normalize” the full year net operating income and debt service coverage numbers used by the Master Servicer in preparing the CREFC^® Comparative Financial Status Report above. The Special Servicer or the Master Servicer shall deliver to the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and each related Serviced Companion Loan Holder (or the master servicer or special servicer for the related Other Securitization Trust on its behalf) by electronic means the CREFC^® NOI Adjustment Worksheet upon request.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, with respect to any Serviced Loan related to any Significant Obligor, the Master Servicer (with respect to Performing Serviced Loans) or the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties) shall be required to complete (and, in the case of the Special Servicer, to deliver to the Master Servicer) any CREFC files, reports and/or templates necessary in order to comply with (or, in the case of the Special Servicer, to facilitate compliance with) the Master Servicer’s obligations under Section 10.11 of this Agreement and the Exchange Act filing obligations of the Depositor and/or any Other Depositor, as applicable, with respect to such Significant Obligor.

The Certificate Administrator shall deliver or shall cause to be delivered, upon request, to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider (for posting to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 12.13 of this Agreement), to each Certificateholder, to each

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party hereto, to any Underwriter and/or to any Initial Purchaser and to each Person that provides the Certificate Administrator with an Investor Certification a copy of the CREFC^® Operating Statement Analysis Report and CREFC^® NOI Adjustment Worksheet most recently performed by the Master Servicer with respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan and delivered to the Certificate Administrator.

Upon request (and in any event, not more frequently than once per month), the Master Servicer shall forward to the Certificate Administrator (as to the Collection Account), the Operating Advisor, any related Serviced Companion Loan Holder or the master servicer or special servicer for the related Other Securitization Trust on its behalf (as to the related Whole Loan Custodial Account) and, for posting to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 12.13 of this Agreement, the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider a statement, setting forth the status of the Collection Account and each Whole Loan Custodial Account as of the close of business on such Master Servicer Remittance Date, stating that all remittances to the Certificate Administrator required by this Agreement to be made by the Master Servicer have been made (or, in the case of any such required remittance that has not been made by the Master Servicer, specifying the nature and status thereof) and showing, for the period from the preceding Master Servicer Remittance Date (or, in the case of the first Master Servicer Remittance Date, from the Cut-Off Date) to such Master Servicer Remittance Date, the aggregate of deposits into and withdrawals from the Collection Account and each Whole Loan Custodial Account for each category of deposit specified in Section 3.05(a) or 3.05A(a), as applicable, of this Agreement and each category of withdrawal specified in Section 3.06 of this Agreement. The Master Servicer shall also deliver to the Certificate Administrator and (solely as to a Serviced Whole Loan) the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder, upon reasonable request of the Certificate Administrator or any Serviced Companion Loan Holder, any and all additional information relating to the Mortgage Loans or Serviced Whole Loans in the possession of the Master Servicer (which information shall be based upon reports delivered to the Master Servicer by the Special Servicer with respect to Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties).

Further, the Master Servicer shall cooperate with the Special Servicer and provide the Special Servicer with the information in the possession of the Master Servicer reasonably requested by the Special Servicer, in writing, to the extent required to allow the Special Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement with respect to those Trust Loans serviced by the Master Servicer.

The obligation of the Master Servicer to deliver the reports required to be delivered by it pursuant to this subsection is subject to the Master Servicer having received from the Special Servicer in a timely manner the related reports and information in the possession of the Special Servicer necessary or required to enable the Master Servicer to prepare and deliver such reports. The Master Servicer shall not be responsible for the accuracy or content of any report, document or information furnished by the Special Servicer to the Master Servicer pursuant to this Agreement and accepted by the Master Servicer in good faith pursuant to this Agreement.

The obligation of the Special Servicer to deliver the reports required to be delivered by it pursuant to this subsection is subject to the Special Servicer having received from the Master Servicer in a timely manner the related reports and information in the possession of the Master Servicer necessary or required to enable the Special Servicer to prepare and deliver such reports.

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The Special Servicer shall not be responsible for the accuracy or content of any report, document or information furnished by the Master Servicer to the Special Servicer pursuant to this Agreement and accepted by the Special Servicer in good faith pursuant to this Agreement.

With respect to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall deliver information comparable to the above-described information to the same Persons as described above in this Section 4.02(b) and according to the same time frames as described above in this Section 4.02(b), with reasonable promptness following such Master Servicer’s receipt of such information from the related Outside Servicer under the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement.

(c)               Not later than 5:00 p.m. New York time on each Determination Date, the Special Servicer shall forward to the Master Servicer, for each Specially Serviced Loan and REO Property (other than an REO Property related to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan), a CREFC^® Special Servicer Loan File and CREFC^® Special Servicer Property File. The Special Servicer shall also deliver to the Certificate Administrator, upon the reasonable written request of the Certificate Administrator, any and all additional information in the possession of the Special Servicer relating to the Specially Serviced Loans and the REO Properties (other than an REO Property related to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan).

The Special Servicer shall cooperate with the Master Servicer and provide the Master Servicer with the information in the possession of the Special Servicer reasonably requested by the Master Servicer, in writing, to the extent required to allow the Master Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties (other than an REO Property related to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan).

The Master Servicer may make available to Privileged Persons copies of any reports or files prepared by the Master Servicer pursuant to this Agreement. The Master Servicer may make information concerning the Mortgage Loans or Serviced Whole Loans available on any website that it has established.

With respect to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall deliver information comparable to the above-described information to the extent received from the related Outside Servicer or the related Outside Special Servicer, as applicable, to the same Persons as described above in this Section 4.02(c) and according to the same time frames as described above in this Section 4.02(c), with reasonable promptness following such Master Servicer’s receipt of such information from the related Outside Servicer under the related Outside Servicing Agreement.

Upon the reasonable request of (i) any Certificateholder, Certificate Owner or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner that has delivered an appropriate Investor Certification or (ii) any other Privileged Person so identified by a Certificate Owner, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or an Underwriter, the Master Servicer shall provide (or forward electronically) at the expense of such Privileged Person, Certificateholder, Certificate Owner or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, as applicable, copies of any appraisals, operating statements, rent rolls and financial statements obtained by the Master Servicer; provided that in no event shall an Excluded Controlling Class Holder be entitled to Excluded Information with respect to an Excluded

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Controlling Class Mortgage Loan with respect to which it is a Borrower Party; and provided, further, that no Certificateholders, Certificate Owners or Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner shall be given access to or be provided copies of, any Mortgage Files or Diligence Files except, solely with respect to Mortgage Files, as otherwise provided in Section 8.11(b) of this Agreement. In connection with such request, the Master Servicer may require (1) a written confirmation executed by the requesting Person substantially in such form as may be reasonably acceptable to the Master Servicer, generally to the effect that (a) such Person will keep such information confidential and will use such information only for the purpose of analyzing asset performance and evaluating any continuing rights the Certificateholder, Certificate Owner or Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner may have under this Agreement and (b) if the requesting party is neither a Certificateholder nor a Certificate Owner and is not the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, such Person is Privileged Person, and (2) payment of a sum sufficient to cover the reasonable costs and expenses of providing copies of such reports or information (which amounts in any event are not reimbursable as Additional Trust Fund Expenses), except that, other than for extraordinary or duplicate requests, any Directing Holder or Consulting Party (other than the holder of a Serviced Companion Loan held outside the Trust or its representative) will be entitled to reports and information free of charge. For the avoidance of doubt, the Master Servicer shall not make any Asset Status Reports or Final Asset Status Reports available to any Certificateholders, any Certificate Owners or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner on its website. None of the parties to this Agreement shall provide any Asset Status Report or any Final Asset Status Report to the Certificate Administrator (provided that the Special Servicer shall provide a summary of each Final Asset Status Report to the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 3.21(b)). If the Certificate Administrator receives any Asset Status Report or any Final Asset Status Report, the Certificate Administrator shall not provide any such Asset Status Report or any Final Asset Status Report to any Certificateholder, any Certificate Owner or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and shall not post any such Asset Status Report or any Final Asset Status Report to the Certificate Administrator’s Website. As an alternative to providing copies of any information as contemplated by this paragraph, the Master Servicer may, consistent with the terms above and the other terms of this Agreement, provide access to such information on its website at no expense to the requesting party.

(d)               The Master Servicer shall withdraw from the Collection Account and pay the CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee to CREFC^® in accordance with Section 3.06(a)(vi) on a monthly basis, from funds on deposit in the Collection Account. Any payments of the CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee shall be made to “CRE Finance Council” and delivered by wire transfer pursuant to instructions provided by CREFC^® to the Master Servicer.

(e)               Upon the reasonable request of the Controlling Class Representative or any Controlling Class Certificateholder that, in either case, is an Excluded Controlling Class Holder with respect to any Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loan identified to the Master Servicer’s (in the case of a Performing Serviced Loan) or the Special Servicer’s (in the case of a Specially Serviced Loan) reasonable satisfaction (at the expense of the Controlling Class Representative or such Controlling Class Certificateholder) and if such information is in the Master Servicer’s or Special Servicer’s possession, as applicable, the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, shall provide or make available (or forward electronically) to the Controlling Class Representative or such Controlling

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Class Certificateholder, as applicable, (at the expense of the Controlling Class Representative or such Controlling Class Certificateholder, as applicable) any Excluded Information (available to Privileged Persons through the Certificate Administrator’s Website but not accessible to the Controlling Class Representative or such Controlling Class Certificateholder, as applicable, through the Certificate Administrator’s Website because the Controlling Class Representative or such Controlling Class Certificateholder, as applicable, is an Excluded Controlling Class Holder with respect to another Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loan) relating to any Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loan with respect to which the Controlling Class Representative or such Controlling Class Certificateholder, as applicable, is not a Borrower Party; provided that, in connection therewith, the Master Servicer or Special Servicer may require a written confirmation executed by the requesting Person substantially in such form as may be reasonably acceptable to the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, generally to the effect that such Person is the Controlling Class Representative or a Controlling Class Certificateholder, will keep such Excluded Information confidential and is not a Borrower Party, upon which the Master Servicer or Special Servicer may conclusively rely. In addition, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on delivery from the Controlling Class Representative or a Controlling Class Certificateholder, as applicable, of an Investor Certification substantially in the form of Exhibit M-1C that such Controlling Class Representative or Controlling Class Certificateholder is not an Excluded Controlling Class Holder with respect to a particular Mortgage Loan. For the avoidance of doubt, the Special Servicer referenced in this Section 4.02(e) shall include any applicable Excluded Mortgage Loan Special Servicer with respect to the related Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan(s).

(f)                For the purposes of obtaining information and notices (including access to information and notices on the Certificate Administrator’s Website) pursuant to this Section 4.02, in the case of a Whole Loan with a related Consulting Party (other than the Controlling Class Certificateholder), such Consulting Party shall be required to certify in the applicable Investor Certification that it is not a borrower party, borrower restricted party, restricted holder or any other analogous concept under the related Co-Lender Agreement, and references to “Borrower Party” shall be deemed to refer to a “borrower party”, “borrower restricted party”, “restricted holder” or any other analogous concept under the related Co-Lender Agreement.

 

Section 4.03           Compliance With Withholding Requirements.

(a)               Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Paying Agent shall comply with all federal withholding requirements with respect to payments to Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner of interest or original issue discount that the Paying Agent reasonably believes are applicable under the Code. The consent of Certificateholders and/or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner shall not be required for any such withholding. In the event the Paying Agent or its agent withholds any amount from interest or original issue discount payments or advances thereof to any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner pursuant to federal

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withholding requirements, the Paying Agent shall indicate the amount withheld to such Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner. Any amount so withheld shall be treated as having been distributed to such Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner for all purposes of this Agreement.

(b)               Each Certificate Owner and Certificateholder and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, by the purchase of a Certificate or the Uncertificated VRR Interest or its acceptance of a beneficial interest therein, acknowledges that interest on the Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest will be treated as United States source interest, and, as such, United States withholding tax may apply. Each such Certificate Owner, each such Certificateholder and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner further agrees, upon request, to provide any certifications that may be required under applicable law, regulations or procedures to evidence its status for United States withholding tax purposes and understands that if it ceases to satisfy the foregoing requirements or provide requested documentation, payments to it under the Certificates may be subject to United States withholding tax (without any corresponding gross-up). Without limiting the foregoing, if a payment made under this Agreement would be subject to United States federal withholding tax imposed by FATCA if the recipient of such payment were to fail to comply with FATCA (including the requirements of Code Sections 1471(b) or 1472(b), as applicable), such recipient shall deliver to the Paying Agent, with a copy to each of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator, at the time or times prescribed by the Code and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Paying Agent or the Trustee, such documentation prescribed by the Code (including as prescribed by Code Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i)) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Paying Agent, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator to comply with their respective obligations under FATCA, to determine that such recipient has complied with such recipient’s obligations under FATCA, or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. For these purposes, “FATCA” means Section 1471 through 1474 of the Code and any regulations or official interpretations thereof (including any revenue ruling, revenue procedure, notice or similar guidance issued by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service thereunder as a precondition to relief or exemption from taxes under such Sections, regulations and interpretations), any agreements entered into pursuant to Code Section 1471(b)(1), and including any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

Section 4.04           REMIC Compliance.

(a)               The parties intend that each Trust REMIC shall constitute, and that the affairs of each Trust REMIC shall be conducted so as to qualify it as, a “real estate mortgage investment conduit” as defined in, and in accordance with, the REMIC Provisions, and the provisions hereof shall be interpreted consistently with this intention. In furtherance of such intention, the Certificate Administrator shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, act as agent, and is hereby appointed to act as agent, of each Trust REMIC and shall on behalf of each Trust REMIC: (i) prepare, timely deliver to the Trustee for execution (and the Trustee shall timely execute) and file, or cause to be prepared and filed, all required Tax Returns for each Trust REMIC, using a calendar year as the taxable year for each Trust REMIC when and as required by the REMIC Provisions and other

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applicable federal, state or local income tax laws; (ii) make an election, on behalf of each Trust REMIC, to be treated as a REMIC on IRS Form 1066 for its first taxable year ending December 31, 2023, in accordance with the REMIC Provisions; (iii) prepare and forward, or cause to be prepared and forwarded, to the Certificateholders (other than the Holders of the Class S Certificates), the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and the IRS and applicable state and local tax authorities all information reports as and when required to be provided to them in accordance with the REMIC Provisions of the Code; (iv) if the filing or distribution of any documents of an administrative nature not addressed in clauses (i) through (iii) of this Section 4.04(a) is then required by the REMIC Provisions in order to maintain the status of each Trust REMIC as a REMIC or is otherwise required by the Code, prepare, sign and file or distribute, or cause to be prepared and signed and filed or distributed, such documents with or to such Persons when and as required by the REMIC Provisions or the Code or comparable provisions of state and local law; (v) obtain a taxpayer identification number for each Trust REMIC on IRS Form SS-4, and, within thirty days of the Closing Date, furnish or cause to be furnished to the IRS, on IRS Form 8811 or as otherwise may be required by the Code, the name, title and address of the Person that the holders of the Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner may contact for tax information relating thereto (and the Certificate Administrator shall act as the representative of each Trust REMIC for this purpose), together with such additional information as may be required by such IRS Form, and shall update such information at the time or times and in the manner required by the Code (and the Depositor agrees within 10 Business Days of the Closing Date to provide any information reasonably requested by the Master Servicer or the Certificate Administrator and necessary to make such filing); and (vi) maintain such records relating to each Trust REMIC as may be necessary to prepare the foregoing returns, schedules, statements or information, such records, for federal income tax purposes, to be maintained on a calendar year and on an accrual basis.

The Certificate Administrator shall be the “partnership representative” of each Trust REMIC (within the meaning of Code Section 6223, to the extent such provision is applicable to the Trust REMICs). The Certificate Administrator shall make any elections allowed under the Code (i) to avoid the application of Section 6221 of the Code (or successor provision) to any Trust REMIC and (ii) to avoid payment by any Trust REMIC under Section 6225 of the Code of any tax, penalty, interest or other amount imposed under the Code that would otherwise be imposed on any holder of any residual interest of any Trust REMIC, past or present. Each Holder of a Percentage Interest in the Class R Certificates, by acceptance thereof, is deemed to agree to any such elections and to the Certificate Administrator’s acting as “partnership representative” of each Trust REMIC that can be designated under the Code.

The Certificate Administrator shall not intentionally take any action or intentionally omit to take any action within its control and the scope of its duties if, in taking or omitting to take such action, the Certificate Administrator knows that such action or omission (as the case may be) would cause the termination of the REMIC status of a Trust REMIC or the imposition of tax on a Trust REMIC (other than a tax on income expressly permitted or contemplated to be received by the terms of this Agreement).

Notwithstanding any provision of this paragraph or the three preceding paragraphs to the contrary, the Certificate Administrator shall not be required to take any action that the

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Certificate Administrator in good faith believes to be inconsistent with any other provision of this Agreement, nor shall the Certificate Administrator be deemed in violation of this paragraph if it takes any action expressly required or authorized by any other provision of this Agreement, and the Certificate Administrator shall have no responsibility or liability with respect to any act or omission of the Depositor or the Master Servicer which does not enable the Certificate Administrator to comply with any of clauses (i) through (vi) of the third preceding paragraph or which results in any action contemplated by clauses (i) through (iii) of the next succeeding sentence. In this regard the Certificate Administrator shall (i) not allow the occurrence of any “prohibited transactions” within the meaning of Code Section 860F(a), unless the party seeking such action shall have delivered to the Certificate Administrator an Opinion of Counsel (at such party’s expense) that such occurrence would not (a) result in a taxable gain, (b) otherwise subject a Trust REMIC to tax (other than a tax at the corporate tax rate on net income from foreclosure property), or (c) cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC for federal income tax purposes; (ii) not allow a Trust REMIC to receive income from the performance of services or from assets not permitted under the REMIC Provisions to be held by such Trust REMIC (provided, however, that the receipt of any income expressly permitted or contemplated by the terms of this Agreement shall not be deemed to violate this clause); and (iii) not permit the creation of any “interests,” within the meaning of the REMIC Provisions, (A) in the Upper-Tier REMIC other than the Non-Vertically Retained Regular Certificates, the Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest, the Loan-Specific Certificates and the Upper-Tier Residual Interest, (B) in the Lower-Tier REMIC other than the Lower-Tier Regular Interests and the Lower-Tier Residual Interest or (C) in a Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC other than the related Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interests and the related Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Residual Interest. None of the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Depositor shall be responsible or liable for any failure by the Certificate Administrator to comply with the provisions of this Section 4.04. The Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall cooperate in a timely manner with the Certificate Administrator in supplying any information within the Depositor’s, the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s control (other than any confidential information) that is reasonably necessary to enable the Certificate Administrator to perform its duties under this Section 4.04.

(b)               The following assumptions are to be used for purposes of determining the anticipated payments of principal and interest for calculating the original yield to maturity and original issue discount with respect to the Non-Vertically Retained Regular Certificates and the Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest: (i) each Mortgage Loan will pay principal and interest in accordance with its terms and scheduled payments will be timely received on their Due Dates, provided that the Mortgage Loans in the aggregate will prepay in accordance with the Prepayment Assumption; (ii) none of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor and the Class R Certificateholder will exercise the right described in Section 9.01 of this Agreement to cause early termination of the Trust Fund; and (iii) no Mortgage Loan is repurchased or substituted for by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller pursuant to Article II of this Agreement.

Section 4.05           Imposition of Tax on the Trust REMICs. In the event that any tax, including interest, penalties or assessments, additional amounts or additions to tax, is imposed on a Trust REMIC, such tax shall be charged against amounts otherwise distributable with respect to the Non-Vertically Retained Regular Certificates, the Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest, the

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Loan-Specific Certificates and the Class R Certificates, as applicable; provided that any taxes imposed on any net income from foreclosure property pursuant to Code Section 860G(d) or any similar tax imposed by a state or local jurisdiction shall instead be treated as an expense of the related REO Property in determining Net REO Proceeds with respect to the REO Property (and until such taxes are paid, the Special Servicer from time to time shall withdraw from the REO Account and transfer to the Certificate Administrator for deposit into the Distribution Accounts, as applicable, amounts reasonably determined by the Certificate Administrator to be necessary to pay such taxes, and the Certificate Administrator shall return to the Special Servicer the excess determined by the Certificate Administrator from time to time of the amount in excess of the amount necessary to pay such taxes); provided that any such tax imposed on net income from foreclosure property that exceeds the amount in any such reserve shall be retained from Aggregate Available Funds or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Available Funds, as applicable, as provided in Section 3.06(a)(vii) of this Agreement and the next sentence. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, the Certificate Administrator is hereby authorized to and shall retain or cause to be retained from the Distribution Account in determining the amount of Aggregate Available Funds and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Available Funds, as applicable, sufficient funds to pay or provide for the payment of, and to actually pay, such tax as is legally owed by the applicable Trust REMIC (but such authorization shall not prevent the Certificate Administrator from contesting, at the expense of the Trust Fund, any such tax in appropriate proceedings, and withholding payment of such tax, if permitted by law, pending the outcome of such proceedings). The Certificate Administrator is hereby authorized to and shall segregate or cause to be segregated, into a separate non-interest bearing account, (i) the net income from any “prohibited transaction” under Code Section 860F(a) or (ii) the amount of any contribution to a Trust REMIC after the Startup Day that is subject to tax under Code Section 860G(d) and use such income or amount, to the extent necessary, to pay such tax (and return the balance thereof, if any, to the related Distribution Account). To the extent that any such tax is paid to the IRS, the Certificate Administrator shall retain an equal amount from future amounts otherwise distributable to the Holders of the Class R Certificates in respect of the related residual interest and shall distribute such retained amounts to the Holders of Non-Vertically Retained Regular Certificates in respect of such Certificates, to the Holders of the Class VRR Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner in respect of the Class VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest, to the Holders of the Loan-Specific Certificates in respect of such Certificates or to the Certificate Administrator in respect of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interests, as applicable, until they are fully reimbursed and then to the Holders of the Class R Certificates in respect of the related residual interest. None of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee shall be responsible for any taxes imposed on a Trust REMIC except to the extent such tax is attributable to a breach of a representation or warranty of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee or an act or omission of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee in contravention of this Agreement in both cases, provided, further, that such breach, act or omission could result in liability under Section 6.03, in the case of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, or Section 4.04 or Section 8.01, in the case of the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, in each such case, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer shall not be responsible for the Certificate Administrator’s, the Authenticating Agent’s, the Certificate Registrar’s, the Paying Agent’s or the Trustee’s breaches, acts or omissions, and the Trustee shall not be responsible for the breaches, acts or omissions of the

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Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Authenticating Agent, the Certificate Registrar or the Paying Agent, and the Certificate Administrator shall not be responsible for the breaches, acts or omissions of the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and, in each case if a different entity than the Certificate Administrator, the Authenticating Agent, the Certificate Registrar or the Paying Agent.

 

Section 4.06           Remittances; P&I Advances.

(a)               On the Master Servicer Remittance Date immediately preceding each Distribution Date, the Master Servicer shall:

(i)                 remit to the Certificate Administrator (A) for deposit in the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account an amount equal to the Yield Maintenance Charges applicable to the Mortgage Loans (but not a Companion Loan) received by the Master Servicer during the Collection Period relating to such Distribution Date (or, in the case of an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, received by the Master Servicer as of the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the applicable Master Servicer Remittance Date and not previously so remitted to the Certificate Administrator) and (B) for deposit in the related Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Distribution Account an amount equal to the Yield Maintenance Charges applicable to a Trust Subordinate Companion Loan received by the Master Servicer during the Collection period relating to such Distribution Date;

(ii)              remit to the Certificate Administrator (A) for deposit in the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account an amount equal to the Aggregate Available Funds applicable to the Mortgage Loans (other than the amounts referred to in clause (iv) below and clause (e) of the definition of “Aggregate Available Funds”); and (B) for deposit in the related Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Distribution Account an amount equal to the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Available Funds applicable to a Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (other than the amounts referred to in clause (iv) below and clause (d) of the definition of “Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Available Funds”);

(iii)             remit to CREFC^® the CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee;

(iv)              make a P&I Advance (A) with respect to the Regular Certificates by remittance to the Certificate Administrator for deposit into the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, in an amount equal to the sum of the Applicable Monthly Payments for each Mortgage Loan (including any Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, any REO Mortgage Loan and any Mortgage Loan related to a Whole Loan, but not a Companion Loan) to the extent such amounts were not received by the Master Servicer on such Mortgage Loan as of the close of business on the Determination Date (without regard to any grace period) in the same month as (or, in the case of an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, was not received by the Master

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Servicer on such Mortgage Loan as of the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding) such Master Servicer Remittance Date) and (B) with respect to the Loan-Specific Certificates by remittance to the Certificate Administrator for deposit into the related Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Distribution Account, in an amount equal to the Applicable Monthly Payment for a Trust Subordinate Companion Loan to the extent such amount was not received by the Master Servicer on such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as of the close of business on the Determination Date (without regard to any grace period) in the same month as such Master Servicer Remittance Date, except that, in each case, the portion of any such P&I Advance equal to the CREFC^® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee for each such Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, as applicable, shall not be remitted to the Certificate Administrator but shall instead be remitted to CREFC^® and the portion of such P&I Advance equal to the Asset Representations Reviewer Ongoing Fee (other than with respect to a Trust Subordinate Companion Loan), the Operating Advisor Fee or the Trustee/Certificate Administrator Fee, to the extent the subject fee remains unpaid to the applicable party hereunder, shall be deposited in the Collection Account or the applicable Whole Loan Custodial Account, as applicable, for payment to such party;

(v)               remit to the Certificate Administrator, as compensation for it and the Trustee, the Trustee/Certificate Administrator Fee for the related Distribution Date out of the amounts from which it is payable;

(vi)             remit to the Certificate Administrator for deposit in the Excess Liquidation Proceeds Reserve Account an amount equal to the Excess Liquidation Proceeds received during the related Collection Period (or, in the case of an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, received by the Master Servicer as of the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the applicable Master Servicer Remittance Date and not previously so remitted to the Certificate Administrator), if any; and

(vii)          remit to the Certificate Administrator for deposit in the Excess Interest Distribution Account all Excess Interest for the related Distribution Date then on deposit in the Collection Account after giving effect to withdrawals of funds pursuant to Section 3.06(a)(ii) through Section 3.06(a)(ix) of this Agreement.

Neither the Master Servicer nor the Trustee shall be required or permitted to make an advance for Balloon Payments, Default Interest, Excess Interest or Yield Maintenance Charges, or delinquent Monthly Payments on the Companion Loans (other than the Trust Subordinate Companion Loans) or any REO Companion Loans (other than any successor REO Companion Loan with respect to a Trust Subordinate Companion Loan). The amount required to be advanced in respect of delinquent payments of interest on any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as to which an Appraisal Reduction Amount exists will equal the product of (i) the amount otherwise required to be advanced by the Master Servicer with respect to delinquent payments of interest without giving effect to such Appraisal Reduction Amounts, and (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan or Trust

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Subordinate Companion Loan as of the last day of the related Collection Period, reduced by such Appraisal Reduction Amount, and the denominator of which is the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as of the last day of the related Collection Period. Appraisal Reduction Amounts shall not affect the principal portion of any P&I Advances.

Any amount advanced by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 4.06(a)(iv) of this Agreement shall constitute a P&I Advance for all purposes of this Agreement and the Master Servicer shall be entitled to reimbursement (with interest at the Advance Rate). The Special Servicer shall have no obligation to make any P&I Advance.

The Certificate Administrator shall notify the Master Servicer and the Trustee by telephone if as of 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Master Servicer Remittance Date, the Certificate Administrator has not received the amount of a required P&I Advance hereunder. If as of 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on any Distribution Date the Master Servicer shall not have made the P&I Advance required to have been made on the related Master Servicer Remittance Date pursuant to Section 4.06(a)(iv) of this Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall notify the Trustee and the Trustee shall no later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on such Business Day deposit into the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account or the related Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC Distribution Account, as applicable, in immediately available funds an amount equal to the P&I Advances otherwise required to have been made by the Master Servicer.

Neither the Master Servicer nor the Trustee shall be obligated to make a P&I Advance as to any Monthly Payment on any date on which a P&I Advance is otherwise required to be made by this Section 4.06 if the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, or the Special Servicer determines that such Advance will be a Nonrecoverable Advance. The determination by any Person with an obligation hereunder to make P&I Advances that it has made (or in the case of a determination by the Special Servicer, that the Master Servicer or the Trustee has made) a Nonrecoverable Advance or the determination by the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or the Trustee that any proposed P&I Advance, if made, would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance, shall be made by such Person (i) in the case of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, in accordance with the Servicing Standard or (ii) in the case of the Trustee, in its good faith business judgment, and shall be evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate as set forth in Section 4.06(b). In connection with a determination by the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or the Trustee as to whether a P&I Advance previously made or to be made constitutes or would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance:

(A)             any such Person will be entitled to consider (among other things) the obligations of the Mortgagor under the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan as it may have been modified, to consider (among other things) the related Mortgaged Properties in their “as is” or then current conditions and occupancies, as modified by such party’s assumptions regarding the possibility and effects of future adverse change with respect to such Mortgaged Properties, to estimate and consider (among other things) future expenses and to estimate and consider (among other things) the timing of recoveries;

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(B)              any such Person may update or change its recoverability determinations at any time (but not reverse any other Person’s determination that an Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance) and may obtain at the expense of the Trust Fund any analysis, Appraisals or market value estimates or other information for such purposes;

(C)              the Special Servicer may, at its option, make a determination in accordance with the Servicing Standard that any proposed P&I Advance, if made, would be a Nonrecoverable Advance or that any outstanding P&I Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance and may deliver to the Master Servicer, the Trustee, any applicable Directing Holder and the Controlling Class Representative if it is an applicable Consulting Party, notice of such determination, which determination shall be conclusive and binding on the Master Servicer and the Trustee;

(D)             although the Special Servicer may determine whether a P&I Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance, the Special Servicer will have no right to (i) make an affirmative determination that any P&I Advance previously made or to be made (or contemplated to be made) by the Master Servicer or the Trustee is, or would be, recoverable or (ii) reverse any determination that may have been made by the Master Servicer or the Trustee or to prohibit the Master Servicer or the Trustee from making a determination that a P&I Advance constitutes or would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance; provided that this sentence will not be construed to limit the Special Servicer’s right to make a determination that a P&I Advance to be made (or contemplated to be made) would be, or a previously made Advance is, a Nonrecoverable Advance, as described in this Section 4.06;

(E)              any non-recoverability determination by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer pursuant to this Section 4.06 with respect to the recoverability of P&I Advances shall be conclusive and binding on the Master Servicer (in the case of such a determination by the Special Servicer) and the Trustee;

(F)              the Master Servicer shall provide notice to the Trustee on or prior to the Master Servicer Remittance Date of any such non-recoverability determination made by the Master Servicer on or prior to such date;

(G)             the Trustee shall be entitled to rely, conclusively, on any determination by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer that a P&I Advance, if made, would be a Nonrecoverable Advance; provided, however, that if the Master Servicer has failed to make a P&I Advance for reasons other than a determination by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer that such Advance would be a Nonrecoverable Advance, the Trustee shall make such advance within the time periods required by this Section 4.06 unless the Trustee, in its good faith business judgment, or the

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Special Servicer, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, makes a determination prior to the times specified in this Section 4.06 that such advance would be a Nonrecoverable Advance;

(H)             the Special Servicer shall report, promptly upon making a determination contemplated in this paragraph, to the Master Servicer the Special Servicer’s determination as to whether any P&I Advance made with respect to any previous Distribution Date or required to be made with respect to a future Distribution Date with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan is a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance, and if the Special Servicer determines that such P&I Advance is a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance, such determination shall be conclusive and binding on the Master Servicer and the Trustee, and the Master Servicer and the Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such determination; and

(I)                notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trustee may conclusively rely upon any determination by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer that any P&I Advance would be recoverable (unless a non-recoverability determination has been made by the other servicer in accordance with clause (E) above which is binding on the Trustee), and the Master Servicer may conclusively rely upon any determination by the Special Servicer that any P&I Advance would be recoverable.

The Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, shall be entitled to the reimbursement of P&I Advances it makes (together with interest thereon) to the extent permitted pursuant to Section 3.06(a)(ii) of this Agreement and each of the Master Servicer and Special Servicer hereby covenants and agrees to promptly seek and effect the reimbursement of such Advances from the related Mortgagors to the extent permitted by applicable law and the related Trust Loan.

Within 2 Business Days of making a P&I Advance on any Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan, the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, shall provide written notice of the amount of such P&I Advance to (i) if such Mortgage Loan is part of a Serviced Whole Loan, the related Other Servicer, Other Special Servicer and Other Trustee of each Other Securitization Trust that holds a related Serviced Companion Loan, if any, or (ii) if such Mortgage Loan is part of an Outside Serviced Whole Loan, the related Outside Servicer, Outside Special Servicer and Outside Trustee of the related Outside Securitization Trust.

With respect to P&I Advances and each Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer and the Trustee shall be entitled to rely on the “appraisal reduction amount” calculated by the related Outside Special Servicer or the related Outside Servicer in accordance with the terms of the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement.

For the avoidance of doubt, if a Mortgage Loan is subject to a forbearance agreement, standstill agreement or similar agreement that provides for a temporary deferral or similar temporary accommodation with respect to all or a portion of the related Monthly Payment, the Master Servicer shall make P&I Advances for such Mortgage Loan based on the terms of the

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related Loan Documents in effect immediately prior to the date of such forbearance or similar agreement, subject to any non-recoverability determination with respect to such Mortgage Loan.

(b)               The determination by the Master Servicer, the Trustee or the Special Servicer that a P&I Advance has become a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance or that any proposed P&I Advance, if made pursuant to this Section 4.06 with respect to any Mortgage Loan (or with respect to any successor REO Mortgage Loan with respect to any of the foregoing), would constitute a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance, shall be evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate delivered on or prior to the next Master Servicer Remittance Date to the Trustee (unless it is the Person making the determination), any applicable Directing Holder and Consulting Party, the holder of any related Pari Passu Companion Loan or its Companion Loan Holder Representative (in the case of a Pari Passu Whole Loan), the Master Servicer (unless it is the Person making the determination), the Special Servicer (unless it is the Person making the determination) and, if the Trustee is making the determination, the Depositor, setting forth the basis for such determination, together with any other information that supports such determination together with a copy of any Appraisal of the related Mortgaged Property or REO Property, as the case may be (which Appraisal shall be an expense of the Trust, shall take into account any material change in circumstances of which such Person is aware or such Person has received new information, either of which has a material effect on the value and shall have been conducted in accordance with the standards of the Appraisal Institute within the twelve months preceding such determination of nonrecoverability), and further accompanied by related Mortgagor operating statements and financial statements, budgets and rent rolls of the related Mortgaged Property (to the extent available and/or in such Person’s possession) and any engineers’ reports, environmental surveys or similar reports that such Person may have obtained and that support such determination. The Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall consider Unliquidated Advances with respect to prior P&I Advances for the purpose of nonrecoverability determinations as if such amounts were unreimbursed P&I Advances. For the avoidance of doubt, any non-recoverability determination with respect to a Trust Subordinate Companion Loan will take into account the subordinate nature of such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan.

(c)               With respect to each Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee shall make its determination (based on information provided by the applicable Outside Servicer and Outside Special Servicer) that a P&I Advance that has been made on such Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan (or any successor REO Mortgage Loan with respect thereto) is a Nonrecoverable Advance or that any proposed P&I Advance would, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance with respect to such Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan independently of any determination made by the applicable Outside Servicer, the applicable Outside Special Servicer or the Outside Trustee, as the case may be, under the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement in respect of the related Outside Serviced Companion Loan. If the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee determines that a proposed P&I Advance with respect to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, if made, or any outstanding P&I Advance with respect to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan previously made, would be, or is, as applicable, a Nonrecoverable Advance, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, shall provide the applicable Outside Servicer and Outside Special Servicer written notice of such

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determination within two (2) Business Days of the date of such determination. If the Master Servicer receives written notice from the related Outside Servicer or the related Outside Special Servicer, as the case may be, that either has determined, or the Outside Trustee has determined, in accordance with the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement with respect to an Outside Serviced Companion Loan, that any proposed advance under the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement that is similar to a P&I Advance would be, or any outstanding advance under such Outside Servicing Agreement that is similar to a P&I Advance is, a nonrecoverable advance, then the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee may, based upon such determination, determine that any P&I Advance previously made or proposed to be made with respect to the related Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan will be a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance. Thereafter, in either case, the Master Servicer and the Trustee shall not be required to make any additional P&I Advances with respect to the related Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan unless and until the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be, determines that any such additional P&I Advances with respect to the related Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan would not be a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance, which determination may be as a result of consultation with the related Outside Servicer or the related Outside Special Servicer, as the case may be, or otherwise. For the avoidance of doubt, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be, shall have the sole discretion provided in this Agreement to determine that any future P&I Advance or outstanding P&I Advance would be, or is, as applicable, a Nonrecoverable Advance. Any non-recoverability determination by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer pursuant to this Section 4.06 with respect to the recoverability of P&I Advances shall be conclusive and binding on the Master Servicer (in the case of such a determination by the Special Servicer) and the Trustee.

(d)               If the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer has received written notice from any Rating Agency to the effect that continuation of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer in such capacity would result in the downgrade, qualification or withdrawal of any rating then assigned by such Rating Agency, to any Class of Certificates and citing servicing concerns with such Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, as the sole or material factor in such rating action, and such notice is not rescinded within 60 days, then the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall promptly notify the other such parties and the Certificate Administrator, and the Certificate Administrator shall promptly notify the Serviced Companion Loan Holder and the applicable master servicer of any securitized Serviced Companion Loan held outside the Trust.

(e)               Notwithstanding any other terms of this Agreement, none of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer nor the Trustee shall be entitled to recover: (1) from any collections on a Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, any Nonrecoverable Advance made, or interest on any Nonrecoverable Advance made, in respect of a Mortgage Loan (other than the Mortgage Loan related to such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan); or (2) any Nonrecoverable Advance that is a P&I Advance made in respect of a Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or any interest due on such Advance from any collections or amounts allocable to the Mortgage Loans (other than the Mortgage Loan related to such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan). With respect to each Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee shall only be entitled to

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reimbursement for a P&I Advance (and any interest thereon) from the amounts that would have been allocable to such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan or, if such P&I Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance, allocable to the related Mortgage Loan and any related Pari Passu Companion Loan.

(f)                Notwithstanding any other terms of this Agreement, none of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer nor the Trustee shall be entitled to recover: (1) from collections on a Trust Subordinate Companion Loan any Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts in respect of a Mortgage Loan (other than the Mortgage Loan related to such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan); or (2) any Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts in respect of a Trust Subordinate Companion Loan from any collections on or allocable to the Mortgage Loans (other than the Mortgage Loan related to such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan). However, if the Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount relates to a Property Advance for a Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to recover such Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount from general collections on deposit in the Collection Account for the Mortgage Pool and the applicable Trust Subordinate Companion Loan.

Section 4.07           Grantor Trust Reporting.

(a)               The Certificate Administrator shall maintain adequate books and records to account for the separate entitlements of the Grantor Trust.

(b)               The parties intend that the Grantor Trust shall be treated as a “grantor trust” under the Code, and the provisions thereof shall be interpreted consistently with this intention. In furtherance of such intention, none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator shall vary the assets of the Grantor Trust so as to take advantage of market fluctuations or so as to improve the rate of return of the Grantor Trust Certificates or the Uncertificated VRR Interest, and shall otherwise comply with Treasury Regulations Section 301.7701-4(c). The Certificate Administrator shall timely file or cause to be timely filed with the IRS Form 1041, Form 1099 or such other form as may be applicable and shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Holders of the respective Classes of the Grantor Trust Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, their allocable share of income and expense with respect to the VRR Specific Grantor Trust Assets, the Class S Specific Grantor Trust Assets and proceeds thereof as such amounts are received or accrue, as applicable.

(c)            (i)           The Grantor Trust is a WHFIT that is a WHMT. The Certificate Administrator shall report as required under the WHFIT Regulations to the extent such information as is reasonably necessary to enable the Certificate Administrator to do so is provided to the Certificate Administrator on a timely basis. The Certificate Administrator will not be liable for any tax reporting penalties that may arise under the WHFIT Regulations in the event that the IRS makes a determination that is contrary to the first sentence of this paragraph.

(ii)              The Certificate Administrator, in its discretion, shall report required WHFIT information using either the cash or accrual method, except to the extent

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the WHFIT Regulations specifically require a different method. The Certificate Administrator shall make available (via the Certificate Administrator’s Website) WHFIT information to Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner annually. In addition, the Certificate Administrator shall not be responsible or liable for providing subsequently amended, revised or updated information to any Certificateholder or Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, unless requested by such Certificateholder or Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner.

(iii)            The Certificate Administrator shall not be liable for failure to meet the reporting requirements of the WHFIT Regulations nor for any penalties thereunder if such failure is due to: (i) the lack of reasonably necessary information that is not in its possession being provided to the Certificate Administrator or (ii) incomplete, inaccurate or untimely information being provided to the Certificate Administrator. Each owner of a class of securities representing, in whole or in part, beneficial ownership of an interest in a WHFIT, by acceptance of its interest in such class of securities, will be deemed to have agreed to provide the Certificate Administrator with information regarding any sale of such securities, including the price, amount of proceeds and date of sale. Absent receipt of information regarding any sale of Certificates, including the price, amount of proceeds and date of sale from the beneficial owner thereof or the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator shall assume there is no secondary market trading of WHFIT interests.

(d)               To the extent required by the WHFIT Regulations, the Certificate Administrator shall use reasonable efforts to publish on the Certificate Administrator’s Website the CUSIP Numbers for the Certificates that represent ownership of a WHFIT. The CUSIP Number so published will represent the Rule 144A CUSIP Numbers. The Certificate Administrator shall make reasonable good faith efforts to keep the website accurate and updated to the extent CUSIP Numbers have been received. Absent the receipt of a CUSIP Number, the Certificate Administrator will use a reasonable identifier number in lieu of a CUSIP Number. The Certificate Administrator shall not be liable for investor reporting delays that result from the receipt of inaccurate or untimely CUSIP Number information.

Section 4.08           Calculations.

Provided that the Certificate Administrator receives the necessary loan-level information from the Master Servicer and/or the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator shall be responsible for performing all calculations necessary in connection with the actual and deemed distributions to be made pursuant to Section 4.01, the preparation of the Distribution Date Statements pursuant to Section 4.02(a) and the actual and deemed allocations of Realized Losses to be made pursuant to Section 4.01. The Certificate Administrator shall calculate the Principal Distribution Amount, the VRR Principal Distribution Amount, the Aggregate Principal Distribution Amount, the Loan-Specific Principal Distribution Amounts, the Interest Distribution Amounts, the VRR Interest Distribution Amount, the Loan-Specific Interest Distribution Amounts and the VRR Realized Loss Interest Distribution Amount for each Distribution Date and shall allocate such amounts among Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner in

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accordance with this Agreement. Absent actual knowledge of an error therein, the Certificate Administrator shall have no obligation to recompute, recalculate or otherwise verify any loan-level information provided to it by the Master Servicer. The calculations by the Certificate Administrator contemplated by this Section 4.08 shall, in the absence of manifest error, be deemed to be correct for all purposes hereunder.

Section 4.09           Secure Data Room. (a) Within 60 days of the Closing Date, the Certificate Administrator shall create a Secure Data Room, and the Depositor shall, upon the earlier of (i) receipt of all the Mortgage Loan Sellers’ Diligence File Certifications and (ii) the 120th day following the Closing Date (but, in any event, no earlier than the date on which the Depositor has received a written notice from the Certificate Administrator that the Secure Data Room has been created), deliver to the Certificate Administrator (but solely with respect to any Diligence File(s) received by the Depositor as to which it has received the related Mortgage Loan Seller’s Diligence File Certification) an electronic copy of the Diligence Files for the Mortgage Loans that have been uploaded by the Mortgage Loan Sellers to the Designated Site. After the 120th day following the Closing Date, the Depositor may deliver any Mortgage Loan Seller’s Diligence Files to the Certificate Administrator if it has not previously delivered such Mortgage Loan Seller’s Diligence Files to the Certificate Administrator. Upon receipt thereof, the Certificate Administrator shall promptly upload the contents of each Diligence File to the Secure Data Room. Access to the Secure Data Room shall be granted by the Certificate Administrator to (i) the Asset Representations Reviewer and (ii) any other Person at the direction of the Depositor, in each case, upon the occurrence of an Affirmative Asset Review Vote and receipt by the Certificate Administrator of a certification substantially in the form of Exhibit KK hereto. In no case whatsoever shall Certificateholders or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner be permitted to access the Secure Data Room. For the avoidance of doubt, the Certificate Administrator shall be under no obligation to post any documents to the Secure Data Room other than the contents of the Diligence Files initially delivered to it by the Depositor with respect to each Mortgage Loan Seller.

(b)               The Certificate Administrator shall not have any obligation or duty to verify, review, confirm or otherwise determine whether the type, number or contents of any Diligence File delivered to the Certificate Administrator is accurate, complete, or relates to the transaction or confirm that all documents and information constituting any Diligence File have actually been delivered to the Certificate Administrator. In no case shall the Certificate Administrator be deemed to have obtained actual or constructive knowledge of the contents of, or information contained in, any Diligence File by virtue of posting such Diligence File to the Secure Data Room. In the event that any document is posted in error, the Certificate Administrator may remove such document from the Secure Data Room. The Certificate Administrator shall not have any obligation to produce physical or electronic copies of any document provided to it for posting to the Secure Data Room. The Certificate Administrator shall not be responsible or held liable for any other Person’s use or dissemination of the documents contained on the Secure Data Room; provided that such event or occurrence is not also a result of its own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct. The Certificate Administrator shall not be required to restrict access to the Secure Data Room on a loan-by-loan basis and any Person with access to the Secure Data Room shall covenant to access only the documents necessary to perform its duties and responsibilities under this Agreement.

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(c)               Upon the resignation or removal of the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 8.07, the Certificate Administrator shall transfer electronic copies of the Diligence Files to a successor certificate administrator designated in writing by the Depositor or the Master Servicer, and all costs and expenses associated with the transfer of the Diligence Files shall be payable as part of the costs and expenses associated with the transfer of its responsibilities upon the resignation or removal of the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 8.07. Following the date on which any Mortgage Loan is paid in full, liquidated, repurchased or otherwise removed from the Trust, the Special Servicer may (but shall not be obligated to) direct the Certificate Administrator in writing to delete the Diligence File related to such Mortgage Loan from the Secure Data Room; provided that absent such direction, the Certificate Administrator shall not be obligated to delete any Diligence File from the Secure Data Room. Following the termination of the Trust pursuant to Section 9.01, the Certificate Administrator shall be permitted to delete all files from the Secure Data Room. Upon deletion, in no event shall the Certificate Administrator be obligated to reproduce or retrieve such deleted files.

Article V

THE CERTIFICATES AND THE Loan-Specific CertificateS

Section 5.01           The Certificates. (a) The Trust Certificates consist of the Certificates and the Loan-Specific Certificates. The Certificates consist of the Regular Certificates, the Class S Certificates and the Class R Certificates. The Regular Certificates consist of the Class A-1 Certificates, the Class A-2 Certificates, the Class A-3 Certificates, the Class X-A Certificates, the Class A-S Certificates, the Class B Certificates, the Class C Certificates, the Class X-D Certificates, the Class D Certificates, the Class E-RR Certificates, the Class F-RR Certificates, the Class G-RR Certificates, the Class J-RR Certificates and the Class VRR Certificates.

Each Class of Trust Certificates will be substantially in the forms annexed hereto as Exhibits A-1 through A-16, respectively, with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Agreement or as may, in the reasonable judgment of the Certificate Registrar, be necessary, appropriate or convenient to comply, or facilitate compliance, with applicable laws, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required by law, or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Trust Certificates, as evidenced by their execution thereof. The Public Certificates (other than the Class X-A Certificates) shall be issued in minimum denominations of $10,000 and integral multiples of $1 in excess thereof. The Private Certificates (other than the Class X-D, Class VRR, Class S and Class R Certificates) shall be issued in minimum denominations of $100,000 and integral multiples of $1 in excess thereof. The Class VRR Certificates shall be issued in minimum denominations of $100,000 and integral multiples of $0.01 in excess thereof. The Class X-A and Class X-D Certificates shall be issued, maintained and transferred only in minimum denominations of authorized initial notional amounts of not less than $1,000,000 and in integral multiples of $1 in excess thereof. If the initial Certificate Balance or initial Notional Amount, as applicable, of any Class of Trust Certificates (exclusive of the Class VRR, Class S and Class R Certificates) does not equal an integral multiple of $1, then a single Trust Certificate of such Class may be issued in

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a minimum denomination of authorized initial principal balance or initial notional amount, as applicable, that includes the excess of (i) the initial Certificate Balance or initial Notional Amount, as applicable, of such Class over (ii) the largest integral multiple of $1 that does not exceed such amount. The Class R Certificates shall be issued, maintained and transferred in minimum percentage interests of 10% of such Class R Certificates and in integral multiples of 1% in excess thereof. The Class S Certificates shall be issued, maintained and transferred in minimum percentage interests of 10% of such Class S Certificates and in integral multiples of 1% in excess thereof.

(b)               One authorized signatory shall sign the Trust Certificates for the Certificate Administrator by manual or facsimile signature. If an authorized signatory whose signature is on a Trust Certificate no longer holds that office at the time the Certificate Administrator countersigns the Trust Certificate, the Trust Certificate shall be valid nevertheless. A Trust Certificate shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Certificate Administrator (who may be the same officer who executed the Trust Certificate) manually countersigns the Trust Certificate. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Trust Certificate has been executed and countersigned under this Agreement.

Section 5.02           Form and Registration.

(a)               Each Class of Public Certificates shall be represented by a single, global certificate in definitive, fully registered form without interest coupons, substantially in the applicable form set forth as an exhibit hereto, which shall be deposited with the Certificate Registrar or an agent of the Certificate Registrar, as custodian for the Depository, and registered in the name of the Depository or a nominee of the Depository. The aggregate Certificate Balance of a Global Certificate may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Certificate Registrar, as custodian for the Depository, as hereinafter provided.

(b)               Unless and until Definitive Certificates are issued in respect of a Class of Global Certificates, beneficial ownership interests in such Trust Certificates will be maintained and transferred on the book-entry records of the Depository and Depository Participants, and all references to actions by Holders of such Class of Trust Certificates will refer to action taken by the Depository upon instructions received from the related registered Holders of Trust Certificates through the Depository Participants in accordance with the Depository’s procedures and, except as otherwise set forth herein, all references herein to payments, notices, reports and statements to Holders of such Class of Trust Certificates will refer to payments, notices, reports and statements to the Depository or its nominee as the registered Holder thereof, for distribution to the related registered Holders of Trust Certificates through the Depository Participants in accordance with the Depository’s procedures.

(c)               No transfer of any Private Certificate shall be made unless that transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, and effective registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws, or is made in a transaction which does not require such registration or qualification. If a transfer is to be

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made in reliance upon an exemption from the Securities Act, and under the applicable state securities laws, then:

(i)                 The Trust Certificates of each Class of the Private Certificates (other than the Risk Retention Certificates, the Class S Certificates and the Class R Certificates) sold in offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S under the Act shall initially be represented by a temporary global certificate in definitive, fully registered form without interest coupons, substantially in the applicable form set forth as an exhibit hereto (each a “Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate”), which shall be deposited on the Closing Date on behalf of the purchasers of the Private Certificates represented thereby with the Certificate Registrar, at its principal trust office, as custodian, for the Depository, and registered in the name of the Depository or the nominee of the Depository for the account of designated agents holding on behalf of Euroclear and/or Clearstream. Prior to the expiration of the 40-day period commencing on the later of the commencement of the offering and the Closing Date (the “Restricted Period”), beneficial interests in each Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate may be held only through Euroclear or Clearstream. After the expiration of the Restricted Period, a beneficial interest in a Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate may be exchanged for an interest in the related permanent global certificate of the same Class of Private Certificates (a “Regulation S Global Certificate”) in the applicable form set forth as an exhibit hereto in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 5.03(f) of this Agreement. During the Restricted Period, distributions due in respect of a beneficial interest in a Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate shall only be made upon delivery to the Certificate Registrar by Euroclear or Clearstream, as applicable, of a Non-U.S. Beneficial Ownership Certification. After the expiration of the Restricted Period, distributions due in respect of any beneficial interests in a Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate shall not be made to the holders of such beneficial interests unless exchange for a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Certificate of the same Class is improperly withheld or refused. The aggregate Certificate Balance of a Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate or a Regulation S Global Certificate may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Certificate Registrar, as custodian for the Depository, as hereinafter provided.

On the Closing Date, the Certificate Administrator shall execute, the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate, and the Certificate Administrator shall deliver to the Certificate Registrar the Regulation S Global Certificates, which shall be held by the Certificate Registrar for purposes of effecting the exchanges contemplated by the preceding paragraph. Computershare Trust Company, National Association is hereby initially appointed the Authenticating Agent with the power to act, on the Trustee’s behalf, in the authentication and delivery of the Trust Certificates in connection with transfers and exchanges as herein provided. If Computershare Trust Company, National Association is removed as Certificate Administrator, then Computershare Trust Company, National Association shall be terminated as Authenticating Agent. If the Authenticating Agent is terminated, the Certificate Administrator (or, if the same entity is acting as both the Authenticating Agent and the Certificate Administrator and such entity is being removed from both capacities, a successor Certificate Administrator) shall appoint a successor authenticating

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agent, which may be the Certificate Administrator or an Affiliate thereof, in accordance with Section 5.09 of this Agreement.

(ii)              The Trust Certificates of each Class of Private Certificates (other than the Risk Retention Certificates, the Class S Certificates and the Class R Certificates) offered and sold to Qualified Institutional Buyers in reliance on Rule 144A shall be represented by a single, global certificate in definitive, fully registered form without interest coupons, substantially in the applicable form set forth as an exhibit hereto (each, a “Rule 144A Global Certificate”), which shall be deposited with the Certificate Registrar or an agent of the Certificate Registrar, as custodian for the Depository, and registered in the name of the Depository or a nominee of the Depository. The aggregate Certificate Balance of a Rule 144A Global Certificate may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Certificate Registrar, as custodian for the Depository, as hereinafter provided.

(iii)            The Trust Certificates of each Class of Private Certificates offered and sold in the United States to investors that are Institutional Accredited Investors that are not Qualified Institutional Buyers, the Risk Retention Certificates (during the RR Interest Transfer Restriction Period), the Class S Certificates and the Class R Certificates (collectively, the “Non-Book Entry Certificates”) shall be in the form of Definitive Certificates, in each case substantially in the applicable form set forth as an exhibit hereto, and shall be registered in the name of such investors or their nominees by the Certificate Registrar who shall deliver the certificates for such Non-Book Entry Certificates to the respective beneficial owners or owners.

(d)               Owners of beneficial interests in Global Certificates of any Class shall not be entitled to receive physical delivery of certificated Trust Certificates unless: (i) the Depository advises the Certificate Registrar in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to discharge properly its responsibilities as depository with respect to the Global Certificates of such Class or ceases to be a Clearing Agency, and the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor are unable to locate a qualified successor within 90 days of such notice; (ii) the Trustee has instituted or has been directed to institute any judicial proceeding to enforce the rights of the Holders of such Class and the Trustee has been advised by counsel that in connection with such proceeding it is necessary or appropriate for the Trustee to obtain possession of the Trust Certificates of such Class; or (iii) in the case of a Private Certificate, all of the applicable requirements of Section 5.03 of this Agreement are satisfied; provided, however, that under no circumstances will certificated Private Certificates be issued to beneficial owners of a Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate. Upon notice of the occurrence of any of the events described in clause (i) or (ii) above with respect to any Trust Certificates of a Class that are in the form of Global Certificates and upon surrender by the Depository of any Global Certificate of such Class and receipt from the Depository of instructions for reregistration, the Certificate Registrar shall issue Trust Certificates of such Class in the form of Definitive Certificates (bearing, in the case of a Definitive Certificate issued for a Rule 144A Global Certificate, the same legends regarding transfer restrictions borne by such Global Certificate), and thereafter the Certificate Registrar shall recognize the holders of such Definitive

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Certificates as Certificateholders or Loan-Specific Certificateholders, as applicable, under this Agreement.

(e)               If any Certificate Owner wishes to transfer its interest in a Rule 144A Global Certificate to an Institutional Accredited Investor that is not a Qualified Institutional Buyer, or wishes to transfer its interest in a Regulation S Global Certificate to a “U.S. person” (as that term is defined in Rule 902(k) under the Securities Act) that is an Institutional Accredited Investor but not a Qualified Institutional Buyer, then the transferee shall take delivery in the form of a Non-Book Entry Certificate, subject to the restrictions on the transfer of such Non-Book Entry Certificate in Section 5.03(h) of this Agreement. No such transfer shall be made and the Certificate Registrar shall not register any such transfer unless such transfer complies with the provisions of Section 5.03(h) of this Agreement applicable to transfers of Non-Book Entry Certificates. Upon acceptance for exchange or transfer of a beneficial interest in a Global Certificate for a Non-Book Entry Certificate, as provided herein, the Certificate Registrar shall endorse on the schedule affixed to the related Global Certificate (or on a continuation of such schedule affixed to such Global Certificate and made a part thereof) an appropriate notation evidencing the date of such exchange or transfer and a decrease in the denomination of such Global Certificate equal to the denomination of such Non-Book Entry Certificate issued in exchange therefor or upon transfer thereof.

(f)                During the RR Interest Transfer Restriction Period, any Risk Retention Certificate shall only be held as a Definitive Certificate in the Retained Interest Safekeeping Account by the Certificate Administrator (and each Retaining Party’s respective interest shall be tracked in the form of an entry in the Certificate Administrator’s trust accounting system under the Retained Interest Safekeeping Account), for the benefit of the Holder of the related Trust Certificate. The Certificate Administrator shall hold each Risk Retention Certificate in safekeeping and shall release the same only upon receipt of a written direction signed by each of the Depositor (except in the case of the HRR Interest and a Loan-Specific HRR Interest), the Retaining Sponsor (in the case of a Certificate constituting part of the HRR Interest or a Class VRR Certificate), the Loan-Specific Retaining Sponsor (in the case of a Loan-Specific Certificate constituting part of a Loan-Specific HRR Interest) and the Holder of such Trust Certificate, and in accordance with any authentication procedures as may be utilized by the Certificate Administrator and in accordance with this Agreement. There shall be, and hereby is, established by the Certificate Administrator an account which will be designated the “Retained Interest Safekeeping Account” and into which each Risk Retention Certificate shall be held and which shall be governed by and subject to this Agreement. In addition, on and after the date hereof, the Certificate Administrator may establish any number of subaccounts to the Retained Interest Safekeeping Account for each Retaining Party. Each Risk Retention Certificate to be delivered in physical form to the Certificate Administrator shall be delivered as set forth herein. Upon receipt by the Certificate Administrator of any Risk Retention Certificate in connection with the initial issuance thereof and, for so long as the Risk Retention Certificates are held in the Retained Interest Safekeeping Account by the Certificate Administrator pursuant to this Agreement, upon any transfer or exchange pursuant to this Article V of any Risk Retention Certificate, the Certificate Administrator shall deliver to the related Retaining Party a receipt in the form set forth in Exhibit MM.

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No amounts distributable with respect to any Risk Retention Certificate shall be remitted to the Retained Interest Safekeeping Account, but instead shall be remitted directly to the applicable Retaining Party in accordance with written instructions provided separately on the Closing Date (and any updates to such written instructions provided from time to time) by such Retaining Party to the Certificate Administrator. Under no circumstances by virtue of safekeeping any Risk Retention Certificate shall the Certificate Administrator be obligated to bring legal action or institute proceedings against any Person on behalf of any Retaining Party. During the RR Interest Transfer Restriction Period and for such longer time as the related Retaining Party may request, the Certificate Administrator shall hold each individual Risk Retention Certificate at the below location, or any other location; provided the Certificate Administrator has given notice to the Depositor, the Retaining Sponsor and each Retaining Party of such new location:

Computershare Trust Company, National Association
Attn: Security Control and Transfer (SCAT)
425 E. Hennepin Avenue
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414

The Certificate Administrator shall make available to each Retaining Party its account information as mutually agreed upon by the Certificate Administrator and each respective Retaining Party, and in accordance with the Certificate Administrator’s policies and procedures. Any transfer of a Risk Retention Certificate shall be subject to this Article V. During the RR Interest Transfer Restriction Period, unless the Retaining Sponsor and the Depositor otherwise consent in writing, the Certificate Administrator shall not permit any Person to copy (other than for internal purposes), and shall not itself provide to any Person copies of, the executed Risk Retention Certificates held by it in the Retained Interest Safekeeping Account.

(g)               To the extent that the aggregate principal amount of the Combined VRR Interest or the aggregate value of the HRR Interest is in excess of the amount or percentage of risk retention required pursuant to Regulation RR, such excess portion of the Combined VRR Interest or the HRR Interest, as applicable, shall nevertheless be deemed to be subject to the requirements of Regulation RR and any Risk Retention Certificate or Uncertificated VRR Interest evidencing or constituting such excess portion of the Combined VRR Interest or the HRR Interest shall be subject to all of the provisions in this Agreement applicable to the Combined VRR Interest or the HRR Interest, as applicable, including, without limitation, the provisions of this Article V.

Section 5.03           Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates.

(a)               The Certificate Administrator shall keep or cause to be kept at its principal offices books (the “Certificate Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Certificate Administrator shall provide for the registration of Trust Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest and of transfers and exchanges of Trust Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest as herein provided (the Certificate Administrator, in such capacity, being the “Certificate Registrar”). In such capacities, the Certificate Administrator shall be responsible for, among other things, (i) maintaining the Certificate Register and a record of the aggregate holdings of Certificates of each Class of

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Private Certificates represented by a Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate, a Regulation S Global Certificate and a Rule 144A Global Certificate and accepting Trust Certificates for exchange and registration of transfer, (ii) registering transfers and pledges of Uncertificated VRR Interest and (iii) transmitting to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer any notices from the Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner. In its capacity as Certificate Registrar, the Certificate Administrator shall be responsible for, among other things, holding the Risk Retention Certificates as Definitive Certificates on behalf of each Holder of such Trust Certificates in accordance with Section 5.02(f).

(b)               Subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Article V, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Trust Certificate, the Certificate Administrator shall execute, authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Trust Certificates in authorized denominations, in like aggregate interest and of the same Class.

(c)               Rule 144A Global Certificate to Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate. If a holder of a beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Certificate deposited with the Certificate Registrar as custodian for the Depository wishes at any time during the Restricted Period to exchange its interest in such Rule 144A Global Certificate for an interest in the Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate of the same Class, or to transfer its interest in such Rule 144A Global Certificate to an institution that is required to take delivery thereof in the form of an interest in the Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate of the same Class, such holder may, subject to the rules and procedures of the Depository, exchange or cause the exchange of such interest for an equivalent beneficial interest in such Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate. Upon receipt by the Certificate Registrar, as registrar, at its office designated in Section 5.11 of this Agreement, of (1) instructions given in accordance with the Depository’s procedures from a Depository Participant directing the Certificate Registrar to credit, or cause to be credited, a beneficial interest in the Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate in an amount equal to the beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Certificate to be exchanged, (2) a written order given in accordance with the Depository’s procedures containing information regarding the Euroclear or Clearstream account to be credited with such increase and the name of such account and (3) a certificate in the form of Exhibit E to this Agreement given by the holder of such beneficial interest stating that the transfer of such interest has been made in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Global Certificates and pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation S, then the Certificate Registrar shall instruct the Depository to reduce, or cause to be reduced, the Certificate Balance of the Rule 144A Global Certificate and to increase, or cause to be increased, the Certificate Balance of the Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate by the aggregate Certificate Balance of the beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Certificate to be exchanged, to credit or cause to be credited to the account of the Person specified in such instructions (who shall be the agent member of Euroclear or Clearstream, or both) a beneficial interest in the Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate equal to the reduction in the Certificate Balance of the Rule 144A Global Certificate, and to debit, or cause to be debited, from the account of the Person making such exchange or transfer the beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Certificate that is being exchanged or transferred.

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(d)               Rule 144A Global Certificate to Regulation S Global Certificate. If a holder of a beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Certificate deposited with the Certificate Registrar as custodian for the Depository wishes at any time following the Restricted Period to exchange its interest in such Rule 144A Global Certificate for an interest in the Regulation S Global Certificate of the same Class, or to transfer its interest in such Rule 144A Global Certificate to an institution that is required to take delivery thereof in the form of an interest in a Regulation S Global Certificate, such holder may, subject to the rules and procedures of the Depository, exchange, or cause the exchange of, such interest for an equivalent beneficial interest in such Regulation S Global Certificate. Upon receipt by the Certificate Registrar, as registrar, at its office designated in Section 5.11 of this Agreement, of (1) instructions given in accordance with the Depository’s procedures from a Depository Participant directing the Certificate Registrar to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Certificate in an amount equal to the beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Certificate to be exchanged, (2) a written order given in accordance with the Depository’s procedures containing information regarding the participant account of the Depository to be credited with such increase and (3) a certificate in the form of Exhibit F to this Agreement given by the holder of such beneficial interest, then the Certificate Registrar shall instruct the Depository to reduce, or cause to be reduced, the Certificate Balance of the Rule 144A Global Certificate and to increase, or cause to be increased, the Certificate Balance of the Regulation S Global Certificate by the aggregate Certificate Balance of the beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Certificate to be exchanged, to credit or cause to be credited to the account of the Person specified in such instructions a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Certificate equal to the reduction in the Certificate Balance of the Rule 144A Global Certificate, and to debit, or cause to be debited, from the account of the Person making such exchange or transfer the beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Certificate that is being exchanged or transferred.

(e)               Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate or Regulation S Global Certificate to Rule 144A Global Certificate. If a holder of a beneficial interest in a Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate or Regulation S Global Certificate deposited with the Certificate Registrar as custodian for the Depository wishes at any time to exchange its interest in such Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate or Regulation S Global Certificate for an interest in the Rule 144A Global Certificate of the same Class, or to transfer its interest in such Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate or Regulation S Global Certificate to a Person who is required to take delivery thereof in the form of an interest in the Rule 144A Global Certificate, such holder may, subject to the rules and procedures of Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, and the Depository, exchange or cause the exchange of such interest for an equivalent beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Certificate of the same Class. Upon receipt by the Certificate Registrar, as registrar, at its office designated in Section 5.11 of this Agreement, of (1) instructions from Euroclear or Clearstream, if applicable, and the Depository, directing the Certificate Registrar, as registrar, to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Certificate equal to the beneficial interest in the Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate or Regulation S Global Certificate to be exchanged, such instructions to contain information regarding the participant account with the Depository to be credited with such increase, (2) with respect to a transfer of an interest in the Regulation S Global Certificate,

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information regarding the participant account of the Depository to be debited with such decrease and (3) with respect to a transfer of an interest in the Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate (but not the Regulation S Global Certificate) for an interest in the Rule 144A Global Certificate at any time during the Restricted Period, a certificate in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement given by the holder of such beneficial interest and stating that the Person transferring such interest in the Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate reasonably believes that the Person acquiring such interest in the Rule 144A Global Certificate is a Qualified Institutional Buyer and is obtaining such beneficial interest in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A, then the Certificate Registrar shall instruct the Depository to reduce, or cause to be reduced, the Certificate Balance of the Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate or Regulation S Global Certificate and to increase, or cause to be increased, the Certificate Balance of the Rule 144A Global Certificate by the aggregate Certificate Balance of the beneficial interest in the Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate or Regulation S Global Certificate to be exchanged, and the Certificate Registrar shall instruct the Depository, concurrently with such reduction, to credit, or cause to be credited, to the account of the Person specified in such instructions, a beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Certificate equal to the reduction in the Certificate Balance of the Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate or Regulation S Global Certificate and to debit, or cause to be debited, from the account of the Person making such transfer the beneficial interest in the Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate or Regulation S Global Certificate that is being transferred.

(f)                Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate to Regulation S Global Certificate. Interests in a Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate as to which the Certificate Registrar has received from Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, a certificate (a “Non-U.S. Beneficial Ownership Certification”) to the effect that Euroclear or Clearstream, as applicable, has received a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit H to this Agreement from the holder of a beneficial interest in such Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate, shall be exchanged after the Restricted Period, for interests in the Regulation S Global Certificate of the same Class of Private Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall effect such exchange by delivering to the Depository for credit to the respective accounts of such holders, a duly executed and authenticated Regulation S Global Certificate, representing the aggregate Certificate Balance of interests in the Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate initially exchanged for interests in the Regulation S Global Certificate. The delivery to the Certificate Registrar by Euroclear or Clearstream of the certificate or certificates referred to above may be relied upon by the Depositor and the Certificate Registrar as conclusive evidence that the certificate or certificates referred to therein has or have been delivered to Euroclear or Clearstream pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate. Upon any exchange of interests in the Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate for interests in the Regulation S Global Certificate, the Certificate Registrar shall endorse the Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate to reflect the reduction in the Certificate Balance represented thereby by the amount so exchanged and shall endorse the Regulation S Global Certificate to reflect the corresponding increase in the amount represented thereby. Until so exchanged in full and except as provided therein, the Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate, and the Certificates evidenced thereby, shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Agreement as the Regulation S

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Global Certificate and Rule 144A Global Certificate authenticated and delivered hereunder.

(g)               Non-Book Entry Certificate to Global Certificate. If a holder of a Non-Book Entry Certificate that is a Private Certificate (other than any Risk Retention Certificate during the RR Interest Transfer Restriction Period, a Class S Certificate or a Class R Certificate) wishes at any time to exchange its interest in such Non-Book Entry Certificate for an interest in a Global Certificate of the same Class, or to transfer all or part of such Non-Book Entry Certificate to an institution that is entitled to take delivery thereof in the form of an interest in a Global Certificate, such holder may, subject to the rules and procedures of Euroclear or Clearstream, if applicable, and the Depository, cause the exchange of all or part of such Non-Book Entry Certificate for an equivalent beneficial interest in the appropriate Global Certificate of the same Class. Upon receipt by the Certificate Registrar, as registrar, at its office designated in Section 5.11 of this Agreement, of (1) such Non-Book Entry Certificate, duly endorsed as provided herein, (2) instructions from such holder directing the Certificate Registrar, as registrar, to credit, or cause to be credited, a beneficial interest in the applicable Global Certificate equal to the portion of the Certificate Balance of the Non-Book Entry Certificate to be exchanged, such instructions to contain information regarding the participant account with the Depository to be credited with such increase and (3) a certificate in the form of Exhibit I to this Agreement (in the event that the applicable Global Certificate is the Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate), in the form of Exhibit J to this Agreement (in the event that the applicable Global Certificate is the Regulation S Global Certificate) or in the form of Exhibit K to this Agreement (in the event that the applicable Global Certificate is the Rule 144A Global Certificate), then the Certificate Registrar, as registrar, shall cancel, or cause to be canceled, all or part of such Non-Book Entry Certificate, and shall, if applicable, direct the Certificate Administrator to execute, authenticate and deliver to the transferor a new Non-Book Entry Certificate equal to the aggregate Certificate Balance of the portion retained by such transferor and shall instruct the Depository to increase, or cause to be increased, such Global Certificate by the aggregate Certificate Balance of the portion of the Non-Book Entry Certificate to be exchanged and to credit, or cause to be credited, to the account of the institution specified in such instructions a beneficial interest in the applicable Global Certificate equal to the Certificate Balance of the portion of the Non-Book Entry Certificate so canceled.

(h)               Exchanges of Non-Book Entry Certificates. If a holder of a Rule 144A Global Certificate, Regulation S Global Certificate or Non-Book Entry Certificate (other than a Public Certificate) wishes at any time to transfer its interest in such Rule 144A Global Certificate, Regulation S Global Certificate or Non-Book Entry Certificate to a Person who is required to take delivery thereof in the form of a Non-Book Entry Certificate, then (except in connection with the transfer or deemed transfer thereof by the Depositor, an Initial Purchaser or, if occurring on the Closing Date, the Retaining Sponsor) the Certificate Registrar shall refuse to register such transfer unless it receives (and upon receipt, may conclusively rely upon): (i) a certificate from the proposed transferor substantially in the form attached as Exhibit L-2B to this Agreement, (ii) an investment representation letter from the proposed transferee substantially in the form attached as Exhibit L-4 to this Agreement; and (iii) if required by the Certificate Registrar, an opinion

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of counsel satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar to the effect that such transfer shall be made without registration under the Securities Act, together with the written certification(s) as to the facts surrounding such transfer from the Certificateholder or Loan-Specific Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer and/or the proposed transferee on which such opinion of counsel is based (such opinion of counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust or of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar in their respective capacities as such).

(i)                 Transfers of Risk Retention Certificates. At all times during the applicable RR Interest Transfer Restriction Period, if a transfer of any Risk Retention Certificate is to be made (other than in connection with (1) the transfer to any Mortgage Seller on the Closing Date, pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, of Class VRR Certificates, (2) the transfer to the Retaining Sponsor on the Closing Date of the Certificates constituting the HRR Interest and (3) the transfer to a Loan-Specific Retaining Third Party Purchaser on the Closing Date of the Loan-Specific Certificates constituting the applicable Loan-Specific HRR Interest), then the Certificate Registrar shall refuse to register such transfer unless it receives (and, upon receipt, the Certificate Registrar may conclusively rely upon) (i) a certification from the prospective Transferee of the Certificateholder or Loan-Specific Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit L-5A (in the case of a transfer of Class VRR Certificates), Exhibit L-5B (in the case of a transfer of Certificates constituting part of the HRR Interest) or Exhibit L-5C (in the case of a transfer of Loan-Specific Certificates constituting a part of a Loan-Specific HRR Interest), which such certification must (x) be countersigned by the applicable Retaining Party, the Retaining Sponsor or applicable Loan-Specific Retaining Sponsor (as applicable) (if different than the Retaining Party) and, except in the case of Certificates constituting the HRR Interest or Loan-Specific Certificates constituting a Loan-Specific HRR Interest, the Depositor and (y) include a medallion stamp guarantee of such Retaining Party, (iii) an Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 completed by the prospective Transferee, and (iv) wire instructions and contact information of the prospective Transferee. Upon receipt of the foregoing certifications, the Certificate Registrar shall, subject to Section 5.02(f), Section 5.03(a), Section 5.03(h), the following provisions of this Section 5.03(i), and Section 5.03(n), reflect such Risk Retention Certificate in the name of the prospective Transferee. In no event shall a Risk Retention Certificate be held as a Global Certificate during the RR Interest Transfer Restriction Period. After the termination of the applicable RR Interest Transfer Restriction Period, if a transfer of a Risk Retention Certificate is to be made and such Risk Retention Certificate is in Retained Interest Safekeeping Account, then upon receipt of (i) a certification from the prospective Transferee of the Certificateholder or Loan Specific Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit L-5A (in the case of a transfer of Class VRR Certificates), Exhibit L-5B (in the case of a transfer of Certificates constituting part of the HRR Interest) or Exhibit L-5C (in the case of a transfer of Loan-Specific Certificates constituting a part of a Loan-Specific HRR Interest), which such certification must (x) be countersigned by the applicable Retaining Party, the Retaining Sponsor or applicable Loan-Specific Retaining Sponsor (as applicable) (if different than the Retaining Party) and, except in the case of a transfer of Certificates constituting the HRR Interest or Loan-Specific Certificates constituting a Loan-Specific

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HRR Interest, the Depositor and (y) include a medallion stamp guarantee of such Retaining Party, and (ii) a certification from the Certificateholder or Loan-Specific Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit L-6A (in the case of a transfer of Class VRR Certificates), Exhibit L-6B (in the case of a transfer of Certificates constituting the HRR Interest) or Exhibit L-6C (in the case of a transfer of Loan-Specific Certificates constituting a Loan-Specific HRR Interest) which such certification must (x) be countersigned by the applicable Retaining Party (if different than the transferor), the Retaining Sponsor or applicable Loan-Specific Retaining Sponsor (as applicable) (if different than the Retaining Party) and, except in the case of a transfer of Certificates constituting the HRR Interest or Loan-Specific Certificates constituting a Loan-Specific HRR Interest, the Depositor and (y) include a medallion stamp guarantee of such Retaining Party, (iii) an Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 completed by the prospective Transferee, and (iv) wire instructions and contact information of the prospective Transferee, the Certificate Registrar shall, subject to Section 5.02(f), Section 5.03(a), Section 5.03(h) and Section 5.03(n), reflect such Risk Retention Certificate in the name of the prospective Transferee. After the termination of the VRR Interest Transfer Restriction Period, if a transfer of a Risk Retention Certificate is to be made and such Risk Retention Certificate is in the Retained Interest Safekeeping Account, the Certificate Registrar shall not register a Transfer of such Risk Retention Certificate unless it is so instructed by the Certificate Administrator.

(j)                 Other Exchanges. In the event that a Global Certificate is exchanged for a Definitive Certificate (other than as otherwise set forth in Section 5.02(d) of this Agreement), such Trust Certificates may be exchanged only in accordance with such procedures as are substantially consistent with the provisions of clauses (c) through (f), (h) and (i) above (including the certification requirements intended to ensure that such transfers comply with Rule 144A or Regulation S under the Act, at the case may be) and such other procedures as may from time to time be adopted by the Certificate Registrar.

(k)               Restricted Period. Prior to the termination of the Restricted Period with respect to the issuance of the Trust Certificates, transfers of interests in the Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate to U.S. persons (as defined in Regulation S) shall be limited to transfers made pursuant to the provisions of clause (e) above.

(l)                 If Private Certificates are issued upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Trust Certificates bearing a restrictive legend relating to compliance with the Act, or if a request is made to remove such legend on Trust Certificates, the Private Certificates so issued shall bear the restrictive legend, or such legend shall not be removed, as the case may be, unless there is delivered to the Certificate Registrar such satisfactory evidence, which may include an Opinion of Counsel that neither such legend nor the restrictions on transfer set forth therein are required to ensure that transfers thereof comply with the provisions of Rule 144A, Rule 144 or Regulation S under the Act, Regulation RR or, with respect to Non-Book Entry Certificates, that such Trust Certificates are not “restricted” within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Act. Upon provision of such satisfactory evidence, the Certificate Registrar shall authenticate and deliver Trust Certificates that do not bear such legend.

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(m)             All Trust Certificates surrendered for registration of transfer and exchange shall be canceled and subsequently destroyed by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with the Certificate Registrar’s customary procedures.

(n)               No Class VRR Certificate (if it is not an ERISA Restricted Certificate covered by the next sentence), Uncertificated VRR Interest, Class S Certificate or Class R Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any prospective purchaser or transferee that is or will be (i) an employee benefit plan or other plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility or prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA or Code Section 4975 (each, a “Plan”), or (ii) any entity or collective investment fund the assets of which are considered Plan assets under U.S. Department of Labor Reg. Section 2510.3-101, as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA, or Similar Law (as defined below), an insurance company that is using the assets of separate accounts or general accounts which include Plan assets (or which are deemed to include assets of Plans) or other Person acting on behalf of any such Plan or using the assets of a Plan (each, a “Plan Investor”) to purchase such Trust Certificate or the Uncertificated VRR Interest. In addition, no ERISA Restricted Certificate or interest therein may be purchased by or transferred to any prospective purchaser or transferee that is or will be a Plan or Plan Investor, unless (i) such purchaser or transferee is an insurance company, (ii) the source of funds used to acquire or hold such ERISA Restricted Certificate or interest therein is an “insurance company general account,” as such term is defined in PTCE 95-60, and (iii) the conditions in Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60 have been satisfied. Furthermore, no ERISA Restricted Certificate, Class VRR Certificate (regardless of whether it is an ERISA Restricted Certificate), Uncertificated VRR Interest, Class S Certificate or Class R Certificate or interest therein may be purchased by or transferred to any prospective purchaser or transferee that is or will be a governmental plan (as defined in Section 3(32) of ERISA) or other plan that is subject to any federal, state or local law that is, to a material extent, similar to the fiduciary responsibility or prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA or Code Section 4975 (“Similar Law”), or to any Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of such plan to acquire such Trust Certificate or interest therein unless, in the case of an ERISA Restricted Certificate, its acquisition, holding and disposition of such Trust Certificate or an interest therein would not constitute or otherwise result in a non-exempt violation of Similar Law. Except in connection with the transfer or deemed transfer thereof by the Depositor, an Initial Purchaser or, if occurring on the Closing Date, the Retaining Sponsor, each prospective transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate, a Class VRR Certificate (regardless of whether it is an ERISA Restricted Certificate), a Class S Certificate or a Class R Certificate in the form of a Non-Book Entry Certificate or the Uncertificated VRR Interest shall deliver to the transferor, the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee representation letters, substantially in the form of Exhibit L-3 and, except in the case of the Uncertificated VRR Interest, Exhibit L-4 to this Agreement. Each beneficial owner of a Trust Certificate (other than a Class S or Class R Certificate) or any interest therein will be deemed to have represented, by virtue of its acquisition or holding of such Trust Certificate or interest therein, that either (i) it is not a Plan or Plan Investor, (ii) except in the case of an ERISA Restricted Certificate or a Class VRR Certificate (regardless of whether it is an ERISA Restricted Certificate), it has acquired and is holding the Trust Certificates in reliance on the Underwriter Exemption, and that it understands that there are certain conditions to the availability of

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the Underwriter Exemption, including that the Trust Certificates must be rated, at the time of purchase, not lower than “BBB-” (or its equivalent) by a rating agency that meets the requirements of the Underwriter Exemption and that such Trust Certificate is so rated and that it is an Institutional Accredited Investor or (iii) except in the case of a Class VRR Certificate (unless it is being sold or transferred through Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., BMO Capital Markets Corp. or Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC ), (1) it is an insurance company, (2) the source of funds used to acquire or hold the Trust Certificate or interest therein is an “insurance company general account,” as such term is defined in PTCE 95-60, and (3) the conditions in Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60 have been satisfied. Each beneficial owner of a Trust Certificate or an interest therein which is a governmental plan or other plan subject to Similar Law shall be deemed to have represented, by virtue of its acquisition or holding of such Trust Certificate or interest therein that the acquisition, holding and disposition of such Trust Certificate or an interest therein by the purchaser will not constitute or otherwise result in a non-exempt violation of Similar Law. Any attempted or purported transfer in violation of these transfer restrictions shall be null and void ab initio and shall vest no rights in any purported transferee and shall not relieve the transferor of any obligations with respect to the applicable Trust Certificates.

(o)               (i) The Depositor hereby directs the Certificate Administrator to register any Uncertificated VRR Interest, upon issuance, in the Certificate Register in the name of the Retaining Sponsor. No Person shall be permitted to own, directly or indirectly, any interest in the Uncertificated VRR Interest other than (i) the Retaining Sponsor or one of its Majority Owned Affiliates that is not a Non-Exempt Person or (ii) a Person that provides financing permitted under Regulation RR (a “Permitted Lender”) to the Retaining Sponsor or such Majority Owned Affiliate; provided, further, that if such financing is provided by the Permitted Lender in a repurchase transaction, the Retaining Sponsor or such Majority-Owned Affiliate of the Retaining Sponsor may transfer its interest in the Uncertificated VRR Interest to the Permitted Lender so long as the Retaining Sponsor or such Majority-Owned Affiliate is obligated to repurchase such interest in the Uncertificated VRR Interest pursuant to the terms of the related financing documents. The Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, if it wishes to transfer the Uncertificated VRR Interest, shall notify the Certificate Administrator in writing of such transfer and identify the new Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner. The Certificate Administrator shall register the ownership of the Uncertificated VRR Interest on the Certificate Register. Any transfer of the Uncertificated VRR Interest (including to a Majority Owned Affiliate) shall be null and void ab initio to the extent permitted under applicable law unless all of the following is provided to the Certificate Administrator: (i) a written instrument whereby the transferor of the Uncertificated VRR Interest assigns, and the transferee of the Uncertificated VRR Interest assumes, all rights and obligations in connection with the Uncertificated VRR Interest under this Agreement; (ii) the transferor of the Uncertificated VRR Interest has executed and delivered to the Certificate Administrator a certification in the form of Exhibit L-7B hereto, which certification must (x) be countersigned by the applicable Retaining Party (if different than the transferor), the Retaining Sponsor and the Depositor and (y) include a medallion stamp guarantee of such Retaining Party; and (iii) the transferee of the Uncertificated VRR Interest has executed and delivered to the Certificate Administrator a certification in the form of Exhibit L-7A hereto, which certification must (x) be countersigned by the

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applicable Retaining Party, the Retaining Sponsor and the Depositor, (y) include a medallion stamp guarantee of such Retaining Party and (z) include wiring instructions and contact information for such transferee. Notwithstanding anything else in this Agreement to the contrary, no Person shall have any rights hereunder with respect to the Uncertificated VRR Interest unless (i) such Person is the Retaining Sponsor, or (ii) in the case of any Majority Owned Affiliate of the Retaining Sponsor, such Person is identified in writing to the Certificate Administrator as being the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, or (iii) in the case of any subsequent transferee, such Person is identified as being the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner on the ownership registry. The Certificate Administrator, the other parties to this Agreement and the Certificateholders shall be entitled to treat the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (in the case of any subsequent Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, as recorded on such ownership registry) as the owner in fact thereof for all purposes and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in the Uncertificated VRR Interest on the part of any other Person. Any transfer of an interest in the Uncertificated VRR Interest that is not in compliance with this Section 5.03(o)(i) or Section 5.03(n) shall be null and void ab initio to the extent permitted under applicable law.

(ii)              The Retaining Sponsor and any subsequent Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner shall be deemed by virtue of its acceptance of the Uncertificated VRR Interest to represent to the Trust and the Certificate Administrator (for the benefit of the borrowers) that it is not a Non-Exempt Person. Contemporaneously with the execution of this Agreement and from time to time as necessary during the term of the Agreement, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner shall deliver to the Certificate Administrator evidence satisfactory to the Certificate Administrator substantiating that it is not a Non-Exempt Person and that the Certificate Administrator is not obligated under applicable law to withhold taxes on sums paid to it with respect to the Mortgage Loans or otherwise under this Agreement. Without limiting the effect of the foregoing, (a) if the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner is created or organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, it shall satisfy the requirements of the preceding sentence by furnishing to the Certificate Administrator an Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 and (b) if the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner is not created or organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, and if the payment of interest or other amounts by the borrowers is treated for United States income tax purposes as derived in whole or part from sources within the United States, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner shall satisfy the requirements of the preceding sentence by furnishing to the Certificate Administrator an Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI, Form W-8IMY (with appropriate attachments), Form W-8BEN-E or Form W-8BEN, or successor forms, as may be required from time to time, duly executed by the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, as evidence of the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner’s exemption from the withholding of United States tax with respect thereto. The Certificate Administrator shall not be obligated to make any payment hereunder to the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner in respect of the Uncertificated VRR Interest or otherwise until the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner shall have furnished to

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the Certificate Administrator the forms, certificates, statements or documents required by this Section 5.03(o)(ii).

 

(p)               Each Person who has or acquires any Residual Ownership Interest shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of such Residual Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the following provisions and the rights of each Person acquiring any Residual Ownership Interest are expressly subject to the following provisions:

(i)                 Each Person acquiring or holding any Residual Ownership Interest shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall not acquire or hold such Residual Ownership Interest as agent (including a broker, nominee or other middleman) on behalf of any Person that is not a Permitted Transferee. Any such Person shall promptly notify the Certificate Registrar of any change or impending change in its status (or the status of the beneficial owner of such Residual Ownership Interest) as a Permitted Transferee. Any acquisition described in the first sentence of this Section 5.03(p) by a Person who is not a Permitted Transferee or by a Person who is acting as an agent of a Person who is not a Permitted Transferee shall be void ab initio and of no effect, and the immediately preceding owner who was a Permitted Transferee shall be restored to registered and beneficial ownership of the Residual Ownership Interest as soon and as fully as possible.

(ii)              No Residual Ownership Interest may be Transferred, and no such Transfer shall be registered in the Certificate Register, without the express written consent of the Certificate Registrar, and the Certificate Registrar shall not recognize the Transfer, and such proposed Transfer shall not be effective, without such consent with respect thereto. In connection with any proposed Transfer of any Residual Ownership Interest, other than in connection with the initial Transfer thereof to the Initial Purchasers, the Certificate Registrar shall, as a condition to such consent, (x) require the proposed transferee to deliver, and the proposed transferee shall deliver to the Certificate Registrar and to the proposed transferor, an affidavit (or, solely in connection with the initial issuance of such Residual Ownership Interest, a certification) in substantially the form attached as Exhibit L-1 to this Agreement (a “Transferee Affidavit”) of the proposed transferee (A) that such proposed transferee is a Permitted Transferee and (B) stating that (1) the proposed transferee historically has paid its debts as they have come due and intends to do so in the future, (2) the proposed transferee understands that, as the holder of a Residual Ownership Interest, it may incur tax liabilities in excess of cash flows generated by the residual interest, (3) the proposed transferee intends to pay taxes associated with holding the Residual Ownership Interest as they become due, (4) the proposed transferee will not cause income with respect to the Residual Ownership Interest to be attributable to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed base, within the meaning of an applicable income tax treaty, of such proposed transferee or any other U.S. Tax Person, (5) the proposed transferee will not transfer the Residual Ownership Interest to any Person that does not provide a Transferee Affidavit or as to which the proposed transferee has actual knowledge that such Person is not a Permitted Transferee or is acting as an agent (including a broker,

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nominee or other middleman) for a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee, and (6) the proposed transferee expressly agrees to be bound by and to comply with the provisions of this Section 5.03(p) and (y) other than in connection with the initial issuance of a Class R Certificate or the Transfer of any Class R Certificate by any Initial Purchaser in connection with the initial offering of the Trust Certificates, require a statement from the proposed transferor substantially in the form attached as Exhibit L-2A to this Agreement (the “Transferor Letter”), that the proposed transferor has no actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee and has no actual knowledge or reason to know that the proposed transferee’s statements in the preceding clauses (x)(B)(1) or (3) are false.

(iii)            Notwithstanding the delivery of a Transferee Affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (p)(ii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Certificate Registrar has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no Transfer to such proposed transferee shall be effected and such proposed Transfer shall not be registered on the Certificate Register; provided, however, the Certificate Registrar shall not be required to conduct any independent investigation to determine whether a proposed transferee is a Permitted Transferee. Upon notice to the Certificate Registrar that there has occurred a Transfer to any Person that is a Disqualified Organization or an agent thereof (including a broker, nominee or middleman) in contravention of the foregoing restrictions, and in any event not later than 60 days after a request for information from the transferor of such Residual Ownership Interest or such agent, the Certificate Registrar and the Certificate Administrator agree to furnish to the IRS and the transferor of such Residual Ownership Interest or such agent such information necessary to the application of Code Section 860E(e) as may be required by the Code, including, but not limited to, the present value of the total anticipated excess inclusions with respect to such Class R Certificate (or portion thereof) for periods after such Transfer. At the election of the Certificate Registrar, the Certificate Registrar may charge a reasonable fee for computing and furnishing such information to the transferor or to such agent referred to above; provided, however, such Persons shall in no event be excused from furnishing such information.

(iv)             The Class R Certificates may only be represented by Definitive Certificates and may only be transferred to and owned by Qualified Institutional Buyers.

(v)               The Class S Certificates may only be represented by Definitive Certificates and may only be transferred to and owned by Qualified Institutional Buyers or Institutional Accredited Investors.

(q)               Any attempted or purported transfer in violation of the transfer restrictions set forth in this Article V shall be null and void ab initio and shall vest no rights in any purported transferee and shall not relieve the transferor of any obligations with respect to the applicable Trust Certificates.

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Section 5.04           Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates. If (a) any mutilated Trust Certificate is surrendered to the Certificate Registrar, or the Certificate Registrar receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Trust Certificate and (b) there is delivered to the Certificate Registrar, the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator such security or indemnity as may be required by it to save it harmless, then, in the absence of actual notice that such Trust Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Certificate Registrar shall direct the Certificate Administrator to execute, authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Trust Certificate, a new Trust Certificate of like tenor and interest in the Trust Fund. In connection with the issuance of any new Trust Certificate under this Section 5.04, the Certificate Registrar and the Certificate Administrator may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Certificate Registrar) connected therewith. Any replacement Trust Certificate issued pursuant to this Section 5.04 shall constitute complete and indefeasible evidence of ownership in the Trust Fund, as if originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Trust Certificate shall be found at any time.

Section 5.05           Persons Deemed Owners. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Certificate Registrar, and any agent of any of them, may treat the Person in whose name any Trust Certificate is registered as the owner of such Trust Certificate for the purpose of receiving distributions as provided in this Agreement and for all other purposes whatsoever, and neither the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Registrar, nor any agent of any of them shall be affected by any notice to the contrary; provided, however, that to the extent that a party to this Agreement responsible for distributing any report, statement or other information required to be distributed to Certificateholders has been provided an Investor Certification, such party to this Agreement shall distribute such report, statement or other information to such Certificate Owner (or prospective transferee) under the same circumstances, and subject to the same conditions, as such report, statement or other information would be provided to a Certificateholder.

Section 5.06           Appointment of Paying Agent. The Certificate Administrator may appoint (and, if it does not so appoint, shall act as) a paying agent for the purpose of making distributions to Certificateholders, Loan-Specific Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner pursuant to Section 4.01 of this Agreement. The Certificate Administrator shall cause such Paying Agent, if other than the Certificate Administrator or the Master Servicer, to execute and deliver to the Master Servicer and the Certificate Administrator an instrument that is consistent in all material respects with this Agreement and in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Master Servicer and the Certificate Administrator that such Paying Agent will hold all sums held by it for the payment to Certificateholders, Loan-Specific Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner in trust for the benefit of the Certificateholders, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders and Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner entitled thereto until such sums have been paid to the Certificateholders, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or disposed of as otherwise provided herein. The initial Paying Agent shall be the Certificate Administrator. The Paying Agent shall at all times be an entity having a long-term unsecured debt rating of at least (i) “BBB” from S&P; (ii) “BBB-” from KBRA (or, if not rated by KBRA, then at least an equivalent rating by two other NRSROs), and (iii) “BBB+” from Fitch, or shall be, in the case of any such Rating Agency, otherwise acceptable thereto as

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evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation, except with respect to Computershare Trust Company, National Association as Paying Agent, it shall only be required to maintain a long-term senior unsecured debt rating or long-term issuer rating of at least “BBB” by at least one NRSRO.

Section 5.07           Access to Certificateholders’ Names and Addresses; Special Notices.

(a)               The Certificate Registrar shall maintain in as current form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of the Certificateholders and Loan-Specific Certificateholders. If any Certificateholder, Loan-Specific Certificateholder or Certificate Owner (a “Certifying Certificateholder”) that has delivered an executed certification as contemplated by Section 5.07(c) reflecting the appropriate information to the Certificate Administrator at 9062 Old Annapolis Road, Columbia, Maryland 21045, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration Group – Benchmark 2023-V2 with a copy to: trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com (i) requests in writing from the Certificate Registrar a list of the names and addresses of Certificateholders, (ii) states that such Certifying Certificateholder desires to communicate with other Certificateholders, Loan-Specific Certificateholders and Certificate Owners with respect to its rights under this Agreement or under the Certificates or the Loan-Specific Certificates and (iii) provides a copy of the communication which Certifying Certificateholder proposes to transmit, then the Certificate Registrar shall, within ten (10) Business Days after the receipt of such request (a “Communication Request”), furnish such Certifying Certificateholder (at such Certifying Certificateholder’s sole cost and expense) a list of the names and addresses of the Certificateholders and Loan-Specific Certificateholders as of the most recent Record Date as they appear in the Certificate Register. Every Certificateholder and Loan-Specific Certificateholder, by receiving and holding a Certificate or a Loan-Specific Certificate, as applicable, agrees that the Certificate Registrar shall not be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the list of the Certificateholders and Loan-Specific Certificateholder hereunder, regardless of the source from which information was derived. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and the Depositor shall be entitled to a list of the names and addresses of Certificateholders and Loan-Specific Certificateholders from time to time upon request therefor.

(b)               The Certificate Administrator shall include in any Form 10-D any written request received in accordance with Section 5.07(a) prior to the Distribution Date to which the Form 10-D relates (and on or after the Distribution Date preceding such Distribution Date) from a Certificateholder, Loan-Specific Certificateholder or Certificate Owner to communicate with other Certificateholders, Loan-Specific Certificateholders or Certificate Owners related to Certificateholders, Loan-Specific Certificateholders or Certificate Owners exercising their rights under the terms of this Agreement. Any Form 10-D containing such disclosure (a “Special Notice”) regarding the request to communicate shall include the following and no more than the following (a) the name of the Certificateholder, Loan-Specific Certificateholder or Certificate Owner making the request, (b) the date the request was received, (c) a statement to the effect that the Certificate Administrator has received such request, stating that such Certificateholder, Loan-Specific Certificateholder

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or Certificate Owner is interested in communicating with other Certificateholders, Loan-Specific Certificateholders or Certificate Owners with regard to the possible exercise of rights under this Agreement, and (d) a description of the method other Certificateholders, Loan-Specific Certificateholders or Certificate Owners may use to contact the requesting Certificateholder, Loan-Specific Certificateholder or Certificate Owner.

(c)               In verifying the identity of any Certificateholder, Loan-Specific Certificateholder or Certificate Owner in connection with any request to communicate, (i) if the Certificateholder, Loan-Specific Certificateholder or Certificate Owner is the holder of record with respect to any Trust Certificate, the Certificate Administrator shall not require any further verification or (ii) if the Certificateholder, Loan-Specific Certificateholder or Certificate Owner is not the holder of record with respect to any Trust Certificate, the Certificate Administrator shall require no more than (x) a written certification from such Certificateholder, Loan-Specific Certificateholder or Certificate Owner that it is the beneficial owner of a Trust Certificate and (y) one of the following documents confirming ownership of such Trust Certificate: a trade confirmation, an account statement, a letter from a broker-dealer or another document acceptable to the Certificate Administrator that is similar to any of the foregoing documents. The Certificate Administrator shall not have any obligation to verify the information provided by any Certificateholder , Loan-Specific Certificateholder or Certificate Owner in any request to communicate and may rely on such information conclusively. Any Certificateholder, Loan-Specific Certificateholder or Certificate Owner will be responsible for its own expenses in making any Communication Request, but will not be required to bear any expenses of the Certificate Administrator. Any expenses the Certificate Administrator incurs in connection with any request to communicate will be paid by the Trust.

Section 5.08           Actions of Certificateholders or Loan-Specific Certificateholders.

(a)               Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Agreement to be given or taken by Certificateholders or Loan-Specific Certificateholders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Certificateholders or Loan-Specific Certificateholders in person or by agent duly appointed in writing; and except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Certificate Administrator and, when required, to the Depositor, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Agreement and conclusive in favor of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer, if made in the manner provided in this Section.

(b)               The fact and date of the execution by any Certificateholder or Loan-Specific Certificateholder of any such instrument or writing may be proved in any reasonable manner which the Certificate Administrator deems sufficient.

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of every Trust Certificate issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof, in respect of anything done, or omitted to be done, by the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Special Servicer or the Master Servicer in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Trust Certificate.

(d)               The Certificate Administrator or Certificate Registrar may require such additional proof of any matter referred to in this Section 5.08 as it shall deem necessary.

Section 5.09           Authenticating Agent. The Certificate Administrator may appoint an Authenticating Agent to execute and to authenticate Trust Certificates. The Authenticating Agent must be acceptable to the Depositor and must be an entity organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or any state, having a principal office and place of business in a state and city acceptable to the Depositor, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $15,000,000, authorized under such laws to do a trust business and subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities. The Certificate Administrator shall serve as the initial Authenticating Agent and the Certificate Administrator hereby accepts such appointment.

Any entity into which the Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any entity resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Authenticating Agent shall be party, or any entity succeeding to the corporate agency business of the Authenticating Agent, shall be the Authenticating Agent without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Certificate Administrator or the Authenticating Agent.

The Authenticating Agent may at any time resign by giving at least 30 days’ advance written notice of resignation to the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor. The Certificate Administrator may at any time terminate the agency of the Authenticating Agent by giving written notice of termination to the Authenticating Agent and the Depositor. Upon receiving a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time the Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 5.09, the Certificate Administrator promptly shall appoint a successor Authenticating Agent, which shall be acceptable to the Depositor, and shall mail notice of such appointment to all Certificateholders and Loan-Specific Certificateholders. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers, duties and responsibilities of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as Authenticating Agent herein. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section 5.09.

The Authenticating Agent shall have no responsibility or liability for any action taken by it as such at the direction of the Certificate Administrator. Any compensation paid to the Authenticating Agent shall be an unreimbursable expense of the Certificate Administrator. The appointment of an Authenticating Agent shall not relieve the Certificate Administrator from any of its obligations hereunder, and the Certificate Administrator shall remain responsible for all acts and omissions of the Authenticating Agent.

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Section 5.10           Appointment of Custodian. The Certificate Administrator shall be, and shall perform all the duties of, the Custodian hereunder or may appoint one or more Custodians to hold all or a portion of the Mortgage Files as agent for the Certificate Administrator, by entering into a Custodial Agreement (in the event the Certificate Administrator is not the Custodian) that is consistent in all material respects with this Agreement. The Certificate Administrator shall give prompt written notice to the Depositor of any appointment of a Custodian. The Certificate Administrator agrees to comply with the terms of each Custodial Agreement, to enforce the terms and provisions thereof against the Custodian for the benefit of the Certificateholders, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and the Serviced Companion Loan Holders and to cause any Custodian appointed by the Certificate Administrator to comply with any provision of this Agreement that purports to require such Custodian to act or refrain from acting. Each Custodian shall: (i) except in the case of the initial Custodian, be a depository institution subject to supervision by federal or state authority; (ii) have a combined capital and surplus of at least $15,000,000; (iii) except in the case of the initial Custodian, (a) have a long-term unsecured debt rating of at least “BBB” from Fitch and at least “BBB” from S&P and (b) have a long-term unsecured debt rating of at least “BBB-” by KBRA (or, if not rated by KBRA, then at least an equivalent rating by two other NRSROs); and (iv) be qualified to do business in the jurisdiction in which it holds any Mortgage File. Each Custodial Agreement may be amended only as provided in Section 12.07 of this Agreement. Any compensation paid to the Custodian shall be an unreimbursable expense of the Certificate Administrator. The Certificate Administrator shall serve as the initial Custodian and shall be deemed appointed as Custodian at all times that no other party is so appointed in accordance with this Section 5.10. The Custodian, if the Custodian is not the Certificate Administrator, shall maintain a fidelity bond in the form and amount that are customary for securitizations similar to the securitization evidenced by this Agreement, with the Certificate Administrator named as loss payee. The Custodian shall be deemed to have complied with this provision if one of its respective Affiliates has such fidelity bond coverage and, by the terms of such fidelity bond, the coverage afforded thereunder extends to the Custodian. In addition, the Custodian shall keep in force during the term of this Agreement a policy or policies of insurance covering loss occasioned by the errors and omissions of its officers and employees in connection with its obligations hereunder in the form and amount that are customary for securitizations similar to the securitization evidenced by this Agreement, with the Certificate Administrator named as loss payee. All fidelity bonds and policies of errors and omissions insurance obtained under this Section 5.10 shall be issued by a Qualified Insurer, or by any other insurer with respect to which the Rating Agencies have provided to the Trustee a Rating Agency Confirmation. The Custodian shall be subject to the same obligations and standard of care as would be imposed on the Certificate Administrator hereunder in connection with the retention of Mortgage Files directly by the Certificate Administrator. Upon termination or resignation of any Custodian appointed by it, the Certificate Administrator may appoint another Custodian meeting the foregoing requirements. The appointment of a Custodian shall not relieve the Certificate Administrator from any of its obligations hereunder, and the Certificate Administrator shall remain responsible for all acts and omissions of the Custodian. In the event the Certificate Administrator is the Custodian, the Custodian may self-insure.

Section 5.11           Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Certificate Registrar shall maintain or cause to be maintained an office or offices or agency or agencies where Trust Certificates may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Certificate Registrar in respect of the Trust Certificates and this Agreement

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may be served. The Certificate Registrar initially designates its office at 1505 Energy Park Drive, St. Paul, Minnesota 55108, as its office for such purposes. The Certificate Registrar shall give prompt written notice to the Certificateholders, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner of any change in the location of the Certificate Register or any such office or agency.

Section 5.12           Voting Procedures. With respect to any matters submitted to Certificateholders or Loan-Specific Certificateholders for a vote, the Certificate Administrator shall administer such vote through the Depository with respect to Global Certificates and directly with registered Holders by mail with respect to Definitive Certificates. In each case, such vote shall be administered in accordance with the following procedures, unless different procedures are otherwise described herein with respect to a specific vote:

(a)               Any matter submitted to Certificateholders or Loan-Specific Certificateholders for a vote shall be announced in a notice prepared by the Certificate Administrator. Such notice shall include the record date determined by the Certificate Administrator for purposes of the vote and a voting deadline which, unless otherwise specifically contemplated herein for any particular matter, shall be no less than thirty (30) days and no later than sixty (60) days after the date such notice is distributed. The notice and related ballot shall be sent to Holders of Global Certificates through the Depository and by mail to the registered Holders of Definitive Certificates. In addition, the notice and related ballot shall be posted to the Certificate Administrator’s Website. Notices delivered in this manner shall be considered delivered to all Holders regardless of whether any Holder actually receives the notice and ballot.

(b)               In connection with any vote administered pursuant to this Agreement, voting Holders shall be required to certify their holdings in the manner set forth on the ballot, unless a specific manner is otherwise provided herein. Holders may only vote in accordance with their Voting Rights. Voting Rights with respect to any outstanding Class of Certificates or Loan-Specific Certificates shall be calculated by the Certificate Administrator in accordance with the definition of Voting Rights as of the record date for the vote. Only Classes with an outstanding Certificate Balance or Notional Amount, as applicable, greater than zero as of the record date of the vote shall be permitted to vote. Once a Holder has cast its vote, the vote may be changed or retracted on or before the vote deadline. Any changes or retractions shall be communicated by the Certificateholder or Loan-Specific Certificateholder to the Certificate Administrator in writing on a ballot. After the vote deadline has passed, votes may not be changed or retracted by any Holder unless the Holder wishing to change or retract its vote holds a sufficient portion of the Voting Rights such that the Holder, by its vote alone, could approve or deny the proposition subject to a vote without taking into consideration the votes cast by any other Holder. Transferees or purchasers of any Class of Certificates or Loan-Specific Certificates are subject to and shall be bound by all votes of Holders initiated or conducted prior to its acquisition of such Certificate or Loan-Specific Certificate.

(c)               The Certificate Administrator may take up to fifteen (15) Business Days to tabulate the results of any vote. The Certificate Administrator shall use its reasonable efforts to resolve any illegible or incomplete ballots received prior to the voting deadline.

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Illegible or incomplete ballots that are received on the voting deadline or that cannot be resolved by the voting deadline shall not be counted. Promptly after the votes are tabulated, the Certificate Administrator shall prepare a notice announcing the results of the vote. Such notice shall include the percentage of Voting Rights in favor of the proposition, the percentage against the proposition and the percentage abstaining. In addition, the notice will announce whether the proposition has been adopted by Certificateholders and/or Loan-Specific Certificateholders. The notice shall be distributed in accordance with the methods described in Section 5.12(a) above. The Certificate Administrator shall also include such notice on the Form 10-D prepared in connection with the distribution period that corresponds with the date such notice is distributed. All vote tabulations shall be final and the Certificate Administrator shall not, absent manifest error, re-tabulate the votes or conduct a new vote for the same proposition.

(d)               Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, any and all reasonable expenses incurred by the Certificate Administrator in connection with administering any vote shall be borne by the Trust. The Certificate Administrator is under no obligation to advise Holders about the matter being voted on or answer questions other than process-related questions regarding the administration of the vote.

(e)               If any party to this Agreement believes a vote of Certificateholders and/or or Loan-Specific Certificateholders is needed for some matter related to the administration of the Trust that is not specifically contemplated herein, such party may request the Certificate Administrator to conduct a vote and the Certificate Administrator will conduct the requested vote in accordance with these procedures. Unless specifically provided herein, all such votes require a majority of Certificateholders and/or Loan-Specific Certificateholders to carry a proposition.

Article VI

THE DEPOSITOR, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, the Operating Advisor, THE Asset Representations Reviewer and the Controlling Class Representative

Section 6.01           Liability of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Operating Advisor. The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer each shall be liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically imposed by this Agreement. Each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer shall indemnify the Depositor (and any employee, director or officer of the Depositor), the Trust Fund and the Serviced Companion Loan Holders and hold the Depositor (and any employee, director or officer of the Depositor), the Trust Fund and the Serviced Companion Loan Holders harmless against any loss, liability or reasonable expense (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, which for the avoidance of doubt include reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses related to the enforcement of this indemnity) incurred by such parties (i) as a result of any willful misconduct, bad faith, fraud or negligence in the performance of duties of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer, as the case may be, or by reason of negligent disregard of such

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Person’s obligations or duties hereunder, or (ii) as a result of the breach by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer, as the case may be, of any of its representations or warranties contained herein. The Depositor shall indemnify the Trust Fund and the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer, and any member, manager, employee, director or officer of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer and hold the Trust Fund and the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer and any member, manager, employee, director or officer of either the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer harmless against any loss, liability or reasonable expense (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by such parties (i) in connection with any willful misconduct, bad faith, fraud and/or negligence in the performance of duties of the Depositor or by reason of negligent disregard of the Depositor obligations or duties hereunder, or (ii) as a result of the breach by the Depositor of any of its representations or warranties contained herein.

Section 6.02           Merger or Consolidation of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer. Subject to the following paragraph, each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer shall keep in full effect its existence, rights and good standing as a national banking association, a corporation or a limited liability company, as applicable, under the laws of the state of its organization and shall not jeopardize its ability to do business in each jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Properties are located, to the extent necessary to perform its obligations under this Agreement, or to protect the validity and enforceability of this Agreement, the Certificates, any Loan-Specific Certificates or any of the Trust Loans and to perform its respective duties under this Agreement.

Each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer may be merged or consolidated with or into any Person, or transfer all or substantially all of its assets (which may be limited to all or substantially all of its assets related to commercial mortgage loan servicing or, in the case of the Operating Advisor, may be limited to all or substantially all of its assets related to acting as a trust advisor or operating advisor for commercial mortgage securitizations) to any Person, in which case any Person resulting from any merger or consolidation to which it shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to its business, shall be the successor of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer, as applicable, hereunder, and shall be deemed to have assumed all of the liabilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer, as applicable, hereunder, if each of the Rating Agencies has provided a Rating Agency Confirmation; provided that if the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer enters into a merger and the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer, as applicable, is the surviving entity under applicable law, then the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer, as applicable, shall not, as a result of the merger, be required to provide a Rating Agency Confirmation.

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Section 6.03           Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and Others. None of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any of the directors, members, managers, officers, employees or agents of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer shall be under any liability to the Trust Fund, the Certificateholders, any Loan-Specific Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, the Companion Loan Holders or any other Person for any action taken, or for refraining from the taking of any action, in good faith pursuant to this Agreement, or for errors in judgment. However, none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any such Person shall be protected against any liability which would otherwise be imposed by reason of (i) any breach of warranty or representation by such respective party in this Agreement or (ii) any willful misconduct, bad faith, fraud or negligence on the part of such respective party in the performance of its obligations and duties hereunder or by reason of negligent disregard on the part of such respective party of its obligations or duties hereunder. The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and any director, member, manager, officer, employee or agent of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer may rely in good faith on any document of any kind which, prima facie, is properly executed and submitted by any appropriate Person respecting any matters arising hereunder. The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and any director, member, manager, officer, employee or agent of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Trust Fund (which indemnification amounts shall be payable out of the Collection Account or the applicable Whole Loan Custodial Account if and to the extent with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan and then out of the Collection Account, provided that, to the extent that the amount relates to a Serviced Whole Loan, is required under the related Co-Lender Agreement to be borne by the holder of a related Serviced Companion Loan and is paid from the Collection Account because funds on deposit in the applicable Whole Loan Custodial Account are insufficient to pay such indemnification, then the Master Servicer shall from time to time thereafter use amounts otherwise payable to the holder of such Serviced Companion Loan to deposit into the Collection Account the amount so paid from the Collection Account) against any loss, liability, penalty, fine, forfeiture, claim, judgment or expense (including reasonable legal fees and expenses, which for the avoidance of doubt include reasonable legal fees and expenses related to the enforcement of this indemnity) incurred in connection with, or relating to, this Agreement, the Certificates , the Loan-Specific Certificates or the Uncertificated VRR Interest, other than any such loss, liability, penalty, fine, forfeiture, claim, judgment or expense (including any such legal fees and expenses) (i) incurred by reason of willful misconduct, bad faith, fraud or negligence in the performance of its obligations or duties hereunder or by reason of negligent disregard of its obligations or duties hereunder, in each case by the Person being indemnified, (ii) with respect to any such party, resulting from the breach by such party of any of its representations or warranties contained herein, (iii) specifically required to be borne by the party seeking indemnification without right of reimbursement pursuant to the terms hereof or (iv) which constitutes an Advance that is otherwise reimbursable hereunder. None of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action unless such action is

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related to its respective duties under this Agreement and in its opinion does not expose it to any expense or liability for which reimbursement is not reasonably assured, and neither the Operating Advisor nor the Asset Representations Reviewer may prosecute on behalf of the Trust or in the interests of the Certificateholders or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner any legal action related to its duties under this Agreement under any circumstances; provided, however, that each of the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer may in its discretion undertake any such action related to its obligations hereunder which it may deem necessary or desirable with respect to this Agreement and the rights and duties of the parties hereto and the interests of the Certificateholders, any Loan-Specific Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner hereunder. In such event, the reasonable legal expenses and costs of such action and any liability resulting therefrom shall be expenses, costs and liabilities of the Trust Fund (payable out of the Collection Account or the applicable Whole Loan Custodial Account if and to the extent with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan and then out of the Collection Account, provided that to the extent that the amount relates to a Serviced Whole Loan, is required under the related Co-Lender Agreement to be borne by the holder of a related Serviced Companion Loan and is paid from the Collection Account because funds on deposit in the applicable Whole Loan Custodial Account are insufficient to pay such indemnification, then the Master Servicer shall from time to time thereafter use amounts otherwise payable to the holder of such Serviced Companion Loan to deposit into the Collection Account the amount so paid from the Collection Account), and the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed therefor from the Collection Account or the applicable Whole Loan Custodial Account, as applicable, as provided in Section 3.06 and Section 3.06A of this Agreement.

Each of the related Outside Servicer, the related Outside Special Servicer or the related Outside Trustee, as applicable, shall be entitled to reimbursement out of general collections in the Collection Account for the Trust’s pro rata share of any fees, costs or expenses incurred in connection with the servicing and administration of an Outside Serviced Whole Loan as to which the securitization trust created under the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement or any of the parties thereto are entitled to be reimbursed pursuant to the terms of the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement and the related Co-Lender Agreement (to the extent amounts on deposit in the related “Serviced Whole Loan Custodial Account” or “Whole Loan Custodial Account” (as each such term or any analogous term is defined in the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement) are insufficient for reimbursement of such amounts).

Section 6.04           Limitation on Resignation of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor.

(a)               Each of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer may resign, assign its respective rights and delegate its respective duties and obligations under this Agreement by giving written notice thereof to the other such party, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator (who shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website for review by Privileged Persons in accordance with Section 4.02(a)), the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Serviced Companion Loan Holders and, for posting to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 12.13 of this Agreement, the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider; provided that, with respect to any of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer: (i) the successor accepting such assignment and delegation (A) shall be an established mortgage finance entity, bank

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or other entity regularly engaged in the servicing of commercial mortgage loans, organized and doing business under the laws of any state of the United States, the District of Columbia or the United States, authorized under such laws to perform the duties of a servicer of mortgage loans or a Person resulting from a merger, consolidation or succession that is permitted under Section 6.02 of this Agreement and, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, under the related Co-Lender Agreement and (B) shall execute and deliver to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator an agreement which contains an assumption by such Person of the due and punctual performance and observance of each covenant and condition to be performed or observed by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, under this Agreement from and after the date of such agreement; (ii) each Rating Agency has delivered to the Trustee a Rating Agency Confirmation; (iii) the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer shall not be released from its obligations under this Agreement that arose prior to the effective date of such assignment and delegation under this Section 6.04; (iv) the rate at which the Servicing Fee or Special Servicing Compensation, as applicable (or any component thereof) is calculated shall not exceed the rate then in effect; (v) for so long as no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the successor Special Servicer is acceptable to the Controlling Class Representative (and, if a Serviced Outside Controlled Whole Loan is affected, the successor Special Servicer is acceptable to the related Outside Controlling Note Holder); (vi) the resigning Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, shall be responsible for the reasonable costs and expenses of each other party hereto, the Trust and the Rating Agencies in connection with such transfer; (vii) none of the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer nor any of their Affiliates shall in any event be appointed as successor Master Servicer or Special Servicer; and (viii) none of the Loan-Specific Retaining Third Party Purchaser or any of its Risk Retention Affiliates shall in any event be appointed as successor Master Servicer. Upon acceptance of such assignment and delegation, the purchaser or transferee shall be the successor Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, hereunder.

(b)               Except as otherwise provided in Section 3.33, this Section 6.04 and Section 6.08(j), the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall not resign from their respective obligations and duties hereby imposed on them except upon determination that such duties hereunder are no longer permissible under applicable law; provided that, on and after the time the Trustee receives notice of resignation by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer upon determination that such duties hereunder are no longer permissible under applicable law, the Trustee (solely with respect to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer) shall, subject to the terms and provisions of Section 7.02 of this Agreement as if the resigning party was a Terminated Party, be its successor in all respects in its capacity as Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, as though the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, had received a notice of termination. Any such determination permitting the resignation of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (obtained at the resigning Master Servicer’s or Special Servicer’s expense) to such effect delivered to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator.

Except as provided in the immediately preceding paragraph, no resignation or removal of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer as contemplated herein shall become effective

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until the Trustee or a successor Master Servicer, Special Servicer shall have assumed the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s, as applicable, responsibilities, duties, liabilities and obligations hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, none of the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer nor any of their Affiliates may be appointed as successor Master Servicer or Special Servicer. If no successor Master Servicer or Special Servicer can be obtained to perform such obligations for the same compensation to which the terminated Master Servicer or Special Servicer would have been entitled, additional amounts payable to such successor Master Servicer or Special Servicer shall be payable out of the Trust; provided that, for so long as no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall consult with the Controlling Class Representative prior to the appointment of a successor Master Servicer, Special Servicer or Operating Advisor at a servicing or operating advisor compensation in excess of that permitted to the terminated Master Servicer, Special Servicer or Operating Advisor, as applicable.

If the Trustee or an Affiliate acts pursuant to this Section 6.04 as successor to the resigning Master Servicer, it may reduce the Excess Servicing Fee Rate to the extent that the Trustee’s or such Affiliate’s compensation as successor Master Servicer would otherwise be below the market rate servicing compensation. If the Trustee elects to appoint a successor to the resigning Master Servicer other than itself or an Affiliate pursuant to this Section 6.04, it may reduce the Excess Servicing Fee Rate to the extent reasonably necessary (in the sole discretion of the Trustee) for the Trustee to appoint a qualified successor Master Servicer that meets the requirements of this Section 6.04.

(c)               The Operating Advisor may resign from its obligations and duties under this Agreement (a) upon thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the parties to this Agreement, any applicable Directing Holder and any applicable Consulting Parties and (b) upon the appointment of, and the acceptance of such appointment by, a successor operating advisor that is an Eligible Operating Advisor and receipt by the Trustee of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency. Except as provided in Section 6.04(d), no such resignation by the Operating Advisor shall become effective until a replacement Operating Advisor shall have assumed the resigning Operating Advisor’s responsibilities and obligations under this Agreement. The successor entity assuming the obligations of the Operating Advisor under this Agreement shall be entitled to the compensation to which the Operating Advisor would have been entitled hereunder after the date of assumption of such obligations. If no successor Operating Advisor can be obtained to perform such obligations for such compensation, additional amounts payable to such successor Operating Advisor shall be payable out of the Trust; provided that, for so long as no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall consult with the Controlling Class Representative prior to the appointment of a successor Operating Advisor at an operating advisor compensation in excess of that permitted to the terminated Operating Advisor. If no successor Operating Advisor has been appointed and accepted such appointment within 60 days after the resigning Operating Advisor’s giving of notice of resignation, the resigning Operating Advisor may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for appointment of a successor. The resigning Operating Advisor shall pay all costs and expenses associated with its resignation and the transfer of its duties (including costs and expenses incurred by each other party hereto, the Trust and the Rating Agencies) pursuant to this Section 6.04.

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(d)               In addition, in the event that, at any time following the date that Regulation RR is no longer applicable to the securitization transaction constituted by the issuance of the Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest and there are no Classes of Certificates or Uncertificated VRR Interest outstanding other than the Control Eligible Certificates, the Class S Certificates, the Combined VRR Interest and the Class R Certificates, then all of the rights and obligations of the Operating Advisor under this Agreement shall terminate (other than with respect to any Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan unless Regulation RR is also not then applicable to the securitization constituted by the issuance of the related Loan-Specific Certificates) without payment of any penalty or termination fee (other than any rights or obligations that accrued prior to the date of such termination (including the right to receive all amounts accrued and owing to it under this Agreement) and other than indemnification rights arising out of events occurring prior to such termination). If the Operating Advisor is terminated pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, then no replacement Operating Advisor shall be appointed.

 

Section 6.05           Rights of the Depositor, the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator in Respect of the Master Servicer and Special Servicer. The Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall afford the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and, subject to Section 12.13 of this Agreement, each Rating Agency, upon reasonable notice, during normal business hours access to all records maintained by it in respect of its rights and obligations hereunder and access to its officers responsible for such obligations, if reasonably related to the performance of the obligations of such Person under this Agreement. Upon request, if reasonably related to the performance of the obligations of such Person under this Agreement, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall furnish to the Depositor, each of the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator its most recent publicly available annual financial statements or those of its public parent. The Depositor is not obligated to monitor or supervise the performance of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee under this Agreement. The Depositor may, but is not obligated to, enforce the obligations of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer hereunder which are in default and may, but is not obligated to, perform, or cause a designee to perform, any defaulted obligation of such Person hereunder or exercise its rights hereunder, provided that the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall not be relieved of any of its obligations hereunder by virtue of such performance by the Depositor or its designee. In the event the Depositor or its designee undertakes any such action it will be reimbursed by the Trust Fund from the Collection Account as provided in Section 3.06 and Section 6.03 of this Agreement to the extent not recoverable from the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable. None of the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer (with respect to the Special Servicer) or the Special Servicer (with respect to the Master Servicer) shall have any responsibility or liability for any action or failure to act by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, and no such Person is obligated to monitor or supervise the performance of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer under this Agreement or otherwise. Neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall have any responsibility or liability for any action or failure to act by the Depositor, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator and neither such Person is obligated to monitor or supervise the

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performance of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator under this Agreement or otherwise.

Each of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, and the Special Servicer shall furnish such reports, certifications and information as are reasonably requested by the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in order to enable such requesting party to perform its duties hereunder, provided that for the avoidance of doubt, this shall not require any Person to prepare any reports, Certificates and information not required to be prepared hereunder.

Neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall be under any obligation to disclose confidential or proprietary information pursuant to this Section.

Section 6.06           Master Servicer, Special Servicer as Owner of a Certificate. The Master Servicer or an Affiliate of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer or an Affiliate of the Special Servicer may become the Holder (or with respect to a Global Certificate, Certificate Owner) of any Certificate with the same rights it would have if it were not the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer or an Affiliate thereof, except as otherwise expressly provided herein. If, at any time during which the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer or an Affiliate of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer is the Holder or Certificate Owner of any Certificate, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer proposes to take action (including for this purpose, omitting to take action) that (i) is not expressly prohibited by the terms hereof and would not, in the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s good faith judgment, violate the Servicing Standard, and (ii) if taken, might nonetheless, in the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s good faith judgment, be considered by other Persons to violate the Servicing Standard, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer may seek the approval of the Certificateholders and any affected Serviced Companion Loan Holder to such action by delivering to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator a written notice that (i) states that it is delivered pursuant to this Section 6.06, (ii) identifies the Percentage Interest in each Class of Certificates beneficially owned by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer or an Affiliate of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, and (iii) describes in reasonable detail the action that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer proposes to take. The Certificate Administrator, upon receipt of such notice, shall forward it to the Certificateholders (other than the Master Servicer and its Affiliates or the Special Servicer and its Affiliates, as appropriate) together with such instructions for response as the Certificate Administrator shall reasonably determine. If at any time Certificateholders holding greater than 50% of the Voting Rights of all Certificateholders (calculated without regard to the Certificates beneficially owned by the Master Servicer or its Affiliates or the Special Servicer or its Affiliates) and any affected Serviced Companion Loan Holder shall have consented in writing to the proposal described in the written notice, and if the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer shall act as proposed in the written notice, such action shall be deemed to comply with the Servicing Standard. The Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to reimbursement from the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, of the reasonable expenses of the Certificate Administrator incurred pursuant to this paragraph. It is not the intent of the foregoing provision that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer be

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permitted to invoke the procedure set forth herein with respect to routine servicing matters arising hereunder, except in the case of unusual circumstances.

Section 6.07           Rating Agency Fees. The Depositor shall pay (or cause to be paid) the annual fees of each Rating Agency including, but not limited to, surveillance fees.

Section 6.08           Termination of the Special Servicer.

(a)                   (i)                        With respect to the applicable Serviced Loans or Serviced Whole Loan, the applicable Directing Holder shall be entitled to terminate the rights (subject to Section 3.12, Section 6.03, Section 6.08(b) and Section 6.08(g) of this Agreement) and obligations of the Special Servicer under this Agreement with respect to such Serviced Loans or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, with or without cause, upon ten (10) Business Days’ notice to the applicable Special Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee and, in the case of a termination of the Special Servicer with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, the related Companion Loan Holder(s); provided that, if the Controlling Class Representative is the applicable Directing Holder and it elects to effect such a termination, it shall do so with respect to all of the Serviced Loans as to which it is the applicable Directing Holder.

Upon a termination (pursuant to the first paragraph of this Section 6.08(a)) or a resignation (pursuant to Section 6.04(b) of this Agreement) of the Special Servicer with respect to any Serviced Loans or Serviced Whole Loan, the applicable Directing Holder shall appoint a successor Special Servicer with respect to such Serviced Loans or the related Serviced Whole Loan, as the case may be; provided, however, that (A) such successor shall meet the requirements set forth in Section 7.02 of this Agreement, (B) the applicable Directing Holder shall (at no expense to the Trust) obtain and deliver to the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such proposed successor acting as a Special Servicer and (C) in the case of the appointment of a successor Special Servicer with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, the applicable Directing Holder shall (at no expense to the Trust or any related Other Securitization Trust) obtain and deliver to the certificate administrator (if any) and the trustee for each related Other Securitization Trust (with a copy to the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee) a Companion Loan Rating Agency Confirmation with respect to such proposed successor acting as a Special Servicer for each related Serviced Companion Loan.

(ii)             The procedures for removing the Special Servicer (other than with respect to any Serviced Outside Controlled Whole Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan) if a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing shall be as follows: Upon (A) the written direction of Holders of Regular Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights of the Regular Certificates requesting a vote to terminate and replace the Special Servicer (with respect to all of the Serviced Loans other than any Serviced Outside Controlled Whole Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan) with a proposed successor Special Servicer, (B) payment by such Holders to the Certificate Administrator of the reasonable fees and expenses to be incurred by the Certificate Administrator in connection with administering such vote and (C) delivery by such Holders to the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee of a

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Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to the termination of the existing Special Servicer and the replacement thereof with the proposed successor (with the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket costs and expenses associated with obtaining such Rating Agency Confirmation to be an expense of such Holders), the Certificate Administrator shall promptly provide written notice of the requested vote to all Certificateholders by posting such notice on its internet website and by mailing at their addresses appearing in the Certificate Register. Upon the affirmative vote of (a) the Holders of Regular Certificates evidencing at least 66-2/3% of the Pooled Voting Rights allocable to the Regular Certificates of those Holders that voted on such matter (provided that Holders representing the applicable Certificateholder Quorum vote on the matter) or (b) the Holders of Non-Reduced Certificates evidencing more than 50% of the Voting Rights allocable to each Class of Non-Reduced Certificates, the Trustee shall terminate all of the rights (subject to Section 3.12, Section 6.03 and Section 6.08(g) of this Agreement) and obligations of the Special Servicer under this Agreement with respect to the Serviced Loans (other than any Serviced Outside Controlled Whole Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan) and appoint the proposed successor Special Servicer, and the proposed successor Special Servicer shall succeed to the duties of the Special Servicer with respect to the Serviced Loans (other than any Serviced Outside Controlled Whole Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan) all as if a removal and replacement were occurring pursuant to Section 7.01 and Section 7.02 of this Agreement; provided that if such affirmative vote is not achieved within 180 days of the initial request for a vote to terminate and replace the Special Servicer, then such vote shall have no force and effect. The provisions set forth in the foregoing sentences of this paragraph shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of solely the Certificateholders and the Trustee as between each other. The Special Servicer shall not have any cause of action based upon or arising from any breach or alleged breach of such provisions. As between the Special Servicer, on the one hand, and the Certificateholders, on the other, the Certificateholders shall be entitled in their sole discretion to vote for the termination or not vote for the termination of the Special Servicer. The Certificate Administrator shall include on each Distribution Date Statement a statement that each Certificateholder and Certificate Owner of Regular Certificates may access such notices on the Certificate Administrator’s Website and each Certificateholder and Certificate Owner of Certificates may register to receive email notifications when such notices are posted on the Certificate Administrator’s Website. Any such appointment of a successor Special Servicer with respect to the Serviced Loans (other than any Serviced Outside Controlled Whole Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan) based on a Certificateholder vote shall be subject to the receipt of a Rating Agency Confirmation. The Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to reimbursement from the requesting Certificateholders for the reasonable expenses of posting notices of such requests.

     (iii)                   The procedures for removing the Special Servicer solely with respect to a Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan if an applicable Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, shall be as follows (with references to “Applicable Certificates” in this paragraph meaning, collectively, in

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the aggregate, (1) the Regular Certificates and (2) the related Loan-Specific Certificates): Upon (I) the written direction of Holders of Applicable Certificates evidencing at least 25% of the Voting Rights of all of the Applicable Certificates requesting a vote to terminate and replace the Special Servicer (with respect to the applicable Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan) with a proposed successor Special Servicer, (II) payment by such Holders to the Certificate Administrator of the reasonable fees and expenses to be incurred by the Certificate Administrator in connection with administering such vote and (III) delivery by such Holders to the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee of a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency addressing the removal and replacement of the Special Servicer with respect to the applicable Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan (which confirmations shall be obtained at the expense of such Holders), the Certificate Administrator shall promptly provide written notice to all Certificateholders and related Loan-Specific Certificateholders of such request by posting such notice on its internet website and by mailing at their addresses appearing in the Certificate Register. Upon the affirmative vote of (a) the Holders of Applicable Certificates evidencing at least 66-2/3% of the Voting Rights allocable to the Applicable Certificates of those Holders that voted on such matter (provided that Holders representing the applicable Certificateholder Quorum vote on the matter) or (b) the Holders of Applicable Certificates that are Non-Reduced Certificates or Non-Reduced Loan-Specific Certificates, as applicable, evidencing more than 50% of the Voting Rights allocable to each such Class of Applicable Certificates that are Non-Reduced Certificates or Non-Reduced Loan-Specific Certificates, as applicable, the Trustee shall terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Special Servicer under this Agreement with respect to the applicable Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan and appoint the proposed successor Special Servicer; provided that if that affirmative vote is not achieved within 180 days of the initial request for a vote to so terminate and replace the Special Servicer, then that vote will have no force and effect. The Certificate Administrator shall include on each Distribution Date Statement a statement that each Certificateholder and beneficial owner of Certificates and each related Loan-Specific Certificateholder and beneficial owner of related Loan-Specific Certificates may access such notices on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, and each Holder of the Applicable Certificates and beneficial owner of the Applicable Certificates may register to receive email notifications when such notices are posted on the website. Any such appointment of a successor Special Servicer with respect to the applicable Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan based on a vote of Holders of Applicable Certificates will be subject to the receipt of a Rating Agency Confirmation.

     (iv)            The procedures for removing the Special Servicer solely with respect to a Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan if a related Loan-Specific Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing and a related Control Appraisal Period is not in effect, shall be as follows: Upon (I) the written direction of Holders of related Loan-Specific Certificates evidencing at least 25% of the Loan-Specific Voting Rights requesting a vote to terminate and replace the Special Servicer (solely with respect to the applicable Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan)

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with a proposed successor Special Servicer, (II) payment by such Holders to the Certificate Administrator of the reasonable fees and expenses to be incurred by the Certificate Administrator in connection with administering such vote and (III) delivery by such Holders to the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee of a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency addressing the removal and replacement of the Special Servicer with respect to the applicable Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan (which confirmations shall be obtained at the expense of such Holders), the Certificate Administrator shall promptly provide written notice to all related Loan-Specific Certificateholders of such request by posting such notice on its internet website and by mailing at their addresses appearing in the Certificate Register. Upon the affirmative vote of (a) the Holders of related Loan-Specific Certificates evidencing at least 75% of the Loan-Specific Voting Rights of those Holders that voted on such matter (provided that Holders representing a quorum of at least 66-2/3% of all Loan-Specific Voting Rights (taking into account the allocation of any Appraisal Reduction Amounts to notionally reduce the Certificate Balances of the respective Classes of applicable Loan-Specific Principal Balance Certificates) vote on the matter) or (b) the Holders of each Class of related Loan-Specific Certificates that are Non-Reduced Loan-Specific Certificates evidencing more than 50% of the Loan-Specific Voting Rights allocable to each Class of related Non-Reduced Loan-Specific Certificates, the Trustee shall terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Special Servicer under this Agreement with respect to the applicable Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan and appoint the proposed successor Special Servicer; provided that if that affirmative vote is not achieved within 180 days of the initial request for a vote to so terminate and replace the Special Servicer with respect to the applicable Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan, then that vote will have no force and effect. The Certificate Administrator will include on each Distribution Date Statement a statement that each related Loan-Specific Certificateholder and beneficial owner of related Loan-Specific Certificates may access such notices on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, and each related Loan-Specific Certificateholder and beneficial owner of related Loan-Specific Certificates may register to receive email notifications when such notices are posted on the website. Any such appointment of a successor Special Servicer with respect to the applicable Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan based on a related Loan-Specific Certificateholder vote will be subject to the receipt of a Rating Agency Confirmation.

(b)                  (i)                      With respect to the applicable Serviced Loan(s) (including, if applicable, any Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan), if the Operating Advisor determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that (1) the Special Servicer has failed to comply with the Servicing Standard and (2) a replacement of the Special Servicer would be in the best interest of the Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (as a collective whole), the Operating Advisor shall deliver to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator, with a copy to the Special Servicer, a written recommendation in the form of Exhibit T attached hereto (which form may be modified or supplemented from time to time to cure any ambiguity or error or to incorporate any additional information, subject to compliance of such form with the terms and provisions of this Agreement, provided that in no event shall the information or any other content included

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in such written recommendation contravene any provision of this Agreement) detailing the reasons supporting its position (along with relevant information justifying its recommendation), recommending a replacement special servicer with respect to the applicable Serviced Loan(s), meeting the applicable requirements of this Agreement, which recommended special servicer has agreed to succeed the then-current applicable Special Servicer if appointed in accordance herewith, and requesting a vote on whether the existing Special Servicer should be replaced with respect to the applicable Serviced Loan(s). In any such event, the Certificate Administrator shall promptly post a copy of such recommendation on the Certificate Administrator’s Website and by mail send notice of such recommendation to all Certificateholders, asking them to vote whether they wish to remove the Special Servicer with respect to the applicable Serviced Loan(s). Upon (A) the affirmative vote of the Holders of Certificates evidencing at least a majority of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Certificates of those Holders that voted on the matter (provided that Holders representing the applicable Certificateholder Quorum vote on the matter within 180 days of the initial request for a vote), and (B) receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency by the Certificate Administrator following satisfaction of the foregoing clause (A), the Trustee shall (x) terminate all of the rights (subject to Section 3.12, Section 6.03 and Section 6.08(g) of this Agreement) and obligations of the Special Servicer under this Agreement with respect to the applicable Serviced Loan(s) (including, if applicable, any Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan), (y) appoint the recommended successor Special Servicer with respect to the applicable Serviced Loan(s) and (z) promptly notify such outgoing Special Servicer of the effective date of such termination. The reasonable fees and out-of-pocket costs and expenses associated with obtaining such Rating Agency Confirmation and administering such vote shall be an Additional Trust Fund Expense payable out of collections on the Mortgage Loans. If such affirmative vote of the Holders of the required Certificates contemplated by clause (A) of the second preceding sentence is not achieved within 180 days of the initial request for such vote (which, for the avoidance of doubt, is the date on the which the aforementioned notice was mailed to the Certificateholders), then the Trustee shall have no obligation to remove the applicable Special Servicer and such recommendation shall lapse and have no force or effect. Prior to the appointment of any replacement special servicer, such replacement special servicer shall have agreed to succeed to the obligations of the Special Servicer under this Agreement with respect to the applicable Serviced Loan(s) and to act as the applicable Special Servicer’s successor hereunder.

(ii)            At any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Consultation Termination Event with respect to any Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan, if the Operating Advisor determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that (1) the Special Servicer has failed to comply with the Servicing Standard and (2) a replacement of the Special Servicer would be in the best interest of the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and the related Loan-Specific Certificateholders (as a collective whole), the Operating Advisor shall deliver to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator, with a copy to the Special Servicer, a written recommendation in the form of Exhibit T attached hereto (which form may be modified or supplemented from time to time to cure any ambiguity or error or to incorporate any additional information, subject to

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compliance of such form with the terms and provisions of this Agreement, provided that in no event shall the information or any other content included in such written recommendation contravene any provision of this Agreement) detailing the reasons supporting its position (along with relevant information justifying its recommendation), recommending a replacement special servicer with respect to the applicable Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan, meeting the applicable requirements of this Agreement, which recommended special servicer has agreed to succeed the then-current applicable Special Servicer with respect to the applicable Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan if appointed in accordance herewith, and requesting a vote on whether the existing Special Servicer with respect to the applicable Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan should be replaced in such capacity with respect to the applicable Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan. In any such event, the Certificate Administrator shall promptly post a copy of such recommendation on the Certificate Administrator’s Website and by mail send notice of such recommendation to all Certificateholders and related Loan-Specific Certificateholders, asking them to vote whether they wish to remove the Special Servicer with respect to the applicable Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan. Upon (A) the affirmative vote of the Holders of Certificates and/or related Loan-Specific Certificates evidencing at least a majority of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the such Certificates and/or related Loan-Specific Certificates of those Holders that voted on the matter (provided that Holders representing the applicable Certificateholder Quorum vote on the matter within 180 days of the initial request for a vote), and (B) receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency by the Certificate Administrator following satisfaction of the foregoing clause (A), the Trustee shall (x) terminate all of the rights (subject to Section 3.12, Section 6.03 and Section 6.08(g) of this Agreement) and obligations of the Special Servicer under this Agreement with respect to the applicable Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan, (y) appoint the recommended successor Special Servicer with respect to the applicable Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan and (z) promptly notify such outgoing Special Servicer of the effective date of such termination. The reasonable fees and out-of-pocket costs and expenses associated with obtaining such Rating Agency Confirmation and administering such vote shall be an Additional Trust Fund Expense. If such affirmative vote of the Holders of the required Certificates and/or related Loan-Specific Certificates contemplated by clause (A) of the second preceding sentence is not achieved within 180 days of the initial request for such vote (which, for the avoidance of doubt, is the date on the which the aforementioned notice was mailed to the Certificateholders and related Loan-Specific Certificateholders), then the Trustee shall have no obligation to remove the applicable Special Servicer and such recommendation shall lapse and have no force or effect. Prior to the appointment of any replacement special servicer, such replacement special servicer shall have agreed to succeed to the obligations of the Special Servicer under this Agreement with respect to the applicable Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan, and to act as the applicable Special Servicer’s successor hereunder.

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(iii)          With respect to any Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan, at any time, if the Operating Advisor determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that (1) the Special Servicer has failed to comply with the Servicing Standard and (2) a replacement of the Special Servicer would be in the best interest of the related Loan-Specific Certificateholders (as a collective whole), the Operating Advisor shall deliver to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator, with a copy to the Special Servicer, a written recommendation in the form of Exhibit T attached hereto (which form may be modified or supplemented from time to time to cure any ambiguity or error or to incorporate any additional information, subject to compliance of such form with the terms and provisions of this Agreement, provided that in no event shall the information or any other content included in such written recommendation contravene any provision of this Agreement) detailing the reasons supporting its position (along with relevant information justifying its recommendation), recommending a replacement special servicer with respect to the applicable Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan, meeting the applicable requirements of this Agreement, which recommended special servicer has agreed to succeed the then-current applicable Special Servicer with respect to the applicable Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan if appointed in accordance herewith, and requesting a vote on whether the existing Special Servicer should be replaced with respect to the applicable Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan. In any such event, the Certificate Administrator shall promptly post a copy of such recommendation on the Certificate Administrator’s Website and by mail send notice of such recommendation to all applicable Loan-Specific Certificateholders, asking them to vote whether they wish to remove the Special Servicer with respect to the applicable Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan. Upon (A) the affirmative vote of the Holders of related Loan-Specific Certificates evidencing at least a majority of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of such Loan-Specific Certificates of those Holders that voted on the matter (provided that Holders representing the applicable Certificateholder Quorum vote on the matter within 180 days of the initial request for a vote), and (B) receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency by the Certificate Administrator following satisfaction of the foregoing clause (A), the Trustee shall (x) terminate all of the rights (subject to Section 3.12, Section 6.03 and Section 6.08(g) of this Agreement) and obligations of the Special Servicer under this Agreement with respect to the applicable Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan, (y) appoint the recommended successor Special Servicer with respect to the applicable Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan and (z) promptly notify such outgoing Special Servicer of the effective date of such termination. The reasonable fees and out-of-pocket costs and expenses associated with obtaining such Rating Agency Confirmation and administering such vote shall be an Additional Trust Fund Expense . If such affirmative vote of the Holders of the required Certificates and/or related Loan-Specific Certificates contemplated by clause (A) of the second preceding sentence is not achieved within 180 days of the initial request for such vote (which, for the avoidance of doubt, is the date on the which the aforementioned notice was mailed to the related Loan-Specific Certificateholders), then the Trustee shall have no obligation to remove the applicable Special Servicer and such

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recommendation shall lapse and have no force or effect. Prior to the appointment of any replacement special servicer, such replacement special servicer shall have agreed to succeed to the obligations of the Special Servicer under this Agreement with respect to the applicable Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan, and to act as the applicable Special Servicer’s successor hereunder.

(iv)           No penalty or fee shall be payable to the terminated Special Servicer with respect to any termination pursuant to this Section 6.08(b). If the entity acting as Special Servicer is terminated pursuant to this Section 6.08(b), then (notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary) the terminated party may not subsequently be re-appointed as the Special Servicer hereunder with respect to the applicable Serviced Loans or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, as to which it was terminated pursuant to this Section 6.08(b), any other section of this Agreement or any Co-Lender Agreement.

(c)                In no event may a successor Special Servicer be a current or former Operating Advisor or Asset Representations Reviewer or any Affiliate of such current or former Operating Advisor or Asset Representations Reviewer. Further, such successor must be a Person that (i) satisfies all of the eligibility requirements applicable to special servicers contained in this Agreement and, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, in the related Co-Lender Agreement, (ii) is not obligated or allowed to pay the Operating Advisor (x) any fees or otherwise compensate the Operating Advisor in respect of its obligations under this Agreement or (y) for the appointment of the successor Special Servicer or the recommendation by the Operating Advisor for the replacement Special Servicer to become the Special Servicer, (iii) is not entitled to waive any compensation from the Operating Advisor and (iv) is not entitled to receive any fee from the Operating Advisor for its appointment as successor Special Servicer, in each case, unless expressly approved by 100% of the Certificateholders.

(d)               The appointment of any such successor Special Servicer shall not relieve the Master Servicer or the Trustee of their respective obligations to make Advances as set forth herein; provided, however, the initial Special Servicer specified in Section 3.21(a) of this Agreement shall not be liable for any actions or any inaction of such successor Special Servicer. Any termination fee payable to the terminated Special Servicer and any costs incurred by the Trust or the terminated Special Servicer in connection with the replacement of a Special Servicer shall be paid by the Controlling Class Representative, the Certificateholders or the Serviced Companion Loan Holder so terminating the Special Servicer and shall not in any event be an expense of the Trust Fund.

(e)               No termination of the Special Servicer and appointment of a successor Special Servicer shall be effective until (i) the successor Special Servicer shall have executed and delivered to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator an agreement which contains an assumption by such Person of the due and punctual performance and observance of each covenant and condition to be performed or observed by the Special Servicer under this Agreement from and after the date of such agreement, (ii) the Depositor and, if applicable, each related Other Depositor shall have received the written notice and information with respect to the successor Special Servicer as set forth in Section 10.02(a)

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and (iii) subject to Section 12.13 of this Agreement, each Rating Agency has delivered to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator a Rating Agency Confirmation and, if required pursuant to Section 6.08(a), each Companion Loan Rating Agency has delivered to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator and their respective counterparts with respect to the Other Securitization Trust a Companion Loan Rating Agency Confirmation, in each case with respect to such termination and appointment of a successor.

(f)                 Any successor Special Servicer shall be deemed to make the representations and warranties provided for in Section 2.06(a) of this Agreement mutatis mutandis as of the date of its succession.

(g)                 In the event that the Special Servicer is terminated pursuant to this Section 6.08, the Trustee shall, by notice in writing to the Special Servicer, terminate all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and in and to the applicable Mortgage Loan(s) and/or Serviced Whole Loan(s) and the proceeds thereof, other than any rights the Special Servicer may have hereunder as a Certificateholder and any rights or obligations that accrued prior to the date of such termination or that survive termination (including, without limitation, the right to receive all amounts accrued or owing to it under this Agreement, plus interest at the Advance Rate on such amounts until received to the extent such amounts bear interest as provided in this Agreement, with respect to periods prior to the date of such termination and the right to the benefits of Section 6.03 of this Agreement and the right to receive ongoing Workout Fees in accordance with the terms hereof).

(h)               As of the Closing Date, there is a single Special Servicer for all the Serviced Loans. However, if (1) a replacement special servicer is appointed with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan or related REO Property in accordance with Article VII or this Section 6.08 or (2) an Excluded Mortgage Loan Special Servicer is appointed with respect to an Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan, there may be additional parties acting as Special Servicer hereunder. Accordingly, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (i) when used in the context of imposing duties and obligations on the Special Servicer hereunder or the performance of such duties and obligations, the term “Special Servicer” shall mean (A) the applicable Whole Loan Special Servicer, insofar as such duties and obligations relate to the subject Serviced Whole Loan or any related REO Property, (B) the applicable Excluded Mortgage Loan Special Servicer, insofar as such duties and obligations relate to the subject Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan or any related REO Property and (C) the General Special Servicer, in all other cases (provided, that in Section 3.15 and Article VII of this Agreement, the term “Special Servicer” shall mean each of the Whole Loan Special Servicers, the Excluded Mortgage Loan Special Servicers (if any) and the General Special Servicer); (ii) when used in the context of identifying the recipient of any information, funds, documents, instruments and/or other items, the term “Special Servicer” shall mean (A) the applicable Whole Loan Special Servicer, insofar as such information, funds, documents, instruments and/or other items relate to the subject Serviced Whole Loan or any related REO Property, (B) the applicable Excluded Mortgage Loan Special Servicer, insofar as such information, funds, documents, instruments and/or other items relate to the subject Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan or any related REO Property and (C) the General Special Servicer, in all other cases; (iii) when used in the context of granting the Special Servicer the right to purchase all of the Trust Loans and

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all other property held by the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01 of this Agreement, the term “Special Servicer” shall mean the General Special Servicer only; (iv) when used in the context of granting the Special Servicer the right to purchase any Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and related property held by the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01 of this Agreement, the term “Special Servicer” shall mean the Special Servicer of such Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan only; (v)  when used in the context of the Special Servicer being replaced pursuant to this Section 6.08 by the applicable Directing Holder or the applicable Certificateholders, the term “Special Servicer” shall mean the General Special Servicer, the applicable Whole Loan Special Servicer or the applicable Excluded Mortgage Loan Special Servicer, as applicable; (vi) when used in the context of granting the Special Servicer any protections, limitations on liability, immunities and/or indemnities hereunder, the term “Special Servicer” shall mean each of the Whole Loan Special Servicers, the Excluded Mortgage Loan Special Servicers (if any) and the General Special Servicer; and (vii) when used in the context of requiring indemnification from, imposing liability on, or exercising any remedies against, the Special Servicer for any breach of a representation, warranty or covenant hereunder or for any negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in the performance of duties and obligations hereunder or any negligent disregard of such duties and obligations or otherwise holding the Special Servicer responsible for any of the foregoing, the term “Special Servicer” shall mean the applicable Whole Loan Special Servicer, the applicable Excluded Mortgage Loan Special Servicer or the General Special Servicer, as applicable.

(i)                 References in this Agreement to “General Special Servicer” mean the Person performing the duties and obligations of special servicer with respect to the Mortgage Pool (exclusive of (A) any Serviced Whole Loan or related REO Property as to which a different special servicer has been appointed with respect thereto and (B) any Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan or any related REO Property as to which an Excluded Mortgage Loan Special Servicer has been appointed with respect thereto).

(j)                 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 6.08, if the Special Servicer obtains knowledge that it is, or has become, a Borrower Party with respect to any Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan, then the Special Servicer shall resign in such capacity with respect to such Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan. The applicable Directing Holder shall appoint (and replace with or without cause) the Excluded Mortgage Loan Special Servicer, as successor to the resigning Special Servicer, for the related Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan in accordance with this Agreement. If an Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan is also an Excluded Mortgage Loan, the largest Controlling Class Certificateholder (by Certificate Balance) that is not an Excluded Controlling Class Holder shall be entitled to appoint (and replace with or without cause) the Excluded Mortgage Loan Special Servicer for the related Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan in accordance with this Agreement. If a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, neither the Controlling Class Representative nor any other Controlling Class Certificateholder shall be entitled to remove or replace the Special Servicer with respect to any Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan. If a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing but prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, the largest Controlling Class

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Certificateholder that is not an Excluded Controlling Class Holder shall have the right to appoint the Excluded Mortgage Loan Special Servicer.

If there is no applicable Directing Holder entitled to appoint an Excluded Mortgage Loan Special Servicer for an Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan (or if there is an applicable Directing Holder so entitled but it has not appointed a replacement special servicer for the related Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage within 30 days), then the Certificate Administrator shall provide written notice to the resigning Special Servicer that such Excluded Mortgage Loan Special Servicer has not been appointed and such resigning Special Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to appoint such Excluded Mortgage Loan Special Servicer. In the event that the resigning Special Servicer is required to appoint an Excluded Mortgage Loan Special Servicer, the resigning Special Servicer shall not have any liability for the actions of the newly appointed Excluded Mortgage Loan Special Servicer, and absent willful misconduct, bad faith, fraud or negligence on the part of such resigning Special Servicer, the resigning Special Servicer and its directors, members, managers, officers, employees and agents will be entitled to be indemnified by the Trust Fund against any and all losses or liability incurred in connection with any legal action resulting from the actions of the Excluded Mortgage Loan Special Servicer. It shall be a condition to the appointment of any such Excluded Mortgage Loan Special Servicer that (i) such Excluded Mortgage Loan Special Servicer has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation with respect such appointment to the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee and, if the related Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan is part of a Serviced Whole Loan, a Companion Loan Rating Agency Confirmation with respect to such appointment to the certificate administrator (if any) and the trustee for each related Other Securitization Trust (with a copy to the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee), (ii) such Excluded Mortgage Loan Special Servicer satisfies all of the eligibility requirements applicable to the Special Servicer set forth in this Agreement and (iii) such Excluded Mortgage Loan Special Servicer delivers to the Depositor (and the Certificate Administrator) and any applicable Other Depositor (and any applicable Other Exchange Act Reporting Party), the information, if any, required under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K pursuant to the Exchange Act regarding itself in its role as Excluded Mortgage Loan Special Servicer.

If at any time the Person that had acted as the Special Servicer for any Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan prior to such Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan, as the case may be, becoming an Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan is no longer a Borrower Party (including, without limitation, as a result of the related Mortgaged Property becoming REO Property or an assumption of the Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan) with respect to such Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan, as the case may be, (1) the related Excluded Mortgage Loan Special Servicer shall resign, (2) such Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan, as the case may be, shall no longer be an Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan, (3) such original Special Servicer shall become the Special Servicer again for such Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan, as the case may be, and (4) such original Special Servicer shall be entitled to all Special Servicing Compensation and Additional Special Servicing Compensation with respect to such Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan, as the case may be, earned during such time on and after such Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan, as the case may be, is no longer an Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan.

The Excluded Mortgage Loan Special Servicer shall perform all of the obligations of the Special Servicer for the related Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan and will be entitled to all Special Servicing Compensation and Additional Special Servicing Compensation

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with respect to such Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan earned after its appointment as the Excluded Mortgage Loan Special Servicer and during such time as the related Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan is an Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan (provided that the Special Servicer shall remain entitled to all Special Servicing Compensation and Additional Special Servicing Compensation with respect to the Mortgage Loans and Serviced Whole Loans that are not Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loans during such time).

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 6.08(j), in the case of any Serviced Outside Controlled Whole Loan, the related Outside Controlling Note Holder will have the right to appoint an Excluded Mortgage Loan Special Servicer.

(k)               If a Servicing Officer of the Master Servicer, a related Excluded Mortgage Loan Special Servicer, or the Special Servicer, as applicable, has actual knowledge that a Mortgage Loan is no longer an Excluded Mortgage Loan, an Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loan or an Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan, as applicable, the Master Servicer, the related Excluded Mortgage Loan Special Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, shall provide prompt written notice thereof to each of the other parties to this Agreement.

Section 6.09           The Directing Holder, the Controlling Class Representative and the Risk Retention Consultation Parties.

(a)               The applicable Directing Holder shall be entitled to advise (1) the Special Servicer, with respect to the applicable Serviced Loan(s) that are Specially Serviced Loan(s) and (2) the Special Servicer, with respect to the applicable Serviced Loan(s) that are Performing Serviced Loan(s), as to all Major Decisions, in each case as set forth in this Section 6.09. With respect to any Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Controlling Class Representative shall be entitled to exercise consultation and, to the extent provided in Section 3.01(i), consent rights (if any) and attend annual meetings with the related Outside Servicer and the related Outside Special Servicer, in each case, to the extent the holder of such Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan is entitled to such rights pursuant to the related Co-Lender Agreement.

In addition, except as set forth in, and in any event subject to, Section 6.09(b) and the subsequent paragraphs of this Section 6.09(a), (1) the Master Servicer shall not be permitted to take any of the actions constituting a Major Decision unless the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer mutually agree that the Master Servicer shall take such action, subject to the consent of the Special Servicer, who shall have 15 Business Days (or 60 days with respect to the determination of an Acceptable Insurance Default) (from the date that the Special Servicer receives the information from the Master Servicer) to analyze and make a recommendation regarding such Major Decision (provided that if the Special Servicer does not consent, or notify the Master Servicer that it will not consent, to such Major Decision within the required 15 Business Days or 60 days, as applicable, the Special Servicer shall be deemed to have consented to such Major Decision), and (2) the Special Servicer shall not be permitted to take, or to consent to the Master Servicer’s taking, any of the actions constituting a Major Decision as to which the applicable Directing Holder has objected in writing within ten (10) Business Days (or in the case of a determination of an Acceptable Insurance Default, twenty (20) days (or, in the case of a Serviced

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Outside Controlled Whole Loan, such other period contemplated by the related Co-Lender Agreement)) after receipt of the related Major Decision Reporting Package from the Special Servicer (provided that if such written objection has not been received by the Special Servicer within such ten (10) Business Day period or twenty (20) day period (or, in the case of a Serviced Outside Controlled Whole Loan, such other period contemplated by the related Co-Lender Agreement), as applicable, then such applicable Directing Holder will be deemed to have approved such action).

Furthermore, any applicable Directing Holder (in the case of an Outside Controlling Note Holder, to the extent provided in the related Co-Lender Agreement) may direct the Special Servicer to take, or to refrain from taking, such other actions with respect to any Serviced Loan as such party may reasonably deem advisable or as to which provision is otherwise made herein.

In addition, prior to taking, or consenting to the Master Servicer’s taking of, any Major Decision, the Special Servicer shall consult (on a non-binding basis) with any applicable Consulting Parties (including, with respect to the Operating Advisor when it is an applicable Consulting Party under the circumstances set forth in Section 3.29 and, with respect to the Risk Retention Consultation Parties under the circumstances set forth in the third following paragraph and, with respect to a Serviced Companion Loan Holder, under the circumstances contemplated by the related Co-Lender Agreement) in connection with any Major Decision with respect to a Serviced Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan and consider alternative actions recommended by such Consulting Parties, but, in the case of the Controlling Class Representative when it is a Consulting Party, only to the extent such consultation with, or consent of, the Controlling Class Representative would have been required prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event; provided that each such consultation is not binding on the Special Servicer; and provided, further, that the Controlling Class Representative (when it is an applicable Consulting Party) may consult regarding a Serviced Outside Controlled Whole Loan only if and to the extent that the holder of the related Split Mortgage Loan is granted consultation rights under the related Co-Lender Agreement; and provided, further, that, with respect to any matter for which consultation with the Controlling Class Representative is required and no response from the Controlling Class Representative is received within ten (10) Business Days following the later of (i) the Controlling Class Representative’s receipt of written request for input on such consultation and (ii) the Controlling Class Representative’s receipt of all reasonably requested information and all information required to be delivered to the Controlling Class Representative under this Agreement with respect to such consultation, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall not be obligated to consult with the Controlling Class Representative on the specific matter; provided, however, that the failure of Controlling Class Representative to respond will not relieve the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, from using reasonable efforts to consult with Controlling Class Representative on any future matters with respect to the applicable Serviced Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan or any other Serviced Mortgage Loan. For the avoidance of doubt, with respect to any Serviced Outside Controlled Whole Loan (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include, without limitation, any Servicing Shift Whole Loan prior to the related Servicing Shift Date), the Special Servicer shall be responsible for obtaining any consent or deemed consent of the related Outside Controlling Note Holder for “Major Decisions” (as such term or any analogous term is defined in the related Co-Lender Agreement) to the extent such consent is required under this Agreement or under the terms of the related Co-Lender Agreement. The Special Servicer shall provide all information reasonably

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requested by any applicable Consulting Party and in the Special Servicer's possession that is necessary in order for such Consulting Party to exercise its consultation rights set forth in the first sentence of this paragraph.

Each Consulting Party shall have consultation rights with respect to such Mortgage Loans and/or Serviced Whole Loans and at such times and/or under such circumstances as contemplated by the definition of “Consulting Party.”

With respect to a Servicing Shift Whole Loan that is a Serviced Outside Controlled Whole Loan, prior to the related Servicing Shift Date, no request for approval of the Controlling Class Representative shall be made on any matter related to such Servicing Shift Whole Loan, except that the Controlling Class Representative (prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event and only if the related Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan is not an Excluded Mortgage Loan) may exercise the consultation rights, if any, of the holder of the related Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan with respect to Major Decisions and any proposed sale of such Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan set forth in the applicable Co-Lender Agreement. In addition, the Operating Advisor (when it is an applicable Consulting Party) will be entitled, while a Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan is serviced hereunder, to consult on a non-binding basis with the Special Servicer and propose alternative courses of action and provide other feedback in respect of any Major Decisions and any proposed sale of such Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan.

With respect to each Major Decision regarding a Serviced Loan as to which any applicable Directing Holder has consent or consultation rights pursuant to this Section 6.09, the Special Servicer shall provide the related Major Decision Reporting Package to the applicable Directing Holder, simultaneously with the Special Servicer’s request for the applicable Directing Holder’s consent or input regarding the related Major Decision. With respect to each Major Decision regarding a Serviced Loan as to which any Risk Retention Consultation Party has consultation rights pursuant to this Section 6.09, the Special Servicer shall provide the related Major Decision Reporting Package to such Risk Retention Consultation Party, simultaneously with the Special Servicer’s request for such Risk Retention Consultation Party’s input regarding the related Major Decision. The Special Servicer shall provide each Major Decision Reporting Package to the Operating Advisor: (i) prior to the occurrence and continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Trigger Event and with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan, promptly after the Special Servicer receives the Directing Holder’s approval or deemed approval of such Major Decision Reporting Package; and (ii) following the occurrence and continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Trigger Event and with respect to any Serviced Loan, simultaneously with the Special Servicer’s written request for the Operating Advisor’s input regarding the related Major Decision. With respect to any particular Major Decision and related Major Decision Reporting Package provided to the Operating Advisor pursuant to this Section 6.09(a), the Special Servicer shall make available to the Operating Advisor one or more Servicing Officers with relevant knowledge regarding the applicable Mortgage Loan and such Major Decision in order to address reasonable questions that the Operating Advisor may have relating to, among other things, such Major Decision and potential conflicts of interest and compensation with respect to such Major Decision.

In connection with any Major Decision processed by the Special Servicer, the Special Servicer shall provide any final Major Decision Reporting Package prepared by it to the

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Master Servicer promptly after the Directing Holder’s approval of such final Major Decision Reporting Package.

In addition, (i) for so long as no Consultation Termination Event is continuing, with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan (other than any Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan or any Excluded RRCP Mortgage Loan with respect to the applicable Risk Retention Consultation Party), and (ii) during the continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, with respect to any Mortgage Loan (other than any Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan or any Excluded RRCP Mortgage Loan with respect to the applicable Risk Retention Consultation Party), the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall consult with each Risk Retention Consultation Party on a non-binding basis in connection with any Major Decision that it is processing (and such other matters that are subject to the non-binding consultation rights of such Risk Retention Consultation Party pursuant to this Agreement which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include the matters set forth in Sections 3.09, 3.17(m), 3.24 and this Section 6.09 and in the definition of “Acceptable Insurance Default”) and to consider alternative actions recommended by such Risk Retention Consultation Party in respect of such Major Decision (or any other matter requiring consultation with such Risk Retention Consultation Party pursuant to this Agreement); provided that in the event the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, receives no response from a Risk Retention Consultation Party within 10 days following, in the case of the Master Servicer, the Master Servicer’s delivery of information in its possession reasonably requested by such Risk Retention Consultation Party or, in the case of the Special Servicer, the Special Servicer’s delivery of the related Major Decision Reporting Package, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall not be obligated to consult with such Risk Retention Consultation Party on the specific matter (provided, however, that the failure of such Risk Retention Consultation Party to respond will not relieve the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, from using reasonable efforts to consult with such Risk Retention Consultation Party on any future matters with respect to the applicable Serviced Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan or any other Serviced Mortgage Loan). For the avoidance of doubt, (x) no Risk Retention Consulting Party shall have any consultation rights with respect to any related Excluded RRCP Mortgage Loan and (y) any consultation with any Risk Retention Consultation Party under this Agreement shall be on a strictly non-binding basis and shall be subject to all limitations with respect to the procedures and timing for such consultation set forth in this Section 6.09.

Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, in the event that the Special Servicer or Master Servicer (in the event the Master Servicer is otherwise authorized by this Agreement to take such action), as applicable, determines that immediate action, with respect to a Major Decision, or any other matter requiring consent of, or consultation with, any applicable Directing Holder or consultation with any applicable Consulting Party, is necessary to protect the interests of the Certificateholders, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and, with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s) (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders, such Loan-Specific Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and, with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s) constituted a single lender (and, with respect to a Serviced AB Whole Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of the related Subordinate Companion Loan(s))), the Special Servicer or Master Servicer, as applicable, may take any such action without waiting for the applicable Directing Holder’s (or, if applicable, the Special Servicer’s) or any Consulting Party’s, as applicable, response.

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Also notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no direction, objection, advice or consultation on the part of any applicable Directing Holder, and no advice or consultation from any applicable Consulting Party, contemplated by this Agreement, may require or cause the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer to violate the terms of any Trust Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, any provision of any related Loan Documents, any related Co-Lender Agreement, any intercreditor agreement, applicable law, this Agreement or the REMIC Provisions, including without limitation each of the Master Servicer’s and the Special Servicer’s obligation to act in accordance with the Servicing Standard, or expose any Certificateholder, any Loan-Specific Certificateholder, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, the Trust Fund, any Mortgage Loan Seller (other than with respect to enforcing the rights and remedies against such Mortgage Loan Seller pursuant to this Agreement or the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement with respect to any Material Defect) or any party to this Agreement or their respective Affiliates, officers, directors, employees or agents to any claim, suit or liability, or cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a grantor trust for federal income tax purposes, or result in the imposition of a “prohibited transaction” or “prohibited contribution” tax under the REMIC Provisions, or materially expand the scope of the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s responsibilities under this Agreement or any Co-Lender Agreement or cause the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer to act, or fail to act, in a manner that is not in the best interests of the Certificateholders, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and/or the Serviced Companion Loan Holders.

In the event the Special Servicer or Master Servicer, as applicable, determines that a refusal to consent by any applicable Directing Holder or any advice from any applicable Directing Holder or Consulting Party would otherwise cause the Special Servicer or Master Servicer, as applicable, to violate the terms of any Loan Documents, any related Co-Lender Agreement or mezzanine intercreditor agreement, applicable law, the REMIC Provisions or this Agreement, including without limitation, the Servicing Standard, the Special Servicer or Master Servicer, as applicable, shall disregard such refusal to consent or advice and notify in writing the applicable Directing Holder, the applicable Consulting Parties, the Trustee and, for posting to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 12.13 of this Agreement, the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider of its determination, including a reasonably detailed explanation of the basis therefor. The taking of, or refraining from taking, any action by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer in accordance with the direction of or approval of any applicable Directing Holder or the recommendation of any applicable Consulting Party that does not violate the terms of any Loan Documents, any related Co-Lender Agreement or mezzanine intercreditor agreement, any law, the REMIC Provisions or the Servicing Standard or any other provisions of this Agreement, will not result in any liability on the part of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer.

For so long as no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, and subject to the terms of the related Co-Lender Agreement, the Controlling Class Representative shall be entitled, with respect to each Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan other than any Excluded Mortgage Loan, to exercise the consent or approval rights set forth in Section 3.01(i) of this Agreement; and for so long as no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Controlling Class Representative shall be entitled with respect to each Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, to exercise any consultation rights permitted under the related Co-Lender Agreement in respect of “Major Decisions” (or any analogous concept) and the implementation of “Asset Status Reports” (or any analogous concept) under, and within the meaning of, the

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applicable Outside Servicing Agreement and attend an annual meeting with the related Outside Servicer and the related Outside Special Servicer, in each case, to the extent the holder of such Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan is entitled to such rights pursuant to the related Co-Lender Agreement provided that, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Trigger Event, any such consultation rights permitted under the related Co-Lender Agreement in respect of “Major Decisions” (or any analogous concept) under, and within the meaning of, the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement shall be exercised by the Controlling Class Representative jointly with the Operating Advisor..

A Directing Holder will have no liability to the Trust Fund, the Certificateholders or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner for any action taken, or for refraining from the taking of any action, pursuant to this Agreement, or for error in judgment; provided, however, that the Controlling Class Representative will not be protected against any liability to any Controlling Class Certificateholder that would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of duties or by reason of negligent disregard of obligations or duties.

The Risk Retention Consultation Parties shall have no liability to the Trust Fund, any party to this Agreement, any Certificateholders or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner for any action taken, or for refraining from the taking of any action, pursuant to this Agreement, or for errors in judgment.

The Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and, by its acceptance of a Certificate, each Certificateholder acknowledges and agrees that: (i) a Directing Holder may have special relationships and interests that conflict with those of Holders of one or more Classes of Certificates or Loan-Specific Certificates or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner; (ii) a Directing Holder may act solely in its own interests (or, in the case of the Controlling Class Representative, in the interests of the Holders of the Controlling Class or, in the case of a Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative, the interests of the Holders of the Loan-Specific Controlling Class); (iii) a Directing Holder does not have any liability or duties to the Holders of any Class of Certificates or Loan-Specific Certificates or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (other than, in the case of the Controlling Class Representative, the Controlling Class or, in the case of a Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative, the Loan-Specific Controlling Class); (iv) a Directing Holder may take actions that favor its own interests (or in the case of the Controlling Class Representative, the interests of the Holders of the Controlling Class or, in the case of a Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative, the interests of the Holders of the Loan-Specific Controlling Class) over the interests of the Holders of one or more other Classes of Certificates or Loan-Specific Certificates or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner; and (v) a Directing Holder shall have no liability whatsoever (other than, in the case of the Controlling Class Representative, to a Controlling Class Certificateholder and, in the case of a Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative, to a Loan-Specific Controlling Class Certificateholder) for having so acted as set forth in clauses (i)-(iv) of this paragraph, and that no Certificateholder, Loan-Specific Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner may take any action whatsoever against any Directing Holder or any affiliate, director, officer, employee, shareholder, member, partner, agent or principal thereof for having so acted; provided, however, that the rights of a Directing Holder are subject to any related mezzanine intercreditor agreement.

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(b)                Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein:

(i)              after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event, the Controlling Class Representative shall have no right to consent to any action taken or not taken by any party to this Agreement;

(ii)            after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event, but prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, the Controlling Class Representative shall remain entitled to receive any notices, reports or information to which it is entitled pursuant to this Agreement with respect to the applicable Serviced Loan(s) (other than any Excluded Mortgage Loan), and the Master Servicer, Special Servicer and any other applicable party shall consult with the Controlling Class Representative in connection with any action to be taken or refrained from taking with respect to the applicable Serviced Loan(s) (other than any Excluded Mortgage Loan), but only to the extent consultation with, or consent of, the Controlling Class Representative would have been required under such circumstances prior to the occurrence and continuance of such Control Termination Event; provided, however, that the Controlling Class Representative shall not be permitted to consult with respect to any Serviced AB Whole Loan while any related Subordinate Companion Loan Holder is the related Outside Controlling Note Holder;

(iii)            after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, the Controlling Class Representative shall have no consultation or consent rights hereunder and no right to receive any notices, reports or information (other than notices, reports or information required to be delivered to all Certificateholders) or any other rights as a Directing Holder or a Consulting Party; provided that each Controlling Class Certificateholder shall maintain the right to exercise Voting Rights for the same purposes as any other Certificateholder under this Agreement (other than with respect to Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loans); and

(iv)            no Person may exercise any of the rights and powers of the Controlling Class Representative with respect to an Excluded Mortgage Loan.

(c)               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall take or refrain from taking any action pursuant to instructions, directions, objections, advice or consultation from any applicable Directing Holder, any applicable Consulting Party or a Serviced Companion Loan Holder (or its Companion Loan Holder Representative) that would cause any one of them to violate applicable law, the terms of any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, the related Loan Documents, this Agreement, including the Servicing Standard, the related Co-Lender Agreement, any related intercreditor agreement, or the REMIC Provisions or that would (i) expose any Certificateholder, Loan-Specific Certificateholder, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, the Trust Fund, any Mortgage Loan Seller (other than with respect to enforcing the rights and remedies against such Mortgage Loan Seller pursuant to this Agreement or the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement with respect to any Material

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Defect) or any party to this Agreement or their respective Affiliates, officers, directors, employees or agents to any claim, suit or liability, (ii) materially expand the scope of the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s responsibilities under this Agreement or any Co-Lender Agreement, (iii) cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a grantor trust for federal income tax purposes, or result in the imposition of a “prohibited transaction” or “prohibited contribution” tax under the REMIC Provisions, or (iv) cause the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer to act, or fail to act, in a manner that in the reasonable judgment of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, is not in the best interests of the Certificateholders, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders and/or the Serviced Companion Loan Holders.

(d)               Each Certificateholder and Certificate Owner of a Control Eligible Certificate or a Loan-Specific Control Eligible Certificate is hereby deemed to have agreed by virtue of its purchase of such Certificate (or beneficial ownership interest in such Certificate) to provide its name and address to the Certificate Administrator and to notify the Certificate Administrator, in writing, of the transfer of any Control Eligible Certificate (or the beneficial ownership of any Control Eligible Certificate) or Loan-Specific Control Eligible Certificate (or any beneficial ownership of any Loan-Specific Control Eligible Certificate), the selection of a Controlling Class Representative or a Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative or the resignation or removal of the Controlling Class Representative or a Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative, in each such case as applicable. Any such Certificateholder (or Certificate Owner) or its designee at any time appointed Controlling Class Representative or Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative, as applicable, is hereby deemed to have agreed by virtue of its purchase of a Control Eligible Certificate (or the beneficial ownership interest in a Control Eligible Certificate) or a Loan-Specific Control Eligible Certificate (or the beneficial ownership interest in a Loan-Specific Control Eligible Certificate), as applicable, to notify the Certificate Administrator in writing when such Certificateholder (or Certificate Owner) or designee is appointed Controlling Class Representative or Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative, and when it is removed or resigns. Upon receipt of any of the notices referred to in the preceding two sentences of this Section 6.09(d), the Certificate Administrator shall promptly notify, in writing, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee of the identity of the Controlling Class Representative or the Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative, any resignation or removal of the Controlling Class Representative or the Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative and/or any new Holder or Certificate Owner of a Control Eligible Certificate or Loan-Specific Control Eligible Certificate, in each such case as applicable. In addition, upon the request of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Trustee, as applicable, the Certificate Administrator shall provide (on a reasonably prompt basis) the identity of the then-current Controlling Class or Loan-Specific Controlling Class and a list of the related Certificateholders (or Certificate Owners, if applicable, at the expense of the Trust if such expense arises in connection with an event as to which the Controlling Class Representative or the Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative or the Controlling Class or the Loan-Specific Controlling Class has consent or consultation rights pursuant to this Agreement or in connection with a request made by the Operating Advisor in connection with its obligation under Section 3.29(e) of this Agreement to

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deliver a copy of the Operating Advisor Annual Report to the Controlling Class Representative and the Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative and otherwise at the expense of the requesting party) of the Controlling Class or the Loan-Specific Controlling Class to such requesting party, and each of the Master Servicer, Special Servicer, Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee shall be entitled to rely on the information so provided by the Certificate Administrator.

In the event of a change in the Controlling Class or the Loan-Specific Controlling Class, the Certificate Administrator shall promptly contact the current Holder(s) (or, in the case of book-entry Certificates, Certificate Owners) of the Controlling Class or the Loan-Specific Controlling Class, as applicable (or in each case any designee(s) thereof) or, if known to the Certificate Administrator, one of its affiliates or, if applicable, any successor Controlling Class Representative, Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative, Controlling Class Certificateholder(s) or Loan-Specific Controlling Class Certificateholder(s), and determine whether any such entity is the Holder (or Certificate Owner) of at least a majority of the Controlling Class or Loan-Specific Controlling Class, as applicable, (in each case, in effect after such change in Controlling Class or Loan-Specific Controlling Class) by Certificate Balance. If at any time the current Holder of the Controlling Class (or its designee) or the Loan-Specific Controlling Class (or its designee) or, if known to the Certificate Administrator, one of its respective Affiliates, or any successor Controlling Class Representative or Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative or Controlling Class Certificateholder(s) or Loan-Specific Controlling Class Certificateholder(s) is no longer the Holder (or Certificate Owner) of at least a majority of the Controlling Class or Loan-Specific Controlling Class, in each case  by Certificate Balance, and the Certificate Administrator has neither (i) received notice of the then-current Controlling Class Certificateholders or Loan-Specific Controlling Class Certificateholders, as applicable, of at least a majority of the Controlling Class or the Loan-Specific Controlling Class, in each case by Certificate Balance nor (ii) received notice of a replacement Controlling Class Representative or Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative pursuant to this Agreement, then a Control Termination Event and a Consultation Termination Event shall be deemed to have occurred with respect to the related Serviced Loans or Serviced Whole Loan and shall be deemed to continue until such time as the Certificate Administrator receives any such notice in clauses (i) or (ii).

Upon receipt of notice of a change in Controlling Class Representative, Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative or any Risk Retention Consultation Party, the Certificate Administrator shall promptly forward notice thereof to each other party to this Agreement.

On the Closing Date, each of the initial Controlling Class Representative and Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative shall deliver (which delivery may be by electronic mail) a certification substantially in the form of Exhibit M-1H to this Agreement to the Certificate Administrator (who shall promptly forward such certification to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee and the Operating Advisor). Upon the resignation or removal of the existing Controlling Class Representative or Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative, any successor Controlling Class Representative or Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative shall also deliver a certification substantially in the form of Exhibit M-1H to this Agreement to the Certificate Administrator (who shall promptly forward such certification to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee and the Operating Advisor) prior to being recognized as the new

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Controlling Class Representative or Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative, as applicable.

(e)               Once a Controlling Class Representative or Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative has been selected, each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee and each other Certificateholder or Loan-Specific Certificateholder (or Certificate Owner, if applicable) and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner shall be entitled to rely on such selection unless a majority of the Certificateholders of the Controlling Class or a majority of the Loan-Specific Certificateholders of the Loan-Specific Controlling Class, as applicable, in each case by Certificate Balance, or such Controlling Class Representative or Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative shall have notified the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and each other Certificateholder of the Controlling Class or Loan-Specific Certificateholder of the Loan-Specific Controlling Class, as applicable, in writing, of the resignation of such Controlling Class Representative or Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative or the selection of a new Controlling Class Representative or Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative. Upon receipt of written notice of, or other knowledge of, the resignation of a Controlling Class Representative or Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative, the Certificate Administrator shall request the Certificateholders of the Controlling Class or the Loan-Specific Controlling Class, as applicable,  to select a new Controlling Class Representative or Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative, as applicable.

(f)                If at any time a book-entry certificate belongs to the Controlling Class or the Loan-Specific Controlling Class, the Certificate Administrator shall notify the related Certificate Owner or Certificate Owners (through the Depository, unless the Certificate Administrator shall have been previously provided with the name and address of such Certificate Owner or Certificate Owners) of such event and shall request that it be informed of any change in the identity of the related Certificate Owner from time to time.

(g)               Until it receives notice to the contrary, each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Depositor and the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely on the most recent notification with respect to the identity of (i) the Certificateholders of the Controlling Class and the Controlling Class Representative and (ii) the Certificateholders of the Loan-Specific Controlling Class and the Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative.

(h)               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, at any time when the Class F-RR Certificates are the Controlling Class, the Holder of more than 50% of the Controlling Class (by Certificate Balance) may waive its right to act as or appoint a Controlling Class Representative and to exercise any of the rights of the Controlling Class Representative or cause the exercise of any of the rights of the Controlling Class Representative set forth in this Agreement, by irrevocable written notice delivered to the Depositor, Certificate Administrator, Trustee, Master Servicer, Special Servicer and Operating Advisor (any such Holder or group of affiliated Holders that makes such an election, the “Opting-Out Party”). Whenever such waiver by an Opting-Out Party is in effect, (1) a Control Termination Event and a Consultation Termination Event shall be

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deemed to have occurred and be continuing; and (2) the rights of the holder of more than 50% of the Class F-RR Certificates (by Certificate Balance), if the Class F-RR Certificates are the Controlling Class, to act as or appoint a Controlling Class Representative and the rights of a Controlling Class Representative will not be operative (notwithstanding whether a Control Termination Event or a Consultation Termination Event is or would otherwise then be in effect). Any such waiver shall remain effective with respect to such Holder and such Class until such time as either (x) the Class F-RR Certificates are no longer the Controlling Class or (y) the Opting-Out Party has (i) sold a majority of the Class F-RR Certificates (by Certificate Balance) to an unaffiliated third party and (ii) certified to the Depositor, Certificate Administrator, Trustee, Master Servicer, Special Servicer and Operating Advisor that (a) the Opting-Out Party retains no direct or indirect Voting Rights with respect to the Class F-RR Certificates that it transferred, (b) there is no voting agreement between the Opting-Out Party and the transferee and (c) the Opting-Out Party retains no direct or indirect economic interest in the Class F-RR Certificates that it transferred (such sale and certification, a “Class F-RR Transfer”). Following any such Class F-RR Transfer, and if the Class F-RR Certificates are still the Controlling Class, the successor holder of more than 50% of the Controlling Class (by Certificate Balance) shall again have the right to act as or appoint a Controlling Class Representative as set forth herein without regard to any prior waiver by the predecessor Certificateholder. Such successor Certificateholder shall also have the right as provided in this Section 6.09(h) to irrevocably waive its right to act as or appoint a Controlling Class Representative or, subject to any such limitations set forth in this Agreement (including by reason of a Control Termination Event or a Consultation Termination Event otherwise existing), to exercise any of the rights of the Controlling Class Representative or to cause the exercise of any of the rights of the Controlling Class Representative as set forth in this Agreement. No successor Certificateholder described above in this paragraph shall have any consent rights with respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan that became a Specially Serviced Loan prior to the Class F-RR Transfer and had not also become a Corrected Loan prior to such Class F-RR Transfer until such Serviced Mortgage Loan becomes a Corrected Loan.

(i)               If the Combined VRR Interest is issued, then3650 REIT and the initial Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner shall be the initial Risk Retention Consultation Parties and shall, in each case, remain so until a successor is appointed pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. Upon the resignation or removal of any existing Risk Retention Consultation Party, any successor Risk Retention Consultation Party shall deliver to the parties to this Agreement a certification substantially in the form of Exhibit M-1I to this Agreement prior to being recognized as a new Risk Retention Consultation Party. The parties hereto shall be entitled to assume that a Risk Retention Consultation Party has not changed absent such notice. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Combined VRR Interest shall be issued hereunder and no Risk Retention Consultation Parties shall be appointed hereunder.

(j)                Once a Risk Retention Consultation Party has been selected, each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and each other Certificateholder (or Certificate Owner, if applicable) shall be entitled to rely on such selection unless 3650 REIT (in the case of the VRR1 Risk Retention Consultation Party) or the Uncertificated VRR Interest

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Owner (in the case of the VRR2 Risk Retention Consultation Party), as applicable, or such Risk Retention Consultation Party itself shall have notified the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and, in the case of the VRR1 Risk Retention Consultation Party, each other Holder of Class VRR Certificates, in writing, of the selection of a new Risk Retention Consultation Party (along with contact information for such new Risk Retention Consultation Party).

(k)                In the event that no VRR1 Risk Retention Consultation Party or VRR2 Risk Retention Consultation Party, as applicable, has been appointed or identified to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, and the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, has attempted to obtain such information from the Certificate Administrator and no such entity has been identified (along with contact information) to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, then until such time as the related new Risk Retention Consultation Party is identified, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall have no duty to consult with, or provide notice to, any such Risk Retention Consultation Party.

(l)                                         The Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and, by its acceptance of a Certificate, each Certificateholder acknowledges and agrees that: (i) each Risk Retention Consultation Party may have special relationships and interests that conflict with those of Holders of one or more Classes of Certificates or the Uncertificated VRR Interest; (ii) each Risk Retention Consultation Party may act solely in the interests of the Holders of the Class VRR Certificates or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, and does not have any liability or duties to the Holders of any other Class of Certificates; (iii) each Risk Retention Consultation Party may take actions that favor interests of the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or the Holders of one or more Classes, including the Class VRR Certificates, over the interests of the Holders of one or more other Classes of Certificates; and (iv) each Risk Retention Consultation Party shall have no liability whatsoever for having so acted as set forth in clauses (i) through (iii) above, and no Certificateholder or Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner may take any action whatsoever against any Risk Retention Consultation Party or any director, officer, employee, agent or principal of such Risk Retention Consultation Party for having so acted.

Article VII

DEFAULT

Section 7.01           Servicer Termination Events.

(a)               “Servicer Termination Event,” wherever used herein, means any one of the following events:

(i)              (A) any failure by the Master Servicer to make any deposit or payment required to be made by the Master Servicer to the Collection Account or Whole Loan Custodial Account or to any Serviced Companion Loan Holder on the day and by the time such deposit or remittance is required to be made under the terms of this Agreement, which failure is not remedied within one (1) Business Day

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or (B) any failure by the Master Servicer to deposit into, or remit to the Certificate Administrator for deposit into, the Distribution Account or the Excess Interest Distribution Account any amount required to be so deposited or remitted, which failure is not remedied by 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the relevant Distribution Date; or

(ii)             any failure by the Special Servicer to deposit into any REO Account, within two (2) Business Days after such deposit is required to be made or to remit to the Master Servicer for deposit into the Collection Account or the Whole Loan Custodial Account, as applicable, any amount required to be so deposited or remitted by the Special Servicer pursuant to, and within one (1) Business Day after the time specified by, the terms of this Agreement; or

(iii)          any failure on the part of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, duly to observe or perform in any material respect any of its other covenants or obligations contained in this Agreement which continues unremedied for a period of 30 days (10 days in the case of the Master Servicer’s failure to make a Property Advance or 20 days in the case of a failure to pay the premium for any insurance policy required to be maintained under this Agreement or such shorter period (not less than two (2) Business Days) as may be required to avoid the commencement of foreclosure proceedings for unpaid real estate taxes or the lapse of insurance, as applicable) after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, by any other party hereto, or to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, with a copy to each other party to this Agreement, by the Holders of Certificates of any Class evidencing, as to such Class, not less than 25% of the Voting Rights allocable thereto, or, if affected thereby, by a Serviced Companion Loan Holder; provided, however, if any such failure with a 30-day cure period is capable of being cured and the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, is diligently pursuing such cure, such 30-day period will be extended an additional 60 days (provided that the Master Servicer, or Special Servicer, as applicable, has commenced to cure such failure within the initial 30-day period and has certified that it has diligently pursued, and is continuing to pursue, a full cure); or

(iv)          any breach on the part of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer of any representation or warranty contained in this Agreement, which materially and adversely affects the interests of any Class of Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or any Serviced Companion Loan Holder and which continues unremedied for a period of 30 days after the date on which notice of such breach, requiring the same to be remedied, has been given to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, by the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, or to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee by the Holders of Certificates entitled to not less than 25% of the Voting Rights or, if affected thereby, by a Serviced Companion Loan Holder; provided, however, if such breach is capable of being cured and the Master Servicer or the Special

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Servicer, as applicable, is diligently pursuing such cure, such 30-day period will be extended an additional 60 days (provided that the Master Servicer, or Special Servicer, as applicable, has commenced to cure such failure within the initial 30-day period and has certified that it has diligently pursued, and is continuing to pursue, a full cure); or

(v)             a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the premises in an involuntary case under any present or future federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law for the appointment of a conservator, receiver, liquidator, trustee or similar official in any bankruptcy, insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings, or for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, shall have been entered against the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, and such decree or order shall have remained in force undischarged, undismissed or unstayed for a period of 60 days; or

(vi)           the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall consent to the appointment of a conservator, receiver, liquidator, trustee or similar official in any bankruptcy, insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings of or relating to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer or of or relating to all or substantially all of its property; or

(vii)        the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, file a petition to take advantage of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization statute, make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations or take any corporate action in furtherance of the foregoing; or

(viii)     KBRA (or, in the case of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, any Companion Loan Rating Agency) has (A) qualified, downgraded or withdrawn its rating or ratings of one or more Classes of Certificates or one or more classes of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, or (B) placed one or more Classes of Certificates or one or more classes of Serviced Companion Loan Securities on “watch status” in contemplation of a rating downgrade or withdrawal and, in the case of either of clauses (A) or (B), publicly citing servicing concerns with the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, as the sole or material factor in such rating action (and such qualification, downgrade, withdrawal or “watch status” placement has not been withdrawn by such Rating Agency (or, in the case of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, any Companion Loan Rating Agency), within 60 days of such event);

(ix)          with respect to the Master Servicer, the Master Servicer ceases to have a commercial master servicer rating of at least “CMS3” from Fitch and that rating is not reinstated within 60 days or, with respect to the Special Servicer, the Special Servicer ceases to have a commercial special servicer rating of at least

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“CSS3” from Fitch and that rating is not reinstated within 60 days, as the case may be;

(x)            the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, is removed from S&P’s Select Servicer List as a U.S. Commercial Mortgage Master Servicer or a U.S. Commercial Mortgage Special Servicer, as applicable, and is not restored to such status on such list within 60 days; or

(xi)           the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, or any primary servicer or Sub-Servicer appointed by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, after the Closing Date (but excluding any Sub-Servicer set forth on Exhibit S), shall (A) for so long as the Trust is subject to the reporting requirements of Regulation AB or the Exchange Act, fail to deliver the items required to be delivered by this Agreement after any applicable notice and cure period to enable the Certificate Administrator or Depositor to comply with the reporting obligations of the Trust under the Exchange Act or (B) for so long as any Other Securitization Trust is subject to the reporting requirements of Regulation AB or the Exchange Act, fail to deliver any Exchange Act reporting items required to be delivered by such servicer to the related Other Depositor or related Other Exchange Act Reporting Party pursuant to Article X of this Agreement, in the case of each of clauses (A) and (B), within (a) with respect to the delivery of any item relating to a Reportable Event, two (2) Business Days of such failure to comply with Article X or (b) with respect to the delivery of any other item, five (5) Business Days of such failure to comply with Article X (any primary servicer or Sub-Servicer that defaults in accordance with this Section 7.01(a)(xi) shall be terminated at the direction of the Depositor).

If a Servicer Termination Event with respect to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer shall occur and be continuing, then, and in each and every such case, so long as such Servicer Termination Event shall not have been remedied, either (i) the Trustee may or (ii) upon the written direction to the Trustee from (x) the Holders of Certificates evidencing at least 25% of the Pooled Voting Rights of all Certificates (or, if the Servicer Termination Event is with respect to the Special Servicer for any Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, 25% of the Voting Rights of all Certificates and related Loan-Specific Certificates) or (y) an affected Serviced Companion Loan Holder (but, subject to the next sentence, solely in the case of the related Serviced Whole Loan and a Servicer Termination Event with respect to the Special Servicer), then the Trustee shall, terminate the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, it shall not be a Servicer Termination Event with respect to the pool of Mortgage Loans under clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (viii), (ix) or (x) above if the failure, default or event only has an adverse effect on a Serviced Companion Loan, a Serviced Companion Loan Holder or a rating on any Serviced Companion Loan Securities (including any related Loan-Specific Certificates), but shall be a Servicer Termination Event with respect to the related Serviced Companion Loan and: (1) in the case of any such failure, default or event on the part of the Master Servicer, the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder or the requisite Loan-Specific Certificateholders shall have the remedies set forth in Section 7.01(d) with respect to the Servicer Termination Event with respect to the related Serviced Companion Loan; and (2) in the case of any such failure, default or event on the part of the Special Servicer, the related Serviced

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Companion Loan Holder (or, if the Servicer Termination Event is with respect to the Special Servicer for any Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, the Holders of related Loan-Specific Certificates evidencing at least 25% of the Voting Rights of all related Loan-Specific Certificateholders) will be entitled to require termination of the Special Servicer with respect to, but only with respect to, the related Serviced Whole Loan.

In the event that the Master Servicer is also the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer is terminated as provided in this Section 7.01, the Master Servicer shall also be terminated as Special Servicer.

(b)               If the Master Servicer receives notice of termination under Section 7.01(c) solely due to a Servicer Termination Event under Section 7.01(a)(viii), Section 7.01(a)(ix) or Section 7.01(a)(x) and if the Master Servicer to be terminated pursuant to Section 7.01(c) provides the Trustee with the appropriate “request for proposal” materials within five (5) Business Days following such termination notice, then the Master Servicer shall continue to service as Master Servicer hereunder until a successor Master Servicer is selected in accordance with this Section 7.01(b). Upon receipt of the “request for proposal” materials, Trustee shall promptly thereafter (using such “request for proposal” materials provided by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 7.01(c)) solicit good faith bids for the rights to service the Mortgage Loans and the Serviced Whole Loans under this Agreement from at least three (3) Persons qualified to act as a successor Master Servicer hereunder in accordance with Section 6.04 (any such Person so qualified, a “Qualified Bidder”) or, if three (3) Qualified Bidders cannot be located, then from as many persons as the Trustee can determine are Qualified Bidders; provided that, the Master Servicer shall supply the Trustee with the names of Persons from whom to solicit such bids; and provided, further, that the Trustee shall not be responsible if less than three (3) or no Qualified Bidders submit bids for the right to service the Mortgage Loans and Serviced Whole Loans under this Agreement. The bid proposal shall require any Successful Bidder (as defined below), as a condition of such bid, to enter into this Agreement as successor Master Servicer, and to agree to be bound by the terms hereof, within 45 days after the notice of termination of the Master Servicer. The Trustee shall select the Qualified Bidder with the highest cash bid (the “Successful Bidder”) to act as successor Master Servicer hereunder; provided, however, that if the Trustee does not receive a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency within 10 days after the selection of such Successful Bidder, then the Trustee shall repeat the bid process described above (but subject to the above-described 45-day time period) until such confirmation is obtained. The Trustee shall request the Successful Bidder to enter into this Agreement as successor Master Servicer pursuant to the terms hereof no later than 45 days after notice of the termination of the Master Servicer.

Upon the assignment and acceptance of master servicing rights hereunder (subject to the terms of Section 3.12 of this Agreement) to and by the Successful Bidder, the Trustee shall remit or cause to be remitted to the Master Servicer to be terminated pursuant to Section 7.01(c) of this Agreement, the amount of such cash bid received from the Successful Bidder (net of “out-of-pocket” expenses incurred in connection with obtaining such bid and transferring servicing).

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The Master Servicer to be terminated pursuant to Section 7.01(c) of this Agreement shall be responsible for all out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with the attempt to sell its rights to service the Mortgage Loans and the Serviced Whole Loans, which expenses are not reimbursed to the party that incurred such expenses pursuant to the preceding paragraph.

If the Successful Bidder has not entered into this Agreement as successor Master Servicer within the above-described time period or no Successful Bidder was identified within the above-described time period, the Master Servicer to be terminated pursuant to Section 7.01(c) shall reimburse the Trustee for all reasonable “out-of-pocket” expenses incurred by the Trustee in connection with such bid process and the Trustee shall have no further obligations under this Section 7.01(b). The Trustee thereafter may act or may select a successor to act as Master Servicer hereunder in accordance with Section 7.02.

(c)               In the event that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer is terminated pursuant to this Section 7.01, the Trustee shall, by notice in writing to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be (the “Terminated Party”), terminate all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and in and to the Mortgage Loans and Serviced Whole Loans and the proceeds thereof, other than any rights the Master Servicer or Special Servicer may have hereunder as a Certificateholder and any rights or obligations that accrued prior to the date of such termination or that survive such termination (including the right to receive all amounts accrued or owing to it under this Agreement, plus interest at the Advance Rate on such amounts until received to the extent such amounts bear interest as provided in this Agreement, with respect to periods prior to the date of such termination and the right to the benefits of Section 6.03 and subsection (b) above notwithstanding any such termination). On or after the receipt by the Terminated Party of such written notice, all of its authority and power under this Agreement, whether with respect to the Certificates (except that the Terminated Party shall retain its rights as a Certificateholder in the event and to the extent that it is a Certificateholder) or the Mortgage Loans and Serviced Whole Loans or otherwise, shall pass to and be vested in the Trustee pursuant to and under this Section and, without limitation, the Trustee is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of and at the expense of the Terminated Party, as attorney-in-fact or otherwise, any and all documents and other instruments, and to do or accomplish all other acts or things necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of termination, whether to complete the transfer and endorsement or assignment of the Mortgage Loans and Serviced Whole Loans and related documents, or otherwise. The Master Servicer and the Special Servicer each agrees that, in the event it is terminated pursuant to this Section 7.01, to promptly (and in any event no later than ten Business Days subsequent to such notice) provide, at its own expense, the Trustee (or the successor Master Servicer selected by the Trustee pursuant to Section 7.01(b) of this Agreement or the successor Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, otherwise appointed pursuant to Section 7.02 of this Agreement) with all documents and records requested by the Trustee (or the successor Master Servicer selected by the Trustee pursuant to Section 7.01(b) of this Agreement or the successor Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, otherwise appointed pursuant to Section 7.02 of this Agreement) to enable the Trustee or other successor to its responsibilities hereunder to assume its functions hereunder, and to cooperate with the Trustee and the successor to its responsibilities hereunder in effecting

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the termination and transfer of its responsibilities and rights hereunder, including, without limitation, the transfer to the successor Master Servicer or successor Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, for administration by it of all cash amounts which shall at the time be or should have been credited by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer to the Collection Account, any Whole Loan Custodial Account, any REO Account or Lock-Box Account shall thereafter be received with respect to the Mortgage Loans and Serviced Whole Loans, and shall promptly provide the Trustee or such successor Master Servicer or Special Servicer (which may include the Trustee), as applicable, all documents and records reasonably requested by it, such documents and records to be provided in such form as the Trustee or such successor Master Servicer or Special Servicer shall reasonably request (including electromagnetic form), to enable it to assume the Master Servicer’s or Special Servicer’s function hereunder. All reasonable costs and expenses actually incurred by the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator or the successor Master Servicer or successor Special Servicer in connection with transferring Mortgage Files, Servicing Files and related information, records and reports to the successor Master Servicer or Special Servicer and amending this Agreement to reflect (as well as providing appropriate notices to Mortgagors, ground lessors, insurers and other applicable third parties regarding) such succession as successor Master Servicer or successor Special Servicer pursuant to this Section 7.01 shall be paid by the predecessor Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, upon presentation of reasonable documentation of such costs and expenses. If the predecessor Master Servicer or Special Servicer (as the case may be) has not reimbursed the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator or the successor Master Servicer or Special Servicer for such expenses within 90 days after the presentation of reasonable documentation, such expense shall be reimbursed by the Trust Fund; provided that the Terminated Party shall not thereby be relieved of its liability for such expenses.

(d)               Notwithstanding Section 7.01(a) and Section 7.01(c), if (1) any Servicer Termination Event on the part of the Master Servicer affects a Serviced Companion Loan, the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder or the rating on a class of the related Serviced Companion Loan Securities (including any related Loan-Specific Certificates) and the Master Servicer is not otherwise terminated in accordance with Section 7.01(a) and Section 7.01(c), or (2) a Servicer Termination Event on the part of the Master Servicer occurs that affects only a Serviced Companion Loan, the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder or the rating on a class of the related Serviced Companion Loan Securities (including any related Loan-Specific Certificates), then the Master Servicer may not be terminated by or at the direction of the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder or the Holders of any Certificates or Loan-Specific Certificates in accordance with Section 7.01(a), but, upon the written direction of the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder or of Holders of Loan-Specific Certificates evidencing at least 25% of the Voting Rights of all Loan-Specific Certificateholders, the Master Servicer shall appoint, within 30 days of such direction, a sub-servicer (or, if the related Serviced Whole Loan is currently being sub-serviced, to replace, within 30 days of such direction, the then current sub-servicer with a new sub-servicer). In connection with the Master Servicer’s appointment of any sub-servicer at the direction of a Serviced Companion Loan Holder or the requisite Holders of Loan-Specific Certificates in accordance with this Section 7.01(d), the Master Servicer shall obtain a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency. The related sub-servicing agreement shall provide that any sub-servicer appointed by the

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Master Servicer at the direction of a Serviced Companion Loan Holder or the requisite Holders of Loan-Specific Certificates in accordance with this Section 7.01(d) shall be responsible for all duties of the Master Servicer under this Agreement with respect to the related Serviced Whole Loan. Such sub-servicing agreement (a) may be terminated without cause and without payment of any fee and (b) shall also provide that such sub-servicer shall agree to become the master servicer under a separate servicing agreement for the applicable Serviced Whole Loan in the event that such Serviced Whole Loan is no longer to be serviced and administered hereunder, which separate servicing agreement shall contain servicing and administration, limitation of liability, indemnification and servicing compensation provisions substantially similar to the corresponding provisions of this Agreement, except for the fact that the applicable Serviced Whole Loan and the related Mortgaged Properties shall be the sole assets serviced and administered thereunder and the sole source of funds thereunder. If any sub-servicer appointed by the Master Servicer at the direction of a Serviced Companion Loan Holder or the requisite Holders of Loan-Specific Certificates in accordance with this Section 7.01(d) shall at any time resign or be terminated, the Master Servicer shall be required to promptly appoint a substitute sub-servicer and obtain a Rating Agency Confirmation. In the event a successor Master Servicer is acting hereunder and that successor Master Servicer desires to terminate the sub-servicer appointed under this Section 7.01(d), the terminated Master Servicer that was responsible for the Servicer Termination Event that led to the appointment of such sub-servicer shall be responsible for all costs incurred in connection with such termination, including the payment of any termination fee.

(e)               If the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer has received written notice (which, for the purposes of this subsection (e), shall include any publications by any Rating Agency of which the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator or any Servicing Officer of the Master Servicer, as the case may be, has actual knowledge) from any Rating Agency that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer no longer is an approved master servicer or approved special servicer, as applicable, then such party shall promptly notify the others, and the Certificate Administrator shall notify the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder, to the extent known to the Certificate Administrator, of the same.

Section 7.02           Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor. On and after the time the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer receives a notice of termination pursuant to Section 7.01, the Trustee shall, subject to the following provisions of this Section 7.02, be its successor in all respects in its capacity as Master Servicer or Special Servicer under this Agreement and the transactions set forth or provided for herein and, except as provided herein, shall be subject to all the responsibilities, duties, limitations on liability and liabilities relating thereto and arising thereafter placed on the Master Servicer or Special Servicer by the terms and provisions hereof; provided, however, that (i) the Trustee shall have no responsibilities, duties, liabilities or obligations with respect to any act or omission of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer and (ii) any failure to perform, or delay in performing, such duties or responsibilities caused by the Terminated Party’s failure to provide, or delay in providing, records, tapes, disks, information or moneys shall not be considered a default by such successor hereunder. The Trustee, as successor Master Servicer or successor Special Servicer, shall be indemnified to the full extent provided the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, under this Agreement prior to the Master

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Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s termination. The appointment of a successor Master Servicer or successor Special Servicer shall not affect any liability of the predecessor Master Servicer or Special Servicer which may have arisen prior to its termination as Master Servicer or Special Servicer. The Trustee shall not be liable for any of the representations, liabilities or warranties of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer herein or in any related document or agreement, for any acts or omissions of the predecessor Master Servicer or predecessor Special Servicer or for any losses incurred in respect of any Permitted Investment by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.07 of this Agreement nor shall the Trustee be required to purchase any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan hereunder. As compensation therefor, the Trustee as successor Master Servicer or successor Special Servicer shall be entitled to the Servicing Fee or Special Servicing Compensation, as applicable, and all funds relating to the Mortgage Loans and Serviced Companion Loans that accrue after the date of the Trustee’s succession to which the Master Servicer or Special Servicer would have been entitled if the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, had continued to act hereunder. In the event any Advances made by the Master Servicer and the Trustee shall at any time be outstanding, or any amounts of interest thereon shall be accrued and unpaid, all amounts available to repay Advances and interest hereunder shall be applied entirely to the Advances made by the Trustee (and the accrued and unpaid interest thereon), until such Advances and interest shall have been repaid in full. Notwithstanding the above and subject to Section 6.08, the Trustee may, if it shall be unwilling to so act, or shall, if it is unable to so act, or if the Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 25% of the Voting Rights so request in writing to the Trustee, or if the Rating Agencies do not provide Rating Agency Confirmations with respect to the Trustee so acting, promptly appoint, or petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint, any established mortgage loan servicing institution for which a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency has been obtained (at the expense of the terminated Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, or, if the expense is not so recovered, at the expense of the Trust Fund), as the successor to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, hereunder in the assumption of all or any part of the responsibilities, duties or liabilities of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer hereunder; provided that, the applicable Directing Holder shall have the right to approve any successor Special Servicer with respect to any Serviced Loan or Serviced Whole Loan. No appointment of a successor to the Master Servicer or Special Servicer hereunder shall be effective until (i) the assumption by such successor of all the Master Servicer’s or Special Servicer’s responsibilities, duties and liabilities hereunder and (ii) in the case of the appointment of a successor Special Servicer, the Depositor and, if applicable, each related Other Depositor shall have received the written notice and information with respect to such successor Special Servicer as set forth in Section 10.02(a). Pending appointment of a successor to the Master Servicer (or the Special Servicer if the Special Servicer is also the Master Servicer) hereunder, unless the Trustee shall be prohibited by law from so acting, the Trustee shall act in such capacity as herein above provided. Pending the appointment of a successor to the Special Servicer, unless the Master Servicer is also the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer shall act in such capacity. In connection with such appointment and assumption described herein, the Trustee may make such arrangements for the compensation of such successor out of payments on Mortgage Loans and Serviced Companion Loans as it and such successor shall agree; provided, however, that no such compensation shall be in excess of that permitted the Terminated Party hereunder; provided, further, that if no successor to the Terminated Party can be obtained to perform the obligations of such Terminated Party hereunder, additional amounts shall be paid to such successor and such amounts in excess of that permitted the Terminated Party shall be treated as Realized Losses; and provided, further that, the

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Trustee shall consult with any applicable Directing Holder and Consulting Party prior to the appointment of a successor to the Terminated Party with respect to any Serviced Loan or Serviced Whole Loan at a servicing compensation in excess of that permitted the Terminated Party. The Depositor, the Trustee, the Master Servicer or Special Servicer and such successor shall take such action, consistent with this Agreement, as shall be necessary to effectuate any such succession.

If the Trustee or an Affiliate acts pursuant to this Section 7.02 as successor to the terminated Master Servicer, it may reduce the Excess Servicing Fee Rate to the extent that the Trustee’s or such Affiliate’s compensation as successor Master Servicer would otherwise be below the market rate servicing compensation. If the Trustee elects to appoint a successor to the terminated Master Servicer other than itself or an Affiliate pursuant to this Section 7.02, it may reduce the Excess Servicing Fee Rate to the extent reasonably necessary (in the sole discretion of the Trustee) for the Trustee to appoint a qualified successor Master Servicer that meets the requirements of this Section 7.02.

Section 7.03           Notification to Certificateholders.

(a)               Upon any termination pursuant to Section 7.01 above or appointment of a successor to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator shall give prompt written notice thereof to Certificateholders at their respective addresses appearing in the Certificate Register, to the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, to the Serviced Companion Loan Holders, and electronically, for posting to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 12.13 of this Agreement, to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider.

(b)               Within 30 days after the occurrence of any Servicer Termination Event or Operating Advisor Termination Event of which a Responsible Officer of the Certificate Administrator has actual knowledge, the Certificate Administrator shall transmit by mail to all Holders of Certificates, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and any affected Serviced Companion Loan Holder (to the extent the Certificate Administrator has received the notice information for such Serviced Companion Loan Holder after a request therefor) and electronically, for posting to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 12.13 of this Agreement, to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider notice of such Servicer Termination Event or Operating Advisor Termination Event, unless such Servicer Termination Event or Operating Advisor Termination Event shall have been cured or waived.

Section 7.04           Other Remedies of Trustee. During the continuance of any Servicer Termination Event, so long as such Servicer Termination Event shall not have been remedied, the Trustee, in addition to the rights specified in Section 7.01, shall have the right, in its own name as trustee of an express trust, to take all actions now or hereafter existing at law, in equity or by statute to enforce its rights and remedies and to protect the interests, and enforce the rights and remedies, of the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and the Serviced Companion Loan Holders (including the institution and prosecution of all judicial, administrative and other proceedings and the filing of proofs of claim and debt in connection therewith). In such event, the legal fees, expenses and costs of such action and any liability resulting therefrom shall be expenses, costs and liabilities of the defaulting Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable. If the

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Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, fails to remedy, after the presentation of reasonable documentation, the Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such expenses, costs and liability from the Collection Account or the Whole Loan Custodial Account, as applicable, as provided in Section 3.06 and Section 3.06A of this Agreement; provided that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall not be relieved of such liability for such expenses, costs and liabilities. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, no remedy provided for by this Agreement shall be exclusive of any other remedy, and each and every remedy shall be cumulative and in addition to any other remedy and no delay or omission to exercise any right or remedy shall impair any such right or remedy or shall be deemed to be a waiver of any Servicer Termination Event of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer.

Section 7.05           Waiver of Past Servicer Termination Events and Operating Advisor Termination Events; Termination. The Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 66-2/3% of the Voting Rights of all Certificates (or, if the Servicer Termination Event is with respect to the Special Servicer for any Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, of all Certificates and related Loan-Specific Certificates) (and, if such Servicer Termination Event is on the part of a Special Servicer with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan with a Companion Loan held outside the Trust (including, if applicable, a Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan), each affected Serviced Companion Loan Holder) may, on behalf of all Holders of Certificates, waive any Servicer Termination Event on the part of the Master Servicer, Special Servicer or any Operating Advisor Termination Event on the part of the Operating Advisor in the performance of its obligations hereunder and its consequences, except a Servicer Termination Event in connection with making any required deposits (including, with respect to the Master Servicer, P&I Advances) to or payments from the Collection Account, a Whole Loan Custodial Account or the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account or in remitting payments as received, in each case in accordance with this Agreement. Upon any such waiver of a past default, such default shall cease to exist, and any Servicer Termination Event or Operating Advisor Termination Event arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been remedied for every purpose of this Agreement. No such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon. Any costs and expenses incurred by the Certificate Administrator in connection with such default and prior to such waiver shall be reimbursed by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, promptly upon demand therefor and if not reimbursed to the Certificate Administrator within 90 days of such demand, from the Trust Fund; provided that the Trust Fund shall be reimbursed by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, to the extent such amounts are reimbursed to the Certificate Administrator from the Trust Fund. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) a Servicer Termination Event under any of Section 7.01(a)(i) and Section 7.01(a)(ii) of this Agreement may be waived only by all of the Certificateholders of the affected Classes, and (b) a Servicer Termination Event under Section 7.01(a)(xi) of this Agreement may be waived only with the consent of the Depositor, together with (in the case of each of clauses (a) and (b) of this sentence) the consent of each Serviced Companion Loan Holder, if any, that is affected by such Servicer Termination Event.

The foregoing paragraph notwithstanding, if the Holders representing at least the requisite percentage of the Voting Rights allocated to each affected Class of Certificates desire to waive a Servicer Termination Event by the Master Servicer, but a Serviced Companion Loan Holder related to a Serviced Whole Loan (if adversely affected thereby) does not wish to waive that Servicer Termination Event, then those Certificateholders may still waive that Servicer

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Termination Event, and the applicable Serviced Companion Loan Holder will be entitled to require that the Master Servicer appoint, within 60 days of the applicable Serviced Companion Loan Holder’s request, a sub-servicer (or, if the applicable Serviced Whole Loan is currently being subserviced, to replace, within 60 days of the applicable Serviced Companion Loan Holder’s request, the then current sub-servicer with a new sub-servicer) with respect to the applicable Serviced Whole Loan. In connection with the Master Servicer’s appointment of a sub-servicer at the request of a Serviced Companion Loan Holder in accordance with this Section 7.05, the Master Servicer shall obtain a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency at the expense of the Serviced Companion Loan Holder. The related sub-servicing agreement shall provide that any sub-servicer appointed by the Master Servicer at the request of a Serviced Companion Loan Holder in accordance with this Section 7.05 shall be responsible for all duties of the Master Servicer under this Agreement with respect to the applicable Serviced Whole Loan. Such Sub-Servicing Agreement (a) may be terminated without cause and without the payment of any fee and (b) shall also provide that such sub-servicer shall become the master servicer under a separate servicing agreement for the applicable Serviced Whole Loan in the event that the Serviced Whole Loan is no longer to be serviced and administered hereunder, which separate servicing agreement shall contain servicing and administration, limitation of liability, indemnification and servicing compensation provisions substantially similar to the corresponding provisions of this Agreement, except for the fact that the applicable Serviced Whole Loan and the related Mortgaged Properties shall be the sole assets serviced and administered thereunder and the sole source of funds thereunder. Such sub-servicer (a) may be terminated without cause and without the payment of any fee and (b) shall meet the requirements of Section 3.01 of this Agreement. If any sub-servicer appointed by the Master Servicer at the request of a Serviced Companion Loan Holder in accordance with this Section 7.05 shall at any time resign or be terminated, the Master Servicer shall be required to promptly appoint a substitute sub-servicer with respect to which a Rating Agency Confirmation has been obtained at the expense of the applicable resigning or terminated sub-servicer (and any applicable Sub-Servicing Agreement shall so provide), and if the resigning or terminated sub-servicer fails to cover such expense, the Master Servicer shall do so. In the event a successor Master Servicer is acting hereunder and that successor Master Servicer desires to terminate the sub-servicer appointed under this Section 7.05, the terminated Master Servicer that was responsible for the Servicer Termination Event that led to the appointment of such sub-servicer shall be responsible for all costs incurred in connection with such termination, including the payment of any termination fee.

Section 7.06           Termination of the Operating Advisor.

(a)               An “Operating Advisor Termination Event” means any one of the following events whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body:

(i)                 any failure by the Operating Advisor to observe or perform in any material respect any of its covenants or agreements or the material breach of its representations or warranties under this Agreement, which failure shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after the date on which written notice of such failure shall have been given to the Operating Advisor by the Trustee or to the Operating Advisor and the Trustee by the Holders of Certificates having greater

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than 25% of the Voting Rights of all then outstanding Certificates; provided, however, that with respect to any such failure which is not curable within such 30-day period, the Operating Advisor shall have an additional cure period of thirty (30) days to effect such cure so long as it has commenced to cure such failure with the initial 30-day period and has provided the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator with an Officer’s Certificate certifying that it has diligently pursued, and is continuing to pursue, such cure;

(ii)              any failure by the Operating Advisor to perform its obligations set forth in this Agreement in accordance with the Operating Advisor Standard which failure shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after the date on which written notice of such failure is given to the Operating Advisor by any party to this Agreement;

(iii)            any failure by the Operating Advisor to be an Eligible Operating Advisor, which failure shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days following receipt of written notice by the Operating Advisor of such failure or the Operating Advisor obtaining actual knowledge of such failure; provided that, in the event that Rule 7 of Regulation RR is applicable to the securitization transaction constituted by the issuance of the Certificates or an EHRI Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Securitization, then such Operating Advisor Termination Event will occur without any requirement for such notice or actual knowledge, and the references thereto above will be deemed inapplicable;

(iv)             a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the premises in an involuntary case under any present or future federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law for the appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings, or for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, shall have been entered against the Operating Advisor, and such decree or order shall have remained in force undischarged or unstayed for a period of 60 days;

(v)               the Operating Advisor shall consent to the appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator or liquidation committee in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities, voluntary liquidation, or similar proceedings of or relating to the Operating Advisor or of or relating to all or substantially all of its property; or

(vi)             the Operating Advisor shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, file a petition to take advantage of any applicable insolvency or reorganization statute, make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations.

Upon receipt by the Certificate Administrator of notice of the occurrence of any Operating Advisor Termination Event, the Certificate Administrator shall promptly provide written notice to all Certificateholders, all Loan-Specific Certificateholders and the Uncertificated

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VRR Interest Owner by posting such notice on its internet website, unless the Certificate Administrator has received notice that it has been remedied. If an Operating Advisor Termination Event shall occur then, and in each and every such case, so long as such Operating Advisor Termination Event shall not have been remedied, then either (i) the Trustee may or (ii) upon the written direction of holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights of each Class of Non-Reduced Certificates, or if an Operating Advisor Termination Event affects only any related Loan-Specific Certificates that are part of an EHRI Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Securitization, upon the written direction of the holders of related Loan-Specific Certificates evidencing at least 25% of the Voting Rights of all related Loan-Specific Certificateholders, the Trustee shall, terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Operating Advisor under this Agreement, other than rights and obligations accrued prior to such termination (including the right to receive all amounts accrued and owing to it under this Agreement) and other than indemnification rights (arising out of events occurring prior to such termination), by notice in writing to the Operating Advisor. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Depositor shall have the right, but not the obligation, to notify the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee of any Operating Advisor Termination Event of which the Depositor becomes aware.

(b)               Upon (i) the written direction of Holders of Certificates and Non-Reduced Loan-Specific Certificates evidencing not less than 15% of the Voting Rights of the Non-Reduced Certificates and Non-Reduced Loan-Specific Certificates requesting a vote to terminate and replace the Operating Advisor with a proposed successor Operating Advisor that is an Eligible Operating Advisor and (ii) payment by such Holders to the Certificate Administrator of the reasonable fees and expenses to be incurred by the Certificate Administrator in connection with administering such vote, the Certificate Administrator shall promptly provide written notice of the requested vote to the Operating Advisor and to all Certificateholders and Loan-Specific Certificateholders by (i) posting such notice on its internet website, and (ii) mailing such notice to all Certificateholders and Loan-Specific Certificateholders at their addresses appearing in the Certificate Register and to the Operating Advisor. Upon the affirmative vote of the Holders of Trust Certificates evidencing more than 50% of the Voting Rights allocable to the Non-Reduced Certificates and Non-Reduced Loan-Specific Certificates of those Holders that exercise their right to vote (provided that Holders entitled to exercise at least 50% of the Voting Rights allocable to the Non-Reduced Certificates and Non-Reduced Loan-Specific Certificates exercise their right to vote within 180 days of the initial request for a vote (which, for the avoidance of doubt, is the date on which the aforementioned notice was mailed to the Certificateholders)), the Trustee shall terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Operating Advisor under this Agreement by notice in writing to the Operating Advisor. The provisions set forth in the foregoing sentences of this Section 7.06(b) shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of solely the Certificateholders and the Trustee as between each other. The Operating Advisor shall not have any cause of action based upon or arising from any breach or alleged breach of such provisions. As between the Operating Advisor, on the one hand, and the Certificateholders and Loan-Specific Certificateholders, on the other, the Certificateholders and Loan-Specific Certificateholders shall be entitled in their sole discretion to vote for the termination or not vote for the termination of the Operating Advisor. The Certificate Administrator shall include on each Distribution Date Statement a statement that each Certificateholder and Loan-Specific Certificateholder and Certificate Owner may access

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notices on the Certificate Administrator’s Website and each Holder and Certificate Owner of Certificates and Loan-Specific Certificates may register to receive e-mail notifications when such notices are posted on the Certificate Administrator’s Website; provided that the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to reimbursement from the requesting Certificateholders and Loan-Specific Certificateholders for the reasonable expenses of posting such notices.

(c)               On or after the receipt by the Operating Advisor of such written notice of termination, subject to the foregoing, all of its authority and power under this Agreement shall be terminated and, without limitation, the terminated Operating Advisor shall execute any and all documents and other instruments, and do or accomplish all other acts or things reasonably necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of termination. As soon as practicable, but in no event later than 15 Business Days after (1) the Operating Advisor resigns pursuant to Section 6.04 of this Agreement (excluding resignation under the circumstances contemplated in Section 6.04(d) where no successor Operating Advisor is required to be appointed) or (2) the Trustee delivers such written notice of termination to the Operating Advisor, the Trustee shall appoint a successor Operating Advisor that is an Eligible Operating Advisor. The Trustee shall provide written notice of the appointment of a successor Operating Advisor to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Risk Retention Consultation Parties, any related Outside Controlling Note Holder and, if a Consultation Termination Event does not exist, the Controlling Class Representative within one Business Day of such appointment, and the Certificate Administrator shall provide written notice of such appointment to each Certificateholder and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner within one Business Day of the receipt of such notice of appointment from the Trustee. Except as contemplated by Section 7.06(b) of this Agreement, the appointment of a successor Operating Advisor shall not be subject to the vote, consent or approval of the holder of any Class of Certificates or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner.

The Operating Advisor shall not at any time be the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, a Sponsor or an Affiliate of any of them. If any of such entities becomes the Operating Advisor, including by means of an Affiliation arising after the date hereof, the Operating Advisor shall immediately resign or cause an assignment under Section 6.04 of this Agreement and the Trustee shall appoint a successor Operating Advisor subject to and in accordance with this Section 7.06(c), which successor Operating Advisor may be an Affiliate of the Trustee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Trustee is unable to find a successor Operating Advisor within 30 days of the termination of the Operating Advisor, the Depositor shall be permitted to find a replacement. Unless and until a replacement Operating Advisor is appointed, no party shall act as the Operating Advisor and the provisions in this Agreement relating to consultation with respect to the Operating Advisor shall not be applicable until a replacement Operating Advisor is appointed hereunder.

(d)               Upon any resignation or termination of the Operating Advisor and, if applicable, appointment of a successor to the Operating Advisor, the Trustee shall, as soon as possible, give written notice thereof to the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator (who shall, as soon as possible, give written notice thereof to the Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner), the Depositor, each

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Directing Holder, each Consulting Party and, for posting to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 12.13 of this Agreement, the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider. In the event that the Operating Advisor resigns or is terminated, all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement shall terminate, other than any rights or obligations that accrued prior to the date of such resignation or termination (including the right to receive all amounts accrued and owing to it under this Agreement) and other than any rights to indemnification arising out of events occurring prior to such resignation or termination.

Article VIII

CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE and The Certificate Administrator

Section 8.01           Duties of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator.

(a)               The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of a Servicer Termination Event of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge and after the curing or waiver of all Servicer Termination Events which may have occurred, undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Agreement and no permissive right of the Trustee shall be construed as a duty. During the continuance of a Servicer Termination Event of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 7.02 and Section 7.04 of this Agreement, shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Agreement, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs. The Certificate Administrator undertakes to perform at all times such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Agreement and no permissive right of the Certificate Administrator shall be construed as a duty.

(b)               Each of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator, upon receipt of any resolutions, certificates, statements, opinions, reports, documents, orders or other instruments furnished to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, which are specifically required to be furnished pursuant to any provision of this Agreement (other than the Mortgage Files, the review of which is specifically governed by the terms of Article II, the Diligence Files, any CREFC® reports and any information delivered for posting to the Certificate Administrator’s Website or the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website), shall examine them to determine whether they conform on their face to the requirements of this Agreement to the extent specifically set forth herein; provided, however, that neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall be responsible for the accuracy or content of any such resolution, certificate, statement, opinion, report, document, order or other instrument provided to it hereunder if accepted in good faith. If any such instrument is found not to conform on its face to the requirements of this Agreement in a material manner, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, shall request a corrected instrument, and if the instrument is not corrected to the Trustee’s or the Certificate Administrator’s, as applicable, reasonable satisfaction, the Certificate Administrator (if the Certificate Administrator requested the corrected instrument or upon

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direction from the Trustee if the Trustee requested the corrected instrument) will provide notice thereof to the Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner.

(c)               Neither the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents or “control” persons within the meaning of the Act shall have any liability arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, provided that, subject to Section 8.02 of this Agreement, no provision of this Agreement shall be construed to relieve the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, or any such person, from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct or its own bad faith; and provided, further, that:

(i)                  Prior to the occurrence of a Servicer Termination Event or Operating Advisor Termination Event of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge, and after the curing or waiver of all such Servicer Termination Events which may have occurred, the duties and obligations of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Agreement, neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall be liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Agreement, no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator and, in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any resolutions, certificates, statements, reports, opinions, documents, orders or other instruments furnished to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, that conform on their face to the requirements of this Agreement without responsibility for investigating the contents thereof;

(ii)                 Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall be personally liable for an error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;

(iii)                Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall be personally liable with respect to any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of Holders of Certificates entitled to greater than 50% of the Percentage Interests (or such other percentage as is specified herein for such action) of each affected Class, or of the Voting Rights of the Certificates, relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, under this Agreement;

(iv)              Neither the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or control persons shall be responsible for any act or omission of any Custodian, Paying Agent or Certificate

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Registrar that is not the same Person as, or an Affiliate of, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, and that is selected other than by the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, performed or omitted in compliance with any custodial or other agreement, or any act or omission of the Master Servicer, Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, any Serviced Companion Loan Holder, the Directing Holder or the Controlling Class Representative or any other third Person, including, without limitation, in connection with actions taken pursuant to this Agreement;

(v)                   Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action unless such action is incidental to its respective duties as Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, in accordance with this Agreement (and, if it does, all reasonable legal expenses and costs of such action shall be expenses and costs of the Trust Fund) and in its opinion does not expose it to any expense or liability for which reimbursement is not reasonably assured, and the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, shall be entitled to be reimbursed therefor from the Collection Account, unless such legal action arises (i) as a result of any willful misconduct, bad faith, fraud or negligence in the performance of duties of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, or by reason of negligent disregard of the Trustee’s or the Certificate Administrator’s, as the case may be, obligations or duties hereunder, or (ii) as a result of the breach by the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, of any of its representations or warranties contained herein; provided, however, that the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator may in its discretion undertake any such action related to its obligations hereunder which it may deem necessary or desirable with respect to this Agreement and the rights and duties of the parties hereto and the interests of the Certificateholders hereunder;

(vi)                Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall be charged with knowledge of any act, failure to act or breach of any Person unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, obtains actual knowledge of such act, failure to act or breach or receives written notice of such act, failure to act or breach from any other party to this Agreement, any Certificateholder or Certificate Owner, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, a Risk Retention Consultation Party, a Serviced Companion Loan Holder, the Directing Holder or the Controlling Class Representative; and

(vii)              Except in the event of the Trustee’s or Certificate Administrator’s, as applicable, willful misconduct, bad faith or fraud, in no event shall the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, be liable for special, punitive, indirect or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to lost profits), even if the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.

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None of the provisions contained in this Agreement shall require the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, in its capacity as Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, to expend or risk its own funds, or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if in the opinion of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, the repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. None of the provisions contained in this Agreement shall in any event require the Trustee to perform, or be responsible for the manner of performance of, any of the obligations of the Master Servicer (other than the obligations to make Advances under Sections 3.20 and 4.06 of this Agreement), the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer under this Agreement, except during such time, if any, as the Trustee shall be the successor to, and be vested with the rights, duties, powers and privileges of, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. None of the provisions contained in this Agreement shall in any event require the Certificate Administrator to perform, or be responsible for the manner of performance of, any of the obligations of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer under this Agreement. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall be required to post any surety or bond of any kind in connection with its performance of its obligations under this Agreement and neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall be liable for any loss on any investment of funds pursuant to this Agreement (other than any funds invested with it in its commercial capacity or at its discretion).

(d)               The Operating Advisor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee may at any time request from the Certificate Administrator written confirmation of whether any Control Termination Event, Consultation Termination Event, Loan-Specific Control Termination Event, Loan-Specific Consultation Termination Event or Operating Advisor Consultation Trigger Event occurred during the previous calendar year and the Certificate Administrator shall deliver such confirmation, based on information in its possession, to the requesting party within ten (10) Business Days of such request. Further, the Certificate Administrator shall post a “special notice” on the Certificate Administrator’s Website within ten (10) days of its determination (or its receipt of notice) of the commencement or cessation of any Control Termination Event, Consultation Termination Event, Loan Specific Control Termination Event, Loan Specific Consultation Termination Event or Operating Advisor Consultation Trigger Event.

Section 8.02           Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator.

(a)               Except as otherwise provided in Section 8.01 of this Agreement:

(i)                 Each of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator may request and/or rely upon and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, Officer’s Certificate, certificate of auditors or any other certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, appraisal, bond or other paper or document reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties and neither the Trustee

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nor the Certificate Administrator shall have any responsibility to ascertain or confirm the genuineness of any such party or parties;

(ii)               Each of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator may consult with counsel and the written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such written advice of such counsel or Opinion of Counsel;

(iii)              (A)              Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall be under any obligation to institute, conduct or defend any litigation hereunder or in relation hereto at the request, order or direction of any of the Certificateholders, pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, unless such Certificateholders shall have offered to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred therein or thereby; and

 (B)           the right of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, to perform any discretionary act enumerated in this Agreement shall not be construed as a duty, and neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall be answerable for other than its negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of any such act;

provided that subject to the foregoing clause (A), nothing contained herein shall relieve the Trustee of the obligations, upon the occurrence of a Servicer Termination Event (which has not been cured or waived) of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge, to exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Agreement, and to use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs;

(iv)               Neither the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, Affiliates, agents or “control” persons within the meaning of the Act shall be personally liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith and reasonably believed by the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Agreement;

(v)                  Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond or other paper or document, unless requested in writing to do so by Holders of Certificates or Loan-Specific Certificates entitled to at least 25% (or such other percentage as is specified herein) of the Percentage Interests of any affected Class; provided, however, that if the payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is, in the

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opinion of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, not reasonably assured to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Agreement, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, may require reasonable indemnity against such expense or liability as a condition to taking any such action. The reasonable expense of every such investigation shall be paid by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, if a Servicer Termination Event or Operating Advisor Termination Event shall have occurred and be continuing relating to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor, respectively and if such investigation results from such Servicer Termination Event or Operating Advisor Termination Event, and otherwise by the Certificateholders or Loan-Specific Certificateholders, as applicable, requesting the investigation;

(vi)               Each of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys but shall not be relieved of its obligations hereunder;

(vii)             Except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement, Computershare Trust Company, National Association acting in any particular capacity hereunder will not be deemed to be imputed with knowledge of (a) Computershare Trust Company, National Association, acting in a capacity that is unrelated to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or (b) Computershare Trust Company, National Association, acting in any other capacity hereunder, except, in the case of either clause (a) or clause (b), where some or all of the obligations performed in such capacities are performed by one or more employees within the same group or division of Computershare Trust Company, National Association, or where the groups or divisions responsible for performing the obligations in such capacities have one or more of the same Responsible Officers; and

(viii)                      For purposes of this Agreement, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, shall have notice of an event only when a Responsible Officer of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, has received written notice or obtains actual knowledge of such event.

(b)               Following the Startup Day, neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall, except as expressly required by any provision of this Agreement, accept any contribution of assets to the Trust Fund unless the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, shall have received an Opinion of Counsel (the costs of obtaining such opinion to be borne by the Person requesting such contribution) to the effect that the inclusion of such assets in the Trust Fund will not cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a grantor trust, at any time that any Certificates are outstanding or subject a Trust REMIC to any tax under the REMIC Provisions or other applicable provisions of federal, state and local law or ordinances.

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(c)               All rights of action under this Agreement or under any of the Certificates, enforceable by the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, may be enforced by it without the possession of any of the Certificates, or the production thereof at the trial or other proceeding relating thereto, and any such suit, action or proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its name for the benefit of all the Holders of such Certificates, subject to the provisions of this Agreement.

Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall have any duty to conduct any affirmative investigation as to the occurrence of any condition requiring the repurchase of any Mortgage Loan by the Depositor pursuant to this Agreement or the eligibility of any Mortgage Loan for purposes of this Agreement.

(d)               Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall be responsible for delays or failures in performance resulting from acts beyond its control (such acts to include but are not limited to acts of God, strikes, lockouts, riots and acts of war).

(e)               Each of the Custodian, the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent and Certificate Registrar shall be entitled to the same rights, indemnities, immunities, benefits (other than compensation), privileges and protections afforded to the Certificate Administrator hereunder in the same manner as if such party were the named Certificate Administrator herein mutatis mutandis.

(f)                Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, any and all e-mail communications (both text and attachments) by or from the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator that the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, deems to contain confidential, proprietary, and/or sensitive information may be encrypted. The recipient (the “E-mail Recipient”) of the encrypted e-mail communication will be required to complete a registration process. Instructions on how to register and/or retrieve an encrypted message will be included in the first secure e-mail sent by the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, to the E-mail Recipient.

(g)               No provision of this Agreement or any Loan Document shall be deemed to impose any duty or obligation on the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator to take or omit to take any action, or suffer any action to be taken or omitted, in the performance of its duties or obligations under the Loan Documents, or to exercise any right or power thereunder, to the extent that taking or omitting to take such action or suffering such action to be taken or omitted would violate applicable law binding upon it (which determination may be based on Opinion of Counsel).

(h)               In order to comply with the laws, rules, regulations and executive orders in effect from time to time applicable to banking institutions, including, without limitation, those relating to the funding of terrorist activities and money laundering including Section 326 of the USA PATRIOT Act (for purposes of this clause (h), “Applicable Law”), each of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator is required to obtain, verify, record and update certain information relating to individuals and entities that maintain a business relationship with the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable. Accordingly, each of the parties hereto agrees to provide to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator,

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as applicable, upon its request from time to time, such identifying information and documentation as may be available for such party in order to enable the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, to comply with Applicable Law.

Section 8.03           Neither the Trustee Nor the Certificate Administrator Is Liable for Certificates or Trust Loans. The recitals contained herein and in the Certificates (other than the signature and authentication of the Certificate Administrator on the Certificates) shall not be taken as the statements of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor, and the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Operating Advisor assume no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Operating Advisor make no representations or warranties as to the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement, of the Certificates or any prospectus used to offer the Certificates for sale or the validity, enforceability or sufficiency of any Trust Loan or related document. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall at any time have any responsibility or liability for or with respect to the legality, validity and enforceability of any Mortgage, any Trust Loan, or the perfection and priority of any Mortgage or the maintenance of any such perfection and priority, or for or with respect to the sufficiency of the Trust Fund or its ability to generate the payments to be distributed to Certificateholders under this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall be liable or responsible for: the existence, condition and ownership of any Mortgaged Property; the existence of any hazard or other insurance thereon (other than if the Trustee shall assume the duties of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 7.02 of this Agreement, in the Trustee’s capacity as Master Servicer or Special Servicer) or the enforceability thereof; the existence of any Trust Loan or the contents of the related Mortgage File on any computer or other record thereof (other than if the Trustee shall assume the duties of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 7.02 of this Agreement, in the Trustee’s capacity as Master Servicer or Special Servicer); the validity of the assignment of any Trust Loan to the Trust Fund or of any intervening assignment; the completeness of any Mortgage File (except for its review thereof pursuant to Section 2.02); the performance or enforcement of any Trust Loan (other than if the Trustee shall assume the duties of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 7.02 of this Agreement, in the Trustee’s capacity as Master Servicer or Special Servicer); the compliance by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor with any warranty or representation made under this Agreement or in any related document or the accuracy of any such warranty or representation prior to the Trustee’s receipt of notice or other discovery of any non-compliance therewith or any breach thereof; any investment of moneys by or at the direction of the Master Servicer or any loss resulting therefrom (other than if the Trustee shall assume the duties of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 7.02 of this Agreement, in the Trustee’s capacity as Master Servicer or Special Servicer), it being understood that the Trustee shall remain responsible for any Trust Fund property that it may hold in its individual capacity; the acts or omissions of any of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor (other than if the Trustee shall assume the duties of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 7.02 of this Agreement, in the Trustee’s capacity as Master Servicer or Special Servicer) or any Sub-Servicer or any Mortgagor; any action of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor (other than if the Trustee shall assume the duties of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 7.02 of this Agreement, in the Trustee’s capacity as Master Servicer or Special Servicer) or any Sub-Servicer taken in the name of the Trustee except to the extent such action is

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taken at the express written direction of the Trustee; the failure of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer or any Sub-Servicer to act or perform any duties required of it on behalf of the Trust Fund or the Trustee as applicable hereunder; or any action by or omission of the Trustee taken at the instruction of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer (other than if the Trustee shall assume the duties of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 7.02 of this Agreement, in the Trustee’s capacity as Master Servicer or Special Servicer) unless the taking of such action is not permitted by the express terms of this Agreement; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not relieve the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, of its obligation to perform its duties as specifically set forth in this Agreement. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall be accountable for the use or application by the Depositor of any of the Certificates, the Loan-Specific Certificates or the Uncertificated VRR Interest issued to it or of the proceeds of the sale of such Certificates, Loan-Specific Certificates or the Uncertificated VRR Interest, or for the use or application of any funds paid to the Depositor, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer in respect of the Trust Loans or deposited in or withdrawn from the Collection Account, the Distribution Account, the Lock Box Account, the Escrow Accounts, the Interest Reserve Account, the Excess Liquidation Proceeds Reserve Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account or any other account maintained by or on behalf of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, other than any funds held by the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall have responsibility for filing any financing or continuation statement in any public office at any time or to otherwise perfect or maintain the perfection of any security interest or lien granted to it hereunder (unless in the case of the Trustee, the Trustee shall have become the successor Master Servicer) or to record this Agreement. In making any calculation hereunder which includes as a component thereof the payment or distribution of interest for a stated period at a stated rate “to the extent permitted by applicable law,” the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, shall assume that such payment is so permitted unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, has actual knowledge, or receives an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the Person asserting the impermissibility) to the effect that such payment is not permitted by applicable law.

Section 8.04           Trustee and Certificate Administrator May Own Certificates. The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and any agent of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, each, in its individual capacity or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Certificates or Loan-Specific Certificates , and may deal with the Depositor and the Master Servicer in banking transactions, with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, the Certificate Administrator or such agent, as the case may be.

Section 8.05           Payment of Trustee/Certificate Administrator Fees and Expenses; Indemnification.

(a)               As compensation for the performance of its duties hereunder, the Trustee shall be paid its portion of the Trustee/Certificate Administrator Fee, which shall cover recurring and otherwise reasonably anticipated expenses of the Trustee. As compensation for the performance of its duties hereunder, the Certificate Administrator shall be paid its portion of the Trustee/Certificate Administrator Fee, which shall cover recurring and otherwise reasonably anticipated expenses of the Certificate Administrator. The Certificate Administrator shall pay the Trustee the Trustee’s portion of the Trustee/Certificate Administrator Fee. The Trustee/Certificate Administrator Fee shall be paid monthly on a

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Trust Loan-by-Trust Loan basis. The Trustee/Certificate Administrator Fee (which in each case shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust) shall constitute the Trustee’s and the Certificate Administrator’s sole form of compensation for all services rendered by each of them in the execution of the trusts hereby created and in the exercise and performance of any of the powers and duties of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, hereunder. No Trustee/Certificate Administrator Fee shall be payable with respect to any Companion Loan (other than a Trust Subordinate Companion Loan). Any Trustee/Certificate Administrator Fee payable with respect to the Mortgage Loans shall be payable solely from collections with respect to the Mortgage Loans, and any Trustee/Certificate Administrator Fee with respect to a Trust Subordinate Companion Loan shall be payable solely from collections with respect to such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan. In the event that the Trustee assumes the servicing responsibilities of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer hereunder pursuant to or otherwise arising from the resignation or removal of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, the Trustee shall be entitled to the compensation to which the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, would have been entitled.

(b)               Each of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be paid or reimbursed by the Trust Fund upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and, except for Advances otherwise reimbursable hereunder, advances incurred or made by the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, pursuant to and in accordance with any of the provisions of this Agreement (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its counsel and of all persons not regularly in its employ) to the extent such payments are “unanticipated expenses” as described in clause (d) below, except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from its negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct; provided, however, that, subject to Section 8.01 and Section 8.02 of this Agreement, neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall refuse to perform any of its duties hereunder solely as a result of the failure to be paid the Trustee/Certificate Administrator Fee or the Trustee’s expenses or the Certificate Administrator’s expenses, as applicable.

The Master Servicer and the Special Servicer covenant and agree to pay or reimburse the Trustee for the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred or made by the Trustee in connection with any transfer of the servicing responsibilities of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, respectively, hereunder, pursuant to or otherwise arising from the resignation or removal of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, in accordance with any of the provisions of this Agreement (and including the reasonable fees and expenses and disbursements of its counsel and all other persons not regularly in its employ), except any such expenses as may arise from the negligence or bad faith of the Trustee.

(c)               Each of the Paying Agent, the Authenticating Agent, the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Registrar, the Custodian, the Trustee, the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (each, an “Indemnifying Party”) shall indemnify the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Authenticating Agent, the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Registrar, the Custodian and their respective Affiliates and each of the directors, officers, employees and agents of the Paying Agent, the Authenticating Agent, the Trustee,

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the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Registrar, the Custodian and their respective Affiliates (each, an “Indemnified Party”) for, and hold each of them harmless against, any and all claims, losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable and necessary legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, fees and expenses that the Indemnified Party may sustain in connection with this Agreement (including, without limitation, reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel incurred by the Indemnified Party in any action or proceeding between the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party or between the Indemnified Party and any third party or otherwise) resulting from each such Indemnifying Party’s respective willful misconduct, bad faith, fraud and/or negligence in the performance of each of its respective obligations or duties hereunder or by reason of negligent disregard of its respective obligations and duties hereunder. Each of the Paying Agent, the Authenticating Agent, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Custodian and the Certificate Administrator shall indemnify each of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer and its Affiliates and each of the directors, officers, employees and agents of each of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer and its Affiliates (each, a “Servicer Indemnified Party”) for, and hold each of them harmless against, any and all claims, losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable and necessary legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, fees and expenses that the Servicer Indemnified Party may sustain in connection with this Agreement (including, without limitation, reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel incurred by the Servicer Indemnified Party in any action or proceeding between the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Authenticating Agent, the Certificate Registrar, the Custodian or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, and the Servicer Indemnified Party or between the Servicer Indemnified Party and any third party or otherwise) related to the Trustee’s, the Authenticating Agent’s, the Paying Agent’s, the Certificate Registrar’s, the Custodian’s or the Certificate Administrator’s respective willful misconduct, bad faith, fraud and/or negligence in the performance of each of its respective duties hereunder or by reason of negligent disregard of its respective obligations and duties hereunder. Each of the Authenticating Agent, the Paying Agent, the Certificate Registrar, the Custodian, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee shall indemnify the Depositor, each Sponsor, any employee, director or officer of the Depositor or any Sponsor, and the Trust Fund (each an “Other Indemnified Party”) for, and hold each of them harmless against, any loss, liability or reasonable expense (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred by the Other Indemnified Party in any action or proceeding between the Authenticating Agent, the Paying Agent, the Certificate Registrar, the Custodian, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as applicable, and the Other Indemnified Party or between the Other Indemnified Party and any third party or otherwise) incurred by such parties (i) as a result of any willful misconduct, bad faith, fraud or negligence in the performance of the obligations or duties of the Authenticating Agent, the Paying Agent, the Certificate Registrar, the Custodian, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as the case may be, or by reason of negligent disregard of the Authenticating Agent, the Paying Agent’s, the Certificate Registrar’s, the Custodian’s, the Certificate Administrator’s or the Trustee’s, as the case may be, obligations or duties hereunder, or (ii) as a result of the breach by the Authenticating Agent, the Paying Agent, the Certificate Registrar, the Custodian, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as the case may be, of any of its representations or warranties contained herein, or (iii) as a result of or relating to a violation of the Exchange Act or Regulation RR if such violation, in whole or in part,

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results from or arises out of a breach by the Authenticating Agent, the Paying Agent, the Certificate Registrar or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, of any of its obligations under Section 5.02(f) and Section 5.03(i) of this Agreement.

(d)               The Trust Fund shall indemnify each Indemnified Party from, and hold it harmless against, any and all claims, losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable and necessary legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, fees and expenses that the Indemnified Party may sustain in connection with this Agreement (including, without limitation, reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel and of all persons not regularly in its employ incurred by the Indemnified Party in any action or proceeding between the Trust Fund and the Indemnified Party or between the Indemnified Party and any third party or otherwise) arising in respect of this Agreement, the Certificates, any Loan-Specific Certificates or the Uncertificated VRR Interest, in each case to the extent and only to the extent, such payments are expressly reimbursable under this Agreement, or are unanticipated expenses (as defined below), other than (i) those resulting from the negligence, fraud, bad faith or willful misconduct, or negligent disregard of obligations and duties hereunder, of the Indemnified Party and (ii) except to the extent such amounts are not paid pursuant to this Section 8.05, those as to which such Indemnified Party is entitled to indemnification pursuant to Section 8.05(c). The term “unanticipated expenses” shall include any fees, expenses and disbursements of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator or any separate trustee or co-trustee or certificate administrator appointed hereunder, only to the extent such fees, expenses and disbursements were not reasonably anticipated as of the Closing Date, and the losses, liabilities, damages, claims or incremental expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred or, except in the case of an Advance otherwise reimbursable hereunder, advanced by an Indemnified Party in connection with (i) a default under any Trust Loan and (ii) any litigation arising out of this Agreement, including, without limitation, under Section 2.03, Section 3.10, the third paragraph of Section 3.11, Section 4.05 and Section 7.01 of this Agreement. The right of reimbursement of the Indemnified Parties under this Section 8.05(d) shall be senior to the rights of all Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner.

(e)               Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Section 8.05 shall survive the termination or maturity of this Agreement or the resignation or removal of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, as regards rights accrued prior to such resignation or removal and (with respect to any acts or omissions during their respective tenures) the resignation, removal or termination of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Paying Agent, the Authenticating Agent, the Certificate Registrar or the Custodian.

(f)                This Section 8.05 shall be expressly construed to include, but not be limited to, such indemnities, compensation, expenses, disbursements, advances, losses, liabilities, damages and the like, as may pertain or relate to any environmental law or environmental matter.

Section 8.06           Eligibility Requirements for the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator. Each of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator hereunder shall at all times be a corporation or association organized and doing business under the laws of any state or the

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United States of America, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers and to accept the trust conferred under this Agreement, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000, and subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority, and the Trustee shall not be an Affiliate of any other member of the Restricted Group (other than an Underwriter and, during any period when the Trustee has assumed the duties of the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 7.02, the Master Servicer). Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall be the Loan-Specific Retaining Third Party Purchaser, or a Risk Retention Affiliate of such entity. The Trustee is required to maintain (A) a rating on its long-term senior unsecured debt or an issuer credit rating of at least “A” by Fitch or a rating on its short-term debt of at least “F1” by Fitch (provided, however, that the Trustee may maintain a long-term senior unsecured debt or issuer credit rating of at least “BBB-“ by Fitch if the Servicer maintains a long-term senior unsecured debt rating of at least “A” by Fitch or a short term rating of at least “F1” by Fitch), (B) a rating on its long-term senior unsecured debt of at least “BBB” by S&P, and (C) a rating on its long-term senior unsecured debt or an issuer credit rating of at least “BBB-” by KBRA (or, if not rated by KBRA, then at least an equivalent rating by two other NRSROs which may include Fitch and S&P) (or, in the case of any Rating Agency’s rating requirement set forth above in this sentence, such other rating with respect to which the applicable Rating Agency has provided a Rating Agency Confirmation). In addition, the Trustee shall satisfy the requirements for a trustee contemplated by clause (a)(4)(i) of Rule 3a-7 under the Investment Company Act. The Certificate Administrator is required to maintain a rating on its long-term senior unsecured debt of at least “BBB-” by KBRA (or an investment grade rating by any other NRSRO, which may include S&P or Fitch). If a corporation or association publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for purposes of this Section the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. In the event that the place of business from which the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, administers the Trust Fund is a state or local jurisdiction that imposes a tax on the Trust Fund or the net income of a Trust REMIC (other than a tax corresponding to a tax imposed under the REMIC Provisions) the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, shall elect either to (i) resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 8.07, (ii) pay such tax from its own funds and continue as Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, or (iii) administer the Trust Fund from a state and local jurisdiction that does not impose such a tax. In case at any time the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 8.07.

Section 8.07           Resignation and Removal of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator. Each of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator may at any time resign and be discharged from the trusts hereby created by giving written notice thereof to the other such party, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders, the Serviced Companion Loan Holders and, for posting to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 12.13 of this Agreement, the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider. Upon such notice of resignation, the Depositor shall use reasonable efforts to appoint a successor Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, with respect to which the Rating Agencies have provided a Rating Agency Confirmation to the resigning Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, and the successor Trustee or

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Certificate Administrator, as applicable. If no successor Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 90 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, and such petition will be an expense of the Trust Fund. Except as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, shall bear all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of each other party hereto and each Rating Agency in connection with its resignation (including, but not limited to, the costs of assigning Trust Loans by reason of change in Trustee).

If at any time either the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator is required to resign in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.33 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Depositor or Master Servicer, or shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.06 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Depositor or Master Servicer, or if at any time either the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator shall become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, or of its property shall be appointed, or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, then the Depositor may remove the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, and promptly appoint a successor Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, by written instrument, which shall be delivered to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, so removed and to the successor Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable. The Holders of Certificates entitled to more than 50% of the Voting Rights allocated to all of the Certificates may at any time, with prior written notice, remove the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator and appoint a successor Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, by written instrument or instruments, in five originals, signed by such Holders or their attorneys-in-fact duly authorized, one complete set of which instruments shall be delivered to the Depositor, one complete set to the Master Servicer, one complete set to the Trustee (in connection with the removal of the Certificate Administrator), one complete set to the Certificate Administrator (in connection with the removal of the Trustee), one complete set to the Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, so removed and one complete set to the successor Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, so appointed, and a copy thereof shall be delivered to the Serviced Companion Loan Holders.

In the event that the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator is terminated or removed pursuant to this Section 8.07, (i) all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and in and to the Mortgage Loans or Serviced Whole Loans shall be terminated, other than any rights or obligations that accrued prior to the date of such termination or removal (including the right to receive all fees, expenses and other amounts (including Advances and any accrued interest thereon) accrued or owing to it under this Agreement, with respect to periods prior to the date of such termination or removal, and no termination without cause shall be effective until the payment of such amounts to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable) and (ii) such resignation, termination, or removal shall be effective with respect to each of its other capacities hereunder except its capacity as Custodian (but including, without limitation, its capacities as Certificate Registrar, Rule 17g-5 Information Provider, Paying Agent and Authenticating Agent). The Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, will bear all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of each other party hereto and each Rating Agency in connection with its

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termination or removal; provided that if the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, is terminated without cause by the Holders of Certificates evidencing more than 50% of the Voting Rights allocated to all of the Certificates as provided in the immediately preceding paragraph, then such Holders will be required to pay all the reasonable costs and expenses of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, necessary to effect the transfer of the rights and obligations (including, if applicable, custody of any Mortgage Files in its possession) of the Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, to a successor trustee or certificate administrator.

Any resignation or removal of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator and appointment of a successor Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 8.07 shall not become effective until (i) acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee or successor Certificate Administrator, as applicable, as provided in Section 8.08 and (ii) the filing by or on behalf of the Trust of a Form 8-K with respect to such resignation, removal and/or appointment as contemplated by the fifth paragraph of Section 10.07.

Upon the resignation or upon the termination of the Trustee, (i) the outgoing Trustee shall (subject to the terms of the third paragraph of this Section 8.07), at its own expense, ensure that prior to its transfer of duties to any successor (to the extent such Loan Document was assigned or endorsed to the Trustee), (A) the original executed Note for each Trust Loan, is endorsed (without recourse, representation or warranty, express or implied) to the order of the successor, as trustee for the registered Holders of Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2, and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or in blank, and (B) in the case of the other Loan Documents, are assigned (and, other than in connection with the removal of the Trustee without cause, recorded as appropriate) to such successor, and such successor shall review the documents delivered to it or the Custodian with respect to each Trust Loan, and certify in writing that, as to each Trust Loan then subject to this Agreement, such endorsement and assignment has been made; and (ii) if any original executed Note for a Trust Loan was not endorsed to the outgoing Trustee, the Custodian shall deliver such Note to the successor trustee and the Custodian shall cooperate with any successor trustee to ensure that such Note is endorsed (without recourse, representation or warranty, express or implied) to the order of the successor trustee, as trustee for the registered Holders of Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2, and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or in blank. The outgoing Trustee shall provide copies of the documentation provided for in items (i)(A) and (B) above to the Master Servicer, in each case to the extent such copies are not already in the Master Servicer’s possession. If any assignable Loan Document (other than the Note) was not assigned to the outgoing Trustee or if the Trustee is removed without cause, with respect to the Loan Documents identified in clause (i)(B) of the preceding sentence the Custodian shall deliver such Loan Document to the successor trustee and, if appropriate, such Loan Document shall be recorded by the successor trustee if so required by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer and at the expense of the Trust (for so long as no Control Termination Event is continuing, with the consent of the Controlling Class Representative, and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event but prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, after consultation with the Controlling Class Representative).

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Section 8.08           Successor Trustee or Successor Certificate Administrator.

(a)               Any successor Trustee or Certificate Administrator appointed as provided in Section 8.07 of this Agreement shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and to the predecessor Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, as the case may be, instruments accepting their appointment hereunder, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, shall become effective and such successor Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor hereunder, with the like effect as if originally named as Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, herein, provided that a Rating Agency Confirmation shall be obtained from each Rating Agency with respect to the appointment of such successor Trustee or Certificate Administrator. In connection with the appointment of a successor Certificate Administrator, the predecessor Certificate Administrator (or a Custodian appointed by it) shall deliver to the successor Certificate Administrator all Mortgage Files and related documents and statements held by it hereunder. The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the predecessor Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, shall execute and deliver such instruments and do such other things as may reasonably be required for more fully and certainly vesting and confirming in the successor Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, all such rights, powers, duties and obligations. No successor Trustee or Certificate Administrator shall accept appointment as provided in this Section 8.08 unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, shall be eligible under the provisions of Section 8.06. In no event may the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any of their Affiliates be appointed as successor Trustee or successor Certificate Administrator.

Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, as provided in this Section 8.08, the Depositor shall mail notice of the succession of such Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, hereunder to all Holders of Certificates at their addresses as shown in the Certificate Register, to the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and to the Companion Loan Holders. If the Depositor fails to mail such notice within 10 days after acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee or Certificate Administrator, the successor Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, shall cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of the Depositor.

(b)               Any successor Trustee or Certificate Administrator appointed pursuant to this Agreement shall satisfy the eligibility requirements set forth in Section 8.06 hereof.

Section 8.09           Merger or Consolidation of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator. Any entity into which the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator may be merged or converted, or with which the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, may be consolidated, or any entity resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, shall be a party, or any entity succeeding to the corporate trust business of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, shall be the successor of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, hereunder, provided

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such entity shall be eligible under the provisions of Section 8.06 without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding.

Section 8.10           Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee. Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, at any time, for the purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which any part of the Trust Fund, the assets thereof or any property securing the same may at the time be located, the Depositor and the Trustee acting jointly shall have the power and shall execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more Persons to act (at the expense of (i) the Trustee, if the need to appoint such co-trustee(s) arises from any change in or matter relating to the identity, organization, status, power, conflicts, internal policy or other development or matter with respect to the Trustee, and/or (ii) the Trust Fund, if the need to appoint such co-trustee(s) arises from a change in applicable law or the identity, status or power of the Trust Fund; provided, however, that in the event the need to appoint such co-trustee(s) arises from a combination of the events described in clause (i) and clause (ii), the expense shall be split evenly between the Trustee and the Trust Fund; and provided, further, that in the event the need to appoint such co-trustee(s) arises from none of the events described in clause (i) and clause (ii), such appointment shall be at the expense of the Trust Fund) as co-trustee or co-trustees, jointly with the Trustee, or separate trustee or separate trustees, of all or any part of the Trust Fund, and to vest in such Person or Persons, in such capacity, such title to the Trust Fund, or any part thereof, and, subject to the other provisions of this Section 8.10, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Depositor and the Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. If the Depositor shall not be in existence or shall not have joined in such appointment within 15 days after the receipt by it of a request so to do, or in case a Servicer Termination Event shall have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee alone shall have the power to make such appointment. Except as required by applicable law, the appointment of a co-trustee or separate trustee shall not relieve the Trustee of its responsibilities, obligations and liabilities hereunder. No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility as a successor Trustee under Section 8.06 hereunder and no notice to Holders of Certificates or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner of the appointment of co-trustee(s) or separate trustee(s) shall be required under Section 8.08 hereof.

In the case of any appointment of a co-trustee or separate trustee pursuant to this Section 8.10, all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon the Trustee shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed by the Trustee and such separate trustee or co-trustee jointly (it being understood that such separate trustee or co-trustee is not authorized to act separately without the Trustee joining in such act), except to the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to be performed (whether as Trustee hereunder or as successor to the Master Servicer hereunder), the Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act or acts, in which event such rights, powers, duties and obligations (including the holding of title to the Trust Fund or any portion thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be exercised and performed by such separate trustee or co-trustee solely at the direction of the Trustee.

The Depositor and the Trustee acting jointly may at any time accept the resignation of or remove any separate trustee or co-trustee, or if the separate trustee or co-trustee is an employee of the Trustee, the Trustee acting alone may accept the resignation of or remove any separate trustee or co-trustee.

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Any notice, request or other writing given to the Trustee shall be deemed to have been given to each of the then separate trustees and co-trustees, as effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument appointing any separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Agreement and the conditions of this Article VIII. Every such instrument shall be filed with the Trustee. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its acceptance of the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates or property specified in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Trustee or separately, as may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this Agreement, specifically including every provision of this Agreement relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Trustee. In no event shall any such separate trustee or co-trustee be entitled to any provision relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, such separate trustee or co-trustee that imposes a standard of conduct less stringent than that imposed on the Trustee hereunder, affording greater protection than that afforded to the Trustee hereunder or providing a greater limit on liability than that provided to the Trustee hereunder.

Any separate trustee or co-trustee may, at any time, constitute the Trustee its agent or attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority, to the extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this Agreement on its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or co-trustee shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its estates, properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be exercised by the Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new or successor trustee.

Section 8.11           Access to Certain Information.

(a)               The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Custodian shall afford to any Privileged Person (including the Operating Advisor and the related Directing Holder) access to any documentation (other than any Privileged Information) regarding the Trust Loans or the other assets of the Trust Fund that are in its possession or within its control. Such access shall be afforded without charge but only upon reasonable prior written request and during normal business hours at the offices of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator or the Custodian, as applicable.

(b)               The Certificate Administrator shall maintain at its offices (or, in the case of the Mortgage Files, the Certificate Administrator shall maintain or cause to be maintained at its offices or the offices of a Custodian appointed by it) (and, upon reasonable prior written request and during normal business hours, shall make available or cause to be made available) for review by any Privileged Person originals and/or copies of the following items (to the extent such items were prepared by or delivered to the Certificate Administrator (or a Custodian appointed by it)):

(i)              the Prospectus;

(ii)             this Agreement, each Sub-Servicing Agreement delivered to the Certificate Administrator since the Closing Date (if any), the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements and any amendments and exhibits hereto or thereto;

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(iii)          all Certificate Administrator reports made available to holders of each relevant Class of Certificates since the Closing Date;

(iv)           all Distribution Date Statements and all CREFC^® reports actually delivered or otherwise made available to Certificateholders pursuant to Section 4.02 of this Agreement since the Closing Date;

(v)             the annual assessments as to compliance (in the case of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer) and the Officer’s Certificates delivered by the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer to the Certificate Administrator since the Closing Date pursuant to Section 10.10 of this Agreement;

(vi)           the annual independent public accountants’ servicing report caused to be delivered by the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer to the Certificate Administrator since the Closing Date pursuant to Section 10.10 of this Agreement;

(vii)          the most recent inspection report prepared by or on behalf of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, and delivered to the Certificate Administrator in respect of each Mortgaged Property pursuant to Section 3.18 of this Agreement;

(viii)       any and all notices and reports delivered to the Certificate Administrator with respect to any Mortgaged Property as to which the environmental testing contemplated by Section 3.10(e) of this Agreement revealed that neither of the conditions set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) thereof was satisfied;

(ix)            the Mortgage Files, including any and all modifications, waivers and amendments of the terms of the Mortgage Loans (or the Serviced Whole Loans) entered into or consented to by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, any Outside Servicer or any Outside Special Servicer and delivered to the Certificate Administrator (or a Custodian appointed by it) pursuant to Section 3.24 of this Agreement;

(x)             the summary of each Final Asset Status Report delivered to the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 3.21(b) of this Agreement and the annual, quarterly and monthly operating statements, if any, collected by or on behalf of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, and delivered to the Certificate Administrator for each Mortgaged Property, together with the other information specified in Section 4.02(b) of this Agreement;

(xi)           any and all Officer’s Certificates and other evidence delivered to or by the Certificate Administrator to support its or the Master Servicer’s, as the case may be, determination that any Advance was (or, if made, would be) a Nonrecoverable Advance;

(xii)           notice of termination or resignation of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the

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Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, any Outside Servicer, any Outside Special Servicer or any Outside Trustee (and appointments of successors thereto);

(xiii)        all Special Notices;

(xiv)        any Third Party Reports (or updates of Third Party Reports) delivered to the Certificate Administrator in electronic format; and

(xv)          any other information that may be necessary to satisfy the requirements of subsection (d)(4)(i) of Rule 144A;

provided that any such Privileged Person that is a Certificateholder or Certificate Owner shall have delivered to the Certificate Administrator an appropriate Investor Certification; and provided, further, that in no event shall an Excluded Controlling Class Holder be entitled to Excluded Information with respect to an Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loan with respect to which it is a Borrower Party.

Subject to the two (2) provisos to the previous sentence, the Certificate Administrator shall provide, or cause to be provided, copies of any and all of the foregoing items upon reasonable written request of any of the parties set forth in the previous sentence.

The Certificate Administrator shall not be liable for providing or disseminating information in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

Article IX

TERMINATION; OPTIONAL MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE

Section 9.01           Termination; Optional Trust Loan Purchase.

(a)               The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee created hereby with respect to the Certificates, the Loan-Specific Certificates, the Uncertificated VRR Interest, the Mortgage Loans and the Serviced Companion Loans (other than the obligation to make certain payments and to send certain notices to Certificateholders, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner as hereinafter set forth and to make any required remittances to the Serviced Companion Loan Holders in the month in which the final Distribution Date occurs and certain tax-related obligations) shall terminate immediately following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase by Holders of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or Holders of the Class R Certificates of all the Trust Loans and REO Properties (or interests therein) then included in the Trust Fund pursuant to subsection (c), (ii) the exchange by the Remaining Certificateholder of its Certificates, Loan-Specific Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest for all the Trust Loans and REO Properties (or interests therein) then included in the Trust Fund pursuant to subsection (h) and (iii) the final payment or other liquidation (or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Trust Loan or REO Property (or interest therein) contained in the Trust Fund; provided, however, that in no event shall the trust

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created hereby continue beyond the expiration of twenty-one years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom, living on the date hereof. All such payments as contemplated by the preceding paragraph shall be deposited into the Collection Account by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, promptly following receipt thereof.

(b)               In connection with a termination contemplated by Section 9.01(a) of this Agreement, the Trust REMICs outstanding shall be terminated and the assets of the Lower-Tier REMIC and each Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC shall be sold or otherwise disposed of in connection therewith, pursuant to a “plan of complete liquidation” within the meaning of Code Section 860F(a)(4)(A) providing for the actions contemplated by the provisions hereof pursuant to which the applicable Notice of Termination is given and requiring that the assets of the Lower-Tier REMIC and each Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC shall be sold for cash and that each such Trust REMIC shall terminate on a Distribution Date occurring not more than 90 days following the date of adoption of the plan of complete liquidation. For purposes of this Section 9.01(b), the Notice of Termination given pursuant to Section 9.01(c) shall constitute the adoption of the plan of complete liquidation as of the date such notice is given, which date shall be specified by the Certificate Administrator in the final federal income tax returns of each Trust REMIC. Notwithstanding the termination of the Trust REMICs, or the Trust Fund, the Certificate Administrator shall be responsible for filing the final Tax Returns for the Trust REMICs and for the Grantor Trust for the period ending with such termination, and shall maintain books and records with respect to the Trust REMICs and the Grantor Trust for the period for which it maintains its own tax returns or other reasonable period.

(c)               The Holders of the Controlling Class representing greater than 50% of the Certificate Balance of the Controlling Class may (or, if such Holders do not, the Special Servicer, or if neither such Holders nor the Special Servicer do, the Master Servicer or, if none of such Holders, the Special Servicer or the Master Servicer does, any Holders of Class R Certificates representing greater than a 50% Percentage Interest in such Class, may also) effect an early termination of the Trust Fund, upon not less than 30 days’ prior notice given to the parties (or, if applicable, the other parties) to this Agreement (whereupon the Master Servicer shall notify the Serviced Companion Loan Holders) any time on or after the Early Termination Notice Date specifying the Anticipated Termination Date, by purchasing on such date all, but not less than all, of the Trust Loans (and in the case of any such Trust Loan that is part of a Serviced Whole Loan, subject to certain rights of the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s) provided for in the related Co-Lender Agreement) then included in the Trust Fund, and all property acquired by or on behalf of the Trust Fund (including the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO Property acquired with respect to any Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan) in respect of any Trust Loan then included in the Trust Fund, at a purchase price, payable in cash, equal to (i) the sum of (A) the Termination Purchase Amount and (B) the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Master Servicer (unless the Master Servicer is the purchaser of such Trust Loans), the Special Servicer (unless the Special Servicer is the purchaser of such Trust Loans), the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, with respect to such termination, minus (ii) solely in the case where the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer is effecting

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such purchase, the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, if any, made by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, together with any interest accrued and payable to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in respect of such Advances and any unpaid Servicing Fees or Special Servicing Fees, as applicable, remaining outstanding (which items will be deemed to have been paid or reimbursed to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in connection with such purchase).

Any Person(s) effecting an early termination of the Trust Fund as provided in the prior paragraph shall first notify the Controlling Class Representative and each Certifying Certificateholder and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, or, in the case of a termination by the Holder of a Class R Certificate, notify the Certificate Administrator (who shall notify the Controlling Class Representative and each Certifying Certificateholder and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner) of its intention to do so in writing at least 30 days prior to the Anticipated Termination Date. All costs and expenses incurred by any and all parties to this Agreement or by the Trust Fund in connection with the purchase of the Trust Loans and other assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to this Section 9.01(c) shall be borne by the party exercising its purchase rights hereunder. The Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any determination made by an Appraiser pursuant to this subsection (c).

(d)               If the Trust Fund has not been previously terminated pursuant to subsection (c) or subsection (h) of this Section 9.01, the Certificate Administrator shall determine as soon as practicable the Distribution Date on which the Certificate Administrator reasonably anticipates, based on information with respect to the Mortgage Loans previously provided to it, that the final distribution will be made (i) to the Holders of outstanding Regular Certificates (exclusive of the Class VRR Certificates), to the Holders of outstanding Loan-Specific Certificates, to the Holders of outstanding Class VRR Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and to the Certificate Administrator in respect of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interests, notwithstanding that such distribution may be insufficient to distribute in full an amount equal to the remaining Certificate Balance, Uncertificated VRR Interest Balance, Lower-Tier Principal Balance or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Principal Balance, as applicable, of each such Class of Certificates, each such Class of Loan-Specific Certificates, the Uncertificated VRR Interest, and each of such Lower-Tier Regular Interests and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interests, together with amounts required to be distributed on such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01 of this Agreement (or, if the Regular Certificates, the Loan-Specific Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest are no longer outstanding, to the Holders of the Class R Certificates) and (ii) to the Holders of the Grantor Trust Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, of any amount remaining in the Collection Account, the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account and/or the Excess Liquidation Proceeds Reserve Account, as applicable, in any case, following the later to occur of (a) the receipt or collection of the last payment due on any Trust Loan included in the Trust Fund or (b) the liquidation or disposition pursuant to Section 3.17 of this Agreement of the last asset held by the Trust Fund.

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(e)               Notice of any termination of the Trust Fund pursuant to this Section 9.01 shall be mailed by the Certificate Administrator to affected Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner at their addresses shown in the Certificate Register (with a copy to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and, for posting to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 12.13 of this Agreement, the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider) as soon as practicable after the Certificate Administrator shall have received, given or been deemed to have received a Notice of Termination but in any event not more than thirty days, and not less than ten days, prior to the Anticipated Termination Date. The notice mailed by the Certificate Administrator to affected Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner shall:

(i)              specify the Anticipated Termination Date on which the final distribution is anticipated to be made to Holders of Certificates of the Classes specified therein and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner;

(ii)            specify the amount of any such final distribution, if known; and

(iii)           state that the final distribution to Certificateholders will be made only upon presentation and surrender of Certificates at the office of the Paying Agent therein specified and to the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner only upon delivery of a written instrument surrendering the Uncertificated VRR Interest and acknowledging that such distribution is the final distribution.

If the Trust Fund is not terminated on any Anticipated Termination Date for any reason, the Certificate Administrator shall promptly mail notice thereof to each affected Certificateholder.

(f)                Any funds not distributed on the Termination Date because of the failure of any Certificateholders to tender their Certificates or the failure of the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner to surrender the Uncertificated VRR Interest shall be set aside and held in trust for the account of the appropriate non-tendering Certificateholders or the non-surrendering Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, whereupon the Trust Fund shall terminate. If any Certificates or Uncertificated VRR Interest as to which notice of the Termination Date has been given pursuant to this Section 9.01 shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining Certificateholders or Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, as applicable, at their last addresses shown in the Certificate Register, to surrender their Certificates or Uncertificated VRR Interest, as applicable, for cancellation in order to receive, from such funds held, the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice any Certificate or Uncertificated VRR Interest shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining Certificateholders or Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, as applicable, concerning surrender of their Certificates or Uncertificated VRR Interest, as applicable. The costs and expenses of maintaining such funds and of contacting Certificateholders or Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner shall be paid out of the assets which remain held. Subject to applicable state law with respect to escheatment of funds,

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if within two years after the second notice any Certificates or Uncertificated VRR Interest shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent shall pay to the Class R Certificateholders all amounts distributable to the Holders thereof or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, as applicable. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner on any amount held as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner’s failure to surrender the Uncertificated VRR Interest, as applicable, for final payment thereof in accordance with this Section 9.01.

(g)               For purposes of this Section 9.01, the Remaining Certificateholder shall have the first option to terminate the Trust Fund pursuant to subsection (h), and then the Holders of the Controlling Class representing more than 50% of the Certificate Balance of the Controlling Class, and then the Special Servicer, and then the Master Servicer, and then the Holders of Class R Certificates representing more than 50% of the Percentage Interests in such Class, in each of the last four cases, pursuant to subsection (c).

(h)              (i)                           Following the date on which the Class X-A Notional Amount, the Class X-D Notional Amount and the aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-S, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates are reduced to zero, the Remaining Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of its Certificates (but excluding the Class S and Class R Certificates), the Uncertificated VRR Interest and any Loan-Specific Certificates for all of the Trust Loans and each REO Property (and including the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO Property acquired with respect to the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans and/or the Serviced Whole Loans) remaining in the Trust Fund as contemplated by clause (ii) of Section 9.01(a) by giving written notice to all the parties hereto no later than 60 days prior to the anticipated date of exchange; provided that such Remaining Certificateholder shall pay the Master Servicer an amount equal to (i) the sum of the products of, in the case of each such loan, (A) the purchase price paid by the Master Servicer for the right to service such loan and (B) in the case of each such loan, a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of calendar months from the Termination Date to the related Maturity Date, and the denominator of which is the number of calendar months from the Closing Date to the related Maturity Date. In the event that the Remaining Certificateholder elects to exchange all of the Certificates (other than the Class S and Class R Certificates), the Uncertificated VRR Interest and any Loan-Specific Certificates for all of the Trust Loans and each REO Property (and including the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO Property acquired with respect to the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans and/or the Serviced Whole Loans) remaining in the Trust Fund in accordance with the preceding sentence, such Remaining Certificateholder, not later than the Termination Date, shall deposit in the Collection Account an amount in immediately available funds equal to all amounts due and owing to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee hereunder through the date of the liquidation of the Trust Fund that may be withdrawn from the Collection Account or a Distribution Account, but only to the extent that such amounts are not already on deposit in the Collection Account. Upon confirmation that such final deposits have been made and following the surrender of all remaining Certificates (other than the Class S and Class R Certificates), the Uncertificated VRR Interest and any Loan-Specific Certificates by the Remaining Certificateholder on the Termination Date, the

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Custodian shall, upon receipt of a Request for Release from the Master Servicer, release or cause to be released to the Remaining Certificateholder or any designee thereof, the Mortgage Files for the remaining Trust Loans and shall execute all assignments, endorsements and other instruments furnished to it by the Remaining Certificateholder as shall be necessary to effectuate transfer of the Trust Loans and REO Properties (and including the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO Property acquired with respect to the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans and/or the Serviced Whole Loans) remaining in the Trust Fund, and the Trust Fund shall be liquidated in accordance with this Section 9.01. Thereafter, the Trust Fund and the respective obligations and responsibilities under this Agreement of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee (other than the making of certain payments to Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders and Serviced Companion Loan Holders, sending of certain notices, the maintenance of books and records and the preparation and filing of final tax returns), shall terminate. Such transfers shall be subject to any rights of any Sub-Servicers to service (or to perform select servicing functions with respect to) the Trust Loans. For federal income tax purposes, the Remaining Certificateholder shall be deemed to have purchased the assets of the Lower-Tier REMIC and each Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC for an amount equal to the remaining Certificate Balance of its remaining Certificates (other than the Class S and Class R Certificates) and Loan-Specific Certificates and the principal amount of the Uncertificated VRR Interest, plus accrued and unpaid interest with respect thereto, and the Certificate Administrator shall credit such amounts against amounts distributed in respect of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests, the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interests and such Certificates, Loan-Specific Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest. The remaining Trust Loans and REO Properties (or the Trust’s interests therein) are deemed distributed to the Remaining Certificateholder in liquidation of the Trust Fund pursuant to this Section 9.01.

(ii)            [EXCHANGE OF RELATED LOAN-SPECIFIC CERTIFICATES FOR A TRUST SUBORDINATE COMPANION LOAN RESERVED]

(iii)            (A)                With respect to a Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, a Holder of the related Loan-Specific Certificates owning a majority of the Percentage Interests of the related then-outstanding Loan-Specific Controlling Class may (or, if such Holder does not, the Special Servicer, or if neither such Holder nor the Special Servicer do, the Master Servicer, may also) effect an early termination of the related Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC, upon not less than 30 days’ prior notice given to the parties (or, if applicable, the other parties) to this Agreement any time on or after any Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan is less than 1% of the Stated Principal Balance of such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as of the Cut-off Date, by purchasing on the designated date such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and the other assets of the related Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC at a purchase price, payable in cash, equal to (i) the sum of (1) the applicable Purchase Price and (2) the reasonable out of pocket expenses of the Master Servicer (unless the Master Servicer is the purchaser of such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan), the Special Servicer (unless the Special Servicer is

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the purchaser of such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan), the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, with respect to such purchase, minus (ii) solely in the case where the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer is effecting such purchase, the aggregate amount of unreimbursed related Advances, if any, made by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, together with any interest accrued and payable to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in respect of such Advances and any unpaid related Servicing Fees or Special Servicing Fees, as applicable, remaining outstanding with respect to such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan (which items will be deemed to have been paid or reimbursed to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in connection with such purchase).

         (B)            In connection with a termination contemplated by Section 9.01(h)(iii)(A) of this Agreement, the related Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC shall be terminated and the assets of the related Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC shall be sold or otherwise disposed of in connection therewith pursuant to a “plan of complete liquidation” within the meaning of Code Section 860F(a)(4)(A) providing for the actions contemplated by the provisions hereof pursuant to which the applicable notice of termination is given and requiring that the assets of the related Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC shall be sold for cash and that the related Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC shall terminate on a Distribution Date occurring not more than 90 days following the date of adoption of the plan of complete liquidation. For purposes of this Section 9.01(h)(iii)(B), the notice given pursuant to Section 9.01(h)(iii)(A) shall constitute the adoption of the plan of complete liquidation as of the date such notice is given, which date shall be specified by the Certificate Administrator in the final federal income tax return of the related Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC. Notwithstanding the termination of the related Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC, the Certificate Administrator shall be responsible for filing the final Tax Returns for such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC for the period ending with such termination, and shall maintain books and records with respect to such Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC for the period for which it maintains its own tax returns or other reasonable period.

(iv)           Any Person(s) effecting an early termination of the Trust Fund or a Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC as provided in the prior paragraphs shall first notify the Controlling Class Representative, the Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative and each Certifying Certificateholder, or, in the case of a termination by the Holder of a Class R Certificate, notify the Certificate Administrator (who shall notify the Controlling Class Representative, the Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative and each Certifying Certificateholder) of its intention to do so in writing at least 30 days prior to the Anticipated Termination Date. All costs and expenses incurred by any and all parties to this Agreement or by the Trust Fund in connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans, any Trust Subordinate Companion Loan(s) and/or other assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to

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this Section 9.01(c) shall be borne by the party exercising its purchase rights hereunder. The Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any determination made by an Appraiser pursuant to this subsection(c).

(i)                  Each Loan REMIC shall terminate as described in the related REMIC Declaration.

 

Article X

EXCHANGE ACT REPORTING AND REGULATION AB COMPLIANCE

Section 10.01       Intent of the Parties; Reasonableness. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the purpose of Article X of this Agreement is to facilitate compliance by the Depositor and any Other Depositor with the provisions of Regulation AB and the related rules and regulations of the Commission. The Depositor shall not, and no Other Depositor may, exercise its rights to request delivery of information or other performance under these provisions other than in good faith, or for purposes other than compliance with the Act, the Exchange Act and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The parties hereto acknowledge that interpretations of the requirements of Regulation AB may change over time due to interpretive guidance provided by the Commission or its staff, and agree to comply with reasonable requests made by the Depositor, or any Other Depositor, in good faith for delivery of information under these provisions on the basis of such evolving interpretations of Regulation AB. In connection with the Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2, and any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, each of the parties to this Agreement shall cooperate fully with the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, any Other Depositor and any Other Exchange Act Reporting Party, as applicable, to deliver to the Depositor or Other Depositor, as applicable (including any of its assignees or designees), any and all statements, reports, certifications, records and any other information in its possession or reasonably available to it and necessary in the reasonable good faith determination of the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, any Other Depositor or any Other Exchange Act Reporting Party, as applicable, to permit the Depositor or any Other Depositor, as applicable, to comply with the provisions of Regulation AB, together with such disclosures relating to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Custodian, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee, as applicable, and any Sub-Servicer, or the servicing of the Mortgage Loans and Serviced Whole Loans, reasonably believed by the Depositor or any Other Depositor, as applicable, to be necessary in order to effect such compliance.

Section 10.02       Succession; Sub-Servicers; Subcontractors.

(a)               For so long as the Trust or any Other Securitization Trust is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act (in addition to any requirements contained in Section 10.07 of this Agreement), in connection with the succession to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or any Sub-Servicer as servicer or sub-servicer (to the extent such Sub-Servicer is a “servicer” as contemplated by Item 1108(a)(2) of Regulation AB) or succession to the Certificate Administrator under this Agreement by any Person (i) into which the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, such Sub-Servicer or Certificate

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Administrator may be merged or consolidated, or (ii) which may be appointed as a successor to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, any such Sub-Servicer or Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Administrator (or, in the case of a successor to the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee) shall provide to the Depositor, as well as any Other Depositor as to which the applicable Companion Loan is affected, at least five (5) Business Days prior to the effective date of such succession or appointment as long as such disclosure prior to such effective date would not be violative of any applicable law or confidentiality agreement, otherwise no later than one (1) Business Day after such effective date, (x) written notice to the Depositor and each such Other Depositor of such succession or appointment and (y) in writing and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Depositor and each such Other Depositor, all information relating to such successor (which such successor Master Servicer, Special Servicer, Sub-Servicer or Certificate Administrator shall be required to provide) reasonably requested by the Depositor or any such Other Depositor in order to comply with its reporting obligation under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K pursuant to the Exchange Act (if such reports under the Exchange Act are required to be filed under the Exchange Act). The Certificate Administrator (or the Trustee, if applicable) shall provide similar notice to the Depositor and each such Other Depositor in connection with any resignation or termination of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, any Sub-Servicer or the Certificate Administrator. In addition, with respect to each Serviced Companion Loan, the Certificate Administrator shall comply with the Trust’s obligations under each Co-Lender Agreement (including with respect to the provision of any required notices) in connection with any resignation, termination, replacement or appointment of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, any Sub-Servicer or the Certificate Administrator or any successor thereto.

(b)               For so long as the Trust or any Other Securitization Trust is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, if the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, any Sub-Servicer, the Custodian, the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator (each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Custodian, the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator and each Sub-Servicer, for purposes of this Section 10.02(b), Section 10.02(c), Section 10.02(d) and Section 10.17, a “Servicer”) utilizes one or more Subcontractors to perform certain of its obligations hereunder, such Servicer shall promptly upon request provide to the Depositor, as well as any Other Depositor as to which the applicable Serviced Companion Loan is affected, a written description (in form and substance satisfactory to the Depositor and each such Other Depositor) of the role and function of each Subcontractor that is a Servicing Function Participant utilized by such Servicer during the preceding calendar year, specifying (i) the identity of such Subcontractor, and (ii) which elements of the Servicing Criteria will be addressed in assessments of compliance provided by each such Subcontractor. Each Servicer shall cause any Subcontractor determined to be a Servicing Function Participant used by such Servicer for the benefit of the Depositor to comply with the provisions of Section 10.09 and Section 10.10 of this Agreement to the same extent as if such Subcontractor were such Servicer. Such Servicer shall obtain from each such Subcontractor (or, in the case of each Sub-Servicer set forth on Exhibit S, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Sub-Servicer) and deliver to the applicable Persons any assessment of compliance report and related accountant’s attestation required to be delivered by such Subcontractor under

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Section 10.09 and Section 10.10 of this Agreement, in each case, as and when required to be delivered.

(c)               For so long as the Trust or any Other Securitization Trust is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Servicer engages a Subcontractor in connection with the performance of any of its duties under this Agreement, such Servicer shall be responsible for determining whether such Subcontractor is a “servicer” within the meaning of Item 1101 of Regulation AB and whether such Subcontractor meets the criteria in Item 1108(a)(2)(i), (ii) or (iii) of Regulation AB. If a Servicer determines, pursuant to the preceding sentence, that such Subcontractor is a “servicer” within the meaning of Item 1101 of Regulation AB and meets the criteria in Item 1108(a)(2)(i), (ii) or (iii) of Regulation AB, then the engagement of such Subcontractor shall not be effective unless and until notice is given to the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator, as well as any Other Depositor as to which the applicable Companion Loan is affected, of any such Subcontractor and sub-servicing agreement and, if such Subcontractor is engaged by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, such Subcontractor shall be deemed to be a Sub-Servicer for purposes of this Agreement. Written notice of the engagement of such Subcontractor and the related Sub-Servicing Agreement (other than such agreements set forth on Exhibit S hereto) (with respect to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer) or sub-servicing agreement (with respect to any other Servicer) shall be delivered to the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator and each such Other Depositor at least five (5) Business Days prior to the effective date of such engagement. Such notice shall contain all information reasonably necessary, and in such form as may be necessary, to enable the Certificate Administrator, as well as any Other Exchange Act Reporting Party as to which the applicable Serviced Companion Loan is affected, to accurately and timely report the event under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K pursuant to Section 10.07 of this Agreement (if such reports under the Exchange Act are required to be filed under the Exchange Act).

(d)               For so long as the Trust or any Other Securitization Trust is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, notwithstanding the foregoing and subject to Section 3.01(c) of this Agreement, if the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer engages a Sub-Servicer or if any other Servicer engages a sub-servicer, in each case, in connection with the performance of any of the duties of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or such other Servicer, as applicable, under this Agreement and the related Sub-Servicing Agreement (with respect to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer) or sub-servicing agreement (with respect to any other Servicer) is either (i) assigned (other than, in the case of a Sub-Servicer engaged by the Master Servicer, an assignment to the Master Servicer) or (ii) amended or modified and the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or such other Servicer, as applicable, determines that, as a result of such amendment or modification, the Sub-Servicer or sub-servicer, as applicable, would become a “servicer” within the meaning of Item 1101 of Regulation AB that (1) meets the criteria in Item 1108(a)(2)(i), (ii) or (iii) of Regulation AB or (2) meets the criteria in Item 1108(a)(2)(iii) of Regulation AB and services 20% or more of the pool assets, then the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or such other Servicer, as applicable, shall provide written notice of such amendment, modification or assignment to the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator, as well as any Other Depositor as to which the applicable Companion Loan is affected at least five

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(5) Business Days prior to the effective date of such amendment, modification or assignment (or if such prior notice would be violative of applicable law or any applicable confidentiality agreement, no later than the time required under Section 10.07 of this Agreement). Such notice shall contain all information reasonably necessary, and in such form as may be necessary, to enable the Certificate Administrator, as well as any Other Exchange Act Reporting Party as to which the applicable Serviced Companion Loan is affected, to accurately and timely report the event under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K pursuant to Section 10.07 of this Agreement (if such reports under the Exchange Act are required to be filed under the Exchange Act).

(e)               For so long as the Trust or any Other Securitization Trust is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, in connection with the succession to the Trustee or Certificate Administrator under this Agreement by any Person (i) into which the Trustee or Certificate Administrator may be merged or consolidated, or (ii) which may be appointed as a successor to the Trustee or Certificate Administrator, the Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, shall notify the Depositor and each Other Depositor, at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the effective date of such succession or appointment (or if such prior notice would be violative of applicable law or any applicable confidentiality agreement, no later than the time required under Section 10.07 of this Agreement) and shall furnish pursuant to Section 10.07 of this Agreement to the Depositor and each Other Depositor in writing and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Depositor and each Other Depositor, all information reasonably necessary for the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee and each Other Exchange Act Reporting Party to accurately and timely report the event under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K pursuant to Section 10.07 of this Agreement or otherwise (if such reports under the Exchange Act are required to be filed under the Exchange Act).

Section 10.03       Filing Obligations.

(a)               The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Custodian, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee shall (and shall cause (or, in the case of a Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause) each Additional Servicer and Servicing Function Participant utilized thereby to) reasonably cooperate with the Depositor and each Other Depositor in connection with the satisfaction of the Trust’s and each Other Securitization Trust’s reporting requirements under the Exchange Act. Pursuant to Section 10.04, Section 10.05 and Section 10.07, the Certificate Administrator shall prepare for execution by the Depositor any Forms 10-D, ABS-EE, 10-K and 8-K required by the Exchange Act with respect to the Trust, in order to permit the timely filing thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall file (via the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval System) such Forms executed by the Depositor.

(b)               In the event that the Certificate Administrator is unable to timely file with the Commission or deliver to any Other Depositor or Other Exchange Act Reporting Party as to which the applicable Companion Loan is affected, all or any required portion of any Form 8-K, 10-D, ABS-EE or 10-K required to be filed by this Agreement because required disclosure information was either not delivered to it or delivered to it after the delivery

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deadlines set forth in this Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall promptly as soon as practicable, but in no event later than twenty-four (24) hours after determination (but if the next calendar day is not a Business Day, then in no event later than 10:00 a.m., New York time, on the next Business Day), notify the Depositor, such Other Depositor or Other Exchange Act Reporting Party thereof. In the case of Forms 10-D, ABS-EE and 10-K, the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator will thereupon cooperate to prepare and file a Form 12b-25 and a Form 10-D/A, Form ABS-EE/A or Form 10-K/A, as applicable, pursuant to Rule 12b-25 of the Exchange Act. In the case of Form 8-K, the Certificate Administrator will, upon receipt of all required Form 8-K Disclosure Information, include such disclosure information on the next succeeding Form 10-D to be filed for the Trust. In the event that any previously filed Form 8-K or Form 10-K needs to be amended, the Certificate Administrator will notify the Depositor thereof, and such other parties as needed and the parties hereto will cooperate with the Certificate Administrator to prepare any necessary Form 8-K/A or Form 10-K/A. In the event that any previously filed Form 10-D or Form ABS-EE needs to be amended, the Certificate Administrator shall notify the Depositor thereof, and such other parties as needed, and the parties hereto shall cooperate to prepare any necessary Form 10-D/A or Form ABS-EE/A. Any Form 12b-25 or any amendment to Form 8-K, Form 10-D, Form ABS-EE/A or Form 10-K shall be signed by an officer of the Depositor. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that the performance by the Certificate Administrator of its duties under this Section 10.03 related to the timely preparation and filing of Form 12b-25 or any amendment to Form 8-K, Form 10-D, Form ABS-EE or Form 10-K is contingent upon such parties observing all applicable deadlines in the performance of their duties under this Article X. The Certificate Administrator shall have no liability for any loss, expense, damage, or claim arising out of or with respect to any failure to properly prepare, arrange for execution and/or timely file any such Form 12b-25 or any amendments to Form 8-K, Form 10-D, Form ABS-EE or Form 10-K, where such failure results from the Certificate Administrator’s inability or failure to receive, on a timely basis, any information from any other party hereto needed to prepare, arrange for execution or file such Form 12b-25 or any amendments to Forms 8-K, Form 10-D, Form ABS-EE or Form 10-K, not resulting from its own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.

Section 10.04       Form 10-D and Form ABS-EE Filings.

(a)               Within 15 calendar days after each Distribution Date (subject to permitted extensions under the Exchange Act), the Certificate Administrator shall prepare and file on behalf of the Trust any Form 10-D and Form ABS-EE then required by the Exchange Act, in form and substance as then required by the Exchange Act; provided that, in connection with the filing of the Prospectus and the Preliminary Prospectus with respect to the Public Certificates, the Depositor shall file any related Form ABS-EE required to be filed with the Commission and incorporated by reference into each such document. The Certificate Administrator shall file each Form 10-D with a copy of the related Distribution Date Statement attached thereto; provided that the Certificate Administrator shall redact from such Distribution Date Statement any information relating to the ratings of the Certificates and the identity of the Rating Agencies. Any disclosure in addition to the Distribution Date Statement that is required to be included on Form 10-D and/or Form ABS-EE (“Additional Form 10-D Disclosure”) shall, pursuant to the following paragraph, be (i) reported by the

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parties set forth on Exhibit U to this Agreement to the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator and each Other Depositor and Other Exchange Act Reporting Party to which such Additional Form 10-D Disclosure is relevant for Exchange Act reporting purposes and (ii) approved by the Depositor and each such Other Depositor, and the Certificate Administrator will have no duty or liability for any failure hereunder to determine or prepare any Additional Form 10-D Disclosure absent such reporting, direction and approval.

For so long as the Trust or any Other Securitization Trust is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, within one (1) Business Day after the related Distribution Date (using commercially reasonable efforts), but in no event later than noon (New York City time) on the third Business Day after the related Distribution Date, (i) certain parties to this Agreement, as set forth on Exhibit U to this Agreement, shall be required to provide to the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, and each Other Exchange Act Reporting Party and Other Depositor to which the particular Additional Form 10-D Disclosure is relevant for Exchange Act reporting purposes, to the extent a Servicing Officer or Responsible Officer thereof has knowledge thereof (other than information required by Item 1117 of Regulation AB as to such party which shall be reported if actually known by any Servicing Officer or Responsible Officer, as the case may be, or any lawyer in the in-house legal department of such party) in EDGAR-Compatible Format (to the extent available to such party in such format) or (in the case of asset-level information required by Item 1A on Form 10-D) XML Format or in such other format as otherwise agreed upon by the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor and each such Other Exchange Act Reporting Party, each such Other Depositor and such parties, the form and substance of the Additional Form 10-D Disclosure, if applicable, (ii) the parties listed on Exhibit U to this Agreement shall include with such Additional Form 10-D Disclosure applicable to such party and shall cause each Sub-Servicer (or, in the case of each Sub-Servicer set forth on Exhibit S, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Sub-Servicer) and Subcontractor of such party to the extent required under Regulation AB to provide, and if received, include, an Additional Disclosure Notification in the form attached as Exhibit W-1 to this Agreement (except with respect to the reporting of balances of the Collection Account, each Whole Loan Custodial Account and each REO Account which shall be delivered in the form of Exhibit W-2 hereto, and the Special Servicer shall provide in the form of Exhibit W-2 any information relating to any REO Account to be reported under “Item 9: Other Information” on Exhibit U to the Master Servicer within four (4) calendar days after the related Distribution Date) and (iii) the Depositor shall approve, as to form and substance, or disapprove, as the case may be, the inclusion of the Additional Form 10-D Disclosure on Form 10-D or (in the case of asset-level information required by Item 1A on Form 10-D) Form ABS-EE with respect to the Trust; provided that any Depositor’s approval pursuant to this clause (iii) shall not relieve any parties listed on Exhibit U of its obligations to provide Additional Form 10-D Disclosure that is true and accurate in all material respects and in compliance with all applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. The Certificate Administrator has no duty under this Agreement to monitor or enforce the performance by the parties listed on Exhibit U to this Agreement of their duties under this paragraph or proactively solicit or procure from such parties any Additional Form 10-D Disclosure information. The Depositor will be responsible for any reasonable fees assessed or expenses incurred by the Certificate Administrator in connection with including any Additional Form 10-D Disclosure on Form 10-D or (in the case of asset-level information required by Item 1A on Form 10-D) Form ABS-EE with respect to the Trust pursuant to this paragraph.

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(b)               Any Form 10-D filed by the Certificate Administrator with respect to the Trust shall (i) include the information required by Rule 15Ga-1(a) of the Exchange Act concerning all assets of the Trust that were subject of a demand for the repurchase of, or the substitution of a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for, a Mortgage Loan contemplated by Section 2.03(a) of this Agreement, (ii) include a reference to the most recent Form ABS-15G filed by the Depositor and the Commission’s assigned “Central Index Key” for the Depositor, which information the Depositor shall deliver to the Certificate Administrator, (iii) include a reference to the most recent Form ABS-15G filed by each Mortgage Loan Seller and the Commission’s assigned “Central Index Key” for each such filer, which information each Mortgage Loan Seller is required to deliver to the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 6(i) of the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, (iv) incorporate by reference the Form ABS-EE filing for the related reporting period (which Form ABS-EE disclosures shall be filed at the time of each filing of the applicable report on Form 10-D with respect to each Mortgage Loan that was part of the Mortgage Pool during any portion of the related reporting period), (v) to the extent such information is provided to the Certificate Administrator by the Master Servicer in the form of Exhibit W-2 hereto for inclusion therein within the time period described in this Section 10.04, the balances of the Collection Account, each Whole Loan Custodial Account and each REO Account (to the extent the related information has been received from the Special Servicer within the time period specified in this Section 10.04), in each case as of the related Distribution Date and as of the immediately preceding Distribution Date and (vi) the balance of the Distribution Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account and the Excess Liquidation Proceeds Reserve Account, in each case as of the related Distribution Date and as of the immediately preceding Distribution Date.

(c)               With respect to any Mortgage Loan that permits Additional Debt or mezzanine debt in the future, the Certificate Administrator shall include as part of any applicable Form 10-D filed by it (to the extent it receives such information from the Master Servicer (with respect to Non-Specially Serviced Loans as to which the Master Servicer has knowledge or notice of any applicable Additional Debt or mezzanine debt) or the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans as to which the Special Servicer has knowledge or notice of any applicable Additional Debt or mezzanine debt)) the identity of such Mortgage Loan and, to the extent such information is received by the Certificate Administrator from the Master Servicer (with respect to Non-Specially Serviced Loans as to which the Master Servicer has knowledge or notice of any applicable Additional Debt or mezzanine debt) or the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans as to which the Special Servicer has knowledge or notice of any applicable Additional Debt or mezzanine debt), substantially in the form of Exhibit W-3 (A) the amount of any such Additional Debt or mezzanine debt, as applicable, that is incurred during the related Collection Period, (B) the total debt service coverage ratio calculated on the basis of such Mortgage Loan and such Additional Debt or mezzanine debt, as applicable, and (C) the aggregate LTV Ratio calculated on the basis of such Mortgage Loan and such Additional Debt or mezzanine debt, as applicable.

(d)               The Depositor hereby directs the Certificate Administrator to include the following individual’s name and phone number on the cover of Forms 10-D and ABS-EE

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for each reporting period: Name: Richard Simpson, Telephone: (212) 816-5343. The Certificate Administrator may rely without further investigation that this information remains correct unless and until the Depositor provides the Certificate Administrator with a new individual’s name and phone number in writing.

(e)               Upon receipt of the Asset Review Report Summary from the Asset Representations Reviewer required to be delivered pursuant to Section 11.01(b), the Certificate Administrator shall (i) include such Asset Review Report Summary in Item 1B on the Form 10-D relating to the Collection Period in which such Asset Review Report Summary was delivered, and (ii) post such Asset Review Report Summary to the Certificate Administrator’s Website not later than two (2) Business Days after receipt of such Asset Review Report Summary from the Asset Representations Reviewer.

(f)                To the extent the Certificate Administrator receives a request from any Certificateholder or Certificate Owner to communicate with other Certificateholders or Certificate Owners pursuant to Section 5.07, the Certificate Administrator shall include on the Form 10-D relating to the reporting period in which such request was received disclosure regarding the request to communicate, and such disclosure is required to include the following and no more than the following: (a) the name of the Certificateholder or Certificate Owner making the request, (b) the date the request was received, (c) a statement to the effect that the Certificate Administrator has received such request, stating that such Certificateholder or Certificate Owner is interested in communicating with other Certificateholders or Certificate Owners with regard to the possible exercise of rights under this Agreement, and (d) a description of the method other Certificateholders or Certificate Owners may use to contact the requesting Certificateholder or Certificate Owner.

(g)               At the time required under Section 10.04(a), the Certificate Administrator shall file each Form ABS-EE with a copy of the related CREFC^® Schedule AL File received by the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 4.02(b) as Exhibit 102 thereto. To the extent the Certificate Administrator receives any Schedule AL Additional File with respect to such Form ABS-EE pursuant to Section 4.02(b), the Certificate Administrator shall file such Schedule AL Additional File as Exhibit 103 to such Form ABS-EE. The Certificate Administrator shall not be required to combine multiple CREFC^® Schedule AL Files or Schedule AL Additional Files. The Certificate Administrator shall not be required to review, redact, reconcile, edit or verify the content, completeness or accuracy of the information contained in any CREFC^® Schedule AL File or Schedule AL Additional File. The Certificate Administrator shall not be deemed to have actual knowledge of the contents of any CREFC^® Schedule AL File or Schedule AL Additional File solely by its receipt thereof.

(h)               After preparing the Forms 10-D and ABS-EE with respect to the Trust, the Certificate Administrator shall forward electronically copies of such Forms 10-D and ABS-EE (together with the related CREFC^® Schedule AL File and any Schedule AL Additional File received by the Certificate Administrator) to the Depositor for review no later than seven (7) calendar days after the related Distribution Date or, if the 7th calendar day after the related Distribution Date is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day. The Master Servicer shall reasonably cooperate with the Depositor to

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answer any questions that the Depositor may pose to the Master Servicer regarding the data or information contained in, or omitted from, any CREFC^® Schedule AL File or Schedule AL Additional File (other than questions regarding (1) the accuracy as of the Closing Date of data that had been included in the Initial Schedule AL File or the Initial Schedule AL Additional File or (2) changes made to such CREFC^® Schedule AL File or Schedule AL Additional File by the Certificate Administrator following receipt from the Master Servicer). The Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Depositor shall each, to the extent related to such party’s obligations hereunder, reasonably cooperate to remedy any filing errors regarding any CREFC^® Schedule AL File or any Schedule AL Additional File as soon as possible. Within four (4) Business Days after receipt of copies of such Forms 10-D and ABS-EE from the Certificate Administrator, but no later than two (2) Business Days prior to the 15th calendar day after the related Distribution Date, the Depositor shall notify the Certificate Administrator in writing (which may be furnished electronically) of any changes to or approval of such Form 10-D and Form ABS-EE, respectively, and an officer of the Depositor shall sign the Form 10-D and Form ABS-EE with respect to the Trust and return an electronic or fax copy of each of the signed Form 10-D and Form ABS-EE (with an original executed hard copy to follow by overnight mail) to the Certificate Administrator. Upon receipt of such signed Form 10-D and Form ABS-EE (in electronic form or by fax copy), the Certificate Administrator shall deem such reports to be approved by the Depositor and shall proceed with filing such reports with the Commission. If a Form 10-D or Form ABS-EE with respect to the Trust cannot be filed on time or if a previously filed Form 10-D or Form ABS-EE with respect to the Trust needs to be amended, the Certificate Administrator will follow the procedures set forth in Section 10.03(b) of this Agreement. Promptly after filing with the Commission, the Certificate Administrator will make available on its internet website a final executed copy of each Form 10-D and Form ABS-EE with respect to the Trust prepared and filed by the Certificate Administrator. The signing party at the Depositor can be contacted at Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., 388 Greenwich Street, 6th Floor, New York, New York 10013, Attention: Richard Simpson, telecopy number: (646) 328-2943, e-mail: richard.simpson@citi.com, with a copy to Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., 390 Greenwich Street, 5th Floor, New York, New York 10013, Attention: Raul Orozco, telecopy number: (347) 394-0898, e-mail: raul.d.orozco@citi.com, and with a copy to Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., 388 Greenwich Street, 17th Floor, New York, New York 10013, Attention: Ryan M. O’Connor, telecopy number: (646) 862-8988, e-mail: ryan.m.oconnor@citi.com, or such other address as the Depositor may direct. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that the performance by the Certificate Administrator of its duties under this Section 10.04 related to the timely preparation and filing of Form 10-D and Form ASB-EE with respect to the Trust is contingent upon such parties observing all applicable deadlines in the performance of their duties under this Section 10.04. The Certificate Administrator shall have no liability for any loss, expense, damage, or claim arising out of or with respect to any failure to properly prepare, arrange for execution and/or timely file any Form 10-D or Form ABS-EE with respect to the Trust, where such failure results because required disclosure information was either not delivered to the Certificate Administrator or delivered to the Certificate Administrator after the delivery deadlines set forth in this Agreement, not resulting from its own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.

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(i)                 Form 10-D requires the registrant to indicate (by checking “yes” or “no”) that it “(1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.” The Depositor hereby instructs the Certificate Administrator, with respect to each Form 10-D with respect to the Trust, to check “yes” for each item unless the Certificate Administrator has received prior written notice (which may be furnished electronically) from the Depositor that the answer should be “no” for an item which notice shall be delivered to the Certificate Administrator no later than the day on which the Depositor provided its signature for such filing pursuant to Section 10.04(h) of this Agreement.

Section 10.05       Form 10-K Filings.

(a)               Within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Trust (it being understood that the fiscal year of the Trust ends on December 31 of each year) or such earlier date as may be required by the Exchange Act (the “10-K Filing Deadline”), commencing within 90 days after December 31, 2023, the Certificate Administrator shall prepare and file on behalf of the Trust any Form 10-K then required by the Exchange Act, in form and substance as then required by the Exchange Act. Each such Form 10-K with respect to the Trust shall include the following items, in each case to the extent they have been delivered to the Certificate Administrator (in the form required by this Agreement) within the applicable time frames set forth in this Agreement:

(i)              an annual compliance statement for each Certifying Servicer and each Additional Servicer engaged by each Certifying Servicer, as described under Section 10.08; provided that the related signature pages may be delivered separately from such compliance statement;

(ii)             (A)                the annual reports on assessment of compliance with Servicing Criteria for each Reporting Servicer, as described under Section 10.09; and

        (B)         if any such report on assessment of compliance with Servicing Criteria described under Section 10.09 identifies any material instance of noncompliance, disclosure identifying such instance of noncompliance (including whether such instance of noncompliance involved the servicing of the assets backing the Certificates issued pursuant to this Agreement and any steps taken to remedy such instance of noncompliance), or if such report on assessment of compliance with Servicing Criteria described under Section 10.09 is not included as an exhibit to such Form 10-K, disclosure that such report is not included and an explanation why such report is not included;

(iii)            (A)                   the registered public accounting firm attestation report for each Reporting Servicer, as described under Section 10.10; and

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                 (B)       if any registered public accounting firm attestation report described under Section 10.10 identifies any material instance of noncompliance, disclosure identifying such instance of noncompliance, or if any such registered public accounting firm attestation report is not included as an exhibit to such Form 10-K, disclosure that such report is not included and an explanation why such report is not included; and

(iv)            a certification in the form attached to this Agreement as Exhibit X, with such changes as may be necessary or appropriate as a result of changes promulgated by the Commission (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Certification”), which shall, except as described below, be signed by the senior officer of the Depositor in charge of securitization; provided that the related signature pages may be delivered separately.

Any disclosure or information in addition to (i) through (iv) above that is required to be included on Form 10-K (“Additional Form 10-K Disclosure”) shall, pursuant to the second following paragraph, be (i) reported by the parties set forth on Exhibit V to this Agreement to the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator and any Other Depositor and Other Exchange Act Reporting Party to which such Additional Form 10-K Disclosure is relevant for Exchange Act reporting purposes and (ii) approved by the Depositor and such Other Depositor, and the Certificate Administrator will have no duty or liability for any failure hereunder to determine or prepare any Additional Form 10-K Disclosure, absent such reporting, direction and approval.

Not later than the end of each fiscal year for which the Trust is required to file a Form 10-K, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Operating Advisor and the Trustee shall provide the other parties to this Agreement and the Mortgage Loan Sellers with written notice of the name and address of each Servicing Function Participant retained by such party, if any, during such fiscal year. Not later than the end of each fiscal year for which the Trust is required to file a Form 10-K, the Certificate Administrator shall, upon request (which can be in the form of electronic mail and which may be continually effective), provide to each Mortgage Loan Seller written notice of any change in the identity of any party to this Agreement, including the name and address of any new party to this Agreement.

For so long as the Trust or any Other Securitization Trust is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, no later than March 1, commencing in March 2024, (i) the parties listed on Exhibit V to this Agreement shall be required to provide (and (i) with respect to any Servicing Function Participant of such party that is a Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Servicing Function Participant to provide, and (ii) with respect to any other Servicing Function Participant of such party (other than any party to this Agreement), shall cause such Servicing Function Participant to provide) to the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor and each Other Exchange Act Reporting Party and Other Depositor to which the particular Additional Form 10-K Disclosure is relevant for Exchange Act reporting purposes, to the extent a Servicing Officer or a Responsible Officer, as the case may be, thereof has actual knowledge (other than information required by Item 1117 of Regulation AB as to such party which shall be reported if actually known by any Servicing Officer or Responsible Officer, as the case may be or any lawyer in the in-house legal department of such party), in EDGAR-Compatible Format (to the extent available to such party in such format) or in such other

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format as otherwise agreed upon by the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, each such Other Exchange Act Reporting Party, each such Other Depositor and such providing parties, the form and substance of any Additional Form 10-K Disclosure described on Exhibit V to this Agreement applicable to such party, (ii) the parties listed on Exhibit V to this Agreement shall include with such Additional Form 10-K Disclosure applicable to such party and shall cause each Sub-Servicer (or, in the case of each Sub-Servicer set forth on Exhibit S, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Sub-Servicer) and Subcontractor of such party to the extent required under Regulation AB to provide, and if received, include, an Additional Disclosure Notification in the form attached as Exhibit W to this Agreement, and (iii) the Depositor will approve, as to form and substance, or disapprove, as the case may be, the inclusion of the Additional Form 10-K Disclosure on Form 10-K with respect to the Trust; provided that any Depositor’s approval pursuant to this clause (iii) shall not relieve any parties listed on Exhibit V of its obligations to provide Additional Form 10- K Disclosure that is true and accurate in all material respects and in compliance with all applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. The Certificate Administrator has no duty under this Agreement to monitor or enforce the performance by the parties listed on Exhibit V to this Agreement of their duties under this paragraph or proactively solicit or procure from such parties any Additional Form 10-K Disclosure information. The Depositor will be responsible for any reasonable fees assessed and expenses incurred by the Certificate Administrator in connection with including any Additional Form 10-K Disclosure on Form 10-K with respect to the Trust pursuant to this paragraph.

After preparing a Form 10-K with respect to the Trust, the Certificate Administrator shall forward electronically a preliminary copy of such Form 10-K to the Depositor for review no later than March 15 in the year immediately following the year as to which such Form 10-K relates, or, if March 15 is not a Business Day, on the immediately following Business Day. Within three (3) Business Days after receipt of such copy, the Depositor shall notify the Certificate Administrator in writing (which may be furnished electronically) of any changes or approval to such preliminary Form 10-K. The Certificate Administrator shall provide a complete Form 10-K with respect to the Trust to the Depositor for review no later than March 21 in the year immediately following the year as to which such Form 10-K relates, or if March 21 is not a Business Day, on the immediately following Business Day. Within three (3) Business Days after receipt of such complete Form 10-K, the Depositor shall notify the Certificate Administrator in writing (which may be furnished electronically) of any changes or approval to such complete Form 10-K. No later than 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the third Business Day prior to the 10-K Filing Deadline, a senior officer of the Depositor shall sign the Form 10-K with respect to the Trust and return an electronic or fax copy of such signed Form 10-K (with an original executed hard copy to follow by overnight mail) to the Certificate Administrator. Upon receipt of such signed Form 10-K (in electronic form or by fax copy), the Certificate Administrator shall deem such report to be approved by the Depositor and shall proceed with filing such report with the Commission. If a Form 10-K with respect to the Trust cannot be filed on time or if a previously filed Form 10-K with respect to the Trust needs to be amended, the Certificate Administrator will follow the procedures set forth in Section 10.03(b). Promptly after filing with the Commission, the Certificate Administrator will make available on the Certificate Administrator’s Website a final executed copy of each Form 10-K prepared and filed by the Certificate Administrator. The signing party at the Depositor can be contacted at Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., 388 Greenwich Street, 6th Floor, New York, New York 10013, Attention: Richard Simpson, telecopy

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number: (646) 328-2943, e-mail: richard.simpson@citi.com, with a copy to Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., 390 Greenwich Street, 5th Floor, New York, New York 10013, Attention: Raul Orozco, telecopy number: (347) 394-0898, e-mail: raul.d.orozco@citi.com, and with a copy to Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., 388 Greenwich Street, 17th Floor, New York, New York 10013, Attention: Ryan M. O’Connor, telecopy number: (646) 862-8988, e-mail: ryan.m.oconnor@citi.com, or such other address as the Depositor may direct. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that the performance by the Certificate Administrator of its duties under this Section 10.05 related to the timely preparation and filing of Form 10-K with respect to the Trust is contingent upon the parties to this Agreement (and any Additional Servicer or Servicing Function Participant engaged or utilized, as applicable, by any such parties) observing all applicable deadlines in the performance of their duties under this Section 10.05. The Certificate Administrator shall have no liability for any loss, expense, damage, claim arising out of or with respect to any failure to properly prepare, arrange for execution and/or timely file any Form 10-K with respect to the Trust, where such failure results because required disclosure information was either not delivered to the Certificate Administrator or delivered to the Certificate Administrator after the delivery deadlines set forth in this Agreement, not resulting from its own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.

(b)               Form 10-K requires the registrant to indicate (by checking “yes” or “no”) that it “(1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.” The Depositor hereby instructs the Certificate Administrator, with respect to each Form 10-K with respect to the Trust, to check “yes” for each item unless the Certificate Administrator has received prior written notice (which may be furnished electronically) from the Depositor that the answer should be “no” for an item which notice shall be delivered to the Certificate Administrator no later than the day on which the Depositor provided its signature for such filing pursuant to Section 10.05(a) of this Agreement.

Section 10.06       Sarbanes-Oxley Certification. Each Form 10-K with respect to the Trust shall include a Sarbanes-Oxley Certification in the form attached to this Agreement as Exhibit X required to be included therewith pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer (in the case of the Asset Representations Reviewer, solely with respect to reporting periods in which the Asset Representations Reviewer is required to deliver an Asset Review Report Summary), the Custodian and the Trustee shall provide (and (i) with respect to any Servicing Function Participant of such party that is a Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Servicing Function Participant to provide, and (ii) with respect to any other Servicing Function Participant of such party (other than any party to this Agreement), shall cause such Servicing Function Participant to provide) to the Person who signs the Sarbanes-Oxley Certification for the Trust or any Other Securitization Trust (the “Certifying Person”) no later than March 1 in the year immediately following the year as to which such Form 10-K relates or, if March 1 is not a Business Day, on the immediately following Business Day, a certification in the form attached to this Agreement as Exhibit Y-1, Exhibit Y-2, Exhibit Y-3, Exhibit Y-4, Exhibit Y-5, Exhibit Y-6, Exhibit Y-7 and Exhibit Y-8, as applicable, on which the Certifying Person, the entity for which the Certifying Person acts as an officer, and such

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entity’s officers, directors and Affiliates (collectively with the Certifying Person, “Certification Parties”) can reasonably rely. With respect to each Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan serviced under an Outside Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall use commercially reasonable efforts to procure, and upon receipt deliver to the Certifying Person, a Sarbanes-Oxley back-up certification similar in form and substance to the certifications referenced in the preceding sentence, from the related Outside Servicer, the related Outside Special Servicer, the related Outside Paying Agent and the related Outside Trustee. In the event any Reporting Servicer is terminated or resigns pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, or any applicable Sub-Servicing Agreement or primary servicing agreement, as the case may be, such Reporting Servicer shall provide a certification to the Certifying Person pursuant to this Section 10.06 with respect to the period of time it was subject to this Agreement or the applicable sub-servicing or primary servicing agreement, as the case may be.

Section 10.07       Form 8-K Filings. Within four (4) Business Days after the occurrence of an event requiring disclosure on Form 8-K (each such event, a “Reportable Event”), or if requested by the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator shall prepare and file on behalf of the Trust any Form 8-K, as required by the Exchange Act, provided that the Depositor shall file the initial Form 8-K with respect to the Trust in connection with the issuance of the Certificates. Any disclosure or information related to a Reportable Event or that is otherwise required to be included on Form 8-K (“Form 8-K Disclosure Information”) that is approved by the Depositor shall, pursuant to the following paragraph, be reported by the applicable parties set forth on Exhibit Z to this Agreement to the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator and each Other Depositor and Other Exchange Act Reporting Party to which such Form 8-K Disclosure Information is relevant for Exchange Act reporting purposes, and the Certificate Administrator will have no duty or liability for any failure hereunder to determine or prepare any Form 8-K Disclosure Information or any Form 8-K with respect to the Trust, absent such reporting, direction and approval.

For so long as the Trust or any Other Securitization Trust is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, to the extent a Servicing Officer or Responsible Officer thereof has actual knowledge of such event (other than Item 1117 of Regulation AB as to such party which shall be reported if actually known by any Servicing Officer or Responsible Officer, as the case may be or any lawyer in the in-house legal department of such party), within one (1) Business Day after the occurrence of a Reportable Event (using commercially reasonable efforts), but in no event later than 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the second Business Day after the occurrence of a Reportable Event, (i) the parties set forth on Exhibit Z to this Agreement shall be required to provide (and (i) with respect to any Servicing Function Participant of such party that is a Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Servicing Function Participant to provide, and (ii) with respect to any other Servicing Function Participant of such party (other than any party to this Agreement), shall cause such Servicing Function Participant to provide) to the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator and each Other Depositor and Other Exchange Act Reporting Party to which the particular Form 8-K Disclosure Information is relevant for Exchange Act reporting purposes, in EDGAR-Compatible Format (to the extent available to such party in such format) or in such other format as otherwise agreed upon by the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, each such Other Depositor, each such Other Exchange Act Reporting Party and such providing parties any Form 8-K Disclosure Information described on Exhibit Z to this Agreement as applicable to such party, if applicable (ii) the parties listed on Exhibit Z to this Agreement shall include with such Form 8-K Disclosure Information applicable

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to such party and shall cause each Sub-Servicer (or, in the case of each Sub-Servicer set forth on Exhibit S, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Sub-Servicer) and Subcontractor of such party to the extent required under Regulation AB to provide, and if received, include, an Additional Disclosure Notification in the form attached hereto as Exhibit W-1, and (iii) the Depositor will approve, as to form and substance, or disapprove, as the case may be, the inclusion of the Form 8-K Disclosure Information on Form 8-K with respect to the Trust; provided that any Depositor’s approval pursuant to this clause (iii) shall not relieve any parties listed on Exhibit Z of its obligations to provide Form 8 K Disclosure Information that is true and accurate in all material respects and in compliance with all applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. The Certificate Administrator has no duty under this Agreement to monitor or enforce the performance by the parties listed on Exhibit Z of their duties under this paragraph or proactively solicit or procure from such parties any Form 8-K Disclosure Information. The Depositor will be responsible for any reasonable fees assessed or expenses incurred by the Certificate Administrator in connection with including any Form 8-K Disclosure Information on Form 8-K with respect to the Trust pursuant to this paragraph.

With respect to any Whole Loan, (i) upon receipt of any notice of execution or amendment of an Outside Servicing Agreement or an Outside Serviced Co-Lender Agreement with respect to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan or notice of any Reportable Event with respect to any Outside Service Provider of an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, shall promptly notify the Depositor of such notice and cooperate with the Depositor to prepare and file on behalf of the Trust any Form 8-K, as required by the Exchange Act and (ii) upon the execution of any amendment to a related Co-Lender Agreement, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be, executing such amendment on behalf of the Trust shall promptly notify the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator of such execution and cooperate with the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator to prepare and file on behalf of the Trust any Form 8-K, as required by the Exchange Act.

After preparing any Form 8-K with respect to the Trust, the Certificate Administrator shall forward electronically a copy of the Form 8-K to the Depositor for review no later than 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the third Business Day after the related Reportable Event (but in no event earlier than 24 hours after having received approved Form 8-K Disclosure Information pursuant to the immediately preceding paragraph). Promptly, but no later than the close of business on the third Business Day after the related Reportable Event, the Depositor shall notify the Certificate Administrator in writing (which may be furnished electronically) of any changes to or approval of such Form 8-K. No later than noon on the fourth Business Day after the related Reportable Event, a duly authorized representative of the Depositor shall sign the Form 8-K with respect to the Trust and return an electronic or fax copy of such signed Form 8-K (with an original executed hard copy to follow by overnight mail) to the Certificate Administrator. If a Form 8-K with respect to the Trust cannot be filed on time or if a previously filed Form 8-K with respect to the Trust needs to be amended, the Certificate Administrator will follow the procedures set forth in Section 10.03(b) of this Agreement. Promptly after filing with the Commission, the Certificate Administrator will, make available on its internet website a final executed copy of each Form 8-K with respect to the Trust, to the extent such Form 8-K has been prepared and filed by the Certificate Administrator. The signing party at the Depositor can be contacted at Citigroup

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Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., 388 Greenwich Street, 6th Floor, New York, New York 10013, Attention: Richard Simpson, telecopy number: (646) 328-2943, e-mail: richard.simpson@citi.com, with a copy to Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., 390 Greenwich Street, 5th Floor, New York, New York 10013, Attention: Raul Orozco, telecopy number: (347) 394-0898, e-mail: raul.d.orozco@citi.com, and with a copy to Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., 388 Greenwich Street, 17th Floor, New York, New York 10013, Attention: Ryan M. O’Connor, telecopy number: (646) 862-8988, e-mail: ryan.m.oconnor@citi.com, or such other address as the Depositor may direct. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that the performance by the Certificate Administrator of its duties under this Section 10.07 related to the timely preparation and filing of Form 8-K with respect to the Trust is contingent upon such parties observing all applicable deadlines in the performance of their duties under this Section 10.07. The Certificate Administrator shall have no liability for any loss, expense, damage, claim arising out of or with respect to any failure to properly prepare and/or timely file any Form 8-K with respect to the Trust, where such failure results from the Certificate Administrator’s inability or failure to receive, on a timely basis, any information from the parties to this Agreement needed to prepare, arrange for execution or file such Form 8-K, not resulting from its own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.

In the case of a Form 8-K that is filed by or on behalf of the Trust or any Other Securitization Trust as a result of the termination, removal, resignation or any other replacement of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator or any Sub-Servicer or Subcontractor of any of the foregoing parties (to the extent such Sub-Servicer or Subcontractor is a “servicer” as contemplated by Item 1108(a)(2) of Regulation AB) under this Agreement, the proposed successor Master Servicer, Special Servicer, Trustee, Certificate Administrator, Sub-Servicer or Subcontractor, as applicable, shall, as a condition to such succession and at the reasonable expense of the same party or parties required to pay the costs and expenses relating to such termination, removal, resignation or other replacement pursuant to this Agreement, provide to the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor on or before the date of such proposed succession the following: (i) any information (including, but not limited to, disclosure information) required for the Trust to comply in a timely manner with applicable filing requirements under Items 1.01 and 6.02 of Form 8-K and (ii) such opinion(s) of counsel, certifications and/or indemnification agreement(s) with respect to such information that are substantially similar to those delivered by the initial Master Servicer, the initial Special Servicer, the initial Trustee, the initial Certificate Administrator or the initial Sub-Servicer, as the case may be, or their respective counsel, in connection with the information concerning such party in the Prospectus and/or any other disclosure materials relating to this Trust.

Section 10.08       Annual Compliance Statements. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian and, if it has made an Advance during the applicable calendar year, the Trustee shall furnish (and each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Custodian and the Certificate Administrator (i) with respect to any Additional Servicer of such party that is a Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Additional Servicer to furnish, and (ii) with respect to any other Additional Servicer of such party (other than any party to this Agreement), shall cause such Additional Servicer to furnish) (each such Additional Servicer and each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Custodian, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee (if applicable), a “Certifying Servicer”) to the Certificate Administrator, the Serviced Companion Loan Holders (or, in the case of a Serviced

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Companion Loan that is part of an Other Securitization Trust, the applicable Other Depositor and Other Exchange Act Reporting Party), the Operating Advisor (only in the case of an Officer’s Certificate furnished by the Special Servicer, and including with respect to any Trust Subordinate Companion Whole Loan that is part of an EHRI Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Securitization, at any time) and the Depositor on or before March 1 of each year, commencing in March 2024, an Officer’s Certificate (together with a copy thereof in EDGAR-Compatible Format, or in such other format as otherwise agreed upon by the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the applicable Other Depositor, the applicable Other Exchange Act Reporting Party and the applicable Certifying Servicer) stating, as to the signer thereof, that (A) a review of such Certifying Servicer’s activities during the preceding calendar year or portion thereof and of such Certifying Servicer’s performance under this Agreement, or the applicable Sub-Servicing Agreement or primary servicing agreement in the case of an Additional Servicer, has been made under such officer’s supervision and (B) to the best of such officer’s knowledge, based on such review, such Certifying Servicer has fulfilled all its obligations under this Agreement, or the applicable Sub-Servicing Agreement or primary servicing agreement in the case of an Additional Servicer, in all material respects throughout such year or portion thereof, or, if there has been a failure to fulfill any such obligation in any material respect, specifying each such failure known to such officer and the nature and status thereof. The Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall, and the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall cause (or, in the case of an Additional Servicer that is a Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer, shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause) each Additional Servicer hired by it to, forward a copy of each such statement to, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, the Controlling Class Representative and, for posting to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 12.13, the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider. Promptly after receipt of each such Officer’s Certificate, the Depositor (and, in the case of a Serviced Companion Loan that is part of an Other Securitization Trust, the applicable Other Depositor and Other Exchange Act Reporting Party) may review each such Officer’s Certificate and, if applicable, consult with the Certifying Servicer, as applicable, as to the nature of any failures by such Certifying Servicer, respectively, or any related Additional Servicer with which the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, has entered into a servicing relationship with respect to the Mortgage Loans or the Companion Loans in the fulfillment of any Certifying Servicer’s obligations hereunder or under the applicable sub-servicing or primary servicing agreement. The obligations of each Certifying Servicer under this Section apply to each Certifying Servicer that serviced a Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan during the applicable period, whether or not the Certifying Servicer is acting in such capacity at the time such Officer’s Certificate is required to be delivered.

With respect to each Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan serviced under the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall request, and upon receipt deliver to the Depositor, from a “Servicing Officer” or “Responsible Officer” (as such terms are defined in the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement), as applicable, of the related Outside Servicer, Outside Special Servicer, Outside Custodian, Outside Trustee and Outside Paying Agent or Outside Certificate Administrator an Officer’s Certificate in form and substance similar to the Officer’s Certificate described in this Section or such other form as is set forth in the Outside Servicing Agreement.

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Section 10.09       Annual Reports on Assessment of Compliance With Servicing Criteria.

(a)               On or before March 1 of each year commencing in March 2024, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Operating Advisor and, if it has made (or is required to make) an Advance during the applicable calendar year, the Trustee, each at its own expense, shall furnish (and each of the preceding parties, as applicable, (i) with respect to any Servicing Function Participant of such party that is a Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Servicing Function Participant to furnish, and (ii) with respect to any other Servicing Function Participant of such party (other than any party to this Agreement), shall cause such Servicing Function Participant to furnish) (each Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Operating Advisor, any Servicing Function Participant and, if it has made (or is required to make) an Advance during the applicable calendar year, the Trustee, as the case may be, a “Reporting Servicer”) to the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Serviced Companion Loan Holders (or, in the case of a Serviced Companion Loan that is part of an Other Securitization Trust, the applicable Other Depositor and Other Exchange Act Reporting Party), the Operating Advisor (only in the case of a report furnished by the Special Servicer) and the Depositor, a report on an assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria (together with a copy thereof in EDGAR-Compatible Format, or in such other format as otherwise agreed upon by the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the applicable Other Depositor, the applicable Other Exchange Act Reporting Party and the applicable Certifying Servicer) that complies in all material respects with the requirements of Item 1122 of Regulation AB and contains (A) a statement by such Reporting Servicer of its responsibility for assessing compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria, (B) a statement that such Reporting Servicer used the Servicing Criteria to assess compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria, (C) such Reporting Servicer’s assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria as of the end of and for the preceding calendar year, including, if there has been any material instance of noncompliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria, a discussion of each such failure and the nature and status thereof and (D) a statement that a registered public accounting firm has issued an attestation report on such Reporting Servicer’s assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria as of and for such period. Copies of all compliance reports delivered pursuant to this Section 10.09 shall be provided to any Certificateholder, upon the written request thereof, by the Certificate Administrator.

Each such report shall be addressed to the Depositor and each Other Depositor (if addressed) and signed by an authorized officer of the applicable company, and shall address each of the Relevant Servicing Criteria specified on a certification substantially in the form of Exhibit O to this Agreement delivered to the Depositor on the Closing Date. Promptly after receipt of each such report, (i) the Depositor and each Other Depositor may review each such report and, if applicable, consult with the each Reporting Servicer as to the nature of any material instance of noncompliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria, and (ii) the Certificate Administrator shall confirm that the assessments, taken individually address the Relevant Servicing Criteria for each party as set forth on Exhibit O to this Agreement and notify the Depositor of any exceptions. For the avoidance of doubt, the Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to determine whether any such

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report (other than any such report furnished by the Trustee or any Servicing Function Participant of the Trustee) is in form and substance in compliance with the requirements of Regulation AB.

(b)               On the Closing Date, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Trustee and the Operating Advisor each acknowledge and agree that Exhibit O to this Agreement sets forth the Relevant Servicing Criteria for such party.

(c)               No later than the end of each fiscal year for the Trust, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Operating Advisor and, if it has made (or is required to make) an Advance during such fiscal year, the Trustee shall notify the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, each Other Exchange Act Reporting Party and each Other Depositor as to the name of each Servicing Function Participant utilized by it, and the Certificate Administrator shall notify the Depositor and each Other Depositor as to the name of each Servicing Function Participant utilized by it, during such fiscal year, and each such notice will specify what specific Servicing Criteria will be addressed in the report on assessment of compliance prepared by such Servicing Function Participant. When the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Trustee (if applicable), the Operating Advisor and any Servicing Function Participant submit their assessments pursuant to Section 10.09(a) of this Agreement, such parties will also at such time include the assessment (and related attestation pursuant to Section 10.10 of this Agreement) of each Servicing Function Participant engaged by it. The fiscal year for the Trust shall be January 1 through and including December 31 of each calendar year.

(d)               In the event the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Trustee (if it has made, or is required to make, an Advance during the applicable period) or the Operating Advisor is terminated or resigns pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, such party shall provide, and each such party shall cause (or, if the Servicing Function Participant is a Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause) any Servicing Function Participant of such party to provide (and the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Certificate Administrator shall, with respect to any Servicing Function Participant that resigns or is terminated under any applicable servicing agreement, cause such Servicing Function Participant (or, in the case of each Servicing Function Participant that is a Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Servicing Function Participant) to provide) an annual assessment of compliance pursuant to this Section 10.09, coupled with an attestation as required in Section 10.10 of this Agreement with respect to the period of time that the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Trustee (if it has made, or is required to make, an Advance during such period of time) or the Operating Advisor was subject to this Agreement or the period of time that the applicable Servicing Function Participant was subject to such other servicing agreement.

With respect to each Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan serviced under the applicable Outside Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain, and upon receipt deliver to the Depositor, an annual report on assessment of

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compliance as described in this Section and an attestation as described in Section 10.10 from the related Outside Servicer, Outside Special Servicer, Outside Custodian, Outside Trustee and Outside Paying Agent or Outside Certificate Administrator and in form and substance similar to the annual report on assessment of compliance described in this Section 10.09 and the attestation described in Section 10.10.

Section 10.10       Annual Independent Public Accountants’ Servicing Report. On or before March 1 of each year, commencing in March 2024, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Operating Advisor and, if it has made (or is required to make) an Advance during the applicable calendar year, the Trustee, each at its own expense, shall cause (and each of the preceding parties, as applicable, (i) with respect to any Servicing Function Participant of such party that is a Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Servicing Function Participant to cause, and (ii) with respect to any other Servicing Function Participant of such party (other than any party to this Agreement), shall cause such Servicing Function Participant to cause) a registered public accounting firm (which may also render other services to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor or the applicable Servicing Function Participant, as the case may be) and that is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants to furnish a report (together with a copy thereof in EDGAR-Compatible Format, or in such other format as otherwise agreed upon by the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the applicable Other Depositor, the applicable Other Exchange Act Reporting Party and the applicable party required to furnish, or cause to be furnished, such report under this Section 10.10) to the Certificate Administrator, the Serviced Companion Loan Holders (or, in the case of a Serviced Companion Loan that is part of an Other Securitization Trust, the applicable Other Depositor and Other Exchange Act Reporting Party), the Operating Advisor (only in the case of a report furnished on behalf of the Special Servicer) and the Depositor, and, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, the Controlling Class Representative and, for posting to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 12.13 of this Agreement, the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider, to the effect that (i) it has obtained a representation regarding certain matters from the management of such Reporting Servicer, which includes an assertion that such Reporting Servicer has complied with the Relevant Servicing Criteria and (ii) on the basis of an examination conducted by such firm in accordance with standards for attestation engagements issued or adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, it is expressing an opinion as to whether such Reporting Servicer’s compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria was fairly stated in all material respects, or it is not expressing an overall opinion regarding such Reporting Servicer’s assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria. In the event that an overall opinion cannot be expressed, such registered public accounting firm shall state in such report why it was unable to express such an opinion. Each such related accountant’s attestation report shall be made in accordance with Rules 1-02(a)(3) and 2-02(g) of Regulation S-X under the Act and the Exchange Act. Such report must be available for general use and not contain restricted use language. Copies of such statement will be provided to any Certificateholder, upon the written request thereof, by the Certificate Administrator.

Promptly after receipt of such report from the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Trustee (if applicable), the Operating Advisor or any Servicing Function Participant, (i) the Depositor and each Other Depositor may review the report and, if applicable, consult with the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate

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Administrator, the Custodian, the Trustee (if applicable) or the Operating Advisor as to the nature of any defaults by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Trustee (if applicable), the Operating Advisor or any Servicing Function Participant with which it has entered into a servicing relationship with respect to the Mortgage Loans or the Companion Loans, as the case may be, in the fulfillment of any of the Master Servicer’s, the Special Servicer’s, the Certificate Administrator’s, the Custodian’s, the Trustee’s (if applicable), the Operating Advisor’s or the applicable Servicing Function Participants’ obligations hereunder or under the applicable sub servicing or primary servicing agreement, and (ii) the Certificate Administrator shall confirm that each accountants’ attestation report submitted pursuant to this Section relates to an assessment of compliance meeting the requirements of Section 10.09 of this Agreement and notify the Depositor of any exceptions.

Section 10.11       Significant Obligors.

(a)               [Reserved]

(b)               With respect to any Significant Obligor with respect to an Other Securitization Trust as to which the applicable Other Depositor has notified the Master Servicer that such Significant Obligor with respect to such Other Securitization Trust exists, to the extent that the Master Servicer is in receipt of the updated financial statements of such Significant Obligor for any calendar quarter (other than the fourth calendar quarter of any calendar year), beginning with the first calendar quarter following receipt of notice from the Other Depositor that such Significant Obligor with respect to such Other Securitization Trust exists, or the updated financial statements of such Significant Obligor for any calendar year, beginning for the calendar year following such notice from the Other Depositor, as applicable, the Master Servicer shall deliver to the Other Depositor and the Other Exchange Act Reporting Party of such Other Securitization Trust, on or prior to the day that occurs two (2) Business Days prior to the related Significant Obligor NOI Quarterly Filing Deadline or four (4) Business Days prior to the related Significant Obligor NOI Yearly Filing Deadline, as applicable, (A) if such financial statement receipt occurs twelve (12) or more Business Days prior to the related Significant Obligor NOI Quarterly Filing Deadline or fourteen (14) or more Business Days prior to the related Significant Obligor NOI Yearly Filing Deadline, as applicable, such financial statements of such Significant Obligor, together with the net operating income of such Significant Obligor for the applicable period as calculated by the Master Servicer in accordance with CREFC^® guidelines and (B) if such financial statement receipt occurs less than twelve (12) Business Days prior to the related Significant Obligor NOI Quarterly Filing Deadline or less than fourteen (14) Business Days prior to the related Significant Obligor NOI Yearly Filing Deadline, as applicable, such financial statements of such Significant Obligor, together with the net operating income of such Significant Obligor for the applicable period as reported by the related Mortgagor in such financial statements.

If the Master Servicer does not receive financial information satisfactory to comply with Item 6 of Form 10-D or Item 1112(b)(1) of Form 10-K, as the case may be, of any Significant Obligor with respect to an Other Securitization Trust by the date on which such financial information is required to be delivered under the related Loan Documents, the Master Servicer (i) shall use efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard (taking into account, in addition, the

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ongoing reporting obligations of the related Other Depositor under the Exchange Act) to obtain the periodic financial statements of the related Mortgagor under the related Loan Documents, (ii) shall (and shall cause each applicable Sub-Servicing Agreement to require any related Sub-Servicer to) retain written evidence of each instance in which it (or a Sub-Servicer) attempts to contact the related Mortgagor to obtain the required financial information, and (iii) if unsuccessful, shall, no later than five (5) Business Days prior to the related Significant Obligor NOI Quarterly Filing Deadline or the related Significant Obligor NOI Yearly Filing Deadline, as applicable, forward an Officer’s Certificate evidencing its attempts to obtain this information to the Other Exchange Act Reporting Party and Other Depositor related to such Other Securitization Trust.

For the avoidance of doubt, the Special Servicer shall be responsible for collecting the financial statements and calculating net operating income with respect to Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans and REO Properties as provided in Section 3.03(a) and Section 4.02(b).

Section 10.12       Indemnification. Each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian and the Trustee (each an “Indemnifying Party”) shall indemnify and hold harmless each Certification Party, the Depositor, each Other Depositor, any employee, director or officer of the Depositor or any Other Depositor, and each other person, if any, who controls the Depositor or any Other Depositor within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act from and against any claims, losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and expenses and related costs, judgments and other costs and expenses (including without limitation reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses related to the enforcement of this indemnity and the costs of investigation, legal defense and any amounts paid in settlement of any claim or litigation) incurred by such indemnified party arising out of: (i) the failure of any Indemnifying Party to perform its obligations under this Article X; (ii) the failure of any Servicing Function Participant or Additional Servicer retained by it (other than a Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer) to perform its obligations under this Article X; (iii) any untrue statement of a material fact contained in any information (x) regarding the Indemnifying Party or any Servicing Function Participant, Additional Servicer or Subcontractor engaged by it (other than any Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer), (y) prepared by any such party described in clause (x) or any registered public accounting firm, attorney or other agent retained by such party to prepare such information and (z) delivered by or on behalf of such Indemnifying Party in connection with the performance of such Indemnifying Party’s obligations described in this Article X, or the omission to state in any such information a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, that such Indemnifying Party shall be entitled to participate at its own expense in any action arising out of the foregoing and the Depositor shall consult with such Indemnifying Party with respect to any litigation or audit strategy, as applicable, in connection with the foregoing and any potential settlement terms related thereto (provided that any such consultation shall be non-binding); (iv) negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on the part of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian or the Trustee, as

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applicable, in the performance of such obligations; or (v) any Deficient Exchange Act Deliverable with respect to such Indemnifying Party.

In addition, each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian and the Trustee shall cooperate (and (i) with respect to each Servicing Function Participant and Additional Servicer of such party that is a Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Servicing Function Participant or Additional Servicer to cooperate, and (ii) with respect to any other Servicing Function Participant or Additional Servicer of such party, shall cause such Servicing Function Participant or Additional Servicer to cooperate) with the Depositor or any Other Depositor, as applicable, as necessary for the Depositor or any Other Depositor, as applicable, to conduct any reasonable due diligence necessary to evaluate and assess any material instances of non-compliance disclosed in any of the deliverables required by the applicable reporting requirements under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (“Reporting Requirements”).

In connection with comments provided to the Depositor or any Other Depositor from the Commission regarding (x) information delivered by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Trustee, a Servicing Function Participant or an Additional Servicer, as applicable (“Affected Reporting Party”), (y) information regarding such Affected Reporting Party, and/or (z) information prepared by such Affected Reporting Party or any registered public accounting firm, attorney or other agent retained by such party to prepare such information, which information is contained in a report filed by the Depositor or any Other Depositor under the Reporting Requirements and which comments are received subsequent to the Depositor’s or any Other Depositor’s filing of such report, the Depositor or any Other Depositor shall promptly provide to such Affected Reporting Party any such comments which relate to such Affected Reporting Party. Such Affected Reporting Party shall be responsible for timely preparing a written response to the Commission for inclusion in the Depositor’s or any Other Depositor’s response to the Commission, unless such Affected Reporting Party elects, with the consent of the Depositor or any Other Depositor, as applicable (which consent shall not be unreasonably denied, withheld or delayed), to directly communicate with the Commission and negotiate a response and/or resolution with the Commission; provided, if an Affected Reporting Party is a Servicing Function Participant or Additional Servicer retained by the Master Servicer, the Master Servicer shall receive copies of all material communications pursuant to this paragraph. If such election is made, the applicable Affected Reporting Party shall be responsible for directly negotiating such response and/or resolution with the Commission in a timely manner; provided, that (i) such Affected Reporting Party shall use reasonable efforts to keep the Depositor or any Other Depositor informed of its progress with the Commission and copy the Depositor or any Other Depositor on all correspondence with the Commission and provide the Depositor or any Other Depositor with the opportunity to participate (at the Depositor’s or Other Depositor’s expense) in any telephone conferences and meetings with the Commission and (ii) the Depositor or any Other Depositor shall cooperate with such Affected Reporting Party in order to authorize such Affected Reporting Party and its representatives to respond to and negotiate directly with the Commission with respect to any comments from the Commission relating to such Affected Reporting Party and to notify the Commission of such authorization. The Depositor (or any Other Depositor) and the applicable

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Affected Reporting Party shall cooperate and coordinate with one another with respect to any requests made to the Commission for extension of time for submitting a response or compliance. All respective reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Depositor or any Other Depositor (including reasonable legal fees and expenses of outside counsel to the Depositor or any Other Depositor, as the case may be) in connection with the foregoing (other than those costs and expenses required to be at the Depositor’s or any Other Depositor’s expense as set forth above) and any amendments to any reports filed with the Commission related to the foregoing shall be promptly paid by the applicable Affected Reporting Party upon receipt of an itemized invoice from the Depositor or any Other Depositor, as the case may be. Each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian and the Trustee shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause any Servicing Function Participant or Additional Servicer retained by it to comply with the foregoing by inclusion of similar provisions (or by inclusion of a reference to, and an obligation to comply with, this paragraph) in the related sub-servicing or similar agreement.

The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Custodian, the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall cause each Servicing Function Participant of such party that is not a Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer (and with respect to any Servicing Function Participant of such party that is a Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Servicing Function Participant) to indemnify and hold harmless each Certification Party, the Depositor, each Other Depositor, any employee, director or officer of the Depositor or any Other Depositor, and each other person, if any, who controls the Depositor or any Other Depositor within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act from and against any and all claims, losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and expenses and related costs, judgments and any other costs, fees and expenses (including without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses related to the enforcement of such indemnity and the costs of investigation, legal defense and any amounts paid in settlement of any claim or litigation) incurred by such indemnified party arising out of (i) a breach of its obligations to provide any of the annual compliance statements or annual servicing criteria compliance reports or attestation reports pursuant to the applicable sub-servicing or primary servicing agreement, (ii) negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on its part in the performance of such obligations, (iii) other than in the case of the Operating Advisor, any failure by such Servicer (as defined in Section 10.02(b)) to identify a Servicing Function Participant pursuant to Section 10.02(c), or (iv) any Deficient Exchange Act Deliverable with respect to such Servicing Function Participant.

If the indemnification provided for in, or contemplated by, any of the preceding paragraphs of this Section 10.12 is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless any Certification Party, the Depositor, any Other Depositor, any employee, director or officer of the Depositor or any Other Depositor, or any other person who controls the Depositor or any Other Depositor within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, then the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Additional Servicer or other Servicing Function Participant (the “Performing Party”) shall contribute to the amount paid or payable to the indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities of the indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnified party on the one hand and the Performing Party on the other in connection with a breach of the Performing Party’s

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obligations pursuant to this Article X (or breach of its obligations under the applicable sub-servicing or primary servicing agreement to provide any of the annual compliance statements or annual servicing criteria compliance reports or attestation reports) or the Performing Party’s negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in connection therewith. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall cause each Servicing Function Participant of such party that is not a Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer (and with respect to any Servicing Function Participant of such party that is a Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Servicing Function Participant) to agree to the foregoing indemnification and contribution obligations. This Section 10.12 shall survive the termination of this Agreement or the earlier resignation or removal of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator.

Section 10.13       Amendments. This Article X may be amended by the parties hereto pursuant to Section 12.07 of this Agreement for purposes of complying with Regulation AB, the Act or the Exchange Act and/or to conform to standards developed within the commercial mortgage-backed securities market and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act or for purposes of designating the Certifying Person without any Opinions of Counsel, Officer’s Certificates, Rating Agency Confirmations or the consent of any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement.

Section 10.14       Regulation AB Notices. With respect to any notice required to be delivered by the Certificate Administrator to the Depositor pursuant to this Article X, the Certificate Administrator may deliver such notice, notwithstanding any contrary provision in this Agreement, via facsimile and electronic mail to Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., 388 Greenwich Street, 6th Floor, New York, New York 10013, Attention: Richard Simpson, telecopy number: (646) 328-2943, e-mail: richard.simpson@citi.com, with a copy to Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., 390 Greenwich Street, 5th Floor, New York, New York 10013, Attention: Raul Orozco, telecopy number: (347) 394-0898, e-mail: raul.d.orozco@citi.com, and with a copy to Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., 388 Greenwich Street, 17th Floor, New York, New York 10013, Attention: Ryan M. O’Connor, telecopy number: (646) 862-8988, e-mail: ryan.m.oconnor@citi.com, or to such other address(es), facsimile numbers and/or electronic mail addresses as may be designated by the Depositor.

Section 10.15       Termination of the Certificate Administrator. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Depositor may terminate the Certificate Administrator upon five (5) Business Days’ notice if the Certificate Administrator fails to comply with any of its obligations under this Article X; provided that (a) such termination shall not be effective until a successor Certificate Administrator shall have accepted the appointment, (b) the Certificate Administrator may not be terminated if (i) it cannot perform its obligations due to its failure to properly prepare or file on a timely basis, on behalf of the Trust, any Form 8-K, Form 10-K, Form 10-D or Form ABS-EE or any amendments to such forms or any Form 12b-25 where such failure results from the Certificate Administrator’s inability or failure to receive, within the exact time frames set forth in this Agreement any information, approval, direction or signature from any other party hereto needed to prepare, arrange for execution or file any such Form 8-K, Form 10-K, Form 10-D or Form ABS-EE or any amendments to such forms or any Form 12b-25 not resulting from its own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct, or (ii) following the

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Certificate Administrator’s failure to comply with any of such obligations under this Article X on or prior to the dates by which such obligations are to be performed pursuant to, and as set forth in, such Sections, the Certificate Administrator subsequently complies with such obligations before the Depositor gives written notice to it that it is terminated in accordance with this Section 10.15, and (c) if the Certificate Administrator’s failure to comply does not cause it to fail in its obligations to timely file, on behalf of the Trust, the related Form 8-K, Form 10-D, Form ABS-EE or Form 10-K, as the case may be, by the related deadline for filing such Form 8-K, Form 10-D, Form ABS-EE or Form 10-K, then the Depositor shall cease to have the right to terminate the Certificate Administrator under this Section 10.15 on the date on which such Form 8-K, Form 10-D, Form ABS-EE or Form 10-K is so filed.

Section 10.16       Termination of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Depositor may terminate the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer upon five (5) Business Days’ notice if the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, fails to comply with any of its respective obligations under this Article X and such failure is not remedied within (A) one (1) Business Day in the case of a failure to comply with any obligation under Sections 10.02, 10.04, 10.07 and 10.11 or to otherwise deliver any item relating to a Reportable Event under this Article X, or (B) five (5) Business Days in the case of a failure to comply with any obligation under this Article X that is not described in clause (A) above; provided that such termination shall not be effective until a successor master servicer or special servicer, as applicable, shall have accepted the appointment.

Section 10.17       Termination of Sub-Servicing Agreements. For so long as the Trust or any Other Securitization Trust is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Custodian, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee, as applicable, shall (i) cause each Sub-Servicing Agreement (with respect to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer) or sub-servicing agreement (with respect to any other Servicer) to which it is a party to entitle the Depositor to terminate such agreement (without compensation, termination fee or the consent of any other Person) at any time following any failure of the applicable Sub-Servicer or sub-servicer, as applicable, to deliver any Exchange Act reporting items that such Sub-Servicer or sub-servicer, as applicable, is required to deliver under Regulation AB or as otherwise contemplated by this Article X and (ii) promptly notify the Depositor following any failure of the applicable Sub-Servicer or sub-servicer, as applicable, to deliver any Exchange Act reporting items that such Sub-Servicer or sub-servicer, as applicable, is required to deliver under Regulation AB or as otherwise contemplated by this Article X. The Depositor is hereby authorized to exercise the rights described in clause (i) of the preceding sentence in its sole discretion. The rights of the Depositor to terminate a Sub-Servicing Agreement (with respect to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer) or sub-servicing agreement (with respect to any other Servicer) as aforesaid shall not limit any right Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Custodian, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as applicable, may have to terminate such Sub-Servicing Agreement or sub-servicing agreement, as applicable.

Section 10.18       Notification Requirements and Deliveries in Connection With Securitization of a Serviced Companion Loan.

(a)               Any other provision of this Article X to the contrary notwithstanding, including, without limitation, any deadlines for delivery set forth in this Article X, in

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connection with the requirements contained in this Article X that provide for the delivery of information and other items to, and the cooperation with, the Other Depositor and Other Exchange Act Reporting Party of any Other Securitization Trust that includes a Serviced Companion Loan, no party hereunder shall be obligated to provide any such items to or cooperate with such Other Depositor or Other Exchange Act Reporting Party until the Other Depositor or Other Exchange Act Reporting Party of such Other Securitization Trust has provided each party hereto with not less than 30 days written notice (or, in each case, such shorter period as required for such Other Depositor or Other Exchange Act Reporting Party to comply with related filing obligations, provided that (i) such Other Depositor or Other Exchange Act Reporting Party, as applicable, has provided written notice as soon as reasonably practicable and, concurrently with such written notice, obtained verbal confirmation of receipt of such written notice, in each case, in accordance with Section 12.04 of this Agreement and (ii) such period shall not be less than 3 Business Days) (which shall only be required to be delivered once), (i) setting forth the contact information for such Person(s) and, except as regards the deliveries and cooperation contemplated by Section 10.08, Section 10.09 and Section 10.10 of this Agreement, stating that such Other Securitization Trust is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, and (ii) specifying in reasonable detail the information and other items not otherwise specified in this Agreement that are requested to be delivered; provided that if Exchange Act reporting is being requested, such Other Depositor or Other Exchange Act Reporting Party is only required to provide a single written notice to such effect; provided further, that this notice requirement does not apply to any Serviced Companion Loan that is included in any Other Securitization as of the Closing Date. Any reasonable cost and expense of the Master Servicer, Special Servicer, Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, Custodian, Trustee and Certificate Administrator in cooperating with such Other Depositor or Other Exchange Act Reporting Party of such Other Securitization Trust (above and beyond their expressed duties hereunder) shall be the responsibility of such Other Depositor or Other Securitization Trust. The parties hereto shall have the right to confirm in good faith with the Other Depositor of such Other Securitization Trust as to whether applicable law requires the delivery of the items identified in this Article X to such Other Depositor and Other Exchange Act Reporting Party of such Other Securitization Trust prior to providing any of the reports or other information required to be delivered under this Article X in connection therewith and (i) upon such confirmation, the parties shall comply with the deadlines for delivery set forth in this Article X with respect to such Other Securitization Trust or (ii) in the absence of such confirmation, the parties shall not be required to deliver such items; provided that no such confirmation will be required in connection with any delivery of the items contemplated by Section 10.08, Section 10.09 and Section 10.10 of this Agreement. Such confirmation shall be deemed given if the Other Depositor or Other Exchange Act Reporting Party for the Other Securitization Trust provides a written statement to the effect that the Other Securitization Trust is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act and the appropriate party hereto receives such written statement. The parties hereunder shall also have the right to require that such Other Depositor provide them with the contact details of such Other Depositor, Other Exchange Act Reporting Party and any other parties to the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to such Other Securitization Trust.

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(b)               Each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee shall, upon reasonable prior written request given in accordance with the terms of Section 10.18(a) above, and subject to a right of the Master Servicer, Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or Trustee, as the case may be, to review and approve such disclosure materials, permit a holder of a related Serviced Companion Loan to use such party’s description contained in the Prospectus (updated as appropriate by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, Certificate Administrator or Trustee, as applicable, at the reasonable cost of the holder of such Serviced Companion Loan) for inclusion in the disclosure materials relating to any securitization of a Serviced Companion Loan.

(c)               The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee, upon reasonable prior written request given in accordance with the terms of Section 10.18(a) above, shall each timely provide (to the extent the reasonable cost thereof is paid or caused to be paid by the holder of the related Serviced Companion Loan) to the Other Depositor and any underwriters with respect to any securitization transaction that includes a Serviced Companion Loan such opinion(s) of counsel, certifications and/or indemnification agreement(s) with respect to the updated description referred to in Section 10.18(b) with respect to such party, substantially identical to those, if any, delivered by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, or their respective counsel, in connection with the information concerning such party in the Prospectus and/or any other disclosure materials relating to this Trust (updated as deemed appropriate by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, or their respective legal counsel, as the case may be). None of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator shall be obligated to deliver any such item with respect to the securitization of a Serviced Companion Loan if it did not deliver a corresponding item with respect to this Trust.

(d)               Each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator, upon reasonable prior written request given in accordance with the terms of Section 10.18(a) above, shall provide (to the extent the reasonable cost thereof is paid or caused to be paid by the applicable party set forth below in this Section 10.18(d)) to the Other Depositor and the trustee under the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement related to any Other Securitization Trust the following: (i) any information (including, but not limited to, disclosure information) required for such Other Securitization Trust to comply in a timely manner with applicable filing requirements under Items 1.01 and 6.02 of Form 8-K and (ii) such opinion(s) of counsel, certifications and/or indemnification agreement(s) with respect to such information that are substantially similar to those delivered by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, or their respective counsel, in connection with the information concerning such party in the Prospectus and/or any other disclosure materials relating to this Trust.

In the case of a Form 8-K that is filed by or on behalf of an Other Securitization Trust in connection with the closing of this Series 2023-V2 securitization transaction, the reasonable cost of the information, opinion(s) of counsel, certifications and indemnification

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agreement(s) provided by or on behalf of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as the case may be, pursuant to this Section 10.18(d) shall be paid or caused to be paid by the applicable Serviced Companion Loan Holder that transferred the related Serviced Companion Loan to the related Other Depositor for inclusion in such Other Securitization Trust.

In the case of a Form 8-K that is filed by or on behalf of an Other Securitization Trust as a result of the termination, removal, resignation or any other replacement of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator under this Agreement, the reasonable cost of the information, opinion(s) of counsel, certifications and indemnification agreement(s) provided by or on behalf of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as the case may be, pursuant to this Section 10.18(d) shall be paid or caused to be paid by the same party or parties required to pay the costs and expenses relating to such termination, removal, resignation or other replacement pursuant to this Agreement.

Section 10.19       Termination of Exchange Act Filings With Respect to the Trust. On or prior to January 30th of the first year in which the Depositor shall provide notice to the Certificate Administrator of its ability under applicable law, to suspend its Exchange Act filings with respect to the Trust, the Certificate Administrator shall prepare and file a Form 15 Suspension Notification relating to the suspension of reporting in respect of the Trust under the Exchange Act or any other form necessary to be filed with the Commission to suspend such reporting obligations. With respect to any reporting period occurring after the filing of such form, the obligations of the parties to this Agreement under Section 10.04, Section 10.05, Section 10.06 and Section 10.07, solely insofar as they relate to the Trust, shall be suspended. The Certificate Administrator shall provide prompt notice to the Mortgage Loan Sellers and all other parties hereto that such form has been filed. If, after the filing of a Form 15 Suspension Notification or other applicable form, the Depositor shall provide notice to the Certificate Administrator that it is required to resume its Exchange Act filings with respect to the Trust, the Certificate Administrator shall recommence preparing and filing reports on Forms 10-K, 10-D, ABS-EE and 8-K with respect to the Trust as required pursuant to Section 10.04, Section 10.05, Section 10.06 and Section 10.07, and all parties’ obligations under this Article X shall recommence.

Article XI

ASSET REVIEW PROVISIONS

Section 11.01       Asset Review.

(a)               On or prior to each Distribution Date, based on the CREFC^® Delinquent Loan Status Report and/or the CREFC^® Loan Periodic Update File delivered by the Master Servicer for such Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator shall determine if an Asset Review Trigger has occurred during the related Collection Period. If an Asset Review Trigger is determined to have occurred, the Certificate Administrator shall promptly provide notice to the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, all Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner. Any notice required to be delivered to the Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner pursuant to this Article XI shall be delivered by the Certificate

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Administrator (i) by posting such notice on the Certificate Administrator’s Website and (ii) by mailing such notice to the Certificateholders’ addresses or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner’s address appearing in the Certificate Register in the case of Definitive Certificates or the Uncertificated VRR Interest and by delivering such notice via the Depository in the case of Book-Entry Certificates. The Certificate Administrator shall include in the Form 10-D relating to the Collection Period in which the Asset Review Trigger occurred, notice of its determination together with the following statement describing the events that caused the Asset Review Trigger to occur: “As of the [Date of Distribution], the following Mortgage Loans identified below are 60 or more days delinquent and an Asset Review Trigger as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement has occurred.” On each Distribution Date occurring after providing such notice to Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, the Certificate Administrator, based on information provided to it by the Master Servicer and/or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall determine whether (1) any additional Mortgage Loan has become a Delinquent Loan, (2) any Mortgage Loan has ceased to be a Delinquent Loan and (3) whether an Asset Review Trigger has ceased to exist, and, if there is an occurrence of any of the events or circumstances identified in clauses (1), (2) and/or (3), deliver such information in a written notice (which may be via email) in the form of Exhibit LL within two (2) Business Days of such determination to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer.

If Certificateholders evidencing not less than 5% of the Voting Rights of the Certificates deliver to the Certificate Administrator, within 90 days after the filing of the Form 10-D reporting the occurrence of an Asset Review Trigger, a written direction requesting a vote to commence an Asset Review (an “Asset Review Vote Election”), then the Certificate Administrator shall promptly provide written notice thereof to the Asset Representations Reviewer and to all Certificateholders and conduct a solicitation of votes in accordance with Section 5.12 regarding whether to authorize an Asset Review. In the event there is an affirmative vote to authorize an Asset Review by Holders of Certificates evidencing at least a majority of an Asset Review Quorum within 150 days of receipt of the Asset Review Vote Election (an “Affirmative Asset Review Vote”), the Certificate Administrator shall promptly provide written notice thereof (the “Asset Review Notice”) to all parties to this Agreement, the Underwriters, the Mortgage Loan Sellers, the applicable Directing Holder, the Risk Retention Consultation Parties and the Certificateholders (such notice to Certificateholders to be effected by posting such notice on the Certificate Administrator’s Website and by mailing such notice to the Certificateholders’ addresses appearing in the Certificate Register in the case of Definitive Certificates and by delivering such notice via the Depository in the case of Book-Entry Certificates). Upon receipt of an Asset Review Notice, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall request access to the Secure Data Room by providing the Certificate Administrator with a certification substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit KK. Upon receipt of such certification, the Certificate Administrator shall grant the Asset Representations Reviewer access to the Secure Data Room. In the event an Affirmative Asset Review Vote has not occurred within such 150-day period following the receipt of the Asset Review Vote Election, no Certificateholder may request a vote or cast a vote for an Asset Review and the Asset Representations Reviewer will not be required to review any Delinquent Loan unless and until (A) an additional Mortgage Loan has become a Delinquent Loan after the expiration of such 150-day period, (B) a new Asset Review Trigger has occurred as a result or an Asset Review Trigger is otherwise in effect, (C) the Certificate Administrator has received an Asset Review Vote

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Election within 90 days after the filing of a Form 10-D reporting the occurrence of the events described in clauses (A) and (B) in this sentence and (D) an Affirmative Asset Review Vote has occurred within 150 days after the Asset Review Vote Election described in clause (C) in this sentence. After the occurrence of any Asset Review Vote Election or an Affirmative Asset Review Vote, no Certificateholder may make any additional Asset Review Vote Election except as described in the immediately preceding sentence. Any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Certificate Administrator in connection with administering such vote will be paid as an expense of the Trust from the Collection Account. The Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to administer any vote in connection with the foregoing through an agent. For the avoidance of doubt, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall not perform any Asset Review with respect to a Trust Subordinate Companion Loan at any time.

(b)               (i)                              Upon receipt from the Certificate Administrator of an Asset Review Notice with respect to a Delinquent Loan, the Custodian (with respect to clauses (1) – (5) below for all of the Mortgage Loans), the Master Servicer (with respect to clause (6) below for Non-Specially Serviced Loans) and the Special Servicer (with respect to clause (6) below for Specially Serviced Loans) shall promptly (but (except with respect to clause (6)) in no event later than ten (10) Business Days after receipt of such notice from the Certificate Administrator) provide, in electronic format, the following materials for such Delinquent Loan, in each case to the extent in such party’s possession, to the Asset Representations Reviewer (collectively, with the Diligence Files posted on the Secure Data Room by the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 4.09, a copy of the Prospectus, a copy of each related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and a copy of this Agreement, the “Review Materials”):

(1)       a copy of an assignment of the Mortgage in favor of the Trustee, with evidence of recording thereon, for each Delinquent Loan that is subject to an Asset Review;

(2)       a copy of an assignment of any related Assignment of Leases (if such item is a document separate from the Mortgage) in favor of the Trustee, with evidence of recording thereon, related to each Delinquent Loan that is subject to an Asset Review;

(3)        a copy of the assignment of all unrecorded documents relating to each Delinquent Loan that is subject to an Asset Review, if not already covered pursuant to items (1) or (2) above;

(4)       a copy of all filed copies (bearing evidence of filing) or evidence of filing of any UCC financing statements related to each Delinquent Loan that is subject to an Asset Review;

(5)       a copy of an assignment in favor of the Trustee of any financing statement executed and filed in the relevant jurisdiction related to each Delinquent Loan that is subject to an Asset Review; and

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(6)       any other related documents that are required to be part of the Review Materials and requested to be delivered by the Master Servicer (with respect to Non-Specially Serviced Loans) or the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans) to the Asset Representations Reviewer pursuant to clause (vii) below of this Section 11.01(b).

 

(ii)             Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Mortgage Loan Seller will not be required to deliver any information that is proprietary to the Mortgage Loan Seller or any draft documents, privileged or internal communications, credit underwriting or due diligence analysis.

(iii)           The Asset Representations Reviewer may, but is under no obligation to, consider and rely upon information furnished to it by a Person that is not a party to this Agreement or the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller, and shall do so only if such information can be independently verified (without unreasonable effort or expense to the Asset Representations Reviewer) and is determined by the Asset Representations Reviewer in its good faith and sole discretion to be relevant to the Asset Review conducted pursuant to this Section 11.01 (any such information, “Unsolicited Information”).

(iv)           Upon receipt by the Asset Representations Reviewer of the Asset Review Notice and access to the Diligence Files posted to the Secure Data Room with respect to a Delinquent Loan, the Asset Representations Reviewer, as an independent contractor, shall commence a review of the compliance of each Delinquent Loan with the representations and warranties related to that Delinquent Loan (such review, the “Asset Review”). The Asset Representations Reviewer shall perform an Asset Review with respect to each representation and warranty made by the related Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to such Delinquent Loan in accordance with the Asset Review Standard and the procedures set forth on Exhibit JJ (each such procedure, a “Test”). Once an Asset Review of a Mortgage Loan is completed, no further Asset Review shall be required in respect of, or performed on, such Mortgage Loan notwithstanding that such Mortgage Loan may continue to be a Delinquent Loan or again become a Delinquent Loan at a time when a new Asset Review Trigger occurs and a new Affirmative Asset Review Vote is obtained subsequent to the occurrence of such new Asset Review Trigger.

(v)             No Certificateholder or Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner shall have the right to change the scope of the Asset Review, and the Asset Representations Reviewer shall not be required to review any information other than (1) the Review Materials and (2) if applicable, Unsolicited Information.

(vi)           The Asset Representations Reviewer may, absent manifest error and subject to the Asset Review Standard, (i) assume, without independent investigation or verification, that the Review Materials are accurate and complete in all material respects and (ii) conclusively rely on such Review Materials.

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(vii)          In connection with an Asset Review, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall comply with the following procedures with respect to each Delinquent Loan:

         (A)             Within 10 Business Days after the date on which the Review Materials identified in clauses (i) through (v) of the definition of “Review Materials” have been received by the Asset Representations Reviewer with respect to such Delinquent Loan or in any event within 15 days after the date on which access to the Secure Data Room is provided to the Asset Representations Reviewer by the Certificate Administrator, in the event that the Asset Representations Reviewer reasonably determines that any Review Materials made available or delivered to the Asset Representations Reviewer are missing any documents required to complete any Test for such Delinquent Loan, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall promptly notify the Master Servicer (with respect to Non-Specially Serviced Loans) or the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans), as applicable, of such missing documents, and request that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, promptly (but in no event later than 10 Business Days after receipt of notification from the Asset Representations Reviewer) deliver to the Asset Representations Reviewer such missing documents in its possession; provided that any such notification and/or request shall be in writing, specifically identifying the documents being requested and sent to the notice address for the related party set forth in Section 12.04 of this Agreement. In the event any missing documents are not provided by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, within such 10-Business Day period, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall request such documents from the related Mortgage Loan Seller; provided that the Mortgage Loan Seller will be required under the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement to deliver any such missing documents only to the extent such documents are in the possession of the Mortgage Loan Seller; and provided, further, that the Mortgage Loan Seller will not be required to provide any documents that are proprietary to the related originator or the Mortgage Loan Seller or any draft documents, privileged or internal communications, credit underwriting or due diligence analysis.

         (B)              Following the events in clause (A) above, and within 45 days after the date on which access to the Secure Data Room is provided to the Asset Representations Reviewer by the Certificate Administrator, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall prepare a preliminary report with respect to such Delinquent Loan setting forth (i) the preliminary results of the application of the Tests, (ii) if applicable, whether the Review Materials for such Delinquent Loan are insufficient to complete any Test, (iii) a list of any applicable missing documents together with the reasons why such missing documents are necessary to complete any Test, and (iv) (if the Asset Representations Reviewer has so concluded) whether the absence of such documents will be deemed to be a failure of such Test (collectively, the “Preliminary Asset Review Report”). The Asset Representations Reviewer

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shall provide each Preliminary Asset Review Report to the Master Servicer (with respect to Non-Specially Serviced Loans) or the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans), who shall promptly, but in no event later than 10 Business Days of receipt thereof, provide the Preliminary Asset Review Report to the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller. The Asset Representations Reviewer shall include the following statement in the related correspondence when providing each Preliminary Asset Review Report to the Master Servicer (with respect to Non-Specially Serviced Loans) or the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans): “This is a Preliminary Asset Review Report regarding an Asset Review under Section 11.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to the Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2, requiring action by you as the recipient of such Preliminary Asset Review Report. You are required to deliver the Preliminary Asset Review Report to the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller no later than 10 Business Days after receipt of the Preliminary Asset Review Report.” If the Preliminary Asset Review Report indicates that any of the representations and warranties fails or is deemed to fail any Test, the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller shall have 90 days from its receipt of the Preliminary Asset Review Report (the “Cure/Contest Period”) to remedy or otherwise refute the failure. The applicable Mortgage Loan Seller will be required under the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement to provide any documents or any explanations to support (i) a conclusion that a subject representation and warranty has not failed a Test or (ii) a claim that any missing documents in the Review Materials are not required to complete a Test, in any such case to the Master Servicer (with respect to Non-Specially Serviced Loans) or the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans), and the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall promptly, but in no event later than ten (10) Business Days after receipt from the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller, deliver to the Asset Representations Reviewer any such documents or explanations received from the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller given to support a claim that the representation and warranty has not failed a Test or a claim that any missing documents in the Review Materials are not required to complete a Test.

(C)              Within the later of (x) 60 days after the date on which access to the Secure Data Room is provided to the Asset Representations Reviewer by the Certificate Administrator, and (y) 10 Business Days after the expiration of the Cure/Contest Period, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall complete an Asset Review with respect to each Delinquent Loan and deliver (i) a report, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit HH, setting forth the Asset Representations Reviewer’s findings and conclusions as to whether or not it has determined there is any evidence of a failure of any Test based on the Asset Review, together with a statement that the Asset Representations Reviewer’s findings and conclusions set forth in such report were not influenced by any third party (an “Asset Review Report”), to each party to this Agreement, the related Mortgage Loan Seller and the

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Controlling Class Representative (if such Delinquent Loan is not an Excluded Mortgage Loan), and (ii) a summary of the Asset Representations Reviewer’s conclusions included in such Asset Review Report (an “Asset Review Report Summary”) , substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit II, to the Trustee and Certificate Administrator (who shall include such Asset Review Report Summary in the Form 10-D relating to the Collection Period in which such Asset Review Report Summary is received and post such Asset Review Report Summary on the Certificate Administrator’s Website in accordance with Section 10.04(e)). The period of time by which the Asset Review Report must be completed and delivered may be extended by up to an additional 30 days, upon written notice to the parties to this Agreement and the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller(s), if the Asset Representations Reviewer determines pursuant to the Asset Review Standard that such additional time is required due to the characteristics of the Delinquent Loan(s) and/or the Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties. In addition, in the event that the Asset Representations Reviewer does not receive any documentation that it requested from the Master Servicer (with respect to Performing Serviced Loans), the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans) or the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller in sufficient time to allow the Asset Representations Reviewer to complete its Asset Review and deliver an Asset Review Report, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall prepare the Asset Review Report solely based on the documents received by the Asset Representations Reviewer with respect to the related Delinquent Loan, and the Asset Representations Reviewer shall have no responsibility to independently obtain any such documents from any party to this or otherwise.

(viii)        Within thirty (30) days after receipt of an Asset Review Report with respect to any Mortgage Loan, the Enforcing Servicer shall determine, based on the Servicing Standard, whether there exists a Material Defect with respect to such Mortgage Loan. If the Enforcing Servicer determines that a Material Defect exists, the Enforcing Servicer shall enforce the obligations of the related Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to such Material Defect in accordance with Section 2.03(a).

(ix)             In no event may the Asset Representations Reviewer determine whether any Test failure constitutes a Material Defect, or whether the Trust should enforce any rights it may have against the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller, which, in each case, shall be the responsibility of the Enforcing Servicer pursuant to Section 2.03(a) or Section 11.01(b)(viii) of this Agreement.

(c)               The Asset Representations Reviewer and its Affiliates shall keep confidential any Privileged Information received from any party to this Agreement or any Sponsor (including, without limitation, in connection with the review of the Mortgage Loans) and not disclose such Privileged Information to any Person (including Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner), other than (1) to the extent expressly required by this Agreement in an Asset Review Report or otherwise, to the other parties to this Agreement with a notice indicating that such information is Privileged

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Information or (2) pursuant to a Privileged Information Exception. Each party to this Agreement that receives Privileged Information from the Asset Representations Reviewer with a notice stating that such information is Privileged Information shall not disclose such Privileged Information to any Person without the prior written consent of the Special Servicer other than pursuant to a Privileged Information Exception. In addition, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall keep all documents and information received by the Asset Representations Reviewer in connection with an Asset Review that are provided by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer confidential and shall not disclose such documents except for purposes of complying with its duties and obligations hereunder.

(d)               The Asset Representations Reviewer may delegate its duties to agents or subcontractors so long as the related agreements or arrangements with such agents or subcontractors are consistent with the provisions of this Section 11.01; provided that no agent or subcontractor may (i) be affiliated with any Mortgage Loan Seller, Master Servicer, Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Controlling Class Representative or any of their respective Affiliates or (ii) have been paid any fees, compensation or other remuneration by an Underwriter, Master Servicer, Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Controlling Class Representative or any of their respective Affiliates in connection with due diligence or other services with respect to any Mortgage Loan prior to the Closing Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall remain obligated and primarily liable for any Asset Review required hereunder in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement without diminution of such obligation or liability or related obligation or liability by virtue of such delegation or arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from any Person acting as its agents or subcontractor to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the Asset Representations Reviewer alone were performing its obligations under this Agreement. The Asset Representations Reviewer shall be entitled to enter into an agreement with any agent or subcontractor providing for indemnification of the Asset Representations Reviewer by such agent or subcontractor, and nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such indemnification.

(e)               With respect to any Delinquent Loan that is an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, to the extent any documents required by the Asset Representations Reviewer to complete a Test are missing or have not been received from the related Mortgage Loan Seller, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall request such document(s) from the related Outside Servicer (if such Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan is being serviced by an Outside Servicer) or the related Outside Special Servicer (if such Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan is being serviced by an Outside Special Servicer), the related Outside Trustee and the related Outside Certificate Administrator (and, in each case, such other party as contemplated under the related Outside Servicing Agreement or related Co-Lender Agreement).

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Section 11.02       Payment of Asset Representations Asset Review Fee and Expenses; Limitation of Liability.

(a)               As compensation for the performance of its routine duties, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall be paid as an ongoing fee (the “Asset Representations Reviewer Ongoing Fee”), payable monthly from amounts received in respect of each Mortgage Loan (including any Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan), and for any Distribution Date an amount accrued during the related Interest Accrual Period at 0.00040% per annum (the “Asset Representations Reviewer Ongoing Fee Rate”) on, in the case of the initial Distribution Date, the Cut-Off Date Balance of such Mortgage Loan and, in the case of any subsequent Distribution Date, the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the close of business on the Distribution Date in such Interest Accrual Period, and shall be calculated on the same interest accrual basis as such Mortgage Loan and prorated for any partial periods. The Asset Representations Reviewer Ongoing Fee shall be payable from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account as set forth in Section 3.06(a). For the avoidance of doubt, no Asset Representations Reviewer Ongoing Fee is payable with respect to a Trust Subordinate Companion Loan.

(b)               Upon the completion of an Asset Review with respect to one or more Delinquent Loans and receipt by the related Mortgage Loan Seller of a written invoice from the Asset Representations Reviewer, the related Mortgage Loan Seller is required under the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement to pay to the Asset Representations Reviewer within forty-five (45) days after such written invoice a fee (the “Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee”) that is equal to the sum of: (i) $20,500 multiplied by the number of Delinquent Loans subject to any Asset Review (for purposes of this Section 11.02(b), the “Subject Loans”) plus (ii) $2,050 per Mortgaged Property relating to the Subject Loans in excess of one Mortgaged Property per Subject Loan, plus (iii) $2,700 per Mortgaged Property relating to a Subject Loan subject to a Ground Lease, plus (iv) $1,500 per Mortgaged Property relating to a Subject Loan subject to a franchise agreement, hotel management agreement or hotel license agreement, subject, in the case of each of clauses (i) through (iv), to annual adjustments on the basis of the year-end Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers or, if the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers is no longer calculated, another similar index for the year of the Closing Date and for the year in which the related Asset Review Notice is given. The Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee with respect to each Delinquent Loan shall be paid by the related Mortgage Loan Seller (provided that, if any Co-sponsored Mortgage Loan is a Delinquent Loan, it shall be treated as one Mortgage Loan for the purposes of assessing any Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee, and each of the related Applicable Co-sponsors shall only be responsible for paying its proportionate share of any such Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee attributable to such Co-sponsored Mortgage Loan (in the case of any Co-sponsored Mortgage Loan, any related Applicable Co-sponsor’s proportionate share to be determined according to the proportion that the outstanding principal balance of the portion of such Co-sponsored Mortgage Loan evidenced by the related Note(s) contributed to the Trust by such Applicable Co-sponsor bears to the outstanding principal balance of the entire such Co-sponsored Mortgage Loan); provided, however, that if (1) the related Mortgage Loan Seller is insolvent or (2) at any time after the outstanding Certificate Balances of the Control Eligible Certificates have

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been reduced to zero as a result of the allocation of Realized Losses to such Certificates, the related Mortgage Loan Seller fails to pay such amount within 90 days following receipt of the Asset Representations Reviewer’s invoice, then such fee (or, in the case of a Co-Sponsored Mortgage Loan and a related Applicable Co-sponsor, the applicable portion of such fee) shall be paid by the Trust Fund following delivery by the Asset Representations Reviewer of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Special Servicer of such insolvency or failure to pay such amount; and provided, further, that notwithstanding any payment of such fee (or applicable portion thereof, as the case may be) by the Trust to the Asset Representations Reviewer, such fee (or applicable portion thereof, as the case may be) will remain an obligation of the related Mortgage Loan Seller, and the Special Servicer shall determine whether to pursue (and, if it determines to do so, shall pursue) remedies against such Mortgage Loan Seller or its insolvency estate to recover any such amounts to the extent paid by the Trust. If paid by the Trust Fund as described in the immediately preceding sentence, the Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee with respect to each Delinquent Loan shall be payable from funds on deposit in the Collection Account as set forth in Section 3.06(a).

(c)               Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee with respect to a Delinquent Loan shall be included in the Purchase Price for any such Delinquent Loan that was the subject of a completed Asset Review that is repurchased by a Mortgage Loan Seller, and such portion of the Purchase Price received shall be used to reimburse the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Trust, as the case may be, for such fees pursuant to Section 11.02(b).

(d)               The Asset Representations Reviewer shall be liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically imposed by this Agreement.

Section 11.03       Resignation of the Asset Representations Reviewer. The Asset Representations Reviewer may resign and be discharged from its obligations hereunder by giving written notice thereof to the other parties to this Agreement and each Rating Agency. In addition, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall at all times be an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer, and shall resign if it fails to be an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer (and such failure results in an Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event) by giving written notice to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator and the applicable Directing Holder. Upon such notice of resignation, the Depositor shall promptly appoint a successor asset representations reviewer that is an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer. No resignation of the Asset Representations Reviewer will be effective until a successor Asset Representations Reviewer that is an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer has been appointed and accepted the appointment. If no successor Asset Representations Reviewer shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Asset Representations Reviewer may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor asset representations reviewer that is an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer. The Asset Representations Reviewer

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shall bear all costs and expenses of each party hereto and each Rating Agency in connection with its resignation and the transfer of its duties.

Section 11.04       Restrictions of the Asset Representations Reviewer. Neither the Asset Representations Reviewer nor any of its Affiliates shall make any investment in any Class of Certificates or the Uncertificated VRR Interest; provided, however, that such prohibition shall not apply to (i) riskless principal transactions effected by a broker dealer Affiliate of the Asset Representations Reviewer or (ii) investments by an Affiliate of the Asset Representations Reviewer if the Asset Representations Reviewer and such Affiliate maintain policies and procedures that (A) segregate personnel involved in the activities of the Asset Representations Reviewer under this Agreement from personnel involved in such Affiliate’s investment activities and (B) prevent such Affiliate and its personnel from gaining access to information regarding the Trust and the Asset Representations Reviewer and its personnel from gaining access to such Affiliate’s information regarding its investment activities.

Section 11.05       Termination of the Asset Representations Reviewer.

(a)               An “Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event” means any one of the following events whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body:

(i)                 any failure by the Asset Representations Reviewer to observe or perform in any material respect any of its covenants or agreements or the material breach of any of its representations or warranties under this Agreement, which failure shall continue unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days after the date on which written notice of such failure is given to the Asset Representations Reviewer by the Trustee or to the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee by the Holders of Certificates having greater than 25% of the Pooled Voting Rights; provided, however, that with respect to any such failure which is not curable within such 30-day period, the Asset Representations Reviewer will have an additional cure period of 30 days to effect such cure so long as it has commenced to cure such failure within the initial 30-day period and has provided the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator with an Officer’s Certificate certifying that it has diligently pursued, and is continuing to pursue, such cure;

(ii)              any failure by the Asset Representations Reviewer to perform its obligations hereunder in accordance with the Asset Review Standard in any material respect, which failure shall continue unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days after the date written notice of such failure is given to the Asset Representations Reviewer by any party to this Agreement;

(iii)            any failure by the Asset Representations Reviewer to be an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer, which failure shall continue unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days following receipt of written notice by the Asset Representations Reviewer of such failure or the Asset Representations Reviewer obtaining actual knowledge of such failure;

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(iv)             a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the premises in an involuntary case under any present or future federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law for the appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings, or for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, shall have been entered against the Asset Representations Reviewer, and such decree or order shall have remained in force undischarged or unstayed for a period of sixty (60) days;

(v)               the Asset Representations Reviewer shall consent to the appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator or liquidation committee in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities, voluntary liquidation, or similar proceedings of or relating to the Asset Representations Reviewer or of or relating to all or substantially all of its property; or

(vi)             the Asset Representations Reviewer shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, file a petition to take advantage of any applicable insolvency or reorganization statute, make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations.

Upon receipt by the Certificate Administrator of written notice of the occurrence of any Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event, the Certificate Administrator shall promptly provide written notice to all Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (and simultaneously deliver such written notice to the Asset Representations Reviewer) in accordance with the notice distribution procedures described in Section 11.01(a), unless the Certificate Administrator has received written notice that such Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event has been remedied. If an Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event shall occur then, and in each and every such case, so long as such Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event shall not have been remedied, either the Trustee (i) may or (ii) upon the written direction of Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Pooled Voting Rights (without regard to the application of any Appraisal Reduction Amounts), shall, terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Asset Representations Reviewer under this Agreement, other than rights and obligations accrued prior to such termination (including the right to receive all amounts accrued and owing to it under this Agreement) and other than indemnification rights (arising out of events occurring prior to such termination), by notice in writing to the Asset Representations Reviewer. The Asset Representations Reviewer is required to bear all reasonable costs and expenses of itself and of each other party to this Agreement in connection with its termination due to an Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Depositor and each Mortgage Loan Seller shall have the right, but not the obligation, to notify the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee of any Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event of which it becomes aware.

(b)               Upon (i) the written direction of Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Pooled Voting Rights (without regard to the application of any Appraisal Reduction Amounts) requesting a vote to terminate and replace the Asset Representations Reviewer with a proposed successor asset representations reviewer that is an Eligible Asset

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Representations Reviewer and (ii) payment by such Holders to the Certificate Administrator of the reasonable fees and expenses to be incurred by the Certificate Administrator in connection with administering such vote, the Certificate Administrator shall promptly provide written notice of such requested vote to the Asset Representations Reviewer and to all Certificateholders by (i) posting such notice on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, and (ii) mailing such notice to all Certificateholders at their addresses appearing in the Certificate Register and to the Asset Representations Reviewer. Upon the affirmative vote of the Holders of Certificates evidencing at least 75% of the Voting Rights allocable to the Certificates of those Holders that exercise their right to vote (provided that Holders representing the applicable Certificateholder Quorum exercise their right to vote within 180 days of the initial request for a vote (which, for the avoidance of doubt, is the date on which the aforementioned notice was mailed to the Certificateholders)), the Trustee shall terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Asset Representations Reviewer under this Agreement (other than any rights or obligations that accrued prior to the date of such termination and other than indemnification rights arising out of events occurring prior to such termination) by notice in writing to the Asset Representations Reviewer and appoint the proposed successor. As between the Asset Representations Reviewer, on the one hand, and the Certificateholders, on the other, the Certificateholders shall be entitled in their sole discretion to vote for the termination or not vote for the termination of the Asset Representations Reviewer. In the event that Holders of the required Certificates elect to remove the Asset Representations Reviewer without cause and appoint a successor, the successor asset representations reviewer shall be responsible for all expenses necessary to effect the transfer of responsibilities from its predecessor.

(c)               On or after the receipt by the Asset Representations Reviewer of written notice of termination, subject to this Section 11.05, all of its authority and power under this Agreement shall be terminated and, without limitation, the terminated Asset Representations Reviewer shall execute any and all documents and other instruments, and do or accomplish all other acts or things reasonably necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of termination. As soon as practicable, but in no event later than 30 days after (1) the Asset Representations Reviewer resigns pursuant to Section 11.03 of this Agreement or (2) the Trustee delivers such written notice of termination to the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Depositor (in the case of a resignation of the Asset Representations Reviewer pursuant to Section 11.03) or the Trustee (in the case of a termination of the Asset Representations Reviewer pursuant to Section 11.05(b)), as applicable, shall appoint a successor asset representations reviewer that is an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer. The Trustee shall provide written notice of the appointment of an Asset Representations Reviewer to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator, the Directing Holder, each Certificateholder and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner within one Business Day of such appointment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Trustee is unable to find a successor asset representations reviewer within thirty (30) days of the termination of the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Depositor shall be permitted, but not obligated, to find a replacement. The Trustee shall not be liable for any failure to identify and appoint a successor asset representations reviewer so long as the Trustee uses commercially reasonable efforts to conduct a search for a successor asset representations reviewer and

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such failure is not a result of the Trustee’s negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in the performance of its obligations hereunder.

The Asset Representations Reviewer shall at all times be an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer. If the Asset Representations Reviewer ceases to be an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall immediately notify the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator and the Directing Holder of such disqualification and, if an Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event occurs as a result, immediately resign under Section 11.03 of this Agreement, and a successor asset representations reviewer shall be appointed in accordance with Section 11.03.

(d)               Upon any termination of the Asset Representations Reviewer and appointment of a successor to the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee shall, as soon as possible, give written notice thereof to the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator (who shall, as soon as possible, give written notice thereof to the Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner), the Operating Advisor, the Mortgage Loan Sellers, the Depositor, each Rating Agency and, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, the Controlling Class Representative. In the event that the Asset Representations Reviewer is terminated, all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement shall terminate, other than any rights or obligations that accrued prior to the date of such termination (including the right to receive all amounts accrued and owing to it under this Agreement) and other than indemnification rights (arising out of events occurring prior to such termination).

Article XII

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Section 12.01       Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in any number of counterparts, each of which counterparts shall be deemed to be an original, and such counterparts shall constitute but one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement (and, to the extent permitted under applicable law, each officer’s certificate, receipt or similar closing document delivered in connection with the closing of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement) in Portable Document Format (PDF), Tagged Image File Format (TIF or TIFF), .JPG or .JPEG file format, or by facsimile transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed original counterpart of this Agreement.

Section 12.02       Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner. The death or incapacity of any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner shall not operate to terminate this Agreement or the Trust Fund, nor entitle such Certificateholder’s or Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner’s legal representatives or heirs to claim an accounting or to take any action or proceeding in any court for a partition or winding up of the

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Trust Fund, nor otherwise affect the rights, obligations and liabilities of the parties hereto or any of them.

No Certificateholder or Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner shall have any right to vote (except as expressly provided for herein) or in any manner otherwise control the operation and management of the Trust Fund, or the obligations of the parties hereto, nor shall anything herein set forth, or contained in the terms of the Certificates, be construed so as to constitute the Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner from time to time as partners or members of an association; nor shall any Certificateholder or Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner be under any liability to any third person by reason of any action taken by the parties to this Agreement pursuant to any provision hereof.

No Certificateholder or Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner shall have any right to institute any suit, action or proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this Agreement, any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, unless such Person previously shall have given to the Trustee a written notice of default and of the continuance thereof, as hereinbefore provided, and unless also the Holders of at least 25% of the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates affected thereby shall have made written request upon the Trustee (with a copy to the Certificate Administrator) to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as Trustee hereunder and shall have offered to the Trustee such reasonable indemnity as it may require against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby, and the Trustee, for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity, shall have neglected or refused to institute any such action, suit or proceeding. It is understood and intended, and expressly covenanted by each Certificateholder with every other Certificateholder and the Trustee, that no one or more Holders of Certificates of any Class shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of any provision of this Agreement to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of the Holders of any other of such Certificates, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such Holder, or to enforce any right under this Agreement, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all Holders of Certificates of such Class. It is understood and intended, and expressly covenanted by the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner with every Certificateholder and the Trustee, that the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner shall not have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of any provision of this Agreement to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of the Holders of Certificates of any Class, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any such Holder, or to enforce any right under this Agreement, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all Combined VRR Interest Owners. For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of this Section, each and every Certificateholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity.

Section 12.03       Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT, AND/OR THE INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS AND DECISIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CHOICE OF LAW RULES THEREOF. THE PARTIES

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HERETO INTEND THAT THE PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW SHALL APPLY TO THIS AGREEMENT.

Section 12.04       Notices. Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, any communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and, unless otherwise expressly provided herein, shall be deemed to have been duly given if (a) personally delivered, (b) mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid (except for notices to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator which shall be deemed to have been duly given only when received), (c) sent by nationally recognized express courier delivery service and received by the addressee, (d) transmitted by facsimile transmission (or any other type of electronic transmission agreed upon by the parties) and received by the addressee or (e) only with respect to any addressee of any party for which an electronic mail address is set forth below, sent by electronic mail (provided, however, any notice provided by electronic mail shall not be considered delivered until receipt of such electronic mail is confirmed by the addressee), to the applicable party at the following address(es), or as to each such Person such other address or e-mail address as may hereafter be furnished by such Person to the parties hereto in writing:

(i)                 in the case of the Depositor:

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc.
388 Greenwich Street, 6th Floor
New York, New York 10013
Attention: Richard Simpson
Fax number: (646) 328-2943

with a copy to:

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc.
390 Greenwich Street, 5th Floor
New York, New York 10013
Attention: Raul Orozco
Fax number: (347) 394-0898

with a copy to:

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc.
388 Greenwich Street, 17th Floor
New York, New York 10013
Attention: Ryan M. O’Connor
Fax number: (646) 862-8988

with electronic copies e-mailed to:

Richard Simpson at richard.simpson@citi.com and
Ryan M. O’Connor at ryan.m.oconnor@citi.com

(ii)              in the case of the Master Servicer:

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Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association

10851 Mastin Street, Suite 700

Overland Park, Kansas 66210

Attention: Executive Vice President – Division Head

Fax number: 1-888-706-3565

with a copy to:

 

Stinson LLP

1201 Walnut Street, Suite 2900

Kansas City, Missouri 64106-2150

Attention: Kenda K. Tomes

Fax number: (816) 412-9338

 

and with respect to e-mail pursuant to Section 12.06 and Section 12.13 of
this Agreement, to:

 

NoticeAdmin@midlandls.com

 

and with respect to any investor inquiry, to:

 

AskMidland@midlandls.com

 

(iii)            in the case of the Special Servicer:

3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC

2977 McFarlane Road, Suite 300

Miami, Florida 33133

Attention: General Counsel

E-mail: compliance@3650REIT.com

 

 

(iv)             in the case of the Certificate Administrator:

Computershare Trust Company, National Association

9062 Old Annapolis Road

Columbia, Maryland 21045

Attention: Corporate Trust Services – Benchmark 2023-V2

with a copy to:

CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com

trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com

 

In the case of any transfer or surrender of a Risk Retention Certificate pursuant to
Article V:

 

Computershare Trust Company, National Association

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9062 Old Annapolis Road

Columbia, Maryland 21045

Attention: Risk Retention Custody (CMBS) – Benchmark 2023-V2

with a copy to:

CCTRiskRetentionCustody@computershare.com

 

In the case of the Custodian:

 

Computershare Trust Company, National Association

1055 10th Avenue SE

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414

Attention: Document Custody Group – Benchmark 2023-V2

with a copy to:

cmbscustody@computershare.com

 

In the case of a surrender, transfer or exchange of a Certificate other than a Risk
Retention Certificate:

 

Computershare Trust Company, National Association

1505 Energy Park Drive

St. Paul, Minnesota 55108

Attention: Corporate Trust Services – Benchmark 2023-V2

 

(v)               in the case of the Trustee:

Computershare Trust Company, National Association

9062 Old Annapolis Road

Columbia, Maryland 21045

Attention: Corporate Trust Services – BMO2023-C4

with a copy to:

CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com

trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com

 

(vi)             in the case of each of the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Operating Advisor:

BellOak, LLC

200 N. Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 1400

El Segundo. CA 90245

Attention: Reporting - Benchmark 2023-V2

 

with copies sent contemporaneously via email to reporting@belloakadvisors.com

 

(vii)          in the case of the Rating Agencies:

Fitch Ratings, Inc.
300 West 57th Street

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New York, New York 10019
Attention: Commercial Mortgage Surveillance Group
Fax number: (646) 280-1013
E-mail: Info.cmbs@fitchratings.com

 

S&P Global Ratings
55 Water Street, 41st Floor
New York, New York 10041
Attention: Commercial Mortgage Surveillance Manager
Email: cmbs_info_17g5@spglobal.com

 

Kroll Bond Rating Agency, LLC
805 Third Avenue, 29th Floor

New York, New York 10022

Attention: CMBS Surveillance

E-mail: cmbssurveillance@kbra.com

 

(viii)     in the case of the Mortgage Loan Sellers:

Citi Real Estate Funding Inc.
388 Greenwich Street, 6th Floor
New York, New York 10013
Attention: Richard Simpson
Fax number: (646) 328-2943

 

with a copy to:

 

Citi Real Estate Funding Inc.
390 Greenwich Street, 5th Floor
New York, New York 10013
Attention: Raul Orozco
Fax number: (347) 394-0898

 

with a copy to:

 

Citi Real Estate Funding Inc.
388 Greenwich Street, 17th Floor
New York, New York 10013
Attention: Ryan M. O’Connor
Fax number: (646) 862-8988

 

with copies by electronic mail to:

 

Richard Simpson at richard.simpson@citi.com
Ryan M. O’Connor at ryan.m.oconnor@citi.com
and, in the case of each Rule 15Ga 1 Notice, cmbs.notice@citi.com

 

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German American Capital Corporation

1 Columbus Circle
New York, New York 10019
Attention: Lainie Kaye

 

with a copy by electronic mail to lainie.kaye@db.com and to cmbs.requests@db.com

 

Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company

200 West Street

New York, New York 10282
Attention: Scott Epperson
E-mail: scott.epperson@gs.com

 

with a copy to:

E-mail: gs-refgsecuritization@gs.com

 

with a copy to:

 

Structured Finance Legal (REFG)

E-mail: gs-refglegal@gs.com

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association
383 Madison Avenue, 31st Floor
New York, New York 10179
Attention: Kunal K. Singh Email: US_CMBS_Notice@jpmorgan.com

 

Barclays Capital Real Estate Inc.

745 Seventh Avenue

New York, New York 10019

Attention: Daniel Vinson, Managing Director

Email: daniel.vinson@barclays.com

 

with a copy to:

 

Barclays Capital Real Estate Inc.

745 Seventh Avenue

New York, New York

Attention: Lillian Tillman, Legal Department

Email: lillian.tillman@barclays.com

 

Bank of Montreal

c/o BMO Capital Markets Corp.

151 West 42nd Street

New York, NY 10036

Attention: Michael Birajiclian and David Schell

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Email: Michael.Birajiclian@bmo.com and David.Schell@bmo.com

 

with a copy to:

 

Bank of Montreal

c/o BMO Capital Markets Corp.

151 West 42nd Street

New York, NY 10036

Attention: Legal Department

Email: BMOCMBSNotices@bmo.com

 

3650 Real Estate Investment Trust 2 LLC

2977 McFarlane Road, Suite 300

Miami, Florida 33133

Attention: General Counsel

Email: compliance@3650REIT.com

 

(ix)             in the case of the Underwriters:

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
388 Greenwich Street, 6th Floor
New York, New York 10013
Attention: Richard Simpson
Fax number: (646) 328-2943

 

with a copy to:

 

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
390 Greenwich Street, 5th Floor
New York, New York 10013
Attention: Raul Orozco
Fax number: (347) 394-0898

 

with a copy to:

 

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
388 Greenwich Street, 17th Floor
New York, New York 10013
Attention: Ryan M. O’Connor
Fax number: (646) 862-8988

 

with copies by electronic mail to:

 

Richard Simpson at richard.simpson@citi.com and
Ryan M. O’Connor at ryan.m.oconnor@citi.com

 

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Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
1 Columbus Circle
New York, New York 10019
Attention: Lainie Kaye

with a copy by electronic mail to:
lainie.kaye@db.com and to cmbs.requests@db.com

 

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

200 West Street

New York, New York 10282
Attention: Scott Epperson
E-mail: scott.epperson@gs.com

 

with a copy to:

E-mail: gs-refgsecuritization@gs.com

 

with a copy to:

 

Structured Finance Legal (REFG)

E-mail: gs-refglegal@gs.com

 

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
383 Madison Avenue, 8th Floor
New York, New York 10179
Attention: SPG Syndicate
Email: ABS_Synd@jpmorgan.com

 

with a copy to:

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
4 New York Plaza, Floor 21
New York, New York 10004-2413
Attention: SPG Legal
Email: US_CMBS_Notice@jpmorgan.com

Barclays Capital Inc.

745 Seventh Avenue

New York, New York 10019,

Attention: Daniel Vinson, Managing Director

with a copy to:

 

Barclays Capital Inc.

745 Seventh Avenue

New York, New York, 10019

Attention: Lillian Tillman

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Bank of Montreal

c/o BMO Capital Markets Corp.

151 West 42nd Street

New York, NY 10036

Attention: Michael Birajiclian and David Schell

Email: Michael.Birajiclian@bmo.com and David.Schell@bmo.com

 

with a copy to:

 

Bank of Montreal

c/o BMO Capital Markets Corp.

151 West 42nd Street

New York, NY 10036

Attention: Legal Department

Email: BMOCMBSNotices@bmo.com

 

(x)               in the case of the Initial Purchasers:

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
388 Greenwich Street, 6th Floor
New York, New York 10013
Attention: Richard Simpson
Fax number: (646) 328-2943

 

with a copy to:

 

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
390 Greenwich Street, 5th Floor
New York, New York 10013
Attention: Raul Orozco
Fax number: (347) 394-0898

 

with a copy to:

 

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
388 Greenwich Street, 17th Floor
New York, New York 10013
Attention: Ryan M. O’Connor
Fax number: (646) 862-8988

 

with copies by electronic mail to:

 

Richard Simpson at richard.simpson@citi.com and
Ryan M. O’Connor at ryan.m.oconnor@citi.com

 

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Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
1 Columbus Circle
New York, New York 10019
Attention: Lainie Kaye

with a copy by electronic mail to:
lainie.kaye@db.com and to cmbs.requests@db.com

 

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

200 West Street

New York, New York 10282
Attention: Scott Epperson
E-mail: scott.epperson@gs.com

 

with a copy to:

E-mail: gs-refgsecuritization@gs.com

 

with a copy to:

 

Structured Finance Legal (REFG)
E-mail: gs-refglegal@gs.com

 

 

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
383 Madison Avenue, 8th Floor
New York, New York 10179
Attention: SPG Syndicate
Email: ABS_Synd@jpmorgan.com

 

with a copy to:

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
4 New York Plaza, Floor 21
New York, New York 10004-2413
Attention: SPG Legal
Email: US_CMBS_Notice@jpmorgan.com

 

Barclays Capital Inc.

745 Seventh Avenue

New York, New York 10019,

Attention: Daniel Vinson, Managing Director

with a copy to:

 

Barclays Capital Inc.

745 Seventh Avenue

New York, New York, 10019

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Attention: Lillian Tillman

 

Bank of Montreal

c/o BMO Capital Markets Corp.

151 West 42nd Street

New York, NY 10036

Attention: Michael Birajiclian and David Schell

Email: Michael.Birajiclian@bmo.com and David.Schell@bmo.com

 

with a copy to:

 

Bank of Montreal

c/o BMO Capital Markets Corp.

151 West 42nd Street

New York, NY 10036

Attention: Legal Department

Email: BMOCMBSNotices@bmo.com

 

(xi)             in the case of the initial Controlling Class Representative:

3650 REIT 2 PF-2 BHE LLC
c/o 3650 Real Estate Investment Trust 2 LLC

2977 McFarlane Road, Suite 300

Miami, Florida 33133

Attention: General Counsel

E-mail: compliance@3650REIT.com

 

(xii)          in the case of the initial Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative:

[RESERVED]

 

(xiii)        in the case of the initial VRR1 Risk Retention Consultation Party:

[RESERVED]

 

(xiv)         in the case of the initial VRR2 Risk Retention Consultation Party:

[RESERVED]

 

Any communication required or permitted to be delivered to a Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner shall be deemed to have been duly given when mailed first class, postage prepaid, to the address of such Holder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner as shown in the Certificate Register. Any communication required or permitted to be delivered to a Certificate Owner shall be deemed to have been duly given to the extent delivered through the Depository. Any notice so mailed within the time prescribed in this Agreement shall be

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conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner receives such notice. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 12.04 to the contrary, nothing in this Section 12.04 shall constitute consent by any party hereto to service of process upon such party by facsimile transmission, electronic mail or any other type of electronic transmission.

The obligation of any party to this Agreement to deliver any notices, reports or other information to any Other Depositor, Other Servicer, Other Special Servicer, Other Trustee or Other 17g-5 Information Provider shall be effective in each case only to the extent such party to this Agreement has received notice of the identity and contact information of such Other Depositor, Other Servicer, Other Special Servicer, Other Trustee or Other 17g-5 Information Provider, as applicable. Any such party may conclusively rely on the name and contact information provided by the related Other Depositor, Other Servicer, Other Special Servicer, Other Trustee or Other 17g-5 Information Provider, as applicable, and shall be entitled to assume that the identity and contact information for such Other Depositor, Other Servicer, Other Special Servicer, Other Trustee or Other 17g-5 Information Provider, as applicable, has not changed, absent receipt of written notice from such Other Depositor, Other Servicer, Other Special Servicer, Other Trustee or Other 17g-5 Information Provider, or a replacement thereof under the applicable Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, of a change with respect to the identity and contact information for such Other Depositor, Other Servicer, Other Special Servicer, Other Trustee or Other 17g-5 Information Provider, or a replacement thereof under the applicable Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as applicable.

Section 12.05       Severability of Provisions. If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall be for any reason whatsoever held invalid, then, to the extent permitted by applicable law, such covenants, agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement or of the Certificates or the rights of the Holders thereof.

Section 12.06       Notice to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider, Depositor and Each Rating Agency.

(a)               The Certificate Administrator shall use its best efforts to promptly prepare a written notice, and provide such notice by e-mail to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider (if the Certificate Administrator is for any reason not the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider) and the Depositor, with respect to each of the following items of which a Responsible Officer of the Certificate Administrator has actual knowledge, and the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider shall upload such notice to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website on the same Business Day of receipt if received by 2:00 p.m. or, if received after 2:00 p.m., on the next Business Day by 12:00 p.m. and shall, promptly following the posting of such notice to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website, notify, or cause the notification of, each Registered Rating Agency (other than any Registered Rating Agency that has indicated to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider of its election to not receive such notification) by electronic mail of the posting of such notice, which electronic mail may be automatically generated by the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website:

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(i)                               any material change or amendment to this Agreement;

(ii)                            the occurrence of any Servicer Termination Event that has not been cured;

(iii)                        the merger, consolidation, resignation or termination of the Master Servicer, Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator or any Outside Servicer, Outside Special Servicer or Outside Trustee;

(iv)                        the repurchase of, or substitution of, Trust Loans pursuant to Section 2.03;

(v)                           the final payment to any Class of Certificateholders or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner;

(vi)                       any change in the location of the Interest Reserve Account, the Excess Liquidation Proceeds Reserve Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account or any Distribution Account;

(vii)                    any event that would result in the voluntary or involuntary termination of any insurance of the accounts of the Master Servicer; and

(viii)                 any change in the lien priority of a Trust Loan.

(b)               The Master Servicer or the Special Servicer shall promptly furnish by e-mail (or any other form of electronic delivery reasonably acceptable to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, and the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider) to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider and the Depositor copies of the following (to the extent not already delivered or made available pursuant to the terms of this Agreement), and the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider shall upload such documents to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website on the same Business Day of receipt if received by 2:00 p.m. or, if received after 2:00 p.m., on the next Business Day by 12:00 p.m., and the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider shall, promptly following the posting of such documents to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website, notify, or cause the notification of, each Registered Rating Agency (other than any Registered Rating Agency that has indicated to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider of its election to not receive such notification) by electronic mail of the posting of such documents, which electronic mail may be automatically generated by the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website:

(i)                each of its annual statements as to compliance described in Section 10.08 of this Agreement;

(ii)              each of its annual reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria described in Section 10.09 of this Agreement;

(iii)            each of its annual independent public accountants’ servicing reports described in Section 10.10 of this Agreement;

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(iv)             upon request by the Depositor, the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider, any Rating Agency or any Companion Loan Rating Agency, a copy of each operating and other financial statements, rent rolls, occupancy reports, and sales reports to the extent such information is required to be delivered under a Trust Loan, in each case to the extent collected pursuant to Section 3.03(a) or Section 4.02(b); and

(v)               upon request by the Depositor, the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider, any Rating Agency or any Companion Loan Rating Agency, each inspection report prepared in connection with any inspection conducted pursuant to Section 3.18 of this Agreement.

(c)               The Certificate Administrator shall promptly furnish by e-mail (or any other form of electronic delivery reasonably acceptable to the Certificate Administrator and the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider) to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider (if the Certificate Administrator is for any reason not the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider) and the Depositor copies of the items set forth in Section 8.11(b) of this Agreement (to the extent not already delivered or made available pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and to the extent such items were prepared by or delivered to the Certificate Administrator in electronic format), and the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider shall upload such documents to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website on the same Business Day of receipt if received by 2:00 p.m. or, if received after 2:00 p.m., on the next Business Day by 12:00 p.m..

(d)               After any notice, document or item has been posted by the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Sections 12.06(a), 12.06(b) or 12.06(c), the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider may send such posted notice, document or item to a Registered Rating Agency.

Section 12.07       Amendment. This Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Custodian (if the Certificate Administrator is then acting as Custodian), the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee, without the consent of any of the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders or, as applicable, any Companion Loan Holder:

(a)               to cure any ambiguity to the extent that it does not adversely affect any holders of Certificates or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any holders of Loan-Specific Certificates);

(b)               to correct or supplement any of its provisions which may be inconsistent with any other provisions of this Agreement or with the description thereof in the Prospectus or to correct any error;

(c)               to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Excess Liquidation Proceeds Reserve Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account, the Distribution Account or any REO Account, provided that (A) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the

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related Distribution Date and (B) the change would not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any Loan-Specific Certificateholder), as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting the amendment) or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment;

(d)               to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (A) to the extent necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund, provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an opinion of counsel (at the expense of the party requesting the amendment) to the effect that (1) the action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize such risk and (2) the action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any holder of the Certificates or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any holder of the Loan-Specific Certificates), (B) to restrict (or to remove any existing restrictions with respect to) the transfer of the Class R Certificates, provided that the Depositor has determined that the amendment will not give rise to any tax with respect to the transfer of the Class R Certificates to a non-Permitted Transferee, (C) to the extent necessary to comply with the Investment Company Act, as amended, the Exchange Act, Regulation AB, Regulation RR and/or any related regulatory actions and/or interpretations or (D) in the event that Regulation RR (or any portion thereof) or any other regulations applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate any risk retention requirements no longer applicable to this securitization transaction in light of such repeal;

(e)               to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Agreement or any other change, provided that the amendment will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of (i) any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any Loan-Specific Certificateholder) or ((iii) any holder of a Serviced Companion Loan not consenting thereto, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or as evidenced by, if any Certificate is then rated, a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and, in the case of a securitized Serviced Companion Loan with rated Serviced Companion Loan Securities, confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.30);

(f)                to modify the procedures herein relating to Rule 17g-5; provided that (A) such modification does not increase the obligations of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer without such party’s consent (which consent may not be withheld unless such modification would materially adversely affect such party or materially increase such party’s obligations under this Agreement) and (B) such

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modification shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further that notice of such modification is provided to all parties to this Agreement; and

(g)               to amend or supplement any provision of this Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates (or, if applicable, Loan-Specific Certificates) by each Rating Agency, provided that the amendment will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of (i) any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any Loan-Specific Certificateholder) or (ii) any holder of a Serviced Companion Loan not consenting thereto, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or as evidenced by, if any Certificate is then rated, a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies and, in the case of a securitized Serviced Companion Loan with rated Serviced Companion Loan Securities, confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.30);

provided, further that no amendment pursuant to any of clauses (a)-(g) above may be made that would: (A) reduce the consent or consultation rights or the right to receive information under this Agreement of the Controlling Class Representative without the consent of the Controlling Class Representative (or, if applicable, of any Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative without the consent of such Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative); (B) reduce the consultation rights or the right to receive information under this Agreement of the Operating Advisor without the consent of the Operating Advisor; (C) change in any manner the obligations or rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller under this Agreement or the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement without the consent of the affected Mortgage Loan Seller; (D) change in any manner the obligations or rights of any Underwriter or Initial Purchaser, without the consent of the affected Underwriter or Initial Purchaser; or (E) adversely affect in any material respect any Serviced Companion Loan Holder in its capacity as such without its consent (the lack of which material adverse effect must in the case of, and under the circumstances described in, clauses (e) and (g) above, be evidenced as described in such clauses). Expenses incurred with respect to any amendment shall be borne by the party requesting such amendment, unless the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee is requesting an amendment for the benefit of the Certificateholders, then in which case such expense will be borne by the Trust.

This Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended from time to time by a writing signed by each of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Custodian (if the Certificate Administrator is then acting as Custodian), the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates and any Loan-Specific Certificates representing in the aggregate not less than 66-2/3% of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates and Loan-Specific Certificates affected by the amendment for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or of modifying in

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any manner the rights of the Certificateholders, Loan-Specific Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner; provided, however, that no such amendment shall:

(i)                         reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Serviced Loans which are required to be distributed on a Certificate or Loan-Specific Certificate of any Class or the Uncertificated VRR Interest or to any Serviced Companion Loan Holder, as applicable, without the consent of the Holder of that Certificate or Loan-Specific Certificate, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or that Serviced Companion Loan Holder, as applicable;

(ii)                     reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates or Loan-Specific Certificates of any Class or of the Uncertificated VRR Interest the Holders (or, in the case of the Uncertificated VRR Interest, the owner) of which are required to consent to the amendment without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates or Loan-Specific Certificates of that Class then outstanding or of the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, as applicable;

(iii)                   change in any manner the obligations or rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller under this Agreement or the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement without the consent of the affected Mortgage Loan Seller;

(iv)                  change the definition of “Servicing Standard” without either (A) consent of 100% of the Certificateholders, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or (B) Rating Agency Confirmation;

(v)                     without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders and Loan-Specific Certificateholders of the Class or Classes of Certificates and Loan-Specific Certificates, or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, that is adversely affected thereby, change (A) the percentages of Voting Rights of Certificateholders or Loan-Specific Certificateholders that are required to consent to any action or inaction under this Agreement, (B) the right of the Certificateholders or Loan-Specific Certificateholders to remove the Special Servicer pursuant to this Agreement or (C) the right of the Certificateholders or Loan-Specific Certificateholders to terminate the Operating Advisor pursuant to this Agreement;

(vi)                 adversely affect the Controlling Class Representative without the consent of 100% of the Controlling Class Certificateholders;

(vii)              adversely affect any Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative without the consent of 100% of the Loan-Specific Controlling Class Certificateholders;

(viii)            adversely affect a Serviced Companion Loan Holder in its capacity as such without its consent; or

(ix)                   change in any manner the obligations or rights of any Underwriter or Initial Purchaser without the consent of the affected Underwriter or Initial Purchaser.

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In the event that neither the Depositor nor any successor thereto, if any, is in existence, any amendment under this Section 12.07 shall be effective with the consent of the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian (if the Certificate Administrator is then acting as Custodian), the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer, in writing, and to the extent required by this Section, the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, the Serviced Companion Loan Holders, the Mortgage Loan Sellers, the Underwriters and/or the Initial Purchasers, as applicable. Promptly after the execution of any amendment, (A) the Master Servicer shall forward a copy thereof to the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian (if the Certificate Administrator is then acting as Custodian), the Special Servicer, each Serviced Companion Loan Holder, each Mortgage Loan Seller, each Underwriter, each Initial Purchaser and (B) the Certificate Administrator shall furnish written notification of the substance of such amendment to each Certificateholder, post a copy of such amendment to the Certificate Administrator’s Website, and deliver a copy of such amendment to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider who shall post a copy of such amendment to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 12.13 of this Agreement. It shall not be necessary for the consent of Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or the Serviced Companion Loan Holders, the Mortgage Loan Sellers, Underwriters or the Initial Purchasers, as applicable, under this Section 12.07 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof. The method of obtaining such consents and of evidencing the authorization of the execution thereof by Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or the Serviced Companion Loan Holders, the Mortgage Loan Sellers, Underwriters or the Initial Purchasers, as applicable, shall be subject to such reasonable regulations as the Trustee may prescribe; provided, however, that such method shall always be by affirmation and in writing.

Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Agreement, no amendment shall be made to this Agreement or any Custodial Agreement unless, if requested by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Custodian (if the Certificate Administrator is then acting as Custodian), and/or the Certificate Administrator, such party shall have received an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment (or, if such amendment is required by any Rating Agency to maintain the rating issued by it or requested by the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator for any purpose described in clause (a) or (b) of the first sentence of this Section 12.07, then at the expense of the Trust Fund), to the effect that such amendment will not cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a grantor trust for federal income tax purposes at any time that any Certificates are outstanding, and will not cause a tax to be imposed on the Trust Fund (other than a tax at the corporate tax rate on net income from foreclosure property pursuant to Code Section 860G(c)). Prior to the execution of any amendment to this Agreement or any Custodial Agreement, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian (if the Certificate Administrator is then acting as Custodian), the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer may request and shall be entitled to rely conclusively upon an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment (or, if such amendment is required by any Rating Agency to maintain the rating issued by it or requested by the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator for any purpose described in clause (a), (b), (c) or (e) (which does not modify or otherwise relate solely to the obligations, duties or rights of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable) of the first sentence of this Section 12.07, then at the expense of the Trust Fund) stating that the execution of such amendment

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is authorized or permitted by this Agreement, and that all conditions precedent to such amendment are satisfied. Each of the Trustee, the Custodian (if the Certificate Administrator is then acting as Custodian) and the Certificate Administrator may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such amendment which affects the Trustee’s, the Custodian’s (if the Certificate Administrator is then acting as Custodian) or the Certificate Administrator’s, as applicable, own rights, duties or immunities under this Agreement. Any party hereto requesting an amendment to this Agreement shall provide (x) notice of such amendment no later than 3 Business Days prior to the anticipated date of execution, and (y) a copy of the executed amendment no later than the date of execution, to each Other Depositor (and counsel thereto) and Other Exchange Act Reporting Party under each Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement (which may be by email) in order for each Companion Loan Holder to timely comply with its obligations under the Exchange Act. The party requesting an amendment to this Agreement shall provide to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider, for posting on the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 12.13 of this Agreement, prior written notice of such proposed amendment.

Section 12.08       Confirmation of Intent. The Depositor intends that the conveyance of the Depositor’s right, title and interest in and to the Trust Loans pursuant to this Agreement shall constitute a sale and not a pledge of security for a loan. If such conveyance is deemed to be a pledge of security for a loan, however, the Depositor intends that the rights and obligations of the parties to such loan shall be established pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. The Depositor also intends and agrees that, in such event, (i) the Depositor shall be deemed to have granted to the Trustee (in such capacity) a first priority security interest in the Depositor’s entire right, title and interest in and to the assets comprising the Trust Fund, including without limitation, the Trust Loans, all principal and interest received or receivable with respect to the Trust Loans (other than principal and interest payments due and payable prior to the Cut-Off Date and Principal Prepayments received prior to the Cut-Off Date), all amounts held from time to time in the Collection Account, the Distribution Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account, the Interest Reserve Account and, if established, the Excess Liquidation Proceeds Reserve Account and the REO Account, and all reinvestment earnings on such amounts, and all of the Depositor’s right, title and interest in and to any Insurance Proceeds related to such Trust Loans and (ii) this Agreement shall constitute a security agreement under applicable law. This Section 12.08 shall constitute notice to the Trustee pursuant to any of the requirements of the applicable UCC.

Section 12.09       Third-Party Beneficiaries. Except as provided in (i) Section 3.01(j)(iv) of this Agreement and (ii) the next sentence, no Persons other than a party to this Agreement, any Companion Loan Holder (unless it is the Mortgagor under the applicable Companion Loan or an Affiliate thereof), the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and any Certificateholder, shall have any rights with respect to the enforcement of any of the rights or obligations hereunder. Any Underwriter or Initial Purchaser (with respect to its rights to receive any documents, certifications, information and/or indemnification hereunder and its rights under Section 2.02, Section 5.03 and Section 12.07 of this Agreement), any Companion Loan Holder (in respect of the rights afforded it under this Agreement, any related Other Servicer shall be entitled to enforce the rights of such Companion Loan Holder under this Agreement and the related Co-Lender Agreement), any Mortgage Loan Seller (with respect to its rights under Article II, Section 3.09(d)(i), Section 12.07 and Section 12.16 of this Agreement and its rights as a Privileged Person), the Retaining Sponsor (with respect to its rights under Section 5.02(f) and Section 5.03(i)), any Other Depositor and Other Exchange Act Reporting Party (with respect to its rights under

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Article X of this Agreement), any Other Servicer and Other Special Servicer (with respect to all provisions herein expressly relating to compensation, reimbursement or indemnification of such Other Servicer or Other Special Servicer, as the case may be, and the provisions herein regarding coordination of Advances) and, subject to Section 12.02 of this Agreement, any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (which are intended third-party beneficiaries of this Agreement) shall have the right to enforce their respective rights and obligations hereunder (in the case of any Serviced Companion Loan Holder, to the extent they affect the related Serviced Companion Loan and provided that such Serviced Companion Loan Holder is not the Mortgagor under the related Companion Loan or an Affiliate thereof) as if each such Person was a party hereto.

Without limiting the foregoing, the parties to this Agreement specifically state that no Mortgagor, property manager or other party to a Mortgage Loan is an intended third-party beneficiary of this Agreement.

Section 12.10       Request by Certificateholders or the Serviced Companion Loan Holder. Where information or reports are required to be delivered to a Certificateholder or a Serviced Companion Loan Holder, as applicable, upon request pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, such request can be in the form of a single blanket request by a Certificateholder or a Serviced Companion Loan Holder, as applicable, to the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, and, with respect to such Certificateholder or a Serviced Companion Loan Holder, as applicable, such request shall be deemed to relate to each date such report or information may be requested. The notice shall set forth the applicable Sections where such reports and information are requested.

Section 12.11       Waiver of Jury Trial. THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, RELATING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

Section 12.12       Submission to Jurisdiction. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY (I) SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE FEDERAL COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT; (II) WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT; (III) AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW; AND (IV) CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS UPON IT BY MAILING A COPY THEREOF BY CERTIFIED MAIL ADDRESSED TO IT AS PROVIDED FOR NOTICES

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HEREUNDER AND AGREES THAT NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT TO EFFECT SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW.

Section 12.13       Exchange Act Rule 17g-5 Procedures.

(a)               Except as otherwise provided in Section 12.06 of this Agreement or this Section 12.13 or otherwise in this Agreement or as required by law, none of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor or the Custodian shall provide any information directly to, or communicate with, either orally or in writing, any Rating Agency regarding the Certificates or the Trust Loans relevant to the Rating Agencies’ surveillance of the Certificates or the Trust Loans, including, but not limited to, providing responses to inquiries from a Rating Agency regarding the Certificates or the Trust Loans relevant to such Rating Agency’s surveillance of the Certificates. To the extent that a Rating Agency makes an inquiry or initiates communications with the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor or the Custodian regarding the Certificates or the Trust Loans relevant to such Rating Agency’s surveillance of the Certificates, all responses to such inquiries or communications from such Rating Agency shall be made in writing by the responding party and shall be provided to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider as provided in Section 12.13(h), whereupon the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider shall post such written response to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website on the same Business Day of receipt of such response if received by 2:00 p.m. or, if received after 2:00 p.m., on the next Business Day by 12:00 p.m. (or, if the responding party is the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider, on the same Business Day of preparation of such response if prepared by 2:00 p.m. or, if prepared after 2:00 p.m., on the next Business Day by 12:00 p.m.), and the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider shall, promptly after such response has been posted to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website, notify, or cause the notification of, each Registered Rating Agency by electronic mail of the posting of such response. Any communications from a Rating Agency to the Master Servicer, including any specific requests from a Rating Agency, shall be in writing.

(b)               To the extent that any of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor or the Custodian is required to provide any information to, or communicate with, any Rating Agency in accordance with its obligations under this Agreement, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor or the Custodian, as applicable, shall do so in writing and shall provide such written information or communication to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider electronically as provided in Section 12.13(h), whereupon the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider shall upload such information or communication to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website on the same Business Day of receipt of such response if received by 2:00 p.m. or, if received after 2:00 p.m., on the next Business Day by 12:00 p.m. (or, if the applicable party is the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider, on the same Business Day of preparation of such response if prepared by 2:00 p.m. or, if prepared after 2 p.m., on the next Business Day by 12:00 p.m.), and the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider shall, promptly after such written information or communication has been uploaded to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website, notify, or cause the notification of, each Registered Rating Agency by electronic

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mail of the posting of such written information or communication. The foregoing shall include any Rating Agency Confirmation request made pursuant to this Agreement, which shall be in writing, with a cover letter indicating the nature of the request and shall include all information the requesting party believes is reasonably necessary for the applicable Rating Agency to make its decision.

(c)               Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 12.13(a) or Section 12.13(b) of this Agreement, any of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor or the Custodian shall be permitted (but are not required) to orally communicate with the Rating Agencies in accordance with their respective obligations under this Agreement, under the following circumstances: (i) such party provides a written summary of the information provided to the Rating Agencies during such communication to the 17g-5 Information Provider electronically as provided in Section 12.13(h) on the same day such oral communication takes place (provided that the summary of such oral communications shall not be attributed to the Rating Agency the communication was with); or (ii) the Depositor, in its sole discretion, provides a written authorization (which may be by electronic email) from the Depositor to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor or the Custodian, as applicable, to orally communicate with such Rating Agency (including, but not limited to, providing responses to inquiries from such Rating Agency); provided, that any such authorization shall set forth the procedures that such party shall follow if it elects (in its sole discretion) to orally communicate with the applicable Rating Agency, which procedures shall be reasonable and customary as is necessary to allow compliance with Rule 17g-5. The 17g-5 Information Provider shall post any summary, communication or other information provided to it in accordance with this paragraph on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 12.13(h).

(d)               Each of the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor and the Custodian (each, an “Indemnifying Party”) hereby expressly agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Depositor and its respective officers, directors, shareholders, members, managers, employees, agents, Affiliates and controlling persons, and the Trust Fund (each, an “Indemnified Party”), from and against any and all losses, liabilities, damages, claims, judgments, costs, fees, penalties, fines, forfeitures or other expenses (including reasonable legal fees and expenses, which for the avoidance of doubt include reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses related to the enforcement of this indemnity), joint or several, to which any such Indemnified Party may become subject, under the Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, pursuant to a third-party claim, insofar as such losses, liabilities, damages, claims, judgments, costs, fees, penalties, fines, forfeitures or other expenses (including such reasonable legal fees and expenses) arise out of or are based upon (i) such Indemnifying Party’s breach of Section 12.06, Section 12.13(a), Section 12.13(b), Section 12.13(c), Section 12.13(g) or Section 12.13(h) of this Agreement or (ii) a determination by any Rating Agency that it cannot reasonably rely on representations made by the Depositor or any Affiliate thereof pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 17g-5(a)(3), to the extent caused by any such breach referred to in clause (i) above by the applicable Indemnifying Party, and will reimburse such Indemnified Party for any legal or other

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expenses reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim, as such expenses are incurred. The Depositor shall notify each of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer in writing of any change in the identity or contact information of the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider (if it is not also the Certificate Administrator).

(e)              None of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator (unless the Certificate Administrator is acting in the capacity of the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider), the Trustee, the Operating Advisor or the Custodian shall have any liability for (i) the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s failure to post information provided by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor or the Custodian in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, (ii) any malfunction or disabling of the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website or (iii) such party’s failure to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement regarding providing information or communication to the Rating Agencies that are required to be performed after the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider posts the related information or communication if the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider fails to notify such party that it has posted such information or communication on the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website.

(f)                None of the foregoing restrictions in this Section 12.13 prohibit or restrict oral or written communications, or providing information, between the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, on the one hand, and any Rating Agency, on the other hand, with regard to (i) such Rating Agency’s review of the ratings it assigns to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, (ii) such Rating Agency’s approval of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, as a commercial mortgage master, special or primary servicer or (iii) such Rating Agency’s evaluation of the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s, as applicable, servicing operations in general; provided, however, that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall not provide any information relating to the Certificates or the Trust Loans to such Rating Agency in connection with such review and evaluation by such Rating Agency unless: (x) borrower, property or deal specific identifiers are redacted; (y) the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, has in fact previously provided such information to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider and does not provide such information to such Rating Agency until the earlier of (i) receipt of notification from the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider that such information has been posted to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website and (ii) after 12:00 p.m. on the first Business Day following the date it has provided such information to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider; or (z) such Rating Agency has confirmed in writing to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, that it does not intend to use such information in undertaking credit rating surveillance for any Class of Certificates (and the party providing such information to a Rating Agency shall, upon written request, certify to the Depositor that it received the confirmation described in this clause (z)).

(g)               The Rule 17g-5 Information Provider shall establish and maintain the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in the form of a password-protected Internet Website in accordance with this Section 12.13 and Section 12.06 of this Agreement.

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(h)               The Rule 17g-5 Information Provider shall post on the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website and make available solely to the Rating Agencies and other NRSROs, the following items, to the extent such items are delivered to it in an electronic document format suitable for website posting (and the parties required to deliver the following information to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider agree to do so in such format) via electronic mail at 17g5informationprovider@computershare.com, specifically with a subject reference of “Benchmark 2023-V2” and an identification of the type of information being provided in the body of such electronic mail (or via any alternative electronic mail address following notice to the parties hereto or any other delivery method established or approved by the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider if or as may be necessary or beneficial):

(i)                 all items delivered to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider pursuant to Section 12.06;

(ii)              all information and communications delivered to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider pursuant to Sections 12.13(a), 12.13(b) and 12.13(c);

(iii)            any Form ABS Due Diligence-15E delivered to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider pursuant to Section 12.13(l) or by the Depositor;

(iv)             any transaction documents, closing documents and opinions relating to this transaction delivered to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider by the Depositor; and

(v)               any other information delivered to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider pursuant to this Agreement.

The 17g-5 Information Provider shall post the foregoing items on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website on the same Business Day of receipt if received by 2:00 p.m. or, if received after 2:00 p.m., on the next Business Day by 12:00 p.m., and shall, promptly following the posting of such item to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website, notify, or cause the notification of, (A) each Registered Rating Agency and (B) the party that delivered such item to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website, in each case by electronic mail, of the posting of such item on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website.

The Rule 17g-5 Information Provider shall have no obligation or duty to verify, confirm or otherwise determine whether the information being delivered is accurate, complete, conforms to the transaction, or otherwise is or is not anything other than what it purports to be. If any information is delivered or posted in error, the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider may remove it from the Rue 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website. The Certificate Administrator and the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider have not obtained and shall not be deemed to have obtained actual knowledge of any information only by receipt and posting to Certificate Administrator’s Website or the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website, as applicable. Access will be provided by the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider to (i) the Rating Agencies upon registration at the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website as a user thereof and (ii) other NRSROs upon registration at the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website as a user thereof and receipt by the

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Rule 17g-5 Information Provider of an NRSRO Certification (which certification may be submitted via e-mail to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider). If a NRSRO (including any Rating Agency) requests access to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website, access will be granted by the 17g-5 Information Provider on the same Business Day provided such request is made (and, in the case of a NRSRO that is not a Rating Agency, a NRSRO Certification is submitted to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider) prior to 2:00 p.m., New York time on such Business Day, or if received after 2:00 p.m., New York City time, on the following Business Day. The 17g-5 Information Provider shall permit each Rating Agency to submit multiple email addresses for receipt of notices, including a general email address; provided, that each email address so provided shall be associated with a registered user of the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website. Questions regarding delivery of information to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider may be directed to 1-888-855-9695 and 17g5informationprovider@computershare.com (specifically referencing “Benchmark 2023-V2” in the subject line) (or to such other telephone number or e-mail address as the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider may designate).

The 17g-5 Information Provider shall provide a mechanism to promptly notify each Person that has signed up for access to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in respect of the transaction governed by this Agreement each time an additional document is posted thereto. In connection with providing access to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website, the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider may require registration and the acceptance of a disclaimer. The Rule 17g-5 Information Provider shall not be liable for the dissemination of information in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, makes no representations or warranties as to the accuracy or completeness of such information being made available, and assumes no responsibility for such information. The Rule 17g-5 Information Provider shall not be liable for its failure to make any information available to the Rating Agencies or other NRSROs unless such information was delivered to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider at the e-mail address set forth herein (or by any other form of electronic delivery reasonably acceptable to Rule 17g-5 Information Provider pursuant to the terms of this Agreement), with a subject heading of “Benchmark 2023-V2” and sufficient detail to indicate that such information is required to be posted on the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website. In connection with notifying a Registered Rating Agency of any information posted to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website, the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider shall only be responsible for sending such notices to the electronic mail address(es) of such Registered Rating Agency as provided by such Registered Rating Agency upon its registration as user of the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website or upon any subsequent update of such electronic mail address(es) made by such Registered Rating Agency through the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website, and the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider shall not be responsible for sending any notices to any electronic mail address(es) of any Registered Rating Agency that is not provided to the Rule 17g-5 Information in the manner described in this sentence.

(i)                 In connection with the delivery by the Master Servicer, Special Servicer, Certificate Administrator, Operating Advisor or Trustee, as applicable, to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider of any information, report, notice or document for posting to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website, the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider shall notify the Master Servicer, Special Servicer, Certificate Administrator, Operating Advisor or Trustee, as applicable, of when such information, report, notice or other document has been posted to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website, and the Master Servicer, Special Servicer, Certificate Administrator, Operating Advisor or Trustee, as applicable,

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may (but is not obligated to) send such information, report, notice or other document to the applicable Rating Agency promptly following the earlier of (a) receipt of notification from the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider that such information, report, notice or other document has been posted to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website and (b) after 12:00 p.m. on the first Business Day following the date it has provided such information, report, notice or other document to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider.

(j)                 With respect to each Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan, each of the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee shall provide to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website, promptly upon receipt from an Outside Service Provider, all reports, statements, documents, notices and other information it receives in respect of such Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan that would otherwise have been required to be submitted to the 17g-5 Information Provider under this Agreement for posting had such Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan been a Serviced Mortgage Loan. The 17g-5 Information Provider shall post on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website all such information it receives in accordance with this Agreement.

(k)               The Master Servicer or the Special Servicer may, but shall not be obligated to, provide information to the 17g-5 Information Provider that is neither specifically required hereunder nor requested by any Rating Agency. Any such information shall be posted by the 17g-5 Information Provider in accordance with the timeframe provided in Section 12.13(b).

(l)                 If any of the parties to this Agreement receives a Form ABS Due Diligence-15E from any Person in connection with any third-party “due diligence services” (as defined in Rule 17g-10 under the Exchange Act) provided by such Person with respect to the Trust Loans (“Due Diligence Service Provider”), such receiving party shall promptly forward such Form ABS Due Diligence-15E to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in accordance with Section 12.13(h). The 17g-5 Information Provider shall post on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website any Form ABS Due Diligence-15E it receives directly from a Due Diligence Service Provider or from another party to this Agreement, in accordance with the timeframe provided in Section 12.13(h).

(m)             Neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall be required to make any determination as to whether any service provided by a third party requires obtaining a Form ABS Due Diligence-15E.

Section 12.14       Cooperation With the Mortgage Loan Sellers With Respect to Rights Under the Loan Agreements. It is expressly agreed and understood that, notwithstanding the assignment of the Loan Documents, it is expressly intended that the Mortgage Loan Sellers are entitled to the benefit of any securitization indemnification provisions that specifically run to the benefit of the lenders in the Loan Documents. Therefore, the Depositor, Master Servicer, Special Servicer and Trustee hereby agree to reasonably cooperate with any Mortgage Loan Seller, at the sole expense of such Mortgage Loan Seller, with respect to obtaining the benefits of the provisions of any section of a Loan Agreement or securitization cooperation agreement providing for

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indemnification of the lender and/or its loan seller affiliates with respect to the current securitization of the related Trust Loan, including, without limitation, executing any documents as are reasonably necessary to permit the related Mortgage Loan Seller to enforce such provisions for its benefit; provided, that none of the Depositor, Master Servicer, Special Servicer or Trustee shall be required to take any action that is inconsistent with the Servicing Standard, would violate applicable law, the terms and provisions of this Agreement or the Loan Documents, would adversely affect any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, would cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a grantor trust for federal income tax purposes, or would result in the imposition of a “prohibited transaction” or “prohibited contribution” tax under the REMIC Provisions. To the extent that the Trustee is required to execute any document facilitating the above rights of a Mortgage Loan Seller under this Section 12.14, such document shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

Section 12.15       Electronic Signatures.

Each of the parties hereto agrees that the transaction consisting of this Agreement (and, to the extent permitted under applicable law, each officer’s certificate, receipt or similar closing document delivered in connection with the closing of this transaction) may be conducted by electronic means. Each party agrees, and acknowledges that it is such party’s intent, that if such party signs this Agreement (or, if applicable, such closing document) using an electronic signature, it is signing, adopting, and accepting this Agreement or such closing document and that signing this Agreement or such closing document using an electronic signature is the legal equivalent of having placed its handwritten signature on this Agreement or such closing document on paper. The use of electronic signatures and electronic records (including, without limitation, any contract or other record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means) shall be of the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a manually executed signature or use of a paper-based record-keeping system to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act and any other applicable law, including, without limitation, any state law based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the Uniform Commercial Code.

Section 12.16       PNC Bank, National Association. PNC Bank, National Association, by execution hereof by its division, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, acknowledges and agrees that this Agreement is binding upon and enforceable against PNC Bank, National Association to the full extent of the obligations set forth herein with respect to Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused their names to be signed hereto by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized all as of the day and year first above written.

	CITIGROUP COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE
	SECURITIES INC., as Depositor
	By:	/s/ Richard Simpson
		Name: Richard Simpson
		Title:   President

 

 

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	MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Master Servicer
	By:	/s/ David A. Eckels
		Name: David A. Eckels
		Title:  Senior Vice President

 

 

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	3650 REIT LOAN SERVICING LLC, as a Special Servicer
	By:	/s/ Tobin Cobb
		Name:    Tobin Cobb
		Title:      Managing Partner

 

  

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	BELLOAK, LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer
	By:	/s/ Darren Gluck
		Name:   Darren Gluck
		Title:  Authorized Signatory

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	Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator
	By:	/s/ Amber Nelson
		Name:	Amber Nelson
		Title:	Vice President

 

 

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	Computershare Trust Company,
	National Association, as Trustee
	By:	/s/ Amber Nelson
		Name:  Amber Nelson
		Title:     Vice President

 

BMARK 2023-V2 – Pooling and Servicing Agreement

 

EXHIBIT A-1

BENCHMARK 2023-V2 MORTGAGE TRUST
COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES,
SERIES 2023-V2, CLASS A-1

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]¹

[TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE, AND TRANSFERS OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THIS GLOBAL CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.]²

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE SPONSORS, THE ORIGINATORS, THE DEPOSITOR OR ANY OTHER PARTY TO THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW, ANY DIRECTING HOLDER, ANY CONSULTING PARTY, ANY COMPANION LOAN HOLDER (OR ITS REPRESENTATIVE), THE UNDERWRITERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THE CERTIFICATES NOR THE MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE DISTRIBUTABLE AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.

 

 

¹ Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

² Global Certificate legend.

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BENCHMARK 2023-V2 MORTGAGE TRUST
COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES,
SERIES 2023-V2, CLASS A-1

Pass-Through Rate: 5.8501% per annum
First Distribution Date: June 16, 2023	Cut-Off Date:  With respect to each Mortgage Loan and Serviced Companion Loan, the Due Date in May 2023 for that Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable (or, in the case of any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan that has its first Due Date subsequent to May 2023, the date that would have been its Due Date in May 2023 under the terms of that Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable, if a Monthly Payment were scheduled to be due in that month).
Aggregate Initial Certificate Balance of the Class A-1 Certificates:  $4,750,000	Scheduled Final Distribution Date: the Distribution Date in December 2026

 

CUSIP: 08163TAA0	Initial Certificate Balance of this Certificate: $[_____]
ISIN: US08163TAA07
No.:  [1]

This certifies that [           ] is the registered owner of a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, including the distributions to be made with respect to the Class A-1 Certificates. The Trust Fund, described more fully below, consists primarily of a pool of Mortgage Loans secured by first liens on various types of commercial and multifamily properties and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan held in trust by the Trustee and, other than in the case of the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans, serviced by the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer. The Trust Fund was created, and the Mortgage Loans (other than the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans) and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan are to be serviced, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below). The Holder of this Certificate, by virtue of the acceptance hereof, assents to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and is bound thereby. In the event that there is any conflict between any provision of this Certificate and any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, such provision of this Certificate shall be superseded to the extent of such inconsistency. Also issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are the Class A-2, Class A-3, Class X-A, Class A-S, Class B, Class C, Class X-D, Class D, Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR, Class J-RR and Class R Certificates (together with the Class A-1 Certificates, the “Certificates”; the Holders of Certificates are collectively referred to herein as “Certificateholders”).

This Certificate is issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of a Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as Special Servicer, BellOak, LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

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This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit,” as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

The Certificate Administrator makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates, the Mortgage Loans or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and has executed this Certificate in its limited capacity as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator will distribute (other than the final distribution on any Certificate), on the 4th Business Day following the Determination Date in each month, commencing in June 2023 (each such date, a “Distribution Date”), to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as of the related Record Date, an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest then distributable, if any, with respect to the Class A-1 Certificates for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to a share of the Non-Vertically Retained Percentage of the Yield Maintenance Charges collected on the Mortgage Loans, as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Interest accrued on this Certificate during an Interest Accrual Period, plus the aggregate unpaid Interest Shortfall with respect to this Certificate, if any, will be payable on the related Distribution Date to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The “Interest Accrual Period” with respect to any Distribution Date and with respect to the Class A-1 Certificates is the calendar month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs and is assumed to consist of 30 days.

All distributions (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) will be made by the Certificate Administrator to the persons in whose names the Certificates are registered at the close of business on each Record Date, which will be the last Business Day of the month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Distributions are required to be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Certificateholder at a bank or other entity located in the United States and having appropriate facilities to accept such funds, if such Certificateholder has provided the Certificate Administrator with written wiring instructions no less than five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions), or otherwise by check mailed to such Certificateholder. The final distribution on each Certificate shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentation and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the Certificate Administrator or its agent (which may be the Paying Agent or the Certificate Registrar acting as such agent) that is specified in a notice to Certificateholders of the pendency of the final distribution.

Any funds not distributed on the Termination Date because of the failure of any Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall be set aside and held in trust for the account of the appropriate non-tendering Certificateholders, whereupon the Trust Fund shall terminate. If any Trust Interest as to which notice of the Termination Date has been given pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining Trust Interest Owners, at their last addresses shown in the Certificate Register, to surrender their Trust Interests for cancellation in order to receive, from such funds held, the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice any Trust Interest shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining Trust Interest Owners concerning surrender of their Trust Interests. The costs and expenses of maintaining such funds and of contacting Trust Interest Owners shall be paid out of the assets which remain held. Subject to applicable state law with respect to escheatment of funds, if within two years after the second notice any Trust Interests shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent shall pay to the Certificate Administrator all amounts distributable to the Trust Interest Owners thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall thereafter hold such amounts for the benefit of such Trust Interest Owners until the earlier of (i) its termination as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the transfer of such amounts to a successor Certificate Administrator and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund and distribution of such amounts to the Class R Certificateholders. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Trust Interest Owner on any amount held as a result of such Trust Interest Owner’s failure to surrender its Trust Interest(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with Section 9.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

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This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries in respect of the Mortgage Loans, as more specifically set forth herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Fund includes: (i) such Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as from time to time are subject to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto; (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan due after the Cut-Off Date or, with respect to a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Due Date in the month of substitution (exclusive of interest relating to periods prior to, but due after, the Cut-Off Date); (iii) any REO Property (but, with respect to any REO Property relating to a Whole Loan, only to the extent of the Trust’s interest in the related Whole Loan); (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property (but, with respect to any REO Property relating to a Whole Loan, only to the extent of the Trust’s interest in the related Whole Loan); (v) the Master Servicer’s and the Trustee’s rights under the insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan required to be maintained pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and any proceeds thereof; (vi) the Trustee’s rights in any Assignments of Leases, Rents and Profits and any security agreements; (vii) the Trustee’s rights under any indemnities or guaranties given as additional security for any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (viii) all of the Trustee’s and the Certificate Administrator’s rights in the Escrow Accounts and Lock-Box Accounts and all proceeds of the Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan deposited in the Collection Account, the Distribution Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Excess Liquidation Proceeds Reserve Account and any REO Account, including any reinvestment income thereon; (ix) the Trustee’s rights in any environmental indemnity agreements relating to the Mortgaged Properties; (x) the Depositor’s rights under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements to the extent assigned to the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (xi) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interests; (xii) the Loss of Value Reserve Fund; (xiii) any Threshold Event Collateral; and (xiv) the Loan REMIC Regular Interests.

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the interests, rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the limitations thereon, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Certificate Administrator and Trustee.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, subject to certain restrictions on transfer set forth therein, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate, the Certificate Administrator shall execute, authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations, in like aggregate interest and of the same Class.

Prior to due presentation of this Certificate for registration of transfer, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Registrar, and any agent of any of them, may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the owner of such Certificate for the purpose of receiving distributions as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and for all other purposes whatsoever, and neither the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Registrar, nor any agent of any of them shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Custodian (if the Certificate Administrator is then acting as Custodian), the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee, without the consent of any of the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders or, as applicable, any Companion Loan Holder:

(i) to cure any ambiguity to the extent that it does not adversely affect any holders of Certificates or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any holders of Loan-Specific Certificates);

(ii) to correct or supplement any of its provisions which may be inconsistent with any other provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or with the description thereof in the Prospectus or to correct any error;

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(iii) to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Excess Liquidation Proceeds Reserve Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account, the Distribution Account or any REO Account, provided that (A) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (B) the change would not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any Loan-Specific Certificateholder), as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting the amendment) or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment;

(iv) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (A) to the extent necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund, provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an opinion of counsel (at the expense of the party requesting the amendment) to the effect that (1) the action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize such risk and (2) the action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any holder of the Certificates or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any holder of the Loan-Specific Certificates), (B) to restrict (or to remove any existing restrictions with respect to) the transfer of the Class R Certificates, provided that the Depositor has determined that the amendment will not give rise to any tax with respect to the transfer of the Class R Certificates to a non-Permitted Transferee, (C) to the extent necessary to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act, Regulation AB, Regulation RR and/or any related regulatory actions and/or interpretations or (D) in the event that Regulation RR (or any portion thereof) or any other regulations applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate any risk retention requirements no longer applicable to this securitization transaction in light of such repeal;

(v) to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change, provided that the amendment will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of (i) any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any Loan-Specific Certificateholder) or ((iii) any holder of a Serviced Companion Loan not consenting thereto, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or as evidenced by, if any Certificate is then rated, a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and, in the case of a securitized Serviced Companion Loan with rated Serviced Companion Loan Securities, confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.30 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

(vi) to modify the procedures in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to Rule 17g-5; provided that (A) such modification does not increase the obligations of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer without such party’s consent (which consent may not be withheld unless such modification would materially adversely affect such party or materially increase such party’s obligations under this Agreement) and (B) such modification shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and; provided, further that

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notice of such modification is provided to all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and

(vii) to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates (or, if applicable, Loan-Specific Certificates) by each Rating Agency, provided that the amendment will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of (i) any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any Loan-Specific Certificateholder) or (ii) any holder of a Serviced Companion Loan not consenting thereto, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or as evidenced by, if any Certificate is then rated, a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies and, in the case of a securitized Serviced Companion Loan with rated Serviced Companion Loan Securities, confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.30 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

provided, further that no amendment pursuant to any of clauses (i)-(vii) above may be made that would: (A) reduce the consent or consultation rights or the right to receive information under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the Controlling Class Representative without the consent of the Controlling Class Representative (or, if applicable, of any Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative without the consent of such Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative); (B) reduce the consultation rights or the right to receive information under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the Operating Advisor without the consent of the Operating Advisor; (C) change in any manner the obligations or rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement without the consent of the affected Mortgage Loan Seller; (D) change in any manner the obligations or rights of any Underwriter or Initial Purchaser, without the consent of the affected Underwriter or Initial Purchaser; or (E) adversely affect in any material respect any Serviced Companion Loan Holder in its capacity as such without its consent (the lack of which material adverse effect must in the case of, and under the circumstances described in, clauses (v) and (vii) above, be evidenced as described in such clauses). Expenses incurred with respect to any amendment shall be borne by the party requesting such amendment, unless the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee is requesting an amendment for the benefit of the Certificateholders, then in which case such expense will be borne by the Trust.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended from time to time by a writing signed by each of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Custodian (if the Certificate Administrator is then acting as Custodian), the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates and any Loan-Specific Certificates representing in the aggregate not less than 66-2/3% of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates and Loan-Specific Certificates affected by the amendment for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Certificateholders, Loan-Specific Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner; provided, however, that no such amendment shall:

(i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Serviced Loans which are required to be distributed on a Certificate or Loan-Specific Certificate of any Class or the Uncertificated VRR Interest or to any Serviced Companion Loan Holder, as applicable, without the consent of the Holder of that Certificate or Loan-Specific Certificate, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or that Serviced Companion Loan Holder, as applicable,

(ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates or Loan-Specific Certificates of any Class or of the Uncertificated VRR Interest the Holders (or, in the case of the Uncertificated VRR Interest, the owner) of which are required to consent to the amendment without the consent

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of the Holders of all Certificates or Loan-Specific Certificates of that Class then outstanding or of the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, as applicable,

(iii) change in any manner the obligations or rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement without the consent of the affected Mortgage Loan Seller,

(iv) change the definition of “Servicing Standard” without either (A) consent of 100% of the Certificateholders, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or (B) Rating Agency Confirmation,

(v) without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders and Loan-Specific Certificateholders of the Class or Classes of Certificates and Loan-Specific Certificates, or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, that is adversely affected thereby, change (A) the percentages of Voting Rights of Certificateholders or Loan-Specific Certificateholders that are required to consent to any action or inaction under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, (B) the right of the Certificateholders or Loan-Specific Certificateholders to remove the Special Servicer pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (C) the right of the Certificateholders or Loan-Specific Certificateholders to terminate the Operating Advisor pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,

(vi) adversely affect the Controlling Class Representative without the consent of 100% of the Controlling Class Certificateholders,

(vii) adversely affect any Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative without the consent of 100% of the Loan-Specific Controlling Class Certificateholders,

(viii) adversely affect a Serviced Companion Loan Holder in its capacity as such without its consent, or

(ix) change in any manner the obligations or rights of any Underwriter or Initial Purchaser without the consent of the affected Underwriter or Initial Purchaser.

The Holders of the Controlling Class representing greater than 50% of the Certificate Balance of the Controlling Class may (or, if such Holders do not, the Special Servicer, or if neither such Holders nor the Special Servicer do, the Master Servicer or, if none of such Holders, the Special Servicer or the Master Servicer does, any Holders of Class R Certificates representing greater than a 50% Percentage Interest in such Class, may also) effect an early termination of the Trust Fund, upon not less than 30 days’ prior notice given to the parties (or, if applicable, the other parties) to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (whereupon the Master Servicer shall notify the Serviced Companion Loan Holders) any time on or after the Early Termination Notice Date specifying the Anticipated Termination Date, by purchasing on such date all, but not less than all, of the Trust Loans (and in the case of any Trust Loan that is part of a Serviced Whole Loan, subject to certain rights of the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s) provided for in the related Co-Lender Agreement) then included in the Trust Fund, and all property acquired by or on behalf of the Trust Fund (including the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO Property acquired with respect to any Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan) in respect of any Trust Loan then included in the Trust Fund, at a purchase price, payable in cash, equal to (i) the sum of (A) the Termination Purchase Amount and (B) the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Master Servicer (unless the Master Servicer is the purchaser of such Trust Loans), the Special Servicer (unless the Special Servicer is the purchaser of such Trust Loans), the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, with respect to such termination, minus (ii) solely in the case where the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer is effecting such purchase, the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, if any, made by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, together with any interest accrued and payable to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in respect of such Advances and any unpaid Servicing Fees or Special Servicing Fees, as applicable, remaining outstanding (which items will be deemed to have been paid or reimbursed to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in connection with such purchase).

Any Person(s) effecting an early termination of the Trust Fund as provided in the prior paragraph shall first notify the Controlling Class Representative and each Certifying Certificateholder and the Uncertificated VRR Interest

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Owner, or, in the case of a termination by the Holder of a Class R Certificate, notify the Certificate Administrator (who shall notify the Controlling Class Representative and each Certifying Certificateholder and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner) of its intention to do so in writing at least 30 days prior to the Anticipated Termination Date. All costs and expenses incurred by any and all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Trust Fund in connection with the purchase of the Trust Loans and other assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be borne by the party exercising its purchase rights thereunder. The Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any determination made by an Appraiser pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificates, the Loan-Specific Certificates, the Uncertificated VRR Interest, the Mortgage Loans and the Serviced Companion Loans (other than the obligation to make certain payments and to send certain notices to Certificateholders, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and to make any required remittances to the Serviced Companion Loan Holders in the month in which the final Distribution Date occurs and certain tax-related obligations) shall terminate immediately following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase by Holders of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or Holders of the Class R Certificates of all the Trust Loans and REO Properties (or interests therein) then included in the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, (ii) the exchange by the Remaining Certificateholder of its Certificates, Loan-Specific Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest for all the Trust Loans and REO Properties (or interests therein) then included in the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and (iii) the final payment or other liquidation (or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Trust Loan or REO Property (or interest therein) contained in the Trust Fund; provided, however, that in no event shall the trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of twenty-one years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom, living on the date of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All such payments as contemplated by the preceding paragraph shall be deposited into the Collection Account by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, promptly following receipt thereof.

Unless the Certificate of Authentication on this Certificate has been executed by the Certificate Administrator or on its behalf by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Administrator has caused this Class A-1 Certificate to be duly executed.

	COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Administrator
	By:
		Authorized Signatory

Dated: ____________, 2023

 

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Class A-1 Certificates referred to in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Dated: ____________, 2023

	COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION not in its individual capacity but solely as Authenticating Agent
	By:
		Authorized Signatory

 

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ASSIGNMENT

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned (“Assignor(s)”) hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto ____________________________________________________ ______________________________ (please print or typewrite name(s) and address(es), including postal zip code(s) of assignee(s)) (“Assignee(s)”) the entire Percentage Interest represented by the within Class A-1 Certificate and hereby authorize(s) the registration of transfer of such interest to Assignee(s) on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.

I (we) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new Class A-1 Certificate of the entire Percentage Interest represented by the within Class A-1 Certificates to the above-named Assignee(s) and to deliver such Class A-1 Certificate to the following address:

Date: _________________

		Signature by or on behalf of Assignor(s)
		Taxpayer Identification Number

 

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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

The Assignee(s) should include the following for purposes of distribution:

Address of the Assignee(s) for the purpose of receiving notices and distributions:___________________________________________________________________________Distributions, if being made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to __________________________ for the account of __________________________ account number ____________________________. This information is provided by ______________________________, the Assignee(s) named above or ____________________________________ as its (their) agent.

	By:
		[Please print or type name(s)]
		Title
		Taxpayer Identification Number

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EXHIBIT A-2

BENCHMARK 2023-V2 MORTGAGE TRUST
COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES,
SERIES 2023-V2, CLASS A-2

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]³

[TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE, AND TRANSFERS OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THIS GLOBAL CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.]⁴

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE SPONSORS, THE ORIGINATORS, THE DEPOSITOR OR ANY OTHER PARTY TO THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW, ANY DIRECTING HOLDER, ANY CONSULTING PARTY, ANY COMPANION LOAN HOLDER (OR ITS REPRESENTATIVE), THE UNDERWRITERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THE CERTIFICATES NOR THE MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE DISTRIBUTABLE AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.

 

 

³  Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

⁴  Global Certificate legend.

 

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BENCHMARK 2023-V2 MORTGAGE TRUST
COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES,
SERIES 2023-V2, CLASS A-2

Pass-Through Rate:  5.3576% per annum
First Distribution Date: June 16, 2023	Cut-Off Date:  With respect to each Mortgage Loan and Serviced Companion Loan, the Due Date in May 2023 for that Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable (or, in the case of any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan that has its first Due Date subsequent to May 2023, the date that would have been its Due Date in May 2023 under the terms of that Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable, if a Monthly Payment were scheduled to be due in that month).
Aggregate Initial Certificate Balance of the Class A-2 Certificates:  $200,000,000	Scheduled Final Distribution Date: the Distribution Date in April 2028

 

CUSIP:  08163TAB8	Initial Certificate Balance of this Certificate: $[_____]
ISIN: US08163TAB89
No.:  [1]

This certifies that [           ] is the registered owner of a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, including the distributions to be made with respect to the Class A-2 Certificates. The Trust Fund, described more fully below, consists primarily of a pool of Mortgage Loans secured by first liens on various types of commercial and multifamily properties and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan held in trust by the Trustee and, other than in the case of the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans, serviced by the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer. The Trust Fund was created, and the Mortgage Loans (other than the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans) and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan are to be serviced, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below). The Holder of this Certificate, by virtue of the acceptance hereof, assents to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and is bound thereby. In the event that there is any conflict between any provision of this Certificate and any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, such provision of this Certificate shall be superseded to the extent of such inconsistency. Also issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are the Class A-1, Class A-3, Class X-A, Class A-S, Class B, Class C, Class X-D, Class D, Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR, Class J-RR and Class R Certificates (together with the Class A-2 Certificates, the “Certificates”; the Holders of Certificates are collectively referred to herein as “Certificateholders”).

This Certificate is issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of a Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as Special Servicer, BellOak, LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit,” as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

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The Certificate Administrator makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates, the Mortgage Loans or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and has executed this Certificate in its limited capacity as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator will distribute (other than the final distribution on any Certificate), on the 4th Business Day following the Determination Date in each month, commencing in June 2023 (each such date, a “Distribution Date”), to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as of the related Record Date, an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest then distributable, if any, with respect to the Class A-2 Certificates for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to a share of the Non-Vertically Retained Percentage of the Yield Maintenance Charges collected on the Mortgage Loans, as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Interest accrued on this Certificate during an Interest Accrual Period, plus the aggregate unpaid Interest Shortfall with respect to this Certificate, if any, will be payable on the related Distribution Date to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The “Interest Accrual Period” with respect to any Distribution Date and with respect to the Class A-2 Certificates is the calendar month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs and is assumed to consist of 30 days.

All distributions (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) will be made by the Certificate Administrator to the persons in whose names the Certificates are registered at the close of business on each Record Date, which will be the last Business Day of the month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Distributions are required to be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Certificateholder at a bank or other entity located in the United States and having appropriate facilities to accept such funds, if such Certificateholder has provided the Certificate Administrator with written wiring instructions no less than five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions), or otherwise by check mailed to such Certificateholder. The final distribution on each Certificate shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentation and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the Certificate Administrator or its agent (which may be the Paying Agent or the Certificate Registrar acting as such agent) that is specified in a notice to Certificateholders of the pendency of the final distribution.

Any funds not distributed on the Termination Date because of the failure of any Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall be set aside and held in trust for the account of the appropriate non-tendering Certificateholders, whereupon the Trust Fund shall terminate. If any Trust Interest as to which notice of the Termination Date has been given pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining Trust Interest Owners, at their last addresses shown in the Certificate Register, to surrender their Trust Interest for cancellation in order to receive, from such funds held, the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice any Trust Interest shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining Trust Interest Owners concerning surrender of their Trust Interests. The costs and expenses of maintaining such funds and of contacting Trust Interest Owners shall be paid out of the assets which remain held. Subject to applicable state law with respect to escheatment of funds, if within two years after the second notice any Trust Interests shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent shall pay to the Certificate Administrator all amounts distributable to the Trust Interest Owners thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall thereafter hold such amounts for the benefit of such Trust Interest Owners until the earlier of (i) its termination as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the transfer of such amounts to a successor Certificate Administrator and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund and distribution of such amounts to the Class R Certificateholders. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Trust Interest Owner on any amount held as a result of such Trust Interest Owner’s failure to surrender its Trust Interest(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with Section 9.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries in respect of the Mortgage Loans, as more specifically set forth herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

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As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Fund includes: (i) such Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as from time to time are subject to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto; (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan due after the Cut-Off Date or, with respect to a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Due Date in the month of substitution (exclusive of interest relating to periods prior to, but due after, the Cut-Off Date); (iii) any REO Property (but, with respect to any REO Property relating to a Whole Loan, only to the extent of the Trust’s interest in the related Whole Loan); (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property (but, with respect to any REO Property relating to a Whole Loan, only to the extent of the Trust’s interest in the related Whole Loan); (v) the Master Servicer’s and the Trustee’s rights under the insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan required to be maintained pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and any proceeds thereof; (vi) the Trustee’s rights in any Assignments of Leases, Rents and Profits and any security agreements; (vii) the Trustee’s rights under any indemnities or guaranties given as additional security for any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (viii) all of the Trustee’s and the Certificate Administrator’s rights in the Escrow Accounts and Lock-Box Accounts and all proceeds of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan deposited in the Collection Account, the Distribution Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Excess Liquidation Proceeds Reserve Account and any REO Account, including any reinvestment income thereon; (ix) the Trustee’s rights in any environmental indemnity agreements relating to the Mortgaged Properties; (x) the Depositor’s rights under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements to the extent assigned to the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (xi) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interests; (xii) the Loss of Value Reserve Fund; (xiii) any Threshold Event Collateral; and (xiv) the Loan REMIC Regular Interests.

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the interests, rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the limitations thereon, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Certificate Administrator and Trustee.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, subject to certain restrictions on transfer set forth therein, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate, the Certificate Administrator shall execute, authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations, in like aggregate interest and of the same Class.

Prior to due presentation of this Certificate for registration of transfer, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Registrar, and any agent of any of them, may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the owner of such Certificate for the purpose of receiving distributions as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and for all other purposes whatsoever, and neither the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Registrar, nor any agent of any of them shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Custodian (if the Certificate Administrator is then acting as Custodian), the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee, without the consent of any of the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders or, as applicable, any Companion Loan Holder:

(i) to cure any ambiguity to the extent that it does not adversely affect any holders of Certificates or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any holders of Loan-Specific Certificates);

(ii) to correct or supplement any of its provisions which may be inconsistent with any other provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or with the description thereof in the Prospectus or to correct any error;

(iii) to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Excess Liquidation Proceeds Reserve Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account, the Distribution Account or any REO Account, provided that (A) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related

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Distribution Date and (B) the change would not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any Loan-Specific Certificateholder), as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting the amendment) or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such Amendment;

(iv) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (A) to the extent necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund, provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an opinion of counsel (at the expense of the party requesting the amendment) to the effect that (1) the action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize such risk and (2) the action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any holder of the Certificates or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any holder of the Loan-Specific Certificates), (B) to restrict (or to remove any existing restrictions with respect to) the transfer of the Class R Certificates, provided that the Depositor has determined that the amendment will not give rise to any tax with respect to the transfer of the Class R Certificates to a non-Permitted Transferee, (C) to the extent necessary to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act, Regulation AB, Regulation RR and/or any related regulatory actions and/or interpretations or (D) in the event that Regulation RR (or any portion thereof) or any other regulations applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate any risk retention requirements no longer applicable to this securitization transaction in light of such repeal;

(v) to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change, provided that the amendment will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of (i) any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any Loan-Specific Certificateholder) or ((iii) any holder of a Serviced Companion Loan not consenting thereto, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or as evidenced by, if any Certificate is then rated, a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and, in the case of a securitized Serviced Companion Loan with rated Serviced Companion Loan Securities, confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.30 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

(vi) to modify the procedures in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to Rule 17g-5; provided that (A) such modification does not increase the obligations of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer without such party’s consent (which consent may not be withheld unless such modification would materially adversely affect such party or materially increase such party’s obligations under this Agreement) and (B) such modification shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and; provided, further that notice of such modification is provided to all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and

(vii) to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates (or, if

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applicable, Loan-Specific Certificates) by each Rating Agency, provided that the amendment will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of (i) any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any Loan-Specific Certificateholder) or (ii) any holder of a Serviced Companion Loan not consenting thereto, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or as evidenced by, if any Certificate is then rated, a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies and, in the case of a securitized Serviced Companion Loan with rated Serviced Companion Loan Securities, confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.30 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

provided, further that no amendment pursuant to any of clauses (i)-(vii) above may be made that would: (A) reduce the consent or consultation rights or the right to receive information under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the Controlling Class Representative without the consent of the Controlling Class Representative (or, if applicable, of any Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative without the consent of such Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative); (B) reduce the consultation rights or the right to receive information under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the Operating Advisor without the consent of the Operating Advisor; (C) change in any manner the obligations or rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement without the consent of the affected Mortgage Loan Seller; (D) change in any manner the obligations or rights of any Underwriter or Initial Purchaser, without the consent of the affected Underwriter or Initial Purchaser; or (E) adversely affect in any material respect any Serviced Companion Loan Holder in its capacity as such without its consent (the lack of which material adverse effect must in the case of, and under the circumstances described in, clauses (v) and (vii) above, be evidenced as described in such clauses). Expenses incurred with respect to any amendment shall be borne by the party requesting such amendment, unless the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee is requesting an amendment for the benefit of the Certificateholders, then in which case such expense will be borne by the Trust.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended from time to time by a writing signed by each of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Custodian (if the Certificate Administrator is then acting as Custodian), the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates and any Loan-Specific Certificates representing in the aggregate not less than 66-2/3% of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates and Loan-Specific Certificates affected by the amendment for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Certificateholders, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner; provided, however, that no such amendment shall:

(i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Serviced Loans which are required to be distributed on a Certificate or Loan-Specific Certificate of any Class or the Uncertificated VRR Interest or to any Serviced Companion Loan Holder, as applicable, without the consent of the Holder of that Certificate or Loan-Specific Certificate, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or that Serviced Companion Loan Holder, as applicable,

(ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates or Loan-Specific Certificates of any Class or of the Uncertificated VRR Interest the Holders (or, in the case of the Uncertificated VRR Interest, the owner) of which are required to consent to the amendment without the consent

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of the Holders of all Certificates or Loan-Specific Certificates of that Class then outstanding or of the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, as applicable,

(iii) change in any manner the obligations or rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement without the consent of the affected Mortgage Loan Seller,

(iv) change the definition of “Servicing Standard” without either (A) consent of 100% of the Certificateholders, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or (B) Rating Agency Confirmation,

(v) without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders and Loan-Specific Certificateholders of the Class or Classes of Certificates and Loan-Specific Certificates, or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, that is adversely affected thereby, change (A) the percentages of Voting Rights of Certificateholders or Loan-Specific Certificateholders that are required to consent to any action or inaction under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, (B) the right of the Certificateholders or Loan-Specific Certificateholders to remove the Special Servicer pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (C) the right of the Certificateholders or Loan-Specific Certificateholders to terminate the Operating Advisor pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,

(vi) adversely affect the Controlling Class Representative without the consent of 100% of the Controlling Class Certificateholders,

(vii) adversely affect any Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative without the consent of 100% of the Loan-Specific Controlling Class Certificateholders,

(viii) adversely affect a Serviced Companion Loan Holder in its capacity as such without its consent, or

(ix) change in any manner the obligations or rights of any Underwriter or Initial Purchaser without the consent of the affected Underwriter or Initial Purchaser.

The Holders of the Controlling Class representing greater than 50% of the Certificate Balance of the Controlling Class may (or, if such Holders do not, the Special Servicer, or if neither such Holders nor the Special Servicer do, the Master Servicer or, if none of such Holders, the Special Servicer or the Master Servicer does, any Holders of Class R Certificates representing greater than a 50% Percentage Interest in such Class, may also) effect an early termination of the Trust Fund, upon not less than 30 days’ prior notice given to the parties (or, if applicable, the other parties) to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (whereupon the Master Servicer shall notify the Serviced Companion Loan Holders) any time on or after the Early Termination Notice Date specifying the Anticipated Termination Date, by purchasing on such date all, but not less than all, of the Trust Loans (and in the case of any Trust Loan that is part of a Serviced Whole Loan, subject to certain rights of the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s) provided for in the related Co-Lender Agreement) then included in the Trust Fund, and all property acquired by or on behalf of the Trust Fund (including the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO Property acquired with respect to any Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan) in respect of any Trust Loan then included in the Trust Fund, at a purchase price, payable in cash, equal to (i) the sum of (A) the Termination Purchase Amount and (B) the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Master Servicer (unless the Master Servicer is the purchaser of such Trust Loans), the Special Servicer (unless the Special Servicer is the purchaser of such Trust Loans), the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, with respect to such termination, minus (ii) solely in the case where the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer is effecting such purchase, the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, if any, made by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, together with any interest accrued and payable to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in respect of such Advances and any unpaid Servicing Fees or Special Servicing Fees, as applicable, remaining outstanding (which items will be deemed to have been paid or reimbursed to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in connection with such purchase).

Any Person(s) effecting an early termination of the Trust Fund as provided in the prior paragraph shall first notify the Controlling Class Representative and each Certifying Certificateholder and the Uncertificated VRR Interest

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Owner, or, in the case of a termination by the Holder of a Class R Certificate, notify the Certificate Administrator (who shall notify the Controlling Class Representative and each Certifying Certificateholder and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner) of its intention to do so in writing at least 30 days prior to the Anticipated Termination Date. All costs and expenses incurred by any and all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Trust Fund in connection with the purchase of the Trust Loans and other assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be borne by the party exercising its purchase rights thereunder. The Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any determination made by an Appraiser pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificates, the Loan-Specific Certificates, the Uncertificated VRR Interest, the Mortgage Loans and the Serviced Companion Loans (other than the obligation to make certain payments and to send certain notices to Certificateholders, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and to make any required remittances to the Serviced Companion Loan Holders in the month in which the final Distribution Date occurs and certain tax-related obligations) shall terminate immediately following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase by Holders of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or Holders of the Class R Certificates of all the Trust Loans and REO Properties (or interests therein) then included in the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, (ii) the exchange by the Remaining Certificateholder of its Certificates, the Loan-Specific Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest for all the Trust Loans and REO Properties (or interests therein) then included in the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and (iii) the final payment or other liquidation (or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Trust Loan or REO Property (or interest therein) contained in the Trust Fund; provided, however, that in no event shall the trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of twenty-one years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom, living on the date of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All such payments as contemplated by the preceding paragraph shall be deposited into the Collection Account by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, promptly following receipt thereof.

Unless the Certificate of Authentication on this Certificate has been executed by the Certificate Administrator or on its behalf by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Administrator has caused this Class A-2 Certificate to be duly executed.

	COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Administrator
	By:
		Authorized Signatory

Dated: ____________, 2023

 

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Class A-2 Certificates referred to in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Dated: ____________, 2023

	COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION not in its individual capacity but solely as Authenticating Agent
	By:
		Authorized Signatory

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ASSIGNMENT

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned (“Assignor(s)”) hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto ____________________________________________________ ______________________________ (please print or typewrite name(s) and address(es), including postal zip code(s) of assignee(s)) (“Assignee(s)”) the entire Percentage Interest represented by the within Class A-2 Certificate and hereby authorize(s) the registration of transfer of such interest to Assignee(s) on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.

I (we) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new Class A-2 Certificate of the entire Percentage Interest represented by the within Class A-2 Certificates to the above-named Assignee(s) and to deliver such Class A-2 Certificate to the following address:

Date: _________________

		Signature by or on behalf of Assignor(s)
		Taxpayer Identification Number

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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

The Assignee(s) should include the following for purposes of distribution:

Address of the Assignee(s) for the purpose of receiving notices and distributions:___________________________________________________________________________Distributions, if being made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to __________________________ for the account of __________________________ account number ____________________________. This information is provided by ______________________________, the Assignee(s) named above or ____________________________________ as its (their) agent.

	By:
		[Please print or type name(s)]
		Title
		Taxpayer Identification Number

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EXHIBIT A-3

BENCHMARK 2023-V2 MORTGAGE TRUST
COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES,
SERIES 2023-V2, CLASS A-3

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]⁵

[TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE, AND TRANSFERS OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THIS GLOBAL CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.]⁶

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE SPONSORS, THE ORIGINATORS, THE DEPOSITOR OR ANY OTHER PARTY TO THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW, ANY DIRECTING HOLDER, ANY CONSULTING PARTY, ANY COMPANION LOAN HOLDER (OR ITS REPRESENTATIVE), THE UNDERWRITERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THE CERTIFICATES NOR THE MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE DISTRIBUTABLE AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.

 

 

⁵  Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

⁶  Global Certificate legend.

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BENCHMARK 2023-V2 MORTGAGE TRUST
COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES,
SERIES 2023-V2, CLASS A-3

Pass-Through Rate:  The lesser of 5.8118% and the WAC Rate7
First Distribution Date: June 16, 2023	Cut-Off Date:  With respect to each Mortgage Loan and Serviced Companion Loan, the Due Date in May 2023 for that Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable (or, in the case of any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan that has its first Due Date subsequent to May 2023, the date that would have been its Due Date in May 2023 under the terms of that Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable, if a Monthly Payment were scheduled to be due in that month).
Aggregate Initial Certificate Balance of the Class A-3 Certificates:  $397,022,000	Scheduled Final Distribution Date: the Distribution Date in May 2028

 

CUSIP:  08163TAC6	Initial Certificate Balance of this Certificate: $[_____]
ISIN: US08163TAC62
No.:  [1]

This certifies that [           ] is the registered owner of a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, including the distributions to be made with respect to the Class A-3 Certificates. The Trust Fund, described more fully below, consists primarily of a pool of Mortgage Loans secured by first liens on various types of commercial and multifamily properties and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan held in trust by the Trustee and, other than in the case of the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans, serviced by the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer. The Trust Fund was created, and the Mortgage Loans (other than the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans) and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan are to be serviced, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below). The Holder of this Certificate, by virtue of the acceptance hereof, assents to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and is bound thereby. In the event that there is any conflict between any provision of this Certificate and any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, such provision of this Certificate shall be superseded to the extent of such inconsistency. Also issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class X-A, Class A-S, Class B, Class C, Class X-D, Class D, Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR, Class J-RR and Class R Certificates (together with the Class A-3 Certificates, the “Certificates”; the Holders of Certificates are collectively referred to herein as “Certificateholders”).

This Certificate is issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of a Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as Special Servicer, BellOak, LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator

 

⁷ The initial approximate Pass-Through Rate as of the Closing Date is 5.8118% per annum.

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and as Trustee. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit,” as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

The Certificate Administrator makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates, the Mortgage Loans or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and has executed this Certificate in its limited capacity as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator will distribute (other than the final distribution on any Certificate), on the 4th Business Day following the Determination Date in each month, commencing in June 2023 (each such date, a “Distribution Date”), to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as of the related Record Date, an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest then distributable, if any, with respect to the Class A-3 Certificates for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to a share of the Non-Vertically Retained Percentage of the Yield Maintenance Charges collected on the Mortgage Loans, as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Interest accrued on this Certificate during an Interest Accrual Period, plus the aggregate unpaid Interest Shortfall with respect to this Certificate, if any, will be payable on the related Distribution Date to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The “Interest Accrual Period” with respect to any Distribution Date and with respect to the Class A-3 Certificates is the calendar month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs and is assumed to consist of 30 days.

All distributions (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) will be made by the Certificate Administrator to the persons in whose names the Certificates are registered at the close of business on each Record Date, which will be the last Business Day of the month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Distributions are required to be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Certificateholder at a bank or other entity located in the United States and having appropriate facilities to accept such funds, if such Certificateholder has provided the Certificate Administrator with written wiring instructions no less than five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions), or otherwise by check mailed to such Certificateholder. The final distribution on each Certificate shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentation and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the Certificate Administrator or its agent (which may be the Paying Agent or the Certificate Registrar acting as such agent) that is specified in a notice to Certificateholders of the pendency of the final distribution.

Any funds not distributed on the Termination Date because of the failure of any Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall be set aside and held in trust for the account of the appropriate non-tendering Certificateholders, whereupon the Trust Fund shall terminate. If any Trust Interest as to which notice of the Termination Date has been given pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining Trust Interest Owners, at their last addresses shown in the Certificate Register, to surrender their Trust Interest for cancellation in order to receive, from such funds held, the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice any Trust Interest shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining Trust Interest Owners concerning surrender of their Trust Interests. The costs and expenses of maintaining such funds and of contacting Trust Interest Owners shall be paid out of the assets which remain held. Subject to applicable state law with respect to escheatment of funds, if within two years after the second notice any Trust Interests shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent shall pay to the Certificate Administrator all amounts distributable to the Trust Interest Owners thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall thereafter hold such amounts for the benefit of such Trust Interest Owners until the earlier of (i) its termination as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the transfer of such amounts to a successor Certificate Administrator and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund and distribution of such amounts to the Class R Certificateholders. No interest shall

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accrue or be payable to any Trust Interest Owner on any amount held as a result of such Trust Interest Owner’s failure to surrender its Trust Interest(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with Section 9.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries in respect of the Mortgage Loans, as more specifically set forth herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Fund includes: (i) such Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as from time to time are subject to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto; (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan due after the Cut-Off Date or, with respect to a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Due Date in the month of substitution (exclusive of interest relating to periods prior to, but due after, the Cut-Off Date); (iii) any REO Property (but, with respect to any REO Property relating to a Whole Loan, only to the extent of the Trust’s interest in the related Whole Loan); (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property (but, with respect to any REO Property relating to a Whole Loan, only to the extent of the Trust’s interest in the related Whole Loan); (v) the Master Servicer’s and the Trustee’s rights under the insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan required to be maintained pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and any proceeds thereof; (vi) the Trustee’s rights in any Assignments of Leases, Rents and Profits and any security agreements; (vii) the Trustee’s rights under any indemnities or guaranties given as additional security for any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (viii) all of the Trustee’s and the Certificate Administrator’s rights in the Escrow Accounts and Lock-Box Accounts and all proceeds of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan deposited in the Collection Account, the Distribution Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Excess Liquidation Proceeds Reserve Account and any REO Account, including any reinvestment income thereon; (ix) the Trustee’s rights in any environmental indemnity agreements relating to the Mortgaged Properties; (x) the Depositor’s rights under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements to the extent assigned to the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (xi) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interests; (xii) the Loss of Value Reserve Fund; (xiii) any Threshold Event Collateral; and (xiv) the Loan REMIC Regular Interests.

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the interests, rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the limitations thereon, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Certificate Administrator and Trustee.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, subject to certain restrictions on transfer set forth therein, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate, the Certificate Administrator shall execute, authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations, in like aggregate interest and of the same Class.

Prior to due presentation of this Certificate for registration of transfer, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Registrar, and any agent of any of them, may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the owner of such Certificate for the purpose of receiving distributions as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and for all other purposes whatsoever, and neither the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Registrar, nor any agent of any of them shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Custodian (if the Certificate Administrator is then acting as Custodian), the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee, without the consent of any of the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders or, as applicable, any Companion Loan Holder:

(i) to cure any ambiguity to the extent that it does not adversely affect any holders of Certificates or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any holders of Loan-Specific Certificates);

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(ii) to correct or supplement any of its provisions which may be inconsistent with any other provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or with the description thereof in the Prospectus or to correct any error;

(iii) to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Excess Liquidation Proceeds Reserve Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account, the Distribution Account or any REO Account, provided that (A) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (B) the change would not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any Loan-Specific Certificateholder), as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting the amendment) or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such Amendment;

(iv) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (A) to the extent necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund, provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an opinion of counsel (at the expense of the party requesting the amendment) to the effect that (1) the action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize such risk and (2) the action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any holder of the Certificates or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any holder of the Loan-Specific Certificates), (B) to restrict (or to remove any existing restrictions with respect to) the transfer of the Class R Certificates, provided that the Depositor has determined that the amendment will not give rise to any tax with respect to the transfer of the Class R Certificates to a non-Permitted Transferee, (C) to the extent necessary to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act, Regulation AB, Regulation RR and/or any related regulatory actions and/or interpretations or (D) in the event that Regulation RR (or any portion thereof) or any other regulations applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate any risk retention requirements no longer applicable to this securitization transaction in light of such repeal;

(v) to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change, provided that the amendment will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of (i) any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any Loan-Specific Certificateholder) or ((iii) any holder of a Serviced Companion Loan not consenting thereto, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or as evidenced by, if any Certificate is then rated, a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and, in the case of a securitized Serviced Companion Loan with rated Serviced Companion Loan Securities, confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.30 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

(vi) to modify the procedures in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to Rule 17g-5; provided that (A) such modification does not increase the obligations of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer without such party’s consent (which consent may not be withheld unless such modification would materially adversely affect such party or materially increase such party’s obligations under this Agreement) and (B) such modification shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any

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Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and; provided, further that notice of such modification is provided to all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and

(vii) to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates (or, if applicable, Loan-Specific Certificates) by each Rating Agency, provided that the amendment will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of (i) any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any Loan-Specific Certificateholder) or (ii) any holder of a Serviced Companion Loan not consenting thereto, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or as evidenced by, if any Certificate is then rated, a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies and, in the case of a securitized Serviced Companion Loan with rated Serviced Companion Loan Securities, confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.30 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

provided, further that no amendment pursuant to any of clauses (i)-(vii) above may be made that would: (A) reduce the consent or consultation rights or the right to receive information under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the Controlling Class Representative without the consent of the Controlling Class Representative (or, if applicable, of any Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative without the consent of such Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative); (B) reduce the consultation rights or the right to receive information under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the Operating Advisor without the consent of the Operating Advisor; (C) change in any manner the obligations or rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement without the consent of the affected Mortgage Loan Seller; (D) change in any manner the obligations or rights of any Underwriter or Initial Purchaser, without the consent of the affected Underwriter or Initial Purchaser; or (E) adversely affect in any material respect any Serviced Companion Loan Holder in its capacity as such without its consent (the lack of which material adverse effect must in the case of, and under the circumstances described in, clauses (v) and (vii) above, be evidenced as described in such clauses). Expenses incurred with respect to any amendment shall be borne by the party requesting such amendment, unless the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee is requesting an amendment for the benefit of the Certificateholders, then in which case such expense will be borne by the Trust.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended from time to time by a writing signed by each of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Custodian (if the Certificate Administrator is then acting as Custodian), the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates and any Loan-Specific Certificates representing in the aggregate not less than 66-2/3% of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates and Loan-Specific Certificates affected by the amendment for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Certificateholders, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner; provided, however, that no such amendment shall:

(i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Serviced Loans which are required to be distributed on a Certificate or Loan-Specific Certificate of any Class or the Uncertificated VRR Interest or to any Serviced Companion Loan Holder, as applicable, without the consent of the Holder of that Certificate or Loan-Specific Certificate, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or that Serviced Companion Loan Holder, as applicable,

(ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates or Loan-Specific Certificates of any Class or of the Uncertificated VRR Interest the Holders (or, in the case of the Uncertificated VRR

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Interest, the owner) of which are required to consent to the amendment without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates or Loan-Specific Certificates of that Class then outstanding or of the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, as applicable,

(iii) change in any manner the obligations or rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement without the consent of the affected Mortgage Loan Seller,

(iv) change the definition of “Servicing Standard” without either (A) consent of 100% of the Certificateholders, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or (B) Rating Agency Confirmation,

(v) without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders and Loan-Specific Certificateholders of the Class or Classes of Certificates and Loan-Specific Certificates, or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, that is adversely affected thereby, change (A) the percentages of Voting Rights of Certificateholders or Loan-Specific Certificateholders that are required to consent to any action or inaction under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, (B) the right of the Certificateholders or Loan-Specific Certificateholders to remove the Special Servicer pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (C) the right of the Certificateholders or Loan-Specific Certificateholders to terminate the Operating Advisor pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,

(vi) adversely affect the Controlling Class Representative without the consent of 100% of the Controlling Class Certificateholders,

(vii) adversely affect any Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative without the consent of 100% of the Loan-Specific Controlling Class Certificateholders,

(viii) adversely affect a Serviced Companion Loan Holder in its capacity as such without its consent, or

(ix) change in any manner the obligations or rights of any Underwriter or Initial Purchaser without the consent of the affected Underwriter or Initial Purchaser.

The Holders of the Controlling Class representing greater than 50% of the Certificate Balance of the Controlling Class may (or, if such Holders do not, the Special Servicer, or if neither such Holders nor the Special Servicer do, the Master Servicer or, if none of such Holders, the Special Servicer or the Master Servicer does, any Holders of Class R Certificates representing greater than a 50% Percentage Interest in such Class, may also) effect an early termination of the Trust Fund, upon not less than 30 days’ prior notice given to the parties (or, if applicable, the other parties) to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (whereupon the Master Servicer shall notify the Serviced Companion Loan Holders) any time on or after the Early Termination Notice Date specifying the Anticipated Termination Date, by purchasing on such date all, but not less than all, of the Trust Loans (and in the case of any Trust Loan that is part of a Serviced Whole Loan, subject to certain rights of the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s) provided for in the related Co-Lender Agreement) then included in the Trust Fund, and all property acquired by or on behalf of the Trust Fund (including the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO Property acquired with respect to any Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan) in respect of any Trust Loan then included in the Trust Fund, at a purchase price, payable in cash, equal to (i) the sum of (A) the Termination Purchase Amount and (B) the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Master Servicer (unless the Master Servicer is the purchaser of such Trust Loans), the Special Servicer (unless the Special Servicer is the purchaser of such Trust Loans), the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, with respect to such termination, minus (ii) solely in the case where the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer is effecting such purchase, the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, if any, made by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, together with any interest accrued and payable to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in respect of such Advances and any unpaid Servicing Fees or Special Servicing Fees, as applicable, remaining outstanding (which items will be deemed to have been paid or reimbursed to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in connection with such purchase).

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Any Person(s) effecting an early termination of the Trust Fund as provided in the prior paragraph shall first notify the Controlling Class Representative and each Certifying Certificateholder and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, or, in the case of a termination by the Holder of a Class R Certificate, notify the Certificate Administrator (who shall notify the Controlling Class Representative and each Certifying Certificateholder and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner) of its intention to do so in writing at least 30 days prior to the Anticipated Termination Date. All costs and expenses incurred by any and all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Trust Fund in connection with the purchase of the Trust Loans and other assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be borne by the party exercising its purchase rights thereunder. The Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any determination made by an Appraiser pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificates, the Loan-Specific Certificates, the Uncertificated VRR Interest, the Mortgage Loans and the Serviced Companion Loans (other than the obligation to make certain payments and to send certain notices to Certificateholders, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and to make any required remittances to the Serviced Companion Loan Holders in the month in which the final Distribution Date occurs and certain tax-related obligations) shall terminate immediately following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase by Holders of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or Holders of the Class R Certificates of all the Trust Loans and REO Properties (or interests therein) then included in the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, (ii) the exchange by the Remaining Certificateholder of its Certificates, the Loan-Specific Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest for all the Trust Loans and REO Properties (or interests therein) then included in the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and (iii) the final payment or other liquidation (or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Trust Loan or REO Property (or interest therein) contained in the Trust Fund; provided, however, that in no event shall the trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of twenty-one years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom, living on the date of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All such payments as contemplated by the preceding paragraph shall be deposited into the Collection Account by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, promptly following receipt thereof.

Unless the Certificate of Authentication on this Certificate has been executed by the Certificate Administrator or on its behalf by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Administrator has caused this Class A-3 Certificate to be duly executed.

	COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Administrator
	By:
		Authorized Signatory

Dated: ____________, 2023

 

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Class A-3 Certificates referred to in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Dated: ____________, 2023

	COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION not in its individual capacity but solely as Authenticating Agent
	By:
		Authorized Signatory

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ASSIGNMENT

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned (“Assignor(s)”) hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto ____________________________________________________ ______________________________ (please print or typewrite name(s) and address(es), including postal zip code(s) of assignee(s)) (“Assignee(s)”) the entire Percentage Interest represented by the within Class A-3 Certificate and hereby authorize(s) the registration of transfer of such interest to Assignee(s) on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.

I (we) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new Class A-3 Certificate of the entire Percentage Interest represented by the within Class A-3 Certificates to the above-named Assignee(s) and to deliver such Class A-3 Certificate to the following address:

Date: _________________

		Signature by or on behalf of Assignor(s)
		Taxpayer Identification Number

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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

The Assignee(s) should include the following for purposes of distribution:

Address of the Assignee(s) for the purpose of receiving notices and distributions:___________________________________________________________________________Distributions, if being made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to __________________________ for the account of __________________________ account number ____________________________. This information is provided by ______________________________, the Assignee(s) named above or ____________________________________ as its (their) agent.

	By:
		[Please print or type name(s)]
		Title
		Taxpayer Identification Number

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EXHIBIT A-4

BENCHMARK 2023-V2 MORTGAGE TRUST
COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES,
SERIES 2023-V2, CLASS X-A

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]⁸

[TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE, AND TRANSFERS OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THIS GLOBAL CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.]⁹

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE SPONSORS, THE ORIGINATORS, THE DEPOSITOR OR ANY OTHER PARTY TO THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW, ANY DIRECTING HOLDER, ANY CONSULTING PARTY, ANY COMPANION LOAN HOLDER (OR ITS REPRESENTATIVE), THE UNDERWRITERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THE CERTIFICATES NOR THE MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

THE NOTIONAL AMOUNT OF THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE REDUCED IN CONNECTION WITH THE REDUCTION OF THE CERTIFICATE BALANCES OF THE CLASS A-1, CLASS A-2, CLASS A-3 AND CLASS A-S certificates. ACCORDINGLY, THE NOTIONAL AMOUNT OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL NOTIONAL AMOUNT SET FORTH BELOW.

THIS CLASS X-A CERTIFICATE WILL NOT BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE DISTRIBUTIONS OF PRINCIPAL.

THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.

 

 

⁸  Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

⁹  Global Certificate legend.

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BENCHMARK 2023-V2 MORTGAGE TRUST
COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES,
SERIES 2023-V2, CLASS X-A

Pass-Through Rate:  Variable IO10
First Distribution Date: June 16, 2023	Cut-Off Date:  With respect to each Mortgage Loan and Serviced Companion Loan, the Due Date in May 2023 for that Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable (or, in the case of any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan that has its first Due Date subsequent to May 2023, the date that would have been its Due Date in May 2023 under the terms of that Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable, if a Monthly Payment were scheduled to be due in that month).
Aggregate Initial Notional Amount of the Class X-A Certificates:  $692,037,000	Scheduled Final Distribution Date: the Distribution Date in May 2028

 

CUSIP:  08163TAG7	Initial Notional Amount of this Certificate: $[_____]
ISIN: US08163TAG76
No.:  [1]

This certifies that [           ] is the registered owner of a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, including the distributions to be made with respect to the Class X-A Certificates. The Trust Fund, described more fully below, consists primarily of a pool of Mortgage Loans secured by first liens on various types of commercial and multifamily properties and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan held in trust by the Trustee and, other than in the case of the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans, serviced by the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer. The Trust Fund was created, and the Mortgage Loans (other than the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans) and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan are to be serviced, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below). The Holder of this Certificate, by virtue of the acceptance hereof, assents to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and is bound thereby. In the event that there is any conflict between any provision of this Certificate and any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, such provision of this Certificate shall be superseded to the extent of such inconsistency. Also issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-S, Class B, Class C, Class X-D, Class D, Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR, Class J-RR and Class R Certificates (together with the Class X-A Certificates, the “Certificates”; the Holders of Certificates are collectively referred to herein as “Certificateholders”).

This Certificate is issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of a Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as Special Servicer, BellOak, LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

10 The initial approximate Pass-Through Rate as of the Closing Date is 1.2192% per annum.

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This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit,” as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

The Certificate Administrator makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates, the Mortgage Loans or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and has executed this Certificate in its limited capacity as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator will distribute (other than the final distribution on any Certificate), on the 4th Business Day following the Determination Date in each month, commencing in June 2023 (each such date, a “Distribution Date”), to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as of the related Record Date, an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of interest then distributable, if any, with respect to the Class X-A Certificates for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to a share of the Non-Vertically Retained Percentage of the Yield Maintenance Charges collected on the Mortgage Loans, as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Interest accrued on this Certificate during an Interest Accrual Period, plus the aggregate unpaid Interest Shortfall with respect to this Certificate, if any, will be payable on the related Distribution Date to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The “Interest Accrual Period” with respect to any Distribution Date and with respect to the Class X-A Certificates is the calendar month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs and is assumed to consist of 30 days.

All distributions (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) will be made by the Certificate Administrator to the persons in whose names the Certificates are registered at the close of business on each Record Date, which will be the last Business Day of the month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Distributions are required to be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Certificateholder at a bank or other entity located in the United States and having appropriate facilities to accept such funds, if such Certificateholder has provided the Certificate Administrator with written wiring instructions no less than five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions), or otherwise by check mailed to such Certificateholder. The final distribution on each Certificate shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentation and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the Certificate Administrator or its agent (which may be the Paying Agent or the Certificate Registrar acting as such agent) that is specified in a notice to Certificateholders of the pendency of the final distribution.

Any funds not distributed on the Termination Date because of the failure of any Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall be set aside and held in trust for the account of the appropriate non-tendering Certificateholders, whereupon the Trust Fund shall terminate. If any Trust Interest as to which notice of the Termination Date has been given pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining Trust Interest Owners, at their last addresses shown in the Certificate Register, to surrender their Trust Interest for cancellation in order to receive, from such funds held, the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice any Trust Interest shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining Trust Interest Owners concerning surrender of their Trust Interests. The costs and expenses of maintaining such funds and of contacting Trust Interest Owners shall be paid out of the assets which remain held. Subject to applicable state law with respect to escheatment of funds, if within two years after the second notice any Trust Interests shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent shall pay to the Certificate Administrator all amounts distributable to the Trust Interest Owners thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall thereafter hold such amounts for the benefit of such Trust Interest Owners until the earlier of (i) its termination as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the transfer of such amounts to a successor Certificate Administrator and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund and distribution of such amounts to the Class R Certificateholders. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Trust Interest Owner on any amount held as a result of such Trust Interest Owner’s failure to surrender its Trust Interest(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with Section 9.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

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This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries in respect of the Mortgage Loans, as more specifically set forth herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Fund includes: (i) such Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as from time to time are subject to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto; (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan due after the Cut-Off Date or, with respect to a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Due Date in the month of substitution (exclusive of interest relating to periods prior to, but due after, the Cut-Off Date); (iii) any REO Property (but, with respect to any REO Property relating to a Whole Loan, only to the extent of the Trust’s interest in the related Whole Loan); (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property (but, with respect to any REO Property relating to a Whole Loan, only to the extent of the Trust’s interest in the related Whole Loan); (v) the Master Servicer’s and the Trustee’s rights under the insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan required to be maintained pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and any proceeds thereof; (vi) the Trustee’s rights in any Assignments of Leases, Rents and Profits and any security agreements; (vii) the Trustee’s rights under any indemnities or guaranties given as additional security for any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (viii) all of the Trustee’s and the Certificate Administrator’s rights in the Escrow Accounts and Lock-Box Accounts and all proceeds of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan deposited in the Collection Account, the Distribution Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Excess Liquidation Proceeds Reserve Account and any REO Account, including any reinvestment income thereon; (ix) the Trustee’s rights in any environmental indemnity agreements relating to the Mortgaged Properties; (x) the Depositor’s rights under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements to the extent assigned to the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (xi) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interests; (xii) the Loss of Value Reserve Fund; (xiii) any Threshold Event Collateral; and (xiv) the Loan REMIC Regular Interests.

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the interests, rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the limitations thereon, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Certificate Administrator and Trustee.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, subject to certain restrictions on transfer set forth therein, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate, the Certificate Administrator shall execute, authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations, in like aggregate interest and of the same Class.

Prior to due presentation of this Certificate for registration of transfer, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Registrar, and any agent of any of them, may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the owner of such Certificate for the purpose of receiving distributions as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and for all other purposes whatsoever, and neither the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Registrar, nor any agent of any of them shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Custodian (if the Certificate Administrator is then acting as Custodian), the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee, without the consent of any of the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders or, as applicable, any Companion Loan Holder:

(i) to cure any ambiguity to the extent that it does not adversely affect any holders of Certificates or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any holders of Loan-Specific Certificates);

(ii) to correct or supplement any of its provisions which may be inconsistent with any other provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or with the description thereof in the Prospectus or to correct any error;

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(iii) to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Excess Liquidation Proceeds Reserve Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account, the Distribution Account or any REO Account, provided that (A) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (B) the change would not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any Loan-Specific Certificateholder), as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting the amendment) or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such Amendment;

(iv) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (A) to the extent necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund, provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an opinion of counsel (at the expense of the party requesting the amendment) to the effect that (1) the action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize such risk and (2) the action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any holder of the Certificates or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any holder of the Loan-Specific Certificates), (B) to restrict (or to remove any existing restrictions with respect to) the transfer of the Class R Certificates, provided that the Depositor has determined that the amendment will not give rise to any tax with respect to the transfer of the Class R Certificates to a non-Permitted Transferee, (C) to the extent necessary to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act, Regulation AB, Regulation RR and/or any related regulatory actions and/or interpretations or (D) in the event that Regulation RR (or any portion thereof) or any other regulations applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate any risk retention requirements no longer applicable to this securitization transaction in light of such repeal;

(v) to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change, provided that the amendment will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of (i) any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any Loan-Specific Certificateholder) or ((iii) any holder of a Serviced Companion Loan not consenting thereto, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or as evidenced by, if any Certificate is then rated, a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and, in the case of a securitized Serviced Companion Loan with rated Serviced Companion Loan Securities, confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.30 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

(vi) to modify the procedures in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to Rule 17g-5; provided that (A) such modification does not increase the obligations of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer without such party’s consent (which consent may not be withheld unless such modification would materially adversely affect such party or materially increase such party’s obligations under this Agreement) and (B) such modification shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and; provided, further that

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notice of such modification is provided to all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and

(vii) to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates (or, if applicable, Loan-Specific Certificates) by each Rating Agency, provided that the amendment will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of (i) any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any Loan-Specific Certificateholder) or (ii) any holder of a Serviced Companion Loan not consenting thereto, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or as evidenced by, if any Certificate is then rated, a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies and, in the case of a securitized Serviced Companion Loan with rated Serviced Companion Loan Securities, confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.30 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

provided, further that no amendment pursuant to any of clauses (i)-(vii) above may be made that would: (A) reduce the consent or consultation rights or the right to receive information under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the Controlling Class Representative without the consent of the Controlling Class Representative (or, if applicable, of any Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative without the consent of such Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative); (B) reduce the consultation rights or the right to receive information under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the Operating Advisor without the consent of the Operating Advisor; (C) change in any manner the obligations or rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement without the consent of the affected Mortgage Loan Seller; (D) change in any manner the obligations or rights of any Underwriter or Initial Purchaser, without the consent of the affected Underwriter or Initial Purchaser; or (E) adversely affect in any material respect any Serviced Companion Loan Holder in its capacity as such without its consent (the lack of which material adverse effect must in the case of, and under the circumstances described in, clauses (v) and (vii) above, be evidenced as described in such clauses). Expenses incurred with respect to any amendment shall be borne by the party requesting such amendment, unless the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee is requesting an amendment for the benefit of the Certificateholders, then in which case such expense will be borne by the Trust.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended from time to time by a writing signed by each of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Custodian (if the Certificate Administrator is then acting as Custodian), the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates and any Loan-Specific Certificates representing in the aggregate not less than 66-2/3% of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates and Loan-Specific Certificates affected by the amendment for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Certificateholders, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner; provided, however, that no such amendment shall:

(i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Serviced Loans which are required to be distributed on a Certificate or Loan-Specific Certificate of any Class or the Uncertificated VRR Interest or to any Serviced Companion Loan Holder, as applicable, without the consent of the Holder of that Certificate or Loan-Specific Certificate, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or that Serviced Companion Loan Holder, as applicable,

(ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates or Loan-Specific Certificates of any Class or of the Uncertificated VRR Interest the Holders (or, in the case of the Uncertificated VRR Interest, the owner) of which are required to consent to the amendment without the consent

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of the Holders of all Certificates or Loan-Specific Certificates of that Class then outstanding or of the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, as applicable,

(iii) change in any manner the obligations or rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement without the consent of the affected Mortgage Loan Seller,

(iv) change the definition of “Servicing Standard” without either (A) consent of 100% of the Certificateholders, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or (B) Rating Agency Confirmation,

(v) without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders and Loan-Specific Certificateholders of the Class or Classes of Certificates and Loan-Specific Certificates, or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, that is adversely affected thereby, change (A) the percentages of Voting Rights of Certificateholders or Loan-Specific Certificateholders that are required to consent to any action or inaction under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, (B) the right of the Certificateholders or Loan-Specific Certificateholders to remove the Special Servicer pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (C) the right of the Certificateholders or Loan-Specific Certificateholders to terminate the Operating Advisor pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,

(vi) adversely affect the Controlling Class Representative without the consent of 100% of the Controlling Class Certificateholders,

(vii) adversely affect any Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative without the consent of 100% of the Loan-Specific Controlling Class Certificateholders,

(viii) adversely affect a Serviced Companion Loan Holder in its capacity as such without its consent, or

(ix) change in any manner the obligations or rights of any Underwriter or Initial Purchaser without the consent of the affected Underwriter or Initial Purchaser.

The Holders of the Controlling Class representing greater than 50% of the Certificate Balance of the Controlling Class may (or, if such Holders do not, the Special Servicer, or if neither such Holders nor the Special Servicer do, the Master Servicer or, if none of such Holders, the Special Servicer or the Master Servicer does, any Holders of Class R Certificates representing greater than a 50% Percentage Interest in such Class, may also) effect an early termination of the Trust Fund, upon not less than 30 days’ prior notice given to the parties (or, if applicable, the other parties) to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (whereupon the Master Servicer shall notify the Serviced Companion Loan Holders) any time on or after the Early Termination Notice Date specifying the Anticipated Termination Date, by purchasing on such date all, but not less than all, of the Trust Loans (and in the case of any Trust Loan that is part of a Serviced Whole Loan, subject to certain rights of the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s) provided for in the related Co-Lender Agreement) then included in the Trust Fund, and all property acquired by or on behalf of the Trust Fund (including the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO Property acquired with respect to any Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan) in respect of any Trust Loan then included in the Trust Fund, at a purchase price, payable in cash, equal to (i) the sum of (A) the Termination Purchase Amount and (B) the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Master Servicer (unless the Master Servicer is the purchaser of such Trust Loans), the Special Servicer (unless the Special Servicer is the purchaser of such Trust Loans), the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, with respect to such termination, minus (ii) solely in the case where the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer is effecting such purchase, the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, if any, made by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, together with any interest accrued and payable to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in respect of such Advances and any unpaid Servicing Fees or Special Servicing Fees, as applicable, remaining outstanding (which items will be deemed to have been paid or reimbursed to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in connection with such purchase).

Any Person(s) effecting an early termination of the Trust Fund as provided in the prior paragraph shall first notify the Controlling Class Representative and each Certifying Certificateholder and the Uncertificated VRR Interest

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Owner, or, in the case of a termination by the Holder of a Class R Certificate, notify the Certificate Administrator (who shall notify the Controlling Class Representative and each Certifying Certificateholder and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner) of its intention to do so in writing at least 30 days prior to the Anticipated Termination Date. All costs and expenses incurred by any and all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Trust Fund in connection with the purchase of the Trust Loans and other assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be borne by the party exercising its purchase rights thereunder. The Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any determination made by an Appraiser pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificates, the Loan-Specific Certificates, the Uncertificated VRR Interest, the Mortgage Loans and the Serviced Companion Loans (other than the obligation to make certain payments and to send certain notices to Certificateholders, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and to make any required remittances to the Serviced Companion Loan Holders in the month in which the final Distribution Date occurs and certain tax-related obligations) shall terminate immediately following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase by Holders of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or Holders of the Class R Certificates of all the Trust Loans and REO Properties (or interests therein) then included in the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, (ii) the exchange by the Remaining Certificateholder of its Certificates, the Loan-Specific Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest for all the Trust Loans and REO Properties (or interests therein) then included in the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and (iii) the final payment or other liquidation (or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Trust Loan or REO Property (or interest therein) contained in the Trust Fund; provided, however, that in no event shall the trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of twenty-one years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom, living on the date of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All such payments as contemplated by the preceding paragraph shall be deposited into the Collection Account by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, promptly following receipt thereof.

Unless the Certificate of Authentication on this Certificate has been executed by the Certificate Administrator or on its behalf by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Administrator has caused this Class X-A Certificate to be duly executed.

	COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Administrator
	By:
		Authorized Signatory

Dated: ____________, 2023

 

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Class X-A Certificates referred to in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Dated: ____________, 2023

	COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION not in its individual capacity but solely as Authenticating Agent
	By:
		Authorized Signatory

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ASSIGNMENT

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned (“Assignor(s)”) hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto ____________________________________________________ ______________________________ (please print or typewrite name(s) and address(es), including postal zip code(s) of assignee(s)) (“Assignee(s)”) the entire Percentage Interest represented by the within Class X-A Certificate and hereby authorize(s) the registration of transfer of such interest to Assignee(s) on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.

I (we) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new Class X-A Certificate of the entire Percentage Interest represented by the within Class X-A Certificates to the above-named Assignee(s) and to deliver such Class X-A Certificate to the following address:

Date: _________________

		Signature by or on behalf of Assignor(s)
		Taxpayer Identification Number

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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

The Assignee(s) should include the following for purposes of distribution:

Address of the Assignee(s) for the purpose of receiving notices and distributions:___________________________________________________________________________Distributions, if being made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to __________________________ for the account of __________________________ account number ____________________________. This information is provided by ______________________________, the Assignee(s) named above or ____________________________________ as its (their) agent.

	By:
		[Please print or type name(s)]
		Title
		Taxpayer Identification Number

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EXHIBIT A-5

BENCHMARK 2023-V2 MORTGAGE TRUST
COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES,
SERIES 2023-V2, CLASS A-S

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]¹¹

[TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE, AND TRANSFERS OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THIS GLOBAL CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.]¹²

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE SPONSORS, THE ORIGINATORS, THE DEPOSITOR OR ANY OTHER PARTY TO THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW, ANY DIRECTING HOLDER, ANY CONSULTING PARTY, ANY COMPANION LOAN HOLDER (OR ITS REPRESENTATIVE), THE UNDERWRITERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THE CERTIFICATES NOR THE MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE DISTRIBUTABLE AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

DISTRIBUTIONS OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBORDINATED TO DISTRIBUTIONS OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON OTHER CLASSES OF CERTIFICATES OF THE SAME SERIES.

THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.

 

 

¹¹  Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

¹²  Global Certificate legend.

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BENCHMARK 2023-V2 MORTGAGE TRUST
COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES,
SERIES 2023-V2, CLASS A-S

Pass-Through Rate:  The lesser of 6.5374% and the WAC Rate13
First Distribution Date: June 16, 2023	Cut-Off Date:  With respect to each Mortgage Loan and Serviced Companion Loan, the Due Date in May 2023 for that Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable (or, in the case of any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan that has its first Due Date subsequent to May 2023, the date that would have been its Due Date in May 2023 under the terms of that Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable, if a Monthly Payment were scheduled to be due in that month).
Aggregate Initial Certificate Balance of the Class A-S Certificates:  $90,265,000	Scheduled Final Distribution Date: the Distribution Date in May 2028

 

CUSIP:  08163TAD4	Initial Certificate Balance of this Certificate: $[_____]
ISIN:  US08163TAD46
No.:  [1]

This certifies that [           ] is the registered owner of a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, including the distributions to be made with respect to the Class A-S Certificates. The Trust Fund, described more fully below, consists primarily of a pool of Mortgage Loans secured by first liens on various types of commercial and multifamily properties and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan held in trust by the Trustee and, other than in the case of the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans, serviced by the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer. The Trust Fund was created, and the Mortgage Loans (other than the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans) and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan are to be serviced, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below). The Holder of this Certificate, by virtue of the acceptance hereof, assents to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and is bound thereby. In the event that there is any conflict between any provision of this Certificate and any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, such provision of this Certificate shall be superseded to the extent of such inconsistency. Also issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class X-A, Class B, Class C, Class X-D, Class D, Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR, Class J-RR and Class R Certificates (together with the Class A-S Certificates, the “Certificates”; the Holders of Certificates are collectively referred to herein as “Certificateholders”)

This Certificate is issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of a Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as Special Servicer, BellOak, LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator

 

¹³ The initial approximate Pass-Through Rate as of the Closing Date is 6.5374% per annum.

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and as Trustee. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit,” as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

The Certificate Administrator makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates, the Mortgage Loans or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and has executed this Certificate in its limited capacity as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator will distribute (other than the final distribution on any Certificate), on the 4th Business Day following the Determination Date in each month, commencing in June 2023 (each such date, a “Distribution Date”), to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as of the related Record Date, an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest then distributable, if any, with respect to the Class A-S Certificates for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to a share of the Non-Vertically Retained Percentage of the Yield Maintenance Charges collected on the Mortgage Loans, as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Interest accrued on this Certificate during an Interest Accrual Period, plus the aggregate unpaid Interest Shortfall with respect to this Certificate, if any, will be payable on the related Distribution Date to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The “Interest Accrual Period” with respect to any Distribution Date and with respect to the Class A-S Certificates is the calendar month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs and is assumed to consist of 30 days.

All distributions (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) will be made by the Certificate Administrator to the persons in whose names the Certificates are registered at the close of business on each Record Date, which will be the last Business Day of the month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Distributions are required to be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Certificateholder at a bank or other entity located in the United States and having appropriate facilities to accept such funds, if such Certificateholder has provided the Certificate Administrator with written wiring instructions no less than five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions), or otherwise by check mailed to such Certificateholder. The final distribution on each Certificate shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentation and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the Certificate Administrator or its agent (which may be the Paying Agent or the Certificate Registrar acting as such agent) that is specified in a notice to Certificateholders of the pendency of the final distribution.

Any funds not distributed on the Termination Date because of the failure of any Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall be set aside and held in trust for the account of the appropriate non-tendering Certificateholders, whereupon the Trust Fund shall terminate. If any Trust Interest as to which notice of the Termination Date has been given pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining Trust Interest Owners, at their last addresses shown in the Certificate Register, to surrender their Trust Interest for cancellation in order to receive, from such funds held, the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice any Trust Interest shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining Trust Interest Owners concerning surrender of their Trust Interests. The costs and expenses of maintaining such funds and of contacting Trust Interest Owners shall be paid out of the assets which remain held. Subject to applicable state law with respect to escheatment of funds, if within two years after the second notice any Trust Interests shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent shall pay to the Certificate Administrator all amounts distributable to the Trust Interest Owners thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall thereafter hold such amounts for the benefit of such Trust Interest Owners until the earlier of (i) its termination as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the transfer of such amounts to a successor Certificate Administrator and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund and distribution of such amounts to the Class R Certificateholders. No interest shall

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accrue or be payable to any Trust Interest Owner on any amount held as a result of such Trust Interest Owner’s failure to surrender its Trust Interest(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with Section 9.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries in respect of the Mortgage Loans, as more specifically set forth herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Fund includes: (i) such Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as from time to time are subject to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto; (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan due after the Cut-Off Date or, with respect to a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Due Date in the month of substitution (exclusive of interest relating to periods prior to, but due after, the Cut-Off Date); (iii) any REO Property (but, with respect to any REO Property relating to a Whole Loan, only to the extent of the Trust’s interest in the related Whole Loan); (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property (but, with respect to any REO Property relating to a Whole Loan, only to the extent of the Trust’s interest in the related Whole Loan); (v) the Master Servicer’s and the Trustee’s rights under the insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan required to be maintained pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and any proceeds thereof; (vi) the Trustee’s rights in any Assignments of Leases, Rents and Profits and any security agreements; (vii) the Trustee’s rights under any indemnities or guaranties given as additional security for any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (viii) all of the Trustee’s and the Certificate Administrator’s rights in the Escrow Accounts and Lock-Box Accounts and all proceeds of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan deposited in the Collection Account, the Distribution Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Excess Liquidation Proceeds Reserve Account and any REO Account, including any reinvestment income thereon; (ix) the Trustee’s rights in any environmental indemnity agreements relating to the Mortgaged Properties; (x) the Depositor’s rights under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements to the extent assigned to the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (xi) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interests; (xii) the Loss of Value Reserve Fund; (xiii) any Threshold Event Collateral; and (xiv) the Loan REMIC Regular Interests.

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the interests, rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the limitations thereon, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Certificate Administrator and Trustee.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, subject to certain restrictions on transfer set forth therein, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate, the Certificate Administrator shall execute, authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations, in like aggregate interest and of the same Class.

Prior to due presentation of this Certificate for registration of transfer, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Registrar, and any agent of any of them, may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the owner of such Certificate for the purpose of receiving distributions as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and for all other purposes whatsoever, and neither the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Registrar, nor any agent of any of them shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Custodian (if the Certificate Administrator is then acting as Custodian), the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee, without the consent of any of the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders or, as applicable, any Companion Loan Holder:

(i) to cure any ambiguity to the extent that it does not adversely affect any holders of Certificates or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any holders of Loan-Specific Certificates);

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(ii) to correct or supplement any of its provisions which may be inconsistent with any other provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or with the description thereof in the Prospectus or to correct any error;

(iii) to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Excess Liquidation Proceeds Reserve Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account, the Distribution Account or any REO Account, provided that (A) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (B) the change would not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any Loan-Specific Certificateholder), as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting the amendment) or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such Amendment;

(iv) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (A) to the extent necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund, provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an opinion of counsel (at the expense of the party requesting the amendment) to the effect that (1) the action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize such risk and (2) the action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any holder of the Certificates or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any holder of the Loan-Specific Certificates), (B) to restrict (or to remove any existing restrictions with respect to) the transfer of the Class R Certificates, provided that the Depositor has determined that the amendment will not give rise to any tax with respect to the transfer of the Class R Certificates to a non-Permitted Transferee, (C) to the extent necessary to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act, Regulation AB, Regulation RR and/or any related regulatory actions and/or interpretations or (D) in the event that Regulation RR (or any portion thereof) or any other regulations applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate any risk retention requirements no longer applicable to this securitization transaction in light of such repeal;

(v) to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change, provided that the amendment will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of (i) any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any Loan-Specific Certificateholder) or ((iii) any holder of a Serviced Companion Loan not consenting thereto, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or as evidenced by, if any Certificate is then rated, a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and, in the case of a securitized Serviced Companion Loan with rated Serviced Companion Loan Securities, confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.30 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

(vi) to modify the procedures in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to Rule 17g-5; provided that (A) such modification does not increase the obligations of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer without such party’s consent (which consent may not be withheld unless such modification would materially adversely affect such party or materially increase such party’s obligations under this Agreement) and (B) such modification shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any

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Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and; provided, further that notice of such modification is provided to all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and

(vii) to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates (or, if applicable, Loan-Specific Certificates) by each Rating Agency, provided that the amendment will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of (i) any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any Loan-Specific Certificateholder) or (ii) any holder of a Serviced Companion Loan not consenting thereto, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or as evidenced by, if any Certificate is then rated, a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies and, in the case of a securitized Serviced Companion Loan with rated Serviced Companion Loan Securities, confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.30 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

provided, further that no amendment pursuant to any of clauses (i)-(vii) above may be made that would: (A) reduce the consent or consultation rights or the right to receive information under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the Controlling Class Representative without the consent of the Controlling Class Representative (or, if applicable, of any Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative without the consent of such Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative); (B) reduce the consultation rights or the right to receive information under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the Operating Advisor without the consent of the Operating Advisor; (C) change in any manner the obligations or rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement without the consent of the affected Mortgage Loan Seller; (D) change in any manner the obligations or rights of any Underwriter or Initial Purchaser, without the consent of the affected Underwriter or Initial Purchaser; or (E) adversely affect in any material respect any Serviced Companion Loan Holder in its capacity as such without its consent (the lack of which material adverse effect must in the case of, and under the circumstances described in, clauses (v) and (vii) above, be evidenced as described in such clauses). Expenses incurred with respect to any amendment shall be borne by the party requesting such amendment, unless the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee is requesting an amendment for the benefit of the Certificateholders, then in which case such expense will be borne by the Trust.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended from time to time by a writing signed by each of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Custodian (if the Certificate Administrator is then acting as Custodian), the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates and any Loan-Specific Certificates representing in the aggregate not less than 66-2/3% of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates and Loan-Specific Certificates affected by the amendment for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Certificateholders, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner; provided, however, that no such amendment shall:

(i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Serviced Loans which are required to be distributed on a Certificate or Loan-Specific Certificate of any Class or the Uncertificated VRR Interest or to any Serviced Companion Loan Holder, as applicable, without the consent of the Holder of that Certificate or Loan-Specific Certificate, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or that Serviced Companion Loan Holder, as applicable,

(ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates or Loan-Specific Certificates of any Class or of the Uncertificated VRR Interest the Holders (or, in the case of the Uncertificated VRR

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Interest, the owner) of which are required to consent to the amendment without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates or Loan-Specific Certificates of that Class then outstanding or of the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, as applicable,

(iii) change in any manner the obligations or rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement without the consent of the affected Mortgage Loan Seller,

(iv) change the definition of “Servicing Standard” without either (A) consent of 100% of the Certificateholders, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or (B) Rating Agency Confirmation,

(v) without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders and Loan-Specific Certificateholders of the Class or Classes of Certificates and Loan-Specific Certificates, or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, that is adversely affected thereby, change (A) the percentages of Voting Rights of Certificateholders or Loan-Specific Certificateholders that are required to consent to any action or inaction under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, (B) the right of the Certificateholders or Loan-Specific Certificateholders to remove the Special Servicer pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (C) the right of the Certificateholders or Loan-Specific Certificateholders to terminate the Operating Advisor pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,

(vi) adversely affect the Controlling Class Representative without the consent of 100% of the Controlling Class Certificateholders,

(vii) adversely affect any Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative without the consent of 100% of the Loan-Specific Controlling Class Certificateholders,

(viii) adversely affect a Serviced Companion Loan Holder in its capacity as such without its consent, or

(ix) change in any manner the obligations or rights of any Underwriter or Initial Purchaser without the consent of the affected Underwriter or Initial Purchaser.

The Holders of the Controlling Class representing greater than 50% of the Certificate Balance of the Controlling Class may (or, if such Holders do not, the Special Servicer, or if neither such Holders nor the Special Servicer do, the Master Servicer or, if none of such Holders, the Special Servicer or the Master Servicer does, any Holders of Class R Certificates representing greater than a 50% Percentage Interest in such Class, may also) effect an early termination of the Trust Fund, upon not less than 30 days’ prior notice given to the parties (or, if applicable, the other parties) to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (whereupon the Master Servicer shall notify the Serviced Companion Loan Holders) any time on or after the Early Termination Notice Date specifying the Anticipated Termination Date, by purchasing on such date all, but not less than all, of the Trust Loans (and in the case of any Trust Loan that is part of a Serviced Whole Loan, subject to certain rights of the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s) provided for in the related Co-Lender Agreement) then included in the Trust Fund, and all property acquired by or on behalf of the Trust Fund (including the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO Property acquired with respect to any Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan) in respect of any Trust Loan then included in the Trust Fund, at a purchase price, payable in cash, equal to (i) the sum of (A) the Termination Purchase Amount and (B) the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Master Servicer (unless the Master Servicer is the purchaser of such Trust Loans), the Special Servicer (unless the Special Servicer is the purchaser of such Trust Loans), the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, with respect to such termination, minus (ii) solely in the case where the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer is effecting such purchase, the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, if any, made by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, together with any interest accrued and payable to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in respect of such Advances and any unpaid Servicing Fees or Special Servicing Fees, as applicable, remaining outstanding (which items will be deemed to have been paid or reimbursed to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in connection with such purchase).

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Any Person(s) effecting an early termination of the Trust Fund as provided in the prior paragraph shall first notify the Controlling Class Representative and each Certifying Certificateholder and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, or, in the case of a termination by the Holder of a Class R Certificate, notify the Certificate Administrator (who shall notify the Controlling Class Representative and each Certifying Certificateholder and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner) of its intention to do so in writing at least 30 days prior to the Anticipated Termination Date. All costs and expenses incurred by any and all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Trust Fund in connection with the purchase of the Trust Loans and other assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be borne by the party exercising its purchase rights thereunder. The Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any determination made by an Appraiser pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificates, the Loan-Specific Certificates, the Uncertificated VRR Interest, the Mortgage Loans and the Serviced Companion Loans (other than the obligation to make certain payments and to send certain notices to Certificateholders, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and to make any required remittances to the Serviced Companion Loan Holders in the month in which the final Distribution Date occurs and certain tax-related obligations) shall terminate immediately following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase by Holders of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or Holders of the Class R Certificates of all the Trust Loans and REO Properties (or interests therein) then included in the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, (ii) the exchange by the Remaining Certificateholder of its Certificates, the Loan-Specific Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest for all the Trust Loans and REO Properties (or interests therein) then included in the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and (iii) the final payment or other liquidation (or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Trust Loan or REO Property (or interest therein) contained in the Trust Fund; provided, however, that in no event shall the trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of twenty-one years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom, living on the date of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All such payments as contemplated by the preceding paragraph shall be deposited into the Collection Account by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, promptly following receipt thereof.

Unless the Certificate of Authentication on this Certificate has been executed by the Certificate Administrator or on its behalf by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Administrator has caused this Class A-S Certificate to be duly executed.

	COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Administrator
	By:
		Authorized Signatory

Dated: ____________, 2023

 

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Class A-S Certificates referred to in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Dated: ____________, 2023

	COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION not in its individual capacity but solely as Authenticating Agent
	By:
		Authorized Signatory

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ASSIGNMENT

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned (“Assignor(s)”) hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto ____________________________________________________ ______________________________ (please print or typewrite name(s) and address(es), including postal zip code(s) of assignee(s)) (“Assignee(s)”) the entire Percentage Interest represented by the within Class A-S Certificate and hereby authorize(s) the registration of transfer of such interest to Assignee(s) on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.

I (we) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new Class A-S Certificate of the entire Percentage Interest represented by the within Class A-S Certificates to the above-named Assignee(s) and to deliver such Class A-S Certificate to the following address:

Date: _________________

		Signature by or on behalf of Assignor(s)
		Taxpayer Identification Number

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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

The Assignee(s) should include the following for purposes of distribution:

Address of the Assignee(s) for the purpose of receiving notices and distributions:___________________________________________________________________________Distributions, if being made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to __________________________ for the account of __________________________ account number ____________________________. This information is provided by ______________________________, the Assignee(s) named above or ____________________________________ as its (their) agent.

	By:
		[Please print or type name(s)]
		Title
		Taxpayer Identification Number

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EXHIBIT A-6

BENCHMARK 2023-V2 MORTGAGE TRUST
COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES,
SERIES 2023-V2, CLASS B

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]¹

[TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE, AND TRANSFERS OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THIS GLOBAL CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.]²

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE SPONSORS, THE ORIGINATORS, THE DEPOSITOR OR ANY OTHER PARTY TO THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW, ANY DIRECTING HOLDER, ANY CONSULTING PARTY, ANY COMPANION LOAN HOLDER (OR ITS REPRESENTATIVE), THE UNDERWRITERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THE CERTIFICATES NOR THE MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE DISTRIBUTABLE AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

DISTRIBUTIONS OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBORDINATED TO DISTRIBUTIONS OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON OTHER CLASSES OF CERTIFICATES OF THE SAME SERIES.

THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.

 

 

¹  Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

²  Global Certificate legend.

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BENCHMARK 2023-V2 MORTGAGE TRUST
COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES,
SERIES 2023-V2, CLASS B

Pass-Through Rate:  The WAC Rate3
First Distribution Date: June 16, 2023	Cut-Off Date:  With respect to each Mortgage Loan and Serviced Companion Loan, the Due Date in May 2023 for that Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable (or, in the case of any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan that has its first Due Date subsequent to May 2023, the date that would have been its Due Date in May 2023 under the terms of that Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable, if a Monthly Payment were scheduled to be due in that month).
Aggregate Initial Certificate Balance of the Class B Certificates:  $42,984,000	Scheduled Final Distribution Date: the Distribution Date in May 2028
CUSIP:  08163TAE2	Initial Certificate Balance of this Certificate: $[_____]
ISIN: US08163TAE29
No.:  [1]

This certifies that [           ] is the registered owner of a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, including the distributions to be made with respect to the Class B Certificates. The Trust Fund, described more fully below, consists primarily of a pool of Mortgage Loans secured by first liens on various types of commercial and multifamily properties and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan held in trust by the Trustee and, other than in the case of the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans, serviced by the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer. The Trust Fund was created, and the Mortgage Loans (other than the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans) and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan are to be serviced, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below). The Holder of this Certificate, by virtue of the acceptance hereof, assents to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and is bound thereby. In the event that there is any conflict between any provision of this Certificate and any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, such provision of this Certificate shall be superseded to the extent of such inconsistency. Also issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class X-A, Class A-S, Class C, Class X-D, Class D, Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR, Class J-RR and Class R Certificates (together with the Class B Certificates, the “Certificates”; the Holders of Certificates are collectively referred to herein as “Certificateholders”).

This Certificate is issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of a Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as Special Servicer, BellOak, LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

³ The initial approximate Pass-Through Rate as of the Closing Date is 6.9946% per annum.

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This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit,” as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

The Certificate Administrator makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates, the Mortgage Loans or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and has executed this Certificate in its limited capacity as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator will distribute (other than the final distribution on any Certificate), on the 4th Business Day following the Determination Date in each month, commencing in June 2023 (each such date, a “Distribution Date”), to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as of the related Record Date, an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest then distributable, if any, with respect to the Class B Certificates for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to a share of the Non-Vertically Retained Percentage of the Yield Maintenance Charges collected on the Mortgage Loans, as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Interest accrued on this Certificate during an Interest Accrual Period, plus the aggregate unpaid Interest Shortfall with respect to this Certificate, if any, will be payable on the related Distribution Date to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The “Interest Accrual Period” with respect to any Distribution Date and with respect to the Class B Certificates is the calendar month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs and is assumed to consist of 30 days.

All distributions (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) will be made by the Certificate Administrator to the persons in whose names the Certificates are registered at the close of business on each Record Date, which will be the last Business Day of the month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Distributions are required to be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Certificateholder at a bank or other entity located in the United States and having appropriate facilities to accept such funds, if such Certificateholder has provided the Certificate Administrator with written wiring instructions no less than five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions), or otherwise by check mailed to such Certificateholder. The final distribution on each Certificate shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentation and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the Certificate Administrator or its agent (which may be the Paying Agent or the Certificate Registrar acting as such agent) that is specified in a notice to Certificateholders of the pendency of the final distribution.

Any funds not distributed on the Termination Date because of the failure of any Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall be set aside and held in trust for the account of the appropriate non-tendering Certificateholders, whereupon the Trust Fund shall terminate. If any Trust Interest as to which notice of the Termination Date has been given pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining Trust Interest Owners, at their last addresses shown in the Certificate Register, to surrender their Trust Interest for cancellation in order to receive, from such funds held, the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice any Trust Interest shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining Trust Interest Owners concerning surrender of their Trust Interests. The costs and expenses of maintaining such funds and of contacting Trust Interest Owners shall be paid out of the assets which remain held. Subject to applicable state law with respect to escheatment of funds, if within two years after the second notice any Trust Interests shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent shall pay to the Certificate Administrator all amounts distributable to the Trust Interest Owners thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall thereafter hold such amounts for the benefit of such Trust Interest Owners until the earlier of (i) its termination as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the transfer of such amounts to a successor Certificate Administrator and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund and distribution of such amounts to the Class R Certificateholders. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Trust Interest Owner on any amount held as a result of such Trust Interest Owner’s failure to surrender its Trust Interest(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with Section 9.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

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This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries in respect of the Mortgage Loans, as more specifically set forth herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Fund includes: (i) such Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as from time to time are subject to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto; (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan due after the Cut-Off Date or, with respect to a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Due Date in the month of substitution (exclusive of interest relating to periods prior to, but due after, the Cut-Off Date); (iii) any REO Property (but, with respect to any REO Property relating to a Whole Loan, only to the extent of the Trust’s interest in the related Whole Loan); (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property (but, with respect to any REO Property relating to a Whole Loan, only to the extent of the Trust’s interest in the related Whole Loan); (v) the Master Servicer’s and the Trustee’s rights under the insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan required to be maintained pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and any proceeds thereof; (vi) the Trustee’s rights in any Assignments of Leases, Rents and Profits and any security agreements; (vii) the Trustee’s rights under any indemnities or guaranties given as additional security for any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (viii) all of the Trustee’s and the Certificate Administrator’s rights in the Escrow Accounts and Lock-Box Accounts and all proceeds of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan deposited in the Collection Account, the Distribution Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Excess Liquidation Proceeds Reserve Account and any REO Account, including any reinvestment income thereon; (ix) the Trustee’s rights in any environmental indemnity agreements relating to the Mortgaged Properties; (x) the Depositor’s rights under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements to the extent assigned to the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (xi) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interests; (xii) the Loss of Value Reserve Fund; (xiii) any Threshold Event Collateral; and (xiv) the Loan REMIC Regular Interests.

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the interests, rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the limitations thereon, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Certificate Administrator and Trustee.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, subject to certain restrictions on transfer set forth therein, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate, the Certificate Administrator shall execute, authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations, in like aggregate interest and of the same Class.

Prior to due presentation of this Certificate for registration of transfer, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Registrar, and any agent of any of them, may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the owner of such Certificate for the purpose of receiving distributions as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and for all other purposes whatsoever, and neither the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Registrar, nor any agent of any of them shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Custodian (if the Certificate Administrator is then acting as Custodian), the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee, without the consent of any of the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders or, as applicable, any Companion Loan Holder:

(i) to cure any ambiguity to the extent that it does not adversely affect any holders of Certificates or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any holders of Loan-Specific Certificates);

(ii) to correct or supplement any of its provisions which may be inconsistent with any other provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or with the description thereof in the Prospectus or to correct any error;

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(iii) to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Excess Liquidation Proceeds Reserve Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account, the Distribution Account or any REO Account, provided that (A) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (B) the change would not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any Loan-Specific Certificateholder), as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting the amendment) or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such Amendment;

(iv) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (A) to the extent necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund, provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an opinion of counsel (at the expense of the party requesting the amendment) to the effect that (1) the action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize such risk and (2) the action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any holder of the Certificates or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any holder of the Loan-Specific Certificates), (B) to restrict (or to remove any existing restrictions with respect to) the transfer of the Class R Certificates, provided that the Depositor has determined that the amendment will not give rise to any tax with respect to the transfer of the Class R Certificates to a non-Permitted Transferee, (C) to the extent necessary to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act, Regulation AB, Regulation RR and/or any related regulatory actions and/or interpretations or (D) in the event that Regulation RR (or any portion thereof) or any other regulations applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate any risk retention requirements no longer applicable to this securitization transaction in light of such repeal;

(v) to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change, provided that the amendment will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of (i) any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any Loan-Specific Certificateholder) or ((iii) any holder of a Serviced Companion Loan not consenting thereto, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or as evidenced by, if any Certificate is then rated, a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and, in the case of a securitized Serviced Companion Loan with rated Serviced Companion Loan Securities, confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.30 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

(vi) to modify the procedures in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to Rule 17g-5; provided that (A) such modification does not increase the obligations of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer without such party’s consent (which consent may not be withheld unless such modification would materially adversely affect such party or materially increase such party’s obligations under this Agreement) and (B) such modification shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and; provided, further that

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notice of such modification is provided to all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and

(vii) to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates (or, if applicable, Loan-Specific Certificates) by each Rating Agency, provided that the amendment will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of (i) any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any Loan-Specific Certificateholder) or (ii) any holder of a Serviced Companion Loan not consenting thereto, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or as evidenced by, if any Certificate is then rated, a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies and, in the case of a securitized Serviced Companion Loan with rated Serviced Companion Loan Securities, confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.30 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

provided, further that no amendment pursuant to any of clauses (i)-(vii) above may be made that would: (A) reduce the consent or consultation rights or the right to receive information under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the Controlling Class Representative without the consent of the Controlling Class Representative (or, if applicable, of any Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative without the consent of such Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative); (B) reduce the consultation rights or the right to receive information under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the Operating Advisor without the consent of the Operating Advisor; (C) change in any manner the obligations or rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement without the consent of the affected Mortgage Loan Seller; (D) change in any manner the obligations or rights of any Underwriter or Initial Purchaser, without the consent of the affected Underwriter or Initial Purchaser; or (E) adversely affect in any material respect any Serviced Companion Loan Holder in its capacity as such without its consent (the lack of which material adverse effect must in the case of, and under the circumstances described in, clauses (v) and (vii) above, be evidenced as described in such clauses). Expenses incurred with respect to any amendment shall be borne by the party requesting such amendment, unless the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee is requesting an amendment for the benefit of the Certificateholders, then in which case such expense will be borne by the Trust.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended from time to time by a writing signed by each of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Custodian (if the Certificate Administrator is then acting as Custodian), the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates and any Loan-Specific Certificates representing in the aggregate not less than 66-2/3% of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates and Loan-Specific Certificates affected by the amendment for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Certificateholders, Loan-Specific Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner; provided, however, that no such amendment shall:

(i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Serviced Loans which are required to be distributed on a Certificate or Loan-Specific Certificate of any Class or the Uncertificated VRR Interest or to any Serviced Companion Loan Holder, as applicable, without the consent of the Holder of that Certificate or Loan-Specific Certificate, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or that Serviced Companion Loan Holder, as applicable,

(ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates or Loan-Specific Certificates of any Class or of the Uncertificated VRR Interest the Holders (or, in the case of the Uncertificated VRR Interest, the owner) of which are required to consent to the amendment without the consent

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of the Holders of all Certificates or Loan-Specific Certificates of that Class then outstanding or of the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, as applicable,

(iii) change in any manner the obligations or rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement without the consent of the affected Mortgage Loan Seller,

(iv) change the definition of “Servicing Standard” without either (A) consent of 100% of the Certificateholders, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or (B) Rating Agency Confirmation,

(v) without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders and Loan-Specific Certificateholders of the Class or Classes of Certificates and Loan-Specific Certificates, or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, that is adversely affected thereby, change (A) the percentages of Voting Rights of Certificateholders or Loan-Specific Certificateholders that are required to consent to any action or inaction under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, (B) the right of the Certificateholders or Loan-Specific Certificateholders to remove the Special Servicer pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (C) the right of the Certificateholders or Loan-Specific Certificateholders to terminate the Operating Advisor pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,

(vi) adversely affect the Controlling Class Representative without the consent of 100% of the Controlling Class Certificateholders,

(vii) adversely affect any Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative without the consent of 100% of the Loan-Specific Controlling Class Certificateholders,

(viii) adversely affect a Serviced Companion Loan Holder in its capacity as such without its consent, or

(ix) change in any manner the obligations or rights of any Underwriter or Initial Purchaser without the consent of the affected Underwriter or Initial Purchaser.

The Holders of the Controlling Class representing greater than 50% of the Certificate Balance of the Controlling Class may (or, if such Holders do not, the Special Servicer, or if neither such Holders nor the Special Servicer do, the Master Servicer or, if none of such Holders, the Special Servicer or the Master Servicer does, any Holders of Class R Certificates representing greater than a 50% Percentage Interest in such Class, may also) effect an early termination of the Trust Fund, upon not less than 30 days’ prior notice given to the parties (or, if applicable, the other parties) to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (whereupon the Master Servicer shall notify the Serviced Companion Loan Holders) any time on or after the Early Termination Notice Date specifying the Anticipated Termination Date, by purchasing on such date all, but not less than all, of the Trust Loans (and in the case of any Trust Loan that is part of a Serviced Whole Loan, subject to certain rights of the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s) provided for in the related Co-Lender Agreement) then included in the Trust Fund, and all property acquired by or on behalf of the Trust Fund (including the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO Property acquired with respect to any Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan) in respect of any Trust Loan then included in the Trust Fund, at a purchase price, payable in cash, equal to (i) the sum of (A) the Termination Purchase Amount and (B) the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Master Servicer (unless the Master Servicer is the purchaser of such Trust Loans), the Special Servicer (unless the Special Servicer is the purchaser of such Trust Loans), the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, with respect to such termination, minus (ii) solely in the case where the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer is effecting such purchase, the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, if any, made by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, together with any interest accrued and payable to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in respect of such Advances and any unpaid Servicing Fees or Special Servicing Fees, as applicable, remaining outstanding (which items will be deemed to have been paid or reimbursed to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in connection with such purchase).

Any Person(s) effecting an early termination of the Trust Fund as provided in the prior paragraph shall first notify the Controlling Class Representative and each Certifying Certificateholder and the Uncertificated VRR Interest

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Owner, or, in the case of a termination by the Holder of a Class R Certificate, notify the Certificate Administrator (who shall notify the Controlling Class Representative and each Certifying Certificateholder and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner) of its intention to do so in writing at least 30 days prior to the Anticipated Termination Date. All costs and expenses incurred by any and all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Trust Fund in connection with the purchase of the Trust Loans and other assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be borne by the party exercising its purchase rights thereunder. The Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any determination made by an Appraiser pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificates, the Loan-Specific Certificates, the Uncertificated VRR Interest, the Mortgage Loans and the Serviced Companion Loans (other than the obligation to make certain payments and to send certain notices to Certificateholders, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and to make any required remittances to the Serviced Companion Loan Holders in the month in which the final Distribution Date occurs and certain tax-related obligations) shall terminate immediately following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase by Holders of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or Holders of the Class R Certificates of all the Trust Loans and REO Properties (or interests therein) then included in the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, (ii) the exchange by the Remaining Certificateholder of its Certificates, the Loan-Specific Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest for all the Trust Loans and REO Properties (or interests therein) then included in the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and (iii) the final payment or other liquidation (or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Trust Loan or REO Property (or interest therein) contained in the Trust Fund; provided, however, that in no event shall the trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of twenty-one years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom, living on the date of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All such payments as contemplated by the preceding paragraph shall be deposited into the Collection Account by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, promptly following receipt thereof.

Unless the Certificate of Authentication on this Certificate has been executed by the Certificate Administrator or on its behalf by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Administrator has caused this Class B Certificate to be duly executed.

	COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Administrator
	By:
		Authorized Signatory

Dated: ____________, 2023

 

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Class B Certificates referred to in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Dated: ____________, 2023

	COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION not in its individual capacity but solely as Authenticating Agent
	By:
		Authorized Signatory

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ASSIGNMENT

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned (“Assignor(s)”) hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto ____________________________________________________ ______________________________ (please print or typewrite name(s) and address(es), including postal zip code(s) of assignee(s)) (“Assignee(s)”) the entire Percentage Interest represented by the within Class B Certificate and hereby authorize(s) the registration of transfer of such interest to Assignee(s) on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.

I (we) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new Class B Certificate of the entire Percentage Interest represented by the within Class B Certificates to the above-named Assignee(s) and to deliver such Class B Certificate to the following address:

Date: _________________

		Signature by or on behalf of Assignor(s)
		Taxpayer Identification Number

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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

The Assignee(s) should include the following for purposes of distribution:

Address of the Assignee(s) for the purpose of receiving notices and distributions:___________________________________________________________________________Distributions, if being made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to __________________________ for the account of __________________________ account number ____________________________. This information is provided by ______________________________, the Assignee(s) named above or ____________________________________ as its (their) agent.

	By:
		[Please print or type name(s)]
		Title
		Taxpayer Identification Number

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EXHIBIT A-7

BENCHMARK 2023-V2 MORTGAGE TRUST
COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES,
SERIES 2023-V2, CLASS C

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]¹

[TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE, AND TRANSFERS OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THIS GLOBAL CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.]²

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE SPONSORS, THE ORIGINATORS, THE DEPOSITOR OR ANY OTHER PARTY TO THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW, ANY DIRECTING HOLDER, ANY CONSULTING PARTY, ANY COMPANION LOAN HOLDER (OR ITS REPRESENTATIVE), THE UNDERWRITERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THE CERTIFICATES NOR THE MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE DISTRIBUTABLE AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

DISTRIBUTIONS OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBORDINATED TO DISTRIBUTIONS OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON OTHER CLASSES OF CERTIFICATES OF THE SAME SERIES.

THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.

 

 

¹  Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

²  Global Certificate legend.

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BENCHMARK 2023-V2 MORTGAGE TRUST
COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES,
SERIES 2023-V2, CLASS C

Pass-Through Rate:  The WAC Rate3
First Distribution Date: June 16, 2023	Cut-Off Date:  With respect to each Mortgage Loan and Serviced Companion Loan, the Due Date in May 2023 for that Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable (or, in the case of any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan that has its first Due Date subsequent to May 2023, the date that would have been its Due Date in May 2023 under the terms of that Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable, if a Monthly Payment were scheduled to be due in that month).
Aggregate Initial Certificate Balance of the Class C Certificates:  $32,238,000	Scheduled Final Distribution Date: the Distribution Date in May 2028
CUSIP:  08163TAF9	Initial Certificate Balance of this Certificate: $[_____]
ISIN: US08163TAF93
No.:  [1]

This certifies that [           ] is the registered owner of a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, including the distributions to be made with respect to the Class C Certificates. The Trust Fund, described more fully below, consists primarily of a pool of Mortgage Loans secured by first liens on various types of commercial and multifamily properties and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan held in trust by the Trustee and, other than in the case of the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans, serviced by the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer. The Trust Fund was created, and the Mortgage Loans (other than the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans) and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan are to be serviced, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below). The Holder of this Certificate, by virtue of the acceptance hereof, assents to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and is bound thereby. In the event that there is any conflict between any provision of this Certificate and any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, such provision of this Certificate shall be superseded to the extent of such inconsistency. Also issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class X-A, Class A-S, Class B, Class X-D, Class D, Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR, Class J-RR and Class R Certificates (together with the Class C Certificates, the “Certificates”; the Holders of Certificates are collectively referred to herein as “Certificateholders”).

This Certificate is issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of a Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as Special Servicer, BellOak, LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

³ The initial approximate Pass-Through Rate as of the Closing Date is 6.9946% per annum.

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This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit,” as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

The Certificate Administrator makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates, the Mortgage Loans or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and has executed this Certificate in its limited capacity as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator will distribute (other than the final distribution on any Certificate), on the 4th Business Day following the Determination Date in each month, commencing in June 2023 (each such date, a “Distribution Date”), to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as of the related Record Date, an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest then distributable, if any, with respect to the Class C Certificates for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to a share of the Non-Vertically Retained Percentage of the Yield Maintenance Charges collected on the Mortgage Loans, as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Interest accrued on this Certificate during an Interest Accrual Period, plus the aggregate unpaid Interest Shortfall with respect to this Certificate, if any, will be payable on the related Distribution Date to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The “Interest Accrual Period” with respect to any Distribution Date and with respect to the Class C Certificates is the calendar month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs and is assumed to consist of 30 days.

All distributions (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) will be made by the Certificate Administrator to the persons in whose names the Certificates are registered at the close of business on each Record Date, which will be the last Business Day of the month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Distributions are required to be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Certificateholder at a bank or other entity located in the United States and having appropriate facilities to accept such funds, if such Certificateholder has provided the Certificate Administrator with written wiring instructions no less than five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions), or otherwise by check mailed to such Certificateholder. The final distribution on each Certificate shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentation and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the Certificate Administrator or its agent (which may be the Paying Agent or the Certificate Registrar acting as such agent) that is specified in a notice to Certificateholders of the pendency of the final distribution.

Any funds not distributed on the Termination Date because of the failure of any Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall be set aside and held in trust for the account of the appropriate non-tendering Certificateholders, whereupon the Trust Fund shall terminate. If any Trust Interest as to which notice of the Termination Date has been given pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining Trust Interest Owners, at their last addresses shown in the Certificate Register, to surrender their Trust Interest for cancellation in order to receive, from such funds held, the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice any Trust Interest shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining Trust Interest Owners concerning surrender of their Trust Interests. The costs and expenses of maintaining such funds and of contacting Trust Interest Owners shall be paid out of the assets which remain held. Subject to applicable state law with respect to escheatment of funds, if within two years after the second notice any Trust Interests shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent shall pay to the Certificate Administrator all amounts distributable to the Trust Interest Owners thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall thereafter hold such amounts for the benefit of such Trust Interest Owners until the earlier of (i) its termination as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the transfer of such amounts to a successor Certificate Administrator and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund and distribution of such amounts to the Class R Certificateholders. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Trust Interest Owner on any amount held as a result of such Trust Interest Owner’s failure to surrender its Trust Interest(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with Section 9.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

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This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries in respect of the Mortgage Loans, as more specifically set forth herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Fund includes: (i) such Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as from time to time are subject to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto; (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan due after the Cut-Off Date or, with respect to a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Due Date in the month of substitution (exclusive of interest relating to periods prior to, but due after, the Cut-Off Date); (iii) any REO Property (but, with respect to any REO Property relating to a Whole Loan, only to the extent of the Trust’s interest in the related Whole Loan); (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property (but, with respect to any REO Property relating to a Whole Loan, only to the extent of the Trust’s interest in the related Whole Loan); (v) the Master Servicer’s and the Trustee’s rights under the insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan required to be maintained pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and any proceeds thereof; (vi) the Trustee’s rights in any Assignments of Leases, Rents and Profits and any security agreements; (vii) the Trustee’s rights under any indemnities or guaranties given as additional security for any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (viii) all of the Trustee’s and the Certificate Administrator’s rights in the Escrow Accounts and Lock-Box Accounts and all proceeds of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan deposited in the Collection Account, the Distribution Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Excess Liquidation Proceeds Reserve Account and any REO Account, including any reinvestment income thereon; (ix) the Trustee’s rights in any environmental indemnity agreements relating to the Mortgaged Properties; (x) the Depositor’s rights under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements to the extent assigned to the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (xi) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interests; (xii) the Loss of Value Reserve Fund; (xiii) any Threshold Event Collateral; and (xiv) the Loan REMIC Regular Interests.

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the interests, rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the limitations thereon, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Certificate Administrator and Trustee.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, subject to certain restrictions on transfer set forth therein, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate, the Certificate Administrator shall execute, authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations, in like aggregate interest and of the same Class.

Prior to due presentation of this Certificate for registration of transfer, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Registrar, and any agent of any of them, may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the owner of such Certificate for the purpose of receiving distributions as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and for all other purposes whatsoever, and neither the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Registrar, nor any agent of any of them shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Custodian (if the Certificate Administrator is then acting as Custodian), the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee, without the consent of any of the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders or, as applicable, any Companion Loan Holder:

(i) to cure any ambiguity to the extent that it does not adversely affect any holders of Certificates or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any holders of Loan-Specific Certificates);

(ii) to correct or supplement any of its provisions which may be inconsistent with any other provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or with the description thereof in the Prospectus or to correct any error;

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(iii) to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Excess Liquidation Proceeds Reserve Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account, the Distribution Account or any REO Account, provided that (A) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (B) the change would not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any Loan-Specific Certificateholder), as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting the amendment) or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such Amendment;

(iv) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (A) to the extent necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund, provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an opinion of counsel (at the expense of the party requesting the amendment) to the effect that (1) the action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize such risk and (2) the action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any holder of the Certificates or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any holder of the Loan-Specific Certificates), (B) to restrict (or to remove any existing restrictions with respect to) the transfer of the Class R Certificates, provided that the Depositor has determined that the amendment will not give rise to any tax with respect to the transfer of the Class R Certificates to a non-Permitted Transferee, (C) to the extent necessary to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act, Regulation AB, Regulation RR and/or any related regulatory actions and/or interpretations or (D) in the event that Regulation RR (or any portion thereof) or any other regulations applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate any risk retention requirements no longer applicable to this securitization transaction in light of such repeal;

(v) to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change, provided that the amendment will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of (i) any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any Loan-Specific Certificateholder) or ((iii) any holder of a Serviced Companion Loan not consenting thereto, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or as evidenced by, if any Certificate is then rated, a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and, in the case of a securitized Serviced Companion Loan with rated Serviced Companion Loan Securities, confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.30 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

(vi) to modify the procedures in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to Rule 17g-5; provided that (A) such modification does not increase the obligations of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer without such party’s consent (which consent may not be withheld unless such modification would materially adversely affect such party or materially increase such party’s obligations under this Agreement) and (B) such modification shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and; provided, further that

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notice of such modification is provided to all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and

(vii) to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates (or, if applicable, Loan-Specific Certificates) by each Rating Agency, provided that the amendment will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of (i) any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any Loan-Specific Certificateholder) or (ii) any holder of a Serviced Companion Loan not consenting thereto, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or as evidenced by, if any Certificate is then rated, a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies and, in the case of a securitized Serviced Companion Loan with rated Serviced Companion Loan Securities, confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.30 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

provided, further that no amendment pursuant to any of clauses (i)-(vii) above may be made that would: (A) reduce the consent or consultation rights or the right to receive information under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the Controlling Class Representative without the consent of the Controlling Class Representative (or, if applicable, of any Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative without the consent of such Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative); (B) reduce the consultation rights or the right to receive information under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the Operating Advisor without the consent of the Operating Advisor; (C) change in any manner the obligations or rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement without the consent of the affected Mortgage Loan Seller; (D) change in any manner the obligations or rights of any Underwriter or Initial Purchaser, without the consent of the affected Underwriter or Initial Purchaser; or (E) adversely affect in any material respect any Serviced Companion Loan Holder in its capacity as such without its consent (the lack of which material adverse effect must in the case of, and under the circumstances described in, clauses (v) and (vii) above, be evidenced as described in such clauses). Expenses incurred with respect to any amendment shall be borne by the party requesting such amendment, unless the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee is requesting an amendment for the benefit of the Certificateholders, then in which case such expense will be borne by the Trust.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended from time to time by a writing signed by each of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Custodian (if the Certificate Administrator is then acting as Custodian), the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates and any Loan-Specific Certificates representing in the aggregate not less than 66-2/3% of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates and Loan-Specific Certificates affected by the amendment for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Certificateholders, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner; provided, however, that no such amendment shall:

(i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Serviced Loans which are required to be distributed on a Certificate or Loan-Specific Certificate of any Class or the Uncertificated VRR Interest or to any Serviced Companion Loan Holder, as applicable, without the consent of the Holder of that Certificate or Loan-Specific Certificate, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or that Serviced Companion Loan Holder, as applicable,

(ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates or Loan-Specific Certificates of any Class or of the Uncertificated VRR Interest the Holders (or, in the case of the Uncertificated VRR Interest, the owner) of which are required to consent to the amendment without the consent

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of the Holders of all Certificates or Loan-Specific Certificates of that Class then outstanding or of the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, as applicable,

(iii) change in any manner the obligations or rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement without the consent of the affected Mortgage Loan Seller,

(iv) change the definition of “Servicing Standard” without either (A) consent of 100% of the Certificateholders, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or (B) Rating Agency Confirmation,

(v) without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders and Loan-Specific Certificateholders of the Class or Classes of Certificates and Loan-Specific Certificates, or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, that is adversely affected thereby, change (A) the percentages of Voting Rights of Certificateholders or Loan-Specific Certificateholders that are required to consent to any action or inaction under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, (B) the right of the Certificateholders or Loan-Specific Certificateholders to remove the Special Servicer pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (C) the right of the Certificateholders or Loan-Specific Certificateholders to terminate the Operating Advisor pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,

(vi) adversely affect the Controlling Class Representative without the consent of 100% of the Controlling Class Certificateholders,

(vii) adversely affect any Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative without the consent of 100% of the Loan-Specific Controlling Class Certificateholders,

(viii) adversely affect a Serviced Companion Loan Holder in its capacity as such without its consent, or

(ix) change in any manner the obligations or rights of any Underwriter or Initial Purchaser without the consent of the affected Underwriter or Initial Purchaser.

The Holders of the Controlling Class representing greater than 50% of the Certificate Balance of the Controlling Class may (or, if such Holders do not, the Special Servicer, or if neither such Holders nor the Special Servicer do, the Master Servicer or, if none of such Holders, the Special Servicer or the Master Servicer does, any Holders of Class R Certificates representing greater than a 50% Percentage Interest in such Class, may also) effect an early termination of the Trust Fund, upon not less than 30 days’ prior notice given to the parties (or, if applicable, the other parties) to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (whereupon the Master Servicer shall notify the Serviced Companion Loan Holders) any time on or after the Early Termination Notice Date specifying the Anticipated Termination Date, by purchasing on such date all, but not less than all, of the Trust Loans (and in the case of any Trust Loan that is part of a Serviced Whole Loan, subject to certain rights of the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s) provided for in the related Co-Lender Agreement) then included in the Trust Fund, and all property acquired by or on behalf of the Trust Fund (including the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO Property acquired with respect to any Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan) in respect of any Trust Loan then included in the Trust Fund, at a purchase price, payable in cash, equal to (i) the sum of (A) the Termination Purchase Amount and (B) the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Master Servicer (unless the Master Servicer is the purchaser of such Trust Loans), the Special Servicer (unless the Special Servicer is the purchaser of such Trust Loans), the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, with respect to such termination, minus (ii) solely in the case where the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer is effecting such purchase, the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, if any, made by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, together with any interest accrued and payable to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in respect of such Advances and any unpaid Servicing Fees or Special Servicing Fees, as applicable, remaining outstanding (which items will be deemed to have been paid or reimbursed to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in connection with such purchase).

Any Person(s) effecting an early termination of the Trust Fund as provided in the prior paragraph shall first notify the Controlling Class Representative and each Certifying Certificateholder and the Uncertificated VRR Interest

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Owner, or, in the case of a termination by the Holder of a Class R Certificate, notify the Certificate Administrator (who shall notify the Controlling Class Representative and each Certifying Certificateholder and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner) of its intention to do so in writing at least 30 days prior to the Anticipated Termination Date. All costs and expenses incurred by any and all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Trust Fund in connection with the purchase of the Trust Loans and other assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be borne by the party exercising its purchase rights thereunder. The Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any determination made by an Appraiser pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificates, the Loan-Specific Certificates, the Uncertificated VRR Interest, the Mortgage Loans and the Serviced Companion Loans (other than the obligation to make certain payments and to send certain notices to Certificateholders, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and to make any required remittances to the Serviced Companion Loan Holders in the month in which the final Distribution Date occurs and certain tax-related obligations) shall terminate immediately following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase by Holders of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or Holders of the Class R Certificates of all the Trust Loans and REO Properties (or interests therein) then included in the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, (ii) the exchange by the Remaining Certificateholder of its Certificates, the Loan-Specific Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest for all the Trust Loans and REO Properties (or interests therein) then included in the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and (iii) the final payment or other liquidation (or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Trust Loan or REO Property (or interest therein) contained in the Trust Fund; provided, however, that in no event shall the trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of twenty-one years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom, living on the date of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All such payments as contemplated by the preceding paragraph shall be deposited into the Collection Account by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, promptly following receipt thereof.

Unless the Certificate of Authentication on this Certificate has been executed by the Certificate Administrator or on its behalf by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Administrator has caused this Class C Certificate to be duly executed.

	COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Administrator
	By:
		Authorized Signatory

Dated: ____________, 2023

 

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Class C Certificates referred to in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Dated: ____________, 2023

	COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION not in its individual capacity but solely as Authenticating Agent
	By:
		Authorized Signatory

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ASSIGNMENT

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned (“Assignor(s)”) hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto ____________________________________________________ ______________________________ (please print or typewrite name(s) and address(es), including postal zip code(s) of assignee(s)) (“Assignee(s)”) the entire Percentage Interest represented by the within Class C Certificate and hereby authorize(s) the registration of transfer of such interest to Assignee(s) on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.

I (we) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new Class C Certificate of the entire Percentage Interest represented by the within Class C Certificates to the above-named Assignee(s) and to deliver such Class C Certificate to the following address:

Date: _________________

		Signature by or on behalf of Assignor(s)
		Taxpayer Identification Number

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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

The Assignee(s) should include the following for purposes of distribution:

Address of the Assignee(s) for the purpose of receiving notices and distributions:___________________________________________________________________________Distributions, if being made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to __________________________ for the account of __________________________ account number ____________________________. This information is provided by ______________________________, the Assignee(s) named above or ____________________________________ as its (their) agent.

	By:
		[Please print or type name(s)]
		Title
		Taxpayer Identification Number

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EXHIBIT A-8

BENCHMARK 2023-V2 MORTGAGE TRUST
COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES,
SERIES 2023-V2, CLASS X-D

[THIS CERTIFICATE IS A TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL CERTIFICATE FOR PURPOSES OF REGULATION S UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”). NEITHER THIS TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD OR DELIVERED, EXCEPT AS PERMITTED UNDER THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.

NO BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF THIS TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL CERTIFICATE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL OR INTEREST HEREON UNLESS THE REQUIRED CERTIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN DELIVERED PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.]¹

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]²

[TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE, AND TRANSFERS OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THIS GLOBAL CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.]³

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE SPONSORS, THE ORIGINATORS, THE DEPOSITOR OR ANY OTHER PARTY TO THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW, ANY DIRECTING HOLDER, ANY CONSULTING PARTY, ANY COMPANION LOAN HOLDER (OR ITS REPRESENTATIVE), THE INITIAL PURCHASERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THE CERTIFICATES NOR THE MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

THE NOTIONAL AMOUNT OF THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE REDUCED IN CONNECTION WITH THE REDUCTION OF THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THE CLASS D CERTIFICATES. ACCORDINGLY, THE NOTIONAL AMOUNT OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL NOTIONAL AMOUNT SET FORTH BELOW.

THIS CLASS X-D CERTIFICATE WILL NOT BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE DISTRIBUTIONS OF PRINCIPAL.

THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS

 

¹  Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate legend.

²  Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

³  Global Certificate legend.

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CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (A)(1) PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”) TO A PERSON THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (A “QIB”), OR IS PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB, AND WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE, OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (2) IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” TO AN INSTITUTION THAT IS NOT A “U.S. PERSON”, AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF, REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (3) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF, OR IN WHICH ALL THE EQUITY OWNERS COME WITHIN THE MEANING OF, RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT IS NOT A QIB, AND (B) IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS AND ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.

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BENCHMARK 2023-V2 MORTGAGE TRUST
COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES,
SERIES 2023-V2, CLASS X-D

Pass-Through Rate:  Variable IO4
First Distribution Date: June 16, 2023	Cut-Off Date:  With respect to each Mortgage Loan and Serviced Companion Loan, the Due Date in May 2023 for that Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable (or, in the case of any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan that has its first Due Date subsequent to May 2023, the date that would have been its Due Date in May 2023 under the terms of that Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable, if a Monthly Payment were scheduled to be due in that month).
Aggregate Initial Notional Amount of the Class X-D Certificates:  $19,343,000	Scheduled Final Distribution Date:  the Distribution Date in May 2028

 

CUSIP:   08163TAV45 U0811GAG56 08163TAW27	Initial Notional Amount of this Certificate: $[_____]
ISIN:       US08163TAV448 USU0811GAG569 US08163TAW2710   Common Code:
No.:  [1]

This certifies that [           ] is the registered owner of a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, including the distributions to be made with respect to the Class X-D Certificates. The Trust Fund, described more fully below, consists primarily of a pool of Mortgage Loans secured by first liens on various types of commercial and multifamily properties and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan held in trust by the Trustee and, other than in the case of the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans, serviced by the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer. The Trust Fund was created, and the Mortgage Loans (other than the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans) and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan are to be serviced, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below). The Holder of this Certificate, by virtue of the acceptance hereof, assents to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and is bound thereby. In the event that there is any conflict between any provision of this Certificate and any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, such provision of this Certificate shall be

⁴ The initial approximate Pass-Through Rate as of the Closing Date is 2.9946% per annum.

⁵ For Rule 144A Certificates

⁶ For Regulation S Certificates

⁷ For IAI Certificates

⁸ For Rule 144A Certificates

⁹ For Regulation S Certificates

¹⁰ For IAI Certificates

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superseded to the extent of such inconsistency. Also issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class X-A, Class A-S, Class B, Class C, Class D, Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR, Class J-RR and Class R Certificates (together with the Class X-D Certificates, the “Certificates”; the Holders of Certificates are collectively referred to herein as “Certificateholders”).

This Certificate is issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of a Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as Special Servicer, BellOak, LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit,” as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

The Certificate Administrator makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates, the Mortgage Loans or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and has executed this Certificate in its limited capacity as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator will distribute (other than the final distribution on any Certificate), on the 4th Business Day following the Determination Date in each month, commencing in June 2023 (each such date, a “Distribution Date”), to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as of the related Record Date, an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of interest then distributable, if any, with respect to the Class X-D Certificates for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to a share of the Non-Vertically Retained Percentage of the Yield Maintenance Charges collected on the Mortgage Loans, as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Interest accrued on this Certificate during an Interest Accrual Period, plus the aggregate unpaid Interest Shortfall with respect to this Certificate, if any, will be payable on the related Distribution Date to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The “Interest Accrual Period” with respect to any Distribution Date and with respect to the Class X-D Certificates is the calendar month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs and is assumed to consist of 30 days.

All distributions (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) will be made by the Certificate Administrator to the persons in whose names the Certificates are registered at the close of business on each Record Date, which will be the last Business Day of the month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Distributions are required to be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Certificateholder at a bank or other entity located in the United States and having appropriate facilities to accept such funds, if such Certificateholder has provided the Certificate Administrator with written wiring instructions no less than five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions), or otherwise by check mailed to such Certificateholder. The final distribution on each Certificate shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentation and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the Certificate Administrator or its agent (which may be the Paying Agent or the Certificate Registrar acting as such agent) that is specified in a notice to Certificateholders of the pendency of the final distribution.

Any funds not distributed on the Termination Date because of the failure of any Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall be set aside and held in trust for the account of the appropriate non-tendering Certificateholders, whereupon the Trust Fund shall terminate. If any Trust Interest as to which notice of the Termination Date has been given pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining Trust Interest Owners, at their last addresses shown in the Certificate Register, to surrender their Trust Interest for cancellation in order to receive, from such funds held, the final distribution with respect thereto.

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If within one year after the second notice any Trust Interest shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining Trust Interest Owners concerning surrender of their Trust Interests. The costs and expenses of maintaining such funds and of contacting Trust Interest Owners shall be paid out of the assets which remain held. Subject to applicable state law with respect to escheatment of funds, if within two years after the second notice any Trust Interests shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent shall pay to the Certificate Administrator all amounts distributable to the Trust Interest Owners thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall thereafter hold such amounts for the benefit of such Trust Interest Owners until the earlier of (i) its termination as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the transfer of such amounts to a successor Certificate Administrator and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund and distribution of such amounts to the Class R Certificateholders. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Trust Interest Owner on any amount held as a result of such Trust Interest Owner’s failure to surrender its Trust Interest(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with Section 9.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries in respect of the Mortgage Loans, as more specifically set forth herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Fund includes: (i) such Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as from time to time are subject to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto; (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan due after the Cut-Off Date or, with respect to a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Due Date in the month of substitution (exclusive of interest relating to periods prior to, but due after, the Cut-Off Date); (iii) any REO Property (but, with respect to any REO Property relating to a Whole Loan, only to the extent of the Trust’s interest in the related Whole Loan); (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property (but, with respect to any REO Property relating to a Whole Loan, only to the extent of the Trust’s interest in the related Whole Loan); (v) the Master Servicer’s and the Trustee’s rights under the insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan required to be maintained pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and any proceeds thereof; (vi) the Trustee’s rights in any Assignments of Leases, Rents and Profits and any security agreements; (vii) the Trustee’s rights under any indemnities or guaranties given as additional security for any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (viii) all of the Trustee’s and the Certificate Administrator’s rights in the Escrow Accounts and Lock-Box Accounts and all proceeds of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan deposited in the Collection Account, the Distribution Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Excess Liquidation Proceeds Reserve Account and any REO Account, including any reinvestment income thereon; (ix) the Trustee’s rights in any environmental indemnity agreements relating to the Mortgaged Properties; (x) the Depositor’s rights under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements to the extent assigned to the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (xi) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interests; (xii) the Loss of Value Reserve Fund; (xiii) any Threshold Event Collateral; and (xiv) the Loan REMIC Regular Interests.

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the interests, rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the limitations thereon, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Certificate Administrator and Trustee.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, subject to certain restrictions on transfer set forth therein, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate, the Certificate Administrator shall execute, authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations, in like aggregate interest and of the same Class.

Prior to due presentation of this Certificate for registration of transfer, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Registrar, and any agent of any of them, may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the owner of such Certificate for the purpose of receiving distributions as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and for all other purposes whatsoever, and neither the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Registrar, nor any agent of any of them shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

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The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Custodian (if the Certificate Administrator is then acting as Custodian), the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee, without the consent of any of the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders or, as applicable, any Companion Loan Holder:

(i) to cure any ambiguity to the extent that it does not adversely affect any holders of Certificates or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any holders of Loan-Specific Certificates);

(ii) to correct or supplement any of its provisions which may be inconsistent with any other provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or with the description thereof in the Prospectus or to correct any error;

(iii) to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Excess Liquidation Proceeds Reserve Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account, the Distribution Account or any REO Account, provided that (A) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (B) the change would not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any Loan-Specific Certificateholder), as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting the amendment) or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such Amendment;

(iv) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (A) to the extent necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund, provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an opinion of counsel (at the expense of the party requesting the amendment) to the effect that (1) the action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize such risk and (2) the action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any holder of the Certificates or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any holder of the Loan-Specific Certificates), (B) to restrict (or to remove any existing restrictions with respect to) the transfer of the Class R Certificates, provided that the Depositor has determined that the amendment will not give rise to any tax with respect to the transfer of the Class R Certificates to a non-Permitted Transferee, (C) to the extent necessary to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act, Regulation AB, Regulation RR and/or any related regulatory actions and/or interpretations or (D) in the event that Regulation RR (or any portion thereof) or any other regulations applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate any risk retention requirements no longer applicable to this securitization transaction in light of such repeal;

(v) to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change, provided that the amendment will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of (i) any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any Loan-Specific Certificateholder) or ((iii) any holder of a Serviced Companion Loan not consenting thereto, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or as evidenced by, if any Certificate is then rated, a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and, in the case of a securitized Serviced Companion Loan with rated Serviced Companion Loan Securities, confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency

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Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.30 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

(vi) to modify the procedures in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to Rule 17g-5; provided that (A) such modification does not increase the obligations of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer without such party’s consent (which consent may not be withheld unless such modification would materially adversely affect such party or materially increase such party’s obligations under this Agreement) and (B) such modification shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and; provided, further that notice of such modification is provided to all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and

(vii) to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates (or, if applicable, Loan-Specific Certificates) by each Rating Agency, provided that the amendment will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of (i) any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any Loan-Specific Certificateholder) or (ii) any holder of a Serviced Companion Loan not consenting thereto, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or as evidenced by, if any Certificate is then rated, a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies and, in the case of a securitized Serviced Companion Loan with rated Serviced Companion Loan Securities, confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.30 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

provided, further that no amendment pursuant to any of clauses (i)-(vii) above may be made that would: (A) reduce the consent or consultation rights or the right to receive information under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the Controlling Class Representative without the consent of the Controlling Class Representative (or, if applicable, of any Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative without the consent of such Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative); (B) reduce the consultation rights or the right to receive information under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the Operating Advisor without the consent of the Operating Advisor; (C) change in any manner the obligations or rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement without the consent of the affected Mortgage Loan Seller; (D) change in any manner the obligations or rights of any Underwriter or Initial Purchaser, without the consent of the affected Underwriter or Initial Purchaser; or (E) adversely affect in any material respect any Serviced Companion Loan Holder in its capacity as such without its consent (the lack of which material adverse effect must in the case of, and under the circumstances described in, clauses (v) and (vii) above, be evidenced as described in such clauses). Expenses incurred with respect to any amendment shall be borne by the party requesting such amendment, unless the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee is requesting an amendment for the benefit of the Certificateholders, then in which case such expense will be borne by the Trust.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended from time to time by a writing signed by each of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Custodian (if the Certificate Administrator is then acting as Custodian), the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates and any Loan-Specific Certificates representing in the aggregate not less than 66-2/3% of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates and Loan-Specific Certificates affected by the amendment for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights

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of the Certificateholders, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner; provided, however, that no such amendment shall:

(i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Serviced Loans which are required to be distributed on a Certificate or Loan-Specific Certificate of any Class or the Uncertificated VRR Interest or to any Serviced Companion Loan Holder, as applicable, without the consent of the Holder of that Certificate or Loan-Specific Certificate, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or that Serviced Companion Loan Holder, as applicable,

(ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates or Loan-Specific Certificates of any Class or of the Uncertificated VRR Interest the Holders (or, in the case of the Uncertificated VRR Interest, the owner) of which are required to consent to the amendment without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates or Loan-Specific Certificates of that Class then outstanding or of the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, as applicable,

(iii) change in any manner the obligations or rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement without the consent of the affected Mortgage Loan Seller,

(iv) change the definition of “Servicing Standard” without either (A) consent of 100% of the Certificateholders, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or (B) Rating Agency Confirmation,

(v) without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders and Loan-Specific Certificateholders of the Class or Classes of Certificates and Loan-Specific Certificates, or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, that is adversely affected thereby, change (A) the percentages of Voting Rights of Certificateholders or Loan-Specific Certificateholders that are required to consent to any action or inaction under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, (B) the right of the Certificateholders or Loan-Specific Certificateholders to remove the Special Servicer pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (C) the right of the Certificateholders or Loan-Specific Certificateholders to terminate the Operating Advisor pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,

(vi) adversely affect the Controlling Class Representative without the consent of 100% of the Controlling Class Certificateholders,

(vii) adversely affect any Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative without the consent of 100% of the Loan-Specific Controlling Class Certificateholders,

(viii) adversely affect a Serviced Companion Loan Holder in its capacity as such without its consent, or

(ix) change in any manner the obligations or rights of any Underwriter or Initial Purchaser without the consent of the affected Underwriter or Initial Purchaser.

The Holders of the Controlling Class representing greater than 50% of the Certificate Balance of the Controlling Class may (or, if such Holders do not, the Special Servicer, or if neither such Holders nor the Special Servicer do, the Master Servicer or, if none of such Holders, the Special Servicer or the Master Servicer does, any Holders of Class R Certificates representing greater than a 50% Percentage Interest in such Class, may also) effect an early termination of the Trust Fund, upon not less than 30 days’ prior notice given to the parties (or, if applicable, the other parties) to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (whereupon the Master Servicer shall notify the Serviced Companion Loan Holders) any time on or after the Early Termination Notice Date specifying the Anticipated Termination Date, by purchasing on such date all, but not less than all, of the Trust Loans (and in the case of any Trust Loan that is part of a Serviced Whole Loan, subject to certain rights of the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s) provided for in the related Co-Lender Agreement) then included in the Trust Fund, and all property acquired by or on behalf of the Trust Fund (including the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO Property acquired with respect to any Outside Serviced

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Mortgage Loan) in respect of any Trust Loan then included in the Trust Fund, at a purchase price, payable in cash, equal to (i) the sum of (A) the Termination Purchase Amount and (B) the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Master Servicer (unless the Master Servicer is the purchaser of such Trust Loans), the Special Servicer (unless the Special Servicer is the purchaser of such Trust Loans), the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, with respect to such termination, minus (ii) solely in the case where the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer is effecting such purchase, the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, if any, made by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, together with any interest accrued and payable to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in respect of such Advances and any unpaid Servicing Fees or Special Servicing Fees, as applicable, remaining outstanding (which items will be deemed to have been paid or reimbursed to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in connection with such purchase).

Any Person(s) effecting an early termination of the Trust Fund as provided in the prior paragraph shall first notify the Controlling Class Representative and each Certifying Certificateholder and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, or, in the case of a termination by the Holder of a Class R Certificate, notify the Certificate Administrator (who shall notify the Controlling Class Representative and each Certifying Certificateholder and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner) of its intention to do so in writing at least 30 days prior to the Anticipated Termination Date. All costs and expenses incurred by any and all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Trust Fund in connection with the purchase of the Trust Loans and other assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be borne by the party exercising its purchase rights thereunder. The Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any determination made by an Appraiser pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificates, the Loan-Specific Certificates, the Uncertificated VRR Interest, the Mortgage Loans and the Serviced Companion Loans (other than the obligation to make certain payments and to send certain notices to Certificateholders, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and to make any required remittances to the Serviced Companion Loan Holders in the month in which the final Distribution Date occurs and certain tax-related obligations) shall terminate immediately following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase by Holders of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or Holders of the Class R Certificates of all the Trust Loans and REO Properties (or interests therein) then included in the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, (ii) the exchange by the Remaining Certificateholder of its Certificates, the Loan-Specific Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest for all the Trust Loans and REO Properties (or interests therein) then included in the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and (iii) the final payment or other liquidation (or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Trust Loan or REO Property (or interest therein) contained in the Trust Fund; provided, however, that in no event shall the trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of twenty-one years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom, living on the date of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All such payments as contemplated by the preceding paragraph shall be deposited into the Collection Account by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, promptly following receipt thereof.

Unless the Certificate of Authentication on this Certificate has been executed by the Certificate Administrator or on its behalf by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Administrator has caused this Class X-D Certificate to be duly executed.

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Administrator
By:
	Authorized Signatory

Dated: ____________, 2023

 

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Class X-D Certificates referred to in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Dated: ____________, 2023

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION not in its individual capacity but solely as Authenticating Agent
By:
	Authorized Signatory

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ASSIGNMENT

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned (“Assignor(s)”) hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto ____________________________________________________ ______________________________ (please print or typewrite name(s) and address(es), including postal zip code(s) of assignee(s)) (“Assignee(s)”) the entire Percentage Interest represented by the within Class X-D Certificate and hereby authorize(s) the registration of transfer of such interest to Assignee(s) on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.

I (we) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new Class X-D Certificate of the entire Percentage Interest represented by the within Class X-D Certificates to the above-named Assignee(s) and to deliver such Class X-D Certificate to the following address:

Date: _________________

Signature by or on behalf of Assignor(s)

Taxpayer Identification Number

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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

The Assignee(s) should include the following for purposes of distribution:

Address of the Assignee(s) for the purpose of receiving notices and distributions:___________________________________________________________________________Distributions, if being made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to __________________________ for the account of __________________________ account number ____________________________. This information is provided by ______________________________, the Assignee(s) named above or ____________________________________ as its (their) agent.

By:
	[Please print or type name(s)]
	Title
	Taxpayer Identification Number

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EXHIBIT A-9

BENCHMARK 2023-V2 MORTGAGE TRUST
COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES,
SERIES 2023-V2, CLASS D

[THIS CERTIFICATE IS A TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL CERTIFICATE FOR PURPOSES OF REGULATION S UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”). NEITHER THIS TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD OR DELIVERED, EXCEPT AS PERMITTED UNDER THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.

NO BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF THIS TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL CERTIFICATE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL OR INTEREST HEREON UNLESS THE REQUIRED CERTIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN DELIVERED PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.]¹

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]²

[TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE, AND TRANSFERS OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THIS GLOBAL CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.]³

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE SPONSORS, THE ORIGINATORS, THE DEPOSITOR OR ANY OTHER PARTY TO THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW, ANY DIRECTING HOLDER, ANY CONSULTING PARTY, ANY COMPANION LOAN HOLDER (OR ITS REPRESENTATIVE), THE INITIAL PURCHASERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THE CERTIFICATES NOR THE MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE DISTRIBUTABLE AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

DISTRIBUTIONS OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBORDINATED TO DISTRIBUTIONS OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON OTHER CLASSES OF CERTIFICATES OF THE SAME SERIES.

¹  Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate legend.

²  Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

³  Global Certificate legend.

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THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (A)(1) PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”) TO A PERSON THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (A “QIB”), OR IS PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB, AND WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE, OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (2) IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” TO AN INSTITUTION THAT IS NOT A “U.S. PERSON”, AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF, REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (3) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF, OR IN WHICH ALL THE EQUITY OWNERS COME WITHIN THE MEANING OF, RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT IS NOT A QIB, AND (B) IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS AND ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.

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BENCHMARK 2023-V2 MORTGAGE TRUST
COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES,
SERIES 2023-V2, CLASS D

Pass-Through Rate:  4.0000% per annum
First Distribution Date: June 16, 2023	Cut-Off Date:  With respect to each Mortgage Loan and Serviced Companion Loan, the Due Date in May 2023 for that Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable (or, in the case of any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan that has its first Due Date subsequent to May 2023, the date that would have been its Due Date in May 2023 under the terms of that Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable, if a Monthly Payment were scheduled to be due in that month).
Aggregate Initial Certificate Balance of the Class D Certificates:  $19,343,000	Scheduled Final Distribution Date: the Distribution Date in May 2028

 

CUSIP:  08163TAR34                                             U0811GAE05                                             08163TAS16	Initial Certificate Balance of this Certificate: $[_____]
ISIN:       US08163TAR327 USU0811GAE098 US08163TAS159   Common Code:
No.:  [1]

This certifies that [           ] is the registered owner of a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, including the distributions to be made with respect to the Class D Certificates. The Trust Fund, described more fully below, consists primarily of a pool of Mortgage Loans secured by first liens on various types of commercial and multifamily properties and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan held in trust by the Trustee and, other than in the case of the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans, serviced by the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer. The Trust Fund was created, and the Mortgage Loans (other than the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans) and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan are to be serviced, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below). The Holder of this Certificate, by virtue of the acceptance hereof, assents to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and is bound thereby. In the event that there is any conflict between any provision of this Certificate and any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, such provision of this Certificate shall be superseded to the extent of such inconsistency. Also issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class X-A, Class A-S, Class B, Class C, Class X-D, Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-

⁴ For Rule 144A Certificates

⁵ For Regulation S Certificates

⁶ For IAI Certificates

⁷ For Rule 144A Certificates

⁸ For Regulation S Certificates

⁹ For IAI Certificates

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RR, Class J-RR and Class R Certificates (together with the Class D Certificates, the “Certificates”; the Holders of Certificates are collectively referred to herein as “Certificateholders”).

This Certificate is issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of a Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as Special Servicer, BellOak, LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit,” as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

The Certificate Administrator makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates, the Mortgage Loans or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and has executed this Certificate in its limited capacity as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator will distribute (other than the final distribution on any Certificate), on the 4th Business Day following the Determination Date in each month, commencing in June 2023 (each such date, a “Distribution Date”), to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as of the related Record Date, an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest then distributable, if any, with respect to the Class D Certificates for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to a share of the Non-Vertically Retained Percentage of the Yield Maintenance Charges collected on the Mortgage Loans, as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Interest accrued on this Certificate during an Interest Accrual Period, plus the aggregate unpaid Interest Shortfall with respect to this Certificate, if any, will be payable on the related Distribution Date to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The “Interest Accrual Period” with respect to any Distribution Date and with respect to the Class D Certificates is the calendar month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs and is assumed to consist of 30 days.

All distributions (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) will be made by the Certificate Administrator to the persons in whose names the Certificates are registered at the close of business on each Record Date, which will be the last Business Day of the month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Distributions are required to be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Certificateholder at a bank or other entity located in the United States and having appropriate facilities to accept such funds, if such Certificateholder has provided the Certificate Administrator with written wiring instructions no less than five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions), or otherwise by check mailed to such Certificateholder. The final distribution on each Certificate shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentation and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the Certificate Administrator or its agent (which may be the Paying Agent or the Certificate Registrar acting as such agent) that is specified in a notice to Certificateholders of the pendency of the final distribution.

Any funds not distributed on the Termination Date because of the failure of any Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall be set aside and held in trust for the account of the appropriate non-tendering Certificateholders, whereupon the Trust Fund shall terminate. If any Trust Interest as to which notice of the Termination Date has been given pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining Trust Interest Owners, at their last addresses shown in the Certificate Register, to surrender their Trust Interest for cancellation in order to receive, from such funds held, the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice any Trust Interest shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining Trust

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Interest Owners concerning surrender of their Trust Interests. The costs and expenses of maintaining such funds and of contacting Trust Interest Owners shall be paid out of the assets which remain held. Subject to applicable state law with respect to escheatment of funds, if within two years after the second notice any Trust Interests shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent shall pay to the Certificate Administrator all amounts distributable to the Trust Interest Owners thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall thereafter hold such amounts for the benefit of such Trust Interest Owners until the earlier of (i) its termination as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the transfer of such amounts to a successor Certificate Administrator and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund and distribution of such amounts to the Class R Certificateholders. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Trust Interest Owner on any amount held as a result of such Trust Interest Owner’s failure to surrender its Trust Interest(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with Section 9.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries in respect of the Mortgage Loans, as more specifically set forth herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Fund includes: (i) such Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as from time to time are subject to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto; (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan due after the Cut-Off Date or, with respect to a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Due Date in the month of substitution (exclusive of interest relating to periods prior to, but due after, the Cut-Off Date); (iii) any REO Property (but, with respect to any REO Property relating to a Whole Loan, only to the extent of the Trust’s interest in the related Whole Loan); (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property (but, with respect to any REO Property relating to a Whole Loan, only to the extent of the Trust’s interest in the related Whole Loan); (v) the Master Servicer’s and the Trustee’s rights under the insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan required to be maintained pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and any proceeds thereof; (vi) the Trustee’s rights in any Assignments of Leases, Rents and Profits and any security agreements; (vii) the Trustee’s rights under any indemnities or guaranties given as additional security for any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (viii) all of the Trustee’s and the Certificate Administrator’s rights in the Escrow Accounts and Lock-Box Accounts and all proceeds of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan deposited in the Collection Account, the Distribution Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Excess Liquidation Proceeds Reserve Account and any REO Account, including any reinvestment income thereon; (ix) the Trustee’s rights in any environmental indemnity agreements relating to the Mortgaged Properties; (x) the Depositor’s rights under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements to the extent assigned to the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (xi) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interests; (xii) the Loss of Value Reserve Fund; (xiii) any Threshold Event Collateral; and (xiv) the Loan REMIC Regular Interests.

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the interests, rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the limitations thereon, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Certificate Administrator and Trustee.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, subject to certain restrictions on transfer set forth therein, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate, the Certificate Administrator shall execute, authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations, in like aggregate interest and of the same Class.

Prior to due presentation of this Certificate for registration of transfer, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Registrar, and any agent of any of them, may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the owner of such Certificate for the purpose of receiving distributions as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and for all other purposes whatsoever, and neither the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Registrar, nor any agent of any of them shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Custodian (if the Certificate Administrator is then acting as Custodian), the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee,

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without the consent of any of the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders or, as applicable, any Companion Loan Holder:

(i) to cure any ambiguity to the extent that it does not adversely affect any holders of Certificates or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any holders of Loan-Specific Certificates);

(ii) to correct or supplement any of its provisions which may be inconsistent with any other provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or with the description thereof in the Prospectus or to correct any error;

(iii) to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Excess Liquidation Proceeds Reserve Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account, the Distribution Account or any REO Account, provided that (A) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (B) the change would not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any Loan-Specific Certificateholder), as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting the amendment) or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such Amendment;

(iv) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (A) to the extent necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund, provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an opinion of counsel (at the expense of the party requesting the amendment) to the effect that (1) the action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize such risk and (2) the action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any holder of the Certificates or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any holder of the Loan-Specific Certificates), (B) to restrict (or to remove any existing restrictions with respect to) the transfer of the Class R Certificates, provided that the Depositor has determined that the amendment will not give rise to any tax with respect to the transfer of the Class R Certificates to a non-Permitted Transferee, (C) to the extent necessary to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act, Regulation AB, Regulation RR and/or any related regulatory actions and/or interpretations or (D) in the event that Regulation RR (or any portion thereof) or any other regulations applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate any risk retention requirements no longer applicable to this securitization transaction in light of such repeal;

(v) to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change, provided that the amendment will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of (i) any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any Loan-Specific Certificateholder) or ((iii) any holder of a Serviced Companion Loan not consenting thereto, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or as evidenced by, if any Certificate is then rated, a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and, in the case of a securitized Serviced Companion Loan with rated Serviced Companion Loan Securities, confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.30 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

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(vi) to modify the procedures in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to Rule 17g-5; provided that (A) such modification does not increase the obligations of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer without such party’s consent (which consent may not be withheld unless such modification would materially adversely affect such party or materially increase such party’s obligations under this Agreement) and (B) such modification shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and; provided, further that notice of such modification is provided to all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and

(vii) to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates (or, if applicable, Loan-Specific Certificates) by each Rating Agency, provided that the amendment will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of (i) any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any Loan-Specific Certificateholder) or (ii) any holder of a Serviced Companion Loan not consenting thereto, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or as evidenced by, if any Certificate is then rated, a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies and, in the case of a securitized Serviced Companion Loan with rated Serviced Companion Loan Securities, confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.30 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

provided, further that no amendment pursuant to any of clauses (i)-(vii) above may be made that would: (A) reduce the consent or consultation rights or the right to receive information under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the Controlling Class Representative without the consent of the Controlling Class Representative (or, if applicable, of any Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative without the consent of such Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative); (B) reduce the consultation rights or the right to receive information under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the Operating Advisor without the consent of the Operating Advisor; (C) change in any manner the obligations or rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement without the consent of the affected Mortgage Loan Seller; (D) change in any manner the obligations or rights of any Underwriter or Initial Purchaser, without the consent of the affected Underwriter or Initial Purchaser; or (E) adversely affect in any material respect any Serviced Companion Loan Holder in its capacity as such without its consent (the lack of which material adverse effect must in the case of, and under the circumstances described in, clauses (v) and (vii) above, be evidenced as described in such clauses). Expenses incurred with respect to any amendment shall be borne by the party requesting such amendment, unless the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee is requesting an amendment for the benefit of the Certificateholders, then in which case such expense will be borne by the Trust.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended from time to time by a writing signed by each of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Custodian (if the Certificate Administrator is then acting as Custodian), the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates and any Loan-Specific Certificates representing in the aggregate not less than 66-2/3% of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates and Loan-Specific Certificates affected by the amendment for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Certificateholders, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner; provided, however, that no such amendment shall:

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(i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Serviced Loans which are required to be distributed on a Certificate or Loan-Specific Certificate of any Class or the Uncertificated VRR Interest or to any Serviced Companion Loan Holder, as applicable, without the consent of the Holder of that Certificate or Loan-Specific Certificate, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or that Serviced Companion Loan Holder, as applicable,

(ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates or Loan-Specific Certificates of any Class or of the Uncertificated VRR Interest the Holders (or, in the case of the Uncertificated VRR Interest, the owner) of which are required to consent to the amendment without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates or Loan-Specific Certificates of that Class then outstanding or of the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, as applicable,

(iii) change in any manner the obligations or rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement without the consent of the affected Mortgage Loan Seller,

(iv) change the definition of “Servicing Standard” without either (A) consent of 100% of the Certificateholders, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or (B) Rating Agency Confirmation,

(v) without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders and Loan-Specific Certificateholders of the Class or Classes of Certificates and Loan-Specific Certificates, or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, that is adversely affected thereby, change (A) the percentages of Voting Rights of Certificateholders or Loan-Specific Certificateholders that are required to consent to any action or inaction under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, (B) the right of the Certificateholders or Loan-Specific Certificateholders to remove the Special Servicer pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (C) the right of the Certificateholders or Loan-Specific Certificateholders to terminate the Operating Advisor pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,

(vi) adversely affect the Controlling Class Representative without the consent of 100% of the Controlling Class Certificateholders,

(vii) adversely affect any Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative without the consent of 100% of the Loan-Specific Controlling Class Certificateholders,

(viii) adversely affect a Serviced Companion Loan Holder in its capacity as such without its consent, or

(ix) change in any manner the obligations or rights of any Underwriter or Initial Purchaser without the consent of the affected Underwriter or Initial Purchaser.

The Holders of the Controlling Class representing greater than 50% of the Certificate Balance of the Controlling Class may (or, if such Holders do not, the Special Servicer, or if neither such Holders nor the Special Servicer do, the Master Servicer or, if none of such Holders, the Special Servicer or the Master Servicer does, any Holders of Class R Certificates representing greater than a 50% Percentage Interest in such Class, may also) effect an early termination of the Trust Fund, upon not less than 30 days’ prior notice given to the parties (or, if applicable, the other parties) to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (whereupon the Master Servicer shall notify the Serviced Companion Loan Holders) any time on or after the Early Termination Notice Date specifying the Anticipated Termination Date, by purchasing on such date all, but not less than all, of the Trust Loans (and in the case of any Trust Loan that is part of a Serviced Whole Loan, subject to certain rights of the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s) provided for in the related Co-Lender Agreement) then included in the Trust Fund, and all property acquired by or on behalf of the Trust Fund (including the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO Property acquired with respect to any Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan) in respect of any Trust Loan then included in the Trust Fund, at a purchase price, payable in cash, equal to (i) the sum of (A) the Termination Purchase Amount and (B) the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Master Servicer (unless the Master Servicer is the purchaser of such Trust Loans), the Special Servicer (unless the

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Special Servicer is the purchaser of such Trust Loans), the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, with respect to such termination, minus (ii) solely in the case where the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer is effecting such purchase, the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, if any, made by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, together with any interest accrued and payable to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in respect of such Advances and any unpaid Servicing Fees or Special Servicing Fees, as applicable, remaining outstanding (which items will be deemed to have been paid or reimbursed to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in connection with such purchase).

Any Person(s) effecting an early termination of the Trust Fund as provided in the prior paragraph shall first notify the Controlling Class Representative and each Certifying Certificateholder and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, or, in the case of a termination by the Holder of a Class R Certificate, notify the Certificate Administrator (who shall notify the Controlling Class Representative and each Certifying Certificateholder and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner) of its intention to do so in writing at least 30 days prior to the Anticipated Termination Date. All costs and expenses incurred by any and all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Trust Fund in connection with the purchase of the Trust Loans and other assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be borne by the party exercising its purchase rights thereunder. The Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any determination made by an Appraiser pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificates, the Loan-Specific Certificates, the Uncertificated VRR Interest, the Mortgage Loans and the Serviced Companion Loans (other than the obligation to make certain payments and to send certain notices to Certificateholders, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and to make any required remittances to the Serviced Companion Loan Holders in the month in which the final Distribution Date occurs and certain tax-related obligations) shall terminate immediately following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase by Holders of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or Holders of the Class R Certificates of all the Trust Loans and REO Properties (or interests therein) then included in the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, (ii) the exchange by the Remaining Certificateholder of its Certificates, the Loan-Specific Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest for all the Trust Loans and REO Properties (or interests therein) then included in the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and (iii) the final payment or other liquidation (or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Trust Loan or REO Property (or interest therein) contained in the Trust Fund; provided, however, that in no event shall the trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of twenty-one years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom, living on the date of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All such payments as contemplated by the preceding paragraph shall be deposited into the Collection Account by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, promptly following receipt thereof.

Unless the Certificate of Authentication on this Certificate has been executed by the Certificate Administrator or on its behalf by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Administrator has caused this Class D Certificate to be duly executed.

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Administrator
By:
	Authorized Signatory

Dated: ____________, 2023

 

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Class D Certificates referred to in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Dated: ____________, 2023

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION not in its individual capacity but solely as Authenticating Agent
By:
	Authorized Signatory

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ASSIGNMENT

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned (“Assignor(s)”) hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto ____________________________________________________ ______________________________ (please print or typewrite name(s) and address(es), including postal zip code(s) of assignee(s)) (“Assignee(s)”) the entire Percentage Interest represented by the within Class D Certificate and hereby authorize(s) the registration of transfer of such interest to Assignee(s) on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.

I (we) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new Class D Certificate of the entire Percentage Interest represented by the within Class D Certificates to the above-named Assignee(s) and to deliver such Class D Certificate to the following address:

Date: _________________

Signature by or on behalf of Assignor(s)

Taxpayer Identification Number

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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

The Assignee(s) should include the following for purposes of distribution:

Address of the Assignee(s) for the purpose of receiving notices and distributions:___________________________________________________________________________Distributions, if being made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to __________________________ for the account of __________________________ account number ____________________________. This information is provided by ______________________________, the Assignee(s) named above or ____________________________________ as its (their) agent.

By:
	[Please print or type name(s)]
	Title
	Taxpayer Identification Number

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EXHIBIT A-10

BENCHMARK 2023-V2 MORTGAGE TRUST
COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES,
SERIES 2023-V2, CLASS E-RR

[THIS CERTIFICATE IS A TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL CERTIFICATE FOR PURPOSES OF REGULATION S UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”). NEITHER THIS TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD OR DELIVERED, EXCEPT AS PERMITTED UNDER THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.

NO BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF THIS TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL CERTIFICATE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL OR INTEREST HEREON UNLESS THE REQUIRED CERTIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN DELIVERED PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.]¹

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]²

[TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE, AND TRANSFERS OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THIS GLOBAL CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.]³

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE SPONSORS, THE ORIGINATORS, THE DEPOSITOR OR ANY OTHER PARTY TO THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW, ANY DIRECTING HOLDER, ANY CONSULTING PARTY, ANY COMPANION LOAN HOLDER (OR ITS REPRESENTATIVE), THE INITIAL PURCHASERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THE CERTIFICATES NOR THE MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE DISTRIBUTABLE AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

DISTRIBUTIONS OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBORDINATED TO DISTRIBUTIONS OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON OTHER CLASSES OF CERTIFICATES OF THE SAME SERIES.

¹  Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate legend.

²  Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

³  Global Certificate legend.

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THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (A)(1) PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”) TO A PERSON THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (A “QIB”), OR IS PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB, AND WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE, OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (2) IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” TO AN INSTITUTION THAT IS NOT A “U.S. PERSON”, AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF, REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (3) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF, OR IN WHICH ALL THE EQUITY OWNERS COME WITHIN THE MEANING OF, RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT IS NOT A QIB, AND (B) IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS AND ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.

THIS CERTIFICATE IS INTENDED TO CONSTITUTE PART OF AN “ELIGIBLE HORIZONTAL RESIDUAL INTEREST” (AS DEFINED IN REGULATION RR PROMULGATED UNDER SECTION 15G OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED), AND AS SUCH IS SUBJECT TO VARIOUS PROHIBITIONS ON HEDGING, TRANSFER AND FINANCING SET FORTH IN REGULATION RR. THE INITIAL INVESTOR IN THIS CERTIFICATE, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN, IS DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

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BENCHMARK 2023-V2 MORTGAGE TRUST
COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES,
SERIES 2023-V2, CLASS E-RR

Pass-Through Rate:  The WAC Rate4
First Distribution Date: June 16, 2023	Cut-Off Date:  With respect to each Mortgage Loan and Serviced Companion Loan, the Due Date in May 2023 for that Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable (or, in the case of any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan that has its first Due Date subsequent to May 2023, the date that would have been its Due Date in May 2023 under the terms of that Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable, if a Monthly Payment were scheduled to be due in that month).
Aggregate Initial Certificate Balance of the Class E- RR Certificates:  $8,596,000	Scheduled Final Distribution Date:  the Distribution Date in May 2028

 

CUSIP:   08163TAH55 U0811GAA86 08163TAJ17	Initial Certificate Balance of this Certificate: $[_____]
ISIN:       US08163TAH598 USU0811GAA869 US08163TAJ1610
Common Code:
No.: [1]

This certifies that [           ] is the registered owner of a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, including the distributions to be made with respect to the Class E-RR Certificates. The Trust Fund, described more fully below, consists primarily of a pool of Mortgage Loans secured by first liens on various types of commercial and multifamily properties and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan held in trust by the Trustee and, other than in the case of the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans, serviced by the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer. The Trust Fund was created, and the Mortgage Loans (other than the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans) and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan are to be serviced, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below). The Holder of this Certificate, by virtue of the acceptance hereof, assents to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling

⁴ The initial approximate Pass-Through Rate as of the Closing Date is 6.9946% per annum.

⁵ For Rule 144A Certificates

⁶ For Regulation S Certificates

⁷ For IAI Certificates

⁸ For Rule 144A Certificates

⁹ For Regulation S Certificates

¹⁰ For IAI Certificates

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and Servicing Agreement and is bound thereby. In the event that there is any conflict between any provision of this Certificate and any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, such provision of this Certificate shall be superseded to the extent of such inconsistency. Also issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class X-A, Class A-S, Class B, Class C, Class X-D, Class D, Class F-RR, Class G-RR, Class J-RR and Class R Certificates (together with the Class E Certificates, the “Certificates”; the Holders of Certificates are collectively referred to herein as “Certificateholders”).

This Certificate is issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of a Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as Special Servicer, BellOak, LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit,” as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

The Certificate Administrator makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates, the Mortgage Loans or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and has executed this Certificate in its limited capacity as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator will distribute (other than the final distribution on any Certificate), on the 4th Business Day following the Determination Date in each month, commencing in June 2023 (each such date, a “Distribution Date”), to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as of the related Record Date, an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest then distributable, if any, with respect to the Class E-RR Certificates for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to a share of the Non-Vertically Retained Percentage of the Yield Maintenance Charges collected on the Mortgage Loans, as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Interest accrued on this Certificate during an Interest Accrual Period, plus the aggregate unpaid Interest Shortfall with respect to this Certificate, if any, will be payable on the related Distribution Date to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The “Interest Accrual Period” with respect to any Distribution Date and with respect to the Class E-RR Certificates is the calendar month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs and is assumed to consist of 30 days.

All distributions (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) will be made by the Certificate Administrator to the persons in whose names the Certificates are registered at the close of business on each Record Date, which will be the last Business Day of the month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Distributions are required to be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Certificateholder at a bank or other entity located in the United States and having appropriate facilities to accept such funds, if such Certificateholder has provided the Certificate Administrator with written wiring instructions no less than five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions), or otherwise by check mailed to such Certificateholder. The final distribution on each Certificate shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentation and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the Certificate Administrator or its agent (which may be the Paying Agent or the Certificate Registrar acting as such agent) that is specified in a notice to Certificateholders of the pendency of the final distribution.

Any funds not distributed on the Termination Date because of the failure of any Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall be set aside and held in trust for the account of the appropriate non-tendering Certificateholders, whereupon the Trust Fund shall terminate. If any Trust Interest as to which notice of the Termination Date has been given pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second

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notice to the remaining Trust Interest Owners, at their last addresses shown in the Certificate Register, to surrender their Trust Interest for cancellation in order to receive, from such funds held, the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice any Trust Interest shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining Trust Interest Owners concerning surrender of their Trust Interests. The costs and expenses of maintaining such funds and of contacting Trust Interest Owners shall be paid out of the assets which remain held. Subject to applicable state law with respect to escheatment of funds, if within two years after the second notice any Trust Interests shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent shall pay to the Certificate Administrator all amounts distributable to the Trust Interest Owners thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall thereafter hold such amounts for the benefit of such Trust Interest Owners until the earlier of (i) its termination as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the transfer of such amounts to a successor Certificate Administrator and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund and distribution of such amounts to the Class R Certificateholders. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Trust Interest Owner on any amount held as a result of such Trust Interest Owner’s failure to surrender its Trust Interest(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with Section 9.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries in respect of the Mortgage Loans, as more specifically set forth herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Fund includes: (i) such Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as from time to time are subject to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto; (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan due after the Cut-Off Date or, with respect to a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Due Date in the month of substitution (exclusive of interest relating to periods prior to, but due after, the Cut-Off Date); (iii) any REO Property (but, with respect to any REO Property relating to a Whole Loan, only to the extent of the Trust’s interest in the related Whole Loan); (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property (but, with respect to any REO Property relating to a Whole Loan, only to the extent of the Trust’s interest in the related Whole Loan); (v) the Master Servicer’s and the Trustee’s rights under the insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan required to be maintained pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and any proceeds thereof; (vi) the Trustee’s rights in any Assignments of Leases, Rents and Profits and any security agreements; (vii) the Trustee’s rights under any indemnities or guaranties given as additional security for any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (viii) all of the Trustee’s and the Certificate Administrator’s rights in the Escrow Accounts and Lock-Box Accounts and all proceeds of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan deposited in the Collection Account, the Distribution Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Excess Liquidation Proceeds Reserve Account and any REO Account, including any reinvestment income thereon; (ix) the Trustee’s rights in any environmental indemnity agreements relating to the Mortgaged Properties; (x) the Depositor’s rights under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements to the extent assigned to the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (xi) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interests; (xii) the Loss of Value Reserve Fund; (xiii) any Threshold Event Collateral; and (xiv) the Loan REMIC Regular Interests.

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the interests, rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the limitations thereon, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Certificate Administrator and Trustee.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, subject to certain restrictions on transfer set forth therein, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate, the Certificate Administrator shall execute, authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations, in like aggregate interest and of the same Class.

Prior to due presentation of this Certificate for registration of transfer, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Registrar, and any agent of any of them, may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the owner of such Certificate for the purpose of receiving distributions as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and for all other purposes whatsoever, and neither the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Registrar, nor any agent of any of them shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

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The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Custodian (if the Certificate Administrator is then acting as Custodian), the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee, without the consent of any of the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders or, as applicable, any Companion Loan Holder:

(i) to cure any ambiguity to the extent that it does not adversely affect any holders of Certificates or the Uncertificated Interest;

(ii) to correct or supplement any of its provisions which may be inconsistent with any other provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or with the description thereof in the Prospectus or to correct any error;

(iii) to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Excess Liquidation Proceeds Reserve Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account, the Distribution Account or any REO Account, provided that (A) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (B) the change would not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any Loan-Specific Certificateholder), as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting the amendment) or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such Amendment;

(iv) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (A) to the extent necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund, provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an opinion of counsel (at the expense of the party requesting the amendment) to the effect that (1) the action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize such risk and (2) the action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any holder of the Certificates or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any holder of the Loan-Specific Certificates), (B) to restrict (or to remove any existing restrictions with respect to) the transfer of the Class R Certificates, provided that the Depositor has determined that the amendment will not give rise to any tax with respect to the transfer of the Class R Certificates to a non-Permitted Transferee, (C) to the extent necessary to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act, Regulation AB, Regulation RR and/or any related regulatory actions and/or interpretations or (D) in the event that Regulation RR (or any portion thereof) or any other regulations applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate any risk retention requirements no longer applicable to this securitization transaction in light of such repeal;

(v) to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change, provided that the amendment will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of (i) any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any Loan-Specific Certificateholder) or ((iii) any holder of a Serviced Companion Loan not consenting thereto, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or as evidenced by, if any Certificate is then rated, a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and, in the case of a securitized Serviced Companion Loan with rated Serviced Companion Loan Securities, confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.30 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

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(vi) to modify the procedures in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to Rule 17g-5; provided that (A) such modification does not increase the obligations of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer without such party’s consent (which consent may not be withheld unless such modification would materially adversely affect such party or materially increase such party’s obligations under this Agreement) and (B) such modification shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and; provided, further that notice of such modification is provided to all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and

(vii) to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates (or, if applicable, Loan-Specific Certificates) by each Rating Agency, provided that the amendment will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of (i) any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any Loan-Specific Certificateholder) or (ii) any holder of a Serviced Companion Loan not consenting thereto, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or as evidenced by, if any Certificate is then rated, a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies and, in the case of a securitized Serviced Companion Loan with rated Serviced Companion Loan Securities, confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.30 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

provided, further that no amendment pursuant to any of clauses (i)-(vii) above may be made that would: (A) reduce the consent or consultation rights or the right to receive information under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the Controlling Class Representative without the consent of the Controlling Class Representative (or, if applicable, of any Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative without the consent of such Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative); (B) reduce the consultation rights or the right to receive information under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the Operating Advisor without the consent of the Operating Advisor; (C) change in any manner the obligations or rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement without the consent of the affected Mortgage Loan Seller; (D) change in any manner the obligations or rights of any Underwriter or Initial Purchaser, without the consent of the affected Underwriter or Initial Purchaser; or (E) adversely affect in any material respect any Serviced Companion Loan Holder in its capacity as such without its consent (the lack of which material adverse effect must in the case of, and under the circumstances described in, clauses (v) and (vii) above, be evidenced as described in such clauses). Expenses incurred with respect to any amendment shall be borne by the party requesting such amendment, unless the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee is requesting an amendment for the benefit of the Certificateholders, then in which case such expense will be borne by the Trust.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended from time to time by a writing signed by each of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Custodian (if the Certificate Administrator is then acting as Custodian), the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates and any Loan-Specific Certificates representing in the aggregate not less than 66-2/3% of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates and Loan-Specific Certificates affected by the amendment for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Certificateholders, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner; provided, however, that no such amendment shall:

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(i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Serviced Loans which are required to be distributed on a Certificate or Loan-Specific Certificate of any Class or the Uncertificated VRR Interest or to any Serviced Companion Loan Holder, as applicable, without the consent of the Holder of that Certificate or Loan-Specific Certificate, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or that Serviced Companion Loan Holder, as applicable,

(ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates or Loan-Specific Certificates of any Class or of the Uncertificated VRR Interest the Holders (or, in the case of the Uncertificated VRR Interest, the owner) of which are required to consent to the amendment without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates or Loan-Specific Certificates of that Class then outstanding or of the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, as applicable,

(iii) change in any manner the obligations or rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement without the consent of the affected Mortgage Loan Seller,

(iv) change the definition of “Servicing Standard” without either (A) consent of 100% of the Certificateholders, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or (B) Rating Agency Confirmation,

(v) without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders and Loan-Specific Certificateholders of the Class or Classes of Certificates and Loan-Specific Certificates, or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, that is adversely affected thereby, change (A) the percentages of Voting Rights of Certificateholders or Loan-Specific Certificateholders that are required to consent to any action or inaction under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, (B) the right of the Certificateholders or Loan-Specific Certificateholders to remove the Special Servicer pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (C) the right of the Certificateholders or Loan-Specific Certificateholders to terminate the Operating Advisor pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,

(vi) adversely affect the Controlling Class Representative without the consent of 100% of the Controlling Class Certificateholders,

(vii) adversely affect any Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative without the consent of 100% of the Loan-Specific Controlling Class Certificateholders,

(viii) adversely affect a Serviced Companion Loan Holder in its capacity as such without its consent, or

(ix) change in any manner the obligations or rights of any Underwriter or Initial Purchaser without the consent of the affected Underwriter or Initial Purchaser.

The Holders of the Controlling Class representing greater than 50% of the Certificate Balance of the Controlling Class may (or, if such Holders do not, the Special Servicer, or if neither such Holders nor the Special Servicer do, the Master Servicer or, if none of such Holders, the Special Servicer or the Master Servicer does, any Holders of Class R Certificates representing greater than a 50% Percentage Interest in such Class, may also) effect an early termination of the Trust Fund, upon not less than 30 days’ prior notice given to the parties (or, if applicable, the other parties) to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (whereupon the Master Servicer shall notify the Serviced Companion Loan Holders) any time on or after the Early Termination Notice Date specifying the Anticipated Termination Date, by purchasing on such date all, but not less than all, of the Trust Loans (and in the case of any Trust Loan that is part of a Serviced Whole Loan, subject to certain rights of the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s) provided for in the related Co-Lender Agreement) then included in the Trust Fund, and all property acquired by or on behalf of the Trust Fund (including the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO Property acquired with respect to any Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan) in respect of any Trust Loan then included in the Trust Fund, at a purchase price, payable in cash, equal to (i) the sum of (A) the Termination Purchase Amount and (B) the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Master Servicer (unless the Master Servicer is the purchaser of such Trust Loans), the Special Servicer (unless the

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Special Servicer is the purchaser of such Trust Loans), the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, with respect to such termination, minus (ii) solely in the case where the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer is effecting such purchase, the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, if any, made by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, together with any interest accrued and payable to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in respect of such Advances and any unpaid Servicing Fees or Special Servicing Fees, as applicable, remaining outstanding (which items will be deemed to have been paid or reimbursed to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in connection with such purchase).

Any Person(s) effecting an early termination of the Trust Fund as provided in the prior paragraph shall first notify the Controlling Class Representative and each Certifying Certificateholder and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, or, in the case of a termination by the Holder of a Class R Certificate, notify the Certificate Administrator (who shall notify the Controlling Class Representative and each Certifying Certificateholder and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner) of its intention to do so in writing at least 30 days prior to the Anticipated Termination Date. All costs and expenses incurred by any and all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Trust Fund in connection with the purchase of the Trust Loans and other assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be borne by the party exercising its purchase rights thereunder. The Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any determination made by an Appraiser pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificates, the Loan-Specific Certificates, the Uncertificated VRR Interest, the Mortgage Loans and the Serviced Companion Loans (other than the obligation to make certain payments and to send certain notices to Certificateholders, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and to make any required remittances to the Serviced Companion Loan Holders in the month in which the final Distribution Date occurs and certain tax-related obligations) shall terminate immediately following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase by Holders of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or Holders of the Class R Certificates of all the Trust Loans and REO Properties (or interests therein) then included in the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, (ii) the exchange by the Remaining Certificateholder of its Certificates, the Loan-Specific Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest for all the Trust Loans and REO Properties (or interests therein) then included in the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and (iii) the final payment or other liquidation (or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Trust Loan or REO Property (or interest therein) contained in the Trust Fund; provided, however, that in no event shall the trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of twenty-one years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom, living on the date of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All such payments as contemplated by the preceding paragraph shall be deposited into the Collection Account by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, promptly following receipt thereof.

Unless the Certificate of Authentication on this Certificate has been executed by the Certificate Administrator or on its behalf by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Administrator has caused this Class E-RR Certificate to be duly executed.

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Administrator
By:
	Authorized Signatory

Dated: ____________, 2023

 

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Class E-RR Certificates referred to in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Dated: ____________, 2023

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION not in its individual capacity but solely as Authenticating Agent
By:
	Authorized Signatory

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ASSIGNMENT

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned (“Assignor(s)”) hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto ____________________________________________________ ______________________________ (please print or typewrite name(s) and address(es), including postal zip code(s) of assignee(s)) (“Assignee(s)”) the entire Percentage Interest represented by the within Class E-RR Certificate and hereby authorize(s) the registration of transfer of such interest to Assignee(s) on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.

I (we) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new Class E-RR Certificate of the entire Percentage Interest represented by the within Class E-RR Certificates to the above-named Assignee(s) and to deliver such Class E-RR Certificate to the following address:

Date: _________________

Signature by or on behalf of Assignor(s)

Taxpayer Identification Number

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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

The Assignee(s) should include the following for purposes of distribution:

Address of the Assignee(s) for the purpose of receiving notices and distributions:___________________________________________________________________________Distributions, if being made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to __________________________ for the account of __________________________ account number ____________________________. This information is provided by ______________________________, the Assignee(s) named above or ____________________________________ as its (their) agent.

By:
	[Please print or type name(s)]
	Title
	Taxpayer Identification Number

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EXHIBIT A-11

BENCHMARK 2023-V2 MORTGAGE TRUST
COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES,
SERIES 2023-V2, CLASS F-RR

[THIS CERTIFICATE IS A TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL CERTIFICATE FOR PURPOSES OF REGULATION S UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”). NEITHER THIS TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD OR DELIVERED, EXCEPT AS PERMITTED UNDER THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.

NO BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF THIS TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL CERTIFICATE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL OR INTEREST HEREON UNLESS THE REQUIRED CERTIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN DELIVERED PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.]¹

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]²

[TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE, AND TRANSFERS OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THIS GLOBAL CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.]³

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE SPONSORS, THE ORIGINATORS, THE DEPOSITOR OR ANY OTHER PARTY TO THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW, ANY DIRECTING HOLDER, ANY CONSULTING PARTY, ANY COMPANION LOAN HOLDER (OR ITS REPRESENTATIVE), THE INITIAL PURCHASERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THE CERTIFICATES NOR THE MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE DISTRIBUTABLE AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

DISTRIBUTIONS OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBORDINATED TO DISTRIBUTIONS OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON OTHER CLASSES OF CERTIFICATES OF THE SAME SERIES.

¹ Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate legend.

² Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

³  Global Certificate legend.

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THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (A)(1) PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”) TO A PERSON THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (A “QIB”), OR IS PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB, AND WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE, OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (2) IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” TO AN INSTITUTION THAT IS NOT A “U.S. PERSON”, AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF, REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (3) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF, OR IN WHICH ALL THE EQUITY OWNERS COME WITHIN THE MEANING OF, RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT IS NOT A QIB, AND (B) IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS AND ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE PURCHASED BY OR PLEDGED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED TO ANY PERSON THAT IS OR BECOMES (I) AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY OR PROHIBITED TRANSACTION PROVISIONS OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), OR TO SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), OR A GOVERNMENTAL PLAN (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(32) OF ERISA) OR OTHER PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO ANY FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW (“SIMILAR LAW”) THAT IS, TO A MATERIAL EXTENT, SIMILAR TO THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE (EACH, A “PLAN”), OR (II) AN ENTITY OR COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT FUND THE ASSETS OF WHICH ARE CONSIDERED PLAN ASSETS UNDER U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REG. SECTION 2510.3-101, AS MODIFIED BY SECTION 3(42) OF ERISA, OR SIMILAR LAW OR OTHER PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH PLAN OR USING THE ASSETS OF SUCH PLAN TO ACQUIRE THIS CERTIFICATE, UNLESS (A)(I) SUCH PERSON IS AN “INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL ACCOUNT” WITHIN THE MEANING OF PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION 95-60, AND (II) ALL CONDITIONS OF SECTIONS I AND III OF PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION 95-60 WILL BE MET WITH RESPECT TO SUCH INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL ACCOUNT’S ACQUISITION, HOLDING AND DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE, OR (B) WITH RESPECT TO THE ACQUISITION, HOLDING OR DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL PLAN OR OTHER PLAN SUBJECT TO SIMILAR LAW, SUCH ACQUISITION, HOLDING AND DISPOSITION BY SUCH GOVERNMENTAL PLAN WILL NOT CONSTITUTE OR OTHERWISE RESULT IN A NON-EXEMPT VIOLATION OF SIMILAR LAW.

THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.

THIS CERTIFICATE IS INTENDED TO CONSTITUTE PART OF AN “ELIGIBLE HORIZONTAL RESIDUAL INTEREST” (AS DEFINED IN REGULATION RR PROMULGATED UNDER SECTION 15G OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED), AND AS SUCH IS SUBJECT TO VARIOUS PROHIBITIONS ON HEDGING, TRANSFER AND FINANCING SET FORTH IN REGULATION RR. THE INITIAL INVESTOR IN THIS CERTIFICATE, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN, IS DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

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BENCHMARK 2023-V2 MORTGAGE TRUST
COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES,
SERIES 2023-V2, CLASS F-RR

Pass-Through Rate:  The WAC Rate4
First Distribution Date June 16, 2023	Cut-Off Date:  With respect to each Mortgage Loan and Serviced Companion Loan, the Due Date in May 2023 for that Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable (or, in the case of any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan that has its first Due Date subsequent to May 2023, the date that would have been its Due Date in May 2023 under the terms of that Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable, if a Monthly Payment were scheduled to be due in that month).
Aggregate Initial Certificate Balance of the Class F- RR Certificates:  $18,268,000	Scheduled Final Distribution Date: the Distribution Date in May 2028

 

CUSIP:   08163TAK85 U0811GAB66 08163TAL67	Initial Certificate Balance of this Certificate: $[_____]
ISIN:       US08163TAK888 USU0811GAB699 US08163TAL6110
Common Code:   No.: [1]

This certifies that [           ] is the registered owner of a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, including the distributions to be made with respect to the Class F-RR Certificates. The Trust Fund, described more fully below, consists primarily of a pool of Mortgage Loans secured by first liens on various types of commercial and multifamily properties and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan held in trust by the Trustee and, other than in the case of the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans, serviced by the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer. The Trust Fund was created, and the Mortgage Loans (other than the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans) and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan are to be serviced, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below). The Holder of this Certificate, by virtue of the acceptance hereof, assents to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling

⁴ The initial approximate Pass-Through Rate as of the Closing Date is 6.9946% per annum.

⁵ For Rule 144A Certificates

⁶ For Regulation S Certificates

⁷ For IAI Certificates

⁸ For Rule 144A Certificates

⁹ For Regulation S Certificates

¹⁰ For IAI Certificates

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and Servicing Agreement and is bound thereby. In the event that there is any conflict between any provision of this Certificate and any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, such provision of this Certificate shall be superseded to the extent of such inconsistency. Also issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class X-A, Class A-S, Class B, Class C, Class X-D, Class D, Class E-RR, Class G-RR, Class J-RR and Class R Certificates (together with the Class E-RR Certificates, the “Certificates”; the Holders of Certificates are collectively referred to herein as “Certificateholders”).

This Certificate is issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of a Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as Special Servicer, BellOak, LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit,” as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

The Certificate Administrator makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates, the Mortgage Loans or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and has executed this Certificate in its limited capacity as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator will distribute (other than the final distribution on any Certificate), on the 4th Business Day following the Determination Date in each month, commencing in June 2023 (each such date, a “Distribution Date”), to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as of the related Record Date, an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest then distributable, if any, with respect to the Class F-RR Certificates for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to a share of the Non-Vertically Retained Percentage of the Yield Maintenance Charges collected on the Mortgage Loans, as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Interest accrued on this Certificate during an Interest Accrual Period, plus the aggregate unpaid Interest Shortfall with respect to this Certificate, if any, will be payable on the related Distribution Date to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The “Interest Accrual Period” with respect to any Distribution Date and with respect to the Class F-RR Certificates is the calendar month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs and is assumed to consist of 30 days.

All distributions (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) will be made by the Certificate Administrator to the persons in whose names the Certificates are registered at the close of business on each Record Date, which will be the last Business Day of the month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Distributions are required to be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Certificateholder at a bank or other entity located in the United States and having appropriate facilities to accept such funds, if such Certificateholder has provided the Certificate Administrator with written wiring instructions no less than five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions), or otherwise by check mailed to such Certificateholder. The final distribution on each Certificate shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentation and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the Certificate Administrator or its agent (which may be the Paying Agent or the Certificate Registrar acting as such agent) that is specified in a notice to Certificateholders of the pendency of the final distribution.

Any funds not distributed on the Termination Date because of the failure of any Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall be set aside and held in trust for the account of the appropriate non-tendering Certificateholders, whereupon the Trust Fund shall terminate. If any Trust Interest as to which notice of the Termination Date has been given pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second

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notice to the remaining Trust Interest Owners, at their last addresses shown in the Certificate Register, to surrender their Trust Interest for cancellation in order to receive, from such funds held, the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice any Trust Interest shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining Trust Interest Owners concerning surrender of their Trust Interests. The costs and expenses of maintaining such funds and of contacting Trust Interest Owners shall be paid out of the assets which remain held. Subject to applicable state law with respect to escheatment of funds, if within two years after the second notice any Trust Interests shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent shall pay to the Certificate Administrator all amounts distributable to the Trust Interest Owners thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall thereafter hold such amounts for the benefit of such Trust Interest Owners until the earlier of (i) its termination as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the transfer of such amounts to a successor Certificate Administrator and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund and distribution of such amounts to the Class R Certificateholders. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Trust Interest Owner on any amount held as a result of such Trust Interest Owner’s failure to surrender its Trust Interest(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with Section 9.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries in respect of the Mortgage Loans, as more specifically set forth herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Fund includes: (i) such Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as from time to time are subject to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto; (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan due after the Cut-Off Date or, with respect to a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Due Date in the month of substitution (exclusive of interest relating to periods prior to, but due after, the Cut-Off Date); (iii) any REO Property (but, with respect to any REO Property relating to a Whole Loan, only to the extent of the Trust’s interest in the related Whole Loan); (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property (but, with respect to any REO Property relating to a Whole Loan, only to the extent of the Trust’s interest in the related Whole Loan); (v) the Master Servicer’s and the Trustee’s rights under the insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan required to be maintained pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and any proceeds thereof; (vi) the Trustee’s rights in any Assignments of Leases, Rents and Profits and any security agreements; (vii) the Trustee’s rights under any indemnities or guaranties given as additional security for any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (viii) all of the Trustee’s and the Certificate Administrator’s rights in the Escrow Accounts and Lock-Box Accounts and all proceeds of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan deposited in the Collection Account, the Distribution Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Excess Liquidation Proceeds Reserve Account and any REO Account, including any reinvestment income thereon; (ix) the Trustee’s rights in any environmental indemnity agreements relating to the Mortgaged Properties; (x) the Depositor’s rights under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements to the extent assigned to the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (xi) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interests; (xii) the Loss of Value Reserve Fund; (xiii) any Threshold Event Collateral; and (xiv) the Loan REMIC Regular Interests.

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the interests, rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the limitations thereon, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Certificate Administrator and Trustee.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, subject to certain restrictions on transfer set forth therein, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate, the Certificate Administrator shall execute, authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations, in like aggregate interest and of the same Class.

Prior to due presentation of this Certificate for registration of transfer, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Registrar, and any agent of any of them, may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the owner of such Certificate for the purpose of receiving distributions as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and for all other purposes whatsoever, and neither the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Registrar, nor any agent of any of them shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

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The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Custodian (if the Certificate Administrator is then acting as Custodian), the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee, without the consent of any of the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders or, as applicable, any Companion Loan Holder:

(i) to cure any ambiguity to the extent that it does not adversely affect any holders of Certificates or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any holders of Loan-Specific Certificates);

(ii) to correct or supplement any of its provisions which may be inconsistent with any other provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or with the description thereof in the Prospectus or to correct any error;

(iii) to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Excess Liquidation Proceeds Reserve Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account, the Distribution Account or any REO Account, provided that (A) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (B) the change would not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any Loan-Specific Certificateholder), as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting the amendment) or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such Amendment;

(iv) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (A) to the extent necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund, provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an opinion of counsel (at the expense of the party requesting the amendment) to the effect that (1) the action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize such risk and (2) the action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any holder of the Certificates or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any holder of the Loan-Specific Certificates), (B) to restrict (or to remove any existing restrictions with respect to) the transfer of the Class R Certificates, provided that the Depositor has determined that the amendment will not give rise to any tax with respect to the transfer of the Class R Certificates to a non-Permitted Transferee, (C) to the extent necessary to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act, Regulation AB, Regulation RR and/or any related regulatory actions and/or interpretations or (D) in the event that Regulation RR (or any portion thereof) or any other regulations applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate any risk retention requirements no longer applicable to this securitization transaction in light of such repeal;

(v) to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change, provided that the amendment will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of (i) any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any Loan-Specific Certificateholder) or ((iii) any holder of a Serviced Companion Loan not consenting thereto, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or as evidenced by, if any Certificate is then rated, a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and, in the case of a securitized Serviced Companion Loan with rated Serviced Companion Loan Securities, confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency

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Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.30 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

(vi) to modify the procedures in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to Rule 17g-5; provided that (A) such modification does not increase the obligations of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer without such party’s consent (which consent may not be withheld unless such modification would materially adversely affect such party or materially increase such party’s obligations under this Agreement) and (B) such modification shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and; provided, further that notice of such modification is provided to all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and

(vii) to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates (or, if applicable, Loan-Specific Certificates) by each Rating Agency, provided that the amendment will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of (i) any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any Loan-Specific Certificateholder) or (ii) any holder of a Serviced Companion Loan not consenting thereto, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or as evidenced by, if any Certificate is then rated, a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies and, in the case of a securitized Serviced Companion Loan with rated Serviced Companion Loan Securities, confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.30 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

provided, further that no amendment pursuant to any of clauses (i)-(vii) above may be made that would: (A) reduce the consent or consultation rights or the right to receive information under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the Controlling Class Representative without the consent of the Controlling Class Representative (or, if applicable, of any Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative without the consent of such Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative); (B) reduce the consultation rights or the right to receive information under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the Operating Advisor without the consent of the Operating Advisor; (C) change in any manner the obligations or rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement without the consent of the affected Mortgage Loan Seller; (D) change in any manner the obligations or rights of any Underwriter or Initial Purchaser, without the consent of the affected Underwriter or Initial Purchaser; or (E) adversely affect in any material respect any Serviced Companion Loan Holder in its capacity as such without its consent (the lack of which material adverse effect must in the case of, and under the circumstances described in, clauses (v) and (vii) above, be evidenced as described in such clauses). Expenses incurred with respect to any amendment shall be borne by the party requesting such amendment, unless the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee is requesting an amendment for the benefit of the Certificateholders, then in which case such expense will be borne by the Trust.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended from time to time by a writing signed by each of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Custodian (if the Certificate Administrator is then acting as Custodian), the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates and any Loan-Specific Certificates representing in the aggregate not less than 66-2/3% of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates and Loan-Specific Certificates affected by the amendment for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights

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of the Certificateholders, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner; provided, however, that no such amendment shall:

(i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Serviced Loans which are required to be distributed on a Certificate or Loan-Specific Certificate of any Class or the Uncertificated VRR Interest or to any Serviced Companion Loan Holder, as applicable, without the consent of the Holder of that Certificate or Loan-Specific Certificate, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or that Serviced Companion Loan Holder, as applicable,

(ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates or Loan-Specific Certificates of any Class or of the Uncertificated VRR Interest the Holders (or, in the case of the Uncertificated VRR Interest, the owner) of which are required to consent to the amendment without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates or Loan-Specific Certificates of that Class then outstanding or of the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, as applicable,

(iii) change in any manner the obligations or rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement without the consent of the affected Mortgage Loan Seller,

(iv) change the definition of “Servicing Standard” without either (A) consent of 100% of the Certificateholders, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or (B) Rating Agency Confirmation,

(v) without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders and Loan-Specific Certificateholders of the Class or Classes of Certificates and Loan-Specific Certificates, or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, that is adversely affected thereby, change (A) the percentages of Voting Rights of Certificateholders or Loan-Specific Certificateholders that are required to consent to any action or inaction under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, (B) the right of the Certificateholders or Loan-Specific Certificateholders to remove the Special Servicer pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (C) the right of the Certificateholders or Loan-Specific Certificateholders to terminate the Operating Advisor pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,

(vi) adversely affect the Controlling Class Representative without the consent of 100% of the Controlling Class Certificateholders,

(vii) adversely affect any Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative without the consent of 100% of the Loan-Specific Controlling Class Certificateholders,

(viii) adversely affect a Serviced Companion Loan Holder in its capacity as such without its consent, or

(ix) change in any manner the obligations or rights of any Underwriter or Initial Purchaser without the consent of the affected Underwriter or Initial Purchaser.

The Holders of the Controlling Class representing greater than 50% of the Certificate Balance of the Controlling Class may (or, if such Holders do not, the Special Servicer, or if neither such Holders nor the Special Servicer do, the Master Servicer or, if none of such Holders, the Special Servicer or the Master Servicer does, any Holders of Class R Certificates representing greater than a 50% Percentage Interest in such Class, may also) effect an early termination of the Trust Fund, upon not less than 30 days’ prior notice given to the parties (or, if applicable, the other parties) to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (whereupon the Master Servicer shall notify the Serviced Companion Loan Holders) any time on or after the Early Termination Notice Date specifying the Anticipated Termination Date, by purchasing on such date all, but not less than all, of the Trust Loans (and in the case of any Trust Loan that is part of a Serviced Whole Loan, subject to certain rights of the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s) provided for in the related Co-Lender Agreement) then included in the Trust Fund, and all property acquired by or on behalf of the Trust Fund (including the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO Property acquired with respect to any Outside Serviced

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Mortgage Loan) in respect of any Trust Loan then included in the Trust Fund, at a purchase price, payable in cash, equal to (i) the sum of (A) the Termination Purchase Amount and (B) the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Master Servicer (unless the Master Servicer is the purchaser of such Trust Loans), the Special Servicer (unless the Special Servicer is the purchaser of such Trust Loans), the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, with respect to such termination, minus (ii) solely in the case where the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer is effecting such purchase, the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, if any, made by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, together with any interest accrued and payable to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in respect of such Advances and any unpaid Servicing Fees or Special Servicing Fees, as applicable, remaining outstanding (which items will be deemed to have been paid or reimbursed to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in connection with such purchase).

Any Person(s) effecting an early termination of the Trust Fund as provided in the prior paragraph shall first notify the Controlling Class Representative and each Certifying Certificateholder and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, or, in the case of a termination by the Holder of a Class R Certificate, notify the Certificate Administrator (who shall notify the Controlling Class Representative and each Certifying Certificateholder and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner) of its intention to do so in writing at least 30 days prior to the Anticipated Termination Date. All costs and expenses incurred by any and all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Trust Fund in connection with the purchase of the Trust Loans and other assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be borne by the party exercising its purchase rights thereunder. The Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any determination made by an Appraiser pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificates, the Loan-Specific Certificates, the Uncertificated VRR Interest, the Mortgage Loans and the Serviced Companion Loans (other than the obligation to make certain payments and to send certain notices to Certificateholders, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and to make any required remittances to the Serviced Companion Loan Holders in the month in which the final Distribution Date occurs and certain tax-related obligations) shall terminate immediately following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase by Holders of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or Holders of the Class R Certificates of all the Trust Loans and REO Properties (or interests therein) then included in the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, (ii) the exchange by the Remaining Certificateholder of its Certificates, the Loan-Specific Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest for all the Trust Loans and REO Properties (or interests therein) then included in the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and (iii) the final payment or other liquidation (or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Trust Loan or REO Property (or interest therein) contained in the Trust Fund; provided, however, that in no event shall the trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of twenty-one years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom, living on the date of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All such payments as contemplated by the preceding paragraph shall be deposited into the Collection Account by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, promptly following receipt thereof.

Unless the Certificate of Authentication on this Certificate has been executed by the Certificate Administrator or on its behalf by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Administrator has caused this Class F-RR Certificate to be duly executed.

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Administrator
By:
	Authorized Signatory

Dated: ____________, 2023

 

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Class F-RR Certificates referred to in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Dated: ____________, 2023

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION not in its individual capacity but solely as Authenticating Agent
By:
	Authorized Signatory

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ASSIGNMENT

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned (“Assignor(s)”) hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto ____________________________________________________ ______________________________ (please print or typewrite name(s) and address(es), including postal zip code(s) of assignee(s)) (“Assignee(s)”) the entire Percentage Interest represented by the within Class F-RR Certificate and hereby authorize(s) the registration of transfer of such interest to Assignee(s) on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.

I (we) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new Class F-RR Certificate of the entire Percentage Interest represented by the within Class F-RR Certificates to the above-named Assignee(s) and to deliver such Class F-RR Certificate to the following address:

Date: _________________

Signature by or on behalf of Assignor(s)

Taxpayer Identification Number

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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

The Assignee(s) should include the following for purposes of distribution:

Address of the Assignee(s) for the purpose of receiving notices and distributions:___________________________________________________________________________Distributions, if being made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to __________________________ for the account of __________________________ account number ____________________________. This information is provided by ______________________________, the Assignee(s) named above or ____________________________________ as its (their) agent.

By:
	[Please print or type name(s)]
	Title
	Taxpayer Identification Number

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EXHIBIT A-12

BENCHMARK 2023-V2 MORTGAGE TRUST
COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES,
SERIES 2023-V2, CLASS G-RR

[THIS CERTIFICATE IS A TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL CERTIFICATE FOR PURPOSES OF REGULATION S UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”). NEITHER THIS TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD OR DELIVERED, EXCEPT AS PERMITTED UNDER THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.

NO BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF THIS TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL CERTIFICATE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL OR INTEREST HEREON UNLESS THE REQUIRED CERTIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN DELIVERED PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.]¹

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]²

[TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE, AND TRANSFERS OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THIS GLOBAL CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.]³

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE SPONSORS, THE ORIGINATORS, THE DEPOSITOR OR ANY OTHER PARTY TO THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW, ANY DIRECTING HOLDER, ANY CONSULTING PARTY, ANY COMPANION LOAN HOLDER (OR ITS REPRESENTATIVE), THE INITIAL PURCHASERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THE CERTIFICATES NOR THE MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE DISTRIBUTABLE AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

DISTRIBUTIONS OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBORDINATED TO DISTRIBUTIONS OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON OTHER CLASSES OF CERTIFICATES OF THE SAME SERIES.

¹  Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate legend.

²  Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

³  Global Certificate legend.

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THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (A)(1) PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”) TO A PERSON THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (A “QIB”), OR IS PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB, AND WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE, OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (2) IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” TO AN INSTITUTION THAT IS NOT A “U.S. PERSON”, AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF, REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (3) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF, OR IN WHICH ALL THE EQUITY OWNERS COME WITHIN THE MEANING OF, RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT IS NOT A QIB, AND (B) IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS AND ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE PURCHASED BY OR PLEDGED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED TO ANY PERSON THAT IS OR BECOMES (I) AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY OR PROHIBITED TRANSACTION PROVISIONS OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), OR TO SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), OR A GOVERNMENTAL PLAN (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(32) OF ERISA) OR OTHER PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO ANY FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW (“SIMILAR LAW”) THAT IS, TO A MATERIAL EXTENT, SIMILAR TO THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE (EACH, A “PLAN”), OR (II) AN ENTITY OR COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT FUND THE ASSETS OF WHICH ARE CONSIDERED PLAN ASSETS UNDER U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REG. SECTION 2510.3-101, AS MODIFIED BY SECTION 3(42) OF ERISA, OR SIMILAR LAW OR OTHER PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH PLAN OR USING THE ASSETS OF SUCH PLAN TO ACQUIRE THIS CERTIFICATE, UNLESS (A)(I) SUCH PERSON IS AN “INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL ACCOUNT” WITHIN THE MEANING OF PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION 95-60, AND (II) ALL CONDITIONS OF SECTIONS I AND III OF PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION 95-60 WILL BE MET WITH RESPECT TO SUCH INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL ACCOUNT’S ACQUISITION, HOLDING AND DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE, OR (B) WITH RESPECT TO THE ACQUISITION, HOLDING OR DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL PLAN OR OTHER PLAN SUBJECT TO SIMILAR LAW, SUCH ACQUISITION, HOLDING AND DISPOSITION BY SUCH GOVERNMENTAL PLAN WILL NOT CONSTITUTE OR OTHERWISE RESULT IN A NON-EXEMPT VIOLATION OF SIMILAR LAW.

THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.

THIS CERTIFICATE IS INTENDED TO CONSTITUTE PART OF AN “ELIGIBLE HORIZONTAL RESIDUAL INTEREST” (AS DEFINED IN REGULATION RR PROMULGATED UNDER SECTION 15G OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED), AND AS SUCH IS SUBJECT TO VARIOUS PROHIBITIONS ON HEDGING, TRANSFER AND FINANCING SET FORTH IN REGULATION RR. THE INITIAL INVESTOR IN THIS CERTIFICATE, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN, IS DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

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BENCHMARK 2023-V2 MORTGAGE TRUST
COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES,
SERIES 2023-V2, CLASS G-RR

Pass-Through Rate:  The WAC Rate4
First Distribution Date: June 16, 2023	Cut-Off Date:  With respect to each Mortgage Loan and Serviced Companion Loan, the Due Date in May 2023 for that Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable (or, in the case of any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan that has its first Due Date subsequent to May 2023, the date that would have been its Due Date in May 2023 under the terms of that Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable, if a Monthly Payment were scheduled to be due in that month).
Aggregate Initial Certificate Balance of the Class G- RR Certificates:  $12,895,000	Scheduled Final Distribution Date:  the Distribution Date in May 2028

 

CUSIP:   08163TAM45 U0811GAC46 08163TAN27	Initial Certificate Balance of this Certificate: $[_____]
ISIN:       US08163TAM458 USU0811GAC439 US08163TAN2810
Common Code:
No.:  [1]

This certifies that [           ] is the registered owner of a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, including the distributions to be made with respect to the Class G-RR Certificates. The Trust Fund, described more fully below, consists primarily of a pool of Mortgage Loans secured by first liens on various types of commercial and multifamily properties and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan held in trust by the Trustee and, other than in the case of the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans, serviced by the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer. The Trust Fund was created, and the Mortgage Loans (other than the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans) and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan are to be serviced, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below). The Holder of this Certificate, by virtue of the acceptance hereof, assents to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and is bound thereby. In the event that there is any conflict between any provision of this Certificate and any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, such provision of this Certificate shall be

⁴ The initial approximate Pass-Through Rate as of the Closing Date is 6.9946% per annum.

⁵ For Rule 144A Certificates

⁶ For Regulation S Certificates

⁷ For IAI Certificates

⁸ For Rule 144A Certificates

⁹ For Regulation S Certificates

¹⁰ For IAI Certificates

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superseded to the extent of such inconsistency. Also issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class X-A, Class A-S, Class B, Class C, Class X-D, Class D, Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class J-RR and Class R Certificates (together with the Class G-RR Certificates, the “Certificates”; the Holders of Certificates are collectively referred to herein as “Certificateholders”).

This Certificate is issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of a Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as Special Servicer, BellOak, LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit,” as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

The Certificate Administrator makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates, the Mortgage Loans or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and has executed this Certificate in its limited capacity as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator will distribute (other than the final distribution on any Certificate), on the 4th Business Day following the Determination Date in each month, commencing in June 2023 (each such date, a “Distribution Date”), to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as of the related Record Date, an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest then distributable, if any, with respect to the Class G-RR Certificates for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to a share of the Non-Vertically Retained Percentage of the Yield Maintenance Charges collected on the Mortgage Loans, as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Interest accrued on this Certificate during an Interest Accrual Period, plus the aggregate unpaid Interest Shortfall with respect to this Certificate, if any, will be payable on the related Distribution Date to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The “Interest Accrual Period” with respect to any Distribution Date and with respect to the Class G-RR Certificates is the calendar month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs and is assumed to consist of 30 days.

All distributions (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) will be made by the Certificate Administrator to the persons in whose names the Certificates are registered at the close of business on each Record Date, which will be the last Business Day of the month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Distributions are required to be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Certificateholder at a bank or other entity located in the United States and having appropriate facilities to accept such funds, if such Certificateholder has provided the Certificate Administrator with written wiring instructions no less than five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions), or otherwise by check mailed to such Certificateholder. The final distribution on each Certificate shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentation and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the Certificate Administrator or its agent (which may be the Paying Agent or the Certificate Registrar acting as such agent) that is specified in a notice to Certificateholders of the pendency of the final distribution.

Any funds not distributed on the Termination Date because of the failure of any Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall be set aside and held in trust for the account of the appropriate non-tendering Certificateholders, whereupon the Trust Fund shall terminate. If any Trust Interest as to which notice of the Termination Date has been given pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining Trust Interest Owners, at their last addresses shown in the Certificate Register, to surrender their Trust Interest for cancellation in order to receive, from such funds held, the final distribution with respect thereto.

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If within one year after the second notice any Trust Interest shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining Trust Interest Owners concerning surrender of their Trust Interests. The costs and expenses of maintaining such funds and of contacting Trust Interest Owners shall be paid out of the assets which remain held. Subject to applicable state law with respect to escheatment of funds, if within two years after the second notice any Trust Interests shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent shall pay to the Certificate Administrator all amounts distributable to the Trust Interest Owners thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall thereafter hold such amounts for the benefit of such Trust Interest Owners until the earlier of (i) its termination as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the transfer of such amounts to a successor Certificate Administrator and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund and distribution of such amounts to the Class R Certificateholders. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Trust Interest Owner on any amount held as a result of such Trust Interest Owner’s failure to surrender its Trust Interest(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with Section 9.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries in respect of the Mortgage Loans, as more specifically set forth herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Fund includes: (i) such Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as from time to time are subject to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto; (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan due after the Cut-Off Date or, with respect to a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Due Date in the month of substitution (exclusive of interest relating to periods prior to, but due after, the Cut-Off Date); (iii) any REO Property (but, with respect to any REO Property relating to a Whole Loan, only to the extent of the Trust’s interest in the related Whole Loan); (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property (but, with respect to any REO Property relating to a Whole Loan, only to the extent of the Trust’s interest in the related Whole Loan); (v) the Master Servicer’s and the Trustee’s rights under the insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan required to be maintained pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and any proceeds thereof; (vi) the Trustee’s rights in any Assignments of Leases, Rents and Profits and any security agreements; (vii) the Trustee’s rights under any indemnities or guaranties given as additional security for any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (viii) all of the Trustee’s and the Certificate Administrator’s rights in the Escrow Accounts and Lock-Box Accounts and all proceeds of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan deposited in the Collection Account, the Distribution Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Excess Liquidation Proceeds Reserve Account and any REO Account, including any reinvestment income thereon; (ix) the Trustee’s rights in any environmental indemnity agreements relating to the Mortgaged Properties; (x) the Depositor’s rights under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements to the extent assigned to the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (xi) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interests; (xii) the Loss of Value Reserve Fund; (xiii) any Threshold Event Collateral; and (xiv) the Loan REMIC Regular Interests.

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the interests, rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the limitations thereon, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Certificate Administrator and Trustee.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, subject to certain restrictions on transfer set forth therein, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate, the Certificate Administrator shall execute, authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations, in like aggregate interest and of the same Class.

Prior to due presentation of this Certificate for registration of transfer, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Registrar, and any agent of any of them, may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the owner of such Certificate for the purpose of receiving distributions as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and for all other purposes whatsoever, and neither the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Registrar, nor any agent of any of them shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

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The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Custodian (if the Certificate Administrator is then acting as Custodian), the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee, without the consent of any of the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders or, as applicable, any Companion Loan Holder:

(i) to cure any ambiguity to the extent that it does not adversely affect any holders of Certificates or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any holders of Loan-Specific Certificates);

(ii) to correct or supplement any of its provisions which may be inconsistent with any other provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or with the description thereof in the Prospectus or to correct any error;

(iii) to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Excess Liquidation Proceeds Reserve Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account, the Distribution Account or any REO Account, provided that (A) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (B) the change would not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any Loan-Specific Certificateholder), as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting the amendment) or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such Amendment;

(iv) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (A) to the extent necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund, provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an opinion of counsel (at the expense of the party requesting the amendment) to the effect that (1) the action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize such risk and (2) the action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any holder of the Certificates or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any holder of the Loan-Specific Certificates), (B) to restrict (or to remove any existing restrictions with respect to) the transfer of the Class R Certificates, provided that the Depositor has determined that the amendment will not give rise to any tax with respect to the transfer of the Class R Certificates to a non-Permitted Transferee, (C) to the extent necessary to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act, Regulation AB, Regulation RR and/or any related regulatory actions and/or interpretations or (D) in the event that Regulation RR (or any portion thereof) or any other regulations applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate any risk retention requirements no longer applicable to this securitization transaction in light of such repeal;

(v) to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change, provided that the amendment will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of (i) any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any Loan-Specific Certificateholder) or ((iii) any holder of a Serviced Companion Loan not consenting thereto, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or as evidenced by, if any Certificate is then rated, a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and, in the case of a securitized Serviced Companion Loan with rated Serviced Companion Loan Securities, confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency

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Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.30 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

(vi) to modify the procedures in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to Rule 17g-5; provided that (A) such modification does not increase the obligations of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer without such party’s consent (which consent may not be withheld unless such modification would materially adversely affect such party or materially increase such party’s obligations under this Agreement) and (B) such modification shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and; provided, further that notice of such modification is provided to all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and

(vii) to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates (or, if applicable, Loan-Specific Certificates) by each Rating Agency, provided that the amendment will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of (i) any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any Loan-Specific Certificateholder) or (ii) any holder of a Serviced Companion Loan not consenting thereto, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or as evidenced by, if any Certificate is then rated, a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies and, in the case of a securitized Serviced Companion Loan with rated Serviced Companion Loan Securities, confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.30 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

provided, further that no amendment pursuant to any of clauses (i)-(vii) above may be made that would: (A) reduce the consent or consultation rights or the right to receive information under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the Controlling Class Representative without the consent of the Controlling Class Representative (or, if applicable, of any Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative without the consent of such Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative); (B) reduce the consultation rights or the right to receive information under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the Operating Advisor without the consent of the Operating Advisor; (C) change in any manner the obligations or rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement without the consent of the affected Mortgage Loan Seller; (D) change in any manner the obligations or rights of any Underwriter or Initial Purchaser, without the consent of the affected Underwriter or Initial Purchaser; or (E) adversely affect in any material respect any Serviced Companion Loan Holder in its capacity as such without its consent (the lack of which material adverse effect must in the case of, and under the circumstances described in, clauses (v) and (vii) above, be evidenced as described in such clauses). Expenses incurred with respect to any amendment shall be borne by the party requesting such amendment, unless the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee is requesting an amendment for the benefit of the Certificateholders, then in which case such expense will be borne by the Trust.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended from time to time by a writing signed by each of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Custodian (if the Certificate Administrator is then acting as Custodian), the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates not less than 66-2/3% of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates affected by the amendment for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Certificateholders, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner; provided, however, that no such amendment shall:

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(i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Serviced Loans which are required to be distributed on a Certificate or Loan-Specific Certificate of any Class or the Uncertificated VRR Interest or to any Serviced Companion Loan Holder, as applicable, without the consent of the Holder of that Certificate or Loan-Specific Certificate, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or that Serviced Companion Loan Holder, as applicable,

(ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates or Loan-Specific Certificates of any Class or of the Uncertificated VRR Interest the Holders (or, in the case of the Uncertificated VRR Interest, the owner) of which are required to consent to the amendment without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates or Loan-Specific Certificates of that Class then outstanding or of the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, as applicable,

(iii) change in any manner the obligations or rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement without the consent of the affected Mortgage Loan Seller,

(iv) change the definition of “Servicing Standard” without either (A) consent of 100% of the Certificateholders, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or (B) Rating Agency Confirmation,

(v) without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders and Loan-Specific Certificateholders of the Class or Classes of Certificates and Loan-Specific Certificates, or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, that is adversely affected thereby, change (A) the percentages of Voting Rights of Certificateholders or Loan-Specific Certificateholders that are required to consent to any action or inaction under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, (B) the right of the Certificateholders or Loan-Specific Certificateholders to remove the Special Servicer pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (C) the right of the Certificateholders or Loan-Specific Certificateholders to terminate the Operating Advisor pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,

(vi) adversely affect the Controlling Class Representative without the consent of 100% of the Controlling Class Certificateholders,

(vii) adversely affect any Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative without the consent of 100% of the Loan-Specific Controlling Class Certificateholders,

(viii) adversely affect a Serviced Companion Loan Holder in its capacity as such without its consent, or

(ix) change in any manner the obligations or rights of any Underwriter or Initial Purchaser without the consent of the affected Underwriter or Initial Purchaser.

The Holders of the Controlling Class representing greater than 50% of the Certificate Balance of the Controlling Class may (or, if such Holders do not, the Special Servicer, or if neither such Holders nor the Special Servicer do, the Master Servicer or, if none of such Holders, the Special Servicer or the Master Servicer does, any Holders of Class R Certificates representing greater than a 50% Percentage Interest in such Class, may also) effect an early termination of the Trust Fund, upon not less than 30 days’ prior notice given to the parties (or, if applicable, the other parties) to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (whereupon the Master Servicer shall notify the Serviced Companion Loan Holders) any time on or after the Early Termination Notice Date specifying the Anticipated Termination Date, by purchasing on such date all, but not less than all, of the Trust Loans (and in the case of any Trust Loan that is part of a Serviced Whole Loan, subject to certain rights of the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s) provided for in the related Co-Lender Agreement) then included in the Trust Fund, and all property acquired by or on behalf of the Trust Fund (including the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO Property acquired with respect to any Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan) in respect of any Trust Loan then included in the Trust Fund, at a purchase price, payable in cash, equal to (i) the sum of (A) the Termination Purchase Amount and (B) the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Master Servicer (unless the Master Servicer is the purchaser of such Trust Loans), the Special Servicer (unless the

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Special Servicer is the purchaser of such Trust Loans), the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, with respect to such termination, minus (ii) solely in the case where the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer is effecting such purchase, the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, if any, made by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, together with any interest accrued and payable to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in respect of such Advances and any unpaid Servicing Fees or Special Servicing Fees, as applicable, remaining outstanding (which items will be deemed to have been paid or reimbursed to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in connection with such purchase).

Any Person(s) effecting an early termination of the Trust Fund as provided in the prior paragraph shall first notify the Controlling Class Representative and each Certifying Certificateholder and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, or, in the case of a termination by the Holder of a Class R Certificate, notify the Certificate Administrator (who shall notify the Controlling Class Representative and each Certifying Certificateholder and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner) of its intention to do so in writing at least 30 days prior to the Anticipated Termination Date. All costs and expenses incurred by any and all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Trust Fund in connection with the purchase of the Trust Loans and other assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be borne by the party exercising its purchase rights thereunder. The Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any determination made by an Appraiser pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificates, the Loan-Specific Certificates, the Uncertificated VRR Interest, the Mortgage Loans and the Serviced Companion Loans (other than the obligation to make certain payments and to send certain notices to Certificateholders, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and to make any required remittances to the Serviced Companion Loan Holders in the month in which the final Distribution Date occurs and certain tax-related obligations) shall terminate immediately following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase by Holders of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or Holders of the Class R Certificates of all the Trust Loans and REO Properties (or interests therein) then included in the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, (ii) the exchange by the Remaining Certificateholder of its Certificates, the Loan-Specific Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest for all the Trust Loans and REO Properties (or interests therein) then included in the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and (iii) the final payment or other liquidation (or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Trust Loan or REO Property (or interest therein) contained in the Trust Fund; provided, however, that in no event shall the trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of twenty-one years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom, living on the date of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All such payments as contemplated by the preceding paragraph shall be deposited into the Collection Account by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, promptly following receipt thereof.

Unless the Certificate of Authentication on this Certificate has been executed by the Certificate Administrator or on its behalf by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Administrator has caused this Class G-RR Certificate to be duly executed.

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Administrator
By:
	Authorized Signatory

Dated: ____________, 2023

 

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Class G-RR Certificates referred to in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Dated: ____________, 2023

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION not in its individual capacity but solely as Authenticating Agent
By:
	Authorized Signatory

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ASSIGNMENT

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned (“Assignor(s)”) hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto ____________________________________________________ ______________________________ (please print or typewrite name(s) and address(es), including postal zip code(s) of assignee(s)) (“Assignee(s)”) the entire Percentage Interest represented by the within Class G-RR Certificate and hereby authorize(s) the registration of transfer of such interest to Assignee(s) on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.

I (we) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new Class G-RR Certificate of the entire Percentage Interest represented by the within Class G-RR Certificates to the above-named Assignee(s) and to deliver such Class G-RR Certificate to the following address:

Date: _________________

Signature by or on behalf of Assignor(s)

Taxpayer Identification Number

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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

The Assignee(s) should include the following for purposes of distribution:

Address of the Assignee(s) for the purpose of receiving notices and distributions:___________________________________________________________________________Distributions, if being made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to __________________________ for the account of __________________________ account number ____________________________. This information is provided by ______________________________, the Assignee(s) named above or ____________________________________ as its (their) agent.

By:
	[Please print or type name(s)]
	Title
	Taxpayer Identification Number

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EXHIBIT A-13

BENCHMARK 2023-V2 MORTGAGE TRUST
COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES,
SERIES 2023-V2, CLASS J-RR

[THIS CERTIFICATE IS A TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL CERTIFICATE FOR PURPOSES OF REGULATION S UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”). NEITHER THIS TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD OR DELIVERED, EXCEPT AS PERMITTED UNDER THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.

NO BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF THIS TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL CERTIFICATE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL OR INTEREST HEREON UNLESS THE REQUIRED CERTIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN DELIVERED PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.]¹

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]²

[TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE, AND TRANSFERS OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THIS GLOBAL CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.]³

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE SPONSORS, THE ORIGINATORS, THE DEPOSITOR OR ANY OTHER PARTY TO THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW, ANY DIRECTING HOLDER, ANY CONSULTING PARTY, ANY COMPANION LOAN HOLDER (OR ITS REPRESENTATIVE), THE INITIAL PURCHASERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THE CERTIFICATES NOR THE MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE DISTRIBUTABLE AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

DISTRIBUTIONS OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBORDINATED TO DISTRIBUTIONS OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON OTHER CLASSES OF CERTIFICATES OF THE SAME SERIES.

¹  Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate legend.

²  Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

³  Global Certificate legend.

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THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (A)(1) PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”) TO A PERSON THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (A “QIB”), OR IS PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB, AND WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE, OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (2) IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” TO AN INSTITUTION THAT IS NOT A “U.S. PERSON”, AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF, REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (3) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF, OR IN WHICH ALL THE EQUITY OWNERS COME WITHIN THE MEANING OF, RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT IS NOT A QIB, AND (B) IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS AND ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE PURCHASED BY OR PLEDGED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED TO ANY PERSON THAT IS OR BECOMES (I) AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY OR PROHIBITED TRANSACTION PROVISIONS OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), OR TO SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), OR A GOVERNMENTAL PLAN (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(32) OF ERISA) OR OTHER PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO ANY FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW (“SIMILAR LAW”) THAT IS, TO A MATERIAL EXTENT, SIMILAR TO THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE (EACH, A “PLAN”), OR (II) AN ENTITY OR COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT FUND THE ASSETS OF WHICH ARE CONSIDERED PLAN ASSETS UNDER U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REG. SECTION 2510.3-101, AS MODIFIED BY SECTION 3(42) OF ERISA, OR SIMILAR LAW OR OTHER PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH PLAN OR USING THE ASSETS OF SUCH PLAN TO ACQUIRE THIS CERTIFICATE, UNLESS (A)(I) SUCH PERSON IS AN “INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL ACCOUNT” WITHIN THE MEANING OF PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION 95-60, AND (II) ALL CONDITIONS OF SECTIONS I AND III OF PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION 95-60 WILL BE MET WITH RESPECT TO SUCH INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL ACCOUNT’S ACQUISITION, HOLDING AND DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE, OR (B) WITH RESPECT TO THE ACQUISITION, HOLDING OR DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL PLAN OR OTHER PLAN SUBJECT TO SIMILAR LAW, SUCH ACQUISITION, HOLDING AND DISPOSITION BY SUCH GOVERNMENTAL PLAN WILL NOT CONSTITUTE OR OTHERWISE RESULT IN A NON-EXEMPT VIOLATION OF SIMILAR LAW.

THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.

THIS CERTIFICATE IS INTENDED TO CONSTITUTE PART OF AN “ELIGIBLE HORIZONTAL RESIDUAL INTEREST” (AS DEFINED IN REGULATION RR PROMULGATED UNDER SECTION 15G OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED), AND AS SUCH IS SUBJECT TO VARIOUS PROHIBITIONS ON HEDGING, TRANSFER AND FINANCING SET FORTH IN REGULATION RR. THE INITIAL INVESTOR IN THIS CERTIFICATE, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN, IS DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

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BENCHMARK 2023-V2 MORTGAGE TRUST
COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES,
SERIES 2023-V2, CLASS J-RR

Pass-Through Rate:  The WAC Rate4
First Distribution Date: June 16, 2023	Cut-Off Date:  With respect to each Mortgage Loan and Serviced Companion Loan, the Due Date in May 2023 for that Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable (or, in the case of any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan that has its first Due Date subsequent to May 2023, the date that would have been its Due Date in May 2023 under the terms of that Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable, if a Monthly Payment were scheduled to be due in that month).
Aggregate Initial Certificate Balance of the Class J- RR Certificates:  $33,313,341	Scheduled Final Distribution Date:  the Distribution Date in June 2028

 

CUSIP:   08163TAP75 U0811GAD26 08163TAQ57	Initial Certificate Balance of this Certificate: $[_____]
ISIN:       US08163TAP758 USU0811GAD269 US08163TAQ5810   Common Code:
No.:  [1]

This certifies that [           ] is the registered owner of a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, including the distributions to be made with respect to the Class J-RR Certificates. The Trust Fund, described more fully below, consists primarily of a pool of Mortgage Loans secured by first liens on various types of commercial and multifamily properties and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan held in trust by the Trustee and, other than in the case of the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans, serviced by the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer. The Trust Fund was created, and the Mortgage Loans (other than the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans) and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan are to be serviced, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below). The Holder of this Certificate, by virtue of the acceptance hereof, assents to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and is bound thereby. In the event that there is any conflict between any provision of this Certificate and any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, such provision of this Certificate shall be

⁴ The initial approximate Pass-Through Rate as of the Closing Date is 6.9946% per annum.

⁵ For Rule 144A Certificates

⁶ For Regulation S Certificates

⁷ For IAI Certificates

⁸ For Rule 144A Certificates

⁹ For Regulation S Certificates

¹⁰ For IAI Certificates

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superseded to the extent of such inconsistency. Also issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class X-A, Class A-S, Class B, Class C, Class X-D, Class D, Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR and Class R Certificates (together with the Class J-RR Certificates, the “Certificates”; the Holders of Certificates are collectively referred to herein as “Certificateholders”).

This Certificate is issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of a Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as Special Servicer, BellOak, LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit,” as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

The Certificate Administrator makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates, the Mortgage Loans or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and has executed this Certificate in its limited capacity as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator will distribute (other than the final distribution on any Certificate), on the 4th Business Day following the Determination Date in each month, commencing in June 2023 (each such date, a “Distribution Date”), to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as of the related Record Date, an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest then distributable, if any, with respect to the Class J-RR Certificates for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to a share of the Non-Vertically Retained Percentage of the Yield Maintenance Charges collected on the Mortgage Loans, as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Interest accrued on this Certificate during an Interest Accrual Period, plus the aggregate unpaid Interest Shortfall with respect to this Certificate, if any, will be payable on the related Distribution Date to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The “Interest Accrual Period” with respect to any Distribution Date and with respect to the Class J-RR Certificates is the calendar month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs and is assumed to consist of 30 days.

All distributions (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) will be made by the Certificate Administrator to the persons in whose names the Certificates are registered at the close of business on each Record Date, which will be the last Business Day of the month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Distributions are required to be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Certificateholder at a bank or other entity located in the United States and having appropriate facilities to accept such funds, if such Certificateholder has provided the Certificate Administrator with written wiring instructions no less than five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions), or otherwise by check mailed to such Certificateholder. The final distribution on each Certificate shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentation and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the Certificate Administrator or its agent (which may be the Paying Agent or the Certificate Registrar acting as such agent) that is specified in a notice to Certificateholders of the pendency of the final distribution.

Any funds not distributed on the Termination Date because of the failure of any Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall be set aside and held in trust for the account of the appropriate non-tendering Certificateholders, whereupon the Trust Fund shall terminate. If any Trust Interest as to which notice of the Termination Date has been given pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining Trust Interest Owners, at their last addresses shown in the Certificate Register, to surrender their Trust Interest for cancellation in order to receive, from such funds held, the final distribution with respect thereto.

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If within one year after the second notice any Trust Interest shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining Trust Interest Owners concerning surrender of their Trust Interests. The costs and expenses of maintaining such funds and of contacting Trust Interest Owners shall be paid out of the assets which remain held. Subject to applicable state law with respect to escheatment of funds, if within two years after the second notice any Trust Interests shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent shall pay to the Certificate Administrator all amounts distributable to the Trust Interest Owners thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall thereafter hold such amounts for the benefit of such Trust Interest Owners until the earlier of (i) its termination as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the transfer of such amounts to a successor Certificate Administrator and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund and distribution of such amounts to the Class R Certificateholders. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Trust Interest Owner on any amount held as a result of such Trust Interest Owner’s failure to surrender its Trust Interest(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with Section 9.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries in respect of the Mortgage Loans, as more specifically set forth herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Fund includes: (i) such Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as from time to time are subject to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto; (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan due after the Cut-Off Date or, with respect to a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Due Date in the month of substitution (exclusive of interest relating to periods prior to, but due after, the Cut-Off Date); (iii) any REO Property (but, with respect to any REO Property relating to a Whole Loan, only to the extent of the Trust’s interest in the related Whole Loan); (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property (but, with respect to any REO Property relating to a Whole Loan, only to the extent of the Trust’s interest in the related Whole Loan); (v) the Master Servicer’s and the Trustee’s rights under the insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan required to be maintained pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and any proceeds thereof; (vi) the Trustee’s rights in any Assignments of Leases, Rents and Profits and any security agreements; (vii) the Trustee’s rights under any indemnities or guaranties given as additional security for any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (viii) all of the Trustee’s and the Certificate Administrator’s rights in the Escrow Accounts and Lock-Box Accounts and all proceeds of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan deposited in the Collection Account, the Distribution Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Excess Liquidation Proceeds Reserve Account and any REO Account, including any reinvestment income thereon; (ix) the Trustee’s rights in any environmental indemnity agreements relating to the Mortgaged Properties; (x) the Depositor’s rights under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements to the extent assigned to the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (xi) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interests; (xii) the Loss of Value Reserve Fund; (xiii) any Threshold Event Collateral; and (xiv) the Loan REMIC Regular Interests.

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the interests, rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the limitations thereon, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Certificate Administrator and Trustee.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, subject to certain restrictions on transfer set forth therein, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate, the Certificate Administrator shall execute, authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations, in like aggregate interest and of the same Class.

Prior to due presentation of this Certificate for registration of transfer, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Registrar, and any agent of any of them, may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the owner of such Certificate for the purpose of receiving distributions as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and for all other purposes whatsoever, and neither the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Registrar, nor any agent of any of them shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

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The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Custodian (if the Certificate Administrator is then acting as Custodian), the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee, without the consent of any of the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders or, as applicable, any Companion Loan Holder:

(i) to cure any ambiguity to the extent that it does not adversely affect any holders of Certificates or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any holders of Loan-Specific Certificates);

(ii) to correct or supplement any of its provisions which may be inconsistent with any other provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or with the description thereof in the Prospectus or to correct any error;

(iii) to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Excess Liquidation Proceeds Reserve Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account, the Distribution Account or any REO Account, provided that (A) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (B) the change would not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any Loan-Specific Certificateholder), as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting the amendment) or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such Amendment;

(iv) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (A) to the extent necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund, provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an opinion of counsel (at the expense of the party requesting the amendment) to the effect that (1) the action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize such risk and (2) the action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any holder of the Certificates or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any holder of the Loan-Specific Certificates), (B) to restrict (or to remove any existing restrictions with respect to) the transfer of the Class R Certificates, provided that the Depositor has determined that the amendment will not give rise to any tax with respect to the transfer of the Class R Certificates to a non-Permitted Transferee, (C) to the extent necessary to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act, Regulation AB, Regulation RR and/or any related regulatory actions and/or interpretations or (D) in the event that Regulation RR (or any portion thereof) or any other regulations applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate any risk retention requirements no longer applicable to this securitization transaction in light of such repeal;

(v) to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change, provided that the amendment will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of (i) any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any Loan-Specific Certificateholder) or ((iii) any holder of a Serviced Companion Loan not consenting thereto, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or as evidenced by, if any Certificate is then rated, a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and, in the case of a securitized Serviced Companion Loan with rated Serviced Companion Loan Securities, confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency

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Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.30 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

(vi) to modify the procedures in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to Rule 17g-5; provided that (A) such modification does not increase the obligations of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer without such party’s consent (which consent may not be withheld unless such modification would materially adversely affect such party or materially increase such party’s obligations under this Agreement) and (B) such modification shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and; provided, further that notice of such modification is provided to all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and

(vii) to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates (or, if applicable, Loan-Specific Certificates) by each Rating Agency, provided that the amendment will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of (i) any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any Loan-Specific Certificateholder) or (ii) any holder of a Serviced Companion Loan not consenting thereto, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or as evidenced by, if any Certificate is then rated, a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies and, in the case of a securitized Serviced Companion Loan with rated Serviced Companion Loan Securities, confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.30 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

provided, further that no amendment pursuant to any of clauses (i)-(vii) above may be made that would: (A) reduce the consent or consultation rights or the right to receive information under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the Controlling Class Representative without the consent of the Controlling Class Representative (or, if applicable, of any Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative without the consent of such Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative); (B) reduce the consultation rights or the right to receive information under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the Operating Advisor without the consent of the Operating Advisor; (C) change in any manner the obligations or rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement without the consent of the affected Mortgage Loan Seller; (D) change in any manner the obligations or rights of any Underwriter or Initial Purchaser, without the consent of the affected Underwriter or Initial Purchaser; or (E) adversely affect in any material respect any Serviced Companion Loan Holder in its capacity as such without its consent (the lack of which material adverse effect must in the case of, and under the circumstances described in, clauses (v) and (vii) above, be evidenced as described in such clauses). Expenses incurred with respect to any amendment shall be borne by the party requesting such amendment, unless the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee is requesting an amendment for the benefit of the Certificateholders, then in which case such expense will be borne by the Trust.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended from time to time by a writing signed by each of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Custodian (if the Certificate Administrator is then acting as Custodian), the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates and any Loan-Specific Certificates representing in the aggregate not less than 66-2/3% of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates and Loan-Specific Certificates affected by the amendment for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights

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of the Certificateholders, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner; provided, however, that no such amendment shall:

(i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Serviced Loans which are required to be distributed on a Certificate or Loan-Specific Certificate of any Class or the Uncertificated VRR Interest or to any Serviced Companion Loan Holder, as applicable, without the consent of the Holder of that Certificate or Loan-Specific Certificate, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or that Serviced Companion Loan Holder, as applicable,

(ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates or Loan-Specific Certificates of any Class or of the Uncertificated VRR Interest the Holders (or, in the case of the Uncertificated VRR Interest, the owner) of which are required to consent to the amendment without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates or Loan-Specific Certificates of that Class then outstanding or of the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, as applicable,

(iii) change in any manner the obligations or rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement without the consent of the affected Mortgage Loan Seller,

(iv) change the definition of “Servicing Standard” without either (A) consent of 100% of the Certificateholders, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or (B) Rating Agency Confirmation,

(v) without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders and Loan-Specific Certificateholders of the Class or Classes of Certificates and Loan-Specific Certificates, or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, that is adversely affected thereby, change (A) the percentages of Voting Rights of Certificateholders or Loan-Specific Certificateholders that are required to consent to any action or inaction under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, (B) the right of the Certificateholders or Loan-Specific Certificateholders to remove the Special Servicer pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (C) the right of the Certificateholders or Loan-Specific Certificateholders to terminate the Operating Advisor pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,

(vi) adversely affect the Controlling Class Representative without the consent of 100% of the Controlling Class Certificateholders,

(vii) adversely affect any Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative without the consent of 100% of the Loan-Specific Controlling Class Certificateholders,

(viii) adversely affect a Serviced Companion Loan Holder in its capacity as such without its consent, or

(ix) change in any manner the obligations or rights of any Underwriter or Initial Purchaser without the consent of the affected Underwriter or Initial Purchaser.

The Holders of the Controlling Class representing greater than 50% of the Certificate Balance of the Controlling Class may (or, if such Holders do not, the Special Servicer, or if neither such Holders nor the Special Servicer do, the Master Servicer or, if none of such Holders, the Special Servicer or the Master Servicer does, any Holders of Class R Certificates representing greater than a 50% Percentage Interest in such Class, may also) effect an early termination of the Trust Fund, upon not less than 30 days’ prior notice given to the parties (or, if applicable, the other parties) to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (whereupon the Master Servicer shall notify the Serviced Companion Loan Holders) any time on or after the Early Termination Notice Date specifying the Anticipated Termination Date, by purchasing on such date all, but not less than all, of the Trust Loans (and in the case of any Trust Loan that is part of a Serviced Whole Loan, subject to certain rights of the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s) provided for in the related Co-Lender Agreement) then included in the Trust Fund, and all property acquired by or on behalf of the Trust Fund (including the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO Property acquired with respect to any Outside Serviced

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Mortgage Loan) in respect of any Trust Loan then included in the Trust Fund, at a purchase price, payable in cash, equal to (i) the sum of (A) the Termination Purchase Amount and (B) the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Master Servicer (unless the Master Servicer is the purchaser of such Trust Loans), the Special Servicer (unless the Special Servicer is the purchaser of such Trust Loans), the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, with respect to such termination, minus (ii) solely in the case where the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer is effecting such purchase, the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, if any, made by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, together with any interest accrued and payable to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in respect of such Advances and any unpaid Servicing Fees or Special Servicing Fees, as applicable, remaining outstanding (which items will be deemed to have been paid or reimbursed to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in connection with such purchase).

Any Person(s) effecting an early termination of the Trust Fund as provided in the prior paragraph shall first notify the Controlling Class Representative and each Certifying Certificateholder and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, or, in the case of a termination by the Holder of a Class R Certificate, notify the Certificate Administrator (who shall notify the Controlling Class Representative and each Certifying Certificateholder and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner) of its intention to do so in writing at least 30 days prior to the Anticipated Termination Date. All costs and expenses incurred by any and all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Trust Fund in connection with the purchase of the Trust Loans and other assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be borne by the party exercising its purchase rights thereunder. The Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any determination made by an Appraiser pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificates, the Loan-Specific Certificates, the Uncertificated VRR Interest, the Mortgage Loans and the Serviced Companion Loans (other than the obligation to make certain payments and to send certain notices to Certificateholders, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and to make any required remittances to the Serviced Companion Loan Holders in the month in which the final Distribution Date occurs and certain tax-related obligations) shall terminate immediately following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase by Holders of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or Holders of the Class R Certificates of all the Trust Loans and REO Properties (or interests therein) then included in the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, (ii) the exchange by the Remaining Certificateholder of its Certificates, the Loan-Specific Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest for all the Trust Loans and REO Properties (or interests therein) then included in the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and (iii) the final payment or other liquidation (or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Trust Loan or REO Property (or interest therein) contained in the Trust Fund; provided, however, that in no event shall the trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of twenty-one years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom, living on the date of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All such payments as contemplated by the preceding paragraph shall be deposited into the Collection Account by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, promptly following receipt thereof.

Unless the Certificate of Authentication on this Certificate has been executed by the Certificate Administrator or on its behalf by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Administrator has caused this Class J-RR Certificate to be duly executed.

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Administrator
By:
	Authorized Signatory

Dated: ____________, 2023

 

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Class J-RR Certificates referred to in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Dated: ____________, 2023

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION not in its individual capacity but solely as Authenticating Agent
By:
	Authorized Signatory

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ASSIGNMENT

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned (“Assignor(s)”) hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto ____________________________________________________ ______________________________ (please print or typewrite name(s) and address(es), including postal zip code(s) of assignee(s)) (“Assignee(s)”) the entire Percentage Interest represented by the within Class J-RR Certificate and hereby authorize(s) the registration of transfer of such interest to Assignee(s) on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.

I (we) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new Class J-RR Certificate of the entire Percentage Interest represented by the within Class J-RR Certificates to the above-named Assignee(s) and to deliver such Class J-RR Certificate to the following address:

Date: _________________

Signature by or on behalf of Assignor(s)

Taxpayer Identification Number

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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

The Assignee(s) should include the following for purposes of distribution:

Address of the Assignee(s) for the purpose of receiving notices and distributions:___________________________________________________________________________Distributions, if being made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to __________________________ for the account of __________________________ account number ____________________________. This information is provided by ______________________________, the Assignee(s) named above or ____________________________________ as its (their) agent.

By:
	[Please print or type name(s)]
	Title
	Taxpayer Identification Number

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EXHIBIT A-14

BENCHMARK 2023-V2 MORTGAGE TRUST
COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES,
SERIES 2023-V2, CLASS R

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE SPONSORS, THE ORIGINATORS, THE DEPOSITOR OR ANY OTHER PARTY TO THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW, ANY DIRECTING HOLDER, ANY CONSULTING PARTY, ANY COMPANION LOAN HOLDER (OR ITS REPRESENTATIVE), THE INITIAL PURCHASERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THE CERTIFICATES NOR THE MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (A) PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”) TO A PERSON THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (A “QIB”), OR IS PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB, AND WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE, OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, AND (B) IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS AND ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

THIS CERTIFICATE MAY ONLY BE TRANSFERRED TO AND OWNED BY A QIB.

THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE PURCHASED BY OR PLEDGED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED TO ANY PERSON THAT IS OR BECOMES (I) AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY OR PROHIBITED TRANSACTION PROVISIONS OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), OR TO SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), OR A GOVERNMENTAL PLAN (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(32) OF ERISA) OR OTHER PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO ANY FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW (“SIMILAR LAW”) THAT IS, TO A MATERIAL EXTENT, SIMILAR TO THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE (EACH, A “PLAN”), OR (II) AN ENTITY OR COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT FUND THE ASSETS OF WHICH ARE CONSIDERED PLAN ASSETS UNDER U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REG. SECTION 2510.3-101, AS MODIFIED BY SECTION 3(42) OF ERISA (INCLUDING AN INSURANCE COMPANY THAT IS USING THE ASSETS OF SEPARATE ACCOUNTS OR GENERAL ACCOUNTS WHICH INCLUDE ASSETS OF PLANS (OR WHICH ARE DEEMED PURSUANT TO ERISA OR SIMILAR LAW TO INCLUDE ASSETS OF PLANS)), OR OTHER PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH PLAN OR USING THE ASSETS OF SUCH PLAN TO ACQUIRE THIS CERTIFICATE.

THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “RESIDUAL INTEREST” IN EACH OF TWO “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUITS” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN CODE SECTIONS 860G(a)(2) AND 860D. EACH TRANSFEREE OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, IS DEEMED TO HAVE ACCEPTED THIS CERTIFICATE SUBJECT TO CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY TO DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATIONS, DISQUALIFIED NON-U.S. TAX PERSONS OR AGENTS OF EITHER, AS SET FORTH IN SECTION 5.03 OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, AND SHALL BE REQUIRED TO FURNISH AN AFFIDAVIT TO THE TRANSFEROR AND THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR TO THE EFFECT THAT, AMONG OTHER THINGS, (A) IT IS NOT A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION, AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN CODE SECTION 860E(e)(5), OR AN AGENT (INCLUDING A BROKER, NOMINEE OR OTHER MIDDLEMAN) FOR SUCH DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION AND IS OTHERWISE A PERMITTED TRANSFEREE, (B) IT HAS HISTORICALLY PAID ITS DEBTS AS THEY HAVE COME DUE AND INTENDS TO PAY ITS DEBTS AS THEY COME DUE IN THE

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FUTURE, (C) IT UNDERSTANDS THAT IT MAY INCUR TAX LIABILITIES WITH RESPECT TO THIS CERTIFICATE IN EXCESS OF CASH FLOWS GENERATED HEREBY, (D) IT INTENDS TO PAY ANY TAXES ASSOCIATED WITH HOLDING THIS CERTIFICATE AS THEY BECOME DUE, (E) IT WILL NOT CAUSE INCOME WITH RESPECT TO THIS CERTIFICATE TO BE ATTRIBUTABLE TO A FOREIGN PERMANENT ESTABLISHMENT OR FIXED BASE, WITHIN THE MEANING OF AN APPLICABLE INCOME TAX TREATY, OF SUCH PERSON OR ANY OTHER U.S. PERSON AND (F) IT WILL NOT TRANSFER THIS CERTIFICATE TO ANY PERSON OR ENTITY THAT DOES NOT PROVIDE A SIMILAR AFFIDAVIT. ANY PURPORTED TRANSFER TO A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION OR OTHER PERSON THAT IS NOT A PERMITTED TRANSFEREE OR OTHERWISE IN VIOLATION OF THESE RESTRICTIONS SHALL BE ABSOLUTELY NULL AND VOID AND SHALL VEST NO RIGHTS IN ANY PURPORTED TRANSFEREE. THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS MULTIPLE “NONECONOMIC RESIDUAL INTERESTS”, AS DEFINED IN TREASURY REGULATIONS SECTION 1.860E-1(c), AND THEREFORE, TRANSFERS OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE DISREGARDED FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES. IN ORDER TO SATISFY A REGULATORY SAFE HARBOR UNDER WHICH SUCH TRANSFERS WILL NOT BE DISREGARDED, THE TRANSFEROR MAY BE REQUIRED, AMONG OTHER THINGS, TO SATISFY ITSELF AS TO THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE AND EITHER TO TRANSFER AT A MINIMUM PRICE OR TO AN ELIGIBLE TRANSFEREE AS SPECIFIED IN TREASURY REGULATIONS.

TRANSFERS OF THIS CERTIFICATE AND/OR INTERESTS HEREIN ARE SUBJECT TO THE DELIVERY OF SUCH CERTIFICATIONS, OPINIONS, AND OTHER EVIDENCE OF COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS, AND ARE FURTHER SUBJECT TO SUCH DEEMED REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES ON THE PART OF THE TRANSFEROR AND/OR TRANSFEREE, AS ARE SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.

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BENCHMARK 2023-V2 MORTGAGE TRUST
COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES,
SERIES 2023-V2, CLASS R

Percentage Interest:  [     ]%
Cut-Off Date:  With respect to each Mortgage Loan and Serviced Companion Loan, the Due Date in May 2023 for that Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable (or, in the case of any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan that has its first Due Date subsequent to May 2023, the date that would have been its Due Date in May 2023 under the terms of that Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable, if a Monthly Payment were scheduled to be due in that month).

 

CUSIP:  08163TAX0
ISIN: US08163TAX00
No.:  [1]

This certifies that [           ] is the registered owner of an interest in a Trust Fund, including the distributions to be made with respect to the Class R Certificates. The Trust Fund, described more fully below, consists primarily of a pool of Mortgage Loans secured by first liens on various types of commercial and multifamily properties and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan held in trust by the Trustee and, other than in the case of the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans, serviced by the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer. The Trust Fund was created, and the Mortgage Loans (other than the Outside Serviced Mortgage Loans) and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan are to be serviced, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below). The Holder of this Certificate, by virtue of the acceptance hereof, assents to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and is bound thereby. In the event that there is any conflict between any provision of this Certificate and any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, such provision of this Certificate shall be superseded to the extent of such inconsistency. Also issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class X-A, Class A-S, Class B, Class C, Class X-D, Class D, Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR and Class J-RR Certificates (together with the Class R Certificates, the “Certificates”; the Holders of Certificates are collectively referred to herein as “Certificateholders”).

This Certificate is issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of a Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as Special Servicer, BellOak, LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This Certificate represents the “residual interest” in each of two “real estate mortgage investment conduits,” as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(2) and 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

The Certificate Administrator makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates, the Mortgage Loans or the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan and has executed this Certificate in its limited capacity as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

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Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator will distribute (other than the final distribution on any Certificate), on the 4th Business Day following the Determination Date in each month, commencing in June 2023 (each such date, a “Distribution Date”), to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as of the related Record Date, an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of the aggregate amount, if any, with respect to the Class R Certificates for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

All distributions (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) will be made by the Certificate Administrator to the persons in whose names the Certificates are registered at the close of business on each Record Date, which will be the last Business Day of the month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Distributions are required to be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Certificateholder at a bank or other entity located in the United States and having appropriate facilities to accept such funds, if such Certificateholder has provided the Certificate Administrator with written wiring instructions no less than five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions), or otherwise by check mailed to such Certificateholder. The final distribution on each Certificate shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentation and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the Certificate Administrator or its agent (which may be the Paying Agent or the Certificate Registrar acting as such agent) that is specified in a notice to Certificateholders of the pendency of the final distribution.

Any funds not distributed on the Termination Date because of the failure of any Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall be set aside and held in trust for the account of the appropriate non-tendering Certificateholders, whereupon the Trust Fund shall terminate. If any Trust Interest as to which notice of the Termination Date has been given pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining Trust Interest Owners, at their last addresses shown in the Certificate Register, to surrender their Trust Interest for cancellation in order to receive, from such funds held, the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice any Trust Interest shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining Trust Interest Owners concerning surrender of their Trust Interests. The costs and expenses of maintaining such funds and of contacting Trust Interest Owners shall be paid out of the assets which remain held. Subject to applicable state law with respect to escheatment of funds, if within two years after the second notice any Trust Interests shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent shall pay to the Certificate Administrator all amounts distributable to the Trust Interest Owners thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall thereafter hold such amounts for the benefit of such Trust Interest Owners until the earlier of (i) its termination as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the transfer of such amounts to a successor Certificate Administrator and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund and distribution of such amounts to the Class R Certificateholders. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Trust Interest Owner on any amount held as a result of such Trust Interest Owner’s failure to surrender its Trust Interest(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with Section 9.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries in respect of the Mortgage Loans, as more specifically set forth herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Fund includes: (i) such Mortgage Loans and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan as from time to time are subject to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto; (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan due after the Cut-Off Date or, with respect to a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Due Date in the month of substitution (exclusive of interest relating to periods prior to, but due after, the Cut-Off Date); (iii) any REO Property (but, with respect to any REO Property relating to a Whole Loan, only to the extent of the Trust’s interest in the related Whole Loan); (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property (but, with respect to any REO Property relating to a Whole Loan, only to the extent of the Trust’s interest in the related Whole Loan); (v) the Master Servicer’s and the Trustee’s rights under the insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan required to be maintained pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and any proceeds thereof; (vi) the Trustee’s rights in any Assignments of Leases, Rents and Profits and any security agreements; (vii) the Trustee’s rights under any indemnities or guaranties

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given as additional security for any Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; (viii) all of the Trustee’s and the Certificate Administrator’s rights in the Escrow Accounts and Lock-Box Accounts and all proceeds of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan deposited in the Collection Account, the Distribution Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Excess Liquidation Proceeds Reserve Account and any REO Account, including any reinvestment income thereon; (ix) the Trustee’s rights in any environmental indemnity agreements relating to the Mortgaged Properties; (x) the Depositor’s rights under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements to the extent assigned to the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (xi) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interests; (xii) the Loss of Value Reserve Fund; (xiii) any Threshold Event Collateral; and (xiv) the Loan REMIC Regular Interests.

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the interests, rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the limitations thereon, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Certificate Administrator and Trustee.

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, subject to certain restrictions on transfer set forth therein, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate, the Certificate Administrator shall execute, authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations, in like aggregate interest and of the same Class.

Prior to due presentation of this Certificate for registration of transfer, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Registrar, and any agent of any of them, may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the owner of such Certificate for the purpose of receiving distributions as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and for all other purposes whatsoever, and neither the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Registrar, nor any agent of any of them shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Custodian (if the Certificate Administrator is then acting as Custodian), the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee, without the consent of any of the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders or, as applicable, any Companion Loan Holder:

(i) to cure any ambiguity to the extent that it does not adversely affect any holders of Certificates or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any holders of Loan-Specific Certificates);

(ii) to correct or supplement any of its provisions which may be inconsistent with any other provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or with the description thereof in the Prospectus or to correct any error;

(iii) to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Excess Liquidation Proceeds Reserve Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account, the Distribution Account or any REO Account, provided that (A) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (B) the change would not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any Loan-Specific Certificateholder), as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting the amendment) or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such Amendment;

(iv) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (A) to the extent necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund, provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an opinion of counsel (at the expense of the party requesting the amendment) to the effect that (1) the action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize such risk and (2) the

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action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any holder of the Certificates or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any holder of the Loan-Specific Certificates), (B) to restrict (or to remove any existing restrictions with respect to) the transfer of the Class R Certificates, provided that the Depositor has determined that the amendment will not give rise to any tax with respect to the transfer of the Class R Certificates to a non-Permitted Transferee, (C) to the extent necessary to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act, Regulation AB, Regulation RR and/or any related regulatory actions and/or interpretations or (D) in the event that Regulation RR (or any portion thereof) or any other regulations applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate any risk retention requirements no longer applicable to this securitization transaction in light of such repeal;

(v) to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change, provided that the amendment will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of (i) any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any Loan-Specific Certificateholder) or ((iii) any holder of a Serviced Companion Loan not consenting thereto, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or as evidenced by, if any Certificate is then rated, a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and, in the case of a securitized Serviced Companion Loan with rated Serviced Companion Loan Securities, confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.30 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

(vi) to modify the procedures in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to Rule 17g-5; provided that (A) such modification does not increase the obligations of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer without such party’s consent (which consent may not be withheld unless such modification would materially adversely affect such party or materially increase such party’s obligations under this Agreement) and (B) such modification shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and; provided, further that notice of such modification is provided to all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and

(vii) to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates (or, if applicable, Loan-Specific Certificates) by each Rating Agency, provided that the amendment will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of (i) any Certificateholder or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (or, if applicable, any Loan-Specific Certificateholder) or (ii) any holder of a Serviced Companion Loan not consenting thereto, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or as evidenced by, if any Certificate is then rated, a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies and, in the case of a securitized Serviced Companion Loan with rated Serviced Companion Loan Securities, confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be

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considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.30 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

provided, further that no amendment pursuant to any of clauses (i)-(vii) above may be made that would: (A) reduce the consent or consultation rights or the right to receive information under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the Controlling Class Representative without the consent of the Controlling Class Representative (or, if applicable, of any Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative without the consent of such Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative); (B) reduce the consultation rights or the right to receive information under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the Operating Advisor without the consent of the Operating Advisor; (C) change in any manner the obligations or rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement without the consent of the affected Mortgage Loan Seller; (D) change in any manner the obligations or rights of any Underwriter or Initial Purchaser, without the consent of the affected Underwriter or Initial Purchaser; or (E) adversely affect in any material respect any Serviced Companion Loan Holder in its capacity as such without its consent (the lack of which material adverse effect must in the case of, and under the circumstances described in, clauses (v) and (vii) above, be evidenced as described in such clauses). Expenses incurred with respect to any amendment shall be borne by the party requesting such amendment, unless the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee is requesting an amendment for the benefit of the Certificateholders, then in which case such expense will be borne by the Trust.

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended from time to time by a writing signed by each of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Custodian (if the Certificate Administrator is then acting as Custodian), the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates and any Loan-Specific Certificates representing in the aggregate not less than 66-2/3% of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates and Loan-Specific Certificates affected by the amendment for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Certificateholders, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner; provided, however, that no such amendment shall:

(i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Serviced Loans which are required to be distributed on a Certificate or Loan-Specific Certificate of any Class or the Uncertificated VRR Interest or to any Serviced Companion Loan Holder, as applicable, without the consent of the Holder of that Certificate or Loan-Specific Certificate, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or that Serviced Companion Loan Holder, as applicable,

(ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates or Loan-Specific Certificates of any Class or of the Uncertificated VRR Interest the Holders (or, in the case of the Uncertificated VRR Interest, the owner) of which are required to consent to the amendment without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates or Loan-Specific Certificates of that Class then outstanding or of the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, as applicable,

(iii) change in any manner the obligations or rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement without the consent of the affected Mortgage Loan Seller,

(iv) change the definition of “Servicing Standard” without either (A) consent of 100% of the Certificateholders, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or (B) Rating Agency Confirmation,

(v) without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders and Loan-Specific Certificateholders of the Class or Classes of Certificates and Loan-Specific Certificates, or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, that is adversely affected thereby, change (A) the percentages of Voting Rights of Certificateholders or Loan-Specific Certificateholders that are required to consent to any action or inaction under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, (B) the right of the Certificateholders or Loan-Specific Certificateholders to remove the Special Servicer pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (C) the right of the

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Certificateholders or Loan-Specific Certificateholders to terminate the Operating Advisor pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,

(vi) adversely affect the Controlling Class Representative without the consent of 100% of the Controlling Class Certificateholders,

(vii) adversely affect any Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative without the consent of 100% of the Loan-Specific Controlling Class Certificateholders,

(viii) adversely affect a Serviced Companion Loan Holder in its capacity as such without its consent, or

(ix) change in any manner the obligations or rights of any Underwriter or Initial Purchaser without the consent of the affected Underwriter or Initial Purchaser.

The Holders of the Controlling Class representing greater than 50% of the Certificate Balance of the Controlling Class may (or, if such Holders do not, the Special Servicer, or if neither such Holders nor the Special Servicer do, the Master Servicer or, if none of such Holders, the Special Servicer or the Master Servicer does, any Holders of Class R Certificates representing greater than a 50% Percentage Interest in such Class, may also) effect an early termination of the Trust Fund, upon not less than 30 days’ prior notice given to the parties (or, if applicable, the other parties) to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (whereupon the Master Servicer shall notify the Serviced Companion Loan Holders) any time on or after the Early Termination Notice Date specifying the Anticipated Termination Date, by purchasing on such date all, but not less than all, of the Trust Loans (and in the case of any Trust Loan that is part of a Serviced Whole Loan, subject to certain rights of the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s) provided for in the related Co-Lender Agreement) then included in the Trust Fund, and all property acquired by or on behalf of the Trust Fund (including the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO Property acquired with respect to any Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan) in respect of any Trust Loan then included in the Trust Fund, at a purchase price, payable in cash, equal to (i) the sum of (A) the Termination Purchase Amount and (B) the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Master Servicer (unless the Master Servicer is the purchaser of such Trust Loans), the Special Servicer (unless the Special Servicer is the purchaser of such Trust Loans), the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, with respect to such termination, minus (ii) solely in the case where the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer is effecting such purchase, the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, if any, made by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, together with any interest accrued and payable to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in respect of such Advances and any unpaid Servicing Fees or Special Servicing Fees, as applicable, remaining outstanding (which items will be deemed to have been paid or reimbursed to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in connection with such purchase).

Any Person(s) effecting an early termination of the Trust Fund as provided in the prior paragraph shall first notify the Controlling Class Representative and each Certifying Certificateholder and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, or, in the case of a termination by the Holder of a Class R Certificate, notify the Certificate Administrator (who shall notify the Controlling Class Representative and each Certifying Certificateholder and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner) of its intention to do so in writing at least 30 days prior to the Anticipated Termination Date. All costs and expenses incurred by any and all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Trust Fund in connection with the purchase of the Trust Loans and other assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be borne by the party exercising its purchase rights thereunder. The Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any determination made by an Appraiser pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificates, the Loan-Specific Certificates, the Uncertificated VRR Interest, the Mortgage Loans and the Serviced Companion Loans (other than the obligation to make certain payments and to send certain notices to Certificateholders, the Loan-Specific Certificateholders and the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and to make any required remittances to the Serviced Companion Loan Holders in the month in which the final Distribution Date occurs and certain tax-related obligations) shall terminate immediately following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase by Holders of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or Holders of the Class R Certificates of all the Trust Loans and REO

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Properties (or interests therein) then included in the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, (ii) the exchange by the Remaining Certificateholder of its Certificates, the Loan-Specific Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest for all the Trust Loans and REO Properties (or interests therein) then included in the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and (iii) the final payment or other liquidation (or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Trust Loan or REO Property (or interest therein) contained in the Trust Fund; provided, however, that in no event shall the trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of twenty-one years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom, living on the date of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All such payments as contemplated by the preceding paragraph shall be deposited into the Collection Account by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, promptly following receipt thereof.

Unless the Certificate of Authentication on this Certificate has been executed by the Certificate Administrator or on its behalf by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Administrator has caused this Class R Certificate to be duly executed.

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Administrator
By:
	Authorized Signatory

Dated: ____________, 2023

 

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Class R Certificates referred to in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Dated: ____________, 2023

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION not in its individual capacity but solely as Authenticating Agent
By:
	Authorized Signatory

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ASSIGNMENT

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned (“Assignor(s)”) hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto ____________________________________________________ ______________________________ (please print or typewrite name(s) and address(es), including postal zip code(s) of assignee(s)) (“Assignee(s)”) the entire Percentage Interest represented by the within Class R Certificate and hereby authorize(s) the registration of transfer of such interest to Assignee(s) on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.

I (we) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new Class R Certificate of the entire Percentage Interest represented by the within Class R Certificates to the above-named Assignee(s) and to deliver such Class R Certificate to the following address:

Date: _________________

Signature by or on behalf of Assignor(s)

Taxpayer Identification Number

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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

The Assignee(s) should include the following for purposes of distribution:

Address of the Assignee(s) for the purpose of receiving notices and distributions:___________________________________________________________________________Distributions, if being made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to __________________________ for the account of __________________________ account number ____________________________. This information is provided by ______________________________, the Assignee(s) named above or ____________________________________ as its (their) agent.

By:
	[Please print or type name(s)]
	Title
	Taxpayer Identification Number

A-14-12

EXHIBIT A-15

Form of Class S Certificate*

*Not Applicable. Because the Trust Fund will not include ARD Mortgage Loans as of the Closing Date, there will be no Class S Specific Grantor Trust Assets and the Class S Certificates will not be issued

A-15-1

EXHIBIT A-16

Form of Class VRR Certificate*

*Not Applicable. No Class VRR Certificates will be issued under this Agreement.

A-16-1

A-16-2

EXHIBIT B

MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE

 

B-1

BMARK 2023-V2  Mortgage Loan Schedule

Loan Number	Footnotes	Property Name	Address	City	State	Zip Code	Cut-Off Date Balance ($)	Flood Zone	Mortgage Rate	Remaining Term To Maturity/ARD (Mos.)	Maturity Date/ARD	Remaining Amortization Term (Mos.)	Master Servicing Fee Rate (%)	Primary Servicing Fee Rate (%)	Subservicing Fee Rate (%)	Outside Servicing Fee Rate (%)	Mortgage Loan Seller	Crossed With Other Loans	ARD (Yes/No)	ARD Mortgage Loan Final Maturity Date	ARD Revised Rate	Serviced Companion Loan Flag	Serviced Companion Loan Cut-off Date Balance	Serviced Companion Loan Interest Rate	Serviced Companion Loan Remaining Term to Maturity/ARD (Mos.)	Serviced Companion Loan Maturity Date/ARD	Serviced Companion Loan Remaining Amortization Term (Mos.)	Serviced Companion Loan Servicing Fee (%)
1	(1)(2)	ICP/IRG Holdings Portfolio	Various	Various	Various	Various	75,000,000.00		7.35000%	60	5/1/2028	0	0.00125%	0.00125%	0.04922%	0.00000%	JPMCB, 3650 Real Estate Investment Trust 2 LLC	NAP	No			Yes	105,000,000	7.35000%	60	5/1/2028	0	0.00125%
1.01		Romulus - Huron	38481 West Huron River Drive	Romulus	Michigan	48174		No
1.02		Warren Perkins Jones	541 Perkins Jones Road Northeast	Warren	Ohio	44483		No
1.03		Cleveland American Industrial	1 American Road	Cleveland	Ohio	44144		No
1.04		Cleveland American Office	100 American Road	Cleveland	Ohio	44144		No
1.05		Miles North Randall	21201 Miles Road	North Randall	Ohio	44128		No
1.06		Invacare	1166 and 1200 Taylor Street and 39400 Taylor Parkway	Elyria	Ohio	44035		No
1.07		Stop Eight Vandalia	3345 Stop Eight Road	Dayton	Ohio	45414		No
2		Austin Multifamily Portfolio	Various	Austin	Texas	78753	75,000,000.00		7.37000%	60	5/6/2028	0	0.00125%	0.00125%	NAP	0.00000%	CREFI	NAP	No			Yes	35,000,000	7.37000%	60	5/6/2028	0	0.00125%
2.01		Starburst Apartments	8800 North Interstate Highway 35	Austin	Texas	78753		Yes - AE
2.02		Orbit Apartments	8900 North Interstate Highway 35	Austin	Texas	78753		No
3	(3)	Cumberland Mall	2860 Cumberland Mall Southeast	Atlanta	Georgia	30339	65,000,000.00	No	7.87000%	60	5/1/2028	0	0.00125%	0.00125%	NAP	0.00000%	GACC, BMO	NAP	No			Yes	115,000,000	7.87000%	60	5/1/2028	0	0.00125%
4	(4)	Harborside 2-3	200-210 Hudson Street	Jersey City	New Jersey	07311	65,000,000.00	Yes - AE	5.84000%	59	4/6/2028	0	0.00125%	0.00125%	NAP	0.00000%	CREFI, BMO	NAP	No			Yes	160,000,000	5.84000%	59	4/6/2028	0	0.00125%
5		Soho Warehouse	1000 South Santa Fe Avenue	Los Angeles	California	90021	63,000,000.00	No	7.82950%	60	5/6/2028	360	0.00125%	0.00125%	NAP	0.00000%	GACC	NAP	No
6		400 West 14th Street	400 West 14th Street	New York	New York	10014	60,000,000.00	No	6.08000%	60	5/6/2028	0	0.00125%	0.00125%	0.10000%	0.00000%	GSMC	NAP	No
7	(5)	Green Acres	2034 Green Acres Road	Valley Stream	New York	11581	50,000,000.00	Yes - AE	5.89900%	56	1/6/2028	0	0.00125%	0.00125%	NAP	0.00000%	GSMC, BMO, GACC	NAP	No			Yes	320,000,000	5.89900%	56	1/6/2028	0	0.00125%
8	(6)	Heritage Plaza	1111 and 1200 Bagby Street	Houston	Texas	77002	40,000,000.00	No	7.63000%	60	5/6/2028	0	0.00125%	0.00000%	0.00250%	0.00000%	GSMC	NAP	No			Yes	132,000,000	7.63000%	60	5/6/2028	0	0.00250%
9		Tudor Wharf (Leasehold)	34-44 Charles River Avenue	Charlestown	Massachusetts	02129	37,700,000.00	Yes - AE	7.99000%	60	5/6/2028	0	0.00125%	0.00125%	NAP	0.00000%	BMO	NAP	No
10		Encino Target	17401 Ventura Boulevard	Encino	California	91316	36,630,000.00	No	6.32000%	58	3/5/2028	0	0.00125%	0.00125%	0.04922%	0.00000%	3650 Real Estate Investment Trust 2 LLC	NAP	No
11	(7)	Scottsdale Fashion Square	7014 East Camelback Road	Scottsdale	Arizona	85251	35,000,000.00	No	6.21425%	58	3/6/2028	0	0.00125%	0.00000%	NAP	0.00525%	GSMC, GACC	NAP	No
12		KY & MN Warehouse Distribution Portfolio	Various	Various	Various	Various	33,061,300.00		6.68500%	60	5/5/2028	0	0.00125%	0.00125%	0.04922%	0.00000%	3650 Real Estate Investment Trust 2 LLC	NAP	No
12.01		4813 Nashville	4813 Nashville Road	Bowling Green	Kentucky	42101		No
12.02		4811 Nashville	4811 Nashville Road	Bowling Green	Kentucky	42101		No
12.03		6740 Shady Oak	6740 Shady Oak Road	Eden Prairie	Minnesota	55344		No
13		Showboat Apartments	801 Boardwalk	Atlantic City	New Jersey	08401	33,000,000.00	Yes - AE	6.82000%	59	4/5/2028	0	0.00125%	0.00125%	0.04922%	0.00000%	3650 Real Estate Investment Trust 2 LLC	NAP	No
14		Motel 6 Tropicana	195 East Tropicana Avenue	Las Vegas	Nevada	89109	22,750,000.00	No	7.79153%	60	5/6/2028	360	0.00125%	0.00125%	NAP	0.00000%	Barclays	NAP	No
15		PetSmart HQ	19601 North 27th Avenue	Phoenix	Arizona	85027	22,350,000.00	No	4.28000%	59	4/5/2028	0	0.00125%	0.00000%	NAP	0.05047%	3650 Real Estate Investment Trust 2 LLC	NAP	No
16		National Warehouse & Distribution Portfolio	Various	Various	Various	Various	21,981,279.88		6.81000%	59	4/6/2028	359	0.00125%	0.00000%	NAP	0.00250%	CREFI	NAP	No
16.01		1700 Schuster Road	1700 Schuster Road	Delano	California	93215		Yes - A
16.02		101 Michelin Drive	101 Michelin Drive	Laurens	South Carolina	29360		No
16.03		1525 West 2960 South	1525 West 2960 South	Nibley	Utah	84321		No
16.04		5685 Raiders Road, Building B	5685 Raiders Road	Frazeysburg	Ohio	43822		No
16.05		840 Complex Street Southwest	840 Complex Street Southwest	Lenoir	North Carolina	28645		No
17		Patewood Corporate Center	10 & 30 Patewood Drive and 50 & 80 International Drive	Greenville	South Carolina	29615	20,500,000.00	No	4.13000%	61	6/5/2028	0	0.00125%	0.00000%	NAP	0.05047%	3650 Real Estate Investment Trust 2 LLC	NAP	No
18		Fairfield Inn & Suites Locust Grove	690 Market Place Boulevard	Locust Grove	Georgia	30248	8,240,245.84	No	7.80500%	58	3/6/2028	358	0.00125%	0.00125%	NAP	0.00000%	Barclays	Group A	No
19		Holiday Inn Express Jackson	116 Hospitality Drive	Jackson	Georgia	30233	7,740,836.99	No	7.80500%	58	3/6/2028	358	0.00125%	0.00125%	NAP	0.00000%	Barclays	Group A	No
20		Bed Stuy Portfolio	Various	Brooklyn	New York	Various	15,250,000.00		6.52150%	59	4/6/2028	0	0.00125%	0.00125%	NAP	0.00000%	GACC	NAP	No
20.01		150-152 Tompkins Avenue	150-152 Tompkins Avenue	Brooklyn	New York	11206		No
20.02		375 Kosciuszko Street	375 Kosciuszko Street	Brooklyn	New York	11221		No
20.03		1078 Putnam Avenue	1078 Putnam Avenue	Brooklyn	New York	11221		No
20.04		1438 Broadway	1438 Broadway	Brooklyn	New York	11221		No
20.05		607 Willoughby Avenue	607 Willoughby Avenue	Brooklyn	New York	11206		No
20.06		315 Pulaski Street	315 Pulaski Street	Brooklyn	New York	11206		No
20.07		609 Willoughby Avenue	609 Willoughby Avenue	Brooklyn	New York	11206		No
20.08		675 Halsey Street	675 Halsey Street	Brooklyn	New York	11233		No
20.09		143 Marcus Garvey Boulevard	143 Marcus Garvey Boulevard	Brooklyn	New York	11206		No
20.1		611 Willoughby Avenue	611 Willoughby Avenue	Brooklyn	New York	11206		No
20.11		399 Kosciuszko Street	399 Kosciuszko Street	Brooklyn	New York	11221		No
20.12		104 Ralph Avenue	104 Ralph Avenue	Brooklyn	New York	11221		No
20.13		1064 Putnam Avenue	1064 Putnam Avenue	Brooklyn	New York	11221		No
20.14		403 Kosciuszko Street	403 Kosciuszko Street	Brooklyn	New York	11221		No
20.15		639 Willoughby Avenue	639 Willoughby Avenue	Brooklyn	New York	11206		No
20.16		671 Halsey Street	671 Halsey Street	Brooklyn	New York	11233		No
20.17		706 MacDonough Street	706 MacDonough Street	Brooklyn	New York	11233		No
20.18		981 Lafayette Avenue	981 Lafayette Avenue	Brooklyn	New York	11221		No
20.19		22 Stuyvesant Avenue	22 Stuyvesant Avenue	Brooklyn	New York	11221		No
20.2		1074 Putnam Avenue	1074 Putnam Avenue	Brooklyn	New York	11221		No
20.21		1001 Putnam Avenue	1001 Putnam Avenue	Brooklyn	New York	11221		No
20.22		540A Kosciuszko Street	540A Kosciuszko Street	Brooklyn	New York	11221		No
20.23		162 Vernon Avenue	162 Vernon Avenue	Brooklyn	New York	11206		No
20.24		903 Lafayette Avenue	903 Lafayette Avenue	Brooklyn	New York	11221		No
20.25		409 Kosciuszko Street	409 Kosciuszko Street	Brooklyn	New York	11221		No
20.26		983 Lafayette Avenue	983 Lafayette Avenue	Brooklyn	New York	11221		No
20.27		340 Hart Street	340 Hart Street	Brooklyn	New York	11206		No
21		909 North Michigan Avenue	909 North Michigan Avenue	Chicago	Illinois	60611	14,241,000.00	No	6.75400%	59	4/6/2028	0	0.00125%	0.00125%	NAP	0.00000%	GACC	NAP	No
22		Meadowood Mall	5000 Meadowood Mall Circle	Reno	Nevada	89502	12,079,678.40	No	3.93000%	43	12/1/2026	283	0.00125%	0.00000%	NAP	0.05047%	3650 Real Estate Investment Trust 2 LLC	NAP	No
23		325 Gold Street	325 Gold Street	Brooklyn	New York	11201	12,000,000.00	No	7.55000%	59	4/6/2028	0	0.00125%	0.00125%	NAP	0.00000%	CREFI	NAP	No
24		Pepper Tree Apartments	4600 Oakwood Drive	Odessa	Texas	79761	10,950,000.00	No	7.03000%	60	5/6/2028	0	0.00125%	0.00125%	NAP	0.00000%	CREFI	NAP	No
25		Tudor Wharf (Leased Fee)	34-44 Charles River Avenue	Charlestown	Massachusetts	02129	10,700,000.00	Yes - AE	7.37000%	60	5/6/2028	0	0.00125%	0.00125%	NAP	0.00000%	BMO	NAP	No
26		1201 Third Avenue	1201 Third Avenue	Seattle	Washington	98101	8,000,000.00	No	5.58500%	58	3/9/2028	0	0.00125%	0.00000%	NAP	0.00250%	JPMCB	NAP	No
27		Chicago Heights	480 East Lincoln Highway	Chicago Heights	Illinois	60411	4,500,000.00	No	7.28000%	59	4/6/2028	0	0.00125%	0.00125%	NAP	0.00000%	CREFI	NAP	No

(1)	JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association and 3650 Real Estate Investment Trust 2 LLC are co-sponsors with respect to the ICP/IRG Holdings Portfolio mortgage loan (8.7%), which mortgage loan is evidenced by two (2) promissory notes: (i) note A-1-A-1, with an  outstanding principal balance of $39,000,000 as of the cut-off date, as to which 3650 Real Estate Investment Trust 2 LLC is acting as mortgage loan seller and (ii) note A-2-A, with an outstanding principal balance of $36,000,000 as of the cut-off date, as to which JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association is acting as mortgage loan seller.
(2)	With respect to the ICP/IRG Holdings Portfolio mortgage loan, which is evidenced by two (2) promissory notes: (i) the Subservicing Fee Rate is 0.04922% with respect to note A-1-A-1 which has an aggregate outstanding principal balance of $39,000,000 as of the cut-off date, and as to which 3650 Real Estate Investment Trust 2 LLC is acting as mortgage loan seller; and (ii) the Subservicing Fee Rate is 0% with respect to  note A-2-A which has an aggregate outstanding principal balance of $36,000,000 as of the cut-off date, and as to which JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association is acting as mortgage loan seller.
(3)	German American Capital Corporation and Bank of Montreal are co-sponsors with respect to the Cumberland Mall mortgage loan (7.6%), which mortgage loan is evidenced by four (4) promissory notes: (i) notes A-1 and A-2, with an outstanding principal balance of $40,000,000 as of the cut-off date, as to which German American Capital Corporation is acting as mortgage loan seller and (ii) notes A-8 and A-10, with an outstanding principal balance of $25,000,000 as of the cut-off date, as to which Bank of Montreal is acting as mortgage loan seller.
(4)	Citi Real Estate Funding Inc. and Bank of Montreal are co-sponsors with respect to the Harborside 2-3 mortgage loan (7.6%), which mortgage loan is evidenced by two (2) promissory notes: (i) note A-1, with an outstanding principal balance of $50,000,000 as of the cut-off date, as to which Citi Real Estate Funding Inc. is acting as mortgage loan seller and (ii) note A-7, with an outstanding principal balance of $15,000,000 as of the cut-off date, as to which Bank of Montreal is acting as mortgage loan seller.
(5)	Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company, Bank of Montreal and German American Capital Corporation are co-sponsors with respect to the Green Acres mortgage loan (5.8%), which mortgage loan is evidenced by four (4) promissory notes: (i) note A-1, with an outstanding principal balance of $36,000,000 as of the cut-off date, as to which Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company is acting as mortgage loan seller, (ii) notes A-13-2 and A-15-2, with an aggregate outstanding principal balance of $7,500,000 as of the cut-off date, as to which German American Capital Corporation is acting as mortgage loan seller and (iii) note A-4-1, with an outstanding principal balance of $6,500,000 as of the cut-off date, as to which Bank of Montreal is acting as mortgage loan seller.
(6)	With respect to the Heritage Plaza mortgage loan, from and after the related Servicing Shift Date, the Subservicing Fee Rate shall be 0.00000%, the Outside Servicing Fee Rate shall be 0.00250%, the Serviced Companion Loan Servicing Fee Rate shall be 0.00000%, and such Mortgage Loan will no longer be part of a Serviced Whole Loan.
(7)	Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company and German American Capital Corporation are co-sponsors with respect to the Scottsdale Fashion Square mortgage loan (4.1%), which mortgage loan is evidenced by two (2) promissory notes: (i) note A-2-C2-1, with an outstanding principal balance of $25,000,000 as of the cut-off date, as to which German American Capital Corporation is acting as mortgage loan seller and (ii) note A-1-C4, with an outstanding principal balance of $10,000,000 as of the cut-off date, as to which Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company is acting as mortgage loan seller.

EXHIBIT C

FORM OF REQUEST FOR RELEASE
(for Certificate Administrator)

 

Loan Information:
Name of Mortgagor: __________________
Master Servicer Loan No.: __________________

Certificate Administrator: Computershare Trust Company, National Association
Address:                             9062 Old Annapolis Road

                                                                              Columbia, Maryland 21045

                                                                              Attention: Corporate Trust Services – Benchmark 2023-V2

Custodian Mortgage File No.: __________________
[Seller]
Name: __________________
Address: __________________

__________________

Certificates: Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2, Class [__]

The undersigned [Master Servicer][Special Servicer][Outside Servicer][Outside Special Servicer] hereby requests delivery from Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator, for the Holders of Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2, the documents referred to below (the “Documents”). All capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Request for Release shall have the meanings given them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as Special Servicer, BellOak LLC, as Operating Advisor and Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee.

(  )                        Note dated _________, _____, in the original principal sum of $_____, made by _______, payable to, or endorsed to the order of, the Trustee.

(  )                        Mortgage recorded on ____________ as instrument no. ________ in the County Recorder’s Office of the County of _______________, State of _________________ in book/reel/docket ___________ of official records at page/image ________.

(  )                        Deed of trust recorded on __________ as instrument no. ________ in the County Recorder’s Office of the County of ____________, State of _______ in book/reel/docket ____________ of official records at page/image.

  C-1  

 

(  )                        Assignment of Mortgage or deed of trust to the Trustee, recorded on _____________ as instrument no. _______ in the County Recorder’s Office of the County of _________, State of _______ in book/reel/docket __________ of official records at page/image _____________.

(  )                        Other documents, including any amendments, assignments or other assumptions of the Note or Mortgage.

	(  )
	(  )
	(  )
	(  )

The undersigned [Master Servicer][Special Servicer][Outside Servicer][Outside Special Servicer] hereby acknowledges and agrees as follows:

(i)                                      The undersigned [Master Servicer][Special Servicer][Outside Servicer][Outside Special Servicer] shall hold and retain possession of the Documents in trust for the benefit of the Trustee, solely for the purposes provided in the Agreement.

(ii)                                   The undersigned [Master Servicer][Special Servicer][Outside Servicer][Outside Special Servicer] shall not cause or permit the Documents to become subject to, or encumbered by, any claim, liens, security interest, charges, writs of attachment or other impositions nor shall the undersigned [Master Servicer][Special Servicer][Outside Servicer][Outside Special Servicer] assert or seek to assert any claims or rights of set-off to or against the Documents or any proceeds thereof.

(iii)                                The undersigned [Master Servicer][Special Servicer][Outside Servicer][Outside Special Servicer] shall return the Documents to the Certificate Administrator when the need therefor no longer exists, unless the [Mortgage Loan][Trust Subordinate Companion Loan] relating to the Documents has been liquidated and the proceeds thereof have been remitted to the Collection Account and except as expressly provided in the Agreement.

(iv)                               The Documents and any proceeds thereof, including any proceeds of proceeds, coming into the possession or control of the undersigned [Master Servicer][Special Servicer][Outside Servicer][Outside Special Servicer] shall at all times be earmarked for the account of the Trustee, and the undersigned [Master Servicer][Special Servicer][Outside Servicer][Outside Special Servicer] shall keep the Documents and any proceeds separate and distinct from all other property in the undersigned [Master Servicer][Special Servicer][Outside Servicer][Outside Special Servicer]’s possession, custody or control.

  C-2  

 

	[MASTER SERVICER/SPECIAL SERVICER]
		[OUTSIDE SERVICER/ OUTSIDE SPECIAL SERVICER]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:
Dated:

  C-3  

 

EXHIBIT D

FORM OF DISTRIBUTION DATE STATEMENT

 

  D-1  

 

Distribution Date:	06/16/23	Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust
Determination Date:	06/12/23
Record Date:	05/31/23	Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
		Series 2023-V2

Table of Contents
Section	Pages
Certificate Distribution Detail	2
Certificate Factor Detail	3
Certificate Interest Reconciliation Detail	4
Additional Information	5
Bond / Collateral Reconciliation - Cash Flows	6
Bond / Collateral Reconciliation - Balances	7
Current Mortgage Loan and Property Stratification	8-12
Mortgage Loan Detail (Part 1)	13
Mortgage Loan Detail (Part 2)	14
Principal Prepayment Detail	15
Historical Detail	16
Delinquency Loan Detail	17
Collateral Stratification and Historical Detail	18
Specially Serviced Loan Detail - Part 1	19
Specially Serviced Loan Detail - Part 2	20
Modified Loan Detail	21
Historical Liquidated Loan Detail	22
Historical Bond / Collateral Loss Reconciliation Detail	23
Interest Shortfall Detail - Collateral Level	24
Supplemental Notes	25

Contacts
Role	Party and Contact Information
Depositor	Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc.
	Raul D. Orozco	raul.d.orozco@citi.com
	388 Greenwich Street Trading | New York, NY 10013 | United States
Certificate Administrator	Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
	Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)	cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com; trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com
	9062 Old Annapolis Road | Columbia, MD 21045 | United States
Master Servicer	Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association
	Attention: Executive Vice President – Division Head	NoticeAdmin@midlandls.com; AskMidland@midlandls.com
	10851 Mastin Street, Building 82, Suite 300 | Overland Park, KS 66210 | United States
Special Servicer	3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC
	Attention: General Counsel	compliance@3650REIT.com
	2977 McFarlane Road, Suite 300 | Miami, FL 33133 | United States
Trustee	Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
	Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)	cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com; trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com
	9062 Old Annapolis Road | Columbia, MD 21045 | United States
Operating Advisor & Asset Representations Reviewer	BellOak, LLC
	Attention: Reporting	Reporting@belloakadvisors.com
	200 N. Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 1400  | El Segundo, CA 90245 | United States

This report is compiled by Computershare Trust Company, N.A. from information provided by third parties. Computershare Trust Company, N.A. has not independently confirmed the accuracy of the information.

Please visit www.ctslink.com for additional information and if applicable, any special notices and any credit risk retention notices. In addition, certificate holders may register online for email notification when special notices are posted. For information or assistance please call 866-846-4526.

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Distribution Date:	06/16/23	Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust
Determination Date:	06/12/23
Record Date:	05/31/23	Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
		Series 2023-V2

Certificate Distribution Detail
Class	CUSIP	Pass-Through Rate (2)	Original Balance	Beginning Balance	Principal Distribution	Interest Distribution	Prepayment Penalties	Realized Losses	Total Distribution	Ending Balance	Current Credit Support¹	Original Credit Support¹
Regular Certificates
A-1		0.000000%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00%	0.00%
A-2		0.000000%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00%	0.00%
A-3		0.000000%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00%	0.00%
A-S		0.000000%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00%	0.00%
B		0.000000%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00%	0.00%
C		0.000000%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00%	0.00%
D		0.000000%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00%	0.00%
E-RR		0.000000%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00%	0.00%
F-RR		0.000000%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00%	0.00%
G-RR		0.000000%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00%	0.00%
J-RR		0.000000%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00%	0.00%
R		0.000000%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00%	0.00%
Regular SubTotal			0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Notional Certificates
X-A		0.000000%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
X-D		0.000000%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Notional SubTotal			0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Deal Distribution Total					0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
*	Denotes the Controlling Class (if required)
(1)	Calculated by taking (A) the sum of the ending certificate balance of all classes in a series less (B) the sum of (i) the ending certificate balance of the designated class and (ii) the ending certificate balance of all classes which are not subordinate to the designated class and dividing the result by (A).
(2)	Pass-Through Rates with respect to any Class of Certificates on next month's Payment Date is expected to be the same as the current respective Pass-Through Rate, subject to any modifications on the underlying loans, any change in certificate or pool balance, any change in the underlying index (if and as applicable), and any other matters provided in the governing documents.

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Distribution Date:	06/16/23	Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust
Determination Date:	06/12/23
Record Date:	05/31/23	Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
		Series 2023-V2

Certificate Factor Detail
Class	CUSIP	Beginning Balance	Principal Distribution	Interest Distribution	Interest Shortfalls / (Paybacks)	Cumulative Interest Shortfalls	Prepayment Penalties	Realized Losses	Total Distribution	Ending Balance
Regular Certificates
A-1		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
A-2		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
A-3		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
A-S		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
B		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
C		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
D		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
E-RR		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
F-RR		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
G-RR		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
J-RR		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
R		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
Notional Certificates
X-A		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
X-D		0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000

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Determination Date:	06/12/23
Record Date:	05/31/23	Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
		Series 2023-V2

Certificate Interest Reconciliation Detail
	Class	Accrual Period	Accrual Days	Prior Cumulative Interest Shortfalls	Accrued Certificate Interest	Net Aggregate Prepayment Interest Shortfall	Distributable Certificate Interest	Interest Shortfalls / (Paybacks)	Payback of Prior Realized Losses	Additional Interest Distribution Amount	Interest Distribution	Cumulative Interest Shortfalls
	A-1	MM/DD/YY-MM/DD/YY	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	A-2	MM/DD/YY-MM/DD/YY	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	A-3	MM/DD/YY-MM/DD/YY	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	X-A	MM/DD/YY-MM/DD/YY	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	A-S	MM/DD/YY-MM/DD/YY	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	B	MM/DD/YY-MM/DD/YY	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	C	MM/DD/YY-MM/DD/YY	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	X-D	MM/DD/YY-MM/DD/YY	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	D	MM/DD/YY-MM/DD/YY	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	E-RR	MM/DD/YY-MM/DD/YY	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	F-RR	MM/DD/YY-MM/DD/YY	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	G-RR	MM/DD/YY-MM/DD/YY	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	J-RR	MM/DD/YY-MM/DD/YY	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Totals				0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

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Distribution Date:	06/16/23	Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust
Determination Date:	06/12/23
Record Date:	05/31/23	Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
		Series 2023-V2

Additional Information

Total Available Distribution Amount (1) 0.00

(1) The Available Distribution Amount includes any Prepayment Premiums.

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Distribution Date:	06/16/23	Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust
Determination Date:	06/12/23
Record Date:	05/31/23	Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
		Series 2023-V2

Bond / Collateral Reconciliation - Cash Flows

Total Funds Collected

Interest
	Interest Paid or Advanced	0.00
	Interest Reductions due to Nonrecoverability Determination	0.00
	Interest Adjustments	0.00
	Deferred Interest	0.00
	ARD Interest	0.00
	Net Prepayment Interest Excess / (Shortfall)	0.00
	Extension Interest	0.00
	Interest Reserve Withdrawal	0.00
	Total Interest Collected	0.00

Principal
	Scheduled Principal	0.00
	Unscheduled Principal Collections
	Principal Prepayments	0.00
	Collection of Principal after Maturity Date	0.00
	Recoveries From Liquidations and Insurance Proceeds	0.00
	Excess of Prior Principal Amounts Paid	0.00
	Curtailments	0.00
	Negative Amortization	0.00
	Principal Adjustments	0.00
	Total Principal Collected	0.00

Other
	Prepayment Penalties / Yield Maintenance	0.00
	Gain on Sale / Excess Liquidation Proceeds	0.00
	Borrower Option Extension Fees	0.00
	Total Other Collected	0.00

Total Funds Collected 0.00

Total Funds Distributed

Fees
	Master Servicing Fee	0.00
	Certificate Administrator Fee	0.00
	Trustee Fee	0.00
	CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee	0.00
	Operating Advisor Fee	0.00
	Asset Representations Reviewer Fee	0.00
	Total Fees	0.00

Expenses/Reimbursements
	Reimbursement for Interest on Advances	0.00
	ASER Amount	0.00
	Special Servicing Fees (Monthly)	0.00
	Special Servicing Fees (Liquidation)	0.00
	Special Servicing Fees (Work Out)	0.00
	Legal Fees	0.00
	Rating Agency Expenses	0.00
	Taxes Imposed on Trust Fund	0.00
	Non-Recoverable Advances	0.00
	Workout Delayed Reimbursement Amounts	0.00
	Other Expenses	0.00
	Total Expenses/Reimbursements	0.00

Interest Reserve Deposit 0.00

Payments to Certificateholders and Others
	Interest Distribution	0.00
	Principal Distribution	0.00
	Prepayment Penalties / Yield Maintenance	0.00
	Total Payments to Certificateholders and Others	0.00

Total Funds Distributed 0.00

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Distribution Date:	06/16/23	Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust
Determination Date:	06/12/23
Record Date:	05/31/23	Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
		Series 2023-V2

Bond / Collateral Reconciliation - Balances 

Collateral Reconciliation

		Total
Beginning Scheduled Collateral Balance	0.00	0.00
(-) Scheduled Principal Collections	0.00	0.00
(-) Unscheduled Principal Collections	0.00	0.00
(-) Principal Adjustments (Cash)	0.00	0.00
(-) Principal Adjustments (Non-Cash)	0.00	0.00
(-) Realized Losses from Collateral	0.00	0.00
(-) Other Adjustments²	0.00	0.00
Ending Scheduled Collateral Balance	0.00	0.00
Beginning Actual Collateral Balance	0.00	0.00
Ending Actual Collateral Balance	0.00	0.00

Certificate Reconciliation

		Total
Beginning Certificate Balance		0.00
(-) Principal Distributions		0.00
(-) Realized Losses		0.00
	Realized Loss and Realized Loss Adjustments on Collateral	0.00
	Current Period NRA¹	0.00
	Current Period WODRA¹	0.00
	Principal Used to Pay Interest	0.00
	Non-Cash Principal Adjustments	0.00
	Certificate Other Adjustments**	0.00
Ending Certificate Balance		0.00

NRA/WODRA Reconciliation
	Non-Recoverable Advances (NRA) from Principal	Workout Delayed Reimbursement of Advances (WODRA) from Principal
Beginning Cumulative Advances	0.00	0.00
Current Period Advances	0.00	0.00
Ending Cumulative Advances	0.00	0.00

Under / Over Collateralization Reconciliation
Beginning UC / (OC)	0.00
UC / (OC) Change	0.00
Ending UC / (OC)	0.00
Net WAC Rate	0.00%
UC / (OC) Interest	0.00

(1)	Current Period NRA and WODRA displayed will represent the portion applied as Realized Losses to the bonds.
(2)	Other Adjustments value will represent miscellaneous items that may impact the Scheduled Balance of the collateral.
**	A negative value for Certificate Other Adjustments represents the payback of prior Principal Shortfalls, if any.

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Determination Date:	06/12/23
Record Date:	05/31/23	Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
		Series 2023-V2

Current Mortgage Loan and Property Stratification

Aggregate Pool

Scheduled Balance
Scheduled Balance	# Of Loans	Scheduled Balance	% Of Agg. Bal.	WAM²	WAC	Weighted Avg DSCR¹
Totals

Debt Service Coverage Ratio¹
Debt Service Coverage Ratio	# Of Loans	Scheduled Balance	% Of Agg. Bal.	WAM²	WAC	Weighted Avg DSCR¹
Totals

(1)	Debt Service Coverage Ratios are updated periodically as new NOI figures become available from borrowers on an asset level. In all cases the most current DSCR provided by the Servicer is used. To the extent that no DSCR is provided by the Servicer, information from the offering document is used. The debt service coverage ratio information was provided to the Certificate Administrator by the Master Servicer and the Certificate Administrator has not independently confirmed the accuracy of such information.
(2)	Anticipated Remaining Term and WAM are each calculated based upon the term from the current month to the earlier of the Anticipated Repayment Date, if applicable, and the Maturity Date.
(3)	Data in this table was calculated by allocating pro-rata the current loan information to the properties based upon the Cut Off Date Balance of each property as disclosed in the offering document. The Scheduled Balance Totals reflect the aggregate balances of all pooled loans as reported in the CREFC Loan Periodic Update File. To the extent that the Scheduled Balance Total figure for the "State" and "Property" stratification tables is not equal to the sum of the scheduled balance figures for each state or property, the difference is explained by loans that have been modified into a split loan structure. The "State" and "Property" stratification tables do not include the balance of the subordinate note (sometimes called the B-piece or a "hope note") of a loan that has been modified into a split-loan structure. Rather, the scheduled balance for each state or property only reflects the balance of the senior note (sometimes called the A-piece) of a loan that has been modified into a split-loan structure.

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Distribution Date:	06/16/23	Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust
Determination Date:	06/12/23
Record Date:	05/31/23	Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
		Series 2023-V2

Current Mortgage Loan and Property Stratification

Aggregate Pool

State³
State	# Of Properties	Scheduled Balance	% Of Agg. Bal.	WAM²	WAC	Weighted Avg DSCR¹
Totals

Property Type³
Property Type	# Of Properties	Scheduled Balance	% Of Agg. Bal.	WAM²	WAC	Weighted Avg DSCR¹
Totals

Note: Please refer to footnotes on the next page of the report.

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Distribution Date:	06/16/23	Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust
Determination Date:	06/12/23
Record Date:	05/31/23	Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
		Series 2023-V2

Current Mortgage Loan and Property Stratification

Aggregate Pool

Note Rate
Note Rate	# Of Loans	Scheduled Balance	% Of Agg. Bal.	WAM²	WAC	Weighted Avg DSCR¹
Totals

Seasoning
Seasoning	# Of Loans	Scheduled Balance	% Of Agg. Bal.	WAM²	WAC	Weighted Avg DSCR¹
Totals

(1)	Debt Service Coverage Ratios are updated periodically as new NOI figures become available from borrowers on an asset level. In all cases the most current DSCR provided by the Servicer is used. To the extent that no DSCR is provided by the Servicer, information from the offering document is used. The debt service coverage ratio information was provided to the Certificate Administrator by the Master Servicer and the Certificate Administrator has not independently confirmed the accuracy of such information.
(2)	Anticipated Remaining Term and WAM are each calculated based upon the term from the current month to the earlier of the Anticipated Repayment Date, if applicable, and the Maturity Date.
(3)	Data in this table was calculated by allocating pro-rata the current loan information to the properties based upon the Cut Off Date Balance of each property as disclosed in the offering document. The Scheduled Balance Totals reflect the aggregate balances of all pooled loans as reported in the CREFC Loan Periodic Update File. To the extent that the Scheduled Balance Total figure for the "State" and "Property" stratification tables is not equal to the sum of the scheduled balance figures for each state or property, the difference is explained by loans that have been modified into a split loan structure. The "State" and "Property" stratification tables do not include the balance of the subordinate note (sometimes called the B-piece or a "hope note") of a loan that has been modified into a split-loan structure. Rather, the scheduled balance for each state or property only reflects the balance of the senior note (sometimes called the A-piece) of a loan that has been modified into a split-loan structure.

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Determination Date:	06/12/23
Record Date:	05/31/23	Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
		Series 2023-V2

Current Mortgage Loan and Property Stratification

Aggregate Pool

Anticipated Remaining Term (ARD and Balloon Loans)
Anticipated Remaining Term	# Of Loans	Scheduled Balance	% Of Agg. Bal.	WAM²	WAC	Weighted Avg DSCR¹
Totals

Remaining Amortization Term (ARD and Balloon Loans)
Remaining Amortization Term	# Of Loans	Scheduled Balance	% Of Agg. Bal.	WAM²	WAC	Weighted Avg DSCR¹
Totals

(1)	Debt Service Coverage Ratios are updated periodically as new NOI figures become available from borrowers on an asset level. In all cases the most current DSCR provided by the Servicer is used. To the extent that no DSCR is provided by the Servicer, information from the offering document is used. The debt service coverage ratio information was provided to the Certificate Administrator by the Master Servicer and the Certificate Administrator has not independently confirmed the accuracy of such information.
(2)	Anticipated Remaining Term and WAM are each calculated based upon the term from the current month to the earlier of the Anticipated Repayment Date, if applicable, and the Maturity Date.
(3)	Data in this table was calculated by allocating pro-rata the current loan information to the properties based upon the Cut Off Date Balance of each property as disclosed in the offering document. The Scheduled Balance Totals reflect the aggregate balances of all pooled loans as reported in the CREFC Loan Periodic Update File. To the extent that the Scheduled Balance Total figure for the "State" and "Property" stratification tables is not equal to the sum of the scheduled balance figures for each state or property, the difference is explained by loans that have been modified into a split loan structure. The "State" and "Property" stratification tables do not include the balance of the subordinate note (sometimes called the B-piece or a "hope note") of a loan that has been modified into a split-loan structure. Rather, the scheduled balance for each state or property only reflects the balance of the senior note (sometimes called the A-piece) of a loan that has been modified into a split-loan structure.

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Distribution Date:	06/16/23	Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust
Determination Date:	06/12/23
Record Date:	05/31/23	Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
		Series 2023-V2

Current Mortgage Loan and Property Stratification

Aggregate Pool

Age of Most Recent NOI
Age of Most Recent NOI	# Of Loans	Scheduled Balance	% Of Agg. Bal.	WAM²	WAC	Weighted Avg DSCR¹
Totals

Remaining Stated Term (Fully Amortizing Loans)
Age of Most Recent NOI	# Of Loans	Scheduled Balance	% Of Agg. Bal.	WAM²	WAC	Weighted Avg DSCR¹
Totals

(1)	Debt Service Coverage Ratios are updated periodically as new NOI figures become available from borrowers on an asset level. In all cases the most current DSCR provided by the Servicer is used. To the extent that no DSCR is provided by the Servicer, information from the offering document is used. The debt service coverage ratio information was provided to the Certificate Administrator by the Master Servicer and the Certificate Administrator has not independently confirmed the accuracy of such information.
(2)	Anticipated Remaining Term and WAM are each calculated based upon the term from the current month to the earlier of the Anticipated Repayment Date, if applicable, and the Maturity Date.
(3)	Data in this table was calculated by allocating pro-rata the current loan information to the properties based upon the Cut Off Date Balance of each property as disclosed in the offering document. The Scheduled Balance Totals reflect the aggregate balances of all pooled loans as reported in the CREFC Loan Periodic Update File. To the extent that the Scheduled Balance Total figure for the "State" and "Property" stratification tables is not equal to the sum of the scheduled balance figures for each state or property, the difference is explained by loans that have been modified into a split loan structure. The "State" and "Property" stratification tables do not include the balance of the subordinate note (sometimes called the B-piece or a "hope note") of a loan that has been modified into a split-loan structure. Rather, the scheduled balance for each state or property only reflects the balance of the senior note (sometimes called the A-piece) of a loan that has been modified into a split-loan structure.

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Distribution Date:	06/16/23	Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust
Determination Date:	06/12/23
Record Date:	05/31/23	Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
		Series 2023-V2

Mortgage Loan Detail (Part 1)

Pros ID

Loan ID

Loan Group

Prop Type (1)

City

State

Interest Accrual Type

Gross Rate

Scheduled Interest

Scheduled Principal

Principal Adjustments

Anticipated Repay Date

Original Maturity Date

Adjusted Maturity Date

Beginning Scheduled Balance

Ending Scheduled Balance

Paid Through Date

Totals

1 Property Type Codes
	HC - Health Care	MU - Mixed Use	WH - Warehouse	MF - Multi-Family
	SS - Self Storage	LO - Lodging	RT - Retail	SF - Single Family Rental
	98 - Other	IN - Industrial	OF - Office	MH - Mobile Home Park
	SE - Securities	CH - Cooperative Housing	ZZ - Missing Information/Undefined

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Determination Date:	06/12/23
Record Date:	05/31/23	Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
		Series 2023-V2

Mortgage Loan Detail (Part 2)

Pros ID

Loan Group

Most Recent Fiscal NOI

Most Recent NOI

Most Recent NOI Start Date

Most Recent NOI End Date

Appraisal Reduction Date

Appraisal Reduction Amount

Cumulative ASER

Current P&I Advances

Cumulative P&I Advances

Cumulative Servicer Advances

Current NRA/WODRA from Principal

Defease Status

Totals

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Determination Date:	06/12/23
Record Date:	05/31/23	Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
		Series 2023-V2

Principal Prepayment Detail
			Unscheduled Principal		Prepayment Penalties
Pros ID	Loan Number	Loan Group	Amount	Prepayment / Liquidation Code	Prepayment Premium Amount	Yield Maintenance Amount
Totals

Note: Principal Prepayment Amount listed here may include Principal Adjustment Amounts on the loan in addition to the Unscheduled Principal Amount.

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Determination Date:	06/12/23
Record Date:	05/31/23	Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
		Series 2023-V2

Historical Detail

Delinquencies¹

Prepayments

Rate and Maturities

30-59 Days

60-89 Days

90 Days or More

Foreclosure

REO

Modifications

Curtailments

Payoff

Next Weighted Avg.

Distribution Date

#

Balance

#

Balance

#

Balance

#

Balance

#

Balance

#

Balance

#

Amount

#

Amount

Coupon

Remit

WAM¹

(1) Foreclosure and REO Totals are included in the delinquencies aging categories.

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Determination Date:	06/12/23
Record Date:	05/31/23	Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
		Series 2023-V2

Delinquency Loan Detail

Pros ID

Loan ID

Paid Through Date

Months Delinquent

Mortgage Loan Status¹

Current P&I Advances

Outstanding P&I Advances

Outstanding Servicer Advances

Actual Principal Balance

Servicing Transfer Date

Resolution Strategy Code²

Bankruptcy Date

Foreclosure Date

REO Date

Totals

1 Mortgage Loan Status
	A - Payment Not Received But Still in Grace Period	0 - Current	4 - Performing Matured Balloon
	B - Late Payment But Less Than 30 days  Delinquent	1 - 30-59 Days Delinquent	5 - Non Performing Matured Balloon
		2 - 60-89 Days Delinquent	6 - 121+ Days Delinquent
		3 - 90-120 Days Delinquent

2 Resolution Strategy Code
	1 - Modification	6 - DPO	10 - Deed in Lieu of Foreclosures
	2 - Foreclosure	7 - REO	11- Full Payoff
	3 - Bankruptcy	8 - Resolved	12 - Reps and Warranties
	4 - Extension	9 - Pending Return to Master Servicer	13 -  TBD
	5 - Note Sale	98 - Other

     Note: Outstanding P & I Advances include the current period advance.

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Determination Date:	06/12/23
Record Date:	05/31/23	Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
		Series 2023-V2

Collateral Stratification and Historical Detail

Maturity Dates and Loan Status¹

	Total	Performing	Non-Performing	REO/Foreclosure
Past Maturity	0	0	0	0
0 - 6 Months	0	0	0	0
7 - 12 Months	0	0	0	0
13 - 24 Months	0	0	0	0
25 - 36 Months	0	0	0	0
37 - 48 Months	0	0	0	0
49 - 60 Months	0	0	0	0
> 60 Months	0	0	0	0

Historical Delinquency Information

	Total	Current	30-59 Days	60-89 Days	90+ Days	REO/Foreclosure
Jun-23	0	0	0	0	0	0
May-23	0	0	0	0	0	0
Apr-23	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mar-23	0	0	0	0	0	0
Feb-23	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jan-23	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dec-22	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nov-22	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oct-22	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sep-22	0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug-22	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul-22	0	0	0	0	0	0

(1) Maturity dates used in this chart are based on the dates provided by the Master Servicer in the Loan Periodic File.

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Determination Date:	06/12/23
Record Date:	05/31/23	Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
		Series 2023-V2

Specially Serviced Loan Detail - Part 1
Pros ID	Loan ID	Ending Scheduled Balance	Actual Balance	Appraisal Value	Appraisal Date	Net Operating Income	DSCR	DSCR Date	Maturity Date	Remaining Amort Term
Totals

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Determination Date:	06/12/23
Record Date:	05/31/23	Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
		Series 2023-V2

Specially Serviced Loan Detail - Part 2
Pros ID	Loan ID	Property Type¹	State	Servicing Transfer Date	Resolution Strategy Code²	Special Servicing Comments

1 Property Type Codes
	HC - Health Care	MU - Mixed Use	WH - Warehouse
	MF - Multi-Family	SS - Self Storage	LO - Lodging
	RT - Retail	SF - Single Family Rental	98 - Other
	IN - Industrial	OF - Office	MH - Mobile Home Park
	SE - Securities	CH - Cooperative Housing	ZZ - Missing Information/Undefined

2 Resolution Strategy Code
	1 - Modification	6 - DPO	10 - Deed in Lieu of Foreclosures
	2 - Foreclosure	7 - REO	11- Full Payoff
	3 - Bankruptcy	8 - Resolved	12 - Reps and Warranties
	4 - Extension	9 - Pending Return to Master Servicer	13 -  TBD
	5 - Note Sale	98 - Other

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Determination Date:	06/12/23
Record Date:	05/31/23	Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
		Series 2023-V2

Modified Loan Detail 

		Pre-Modification		Post-Modification				Modification	Modification
Pros ID	Loan Number	Balance	Rate	Balance	Rate	Modification Code¹	Modification Booking Date	Closing Date	Effective Date
Totals

1 Modification Codes
	1 - Maturity Date Extension	5 - Temporary Rate Reduction	8 - Other
	2 - Amortization Change	6 - Capitalization on Interest	9 - Combination
	3 - Principal Write-Off	7 - Capitalization on Taxes	10 - Forbearance

Note: Please refer to Servicer Reports for modification comments.

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		Series 2023-V2

Historical Liquidated Loan Detail

Pros ID¹

Loan Number

Dist.Date

Loan Beginning Scheduled Balance

Most Recent Appraised Value or BPO

Gross Sales Proceeds or Other Proceeds

Fees, Advances, and Expenses

Net Proceeds Received on Liquidation

Net Proceeds Available for Distribution

Realized Loss to Loan

Current Period Adjustment to Loan

Cumulative Adjustment to Loan

Loss to Loan with Cumulative Adjustment

Percent of Original Loan Balance

Current Period Totals

Cumulative Totals

Note: Fees, Advances and Expenses also include outstanding P & I advances and unpaid fees (servicing, trustee, etc.).

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Determination Date:	06/12/23
Record Date:	05/31/23	Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
		Series 2023-V2

Historical Bond / Collateral Loss Reconciliation Detail
Pros ID	Loan Number	Distribution Date	Certificate Interest Paid from Collateral Principal Collections	Reimb of Prior Realized Losses from Collateral Interest Collections	Aggregate Realized Loss to Loan	Loss Covered by Credit Support/Deal Structure	Loss Applied to Certificate Interest Payment	Loss Applied to Certificate Balance	Non-Cash Principal Adjustment	Realized Losses from NRA/WODRA	Total Loss Applied to Certificate Balance
Current Period Totals
Cumulative Totals

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Determination Date:	06/12/23
Record Date:	05/31/23	Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
		Series 2023-V2

Interest Shortfall Detail - Collateral Level

Pros ID

Interest Adjustments

Deferred Interest Collected

Special Servicing Fees

ASER

PPIS /  (PPIE)

Non- Recoverable Interest

Interest on Advances

Reimbursement of Advances from Interest

Other Shortfalls / (Refunds)

Modified Interest Reduction / (Excess)

Monthly

Liquidation

Work Out

Total

Note: Interest Adjustments listed for each loan do not include amounts that were used to adjust the Weighted Average Net Rate of the mortgage loans.

Collateral Shortfall Total

0.00

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		Series 2023-V2

Supplemental Notes

None

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EXHIBIT E

FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE
FOR RULE 144A GLOBAL CERTIFICATE
TO TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL CERTIFICATE

(Exchanges or transfers pursuant to
Section 5.03(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement)

Computershare Trust Company, National Association,
             as Certificate Registrar
1505 Energy Park Drive
St. Paul, Minnesota 55108
Attention: CTS - Certificate Transfer Services – Benchmark 2023-V2

Re: Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2, Class [__]

Reference is hereby made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as Special Servicer, BellOak, LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This letter relates to US $[______] aggregate [Certificate Balance] [Notional Amount] of the Class [__] Certificates (the “Certificates”) which are held in the form of a beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Certificate of such Class (CUSIP No. [______]) with the Depository in the name of [insert name of Transferor] (the “Transferor”). The Transferor has requested an exchange or transfer of such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in the Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate of such Class (CINS No. [______] and ISIN No. [______]) to be held with the Depository in the name of [Euroclear] [Clearstream]^* (Common Code No. [______]).

In connection with such request and in respect of such Certificates, the Transferor does hereby certify that such exchange or transfer has been made in compliance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation S (“Regulation S”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and accordingly the Transferor does hereby certify that:

(1)       the offer of the Certificates was not made to a person in the “United States” (as defined in Regulation S);

^*      Select appropriate depository.

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[(2)     at the time the buy order was originated, the transferee was outside the United States or the Transferor and any person acting on its behalf reasonably believed and believes that the transferee was outside the United States;]^**

[(2)     the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a “designated offshore securities market” (as defined in Regulation S) and neither the Transferor nor any person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was pre-arranged with a buyer in the United States;]^**

(3)       no “directed selling efforts” (as defined in Regulation S) have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or 904(b) of Regulation S, as applicable;

(4)       the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act; and

(5)       the transferee is an institution.

We understand that this certificate is required in connection with certain securities laws of the United States. In connection therewith, if administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate to any interested party in such proceeding. This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Depositor, Trustee, Operating Advisor, Asset Representations Reviewer, Certificate Administrator, Master Servicer, Special Servicer, the Initial Purchasers and the Underwriters.

	[Insert Name of Transferor]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:
Dated:
cc: Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc.

^**   Insert one of these two provisions, which come from the definition of “offshore transaction” in Regulation S.

  E-2  

 

EXHIBIT F

FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE
FOR RULE 144A GLOBAL CERTIFICATE
TO REGULATION S GLOBAL CERTIFICATE

(Exchange or transfers pursuant to
Section 5.03(d) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement)

 

Computershare Trust Company, National Association,
             as Certificate Registrar
1505 Energy Park Drive
St. Paul, Minnesota 55108
Attention: CTS - Certificate Transfer Services – Benchmark 2023-V2

Re: Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2, Class [__]

Reference is hereby made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as Special Servicer, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This letter relates to US $[______] aggregate [Certificate Balance] [Notional Amount] of the Class [__] Certificates (the “Certificates”) which are held in the form of a beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Certificate of such Class (CUSIP No. [______]) with the Depository in the name of [insert name of Transferor] (the “Transferor”). The Transferor has requested an exchange or transfer of such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Certificate of such Class (CINS No. [______], ISIN No. [______], and Common Code No. [______]).

In connection with such request and in respect of such Certificates, the Transferor does hereby certify that such exchange or transfer has been made in compliance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and, (i) with respect to transfers made in reliance on Regulation S (“Regulation S”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), the Transferor does hereby certify that:

(1)       the offer of the Certificates was not made to a person in the “United States” (as defined in Regulation S),

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[(2)     at the time the buy order was originated, the transferee was outside the United States or the Transferor and any person acting on its behalf reasonably believed and believes that the transferee was outside the United States,]^*

[(2)     the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a “designated offshore securities market” (as defined in Regulation S) and neither the Transferor nor any person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was pre-arranged with a buyer in the United States,] ^*

(3)       no “directed selling efforts” (as defined in Regulation S) have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or 904(b) of Regulation S, as applicable,

(4)       the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act; and

(5)       the transferee is an institution.

or (ii) with respect to transfers made in reliance on Rule 144 under the Securities Act, the Transferor does hereby certify that the Certificates are being transferred in a transaction permitted by Rule 144 under the Securities Act.^**

We understand that this certificate is required in connection with certain securities laws of the United States. In connection therewith, if administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate to any interested party in such proceeding. This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Depositor, Trustee, Operating Advisor, Asset Representations Reviewer, Certificate Administrator, Master Servicer, Special Servicer, the Initial Purchasers and the Underwriters.

	[Insert Name of Transferor]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:
Dated:
cc: Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc.

^*                        Insert one of these two provisions, which come from the definition of “offshore transaction” in Regulation S.

^**                   Select (i) or (ii), as applicable.

  F-2  

 

EXHIBIT G

FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE
FOR TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL CERTIFICATE
TO RULE 144A GLOBAL CERTIFICATE DURING RESTRICTED PERIOD

(Exchange or transfers pursuant to
Section 5.03(e) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement)

 

Computershare Trust Company, National Association,
             as Certificate Registrar
1505 Energy Park Drive
St. Paul, Minnesota 55108
Attention: CTS - Certificate Transfer Services – Benchmark 2023-V2

Re: Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2, Class [__]

Reference is hereby made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as Special Servicer, BellOak, LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This letter relates to US $[______] aggregate [Certificate Balance] [Notional Amount] of the Class [__] Certificates (the “Certificates”) which are held in the form of a beneficial interest in the Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate of such Class (CINS No. [______] and ISIN No. [______]) with [Euroclear] [Clearstream]^* (Common Code [______]) through the Depository in the name of [insert name of transferor] (the “Transferor”). The Transferor has requested an exchange or transfer of such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Certificate of such Class (CUSIP No. [______]).

In connection with such request, and in respect of such Certificates, the Transferor does hereby certify that such Certificates are being exchanged or transferred in accordance with Rule 144A (“Rule 144A”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), to a transferee that the Transferor reasonably believes is purchasing the Certificates for its own account, or for one or more accounts with respect to which the transferee exercises sole investment discretion, and the transferee and any such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of

^*       Select appropriate depository.

  G-1  

 

Rule 144A in each case in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States or other applicable jurisdiction.

We understand that this certificate is required in connection with certain securities laws of the United States. In connection therewith, if administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate to any interested party in such proceeding. This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Depositor, Trustee, Operating Advisor, Asset Representations Reviewer, Certificate Administrator, Master Servicer, Special Servicer, the Initial Purchasers and the Underwriters.

	[Insert Name of Transferor]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:
Dated:
cc: Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc.

  G-2  

 

EXHIBIT H

FORM OF CERTIFICATION TO BE GIVEN BY
CERTIFICATE OWNER OF TEMPORARY
REGULATION S GLOBAL CERTIFICATE

(Exchanges pursuant to
Section 5.03(f) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement)

 

Computershare Trust Company, National Association,
             as Certificate Registrar
1505 Energy Park Drive
St. Paul, Minnesota 55108
Attention: CTS - Certificate Transfer Services – Benchmark 2023-V2

Re: Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2, Class [__]

Reference is hereby made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as Special Servicer, BellOak, LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

[For purposes of acquiring a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global Certificate of the Class specified above after the expiration of the Restricted Period,] [For purposes of receiving payments under a Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate of the Class specified above,]^* the undersigned holder of a beneficial interest in a Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate of the Class specified above issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement certifies that it is an institution that is not a “U.S. person” as defined by Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

We undertake to advise you promptly by facsimile on or prior to the date on which you intend to submit your corresponding certification relating to the Global Certificates of the Class specified above held by you for our account if any applicable statement herein is not correct on such date, and in the absence of any such notification it may be assumed that this certification applies as of such date.

^*     Select, as applicable.

  H-1  

 

We understand that this certificate is required in connection with certain securities laws of the United States. In connection therewith, if administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate to any interested party in such proceeding. This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Depositor, Trustee, Operating Advisor, Asset Representations Reviewer, Certificate Administrator, Master Servicer, Special Servicer, the Initial Purchasers and the Underwriters.

Dated: 

By:
	as, or as agent for, the holder of a beneficial interest in the Certificates to which this certificate relates.

  H-2  

 

 

EXHIBIT I

FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE
FOR NON-BOOK ENTRY CERTIFICATE
TO TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL CERTIFICATE

(Exchanges or transfers pursuant to
Section 5.03(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement)

 

Computershare Trust Company, National Association,
             as Certificate Registrar
1505 Energy Park Drive
St. Paul, Minnesota 55108
Attention: CTS - Certificate Transfer Services – Benchmark 2023-V2

Re: Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2, Class [__]

Reference is hereby made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as Special Servicer, BellOak, LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This letter relates to US $[______] aggregate [Certificate Balance] [Notional Amount] of the Class [__] Certificates (the “Certificates”) which are held in the form of Non-Book Entry Certificates of such Class (CUSIP No. [______]) in the name of [insert name of Transferor] (the “Transferor”). The Transferor has requested an exchange or transfer of such Non-Book Entry Certificates for a beneficial interest in the Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate of such Class (CINS No. [______] and ISIN No. [______]) to be held with [Euroclear] [Clearstream]^* (Common Code [______]) through the Depository.

In connection with such request, and in respect of such Certificates, the Transferor does hereby certify that such exchange or transfer has been made in compliance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation S (“Regulation S”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and accordingly the Transferor does hereby certify that:

^*    Select appropriate depository.

  I-1  

 

(1)       the offer of the Certificates was not made to a person in the “United States” (as defined in Regulation S);

[(2)     at the time the buy order was originated, the transferee was outside the United States or the Transferor and any person acting on its behalf reasonably believed and believes that the transferee was outside the United States;]^**

[(2)     the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a “designated offshore securities market” (as defined in Regulation S) and neither the Transferor nor any person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was pre-arranged with a buyer in the United States;] ^**

(3)       no “directed selling efforts” (as defined in Regulation S) have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or 904(b) of Regulation S, as applicable;

(4)       the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act; and

(5)       the transferee is an institution.

We understand that this certificate is required in connection with certain securities laws of the United States. In connection therewith, if administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate to any interested party in such proceeding. This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Depositor, Trustee, Operating Advisor, Asset Representations Reviewer, Certificate Administrator, Master Servicer, Special Servicer, the Initial Purchasers and the Underwriters.

	[Insert Name of Transferor]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:
Dated:
cc: Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc.

^**     Insert one of these two provisions, which come from the definition of “offshore transaction” in Regulation S.

  I-2  

 

EXHIBIT J

FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE
FOR NON-BOOK ENTRY CERTIFICATE
TO REGULATION S GLOBAL CERTIFICATE

(Exchange or transfers pursuant to
Section 5.03(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement)

 

Computershare Trust Company, National Association,
             as Certificate Registrar
1505 Energy Park Drive
St. Paul, Minnesota 55108
Attention: CTS - Certificate Transfer Services – Benchmark 2023-V2

Re: Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2, Class [__]

Reference is hereby made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as Special Servicer, BellOak, LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This letter relates to US $[______] aggregate [Certificate Balance] [Notional Amount] of the Class [__] Certificates (the “Certificates”) which are held in the form of Non-Book Entry Certificates of such Class (CUSIP No. [______]) in the name of [insert name of Transferor] (the “Transferor”). The Transferor has requested an exchange or transfer of such Non-Book Entry Certificates for a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Certificate (CINS No. [______], ISIN No. [______], and Common Code No. [______]).

In connection with such request, and in respect of such Certificates, the Transferor does hereby certify that such exchange or transfer has been made in compliance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation S (“Regulation S”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and accordingly the Transferor does hereby certify that:

(1)       the offer of the Certificates was not made to a person in the “United States” (as defined in Regulation S);

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[(2)     at the time the buy order was originated, the transferee was outside the United States or the Transferor and any person acting on its behalf reasonably believed and believes that the transferee was outside the United States;]^*

[(2)     the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a “designated offshore securities market” (as defined in Regulation S) and neither the Transferor nor any person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was pre-arranged with a buyer in the United States;] ^*

(3)       no “directed selling efforts” (as defined in Regulation S) have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or 904(b) of Regulation S, as applicable;

(4)       the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act; and

(5)       the transferee is an institution.

We understand that this certificate is required in connection with certain securities laws of the United States. In connection therewith, if administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate to any interested party in such proceeding. This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Depositor, Trustee, Operating Advisor, Asset Representations Reviewer, Certificate Administrator, Master Servicer, Special Servicer, the Initial Purchasers and the Underwriters.

	[Insert Name of Transferor]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:
Dated:
cc: Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc.

^*     Insert one of these two provisions, which come from the definition of “offshore transaction” in Regulation S.

  J-2  

 

EXHIBIT K

FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE
FOR NON-BOOK ENTRY CERTIFICATE
TO RULE 144A GLOBAL CERTIFICATE

(Exchange or transfers pursuant to
Section 5.03(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement)

 

Computershare Trust Company, National Association,
             as Certificate Registrar
1505 Energy Park Drive
St. Paul, Minnesota 55108
Attention: CTS - Certificate Transfer Services – Benchmark 2023-V2

Re: Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2, Class [__]

Reference is hereby made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as Special Servicer, BellOak, LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

This letter relates to US $[______] aggregate [Certificate Balance] [Notional Amount] of the Class [__] Certificates (the “Certificates”) which are held in the form of Non-Book Entry Certificates of such Class (CUSIP No. [______]) in the name of [insert name of transferor] (the “Transferor”). The Transferor has requested an exchange or transfer of such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Certificate of such Class (CUSIP No. [______]).

In connection with such request, and in respect of such Certificates, the Transferor does hereby certify that such Certificates are being exchanged or transferred in accordance with Rule 144A (“Rule 144A”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), to a transferee that the Transferor reasonably believes is purchasing the Certificates for its own account, or for one or more accounts with respect to which the transferee exercises sole investment discretion, and the transferee and any such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A, in each case in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States or other applicable jurisdiction.

  K-1  

 

We understand that this certificate is required in connection with certain securities laws of the United States. In connection therewith, if administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate to any interested party in such proceeding. This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Depositor, Trustee, Operating Advisor, Asset Representations Reviewer, Certificate Administrator, Master Servicer, Special Servicer, the Initial Purchasers and the Underwriters.

	[Insert Name of Transferor]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:
Dated:
cc: Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc.

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EXHIBIT L-1

FORM OF AFFIDAVIT PURSUANT TO
SECTIONS 860D(a)(6)(A) AND 860E(e)(4) OF
THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED

 

Computershare Trust Company, National Association,
             as Certificate Registrar
1505 Energy Park Drive
St. Paul, Minnesota 55108
Attention: CTS - Certificate Transfer Services – Benchmark 2023-V2

 

[Transferor]

[______]

[______]

Attention: [______]

Re: Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2 (the “Certificates”) issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as Special Servicer, BellOak, LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee.

STATE OF	)
	)	ss.:
COUNTY OF	)

Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

I, [______], under penalties of perjury, declare that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the following representations are true, correct and complete, and being first sworn, depose and say that:

1.       I am a [______] of [______] (the “Purchaser”), on behalf of which I have the authority to make this affidavit.

2.       The Purchaser is acquiring Class R Certificates representing [__]% of the residual interest in each of three real estate mortgage investment conduits (each, a “Trust REMIC”) designated as the “Trust Subordinate Companion Loan REMIC”, the “Lower Tier

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REMIC”,  and the “Upper Tier REMIC”, respectively, relating to the Certificates for which an election is to be made under Section 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”).

3.       The Purchaser is not a “Disqualified Organization” (as defined below), and that the Purchaser is not acquiring the Class R Certificates for the account of, or as agent or nominee of, or with a view to the transfer of direct or indirect record or beneficial ownership thereof, to a Disqualified Organization. For the purposes hereof, a Disqualified Organization is any of the following: (i) the United States, a State or any political subdivision of a State, any possession of the United States or any agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing (other than an instrumentality that is a corporation if all of its activities are subject to tax and, except for the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, a majority of its board of directors is not selected by any such governmental unit), (ii) a foreign government, International Organization or agency or instrumentality of either of the foregoing, (iii) an organization that is exempt from tax imposed by Chapter 1 of the Code (including the tax imposed by Code Section 511 on unrelated business taxable income) on any excess inclusions (as defined in Code Section 860E(c)(1)) with respect to the Class R Certificates (except certain farmers’ cooperatives described in Code Section 521), (iv) rural electric and telephone cooperatives described in Code Section 1381(a)(2) or (v) any other Person so designated by the Certificate Registrar based upon an opinion of counsel to the effect that any transfer to such Person may cause any Trust REMIC to be subject to tax or to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that the Certificates are outstanding. The terms “United States”, “State” and “international organization” shall have the meanings set forth in Section 7701 of the Code.

4.       The Purchaser acknowledges that Section 860E(e) of the Code would impose a substantial tax on the transferor or, in certain circumstances, on an agent for the transferee, with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Class R Certificates to a Disqualified Organization.

5.       The Purchaser is a Permitted Transferee. For the purpose hereof, a “Permitted Transferee” is any Person or agent of such Person other than (a) a Disqualified Organization, (b) any other Person so designated by the Certificate Registrar who is unable to provide an Opinion of Counsel (provided at the expense of such Person or the Person requesting the transfer) to the effect that the transfer of an ownership interest in any Class R Certificate to such Person will not cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that the Certificates are outstanding, (c) a Disqualified Non-U.S. Tax Person, (d) an entity treated as a U.S. partnership if any of its partners, directly or indirectly (other than through a U.S. corporation) is (or is permitted to be under the partnership agreement) a Disqualified Non-U.S. Tax Person or (e) a U.S. Tax Person with respect to which income from a Class R Certificate is attributable to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed base, within the meaning of an applicable income tax treaty, of the transferee or any other U.S. Tax Person.

6.       No purpose of the acquisition of the Class R Certificates is to impede the assessment or collection of tax.

7.       The Purchaser will not cause income from the Class R Certificate to be attributable to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed base, within the meaning of an applicable income tax treaty, of the Purchaser or any other U.S. Tax Person.

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8.       Check the applicable paragraph:

☐                The present value of the anticipated tax liabilities associated with holding the Class R Certificate, as applicable, does not exceed the sum of:

(i)       the present value of any consideration given to the Purchaser to acquire such Class R Certificate;

(ii)      the present value of the expected future distributions on such Class R Certificate; and

(iii)     the present value of the anticipated tax savings associated with holding such Class R Certificate as the related REMIC generates losses.

For purposes of this calculation, (i) the Purchaser is assumed to pay tax at the highest rate currently specified in Section 11(b) of the Code (but the tax rate in Section 55(b)(1)(B) of the Code (as in effect for tax years beginning on or before December 31, 2017) may be used in lieu of the highest rate specified in Section 11(b) of the Code if the Purchaser has been subject to the alternative minimum tax under Section 55 of the Code in the preceding two years and will compute its taxable income in the current taxable year using the alternative minimum tax rate) and (ii) present values are computed using a discount rate equal to the short-term Federal rate prescribed by Section 1274(d) of the Code for the month of the transfer and the compounding period used by the Purchaser.

☐                  The transfer of the Class R Certificate complies with U.S. Treasury Regulations Sections 1.860E-1(c)(5) and (6) and, accordingly,

(i)       the Purchaser is an “eligible corporation”, as defined in U.S. Treasury Regulations Section 1.860E-1(c)(6)(i), as to which income from the Class R Certificate will only be taxed in the United States;

(ii)      at the time of the transfer, and at the close of the Purchaser’s two fiscal years preceding the year of the transfer, the Purchaser had gross assets for financial reporting purposes (excluding any obligation of a Person related to the Purchaser within the meaning of U.S. Treasury Regulations Section 1.860E-1(c)(6)(ii)) in excess of $100 million and net assets in excess of $10 million;

(iii)     the Purchaser will transfer the Class R Certificate only to another “eligible corporation,” as defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.860E-1(c)(6)(i), in a transaction that satisfies the requirements of Treasury Regulations Sections 1.860E-1(c)(4)(i), (ii) and (iii) and Treasury Regulations Section 1.860E-1(c)(5); and

(iv)     the Purchaser determined the consideration paid to it to acquire the Class R Certificate based on reasonable market assumptions (including, but not limited to, borrowing and investment rates, prepayment and loss assumptions, expense and reinvestment assumptions, tax rates and other factors specific to the Purchaser) that it has determined in good faith.

☐                  None of the above.

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9.         The Purchaser historically has paid its debts as they have come due and intends to pay its debts as they come due in the future and the Purchaser intends to pay taxes associated with holding the Class R Certificates as they become due.

10.       The Purchaser understands that it may incur tax liabilities with respect to the Class R Certificate in excess of any cash flows generated by such Certificate.

11.       The Purchaser is aware that the Certificate Registrar will not register any transfer of a Class R Certificate by the Transferor unless the Purchaser, or such Purchaser’s agent, delivers to the Certificate Registrar, among other things, an affidavit and agreement in substantially the same form as this affidavit and agreement. The Purchaser expressly agrees that it will not consummate any such transfer to any Person that does not provide an affidavit and agreement in substantially the same form as this affidavit and agreement or as to which the Purchaser has actual knowledge that such Person is not a Permitted Transferee or is acting as an agent (including a broker, nominee or other middleman) for a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee.

12.       The Purchaser represents that it is not acquiring the Class R Certificate as a nominee, trustee or agent for any Person that is not a Permitted Transferee and that for so long as it retains its interest in the Class R Certificate, it will endeavor to remain a Permitted Transferee.

13.       The Purchaser consents to any additional restrictions or arrangements that shall be deemed necessary upon advice of counsel to constitute a reasonable arrangement to ensure that the Class R Certificate will only be owned, directly or indirectly, by a Permitted Transferee.

14.       The Purchaser has reviewed the provisions of Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, a description of which provisions is set forth in the Class R Certificates; and the Purchaser expressly agrees to be bound by and to comply with such provisions.

15.       The Purchaser consents (a) to the designation of the Certificate Administrator as the “partnership representative” within the meaning of Code Section 6223 (to the extent such provision is applicable to the Trust REMICs) of each Trust REMIC pursuant to Section 4.04(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and (b) to the Certificate Administrator making any elections allowed to avoid (i) the application of Code Section 6221 to the Trust REMIC and (ii) payment by the Trust REMIC under Code Section 6225 of any tax, penalty, interest or other amount imposed under the Code that would otherwise be imposed on the holders of the Class R Certificates.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Purchaser has caused this instrument to be duly executed on its behalf by its duly authorized officer this ___day of _________, 20__.

By:
	Name:
	Title:
By:
	Name:
	Title:

On this ____ day of _______20__, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for the State of _______________, duly commissioned and sworn, personally appeared ______________________ and ________________________, known or proved to me to be the same persons who executed the foregoing instrument and to be _____________________________ and ___________________________, respectively, of the Purchaser, and acknowledged to me that they executed the same as their respective free acts and deeds and as the free act and deed of the Purchaser.

		NOTARY PUBLIC in and for the
		State of
[SEAL]
My Commission expires:

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EXHIBIT L-2A

FORM OF TRANSFEROR LETTER for transfer of class r certificates

[Date]

Computershare Trust Company, National Association,
             as Certificate Registrar
1505 Energy Park Drive
St. Paul, Minnesota 55108
Attention: CTS - Certificate Transfer Services – Benchmark 2023-V2

 

Re: Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2, Class R

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This letter is delivered to you in connection with the transfer by [______] (the “Transferor”) to [______] (the “Transferee”) of Class R Certificates evidencing a [__]% Percentage Interest in such Class (the “Residual Certificates”). The Certificates, including the Residual Certificates, were issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as Special Servicer, BellOak, LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee. All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Transferor hereby certifies, represents and warrants to you, as Certificate Registrar, that:

(1)       No purpose of the Transferor relating to the transfer of the Residual Certificates by the Transferor to the Transferee is or will be to impede the assessment or collection of any tax.

(2)       The Transferor understands that the Transferee has delivered to you a Transfer Affidavit and Agreement in the form attached to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as Exhibit L-1. The Transferor has no actual knowledge that the Transferee is not a Permitted Transferee (as defined in such Transfer Affidavit and Agreement) and has no actual knowledge or reason to know that the Transferee’s representations in clause (9) of such Transfer Affidavit and Agreement are false.

(3)       The Transferor has at the time of this transfer conducted a reasonable investigation of the financial condition of the Transferee as contemplated by Treasury regulation Section 1.860E-1(c)(4)(i) and, as a result of that investigation, the Transferor has determined that the Transferee has historically paid its debts as they became due and has found no significant evidence to indicate that the Transferee will not continue to pay its debts as they become due in

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the future. The Transferor understands that the transfer of the Residual Certificates may not be respected for United States income tax purposes (and the Transferor may continue to be liable for United States income taxes associated therewith) unless the Transferor has conducted such an investigation.

Very truly yours,
	(Transferor)
By:
	Name:
	Title:

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EXHIBIT L-2B

FORM OF TRANSFEROR LETTER FOR TRANSFER OF NON-BOOK ENTRY CERTIFICATES (OTHER THAN PUBLIC CERTIFICATES)

[Date]

Computershare Trust Company, National Association,
             as Certificate Registrar
1505 Energy Park Drive
St. Paul, Minnesota 55108
Attention: CTS - Certificate Transfer Services – Benchmark 2023-V2

 

Re: Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2, Class [__]

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This letter is delivered to you in connection with the transfer by [______] (the “Transferor”) to [______] (the “Transferee”) of [$[______] aggregate [principal balance][notional amount]][[__]% Percentage Interest] of the Class [___] Certificates (the “Transferred Certificate”) which are held in the form of [a beneficial interest in the [Rule 144A][Regulation S] Global Certificate][Non-Book Entry Certificate] of such Class (CUSIP No. [______]). The Transferor has requested a transfer of such [beneficial interest][Non-Book Entry Certificate] for a Non-Book Entry Certificate of such Class (CUSIP No. [______]). The Certificates and Loan-Specific Certificates, including the Transferred Certificate, were issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as Special Servicer, BellOak, LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Transferor hereby certifies, represents and warrants to you, as Certificate Registrar, that:

(1)       The Transferor is the lawful owner of the Transferred Certificate with the full right to transfer such Certificate or Loan-Specific Certificate, as applicable, free from any and all claims and encumbrances whatsoever.

(2)       Neither the Transferor nor anyone acting on its behalf has (a) offered, transferred, pledged, sold or otherwise disposed of any Certificate or Loan-Specific Certificate, any interest in any Certificate or Loan-Specific Certificate or any other similar security to any person in any manner, (b) solicited any offer to buy or accept a transfer, pledge or other disposition of any Certificate or Loan-Specific Certificate, any interest in any Certificate or Loan-Specific Certificate or any other similar security from any person in any manner,

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(c) otherwise approached or negotiated with respect to any Certificate or Loan-Specific Certificate, any interest in any Certificate or Loan-Specific Certificate or any other similar security with any person in any manner, (d) made any general solicitation by means of general advertising or in any other manner, or (e) taken any other action, which (in the case of any of the acts described in clauses (a) through (e) hereof) would constitute a distribution of any Certificate or Loan-Specific Certificate under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or would render the disposition of any Certificate or Loan-Specific Certificate a violation of Section 5 of the Securities Act or any state securities laws, or would require registration or qualification of any Certificate or Loan-Specific Certificate, or any offer or sale thereof, pursuant to the Securities Act or any state securities laws.

Very truly yours,
	(Transferor)
By:
	Name:
	Title:

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EXHIBIT L-3

FORM OF TRANSFEREE LETTER

[Date]

 

Computershare Trust Company, National Association,               as Certificate Registrar 1505 Energy Park Drive St. Paul, Minnesota 55108 Attention: CTS - Certificate Transfer Services – Benchmark 2023-V2	Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc. 388 Greenwich Street, 6th Floor New York, New York 10013 Attention: Richard Simpson Telecopy number: (646) 328-2943 E-mail: richard.simpson@citi.com
Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator 9062 Old Annapolis Road Columbia, Maryland 21045 Attention: Corporate Trust Services – Benchmark 2023-V2   with a copy to: CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com	Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc. 390 Greenwich Street, 5th Floor New York, New York 10013 Attention: Raul Orozco Telecopy number: (347) 394-0898 E-mail: raul.d.orozco@citi.com
Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee 9062 Old Annapolis Road Columbia, Maryland 21045 Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) – Benchmark 2023-V2 with a copy to: CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com	Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc. 388 Greenwich Street, 17th Floor New York, New York 10013 Attention: Ryan M. O’Connor Telecopy number: (646) 862-8988 E-mail: ryan.m.oconnor@citi.com

 

[Transferor]

[______]

[______]

Attention: [______]

 

Re: Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2

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Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned (the “Purchaser”) proposes to purchase [[$_____________ initial aggregate [principal amount] [notional amount]] [_____% Percentage Interest] of Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2, Class [_], CUSIP No. [____], in certificated fully registered form (such registered interest, the “Certificate”),] [$________ Uncertificated VRR Interest Balance of the Uncertificated VRR Interest] issued pursuant to that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as Special Servicer, BellOak, LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

[FOR TRANSFERS OF [CLASS F-RR, CLASS G-RR OR CLASS JRR Certificates: In connection with such transfer, the Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to you that the Purchaser (A) either (i) is not and will not be an employee benefit plan or other plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility or prohibited transaction provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”) or section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”, and any such employee benefit plan or other plan, a “Plan”) or an entity or collective investment fund the assets of which are considered Plan assets under U.S. Department of Labor Reg. Section 2510.3-101, as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA, or other person acting on behalf of any such Plan or using assets of any such Plan within the meaning of U.S. Department of Labor Reg. Section 2510.3-101, or (ii) (1) is an insurance company, (2) the source of funds used to acquire or hold the Certificate or an interest therein is an “insurance company general account,” as such term is defined in Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption (“PTCE”) 95-60 and (3) the conditions in Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60 have been satisfied and (B) is not and will not be a governmental plan (as defined in Section 3(32) of ERISA) or other plan subject to any federal, state or local law that is, to a material extent, similar to the fiduciary responsibility or prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA or Code Section 4975 (“Similar Law”) or any Person acting on behalf of any such governmental plan or other plan or using the assets of such governmental plan or other plan to acquire the Certificate unless its acquisition, holding and disposition of the Certificate would not constitute or otherwise result in a non-exempt violation of Similar Law.]

[FOR TRANSFERS OF CLASS R CERTIFICATES: In connection with such transfer, the Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to you that the Purchaser (A) is not and will not be an employee benefit plan or other plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility or prohibited transaction provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”) or section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”, and any such employee benefit plan or other plan, a “Plan”) or an entity or collective investment fund the assets of which are considered Plan assets under U.S. Department of Labor Reg. Section 2510.3-101, as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA (including an insurance company that is using the assets of separate accounts or general accounts which include assets of Plans (or which are deemed pursuant to ERISA or Similar Law to include assets of Plans)), or

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other person acting on behalf of any such Plan or using assets of any such Plan and (B) is not and will not be a governmental plan or other plan subject to any federal, state or local law that is, to a material extent, similar to the fiduciary responsibility or prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA or Code Section 4975 (“Similar Law”) or any Person acting on behalf of any such governmental plan or other plan or using the assets of such governmental plan to acquire the [Certificate][Uncertificated VRR Interest].]

[FOR TRANSFERS OF CLASS R CERTIFICATES: The Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to you that the Purchaser is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Purchaser hereby executes this Representation Letter on the ___ day of _____, ____.

Very truly yours,
[The Purchaser]
By:
	Name:
	Title:

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EXHIBIT L-4

FORM OF INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION LETTER

[Date]

 

Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Registrar 1505 Energy Park Drive St. Paul, Minnesota 55108 Attention: CTS - Certificate Transfer Services – Benchmark 2023-V2	Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc. 388 Greenwich Street, 6th Floor New York, New York 10013 Attention: Richard Simpson Telecopy number: (646) 328-2943 E-mail: richard.simpson@citi.com
Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator 9062 Old Annapolis Road Columbia, Maryland 21045 Attention: Corporate Trust Services – Benchmark 2023-V2   with a copy to: CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com	Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc. 390 Greenwich Street, 5th Floor New York, New York 10013 Attention: Raul Orozco Telecopy number: (347) 394-0898 E-mail: raul.d.orozco@citi.com
Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee 9062 Old Annapolis Road Columbia, Maryland 21045 Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) – Benchmark 2023-V2 with a copy to: CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com	Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc. 388 Greenwich Street, 17th Floor New York, New York 10013 Attention: Ryan M. O’Connor Telecopy number: (646) 862-8988 E-mail: ryan.m.oconnor@citi.com
[Name of Seller] [______] [______] [Attention: ______]

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Re: Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2, Class [__] (the “Class [__] Certificates”)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This letter is delivered pursuant to Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as Special Servicer, BellOak, LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, on behalf of the holders of Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2 (the “Certificates”), in connection with the transfer by [             ] (the “Seller”) to the undersigned (the “Purchaser”) of [$______ aggregate [principal balance] [notional amount] of Class [___] Certificates] [a Class [___] Certificate representing a ___% Percentage Interest in the related Class], in certificated fully registered form (such registered interest, the “Transferred Certificate”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

In connection with such transfer, the undersigned hereby represents and warrants to you as follows:

1.       Check one of the following:¹

☐      The Purchaser is an “institutional accredited investor” (an “Institutional Accredited Investor”) (i.e. an entity meeting, or in which all of the equity owners meet, the requirements of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”)), and has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the investment in the Transferred Certificate, and the Purchaser and any accounts for which the Purchaser is acting are each able to bear the economic risk of our or its investment. The Purchaser is acquiring the Transferred Certificate for its own account or for one or more accounts (each of which is an Institutional Accredited Investor) as to each of which the Purchaser exercises sole investment discretion. The Purchaser hereby undertakes to reimburse the Trust for any costs incurred by it in connection with this transfer.

☐      The Purchaser is a “qualified institutional buyer” (a “QIB”) within the meaning of Rule 144A (“Rule 144A”) under the Securities Act, and has completed one of the forms of certification to that effect attached hereto as Annex 1 and Annex 2. The Purchaser is acquiring the Transferred Certificate for its own account, or for the account of another QIB. The Purchaser is aware that the transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, and the Purchaser has had the opportunity to obtain the information required to be provided pursuant to paragraph

¹  Any Purchaser of Class R Certificates must check the box that it is a QIB. Only QIBs may acquire a Class R Certificate.

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(d)(4)(i) of Rule 144A. The Purchaser hereby undertakes to reimburse the Trust for any costs incurred by it in connection with this transfer.

2.       The Purchaser’s intention is to acquire the Transferred Certificate (a) for investment for the Purchaser’s own account or (b) for resale to (i) “qualified institutional buyers” in transactions complying with Rule 144A[,FOR TRANSFERS OF ANY CERTIFICATES OTHER THAN CLASS R: or (ii) Institutional Accredited Investors under the Securities Act, pursuant to any other exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, subject in the case of this clause (ii) to (A) the receipt by the Certificate Registrar of a letter substantially in the form hereof, (B) the receipt by the Certificate Registrar of an opinion of counsel acceptable to the Certificate Registrar that such reoffer, resale, pledge or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act, (C) the receipt by the Certificate Registrar of such other evidence acceptable to the Certificate Registrar that such reoffer, resale, pledge or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and other applicable laws (including applicable state and foreign securities laws), and (D) a written undertaking to reimburse the Trust for any costs incurred by it in connection with the proposed transfer.] It understands that the Transferred Certificate (and any subsequent Non-Book Entry Certificate) has not been registered under the Securities Act, by reason of a specified exemption from the registration provisions of the Securities Act which depends upon, among other things, the bona fide nature of the Purchaser’s investment intent (or intent to resell to only certain investors in certain exempted transactions) as expressed herein.

3.       The Purchaser acknowledges that the Transferred Certificate (and any Certificate issued on transfer or exchange thereof) has not been registered or qualified under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any State or any other jurisdiction, and that the Transferred Certificate cannot be reoffered, resold, pledged or otherwise transferred unless it is registered or qualified thereunder or unless an exemption from such registration or qualification is available.

4.       The Purchaser has reviewed the applicable Offering Circular dated May 9, 2023, relating to the Class X-D, Class D, Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR, Class J-RR and Class R Certificates (the “Offering Circular”) and the agreements and other materials referred to therein and has had the opportunity to ask questions and receive answers concerning the terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Offering Circular.

5.       The Purchaser hereby undertakes to be bound by the terms and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in its capacity as an owner of a Non-Book Entry Certificate or Certificates or Loan-Specific Certificates, as the case may be (each, a “Certificateholder”), in all respects as if it were a signatory thereto. This undertaking is made for the benefit of the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and all Certificateholders present and future.

6.       The Purchaser will not sell or otherwise transfer any portion of the Transferred Certificate, except in compliance with Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

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7.       Check one of the following:

☐      The Purchaser is a “U.S. Tax Person” and it [will provide by electronic mail]²[has attached hereto]³ an Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) Form W-9 (or successor form).

☐      The Purchaser is not a “U.S. Tax Person” and under applicable law in effect on the date hereof, no taxes will be required to be withheld by the Certificate Administrator (or its agent) with respect to Distributions to be made on the Transferred Certificate(s). The Purchaser [will provide by electronic mail]⁴[has attached hereto]⁵ (i) a duly executed IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8 BEN-E, as applicable (or successor form), which identifies such Purchaser as the beneficial owner of the Transferred Certificate(s) and states that such Purchaser is not a U.S. Person, (ii) two duly executed copies of IRS Form W-8IMY (and all appropriate attachment) or (iii) two duly executed copies of IRS Form W-8ECI (or successor form), which identify such Purchaser as the beneficial owner of the Transferred Certificate(s) and state that interest and original issue discount on the Transferred Certificate(s) is, or is expected to be, effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business. The Purchaser agrees to provide to the Certificate Administrator an updated IRS Form W-8BEN, IRS Form W-8 BEN-E, IRS Form W-8IMY or IRS Form W-8ECI, as the case may be, any applicable successor IRS forms, or such other certifications as the Certificate Administrator may reasonably request, on or before the date that any such IRS form or certification expires or becomes obsolete, or promptly after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent IRS form of certification furnished by it to the Certificate Administrator.

For the purposes of this paragraph 7, “U.S. Tax Person” means a citizen or resident of the United States, a corporation, partnership (except to the extent provided in applicable Treasury Regulations), or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, including any entity treated as a corporation or partnership for federal income tax purposes, an estate whose income is subject to United States federal income tax regardless of its source, or a trust if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of such trust, and one or more such U.S. Tax Persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of such trust (or, to the extent provided in applicable Treasury Regulations, certain trusts in existence on August 20, 1996 that have elected to be treated as U.S. Tax Persons).

[8. The Transferee agrees to provide the applicable executed IRS form(s) referred to in paragraph 7 above, its payment instructions and its mailing address to the Certificate Administrator by electronic mail to amber.berrynelson@computershare.com. ]⁶

²  Applicable in the case of a transfer on the Closing Date

³  Applicable in the case of a transfer subsequent to the Closing Date

⁴  Applicable in the case of a transfer on the Closing Date

⁵  Applicable in the case of a transfer subsequent to the Closing Date

⁶  Applicable in the case of a transfer on the Closing Date 

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[8.                   Please make all payments due on the Transferred Certificate:^**

(a)       by wire transfer to the following account at a bank or entity in New York, New York, having appropriate facilities therefor:

Account number:

Institution:

(b)       by mailing a check or draft to the following address:

The mailing address of the Purchaser is:

]⁷

[9. The Class [__] Certificates registered in the name of the Purchaser should be delivered to:

]⁸

^**      Please select (a) or (b).

⁷  Applicable in the case of a transfer subsequent to the Closing Date.

⁸  Not applicable to a Risk Retention Certificate held in the Retained Interest Safekeeping Account by the Certificate Administrator

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Very truly yours,
[Insert Name of Purchaser]
By:
	Name:
	Title:

Dated: ________________, 20__

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ANNEX 1

QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A

[for Purchasers other than Registered Investment Companies]

The undersigned hereby certifies as follows to [Name of Seller] (the “Seller”) [, Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc.]⁹ and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Registrar, with respect to the commercial mortgage pass-through certificate being transferred (the “Transferred Certificate”) as described in the Investment Representation Letter to which this certification relates and to which this certification is an Annex:

1.       As indicated below, the undersigned is the chief financial officer, a person fulfilling an equivalent function, or other executive officer of the entity purchasing the Transferred Certificate (the “Purchaser”).

2.       The Purchaser is a “qualified institutional buyer” as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Rule 144A”) because (i) the Purchaser owned and/or invested on a discretionary basis at least $______________________¹⁰ in securities (other than the excluded securities referred to below) as of [[_____] (specific date since the close of the Purchaser’s most recent fiscal year)][the end of the Purchaser’s most recent fiscal year] (such amount being calculated in accordance with Rule 144A) and (ii) the Purchaser satisfies the criteria in the category marked below.

___ Corporation, etc. The Purchaser is a corporation (other than a bank, savings and loan association or similar institution), Massachusetts or similar business trust, partnership, limited liability company, or any organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

___ Bank. The Purchaser (a) is a national bank or a banking institution organized under the laws of any State, U.S. territory or the District of Columbia, the business of which is substantially confined to banking and is supervised by the State or territorial banking commission or similar official or is a foreign bank or equivalent institution, and (b) has an audited net worth of at least $25,000,000 as demonstrated in its latest annual financial statements, a copy of which is attached hereto, as of a date not more than 16 months preceding the date of sale of the Transferred Certificate in the case of a U.S. bank, and not more than 18 months preceding such date of sale for a foreign bank or equivalent institution.

⁹  Delete if the Seller is Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc.

¹⁰  Purchaser must own and/or invest on a discretionary basis at least $100,000,000 in securities unless Purchaser is a dealer, and, in that case, Purchaser must own and/or invest on a discretionary basis at least $10,000,000 in securities.

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___ Savings and Loan. The Purchaser (a) is a savings and loan association, building and loan association, cooperative bank, homestead association or similar institution, which is supervised and examined by a State or Federal authority having supervision over any such institutions or is a foreign savings and loan association or equivalent institution and (b) has an audited net worth of at least $25,000,000 as demonstrated in its latest annual financial statements, a copy of which is attached hereto, as of a date not more than 16 months preceding the date of sale of the Transferred Certificate in the case of a U.S. savings and loan association, and not more than 18 months preceding such date of sale for a foreign savings and loan association or equivalent institution.

___ Broker-dealer. The Purchaser is a dealer registered pursuant to Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

___ Insurance Company. The Purchaser is an insurance company whose primary and predominant business activity is the writing of insurance or the reinsuring of risks underwritten by insurance companies and which is subject to supervision by the insurance commissioner or a similar official or agency of a State, U.S. territory or the District of Columbia.

___ State or Local Plan. The Purchaser is a plan established and maintained by a State, its political subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality of the State or its political subdivisions, for the benefit of its employees.

___ ERISA Plan. The Purchaser is an employee benefit plan within the meaning of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

___ Investment Advisor. The Purchaser is an investment advisor registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended.

___ Other. (Please supply a brief description of the entity and a cross-reference to the paragraph and subparagraph under subsection (a) (1) of Rule 144A pursuant to which it qualifies. Note that registered investment companies should complete Annex 2 rather than this Annex 1.)

3.       The term “securities” as used herein does not include (i) securities of issuers that are affiliated with the Purchaser, (ii) securities that are part of an unsold allotment to or subscription by the Purchaser, if the Purchaser is a dealer, (iii) bank deposit notes and certificates of deposit, (iv) loan participations, (v) repurchase agreements, (vi) securities owned but subject to a repurchase agreement and (vii) currency, interest rate and commodity swaps.

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For purposes of determining the aggregate amount of securities owned and/or invested on a discretionary basis by the Purchaser, the Purchaser did not include any of the securities referred to in this paragraph.

4.       For purposes of determining the aggregate amount of securities owned and/or invested on a discretionary basis by the Purchaser, the Purchaser used the cost of such securities to the Purchaser, unless the Purchaser reports its securities holdings in its financial statements on the basis of their market value, and no current information with respect to the cost of those securities has been published, in which case the securities were valued at market. Further, in determining such aggregate amount, the Purchaser may have included securities owned by subsidiaries of the Purchaser, but only if such subsidiaries are consolidated with the Purchaser in its financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and if the investments of such subsidiaries are managed under the Purchaser’s direction. However, such securities were not included if the Purchaser is a majority-owned, consolidated subsidiary of another enterprise and the Purchaser is not itself a reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

5.       The Purchaser acknowledges that it is familiar with Rule 144A and understands that the Seller and other parties related to the Transferred Certificates are relying and will continue to rely on the statements made herein because one or more sales to the Purchaser may be in reliance on Rule 144A.

		Will the Purchaser be purchasing the Transferred Certificate
Yes	No	only for the Purchaser’s own account

6.       If the answer to the foregoing question is “no”, then in each case where the Purchaser is purchasing for an account other than its own, such account belongs to a third party that is itself a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A, and the “qualified institutional buyer” status of such third party has been established by the Purchaser through one or more of the appropriate methods contemplated by Rule 144A.

7.       The Purchaser will notify each of the parties to which this certification is made of any changes in the information and conclusions herein. Until such notice is given, the Purchaser’s purchase of the Transferred Certificate will constitute a reaffirmation of this certification as of the date of such purchase. In addition, if the Purchaser is a bank or savings and loan as provided above, the Purchaser agrees that it will furnish to such parties any updated annual financial statements that become available on or before the date of such purchase, promptly after they become available.

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8.       Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement pursuant to which the Transferred Certificate was issued.

Print Name of Purchaser

By:

Name:

Title:

Date:

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ANNEX 2

QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A

[for Purchasers that are Registered Investment Companies]

The undersigned hereby certifies as follows to [Name of Seller] (the “Seller”) [, Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc.]¹¹ and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Registrar, with respect to the mortgage pass-through certificate being transferred (the “Transferred Certificate”) as described in the Investment Representation Letter to which this certification relates and to which this certification is an Annex:

1.       As indicated below, the undersigned is the chief financial officer, a person fulfilling an equivalent function, or other executive officer of the entity purchasing the Transferred Certificate (the “Purchaser”) or, if the Purchaser is a “qualified institutional buyer” as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Rule 144A”) because the Purchaser is part of a Family of Investment Companies (as defined below), is an executive officer of the investment adviser (the “Adviser”).

2.       The Purchaser is a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A because (i) the Purchaser is an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and (ii) as marked below, the Purchaser alone owned and/or invested on a discretionary basis, or the Purchaser’s Family of Investment Companies owned, at least $100,000,000 in securities (other than the excluded securities referred to below) as of [[_____] (specific date since the close of the Purchaser’s most recent fiscal year)] [the end of the Purchaser’s most recent fiscal year]. For purposes of determining the amount of securities owned by the Purchaser or the Purchaser’s Family of Investment Companies, the cost of such securities was used, unless the Purchaser or any member of the Purchaser’s Family of Investment Companies, as the case may be, reports its securities holdings in its financial statements on the basis of their market value, and no current information with respect to the cost of those securities has been published, in which case the securities of such entity were valued at market.

____ The Purchaser owned and/or invested on a discretionary basis $___________________ in securities (other than the excluded securities referred to below) as of the end of the Purchaser’s most recent fiscal year (such amount being calculated in accordance with Rule 144A).

____ The Purchaser is part of a Family of Investment Companies which owned in the aggregate $______________ in securities (other than the excluded securities referred to below) as of the end of the Purchaser’s most recent fiscal year (such amount being calculated in accordance with Rule 144A).

3.       The term “Family of Investment Companies” as used herein means two or more registered investment companies (or series thereof) that have the same investment adviser

¹¹   Delete if the Seller is Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc.

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or investment advisers that are affiliated (by virtue of being majority owned subsidiaries of the same parent or because one investment adviser is a majority owned subsidiary of the other).

4.       The term “securities” as used herein does not include (i) securities of issuers that are affiliated with the Purchaser or are part of the Purchaser’s Family of Investment Companies, (ii) bank deposit notes and certificates of deposit, (iii) loan participations, (iv) repurchase agreements, (v) securities owned but subject to a repurchase agreement and (vi) currency, interest rate and commodity swaps. For purposes of determining the aggregate amount of securities owned and/or invested on a discretionary basis by the Purchaser, or owned by the Purchaser’s Family of Investment Companies, the securities referred to in this paragraph were excluded.

5.       The Purchaser is familiar with Rule 144A and understands that the parties to which this certification is being made are relying and will continue to rely on the statements made herein because one or more sales to the Purchaser will be in reliance on Rule 144A.

		Will the Purchaser be purchasing the Transferred Certificate
Yes	No	only for the Purchaser’s own account

6.       If the answer to the foregoing question is “no”, then in each case where the Purchaser is purchasing for an account other than its own, such account belongs to a third party that is itself a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A, and the “qualified institutional buyer” status of such third party has been established by the Purchaser through one or more of the appropriate methods contemplated by Rule 144A.

7.       The undersigned will notify the parties to which this certification is made of any changes in the information and conclusions herein. Until such notice, the Purchaser’s purchase of the Transferred Certificate will constitute a reaffirmation of this certification by the undersigned as of the date of such purchase.

8.       Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement pursuant to which the Transferred Certificate was issued.

Print Name of Purchaser or Adviser

By:

Name:

Title:

IF AN ADVISER:

Print Name of Purchaser

Date:

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EXHIBIT L-5A

FORM OF TRANSFEREE Certificate for Transfer of CLASS VRR CERTIFICATES

[Date]

 

Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Registrar 1505 Energy Park Drive St. Paul, Minnesota 55108 Attention: CTS - Certificate Transfer Services – Benchmark 2023-V2   with a copy to: CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com	Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc. 388 Greenwich Street, 6th Floor New York, New York 10013 Attention: Richard Simpson Telecopy number: (646) 328-2943 E-mail: richard.simpson@citi.com
[RETAINING SPONSOR]	Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc. 390 Greenwich Street, 5th Floor New York, New York 10013 Attention: Raul Orozco Telecopy number: (347) 394-0898 E-mail: raul.d.orozco@citi.com
	Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc. 388 Greenwich Street, 17th Floor New York, New York 10013 Attention: Ryan M. O’Connor Telecopy number: (646) 862-8988 E-mail: ryan.m.oconnor@citi.com

Re: Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2 (the “Certificates”) issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as Special Servicer, BellOak, LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee

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Ladies and Gentlemen:

[_____] (the “Purchaser”) hereby agrees with, and certifies, represents and warrants to, you, in your respective capacities as Certificate Registrar, Retaining Sponsor and Depositor, that:

1. The Purchaser is acquiring from [__________] (the “Transferor”) $[_____] principal balance of the Class VRR Certificates (the “Transferred Interest”).

2. The Purchaser is aware that, following its acquisition of the Transferred Interest, the Certificate Registrar will not register any transfer of the Transferred Interest by the Purchaser unless the transferee, or such transferee’s agent, delivers to the Certificate Registrar, among other things, a certificate in substantially the same form as this certificate. The Purchaser expressly agrees that it will not consummate any such transfer if it knows or believes that any representation contained in such certificate is false.

3. If the Purchaser is an insurance company general account relying on PTCE 95-60 to cover its acquisition of any ERISA Restricted Certificate constituting a portion of the Transferred Interest, (a) all of the conditions of Parts I and III of PTCE 95-60 will be satisfied with respect to the acquisition of such ERISA Restricted Certificate and (b) the acquisition of such ERISA Restricted Certificate will be effected through Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC or BMO Capital Markets Corp., or an affiliate thereof.

4. Check one of the following:

☐     The Purchaser agrees with, and certifies, represents and warrants to, you, in your respective capacities as Certificate Registrar, Retaining Sponsor and Depositor, that the transfer will occur during the VRR Interest Transfer Restriction Period and that:

A. The Purchaser is a “majority-owned affiliate”, as such term is defined in Regulation RR, of the Transferor (a “Majority-Owned Affiliate”).

B. The Purchaser is not acquiring the Transferred Interest as a nominee, trustee or agent for any person that is not a Majority-Owned Affiliate, and that for so long as it retains its interest in the Transferred Interest, it will remain a Majority-Owned Affiliate.

C. The Purchaser has executed and delivered a joinder agreement substantially in the form attached as Exhibit C to the Vertical Credit Risk Retention Agreement, dated and effective as of [___], 202[_] (the “Vertical Credit Risk Retention Agreement”), between [____], [_____] and the Depositor, pursuant to which the Purchaser has agreed to be bound by the terms of the Vertical Credit Risk Retention Agreement to the same extent as if the Purchaser was the Transferor.

D. The Purchaser hereby makes each representation set forth in Section 4(b) of the Vertical Credit Risk Retention Agreement, other than the representations

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in Section 4(b)(viii) [and except that it is a [_____], duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of [_____]].

E. The Purchaser consents to any additional restrictions or arrangements that shall be deemed necessary upon advice of counsel to constitute a reasonable arrangement to ensure that its ownership of the Transferred Interest will satisfy the risk retention requirements of the Transferor, in its capacity as [the retaining sponsor][an originator] under Regulation RR.

☐     The Purchaser certifies, represents and warrants to you, in your respective capacities as Certificate Registrar, Retaining Sponsor and Depositor, that the transfer will occur after the termination of the VRR Interest Transfer Restriction Period.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Purchaser has caused this instrument to be duly executed on its behalf by its duly authorized senior officer this ___day of _________, 20__.

[PURCHASER]
By:
	Name:
	Title:

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The foregoing certificate is hereby confirmed, and the transfer is accepted, as of the date first above written:

 

[APPLICABLE RETAINING PARTY]12
By:
	Name:
	Title:
[Medallion Stamp Guarantee]
[RETAINING SPONSOR]13
By:
	Name:
	Title:
CITIGROUP COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES INC.
By:
	Name:
	Title:

¹²  Signature of Retaining Party is required if the Retaining Party is different than the transferor

¹³  Signature of Retaining Sponsor is required if the Retaining Sponsor is different than the applicable Retaining Party

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EXHIBIT L-5B

FORM OF TRANSFEREE Certificate for Transfer of CERTIFICATES EVIDENCING THE HRR INTEREST

[Date]

 

Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Registrar 1505 Energy Park Drive St. Paul, Minnesota 55108 Attention: CTS - Certificate Transfer Services – Benchmark 2023-V2   with a copy to: CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com	Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc. 388 Greenwich Street, 6th Floor New York, New York 10013 Attention: Richard Simpson Telecopy number: (646) 328-2943 E-mail: richard.simpson@citi.com
[RETAINING SPONSOR]	Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc. 390 Greenwich Street, 5th Floor New York, New York 10013 Attention: Raul Orozco Telecopy number: (347) 394-0898 E-mail: raul.d.orozco@citi.com
	Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc. 388 Greenwich Street, 17th Floor New York, New York 10013 Attention: Ryan M. O’Connor Telecopy number: (646) 862-8988 E-mail: ryan.m.oconnor@citi.com

Re: Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2 (the “Certificates”) issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as Special Servicer, BellOak, LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee

  L-5B-1  

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

[_____] (the “Purchaser”) hereby agrees with, and certifies, represents and warrants to, you, in your respective capacities as Certificate Registrar, Retaining Sponsor and Depositor, that:

1.                  The Purchaser is acquiring from [__________] (the “Transferor”) $[_____] principal balance of the Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR and Class J-RR Certificates (collectively, the “Transferred Interest”).

2.                  The Purchaser is aware that, following its acquisition of the Transferred Interest, the Certificate Registrar will not register any transfer of the Transferred Interest by the Purchaser unless the transferee, or such transferee’s agent, delivers to the Certificate Registrar, among other things, a certificate in substantially the same form as this certificate. The Purchaser expressly agrees that it will not consummate any such transfer if it knows or believes that any representation contained in such certificate is false.

3.                  If the Purchaser is an insurance company general account relying on PTCE 95-60 to cover its acquisition of any ERISA Restricted Certificate constituting a portion of the Transferred Interest, (a) all of the conditions of Parts I and III of PTCE 95-60 will be satisfied with respect to the acquisition of such ERISA Restricted Certificate and (b) the acquisition of such ERISA Restricted Certificate will be effected through Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, BMO Capital Markets Corp., Barclays Capital Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC or an affiliate thereof.

4.                  Check one of the following:

☐     The Purchaser agrees with, and certifies, represents and warrants to, you, in your respective capacities as Certificate Registrar, Retaining Sponsor and Depositor, that the transfer will occur during the HRR Transfer Restriction Period and that:

A. The Purchaser is a “majority-owned affiliate”, as such term is defined in Regulation RR, of the Transferor (a “Majority-Owned Affiliate”).

B. The Purchaser is not acquiring the Transferred Interest as a nominee, trustee or agent for any person that is not a Majority-Owned Affiliate, and that for so long as it retains its interest in the Transferred Interest, it will remain a Majority-Owned Affiliate.

☐     The Purchaser certifies, represents and warrants to you, in your respective capacities as Certificate Registrar, Retaining Sponsor and Depositor, that the transfer will occur after the termination of the HRR Transfer Restriction Period.

☐     The Purchaser certifies, represents and warrants to you, in your respective capacities as Certificate Registrar, [_____] Retaining Sponsor and Depositor, that the transfer will occur on or after the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date (or such earlier date that such transfer is first permitted under the Applicable Requirements (as defined in

  L-5B-2  

 

the [_____] TPP Agreement) then in effect as reasonably agreed to by the [_____] Retaining Sponsor) and that the Purchaser is a “Subsequent Third-Party Purchaser”, as such term is defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

☐     The Purchaser is otherwise permitted to purchase the Transferred Interest in accordance with Regulation RR. Please provide additional information in the space below to explain:

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Purchaser has caused this instrument to be duly executed on its behalf by its duly authorized senior officer this ___day of _________, 20__.

[PURCHASER]
By:
	Name:
	Title:

  L-5B-3  

 

 

The foregoing certificate is hereby confirmed, and the transfer is accepted, as of the date first above written:

[APPLICABLE RETAINING PARTY]
By:
	Name:
	Title:
[Medallion Stamp Guarantee]
[3650 REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST 2 LLC]1
By:
	Name:
	Title:
CITIGROUP COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES INC.
By:
	Name:
	Title:

¹  Signature of Retaining Sponsor is required if the Retaining Sponsor is different than the Transferor and the applicable Retaining Party

  L-5B-4  

 

EXHIBIT L-5C

[RESERVED]

 

  L-5C-1  

 

EXHIBIT L-6A

FORM OF TRANSFEROR Certificate for Transfer of cLASS VRR CERTIFICATES

[Date]

 

Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Registrar 1505 Energy Park Drive St. Paul, Minnesota 55108 Attention: CTS - Certificate Transfer Services – Benchmark 2023-V2 with a copy to: CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com	Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc. 388 Greenwich Street, 6th Floor New York, New York 10013 Attention: Richard Simpson Telecopy number: (646) 328-2943 E-mail: richard.simpson@citi.com
[RETAINING SPONSOR] 1	Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc. 390 Greenwich Street, 5th Floor New York, New York 10013 Attention: Raul Orozco Telecopy number: (347) 394-0898 E-mail: raul.d.orozco@citi.com
	Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc. 388 Greenwich Street, 17th Floor New York, New York 10013 Attention: Ryan M. O’Connor Telecopy number: (646) 862-8988 E-mail: ryan.m.oconnor@citi.com

 

Re: Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2 (the “Certificates”)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This letter is delivered to you in connection with the transfer by [______] (the “Transferor”) to [______] (the “Transferee”) of $[_____] principal balance of the Class VRR Certificates (the “Transferred Interest”).

¹  Include only if the Transferor is not the Retaining Sponsor

  L-6B-1  

 

The Certificates were issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as Special Servicer, BellOak, LLC, as Operating Advisor and Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee. All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Transferor hereby certifies, represents and warrants to you, in your respective capacities as Certificate Registrar, Retaining Sponsor and Depositor, that:

1. The transfer is in compliance with Sections 5.02 and 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

2. Check one of the following:

☐ The Transferor certifies, represents and warrants to you, in your respective capacities as Certificate Registrar[, Retaining Sponsor]² and Depositor, that the transfer will occur during the VRR Interest Transfer Restriction Period and that:

A. The transfer is in compliance with the Vertical Credit Risk Retention Agreement, between [___], [_____] and the Depositor, dated and effective as of [____], 202[_] (the “Vertical Credit Risk Retention Agreement”).

B. The Transferee is a “majority-owned affiliate”, as such term is defined in Regulation RR, of the Transferor.

C. The Transferor has complied in all material respects with all of the covenants in the Vertical Credit Risk Retention Agreement during the period from the date of the Vertical Credit Risk Retention Agreement through and including the date of this transfer.

D. All of the representations and warranties made by the Transferor in the Vertical Credit Risk Retention Agreement are true and correct as of the date of the transfer.

E. All of the requirements set forth in Section 3(c) of the Vertical Credit Risk Retention Agreement have been complied with through and including the date of the transfer.

☐ The Transferor certifies, represents and warrants to you, in your respective capacities as Certificate Registrar[, Retaining Sponsor]³ and Depositor, that the transfer will occur after the termination of the VRR Interest Transfer Restriction Period.

²  Include only if the Transferor is not the Retaining Sponsor

³  Include only if the Transferor is not the Retaining Sponsor

  L-6B-2  

 

3. The Transferor understands that the Transferee has delivered to you a Transferee Certificate in the form attached to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as Exhibit L-5A. The Transferor does not know or believe that any representation contained therein is false.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Transferor has caused this instrument to be duly executed on its behalf by its duly authorized senior officer this ___day of _________, 20__.

	[TRANSFEROR]
By:
	Name:
	Title:

  L-6B-3  

 

 

The foregoing certificate is hereby confirmed, and the transfer is accepted, as of the date first above written:

 

[APPLICABLE RETAINING PARTY]4
By:
	Name:
	Title:
[Medallion Stamp Guarantee]
[RETAINING SPONSOR]5
By:
	Name:
	Title:
CITIGROUP COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES INC.
By:
	Name:
	Title:

⁴  Signature of Retaining Party is required if the Retaining Party is different than the transferor

⁵  Signature of Retaining Sponsor is required if the Retaining Sponsor is different than the applicable Retaining Party

  L-6B-4  

 

EXHIBIT L-6B

FORM OF TRANSFEROR Certificate for Transfer of CERTIFICATES EVIDENCING THE HRR INTEREST

[Date]

 

Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Registrar 1505 Energy Park Drive St. Paul, Minnesota 55108 Attention: CTS - Certificate Transfer Services – Benchmark 2023-V2 with a copy to: CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com	Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc. 388 Greenwich Street, 6th Floor New York, New York 10013 Attention: Richard Simpson Telecopy number: (646) 328-2943 E-mail: richard.simpson@citi.com
[RETAINING SPONSOR]6	Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc. 390 Greenwich Street, 5th Floor New York, New York 10013 Attention: Raul Orozco Telecopy number: (347) 394-0898 E-mail: raul.d.orozco@citi.com
	Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc. 388 Greenwich Street, 17th Floor New York, New York 10013 Attention: Ryan M. O’Connor Telecopy number: (646) 862-8988 E-mail: ryan.m.oconnor@citi.com

 

Re: Benchmark 2023-V2, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2 (the “Certificates”)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

⁶  Include only if the Transferor is not Retaining Sponsor

  L-6B-5  

 

This letter is delivered to you in connection with the transfer by [______] (the “Transferor”) to [______] (the “Transferee”) of $[_____] principal balance of the Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR and Class J-RR Certificates (collectively, the “Transferred Interest”).

The Certificates were issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Services LLC, as Special Servicer, BellOak, LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee. All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Transferor hereby certifies, represents and warrants to you, in your respective capacities as Certificate Registrar, [Retaining Sponsor] ^[21] and Depositor, that:

1. The transfer is in compliance with Sections 5.02 and 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

2. Check one of the following:

☐ The Transferor certifies, represents and warrants to you, in your respective capacities as Certificate Registrar[,Retaining Sponsor]⁷ and Depositor, that the transfer will occur during the HRR Transfer Restriction Period and that the Transferee is a “majority-owned affiliate”, as such term is defined in Regulation RR, of the Transferor.

☐ The Transferor certifies, represents and warrants to you, in your respective capacities as Certificate Registrar[,Retaining Sponsor]⁷ and Depositor, that the transfer will occur after the termination of the HRR Transfer Restriction Period.

☐ The Transferor certifies, represents and warrants to you, in your respective capacities as Certificate Registrar, [Retaining Sponsor]⁷ and Depositor, that the transfer will occur on or after the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date and that the Transferor reasonably believes that the Transferee is a “Subsequent Third-Party Purchaser”, as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement:

☐ The Transferor is otherwise permitted to transfer the Transferred Interest under Regulation RR. Please provide additional information in the space below to explain:

⁷  Include only if the Transferor is not the Retaining Sponsor

  L-6B-6  

 

3. The Transferor understands that the Transferee has delivered to you a Transferee Certificate in the form attached to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as Exhibit L-5B. The Transferor does not have knowledge, after reasonable due diligence, that any representation contained therein is false.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Transferor has caused this instrument to be duly executed on its behalf by its duly authorized senior officer this ___day of _________, 20__.

	[TRANSFEROR]
By:
	Name:
	Title:

  L-6B-7  

 

 

The foregoing certificate is hereby confirmed, and the transfer is accepted, as of the date first above written:

 

[APPLICABLE RETAINING PARTY]8
By:
	Name:
	Title:
[Medallion Stamp Guarantee]
[RETAINING SPONSOR]9
By:
	Name:
	Title:

⁸  Signature of Retaining Party is required if the Retaining Party is different than the transferor

⁹  Signature of Retaining Sponsor is required if the Retaining Sponsor is different than the applicable Retaining Party

  L-6B-8  

 

 

EXHIBIT L-6C

[RESERVED]

  L-7B-1  

 

EXHIBIT L-7A

[RESERVED]

 

  L-7B-1  

 

EXHIBIT L-7B

[RESERVED]

  L-7B-1  

 

EXHIBIT M-1A

FORM OF INVESTOR CERTIFICATION FOR NON-BORROWER PARTY
(FOR PERSONS OTHER THAN THE CONTROLLING CLASS REPRESENTATIVE, A CONTROLLING CLASS CERTIFICATEHOLDER, THE LOAN-SPECIFIC CONTROLLING CLASS REPRESENTATIVE AND/OR A LOAN-SPECIFIC CONTROLLING CLASS CERTIFICATEHOLDER)

[Date]

Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association,      as Master Servicer 10851 Mastin Street, Suite 700 Overland Park, Kansas 66210 Attention: Executive Vice President – Division Head Fax number: (888) 706-3565 Email: NoticeAdmin@midlandls.com	Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee 9062 Old Annapolis Road Columbia, Maryland 21045 Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) – Benchmark 2023-V2 with a copy to: CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com
Computershare Trust Company, National Association,   as Certificate Administrator 9062 Old Annapolis Road Columbia, Maryland 21045 Attention: Corporate Trust Services – Benchmark 2023-V2    with a copy to: CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com	BellOak, LLC     as Operating Advisor and Asset Representations Reviewer 200 N. Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 1400 El Segundo. CA 90245 Attention: Reporting – Benchmark 2023-V2 (with a copy sent contemporaneously via email to reporting@belloakadvisors.com)
3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC    as Special Servicer 2977 McFarlane Road, Suite 300 Miami, FL 33133 Attention: General Counsel E-mail: compliance@3650REIT.com

 

Re: Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2

In accordance with the requirements for obtaining certain information under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Agreement”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC

  M-1A-1  

 

Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as Special Servicer, BellOak, LLC, as Operating Advisor and Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, with respect to the above-referenced certificates (the “Certificates”), the undersigned hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

1.       The undersigned is [the][a] [[investment advisor or manager of a][Certificateholder][Certificate Owner][prospective purchaser] of the Class ___ Certificates] [Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner][prospective purchaser of the Uncertificated VRR Interest] [Risk Retention Consultation Party][Serviced Companion Loan Holder][Companion Loan Holder Representative], and is not the Controlling Class Representative, a Controlling Class Certificateholder, the Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative or a Loan-Specific Controlling Class Certificateholder.

2.       The undersigned has received a copy of the Prospectus.^[24]

3.       The undersigned is not a Borrower Party.

4.       Check one of the following:

☐ The undersigned is a Risk Retention Consultation.

☐ The undersigned is not a Risk Retention Consultation Party.

5.        Check one of the following:

☐ The undersigned is not requesting disclosure of, or access to, Information with respect to a Whole Loan.

☐ The undersigned is requesting disclosure of, or access to, Information with respect to a Whole Loan, and the undersigned is not a Consulting Party (other than, if applicable, a Risk Retention Consultation Party).

☐ The undersigned is requesting disclosure of, or access to, Information with respect to a Whole Loan, and the undersigned is a Consulting Party (other than, if applicable, a Risk Retention Consultation Party), and (check one of the following):

☐       the undersigned is not a “borrower party”, “borrower restricted party”, “restricted holder” or any other analogous concept under the related Co-Lender Agreement.

☐       the undersigned is a “borrower party”, “borrower restricted party”, “restricted holder” or any other analogous concept under the related Co-Lender Agreement.

²⁴ Only required for a Certificateholder, a Loan-Specific Certificateholder, a Certificate Owner, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner, a Risk Retention Consultation Party or a prospective purchaser of a Certificate (or an investment advisor or manager of the foregoing).

  M-1A-2  

 

6.       The undersigned is requesting access pursuant to the Agreement to certain information (the “Information”) on the [Master Servicer’s website][Certificate Administrator’s Website] and/or is requesting the information identified on the schedule attached hereto (also, the “Information”) pursuant to the provisions of the Agreement.

In consideration of the disclosure to the undersigned of the Information, or the access thereto, the undersigned will keep the Information confidential (except from such outside persons as are assisting it in making an evaluation in connection with its holding or purchasing the related Certificates or the related Companion Loan (as and if applicable), from its accountants and attorneys, and otherwise from such governmental or banking authorities or agencies to which the undersigned is subject and, if they execute and deliver a certification substantially similar to this, except from holders, beneficial owners and prospective purchasers of any related Companion Loan Securities (if applicable)), and such Information will not, without the prior written consent of the Trustee, be otherwise disclosed by the undersigned or by its officers, directors, partners, employees, agents or representatives (collectively, the “Representatives”) in any manner whatsoever, in whole or in part, unless required to do so by law.

The undersigned will not use or disclose the Information in any manner which could result in a violation of any provision of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or would require registration of any Certificate not previously registered pursuant to Section 5 of the Securities Act.

7.       The undersigned shall be fully liable for any breach of this agreement by itself or any of its Representatives and shall indemnify the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trust Fund for any loss, liability or expense incurred thereby with respect to any such breach by the undersigned or any of its Representatives.

8.       The undersigned agrees that each time it accesses the [Master Servicer’s website][Certificate Administrator’s Website], the undersigned is deemed to have recertified that the representations and covenants contained herein remain true and correct.

9.       Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Agreement.

BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned has made the representations above and shall have caused, or shall be deemed to have caused, its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the day and year written above.

  M-1A-3  

 

[[Investment advisor or manager of a] [Certificateholder] [Loan-Specific Certificateholder] [Certificate Owner] [Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner] [Prospective Purchaser][Risk Retention Consultation Party][Serviced Companion Loan Holder][Companion Loan Holder Representative]

By:

Name:

Title:

Company:

Phone:

  M-1A-4  

 

EXHIBIT M-1B

FORM OF INVESTOR CERTIFICATION FOR NON-BORROWER PARTY
(FOR THE CONTROLLING CLASS REPRESENTATIVE, A CONTROLLING CLASS CERTIFICATEHOLDER, THE LOAN-SPECIFIC CONTROLLING CLASS REPRESENTATIVE AND/OR A LOAN-SPECIFIC CONTROLLING CLASS CERTIFICATEHOLDER)

[Date]

Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association,     as Master Servicer 10851 Mastin Street, Suite 700 Overland Park, Kansas 66210 Attention: Executive Vice President – Division Head Fax number: (888) 706-3565 Email: NoticeAdmin@midlandls.com	Computershare Trust Company, National Association as Trustee 9062 Old Annapolis Road Columbia, Maryland 21045 Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) – Benchmark 2023-V2 with a copy to: CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com
Computershare Trust Company, National Association,   as Certificate Administrator 9062 Old Annapolis Road Columbia, Maryland 21045 Attention: Corporate Trust Services – Benchmark 2023-V2 with a copy to: CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com	BellOak, LLC     as Operating Advisor and Asset Representations Reviewer 200 N. Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 1400 El Segundo. CA 90245 Attention: Reporting – Benchmark 2023-V2 (with a copy sent contemporaneously via email to reporting@belloakadvisors.com)
3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC   as Special Servicer 2977 McFarlane Road, Suite 300 Miami, FL 33133 Attention: General Counsel E-mail: compliance@3650REIT.com

 

Re: Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2

  M-1B-1  

 

In accordance with the requirements for obtaining certain information under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Agreement”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as Special Servicer, BellOak, LLC, as Operating Advisor and Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, with respect to the above-referenced certificates (the “Certificates”), the undersigned hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

1.       The undersigned is [the Controlling Class Representative][a Controlling Class Certificateholder][the Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative][a Loan-Specific Controlling Class Certificateholder].

2.       The undersigned is not a Borrower Party.

3.       The undersigned is requesting access pursuant to the Agreement to certain information (the “Information”) on the Certificate Administrator’s Website.

In consideration of the disclosure to the undersigned of the Information, or the access thereto, the undersigned will keep the Information confidential (except from such outside persons as are assisting it in making an evaluation in connection with its holding or purchasing the related Certificates, from its accountants and attorneys, and otherwise from such governmental or banking authorities or agencies to which the undersigned is subject), and such Information will not, without the prior written consent of the Trustee, be otherwise disclosed by the undersigned or by its officers, directors, partners, employees, agents or representatives (collectively, the “Representatives”) in any manner whatsoever, in whole or in part, unless required to do so by law.

The undersigned will not use or disclose the Information in any manner which could result in a violation of any provision of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or would require registration of any Certificate not previously registered pursuant to Section 5 of the Securities Act.

4.       The undersigned shall be fully liable for any breach of this agreement by itself or any of its Representatives and shall indemnify the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trust Fund for any loss, liability or expense incurred thereby with respect to any such breach by the undersigned or any of its Representatives.

5.       At any time the undersigned becomes a Borrower Party with respect to any Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan, the undersigned shall deliver the certification attached as Exhibit M-1C to the Agreement and shall deliver to the applicable parties the notices attached as Exhibit M-1F and Exhibit M-1G to the Agreement.

6.       To the extent the undersigned receives access to any Excluded Information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website or otherwise receives access to such Excluded Information, the undersigned hereby agrees that it (i) will not directly or indirectly provide such Excluded Information to (A) any related Borrower Party, (B) any Excluded Controlling Class Holder, (C) any employees or personnel of the undersigned, (D) any Affiliate involved in the management of any investment in any related Borrower Party or the related Mortgaged Property or (E) to its

  M-1B-2  

 

actual knowledge, any non-Affiliate that holds a direct or indirect ownership interest in any related Borrower Party, and (ii) will maintain sufficient internal controls and appropriate policies and procedures in place in order to comply with the obligations described in clause (i) above.

 

7.       The undersigned agrees that each time it accesses the Certificate Administrator’s Website, the undersigned is deemed to have recertified that the representations and covenants contained herein remain true and correct.

8.       The undersigned hereby certifies that an executed copy of this certification in paper form has been delivered in accordance with the notice provisions of the Agreement to each of the addressees listed above (a) by overnight courier or (b) mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid.

9.       Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Agreement.

BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned has made the representations above and shall have caused, or shall be deemed to have caused, its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the day and year written above.

[The Controlling Class Representative][a Controlling Class Certificateholder][the Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative][a Loan-Specific Controlling Class Certificateholder]

By:

Name:

Title:

Company:

  M-1B-3  

 

EXHIBIT M-1C

FORM OF INVESTOR CERTIFICATION FOR BORROWER PARTY
(FOR THE CONTROLLING CLASS REPRESENTATIVE, A CONTROLLING CLASS CERTIFICATEHOLDER, THE LOAN-SPECIFIC CONTROLLING CLASS REPRESENTATIVE AND/OR A LOAN-SPECIFIC CONTROLLING CLASS CERTIFICATEHOLDER)

[Date]

Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association,     as Master Servicer 10851 Mastin Street, Suite 700 Overland Park, Kansas 66210 Attention: Executive Vice President – Division Head Fax number: (888) 706-3565 Email: NoticeAdmin@midlandls.com	Computershare Trust Company, National Association as Trustee 9062 Old Annapolis Road Columbia, Maryland 21045 Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) – Benchmark 2023-V2 with a copy to: CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com
Computershare Trust Company, National Association,    as Certificate Administrator 9062 Old Annapolis Road Columbia, Maryland 21045 Attention: Corporate Trust Services – Benchmark 2023-V2 with a copy to: CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com	BellOak, LLC     as Operating Advisor and Asset Representations Reviewer 200 N. Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 1400 El Segundo. CA 90245 Attention: Reporting – Benchmark 2023-V2 (with a copy sent contemporaneously via email to reporting@belloakadvisors.com)
3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC    as Special Servicer 2977 McFarlane Road, Suite 300 Miami, FL 33133 Attention: General Counsel E-mail: compliance@3650REIT.com

 

Re: Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2

  M-1C-1  

 

In accordance with the requirements for obtaining certain information under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Agreement”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as Special Servicer, BellOak, LLC, as Operating Advisor and Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, with respect to the above-referenced certificates (the “Certificates”), the undersigned hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

1.       The undersigned is [the Controlling Class Representative][a Controlling Class Certificateholder][the Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative][a Loan-Specific Controlling Class Certificateholder].

2.       The undersigned is a Borrower Party with respect to the following Mortgage Loans (the “Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loans”):

Mortgage Loan Number	Loan Name	Borrower Name

3.       Except with respect to the Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loans, the undersigned is requesting access pursuant to the Agreement to certain information (the “Information”) on the Certificate Administrator’s Website.

In consideration of the disclosure to the undersigned of the Information, or the access thereto, the undersigned will keep the Information confidential (except from such outside persons as are assisting it in making an evaluation in connection with its holding or purchasing the related Certificates, from its accountants and attorneys, and otherwise from such governmental or banking authorities or agencies to which the undersigned is subject), and such Information will not, without the prior written consent of the Trustee, be otherwise disclosed by the undersigned or by its officers, directors, partners, employees, agents or representatives (collectively, the “Representatives”) in any manner whatsoever, in whole or in part, unless required to do so by law.

The undersigned will not use or disclose the Information in any manner which could result in a violation of any provision of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or would require registration of any Certificate not previously registered pursuant to Section 5 of the Securities Act.

4.       The undersigned hereby acknowledges and agrees that it is prohibited from accessing, reviewing and using, and shall not access, review or use, Excluded Information (as defined in the Agreement) relating to the Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loans to the extent the undersigned receives access to such Excluded Information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website or otherwise receives access to such Excluded Information in connection with its duties, or exercise of its rights pursuant to the Agreement.

5.       The undersigned shall be fully liable for any breach of this agreement by itself or any of its Representatives and shall indemnify the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset

  M-1C-2  

 

Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trust Fund for any loss, liability or expense incurred thereby with respect to any such breach by the undersigned or any of its Representatives.

6.       To the extent the undersigned receives access to any Excluded Information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website or otherwise receives access to such Excluded Information, the undersigned hereby agrees that it (i) will not directly or indirectly provide such Excluded Information to (A) any related Borrower Party, (B) any Excluded Controlling Class Holder, (C) any employees or personnel of the undersigned, (D) any Affiliate involved in the management of any investment in any related Borrower Party or the related Mortgaged Property or (E) to its actual knowledge, any non-Affiliate that holds a direct or indirect ownership interest in any related Borrower Party, and (ii) will maintain sufficient internal controls and appropriate policies and procedures in place in order to comply with the obligations described in clause (i) above.

7.       The undersigned agrees that each time it accesses the Certificate Administrator’s Website, the undersigned is deemed to have recertified that the representations and covenants contained herein remain true and correct.

8.       The undersigned hereby certifies that an executed copy of this certification in paper form has been delivered in accordance with the notice provisions of the Agreement to each of the addressees listed above (a) by overnight courier or (b) mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid.

9.       Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Agreement.

BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned has made the representations above and shall have caused, or shall be deemed to have caused, its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the day and year written above.

[The Controlling Class Representative] [a Controlling Class Certificateholder][the Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative][a Loan-Specific Controlling Class Certificateholder]

By:

Name:

Title:

Company:

  M-1C-3  

 

EXHIBIT M-1D

FORM OF INVESTOR CERTIFICATION for Borrower PartY
(for Persons other than the CONTROLLING CLASS REPRESENTATIVE, a Controlling Class Certificateholder, A RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY, A HOLDER OF CLASS VRR CERTIFICATE(S), THE UNCERTIFICATED VRR INTEREST OWNER, THE LOAN-SPECIFIC CONTROLLING CLASS REPRESENTATIVE AND/OR A LOAN-SPECIFIC CONTROLLING CLASS CERTIFICATEHOLDER)

[Date]

Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer 10851 Mastin Street, Suite 700 Overland Park, Kansas 66210 Attention: Executive Vice President – Division Head Fax number: (888) 706-3565 Email: NoticeAdmin@midlandls.com	Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer 10851 Mastin Street, Suite 700 Overland Park, Kansas 66210 Attention: Executive Vice President – Division Head Fax number: (888) 706-3565 Email: NoticeAdmin@midlandls.com
Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator 9062 Old Annapolis Road Columbia, Maryland 21045 Attention: Corporate Trust Services – Benchmark 2023-V2 with a copy to: CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com	Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee 9062 Old Annapolis Road Columbia, Maryland 21045 Attention: Corporate Trust Services – Benchmark 2023-V2 with a copy to: CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com
3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC as Special Servicer 2977 McFarlane Road, Suite 300 Miami, FL 33133 Attention: General Counsel E-mail: compliance@3650REIT.com

 

Re: Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2

 

  M-1D-1  

 

In accordance with the requirements for obtaining certain information under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Agreement”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as Special Servicer, BellOak, LLC, as Operating Advisor and Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, with respect to the above-referenced certificates (the “Certificates”), the undersigned hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

1.                               The undersigned is [the][a] [[investment advisor or manager of a][Certificateholder][Loan-Specific Certificateholder][Certificate Owner][prospective purchaser] of the Class ___ Certificates][Serviced Companion Loan Holder][Companion Loan Holder Representative].

2.                               The undersigned is not the Controlling Class Representative, a Controlling Class Certificateholder, the Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative or a Loan-Specific Controlling Class Certificateholder.

3.                            The undersigned is not a Risk Retention Consultation Party and is neither a Holder of any Class VRR Certificate nor the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner.

4.                     The undersigned has received a copy of the Prospectus.²⁵

5.                    Check all applicable box(es):

☐                  The undersigned is a Borrower Party

☐                The undersigned is a Consulting Party with respect to a Whole Loan and the undersigned is a “borrower party”, “borrower restricted party”, “restricted holder” or any other analogous concept under the related Co-Lender Agreement.

6.                                   The undersigned is requesting access pursuant to the Agreement to the Distribution Date Statement (the “Information”) on the Certificate Administrator’s Website.

In consideration of the disclosure to the undersigned of the Information, or the access thereto, the undersigned will keep the Information confidential (except from such outside persons as are assisting it in making an evaluation in connection with its holding or purchasing the related Certificates or the related Companion Loan (as and if applicable), from its accountants and attorneys, and otherwise from such governmental or banking authorities or agencies to which the undersigned is subject and, if they execute and deliver a certification substantially similar to this, except from holders, beneficial owners and prospective purchasers of any related Companion Loan Securities (if applicable)), and such Information will not, without the prior written consent of the Trustee, be otherwise disclosed by the undersigned or by

 

²⁵ Only required for a Certificateholder, a Certificate Owner or a prospective purchaser of a Certificate (or an investment advisor or manager of the foregoing).

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its officers, directors, partners, employees, agents or representatives (collectively, the “Representatives”) in any manner whatsoever, in whole or in part, unless required to do so by law.

The undersigned will not use or disclose the Information in any manner which could result in a violation of any provision of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or would require registration of any Certificate not previously registered pursuant to Section 5 of the Securities Act.

7.                                   The undersigned shall be fully liable for any breach of this agreement by itself or any of its Representatives and shall indemnify the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trust Fund for any loss, liability or expense incurred thereby with respect to any such breach by the undersigned or any of its Representatives.

8.                                   The undersigned agrees that each time it accesses the Certificate Administrator’s Website, the undersigned is deemed to have recertified that the representations and covenants contained herein remain true and correct.

9.                                   The undersigned hereby certifies that an executed copy of this certification in paper form has been delivered in accordance with the notice provisions of the Agreement to each of the addressees listed above (a) by overnight courier or (b) mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid.

10.                            Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Agreement.

 

BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned has made the representations above and shall have caused, or shall be deemed to have caused its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the day and year written above.

  [[Investment advisor or manager of a] [Certificateholder] [Loan-Specific Certificateholder] [Certificate Owner][Prospective Purchaser]] [Serviced Companion Loan Holder][Companion Loan Holder Representative]

By:

Name:  

Title:  

Company:  

Phone:  

 

  M-1D-3  

 

EXHIBIT M-1E

FORM OF INVESTOR CERTIFICATION for Borrower PartY
(for A Risk Retention Consultation Party, A HOLDER OF CLASS VRR CERTIFICATE(S) OR THE UNCERTIFICATED VRR INTEREST OWNER)

[Date]

Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer 10851 Mastin Street, Suite 700 Overland Park, Kansas 66210 Attention: Executive Vice President – Division Head Fax number: (888) 706-3565 Email: NoticeAdmin@midlandls.com	Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee 9062 Old Annapolis Road Columbia, Maryland 21045 Attention: Corporate Trust Services – Benchmark 2023-V2 with a copy to: CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com
Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator 9062 Old Annapolis Road Columbia, Maryland 21045 Attention: Corporate Trust Services – Benchmark 2023-V2 with a copy to: CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com	BellOak, LLC as Operating Advisor and Asset Representations Reviewer 200 N. Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 1400 El Segundo. CA 90245 Attention: Reporting – Benchmark 2023-V2 (with a copy sent contemporaneously via email to reporting@belloakadvisors.com)
3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC as Special Servicer 2977 McFarlane Road, Suite 300 Miami, FL 33133 Attention: General Counsel E-mail: compliance@3650REIT.com

Re: Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2  

In accordance with the requirements for obtaining certain information under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Agreement”), between Citigroup

  M-1E-1  

 

Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as Special Servicer, BellOak, LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, with respect to the above-referenced certificates (the “Certificates”), the undersigned hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

1.                                   The undersigned is a Risk Retention Consultation Party, a Holder of the Class VRR Certificates or the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner.

2.                                    The undersigned has received a copy of the Prospectus.

3                                       Check all applicable box(es):

  ☐ The undersigned is a Borrower Party

☐ The undersigned is a Consulting Party with respect to a Whole Loan and the undersigned is a “borrower party”, “borrower restricted party”, “restricted holder” or any other analogous concept under the related Co-Lender Agreement.

4.                                   The undersigned is requesting access pursuant to the Agreement to the Distribution Date Statement (the “Information”) on the Certificate Administrator’s Website.

In consideration of the disclosure to the undersigned of the Information, or the access thereto, the undersigned will keep the Information confidential (except from such outside persons as are assisting it in making an evaluation in connection with its holding or purchasing the related Certificates or the related Companion Loan (as and if applicable), from its accountants and attorneys, and otherwise from such governmental or banking authorities or agencies to which the undersigned is subject and, if they execute and deliver a certification substantially similar to this, except from holders, beneficial owners and prospective purchasers of any related Companion Loan Securities (if applicable)), and such Information will not, without the prior written consent of the Trustee, be otherwise disclosed by the undersigned or by its officers, directors, partners, employees, agents or representatives (collectively, the “Representatives”) in any manner whatsoever, in whole or in part, unless required to do so by law.

The undersigned will not use or disclose the Information in any manner which could result in a violation of any provision of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or would require registration of any Certificate not previously registered pursuant to Section 5 of the Securities Act.

5.                              To the extent undersigned receives access pursuant to the Agreement to any information relating to an Excluded RRCP Mortgage Loan (or a Mortgage Loan with respect to which the undersigned is otherwise a Borrower Party) and/or the related Mortgaged Property (which shall include any Major Decision Reporting Package, Asset Status Reports, Final Asset Status Reports (or summaries thereof), inspection reports related to Specially Serviced Loans conducted by the Special Servicer or any Excluded Mortgage Loan Special Servicer and which

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may include any Operating Advisor reports delivered to the Certificate Administrator regarding the Special Servicer’s net present value determination, Collateral Deficiency Amount determination or any Appraisal Reduction Amount calculations, and any Officer’s Certificates delivered by the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, supporting any determination that any Advance was (or, if made, would be) a Nonrecoverable Advance, but in each case other than information with respect to such Mortgage Loan that is aggregated with information of other Mortgage Loans at a pool level), whether on the Certificate Administrator’s Website or otherwise, the undersigned hereby agrees that it (i) will not provide any such information to (A) any related Borrower Party, (B) any employees or personnel of the undersigned or any of its Affiliates involved in the management of any investment in the related Borrower Party or the related Mortgaged Property or (C) to its actual knowledge, any non-Affiliate that holds a direct or indirect ownership interest in the related Borrower Party, and (ii) will maintain sufficient internal controls and appropriate policies and procedures in place in order to comply with the limitations described in clause (i) above. For the avoidance of doubt, any file or report contained in the CREFC^® Investor Reporting Package (CREFC^® IRP) (other than the CREFC^® Special Servicer Loan File relating to any such Excluded Mortgage Loan) shall be considered information that is aggregated with information of other Mortgage Loans at a pool level.

6.                              The undersigned shall be fully liable for any breach of this agreement by itself or any of its Representatives and shall indemnify the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trust Fund for any loss, liability or expense incurred thereby with respect to any such breach by the undersigned or any of its Representatives.

7.                              The undersigned agrees that each time it accesses the Certificate Administrator’s Website, the undersigned is deemed to have recertified that the representations and covenants contained herein remain true and correct.

8.                                The undersigned hereby certifies that an executed copy of this certification in paper form has been delivered in accordance with the notice provisions of the Agreement to each of the addressees listed above (a) by overnight courier or (b) mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid.

9.                              Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Agreement.

 

BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned has made the representations above and shall have caused, or shall be deemed to have caused its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the day and year written above.

  [Risk Retention Consultation Party] [Holder of Class VRR Certificate(s)] [Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner]

By:

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Name:  

Title:  

Company:  

Phone:  

 

  M-1E-4  

 

EXHIBIT M-1F

FORM OF NOTICE OF EXCLUDED CONTROLLING CLASS HOLDER

[Date]

Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer 10851 Mastin Street, Suite 700 Overland Park, Kansas 66210 Attention: Executive Vice President – Division Head Fax number: (888) 706-3565 Email: NoticeAdmin@midlandls.com	Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee 9062 Old Annapolis Road Columbia, Maryland 21045 Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) – Benchmark 2023-V2 with a copy to: CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com
Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator 9062 Old Annapolis Road Columbia, Maryland 21045 Attention: Corporate Trust Services – Benchmark 2023-V2 with a copy to: CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com	BellOak, LLC as Operating Advisor and Asset Representations Reviewer 200 N. Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 1400 El Segundo. CA 90245 Attention: Reporting – Benchmark 2023-V2 (with a copy sent contemporaneously via email to reporting@belloakadvisors.com)
3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC as Special Servicer 2977 McFarlane Road, Suite 300 Miami, FL 33133 Attention: General Counsel E-mail: compliance@3650REIT.com

 

Re: Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2  

THIS NOTICE IDENTIFIES AN “EXCLUDED CONTROLLING CLASS MORTGAGE LOAN” RELATING TO THE Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-V2, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2, REQUIRING ACTION BY YOU AS THE RECIPIENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 4.02(A) OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

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In accordance with Section 4.02(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Agreement”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as Special Servicer, BellOak, LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, with respect to the above-referenced certificates (the “Certificates”), the undersigned (the “Excluded Controlling Class Holder”) hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

1.                  The undersigned is [the Controlling Class Representative] [a Controlling Class Certificateholder][the Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative][a Loan-Specific Controlling Class Certificateholder] as of the date hereof.

2.                  The undersigned has become an Excluded Controlling Class Holder with respect to the following [Mortgage Loan(s)][and][Whole Loan(s)] (“Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loans”):

 

Mortgage Loan Number	Loan Name	Borrower Name

3.                  As of the date above, the undersigned is the beneficial owner of the following Certificates, and is providing the below information to the addressees hereto for purposes of their compliance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, including, among other things, the Certificate Administrator’s determination as to whether a Consultation Termination Event or Control Termination Event is in effect with respect to the Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loans listed in paragraph 2 if any such Mortgage Loan is an Excluded Mortgage Loan:

 

CUSIP	Class	Outstanding Certificate Balance	Initial Certificate Balance

4.                  The undersigned is simultaneously providing notice to the Certificate Administrator in the form of Exhibit M-1G to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, requesting termination of access to any Excluded Information. The undersigned acknowledges that it is not

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permitted to access and shall not access any Excluded Information related to the Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loans and made available on the Certificate Administrator’s Website or otherwise pursuant to the Agreement unless and until it (i) is no longer an Excluded Controlling Class Holder with respect to such Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loans, (ii) has delivered notice of the termination of the related Excluded Controlling Class Holder status and (iii) has submitted a new Investor Certification in accordance with Section 4.02(a) of the Agreement.

5.                  The undersigned agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each party to the Agreement, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers and the Trust Fund from any damage, loss, cost or liability (including legal fees and expenses and the cost of enforcing this indemnity) arising out of or resulting from any unauthorized access by the undersigned or any agent, employee, representative or person acting on its behalf of any Excluded Information relating to the Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loans listed in Paragraph 2 above.

6.                  The undersigned agrees that each time it accesses the Certificate Administrator’s Website, the undersigned is deemed to have recertified that the representations and covenants contained herein remain true and correct.

 

7.                  Except with respect to the Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loans, the undersigned is requesting access pursuant to the Agreement to certain information (the “Information”) on the Certificate Administrator’s Website. In consideration of the disclosure to the undersigned of the Information, or the access thereto, the undersigned will keep the Information confidential (except from such outside persons as are assisting it in making an evaluation in connection with its holding or purchasing the related Certificates, from its accountants and attorneys, and otherwise from such governmental or banking authorities or agencies to which the undersigned is subject), and such Information will not, without the prior written consent of the Trustee, be otherwise disclosed by the undersigned or by its officers, directors, partners, employees, agents or representatives (collectively, the “Representatives”) in any manner whatsoever, in whole or in part, unless required to do so by law. The undersigned will not use or disclose the Information in any manner which could result in a violation of any provision of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or would require registration of any Certificate not previously registered pursuant to Section 5 of the Securities Act.

8.                  To the extent the undersigned receives access to any Excluded Information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website or otherwise receives access to such Excluded Information, the undersigned hereby agrees that it (i) will not directly or indirectly provide such Excluded Information to (A) any related Borrower Party, (B) any Excluded Controlling Class Holder, (C) any employees or personnel of the undersigned, (D) any Affiliate involved in the management of any investment in any related Borrower Party or the related Mortgaged Property or (E) to its actual knowledge, any non-Affiliate that holds a direct or indirect ownership interest in any related Borrower Party, and (ii) will maintain sufficient internal controls and appropriate policies and procedures in place in order to comply with the obligations described in clause (i) above.

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9.                  The undersigned hereby certifies that an executed copy of this certification in paper form has been delivered in accordance with the notice provisions of the Agreement to each of the addressees listed above (a) by overnight courier or (b) mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the respective meanings given to them in the Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has made the representations above and shall have caused, or shall be deemed to have caused, its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the day and year written above.

  [Controlling Class Representative] [a Controlling Class Certificateholder][the Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative][a Loan-Specific Controlling Class Certificateholder]

By: 

       Name:
Title:
Phone:
Email:
Address:

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EXHIBIT M-1G

FORM OF NOTICE OF EXCLUDED CONTROLLING CLASS HOLDER TO CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR

[Date]

Via: Email
Computershare Trust Company, National
Association,
   as Certificate Administrator 9062 Old Annapolis Road Columbia, Maryland 21045
Attention: Corporate Trust Services –
Benchmark 2023-V2 Email: CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com    

 

Re: Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2  

In accordance with Section 4.02(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Agreement”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as Special Servicer, BellOak, LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, with respect to the above-referenced certificates (the “Certificates”), the undersigned (the “Excluded Controlling Class Holder”) hereby directs you as follows:

1.                  The undersigned is [the Controlling Class Representative] [a Controlling Class Certificateholder][the Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative][a Loan-Specific Controlling Class Certificateholder] as of the date hereof.

2.                  The undersigned has become an Excluded Controlling Class Holder with respect to the following [Mortgage Loan(s)][and][Whole Loan(s)] (“Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loans”):

 

Mortgage Loan Number	Loan Name	Borrower Name

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3.                  The following CTSLink Login USER IDs are affiliated with the undersigned and access to any information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website with respect to the Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust securitization should be revoked as to such users:

4.                  The undersigned acknowledges that it is not permitted to access and shall not access any Excluded Information with respect to such Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loan(s) on the Certificate Administrator’s Website unless and until it (i) is no longer an Excluded Controlling Class Holder with respect to such Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loan(s), (ii) has delivered notice of the termination of the related Excluded Controlling Class Holder status and (iii) has submitted an investor certification in the form of Exhibit M-1B to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the respective meanings given to them in the Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has made the representations above and shall have caused, or shall be deemed to have caused, its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the day and year written above.

[Controlling Class Representative][a Controlling Class Certificateholder][the Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative][a Loan-Specific Controlling Class Certificateholder]

By: 

       Name:
Title:
Phone:
Email:
Address:

Dated:  _______

 

cc:  Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc.

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The undersigned hereby acknowledges that
access to CTSLink has been revoked for
the users listed in Paragraph 3.

Computershare Trust Company, National Association,

Certificate Administrator

 

Name:
Title:

  M-1G-3  

 

EXHIBIT M-1H

Form of Certification of the Controlling Class Representative
and the LOAN-SPECIFIC Controlling Class Representative

[Date]

Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer 10851 Mastin Street, Suite 700 Overland Park, Kansas 66210 Attention: Executive Vice President – Division Head Fax number: (888) 706-3565 Email: NoticeAdmin@midlandls.com	Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee 9062 Old Annapolis Road Columbia, Maryland 21045 Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) – Benchmark 2023-V2 with a copy to: CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com
Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator 9062 Old Annapolis Road Columbia, Maryland 21045 Attention: Corporate Trust Services – Benchmark 2023-V2 with a copy to: CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com	BellOak, LLC as Operating Advisor and Asset Representations Reviewer 200 N. Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 1400 El Segundo. CA 90245 Attention: Reporting – Benchmark 2023- V2 (with a copy sent contemporaneously via email to reporting@belloakadvisors.com)
3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as Special Servicer 2977 McFarlane Road, Suite 300 Miami, FL 33133 Attention: General Counsel E-mail: compliance@3650REIT.com

 

Re: Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2

In accordance with Section 6.09(d) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Agreement”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as Special Servicer, BellOak, LLC, as Operating

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Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, with respect to the above-referenced certificates (the “Certificates”), the undersigned hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

1.       The undersigned has been appointed to act as the [Controlling Class Representative][Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative]. [The undersigned’s address for the purposes of Section 12.04 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement is as follows: [INSERT ADDRESS OF CONTROLLING CLASS REPRESENTATIVE OR LOAN-SPECIFIC CONTROLLING CLASS REPRESENTATIVE, AS APPLICABLE]²⁶.

2.       The undersigned is not a Borrower Party.

3.       If the undersigned becomes a Borrower Party with respect to any Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan, the undersigned agrees to and shall deliver the certification attached as Exhibit M-1C to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and shall deliver to the applicable parties the notices attached as Exhibit M-1F and Exhibit M-1G to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

4.       The undersigned hereby certifies that an executed copy of this certification has been delivered to the Certificate Administrator (which party is required to forward this notice to each of the other addressees listed above pursuant to Section 6.09(d) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) in accordance with the notice provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (a) by overnight courier, (b) mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid, or (c) if the electronic mail address of the Certificate Administrator is specified in the notice provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, by electronic mail.

5.       Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned shall have caused, or shall be deemed to have caused its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the date certified.

 

 

 

²⁶  Applicable for a Controlling Class Representative that is not the initial Controlling Class Representative.

  M-1H-2  

 

 

[The Controlling Class Representative][The Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative]

By: 

        Title:
Company:
Phone:

 

 

  M-1H-3  

 

EXHIBIT M-1I

Form of Certification of A Risk Retention Consultation Party

Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer 10851 Mastin Street, Suite 700 Overland Park, Kansas 66210 Attention: Executive Vice President – Division Head Fax number: (888) 706-3565 Email: NoticeAdmin@midlandls.com	Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee 9062 Old Annapolis Road Columbia, Maryland 21045 Attention:           Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) – Benchmark 2023-V2 with a copy to: CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com
Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator 9062 Old Annapolis Road Columbia, Maryland 21045 Attention: Corporate Trust Services – Benchmark 2023-V2   with a copy to: CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com	BellOak, LLC as Operating Advisor and Asset Representations Reviewer 200 N. Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 1400 El Segundo. CA 90245 Attention: Reporting – Benchmark 2023-V2 (with a copy sent contemporaneously via email to reporting@belloakadvisors.com)
3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC as Special Servicer 2977 McFarlane Road, Suite 300 Miami, FL 33133 Attention: General Counsel E-mail: compliance@3650REIT.com
Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc. 388 Greenwich Street, 6th Floor New York, New York 10013 Attention: Richard Simpson Telecopy number: (646) 328-2943 E-mail: richard.simpson@citi.com
Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc. 390 Greenwich Street, 5th Floor	Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc. 388 Greenwich Street, 17th Floor

 

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  New York, New York 10013 Attention: Raul Orozco Telecopy number: (347) 394-0898 E-mail: raul.d.orozco@citi.com     New York, New York 10013 Attention: Ryan M. O’Connor Telecopy number: (646) 862-8988 E-mail: ryan.m.oconnor@citi.com  

 

Re: Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2  

In accordance with Section 6.09(i) of, and the definition of “Risk Retention Consultation Party” in, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

1.       The undersigned has been appointed to act as the [VRR1][VRR2]Risk Retention Consultation Party.

2.       The undersigned’s address for the purposes of Section 12.04 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement is as follows:

[INSERT ADDRESS OF RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY]

3.       The undersigned hereby certifies that an executed copy of this certification in paper form has been delivered in accordance with the notice provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to each of the addressees listed above (a) by overnight courier, (b) mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid or (c) if the electronic mail address of the Certificate Administrator is specified in the notice provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, by electronic mail.

4.       Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned shall have caused, or shall be deemed to have caused its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the date certified.

		[RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY]
		By:
			Name:
			Title:

Dated:  _______________

 

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EXHIBIT M-2A

FORM OF INVESTOR CERTIFICATION FOR EXERCISING VOTING RIGHTS OR
POOLED VOTING RIGHTS FOR NON-BORROWER PARTY

 

[Date]

 

Computershare Trust Company, National Association,

as Certificate Administrator

9062 Old Annapolis Road

Columbia, Maryland 21045
Attention: Corporate Trust Services – Benchmark 2023-V2

with a copy to:

CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com

trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com

 

 

Attention: Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2

In accordance with the requirements for the exercise of Voting Rights pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Agreement”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as Special Servicer, BellOak, LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, with respect to the above-referenced certificates, the undersigned hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

1.       The undersigned is a [Certificateholder] [Loan-Specific Certificateholder] [Certificate Owner] of Class ___ Certificates [with an aggregate [principal balance][notional amount] of $[________]][representing a [__]% Percentage Interest in the applicable Class].

2.       The undersigned has received a copy of the Prospectus.

3.       The undersigned is not a Borrower Party.

4.       The undersigned is not the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner.

5.       The undersigned is permitted and intends to exercise Voting Rights [or Pooled Voting Rights]^[27] under the Agreement and certifies that (please check one of the following):

 

¹ Applicable only in the case of Certificateholders or Certificate Owners of Certificates.

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___ The undersigned is the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, an Excluded Mortgage Loan Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or a Mortgage Loan Seller, and the undersigned is not prohibited from such exercise of Voting Rights [or Pooled Voting Rights]² based on the definition of “Certificateholder” in the Agreement by reason of acting in such capacity.

___ The undersigned is an Affiliate of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, an Excluded Mortgage Loan Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or a Mortgage Loan Seller, and the undersigned is not prohibited from such exercise of Voting Rights [or Pooled Voting Rights]² based on the definition of “Certificateholder” in the Agreement by reason of its Affiliate acting in such capacity.

___ The undersigned is not the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, an Excluded Mortgage Loan Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, a Mortgage Loan Seller or an Affiliate of any of the foregoing.

6.       The undersigned shall be fully liable for any breach of this agreement by itself or any of its officers, directors, partners, employees, agents or representatives (collectively, the “Representatives”) and shall indemnify the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trust Fund for any loss, liability or expense incurred thereby with respect to any such breach by the undersigned or any of its Representatives.

7.       Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Agreement.

BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned has made the representations above and shall be deemed to have caused its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the day and year written above.

[Certificateholder] [Loan-Specific Certificateholder] [Certificate Owner]

By:

Name:  

Title:  

Company:  

 

 

² Applicable only in the case of Certificateholders or Certificate Owners of Certificates.

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Phone:  

 

 

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EXHIBIT M-2B

FORM OF INVESTOR CERTIFICATION FOR EXERCISING VOTING RIGHTS OR
POOLED VOTING RIGHTS FOR BORROWER PARTY

 

[Date]

 

Computershare Trust Company, National Association,

as Certificate Administrator

9062 Old Annapolis Road

Columbia, Maryland 21045
Attention: Corporate Trust Services – Benchmark 2023-V2

with a copy to:

CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com

trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com

 

 

 

Attention: Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2

In accordance with the requirements for the exercise of Voting Rights pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Agreement”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as Special Servicer, BellOak, LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, with respect to the above-referenced certificates, the undersigned hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

1.       The undersigned is a [Certificateholder] [Loan-Specific Certificateholder] [Certificate Owner] of Class ___ Certificates [with an aggregate [principal balance][notional amount] of $[________]][representing a [__]% Percentage Interest in the applicable Class].

2.       The undersigned has received a copy of the Prospectus.

3.       The undersigned is a Borrower Party.

4.       Check one of the following:

☐       The undersigned is not the Controlling Class Representative, a Controlling Class Certificateholder, the Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative or a Loan-Specific Controlling Class Certificateholder.

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☐       The undersigned is [the Controlling Class Representative] [a Controlling Class Certificateholder][the Loan-Specific Controlling Class Representative][a Loan-Specific Controlling Class Certificateholder]. The undersigned is an Excluded Controlling Class Holder with respect to the following [Mortgage Loan(s)][and][Whole Loan(s)] (“Excluded Controlling Class Mortgage Loans”):

Mortgage Loan
Number Loan Name Borrower Name

5.       The undersigned is not the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner.

6.       The undersigned is permitted and intends to exercise Voting Rights [or Pooled Voting Rights]^* under the Agreement and certifies that (please check all that apply):

___ Such exercise of Voting Rights [or Pooled Voting Rights]^* does not involve giving any consent, approval or waiver or taking any other action with respect to any Mortgage Loan as to which the undersigned is a Borrower Party.

___ The undersigned is not the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, an Excluded Mortgage Loan Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, a Mortgage Loan Seller or an Affiliate of any of the foregoing.

___ The undersigned is the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, an Excluded Mortgage Loan Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or a Mortgage Loan Seller, and the undersigned is not prohibited from such exercise of Voting Rights [or Pooled Voting Rights]* based on the definition of “Certificateholder” in the Agreement by reason of acting in such capacity.

___ The undersigned is an Affiliate of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, an Excluded Mortgage Loan Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or a Mortgage Loan Seller, and the undersigned is not prohibited from such exercise of Voting Rights [or Pooled Voting Rights]^* based on the definition of “Certificateholder” in the Agreement by reason of its Affiliate acting in such capacity.

7. The undersigned shall be fully liable for any breach of this agreement by itself or any of its officers, directors, partners, employees, agents or representatives

 

* Applicable only in the case of Certificateholders or Certificate Owners of Certificates.

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(collectively, the “Representatives”) and shall indemnify the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trust Fund for any loss, liability or expense incurred thereby with respect to any such breach by the undersigned or any of its Representatives.

8.       Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Agreement.

BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned has made the representations above and shall be deemed to have caused its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the day and year written above.

[Certificateholder] [Loan-Specific Certificateholder] [Certificate Owner]

By:

Name:  

Title:  

Company:  

Phone:  

 

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EXHIBIT M-3

FORM OF ONLINE VENDOR CERTIFICATION

 

This Certification has been prepared for provision of information to the market data providers listed in Paragraph 1 below pursuant to the direction of the Depositor. If you represent a Vendor Provider not listed herein and would like access to the information, please contact [the Certificate Administrator’s customer service desk at [1-866-846-4526]]

In connection with the Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2 (the “Certificates”), the undersigned hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

1.       The undersigned is an employee or agent of Bloomberg, L.P., Trepp, LLC, Intex Solutions, Inc., BlackRock Financial Management Inc., CMBS.com, Inc., Moody’s Analytics, Markit Group Limited, RealINSIGHT, Thompson Reuters Corporation, Intercontinental Exchange | ICE Data Services, KBRA Analytics, LLC or a market data provider that has been given access to the Distribution Date Statements, CREFC reports and supplemental notices on www.ctslink.com (“CTSLink”) by request of the Depositor.

2.       The undersigned agrees that each time it accesses CTSLink, the undersigned is deemed to have recertified that the representation above remains true and correct.

3.       The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that the provision to it of information and/or reports on CTSLink is for its own use only, and agrees that it will not disseminate or otherwise make such information available to any other person without the written consent of the Depositor, and any confidentiality agreement applicable to the undersigned with respect to information obtained from the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website shall also be applicable to information obtained from CTSLink.

4.       Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 , between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as Special Servicer, BellOak, LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee.

BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned has made the representations above and shall be deemed to have caused its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the date certified.

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[                        ]

By:

Name:  

Title:  

Company:  

Phone:  

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EXHIBIT M-4

FORM OF CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT

 

Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer 10851 Mastin Street, Suite 700 Overland Park, Kansas 66210 Attention: Executive Vice President – Division Head Fax number: (888) 706-3565 Email: NoticeAdmin@midlandls.com	Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc. 388 Greenwich Street, 6th Floor New York, New York 10013 Attention: Richard Simpson Telecopy number: (646) 328-2943 E-mail: richard.simpson@citi.com
Computershare Trust Company, National Association,    as Certificate Administrator 9062 Old Annapolis Road Columbia, Maryland 21045 Attention: Corporate Trust Services – Benchmark 2023-V2 with a copy to: CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com	Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc. 390 Greenwich Street, 5th Floor New York, New York 10013 Attention: Raul Orozco Telecopy number: (347) 394-0898 E-mail: raul.d.orozco@citi.com
Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee 9062 Old Annapolis Road Columbia, Maryland 21045 Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) – Benchmark 2023-V2 with a copy to: CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com	Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc. 388 Greenwich Street, 17th Floor New York, New York 10013 Attention: Ryan M. O’Connor Telecopy number: (646) 862-8988 E-mail: ryan.m.oconnor@citi.com
	3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC as Special Servicer 2977 McFarlane Road, Suite 300 Miami, FL 33133 Attention: General Counsel E-mail: compliance@3650REIT.com

 

Re: Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2  

 

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Ladies and Gentlemen:

In connection with the Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust 2023-V2, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2 (the “Certificates”), we acknowledge that we will be furnished by [Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer][,][and] [3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as Special Servicer] (and may have been previously furnished) with certain information (the “Information”). For the purposes of this letter agreement (this “Agreement”), “Representative” of a Person refers to such Person’s directors, officers, employees, and agents; and “Person” refers to any individual, group or entity.

In connection with and in consideration of our being provided with Information, we hereby acknowledge and agree that we are requesting and will use the Information solely for purposes of making investment decisions and/or exercising the rights of the applicable [Directing Holder][Consulting Party] with respect to the [above-referenced [Certificates][Loan-Specific Certificates] and the related Trust Loans] [[NAME OF SERVICED WHOLE LOAN] Whole Loan] and will not disclose such Information to any Person other than (i) our Representatives, (ii) our auditors and regulators and (iii) any Person contemplating the purchase of [any Certificate][any Loan-Specific Certificate] [the [NAME OF SERVICED COMPANION LOAN] Companion Loan] held by the undersigned or of an interest therein (or such outside Persons as are assisting it in making an evaluation in connection with purchasing the [related Certificates] [related Loan-Specific Certificates] [the [NAME OF SERVICED COMPANION LOAN] Companion Loan] (but only if such Persons confirm in writing such contemplation of a prospective ownership interest and agree in writing to keep such Information confidential)), (iv) our accountants and attorneys, and (v) such governmental or banking authorities or agencies to which the undersigned is subject; and such Information will not, without the prior written consent of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, and the Trustee, be otherwise disclosed by the undersigned or by its Representatives in any manner whatsoever, in whole or in part, unless required to do so by law.

The undersigned shall be fully liable for any breach of this agreement by itself or any of its Representatives and shall indemnify the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trust Fund for any loss, liability or expense incurred thereby with respect to any such breach by the undersigned or any of its Representatives.

This Agreement shall not apply to any of the Information which: (i) is or becomes generally available and known to the public other than as a result of a disclosure directly or indirectly by us or any of our Representatives; (ii) becomes lawfully available to us on a non-confidential basis from a source other than you or one of your Representatives, which source is not bound by a contractual or other obligation of confidentiality to any Person; or (iii) was lawfully known to us on a non-confidential basis prior to its disclosure to us by you.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Agreement”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, 3650 REIT

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Loan Servicing LLC, as Special Servicer, BellOak, LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee. This Agreement, when signed by us, will constitute our agreement with respect to the subject matter contained herein.

Very truly yours,

[NAME OF ENTITY]

By:

Name:  

Title:  

Company:  

Phone:  

cc: Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc.
[Trustee]

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EXHIBIT M-5

 

FORM OF NRSRO CERTIFICATION

 

 

Computershare Trust Company, National Association,

as Certificate Administrator

9062 Old Annapolis Road

Columbia, Maryland 21045
Attention: Corporate Trust Services – Benchmark 2023-V2

Re: Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2  

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

In accordance with the requirements for obtaining certain information pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as Special Servicer, BellOak, LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, with respect to the Citigroup Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2 (the “Certificates”), the undersigned hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

 

1.                     The undersigned, a nationally recognized statistical rating organization (“NRSRO”) within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”);

(a)               has provided the Depositor with the appropriate certifications under Exchange Act Rule 17g-5(e); and

(b)               is requesting access pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to certain information (the “Information”) on the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and in consideration of the disclosure to the undersigned of the Information, or the access thereto, the undersigned will keep the Information confidential (except to the extent such information has been made available to the general public), and such Information will not, without the prior written consent of the Certificate Administrator, be otherwise disclosed by the undersigned or by its officers, directors, partners, employees, agents, or representatives (collectively, the “Representatives”) in any manner whatsoever, in whole or in part.

 

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2.                     The undersigned agrees that each time it accesses the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website, it is deemed to have recertified that the representations herein contained remain true and correct.

 

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned has made the representations above and shall have caused, or shall be deemed to have caused, its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the day and year first written above.

  Very truly yours,

[NRSRO Name]

By:

Name:  

Title:  

Phone:  

Email:  

 

Dated:

 

 

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EXHIBIT N

CUSTODIAN CERTIFICATION

 

[DATE]

 

[All Parties to Pooling and Servicing Agreement]
[Applicable Mortgage Loan Seller]
[Each Underwriter]
[Each Initial Purchaser]

[The related Serviced Companion Loan Holder (upon request, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan)]

Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (“Pooling and Servicing Agreement”) relating to Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2

Ladies and Gentlemen:

In accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02(b) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that, with respect to each Mortgage Loan and Trust Subordinate Companion Loan, and subject to the exceptions noted in the schedule of exceptions attached hereto, (i) all documents specified in clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) (other than with respect to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan), (5), (6) (provided that the undersigned has been notified of any related modification), (7), (15) and (20) (for each Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan) of the definition of “Mortgage File” are in its possession; (ii) the recordation/filing contemplated by Section 2.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement has been completed (based solely on receipt by the undersigned of the particular recorded/filed documents); (iii) all documents received by the undersigned with respect to such Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan have been reviewed by the undersigned and (A) appear regular on their face (handwritten additions, changes or corrections shall not constitute irregularities if initialed by the Mortgagor), (B) appear to have been executed (where appropriate) and (C) purport to relate to such Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan; and (iv) based on the examinations referred to in Section 2.02(a) and Section 2.02(b) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and only as to the foregoing documents (together with any Loan Agreement that has been delivered by the related Mortgage Loan Seller), the information set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule with respect to the items specified in clauses (iv) and (v)(B) of the definition of “Mortgage Loan Schedule” accurately reflects the information set forth in the Mortgage File.

The undersigned makes no representations as to: (i) the validity, legality, sufficiency, enforceability or genuineness of any such documents contained in each Mortgage File or any of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan identified in the

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Mortgage Loan Schedule, or (ii) the collectability, insurability, effectiveness or suitability of any such Mortgage Loan or Trust Subordinate Companion Loan.

The scope of the Custodian’s review of the Mortgage Files is limited solely to confirming that certain documents in Mortgage Files have been received and appear regular on their face and to confirm certain other information as set forth in Section 2.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.  The Custodian’s review of the Mortgage Files and any certification with respect thereto is not intended to and shall not be deemed to constitute “due diligence services” or a “third party due diligence report” as such terms are defined in Rules 17g-10 and 15Ga-2, respectively, under the Exchange Act.  Any recipient of the Custodian’s certification or a copy thereof by its receipt thereof is deemed to agree that it shall not share such certification with any rating agency or any party not addressed on such certification.

Capitalized words and phrases used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. This Certificate is subject in all respects to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

		Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Custodian
		By:
			Name:
			Title:

 

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SCHEDULE OF EXCEPTIONS

 

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EXHIBIT O

SERVICING CRITERIA TO BE ADDRESSED IN ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE

The assessment of compliance to be delivered by the referenced party shall address, at a minimum, the criteria identified below as “Applicable Servicing Criteria” applicable to such party, as such criteria may be updated or limited by the Commission or its staff (including, without limitation, not requiring the delivery of certain of the items set forth on this Exhibit based on interpretive guidance provided by the Commission or its staff relating to Item 1122 of Regulation AB). For the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of this Exhibit O, other than with respect to Item 1122(d)(2)(iii), references to Master Servicer and Special Servicer below shall include any Sub-Servicer engaged by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable.

 

applicable Servicing Criteria		applicable party
Reference	Criteria
	General Servicing Considerations
1122(d)(1)(i)	Policies and procedures are instituted to monitor any performance or other triggers and events of default in accordance with the transaction agreements.	Master Servicer Special Servicer Certificate Administrator
1122(d)(1)(ii)	If any material servicing activities are outsourced to third parties, policies and procedures are instituted to monitor the third party’s performance and compliance with such servicing activities.	Master Servicer Special Servicer Certificate Administrator
1122(d)(1)(iii)	Any requirements in the transaction agreements to maintain a back-up servicer for the mortgage loans are maintained.	N/A
1122(d)(1)(iv)	A fidelity bond and errors and omissions policy is in effect on the party participating in the servicing function throughout the reporting period in the amount of coverage required by and otherwise in accordance with the terms of the transaction agreements.	Master Servicer Special Servicer Custodian (in the case of the Custodian, if such entity is not also the Certificate Administrator)
1122(d)(1)(v)	Aggregation of information, as applicable, is mathematically accurate and the information conveyed accurately reflects the information.	Master Servicer Special Servicer Certificate Administrator
	Cash Collection and Administration
1122(d)(2)(i)	Payments on mortgage loans are deposited into the appropriate custodial bank accounts and related bank clearing accounts no more than two business days following receipt, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.	Master Servicer Special Servicer Certificate Administrator
1122(d)(2)(ii)	Disbursements made via wire transfer on behalf of an obligor or to an investor are made only by authorized personnel.	Certificate Administrator
1122(d)(2)(iii)	Advances of funds or guarantees regarding collections, cash flows or distributions, and any interest or other fees charged for such advances, are made, reviewed and approved as specified in the transaction agreements.	Master Servicer Special Servicer Trustee (in the case of the Trustee, to the extent the Trustee was required to make an advance during the applicable calendar year)
1122(d)(2)(iv)	The related accounts for the transaction, such as cash reserve accounts or accounts established as a form of overcollateralization, are separately maintained (e.g., with respect to commingling of cash) as set forth in the transaction agreements.	Master Servicer Special Servicer Certificate Administrator

 

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applicable Servicing Criteria		applicable party
Reference	Criteria
1122(d)(2)(v)	Each custodial account is maintained at a federally insured depository institution as set forth in the transaction agreements. For purposes of this criterion, “federally insured depository institution” with respect to a foreign financial institution means a foreign financial institution that meets the requirements of Rule 13k-1(b)(1) of the Exchange Act.	Master Servicer Special Servicer Certificate Administrator
1122(d)(2)(vi)	Unissued checks are safeguarded so as to prevent unauthorized access.	Master Servicer Special Servicer Certificate Administrator
1122(d)(2)(vii)	Reconciliations are prepared on a monthly basis for all asset-backed securities related bank accounts, including custodial accounts and related bank clearing accounts. These reconciliations are (A) mathematically accurate; (B) prepared within 30 calendar days after the bank statement cutoff date, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements; (C) reviewed and approved by someone other than the person who prepared the reconciliation; and (D) contain explanations for reconciling items. These reconciling items are resolved within 90 calendar days of their original identification, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.	Master Servicer Special Servicer Certificate Administrator
	Investor Remittances and Reporting
1122(d)(3)(i)	Reports to investors, including those to be filed with the Commission, are maintained in accordance with the transaction agreements and applicable Commission requirements. Specifically, such reports (A) are prepared in accordance with timeframes and other terms set forth in the transaction agreements; (B) provide information calculated in accordance with the terms specified in the transaction agreements; (C) are filed with the Commission as required by its rules and regulations; and (D) agree with investors’ or the trustee’s records as to the total unpaid principal balance and number of mortgage loans serviced by the Reporting Servicer.	Certificate Administrator Operating Advisor (excluding clauses (C) and (D) in the case of the Operating Advisor)
1122(d)(3)(ii)	Amounts due to investors are allocated and remitted in accordance with timeframes, distribution priority and other terms set forth in the transaction agreements.	Certificate Administrator
1122(d)(3)(iii)	Disbursements made to an investor are posted within two business days to the Reporting Servicer’s investor records, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.	Certificate Administrator
1122(d)(3)(iv)	Amounts remitted to investors per the investor reports agree with cancelled checks, or other form of payment, or custodial bank statements.	Certificate Administrator
	Pool Asset Administration
1122(d)(4)(i)	Collateral or security on mortgage loans is maintained as required by the transaction agreements or related mortgage loan documents.	Master Servicer Special Servicer Custodian
1122(d)(4)(ii)	Mortgage loan and related documents are safeguarded as required by the transaction agreements	Custodian
1122(d)(4)(iii)	Any additions, removals or substitutions to the asset pool are made, reviewed and approved in accordance with any conditions or requirements in the transaction agreements.	Master Servicer Special Servicer Certificate Administrator
1122(d)(4)(iv)	Payments on mortgage loans, including any payoffs, made in accordance with the related mortgage loan documents are posted to the Master Servicer’s obligor records maintained no more than two business days after receipt, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements, and allocated to principal, interest or other items (e.g., escrow) in accordance with the related mortgage loan documents.	Master Servicer
1122(d)(4)(v)	The Master Servicer’s records regarding the mortgage loans agree with the Master Servicer’s records with respect to an obligor’s unpaid principal balance.	Master Servicer
1122(d)(4)(vi)	Changes with respect to the terms or status of an obligor’s mortgage loans (e.g., loan modifications or re-agings) are made, reviewed and approved by authorized personnel in accordance with the transaction agreements and related pool asset documents.	Master Servicer Special Servicer

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applicable Servicing Criteria		applicable party
Reference	Criteria
1122(d)(4)(vii)	Loss mitigation or recovery actions (e.g., forbearance plans, modifications and deeds in lieu of foreclosure, foreclosures and repossessions, as applicable) are initiated, conducted and concluded in accordance with the timeframes or other requirements established by the transaction agreements.	Special Servicer Operating Advisor
1122(d)(4)(viii)	Records documenting collection efforts are maintained during the period a mortgage loan is delinquent in accordance with the transaction agreements. Such records are maintained on at least a monthly basis, or such other period specified in the transaction agreements, and describe the entity’s activities in monitoring delinquent mortgage loans including, for example, phone calls, letters and payment rescheduling plans in cases where delinquency is deemed temporary (e.g., illness or unemployment).	Master Servicer Special Servicer
1122(d)(4)(ix)	Adjustments to interest rates or rates of return for mortgage loans with variable rates are computed based on the related mortgage loan documents.	Master Servicer
1122(d)(4)(x)	Regarding any funds held in trust for an obligor (such as escrow accounts): (A) such funds are analyzed, in accordance with the obligor’s mortgage loan documents, on at least an annual basis, or such other period specified in the transaction agreements; (B) interest on such funds is paid, or credited, to obligors in accordance with applicable mortgage loan documents and state laws; and (C) such funds are returned to the obligor within 30 calendar days of full repayment of the related mortgage loans, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.	Master Servicer
1122(d)(4)(xi)	Payments made on behalf of an obligor (such as tax or insurance payments) are made on or before the related penalty or expiration dates, as indicated on the appropriate bills or notices for such payments, provided that such support has been received by the servicer at least 30 calendar days prior to these dates, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.	Master Servicer
1122(d)(4)(xii)	Any late payment penalties in connection with any payment to be made on behalf of an obligor are paid from the servicer’s funds and not charged to the obligor, unless the late payment was due to the obligor’s error or omission.	Master Servicer
1122(d)(4)(xiii)	Disbursements made on behalf of an obligor are posted within two business days to the obligor’s records maintained by the servicer, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.	Master Servicer
1122(d)(4)(xiv)	Delinquencies, charge-offs and uncollectible accounts are recognized and recorded in accordance with the transaction agreements.	Master Servicer
1122(d)(4)(xv)	Any external enhancement or other support, identified in Item 1114(a)(1) through (3) or Item 1115 of Regulation AB, is maintained as set forth in the transaction agreements.	N/A

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT P

[RESERVED]

 

 

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EXHIBIT Q

RETAINED DEFEASANCE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS MORTGAGE LOANS

 

Loan Number	Mortgage Loan / Property Name	Mortgage Loan Seller
2	Austin Multifamily Portfolio	CREFI
3	Cumberland Mall	GACC
5	Soho Warehouse	GACC
9	Tudor Wharf (Leasehold)	BMO
10	Encino Target	3650 REIT
12	KY & MN Warehouse Distribution Portfolio	3650 REIT
15	PetSmart HQ	3650 REIT
16	National Warehouse & Distribution Portfolio	CREFI
17	Patewood Corporate Center	3650 REIT
20	Bed Stuy Portfolio	GACC
21	909 North Michigan Avenue	GACC
24	Pepper Tree Apartments	CREFI
25	Tudor Wharf (Leased Fee)	BMO
27	Chicago Heights	CREFI

 

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EXHIBIT R

FORM OF OPERATING ADVISOR ANNUAL REPORT¹

 

Report Date: Report will be delivered annually (pursuant to Section 3.29(e) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) no later than [INSERT DATE]

 

Transaction: Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2

 

Operating Advisor: BellOak, LLC

 

Directing Holder: [                    ]

 

I.       Population of Mortgage Loans that Were Considered in Compiling This Report

A.                  [  ] Serviced Loans were Specially Serviced Loans during the prior calendar year [INSERT YEAR].

(a)               [  ] of those Specially Serviced Loans were transferred to special servicing in the prior calendar year [INSERT YEAR].

(b)               [[ ] of those Specially Serviced Loans were transferred to special servicing in the year before the prior calendar year [INSERT YEAR].]

(c)               [[ ] of those Specially Serviced Loans were transferred to special servicing 2 or more calendar years ago.]

(d)               [  ] of those Specially Serviced Loans are still being analyzed by the Special Servicer as part of the development of an Asset Status Report.

(e)               [  ] of such Specially Serviced Loans had Final Asset Status Reports. The Final Asset Status Reports may not yet be fully implemented.

(f)                With respect to [ ] of such Specially Serviced Loans, the Operating Advisor has determined that the Special Servicer has not delivered a Final Asset Status Report in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for a period of at least 180 consecutive days, any portion of which occurred during the prior calendar year [INSERT YEAR]. 

 

¹     This report is an indicative report and does not reflect the final form of annual report to be used in any particular year. The Operating Advisor will have the ability to modify or alter the organization and content of any particular report, subject to compliance with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, including, without limitation, provisions relating to Privileged Information.

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B.      A Operating Advisor Consultation Trigger Event [existed during some or all] [did not exist during any portion] of the prior calendar year [INSERT YEAR].

C.       [  ] Serviced Loans were, during the prior calendar year [INSERT YEAR], the subject of a Major Decision as to which the Operating Advisor had consultation rights pursuant to Section 3.29(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. [__] of those Serviced Loans were Specially Serviced Loans and [__] were Performing Serviced Loans.

II.                                                Executive Summary

Based on the requirements and qualifications set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, each as Special Servicer, BellOak, LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, as well as the items listed below, the Operating Advisor has undertaken a review of the Special Servicer’s actions and decisions in respect of (A) Specially Serviced Loans and, (B) solely in connection with Major Decisions as to which the Operating Advisor has consultation rights following a related Operating Advisor Consultation Trigger Event, Performing Serviced Loans, in each case in light of (1) the Servicing Standard and (2) the requirements of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Based on such review, the Operating Advisor [believes / does not believe], in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that the Special Servicer is performing its duties in compliance with (1) the Servicing Standard and (2) the Special Servicer’s obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. [IDENTIFY ANY MATERIAL DEVIATIONS FROM (I) THE SERVICING STANDARD OR (II) THE SPECIAL SERVICER’S OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT] In addition, the Operating Advisor notes the following: [PROVIDE SUMMARY OF ANY ADDITIONAL MATERIAL INFORMATION].

In connection with the assessment set forth in this report, the Operating Advisor:

Reviewed (A) any annual compliance statement, assessment of compliance and/or attestation report delivered to, or made available to, the Operating Advisor pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Special Servicer, and (B) any (1) Final Asset Status Reports, (2) during the existence of a related Operating Advisor Consultation Trigger Event, other Asset Status Reports, (3) net present value calculations, (4) Appraisal Reduction Amount calculations and Collateral Deficiency Amount calculations, (5) Major Decision Reporting Packages, and (6) [LIST OTHER REVIEWED INFORMATION] for the following [  ] Serviced Loans, in each case, to the extent prepared by the Special Servicer and delivered, or otherwise made available on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, to the Operating Advisor pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement: [LIST APPLICABLE MORTGAGE LOANS]

III.                                            Specific Items of Review

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1.         The Operating Advisor reviewed the following items in connection with the generation of this report: [LIST MATERIAL ITEMS].

2.                    During the prior year, if a related Operating Advisor Consultation Trigger Event existed, the Operating Advisor consulted with the Special Servicer regarding its Major Decisions related to the following Serviced Loans: [LIST]. The Operating Advisor participated in discussions and made strategic observations and recommended alternative courses of action to the extent it deemed such observations and recommendations appropriate. The Special Servicer [agreed with/did not agree with] the recommendations made by the Operating Advisor. Such recommendations generally included the following: [LIST].

3.           Appraisal Reduction Amount calculations, Collateral Deficiency Amount calculations and net present value calculations:

(a)            The Operating Advisor [received/did not receive] information necessary to recalculate and verify the accuracy of the mathematical calculations and the corresponding application of the non-discretionary portions of the applicable formulas required to be utilized in connection with any (i) Appraisal Reduction Amount, (ii) Collateral Deficiency Amount or (iii) net present value calculations used in the Special Servicer’s determination of the course of action to be taken in connection with the workout or liquidation of a Specially Serviced Loan prior to the utilization by the Special Servicer.

(b)               The Operating Advisor [agreed/did not agree] with the [mathematical calculations] [and/or] [the application of the applicable non-discretionary portions of the formula] required to be utilized for such calculation.

(c)              After consultation with the Special Servicer to resolve any inaccuracy in the mathematical calculations or the application of the non-discretionary portions of the related formula in arriving at those mathematical calculations, such inaccuracy [has been/ has not been] resolved.

4.           The following is a general discussion of certain concerns raised by the Operating Advisor discussed in this report: [LIST CONCERNS].

5.               In addition to the other information presented herein, the Operating Advisor notes the following additional items: [LIST ADDITIONAL ITEMS].

IV.                                Qualifications Related to the Work Product Undertaken and Opinions Related to this Report

1.              In accordance with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Operating Advisor did not participate in, or have access to, the Special Servicer’s and the applicable Directing Holder’s discussion(s) regarding any Specially Serviced Loan. The Operating Advisor does not have authority to speak with the applicable Directing Holder directly pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As such, the Operating Advisor generally relied upon its interaction with the Special Servicer in gathering the relevant information to generate this report.

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2.        The Special Servicer has the legal authority and responsibility to service the Specially Serviced Loans pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Operating Advisor has no responsibility or authority to alter the standards set forth therein.

3.        Confidentiality and other contractual limitations limit the Operating Advisor’s ability to outline the details or substance of certain information it reviewed in connection with its duties under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As a result, this report may not reflect all the relevant information that the Operating Advisor is given access to by the Special Servicer.

4.                       The Operating Advisor is not empowered to directly communicate with investors pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. If investors have questions regarding this report, they should address such questions to the Certificate Administrator through the Certificate Administrator’s Website.

5.           The ability to perform the duties of the Operating Advisor and the quality and the depth of any annual report will be dependent upon the timely receipt of information required to be delivered to the Operating Advisor and the accuracy and the completeness of such information.

Terms used but not defined herein have the meaning set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

 

[                      ]

 

 

By:    

Name:

Title:

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EXHIBIT S

SUBSERVICING AGREEMENTS

 

Mortgage Loan/Property Name	Sub-Servicer Name
Heritage Plaza	Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

 

 

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EXHIBIT T

 

FORM OF RECOMMENDATION OF SPECIAL SERVICER TERMINATION

 

Computershare Trust Company, National Association,

as Trustee

9062 Old Annapolis Road

Columbia, Maryland 21045

Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) – Benchmark 2023-V2

with a copy to:

CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com

trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com

 

Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator

9062 Old Annapolis Road

Columbia, Maryland 21045
Attention: Corporate Trust Services – Benchmark 2023-V2

with a copy to:

CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com

trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com

 

 

3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC

as Special Servicer

2977 McFarlane Road, Suite 300

Miami, FL 33133

Attention: General Counsel

E-mail: compliance@3650REIT.com

 

Re: Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2  

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This letter is delivered pursuant to Section 6.08(b)(i) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as Special Servicer, BellOak, LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, on behalf of the holders of Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2 (the “Certificates”) regarding the replacement of the Special Servicer. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

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Based upon our review of the operational practices of [_______], in its current capacity as Special Servicer [with respect to [IF SUBJECT PARTY IS NOT THE SPECIAL SERVICER FOR ALL SERVICED TRUST LOANS, SPECIFY APPLICABLE SERVICED LOAN OR GROUP OF SERVICED LOANS FOR WHICH IT SO ACTS]], conducted pursuant to and in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, it is our determination, in our sole discretion exercised in good faith, that (1) [________], in its current capacity as Special Servicer [with respect to [IF SUBJECT PARTY IS NOT THE SPECIAL SERVICER FOR ALL SERVICED TRUST LOANS, SPECIFY APPLICABLE SERVICED TRUST LOAN OR GROUP OF SERVICED TRUST LOANS FOR WHICH IT SO ACTS]], has failed to comply with the Servicing Standard and (2) a replacement of the Special Servicer would be in the best interest of the Certificateholders and any Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner (as a collective whole). The following factors support our determination: [________].

Based upon such determination, we further hereby recommend that [_______] be removed as Special Servicer [with respect to [IF SUBJECT PARTY IS NOT THE SPECIAL SERVICER FOR ALL SERVICED TRUST LOANS, SPECIFY APPLICABLE SERVICED LOAN OR GROUP OF SERVICED LOANS FOR WHICH IT SO ACTS]] and that [________] be appointed its successor in such capacity.

	Very truly yours,
		[The Operating Advisor]
	By:
		Name:
		Title:
Dated:

 

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EXHIBIT U

ADDITIONAL FORM 10-D DISCLOSURE

The parties identified in the “Party Responsible” column (with each Servicing Function Participant deemed to be responsible for the following items for which the party that retained such Servicing Function Participant is responsible) are obligated pursuant to Section 10.04 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to disclose to the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, each Other Depositor and Other Exchange Act Reporting Party to which such Additional Form 10-D Disclosure is relevant for Exchange Act reporting purposes, any information described in the corresponding Form 10-D Item described in the “Item on Form 10-D” column to the extent such party has actual knowledge (and in the case of net operating income, financial statements, budgets and/or rent rolls required to be provided in connection with Item 6 below, possession) (in each case, after complying with its affirmative obligations, if any, under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to obtain such information) of such information (other than information as to such party itself which such party is obligated to provide). Each of the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall be entitled to rely on the accuracy of the Prospectus (other than information with respect to itself that is set forth in or omitted from the Prospectus), in the absence of specific written notice to the contrary from the Depositor or Mortgage Loan Sellers. Each of the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (in its capacity as such) shall be entitled to conclusively assume that there is no “significant obligor” other than a party identified as such in the Prospectus. For this Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust Pooling and Servicing Agreement, each of the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (in its capacity as such) shall be entitled to assume that there is no provider of credit enhancement, liquidity or derivative instruments within the meaning of Items 1114 or 1115 of Regulation AB other than a party identified as such in the Prospectus.

 

Item on Form 10-D	Party Responsible
Item 1: Distribution and Pool Performance Information   Any information required by Item 1121 of Regulation AB which is NOT included on the Distribution Date Statement	Certificate Administrator Depositor Master Servicer (only with respect to Item 1121(a)(12) of Regulation AB as to Performing Serviced Loans) Special Servicer (only with respect to Item 1121(a)(12) of Regulation AB as to Specially Serviced Loans) Each Mortgage Loan Seller (only with respect to Item 1121(c)(2) of Regulation AB as to

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Item on Form 10-D	Party Responsible
	itself)
Item 1A: Asset-Level Information disclosure per Items 1111(h) and 1125 of Regulation AB	Master Servicer1
Item 1B: Asset Representations Reviewer and Investor Communication	Asset Representations Reviewer (with respect to Item 1121(d) of Regulation AB)   Certificate Administrator (with respect to Item 1121(e) of Regulation AB )
Item 2: Legal Proceedings   per Item 1117 of Regulation AB	(i) All parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as to themselves), (ii) any other Reporting Servicer (as to itself), (iii) the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, in each case as to the Trust (in the case of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, to be reported by the party controlling such litigation), (iv) each Mortgage Loan Seller as to itself and as to each Regulation AB Item 1110(b) originator with respect to such Mortgage Loan Seller’s Mortgage Loans and as to each Regulation AB Item 1100(d)(1) party either affiliated with or retained by such Mortgage Loan Seller, or with whom such Mortgage Loan Seller contracts
Item 3:  Sale of Securities and Use of Proceeds	Depositor
Item 4:  Defaults Upon Senior Securities	Certificate Administrator
Item 5:  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders2	Certificate Administrator Trustee
Item 6:  Significant Obligors of Pool Assets	Master Servicer (excluding information for which the Special Servicer is the “Party Responsible”) Special Servicer (as to Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties)
Item 7: Change in Sponsor Interest in the Securities	Each Mortgage Loan Seller as to itself and its affiliates

 

 

¹ For the avoidance of doubt, the Certificate Administrator, not the Master Servicer, shall be responsible for filing any Additional Form 10-D Disclosure required by Item 1A on Form 10-D in accordance with Section 10.04 of this Agreement.

² No disclosure is required for so long as Item 5 of Form 10-D requires the inclusion of information related to mine safety disclosures.

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Item on Form 10-D	Party Responsible
Item 8:  Significant Enhancement Provider Information	Depositor
Item 9: Other Information   (i) Balances of the Distribution Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account, Excess Liquidation Proceeds Reserve Account, the Exchangeable Distribution Account, Collection Account, any Whole Loan Custodial Account and each REO Account as of the related Distribution Date and the preceding Distribution Date; and   (ii) information other than those specified in clause (i) above, but only to the extent of any information that meets all the following conditions: (a) such information constitutes “Form 8-K Disclosure” pursuant to Exhibit Z, (b) such information is required to be reported as “Form 8-K Disclosure” during the period to which the Form 10-D relates, and (c) such information was not previously reported as “Form 8-K Disclosure”.	Any party responsible for disclosure items on Form 8-K to the extent of such items   Certificate Administrator (with respect to the balances of the Distribution Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account, Excess Liquidation Proceeds Reserve Account and the Exchangeable Distribution Account as of the related Distribution Date and the preceding Distribution Date)   Master Servicer (with respect to the balances of the Collection Account and any Whole Loan Custodial Account as of the related Distribution Date and the preceding Distribution Date)   Special Servicer (with respect to the balance of each REO Account as of the related Distribution Date and the preceding Distribution Date)
Item 10:  Exhibits	Certificate Administrator Depositor

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT V

ADDITIONAL FORM 10-K DISCLOSURE

The parties identified in the “Party Responsible” column (with each Servicing Function Participant deemed to be responsible for the following items for which the party that retained such Servicing Function Participant is responsible) are obligated pursuant to Section 10.05 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to disclose to the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, each Other Depositor and Other Exchange Act Reporting Party to which such Additional Form 10-K Disclosure is relevant for Exchange Act reporting purposes, any information described in the corresponding Form 10-K Item described in the “Item on Form 10-K” column to the extent such party has actual knowledge (and in the case of net operating income, financial statements, budgets and/or rent rolls required to be provided in connection with the Additional Item below consisting of disclosure per Item 1112(b) of Regulation AB, possession) (in each case, after complying with its affirmative obligations, if any, under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to obtain such information) of such information (other than information as to such party itself which such party is obligated to provide). Each of the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall be entitled to rely on the accuracy of the Prospectus (other than information with respect to itself that is set forth in or omitted from the Prospectus), in the absence of specific written notice to the contrary from the Depositor or Mortgage Loan Sellers. Each of the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (in its capacity as such) shall be entitled to conclusively assume that there is no “significant obligor” other than a party identified as such in the Prospectus. For this Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust Pooling and Servicing Agreement, each of the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (in its capacity as such) shall be entitled to assume that there is no provider of credit enhancement, liquidity or derivative instruments within the meaning of Items 1114 or 1115 of Regulation AB other than a party identified as such in the Prospectus.

 

Item on Form 10-K	Party Responsible
Item 1B: Unresolved Staff Comments	Depositor
Item 9B:  Other Information	Any party responsible for disclosure items on Form 8-K to the extent of such items
Item 15:  Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules	Certificate Administrator Depositor
Additional Item:   Disclosure per Item 1117 of Regulation AB	(i) All parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as to themselves), (ii) any other Reporting Servicer (as to itself), (iii) the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Depositor and the Special Servicer, in each case as to the Trust (in the case of the Master Servicer, the Depositor and the Special Servicer, to be reported by the party controlling such

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Item on Form 10-K	Party Responsible
	litigation), (iv) each Mortgage Loan Seller as to itself and as to each Regulation AB Item 1110(b) originator with respect to such Mortgage Loan Seller’s Mortgage Loans and as to each Regulation AB Item 1100(d)(1) party either affiliated with or retained by such Mortgage Loan Seller, or with whom such Mortgage Loan Seller contracts
Additional Item: Disclosure per Item 1119 of Regulation AB	(i) All parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as to themselves (in the case of the Master Servicer, only as to 1119(a) affiliations with Significant Obligors identified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Special Servicer or a sub-servicer described in 1108(a)(3) and, in the case of the Special Servicer, only as to 1119(a) affiliations with Significant Obligors identified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer or a sub-servicer described in 1108(a)(3)), (ii) each Mortgage Loan Seller as to itself and as to each Regulation AB Item 1110 originator with respect to such Mortgage Loan Seller’s Mortgage Loans and as to each Regulation AB Item 1100(d)(1) party either affiliated with or retained by such Mortgage Loan Seller, or with whom such Mortgage Loan Seller contracts, (iii) the Depositor as to the enhancement or support provider
Additional Item: Disclosure per Item 1112(b) of Regulation AB	Master Servicer (excluding information for which the Special Servicer is the “Party Responsible”) Special Servicer (as to REO Properties)
Additional Item: Disclosure per Items 1114(b)(2) and 1115(b) of Regulation AB	Depositor

 

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EXHIBIT W-1

FORM OF ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURE NOTIFICATION

**SEND VIA EMAIL TO THE E-MAIL ADDRESSES IMMEDIATELY BELOW AND VIA OVERNIGHT MAIL TO THE PHYSICAL ADDRESSES IMMEDIATELY BELOW**

 

Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator 9062 Old Annapolis Road Columbia, Maryland 21045 Attention: Corporate Trust Services – Benchmark 2023-V2 with a copy to: CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com		Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc. 388 Greenwich Street, 6th Floor New York, New York 10013 Attention: Richard Simpson Telecopy number: (646) 328-2943 E-mail: richard.simpson@citi.com
Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc. 390 Greenwich Street, 5th Floor New York, New York 10013 Attention: Raul Orozco Telecopy number: (347) 394-0898 E-mail: raul.d.orozco@citi.com		Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc. 388 Greenwich Street, 17th Floor New York, New York 10013 Attention: Ryan M. O’Connor Telecopy number: (646) 862-8988 E-mail: ryan.m.oconnor@citi.com

RE: **Additional Form [10-D][10-K][8-K] Disclosure** Required

Ladies and Gentlemen:

In accordance with Section [  ] of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as Special Servicer, BellOak, LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, the undersigned, as [          ], hereby notifies you that certain events have come to our attention that [will] [may] need to be disclosed on Form [10-D][10-K][8-K].

Description of Additional Form [10-D][10-K][8-K] Disclosure:

 

 

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List of any Attachments hereto to be included in the Additional Form [10-D][10-K][8-K] Disclosure:

 

 

Any inquiries related to this notification should be directed to [                            ], phone number: [              ]; email address: [                 ].

		[NAME OF PARTY],
			as [role]
		By:
			Name:
			Title:

 

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EXHIBIT W-2

FORM OF ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURE NOTIFICATION (ACCOUNTS)

 

 

Computershare Trust Company, National Association,

as Certificate Administrator

9062 Old Annapolis Road

Columbia, Maryland 21045
Attention: Corporate Trust Services – Benchmark 2023-V2

with a copy to:

CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com

trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com

 

 

RE: **Additional Form [10-D][10-K][8-K] Disclosure** Required

 

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

In accordance with Section 10.04 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as Special Servicer, BellOak, LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, the undersigned, as [          ], hereby notifies you that certain events have come to our attention that [will] [may] need to be disclosed on Form [10-D][10-K][8-K].

Description of Additional Form [10-D][10-K][8-K] Disclosure:

 

[With respect to the securitization accounts balance information:

Account Name	Beginning Balance as of MM/DD/YYYY	Ending Balance as of MM/DD/YYYY
Collection Account
Whole Loan Custodial Account(s) : [_____________] Whole Loan [_____________] Whole Loan [_____________] Whole Loan [_____________] Whole Loan [_____________] Whole Loan
REO Account(s)

 

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List of any Attachments hereto to be included in the Additional Form [10-D][10-K][8-K] Disclosure:

 

 

Any inquiries related to this notification should be directed to [                             ], phone number: [             ]; email address: [                ].

		[NAME OF PARTY],
			as [role]
		By:
			Name:
			Title:

 

 

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EXHIBIT W-3

 

Form of Notice of ADDITIONAL

INDEBTEDNESS NOTIFICATION

 

 

Computershare Trust Company, National Association,

as Certificate Administrator

9062 Old Annapolis Road

Columbia, Maryland 21045
Attention: Corporate Trust Services – Benchmark 2023-V2

with a copy to:

CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com

trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com

 

Ref: Benchmark 2023-V2, Additional Debt Notice for Form 10-D

 

The following information is being furnished to you for inclusion on Form 10-D pursuant to Section 10.04(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement

 

	Portfolio Name	Mortgage Loan	Position in Debt Stack	Additional Debt	OPB	OPB Date	Appraised Value	Appraised Value Date	Aggregate LTV	Aggregate NCF DSCR	Aggregate NCF DSCR Date	Primary Servicer	Master Servicer	Lead Servicer	Prospectus ID
1	Benchmark 2023-V2			$			$		%
	Outside the Trust			$			$		%
	Outside the Trust			$			$		%
	Total			$
2	Benchmark 2023-V2			$			$		%
	Outside the Trust			$			$		%
	Outside the Trust			$			$		%
	Total			$
3	Benchmark 2023-V2			$			$		%
	Outside the Trust			$			$		%
	Outside the Trust			$			$		%

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  Total     $                      

 

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EXHIBIT X

FORM OF CERTIFICATION TO BE PROVIDED WITH FORM 10-K

CERTIFICATIONS

I, [identifying the certifying individual], certify that:

1. I have reviewed this report on Form 10-K, and all reports on Form 10-D required to be filed in respect of the period covered by this report on Form 10-K, of Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust (the “Exchange Act Periodic Reports”);

2. Based on my knowledge, the Exchange Act Periodic Reports, taken as a whole, do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, all of the distribution, servicing and other information required to be provided under Form 10-D for the period covered by this report is included in the Exchange Act Periodic Reports;

4. Based on my knowledge and the servicer compliance statement(s) required in this report under Item 1123 of Regulation AB, and except as disclosed in the Exchange Act Periodic Reports, the servicers have fulfilled their obligations under the servicing agreement(s) in all material respects; and

5. All of the reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities and their related attestation reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities required to be included in this report in accordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 have been included as an exhibit to this report, except as otherwise disclosed in this report. Any material instances of noncompliance described in such reports have been disclosed in this report on Form 10-K.

In giving the certifications above, I have reasonably relied on information provided to me by the following unaffiliated parties: [Master Servicer][Special Servicer][Certificate Administrator][Trustee][Custodian][Operating Advisor][Outside Servicer][Outside Special Servicer]

  Date:      

 

[Signature]
[Title]

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EXHIBIT Y-1

FORM OF CERTIFICATION TO BE PROVIDED
TO DEPOSITOR BY THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR

Re: Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust (the “Trust”), Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2 (the “Certificates”), issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as special servicer, BellOak, LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”) and as trustee.  

I,   [identifying the certifying individual], a [title] of [CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR], certify to Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., each Other Depositor and their respective officers, directors and affiliates, and with the knowledge and intent that they will rely upon this certification, that:

1.                       I have reviewed the annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year 20__, and all reports on Form 10-D and Form 8-K required to be filed in respect of periods covered by that annual report on Form 10-K, of the Trust (the “Exchange Act Periodic Reports”);

2.                       Based on my knowledge, the distribution information in Exchange Act Periodic Reports, taken as a whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by that report on Form 10-K;

3.                       Based on my knowledge, all of the distribution, servicing and other information required to be provided by the Certificate Administrator pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for inclusion in the Exchange Act Periodic Reports is included in such reports; and

4.                       The report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities and the related attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities required to be delivered by the Certificate Administrator in accordance with Section 10.09 and Section 10.10 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement discloses all material instances of noncompliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria (as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement).

 

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In giving the certifications above, I have reasonably relied on information provided to me by the following unaffiliated parties: [list applicable transaction parties].

 

	Date:
	[                          ]
	By:
		[Name]

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EXHIBIT Y-2

FORM OF CERTIFICATION TO BE PROVIDED TO DEPOSITOR
BY THE MASTER SERVICER

Re: Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust (the “Trust”), Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2 (the “Certificates”), issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as special servicer, BellOak, LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”) and as trustee.  

I, [identify the certifying individual], a [title] of [MASTER SERVICER], certify to Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., each Other Depositor and their respective officers, directors and affiliates, and with the knowledge and intent that they will rely upon this certification in delivering the certification required by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to the Certificates and/or the certification required by the applicable Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to the securities issued by the applicable Other Securitization Trust (capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), that:

(1) I have (or a Servicing Officer under my supervision has) reviewed the servicing reports covering the fiscal year 20__ required to be delivered by the Master Servicer to the Certificate Administrator and each applicable Other Exchange Act Reporting Party in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement;

(2) Based on my knowledge, and assuming the accuracy of the statements required to be made in the corresponding certificate of the Special Servicer (to the extent such statements are relevant to the statements made in this certification by the Master Servicer), the servicing information in these reports, taken as a whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by these servicing reports;

(3) Based on my knowledge, and assuming the accuracy of the statements required to be made in the corresponding certificate of the Special Servicer (to the extent such statements are relevant to the statements made in this certification by the Master Servicer), the servicing information required to be provided in these servicing reports to the Certificate Administrator and each applicable Other Exchange Act Reporting Party by the Master Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement is included in the servicing reports delivered by the Master Servicer to the Certificate Administrator and each applicable Other Exchange Act Reporting Party;

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(4) I am, or an employee under my supervision is, responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the Master Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and based upon my knowledge and the compliance review conducted in preparing the servicer compliance statement required under Section 10.08 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Master Servicer, and except as disclosed in such compliance statement delivered by the Master Servicer under Section 10.08 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Master Servicer has fulfilled its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in all material respects in the year to which such review applies; and

(5) The report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities and the related attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities required to be delivered in accordance with Section 10.09 and Section 10.10 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement discloses all material instances of noncompliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria.

Further, notwithstanding the foregoing certifications, the Master Servicer does not make any certification under the foregoing clauses 1 through 5 that is in turn dependent upon information required to be provided by any sub-servicer acting under a sub-servicing agreement that the Master Servicer entered into in connection with the issuance of the Certificates, or upon the performance by any such sub-servicer of its obligations pursuant to any such sub-servicing agreement, in each case beyond the respective backup certifications actually provided by such sub-servicer to the Master Servicer with respect to the information that is subject of such certification.

 

Date:   

[                          ]
By:
[Name]

 

 

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EXHIBIT Y-3

FORM OF CERTIFICATION TO BE PROVIDED TO DEPOSITOR
BY THE SPECIAL SERVICER

Re: Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust (the “Trust”), Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2 (the “Certificates”), issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as special servicer, BellOak, LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”) and as trustee.  

I, [identify the certifying individual], a [title] of [SPECIAL SERVICER], certify to Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., each Other Depositor and their respective officers, directors and affiliates, and with the knowledge and intent that they will rely upon this certification in delivering the certification required by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to the Certificates and/or the certification required by the applicable Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to the securities issued by the applicable Other Securitization Trust (capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), that:

1.      Based on my knowledge, the servicing information in the servicing reports or information covering the fiscal year 20__ required to be delivered by the Special Servicer to the Master Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, taken as a whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by these servicing reports;

2.      Based on my knowledge, the servicing information required to be provided to the Master Servicer by the Special Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for inclusion in the reports to be filed by the Certificate Administrator is included in the servicing reports delivered by the Special Servicer to the Master Servicer;

3.      I am, or an employee under my supervision is, responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the Special Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and based upon my knowledge and the compliance review conducted in preparing the servicer compliance statement required under Section 10.08 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Special Servicer, and except as disclosed in such compliance statement delivered by the Special Servicer under Section 10.08 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Special Servicer has fulfilled its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in all material respects in the year to which such review applies; and

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4.      The report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities and the related attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities required to be delivered in accordance with Section 10.09 and Section 10.10 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement discloses all material instances of noncompliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria.

 

Date:   

[                          ]
By:
[Name]
[Title]

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EXHIBIT Y-4

FORM OF CERTIFICATION TO BE PROVIDED TO DEPOSITOR
BY THE OPERATING ADVISOR

Re: Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust (the “Trust”), Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2 (the “Certificates”), issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as special servicer, BellOak, LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”) and as trustee.  

I, [identify the certifying individual], a [title] of [OPERATING ADVISOR], certify to Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc. and its officers, directors and affiliates, and with the knowledge and intent that they will rely upon this certification in delivering the Sarbanes-Oxley Certification required by Section 10.06 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to the Certificates (capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), that:

1.      Based on my knowledge, the information required by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be provided to the Certificate Administrator by the Operating Advisor covering the fiscal year 20__, taken as a whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by these reports;

2.      Based on my knowledge, the information required to be provided to the Certificate Administrator by the Operating Advisor under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for inclusion in the Exchange Act reports to be filed by the Certificate Administrator is included in the reports delivered by the Operating Advisor to the Certificate Administrator;

3.      I am, or an officer under my supervision is, responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the Operating Advisor under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and based upon my knowledge the Operating Advisor has, except as described in any information provided to the Certificate Administrator by the Operating Advisor covering the fiscal year 20[__], fulfilled its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in all material respects in the year to which such review applies; and

4.      The report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities and the related attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities required to be delivered in accordance with Section 10.09 and

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Section 10.10 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement discloses all material instances of noncompliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria.

[In giving the certifications above, I have reasonably relied on information provided to me by the following unaffiliated parties: [list applicable transaction parties].]

Date:   

[                          ]
By:
[Name]
[Title]

 

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EXHIBIT Y-5

FORM OF CERTIFICATION TO BE PROVIDED TO DEPOSITOR
BY THE CUSTODIAN

Re: Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust (the “Trust”), Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2 (the “Certificates”), issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as special servicer, BellOak, LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”) and as trustee.  

I,   [identify the certifying individual], a [title] of [CUSTODIAN], certify to Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., each Other Depositor and their respective officers, directors and affiliates, and with the knowledge and intent that they will rely upon this certification in delivering the Sarbanes-Oxley Certification required by Section 10.06 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to the Certificates and/or the Sarbanes-Oxley Act certification required by the applicable Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to the securities issued by the applicable Other Securitization Trust (capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), that:

1.      Based on my knowledge, the information required by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be provided to the Certificate Administrator and each applicable Other Exchange Act Reporting Party by the Custodian covering the fiscal year 20__, taken as a whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by these reports;

2.      Based on my knowledge, the information required to be provided to the Certificate Administrator by the Custodian under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for inclusion in the Exchange Act reports to be filed by the Certificate Administrator is included in the reports delivered by the Custodian to the Certificate Administrator;

3.      I am, or an officer under my supervision is, responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the Custodian under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and based upon my knowledge the Custodian has, except as described in any information provided to the Certificate Administrator by the Custodian covering the fiscal year 20[__], fulfilled its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in all material respects in the year to which such review applies; and

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4.      The report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities and the related attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities required to be delivered in accordance with Section 10.09 and Section 10.10 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement discloses all material instances of noncompliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria.

In giving the certifications above, I have reasonably relied on information provided to me by the following unaffiliated parties: [list applicable transaction parties].

Date:   

[                          ]
By:
[Name]
[Title]

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EXHIBIT Y-6

FORM OF CERTIFICATION TO BE PROVIDED TO DEPOSITOR
BY THE TRUSTEE

Re: Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust (the “Trust”), Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2 (the “Certificates”), issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as special servicer, BellOak, LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”) and as trustee.  

I, [identify the certifying individual], a [title] of [TRUSTEE], certify to Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., each Other Depositor and their respective officers, directors and affiliates, and with the knowledge and intent that they will rely upon this certification in delivering the Sarbanes-Oxley Certification required by Section 10.06 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to the Certificates and/or the Sarbanes-Oxley Act certification required by the applicable Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to the securities issued by the applicable Other Securitization Trust (capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), that:

1.      Based on my knowledge, the information required by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be provided to the Certificate Administrator and each applicable Other Exchange Act Reporting Party by the Trustee covering the fiscal year 20__, taken as a whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by these reports;

2.      Based on my knowledge, the information required to be provided to the Certificate Administrator by the Trustee under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for inclusion in the Exchange Act reports to be filed by the Certificate Administrator is included in the reports delivered by the Trustee to the Certificate Administrator;

3.      I am, or an officer under my supervision is, responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the Trustee under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and based upon my knowledge the Trustee has, except as described in any information provided to the Certificate Administrator by the Trustee covering the fiscal year 20[__], fulfilled its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in all material respects in the year to which such review applies; and

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4.      The report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities and the related attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities required to be delivered in accordance with Section 10.09 and Section 10.10 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement discloses all material instances of noncompliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria.

In giving the certifications above, I have reasonably relied on information provided to me by the following unaffiliated parties: [list applicable transaction parties].

Date:   

[                          ]
By:
[Name]
[Title]

 

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EXHIBIT Y-7

FORM OF CERTIFICATION TO BE PROVIDED TO DEPOSITOR
BY THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER

Re: Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust (the “Trust”), Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2 (the “Certificates”), issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as special servicer, BellOak, LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”) and as trustee.  

I, [identify the certifying individual], a [title] of [ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER], certify to Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc. and its officers, directors and affiliates, and with the knowledge and intent that they will rely upon this certification in delivering the Sarbanes-Oxley Certification required by Section 10.06 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to the Certificates (capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), that:

1.      Based on my knowledge, with respect to the period ending [December 31, 20__] (the “Relevant Period”), all information required to be submitted by the Asset Representations Reviewer to the Master Servicer, the Depositor, Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for inclusion in the annual report on Form 10-K for the Relevant Period and inclusion in all reports on Form 10-D or Form 8-K (the “Reports”) (such information provided by the Asset Representations Reviewer, collectively, the “Asset Representations Reviewer Periodic Information”) have been submitted by the Asset Representations Reviewer to the Master Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, for inclusion in the Reports;

2.      Based on my knowledge, the Asset Representations Reviewer Periodic Information contained in the Reports, taken as a whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by the Form 10-K;

3.      I am, or an officer under my supervision is, responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the Asset Representations Reviewer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and based upon my knowledge the Asset Representations Reviewer has, except as described in any information provided to the Certificate Administrator by the Asset Representations Reviewer covering the fiscal year 20[__], fulfilled its obligations under the

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Pooling and Servicing Agreement in all material respects in the year to which such review applies; and

[In giving the certifications above, I have reasonably relied on information provided to me by the following unaffiliated parties: [list applicable transaction parties].]

Date:   

[                          ]
By:
[Name]
[Title]

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EXHIBIT Y-8

FORM OF CERTIFICATION TO BE PROVIDED TO DEPOSITOR
BY A SUB-SERVICER

Re: Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust (the “Trust”), Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2 (the “Certificates”), issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as special servicer, BellOak, LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”) and as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”).

and

Sub-servicing agreement, dated as of [______], 202☐ (the “Sub-Servicing Agreement”) between [_____________] and [SUB-SERVICER], as sub-servicer (the “Sub-Servicer”).

I, [identify the certifying individual], a [title] of [SUB-SERVICER], certify to Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., each Other Depositor and their respective officers, directors and affiliates, and with the knowledge and intent that they will rely upon this certification in delivering the certification required by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to the Certificates and/or the certification required by the applicable Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to the securities issued by the applicable Other Securitization Trust (capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), that:

(1) I have (or a Servicing Officer under my supervision has) reviewed the servicing reports submitted by the Sub-Servicer to the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and/or each applicable Other Exchange Act Reporting Party pursuant to the Sub-Servicing Agreement (the “Sub-Servicer Reports”) for inclusion in the annual report on Form 10-K or any report on Form 10-D with respect to the Trust covering the fiscal year 20__ ;

(2) Based on my knowledge, and assuming the accuracy of the statements required to be made in the corresponding certificate of the Special Servicer (to the extent such statements are relevant to the statements made in this certification by the Sub-Servicer), the servicing information in the Sub-Servicer Reports, taken as a whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by the Sub-Servicer Reports;

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(3) Based on my knowledge, and assuming the accuracy of the statements required to be made in the corresponding certificate of the Special Servicer (to the extent such statements are relevant to the statements made in this certification by the Sub-Servicer), the servicing information required to be provided in the Sub-Servicer Reports to the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and/or each applicable Other Exchange Act Reporting Party by the Sub-Servicer under the Sub-Servicing Agreement is included in the Sub-Servicer Reports delivered by the Sub-Servicer to the Master Servicer the Certificate Administrator and/or each applicable Other Exchange Act Reporting Party;

(4) I am, or an employee under my supervision is, responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the Sub-Servicer under the Sub-Servicing Agreement and based upon my knowledge and the compliance review conducted in preparing the servicer compliance statement required under Section 10.08 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Sub-Servicer, and except as disclosed in such compliance statement delivered by the Sub-Servicer under Section 10.08 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Sub-Servicer has fulfilled its obligations under the Sub-Servicing Agreement in all material respects in the year to which such review applies; and

(5) The report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities and the related attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities required to be delivered in accordance with Section 10.09 and Section 10.10 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement discloses all material instances of noncompliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria.

Date:   

[                          ]
By:
[Name]

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EXHIBIT Z

FORM 8-K DISCLOSURE INFORMATION

 

The parties identified in the “Party Responsible” column (with each Servicing Function Participant deemed to be responsible for the following items for which the party that retained such Servicing Function Participant is responsible) are obligated pursuant to Section 10.07 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to disclose to the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, each Other Depositor and Other Exchange Act Reporting Party to which such Form 8-K Disclosure Information is relevant for Exchange Act reporting purposes, the occurrence of any event described in the corresponding Form 8-K Item described in the “Item on Form 8-K” column to the extent such party has actual knowledge (after complying with its affirmative obligations, if any, under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to obtain such information) of such information (other than information as to such party itself which such party is obligated to provide). Each of the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall be entitled to rely on the accuracy of the Prospectus (other than information with respect to itself that is set forth in or omitted from the Prospectus), in the absence of specific written notice to the contrary from the Depositor or Mortgage Loan Sellers. Each of the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (in its capacity as such) shall be entitled to conclusively assume that there is no “significant obligor” other than a party identified as such in the Prospectus. For this Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust Pooling and Servicing Agreement, each of the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (in its capacity as such) shall be entitled to assume that there is no provider of credit enhancement, liquidity or derivative instruments within the meaning of Items 1114 or 1115 of Regulation AB other than a party identified as such in the Prospectus.

 

Item on Form 8-K	Party Responsible
Item 1.01- Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement	Master Servicer, Special Servicer and the Trustee (in the case of the Master Servicer, Special Servicer, and the Trustee, only as to agreements it is a party to or entered into on behalf of the Trust) Certificate Administrator (other than as to agreements to which the Depositor (and no other party to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) is a party) Depositor
Item 1.02- Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement	Master Servicer, Special Servicer and the Trustee (in the case of the Master Servicer, Special Servicer and the Trustee, only as to agreements it is a party to or entered into on behalf of the Trust) Certificate Administrator (other than as to agreements to which the Depositor (and no other party to the Pooling and Servicing

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Item on Form 8-K	Party Responsible
	Agreement) is a party) Depositor
Item 1.03- Bankruptcy or Receivership	Depositor Each Mortgage Loan Seller as to itself Each other party to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as to itself)
Item 2.04- Triggering Events that Accelerate or Increase a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement	Depositor Certificate Administrator
Item 3.03- Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders	Certificate Administrator
Item 5.03- Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year	Depositor
Item 5.07:  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders	Certificate Administrator Trustee
Item 6.01- ABS Informational and Computational Material	Depositor
Item 6.02- Change of Master Servicer, Special Servicer or Trustee	Master Servicer (as to itself or a servicer retained by it) Special Servicer (as to itself or a servicer retained by it) Trustee Certificate Administrator (as to itself or a servicer retained by it) Depositor
Item 6.03- Change in Credit Enhancement or Other External Support	Depositor Certificate Administrator
Item 6.04- Failure to Make a Required Distribution	Certificate Administrator
Item 6.05- Securities Act Updating Disclosure	Depositor
Item 7.01- Regulation FD Disclosure	Depositor
Item 8.01 – Other Events	Depositor
Item 9.01 – Financial Statements and Exhibits	Depositor

 

 

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EXHIBIT AA-1

FORM OF POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR MASTER SERVICER

 

RECORDING REQUESTED BY:

 

Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association

10851 Mastin Street, Suite 700

Overland Park, Kansas 66210

Attention: Executive Vice President – Division Head

Fax number: 1-888-706-3565

Email: NoticeAdmin@midlandls.com

 

SPACE ABOVE THIS LINE FOR RECORDER’S USE

 

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that Computershare Trust Company, National Association, a national banking association, incorporated and existing under the laws of the United States, having its usual place of business at 9062 Old Annapolis Road, Columbia, Maryland 21045, as Trustee (the “Trustee”) for Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust pursuant to that Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Agreement”) between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as Special Servicer, BellOak, LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, relating to the Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2, hereby constitutes and appoints Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association (the “Servicer”), by and through the Servicer’s officers, the Trustee’s true and lawful Attorney-in-Fact, in the Trustee’s name, place and stead and for the Trustee’s benefit, in connection with all mortgage loans serviced by the Servicer (the “Mortgage Loans”) and all properties administered by the Servicer (“Properties”) pursuant to the Agreement, to execute and acknowledge in writing or by facsimile stamp all documents customarily and reasonably necessary and appropriate to effectuate the enumerated transactions described in items (1) through (13) below with respect to the Mortgage Loans and Properties; provided however, that the documents described below may only be executed and delivered by such Attorneys-in-Fact if such documents are required or permitted under the Agreement. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Agreement.

 

1. The endorsement on behalf of the Trustee of all checks, drafts and/or other negotiable instruments made payable to the Trustee and to draw upon, replace, substitute, release or amend letters of credit standing as collateral securing any Mortgage Loan.

 

2. The modification or re-recording of a Mortgage or deed of trust, where said modification or re-recording is solely for the purpose of correcting such Mortgage

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or deed of trust to conform same to the original intent of the parties thereto or to correct title errors discovered after such title insurance was issued; provided that said modification or re-recording, in either instance, (i) does not adversely affect the lien of the Mortgage or deed of trust as insured and (ii) otherwise conforms to the provisions of the Agreement.

 

3. The subordination of the lien of a Mortgage or deed of trust to an easement in favor of a public utility company or a government agency or unit with powers of eminent domain; this section shall include, without limitation, the execution of partial satisfactions/releases, partial reconveyances or the execution of requests to trustees to accomplish same.

 

4. The conveyance of the properties to the mortgage insurer, or the closing of the title to the property to be acquired as real estate owned, or conveyance of title to real estate owned.

 

5. The completion of loan assumption agreements and transfers of interest in borrower entities.

 

6. The full satisfaction/release of a Mortgage or deed of trust or full conveyance upon payment and discharge of all sums secured thereby, including, without limitation, cancellation of the related Mortgage Note.

 

7. The assignment of any Mortgage or deed of trust and the related Mortgage Note, in connection with the sale or repurchase of the mortgage loan secured and evidenced thereby.

 

8. The full assignment of a Mortgage or deed of trust upon payment and discharge of all sums secured thereby in conjunction with the refinancing thereof, including, without limitation, the assignment of the related Mortgage Note.

 

9. The full enforcement of and preservation of the Trustee’s interests in the Mortgage Notes, Mortgages or deeds of trust, and in the proceeds thereof, by way of, including but not limited to, taking title to any Mortgaged Property on behalf of the Trust, foreclosure, the taking of a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure, or the completion of judicial or non-judicial foreclosure and/or any related litigation, including without limitation, guaranty or receivership litigation, or litigation on the note, or the termination, cancellation or rescission of any such foreclosure, the initiation, prosecution and completion of eviction actions or proceedings with respect to, or the termination, cancellation or rescission of any such eviction actions or proceedings, the initiation or defense of any litigation related to the ownership of any REO Property, and the pursuit of title insurance, hazard insurance and claims in bankruptcy proceedings, including, without limitation, any and all of the following acts:

 

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a. the substitution of trustee(s) serving under a deed of trust, in accordance with state law and such deed of trust;

b. the preparation and issuance of statements of breach or non-performance;

 

c. the preparation and filing of notices of default and/or notices of sale;

 

d. the cancellation/rescission of notices of default and/or notices of sale;

 

e. the taking of deed in lieu of foreclosure;

 

f. the filing, prosecution and defense of claims, and to appear on behalf of the Trustee, in bankruptcy cases affecting Mortgage Notes, Mortgages or deeds of trust;

 

g. the preparation and service of notices to quit and all other documents necessary to initiate, prosecute and complete eviction actions or proceedings;

 

h. the tendering, filing, prosecution and defense, as applicable, of hazard insurance and title insurance claims, including but not limited to appearing on behalf of the Trustee in quiet title actions;

 

i. the creation of a wholly-owned entity of the Trust for purposes of holding foreclosed property; and

 

j. the preparation and execution of such other documents and performance of such other actions as may be necessary under the terms of the Mortgage, deed of trust or state law to expeditiously complete said transactions in paragraphs 9.a. through 9.h. above.

 

10. With respect to the sale of property acquired through a foreclosure or deed-in lieu of foreclosure, including, without limitation, the execution of the following documentation:

a. listing agreements;

b. purchase and sale agreements;

c. grant/warranty/quit claim deeds or any other deed causing the transfer of title of the property to a party contracted to purchase same;

d. escrow instructions; and

e. any and all documents necessary to effect the transfer of property.

 

11. The modification or amendment of escrow agreements established for repairs to the mortgaged property or reserves for replacement of personal property.

 

12. Execute and/or file such documents and take such other action as is proper and necessary to defend the Trustee, solely in its capacity as Trustee, in litigation and

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to resolve such litigation, provided that such resolution shall not include any admission of fault or wrongdoing by the Trustee or, without the Trustee’s consent, subject the Trustee to any form of injunctive relief.

 

13. The execution and delivery of the following:

 

a. any and all financing statements, continuation statements and other documents or instruments necessary to maintain the lien created by the Mortgage, deed of trust or other security document in the related Mortgage File or the related Mortgaged Property and other related collateral;

 

b. any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, or of partial or full defeasance, and all other comparable instruments;

 

c. any and all assumptions, modifications, waivers, substitutions, extensions, amendments, consents to transfers of interests in borrowers, consents to any subordinate financings to be secured by any related Mortgaged Property, consents to any mezzanine financing to be secured by the ownership interests in a borrower, consents to and monitoring of the application of any proceeds of insurance policies or condemnation awards to the restoration of the related Mortgaged Property, or otherwise, documents relating to the management, operation, maintenance, repair, leasing and marketing of the related Mortgaged Properties (including agreements and requests by any borrower with respect to modifications of the standards of operation and management of such Mortgaged Properties or the replacement of asset managers), documents exercising any or all of the rights, powers and privileges granted or provided to the holder of any Mortgage Loan under the related loan documents, lease subordination agreements, non-disturbance and attornment agreements or other leasing or rental arrangements, managing agreements, any easements, covenants, conditions, restrictions, equitable servitudes, or land use or zoning requirements with respect to the Mortgaged Properties, instruments relating to the custody of any collateral that now secures or hereafter may secure any Mortgage Loan and any other consents; and

 

d. any and all documents, instruments and certifications as are reasonably necessary to complete or accomplish the Master Servicer’s duties and responsibilities under the Agreement.

 

The undersigned gives said Attorney-in-Fact full power and authority to execute such instruments and to do and perform all and every act and thing necessary and proper to carry into effect the power or powers granted by or under this Limited Power of Attorney as fully as the undersigned might or could do, and hereby does ratify and confirm to all that said Attorney-in-Fact shall be effective as of [EXECUTION DATE OF POA].

 

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This appointment is to be construed and interpreted as a limited power of attorney. The enumeration of specific items, rights, acts or powers herein is not intended to, nor does it give rise to, and it is not to be construed as a general power of attorney.

 

Solely to the extent that the Servicer has the power to delegate its rights or obligations under the Agreement, the Servicer also has the power to delegate the authority given to it by Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee, under this Limited Power of Attorney, for purposes of performing its obligations and duties by executing such additional powers of attorney in favor of its attorneys-in-fact as are necessary for such purpose. The Servicer's attorneys-in-fact shall have no greater authority than that held by the Servicer.

 

Nothing contained herein shall: (i) limit in any manner any indemnification provided to the Trustee under the Agreement, (ii) limit in any manner the rights and protections afforded the Trustee under the Agreement, or (iii) be construed to grant the Servicer the power to initiate or defend any suit, litigation or proceeding in the name of Wilmington Trust, National Association except as specifically provided for herein. If the Servicer receives any notice of suit, litigation or proceeding in the name of Wilmington Trust, National Association, then the Servicer shall promptly forward a copy of same to the Trustee.

 

This limited power of attorney is not intended to extend the powers granted to the Servicer under the Agreement or to allow the Servicer to take any action with respect to Mortgages, deeds of trust or Mortgage Notes not authorized by the Agreement.

 

The Servicer hereby agrees to indemnify and hold the Trustee and its directors, officers, employees and agents harmless from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever incurred by reason or result of the negligent use, or negligent or willful misuse, of this Limited Power of Attorney by the Servicer. The foregoing indemnity shall survive the termination of this Limited Power of Attorney and the Agreement or the earlier resignation or removal of the Trustee under the Agreement.

 

This Limited Power of Attorney is entered into and shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of law principles of such state.

 

Third parties without actual notice may rely upon the exercise of the power granted under this Limited Power of Attorney; and may be satisfied that this Limited Power of Attorney shall continue in full force and effect and has not been revoked unless an instrument of revocation has been made in writing by the undersigned.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee for Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust has caused its corporate seal to be hereto affixed and these presents to be signed and acknowledged in its name and behalf by a duly elected and authorized signatory this ___________ day of ____________.

 

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	Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee for Benchmark 2023 Mortgage Trust
	By:
		Name:
		Title:
Witness:
Witness:
Prepared by:
Name:
Title:

 

Address:  Computershare Trust Company, National Association

9062 Old Annapolis Road

Columbia, Maryland 21045

 

A notary public or other officer completing this certificate verifies only the identity of the individual who signed the document to which this certificate is attached, and not the truthfulness, accuracy, or validity of that document.

 

STATE OF DELAWARE

COUNTY OF NEW CASTLE

 

 

On _____________before me, ____________________________, a Notary Public, personally appeared__________________________, who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed that same in his/her/their authorized capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the entity upon behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument.

 

 

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I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of Delaware that the foregoing paragraph is true and correct.

 

 

WITNESS my hand and official seal.
(SEAL)
	Signature of Notary Public

 

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EXHIBIT AA-2

FORM OF POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR SPECIAL SERVICER

 

RECORDING REQUESTED BY:

 

3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC
    as Special Servicer

2977 McFarlane Road, Suite 300

Miami, FL 33133

Attention: General Counsel

E-mail: compliance@3650REIT.com

 

 

SPACE ABOVE THIS LINE FOR RECORDER’S USE

 

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that Computershare Trust Company, National Association, a national banking association, having an office at 9062 Old Annapolis Road, Columbia, Maryland 21045, as Trustee (the “Trustee”) for Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust pursuant to that Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Agreement”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as Special Servicer (in such capacity, the “Special Servicer”), BellOak, LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, relating to the Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust 2023-V2, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2, hereby constitutes and appoints the Special Servicer, by and through the Special Servicer’s officers, the Trustee’s true and lawful Attorney-in-Fact, in the Trustee’s name, place and stead and for the Trustee’s benefit, in connection with all mortgage loans serviced by the Special Servicer (the “Mortgage Loans”) and all properties administered by the Special Servicer (“REO Properties”) pursuant to the Agreement, to execute and acknowledge in writing or by facsimile stamp all documents customarily and reasonably necessary and appropriate to effectuate the enumerated transactions described in items (1) through (13) below with respect to the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties; provided however, that the documents described below may only be executed and delivered by such Attorneys-in-Fact if such documents are required or permitted under the Agreement. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Agreement.

 

1. The endorsement on behalf of the Trustee of all checks, drafts and/or other negotiable instruments made payable to the Trustee and to draw upon, replace, substitute, release or amend letters of credit standing as collateral securing any Mortgage Loan.

 

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2. The modification or re-recording of a Mortgage or deed of trust, where said modification or re-recording is solely for the purpose of correcting the Mortgage or deed of trust to conform same to the original intent of the parties thereto or to correct title errors discovered after such title insurance was issued; provided that said modification or re-recording, in either instance, (i) does not adversely affect the lien of the Mortgage or deed of trust as insured and (ii) otherwise conforms to the provisions of the Agreement.

 

3. The subordination of the lien of a Mortgage or deed of trust to an easement in favor of a public utility company or a government agency or unit with powers of eminent domain; this section shall include, without limitation, the execution of partial satisfactions/releases, partial reconveyances or the execution of requests to trustees to accomplish same.

 

4. The conveyance of the properties to the mortgage insurer, or the closing of the title to the property to be acquired as real estate owned, or conveyance of title to real estate owned.

 

5. The completion of loan assumption agreements and transfers of interest in borrower entities.

 

6. The full satisfaction/release of a Mortgage or deed of trust or full conveyance upon payment and discharge of all sums secured thereby, including, without limitation, cancellation of the related Mortgage Note.

 

7. The assignment of any Mortgage or deed of trust and the related Mortgage Note, in connection with the sale or repurchase of the mortgage loan secured and evidenced thereby.

 

8. The full assignment of a Mortgage or deed of trust upon payment and discharge of all sums secured thereby in conjunction with the refinancing thereof, including, without limitation, the assignment of the related Mortgage Note.

 

9. The full enforcement of and preservation of the Trustee’s interests in the Mortgage Notes, Mortgages or deeds of trust, and in the proceeds thereof, by way of, including but not limited to, taking title to any Mortgaged Property on behalf of the Trust, foreclosure, the taking of a deed in lieu of foreclosure, or the completion of judicial or non-judicial foreclosure and/or any related litigation, including without limitation, guaranty or receivership litigation, or litigation on the note, or the termination, cancellation or rescission of any such foreclosure, the initiation, prosecution and completion of eviction actions or proceedings with respect to, or the termination, cancellation or rescission of any such eviction actions or proceedings, the initiation or defense of any litigation related to the ownership of any REO Property, and the pursuit of title insurance, hazard insurance and claims in bankruptcy proceedings, including, without limitation, any and all of the following acts:

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a. the substitution of trustee(s) serving under a deed of trust, in accordance with state law and the deed of trust;

 

b. the preparation and issuance of statements of breach or non-performance;

 

c. the preparation and filing of notices of default and/or notices of sale;

 

d. the cancellation/rescission of notices of default and/or notices of sale;

 

e. the taking of deed in lieu of foreclosure;

 

f. the filing, prosecution and defense of claims, and to appear on behalf of the Trustee, in bankruptcy cases affecting Mortgage Notes, Mortgages or deeds of trust;

 

g. the preparation and service of notices to quit and all other documents necessary to initiate, prosecute and complete eviction actions or proceedings;

 

h. the tendering, filing, prosecution and defense, as applicable, of hazard insurance and title insurance claims, including but not limited to appearing on behalf of the Trustee in quiet title actions;

 

i. the creation of a wholly-owned entity of the Trust for purposes of holding foreclosed property; and

 

j. the preparation and execution of such other documents and performance of such other actions as may be necessary under the terms of the Mortgage, deed of trust or state law to expeditiously complete said transactions in paragraphs 9.a. through 9.h. above.

 

10. With respect to the sale of property acquired through a foreclosure or deed-in lieu of foreclosure, including, without limitation, the execution of the following documentation:

a. listing agreements;

b. purchase and sale agreements;

c. grant/warranty/quit claim deeds or any other deed causing the transfer of title of the property to a party contracted to purchase same;

d. escrow instructions; and

e. any and all documents necessary to effect the transfer of property.

 

11. The modification or amendment of escrow agreements established for repairs to the mortgaged property or reserves for replacement of personal property.

 

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12. Execute and/or file such documents and take such other action as is proper and necessary to defend the Trustee, solely in its capacity as Trustee, in litigation and to resolve such litigation, provided that such resolution shall not include any admission of fault or wrongdoing by the Trustee or, without the Trustee’s consent, subject the Trustee to any form of injunctive relief.

 

13. The execution and delivery of the following:

 

a. any and all financing statements, continuation statements and other documents or instruments necessary to maintain the lien created by the Mortgage, deed of trust or other security document in the related Mortgage File or the related Mortgaged Property and other related collateral;

 

b. any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, or of partial or full defeasance, and all other comparable instruments;

 

c. any and all assumptions, modifications, waivers, substitutions, extensions, amendments, consents to transfers of interests in borrowers, consents to any subordinate financings to be secured by any related Mortgaged Property, consents to any mezzanine financing to be secured by the ownership interests in a borrower, consents to and monitoring of the application of any proceeds of insurance policies or condemnation awards to the restoration of the related Mortgaged Property, REO Property or otherwise, documents relating to the management, operation, maintenance, repair, leasing and marketing of the related Mortgaged Properties (including agreements and requests by any borrower with respect to modifications of the standards of operation and management of such Mortgaged Properties or the replacement of asset managers) or REO Properties, documents exercising any or all of the rights, powers and privileges granted or provided to the holder of any Mortgage Loan under the related loan documents, lease subordination agreements, non-disturbance and attornment agreements or other leasing or rental arrangements, managing agreements, any easements, covenants, conditions, restrictions, equitable servitudes, or land use or zoning requirements with respect to the Mortgaged Properties or REO Properties, instruments relating to the custody of any collateral that now secures or hereafter may secure any Mortgage Loan and any other consents; and

 

d. any and all documents, instruments and certifications as are reasonably necessary to complete or accomplish the Special Servicer’s duties and responsibilities under the Agreement.

 

The undersigned gives said Attorney-in-Fact full power and authority to execute such instruments and to do and perform all and every act and thing necessary and proper to carry into effect the power or powers granted by or under this Limited Power of Attorney as fully as the

 

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undersigned might or could do, and hereby does ratify and confirm to all that said Attorney-in-Fact shall be effective as of [EXECUTION DATE OF POA].

 

This appointment is to be construed and interpreted as a limited power of attorney. The enumeration of specific items, rights, acts or powers herein is not intended to, nor does it give rise to, and it is not to be construed as a general power of attorney.

 

Solely to the extent that the Special Servicer has the power to delegate its rights or obligations under the Agreement, the Special Servicer also has the power to delegate the authority given to it by Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee, under this Limited Power of Attorney, for purposes of performing its obligations and duties by executing such additional powers of attorney in favor of its attorneys-in-fact as are necessary for such purpose. The Special Servicer's attorneys-in-fact shall have no greater authority than that held by the Special Servicer.

 

Nothing contained herein shall: (i) limit in any manner any indemnification provided to the Trustee under the Agreement, (ii) limit in any manner the rights and protections afforded the Trustee under the Agreement, or (iii) be construed to grant the Special Servicer the power to initiate or defend any suit, litigation or proceeding in the name of Wilmington Trust, National Association except as specifically provided for herein. If the Special Servicer receives any notice of suit, litigation or proceeding in the name of Wilmington Trust, National Association, then the Special Servicer shall promptly forward a copy of same to the Trustee.

 

This limited power of attorney is not intended to extend the powers granted to the Special Servicer under the Agreement or to allow the Special Servicer to take any action with respect to Mortgages, deeds of trust or Mortgage Notes not authorized by the Agreement.

 

The Special Servicer hereby agrees to indemnify and hold the Trustee and its directors, officers, employees and agents harmless from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever incurred by reason or result of the negligent use, or negligent or willful misuse, of this Limited Power of Attorney by the Special Servicer. The foregoing indemnity shall survive the termination of this Limited Power of Attorney and the Agreement or the earlier resignation or removal of the Trustee under the Agreement.

 

This Limited Power of Attorney is entered into and shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of law principles of such state.

 

Third parties without actual notice may rely upon the exercise of the power granted under this Limited Power of Attorney; and may be satisfied that this Limited Power of Attorney shall continue in full force and effect and has not been revoked unless an instrument of revocation has been made in writing by the undersigned.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee for Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust has caused its corporate seal to be hereto affixed and these presents to be signed and acknowledged in its name and behalf by a duly elected and authorized signatory this ___________ day of ____________.

 

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	Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee for Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust
	By:
		Name:
		Title:
Witness:
Witness:
Prepared by:
Name:
Title:

 

Address:  Computershare Trust Company, National Association

9062 Old Annapolis Road

Columbia, Maryland 21045

 

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A notary public or other officer completing this certificate verifies only the identity of the individual who signed the document to which this certificate is attached, and not the truthfulness, accuracy, or validity of that document.

 

STATE OF DELAWARE

COUNTY OF NEW CASTLE

 

 

On _____________before me, ____________________________, a Notary Public, personally appeared_______________________, who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed that same in his/her/their authorized capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the entity upon behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument.

 

 

I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of Delaware that the foregoing paragraph is true and correct.

 

 

WITNESS my hand and official seal.
(SEAL)
	Signature of Notary Public

 

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EXHIBIT BB

CLASS A-SB SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE

 

[RESERVED]

 

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EXHIBIT CC-1

 

FORM OF TRANSFEROR CERTIFICATE
FOR TRANSFER OF THE EXCESS SERVICING FEE RIGHTS

[Date]

 

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc. 388 Greenwich Street, 6th Floor New York, New York 10013 Attention: Richard Simpson Telecopy number: (646) 328-2943 E-mail: richard.simpson@citi.com		Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc. 388 Greenwich Street, 17th Floor New York, New York 10013 Attention: Ryan M. O’Connor Telecopy number: (646) 862-8988 E-mail: ryan.m.oconnor@citi.com
Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc. 390 Greenwich Street, 5th Floor New York, New York 10013 Attention: Raul Orozco Telecopy number: (347) 394-0898 E-mail: raul.d.orozco@citi.com

 

  Re:  Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This letter is delivered to you in connection with the transfer by _________________ (the “Transferor”) to _________________ (the “Transferee”) of the Excess Servicing Fee Right (as defined below) established under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as Special Servicer, BellOak, LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee. All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Transferor hereby certifies, represents and warrants to you, as Depositor, that:

1.       The Transferor is the lawful owner of the right to receive the Excess Servicing Fees (the “Excess Servicing Fee Right”), with the full right to transfer the Excess Servicing Fee Right free from any and all claims and encumbrances whatsoever.

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2.       Neither the Transferor nor anyone acting on its behalf has (a) offered, transferred, pledged, sold or otherwise disposed of the Excess Servicing Fee Right, any interest in the Excess Servicing Fee Right or any other similar security to any Person in any manner, (b) solicited any offer to buy or accept a transfer, pledge or other disposition of the Excess Servicing Fee Right, any interest in the Excess Servicing Fee Right or any other similar security from any Person in any manner, (c) otherwise approached or negotiated with respect to the Excess Servicing Fee Right, any interest in the Excess Servicing Fee Right or any other similar security with any Person in any manner, (d) made any general solicitation with respect to the Excess Servicing Fee Right, any interest in the Excess Servicing Fee Right or any other similar security by means of general advertising or in any other manner, or (e) taken any other action, which (in the case of any of the acts described in clauses (a) through (e) hereof) would constitute a distribution of the Excess Servicing Fee Right under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or would render the disposition of the Excess Servicing Fee Right a violation of Section 5 of the Securities Act or any state securities laws, or would require registration or qualification of the Excess Servicing Fee Right pursuant to the Securities Act or any state securities laws.

	Very truly yours,
	By:
		Name:
		Title:

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EXHIBIT CC-2

FORM OF TRANSFEREE CERTIFICATE
FOR TRANSFER OF THE EXCESS SERVICING FEE RIGHTS

[Date]

Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association,      as Master Servicer 10851 Mastin Street, Suite 700 Overland Park, Kansas 66210 Attention: Executive Vice President – Division Head Email: NoticeAdmin@midlandls.com		Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc. 390 Greenwich Street, 5th Floor New York, New York 10013 Attention: Raul Orozco Telecopy number: (347) 394-0898 E-mail: raul.d.orozco@citi.com
Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc. 388 Greenwich Street, 6th Floor New York, New York 10013 Attention: Richard Simpson Telecopy number: (646) 328-2943 E-mail: richard.simpson@citi.com		Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc. 388 Greenwich Street, 17th Floor New York, New York 10013 Attention: Ryan M. O’Connor Telecopy number: (646) 862-8988 E-mail: ryan.m.oconnor@citi.com

 

  Re:  Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This letter is delivered to you in connection with the transfer by _________________ (the “Transferor”) to _________________ (the “Transferee”) of the Excess Servicing Fee Right established under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as Special Servicer, BellOak, LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee. All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Transferee hereby certifies, represents and warrants to you, as the Depositor and the Master Servicer, that:

1.       The Transferee is acquiring the right to receive Excess Servicing Fees (the “Excess Servicing Fee Right”) for its own account for investment and not with a view to or for sale or transfer in connection with any distribution thereof, in whole or in part, in any manner

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which would violate the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or any applicable state securities laws.

2.       The Transferee understands that (a) the Excess Servicing Fee Right has not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act or registered or qualified under any applicable state securities laws, (b) none of the Depositor, the Trustee, Certificate Administrator or the Certificate Registrar is obligated so to register or qualify the Excess Servicing Fee Right, and (c) the Excess Servicing Fee Right may not be resold or transferred unless it is (i) registered pursuant to the Securities Act and registered or qualified pursuant to any applicable state securities laws or (ii) sold or transferred in transactions which are exempt from such registration and qualification and (A) the Depositor has received a certificate from the prospective transferor substantially in the form attached as Exhibit CC-1 to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and (B) each of Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association and the Depositor has received a certificate from the prospective transferee substantially in the form attached as Exhibit CC-2 to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

3.       The Transferee understands that it may not sell or otherwise transfer the Excess Servicing Fee Right or any interest therein except in compliance with the provisions of Section 3.12 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, which provisions it has carefully reviewed.

4.       Neither the Transferee nor anyone acting on its behalf has (a) offered, pledged, sold, disposed of or otherwise transferred the Excess Servicing Fee Right, any interest in the Excess Servicing Fee Right or any other similar security to any Person in any manner, (b) solicited any offer to buy or accept a pledge, disposition or other transfer of the Excess Servicing Fee Right, any interest in the Excess Servicing Fee Right or any other similar security from any Person in any manner, (c) otherwise approached or negotiated with respect to the Excess Servicing Fee Right, any interest in the Excess Servicing Fee Right or any other similar security with any Person in any manner, (d) made any general solicitation with respect to the Excess Servicing Fee Right, any interest in the Excess Servicing Fee Right or any other similar security by means of general advertising or in any other manner, or (e) taken any other action with respect to the Excess Servicing Fee Right, any interest in the Excess Servicing Fee Right or any other similar security, which (in the case of any of the acts described in clauses (a) through (e) above) would constitute a distribution of the Excess Servicing Fee Right under the Securities Act, would render the disposition of the Excess Servicing Fee Right a violation of Section 5 of the Securities Act or any state securities law or would require registration or qualification of the Excess Servicing Fee Right pursuant thereto. The Transferee will not act, nor has it authorized or will it authorize any Person to act, in any manner set forth in the foregoing sentence with respect to the Excess Servicing Fee Right, any interest in the Excess Servicing Fee Right or any other similar security.

5.       The Transferee has been furnished with all information regarding (a) the Depositor, (b) the Excess Servicing Fee Right and any payments thereon, (c) the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Trust Fund created pursuant thereto, (d) the nature, performance and servicing of the Mortgage Loans, and (e) all related matters that it has requested.

6.       The Transferee is (a) a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act or (b) an “accredited investor” as defined in any of paragraphs (1),

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(2), (3) and (7) of Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act or an entity in which all of the equity owners come within such paragraphs. The Transferee has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Excess Servicing Fee Right; the Transferee has sought such accounting, legal and tax advice as it has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision; and the Transferee is able to bear the economic risks of such investment and can afford a complete loss of such investment.

7.       The Transferee agrees (i) to keep all information relating to the Trust, the Trust Fund and the parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and made available to it, confidential, (ii) not to use or disclose such information in any manner which could result in a violation of any provision of the Securities Act or would require registration of the Excess Servicing Fee Right or any Certificate pursuant to the Securities Act, and (iii) not to disclose such information, and to cause its officers, directors, partners, employees, agents or representatives (collectively, “Representatives”) not to disclose such information, in any manner whatsoever, in whole or in part, to any other Person other than the Transferee’s auditors, legal counsel and regulators, except to the extent such disclosure is required by law, court order or other legal requirement or to the extent such information is of public knowledge at the time of disclosure by such Person or has become generally available to the public other than as a result of disclosure by such Person; provided, however, that the Transferee or any of its Representatives may provide all or any part of such information to any other Person who is contemplating an acquisition of the Excess Servicing Fee Right if, and only if, such other Person (x) confirms in writing such prospective acquisition and (y) agrees in writing to keep such information confidential, not to use or disclose such information in any manner which could result in a violation of any provision of the Securities Act or would require registration of the Excess Servicing Fee Right or any Certificates pursuant to the Securities Act and not to disclose such information, and to cause its officers, directors, partners, employees, agents or representatives not to disclose such information, in any manner whatsoever, in whole or in part, to any other Person other than such other Person’s auditors, legal counsel and regulators.

8.       The Transferee acknowledges that the holder of the Excess Servicing Fee Right shall not have any rights under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement except as set forth in Section 3.12 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and that the Excess Servicing Fee Rate may be reduced to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

	Very truly yours,
	By:
		Name:
		Title:

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EXHIBIT DD

FORM OF NOTICE AND CERTIFICATION REGARDING DEFEASANCE OF MORTGAGE LOAN

To: Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

7 World Trade Center

New York, New York 10007

Attention: Commercial Mortgage Surveillance Group

Email: CMBSSurveillance@Moodys.com

Kroll Bond Rating Agency, LLC

845 Third Avenue, 4th Floor

New York, New York 10022

Attention: CMBS Surveillance

E-mail: cmbssurveillance@kbra.com

Fitch Ratings, Inc.
300 West 57th Street
New York, New York 10019
Attention: Commercial Mortgage Surveillance Group
Fax number: (646) 280-1013
E-mail: Info.cmbs@fitchratings.com

From: Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, in its capacity as Master Servicer (the “Master Servicer”) under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC and [_____], each as a Special Servicer, BellOak, LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee.

Date: ____________, 20___

Re: Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2 [Mortgage Loan][Trust Subordinate Companion Loan] (the “Subject Mortgage Loan”) heretofore secured by real property known as ____________ [Include the following, with appropriate modification, if there is pari passu or AB debt: as evidenced by that certain Promissory Note [A-[_]][A] in the amount of $____________, which Promissory Note [A-[_]][A] is owned by the Trust, and Promissory Note [___] in the amount of $_____________, which Promissory Note [___] is owned by ________________.]

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

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THE STATEMENTS SET FORTH BELOW ARE MADE (A) TO THE BEST KNOWLEDGE OF THE UNDERSIGNED BASED UPON DUE DILIGENCE CONSISTENT WITH THE SERVICING STANDARD SPECIFIED IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT (THE “SERVICING STANDARD”), AND (B) WITHOUT INTENDING TO WARRANT THE ACCURACY THEREOF OR UNDERTAKE ANY DUTY OR STANDARD OF CARE GREATER THAN THE DUTIES OF SERVICER UNDER THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT AND THE SERVICING STANDARD.

We hereby notify you and confirm that each of the following is true, subject to those exceptions, if any, set forth on Exhibit A hereto, which exceptions the Master Servicer has determined, consistent with the Servicing Standard, will have no material adverse effect on the Subject Mortgage Loan or the defeasance transaction:

1.                  The Mortgagor has consummated a defeasance of the Subject Mortgage Loan of the type checked below:**

____   a full defeasance of the entire outstanding principal balance ($____________) of the Subject Mortgage Loan; or

____   a partial defeasance of a portion ($____________) of the Subject Mortgage Loan that represents ___% of the entire principal balance of the Subject Mortgage Loan ($____________).

2.                  The defeasance was consummated on ____________, 20__.

3.                  The defeasance was completed in all material respects in accordance with the conditions for defeasance specified in the Loan Documents and in accordance with the Servicing Standard.

[Include the following if there is pari passu or AB debt:

4.                  In accordance with the Loan Documents, the defeasance occurred such that:

____   Promissory Notes [A-[__]][A] and [___] were defeased simultaneously in their entirety; or

____   Promissory Note [___] was paid off in full.]

5.                  To the knowledge of the Master Servicer any other debt related to the Subject Mortgage Loan (including mezzanine debt, senior secured debt, pari passu debt or subordinate secured debt was either paid off in full or defeased. Such debt consists of the following: [Describe debt and holder of the debt and if it was paid off or defeased].

6.                  The defeasance collateral consists only of one or more of the following: (i) direct debt obligations of the U.S. Treasury, (ii) direct debt obligations of the Federal National Mortgage Association, (iii) direct debt obligations of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage

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Corporation, (iv) interest-only direct debt obligations of the Resolution Funding Corporation, (v) consolidated debt obligations of the Federal Home Loan Bank or (vi) securities covered by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s (the “FDIC”) Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program (“TLGP”). Based upon a written report from an independent certified accountant, such defeasance collateral consists of securities that (i) if they include a principal obligation, the principal due at maturity cannot vary or change, (ii) provide for interest at a fixed rate and (iii) are not callable prior to their respective maturity dates. In addition, if the defeasance collateral contains any TLGP securities, then:

● Such securities are eligible under TLGP;

● The master servicer (and the trustee, if it serves as the back-up advancing agent for the transaction) has waived its right to (i) collect interest on advances made on behalf of the borrower holding TLGP securities, and (ii) collect for expenses incurred in making demand on the FDIC;

● If the TLGP debt is to be used to satisfy a balloon payment, a reserve conforming to the criteria for eligible accounts was funded with a minimum of 90 days interest on the defeasance collateral to cover potential delays in receipt of the balloon payment;

● The TLGP securities mature before June 30, 2012; and

● The master servicer’s error and omissions insurance policy covers losses to the CMBS trust caused by the master servicer’s failure to make timely demand on the FDIC’s guarantee.

7.                  After the defeasance, the defeasance collateral will be owned by an entity (the “Defeasance Obligor”) that: (i) is the original Mortgagor, (ii) is a Single-Purpose Entity (as described in S&P’s criteria), (iii) is subject to restrictions in its organizational documents substantially similar to those contained in the organizational documents of the original Mortgagor with respect to bankruptcy remoteness and single purpose, (iv) has been designated as the Defeasance Obligor by the originator of the Subject Mortgage Loan pursuant to the terms of the Loan Documents, or (v) has previously received confirmation from Standard & Poor’s that the organizational documents of such Defeasance Obligor conform with applicable Standard & Poor’s criteria. The Defeasance Obligor owns no assets other than defeasance collateral and (only in the case of the original Mortgagor) real property securing one or more Mortgage Loans included in the pool under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the “Pool”).

8.                  If such Defeasance Obligor (together with its affiliates) holds more than one defeased loan, it does not (together with its affiliates) hold defeased loans aggregating more than $35 Million or more than five percent (5%) of the aggregate certificate balance of the Certificates, as of the date of the most recent Certificate Administrator’s Distribution Date Statement received by the Master Servicer (the “Current Report”), except to the extent the Defeasance Obligor is of the type specified in paragraph 7(v) above or the original Loan Documents do not limit the amount of defeased loans that it may hold.

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9.                  The defeasance documents require that the defeasance collateral be credited to an eligible account (as defined in S&P’s criteria) that must be maintained as a securities account by a securities intermediary that is at all times an Eligible Institution (as defined in S&P’s criteria). The securities intermediary may reinvest proceeds of the defeasance collateral only in Permitted Investments (as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or as defined in the documents evidencing defeasance).

10.              The securities intermediary is obligated to pay from the proceeds of the defeasance collateral, directly to the Master Servicer’s collection account, all scheduled payments on the Subject Mortgage Loan or, in a partial defeasance, the portion of such scheduled payments attributed to the allocated loan amount for the real property defeased including any defeasance premiums set forth in the loan documents (the “Scheduled Payments”).

11.              The Master Servicer received written confirmation from an independent certified public accountant stating that (i) revenues from the defeasance collateral (without taking into account any earnings on reinvestment of such revenues) will be sufficient to timely pay each of the Monthly Payments including the payment in full of the Subject Mortgage Loan (or the allocated portion thereof in connection with a partial defeasance) on its Maturity Date (or, in the case of an ARD Loan, on its Anticipated Repayment Date), (ii) except as otherwise disclosed in the written report from an independent certified public accountant, [and disclosed below,] the revenues received in any month from the defeasance collateral will be applied to make Monthly Payments within four (4) months after the date of receipt, (iii) the defeasance collateral is not callable prior to their respective maturity dates, and (iv) interest income from the defeasance collateral to the Defeasance Obligor in any tax year will not exceed such Defeasance Obligor’s interest expense for the Subject Mortgage Loan (or the allocated portion thereof in a partial defeasance) for such year, other than in the year in which the Maturity Date or Anticipated Repayment Date will occur, when interest income will exceed interest expense.

12.              The Master Servicer received opinions of counsel that, subject to customary qualifications, (i) the defeasance will not cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC for purpose of the Code, (ii) the agreements executed by the Mortgagor and the Defeasance Obligor in connection with the defeasance are enforceable against them in accordance with their terms, [and] (iii) the Trustee will have a perfected, first priority security interest in the defeasance collateral.

13.              The agreements executed in connection with the defeasance (i) prohibit subordinate liens against the defeasance collateral, (ii) provide for payment from sources other than the defeasance collateral of all fees and expenses of the securities intermediary for administering the defeasance and the securities account and all fees and expenses of maintaining the existence of the Defeasance Obligor, (iii) permit release of surplus defeasance collateral and earnings on reinvestment to the Defeasance Obligor only after the Subject Mortgage Loan has been paid in full, (iv) include representations and/or covenants of the Mortgagor and/or securities intermediary substantially as set forth on Exhibit B hereto, (v) provide for survival of such representations; and (vi) do not permit waiver of such representations and covenants.

14.              At the time of the defeasance of the Subject Mortgage Loan, the Subject Mortgage Loan is (x) not one of the ten largest Mortgage Loans by Stated Principal Balance,

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(y) a Mortgage Loan with a Stated Principal Balance equal to or less than $35,000,000 and (z) a Mortgage Loan that represents less than 5% of the Stated Principal Balance of all Mortgage Loans.

15.              Copies of all material agreements, instruments, organizational documents, opinions of counsel, accountant’s report and other items delivered in connection with the defeasance will be provided to you upon request.

16.              The individual executing this notice is an authorized officer or a servicing officer of the Master Servicer.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Master Servicer has caused this notice to be executed as of the date captioned above.

[MASTER SERVICER]
By:
	Name:
	Title:

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EXHIBIT A

Exceptions

 

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT B

Sample Perfected Security Interest Representations

General:

1.                                      [The defeasance agreements] create a valid and continuing security interest (as defined in the applicable UCC) in the [Collateral, Securities Account and Deposit Account] in favor of the [Secured Party], which security interest is prior to all other [Liens], and is enforceable as such as against creditors of and purchasers from [Debtor].

Note that “Collateral” means securities, permitted investments and other assets credited to securities accounts.

1.                                      The [Deposit Account] constitutes a “deposit account” within the meaning of the applicable UCC.

2.                                      All of the [Collateral] has been and will have been credited to a [Securities Account]. The securities intermediary for the [Securities Account] has agreed to treat all assets credited to the [Securities Account] as “financial assets” within the meaning of the UCC.

Creation:

1.                                      The Defeasance Account Agreement provides that the Pledgee shall have “control” (as defined in the applicable UCC).

2.                                      [Debtor] has received all consents and approvals required by the terms of the [Collateral] to the transfer to the [Secured Party] of its interest and rights in the [Collateral] hereunder.

Perfection:

1.                                      [Debtor] has caused or will have caused, within ten (10) days, the filing of all appropriate financing statements in the proper filing office in the appropriate jurisdictions under applicable law in order to perfect the security interest granted in the [Collateral, Securities Account and Deposit Account] to the [Secured Party] hereunder.

2.                                      [Debtor] has delivered to[Secured Party] a fully executed agreement pursuant to which the securities intermediary or the account bank has agreed to comply with all instructions originated by the [Secured Party] relating to the [Securities Account] or directing disposition of the funds in the [Deposit Account] without further consent by the [Debtor].

3.                                      [Debtor] has taken all steps necessary to cause the securities intermediary to identify in its records the [Secured Party] as the person having a security entitlement against the securities intermediary in the [Securities Account].

4.                                      To the extent a Deposit Account exists, [Debtor] has taken all steps necessary to cause [Secured Party] to become the account holder of the [Deposit Account].

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Priority:

1.                                      Other than the security interest granted to the [Secured Party] pursuant to this Agreement, [Debtor] has not pledged, assigned, sold, granted a security interest in, or otherwise conveyed any of the [Collateral, Securities Account and Deposit Account]. [Debtor] has not authorized the filing of and is not aware of any financing statements against [Debtor] that include a description of collateral covering the [Collateral, Securities Account and Deposit Account] other than any financing statement relating to the security interest granted to the [Secured Party] hereunder or that has been terminated. Debtor is not aware of any judgment or tax lien filings against [Debtor].

2.                                      The [Securities Account and Deposit Account] are not in the name of any person other than the [Debtor] or the [Secured Party]. The [Debtor] has not consented to the securities intermediary of any [Securities Account] or the account bank of any [Deposit Account] to comply with entitlement orders or instructions of any person other than the [Secured Party].

 

 

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EXHIBIT EE

[RESERVED]

EXHIBIT FF-1

 

FORM OF NOTICE REGARDING OUTSIDE

SERVICED MORTGAGE LOAN

(Heritage Plaza) [TO BE SENT UPON THE RELATED SERVICING SHIFT DATE]

[Date]

 

[Outside Trustee] [Address Line 1] [Address Line 2] Attn: [Contact Person]	[Outside Certificate Administrator] [Address Line 1] [Address Line 2] Attn: [Contact Person]
[Outside Master Servicer] [Address Line 1] [Address Line 2] Attn: [Contact Person]	[Outside Special Servicer] [Address Line 1] [Address Line 2] Attn: [Contact Person]
[Outside Operating Advisor] [Address Line 1] [Address Line 2] Attn: [Contact Person]	[Outside Asset Representations Reviewer] [Address Line 1] [Address Line 2] Attn: [Contact Person]
[Outside Custodian] [Address Line 1] [Address Line 2] Attn: [Contact Person]

Re: [Outside Securitization Trust], Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series [_______]-[____]

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is hereby made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of [_________], 20[__] (the “Lead Servicing PSA”), between [Outside Depositor], as depositor, [Outside Servicer], as master servicer, [Outside Special Servicer], as special servicer, [Outside Operating Advisor], as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, [Outside Certificate Administrator], as certificate administrator, and [Outside Trustee], as trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Lead Servicing PSA.

The undersigned is the certificate administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “V2 PSA”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage

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Securities Inc., as depositor (the “V2 Depositor”), Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer (in such capacity, the “V2 Master Servicer”), 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as special servicer (in such capacity, the “V2 Special Servicer”), BellOak, LLC, as operating advisor (in such capacity, the “V2 Operating Advisor”) and asset representations reviewer (in such capacity, the “V2 Asset Representations Reviewer”), and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “V2 Certificate Administrator”), and as trustee (in such capacity, the “V2 Trustee”), pursuant to which the Benchmark 2023 V2 Mortgage Trust (the “V2 Trust”) was established and a pool of commercial and multifamily mortgage loans were transferred to the V2 Trust as of May 25, 2023 (the “Closing Date”), including the following mortgage loan serviced under the Lead Servicing PSA (the “Subject Serviced Companion Loan”):

Name of Mortgage Loan as identified on Mortgage Loan Schedule	Promissory Note(s) Evidencing Subject Serviced Companion Loan
Heritage Plaza	Note A-5

The undersigned hereby notifies you that, as of the Closing Date:

1.       Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as trustee under the V2 PSA, is the holder of the Subject Serviced Companion Loan. You are directed to remit to Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer under the V2 PSA, all amounts payable to (and such remittance and wire transfer instructions shall make reference to the Loan Reference Number as specified below), and to forward, deliver or otherwise make available, as the case may be, to Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer under the V2 PSA, all reports, statements, documents, communications and other information that are to be forwarded, delivered or otherwise made available to the related noteholder with respect to the Subject Serviced Companion Loan under the Lead Servicing PSA and the related Intercreditor Agreement, respectively. The wire instructions for Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as V2 Master Servicer, are as follows:

 

[INSERT WIRE INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED BY MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION]

Loan Reference Number: [_]

2.       The contact information for the V2 Trustee, the V2 Certificate Administrator, the V2 Master Servicer, the V2 Special Servicer, the V2 Operating Advisor, the V2 Asset Representations Reviewer and the V2 Depositor with respect to the Subject Serviced Companion Loans is as follow:

 

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V2 Trustee:	Computershare Trust Company, National Association 9062 Old Annapolis Road Columbia, Maryland 21045 Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) – Benchmark 2023-V2 with a copy to: CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com
V2 Certificate Administrator:	Computershare Trust Company, National Association 9062 Old Annapolis Road Columbia, Maryland 21045 Attention: Corporate Trust Services – Benchmark 2023-V2 with a copy to: CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com
V2 Master Servicer	Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, 10851 Mastin Street, Suite 700 Overland Park, Kansas 66210 Attention: Executive Vice President – Division Head Fax number: 1-888-706-3565   with a copy to:   Stinson LLP 1201 Walnut Street, Suite 2900 Kansas City, Missouri 64106-2150 Attention: Kenda K. Tomes Fax number: (816) 412-9338   and with respect to e-mail pursuant to pursuant to Section 12.06 and Section 12.13 of the V2 PSA, at NoticeAdmin@midlandls.com
V2 Special Servicer:	3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC 2977 McFarlane Road, Suite 300 Miami, FL 33133 Attention: General Counsel E-mail: compliance@3650REIT.com

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V2 Operating Advisor and V2 Asset Representations Reviewer:

BellOak, LLC 200 N. Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 1400 El Segundo. CA 90245 Attention: Reporting – Benchmark 2023-V2 (with a copy sent contemporaneously via email to reporting@belloakadvisors.com)

V2 Depositor

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc. 388 Greenwich Street, 6th Floor New York, New York 10013 Attention: Richard Simpson Fax number: (646) 328-2943   with a copy to:   Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc. 390 Greenwich Street, 5th Floor New York, New York 10013 Attention: Raul Orozco Fax number: (347) 394-0898   with a copy to:   Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc. 388 Greenwich Street, 17th Floor New York, New York 10013 Attention: Ryan M. O’Connor Fax number: (646) 862-8988   with electronic copies e-mailed to:   Richard Simpson at richard.simpson@citi.com and Ryan M. O’Connor at ryan.m.oconnor@citi.com

 

 

3.       The V2 Trust is subject to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

4.       Enclosed herewith is a copy of an executed version of the V2 PSA.

 

5.       As of the date hereof, the Controlling Class Representative (as defined in the V2 PSA) under the V2 PSA is [NAME OF CONTROLLING CLASS REPRESENTATIVE].

 

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Very truly yours,
By:
	Name:
	Title:

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EXHIBIT FF-2

 

FORM OF NOTICE REGARDING OUTSIDE

SERVICED MORTGAGE LOAN

(Scottsdale Fashion Square)

[TO BE SENT UPON THE RELATED SERVICING SHIFT DATE]

[Date]

KeyBank National Association 11501 Outlook Street, Suite 300 Overland Park, Kansas 66211 Attention: Alan Williams Email: keybank_notices@keybank.com   with a copy to:   Polsinelli 900 West 48th Place, Suite 900 Kansas City, Missouri 64112 Attention: Kraig Kohring Email: kkohring@polsinelli.com	Computershare Trust Company, N.A. 9062 Old Annapolis Road Columbia, Maryland 21045 Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) – SCOTT 2023-SFS   with a copy to:   Email: Trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com and cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com
Wilmington Trust, National Association 1100 North Market Street Wilmington, Delaware 19890 Attention: CMBS Trustee – SCOTT 2023-SFS with a copy to: E-mail: cmbstrustee@wilmingtontrust.com	Computershare Trust Company, N.A. 1055 10th Ave SE Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414 Attention: Document Custody Group - SCOTT 2023-SFS   with a copy to:   Email: cmbscustody@computershare.com
Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC 323 Norristown Road, Suite 300 Ambler, Pennsylvania 19002 Attention: Executive Vice President – Servicing Fax Number: (215) 328-3478   with a copy to:   Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC 323 Norristown Road, Suite 300 Ambler, Pennsylvania 19002	Park Bridge Lender Services LLC 600 Third Avenue, 40th Floor New York, New York 10016 Attention: SCOTT Trust 2023-SFS - Surveillance Manager (with a copy sent contemporaneously via email to cmbs.notices@parkbridgefinancial.com)

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Attention: General Counsel

Re: SCOTT Trust 2023-SFS, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-SFS

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is hereby made to the Trust and Servicing Agreement, dated as of March 17, 2023 (the “Scott Trust 2023-SFS TSA”), between GS Mortgage Securities Corporation II, as Depositor, Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC, as Servicer, KeyBank National Association, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and Custodian, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the SCOTT Trust 2023-SFS TSA.

The undersigned is the certificate administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “V2 PSA”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as depositor (the “V2 Depositor”), Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer (in such capacity, the “V2 Master Servicer”), 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as special servicer (in such capacity, the “V2 Special Servicer”), BellOak, LLC, as operating advisor (in such capacity, the “V2 Operating Advisor”) and asset representations reviewer (in such capacity, the “V2 Asset Representations Reviewer”), and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “V2 Certificate Administrator”), and as trustee (in such capacity, the “V2 Trustee”), pursuant to which the Benchmark 2023 V2 Mortgage Trust (the “V2 Trust”) was established and a pool of commercial and multifamily mortgage loans were transferred to the V2 Trust as of May 25, 2023 (the “Closing Date”), including the following mortgage loan serviced under the SCOTT Trust 2023-SFS TSA (the “Subject Serviced Companion Loan”):

Name of Mortgage Loan as identified on Mortgage Loan Schedule	Promissory Note(s) Evidencing Subject Serviced Companion Loan
Scottsdale Fashion Square Portfolio	Note A-1-C4 and Note A-2-C2-1

The undersigned hereby notifies you that, as of the Closing Date:

1.       Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as trustee under the V2 PSA, is the holder of the Subject Serviced Companion Loan. You are directed to remit to Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer under the V2 PSA, all amounts payable to (and such remittance and wire transfer instructions shall make reference to the Loan Reference Number as specified below), and to forward, deliver or otherwise make available, as the case may be, to Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer under the V2 PSA, all reports, statements, documents, communications and other information that are to be forwarded, delivered or otherwise made available to the related noteholder with respect to the Subject Serviced Companion Loan under the Scott Trust 2023-SFS TSA and the related Intercreditor Agreement,

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respectively. The wire instructions for Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as V2 Master Servicer, are as follows:

 

[INSERT WIRE INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED BY MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION]

Loan Reference Number: [_]

 

2.       The contact information for the V2 Trustee, the V2 Certificate Administrator, the V2 Master Servicer, the V2 Special Servicer, the V2 Operating Advisor, the V2 Asset Representations Reviewer and the V2 Depositor with respect to the Subject Serviced Companion Loans is as follow:

 

V2 Trustee:	Computershare Trust Company, National Association 9062 Old Annapolis Road Columbia, Maryland 21045 Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) – Benchmark 2023-V2 with a copy to: CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com
V2 Certificate Administrator:	Computershare Trust Company, National Association 9062 Old Annapolis Road Columbia, Maryland 21045 Attention: Corporate Trust Services – Benchmark 2023-V2 with a copy to: CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com
V2 Master Servicer	Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, 10851 Mastin Street, Suite 700 Overland Park, Kansas 66210 Attention: Executive Vice President – Division Head Fax number: 1-888-706-3565   with a copy to:   Stinson LLP 1201 Walnut Street, Suite 2900 Kansas City, Missouri 64106-2150

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	Attention: Kenda K. Tomes Fax number: (816) 412-9338   and with respect to e-mail pursuant to pursuant to Section 12.06 and Section 12.13 of the V2 PSA, at NoticeAdmin@midlandls.com
V2 Special Servicer:	3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC 2977 McFarlane Road, Suite 300 Miami, FL 33133 Attention: General Counsel E-mail: compliance@3650REIT.com
V2 Operating Advisor and V2 Asset Representations Reviewer:	BellOak, LLC 200 N. Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 1400 El Segundo. CA 90245 Attention: Reporting – Benchmark 2023-V2 (with a copy sent contemporaneously via email to reporting@belloakadvisors.com)
V2 Depositor	Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc. 388 Greenwich Street, 6th Floor New York, New York 10013 Attention: Richard Simpson Fax number: (646) 328-2943   with a copy to:   Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc. 390 Greenwich Street, 5th Floor New York, New York 10013 Attention: Raul Orozco Fax number: (347) 394-0898   with a copy to:   Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc. 388 Greenwich Street, 17th Floor New York, New York 10013 Attention: Ryan M. O’Connor Fax number: (646) 862-8988   with electronic copies e-mailed to:   Richard Simpson at richard.simpson@citi.com and

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Ryan M. O’Connor at ryan.m.oconnor@citi.com

 

3.       The V2 Trust is subject to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

4.       Enclosed herewith is a copy of an executed version of the V2 PSA.

 

5. As of the date hereof, the Controlling Class Representative (as defined in the V2 PSA) under the V2 PSA is [NAME OF CONTROLLING CLASS REPRESENTATIVE].

Very truly yours,
By:
	Name:
	Title:

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EXHIBIT FF-3

 

FORM OF NOTICE REGARDING OUTSIDE

SERVICED MORTGAGE LOAN

(PetSmart HQ and Patewood Corporate Center)

[Date]

 

Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, 10851 Mastin Street, Suite 700 Overland Park, Kansas 66210 Attention: Executive Vice President – Division Head, Fax number: 1-888-706-3565 E-mail: NoticeAdmin@midlandls.com (and solely with respect to notices under Section 3.13, with a copy to AskMidland@midlandls.com)   with a copy to: Stinson LLP 1201 Walnut Street Suite 2900 Kansas City, Missouri 64106-2150 Fax Number: (816) 412-9338 Attention: Kenda K. Tomes E-mail: kenda.tomes@stinson.com

3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC 2977 McFarlane Road, Suite 300 Miami, Florida 33133 Attention: General Counsel E-mail: compliance@3650REIT.com

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association 9062 Old Annapolis Road Columbia, Maryland 21045 Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) – 3650R 2021-PF1   E-mail: cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com and trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com with a copy to: cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com, and to trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association 9062 Old Annapolis Road Columbia, Maryland 21045 Attention: Corporate Trust Services – (CMBS) 3650R 2021-PF1       with a copy to:   Telecopy Number: (410) 715-2380

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	E Mail: cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com, and to trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com, except as otherwise set forth herein
	Wells Fargo Bank, National Association 1055 10th Avenue SE Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414 Attention: Document Custody Group – 3650R 2021-PF1 E-mail: CMBScustody@wellsfargo.com

Re: 3650R 2021-PF1 Commercial Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2021-PF1

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is hereby made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2021 (the “3650R 2021-PF1 PSA”), between 3650 REIT Commercial Mortgage Securities II LLC, as depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as special servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee and as certificate administrator, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the 3650R 2021-PF1 PSA.

The undersigned is the certificate administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “V2 PSA”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as depositor (the “V2 Depositor”), Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer (in such capacity, the “V2 Master Servicer”), 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as special servicer (in such capacity, the “V2 Special Servicer”), BellOak, LLC, as operating advisor (in such capacity, the “V2 Operating Advisor”) and asset representations reviewer (in such capacity, the “V2 Asset Representations Reviewer”), and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “V2 Certificate Administrator”), and as trustee (in such capacity, the “V2 Trustee”), pursuant to which the Benchmark 2023 V2 Mortgage Trust (the “V2 Trust”) was established and a pool of commercial and multifamily mortgage loans were transferred to the V2 Trust as of May 25, 2023 (the “Closing Date”), including the following mortgage loans serviced under the 3650R 2021-PF1 PSA (each, a “Subject Serviced Companion Loan”):

Name of Mortgage Loan as identified on Mortgage Loan Schedule	Promissory Note Evidencing Subject Serviced Companion Loan
PetSmart HQ	Note A-3
Patewood Corporate Center	Note A-2 and Note A-3

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The undersigned hereby notifies you that, as of the Closing Date:

1.       Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as trustee under the V2 PSA, is the holder of the Subject Serviced Companion Loans. You are directed to remit to Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer under the V2 PSA, all amounts payable to (and such remittance and wire transfer instructions shall make reference to the Loan Reference Number as specified below), and to forward, deliver or otherwise make available, as the case may be, to Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer under the V2 PSA, all reports, statements, documents, communications and other information that are to be forwarded, delivered or otherwise made available to the related noteholder with respect to each Subject Serviced Companion Loan under the 3650R 2021-PF1 PSA and the related Intercreditor Agreement, respectively. The wire instructions for Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as V2 Master Servicer, are as follows:

 

[INSERT WIRE INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED BY MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION]

Loan Reference Number: [_]

 

2.       The contact information for the V2 Trustee, the V2 Certificate Administrator, the V2 Master Servicer, the V2 Special Servicer, the V2 Operating Advisor, the V2 Asset Representations Reviewer and the V2 Depositor with respect to the Subject Serviced Companion Loans is as follow:

V2 Trustee:	Computershare Trust Company, National Association 9062 Old Annapolis Road Columbia, Maryland 21045 Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) – Benchmark 2023-V2 with a copy to: CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com
V2 Certificate Administrator:	Computershare Trust Company, National Association 9062 Old Annapolis Road Columbia, Maryland 21045 Attention: Corporate Trust Services – Benchmark 2023-V2 with a copy to: CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com

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	trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com
V2 Master Servicer	Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, 10851 Mastin Street, Suite 700 Overland Park, Kansas 66210 Attention: Executive Vice President – Division Head Fax number: 1-888-706-3565   with a copy to:   Stinson LLP 1201 Walnut Street, Suite 2900 Kansas City, Missouri 64106-2150 Attention: Kenda K. Tomes Fax number: (816) 412-9338   and with respect to e-mail pursuant to pursuant to Section 12.06 and Section 12.13 of the V2 PSA, at NoticeAdmin@midlandls.com
V2 Special Servicer:	3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC 2977 McFarlane Road, Suite 300 Miami, FL 33133 Attention: General Counsel E-mail: compliance@3650REIT.com
V2 Operating Advisor and V2 Asset Representations Reviewer:	BellOak, LLC 200 N. Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 1400 El Segundo. CA 90245 Attention: Reporting – Benchmark 2023-V2 (with a copy sent contemporaneously via email to reporting@belloakadvisors.com)
V2 Depositor	Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc. 388 Greenwich Street, 6th Floor New York, New York 10013 Attention: Richard Simpson Fax number: (646) 328-2943   with a copy to:   Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc. 390 Greenwich Street, 5th Floor New York, New York 10013

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Attention: Raul Orozco

Fax number: (347) 394-0898

 

with a copy to:

 

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc.

388 Greenwich Street, 17th Floor

New York, New York 10013

Attention: Ryan M. O’Connor

Fax number: (646) 862-8988

 

with electronic copies e-mailed to:

 

Richard Simpson at richard.simpson@citi.com
and
Ryan M. O’Connor at ryan.m.oconnor@citi.com

3.       The V2 Trust is subject to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

4.       Enclosed herewith is a copy of an executed version of the V2 PSA.

 

5.       As of the date hereof, the Controlling Class Representative (as defined in the V2 PSA) under the V2 PSA is [NAME OF CONTROLLING REPRESENTATIVE].

Very truly yours,
By:
	Name:
	Title:

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EXHIBIT FF-4

 

FORM OF NOTICE REGARDING OUTSIDE

SERVICED MORTGAGE LOAN

(National Warehouse & Distribution Portfolio and 1201 Third Avenue)

[Date]

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association Commercial Mortgage Servicing MAC D1086-23A 550 South Tryon Street, 23rd Floor Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 Attention: BANK5 2023-5YR1 Asset Manager Email: commercial.servicing@wellsfargo.com   with a copy to:   K&L Gates LLP 300 South Tryon Street, Suite 1000 Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 Attention: Stacy G. Ackermann Facsimile Number: (704) 353-3190 Email: stacy.ackermann@klgates.com	Pentalpha Surveillance LLC 375 N. French Road, Suite 100 Amherst, New York 14228 Attention: Benchmark 2023-V2—Transaction Manager With a copy sent via email to:   notices@pentalphasurveillance.com (with BANK5 2023-5YR1 in the subject line)
CWCapital Asset Management LLC 900 19th Street NW, 8th Floor Washington, D.C. 20006 Attention: Brian Hanson (BANK5 2023- 5YR1) Email: CWCAMContractNotices@cwcapital.com   with a copy to:    CWCapital Asset Management LLC 900 19th Street NW, 8th Floor Washington, D.C. 20006 Attention: Legal Department (BANK5 2023- 5YR1)
Computershare Trust Company, N.A. 9062 Old Annapolis Road	Computershare Trust Company, N.A. 1055 10th Avenue SE Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414

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Columbia, Maryland 21045 Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) – BANK5 2023-5YR1   with a copy to:   cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com	Attention: Document Custody Group – BANK5 2023-5YR1   with a copy to cmbscustody@computershare.com

Re: BANK5 2023-5YR1 Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2023-5YR1

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is hereby made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2023 (the “BANK5 2023-5YR1 PSA”), among Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, CWCapital Asset Management LLC, as Special Servicer, Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the BANK5 2023-5YR1 PSA.

The undersigned is the certificate administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “V2 PSA”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as depositor (the “V2 Depositor”), Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer (in such capacity, the “V2 Master Servicer”), 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as special servicer (in such capacity, the “V2 Special Servicer”), BellOak, LLC, as operating advisor (in such capacity, the “V2 Operating Advisor”) and asset representations reviewer (in such capacity, the “V2 Asset Representations Reviewer”), and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “V2 Certificate Administrator”), and as trustee (in such capacity, the “V2 Trustee”), pursuant to which the Benchmark 2023 V2 Mortgage Trust (the “V2 Trust”) was established and a pool of commercial and multifamily mortgage loans were transferred to the V2 Trust as of May 25, 2023 (the “Closing Date”), including the following mortgage loans serviced under the BANK5 2023-5YR1 PSA (each, a “Subject Serviced Companion Loan”):

Name of Mortgage Loan as identified on Mortgage Loan Schedule	Promissory Note(s) Evidencing Subject Serviced Companion Loan
National Warehouse & Distribution Portfolio	Note A-4-2
1201 Third Avenue	Note A-4-2

The undersigned hereby notifies you that, as of the Closing Date:

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1.       Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as trustee under the V2 PSA, is the holder of the Subject Serviced Companion Loans. You are directed to remit to Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer under the V2 PSA, all amounts payable to (and such remittance and wire transfer instructions shall make reference to the Loan Reference Number as specified below), and to forward, deliver or otherwise make available, as the case may be, to Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer under the V2 PSA, all reports, statements, documents, communications and other information that are to be forwarded, delivered or otherwise made available to the related noteholder with respect to each Subject Serviced Companion Loan under the BANK5 2023-5YR1 PSA and the related Intercreditor Agreement, respectively. The wire instructions for Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as V2 Master Servicer, are as follows:

 

[INSERT WIRE INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED BY MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION]

Loan Reference Number: [_]

2.       The contact information for the V2 Trustee, the V2 Certificate Administrator, the V2 Master Servicer, the V2 Special Servicer, the V2 Operating Advisor, the V2 Asset Representations Reviewer and the V2 Depositor with respect to the Subject Serviced Companion Loans is as follow:

 

V2 Trustee:	Computershare Trust Company, National Association 9062 Old Annapolis Road Columbia, Maryland 21045 Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) – Benchmark 2023-V2 with a copy to: CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com
V2 Certificate Administrator:	Computershare Trust Company, National Association 9062 Old Annapolis Road Columbia, Maryland 21045 Attention: Corporate Trust Services – Benchmark 2023-V2 with a copy to: CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com
V2 Master Servicer	Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, 10851 Mastin Street, Suite 700 Overland Park, Kansas 66210

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	Attention: Executive Vice President – Division Head Fax number: 1-888-706-3565   with a copy to:   Stinson LLP 1201 Walnut Street, Suite 2900 Kansas City, Missouri 64106-2150 Attention: Kenda K. Tomes Fax number: (816) 412-9338   and with respect to e-mail pursuant to pursuant to Section 12.06 and Section 12.13 of the V2 PSA, at NoticeAdmin@midlandls.com
V2 Special Servicer:	3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC 2977 McFarlane Road, Suite 300 Miami, FL 33133 Attention: General Counsel E-mail: compliance@3650REIT.com
V2 Operating Advisor and V2 Asset Representations Reviewer:	BellOak, LLC 200 N. Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 1400 El Segundo. CA 90245 Attention: Reporting – Benchmark 2023-V2 (with a copy sent contemporaneously via email to reporting@belloakadvisors.com)
V2 Depositor	Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc. 388 Greenwich Street, 6th Floor New York, New York 10013 Attention: Richard Simpson Fax number: (646) 328-2943   with a copy to:   Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc. 390 Greenwich Street, 5th Floor New York, New York 10013 Attention: Raul Orozco Fax number: (347) 394-0898   with a copy to:   Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc.

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388 Greenwich Street, 17th Floor

New York, New York 10013

Attention: Ryan M. O’Connor

Fax number: (646) 862-8988

 

with electronic copies e-mailed to:

 

Richard Simpson at richard.simpson@citi.com and
Ryan M. O’Connor at ryan.m.oconnor@citi.com

 

 

3.       The V2 Trust is subject to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

4.       Enclosed herewith is a copy of an executed version of the V2 PSA.

 

5.       As of the date hereof, the Controlling Class Representative (as defined in the V2 PSA) under the V2 PSA is [NAME OF CONTROLLING CLASS REPRESENTATIVE].

Very truly yours,
By:
	Name:
	Title:

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EXHIBIT FF-5

 

FORM OF NOTICE REGARDING OUTSIDE

SERVICED MORTGAGE LOAN

(Meadowood Mall)

[Date]

 

Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association 10851 Mastin Street, Street, Suite 700 Overland Park, Kansas 66210 Attention: Executive Vice President – Division Head Fax number: 1-888-706-3565 E-mail: NoticeAdmin@midlandls.com (and solely with respect to notices under Section 3.13, with a copy to AskMidland@midlandls.com)   with a copy to:   Stinson LLP 1201 Walnut Street, Suite 2900 Kansas City, Missouri 64106-2150 Fax number: (816) 412-9338 Attention: Kenda K. Tomes E-mail: kenda.tomes@stinson.com	3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC 2977 McFarlane Road, Suite 300 Miami, Florida 33133 Attention: General Counsel E-mail: compliance@3650REIT.com
Park Bridge Lender Services LLC     as Operating Advisor and Asset Representations Reviewer 600 Third Avenue, 40th floor New York, New York 10016 Attention: 3650R 2022-PF2— Surveillance Manager with a copy sent via email to: cmbs.notices@parkbridgefinancial.com (with 3650R 2022-PF2 in the subject line)
Computershare Trust Company, National Association 9062 Old Annapolis Road Columbia, Maryland 21045 Attention: Corporate Trust Services – (CMBS)	Computershare Trust Company, National Association 1055 10th Avenue SE Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414 Attention: Document Custody Group – 3650R

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3650R 2022-PF2   with a copy to:   Telecopy Number: (410) 715-2380   E Mail: cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com, and to trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com, except as otherwise set forth herein 2022-PF2
E-mail: CMBScustody@wellsfargo.com

Re: 3650R 2022-PF2, Commercial Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2022-PF2

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is hereby made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2022 (the “3650R 2022-PF2”), between 3650 REIT Commercial Mortgage Securities II LLC, as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the 3650R 2022-PF2 PSA.

The undersigned is the certificate administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “V2 PSA”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as depositor (the “V2 Depositor”), Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer (in such capacity, the “V2 Master Servicer”), 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as special servicer (in such capacity, the “V2 Special Servicer”), BellOak, LLC, as operating advisor (in such capacity, the “V2 Operating Advisor”) and asset representations reviewer (in such capacity, the “V2 Asset Representations Reviewer”), and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “V2 Certificate Administrator”) and as trustee (in such capacity, the “V2 Trustee”), pursuant to which the Benchmark 2023 V2 Mortgage Trust (the “V2 Trust”) was established and a pool of commercial and multifamily mortgage loans were transferred to the V2 Trust as of May 25, 2023 (the “Closing Date”), including the following mortgage loan serviced under the 3650R 2022-PF2 PSA (the “Subject Serviced Companion Loan”):

Name of Mortgage Loan as identified on Mortgage Loan Schedule	Promissory Note Evidencing Subject Serviced Companion Loan
Meadowood Mall	Note A-4-B

The undersigned hereby notifies you that, as of the Closing Date:

1.       Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as trustee under the V2 PSA, is the holder of the Subject Serviced Companion Loan. You are directed to remit to

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Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer under the V2 PSA, all amounts payable to (and such remittance and wire transfer instructions shall make reference to the Loan Reference Number as specified below), and to forward, deliver or otherwise make available, as the case may be, to Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer under the V2 PSA, all reports, statements, documents, communications and other information that are to be forwarded, delivered or otherwise made available to the related noteholder with respect to the Subject Serviced Companion Loan under the 3650R 2022-PF2 PSA and the related Intercreditor Agreement, respectively. The wire instructions for Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as V2 Master Servicer, are as follows:

 

[INSERT WIRE INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED BY MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION]

Loan Reference Number: [_]

2.       The contact information for the V2 Trustee, the V2 Certificate Administrator, the V2 Master Servicer, the V2 Special Servicer, the V2 Operating Advisor, the V2 Asset Representations Reviewer and the V2 Depositor with respect to the Subject Serviced Companion Loans is as follow:

 

V2 Trustee:	Computershare Trust Company, National Association 9062 Old Annapolis Road Columbia, Maryland 21045 Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) – Benchmark 2023-V2 with a copy to: CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com
V2 Certificate Administrator:	Computershare Trust Company, National Association 9062 Old Annapolis Road Columbia, Maryland 21045 Attention: Corporate Trust Services – Benchmark 2023-V2 with a copy to: CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com
V2 Master Servicer	Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, 10851 Mastin Street, Suite 700 Overland Park, Kansas 66210

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	Attention: Executive Vice President – Division Head Fax number: 1-888-706-3565   with a copy to:   Stinson LLP 1201 Walnut Street, Suite 2900 Kansas City, Missouri 64106-2150 Attention: Kenda K. Tomes Fax number: (816) 412-9338   and with respect to e-mail pursuant to pursuant to Section 12.06 and Section 12.13 of the V2 PSA, at NoticeAdmin@midlandls.com
V2 Special Servicer:	3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC 2977 McFarlane Road, Suite 300 Miami, FL 33133 Attention: General Counsel E-mail: compliance@3650REIT.com
V2 Operating Advisor and V2 Asset Representations Reviewer:	BellOak, LLC 200 N. Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 1400 El Segundo. CA 90245 Attention: Reporting – Benchmark 2023-V2 (with a copy sent contemporaneously via email to reporting@belloakadvisors.com)
V2 Depositor	Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc. 388 Greenwich Street, 6th Floor New York, New York 10013 Attention: Richard Simpson Fax number: (646) 328-2943   with a copy to:   Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc. 390 Greenwich Street, 5th Floor New York, New York 10013 Attention: Raul Orozco Fax number: (347) 394-0898   with a copy to:   Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc.

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388 Greenwich Street, 17th Floor

New York, New York 10013

Attention: Ryan M. O’Connor

Fax number: (646) 862-8988

 

with electronic copies e-mailed to:

 

Richard Simpson at richard.simpson@citi.com and
Ryan M. O’Connor at ryan.m.oconnor@citi.com

 

 

3.       The V2 Trust is subject to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

4.       Enclosed herewith is a copy of an executed version of the V2 PSA.

 

5. As of the date hereof, the Controlling Class Representative (as defined in the V2 PSA) under the V2 PSA is [NAME OF THE CONTROLLING CLASS REPRESENTATIVE].

Very truly yours,
By:
	Name:
	Title:

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EXHIBIT GG

 

Serviced Loans With Escrow Accounts, Reserve Funds or Letters of Credit held as “Performance”, “Earn-Out” or “Holdback” Escrows or Reserves that Exceed, in the Aggregate, as of the Time of Origination, 10% of the Initial Principal Balance of the related Serviced Loan

 

Loan No.	Mortgage Loan	Reserve Type	Amount
9	Tudor Wharf (Leasehold)	Upfront PIP Reserve	$9,950,000

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT HH

FORM OF ASSET REVIEW REPORT BY THE
ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER¹

To: [Addresses of Recipients]

 

  Re: Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

In accordance with Section 11.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), the undersigned, as asset representations reviewer (the “Asset Representations Reviewer”), has performed an Asset Review on each Delinquent Loan identified by the Certificate Administrator, and is hereby issuing the following Asset Review Report.

 

  1. We have performed an Asset Review on each Delinquent Loan identified by the Certificate Administrator and our conclusion is that there is [no evidence of a failed Test][evidence of [•] failed Tests as specifically detailed on the scorecard attached hereto as Exhibit A] with respect to the Delinquent Loans.  

 

  2. A conclusion by the Asset Representations Reviewer of a passed Test or a failed Test shall not constitute a determination by the Asset Representations Reviewer of (i) the existence or nonexistence of a Material Defect, or (ii) whether the Trust should enforce any rights it may have against the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller. In addition, the Tests may not be sufficient to determine every instance of noncompliance.

 

  3.     The Asset Representations Reviewer, other than forwarding this report to the persons listed above, will not be required to take or participate in any other or further action with respect to the aforementioned Asset Review Report.

  4. Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

BELLOAK, LLC, as Asset Representations Reviewer

By:

Name:

Title:

  ¹ This report is an indicative report, and the Asset Representations Reviewer will have the ability to modify or alter the organization and content of this report, subject to compliance with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, including without limitation, provisions relating to Privileged Information.

 

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Exhibit A

 

Detailed Scorecard
[Template Example Below]

 

Test failures
Loan #	Loan Name	Mortgage Loan Seller	R&W #	R&W Name	Test Description	Findings
[Insert Loan Number]	[Insert Loan Name]	[Insert Mortgage Loan Seller]	21	Compliance with Usury Laws	[Insert Test Description]	[Insert Test findings]
			31	Single-Purpose Entity

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT II

FORM OF ASSET REVIEW REPORT SUMMARY
BY THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER¹

 

To: [Addresses of Recipients]

 

  Re: Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

In accordance with Section 11.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), the undersigned, as asset representations reviewer (the “Asset Representations Reviewer”), has performed an Asset Review on each Delinquent Loan identified by the Certificate Administrator, and is hereby issuing the following Asset Review Report Summary.

 

  1. We have performed an Asset Review on each Delinquent Loan identified by the Certificate Administrator and our conclusion is that there is [no evidence of a failed Test][evidence of [•] failed Tests as identified on the summary scorecard attached hereto as Exhibit A] with respect to the Delinquent Loans.

 

  2. A conclusion by the Asset Representations Reviewer of a passed Test or a failed Test shall not constitute a determination by the Asset Representations Reviewer of (i) the existence or nonexistence of a Material Defect, or (ii) whether the Trust should enforce any rights it may have against the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller. In addition, the Tests may not be sufficient to determine every instance of noncompliance.

 

  3. The Asset Representations Reviewer, other than forwarding this Asset Review Report Summary to the parties listed above, will not be required to take or participate in any other or further action with respect to the aforementioned Asset Review Report Summary.

 

  4. Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

BELLOAK, LLC, as Asset Representations Reviewer

By:

Name:

Title:

¹ This report is an indicative report, and the Asset Representations Reviewer will have the ability to modify or alter the organization and content of this report, subject to compliance with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, including without limitation, provisions relating to Privileged Information. 

 

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Exhibit A

 

Summary Scorecard
[Template Example Below]

 

Test failures
Loan #	Loan Name	Mortgage Loan Seller	Representations and Warranty #	Representation and Warranty Name
[Insert Loan #]	[Insert Loan Name]	[Insert Mortgage Loan Seller]	21	Compliance with Usury Laws
			31	Single-Purpose Entity

 

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EXHIBIT JJ

ASSET REVIEW PROCEDURES

Subject to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, this Exhibit sets forth the Asset Representations Reviewer’s review procedures for Asset Review of each Delinquent Loan. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In the event of any conflict between this Exhibit JJ and the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall control and govern the Asset Representations Reviewer’s responsibilities and duties with respect to Asset Reviews.

Call for Review and Collection and Inventory of Review Materials

 

Step 1 The Asset Representations Reviewer (“ARR”) receives the following items before beginning its review:

■ Notice of Asset Review Trigger (with attachments)

■ Notice of Asset Review Vote Election

■ Asset Review Notice

■ List of all Delinquent Loans

■ Review Materials for each Delinquent Loan via Secure Data Room access, including, among other documents, the Diligence File

■ Any Unsolicited Information (if applicable)

Step 2 For each Delinquent Loan, ARR inventories all Review Materials to which ARR is provided access in the Secure Data Room to determine what, if any, Review Materials for such Delinquent Loan are missing, using the list of documents in the definition of “Mortgage File” of this Agreement, any comparable lists included in the related Loan Purchase Agreement, and any closing checklist from the origination of such Delinquent Loan, to guide its review and determination

Step 3 If ARR determines that the Review Material made available or delivered to it in the Secure Data Room with respect to any Delinquent Loan is missing any documents required to complete an Asset Review of such Delinquent Loan, ARR shall prepare list of such missing documents and notify the Master Servicer (with respect to Non-Specially Serviced Loans) or the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans) of such missing documents. If any missing documents are not provided by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, the ARR shall request such documents from the related Mortgage Loan Seller.

Exhibit JJ-1

Analysis and Testing of Representations and Warranties

Step 4 For each Delinquent Loan for which ARR has received all Review Materials required to complete an Asset Review of such Delinquent Loan, ARR tests such Delinquent Loan for compliance with each representation and warranty made by the related Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to such Delinquent Loan as follows:

■ ARR reviews each representation and warranty and each item included in the Review Materials applicable or related to such representation or warranty to determine whether there is any evidence that such representation or warranty was not true when made by the related Mortgage Loan Seller

■ For each representation and warranty, ARR lists

● all items from the Review Materials reviewed or used in its testing of such representation and warranty

● whether ARR has determined that there is any evidence that such representation or warranty was not true when made by the related Mortgage Loan Seller, and

o if so, stating the aspect of the applicable representation or warranty that does not appear to have been true when made by the related Mortgage Loan Seller and ARR’s basis for its conclusion

o completing the Asset Review Report by setting forth, for each Delinquent Loan, the information contemplated herein with respect to each representation and warranty

ARR will not attempt (and has no obligation) to determine the materiality of any potential breach of a representation or warranty that it discovers evidence of during its review as contemplated herein.

 

Exhibit JJ-2

EXHIBIT KK

CERTIFICATION TO CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR REQUESTING ACCESS TO SECURE DATA ROOM

 

Computershare Trust Company, National Association
9062 Old Annapolis Road

Columbia, Maryland 21045

Attention: Corporate Trust Services – Benchmark 2023-V2

with a copy to:

CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com

trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com

 

Attention: Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2

 

In accordance with the requirements for obtaining access to the Secure Data Room pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as Special Servicer, BellOak, LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, with respect to the certificates (the “Certificates”), the undersigned hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

 

1. The undersigned is an authorized representative of [________________________].

 

2. The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that (a) access to the Secure Data Room is being granted to it solely for purposes of the undersigned carrying out its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, (b) it will not disseminate or otherwise make information contained on the Secure Data Room available to any other person except in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or otherwise with the written consent of the Depositor and (c) it will only access information relating to the Mortgage Loans to which the Asset Review relates.

 

3. The undersigned agrees that each time it accesses the Secure Data Room, the undersigned is deemed to have recertified that the representations above remains true and correct.

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4. [The undersigned is not a Certificateholder, a beneficial owner or a prospective purchaser of any Certificate, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner or a prospective purchaser of the Uncertificated VRR Interest.]¹

BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned has made the representations above and shall have caused, or shall be deemed to have caused its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the date certified.

		[_________________]
		By:
			Name:
			Title:
Dated: ______________
[Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc. as Depositor]1
By:
	[Name]
	[Title]

¹ Required to the extent that a party other than the Asset Representations Reviewer is identified by the Depositor as needing access to the Secure Data Room.

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EXHIBIT LL

FORM OF NOTICE OF [ADDITIONAL DELINQUENT LOAN][CESSATION OF DELINQUENT LOAN][CESSATION OF ASSET REVIEW TRIGGER]

[Date]

Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association,    as Master Servicer 10851 Mastin Street, Suite 700 Overland Park, Kansas 66210 Attention: Executive Vice President – Division Head Fax number: (888) 706-3565 Email: NoticeAdmin@midlandls.com   Computershare Trust Company, National Association 9062 Old Annapolis Road Columbia, Maryland 21045 Attention: Corporate Trust Services – Benchmark 2023-V2   with a copy to:   CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com

BellOak, LLC 200 N. Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 1400 El Segundo. CA 90245 Attention: Reporting – Benchmark 2023-V2 (with a copy sent contemporaneously via email to reporting@belloakadvisors.com)   3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC as Special Servicer 2977 McFarlane Road, Suite 300 Miami, FL 33133 Attention: General Counsel E-mail: compliance@3650REIT.com

Computershare Trust Company, National Association 1055 10th Avenue SE Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414 Attention: Document Custody Group – Benchmark 2023-V2 with a copy to: cmbscustody@wellsfargo.com

Attention: Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2

In accordance with Section 11.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Citigroup Commercial

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Mortgage Securities Inc., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as Special Servicer, BellOak LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, hereby notifies you that as of [RELATED DISTRIBUTION DATE]:

1. _____ An additional Mortgage Loan has become a Delinquent Loan.^*

 

2. _____ A Mortgage Loan has ceased to be a Delinquent Loan.^†

 

3. _____ An Asset Review Trigger has ceased to exist.

(check all that apply)

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the respective meanings given to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator for the Holders of the Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2
By:
	[Name]
	[Title]

^*  Each additional Mortgage Loan that has become a Delinquent Loan is identified on Exhibit A hereto.

^†Each Mortgage Loan that has ceased to be a Delinquent Loan is identified on Exhibit B hereto.

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Exhibit A

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Exhibit B

 

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EXHIBIT MM

Form of Certificate Administrator Receipt in Respect of RISK RETENTION Certificates

[Date]

 

[Name and Address of Retaining Party]

Re: Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2 (Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc. as Depositor)

In accordance with Section 5.02(f) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Agreement”), pursuant to which the captioned series of commercial mortgage pass-through certificates (the “Certificates”) were issued, the undersigned, as Certificate Administrator, hereby acknowledges receipt and possession of, and further agrees that it will hereafter hold in the Retained Interest Safekeeping Account, the Certificates identified on Schedule I attached hereto (the “Subject Certificates”), which constitute some or all of the Class [___] Certificates, for the benefit of [Name of Retaining Party], the registered holder of the Subject Certificates, pursuant to the Agreement. Payments on the Subject Certificates will be made to the registered holder thereof in accordance with the Agreement, including pursuant to any written wiring instructions provided in accordance with the Agreement.

This receipt is solely for the benefit of the addressee and is non-transferable. Possession of this receipt by any other Person will not entitle such Person to delivery of, or any rights in respect of, the Subject Certificates. The Subject Certificates are subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in, and may not be released from the Retained Interest Safekeeping Account except in accordance with, the Agreement.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall the respective meanings set forth in the Agreement.

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Administrator
By:
	Name:
	Title:

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Schedule I

 

Certificates Registered in the Name of [Retaining Party]

Class (CUSIP)	Certificate No.	Initial Certificate Balance

 

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EXHIBIT NN

INITIAL SERVICED COMPANION LOAN HOLDERS

Serviced Companion Loan	Initial Serviced Companion Loan Holder	Address
ICP/IRG Holdings Portfolio	Notes A-2-B, A-2-C, A-2-D and A-2-E	JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association 383 Madison Avenue, 8th Floor New York, New York 10179 Attention: Kunal K. Singh E-mail: US_CMBS_Notice@jpmorgan.com  -and- JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association 4 New York Plaza, 21st Floor New York, New York 10004-2413 Attention: SPG Legal   with a copy to:   Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP 227 West Trade Street Charlotte, NC 28202 Attention: David Burkholder Facsimile No.: (704) 348-5309
	Notes A-1-A-2, A-1-B-1 and A-1-B-2	3650 REIT Warehouse Facility Entity 2A LLC c/o 3650 Real Estate Investment Trust 2 LLC 2977 McFarlane Road, Suite 300 Coconut Grove, Florida 33133 Attention: Legal Department Email: compliance@3650REIT.com with a copy to: Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP 200 Liberty Street New York, New York 10281 Attention: Greg Prindle Email: gregory.prindle@cwt.com
Austin Multifamily Portfolio	Note A-2	Citi Real Estate Funding Inc. 388 Greenwich Street, 6th Floor New York, New York 10013 Attention: Richard Simpson Fax number: (646) 328-2943 with an electronic copy emailed to: richard.simpson@citi.com   with copies to:   Citi Real Estate Funding Inc. 390 Greenwich Street, 5th Floor New York, New York 10013

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		Attention: Raul Orozco Fax number: (347) 394-0898 with an electronic copy emailed to: raul.d.orozco@citi.com   and   Citi Real Estate Funding Inc. 388 Greenwich Street, 17th Floor New York, New York 10013 Attention: Ryan M. O’Connor Fax number: (646) 862-8988 with an electronic copy emailed to: ryan.m.oconnor@citi.com
Cumberland Mall	Notes A-9 and A-11	Bank of Montreal c/o BMO Capital Markets Corp. 151 West 42nd Street New York, New York 10036 Attention: Michael Birajiclian and David Schell Email: Michael.Birajiclian@bmo.com and David.Schell@bmo.com   with a copy to:   Bank of Montreal c/o BMO Capital Markets Corp. 151 West 42nd Street New York, New York 10036 Attention: Legal Department Email: BMOCMUSLegal@bmo.com
	Notes A-3, A-4 and A-5	DBR Investments Co. Limited 1 Columbus Circle New York, New York 10019 Attention: Robert W. Pettinato, Jr. Facsimile No.: (212) 797-4489 E-mail: Robert.Pettinato@db.com   with a copy to:   DBR Investments Co. Limited 1 Columbus Circle New York, New York 10019 Attention: General Counsel Facsimile No. (646) 736-5721
	Notes A-6-1, A-6-2 and A-7	Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A. 1585 Broadway New York, New York 10036 Attention: Jane Lam with a copy to: Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A. 1633 Broadway, 29th Floor New York, New York 10019 Attention: Legal Compliance Division

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		and a copy by e-mail to: cmbs_notices@morganstanley.com
Harborside 2-3	Notes A-2, A-3 and A-4	Citi Real Estate Funding Inc. 388 Greenwich Street, 6th Floor New York, New York 10013 Attention: Richard Simpson Fax number: (646) 328-2943 with an electronic copy emailed to: richard.simpson@citi.com   with copies to: Citi Real Estate Funding Inc. 390 Greenwich Street, 5th Floor New York, New York 10013 Attention: Raul Orozco Fax number: (347) 394-0898 with an electronic copy emailed to: raul.d.orozco@citi.com   and   Citi Real Estate Funding Inc. 388 Greenwich Street, 17th Floor New York, New York 10013 Attention: Ryan M. O’Connor Fax number: (646) 862-8988 with an electronic copy emailed to: ryan.m.oconnor@citi.com
	Notes A-5, A-6-1, A-6-2, A-8 and A-9	Bank of Montreal c/o BMO Capital Markets Corp. 151 West 42nd Street New York, New York 10036 Attention: Michael Birajiclian and David Schell Email: Michael.Birajiclian@bmo.com and David.Schell@bmo.com   with a copy to:   Bank of Montreal c/o BMO Capital Markets Corp. 151 West 42nd Street New York, New York 10036 Attention: Legal Department Email: BMOCMUSLegal@bmo.com
Green Acres	Note A-4-2	Bank of Montreal c/o BMO Capital Markets Corp. 151 West 42nd Street New York, New York 10036 Attention: Michael Birajiclian and David Schell Email: Michael.Birajiclian@bmo.com and David.Schell@bmo.com   with a copy to:

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		Bank of Montreal c/o BMO Capital Markets Corp. 151 West 42nd Street New York, New York 10036 Attention: Legal Department Email: BMOCMUSLegal@bmo.com
	Note A-16	DBR Investments Co. Limited 1 Columbus Circle New York, New York 10019 Attention: Robert W. Pettinato, Jr. Facsimile No.: (212) 797-4489 E-mail: Robert.Pettinato@db.com   with a copy to:   DBR Investments Co. Limited 1 Columbus Circle New York, New York 10019 Attention: General Counsel Facsimile No. (646) 736-5721
Heritage Plaza	Note A-1, Note A-2-1, Note A-2-2 and Note A-4	Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A. 1585 Broadway New York, New York 10036 Attention: Jane Lam with a copy to: Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A. 1633 Broadway, 29th Floor New York, New York 10019 Attention: Legal Compliance Division and a copy by e-mail to:   cmbs_notices@morganstanley.com
	Note A-3-1 and Note A-3-2	Bank of Montreal c/o BMO Capital Markets Corp. 151 West 42nd Street New York, New York 10036 Attention: Michael Birajiclian and David Schell Email: Michael.Birajiclian@bmo.com and David.Schell@bmo.com   with a copy to:   Bank of Montreal c/o BMO Capital Markets Corp. 151 West 42nd Street New York, New York 10036 Attention: Legal Department Email: BMOCMUSLegal@bmo.com
	Note A-6	Goldman Sachs Bank USA Notice Address: Goldman Sachs Bank USA 200 West Street New York, New York 10282 Attention: Scott Epperson

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  Email: scott.epperson@gs.com and gs-refgsecuritization@gs.com with a copy to:   Goldman Sachs Bank USA 200 West Street New York, New York 10282 Attention: Structured Finance Legal (REFG) Email: gs-refglegal@gs.com

 

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EX-5

Exhibit 5.1

Sidley Austin LLP 787 Seventh Avenue New York, NY 10019 +1 212 839 5300 +1 212 839 5599 Fax AMERICA • ASIA PACIFIC • EUROPE

May 25, 2023

Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc.
1585 Broadway
New York, New York 10036

Re: MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1
Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel to Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Depositor”), in connection with the issuance by MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1 (the “Trust”) of approximately $663,978,992 aggregate principal balance of Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1, Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-4-1, Class A-4-2, Class A-4-X1, Class A-4-X2, Class A-5, Class A-5-1, Class A-5-2, Class A-5-X1, Class A-5-X2, Class X-A, Class X-B, Class A-S, Class A-S-1, Class A-S-2, Class A-S-X1, Class A-S-X2, Class B, Class B-1, Class B-2, Class B-X1, Class B-X2, Class C, Class C-1, Class C-2, Class C-X1 and Class C-X2 Certificates (collectively, the “Registered Certificates”), and the issuance by the Trust of Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1, Class X-D, Class X-F, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G-RR, Class H-RR, Class V and Class R Certificates, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between the Depositor, as depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as special servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as certificate administrator, certificate registrar, authenticating agent, custodian and trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as operating advisor and asset representations reviewer.

For purposes of rendering this opinion letter, we have reviewed:

(i)                         the Registration Statement on Form SF-3 (Registration No. 333-259741) relating to the Registered Certificates (the “Registration Statement”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), on October 28, 2021;

(ii)                     the Prospectus, dated May 23, 2023 (the “Prospectus”) relating to the Registered Certificates;

(iii)                   the Underwriting Agreement, dated as of May 19, 2023 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), between the Depositor, MSMCH, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Wells Fargo

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Securities, LLC and Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC (together with Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, the “Underwriters”);

(iv)                  evidence satisfactory to us with respect to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement under the Act; and

(v)                    the forms of the Registered Certificates attached as exhibits to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

In connection with the foregoing, we have examined originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such documents, corporate records and other instruments as we deemed necessary for the purposes of this opinion. In our examination, we have assumed the following: (a) the genuineness of all signatures; (b) the legal capacity of natural persons; (c) the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals; (d) the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies and the authenticity of the originals of such documents; (e) the conformity of the text of each document filed with the Commission through its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system to the printed documents reviewed by us; and (f) the truth, accuracy and completeness of the information, representations and warranties contained in the records, documents, instruments and certificates that we have reviewed. As to any facts material to the opinions expressed herein that were not known to us, we have relied upon (1) certificates, statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Depositor and others, (2) a certificate of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as to the good standing of the Depositor, dated May 23, 2023 (the “Delaware Good Standing Certificate”) and (3) a certificate of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as to the certificate of incorporation of the Depositor, dated May 23, 2023 (the “Delaware Certificate of Incorporation Certificate” and, together with the Delaware Good Standing Certificate, the “Delaware Certificates”).

Our opinions set forth below are subject to: (1) general principles of equity, including concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing and the doctrine of estoppel; (2) the possible unavailability of specific performance and injunctive relief, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; (3) the effect of certain laws, rules, regulations and judicial and other decisions upon enforceability; (4) bankruptcy, insolvency, bail in, receivership, reorganization, liquidation, voidable preference, fraudulent conveyance and transfer, moratorium and other similar laws affecting the rights of creditors or secured parties generally, in each case, whether by operation of law, contract, judicial or regulatory action or otherwise, and the effect of, to the extent applicable, the rights of creditors or of secured creditors of national banks or of “financial companies” (as defined in Section 201 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act) or their affiliates; and (5) public policy considerations underlying the securities laws, to the extent that such public policy considerations limit the enforceability of any provision of any agreement that purports or is construed to provide indemnification with respect to securities law violations.

 

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Based upon and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that—

A.       The Registered Certificates, when duly executed, authenticated and delivered in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and when delivered and paid for by the Underwriters pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, will be legally and validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and non-assessable.

B.       The descriptions set forth under the caption “Material Federal Income Tax Considerations” in the Prospectus, although they do not discuss all federal income tax consequences that may be applicable to the individual circumstances of particular investors (some of which may be subject to special treatment under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”)), otherwise correctly describe the material aspects of the U.S. federal income tax treatment of an investment in the Registered Certificates commonly applicable to investors that are U.S. Tax Persons (as defined in the Prospectus) and, where expressly indicated therein, to investors that are not U.S. Tax Persons. We also hereby confirm the opinion expressly set forth under such captions as our opinion.

C.        The Depositor is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.

The opinion set forth in paragraph B above is limited to the U.S. federal income tax matters specifically covered thereby, and we have not been asked to address, nor have we addressed, any other tax consequences regarding the transaction referred to above or any other transaction. The opinion set forth in paragraph B above is based on the current provisions of the Code and the Treasury Regulations issued or proposed thereunder, revenue rulings, revenue procedures and other published releases of the Internal Revenue Service and current case law, any of which can change at any time. Any change can apply retroactively and modify the legal conclusions upon which such opinion is based.

This opinion is rendered as of the date hereof and we do not undertake, and hereby disclaim, any obligation to advise you of any changes in law or fact, whether or not material, that may be brought to our attention at a later date.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the discussion of our opinions set forth in this opinion letter under the captions “Legal Matters” and “Material Federal Income Tax Considerations” in the Prospectus. In giving such consent, we do not consider that we are “experts” within the meaning of the term as used in the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission issued thereunder, with respect to any part of the Registration Statement, including this opinion as an exhibit or otherwise.

 

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We express no opinion as to any laws other than the federal laws of the United States of America, the laws of the State of New York and, solely with respect to the opinion set forth in paragraph (C) above, the Delaware General Corporation Law. We do not express any opinion, either implicitly or otherwise, on any issue not expressly addressed above. We express no opinion with respect to any Series of Certificates for which we do not act as counsel to the Depositor.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Sidley Austin LLP

EX-36.1

Exhibit 36.1

Certification

I, Jane Lam, certify as of May 23, 2023 that:

1.                  I have reviewed the prospectus relating to those classes of MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1, the offer and sale of which are registered (the “securities”) and am familiar with, in all material respects, the following: The characteristics of the securitized assets underlying the offering (the “securitized assets”), the structure of the securitization, and all material underlying transaction agreements as described in the prospectus;

2.                  Based on my knowledge, the prospectus does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading;

3.                  Based on my knowledge, the prospectus and other information included in the registration statement of which it is a part fairly present, in all material respects, the characteristics of the securitized assets, the structure of the securitization and the risks of ownership of the securities, including the risks relating to the securitized assets that would affect the cash flows available to service payments or distributions on the securities in accordance with their terms; and

4.                  Based on my knowledge, taking into account all material aspects of the characteristics of the securitized assets, the structure of the securitization, and the related risks as described in the prospectus, there is a reasonable basis to conclude that the securitization is structured to produce, but is not guaranteed by this certification to produce, expected cash flows at times and in amounts to service scheduled payments of interest and the ultimate repayment of principal on the securities (or other scheduled or required distributions on the securities, however denominated) in accordance with their terms as described in the prospectus.

5.                  The foregoing certifications are given subject to any and all defenses available to me under the federal securities laws, including any and all defenses available to an executive officer that signed the registration statement of which the prospectus referred to in this certification is part.

 Date: May 23, 2023

By:	/s/ Jane Lam
	Name: Jane Lam
	Title: Chief Executive Officer & President

MSWF 2023-1 – Depositor CEO Certification

MSWF 2023-1 – Depositor CEO Certification

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1 

EXECUTION VERSION

MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”), is dated and effective as of May 19, 2023, between Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as seller (in such capacity, together with its successors and permitted assigns hereunder, the “Mortgage Loan Seller” or “Seller”), and Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as purchaser (in such capacity, together with its successors and permitted assigns hereunder, the “Purchaser”).

RECITALS

The Mortgage Loan Seller desires to sell, assign, transfer, set over and otherwise convey to the Purchaser, without recourse, representation or warranty, other than as set forth herein, and the Purchaser desires to purchase, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the commercial, multifamily and/or manufactured housing community mortgage loans (collectively, the “Mortgage Loans”) identified on the schedule annexed hereto as Exhibit A (as such schedule may be amended from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof, the “Mortgage Loan Schedule”).

The Purchaser intends to create a trust (the “Trust”), the primary assets of which will be a segregated pool of commercial, multifamily and/or manufactured housing community mortgage loans, that includes the Mortgage Loans. Beneficial ownership of the assets of the Trust (such assets collectively, the “Trust Fund”) will be evidenced by a series of mortgage pass-through certificates (the “Certificates”). Certain classes of the Certificates will be rated by nationally recognized statistical rating organizations (the “Rating Agencies”). Certain classes of Certificates (the “Registered Certificates”) will be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and certain classes of Certificates (the “Non-Registered Certificates”) will not be registered under the Securities Act. The Trust will be created and the Certificates will be issued pursuant to a pooling and servicing agreement to be dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as depositor (the “Depositor”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as general master servicer (the “General Master Servicer”), Argentic Services Company LP, as general special servicer (the “General Special Servicer”), Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as operating advisor (in such capacity, the “Operating Advisor”) and as asset representations reviewer (in such capacity, the “Asset Representations Reviewer”), and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), as tax administrator and as custodian (in such capacity, the “Custodian”). Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as in full force and effect on the Closing Date (as defined in Section 1 hereof) (except with respect to the definition of “Servicing File,” which for purposes of this Agreement shall not include the documents described in clause (b) in the definition of such term in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement). Any reference to a provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as in full force and effect on the Closing Date. It is anticipated that the Purchaser will transfer the Mortgage Loans to the Trustee on behalf of the Trust contemporaneously with its purchase of the Mortgage Loans hereunder.

The Purchaser intends to sell the Registered Certificates to Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (“MS&Co.”), Wells Fargo Securities, LLC (“WFS”) and Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC

 

 

(“Siebert Williams Shank”, and together with MS&Co. and WFS, collectively in such capacities, the “Underwriters”) pursuant to an underwriting agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “Underwriting Agreement”), between the Purchaser, Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC and the Underwriters. The Purchaser intends to sell the Non-Registered Certificates to MS&Co., WFS and Siebert Williams Shank (collectively in such capacities, the “Initial Purchasers”) pursuant to a certificate purchase agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “Certificate Purchase Agreement”), between the Purchaser, Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC and the Initial Purchasers. The Certificates are more fully described in (a) that certain prospectus dated May 23, 2023 (together with all annexes and exhibits thereto and information incorporated therein by reference as of the date of filing thereof, the “Prospectus”), relating to the Registered Certificates and (b) that certain private placement memorandum, dated May 23, 2023 (together with all annexes and exhibits thereto, the “Private Placement Memorandum”), relating to the Non-Registered Certificates, as each may be amended or supplemented at any time hereafter.

The Mortgage Loan Seller will indemnify the Depositor, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers and certain related parties with respect to certain disclosure regarding the Mortgage Loans that is contained in (a) that certain preliminary prospectus, dated May 11, 2023, relating to the Registered Certificates (together with all annexes and exhibits thereto and information incorporated therein by reference as of the last Time of Sale (as defined in the Indemnification Agreement), the “Preliminary Prospectus”), (b) that certain preliminary private placement memorandum, dated May 11, 2023, relating to the Non-Registered Certificates (together with all annexes and exhibits thereto, the “Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum”), (c) the Prospectus, (d) the Private Placement Memorandum and (e) certain other disclosure documents and offering materials relating to the Certificates, pursuant to an indemnification agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “Indemnification Agreement”), between the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Depositor, the Underwriters and the Initial Purchasers.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements set forth herein, the parties agree as follows:

Section 1.                Agreement to Purchase. The Mortgage Loan Seller agrees to sell, assign, transfer, set over and otherwise convey to the Purchaser, without recourse, representation or warranty, other than as set forth herein, and the Purchaser agrees to purchase from the Mortgage Loan Seller, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Mortgage Loans. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Mortgage Loan identified on Exhibit B to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as “Barbours Cut IOS” (the “Barbours Cut IOS Mortgage Loan”) is a Joint Mortgage Loan with respect to the Mortgage Loan Seller and was co-originated by Argentic Real Estate Finance 2 LLC and the Mortgage Loan Seller, and the Mortgage Loan Seller is only selling to the Purchaser the related Mortgage Note(s) in favor of the Mortgage Loan Seller (or one of its affiliates) and its successors and assigns in the original principal amount of $29,250,000 (and only such Mortgage Note(s) will constitute a “Mortgage Loan” or “Mortgage Note(s)” hereunder). The purchase and sale of the Mortgage Loans shall take place on May 25, 2023 or such other date as shall be mutually acceptable to the parties hereto (the “Closing Date”). As of the Cut-off Date, the Mortgage Loans will have an aggregate principal balance, after application of all payments of principal due on the Mortgage Loans, if any, on or before such date, whether or not received, of  (i) $224,366,000, plus (ii) 29,250,000, representing the 45% pari passu

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interest of the Mortgage Loan Seller in the Barbours Cut IOS Mortgage Loan, which pari passu interest is represented by the related Mortgage Note(s) in favor of the Mortgage Loan Seller (or one of its affiliates) and its successors and assigns. The purchase price for the Mortgage Loans shall be an amount set forth on the cross receipt between the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser dated the Closing Date (which price reflects no deduction for any transaction expenses for which the Mortgage Loan Seller is responsible). The Purchaser shall pay such purchase price to the Mortgage Loan Seller on the Closing Date by wire transfer in immediately available funds or by such other method as shall be mutually acceptable to the parties hereto.

Section 2.                Conveyance of the Mortgage Loans. (a) Effective as of the Closing Date, subject only to receipt of the purchase price referred to in Section 1 hereof and the satisfaction of the other conditions to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s obligations set forth herein, the Mortgage Loan Seller does hereby sell, assign, transfer, set over and otherwise convey to the Purchaser, without recourse, representation or warranty, other than as set forth herein, all of the right, title and interest of the Mortgage Loan Seller in, to and under the Mortgage Loans and all documents included in the related Mortgage Files and Servicing Files, with the understanding that a servicing rights purchase and sale agreement or comparable agreement may be executed by the Mortgage Loan Seller and the General Master Servicer. Such assignment includes all scheduled payments of principal and interest under and proceeds of the Mortgage Loans received after their respective Cut-off Dates (other than scheduled payments of interest and principal due on or before their respective Cut-off Dates, which shall belong and be promptly remitted to the Mortgage Loan Seller) together with all documents delivered or caused to be delivered hereunder with respect to such Mortgage Loans by the Mortgage Loan Seller (including all documents included in the related Mortgage Files and Servicing Files and any other documents required to be delivered by the Mortgage Loan Seller under Sections 2.01(b) and (c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement). The Purchaser shall be entitled to receive all scheduled payments of principal and interest due on the Mortgage Loans after their respective Cut-off Dates, and all other recoveries of principal and interest collected thereon after their respective Cut-off Dates (other than scheduled payments of principal and interest due on the Mortgage Loans on or before their respective Cut-off Dates and collected after such respective Cut-off Dates or, in the case of Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans (if any), due on or prior to the related date of substitution and collected after such date, in each case, which shall belong to the Mortgage Loan Seller).

After the Mortgage Loan Seller’s transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser, as provided herein, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall not take any action inconsistent with the Purchaser’s ownership of the Mortgage Loans. Except for actions that are the express responsibility of another party hereunder or under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and further except for actions that the Mortgage Loan Seller is expressly permitted to complete subsequent to the Closing Date, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall, on or before the Closing Date, take all actions required under applicable law to effectuate the transfer of the Mortgage Loans by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Purchaser.

It is expressly agreed and understood that, notwithstanding the assignment of the Mortgage Loan documents, it is expressly intended that the Mortgage Loan Seller will receive the benefit of any securitization indemnification provisions in the Mortgage Loan documents.

(b)               The conveyance of the Mortgage Loans and the related rights and property accomplished hereby is intended by the parties hereto to constitute a sale by the Mortgage Loan

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Seller of all the Mortgage Loan Seller’s right, title and interest in and to such Mortgage Loans and such other related rights and property by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Purchaser. Furthermore, it is not intended that such conveyance be a pledge of security for a loan. If such conveyance is determined to be a pledge of security for a loan, however, then: (i) this Agreement shall constitute a security agreement under applicable law; (ii) the Mortgage Loan Seller shall be deemed to have granted to the Purchaser, and in any event, the Mortgage Loan Seller hereby grants to the Purchaser, a first priority security interest in all of the Mortgage Loan Seller’s right, title and interest, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in and to (1) the Mortgage Loans, (2) all documents included in the related Mortgage Files and Servicing Files, (3) all scheduled payments of principal and interest due on the Mortgage Loans after their respective Cut-off Dates, and (4) all other recoveries of principal and interest collected thereon after their respective Cut-off Dates (other than scheduled payments of principal and interest due on the Mortgage Loans on or before their respective Cut-off Dates and collected after such respective Cut-off Dates or, in the case of Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans (if any), due on or prior to the related date of substitution and collected after such date); (iii) the assignment by the Purchaser to the Trustee of its interests in the Mortgage Loans as contemplated by Section 16 hereof shall be deemed to be an assignment of any security interest created hereunder; (iv) the possession by the Purchaser (or the Custodian) of the Mortgage Notes with respect to the Mortgage Loans subject hereto from time to time and such other items of property as constitute instruments, money, negotiable documents or chattel paper shall be deemed to be “possession by the secured party” or possession by a purchaser or person designated by such secured party for the purpose of perfecting such security interest under applicable law; and (v) notifications to, and acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from, Persons holding such property, shall be deemed to be notifications to, or acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from, securities intermediaries, bailees or agents (as applicable) of the Purchaser for the purpose of perfecting such security interest under applicable law. The Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser shall, to the extent consistent with this Agreement, take such actions as may be reasonably necessary to ensure that, if this Agreement were deemed to create a security interest in the Mortgage Loans, such security interest would be a perfected security interest of first priority under applicable law and will be maintained as such throughout the term of this Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

(c)               In connection with the Mortgage Loan Seller’s assignment pursuant to Section 2(a) above, the Mortgage Loan Seller, at its expense, shall deliver to and deposit with, or cause to be delivered to and deposited with, the Custodian, (x) on or before the Closing Date, the Mortgage Note relating to each Mortgage Loan so assigned, endorsed to the Trustee or in blank as specified in clause (i) of the definition of “Mortgage File” in Section 1.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (or, alternatively, if the original executed Mortgage Note has been lost, a lost note affidavit and indemnity with a copy of such Mortgage Note as specified in clause (i) of the definition of “Mortgage File”) and (y) on or before the date that is forty-five (45) days following the Closing Date (or such later date as may be provided under Sections 2.01(b) or (c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to any item), the remainder of the Mortgage File for each Mortgage Loan and, except in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Non-Serviced Whole Loan as of the Closing Date (which delivery shall be subject to clauses (e) and (f) in the proviso of the definition of “Mortgage File”), any other items required to be delivered or deposited by the Mortgage Loan Seller under Sections 2.01(b) and (c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (other than amounts from reserve accounts and originals of letters of credit, which shall be transferred to the General Master Servicer) for each Mortgage Loan, and shall take such other

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actions and pay such costs with respect to the Mortgage Loans as may be required under Sections 2.01(b) and (c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, with respect to any Joint Mortgage Loan, the obligations of each of the Mortgage Loan Seller and any other Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to such Joint Mortgage Loan (an “Other Mortgage Loan Seller”) to deliver a Mortgage Note to the Custodian shall be limited to delivery of only the Mortgage Note(s) held by such party to the Custodian. With respect to any Joint Mortgage Loan, the obligations of the Mortgage Loan Seller and any Other Mortgage Loan Seller to deliver the remaining portion of the related Mortgage File or any document required to be delivered with respect thereto shall be joint and several, provided that either of the Mortgage Loan Seller or any Other Mortgage Loan Seller may deliver one Mortgage File or one of any other document required to be delivered with respect to such Joint Mortgage Loan hereunder, and such delivery shall satisfy such delivery requirements for the Mortgage Loan Seller and each such Other Mortgage Loan Seller.

In addition, on or prior to the fifth (5th) Business Day after the Closing Date, the Mortgage Loan Seller, at its expense, shall deliver to the Custodian five (5) limited powers of attorney substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F in favor of the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) and the General Special Servicer to empower the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) and, in the event of the failure or incapacity of the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee), the General Special Servicer, to sign and/or deliver to a third party for submission, or to cause the Custodian to sign and/or deliver to a third party for submission, at the expense of the Mortgage Loan Seller, any Mortgage Loan documents required to be recorded as described in Section 2.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and any intervening assignments with evidence of recording thereon that are required to be included in the Mortgage Files (so long as original counterparts have previously been delivered to the Trustee (or the Custodian on its behalf)). The Mortgage Loan Seller agrees to reasonably cooperate with the Custodian, the Trustee and the General Special Servicer in connection with any additional powers of attorney or revisions thereto that are requested by such parties for purposes of such recordation. The parties hereto agree that no such power of attorney shall be used with respect to any Mortgage Loan by or under authorization by any party hereto except to the extent that the absence of a document described in the second preceding sentence with respect to such Mortgage Loan remains unremedied as of the earlier of (i) the date that is one hundred eighty (180) days following the delivery of notice of such absence to the Mortgage Loan Seller, but in no event earlier than eighteen (18) months from the Closing Date, and (ii) the date (if any) on which such Mortgage Loan becomes a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan. The Custodian or the General Special Servicer, as applicable, shall submit such documents for recording, at the Mortgage Loan Seller’s expense, after the periods set forth above, provided, the Custodian or the General Special Servicer, as applicable, shall not submit such assignments for recording if the Mortgage Loan Seller produces evidence that it or a third-party on its behalf has sent any such assignment for recording and certifies that the Mortgage Loan Seller is awaiting its return from the applicable recording office.

(d)               In accordance with Section 2.01(b) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, with respect to the delivery of a letter of credit in the manner described in clause (A) of clause (xii) of the definition of “Mortgage File”, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall be deemed to have satisfied the delivery requirements of this Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by delivering to the Custodian within ten (10) Business Days following the Closing

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Date with respect to any such letter(s) of credit a copy of such letter of credit, the transfer documentation and such transmittal communication to the issuing bank indicating that such document has been delivered to the issuing bank for reissuance. If a letter of credit is not in a form that would allow the General Master Servicer to draw on such letter of credit on behalf of the Trust in accordance with the applicable terms thereof and/or of the related Mortgage Loan documents, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall deliver copies of the appropriate transfer or assignment documents to the Custodian promptly following receipt of written notification thereof. If not otherwise paid by the related Mortgagor, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall pay any transfer fee required in order to transfer the beneficiary’s interest from such Mortgage Loan Seller to the General Master Servicer on behalf of the Trust as required hereunder and shall cooperate with the reasonable requests of the General Master Servicer in connection with effectuating a draw under any such letter of credit prior to the date such letter of credit is reissued to the General Master Servicer on behalf of the Trust.

With respect to letters of credit delivered in accordance with subclause (B) of clause (xii) of the definition of “Mortgage File”, within sixty (60) days of the Closing Date or such shorter period as is required by the terms of such letter of credit or other applicable Mortgage Loan documents, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall notify the bank issuing the letter of credit that the General Master Servicer on behalf of the Trustee shall be the beneficiary under such letter of credit. Section 3.01(f) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement requires the General Master Servicer to present such letter of credit and the related assignment documentation delivered by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the letter of credit bank issuing such letter of credit and request that such letter of credit bank reissue the letter of credit in the name of “Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as General Master Servicer, on behalf of Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of registered holders of MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1”. Section 3.01(f) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement further requires the General Master Servicer to use reasonable efforts to obtain such reissued letter of credit back from the issuing letter of credit bank within sixty (60) days (and in any event within ninety (90) days) following the Closing Date. The Mortgage Loan Seller shall provide such reasonable cooperation as requested by the General Master Servicer, including without limitation by delivering such additional assignment or amendment documents required by the issuing bank in order to reissue a letter of credit as provided above.

(e)               In addition, with respect to the Mortgage Loan secured by the Mortgaged Property identified as “Renaissance Charlotte SouthPark Hotel” on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, which is subject to a franchise agreement with a related comfort letter in favor of the Mortgage Loan Seller that requires notice to or request of the related franchisor to transfer or assign any related comfort letter to the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders or otherwise have a new comfort letter (or any such new document or acknowledgement as may be contemplated under the existing comfort letter) issued in the name of the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall, within forty-five (45) days of the Closing Date (or any shorter period if required by the applicable comfort letter), provide any such required notice to or make any such required request of the related franchisor (with a copy to the General Master Servicer).

(f)                In connection with the Mortgage Loan Seller’s assignment pursuant to Section 2(a) above, the Mortgage Loan Seller, at its expense, shall deliver to and deposit with, or

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cause to be delivered to and deposited with, or make available or cause to be made available to, the General Master Servicer in accordance with Section 2.01(d) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the following items: (i) within the timeframe for delivery set forth in Section 2.01(d) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, a copy of the Mortgage File for each Mortgage Loan (except that copies of any instruments of assignment that are returned or delivered, as applicable, to the Custodian by the related public recording office in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be delivered by the Custodian to the General Master Servicer) and (ii) within the timeframe for delivery set forth in Section 2.01(d) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and except in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Non-Serviced Whole Loan, originals or copies of all financial statements, operating statements, appraisals, environmental reports, engineering reports, Insurance Policies, certificates, guaranty/indemnity agreements, property inspection reports, escrow analysis, tax bills, third-party management agreements, asset summary and financial information on the borrower/sponsor and any guarantor, in each case relating to the origination and servicing of any Mortgage Loan or related Serviced Whole Loan that are reasonably necessary for the ongoing administration and/or servicing of the applicable Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan in the possession or under the control of the Mortgage Loan Seller that relate to the Mortgage Loans or related Serviced Whole Loan(s) (provided that the Mortgage Loan Seller shall not be required to deliver any internal communications (including such communications between the Mortgage Loan Seller and its Affiliates) or underwriting analysis (including documents prepared by the Mortgage Loan Seller or any of its Affiliates for such purposes), draft documents or any documents or materials prepared by it or its Affiliates for internal uses, attorney client communications that are privileged communications or constitute legal or other due diligence analyses or credit underwriting or due diligence analyses or data). In addition, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall, in accordance with Section 2.01(f) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, deliver to, and deposit with, or cause to be delivered to, and deposited with, the General Master Servicer, within three (3) Business Days after the Closing Date, all unapplied reserve funds and Escrow Payments in the possession or under the control of the Mortgage Loan Seller that relate to the Mortgage Loans (other than any Non-Serviced Whole Loans). In addition, not later than the Closing Date, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall provide to the General Master Servicer the initial data with respect to each Mortgage Loan that is necessary for the preparation of the initial CREFC^® Financial File and CREFC^® Loan Periodic Update File required to be delivered by the General Master Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

(g)               Under generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) and for federal income tax purposes, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall report its transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser, as provided herein, as a sale of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser in exchange for the consideration specified in Section 1 hereof. In connection with the foregoing, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall cause all of its records to reflect such transfer as a sale (as opposed to a secured loan) and to reflect that the Mortgage Loans are no longer property of the Mortgage Loan Seller. In no event shall the Mortgage Loan Seller take any action that is inconsistent with the Trust’s ownership of each Mortgage Loan following the Closing Date.

(h)               The Mortgage Loan Schedule, as it may be amended from time to time, shall conform to the requirements set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (except with respect to the Administrative Fee Rate). The Mortgage Loan Seller shall, within fifteen (15) days of its discovery or receipt of notice of any error on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, amend such Mortgage

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Loan Schedule and deliver to the Purchaser or the Trustee, as the case may be, an amended Mortgage Loan Schedule; provided that this sentence shall not be construed to relieve the Mortgage Loan Seller of any liability for any related Breach or to shorten the period available to the Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to the cure, repurchase or substitution provisions with respect to a Material Defect set forth in Section 5.

(i)                 [Reserved]

Section 3.                Examination of Mortgage Loan Files and Due Diligence Review. The Mortgage Loan Seller shall reasonably cooperate with any examination of the Mortgage Files for, and any other documents and records relating to, the Mortgage Loans, that may be undertaken by or on behalf of the Purchaser on or before the Closing Date. The fact that the Purchaser has conducted or has failed to conduct any partial or complete examination of any of the Mortgage Files for, and/or any of such other documents and records relating to, the Mortgage Loans, shall not affect the Purchaser’s right to pursue any remedy available in equity or at law for a breach of the Mortgage Loan Seller’s representations and warranties made pursuant to Section 4, except as expressly set forth in Section 5.

Section 4.                Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser. (a) The Mortgage Loan Seller hereby makes, as of the date hereof (and, in connection with any replacement of a Defective Loan (as defined in Section 4(f) hereof) with one or more Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans (also as defined in Section 4(f) hereof), pursuant to Section 5(a) hereof, as of the related date of substitution), to and for the benefit of the Purchaser, each of the representations and warranties set forth in Exhibit B-1. The Purchaser hereby makes, as of the date hereof, to and for the benefit of the Mortgage Loan Seller, each of the representations and warranties set forth in Exhibit B-2.

(b)               The Mortgage Loan Seller hereby makes, as of the date hereof (or as of such other date specifically provided in the particular representation or warranty), to and for the benefit of the Purchaser, each of the representations and warranties set forth in Exhibit C, subject to the exceptions set forth in Schedule C. The Mortgage Loan Seller is also referred to herein as the “Responsible Repurchase Party”.

(c)               The Mortgage Loan Seller hereby represents and warrants, as of the date hereof, to and for the benefit of the Purchaser only, that the Mortgage Loan Seller has not dealt with any broker, investment banker, agent or other person (other than the Depositor or an affiliate thereof, the Underwriters and the Initial Purchasers) who may be entitled to any commission or compensation in connection with the sale to the Purchaser of the Mortgage Loans.

(d)               The Mortgage Loan Seller hereby represents and warrants that, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgage Loan Seller’s role as “originator” (or the role of any third party as “originator” of any Mortgage Loan for which the Mortgage Loan Seller was not the originator) and “sponsor” in connection with the issuance of the Registered Certificates, the information regarding the Mortgage Loans, the related Mortgagors, the related Mortgaged Properties and/or the Mortgage Loan Seller contained in each of the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus complies in all material respects with the applicable disclosure requirements of Regulation AB as in effect on the date hereof and for which compliance is required as of the date hereof. As used herein, “Regulation AB” means Subpart 229.1100 – Asset Backed Securities

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(Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R. §§229.1100-229.1125, as such rules may be amended from time to time, and subject to such clarification and interpretation as have been or may hereafter be from time to time provided by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) or by the staff of the Commission, in each case as effective from time to time as of the compliance dates specified therein.

(e)               With respect to each Servicing Function Participant that services a Mortgage Loan as of the Closing Date, the Mortgage Loan Seller either (i) represents and warrants that as of the date hereof such Servicing Function Participant is expected to be an Initial Sub-Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (ii) (A) represents and warrants that it has caused each such Servicing Function Participant to be required to comply, as evidenced by written documentation between each such Servicing Function Participant and the Mortgage Loan Seller, with all reporting requirements set forth in Article XI of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (including but not limited to the indemnification of each Certification Party from and against any and all claims, losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and expenses and related costs, judgments and any other costs, fees and expenses incurred by such Certification Party arising out of the delivery of any Deficient Exchange Act Deliverable) applicable to such Servicing Function Participant for the Mortgage Loans and (B) covenants with the Purchaser that, for so long as the Trust is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, it shall cause each Servicing Function Participant that services a Mortgage Loan as of the Closing Date to comply with all reporting requirements set forth therein.

(f)                The Responsible Repurchase Party hereby agrees that it shall be deemed to make to and for the benefit of the Purchaser, as of the date of any substitution, with respect to any replacement Mortgage Loan (a “Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan”) that is substituted for a Defective Loan by the Responsible Repurchase Party pursuant to Section 5(a) of this Agreement, each of the representations and warranties set forth in Exhibit C to this Agreement. For purposes of the representations and warranties set forth in Exhibit C, representations and warranties made as of the Closing Date or as of the Cut-off Date shall, in the case of a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, be made as of the date of substitution. From and after the date of substitution, each Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, if any, shall be deemed to constitute a “Mortgage Loan” hereunder for all purposes. A “Defective Loan” is any Mortgage Loan as to which there is an unremedied Material Defect.

(g)               Except for (x) the agreed-upon procedures report obtained from the accounting firm engaged to perform procedures involving a comparison of information in loan files for the Mortgage Loans to information in a data file relating to the Mortgage Loans and (y) the agreed-upon procedures report obtained from the accounting firm engaged to perform procedures involving a comparison of underwriting information in loan files for the Mortgage Loans to underwriting information in a data file relating to the Mortgage Loans (such reports, collectively, the “Accountants’ Due Diligence Reports”), the Mortgage Loan Seller has not obtained (and, through and including the Closing Date, will not obtain without the consent of the Purchaser) any “third party due diligence report” (as defined in Rule 15Ga-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) (“Rule 15Ga-2”)) in connection with the securitization transaction contemplated herein and in the Prospectus and Private Placement Memorandum and, except for the accounting firms engaged with respect to the Accountants’ Due Diligence Reports, the Mortgage Loan Seller has not employed (and, through and including the

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Closing Date, will not employ without the consent of the Purchaser) any third party to engage in any activity that constitutes “due diligence services” within the meaning of Rule 17g-10 under the Exchange Act in connection with the transactions contemplated herein and in the Prospectus and Private Placement Memorandum. The Underwriters and Initial Purchasers are third-party beneficiaries of the provisions set forth in this Section 4(g).

(h)               Within sixty (60) days after the Closing Date, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall deliver or cause to be delivered an electronic copy of the Diligence File for each Mortgage Loan to the Depositor by uploading such Diligence File (including, if applicable, any additional documents that the Mortgage Loan Seller believes should be included to enable the Asset Representations Reviewer to perform an Asset Review on such Mortgage Loan; provided that such documents are clearly labeled and identified) to the Designated Site, each such Diligence File being organized and categorized in accordance with the electronic file structure reasonably agreed to by the Depositor and the Mortgage Loan Seller.

(i)                 Within sixty (60) days after the Closing Date, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall provide the Depositor a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit E (which may be sent by email to cmbs_notices@morganstanley.com).

(j)                 If, as part of an Asset Review of a Mortgage Loan, the Asset Representations Reviewer determines it is missing any document that is required to be part of the Review Materials for such Mortgage Loan and that is necessary in connection with its completion of the Asset Review, then, upon written request of the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall provide to the Asset Representations Reviewer, within ten (10) Business Days of receipt of such written request, any such document; provided, that the Mortgage Loan Seller shall be required to deliver such missing document only to the extent that such document is in the possession of the Mortgage Loan Seller, but in any event excluding any documents that contain information that is proprietary to the related originator or the Mortgage Loan Seller or any draft documents or privileged or internal communications.

(k)               Upon the completion of an Asset Review with respect to each Mortgage Loan in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and receipt of a written invoice from the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall pay the Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee for the Mortgage Loans subject to that Asset Review (or, with respect to any Joint Mortgage Loan, a fee equal to the Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee for the entire Joint Mortgage Loan, multiplied by the Mortgage Loan Seller’s Mortgage Loan Seller Percentage Interest) within sixty (60) days of such written invoice by the Asset Representations Reviewer; provided, that if any fees payable pursuant to this Section 4(k) are paid by the Trust pursuant to Section 12.02(b) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall reimburse the Trust for the amount of any such fees (or, with respect to any Joint Mortgage Loan, for its Mortgage Loan Seller Percentage Interest of the amount of such fees).

(l)                 The Mortgage Loan Seller acknowledges and agrees that in the event an Enforcing Party elects a dispute resolution method pursuant to Section 2.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall abide by the selected dispute resolution method and otherwise comply with the terms and provisions set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (including the exhibits thereto) related to such dispute resolution method.

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(m)             The Mortgage Loan Seller shall indemnify and hold harmless the Purchaser against any and all expenses, losses, claims, damages and other liabilities, including without limitation the costs of investigation, legal defense and any amounts paid in settlement of any claim or litigation arising out of or based upon any failure by the Mortgage Loan Seller to (A) pay the fees described under Section 4(k) above within sixty (60) days of written invoice by the Asset Representations Reviewer or (B) within sixty (60) days of the Closing Date (or such later date specified herein or in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), provide all documents required to be delivered by it pursuant to Section 4(h) of this Agreement.

(n)               The Mortgage Loan Seller covenants with the Purchaser that if, on or prior to the later of (i) the ninetieth (90^th) day following the Closing Date and (ii) the date upon which all Certificates have been sold to parties unaffiliated with the Depositor, as a result of the occurrence of any event that occurred prior to the Closing Date with respect to the Mortgage Loans or the Mortgage Loan Seller (and the Mortgage Loan Seller hereby covenants to promptly notify the Depositor, the Underwriters and the Initial Purchasers of the occurrence of any such event to the extent it has knowledge thereof), an amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or Private Placement Memorandum, including Annexes A-1, A-2 and A-3 of the Prospectus, with respect to any information regarding the Mortgage Loans or the Mortgage Loan Seller, is necessary to be delivered in connection with sales of the Certificates by the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers or a dealer, in order to correct any untrue statement of a material fact or any omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein (solely in the case of the Prospectus) or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances when the Prospectus or Private Placement Memorandum is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or an amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or Private Placement Memorandum, including Annexes A-1, A-2 and A-3 of the Prospectus, with respect to any information regarding the Mortgage Loans or the Mortgage Loan Seller, is necessary to comply with applicable law, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall do all things necessary (or, with respect to information relating to the Mortgage Loans, provide all information in its possession) to assist the Depositor to prepare and furnish, at the expense of the Mortgage Loan Seller (to the extent that such amendment or supplement relates to the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Mortgage Loans and/or any information describing the same, as provided by the Mortgage Loan Seller), to the Underwriters and Initial Purchasers such amendments or supplements to the Prospectus or Private Placement Memorandum as may be necessary, so that the statements in the Prospectus or Private Placement Memorandum as so amended or supplemented, including Annexes A-1, A-2 and A-3 of the Prospectus, with respect to any information regarding the Mortgage Loans or the Mortgage Loan Seller, will not so contain an untrue statement of material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein (solely in the case of the Prospectus) or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances when the Prospectus or Private Placement Memorandum is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or so that the Prospectus or Private Placement Memorandum (as so annexed or supplemented), including Annexes A-1, A-2 and A-3 of the Prospectus, with respect to any information regarding the Mortgage Loans or the Mortgage Loan Seller, will not so fail to comply with applicable law. All terms used in this Section 4(n) and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Indemnification Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall have no affirmative obligation to monitor the performance of the Mortgage Loans or any changes in condition or circumstance of any Mortgaged Property, Mortgagor, guarantor or any of their Affiliates after the Closing Date in connection with its

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obligations under this Section 4(n). The Underwriters and Initial Purchasers are third-party beneficiaries of the provisions set forth in this Section 4(n).

Section 5.                Notice of Breach; Cure, Repurchase and Substitution. (a) The Mortgage Loan Seller shall, not later than ninety (90) days after (i) except in the case of the succeeding clause (ii), the Mortgage Loan Seller’s receipt of notice of or, if earlier, the Mortgage Loan Seller’s discovery of, a Material Defect or (ii) in the case of a Material Defect relating to a Mortgage Loan not being a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, but without regard to the rule of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(f)(2) that causes a defective Mortgage Loan to be treated as a qualified mortgage, the earlier of (x) the discovery by the Mortgage Loan Seller or any party to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of such Material Defect and (y) receipt of notice of the Material Defect from any party to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (such ninety (90) day period, the “Initial Cure Period”), (A) cure such Material Defect in all material respects, at the Mortgage Loan Seller’s own expense, including reimbursement of any related reasonable additional expenses of the Trust reasonably incurred by any party to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, (B) repurchase the affected Mortgage Loan or REO Loan (excluding any related Companion Loan, if applicable), at the applicable Purchase Price and in conformity with this Agreement and Section 2.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (C) substitute a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan (other than with respect to the Whole Loans, for which no substitution will be permitted) for such affected Mortgage Loan or REO Loan (provided that in no event shall any such substitution occur on or after the second anniversary of the Closing Date) and pay the General Master Servicer for deposit into the Collection Account, any Substitution Shortfall Amount in connection therewith and in conformity with this Agreement and Section 2.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; provided, however, that except with respect to a Material Defect resulting solely from the failure by the Mortgage Loan Seller to deliver to the Trustee or Custodian the actual policy of lender’s title insurance required pursuant to clause (viii) of the definition of Mortgage File by a date not later than eighteen (18) months following the Closing Date, if such Material Defect is capable of being cured but is not cured within the Initial Cure Period, and the Mortgage Loan Seller has commenced and is diligently proceeding with the cure of such Material Defect within the Initial Cure Period, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall have an additional ninety (90) days commencing immediately upon the expiration of the Initial Cure Period (such additional ninety (90) day period, the “Extended Cure Period”) to complete such cure (or, failing such cure, to repurchase the related Mortgage Loan or REO Loan (excluding any related Companion Loan, if applicable) or substitute a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan (other than with respect to the Whole Loans, for which no substitution will be permitted)); provided, further, that with respect to such Extended Cure Period the Mortgage Loan Seller has delivered an officer’s certificate to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the General Master Servicer, the General Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and (with respect to any Mortgage Loan other than an Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, prior to the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event) the Directing Certificateholder, setting forth the reason such Material Defect is not capable of being cured within the Initial Cure Period and what actions the Mortgage Loan Seller is pursuing in connection with the cure thereof and stating that the Mortgage Loan Seller anticipates that such Material Defect will be cured within the Extended Cure Period; and provided, further, that, if any such Material Defect is not cured after the Initial Cure Period and any such Extended Cure Period solely due to the failure of the Mortgage Loan Seller to have received the recorded document, then the Mortgage Loan Seller shall be entitled to continue to defer its cure, repurchase and/or substitution obligations

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in respect of such Material Defect until eighteen (18) months after the Closing Date so long as the Mortgage Loan Seller certifies to the Trustee, the General Master Servicer, the General Special Servicer, the Directing Certificateholder (prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event) and the Certificate Administrator no less than every ninety (90) days, beginning at the end of such Extended Cure Period, that the Material Defect is still in effect solely because of its failure to have received the recorded document and that the Mortgage Loan Seller is diligently pursuing the cure of such Material Defect (specifying the actions being taken). Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Defect or Breach that causes any Mortgage Loan not to be a “qualified mortgage” (within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, but without regard to the rule of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(f)(2) that causes a defective Mortgage Loan to be treated as a qualified mortgage) shall be deemed to materially and adversely affect the interests of Certificateholders therein, and (subject to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s right to cure such Defect or Breach during the Initial Cure Period) such Mortgage Loan shall be repurchased or substituted for without regard to the Extended Cure Period described in the preceding sentence. If the affected Mortgage Loan is to be repurchased, the funds in the amount of the Purchase Price remitted by the Mortgage Loan Seller are to be remitted by wire transfer to the General Master Servicer for deposit into the Collection Account. Any such repurchase or substitution of a Mortgage Loan shall be on a whole loan, servicing released basis.

If the Mortgage Loan Seller, in connection with a Material Defect (or an allegation of a Material Defect) pertaining to a Mortgage Loan, agrees to a Loss of Value Payment, pursuant to any agreement or a settlement between the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Enforcing Servicer on behalf of the Trust (and, with respect to any Mortgage Loan other than an Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, with the consent of the Directing Certificateholder if no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing) with respect to such Mortgage Loan, the amount of such Loss of Value Payment shall be remitted by wire transfer to the Enforcing Servicer for deposit into the Loss of Value Reserve Fund. The Loss of Value Payment shall include the portion of any Liquidation Fees payable to the Enforcing Servicer in respect of such Loss of Value Payment and the portion of fees of the Asset Representations Reviewer payable pursuant to Section 4(k) above attributable to the Asset Review of such Mortgage Loan and not previously paid by the Mortgage Loan Seller. If such Loss of Value Payment is made, the Loss of Value Payment shall serve as the sole remedy available to the Certificateholders and the Trustee on their behalf regarding any such Material Defect in lieu of any obligation of the Mortgage Loan Seller to otherwise cure such Material Defect or repurchase or substitute for the affected Mortgage Loan based on such Material Defect under any circumstances. This paragraph is intended to apply only to a mutual agreement or settlement between the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Enforcing Servicer on behalf of the Trust. The following terms shall apply to any Loss of Value Payment: (i) prior to any agreement or settlement between the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Enforcing Servicer nothing in this paragraph shall preclude the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Enforcing Servicer from exercising any of its rights related to a Material Defect in the manner and timing set forth in this Agreement (excluding this paragraph) or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (including any right to cure, repurchase or substitute for such Mortgage Loan), (ii) such Loss of Value Payment shall not be greater than the Purchase Price of the affected Mortgage Loan; and (iii) a Material Defect as a result of a Mortgage Loan not constituting a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code (but without regard to the rule of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(f)(2) that causes a

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defective Mortgage Loan to be treated as a “qualified mortgage”) may not be cured by a Loss of Value Payment.

The Mortgage Loan Seller’s obligation to cure any Material Defect, repurchase or substitute for any affected Mortgage Loan or pay the Loss of Value Payment or other required payment pursuant to this Section 5 shall constitute the sole remedy available to the Purchaser in connection with a Material Defect; provided, however, that no limitation of remedy is implied with respect to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s breach of its obligation to cure, repurchase or substitute in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement. It is acknowledged and agreed that the representations and warranties are being made for risk allocation purposes.

The remedies provided for in this subsection with respect to any Material Defect with respect to any Mortgage Loan shall also apply to the related REO Property.

If any Breach that constitutes a Material Defect pertains to a representation or warranty that the related Mortgage Loan documents or any particular Mortgage Loan document requires the related Mortgagor to bear the costs and expenses associated with any particular action or matter under such Mortgage Loan document(s), then the Mortgage Loan Seller may cure such Breach within the applicable cure period (as the same may be extended) by reimbursing the Trust (by wire transfer of immediately available funds) for (i) the reasonable amount of any such costs and expenses incurred by the General Master Servicer, the General Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee or the Trust that are incurred as a result of such Breach and have not been reimbursed by the related Mortgagor and (ii) the amount of any fees payable pursuant to Section 4(k) above to the extent not previously paid by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Asset Representations Reviewer attributable to the Asset Review of such Mortgage Loan; provided, that if the Breach relates to a Joint Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall only be responsible for its Mortgage Loan Seller Percentage Interest of all such costs and expenses unless such Breach relates solely to the Mortgage Note(s) sold by the Mortgage Loan Seller. Except as provided in the proviso to the immediately preceding sentence, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall remit the amount of such costs and expenses to the General Special Servicer for disbursement to the applicable Persons and upon its making such remittance, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall be deemed to have cured such Breach in all respects. To the extent any fees or expenses that are the subject of a cure by the Mortgage Loan Seller are subsequently obtained from the related Mortgagor, the portion of the cure payment made by the Mortgage Loan Seller equal to such fees or expenses obtained from the related Mortgagor shall promptly be returned to the Mortgage Loan Seller.

Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, a delay in either the discovery of a Material Defect or in providing notice of such Material Defect shall relieve the Mortgage Loan Seller of its obligation to cure, repurchase or substitute for (or make a Loss of Value Payment with respect to) the related Mortgage Loan under this Agreement if (i) the Mortgage Loan Seller did not otherwise discover or have knowledge of such Material Defect, (ii) such delay is a result of the failure by the Purchaser or any other party to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to provide prompt notice as required by the terms of this Agreement or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement after such party has actual knowledge of such Material Defect (it being understood that knowledge shall not be deemed to exist by reason of the Custodial Exception Report or possession of the Mortgage File), (iii) such Material Defect does not relate to the applicable Mortgage Loan not being a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Code Section 860G(a)(3), but without regard to the rule of Treasury Regulations Section

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1.860G-2(f)(2) that causes a defective obligation to be treated as a qualified mortgage, and (iv) such delay precludes the Mortgage Loan Seller from curing such Material Defect and such Material Defect was otherwise curable. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement, if a Mortgage Loan is not secured by a Mortgaged Property that is, in whole or in part, a hotel or other hospitality property, restaurant (operated by a Mortgagor), healthcare facility, nursing home, assisted living facility, self-storage facility, theater or fitness center (operated by a Mortgagor), then the failure to deliver copies of the UCC financing statements with respect to such Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 2 hereof shall not be a Material Defect.

If there is a Material Defect with respect to one or more Mortgaged Properties securing a Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall not be obligated to repurchase the Mortgage Loan if (i) the affected Mortgaged Property may be released pursuant to the terms of any partial release provisions in the related Mortgage Loan documents (and such Mortgaged Property is, in fact, released), (ii) the remaining Mortgaged Property(ies) satisfy the requirements, if any, set forth in the Mortgage Loan documents and the Mortgage Loan Seller provides an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such release would not cause an Adverse REMIC Event and (iii) each applicable Rating Agency has provided a Rating Agency Confirmation.

(b)               Whenever one or more Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans are substituted for a Defective Loan by the Responsible Repurchase Party as contemplated by this Section 5, upon direction by the General Master Servicer or the General Special Servicer, as applicable, the Responsible Repurchase Party shall deliver to the Custodian the related Mortgage File and a certification to the effect that such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan satisfies or such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans satisfy, as the case may be, all of the requirements of the definition of “Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan” in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. No mortgage loan may be substituted for a Defective Loan as contemplated by this Section 5 if the Mortgage Loan to be replaced was itself a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, in which case, absent a cure of the relevant Material Defect, the affected Mortgage Loan will be required to be repurchased as contemplated hereby. Periodic Payments due with respect to each Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan (if any) after the related date of substitution, and Periodic Payments due with respect to each corresponding Deleted Mortgage Loan (if any) after its respective Cut-off Date and on or prior to the related date of substitution, shall be part of the Trust Fund. Periodic Payments due with respect to each Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan (if any) on or prior to the related date of substitution, and Periodic Payments due with respect to each corresponding Defective Loan that is purchased or repurchased, as the case may be, or replaced with one or more Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans (any such Mortgage Loan, a “Deleted Mortgage Loan”) (if any) after the related date of substitution, shall not be part of the Trust Fund and are to be remitted by the General Master Servicer to the Responsible Repurchase Party promptly following receipt.

If any Mortgage Loan is to be repurchased or replaced as contemplated by this Section 5, upon direction by the General Master Servicer or the General Special Servicer, as applicable, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall amend the Mortgage Loan Schedule to reflect the removal of any Deleted Mortgage Loan and, if applicable, the substitution of the related Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan(s) and deliver or cause the delivery of such amended Mortgage Loan Schedule to the parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Upon any substitution of one or more Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans for a Deleted Mortgage Loan, such Qualified Substitute

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Mortgage Loan(s) shall become part of the Trust Fund and be subject to the terms of this Agreement in all respects.

If any Mortgage Loan that is part of a Crossed Mortgage Loan Group is required to be repurchased or substituted, the provisions of Section 2.03(h), Section 2.03(i) and Section 2.03(j) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall apply.

(c)               The Responsible Repurchase Party shall be entitled, and the Purchaser shall cause the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to entitle the Responsible Repurchase Party, upon the date when the full amount of the Purchase Price or Substitution Shortfall Amount (as the case may be) for any Mortgage Loan repurchased or replaced as contemplated by this Section 5 has been deposited in the account designated therefor by the Trustee as the assignee of the Purchaser (or the General Master Servicer on behalf of the Trustee) and, if applicable, receipt by the Trustee as the assignee of the Purchaser (or the Custodian) of the Mortgage File for each Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan (if any) to be substituted for a Deleted Mortgage Loan, together with any certifications and/or opinions required pursuant to this Section 5 to be delivered by the Responsible Repurchase Party, to (i) a release of the Mortgage File and any other items required to be delivered by the Mortgage Loan Seller under Sections 2.01(b) and (c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the Deleted Mortgage Loan to the Responsible Repurchase Party or its designee, (ii) the execution and delivery of such instruments of release, transfer and/or assignment, in each case without recourse, as shall be prepared by the Responsible Repurchase Party and are reasonably necessary to vest in the Responsible Repurchase Party or its designee the ownership of such Deleted Mortgage Loan, and (iii) the execution and delivery of notice to the affected Mortgagor of the retransfer of such Deleted Mortgage Loan. In connection with any such repurchase or substitution by the Responsible Repurchase Party, the Purchaser shall also cause the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to require each of the General Master Servicer and the General Special Servicer to deliver to the Responsible Repurchase Party or its designee, and the Responsible Repurchase Party or its designee shall be entitled to delivery from the General Master Servicer and the General Special Servicer of, any portion of the related Servicing File (as such term is defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), together with any Escrow Payments, reserve funds and any other items required to be delivered by the Mortgage Loan Seller under Sections 2.01(b) and (c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, held by or on behalf of the General Master Servicer or the General Special Servicer, as the case may be, with respect to the Deleted Mortgage Loan, in each case at the expense of the Responsible Repurchase Party.

(d)               [Reserved.]

(e)               The Mortgage Loan Seller acknowledges and agrees that the Purchaser shall have no liability to the Mortgage Loan Seller or otherwise for any failure of the Mortgage Loan Seller or any other party to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to perform its obligations provided for thereunder.

(f)                The Mortgage Loan Seller (to the extent it receives any request or demand, whether oral or written, that a Mortgage Loan be repurchased or replaced, whether arising from a Material Defect or other breach of a representation or warranty, such recipient a “Seller Request Recipient” and such request or demand, a “Repurchase Request”) agrees to provide to the Purchaser: (i) written notice of any Repurchase Request, which notice will specify if such Repurchase Request is a 15Ga-1 Notice; (ii) written notice of (A) the existence of any dispute

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regarding such Repurchase Request, whether written or oral, between such Seller Request Recipient and the Person making such Repurchase Request, (B) the expiration of any applicable Initial Cure Period, or, if applicable, any Extended Cure Period, (C) the withdrawal of such Repurchase Request by the Person making such Repurchase Request, (D) the rejection of such Repurchase Request by the Seller Request Recipient and (E) the repurchase or replacement of any Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Section 5 and Section 2.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and (iii) upon reasonable request of the Purchaser (subject to Section 5(g)), such other information in the Seller Request Recipient’s possession as would be necessary to permit the Purchaser to comply with its obligations under Rule 15Ga-1 under the Exchange Act to disclose fulfilled and unfulfilled repurchase or replacement requests or demands of any Person relating to any Mortgage Loan or to comply with any other obligations applicable to it under law or regulation.

Each notice required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 5(f) may be delivered by electronic means. Each notice required to be delivered pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) of the immediately preceding paragraph shall be given not later than the tenth (10^th) Business Day after the event giving rise to the requirement for such notice and any information requested pursuant to clause (iii) of the immediately preceding paragraph shall be provided as promptly as practicable after such request is made. Each notice required to be delivered pursuant to clause (i) of the immediately preceding paragraph shall identify (a) the date on which such Repurchase Request was made, (b) the Mortgage Loan with respect to which such Repurchase Request was made, (c) the identity of the Person making such request, and (d) the basis, if any, asserted for such request by such Person. Each notice required to be delivered pursuant to clause (ii) of the immediately preceding paragraph shall identify (a) the date of such withdrawal, rejection, repurchase or replacement, or the date of the commencement of such dispute, as applicable, (b) if pertaining to a dispute, the nature of such dispute, (c) if pertaining to the expiration of an Initial Cure Period or an Extended Cure Period, the expiration date of such Initial Cure Period or, if applicable, an Extended Cure Period, (d) if pertaining to a withdrawal, the basis for such withdrawal given to the Seller Request Recipient or an indication that no basis was given by the Person withdrawing such Repurchase Request, (e) if pertaining to a rejection by the Seller Request Recipient, the basis for the Seller Request Recipient’s rejection and (f) if pertaining to a repurchase or replacement, the date of such repurchase or replacement.

(g)               The Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser acknowledge and agree that (i) a Repurchase Request Recipient under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement will not, in connection with providing the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Purchaser with any 15Ga-1 Notice under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, be required to deliver any attorney-client privileged communication or any information protected by the attorney work product doctrine, (ii) any 15Ga-1 Notice delivered to the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Purchaser under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement is provided only to assist the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Purchaser and any of their respective Affiliates in complying with Rule 15Ga-1, Items 1104 and 1121 of Regulation AB and/or any other law or regulation, (iii) (A) no action taken by, or inaction of, a Repurchase Request Recipient and (B) no information provided to the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.02(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by a Repurchase Request Recipient, shall be deemed to constitute a waiver or defense to the exercise of any legal right the Repurchase Request Recipient may have with respect to this Agreement or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and (iv) receipt of a 15Ga-1 Notice or delivery of any notice required to be

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delivered pursuant to Section 5(f) shall not in and of itself constitute delivery, or receipt, of notice of any Material Defect or knowledge on the part of the Mortgage Loan Seller or Responsible Repurchase Party of any Material Defect or admission by the Mortgage Loan Seller or Responsible Repurchase Party of the existence of any Material Defect.

(h)               The Mortgage Loan Seller shall provide to the Purchaser relevant portions of any Form ABS-15G that the Mortgage Loan Seller is required to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 15Ga-1 under the Exchange Act (only to the extent that such portions relate to any Repurchase Request with respect to any Mortgage Loan) on or before the date that is five (5) Business Days prior to the date such Form ABS-15G is required to be filed with the Commission. Promptly upon request, the Purchaser shall provide or cause to be provided to the Mortgage Loan Seller such information regarding the principal balance of any Mortgage Loan as is necessary in order for the Mortgage Loan Seller to prepare any such Form ABS-15G.

(i)               The Purchaser shall provide to the Mortgage Loan Seller any relevant portions of any Form ABS-15G that the Purchaser is required to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 15Ga-1 under the Exchange Act (only to the extent that such portions relate to any Mortgage Loan and that was not provided by the Mortgage Loan Seller) on or before the date that is five (5) Business Days prior to the date such Form ABS-15G is required to be filed with the Commission. The Trust’s CIK# is 0001974587.

(j)                 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Mortgage Loan Seller’s obligation in respect of a Material Defect with respect to a Joint Mortgage Loan shall be solely in respect of the Mortgage Loan Seller’s pro rata share of such Joint Mortgage Loan based on the Mortgage Loan Seller’s Mortgage Loan Seller Percentage Interest as of the date hereof in such Joint Mortgage Loan.

(k)               If the Mortgage Note or Mortgage Notes with respect to a Joint Mortgage Loan in favor of the Mortgage Loan Seller and its successors and assigns are repurchased or replaced by the Mortgage Loan Seller pursuant to this Section 5, and any other related mortgage notes evidencing such Joint Mortgage Loan are not repurchased or replaced by any Other Mortgage Loan Seller and any such mortgage note remains in the Trust, then the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser hereby agree that (i) the provisions in Section 3.30 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the related Intercreditor Agreement shall govern the servicing and administration of such Joint Mortgage Loan as if (a) the remaining mortgage notes in the Trust were collectively a “Mortgage Loan” (as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) and (b) each repurchased Mortgage Note were a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan (or, if the Joint Mortgage Loan was a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, a Non-Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan), (ii) the Mortgage Loan Seller and its successors and assigns in respect of such repurchased or replaced Mortgage Note shall be bound by such Section 3.30 as if it were a party to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and (iii) the Mortgage Loan Seller and its successors and assigns shall from time to time (as may be necessary) deliver to the General Master Servicer or the General Special Servicer, as applicable, the Mortgage Loan documents constituting or related to any applicable Mortgage Note repurchased by it, any requests for release and any court pleadings, requests for trustee’s sale or other documents necessary to the foreclosure or trustee’s sale in respect of the related Mortgaged Property or to any legal action or to enforce any other remedies or rights provided by the related Mortgage Note or Mortgage or otherwise available at law or equity with respect to the related Mortgage Note.

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Section 6.                Closing. The closing of the sale of the Mortgage Loans (the “Closing”) shall be held at the offices of special counsel to the Purchaser at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Closing Date.

The Closing shall be subject to each of the following conditions:

(i)                              All of the representations and warranties of the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser made pursuant to Section 4 of this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date (or as of such other specific date expressly contemplated by any such representation or warranty);

(ii)                           All documents specified in Section 7 of this Agreement (the “Closing Documents”), in such forms as are agreed upon and reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser and, in the case of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (insofar as such agreement affects the obligations of the Mortgage Loan Seller hereunder or the rights of the Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary thereunder), to the Mortgage Loan Seller, shall be duly executed and delivered by all signatories as required pursuant to the respective terms thereof;

(iii)                         The Mortgage Loan Seller shall have delivered and released to the Purchaser or its designee, all documents, funds and other assets required to be delivered thereto on or before the Closing Date pursuant to Section 2 of this Agreement;

(iv)                        The result of any examination of the Mortgage Files for, and any other documents and records relating to, the Mortgage Loans performed by or on behalf of the Purchaser pursuant to Section 3 hereof shall be satisfactory to the Purchaser in its reasonable determination;

(v)                           All other terms and conditions of this Agreement required to be complied with on or before the Closing Date shall have been complied with in all material respects, and the Mortgage Loan Seller shall have the ability to comply with all terms and conditions and perform all duties and obligations required to be complied with or performed by it after the Closing Date;

(vi)                        The Mortgage Loan Seller shall have paid all fees and expenses payable by it to the Purchaser or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement;

(vii)                     The Mortgage Loan Seller shall have received the purchase price for the Mortgage Loans, as contemplated by Section 1 of this Agreement;

(viii)                  Neither the Underwriting Agreement nor the Certificate Purchase Agreement shall have been terminated in accordance with its terms;

(ix)                         The Commission shall not have issued any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Purchaser’s Registration Statement; and

(x)                            Prior to the delivery of the Preliminary Prospectus to investors, an officer of the Mortgage Loan Seller shall have delivered to the Depositor a sub-certification

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to the certification provided by the Chief Executive Officer of the Depositor to the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Regulation AB.

Each of the parties agrees to use their commercially reasonable best efforts to perform their respective obligations hereunder in a manner that will enable the Purchaser to purchase the Mortgage Loans on the Closing Date.

Section 7.                Closing Documents. The Purchaser or its designee shall have received all of the following Closing Documents, in such forms as are agreed upon and acceptable to the Purchaser, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers and the Rating Agencies (collectively, the “Interested Parties”), and upon which the Interested Parties may rely:

(i)                              This Agreement, duly executed by the Purchaser and the Mortgage Loan Seller;

(ii)                           Each of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Indemnification Agreement, duly executed by the respective parties thereto;

(iii)                        A Secretary’s Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1 hereto, executed by the Secretary or an assistant secretary of the Mortgage Loan Seller, in his or her individual capacity, and dated the Closing Date, and upon which the Interested Parties may rely, attaching thereto as exhibits (A) the resolutions of the board of directors of the Mortgage Loan Seller authorizing the Mortgage Loan Seller’s entering into the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Indemnification Agreement, and (B) the organizational documents of the Mortgage Loan Seller;

(iv)                       A certificate of good standing with respect to the Mortgage Loan Seller issued by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency of the United States not earlier than thirty (30) days prior to the Closing Date, and upon which the Interested Parties may rely;

(v)                           A certificate of the Mortgage Loan Seller substantially in the form of Exhibit D-2 hereto, executed by an executive officer of the Mortgage Loan Seller on the Mortgage Loan Seller’s behalf and dated the Closing Date, and upon which the Interested Parties may rely;

(vi)                       A written opinion of in-house or independent counsel for the Mortgage Loan Seller, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Interested Parties and the Trustee, relating to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Indemnification Agreement;

(vii)                    A written opinion of special counsel for the Mortgage Loan Seller, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Interested Parties and the Trustee, relating to the enforceability of this Agreement against the Mortgage Loan Seller;

(viii)                  A letter from special counsel for the Mortgage Loan Seller, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Purchaser, the Underwriters (only with respect to the Preliminary Prospectus) and the Initial Purchasers (only with respect to the Preliminary

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Private Placement Memorandum), relating to the information regarding the Mortgage Loans set forth in agreed upon sections of the Preliminary Prospectus and in the Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum (as the same may be amended or supplemented on or before the pricing date for the Certificates) substantially to the effect that nothing has come to such special counsel’s attention that would lead such special counsel to believe that the agreed upon portions of the Preliminary Prospectus or the Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum, at the time when sales to purchasers of the Certificates were first made, contained, with respect to the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Mortgage Loans, any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein relating to the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Mortgage Loans, the related borrowers or the related Mortgaged Properties, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

(ix)                         A letter from special counsel for the Mortgage Loan Seller, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Purchaser, the Underwriters (only with respect to the Prospectus) and the Initial Purchasers (only with respect to the Private Placement Memorandum), relating to the information regarding the Mortgage Loans set forth in agreed upon sections of the Prospectus and the Private Placement Memorandum (as the case may be and as the same may be amended or supplemented on or before the Closing Date) substantially to the effect that (a) nothing has come to such special counsel’s attention that would lead such special counsel to believe that the agreed upon portions of the Prospectus or the Private Placement Memorandum (as applicable) as of the date thereof or as of the Closing Date contained or contains, with respect to the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Mortgage Loans, the related borrowers or the related Mortgaged Properties, any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein relating to the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Mortgage Loans, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and (b) that, with respect to information regarding the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Mortgage Loans, the related borrowers or the related Mortgaged Properties, the Prospectus is appropriately responsive in all material respects to the applicable requirements of Regulation AB;

(x)                            Copies of all other opinions rendered by counsel for the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Rating Agencies in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including, but not limited to, with respect to the characterization of the transfer of the Mortgage Loans hereunder as a true sale, with each such opinion to be addressed to the other Interested Parties and the Trustee or accompanied by a letter signed by such counsel stating that the other Interested Parties and the Trustee may rely on such opinion as if it were addressed to them as of the date thereof;

(xi)                         One or more agreed-upon procedures letters from a nationally recognized firm of certified public accountants acceptable to the Underwriters and the Initial Purchasers, dated (A) the date of the Preliminary Prospectus and the Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum, and (B) the date of the Prospectus and the Private Placement Memorandum, respectively, and addressed to, and in form and substance acceptable to, the Interested Parties (other than the Rating Agencies), stating in effect that, using the assumptions and methodology used by the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Purchaser, the Underwriters or the Initial Purchasers, as applicable, all of which shall be described in

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such letters, and which shall include a comparison of certain mortgage loan-related documents to the information set forth in the Master Tape (as defined in the Indemnification Agreement), they have recalculated such numbers and percentages relating to the Mortgage Loans set forth in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum, and set forth in the Prospectus and the Private Placement Memorandum, respectively, and have compared the results of their calculations to the corresponding items in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum, and in the Prospectus and the Private Placement Memorandum, respectively, and found each such number and percentage set forth in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum, and in the Prospectus and the Private Placement Memorandum, respectively, to be in agreement with the results of such calculations;

(xii)                       If any of the Certificates are “mortgage related securities” within the meaning of the Secondary Mortgage Market Enhancement Act of 1984, as amended, a certificate of the Mortgage Loan Seller regarding origination of the Mortgage Loans by specified originators as set forth in Section 3(a)(41) of the Exchange Act; and

(xiii)                   Such further certificates, opinions and documents as the Purchaser may reasonably request or any Rating Agency may require.

Section 8.                Additional Reporting Under Regulation AB. With respect to any period during which the Trust is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall provide to the Purchaser and the Certificate Administrator any information that constitutes “Additional Form 10-D Information” or “Additional Form 10-K Information” but only if and to the extent that the Mortgage Loan Seller (or any originator of the Mortgage Loans sold by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Depositor, if such originator constitutes an “originator” contemplated by Item 1110(b) of Regulation AB and such information is required to be reported with respect to such originator) is the applicable “Party Responsible” (solely in its capacity as a sponsor or originator (or as successor in interest to any predecessor originator), within the meaning of Regulation AB, of any Mortgage Loans) under the terms of Exhibit AA or Exhibit BB to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (it being acknowledged that the Mortgage Loan Seller (solely in its capacity as a sponsor or originator (or as successor in interest to any predecessor originator), within the meaning of Regulation AB, of any Mortgage Loans) does not constitute the “Party Responsible” for any “Form 8-K Information” set forth on Exhibit CC of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement). In each case, such delivery shall be made in a form readily convertible to an EDGAR compatible form, or in such other form as otherwise agreed by the Purchaser, the Certificate Administrator and the Mortgage Loan Seller. In each case, such delivery shall be made not later than five (5) calendar days after the related Distribution Date (in the case of any such “Additional Form 10-D Information”), and no later than March 1 of each year subsequent to the fiscal year that the Trust is subject to the Exchange Act reporting requirements (in the case of any such “Additional Form 10-K Information”). In no event shall the Mortgage Loan Seller be required to provide any information that is not required to be reported on Form 10-D or Form 10-K, as the case may be, under the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

In addition, with respect to any period during which the Trust is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall reasonably cooperate

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with each of the Depositor, the applicable Master Servicer and the Certificate Administrator, upon the reasonable request of such party, by providing all Mortgage Loan-related documents, data and information in the possession of the Mortgage Loan Seller at or prior to the Closing Date and on the date of the request and necessary for the ongoing compliance by the Depositor and the Trust with the requirements of Form 10-D with respect to Items 1111 and 1125 of Regulation AB; provided that the Mortgage Loan Seller shall not be required to provide any documents that are proprietary to the related originator or the Mortgage Loan Seller or any draft documents, privileged or internal communications, credit underwriting or due diligence analysis.

Section 9.                Costs. Whether or not this Agreement is terminated, the Mortgage Loan Seller will pay its pro rata share (the Mortgage Loan Seller’s pro rata portion to be determined according to the percentage that the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of all the Mortgage Loans represents as to the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of all the mortgage loans of the Trust Fund (the “Cut-off Date Pool Balance”)) of all costs and expenses of the Purchaser in connection with the transactions contemplated herein, including, but not limited to: (i) the costs and expenses of the Purchaser in connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans; (ii) the costs and expenses of reproducing and delivering the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and this Agreement and printing (or otherwise reproducing) and delivering the Certificates; (iii) the reasonable and documented set-up fees, costs and expenses of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and their respective counsel; (iv) the fees and disbursements of a firm of certified public accountants selected by the Purchaser and the Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to numerical information in respect of the Mortgage Loans and the Certificates included in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum, the Prospectus and the Private Placement Memorandum or any other marketing materials or structural and collateral term sheets (or any similar item), including the cost of obtaining any agreed-upon procedures letters with respect to such items; (v) the costs and expenses in connection with the qualification or exemption of the Certificates under state securities or blue sky laws, including filing fees and reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel in connection therewith; (vi) the costs and expenses in connection with any determination of the eligibility of the Certificates for investment by institutional investors in any jurisdiction and the preparation of any legal investment survey, including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel in connection therewith; (vii) the costs and expenses in connection with printing (or otherwise reproducing) and delivering this Agreement and the furnishing to the Underwriters or the Initial Purchasers, as applicable, of such copies of the Preliminary Prospectus, the Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum, the Prospectus and the Private Placement Memorandum or any other marketing materials or structural and collateral term sheets (or any similar item) and this Agreement as the Underwriters and the Initial Purchasers may reasonably request; (viii) the fees of the rating agency or agencies engaged to consider rating the Certificates or hired and requested to rate the Certificates; (ix) all registration fees incurred by the Purchaser in connection with the filing of its Registration Statement allocable to the issuance of the Registered Certificates; (x) the upfront fee payable to the Asset Representations Reviewer on the Closing Date in the amount agreed by the parties hereto; and (xi) the reasonable fees and expenses of special counsel to the Purchaser.

Section 10.            Notices. All demands, notices and communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered to or mailed, by registered mail, postage prepaid, by overnight mail or courier service, or transmitted by facsimile and confirmed by similar mailed writing, if to the Purchaser, addressed to the Purchaser at Morgan

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Stanley Capital I Inc., 1585 Broadway, New York, New York 10036, Attention: Jane Lam (with a copy to Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., 1633 Broadway, 29th Floor, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Legal Compliance Division and a copy by email to cmbs_notices@morganstanley.com), or such other address as may be designated by the Purchaser to the Mortgage Loan Seller in writing; or, if to the Mortgage Loan Seller, addressed to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, 301 South College St., Charlotte, North Carolina 28202, Attention: MSWF 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1 (with copies to Troy B. Stoddard, Esq., Senior Lead Counsel, Wells Fargo Legal Department, D1050-266, 401 South Tryon Street, 26th Floor, Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 and Kristin Halterman, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, 10 South Wacker Drive, 32^nd Floor, Chicago, Illinois 60606, telephone number: (312) 368-6461 and also by email to cmbsnotices@wellsfargo.com), or such other address as may be designated by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Purchaser in writing.

Section 11.            Miscellaneous. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument, and the words “executed,” “signed,” “signature” and words of like import as used above and elsewhere in this Agreement or in any other certificate, agreement or document related to this transaction shall include, in addition to manually executed signatures, images of manually executed signatures transmitted by facsimile or other electronic format (including, without limitation, “pdf,” “tif” or “jpg”) and other electronic signatures (including, without limitation, any electronic sound, symbol, or process, attached to or logically associated with a contract or other record and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the record). The use of electronic signatures and electronic records (including, without limitation, any contract or other record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means) shall be of the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a manually executed signature or use of a paper-based record-keeping system to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act and any other applicable law, including, without limitation, any state law based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the Uniform Commercial Code.

Neither this Agreement nor any term or provision hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated except by a writing signed by a duly authorized officer of the party against whom enforcement of such change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought to be enforced. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder. The Mortgage Loan Seller shall be an express third party beneficiary to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent set forth therein. The Asset Representations Reviewer shall be an express third party beneficiary of Sections 4(h), 4(j), and 4(k) of this Agreement.

Section 12.            Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive Delivery. All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement, incorporated herein by reference or contained in the certificates of officers of the Mortgage Loan Seller delivered pursuant hereto, shall remain operative and in full force and effect and shall survive delivery of the Mortgage Loans by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Purchaser and by the Purchaser to the Trust, notwithstanding any restrictive or qualified endorsement or assignment in respect of any Mortgage Loan.

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Section 13.            Severability of Provisions. Any part, provision, representation, warranty or covenant of this Agreement that is prohibited or is held to be void or unenforceable shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof. Any part, provision, representation, warranty or covenant of this Agreement that is prohibited or is held to be void or unenforceable in any particular jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the parties hereto waive any provision of law which prohibits or renders void or unenforceable any provision hereof.

Section 14.            Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Trial by Jury. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE AGREEMENT, THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE PARTIES, AND/OR THE INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE PARTIES WILL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, EACH OF THE PURCHASER AND THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY (I) SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY NEW YORK STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN IN NEW YORK CITY WITH RESPECT TO MATTERS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT; (II) AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS WITH RESPECT TO ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING REGARDING SUCH MATTERS MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE OR FEDERAL COURTS; (III) WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST POSSIBLE EXTENT, WITH RESPECT TO SUCH COURTS, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM; (IV) AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW; AND (V) WAIVES TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, CLAIM, SUIT, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED UPON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) RELATING TO OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT.

Section 15.            Further Assurances. The Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser each agrees to execute and deliver such instruments and take such further actions as any other party hereto may, from time to time, reasonably request in order to effectuate the purposes and to carry out the terms of this Agreement.

Section 16.            Successors and Assigns. The rights and obligations of the Mortgage Loan Seller under this Agreement shall not be assigned by the Mortgage Loan Seller without the prior written consent of the Purchaser, except that any person into which the Mortgage Loan Seller may be merged or consolidated, or any person resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Mortgage Loan Seller is a party, or any person succeeding to all or substantially all of the business of the Mortgage Loan Seller, shall be the successor to the Mortgage

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Loan Seller hereunder. In connection with its transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the Trust as contemplated by the recitals hereto, the Purchaser is expressly authorized to assign its rights under this Agreement, in whole or in part, to the Trustee for the benefit of the registered holders and beneficial owners of the Certificates. To the extent of any such assignment, the Trustee, for the benefit of the registered holders and beneficial owners of the Certificates, shall be the Purchaser hereunder. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser, and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

Section 17.            Information. The Mortgage Loan Seller shall provide the Purchaser with such information about itself, the Mortgage Loans and the underwriting and servicing procedures applicable to the Mortgage Loans as is (i) required under the provisions of Regulation AB, (ii) required by a Rating Agency or a governmental agency or body or (iii) reasonably requested by the Purchaser for use in a private disclosure document.

Section 18.            Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and understanding of the parties with respect to the matters addressed herein, and this Agreement supersedes any prior agreements and/or understandings, written or oral, with respect to such matters; provided, however, that in no event shall this provision be construed to limit the effect of the Indemnification Agreement or the memorandum of understanding dated as of April 20, 2023 between the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Purchaser and certain other parties or any separate acknowledgments and agreements executed and delivered pursuant to such memorandum of understanding.

Section 19.            Recognition of U.S. Special Resolution Regimes.

(a)               In the event a Covered Party becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer of this Agreement (and any interest and obligation in or under, and any property securing, this Agreement) from such Covered Party will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement (and any interest and obligation in or under, and any property securing, this Agreement) were governed by the laws of the United States of America or a State of the United States of America.

(b)               In the event that a Covered Party or any BHC Affiliate of such Covered Party becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, any Default Right under this Agreement that may be exercised against such Covered Party is permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Right could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States of America or a State of the United States of America.

“BHC Affiliate” has the meaning assigned to the term “affiliate” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. §1841(k).

“Covered Party” means any party to this Agreement that is one of the following: (i) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §252.82(b); (ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §47.3(b), or any subsidiary of such a covered bank to which 12 C.F.R. Part 47 applies in

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accordance with 12 C.F.R. §47.3(b); or (iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §382.2(b).

“Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.

“U.S. Special Resolution Regime” means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

Section 20.            Limitation on the Exercise of Certain Rights Related to Affiliate Insolvency Proceedings.

(a)               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other agreement, but subject to the requirements of Section 19, no party to this Agreement shall be permitted to exercise any Default Right against a Covered Party with respect to this Agreement that is related, directly or indirectly, to a BHC Affiliate of such party becoming subject to a receivership, insolvency, liquidation, resolution, or similar proceeding (each an “Insolvency Proceeding”), except to the extent the exercise of such Default Right would be permitted under the creditor protection provisions of 12 C.F.R. § 252.84, 12 C.F.R. § 47.5, or 12 C.F.R. § 382.4, as applicable.

(b)               After a BHC Affiliate of a Covered Party has become subject to Insolvency Proceedings, if any party to this Agreement seeks to exercise any Default Right against such Covered Party with respect to this Agreement, the party seeking to exercise a Default Right shall have the burden of proof, by clear and convincing evidence, that the exercise of such Default Right is permitted hereunder.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above written.

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
	ASSOCIATION
By:	/s/ Kristin Halterman
	Name: Kristin Halterman
	Title:   Director

MSWF 2023-1 – Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (WFB)

MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL I INC.
By:	/s/ Jane Lam
	Name:  Jane Lam
	Title:    President

MSWF 2023-1 – Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (WFB)

EXHIBIT A

MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE

 

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MSWF 2023-1
Mortgage Loan Schedule 

Loan ID	Mortgage Loan Seller	Property Name	Cut-off Date Balance	Address	City	State	Note Date	Maturity Date or ARD	Mortgage Rate	Original Term to Maturity or ARD (mos.)	Remaining Term to Maturity or ARD (mos.)	Original Amortization Term (mos.)	ARD Loan (Y/N)	Primary Servicing Fee Rate	Non-Serviced Primary Servicing Fee Rate	Master Servicing Fee Rate
1	WFB	CX - 250 Water Street	$65,625,000	250 Water Street	Cambridge	MA	1/27/2023	2/10/2033	5.5095%	120	117	0	Yes	0.000000%	0.002500%	0.002500%
2	WFB	Barbours Cut IOS	$29,250,000	816 West Barbours Cut Boulevard	La Porte	TX	5/9/2023	6/6/2033	7.2000%	121	121	0	No	0.002500%	0.000000%	0.002500%
3	WFB	SOMO Village	$45,000,000	1100, 1200, 1300, 1400 & 1500 Valley House Drive	Rohnert Park	CA	4/13/2023	5/11/2033	6.5240%	120	120	360	No	0.002500%	0.000000%	0.002500%
4	WFB	100 & 150 South Wacker Drive	$35,000,000	100 & 150 South Wacker Drive	Chicago	IL	1/24/2023	2/1/2033	6.0890%	120	117	0	No	0.000000%	0.002500%	0.002500%
8	WFB	Conair Glendale	$30,000,000	7311 & 7475 North Glen Harbor Boulevard, 10669 & 10691 West Vista Avenue	Glendale	AZ	12/21/2022	1/6/2033	6.7450%	120	116	0	No	0.000000%	0.002500%	0.002500%
15	WFB	Renaissance Charlotte SouthPark Hotel	$20,500,000	5501 Carnegie Boulevard	Charlotte	NC	4/25/2023	5/11/2033	6.5300%	120	120	360	No	0.002500%	0.000000%	0.002500%
21	WFB	FedEx Ground - Lansing	$11,830,000	2290 South Canal Road	Lansing	MI	2/8/2023	2/11/2033	5.5300%	120	117	0	No	0.002500%	0.000000%	0.002500%
25	WFB	Rittenhouse Multifamily	$6,350,000	1707 Rittenhouse Square & 327 South 16th Street	Philadelphia	PA	4/24/2023	5/11/2033	6.5830%	120	120	0	No	0.002500%	0.000000%	0.002500%
26	WFB	Snapbox Storage Airship	$5,400,000	2420 Ridgeway Boulevard	Manchester Township	NJ	4/27/2023	5/11/2033	6.3440%	120	120	0	No	0.002500%	0.000000%	0.002500%
27	WFB	Prunedale Self Storage - CA	$2,900,000	8305 Prunedale North Road	Salinas	CA	3/31/2023	4/11/2033	6.4680%	120	119	0	No	0.002500%	0.000000%	0.002500%
29	WFB	160 West 72nd Street	$1,761,000	160 West 72nd Street	New York	NY	5/1/2023	5/11/2033	6.3490%	120	120	0	No	0.002500%	0.000000%	0.002500%

EXHIBIT B-1

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLER

The Mortgage Loan Seller hereby represents and warrants that, as of the date hereof:

(a)               The Mortgage Loan Seller is a national banking association duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the United States of America.

(b)               The Mortgage Loan Seller’s execution and delivery of, performance under, and compliance with this Agreement, will not violate the Mortgage Loan Seller’s organizational documents or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the breach of, any material agreement or other material instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound, which default or breach, in the good faith and reasonable judgment of the Mortgage Loan Seller, is likely to affect materially and adversely the ability of the Mortgage Loan Seller to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

(c)               The Mortgage Loan Seller has the full power and authority to consummate all transactions contemplated by this Agreement, has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and has duly executed and delivered this Agreement.

(d)               This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other party or parties hereto, constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of the Mortgage Loan Seller, enforceable against the Mortgage Loan Seller in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy, fraudulent transfer, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium, liquidation, conservatorship and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (B) general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law, and (C) public policy considerations.

(e)               The Mortgage Loan Seller is not in violation of, and its execution and delivery of, performance under and compliance with this Agreement will not constitute a violation of, any law, any order or decree of any court or arbiter, or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority, which violation, in the Mortgage Loan Seller’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to affect materially and adversely the ability of the Mortgage Loan Seller to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

(f)                No consent, approval, authorization or order of any state or federal court or governmental agency or body is required for the consummation by the Mortgage Loan Seller of the transactions contemplated herein, except for (A) those consents, approvals, authorizations or orders that previously have been obtained and (B) those filings and recordings of Mortgage Loan documents and assignments thereof that are contemplated by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be completed after the Closing Date.

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(g)               No litigation, arbitration, suit, proceeding or governmental investigation is pending or, to the best of the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, threatened against the Mortgage Loan Seller that, if determined adversely to the Mortgage Loan Seller, would prohibit the Mortgage Loan Seller from entering into this Agreement or that, in the Mortgage Loan Seller’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to materially and adversely affect the ability of the Mortgage Loan Seller to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

(h)               The transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser as contemplated herein is not subject to any bulk transfer or similar law in effect in any applicable jurisdiction.

(i)                 The Mortgage Loan Seller is not transferring the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser with any intent to hinder, delay or defraud its present or future creditors.

(j)                 The Mortgage Loan Seller will be solvent at all relevant times prior to, and will not be rendered insolvent by, its transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser, as contemplated herein.

(k)               After giving effect to its transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser, as provided herein, the value of the Mortgage Loan Seller’s assets, either taken at their present fair saleable value or at fair valuation, will exceed the amount of the Mortgage Loan Seller’s debts and obligations, including contingent and unliquidated debts and obligations of the Mortgage Loan Seller, and the Mortgage Loan Seller will not be left with unreasonably small assets or capital with which to engage in and conduct its business.

(l)                 The Mortgage Loan Seller does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or obligations beyond its ability to pay such debts and obligations as they mature.

(m)             No proceedings looking toward liquidation, dissolution or bankruptcy of the Mortgage Loan Seller are pending or contemplated.

(n)               The principal place of business and chief executive office of the Mortgage Loan Seller is located in the State of California.

(o)               The consideration received by the Mortgage Loan Seller upon the sale of the Mortgage Loans constitutes at least fair consideration and reasonably equivalent value for such Mortgage Loans.

 

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EXHIBIT B-2

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE PURCHASER

The Purchaser hereby represents and warrants that, as of the date hereof:

(a)               The Purchaser is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.

(b)               The Purchaser’s execution and delivery of, performance under, and compliance with this Agreement, will not violate the Purchaser’s organizational documents or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the breach of, any material agreement or other material instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound, which default or breach, in the good faith and reasonable judgment of the Purchaser, is likely to affect materially and adversely the ability of the Purchaser to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

(c)               This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other party or parties hereto, constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of the Purchaser, enforceable against the Purchaser in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and (B) general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

(d)               No litigation, arbitration, suit, proceeding or governmental investigation is pending or, to the best of the Purchaser’s knowledge, threatened against the Purchaser that, if determined adversely to the Purchaser, would prohibit the Purchaser from entering into this Agreement or that, in the Purchaser’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to materially and adversely affect the ability of the Purchaser to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

(e)               The Purchaser has the full power and authority to consummate all transactions contemplated by this Agreement, has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and has duly executed and delivered this Agreement.

(f)                The Purchaser is not in violation of, and its execution and delivery of, performance under and compliance with this Agreement will not constitute a violation of, any law, any order or decree of any court or arbiter, or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority, which violation, in the Purchaser’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to affect materially and adversely the ability of the Purchaser to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

(g)               The Purchaser (A) prepared one or more reports on Form ABS-15G (each, a “Form 15G”) containing the findings and conclusions of the Accountants’ Due Diligence Reports and meeting the requirements of that Form 15G, Rule 15Ga-2, and any other rules and regulations of the Commission and the Exchange Act; (B) provided a copy of the final draft of each such Form 15G to MS&Co. at least six (6) business days before the first sale

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in the offering contemplated by the Prospectus and Private Placement Memorandum; and (C) furnished each such Form 15G to the Commission on EDGAR at least five (5) business days before the first sale in the offering contemplated by the Prospectus and Private Placement Memorandum as required by Rule 15Ga-2.

(h)               The Purchaser has not dealt with any broker, investment banker, agent or other person, other than the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers and their respective affiliates, that may be entitled to any commission or compensation in connection with the sale of the Mortgage Loans or consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

 

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EXHIBIT C

MORTGAGE LOAN REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

For purposes of this Exhibit C, the phrases “the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge” or “the Mortgage Loan Seller’s belief” and other words and phrases of like import shall mean, except where otherwise expressly set forth below, the actual state of knowledge or belief of the Mortgage Loan Seller, its officers and employees directly responsible for the underwriting, origination, servicing or sale of the Mortgage Loans regarding the matters expressly set forth below in each case without having conducted any independent inquiry into such matters and without any obligation to have done so (except (i) having sent to the servicers servicing the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Mortgage Loan Seller, if any, specific inquiries regarding the matters referred to and (ii) as expressly set forth herein). All information contained in documents which are part of or required to be part of a Mortgage File, as specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (to the extent such documents exist) shall be deemed within the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge.

The Mortgage Loan Seller hereby represents and warrants that, as of the date herein below specified or, if no such date is specified, as of the date hereof, except with respect to the Exceptions described on Schedule C to this Agreement.

1.                  Intentionally Omitted.

2.                  Whole Loan; Ownership of Mortgage Loans. Except with respect to a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan, each Mortgage Loan is a whole loan and not a participation interest in a mortgage loan. At the time of the sale, transfer and assignment to the Depositor, no Mortgage Note or Mortgage was subject to any assignment (other than assignments to the Mortgage Loan Seller or (with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) to the related Non-Serviced Trustee for the related Non-Serviced Trust), participation (it being understood that a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan does not constitute a participation) or pledge, and the Mortgage Loan Seller had good title to, and was the sole owner of, each Mortgage Loan free and clear of any and all liens, charges, pledges, encumbrances, participations (other than with respect to agreements among noteholders with respect to a Whole Loan), any other ownership interests and other interests on, in or to such Mortgage Loan other than any servicing rights appointment, subservicing or similar agreement. The Mortgage Loan Seller has full right and authority to sell, assign and transfer each Mortgage Loan, and the assignment to the Depositor constitutes a legal, valid and binding assignment of such Mortgage Loan free and clear of any and all liens, pledges, charges or security interests of any nature encumbering such Mortgage Loan.

3.                  Loan Document Status. Each related Mortgage Note, Mortgage, Assignment of Leases (if a separate instrument), guaranty and other agreement executed by or on behalf of the related Mortgagor, guarantor or other obligor in connection with such Mortgage Loan is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the related Mortgagor, guarantor or other obligor (subject to any non-recourse provisions contained in any of the foregoing agreements and any applicable state anti-deficiency or market value limit deficiency legislation), as applicable, and is enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws

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affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and except that certain provisions in such Mortgage Loan documents (including, without limitation, provisions requiring the payment of default interest, late fees or Prepayment Premium/Yield Maintenance Charge) may be further limited or rendered unenforceable by applicable law, but (subject to the limitations set forth above) such limitations or unenforceability will not render such Mortgage Loan documents invalid as a whole or materially interfere with the Mortgagee’s realization of the principal benefits and/or security provided thereby (clauses (i) and (ii) collectively, the “Standard Qualifications”).

Except as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, there is no valid offset, defense, counterclaim or right of rescission available to the related Mortgagor with respect to any of the related Mortgage Notes, Mortgages or other Mortgage Loan documents, including, without limitation, any such valid offset, defense, counterclaim or right based on intentional fraud by Mortgage Loan Seller in connection with the origination of the Mortgage Loan, that would deny the Mortgagee the principal benefits intended to be provided by the Mortgage Note, Mortgage or other Mortgage Loan documents.

4.                  Mortgage Provisions. The Mortgage Loan documents for each Mortgage Loan, together with applicable state law, contain provisions that render the rights and remedies of the holder thereof adequate for the practical realization against the Mortgaged Property of the principal benefits of the security intended to be provided thereby, including realization by judicial or, if applicable, non-judicial foreclosure subject to the limitations set forth in the Standard Qualifications.

5.                  Intentionally Omitted.

6.                  Mortgage Status; Waivers and Modifications. Since origination and except by written instruments set forth in the related Mortgage File or as otherwise provided in the related Mortgage Loan documents (a) (1) to the knowledge of the Mortgage Loan Seller, there has been no forbearance, waiver or modification of the material terms of the Mortgage Loan which such forbearance, waiver, or modification relates to the COVID-19 emergency and (2) other than as related to the COVID-19 emergency, the material terms of such Mortgage, Mortgage Note, Mortgage Loan guaranty and related Mortgage Loan documents have not been waived, impaired, modified, altered, satisfied, canceled, subordinated or rescinded in any respect which materially interferes with the security intended to be provided by such mortgage; (b) no related Mortgaged Property or any portion thereof has been released from the lien of the related Mortgage in any manner which materially interferes with the security intended to be provided by such Mortgage or the use or operation of the remaining portion of such Mortgaged Property; and (c) neither the Mortgagor nor the guarantor has been released from its material obligations under the Mortgage Loan. With respect to each Mortgage Loan, except as contained in a written document included in the Mortgage File, there have been no modifications, amendments or waivers, that could be reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on such Mortgage Loan consented to by the Mortgage Loan Seller on or after the Cut-off Date.

7.                  Lien; Valid Assignment. Subject to the Standard Qualifications, each endorsement or assignment of Mortgage and assignment of Assignment of Leases from the

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Mortgage Loan Seller or its Affiliate is in recordable form (but for the insertion of the name of the assignee and any related recording information which is not yet available to the Mortgage Loan Seller) and constitutes a legal, valid and binding endorsement or assignment from the Mortgage Loan Seller, or its Affiliate, as applicable. Each related Mortgage and Assignment of Leases is freely assignable without the consent of the related Mortgagor. Each related Mortgage is a legal, valid and enforceable first lien on the related Mortgagor’s fee (or if identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, leasehold) interest in the Mortgaged Property in the principal amount of such Mortgage Loan or allocated loan amount (subject only to Permitted Encumbrances (as defined below) and the exceptions to paragraph 8 below (each such exception, a “Title Exception”)), except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by the Standard Qualifications. Such Mortgaged Property (subject to Permitted Encumbrances and Title Exceptions) as of origination and, to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, as of the Cut-off Date, is free and clear of any recorded mechanics’ or materialmen’s liens and other recorded encumbrances that would be prior to or equal with the lien of the related Mortgage (which lien secures the related Whole Loan, in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan), except those which are bonded over, escrowed for or insured against by the applicable Title Policy (as described below), and as of origination and, to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, as of the Cut-off Date, no rights exist which under law could give rise to any such lien or encumbrance that would be prior to or equal with the lien of the related Mortgage, except those which are bonded over, escrowed for or insured against by the applicable Title Policy. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no representation is made as to the perfection of any security interest in rents or other personal property to the extent that possession or control of such items or actions other than the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements is required to effect such perfection.

8.                  Permitted Liens; Title Insurance. Each Mortgaged Property securing a Mortgage Loan is covered by an American Land Title Association loan title insurance policy or a comparable form of loan title insurance policy approved for use in the applicable jurisdiction (or, if such policy is yet to be issued, by a pro forma policy, a preliminary title policy or a “marked up” commitment, in each case with escrow instructions and binding on the title insurer) (the “Title Policy”) in the original principal amount of such Mortgage Loan (or with respect to a Mortgage Loan secured by multiple properties, an amount equal to at least the allocated loan amount with respect to the Title Policy for each such property) after all advances of principal (including any advances held in escrow or reserves), that insures for the benefit of the owner of the indebtedness secured by the Mortgage, the first priority lien of the Mortgage (which lien secures the related Whole Loan, in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan), which lien is subject only to (a) the lien of current real property taxes, water charges, sewer rents and assessments not yet due and payable; (b) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record specifically identified in the Title Policy; (c) the exceptions (general and specific) and exclusions set forth in such Title Policy; (d) other matters to which like properties are commonly subject; (e) the rights of tenants (as tenants only) under leases (including subleases) pertaining to the related Mortgaged Property; (f) if the related Mortgage Loan constitutes a Crossed Underlying Loan, the lien of the Mortgage for another Mortgage Loan contained in the same Crossed Mortgage Loan Group, and (g) condominium declarations of record and identified in such Title Policy, provided that none of clauses (a) through (g), individually or in the aggregate, materially and adversely interferes with the value or principal use of the Mortgaged Property, the security intended to be provided by such Mortgage, or the current ability of the related Mortgaged Property to generate net cash flow sufficient to service the related Mortgage Loan or the

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Mortgagor’s ability to pay its obligations when they become due (collectively, the “Permitted Encumbrances”). For purposes of clause (a) of the immediately preceding sentence, any such taxes, assessments and other charges shall not be considered due and payable until the date on which interest and/or penalties would be payable thereon. Except as contemplated by clause (f) of the second preceding sentence none of the Permitted Encumbrances are mortgage liens that are senior to or coordinate and co-equal with the lien of the related Mortgage. Such Title Policy (or, if it has yet to be issued, the coverage to be provided thereby) is in full force and effect, all premiums thereon have been paid and no claims have been made by the Mortgage Loan Seller thereunder and no claims have been paid thereunder. Neither the Mortgage Loan Seller, nor to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, any other holder of the Mortgage Loan, has done, by act or omission, anything that would materially impair the coverage under such Title Policy. Each Title Policy contains no exclusion for, or affirmatively insures (except for any Mortgaged Property located in a jurisdiction where such affirmative insurance is not available in which case such exclusion may exist), (a) that the Mortgaged Property shown on the survey is the same as the property legally described in the Mortgage and (b) to the extent that the Mortgaged Property consists of two or more adjoining parcels, such parcels are contiguous.

9.                  Junior Liens. It being understood that B notes secured by the same Mortgage as a Mortgage Loan are not subordinate mortgages or junior liens, except for any Mortgage Loan that is cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with another Mortgage Loan, as of the Cut-off Date there are no subordinate mortgages or junior mortgage liens encumbering the related Mortgaged Property other than Permitted Encumbrances, mechanics’ or materialmen’s liens (which are the subject of the representation in paragraph (7) above), and equipment and other personal property financing. The Mortgage Loan Seller has no knowledge of any mezzanine debt secured directly by interests in the related Mortgagor other than as set forth on Exhibit C-32-1.

10.              Assignment of Leases and Rents. There exists as part of the related Mortgage File an Assignment of Leases (either as a separate instrument or incorporated into the related Mortgage). Subject to the Permitted Encumbrances and Title Exceptions (and, in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan, subject to the related Assignment of Leases constituting security for the entire Whole Loan), each related Assignment of Leases creates a valid first-priority collateral assignment of, or a valid first-priority lien or security interest in, rents and certain rights under the related lease or leases, subject only to a license granted to the related Mortgagor to exercise certain rights and to perform certain obligations of the lessor under such lease or leases, including the right to operate the related leased property, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by the Standard Qualifications. The related Mortgage or related Assignment of Leases, subject to applicable law and the Standard Qualifications, provides that, upon an event of default under the Mortgage Loan, a receiver may be appointed for the collection of rents or for the related Mortgagee to enter into possession to collect the rents or for rents to be paid directly to the Mortgagee.

11.              Financing Statements. Subject to the Standard Qualifications, each Mortgage Loan or related security agreement establishes a valid security interest in, and a UCC-1 financing statement has been filed and/or recorded (or, in the case of fixtures, the Mortgage constitutes a fixture filing) in all places necessary at the time of the origination of the Mortgage Loan (or, if not filed and/or recorded, has submitted or caused to be submitted in proper form for filing and/or recording) to perfect a valid security interest in, the personal property (creation and

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perfection of which is governed by the UCC) owned by the Mortgagor and necessary to operate such Mortgaged Property in its current use other than (1) non-material personal property, (2) personal property subject to purchase money security interests and (3) personal property that is leased equipment. Each UCC-1 financing statement, if any, filed with respect to personal property constituting a part of the related Mortgaged Property and each UCC-3 assignment, if any, filed with respect to such financing statement was in suitable form for filing in the filing office in which such financing statement was filed. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no representation is made as to the perfection of any security interest in rents or other personal property to the extent that possession or control of such items or actions other than the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements is required to effect such perfection.

12.              Condition of Property. The Mortgage Loan Seller or the originator of the Mortgage Loan inspected or caused to be inspected each related Mortgaged Property within six months of origination of the Mortgage Loan and within twelve months of the Cut-off Date.

An engineering report or property condition assessment was prepared in connection with the origination of each Mortgage Loan no more than twelve months prior to the Cut-off Date. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, based solely upon due diligence customarily performed in connection with the origination of comparable mortgage loans, as of the Closing Date, each related Mortgaged Property was free and clear of any material damage (other than (i) deferred maintenance for which escrows were established at origination and (ii) any damage fully covered by insurance) that would affect materially and adversely the use or value of such Mortgaged Property as security for the Mortgage Loan.

13.              Taxes and Assessments. As of the date of origination and, to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, as of the Cut-off Date, all taxes, governmental assessments and other outstanding governmental charges (including, without limitation, water and sewage charges) due with respect to the Mortgaged Property (excluding any related personal property) securing a Mortgage Loan that is or could become a lien on the related Mortgaged Property that became due and owing prior to the Cut-off Date with respect to each related Mortgaged Property have been paid, or, if the appropriate amount of such taxes or charges is being appealed or is otherwise in dispute, the unpaid taxes or charges are covered by an escrow of funds or other security sufficient to pay such tax or charge and reasonably estimated interest and penalties, if any, thereon. For purposes of this representation and warranty, any such taxes, assessments and other charges shall not be considered due and payable until the date on which interest and/or penalties would be payable thereon.

14.              Condemnation. As of the date of origination and to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge as of the Cut-off Date, there is no proceeding pending and, to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge as of the date of origination and as of the Cut-off Date, there is no proceeding threatened for the total or partial condemnation of such Mortgaged Property that would have a material adverse effect on the value, use or operation of the Mortgaged Property.

15.              Actions Concerning Mortgage Loan. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, based on evaluation of the Title Policy (as defined in paragraph 8), an engineering report or property condition assessment as described in paragraph 12, applicable local law compliance materials as described in paragraph 26, and the ESA (as defined in paragraph 43), as

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of origination there was no pending or filed action, suit or proceeding, arbitration or governmental investigation involving any Mortgagor, guarantor, or Mortgagor’s interest in the Mortgaged Property, an adverse outcome of which would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect (a) such Mortgagor’s title to the Mortgaged Property, (b) the validity or enforceability of the Mortgage, (c) such Mortgagor’s ability to perform under the related Mortgage Loan, (d) such guarantor’s ability to perform under the related guaranty, (e) the principal benefit of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage Loan documents, or (f) the current principal use of the Mortgaged Property.

16.              Escrow Deposits. All escrow deposits and escrow payments currently required to be escrowed with the Mortgagee pursuant to each Mortgage Loan (including capital improvements and environmental remediation reserves) are in the possession, or under the control, of the Mortgage Loan Seller or its servicer, and there are no delinquencies (subject to any applicable grace or cure periods) in connection therewith, and all such escrows and deposits (or the right thereto) that are required under the related Mortgage Loan documents are being conveyed by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Depositor or its servicer (or, in the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, to the related Non-Serviced Depositor or Non-Serviced Master Servicer for the related Non-Serviced Trust).

17.              No Holdbacks. The principal amount of the Mortgage Loan stated on the Mortgage Loan Schedule has been fully disbursed as of the Closing Date and there is no requirement for future advances thereunder (except in those cases where the full amount of the Mortgage Loan has been disbursed but a portion thereof is being held in escrow or reserve accounts pending the satisfaction of certain conditions relating to leasing, repairs, occupancy, performance or other matters with respect to the related Mortgaged Property, the Mortgagor or other considerations determined by the Mortgage Loan Seller to merit such holdback).

18.              Insurance. Each related Mortgaged Property is, and is required pursuant to the related Mortgage to be, insured by a property insurance policy providing coverage for loss in accordance with coverage found under a “special cause of loss form” or “all risk form” that includes replacement cost valuation issued by an insurer or insurers meeting the requirements of the related Mortgage Loan documents and having a claims-paying or financial strength rating meeting the Insurance Ratings Requirements (as defined below), in an amount (subject to customary deductibles) not less than the lesser of (1) the original principal balance of the Mortgage Loan and (2) the full insurable value on a replacement cost basis of the improvements, furniture, furnishings, fixtures and equipment owned by the Mortgagor included in the Mortgaged Property (with no deduction for physical depreciation), but, in any event, not less than the amount necessary or containing such endorsements as are necessary to avoid the operation of any coinsurance provisions with respect to the related Mortgaged Property.

“Insurance Ratings Requirements” means either (1) a claims paying or financial strength rating of at least “A-:VIII” from A.M. Best Company (“A.M. Best”) or “A3” (or the equivalent) from Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or “A-” from S&P Global Ratings (“S&P”) or (2) the Syndicate Insurance Ratings Requirements. “Syndicate Insurance Ratings Requirements” means insurance provided by a syndicate of insurers, as to which (i) if such syndicate consists of 5 or more members, at least 60% of the coverage is provided by insurers that meet the Insurance Ratings Requirements (under clause (1) of the definition of such term) and up

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to 40% of the coverage is provided by insurers that have a claims paying or financial strength rating of at least “BBB-” by S&P or at least “Baa3” by Moody’s, and (ii) if such syndicate consists of 4 or fewer members, at least 75% of the coverage is provided by insurers that meet the Insurance Ratings Requirements (under clause (1) of the definition of such term) and up to 25% of the coverage is provided by insurers that have a claims paying or financial strength rating of at least “BBB-” by S&P or at least “Baa3” by Moody’s.

Each related Mortgaged Property is also covered, and required to be covered pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan documents, by business interruption or rental loss insurance which (subject to a customary deductible) covers a period of not less than 12 months (or with respect to each Mortgage Loan on a single asset with a principal balance of $50 million or more, 18 months).

If any material part of the improvements, exclusive of a parking lot, located on a Mortgaged Property is in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards, the related Mortgagor is required to maintain insurance in an amount equal to the least of (a) the maximum amount available under the National Flood Insurance Program, plus such additional excess flood coverage in an amount as is generally required by prudent institutional commercial mortgage lenders originating mortgage loans for securitization, (b) the outstanding principal amount of the Mortgage Loan and (c) the insurable value of the Mortgaged Property.

If the Mortgaged Property is located within 25 miles of the coast of the Gulf of Mexico or the Atlantic coast of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina or North Carolina, the related Mortgagor is required to maintain coverage for windstorm and/or windstorm related perils and/or “named storms” issued by an insurer or insurers meeting the Insurance Ratings Requirements or endorsement covering damage from windstorm and/or windstorm related perils and/or named storms, in an amount not less than the lesser of (1) the original principal balance of the Mortgage Loan and (2) the full insurable value on a replacement cost basis of the improvements, furniture, furnishings, fixtures and equipment owned by the Mortgagor and included in the Mortgaged Property (with no deduction for physical depreciation), but, in any event, not less than the amount necessary or containing such endorsements as are necessary to avoid the operation of any coinsurance provisions with respect to the related Mortgaged Property by an insurer or insurers meeting the Insurance Ratings Requirements.

The Mortgaged Property is covered, and required to be covered pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan documents, by a commercial general liability insurance policy issued by an insurer or insurers meeting the Insurance Ratings Requirements including coverage for property damage, contractual damage and personal injury (including bodily injury and death) in amounts as are generally required by the Mortgage Loan Seller for similar commercial and multifamily loans intended for securitization, and in any event not less than $1 million per occurrence and $2 million in the aggregate.

An architectural or engineering consultant has performed an analysis of each of the Mortgaged Properties located in seismic zones 3 or 4 in order to evaluate the seismic condition of such property, for the sole purpose of assessing the probable maximum loss or scenario expected loss (“PML”) for the Mortgaged Property in the event of an earthquake. In such instance, the PML

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was based on a 475-year return period, an exposure period of 50 years and a 10% probability of exceedance. If the resulting report concluded that the PML would exceed 20% of the amount of the replacement costs of the improvements, earthquake insurance on such Mortgaged Property was obtained from an insurer or insurers meeting the Insurance Ratings Requirements (provided that for this purpose (only), the A.M. Best Company minimum rating referred to in the definition of Insurance Ratings Requirements will be deemed to be at least “A:VIII”) in an amount not less than 100% of the PML.

The Mortgage Loan documents require insurance proceeds (or an amount equal to such insurance proceeds) in respect of a property loss to be applied either (a) to the repair or restoration of all or part of the related Mortgaged Property, with respect to all property losses in excess of 5% of the then-outstanding principal amount of the related Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan, as applicable, the Mortgagee (or a trustee appointed by it) having the right to hold and disburse such proceeds as the repair or restoration progresses, or (b) to the payment of the outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan together with any accrued interest thereon.

All premiums on all insurance policies referred to in this section that are required by the Mortgage Loan documents to be paid as of the Cut-off Date have been paid, and such insurance policies name the Mortgagee under the Mortgage Loan and its successors and assigns as a loss payee under a mortgagee endorsement clause or, in the case of the general liability insurance policy, as named or additional insured. Such insurance policies will inure to the benefit of the Trustee (or, in the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the applicable Non-Serviced Trustee). Each related Mortgage Loan obligates the related Mortgagor to maintain all such insurance and, at such Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the Mortgagee to maintain such insurance at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense and to charge such Mortgagor for related premiums. All such insurance policies (other than commercial liability policies) require at least 10 days’ prior notice to the Mortgagee of termination or cancellation arising because of nonpayment of a premium and at least 30 days’ prior notice to the Mortgagee of termination or cancellation (or such lesser period, not less than 10 days, as may be required by applicable law) arising for any reason other than non-payment of a premium and no such notice has been received by the Mortgage Loan Seller.

19.              Access; Utilities; Separate Tax Parcels. Based solely on evaluation of the Title Policy (as defined in paragraph 8) and survey, if any, an engineering report or property condition assessment as described in paragraph 12, applicable local law compliance materials as described in paragraph 26, and the ESA (as defined in paragraph 43), each Mortgaged Property (a) is located on or adjacent to a public road and has direct legal access to such road, or has permanent access from a recorded easement or right of way permitting ingress and egress to/from a public road, (b) is served by or has access rights to public or private water and sewer (or well and septic) and other utilities necessary for the current use of the Mortgaged Property, all of which are adequate for the current use of the Mortgaged Property, and (c) constitutes one or more separate tax parcels which do not include any property which is not part of the Mortgaged Property or is subject to an endorsement under the related Title Policy insuring the Mortgaged Property, or in certain cases, an application has been made or is required to be made to the applicable governing authority for creation of separate tax parcels (or the Mortgage Loan documents so require such application in the future), in which case the Mortgage Loan requires the Mortgagor to escrow an amount sufficient to pay taxes for the existing tax parcel of which the Mortgaged Property is a part until the separate tax parcels are created.

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20.              No Encroachments. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge based solely on surveys obtained in connection with origination and the Title Policy obtained in connection with the origination of each Mortgage Loan, and except for encroachments that do not materially and adversely affect the current marketability or principal use of the Mortgaged Property: (a) all material improvements that were included for the purpose of determining the appraised value of the related Mortgaged Property at the time of the origination of such Mortgage Loan are within the boundaries of the related Mortgaged Property, except for encroachments that are insured against by the applicable Title Policy; (b) no material improvements on adjoining parcels encroach onto the related Mortgaged Property except for encroachments that are insured against by the applicable Title Policy; and (c) no material improvements encroach upon any easements except for encroachments that are insured against by the applicable Title Policy.

21.              No Contingent Interest or Equity Participation. No Mortgage Loan has a shared appreciation feature, any other contingent interest feature or a negative amortization feature (except that an ARD Loan may provide for the accrual of the portion of interest in excess of the rate in effect prior to the Anticipated Repayment Date) or an equity participation by the Mortgage Loan Seller.

22.              REMIC. The Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code (but determined without regard to the rule in Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(f)(2) that treats certain defective mortgage loans as qualified mortgages), and, accordingly, (A) the issue price of the Mortgage Loan to the related Mortgagor at origination did not exceed the non-contingent principal amount of the Mortgage Loan and (B) either: (a) such Mortgage Loan is secured by an interest in real property (including permanently affixed buildings and distinct structural components, such as wiring, plumbing systems and central heating and air conditioning systems, that are integrated into such buildings, serve such buildings in their passive functions and do not produce or contribute to the production of income other than consideration for the use or occupancy of space, but excluding personal property) having a fair market value (i) at the date the Mortgage Loan was originated at least equal to 80% of the adjusted issue price of the Mortgage Loan (together with any related Pari Passu Companion Loans) on such date or (ii) at the Closing Date at least equal to 80% of the adjusted issue price of the Mortgage Loan (together with any related Pari Passu Companion Loans) on such date, provided that for purposes hereof, the fair market value of the real property interest must first be reduced by (A) the amount of any lien on the real property interest that is senior to the Mortgage Loan and (B) a proportionate amount of any lien that is in parity with the Mortgage Loan; or (b) substantially all of the proceeds of such Mortgage Loan were used to acquire, improve or protect the real property which served as the only security for such Mortgage Loan (other than a recourse feature or other third-party credit enhancement within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(a)(1)(ii)). If the Mortgage Loan was “significantly modified” prior to the Closing Date so as to result in a taxable exchange under Section 1001 of the Code, it either (x) was modified as a result of the default or reasonably foreseeable default of such Mortgage Loan or (y) satisfies the provisions of either sub-clause (B)(a)(i) above (substituting the date of the last such modification for the date the Mortgage Loan was originated) or sub-clause (B)(a)(ii), including the proviso thereto. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the Mortgage Loan will not be considered “significantly modified” solely by reason of the Mortgagor having been granted a COVID-19 related forbearance prior to October 1, 2021 (or prior to such later date as may be provided by the IRS in a future guidance) provided that: (a) such Mortgage Loan forbearance is

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covered by Revenue Procedure 2020-26 (as modified by Revenue Procedure 2021-12) by reason of satisfying the requirements for such coverage stated in Section 5.02(2) thereof; and (b) the Mortgage Loan Seller shall have notified the depositor that such forbearance has occurred and notified the depositor of (x) the date on which such forbearance was granted, (y) the length in months of the forbearance, and (z) how the payments in forbearance will be paid (that is, by extension of maturity, change of amortization schedule, etc.). Any Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges applicable to the Mortgage Loan constitute “customary prepayment penalties” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-1(b)(2). All terms used in this paragraph shall have the same meanings as set forth in the related Treasury Regulations.

23.              Compliance with Usury Laws. The mortgage rate (exclusive of any default interest, late charges, Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium) of such Mortgage Loan complied as of the date of origination with, or was exempt from, applicable state or federal laws, regulations and other requirements pertaining to usury.

24.              Authorized to do Business. To the extent required under applicable law, as of the Cut-off Date or as of the date that such entity held the Mortgage Note, each holder of the Mortgage Note was authorized to transact and do business in the jurisdiction in which each related Mortgaged Property is located, or the failure to be so authorized does not materially and adversely affect the enforceability of such Mortgage Loan by the Trust.

25.              Trustee under Deed of Trust. With respect to each Mortgage which is a deed of trust, as of the date of origination and, to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, as of the Closing Date, a trustee, duly qualified under applicable law to serve as such, currently so serves and is named in the deed of trust or has been substituted in accordance with the Mortgage and applicable law or may be substituted in accordance with the Mortgage and applicable law by the related Mortgagee.

26.              Local Law Compliance. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, based upon any of a letter from any governmental authorities, a legal opinion, an architect’s letter, a zoning consultant’s report, an endorsement to the related Title Policy, a survey, or other affirmative investigation of local law compliance consistent with the investigation conducted by the Mortgage Loan Seller for similar commercial and multifamily mortgage loans intended for securitization, the improvements located on or forming part of each Mortgaged Property securing a Mortgage Loan are in material compliance with applicable laws, zoning ordinances, rules, covenants, and restrictions (collectively “Zoning Regulations”) governing the occupancy, use, and operation of such Mortgaged Property or constitute a legal non-conforming use or structure and any non-conformity with zoning laws constitutes a legal non-conforming use or structure which does not materially and adversely affect the use, operation or value of such Mortgaged Property. In the event of casualty or destruction, (a) the Mortgaged Property may be restored or repaired to the full extent necessary to maintain the use of the structure immediately prior to such casualty or destruction, (b) law and ordinance insurance coverage has been obtained for the Mortgaged Property in amounts customarily required by the Mortgage Loan Seller for similar commercial and multifamily loans intended for securitization, (c) title insurance policy coverage has been obtained with respect to any non-conforming use or structure, or (d) the inability to restore the Mortgaged Property to the full extent of the use or structure immediately prior to the casualty would not materially and adversely affect the use or operation of such Mortgaged Property. The Mortgage

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Loan documents require the related Mortgagor to be qualified to do business in the jurisdiction in which the related Mortgaged Property is located.

27.              Licenses and Permits. Each Mortgagor covenants in the Mortgage Loan documents that it shall keep all material licenses, permits, franchises, certificates of occupancy and applicable governmental approvals necessary for the operation of the Mortgaged Property in full force and effect, and to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge based upon any of a letter from any government authorities, zoning consultant’s report or other affirmative investigation of local law compliance consistent with the investigation conducted by the Mortgage Loan Seller for similar commercial and multifamily mortgage loans intended for securitization; all such material licenses, permits, franchises, certificates of occupancy and applicable governmental approvals are in effect or the failure to obtain or maintain such material licenses, permits, franchises or certificates of occupancy and applicable governmental approvals does not materially and adversely affect the use and/or operation of the Mortgaged Property as it was used and operated as of the date of origination of the Mortgage Loan or the rights of a holder of the related Mortgage Loan. The Mortgage Loan documents require the related Mortgagor to comply in all material respects with all applicable regulations, zoning and building laws.

28.              Recourse Obligations. The Mortgage Loan documents for each Mortgage Loan (a) provide that such Mortgage Loan becomes full recourse to the Mortgagor and guarantor (which is a natural person or persons, or an entity or entities distinct from the Mortgagor (but may be affiliated with the Mortgagor) that collectively, as of the date of origination of the related Mortgage Loan, have assets other than equity in the related Mortgaged Property that are not de minimis) in any of the following events (or negotiated provisions of substantially similar effect): (i) if any petition for bankruptcy, insolvency, dissolution or liquidation pursuant to federal bankruptcy law, or any similar federal or state law, shall be filed by, consented to, or acquiesced in by, the Mortgagor; (ii) the Mortgagor or guarantor shall have solicited or caused to be solicited petitioning creditors to cause an involuntary bankruptcy filing with respect to the Mortgagor or (iii) voluntary transfers of either the Mortgaged Property or controlling equity interests in the Mortgagor made in violation of the Mortgage Loan documents; and (b) contains provisions for recourse against the Mortgagor and guarantor (which is a natural person or persons, or an entity or entities distinct from the Mortgagor (but may be affiliated with the Mortgagor) that collectively, as of the date of origination of the related Mortgage Loan, have assets other than equity in the related Mortgaged Property that are not de minimis), for losses and damages resulting from the following (or negotiated provisions of substantially similar effect): (i) the Mortgagor’s misappropriation of rents after an event of default, security deposits, insurance proceeds, or condemnation awards; (ii) the Mortgagor’s fraud or intentional material misrepresentation; (iii)  breaches of the environmental covenants in the Mortgage Loan documents; or (iv) the Mortgagor’s commission of intentional material physical waste at the Mortgaged Property (but, in some cases, only to the extent there is sufficient cash flow generated by the related Mortgaged Property to prevent such waste).

29.              Mortgage Releases. The terms of the related Mortgage or related Mortgage Loan documents do not provide for release of any material portion of the Mortgaged Property from the lien of the Mortgage except (a) a partial release, accompanied by principal repayment, or partial defeasance (as described in paragraph 34) of not less than a specified percentage at least equal to 110% of the related allocated loan amount of such portion of the Mortgaged Property, (b) upon

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payment in full of such Mortgage Loan, (c) upon a Defeasance (defined in paragraph 34 below), (d) releases of out-parcels that are unimproved or other portions of the Mortgaged Property which will not have a material adverse effect on the underwritten value of the Mortgaged Property and which were not afforded any material value in the appraisal obtained at the origination of the Mortgage Loan and are not necessary for physical access to the Mortgaged Property or compliance with zoning requirements, or (e) as required pursuant to an order of condemnation. With respect to any partial release under the preceding clauses (a) or (d), either: (x) such release of collateral (i) would not constitute a “significant modification” of the subject Mortgage Loan within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(b)(2) and (ii) would not cause the subject Mortgage Loan to fail to be a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3)(A) of the Code; or (y) the Mortgagee or servicer can, in accordance with the related Mortgage Loan documents, condition such release of collateral on the related Mortgagor’s delivery of an opinion of tax counsel to the effect specified in the immediately preceding clause (x). For purposes of the preceding clause (x), if the fair market value of the real property constituting such Mortgaged Property (reduced by (1) the amount of any lien on the real property that is senior to the Mortgage Loan and (2) a proportionate amount of any lien on the real property that is in parity with the Mortgage Loan) after the release is not equal to at least 80% of the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan (together with any related Pari Passu Companion Loans) outstanding after the release, the Mortgagor is required to make a payment of principal in an amount not less than the amount required by the REMIC Provisions.

In the case of any Mortgage Loan, in the event of a taking of any portion of a Mortgaged Property by a State or any political subdivision or authority thereof, whether by legal proceeding or by agreement, unless an opinion of counsel is delivered as specified in clause (y) of the preceding paragraph, the Mortgagor can be required to pay down the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan (together with any related Pari Passu Companion Loans) in an amount not less than the amount required by the REMIC Provisions and, to such extent, the award from any such taking may not be required to be applied to the restoration of the Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgagor, if, immediately after the release of such portion of the Mortgaged Property from the lien of the Mortgage (but taking into account the planned restoration) the fair market value of the real property constituting the remaining Mortgaged Property (reduced by (1) the amount of any lien on the real property that is senior to the Mortgage Loan and (2) a proportionate amount of any lien on the real property that is in parity with the Mortgage Loan) is not equal to at least 80% of the remaining principal balance of the Mortgage Loan (together with any related Pari Passu Companion Loans).

No such Mortgage Loan that is secured by more than one Mortgaged Property or that is cross-collateralized with another Mortgage Loan permits the release of cross-collateralization of the related Mortgaged Properties or a portion thereof, including due to a partial condemnation, other than in compliance with the REMIC Provisions.

30.              Financial Reporting and Rent Rolls. Each Mortgage Loan requires the Mortgagor to provide the owner or holder of the Mortgage Loan with (a) quarterly (other than for single-tenant properties) and annual operating statements, (b) quarterly (other than for single-tenant properties) rent rolls (or maintenance schedules in the case of Mortgage Loans secured by residential cooperative properties) for properties that have any individual lease which accounts for more than 5% of the in-place base rent, and (c) annual financial statements.

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31.              Acts of Terrorism Exclusion. With respect to each Mortgage Loan over $20 million, and to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge with respect to each Mortgage Loan of $20 million or less, as of origination the related special-form all-risk insurance policy and business interruption policy (issued by an insurer or insurers meeting the Insurance Ratings Requirements) do not specifically exclude Acts of Terrorism, as defined in the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002, as amended (collectively referred to as “TRIPRA”), from coverage, or if such coverage is excluded, it is covered by a separate terrorism insurance policy. With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the related Mortgage Loan documents do not expressly waive or prohibit the Mortgagee from requiring coverage for Acts of Terrorism, as defined in TRIPRA, or damages related thereto, except to the extent that any right to require such coverage may be limited by commercial availability on commercially reasonable terms, or as otherwise indicated on Schedule C; provided, that if TRIPRA or a similar or subsequent statute is not in effect, then, provided that terrorism insurance is commercially available, the Mortgagor under each Mortgage Loan is required to carry terrorism insurance, but in such event the Mortgagor shall not be required to spend on terrorism insurance coverage more than two times the amount of the insurance premium that is payable in respect of the property and business interruption/rental loss insurance required under the related Mortgage Loan documents (without giving effect to the cost of terrorism and earthquake components of such casualty and business interruption/rental loss insurance) at the time of the origination of the Mortgage Loan, and if the cost of terrorism insurance exceeds such amount, the Mortgagor is required to purchase the maximum amount of terrorism insurance available with funds equal to such amount.

32.              Due on Sale or Encumbrance. Subject to specific exceptions set forth below, each Mortgage Loan contains a “due-on-sale” or other such provision for the acceleration of the payment of the unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan if, without the consent of the holder of the Mortgage (which consent, in some cases, may not be unreasonably withheld) and/or complying with the requirements of the related Mortgage Loan documents (which provide for transfers without the consent of the Mortgagee which are customarily acceptable to the Mortgage Loan Seller, including, but not limited to, transfers of worn-out or obsolete furnishings, fixtures, or equipment promptly replaced with property of equivalent value and functionality and transfers by leases entered into in accordance with the Mortgage Loan documents), (a) the related Mortgaged Property, or any equity interest of greater than 50% in the related Mortgagor, is directly or indirectly pledged, transferred or sold (in each case, a “Transfer”), other than as related to (i) family and estate planning Transfers or Transfers upon death or legal incapacity, (ii) Transfers to certain affiliates as defined in the related Mortgage Loan documents, (iii) Transfers of less than, or other than, a controlling interest in a Mortgagor, (iv) Transfers to another holder of direct or indirect equity in the Mortgagor, a specific Person designated in the related Mortgage Loan documents or a Person satisfying specific criteria identified in the related Mortgage Loan documents, (v) Transfers of common stock in publicly traded companies, (vi) a substitution or release of collateral within the parameters of paragraphs 29 and 34 herein, or (vii) by reason of any mezzanine debt that existed at the origination of the related Mortgage Loan as set forth on Exhibit C-32-1, or future permitted mezzanine debt as set forth on Exhibit C-32-2, or (b) the related Mortgaged Property is encumbered with a subordinate lien or security interest against the related Mortgaged Property, other than (i) any Companion Loan of any Mortgage Loan or any subordinate debt that existed at origination and is permitted under the related Mortgage Loan documents, (ii) purchase money security interests (iii) any Mortgage Loan that is cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with another Mortgage Loan as set forth on Exhibit C-32-3 or (iv) Permitted

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Encumbrances. The Mortgage or other Mortgage Loan documents provide that to the extent any Rating Agency fees are incurred in connection with the review of and consent to any transfer or encumbrance, the Mortgagor is responsible for such payment along with all other reasonable fees and expenses incurred by the Mortgagee relative to such transfer or encumbrance.

33.              Single-Purpose Entity. Each Mortgage Loan requires the Mortgagor to be a Single-Purpose Entity for at least as long as the Mortgage Loan is outstanding. Each Mortgage Loan with a Cut-off Date Balance of $30 million or more has a counsel’s opinion regarding non-consolidation of the Mortgagor. For this purpose, a “Single-Purpose Entity” shall mean an entity, other than an individual, whose organizational documents and the related Mortgage Loan documents (or if the Mortgage Loan has a Cut-off Date Balance equal to $10 million or less, its organizational documents or the related Mortgage Loan documents) provide substantially to the effect that it was formed or organized solely for the purpose of owning and operating one or more of the Mortgaged Properties and prohibit it from engaging in any business unrelated to such Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties, and whose organizational documents further provide, or which entity represented in the related Mortgage Loan documents, substantially to the effect that it does not have any assets other than those related to its interest in and operation of such Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties, or any indebtedness other than as permitted by the related Mortgage(s) or the other related Mortgage Loan documents, that it has its own books and records and accounts separate and apart from those of any other person (other than a Mortgagor for a Mortgage Loan that is cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with the related Mortgage Loan), and that it holds itself out as a legal entity, separate and apart from any other person or entity.

34.              Defeasance. With respect to any Mortgage Loan that, pursuant to the Mortgage Loan documents, can be defeased (a “Defeasance”), (i) the Mortgage Loan documents provide for defeasance as a unilateral right of the Mortgagor, subject to satisfaction of conditions specified in the Mortgage Loan documents; (ii) the Mortgage Loan cannot be defeased within two years after the Closing Date; (iii) the Mortgagor is permitted to pledge only United States “government securities” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(a)(8)(ii), the revenues from which will be sufficient to make all scheduled payments under the Mortgage Loan when due, including the entire remaining principal balance on the maturity date (or on or after the first date on which payment may be made without payment of a Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium) or, if the Mortgage Loan is an ARD Loan, the entire principal balance outstanding on the Anticipated Repayment Date (or on or after the first date on which payment may be made without payment of a Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium), and if the Mortgage Loan permits partial releases of real property in connection with partial defeasance, the revenues from the collateral will be sufficient to pay all such scheduled payments calculated on a principal amount equal to a specified percentage at least equal to 110% of the allocated loan amount for the real property to be released; (iv) the defeasance collateral is not permitted to be subject to prepayment, call, or early redemption; (v) the Mortgagor is required to provide a certification from an independent certified public accountant that the collateral is sufficient to make all scheduled payments under the Mortgage Note as set forth in clause (iii) above; (vi) the defeased note and the defeasance collateral are required to be assumed by a Single-Purpose Entity; (vii) the Mortgagor is required to provide an opinion of counsel that the Trustee has a perfected security interest in such collateral prior to any other claim or interest; and (viii) the Mortgagor is required to pay all rating agency fees associated with defeasance (if rating

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confirmation is a specific condition precedent thereto) and all other reasonable expenses associated with defeasance, including, but not limited to, accountant’s fees and opinions of counsel.

35.              Fixed Interest Rates. Each Mortgage Loan bears interest at a rate that remains fixed throughout the remaining term of such Mortgage Loan, except in the case of ARD Loans and in situations where default interest is imposed.

36.              Ground Leases. For purposes of this Exhibit C, a “Ground Lease” shall mean a lease creating a leasehold estate in real property where the fee owner as the ground lessor conveys for a term or terms of years its entire interest in the land and buildings and other improvements, if any, comprising the premises demised under such lease to the ground lessee (who may, in certain circumstances, own the building and improvements on the land), subject to the reversionary interest of the ground lessor as fee owner.

With respect to any Mortgage Loan where the Mortgage Loan is secured by a Ground Leasehold estate in whole or in part, and the related Mortgage does not also encumber the related lessor’s fee interest in such Mortgaged Property, based upon the terms of the Ground Lease and any estoppel or other agreement received from the ground lessor in favor of Mortgage Loan Seller, its successors and assigns (collectively, the “Ground Lease and Related Documents”), Mortgage Loan Seller represents and warrants that:

(A)             The Ground Lease or a memorandum regarding such Ground Lease has been duly recorded or submitted for recordation in a form that is acceptable for recording in the applicable jurisdiction. The Ground Lease and Related Documents permit the interest of the lessee to be encumbered by the related Mortgage and do not restrict the use of the related Mortgaged Property by such lessee, its successors or assigns in a manner that would materially adversely affect the security provided by the related Mortgage. No material change in the terms of the Ground Lease has occurred since its recordation, except by any written instruments which are included in the related Mortgage File;

(B)              The lessor under such Ground Lease has agreed in a writing included in the related Mortgage File (or in such Ground Lease and Related Documents) that the Ground Lease may not be amended, modified, canceled or terminated by agreement of lessor and lessee without the prior written consent of the Mortgagee and that any such action without such consent is not binding on the Mortgagee, its successors or assigns, provided that the Mortgagee has provided lessor with notice of its lien in accordance with the terms of the Ground Lease;

(C)              The Ground Lease has an original term (or an original term plus one or more optional renewal terms, which, under all circumstances, may be exercised, and will be enforceable, by either the Mortgagor or the Mortgagee) that extends not less than 20 years beyond the stated maturity of the related Mortgage Loan, or 10 years past the stated maturity if such Mortgage Loan fully amortizes by the stated maturity (or with respect to a Mortgage Loan that accrues on an actual 360 basis, substantially amortizes);

(D)             The Ground Lease either (i) is not subject to any interests, estates, liens or encumbrances superior to, or of equal priority with, the Mortgage, except for the related

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fee interest of the ground lessor and the Permitted Encumbrances and Title Exceptions; or (ii) is the subject of a subordination, non-disturbance or attornment agreement or similar agreement to which the Mortgagee on the lessor’s fee interest is subject;

(E)              Subject to the notice requirements of the Ground Lease and Related Documents, the Ground Lease does not place commercially unreasonable restrictions on the identity of the Mortgagee and the Ground Lease is assignable to the holder of the Mortgage Loan and its successors and assigns without the consent of the lessor thereunder (or, if such consent is required it either has been obtained or cannot be unreasonably withheld, provided that such Ground Lease has not been terminated and all amounts due thereunder have been paid), and in the event it is so assigned, it is further assignable by the holder of the Mortgage Loan and its successors and assigns without the consent of the lessor (or, if such consent is required it either has been obtained or cannot be unreasonably withheld, provided that such Ground Lease has not been terminated and all amounts due thereunder have been paid);

(F)              The Mortgage Loan Seller has not received any written notice of material default under or notice of termination of such Ground Lease. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, there is no material default under such Ground Lease and no condition that, but for the passage of time or giving of notice, would result in a material default under the terms of such Ground Lease and to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, such Ground Lease is in full force and effect as of the Closing Date;

(G)             The Ground Lease and Related Documents require the lessor to give to the Mortgagee written notice of any default and provide that no notice of default or termination is effective against the Mortgagee unless such notice is given to the Mortgagee;

(H)             A Mortgagee is permitted a reasonable opportunity (including, where necessary, sufficient time to gain possession of the interest of the lessee under the Ground Lease through legal proceedings) to cure any default under the Ground Lease which is curable after the Mortgagee’s receipt of notice of any default before the lessor may terminate the Ground Lease;

(I)                The Ground Lease does not impose any restrictions on subletting that would be viewed as commercially unreasonable by the Mortgage Loan Seller in connection with the origination of similar commercial or multifamily loans intended for securitization;

(J)                Under the terms of the Ground Lease and Related Documents, any related insurance proceeds or the portion of the condemnation award allocable to the ground lessee’s interest (other than in respect of a total or substantially total loss or taking as addressed in subpart (K)) will be applied either to the repair or to restoration of all or part of the related Mortgaged Property with (so long as such proceeds are in excess of the threshold amount specified in the related Mortgage Loan documents) the Mortgagee or a trustee appointed by it having the right to hold and disburse such proceeds as repair or restoration progresses, or to the payment of the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, together with any accrued interest;

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(K)             In the case of a total or substantially total taking or loss, under the terms of the Ground Lease and Related Documents, any related insurance proceeds, or portion of the condemnation award allocable to ground lessee’s interest in respect of a total or substantially total loss or taking of the related Mortgaged Property to the extent not applied to restoration, will be applied first to the payment of the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, together with any accrued interest; and

(L)              Provided that the Mortgagee cures any defaults which are susceptible to being cured, the ground lessor has agreed to enter into a new lease with the Mortgagee upon termination of the Ground Lease for any reason, including rejection of the Ground Lease in a bankruptcy proceeding.

37.              Servicing. The servicing and collection practices used by the Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to the Mortgage Loan have been, in all respects legal and have met with customary industry standards for servicing of commercial loans for conduit loan programs.

38.              Origination and Underwriting. The origination practices of the Mortgage Loan Seller (or the related originator if the Mortgage Loan Seller was not the originator) with respect to each Mortgage Loan have been, in all material respects, legal and as of the date of its origination, such Mortgage Loan and the origination thereof complied in all material respects with, or was exempt from, all requirements of federal, state or local law relating to the origination of such Mortgage Loan; provided that such representation and warranty does not address or otherwise cover any matters with respect to federal, state or local law otherwise covered in this Exhibit C.

39.              Intentionally Omitted.

40.              No Material Default; Payment Record. No Mortgage Loan has been more than 30 days delinquent, without giving effect to any grace or cure period, in making required payments in the prior 12 months (or since origination if such Mortgage Loan has been originated within the past 12 months), and as of Cut-off Date, no Mortgage Loan is delinquent (beyond any applicable grace or cure period) in making required payments. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, there is (a) no material default, breach, violation or event of acceleration existing under the related Mortgage Loan, or (b) no event (other than payments due but not yet delinquent) which, with the passage of time or with notice and the expiration of any grace or cure period, would constitute a material default, breach, violation or event of acceleration, which default, breach, violation or event of acceleration in the case of either clause (a) or clause (b), materially and adversely affects the value of the Mortgage Loan or the value, use or operation of the related Mortgaged Property; provided, however, that this representation and warranty does not cover any default, breach, violation or event of acceleration that specifically pertains to or arises out of an exception scheduled to any other representation and warranty made by the Mortgage Loan Seller in this Exhibit C. No person other than the holder of such Mortgage Loan may declare any event of default under the Mortgage Loan or accelerate any indebtedness under the Mortgage Loan documents.

41.              Bankruptcy. As of the date of origination of the related Mortgage Loan and to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge as of the Cut-off Date, neither the Mortgaged Property (other than any tenants of such Mortgaged Property), nor any portion thereof, is the subject of, and

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no Mortgagor, guarantor or tenant occupying a single-tenant property is a debtor in state or federal bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding.

42.              Organization of Mortgagor. With respect to each Mortgage Loan, in reliance on certified copies of the organizational documents of the Mortgagor delivered by the Mortgagor in connection with the origination of such Mortgage Loan, the Mortgagor is an entity organized under the laws of a state of the United States of America, the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Except with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with another Mortgage Loan and other than as set forth on Exhibit C-32-4, no Mortgage Loan has a Mortgagor that is an Affiliate of a Mortgagor with respect to another Mortgage Loan. An “Affiliate” for purposes of this paragraph (42) means, a Mortgagor that is under direct or indirect common ownership and control with another Mortgagor.

43.              Environmental Conditions. A Phase I environmental site assessment (or update of a previous Phase I and or Phase II environmental site assessment) and, with respect to certain Mortgage Loans, a Phase II environmental site assessment (collectively, an “ESA”) meeting ASTM requirements was conducted by a reputable environmental consultant in connection with such Mortgage Loan within 12 months prior to its origination date (or an update of a previous ESA was prepared), and such ESA (i) did not identify the existence of recognized environmental conditions (as such term is defined in ASTM E1527-13 or its successor, hereinafter “Environmental Condition”) at the related Mortgaged Property or the need for further investigation, or (ii) if the existence of an Environmental Condition or need for further investigation was indicated in any such ESA, then at least one of the following statements is true: (A) an amount reasonably estimated by a reputable environmental consultant to be sufficient to cover the estimated cost to cure any material noncompliance with applicable Environmental Laws or the Environmental Condition has been escrowed by the related Mortgagor and is held or controlled by the related Mortgagee; (B) if the only Environmental Condition relates to the presence of asbestos-containing materials, radon in indoor air, lead based paint or lead in drinking water, the only recommended action in the ESA is the institution of such a plan, an operations or maintenance plan has been required to be instituted by the related Mortgagor that can reasonably be expected to mitigate the identified risk; (C) the Environmental Condition identified in the related environmental report was remediated or abated or contained in all material respects prior to the date hereof, and, if and as appropriate, a no further action, completion or closure letter or its equivalent was obtained from the applicable governmental regulatory authority (or the environmental issue affecting the related Mortgaged Property was otherwise listed by such governmental authority as “closed” or a reputable environmental consultant has concluded that no further action is required); (D) an environmental policy or a lender’s pollution legal liability insurance policy that covers liability for the identified circumstance or condition was obtained from an insurer rated no less than “A-” (or the equivalent) by Moody’s, S&P, Fitch Ratings, Inc. and/or A.M. Best; (E) a party not related to the Mortgagor was identified as the responsible party for such condition or circumstance and such responsible party has financial resources reasonably estimated to be adequate to address the situation; or (F) a party related to the Mortgagor having financial resources reasonably estimated to be adequate to address the situation is required to take action. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, except as set forth in the ESA, there is no Environmental Condition (as such term is defined in ASTM E1527-13 or its successor) at the related Mortgaged Property.

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44.              Intentionally Omitted.

45.              Appraisal. The Servicing File contains an appraisal of the related Mortgaged Property with an appraisal date within 6 months of the Mortgage Loan origination date, and within 12 months of the Cut-off Date. The appraisal is signed by an appraiser that (i) (A) is a Member of the Appraisal Institute or (B) has a comparable professional designation and possesses the level of experience required to evaluate commercial real estate collateral, and (ii) to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, had no interest, direct or indirect, in the Mortgaged Property or the Mortgagor or in any loan made on the security thereof, and whose compensation is not affected by the approval or disapproval of the Mortgage Loan. Each appraiser has represented in such appraisal or in a supplemental letter that the appraisal satisfies the requirements of the “Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice” as adopted by the Appraisal Standards Board of the Appraisal Foundation.

46.              Mortgage Loan Schedule. The information pertaining to each Mortgage Loan which is set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached as an exhibit to this Agreement is true and correct in all material respects as of the Cut-off Date and contains all information required by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be contained therein.

47.              Cross-Collateralization. No Mortgage Loan is cross-collateralized or cross-defaulted with any other mortgage loan that is outside the Mortgage Pool, except in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan.

48.              Advance of Funds by the Mortgage Loan Seller. Except for loan proceeds advanced at the time of loan origination or other payments contemplated by the Mortgage Loan documents, no advance of funds has been made by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the related Mortgagor, and no funds have been received from any person other than the related Mortgagor or an affiliate, directly, or, to the knowledge of the Mortgage Loan Seller, indirectly for, or on account of, payments due on the Mortgage Loan. Neither the Mortgage Loan Seller nor any affiliate thereof has any obligation to make any capital contribution to any Mortgagor under a Mortgage Loan, other than contributions made on or prior to the Closing Date.

49.              Compliance with Anti-Money Laundering Laws. The Mortgage Loan Seller has complied in all material respects with all applicable anti-money laundering laws and regulations, including without limitation the U.S. Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 and USA Patriot Act of 2001 with respect to the origination of the Mortgage Loan.

For purposes of this Exhibit C, “Mortgagee” means the mortgagee, grantee or beneficiary under any Mortgage, any holder of legal title to any portion of any Mortgage Loan or, if applicable, any agent or servicer on behalf of such party.

For purposes of this Exhibit C, “Mortgagor” means the obligor or obligors on a Mortgage Note, including without limitation, any person that has acquired the related Mortgaged Property and assumed the obligations of the original obligor under the Mortgage Note and including in connection with any Mortgage Loan that utilizes an indemnity deed of trust structure, the borrower and the Mortgaged Property owner/payment guarantor/mortgagor individually and collectively, as the context may require.

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Exhibit C-32-1

List of Mortgage Loans with Current Mezzanine Debt

None.

Exh. C-32-1-1

Exhibit C-32-2

List of Mortgage Loans with Permitted Mezzanine Debt

None.

Exh. C-32-2-1

 

Exhibit C-32-3

List of Cross-Collateralized and Cross-Defaulted Mortgage Loans

None.

Exh. C-32-3-1

 

Exhibit C-32-4

List of Mortgage Loans with Affiliated Mortgagors

None.

Exh. C-32-4-1

 

SCHEDULE C

EXCEPTIONS TO MORTGAGE LOAN REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

The exceptions to the representations and warranties set forth below are listed by the number of the related representation and warranty set forth on Exhibit C and the mortgage loan name and number identified on Exhibit A. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Schedule C shall have the meanings set forth in Exhibit C or, if not defined therein, in this Agreement.

 

Rep. No. on Exhibit C	Mortgage Loan and Number as Identified on Exhibit A	Description of the Exception
8	CX - 250 Water Street (Loan No. 1)	The Phase I environmental site assessment obtained in connection with loan origination with respect to subject property identified a controlled recognized environmental condition (CREC) associated with prior industrial and rail yard uses, including lead and petroleum soil contamination, and the presence of urban fill material typical of the local area. On-site testing between 2010 and 2022 confirmed the presence of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), metals, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and petroleum hydrocarbons in urban fill soil. No groundwater impacts above applicable standards were identified. To address contaminated soil issues, the borrower filed a Release Abatement Measure (RAM) Completion Report with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection for the area within the related building footprint, consisting of soil excavation to approximately 35-40 feet below ground surface and removal of over 100,000 tons of material for off-site disposal. Any residual contamination in areas outside the building footprint will be capped with landscape or hardscape and subject to use and activity limitations. According to the Phase I ESA, such construction-related remedial actions, when completed, will result in regulatory closure for the subject property, and no other actions were recommended.
8	Barbours Cut IOS (Loan No. 2)	The mortgaged property is security for 5 pari passu notes aggregating $93,500,000. The northern portion of the mortgaged property was used as a municipal landfill from 1970 to 1985, and is currently used for industrial outdoor storage purposes.  The site is being managed under the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality’s (TCEQ’s) Voluntary Cleanup Program. Following remediation activities including improvements to drainage, cap/ cover and landfill gas management systems, the TCEQ issued a Conditional Certificate of Completion in 2014 that imposed various restrictive covenants on the affected portion of the mortgaged property, including: (i) prohibiting the removal or modification of the landfill without TCEQ’s prior approval; (ii) prohibiting use and exposure to groundwater beneath the landfill until chemicals of concern no longer exceeded levels protective of human health; (iii) inspecting and, if necessary, maintaining and repairing physical controls; (iv) prohibiting the removal or modification of the landfill gas ventilation system, and (v) requiring TCEQ’s prior

Sch. C-1

 

Rep. No. on Exhibit C	Mortgage Loan and Number as Identified on Exhibit A	Description of the Exception
		approval for development of enclosed structures. There are no enclosed structures on the former landfill site.
12	CX - 250 Water Street (Loan No. 1)	The mortgaged property is security for 20 pari passu notes aggregating $531,350,000. The property condition assessment obtained in connection with the origination of the loan is dated June 17, 2022 (more than six months prior to the January 27, 2023 loan origination).
18	CX - 250 Water Street (Loan No. 1)	The mortgaged property is security for 20 pari passu notes aggregating $531,350,000. The loan documents permit a property insurance deductible up to $100,000. The in-place coverage provides for a $25,000 deductible.
18	Barbours Cut IOS (Loan No. 2)	The mortgaged property is security for 5 pari passu notes aggregating $93,500,000. The loan documents permit a property insurance deductible up to $200,000. The in-place coverage provides for a $200,000 deductible.
18	100 & 150 South Wacker Drive (Loan No. 4)	The mortgaged property is security for 2 pari passu notes aggregating $100,000,000. The loan documents permit a property insurance deductible up to $100,000. The in-place coverage provides for a $25,000 deductible.
18	Conair Glendale (Loan No. 8)	The mortgaged property is security for 2 pari passu notes aggregating $100,000,000. The loan documents permit a property insurance deductible up to $100,000. The in-place coverage provides for a $100,000 deductible.
28	All Wells Fargo Bank, National Association Loans (Loan Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 15, 21, 25, 26, 27, 29)	With respect to actions or events triggering recourse to the borrower or guarantor, the loan documents may provide additional qualifications or limitations, or recast the effect of a breach from springing recourse to a losses carve-out, in circumstances where, apart from identified bad acts of the borrower or guarantor, actions other than borrower-affiliated parties are involved, the property cash flow is inadequate for debt service or other required payments, the effect of the exercise of lender remedies restricts the borrower's access to adequate property cash flow for such purposes, inadequate property cash flow results in involuntary liens from other creditors, or there are lesser or time-limited violations of the triggering actions or events, including transfer violations that do not result in a property transfer or a change in control of the borrower, related to the borrower's inadvertent failure to provide adequate notice or timely or complete information otherwise required by the loan documents, or otherwise obtain necessary prior approval therefor.
28	CX - 250 Water Street (Loan No. 1)	The mortgaged property is security for 20 pari passu notes aggregating $531,350,000. (i) SPE Borrower-Only on Carve-Outs. The loan documents provide that only the SPE borrower is liable for the enumerated recourse carve-outs. The Cut-Off Date loan-to-value ratio is 48.8%. (ii) Lender

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Rep. No. on Exhibit C	Mortgage Loan and Number as Identified on Exhibit A	Description of the Exception
		Obligation to Proceed Against Environmental Insurance First. The sponsor has a premises environmental liability insurance policy in-place covering the mortgaged property. The policy issued by Great American E & S Insurance Company has a $20,000,000 aggregate limit and $20,000,000 per claim sublimit, with a 10-year term ending in 2033 (the loan has an Anticipated Repayment Date of February 10, 2033 and matures on February 10, 2038), and having a $25,000 deductible per claim. The loan documents do not require the environmental insurance; however, so long as such environmental insurance (or a like-successor policy) is in-place, the lender is required to apply proceeds actually obtained from the policy to indemnified costs prior to recovering indemnified costs from the borrower; and, for a period not to exceed 120 days, the lender is required to pursue (or allow the borrower to pursue) recovery under the policy prior to pursuing its rights and remedies against the borrower.
31	All Wells Fargo Bank, National Association Loans (Loan Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 15, 21, 25, 26, 27, 29)	To the extent exceptions have been taken to the Insurance representation (#18) for failure to provide required insurance, such as self-insurance and leased fee situations, such exceptions also apply to the Acts of Terrorism representation.
34	CX - 250 Water Street (Loan No. 1)	The loan documents provide that the related borrower is not required to pay defeasance fees of the servicer in excess of $25,000.
43	CX - 250 Water Street (Loan No. 1)	The Phase I environmental site assessment obtained in connection with loan origination with respect to subject property identified a controlled recognized environmental condition (CREC) associated with prior industrial and rail yard uses, including lead and petroleum soil contamination, and the presence of urban fill material typical of the local area. On-site testing between 2010 and 2022 confirmed the presence of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, metals, polychlorinated biphenyls, volatile organic compounds, and petroleum hydrocarbons in urban fill soil. No groundwater impacts above applicable standards were identified. To address contaminated soil issues, the borrower filed a Release Abatement Measure Completion Report with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection for the area within the related building footprint, consisting of soil excavation to approximately 35-40 feet below ground surface and removal of over 100,000 tons of material for off-site disposal. Any residual contamination in areas outside the building footprint will be capped with landscape or hardscape and subject to use and activity limitations. According to the Phase I ESA, such construction-related remedial actions, when completed, will result in regulatory closure for the subject property, and no other actions were recommended.
45	CX - 250 Water Street (Loan No. 1)	The mortgaged property is security for 20 pari passu notes aggregating $531,350,000. The appraisal obtained in connection with the origination of

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Rep. No. on Exhibit C	Mortgage Loan and Number as Identified on Exhibit A	Description of the Exception
		the loan is dated June 16, 2022 (more than six months prior to the January 27, 2023 loan origination).

 

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EXHIBIT D-1

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF THE SECRETARY OR
AN ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLER

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

ASSISTANT SECRETARY’S CERTIFICATE

I, [_____], an Assistant Secretary of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking association (the “Mortgage Loan Seller”), HEREBY CERTIFY that:

1. Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a true and complete copy of the Articles of Association of the Mortgage Loan Seller, which are in full force and effect on the date hereof.

2. Attached hereto as Exhibit B is a true and correct copy of the By-laws of the Mortgage Loan Seller, which are in full force and effect on the date hereof.

3. Attached hereto as Exhibit C is a true and complete copy of resolutions relating to loan sales and securitizations duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Mortgage Loan Seller as of September 5, 2007. Such resolutions have not been modified, amended, rescinded or revoked and remain in full force and effect on the date hereof.

4. Each person who, as an officer or representative of the Mortgage Loan Seller, signed any document delivered in connection with the MSWF 2023-1 transaction was at the respective times of such signing and delivery, and is now, duly elected or appointed, qualified and acting as such officer or representative and the signatures of such persons appearing on such documents are their genuine signatures.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have signed this Certificate as of May 25, 2023.

Name:

Title:

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EXHIBIT D-2

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLER

CERTIFICATE OF MORTGAGE LOAN SELLER

In connection with the execution and delivery by Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (“Wells Fargo Bank”) of the various transactions contemplated by that certain Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement dated and effective as of May 19, 2023 (the “Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement”) between Wells Fargo Bank, as seller, and Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as purchaser (the “Purchaser”), the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) except as set forth on Schedule C to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the representations and warranties of Wells Fargo Bank in or made pursuant to Section 4(a) and Section 4(b) of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement are true and correct in all material respects at and as of the date hereof with the same effect as if made on the date hereof, provided that any representations and warranties made as of a specified date shall be true and correct as of such specified date, (ii) Wells Fargo Bank has, in all material respects, complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part required under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the date hereof, and (iii) since the date of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, there will not have been, immediately prior to the transfer of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, any material adverse change in the financial condition of Wells Fargo Bank. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.

Certified this May 25, 2023.

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By:
	Name:
	Title:

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EXHIBIT E

FORM OF OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE OF
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

[_], 2023

Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc.
1585 Broadway
New York, New York 10036
Attention: Jane Lam

Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc.
1633 Broadway, 29th Floor
New York, New York 10019
Attention: Legal Compliance Division

cmbs_notices@morganstanley.com

With copies to the Addressees listed on Schedule A

Re: MSWF 2023-1 – Officer’s Certificate Pursuant to Section 4(i) of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement

Reference is hereby made to that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023, and that certain Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated and effective as of May 19, 2023 (the “Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement”), between the undersigned (the “Mortgage Loan Seller”) and Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc. In accordance with Section 4(i) of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the Mortgage Loan Seller hereby certifies to the parties listed on Schedule A, as follows:

1. The Mortgage Loan Seller has delivered the Diligence File (as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) with respect to each Mortgage Loan to the Designated Site (as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement); and

2. Each Diligence File constitutes all documents required under the definition of “Diligence File” and such Diligence File is organized and categorized in accordance with the electronic file structure reasonably agreed to by the Depositor and Mortgage Loan Seller.

Capitalized terms used herein without definition have the meanings given them in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this diligence file certification to be executed by its duly authorized officer or representative, the [_] day of [_] 2023.

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Sincerely yours,
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By:
	Name:
	Title:

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SCHEDULE A

LIST OF ADDRESSEES TO BE COPIED

GENERAL MASTER SERVICER:

Email: commercial.servicing@wellsfargo.com

GENERAL SPECIAL SERVICER:

Email: ahundertmark@argenticservices.com and jmayfield@argenticservices.com

CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR:

Email: CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com; trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com

TRUSTEE:

Email: CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com; trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com

DIRECTING CERTIFICATEHOLDER:

Email: jbrand@argenticmgmt.com

ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER:

Email: notices@pentalphasurveillance.com

OPERATING ADVISOR:

Email: notices@pentalphasurveillance.com

 

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EXHIBIT F

FORM OF LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

TO COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AND ARGENTIC SERVICES COMPANY LP WITH RESPECT TO MSWF COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE TRUST 2023-1, COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2023-1

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement dated and effective as of May 19, 2023 (the “Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement”), between Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (“Seller”) and Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc. (“Depositor”), Seller is selling certain commercial, multifamily and/or manufactured housing community mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”) to Depositor;

WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between the Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as general master servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as general special servicer (the “General Special Servicer”), Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as certificate administrator, as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), as custodian (in such capacity, the “Custodian”), as certificate registrar, and as authenticating agent, the Trustee, the Custodian and the General Special Servicer are granted certain powers, responsibilities and authority in connection with the completion and the filing and recording of assignments of mortgage, deeds of trust or similar documents, Form UCC-3 assignments of financing statements, reassignments of assignments of leases, rents and profits and other Mortgage Loan documents required to be filed or recorded in appropriate public filing and recording offices;

WHEREAS, Seller has agreed to provide this Limited Power of Attorney pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement;

NOW, THEREFORE, Seller does hereby make, constitute and appoint the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee), acting solely in its capacity as Custodian under, and in accordance with the terms of, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, Seller’s true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact with respect to each Mortgage Loan in Seller’s name, place and stead: (i) to complete (to the extent necessary) and to cause to be submitted for filing or recording in the appropriate public filing or recording offices, all assignments of mortgage, deeds of trust or similar documents, assignments or reassignments of rents, leases and profits, in each case in favor of the Trustee, as set forth in the definition of “Mortgage File” in Section 1.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, that have been received by the Trustee or a Custodian on its behalf, and all Form UCC-3 assignments of financing statements and all other comparable instruments or documents with respect to the Mortgage Loans which are customarily and reasonably necessary or appropriate to assign agreements, documents and instruments pertaining to the Mortgage Loans, in each case in favor of the Trustee as set forth in the definition of “Mortgage File” in, and in accordance with Section 1.01 of, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and to evidence, provide notice of and perfect such assignments and conveyances in favor of the Trustee in the public records of the appropriate filing and recording offices; and (ii) to prepare, execute and file or record in the appropriate public filing or recording offices, as applicable, all other Mortgage Loan documents

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to be recorded under the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any such Mortgage Loan documents which have not been submitted for filing or recordation by Seller on or before the date hereof or which have been so submitted but are subsequently lost or returned unrecorded or unfiled as a result of actual or purported defects therein, in order to evidence, provide notice of and perfect such documents in the public records of the appropriate filing and recording offices. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Limited Power of Attorney shall grant to the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) and the General Special Servicer only such powers, responsibilities and authority as are set forth in Section 2 of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.

Seller does also hereby make, constitute and appoint the General Special Servicer, acting solely in its capacity as General Special Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, Seller’s true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact with respect to the Mortgage Loans in Seller’s name, place and stead solely to exercise and perform all of the rights, authority and powers of the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) as set forth in the preceding paragraph in the event of the failure or the incapacity of the Custodian to do so for any reason. As between the General Special Servicer and any third party, no evidence of the failure or incapacity of the Custodian shall be required and such third party may rely upon the General Special Servicer’s written statement that it is acting pursuant to the terms of this Limited Power of Attorney.

The enumeration of particular powers herein is not intended in any way to limit the grant to the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) or the General Special Servicer as Seller’s attorney-in-fact of full power and authority with respect to the Mortgage Loans to complete (to the extent necessary), file and record any documents, instruments or other writings referred to above as fully, to all intents and purposes, as Seller might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming whatsoever such attorney-in-fact shall and may do by virtue hereof; and Seller agrees and represents to those dealing with such attorney-in-fact that they may rely upon this Limited Power of Attorney until termination thereof under the provisions of the second following paragraph below. As between Seller, the Depositor, the General Special Servicer, the Custodian, the Trust and the Certificateholders, neither the Custodian nor the General Special Servicer may exercise any right, authority or power granted by this Limited Power of Attorney in a manner which would violate the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, but any and all third parties dealing with the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) or the General Special Servicer as Seller’s attorney-in-fact may rely completely, unconditionally and conclusively on the authority of the Custodian or the General Special Servicer, as applicable, and need not make any inquiry about whether the Custodian or the General Special Servicer is acting pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Any purchaser, title insurance company or other third party may rely upon a written statement by the Custodian or the General Special Servicer that any particular Mortgage Loan or related mortgaged real property in question is subject to and included under this Limited Power of Attorney and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Any act or thing lawfully done hereunder by the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) or the General Special Servicer shall be binding on Seller and Seller’s successors and assigns.

This Limited Power of Attorney shall continue in full force and effect with respect to the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) and the General Special Servicer, as applicable, until the earliest occurrence of any of the following events:

(1) with respect to the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee), the termination of the Custodian and its replacement with a successor Custodian under the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement;

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(2) with respect to the General Special Servicer, the termination of such entity and its replacement with a successor General Special Servicer under the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement;

(3) with respect to the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee), the appointment of a receiver or conservator with respect to the business of the Custodian, or the filing of a voluntary or involuntary petition in bankruptcy by or against the Custodian;

(4) with respect to the General Special Servicer, the appointment of a receiver or conservator with respect to the business of such entity, or the filing of a voluntary or involuntary petition in bankruptcy by or against such entity;

(5) with respect to each of the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) and the General Special Servicer and any Mortgage Loan, such Mortgage Loan is no longer a part of the Trust;

(6) with respect to each of the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) and the General Special Servicer, the termination of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in accordance with its terms; and

(7) with respect to the General Special Servicer, the occurrence and continuance of, or failure to cure, any of the events described under Section 7.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the General Special Servicer.

Nothing herein shall be deemed to amend or modify the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the respective rights, duties or obligations of Seller under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, and nothing herein shall constitute a waiver of any rights or remedies under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or, if not defined therein, then in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

THIS POWER OF ATTORNEY AND THE RIGHTS, DUTIES, OBLIGATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS AND DECISIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THE PARTIES HERETO INTEND THAT THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW SHALL APPLY TO THIS AGREEMENT.

[Signature on next page]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Seller has caused this instrument to be executed and its corporate seal to be affixed hereto by its officer duly authorized as of _______________, 2023.

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By:
	Name:
	Title:

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

STATE OF	)
	)ss:
COUNTY OF	)

On this ____ day of _____________ 20__, before me appeared __________________, to me personally known, who, being by me duly sworn did say that he/she is the ___________________ of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, and that the seal affixed to the foregoing instrument is the corporate seal of said entity, and that said instrument was signed and sealed in behalf of said entity by authority of its board of directors (or equivalent authorizing parties), and said ___________________ acknowledged said instrument to be the free act and deed of said entity.

	Name:
		Notary Public in and for said County and State
My Commission Expires:

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EX-99.2

Exhibit 99.2

 EXECUTION VERSION

MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”), is dated and effective as of May 19, 2023, between Argentic Real Estate Finance 2 LLC, as seller (in such capacity, together with its successors and permitted assigns hereunder, the “Mortgage Loan Seller” or “Seller”), and Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as purchaser (in such capacity, together with its successors and permitted assigns hereunder, the “Purchaser”).

RECITALS

The Mortgage Loan Seller desires to sell, assign, transfer, set over and otherwise convey to the Purchaser, without recourse, representation or warranty, other than as set forth herein, and the Purchaser desires to purchase, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the commercial, multifamily and/or manufactured housing community mortgage loans (collectively, the “Mortgage Loans”) identified on the schedule annexed hereto as Exhibit A (as such schedule may be amended from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof, the “Mortgage Loan Schedule”).

The Purchaser intends to create a trust (the “Trust”), the primary assets of which will be a segregated pool of commercial, multifamily and/or manufactured housing community mortgage loans, that includes the Mortgage Loans. Beneficial ownership of the assets of the Trust (such assets collectively, the “Trust Fund”) will be evidenced by a series of mortgage pass-through certificates (the “Certificates”). Certain classes of the Certificates will be rated by nationally recognized statistical rating organizations (the “Rating Agencies”). Certain classes of Certificates (the “Registered Certificates”) will be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and certain classes of Certificates (the “Non-Registered Certificates”) will not be registered under the Securities Act. The Trust will be created and the Certificates will be issued pursuant to a pooling and servicing agreement to be dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as depositor (the “Depositor”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as general master servicer (the “General Master Servicer”), Argentic Services Company LP, as general special servicer (the “General Special Servicer”), Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as operating advisor (in such capacity, the “Operating Advisor”) and as asset representations reviewer (in such capacity, the “Asset Representations Reviewer”), and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), as tax administrator and as custodian (in such capacity, the “Custodian”). Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as in full force and effect on the Closing Date (as defined in Section 1 hereof) (except with respect to the definition of “Servicing File,” which for purposes of this Agreement shall not include the documents described in clause (b) in the definition of such term in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement). Any reference to a provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as in full force and effect on the Closing Date. It is anticipated that the Purchaser will transfer the Mortgage Loans to the Trustee on behalf of the Trust contemporaneously with its purchase of the Mortgage Loans hereunder.

The Purchaser intends to sell the Registered Certificates to Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (“MS&Co.”), Wells Fargo Securities, LLC (“WFS”) and Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC

   

 

(“Siebert Williams Shank”, and together with MS&Co. and WFS, collectively in such capacities, the “Underwriters”) pursuant to an underwriting agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “Underwriting Agreement”), between the Purchaser, Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC and the Underwriters. The Purchaser intends to sell the Non-Registered Certificates to MS&Co., WFS and Siebert Williams Shank (collectively in such capacities, the “Initial Purchasers”) pursuant to a certificate purchase agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “Certificate Purchase Agreement”), between the Purchaser, Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC and the Initial Purchasers. The Certificates are more fully described in (a) that certain prospectus dated May 23, 2023 (together with all annexes and exhibits thereto and information incorporated therein by reference as of the date of filing thereof, the “Prospectus”), relating to the Registered Certificates and (b) that certain private placement memorandum, dated May 23, 2023 (together with all annexes and exhibits thereto, the “Private Placement Memorandum”), relating to the Non-Registered Certificates, as each may be amended or supplemented at any time hereafter.

The Mortgage Loan Seller will indemnify the Depositor, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers and certain related parties with respect to certain disclosure regarding the Mortgage Loans that is contained in (a) that certain preliminary prospectus, dated May 11, 2023, relating to the Registered Certificates (together with all annexes and exhibits thereto and information incorporated therein by reference as of the last Time of Sale (as defined in the Indemnification Agreement), the “Preliminary Prospectus”), (b) that certain preliminary private placement memorandum, dated May 11, 2023, relating to the Non-Registered Certificates (together with all annexes and exhibits thereto, the “Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum”), (c) the Prospectus, (d) the Private Placement Memorandum and (e) certain other disclosure documents and offering materials relating to the Certificates, pursuant to an indemnification agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “Indemnification Agreement”), between the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Depositor, the Underwriters and the Initial Purchasers.NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements set forth herein, the parties agree as follows:

Section 1.                Agreement to Purchase. The Mortgage Loan Seller agrees to sell, assign, transfer, set over and otherwise convey to the Purchaser, without recourse, representation or warranty, other than as set forth herein, and the Purchaser agrees to purchase from the Mortgage Loan Seller, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Mortgage Loans. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Mortgage Loan identified on Exhibit B to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as “Barbours Cut IOS” (the “Barbours Cut IOS Mortgage Loan”) is a Joint Mortgage Loan with respect to the Mortgage Loan Seller and was co-originated by Wells Fargo Bank, National Association and the Mortgage Loan Seller, and the Mortgage Loan Seller is only selling to the Purchaser the related Mortgage Note(s) in favor of the Mortgage Loan Seller (or one of its affiliates) and its successors and assigns in the original principal amount of $35,750,000 (and only such Mortgage Note(s) will constitute a “Mortgage Loan” or “Mortgage Note(s)” hereunder). The purchase and sale of the Mortgage Loans shall take place on May 25, 2023 or such other date as shall be mutually acceptable to the parties hereto (the “Closing Date”). As of the Cut-off Date, the Mortgage Loans will have an aggregate principal balance, after application of all payments of principal due on the Mortgage Loans, if any, on or before such date, whether or not received, of  (i) $145,800,000, plus (ii) $35,750,000, representing the 55% pari passu interest of the Mortgage Loan Seller in the Barbours Cut IOS Mortgage Loan, which pari

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passu interest is represented by the related Mortgage Note(s) in favor of the Mortgage Loan Seller (or one of its affiliates) and its successors and assigns. The purchase price for the Mortgage Loans shall be an amount set forth on the cross receipt between the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser dated the Closing Date (which price reflects no deduction for any transaction expenses for which the Mortgage Loan Seller is responsible). The Purchaser shall pay such purchase price to the Mortgage Loan Seller on the Closing Date by wire transfer in immediately available funds or by such other method as shall be mutually acceptable to the parties hereto.

Section 2.                Conveyance of the Mortgage Loans. (a) Effective as of the Closing Date, subject only to receipt of the purchase price referred to in Section 1 hereof and the satisfaction of the other conditions to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s obligations set forth herein, the Mortgage Loan Seller does hereby sell, assign, transfer, set over and otherwise convey to the Purchaser, without recourse, representation or warranty, other than as set forth herein, all of the right, title and interest of the Mortgage Loan Seller in, to and under the Mortgage Loans and all documents included in the related Mortgage Files and Servicing Files, with the understanding that a servicing rights purchase and sale agreement or comparable agreement may be executed by the Mortgage Loan Seller and the General Master Servicer. Such assignment includes all scheduled payments of principal and interest under and proceeds of the Mortgage Loans received after their respective Cut-off Dates (other than scheduled payments of interest and principal due on or before their respective Cut-off Dates, which shall belong and be promptly remitted to the Mortgage Loan Seller) together with all documents delivered or caused to be delivered hereunder with respect to such Mortgage Loans by the Mortgage Loan Seller (including all documents included in the related Mortgage Files and Servicing Files and any other documents required to be delivered by the Mortgage Loan Seller under Sections 2.01(b) and (c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement). The Purchaser shall be entitled to receive all scheduled payments of principal and interest due on the Mortgage Loans after their respective Cut-off Dates, and all other recoveries of principal and interest collected thereon after their respective Cut-off Dates (other than scheduled payments of principal and interest due on the Mortgage Loans on or before their respective Cut-off Dates and collected after such respective Cut-off Dates or, in the case of Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans (if any), due on or prior to the related date of substitution and collected after such date, in each case, which shall belong to the Mortgage Loan Seller), except any Seller Defeasance Rights and Obligations.

After the Mortgage Loan Seller’s transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser, as provided herein, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall not take any action inconsistent with the Purchaser’s ownership of the Mortgage Loans. Except for actions that are the express responsibility of another party hereunder or under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and further except for actions that the Mortgage Loan Seller is expressly permitted to complete subsequent to the Closing Date, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall, on or before the Closing Date, take all actions required under applicable law to effectuate the transfer of the Mortgage Loans by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Purchaser.

It is expressly agreed and understood that, notwithstanding the assignment of the Mortgage Loan documents, it is expressly intended that the Mortgage Loan Seller will receive the benefit of any securitization indemnification provisions in the Mortgage Loan documents.

(b)               The conveyance of the Mortgage Loans and the related rights and property accomplished hereby is intended by the parties hereto to constitute a sale by the Mortgage Loan

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Seller of all the Mortgage Loan Seller’s right, title and interest in and to such Mortgage Loans and such other related rights and property by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Purchaser. Furthermore, it is not intended that such conveyance be a pledge of security for a loan. If such conveyance is determined to be a pledge of security for a loan, however, then: (i) this Agreement shall constitute a security agreement under applicable law; (ii) the Mortgage Loan Seller shall be deemed to have granted to the Purchaser, and in any event, the Mortgage Loan Seller hereby grants to the Purchaser, a first priority security interest in all of the Mortgage Loan Seller’s right, title and interest, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in and to (1) the Mortgage Loans, (2) all documents included in the related Mortgage Files and Servicing Files, (3) all scheduled payments of principal and interest due on the Mortgage Loans after their respective Cut-off Dates, and (4) all other recoveries of principal and interest collected thereon after their respective Cut-off Dates (other than scheduled payments of principal and interest due on the Mortgage Loans on or before their respective Cut-off Dates and collected after such respective Cut-off Dates or, in the case of Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans (if any), due on or prior to the related date of substitution and collected after such date); (iii) the assignment by the Purchaser to the Trustee of its interests in the Mortgage Loans as contemplated by Section 16 hereof shall be deemed to be an assignment of any security interest created hereunder; (iv) the possession by the Purchaser (or the Custodian) of the Mortgage Notes with respect to the Mortgage Loans subject hereto from time to time and such other items of property as constitute instruments, money, negotiable documents or chattel paper shall be deemed to be “possession by the secured party” or possession by a purchaser or person designated by such secured party for the purpose of perfecting such security interest under applicable law; and (v) notifications to, and acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from, Persons holding such property, shall be deemed to be notifications to, or acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from, securities intermediaries, bailees or agents (as applicable) of the Purchaser for the purpose of perfecting such security interest under applicable law. The Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser shall, to the extent consistent with this Agreement, take such actions as may be reasonably necessary to ensure that, if this Agreement were deemed to create a security interest in the Mortgage Loans, such security interest would be a perfected security interest of first priority under applicable law and will be maintained as such throughout the term of this Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

(c)               In connection with the Mortgage Loan Seller’s assignment pursuant to Section 2(a) above, the Mortgage Loan Seller, at its expense, shall deliver to and deposit with, or cause to be delivered to and deposited with, the Custodian, (x) on or before the Closing Date, the Mortgage Note relating to each Mortgage Loan so assigned, endorsed to the Trustee or in blank as specified in clause (i) of the definition of “Mortgage File” in Section 1.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (or, alternatively, if the original executed Mortgage Note has been lost, a lost note affidavit and indemnity with a copy of such Mortgage Note as specified in clause (i) of the definition of “Mortgage File”) and (y) on or before the date that is forty-five (45) days following the Closing Date (or such later date as may be provided under Sections 2.01(b) or (c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to any item), the remainder of the Mortgage File for each Mortgage Loan and, except in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Non-Serviced Whole Loan as of the Closing Date (which delivery shall be subject to clauses (e) and (f) in the proviso of the definition of “Mortgage File”), any other items required to be delivered or deposited by the Mortgage Loan Seller under Sections 2.01(b) and (c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (other than amounts from reserve accounts and originals of letters of credit, which shall be transferred to the General Master Servicer) for each Mortgage Loan, and shall take such other

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actions and pay such costs with respect to the Mortgage Loans as may be required under Sections 2.01(b) and (c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, with respect to any Joint Mortgage Loan, the obligations of each of the Mortgage Loan Seller and any other Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to such Joint Mortgage Loan (an “Other Mortgage Loan Seller”) to deliver a Mortgage Note to the Custodian shall be limited to delivery of only the Mortgage Note(s) held by such party to the Custodian. With respect to any Joint Mortgage Loan, the obligations of the Mortgage Loan Seller and any Other Mortgage Loan Seller to deliver the remaining portion of the related Mortgage File or any document required to be delivered with respect thereto shall be joint and several, provided that either of the Mortgage Loan Seller or any Other Mortgage Loan Seller may deliver one Mortgage File or one of any other document required to be delivered with respect to such Joint Mortgage Loan hereunder, and such delivery shall satisfy such delivery requirements for the Mortgage Loan Seller and each such Other Mortgage Loan Seller.

In addition, on or prior to the fifth (5th) Business Day after the Closing Date, the Mortgage Loan Seller, at its expense, shall deliver to the Custodian five (5) limited powers of attorney substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F in favor of the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) and the General Special Servicer to empower the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) and, in the event of the failure or incapacity of the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee), the General Special Servicer, to sign and/or deliver to a third party for submission, or to cause the Custodian to sign and/or deliver to a third party for submission, at the expense of the Mortgage Loan Seller, any Mortgage Loan documents required to be recorded as described in Section 2.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and any intervening assignments with evidence of recording thereon that are required to be included in the Mortgage Files (so long as original counterparts have previously been delivered to the Trustee (or the Custodian on its behalf)). The Mortgage Loan Seller agrees to reasonably cooperate with the Custodian, the Trustee and the General Special Servicer in connection with any additional powers of attorney or revisions thereto that are requested by such parties for purposes of such recordation. The parties hereto agree that no such power of attorney shall be used with respect to any Mortgage Loan by or under authorization by any party hereto except to the extent that the absence of a document described in the second preceding sentence with respect to such Mortgage Loan remains unremedied as of the earlier of (i) the date that is one hundred eighty (180) days following the delivery of notice of such absence to the Mortgage Loan Seller, but in no event earlier than eighteen (18) months from the Closing Date, and (ii) the date (if any) on which such Mortgage Loan becomes a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan. The Custodian or the General Special Servicer, as applicable, shall submit such documents for recording, at the Mortgage Loan Seller’s expense, after the periods set forth above, provided, the Custodian or the General Special Servicer, as applicable, shall not submit such assignments for recording if the Mortgage Loan Seller produces evidence that it or a third-party on its behalf has sent any such assignment for recording and certifies that the Mortgage Loan Seller is awaiting its return from the applicable recording office.

(d)               In accordance with Section 2.01(b) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, with respect to the delivery of a letter of credit in the manner described in clause (A) of clause (xii) of the definition of “Mortgage File”, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall be deemed to have satisfied the delivery requirements of this Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by delivering to the Custodian within ten (10) Business Days following the Closing

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Date with respect to any such letter(s) of credit a copy of such letter of credit, the transfer documentation and such transmittal communication to the issuing bank indicating that such document has been delivered to the issuing bank for reissuance. If a letter of credit is not in a form that would allow the General Master Servicer to draw on such letter of credit on behalf of the Trust in accordance with the applicable terms thereof and/or of the related Mortgage Loan documents, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall deliver copies of the appropriate transfer or assignment documents to the Custodian promptly following receipt of written notification thereof. If not otherwise paid by the related Mortgagor, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall pay any transfer fee required in order to transfer the beneficiary’s interest from such Mortgage Loan Seller to the General Master Servicer on behalf of the Trust as required hereunder and shall cooperate with the reasonable requests of the General Master Servicer in connection with effectuating a draw under any such letter of credit prior to the date such letter of credit is reissued to the General Master Servicer on behalf of the Trust.

With respect to letters of credit delivered in accordance with subclause (B) of clause (xii) of the definition of “Mortgage File”, within sixty (60) days of the Closing Date or such shorter period as is required by the terms of such letter of credit or other applicable Mortgage Loan documents, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall notify the bank issuing the letter of credit that the General Master Servicer on behalf of the Trustee shall be the beneficiary under such letter of credit. Section 3.01(f) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement requires the General Master Servicer to present such letter of credit and the related assignment documentation delivered by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the letter of credit bank issuing such letter of credit and request that such letter of credit bank reissue the letter of credit in the name of “Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as General Master Servicer, on behalf of Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of registered holders of MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1”. Section 3.01(f) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement further requires the General Master Servicer to use reasonable efforts to obtain such reissued letter of credit back from the issuing letter of credit bank within sixty (60) days (and in any event within ninety (90) days) following the Closing Date. The Mortgage Loan Seller shall provide such reasonable cooperation as requested by the General Master Servicer, including without limitation by delivering such additional assignment or amendment documents required by the issuing bank in order to reissue a letter of credit as provided above.

(e)                                            [Reserved.]

(f)                                               In connection with the Mortgage Loan Seller’s assignment pursuant to Section 2(a) above, the Mortgage Loan Seller, at its expense, shall deliver to and deposit with, or cause to be delivered to and deposited with, or make available or cause to be made available to, the General Master Servicer in accordance with Section 2.01(d) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the following items: (i) within the timeframe for delivery set forth in Section 2.01(d) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, a copy of the Mortgage File for each Mortgage Loan (except that copies of any instruments of assignment that are returned or delivered, as applicable, to the Custodian by the related public recording office in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be delivered by the Custodian to the General Master Servicer) and (ii) within the timeframe for delivery set forth in Section 2.01(d) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and except in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Non-Serviced Whole Loan, originals or copies of all financial statements, operating statements,

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appraisals, environmental reports, engineering reports, Insurance Policies, certificates, guaranty/indemnity agreements, property inspection reports, escrow analysis, tax bills, third-party management agreements, asset summary and financial information on the borrower/sponsor and any guarantor, in each case relating to the origination and servicing of any Mortgage Loan or related Serviced Whole Loan that are reasonably necessary for the ongoing administration and/or servicing of the applicable Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan in the possession or under the control of the Mortgage Loan Seller that relate to the Mortgage Loans or related Serviced Whole Loan(s) (provided that the Mortgage Loan Seller shall not be required to deliver any internal communications (including such communications between the Mortgage Loan Seller and its Affiliates) or underwriting analysis (including documents prepared by the Mortgage Loan Seller or any of its Affiliates for such purposes), draft documents or any documents or materials prepared by it or its Affiliates for internal uses, attorney client communications that are privileged communications or constitute legal or other due diligence analyses or credit underwriting or due diligence analyses or data). In addition, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall, in accordance with Section 2.01(f) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, deliver to, and deposit with, or cause to be delivered to, and deposited with, the General Master Servicer, within three (3) Business Days after the Closing Date, all unapplied reserve funds and Escrow Payments in the possession or under the control of the Mortgage Loan Seller that relate to the Mortgage Loans (other than any Non-Serviced Whole Loans). In addition, not later than the Closing Date, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall provide to the General Master Servicer the initial data with respect to each Mortgage Loan that is necessary for the preparation of the initial CREFC^® Financial File and CREFC^® Loan Periodic Update File required to be delivered by the General Master Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

(g)               Under generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) and for federal income tax purposes, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall report its transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser, as provided herein, as a sale of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser in exchange for the consideration specified in Section 1 hereof. In connection with the foregoing, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall cause all of its records to reflect such transfer as a sale (as opposed to a secured loan) and to reflect that the Mortgage Loans are no longer property of the Mortgage Loan Seller. In no event shall the Mortgage Loan Seller take any action that is inconsistent with the Trust’s ownership of each Mortgage Loan following the Closing Date.

(h)               The Mortgage Loan Schedule, as it may be amended from time to time, shall conform to the requirements set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (except with respect to the Administrative Fee Rate). The Mortgage Loan Seller shall, within fifteen (15) days of its discovery or receipt of notice of any error on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, amend such Mortgage Loan Schedule and deliver to the Purchaser or the Trustee, as the case may be, an amended Mortgage Loan Schedule; provided that this sentence shall not be construed to relieve the Mortgage Loan Seller of any liability for any related Breach or to shorten the period available to the Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to the cure, repurchase or substitution provisions with respect to a Material Defect set forth in Section 5.

(i)                 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Purchaser and the Mortgage Loan Seller hereby acknowledge and agree that with respect to each Mortgage Loan subject to defeasance, the Mortgage Loan Seller has retained the right of the lender under the Mortgage Loan documents to receive a percentage of the economic benefit associated with the ownership of the

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successor borrower, to designate and establish the successor borrower and to purchase (or cause the purchase on behalf of the related borrower of) the related defeasance collateral, in each case if there is a defeasance of such Mortgage Loan (“Seller Defeasance Rights and Obligations”). The Purchaser shall cause the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to provide that: (i) if the General Master Servicer receives notice of a defeasance request with respect to a Mortgage Loan subject to defeasance, then the General Master Servicer shall provide upon receipt of such notice, written notice of such defeasance request to the Mortgage Loan Seller or its assignee; and (ii) until such time as the Mortgage Loan Seller provides written notice to the contrary, notice of a defeasance of a Mortgage Loan with Seller Defeasance Rights and Obligations shall be delivered to the Mortgage Loan Seller pursuant to the notice provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Section 3.                Examination of Mortgage Loan Files and Due Diligence Review. The Mortgage Loan Seller shall reasonably cooperate with any examination of the Mortgage Files for, and any other documents and records relating to, the Mortgage Loans, that may be undertaken by or on behalf of the Purchaser on or before the Closing Date. The fact that the Purchaser has conducted or has failed to conduct any partial or complete examination of any of the Mortgage Files for, and/or any of such other documents and records relating to, the Mortgage Loans, shall not affect the Purchaser’s right to pursue any remedy available in equity or at law for a breach of the Mortgage Loan Seller’s representations and warranties made pursuant to Section 4, except as expressly set forth in Section 5.

Section 4.                                                Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser. (a) The Mortgage Loan Seller hereby makes, as of the date hereof (and, in connection with any replacement of a Defective Loan (as defined in Section 4(f) hereof) with one or more Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans (also as defined in Section 4(f) hereof), pursuant to Section 5(a) hereof, as of the related date of substitution), to and for the benefit of the Purchaser, each of the representations and warranties set forth in Exhibit B-1. The Purchaser hereby makes, as of the date hereof, to and for the benefit of the Mortgage Loan Seller, each of the representations and warranties set forth in Exhibit B-2.

(b)               The Mortgage Loan Seller hereby makes, as of the date hereof (or as of such other date specifically provided in the particular representation or warranty), to and for the benefit of the Purchaser, each of the representations and warranties set forth in Exhibit C, subject to the exceptions set forth in Schedule C. The Mortgage Loan Seller is also referred to herein as the “Responsible Repurchase Party”.

(c)               The Mortgage Loan Seller hereby represents and warrants, as of the date hereof, to and for the benefit of the Purchaser only, that the Mortgage Loan Seller has not dealt with any broker, investment banker, agent or other person (other than the Depositor or an affiliate thereof, the Underwriters and the Initial Purchasers) who may be entitled to any commission or compensation in connection with the sale to the Purchaser of the Mortgage Loans.

(d)               The Mortgage Loan Seller hereby represents and warrants that, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgage Loan Seller’s role as “originator” (or the role of any third party as “originator” of any Mortgage Loan for which the Mortgage Loan Seller was not the originator) and “sponsor” in connection with the issuance of the Registered Certificates, the information regarding the Mortgage Loans, the related Mortgagors, the related Mortgaged Properties and/or the Mortgage Loan Seller contained in each of the Preliminary Prospectus and

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the Prospectus complies in all material respects with the applicable disclosure requirements of Regulation AB as in effect on the date hereof and for which compliance is required as of the date hereof. As used herein, “Regulation AB” means Subpart 229.1100 – Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R. §§229.1100-229.1125, as such rules may be amended from time to time, and subject to such clarification and interpretation as have been or may hereafter be from time to time provided by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) or by the staff of the Commission, in each case as effective from time to time as of the compliance dates specified therein.

(e)               With respect to each Servicing Function Participant that services a Mortgage Loan as of the Closing Date, the Mortgage Loan Seller either (i) represents and warrants that as of the date hereof such Servicing Function Participant is expected to be an Initial Sub-Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (ii) (A) represents and warrants that it has caused each such Servicing Function Participant to be required to comply, as evidenced by written documentation between each such Servicing Function Participant and the Mortgage Loan Seller, with all reporting requirements set forth in Article XI of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (including but not limited to the indemnification of each Certification Party from and against any and all claims, losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and expenses and related costs, judgments and any other costs, fees and expenses incurred by such Certification Party arising out of the delivery of any Deficient Exchange Act Deliverable) applicable to such Servicing Function Participant for the Mortgage Loans and (B) covenants with the Purchaser that, for so long as the Trust is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, it shall cause each Servicing Function Participant that services a Mortgage Loan as of the Closing Date to comply with all reporting requirements set forth therein.

(f)                The Responsible Repurchase Party hereby agrees that it shall be deemed to make to and for the benefit of the Purchaser, as of the date of any substitution, with respect to any replacement Mortgage Loan (a “Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan”) that is substituted for a Defective Loan by the Responsible Repurchase Party pursuant to Section 5(a) of this Agreement, each of the representations and warranties set forth in Exhibit C to this Agreement. For purposes of the representations and warranties set forth in Exhibit C, representations and warranties made as of the Closing Date or as of the Cut-off Date shall, in the case of a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, be made as of the date of substitution. From and after the date of substitution, each Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, if any, shall be deemed to constitute a “Mortgage Loan” hereunder for all purposes. A “Defective Loan” is any Mortgage Loan as to which there is an unremedied Material Defect.

(g)               Except for (x) the agreed-upon procedures report obtained from the accounting firm engaged to perform procedures involving a comparison of information in loan files for the Mortgage Loans to information in a data file relating to the Mortgage Loans and (y) the agreed-upon procedures report obtained from the accounting firm engaged to perform procedures involving a comparison of underwriting information in loan files for the Mortgage Loans to underwriting information in a data file relating to the Mortgage Loans (such reports, collectively, the “Accountants’ Due Diligence Reports”), the Mortgage Loan Seller has not obtained (and, through and including the Closing Date, will not obtain without the consent of the Purchaser) any “third party due diligence report” (as defined in Rule 15Ga-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) (“Rule 15Ga-2”)) in connection with the

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securitization transaction contemplated herein and in the Prospectus and Private Placement Memorandum and, except for the accounting firms engaged with respect to the Accountants’ Due Diligence Reports, the Mortgage Loan Seller has not employed (and, through and including the Closing Date, will not employ without the consent of the Purchaser) any third party to engage in any activity that constitutes “due diligence services” within the meaning of Rule 17g-10 under the Exchange Act in connection with the transactions contemplated herein and in the Prospectus and Private Placement Memorandum. The Underwriters and Initial Purchasers are third-party beneficiaries of the provisions set forth in this Section 4(g).

(h)                                           Within sixty (60) days after the Closing Date, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall deliver or cause to be delivered an electronic copy of the Diligence File for each Mortgage Loan to the Depositor by uploading such Diligence File (including, if applicable, any additional documents that the Mortgage Loan Seller believes should be included to enable the Asset Representations Reviewer to perform an Asset Review on such Mortgage Loan; provided that such documents are clearly labeled and identified) to the Designated Site, each such Diligence File being organized and categorized in accordance with the electronic file structure reasonably agreed to by the Depositor and the Mortgage Loan Seller.

(i)                                                Within sixty (60) days after the Closing Date, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall provide the Depositor a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit E (which may be sent by email to cmbs_notices@morganstanley.com).

(j)                                                If, as part of an Asset Review of a Mortgage Loan, the Asset Representations Reviewer determines it is missing any document that is required to be part of the Review Materials for such Mortgage Loan and that is necessary in connection with its completion of the Asset Review, then, upon written request of the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall provide to the Asset Representations Reviewer, within ten (10) Business Days of receipt of such written request, any such document; provided, that the Mortgage Loan Seller shall be required to deliver such missing document only to the extent that such document is in the possession of the Mortgage Loan Seller, but in any event excluding any documents that contain information that is proprietary to the related originator or the Mortgage Loan Seller or any draft documents or privileged or internal communications.

(k)                                             Upon the completion of an Asset Review with respect to each Mortgage Loan in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and receipt of a written invoice from the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall pay the Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee for the Mortgage Loans subject to that Asset Review (or, with respect to any Joint Mortgage Loan, a fee equal to the Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee for the entire Joint Mortgage Loan, multiplied by the Mortgage Loan Seller’s Mortgage Loan Seller Percentage Interest) within sixty (60) days of such written invoice by the Asset Representations Reviewer; provided, that if any fees payable pursuant to this Section 4(k) are paid by the Trust pursuant to Section 12.02(b) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall reimburse the Trust for the amount of any such fees (or, with respect to any Joint Mortgage Loan, for its Mortgage Loan Seller Percentage Interest of the amount of such fees).

(l)                                                  The Mortgage Loan Seller acknowledges and agrees that in the event an Enforcing Party elects a dispute resolution method pursuant to Section 2.03 of the Pooling and

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Servicing Agreement, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall abide by the selected dispute resolution method and otherwise comply with the terms and provisions set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (including the exhibits thereto) related to such dispute resolution method.

(m)             The Mortgage Loan Seller shall indemnify and hold harmless the Purchaser against any and all expenses, losses, claims, damages and other liabilities, including without limitation the costs of investigation, legal defense and any amounts paid in settlement of any claim or litigation arising out of or based upon any failure by the Mortgage Loan Seller to (A) pay the fees described under Section 4(k) above within sixty (60) days of written invoice by the Asset Representations Reviewer or (B) within sixty (60) days of the Closing Date (or such later date specified herein or in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), provide all documents required to be delivered by it pursuant to Section 4(h) of this Agreement.

(n)               The Mortgage Loan Seller covenants with the Purchaser that if, on or prior to the later of (i) the ninetieth (90^th) day following the Closing Date and (ii) the date upon which all Certificates have been sold to parties unaffiliated with the Depositor, as a result of the occurrence of any event that occurred prior to the Closing Date with respect to the Mortgage Loans or the Mortgage Loan Seller (and the Mortgage Loan Seller hereby covenants to promptly notify the Depositor, the Underwriters and the Initial Purchasers of the occurrence of any such event to the extent it has knowledge thereof), an amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or Private Placement Memorandum, including Annexes A-1, A-2 and A-3 of the Prospectus, with respect to any information regarding the Mortgage Loans or the Mortgage Loan Seller, is necessary to be delivered in connection with sales of the Certificates by the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers or a dealer, in order to correct any untrue statement of a material fact or any omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein (solely in the case of the Prospectus) or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances when the Prospectus or Private Placement Memorandum is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or an amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or Private Placement Memorandum, including Annexes A-1, A-2 and A-3 of the Prospectus, with respect to any information regarding the Mortgage Loans or the Mortgage Loan Seller, is necessary to comply with applicable law, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall do all things necessary (or, with respect to information relating to the Mortgage Loans, provide all information in its possession) to assist the Depositor to prepare and furnish, at the expense of the Mortgage Loan Seller (to the extent that such amendment or supplement relates to the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Mortgage Loans and/or any information describing the same, as provided by the Mortgage Loan Seller), to the Underwriters and Initial Purchasers such amendments or supplements to the Prospectus or Private Placement Memorandum as may be necessary, so that the statements in the Prospectus or Private Placement Memorandum as so amended or supplemented, including Annexes A-1, A-2 and A-3 of the Prospectus, with respect to any information regarding the Mortgage Loans or the Mortgage Loan Seller, will not so contain an untrue statement of material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein (solely in the case of the Prospectus) or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances when the Prospectus or Private Placement Memorandum is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or so that the Prospectus or Private Placement Memorandum (as so annexed or supplemented), including Annexes A-1, A-2 and A-3 of the Prospectus, with respect to any information regarding the Mortgage Loans or the Mortgage Loan Seller, will not so fail to comply with applicable law. All terms used in this Section 4(n) and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Indemnification Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the

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Mortgage Loan Seller shall have no affirmative obligation to monitor the performance of the Mortgage Loans or any changes in condition or circumstance of any Mortgaged Property, Mortgagor, guarantor or any of their Affiliates after the Closing Date in connection with its obligations under this Section 4(n). The Underwriters and Initial Purchasers are third-party beneficiaries of the provisions set forth in this Section 4(n).

Section 5.                Notice of Breach; Cure, Repurchase and Substitution. (a) The Mortgage Loan Seller shall, not later than ninety (90) days after (i) except in the case of the succeeding clause (ii), the Mortgage Loan Seller’s receipt of notice of or, if earlier, the Mortgage Loan Seller’s discovery of, a Material Defect or (ii) in the case of a Material Defect relating to a Mortgage Loan not being a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, but without regard to the rule of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(f)(2) that causes a defective Mortgage Loan to be treated as a qualified mortgage, the earlier of (x) the discovery by the Mortgage Loan Seller or any party to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of such Material Defect and (y) receipt of notice of the Material Defect from any party to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (such ninety (90) day period, the “Initial Cure Period”), (A) cure such Material Defect in all material respects, at the Mortgage Loan Seller’s own expense, including reimbursement of any related reasonable additional expenses of the Trust reasonably incurred by any party to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, (B) repurchase the affected Mortgage Loan or REO Loan (excluding any related Companion Loan, if applicable), at the applicable Purchase Price and in conformity with this Agreement and Section 2.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (C) substitute a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan (other than with respect to the Whole Loans, for which no substitution will be permitted) for such affected Mortgage Loan or REO Loan (provided that in no event shall any such substitution occur on or after the second anniversary of the Closing Date) and pay the General Master Servicer for deposit into the Collection Account, any Substitution Shortfall Amount in connection therewith and in conformity with this Agreement and Section 2.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; provided, however, that except with respect to a Material Defect resulting solely from the failure by the Mortgage Loan Seller to deliver to the Trustee or Custodian the actual policy of lender’s title insurance required pursuant to clause (viii) of the definition of Mortgage File by a date not later than eighteen (18) months following the Closing Date, if such Material Defect is capable of being cured but is not cured within the Initial Cure Period, and the Mortgage Loan Seller has commenced and is diligently proceeding with the cure of such Material Defect within the Initial Cure Period, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall have an additional ninety (90) days commencing immediately upon the expiration of the Initial Cure Period (such additional ninety (90) day period, the “Extended Cure Period”) to complete such cure (or, failing such cure, to repurchase the related Mortgage Loan or REO Loan (excluding any related Companion Loan, if applicable) or substitute a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan (other than with respect to the Whole Loans, for which no substitution will be permitted)); provided, further, that with respect to such Extended Cure Period the Mortgage Loan Seller has delivered an officer’s certificate to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the General Master Servicer, the General Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and (with respect to any Mortgage Loan other than an Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, prior to the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event) the Directing Certificateholder, setting forth the reason such Material Defect is not capable of being cured within the Initial Cure Period and what actions the Mortgage Loan Seller is pursuing in connection with the cure thereof and stating that the Mortgage Loan Seller anticipates that such Material Defect will be cured within the Extended Cure Period; and provided, further, that, if any such Material

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Defect is not cured after the Initial Cure Period and any such Extended Cure Period solely due to the failure of the Mortgage Loan Seller to have received the recorded document, then the Mortgage Loan Seller shall be entitled to continue to defer its cure, repurchase and/or substitution obligations in respect of such Material Defect until eighteen (18) months after the Closing Date so long as the Mortgage Loan Seller certifies to the Trustee, the General Master Servicer, the General Special Servicer, the Directing Certificateholder (prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event) and the Certificate Administrator no less than every ninety (90) days, beginning at the end of such Extended Cure Period, that the Material Defect is still in effect solely because of its failure to have received the recorded document and that the Mortgage Loan Seller is diligently pursuing the cure of such Material Defect (specifying the actions being taken). Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Defect or Breach that causes any Mortgage Loan not to be a “qualified mortgage” (within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, but without regard to the rule of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(f)(2) that causes a defective Mortgage Loan to be treated as a qualified mortgage) shall be deemed to materially and adversely affect the interests of Certificateholders therein, and (subject to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s right to cure such Defect or Breach during the Initial Cure Period) such Mortgage Loan shall be repurchased or substituted for without regard to the Extended Cure Period described in the preceding sentence. If the affected Mortgage Loan is to be repurchased, the funds in the amount of the Purchase Price remitted by the Mortgage Loan Seller are to be remitted by wire transfer to the General Master Servicer for deposit into the Collection Account. Any such repurchase or substitution of a Mortgage Loan shall be on a whole loan, servicing released basis.

If the Mortgage Loan Seller, in connection with a Material Defect (or an allegation of a Material Defect) pertaining to a Mortgage Loan, agrees to a Loss of Value Payment, pursuant to any agreement or a settlement between the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Enforcing Servicer on behalf of the Trust (and, with respect to any Mortgage Loan other than an Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, with the consent of the Directing Certificateholder if no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing) with respect to such Mortgage Loan, the amount of such Loss of Value Payment shall be remitted by wire transfer to the Enforcing Servicer for deposit into the Loss of Value Reserve Fund. The Loss of Value Payment shall include the portion of any Liquidation Fees payable to the Enforcing Servicer in respect of such Loss of Value Payment and the portion of fees of the Asset Representations Reviewer payable pursuant to Section 4(k) above attributable to the Asset Review of such Mortgage Loan and not previously paid by the Mortgage Loan Seller. If such Loss of Value Payment is made, the Loss of Value Payment shall serve as the sole remedy available to the Certificateholders and the Trustee on their behalf regarding any such Material Defect in lieu of any obligation of the Mortgage Loan Seller to otherwise cure such Material Defect or repurchase or substitute for the affected Mortgage Loan based on such Material Defect under any circumstances. This paragraph is intended to apply only to a mutual agreement or settlement between the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Enforcing Servicer on behalf of the Trust. The following terms shall apply to any Loss of Value Payment: (i) prior to any agreement or settlement between the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Enforcing Servicer nothing in this paragraph shall preclude the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Enforcing Servicer from exercising any of its rights related to a Material Defect in the manner and timing set forth in this Agreement (excluding this paragraph) or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (including any right to cure, repurchase or substitute for such Mortgage Loan), (ii) such Loss of Value Payment shall not be greater than the Purchase Price of the affected Mortgage Loan; and (iii) a Material Defect as a result of a Mortgage

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Loan not constituting a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code (but without regard to the rule of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(f)(2) that causes a defective Mortgage Loan to be treated as a “qualified mortgage”) may not be cured by a Loss of Value Payment.

The Mortgage Loan Seller’s obligation to cure any Material Defect, repurchase or substitute for any affected Mortgage Loan or pay the Loss of Value Payment or other required payment pursuant to this Section 5 shall constitute the sole remedy available to the Purchaser in connection with a Material Defect; provided, however, that no limitation of remedy is implied with respect to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s breach of its obligation to cure, repurchase or substitute in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement. It is acknowledged and agreed that the representations and warranties are being made for risk allocation purposes.

The remedies provided for in this subsection with respect to any Material Defect with respect to any Mortgage Loan shall also apply to the related REO Property.

If any Breach that constitutes a Material Defect pertains to a representation or warranty that the related Mortgage Loan documents or any particular Mortgage Loan document requires the related Mortgagor to bear the costs and expenses associated with any particular action or matter under such Mortgage Loan document(s), then the Mortgage Loan Seller may cure such Breach within the applicable cure period (as the same may be extended) by reimbursing the Trust (by wire transfer of immediately available funds) for (i) the reasonable amount of any such costs and expenses incurred by the General Master Servicer, the General Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee or the Trust that are incurred as a result of such Breach and have not been reimbursed by the related Mortgagor and (ii) the amount of any fees payable pursuant to Section 4(k) above to the extent not previously paid by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Asset Representations Reviewer attributable to the Asset Review of such Mortgage Loan; provided, that if the Breach relates to a Joint Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall only be responsible for its Mortgage Loan Seller Percentage Interest of all such costs and expenses unless such Breach relates solely to the Mortgage Note(s) sold by the Mortgage Loan Seller. Except as provided in the proviso to the immediately preceding sentence, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall remit the amount of such costs and expenses to the General Special Servicer for disbursement to the applicable Persons and upon its making such remittance, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall be deemed to have cured such Breach in all respects. To the extent any fees or expenses that are the subject of a cure by the Mortgage Loan Seller are subsequently obtained from the related Mortgagor, the portion of the cure payment made by the Mortgage Loan Seller equal to such fees or expenses obtained from the related Mortgagor shall promptly be returned to the Mortgage Loan Seller.

Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, a delay in either the discovery of a Material Defect or in providing notice of such Material Defect shall relieve the Mortgage Loan Seller of its obligation to cure, repurchase or substitute for (or make a Loss of Value Payment with respect to) the related Mortgage Loan under this Agreement if (i) the Mortgage Loan Seller did not otherwise discover or have knowledge of such Material Defect, (ii) such delay is a result of the failure by the Purchaser or any other party to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to provide prompt notice as required by the terms of this Agreement or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement after such party has actual knowledge of such Material Defect (it being understood that knowledge shall not be deemed to exist by reason of the Custodial Exception Report or possession of the Mortgage File), (iii) such Material Defect does

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not relate to the applicable Mortgage Loan not being a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Code Section 860G(a)(3), but without regard to the rule of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(f)(2) that causes a defective obligation to be treated as a qualified mortgage, and (iv) such delay precludes the Mortgage Loan Seller from curing such Material Defect and such Material Defect was otherwise curable. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement, if a Mortgage Loan is not secured by a Mortgaged Property that is, in whole or in part, a hotel or other hospitality property, restaurant (operated by a Mortgagor), healthcare facility, nursing home, assisted living facility, self-storage facility, theater or fitness center (operated by a Mortgagor), then the failure to deliver copies of the UCC financing statements with respect to such Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 2 hereof shall not be a Material Defect.

If there is a Material Defect with respect to one or more Mortgaged Properties securing a Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall not be obligated to repurchase the Mortgage Loan if (i) the affected Mortgaged Property may be released pursuant to the terms of any partial release provisions in the related Mortgage Loan documents (and such Mortgaged Property is, in fact, released), (ii) the remaining Mortgaged Property(ies) satisfy the requirements, if any, set forth in the Mortgage Loan documents and the Mortgage Loan Seller provides an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such release would not cause an Adverse REMIC Event and (iii) each applicable Rating Agency has provided a Rating Agency Confirmation.

(b)               Whenever one or more Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans are substituted for a Defective Loan by the Responsible Repurchase Party as contemplated by this Section 5, upon direction by the General Master Servicer or the General Special Servicer, as applicable, the Responsible Repurchase Party shall deliver to the Custodian the related Mortgage File and a certification to the effect that such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan satisfies or such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans satisfy, as the case may be, all of the requirements of the definition of “Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan” in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. No mortgage loan may be substituted for a Defective Loan as contemplated by this Section 5 if the Mortgage Loan to be replaced was itself a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, in which case, absent a cure of the relevant Material Defect, the affected Mortgage Loan will be required to be repurchased as contemplated hereby. Periodic Payments due with respect to each Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan (if any) after the related date of substitution, and Periodic Payments due with respect to each corresponding Deleted Mortgage Loan (if any) after its respective Cut-off Date and on or prior to the related date of substitution, shall be part of the Trust Fund. Periodic Payments due with respect to each Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan (if any) on or prior to the related date of substitution, and Periodic Payments due with respect to each corresponding Defective Loan that is purchased or repurchased, as the case may be, or replaced with one or more Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans (any such Mortgage Loan, a “Deleted Mortgage Loan”) (if any) after the related date of substitution, shall not be part of the Trust Fund and are to be remitted by the General Master Servicer to the Responsible Repurchase Party promptly following receipt.

If any Mortgage Loan is to be repurchased or replaced as contemplated by this Section 5, upon direction by the General Master Servicer or the General Special Servicer, as applicable, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall amend the Mortgage Loan Schedule to reflect the removal of any Deleted Mortgage Loan and, if applicable, the substitution of the related Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan(s) and deliver or cause the delivery of such amended Mortgage Loan Schedule to the parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Upon any substitution of one or

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more Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans for a Deleted Mortgage Loan, such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan(s) shall become part of the Trust Fund and be subject to the terms of this Agreement in all respects.

If any Mortgage Loan that is part of a Crossed Mortgage Loan Group is required to be repurchased or substituted, the provisions of Section 2.03(h), Section 2.03(i) and Section 2.03(j) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall apply.

(c)                                            The Responsible Repurchase Party shall be entitled, and the Purchaser shall cause the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to entitle the Responsible Repurchase Party, upon the date when the full amount of the Purchase Price or Substitution Shortfall Amount (as the case may be) for any Mortgage Loan repurchased or replaced as contemplated by this Section 5 has been deposited in the account designated therefor by the Trustee as the assignee of the Purchaser (or the General Master Servicer on behalf of the Trustee) and, if applicable, receipt by the Trustee as the assignee of the Purchaser (or the Custodian) of the Mortgage File for each Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan (if any) to be substituted for a Deleted Mortgage Loan, together with any certifications and/or opinions required pursuant to this Section 5 to be delivered by the Responsible Repurchase Party, to (i) a release of the Mortgage File and any other items required to be delivered by the Mortgage Loan Seller under Sections 2.01(b) and (c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the Deleted Mortgage Loan to the Responsible Repurchase Party or its designee, (ii) the execution and delivery of such instruments of release, transfer and/or assignment, in each case without recourse, as shall be prepared by the Responsible Repurchase Party and are reasonably necessary to vest in the Responsible Repurchase Party or its designee the ownership of such Deleted Mortgage Loan, and (iii) the execution and delivery of notice to the affected Mortgagor of the retransfer of such Deleted Mortgage Loan. In connection with any such repurchase or substitution by the Responsible Repurchase Party, the Purchaser shall also cause the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to require each of the General Master Servicer and the General Special Servicer to deliver to the Responsible Repurchase Party or its designee, and the Responsible Repurchase Party or its designee shall be entitled to delivery from the General Master Servicer and the General Special Servicer of, any portion of the related Servicing File (as such term is defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), together with any Escrow Payments, reserve funds and any other items required to be delivered by the Mortgage Loan Seller under Sections 2.01(b) and (c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, held by or on behalf of the General Master Servicer or the General Special Servicer, as the case may be, with respect to the Deleted Mortgage Loan, in each case at the expense of the Responsible Repurchase Party.

(d)                                            [Reserved.]

(e)                                             The Mortgage Loan Seller acknowledges and agrees that the Purchaser shall have no liability to the Mortgage Loan Seller or otherwise for any failure of the Mortgage Loan Seller or any other party to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to perform its obligations provided for thereunder.

(f)                                              The Mortgage Loan Seller (to the extent it receives any request or demand, whether oral or written, that a Mortgage Loan be repurchased or replaced, whether arising from a Material Defect or other breach of a representation or warranty, such recipient a “Seller Request Recipient” and such request or demand, a “Repurchase Request”) agrees to provide to the Purchaser: (i) written notice of any Repurchase Request, which notice will specify if such

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Repurchase Request is a 15Ga-1 Notice; (ii) written notice of (A) the existence of any dispute regarding such Repurchase Request, whether written or oral, between such Seller Request Recipient and the Person making such Repurchase Request, (B) the expiration of any applicable Initial Cure Period, or, if applicable, any Extended Cure Period, (C) the withdrawal of such Repurchase Request by the Person making such Repurchase Request, (D) the rejection of such Repurchase Request by the Seller Request Recipient and (E) the repurchase or replacement of any Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Section 5 and Section 2.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and (iii) upon reasonable request of the Purchaser (subject to Section 5(g)), such other information in the Seller Request Recipient’s possession as would be necessary to permit the Purchaser to comply with its obligations under Rule 15Ga-1 under the Exchange Act to disclose fulfilled and unfulfilled repurchase or replacement requests or demands of any Person relating to any Mortgage Loan or to comply with any other obligations applicable to it under law or regulation.

Each notice required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 5(f) may be delivered by electronic means. Each notice required to be delivered pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) of the immediately preceding paragraph shall be given not later than the tenth (10^th) Business Day after the event giving rise to the requirement for such notice and any information requested pursuant to clause (iii) of the immediately preceding paragraph shall be provided as promptly as practicable after such request is made. Each notice required to be delivered pursuant to clause (i) of the immediately preceding paragraph shall identify (a) the date on which such Repurchase Request was made, (b) the Mortgage Loan with respect to which such Repurchase Request was made, (c) the identity of the Person making such request, and (d) the basis, if any, asserted for such request by such Person. Each notice required to be delivered pursuant to clause (ii) of the immediately preceding paragraph shall identify (a) the date of such withdrawal, rejection, repurchase or replacement, or the date of the commencement of such dispute, as applicable, (b) if pertaining to a dispute, the nature of such dispute, (c) if pertaining to the expiration of an Initial Cure Period or an Extended Cure Period, the expiration date of such Initial Cure Period or, if applicable, an Extended Cure Period, (d) if pertaining to a withdrawal, the basis for such withdrawal given to the Seller Request Recipient or an indication that no basis was given by the Person withdrawing such Repurchase Request, (e) if pertaining to a rejection by the Seller Request Recipient, the basis for the Seller Request Recipient’s rejection and (f) if pertaining to a repurchase or replacement, the date of such repurchase or replacement.

(g)                                            The Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser acknowledge and agree that (i) a Repurchase Request Recipient under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement will not, in connection with providing the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Purchaser with any 15Ga-1 Notice under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, be required to deliver any attorney-client privileged communication or any information protected by the attorney work product doctrine, (ii) any 15Ga-1 Notice delivered to the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Purchaser under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement is provided only to assist the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Purchaser and any of their respective Affiliates in complying with Rule 15Ga-1, Items 1104 and 1121 of Regulation AB and/or any other law or regulation, (iii) (A) no action taken by, or inaction of, a Repurchase Request Recipient and (B) no information provided to the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.02(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by a Repurchase Request Recipient, shall be deemed to constitute a waiver or defense to the exercise of any legal right the Repurchase Request Recipient may have with respect to this Agreement or the Pooling and

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Servicing Agreement and (iv) receipt of a 15Ga-1 Notice or delivery of any notice required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5(f) shall not in and of itself constitute delivery, or receipt, of notice of any Material Defect or knowledge on the part of the Mortgage Loan Seller or Responsible Repurchase Party of any Material Defect or admission by the Mortgage Loan Seller or Responsible Repurchase Party of the existence of any Material Defect.

(h)                                             The Mortgage Loan Seller shall provide to the Purchaser relevant portions of any Form ABS-15G that the Mortgage Loan Seller is required to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 15Ga-1 under the Exchange Act (only to the extent that such portions relate to any Repurchase Request with respect to any Mortgage Loan) on or before the date that is five (5) Business Days prior to the date such Form ABS-15G is required to be filed with the Commission. Promptly upon request, the Purchaser shall provide or cause to be provided to the Mortgage Loan Seller such information regarding the principal balance of any Mortgage Loan as is necessary in order for the Mortgage Loan Seller to prepare any such Form ABS-15G.

(i)                                                 The Purchaser shall provide to the Mortgage Loan Seller any relevant portions of any Form ABS-15G that the Purchaser is required to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 15Ga-1 under the Exchange Act (only to the extent that such portions relate to any Mortgage Loan and that was not provided by the Mortgage Loan Seller) on or before the date that is five (5) Business Days prior to the date such Form ABS-15G is required to be filed with the Commission. The Trust’s CIK# is 0001974587.

(j)                                                 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Mortgage Loan Seller’s obligation in respect of a Material Defect with respect to a Joint Mortgage Loan shall be solely in respect of the Mortgage Loan Seller’s pro rata share of such Joint Mortgage Loan based on the Mortgage Loan Seller’s Mortgage Loan Seller Percentage Interest as of the date hereof in such Joint Mortgage Loan.

(k)                                             If the Mortgage Note or Mortgage Notes with respect to a Joint Mortgage Loan in favor of the Mortgage Loan Seller and its successors and assigns are repurchased or replaced by the Mortgage Loan Seller pursuant to this Section 5, and any other related mortgage notes evidencing such Joint Mortgage Loan are not repurchased or replaced by any Other Mortgage Loan Seller and any such mortgage note remains in the Trust, then the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser hereby agree that (i) the provisions in Section 3.30 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the related Intercreditor Agreement shall govern the servicing and administration of such Joint Mortgage Loan as if (a) the remaining mortgage notes in the Trust were collectively a “Mortgage Loan” (as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) and (b) each repurchased Mortgage Note were a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan (or, if the Joint Mortgage Loan was a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, a Non-Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan), (ii) the Mortgage Loan Seller and its successors and assigns in respect of such repurchased or replaced Mortgage Note shall be bound by such Section 3.30 as if it were a party to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and (iii) the Mortgage Loan Seller and its successors and assigns shall from time to time (as may be necessary) deliver to the General Master Servicer or the General Special Servicer, as applicable, the Mortgage Loan documents constituting or related to any applicable Mortgage Note repurchased by it, any requests for release and any court pleadings, requests for trustee’s sale or other documents necessary to the foreclosure or trustee’s sale in respect of the related Mortgaged Property or to any legal action or to enforce any other remedies or rights provided by the related

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Mortgage Note or Mortgage or otherwise available at law or equity with respect to the related Mortgage Note.

Section 6.                                                    Closing. The closing of the sale of the Mortgage Loans (the “Closing”) shall be held at the offices of special counsel to the Purchaser at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Closing Date.

The Closing shall be subject to each of the following conditions:

(i)                                                  All of the representations and warranties of the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser made pursuant to Section 4 of this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date (or as of such other specific date expressly contemplated by any such representation or warranty);

(ii)                                              All documents specified in Section 7 of this Agreement (the “Closing Documents”), in such forms as are agreed upon and reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser and, in the case of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (insofar as such agreement affects the obligations of the Mortgage Loan Seller hereunder or the rights of the Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary thereunder), to the Mortgage Loan Seller, shall be duly executed and delivered by all signatories as required pursuant to the respective terms thereof;

(iii)                                             The Mortgage Loan Seller shall have delivered and released to the Purchaser or its designee, all documents, funds and other assets required to be delivered thereto on or before the Closing Date pursuant to Section 2 of this Agreement;

(iv)                                            The result of any examination of the Mortgage Files for, and any other documents and records relating to, the Mortgage Loans performed by or on behalf of the Purchaser pursuant to Section 3 hereof shall be satisfactory to the Purchaser in its reasonable determination;

(v)                                               All other terms and conditions of this Agreement required to be complied with on or before the Closing Date shall have been complied with in all material respects, and the Mortgage Loan Seller shall have the ability to comply with all terms and conditions and perform all duties and obligations required to be complied with or performed by it after the Closing Date;

(vi)                                            The Mortgage Loan Seller shall have paid all fees and expenses payable by it to the Purchaser or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement;

(vii)                                        The Mortgage Loan Seller shall have received the purchase price for the Mortgage Loans, as contemplated by Section 1 of this Agreement;

(viii)                                      Neither the Underwriting Agreement nor the Certificate Purchase Agreement shall have been terminated in accordance with its terms;

(ix)                                             The Commission shall not have issued any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Purchaser’s Registration Statement; and

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(x)                                           Prior to the delivery of the Preliminary Prospectus to investors, an officer of the Mortgage Loan Seller shall have delivered to the Depositor a sub-certification to the certification provided by the Chief Executive Officer of the Depositor to the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Regulation AB.

Each of the parties agrees to use their commercially reasonable best efforts to perform their respective obligations hereunder in a manner that will enable the Purchaser to purchase the Mortgage Loans on the Closing Date.

Section 7.                                                 Closing Documents. The Purchaser or its designee shall have received all of the following Closing Documents, in such forms as are agreed upon and acceptable to the Purchaser, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers and the Rating Agencies (collectively, the “Interested Parties”), and upon which the Interested Parties may rely:

(i)                                              This Agreement, duly executed by the Purchaser and the Mortgage Loan Seller;

(ii)                                           Each of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Indemnification Agreement, duly executed by the respective parties thereto;

(iii)                                         A Secretary’s Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1 hereto, executed by the Secretary or an assistant secretary of the Mortgage Loan Seller, in his or her individual capacity, and dated the Closing Date, and upon which the Interested Parties may rely, attaching thereto as exhibits (A) the resolutions of the board of directors of the Mortgage Loan Seller authorizing the Mortgage Loan Seller’s entering into the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Indemnification Agreement, and (B) the organizational documents of the Mortgage Loan Seller;

(iv)                                       A certificate of good standing with respect to the Mortgage Loan Seller issued by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware not earlier than thirty (30) days prior to the Closing Date, and upon which the Interested Parties may rely;

(v)                                          A certificate of the Mortgage Loan Seller substantially in the form of Exhibit D-2 hereto, executed by an executive officer of the Mortgage Loan Seller on the Mortgage Loan Seller’s behalf and dated the Closing Date, and upon which the Interested Parties may rely;

(vi)                                       A written opinion of in-house or independent counsel for the Mortgage Loan Seller, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Interested Parties and the Trustee, relating to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Indemnification Agreement;

(vii)                                    A written opinion of special counsel for the Mortgage Loan Seller, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Interested Parties and the Trustee, relating to the enforceability of this Agreement against the Mortgage Loan Seller;

(viii)                                 A letter from special counsel for the Mortgage Loan Seller, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Purchaser, the Underwriters (only with respect to

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the Preliminary Prospectus) and the Initial Purchasers (only with respect to the Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum), relating to the information regarding the Mortgage Loans set forth in agreed upon sections of the Preliminary Prospectus and in the Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum (as the same may be amended or supplemented on or before the pricing date for the Certificates) substantially to the effect that nothing has come to such special counsel’s attention that would lead such special counsel to believe that the agreed upon portions of the Preliminary Prospectus or the Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum, at the time when sales to purchasers of the Certificates were first made, contained, with respect to the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Mortgage Loans, any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein relating to the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Mortgage Loans, the related borrowers or the related Mortgaged Properties, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

(ix)                                        A letter from special counsel for the Mortgage Loan Seller, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Purchaser, the Underwriters (only with respect to the Prospectus) and the Initial Purchasers (only with respect to the Private Placement Memorandum), relating to the information regarding the Mortgage Loans set forth in agreed upon sections of the Prospectus and the Private Placement Memorandum (as the case may be and as the same may be amended or supplemented on or before the Closing Date) substantially to the effect that (a) nothing has come to such special counsel’s attention that would lead such special counsel to believe that the agreed upon portions of the Prospectus or the Private Placement Memorandum (as applicable) as of the date thereof or as of the Closing Date contained or contains, with respect to the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Mortgage Loans, the related borrowers or the related Mortgaged Properties, any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein relating to the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Mortgage Loans, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and (b) that, with respect to information regarding the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Mortgage Loans, the related borrowers or the related Mortgaged Properties, the Prospectus is appropriately responsive in all material respects to the applicable requirements of Regulation AB;

(x)                                            Copies of all other opinions rendered by counsel for the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Rating Agencies in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including, but not limited to, with respect to the characterization of the transfer of the Mortgage Loans hereunder as a true sale, with each such opinion to be addressed to the other Interested Parties and the Trustee or accompanied by a letter signed by such counsel stating that the other Interested Parties and the Trustee may rely on such opinion as if it were addressed to them as of the date thereof;

(xi)                                        One or more agreed-upon procedures letters from a nationally recognized firm of certified public accountants acceptable to the Underwriters and the Initial Purchasers, dated (A) the date of the Preliminary Prospectus and the Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum, and (B) the date of the Prospectus and the Private Placement Memorandum, respectively, and addressed to, and in form and substance acceptable to, the Interested Parties (other than the Rating Agencies), stating in effect that, using the assumptions and methodology used by the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Purchaser,

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the Underwriters or the Initial Purchasers, as applicable, all of which shall be described in such letters, and which shall include a comparison of certain mortgage loan-related documents to the information set forth in the Master Tape (as defined in the Indemnification Agreement), they have recalculated such numbers and percentages relating to the Mortgage Loans set forth in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum, and set forth in the Prospectus and the Private Placement Memorandum, respectively, and have compared the results of their calculations to the corresponding items in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum, and in the Prospectus and the Private Placement Memorandum, respectively, and found each such number and percentage set forth in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum, and in the Prospectus and the Private Placement Memorandum, respectively, to be in agreement with the results of such calculations;

(xii)          If any of the Certificates are “mortgage related securities” within the meaning of the Secondary Mortgage Market Enhancement Act of 1984, as amended, a certificate of the Mortgage Loan Seller regarding origination of the Mortgage Loans by specified originators as set forth in Section 3(a)(41) of the Exchange Act; and

(xiii)        Such further certificates, opinions and documents as the Purchaser may reasonably request or any Rating Agency may require.

Section 8.                Additional Reporting Under Regulation AB. With respect to any period during which the Trust is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall provide to the Purchaser and the Certificate Administrator any information that constitutes “Additional Form 10-D Information” or “Additional Form 10-K Information” but only if and to the extent that the Mortgage Loan Seller (or any originator of the Mortgage Loans sold by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Depositor, if such originator constitutes an “originator” contemplated by Item 1110(b) of Regulation AB and such information is required to be reported with respect to such originator) is the applicable “Party Responsible” (solely in its capacity as a sponsor or originator (or as successor in interest to any predecessor originator), within the meaning of Regulation AB, of any Mortgage Loans) under the terms of Exhibit AA or Exhibit BB to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (it being acknowledged that the Mortgage Loan Seller (solely in its capacity as a sponsor or originator (or as successor in interest to any predecessor originator), within the meaning of Regulation AB, of any Mortgage Loans) does not constitute the “Party Responsible” for any “Form 8-K Information” set forth on Exhibit CC of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement). In each case, such delivery shall be made in a form readily convertible to an EDGAR compatible form, or in such other form as otherwise agreed by the Purchaser, the Certificate Administrator and the Mortgage Loan Seller. In each case, such delivery shall be made not later than five (5) calendar days after the related Distribution Date (in the case of any such “Additional Form 10-D Information”), and no later than March 1 of each year subsequent to the fiscal year that the Trust is subject to the Exchange Act reporting requirements (in the case of any such “Additional Form 10-K Information”). In no event shall the Mortgage Loan Seller be required to provide any information that is not required to be reported on Form 10-D or Form 10-K, as the case may be, under the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

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In addition, with respect to any period during which the Trust is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall reasonably cooperate with each of the Depositor, the applicable Master Servicer and the Certificate Administrator, upon the reasonable request of such party, by providing all Mortgage Loan-related documents, data and information in the possession of the Mortgage Loan Seller at or prior to the Closing Date and on the date of the request and necessary for the ongoing compliance by the Depositor and the Trust with the requirements of Form 10-D with respect to Items 1111 and 1125 of Regulation AB; provided that the Mortgage Loan Seller shall not be required to provide any documents that are proprietary to the related originator or the Mortgage Loan Seller or any draft documents, privileged or internal communications, credit underwriting or due diligence analysis.

Section 9.                                          Costs. Whether or not this Agreement is terminated, the Mortgage Loan Seller will pay its pro rata share (the Mortgage Loan Seller’s pro rata portion to be determined according to the percentage that the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of all the Mortgage Loans represents as to the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of all the mortgage loans of the Trust Fund (the “Cut-off Date Pool Balance”)) of all costs and expenses of the Purchaser in connection with the transactions contemplated herein, including, but not limited to: (i) the costs and expenses of the Purchaser in connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans; (ii) the costs and expenses of reproducing and delivering the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and this Agreement and printing (or otherwise reproducing) and delivering the Certificates; (iii) the reasonable and documented set-up fees, costs and expenses of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and their respective counsel; (iv) the fees and disbursements of a firm of certified public accountants selected by the Purchaser and the Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to numerical information in respect of the Mortgage Loans and the Certificates included in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum, the Prospectus and the Private Placement Memorandum or any other marketing materials or structural and collateral term sheets (or any similar item), including the cost of obtaining any agreed-upon procedures letters with respect to such items; (v) the costs and expenses in connection with the qualification or exemption of the Certificates under state securities or blue sky laws, including filing fees and reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel in connection therewith; (vi) the costs and expenses in connection with any determination of the eligibility of the Certificates for investment by institutional investors in any jurisdiction and the preparation of any legal investment survey, including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel in connection therewith; (vii) the costs and expenses in connection with printing (or otherwise reproducing) and delivering this Agreement and the furnishing to the Underwriters or the Initial Purchasers, as applicable, of such copies of the Preliminary Prospectus, the Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum, the Prospectus and the Private Placement Memorandum or any other marketing materials or structural and collateral term sheets (or any similar item) and this Agreement as the Underwriters and the Initial Purchasers may reasonably request; (viii) the fees of the rating agency or agencies engaged to consider rating the Certificates or hired and requested to rate the Certificates; (ix) all registration fees incurred by the Purchaser in connection with the filing of its Registration Statement allocable to the issuance of the Registered Certificates; (x) the upfront fee payable to the Asset Representations Reviewer on the Closing Date in the amount agreed by the parties hereto; and (xi) the reasonable fees and expenses of special counsel to the Purchaser.

Section 10.                                    Notices. All demands, notices and communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered to or mailed, by

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registered mail, postage prepaid, by overnight mail or courier service, or transmitted by facsimile and confirmed by similar mailed writing, if to the Purchaser, addressed to the Purchaser at Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., 1585 Broadway, New York, New York 10036, Attention: Jane Lam (with a copy to Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., 1633 Broadway, 29th Floor, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Legal Compliance Division and a copy by email to cmbs_notices@morganstanley.com), or such other address as may be designated by the Purchaser to the Mortgage Loan Seller in writing; or, if to the Mortgage Loan Seller, addressed to Argentic Real Estate Finance 2 LLC, 31 West 27th Street, 12th Floor, New York, New York 10001, Attention: Michael Schulte, facsimile number: (646) 560-1745, or such other address as may be designated by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Purchaser in writing.

Section 11.            Miscellaneous. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument, and the words “executed,” “signed,” “signature” and words of like import as used above and elsewhere in this Agreement or in any other certificate, agreement or document related to this transaction shall include, in addition to manually executed signatures, images of manually executed signatures transmitted by facsimile or other electronic format (including, without limitation, “pdf,” “tif” or “jpg”) and other electronic signatures (including, without limitation, any electronic sound, symbol, or process, attached to or logically associated with a contract or other record and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the record). The use of electronic signatures and electronic records (including, without limitation, any contract or other record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means) shall be of the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a manually executed signature or use of a paper-based record-keeping system to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act and any other applicable law, including, without limitation, any state law based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the Uniform Commercial Code.

Neither this Agreement nor any term or provision hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated except by a writing signed by a duly authorized officer of the party against whom enforcement of such change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought to be enforced. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder. The Mortgage Loan Seller shall be an express third party beneficiary to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent set forth therein. The Asset Representations Reviewer shall be an express third party beneficiary of Sections 4(h), 4(j), and 4(k) of this Agreement.

Section 12.            Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive Delivery. All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement, incorporated herein by reference or contained in the certificates of officers of the Mortgage Loan Seller delivered pursuant hereto, shall remain operative and in full force and effect and shall survive delivery of the Mortgage Loans by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Purchaser and by the Purchaser to the Trust, notwithstanding any restrictive or qualified endorsement or assignment in respect of any Mortgage Loan.

Section 13.            Severability of Provisions. Any part, provision, representation, warranty or covenant of this Agreement that is prohibited or is held to be void or unenforceable

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shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof. Any part, provision, representation, warranty or covenant of this Agreement that is prohibited or is held to be void or unenforceable in any particular jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the parties hereto waive any provision of law which prohibits or renders void or unenforceable any provision hereof.

Section 14.                                   Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Trial by Jury. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE AGREEMENT, THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE PARTIES, AND/OR THE INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE PARTIES WILL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, EACH OF THE PURCHASER AND THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY (I) SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY NEW YORK STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN IN NEW YORK CITY WITH RESPECT TO MATTERS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT; (II) AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS WITH RESPECT TO ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING REGARDING SUCH MATTERS MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE OR FEDERAL COURTS; (III) WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST POSSIBLE EXTENT, WITH RESPECT TO SUCH COURTS, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM; (IV) AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW; AND (V) WAIVES TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, CLAIM, SUIT, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED UPON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) RELATING TO OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT.

Section 15.                                    Further Assurances. The Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser each agrees to execute and deliver such instruments and take such further actions as any other party hereto may, from time to time, reasonably request in order to effectuate the purposes and to carry out the terms of this Agreement.

Section 16.                                   Successors and Assigns. The rights and obligations of the Mortgage Loan Seller under this Agreement shall not be assigned by the Mortgage Loan Seller without the prior written consent of the Purchaser, except that any person into which the Mortgage Loan Seller may be merged or consolidated, or any person resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Mortgage Loan Seller is a party, or any person succeeding to all or substantially all of the business of the Mortgage Loan Seller, shall be the successor to the Mortgage Loan Seller hereunder. In connection with its transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the Trust as contemplated by the recitals hereto, the Purchaser is expressly authorized to assign its rights under

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this Agreement, in whole or in part, to the Trustee for the benefit of the registered holders and beneficial owners of the Certificates. To the extent of any such assignment, the Trustee, for the benefit of the registered holders and beneficial owners of the Certificates, shall be the Purchaser hereunder. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser, and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

Section 17.            Information. The Mortgage Loan Seller shall provide the Purchaser with such information about itself, the Mortgage Loans and the underwriting and servicing procedures applicable to the Mortgage Loans as is (i) required under the provisions of Regulation AB, (ii) required by a Rating Agency or a governmental agency or body or (iii) reasonably requested by the Purchaser for use in a private disclosure document.

Section 18.            Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and understanding of the parties with respect to the matters addressed herein, and this Agreement supersedes any prior agreements and/or understandings, written or oral, with respect to such matters; provided, however, that in no event shall this provision be construed to limit the effect of the Indemnification Agreement or the memorandum of understanding dated as of April 20, 2023 between the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Purchaser and certain other parties or any separate acknowledgments and agreements executed and delivered pursuant to such memorandum of understanding.

Section 19.            Recognition of U.S. Special Resolution Regimes.

(a)                                   In the event a Covered Party becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer of this Agreement (and any interest and obligation in or under, and any property securing, this Agreement) from such Covered Party will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement (and any interest and obligation in or under, and any property securing, this Agreement) were governed by the laws of the United States of America or a State of the United States of America.

(b)                                  In the event that a Covered Party or any BHC Affiliate of such Covered Party becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, any Default Right under this Agreement that may be exercised against such Covered Party is permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Right could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States of America or a State of the United States of America.

“BHC Affiliate” has the meaning assigned to the term “affiliate” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. §1841(k).

“Covered Party” means any party to this Agreement that is one of the following: (i) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §252.82(b); (ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §47.3(b), or any subsidiary of such a covered bank to which 12 C.F.R. Part 47 applies in accordance with 12 C.F.R. §47.3(b); or (iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §382.2(b).

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“Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.

“U.S. Special Resolution Regime” means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

Section 20.            Limitation on the Exercise of Certain Rights Related to Affiliate Insolvency Proceedings.

(a)                                   Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other agreement, but subject to the requirements of Section 19, no party to this Agreement shall be permitted to exercise any Default Right against a Covered Party with respect to this Agreement that is related, directly or indirectly, to a BHC Affiliate of such party becoming subject to a receivership, insolvency, liquidation, resolution, or similar proceeding (each an “Insolvency Proceeding”), except to the extent the exercise of such Default Right would be permitted under the creditor protection provisions of 12 C.F.R. § 252.84, 12 C.F.R. § 47.5, or 12 C.F.R. § 382.4, as applicable.

(b)                                   After a BHC Affiliate of a Covered Party has become subject to Insolvency Proceedings, if any party to this Agreement seeks to exercise any Default Right against such Covered Party with respect to this Agreement, the party seeking to exercise a Default Right shall have the burden of proof, by clear and convincing evidence, that the exercise of such Default Right is permitted hereunder.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above written.

	ARGENTIC REAL ESTATE FINANCE 2 LLC
	By:	Argentic Investment Management LLC, its
	Investment Manager
	By:	/s/ Michael Schulte
		Name: Michael Schulte
		Title: Authorized Signatory

MSWF 2023-1 – Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (AREF 2)

	MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL I INC.
	By:	/s/ Jane Lam
		Name:  Jane Lam
		Title:    President

 

MSWF 2023-1 – Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (AREF 2)

EXHIBIT A

MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE

 

 

Exh. A-1

MSWF 2023-1
Mortgage Loan Schedule

Loan ID	Mortgage Loan Seller	Property Name	Cut-off Date Balance	Address	City	State	Note Date	Maturity Date or ARD	Mortgage Rate	Original Term to Maturity or ARD (mos.)	Remaining Term to Maturity or ARD (mos.)	Original Amortization Term (mos.)	ARD Loan (Y/N)	Primary Servicing Fee Rate	Non-Serviced Primary Servicing Fee Rate	Master Servicing Fee Rate
2	AREF 2	Barbours Cut IOS	$35,750,000	816 West Barbours Cut Boulevard	La Porte	TX	5/9/2023	6/6/2033	7.2000%	121	121	0	No	0.002500%	0.000000%	0.002500%
5	AREF 2	Pacific Design Center	$35,000,000	8687 and 8661 Melrose Avenue and 700 North San Vicente Boulevard	West Hollywood	CA	1/11/2023	2/6/2033	5.9411%	120	117	0	No	0.000000%	0.001250%	0.002500%
11	AREF 2	100 Jefferson Road	$29,500,000	100 Jefferson Road	Parsippany	NJ	3/10/2023	4/6/2033	7.2600%	120	119	0	No	0.001250%	0.000000%	0.002500%
12	AREF 2	303 West Hurst Boulevard	$26,500,000	303 West Hurst Boulevard	Hurst	TX	5/5/2023	5/6/2033	7.2700%	120	120	0	No	0.002500%	0.000000%	0.002500%
13	AREF 2	Metroplex	$24,000,000	3530 Wilshire Boulevard	Los Angeles	CA	1/6/2023	1/6/2028	6.7235%	60	56	0	No	0.001250%	0.000000%	0.002500%
14	AREF 2	3800 Horizon Boulevard	$22,000,000	3800 Horizon Boulevard	Feasterville-Trevose	PA	3/27/2023	4/6/2033	6.9900%	120	119	360	No	0.002500%	0.000000%	0.002500%
24	AREF 2	Woodward Place	$8,800,000	3400 Southwest 44th Street	Oklahoma City	OK	5/3/2023	5/6/2033	6.9000%	120	120	0	No	0.002500%	0.000000%	0.002500%

EXHIBIT B-1

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLER

The Mortgage Loan Seller hereby represents and warrants that, as of the date hereof:

(a)                                       The Mortgage Loan Seller is a limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.

(b)                                      The Mortgage Loan Seller’s execution and delivery of, performance under, and compliance with this Agreement, will not violate the Mortgage Loan Seller’s organizational documents or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the breach of, any material agreement or other material instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound, which default or breach, in the good faith and reasonable judgment of the Mortgage Loan Seller, is likely to affect materially and adversely the ability of the Mortgage Loan Seller to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

(c)                                       The Mortgage Loan Seller has the full power and authority to consummate all transactions contemplated by this Agreement, has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and has duly executed and delivered this Agreement.

(d)                                      This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other party or parties hereto, constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of the Mortgage Loan Seller, enforceable against the Mortgage Loan Seller in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy, fraudulent transfer, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium, liquidation, conservatorship and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (B) general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law, and (C) public policy considerations.

(e)                                       The Mortgage Loan Seller is not in violation of, and its execution and delivery of, performance under and compliance with this Agreement will not constitute a violation of, any law, any order or decree of any court or arbiter, or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority, which violation, in the Mortgage Loan Seller’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to affect materially and adversely the ability of the Mortgage Loan Seller to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

(f)                                         No consent, approval, authorization or order of any state or federal court or governmental agency or body is required for the consummation by the Mortgage Loan Seller of the transactions contemplated herein, except for (A) those consents, approvals, authorizations or orders that previously have been obtained and (B) those filings and recordings of Mortgage Loan documents and assignments thereof that are contemplated by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be completed after the Closing Date.

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(g)                                     No litigation, arbitration, suit, proceeding or governmental investigation is pending or, to the best of the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, threatened against the Mortgage Loan Seller that, if determined adversely to the Mortgage Loan Seller, would prohibit the Mortgage Loan Seller from entering into this Agreement or that, in the Mortgage Loan Seller’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to materially and adversely affect the ability of the Mortgage Loan Seller to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

(h)                                      The transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser as contemplated herein is not subject to any bulk transfer or similar law in effect in any applicable jurisdiction.

(i)                                          The Mortgage Loan Seller is not transferring the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser with any intent to hinder, delay or defraud its present or future creditors.

(j)                                          The Mortgage Loan Seller will be solvent at all relevant times prior to, and will not be rendered insolvent by, its transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser, as contemplated herein.

(k)                                       After giving effect to its transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser, as provided herein, the value of the Mortgage Loan Seller’s assets, either taken at their present fair saleable value or at fair valuation, will exceed the amount of the Mortgage Loan Seller’s debts and obligations, including contingent and unliquidated debts and obligations of the Mortgage Loan Seller, and the Mortgage Loan Seller will not be left with unreasonably small assets or capital with which to engage in and conduct its business.

(l)                                          The Mortgage Loan Seller does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or obligations beyond its ability to pay such debts and obligations as they mature.

(m)                                    No proceedings looking toward liquidation, dissolution or bankruptcy of the Mortgage Loan Seller are pending or contemplated.

(n)                                      The principal place of business and chief executive office of the Mortgage Loan Seller is located in the State of New York.

(o)                                      The consideration received by the Mortgage Loan Seller upon the sale of the Mortgage Loans constitutes at least fair consideration and reasonably equivalent value for such Mortgage Loans.

 

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EXHIBIT B-2

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE PURCHASER

The Purchaser hereby represents and warrants that, as of the date hereof:

(a)                                       The Purchaser is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.

(b)                                      The Purchaser’s execution and delivery of, performance under, and compliance with this Agreement, will not violate the Purchaser’s organizational documents or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the breach of, any material agreement or other material instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound, which default or breach, in the good faith and reasonable judgment of the Purchaser, is likely to affect materially and adversely the ability of the Purchaser to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

(c)                                       This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other party or parties hereto, constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of the Purchaser, enforceable against the Purchaser in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and (B) general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

(d)                                      No litigation, arbitration, suit, proceeding or governmental investigation is pending or, to the best of the Purchaser’s knowledge, threatened against the Purchaser that, if determined adversely to the Purchaser, would prohibit the Purchaser from entering into this Agreement or that, in the Purchaser’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to materially and adversely affect the ability of the Purchaser to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

(e)                                       The Purchaser has the full power and authority to consummate all transactions contemplated by this Agreement, has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and has duly executed and delivered this Agreement.

(f)                                        The Purchaser is not in violation of, and its execution and delivery of, performance under and compliance with this Agreement will not constitute a violation of, any law, any order or decree of any court or arbiter, or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority, which violation, in the Purchaser’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to affect materially and adversely the ability of the Purchaser to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

(g)                                      The Purchaser (A) prepared one or more reports on Form ABS-15G (each, a “Form 15G”) containing the findings and conclusions of the Accountants’ Due Diligence Reports and meeting the requirements of that Form 15G, Rule 15Ga-2, and any other rules and regulations of the Commission and the Exchange Act; (B) provided a copy of the final draft of each such Form 15G to MS&Co. at least six (6) business days before the first sale

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in the offering contemplated by the Prospectus and Private Placement Memorandum; and (C) furnished each such Form 15G to the Commission on EDGAR at least five (5) business days before the first sale in the offering contemplated by the Prospectus and Private Placement Memorandum as required by Rule 15Ga-2.

(h)                                      The Purchaser has not dealt with any broker, investment banker, agent or other person, other than the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers and their respective affiliates, that may be entitled to any commission or compensation in connection with the sale of the Mortgage Loans or consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

 

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EXHIBIT C

MORTGAGE LOAN REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

For purposes of this Exhibit C, the phrases “the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge” or “the Mortgage Loan Seller’s belief” and other words and phrases of like import shall mean, except where otherwise expressly set forth below, the actual state of knowledge or belief of the Mortgage Loan Seller, its officers and employees directly responsible for the underwriting, origination, servicing or sale of the Mortgage Loans regarding the matters expressly set forth below in each case without having conducted any independent inquiry into such matters and without any obligation to have done so (except (i) having sent to the servicers servicing the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Mortgage Loan Seller, if any, specific inquiries regarding the matters referred to and (ii) as expressly set forth herein). All information contained in documents which are part of or required to be part of a Mortgage File, as specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (to the extent such documents exist) shall be deemed within the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge.

The Mortgage Loan Seller hereby represents and warrants that, as of the date herein below specified or, if no such date is specified, as of the date hereof, except with respect to the Exceptions described on Schedule C to this Agreement.

1.                  Intentionally Omitted.

2.                 Whole Loan; Ownership of Mortgage Loans. Except with respect to a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan, each Mortgage Loan is a whole loan and not a participation interest in a mortgage loan. At the time of the sale, transfer and assignment to the Depositor, no Mortgage Note or Mortgage was subject to any assignment (other than assignments to the Mortgage Loan Seller or (with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) to the related Non-Serviced Trustee for the related Non-Serviced Trust), participation (it being understood that a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan does not constitute a participation) or pledge, and the Mortgage Loan Seller had good title to, and was the sole owner of, each Mortgage Loan free and clear of any and all liens, charges, pledges, encumbrances, participations (other than with respect to agreements among noteholders with respect to a Whole Loan), any other ownership interests and other interests on, in or to such Mortgage Loan other than any servicing rights appointment, subservicing or similar agreement. The Mortgage Loan Seller has full right and authority to sell, assign and transfer each Mortgage Loan, and the assignment to the Depositor constitutes a legal, valid and binding assignment of such Mortgage Loan free and clear of any and all liens, pledges, charges or security interests of any nature encumbering such Mortgage Loan.

3.                  Loan Document Status. Each related Mortgage Note, Mortgage, Assignment of Leases (if a separate instrument), guaranty and other agreement executed by or on behalf of the related Mortgagor, guarantor or other obligor in connection with such Mortgage Loan is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the related Mortgagor, guarantor or other obligor (subject to any non-recourse provisions contained in any of the foregoing agreements and any applicable state anti-deficiency or market value limit deficiency legislation), as applicable, and is enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws

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affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and except that certain provisions in such Mortgage Loan documents (including, without limitation, provisions requiring the payment of default interest, late fees or Prepayment Premium/Yield Maintenance Charge) may be further limited or rendered unenforceable by applicable law, but (subject to the limitations set forth above) such limitations or unenforceability will not render such Mortgage Loan documents invalid as a whole or materially interfere with the Mortgagee’s realization of the principal benefits and/or security provided thereby (clauses (i) and (ii) collectively, the “Standard Qualifications”).

Except as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, there is no valid offset, defense, counterclaim or right of rescission available to the related Mortgagor with respect to any of the related Mortgage Notes, Mortgages or other Mortgage Loan documents, including, without limitation, any such valid offset, defense, counterclaim or right based on intentional fraud by Mortgage Loan Seller in connection with the origination of the Mortgage Loan, that would deny the Mortgagee the principal benefits intended to be provided by the Mortgage Note, Mortgage or other Mortgage Loan documents.

4.                  Mortgage Provisions. The Mortgage Loan documents for each Mortgage Loan, together with applicable state law, contain provisions that render the rights and remedies of the holder thereof adequate for the practical realization against the Mortgaged Property of the principal benefits of the security intended to be provided thereby, including realization by judicial or, if applicable, non-judicial foreclosure subject to the limitations set forth in the Standard Qualifications.

5.                  Intentionally Omitted.

6.                  Mortgage Status; Waivers and Modifications. Since origination and except by written instruments set forth in the related Mortgage File or as otherwise provided in the related Mortgage Loan documents (a) (1) to the knowledge of the Mortgage Loan Seller, there has been no forbearance, waiver or modification of the material terms of the Mortgage Loan which such forbearance, waiver, or modification relates to the COVID-19 emergency and (2) other than as related to the COVID-19 emergency, the material terms of such Mortgage, Mortgage Note, Mortgage Loan guaranty and related Mortgage Loan documents have not been waived, impaired, modified, altered, satisfied, canceled, subordinated or rescinded in any respect which materially interferes with the security intended to be provided by such mortgage; (b) no related Mortgaged Property or any portion thereof has been released from the lien of the related Mortgage in any manner which materially interferes with the security intended to be provided by such Mortgage or the use or operation of the remaining portion of such Mortgaged Property; and (c) neither the Mortgagor nor the guarantor has been released from its material obligations under the Mortgage Loan. With respect to each Mortgage Loan, except as contained in a written document included in the Mortgage File, there have been no modifications, amendments or waivers, that could be reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on such Mortgage Loan consented to by the Mortgage Loan Seller on or after the Cut-off Date.

7.                  Lien; Valid Assignment. Subject to the Standard Qualifications, each endorsement or assignment of Mortgage and assignment of Assignment of Leases from the

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Mortgage Loan Seller or its Affiliate is in recordable form (but for the insertion of the name of the assignee and any related recording information which is not yet available to the Mortgage Loan Seller) and constitutes a legal, valid and binding endorsement or assignment from the Mortgage Loan Seller, or its Affiliate, as applicable. Each related Mortgage and Assignment of Leases is freely assignable without the consent of the related Mortgagor. Each related Mortgage is a legal, valid and enforceable first lien on the related Mortgagor’s fee (or if identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, leasehold) interest in the Mortgaged Property in the principal amount of such Mortgage Loan or allocated loan amount (subject only to Permitted Encumbrances (as defined below) and the exceptions to paragraph 8 below (each such exception, a “Title Exception”)), except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by the Standard Qualifications. Such Mortgaged Property (subject to Permitted Encumbrances and Title Exceptions) as of origination and, to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, as of the Cut-off Date, is free and clear of any recorded mechanics’ or materialmen’s liens and other recorded encumbrances that would be prior to or equal with the lien of the related Mortgage (which lien secures the related Whole Loan, in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan), except those which are bonded over, escrowed for or insured against by the applicable Title Policy (as described below), and as of origination and, to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, as of the Cut-off Date, no rights exist which under law could give rise to any such lien or encumbrance that would be prior to or equal with the lien of the related Mortgage, except those which are bonded over, escrowed for or insured against by the applicable Title Policy. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no representation is made as to the perfection of any security interest in rents or other personal property to the extent that possession or control of such items or actions other than the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements is required to effect such perfection.

8.                  Permitted Liens; Title Insurance. Each Mortgaged Property securing a Mortgage Loan is covered by an American Land Title Association loan title insurance policy or a comparable form of loan title insurance policy approved for use in the applicable jurisdiction (or, if such policy is yet to be issued, by a pro forma policy, a preliminary title policy or a “marked up” commitment, in each case with escrow instructions and binding on the title insurer) (the “Title Policy”) in the original principal amount of such Mortgage Loan (or with respect to a Mortgage Loan secured by multiple properties, an amount equal to at least the allocated loan amount with respect to the Title Policy for each such property) after all advances of principal (including any advances held in escrow or reserves), that insures for the benefit of the owner of the indebtedness secured by the Mortgage, the first priority lien of the Mortgage (which lien secures the related Whole Loan, in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan), which lien is subject only to (a) the lien of current real property taxes, water charges, sewer rents and assessments not yet due and payable; (b) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record specifically identified in the Title Policy; (c) the exceptions (general and specific) and exclusions set forth in such Title Policy; (d) other matters to which like properties are commonly subject; (e) the rights of tenants (as tenants only) under leases (including subleases) pertaining to the related Mortgaged Property; (f) if the related Mortgage Loan constitutes a Crossed Underlying Loan, the lien of the Mortgage for another Mortgage Loan contained in the same Crossed Mortgage Loan Group, and (g) condominium declarations of record and identified in such Title Policy, provided that none of clauses (a) through (g), individually or in the aggregate, materially and adversely interferes with the value or principal use of the Mortgaged Property, the security intended to be provided by such Mortgage, or the current ability of the related Mortgaged Property to generate net cash flow sufficient to service the related Mortgage Loan or the

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Mortgagor’s ability to pay its obligations when they become due (collectively, the “Permitted Encumbrances”). For purposes of clause (a) of the immediately preceding sentence, any such taxes, assessments and other charges shall not be considered due and payable until the date on which interest and/or penalties would be payable thereon. Except as contemplated by clause (f) of the second preceding sentence none of the Permitted Encumbrances are mortgage liens that are senior to or coordinate and co-equal with the lien of the related Mortgage. Such Title Policy (or, if it has yet to be issued, the coverage to be provided thereby) is in full force and effect, all premiums thereon have been paid and no claims have been made by the Mortgage Loan Seller thereunder and no claims have been paid thereunder. Neither the Mortgage Loan Seller, nor to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, any other holder of the Mortgage Loan, has done, by act or omission, anything that would materially impair the coverage under such Title Policy. Each Title Policy contains no exclusion for, or affirmatively insures (except for any Mortgaged Property located in a jurisdiction where such affirmative insurance is not available in which case such exclusion may exist), (a) that the Mortgaged Property shown on the survey is the same as the property legally described in the Mortgage and (b) to the extent that the Mortgaged Property consists of two or more adjoining parcels, such parcels are contiguous.

9.                  Junior Liens. It being understood that B notes secured by the same Mortgage as a Mortgage Loan are not subordinate mortgages or junior liens, except for any Mortgage Loan that is cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with another Mortgage Loan, as of the Cut-off Date there are no subordinate mortgages or junior mortgage liens encumbering the related Mortgaged Property other than Permitted Encumbrances, mechanics’ or materialmen’s liens (which are the subject of the representation in paragraph (7) above), and equipment and other personal property financing. The Mortgage Loan Seller has no knowledge of any mezzanine debt secured directly by interests in the related Mortgagor other than as set forth on Exhibit C-32-1.

10.              Assignment of Leases and Rents. There exists as part of the related Mortgage File an Assignment of Leases (either as a separate instrument or incorporated into the related Mortgage). Subject to the Permitted Encumbrances and Title Exceptions (and, in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan, subject to the related Assignment of Leases constituting security for the entire Whole Loan), each related Assignment of Leases creates a valid first-priority collateral assignment of, or a valid first-priority lien or security interest in, rents and certain rights under the related lease or leases, subject only to a license granted to the related Mortgagor to exercise certain rights and to perform certain obligations of the lessor under such lease or leases, including the right to operate the related leased property, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by the Standard Qualifications. The related Mortgage or related Assignment of Leases, subject to applicable law and the Standard Qualifications, provides that, upon an event of default under the Mortgage Loan, a receiver may be appointed for the collection of rents or for the related Mortgagee to enter into possession to collect the rents or for rents to be paid directly to the Mortgagee.

11.              Financing Statements. Subject to the Standard Qualifications, each Mortgage Loan or related security agreement establishes a valid security interest in, and a UCC-1 financing statement has been filed and/or recorded (or, in the case of fixtures, the Mortgage constitutes a fixture filing) in all places necessary at the time of the origination of the Mortgage Loan (or, if not filed and/or recorded, has submitted or caused to be submitted in proper form for filing and/or recording) to perfect a valid security interest in, the personal property (creation and

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perfection of which is governed by the UCC) owned by the Mortgagor and necessary to operate such Mortgaged Property in its current use other than (1) non-material personal property, (2) personal property subject to purchase money security interests and (3) personal property that is leased equipment. Each UCC-1 financing statement, if any, filed with respect to personal property constituting a part of the related Mortgaged Property and each UCC-3 assignment, if any, filed with respect to such financing statement was in suitable form for filing in the filing office in which such financing statement was filed. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no representation is made as to the perfection of any security interest in rents or other personal property to the extent that possession or control of such items or actions other than the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements is required to effect such perfection.

12.              Condition of Property. The Mortgage Loan Seller or the originator of the Mortgage Loan inspected or caused to be inspected each related Mortgaged Property within six months of origination of the Mortgage Loan and within twelve months of the Cut-off Date.

An engineering report or property condition assessment was prepared in connection with the origination of each Mortgage Loan no more than twelve months prior to the Cut-off Date. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, based solely upon due diligence customarily performed in connection with the origination of comparable mortgage loans, as of the Closing Date, each related Mortgaged Property was free and clear of any material damage (other than (i) deferred maintenance for which escrows were established at origination and (ii) any damage fully covered by insurance) that would affect materially and adversely the use or value of such Mortgaged Property as security for the Mortgage Loan.

13.              Taxes and Assessments. As of the date of origination and, to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, as of the Cut-off Date, all taxes, governmental assessments and other outstanding governmental charges (including, without limitation, water and sewage charges) due with respect to the Mortgaged Property (excluding any related personal property) securing a Mortgage Loan that is or could become a lien on the related Mortgaged Property that became due and owing prior to the Cut-off Date with respect to each related Mortgaged Property have been paid, or, if the appropriate amount of such taxes or charges is being appealed or is otherwise in dispute, the unpaid taxes or charges are covered by an escrow of funds or other security sufficient to pay such tax or charge and reasonably estimated interest and penalties, if any, thereon. For purposes of this representation and warranty, any such taxes, assessments and other charges shall not be considered due and payable until the date on which interest and/or penalties would be payable thereon.

14.              Condemnation. As of the date of origination and to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge as of the Cut-off Date, there is no proceeding pending and, to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge as of the date of origination and as of the Cut-off Date, there is no proceeding threatened for the total or partial condemnation of such Mortgaged Property that would have a material adverse effect on the value, use or operation of the Mortgaged Property.

15.              Actions Concerning Mortgage Loan. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, based on evaluation of the Title Policy (as defined in paragraph 8), an engineering report or property condition assessment as described in paragraph 12, applicable local law compliance materials as described in paragraph 26, and the ESA (as defined in paragraph 43), as

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of origination there was no pending or filed action, suit or proceeding, arbitration or governmental investigation involving any Mortgagor, guarantor, or Mortgagor’s interest in the Mortgaged Property, an adverse outcome of which would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect (a) such Mortgagor’s title to the Mortgaged Property, (b) the validity or enforceability of the Mortgage, (c) such Mortgagor’s ability to perform under the related Mortgage Loan, (d) such guarantor’s ability to perform under the related guaranty, (e) the principal benefit of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage Loan documents, or (f) the current principal use of the Mortgaged Property.

16.              Escrow Deposits. All escrow deposits and escrow payments currently required to be escrowed with the Mortgagee pursuant to each Mortgage Loan (including capital improvements and environmental remediation reserves) are in the possession, or under the control, of the Mortgage Loan Seller or its servicer, and there are no delinquencies (subject to any applicable grace or cure periods) in connection therewith, and all such escrows and deposits (or the right thereto) that are required under the related Mortgage Loan documents are being conveyed by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Depositor or its servicer (or, in the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, to the related Non-Serviced Depositor or Non-Serviced Master Servicer for the related Non-Serviced Trust).

17.              No Holdbacks. The principal amount of the Mortgage Loan stated on the Mortgage Loan Schedule has been fully disbursed as of the Closing Date and there is no requirement for future advances thereunder (except in those cases where the full amount of the Mortgage Loan has been disbursed but a portion thereof is being held in escrow or reserve accounts pending the satisfaction of certain conditions relating to leasing, repairs, occupancy, performance or other matters with respect to the related Mortgaged Property, the Mortgagor or other considerations determined by the Mortgage Loan Seller to merit such holdback).

18.              Insurance. Each related Mortgaged Property is, and is required pursuant to the related Mortgage to be, insured by a property insurance policy providing coverage for loss in accordance with coverage found under a “special cause of loss form” or “all risk form” that includes replacement cost valuation issued by an insurer or insurers meeting the requirements of the related Mortgage Loan documents and having a claims-paying or financial strength rating meeting the Insurance Ratings Requirements (as defined below), in an amount (subject to customary deductibles) not less than the lesser of (1) the original principal balance of the Mortgage Loan and (2) the full insurable value on a replacement cost basis of the improvements, furniture, furnishings, fixtures and equipment owned by the Mortgagor included in the Mortgaged Property (with no deduction for physical depreciation), but, in any event, not less than the amount necessary or containing such endorsements as are necessary to avoid the operation of any coinsurance provisions with respect to the related Mortgaged Property.

“Insurance Ratings Requirements” means either (1) a claims paying or financial strength rating of at least “A-:VIII” from A.M. Best Company (“A.M. Best”) or “A3” (or the equivalent) from Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or “A-” from S&P Global Ratings (“S&P”) or (2) the Syndicate Insurance Ratings Requirements. “Syndicate Insurance Ratings Requirements” means insurance provided by a syndicate of insurers, as to which (i) if such syndicate consists of 5 or more members, at least 60% of the coverage is provided by insurers that meet the Insurance Ratings Requirements (under clause (1) of the definition of such term) and up

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to 40% of the coverage is provided by insurers that have a claims paying or financial strength rating of at least “BBB-” by S&P or at least “Baa3” by Moody’s, and (ii) if such syndicate consists of 4 or fewer members, at least 75% of the coverage is provided by insurers that meet the Insurance Ratings Requirements (under clause (1) of the definition of such term) and up to 25% of the coverage is provided by insurers that have a claims paying or financial strength rating of at least “BBB-” by S&P or at least “Baa3” by Moody’s.

Each related Mortgaged Property is also covered, and required to be covered pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan documents, by business interruption or rental loss insurance which (subject to a customary deductible) covers a period of not less than 12 months (or with respect to each Mortgage Loan on a single asset with a principal balance of $50 million or more, 18 months).

If any material part of the improvements, exclusive of a parking lot, located on a Mortgaged Property is in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards, the related Mortgagor is required to maintain insurance in an amount equal to the least of (a) the maximum amount available under the National Flood Insurance Program, plus such additional excess flood coverage in an amount as is generally required by prudent institutional commercial mortgage lenders originating mortgage loans for securitization, (b) the outstanding principal amount of the Mortgage Loan and (c) the insurable value of the Mortgaged Property.

If the Mortgaged Property is located within 25 miles of the coast of the Gulf of Mexico or the Atlantic coast of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina or North Carolina, the related Mortgagor is required to maintain coverage for windstorm and/or windstorm related perils and/or “named storms” issued by an insurer or insurers meeting the Insurance Ratings Requirements or endorsement covering damage from windstorm and/or windstorm related perils and/or named storms, in an amount not less than the lesser of (1) the original principal balance of the Mortgage Loan and (2) the full insurable value on a replacement cost basis of the improvements, furniture, furnishings, fixtures and equipment owned by the Mortgagor and included in the Mortgaged Property (with no deduction for physical depreciation), but, in any event, not less than the amount necessary or containing such endorsements as are necessary to avoid the operation of any coinsurance provisions with respect to the related Mortgaged Property by an insurer or insurers meeting the Insurance Ratings Requirements.

The Mortgaged Property is covered, and required to be covered pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan documents, by a commercial general liability insurance policy issued by an insurer or insurers meeting the Insurance Ratings Requirements including coverage for property damage, contractual damage and personal injury (including bodily injury and death) in amounts as are generally required by the Mortgage Loan Seller for similar commercial and multifamily loans intended for securitization, and in any event not less than $1 million per occurrence and $2 million in the aggregate.

An architectural or engineering consultant has performed an analysis of each of the Mortgaged Properties located in seismic zones 3 or 4 in order to evaluate the seismic condition of such property, for the sole purpose of assessing the probable maximum loss or scenario expected loss (“PML”) for the Mortgaged Property in the event of an earthquake. In such instance, the PML

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was based on a 475-year return period, an exposure period of 50 years and a 10% probability of exceedance. If the resulting report concluded that the PML would exceed 20% of the amount of the replacement costs of the improvements, earthquake insurance on such Mortgaged Property was obtained from an insurer or insurers meeting the Insurance Ratings Requirements (provided that for this purpose (only), the A.M. Best Company minimum rating referred to in the definition of Insurance Ratings Requirements will be deemed to be at least “A:VIII”) in an amount not less than 100% of the PML.

The Mortgage Loan documents require insurance proceeds (or an amount equal to such insurance proceeds) in respect of a property loss to be applied either (a) to the repair or restoration of all or part of the related Mortgaged Property, with respect to all property losses in excess of 5% of the then-outstanding principal amount of the related Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan, as applicable, the Mortgagee (or a trustee appointed by it) having the right to hold and disburse such proceeds as the repair or restoration progresses, or (b) to the payment of the outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan together with any accrued interest thereon.

All premiums on all insurance policies referred to in this section that are required by the Mortgage Loan documents to be paid as of the Cut-off Date have been paid, and such insurance policies name the Mortgagee under the Mortgage Loan and its successors and assigns as a loss payee under a mortgagee endorsement clause or, in the case of the general liability insurance policy, as named or additional insured. Such insurance policies will inure to the benefit of the Trustee (or, in the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the applicable Non-Serviced Trustee). Each related Mortgage Loan obligates the related Mortgagor to maintain all such insurance and, at such Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the Mortgagee to maintain such insurance at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense and to charge such Mortgagor for related premiums. All such insurance policies (other than commercial liability policies) require at least 10 days’ prior notice to the Mortgagee of termination or cancellation arising because of nonpayment of a premium and at least 30 days’ prior notice to the Mortgagee of termination or cancellation (or such lesser period, not less than 10 days, as may be required by applicable law) arising for any reason other than non-payment of a premium and no such notice has been received by the Mortgage Loan Seller.

19.              Access; Utilities; Separate Tax Parcels. Based solely on evaluation of the Title Policy (as defined in paragraph 8) and survey, if any, an engineering report or property condition assessment as described in paragraph 12, applicable local law compliance materials as described in paragraph 26, and the ESA (as defined in paragraph 43), each Mortgaged Property (a) is located on or adjacent to a public road and has direct legal access to such road, or has permanent access from a recorded easement or right of way permitting ingress and egress to/from a public road, (b) is served by or has access rights to public or private water and sewer (or well and septic) and other utilities necessary for the current use of the Mortgaged Property, all of which are adequate for the current use of the Mortgaged Property, and (c) constitutes one or more separate tax parcels which do not include any property which is not part of the Mortgaged Property or is subject to an endorsement under the related Title Policy insuring the Mortgaged Property, or in certain cases, an application has been made or is required to be made to the applicable governing authority for creation of separate tax parcels (or the Mortgage Loan documents so require such application in the future), in which case the Mortgage Loan requires the Mortgagor to escrow an amount sufficient to pay taxes for the existing tax parcel of which the Mortgaged Property is a part until the separate tax parcels are created.

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20.              No Encroachments. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge based solely on surveys obtained in connection with origination and the Title Policy obtained in connection with the origination of each Mortgage Loan, and except for encroachments that do not materially and adversely affect the current marketability or principal use of the Mortgaged Property: (a) all material improvements that were included for the purpose of determining the appraised value of the related Mortgaged Property at the time of the origination of such Mortgage Loan are within the boundaries of the related Mortgaged Property, except for encroachments that are insured against by the applicable Title Policy; (b) no material improvements on adjoining parcels encroach onto the related Mortgaged Property except for encroachments that are insured against by the applicable Title Policy; and (c) no material improvements encroach upon any easements except for encroachments that are insured against by the applicable Title Policy.

21.              No Contingent Interest or Equity Participation. No Mortgage Loan has a shared appreciation feature, any other contingent interest feature or a negative amortization feature (except that an ARD Loan may provide for the accrual of the portion of interest in excess of the rate in effect prior to the Anticipated Repayment Date) or an equity participation by the Mortgage Loan Seller.

22.              REMIC. The Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code (but determined without regard to the rule in Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(f)(2) that treats certain defective mortgage loans as qualified mortgages), and, accordingly, (A) the issue price of the Mortgage Loan to the related Mortgagor at origination did not exceed the non-contingent principal amount of the Mortgage Loan and (B) either: (a) such Mortgage Loan is secured by an interest in real property (including permanently affixed buildings and distinct structural components, such as wiring, plumbing systems and central heating and air conditioning systems, that are integrated into such buildings, serve such buildings in their passive functions and do not produce or contribute to the production of income other than consideration for the use or occupancy of space, but excluding personal property) having a fair market value (i) at the date the Mortgage Loan was originated at least equal to 80% of the adjusted issue price of the Mortgage Loan (together with any related Pari Passu Companion Loans) on such date or (ii) at the Closing Date at least equal to 80% of the adjusted issue price of the Mortgage Loan (together with any related Pari Passu Companion Loans) on such date, provided that for purposes hereof, the fair market value of the real property interest must first be reduced by (A) the amount of any lien on the real property interest that is senior to the Mortgage Loan and (B) a proportionate amount of any lien that is in parity with the Mortgage Loan; or (b) substantially all of the proceeds of such Mortgage Loan were used to acquire, improve or protect the real property which served as the only security for such Mortgage Loan (other than a recourse feature or other third-party credit enhancement within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(a)(1)(ii)). If the Mortgage Loan was “significantly modified” prior to the Closing Date so as to result in a taxable exchange under Section 1001 of the Code, it either (x) was modified as a result of the default or reasonably foreseeable default of such Mortgage Loan or (y) satisfies the provisions of either sub-clause (B)(a)(i) above (substituting the date of the last such modification for the date the Mortgage Loan was originated) or sub-clause (B)(a)(ii), including the proviso thereto. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the Mortgage Loan will not be considered “significantly modified” solely by reason of the Mortgagor having been granted a COVID-19 related forbearance prior to October 1, 2021 (or prior to such later date as may be provided by the IRS in a future guidance) provided that: (a) such Mortgage Loan forbearance is

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covered by Revenue Procedure 2020-26 (as modified by Revenue Procedure 2021-12) by reason of satisfying the requirements for such coverage stated in Section 5.02(2) thereof; and (b) the Mortgage Loan Seller shall have notified the depositor that such forbearance has occurred and notified the depositor of (x) the date on which such forbearance was granted, (y) the length in months of the forbearance, and (z) how the payments in forbearance will be paid (that is, by extension of maturity, change of amortization schedule, etc.). Any Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges applicable to the Mortgage Loan constitute “customary prepayment penalties” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-1(b)(2). All terms used in this paragraph shall have the same meanings as set forth in the related Treasury Regulations.

23.              Compliance with Usury Laws. The mortgage rate (exclusive of any default interest, late charges, Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium) of such Mortgage Loan complied as of the date of origination with, or was exempt from, applicable state or federal laws, regulations and other requirements pertaining to usury.

24.              Authorized to do Business. To the extent required under applicable law, as of the Cut-off Date or as of the date that such entity held the Mortgage Note, each holder of the Mortgage Note was authorized to transact and do business in the jurisdiction in which each related Mortgaged Property is located, or the failure to be so authorized does not materially and adversely affect the enforceability of such Mortgage Loan by the Trust.

25.              Trustee under Deed of Trust. With respect to each Mortgage which is a deed of trust, as of the date of origination and, to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, as of the Closing Date, a trustee, duly qualified under applicable law to serve as such, currently so serves and is named in the deed of trust or has been substituted in accordance with the Mortgage and applicable law or may be substituted in accordance with the Mortgage and applicable law by the related Mortgagee.

26.              Local Law Compliance. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, based upon any of a letter from any governmental authorities, a legal opinion, an architect’s letter, a zoning consultant’s report, an endorsement to the related Title Policy, a survey, or other affirmative investigation of local law compliance consistent with the investigation conducted by the Mortgage Loan Seller for similar commercial and multifamily mortgage loans intended for securitization, the improvements located on or forming part of each Mortgaged Property securing a Mortgage Loan are in material compliance with applicable laws, zoning ordinances, rules, covenants, and restrictions (collectively “Zoning Regulations”) governing the occupancy, use, and operation of such Mortgaged Property or constitute a legal non-conforming use or structure and any non-conformity with zoning laws constitutes a legal non-conforming use or structure which does not materially and adversely affect the use, operation or value of such Mortgaged Property. In the event of casualty or destruction, (a) the Mortgaged Property may be restored or repaired to the full extent necessary to maintain the use of the structure immediately prior to such casualty or destruction, (b) law and ordinance insurance coverage has been obtained for the Mortgaged Property in amounts customarily required by the Mortgage Loan Seller for similar commercial and multifamily loans intended for securitization, (c) title insurance policy coverage has been obtained with respect to any non-conforming use or structure, or (d) the inability to restore the Mortgaged Property to the full extent of the use or structure immediately prior to the casualty would not materially and adversely affect the use or operation of such Mortgaged Property. The Mortgage

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Loan documents require the related Mortgagor to be qualified to do business in the jurisdiction in which the related Mortgaged Property is located.

27.              Licenses and Permits. Each Mortgagor covenants in the Mortgage Loan documents that it shall keep all material licenses, permits, franchises, certificates of occupancy and applicable governmental approvals necessary for the operation of the Mortgaged Property in full force and effect, and to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge based upon any of a letter from any government authorities, zoning consultant’s report or other affirmative investigation of local law compliance consistent with the investigation conducted by the Mortgage Loan Seller for similar commercial and multifamily mortgage loans intended for securitization; all such material licenses, permits, franchises, certificates of occupancy and applicable governmental approvals are in effect or the failure to obtain or maintain such material licenses, permits, franchises or certificates of occupancy and applicable governmental approvals does not materially and adversely affect the use and/or operation of the Mortgaged Property as it was used and operated as of the date of origination of the Mortgage Loan or the rights of a holder of the related Mortgage Loan. The Mortgage Loan documents require the related Mortgagor to comply in all material respects with all applicable regulations, zoning and building laws.

28.              Recourse Obligations. The Mortgage Loan documents for each Mortgage Loan (a) provide that such Mortgage Loan becomes full recourse to the Mortgagor and guarantor (which is a natural person or persons, or an entity or entities distinct from the Mortgagor (but may be affiliated with the Mortgagor) that collectively, as of the date of origination of the related Mortgage Loan, have assets other than equity in the related Mortgaged Property that are not de minimis) in any of the following events (or negotiated provisions of substantially similar effect): (i) if any petition for bankruptcy, insolvency, dissolution or liquidation pursuant to federal bankruptcy law, or any similar federal or state law, shall be filed by, consented to, or acquiesced in by, the Mortgagor; (ii) the Mortgagor or guarantor shall have solicited or caused to be solicited petitioning creditors to cause an involuntary bankruptcy filing with respect to the Mortgagor or (iii) voluntary transfers of either the Mortgaged Property or controlling equity interests in the Mortgagor made in violation of the Mortgage Loan documents; and (b) contains provisions for recourse against the Mortgagor and guarantor (which is a natural person or persons, or an entity or entities distinct from the Mortgagor (but may be affiliated with the Mortgagor) that collectively, as of the date of origination of the related Mortgage Loan, have assets other than equity in the related Mortgaged Property that are not de minimis), for losses and damages resulting from the following (or negotiated provisions of substantially similar effect): (i) the Mortgagor’s misappropriation of rents after an event of default, security deposits, insurance proceeds, or condemnation awards; (ii) the Mortgagor’s fraud or intentional material misrepresentation; (iii)  breaches of the environmental covenants in the Mortgage Loan documents; or (iv) the Mortgagor’s commission of intentional material physical waste at the Mortgaged Property (but, in some cases, only to the extent there is sufficient cash flow generated by the related Mortgaged Property to prevent such waste).

29.              Mortgage Releases. The terms of the related Mortgage or related Mortgage Loan documents do not provide for release of any material portion of the Mortgaged Property from the lien of the Mortgage except (a) a partial release, accompanied by principal repayment, or partial defeasance (as described in paragraph 34) of not less than a specified percentage at least equal to 110% of the related allocated loan amount of such portion of the Mortgaged Property, (b) upon

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payment in full of such Mortgage Loan, (c) upon a Defeasance (defined in paragraph 34 below), (d) releases of out-parcels that are unimproved or other portions of the Mortgaged Property which will not have a material adverse effect on the underwritten value of the Mortgaged Property and which were not afforded any material value in the appraisal obtained at the origination of the Mortgage Loan and are not necessary for physical access to the Mortgaged Property or compliance with zoning requirements, or (e) as required pursuant to an order of condemnation. With respect to any partial release under the preceding clauses (a) or (d), either: (x) such release of collateral (i) would not constitute a “significant modification” of the subject Mortgage Loan within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(b)(2) and (ii) would not cause the subject Mortgage Loan to fail to be a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3)(A) of the Code; or (y) the Mortgagee or servicer can, in accordance with the related Mortgage Loan documents, condition such release of collateral on the related Mortgagor’s delivery of an opinion of tax counsel to the effect specified in the immediately preceding clause (x). For purposes of the preceding clause (x), if the fair market value of the real property constituting such Mortgaged Property (reduced by (1) the amount of any lien on the real property that is senior to the Mortgage Loan and (2) a proportionate amount of any lien on the real property that is in parity with the Mortgage Loan) after the release is not equal to at least 80% of the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan (together with any related Pari Passu Companion Loans) outstanding after the release, the Mortgagor is required to make a payment of principal in an amount not less than the amount required by the REMIC Provisions.

In the case of any Mortgage Loan, in the event of a taking of any portion of a Mortgaged Property by a State or any political subdivision or authority thereof, whether by legal proceeding or by agreement, unless an opinion of counsel is delivered as specified in clause (y) of the preceding paragraph, the Mortgagor can be required to pay down the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan (together with any related Pari Passu Companion Loans) in an amount not less than the amount required by the REMIC Provisions and, to such extent, the award from any such taking may not be required to be applied to the restoration of the Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgagor, if, immediately after the release of such portion of the Mortgaged Property from the lien of the Mortgage (but taking into account the planned restoration) the fair market value of the real property constituting the remaining Mortgaged Property (reduced by (1) the amount of any lien on the real property that is senior to the Mortgage Loan and (2) a proportionate amount of any lien on the real property that is in parity with the Mortgage Loan) is not equal to at least 80% of the remaining principal balance of the Mortgage Loan (together with any related Pari Passu Companion Loans).

No such Mortgage Loan that is secured by more than one Mortgaged Property or that is cross-collateralized with another Mortgage Loan permits the release of cross-collateralization of the related Mortgaged Properties or a portion thereof, including due to a partial condemnation, other than in compliance with the REMIC Provisions.

30.              Financial Reporting and Rent Rolls. Each Mortgage Loan requires the Mortgagor to provide the owner or holder of the Mortgage Loan with (a) quarterly (other than for single-tenant properties) and annual operating statements, (b) quarterly (other than for single-tenant properties) rent rolls (or maintenance schedules in the case of Mortgage Loans secured by residential cooperative properties) for properties that have any individual lease which accounts for more than 5% of the in-place base rent, and (c) annual financial statements.

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31.              Acts of Terrorism Exclusion. With respect to each Mortgage Loan over $20 million, and to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge with respect to each Mortgage Loan of $20 million or less, as of origination the related special-form all-risk insurance policy and business interruption policy (issued by an insurer or insurers meeting the Insurance Ratings Requirements) do not specifically exclude Acts of Terrorism, as defined in the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002, as amended (collectively referred to as “TRIPRA”), from coverage, or if such coverage is excluded, it is covered by a separate terrorism insurance policy. With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the related Mortgage Loan documents do not expressly waive or prohibit the Mortgagee from requiring coverage for Acts of Terrorism, as defined in TRIPRA, or damages related thereto, except to the extent that any right to require such coverage may be limited by commercial availability on commercially reasonable terms, or as otherwise indicated on Schedule C; provided, that if TRIPRA or a similar or subsequent statute is not in effect, then, provided that terrorism insurance is commercially available, the Mortgagor under each Mortgage Loan is required to carry terrorism insurance, but in such event the Mortgagor shall not be required to spend on terrorism insurance coverage more than two times the amount of the insurance premium that is payable in respect of the property and business interruption/rental loss insurance required under the related Mortgage Loan documents (without giving effect to the cost of terrorism and earthquake components of such casualty and business interruption/rental loss insurance) at the time of the origination of the Mortgage Loan, and if the cost of terrorism insurance exceeds such amount, the Mortgagor is required to purchase the maximum amount of terrorism insurance available with funds equal to such amount.

32.              Due on Sale or Encumbrance. Subject to specific exceptions set forth below, each Mortgage Loan contains a “due-on-sale” or other such provision for the acceleration of the payment of the unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan if, without the consent of the holder of the Mortgage (which consent, in some cases, may not be unreasonably withheld) and/or complying with the requirements of the related Mortgage Loan documents (which provide for transfers without the consent of the Mortgagee which are customarily acceptable to the Mortgage Loan Seller, including, but not limited to, transfers of worn-out or obsolete furnishings, fixtures, or equipment promptly replaced with property of equivalent value and functionality and transfers by leases entered into in accordance with the Mortgage Loan documents), (a) the related Mortgaged Property, or any equity interest of greater than 50% in the related Mortgagor, is directly or indirectly pledged, transferred or sold (in each case, a “Transfer”), other than as related to (i) family and estate planning Transfers or Transfers upon death or legal incapacity, (ii) Transfers to certain affiliates as defined in the related Mortgage Loan documents, (iii) Transfers of less than, or other than, a controlling interest in a Mortgagor, (iv) Transfers to another holder of direct or indirect equity in the Mortgagor, a specific Person designated in the related Mortgage Loan documents or a Person satisfying specific criteria identified in the related Mortgage Loan documents, (v) Transfers of common stock in publicly traded companies, (vi) a substitution or release of collateral within the parameters of paragraphs 29 and 34 herein, or (vii) by reason of any mezzanine debt that existed at the origination of the related Mortgage Loan as set forth on Exhibit C-32-1, or future permitted mezzanine debt as set forth on Exhibit C-32-2, or (b) the related Mortgaged Property is encumbered with a subordinate lien or security interest against the related Mortgaged Property, other than (i) any Companion Loan of any Mortgage Loan or any subordinate debt that existed at origination and is permitted under the related Mortgage Loan documents, (ii) purchase money security interests (iii) any Mortgage Loan that is cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with another Mortgage Loan as set forth on Exhibit C-32-3 or (iv) Permitted

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Encumbrances. The Mortgage or other Mortgage Loan documents provide that to the extent any Rating Agency fees are incurred in connection with the review of and consent to any transfer or encumbrance, the Mortgagor is responsible for such payment along with all other reasonable fees and expenses incurred by the Mortgagee relative to such transfer or encumbrance.

33.              Single-Purpose Entity. Each Mortgage Loan requires the Mortgagor to be a Single-Purpose Entity for at least as long as the Mortgage Loan is outstanding. Each Mortgage Loan with a Cut-off Date Balance of $30 million or more has a counsel’s opinion regarding non-consolidation of the Mortgagor. For this purpose, a “Single-Purpose Entity” shall mean an entity, other than an individual, whose organizational documents and the related Mortgage Loan documents (or if the Mortgage Loan has a Cut-off Date Balance equal to $10 million or less, its organizational documents or the related Mortgage Loan documents) provide substantially to the effect that it was formed or organized solely for the purpose of owning and operating one or more of the Mortgaged Properties and prohibit it from engaging in any business unrelated to such Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties, and whose organizational documents further provide, or which entity represented in the related Mortgage Loan documents, substantially to the effect that it does not have any assets other than those related to its interest in and operation of such Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties, or any indebtedness other than as permitted by the related Mortgage(s) or the other related Mortgage Loan documents, that it has its own books and records and accounts separate and apart from those of any other person (other than a Mortgagor for a Mortgage Loan that is cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with the related Mortgage Loan), and that it holds itself out as a legal entity, separate and apart from any other person or entity.

34.              Defeasance. With respect to any Mortgage Loan that, pursuant to the Mortgage Loan documents, can be defeased (a “Defeasance”), (i) the Mortgage Loan documents provide for defeasance as a unilateral right of the Mortgagor, subject to satisfaction of conditions specified in the Mortgage Loan documents; (ii) the Mortgage Loan cannot be defeased within two years after the Closing Date; (iii) the Mortgagor is permitted to pledge only United States “government securities” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(a)(8)(ii), the revenues from which will be sufficient to make all scheduled payments under the Mortgage Loan when due, including the entire remaining principal balance on the maturity date (or on or after the first date on which payment may be made without payment of a Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium) or, if the Mortgage Loan is an ARD Loan, the entire principal balance outstanding on the Anticipated Repayment Date (or on or after the first date on which payment may be made without payment of a Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium), and if the Mortgage Loan permits partial releases of real property in connection with partial defeasance, the revenues from the collateral will be sufficient to pay all such scheduled payments calculated on a principal amount equal to a specified percentage at least equal to 110% of the allocated loan amount for the real property to be released; (iv) the defeasance collateral is not permitted to be subject to prepayment, call, or early redemption; (v) the Mortgagor is required to provide a certification from an independent certified public accountant that the collateral is sufficient to make all scheduled payments under the Mortgage Note as set forth in clause (iii) above; (vi) the defeased note and the defeasance collateral are required to be assumed by a Single-Purpose Entity; (vii) the Mortgagor is required to provide an opinion of counsel that the Trustee has a perfected security interest in such collateral prior to any other claim or interest; and (viii) the Mortgagor is required to pay all rating agency fees associated with defeasance (if rating

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confirmation is a specific condition precedent thereto) and all other reasonable expenses associated with defeasance, including, but not limited to, accountant’s fees and opinions of counsel.

35.              Fixed Interest Rates. Each Mortgage Loan bears interest at a rate that remains fixed throughout the remaining term of such Mortgage Loan, except in the case of ARD Loans and in situations where default interest is imposed.

36.              Ground Leases. For purposes of this Exhibit C, a “Ground Lease” shall mean a lease creating a leasehold estate in real property where the fee owner as the ground lessor conveys for a term or terms of years its entire interest in the land and buildings and other improvements, if any, comprising the premises demised under such lease to the ground lessee (who may, in certain circumstances, own the building and improvements on the land), subject to the reversionary interest of the ground lessor as fee owner.

With respect to any Mortgage Loan where the Mortgage Loan is secured by a Ground Leasehold estate in whole or in part, and the related Mortgage does not also encumber the related lessor’s fee interest in such Mortgaged Property, based upon the terms of the Ground Lease and any estoppel or other agreement received from the ground lessor in favor of Mortgage Loan Seller, its successors and assigns (collectively, the “Ground Lease and Related Documents”), Mortgage Loan Seller represents and warrants that:

(A)             The Ground Lease or a memorandum regarding such Ground Lease has been duly recorded or submitted for recordation in a form that is acceptable for recording in the applicable jurisdiction. The Ground Lease and Related Documents permit the interest of the lessee to be encumbered by the related Mortgage and do not restrict the use of the related Mortgaged Property by such lessee, its successors or assigns in a manner that would materially adversely affect the security provided by the related Mortgage. No material change in the terms of the Ground Lease has occurred since its recordation, except by any written instruments which are included in the related Mortgage File;

(B)              The lessor under such Ground Lease has agreed in a writing included in the related Mortgage File (or in such Ground Lease and Related Documents) that the Ground Lease may not be amended, modified, canceled or terminated by agreement of lessor and lessee without the prior written consent of the Mortgagee and that any such action without such consent is not binding on the Mortgagee, its successors or assigns, provided that the Mortgagee has provided lessor with notice of its lien in accordance with the terms of the Ground Lease;

(C)              The Ground Lease has an original term (or an original term plus one or more optional renewal terms, which, under all circumstances, may be exercised, and will be enforceable, by either the Mortgagor or the Mortgagee) that extends not less than 20 years beyond the stated maturity of the related Mortgage Loan, or 10 years past the stated maturity if such Mortgage Loan fully amortizes by the stated maturity (or with respect to a Mortgage Loan that accrues on an actual 360 basis, substantially amortizes);

(D)             The Ground Lease either (i) is not subject to any interests, estates, liens or encumbrances superior to, or of equal priority with, the Mortgage, except for the related

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fee interest of the ground lessor and the Permitted Encumbrances and Title Exceptions; or (ii) is the subject of a subordination, non-disturbance or attornment agreement or similar agreement to which the Mortgagee on the lessor’s fee interest is subject;

(E)              Subject to the notice requirements of the Ground Lease and Related Documents, the Ground Lease does not place commercially unreasonable restrictions on the identity of the Mortgagee and the Ground Lease is assignable to the holder of the Mortgage Loan and its successors and assigns without the consent of the lessor thereunder (or, if such consent is required it either has been obtained or cannot be unreasonably withheld, provided that such Ground Lease has not been terminated and all amounts due thereunder have been paid), and in the event it is so assigned, it is further assignable by the holder of the Mortgage Loan and its successors and assigns without the consent of the lessor (or, if such consent is required it either has been obtained or cannot be unreasonably withheld, provided that such Ground Lease has not been terminated and all amounts due thereunder have been paid);

(F)              The Mortgage Loan Seller has not received any written notice of material default under or notice of termination of such Ground Lease. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, there is no material default under such Ground Lease and no condition that, but for the passage of time or giving of notice, would result in a material default under the terms of such Ground Lease and to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, such Ground Lease is in full force and effect as of the Closing Date;

(G)             The Ground Lease and Related Documents require the lessor to give to the Mortgagee written notice of any default and provide that no notice of default or termination is effective against the Mortgagee unless such notice is given to the Mortgagee;

(H)             A Mortgagee is permitted a reasonable opportunity (including, where necessary, sufficient time to gain possession of the interest of the lessee under the Ground Lease through legal proceedings) to cure any default under the Ground Lease which is curable after the Mortgagee’s receipt of notice of any default before the lessor may terminate the Ground Lease;

(I)               The Ground Lease does not impose any restrictions on subletting that would be viewed as commercially unreasonable by the Mortgage Loan Seller in connection with the origination of similar commercial or multifamily loans intended for securitization;

(J)               Under the terms of the Ground Lease and Related Documents, any related insurance proceeds or the portion of the condemnation award allocable to the ground lessee’s interest (other than in respect of a total or substantially total loss or taking as addressed in subpart (K)) will be applied either to the repair or to restoration of all or part of the related Mortgaged Property with (so long as such proceeds are in excess of the threshold amount specified in the related Mortgage Loan documents) the Mortgagee or a trustee appointed by it having the right to hold and disburse such proceeds as repair or restoration progresses, or to the payment of the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, together with any accrued interest;

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(K)             In the case of a total or substantially total taking or loss, under the terms of the Ground Lease and Related Documents, any related insurance proceeds, or portion of the condemnation award allocable to ground lessee’s interest in respect of a total or substantially total loss or taking of the related Mortgaged Property to the extent not applied to restoration, will be applied first to the payment of the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, together with any accrued interest; and

(L)              Provided that the Mortgagee cures any defaults which are susceptible to being cured, the ground lessor has agreed to enter into a new lease with the Mortgagee upon termination of the Ground Lease for any reason, including rejection of the Ground Lease in a bankruptcy proceeding.

37.              Servicing. The servicing and collection practices used by the Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to the Mortgage Loan have been, in all respects legal and have met with customary industry standards for servicing of commercial loans for conduit loan programs.

38.              Origination and Underwriting. The origination practices of the Mortgage Loan Seller (or the related originator if the Mortgage Loan Seller was not the originator) with respect to each Mortgage Loan have been, in all material respects, legal and as of the date of its origination, such Mortgage Loan and the origination thereof complied in all material respects with, or was exempt from, all requirements of federal, state or local law relating to the origination of such Mortgage Loan; provided that such representation and warranty does not address or otherwise cover any matters with respect to federal, state or local law otherwise covered in this Exhibit C.

39.              Intentionally Omitted.

40.              No Material Default; Payment Record. No Mortgage Loan has been more than 30 days delinquent, without giving effect to any grace or cure period, in making required payments in the prior 12 months (or since origination if such Mortgage Loan has been originated within the past 12 months), and as of Cut-off Date, no Mortgage Loan is delinquent (beyond any applicable grace or cure period) in making required payments. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, there is (a) no material default, breach, violation or event of acceleration existing under the related Mortgage Loan, or (b) no event (other than payments due but not yet delinquent) which, with the passage of time or with notice and the expiration of any grace or cure period, would constitute a material default, breach, violation or event of acceleration, which default, breach, violation or event of acceleration in the case of either clause (a) or clause (b), materially and adversely affects the value of the Mortgage Loan or the value, use or operation of the related Mortgaged Property; provided, however, that this representation and warranty does not cover any default, breach, violation or event of acceleration that specifically pertains to or arises out of an exception scheduled to any other representation and warranty made by the Mortgage Loan Seller in this Exhibit C. No person other than the holder of such Mortgage Loan may declare any event of default under the Mortgage Loan or accelerate any indebtedness under the Mortgage Loan documents.

41.              Bankruptcy. As of the date of origination of the related Mortgage Loan and to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge as of the Cut-off Date, neither the Mortgaged Property (other than any tenants of such Mortgaged Property), nor any portion thereof, is the subject of, and

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no Mortgagor, guarantor or tenant occupying a single-tenant property is a debtor in state or federal bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding.

42.              Organization of Mortgagor. With respect to each Mortgage Loan, in reliance on certified copies of the organizational documents of the Mortgagor delivered by the Mortgagor in connection with the origination of such Mortgage Loan, the Mortgagor is an entity organized under the laws of a state of the United States of America, the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Except with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with another Mortgage Loan and other than as set forth on Exhibit C-32-4, no Mortgage Loan has a Mortgagor that is an Affiliate of a Mortgagor with respect to another Mortgage Loan. An “Affiliate” for purposes of this paragraph (42) means, a Mortgagor that is under direct or indirect common ownership and control with another Mortgagor.

43.              Environmental Conditions. A Phase I environmental site assessment (or update of a previous Phase I and or Phase II environmental site assessment) and, with respect to certain Mortgage Loans, a Phase II environmental site assessment (collectively, an “ESA”) meeting ASTM requirements was conducted by a reputable environmental consultant in connection with such Mortgage Loan within 12 months prior to its origination date (or an update of a previous ESA was prepared), and such ESA (i) did not identify the existence of recognized environmental conditions (as such term is defined in ASTM E1527-13 or its successor, hereinafter “Environmental Condition”) at the related Mortgaged Property or the need for further investigation, or (ii) if the existence of an Environmental Condition or need for further investigation was indicated in any such ESA, then at least one of the following statements is true: (A) an amount reasonably estimated by a reputable environmental consultant to be sufficient to cover the estimated cost to cure any material noncompliance with applicable Environmental Laws or the Environmental Condition has been escrowed by the related Mortgagor and is held or controlled by the related Mortgagee; (B) if the only Environmental Condition relates to the presence of asbestos-containing materials, radon in indoor air, lead based paint or lead in drinking water, the only recommended action in the ESA is the institution of such a plan, an operations or maintenance plan has been required to be instituted by the related Mortgagor that can reasonably be expected to mitigate the identified risk; (C) the Environmental Condition identified in the related environmental report was remediated or abated or contained in all material respects prior to the date hereof, and, if and as appropriate, a no further action, completion or closure letter or its equivalent was obtained from the applicable governmental regulatory authority (or the environmental issue affecting the related Mortgaged Property was otherwise listed by such governmental authority as “closed” or a reputable environmental consultant has concluded that no further action is required); (D) an environmental policy or a lender’s pollution legal liability insurance policy that covers liability for the identified circumstance or condition was obtained from an insurer rated no less than “A-” (or the equivalent) by Moody’s, S&P, Fitch Ratings, Inc. and/or A.M. Best; (E) a party not related to the Mortgagor was identified as the responsible party for such condition or circumstance and such responsible party has financial resources reasonably estimated to be adequate to address the situation; or (F) a party related to the Mortgagor having financial resources reasonably estimated to be adequate to address the situation is required to take action. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, except as set forth in the ESA, there is no Environmental Condition (as such term is defined in ASTM E1527-13 or its successor) at the related Mortgaged Property.

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44.              Intentionally Omitted.

45.              Appraisal. The Servicing File contains an appraisal of the related Mortgaged Property with an appraisal date within 6 months of the Mortgage Loan origination date, and within 12 months of the Cut-off Date. The appraisal is signed by an appraiser that (i) (A) is a Member of the Appraisal Institute or (B) has a comparable professional designation and possesses the level of experience required to evaluate commercial real estate collateral, and (ii) to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, had no interest, direct or indirect, in the Mortgaged Property or the Mortgagor or in any loan made on the security thereof, and whose compensation is not affected by the approval or disapproval of the Mortgage Loan. Each appraiser has represented in such appraisal or in a supplemental letter that the appraisal satisfies the requirements of the “Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice” as adopted by the Appraisal Standards Board of the Appraisal Foundation.

46.              Mortgage Loan Schedule. The information pertaining to each Mortgage Loan which is set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached as an exhibit to this Agreement is true and correct in all material respects as of the Cut-off Date and contains all information required by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be contained therein.

47.              Cross-Collateralization. No Mortgage Loan is cross-collateralized or cross-defaulted with any other mortgage loan that is outside the Mortgage Pool, except in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan.

48.              Advance of Funds by the Mortgage Loan Seller. Except for loan proceeds advanced at the time of loan origination or other payments contemplated by the Mortgage Loan documents, no advance of funds has been made by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the related Mortgagor, and no funds have been received from any person other than the related Mortgagor or an affiliate, directly, or, to the knowledge of the Mortgage Loan Seller, indirectly for, or on account of, payments due on the Mortgage Loan. Neither the Mortgage Loan Seller nor any affiliate thereof has any obligation to make any capital contribution to any Mortgagor under a Mortgage Loan, other than contributions made on or prior to the Closing Date.

49.              Compliance with Anti-Money Laundering Laws. The Mortgage Loan Seller has complied in all material respects with all applicable anti-money laundering laws and regulations, including without limitation the U.S. Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 and USA Patriot Act of 2001 with respect to the origination of the Mortgage Loan.

For purposes of this Exhibit C, “Mortgagee” means the mortgagee, grantee or beneficiary under any Mortgage, any holder of legal title to any portion of any Mortgage Loan or, if applicable, any agent or servicer on behalf of such party.

For purposes of this Exhibit C, “Mortgagor” means the obligor or obligors on a Mortgage Note, including without limitation, any person that has acquired the related Mortgaged Property and assumed the obligations of the original obligor under the Mortgage Note and including in connection with any Mortgage Loan that utilizes an indemnity deed of trust structure, the borrower and the Mortgaged Property owner/payment guarantor/mortgagor individually and collectively, as the context may require.

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Exhibit C-32-1

List of Mortgage Loans with Current Mezzanine Debt

None.

Exh. C-32-1-1

Exhibit C-32-2

List of Mortgage Loans with Permitted Mezzanine Debt

Mortgage Loan Number	Mortgage Loan Name
5	Pacific Design Center

Exh. C-32-2-1

 

Exhibit C-32-3

List of Cross-Collateralized and Cross-Defaulted Mortgage Loans

None.

Exh. C-32-3-1

 

Exhibit C-32-4

List of Mortgage Loans with Affiliated Mortgagors

None.

Exh. C-32-4-1

 

SCHEDULE C

EXCEPTIONS TO MORTGAGE LOAN REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

The exceptions to the representations and warranties set forth below are listed by the number of the related representation and warranty set forth on Exhibit C and the mortgage loan name and number identified on Exhibit A. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Schedule C shall have the meanings set forth in Exhibit C or, if not defined therein, in this Agreement.

 

Rep. No. on Exhibit C	Mortgage Loan and Number as Identified on Exhibit A	Description of the Exception
7	Pacific Design Center (Loan No. 5)	Provided no event of default has occurred and is ongoing, Goldman Sachs Bank USA or its affiliates (collectively, the “Initial Mortgagee”) may not sell any interest in the Whole Loan or any portion thereof (including, without limitation, a participation interest therein) to Brookfield, Fortress, Rialto, Vornado Realty Trust, LNR Partners, Inc., SL Green Realty Corp. and/or any affiliate of the foregoing (individually and/or collectively, as the context requires, the “Restricted Transferees”).  However, the foregoing restriction does not apply (a) in connection with a securitization (i.e., no restriction on sale of securities to any Restricted Transferee) and/or (b) to any transfer, sale or other disposition of the Whole Loan or any portion thereof (including, without limitation, a participation interest therein) by any successor and/or assign of any portion of the Initial Mortgagee’s interest in the Whole Loan.
8	Barbours Cut IOS (Loan No. 2)	The Mortgaged Property is security for five pari passu notes aggregating $93,500,000. The northern portion of the Mortgaged Property was used as a municipal landfill from 1970 to 1985, and is currently used for industrial outdoor storage purposes. The site is being managed under the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality’s (TCEQ’s) Voluntary Cleanup Program. Following remediation activities including improvements to drainage, cap/cover and landfill gas management systems, the TCEQ issued a Conditional Certificate of Completion in 2014 that imposed various restrictive covenants on the affected portion of the mortgaged property, including: (i) prohibiting the removal or modification of the landfill without TCEQ’s prior approval; (ii) prohibiting use and exposure to groundwater beneath the landfill until chemicals of concern no longer exceeded levels protective of human health; (iii) inspecting and, if necessary, maintaining and repairing physical controls; (iv) prohibiting the removal or modification of the landfill gas ventilation system; and (v) requiring TCEQ’s prior approval for development of enclosed structures. There are no enclosed structures on the former landfill site.
15	100 Jefferson Road (Loan No. 11)	One of the related borrower sponsors reported that it is involved in a lawsuit by the Internal Revenue Service against a former partner of the borrower sponsor in a real estate investment. The real estate investment involved a real estate entity purchasing a three property tenants-in-common arrangement unrelated to the Mortgaged Property. After the former partner passed away, the Internal Revenue Service sued the estate of the former partner and put a lien on the investment entity described above. The borrower sponsor

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Rep. No. on Exhibit C	Mortgage Loan and Number as Identified on Exhibit A	Description of the Exception
		reported that a settlement agreement has been executed which allows for the subdivision of the property and will then discharge the borrower sponsor of the judgment.
18	Barbours Cut IOS (Loan No. 2)	The Mortgage Loan Documents permit a property insurance deductible up to $200,000.  The in-place coverage provides for a $200,000 deductible.
18	3800 Horizon Boulevard (Loan No. 14)	The Mortgage Loan Documents require the Mortgaged Property to be insured by an “all risk” or “special form” property insurance policy in an amount equal to (i) 100% full replacement cost of the improvements on such Mortgaged Property or (ii) such lesser amount as agreed to by the Mortgagee, without deduction for depreciation.
26	100 Jefferson Road (Loan No. 11)	Pursuant to the Mortgage Loan documents, the Mortgagor is required to promptly commence and diligently pursue the remediation of an outstanding zoning code permit in accordance with all applicable legal requirements and otherwise in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Mortgage Loan documents.
28	100 Jefferson Road (Loan No. 11)	Pursuant to the Mortgage Loan documents, an event of default will exist if a transfer other than a permitted transfer occurs (provided, however, that such breach or violation will not be deemed to constitute an event of default to the extent that (A) such breach or violation is susceptible of cure using commercially reasonable efforts and is immaterial, inadvertent and non-recurring (a breach will be considered to be “recurring” if the breach had occurred and was cured previously), (B) such breach or violation is solely the result of a failure to deliver a notice as and when required pursuant to the definition of “Permitted Transfer” under the Mortgage Loan documents in connection with a transfer that otherwise complies with the applicable terms and conditions thereof and (C) within 10 business days of the earlier to occur of the Mortgagor’s knowledge of such breach or violation or the Mortgagor’s receipt of written notice thereof from the Mortgagee, the Mortgagor cures such breach or violation in a commercially reasonable manner which does not result in any breach or violation of any of the other terms and provisions of the Mortgage Loan documents. The Mortgage Loan documents provide for recourse against the Mortgagor and guarantor to the extent of any losses to the Mortgagee arising out of an event of default described in the preceding sentence (unless such breach or violation (A) consists solely of a failure to deliver a notice or a similar immaterial, inadvertent and non-recurring breach or violation in connection with a transfer that otherwise complies with the applicable terms and conditions of the Mortgage Loan documents, (B) is susceptible of cure using commercially reasonable efforts and (C) is actually cured to the Mortgagee’s satisfaction within 30 days after the earlier to occur of the Mortgagor’s actual knowledge of such breach or violation or the Mortgagor’s receipt of written notice thereof from the Mortgagee).

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Rep. No. on Exhibit C	Mortgage Loan and Number as Identified on Exhibit A	Description of the Exception
28	100 Jefferson Road (Loan No. 11)	The Mortgage Loan documents provide for recourse against the Mortgagor and guarantor to the extent of any losses to the Mortgagee arising out of physical waste of the Mortgaged Property or any portion thereof (caused by the intentional acts or intentional omissions of the Mortgagor, guarantor or any affiliated manager resulting in harm of a physical nature to the Mortgaged Property that reduces the value of the Mortgaged Property).
28	Metroplex (Loan No. 13)	The Mortgage Loan Documents provide for recourse against the Mortgagor and guarantor (1) with respect to clause (b)(ii), in the event of fraud, willful misconduct, misrepresentation or intentional failure to disclose a material fact by or on behalf of the Mortgagor, the guarantor or an affiliate thereof, and (2) with respect to clause (b)(iv), in the event of any physical waste caused by or on behalf of the Mortgagor or the guarantor, unless such waste was due to insufficient cash flow generated by the related Mortgaged Property to prevent such waste.
28	303 West Hurst Boulevard (Loan No. 12)	The Mortgage Loan Documents provide that the Mortgage Loan is full recourse to the Mortgagor and guarantor as of the origination date of such Mortgage Loan.
28	3800 Horizon Boulevard (Loan No. 14)	The Mortgage Loan Documents provide for recourse against the Mortgagor and guarantor (1) with respect to clause (b)(ii), in the event of fraud, willful misconduct, misrepresentation or intentional failure to disclose a material fact by or on behalf of the Mortgagor, the guarantor or an affiliate thereof, and (2) with respect to clause (b)(iv), in the event of intentional physical waste of the Mortgaged Property or any portion thereof (including the abandonment of the Mortgaged Property), or after an event of default the removal or disposal of any portion of the Mortgaged Property.
28	Woodward Place (Loan No. 24)	The Mortgage Loan Documents provide for recourse against the Mortgagor and guarantor (1) with respect to clause (b)(ii), in the event of fraud, willful misconduct, misrepresentation or failure to disclose a material fact by or on behalf of the Mortgagor, the guarantor or an affiliate thereof, and (2) with respect to clause (b)(iv), in the event of physical waste of the Mortgaged Property or any portion thereof (including the abandonment of the Mortgaged Property), or after an event of default the removal or disposal of any portion of the Mortgaged Property.
33	Pacific Design Center (Loan No. 5)	The Mortgagor is a recycled Single-Purpose Entity that previously owned an adjacent parcel that was transferred prior to the origination of the Whole Loan (the “Prior Owned Parcel”). The Mortgagor has represented that it has no remaining liabilities with respect to the Prior Owned Parcel and the

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Rep. No. on Exhibit C	Mortgage Loan and Number as Identified on Exhibit A	Description of the Exception
		Whole Loan documents provide recourse for losses to the Mortgagee in connection with any breach of such representation.
36(b)	Barbours Cut IOS (Loan No. 2)	The Mortgage Loan is secured by (i) the fee interest of the Mortgagor in a certain portion of the Mortgaged Property, (ii) the fee and leasehold interests of the Mortgagor in a certain portion of the Mortgaged Property and (iii) the leasehold interest of the Mortgagor in a certain portion of the Mortgaged Property. The Mortgagor’s leasehold interest is subject to a ground lease by and between Dorothy Hearon, as lessor, and the Mortgagor, as lessee (the “Barbours-Hearon Ground Lease”). The lessor agreed in a writing that for so long as the Mortgagee holds any mortgaged or deeds of trust on the related leased portion of the Mortgaged Property, the Barbours-Hearon Ground Lease may not be amended or terminated by agreement of the lessor and the lessee without the prior written consent of the Mortgagee. Pursuant to the Mortgage Loan documents, the Mortgagor may not, and the Mortgagor may not permit the lessor to, amend, modify, cancel or terminate the Barbours-Hearon Ground Lease, in each case without the Mortgagee’s prior written consent.
36(j)	Barbours Cut IOS (Loan No. 2)	The terms of the Barbours-Hearon Ground Lease and Related Documents do not specifically provide that related insurance proceeds or the portion of any condemnation award allocable to the Mortgagor’s interest will be applied either to the repair or to restoration of all or a part of the related Mortgaged Property. In the Barbours-Hearon Ground Lease and Related Documents, the ground lessor acknowledges that such proceeds or award may potentially be required by the Mortgagee to be applied to reduce the balance of the Mortgage Loan or for restoration of the improvements on the Mortgaged Property. Pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Documents, the Mortgagor represented that the Barbours-Hearon Ground Lease does not prohibit or otherwise prevent such proceeds from being held by the Mortgagee and does not prohibit or otherwise prevent such proceeds from being applied toward restoration of the Mortgaged Property.
43	Pacific Design Center (Loan No. 5)	The related Phase I environmental site assessment identified certain recognized environmental conditions (collectively, the “REC”) at the Mortgaged Property in connection with potential impacts from prior industrial operations at the Mortgaged Property for which insufficient regulatory records exist, including, among other things, potential (i) arsenic and creosote impacts from prior railroad operations, (ii) solvent, heavy metal and commercial grade cleaner impacts from prior plating works, machine shop and furniture manufacturing operations, (iii) heavy metal and solvent impacts from prior printing operations and (iv) petroleum impacts from prior automotive and bus repair operations. According to the Phase I environmental site assessment, due to the redevelopment of the existing improvements at the Mortgaged Property, the absence of such prior site uses on any active or closed regulatory databases and the time elapsed since such

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Rep. No. on Exhibit C	Mortgage Loan and Number as Identified on Exhibit A	Description of the Exception
		historical operations, the REC is not anticipated to detrimentally affect the continued commercial use or operation of the Mortgaged Property.
43	303 West Hurst Boulevard (Loan No. 12)	The related ESA identified a REC at the Mortgaged Property in connection with historical paint manufacturing operations and the historical storage and release of chlorinated solvents and petroleum products at the Mortgaged Property. The related environmental consultant concluded that the absence of information regarding the use and disposal of petroleum-based products and/or chlorinated solvents and the historical operations at the Mortgaged Property have the potential to have resulted in impacts to the Mortgaged Property. According to the ESA, in 2019, an environmental consultant had previously identified three areas of stained soil and stressed vegetation and one historical paint-laden wash water release at the Mortgaged Property; however, there is no known release and no regulatory trigger to investigate the Mortgaged Property at this time. In addition, the borrower obtained an environmental insurance policy with Great American Insurance Group with an aggregate coverage limit of $3,000,000 and a $3,000,000 limit for each condition. Such policy lasts from May 5, 2023 to May 5, 2036.

 

Sch. C-5

EXHIBIT D-1

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF THE SECRETARY OR
AN ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLER

ARGENTIC REAL ESTATE FINANCE 2 LLC

ASSISTANT SECRETARY’S CERTIFICATE

I, [______], an Assistant Secretary of Argentic Real Estate Finance 2 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Mortgage Loan Seller”), HEREBY CERTIFY that:

1. Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a true and complete copy of the Certificate of Formation of the Mortgage Loan Seller certified by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, which is in full force and effect on the date hereof.

2. Attached hereto as Exhibit B is a true and correct copy of the By-laws of the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Mortgage Loan Seller’s Limited Liability Company Agreement, which is in full force and effect on the date hereof.

3. Attached hereto as Exhibit C is a true and complete copy of the Written Consent In Lieu of a Meeting of the Managing Members of Argentic Investment Management, LLC, the manager of the Mortgage Loan Seller, adopting resolutions which are in full force and effect on the date hereof.

4. Attached hereto as Exhibit D is a true and complete copy of a certificate of good standing issued by the Secretary of State of Delaware with respect to the Mortgage Loan Seller.

5. Each person who, as an officer or representative of the Mortgage Loan Seller, signed any document delivered in connection with the MSWF 2023-1 transaction was at the respective times of such signing and delivery, and is now, duly elected or appointed, qualified and acting as such officer or representative and the signatures of such persons appearing on such documents are their genuine signatures.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have signed this Certificate as of May 25, 2023.

		Name:
		Title:

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EXHIBIT D-2

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLER

CERTIFICATE OF MORTGAGE LOAN SELLER

In connection with the execution and delivery by Argentic Real Estate Finance 2 LLC (“AREF 2”) of the various transactions contemplated by that certain Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement dated and effective as of May 19, 2023 (the “Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement”) between AREF 2, as seller, and Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as purchaser (the “Purchaser”), the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) except as set forth on Schedule C to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the representations and warranties of AREF 2 in or made pursuant to Section 4(a) and Section 4(b) of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement are true and correct in all material respects at and as of the date hereof with the same effect as if made on the date hereof, provided that any representations and warranties made as of a specified date shall be true and correct as of such specified date, (ii) AREF 2 has, in all material respects, complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part required under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the date hereof, and (iii) since the date of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, there will not have been, immediately prior to the transfer of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, any material adverse change in the financial condition of AREF 2. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.

Certified this May 25, 2023.

	ARGENTIC REAL ESTATE FINANCE 2 LLC
	By:
		Name
		Title:

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EXHIBIT E

FORM OF OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE OF
ARGENTIC REAL ESTATE FINANCE 2 LLC

[_], 2023

Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc.
1585 Broadway
New York, New York 10036
Attention: Jane Lam

Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc.
1633 Broadway, 29th Floor
New York, New York 10019
Attention: Legal Compliance Division

cmbs_notices@morganstanley.com

With copies to the Addressees listed on Schedule A

Re: MSWF 2023-1 – Officer’s Certificate Pursuant to Section 4(i) of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement

Reference is hereby made to that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023, and that certain Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated and effective as of May 19, 2023 (the “Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement”), between the undersigned (the “Mortgage Loan Seller”) and Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc. In accordance with Section 4(i) of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the Mortgage Loan Seller hereby certifies to the parties listed on Schedule A, as follows:

1. The Mortgage Loan Seller has delivered the Diligence File (as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) with respect to each Mortgage Loan to the Designated Site (as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement); and

2. Each Diligence File constitutes all documents required under the definition of “Diligence File” and such Diligence File is organized and categorized in accordance with the electronic file structure reasonably agreed to by the Depositor and Mortgage Loan Seller.

Capitalized terms used herein without definition have the meanings given them in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this diligence file certification to be executed by its duly authorized officer or representative, the [_] day of [_].

Exh. E-1

	Sincerely yours,
	ARGENTIC REAL ESTATE FINANCE 2 LLC
	By:
		Name
		Title:

Exh. E-2

SCHEDULE A

LIST OF ADDRESSEES TO BE COPIED

GENERAL MASTER SERVICER:

Email: commercial.servicing@wellsfargo.com

GENERAL SPECIAL SERVICER:

Email: ahundertmark@argenticservices.com and jmayfield@argenticservices.com

CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR:

Email: CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com; trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com

TRUSTEE:

Email: CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com; trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com

DIRECTING CERTIFICATEHOLDER:

Email: jbrand@argenticmgmt.com

ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER:

Email: notices@pentalphasurveillance.com

OPERATING ADVISOR:

Email: notices@pentalphasurveillance.com

 

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EXHIBIT F

FORM OF LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

TO COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AND ARGENTIC SERVICES COMPANY LP WITH RESPECT TO MSWF COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE TRUST 2023-1, COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2023-1

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement dated and effective as of May 19, 2023 (the “Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement”), between Argentic Real Estate Finance 2 LLC (“Seller”) and Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc. (“Depositor”), Seller is selling certain commercial, multifamily and/or manufactured housing community mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”) to Depositor;

WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between the Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as general master servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as general special servicer (the “General Special Servicer”), Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as certificate administrator, as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), as custodian (in such capacity, the “Custodian”), as certificate registrar, and as authenticating agent, the Trustee, the Custodian and the General Special Servicer are granted certain powers, responsibilities and authority in connection with the completion and the filing and recording of assignments of mortgage, deeds of trust or similar documents, Form UCC-3 assignments of financing statements, reassignments of assignments of leases, rents and profits and other Mortgage Loan documents required to be filed or recorded in appropriate public filing and recording offices;

WHEREAS, Seller has agreed to provide this Limited Power of Attorney pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement;

NOW, THEREFORE, Seller does hereby make, constitute and appoint the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee), acting solely in its capacity as Custodian under, and in accordance with the terms of, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, Seller’s true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact with respect to each Mortgage Loan in Seller’s name, place and stead: (i) to complete (to the extent necessary) and to cause to be submitted for filing or recording in the appropriate public filing or recording offices, all assignments of mortgage, deeds of trust or similar documents, assignments or reassignments of rents, leases and profits, in each case in favor of the Trustee, as set forth in the definition of “Mortgage File” in Section 1.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, that have been received by the Trustee or a Custodian on its behalf, and all Form UCC-3 assignments of financing statements and all other comparable instruments or documents with respect to the Mortgage Loans which are customarily and reasonably necessary or appropriate to assign agreements, documents and instruments pertaining to the Mortgage Loans, in each case in favor of the Trustee as set forth in the definition of “Mortgage File” in, and in accordance with Section 1.01 of, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and to evidence, provide notice of and perfect such assignments and conveyances in favor of the Trustee in the public records of the appropriate filing and recording offices; and (ii) to prepare, execute and file or record in the appropriate public filing or recording offices, as applicable, all other Mortgage Loan documents

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to be recorded under the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any such Mortgage Loan documents which have not been submitted for filing or recordation by Seller on or before the date hereof or which have been so submitted but are subsequently lost or returned unrecorded or unfiled as a result of actual or purported defects therein, in order to evidence, provide notice of and perfect such documents in the public records of the appropriate filing and recording offices. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Limited Power of Attorney shall grant to the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) and the General Special Servicer only such powers, responsibilities and authority as are set forth in Section 2 of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.

Seller does also hereby make, constitute and appoint the General Special Servicer, acting solely in its capacity as General Special Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, Seller’s true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact with respect to the Mortgage Loans in Seller’s name, place and stead solely to exercise and perform all of the rights, authority and powers of the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) as set forth in the preceding paragraph in the event of the failure or the incapacity of the Custodian to do so for any reason. As between the General Special Servicer and any third party, no evidence of the failure or incapacity of the Custodian shall be required and such third party may rely upon the General Special Servicer’s written statement that it is acting pursuant to the terms of this Limited Power of Attorney.

The enumeration of particular powers herein is not intended in any way to limit the grant to the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) or the General Special Servicer as Seller’s attorney-in-fact of full power and authority with respect to the Mortgage Loans to complete (to the extent necessary), file and record any documents, instruments or other writings referred to above as fully, to all intents and purposes, as Seller might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming whatsoever such attorney-in-fact shall and may do by virtue hereof; and Seller agrees and represents to those dealing with such attorney-in-fact that they may rely upon this Limited Power of Attorney until termination thereof under the provisions of the second following paragraph below. As between Seller, the Depositor, the General Special Servicer, the Custodian, the Trust and the Certificateholders, neither the Custodian nor the General Special Servicer may exercise any right, authority or power granted by this Limited Power of Attorney in a manner which would violate the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, but any and all third parties dealing with the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) or the General Special Servicer as Seller’s attorney-in-fact may rely completely, unconditionally and conclusively on the authority of the Custodian or the General Special Servicer, as applicable, and need not make any inquiry about whether the Custodian or the General Special Servicer is acting pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Any purchaser, title insurance company or other third party may rely upon a written statement by the Custodian or the General Special Servicer that any particular Mortgage Loan or related mortgaged real property in question is subject to and included under this Limited Power of Attorney and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Any act or thing lawfully done hereunder by the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) or the General Special Servicer shall be binding on Seller and Seller’s successors and assigns.

This Limited Power of Attorney shall continue in full force and effect with respect to the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) and the General Special Servicer, as applicable, until the earliest occurrence of any of the following events:

(1) with respect to the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee), the termination of the Custodian and its replacement with a successor Custodian under the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement;

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(2) with respect to the General Special Servicer, the termination of such entity and its replacement with a successor General Special Servicer under the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement;

(3) with respect to the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee), the appointment of a receiver or conservator with respect to the business of the Custodian, or the filing of a voluntary or involuntary petition in bankruptcy by or against the Custodian;

(4) with respect to the General Special Servicer, the appointment of a receiver or conservator with respect to the business of such entity, or the filing of a voluntary or involuntary petition in bankruptcy by or against such entity;

(5) with respect to each of the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) and the General Special Servicer and any Mortgage Loan, such Mortgage Loan is no longer a part of the Trust;

(6) with respect to each of the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) and the General Special Servicer, the termination of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in accordance with its terms; and

(7) with respect to the General Special Servicer, the occurrence and continuance of, or failure to cure, any of the events described under Section 7.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the General Special Servicer.

Nothing herein shall be deemed to amend or modify the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the respective rights, duties or obligations of Seller under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, and nothing herein shall constitute a waiver of any rights or remedies under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or, if not defined therein, then in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

THIS POWER OF ATTORNEY AND THE RIGHTS, DUTIES, OBLIGATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS AND DECISIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THE PARTIES HERETO INTEND THAT THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW SHALL APPLY TO THIS AGREEMENT.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Seller has caused this instrument to be executed and its corporate seal to be affixed hereto by its officer duly authorized as of _______________, 2023.

	ARGENTIC REAL ESTATE FINANCE 2 LLC
	By:
		Name
		Title:

 

 

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

STATE OF	)
	)	ss.:
COUNTY OF	)

On this ____ day of _____________ 20__, before me appeared __________________, to me personally known, who, being by me duly sworn did say that he/she is the ___________________ of Argentic Real Estate Finance 2 LLC, and that the seal affixed to the foregoing instrument is the corporate seal of said entity, and that said instrument was signed and sealed in behalf of said entity by authority of its board of directors (or equivalent authorizing parties), and said ___________________ acknowledged said instrument to be the free act and deed of said entity.

Name:
	Notary Public in and for said County and State

My Commission Expires:

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EX-99.3

Exhibit 99.3

EXECUTION VERSION

MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”), is dated and effective as of May 19, 2023, between Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC, as seller (in such capacity, together with its successors and permitted assigns hereunder, the “Mortgage Loan Seller” or “Seller”), and Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as purchaser (in such capacity, together with its successors and permitted assigns hereunder, the “Purchaser”).

RECITALS

The Mortgage Loan Seller desires to sell, assign, transfer, set over and otherwise convey to the Purchaser, without recourse, representation or warranty, other than as set forth herein, and the Purchaser desires to purchase, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the commercial, multifamily and/or manufactured housing community mortgage loans (collectively, the “Mortgage Loans”) identified on the schedule annexed hereto as Exhibit A (as such schedule may be amended from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof, the “Mortgage Loan Schedule”).

The Purchaser intends to create a trust (the “Trust”), the primary assets of which will be a segregated pool of commercial, multifamily and/or manufactured housing community mortgage loans, that includes the Mortgage Loans. Beneficial ownership of the assets of the Trust (such assets collectively, the “Trust Fund”) will be evidenced by a series of mortgage pass-through certificates (the “Certificates”). Certain classes of the Certificates will be rated by nationally recognized statistical rating organizations (the “Rating Agencies”). Certain classes of Certificates (the “Registered Certificates”) will be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and certain classes of Certificates (the “Non-Registered Certificates”) will not be registered under the Securities Act. The Trust will be created and the Certificates will be issued pursuant to a pooling and servicing agreement to be dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as depositor (the “Depositor”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as general master servicer (the “General Master Servicer”), Argentic Services Company LP, as general special servicer (the “General Special Servicer”), Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as operating advisor (in such capacity, the “Operating Advisor”) and as asset representations reviewer (in such capacity, the “Asset Representations Reviewer”), and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), as tax administrator and as custodian (in such capacity, the “Custodian”). Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as in full force and effect on the Closing Date (as defined in Section 1 hereof) (except with respect to the definition of “Servicing File,” which for purposes of this Agreement shall not include the documents described in clause (b) in the definition of such term in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement). Any reference to a provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as in full force and effect on the Closing Date. It is anticipated that the Purchaser will transfer the Mortgage Loans to the Trustee on behalf of the Trust contemporaneously with its purchase of the Mortgage Loans hereunder.

The Purchaser intends to sell the Registered Certificates to Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (“MS&Co.”), Wells Fargo Securities, LLC (“WFS”) and Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC

 

 

(“Siebert Williams Shank”, and together with MS&Co. and WFS, collectively in such capacities, the “Underwriters”) pursuant to an underwriting agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “Underwriting Agreement”), between the Purchaser, Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC and the Underwriters. The Purchaser intends to sell the Non-Registered Certificates to MS&Co., WFS and Siebert Williams Shank (collectively in such capacities, the “Initial Purchasers”) pursuant to a certificate purchase agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “Certificate Purchase Agreement”), between the Purchaser, Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC and the Initial Purchasers. The Certificates are more fully described in (a) that certain prospectus dated May 23, 2023 (together with all annexes and exhibits thereto and information incorporated therein by reference as of the date of filing thereof, the “Prospectus”), relating to the Registered Certificates and (b) that certain private placement memorandum, dated May 23, 2023 (together with all annexes and exhibits thereto, the “Private Placement Memorandum”), relating to the Non-Registered Certificates, as each may be amended or supplemented at any time hereafter.

The Mortgage Loan Seller will indemnify the Depositor, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers and certain related parties with respect to certain disclosure regarding the Mortgage Loans that is contained in (a) that certain preliminary prospectus, dated May 11, 2023, relating to the Registered Certificates (together with all annexes and exhibits thereto and information incorporated therein by reference as of the last Time of Sale (as defined in the Indemnification Agreement), the “Preliminary Prospectus”), (b) that certain preliminary private placement memorandum, dated May 11, 2023, relating to the Non-Registered Certificates (together with all annexes and exhibits thereto, the “Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum”), (c) the Prospectus, (d) the Private Placement Memorandum and (e) certain other disclosure documents and offering materials relating to the Certificates, pursuant to an indemnification agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “Indemnification Agreement”), between the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Depositor, the Underwriters and the Initial Purchasers.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements set forth herein, the parties agree as follows:

Section 1.                Agreement to Purchase. The Mortgage Loan Seller agrees to sell, assign, transfer, set over and otherwise convey to the Purchaser, without recourse, representation or warranty, other than as set forth herein, and the Purchaser agrees to purchase from the Mortgage Loan Seller, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Mortgage Loans. The purchase and sale of the Mortgage Loans shall take place on May 25, 2023 or such other date as shall be mutually acceptable to the parties hereto (the “Closing Date”). As of the Cut-off Date, the Mortgage Loans will have an aggregate principal balance, after application of all payments of principal due on the Mortgage Loans, if any, on or before such date, whether or not received, of  $108,814,000. The purchase price for the Mortgage Loans shall be an amount set forth on the cross receipt between the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser dated the Closing Date (which price reflects no deduction for any transaction expenses for which the Mortgage Loan Seller is responsible). The Purchaser shall pay such purchase price to the Mortgage Loan Seller on the Closing Date by wire transfer in immediately available funds or by such other method as shall be mutually acceptable to the parties hereto.

Section 2.                Conveyance of the Mortgage Loans. (a) Effective as of the Closing Date, subject only to receipt of the purchase price referred to in Section 1 hereof and the

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satisfaction of the other conditions to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s obligations set forth herein, the Mortgage Loan Seller does hereby sell, assign, transfer, set over and otherwise convey to the Purchaser, without recourse, representation or warranty, other than as set forth herein, all of the right, title and interest of the Mortgage Loan Seller in, to and under the Mortgage Loans and all documents included in the related Mortgage Files and Servicing Files, with the understanding that a servicing rights purchase and sale agreement or comparable agreement may be executed by the Mortgage Loan Seller and the General Master Servicer. Such assignment includes all scheduled payments of principal and interest under and proceeds of the Mortgage Loans received after their respective Cut-off Dates (other than scheduled payments of interest and principal due on or before their respective Cut-off Dates, which shall belong and be promptly remitted to the Mortgage Loan Seller) together with all documents delivered or caused to be delivered hereunder with respect to such Mortgage Loans by the Mortgage Loan Seller (including all documents included in the related Mortgage Files and Servicing Files and any other documents required to be delivered by the Mortgage Loan Seller under Sections 2.01(b) and (c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement). The Purchaser shall be entitled to receive all scheduled payments of principal and interest due on the Mortgage Loans after their respective Cut-off Dates, and all other recoveries of principal and interest collected thereon after their respective Cut-off Dates (other than scheduled payments of principal and interest due on the Mortgage Loans on or before their respective Cut-off Dates and collected after such respective Cut-off Dates or, in the case of Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans (if any), due on or prior to the related date of substitution and collected after such date, in each case, which shall belong to the Mortgage Loan Seller), except any Seller Defeasance Rights and Obligations.

After the Mortgage Loan Seller’s transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser, as provided herein, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall not take any action inconsistent with the Purchaser’s ownership of the Mortgage Loans. Except for actions that are the express responsibility of another party hereunder or under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and further except for actions that the Mortgage Loan Seller is expressly permitted to complete subsequent to the Closing Date, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall, on or before the Closing Date, take all actions required under applicable law to effectuate the transfer of the Mortgage Loans by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Purchaser.

It is expressly agreed and understood that, notwithstanding the assignment of the Mortgage Loan documents, it is expressly intended that the Mortgage Loan Seller will receive the benefit of any securitization indemnification provisions in the Mortgage Loan documents.

(b)               The conveyance of the Mortgage Loans and the related rights and property accomplished hereby is intended by the parties hereto to constitute a sale by the Mortgage Loan Seller of all the Mortgage Loan Seller’s right, title and interest in and to such Mortgage Loans and such other related rights and property by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Purchaser. Furthermore, it is not intended that such conveyance be a pledge of security for a loan. If such conveyance is determined to be a pledge of security for a loan, however, then: (i) this Agreement shall constitute a security agreement under applicable law; (ii) the Mortgage Loan Seller shall be deemed to have granted to the Purchaser, and in any event, the Mortgage Loan Seller hereby grants to the Purchaser, a first priority security interest in all of the Mortgage Loan Seller’s right, title and interest, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in and to (1) the Mortgage Loans, (2) all documents included in the related Mortgage Files and Servicing Files, (3) all scheduled payments

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of principal and interest due on the Mortgage Loans after their respective Cut-off Dates, and (4) all other recoveries of principal and interest collected thereon after their respective Cut-off Dates (other than scheduled payments of principal and interest due on the Mortgage Loans on or before their respective Cut-off Dates and collected after such respective Cut-off Dates or, in the case of Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans (if any), due on or prior to the related date of substitution and collected after such date); (iii) the assignment by the Purchaser to the Trustee of its interests in the Mortgage Loans as contemplated by Section 16 hereof shall be deemed to be an assignment of any security interest created hereunder; (iv) the possession by the Purchaser (or the Custodian) of the Mortgage Notes with respect to the Mortgage Loans subject hereto from time to time and such other items of property as constitute instruments, money, negotiable documents or chattel paper shall be deemed to be “possession by the secured party” or possession by a purchaser or person designated by such secured party for the purpose of perfecting such security interest under applicable law; and (v) notifications to, and acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from, Persons holding such property, shall be deemed to be notifications to, or acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from, securities intermediaries, bailees or agents (as applicable) of the Purchaser for the purpose of perfecting such security interest under applicable law. The Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser shall, to the extent consistent with this Agreement, take such actions as may be reasonably necessary to ensure that, if this Agreement were deemed to create a security interest in the Mortgage Loans, such security interest would be a perfected security interest of first priority under applicable law and will be maintained as such throughout the term of this Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

(c)               In connection with the Mortgage Loan Seller’s assignment pursuant to Section 2(a) above, the Mortgage Loan Seller, at its expense, shall deliver to and deposit with, or cause to be delivered to and deposited with, the Custodian, (x) on or before the Closing Date, the Mortgage Note relating to each Mortgage Loan so assigned, endorsed to the Trustee or in blank as specified in clause (i) of the definition of “Mortgage File” in Section 1.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (or, alternatively, if the original executed Mortgage Note has been lost, a lost note affidavit and indemnity with a copy of such Mortgage Note as specified in clause (i) of the definition of “Mortgage File”) and (y) on or before the date that is forty-five (45) days following the Closing Date (or such later date as may be provided under Sections 2.01(b) or (c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to any item), the remainder of the Mortgage File for each Mortgage Loan and, except in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Non-Serviced Whole Loan as of the Closing Date (which delivery shall be subject to clauses (e) and (f) in the proviso of the definition of “Mortgage File”), any other items required to be delivered or deposited by the Mortgage Loan Seller under Sections 2.01(b) and (c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (other than amounts from reserve accounts and originals of letters of credit, which shall be transferred to the General Master Servicer) for each Mortgage Loan, and shall take such other actions and pay such costs with respect to the Mortgage Loans as may be required under Sections 2.01(b) and (c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, with respect to any Joint Mortgage Loan, the obligations of each of the Mortgage Loan Seller and any other Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to such Joint Mortgage Loan (an “Other Mortgage Loan Seller”) to deliver a Mortgage Note to the Custodian shall be limited to delivery of only the Mortgage Note(s) held by such party to the Custodian. With respect to any Joint Mortgage Loan, the obligations of the Mortgage Loan Seller and any Other Mortgage Loan Seller to deliver the remaining portion of the

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related Mortgage File or any document required to be delivered with respect thereto shall be joint and several, provided that either of the Mortgage Loan Seller or any Other Mortgage Loan Seller may deliver one Mortgage File or one of any other document required to be delivered with respect to such Joint Mortgage Loan hereunder, and such delivery shall satisfy such delivery requirements for the Mortgage Loan Seller and each such Other Mortgage Loan Seller.

In addition, on or prior to the fifth (5th) Business Day after the Closing Date, the Mortgage Loan Seller, at its expense, shall deliver to the Custodian five (5) limited powers of attorney substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F in favor of the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) and the General Special Servicer to empower the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) and, in the event of the failure or incapacity of the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee), the General Special Servicer, to sign and/or deliver to a third party for submission, or to cause the Custodian to sign and/or deliver to a third party for submission, at the expense of the Mortgage Loan Seller, any Mortgage Loan documents required to be recorded as described in Section 2.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and any intervening assignments with evidence of recording thereon that are required to be included in the Mortgage Files (so long as original counterparts have previously been delivered to the Trustee (or the Custodian on its behalf)). The Mortgage Loan Seller agrees to reasonably cooperate with the Custodian, the Trustee and the General Special Servicer in connection with any additional powers of attorney or revisions thereto that are requested by such parties for purposes of such recordation. The parties hereto agree that no such power of attorney shall be used with respect to any Mortgage Loan by or under authorization by any party hereto except to the extent that the absence of a document described in the second preceding sentence with respect to such Mortgage Loan remains unremedied as of the earlier of (i) the date that is one hundred eighty (180) days following the delivery of notice of such absence to the Mortgage Loan Seller, but in no event earlier than eighteen (18) months from the Closing Date, and (ii) the date (if any) on which such Mortgage Loan becomes a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan. The Custodian or the General Special Servicer, as applicable, shall submit such documents for recording, at the Mortgage Loan Seller’s expense, after the periods set forth above, provided, the Custodian or the General Special Servicer, as applicable, shall not submit such assignments for recording if the Mortgage Loan Seller produces evidence that it or a third-party on its behalf has sent any such assignment for recording and certifies that the Mortgage Loan Seller is awaiting its return from the applicable recording office.

(d)               In accordance with Section 2.01(b) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, with respect to the delivery of a letter of credit in the manner described in clause (A) of clause (xii) of the definition of “Mortgage File”, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall be deemed to have satisfied the delivery requirements of this Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by delivering to the Custodian within ten (10) Business Days following the Closing Date with respect to any such letter(s) of credit a copy of such letter of credit, the transfer documentation and such transmittal communication to the issuing bank indicating that such document has been delivered to the issuing bank for reissuance. If a letter of credit is not in a form that would allow the General Master Servicer to draw on such letter of credit on behalf of the Trust in accordance with the applicable terms thereof and/or of the related Mortgage Loan documents, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall deliver copies of the appropriate transfer or assignment documents to the Custodian promptly following receipt of written notification thereof. If not otherwise paid by the related Mortgagor, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall pay any transfer fee required in order to transfer the beneficiary’s interest from such Mortgage Loan Seller to the General Master Servicer

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on behalf of the Trust as required hereunder and shall cooperate with the reasonable requests of the General Master Servicer in connection with effectuating a draw under any such letter of credit prior to the date such letter of credit is reissued to the General Master Servicer on behalf of the Trust.

With respect to letters of credit delivered in accordance with subclause (B) of clause (xii) of the definition of “Mortgage File”, within sixty (60) days of the Closing Date or such shorter period as is required by the terms of such letter of credit or other applicable Mortgage Loan documents, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall notify the bank issuing the letter of credit that the General Master Servicer on behalf of the Trustee shall be the beneficiary under such letter of credit. Section 3.01(f) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement requires the General Master Servicer to present such letter of credit and the related assignment documentation delivered by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the letter of credit bank issuing such letter of credit and request that such letter of credit bank reissue the letter of credit in the name of “Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as General Master Servicer, on behalf of Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of registered holders of MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1”. Section 3.01(f) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement further requires the General Master Servicer to use reasonable efforts to obtain such reissued letter of credit back from the issuing letter of credit bank within sixty (60) days (and in any event within ninety (90) days) following the Closing Date. The Mortgage Loan Seller shall provide such reasonable cooperation as requested by the General Master Servicer, including without limitation by delivering such additional assignment or amendment documents required by the issuing bank in order to reissue a letter of credit as provided above.

(e)               [Reserved.]

(f)                In connection with the Mortgage Loan Seller’s assignment pursuant to Section 2(a) above, the Mortgage Loan Seller, at its expense, shall deliver to and deposit with, or cause to be delivered to and deposited with, or make available or cause to be made available to, the General Master Servicer in accordance with Section 2.01(d) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the following items: (i) within the timeframe for delivery set forth in Section 2.01(d) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, a copy of the Mortgage File for each Mortgage Loan (except that copies of any instruments of assignment that are returned or delivered, as applicable, to the Custodian by the related public recording office in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be delivered by the Custodian to the General Master Servicer) and (ii) within the timeframe for delivery set forth in Section 2.01(d) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and except in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Non-Serviced Whole Loan, originals or copies of all financial statements, operating statements, appraisals, environmental reports, engineering reports, Insurance Policies, certificates, guaranty/indemnity agreements, property inspection reports, escrow analysis, tax bills, third-party management agreements, asset summary and financial information on the borrower/sponsor and any guarantor, in each case relating to the origination and servicing of any Mortgage Loan or related Serviced Whole Loan that are reasonably necessary for the ongoing administration and/or servicing of the applicable Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan in the possession or under the control of the Mortgage Loan Seller that relate to the Mortgage Loans or related Serviced Whole Loan(s) (provided that the Mortgage Loan Seller shall not be required to deliver any internal communications (including such communications between the Mortgage Loan Seller and its

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Affiliates) or underwriting analysis (including documents prepared by the Mortgage Loan Seller or any of its Affiliates for such purposes), draft documents or any documents or materials prepared by it or its Affiliates for internal uses, attorney client communications that are privileged communications or constitute legal or other due diligence analyses or credit underwriting or due diligence analyses or data). In addition, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall, in accordance with Section 2.01(f) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, deliver to, and deposit with, or cause to be delivered to, and deposited with, the General Master Servicer, within three (3) Business Days after the Closing Date, all unapplied reserve funds and Escrow Payments in the possession or under the control of the Mortgage Loan Seller that relate to the Mortgage Loans (other than any Non-Serviced Whole Loans). In addition, not later than the Closing Date, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall provide to the General Master Servicer the initial data with respect to each Mortgage Loan that is necessary for the preparation of the initial CREFC^® Financial File and CREFC^® Loan Periodic Update File required to be delivered by the General Master Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

(g)               Under generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) and for federal income tax purposes, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall report its transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser, as provided herein, as a sale of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser in exchange for the consideration specified in Section 1 hereof. In connection with the foregoing, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall cause all of its records to reflect such transfer as a sale (as opposed to a secured loan) and to reflect that the Mortgage Loans are no longer property of the Mortgage Loan Seller. In no event shall the Mortgage Loan Seller take any action that is inconsistent with the Trust’s ownership of each Mortgage Loan following the Closing Date.

(h)               The Mortgage Loan Schedule, as it may be amended from time to time, shall conform to the requirements set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (except with respect to the Administrative Fee Rate). The Mortgage Loan Seller shall, within fifteen (15) days of its discovery or receipt of notice of any error on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, amend such Mortgage Loan Schedule and deliver to the Purchaser or the Trustee, as the case may be, an amended Mortgage Loan Schedule; provided that this sentence shall not be construed to relieve the Mortgage Loan Seller of any liability for any related Breach or to shorten the period available to the Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to the cure, repurchase or substitution provisions with respect to a Material Defect set forth in Section 5.

(i)                 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Purchaser and the Mortgage Loan Seller hereby acknowledge and agree that with respect to each Mortgage Loan subject to defeasance, the Mortgage Loan Seller has retained the right of the lender under the Mortgage Loan documents to receive a percentage of the economic benefit associated with the ownership of the successor borrower, to designate and establish the successor borrower and to purchase (or cause the purchase on behalf of the related borrower of) the related defeasance collateral, in each case if there is a defeasance of such Mortgage Loan (“Seller Defeasance Rights and Obligations”). The Purchaser shall cause the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to provide that: (i) if the General Master Servicer receives notice of a defeasance request to a Mortgage Loan subject to defeasance, then the General Master Servicer shall provide upon receipt of such notice, written notice of such defeasance request to the Mortgage Loan Seller or its assignee; and (ii) until such time as the Mortgage Loan Seller provides written notice to the contrary, notice of a defeasance of a Mortgage

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Loan with Seller Defeasance Rights and Obligations shall be delivered to the Mortgage Loan Seller pursuant to the notice provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Section 3.                Examination of Mortgage Loan Files and Due Diligence Review. The Mortgage Loan Seller shall reasonably cooperate with any examination of the Mortgage Files for, and any other documents and records relating to, the Mortgage Loans, that may be undertaken by or on behalf of the Purchaser on or before the Closing Date. The fact that the Purchaser has conducted or has failed to conduct any partial or complete examination of any of the Mortgage Files for, and/or any of such other documents and records relating to, the Mortgage Loans, shall not affect the Purchaser’s right to pursue any remedy available in equity or at law for a breach of the Mortgage Loan Seller’s representations and warranties made pursuant to Section 4, except as expressly set forth in Section 5.

Section 4.                Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser. (a) The Mortgage Loan Seller hereby makes, as of the date hereof (and, in connection with any replacement of a Defective Loan (as defined in Section 4(f) hereof) with one or more Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans (also as defined in Section 4(f) hereof), pursuant to Section 5(a) hereof, as of the related date of substitution), to and for the benefit of the Purchaser, each of the representations and warranties set forth in Exhibit B-1. The Purchaser hereby makes, as of the date hereof, to and for the benefit of the Mortgage Loan Seller, each of the representations and warranties set forth in Exhibit B-2.

(b)               The Mortgage Loan Seller hereby makes, as of the date hereof (or as of such other date specifically provided in the particular representation or warranty), to and for the benefit of the Purchaser, each of the representations and warranties set forth in Exhibit C, subject to the exceptions set forth in Schedule C. The Mortgage Loan Seller is also referred to herein as the “Responsible Repurchase Party”.

(c)               The Mortgage Loan Seller hereby represents and warrants, as of the date hereof, to and for the benefit of the Purchaser only, that the Mortgage Loan Seller has not dealt with any broker, investment banker, agent or other person (other than the Depositor or an affiliate thereof, the Underwriters and the Initial Purchasers) who may be entitled to any commission or compensation in connection with the sale to the Purchaser of the Mortgage Loans.

(d)               The Mortgage Loan Seller hereby represents and warrants that, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgage Loan Seller’s role as “originator” (or the role of any third party as “originator” of any Mortgage Loan for which the Mortgage Loan Seller was not the originator) and “sponsor” in connection with the issuance of the Registered Certificates, the information regarding the Mortgage Loans, the related Mortgagors, the related Mortgaged Properties and/or the Mortgage Loan Seller contained in each of the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus complies in all material respects with the applicable disclosure requirements of Regulation AB as in effect on the date hereof and for which compliance is required as of the date hereof. As used herein, “Regulation AB” means Subpart 229.1100 – Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R. §§229.1100-229.1125, as such rules may be amended from time to time, and subject to such clarification and interpretation as have been or may hereafter be from time to time provided by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) or by the staff of the Commission, in each case as effective from time to time as of the compliance dates specified therein.

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(e)               With respect to each Servicing Function Participant that services a Mortgage Loan as of the Closing Date, the Mortgage Loan Seller either (i) represents and warrants that as of the date hereof such Servicing Function Participant is expected to be an Initial Sub-Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (ii) (A) represents and warrants that it has caused each such Servicing Function Participant to be required to comply, as evidenced by written documentation between each such Servicing Function Participant and the Mortgage Loan Seller, with all reporting requirements set forth in Article XI of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (including but not limited to the indemnification of each Certification Party from and against any and all claims, losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and expenses and related costs, judgments and any other costs, fees and expenses incurred by such Certification Party arising out of the delivery of any Deficient Exchange Act Deliverable) applicable to such Servicing Function Participant for the Mortgage Loans and (B) covenants with the Purchaser that, for so long as the Trust is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, it shall cause each Servicing Function Participant that services a Mortgage Loan as of the Closing Date to comply with all reporting requirements set forth therein.

(f)                The Responsible Repurchase Party hereby agrees that it shall be deemed to make to and for the benefit of the Purchaser, as of the date of any substitution, with respect to any replacement Mortgage Loan (a “Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan”) that is substituted for a Defective Loan by the Responsible Repurchase Party pursuant to Section 5(a) of this Agreement, each of the representations and warranties set forth in Exhibit C to this Agreement. For purposes of the representations and warranties set forth in Exhibit C, representations and warranties made as of the Closing Date or as of the Cut-off Date shall, in the case of a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, be made as of the date of substitution. From and after the date of substitution, each Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, if any, shall be deemed to constitute a “Mortgage Loan” hereunder for all purposes. A “Defective Loan” is any Mortgage Loan as to which there is an unremedied Material Defect.

(g)               Except for (x) the agreed-upon procedures report obtained from the accounting firm engaged to perform procedures involving a comparison of information in loan files for the Mortgage Loans to information in a data file relating to the Mortgage Loans and (y) the agreed-upon procedures report obtained from the accounting firm engaged to perform procedures involving a comparison of underwriting information in loan files for the Mortgage Loans to underwriting information in a data file relating to the Mortgage Loans (such reports, collectively, the “Accountants’ Due Diligence Reports”), the Mortgage Loan Seller has not obtained (and, through and including the Closing Date, will not obtain without the consent of the Purchaser) any “third party due diligence report” (as defined in Rule 15Ga-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) (“Rule 15Ga-2”)) in connection with the securitization transaction contemplated herein and in the Prospectus and Private Placement Memorandum and, except for the accounting firms engaged with respect to the Accountants’ Due Diligence Reports, the Mortgage Loan Seller has not employed (and, through and including the Closing Date, will not employ without the consent of the Purchaser) any third party to engage in any activity that constitutes “due diligence services” within the meaning of Rule 17g-10 under the Exchange Act in connection with the transactions contemplated herein and in the Prospectus and Private Placement Memorandum. The Underwriters and Initial Purchasers are third-party beneficiaries of the provisions set forth in this Section 4(g).

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(h)               Within sixty (60) days after the Closing Date, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall deliver or cause to be delivered an electronic copy of the Diligence File for each Mortgage Loan to the Depositor by uploading such Diligence File (including, if applicable, any additional documents that the Mortgage Loan Seller believes should be included to enable the Asset Representations Reviewer to perform an Asset Review on such Mortgage Loan; provided that such documents are clearly labeled and identified) to the Designated Site, each such Diligence File being organized and categorized in accordance with the electronic file structure reasonably agreed to by the Depositor and the Mortgage Loan Seller.

(i)                 Within sixty (60) days after the Closing Date, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall provide the Depositor a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit E (which may be sent by email to cmbs_notices@morganstanley.com).

(j)                 If, as part of an Asset Review of a Mortgage Loan, the Asset Representations Reviewer determines it is missing any document that is required to be part of the Review Materials for such Mortgage Loan and that is necessary in connection with its completion of the Asset Review, then, upon written request of the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall provide to the Asset Representations Reviewer, within ten (10) Business Days of receipt of such written request, any such document; provided, that the Mortgage Loan Seller shall be required to deliver such missing document only to the extent that such document is in the possession of the Mortgage Loan Seller, but in any event excluding any documents that contain information that is proprietary to the related originator or the Mortgage Loan Seller or any draft documents or privileged or internal communications.

(k)               Upon the completion of an Asset Review with respect to each Mortgage Loan in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and receipt of a written invoice from the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall pay the Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee for the Mortgage Loans subject to that Asset Review (or, with respect to any Joint Mortgage Loan, a fee equal to the Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee for the entire Joint Mortgage Loan, multiplied by the Mortgage Loan Seller’s Mortgage Loan Seller Percentage Interest) within sixty (60) days of such written invoice by the Asset Representations Reviewer; provided, that if any fees payable pursuant to this Section 4(k) are paid by the Trust pursuant to Section 12.02(b) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall reimburse the Trust for the amount of any such fees (or, with respect to any Joint Mortgage Loan, for its Mortgage Loan Seller Percentage Interest of the amount of such fees).

(l)                 The Mortgage Loan Seller acknowledges and agrees that in the event an Enforcing Party elects a dispute resolution method pursuant to Section 2.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall abide by the selected dispute resolution method and otherwise comply with the terms and provisions set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (including the exhibits thereto) related to such dispute resolution method.

(m)             The Mortgage Loan Seller shall indemnify and hold harmless the Purchaser against any and all expenses, losses, claims, damages and other liabilities, including without limitation the costs of investigation, legal defense and any amounts paid in settlement of any claim or litigation arising out of or based upon any failure by the Mortgage Loan Seller to (A) pay the fees described under Section 4(k) above within sixty (60) days of written invoice by the Asset

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Representations Reviewer or (B) within sixty (60) days of the Closing Date (or such later date specified herein or in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), provide all documents required to be delivered by it pursuant to Section 4(h) of this Agreement.

(n)               The Mortgage Loan Seller covenants with the Purchaser that if, on or prior to the later of (i) the ninetieth (90^th) day following the Closing Date and (ii) the date upon which all Certificates have been sold to parties unaffiliated with the Depositor, as a result of the occurrence of any event that occurred prior to the Closing Date with respect to the Mortgage Loans or the Mortgage Loan Seller (and the Mortgage Loan Seller hereby covenants to promptly notify the Depositor, the Underwriters and the Initial Purchasers of the occurrence of any such event to the extent it has knowledge thereof), an amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or Private Placement Memorandum, including Annexes A-1, A-2 and A-3 of the Prospectus, with respect to any information regarding the Mortgage Loans or the Mortgage Loan Seller, is necessary to be delivered in connection with sales of the Certificates by the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers or a dealer, in order to correct any untrue statement of a material fact or any omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein (solely in the case of the Prospectus) or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances when the Prospectus or Private Placement Memorandum is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or an amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or Private Placement Memorandum, including Annexes A-1, A-2 and A-3 of the Prospectus, with respect to any information regarding the Mortgage Loans or the Mortgage Loan Seller, is necessary to comply with applicable law, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall do all things necessary (or, with respect to information relating to the Mortgage Loans, provide all information in its possession) to assist the Depositor to prepare and furnish, at the expense of the Mortgage Loan Seller (to the extent that such amendment or supplement relates to the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Mortgage Loans and/or any information describing the same, as provided by the Mortgage Loan Seller), to the Underwriters and Initial Purchasers such amendments or supplements to the Prospectus or Private Placement Memorandum as may be necessary, so that the statements in the Prospectus or Private Placement Memorandum as so amended or supplemented, including Annexes A-1, A-2 and A-3 of the Prospectus, with respect to any information regarding the Mortgage Loans or the Mortgage Loan Seller, will not so contain an untrue statement of material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein (solely in the case of the Prospectus) or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances when the Prospectus or Private Placement Memorandum is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or so that the Prospectus or Private Placement Memorandum (as so annexed or supplemented), including Annexes A-1, A-2 and A-3 of the Prospectus, with respect to any information regarding the Mortgage Loans or the Mortgage Loan Seller, will not so fail to comply with applicable law. All terms used in this Section 4(n) and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Indemnification Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall have no affirmative obligation to monitor the performance of the Mortgage Loans or any changes in condition or circumstance of any Mortgaged Property, Mortgagor, guarantor or any of their Affiliates after the Closing Date in connection with its obligations under this Section 4(n). The Underwriters and Initial Purchasers are third-party beneficiaries of the provisions set forth in this Section 4(n).

Section 5.                Notice of Breach; Cure, Repurchase and Substitution. (a) The Mortgage Loan Seller shall, not later than ninety (90) days after (i) except in the case of the succeeding clause (ii), the Mortgage Loan Seller’s receipt of notice of or, if earlier, the Mortgage

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Loan Seller’s discovery of, a Material Defect or (ii) in the case of a Material Defect relating to a Mortgage Loan not being a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, but without regard to the rule of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(f)(2) that causes a defective Mortgage Loan to be treated as a qualified mortgage, the earlier of (x) the discovery by the Mortgage Loan Seller or any party to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of such Material Defect and (y) receipt of notice of the Material Defect from any party to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (such ninety (90) day period, the “Initial Cure Period”), (A) cure such Material Defect in all material respects, at the Mortgage Loan Seller’s own expense, including reimbursement of any related reasonable additional expenses of the Trust reasonably incurred by any party to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, (B) repurchase the affected Mortgage Loan or REO Loan (excluding any related Companion Loan, if applicable), at the applicable Purchase Price and in conformity with this Agreement and Section 2.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (C) substitute a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan (other than with respect to the Whole Loans, for which no substitution will be permitted) for such affected Mortgage Loan or REO Loan (provided that in no event shall any such substitution occur on or after the second anniversary of the Closing Date) and pay the General Master Servicer for deposit into the Collection Account, any Substitution Shortfall Amount in connection therewith and in conformity with this Agreement and Section 2.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; provided, however, that except with respect to a Material Defect resulting solely from the failure by the Mortgage Loan Seller to deliver to the Trustee or Custodian the actual policy of lender’s title insurance required pursuant to clause (viii) of the definition of Mortgage File by a date not later than eighteen (18) months following the Closing Date, if such Material Defect is capable of being cured but is not cured within the Initial Cure Period, and the Mortgage Loan Seller has commenced and is diligently proceeding with the cure of such Material Defect within the Initial Cure Period, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall have an additional ninety (90) days commencing immediately upon the expiration of the Initial Cure Period (such additional ninety (90) day period, the “Extended Cure Period”) to complete such cure (or, failing such cure, to repurchase the related Mortgage Loan or REO Loan (excluding any related Companion Loan, if applicable) or substitute a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan (other than with respect to the Whole Loans, for which no substitution will be permitted)); provided, further, that with respect to such Extended Cure Period the Mortgage Loan Seller has delivered an officer’s certificate to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the General Master Servicer, the General Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and (with respect to any Mortgage Loan other than an Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, prior to the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event) the Directing Certificateholder, setting forth the reason such Material Defect is not capable of being cured within the Initial Cure Period and what actions the Mortgage Loan Seller is pursuing in connection with the cure thereof and stating that the Mortgage Loan Seller anticipates that such Material Defect will be cured within the Extended Cure Period; and provided, further, that, if any such Material Defect is not cured after the Initial Cure Period and any such Extended Cure Period solely due to the failure of the Mortgage Loan Seller to have received the recorded document, then the Mortgage Loan Seller shall be entitled to continue to defer its cure, repurchase and/or substitution obligations in respect of such Material Defect until eighteen (18) months after the Closing Date so long as the Mortgage Loan Seller certifies to the Trustee, the General Master Servicer, the General Special Servicer, the Directing Certificateholder (prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event) and the Certificate Administrator no less than every ninety (90) days, beginning at the end of such Extended Cure Period, that the Material Defect is still in effect solely because of its failure to have received the recorded document and that the Mortgage Loan Seller

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is diligently pursuing the cure of such Material Defect (specifying the actions being taken). Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Defect or Breach that causes any Mortgage Loan not to be a “qualified mortgage” (within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, but without regard to the rule of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(f)(2) that causes a defective Mortgage Loan to be treated as a qualified mortgage) shall be deemed to materially and adversely affect the interests of Certificateholders therein, and (subject to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s right to cure such Defect or Breach during the Initial Cure Period) such Mortgage Loan shall be repurchased or substituted for without regard to the Extended Cure Period described in the preceding sentence. If the affected Mortgage Loan is to be repurchased, the funds in the amount of the Purchase Price remitted by the Mortgage Loan Seller are to be remitted by wire transfer to the General Master Servicer for deposit into the Collection Account. Any such repurchase or substitution of a Mortgage Loan shall be on a whole loan, servicing released basis.

If the Mortgage Loan Seller, in connection with a Material Defect (or an allegation of a Material Defect) pertaining to a Mortgage Loan, agrees to a Loss of Value Payment, pursuant to any agreement or a settlement between the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Enforcing Servicer on behalf of the Trust (and, with respect to any Mortgage Loan other than an Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, with the consent of the Directing Certificateholder if no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing) with respect to such Mortgage Loan, the amount of such Loss of Value Payment shall be remitted by wire transfer to the Enforcing Servicer for deposit into the Loss of Value Reserve Fund. The Loss of Value Payment shall include the portion of any Liquidation Fees payable to the Enforcing Servicer in respect of such Loss of Value Payment and the portion of fees of the Asset Representations Reviewer payable pursuant to Section 4(k) above attributable to the Asset Review of such Mortgage Loan and not previously paid by the Mortgage Loan Seller. If such Loss of Value Payment is made, the Loss of Value Payment shall serve as the sole remedy available to the Certificateholders and the Trustee on their behalf regarding any such Material Defect in lieu of any obligation of the Mortgage Loan Seller to otherwise cure such Material Defect or repurchase or substitute for the affected Mortgage Loan based on such Material Defect under any circumstances. This paragraph is intended to apply only to a mutual agreement or settlement between the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Enforcing Servicer on behalf of the Trust. The following terms shall apply to any Loss of Value Payment: (i) prior to any agreement or settlement between the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Enforcing Servicer nothing in this paragraph shall preclude the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Enforcing Servicer from exercising any of its rights related to a Material Defect in the manner and timing set forth in this Agreement (excluding this paragraph) or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (including any right to cure, repurchase or substitute for such Mortgage Loan), (ii) such Loss of Value Payment shall not be greater than the Purchase Price of the affected Mortgage Loan; and (iii) a Material Defect as a result of a Mortgage Loan not constituting a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code (but without regard to the rule of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(f)(2) that causes a defective Mortgage Loan to be treated as a “qualified mortgage”) may not be cured by a Loss of Value Payment.

The Mortgage Loan Seller’s obligation to cure any Material Defect, repurchase or substitute for any affected Mortgage Loan or pay the Loss of Value Payment or other required payment pursuant to this Section 5 shall constitute the sole remedy available to the Purchaser in connection with a Material Defect; provided, however, that no limitation of remedy is implied with

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respect to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s breach of its obligation to cure, repurchase or substitute in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement. It is acknowledged and agreed that the representations and warranties are being made for risk allocation purposes.

The remedies provided for in this subsection with respect to any Material Defect with respect to any Mortgage Loan shall also apply to the related REO Property.

If any Breach that constitutes a Material Defect pertains to a representation or warranty that the related Mortgage Loan documents or any particular Mortgage Loan document requires the related Mortgagor to bear the costs and expenses associated with any particular action or matter under such Mortgage Loan document(s), then the Mortgage Loan Seller may cure such Breach within the applicable cure period (as the same may be extended) by reimbursing the Trust (by wire transfer of immediately available funds) for (i) the reasonable amount of any such costs and expenses incurred by the General Master Servicer, the General Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee or the Trust that are incurred as a result of such Breach and have not been reimbursed by the related Mortgagor and (ii) the amount of any fees payable pursuant to Section 4(k) above to the extent not previously paid by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Asset Representations Reviewer attributable to the Asset Review of such Mortgage Loan; provided, that if the Breach relates to a Joint Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall only be responsible for its Mortgage Loan Seller Percentage Interest of all such costs and expenses unless such Breach relates solely to the Mortgage Note(s) sold by the Mortgage Loan Seller. Except as provided in the proviso to the immediately preceding sentence, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall remit the amount of such costs and expenses to the General Special Servicer for disbursement to the applicable Persons and upon its making such remittance, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall be deemed to have cured such Breach in all respects. To the extent any fees or expenses that are the subject of a cure by the Mortgage Loan Seller are subsequently obtained from the related Mortgagor, the portion of the cure payment made by the Mortgage Loan Seller equal to such fees or expenses obtained from the related Mortgagor shall promptly be returned to the Mortgage Loan Seller.

Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, a delay in either the discovery of a Material Defect or in providing notice of such Material Defect shall relieve the Mortgage Loan Seller of its obligation to cure, repurchase or substitute for (or make a Loss of Value Payment with respect to) the related Mortgage Loan under this Agreement if (i) the Mortgage Loan Seller did not otherwise discover or have knowledge of such Material Defect, (ii) such delay is a result of the failure by the Purchaser or any other party to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to provide prompt notice as required by the terms of this Agreement or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement after such party has actual knowledge of such Material Defect (it being understood that knowledge shall not be deemed to exist by reason of the Custodial Exception Report or possession of the Mortgage File), (iii) such Material Defect does not relate to the applicable Mortgage Loan not being a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Code Section 860G(a)(3), but without regard to the rule of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(f)(2) that causes a defective obligation to be treated as a qualified mortgage, and (iv) such delay precludes the Mortgage Loan Seller from curing such Material Defect and such Material Defect was otherwise curable. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement, if a Mortgage Loan is not secured by a Mortgaged Property that is, in whole or in part, a hotel or other hospitality property, restaurant (operated by a Mortgagor), healthcare facility, nursing home, assisted living facility, self-storage facility, theater or fitness center (operated by a Mortgagor),

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then the failure to deliver copies of the UCC financing statements with respect to such Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 2 hereof shall not be a Material Defect.

If there is a Material Defect with respect to one or more Mortgaged Properties securing a Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall not be obligated to repurchase the Mortgage Loan if (i) the affected Mortgaged Property may be released pursuant to the terms of any partial release provisions in the related Mortgage Loan documents (and such Mortgaged Property is, in fact, released), (ii) the remaining Mortgaged Property(ies) satisfy the requirements, if any, set forth in the Mortgage Loan documents and the Mortgage Loan Seller provides an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such release would not cause an Adverse REMIC Event and (iii) each applicable Rating Agency has provided a Rating Agency Confirmation.

(b)               Whenever one or more Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans are substituted for a Defective Loan by the Responsible Repurchase Party as contemplated by this Section 5, upon direction by the General Master Servicer or the General Special Servicer, as applicable, the Responsible Repurchase Party shall deliver to the Custodian the related Mortgage File and a certification to the effect that such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan satisfies or such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans satisfy, as the case may be, all of the requirements of the definition of “Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan” in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. No mortgage loan may be substituted for a Defective Loan as contemplated by this Section 5 if the Mortgage Loan to be replaced was itself a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, in which case, absent a cure of the relevant Material Defect, the affected Mortgage Loan will be required to be repurchased as contemplated hereby. Periodic Payments due with respect to each Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan (if any) after the related date of substitution, and Periodic Payments due with respect to each corresponding Deleted Mortgage Loan (if any) after its respective Cut-off Date and on or prior to the related date of substitution, shall be part of the Trust Fund. Periodic Payments due with respect to each Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan (if any) on or prior to the related date of substitution, and Periodic Payments due with respect to each corresponding Defective Loan that is purchased or repurchased, as the case may be, or replaced with one or more Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans (any such Mortgage Loan, a “Deleted Mortgage Loan”) (if any) after the related date of substitution, shall not be part of the Trust Fund and are to be remitted by the General Master Servicer to the Responsible Repurchase Party promptly following receipt.

If any Mortgage Loan is to be repurchased or replaced as contemplated by this Section 5, upon direction by the General Master Servicer or the General Special Servicer, as applicable, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall amend the Mortgage Loan Schedule to reflect the removal of any Deleted Mortgage Loan and, if applicable, the substitution of the related Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan(s) and deliver or cause the delivery of such amended Mortgage Loan Schedule to the parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Upon any substitution of one or more Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans for a Deleted Mortgage Loan, such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan(s) shall become part of the Trust Fund and be subject to the terms of this Agreement in all respects.

If any Mortgage Loan that is part of a Crossed Mortgage Loan Group is required to be repurchased or substituted, the provisions of Section 2.03(h), Section 2.03(i) and Section 2.03(j) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall apply.

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(c)               The Responsible Repurchase Party shall be entitled, and the Purchaser shall cause the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to entitle the Responsible Repurchase Party, upon the date when the full amount of the Purchase Price or Substitution Shortfall Amount (as the case may be) for any Mortgage Loan repurchased or replaced as contemplated by this Section 5 has been deposited in the account designated therefor by the Trustee as the assignee of the Purchaser (or the General Master Servicer on behalf of the Trustee) and, if applicable, receipt by the Trustee as the assignee of the Purchaser (or the Custodian) of the Mortgage File for each Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan (if any) to be substituted for a Deleted Mortgage Loan, together with any certifications and/or opinions required pursuant to this Section 5 to be delivered by the Responsible Repurchase Party, to (i) a release of the Mortgage File and any other items required to be delivered by the Mortgage Loan Seller under Sections 2.01(b) and (c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the Deleted Mortgage Loan to the Responsible Repurchase Party or its designee, (ii) the execution and delivery of such instruments of release, transfer and/or assignment, in each case without recourse, as shall be prepared by the Responsible Repurchase Party and are reasonably necessary to vest in the Responsible Repurchase Party or its designee the ownership of such Deleted Mortgage Loan, and (iii) the execution and delivery of notice to the affected Mortgagor of the retransfer of such Deleted Mortgage Loan. In connection with any such repurchase or substitution by the Responsible Repurchase Party, the Purchaser shall also cause the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to require each of the General Master Servicer and the General Special Servicer to deliver to the Responsible Repurchase Party or its designee, and the Responsible Repurchase Party or its designee shall be entitled to delivery from the General Master Servicer and the General Special Servicer of, any portion of the related Servicing File (as such term is defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), together with any Escrow Payments, reserve funds and any other items required to be delivered by the Mortgage Loan Seller under Sections 2.01(b) and (c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, held by or on behalf of the General Master Servicer or the General Special Servicer, as the case may be, with respect to the Deleted Mortgage Loan, in each case at the expense of the Responsible Repurchase Party.

(d)               [Reserved.]

(e)               The Mortgage Loan Seller acknowledges and agrees that the Purchaser shall have no liability to the Mortgage Loan Seller or otherwise for any failure of the Mortgage Loan Seller or any other party to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to perform its obligations provided for thereunder.

(f)                The Mortgage Loan Seller (to the extent it receives any request or demand, whether oral or written, that a Mortgage Loan be repurchased or replaced, whether arising from a Material Defect or other breach of a representation or warranty, such recipient a “Seller Request Recipient” and such request or demand, a “Repurchase Request”) agrees to provide to the Purchaser: (i) written notice of any Repurchase Request, which notice will specify if such Repurchase Request is a 15Ga-1 Notice; (ii) written notice of (A) the existence of any dispute regarding such Repurchase Request, whether written or oral, between such Seller Request Recipient and the Person making such Repurchase Request, (B) the expiration of any applicable Initial Cure Period, or, if applicable, any Extended Cure Period, (C) the withdrawal of such Repurchase Request by the Person making such Repurchase Request, (D) the rejection of such Repurchase Request by the Seller Request Recipient and (E) the repurchase or replacement of any Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Section 5 and Section 2.03 of the Pooling and Servicing

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Agreement; and (iii) upon reasonable request of the Purchaser (subject to Section 5(g)), such other information in the Seller Request Recipient’s possession as would be necessary to permit the Purchaser to comply with its obligations under Rule 15Ga-1 under the Exchange Act to disclose fulfilled and unfulfilled repurchase or replacement requests or demands of any Person relating to any Mortgage Loan or to comply with any other obligations applicable to it under law or regulation.

Each notice required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 5(f) may be delivered by electronic means. Each notice required to be delivered pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) of the immediately preceding paragraph shall be given not later than the tenth (10^th) Business Day after the event giving rise to the requirement for such notice and any information requested pursuant to clause (iii) of the immediately preceding paragraph shall be provided as promptly as practicable after such request is made. Each notice required to be delivered pursuant to clause (i) of the immediately preceding paragraph shall identify (a) the date on which such Repurchase Request was made, (b) the Mortgage Loan with respect to which such Repurchase Request was made, (c) the identity of the Person making such request, and (d) the basis, if any, asserted for such request by such Person. Each notice required to be delivered pursuant to clause (ii) of the immediately preceding paragraph shall identify (a) the date of such withdrawal, rejection, repurchase or replacement, or the date of the commencement of such dispute, as applicable, (b) if pertaining to a dispute, the nature of such dispute, (c) if pertaining to the expiration of an Initial Cure Period or an Extended Cure Period, the expiration date of such Initial Cure Period or, if applicable, an Extended Cure Period, (d) if pertaining to a withdrawal, the basis for such withdrawal given to the Seller Request Recipient or an indication that no basis was given by the Person withdrawing such Repurchase Request, (e) if pertaining to a rejection by the Seller Request Recipient, the basis for the Seller Request Recipient’s rejection and (f) if pertaining to a repurchase or replacement, the date of such repurchase or replacement.

(g)               The Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser acknowledge and agree that (i) a Repurchase Request Recipient under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement will not, in connection with providing the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Purchaser with any 15Ga-1 Notice under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, be required to deliver any attorney-client privileged communication or any information protected by the attorney work product doctrine, (ii) any 15Ga-1 Notice delivered to the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Purchaser under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement is provided only to assist the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Purchaser and any of their respective Affiliates in complying with Rule 15Ga-1, Items 1104 and 1121 of Regulation AB and/or any other law or regulation, (iii) (A) no action taken by, or inaction of, a Repurchase Request Recipient and (B) no information provided to the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.02(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by a Repurchase Request Recipient, shall be deemed to constitute a waiver or defense to the exercise of any legal right the Repurchase Request Recipient may have with respect to this Agreement or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and (iv) receipt of a 15Ga-1 Notice or delivery of any notice required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5(f) shall not in and of itself constitute delivery, or receipt, of notice of any Material Defect or knowledge on the part of the Mortgage Loan Seller or Responsible Repurchase Party of any Material Defect or admission by the Mortgage Loan Seller or Responsible Repurchase Party of the existence of any Material Defect.

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(h)               The Mortgage Loan Seller shall provide to the Purchaser relevant portions of any Form ABS-15G that the Mortgage Loan Seller is required to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 15Ga-1 under the Exchange Act (only to the extent that such portions relate to any Repurchase Request with respect to any Mortgage Loan) on or before the date that is five (5) Business Days prior to the date such Form ABS-15G is required to be filed with the Commission. Promptly upon request, the Purchaser shall provide or cause to be provided to the Mortgage Loan Seller such information regarding the principal balance of any Mortgage Loan as is necessary in order for the Mortgage Loan Seller to prepare any such Form ABS-15G.

(i)                 The Purchaser shall provide to the Mortgage Loan Seller any relevant portions of any Form ABS-15G that the Purchaser is required to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 15Ga-1 under the Exchange Act (only to the extent that such portions relate to any Mortgage Loan and that was not provided by the Mortgage Loan Seller) on or before the date that is five (5) Business Days prior to the date such Form ABS-15G is required to be filed with the Commission. The Trust’s CIK# is 0001974587.

(j)                 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Mortgage Loan Seller’s obligation in respect of a Material Defect with respect to a Joint Mortgage Loan shall be solely in respect of the Mortgage Loan Seller’s pro rata share of such Joint Mortgage Loan based on the Mortgage Loan Seller’s Mortgage Loan Seller Percentage Interest as of the date hereof in such Joint Mortgage Loan.

(k)               If the Mortgage Note or Mortgage Notes with respect to a Joint Mortgage Loan in favor of the Mortgage Loan Seller and its successors and assigns are repurchased or replaced by the Mortgage Loan Seller pursuant to this Section 5, and any other related mortgage notes evidencing such Joint Mortgage Loan are not repurchased or replaced by any Other Mortgage Loan Seller and any such mortgage note remains in the Trust, then the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser hereby agree that (i) the provisions in Section 3.30 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the related Intercreditor Agreement shall govern the servicing and administration of such Joint Mortgage Loan as if (a) the remaining mortgage notes in the Trust were collectively a “Mortgage Loan” (as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) and (b) each repurchased Mortgage Note were a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan (or, if the Joint Mortgage Loan was a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, a Non-Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan), (ii) the Mortgage Loan Seller and its successors and assigns in respect of such repurchased or replaced Mortgage Note shall be bound by such Section 3.30 as if it were a party to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and (iii) the Mortgage Loan Seller and its successors and assigns shall from time to time (as may be necessary) deliver to the General Master Servicer or the General Special Servicer, as applicable, the Mortgage Loan documents constituting or related to any applicable Mortgage Note repurchased by it, any requests for release and any court pleadings, requests for trustee’s sale or other documents necessary to the foreclosure or trustee’s sale in respect of the related Mortgaged Property or to any legal action or to enforce any other remedies or rights provided by the related Mortgage Note or Mortgage or otherwise available at law or equity with respect to the related Mortgage Note.

Section 6.                Closing. The closing of the sale of the Mortgage Loans (the “Closing”) shall be held at the offices of special counsel to the Purchaser at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Closing Date.

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The Closing shall be subject to each of the following conditions:

(i)                All of the representations and warranties of the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser made pursuant to Section 4 of this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date (or as of such other specific date expressly contemplated by any such representation or warranty);

(ii)              All documents specified in Section 7 of this Agreement (the “Closing Documents”), in such forms as are agreed upon and reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser and, in the case of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (insofar as such agreement affects the obligations of the Mortgage Loan Seller hereunder or the rights of the Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary thereunder), to the Mortgage Loan Seller, shall be duly executed and delivered by all signatories as required pursuant to the respective terms thereof;

(iii)            The Mortgage Loan Seller shall have delivered and released to the Purchaser or its designee, all documents, funds and other assets required to be delivered thereto on or before the Closing Date pursuant to Section 2 of this Agreement;

(iv)             The result of any examination of the Mortgage Files for, and any other documents and records relating to, the Mortgage Loans performed by or on behalf of the Purchaser pursuant to Section 3 hereof shall be satisfactory to the Purchaser in its reasonable determination;

(v)               All other terms and conditions of this Agreement required to be complied with on or before the Closing Date shall have been complied with in all material respects, and the Mortgage Loan Seller shall have the ability to comply with all terms and conditions and perform all duties and obligations required to be complied with or performed by it after the Closing Date;

(vi)             The Mortgage Loan Seller shall have paid all fees and expenses payable by it to the Purchaser or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement;

(vii)            The Mortgage Loan Seller shall have received the purchase price for the Mortgage Loans, as contemplated by Section 1 of this Agreement;

(viii)           Neither the Underwriting Agreement nor the Certificate Purchase Agreement shall have been terminated in accordance with its terms; and

(ix)               The Commission shall not have issued any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Purchaser’s Registration Statement.

Each of the parties agrees to use their commercially reasonable best efforts to perform their respective obligations hereunder in a manner that will enable the Purchaser to purchase the Mortgage Loans on the Closing Date.

Section 7.                Closing Documents. The Purchaser or its designee shall have received all of the following Closing Documents, in such forms as are agreed upon and acceptable

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to the Purchaser, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers and the Rating Agencies (collectively, the “Interested Parties”), and upon which the Interested Parties may rely:

(i)                This Agreement, duly executed by the Purchaser and the Mortgage Loan Seller;

(ii)              Each of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Indemnification Agreement, duly executed by the respective parties thereto;

(iii)            A Secretary’s Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1 hereto, executed by the Secretary or an assistant secretary of the Mortgage Loan Seller, in his or her individual capacity, and dated the Closing Date, and upon which the Interested Parties may rely, attaching thereto as exhibits (A) the resolutions of the board of directors of the Mortgage Loan Seller authorizing the Mortgage Loan Seller’s entering into the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Indemnification Agreement, and (B) the organizational documents of the Mortgage Loan Seller;

(iv)             A certificate of good standing with respect to the Mortgage Loan Seller issued by the Secretary of State of the State of New York not earlier than thirty (30) days prior to the Closing Date, and upon which the Interested Parties may rely;

(v)               A certificate of the Mortgage Loan Seller substantially in the form of Exhibit D-2 hereto, executed by an executive officer of the Mortgage Loan Seller on the Mortgage Loan Seller’s behalf and dated the Closing Date, and upon which the Interested Parties may rely;

(vi)             A written opinion of in-house or independent counsel for the Mortgage Loan Seller, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Interested Parties and the Trustee, relating to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Indemnification Agreement;

(vii)          A written opinion of special counsel for the Mortgage Loan Seller, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Interested Parties and the Trustee, relating to the enforceability of this Agreement against the Mortgage Loan Seller;

(viii)        A letter from special counsel for the Mortgage Loan Seller, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Purchaser, the Underwriters (only with respect to the Preliminary Prospectus) and the Initial Purchasers (only with respect to the Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum), relating to the information regarding the Mortgage Loans set forth in agreed upon sections of the Preliminary Prospectus and in the Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum (as the same may be amended or supplemented on or before the pricing date for the Certificates) substantially to the effect that nothing has come to such special counsel’s attention that would lead such special counsel to believe that the agreed upon portions of the Preliminary Prospectus or the Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum, at the time when sales to purchasers of the Certificates were first made, contained, with respect to the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Mortgage Loans, any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein relating to the Mortgage Loan Seller or

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the Mortgage Loans, the related borrowers or the related Mortgaged Properties, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

(ix)             A letter from special counsel for the Mortgage Loan Seller, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Purchaser, the Underwriters (only with respect to the Prospectus) and the Initial Purchasers (only with respect to the Private Placement Memorandum), relating to the information regarding the Mortgage Loans set forth in agreed upon sections of the Prospectus and the Private Placement Memorandum (as the case may be and as the same may be amended or supplemented on or before the Closing Date) substantially to the effect that (a) nothing has come to such special counsel’s attention that would lead such special counsel to believe that the agreed upon portions of the Prospectus or the Private Placement Memorandum (as applicable) as of the date thereof or as of the Closing Date contained or contains, with respect to the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Mortgage Loans, the related borrowers or the related Mortgaged Properties, any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein relating to the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Mortgage Loans, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and (b) that, with respect to information regarding the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Mortgage Loans, the related borrowers or the related Mortgaged Properties, the Prospectus is appropriately responsive in all material respects to the applicable requirements of Regulation AB;

(x)               Copies of all other opinions rendered by counsel for the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Rating Agencies in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including, but not limited to, with respect to the characterization of the transfer of the Mortgage Loans hereunder as a true sale, with each such opinion to be addressed to the other Interested Parties and the Trustee or accompanied by a letter signed by such counsel stating that the other Interested Parties and the Trustee may rely on such opinion as if it were addressed to them as of the date thereof;

(xi)             One or more agreed-upon procedures letters from a nationally recognized firm of certified public accountants acceptable to the Underwriters and the Initial Purchasers, dated (A) the date of the Preliminary Prospectus and the Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum, and (B) the date of the Prospectus and the Private Placement Memorandum, respectively, and addressed to, and in form and substance acceptable to, the Interested Parties (other than the Rating Agencies), stating in effect that, using the assumptions and methodology used by the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Purchaser, the Underwriters or the Initial Purchasers, as applicable, all of which shall be described in such letters, and which shall include a comparison of certain mortgage loan-related documents to the information set forth in the Master Tape (as defined in the Indemnification Agreement), they have recalculated such numbers and percentages relating to the Mortgage Loans set forth in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum, and set forth in the Prospectus and the Private Placement Memorandum, respectively, and have compared the results of their calculations to the corresponding items in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum, and in the Prospectus and the Private Placement Memorandum, respectively, and found each such number and percentage set forth in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum, and in the Prospectus

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and the Private Placement Memorandum, respectively, to be in agreement with the results of such calculations;

(xii)          If any of the Certificates are “mortgage related securities” within the meaning of the Secondary Mortgage Market Enhancement Act of 1984, as amended, a certificate of the Mortgage Loan Seller regarding origination of the Mortgage Loans by specified originators as set forth in Section 3(a)(41) of the Exchange Act; and

(xiii)        Such further certificates, opinions and documents as the Purchaser may reasonably request or any Rating Agency may require.

Section 8.                Additional Reporting Under Regulation AB. With respect to any period during which the Trust is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall provide to the Purchaser and the Certificate Administrator any information that constitutes “Additional Form 10-D Information” or “Additional Form 10-K Information” but only if and to the extent that the Mortgage Loan Seller (or any originator of the Mortgage Loans sold by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Depositor, if such originator constitutes an “originator” contemplated by Item 1110(b) of Regulation AB and such information is required to be reported with respect to such originator) is the applicable “Party Responsible” (solely in its capacity as a sponsor or originator (or as successor in interest to any predecessor originator), within the meaning of Regulation AB, of any Mortgage Loans) under the terms of Exhibit AA or Exhibit BB to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (it being acknowledged that the Mortgage Loan Seller (solely in its capacity as a sponsor or originator (or as successor in interest to any predecessor originator), within the meaning of Regulation AB, of any Mortgage Loans) does not constitute the “Party Responsible” for any “Form 8-K Information” set forth on Exhibit CC of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement). In each case, such delivery shall be made in a form readily convertible to an EDGAR compatible form, or in such other form as otherwise agreed by the Purchaser, the Certificate Administrator and the Mortgage Loan Seller. In each case, such delivery shall be made not later than five (5) calendar days after the related Distribution Date (in the case of any such “Additional Form 10-D Information”), and no later than March 1 of each year subsequent to the fiscal year that the Trust is subject to the Exchange Act reporting requirements (in the case of any such “Additional Form 10-K Information”). In no event shall the Mortgage Loan Seller be required to provide any information that is not required to be reported on Form 10-D or Form 10-K, as the case may be, under the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

Section 9.                Costs. Whether or not this Agreement is terminated, the Mortgage Loan Seller will pay its pro rata share (the Mortgage Loan Seller’s pro rata portion to be determined according to the percentage that the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of all the Mortgage Loans represents as to the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of all the mortgage loans of the Trust Fund (the “Cut-off Date Pool Balance”)) of all costs and expenses of the Purchaser in connection with the transactions contemplated herein, including, but not limited to: (i) the costs and expenses of the Purchaser in connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans; (ii) the costs and expenses of reproducing and delivering the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and this Agreement and printing (or otherwise reproducing) and delivering the Certificates; (iii) the reasonable and documented set-up fees, costs and expenses of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and their respective counsel; (iv) the fees and disbursements of a firm of certified public accountants selected by the Purchaser and the Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to numerical information in

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respect of the Mortgage Loans and the Certificates included in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum, the Prospectus and the Private Placement Memorandum or any other marketing materials or structural and collateral term sheets (or any similar item), including the cost of obtaining any agreed-upon procedures letters with respect to such items; (v) the costs and expenses in connection with the qualification or exemption of the Certificates under state securities or blue sky laws, including filing fees and reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel in connection therewith; (vi) the costs and expenses in connection with any determination of the eligibility of the Certificates for investment by institutional investors in any jurisdiction and the preparation of any legal investment survey, including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel in connection therewith; (vii) the costs and expenses in connection with printing (or otherwise reproducing) and delivering this Agreement and the furnishing to the Underwriters or the Initial Purchasers, as applicable, of such copies of the Preliminary Prospectus, the Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum, the Prospectus and the Private Placement Memorandum or any other marketing materials or structural and collateral term sheets (or any similar item) and this Agreement as the Underwriters and the Initial Purchasers may reasonably request; (viii) the fees of the rating agency or agencies engaged to consider rating the Certificates or hired and requested to rate the Certificates; (ix) all registration fees incurred by the Purchaser in connection with the filing of its Registration Statement allocable to the issuance of the Registered Certificates; (x) the upfront fee payable to the Asset Representations Reviewer on the Closing Date in the amount agreed by the parties hereto; and (xi) the reasonable fees and expenses of special counsel to the Purchaser.

Section 10.            Notices. All demands, notices and communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered to or mailed, by registered mail, postage prepaid, by overnight mail or courier service, or transmitted by facsimile and confirmed by similar mailed writing, if to the Purchaser, addressed to the Purchaser at Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., 1585 Broadway, New York, New York 10036, Attention: Jane Lam (with a copy to Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., 1633 Broadway, 29th Floor, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Legal Compliance Division and a copy by email to cmbs_notices@morganstanley.com), or such other address as may be designated by the Purchaser to the Mortgage Loan Seller in writing; or, if to the Mortgage Loan Seller, addressed to Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC, 1585 Broadway, New York, New York 10036, Attention: Jane Lam (with a copy to Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC, 1633 Broadway, 29th Floor, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Legal Compliance Division and a copy by email to cmbs_notices@morganstanley.com), or such other address as may be designated by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Purchaser in writing.

Section 11.            Miscellaneous. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument, and the words “executed,” “signed,” “signature” and words of like import as used above and elsewhere in this Agreement or in any other certificate, agreement or document related to this transaction shall include, in addition to manually executed signatures, images of manually executed signatures transmitted by facsimile or other electronic format (including, without limitation, “pdf,” “tif” or “jpg”) and other electronic signatures (including, without limitation, any electronic sound, symbol, or process, attached to or logically associated with a contract or other record and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the record). The use of electronic signatures and electronic records (including,

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without limitation, any contract or other record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means) shall be of the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a manually executed signature or use of a paper-based record-keeping system to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act and any other applicable law, including, without limitation, any state law based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the Uniform Commercial Code.

Neither this Agreement nor any term or provision hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated except by a writing signed by a duly authorized officer of the party against whom enforcement of such change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought to be enforced. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder. The Mortgage Loan Seller shall be an express third party beneficiary to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent set forth therein. The Asset Representations Reviewer shall be an express third party beneficiary of Sections 4(h), 4(j), and 4(k) of this Agreement.

Section 12.            Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive Delivery. All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement, incorporated herein by reference or contained in the certificates of officers of the Mortgage Loan Seller delivered pursuant hereto, shall remain operative and in full force and effect and shall survive delivery of the Mortgage Loans by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Purchaser and by the Purchaser to the Trust, notwithstanding any restrictive or qualified endorsement or assignment in respect of any Mortgage Loan.

Section 13.            Severability of Provisions. Any part, provision, representation, warranty or covenant of this Agreement that is prohibited or is held to be void or unenforceable shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof. Any part, provision, representation, warranty or covenant of this Agreement that is prohibited or is held to be void or unenforceable in any particular jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the parties hereto waive any provision of law which prohibits or renders void or unenforceable any provision hereof.

Section 14.            Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Trial by Jury. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE AGREEMENT, THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE PARTIES, AND/OR THE INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE PARTIES WILL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, EACH OF THE PURCHASER AND THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY (I) SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY NEW YORK STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN IN NEW YORK CITY WITH RESPECT TO

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MATTERS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT; (II) AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS WITH RESPECT TO ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING REGARDING SUCH MATTERS MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE OR FEDERAL COURTS; (III) WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST POSSIBLE EXTENT, WITH RESPECT TO SUCH COURTS, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM; (IV) AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW; AND (V) WAIVES TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, CLAIM, SUIT, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED UPON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) RELATING TO OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT.

Section 15.            Further Assurances. The Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser each agrees to execute and deliver such instruments and take such further actions as any other party hereto may, from time to time, reasonably request in order to effectuate the purposes and to carry out the terms of this Agreement.

Section 16.            Successors and Assigns. The rights and obligations of the Mortgage Loan Seller under this Agreement shall not be assigned by the Mortgage Loan Seller without the prior written consent of the Purchaser, except that any person into which the Mortgage Loan Seller may be merged or consolidated, or any person resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Mortgage Loan Seller is a party, or any person succeeding to all or substantially all of the business of the Mortgage Loan Seller, shall be the successor to the Mortgage Loan Seller hereunder. In connection with its transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the Trust as contemplated by the recitals hereto, the Purchaser is expressly authorized to assign its rights under this Agreement, in whole or in part, to the Trustee for the benefit of the registered holders and beneficial owners of the Certificates. To the extent of any such assignment, the Trustee, for the benefit of the registered holders and beneficial owners of the Certificates, shall be the Purchaser hereunder. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser, and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

Section 17.            Information. The Mortgage Loan Seller shall provide the Purchaser with such information about itself, the Mortgage Loans and the underwriting and servicing procedures applicable to the Mortgage Loans as is (i) required under the provisions of Regulation AB, (ii) required by a Rating Agency or a governmental agency or body or (iii) reasonably requested by the Purchaser for use in a private disclosure document.

Section 18.            Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and understanding of the parties with respect to the matters addressed herein, and this Agreement supersedes any prior agreements and/or understandings, written or oral, with respect to such matters; provided, however, that in no event shall this provision be construed to limit the effect of the Indemnification Agreement or the memorandum of understanding dated as of April 20, 2023 between the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Purchaser and certain other parties or any separate acknowledgments and agreements executed and delivered pursuant to such memorandum of understanding.

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Section 19.            Recognition of U.S. Special Resolution Regimes.

(a)               In the event a Covered Party becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer of this Agreement (and any interest and obligation in or under, and any property securing, this Agreement) from such Covered Party will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement (and any interest and obligation in or under, and any property securing, this Agreement) were governed by the laws of the United States of America or a State of the United States of America.

(b)               In the event that a Covered Party or any BHC Affiliate of such Covered Party becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, any Default Right under this Agreement that may be exercised against such Covered Party is permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Right could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States of America or a State of the United States of America.

“BHC Affiliate” has the meaning assigned to the term “affiliate” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. §1841(k).

“Covered Party” means any party to this Agreement that is one of the following: (i) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §252.82(b); (ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §47.3(b), or any subsidiary of such a covered bank to which 12 C.F.R. Part 47 applies in accordance with 12 C.F.R. §47.3(b); or (iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §382.2(b).

“Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.

“U.S. Special Resolution Regime” means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

Section 20.            Limitation on the Exercise of Certain Rights Related to Affiliate Insolvency Proceedings.

(a)               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other agreement, but subject to the requirements of Section 19, no party to this Agreement shall be permitted to exercise any Default Right against a Covered Party with respect to this Agreement that is related, directly or indirectly, to a BHC Affiliate of such party becoming subject to a receivership, insolvency, liquidation, resolution, or similar proceeding (each an “Insolvency Proceeding”), except to the extent the exercise of such Default Right would be permitted under the creditor protection provisions of 12 C.F.R. § 252.84, 12 C.F.R. § 47.5, or 12 C.F.R. § 382.4, as applicable.

(b)               After a BHC Affiliate of a Covered Party has become subject to Insolvency Proceedings, if any party to this Agreement seeks to exercise any Default Right against such

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Covered Party with respect to this Agreement, the party seeking to exercise a Default Right shall have the burden of proof, by clear and convincing evidence, that the exercise of such Default Right is permitted hereunder.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above written.

	MORGAN STANLEY MORTGAGE
		CAPITAL HOLDINGS LLC
	By:	/s/ Brandon Atkins
		Name:   Brandon Atkins
		Title:     Vice President

  MSWF 2023-1 – Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (MSMCH)  

 

	MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL I INC.
	By:	/s/ Jane Lam
		Name:    Jane Lam
		Title:      President

  MSWF 2023-1 – Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (MSMCH)  

 

EXHIBIT A

MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE

 

 

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MSWF 2023-1
Mortgage Loan Schedule 

Loan ID	Mortgage Loan Seller	Property Name	Cut-off Date Balance	Address	City	State	Note Date	Maturity Date or ARD	Mortgage Rate	Original Term to Maturity or ARD (mos.)	Remaining Term to Maturity or ARD (mos.)	Original Amortization Term (mos.)	ARD Loan (Y/N)	Primary Servicing Fee Rate	Non-Serviced Primary Servicing Fee Rate	Master Servicing Fee Rate
6	MSMCH	Florida Hotel and Conference Center	$35,000,000	1500 Sand Lake Road	Orlando	FL	4/26/2023	5/1/2033	6.7000%	120	120	0	No	0.002500%	0.000000%	0.002500%
7	MSMCH	Cumberland Mall	$30,000,000	2860 Cumberland Mall Southeast	Atlanta	GA	4/14/2023	5/1/2028	7.8700%	60	60	0	No	0.000000%	0.001250%	0.002500%
16	MSMCH	Heritage Plaza	$20,000,000	1111 & 1200 Bagby Street	Houston	TX	4/13/2023	5/6/2028	7.6300%	60	60	0	No	0.000000%	0.002500%	0.002500%
20	MSMCH	Watchfire	$12,514,000	1015 Maple Street	Danville	IL	3/29/2023	4/1/2033	5.8550%	120	119	0	No	0.002500%	0.000000%	0.002500%
23	MSMCH	AutoZone Center	$11,300,000	701 East Market Street	Leesburg	VA	5/4/2023	6/1/2033	7.1500%	121	121	0	No	0.002500%	0.000000%	0.002500%

EXHIBIT B-1

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLER

The Mortgage Loan Seller hereby represents and warrants that, as of the date hereof:

(a)               The Mortgage Loan Seller is a limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of New York.

(b)               The Mortgage Loan Seller’s execution and delivery of, performance under, and compliance with this Agreement, will not violate the Mortgage Loan Seller’s organizational documents or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the breach of, any material agreement or other material instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound, which default or breach, in the good faith and reasonable judgment of the Mortgage Loan Seller, is likely to affect materially and adversely the ability of the Mortgage Loan Seller to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

(c)               The Mortgage Loan Seller has the full power and authority to consummate all transactions contemplated by this Agreement, has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and has duly executed and delivered this Agreement.

(d)               This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other party or parties hereto, constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of the Mortgage Loan Seller, enforceable against the Mortgage Loan Seller in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy, fraudulent transfer, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium, liquidation, conservatorship and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (B) general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law, and (C) public policy considerations.

(e)               The Mortgage Loan Seller is not in violation of, and its execution and delivery of, performance under and compliance with this Agreement will not constitute a violation of, any law, any order or decree of any court or arbiter, or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority, which violation, in the Mortgage Loan Seller’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to affect materially and adversely the ability of the Mortgage Loan Seller to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

(f)                No consent, approval, authorization or order of any state or federal court or governmental agency or body is required for the consummation by the Mortgage Loan Seller of the transactions contemplated herein, except for (A) those consents, approvals, authorizations or orders that previously have been obtained and (B) those filings and recordings of Mortgage Loan documents and assignments thereof that are contemplated by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be completed after the Closing Date.

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(g)               No litigation, arbitration, suit, proceeding or governmental investigation is pending or, to the best of the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, threatened against the Mortgage Loan Seller that, if determined adversely to the Mortgage Loan Seller, would prohibit the Mortgage Loan Seller from entering into this Agreement or that, in the Mortgage Loan Seller’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to materially and adversely affect the ability of the Mortgage Loan Seller to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

(h)               The transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser as contemplated herein is not subject to any bulk transfer or similar law in effect in any applicable jurisdiction.

(i)                 The Mortgage Loan Seller is not transferring the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser with any intent to hinder, delay or defraud its present or future creditors.

(j)                 The Mortgage Loan Seller will be solvent at all relevant times prior to, and will not be rendered insolvent by, its transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser, as contemplated herein.

(k)               After giving effect to its transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser, as provided herein, the value of the Mortgage Loan Seller’s assets, either taken at their present fair saleable value or at fair valuation, will exceed the amount of the Mortgage Loan Seller’s debts and obligations, including contingent and unliquidated debts and obligations of the Mortgage Loan Seller, and the Mortgage Loan Seller will not be left with unreasonably small assets or capital with which to engage in and conduct its business.

(l)                 The Mortgage Loan Seller does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or obligations beyond its ability to pay such debts and obligations as they mature.

(m)             No proceedings looking toward liquidation, dissolution or bankruptcy of the Mortgage Loan Seller are pending or contemplated.

(n)               The principal place of business and chief executive office of the Mortgage Loan Seller is located in the State of New York.

(o)               The consideration received by the Mortgage Loan Seller upon the sale of the Mortgage Loans constitutes at least fair consideration and reasonably equivalent value for such Mortgage Loans.

 

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EXHIBIT B-2

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE PURCHASER

The Purchaser hereby represents and warrants that, as of the date hereof:

(a)               The Purchaser is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.

(b)               The Purchaser’s execution and delivery of, performance under, and compliance with this Agreement, will not violate the Purchaser’s organizational documents or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the breach of, any material agreement or other material instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound, which default or breach, in the good faith and reasonable judgment of the Purchaser, is likely to affect materially and adversely the ability of the Purchaser to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

(c)               This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other party or parties hereto, constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of the Purchaser, enforceable against the Purchaser in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and (B) general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

(d)               No litigation, arbitration, suit, proceeding or governmental investigation is pending or, to the best of the Purchaser’s knowledge, threatened against the Purchaser that, if determined adversely to the Purchaser, would prohibit the Purchaser from entering into this Agreement or that, in the Purchaser’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to materially and adversely affect the ability of the Purchaser to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

(e)               The Purchaser has the full power and authority to consummate all transactions contemplated by this Agreement, has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and has duly executed and delivered this Agreement.

(f)                The Purchaser is not in violation of, and its execution and delivery of, performance under and compliance with this Agreement will not constitute a violation of, any law, any order or decree of any court or arbiter, or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority, which violation, in the Purchaser’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to affect materially and adversely the ability of the Purchaser to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

(g)               The Purchaser (A) prepared one or more reports on Form ABS-15G (each, a “Form 15G”) containing the findings and conclusions of the Accountants’ Due Diligence Reports and meeting the requirements of that Form 15G, Rule 15Ga-2, and any other rules and regulations of the Commission and the Exchange Act; (B) provided a copy of the final draft of each such Form 15G to MS&Co. at least six (6) business days before the first sale

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in the offering contemplated by the Prospectus and Private Placement Memorandum; and (C) furnished each such Form 15G to the Commission on EDGAR at least five (5) business days before the first sale in the offering contemplated by the Prospectus and Private Placement Memorandum as required by Rule 15Ga-2.

(h)               The Purchaser has not dealt with any broker, investment banker, agent or other person, other than the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers and their respective affiliates, that may be entitled to any commission or compensation in connection with the sale of the Mortgage Loans or consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

 

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EXHIBIT C

MORTGAGE LOAN REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

For purposes of this Exhibit C, the phrases “the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge” or “the Mortgage Loan Seller’s belief” and other words and phrases of like import shall mean, except where otherwise expressly set forth below, the actual state of knowledge or belief of the Mortgage Loan Seller, its officers and employees directly responsible for the underwriting, origination, servicing or sale of the Mortgage Loans regarding the matters expressly set forth below in each case without having conducted any independent inquiry into such matters and without any obligation to have done so (except (i) having sent to the servicers servicing the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Mortgage Loan Seller, if any, specific inquiries regarding the matters referred to and (ii) as expressly set forth herein). All information contained in documents which are part of or required to be part of a Mortgage File, as specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (to the extent such documents exist) shall be deemed within the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge.

The Mortgage Loan Seller hereby represents and warrants that, as of the date herein below specified or, if no such date is specified, as of the date hereof, except with respect to the Exceptions described on Schedule C to this Agreement.

1.                  Intentionally Omitted.

2.                  Whole Loan; Ownership of Mortgage Loans. Except with respect to a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan, each Mortgage Loan is a whole loan and not a participation interest in a mortgage loan. At the time of the sale, transfer and assignment to the Depositor, no Mortgage Note or Mortgage was subject to any assignment (other than assignments to the Mortgage Loan Seller or (with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) to the related Non-Serviced Trustee for the related Non-Serviced Trust), participation (it being understood that a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan does not constitute a participation) or pledge, and the Mortgage Loan Seller had good title to, and was the sole owner of, each Mortgage Loan free and clear of any and all liens, charges, pledges, encumbrances, participations (other than with respect to agreements among noteholders with respect to a Whole Loan), any other ownership interests and other interests on, in or to such Mortgage Loan other than any servicing rights appointment, subservicing or similar agreement. The Mortgage Loan Seller has full right and authority to sell, assign and transfer each Mortgage Loan, and the assignment to the Depositor constitutes a legal, valid and binding assignment of such Mortgage Loan free and clear of any and all liens, pledges, charges or security interests of any nature encumbering such Mortgage Loan.

3.                  Loan Document Status. Each related Mortgage Note, Mortgage, Assignment of Leases (if a separate instrument), guaranty and other agreement executed by or on behalf of the related Mortgagor, guarantor or other obligor in connection with such Mortgage Loan is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the related Mortgagor, guarantor or other obligor (subject to any non-recourse provisions contained in any of the foregoing agreements and any applicable state anti-deficiency or market value limit deficiency legislation), as applicable, and is enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws

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affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and except that certain provisions in such Mortgage Loan documents (including, without limitation, provisions requiring the payment of default interest, late fees or Prepayment Premium/Yield Maintenance Charge) may be further limited or rendered unenforceable by applicable law, but (subject to the limitations set forth above) such limitations or unenforceability will not render such Mortgage Loan documents invalid as a whole or materially interfere with the Mortgagee’s realization of the principal benefits and/or security provided thereby (clauses (i) and (ii) collectively, the “Standard Qualifications”).

Except as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, there is no valid offset, defense, counterclaim or right of rescission available to the related Mortgagor with respect to any of the related Mortgage Notes, Mortgages or other Mortgage Loan documents, including, without limitation, any such valid offset, defense, counterclaim or right based on intentional fraud by Mortgage Loan Seller in connection with the origination of the Mortgage Loan, that would deny the Mortgagee the principal benefits intended to be provided by the Mortgage Note, Mortgage or other Mortgage Loan documents.

4.                  Mortgage Provisions. The Mortgage Loan documents for each Mortgage Loan, together with applicable state law, contain provisions that render the rights and remedies of the holder thereof adequate for the practical realization against the Mortgaged Property of the principal benefits of the security intended to be provided thereby, including realization by judicial or, if applicable, non-judicial foreclosure subject to the limitations set forth in the Standard Qualifications.

5.                  Intentionally Omitted.

6.                  Mortgage Status; Waivers and Modifications. Since origination and except by written instruments set forth in the related Mortgage File or as otherwise provided in the related Mortgage Loan documents (a) (1) to the knowledge of the Mortgage Loan Seller, there has been no forbearance, waiver or modification of the material terms of the Mortgage Loan which such forbearance, waiver, or modification relates to the COVID-19 emergency and (2) other than as related to the COVID-19 emergency, the material terms of such Mortgage, Mortgage Note, Mortgage Loan guaranty and related Mortgage Loan documents have not been waived, impaired, modified, altered, satisfied, canceled, subordinated or rescinded in any respect which materially interferes with the security intended to be provided by such mortgage; (b) no related Mortgaged Property or any portion thereof has been released from the lien of the related Mortgage in any manner which materially interferes with the security intended to be provided by such Mortgage or the use or operation of the remaining portion of such Mortgaged Property; and (c) neither the Mortgagor nor the guarantor has been released from its material obligations under the Mortgage Loan. With respect to each Mortgage Loan, except as contained in a written document included in the Mortgage File, there have been no modifications, amendments or waivers, that could be reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on such Mortgage Loan consented to by the Mortgage Loan Seller on or after the Cut-off Date.

7.                  Lien; Valid Assignment. Subject to the Standard Qualifications, each endorsement or assignment of Mortgage and assignment of Assignment of Leases from the

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Mortgage Loan Seller or its Affiliate is in recordable form (but for the insertion of the name of the assignee and any related recording information which is not yet available to the Mortgage Loan Seller) and constitutes a legal, valid and binding endorsement or assignment from the Mortgage Loan Seller, or its Affiliate, as applicable. Each related Mortgage and Assignment of Leases is freely assignable without the consent of the related Mortgagor. Each related Mortgage is a legal, valid and enforceable first lien on the related Mortgagor’s fee (or if identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, leasehold) interest in the Mortgaged Property in the principal amount of such Mortgage Loan or allocated loan amount (subject only to Permitted Encumbrances (as defined below) and the exceptions to paragraph 8 below (each such exception, a “Title Exception”)), except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by the Standard Qualifications. Such Mortgaged Property (subject to Permitted Encumbrances and Title Exceptions) as of origination and, to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, as of the Cut-off Date, is free and clear of any recorded mechanics’ or materialmen’s liens and other recorded encumbrances that would be prior to or equal with the lien of the related Mortgage (which lien secures the related Whole Loan, in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan), except those which are bonded over, escrowed for or insured against by the applicable Title Policy (as described below), and as of origination and, to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, as of the Cut-off Date, no rights exist which under law could give rise to any such lien or encumbrance that would be prior to or equal with the lien of the related Mortgage, except those which are bonded over, escrowed for or insured against by the applicable Title Policy. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no representation is made as to the perfection of any security interest in rents or other personal property to the extent that possession or control of such items or actions other than the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements is required to effect such perfection.

8.                  Permitted Liens; Title Insurance. Each Mortgaged Property securing a Mortgage Loan is covered by an American Land Title Association loan title insurance policy or a comparable form of loan title insurance policy approved for use in the applicable jurisdiction (or, if such policy is yet to be issued, by a pro forma policy, a preliminary title policy or a “marked up” commitment, in each case with escrow instructions and binding on the title insurer) (the “Title Policy”) in the original principal amount of such Mortgage Loan (or with respect to a Mortgage Loan secured by multiple properties, an amount equal to at least the allocated loan amount with respect to the Title Policy for each such property) after all advances of principal (including any advances held in escrow or reserves), that insures for the benefit of the owner of the indebtedness secured by the Mortgage, the first priority lien of the Mortgage (which lien secures the related Whole Loan, in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan), which lien is subject only to (a) the lien of current real property taxes, water charges, sewer rents and assessments not yet due and payable; (b) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record specifically identified in the Title Policy; (c) the exceptions (general and specific) and exclusions set forth in such Title Policy; (d) other matters to which like properties are commonly subject; (e) the rights of tenants (as tenants only) under leases (including subleases) pertaining to the related Mortgaged Property; (f) if the related Mortgage Loan constitutes a Crossed Underlying Loan, the lien of the Mortgage for another Mortgage Loan contained in the same Crossed Mortgage Loan Group, and (g) condominium declarations of record and identified in such Title Policy, provided that none of clauses (a) through (g), individually or in the aggregate, materially and adversely interferes with the value or principal use of the Mortgaged Property, the security intended to be provided by such Mortgage, or the current ability of the related Mortgaged Property to generate net cash flow sufficient to service the related Mortgage Loan or the

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Mortgagor’s ability to pay its obligations when they become due (collectively, the “Permitted Encumbrances”). For purposes of clause (a) of the immediately preceding sentence, any such taxes, assessments and other charges shall not be considered due and payable until the date on which interest and/or penalties would be payable thereon. Except as contemplated by clause (f) of the second preceding sentence none of the Permitted Encumbrances are mortgage liens that are senior to or coordinate and co-equal with the lien of the related Mortgage. Such Title Policy (or, if it has yet to be issued, the coverage to be provided thereby) is in full force and effect, all premiums thereon have been paid and no claims have been made by the Mortgage Loan Seller thereunder and no claims have been paid thereunder. Neither the Mortgage Loan Seller, nor to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, any other holder of the Mortgage Loan, has done, by act or omission, anything that would materially impair the coverage under such Title Policy. Each Title Policy contains no exclusion for, or affirmatively insures (except for any Mortgaged Property located in a jurisdiction where such affirmative insurance is not available in which case such exclusion may exist), (a) that the Mortgaged Property shown on the survey is the same as the property legally described in the Mortgage and (b) to the extent that the Mortgaged Property consists of two or more adjoining parcels, such parcels are contiguous.

9.                  Junior Liens. It being understood that B notes secured by the same Mortgage as a Mortgage Loan are not subordinate mortgages or junior liens, except for any Mortgage Loan that is cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with another Mortgage Loan, as of the Cut-off Date there are no subordinate mortgages or junior mortgage liens encumbering the related Mortgaged Property other than Permitted Encumbrances, mechanics’ or materialmen’s liens (which are the subject of the representation in paragraph (7) above), and equipment and other personal property financing. The Mortgage Loan Seller has no knowledge of any mezzanine debt secured directly by interests in the related Mortgagor other than as set forth on Exhibit C-32-1.

10.              Assignment of Leases and Rents. There exists as part of the related Mortgage File an Assignment of Leases (either as a separate instrument or incorporated into the related Mortgage). Subject to the Permitted Encumbrances and Title Exceptions (and, in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan, subject to the related Assignment of Leases constituting security for the entire Whole Loan), each related Assignment of Leases creates a valid first-priority collateral assignment of, or a valid first-priority lien or security interest in, rents and certain rights under the related lease or leases, subject only to a license granted to the related Mortgagor to exercise certain rights and to perform certain obligations of the lessor under such lease or leases, including the right to operate the related leased property, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by the Standard Qualifications. The related Mortgage or related Assignment of Leases, subject to applicable law and the Standard Qualifications, provides that, upon an event of default under the Mortgage Loan, a receiver may be appointed for the collection of rents or for the related Mortgagee to enter into possession to collect the rents or for rents to be paid directly to the Mortgagee.

11.              Financing Statements. Subject to the Standard Qualifications, each Mortgage Loan or related security agreement establishes a valid security interest in, and a UCC-1 financing statement has been filed and/or recorded (or, in the case of fixtures, the Mortgage constitutes a fixture filing) in all places necessary at the time of the origination of the Mortgage Loan (or, if not filed and/or recorded, has submitted or caused to be submitted in proper form for filing and/or recording) to perfect a valid security interest in, the personal property (creation and

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perfection of which is governed by the UCC) owned by the Mortgagor and necessary to operate such Mortgaged Property in its current use other than (1) non-material personal property, (2) personal property subject to purchase money security interests and (3) personal property that is leased equipment. Each UCC-1 financing statement, if any, filed with respect to personal property constituting a part of the related Mortgaged Property and each UCC-3 assignment, if any, filed with respect to such financing statement was in suitable form for filing in the filing office in which such financing statement was filed. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no representation is made as to the perfection of any security interest in rents or other personal property to the extent that possession or control of such items or actions other than the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements is required to effect such perfection.

12.              Condition of Property. The Mortgage Loan Seller or the originator of the Mortgage Loan inspected or caused to be inspected each related Mortgaged Property within six months of origination of the Mortgage Loan and within twelve months of the Cut-off Date.

An engineering report or property condition assessment was prepared in connection with the origination of each Mortgage Loan no more than twelve months prior to the Cut-off Date. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, based solely upon due diligence customarily performed in connection with the origination of comparable mortgage loans, as of the Closing Date, each related Mortgaged Property was free and clear of any material damage (other than (i) deferred maintenance for which escrows were established at origination and (ii) any damage fully covered by insurance) that would affect materially and adversely the use or value of such Mortgaged Property as security for the Mortgage Loan.

13.              Taxes and Assessments. As of the date of origination and, to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, as of the Cut-off Date, all taxes, governmental assessments and other outstanding governmental charges (including, without limitation, water and sewage charges) due with respect to the Mortgaged Property (excluding any related personal property) securing a Mortgage Loan that is or could become a lien on the related Mortgaged Property that became due and owing prior to the Cut-off Date with respect to each related Mortgaged Property have been paid, or, if the appropriate amount of such taxes or charges is being appealed or is otherwise in dispute, the unpaid taxes or charges are covered by an escrow of funds or other security sufficient to pay such tax or charge and reasonably estimated interest and penalties, if any, thereon. For purposes of this representation and warranty, any such taxes, assessments and other charges shall not be considered due and payable until the date on which interest and/or penalties would be payable thereon.

14.              Condemnation. As of the date of origination and to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge as of the Cut-off Date, there is no proceeding pending and, to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge as of the date of origination and as of the Cut-off Date, there is no proceeding threatened for the total or partial condemnation of such Mortgaged Property that would have a material adverse effect on the value, use or operation of the Mortgaged Property.

15.              Actions Concerning Mortgage Loan. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, based on evaluation of the Title Policy (as defined in paragraph 8), an engineering report or property condition assessment as described in paragraph 12, applicable local law compliance materials as described in paragraph 26, and the ESA (as defined in paragraph 43), as

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of origination there was no pending or filed action, suit or proceeding, arbitration or governmental investigation involving any Mortgagor, guarantor, or Mortgagor’s interest in the Mortgaged Property, an adverse outcome of which would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect (a) such Mortgagor’s title to the Mortgaged Property, (b) the validity or enforceability of the Mortgage, (c) such Mortgagor’s ability to perform under the related Mortgage Loan, (d) such guarantor’s ability to perform under the related guaranty, (e) the principal benefit of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage Loan documents, or (f) the current principal use of the Mortgaged Property.

16.              Escrow Deposits. All escrow deposits and escrow payments currently required to be escrowed with the Mortgagee pursuant to each Mortgage Loan (including capital improvements and environmental remediation reserves) are in the possession, or under the control, of the Mortgage Loan Seller or its servicer, and there are no delinquencies (subject to any applicable grace or cure periods) in connection therewith, and all such escrows and deposits (or the right thereto) that are required under the related Mortgage Loan documents are being conveyed by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Depositor or its servicer (or, in the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, to the related Non-Serviced Depositor or Non-Serviced Master Servicer for the related Non-Serviced Trust).

17.              No Holdbacks. The principal amount of the Mortgage Loan stated on the Mortgage Loan Schedule has been fully disbursed as of the Closing Date and there is no requirement for future advances thereunder (except in those cases where the full amount of the Mortgage Loan has been disbursed but a portion thereof is being held in escrow or reserve accounts pending the satisfaction of certain conditions relating to leasing, repairs, occupancy, performance or other matters with respect to the related Mortgaged Property, the Mortgagor or other considerations determined by the Mortgage Loan Seller to merit such holdback).

18.              Insurance. Each related Mortgaged Property is, and is required pursuant to the related Mortgage to be, insured by a property insurance policy providing coverage for loss in accordance with coverage found under a “special cause of loss form” or “all risk form” that includes replacement cost valuation issued by an insurer or insurers meeting the requirements of the related Mortgage Loan documents and having a claims-paying or financial strength rating meeting the Insurance Ratings Requirements (as defined below), in an amount (subject to customary deductibles) not less than the lesser of (1) the original principal balance of the Mortgage Loan and (2) the full insurable value on a replacement cost basis of the improvements, furniture, furnishings, fixtures and equipment owned by the Mortgagor included in the Mortgaged Property (with no deduction for physical depreciation), but, in any event, not less than the amount necessary or containing such endorsements as are necessary to avoid the operation of any coinsurance provisions with respect to the related Mortgaged Property.

“Insurance Ratings Requirements” means either (1) a claims paying or financial strength rating of at least “A-:VIII” from A.M. Best Company (“A.M. Best”) or “A3” (or the equivalent) from Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or “A-” from S&P Global Ratings (“S&P”) or (2) the Syndicate Insurance Ratings Requirements. “Syndicate Insurance Ratings Requirements” means insurance provided by a syndicate of insurers, as to which (i) if such syndicate consists of 5 or more members, at least 60% of the coverage is provided by insurers that meet the Insurance Ratings Requirements (under clause (1) of the definition of such term) and up

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to 40% of the coverage is provided by insurers that have a claims paying or financial strength rating of at least “BBB-” by S&P or at least “Baa3” by Moody’s, and (ii) if such syndicate consists of 4 or fewer members, at least 75% of the coverage is provided by insurers that meet the Insurance Ratings Requirements (under clause (1) of the definition of such term) and up to 25% of the coverage is provided by insurers that have a claims paying or financial strength rating of at least “BBB-” by S&P or at least “Baa3” by Moody’s.

Each related Mortgaged Property is also covered, and required to be covered pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan documents, by business interruption or rental loss insurance which (subject to a customary deductible) covers a period of not less than 12 months (or with respect to each Mortgage Loan on a single asset with a principal balance of $50 million or more, 18 months).

If any material part of the improvements, exclusive of a parking lot, located on a Mortgaged Property is in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards, the related Mortgagor is required to maintain insurance in an amount equal to the least of (a) the maximum amount available under the National Flood Insurance Program, plus such additional excess flood coverage in an amount as is generally required by prudent institutional commercial mortgage lenders originating mortgage loans for securitization, (b) the outstanding principal amount of the Mortgage Loan and (c) the insurable value of the Mortgaged Property.

If the Mortgaged Property is located within 25 miles of the coast of the Gulf of Mexico or the Atlantic coast of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina or North Carolina, the related Mortgagor is required to maintain coverage for windstorm and/or windstorm related perils and/or “named storms” issued by an insurer or insurers meeting the Insurance Ratings Requirements or endorsement covering damage from windstorm and/or windstorm related perils and/or named storms, in an amount not less than the lesser of (1) the original principal balance of the Mortgage Loan and (2) the full insurable value on a replacement cost basis of the improvements, furniture, furnishings, fixtures and equipment owned by the Mortgagor and included in the Mortgaged Property (with no deduction for physical depreciation), but, in any event, not less than the amount necessary or containing such endorsements as are necessary to avoid the operation of any coinsurance provisions with respect to the related Mortgaged Property by an insurer or insurers meeting the Insurance Ratings Requirements.

The Mortgaged Property is covered, and required to be covered pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan documents, by a commercial general liability insurance policy issued by an insurer or insurers meeting the Insurance Ratings Requirements including coverage for property damage, contractual damage and personal injury (including bodily injury and death) in amounts as are generally required by the Mortgage Loan Seller for similar commercial and multifamily loans intended for securitization, and in any event not less than $1 million per occurrence and $2 million in the aggregate.

An architectural or engineering consultant has performed an analysis of each of the Mortgaged Properties located in seismic zones 3 or 4 in order to evaluate the seismic condition of such property, for the sole purpose of assessing the probable maximum loss or scenario expected loss (“PML”) for the Mortgaged Property in the event of an earthquake. In such instance, the PML

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was based on a 475-year return period, an exposure period of 50 years and a 10% probability of exceedance. If the resulting report concluded that the PML would exceed 20% of the amount of the replacement costs of the improvements, earthquake insurance on such Mortgaged Property was obtained from an insurer or insurers meeting the Insurance Ratings Requirements (provided that for this purpose (only), the A.M. Best Company minimum rating referred to in the definition of Insurance Ratings Requirements will be deemed to be at least “A:VIII”) in an amount not less than 100% of the PML.

The Mortgage Loan documents require insurance proceeds (or an amount equal to such insurance proceeds) in respect of a property loss to be applied either (a) to the repair or restoration of all or part of the related Mortgaged Property, with respect to all property losses in excess of 5% of the then-outstanding principal amount of the related Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan, as applicable, the Mortgagee (or a trustee appointed by it) having the right to hold and disburse such proceeds as the repair or restoration progresses, or (b) to the payment of the outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan together with any accrued interest thereon.

All premiums on all insurance policies referred to in this section that are required by the Mortgage Loan documents to be paid as of the Cut-off Date have been paid, and such insurance policies name the Mortgagee under the Mortgage Loan and its successors and assigns as a loss payee under a mortgagee endorsement clause or, in the case of the general liability insurance policy, as named or additional insured. Such insurance policies will inure to the benefit of the Trustee (or, in the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the applicable Non-Serviced Trustee). Each related Mortgage Loan obligates the related Mortgagor to maintain all such insurance and, at such Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the Mortgagee to maintain such insurance at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense and to charge such Mortgagor for related premiums. All such insurance policies (other than commercial liability policies) require at least 10 days’ prior notice to the Mortgagee of termination or cancellation arising because of nonpayment of a premium and at least 30 days’ prior notice to the Mortgagee of termination or cancellation (or such lesser period, not less than 10 days, as may be required by applicable law) arising for any reason other than non-payment of a premium and no such notice has been received by the Mortgage Loan Seller.

19.              Access; Utilities; Separate Tax Parcels. Based solely on evaluation of the Title Policy (as defined in paragraph 8) and survey, if any, an engineering report or property condition assessment as described in paragraph 12, applicable local law compliance materials as described in paragraph 26, and the ESA (as defined in paragraph 43), each Mortgaged Property (a) is located on or adjacent to a public road and has direct legal access to such road, or has permanent access from a recorded easement or right of way permitting ingress and egress to/from a public road, (b) is served by or has access rights to public or private water and sewer (or well and septic) and other utilities necessary for the current use of the Mortgaged Property, all of which are adequate for the current use of the Mortgaged Property, and (c) constitutes one or more separate tax parcels which do not include any property which is not part of the Mortgaged Property or is subject to an endorsement under the related Title Policy insuring the Mortgaged Property, or in certain cases, an application has been made or is required to be made to the applicable governing authority for creation of separate tax parcels (or the Mortgage Loan documents so require such application in the future), in which case the Mortgage Loan requires the Mortgagor to escrow an amount sufficient to pay taxes for the existing tax parcel of which the Mortgaged Property is a part until the separate tax parcels are created.

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20.              No Encroachments. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge based solely on surveys obtained in connection with origination and the Title Policy obtained in connection with the origination of each Mortgage Loan, and except for encroachments that do not materially and adversely affect the current marketability or principal use of the Mortgaged Property: (a) all material improvements that were included for the purpose of determining the appraised value of the related Mortgaged Property at the time of the origination of such Mortgage Loan are within the boundaries of the related Mortgaged Property, except for encroachments that are insured against by the applicable Title Policy; (b) no material improvements on adjoining parcels encroach onto the related Mortgaged Property except for encroachments that are insured against by the applicable Title Policy; and (c) no material improvements encroach upon any easements except for encroachments that are insured against by the applicable Title Policy.

21.              No Contingent Interest or Equity Participation. No Mortgage Loan has a shared appreciation feature, any other contingent interest feature or a negative amortization feature (except that an ARD Loan may provide for the accrual of the portion of interest in excess of the rate in effect prior to the Anticipated Repayment Date) or an equity participation by the Mortgage Loan Seller.

22.              REMIC. The Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code (but determined without regard to the rule in Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(f)(2) that treats certain defective mortgage loans as qualified mortgages), and, accordingly, (A) the issue price of the Mortgage Loan to the related Mortgagor at origination did not exceed the non-contingent principal amount of the Mortgage Loan and (B) either: (a) such Mortgage Loan is secured by an interest in real property (including permanently affixed buildings and distinct structural components, such as wiring, plumbing systems and central heating and air conditioning systems, that are integrated into such buildings, serve such buildings in their passive functions and do not produce or contribute to the production of income other than consideration for the use or occupancy of space, but excluding personal property) having a fair market value (i) at the date the Mortgage Loan was originated at least equal to 80% of the adjusted issue price of the Mortgage Loan (together with any related Pari Passu Companion Loans) on such date or (ii) at the Closing Date at least equal to 80% of the adjusted issue price of the Mortgage Loan (together with any related Pari Passu Companion Loans) on such date, provided that for purposes hereof, the fair market value of the real property interest must first be reduced by (A) the amount of any lien on the real property interest that is senior to the Mortgage Loan and (B) a proportionate amount of any lien that is in parity with the Mortgage Loan; or (b) substantially all of the proceeds of such Mortgage Loan were used to acquire, improve or protect the real property which served as the only security for such Mortgage Loan (other than a recourse feature or other third-party credit enhancement within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(a)(1)(ii)). If the Mortgage Loan was “significantly modified” prior to the Closing Date so as to result in a taxable exchange under Section 1001 of the Code, it either (x) was modified as a result of the default or reasonably foreseeable default of such Mortgage Loan or (y) satisfies the provisions of either sub-clause (B)(a)(i) above (substituting the date of the last such modification for the date the Mortgage Loan was originated) or sub-clause (B)(a)(ii), including the proviso thereto. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the Mortgage Loan will not be considered “significantly modified” solely by reason of the Mortgagor having been granted a COVID-19 related forbearance prior to October 1, 2021 (or prior to such later date as may be provided by the IRS in a future guidance) provided that: (a) such Mortgage Loan forbearance is

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covered by Revenue Procedure 2020-26 (as modified by Revenue Procedure 2021-12) by reason of satisfying the requirements for such coverage stated in Section 5.02(2) thereof; and (b) the Mortgage Loan Seller shall have notified the depositor that such forbearance has occurred and notified the depositor of (x) the date on which such forbearance was granted, (y) the length in months of the forbearance, and (z) how the payments in forbearance will be paid (that is, by extension of maturity, change of amortization schedule, etc.). Any Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges applicable to the Mortgage Loan constitute “customary prepayment penalties” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-1(b)(2). All terms used in this paragraph shall have the same meanings as set forth in the related Treasury Regulations.

23.              Compliance with Usury Laws. The mortgage rate (exclusive of any default interest, late charges, Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium) of such Mortgage Loan complied as of the date of origination with, or was exempt from, applicable state or federal laws, regulations and other requirements pertaining to usury.

24.              Authorized to do Business. To the extent required under applicable law, as of the Cut-off Date or as of the date that such entity held the Mortgage Note, each holder of the Mortgage Note was authorized to transact and do business in the jurisdiction in which each related Mortgaged Property is located, or the failure to be so authorized does not materially and adversely affect the enforceability of such Mortgage Loan by the Trust.

25.              Trustee under Deed of Trust. With respect to each Mortgage which is a deed of trust, as of the date of origination and, to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, as of the Closing Date, a trustee, duly qualified under applicable law to serve as such, currently so serves and is named in the deed of trust or has been substituted in accordance with the Mortgage and applicable law or may be substituted in accordance with the Mortgage and applicable law by the related Mortgagee.

26.              Local Law Compliance. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, based upon any of a letter from any governmental authorities, a legal opinion, an architect’s letter, a zoning consultant’s report, an endorsement to the related Title Policy, a survey, or other affirmative investigation of local law compliance consistent with the investigation conducted by the Mortgage Loan Seller for similar commercial and multifamily mortgage loans intended for securitization, the improvements located on or forming part of each Mortgaged Property securing a Mortgage Loan are in material compliance with applicable laws, zoning ordinances, rules, covenants, and restrictions (collectively “Zoning Regulations”) governing the occupancy, use, and operation of such Mortgaged Property or constitute a legal non-conforming use or structure and any non-conformity with zoning laws constitutes a legal non-conforming use or structure which does not materially and adversely affect the use, operation or value of such Mortgaged Property. In the event of casualty or destruction, (a) the Mortgaged Property may be restored or repaired to the full extent necessary to maintain the use of the structure immediately prior to such casualty or destruction, (b) law and ordinance insurance coverage has been obtained for the Mortgaged Property in amounts customarily required by the Mortgage Loan Seller for similar commercial and multifamily loans intended for securitization, (c) title insurance policy coverage has been obtained with respect to any non-conforming use or structure, or (d) the inability to restore the Mortgaged Property to the full extent of the use or structure immediately prior to the casualty would not materially and adversely affect the use or operation of such Mortgaged Property. The Mortgage

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Loan documents require the related Mortgagor to be qualified to do business in the jurisdiction in which the related Mortgaged Property is located.

27.              Licenses and Permits. Each Mortgagor covenants in the Mortgage Loan documents that it shall keep all material licenses, permits, franchises, certificates of occupancy and applicable governmental approvals necessary for the operation of the Mortgaged Property in full force and effect, and to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge based upon any of a letter from any government authorities, zoning consultant’s report or other affirmative investigation of local law compliance consistent with the investigation conducted by the Mortgage Loan Seller for similar commercial and multifamily mortgage loans intended for securitization; all such material licenses, permits, franchises, certificates of occupancy and applicable governmental approvals are in effect or the failure to obtain or maintain such material licenses, permits, franchises or certificates of occupancy and applicable governmental approvals does not materially and adversely affect the use and/or operation of the Mortgaged Property as it was used and operated as of the date of origination of the Mortgage Loan or the rights of a holder of the related Mortgage Loan. The Mortgage Loan documents require the related Mortgagor to comply in all material respects with all applicable regulations, zoning and building laws.

28.              Recourse Obligations. The Mortgage Loan documents for each Mortgage Loan (a) provide that such Mortgage Loan becomes full recourse to the Mortgagor and guarantor (which is a natural person or persons, or an entity or entities distinct from the Mortgagor (but may be affiliated with the Mortgagor) that collectively, as of the date of origination of the related Mortgage Loan, have assets other than equity in the related Mortgaged Property that are not de minimis) in any of the following events (or negotiated provisions of substantially similar effect): (i) if any petition for bankruptcy, insolvency, dissolution or liquidation pursuant to federal bankruptcy law, or any similar federal or state law, shall be filed by, consented to, or acquiesced in by, the Mortgagor; (ii) the Mortgagor or guarantor shall have solicited or caused to be solicited petitioning creditors to cause an involuntary bankruptcy filing with respect to the Mortgagor or (iii) voluntary transfers of either the Mortgaged Property or controlling equity interests in the Mortgagor made in violation of the Mortgage Loan documents; and (b) contains provisions for recourse against the Mortgagor and guarantor (which is a natural person or persons, or an entity or entities distinct from the Mortgagor (but may be affiliated with the Mortgagor) that collectively, as of the date of origination of the related Mortgage Loan, have assets other than equity in the related Mortgaged Property that are not de minimis), for losses and damages resulting from the following (or negotiated provisions of substantially similar effect): (i) the Mortgagor’s misappropriation of rents after an event of default, security deposits, insurance proceeds, or condemnation awards; (ii) the Mortgagor’s fraud or intentional material misrepresentation; (iii)  breaches of the environmental covenants in the Mortgage Loan documents; or (iv) the Mortgagor’s commission of intentional material physical waste at the Mortgaged Property (but, in some cases, only to the extent there is sufficient cash flow generated by the related Mortgaged Property to prevent such waste).

29.              Mortgage Releases. The terms of the related Mortgage or related Mortgage Loan documents do not provide for release of any material portion of the Mortgaged Property from the lien of the Mortgage except (a) a partial release, accompanied by principal repayment, or partial defeasance (as described in paragraph 34) of not less than a specified percentage at least equal to 110% of the related allocated loan amount of such portion of the Mortgaged Property, (b) upon

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payment in full of such Mortgage Loan, (c) upon a Defeasance (defined in paragraph 34 below), (d) releases of out-parcels that are unimproved or other portions of the Mortgaged Property which will not have a material adverse effect on the underwritten value of the Mortgaged Property and which were not afforded any material value in the appraisal obtained at the origination of the Mortgage Loan and are not necessary for physical access to the Mortgaged Property or compliance with zoning requirements, or (e) as required pursuant to an order of condemnation. With respect to any partial release under the preceding clauses (a) or (d), either: (x) such release of collateral (i) would not constitute a “significant modification” of the subject Mortgage Loan within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(b)(2) and (ii) would not cause the subject Mortgage Loan to fail to be a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3)(A) of the Code; or (y) the Mortgagee or servicer can, in accordance with the related Mortgage Loan documents, condition such release of collateral on the related Mortgagor’s delivery of an opinion of tax counsel to the effect specified in the immediately preceding clause (x). For purposes of the preceding clause (x), if the fair market value of the real property constituting such Mortgaged Property (reduced by (1) the amount of any lien on the real property that is senior to the Mortgage Loan and (2) a proportionate amount of any lien on the real property that is in parity with the Mortgage Loan) after the release is not equal to at least 80% of the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan (together with any related Pari Passu Companion Loans) outstanding after the release, the Mortgagor is required to make a payment of principal in an amount not less than the amount required by the REMIC Provisions.

In the case of any Mortgage Loan, in the event of a taking of any portion of a Mortgaged Property by a State or any political subdivision or authority thereof, whether by legal proceeding or by agreement, unless an opinion of counsel is delivered as specified in clause (y) of the preceding paragraph, the Mortgagor can be required to pay down the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan (together with any related Pari Passu Companion Loans) in an amount not less than the amount required by the REMIC Provisions and, to such extent, the award from any such taking may not be required to be applied to the restoration of the Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgagor, if, immediately after the release of such portion of the Mortgaged Property from the lien of the Mortgage (but taking into account the planned restoration) the fair market value of the real property constituting the remaining Mortgaged Property (reduced by (1) the amount of any lien on the real property that is senior to the Mortgage Loan and (2) a proportionate amount of any lien on the real property that is in parity with the Mortgage Loan) is not equal to at least 80% of the remaining principal balance of the Mortgage Loan (together with any related Pari Passu Companion Loans).

No such Mortgage Loan that is secured by more than one Mortgaged Property or that is cross-collateralized with another Mortgage Loan permits the release of cross-collateralization of the related Mortgaged Properties or a portion thereof, including due to a partial condemnation, other than in compliance with the REMIC Provisions.

30.              Financial Reporting and Rent Rolls. Each Mortgage Loan requires the Mortgagor to provide the owner or holder of the Mortgage Loan with (a) quarterly (other than for single-tenant properties) and annual operating statements, (b) quarterly (other than for single-tenant properties) rent rolls (or maintenance schedules in the case of Mortgage Loans secured by residential cooperative properties) for properties that have any individual lease which accounts for more than 5% of the in-place base rent, and (c) annual financial statements.

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31.              Acts of Terrorism Exclusion. With respect to each Mortgage Loan over $20 million, and to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge with respect to each Mortgage Loan of $20 million or less, as of origination the related special-form all-risk insurance policy and business interruption policy (issued by an insurer or insurers meeting the Insurance Ratings Requirements) do not specifically exclude Acts of Terrorism, as defined in the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002, as amended (collectively referred to as “TRIPRA”), from coverage, or if such coverage is excluded, it is covered by a separate terrorism insurance policy. With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the related Mortgage Loan documents do not expressly waive or prohibit the Mortgagee from requiring coverage for Acts of Terrorism, as defined in TRIPRA, or damages related thereto, except to the extent that any right to require such coverage may be limited by commercial availability on commercially reasonable terms, or as otherwise indicated on Schedule C; provided, that if TRIPRA or a similar or subsequent statute is not in effect, then, provided that terrorism insurance is commercially available, the Mortgagor under each Mortgage Loan is required to carry terrorism insurance, but in such event the Mortgagor shall not be required to spend on terrorism insurance coverage more than two times the amount of the insurance premium that is payable in respect of the property and business interruption/rental loss insurance required under the related Mortgage Loan documents (without giving effect to the cost of terrorism and earthquake components of such casualty and business interruption/rental loss insurance) at the time of the origination of the Mortgage Loan, and if the cost of terrorism insurance exceeds such amount, the Mortgagor is required to purchase the maximum amount of terrorism insurance available with funds equal to such amount.

32.              Due on Sale or Encumbrance. Subject to specific exceptions set forth below, each Mortgage Loan contains a “due-on-sale” or other such provision for the acceleration of the payment of the unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan if, without the consent of the holder of the Mortgage (which consent, in some cases, may not be unreasonably withheld) and/or complying with the requirements of the related Mortgage Loan documents (which provide for transfers without the consent of the Mortgagee which are customarily acceptable to the Mortgage Loan Seller, including, but not limited to, transfers of worn-out or obsolete furnishings, fixtures, or equipment promptly replaced with property of equivalent value and functionality and transfers by leases entered into in accordance with the Mortgage Loan documents), (a) the related Mortgaged Property, or any equity interest of greater than 50% in the related Mortgagor, is directly or indirectly pledged, transferred or sold (in each case, a “Transfer”), other than as related to (i) family and estate planning Transfers or Transfers upon death or legal incapacity, (ii) Transfers to certain affiliates as defined in the related Mortgage Loan documents, (iii) Transfers of less than, or other than, a controlling interest in a Mortgagor, (iv) Transfers to another holder of direct or indirect equity in the Mortgagor, a specific Person designated in the related Mortgage Loan documents or a Person satisfying specific criteria identified in the related Mortgage Loan documents, (v) Transfers of common stock in publicly traded companies, (vi) a substitution or release of collateral within the parameters of paragraphs 29 and 34 herein, or (vii) by reason of any mezzanine debt that existed at the origination of the related Mortgage Loan as set forth on Exhibit C-32-1, or future permitted mezzanine debt as set forth on Exhibit C-32-2, or (b) the related Mortgaged Property is encumbered with a subordinate lien or security interest against the related Mortgaged Property, other than (i) any Companion Loan of any Mortgage Loan or any subordinate debt that existed at origination and is permitted under the related Mortgage Loan documents, (ii) purchase money security interests (iii) any Mortgage Loan that is cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with another Mortgage Loan as set forth on Exhibit C-32-3 or (iv) Permitted

  Exh. C-13  

 

Encumbrances. The Mortgage or other Mortgage Loan documents provide that to the extent any Rating Agency fees are incurred in connection with the review of and consent to any transfer or encumbrance, the Mortgagor is responsible for such payment along with all other reasonable fees and expenses incurred by the Mortgagee relative to such transfer or encumbrance.

33.              Single-Purpose Entity. Each Mortgage Loan requires the Mortgagor to be a Single-Purpose Entity for at least as long as the Mortgage Loan is outstanding. Each Mortgage Loan with a Cut-off Date Balance of $30 million or more has a counsel’s opinion regarding non-consolidation of the Mortgagor. For this purpose, a “Single-Purpose Entity” shall mean an entity, other than an individual, whose organizational documents and the related Mortgage Loan documents (or if the Mortgage Loan has a Cut-off Date Balance equal to $10 million or less, its organizational documents or the related Mortgage Loan documents) provide substantially to the effect that it was formed or organized solely for the purpose of owning and operating one or more of the Mortgaged Properties and prohibit it from engaging in any business unrelated to such Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties, and whose organizational documents further provide, or which entity represented in the related Mortgage Loan documents, substantially to the effect that it does not have any assets other than those related to its interest in and operation of such Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties, or any indebtedness other than as permitted by the related Mortgage(s) or the other related Mortgage Loan documents, that it has its own books and records and accounts separate and apart from those of any other person (other than a Mortgagor for a Mortgage Loan that is cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with the related Mortgage Loan), and that it holds itself out as a legal entity, separate and apart from any other person or entity.

34.              Defeasance. With respect to any Mortgage Loan that, pursuant to the Mortgage Loan documents, can be defeased (a “Defeasance”), (i) the Mortgage Loan documents provide for defeasance as a unilateral right of the Mortgagor, subject to satisfaction of conditions specified in the Mortgage Loan documents; (ii) the Mortgage Loan cannot be defeased within two years after the Closing Date; (iii) the Mortgagor is permitted to pledge only United States “government securities” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(a)(8)(ii), the revenues from which will be sufficient to make all scheduled payments under the Mortgage Loan when due, including the entire remaining principal balance on the maturity date (or on or after the first date on which payment may be made without payment of a Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium) or, if the Mortgage Loan is an ARD Loan, the entire principal balance outstanding on the Anticipated Repayment Date (or on or after the first date on which payment may be made without payment of a Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium), and if the Mortgage Loan permits partial releases of real property in connection with partial defeasance, the revenues from the collateral will be sufficient to pay all such scheduled payments calculated on a principal amount equal to a specified percentage at least equal to 110% of the allocated loan amount for the real property to be released; (iv) the defeasance collateral is not permitted to be subject to prepayment, call, or early redemption; (v) the Mortgagor is required to provide a certification from an independent certified public accountant that the collateral is sufficient to make all scheduled payments under the Mortgage Note as set forth in clause (iii) above; (vi) the defeased note and the defeasance collateral are required to be assumed by a Single-Purpose Entity; (vii) the Mortgagor is required to provide an opinion of counsel that the Trustee has a perfected security interest in such collateral prior to any other claim or interest; and (viii) the Mortgagor is required to pay all rating agency fees associated with defeasance (if rating

  Exh. C-14  

 

confirmation is a specific condition precedent thereto) and all other reasonable expenses associated with defeasance, including, but not limited to, accountant’s fees and opinions of counsel.

35.              Fixed Interest Rates. Each Mortgage Loan bears interest at a rate that remains fixed throughout the remaining term of such Mortgage Loan, except in the case of ARD Loans and in situations where default interest is imposed.

36.              Ground Leases. For purposes of this Exhibit C, a “Ground Lease” shall mean a lease creating a leasehold estate in real property where the fee owner as the ground lessor conveys for a term or terms of years its entire interest in the land and buildings and other improvements, if any, comprising the premises demised under such lease to the ground lessee (who may, in certain circumstances, own the building and improvements on the land), subject to the reversionary interest of the ground lessor as fee owner.

With respect to any Mortgage Loan where the Mortgage Loan is secured by a Ground Leasehold estate in whole or in part, and the related Mortgage does not also encumber the related lessor’s fee interest in such Mortgaged Property, based upon the terms of the Ground Lease and any estoppel or other agreement received from the ground lessor in favor of Mortgage Loan Seller, its successors and assigns (collectively, the “Ground Lease and Related Documents”), Mortgage Loan Seller represents and warrants that:

(A)             The Ground Lease or a memorandum regarding such Ground Lease has been duly recorded or submitted for recordation in a form that is acceptable for recording in the applicable jurisdiction. The Ground Lease and Related Documents permit the interest of the lessee to be encumbered by the related Mortgage and do not restrict the use of the related Mortgaged Property by such lessee, its successors or assigns in a manner that would materially adversely affect the security provided by the related Mortgage. No material change in the terms of the Ground Lease has occurred since its recordation, except by any written instruments which are included in the related Mortgage File;

(B)              The lessor under such Ground Lease has agreed in a writing included in the related Mortgage File (or in such Ground Lease and Related Documents) that the Ground Lease may not be amended, modified, canceled or terminated by agreement of lessor and lessee without the prior written consent of the Mortgagee and that any such action without such consent is not binding on the Mortgagee, its successors or assigns, provided that the Mortgagee has provided lessor with notice of its lien in accordance with the terms of the Ground Lease;

(C)              The Ground Lease has an original term (or an original term plus one or more optional renewal terms, which, under all circumstances, may be exercised, and will be enforceable, by either the Mortgagor or the Mortgagee) that extends not less than 20 years beyond the stated maturity of the related Mortgage Loan, or 10 years past the stated maturity if such Mortgage Loan fully amortizes by the stated maturity (or with respect to a Mortgage Loan that accrues on an actual 360 basis, substantially amortizes);

(D)             The Ground Lease either (i) is not subject to any interests, estates, liens or encumbrances superior to, or of equal priority with, the Mortgage, except for the related

  Exh. C-15  

 

fee interest of the ground lessor and the Permitted Encumbrances and Title Exceptions; or (ii) is the subject of a subordination, non-disturbance or attornment agreement or similar agreement to which the Mortgagee on the lessor’s fee interest is subject;

(E)              Subject to the notice requirements of the Ground Lease and Related Documents, the Ground Lease does not place commercially unreasonable restrictions on the identity of the Mortgagee and the Ground Lease is assignable to the holder of the Mortgage Loan and its successors and assigns without the consent of the lessor thereunder (or, if such consent is required it either has been obtained or cannot be unreasonably withheld, provided that such Ground Lease has not been terminated and all amounts due thereunder have been paid), and in the event it is so assigned, it is further assignable by the holder of the Mortgage Loan and its successors and assigns without the consent of the lessor (or, if such consent is required it either has been obtained or cannot be unreasonably withheld, provided that such Ground Lease has not been terminated and all amounts due thereunder have been paid);

(F)              The Mortgage Loan Seller has not received any written notice of material default under or notice of termination of such Ground Lease. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, there is no material default under such Ground Lease and no condition that, but for the passage of time or giving of notice, would result in a material default under the terms of such Ground Lease and to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, such Ground Lease is in full force and effect as of the Closing Date;

(G)             The Ground Lease and Related Documents require the lessor to give to the Mortgagee written notice of any default and provide that no notice of default or termination is effective against the Mortgagee unless such notice is given to the Mortgagee;

(H)             A Mortgagee is permitted a reasonable opportunity (including, where necessary, sufficient time to gain possession of the interest of the lessee under the Ground Lease through legal proceedings) to cure any default under the Ground Lease which is curable after the Mortgagee’s receipt of notice of any default before the lessor may terminate the Ground Lease;

(I)                The Ground Lease does not impose any restrictions on subletting that would be viewed as commercially unreasonable by the Mortgage Loan Seller in connection with the origination of similar commercial or multifamily loans intended for securitization;

(J)                Under the terms of the Ground Lease and Related Documents, any related insurance proceeds or the portion of the condemnation award allocable to the ground lessee’s interest (other than in respect of a total or substantially total loss or taking as addressed in subpart (K)) will be applied either to the repair or to restoration of all or part of the related Mortgaged Property with (so long as such proceeds are in excess of the threshold amount specified in the related Mortgage Loan documents) the Mortgagee or a trustee appointed by it having the right to hold and disburse such proceeds as repair or restoration progresses, or to the payment of the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, together with any accrued interest;

  Exh. C-16  

 

(K)             In the case of a total or substantially total taking or loss, under the terms of the Ground Lease and Related Documents, any related insurance proceeds, or portion of the condemnation award allocable to ground lessee’s interest in respect of a total or substantially total loss or taking of the related Mortgaged Property to the extent not applied to restoration, will be applied first to the payment of the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, together with any accrued interest; and

(L)              Provided that the Mortgagee cures any defaults which are susceptible to being cured, the ground lessor has agreed to enter into a new lease with the Mortgagee upon termination of the Ground Lease for any reason, including rejection of the Ground Lease in a bankruptcy proceeding.

37.              Servicing. The servicing and collection practices used by the Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to the Mortgage Loan have been, in all respects legal and have met with customary industry standards for servicing of commercial loans for conduit loan programs.

38.              Origination and Underwriting. The origination practices of the Mortgage Loan Seller (or the related originator if the Mortgage Loan Seller was not the originator) with respect to each Mortgage Loan have been, in all material respects, legal and as of the date of its origination, such Mortgage Loan and the origination thereof complied in all material respects with, or was exempt from, all requirements of federal, state or local law relating to the origination of such Mortgage Loan; provided that such representation and warranty does not address or otherwise cover any matters with respect to federal, state or local law otherwise covered in this Exhibit C.

39.              Intentionally Omitted.

40.              No Material Default; Payment Record. No Mortgage Loan has been more than 30 days delinquent, without giving effect to any grace or cure period, in making required payments in the prior 12 months (or since origination if such Mortgage Loan has been originated within the past 12 months), and as of Cut-off Date, no Mortgage Loan is delinquent (beyond any applicable grace or cure period) in making required payments. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, there is (a) no material default, breach, violation or event of acceleration existing under the related Mortgage Loan, or (b) no event (other than payments due but not yet delinquent) which, with the passage of time or with notice and the expiration of any grace or cure period, would constitute a material default, breach, violation or event of acceleration, which default, breach, violation or event of acceleration in the case of either clause (a) or clause (b), materially and adversely affects the value of the Mortgage Loan or the value, use or operation of the related Mortgaged Property; provided, however, that this representation and warranty does not cover any default, breach, violation or event of acceleration that specifically pertains to or arises out of an exception scheduled to any other representation and warranty made by the Mortgage Loan Seller in this Exhibit C. No person other than the holder of such Mortgage Loan may declare any event of default under the Mortgage Loan or accelerate any indebtedness under the Mortgage Loan documents.

41.              Bankruptcy. As of the date of origination of the related Mortgage Loan and to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge as of the Cut-off Date, neither the Mortgaged Property (other than any tenants of such Mortgaged Property), nor any portion thereof, is the subject of, and

  Exh. C-17  

 

no Mortgagor, guarantor or tenant occupying a single-tenant property is a debtor in state or federal bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding.

42.              Organization of Mortgagor. With respect to each Mortgage Loan, in reliance on certified copies of the organizational documents of the Mortgagor delivered by the Mortgagor in connection with the origination of such Mortgage Loan, the Mortgagor is an entity organized under the laws of a state of the United States of America, the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Except with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with another Mortgage Loan and other than as set forth on Exhibit C-32-4, no Mortgage Loan has a Mortgagor that is an Affiliate of a Mortgagor with respect to another Mortgage Loan. An “Affiliate” for purposes of this paragraph (42) means, a Mortgagor that is under direct or indirect common ownership and control with another Mortgagor.

43.              Environmental Conditions. A Phase I environmental site assessment (or update of a previous Phase I and or Phase II environmental site assessment) and, with respect to certain Mortgage Loans, a Phase II environmental site assessment (collectively, an “ESA”) meeting ASTM requirements was conducted by a reputable environmental consultant in connection with such Mortgage Loan within 12 months prior to its origination date (or an update of a previous ESA was prepared), and such ESA (i) did not identify the existence of recognized environmental conditions (as such term is defined in ASTM E1527-13 or its successor, hereinafter “Environmental Condition”) at the related Mortgaged Property or the need for further investigation, or (ii) if the existence of an Environmental Condition or need for further investigation was indicated in any such ESA, then at least one of the following statements is true: (A) an amount reasonably estimated by a reputable environmental consultant to be sufficient to cover the estimated cost to cure any material noncompliance with applicable Environmental Laws or the Environmental Condition has been escrowed by the related Mortgagor and is held or controlled by the related Mortgagee; (B) if the only Environmental Condition relates to the presence of asbestos-containing materials, radon in indoor air, lead based paint or lead in drinking water, the only recommended action in the ESA is the institution of such a plan, an operations or maintenance plan has been required to be instituted by the related Mortgagor that can reasonably be expected to mitigate the identified risk; (C) the Environmental Condition identified in the related environmental report was remediated or abated or contained in all material respects prior to the date hereof, and, if and as appropriate, a no further action, completion or closure letter or its equivalent was obtained from the applicable governmental regulatory authority (or the environmental issue affecting the related Mortgaged Property was otherwise listed by such governmental authority as “closed” or a reputable environmental consultant has concluded that no further action is required); (D) an environmental policy or a lender’s pollution legal liability insurance policy that covers liability for the identified circumstance or condition was obtained from an insurer rated no less than “A-” (or the equivalent) by Moody’s, S&P, Fitch Ratings, Inc. and/or A.M. Best; (E) a party not related to the Mortgagor was identified as the responsible party for such condition or circumstance and such responsible party has financial resources reasonably estimated to be adequate to address the situation; or (F) a party related to the Mortgagor having financial resources reasonably estimated to be adequate to address the situation is required to take action. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, except as set forth in the ESA, there is no Environmental Condition (as such term is defined in ASTM E1527-13 or its successor) at the related Mortgaged Property.

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44.              Intentionally Omitted.

45.              Appraisal. The Servicing File contains an appraisal of the related Mortgaged Property with an appraisal date within 6 months of the Mortgage Loan origination date, and within 12 months of the Cut-off Date. The appraisal is signed by an appraiser that (i) (A) is a Member of the Appraisal Institute or (B) has a comparable professional designation and possesses the level of experience required to evaluate commercial real estate collateral, and (ii) to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, had no interest, direct or indirect, in the Mortgaged Property or the Mortgagor or in any loan made on the security thereof, and whose compensation is not affected by the approval or disapproval of the Mortgage Loan. Each appraiser has represented in such appraisal or in a supplemental letter that the appraisal satisfies the requirements of the “Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice” as adopted by the Appraisal Standards Board of the Appraisal Foundation.

46.              Mortgage Loan Schedule. The information pertaining to each Mortgage Loan which is set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached as an exhibit to this Agreement is true and correct in all material respects as of the Cut-off Date and contains all information required by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be contained therein.

47.              Cross-Collateralization. No Mortgage Loan is cross-collateralized or cross-defaulted with any other mortgage loan that is outside the Mortgage Pool, except in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan.

48.              Advance of Funds by the Mortgage Loan Seller. Except for loan proceeds advanced at the time of loan origination or other payments contemplated by the Mortgage Loan documents, no advance of funds has been made by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the related Mortgagor, and no funds have been received from any person other than the related Mortgagor or an affiliate, directly, or, to the knowledge of the Mortgage Loan Seller, indirectly for, or on account of, payments due on the Mortgage Loan. Neither the Mortgage Loan Seller nor any affiliate thereof has any obligation to make any capital contribution to any Mortgagor under a Mortgage Loan, other than contributions made on or prior to the Closing Date.

49.              Compliance with Anti-Money Laundering Laws. The Mortgage Loan Seller has complied in all material respects with all applicable anti-money laundering laws and regulations, including without limitation the U.S. Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 and USA Patriot Act of 2001 with respect to the origination of the Mortgage Loan.

For purposes of this Exhibit C, “Mortgagee” means the mortgagee, grantee or beneficiary under any Mortgage, any holder of legal title to any portion of any Mortgage Loan or, if applicable, any agent or servicer on behalf of such party.

For purposes of this Exhibit C, “Mortgagor” means the obligor or obligors on a Mortgage Note, including without limitation, any person that has acquired the related Mortgaged Property and assumed the obligations of the original obligor under the Mortgage Note and including in connection with any Mortgage Loan that utilizes an indemnity deed of trust structure, the borrower and the Mortgaged Property owner/payment guarantor/mortgagor individually and collectively, as the context may require.

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Exhibit C-32-1

List of Mortgage Loans with Current Mezzanine Debt

None.

  Exh. C-32-1-1  

 

Exhibit C-32-2

List of Mortgage Loans with Permitted Mezzanine Debt

Mortgage Loan Number	Mortgage Loan Name
6	Florida Hotel and Conference Center
16	Heritage Plaza

  Exh. C-32-2-1  

 

Exhibit C-32-3

List of Cross-Collateralized and Cross-Defaulted Mortgage Loans

None.

  Exh. C-32-3-1  

 

 

Exhibit C-32-4

List of Mortgage Loans with Affiliated Mortgagors

Mortgage Loan Number	Mortgage Loan Name
7	Cumberland Mall
16	Heritage Plaza

 

  Exh. C-32-4-1  

 

SCHEDULE C

EXCEPTIONS TO MORTGAGE LOAN REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

The exceptions to the representations and warranties set forth below are listed by the number of the related representation and warranty set forth on Exhibit C and the mortgage loan name and number identified on Exhibit A. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Schedule C shall have the meanings set forth in Exhibit C or, if not defined therein, in this Agreement.

 

Rep. No. on Exhibit C	Mortgage Loan and Number as Identified on Exhibit A	Description of the Exception
7	Cumberland Mall (Loan No. 7)	The largest tenant, Costco, which ground leases its premises, has a right of first refusal to purchase its leased premises (approximately 13.395 acres at the Mortgaged Property) if the landlord receives a bona fide offer to purchase such leased premises.  The tenant has not entered into a subordination, non-disturbance and attornment agreement. Such right of first refusal may apply to a foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure as well as to subsequent transfers.
7	Watchfire (Loan No. 20)	The lease of the sole tenant at the Mortgaged Property, Watchfire Signs, LLC, prohibits transfer of the Mortgaged Property to any of 21 specified competitors of the tenant listed in the lease, or their affiliates; provided that such restriction will not apply to any sale of the Mortgaged Property to (whether through foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure) or by a mortgagee of the landlord or any sale that occurs during the continuance of an event of default by the tenant under the lease.  However, such restriction would apply to subsequent transfers.
8	Cumberland Mall (Loan No. 7)	The largest tenant, Costco, which ground leases its premises, has a right of first refusal to purchase its leased premises (approximately 13.395 acres at the Mortgaged Property) if the landlord receives a bona fide offer to purchase such leased premises.  The tenant has not entered into a subordination, non-disturbance and attornment agreement. Such right of first refusal may apply to a foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure as well as to subsequent transfers.
8	Watchfire (Loan No. 20)	The lease of the sole tenant at the Mortgaged Property, Watchfire Signs, LLC, prohibits transfer of the Mortgaged Property to any of 21 specified competitors of the tenant listed in the lease, or their affiliates; provided that such restriction will not apply to any sale of the Mortgaged Property to (whether through foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure) or by a mortgagee of the landlord or any sale that occurs during the continuance of an event of default by the tenant under the lease. However, such restriction would apply to subsequent transfers.
18	All MSMCH Mortgage Loans (Loan Nos. 6, 7, 16, 20, 23)	The Mortgage Loan documents may allow the Mortgagor to obtain insurance from an insurer that does not meet the required rating if it obtains a “cut through endorsement” from an insurance company that meets the required rating. The Mortgage Loan documents may also allow the Mortgagor to obtain insurance from an insurer that does not meet the required rating if a parent company that owns at least 51% of the insurer has the required rating and use of such insurance is approved by the rating agencies. The threshold for the

  Sch. C-1  

 

 

Rep. No. on Exhibit C	Mortgage Loan and Number as Identified on Exhibit A	Description of the Exception
		lender having the right to hold and disburse insurance proceeds may be based on 5% of the original principal amount rather than 5% of the outstanding principal amount. The Mortgage Loan documents may provide that the Mortgagor may obtain insurance that does not meet the requirements otherwise set forth in the Mortgage Loan documents, and may not meet the requirements of Representation 18, provided that approval of the Mortgagee or rating confirmation is obtained for such non-compliant insurance. In addition, all exceptions to Representation 31 set forth herein for all MSMCH Mortgage Loans are also exceptions to this Representation 18.
18	Cumberland Mall (Loan No. 7)	The threshold amount above which the lender has the right to hold and disburse insurance proceeds is $10,000,000, which is in excess of 5% of the principal amount of the Mortgage Loan at origination. The Mortgage Loan Documents permit (i) a property insurance deductible up to $500,000, except with respect to windstorm/named storm coverage and earthquake coverage, which may have a deductible of up to 5% of the total insurable value of the Mortgaged Property, and (ii) a liability insurance deductible of up to $500,000.
18	Heritage Plaza (Loan No. 16)	The Mortgage Loan documents permit (i) a property insurance deductible up to $250,000, except with respect to windstorm/named storm coverage and earthquake coverage, which may have a deductible of up to 5% of the total insurable value of the Mortgaged Property, (ii) a liability insurance deductible up to $250,000 and (iii) terrorism insurance deductible up to $1,000,000.
18	Watchfire (Loan No. 20)	The Mortgage Loan permits the borrower to rely on insurance obtained by the sole tenant provided that such insurance either (i) complies with the insurance provisions of the Mortgage Loan documents or (ii) is acceptable to the lender in its reasonable discretion (which acceptable insurance may not comply with Representation 18).
19	Cumberland Mall (Loan No. 7)	A portion of the Mortgaged Property is on a tax parcel separate from the remainder of the Mortgaged Property, which tax parcel includes other property owned by a governmental authority that is not collateral for the Mortgage Loan.
28	Cumberland Mall (Loan No. 7)	The Mortgage Loan Documents provide that the related Mortgagor and at least one individual or entity shall be fully liable for actual losses, liabilities, costs and damages arising from intentional misapplication or misappropriation of rents. Additionally, there is loss recourse, and not full recourse, for transfers of the Mortgaged Property or controlling equity interests in the Mortgagor made in violation of the Mortgage Loan documents.
28	Heritage Plaza (Loan No. 16)	With respect to clause (a)(iii) of Representation and Warranty No. 28, for so long as a controlled subsidiary of Brookfield Office Properties Inc., Brookfield Property Partners L.P., Brookfield Asset Management, Inc. or Brookfield

  Sch. C-2  

 

 

Rep. No. on Exhibit C	Mortgage Loan and Number as Identified on Exhibit A	Description of the Exception
		Corporation is the guarantor,  the Mortgage Loan documents only provide recourse for losses incurred by the lender (and not full recourse) for any voluntary transfers of either all or substantially all of the related Mortgaged Property, any transfer of all or substantially all of the direct or indirect equity interests in the related Mortgagor, or any change of control in the related Mortgagor made in violation of the related Mortgage Loan documents.
28	All MSMCH Mortgage Loans (Loan Nos. 6, 7, 16, 20, 23)	The environmental indemnity agreements or other Mortgage Loan documents may contain provisions to the effect that, if an environmental insurance policy reasonably acceptable to the lender is obtained with respect to the Mortgaged Property, the lender and other indemnified parties (or, if applicable, the indemnitors) are required to first make a claim under such environmental insurance policy, or to allow the environmental indemnitors to make such a claim, and may not make a claim against the environmental indemnitors, except to the extent that such environmental insurance policy does not cover the losses suffered and/or does not fully cover the costs of such losses or of any remediation or the lender or other indemnified parties have been unable to recover under such environmental insurance policy with respect to all or a portion of such costs or losses within a reasonable period of time despite good faith efforts to do so (or in certain cases, within a specified time period after the date the lender or other indemnified parties (or the indemnitors, if applicable) commenced efforts to collect such environmental losses). The Mortgage Loan documents may provide that there will not be recourse for voluntary transfers of either the Mortgaged Property or equity interests in Mortgagor made in violation of the Mortgage Loan documents to the extent of failure to comply with administrative requirements of notice and updated organizational charts for what would otherwise constitute permitted transfers.
29	Cumberland Mall (Loan No. 7)	The Mortgagors are permitted to obtain the release of (a) one or more parcels (including air rights parcels but excluding any anchor parcels) or outlots that are vacant, non-income producing and unimproved, or improved only by landscaping, surface parking areas or utility facilities that are not required for the use of the remaining property, or are readily relocatable or will continue to serve the Mortgaged Property, or (b) one or more parcels acquired after origination (including any anchor parcel acquired after origination), in each case without the payment or defeasance of a release price, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, including, but not limited to: (i) no event of default has occurred or is continuing, and (ii) the loan-to-value ratio immediately following the release is less than or equal to 125% (provided that the Mortgagors may partially prepay the Mortgage Loan to satisfy that condition without payment of a yield maintenance premium or any other prepayment premium). In addition, the Mortgagors are permitted to obtain the release of one or more portions of the Mortgaged Property (an “Exchange Parcel”) without the payment or defeasance of a release price in connection with the substitution of such portion of the Mortgaged Property with real property reasonably equivalent in value to the Exchange Parcel located at or adjacent to the shopping center in which the Exchange Parcel is located (an “Acquired Parcel”), provided that, among other conditions, (i) no event of default is

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Rep. No. on Exhibit C	Mortgage Loan and Number as Identified on Exhibit A	Description of the Exception
		continuing, (ii) the Exchange Parcel is vacant, non-income producing and unimproved or improved only by landscaping, surface parking areas, or utility facilities that are not required to serve the Mortgaged Property or are readily relocatable or will continue to serve the Mortgaged Property provided that this condition will not apply to any Exchange Parcel which was acquired after the origination of the Mortgage Loan, (iii) the Mortgagors deliver or cause to be delivered to the lender a copy of the deed or ground lease conveying to the applicable Mortgagor all right, title and fee or leasehold interest, as applicable, in and to the Acquired Parcel, and (iv) the loan-to-value ratio immediately after the substitution is less than or equal to 125% (provided that the Mortgagors may partially prepay the Mortgage Loan to satisfy that condition without payment of a yield maintenance premium or any other prepayment premium).
31	All MSMCH Mortgage Loans (Loan Nos. 6, 7, 16, 20, 23)	The Mortgage Loan documents may allow terrorism insurance to be obtained from an insurer that is rated at least investment grade (i.e. “BBB-”) by S&P and also rated at least “BBB-” by Fitch, and/or “Baa3” by Moody’s (if such rating agencies rate any securitization of such mortgage loans and also rate the insurer). In addition, with respect to terrorism insurance, the Mortgage Loan documents may provide for 12 months, rather than 18 months, of business interruption coverage, even if the Mortgage Loan is in excess of $50,000,000. In addition, the Mortgage Loan documents may provide that if TRIPRA or a similar statue is not in effect, the related Mortgagor will not be required to spend on the premium for terrorism insurance coverage more than two (2) times the premium then currently payable in respect of the property and business interruption/loss of rents insurance required under the Mortgage Loan documents (without giving effect to the cost of terrorism, earthquake, and in some cases, flood and/or windstorm components of such insurance at the time terrorism coverage is excluded from any insurance policy). All exceptions to Representation 18 set forth herein for all MSMCH Mortgage Loans are also exceptions to Representation 31.
33	Cumberland Mall (Loan No. 7)	The borrower is a recycled Single-Purpose Entity that previously owned certain other unimproved property adjacent to the Mortgaged Property that was subject to multiple condemnations.
40	All MSMCH Mortgage Loans (Loan Nos. 6, 7, 16, 20, 23)	With respect to any covenants under the related Mortgage Loan that require the Mortgagor to ensure a tenant or Mortgaged Property is operating or to enforce the terms of leases, such Mortgagor may be in default of one or more of such covenants due to closures mandated or recommended by governmental authorities and moratoriums imposed by governmental authorities on real estate remedies or due to the Mortgagor forbearing to enforce rent payment obligations on tenants failing to pay rent as a result of such closures.
42	Cumberland Mall (Loan No. 7)	The related Mortgagors are affiliates.
42	Heritage Plaza (Loan No. 16)	The related Mortgagors are affiliates.

 

 

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EXHIBIT D-1

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF THE SECRETARY OR
AN ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLER

MORGAN STANLEY MORTGAGE CAPITAL HOLDINGS LLC

ASSISTANT SECRETARY’S CERTIFICATE

I, [_____], an Assistant Secretary of Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC, a New York limited liability company (the “Mortgage Loan Seller”), HEREBY CERTIFY that:

1. Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a true and complete copy of the Articles of Organization of the Mortgage Loan Seller, which are in full force and effect on the date hereof.

2. Attached hereto as Exhibit B is a true and correct copy of the Operating Agreement of the Mortgage Loan Seller, which is in full force and effect on the date hereof.

3. Attached hereto as Exhibit C is a true and complete copy of resolutions relating to loan sales and securitizations duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Mortgage Loan Seller as of [DATE]. Such resolutions have not been modified, amended, rescinded or revoked and remain in full force and effect on the date hereof.

4. Each person who, as an officer or representative of the Mortgage Loan Seller, signed any document delivered in connection with the MSWF 2023-1 transaction was at the respective times of such signing and delivery, and is now, duly elected or appointed, qualified and acting as such officer or representative and the signatures of such persons appearing on such documents are their genuine signatures.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have signed this Certificate as of May 25, 2023.

Name:

Title:

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EXHIBIT D-2

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLER

CERTIFICATE OF MORTGAGE LOAN SELLER

In connection with the execution and delivery by Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC (“Morgan Stanley”) of the various transactions contemplated by that certain Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement dated and effective as of May 19, 2023 (the “Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement”) between Morgan Stanley, as seller, and Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as purchaser (the “Purchaser”), the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) except as set forth on Schedule C to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the representations and warranties of Morgan Stanley in or made pursuant to Section 4(a) and Section 4(b) of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement are true and correct in all material respects at and as of the date hereof with the same effect as if made on the date hereof, provided that any representations and warranties made as of a specified date shall be true and correct as of such specified date, (ii) Morgan Stanley has, in all material respects, complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part required under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the date hereof, and (iii) since the date of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, there will not have been, immediately prior to the transfer of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, any material adverse change in the financial condition of Morgan Stanley. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.

Certified this May 25, 2023.

MORGAN STANLEY MORTGAGE CAPITAL
HOLDINGS LLC
By:
	Name:
	Title:

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EXHIBIT E

FORM OF OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE OF
MORGAN STANLEY MORTGAGE CAPITAL HOLDINGS LLC

[_], 2023

Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc.
1585 Broadway
New York, New York 10036
Attention: Jane Lam

Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc.
1633 Broadway, 29th Floor
New York, New York 10019
Attention: Legal Compliance Division

cmbs_notices@morganstanley.com

With copies to the Addressees listed on Schedule A

Re: MSWF 2023-1– Officer’s Certificate Pursuant to Section 4(i) of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement

Reference is hereby made to that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023, and that certain Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated and effective as of May 19, 2023 (the “Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement”), between the undersigned (the “Mortgage Loan Seller”) and Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc. In accordance with Section 4(i) of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the Mortgage Loan Seller hereby certifies to the parties listed on Schedule A, as follows:

1. The Mortgage Loan Seller has delivered the Diligence File (as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) with respect to each Mortgage Loan to the Designated Site (as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement); and

2. Each Diligence File constitutes all documents required under the definition of “Diligence File” and such Diligence File is organized and categorized in accordance with the electronic file structure reasonably agreed to by the Depositor and Mortgage Loan Seller.

Capitalized terms used herein without definition have the meanings given them in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this diligence file certification to be executed by its duly authorized officer or representative, the [_] day of [_].

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Sincerely yours,
MORGAN STANLEY MORTGAGE
	CAPITAL HOLDINGS LLC
By:
	Name:
	Title:

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SCHEDULE A

LIST OF ADDRESSEES TO BE COPIED

GENERAL MASTER SERVICER:

Email: commercial.servicing@wellsfargo.com

GENERAL SPECIAL SERVICER:

Email: ahundertmark@argenticservices.com and jmayfield@argenticservices.com

CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR:

Email: CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com; trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com

TRUSTEE:

Email: CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com; trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com

DIRECTING CERTIFICATEHOLDER:

Email: jbrand@argenticmgmt.com

ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER:

Email: notices@pentalphasurveillance.com

OPERATING ADVISOR:

Email: notices@pentalphasurveillance.com

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EXHIBIT F

FORM OF LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

TO COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AND ARGENTIC SERVICES COMPANY LP WITH RESPECT TO MSWF COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE TRUST 2023-1, COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2023-1

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement dated and effective as of May 19, 2023 (the “Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement”), between Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC (“Seller”) and Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc. (“Depositor”), Seller is selling certain commercial, multifamily and/or manufactured housing community mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”) to Depositor;

WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between the Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as general master servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as general special servicer (the “General Special Servicer”), Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as certificate administrator, as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), as custodian (in such capacity, the “Custodian”), as certificate registrar, and as authenticating agent, the Trustee, the Custodian and the General Special Servicer are granted certain powers, responsibilities and authority in connection with the completion and the filing and recording of assignments of mortgage, deeds of trust or similar documents, Form UCC-3 assignments of financing statements, reassignments of assignments of leases, rents and profits and other Mortgage Loan documents required to be filed or recorded in appropriate public filing and recording offices;

WHEREAS, Seller has agreed to provide this Limited Power of Attorney pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement;

NOW, THEREFORE, Seller does hereby make, constitute and appoint the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee), acting solely in its capacity as Custodian under, and in accordance with the terms of, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, Seller’s true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact with respect to each Mortgage Loan in Seller’s name, place and stead: (i) to complete (to the extent necessary) and to cause to be submitted for filing or recording in the appropriate public filing or recording offices, all assignments of mortgage, deeds of trust or similar documents, assignments or reassignments of rents, leases and profits, in each case in favor of the Trustee, as set forth in the definition of “Mortgage File” in Section 1.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, that have been received by the Trustee or a Custodian on its behalf, and all Form UCC-3 assignments of financing statements and all other comparable instruments or documents with respect to the Mortgage Loans which are customarily and reasonably necessary or appropriate to assign agreements, documents and instruments pertaining to the Mortgage Loans, in each case in favor of the Trustee as set forth in the definition of “Mortgage File” in, and in accordance with Section 1.01 of, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and to evidence, provide notice of and

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perfect such assignments and conveyances in favor of the Trustee in the public records of the appropriate filing and recording offices; and (ii) to prepare, execute and file or record in the appropriate public filing or recording offices, as applicable, all other Mortgage Loan documents to be recorded under the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any such Mortgage Loan documents which have not been submitted for filing or recordation by Seller on or before the date hereof or which have been so submitted but are subsequently lost or returned unrecorded or unfiled as a result of actual or purported defects therein, in order to evidence, provide notice of and perfect such documents in the public records of the appropriate filing and recording offices. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Limited Power of Attorney shall grant to the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) and the General Special Servicer only such powers, responsibilities and authority as are set forth in Section 2 of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.

Seller does also hereby make, constitute and appoint the General Special Servicer, acting solely in its capacity as General Special Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, Seller’s true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact with respect to the Mortgage Loans in Seller’s name, place and stead solely to exercise and perform all of the rights, authority and powers of the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) as set forth in the preceding paragraph in the event of the failure or the incapacity of the Custodian to do so for any reason. As between the General Special Servicer and any third party, no evidence of the failure or incapacity of the Custodian shall be required and such third party may rely upon the General Special Servicer’s written statement that it is acting pursuant to the terms of this Limited Power of Attorney.

The enumeration of particular powers herein is not intended in any way to limit the grant to the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) or the General Special Servicer as Seller’s attorney-in-fact of full power and authority with respect to the Mortgage Loans to complete (to the extent necessary), file and record any documents, instruments or other writings referred to above as fully, to all intents and purposes, as Seller might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming whatsoever such attorney-in-fact shall and may do by virtue hereof; and Seller agrees and represents to those dealing with such attorney-in-fact that they may rely upon this Limited Power of Attorney until termination thereof under the provisions of the second following paragraph below. As between Seller, the Depositor, the General Special Servicer, the Custodian, the Trust and the Certificateholders, neither the Custodian nor the General Special Servicer may exercise any right, authority or power granted by this Limited Power of Attorney in a manner which would violate the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, but any and all third parties dealing with the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) or the General Special Servicer as Seller’s attorney-in-fact may rely completely, unconditionally and conclusively on the authority of the Custodian or the General Special Servicer, as applicable, and need not make any inquiry about whether the Custodian or the General Special Servicer is acting pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Any purchaser, title insurance company or other third party may rely upon a written statement by the Custodian or the General Special Servicer that any particular Mortgage Loan or related mortgaged real property in question is subject to and included under this Limited Power of Attorney and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Any act or thing lawfully done hereunder by the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) or the General Special Servicer shall be binding on Seller and Seller’s successors and assigns.

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This Limited Power of Attorney shall continue in full force and effect with respect to the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) and the General Special Servicer, as applicable, until the earliest occurrence of any of the following events:

(1) with respect to the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee), the termination of the Custodian and its replacement with a successor Custodian under the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement;

(2) with respect to the General Special Servicer, the termination of such entity and its replacement with a successor General Special Servicer under the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement;

(3) with respect to the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee), the appointment of a receiver or conservator with respect to the business of the Custodian, or the filing of a voluntary or involuntary petition in bankruptcy by or against the Custodian;

(4) with respect to the General Special Servicer, the appointment of a receiver or conservator with respect to the business of such entity, or the filing of a voluntary or involuntary petition in bankruptcy by or against such entity;

(5) with respect to each of the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) and the General Special Servicer and any Mortgage Loan, such Mortgage Loan is no longer a part of the Trust;

(6) with respect to each of the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) and the General Special Servicer, the termination of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in accordance with its terms; and

(7) with respect to the General Special Servicer, the occurrence and continuance of, or failure to cure, any of the events described under Section 7.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the General Special Servicer.

Nothing herein shall be deemed to amend or modify the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the respective rights, duties or obligations of Seller under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, and nothing herein shall constitute a waiver of any rights or remedies under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or, if not defined therein, then in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

THIS POWER OF ATTORNEY AND THE RIGHTS, DUTIES, OBLIGATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS AND DECISIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THE PARTIES HERETO INTEND THAT THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW SHALL APPLY TO THIS AGREEMENT.

[Signature on next page]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Seller has caused this instrument to be executed and its corporate seal to be affixed hereto by its officer duly authorized as of _______________, 2023.

MORGAN STANLEY MORTGAGE
	CAPITAL HOLDINGS LLC
By:
	Name:
	Title:

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

STATE OF	)
	)ss:
COUNTY OF	)

On this ____ day of _____________ 20__, before me appeared __________________, to me personally known, who, being by me duly sworn did say that he/she is the ___________________ of Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC, and that the seal affixed to the foregoing instrument is the corporate seal of said entity, and that said instrument was signed and sealed in behalf of said entity by authority of its board of directors (or equivalent authorizing parties), and said ___________________ acknowledged said instrument to be the free act and deed of said entity.

	Name:
		Notary Public in and for said County and State
My Commission Expires:

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EX-99.4

Exhibit 99.4

EXECUTION VERSION

MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”), is dated and effective as of May 19, 2023, between Starwood Mortgage Capital LLC, as seller (in such capacity, together with its successors and permitted assigns hereunder, the “Mortgage Loan Seller” or “Seller”), and Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as purchaser (in such capacity, together with its successors and permitted assigns hereunder, the “Purchaser”).

RECITALS

The Mortgage Loan Seller desires to sell, assign, transfer, set over and otherwise convey to the Purchaser, without recourse, representation or warranty, other than as set forth herein, and the Purchaser desires to purchase, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the commercial, multifamily and/or manufactured housing community mortgage loans (collectively, the “Mortgage Loans”) identified on the schedule annexed hereto as Exhibit A (as such schedule may be amended from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof, the “Mortgage Loan Schedule”).

The Purchaser intends to create a trust (the “Trust”), the primary assets of which will be a segregated pool of commercial, multifamily and/or manufactured housing community mortgage loans, that includes the Mortgage Loans. Beneficial ownership of the assets of the Trust (such assets collectively, the “Trust Fund”) will be evidenced by a series of mortgage pass-through certificates (the “Certificates”). Certain classes of the Certificates will be rated by nationally recognized statistical rating organizations (the “Rating Agencies”). Certain classes of Certificates (the “Registered Certificates”) will be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and certain classes of Certificates (the “Non-Registered Certificates”) will not be registered under the Securities Act. The Trust will be created and the Certificates will be issued pursuant to a pooling and servicing agreement to be dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as depositor (the “Depositor”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as general master servicer (the “General Master Servicer”), Argentic Services Company LP, as general special servicer (the “General Special Servicer”), Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as operating advisor (in such capacity, the “Operating Advisor”) and as asset representations reviewer (in such capacity, the “Asset Representations Reviewer”), and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), as tax administrator and as custodian (in such capacity, the “Custodian”). Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as in full force and effect on the Closing Date (as defined in Section 1 hereof) (except with respect to the definition of “Servicing File,” which for purposes of this Agreement shall not include the documents described in clause (b) in the definition of such term in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement). Any reference to a provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as in full force and effect on the Closing Date. It is anticipated that the Purchaser will transfer the Mortgage Loans to the Trustee on behalf of the Trust contemporaneously with its purchase of the Mortgage Loans hereunder.

The Purchaser intends to sell the Registered Certificates to Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (“MS&Co.”), Wells Fargo Securities, LLC (“WFS”) and Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC

     

 

(“Siebert Williams Shank”, and together with MS&Co. and WFS, collectively in such capacities, the “Underwriters”) pursuant to an underwriting agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “Underwriting Agreement”), between the Purchaser, Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC and the Underwriters. The Purchaser intends to sell the Non-Registered Certificates to MS&Co., WFS and Siebert Williams Shank (collectively in such capacities, the “Initial Purchasers”) pursuant to a certificate purchase agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “Certificate Purchase Agreement”), between the Purchaser, Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC and the Initial Purchasers. The Certificates are more fully described in (a) that certain prospectus dated May 23, 2023 (together with all annexes and exhibits thereto and information incorporated therein by reference as of the date of filing thereof, the “Prospectus”), relating to the Registered Certificates and (b) that certain private placement memorandum, dated May 23, 2023 (together with all annexes and exhibits thereto, the “Private Placement Memorandum”), relating to the Non-Registered Certificates, as each may be amended or supplemented at any time hereafter.

The Mortgage Loan Seller will indemnify the Depositor, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers and certain related parties with respect to certain disclosure regarding the Mortgage Loans that is contained in (a) that certain preliminary prospectus, dated May 11, 2023, relating to the Registered Certificates (together with all annexes and exhibits thereto and information incorporated therein by reference as of the last Time of Sale (as defined in the Indemnification Agreement), the “Preliminary Prospectus”), (b) that certain preliminary private placement memorandum, dated May 11, 2023, relating to the Non-Registered Certificates (together with all annexes and exhibits thereto, the “Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum”), (c) the Prospectus, (d) the Private Placement Memorandum and (e) certain other disclosure documents and offering materials relating to the Certificates, pursuant to an indemnification agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “Indemnification Agreement”), between the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Depositor, the Underwriters and the Initial Purchasers.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements set forth herein, the parties agree as follows:

Section 1.                Agreement to Purchase. The Mortgage Loan Seller agrees to sell, assign, transfer, set over and otherwise convey to the Purchaser, without recourse, representation or warranty, other than as set forth herein, and the Purchaser agrees to purchase from the Mortgage Loan Seller, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Mortgage Loans. The purchase and sale of the Mortgage Loans shall take place on May 25, 2023 or such other date as shall be mutually acceptable to the parties hereto (the “Closing Date”). As of the Cut-off Date, the Mortgage Loans will have an aggregate principal balance, after application of all payments of principal due on the Mortgage Loans, if any, on or before such date, whether or not received, of  $70,298,992. The purchase price for the Mortgage Loans shall be an amount set forth on the cross receipt between the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser dated the Closing Date (which price reflects no deduction for any transaction expenses for which the Mortgage Loan Seller is responsible). The Purchaser shall pay such purchase price to the Mortgage Loan Seller on the Closing Date by wire transfer in immediately available funds or by such other method as shall be mutually acceptable to the parties hereto.

Section 2.                Conveyance of the Mortgage Loans. (a) Effective as of the Closing Date, subject only to receipt of the purchase price referred to in Section 1 hereof and the

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satisfaction of the other conditions to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s obligations set forth herein, the Mortgage Loan Seller does hereby sell, assign, transfer, set over and otherwise convey to the Purchaser, without recourse, representation or warranty, other than as set forth herein, all of the right, title and interest of the Mortgage Loan Seller in, to and under the Mortgage Loans and all documents included in the related Mortgage Files and Servicing Files, with the understanding that a servicing rights purchase and sale agreement or comparable agreement may be executed by the Mortgage Loan Seller and the General Master Servicer. Such assignment includes all scheduled payments of principal and interest under and proceeds of the Mortgage Loans received after their respective Cut-off Dates (other than scheduled payments of interest and principal due on or before their respective Cut-off Dates, which shall belong and be promptly remitted to the Mortgage Loan Seller) together with all documents delivered or caused to be delivered hereunder with respect to such Mortgage Loans by the Mortgage Loan Seller (including all documents included in the related Mortgage Files and Servicing Files and any other documents required to be delivered by the Mortgage Loan Seller under Sections 2.01(b) and (c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement). The Purchaser shall be entitled to receive all scheduled payments of principal and interest due on the Mortgage Loans after their respective Cut-off Dates, and all other recoveries of principal and interest collected thereon after their respective Cut-off Dates (other than scheduled payments of principal and interest due on the Mortgage Loans on or before their respective Cut-off Dates and collected after such respective Cut-off Dates or, in the case of Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans (if any), due on or prior to the related date of substitution and collected after such date, in each case, which shall belong to the Mortgage Loan Seller), except any Seller Defeasance Rights and Obligations.

After the Mortgage Loan Seller’s transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser, as provided herein, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall not take any action inconsistent with the Purchaser’s ownership of the Mortgage Loans. Except for actions that are the express responsibility of another party hereunder or under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and further except for actions that the Mortgage Loan Seller is expressly permitted to complete subsequent to the Closing Date, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall, on or before the Closing Date, take all actions required under applicable law to effectuate the transfer of the Mortgage Loans by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Purchaser.

It is expressly agreed and understood that, notwithstanding the assignment of the Mortgage Loan documents, it is expressly intended that the Mortgage Loan Seller will receive the benefit of any securitization indemnification provisions in the Mortgage Loan documents.

(b)               The conveyance of the Mortgage Loans and the related rights and property accomplished hereby is intended by the parties hereto to constitute a sale by the Mortgage Loan Seller of all the Mortgage Loan Seller’s right, title and interest in and to such Mortgage Loans and such other related rights and property by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Purchaser. Furthermore, it is not intended that such conveyance be a pledge of security for a loan. If such conveyance is determined to be a pledge of security for a loan, however, then: (i) this Agreement shall constitute a security agreement under applicable law; (ii) the Mortgage Loan Seller shall be deemed to have granted to the Purchaser, and in any event, the Mortgage Loan Seller hereby grants to the Purchaser, a first priority security interest in all of the Mortgage Loan Seller’s right, title and interest, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in and to (1) the Mortgage Loans, (2) all documents included in the related Mortgage Files and Servicing Files, (3) all scheduled payments

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of principal and interest due on the Mortgage Loans after their respective Cut-off Dates, and (4) all other recoveries of principal and interest collected thereon after their respective Cut-off Dates (other than scheduled payments of principal and interest due on the Mortgage Loans on or before their respective Cut-off Dates and collected after such respective Cut-off Dates or, in the case of Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans (if any), due on or prior to the related date of substitution and collected after such date); (iii) the assignment by the Purchaser to the Trustee of its interests in the Mortgage Loans as contemplated by Section 16 hereof shall be deemed to be an assignment of any security interest created hereunder; (iv) the possession by the Purchaser (or the Custodian) of the Mortgage Notes with respect to the Mortgage Loans subject hereto from time to time and such other items of property as constitute instruments, money, negotiable documents or chattel paper shall be deemed to be “possession by the secured party” or possession by a purchaser or person designated by such secured party for the purpose of perfecting such security interest under applicable law; and (v) notifications to, and acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from, Persons holding such property, shall be deemed to be notifications to, or acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from, securities intermediaries, bailees or agents (as applicable) of the Purchaser for the purpose of perfecting such security interest under applicable law. The Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser shall, to the extent consistent with this Agreement, take such actions as may be reasonably necessary to ensure that, if this Agreement were deemed to create a security interest in the Mortgage Loans, such security interest would be a perfected security interest of first priority under applicable law and will be maintained as such throughout the term of this Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

(c)               In connection with the Mortgage Loan Seller’s assignment pursuant to Section 2(a) above, the Mortgage Loan Seller, at its expense, shall deliver to and deposit with, or cause to be delivered to and deposited with, the Custodian, (x) on or before the Closing Date, the Mortgage Note relating to each Mortgage Loan so assigned, endorsed to the Trustee or in blank as specified in clause (i) of the definition of “Mortgage File” in Section 1.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (or, alternatively, if the original executed Mortgage Note has been lost, a lost note affidavit and indemnity with a copy of such Mortgage Note as specified in clause (i) of the definition of “Mortgage File”) and (y) on or before the date that is forty-five (45) days following the Closing Date (or such later date as may be provided under Sections 2.01(b) or (c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to any item), the remainder of the Mortgage File for each Mortgage Loan and, except in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Non-Serviced Whole Loan as of the Closing Date (which delivery shall be subject to clauses (e) and (f) in the proviso of the definition of “Mortgage File”), any other items required to be delivered or deposited by the Mortgage Loan Seller under Sections 2.01(b) and (c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (other than amounts from reserve accounts and originals of letters of credit, which shall be transferred to the General Master Servicer) for each Mortgage Loan, and shall take such other actions and pay such costs with respect to the Mortgage Loans as may be required under Sections 2.01(b) and (c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, with respect to any Joint Mortgage Loan, the obligations of each of the Mortgage Loan Seller and any other Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to such Joint Mortgage Loan (an “Other Mortgage Loan Seller”) to deliver a Mortgage Note to the Custodian shall be limited to delivery of only the Mortgage Note(s) held by such party to the Custodian. With respect to any Joint Mortgage Loan, the obligations of the Mortgage Loan Seller and any Other Mortgage Loan Seller to deliver the remaining portion of the

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related Mortgage File or any document required to be delivered with respect thereto shall be joint and several, provided that either of the Mortgage Loan Seller or any Other Mortgage Loan Seller may deliver one Mortgage File or one of any other document required to be delivered with respect to such Joint Mortgage Loan hereunder, and such delivery shall satisfy such delivery requirements for the Mortgage Loan Seller and each such Other Mortgage Loan Seller.

In addition, on or prior to the fifth (5th) Business Day after the Closing Date, the Mortgage Loan Seller, at its expense, shall deliver to the Custodian five (5) limited powers of attorney substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F in favor of the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) and the General Special Servicer to empower the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) and, in the event of the failure or incapacity of the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee), the General Special Servicer, to sign and/or deliver to a third party for submission, or to cause the Custodian to sign and/or deliver to a third party for submission, at the expense of the Mortgage Loan Seller, any Mortgage Loan documents required to be recorded as described in Section 2.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and any intervening assignments with evidence of recording thereon that are required to be included in the Mortgage Files (so long as original counterparts have previously been delivered to the Trustee (or the Custodian on its behalf)). The Mortgage Loan Seller agrees to reasonably cooperate with the Custodian, the Trustee and the General Special Servicer in connection with any additional powers of attorney or revisions thereto that are requested by such parties for purposes of such recordation. The parties hereto agree that no such power of attorney shall be used with respect to any Mortgage Loan by or under authorization by any party hereto except to the extent that the absence of a document described in the second preceding sentence with respect to such Mortgage Loan remains unremedied as of the earlier of (i) the date that is one hundred eighty (180) days following the delivery of notice of such absence to the Mortgage Loan Seller, but in no event earlier than eighteen (18) months from the Closing Date, and (ii) the date (if any) on which such Mortgage Loan becomes a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan. The Custodian or the General Special Servicer, as applicable, shall submit such documents for recording, at the Mortgage Loan Seller’s expense, after the periods set forth above, provided, the Custodian or the General Special Servicer, as applicable, shall not submit such assignments for recording if the Mortgage Loan Seller produces evidence that it or a third-party on its behalf has sent any such assignment for recording and certifies that the Mortgage Loan Seller is awaiting its return from the applicable recording office.

(d)               In accordance with Section 2.01(b) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, with respect to the delivery of a letter of credit in the manner described in clause (A) of clause (xii) of the definition of “Mortgage File”, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall be deemed to have satisfied the delivery requirements of this Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by delivering to the Custodian within ten (10) Business Days following the Closing Date with respect to any such letter(s) of credit a copy of such letter of credit, the transfer documentation and such transmittal communication to the issuing bank indicating that such document has been delivered to the issuing bank for reissuance. If a letter of credit is not in a form that would allow the General Master Servicer to draw on such letter of credit on behalf of the Trust in accordance with the applicable terms thereof and/or of the related Mortgage Loan documents, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall deliver copies of the appropriate transfer or assignment documents to the Custodian promptly following receipt of written notification thereof. If not otherwise paid by the related Mortgagor, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall pay any transfer fee required in order to transfer the beneficiary’s interest from such Mortgage Loan Seller to the General Master Servicer

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on behalf of the Trust as required hereunder and shall cooperate with the reasonable requests of the General Master Servicer in connection with effectuating a draw under any such letter of credit prior to the date such letter of credit is reissued to the General Master Servicer on behalf of the Trust.

With respect to letters of credit delivered in accordance with subclause (B) of clause (xii) of the definition of “Mortgage File”, within sixty (60) days of the Closing Date or such shorter period as is required by the terms of such letter of credit or other applicable Mortgage Loan documents, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall notify the bank issuing the letter of credit that the General Master Servicer on behalf of the Trustee shall be the beneficiary under such letter of credit. Section 3.01(f) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement requires the General Master Servicer to present such letter of credit and the related assignment documentation delivered by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the letter of credit bank issuing such letter of credit and request that such letter of credit bank reissue the letter of credit in the name of “Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as General Master Servicer, on behalf of Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of registered holders of MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1”. Section 3.01(f) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement further requires the General Master Servicer to use reasonable efforts to obtain such reissued letter of credit back from the issuing letter of credit bank within sixty (60) days (and in any event within ninety (90) days) following the Closing Date. The Mortgage Loan Seller shall provide such reasonable cooperation as requested by the General Master Servicer, including without limitation by delivering such additional assignment or amendment documents required by the issuing bank in order to reissue a letter of credit as provided above.

(e)               [Reserved.]

(f)                In connection with the Mortgage Loan Seller’s assignment pursuant to Section 2(a) above, the Mortgage Loan Seller, at its expense, shall deliver to and deposit with, or cause to be delivered to and deposited with, or make available or cause to be made available to, the General Master Servicer in accordance with Section 2.01(d) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the following items: (i) within the timeframe for delivery set forth in Section 2.01(d) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, a copy of the Mortgage File for each Mortgage Loan (except that copies of any instruments of assignment that are returned or delivered, as applicable, to the Custodian by the related public recording office in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be delivered by the Custodian to the General Master Servicer) and (ii) within the timeframe for delivery set forth in Section 2.01(d) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and except in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Non-Serviced Whole Loan, originals or copies of all financial statements, operating statements, appraisals, environmental reports, engineering reports, Insurance Policies, certificates, guaranty/indemnity agreements, property inspection reports, escrow analysis, tax bills, third-party management agreements, asset summary and financial information on the borrower/sponsor and any guarantor, in each case relating to the origination and servicing of any Mortgage Loan or related Serviced Whole Loan that are reasonably necessary for the ongoing administration and/or servicing of the applicable Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan in the possession or under the control of the Mortgage Loan Seller that relate to the Mortgage Loans or related Serviced Whole Loan(s) (provided that the Mortgage Loan Seller shall not be required to deliver any internal communications (including such communications between the Mortgage Loan Seller and its

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Affiliates) or underwriting analysis (including documents prepared by the Mortgage Loan Seller or any of its Affiliates for such purposes), draft documents or any documents or materials prepared by it or its Affiliates for internal uses, attorney client communications that are privileged communications or constitute legal or other due diligence analyses or credit underwriting or due diligence analyses or data). In addition, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall, in accordance with Section 2.01(f) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, deliver to, and deposit with, or cause to be delivered to, and deposited with, the General Master Servicer, within three (3) Business Days after the Closing Date, all unapplied reserve funds and Escrow Payments in the possession or under the control of the Mortgage Loan Seller that relate to the Mortgage Loans (other than any Non-Serviced Whole Loans). In addition, not later than the Closing Date, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall provide to the General Master Servicer the initial data with respect to each Mortgage Loan that is necessary for the preparation of the initial CREFC^® Financial File and CREFC^® Loan Periodic Update File required to be delivered by the General Master Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

(g)               Under generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) and for federal income tax purposes, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall report its transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser, as provided herein, as a sale of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser in exchange for the consideration specified in Section 1 hereof. In connection with the foregoing, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall cause all of its records to reflect such transfer as a sale (as opposed to a secured loan) and to reflect that the Mortgage Loans are no longer property of the Mortgage Loan Seller. In no event shall the Mortgage Loan Seller take any action that is inconsistent with the Trust’s ownership of each Mortgage Loan following the Closing Date.

(h)               The Mortgage Loan Schedule, as it may be amended from time to time, shall conform to the requirements set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (except with respect to the Administrative Fee Rate). The Mortgage Loan Seller shall, within fifteen (15) days of its discovery or receipt of notice of any error on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, amend such Mortgage Loan Schedule and deliver to the Purchaser or the Trustee, as the case may be, an amended Mortgage Loan Schedule; provided that this sentence shall not be construed to relieve the Mortgage Loan Seller of any liability for any related Breach or to shorten the period available to the Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to the cure, repurchase or substitution provisions with respect to a Material Defect set forth in Section 5.

(i)                 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Purchaser and the Mortgage Loan Seller hereby acknowledge and agree that with respect to each Mortgage Loan subject to defeasance, the Mortgage Loan Seller has retained the right of the lender under the Mortgage Loan documents to receive a percentage of the economic benefit associated with the ownership of the successor borrower, to designate and establish the successor borrower and to purchase (or cause the purchase on behalf of the related borrower of) the related defeasance collateral, in each case if there is a defeasance of such Mortgage Loan (“Seller Defeasance Rights and Obligations”). The Purchaser shall cause the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to provide that: (i) if the General Master Servicer receives notice of a defeasance request with respect to a Mortgage Loan subject to defeasance, then the General Master Servicer shall provide upon receipt of such notice, written notice of such defeasance request to the Mortgage Loan Seller or its assignee; and (ii) until such time as the Mortgage Loan Seller provides written notice to the contrary, notice of a defeasance of a Mortgage

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Loan with Seller Defeasance Rights and Obligations shall be delivered to the Mortgage Loan Seller pursuant to the notice provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Section 3.                Examination of Mortgage Loan Files and Due Diligence Review. The Mortgage Loan Seller shall reasonably cooperate with any examination of the Mortgage Files for, and any other documents and records relating to, the Mortgage Loans, that may be undertaken by or on behalf of the Purchaser on or before the Closing Date. The fact that the Purchaser has conducted or has failed to conduct any partial or complete examination of any of the Mortgage Files for, and/or any of such other documents and records relating to, the Mortgage Loans, shall not affect the Purchaser’s right to pursue any remedy available in equity or at law for a breach of the Mortgage Loan Seller’s representations and warranties made pursuant to Section 4, except as expressly set forth in Section 5.

Section 4.                Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser. (a) The Mortgage Loan Seller hereby makes, as of the date hereof (and, in connection with any replacement of a Defective Loan (as defined in Section 4(f) hereof) with one or more Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans (also as defined in Section 4(f) hereof), pursuant to Section 5(a) hereof, as of the related date of substitution), to and for the benefit of the Purchaser, each of the representations and warranties set forth in Exhibit B-1. The Purchaser hereby makes, as of the date hereof, to and for the benefit of the Mortgage Loan Seller, each of the representations and warranties set forth in Exhibit B-2.

(b)               The Mortgage Loan Seller hereby makes, as of the date hereof (or as of such other date specifically provided in the particular representation or warranty), to and for the benefit of the Purchaser, each of the representations and warranties set forth in Exhibit C, subject to the exceptions set forth in Schedule C. The Mortgage Loan Seller is also referred to herein as the “Responsible Repurchase Party”.

(c)               The Mortgage Loan Seller hereby represents and warrants, as of the date hereof, to and for the benefit of the Purchaser only, that the Mortgage Loan Seller has not dealt with any broker, investment banker, agent or other person (other than the Depositor or an affiliate thereof, the Underwriters and the Initial Purchasers) who may be entitled to any commission or compensation in connection with the sale to the Purchaser of the Mortgage Loans.

(d)               The Mortgage Loan Seller hereby represents and warrants that, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgage Loan Seller’s role as “originator” (or the role of any third party as “originator” of any Mortgage Loan for which the Mortgage Loan Seller was not the originator) and “sponsor” in connection with the issuance of the Registered Certificates, the information regarding the Mortgage Loans, the related Mortgagors, the related Mortgaged Properties and/or the Mortgage Loan Seller contained in each of the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus complies in all material respects with the applicable disclosure requirements of Regulation AB as in effect on the date hereof and for which compliance is required as of the date hereof. As used herein, “Regulation AB” means Subpart 229.1100 – Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R. §§229.1100-229.1125, as such rules may be amended from time to time, and subject to such clarification and interpretation as have been or may hereafter be from time to time provided by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) or by the staff of the Commission, in each case as effective from time to time as of the compliance dates specified therein.

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(e)               With respect to each Servicing Function Participant that services a Mortgage Loan as of the Closing Date, the Mortgage Loan Seller either (i) represents and warrants that as of the date hereof such Servicing Function Participant is expected to be an Initial Sub-Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (ii) (A) represents and warrants that it has caused each such Servicing Function Participant to be required to comply, as evidenced by written documentation between each such Servicing Function Participant and the Mortgage Loan Seller, with all reporting requirements set forth in Article XI of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (including but not limited to the indemnification of each Certification Party from and against any and all claims, losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and expenses and related costs, judgments and any other costs, fees and expenses incurred by such Certification Party arising out of the delivery of any Deficient Exchange Act Deliverable) applicable to such Servicing Function Participant for the Mortgage Loans and (B) covenants with the Purchaser that, for so long as the Trust is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, it shall cause each Servicing Function Participant that services a Mortgage Loan as of the Closing Date to comply with all reporting requirements set forth therein.

(f)                The Responsible Repurchase Party hereby agrees that it shall be deemed to make to and for the benefit of the Purchaser, as of the date of any substitution, with respect to any replacement Mortgage Loan (a “Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan”) that is substituted for a Defective Loan by the Responsible Repurchase Party pursuant to Section 5(a) of this Agreement, each of the representations and warranties set forth in Exhibit C to this Agreement. For purposes of the representations and warranties set forth in Exhibit C, representations and warranties made as of the Closing Date or as of the Cut-off Date shall, in the case of a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, be made as of the date of substitution. From and after the date of substitution, each Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, if any, shall be deemed to constitute a “Mortgage Loan” hereunder for all purposes. A “Defective Loan” is any Mortgage Loan as to which there is an unremedied Material Defect.

(g)               Except for (x) the agreed-upon procedures report obtained from the accounting firm engaged to perform procedures involving a comparison of information in loan files for the Mortgage Loans to information in a data file relating to the Mortgage Loans and (y) the agreed-upon procedures report obtained from the accounting firm engaged to perform procedures involving a comparison of underwriting information in loan files for the Mortgage Loans to underwriting information in a data file relating to the Mortgage Loans (such reports, collectively, the “Accountants’ Due Diligence Reports”), the Mortgage Loan Seller has not obtained (and, through and including the Closing Date, will not obtain without the consent of the Purchaser) any “third party due diligence report” (as defined in Rule 15Ga-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) (“Rule 15Ga-2”)) in connection with the securitization transaction contemplated herein and in the Prospectus and Private Placement Memorandum and, except for the accounting firms engaged with respect to the Accountants’ Due Diligence Reports, the Mortgage Loan Seller has not employed (and, through and including the Closing Date, will not employ without the consent of the Purchaser) any third party to engage in any activity that constitutes “due diligence services” within the meaning of Rule 17g-10 under the Exchange Act in connection with the transactions contemplated herein and in the Prospectus and Private Placement Memorandum. The Underwriters and Initial Purchasers are third-party beneficiaries of the provisions set forth in this Section 4(g).

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(h)               Within sixty (60) days after the Closing Date, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall deliver or cause to be delivered an electronic copy of the Diligence File for each Mortgage Loan to the Depositor by uploading such Diligence File (including, if applicable, any additional documents that the Mortgage Loan Seller believes should be included to enable the Asset Representations Reviewer to perform an Asset Review on such Mortgage Loan; provided that such documents are clearly labeled and identified) to the Designated Site, each such Diligence File being organized and categorized in accordance with the electronic file structure reasonably agreed to by the Depositor and the Mortgage Loan Seller.

(i)                 Within sixty (60) days after the Closing Date, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall provide the Depositor a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit E (which may be sent by email to cmbs_notices@morganstanley.com).

(j)                 If, as part of an Asset Review of a Mortgage Loan, the Asset Representations Reviewer determines it is missing any document that is required to be part of the Review Materials for such Mortgage Loan and that is necessary in connection with its completion of the Asset Review, then, upon written request of the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall provide to the Asset Representations Reviewer, within ten (10) Business Days of receipt of such written request, any such document; provided, that the Mortgage Loan Seller shall be required to deliver such missing document only to the extent that such document is in the possession of the Mortgage Loan Seller, but in any event excluding any documents that contain information that is proprietary to the related originator or the Mortgage Loan Seller or any draft documents or privileged or internal communications.

(k)               Upon the completion of an Asset Review with respect to each Mortgage Loan in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and receipt of a written invoice from the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall pay the Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee for the Mortgage Loans subject to that Asset Review (or, with respect to any Joint Mortgage Loan, a fee equal to the Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee for the entire Joint Mortgage Loan, multiplied by the Mortgage Loan Seller’s Mortgage Loan Seller Percentage Interest) within sixty (60) days of such written invoice by the Asset Representations Reviewer; provided, that if any fees payable pursuant to this Section 4(k) are paid by the Trust pursuant to Section 12.02(b) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall reimburse the Trust for the amount of any such fees (or, with respect to any Joint Mortgage Loan, for its Mortgage Loan Seller Percentage Interest of the amount of such fees).

(l)                 The Mortgage Loan Seller acknowledges and agrees that in the event an Enforcing Party elects a dispute resolution method pursuant to Section 2.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall abide by the selected dispute resolution method and otherwise comply with the terms and provisions set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (including the exhibits thereto) related to such dispute resolution method.

(m)             The Mortgage Loan Seller shall indemnify and hold harmless the Purchaser against any and all expenses, losses, claims, damages and other liabilities, including without limitation the costs of investigation, legal defense and any amounts paid in settlement of any claim or litigation arising out of or based upon any failure by the Mortgage Loan Seller to (A) pay the fees described under Section 4(k) above within sixty (60) days of written invoice by the Asset

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Representations Reviewer or (B) within sixty (60) days of the Closing Date (or such later date specified herein or in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), provide all documents required to be delivered by it pursuant to Section 4(h) of this Agreement.

(n)               The Mortgage Loan Seller covenants with the Purchaser that if, on or prior to the later of (i) the ninetieth (90^th) day following the Closing Date and (ii) the date upon which all Certificates have been sold to parties unaffiliated with the Depositor, as a result of the occurrence of any event that occurred prior to the Closing Date with respect to the Mortgage Loans or the Mortgage Loan Seller (and the Mortgage Loan Seller hereby covenants to promptly notify the Depositor, the Underwriters and the Initial Purchasers of the occurrence of any such event to the extent it has knowledge thereof), an amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or Private Placement Memorandum, including Annexes A-1, A-2 and A-3 of the Prospectus, with respect to any information regarding the Mortgage Loans or the Mortgage Loan Seller, is necessary to be delivered in connection with sales of the Certificates by the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers or a dealer, in order to correct any untrue statement of a material fact or any omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein (solely in the case of the Prospectus) or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances when the Prospectus or Private Placement Memorandum is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or an amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or Private Placement Memorandum, including Annexes A-1, A-2 and A-3 of the Prospectus, with respect to any information regarding the Mortgage Loans or the Mortgage Loan Seller, is necessary to comply with applicable law, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall do all things necessary (or, with respect to information relating to the Mortgage Loans, provide all information in its possession) to assist the Depositor to prepare and furnish, at the expense of the Mortgage Loan Seller (to the extent that such amendment or supplement relates to the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Mortgage Loans and/or any information describing the same, as provided by the Mortgage Loan Seller), to the Underwriters and Initial Purchasers such amendments or supplements to the Prospectus or Private Placement Memorandum as may be necessary, so that the statements in the Prospectus or Private Placement Memorandum as so amended or supplemented, including Annexes A-1, A-2 and A-3 of the Prospectus, with respect to any information regarding the Mortgage Loans or the Mortgage Loan Seller, will not so contain an untrue statement of material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein (solely in the case of the Prospectus) or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances when the Prospectus or Private Placement Memorandum is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or so that the Prospectus or Private Placement Memorandum (as so annexed or supplemented), including Annexes A-1, A-2 and A-3 of the Prospectus, with respect to any information regarding the Mortgage Loans or the Mortgage Loan Seller, will not so fail to comply with applicable law. All terms used in this Section 4(n) and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Indemnification Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall have no affirmative obligation to monitor the performance of the Mortgage Loans or any changes in condition or circumstance of any Mortgaged Property, Mortgagor, guarantor or any of their Affiliates after the Closing Date in connection with its obligations under this Section 4(n). The Underwriters and Initial Purchasers are third-party beneficiaries of the provisions set forth in this Section 4(n).

Section 5.                Notice of Breach; Cure, Repurchase and Substitution. (a) The Mortgage Loan Seller shall, not later than ninety (90) days after (i) except in the case of the succeeding clause (ii), the Mortgage Loan Seller’s receipt of notice of or, if earlier, the Mortgage

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Loan Seller’s discovery of, a Material Defect or (ii) in the case of a Material Defect relating to a Mortgage Loan not being a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, but without regard to the rule of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(f)(2) that causes a defective Mortgage Loan to be treated as a qualified mortgage, the earlier of (x) the discovery by the Mortgage Loan Seller or any party to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of such Material Defect and (y) receipt of notice of the Material Defect from any party to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (such ninety (90) day period, the “Initial Cure Period”), (A) cure such Material Defect in all material respects, at the Mortgage Loan Seller’s own expense, including reimbursement of any related reasonable additional expenses of the Trust reasonably incurred by any party to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, (B) repurchase the affected Mortgage Loan or REO Loan (excluding any related Companion Loan, if applicable), at the applicable Purchase Price and in conformity with this Agreement and Section 2.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (C) substitute a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan (other than with respect to the Whole Loans, for which no substitution will be permitted) for such affected Mortgage Loan or REO Loan (provided that in no event shall any such substitution occur on or after the second anniversary of the Closing Date) and pay the General Master Servicer for deposit into the Collection Account, any Substitution Shortfall Amount in connection therewith and in conformity with this Agreement and Section 2.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; provided, however, that except with respect to a Material Defect resulting solely from the failure by the Mortgage Loan Seller to deliver to the Trustee or Custodian the actual policy of lender’s title insurance required pursuant to clause (viii) of the definition of Mortgage File by a date not later than eighteen (18) months following the Closing Date, if such Material Defect is capable of being cured but is not cured within the Initial Cure Period, and the Mortgage Loan Seller has commenced and is diligently proceeding with the cure of such Material Defect within the Initial Cure Period, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall have an additional ninety (90) days commencing immediately upon the expiration of the Initial Cure Period (such additional ninety (90) day period, the “Extended Cure Period”) to complete such cure (or, failing such cure, to repurchase the related Mortgage Loan or REO Loan (excluding any related Companion Loan, if applicable) or substitute a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan (other than with respect to the Whole Loans, for which no substitution will be permitted)); provided, further, that with respect to such Extended Cure Period the Mortgage Loan Seller has delivered an officer’s certificate to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the General Master Servicer, the General Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and (with respect to any Mortgage Loan other than an Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, prior to the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event) the Directing Certificateholder, setting forth the reason such Material Defect is not capable of being cured within the Initial Cure Period and what actions the Mortgage Loan Seller is pursuing in connection with the cure thereof and stating that the Mortgage Loan Seller anticipates that such Material Defect will be cured within the Extended Cure Period; and provided, further, that, if any such Material Defect is not cured after the Initial Cure Period and any such Extended Cure Period solely due to the failure of the Mortgage Loan Seller to have received the recorded document, then the Mortgage Loan Seller shall be entitled to continue to defer its cure, repurchase and/or substitution obligations in respect of such Material Defect until eighteen (18) months after the Closing Date so long as the Mortgage Loan Seller certifies to the Trustee, the General Master Servicer, the General Special Servicer, the Directing Certificateholder (prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event) and the Certificate Administrator no less than every ninety (90) days, beginning at the end of such Extended Cure Period, that the Material Defect is still in effect solely because of its failure to have received the recorded document and that the Mortgage Loan Seller

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is diligently pursuing the cure of such Material Defect (specifying the actions being taken). Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Defect or Breach that causes any Mortgage Loan not to be a “qualified mortgage” (within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, but without regard to the rule of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(f)(2) that causes a defective Mortgage Loan to be treated as a qualified mortgage) shall be deemed to materially and adversely affect the interests of Certificateholders therein, and (subject to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s right to cure such Defect or Breach during the Initial Cure Period) such Mortgage Loan shall be repurchased or substituted for without regard to the Extended Cure Period described in the preceding sentence. If the affected Mortgage Loan is to be repurchased, the funds in the amount of the Purchase Price remitted by the Mortgage Loan Seller are to be remitted by wire transfer to the General Master Servicer for deposit into the Collection Account. Any such repurchase or substitution of a Mortgage Loan shall be on a whole loan, servicing released basis.

If the Mortgage Loan Seller, in connection with a Material Defect (or an allegation of a Material Defect) pertaining to a Mortgage Loan, agrees to a Loss of Value Payment, pursuant to any agreement or a settlement between the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Enforcing Servicer on behalf of the Trust (and, with respect to any Mortgage Loan other than an Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, with the consent of the Directing Certificateholder if no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing) with respect to such Mortgage Loan, the amount of such Loss of Value Payment shall be remitted by wire transfer to the Enforcing Servicer for deposit into the Loss of Value Reserve Fund. The Loss of Value Payment shall include the portion of any Liquidation Fees payable to the Enforcing Servicer in respect of such Loss of Value Payment and the portion of fees of the Asset Representations Reviewer payable pursuant to Section 4(k) above attributable to the Asset Review of such Mortgage Loan and not previously paid by the Mortgage Loan Seller. If such Loss of Value Payment is made, the Loss of Value Payment shall serve as the sole remedy available to the Certificateholders and the Trustee on their behalf regarding any such Material Defect in lieu of any obligation of the Mortgage Loan Seller to otherwise cure such Material Defect or repurchase or substitute for the affected Mortgage Loan based on such Material Defect under any circumstances. This paragraph is intended to apply only to a mutual agreement or settlement between the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Enforcing Servicer on behalf of the Trust. The following terms shall apply to any Loss of Value Payment: (i) prior to any agreement or settlement between the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Enforcing Servicer nothing in this paragraph shall preclude the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Enforcing Servicer from exercising any of its rights related to a Material Defect in the manner and timing set forth in this Agreement (excluding this paragraph) or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (including any right to cure, repurchase or substitute for such Mortgage Loan), (ii) such Loss of Value Payment shall not be greater than the Purchase Price of the affected Mortgage Loan; and (iii) a Material Defect as a result of a Mortgage Loan not constituting a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code (but without regard to the rule of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(f)(2) that causes a defective Mortgage Loan to be treated as a “qualified mortgage”) may not be cured by a Loss of Value Payment.

The Mortgage Loan Seller’s obligation to cure any Material Defect, repurchase or substitute for any affected Mortgage Loan or pay the Loss of Value Payment or other required payment pursuant to this Section 5 shall constitute the sole remedy available to the Purchaser in connection with a Material Defect; provided, however, that no limitation of remedy is implied with

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respect to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s breach of its obligation to cure, repurchase or substitute in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement. It is acknowledged and agreed that the representations and warranties are being made for risk allocation purposes.

The remedies provided for in this subsection with respect to any Material Defect with respect to any Mortgage Loan shall also apply to the related REO Property.

If any Breach that constitutes a Material Defect pertains to a representation or warranty that the related Mortgage Loan documents or any particular Mortgage Loan document requires the related Mortgagor to bear the costs and expenses associated with any particular action or matter under such Mortgage Loan document(s), then the Mortgage Loan Seller may cure such Breach within the applicable cure period (as the same may be extended) by reimbursing the Trust (by wire transfer of immediately available funds) for (i) the reasonable amount of any such costs and expenses incurred by the General Master Servicer, the General Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee or the Trust that are incurred as a result of such Breach and have not been reimbursed by the related Mortgagor and (ii) the amount of any fees payable pursuant to Section 4(k) above to the extent not previously paid by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Asset Representations Reviewer attributable to the Asset Review of such Mortgage Loan; provided, that if the Breach relates to a Joint Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall only be responsible for its Mortgage Loan Seller Percentage Interest of all such costs and expenses unless such Breach relates solely to the Mortgage Note(s) sold by the Mortgage Loan Seller. Except as provided in the proviso to the immediately preceding sentence, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall remit the amount of such costs and expenses to the General Special Servicer for disbursement to the applicable Persons and upon its making such remittance, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall be deemed to have cured such Breach in all respects. To the extent any fees or expenses that are the subject of a cure by the Mortgage Loan Seller are subsequently obtained from the related Mortgagor, the portion of the cure payment made by the Mortgage Loan Seller equal to such fees or expenses obtained from the related Mortgagor shall promptly be returned to the Mortgage Loan Seller.

Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, a delay in either the discovery of a Material Defect or in providing notice of such Material Defect shall relieve the Mortgage Loan Seller of its obligation to cure, repurchase or substitute for (or make a Loss of Value Payment with respect to) the related Mortgage Loan under this Agreement if (i) the Mortgage Loan Seller did not otherwise discover or have knowledge of such Material Defect, (ii) such delay is a result of the failure by the Purchaser or any other party to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to provide prompt notice as required by the terms of this Agreement or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement after such party has actual knowledge of such Material Defect (it being understood that knowledge shall not be deemed to exist by reason of the Custodial Exception Report or possession of the Mortgage File), (iii) such Material Defect does not relate to the applicable Mortgage Loan not being a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Code Section 860G(a)(3), but without regard to the rule of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(f)(2) that causes a defective obligation to be treated as a qualified mortgage, and (iv) such delay precludes the Mortgage Loan Seller from curing such Material Defect and such Material Defect was otherwise curable. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement, if a Mortgage Loan is not secured by a Mortgaged Property that is, in whole or in part, a hotel or other hospitality property, restaurant (operated by a Mortgagor), healthcare facility, nursing home, assisted living facility, self-storage facility, theater or fitness center (operated by a Mortgagor),

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then the failure to deliver copies of the UCC financing statements with respect to such Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 2 hereof shall not be a Material Defect.

If there is a Material Defect with respect to one or more Mortgaged Properties securing a Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall not be obligated to repurchase the Mortgage Loan if (i) the affected Mortgaged Property may be released pursuant to the terms of any partial release provisions in the related Mortgage Loan documents (and such Mortgaged Property is, in fact, released), (ii) the remaining Mortgaged Property(ies) satisfy the requirements, if any, set forth in the Mortgage Loan documents and the Mortgage Loan Seller provides an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such release would not cause an Adverse REMIC Event and (iii) each applicable Rating Agency has provided a Rating Agency Confirmation.

(b)               Whenever one or more Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans are substituted for a Defective Loan by the Responsible Repurchase Party as contemplated by this Section 5, upon direction by the General Master Servicer or the General Special Servicer, as applicable, the Responsible Repurchase Party shall deliver to the Custodian the related Mortgage File and a certification to the effect that such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan satisfies or such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans satisfy, as the case may be, all of the requirements of the definition of “Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan” in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. No mortgage loan may be substituted for a Defective Loan as contemplated by this Section 5 if the Mortgage Loan to be replaced was itself a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, in which case, absent a cure of the relevant Material Defect, the affected Mortgage Loan will be required to be repurchased as contemplated hereby. Periodic Payments due with respect to each Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan (if any) after the related date of substitution, and Periodic Payments due with respect to each corresponding Deleted Mortgage Loan (if any) after its respective Cut-off Date and on or prior to the related date of substitution, shall be part of the Trust Fund. Periodic Payments due with respect to each Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan (if any) on or prior to the related date of substitution, and Periodic Payments due with respect to each corresponding Defective Loan that is purchased or repurchased, as the case may be, or replaced with one or more Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans (any such Mortgage Loan, a “Deleted Mortgage Loan”) (if any) after the related date of substitution, shall not be part of the Trust Fund and are to be remitted by the General Master Servicer to the Responsible Repurchase Party promptly following receipt.

If any Mortgage Loan is to be repurchased or replaced as contemplated by this Section 5, upon direction by the General Master Servicer or the General Special Servicer, as applicable, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall amend the Mortgage Loan Schedule to reflect the removal of any Deleted Mortgage Loan and, if applicable, the substitution of the related Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan(s) and deliver or cause the delivery of such amended Mortgage Loan Schedule to the parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Upon any substitution of one or more Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans for a Deleted Mortgage Loan, such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan(s) shall become part of the Trust Fund and be subject to the terms of this Agreement in all respects.

If any Mortgage Loan that is part of a Crossed Mortgage Loan Group is required to be repurchased or substituted, the provisions of Section 2.03(h), Section 2.03(i) and Section 2.03(j) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall apply.

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(c)               The Responsible Repurchase Party shall be entitled, and the Purchaser shall cause the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to entitle the Responsible Repurchase Party, upon the date when the full amount of the Purchase Price or Substitution Shortfall Amount (as the case may be) for any Mortgage Loan repurchased or replaced as contemplated by this Section 5 has been deposited in the account designated therefor by the Trustee as the assignee of the Purchaser (or the General Master Servicer on behalf of the Trustee) and, if applicable, receipt by the Trustee as the assignee of the Purchaser (or the Custodian) of the Mortgage File for each Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan (if any) to be substituted for a Deleted Mortgage Loan, together with any certifications and/or opinions required pursuant to this Section 5 to be delivered by the Responsible Repurchase Party, to (i) a release of the Mortgage File and any other items required to be delivered by the Mortgage Loan Seller under Sections 2.01(b) and (c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the Deleted Mortgage Loan to the Responsible Repurchase Party or its designee, (ii) the execution and delivery of such instruments of release, transfer and/or assignment, in each case without recourse, as shall be prepared by the Responsible Repurchase Party and are reasonably necessary to vest in the Responsible Repurchase Party or its designee the ownership of such Deleted Mortgage Loan, and (iii) the execution and delivery of notice to the affected Mortgagor of the retransfer of such Deleted Mortgage Loan. In connection with any such repurchase or substitution by the Responsible Repurchase Party, the Purchaser shall also cause the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to require each of the General Master Servicer and the General Special Servicer to deliver to the Responsible Repurchase Party or its designee, and the Responsible Repurchase Party or its designee shall be entitled to delivery from the General Master Servicer and the General Special Servicer of, any portion of the related Servicing File (as such term is defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), together with any Escrow Payments, reserve funds and any other items required to be delivered by the Mortgage Loan Seller under Sections 2.01(b) and (c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, held by or on behalf of the General Master Servicer or the General Special Servicer, as the case may be, with respect to the Deleted Mortgage Loan, in each case at the expense of the Responsible Repurchase Party.

(d)               [Reserved.]

(e)               The Mortgage Loan Seller acknowledges and agrees that the Purchaser shall have no liability to the Mortgage Loan Seller or otherwise for any failure of the Mortgage Loan Seller or any other party to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to perform its obligations provided for thereunder.

(f)                 The Mortgage Loan Seller (to the extent it receives any request or demand, whether oral or written, that a Mortgage Loan be repurchased or replaced, whether arising from a Material Defect or other breach of a representation or warranty, such recipient a “Seller Request Recipient” and such request or demand, a “Repurchase Request”) agrees to provide to the Purchaser: (i) written notice of any Repurchase Request, which notice will specify if such Repurchase Request is a 15Ga-1 Notice; (ii) written notice of (A) the existence of any dispute regarding such Repurchase Request, whether written or oral, between such Seller Request Recipient and the Person making such Repurchase Request, (B) the expiration of any applicable Initial Cure Period, or, if applicable, any Extended Cure Period, (C) the withdrawal of such Repurchase Request by the Person making such Repurchase Request, (D) the rejection of such Repurchase Request by the Seller Request Recipient and (E) the repurchase or replacement of any Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Section 5 and Section 2.03 of the Pooling and Servicing

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Agreement; and (iii) upon reasonable request of the Purchaser (subject to Section 5(g)), such other information in the Seller Request Recipient’s possession as would be necessary to permit the Purchaser to comply with its obligations under Rule 15Ga-1 under the Exchange Act to disclose fulfilled and unfulfilled repurchase or replacement requests or demands of any Person relating to any Mortgage Loan or to comply with any other obligations applicable to it under law or regulation.

Each notice required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 5(f) may be delivered by electronic means. Each notice required to be delivered pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) of the immediately preceding paragraph shall be given not later than the tenth (10^th) Business Day after the event giving rise to the requirement for such notice and any information requested pursuant to clause (iii) of the immediately preceding paragraph shall be provided as promptly as practicable after such request is made. Each notice required to be delivered pursuant to clause (i) of the immediately preceding paragraph shall identify (a) the date on which such Repurchase Request was made, (b) the Mortgage Loan with respect to which such Repurchase Request was made, (c) the identity of the Person making such request, and (d) the basis, if any, asserted for such request by such Person. Each notice required to be delivered pursuant to clause (ii) of the immediately preceding paragraph shall identify (a) the date of such withdrawal, rejection, repurchase or replacement, or the date of the commencement of such dispute, as applicable, (b) if pertaining to a dispute, the nature of such dispute, (c) if pertaining to the expiration of an Initial Cure Period or an Extended Cure Period, the expiration date of such Initial Cure Period or, if applicable, an Extended Cure Period, (d) if pertaining to a withdrawal, the basis for such withdrawal given to the Seller Request Recipient or an indication that no basis was given by the Person withdrawing such Repurchase Request, (e) if pertaining to a rejection by the Seller Request Recipient, the basis for the Seller Request Recipient’s rejection and (f) if pertaining to a repurchase or replacement, the date of such repurchase or replacement.

(g)               The Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser acknowledge and agree that (i) a Repurchase Request Recipient under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement will not, in connection with providing the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Purchaser with any 15Ga-1 Notice under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, be required to deliver any attorney-client privileged communication or any information protected by the attorney work product doctrine, (ii) any 15Ga-1 Notice delivered to the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Purchaser under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement is provided only to assist the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Purchaser and any of their respective Affiliates in complying with Rule 15Ga-1, Items 1104 and 1121 of Regulation AB and/or any other law or regulation, (iii) (A) no action taken by, or inaction of, a Repurchase Request Recipient and (B) no information provided to the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.02(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by a Repurchase Request Recipient, shall be deemed to constitute a waiver or defense to the exercise of any legal right the Repurchase Request Recipient may have with respect to this Agreement or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and (iv) receipt of a 15Ga-1 Notice or delivery of any notice required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5(f) shall not in and of itself constitute delivery, or receipt, of notice of any Material Defect or knowledge on the part of the Mortgage Loan Seller or Responsible Repurchase Party of any Material Defect or admission by the Mortgage Loan Seller or Responsible Repurchase Party of the existence of any Material Defect.

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(h)               The Mortgage Loan Seller shall provide to the Purchaser relevant portions of any Form ABS-15G that the Mortgage Loan Seller is required to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 15Ga-1 under the Exchange Act (only to the extent that such portions relate to any Repurchase Request with respect to any Mortgage Loan) on or before the date that is five (5) Business Days prior to the date such Form ABS-15G is required to be filed with the Commission. Promptly upon request, the Purchaser shall provide or cause to be provided to the Mortgage Loan Seller such information regarding the principal balance of any Mortgage Loan as is necessary in order for the Mortgage Loan Seller to prepare any such Form ABS-15G.

(i)                 The Purchaser shall provide to the Mortgage Loan Seller any relevant portions of any Form ABS-15G that the Purchaser is required to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 15Ga-1 under the Exchange Act (only to the extent that such portions relate to any Mortgage Loan and that was not provided by the Mortgage Loan Seller) on or before the date that is five (5) Business Days prior to the date such Form ABS-15G is required to be filed with the Commission. The Trust’s CIK# is 0001974587.

(j)                 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Mortgage Loan Seller’s obligation in respect of a Material Defect with respect to a Joint Mortgage Loan shall be solely in respect of the Mortgage Loan Seller’s pro rata share of such Joint Mortgage Loan based on the Mortgage Loan Seller’s Mortgage Loan Seller Percentage Interest as of the date hereof in such Joint Mortgage Loan.

(k)               If the Mortgage Note or Mortgage Notes with respect to a Joint Mortgage Loan in favor of the Mortgage Loan Seller and its successors and assigns are repurchased or replaced by the Mortgage Loan Seller pursuant to this Section 5, and any other related mortgage notes evidencing such Joint Mortgage Loan are not repurchased or replaced by any Other Mortgage Loan Seller and any such mortgage note remains in the Trust, then the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser hereby agree that (i) the provisions in Section 3.30 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the related Intercreditor Agreement shall govern the servicing and administration of such Joint Mortgage Loan as if (a) the remaining mortgage notes in the Trust were collectively a “Mortgage Loan” (as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) and (b) each repurchased Mortgage Note were a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan (or, if the Joint Mortgage Loan was a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, a Non-Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan), (ii) the Mortgage Loan Seller and its successors and assigns in respect of such repurchased or replaced Mortgage Note shall be bound by such Section 3.30 as if it were a party to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and (iii) the Mortgage Loan Seller and its successors and assigns shall from time to time (as may be necessary) deliver to the General Master Servicer or the General Special Servicer, as applicable, the Mortgage Loan documents constituting or related to any applicable Mortgage Note repurchased by it, any requests for release and any court pleadings, requests for trustee’s sale or other documents necessary to the foreclosure or trustee’s sale in respect of the related Mortgaged Property or to any legal action or to enforce any other remedies or rights provided by the related Mortgage Note or Mortgage or otherwise available at law or equity with respect to the related Mortgage Note.

Section 6.                Closing. The closing of the sale of the Mortgage Loans (the “Closing”) shall be held at the offices of special counsel to the Purchaser at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Closing Date.

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The Closing shall be subject to each of the following conditions:

(i)                      All of the representations and warranties of the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser made pursuant to Section 4 of this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date (or as of such other specific date expressly contemplated by any such representation or warranty);

(ii)                       All documents specified in Section 7 of this Agreement (the “Closing Documents”), in such forms as are agreed upon and reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser and, in the case of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (insofar as such agreement affects the obligations of the Mortgage Loan Seller hereunder or the rights of the Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary thereunder), to the Mortgage Loan Seller, shall be duly executed and delivered by all signatories as required pursuant to the respective terms thereof;

(iii)                      The Mortgage Loan Seller shall have delivered and released to the Purchaser or its designee, all documents, funds and other assets required to be delivered thereto on or before the Closing Date pursuant to Section 2 of this Agreement;

(iv)                     The result of any examination of the Mortgage Files for, and any other documents and records relating to, the Mortgage Loans performed by or on behalf of the Purchaser pursuant to Section 3 hereof shall be satisfactory to the Purchaser in its reasonable determination;

(v)                     All other terms and conditions of this Agreement required to be complied with on or before the Closing Date shall have been complied with in all material respects, and the Mortgage Loan Seller shall have the ability to comply with all terms and conditions and perform all duties and obligations required to be complied with or performed by it after the Closing Date;

(vi)                    The Mortgage Loan Seller shall have paid all fees and expenses payable by it to the Purchaser or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement;

(vii)                       The Mortgage Loan Seller shall have received the purchase price for the Mortgage Loans, as contemplated by Section 1 of this Agreement;

(viii)                         Neither the Underwriting Agreement nor the Certificate Purchase Agreement shall have been terminated in accordance with its terms;

(ix)                      The Commission shall not have issued any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Purchaser’s Registration Statement; and

(x)                       Prior to the delivery of the Preliminary Prospectus to investors, an officer of the Mortgage Loan Seller shall have delivered to the Depositor a sub-certification to the certification provided by the Chief Executive Officer of the Depositor to the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Regulation AB.

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Each of the parties agrees to use their commercially reasonable best efforts to perform their respective obligations hereunder in a manner that will enable the Purchaser to purchase the Mortgage Loans on the Closing Date.

Section 7.                Closing Documents. The Purchaser or its designee shall have received all of the following Closing Documents, in such forms as are agreed upon and acceptable to the Purchaser, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers and the Rating Agencies (collectively, the “Interested Parties”), and upon which the Interested Parties may rely:

(i)                        This Agreement, duly executed by the Purchaser and the Mortgage Loan Seller;

(ii)                       Each of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Indemnification Agreement, duly executed by the respective parties thereto;

(iii)                       A Secretary’s Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1 hereto, executed by the Secretary or an assistant secretary of the Mortgage Loan Seller, in his or her individual capacity, and dated the Closing Date, and upon which the Interested Parties may rely, attaching thereto as exhibits (A) the resolutions of the board of directors of the Mortgage Loan Seller authorizing the Mortgage Loan Seller’s entering into the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Indemnification Agreement, and (B) the organizational documents of the Mortgage Loan Seller;

(iv)                      A certificate of good standing with respect to the Mortgage Loan Seller issued by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware dated not earlier than thirty (30) days prior to the Closing Date, and upon which the Interested Parties may rely;

(v)                       A certificate of the Mortgage Loan Seller substantially in the form of Exhibit D-2 hereto, executed by an executive officer of the Mortgage Loan Seller on the Mortgage Loan Seller’s behalf and dated the Closing Date, and upon which the Interested Parties may rely;

(vi)                     A written opinion of in-house or independent counsel for the Mortgage Loan Seller, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Interested Parties and the Trustee, relating to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Indemnification Agreement;

(vii)                     A written opinion of special counsel for the Mortgage Loan Seller, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Interested Parties and the Trustee, relating to the enforceability of this Agreement against the Mortgage Loan Seller;

(viii)                   A letter from special counsel for the Mortgage Loan Seller, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Purchaser, the Underwriters (only with respect to the Preliminary Prospectus) and the Initial Purchasers (only with respect to the Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum), relating to the information regarding the Mortgage Loans set forth in agreed upon sections of the Preliminary Prospectus and in the Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum (as the same may be amended or supplemented on or before the pricing date for the Certificates) substantially to the effect

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that nothing has come to such special counsel’s attention that would lead such special counsel to believe that the agreed upon portions of the Preliminary Prospectus or the Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum, at the time when sales to purchasers of the Certificates were first made, contained, with respect to the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Mortgage Loans, any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein relating to the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Mortgage Loans, the related borrowers or the related Mortgaged Properties, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

(ix)                     A letter from special counsel for the Mortgage Loan Seller, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Purchaser, the Underwriters (only with respect to the Prospectus) and the Initial Purchasers (only with respect to the Private Placement Memorandum), relating to the information regarding the Mortgage Loans set forth in agreed upon sections of the Prospectus and the Private Placement Memorandum (as the case may be and as the same may be amended or supplemented on or before the Closing Date) substantially to the effect that (a) nothing has come to such special counsel’s attention that would lead such special counsel to believe that the agreed upon portions of the Prospectus or the Private Placement Memorandum (as applicable) as of the date thereof or as of the Closing Date contained or contains, with respect to the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Mortgage Loans, the related borrowers or the related Mortgaged Properties, any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein relating to the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Mortgage Loans, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and (b) that, with respect to information regarding the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Mortgage Loans, the related borrowers or the related Mortgaged Properties, the Prospectus is appropriately responsive in all material respects to the applicable requirements of Regulation AB;

(x)                       Copies of all other opinions rendered by counsel for the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Rating Agencies in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including, but not limited to, with respect to the characterization of the transfer of the Mortgage Loans hereunder as a true sale, with each such opinion to be addressed to the other Interested Parties and the Trustee or accompanied by a letter signed by such counsel stating that the other Interested Parties and the Trustee may rely on such opinion as if it were addressed to them as of the date thereof;

(xi)                         One or more agreed-upon procedures letters from a nationally recognized firm of certified public accountants acceptable to the Underwriters and the Initial Purchasers, dated (A) the date of the Preliminary Prospectus and the Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum, and (B) the date of the Prospectus and the Private Placement Memorandum, respectively, and addressed to, and in form and substance acceptable to, the Interested Parties (other than the Rating Agencies), stating in effect that, using the assumptions and methodology used by the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Purchaser, the Underwriters or the Initial Purchasers, as applicable, all of which shall be described in such letters, and which shall include a comparison of certain mortgage loan-related documents to the information set forth in the Master Tape (as defined in the Indemnification Agreement), they have recalculated such numbers and percentages relating to the Mortgage Loans set forth in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Preliminary

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Private Placement Memorandum, and set forth in the Prospectus and the Private Placement Memorandum, respectively, and have compared the results of their calculations to the corresponding items in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum, and in the Prospectus and the Private Placement Memorandum, respectively, and found each such number and percentage set forth in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum, and in the Prospectus and the Private Placement Memorandum, respectively, to be in agreement with the results of such calculations;

(xii)                      If any of the Certificates are “mortgage related securities” within the meaning of the Secondary Mortgage Market Enhancement Act of 1984, as amended, a certificate of the Mortgage Loan Seller regarding origination of the Mortgage Loans by specified originators as set forth in Section 3(a)(41) of the Exchange Act; and

(xiii)                    Such further certificates, opinions and documents as the Purchaser may reasonably request or any Rating Agency may require.

Section 8.                Additional Reporting Under Regulation AB. With respect to any period during which the Trust is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall provide to the Purchaser and the Certificate Administrator any information that constitutes “Additional Form 10-D Information” or “Additional Form 10-K Information” but only if and to the extent that the Mortgage Loan Seller (or any originator of the Mortgage Loans sold by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Depositor, if such originator constitutes an “originator” contemplated by Item 1110(b) of Regulation AB and such information is required to be reported with respect to such originator) is the applicable “Party Responsible” (solely in its capacity as a sponsor or originator (or as successor in interest to any predecessor originator), within the meaning of Regulation AB, of any Mortgage Loans) under the terms of Exhibit AA or Exhibit BB to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (it being acknowledged that the Mortgage Loan Seller (solely in its capacity as a sponsor or originator (or as successor in interest to any predecessor originator), within the meaning of Regulation AB, of any Mortgage Loans) does not constitute the “Party Responsible” for any “Form 8-K Information” set forth on Exhibit CC of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement). In each case, such delivery shall be made in a form readily convertible to an EDGAR compatible form, or in such other form as otherwise agreed by the Purchaser, the Certificate Administrator and the Mortgage Loan Seller. In each case, such delivery shall be made not later than five (5) calendar days after the related Distribution Date (in the case of any such “Additional Form 10-D Information”), and no later than March 1 of each year subsequent to the fiscal year that the Trust is subject to the Exchange Act reporting requirements (in the case of any such “Additional Form 10-K Information”). In no event shall the Mortgage Loan Seller be required to provide any information that is not required to be reported on Form 10-D or Form 10-K, as the case may be, under the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

In addition, with respect to any period during which the Trust is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall reasonably cooperate with each of the Depositor, the applicable Master Servicer and the Certificate Administrator, upon the reasonable request of such party, by providing all Mortgage Loan-related documents, data and information in the possession of the Mortgage Loan Seller at or prior to the Closing Date and on the date of the request and necessary for the ongoing compliance by the Depositor and the Trust

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with the requirements of Form 10-D with respect to Items 1111 and 1125 of Regulation AB; provided that the Mortgage Loan Seller shall not be required to provide any documents that are proprietary to the related originator or the Mortgage Loan Seller or any draft documents, privileged or internal communications, credit underwriting or due diligence analysis.

Section 9.                Costs. Whether or not this Agreement is terminated, the Mortgage Loan Seller will pay its pro rata share (the Mortgage Loan Seller’s pro rata portion to be determined according to the percentage that the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of all the Mortgage Loans represents as to the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of all the mortgage loans of the Trust Fund (the “Cut-off Date Pool Balance”)) of all costs and expenses of the Purchaser in connection with the transactions contemplated herein, including, but not limited to: (i) the costs and expenses of the Purchaser in connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans; (ii) the costs and expenses of reproducing and delivering the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and this Agreement and printing (or otherwise reproducing) and delivering the Certificates; (iii) the reasonable and documented set-up fees, costs and expenses of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and their respective counsel; (iv) the fees and disbursements of a firm of certified public accountants selected by the Purchaser and the Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to numerical information in respect of the Mortgage Loans and the Certificates included in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum, the Prospectus and the Private Placement Memorandum or any other marketing materials or structural and collateral term sheets (or any similar item), including the cost of obtaining any agreed-upon procedures letters with respect to such items; (v) the costs and expenses in connection with the qualification or exemption of the Certificates under state securities or blue sky laws, including filing fees and reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel in connection therewith; (vi) the costs and expenses in connection with any determination of the eligibility of the Certificates for investment by institutional investors in any jurisdiction and the preparation of any legal investment survey, including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel in connection therewith; (vii) the costs and expenses in connection with printing (or otherwise reproducing) and delivering this Agreement and the furnishing to the Underwriters or the Initial Purchasers, as applicable, of such copies of the Preliminary Prospectus, the Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum, the Prospectus and the Private Placement Memorandum or any other marketing materials or structural and collateral term sheets (or any similar item) and this Agreement as the Underwriters and the Initial Purchasers may reasonably request; (viii) the fees of the rating agency or agencies engaged to consider rating the Certificates or hired and requested to rate the Certificates; (ix) all registration fees incurred by the Purchaser in connection with the filing of its Registration Statement allocable to the issuance of the Registered Certificates; (x) the upfront fee payable to the Asset Representations Reviewer on the Closing Date in the amount agreed by the parties hereto; and (xi) the reasonable fees and expenses of special counsel to the Purchaser.

Section 10.            Notices. All demands, notices and communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered to or mailed, by registered mail, postage prepaid, by overnight mail or courier service, or transmitted by facsimile and confirmed by similar mailed writing, if to the Purchaser, addressed to the Purchaser at Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., 1585 Broadway, New York, New York 10036, Attention: Jane Lam (with a copy to Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., 1633 Broadway, 29th Floor, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Legal Compliance Division and a copy by email to cmbs_notices@morganstanley.com), or such other address as may be designated by the Purchaser

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to the Mortgage Loan Seller in writing; or, if to the Mortgage Loan Seller, addressed to Starwood Mortgage Capital LLC, 2340 Collins Avenue, Suite 700, Miami Beach, Florida 33139, Attention: Leslie K. Fairbanks, Executive Vice President, Facsimile: (305) 695-5449, e-mail: lfairbanks@starwood.com, and with a copy by email to jbeard@starwood.com, with a copy to Starwood Property Trust, Inc., 2340 Collins Avenue, Suite 700, Miami Beach, FL 33139, Attention: Heather Bennett, email: hbennett@starwood.com, and with a copy by email to lnr.cmbs.notices@lnrproperty.com, or such other address as may be designated by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Purchaser in writing.

Section 11.            Miscellaneous. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument, and the words “executed,” “signed,” “signature” and words of like import as used above and elsewhere in this Agreement or in any other certificate, agreement or document related to this transaction shall include, in addition to manually executed signatures, images of manually executed signatures transmitted by facsimile or other electronic format (including, without limitation, “pdf,” “tif” or “jpg”) and other electronic signatures (including, without limitation, any electronic sound, symbol, or process, attached to or logically associated with a contract or other record and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the record). The use of electronic signatures and electronic records (including, without limitation, any contract or other record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means) shall be of the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a manually executed signature or use of a paper-based record-keeping system to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act and any other applicable law, including, without limitation, any state law based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the Uniform Commercial Code.

Neither this Agreement nor any term or provision hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated except by a writing signed by a duly authorized officer of the party against whom enforcement of such change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought to be enforced. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder. The Mortgage Loan Seller shall be an express third party beneficiary to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent set forth therein. The Asset Representations Reviewer shall be an express third party beneficiary of Sections 4(h), 4(j), and 4(k) of this Agreement.

Section 12.            Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive Delivery. All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement, incorporated herein by reference or contained in the certificates of officers of the Mortgage Loan Seller delivered pursuant hereto, shall remain operative and in full force and effect and shall survive delivery of the Mortgage Loans by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Purchaser and by the Purchaser to the Trust, notwithstanding any restrictive or qualified endorsement or assignment in respect of any Mortgage Loan.

Section 13.            Severability of Provisions. Any part, provision, representation, warranty or covenant of this Agreement that is prohibited or is held to be void or unenforceable shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof. Any part, provision, representation, warranty or covenant of this

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Agreement that is prohibited or is held to be void or unenforceable in any particular jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the parties hereto waive any provision of law which prohibits or renders void or unenforceable any provision hereof.

Section 14.            Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Trial by Jury. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE AGREEMENT, THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE PARTIES, AND/OR THE INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE PARTIES WILL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, EACH OF THE PURCHASER AND THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY (I) SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY NEW YORK STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN IN NEW YORK CITY WITH RESPECT TO MATTERS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT; (II) AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS WITH RESPECT TO ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING REGARDING SUCH MATTERS MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE OR FEDERAL COURTS; (III) WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST POSSIBLE EXTENT, WITH RESPECT TO SUCH COURTS, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM; (IV) AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW; AND (V) WAIVES TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, CLAIM, SUIT, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED UPON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) RELATING TO OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT.

Section 15.            Further Assurances. The Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser each agrees to execute and deliver such instruments and take such further actions as any other party hereto may, from time to time, reasonably request in order to effectuate the purposes and to carry out the terms of this Agreement.

Section 16.            Successors and Assigns. The rights and obligations of the Mortgage Loan Seller under this Agreement shall not be assigned by the Mortgage Loan Seller without the prior written consent of the Purchaser, except that any person into which the Mortgage Loan Seller may be merged or consolidated, or any person resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Mortgage Loan Seller is a party, or any person succeeding to all or substantially all of the business of the Mortgage Loan Seller, shall be the successor to the Mortgage Loan Seller hereunder. In connection with its transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the Trust as contemplated by the recitals hereto, the Purchaser is expressly authorized to assign its rights under this Agreement, in whole or in part, to the Trustee for the benefit of the registered holders and beneficial owners of the Certificates. To the extent of any such assignment, the Trustee, for the

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benefit of the registered holders and beneficial owners of the Certificates, shall be the Purchaser hereunder. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser, and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

Section 17.            Information. The Mortgage Loan Seller shall provide the Purchaser with such information about itself, the Mortgage Loans and the underwriting and servicing procedures applicable to the Mortgage Loans as is (i) required under the provisions of Regulation AB, (ii) required by a Rating Agency or a governmental agency or body or (iii) reasonably requested by the Purchaser for use in a private disclosure document.

Section 18.            Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and understanding of the parties with respect to the matters addressed herein, and this Agreement supersedes any prior agreements and/or understandings, written or oral, with respect to such matters; provided, however, that in no event shall this provision be construed to limit the effect of the Indemnification Agreement or the memorandum of understanding dated as of April 20, 2023 between the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Purchaser and certain other parties or any separate acknowledgments and agreements executed and delivered pursuant to such memorandum of understanding.

Section 19.            Recognition of U.S. Special Resolution Regimes.

(a)               In the event a Covered Party becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer of this Agreement (and any interest and obligation in or under, and any property securing, this Agreement) from such Covered Party will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement (and any interest and obligation in or under, and any property securing, this Agreement) were governed by the laws of the United States of America or a State of the United States of America.

(b)               In the event that a Covered Party or any BHC Affiliate of such Covered Party becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, any Default Right under this Agreement that may be exercised against such Covered Party is permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Right could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States of America or a State of the United States of America.

“BHC Affiliate” has the meaning assigned to the term “affiliate” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. §1841(k).

“Covered Party” means any party to this Agreement that is one of the following: (i) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §252.82(b); (ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §47.3(b), or any subsidiary of such a covered bank to which 12 C.F.R. Part 47 applies in accordance with 12 C.F.R. §47.3(b); or (iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §382.2(b).

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“Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.

“U.S. Special Resolution Regime” means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

Section 20.            Limitation on the Exercise of Certain Rights Related to Affiliate Insolvency Proceedings.

(a)               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other agreement, but subject to the requirements of Section 19, no party to this Agreement shall be permitted to exercise any Default Right against a Covered Party with respect to this Agreement that is related, directly or indirectly, to a BHC Affiliate of such party becoming subject to a receivership, insolvency, liquidation, resolution, or similar proceeding (each an “Insolvency Proceeding”), except to the extent the exercise of such Default Right would be permitted under the creditor protection provisions of 12 C.F.R. § 252.84, 12 C.F.R. § 47.5, or 12 C.F.R. § 382.4, as applicable.

(b)               After a BHC Affiliate of a Covered Party has become subject to Insolvency Proceedings, if any party to this Agreement seeks to exercise any Default Right against such Covered Party with respect to this Agreement, the party seeking to exercise a Default Right shall have the burden of proof, by clear and convincing evidence, that the exercise of such Default Right is permitted hereunder.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above written.

	STARWOOD MORTGAGE CAPITAL LLC
	By:	/s/ Jerry Hirschkorn
		Name:  Jerry Hirschkorn
		Title:   Vice President

 

  MSWF 2023-1 – Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (SMC)  

 

 

	MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL I INC.
	By:	/s/ Jane Lam
		Name:  Jane Lam
		Title:    President

  MSWF 2023-1 – Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (SMC)  

 

EXHIBIT A

MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE

 

 

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MSWF 2023-1
Mortgage Loan Schedule 

Loan ID	Mortgage Loan Seller	Property Name	Cut-off Date Balance	Address	City	State	Note Date	Maturity Date or ARD	Mortgage Rate	Original Term to Maturity or ARD (mos.)	Remaining Term to Maturity or ARD (mos.)	Original Amortization Term (mos.)	ARD Loan (Y/N)	Primary Servicing Fee Rate	Non-Serviced Primary Servicing Fee Rate	Master Servicing Fee Rate
10	SMC	Museum Tower	$30,000,000	150 West Flagler Street	Miami	FL	4/17/2023	5/6/2028	6.5460%	60	60	0	No	0.002500%	0.000000%	0.002500%
18	SMC	Cornerstone Marketplace	$14,000,000	100-450 Cornerstone Boulevard	Hot Springs	AR	4/27/2023	5/6/2033	6.7970%	120	120	0	No	0.002500%	0.000000%	0.002500%
19	SMC	Pecan Place Apartments	$13,500,000	2001 Jenkins Road	Pasadena	TX	4/6/2023	4/6/2033	6.5900%	120	119	360	No	0.002500%	0.000000%	0.002500%
22	SMC	Storage Xxtra Highway 154	$11,500,000	4046 Highway 154	Newnan	GA	3/8/2023	4/6/2033	6.9200%	120	119	0	No	0.002500%	0.000000%	0.002500%
30	SMC	425 East Hebron Street	$1,298,992	425 East Hebron Street	Charlotte	NC	3/27/2023	4/6/2033	7.2800%	120	119	360	No	0.002500%	0.000000%	0.002500%

EXHIBIT B-1

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLER

The Mortgage Loan Seller hereby represents and warrants that, as of the date hereof:

(a)               The Mortgage Loan Seller is a limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.

(b)              The Mortgage Loan Seller’s execution and delivery of, performance under, and compliance with this Agreement, will not violate the Mortgage Loan Seller’s organizational documents or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the breach of, any material agreement or other material instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound, which default or breach, in the good faith and reasonable judgment of the Mortgage Loan Seller, is likely to affect materially and adversely the ability of the Mortgage Loan Seller to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

(c)              The Mortgage Loan Seller has the full power and authority to consummate all transactions contemplated by this Agreement, has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and has duly executed and delivered this Agreement.

(d)              This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other party or parties hereto, constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of the Mortgage Loan Seller, enforceable against the Mortgage Loan Seller in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy, fraudulent transfer, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium, liquidation, conservatorship and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (B) general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law, and (C) public policy considerations.

(e)               The Mortgage Loan Seller is not in violation of, and its execution and delivery of, performance under and compliance with this Agreement will not constitute a violation of, any law, any order or decree of any court or arbiter, or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority, which violation, in the Mortgage Loan Seller’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to affect materially and adversely the ability of the Mortgage Loan Seller to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

(f)                No consent, approval, authorization or order of any state or federal court or governmental agency or body is required for the consummation by the Mortgage Loan Seller of the transactions contemplated herein, except for (A) those consents, approvals, authorizations or orders that previously have been obtained and (B) those filings and recordings of Mortgage Loan documents and assignments thereof that are contemplated by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be completed after the Closing Date.

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(g)                No litigation, arbitration, suit, proceeding or governmental investigation is pending or, to the best of the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, threatened against the Mortgage Loan Seller that, if determined adversely to the Mortgage Loan Seller, would prohibit the Mortgage Loan Seller from entering into this Agreement or that, in the Mortgage Loan Seller’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to materially and adversely affect the ability of the Mortgage Loan Seller to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

(h)                The transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser as contemplated herein is not subject to any bulk transfer or similar law in effect in any applicable jurisdiction.

(i)                The Mortgage Loan Seller is not transferring the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser with any intent to hinder, delay or defraud its present or future creditors.

(j)                The Mortgage Loan Seller will be solvent at all relevant times prior to, and will not be rendered insolvent by, its transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser, as contemplated herein.

(k)               After giving effect to its transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser, as provided herein, the value of the Mortgage Loan Seller’s assets, either taken at their present fair saleable value or at fair valuation, will exceed the amount of the Mortgage Loan Seller’s debts and obligations, including contingent and unliquidated debts and obligations of the Mortgage Loan Seller, and the Mortgage Loan Seller will not be left with unreasonably small assets or capital with which to engage in and conduct its business.

(l)                 The Mortgage Loan Seller does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or obligations beyond its ability to pay such debts and obligations as they mature.

(m)             No proceedings looking toward liquidation, dissolution or bankruptcy of the Mortgage Loan Seller are pending or contemplated.

(n)               The principal place of business and chief executive office of the Mortgage Loan Seller is located in the State of Florida.

(o)              The consideration received by the Mortgage Loan Seller upon the sale of the Mortgage Loans constitutes at least fair consideration and reasonably equivalent value for such Mortgage Loans.

 

  Exh. B-1-2  

 

EXHIBIT B-2

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE PURCHASER

The Purchaser hereby represents and warrants that, as of the date hereof:

(a)               The Purchaser is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.

(b)              The Purchaser’s execution and delivery of, performance under, and compliance with this Agreement, will not violate the Purchaser’s organizational documents or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the breach of, any material agreement or other material instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound, which default or breach, in the good faith and reasonable judgment of the Purchaser, is likely to affect materially and adversely the ability of the Purchaser to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

(c)              This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other party or parties hereto, constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of the Purchaser, enforceable against the Purchaser in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and (B) general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

(d)               No litigation, arbitration, suit, proceeding or governmental investigation is pending or, to the best of the Purchaser’s knowledge, threatened against the Purchaser that, if determined adversely to the Purchaser, would prohibit the Purchaser from entering into this Agreement or that, in the Purchaser’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to materially and adversely affect the ability of the Purchaser to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

(e)               The Purchaser has the full power and authority to consummate all transactions contemplated by this Agreement, has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and has duly executed and delivered this Agreement.

(f)               The Purchaser is not in violation of, and its execution and delivery of, performance under and compliance with this Agreement will not constitute a violation of, any law, any order or decree of any court or arbiter, or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority, which violation, in the Purchaser’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to affect materially and adversely the ability of the Purchaser to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

(g)              The Purchaser (A) prepared one or more reports on Form ABS-15G (each, a “Form 15G”) containing the findings and conclusions of the Accountants’ Due Diligence Reports and meeting the requirements of that Form 15G, Rule 15Ga-2, and any other rules and regulations of the Commission and the Exchange Act; (B) provided a copy of the final draft of each such Form 15G to MS&Co. at least six (6) business days before the first sale

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in the offering contemplated by the Prospectus and Private Placement Memorandum; and (C) furnished each such Form 15G to the Commission on EDGAR at least five (5) business days before the first sale in the offering contemplated by the Prospectus and Private Placement Memorandum as required by Rule 15Ga-2.

(h)             The Purchaser has not dealt with any broker, investment banker, agent or other person, other than the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers and their respective affiliates, that may be entitled to any commission or compensation in connection with the sale of the Mortgage Loans or consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

 

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EXHIBIT C

MORTGAGE LOAN REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

For purposes of this Exhibit C, the phrases “the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge” or “the Mortgage Loan Seller’s belief” and other words and phrases of like import shall mean, except where otherwise expressly set forth below, the actual state of knowledge or belief of the Mortgage Loan Seller, its officers and employees directly responsible for the underwriting, origination, servicing or sale of the Mortgage Loans regarding the matters expressly set forth below in each case without having conducted any independent inquiry into such matters and without any obligation to have done so (except (i) having sent to the servicers servicing the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Mortgage Loan Seller, if any, specific inquiries regarding the matters referred to and (ii) as expressly set forth herein). All information contained in documents which are part of or required to be part of a Mortgage File, as specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (to the extent such documents exist) shall be deemed within the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge.

The Mortgage Loan Seller hereby represents and warrants that, as of the date herein below specified or, if no such date is specified, as of the date hereof, except with respect to the Exceptions described on Schedule C to this Agreement.

1.                  Intentionally Omitted.

2.                  Whole Loan; Ownership of Mortgage Loans. Except with respect to a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan, each Mortgage Loan is a whole loan and not a participation interest in a mortgage loan. At the time of the sale, transfer and assignment to the Depositor, no Mortgage Note or Mortgage was subject to any assignment (other than assignments to the Mortgage Loan Seller or (with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) to the related Non-Serviced Trustee for the related Non-Serviced Trust), participation (it being understood that a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan does not constitute a participation) or pledge, and the Mortgage Loan Seller had good title to, and was the sole owner of, each Mortgage Loan free and clear of any and all liens, charges, pledges, encumbrances, participations (other than with respect to agreements among noteholders with respect to a Whole Loan), any other ownership interests and other interests on, in or to such Mortgage Loan other than any servicing rights appointment, subservicing or similar agreement. The Mortgage Loan Seller has full right and authority to sell, assign and transfer each Mortgage Loan, and the assignment to the Depositor constitutes a legal, valid and binding assignment of such Mortgage Loan free and clear of any and all liens, pledges, charges or security interests of any nature encumbering such Mortgage Loan.

3.                  Loan Document Status. Each related Mortgage Note, Mortgage, Assignment of Leases (if a separate instrument), guaranty and other agreement executed by or on behalf of the related Mortgagor, guarantor or other obligor in connection with such Mortgage Loan is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the related Mortgagor, guarantor or other obligor (subject to any non-recourse provisions contained in any of the foregoing agreements and any applicable state anti-deficiency or market value limit deficiency legislation), as applicable, and is enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws

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affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and except that certain provisions in such Mortgage Loan documents (including, without limitation, provisions requiring the payment of default interest, late fees or Prepayment Premium/Yield Maintenance Charge) may be further limited or rendered unenforceable by applicable law, but (subject to the limitations set forth above) such limitations or unenforceability will not render such Mortgage Loan documents invalid as a whole or materially interfere with the Mortgagee’s realization of the principal benefits and/or security provided thereby (clauses (i) and (ii) collectively, the “Standard Qualifications”).

Except as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, there is no valid offset, defense, counterclaim or right of rescission available to the related Mortgagor with respect to any of the related Mortgage Notes, Mortgages or other Mortgage Loan documents, including, without limitation, any such valid offset, defense, counterclaim or right based on intentional fraud by Mortgage Loan Seller in connection with the origination of the Mortgage Loan, that would deny the Mortgagee the principal benefits intended to be provided by the Mortgage Note, Mortgage or other Mortgage Loan documents.

4.                  Mortgage Provisions. The Mortgage Loan documents for each Mortgage Loan, together with applicable state law, contain provisions that render the rights and remedies of the holder thereof adequate for the practical realization against the Mortgaged Property of the principal benefits of the security intended to be provided thereby, including realization by judicial or, if applicable, non-judicial foreclosure subject to the limitations set forth in the Standard Qualifications.

5.                  Intentionally Omitted.

6.                  Mortgage Status; Waivers and Modifications. Since origination and except by written instruments set forth in the related Mortgage File or as otherwise provided in the related Mortgage Loan documents (a) (1) to the knowledge of the Mortgage Loan Seller, there has been no forbearance, waiver or modification of the material terms of the Mortgage Loan which such forbearance, waiver, or modification relates to the COVID-19 emergency and (2) other than as related to the COVID-19 emergency, the material terms of such Mortgage, Mortgage Note, Mortgage Loan guaranty and related Mortgage Loan documents have not been waived, impaired, modified, altered, satisfied, canceled, subordinated or rescinded in any respect which materially interferes with the security intended to be provided by such mortgage; (b) no related Mortgaged Property or any portion thereof has been released from the lien of the related Mortgage in any manner which materially interferes with the security intended to be provided by such Mortgage or the use or operation of the remaining portion of such Mortgaged Property; and (c) neither the Mortgagor nor the guarantor has been released from its material obligations under the Mortgage Loan. With respect to each Mortgage Loan, except as contained in a written document included in the Mortgage File, there have been no modifications, amendments or waivers, that could be reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on such Mortgage Loan consented to by the Mortgage Loan Seller on or after the Cut-off Date.

7.                  Lien; Valid Assignment. Subject to the Standard Qualifications, each endorsement or assignment of Mortgage and assignment of Assignment of Leases from the

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Mortgage Loan Seller or its Affiliate is in recordable form (but for the insertion of the name of the assignee and any related recording information which is not yet available to the Mortgage Loan Seller) and constitutes a legal, valid and binding endorsement or assignment from the Mortgage Loan Seller, or its Affiliate, as applicable. Each related Mortgage and Assignment of Leases is freely assignable without the consent of the related Mortgagor. Each related Mortgage is a legal, valid and enforceable first lien on the related Mortgagor’s fee (or if identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, leasehold) interest in the Mortgaged Property in the principal amount of such Mortgage Loan or allocated loan amount (subject only to Permitted Encumbrances (as defined below) and the exceptions to paragraph 8 below (each such exception, a “Title Exception”)), except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by the Standard Qualifications. Such Mortgaged Property (subject to Permitted Encumbrances and Title Exceptions) as of origination and, to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, as of the Cut-off Date, is free and clear of any recorded mechanics’ or materialmen’s liens and other recorded encumbrances that would be prior to or equal with the lien of the related Mortgage (which lien secures the related Whole Loan, in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan), except those which are bonded over, escrowed for or insured against by the applicable Title Policy (as described below), and as of origination and, to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, as of the Cut-off Date, no rights exist which under law could give rise to any such lien or encumbrance that would be prior to or equal with the lien of the related Mortgage, except those which are bonded over, escrowed for or insured against by the applicable Title Policy. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no representation is made as to the perfection of any security interest in rents or other personal property to the extent that possession or control of such items or actions other than the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements is required to effect such perfection.

8.                  Permitted Liens; Title Insurance. Each Mortgaged Property securing a Mortgage Loan is covered by an American Land Title Association loan title insurance policy or a comparable form of loan title insurance policy approved for use in the applicable jurisdiction (or, if such policy is yet to be issued, by a pro forma policy, a preliminary title policy or a “marked up” commitment, in each case with escrow instructions and binding on the title insurer) (the “Title Policy”) in the original principal amount of such Mortgage Loan (or with respect to a Mortgage Loan secured by multiple properties, an amount equal to at least the allocated loan amount with respect to the Title Policy for each such property) after all advances of principal (including any advances held in escrow or reserves), that insures for the benefit of the owner of the indebtedness secured by the Mortgage, the first priority lien of the Mortgage (which lien secures the related Whole Loan, in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan), which lien is subject only to (a) the lien of current real property taxes, water charges, sewer rents and assessments not yet due and payable; (b) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record specifically identified in the Title Policy; (c) the exceptions (general and specific) and exclusions set forth in such Title Policy; (d) other matters to which like properties are commonly subject; (e) the rights of tenants (as tenants only) under leases (including subleases) pertaining to the related Mortgaged Property; (f) if the related Mortgage Loan constitutes a Crossed Underlying Loan, the lien of the Mortgage for another Mortgage Loan contained in the same Crossed Mortgage Loan Group, and (g) condominium declarations of record and identified in such Title Policy, provided that none of clauses (a) through (g), individually or in the aggregate, materially and adversely interferes with the value or principal use of the Mortgaged Property, the security intended to be provided by such Mortgage, or the current ability of the related Mortgaged Property to generate net cash flow sufficient to service the related Mortgage Loan or the

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Mortgagor’s ability to pay its obligations when they become due (collectively, the “Permitted Encumbrances”). For purposes of clause (a) of the immediately preceding sentence, any such taxes, assessments and other charges shall not be considered due and payable until the date on which interest and/or penalties would be payable thereon. Except as contemplated by clause (f) of the second preceding sentence none of the Permitted Encumbrances are mortgage liens that are senior to or coordinate and co-equal with the lien of the related Mortgage. Such Title Policy (or, if it has yet to be issued, the coverage to be provided thereby) is in full force and effect, all premiums thereon have been paid and no claims have been made by the Mortgage Loan Seller thereunder and no claims have been paid thereunder. Neither the Mortgage Loan Seller, nor to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, any other holder of the Mortgage Loan, has done, by act or omission, anything that would materially impair the coverage under such Title Policy. Each Title Policy contains no exclusion for, or affirmatively insures (except for any Mortgaged Property located in a jurisdiction where such affirmative insurance is not available in which case such exclusion may exist), (a) that the Mortgaged Property shown on the survey is the same as the property legally described in the Mortgage and (b) to the extent that the Mortgaged Property consists of two or more adjoining parcels, such parcels are contiguous.

9.                  Junior Liens. It being understood that B notes secured by the same Mortgage as a Mortgage Loan are not subordinate mortgages or junior liens, except for any Mortgage Loan that is cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with another Mortgage Loan, as of the Cut-off Date there are no subordinate mortgages or junior mortgage liens encumbering the related Mortgaged Property other than Permitted Encumbrances, mechanics’ or materialmen’s liens (which are the subject of the representation in paragraph (7) above), and equipment and other personal property financing. The Mortgage Loan Seller has no knowledge of any mezzanine debt secured directly by interests in the related Mortgagor other than as set forth on Exhibit C-32-1.

10.              Assignment of Leases and Rents. There exists as part of the related Mortgage File an Assignment of Leases (either as a separate instrument or incorporated into the related Mortgage). Subject to the Permitted Encumbrances and Title Exceptions (and, in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan, subject to the related Assignment of Leases constituting security for the entire Whole Loan), each related Assignment of Leases creates a valid first-priority collateral assignment of, or a valid first-priority lien or security interest in, rents and certain rights under the related lease or leases, subject only to a license granted to the related Mortgagor to exercise certain rights and to perform certain obligations of the lessor under such lease or leases, including the right to operate the related leased property, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by the Standard Qualifications. The related Mortgage or related Assignment of Leases, subject to applicable law and the Standard Qualifications, provides that, upon an event of default under the Mortgage Loan, a receiver may be appointed for the collection of rents or for the related Mortgagee to enter into possession to collect the rents or for rents to be paid directly to the Mortgagee.

11.              Financing Statements. Subject to the Standard Qualifications, each Mortgage Loan or related security agreement establishes a valid security interest in, and a UCC-1 financing statement has been filed and/or recorded (or, in the case of fixtures, the Mortgage constitutes a fixture filing) in all places necessary at the time of the origination of the Mortgage Loan (or, if not filed and/or recorded, has submitted or caused to be submitted in proper form for filing and/or recording) to perfect a valid security interest in, the personal property (creation and

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perfection of which is governed by the UCC) owned by the Mortgagor and necessary to operate such Mortgaged Property in its current use other than (1) non-material personal property, (2) personal property subject to purchase money security interests and (3) personal property that is leased equipment. Each UCC-1 financing statement, if any, filed with respect to personal property constituting a part of the related Mortgaged Property and each UCC-3 assignment, if any, filed with respect to such financing statement was in suitable form for filing in the filing office in which such financing statement was filed. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no representation is made as to the perfection of any security interest in rents or other personal property to the extent that possession or control of such items or actions other than the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements is required to effect such perfection.

12.              Condition of Property. The Mortgage Loan Seller or the originator of the Mortgage Loan inspected or caused to be inspected each related Mortgaged Property within six months of origination of the Mortgage Loan and within twelve months of the Cut-off Date.

An engineering report or property condition assessment was prepared in connection with the origination of each Mortgage Loan no more than twelve months prior to the Cut-off Date. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, based solely upon due diligence customarily performed in connection with the origination of comparable mortgage loans, as of the Closing Date, each related Mortgaged Property was free and clear of any material damage (other than (i) deferred maintenance for which escrows were established at origination and (ii) any damage fully covered by insurance) that would affect materially and adversely the use or value of such Mortgaged Property as security for the Mortgage Loan.

13.              Taxes and Assessments. As of the date of origination and, to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, as of the Cut-off Date, all taxes, governmental assessments and other outstanding governmental charges (including, without limitation, water and sewage charges) due with respect to the Mortgaged Property (excluding any related personal property) securing a Mortgage Loan that is or could become a lien on the related Mortgaged Property that became due and owing prior to the Cut-off Date with respect to each related Mortgaged Property have been paid, or, if the appropriate amount of such taxes or charges is being appealed or is otherwise in dispute, the unpaid taxes or charges are covered by an escrow of funds or other security sufficient to pay such tax or charge and reasonably estimated interest and penalties, if any, thereon. For purposes of this representation and warranty, any such taxes, assessments and other charges shall not be considered due and payable until the date on which interest and/or penalties would be payable thereon.

14.              Condemnation. As of the date of origination and to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge as of the Cut-off Date, there is no proceeding pending and, to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge as of the date of origination and as of the Cut-off Date, there is no proceeding threatened for the total or partial condemnation of such Mortgaged Property that would have a material adverse effect on the value, use or operation of the Mortgaged Property.

15.              Actions Concerning Mortgage Loan. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, based on evaluation of the Title Policy (as defined in paragraph 8), an engineering report or property condition assessment as described in paragraph 12, applicable local law compliance materials as described in paragraph 26, and the ESA (as defined in paragraph 43), as

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of origination there was no pending or filed action, suit or proceeding, arbitration or governmental investigation involving any Mortgagor, guarantor, or Mortgagor’s interest in the Mortgaged Property, an adverse outcome of which would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect (a) such Mortgagor’s title to the Mortgaged Property, (b) the validity or enforceability of the Mortgage, (c) such Mortgagor’s ability to perform under the related Mortgage Loan, (d) such guarantor’s ability to perform under the related guaranty, (e) the principal benefit of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage Loan documents, or (f) the current principal use of the Mortgaged Property.

16.              Escrow Deposits. All escrow deposits and escrow payments currently required to be escrowed with the Mortgagee pursuant to each Mortgage Loan (including capital improvements and environmental remediation reserves) are in the possession, or under the control, of the Mortgage Loan Seller or its servicer, and there are no delinquencies (subject to any applicable grace or cure periods) in connection therewith, and all such escrows and deposits (or the right thereto) that are required under the related Mortgage Loan documents are being conveyed by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Depositor or its servicer (or, in the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, to the related Non-Serviced Depositor or Non-Serviced Master Servicer for the related Non-Serviced Trust).

17.              No Holdbacks. The principal amount of the Mortgage Loan stated on the Mortgage Loan Schedule has been fully disbursed as of the Closing Date and there is no requirement for future advances thereunder (except in those cases where the full amount of the Mortgage Loan has been disbursed but a portion thereof is being held in escrow or reserve accounts pending the satisfaction of certain conditions relating to leasing, repairs, occupancy, performance or other matters with respect to the related Mortgaged Property, the Mortgagor or other considerations determined by the Mortgage Loan Seller to merit such holdback).

18.              Insurance. Each related Mortgaged Property is, and is required pursuant to the related Mortgage to be, insured by a property insurance policy providing coverage for loss in accordance with coverage found under a “special cause of loss form” or “all risk form” that includes replacement cost valuation issued by an insurer or insurers meeting the requirements of the related Mortgage Loan documents and having a claims-paying or financial strength rating meeting the Insurance Ratings Requirements (as defined below), in an amount (subject to customary deductibles) not less than the lesser of (1) the original principal balance of the Mortgage Loan and (2) the full insurable value on a replacement cost basis of the improvements, furniture, furnishings, fixtures and equipment owned by the Mortgagor included in the Mortgaged Property (with no deduction for physical depreciation), but, in any event, not less than the amount necessary or containing such endorsements as are necessary to avoid the operation of any coinsurance provisions with respect to the related Mortgaged Property.

“Insurance Ratings Requirements” means either (1) a claims paying or financial strength rating of at least “A-:VIII” from A.M. Best Company (“A.M. Best”) or “A3” (or the equivalent) from Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or “A-” from S&P Global Ratings (“S&P”) or (2) the Syndicate Insurance Ratings Requirements. “Syndicate Insurance Ratings Requirements” means insurance provided by a syndicate of insurers, as to which (i) if such syndicate consists of 5 or more members, at least 60% of the coverage is provided by insurers that meet the Insurance Ratings Requirements (under clause (1) of the definition of such term) and up

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to 40% of the coverage is provided by insurers that have a claims paying or financial strength rating of at least “BBB-” by S&P or at least “Baa3” by Moody’s, and (ii) if such syndicate consists of 4 or fewer members, at least 75% of the coverage is provided by insurers that meet the Insurance Ratings Requirements (under clause (1) of the definition of such term) and up to 25% of the coverage is provided by insurers that have a claims paying or financial strength rating of at least “BBB-” by S&P or at least “Baa3” by Moody’s.

Each related Mortgaged Property is also covered, and required to be covered pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan documents, by business interruption or rental loss insurance which (subject to a customary deductible) covers a period of not less than 12 months (or with respect to each Mortgage Loan on a single asset with a principal balance of $50 million or more, 18 months).

If any material part of the improvements, exclusive of a parking lot, located on a Mortgaged Property is in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards, the related Mortgagor is required to maintain insurance in an amount equal to the least of (a) the maximum amount available under the National Flood Insurance Program, plus such additional excess flood coverage in an amount as is generally required by prudent institutional commercial mortgage lenders originating mortgage loans for securitization, (b) the outstanding principal amount of the Mortgage Loan and (c) the insurable value of the Mortgaged Property.

If the Mortgaged Property is located within 25 miles of the coast of the Gulf of Mexico or the Atlantic coast of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina or North Carolina, the related Mortgagor is required to maintain coverage for windstorm and/or windstorm related perils and/or “named storms” issued by an insurer or insurers meeting the Insurance Ratings Requirements or endorsement covering damage from windstorm and/or windstorm related perils and/or named storms, in an amount not less than the lesser of (1) the original principal balance of the Mortgage Loan and (2) the full insurable value on a replacement cost basis of the improvements, furniture, furnishings, fixtures and equipment owned by the Mortgagor and included in the Mortgaged Property (with no deduction for physical depreciation), but, in any event, not less than the amount necessary or containing such endorsements as are necessary to avoid the operation of any coinsurance provisions with respect to the related Mortgaged Property by an insurer or insurers meeting the Insurance Ratings Requirements.

The Mortgaged Property is covered, and required to be covered pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan documents, by a commercial general liability insurance policy issued by an insurer or insurers meeting the Insurance Ratings Requirements including coverage for property damage, contractual damage and personal injury (including bodily injury and death) in amounts as are generally required by the Mortgage Loan Seller for similar commercial and multifamily loans intended for securitization, and in any event not less than $1 million per occurrence and $2 million in the aggregate.

An architectural or engineering consultant has performed an analysis of each of the Mortgaged Properties located in seismic zones 3 or 4 in order to evaluate the seismic condition of such property, for the sole purpose of assessing the probable maximum loss or scenario expected loss (“PML”) for the Mortgaged Property in the event of an earthquake. In such instance, the PML

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was based on a 475-year return period, an exposure period of 50 years and a 10% probability of exceedance. If the resulting report concluded that the PML would exceed 20% of the amount of the replacement costs of the improvements, earthquake insurance on such Mortgaged Property was obtained from an insurer or insurers meeting the Insurance Ratings Requirements (provided that for this purpose (only), the A.M. Best Company minimum rating referred to in the definition of Insurance Ratings Requirements will be deemed to be at least “A:VIII”) in an amount not less than 100% of the PML.

The Mortgage Loan documents require insurance proceeds (or an amount equal to such insurance proceeds) in respect of a property loss to be applied either (a) to the repair or restoration of all or part of the related Mortgaged Property, with respect to all property losses in excess of 5% of the then-outstanding principal amount of the related Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan, as applicable, the Mortgagee (or a trustee appointed by it) having the right to hold and disburse such proceeds as the repair or restoration progresses, or (b) to the payment of the outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan together with any accrued interest thereon.

All premiums on all insurance policies referred to in this section that are required by the Mortgage Loan documents to be paid as of the Cut-off Date have been paid, and such insurance policies name the Mortgagee under the Mortgage Loan and its successors and assigns as a loss payee under a mortgagee endorsement clause or, in the case of the general liability insurance policy, as named or additional insured. Such insurance policies will inure to the benefit of the Trustee (or, in the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the applicable Non-Serviced Trustee). Each related Mortgage Loan obligates the related Mortgagor to maintain all such insurance and, at such Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the Mortgagee to maintain such insurance at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense and to charge such Mortgagor for related premiums. All such insurance policies (other than commercial liability policies) require at least 10 days’ prior notice to the Mortgagee of termination or cancellation arising because of nonpayment of a premium and at least 30 days’ prior notice to the Mortgagee of termination or cancellation (or such lesser period, not less than 10 days, as may be required by applicable law) arising for any reason other than non-payment of a premium and no such notice has been received by the Mortgage Loan Seller.

19.              Access; Utilities; Separate Tax Parcels. Based solely on evaluation of the Title Policy (as defined in paragraph 8) and survey, if any, an engineering report or property condition assessment as described in paragraph 12, applicable local law compliance materials as described in paragraph 26, and the ESA (as defined in paragraph 43), each Mortgaged Property (a) is located on or adjacent to a public road and has direct legal access to such road, or has permanent access from a recorded easement or right of way permitting ingress and egress to/from a public road, (b) is served by or has access rights to public or private water and sewer (or well and septic) and other utilities necessary for the current use of the Mortgaged Property, all of which are adequate for the current use of the Mortgaged Property, and (c) constitutes one or more separate tax parcels which do not include any property which is not part of the Mortgaged Property or is subject to an endorsement under the related Title Policy insuring the Mortgaged Property, or in certain cases, an application has been made or is required to be made to the applicable governing authority for creation of separate tax parcels (or the Mortgage Loan documents so require such application in the future), in which case the Mortgage Loan requires the Mortgagor to escrow an amount sufficient to pay taxes for the existing tax parcel of which the Mortgaged Property is a part until the separate tax parcels are created.

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20.              No Encroachments. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge based solely on surveys obtained in connection with origination and the Title Policy obtained in connection with the origination of each Mortgage Loan, and except for encroachments that do not materially and adversely affect the current marketability or principal use of the Mortgaged Property: (a) all material improvements that were included for the purpose of determining the appraised value of the related Mortgaged Property at the time of the origination of such Mortgage Loan are within the boundaries of the related Mortgaged Property, except for encroachments that are insured against by the applicable Title Policy; (b) no material improvements on adjoining parcels encroach onto the related Mortgaged Property except for encroachments that are insured against by the applicable Title Policy; and (c) no material improvements encroach upon any easements except for encroachments that are insured against by the applicable Title Policy.

21.              No Contingent Interest or Equity Participation. No Mortgage Loan has a shared appreciation feature, any other contingent interest feature or a negative amortization feature (except that an ARD Loan may provide for the accrual of the portion of interest in excess of the rate in effect prior to the Anticipated Repayment Date) or an equity participation by the Mortgage Loan Seller.

22.              REMIC. The Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code (but determined without regard to the rule in Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(f)(2) that treats certain defective mortgage loans as qualified mortgages), and, accordingly, (A) the issue price of the Mortgage Loan to the related Mortgagor at origination did not exceed the non-contingent principal amount of the Mortgage Loan and (B) either: (a) such Mortgage Loan is secured by an interest in real property (including permanently affixed buildings and distinct structural components, such as wiring, plumbing systems and central heating and air conditioning systems, that are integrated into such buildings, serve such buildings in their passive functions and do not produce or contribute to the production of income other than consideration for the use or occupancy of space, but excluding personal property) having a fair market value (i) at the date the Mortgage Loan was originated at least equal to 80% of the adjusted issue price of the Mortgage Loan (together with any related Pari Passu Companion Loans) on such date or (ii) at the Closing Date at least equal to 80% of the adjusted issue price of the Mortgage Loan (together with any related Pari Passu Companion Loans) on such date, provided that for purposes hereof, the fair market value of the real property interest must first be reduced by (A) the amount of any lien on the real property interest that is senior to the Mortgage Loan and (B) a proportionate amount of any lien that is in parity with the Mortgage Loan; or (b) substantially all of the proceeds of such Mortgage Loan were used to acquire, improve or protect the real property which served as the only security for such Mortgage Loan (other than a recourse feature or other third-party credit enhancement within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(a)(1)(ii)). If the Mortgage Loan was “significantly modified” prior to the Closing Date so as to result in a taxable exchange under Section 1001 of the Code, it either (x) was modified as a result of the default or reasonably foreseeable default of such Mortgage Loan or (y) satisfies the provisions of either sub-clause (B)(a)(i) above (substituting the date of the last such modification for the date the Mortgage Loan was originated) or sub-clause (B)(a)(ii), including the proviso thereto. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the Mortgage Loan will not be considered “significantly modified” solely by reason of the Mortgagor having been granted a COVID-19 related forbearance prior to October 1, 2021 (or prior to such later date as may be provided by the IRS in a future guidance) provided that: (a) such Mortgage Loan forbearance is

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covered by Revenue Procedure 2020-26 (as modified by Revenue Procedure 2021-12) by reason of satisfying the requirements for such coverage stated in Section 5.02(2) thereof; and (b) the Mortgage Loan Seller shall have notified the depositor that such forbearance has occurred and notified the depositor of (x) the date on which such forbearance was granted, (y) the length in months of the forbearance, and (z) how the payments in forbearance will be paid (that is, by extension of maturity, change of amortization schedule, etc.). Any Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges applicable to the Mortgage Loan constitute “customary prepayment penalties” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-1(b)(2). All terms used in this paragraph shall have the same meanings as set forth in the related Treasury Regulations.

23.              Compliance with Usury Laws. The mortgage rate (exclusive of any default interest, late charges, Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium) of such Mortgage Loan complied as of the date of origination with, or was exempt from, applicable state or federal laws, regulations and other requirements pertaining to usury.

24.              Authorized to do Business. To the extent required under applicable law, as of the Cut-off Date or as of the date that such entity held the Mortgage Note, each holder of the Mortgage Note was authorized to transact and do business in the jurisdiction in which each related Mortgaged Property is located, or the failure to be so authorized does not materially and adversely affect the enforceability of such Mortgage Loan by the Trust.

25.              Trustee under Deed of Trust. With respect to each Mortgage which is a deed of trust, as of the date of origination and, to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, as of the Closing Date, a trustee, duly qualified under applicable law to serve as such, currently so serves and is named in the deed of trust or has been substituted in accordance with the Mortgage and applicable law or may be substituted in accordance with the Mortgage and applicable law by the related Mortgagee.

26.              Local Law Compliance. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, based upon any of a letter from any governmental authorities, a legal opinion, an architect’s letter, a zoning consultant’s report, an endorsement to the related Title Policy, a survey, or other affirmative investigation of local law compliance consistent with the investigation conducted by the Mortgage Loan Seller for similar commercial and multifamily mortgage loans intended for securitization, the improvements located on or forming part of each Mortgaged Property securing a Mortgage Loan are in material compliance with applicable laws, zoning ordinances, rules, covenants, and restrictions (collectively “Zoning Regulations”) governing the occupancy, use, and operation of such Mortgaged Property or constitute a legal non-conforming use or structure and any non-conformity with zoning laws constitutes a legal non-conforming use or structure which does not materially and adversely affect the use, operation or value of such Mortgaged Property. In the event of casualty or destruction, (a) the Mortgaged Property may be restored or repaired to the full extent necessary to maintain the use of the structure immediately prior to such casualty or destruction, (b) law and ordinance insurance coverage has been obtained for the Mortgaged Property in amounts customarily required by the Mortgage Loan Seller for similar commercial and multifamily loans intended for securitization, (c) title insurance policy coverage has been obtained with respect to any non-conforming use or structure, or (d) the inability to restore the Mortgaged Property to the full extent of the use or structure immediately prior to the casualty would not materially and adversely affect the use or operation of such Mortgaged Property. The Mortgage

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Loan documents require the related Mortgagor to be qualified to do business in the jurisdiction in which the related Mortgaged Property is located.

27.              Licenses and Permits. Each Mortgagor covenants in the Mortgage Loan documents that it shall keep all material licenses, permits, franchises, certificates of occupancy and applicable governmental approvals necessary for the operation of the Mortgaged Property in full force and effect, and to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge based upon any of a letter from any government authorities, zoning consultant’s report or other affirmative investigation of local law compliance consistent with the investigation conducted by the Mortgage Loan Seller for similar commercial and multifamily mortgage loans intended for securitization; all such material licenses, permits, franchises, certificates of occupancy and applicable governmental approvals are in effect or the failure to obtain or maintain such material licenses, permits, franchises or certificates of occupancy and applicable governmental approvals does not materially and adversely affect the use and/or operation of the Mortgaged Property as it was used and operated as of the date of origination of the Mortgage Loan or the rights of a holder of the related Mortgage Loan. The Mortgage Loan documents require the related Mortgagor to comply in all material respects with all applicable regulations, zoning and building laws.

28.              Recourse Obligations. The Mortgage Loan documents for each Mortgage Loan (a) provide that such Mortgage Loan becomes full recourse to the Mortgagor and guarantor (which is a natural person or persons, or an entity or entities distinct from the Mortgagor (but may be affiliated with the Mortgagor) that collectively, as of the date of origination of the related Mortgage Loan, have assets other than equity in the related Mortgaged Property that are not de minimis) in any of the following events (or negotiated provisions of substantially similar effect): (i) if any petition for bankruptcy, insolvency, dissolution or liquidation pursuant to federal bankruptcy law, or any similar federal or state law, shall be filed by, consented to, or acquiesced in by, the Mortgagor; (ii) the Mortgagor or guarantor shall have solicited or caused to be solicited petitioning creditors to cause an involuntary bankruptcy filing with respect to the Mortgagor or (iii) voluntary transfers of either the Mortgaged Property or controlling equity interests in the Mortgagor made in violation of the Mortgage Loan documents; and (b) contains provisions for recourse against the Mortgagor and guarantor (which is a natural person or persons, or an entity or entities distinct from the Mortgagor (but may be affiliated with the Mortgagor) that collectively, as of the date of origination of the related Mortgage Loan, have assets other than equity in the related Mortgaged Property that are not de minimis), for losses and damages resulting from the following (or negotiated provisions of substantially similar effect): (i) the Mortgagor’s misappropriation of rents after an event of default, security deposits, insurance proceeds, or condemnation awards; (ii) the Mortgagor’s fraud or intentional material misrepresentation; (iii)  breaches of the environmental covenants in the Mortgage Loan documents; or (iv) the Mortgagor’s commission of intentional material physical waste at the Mortgaged Property (but, in some cases, only to the extent there is sufficient cash flow generated by the related Mortgaged Property to prevent such waste).

29.              Mortgage Releases. The terms of the related Mortgage or related Mortgage Loan documents do not provide for release of any material portion of the Mortgaged Property from the lien of the Mortgage except (a) a partial release, accompanied by principal repayment, or partial defeasance (as described in paragraph 34) of not less than a specified percentage at least equal to 110% of the related allocated loan amount of such portion of the Mortgaged Property, (b) upon

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payment in full of such Mortgage Loan, (c) upon a Defeasance (defined in paragraph 34 below), (d) releases of out-parcels that are unimproved or other portions of the Mortgaged Property which will not have a material adverse effect on the underwritten value of the Mortgaged Property and which were not afforded any material value in the appraisal obtained at the origination of the Mortgage Loan and are not necessary for physical access to the Mortgaged Property or compliance with zoning requirements, or (e) as required pursuant to an order of condemnation. With respect to any partial release under the preceding clauses (a) or (d), either: (x) such release of collateral (i) would not constitute a “significant modification” of the subject Mortgage Loan within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(b)(2) and (ii) would not cause the subject Mortgage Loan to fail to be a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3)(A) of the Code; or (y) the Mortgagee or servicer can, in accordance with the related Mortgage Loan documents, condition such release of collateral on the related Mortgagor’s delivery of an opinion of tax counsel to the effect specified in the immediately preceding clause (x). For purposes of the preceding clause (x), if the fair market value of the real property constituting such Mortgaged Property (reduced by (1) the amount of any lien on the real property that is senior to the Mortgage Loan and (2) a proportionate amount of any lien on the real property that is in parity with the Mortgage Loan) after the release is not equal to at least 80% of the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan (together with any related Pari Passu Companion Loans) outstanding after the release, the Mortgagor is required to make a payment of principal in an amount not less than the amount required by the REMIC Provisions.

In the case of any Mortgage Loan, in the event of a taking of any portion of a Mortgaged Property by a State or any political subdivision or authority thereof, whether by legal proceeding or by agreement, unless an opinion of counsel is delivered as specified in clause (y) of the preceding paragraph, the Mortgagor can be required to pay down the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan (together with any related Pari Passu Companion Loans) in an amount not less than the amount required by the REMIC Provisions and, to such extent, the award from any such taking may not be required to be applied to the restoration of the Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgagor, if, immediately after the release of such portion of the Mortgaged Property from the lien of the Mortgage (but taking into account the planned restoration) the fair market value of the real property constituting the remaining Mortgaged Property (reduced by (1) the amount of any lien on the real property that is senior to the Mortgage Loan and (2) a proportionate amount of any lien on the real property that is in parity with the Mortgage Loan) is not equal to at least 80% of the remaining principal balance of the Mortgage Loan (together with any related Pari Passu Companion Loans).

No such Mortgage Loan that is secured by more than one Mortgaged Property or that is cross-collateralized with another Mortgage Loan permits the release of cross-collateralization of the related Mortgaged Properties or a portion thereof, including due to a partial condemnation, other than in compliance with the REMIC Provisions.

30.              Financial Reporting and Rent Rolls. Each Mortgage Loan requires the Mortgagor to provide the owner or holder of the Mortgage Loan with (a) quarterly (other than for single-tenant properties) and annual operating statements, (b) quarterly (other than for single-tenant properties) rent rolls (or maintenance schedules in the case of Mortgage Loans secured by residential cooperative properties) for properties that have any individual lease which accounts for more than 5% of the in-place base rent, and (c) annual financial statements.

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31.              Acts of Terrorism Exclusion. With respect to each Mortgage Loan over $20 million, and to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge with respect to each Mortgage Loan of $20 million or less, as of origination the related special-form all-risk insurance policy and business interruption policy (issued by an insurer or insurers meeting the Insurance Ratings Requirements) do not specifically exclude Acts of Terrorism, as defined in the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002, as amended (collectively referred to as “TRIPRA”), from coverage, or if such coverage is excluded, it is covered by a separate terrorism insurance policy. With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the related Mortgage Loan documents do not expressly waive or prohibit the Mortgagee from requiring coverage for Acts of Terrorism, as defined in TRIPRA, or damages related thereto, except to the extent that any right to require such coverage may be limited by commercial availability on commercially reasonable terms, or as otherwise indicated on Schedule C; provided, that if TRIPRA or a similar or subsequent statute is not in effect, then, provided that terrorism insurance is commercially available, the Mortgagor under each Mortgage Loan is required to carry terrorism insurance, but in such event the Mortgagor shall not be required to spend on terrorism insurance coverage more than two times the amount of the insurance premium that is payable in respect of the property and business interruption/rental loss insurance required under the related Mortgage Loan documents (without giving effect to the cost of terrorism and earthquake components of such casualty and business interruption/rental loss insurance) at the time of the origination of the Mortgage Loan, and if the cost of terrorism insurance exceeds such amount, the Mortgagor is required to purchase the maximum amount of terrorism insurance available with funds equal to such amount.

32.              Due on Sale or Encumbrance. Subject to specific exceptions set forth below, each Mortgage Loan contains a “due-on-sale” or other such provision for the acceleration of the payment of the unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan if, without the consent of the holder of the Mortgage (which consent, in some cases, may not be unreasonably withheld) and/or complying with the requirements of the related Mortgage Loan documents (which provide for transfers without the consent of the Mortgagee which are customarily acceptable to the Mortgage Loan Seller, including, but not limited to, transfers of worn-out or obsolete furnishings, fixtures, or equipment promptly replaced with property of equivalent value and functionality and transfers by leases entered into in accordance with the Mortgage Loan documents), (a) the related Mortgaged Property, or any equity interest of greater than 50% in the related Mortgagor, is directly or indirectly pledged, transferred or sold (in each case, a “Transfer”), other than as related to (i) family and estate planning Transfers or Transfers upon death or legal incapacity, (ii) Transfers to certain affiliates as defined in the related Mortgage Loan documents, (iii) Transfers of less than, or other than, a controlling interest in a Mortgagor, (iv) Transfers to another holder of direct or indirect equity in the Mortgagor, a specific Person designated in the related Mortgage Loan documents or a Person satisfying specific criteria identified in the related Mortgage Loan documents, (v) Transfers of common stock in publicly traded companies, (vi) a substitution or release of collateral within the parameters of paragraphs 29 and 34 herein, or (vii) by reason of any mezzanine debt that existed at the origination of the related Mortgage Loan as set forth on Exhibit C-32-1, or future permitted mezzanine debt as set forth on Exhibit C-32-2, or (b) the related Mortgaged Property is encumbered with a subordinate lien or security interest against the related Mortgaged Property, other than (i) any Companion Loan of any Mortgage Loan or any subordinate debt that existed at origination and is permitted under the related Mortgage Loan documents, (ii) purchase money security interests (iii) any Mortgage Loan that is cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with another Mortgage Loan as set forth on Exhibit C-32-3 or (iv) Permitted

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Encumbrances. The Mortgage or other Mortgage Loan documents provide that to the extent any Rating Agency fees are incurred in connection with the review of and consent to any transfer or encumbrance, the Mortgagor is responsible for such payment along with all other reasonable fees and expenses incurred by the Mortgagee relative to such transfer or encumbrance.

33.              Single-Purpose Entity. Each Mortgage Loan requires the Mortgagor to be a Single-Purpose Entity for at least as long as the Mortgage Loan is outstanding. Each Mortgage Loan with a Cut-off Date Balance of $30 million or more has a counsel’s opinion regarding non-consolidation of the Mortgagor. For this purpose, a “Single-Purpose Entity” shall mean an entity, other than an individual, whose organizational documents and the related Mortgage Loan documents (or if the Mortgage Loan has a Cut-off Date Balance equal to $10 million or less, its organizational documents or the related Mortgage Loan documents) provide substantially to the effect that it was formed or organized solely for the purpose of owning and operating one or more of the Mortgaged Properties and prohibit it from engaging in any business unrelated to such Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties, and whose organizational documents further provide, or which entity represented in the related Mortgage Loan documents, substantially to the effect that it does not have any assets other than those related to its interest in and operation of such Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties, or any indebtedness other than as permitted by the related Mortgage(s) or the other related Mortgage Loan documents, that it has its own books and records and accounts separate and apart from those of any other person (other than a Mortgagor for a Mortgage Loan that is cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with the related Mortgage Loan), and that it holds itself out as a legal entity, separate and apart from any other person or entity.

34.              Defeasance. With respect to any Mortgage Loan that, pursuant to the Mortgage Loan documents, can be defeased (a “Defeasance”), (i) the Mortgage Loan documents provide for defeasance as a unilateral right of the Mortgagor, subject to satisfaction of conditions specified in the Mortgage Loan documents; (ii) the Mortgage Loan cannot be defeased within two years after the Closing Date; (iii) the Mortgagor is permitted to pledge only United States “government securities” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(a)(8)(ii), the revenues from which will be sufficient to make all scheduled payments under the Mortgage Loan when due, including the entire remaining principal balance on the maturity date (or on or after the first date on which payment may be made without payment of a Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium) or, if the Mortgage Loan is an ARD Loan, the entire principal balance outstanding on the Anticipated Repayment Date (or on or after the first date on which payment may be made without payment of a Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium), and if the Mortgage Loan permits partial releases of real property in connection with partial defeasance, the revenues from the collateral will be sufficient to pay all such scheduled payments calculated on a principal amount equal to a specified percentage at least equal to 110% of the allocated loan amount for the real property to be released; (iv) the defeasance collateral is not permitted to be subject to prepayment, call, or early redemption; (v) the Mortgagor is required to provide a certification from an independent certified public accountant that the collateral is sufficient to make all scheduled payments under the Mortgage Note as set forth in clause (iii) above; (vi) the defeased note and the defeasance collateral are required to be assumed by a Single-Purpose Entity; (vii) the Mortgagor is required to provide an opinion of counsel that the Trustee has a perfected security interest in such collateral prior to any other claim or interest; and (viii) the Mortgagor is required to pay all rating agency fees associated with defeasance (if rating

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confirmation is a specific condition precedent thereto) and all other reasonable expenses associated with defeasance, including, but not limited to, accountant’s fees and opinions of counsel.

35.              Fixed Interest Rates. Each Mortgage Loan bears interest at a rate that remains fixed throughout the remaining term of such Mortgage Loan, except in the case of ARD Loans and in situations where default interest is imposed.

36.              Ground Leases. For purposes of this Exhibit C, a “Ground Lease” shall mean a lease creating a leasehold estate in real property where the fee owner as the ground lessor conveys for a term or terms of years its entire interest in the land and buildings and other improvements, if any, comprising the premises demised under such lease to the ground lessee (who may, in certain circumstances, own the building and improvements on the land), subject to the reversionary interest of the ground lessor as fee owner.

With respect to any Mortgage Loan where the Mortgage Loan is secured by a Ground Leasehold estate in whole or in part, and the related Mortgage does not also encumber the related lessor’s fee interest in such Mortgaged Property, based upon the terms of the Ground Lease and any estoppel or other agreement received from the ground lessor in favor of Mortgage Loan Seller, its successors and assigns (collectively, the “Ground Lease and Related Documents”), Mortgage Loan Seller represents and warrants that:

(A)             The Ground Lease or a memorandum regarding such Ground Lease has been duly recorded or submitted for recordation in a form that is acceptable for recording in the applicable jurisdiction. The Ground Lease and Related Documents permit the interest of the lessee to be encumbered by the related Mortgage and do not restrict the use of the related Mortgaged Property by such lessee, its successors or assigns in a manner that would materially adversely affect the security provided by the related Mortgage. No material change in the terms of the Ground Lease has occurred since its recordation, except by any written instruments which are included in the related Mortgage File;

(B)              The lessor under such Ground Lease has agreed in a writing included in the related Mortgage File (or in such Ground Lease and Related Documents) that the Ground Lease may not be amended, modified, canceled or terminated by agreement of lessor and lessee without the prior written consent of the Mortgagee and that any such action without such consent is not binding on the Mortgagee, its successors or assigns, provided that the Mortgagee has provided lessor with notice of its lien in accordance with the terms of the Ground Lease;

(C)              The Ground Lease has an original term (or an original term plus one or more optional renewal terms, which, under all circumstances, may be exercised, and will be enforceable, by either the Mortgagor or the Mortgagee) that extends not less than 20 years beyond the stated maturity of the related Mortgage Loan, or 10 years past the stated maturity if such Mortgage Loan fully amortizes by the stated maturity (or with respect to a Mortgage Loan that accrues on an actual 360 basis, substantially amortizes);

(D)             The Ground Lease either (i) is not subject to any interests, estates, liens or encumbrances superior to, or of equal priority with, the Mortgage, except for the related

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fee interest of the ground lessor and the Permitted Encumbrances and Title Exceptions; or (ii) is the subject of a subordination, non-disturbance or attornment agreement or similar agreement to which the Mortgagee on the lessor’s fee interest is subject;

(E)              Subject to the notice requirements of the Ground Lease and Related Documents, the Ground Lease does not place commercially unreasonable restrictions on the identity of the Mortgagee and the Ground Lease is assignable to the holder of the Mortgage Loan and its successors and assigns without the consent of the lessor thereunder (or, if such consent is required it either has been obtained or cannot be unreasonably withheld, provided that such Ground Lease has not been terminated and all amounts due thereunder have been paid), and in the event it is so assigned, it is further assignable by the holder of the Mortgage Loan and its successors and assigns without the consent of the lessor (or, if such consent is required it either has been obtained or cannot be unreasonably withheld, provided that such Ground Lease has not been terminated and all amounts due thereunder have been paid);

(F)              The Mortgage Loan Seller has not received any written notice of material default under or notice of termination of such Ground Lease. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, there is no material default under such Ground Lease and no condition that, but for the passage of time or giving of notice, would result in a material default under the terms of such Ground Lease and to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, such Ground Lease is in full force and effect as of the Closing Date;

(G)             The Ground Lease and Related Documents require the lessor to give to the Mortgagee written notice of any default and provide that no notice of default or termination is effective against the Mortgagee unless such notice is given to the Mortgagee;

(H)             A Mortgagee is permitted a reasonable opportunity (including, where necessary, sufficient time to gain possession of the interest of the lessee under the Ground Lease through legal proceedings) to cure any default under the Ground Lease which is curable after the Mortgagee’s receipt of notice of any default before the lessor may terminate the Ground Lease;

(I)                The Ground Lease does not impose any restrictions on subletting that would be viewed as commercially unreasonable by the Mortgage Loan Seller in connection with the origination of similar commercial or multifamily loans intended for securitization;

(J)                Under the terms of the Ground Lease and Related Documents, any related insurance proceeds or the portion of the condemnation award allocable to the ground lessee’s interest (other than in respect of a total or substantially total loss or taking as addressed in subpart (K)) will be applied either to the repair or to restoration of all or part of the related Mortgaged Property with (so long as such proceeds are in excess of the threshold amount specified in the related Mortgage Loan documents) the Mortgagee or a trustee appointed by it having the right to hold and disburse such proceeds as repair or restoration progresses, or to the payment of the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, together with any accrued interest;

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(K)             In the case of a total or substantially total taking or loss, under the terms of the Ground Lease and Related Documents, any related insurance proceeds, or portion of the condemnation award allocable to ground lessee’s interest in respect of a total or substantially total loss or taking of the related Mortgaged Property to the extent not applied to restoration, will be applied first to the payment of the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, together with any accrued interest; and

(L)              Provided that the Mortgagee cures any defaults which are susceptible to being cured, the ground lessor has agreed to enter into a new lease with the Mortgagee upon termination of the Ground Lease for any reason, including rejection of the Ground Lease in a bankruptcy proceeding.

37.              Servicing. The servicing and collection practices used by the Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to the Mortgage Loan have been, in all respects legal and have met with customary industry standards for servicing of commercial loans for conduit loan programs.

38.              Origination and Underwriting. The origination practices of the Mortgage Loan Seller (or the related originator if the Mortgage Loan Seller was not the originator) with respect to each Mortgage Loan have been, in all material respects, legal and as of the date of its origination, such Mortgage Loan and the origination thereof complied in all material respects with, or was exempt from, all requirements of federal, state or local law relating to the origination of such Mortgage Loan; provided that such representation and warranty does not address or otherwise cover any matters with respect to federal, state or local law otherwise covered in this Exhibit C.

39.              Intentionally Omitted.

40.              No Material Default; Payment Record. No Mortgage Loan has been more than 30 days delinquent, without giving effect to any grace or cure period, in making required payments in the prior 12 months (or since origination if such Mortgage Loan has been originated within the past 12 months), and as of Cut-off Date, no Mortgage Loan is delinquent (beyond any applicable grace or cure period) in making required payments. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, there is (a) no material default, breach, violation or event of acceleration existing under the related Mortgage Loan, or (b) no event (other than payments due but not yet delinquent) which, with the passage of time or with notice and the expiration of any grace or cure period, would constitute a material default, breach, violation or event of acceleration, which default, breach, violation or event of acceleration in the case of either clause (a) or clause (b), materially and adversely affects the value of the Mortgage Loan or the value, use or operation of the related Mortgaged Property; provided, however, that this representation and warranty does not cover any default, breach, violation or event of acceleration that specifically pertains to or arises out of an exception scheduled to any other representation and warranty made by the Mortgage Loan Seller in this Exhibit C. No person other than the holder of such Mortgage Loan may declare any event of default under the Mortgage Loan or accelerate any indebtedness under the Mortgage Loan documents.

41.              Bankruptcy. As of the date of origination of the related Mortgage Loan and to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge as of the Cut-off Date, neither the Mortgaged Property (other than any tenants of such Mortgaged Property), nor any portion thereof, is the subject of, and

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no Mortgagor, guarantor or tenant occupying a single-tenant property is a debtor in state or federal bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding.

42.              Organization of Mortgagor. With respect to each Mortgage Loan, in reliance on certified copies of the organizational documents of the Mortgagor delivered by the Mortgagor in connection with the origination of such Mortgage Loan, the Mortgagor is an entity organized under the laws of a state of the United States of America, the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Except with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with another Mortgage Loan and other than as set forth on Exhibit C-32-4, no Mortgage Loan has a Mortgagor that is an Affiliate of a Mortgagor with respect to another Mortgage Loan. An “Affiliate” for purposes of this paragraph (42) means, a Mortgagor that is under direct or indirect common ownership and control with another Mortgagor.

43.              Environmental Conditions. A Phase I environmental site assessment (or update of a previous Phase I and or Phase II environmental site assessment) and, with respect to certain Mortgage Loans, a Phase II environmental site assessment (collectively, an “ESA”) meeting ASTM requirements was conducted by a reputable environmental consultant in connection with such Mortgage Loan within 12 months prior to its origination date (or an update of a previous ESA was prepared), and such ESA (i) did not identify the existence of recognized environmental conditions (as such term is defined in ASTM E1527-13 or its successor, hereinafter “Environmental Condition”) at the related Mortgaged Property or the need for further investigation, or (ii) if the existence of an Environmental Condition or need for further investigation was indicated in any such ESA, then at least one of the following statements is true: (A) an amount reasonably estimated by a reputable environmental consultant to be sufficient to cover the estimated cost to cure any material noncompliance with applicable Environmental Laws or the Environmental Condition has been escrowed by the related Mortgagor and is held or controlled by the related Mortgagee; (B) if the only Environmental Condition relates to the presence of asbestos-containing materials, radon in indoor air, lead based paint or lead in drinking water, the only recommended action in the ESA is the institution of such a plan, an operations or maintenance plan has been required to be instituted by the related Mortgagor that can reasonably be expected to mitigate the identified risk; (C) the Environmental Condition identified in the related environmental report was remediated or abated or contained in all material respects prior to the date hereof, and, if and as appropriate, a no further action, completion or closure letter or its equivalent was obtained from the applicable governmental regulatory authority (or the environmental issue affecting the related Mortgaged Property was otherwise listed by such governmental authority as “closed” or a reputable environmental consultant has concluded that no further action is required); (D) an environmental policy or a lender’s pollution legal liability insurance policy that covers liability for the identified circumstance or condition was obtained from an insurer rated no less than “A-” (or the equivalent) by Moody’s, S&P, Fitch Ratings, Inc. and/or A.M. Best; (E) a party not related to the Mortgagor was identified as the responsible party for such condition or circumstance and such responsible party has financial resources reasonably estimated to be adequate to address the situation; or (F) a party related to the Mortgagor having financial resources reasonably estimated to be adequate to address the situation is required to take action. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, except as set forth in the ESA, there is no Environmental Condition (as such term is defined in ASTM E1527-13 or its successor) at the related Mortgaged Property.

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44.              Intentionally Omitted.

45.              Appraisal. The Servicing File contains an appraisal of the related Mortgaged Property with an appraisal date within 6 months of the Mortgage Loan origination date, and within 12 months of the Cut-off Date. The appraisal is signed by an appraiser that (i) (A) is a Member of the Appraisal Institute or (B) has a comparable professional designation and possesses the level of experience required to evaluate commercial real estate collateral, and (ii) to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, had no interest, direct or indirect, in the Mortgaged Property or the Mortgagor or in any loan made on the security thereof, and whose compensation is not affected by the approval or disapproval of the Mortgage Loan. Each appraiser has represented in such appraisal or in a supplemental letter that the appraisal satisfies the requirements of the “Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice” as adopted by the Appraisal Standards Board of the Appraisal Foundation.

46.              Mortgage Loan Schedule. The information pertaining to each Mortgage Loan which is set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached as an exhibit to this Agreement is true and correct in all material respects as of the Cut-off Date and contains all information required by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be contained therein.

47.              Cross-Collateralization. No Mortgage Loan is cross-collateralized or cross-defaulted with any other mortgage loan that is outside the Mortgage Pool, except in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan.

48.              Advance of Funds by the Mortgage Loan Seller. Except for loan proceeds advanced at the time of loan origination or other payments contemplated by the Mortgage Loan documents, no advance of funds has been made by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the related Mortgagor, and no funds have been received from any person other than the related Mortgagor or an affiliate, directly, or, to the knowledge of the Mortgage Loan Seller, indirectly for, or on account of, payments due on the Mortgage Loan. Neither the Mortgage Loan Seller nor any affiliate thereof has any obligation to make any capital contribution to any Mortgagor under a Mortgage Loan, other than contributions made on or prior to the Closing Date.

49.              Compliance with Anti-Money Laundering Laws. The Mortgage Loan Seller has complied in all material respects with all applicable anti-money laundering laws and regulations, including without limitation the U.S. Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 and USA Patriot Act of 2001 with respect to the origination of the Mortgage Loan.

For purposes of this Exhibit C, “Mortgagee” means the mortgagee, grantee or beneficiary under any Mortgage, any holder of legal title to any portion of any Mortgage Loan or, if applicable, any agent or servicer on behalf of such party.

For purposes of this Exhibit C, “Mortgagor” means the obligor or obligors on a Mortgage Note, including without limitation, any person that has acquired the related Mortgaged Property and assumed the obligations of the original obligor under the Mortgage Note and including in connection with any Mortgage Loan that utilizes an indemnity deed of trust structure, the borrower and the Mortgaged Property owner/payment guarantor/mortgagor individually and collectively, as the context may require.

  Exh. C-19  

 

Exhibit C-32-1

List of Mortgage Loans with Current Mezzanine Debt

None.

  Exh. C-32-1-1  

 

Exhibit C-32-2

List of Mortgage Loans with Permitted Mezzanine Debt

Mortgage Loan Number	Mortgage Loan Name
18	Cornerstone Marketplace

  Exh. C-32-2-1  

 

 

Exhibit C-32-3

List of Cross-Collateralized and Cross-Defaulted Mortgage Loans

None.

  Exh. C-32-3-1  

 

 

Exhibit C-32-4

List of Mortgage Loans with Affiliated Mortgagors

None.

  Exh. C-32-4-1  

 

 

SCHEDULE C

EXCEPTIONS TO MORTGAGE LOAN REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

The exceptions to the representations and warranties set forth below are listed by the number of the related representation and warranty set forth on Exhibit C and the mortgage loan name and number identified on Exhibit A. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Schedule C shall have the meanings set forth in Exhibit C or, if not defined therein, in this Agreement.

 

Rep. No. on Exhibit C	Mortgage Loan and Number as Identified on Exhibit A	Description of the Exception
7	Cornerstone Marketplace (Loan No. 18)	Chick-fil-A has a right of first offer to purchase the ground leased portion of the Mortgaged Property pursuant to the terms of the ground lease between the borrower, as ground lessor, and Chick-fil-A, as ground lessee, if the borrower intends to offer the ground leased portion of the Mortgaged Property for sale to an unaffiliated third party. In addition, Chick-fil-A has a right of first refusal to purchase the ground leased portion of the Mortgaged Property in connection with any offer to purchase the ground leased portion of the Mortgaged Property by a third party which the borrower intends to accept.
8	Cornerstone Marketplace (Loan No. 18)	Chick-fil-A has a right of first offer to purchase the ground leased portion of the Mortgaged Property pursuant to the terms of the ground lease between the borrower, as ground lessor, and Chick-fil-A, as ground lessee, if the borrower intends to offer the ground leased portion of the Mortgaged Property for sale to an unaffiliated third party. In addition, Chick-fil-A has a right of first refusal to purchase the ground leased portion of the Mortgaged Property in connection with any offer to purchase the ground leased portion of the Mortgaged Property by a third party which the borrower intends to accept.
16	Cornerstone Marketplace (Loan No. 18)	Certain escrows are held by a title company pursuant to certain escrow agreements, and are not in the possession, or under the control, of the lender or its servicer.
18	Museum Tower (Loan No. 10)	The Mortgagor is maintaining all-risk property insurance coverage with a deductible in an amount that is greater than customarily permitted by the originator. In addition, the Mortgaged Property is located in an area identified as having special flood hazards and the Mortgagor is required to maintain additional excess flood coverage in an amount that is less than generally required by the lender.
18	Pecan Place Apartments (Loan No. 19)	The Mortgagor is maintaining and is only required to maintain all-risk property insurance coverage in an amount that is less than the original principal balance of the Mortgage Loan and less than the full insurable value on a replacement cost basis. In addition, the Mortgaged Property is located approximately within 25 miles from the Gulf of Mexico and the Mortgagor is maintaining and is only required to maintain windstorm coverage in an

     

  Sch. C-1  

 

 

Rep. No. on Exhibit C	Mortgage Loan and Number as Identified on Exhibit A	Description of the Exception
		amount that is less than the original principal balance of the Mortgage Loan and less than the full insurable value on a replacement cost basis.
26	Pecan Place Apartments (Loan No. 19)	The Mortgaged Property is legal non-conforming as to structure and the Mortgagor obtained law and ordinance insurance coverage in an amount less than customarily required by the originator for similar commercial and multifamily loans intended for securitization.

 

  Sch. C-2  

 

EXHIBIT D-1

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF THE SECRETARY OR
AN ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLER

STARWOOD MORTGAGE CAPITAL LLC

ASSISTANT SECRETARY’S CERTIFICATE

I, [______], an Assistant Secretary of Starwood Mortgage Capital LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Mortgage Loan Seller”), HEREBY CERTIFY that:

1. Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a true and complete copy of the Certificate of Formation of the Mortgage Loan Seller as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, as amended by that certain Certificate of Amendment filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, which certificate has not been further amended, modified or rescinded since the date of the Certificate of Amendment and is in full force and effect on the date hereof.

2. Attached hereto as Exhibit B is a true and correct copy of the Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Mortgage Loan Seller dated as of June 2, 2022, which agreement has not been otherwise amended, repealed, modified or restated since the date thereof and is in full force and effect on the date hereof.

3. Attached hereto as Exhibit C are the names of the individuals who, as of the date of this Certificate, are duly elected or appointed, qualified and acting officers of the Mortgage Loan Seller holding the offices indicated next to their respective names, and who have the individual authority to execute any agreement, instrument or other document required to be executed and delivered by or on behalf of the Mortgage Loan Seller. The signature appearing opposite the name of each such person set forth below is his/her genuine signature.

4. Attached hereto as Exhibit D is a true and complete copy of the Certificate of Good Standing of the Mortgage Loan Seller, dated May [_], 2023, issued by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

4. Attached hereto as Exhibit E is a true and complete copy of the Written Consent of the Sole Member of the Mortgage Loan Seller, dated as of May [_], 2023, authorizing the execution of:

(i)        that certain Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated and effective May 19, 2023, by and among the Mortgage Loan Seller and Mortgage Stanley Capital I Inc. (the “Depositor”); and

(ii)       that certain Indemnification Agreement, dated and effective as of May 19, 2023, by and among the Mortgage Loan Seller, Depositor, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Wells Fargo Securities LLC and Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC,

  Exh. D-1-1  

 

and the transactions contemplated thereby, which consent has not been revoked, modified, amended or rescinded since the date thereof and is in full force and effect as of the date hereof.

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have signed this Certificate as of May 25, 2023.

	Name:
	Title:

  Exh. D-1-2  

 

EXHIBIT D-2

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLER

CERTIFICATE OF MORTGAGE LOAN SELLER

In connection with the execution and delivery by Starwood Mortgage Capital LLC (“SMC”) of the various transactions contemplated by that certain Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement dated and effective as of May 19, 2023 (the “Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement”) between SMC, as seller, and Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as purchaser (the “Purchaser”), the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) except as set forth on Schedule C to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the representations and warranties of SMC in or made pursuant to Section 4(a) and Section 4(b) of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement are true and correct in all material respects at and as of the date hereof with the same effect as if made on the date hereof, provided that any representations and warranties made as of a specified date shall be true and correct as of such specified date, (ii) SMC has, in all material respects, complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part required under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the date hereof, and (iii) since the date of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, there will not have been, immediately prior to the transfer of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, any material adverse change in the financial condition of SMC. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.

Certified this May 25, 2023.

		STARWOOD MORTGAGE CAPITAL LLC
		By:
			Name:
			Title:

 

  D-2-1  

 

EXHIBIT E

FORM OF OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE OF
STARWOOD MORTGAGE CAPITAL LLC

[_], 2023

Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc.
1585 Broadway
New York, New York 10036
Attention: Jane Lam

Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc.
1633 Broadway, 29th Floor
New York, New York 10019
Attention: Legal Compliance Division

cmbs_notices@morganstanley.com

With copies to the Addressees listed on Schedule A

Re: MSWF 2023-1 – Officer’s Certificate Pursuant to Section 4(i) of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement

Reference is hereby made to that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023, and that certain Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated and effective as of May 19, 2023 (the “Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement”), between the undersigned (the “Mortgage Loan Seller”) and Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc. In accordance with Section 4(i) of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the Mortgage Loan Seller hereby certifies to the parties listed on Schedule A, as follows:

1. The Mortgage Loan Seller has delivered the Diligence File (as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) with respect to each Mortgage Loan to the Designated Site (as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement); and

2. Each Diligence File constitutes all documents required under the definition of “Diligence File” and such Diligence File is organized and categorized in accordance with the electronic file structure reasonably agreed to by the Depositor and Mortgage Loan Seller.

Capitalized terms used herein without definition have the meanings given them in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this diligence file certification to be executed by its duly authorized officer or representative, the [_] day of [_], 2023.

  Exh. E-1  

 

		Sincerely yours,
		STARWOOD MORTGAGE CAPITAL LLC
		By:
			Name:
			Title:

 

  Exh. E-2  

 

SCHEDULE A

LIST OF ADDRESSEES TO BE COPIED

GENERAL MASTER SERVICER:

Email: commercial.servicing@wellsfargo.com

GENERAL SPECIAL SERVICER:

Email: ahundertmark@argenticservices.com and jmayfield@argenticservices.com

CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR:

Email: CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com; trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com

TRUSTEE:

Email: CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com; trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com

DIRECTING CERTIFICATEHOLDER:

Email: jbrand@argenticmgmt.com

ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER:

Email: notices@pentalphasurveillance.com

OPERATING ADVISOR:

Email: notices@pentalphasurveillance.com

 

  Exh. E-3  

 

EXHIBIT F

FORM OF LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

TO COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AND ARGENTIC SERVICES COMPANY LP WITH RESPECT TO MSWF COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE TRUST 2023-1, COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2023-1

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement dated and effective as of May 19, 2023 (the “Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement”), between Starwood Mortgage Capital LLC (“Seller”) and Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc. (“Depositor”), Seller is selling certain commercial, multifamily and/or manufactured housing community mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”) to Depositor;

WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between the Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as general master servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as general special servicer (the “General Special Servicer”), Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as certificate administrator, as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), as custodian (in such capacity, the “Custodian”), as certificate registrar, and as authenticating agent, the Trustee, the Custodian and the General Special Servicer are granted certain powers, responsibilities and authority in connection with the completion and the filing and recording of assignments of mortgage, deeds of trust or similar documents, Form UCC-3 assignments of financing statements, reassignments of assignments of leases, rents and profits and other Mortgage Loan documents required to be filed or recorded in appropriate public filing and recording offices;

WHEREAS, Seller has agreed to provide this Limited Power of Attorney pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement;

NOW, THEREFORE, Seller does hereby make, constitute and appoint the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee), acting solely in its capacity as Custodian under, and in accordance with the terms of, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, Seller’s true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact with respect to each Mortgage Loan in Seller’s name, place and stead: (i) to complete (to the extent necessary) and to cause to be submitted for filing or recording in the appropriate public filing or recording offices, all assignments of mortgage, deeds of trust or similar documents, assignments or reassignments of rents, leases and profits, in each case in favor of the Trustee, as set forth in the definition of “Mortgage File” in Section 1.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, that have been received by the Trustee or a Custodian on its behalf, and all Form UCC-3 assignments of financing statements and all other comparable instruments or documents with respect to the Mortgage Loans which are customarily and reasonably necessary or appropriate to assign agreements, documents and instruments pertaining to the Mortgage Loans, in each case in favor of the Trustee as set forth in the definition of “Mortgage File” in, and in accordance with Section 1.01 of, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and to evidence, provide notice of and perfect such assignments and conveyances in favor of the Trustee in the public records of the appropriate filing and recording offices; and (ii) to prepare, execute and file or record in the appropriate public filing or recording offices, as applicable, all other Mortgage Loan documents

  Exh. F-1  

 

to be recorded under the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any such Mortgage Loan documents which have not been submitted for filing or recordation by Seller on or before the date hereof or which have been so submitted but are subsequently lost or returned unrecorded or unfiled as a result of actual or purported defects therein, in order to evidence, provide notice of and perfect such documents in the public records of the appropriate filing and recording offices. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Limited Power of Attorney shall grant to the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) and the General Special Servicer only such powers, responsibilities and authority as are set forth in Section 2 of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.

Seller does also hereby make, constitute and appoint the General Special Servicer, acting solely in its capacity as General Special Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, Seller’s true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact with respect to the Mortgage Loans in Seller’s name, place and stead solely to exercise and perform all of the rights, authority and powers of the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) as set forth in the preceding paragraph in the event of the failure or the incapacity of the Custodian to do so for any reason. As between the General Special Servicer and any third party, no evidence of the failure or incapacity of the Custodian shall be required and such third party may rely upon the General Special Servicer’s written statement that it is acting pursuant to the terms of this Limited Power of Attorney.

The enumeration of particular powers herein is not intended in any way to limit the grant to the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) or the General Special Servicer as Seller’s attorney-in-fact of full power and authority with respect to the Mortgage Loans to complete (to the extent necessary), file and record any documents, instruments or other writings referred to above as fully, to all intents and purposes, as Seller might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming whatsoever such attorney-in-fact shall and may do by virtue hereof; and Seller agrees and represents to those dealing with such attorney-in-fact that they may rely upon this Limited Power of Attorney until termination thereof under the provisions of the second following paragraph below. As between Seller, the Depositor, the General Special Servicer, the Custodian, the Trust and the Certificateholders, neither the Custodian nor the General Special Servicer may exercise any right, authority or power granted by this Limited Power of Attorney in a manner which would violate the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, but any and all third parties dealing with the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) or the General Special Servicer as Seller’s attorney-in-fact may rely completely, unconditionally and conclusively on the authority of the Custodian or the General Special Servicer, as applicable, and need not make any inquiry about whether the Custodian or the General Special Servicer is acting pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Any purchaser, title insurance company or other third party may rely upon a written statement by the Custodian or the General Special Servicer that any particular Mortgage Loan or related mortgaged real property in question is subject to and included under this Limited Power of Attorney and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Any act or thing lawfully done hereunder by the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) or the General Special Servicer shall be binding on Seller and Seller’s successors and assigns.

This Limited Power of Attorney shall continue in full force and effect with respect to the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) and the General Special Servicer, as applicable, until the earliest occurrence of any of the following events:

(1) with respect to the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee), the termination of the Custodian and its replacement with a successor Custodian under the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement;

  Exh. F-2  

 

(2) with respect to the General Special Servicer, the termination of such entity and its replacement with a successor General Special Servicer under the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement;

(3) with respect to the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee), the appointment of a receiver or conservator with respect to the business of the Custodian, or the filing of a voluntary or involuntary petition in bankruptcy by or against the Custodian;

(4) with respect to the General Special Servicer, the appointment of a receiver or conservator with respect to the business of such entity, or the filing of a voluntary or involuntary petition in bankruptcy by or against such entity;

(5) with respect to each of the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) and the General Special Servicer and any Mortgage Loan, such Mortgage Loan is no longer a part of the Trust;

(6) with respect to each of the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) and the General Special Servicer, the termination of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in accordance with its terms; and

(7) with respect to the General Special Servicer, the occurrence and continuance of, or failure to cure, any of the events described under Section 7.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the General Special Servicer.

Nothing herein shall be deemed to amend or modify the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the respective rights, duties or obligations of Seller under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, and nothing herein shall constitute a waiver of any rights or remedies under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or, if not defined therein, then in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

THIS POWER OF ATTORNEY AND THE RIGHTS, DUTIES, OBLIGATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS AND DECISIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THE PARTIES HERETO INTEND THAT THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW SHALL APPLY TO THIS AGREEMENT.

[Signature on next page]

  Exh. F-3  

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Seller has caused this instrument to be executed and its corporate seal to be affixed hereto by its officer duly authorized as of _______________, 2023.

 

		STARWOOD MORTGAGE CAPITAL LLC
		By:
			Name:
			Title:

 

  Exh. F-4  

 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

STATE OF	)
	)	ss.:
COUNTY OF	)

On this ____ day of _____________ 20__, before me appeared __________________, to me personally known, who, being by me duly sworn did say that he/she is the ___________________ of Starwood Mortgage Capital LLC, and that the seal affixed to the foregoing instrument is the corporate seal of said entity, and that said instrument was signed and sealed in behalf of said entity by authority of its board of directors (or equivalent authorizing parties), and said ___________________ acknowledged said instrument to be the free act and deed of said entity.

		Name:
			Notary Public in and for said County and State
My Commission Expires:

 

  Exh. F-5  

 

EX-99.5

Exhibit 99.5

EXECUTION VERSION

MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”), is dated and effective as of May 19, 2023, between Argentic Real Estate Finance LLC, as seller (in such capacity, together with its successors and permitted assigns hereunder, the “Mortgage Loan Seller” or “Seller”), and Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as purchaser (in such capacity, together with its successors and permitted assigns hereunder, the “Purchaser”).

RECITALS

The Mortgage Loan Seller desires to sell, assign, transfer, set over and otherwise convey to the Purchaser, without recourse, representation or warranty, other than as set forth herein, and the Purchaser desires to purchase, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the commercial, multifamily and/or manufactured housing community mortgage loans (collectively, the “Mortgage Loans”) identified on the schedule annexed hereto as Exhibit A (as such schedule may be amended from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof, the “Mortgage Loan Schedule”).

The Purchaser intends to create a trust (the “Trust”), the primary assets of which will be a segregated pool of commercial, multifamily and/or manufactured housing community mortgage loans, that includes the Mortgage Loans. Beneficial ownership of the assets of the Trust (such assets collectively, the “Trust Fund”) will be evidenced by a series of mortgage pass-through certificates (the “Certificates”). Certain classes of the Certificates will be rated by nationally recognized statistical rating organizations (the “Rating Agencies”). Certain classes of Certificates (the “Registered Certificates”) will be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and certain classes of Certificates (the “Non-Registered Certificates”) will not be registered under the Securities Act. The Trust will be created and the Certificates will be issued pursuant to a pooling and servicing agreement to be dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as depositor (the “Depositor”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as general master servicer (the “General Master Servicer”), Argentic Services Company LP, as general special servicer (the “General Special Servicer”), Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as operating advisor (in such capacity, the “Operating Advisor”) and as asset representations reviewer (in such capacity, the “Asset Representations Reviewer”), and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), as tax administrator and as custodian (in such capacity, the “Custodian”). Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as in full force and effect on the Closing Date (as defined in Section 1 hereof) (except with respect to the definition of “Servicing File,” which for purposes of this Agreement shall not include the documents described in clause (b) in the definition of such term in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement). Any reference to a provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as in full force and effect on the Closing Date. It is anticipated that the Purchaser will transfer the Mortgage Loans to the Trustee on behalf of the Trust contemporaneously with its purchase of the Mortgage Loans hereunder.

The Purchaser intends to sell the Registered Certificates to Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (“MS&Co.”), Wells Fargo Securities, LLC (“WFS”) and Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC

(“Siebert Williams Shank”, and together with MS&Co. and WFS, collectively in such capacities, the “Underwriters”) pursuant to an underwriting agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “Underwriting Agreement”), between the Purchaser, Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC and the Underwriters. The Purchaser intends to sell the Non-Registered Certificates to MS&Co., WFS and Siebert Williams Shank (collectively in such capacities, the “Initial Purchasers”) pursuant to a certificate purchase agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “Certificate Purchase Agreement”), between the Purchaser, Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC and the Initial Purchasers. The Certificates are more fully described in (a) that certain prospectus dated May 23, 2023 (together with all annexes and exhibits thereto and information incorporated therein by reference as of the date of filing thereof, the “Prospectus”), relating to the Registered Certificates and (b) that certain private placement memorandum, dated May 23, 2023 (together with all annexes and exhibits thereto, the “Private Placement Memorandum”), relating to the Non-Registered Certificates, as each may be amended or supplemented at any time hereafter.

The Mortgage Loan Seller will indemnify the Depositor, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers and certain related parties with respect to certain disclosure regarding the Mortgage Loans that is contained in (a) that certain preliminary prospectus, dated May 11, 2023, relating to the Registered Certificates (together with all annexes and exhibits thereto and information incorporated therein by reference as of the last Time of Sale (as defined in the Indemnification Agreement), the “Preliminary Prospectus”), (b) that certain preliminary private placement memorandum, dated May 11, 2023, relating to the Non-Registered Certificates (together with all annexes and exhibits thereto, the “Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum”), (c) the Prospectus, (d) the Private Placement Memorandum and (e) certain other disclosure documents and offering materials relating to the Certificates, pursuant to an indemnification agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “Indemnification Agreement”), between the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Depositor, the Underwriters and the Initial Purchasers.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements set forth herein, the parties agree as follows:

Section 1.                                        Agreement to Purchase. The Mortgage Loan Seller agrees to sell, assign, transfer, set over and otherwise convey to the Purchaser, without recourse, representation or warranty, other than as set forth herein, and the Purchaser agrees to purchase from the Mortgage Loan Seller, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Mortgage Loans. The purchase and sale of the Mortgage Loans shall take place on May 25, 2023 or such other date as shall be mutually acceptable to the parties hereto (the “Closing Date”). As of the Cut-off Date, the Mortgage Loans will have an aggregate principal balance, after application of all payments of principal due on the Mortgage Loans, if any, on or before such date, whether or not received, of  $30,000,000. The purchase price for the Mortgage Loans shall be an amount set forth on the cross receipt between the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser dated the Closing Date (which price reflects no deduction for any transaction expenses for which the Mortgage Loan Seller is responsible). The Purchaser shall pay such purchase price to the Mortgage Loan Seller on the Closing Date by wire transfer in immediately available funds or by such other method as shall be mutually acceptable to the parties hereto.

Section 2.                                         Conveyance of the Mortgage Loans. (a) Effective as of the Closing Date, subject only to receipt of the purchase price referred to in Section 1 hereof and the

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satisfaction of the other conditions to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s obligations set forth herein, the Mortgage Loan Seller does hereby sell, assign, transfer, set over and otherwise convey to the Purchaser, without recourse, representation or warranty, other than as set forth herein, all of the right, title and interest of the Mortgage Loan Seller in, to and under the Mortgage Loans and all documents included in the related Mortgage Files and Servicing Files, with the understanding that a servicing rights purchase and sale agreement or comparable agreement may be executed by the Mortgage Loan Seller and the General Master Servicer. Such assignment includes all scheduled payments of principal and interest under and proceeds of the Mortgage Loans received after their respective Cut-off Dates (other than scheduled payments of interest and principal due on or before their respective Cut-off Dates, which shall belong and be promptly remitted to the Mortgage Loan Seller) together with all documents delivered or caused to be delivered hereunder with respect to such Mortgage Loans by the Mortgage Loan Seller (including all documents included in the related Mortgage Files and Servicing Files and any other documents required to be delivered by the Mortgage Loan Seller under Sections 2.01(b) and (c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement). The Purchaser shall be entitled to receive all scheduled payments of principal and interest due on the Mortgage Loans after their respective Cut-off Dates, and all other recoveries of principal and interest collected thereon after their respective Cut-off Dates (other than scheduled payments of principal and interest due on the Mortgage Loans on or before their respective Cut-off Dates and collected after such respective Cut-off Dates or, in the case of Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans (if any), due on or prior to the related date of substitution and collected after such date, in each case, which shall belong to the Mortgage Loan Seller), except any Seller Defeasance Rights and Obligations.

After the Mortgage Loan Seller’s transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser, as provided herein, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall not take any action inconsistent with the Purchaser’s ownership of the Mortgage Loans. Except for actions that are the express responsibility of another party hereunder or under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and further except for actions that the Mortgage Loan Seller is expressly permitted to complete subsequent to the Closing Date, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall, on or before the Closing Date, take all actions required under applicable law to effectuate the transfer of the Mortgage Loans by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Purchaser.

It is expressly agreed and understood that, notwithstanding the assignment of the Mortgage Loan documents, it is expressly intended that the Mortgage Loan Seller will receive the benefit of any securitization indemnification provisions in the Mortgage Loan documents.

(b)                                            The conveyance of the Mortgage Loans and the related rights and property accomplished hereby is intended by the parties hereto to constitute a sale by the Mortgage Loan Seller of all the Mortgage Loan Seller’s right, title and interest in and to such Mortgage Loans and such other related rights and property by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Purchaser. Furthermore, it is not intended that such conveyance be a pledge of security for a loan. If such conveyance is determined to be a pledge of security for a loan, however, then: (i) this Agreement shall constitute a security agreement under applicable law; (ii) the Mortgage Loan Seller shall be deemed to have granted to the Purchaser, and in any event, the Mortgage Loan Seller hereby grants to the Purchaser, a first priority security interest in all of the Mortgage Loan Seller’s right, title and interest, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in and to (1) the Mortgage Loans, (2) all documents included in the related Mortgage Files and Servicing Files, (3) all scheduled payments

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of principal and interest due on the Mortgage Loans after their respective Cut-off Dates, and (4) all other recoveries of principal and interest collected thereon after their respective Cut-off Dates (other than scheduled payments of principal and interest due on the Mortgage Loans on or before their respective Cut-off Dates and collected after such respective Cut-off Dates or, in the case of Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans (if any), due on or prior to the related date of substitution and collected after such date); (iii) the assignment by the Purchaser to the Trustee of its interests in the Mortgage Loans as contemplated by Section 16 hereof shall be deemed to be an assignment of any security interest created hereunder; (iv) the possession by the Purchaser (or the Custodian) of the Mortgage Notes with respect to the Mortgage Loans subject hereto from time to time and such other items of property as constitute instruments, money, negotiable documents or chattel paper shall be deemed to be “possession by the secured party” or possession by a purchaser or person designated by such secured party for the purpose of perfecting such security interest under applicable law; and (v) notifications to, and acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from, Persons holding such property, shall be deemed to be notifications to, or acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from, securities intermediaries, bailees or agents (as applicable) of the Purchaser for the purpose of perfecting such security interest under applicable law. The Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser shall, to the extent consistent with this Agreement, take such actions as may be reasonably necessary to ensure that, if this Agreement were deemed to create a security interest in the Mortgage Loans, such security interest would be a perfected security interest of first priority under applicable law and will be maintained as such throughout the term of this Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

(c)                                            In connection with the Mortgage Loan Seller’s assignment pursuant to Section 2(a) above, the Mortgage Loan Seller, at its expense, shall deliver to and deposit with, or cause to be delivered to and deposited with, the Custodian, (x) on or before the Closing Date, the Mortgage Note relating to each Mortgage Loan so assigned, endorsed to the Trustee or in blank as specified in clause (i) of the definition of “Mortgage File” in Section 1.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (or, alternatively, if the original executed Mortgage Note has been lost, a lost note affidavit and indemnity with a copy of such Mortgage Note as specified in clause (i) of the definition of “Mortgage File”) and (y) on or before the date that is forty-five (45) days following the Closing Date (or such later date as may be provided under Sections 2.01(b) or (c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to any item), the remainder of the Mortgage File for each Mortgage Loan and, except in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Non-Serviced Whole Loan as of the Closing Date (which delivery shall be subject to clauses (e) and (f) in the proviso of the definition of “Mortgage File”), any other items required to be delivered or deposited by the Mortgage Loan Seller under Sections 2.01(b) and (c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (other than amounts from reserve accounts and originals of letters of credit, which shall be transferred to the General Master Servicer) for each Mortgage Loan, and shall take such other actions and pay such costs with respect to the Mortgage Loans as may be required under Sections 2.01(b) and (c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, with respect to any Joint Mortgage Loan, the obligations of each of the Mortgage Loan Seller and any other Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to such Joint Mortgage Loan (an “Other Mortgage Loan Seller”) to deliver a Mortgage Note to the Custodian shall be limited to delivery of only the Mortgage Note(s) held by such party to the Custodian. With respect to any Joint Mortgage Loan, the obligations of the Mortgage Loan Seller and any Other Mortgage Loan Seller to deliver the remaining portion of the

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related Mortgage File or any document required to be delivered with respect thereto shall be joint and several, provided that either of the Mortgage Loan Seller or any Other Mortgage Loan Seller may deliver one Mortgage File or one of any other document required to be delivered with respect to such Joint Mortgage Loan hereunder, and such delivery shall satisfy such delivery requirements for the Mortgage Loan Seller and each such Other Mortgage Loan Seller.

In addition, on or prior to the fifth (5th) Business Day after the Closing Date, the Mortgage Loan Seller, at its expense, shall deliver to the Custodian five (5) limited powers of attorney substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F in favor of the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) and the General Special Servicer to empower the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) and, in the event of the failure or incapacity of the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee), the General Special Servicer, to sign and/or deliver to a third party for submission, or to cause the Custodian to sign and/or deliver to a third party for submission, at the expense of the Mortgage Loan Seller, any Mortgage Loan documents required to be recorded as described in Section 2.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and any intervening assignments with evidence of recording thereon that are required to be included in the Mortgage Files (so long as original counterparts have previously been delivered to the Trustee (or the Custodian on its behalf)). The Mortgage Loan Seller agrees to reasonably cooperate with the Custodian, the Trustee and the General Special Servicer in connection with any additional powers of attorney or revisions thereto that are requested by such parties for purposes of such recordation. The parties hereto agree that no such power of attorney shall be used with respect to any Mortgage Loan by or under authorization by any party hereto except to the extent that the absence of a document described in the second preceding sentence with respect to such Mortgage Loan remains unremedied as of the earlier of (i) the date that is one hundred eighty (180) days following the delivery of notice of such absence to the Mortgage Loan Seller, but in no event earlier than eighteen (18) months from the Closing Date, and (ii) the date (if any) on which such Mortgage Loan becomes a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan. The Custodian or the General Special Servicer, as applicable, shall submit such documents for recording, at the Mortgage Loan Seller’s expense, after the periods set forth above, provided, the Custodian or the General Special Servicer, as applicable, shall not submit such assignments for recording if the Mortgage Loan Seller produces evidence that it or a third-party on its behalf has sent any such assignment for recording and certifies that the Mortgage Loan Seller is awaiting its return from the applicable recording office.

(d)In accordance with Section 2.01(b) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, with respect to the delivery of a letter of credit in the manner described in clause (A) of clause (xii) of the definition of “Mortgage File”, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall be deemed to have satisfied the delivery requirements of this Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by delivering to the Custodian within ten (10) Business Days following the Closing Date with respect to any such letter(s) of credit a copy of such letter of credit, the transfer documentation and such transmittal communication to the issuing bank indicating that such document has been delivered to the issuing bank for reissuance. If a letter of credit is not in a form that would allow the General Master Servicer to draw on such letter of credit on behalf of the Trust in accordance with the applicable terms thereof and/or of the related Mortgage Loan documents, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall deliver copies of the appropriate transfer or assignment documents to the Custodian promptly following receipt of written notification thereof. If not otherwise paid by the related Mortgagor, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall pay any transfer fee required in order to transfer the beneficiary’s interest from such Mortgage Loan Seller to the General Master Servicer

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on behalf of the Trust as required hereunder and shall cooperate with the reasonable requests of the General Master Servicer in connection with effectuating a draw under any such letter of credit prior to the date such letter of credit is reissued to the General Master Servicer on behalf of the Trust.

With respect to letters of credit delivered in accordance with subclause (B) of clause (xii) of the definition of “Mortgage File”, within sixty (60) days of the Closing Date or such shorter period as is required by the terms of such letter of credit or other applicable Mortgage Loan documents, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall notify the bank issuing the letter of credit that the General Master Servicer on behalf of the Trustee shall be the beneficiary under such letter of credit. Section 3.01(f) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement requires the General Master Servicer to present such letter of credit and the related assignment documentation delivered by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the letter of credit bank issuing such letter of credit and request that such letter of credit bank reissue the letter of credit in the name of “Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as General Master Servicer, on behalf of Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of registered holders of MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1”. Section 3.01(f) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement further requires the General Master Servicer to use reasonable efforts to obtain such reissued letter of credit back from the issuing letter of credit bank within sixty (60) days (and in any event within ninety (90) days) following the Closing Date. The Mortgage Loan Seller shall provide such reasonable cooperation as requested by the General Master Servicer, including without limitation by delivering such additional assignment or amendment documents required by the issuing bank in order to reissue a letter of credit as provided above.

(e)                                            [Reserved.]

(f)                                              In connection with the Mortgage Loan Seller’s assignment pursuant to Section 2(a) above, the Mortgage Loan Seller, at its expense, shall deliver to and deposit with, or cause to be delivered to and deposited with, or make available or cause to be made available to, the General Master Servicer in accordance with Section 2.01(d) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the following items: (i) within the timeframe for delivery set forth in Section 2.01(d) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, a copy of the Mortgage File for each Mortgage Loan (except that copies of any instruments of assignment that are returned or delivered, as applicable, to the Custodian by the related public recording office in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be delivered by the Custodian to the General Master Servicer) and (ii) within the timeframe for delivery set forth in Section 2.01(d) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and except in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Non-Serviced Whole Loan, originals or copies of all financial statements, operating statements, appraisals, environmental reports, engineering reports, Insurance Policies, certificates, guaranty/indemnity agreements, property inspection reports, escrow analysis, tax bills, third-party management agreements, asset summary and financial information on the borrower/sponsor and any guarantor, in each case relating to the origination and servicing of any Mortgage Loan or related Serviced Whole Loan that are reasonably necessary for the ongoing administration and/or servicing of the applicable Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan in the possession or under the control of the Mortgage Loan Seller that relate to the Mortgage Loans or related Serviced Whole Loan(s) (provided that the Mortgage Loan Seller shall not be required to deliver any internal communications (including such communications between the Mortgage Loan Seller and its

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Affiliates) or underwriting analysis (including documents prepared by the Mortgage Loan Seller or any of its Affiliates for such purposes), draft documents or any documents or materials prepared by it or its Affiliates for internal uses, attorney client communications that are privileged communications or constitute legal or other due diligence analyses or credit underwriting or due diligence analyses or data). In addition, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall, in accordance with Section 2.01(f) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, deliver to, and deposit with, or cause to be delivered to, and deposited with, the General Master Servicer, within three (3) Business Days after the Closing Date, all unapplied reserve funds and Escrow Payments in the possession or under the control of the Mortgage Loan Seller that relate to the Mortgage Loans (other than any Non-Serviced Whole Loans). In addition, not later than the Closing Date, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall provide to the General Master Servicer the initial data with respect to each Mortgage Loan that is necessary for the preparation of the initial CREFC^® Financial File and CREFC^® Loan Periodic Update File required to be delivered by the General Master Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

(g)                                           Under generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) and for federal income tax purposes, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall report its transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser, as provided herein, as a sale of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser in exchange for the consideration specified in Section 1 hereof. In connection with the foregoing, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall cause all of its records to reflect such transfer as a sale (as opposed to a secured loan) and to reflect that the Mortgage Loans are no longer property of the Mortgage Loan Seller. In no event shall the Mortgage Loan Seller take any action that is inconsistent with the Trust’s ownership of each Mortgage Loan following the Closing Date.

(h)                                            The Mortgage Loan Schedule, as it may be amended from time to time, shall conform to the requirements set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (except with respect to the Administrative Fee Rate). The Mortgage Loan Seller shall, within fifteen (15) days of its discovery or receipt of notice of any error on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, amend such Mortgage Loan Schedule and deliver to the Purchaser or the Trustee, as the case may be, an amended Mortgage Loan Schedule; provided that this sentence shall not be construed to relieve the Mortgage Loan Seller of any liability for any related Breach or to shorten the period available to the Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to the cure, repurchase or substitution provisions with respect to a Material Defect set forth in Section 5.

(i)                                               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Purchaser and the Mortgage Loan Seller hereby acknowledge and agree that with respect to each Mortgage Loan subject to defeasance, the Mortgage Loan Seller has retained the right of the lender under the Mortgage Loan documents to receive a percentage of the economic benefit associated with the ownership of the successor borrower, to designate and establish the successor borrower and to purchase (or cause the purchase on behalf of the related borrower of) the related defeasance collateral, in each case if there is a defeasance of such Mortgage Loan (“Seller Defeasance Rights and Obligations”). The Purchaser shall cause the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to provide that: (i) if the General Master Servicer receives notice of a defeasance request with respect to a Mortgage Loan subject to defeasance, then the General Master Servicer shall provide upon receipt of such notice, written notice of such defeasance request to the Mortgage Loan Seller or its assignee; and (ii) until such time as the Mortgage Loan Seller provides written notice to the contrary, notice of a defeasance of a Mortgage

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Loan with Seller Defeasance Rights and Obligations shall be delivered to the Mortgage Loan Seller pursuant to the notice provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Section 3.                                         Examination of Mortgage Loan Files and Due Diligence Review. The Mortgage Loan Seller shall reasonably cooperate with any examination of the Mortgage Files for, and any other documents and records relating to, the Mortgage Loans, that may be undertaken by or on behalf of the Purchaser on or before the Closing Date. The fact that the Purchaser has conducted or has failed to conduct any partial or complete examination of any of the Mortgage Files for, and/or any of such other documents and records relating to, the Mortgage Loans, shall not affect the Purchaser’s right to pursue any remedy available in equity or at law for a breach of the Mortgage Loan Seller’s representations and warranties made pursuant to Section 4, except as expressly set forth in Section 5.

Section 4.                                    Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser. (a) The Mortgage Loan Seller hereby makes, as of the date hereof (and, in connection with any replacement of a Defective Loan (as defined in Section 4(f) hereof) with one or more Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans (also as defined in Section 4(f) hereof), pursuant to Section 5(a) hereof, as of the related date of substitution), to and for the benefit of the Purchaser, each of the representations and warranties set forth in Exhibit B-1. The Purchaser hereby makes, as of the date hereof, to and for the benefit of the Mortgage Loan Seller, each of the representations and warranties set forth in Exhibit B-2.

(b)                                           The Mortgage Loan Seller hereby makes, as of the date hereof (or as of such other date specifically provided in the particular representation or warranty), to and for the benefit of the Purchaser, each of the representations and warranties set forth in Exhibit C, subject to the exceptions set forth in Schedule C. The Mortgage Loan Seller is also referred to herein as the “Responsible Repurchase Party”.

(c)                                             The Mortgage Loan Seller hereby represents and warrants, as of the date hereof, to and for the benefit of the Purchaser only, that the Mortgage Loan Seller has not dealt with any broker, investment banker, agent or other person (other than the Depositor or an affiliate thereof, the Underwriters and the Initial Purchasers) who may be entitled to any commission or compensation in connection with the sale to the Purchaser of the Mortgage Loans.

(d)                                            The Mortgage Loan Seller hereby represents and warrants that, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgage Loan Seller’s role as “originator” (or the role of any third party as “originator” of any Mortgage Loan for which the Mortgage Loan Seller was not the originator) and “sponsor” in connection with the issuance of the Registered Certificates, the information regarding the Mortgage Loans, the related Mortgagors, the related Mortgaged Properties and/or the Mortgage Loan Seller contained in each of the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus complies in all material respects with the applicable disclosure requirements of Regulation AB as in effect on the date hereof and for which compliance is required as of the date hereof. As used herein, “Regulation AB” means Subpart 229.1100 – Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R. §§229.1100-229.1125, as such rules may be amended from time to time, and subject to such clarification and interpretation as have been or may hereafter be from time to time provided by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) or by the staff of the Commission, in each case as effective from time to time as of the compliance dates specified therein.

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(e)                                             With respect to each Servicing Function Participant that services a Mortgage Loan as of the Closing Date, the Mortgage Loan Seller either (i) represents and warrants that as of the date hereof such Servicing Function Participant is expected to be an Initial Sub-Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (ii) (A) represents and warrants that it has caused each such Servicing Function Participant to be required to comply, as evidenced by written documentation between each such Servicing Function Participant and the Mortgage Loan Seller, with all reporting requirements set forth in Article XI of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (including but not limited to the indemnification of each Certification Party from and against any and all claims, losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and expenses and related costs, judgments and any other costs, fees and expenses incurred by such Certification Party arising out of the delivery of any Deficient Exchange Act Deliverable) applicable to such Servicing Function Participant for the Mortgage Loans and (B) covenants with the Purchaser that, for so long as the Trust is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, it shall cause each Servicing Function Participant that services a Mortgage Loan as of the Closing Date to comply with all reporting requirements set forth therein.

(f)                                              The Responsible Repurchase Party hereby agrees that it shall be deemed to make to and for the benefit of the Purchaser, as of the date of any substitution, with respect to any replacement Mortgage Loan (a “Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan”) that is substituted for a Defective Loan by the Responsible Repurchase Party pursuant to Section 5(a) of this Agreement, each of the representations and warranties set forth in Exhibit C to this Agreement. For purposes of the representations and warranties set forth in Exhibit C, representations and warranties made as of the Closing Date or as of the Cut-off Date shall, in the case of a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, be made as of the date of substitution. From and after the date of substitution, each Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, if any, shall be deemed to constitute a “Mortgage Loan” hereunder for all purposes. A “Defective Loan” is any Mortgage Loan as to which there is an unremedied Material Defect.

(g)                                           Except for (x) the agreed-upon procedures report obtained from the accounting firm engaged to perform procedures involving a comparison of information in loan files for the Mortgage Loans to information in a data file relating to the Mortgage Loans and (y) the agreed-upon procedures report obtained from the accounting firm engaged to perform procedures involving a comparison of underwriting information in loan files for the Mortgage Loans to underwriting information in a data file relating to the Mortgage Loans (such reports, collectively, the “Accountants’ Due Diligence Reports”), the Mortgage Loan Seller has not obtained (and, through and including the Closing Date, will not obtain without the consent of the Purchaser) any “third party due diligence report” (as defined in Rule 15Ga-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) (“Rule 15Ga-2”)) in connection with the securitization transaction contemplated herein and in the Prospectus and Private Placement Memorandum and, except for the accounting firms engaged with respect to the Accountants’ Due Diligence Reports, the Mortgage Loan Seller has not employed (and, through and including the Closing Date, will not employ without the consent of the Purchaser) any third party to engage in any activity that constitutes “due diligence services” within the meaning of Rule 17g-10 under the Exchange Act in connection with the transactions contemplated herein and in the Prospectus and Private Placement Memorandum. The Underwriters and Initial Purchasers are third-party beneficiaries of the provisions set forth in this Section 4(g).

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(h)                                             Within sixty (60) days after the Closing Date, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall deliver or cause to be delivered an electronic copy of the Diligence File for each Mortgage Loan to the Depositor by uploading such Diligence File (including, if applicable, any additional documents that the Mortgage Loan Seller believes should be included to enable the Asset Representations Reviewer to perform an Asset Review on such Mortgage Loan; provided that such documents are clearly labeled and identified) to the Designated Site, each such Diligence File being organized and categorized in accordance with the electronic file structure reasonably agreed to by the Depositor and the Mortgage Loan Seller.

(i)                                                 Within sixty (60) days after the Closing Date, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall provide the Depositor a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit E (which may be sent by email to cmbs_notices@morganstanley.com).

(j)                                                 If, as part of an Asset Review of a Mortgage Loan, the Asset Representations Reviewer determines it is missing any document that is required to be part of the Review Materials for such Mortgage Loan and that is necessary in connection with its completion of the Asset Review, then, upon written request of the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall provide to the Asset Representations Reviewer, within ten (10) Business Days of receipt of such written request, any such document; provided, that the Mortgage Loan Seller shall be required to deliver such missing document only to the extent that such document is in the possession of the Mortgage Loan Seller, but in any event excluding any documents that contain information that is proprietary to the related originator or the Mortgage Loan Seller or any draft documents or privileged or internal communications.

(k)                                              Upon the completion of an Asset Review with respect to each Mortgage Loan in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and receipt of a written invoice from the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall pay the Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee for the Mortgage Loans subject to that Asset Review (or, with respect to any Joint Mortgage Loan, a fee equal to the Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee for the entire Joint Mortgage Loan, multiplied by the Mortgage Loan Seller’s Mortgage Loan Seller Percentage Interest) within sixty (60) days of such written invoice by the Asset Representations Reviewer; provided, that if any fees payable pursuant to this Section 4(k) are paid by the Trust pursuant to Section 12.02(b) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall reimburse the Trust for the amount of any such fees (or, with respect to any Joint Mortgage Loan, for its Mortgage Loan Seller Percentage Interest of the amount of such fees).

(l)                                                  The Mortgage Loan Seller acknowledges and agrees that in the event an Enforcing Party elects a dispute resolution method pursuant to Section 2.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall abide by the selected dispute resolution method and otherwise comply with the terms and provisions set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (including the exhibits thereto) related to such dispute resolution method.

(m)                                           The Mortgage Loan Seller shall indemnify and hold harmless the Purchaser against any and all expenses, losses, claims, damages and other liabilities, including without limitation the costs of investigation, legal defense and any amounts paid in settlement of any claim or litigation arising out of or based upon any failure by the Mortgage Loan Seller to (A) pay the fees described under Section 4(k) above within sixty (60) days of written invoice by the Asset

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Representations Reviewer or (B) within sixty (60) days of the Closing Date (or such later date specified herein or in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), provide all documents required to be delivered by it pursuant to Section 4(h) of this Agreement.

(n)The Mortgage Loan Seller covenants with the Purchaser that if, on or prior to the later of (i) the ninetieth (90^th) day following the Closing Date and (ii) the date upon which all Certificates have been sold to parties unaffiliated with the Depositor, as a result of the occurrence of any event that occurred prior to the Closing Date with respect to the Mortgage Loans or the Mortgage Loan Seller (and the Mortgage Loan Seller hereby covenants to promptly notify the Depositor, the Underwriters and the Initial Purchasers of the occurrence of any such event to the extent it has knowledge thereof), an amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or Private Placement Memorandum, including Annexes A-1, A-2 and A-3 of the Prospectus, with respect to any information regarding the Mortgage Loans or the Mortgage Loan Seller, is necessary to be delivered in connection with sales of the Certificates by the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers or a dealer, in order to correct any untrue statement of a material fact or any omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein (solely in the case of the Prospectus) or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances when the Prospectus or Private Placement Memorandum is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or an amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or Private Placement Memorandum, including Annexes A-1, A-2 and A-3 of the Prospectus, with respect to any information regarding the Mortgage Loans or the Mortgage Loan Seller, is necessary to comply with applicable law, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall do all things necessary (or, with respect to information relating to the Mortgage Loans, provide all information in its possession) to assist the Depositor to prepare and furnish, at the expense of the Mortgage Loan Seller (to the extent that such amendment or supplement relates to the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Mortgage Loans and/or any information describing the same, as provided by the Mortgage Loan Seller), to the Underwriters and Initial Purchasers such amendments or supplements to the Prospectus or Private Placement Memorandum as may be necessary, so that the statements in the Prospectus or Private Placement Memorandum as so amended or supplemented, including Annexes A-1, A-2 and A-3 of the Prospectus, with respect to any information regarding the Mortgage Loans or the Mortgage Loan Seller, will not so contain an untrue statement of material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein (solely in the case of the Prospectus) or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances when the Prospectus or Private Placement Memorandum is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or so that the Prospectus or Private Placement Memorandum (as so annexed or supplemented), including Annexes A-1, A-2 and A-3 of the Prospectus, with respect to any information regarding the Mortgage Loans or the Mortgage Loan Seller, will not so fail to comply with applicable law. All terms used in this Section 4(n) and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Indemnification Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall have no affirmative obligation to monitor the performance of the Mortgage Loans or any changes in condition or circumstance of any Mortgaged Property, Mortgagor, guarantor or any of their Affiliates after the Closing Date in connection with its obligations under this Section 4(n). The Underwriters and Initial Purchasers are third-party beneficiaries of the provisions set forth in this Section 4(n).

Section 5.                       Notice of Breach; Cure, Repurchase and Substitution. (a) The Mortgage Loan Seller shall, not later than ninety (90) days after (i) except in the case of the succeeding clause (ii), the Mortgage Loan Seller’s receipt of notice of or, if earlier, the Mortgage

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Loan Seller’s discovery of, a Material Defect or (ii) in the case of a Material Defect relating to a Mortgage Loan not being a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, but without regard to the rule of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(f)(2) that causes a defective Mortgage Loan to be treated as a qualified mortgage, the earlier of (x) the discovery by the Mortgage Loan Seller or any party to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of such Material Defect and (y) receipt of notice of the Material Defect from any party to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (such ninety (90) day period, the “Initial Cure Period”), (A) cure such Material Defect in all material respects, at the Mortgage Loan Seller’s own expense, including reimbursement of any related reasonable additional expenses of the Trust reasonably incurred by any party to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, (B) repurchase the affected Mortgage Loan or REO Loan (excluding any related Companion Loan, if applicable), at the applicable Purchase Price and in conformity with this Agreement and Section 2.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (C) substitute a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan (other than with respect to the Whole Loans, for which no substitution will be permitted) for such affected Mortgage Loan or REO Loan (provided that in no event shall any such substitution occur on or after the second anniversary of the Closing Date) and pay the General Master Servicer for deposit into the Collection Account, any Substitution Shortfall Amount in connection therewith and in conformity with this Agreement and Section 2.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; provided, however, that except with respect to a Material Defect resulting solely from the failure by the Mortgage Loan Seller to deliver to the Trustee or Custodian the actual policy of lender’s title insurance required pursuant to clause (viii) of the definition of Mortgage File by a date not later than eighteen (18) months following the Closing Date, if such Material Defect is capable of being cured but is not cured within the Initial Cure Period, and the Mortgage Loan Seller has commenced and is diligently proceeding with the cure of such Material Defect within the Initial Cure Period, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall have an additional ninety (90) days commencing immediately upon the expiration of the Initial Cure Period (such additional ninety (90) day period, the “Extended Cure Period”) to complete such cure (or, failing such cure, to repurchase the related Mortgage Loan or REO Loan (excluding any related Companion Loan, if applicable) or substitute a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan (other than with respect to the Whole Loans, for which no substitution will be permitted)); provided, further, that with respect to such Extended Cure Period the Mortgage Loan Seller has delivered an officer’s certificate to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the General Master Servicer, the General Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and (with respect to any Mortgage Loan other than an Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, prior to the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event) the Directing Certificateholder, setting forth the reason such Material Defect is not capable of being cured within the Initial Cure Period and what actions the Mortgage Loan Seller is pursuing in connection with the cure thereof and stating that the Mortgage Loan Seller anticipates that such Material Defect will be cured within the Extended Cure Period; and provided, further, that, if any such Material Defect is not cured after the Initial Cure Period and any such Extended Cure Period solely due to the failure of the Mortgage Loan Seller to have received the recorded document, then the Mortgage Loan Seller shall be entitled to continue to defer its cure, repurchase and/or substitution obligations in respect of such Material Defect until eighteen (18) months after the Closing Date so long as the Mortgage Loan Seller certifies to the Trustee, the General Master Servicer, the General Special Servicer, the Directing Certificateholder (prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event) and the Certificate Administrator no less than every ninety (90) days, beginning at the end of such Extended Cure Period, that the Material Defect is still in effect solely because of its failure to have received the recorded document and that the Mortgage Loan Seller

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is diligently pursuing the cure of such Material Defect (specifying the actions being taken). Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Defect or Breach that causes any Mortgage Loan not to be a “qualified mortgage” (within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, but without regard to the rule of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(f)(2) that causes a defective Mortgage Loan to be treated as a qualified mortgage) shall be deemed to materially and adversely affect the interests of Certificateholders therein, and (subject to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s right to cure such Defect or Breach during the Initial Cure Period) such Mortgage Loan shall be repurchased or substituted for without regard to the Extended Cure Period described in the preceding sentence. If the affected Mortgage Loan is to be repurchased, the funds in the amount of the Purchase Price remitted by the Mortgage Loan Seller are to be remitted by wire transfer to the General Master Servicer for deposit into the Collection Account. Any such repurchase or substitution of a Mortgage Loan shall be on a whole loan, servicing released basis.

If the Mortgage Loan Seller, in connection with a Material Defect (or an allegation of a Material Defect) pertaining to a Mortgage Loan, agrees to a Loss of Value Payment, pursuant to any agreement or a settlement between the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Enforcing Servicer on behalf of the Trust (and, with respect to any Mortgage Loan other than an Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, with the consent of the Directing Certificateholder if no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing) with respect to such Mortgage Loan, the amount of such Loss of Value Payment shall be remitted by wire transfer to the Enforcing Servicer for deposit into the Loss of Value Reserve Fund. The Loss of Value Payment shall include the portion of any Liquidation Fees payable to the Enforcing Servicer in respect of such Loss of Value Payment and the portion of fees of the Asset Representations Reviewer payable pursuant to Section 4(k) above attributable to the Asset Review of such Mortgage Loan and not previously paid by the Mortgage Loan Seller. If such Loss of Value Payment is made, the Loss of Value Payment shall serve as the sole remedy available to the Certificateholders and the Trustee on their behalf regarding any such Material Defect in lieu of any obligation of the Mortgage Loan Seller to otherwise cure such Material Defect or repurchase or substitute for the affected Mortgage Loan based on such Material Defect under any circumstances. This paragraph is intended to apply only to a mutual agreement or settlement between the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Enforcing Servicer on behalf of the Trust. The following terms shall apply to any Loss of Value Payment: (i) prior to any agreement or settlement between the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Enforcing Servicer nothing in this paragraph shall preclude the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Enforcing Servicer from exercising any of its rights related to a Material Defect in the manner and timing set forth in this Agreement (excluding this paragraph) or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (including any right to cure, repurchase or substitute for such Mortgage Loan), (ii) such Loss of Value Payment shall not be greater than the Purchase Price of the affected Mortgage Loan; and (iii) a Material Defect as a result of a Mortgage Loan not constituting a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code (but without regard to the rule of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(f)(2) that causes a defective Mortgage Loan to be treated as a “qualified mortgage”) may not be cured by a Loss of Value Payment.

The Mortgage Loan Seller’s obligation to cure any Material Defect, repurchase or substitute for any affected Mortgage Loan or pay the Loss of Value Payment or other required payment pursuant to this Section 5 shall constitute the sole remedy available to the Purchaser in connection with a Material Defect; provided, however, that no limitation of remedy is implied with

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respect to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s breach of its obligation to cure, repurchase or substitute in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement. It is acknowledged and agreed that the representations and warranties are being made for risk allocation purposes.

The remedies provided for in this subsection with respect to any Material Defect with respect to any Mortgage Loan shall also apply to the related REO Property.

If any Breach that constitutes a Material Defect pertains to a representation or warranty that the related Mortgage Loan documents or any particular Mortgage Loan document requires the related Mortgagor to bear the costs and expenses associated with any particular action or matter under such Mortgage Loan document(s), then the Mortgage Loan Seller may cure such Breach within the applicable cure period (as the same may be extended) by reimbursing the Trust (by wire transfer of immediately available funds) for (i) the reasonable amount of any such costs and expenses incurred by the General Master Servicer, the General Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee or the Trust that are incurred as a result of such Breach and have not been reimbursed by the related Mortgagor and (ii) the amount of any fees payable pursuant to Section 4(k) above to the extent not previously paid by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Asset Representations Reviewer attributable to the Asset Review of such Mortgage Loan; provided, that if the Breach relates to a Joint Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall only be responsible for its Mortgage Loan Seller Percentage Interest of all such costs and expenses unless such Breach relates solely to the Mortgage Note(s) sold by the Mortgage Loan Seller. Except as provided in the proviso to the immediately preceding sentence, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall remit the amount of such costs and expenses to the General Special Servicer for disbursement to the applicable Persons and upon its making such remittance, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall be deemed to have cured such Breach in all respects. To the extent any fees or expenses that are the subject of a cure by the Mortgage Loan Seller are subsequently obtained from the related Mortgagor, the portion of the cure payment made by the Mortgage Loan Seller equal to such fees or expenses obtained from the related Mortgagor shall promptly be returned to the Mortgage Loan Seller.

Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, a delay in either the discovery of a Material Defect or in providing notice of such Material Defect shall relieve the Mortgage Loan Seller of its obligation to cure, repurchase or substitute for (or make a Loss of Value Payment with respect to) the related Mortgage Loan under this Agreement if (i) the Mortgage Loan Seller did not otherwise discover or have knowledge of such Material Defect, (ii) such delay is a result of the failure by the Purchaser or any other party to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to provide prompt notice as required by the terms of this Agreement or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement after such party has actual knowledge of such Material Defect (it being understood that knowledge shall not be deemed to exist by reason of the Custodial Exception Report or possession of the Mortgage File), (iii) such Material Defect does not relate to the applicable Mortgage Loan not being a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Code Section 860G(a)(3), but without regard to the rule of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(f)(2) that causes a defective obligation to be treated as a qualified mortgage, and (iv) such delay precludes the Mortgage Loan Seller from curing such Material Defect and such Material Defect was otherwise curable. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement, if a Mortgage Loan is not secured by a Mortgaged Property that is, in whole or in part, a hotel or other hospitality property, restaurant (operated by a Mortgagor), healthcare facility, nursing home, assisted living facility, self-storage facility, theater or fitness center (operated by a Mortgagor),

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then the failure to deliver copies of the UCC financing statements with respect to such Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 2 hereof shall not be a Material Defect.

If there is a Material Defect with respect to one or more Mortgaged Properties securing a Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall not be obligated to repurchase the Mortgage Loan if (i) the affected Mortgaged Property may be released pursuant to the terms of any partial release provisions in the related Mortgage Loan documents (and such Mortgaged Property is, in fact, released), (ii) the remaining Mortgaged Property(ies) satisfy the requirements, if any, set forth in the Mortgage Loan documents and the Mortgage Loan Seller provides an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such release would not cause an Adverse REMIC Event and (iii) each applicable Rating Agency has provided a Rating Agency Confirmation.

(b)Whenever one or more Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans are substituted for a Defective Loan by the Responsible Repurchase Party as contemplated by this Section 5, upon direction by the General Master Servicer or the General Special Servicer, as applicable, the Responsible Repurchase Party shall deliver to the Custodian the related Mortgage File and a certification to the effect that such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan satisfies or such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans satisfy, as the case may be, all of the requirements of the definition of “Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan” in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. No mortgage loan may be substituted for a Defective Loan as contemplated by this Section 5 if the Mortgage Loan to be replaced was itself a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, in which case, absent a cure of the relevant Material Defect, the affected Mortgage Loan will be required to be repurchased as contemplated hereby. Periodic Payments due with respect to each Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan (if any) after the related date of substitution, and Periodic Payments due with respect to each corresponding Deleted Mortgage Loan (if any) after its respective Cut-off Date and on or prior to the related date of substitution, shall be part of the Trust Fund. Periodic Payments due with respect to each Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan (if any) on or prior to the related date of substitution, and Periodic Payments due with respect to each corresponding Defective Loan that is purchased or repurchased, as the case may be, or replaced with one or more Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans (any such Mortgage Loan, a “Deleted Mortgage Loan”) (if any) after the related date of substitution, shall not be part of the Trust Fund and are to be remitted by the General Master Servicer to the Responsible Repurchase Party promptly following receipt.

If any Mortgage Loan is to be repurchased or replaced as contemplated by this Section 5, upon direction by the General Master Servicer or the General Special Servicer, as applicable, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall amend the Mortgage Loan Schedule to reflect the removal of any Deleted Mortgage Loan and, if applicable, the substitution of the related Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan(s) and deliver or cause the delivery of such amended Mortgage Loan Schedule to the parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Upon any substitution of one or more Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans for a Deleted Mortgage Loan, such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan(s) shall become part of the Trust Fund and be subject to the terms of this Agreement in all respects.

If any Mortgage Loan that is part of a Crossed Mortgage Loan Group is required to be repurchased or substituted, the provisions of Section 2.03(h), Section 2.03(i) and Section 2.03(j) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall apply.

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(c)                                            The Responsible Repurchase Party shall be entitled, and the Purchaser shall cause the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to entitle the Responsible Repurchase Party, upon the date when the full amount of the Purchase Price or Substitution Shortfall Amount (as the case may be) for any Mortgage Loan repurchased or replaced as contemplated by this Section 5 has been deposited in the account designated therefor by the Trustee as the assignee of the Purchaser (or the General Master Servicer on behalf of the Trustee) and, if applicable, receipt by the Trustee as the assignee of the Purchaser (or the Custodian) of the Mortgage File for each Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan (if any) to be substituted for a Deleted Mortgage Loan, together with any certifications and/or opinions required pursuant to this Section 5 to be delivered by the Responsible Repurchase Party, to (i) a release of the Mortgage File and any other items required to be delivered by the Mortgage Loan Seller under Sections 2.01(b) and (c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the Deleted Mortgage Loan to the Responsible Repurchase Party or its designee, (ii) the execution and delivery of such instruments of release, transfer and/or assignment, in each case without recourse, as shall be prepared by the Responsible Repurchase Party and are reasonably necessary to vest in the Responsible Repurchase Party or its designee the ownership of such Deleted Mortgage Loan, and (iii) the execution and delivery of notice to the affected Mortgagor of the retransfer of such Deleted Mortgage Loan. In connection with any such repurchase or substitution by the Responsible Repurchase Party, the Purchaser shall also cause the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to require each of the General Master Servicer and the General Special Servicer to deliver to the Responsible Repurchase Party or its designee, and the Responsible Repurchase Party or its designee shall be entitled to delivery from the General Master Servicer and the General Special Servicer of, any portion of the related Servicing File (as such term is defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), together with any Escrow Payments, reserve funds and any other items required to be delivered by the Mortgage Loan Seller under Sections 2.01(b) and (c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, held by or on behalf of the General Master Servicer or the General Special Servicer, as the case may be, with respect to the Deleted Mortgage Loan, in each case at the expense of the Responsible Repurchase Party.

(d)                                           [Reserved.]

(e)                                            The Mortgage Loan Seller acknowledges and agrees that the Purchaser shall have no liability to the Mortgage Loan Seller or otherwise for any failure of the Mortgage Loan Seller or any other party to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to perform its obligations provided for thereunder.

(f)                                              The Mortgage Loan Seller (to the extent it receives any request or demand, whether oral or written, that a Mortgage Loan be repurchased or replaced, whether arising from a Material Defect or other breach of a representation or warranty, such recipient a “Seller Request Recipient” and such request or demand, a “Repurchase Request”) agrees to provide to the Purchaser: (i) written notice of any Repurchase Request, which notice will specify if such Repurchase Request is a 15Ga-1 Notice; (ii) written notice of (A) the existence of any dispute regarding such Repurchase Request, whether written or oral, between such Seller Request Recipient and the Person making such Repurchase Request, (B) the expiration of any applicable Initial Cure Period, or, if applicable, any Extended Cure Period, (C) the withdrawal of such Repurchase Request by the Person making such Repurchase Request, (D) the rejection of such Repurchase Request by the Seller Request Recipient and (E) the repurchase or replacement of any Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Section 5 and Section 2.03 of the Pooling and Servicing

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Agreement; and (iii) upon reasonable request of the Purchaser (subject to Section 5(g)), such other information in the Seller Request Recipient’s possession as would be necessary to permit the Purchaser to comply with its obligations under Rule 15Ga-1 under the Exchange Act to disclose fulfilled and unfulfilled repurchase or replacement requests or demands of any Person relating to any Mortgage Loan or to comply with any other obligations applicable to it under law or regulation.

Each notice required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 5(f) may be delivered by electronic means. Each notice required to be delivered pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) of the immediately preceding paragraph shall be given not later than the tenth (10^th) Business Day after the event giving rise to the requirement for such notice and any information requested pursuant to clause (iii) of the immediately preceding paragraph shall be provided as promptly as practicable after such request is made. Each notice required to be delivered pursuant to clause (i) of the immediately preceding paragraph shall identify (a) the date on which such Repurchase Request was made, (b) the Mortgage Loan with respect to which such Repurchase Request was made, (c) the identity of the Person making such request, and (d) the basis, if any, asserted for such request by such Person. Each notice required to be delivered pursuant to clause (ii) of the immediately preceding paragraph shall identify (a) the date of such withdrawal, rejection, repurchase or replacement, or the date of the commencement of such dispute, as applicable, (b) if pertaining to a dispute, the nature of such dispute, (c) if pertaining to the expiration of an Initial Cure Period or an Extended Cure Period, the expiration date of such Initial Cure Period or, if applicable, an Extended Cure Period, (d) if pertaining to a withdrawal, the basis for such withdrawal given to the Seller Request Recipient or an indication that no basis was given by the Person withdrawing such Repurchase Request, (e) if pertaining to a rejection by the Seller Request Recipient, the basis for the Seller Request Recipient’s rejection and (f) if pertaining to a repurchase or replacement, the date of such repurchase or replacement.

(g)The Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser acknowledge and agree that (i) a Repurchase Request Recipient under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement will not, in connection with providing the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Purchaser with any 15Ga-1 Notice under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, be required to deliver any attorney-client privileged communication or any information protected by the attorney work product doctrine, (ii) any 15Ga-1 Notice delivered to the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Purchaser under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement is provided only to assist the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Purchaser and any of their respective Affiliates in complying with Rule 15Ga-1, Items 1104 and 1121 of Regulation AB and/or any other law or regulation, (iii) (A) no action taken by, or inaction of, a Repurchase Request Recipient and (B) no information provided to the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.02(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by a Repurchase Request Recipient, shall be deemed to constitute a waiver or defense to the exercise of any legal right the Repurchase Request Recipient may have with respect to this Agreement or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and (iv) receipt of a 15Ga-1 Notice or delivery of any notice required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5(f) shall not in and of itself constitute delivery, or receipt, of notice of any Material Defect or knowledge on the part of the Mortgage Loan Seller or Responsible Repurchase Party of any Material Defect or admission by the Mortgage Loan Seller or Responsible Repurchase Party of the existence of any Material Defect.

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(h)                                             The Mortgage Loan Seller shall provide to the Purchaser relevant portions of any Form ABS-15G that the Mortgage Loan Seller is required to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 15Ga-1 under the Exchange Act (only to the extent that such portions relate to any Repurchase Request with respect to any Mortgage Loan) on or before the date that is five (5) Business Days prior to the date such Form ABS-15G is required to be filed with the Commission. Promptly upon request, the Purchaser shall provide or cause to be provided to the Mortgage Loan Seller such information regarding the principal balance of any Mortgage Loan as is necessary in order for the Mortgage Loan Seller to prepare any such Form ABS-15G.

(i)                                                  The Purchaser shall provide to the Mortgage Loan Seller any relevant portions of any Form ABS-15G that the Purchaser is required to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 15Ga-1 under the Exchange Act (only to the extent that such portions relate to any Mortgage Loan and that was not provided by the Mortgage Loan Seller) on or before the date that is five (5) Business Days prior to the date such Form ABS-15G is required to be filed with the Commission. The Trust’s CIK# is 0001974587.

(j)                                                 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Mortgage Loan Seller’s obligation in respect of a Material Defect with respect to a Joint Mortgage Loan shall be solely in respect of the Mortgage Loan Seller’s pro rata share of such Joint Mortgage Loan based on the Mortgage Loan Seller’s Mortgage Loan Seller Percentage Interest as of the date hereof in such Joint Mortgage Loan.

(k)                                              If the Mortgage Note or Mortgage Notes with respect to a Joint Mortgage Loan in favor of the Mortgage Loan Seller and its successors and assigns are repurchased or replaced by the Mortgage Loan Seller pursuant to this Section 5, and any other related mortgage notes evidencing such Joint Mortgage Loan are not repurchased or replaced by any Other Mortgage Loan Seller and any such mortgage note remains in the Trust, then the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser hereby agree that (i) the provisions in Section 3.30 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the related Intercreditor Agreement shall govern the servicing and administration of such Joint Mortgage Loan as if (a) the remaining mortgage notes in the Trust were collectively a “Mortgage Loan” (as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) and (b) each repurchased Mortgage Note were a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan (or, if the Joint Mortgage Loan was a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, a Non-Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan), (ii) the Mortgage Loan Seller and its successors and assigns in respect of such repurchased or replaced Mortgage Note shall be bound by such Section 3.30 as if it were a party to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and (iii) the Mortgage Loan Seller and its successors and assigns shall from time to time (as may be necessary) deliver to the General Master Servicer or the General Special Servicer, as applicable, the Mortgage Loan documents constituting or related to any applicable Mortgage Note repurchased by it, any requests for release and any court pleadings, requests for trustee’s sale or other documents necessary to the foreclosure or trustee’s sale in respect of the related Mortgaged Property or to any legal action or to enforce any other remedies or rights provided by the related Mortgage Note or Mortgage or otherwise available at law or equity with respect to the related Mortgage Note.

Section 6.                               Closing. The closing of the sale of the Mortgage Loans (the “Closing”) shall be held at the offices of special counsel to the Purchaser at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Closing Date.

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The Closing shall be subject to each of the following conditions:

(i)                                   All of the representations and warranties of the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser made pursuant to Section 4 of this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date (or as of such other specific date expressly contemplated by any such representation or warranty);

(ii)                                 All documents specified in Section 7 of this Agreement (the “Closing Documents”), in such forms as are agreed upon and reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser and, in the case of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (insofar as such agreement affects the obligations of the Mortgage Loan Seller hereunder or the rights of the Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary thereunder), to the Mortgage Loan Seller, shall be duly executed and delivered by all signatories as required pursuant to the respective terms thereof;

(iii)                             The Mortgage Loan Seller shall have delivered and released to the Purchaser or its designee, all documents, funds and other assets required to be delivered thereto on or before the Closing Date pursuant to Section 2 of this Agreement;

(iv)                           The result of any examination of the Mortgage Files for, and any other documents and records relating to, the Mortgage Loans performed by or on behalf of the Purchaser pursuant to Section 3 hereof shall be satisfactory to the Purchaser in its reasonable determination;

(v)                               All other terms and conditions of this Agreement required to be complied with on or before the Closing Date shall have been complied with in all material respects, and the Mortgage Loan Seller shall have the ability to comply with all terms and conditions and perform all duties and obligations required to be complied with or performed by it after the Closing Date;

(vi)                             The Mortgage Loan Seller shall have paid all fees and expenses payable by it to the Purchaser or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement;

(vii)                           The Mortgage Loan Seller shall have received the purchase price for the Mortgage Loans, as contemplated by Section 1 of this Agreement;

(viii)                       Neither the Underwriting Agreement nor the Certificate Purchase Agreement shall have been terminated in accordance with its terms;

(ix)                              The Commission shall not have issued any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Purchaser’s Registration Statement; and

(x)                                 Prior to the delivery of the Preliminary Prospectus to investors, an officer of the Mortgage Loan Seller shall have delivered to the Depositor a sub-certification to the certification provided by the Chief Executive Officer of the Depositor to the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Regulation AB.

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Each of the parties agrees to use their commercially reasonable best efforts to perform their respective obligations hereunder in a manner that will enable the Purchaser to purchase the Mortgage Loans on the Closing Date.

Section 7.                                         Closing Documents. The Purchaser or its designee shall have received all of the following Closing Documents, in such forms as are agreed upon and acceptable to the Purchaser, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers and the Rating Agencies (collectively, the “Interested Parties”), and upon which the Interested Parties may rely:

(i)                                   This Agreement, duly executed by the Purchaser and the Mortgage Loan Seller;

(ii)                                 Each of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Indemnification Agreement, duly executed by the respective parties thereto;

(iii)                              A Secretary’s Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1 hereto, executed by the Secretary or an assistant secretary of the Mortgage Loan Seller, in his or her individual capacity, and dated the Closing Date, and upon which the Interested Parties may rely, attaching thereto as exhibits (A) the resolutions of the board of directors of the Mortgage Loan Seller authorizing the Mortgage Loan Seller’s entering into the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Indemnification Agreement, and (B) the organizational documents of the Mortgage Loan Seller;

(iv)                           A certificate of good standing with respect to the Mortgage Loan Seller issued by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware not earlier than thirty (30) days prior to the Closing Date, and upon which the Interested Parties may rely;

(v)                              A certificate of the Mortgage Loan Seller substantially in the form of Exhibit D-2 hereto, executed by an executive officer of the Mortgage Loan Seller on the Mortgage Loan Seller’s behalf and dated the Closing Date, and upon which the Interested Parties may rely;

(vi)                            A written opinion of in-house or independent counsel for the Mortgage Loan Seller, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Interested Parties and the Trustee, relating to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Indemnification Agreement;

(vii)                        A written opinion of special counsel for the Mortgage Loan Seller, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Interested Parties and the Trustee, relating to the enforceability of this Agreement against the Mortgage Loan Seller;

(viii)                     A letter from special counsel for the Mortgage Loan Seller, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Purchaser, the Underwriters (only with respect to the Preliminary Prospectus) and the Initial Purchasers (only with respect to the Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum), relating to the information regarding the Mortgage Loans set forth in agreed upon sections of the Preliminary Prospectus and in the Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum (as the same may be amended or supplemented on or before the pricing date for the Certificates) substantially to the effect

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that nothing has come to such special counsel’s attention that would lead such special counsel to believe that the agreed upon portions of the Preliminary Prospectus or the Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum, at the time when sales to purchasers of the Certificates were first made, contained, with respect to the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Mortgage Loans, any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein relating to the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Mortgage Loans, the related borrowers or the related Mortgaged Properties, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

(ix)                              A letter from special counsel for the Mortgage Loan Seller, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Purchaser, the Underwriters (only with respect to the Prospectus) and the Initial Purchasers (only with respect to the Private Placement Memorandum), relating to the information regarding the Mortgage Loans set forth in agreed upon sections of the Prospectus and the Private Placement Memorandum (as the case may be and as the same may be amended or supplemented on or before the Closing Date) substantially to the effect that (a) nothing has come to such special counsel’s attention that would lead such special counsel to believe that the agreed upon portions of the Prospectus or the Private Placement Memorandum (as applicable) as of the date thereof or as of the Closing Date contained or contains, with respect to the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Mortgage Loans, the related borrowers or the related Mortgaged Properties, any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein relating to the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Mortgage Loans, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and (b) that, with respect to information regarding the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Mortgage Loans, the related borrowers or the related Mortgaged Properties, the Prospectus is appropriately responsive in all material respects to the applicable requirements of Regulation AB;

(x)                                 Copies of all other opinions rendered by counsel for the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Rating Agencies in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including, but not limited to, with respect to the characterization of the transfer of the Mortgage Loans hereunder as a true sale, with each such opinion to be addressed to the other Interested Parties and the Trustee or accompanied by a letter signed by such counsel stating that the other Interested Parties and the Trustee may rely on such opinion as if it were addressed to them as of the date thereof;

(xi)                             One or more agreed-upon procedures letters from a nationally recognized firm of certified public accountants acceptable to the Underwriters and the Initial Purchasers, dated (A) the date of the Preliminary Prospectus and the Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum, and (B) the date of the Prospectus and the Private Placement Memorandum, respectively, and addressed to, and in form and substance acceptable to, the Interested Parties (other than the Rating Agencies), stating in effect that, using the assumptions and methodology used by the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Purchaser, the Underwriters or the Initial Purchasers, as applicable, all of which shall be described in such letters, and which shall include a comparison of certain mortgage loan-related documents to the information set forth in the Master Tape (as defined in the Indemnification Agreement), they have recalculated such numbers and percentages relating to the Mortgage Loans set forth in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Preliminary

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Private Placement Memorandum, and set forth in the Prospectus and the Private Placement Memorandum, respectively, and have compared the results of their calculations to the corresponding items in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum, and in the Prospectus and the Private Placement Memorandum, respectively, and found each such number and percentage set forth in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum, and in the Prospectus and the Private Placement Memorandum, respectively, to be in agreement with the results of such calculations;

(xii)                           If any of the Certificates are “mortgage related securities” within the meaning of the Secondary Mortgage Market Enhancement Act of 1984, as amended, a certificate of the Mortgage Loan Seller regarding origination of the Mortgage Loans by specified originators as set forth in Section 3(a)(41) of the Exchange Act; and

(xiii)                       Such further certificates, opinions and documents as the Purchaser may reasonably request or any Rating Agency may require.

Section 8.                                        Additional Reporting Under Regulation AB. With respect to any period during which the Trust is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall provide to the Purchaser and the Certificate Administrator any information that constitutes “Additional Form 10-D Information” or “Additional Form 10-K Information” but only if and to the extent that the Mortgage Loan Seller (or any originator of the Mortgage Loans sold by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Depositor, if such originator constitutes an “originator” contemplated by Item 1110(b) of Regulation AB and such information is required to be reported with respect to such originator) is the applicable “Party Responsible” (solely in its capacity as a sponsor or originator (or as successor in interest to any predecessor originator), within the meaning of Regulation AB, of any Mortgage Loans) under the terms of Exhibit AA or Exhibit BB to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (it being acknowledged that the Mortgage Loan Seller (solely in its capacity as a sponsor or originator (or as successor in interest to any predecessor originator), within the meaning of Regulation AB, of any Mortgage Loans) does not constitute the “Party Responsible” for any “Form 8-K Information” set forth on Exhibit CC of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement). In each case, such delivery shall be made in a form readily convertible to an EDGAR compatible form, or in such other form as otherwise agreed by the Purchaser, the Certificate Administrator and the Mortgage Loan Seller. In each case, such delivery shall be made not later than five (5) calendar days after the related Distribution Date (in the case of any such “Additional Form 10-D Information”), and no later than March 1 of each year subsequent to the fiscal year that the Trust is subject to the Exchange Act reporting requirements (in the case of any such “Additional Form 10-K Information”). In no event shall the Mortgage Loan Seller be required to provide any information that is not required to be reported on Form 10-D or Form 10-K, as the case may be, under the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

In addition, with respect to any period during which the Trust is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall reasonably cooperate with each of the Depositor, the applicable Master Servicer and the Certificate Administrator, upon the reasonable request of such party, by providing all Mortgage Loan-related documents, data and information in the possession of the Mortgage Loan Seller at or prior to the Closing Date and on the date of the request and necessary for the ongoing compliance by the Depositor and the Trust

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with the requirements of Form 10-D with respect to Items 1111 and 1125 of Regulation AB; provided that the Mortgage Loan Seller shall not be required to provide any documents that are proprietary to the related originator or the Mortgage Loan Seller or any draft documents, privileged or internal communications, credit underwriting or due diligence analysis.

Section 9.                                        Costs. Whether or not this Agreement is terminated, the Mortgage Loan Seller will pay its pro rata share (the Mortgage Loan Seller’s pro rata portion to be determined according to the percentage that the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of all the Mortgage Loans represents as to the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of all the mortgage loans of the Trust Fund (the “Cut-off Date Pool Balance”)) of all costs and expenses of the Purchaser in connection with the transactions contemplated herein, including, but not limited to: (i) the costs and expenses of the Purchaser in connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans; (ii) the costs and expenses of reproducing and delivering the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and this Agreement and printing (or otherwise reproducing) and delivering the Certificates; (iii) the reasonable and documented set-up fees, costs and expenses of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and their respective counsel; (iv) the fees and disbursements of a firm of certified public accountants selected by the Purchaser and the Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to numerical information in respect of the Mortgage Loans and the Certificates included in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum, the Prospectus and the Private Placement Memorandum or any other marketing materials or structural and collateral term sheets (or any similar item), including the cost of obtaining any agreed-upon procedures letters with respect to such items; (v) the costs and expenses in connection with the qualification or exemption of the Certificates under state securities or blue sky laws, including filing fees and reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel in connection therewith; (vi) the costs and expenses in connection with any determination of the eligibility of the Certificates for investment by institutional investors in any jurisdiction and the preparation of any legal investment survey, including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel in connection therewith; (vii) the costs and expenses in connection with printing (or otherwise reproducing) and delivering this Agreement and the furnishing to the Underwriters or the Initial Purchasers, as applicable, of such copies of the Preliminary Prospectus, the Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum, the Prospectus and the Private Placement Memorandum or any other marketing materials or structural and collateral term sheets (or any similar item) and this Agreement as the Underwriters and the Initial Purchasers may reasonably request; (viii) the fees of the rating agency or agencies engaged to consider rating the Certificates or hired and requested to rate the Certificates; (ix) all registration fees incurred by the Purchaser in connection with the filing of its Registration Statement allocable to the issuance of the Registered Certificates; (x) the upfront fee payable to the Asset Representations Reviewer on the Closing Date in the amount agreed by the parties hereto; and (xi) the reasonable fees and expenses of special counsel to the Purchaser.

Section 10.Notices. All demands, notices and communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered to or mailed, by registered mail, postage prepaid, by overnight mail or courier service, or transmitted by facsimile and confirmed by similar mailed writing, if to the Purchaser, addressed to the Purchaser at Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., 1585 Broadway, New York, New York 10036, Attention: Jane Lam (with a copy to Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., 1633 Broadway, 29th Floor, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Legal Compliance Division and a copy by email to cmbs_notices@morganstanley.com), or such other address as may be designated by the Purchaser

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to the Mortgage Loan Seller in writing; or, if to the Mortgage Loan Seller, addressed to Argentic Real Estate Finance LLC, 31 West 27th Street, 12th Floor, New York, New York 10001, Attention: Michael Schulte, facsimile number: (646) 560-1745, or such other address as may be designated by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Purchaser in writing.

Section 11.                                  Miscellaneous. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument, and the words “executed,” “signed,” “signature” and words of like import as used above and elsewhere in this Agreement or in any other certificate, agreement or document related to this transaction shall include, in addition to manually executed signatures, images of manually executed signatures transmitted by facsimile or other electronic format (including, without limitation, “pdf,” “tif” or “jpg”) and other electronic signatures (including, without limitation, any electronic sound, symbol, or process, attached to or logically associated with a contract or other record and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the record). The use of electronic signatures and electronic records (including, without limitation, any contract or other record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means) shall be of the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a manually executed signature or use of a paper-based record-keeping system to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act and any other applicable law, including, without limitation, any state law based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the Uniform Commercial Code.

Neither this Agreement nor any term or provision hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated except by a writing signed by a duly authorized officer of the party against whom enforcement of such change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought to be enforced. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder. The Mortgage Loan Seller shall be an express third party beneficiary to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent set forth therein. The Asset Representations Reviewer shall be an express third party beneficiary of Sections 4(h), 4(j), and 4(k) of this Agreement.

Section 12.                                 Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive Delivery. All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement, incorporated herein by reference or contained in the certificates of officers of the Mortgage Loan Seller delivered pursuant hereto, shall remain operative and in full force and effect and shall survive delivery of the Mortgage Loans by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Purchaser and by the Purchaser to the Trust, notwithstanding any restrictive or qualified endorsement or assignment in respect of any Mortgage Loan.

Section 13.                                  Severability of Provisions. Any part, provision, representation, warranty or covenant of this Agreement that is prohibited or is held to be void or unenforceable shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof. Any part, provision, representation, warranty or covenant of this Agreement that is prohibited or is held to be void or unenforceable in any particular jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any

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other jurisdiction. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the parties hereto waive any provision of law which prohibits or renders void or unenforceable any provision hereof.

Section 14.                                 Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Trial by Jury. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE AGREEMENT, THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE PARTIES, AND/OR THE INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE PARTIES WILL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, EACH OF THE PURCHASER AND THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY (I) SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY NEW YORK STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN IN NEW YORK CITY WITH RESPECT TO MATTERS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT; (II) AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS WITH RESPECT TO ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING REGARDING SUCH MATTERS MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE OR FEDERAL COURTS; (III) WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST POSSIBLE EXTENT, WITH RESPECT TO SUCH COURTS, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM; (IV) AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW; AND (V) WAIVES TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, CLAIM, SUIT, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED UPON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) RELATING TO OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT.

Section 15.                                   Further Assurances. The Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser each agrees to execute and deliver such instruments and take such further actions as any other party hereto may, from time to time, reasonably request in order to effectuate the purposes and to carry out the terms of this Agreement.

Section 16.                                   Successors and Assigns. The rights and obligations of the Mortgage Loan Seller under this Agreement shall not be assigned by the Mortgage Loan Seller without the prior written consent of the Purchaser, except that any person into which the Mortgage Loan Seller may be merged or consolidated, or any person resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Mortgage Loan Seller is a party, or any person succeeding to all or substantially all of the business of the Mortgage Loan Seller, shall be the successor to the Mortgage Loan Seller hereunder. In connection with its transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the Trust as contemplated by the recitals hereto, the Purchaser is expressly authorized to assign its rights under this Agreement, in whole or in part, to the Trustee for the benefit of the registered holders and beneficial owners of the Certificates. To the extent of any such assignment, the Trustee, for the benefit of the registered holders and beneficial owners of the Certificates, shall be the Purchaser hereunder. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser, and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

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Section 17.                                    Information. The Mortgage Loan Seller shall provide the Purchaser with such information about itself, the Mortgage Loans and the underwriting and servicing procedures applicable to the Mortgage Loans as is (i) required under the provisions of Regulation AB, (ii) required by a Rating Agency or a governmental agency or body or (iii) reasonably requested by the Purchaser for use in a private disclosure document.

Section 18.                                   Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and understanding of the parties with respect to the matters addressed herein, and this Agreement supersedes any prior agreements and/or understandings, written or oral, with respect to such matters; provided, however, that in no event shall this provision be construed to limit the effect of the Indemnification Agreement or the memorandum of understanding dated as of April 20, 2023 between the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Purchaser and certain other parties or any separate acknowledgments and agreements executed and delivered pursuant to such memorandum of understanding.

Section 19.                                     Recognition of U.S. Special Resolution Regimes.

(a)                                In the event a Covered Party becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer of this Agreement (and any interest and obligation in or under, and any property securing, this Agreement) from such Covered Party will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement (and any interest and obligation in or under, and any property securing, this Agreement) were governed by the laws of the United States of America or a State of the United States of America.

(b)                                In the event that a Covered Party or any BHC Affiliate of such Covered Party becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, any Default Right under this Agreement that may be exercised against such Covered Party is permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Right could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States of America or a State of the United States of America.

“BHC Affiliate” has the meaning assigned to the term “affiliate” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. §1841(k).

“Covered Party” means any party to this Agreement that is one of the following: (i) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §252.82(b); (ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §47.3(b), or any subsidiary of such a covered bank to which 12 C.F.R. Part 47 applies in accordance with 12 C.F.R. §47.3(b); or (iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §382.2(b).

“Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.

“U.S. Special Resolution Regime” means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

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Section 20.Limitation on the Exercise of Certain Rights Related to Affiliate Insolvency Proceedings.

(a)                                 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other agreement, but subject to the requirements of Section 19, no party to this Agreement shall be permitted to exercise any Default Right against a Covered Party with respect to this Agreement that is related, directly or indirectly, to a BHC Affiliate of such party becoming subject to a receivership, insolvency, liquidation, resolution, or similar proceeding (each an “Insolvency Proceeding”), except to the extent the exercise of such Default Right would be permitted under the creditor protection provisions of 12 C.F.R. § 252.84, 12 C.F.R. § 47.5, or 12 C.F.R. § 382.4, as applicable.

(b)                                 After a BHC Affiliate of a Covered Party has become subject to Insolvency Proceedings, if any party to this Agreement seeks to exercise any Default Right against such Covered Party with respect to this Agreement, the party seeking to exercise a Default Right shall have the burden of proof, by clear and convincing evidence, that the exercise of such Default Right is permitted hereunder.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above written.

	ARGENTIC REAL ESTATE FINANCE LLC
	By:	Argentic Investment Management LLC, its
		Investment Manager
	By:	/s/ Michael Schulte
		Name: Michael Schulte
		Title: Authorized Signatory

MSWF 2023-1 – Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (AREF)

	MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL I INC.
	By:	/s/ Jane Lam
		Name:  Jane Lam
		Title:    President

MSWF 2023-1 – Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (AREF)

EXHIBIT A

MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE

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MSWF 2023-1
Mortgage Loan Schedule

Loan ID

Mortgage Loan Seller

Property Name

Cut-off Date Balance

Address

City

State

Note Date

Maturity Date or ARD

Mortgage Rate

Original Term to Maturity or ARD (mos.)

Remaining Term to Maturity or ARD (mos.)

Original Amortization Term (mos.)

ARD Loan (Y/N)

Primary Servicing Fee Rate

Non-Serviced Primary Servicing Fee Rate

Master Servicing Fee Rate

9

AREF

Rialto Industrial

$30,000,000

1110 West Merrill Avenue

Rialto

CA

11/10/2022

12/6/2032

7.6100%

120

115

0

No

0.001250%

0.000000%

0.002500%

EXHIBIT B-1

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLER

The Mortgage Loan Seller hereby represents and warrants that, as of the date hereof:

(a)                                     The Mortgage Loan Seller is a limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.

(b)                                    The Mortgage Loan Seller’s execution and delivery of, performance under, and compliance with this Agreement, will not violate the Mortgage Loan Seller’s organizational documents or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the breach of, any material agreement or other material instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound, which default or breach, in the good faith and reasonable judgment of the Mortgage Loan Seller, is likely to affect materially and adversely the ability of the Mortgage Loan Seller to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

(c)                                     The Mortgage Loan Seller has the full power and authority to consummate all transactions contemplated by this Agreement, has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and has duly executed and delivered this Agreement.

(d)                                    This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other party or parties hereto, constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of the Mortgage Loan Seller, enforceable against the Mortgage Loan Seller in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy, fraudulent transfer, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium, liquidation, conservatorship and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (B) general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law, and (C) public policy considerations.

(e)                                      The Mortgage Loan Seller is not in violation of, and its execution and delivery of, performance under and compliance with this Agreement will not constitute a violation of, any law, any order or decree of any court or arbiter, or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority, which violation, in the Mortgage Loan Seller’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to affect materially and adversely the ability of the Mortgage Loan Seller to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

(f)                                       No consent, approval, authorization or order of any state or federal court or governmental agency or body is required for the consummation by the Mortgage Loan Seller of the transactions contemplated herein, except for (A) those consents, approvals, authorizations or orders that previously have been obtained and (B) those filings and recordings of Mortgage Loan documents and assignments thereof that are contemplated by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be completed after the Closing Date.

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(g)                                     No litigation, arbitration, suit, proceeding or governmental investigation is pending or, to the best of the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, threatened against the Mortgage Loan Seller that, if determined adversely to the Mortgage Loan Seller, would prohibit the Mortgage Loan Seller from entering into this Agreement or that, in the Mortgage Loan Seller’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to materially and adversely affect the ability of the Mortgage Loan Seller to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

(h)                                    The transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser as contemplated herein is not subject to any bulk transfer or similar law in effect in any applicable jurisdiction.

(i)                                         The Mortgage Loan Seller is not transferring the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser with any intent to hinder, delay or defraud its present or future creditors.

(j)                                         The Mortgage Loan Seller will be solvent at all relevant times prior to, and will not be rendered insolvent by, its transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser, as contemplated herein.

(k)                                     After giving effect to its transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser, as provided herein, the value of the Mortgage Loan Seller’s assets, either taken at their present fair saleable value or at fair valuation, will exceed the amount of the Mortgage Loan Seller’s debts and obligations, including contingent and unliquidated debts and obligations of the Mortgage Loan Seller, and the Mortgage Loan Seller will not be left with unreasonably small assets or capital with which to engage in and conduct its business.

(l)                                         The Mortgage Loan Seller does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or obligations beyond its ability to pay such debts and obligations as they mature.

(m)                                   No proceedings looking toward liquidation, dissolution or bankruptcy of the Mortgage Loan Seller are pending or contemplated.

(n)                                    The principal place of business and chief executive office of the Mortgage Loan Seller is located in the State of New York.

(o)                                     The consideration received by the Mortgage Loan Seller upon the sale of the Mortgage Loans constitutes at least fair consideration and reasonably equivalent value for such Mortgage Loans.

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EXHIBIT B-2

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE PURCHASER

The Purchaser hereby represents and warrants that, as of the date hereof:

(a)                                     The Purchaser is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.

(b)                                    The Purchaser’s execution and delivery of, performance under, and compliance with this Agreement, will not violate the Purchaser’s organizational documents or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the breach of, any material agreement or other material instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound, which default or breach, in the good faith and reasonable judgment of the Purchaser, is likely to affect materially and adversely the ability of the Purchaser to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

(c)                                      This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other party or parties hereto, constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of the Purchaser, enforceable against the Purchaser in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and (B) general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

(d)                                    No litigation, arbitration, suit, proceeding or governmental investigation is pending or, to the best of the Purchaser’s knowledge, threatened against the Purchaser that, if determined adversely to the Purchaser, would prohibit the Purchaser from entering into this Agreement or that, in the Purchaser’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to materially and adversely affect the ability of the Purchaser to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

(e)                                     The Purchaser has the full power and authority to consummate all transactions contemplated by this Agreement, has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and has duly executed and delivered this Agreement.

(f)                                       The Purchaser is not in violation of, and its execution and delivery of, performance under and compliance with this Agreement will not constitute a violation of, any law, any order or decree of any court or arbiter, or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority, which violation, in the Purchaser’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to affect materially and adversely the ability of the Purchaser to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

(g)                                    The Purchaser (A) prepared one or more reports on Form ABS-15G (each, a “Form 15G”) containing the findings and conclusions of the Accountants’ Due Diligence Reports and meeting the requirements of that Form 15G, Rule 15Ga-2, and any other rules and regulations of the Commission and the Exchange Act; (B) provided a copy of the final draft of each such Form 15G to MS&Co. at least six (6) business days before the first sale

Exh. B-2-1

in the offering contemplated by the Prospectus and Private Placement Memorandum; and (C) furnished each such Form 15G to the Commission on EDGAR at least five (5) business days before the first sale in the offering contemplated by the Prospectus and Private Placement Memorandum as required by Rule 15Ga-2.

(h)                                    The Purchaser has not dealt with any broker, investment banker, agent or other person, other than the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers and their respective affiliates, that may be entitled to any commission or compensation in connection with the sale of the Mortgage Loans or consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby.

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EXHIBIT C

MORTGAGE LOAN REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

For purposes of this Exhibit C, the phrases “the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge” or “the Mortgage Loan Seller’s belief” and other words and phrases of like import shall mean, except where otherwise expressly set forth below, the actual state of knowledge or belief of the Mortgage Loan Seller, its officers and employees directly responsible for the underwriting, origination, servicing or sale of the Mortgage Loans regarding the matters expressly set forth below in each case without having conducted any independent inquiry into such matters and without any obligation to have done so (except (i) having sent to the servicers servicing the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Mortgage Loan Seller, if any, specific inquiries regarding the matters referred to and (ii) as expressly set forth herein). All information contained in documents which are part of or required to be part of a Mortgage File, as specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (to the extent such documents exist) shall be deemed within the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge.

The Mortgage Loan Seller hereby represents and warrants that, as of the date herein below specified or, if no such date is specified, as of the date hereof, except with respect to the Exceptions described on Schedule C to this Agreement.

1.                                          Intentionally Omitted.

2.                                          Whole Loan; Ownership of Mortgage Loans. Except with respect to a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan, each Mortgage Loan is a whole loan and not a participation interest in a mortgage loan. At the time of the sale, transfer and assignment to the Depositor, no Mortgage Note or Mortgage was subject to any assignment (other than assignments to the Mortgage Loan Seller or (with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) to the related Non-Serviced Trustee for the related Non-Serviced Trust), participation (it being understood that a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan does not constitute a participation) or pledge, and the Mortgage Loan Seller had good title to, and was the sole owner of, each Mortgage Loan free and clear of any and all liens, charges, pledges, encumbrances, participations (other than with respect to agreements among noteholders with respect to a Whole Loan), any other ownership interests and other interests on, in or to such Mortgage Loan other than any servicing rights appointment, subservicing or similar agreement. The Mortgage Loan Seller has full right and authority to sell, assign and transfer each Mortgage Loan, and the assignment to the Depositor constitutes a legal, valid and binding assignment of such Mortgage Loan free and clear of any and all liens, pledges, charges or security interests of any nature encumbering such Mortgage Loan.

3.                                           Loan Document Status. Each related Mortgage Note, Mortgage, Assignment of Leases (if a separate instrument), guaranty and other agreement executed by or on behalf of the related Mortgagor, guarantor or other obligor in connection with such Mortgage Loan is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the related Mortgagor, guarantor or other obligor (subject to any non-recourse provisions contained in any of the foregoing agreements and any applicable state anti-deficiency or market value limit deficiency legislation), as applicable, and is enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws

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affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and except that certain provisions in such Mortgage Loan documents (including, without limitation, provisions requiring the payment of default interest, late fees or Prepayment Premium/Yield Maintenance Charge) may be further limited or rendered unenforceable by applicable law, but (subject to the limitations set forth above) such limitations or unenforceability will not render such Mortgage Loan documents invalid as a whole or materially interfere with the Mortgagee’s realization of the principal benefits and/or security provided thereby (clauses (i) and (ii) collectively, the “Standard Qualifications”).

Except as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, there is no valid offset, defense, counterclaim or right of rescission available to the related Mortgagor with respect to any of the related Mortgage Notes, Mortgages or other Mortgage Loan documents, including, without limitation, any such valid offset, defense, counterclaim or right based on intentional fraud by Mortgage Loan Seller in connection with the origination of the Mortgage Loan, that would deny the Mortgagee the principal benefits intended to be provided by the Mortgage Note, Mortgage or other Mortgage Loan documents.

4.                                          Mortgage Provisions. The Mortgage Loan documents for each Mortgage Loan, together with applicable state law, contain provisions that render the rights and remedies of the holder thereof adequate for the practical realization against the Mortgaged Property of the principal benefits of the security intended to be provided thereby, including realization by judicial or, if applicable, non-judicial foreclosure subject to the limitations set forth in the Standard Qualifications.

5.                                          Intentionally Omitted.

6.                                          Mortgage Status; Waivers and Modifications. Since origination and except by written instruments set forth in the related Mortgage File or as otherwise provided in the related Mortgage Loan documents (a) (1) to the knowledge of the Mortgage Loan Seller, there has been no forbearance, waiver or modification of the material terms of the Mortgage Loan which such forbearance, waiver, or modification relates to the COVID-19 emergency and (2) other than as related to the COVID-19 emergency, the material terms of such Mortgage, Mortgage Note, Mortgage Loan guaranty and related Mortgage Loan documents have not been waived, impaired, modified, altered, satisfied, canceled, subordinated or rescinded in any respect which materially interferes with the security intended to be provided by such mortgage; (b) no related Mortgaged Property or any portion thereof has been released from the lien of the related Mortgage in any manner which materially interferes with the security intended to be provided by such Mortgage or the use or operation of the remaining portion of such Mortgaged Property; and (c) neither the Mortgagor nor the guarantor has been released from its material obligations under the Mortgage Loan. With respect to each Mortgage Loan, except as contained in a written document included in the Mortgage File, there have been no modifications, amendments or waivers, that could be reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on such Mortgage Loan consented to by the Mortgage Loan Seller on or after the Cut-off Date.

7.                                          Lien; Valid Assignment. Subject to the Standard Qualifications, each endorsement or assignment of Mortgage and assignment of Assignment of Leases from the

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Mortgage Loan Seller or its Affiliate is in recordable form (but for the insertion of the name of the assignee and any related recording information which is not yet available to the Mortgage Loan Seller) and constitutes a legal, valid and binding endorsement or assignment from the Mortgage Loan Seller, or its Affiliate, as applicable. Each related Mortgage and Assignment of Leases is freely assignable without the consent of the related Mortgagor. Each related Mortgage is a legal, valid and enforceable first lien on the related Mortgagor’s fee (or if identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, leasehold) interest in the Mortgaged Property in the principal amount of such Mortgage Loan or allocated loan amount (subject only to Permitted Encumbrances (as defined below) and the exceptions to paragraph 8 below (each such exception, a “Title Exception”)), except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by the Standard Qualifications. Such Mortgaged Property (subject to Permitted Encumbrances and Title Exceptions) as of origination and, to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, as of the Cut-off Date, is free and clear of any recorded mechanics’ or materialmen’s liens and other recorded encumbrances that would be prior to or equal with the lien of the related Mortgage (which lien secures the related Whole Loan, in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan), except those which are bonded over, escrowed for or insured against by the applicable Title Policy (as described below), and as of origination and, to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, as of the Cut-off Date, no rights exist which under law could give rise to any such lien or encumbrance that would be prior to or equal with the lien of the related Mortgage, except those which are bonded over, escrowed for or insured against by the applicable Title Policy. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no representation is made as to the perfection of any security interest in rents or other personal property to the extent that possession or control of such items or actions other than the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements is required to effect such perfection.

8.                                          Permitted Liens; Title Insurance. Each Mortgaged Property securing a Mortgage Loan is covered by an American Land Title Association loan title insurance policy or a comparable form of loan title insurance policy approved for use in the applicable jurisdiction (or, if such policy is yet to be issued, by a pro forma policy, a preliminary title policy or a “marked up” commitment, in each case with escrow instructions and binding on the title insurer) (the “Title Policy”) in the original principal amount of such Mortgage Loan (or with respect to a Mortgage Loan secured by multiple properties, an amount equal to at least the allocated loan amount with respect to the Title Policy for each such property) after all advances of principal (including any advances held in escrow or reserves), that insures for the benefit of the owner of the indebtedness secured by the Mortgage, the first priority lien of the Mortgage (which lien secures the related Whole Loan, in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan), which lien is subject only to (a) the lien of current real property taxes, water charges, sewer rents and assessments not yet due and payable; (b) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record specifically identified in the Title Policy; (c) the exceptions (general and specific) and exclusions set forth in such Title Policy; (d) other matters to which like properties are commonly subject; (e) the rights of tenants (as tenants only) under leases (including subleases) pertaining to the related Mortgaged Property; (f) if the related Mortgage Loan constitutes a Crossed Underlying Loan, the lien of the Mortgage for another Mortgage Loan contained in the same Crossed Mortgage Loan Group, and (g) condominium declarations of record and identified in such Title Policy, provided that none of clauses (a) through (g), individually or in the aggregate, materially and adversely interferes with the value or principal use of the Mortgaged Property, the security intended to be provided by such Mortgage, or the current ability of the related Mortgaged Property to generate net cash flow sufficient to service the related Mortgage Loan or the

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Mortgagor’s ability to pay its obligations when they become due (collectively, the “Permitted Encumbrances”). For purposes of clause (a) of the immediately preceding sentence, any such taxes, assessments and other charges shall not be considered due and payable until the date on which interest and/or penalties would be payable thereon. Except as contemplated by clause (f) of the second preceding sentence none of the Permitted Encumbrances are mortgage liens that are senior to or coordinate and co-equal with the lien of the related Mortgage. Such Title Policy (or, if it has yet to be issued, the coverage to be provided thereby) is in full force and effect, all premiums thereon have been paid and no claims have been made by the Mortgage Loan Seller thereunder and no claims have been paid thereunder. Neither the Mortgage Loan Seller, nor to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, any other holder of the Mortgage Loan, has done, by act or omission, anything that would materially impair the coverage under such Title Policy. Each Title Policy contains no exclusion for, or affirmatively insures (except for any Mortgaged Property located in a jurisdiction where such affirmative insurance is not available in which case such exclusion may exist), (a) that the Mortgaged Property shown on the survey is the same as the property legally described in the Mortgage and (b) to the extent that the Mortgaged Property consists of two or more adjoining parcels, such parcels are contiguous.

9.                                          Junior Liens. It being understood that B notes secured by the same Mortgage as a Mortgage Loan are not subordinate mortgages or junior liens, except for any Mortgage Loan that is cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with another Mortgage Loan, as of the Cut-off Date there are no subordinate mortgages or junior mortgage liens encumbering the related Mortgaged Property other than Permitted Encumbrances, mechanics’ or materialmen’s liens (which are the subject of the representation in paragraph (7) above), and equipment and other personal property financing. The Mortgage Loan Seller has no knowledge of any mezzanine debt secured directly by interests in the related Mortgagor other than as set forth on Exhibit C-32-1.

10.                                    Assignment of Leases and Rents. There exists as part of the related Mortgage File an Assignment of Leases (either as a separate instrument or incorporated into the related Mortgage). Subject to the Permitted Encumbrances and Title Exceptions (and, in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan, subject to the related Assignment of Leases constituting security for the entire Whole Loan), each related Assignment of Leases creates a valid first-priority collateral assignment of, or a valid first-priority lien or security interest in, rents and certain rights under the related lease or leases, subject only to a license granted to the related Mortgagor to exercise certain rights and to perform certain obligations of the lessor under such lease or leases, including the right to operate the related leased property, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by the Standard Qualifications. The related Mortgage or related Assignment of Leases, subject to applicable law and the Standard Qualifications, provides that, upon an event of default under the Mortgage Loan, a receiver may be appointed for the collection of rents or for the related Mortgagee to enter into possession to collect the rents or for rents to be paid directly to the Mortgagee.

11.                                   Financing Statements. Subject to the Standard Qualifications, each Mortgage Loan or related security agreement establishes a valid security interest in, and a UCC-1 financing statement has been filed and/or recorded (or, in the case of fixtures, the Mortgage constitutes a fixture filing) in all places necessary at the time of the origination of the Mortgage Loan (or, if not filed and/or recorded, has submitted or caused to be submitted in proper form for filing and/or recording) to perfect a valid security interest in, the personal property (creation and

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perfection of which is governed by the UCC) owned by the Mortgagor and necessary to operate such Mortgaged Property in its current use other than (1) non-material personal property, (2) personal property subject to purchase money security interests and (3) personal property that is leased equipment. Each UCC-1 financing statement, if any, filed with respect to personal property constituting a part of the related Mortgaged Property and each UCC-3 assignment, if any, filed with respect to such financing statement was in suitable form for filing in the filing office in which such financing statement was filed. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no representation is made as to the perfection of any security interest in rents or other personal property to the extent that possession or control of such items or actions other than the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements is required to effect such perfection.

12.                                   Condition of Property. The Mortgage Loan Seller or the originator of the Mortgage Loan inspected or caused to be inspected each related Mortgaged Property within six months of origination of the Mortgage Loan and within twelve months of the Cut-off Date.

An engineering report or property condition assessment was prepared in connection with the origination of each Mortgage Loan no more than twelve months prior to the Cut-off Date. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, based solely upon due diligence customarily performed in connection with the origination of comparable mortgage loans, as of the Closing Date, each related Mortgaged Property was free and clear of any material damage (other than (i) deferred maintenance for which escrows were established at origination and (ii) any damage fully covered by insurance) that would affect materially and adversely the use or value of such Mortgaged Property as security for the Mortgage Loan.

13.                                   Taxes and Assessments. As of the date of origination and, to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, as of the Cut-off Date, all taxes, governmental assessments and other outstanding governmental charges (including, without limitation, water and sewage charges) due with respect to the Mortgaged Property (excluding any related personal property) securing a Mortgage Loan that is or could become a lien on the related Mortgaged Property that became due and owing prior to the Cut-off Date with respect to each related Mortgaged Property have been paid, or, if the appropriate amount of such taxes or charges is being appealed or is otherwise in dispute, the unpaid taxes or charges are covered by an escrow of funds or other security sufficient to pay such tax or charge and reasonably estimated interest and penalties, if any, thereon. For purposes of this representation and warranty, any such taxes, assessments and other charges shall not be considered due and payable until the date on which interest and/or penalties would be payable thereon.

14.                                    Condemnation. As of the date of origination and to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge as of the Cut-off Date, there is no proceeding pending and, to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge as of the date of origination and as of the Cut-off Date, there is no proceeding threatened for the total or partial condemnation of such Mortgaged Property that would have a material adverse effect on the value, use or operation of the Mortgaged Property.

15.                                    Actions Concerning Mortgage Loan. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, based on evaluation of the Title Policy (as defined in paragraph 8), an engineering report or property condition assessment as described in paragraph 12, applicable local law compliance materials as described in paragraph 26, and the ESA (as defined in paragraph 43), as

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of origination there was no pending or filed action, suit or proceeding, arbitration or governmental investigation involving any Mortgagor, guarantor, or Mortgagor’s interest in the Mortgaged Property, an adverse outcome of which would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect (a) such Mortgagor’s title to the Mortgaged Property, (b) the validity or enforceability of the Mortgage, (c) such Mortgagor’s ability to perform under the related Mortgage Loan, (d) such guarantor’s ability to perform under the related guaranty, (e) the principal benefit of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage Loan documents, or (f) the current principal use of the Mortgaged Property.

16.                                    Escrow Deposits. All escrow deposits and escrow payments currently required to be escrowed with the Mortgagee pursuant to each Mortgage Loan (including capital improvements and environmental remediation reserves) are in the possession, or under the control, of the Mortgage Loan Seller or its servicer, and there are no delinquencies (subject to any applicable grace or cure periods) in connection therewith, and all such escrows and deposits (or the right thereto) that are required under the related Mortgage Loan documents are being conveyed by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Depositor or its servicer (or, in the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, to the related Non-Serviced Depositor or Non-Serviced Master Servicer for the related Non-Serviced Trust).

17.                                    No Holdbacks. The principal amount of the Mortgage Loan stated on the Mortgage Loan Schedule has been fully disbursed as of the Closing Date and there is no requirement for future advances thereunder (except in those cases where the full amount of the Mortgage Loan has been disbursed but a portion thereof is being held in escrow or reserve accounts pending the satisfaction of certain conditions relating to leasing, repairs, occupancy, performance or other matters with respect to the related Mortgaged Property, the Mortgagor or other considerations determined by the Mortgage Loan Seller to merit such holdback).

18.                                    Insurance. Each related Mortgaged Property is, and is required pursuant to the related Mortgage to be, insured by a property insurance policy providing coverage for loss in accordance with coverage found under a “special cause of loss form” or “all risk form” that includes replacement cost valuation issued by an insurer or insurers meeting the requirements of the related Mortgage Loan documents and having a claims-paying or financial strength rating meeting the Insurance Ratings Requirements (as defined below), in an amount (subject to customary deductibles) not less than the lesser of (1) the original principal balance of the Mortgage Loan and (2) the full insurable value on a replacement cost basis of the improvements, furniture, furnishings, fixtures and equipment owned by the Mortgagor included in the Mortgaged Property (with no deduction for physical depreciation), but, in any event, not less than the amount necessary or containing such endorsements as are necessary to avoid the operation of any coinsurance provisions with respect to the related Mortgaged Property.

“Insurance Ratings Requirements” means either (1) a claims paying or financial strength rating of at least “A-:VIII” from A.M. Best Company (“A.M. Best”) or “A3” (or the equivalent) from Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or “A-” from S&P Global Ratings (“S&P”) or (2) the Syndicate Insurance Ratings Requirements. “Syndicate Insurance Ratings Requirements” means insurance provided by a syndicate of insurers, as to which (i) if such syndicate consists of 5 or more members, at least 60% of the coverage is provided by insurers that meet the Insurance Ratings Requirements (under clause (1) of the definition of such term) and up

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to 40% of the coverage is provided by insurers that have a claims paying or financial strength rating of at least “BBB-” by S&P or at least “Baa3” by Moody’s, and (ii) if such syndicate consists of 4 or fewer members, at least 75% of the coverage is provided by insurers that meet the Insurance Ratings Requirements (under clause (1) of the definition of such term) and up to 25% of the coverage is provided by insurers that have a claims paying or financial strength rating of at least “BBB-” by S&P or at least “Baa3” by Moody’s.

Each related Mortgaged Property is also covered, and required to be covered pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan documents, by business interruption or rental loss insurance which (subject to a customary deductible) covers a period of not less than 12 months (or with respect to each Mortgage Loan on a single asset with a principal balance of $50 million or more, 18 months).

If any material part of the improvements, exclusive of a parking lot, located on a Mortgaged Property is in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards, the related Mortgagor is required to maintain insurance in an amount equal to the least of (a) the maximum amount available under the National Flood Insurance Program, plus such additional excess flood coverage in an amount as is generally required by prudent institutional commercial mortgage lenders originating mortgage loans for securitization, (b) the outstanding principal amount of the Mortgage Loan and (c) the insurable value of the Mortgaged Property.

If the Mortgaged Property is located within 25 miles of the coast of the Gulf of Mexico or the Atlantic coast of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina or North Carolina, the related Mortgagor is required to maintain coverage for windstorm and/or windstorm related perils and/or “named storms” issued by an insurer or insurers meeting the Insurance Ratings Requirements or endorsement covering damage from windstorm and/or windstorm related perils and/or named storms, in an amount not less than the lesser of (1) the original principal balance of the Mortgage Loan and (2) the full insurable value on a replacement cost basis of the improvements, furniture, furnishings, fixtures and equipment owned by the Mortgagor and included in the Mortgaged Property (with no deduction for physical depreciation), but, in any event, not less than the amount necessary or containing such endorsements as are necessary to avoid the operation of any coinsurance provisions with respect to the related Mortgaged Property by an insurer or insurers meeting the Insurance Ratings Requirements.

The Mortgaged Property is covered, and required to be covered pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan documents, by a commercial general liability insurance policy issued by an insurer or insurers meeting the Insurance Ratings Requirements including coverage for property damage, contractual damage and personal injury (including bodily injury and death) in amounts as are generally required by the Mortgage Loan Seller for similar commercial and multifamily loans intended for securitization, and in any event not less than $1 million per occurrence and $2 million in the aggregate.

An architectural or engineering consultant has performed an analysis of each of the Mortgaged Properties located in seismic zones 3 or 4 in order to evaluate the seismic condition of such property, for the sole purpose of assessing the probable maximum loss or scenario expected loss (“PML”) for the Mortgaged Property in the event of an earthquake. In such instance, the PML

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was based on a 475-year return period, an exposure period of 50 years and a 10% probability of exceedance. If the resulting report concluded that the PML would exceed 20% of the amount of the replacement costs of the improvements, earthquake insurance on such Mortgaged Property was obtained from an insurer or insurers meeting the Insurance Ratings Requirements (provided that for this purpose (only), the A.M. Best Company minimum rating referred to in the definition of Insurance Ratings Requirements will be deemed to be at least “A:VIII”) in an amount not less than 100% of the PML.

The Mortgage Loan documents require insurance proceeds (or an amount equal to such insurance proceeds) in respect of a property loss to be applied either (a) to the repair or restoration of all or part of the related Mortgaged Property, with respect to all property losses in excess of 5% of the then-outstanding principal amount of the related Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan, as applicable, the Mortgagee (or a trustee appointed by it) having the right to hold and disburse such proceeds as the repair or restoration progresses, or (b) to the payment of the outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan together with any accrued interest thereon.

All premiums on all insurance policies referred to in this section that are required by the Mortgage Loan documents to be paid as of the Cut-off Date have been paid, and such insurance policies name the Mortgagee under the Mortgage Loan and its successors and assigns as a loss payee under a mortgagee endorsement clause or, in the case of the general liability insurance policy, as named or additional insured. Such insurance policies will inure to the benefit of the Trustee (or, in the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the applicable Non-Serviced Trustee). Each related Mortgage Loan obligates the related Mortgagor to maintain all such insurance and, at such Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the Mortgagee to maintain such insurance at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense and to charge such Mortgagor for related premiums. All such insurance policies (other than commercial liability policies) require at least 10 days’ prior notice to the Mortgagee of termination or cancellation arising because of nonpayment of a premium and at least 30 days’ prior notice to the Mortgagee of termination or cancellation (or such lesser period, not less than 10 days, as may be required by applicable law) arising for any reason other than non-payment of a premium and no such notice has been received by the Mortgage Loan Seller.

19.            Access; Utilities; Separate Tax Parcels. Based solely on evaluation of the Title Policy (as defined in paragraph 8) and survey, if any, an engineering report or property condition assessment as described in paragraph 12, applicable local law compliance materials as described in paragraph 26, and the ESA (as defined in paragraph 43), each Mortgaged Property (a) is located on or adjacent to a public road and has direct legal access to such road, or has permanent access from a recorded easement or right of way permitting ingress and egress to/from a public road, (b) is served by or has access rights to public or private water and sewer (or well and septic) and other utilities necessary for the current use of the Mortgaged Property, all of which are adequate for the current use of the Mortgaged Property, and (c) constitutes one or more separate tax parcels which do not include any property which is not part of the Mortgaged Property or is subject to an endorsement under the related Title Policy insuring the Mortgaged Property, or in certain cases, an application has been made or is required to be made to the applicable governing authority for creation of separate tax parcels (or the Mortgage Loan documents so require such application in the future), in which case the Mortgage Loan requires the Mortgagor to escrow an amount sufficient to pay taxes for the existing tax parcel of which the Mortgaged Property is a part until the separate tax parcels are created.

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20.                                     No Encroachments. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge based solely on surveys obtained in connection with origination and the Title Policy obtained in connection with the origination of each Mortgage Loan, and except for encroachments that do not materially and adversely affect the current marketability or principal use of the Mortgaged Property: (a) all material improvements that were included for the purpose of determining the appraised value of the related Mortgaged Property at the time of the origination of such Mortgage Loan are within the boundaries of the related Mortgaged Property, except for encroachments that are insured against by the applicable Title Policy; (b) no material improvements on adjoining parcels encroach onto the related Mortgaged Property except for encroachments that are insured against by the applicable Title Policy; and (c) no material improvements encroach upon any easements except for encroachments that are insured against by the applicable Title Policy.

21.                                     No Contingent Interest or Equity Participation. No Mortgage Loan has a shared appreciation feature, any other contingent interest feature or a negative amortization feature (except that an ARD Loan may provide for the accrual of the portion of interest in excess of the rate in effect prior to the Anticipated Repayment Date) or an equity participation by the Mortgage Loan Seller.

22.                                    REMIC. The Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code (but determined without regard to the rule in Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(f)(2) that treats certain defective mortgage loans as qualified mortgages), and, accordingly, (A) the issue price of the Mortgage Loan to the related Mortgagor at origination did not exceed the non-contingent principal amount of the Mortgage Loan and (B) either: (a) such Mortgage Loan is secured by an interest in real property (including permanently affixed buildings and distinct structural components, such as wiring, plumbing systems and central heating and air conditioning systems, that are integrated into such buildings, serve such buildings in their passive functions and do not produce or contribute to the production of income other than consideration for the use or occupancy of space, but excluding personal property) having a fair market value (i) at the date the Mortgage Loan was originated at least equal to 80% of the adjusted issue price of the Mortgage Loan (together with any related Pari Passu Companion Loans) on such date or (ii) at the Closing Date at least equal to 80% of the adjusted issue price of the Mortgage Loan (together with any related Pari Passu Companion Loans) on such date, provided that for purposes hereof, the fair market value of the real property interest must first be reduced by (A) the amount of any lien on the real property interest that is senior to the Mortgage Loan and (B) a proportionate amount of any lien that is in parity with the Mortgage Loan; or (b) substantially all of the proceeds of such Mortgage Loan were used to acquire, improve or protect the real property which served as the only security for such Mortgage Loan (other than a recourse feature or other third-party credit enhancement within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(a)(1)(ii)). If the Mortgage Loan was “significantly modified” prior to the Closing Date so as to result in a taxable exchange under Section 1001 of the Code, it either (x) was modified as a result of the default or reasonably foreseeable default of such Mortgage Loan or (y) satisfies the provisions of either sub-clause (B)(a)(i) above (substituting the date of the last such modification for the date the Mortgage Loan was originated) or sub-clause (B)(a)(ii), including the proviso thereto. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the Mortgage Loan will not be considered “significantly modified” solely by reason of the Mortgagor having been granted a COVID-19 related forbearance prior to October 1, 2021 (or prior to such later date as may be provided by the IRS in a future guidance) provided that: (a) such Mortgage Loan forbearance is

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covered by Revenue Procedure 2020-26 (as modified by Revenue Procedure 2021-12) by reason of satisfying the requirements for such coverage stated in Section 5.02(2) thereof; and (b) the Mortgage Loan Seller shall have notified the depositor that such forbearance has occurred and notified the depositor of (x) the date on which such forbearance was granted, (y) the length in months of the forbearance, and (z) how the payments in forbearance will be paid (that is, by extension of maturity, change of amortization schedule, etc.). Any Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges applicable to the Mortgage Loan constitute “customary prepayment penalties” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-1(b)(2). All terms used in this paragraph shall have the same meanings as set forth in the related Treasury Regulations.

23.                                    Compliance with Usury Laws. The mortgage rate (exclusive of any default interest, late charges, Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium) of such Mortgage Loan complied as of the date of origination with, or was exempt from, applicable state or federal laws, regulations and other requirements pertaining to usury.

24.                                    Authorized to do Business. To the extent required under applicable law, as of the Cut-off Date or as of the date that such entity held the Mortgage Note, each holder of the Mortgage Note was authorized to transact and do business in the jurisdiction in which each related Mortgaged Property is located, or the failure to be so authorized does not materially and adversely affect the enforceability of such Mortgage Loan by the Trust.

25.                                    Trustee under Deed of Trust. With respect to each Mortgage which is a deed of trust, as of the date of origination and, to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, as of the Closing Date, a trustee, duly qualified under applicable law to serve as such, currently so serves and is named in the deed of trust or has been substituted in accordance with the Mortgage and applicable law or may be substituted in accordance with the Mortgage and applicable law by the related Mortgagee.

26.                                    Local Law Compliance. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, based upon any of a letter from any governmental authorities, a legal opinion, an architect’s letter, a zoning consultant’s report, an endorsement to the related Title Policy, a survey, or other affirmative investigation of local law compliance consistent with the investigation conducted by the Mortgage Loan Seller for similar commercial and multifamily mortgage loans intended for securitization, the improvements located on or forming part of each Mortgaged Property securing a Mortgage Loan are in material compliance with applicable laws, zoning ordinances, rules, covenants, and restrictions (collectively “Zoning Regulations”) governing the occupancy, use, and operation of such Mortgaged Property or constitute a legal non-conforming use or structure and any non-conformity with zoning laws constitutes a legal non-conforming use or structure which does not materially and adversely affect the use, operation or value of such Mortgaged Property. In the event of casualty or destruction, (a) the Mortgaged Property may be restored or repaired to the full extent necessary to maintain the use of the structure immediately prior to such casualty or destruction, (b) law and ordinance insurance coverage has been obtained for the Mortgaged Property in amounts customarily required by the Mortgage Loan Seller for similar commercial and multifamily loans intended for securitization, (c) title insurance policy coverage has been obtained with respect to any non-conforming use or structure, or (d) the inability to restore the Mortgaged Property to the full extent of the use or structure immediately prior to the casualty would not materially and adversely affect the use or operation of such Mortgaged Property. The Mortgage

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Loan documents require the related Mortgagor to be qualified to do business in the jurisdiction in which the related Mortgaged Property is located.

27.                                     Licenses and Permits. Each Mortgagor covenants in the Mortgage Loan documents that it shall keep all material licenses, permits, franchises, certificates of occupancy and applicable governmental approvals necessary for the operation of the Mortgaged Property in full force and effect, and to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge based upon any of a letter from any government authorities, zoning consultant’s report or other affirmative investigation of local law compliance consistent with the investigation conducted by the Mortgage Loan Seller for similar commercial and multifamily mortgage loans intended for securitization; all such material licenses, permits, franchises, certificates of occupancy and applicable governmental approvals are in effect or the failure to obtain or maintain such material licenses, permits, franchises or certificates of occupancy and applicable governmental approvals does not materially and adversely affect the use and/or operation of the Mortgaged Property as it was used and operated as of the date of origination of the Mortgage Loan or the rights of a holder of the related Mortgage Loan. The Mortgage Loan documents require the related Mortgagor to comply in all material respects with all applicable regulations, zoning and building laws.

28.                                    Recourse Obligations. The Mortgage Loan documents for each Mortgage Loan (a) provide that such Mortgage Loan becomes full recourse to the Mortgagor and guarantor (which is a natural person or persons, or an entity or entities distinct from the Mortgagor (but may be affiliated with the Mortgagor) that collectively, as of the date of origination of the related Mortgage Loan, have assets other than equity in the related Mortgaged Property that are not de minimis) in any of the following events (or negotiated provisions of substantially similar effect): (i) if any petition for bankruptcy, insolvency, dissolution or liquidation pursuant to federal bankruptcy law, or any similar federal or state law, shall be filed by, consented to, or acquiesced in by, the Mortgagor; (ii) the Mortgagor or guarantor shall have solicited or caused to be solicited petitioning creditors to cause an involuntary bankruptcy filing with respect to the Mortgagor or (iii) voluntary transfers of either the Mortgaged Property or controlling equity interests in the Mortgagor made in violation of the Mortgage Loan documents; and (b) contains provisions for recourse against the Mortgagor and guarantor (which is a natural person or persons, or an entity or entities distinct from the Mortgagor (but may be affiliated with the Mortgagor) that collectively, as of the date of origination of the related Mortgage Loan, have assets other than equity in the related Mortgaged Property that are not de minimis), for losses and damages resulting from the following (or negotiated provisions of substantially similar effect): (i) the Mortgagor’s misappropriation of rents after an event of default, security deposits, insurance proceeds, or condemnation awards; (ii) the Mortgagor’s fraud or intentional material misrepresentation; (iii)  breaches of the environmental covenants in the Mortgage Loan documents; or (iv) the Mortgagor’s commission of intentional material physical waste at the Mortgaged Property (but, in some cases, only to the extent there is sufficient cash flow generated by the related Mortgaged Property to prevent such waste).

29.                                    Mortgage Releases. The terms of the related Mortgage or related Mortgage Loan documents do not provide for release of any material portion of the Mortgaged Property from the lien of the Mortgage except (a) a partial release, accompanied by principal repayment, or partial defeasance (as described in paragraph 34) of not less than a specified percentage at least equal to 110% of the related allocated loan amount of such portion of the Mortgaged Property, (b) upon

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payment in full of such Mortgage Loan, (c) upon a Defeasance (defined in paragraph 34 below), (d) releases of out-parcels that are unimproved or other portions of the Mortgaged Property which will not have a material adverse effect on the underwritten value of the Mortgaged Property and which were not afforded any material value in the appraisal obtained at the origination of the Mortgage Loan and are not necessary for physical access to the Mortgaged Property or compliance with zoning requirements, or (e) as required pursuant to an order of condemnation. With respect to any partial release under the preceding clauses (a) or (d), either: (x) such release of collateral (i) would not constitute a “significant modification” of the subject Mortgage Loan within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(b)(2) and (ii) would not cause the subject Mortgage Loan to fail to be a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3)(A) of the Code; or (y) the Mortgagee or servicer can, in accordance with the related Mortgage Loan documents, condition such release of collateral on the related Mortgagor’s delivery of an opinion of tax counsel to the effect specified in the immediately preceding clause (x). For purposes of the preceding clause (x), if the fair market value of the real property constituting such Mortgaged Property (reduced by (1) the amount of any lien on the real property that is senior to the Mortgage Loan and (2) a proportionate amount of any lien on the real property that is in parity with the Mortgage Loan) after the release is not equal to at least 80% of the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan (together with any related Pari Passu Companion Loans) outstanding after the release, the Mortgagor is required to make a payment of principal in an amount not less than the amount required by the REMIC Provisions.

In the case of any Mortgage Loan, in the event of a taking of any portion of a Mortgaged Property by a State or any political subdivision or authority thereof, whether by legal proceeding or by agreement, unless an opinion of counsel is delivered as specified in clause (y) of the preceding paragraph, the Mortgagor can be required to pay down the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan (together with any related Pari Passu Companion Loans) in an amount not less than the amount required by the REMIC Provisions and, to such extent, the award from any such taking may not be required to be applied to the restoration of the Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgagor, if, immediately after the release of such portion of the Mortgaged Property from the lien of the Mortgage (but taking into account the planned restoration) the fair market value of the real property constituting the remaining Mortgaged Property (reduced by (1) the amount of any lien on the real property that is senior to the Mortgage Loan and (2) a proportionate amount of any lien on the real property that is in parity with the Mortgage Loan) is not equal to at least 80% of the remaining principal balance of the Mortgage Loan (together with any related Pari Passu Companion Loans).

No such Mortgage Loan that is secured by more than one Mortgaged Property or that is cross-collateralized with another Mortgage Loan permits the release of cross-collateralization of the related Mortgaged Properties or a portion thereof, including due to a partial condemnation, other than in compliance with the REMIC Provisions.

30.                                    Financial Reporting and Rent Rolls. Each Mortgage Loan requires the Mortgagor to provide the owner or holder of the Mortgage Loan with (a) quarterly (other than for single-tenant properties) and annual operating statements, (b) quarterly (other than for single-tenant properties) rent rolls (or maintenance schedules in the case of Mortgage Loans secured by residential cooperative properties) for properties that have any individual lease which accounts for more than 5% of the in-place base rent, and (c) annual financial statements.

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31.                                    Acts of Terrorism Exclusion. With respect to each Mortgage Loan over $20 million, and to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge with respect to each Mortgage Loan of $20 million or less, as of origination the related special-form all-risk insurance policy and business interruption policy (issued by an insurer or insurers meeting the Insurance Ratings Requirements) do not specifically exclude Acts of Terrorism, as defined in the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002, as amended (collectively referred to as “TRIPRA”), from coverage, or if such coverage is excluded, it is covered by a separate terrorism insurance policy. With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the related Mortgage Loan documents do not expressly waive or prohibit the Mortgagee from requiring coverage for Acts of Terrorism, as defined in TRIPRA, or damages related thereto, except to the extent that any right to require such coverage may be limited by commercial availability on commercially reasonable terms, or as otherwise indicated on Schedule C; provided, that if TRIPRA or a similar or subsequent statute is not in effect, then, provided that terrorism insurance is commercially available, the Mortgagor under each Mortgage Loan is required to carry terrorism insurance, but in such event the Mortgagor shall not be required to spend on terrorism insurance coverage more than two times the amount of the insurance premium that is payable in respect of the property and business interruption/rental loss insurance required under the related Mortgage Loan documents (without giving effect to the cost of terrorism and earthquake components of such casualty and business interruption/rental loss insurance) at the time of the origination of the Mortgage Loan, and if the cost of terrorism insurance exceeds such amount, the Mortgagor is required to purchase the maximum amount of terrorism insurance available with funds equal to such amount.

32.                                    Due on Sale or Encumbrance. Subject to specific exceptions set forth below, each Mortgage Loan contains a “due-on-sale” or other such provision for the acceleration of the payment of the unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan if, without the consent of the holder of the Mortgage (which consent, in some cases, may not be unreasonably withheld) and/or complying with the requirements of the related Mortgage Loan documents (which provide for transfers without the consent of the Mortgagee which are customarily acceptable to the Mortgage Loan Seller, including, but not limited to, transfers of worn-out or obsolete furnishings, fixtures, or equipment promptly replaced with property of equivalent value and functionality and transfers by leases entered into in accordance with the Mortgage Loan documents), (a) the related Mortgaged Property, or any equity interest of greater than 50% in the related Mortgagor, is directly or indirectly pledged, transferred or sold (in each case, a “Transfer”), other than as related to (i) family and estate planning Transfers or Transfers upon death or legal incapacity, (ii) Transfers to certain affiliates as defined in the related Mortgage Loan documents, (iii) Transfers of less than, or other than, a controlling interest in a Mortgagor, (iv) Transfers to another holder of direct or indirect equity in the Mortgagor, a specific Person designated in the related Mortgage Loan documents or a Person satisfying specific criteria identified in the related Mortgage Loan documents, (v) Transfers of common stock in publicly traded companies, (vi) a substitution or release of collateral within the parameters of paragraphs 29 and 34 herein, or (vii) by reason of any mezzanine debt that existed at the origination of the related Mortgage Loan as set forth on Exhibit C-32-1, or future permitted mezzanine debt as set forth on Exhibit C-32-2, or (b) the related Mortgaged Property is encumbered with a subordinate lien or security interest against the related Mortgaged Property, other than (i) any Companion Loan of any Mortgage Loan or any subordinate debt that existed at origination and is permitted under the related Mortgage Loan documents, (ii) purchase money security interests (iii) any Mortgage Loan that is cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with another Mortgage Loan as set forth on Exhibit C-32-3 or (iv) Permitted

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Encumbrances. The Mortgage or other Mortgage Loan documents provide that to the extent any Rating Agency fees are incurred in connection with the review of and consent to any transfer or encumbrance, the Mortgagor is responsible for such payment along with all other reasonable fees and expenses incurred by the Mortgagee relative to such transfer or encumbrance.

33.                                    Single-Purpose Entity. Each Mortgage Loan requires the Mortgagor to be a Single-Purpose Entity for at least as long as the Mortgage Loan is outstanding. Each Mortgage Loan with a Cut-off Date Balance of $30 million or more has a counsel’s opinion regarding non-consolidation of the Mortgagor. For this purpose, a “Single-Purpose Entity” shall mean an entity, other than an individual, whose organizational documents and the related Mortgage Loan documents (or if the Mortgage Loan has a Cut-off Date Balance equal to $10 million or less, its organizational documents or the related Mortgage Loan documents) provide substantially to the effect that it was formed or organized solely for the purpose of owning and operating one or more of the Mortgaged Properties and prohibit it from engaging in any business unrelated to such Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties, and whose organizational documents further provide, or which entity represented in the related Mortgage Loan documents, substantially to the effect that it does not have any assets other than those related to its interest in and operation of such Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties, or any indebtedness other than as permitted by the related Mortgage(s) or the other related Mortgage Loan documents, that it has its own books and records and accounts separate and apart from those of any other person (other than a Mortgagor for a Mortgage Loan that is cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with the related Mortgage Loan), and that it holds itself out as a legal entity, separate and apart from any other person or entity.

34.                                     Defeasance. With respect to any Mortgage Loan that, pursuant to the Mortgage Loan documents, can be defeased (a “Defeasance”), (i) the Mortgage Loan documents provide for defeasance as a unilateral right of the Mortgagor, subject to satisfaction of conditions specified in the Mortgage Loan documents; (ii) the Mortgage Loan cannot be defeased within two years after the Closing Date; (iii) the Mortgagor is permitted to pledge only United States “government securities” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(a)(8)(ii), the revenues from which will be sufficient to make all scheduled payments under the Mortgage Loan when due, including the entire remaining principal balance on the maturity date (or on or after the first date on which payment may be made without payment of a Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium) or, if the Mortgage Loan is an ARD Loan, the entire principal balance outstanding on the Anticipated Repayment Date (or on or after the first date on which payment may be made without payment of a Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium), and if the Mortgage Loan permits partial releases of real property in connection with partial defeasance, the revenues from the collateral will be sufficient to pay all such scheduled payments calculated on a principal amount equal to a specified percentage at least equal to 110% of the allocated loan amount for the real property to be released; (iv) the defeasance collateral is not permitted to be subject to prepayment, call, or early redemption; (v) the Mortgagor is required to provide a certification from an independent certified public accountant that the collateral is sufficient to make all scheduled payments under the Mortgage Note as set forth in clause (iii) above; (vi) the defeased note and the defeasance collateral are required to be assumed by a Single-Purpose Entity; (vii) the Mortgagor is required to provide an opinion of counsel that the Trustee has a perfected security interest in such collateral prior to any other claim or interest; and (viii) the Mortgagor is required to pay all rating agency fees associated with defeasance (if rating

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confirmation is a specific condition precedent thereto) and all other reasonable expenses associated with defeasance, including, but not limited to, accountant’s fees and opinions of counsel.

35.                                    Fixed Interest Rates. Each Mortgage Loan bears interest at a rate that remains fixed throughout the remaining term of such Mortgage Loan, except in the case of ARD Loans and in situations where default interest is imposed.

36.                                     Ground Leases. For purposes of this Exhibit C, a “Ground Lease” shall mean a lease creating a leasehold estate in real property where the fee owner as the ground lessor conveys for a term or terms of years its entire interest in the land and buildings and other improvements, if any, comprising the premises demised under such lease to the ground lessee (who may, in certain circumstances, own the building and improvements on the land), subject to the reversionary interest of the ground lessor as fee owner.

With respect to any Mortgage Loan where the Mortgage Loan is secured by a Ground Leasehold estate in whole or in part, and the related Mortgage does not also encumber the related lessor’s fee interest in such Mortgaged Property, based upon the terms of the Ground Lease and any estoppel or other agreement received from the ground lessor in favor of Mortgage Loan Seller, its successors and assigns (collectively, the “Ground Lease and Related Documents”), Mortgage Loan Seller represents and warrants that:

(A)                                 The Ground Lease or a memorandum regarding such Ground Lease has been duly recorded or submitted for recordation in a form that is acceptable for recording in the applicable jurisdiction. The Ground Lease and Related Documents permit the interest of the lessee to be encumbered by the related Mortgage and do not restrict the use of the related Mortgaged Property by such lessee, its successors or assigns in a manner that would materially adversely affect the security provided by the related Mortgage. No material change in the terms of the Ground Lease has occurred since its recordation, except by any written instruments which are included in the related Mortgage File;

(B)                                    The lessor under such Ground Lease has agreed in a writing included in the related Mortgage File (or in such Ground Lease and Related Documents) that the Ground Lease may not be amended, modified, canceled or terminated by agreement of lessor and lessee without the prior written consent of the Mortgagee and that any such action without such consent is not binding on the Mortgagee, its successors or assigns, provided that the Mortgagee has provided lessor with notice of its lien in accordance with the terms of the Ground Lease;

(C)                                   The Ground Lease has an original term (or an original term plus one or more optional renewal terms, which, under all circumstances, may be exercised, and will be enforceable, by either the Mortgagor or the Mortgagee) that extends not less than 20 years beyond the stated maturity of the related Mortgage Loan, or 10 years past the stated maturity if such Mortgage Loan fully amortizes by the stated maturity (or with respect to a Mortgage Loan that accrues on an actual 360 basis, substantially amortizes);

(D)                                  The Ground Lease either (i) is not subject to any interests, estates, liens or encumbrances superior to, or of equal priority with, the Mortgage, except for the related

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fee interest of the ground lessor and the Permitted Encumbrances and Title Exceptions; or (ii) is the subject of a subordination, non-disturbance or attornment agreement or similar agreement to which the Mortgagee on the lessor’s fee interest is subject;

(E)                                   Subject to the notice requirements of the Ground Lease and Related Documents, the Ground Lease does not place commercially unreasonable restrictions on the identity of the Mortgagee and the Ground Lease is assignable to the holder of the Mortgage Loan and its successors and assigns without the consent of the lessor thereunder (or, if such consent is required it either has been obtained or cannot be unreasonably withheld, provided that such Ground Lease has not been terminated and all amounts due thereunder have been paid), and in the event it is so assigned, it is further assignable by the holder of the Mortgage Loan and its successors and assigns without the consent of the lessor (or, if such consent is required it either has been obtained or cannot be unreasonably withheld, provided that such Ground Lease has not been terminated and all amounts due thereunder have been paid);

(F)                                    The Mortgage Loan Seller has not received any written notice of material default under or notice of termination of such Ground Lease. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, there is no material default under such Ground Lease and no condition that, but for the passage of time or giving of notice, would result in a material default under the terms of such Ground Lease and to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, such Ground Lease is in full force and effect as of the Closing Date;

(G)                                   The Ground Lease and Related Documents require the lessor to give to the Mortgagee written notice of any default and provide that no notice of default or termination is effective against the Mortgagee unless such notice is given to the Mortgagee;

(H)                                   A Mortgagee is permitted a reasonable opportunity (including, where necessary, sufficient time to gain possession of the interest of the lessee under the Ground Lease through legal proceedings) to cure any default under the Ground Lease which is curable after the Mortgagee’s receipt of notice of any default before the lessor may terminate the Ground Lease;

(I)                                       The Ground Lease does not impose any restrictions on subletting that would be viewed as commercially unreasonable by the Mortgage Loan Seller in connection with the origination of similar commercial or multifamily loans intended for securitization;

(J)                                      Under the terms of the Ground Lease and Related Documents, any related insurance proceeds or the portion of the condemnation award allocable to the ground lessee’s interest (other than in respect of a total or substantially total loss or taking as addressed in subpart (K)) will be applied either to the repair or to restoration of all or part of the related Mortgaged Property with (so long as such proceeds are in excess of the threshold amount specified in the related Mortgage Loan documents) the Mortgagee or a trustee appointed by it having the right to hold and disburse such proceeds as repair or restoration progresses, or to the payment of the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, together with any accrued interest;

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(K)                                  In the case of a total or substantially total taking or loss, under the terms of the Ground Lease and Related Documents, any related insurance proceeds, or portion of the condemnation award allocable to ground lessee’s interest in respect of a total or substantially total loss or taking of the related Mortgaged Property to the extent not applied to restoration, will be applied first to the payment of the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, together with any accrued interest; and

(L)                                   Provided that the Mortgagee cures any defaults which are susceptible to being cured, the ground lessor has agreed to enter into a new lease with the Mortgagee upon termination of the Ground Lease for any reason, including rejection of the Ground Lease in a bankruptcy proceeding.

37.                                     Servicing. The servicing and collection practices used by the Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to the Mortgage Loan have been, in all respects legal and have met with customary industry standards for servicing of commercial loans for conduit loan programs.

38.                                   Origination and Underwriting. The origination practices of the Mortgage Loan Seller (or the related originator if the Mortgage Loan Seller was not the originator) with respect to each Mortgage Loan have been, in all material respects, legal and as of the date of its origination, such Mortgage Loan and the origination thereof complied in all material respects with, or was exempt from, all requirements of federal, state or local law relating to the origination of such Mortgage Loan; provided that such representation and warranty does not address or otherwise cover any matters with respect to federal, state or local law otherwise covered in this Exhibit C.

39.                                    Intentionally Omitted.

40.                                     No Material Default; Payment Record. No Mortgage Loan has been more than 30 days delinquent, without giving effect to any grace or cure period, in making required payments in the prior 12 months (or since origination if such Mortgage Loan has been originated within the past 12 months), and as of Cut-off Date, no Mortgage Loan is delinquent (beyond any applicable grace or cure period) in making required payments. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, there is (a) no material default, breach, violation or event of acceleration existing under the related Mortgage Loan, or (b) no event (other than payments due but not yet delinquent) which, with the passage of time or with notice and the expiration of any grace or cure period, would constitute a material default, breach, violation or event of acceleration, which default, breach, violation or event of acceleration in the case of either clause (a) or clause (b), materially and adversely affects the value of the Mortgage Loan or the value, use or operation of the related Mortgaged Property; provided, however, that this representation and warranty does not cover any default, breach, violation or event of acceleration that specifically pertains to or arises out of an exception scheduled to any other representation and warranty made by the Mortgage Loan Seller in this Exhibit C. No person other than the holder of such Mortgage Loan may declare any event of default under the Mortgage Loan or accelerate any indebtedness under the Mortgage Loan documents.

41.                                    Bankruptcy. As of the date of origination of the related Mortgage Loan and to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge as of the Cut-off Date, neither the Mortgaged Property (other than any tenants of such Mortgaged Property), nor any portion thereof, is the subject of, and

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no Mortgagor, guarantor or tenant occupying a single-tenant property is a debtor in state or federal bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding.

42.                                    Organization of Mortgagor. With respect to each Mortgage Loan, in reliance on certified copies of the organizational documents of the Mortgagor delivered by the Mortgagor in connection with the origination of such Mortgage Loan, the Mortgagor is an entity organized under the laws of a state of the United States of America, the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Except with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with another Mortgage Loan and other than as set forth on Exhibit C-32-4, no Mortgage Loan has a Mortgagor that is an Affiliate of a Mortgagor with respect to another Mortgage Loan. An “Affiliate” for purposes of this paragraph (42) means, a Mortgagor that is under direct or indirect common ownership and control with another Mortgagor.

43.                                    Environmental Conditions. A Phase I environmental site assessment (or update of a previous Phase I and or Phase II environmental site assessment) and, with respect to certain Mortgage Loans, a Phase II environmental site assessment (collectively, an “ESA”) meeting ASTM requirements was conducted by a reputable environmental consultant in connection with such Mortgage Loan within 12 months prior to its origination date (or an update of a previous ESA was prepared), and such ESA (i) did not identify the existence of recognized environmental conditions (as such term is defined in ASTM E1527-13 or its successor, hereinafter “Environmental Condition”) at the related Mortgaged Property or the need for further investigation, or (ii) if the existence of an Environmental Condition or need for further investigation was indicated in any such ESA, then at least one of the following statements is true: (A) an amount reasonably estimated by a reputable environmental consultant to be sufficient to cover the estimated cost to cure any material noncompliance with applicable Environmental Laws or the Environmental Condition has been escrowed by the related Mortgagor and is held or controlled by the related Mortgagee; (B) if the only Environmental Condition relates to the presence of asbestos-containing materials, radon in indoor air, lead based paint or lead in drinking water, the only recommended action in the ESA is the institution of such a plan, an operations or maintenance plan has been required to be instituted by the related Mortgagor that can reasonably be expected to mitigate the identified risk; (C) the Environmental Condition identified in the related environmental report was remediated or abated or contained in all material respects prior to the date hereof, and, if and as appropriate, a no further action, completion or closure letter or its equivalent was obtained from the applicable governmental regulatory authority (or the environmental issue affecting the related Mortgaged Property was otherwise listed by such governmental authority as “closed” or a reputable environmental consultant has concluded that no further action is required); (D) an environmental policy or a lender’s pollution legal liability insurance policy that covers liability for the identified circumstance or condition was obtained from an insurer rated no less than “A-” (or the equivalent) by Moody’s, S&P, Fitch Ratings, Inc. and/or A.M. Best; (E) a party not related to the Mortgagor was identified as the responsible party for such condition or circumstance and such responsible party has financial resources reasonably estimated to be adequate to address the situation; or (F) a party related to the Mortgagor having financial resources reasonably estimated to be adequate to address the situation is required to take action. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, except as set forth in the ESA, there is no Environmental Condition (as such term is defined in ASTM E1527-13 or its successor) at the related Mortgaged Property.

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44.                                    Intentionally Omitted.

45.                                    Appraisal. The Servicing File contains an appraisal of the related Mortgaged Property with an appraisal date within 6 months of the Mortgage Loan origination date, and within 12 months of the Cut-off Date. The appraisal is signed by an appraiser that (i) (A) is a Member of the Appraisal Institute or (B) has a comparable professional designation and possesses the level of experience required to evaluate commercial real estate collateral, and (ii) to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, had no interest, direct or indirect, in the Mortgaged Property or the Mortgagor or in any loan made on the security thereof, and whose compensation is not affected by the approval or disapproval of the Mortgage Loan. Each appraiser has represented in such appraisal or in a supplemental letter that the appraisal satisfies the requirements of the “Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice” as adopted by the Appraisal Standards Board of the Appraisal Foundation.

46.                                    Mortgage Loan Schedule. The information pertaining to each Mortgage Loan which is set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached as an exhibit to this Agreement is true and correct in all material respects as of the Cut-off Date and contains all information required by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be contained therein.

47.                                    Cross-Collateralization. No Mortgage Loan is cross-collateralized or cross-defaulted with any other mortgage loan that is outside the Mortgage Pool, except in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan.

48.                                    Advance of Funds by the Mortgage Loan Seller. Except for loan proceeds advanced at the time of loan origination or other payments contemplated by the Mortgage Loan documents, no advance of funds has been made by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the related Mortgagor, and no funds have been received from any person other than the related Mortgagor or an affiliate, directly, or, to the knowledge of the Mortgage Loan Seller, indirectly for, or on account of, payments due on the Mortgage Loan. Neither the Mortgage Loan Seller nor any affiliate thereof has any obligation to make any capital contribution to any Mortgagor under a Mortgage Loan, other than contributions made on or prior to the Closing Date.

49.                                    Compliance with Anti-Money Laundering Laws. The Mortgage Loan Seller has complied in all material respects with all applicable anti-money laundering laws and regulations, including without limitation the U.S. Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 and USA Patriot Act of 2001 with respect to the origination of the Mortgage Loan.

For purposes of this Exhibit C, “Mortgagee” means the mortgagee, grantee or beneficiary under any Mortgage, any holder of legal title to any portion of any Mortgage Loan or, if applicable, any agent or servicer on behalf of such party.

For purposes of this Exhibit C, “Mortgagor” means the obligor or obligors on a Mortgage Note, including without limitation, any person that has acquired the related Mortgaged Property and assumed the obligations of the original obligor under the Mortgage Note and including in connection with any Mortgage Loan that utilizes an indemnity deed of trust structure, the borrower and the Mortgaged Property owner/payment guarantor/mortgagor individually and collectively, as the context may require.

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Exhibit C-32-1

List of Mortgage Loans with Current Mezzanine Debt

None.

Exh. C-32-1-1

Exhibit C-32-2

List of Mortgage Loans with Permitted Mezzanine Debt

Mortgage Loan Number	Mortgage Loan Name
9	Rialto Industrial

Exh. C-32-2-1

Exhibit C-32-3

List of Cross-Collateralized and Cross-Defaulted Mortgage Loans

None.

Exh. C-32-3-1

Exhibit C-32-4

List of Mortgage Loans with Affiliated Mortgagors

None.

Exh. C-32-4-1

SCHEDULE C

EXCEPTIONS TO MORTGAGE LOAN REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

The exceptions to the representations and warranties set forth below are listed by the number of the related representation and warranty set forth on Exhibit C and the mortgage loan name and number identified on Exhibit A. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Schedule C shall have the meanings set forth in Exhibit C or, if not defined therein, in this Agreement.

Rep. No. on Exhibit C	Mortgage Loan and Number as Identified on Exhibit A	Description of the Exception
8	Rialto Industrial (Loan No. 9)	The Mortgagor is subject to pending litigation (the “Saadia Litigation”) in which Saadia Square LLC (“Saadia”), an indirect equity holder in the prior owner of the Mortgaged Property, alleges that it held an unrecorded right of first offer for the purchase of the Mortgaged Property (the “ROFO”) and that the ROFO was violated when the Mortgagor purchased the Mortgaged Property pursuant to a separate option to purchase the Mortgaged Property granted to a Mortgagor affiliate (the “Option”). The prior owner of the Mortgaged Property (the “Rialto Industrial Seller”) is indirectly owned by SM Logistics Holdco LLC (“SM Holdco”), which in turn has two members: Saadia and SM Logistics Member LLC (“SM Holdco Member”). Saadia alleges a scheme by the Mortgagor and other defendants (including SM Holdco Member which allegedly, as the indirect controlling equity holder of the Rialto Industrial Seller, caused the Rialto Industrial Seller to sell the Mortgaged Property to the Mortgagor in violation of SM Holdco’s operating agreement which contained the ROFO) to deny Saadia the benefits of the ROFO and included causes of action for breach of contract due to an alleged failure to honor the ROFO, breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, intentional interference, specific performance and injunctive relief, and declaratory judgment. Saadia is seeking specific enforcement of the ROFO and damages to be determined at trial. The specific performance sought by the plaintiff could heighten the risk of prepayment. On November 3, 2022, Saadia served a subpoena on a Mortgagee affiliate for production of documents in connection with the Saadia Litigation. The Mortgagee affiliate, Argentic Real Estate Investment LLC, executed a term sheet to provide a floating rate financing secured by the Mortgaged Property to the Mortgagor in 2021 which was never effectuated. Pursuant to the Mortgage Loan documents, the Mortgagor represented and warranted that at the time the Option was entered into, none of the Mortgagor, any guarantor or any affiliate had knowledge of any other person or entity that had a right to purchase the Mortgaged Property. In addition, under the Mortgage Loan documents (i)(a) a litigation reserve was established in the amount of $50,000 for the payment of any costs and expenses incurred by the Mortgagee or any indemnified party under the Mortgage Loan documents in connection with the Saadia Litigation and (b) subject to the terms of the Mortgage Loan documents, if the funds in the litigation reserve are less than $25,000, the Mortgagor is required to deposit an amount such that the funds in the litigation reserve are equal to $50,000 and (ii) the Mortgagor agreed that: (a) the Mortgagor will defend, indemnify

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Rep. No. on Exhibit C	Mortgage Loan and Number as Identified on Exhibit A	Description of the Exception
		and hold harmless the Mortgagee for any liabilities, costs or expenses relating to the Saadia Litigation; (b) the Mortgagor may not settle the Saadia Litigation without the Mortgagee’s prior written consent, subject to certain exceptions; (c) in any litigation relating to the Saadia Litigation in which the Mortgagee is a party (either because the Mortgagee is named as a party or because the Mortgagor is a party and the Mortgagee elects to intervene in such case), the Mortgagee will have the right to retain counsel to represent the Mortgagee at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense; (d) the Mortgagor will keep the Mortgagee informed on a regular basis as to the status of the Saadia Litigation, the defense thereof and any settlement discussions; and (e) following the stated maturity or any acceleration of the Mortgage Loan, the Mortgagee will have the right to take any action it deems necessary or appropriate in connection with the Saadia Litigation subject to certain conditions (collectively, the “Mortgagor’s Saadia Litigation Obligations”). The Mortgage Loan documents provide that the Mortgagor and the guarantors have recourse liability for any breach of the Mortgagor’s Saadia Litigation Obligations; provided, however, that prior to asserting any claim against the guarantors in respect of the Mortgagor’s Saadia Litigation Obligations, if the Mortgagee determines in good faith that such claim is fully insured under the title insurance policy, then the Mortgagee may not assert such claim against the guarantors until the Mortgagee has asserted a claim under its title insurance policy and either (1) such claim has been denied in whole or in part by any issuer of the title insurance policy or (2) such claim remains unpaid in whole or in part sixty days after the date the Mortgagee submitted such claim in writing to the title company. At origination, Fidelity National Title Insurance Company (the “Title Company”) issued a title insurance policy with respect to the Mortgaged Property without exception for the Saadia Litigation or any matters relating thereto. The Mortgagor has funded a $2,000,000 litigation escrow with the Title Company, for the benefit of the Title Company, to support an indemnity given or to be given to the Title Company by the guarantors with respect to the Saadia Litigation.
15	Rialto Industrial (Loan No. 9)	See exception to Representation and Warranty No. 8.
18	Rialto Industrial (Loan No. 9)	Pursuant to the Mortgage Loan documents, the Mortgagor is permitted to maintain a portion of the liability coverage required thereunder with insurance companies which do not meet the requirements thereunder (the “Otherwise Rated Insurers”) in their current participation amounts and positions within a certain syndicate, provided that (A) the Mortgagor is required to replace the Otherwise Rated Insurers at renewal with insurance companies meeting the rating requirements set forth in the Mortgage Loan documents and (B) if, prior to renewal, the current AM Best rating of any such Otherwise Rated Insurer is withdrawn or downgraded, the Mortgagor is required to replace any Otherwise Rated Insurer with an insurance company meeting the rating requirements set forth in the Mortgage Loan documents.
28	Rialto Industrial (Loan No. 9)	The Mortgage Loan documents provide for recourse against the Mortgagor and guarantor to the extent of any losses to the Mortgagee arising out of an

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Rep. No. on Exhibit C	Mortgage Loan and Number as Identified on Exhibit A	Description of the Exception
		event of default due to (A) a transfer of fee simple title to the Mortgaged Property or any portion thereof, (B) a transfer of a direct or indirect controlling interest in the Mortgagor or (C) a transfer (or series of transfers) of a 49% or greater direct or indirect ownership interest in the Mortgagor; provided, however, an involuntary transfer occurring upon a foreclosure of the permitted mezzanine loan will not result in recourse liability pursuant to clauses (B) and/or (C) so long as none of the Mortgagor, the Mortgagor’s sole member or any affiliate, officer, director or representative which, directly or indirectly, controls the Mortgagor and/or the Mortgagor’s sole member colludes with, consents to, or otherwise actively assists in such foreclosure. In addition, the Mortgage Loan documents provide that the mere failure to provide notice as required pursuant to the definition of “Permitted Transfer” in the Mortgage Loan documents will not result in an automatic event of default, provided the same is delivered to the Mortgagee within 3 business days after written request from the Mortgagee.
40	Rialto Industrial (Loan No. 9)	Pursuant to the Mortgage Loan documents, upon the commencement of a cash management period and notice from the Mortgagee, Signature Bank is required to establish a cash management account, to which all funds on deposit in the lockbox account will be transferred and disbursed in accordance with the Mortgage Loan documents. Signature Bank is not an “eligible institution” (as such term is defined in the Mortgage Loan documents).

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EXHIBIT D-1

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF THE SECRETARY OR
AN ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLER

ARGENTIC REAL ESTATE FINANCE LLC

ASSISTANT SECRETARY’S CERTIFICATE

I, [______], an Assistant Secretary of Argentic Real Estate Finance LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Mortgage Loan Seller”), HEREBY CERTIFY that:

1. Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a true and complete copy of the Certificate of Formation of the Mortgage Loan Seller certified by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, which is in full force and effect on the date hereof.

2. Attached hereto as Exhibit B is a true and correct copy of the By-laws of the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Mortgage Loan Seller’s Limited Liability Company Agreement, which is in full force and effect on the date hereof.

3. Attached hereto as Exhibit C is a true and complete copy of the Written Consent In Lieu of a Meeting of the Managing Members of Argentic Investment Management, LLC, the manager of the Mortgage Loan Seller, adopting resolutions which are in full force and effect on the date hereof.

4. Attached hereto as Exhibit D is a true and complete copy of a certificate of good standing issued by the Secretary of State of Delaware with respect to the Mortgage Loan Seller.

5. Each person who, as an officer or representative of the Mortgage Loan Seller, signed any document delivered in connection with the MSWF 2023-1 transaction was at the respective times of such signing and delivery, and is now, duly elected or appointed, qualified and acting as such officer or representative and the signatures of such persons appearing on such documents are their genuine signatures.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have signed this Certificate as of May 25, 2023.

		Name:
		Title:

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EXHIBIT D-2

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLER

CERTIFICATE OF MORTGAGE LOAN SELLER

In connection with the execution and delivery by Argentic Real Estate Finance LLC (“AREF”) of the various transactions contemplated by that certain Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement dated and effective as of May 19, 2023 (the “Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement”) between AREF, as seller, and Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as purchaser (the “Purchaser”), the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) except as set forth on Schedule C to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the representations and warranties of AREF in or made pursuant to Section 4(a) and Section 4(b) of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement are true and correct in all material respects at and as of the date hereof with the same effect as if made on the date hereof, provided that any representations and warranties made as of a specified date shall be true and correct as of such specified date, (ii) AREF has, in all material respects, complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part required under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the date hereof, and (iii) since the date of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, there will not have been, immediately prior to the transfer of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, any material adverse change in the financial condition of AREF. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.

Certified this May 25, 2023.

	ARGENTIC REAL ESTATE FINANCE LLC
	By:
		Name
		Title:

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EXHIBIT E

FORM OF OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE OF
ARGENTIC REAL ESTATE FINANCE LLC

[_], 2023

Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc.
1585 Broadway
New York, New York 10036
Attention: Jane Lam

Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc.
1633 Broadway, 29th Floor
New York, New York 10019
Attention: Legal Compliance Division

cmbs_notices@morganstanley.com

With copies to the Addressees listed on Schedule A

Re: MSWF 2023-1 – Officer’s Certificate Pursuant to Section 4(i) of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement

Reference is hereby made to that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023, and that certain Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated and effective as of May 19, 2023 (the “Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement”), between the undersigned (the “Mortgage Loan Seller”) and Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc. In accordance with Section 4(i) of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the Mortgage Loan Seller hereby certifies to the parties listed on Schedule A, as follows:

1. The Mortgage Loan Seller has delivered the Diligence File (as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) with respect to each Mortgage Loan to the Designated Site (as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement); and

2. Each Diligence File constitutes all documents required under the definition of “Diligence File” and such Diligence File is organized and categorized in accordance with the electronic file structure reasonably agreed to by the Depositor and Mortgage Loan Seller.

Capitalized terms used herein without definition have the meanings given them in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this diligence file certification to be executed by its duly authorized officer or representative, the [_] day of [_].

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	Sincerely yours,
	ARGENTIC REAL ESTATE FINANCE LLC
	By:
		Name
		Title:

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SCHEDULE A

LIST OF ADDRESSEES TO BE COPIED

GENERAL MASTER SERVICER:

Email: commercial.servicing@wellsfargo.com

GENERAL SPECIAL SERVICER:

Email: ahundertmark@argenticservices.com and jmayfield@argenticservices.com

CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR:

Email: CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com; trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com

TRUSTEE:

Email: CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com; trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com

DIRECTING CERTIFICATEHOLDER:

Email: jbrand@argenticmgmt.com

ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER:

Email: notices@pentalphasurveillance.com

OPERATING ADVISOR:

Email: notices@pentalphasurveillance.com

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EXHIBIT F

FORM OF LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

TO COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AND ARGENTIC SERVICES COMPANY LP WITH RESPECT TO MSWF COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE TRUST 2023-1, COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2023-1

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement dated and effective as of May 19, 2023 (the “Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement”), between Argentic Real Estate Finance LLC (“Seller”) and Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc. (“Depositor”), Seller is selling certain commercial, multifamily and/or manufactured housing community mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”) to Depositor;

WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between the Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as general master servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as general special servicer (the “General Special Servicer”), Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as certificate administrator, as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), as custodian (in such capacity, the “Custodian”), as certificate registrar, and as authenticating agent, the Trustee, the Custodian and the General Special Servicer are granted certain powers, responsibilities and authority in connection with the completion and the filing and recording of assignments of mortgage, deeds of trust or similar documents, Form UCC-3 assignments of financing statements, reassignments of assignments of leases, rents and profits and other Mortgage Loan documents required to be filed or recorded in appropriate public filing and recording offices;

WHEREAS, Seller has agreed to provide this Limited Power of Attorney pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement;

NOW, THEREFORE, Seller does hereby make, constitute and appoint the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee), acting solely in its capacity as Custodian under, and in accordance with the terms of, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, Seller’s true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact with respect to each Mortgage Loan in Seller’s name, place and stead: (i) to complete (to the extent necessary) and to cause to be submitted for filing or recording in the appropriate public filing or recording offices, all assignments of mortgage, deeds of trust or similar documents, assignments or reassignments of rents, leases and profits, in each case in favor of the Trustee, as set forth in the definition of “Mortgage File” in Section 1.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, that have been received by the Trustee or a Custodian on its behalf, and all Form UCC-3 assignments of financing statements and all other comparable instruments or documents with respect to the Mortgage Loans which are customarily and reasonably necessary or appropriate to assign agreements, documents and instruments pertaining to the Mortgage Loans, in each case in favor of the Trustee as set forth in the definition of “Mortgage File” in, and in accordance with Section 1.01 of, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and to evidence, provide notice of and perfect such assignments and conveyances in favor of the Trustee in the public records of the appropriate filing and recording offices; and (ii) to prepare, execute and file or record in the appropriate public filing or recording offices, as applicable, all other Mortgage Loan documents

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to be recorded under the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any such Mortgage Loan documents which have not been submitted for filing or recordation by Seller on or before the date hereof or which have been so submitted but are subsequently lost or returned unrecorded or unfiled as a result of actual or purported defects therein, in order to evidence, provide notice of and perfect such documents in the public records of the appropriate filing and recording offices. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Limited Power of Attorney shall grant to the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) and the General Special Servicer only such powers, responsibilities and authority as are set forth in Section 2 of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.

Seller does also hereby make, constitute and appoint the General Special Servicer, acting solely in its capacity as General Special Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, Seller’s true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact with respect to the Mortgage Loans in Seller’s name, place and stead solely to exercise and perform all of the rights, authority and powers of the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) as set forth in the preceding paragraph in the event of the failure or the incapacity of the Custodian to do so for any reason. As between the General Special Servicer and any third party, no evidence of the failure or incapacity of the Custodian shall be required and such third party may rely upon the General Special Servicer’s written statement that it is acting pursuant to the terms of this Limited Power of Attorney.

The enumeration of particular powers herein is not intended in any way to limit the grant to the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) or the General Special Servicer as Seller’s attorney-in-fact of full power and authority with respect to the Mortgage Loans to complete (to the extent necessary), file and record any documents, instruments or other writings referred to above as fully, to all intents and purposes, as Seller might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming whatsoever such attorney-in-fact shall and may do by virtue hereof; and Seller agrees and represents to those dealing with such attorney-in-fact that they may rely upon this Limited Power of Attorney until termination thereof under the provisions of the second following paragraph below. As between Seller, the Depositor, the General Special Servicer, the Custodian, the Trust and the Certificateholders, neither the Custodian nor the General Special Servicer may exercise any right, authority or power granted by this Limited Power of Attorney in a manner which would violate the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, but any and all third parties dealing with the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) or the General Special Servicer as Seller’s attorney-in-fact may rely completely, unconditionally and conclusively on the authority of the Custodian or the General Special Servicer, as applicable, and need not make any inquiry about whether the Custodian or the General Special Servicer is acting pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Any purchaser, title insurance company or other third party may rely upon a written statement by the Custodian or the General Special Servicer that any particular Mortgage Loan or related mortgaged real property in question is subject to and included under this Limited Power of Attorney and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Any act or thing lawfully done hereunder by the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) or the General Special Servicer shall be binding on Seller and Seller’s successors and assigns.

This Limited Power of Attorney shall continue in full force and effect with respect to the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) and the General Special Servicer, as applicable, until the earliest occurrence of any of the following events:

(1) with respect to the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee), the termination of the Custodian and its replacement with a successor Custodian under the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement;

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(2) with respect to the General Special Servicer, the termination of such entity and its replacement with a successor General Special Servicer under the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement;

(3) with respect to the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee), the appointment of a receiver or conservator with respect to the business of the Custodian, or the filing of a voluntary or involuntary petition in bankruptcy by or against the Custodian;

(4) with respect to the General Special Servicer, the appointment of a receiver or conservator with respect to the business of such entity, or the filing of a voluntary or involuntary petition in bankruptcy by or against such entity;

(5) with respect to each of the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) and the General Special Servicer and any Mortgage Loan, such Mortgage Loan is no longer a part of the Trust;

(6) with respect to each of the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) and the General Special Servicer, the termination of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in accordance with its terms; and

(7) with respect to the General Special Servicer, the occurrence and continuance of, or failure to cure, any of the events described under Section 7.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the General Special Servicer.

Nothing herein shall be deemed to amend or modify the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the respective rights, duties or obligations of Seller under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, and nothing herein shall constitute a waiver of any rights or remedies under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or, if not defined therein, then in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

THIS POWER OF ATTORNEY AND THE RIGHTS, DUTIES, OBLIGATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS AND DECISIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THE PARTIES HERETO INTEND THAT THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW SHALL APPLY TO THIS AGREEMENT.

[Signature on next page]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Seller has caused this instrument to be executed and its corporate seal to be affixed hereto by its officer duly authorized as of _______________, 2023.

	ARGENTIC REAL ESTATE FINANCE LLC
	By:
		Name
		Title:

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

STATE OF	)
	)	ss.:
COUNTY OF	)

On this ____ day of _____________ 20__, before me appeared __________________, to me personally known, who, being by me duly sworn did say that he/she is the ___________________ of Argentic Real Estate Finance LLC, and that the seal affixed to the foregoing instrument is the corporate seal of said entity, and that said instrument was signed and sealed in behalf of said entity by authority of its board of directors (or equivalent authorizing parties), and said ___________________ acknowledged said instrument to be the free act and deed of said entity.

Name:
	Notary Public in and for said County and State

My Commission Expires:

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EX-99.6

Exhibit 99.6

EXECUTION VERSION 

MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”), is dated and effective as of May 19, 2023, between LMF Commercial, LLC, as seller (in such capacity, together with its successors and permitted assigns hereunder, the “Mortgage Loan Seller” or “Seller”), and Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as purchaser (in such capacity, together with its successors and permitted assigns hereunder, the “Purchaser”).

RECITALS

The Mortgage Loan Seller desires to sell, assign, transfer, set over and otherwise convey to the Purchaser, without recourse, representation or warranty, other than as set forth herein, and the Purchaser desires to purchase, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the commercial, multifamily and/or manufactured housing community mortgage loans (collectively, the “Mortgage Loans”) identified on the schedule annexed hereto as Exhibit A (as such schedule may be amended from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof, the “Mortgage Loan Schedule”).

The Purchaser intends to create a trust (the “Trust”), the primary assets of which will be a segregated pool of commercial, multifamily and/or manufactured housing community mortgage loans, that includes the Mortgage Loans. Beneficial ownership of the assets of the Trust (such assets collectively, the “Trust Fund”) will be evidenced by a series of mortgage pass-through certificates (the “Certificates”). Certain classes of the Certificates will be rated by nationally recognized statistical rating organizations (the “Rating Agencies”). Certain classes of Certificates (the “Registered Certificates”) will be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and certain classes of Certificates (the “Non-Registered Certificates”) will not be registered under the Securities Act. The Trust will be created and the Certificates will be issued pursuant to a pooling and servicing agreement to be dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as depositor (the “Depositor”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as general master servicer (the “General Master Servicer”), Argentic Services Company LP, as general special servicer (the “General Special Servicer”), Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as operating advisor (in such capacity, the “Operating Advisor”) and as asset representations reviewer (in such capacity, the “Asset Representations Reviewer”), and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), as tax administrator and as custodian (in such capacity, the “Custodian”). Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as in full force and effect on the Closing Date (as defined in Section 1 hereof) (except with respect to the definition of “Servicing File,” which for purposes of this Agreement shall not include the documents described in clause (b) in the definition of such term in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement). Any reference to a provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as in full force and effect on the Closing Date. It is anticipated that the Purchaser will transfer the Mortgage Loans to the Trustee on behalf of the Trust contemporaneously with its purchase of the Mortgage Loans hereunder.

The Purchaser intends to sell the Registered Certificates to Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (“MS&Co.”), Wells Fargo Securities, LLC (“WFS”) and Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC

   

 

(“Siebert Williams Shank”, and together with MS&Co. and WFS, collectively in such capacities, the “Underwriters”) pursuant to an underwriting agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “Underwriting Agreement”), between the Purchaser, Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC and the Underwriters. The Purchaser intends to sell the Non-Registered Certificates to MS&Co., WFS and Siebert Williams Shank (collectively in such capacities, the “Initial Purchasers”) pursuant to a certificate purchase agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “Certificate Purchase Agreement”), between the Purchaser, Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC and the Initial Purchasers. The Certificates are more fully described in (a) that certain prospectus dated May 23, 2023 (together with all annexes and exhibits thereto and information incorporated therein by reference as of the date of filing thereof, the “Prospectus”), relating to the Registered Certificates and (b) that certain private placement memorandum, dated May 23, 2023 (together with all annexes and exhibits thereto, the “Private Placement Memorandum”), relating to the Non-Registered Certificates, as each may be amended or supplemented at any time hereafter.

The Mortgage Loan Seller will indemnify the Depositor, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers and certain related parties with respect to certain disclosure regarding the Mortgage Loans that is contained in (a) that certain preliminary prospectus, dated May 11, 2023, relating to the Registered Certificates (together with all annexes and exhibits thereto and information incorporated therein by reference as of the last Time of Sale (as defined in the Indemnification Agreement), the “Preliminary Prospectus”), (b) that certain preliminary private placement memorandum, dated May 11, 2023, relating to the Non-Registered Certificates (together with all annexes and exhibits thereto, the “Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum”), (c) the Prospectus, (d) the Private Placement Memorandum and (e) certain other disclosure documents and offering materials relating to the Certificates, pursuant to an indemnification agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “Indemnification Agreement”), between the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Depositor, the Underwriters and the Initial Purchasers.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements set forth herein, the parties agree as follows:

Section 1.                                   Agreement to Purchase. The Mortgage Loan Seller agrees to sell, assign, transfer, set over and otherwise convey to the Purchaser, without recourse, representation or warranty, other than as set forth herein, and the Purchaser agrees to purchase from the Mortgage Loan Seller, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Mortgage Loans. The purchase and sale of the Mortgage Loans shall take place on May 25, 2023 or such other date as shall be mutually acceptable to the parties hereto (the “Closing Date”). As of the Cut-off Date, the Mortgage Loans will have an aggregate principal balance, after application of all payments of principal due on the Mortgage Loans, if any, on or before such date, whether or not received, of  $19,700,000. The purchase price for the Mortgage Loans shall be an amount set forth on the cross receipt between the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser dated the Closing Date (which price reflects no deduction for any transaction expenses for which the Mortgage Loan Seller is responsible). The Purchaser shall pay such purchase price to the Mortgage Loan Seller on the Closing Date by wire transfer in immediately available funds or by such other method as shall be mutually acceptable to the parties hereto.

Section 2.                                   Conveyance of the Mortgage Loans. (a) Effective as of the Closing Date, subject only to receipt of the purchase price referred to in Section 1 hereof and the

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satisfaction of the other conditions to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s obligations set forth herein, the Mortgage Loan Seller does hereby sell, assign, transfer, set over and otherwise convey to the Purchaser, without recourse, representation or warranty, other than as set forth herein, all of the right, title and interest of the Mortgage Loan Seller in, to and under the Mortgage Loans and all documents included in the related Mortgage Files and Servicing Files, with the understanding that a servicing rights purchase and sale agreement or comparable agreement may be executed by the Mortgage Loan Seller and the General Master Servicer. Such assignment includes all scheduled payments of principal and interest under and proceeds of the Mortgage Loans received after their respective Cut-off Dates (other than scheduled payments of interest and principal due on or before their respective Cut-off Dates, which shall belong and be promptly remitted to the Mortgage Loan Seller) together with all documents delivered or caused to be delivered hereunder with respect to such Mortgage Loans by the Mortgage Loan Seller (including all documents included in the related Mortgage Files and Servicing Files and any other documents required to be delivered by the Mortgage Loan Seller under Sections 2.01(b) and (c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement). The Purchaser shall be entitled to receive all scheduled payments of principal and interest due on the Mortgage Loans after their respective Cut-off Dates, and all other recoveries of principal and interest collected thereon after their respective Cut-off Dates (other than scheduled payments of principal and interest due on the Mortgage Loans on or before their respective Cut-off Dates and collected after such respective Cut-off Dates or, in the case of Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans (if any), due on or prior to the related date of substitution and collected after such date, in each case, which shall belong to the Mortgage Loan Seller), except for any Seller Defeasance Rights and Obligations.

After the Mortgage Loan Seller’s transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser, as provided herein, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall not take any action inconsistent with the Purchaser’s ownership of the Mortgage Loans. Except for actions that are the express responsibility of another party hereunder or under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and further except for actions that the Mortgage Loan Seller is expressly permitted to complete subsequent to the Closing Date, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall, on or before the Closing Date, take all actions required under applicable law to effectuate the transfer of the Mortgage Loans by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Purchaser.

It is expressly agreed and understood that, notwithstanding the assignment of the Mortgage Loan documents, it is expressly intended that the Mortgage Loan Seller will receive the benefit of any securitization indemnification provisions in the Mortgage Loan documents.

(b)               The conveyance of the Mortgage Loans and the related rights and property accomplished hereby is intended by the parties hereto to constitute a sale by the Mortgage Loan Seller of all the Mortgage Loan Seller’s right, title and interest in and to such Mortgage Loans and such other related rights and property by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Purchaser. Furthermore, it is not intended that such conveyance be a pledge of security for a loan. If such conveyance is determined to be a pledge of security for a loan, however, then: (i) this Agreement shall constitute a security agreement under applicable law; (ii) the Mortgage Loan Seller shall be deemed to have granted to the Purchaser, and in any event, the Mortgage Loan Seller hereby grants to the Purchaser, a first priority security interest in all of the Mortgage Loan Seller’s right, title and interest, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in and to (1) the Mortgage Loans, (2) all documents included in the related Mortgage Files and Servicing Files, (3) all scheduled payments

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of principal and interest due on the Mortgage Loans after their respective Cut-off Dates, and (4) all other recoveries of principal and interest collected thereon after their respective Cut-off Dates (other than scheduled payments of principal and interest due on the Mortgage Loans on or before their respective Cut-off Dates and collected after such respective Cut-off Dates or, in the case of Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans (if any), due on or prior to the related date of substitution and collected after such date); (iii) the assignment by the Purchaser to the Trustee of its interests in the Mortgage Loans as contemplated by Section 16 hereof shall be deemed to be an assignment of any security interest created hereunder; (iv) the possession by the Purchaser (or the Custodian) of the Mortgage Notes with respect to the Mortgage Loans subject hereto from time to time and such other items of property as constitute instruments, money, negotiable documents or chattel paper shall be deemed to be “possession by the secured party” or possession by a purchaser or person designated by such secured party for the purpose of perfecting such security interest under applicable law; and (v) notifications to, and acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from, Persons holding such property, shall be deemed to be notifications to, or acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from, securities intermediaries, bailees or agents (as applicable) of the Purchaser for the purpose of perfecting such security interest under applicable law. The Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser shall, to the extent consistent with this Agreement, take such actions as may be reasonably necessary to ensure that, if this Agreement were deemed to create a security interest in the Mortgage Loans, such security interest would be a perfected security interest of first priority under applicable law and will be maintained as such throughout the term of this Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

(c)               In connection with the Mortgage Loan Seller’s assignment pursuant to Section 2(a) above, the Mortgage Loan Seller, at its expense, shall deliver to and deposit with, or cause to be delivered to and deposited with, the Custodian, (x) on or before the Closing Date, the Mortgage Note relating to each Mortgage Loan so assigned, endorsed to the Trustee or in blank as specified in clause (i) of the definition of “Mortgage File” in Section 1.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (or, alternatively, if the original executed Mortgage Note has been lost, a lost note affidavit and indemnity with a copy of such Mortgage Note as specified in clause (i) of the definition of “Mortgage File”) and (y) on or before the date that is forty-five (45) days following the Closing Date (or such later date as may be provided under Sections 2.01(b) or (c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to any item), the remainder of the Mortgage File for each Mortgage Loan and, except in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Non-Serviced Whole Loan as of the Closing Date (which delivery shall be subject to clauses (e) and (f) in the proviso of the definition of “Mortgage File”), any other items required to be delivered or deposited by the Mortgage Loan Seller under Sections 2.01(b) and (c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (other than amounts from reserve accounts and originals of letters of credit, which shall be transferred to the General Master Servicer) for each Mortgage Loan, and shall take such other actions and pay such costs with respect to the Mortgage Loans as may be required under Sections 2.01(b) and (c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, with respect to any Joint Mortgage Loan, the obligations of each of the Mortgage Loan Seller and any other Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to such Joint Mortgage Loan (an “Other Mortgage Loan Seller”) to deliver a Mortgage Note to the Custodian shall be limited to delivery of only the Mortgage Note(s) held by such party to the Custodian. With respect to any Joint Mortgage Loan, the obligations of the Mortgage Loan Seller and any Other Mortgage Loan Seller to deliver the remaining portion of the

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related Mortgage File or any document required to be delivered with respect thereto shall be joint and several, provided that either of the Mortgage Loan Seller or any Other Mortgage Loan Seller may deliver one Mortgage File or one of any other document required to be delivered with respect to such Joint Mortgage Loan hereunder, and such delivery shall satisfy such delivery requirements for the Mortgage Loan Seller and each such Other Mortgage Loan Seller.

In addition, on or prior to the fifth (5th) Business Day after the Closing Date, the Mortgage Loan Seller, at its expense, shall deliver to the Custodian five (5) limited powers of attorney substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F in favor of the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) and the General Special Servicer to empower the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) and, in the event of the failure or incapacity of the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee), the General Special Servicer, to sign and/or deliver to a third party for submission, or to cause the Custodian to sign and/or deliver to a third party for submission, at the expense of the Mortgage Loan Seller, any Mortgage Loan documents required to be recorded as described in Section 2.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and any intervening assignments with evidence of recording thereon that are required to be included in the Mortgage Files (so long as original counterparts have previously been delivered to the Trustee (or the Custodian on its behalf)). The Mortgage Loan Seller agrees to reasonably cooperate with the Custodian, the Trustee and the General Special Servicer in connection with any additional powers of attorney or revisions thereto that are requested by such parties for purposes of such recordation. The parties hereto agree that no such power of attorney shall be used with respect to any Mortgage Loan by or under authorization by any party hereto except to the extent that the absence of a document described in the second preceding sentence with respect to such Mortgage Loan remains unremedied as of the earlier of (i) the date that is one hundred eighty (180) days following the delivery of notice of such absence to the Mortgage Loan Seller, but in no event earlier than eighteen (18) months from the Closing Date, and (ii) the date (if any) on which such Mortgage Loan becomes a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan. The Custodian or the General Special Servicer, as applicable, shall submit such documents for recording, at the Mortgage Loan Seller’s expense, after the periods set forth above, provided, the Custodian or the General Special Servicer, as applicable, shall not submit such assignments for recording if the Mortgage Loan Seller produces evidence that it or a third-party on its behalf has sent any such assignment for recording and certifies that the Mortgage Loan Seller is awaiting its return from the applicable recording office.

(d)               In accordance with Section 2.01(b) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, with respect to the delivery of a letter of credit in the manner described in clause (A) of clause (xii) of the definition of “Mortgage File”, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall be deemed to have satisfied the delivery requirements of this Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by delivering to the Custodian within ten (10) Business Days following the Closing Date with respect to any such letter(s) of credit a copy of such letter of credit, the transfer documentation and such transmittal communication to the issuing bank indicating that such document has been delivered to the issuing bank for reissuance. If a letter of credit is not in a form that would allow the General Master Servicer to draw on such letter of credit on behalf of the Trust in accordance with the applicable terms thereof and/or of the related Mortgage Loan documents, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall deliver copies of the appropriate transfer or assignment documents to the Custodian promptly following receipt of written notification thereof. If not otherwise paid by the related Mortgagor, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall pay any transfer fee required in order to transfer the beneficiary’s interest from such Mortgage Loan Seller to the General Master Servicer

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on behalf of the Trust as required hereunder and shall cooperate with the reasonable requests of the General Master Servicer in connection with effectuating a draw under any such letter of credit prior to the date such letter of credit is reissued to the General Master Servicer on behalf of the Trust.

With respect to letters of credit (if any) delivered in accordance with subclause (B) of clause (xii) of the definition of “Mortgage File”, within sixty (60) days of the Closing Date or such shorter period as is required by the terms of such letter of credit or other applicable Mortgage Loan documents, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall notify the bank issuing the letter of credit that the General Master Servicer on behalf of the Trustee shall be the beneficiary under such letter of credit. Section 3.01(f) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement requires the General Master Servicer to present such letter of credit and the related assignment documentation delivered by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the letter of credit bank issuing such letter of credit and request that such letter of credit bank reissue the letter of credit in the name of “Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as General Master Servicer, on behalf of Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of registered holders of MSWF Commercial Mortgage Trust 2023-1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-1”. Section 3.01(f) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement further requires the General Master Servicer to use reasonable efforts to obtain such reissued letter of credit back from the issuing letter of credit bank within sixty (60) days (and in any event within ninety (90) days) following the Closing Date. The Mortgage Loan Seller shall provide such reasonable cooperation as requested by the General Master Servicer, including without limitation by delivering such additional assignment or amendment documents required by the issuing bank in order to reissue a letter of credit as provided above.

(e)               In addition, with respect to the Mortgage Loan secured by the Mortgaged Property identified as “Staybridge Suites Hillsboro – Orenco Station” on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, which is subject to a franchise agreement with a related comfort letter in favor of the Mortgage Loan Seller that requires notice to or request of the related franchisor to transfer or assign any related comfort letter to the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders or otherwise have a new comfort letter (or any such new document or acknowledgement as may be contemplated under the existing comfort letter) issued in the name of the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall, within forty-five (45) days of the Closing Date (or any shorter period if required by the applicable comfort letter), provide any such required notice to or make any such required request of the related franchisor (with a copy to the General Master Servicer).

(f)                In connection with the Mortgage Loan Seller’s assignment pursuant to Section 2(a) above, the Mortgage Loan Seller, at its expense, shall deliver to and deposit with, or cause to be delivered to and deposited with, or make available or cause to be made available to, the General Master Servicer in accordance with Section 2.01(d) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the following items: (i) within the timeframe for delivery set forth in Section 2.01(d) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, a copy of the Mortgage File for each Mortgage Loan (except that copies of any instruments of assignment that are returned or delivered, as applicable, to the Custodian by the related public recording office in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be delivered by the Custodian to the General Master Servicer) and (ii) within the timeframe for delivery set forth in Section 2.01(d) of

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the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and except in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Non-Serviced Whole Loan, originals or copies of all financial statements, operating statements, appraisals, environmental reports, engineering reports, Insurance Policies, certificates, guaranty/indemnity agreements, property inspection reports, escrow analysis, tax bills, third-party management agreements, asset summary and financial information on the borrower/sponsor and any guarantor, in each case relating to the origination and servicing of any Mortgage Loan or related Serviced Whole Loan that are reasonably necessary for the ongoing administration and/or servicing of the applicable Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan in the possession or under the control of the Mortgage Loan Seller that relate to the Mortgage Loans or related Serviced Whole Loan(s) (provided that the Mortgage Loan Seller shall not be required to deliver any internal communications (including such communications between the Mortgage Loan Seller and its Affiliates) or underwriting analysis (including documents prepared by the Mortgage Loan Seller or any of its Affiliates for such purposes), draft documents or any documents or materials prepared by it or its Affiliates for internal uses, attorney client communications that are privileged communications or constitute legal or other due diligence analyses or credit underwriting or due diligence analyses or data). In addition, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall, in accordance with Section 2.01(f) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, deliver to, and deposit with, or cause to be delivered to, and deposited with, the General Master Servicer, within three (3) Business Days after the Closing Date, all unapplied reserve funds and Escrow Payments in the possession or under the control of the Mortgage Loan Seller that relate to the Mortgage Loans (other than any Non-Serviced Whole Loans). In addition, not later than the Closing Date, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall provide to the General Master Servicer the initial data with respect to each Mortgage Loan that is necessary for the preparation of the initial CREFC^® Financial File and CREFC^® Loan Periodic Update File required to be delivered by the General Master Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

(g)               Under generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) and for federal income tax purposes, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall report its transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser, as provided herein, as a sale of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser in exchange for the consideration specified in Section 1 hereof. In connection with the foregoing, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall cause all of its records to reflect such transfer as a sale (as opposed to a secured loan) and to reflect that the Mortgage Loans are no longer property of the Mortgage Loan Seller. In no event shall the Mortgage Loan Seller take any action that is inconsistent with the Trust’s ownership of each Mortgage Loan following the Closing Date.

(h)               The Mortgage Loan Schedule, as it may be amended from time to time, shall conform to the requirements set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (except with respect to the Administrative Fee Rate). The Mortgage Loan Seller shall, within fifteen (15) days of its discovery or receipt of notice of any error on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, amend such Mortgage Loan Schedule and deliver to the Purchaser or the Trustee, as the case may be, an amended Mortgage Loan Schedule; provided that this sentence shall not be construed to relieve the Mortgage Loan Seller of any liability for any related Breach or to shorten the period available to the Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to the cure, repurchase or substitution provisions with respect to a Material Defect set forth in Section 5.

(i)                 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Purchaser and the Mortgage Loan Seller hereby acknowledge and agree that with respect to each Mortgage Loan subject to

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defeasance, the Mortgage Loan Seller has retained the right of the lender under the Mortgage Loan documents to receive a percentage of the economic benefit associated with the ownership of the successor borrower, to designate and establish the successor borrower and to purchase (or cause the purchase on behalf of the related borrower of) the related defeasance collateral, in each case if there is a defeasance of such Mortgage Loan (“Seller Defeasance Rights and Obligations”). The Purchaser shall cause the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to provide that: (i) if the General Master Servicer receives notice of a defeasance request with respect to a Mortgage Loan subject to defeasance, then the General Master Servicer shall provide upon receipt of such notice, written notice of such defeasance request to the Mortgage Loan Seller or its assignee; and (ii) until such time as the Mortgage Loan Seller provides written notice to the contrary, notice of a defeasance of a Mortgage Loan with Seller Defeasance Rights and Obligations shall be delivered to the Mortgage Loan Seller pursuant to the notice provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Section 3.                                   Examination of Mortgage Loan Files and Due Diligence Review. The Mortgage Loan Seller shall reasonably cooperate with any examination of the Mortgage Files for, and any other documents and records relating to, the Mortgage Loans, that may be undertaken by or on behalf of the Purchaser on or before the Closing Date. The fact that the Purchaser has conducted or has failed to conduct any partial or complete examination of any of the Mortgage Files for, and/or any of such other documents and records relating to, the Mortgage Loans, shall not affect the Purchaser’s right to pursue any remedy available in equity or at law for a breach of the Mortgage Loan Seller’s representations and warranties made pursuant to Section 4, except as expressly set forth in Section 5.

Section 4.                                 Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser. (a) The Mortgage Loan Seller hereby makes, as of the date hereof (and, in connection with any replacement of a Defective Loan (as defined in Section 4(f) hereof) with one or more Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans (also as defined in Section 4(f) hereof), pursuant to Section 5(a) hereof, as of the related date of substitution), to and for the benefit of the Purchaser, each of the representations and warranties set forth in Exhibit B-1. The Purchaser hereby makes, as of the date hereof, to and for the benefit of the Mortgage Loan Seller, each of the representations and warranties set forth in Exhibit B-2.

(b)               The Mortgage Loan Seller hereby makes, as of the date hereof (or as of such other date specifically provided in the particular representation or warranty), to and for the benefit of the Purchaser, each of the representations and warranties set forth in Exhibit C, subject to the exceptions set forth in Schedule C. The Mortgage Loan Seller is also referred to herein as the “Responsible Repurchase Party”.

(c)               The Mortgage Loan Seller hereby represents and warrants, as of the date hereof, to and for the benefit of the Purchaser only, that the Mortgage Loan Seller has not dealt with any broker, investment banker, agent or other person (other than the Depositor or an affiliate thereof, the Underwriters and the Initial Purchasers) who may be entitled to any commission or compensation in connection with the sale to the Purchaser of the Mortgage Loans.

(d)               The Mortgage Loan Seller hereby represents and warrants that, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgage Loan Seller’s role as “originator” (or the role of any third party as “originator” of any Mortgage Loan for which the Mortgage Loan Seller was not the originator) and “sponsor” in connection with the issuance of the Registered Certificates, the

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information regarding the Mortgage Loans, the related Mortgagors, the related Mortgaged Properties and/or the Mortgage Loan Seller contained in each of the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus complies in all material respects with the applicable disclosure requirements of Regulation AB as in effect on the date hereof and for which compliance is required as of the date hereof. As used herein, “Regulation AB” means Subpart 229.1100 – Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R. §§229.1100-229.1125, as such rules may be amended from time to time, and subject to such clarification and interpretation as have been or may hereafter be from time to time provided by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) or by the staff of the Commission, in each case as effective from time to time as of the compliance dates specified therein.

(e)               With respect to each Servicing Function Participant that services a Mortgage Loan as of the Closing Date, the Mortgage Loan Seller either (i) represents and warrants that as of the date hereof such Servicing Function Participant is expected to be an Initial Sub-Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (ii) (A) represents and warrants that it has caused each such Servicing Function Participant to be required to comply, as evidenced by written documentation between each such Servicing Function Participant and the Mortgage Loan Seller, with all reporting requirements set forth in Article XI of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (including but not limited to the indemnification of each Certification Party from and against any and all claims, losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and expenses and related costs, judgments and any other costs, fees and expenses incurred by such Certification Party arising out of the delivery of any Deficient Exchange Act Deliverable) applicable to such Servicing Function Participant for the Mortgage Loans and (B) covenants with the Purchaser that, for so long as the Trust is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, it shall cause each Servicing Function Participant that services a Mortgage Loan as of the Closing Date to comply with all reporting requirements set forth therein.

(f)                The Responsible Repurchase Party hereby agrees that it shall be deemed to make to and for the benefit of the Purchaser, as of the date of any substitution, with respect to any replacement Mortgage Loan (a “Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan”) that is substituted for a Defective Loan by the Responsible Repurchase Party pursuant to Section 5(a) of this Agreement, each of the representations and warranties set forth in Exhibit C to this Agreement. For purposes of the representations and warranties set forth in Exhibit C, representations and warranties made as of the Closing Date or as of the Cut-off Date shall, in the case of a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, be made as of the date of substitution. From and after the date of substitution, each Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, if any, shall be deemed to constitute a “Mortgage Loan” hereunder for all purposes. A “Defective Loan” is any Mortgage Loan as to which there is an unremedied Material Defect.

(g)               Except for (x) the agreed-upon procedures report obtained from the accounting firm engaged to perform procedures involving a comparison of information in loan files for the Mortgage Loans to information in a data file relating to the Mortgage Loans and (y) the agreed-upon procedures report obtained from the accounting firm engaged to perform procedures involving a comparison of underwriting information in loan files for the Mortgage Loans to underwriting information in a data file relating to the Mortgage Loans (such reports, collectively, the “Accountants’ Due Diligence Reports”), the Mortgage Loan Seller has not obtained (and, through and including the Closing Date, will not obtain without the consent of the

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Purchaser) any “third party due diligence report” (as defined in Rule 15Ga-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) (“Rule 15Ga-2”)) in connection with the securitization transaction contemplated herein and in the Prospectus and Private Placement Memorandum and, except for the accounting firms engaged with respect to the Accountants’ Due Diligence Reports, the Mortgage Loan Seller has not employed (and, through and including the Closing Date, will not employ without the consent of the Purchaser) any third party to engage in any activity that constitutes “due diligence services” within the meaning of Rule 17g-10 under the Exchange Act in connection with the transactions contemplated herein and in the Prospectus and Private Placement Memorandum. The Underwriters and Initial Purchasers are third-party beneficiaries of the provisions set forth in this Section 4(g).

(h)              Within sixty (60) days after the Closing Date, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall deliver or cause to be delivered an electronic copy of the Diligence File for each Mortgage Loan to the Depositor by uploading such Diligence File (including, if applicable, any additional documents that the Mortgage Loan Seller believes should be included to enable the Asset Representations Reviewer to perform an Asset Review on such Mortgage Loan; provided that such documents are clearly labeled and identified) to the Designated Site, each such Diligence File being organized and categorized in accordance with the electronic file structure reasonably agreed to by the Depositor and the Mortgage Loan Seller.

(i)                 Within sixty (60) days after the Closing Date, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall provide the Depositor a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit E (which may be sent by email to cmbs_notices@morganstanley.com).

(j)                 If, as part of an Asset Review of a Mortgage Loan, the Asset Representations Reviewer determines it is missing any document that is required to be part of the Review Materials for such Mortgage Loan and that is necessary in connection with its completion of the Asset Review, then, upon written request of the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall provide to the Asset Representations Reviewer, within ten (10) Business Days of receipt of such written request, any such document; provided, that the Mortgage Loan Seller shall be required to deliver such missing document only to the extent that such document is in the possession of the Mortgage Loan Seller, but in any event excluding any documents that contain information that is proprietary to the related originator or the Mortgage Loan Seller or any draft documents or privileged or internal communications.

(k)               Upon the completion of an Asset Review with respect to each Mortgage Loan in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and receipt of a written invoice from the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall pay the Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee for the Mortgage Loans subject to that Asset Review (or, with respect to any Joint Mortgage Loan, a fee equal to the Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee for the entire Joint Mortgage Loan, multiplied by the Mortgage Loan Seller’s Mortgage Loan Seller Percentage Interest) within sixty (60) days of such written invoice by the Asset Representations Reviewer; provided, that if any fees payable pursuant to this Section 4(k) are paid by the Trust pursuant to Section 12.02(b) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall reimburse the Trust for the amount of any such fees (or, with respect to any Joint Mortgage Loan, for its Mortgage Loan Seller Percentage Interest of the amount of such fees).

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(l)               The Mortgage Loan Seller acknowledges and agrees that in the event an Enforcing Party elects a dispute resolution method pursuant to Section 2.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall abide by the selected dispute resolution method and otherwise comply with the terms and provisions set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (including the exhibits thereto) related to such dispute resolution method.

(m)             The Mortgage Loan Seller shall indemnify and hold harmless the Purchaser against any and all expenses, losses, claims, damages and other liabilities, including without limitation the costs of investigation, legal defense and any amounts paid in settlement of any claim or litigation arising out of or based upon any failure by the Mortgage Loan Seller to (A) pay the fees described under Section 4(k) above within sixty (60) days of written invoice by the Asset Representations Reviewer or (B) within sixty (60) days of the Closing Date (or such later date specified herein or in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), provide all documents required to be delivered by it pursuant to Section 4(h) of this Agreement.

(n)               The Mortgage Loan Seller covenants with the Purchaser that if, on or prior to the later of (i) the ninetieth (90^th) day following the Closing Date and (ii) the date upon which all Certificates have been sold to parties unaffiliated with the Depositor, as a result of the occurrence of any event that occurred prior to the Closing Date with respect to the Mortgage Loans or the Mortgage Loan Seller (and the Mortgage Loan Seller hereby covenants to promptly notify the Depositor, the Underwriters and the Initial Purchasers of the occurrence of any such event to the extent it has knowledge thereof), an amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or Private Placement Memorandum, including Annexes A-1, A-2 and A-3 of the Prospectus, with respect to any information regarding the Mortgage Loans or the Mortgage Loan Seller, is necessary to be delivered in connection with sales of the Certificates by the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers or a dealer, in order to correct any untrue statement of a material fact or any omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein (solely in the case of the Prospectus) or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances when the Prospectus or Private Placement Memorandum is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or an amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or Private Placement Memorandum, including Annexes A-1, A-2 and A-3 of the Prospectus, with respect to any information regarding the Mortgage Loans or the Mortgage Loan Seller, is necessary to comply with applicable law, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall do all things necessary (or, with respect to information relating to the Mortgage Loans, provide all information in its possession) to assist the Depositor to prepare and furnish, at the expense of the Mortgage Loan Seller (to the extent that such amendment or supplement relates to the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Mortgage Loans and/or any information describing the same, as provided by the Mortgage Loan Seller), to the Underwriters and Initial Purchasers such amendments or supplements to the Prospectus or Private Placement Memorandum as may be necessary, so that the statements in the Prospectus or Private Placement Memorandum as so amended or supplemented, including Annexes A-1, A-2 and A-3 of the Prospectus, with respect to any information regarding the Mortgage Loans or the Mortgage Loan Seller, will not so contain an untrue statement of material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein (solely in the case of the Prospectus) or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances when the Prospectus or Private Placement Memorandum is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or so that the Prospectus or Private Placement Memorandum (as so annexed or supplemented), including Annexes A-1, A-2 and A-3 of the Prospectus, with respect to any information regarding the Mortgage Loans or the Mortgage Loan Seller, will not so fail to comply

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with applicable law. All terms used in this Section 4(n) and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Indemnification Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall have no affirmative obligation to monitor the performance of the Mortgage Loans or any changes in condition or circumstance of any Mortgaged Property, Mortgagor, guarantor or any of their Affiliates after the Closing Date in connection with its obligations under this Section 4(n). The Underwriters and Initial Purchasers are third-party beneficiaries of the provisions set forth in this Section 4(n).

Section 5.                                    Notice of Breach; Cure, Repurchase and Substitution. (a) The Mortgage Loan Seller shall, not later than ninety (90) days after (i) except in the case of the succeeding clause (ii), the Mortgage Loan Seller’s receipt of notice of or, if earlier, the Mortgage Loan Seller’s discovery of, a Material Defect or (ii) in the case of a Material Defect relating to a Mortgage Loan not being a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, but without regard to the rule of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(f)(2) that causes a defective Mortgage Loan to be treated as a qualified mortgage, the earlier of (x) the discovery by the Mortgage Loan Seller or any party to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of such Material Defect and (y) receipt of notice of the Material Defect from any party to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (such ninety (90) day period, the “Initial Cure Period”), (A) cure such Material Defect in all material respects, at the Mortgage Loan Seller’s own expense, including reimbursement of any related reasonable additional expenses of the Trust reasonably incurred by any party to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, (B) repurchase the affected Mortgage Loan or REO Loan (excluding any related Companion Loan, if applicable), at the applicable Purchase Price and in conformity with this Agreement and Section 2.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (C) substitute a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan (other than with respect to the Whole Loans, for which no substitution will be permitted) for such affected Mortgage Loan or REO Loan (provided that in no event shall any such substitution occur on or after the second anniversary of the Closing Date) and pay the General Master Servicer for deposit into the Collection Account, any Substitution Shortfall Amount in connection therewith and in conformity with this Agreement and Section 2.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; provided, however, that except with respect to a Material Defect resulting solely from the failure by the Mortgage Loan Seller to deliver to the Trustee or Custodian the actual policy of lender’s title insurance required pursuant to clause (viii) of the definition of Mortgage File by a date not later than eighteen (18) months following the Closing Date, if such Material Defect is capable of being cured but is not cured within the Initial Cure Period, and the Mortgage Loan Seller has commenced and is diligently proceeding with the cure of such Material Defect within the Initial Cure Period, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall have an additional ninety (90) days commencing immediately upon the expiration of the Initial Cure Period (such additional ninety (90) day period, the “Extended Cure Period”) to complete such cure (or, failing such cure, to repurchase the related Mortgage Loan or REO Loan (excluding any related Companion Loan, if applicable) or substitute a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan (other than with respect to the Whole Loans, for which no substitution will be permitted)); provided, further, that with respect to such Extended Cure Period the Mortgage Loan Seller has delivered an officer’s certificate to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the General Master Servicer, the General Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and (with respect to any Mortgage Loan other than an Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, prior to the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event) the Directing Certificateholder, setting forth the reason such Material Defect is not capable of being cured within the Initial Cure Period and what actions the Mortgage Loan Seller is pursuing in connection with

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the cure thereof and stating that the Mortgage Loan Seller anticipates that such Material Defect will be cured within the Extended Cure Period; and provided, further, that, if any such Material Defect is not cured after the Initial Cure Period and any such Extended Cure Period solely due to the failure of the Mortgage Loan Seller to have received the recorded document, then the Mortgage Loan Seller shall be entitled to continue to defer its cure, repurchase and/or substitution obligations in respect of such Material Defect until eighteen (18) months after the Closing Date so long as the Mortgage Loan Seller certifies to the Trustee, the General Master Servicer, the General Special Servicer, the Directing Certificateholder (prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event) and the Certificate Administrator no less than every ninety (90) days, beginning at the end of such Extended Cure Period, that the Material Defect is still in effect solely because of its failure to have received the recorded document and that the Mortgage Loan Seller is diligently pursuing the cure of such Material Defect (specifying the actions being taken). Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Defect or Breach that causes any Mortgage Loan not to be a “qualified mortgage” (within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, but without regard to the rule of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(f)(2) that causes a defective Mortgage Loan to be treated as a qualified mortgage) shall be deemed to materially and adversely affect the interests of Certificateholders therein, and (subject to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s right to cure such Defect or Breach during the Initial Cure Period) such Mortgage Loan shall be repurchased or substituted for without regard to the Extended Cure Period described in the preceding sentence. If the affected Mortgage Loan is to be repurchased, the funds in the amount of the Purchase Price remitted by the Mortgage Loan Seller are to be remitted by wire transfer to the General Master Servicer for deposit into the Collection Account. Any such repurchase or substitution of a Mortgage Loan shall be on a whole loan, servicing released basis.

If the Mortgage Loan Seller, in connection with a Material Defect (or an allegation of a Material Defect) pertaining to a Mortgage Loan, agrees to a Loss of Value Payment, pursuant to any agreement or a settlement between the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Enforcing Servicer on behalf of the Trust (and, with respect to any Mortgage Loan other than an Excluded Loan with respect to the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class, with the consent of the Directing Certificateholder if no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing) with respect to such Mortgage Loan, the amount of such Loss of Value Payment shall be remitted by wire transfer to the Enforcing Servicer for deposit into the Loss of Value Reserve Fund. The Loss of Value Payment shall include the portion of any Liquidation Fees payable to the Enforcing Servicer in respect of such Loss of Value Payment and the portion of fees of the Asset Representations Reviewer payable pursuant to Section 4(k) above attributable to the Asset Review of such Mortgage Loan and not previously paid by the Mortgage Loan Seller. If such Loss of Value Payment is made, the Loss of Value Payment shall serve as the sole remedy available to the Certificateholders and the Trustee on their behalf regarding any such Material Defect in lieu of any obligation of the Mortgage Loan Seller to otherwise cure such Material Defect or repurchase or substitute for the affected Mortgage Loan based on such Material Defect under any circumstances. This paragraph is intended to apply only to a mutual agreement or settlement between the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Enforcing Servicer on behalf of the Trust. The following terms shall apply to any Loss of Value Payment: (i) prior to any agreement or settlement between the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Enforcing Servicer nothing in this paragraph shall preclude the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Enforcing Servicer from exercising any of its rights related to a Material Defect in the manner and timing set forth in this Agreement (excluding this paragraph) or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (including any right to cure, repurchase or

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substitute for such Mortgage Loan), (ii) such Loss of Value Payment shall not be greater than the Purchase Price of the affected Mortgage Loan; and (iii) a Material Defect as a result of a Mortgage Loan not constituting a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code (but without regard to the rule of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(f)(2) that causes a defective Mortgage Loan to be treated as a “qualified mortgage”) may not be cured by a Loss of Value Payment.

The Mortgage Loan Seller’s obligation to cure any Material Defect, repurchase or substitute for any affected Mortgage Loan or pay the Loss of Value Payment or other required payment pursuant to this Section 5 shall constitute the sole remedy available to the Purchaser in connection with a Material Defect; provided, however, that no limitation of remedy is implied with respect to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s breach of its obligation to cure, repurchase or substitute in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement. It is acknowledged and agreed that the representations and warranties are being made for risk allocation purposes.

The remedies provided for in this subsection with respect to any Material Defect with respect to any Mortgage Loan shall also apply to the related REO Property.

If any Breach that constitutes a Material Defect pertains to a representation or warranty that the related Mortgage Loan documents or any particular Mortgage Loan document requires the related Mortgagor to bear the costs and expenses associated with any particular action or matter under such Mortgage Loan document(s), then the Mortgage Loan Seller may cure such Breach within the applicable cure period (as the same may be extended) by reimbursing the Trust (by wire transfer of immediately available funds) for (i) the reasonable amount of any such costs and expenses incurred by the General Master Servicer, the General Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee or the Trust that are incurred as a result of such Breach and have not been reimbursed by the related Mortgagor and (ii) the amount of any fees payable pursuant to Section 4(k) above to the extent not previously paid by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Asset Representations Reviewer attributable to the Asset Review of such Mortgage Loan; provided, that if the Breach relates to a Joint Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall only be responsible for its Mortgage Loan Seller Percentage Interest of all such costs and expenses unless such Breach relates solely to the Mortgage Note(s) sold by the Mortgage Loan Seller. Except as provided in the proviso to the immediately preceding sentence, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall remit the amount of such costs and expenses to the General Special Servicer for disbursement to the applicable Persons and upon its making such remittance, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall be deemed to have cured such Breach in all respects. To the extent any fees or expenses that are the subject of a cure by the Mortgage Loan Seller are subsequently obtained from the related Mortgagor, the portion of the cure payment made by the Mortgage Loan Seller equal to such fees or expenses obtained from the related Mortgagor shall promptly be returned to the Mortgage Loan Seller.

Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, a delay in either the discovery of a Material Defect or in providing notice of such Material Defect shall relieve the Mortgage Loan Seller of its obligation to cure, repurchase or substitute for (or make a Loss of Value Payment with respect to) the related Mortgage Loan under this Agreement if (i) the Mortgage Loan Seller did not otherwise discover or have knowledge of such Material Defect, (ii) such delay is a result of the failure by the Purchaser or any other party to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to provide prompt notice as required by the terms of this Agreement or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement after such party has actual knowledge of such

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Material Defect (it being understood that knowledge shall not be deemed to exist by reason of the Custodial Exception Report or possession of the Mortgage File), (iii) such Material Defect does not relate to the applicable Mortgage Loan not being a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Code Section 860G(a)(3), but without regard to the rule of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(f)(2) that causes a defective obligation to be treated as a qualified mortgage, and (iv) such delay precludes the Mortgage Loan Seller from curing such Material Defect and such Material Defect was otherwise curable. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement, if a Mortgage Loan is not secured by a Mortgaged Property that is, in whole or in part, a hotel or other hospitality property, restaurant (operated by a Mortgagor), healthcare facility, nursing home, assisted living facility, self-storage facility, theater or fitness center (operated by a Mortgagor), then the failure to deliver copies of the UCC financing statements with respect to such Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 2 hereof shall not be a Material Defect.

If there is a Material Defect with respect to one or more Mortgaged Properties securing a Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall not be obligated to repurchase the Mortgage Loan if (i) the affected Mortgaged Property may be released pursuant to the terms of any partial release provisions in the related Mortgage Loan documents (and such Mortgaged Property is, in fact, released), (ii) the remaining Mortgaged Property(ies) satisfy the requirements, if any, set forth in the Mortgage Loan documents and the Mortgage Loan Seller provides an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such release would not cause an Adverse REMIC Event and (iii) each applicable Rating Agency has provided a Rating Agency Confirmation.

(b)               Whenever one or more Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans are substituted for a Defective Loan by the Responsible Repurchase Party as contemplated by this Section 5, upon direction by the General Master Servicer or the General Special Servicer, as applicable, the Responsible Repurchase Party shall deliver to the Custodian the related Mortgage File and a certification to the effect that such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan satisfies or such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans satisfy, as the case may be, all of the requirements of the definition of “Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan” in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. No mortgage loan may be substituted for a Defective Loan as contemplated by this Section 5 if the Mortgage Loan to be replaced was itself a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, in which case, absent a cure of the relevant Material Defect, the affected Mortgage Loan will be required to be repurchased as contemplated hereby. Periodic Payments due with respect to each Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan (if any) after the related date of substitution, and Periodic Payments due with respect to each corresponding Deleted Mortgage Loan (if any) after its respective Cut-off Date and on or prior to the related date of substitution, shall be part of the Trust Fund. Periodic Payments due with respect to each Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan (if any) on or prior to the related date of substitution, and Periodic Payments due with respect to each corresponding Defective Loan that is purchased or repurchased, as the case may be, or replaced with one or more Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans (any such Mortgage Loan, a “Deleted Mortgage Loan”) (if any) after the related date of substitution, shall not be part of the Trust Fund and are to be remitted by the General Master Servicer to the Responsible Repurchase Party promptly following receipt.

If any Mortgage Loan is to be repurchased or replaced as contemplated by this Section 5, upon direction by the General Master Servicer or the General Special Servicer, as applicable, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall amend the Mortgage Loan Schedule to reflect the removal of any Deleted Mortgage Loan and, if applicable, the substitution of the related Qualified

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Substitute Mortgage Loan(s) and deliver or cause the delivery of such amended Mortgage Loan Schedule to the parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Upon any substitution of one or more Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans for a Deleted Mortgage Loan, such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan(s) shall become part of the Trust Fund and be subject to the terms of this Agreement in all respects.

If any Mortgage Loan that is part of a Crossed Mortgage Loan Group is required to be repurchased or substituted, the provisions of Section 2.03(h), Section 2.03(i) and Section 2.03(j) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall apply.

(c)               The Responsible Repurchase Party shall be entitled, and the Purchaser shall cause the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to entitle the Responsible Repurchase Party, upon the date when the full amount of the Purchase Price or Substitution Shortfall Amount (as the case may be) for any Mortgage Loan repurchased or replaced as contemplated by this Section 5 has been deposited in the account designated therefor by the Trustee as the assignee of the Purchaser (or the General Master Servicer on behalf of the Trustee) and, if applicable, receipt by the Trustee as the assignee of the Purchaser (or the Custodian) of the Mortgage File for each Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan (if any) to be substituted for a Deleted Mortgage Loan, together with any certifications and/or opinions required pursuant to this Section 5 to be delivered by the Responsible Repurchase Party, to (i) a release of the Mortgage File and any other items required to be delivered by the Mortgage Loan Seller under Sections 2.01(b) and (c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the Deleted Mortgage Loan to the Responsible Repurchase Party or its designee, (ii) the execution and delivery of such instruments of release, transfer and/or assignment, in each case without recourse, as shall be prepared by the Responsible Repurchase Party and are reasonably necessary to vest in the Responsible Repurchase Party or its designee the ownership of such Deleted Mortgage Loan, and (iii) the execution and delivery of notice to the affected Mortgagor of the retransfer of such Deleted Mortgage Loan. In connection with any such repurchase or substitution by the Responsible Repurchase Party, the Purchaser shall also cause the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to require each of the General Master Servicer and the General Special Servicer to deliver to the Responsible Repurchase Party or its designee, and the Responsible Repurchase Party or its designee shall be entitled to delivery from the General Master Servicer and the General Special Servicer of, any portion of the related Servicing File (as such term is defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), together with any Escrow Payments, reserve funds and any other items required to be delivered by the Mortgage Loan Seller under Sections 2.01(b) and (c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, held by or on behalf of the General Master Servicer or the General Special Servicer, as the case may be, with respect to the Deleted Mortgage Loan, in each case at the expense of the Responsible Repurchase Party.

(d)               [Reserved.]

(e)               The Mortgage Loan Seller acknowledges and agrees that the Purchaser shall have no liability to the Mortgage Loan Seller or otherwise for any failure of the Mortgage Loan Seller or any other party to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to perform its obligations provided for thereunder.

(f)                The Mortgage Loan Seller (to the extent it receives any request or demand, whether oral or written, that a Mortgage Loan be repurchased or replaced, whether arising from a Material Defect or other breach of a representation or warranty, such recipient a “Seller Request

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Recipient” and such request or demand, a “Repurchase Request”) agrees to provide to the Purchaser: (i) written notice of any Repurchase Request, which notice will specify if such Repurchase Request is a 15Ga-1 Notice; (ii) written notice of (A) the existence of any dispute regarding such Repurchase Request, whether written or oral, between such Seller Request Recipient and the Person making such Repurchase Request, (B) the expiration of any applicable Initial Cure Period, or, if applicable, any Extended Cure Period, (C) the withdrawal of such Repurchase Request by the Person making such Repurchase Request, (D) the rejection of such Repurchase Request by the Seller Request Recipient and (E) the repurchase or replacement of any Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Section 5 and Section 2.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and (iii) upon reasonable request of the Purchaser (subject to Section 5(g)), such other information in the Seller Request Recipient’s possession as would be necessary to permit the Purchaser to comply with its obligations under Rule 15Ga-1 under the Exchange Act to disclose fulfilled and unfulfilled repurchase or replacement requests or demands of any Person relating to any Mortgage Loan or to comply with any other obligations applicable to it under law or regulation.

Each notice required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 5(f) may be delivered by electronic means. Each notice required to be delivered pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) of the immediately preceding paragraph shall be given not later than the tenth (10^th) Business Day after the event giving rise to the requirement for such notice and any information requested pursuant to clause (iii) of the immediately preceding paragraph shall be provided as promptly as practicable after such request is made. Each notice required to be delivered pursuant to clause (i) of the immediately preceding paragraph shall identify (a) the date on which such Repurchase Request was made, (b) the Mortgage Loan with respect to which such Repurchase Request was made, (c) the identity of the Person making such request, and (d) the basis, if any, asserted for such request by such Person. Each notice required to be delivered pursuant to clause (ii) of the immediately preceding paragraph shall identify (a) the date of such withdrawal, rejection, repurchase or replacement, or the date of the commencement of such dispute, as applicable, (b) if pertaining to a dispute, the nature of such dispute, (c) if pertaining to the expiration of an Initial Cure Period or an Extended Cure Period, the expiration date of such Initial Cure Period or, if applicable, an Extended Cure Period, (d) if pertaining to a withdrawal, the basis for such withdrawal given to the Seller Request Recipient or an indication that no basis was given by the Person withdrawing such Repurchase Request, (e) if pertaining to a rejection by the Seller Request Recipient, the basis for the Seller Request Recipient’s rejection and (f) if pertaining to a repurchase or replacement, the date of such repurchase or replacement.

(g)               The Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser acknowledge and agree that (i) a Repurchase Request Recipient under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement will not, in connection with providing the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Purchaser with any 15Ga-1 Notice under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, be required to deliver any attorney-client privileged communication or any information protected by the attorney work product doctrine, (ii) any 15Ga-1 Notice delivered to the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Purchaser under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement is provided only to assist the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Purchaser and any of their respective Affiliates in complying with Rule 15Ga-1, Items 1104 and 1121 of Regulation AB and/or any other law or regulation, (iii) (A) no action taken by, or inaction of, a Repurchase Request Recipient and (B) no information provided to the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.02(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by a Repurchase Request

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Recipient, shall be deemed to constitute a waiver or defense to the exercise of any legal right the Repurchase Request Recipient may have with respect to this Agreement or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and (iv) receipt of a 15Ga-1 Notice or delivery of any notice required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5(f) shall not in and of itself constitute delivery, or receipt, of notice of any Material Defect or knowledge on the part of the Mortgage Loan Seller or Responsible Repurchase Party of any Material Defect or admission by the Mortgage Loan Seller or Responsible Repurchase Party of the existence of any Material Defect.

(h)               The Mortgage Loan Seller shall provide to the Purchaser relevant portions of any Form ABS-15G that the Mortgage Loan Seller is required to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 15Ga-1 under the Exchange Act (only to the extent that such portions relate to any Repurchase Request with respect to any Mortgage Loan) on or before the date that is five (5) Business Days prior to the date such Form ABS-15G is required to be filed with the Commission. Promptly upon request, the Purchaser shall provide or cause to be provided to the Mortgage Loan Seller such information regarding the principal balance of any Mortgage Loan as is necessary in order for the Mortgage Loan Seller to prepare any such Form ABS-15G.

(i)                 The Purchaser shall provide to the Mortgage Loan Seller any relevant portions of any Form ABS-15G that the Purchaser is required to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 15Ga-1 under the Exchange Act (only to the extent that such portions relate to any Mortgage Loan and that was not provided by the Mortgage Loan Seller) on or before the date that is five (5) Business Days prior to the date such Form ABS-15G is required to be filed with the Commission. The Trust’s CIK# is 0001974587.

(j)                 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Mortgage Loan Seller’s obligation in respect of a Material Defect with respect to a Joint Mortgage Loan shall be solely in respect of the Mortgage Loan Seller’s pro rata share of such Joint Mortgage Loan based on the Mortgage Loan Seller’s Mortgage Loan Seller Percentage Interest as of the date hereof in such Joint Mortgage Loan.

(k)               If the Mortgage Note or Mortgage Notes with respect to a Joint Mortgage Loan in favor of the Mortgage Loan Seller and its successors and assigns are repurchased or replaced by the Mortgage Loan Seller pursuant to this Section 5, and any other related mortgage notes evidencing such Joint Mortgage Loan are not repurchased or replaced by any Other Mortgage Loan Seller and any such mortgage note remains in the Trust, then the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser hereby agree that (i) the provisions in Section 3.30 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the related Intercreditor Agreement shall govern the servicing and administration of such Joint Mortgage Loan as if (a) the remaining mortgage notes in the Trust were collectively a “Mortgage Loan” (as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) and (b) each repurchased Mortgage Note were a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan (or, if the Joint Mortgage Loan was a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, a Non-Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan), (ii) the Mortgage Loan Seller and its successors and assigns in respect of such repurchased or replaced Mortgage Note shall be bound by such Section 3.30 as if it were a party to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and (iii) the Mortgage Loan Seller and its successors and assigns shall from time to time (as may be necessary) deliver to the General Master Servicer or the General Special Servicer, as applicable, the Mortgage Loan documents constituting or related to any applicable Mortgage Note repurchased by it, any requests for release and any court pleadings, requests for trustee’s sale or other documents necessary to the foreclosure or trustee’s sale in respect of the related Mortgaged

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Property or to any legal action or to enforce any other remedies or rights provided by the related Mortgage Note or Mortgage or otherwise available at law or equity with respect to the related Mortgage Note.

Section 6.                                    Closing. The closing of the sale of the Mortgage Loans (the “Closing”) shall be held at the offices of special counsel to the Purchaser at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Closing Date.

The Closing shall be subject to each of the following conditions:

(i)                             All of the representations and warranties of the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser made pursuant to Section 4 of this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date (or as of such other specific date expressly contemplated by any such representation or warranty);

(ii)                           All documents specified in Section 7 of this Agreement (the “Closing Documents”), in such forms as are agreed upon and reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser and, in the case of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (insofar as such agreement affects the obligations of the Mortgage Loan Seller hereunder or the rights of the Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary thereunder), to the Mortgage Loan Seller, shall be duly executed and delivered by all signatories as required pursuant to the respective terms thereof;

(iii)                         The Mortgage Loan Seller shall have delivered and released to the Purchaser or its designee, all documents, funds and other assets required to be delivered thereto on or before the Closing Date pursuant to Section 2 of this Agreement;

(iv)                        The result of any examination of the Mortgage Files for, and any other documents and records relating to, the Mortgage Loans performed by or on behalf of the Purchaser pursuant to Section 3 hereof shall be satisfactory to the Purchaser in its reasonable determination;

(v)                          All other terms and conditions of this Agreement required to be complied with on or before the Closing Date shall have been complied with in all material respects, and the Mortgage Loan Seller shall have the ability to comply with all terms and conditions and perform all duties and obligations required to be complied with or performed by it after the Closing Date;

(vi)                       The Mortgage Loan Seller shall have paid all fees and expenses payable by it to the Purchaser or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement;

(vii)                     The Mortgage Loan Seller shall have received the purchase price for the Mortgage Loans, as contemplated by Section 1 of this Agreement;

(viii)                Neither the Underwriting Agreement nor the Certificate Purchase Agreement shall have been terminated in accordance with its terms;

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(ix)                         The Commission shall not have issued any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Purchaser’s Registration Statement; and

(x)                            Prior to the delivery of the Preliminary Prospectus to investors, an officer of the Mortgage Loan Seller shall have delivered to the Depositor a sub-certification to the certification provided by the Chief Executive Officer of the Depositor to the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Regulation AB.

Each of the parties agrees to use their commercially reasonable best efforts to perform their respective obligations hereunder in a manner that will enable the Purchaser to purchase the Mortgage Loans on the Closing Date.

Section 7.                                   Closing Documents. The Purchaser or its designee shall have received all of the following Closing Documents, in such forms as are agreed upon and acceptable to the Purchaser, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers and the Rating Agencies (collectively, the “Interested Parties”), and upon which the Interested Parties may rely:

(i)                              This Agreement, duly executed by the Purchaser and the Mortgage Loan Seller;

(ii)                           Each of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Indemnification Agreement, duly executed by the respective parties thereto;

(iii)                        A Secretary’s Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1 hereto, executed by the Secretary or an assistant secretary of the Mortgage Loan Seller, in his or her individual capacity, and dated the Closing Date, and upon which the Interested Parties may rely, attaching thereto as exhibits (A) the resolutions of the board of directors of the Mortgage Loan Seller authorizing the Mortgage Loan Seller’s entering into the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Indemnification Agreement, and (B) the organizational documents of the Mortgage Loan Seller;

(iv)                       A certificate of good standing with respect to the Mortgage Loan Seller issued by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware not earlier than thirty (30) days prior to the Closing Date, and upon which the Interested Parties may rely;

(v)                          A certificate of the Mortgage Loan Seller substantially in the form of Exhibit D-2 hereto, executed by an executive officer of the Mortgage Loan Seller on the Mortgage Loan Seller’s behalf and dated the Closing Date, and upon which the Interested Parties may rely;

(vi)                       A written opinion of in-house or independent counsel for the Mortgage Loan Seller, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Interested Parties and the Trustee, relating to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Indemnification Agreement;

(vii)                     A written opinion of special counsel for the Mortgage Loan Seller, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Interested Parties and the Trustee, relating to the enforceability of this Agreement against the Mortgage Loan Seller;

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(viii)                 A letter from special counsel for the Mortgage Loan Seller, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Purchaser, the Underwriters (only with respect to the Preliminary Prospectus) and the Initial Purchasers (only with respect to the Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum), relating to the information regarding the Mortgage Loans set forth in agreed upon sections of the Preliminary Prospectus and in the Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum (as the same may be amended or supplemented on or before the pricing date for the Certificates) substantially to the effect that nothing has come to such special counsel’s attention that would lead such special counsel to believe that the agreed upon portions of the Preliminary Prospectus or the Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum, at the time when sales to purchasers of the Certificates were first made, contained, with respect to the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Mortgage Loans, any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein relating to the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Mortgage Loans, the related borrowers or the related Mortgaged Properties, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

(ix)                         A letter from special counsel for the Mortgage Loan Seller, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Purchaser, the Underwriters (only with respect to the Prospectus) and the Initial Purchasers (only with respect to the Private Placement Memorandum), relating to the information regarding the Mortgage Loans set forth in agreed upon sections of the Prospectus and the Private Placement Memorandum (as the case may be and as the same may be amended or supplemented on or before the Closing Date) substantially to the effect that (a) nothing has come to such special counsel’s attention that would lead such special counsel to believe that the agreed upon portions of the Prospectus or the Private Placement Memorandum (as applicable) as of the date thereof or as of the Closing Date contained or contains, with respect to the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Mortgage Loans, the related borrowers or the related Mortgaged Properties, any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein relating to the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Mortgage Loans, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and (b) that, with respect to information regarding the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Mortgage Loans, the related borrowers or the related Mortgaged Properties, the Prospectus is appropriately responsive in all material respects to the applicable requirements of Regulation AB;

(x)                           Copies of all other opinions rendered by counsel for the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Rating Agencies in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including, but not limited to, with respect to the characterization of the transfer of the Mortgage Loans hereunder as a true sale, with each such opinion to be addressed to the other Interested Parties and the Trustee or accompanied by a letter signed by such counsel stating that the other Interested Parties and the Trustee may rely on such opinion as if it were addressed to them as of the date thereof;

(xi)                         One or more agreed-upon procedures letters from a nationally recognized firm of certified public accountants acceptable to the Underwriters and the Initial Purchasers, dated (A) the date of the Preliminary Prospectus and the Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum, and (B) the date of the Prospectus and the Private Placement Memorandum, respectively, and addressed to, and in form and substance

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acceptable to, the Interested Parties (other than the Rating Agencies), stating in effect that, using the assumptions and methodology used by the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Purchaser, the Underwriters or the Initial Purchasers, as applicable, all of which shall be described in such letters, and which shall include a comparison of certain mortgage loan-related documents to the information set forth in the Master Tape (as defined in the Indemnification Agreement), they have recalculated such numbers and percentages relating to the Mortgage Loans set forth in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum, and set forth in the Prospectus and the Private Placement Memorandum, respectively, and have compared the results of their calculations to the corresponding items in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum, and in the Prospectus and the Private Placement Memorandum, respectively, and found each such number and percentage set forth in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum, and in the Prospectus and the Private Placement Memorandum, respectively, to be in agreement with the results of such calculations;

(xii)                       If any of the Certificates are “mortgage related securities” within the meaning of the Secondary Mortgage Market Enhancement Act of 1984, as amended, a certificate of the Mortgage Loan Seller regarding origination of the Mortgage Loans by specified originators as set forth in Section 3(a)(41) of the Exchange Act; and

(xiii)                   Such further certificates, opinions and documents as the Purchaser may reasonably request or any Rating Agency may require.

Section 8.                                   Additional Reporting Under Regulation AB. With respect to any period during which the Trust is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall provide to the Purchaser and the Certificate Administrator any information that constitutes “Additional Form 10-D Information” or “Additional Form 10-K Information” but only if and to the extent that the Mortgage Loan Seller (or any originator of the Mortgage Loans sold by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Depositor, if such originator constitutes an “originator” contemplated by Item 1110(b) of Regulation AB and such information is required to be reported with respect to such originator) is the applicable “Party Responsible” (solely in its capacity as a sponsor or originator (or as successor in interest to any predecessor originator), within the meaning of Regulation AB, of any Mortgage Loans) under the terms of Exhibit AA or Exhibit BB to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (it being acknowledged that the Mortgage Loan Seller (solely in its capacity as a sponsor or originator (or as successor in interest to any predecessor originator), within the meaning of Regulation AB, of any Mortgage Loans) does not constitute the “Party Responsible” for any “Form 8-K Information” set forth on Exhibit CC of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement). In each case, such delivery shall be made in a form readily convertible to an EDGAR compatible form, or in such other form as otherwise agreed by the Purchaser, the Certificate Administrator and the Mortgage Loan Seller. In each case, such delivery shall be made not later than five (5) calendar days after the related Distribution Date (in the case of any such “Additional Form 10-D Information”), and no later than March 1 of each year subsequent to the fiscal year that the Trust is subject to the Exchange Act reporting requirements (in the case of any such “Additional Form 10-K Information”). In no event shall the Mortgage Loan Seller be required to provide any information that is not required to be reported on Form 10-D or Form 10-K,

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as the case may be, under the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

In addition, with respect to any period during which the Trust is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall reasonably cooperate with each of the Depositor, the applicable Master Servicer and the Certificate Administrator, upon the reasonable request of such party, by providing all Mortgage Loan-related documents, data and information in the possession of the Mortgage Loan Seller at or prior to the Closing Date and on the date of the request and necessary for the ongoing compliance by the Depositor and the Trust with the requirements of Form 10-D with respect to Items 1111 and 1125 of Regulation AB; provided that the Mortgage Loan Seller shall not be required to provide any documents that are proprietary to the related originator or the Mortgage Loan Seller or any draft documents, privileged or internal communications, credit underwriting or due diligence analysis.

Section 9.                                   Costs. Whether or not this Agreement is terminated, the Mortgage Loan Seller will pay its pro rata share (the Mortgage Loan Seller’s pro rata portion to be determined according to the percentage that the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of all the Mortgage Loans represents as to the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of all the mortgage loans of the Trust Fund (the “Cut-off Date Pool Balance”)) of all costs and expenses of the Purchaser in connection with the transactions contemplated herein, including, but not limited to: (i) the costs and expenses of the Purchaser in connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans; (ii) the costs and expenses of reproducing and delivering the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and this Agreement and printing (or otherwise reproducing) and delivering the Certificates; (iii) the reasonable and documented set-up fees, costs and expenses of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and their respective counsel; (iv) the fees and disbursements of a firm of certified public accountants selected by the Purchaser and the Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to numerical information in respect of the Mortgage Loans and the Certificates included in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum, the Prospectus and the Private Placement Memorandum or any other marketing materials or structural and collateral term sheets (or any similar item), including the cost of obtaining any agreed-upon procedures letters with respect to such items; (v) the costs and expenses in connection with the qualification or exemption of the Certificates under state securities or blue sky laws, including filing fees and reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel in connection therewith; (vi) the costs and expenses in connection with any determination of the eligibility of the Certificates for investment by institutional investors in any jurisdiction and the preparation of any legal investment survey, including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel in connection therewith; (vii) the costs and expenses in connection with printing (or otherwise reproducing) and delivering this Agreement and the furnishing to the Underwriters or the Initial Purchasers, as applicable, of such copies of the Preliminary Prospectus, the Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum, the Prospectus and the Private Placement Memorandum or any other marketing materials or structural and collateral term sheets (or any similar item) and this Agreement as the Underwriters and the Initial Purchasers may reasonably request; (viii) the fees of the rating agency or agencies engaged to consider rating the Certificates or hired and requested to rate the Certificates; (ix) all registration fees incurred by the Purchaser in connection with the filing of its Registration Statement allocable to the issuance of the Registered Certificates; (x) the upfront fee payable to the Asset Representations Reviewer on the Closing Date in the amount agreed by the parties hereto; and (xi) the reasonable fees and expenses of special counsel to the Purchaser.

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Section 10.                           Notices. All demands, notices and communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered to or mailed, by registered mail, postage prepaid, by overnight mail or courier service, or transmitted by facsimile and confirmed by similar mailed writing, if to the Purchaser, addressed to the Purchaser at Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., 1585 Broadway, New York, New York 10036, Attention: Jane Lam (with a copy to Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., 1633 Broadway, 29th Floor, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Legal Compliance Division and a copy by email to cmbs_notices@morganstanley.com), or such other address as may be designated by the Purchaser to the Mortgage Loan Seller in writing; or, if to the Mortgage Loan Seller, addressed to LMF Commercial, LLC, at 590 Madison Avenue, 9th Floor, New York, New York 10022, Attention: Kenneth M. Gorsuch, Managing Director, or such other address as may be designated by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Purchaser in writing.

Section 11.                            Miscellaneous. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument, and the words “executed,” “signed,” “signature” and words of like import as used above and elsewhere in this Agreement or in any other certificate, agreement or document related to this transaction shall include, in addition to manually executed signatures, images of manually executed signatures transmitted by facsimile or other electronic format (including, without limitation, “pdf,” “tif” or “jpg”) and other electronic signatures (including, without limitation, any electronic sound, symbol, or process, attached to or logically associated with a contract or other record and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the record). The use of electronic signatures and electronic records (including, without limitation, any contract or other record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means) shall be of the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a manually executed signature or use of a paper-based record-keeping system to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act and any other applicable law, including, without limitation, any state law based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the Uniform Commercial Code.

Neither this Agreement nor any term or provision hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated except by a writing signed by a duly authorized officer of the party against whom enforcement of such change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought to be enforced. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder. The Mortgage Loan Seller shall be an express third party beneficiary to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent set forth therein. The Asset Representations Reviewer shall be an express third party beneficiary of Sections 4(h), 4(j), and 4(k) of this Agreement.

Section 12.                            Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive Delivery. All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement, incorporated herein by reference or contained in the certificates of officers of the Mortgage Loan Seller delivered pursuant hereto, shall remain operative and in full force and effect and shall survive delivery of the Mortgage Loans by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Purchaser and by the Purchaser to the Trust, notwithstanding any restrictive or qualified endorsement or assignment in respect of any Mortgage Loan.

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Section 13.                             Severability of Provisions. Any part, provision, representation, warranty or covenant of this Agreement that is prohibited or is held to be void or unenforceable shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof. Any part, provision, representation, warranty or covenant of this Agreement that is prohibited or is held to be void or unenforceable in any particular jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the parties hereto waive any provision of law which prohibits or renders void or unenforceable any provision hereof.

Section 14.                              Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Trial by Jury. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE AGREEMENT, THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE PARTIES, AND/OR THE INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE PARTIES WILL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, EACH OF THE PURCHASER AND THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY (I) SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY NEW YORK STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN IN NEW YORK CITY WITH RESPECT TO MATTERS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT; (II) AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS WITH RESPECT TO ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING REGARDING SUCH MATTERS MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE OR FEDERAL COURTS; (III) WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST POSSIBLE EXTENT, WITH RESPECT TO SUCH COURTS, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM; (IV) AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW; AND (V) WAIVES TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, CLAIM, SUIT, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED UPON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) RELATING TO OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT.

Section 15.                             Further Assurances. The Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser each agrees to execute and deliver such instruments and take such further actions as any other party hereto may, from time to time, reasonably request in order to effectuate the purposes and to carry out the terms of this Agreement.

Section 16.                             Successors and Assigns. The rights and obligations of the Mortgage Loan Seller under this Agreement shall not be assigned by the Mortgage Loan Seller without the prior written consent of the Purchaser, except that any person into which the Mortgage Loan Seller may be merged or consolidated, or any person resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Mortgage Loan Seller is a party, or any person succeeding to all or substantially all of the business of the Mortgage Loan Seller, shall be the successor to the Mortgage

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Loan Seller hereunder. In connection with its transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the Trust as contemplated by the recitals hereto, the Purchaser is expressly authorized to assign its rights under this Agreement, in whole or in part, to the Trustee for the benefit of the registered holders and beneficial owners of the Certificates. To the extent of any such assignment, the Trustee, for the benefit of the registered holders and beneficial owners of the Certificates, shall be the Purchaser hereunder. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser, and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

Section 17.                             Information. The Mortgage Loan Seller shall provide the Purchaser with such information about itself, the Mortgage Loans and the underwriting and servicing procedures applicable to the Mortgage Loans as is (i) required under the provisions of Regulation AB, (ii) required by a Rating Agency or a governmental agency or body or (iii) reasonably requested by the Purchaser for use in a private disclosure document.

Section 18.                             Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and understanding of the parties with respect to the matters addressed herein, and this Agreement supersedes any prior agreements and/or understandings, written or oral, with respect to such matters; provided, however, that in no event shall this provision be construed to limit the effect of the Indemnification Agreement or the memorandum of understanding dated as of April 20, 2023 between the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Purchaser and certain other parties or any separate acknowledgments and agreements executed and delivered pursuant to such memorandum of understanding.

Section 19.                                Recognition of U.S. Special Resolution Regimes.

(a)                                              In the event a Covered Party becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer of this Agreement (and any interest and obligation in or under, and any property securing, this Agreement) from such Covered Party will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement (and any interest and obligation in or under, and any property securing, this Agreement) were governed by the laws of the United States of America or a State of the United States of America.

(b)                                              In the event that a Covered Party or any BHC Affiliate of such Covered Party becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, any Default Right under this Agreement that may be exercised against such Covered Party is permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Right could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States of America or a State of the United States of America.

“BHC Affiliate” has the meaning assigned to the term “affiliate” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. §1841(k).

“Covered Party” means any party to this Agreement that is one of the following: (i) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §252.82(b); (ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §47.3(b), or any subsidiary of such a covered bank to which 12 C.F.R. Part 47 applies in

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accordance with 12 C.F.R. §47.3(b); or (iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §382.2(b).

“Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.

“U.S. Special Resolution Regime” means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

Section 20.                              Limitation on the Exercise of Certain Rights Related to Affiliate Insolvency Proceedings.

(a)                                               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other agreement, but subject to the requirements of Section 19, no party to this Agreement shall be permitted to exercise any Default Right against a Covered Party with respect to this Agreement that is related, directly or indirectly, to a BHC Affiliate of such party becoming subject to a receivership, insolvency, liquidation, resolution, or similar proceeding (each an “Insolvency Proceeding”), except to the extent the exercise of such Default Right would be permitted under the creditor protection provisions of 12 C.F.R. § 252.84, 12 C.F.R. § 47.5, or 12 C.F.R. § 382.4, as applicable.

(b)                                              After a BHC Affiliate of a Covered Party has become subject to Insolvency Proceedings, if any party to this Agreement seeks to exercise any Default Right against such Covered Party with respect to this Agreement, the party seeking to exercise a Default Right shall have the burden of proof, by clear and convincing evidence, that the exercise of such Default Right is permitted hereunder.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above written.

	LMF COMMERCIAL, LLC
	By:	/s/ Shanna Vidal-Pope
		Name:  Shanna Vidal-Pope
		Title:  Authorized Signatory

MSWF 2023-1 – Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (LMF)

	MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL I INC.
	By:	/s/ Jane Lam
		Name:  Jane Lam
		Title:  President

MSWF 2023-1 – Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (LMF)

EXHIBIT A

MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE

 

 

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MSWF 2023-1
Mortgage Loan Schedule 

Loan ID

Mortgage Loan Seller

Property Name

Cut-off Date Balance

Address

City

State

Note Date

Maturity Date or ARD

Mortgage Rate

Original Term to Maturity or ARD (mos.)

Remaining Term to Maturity or ARD (mos.)

Original Amortization Term (mos.)

ARD Loan (Y/N)

Primary Servicing Fee Rate

Non-Serviced Primary Servicing Fee Rate

Master Servicing Fee Rate

17

LMF

Staybridge Suites Hillsboro – Orenco Station

$17,000,000

7715 Northeast Cherry Drive

Hillsboro

OR

4/13/2023

5/6/2033

7.2000%

120

120

360

No

0.002500%

0.000000%

0.002500%

28

LMF

602 10th Ave

$2,700,000

602 10th Avenue

New York

NY

3/30/2023

4/6/2033

6.9900%

120

119

0

No

0.002500%

0.000000%

0.002500%

EXHIBIT B-1

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLER

The Mortgage Loan Seller hereby represents and warrants that, as of the date hereof:

(a)               The Mortgage Loan Seller is a limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.

(b)               The Mortgage Loan Seller’s execution and delivery of, performance under, and compliance with this Agreement, will not violate the Mortgage Loan Seller’s organizational documents or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the breach of, any material agreement or other material instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound, which default or breach, in the good faith and reasonable judgment of the Mortgage Loan Seller, is likely to affect materially and adversely the ability of the Mortgage Loan Seller to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

(c)               The Mortgage Loan Seller has the full power and authority to consummate all transactions contemplated by this Agreement, has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and has duly executed and delivered this Agreement.

(d)               This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other party or parties hereto, constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of the Mortgage Loan Seller, enforceable against the Mortgage Loan Seller in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy, fraudulent transfer, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium, liquidation, conservatorship and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (B) general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law, and (C) public policy considerations.

(e)               The Mortgage Loan Seller is not in violation of, and its execution and delivery of, performance under and compliance with this Agreement will not constitute a violation of, any law, any order or decree of any court or arbiter, or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority, which violation, in the Mortgage Loan Seller’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to affect materially and adversely the ability of the Mortgage Loan Seller to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

(f)                No consent, approval, authorization or order of any state or federal court or governmental agency or body is required for the consummation by the Mortgage Loan Seller of the transactions contemplated herein, except for (A) those consents, approvals, authorizations or orders that previously have been obtained and (B) those filings and recordings of Mortgage Loan documents and assignments thereof that are contemplated by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be completed after the Closing Date.

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(g)                                              No litigation, arbitration, suit, proceeding or governmental investigation is pending or, to the best of the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, threatened against the Mortgage Loan Seller that, if determined adversely to the Mortgage Loan Seller, would prohibit the Mortgage Loan Seller from entering into this Agreement or that, in the Mortgage Loan Seller’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to materially and adversely affect the ability of the Mortgage Loan Seller to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

(h)                                               The transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser as contemplated herein is not subject to any bulk transfer or similar law in effect in any applicable jurisdiction.

(i)                                                  The Mortgage Loan Seller is not transferring the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser with any intent to hinder, delay or defraud its present or future creditors.

(j)                                                  The Mortgage Loan Seller will be solvent at all relevant times prior to, and will not be rendered insolvent by, its transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser, as contemplated herein.

(k)                                               After giving effect to its transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser, as provided herein, the value of the Mortgage Loan Seller’s assets, either taken at their present fair saleable value or at fair valuation, will exceed the amount of the Mortgage Loan Seller’s debts and obligations, including contingent and unliquidated debts and obligations of the Mortgage Loan Seller, and the Mortgage Loan Seller will not be left with unreasonably small assets or capital with which to engage in and conduct its business.

(l)                                                  The Mortgage Loan Seller does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or obligations beyond its ability to pay such debts and obligations as they mature.

(m)                                             No proceedings looking toward liquidation, dissolution or bankruptcy of the Mortgage Loan Seller are pending or contemplated.

(n)                                               The principal place of business and chief executive office of the Mortgage Loan Seller is located in the State of New York.

(o)                                               The consideration received by the Mortgage Loan Seller upon the sale of the Mortgage Loans constitutes at least fair consideration and reasonably equivalent value for such Mortgage Loans.

 

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EXHIBIT B-2

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE PURCHASER

The Purchaser hereby represents and warrants that, as of the date hereof:

(a)                                               The Purchaser is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.

(b)                                               The Purchaser’s execution and delivery of, performance under, and compliance with this Agreement, will not violate the Purchaser’s organizational documents or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the breach of, any material agreement or other material instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound, which default or breach, in the good faith and reasonable judgment of the Purchaser, is likely to affect materially and adversely the ability of the Purchaser to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

(c)                                               This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other party or parties hereto, constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of the Purchaser, enforceable against the Purchaser in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and (B) general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

(d)                                              No litigation, arbitration, suit, proceeding or governmental investigation is pending or, to the best of the Purchaser’s knowledge, threatened against the Purchaser that, if determined adversely to the Purchaser, would prohibit the Purchaser from entering into this Agreement or that, in the Purchaser’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to materially and adversely affect the ability of the Purchaser to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

(e)                                               The Purchaser has the full power and authority to consummate all transactions contemplated by this Agreement, has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and has duly executed and delivered this Agreement.

(f)                                                 The Purchaser is not in violation of, and its execution and delivery of, performance under and compliance with this Agreement will not constitute a violation of, any law, any order or decree of any court or arbiter, or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority, which violation, in the Purchaser’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to affect materially and adversely the ability of the Purchaser to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

(g)                                              The Purchaser (A) prepared one or more reports on Form ABS-15G (each, a “Form 15G”) containing the findings and conclusions of the Accountants’ Due Diligence Reports and meeting the requirements of that Form 15G, Rule 15Ga-2, and any other rules and regulations of the Commission and the Exchange Act; (B) provided a copy of the final draft of each such Form 15G to MS&Co. at least six (6) business days before the first sale

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in the offering contemplated by the Prospectus and Private Placement Memorandum; and (C) furnished each such Form 15G to the Commission on EDGAR at least five (5) business days before the first sale in the offering contemplated by the Prospectus and Private Placement Memorandum as required by Rule 15Ga-2.

(h)                                              The Purchaser has not dealt with any broker, investment banker, agent or other person, other than the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers and their respective affiliates, that may be entitled to any commission or compensation in connection with the sale of the Mortgage Loans or consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

 

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EXHIBIT C

MORTGAGE LOAN REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

For purposes of this Exhibit C, the phrases “the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge” or “the Mortgage Loan Seller’s belief” and other words and phrases of like import shall mean, except where otherwise expressly set forth below, the actual state of knowledge or belief of the Mortgage Loan Seller, its officers and employees directly responsible for the underwriting, origination, servicing or sale of the Mortgage Loans regarding the matters expressly set forth below in each case without having conducted any independent inquiry into such matters and without any obligation to have done so (except (i) having sent to the servicers servicing the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Mortgage Loan Seller, if any, specific inquiries regarding the matters referred to and (ii) as expressly set forth herein). All information contained in documents which are part of or required to be part of a Mortgage File, as specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (to the extent such documents exist) shall be deemed within the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge.

The Mortgage Loan Seller hereby represents and warrants that, as of the date herein below specified or, if no such date is specified, as of the date hereof, except with respect to the Exceptions described on Schedule C to this Agreement.

1.                                    Intentionally Omitted.

2.                                    Whole Loan; Ownership of Mortgage Loans. Except with respect to a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan, each Mortgage Loan is a whole loan and not a participation interest in a mortgage loan. At the time of the sale, transfer and assignment to the Depositor, no Mortgage Note or Mortgage was subject to any assignment (other than assignments to the Mortgage Loan Seller or (with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) to the related Non-Serviced Trustee for the related Non-Serviced Trust), participation (it being understood that a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan does not constitute a participation) or pledge, and the Mortgage Loan Seller had good title to, and was the sole owner of, each Mortgage Loan free and clear of any and all liens, charges, pledges, encumbrances, participations (other than with respect to agreements among noteholders with respect to a Whole Loan), any other ownership interests and other interests on, in or to such Mortgage Loan other than any servicing rights appointment, subservicing or similar agreement. The Mortgage Loan Seller has full right and authority to sell, assign and transfer each Mortgage Loan, and the assignment to the Depositor constitutes a legal, valid and binding assignment of such Mortgage Loan free and clear of any and all liens, pledges, charges or security interests of any nature encumbering such Mortgage Loan.

3.                                    Loan Document Status. Each related Mortgage Note, Mortgage, Assignment of Leases (if a separate instrument), guaranty and other agreement executed by or on behalf of the related Mortgagor, guarantor or other obligor in connection with such Mortgage Loan is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the related Mortgagor, guarantor or other obligor (subject to any non-recourse provisions contained in any of the foregoing agreements and any applicable state anti-deficiency or market value limit deficiency legislation), as applicable, and is enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws

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affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and except that certain provisions in such Mortgage Loan documents (including, without limitation, provisions requiring the payment of default interest, late fees or Prepayment Premium/Yield Maintenance Charge) may be further limited or rendered unenforceable by applicable law, but (subject to the limitations set forth above) such limitations or unenforceability will not render such Mortgage Loan documents invalid as a whole or materially interfere with the Mortgagee’s realization of the principal benefits and/or security provided thereby (clauses (i) and (ii) collectively, the “Standard Qualifications”).

Except as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, there is no valid offset, defense, counterclaim or right of rescission available to the related Mortgagor with respect to any of the related Mortgage Notes, Mortgages or other Mortgage Loan documents, including, without limitation, any such valid offset, defense, counterclaim or right based on intentional fraud by Mortgage Loan Seller in connection with the origination of the Mortgage Loan, that would deny the Mortgagee the principal benefits intended to be provided by the Mortgage Note, Mortgage or other Mortgage Loan documents.

4.                                    Mortgage Provisions. The Mortgage Loan documents for each Mortgage Loan, together with applicable state law, contain provisions that render the rights and remedies of the holder thereof adequate for the practical realization against the Mortgaged Property of the principal benefits of the security intended to be provided thereby, including realization by judicial or, if applicable, non-judicial foreclosure subject to the limitations set forth in the Standard Qualifications.

5.                                     Intentionally Omitted.

6.                                    Mortgage Status; Waivers and Modifications. Since origination and except by written instruments set forth in the related Mortgage File or as otherwise provided in the related Mortgage Loan documents (a) (1) to the knowledge of the Mortgage Loan Seller, there has been no forbearance, waiver or modification of the material terms of the Mortgage Loan which such forbearance, waiver, or modification relates to the COVID-19 emergency and (2) other than as related to the COVID-19 emergency, the material terms of such Mortgage, Mortgage Note, Mortgage Loan guaranty and related Mortgage Loan documents have not been waived, impaired, modified, altered, satisfied, canceled, subordinated or rescinded in any respect which materially interferes with the security intended to be provided by such mortgage; (b) no related Mortgaged Property or any portion thereof has been released from the lien of the related Mortgage in any manner which materially interferes with the security intended to be provided by such Mortgage or the use or operation of the remaining portion of such Mortgaged Property; and (c) neither the Mortgagor nor the guarantor has been released from its material obligations under the Mortgage Loan. With respect to each Mortgage Loan, except as contained in a written document included in the Mortgage File, there have been no modifications, amendments or waivers, that could be reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on such Mortgage Loan consented to by the Mortgage Loan Seller on or after the Cut-off Date.

7.                                    Lien; Valid Assignment. Subject to the Standard Qualifications, each endorsement or assignment of Mortgage and assignment of Assignment of Leases from the

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Mortgage Loan Seller or its Affiliate is in recordable form (but for the insertion of the name of the assignee and any related recording information which is not yet available to the Mortgage Loan Seller) and constitutes a legal, valid and binding endorsement or assignment from the Mortgage Loan Seller, or its Affiliate, as applicable. Each related Mortgage and Assignment of Leases is freely assignable without the consent of the related Mortgagor. Each related Mortgage is a legal, valid and enforceable first lien on the related Mortgagor’s fee (or if identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, leasehold) interest in the Mortgaged Property in the principal amount of such Mortgage Loan or allocated loan amount (subject only to Permitted Encumbrances (as defined below) and the exceptions to paragraph 8 below (each such exception, a “Title Exception”)), except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by the Standard Qualifications. Such Mortgaged Property (subject to Permitted Encumbrances and Title Exceptions) as of origination and, to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, as of the Cut-off Date, is free and clear of any recorded mechanics’ or materialmen’s liens and other recorded encumbrances that would be prior to or equal with the lien of the related Mortgage (which lien secures the related Whole Loan, in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan), except those which are bonded over, escrowed for or insured against by the applicable Title Policy (as described below), and as of origination and, to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, as of the Cut-off Date, no rights exist which under law could give rise to any such lien or encumbrance that would be prior to or equal with the lien of the related Mortgage, except those which are bonded over, escrowed for or insured against by the applicable Title Policy. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no representation is made as to the perfection of any security interest in rents or other personal property to the extent that possession or control of such items or actions other than the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements is required to effect such perfection.

8.                                   Permitted Liens; Title Insurance. Each Mortgaged Property securing a Mortgage Loan is covered by an American Land Title Association loan title insurance policy or a comparable form of loan title insurance policy approved for use in the applicable jurisdiction (or, if such policy is yet to be issued, by a pro forma policy, a preliminary title policy or a “marked up” commitment, in each case with escrow instructions and binding on the title insurer) (the “Title Policy”) in the original principal amount of such Mortgage Loan (or with respect to a Mortgage Loan secured by multiple properties, an amount equal to at least the allocated loan amount with respect to the Title Policy for each such property) after all advances of principal (including any advances held in escrow or reserves), that insures for the benefit of the owner of the indebtedness secured by the Mortgage, the first priority lien of the Mortgage (which lien secures the related Whole Loan, in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan), which lien is subject only to (a) the lien of current real property taxes, water charges, sewer rents and assessments not yet due and payable; (b) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record specifically identified in the Title Policy; (c) the exceptions (general and specific) and exclusions set forth in such Title Policy; (d) other matters to which like properties are commonly subject; (e) the rights of tenants (as tenants only) under leases (including subleases) pertaining to the related Mortgaged Property; (f) if the related Mortgage Loan constitutes a Crossed Underlying Loan, the lien of the Mortgage for another Mortgage Loan contained in the same Crossed Mortgage Loan Group, and (g) condominium declarations of record and identified in such Title Policy, provided that none of clauses (a) through (g), individually or in the aggregate, materially and adversely interferes with the value or principal use of the Mortgaged Property, the security intended to be provided by such Mortgage, or the current ability of the related Mortgaged Property to generate net cash flow sufficient to service the related Mortgage Loan or the

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Mortgagor’s ability to pay its obligations when they become due (collectively, the “Permitted Encumbrances”). For purposes of clause (a) of the immediately preceding sentence, any such taxes, assessments and other charges shall not be considered due and payable until the date on which interest and/or penalties would be payable thereon. Except as contemplated by clause (f) of the second preceding sentence none of the Permitted Encumbrances are mortgage liens that are senior to or coordinate and co-equal with the lien of the related Mortgage. Such Title Policy (or, if it has yet to be issued, the coverage to be provided thereby) is in full force and effect, all premiums thereon have been paid and no claims have been made by the Mortgage Loan Seller thereunder and no claims have been paid thereunder. Neither the Mortgage Loan Seller, nor to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, any other holder of the Mortgage Loan, has done, by act or omission, anything that would materially impair the coverage under such Title Policy. Each Title Policy contains no exclusion for, or affirmatively insures (except for any Mortgaged Property located in a jurisdiction where such affirmative insurance is not available in which case such exclusion may exist), (a) that the Mortgaged Property shown on the survey is the same as the property legally described in the Mortgage and (b) to the extent that the Mortgaged Property consists of two or more adjoining parcels, such parcels are contiguous.

9.                                     Junior Liens. It being understood that B notes secured by the same Mortgage as a Mortgage Loan are not subordinate mortgages or junior liens, except for any Mortgage Loan that is cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with another Mortgage Loan, as of the Cut-off Date there are no subordinate mortgages or junior mortgage liens encumbering the related Mortgaged Property other than Permitted Encumbrances, mechanics’ or materialmen’s liens (which are the subject of the representation in paragraph (7) above), and equipment and other personal property financing. The Mortgage Loan Seller has no knowledge of any mezzanine debt secured directly by interests in the related Mortgagor other than as set forth on Exhibit C-32-1.

10.                             Assignment of Leases and Rents. There exists as part of the related Mortgage File an Assignment of Leases (either as a separate instrument or incorporated into the related Mortgage). Subject to the Permitted Encumbrances and Title Exceptions (and, in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan, subject to the related Assignment of Leases constituting security for the entire Whole Loan), each related Assignment of Leases creates a valid first-priority collateral assignment of, or a valid first-priority lien or security interest in, rents and certain rights under the related lease or leases, subject only to a license granted to the related Mortgagor to exercise certain rights and to perform certain obligations of the lessor under such lease or leases, including the right to operate the related leased property, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by the Standard Qualifications. The related Mortgage or related Assignment of Leases, subject to applicable law and the Standard Qualifications, provides that, upon an event of default under the Mortgage Loan, a receiver may be appointed for the collection of rents or for the related Mortgagee to enter into possession to collect the rents or for rents to be paid directly to the Mortgagee.

11.                              Financing Statements. Subject to the Standard Qualifications, each Mortgage Loan or related security agreement establishes a valid security interest in, and a UCC-1 financing statement has been filed and/or recorded (or, in the case of fixtures, the Mortgage constitutes a fixture filing) in all places necessary at the time of the origination of the Mortgage Loan (or, if not filed and/or recorded, has submitted or caused to be submitted in proper form for filing and/or recording) to perfect a valid security interest in, the personal property (creation and

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perfection of which is governed by the UCC) owned by the Mortgagor and necessary to operate such Mortgaged Property in its current use other than (1) non-material personal property, (2) personal property subject to purchase money security interests and (3) personal property that is leased equipment. Each UCC-1 financing statement, if any, filed with respect to personal property constituting a part of the related Mortgaged Property and each UCC-3 assignment, if any, filed with respect to such financing statement was in suitable form for filing in the filing office in which such financing statement was filed. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no representation is made as to the perfection of any security interest in rents or other personal property to the extent that possession or control of such items or actions other than the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements is required to effect such perfection.

12.                              Condition of Property. The Mortgage Loan Seller or the originator of the Mortgage Loan inspected or caused to be inspected each related Mortgaged Property within six months of origination of the Mortgage Loan and within twelve months of the Cut-off Date.

An engineering report or property condition assessment was prepared in connection with the origination of each Mortgage Loan no more than twelve months prior to the Cut-off Date. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, based solely upon due diligence customarily performed in connection with the origination of comparable mortgage loans, as of the Closing Date, each related Mortgaged Property was free and clear of any material damage (other than (i) deferred maintenance for which escrows were established at origination and (ii) any damage fully covered by insurance) that would affect materially and adversely the use or value of such Mortgaged Property as security for the Mortgage Loan.

13.                              Taxes and Assessments. As of the date of origination and, to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, as of the Cut-off Date, all taxes, governmental assessments and other outstanding governmental charges (including, without limitation, water and sewage charges) due with respect to the Mortgaged Property (excluding any related personal property) securing a Mortgage Loan that is or could become a lien on the related Mortgaged Property that became due and owing prior to the Cut-off Date with respect to each related Mortgaged Property have been paid, or, if the appropriate amount of such taxes or charges is being appealed or is otherwise in dispute, the unpaid taxes or charges are covered by an escrow of funds or other security sufficient to pay such tax or charge and reasonably estimated interest and penalties, if any, thereon. For purposes of this representation and warranty, any such taxes, assessments and other charges shall not be considered due and payable until the date on which interest and/or penalties would be payable thereon.

14.                             Condemnation. As of the date of origination and to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge as of the Cut-off Date, there is no proceeding pending and, to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge as of the date of origination and as of the Cut-off Date, there is no proceeding threatened for the total or partial condemnation of such Mortgaged Property that would have a material adverse effect on the value, use or operation of the Mortgaged Property.

15.                             Actions Concerning Mortgage Loan. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, based on evaluation of the Title Policy (as defined in paragraph 8), an engineering report or property condition assessment as described in paragraph 12, applicable local law compliance materials as described in paragraph 26, and the ESA (as defined in paragraph 43), as

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of origination there was no pending or filed action, suit or proceeding, arbitration or governmental investigation involving any Mortgagor, guarantor, or Mortgagor’s interest in the Mortgaged Property, an adverse outcome of which would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect (a) such Mortgagor’s title to the Mortgaged Property, (b) the validity or enforceability of the Mortgage, (c) such Mortgagor’s ability to perform under the related Mortgage Loan, (d) such guarantor’s ability to perform under the related guaranty, (e) the principal benefit of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage Loan documents, or (f) the current principal use of the Mortgaged Property.

16.                              Escrow Deposits. All escrow deposits and escrow payments currently required to be escrowed with the Mortgagee pursuant to each Mortgage Loan (including capital improvements and environmental remediation reserves) are in the possession, or under the control, of the Mortgage Loan Seller or its servicer, and there are no delinquencies (subject to any applicable grace or cure periods) in connection therewith, and all such escrows and deposits (or the right thereto) that are required under the related Mortgage Loan documents are being conveyed by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Depositor or its servicer (or, in the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, to the related Non-Serviced Depositor or Non-Serviced Master Servicer for the related Non-Serviced Trust).

17.                              No Holdbacks. The principal amount of the Mortgage Loan stated on the Mortgage Loan Schedule has been fully disbursed as of the Closing Date and there is no requirement for future advances thereunder (except in those cases where the full amount of the Mortgage Loan has been disbursed but a portion thereof is being held in escrow or reserve accounts pending the satisfaction of certain conditions relating to leasing, repairs, occupancy, performance or other matters with respect to the related Mortgaged Property, the Mortgagor or other considerations determined by the Mortgage Loan Seller to merit such holdback).

18.                               Insurance. Each related Mortgaged Property is, and is required pursuant to the related Mortgage to be, insured by a property insurance policy providing coverage for loss in accordance with coverage found under a “special cause of loss form” or “all risk form” that includes replacement cost valuation issued by an insurer or insurers meeting the requirements of the related Mortgage Loan documents and having a claims-paying or financial strength rating meeting the Insurance Ratings Requirements (as defined below), in an amount (subject to customary deductibles) not less than the lesser of (1) the original principal balance of the Mortgage Loan and (2) the full insurable value on a replacement cost basis of the improvements, furniture, furnishings, fixtures and equipment owned by the Mortgagor included in the Mortgaged Property (with no deduction for physical depreciation), but, in any event, not less than the amount necessary or containing such endorsements as are necessary to avoid the operation of any coinsurance provisions with respect to the related Mortgaged Property.

“Insurance Ratings Requirements” means either (1) a claims paying or financial strength rating of at least “A-:VIII” from A.M. Best Company (“A.M. Best”) or “A3” (or the equivalent) from Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or “A-” from S&P Global Ratings (“S&P”) or (2) the Syndicate Insurance Ratings Requirements. “Syndicate Insurance Ratings Requirements” means insurance provided by a syndicate of insurers, as to which (i) if such syndicate consists of 5 or more members, at least 60% of the coverage is provided by insurers that meet the Insurance Ratings Requirements (under clause (1) of the definition of such term) and up

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to 40% of the coverage is provided by insurers that have a claims paying or financial strength rating of at least “BBB-” by S&P or at least “Baa3” by Moody’s, and (ii) if such syndicate consists of 4 or fewer members, at least 75% of the coverage is provided by insurers that meet the Insurance Ratings Requirements (under clause (1) of the definition of such term) and up to 25% of the coverage is provided by insurers that have a claims paying or financial strength rating of at least “BBB-” by S&P or at least “Baa3” by Moody’s.

Each related Mortgaged Property is also covered, and required to be covered pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan documents, by business interruption or rental loss insurance which (subject to a customary deductible) covers a period of not less than 12 months (or with respect to each Mortgage Loan on a single asset with a principal balance of $50 million or more, 18 months).

If any material part of the improvements, exclusive of a parking lot, located on a Mortgaged Property is in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards, the related Mortgagor is required to maintain insurance in an amount equal to the least of (a) the maximum amount available under the National Flood Insurance Program, plus such additional excess flood coverage in an amount as is generally required by prudent institutional commercial mortgage lenders originating mortgage loans for securitization, (b) the outstanding principal amount of the Mortgage Loan and (c) the insurable value of the Mortgaged Property.

If the Mortgaged Property is located within 25 miles of the coast of the Gulf of Mexico or the Atlantic coast of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina or North Carolina, the related Mortgagor is required to maintain coverage for windstorm and/or windstorm related perils and/or “named storms” issued by an insurer or insurers meeting the Insurance Ratings Requirements or endorsement covering damage from windstorm and/or windstorm related perils and/or named storms, in an amount not less than the lesser of (1) the original principal balance of the Mortgage Loan and (2) the full insurable value on a replacement cost basis of the improvements, furniture, furnishings, fixtures and equipment owned by the Mortgagor and included in the Mortgaged Property (with no deduction for physical depreciation), but, in any event, not less than the amount necessary or containing such endorsements as are necessary to avoid the operation of any coinsurance provisions with respect to the related Mortgaged Property by an insurer or insurers meeting the Insurance Ratings Requirements.

The Mortgaged Property is covered, and required to be covered pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan documents, by a commercial general liability insurance policy issued by an insurer or insurers meeting the Insurance Ratings Requirements including coverage for property damage, contractual damage and personal injury (including bodily injury and death) in amounts as are generally required by the Mortgage Loan Seller for similar commercial and multifamily loans intended for securitization, and in any event not less than $1 million per occurrence and $2 million in the aggregate.

An architectural or engineering consultant has performed an analysis of each of the Mortgaged Properties located in seismic zones 3 or 4 in order to evaluate the seismic condition of such property, for the sole purpose of assessing the probable maximum loss or scenario expected loss (“PML”) for the Mortgaged Property in the event of an earthquake. In such instance, the PML

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was based on a 475-year return period, an exposure period of 50 years and a 10% probability of exceedance. If the resulting report concluded that the PML would exceed 20% of the amount of the replacement costs of the improvements, earthquake insurance on such Mortgaged Property was obtained from an insurer or insurers meeting the Insurance Ratings Requirements (provided that for this purpose (only), the A.M. Best Company minimum rating referred to in the definition of Insurance Ratings Requirements will be deemed to be at least “A:VIII”) in an amount not less than 100% of the PML.

The Mortgage Loan documents require insurance proceeds (or an amount equal to such insurance proceeds) in respect of a property loss to be applied either (a) to the repair or restoration of all or part of the related Mortgaged Property, with respect to all property losses in excess of 5% of the then-outstanding principal amount of the related Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan, as applicable, the Mortgagee (or a trustee appointed by it) having the right to hold and disburse such proceeds as the repair or restoration progresses, or (b) to the payment of the outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan together with any accrued interest thereon.

All premiums on all insurance policies referred to in this section that are required by the Mortgage Loan documents to be paid as of the Cut-off Date have been paid, and such insurance policies name the Mortgagee under the Mortgage Loan and its successors and assigns as a loss payee under a mortgagee endorsement clause or, in the case of the general liability insurance policy, as named or additional insured. Such insurance policies will inure to the benefit of the Trustee (or, in the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the applicable Non-Serviced Trustee). Each related Mortgage Loan obligates the related Mortgagor to maintain all such insurance and, at such Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the Mortgagee to maintain such insurance at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense and to charge such Mortgagor for related premiums. All such insurance policies (other than commercial liability policies) require at least 10 days’ prior notice to the Mortgagee of termination or cancellation arising because of nonpayment of a premium and at least 30 days’ prior notice to the Mortgagee of termination or cancellation (or such lesser period, not less than 10 days, as may be required by applicable law) arising for any reason other than non-payment of a premium and no such notice has been received by the Mortgage Loan Seller.

19.                              Access; Utilities; Separate Tax Parcels. Based solely on evaluation of the Title Policy (as defined in paragraph 8) and survey, if any, an engineering report or property condition assessment as described in paragraph 12, applicable local law compliance materials as described in paragraph 26, and the ESA (as defined in paragraph 43), each Mortgaged Property (a) is located on or adjacent to a public road and has direct legal access to such road, or has permanent access from a recorded easement or right of way permitting ingress and egress to/from a public road, (b) is served by or has access rights to public or private water and sewer (or well and septic) and other utilities necessary for the current use of the Mortgaged Property, all of which are adequate for the current use of the Mortgaged Property, and (c) constitutes one or more separate tax parcels which do not include any property which is not part of the Mortgaged Property or is subject to an endorsement under the related Title Policy insuring the Mortgaged Property, or in certain cases, an application has been made or is required to be made to the applicable governing authority for creation of separate tax parcels (or the Mortgage Loan documents so require such application in the future), in which case the Mortgage Loan requires the Mortgagor to escrow an amount sufficient to pay taxes for the existing tax parcel of which the Mortgaged Property is a part until the separate tax parcels are created.

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20.                              No Encroachments. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge based solely on surveys obtained in connection with origination and the Title Policy obtained in connection with the origination of each Mortgage Loan, and except for encroachments that do not materially and adversely affect the current marketability or principal use of the Mortgaged Property: (a) all material improvements that were included for the purpose of determining the appraised value of the related Mortgaged Property at the time of the origination of such Mortgage Loan are within the boundaries of the related Mortgaged Property, except for encroachments that are insured against by the applicable Title Policy; (b) no material improvements on adjoining parcels encroach onto the related Mortgaged Property except for encroachments that are insured against by the applicable Title Policy; and (c) no material improvements encroach upon any easements except for encroachments that are insured against by the applicable Title Policy.

21.                             No Contingent Interest or Equity Participation. No Mortgage Loan has a shared appreciation feature, any other contingent interest feature or a negative amortization feature (except that an ARD Loan may provide for the accrual of the portion of interest in excess of the rate in effect prior to the Anticipated Repayment Date) or an equity participation by the Mortgage Loan Seller.

22.                              REMIC. The Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code (but determined without regard to the rule in Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(f)(2) that treats certain defective mortgage loans as qualified mortgages), and, accordingly, (A) the issue price of the Mortgage Loan to the related Mortgagor at origination did not exceed the non-contingent principal amount of the Mortgage Loan and (B) either: (a) such Mortgage Loan is secured by an interest in real property (including permanently affixed buildings and distinct structural components, such as wiring, plumbing systems and central heating and air conditioning systems, that are integrated into such buildings, serve such buildings in their passive functions and do not produce or contribute to the production of income other than consideration for the use or occupancy of space, but excluding personal property) having a fair market value (i) at the date the Mortgage Loan was originated at least equal to 80% of the adjusted issue price of the Mortgage Loan (together with any related Pari Passu Companion Loans) on such date or (ii) at the Closing Date at least equal to 80% of the adjusted issue price of the Mortgage Loan (together with any related Pari Passu Companion Loans) on such date, provided that for purposes hereof, the fair market value of the real property interest must first be reduced by (A) the amount of any lien on the real property interest that is senior to the Mortgage Loan and (B) a proportionate amount of any lien that is in parity with the Mortgage Loan; or (b) substantially all of the proceeds of such Mortgage Loan were used to acquire, improve or protect the real property which served as the only security for such Mortgage Loan (other than a recourse feature or other third-party credit enhancement within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(a)(1)(ii)). If the Mortgage Loan was “significantly modified” prior to the Closing Date so as to result in a taxable exchange under Section 1001 of the Code, it either (x) was modified as a result of the default or reasonably foreseeable default of such Mortgage Loan or (y) satisfies the provisions of either sub-clause (B)(a)(i) above (substituting the date of the last such modification for the date the Mortgage Loan was originated) or sub-clause (B)(a)(ii), including the proviso thereto. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the Mortgage Loan will not be considered “significantly modified” solely by reason of the Mortgagor having been granted a COVID-19 related forbearance prior to October 1, 2021 (or prior to such later date as may be provided by the IRS in a future guidance) provided that: (a) such Mortgage Loan forbearance is

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covered by Revenue Procedure 2020-26 (as modified by Revenue Procedure 2021-12) by reason of satisfying the requirements for such coverage stated in Section 5.02(2) thereof; and (b) the Mortgage Loan Seller shall have notified the depositor that such forbearance has occurred and notified the depositor of (x) the date on which such forbearance was granted, (y) the length in months of the forbearance, and (z) how the payments in forbearance will be paid (that is, by extension of maturity, change of amortization schedule, etc.). Any Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges applicable to the Mortgage Loan constitute “customary prepayment penalties” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-1(b)(2). All terms used in this paragraph shall have the same meanings as set forth in the related Treasury Regulations.

23.                              Compliance with Usury Laws. The mortgage rate (exclusive of any default interest, late charges, Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium) of such Mortgage Loan complied as of the date of origination with, or was exempt from, applicable state or federal laws, regulations and other requirements pertaining to usury.

24.                              Authorized to do Business. To the extent required under applicable law, as of the Cut-off Date or as of the date that such entity held the Mortgage Note, each holder of the Mortgage Note was authorized to transact and do business in the jurisdiction in which each related Mortgaged Property is located, or the failure to be so authorized does not materially and adversely affect the enforceability of such Mortgage Loan by the Trust.

25.                              Trustee under Deed of Trust. With respect to each Mortgage which is a deed of trust, as of the date of origination and, to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, as of the Closing Date, a trustee, duly qualified under applicable law to serve as such, currently so serves and is named in the deed of trust or has been substituted in accordance with the Mortgage and applicable law or may be substituted in accordance with the Mortgage and applicable law by the related Mortgagee.

26.                              Local Law Compliance. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, based upon any of a letter from any governmental authorities, a legal opinion, an architect’s letter, a zoning consultant’s report, an endorsement to the related Title Policy, a survey, or other affirmative investigation of local law compliance consistent with the investigation conducted by the Mortgage Loan Seller for similar commercial and multifamily mortgage loans intended for securitization, the improvements located on or forming part of each Mortgaged Property securing a Mortgage Loan are in material compliance with applicable laws, zoning ordinances, rules, covenants, and restrictions (collectively “Zoning Regulations”) governing the occupancy, use, and operation of such Mortgaged Property or constitute a legal non-conforming use or structure and any non-conformity with zoning laws constitutes a legal non-conforming use or structure which does not materially and adversely affect the use, operation or value of such Mortgaged Property. In the event of casualty or destruction, (a) the Mortgaged Property may be restored or repaired to the full extent necessary to maintain the use of the structure immediately prior to such casualty or destruction, (b) law and ordinance insurance coverage has been obtained for the Mortgaged Property in amounts customarily required by the Mortgage Loan Seller for similar commercial and multifamily loans intended for securitization, (c) title insurance policy coverage has been obtained with respect to any non-conforming use or structure, or (d) the inability to restore the Mortgaged Property to the full extent of the use or structure immediately prior to the casualty would not materially and adversely affect the use or operation of such Mortgaged Property. The Mortgage

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Loan documents require the related Mortgagor to be qualified to do business in the jurisdiction in which the related Mortgaged Property is located.

27.                              Licenses and Permits. Each Mortgagor covenants in the Mortgage Loan documents that it shall keep all material licenses, permits, franchises, certificates of occupancy and applicable governmental approvals necessary for the operation of the Mortgaged Property in full force and effect, and to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge based upon any of a letter from any government authorities, zoning consultant’s report or other affirmative investigation of local law compliance consistent with the investigation conducted by the Mortgage Loan Seller for similar commercial and multifamily mortgage loans intended for securitization; all such material licenses, permits, franchises, certificates of occupancy and applicable governmental approvals are in effect or the failure to obtain or maintain such material licenses, permits, franchises or certificates of occupancy and applicable governmental approvals does not materially and adversely affect the use and/or operation of the Mortgaged Property as it was used and operated as of the date of origination of the Mortgage Loan or the rights of a holder of the related Mortgage Loan. The Mortgage Loan documents require the related Mortgagor to comply in all material respects with all applicable regulations, zoning and building laws.

28.                              Recourse Obligations. The Mortgage Loan documents for each Mortgage Loan (a) provide that such Mortgage Loan becomes full recourse to the Mortgagor and guarantor (which is a natural person or persons, or an entity or entities distinct from the Mortgagor (but may be affiliated with the Mortgagor) that collectively, as of the date of origination of the related Mortgage Loan, have assets other than equity in the related Mortgaged Property that are not de minimis) in any of the following events (or negotiated provisions of substantially similar effect): (i) if any petition for bankruptcy, insolvency, dissolution or liquidation pursuant to federal bankruptcy law, or any similar federal or state law, shall be filed by, consented to, or acquiesced in by, the Mortgagor; (ii) the Mortgagor or guarantor shall have solicited or caused to be solicited petitioning creditors to cause an involuntary bankruptcy filing with respect to the Mortgagor or (iii) voluntary transfers of either the Mortgaged Property or controlling equity interests in the Mortgagor made in violation of the Mortgage Loan documents; and (b) contains provisions for recourse against the Mortgagor and guarantor (which is a natural person or persons, or an entity or entities distinct from the Mortgagor (but may be affiliated with the Mortgagor) that collectively, as of the date of origination of the related Mortgage Loan, have assets other than equity in the related Mortgaged Property that are not de minimis), for losses and damages resulting from the following (or negotiated provisions of substantially similar effect): (i) the Mortgagor’s misappropriation of rents after an event of default, security deposits, insurance proceeds, or condemnation awards; (ii) the Mortgagor’s fraud or intentional material misrepresentation; (iii)  breaches of the environmental covenants in the Mortgage Loan documents; or (iv) the Mortgagor’s commission of intentional material physical waste at the Mortgaged Property (but, in some cases, only to the extent there is sufficient cash flow generated by the related Mortgaged Property to prevent such waste).

29.                              Mortgage Releases. The terms of the related Mortgage or related Mortgage Loan documents do not provide for release of any material portion of the Mortgaged Property from the lien of the Mortgage except (a) a partial release, accompanied by principal repayment, or partial defeasance (as described in paragraph 34) of not less than a specified percentage at least equal to 110% of the related allocated loan amount of such portion of the Mortgaged Property, (b) upon

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payment in full of such Mortgage Loan, (c) upon a Defeasance (defined in paragraph 34 below), (d) releases of out-parcels that are unimproved or other portions of the Mortgaged Property which will not have a material adverse effect on the underwritten value of the Mortgaged Property and which were not afforded any material value in the appraisal obtained at the origination of the Mortgage Loan and are not necessary for physical access to the Mortgaged Property or compliance with zoning requirements, or (e) as required pursuant to an order of condemnation. With respect to any partial release under the preceding clauses (a) or (d), either: (x) such release of collateral (i) would not constitute a “significant modification” of the subject Mortgage Loan within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(b)(2) and (ii) would not cause the subject Mortgage Loan to fail to be a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3)(A) of the Code; or (y) the Mortgagee or servicer can, in accordance with the related Mortgage Loan documents, condition such release of collateral on the related Mortgagor’s delivery of an opinion of tax counsel to the effect specified in the immediately preceding clause (x). For purposes of the preceding clause (x), if the fair market value of the real property constituting such Mortgaged Property (reduced by (1) the amount of any lien on the real property that is senior to the Mortgage Loan and (2) a proportionate amount of any lien on the real property that is in parity with the Mortgage Loan) after the release is not equal to at least 80% of the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan (together with any related Pari Passu Companion Loans) outstanding after the release, the Mortgagor is required to make a payment of principal in an amount not less than the amount required by the REMIC Provisions.

In the case of any Mortgage Loan, in the event of a taking of any portion of a Mortgaged Property by a State or any political subdivision or authority thereof, whether by legal proceeding or by agreement, unless an opinion of counsel is delivered as specified in clause (y) of the preceding paragraph, the Mortgagor can be required to pay down the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan (together with any related Pari Passu Companion Loans) in an amount not less than the amount required by the REMIC Provisions and, to such extent, the award from any such taking may not be required to be applied to the restoration of the Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgagor, if, immediately after the release of such portion of the Mortgaged Property from the lien of the Mortgage (but taking into account the planned restoration) the fair market value of the real property constituting the remaining Mortgaged Property (reduced by (1) the amount of any lien on the real property that is senior to the Mortgage Loan and (2) a proportionate amount of any lien on the real property that is in parity with the Mortgage Loan) is not equal to at least 80% of the remaining principal balance of the Mortgage Loan (together with any related Pari Passu Companion Loans).

No such Mortgage Loan that is secured by more than one Mortgaged Property or that is cross-collateralized with another Mortgage Loan permits the release of cross-collateralization of the related Mortgaged Properties or a portion thereof, including due to a partial condemnation, other than in compliance with the REMIC Provisions.

30.                              Financial Reporting and Rent Rolls. Each Mortgage Loan requires the Mortgagor to provide the owner or holder of the Mortgage Loan with (a) quarterly (other than for single-tenant properties) and annual operating statements, (b) quarterly (other than for single-tenant properties) rent rolls (or maintenance schedules in the case of Mortgage Loans secured by residential cooperative properties) for properties that have any individual lease which accounts for more than 5% of the in-place base rent, and (c) annual financial statements.

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31.                             Acts of Terrorism Exclusion. With respect to each Mortgage Loan over $20 million, and to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge with respect to each Mortgage Loan of $20 million or less, as of origination the related special-form all-risk insurance policy and business interruption policy (issued by an insurer or insurers meeting the Insurance Ratings Requirements) do not specifically exclude Acts of Terrorism, as defined in the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002, as amended (collectively referred to as “TRIPRA”), from coverage, or if such coverage is excluded, it is covered by a separate terrorism insurance policy. With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the related Mortgage Loan documents do not expressly waive or prohibit the Mortgagee from requiring coverage for Acts of Terrorism, as defined in TRIPRA, or damages related thereto, except to the extent that any right to require such coverage may be limited by commercial availability on commercially reasonable terms, or as otherwise indicated on Schedule C; provided, that if TRIPRA or a similar or subsequent statute is not in effect, then, provided that terrorism insurance is commercially available, the Mortgagor under each Mortgage Loan is required to carry terrorism insurance, but in such event the Mortgagor shall not be required to spend on terrorism insurance coverage more than two times the amount of the insurance premium that is payable in respect of the property and business interruption/rental loss insurance required under the related Mortgage Loan documents (without giving effect to the cost of terrorism and earthquake components of such casualty and business interruption/rental loss insurance) at the time of the origination of the Mortgage Loan, and if the cost of terrorism insurance exceeds such amount, the Mortgagor is required to purchase the maximum amount of terrorism insurance available with funds equal to such amount.

32.                              Due on Sale or Encumbrance. Subject to specific exceptions set forth below, each Mortgage Loan contains a “due-on-sale” or other such provision for the acceleration of the payment of the unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan if, without the consent of the holder of the Mortgage (which consent, in some cases, may not be unreasonably withheld) and/or complying with the requirements of the related Mortgage Loan documents (which provide for transfers without the consent of the Mortgagee which are customarily acceptable to the Mortgage Loan Seller, including, but not limited to, transfers of worn-out or obsolete furnishings, fixtures, or equipment promptly replaced with property of equivalent value and functionality and transfers by leases entered into in accordance with the Mortgage Loan documents), (a) the related Mortgaged Property, or any equity interest of greater than 50% in the related Mortgagor, is directly or indirectly pledged, transferred or sold (in each case, a “Transfer”), other than as related to (i) family and estate planning Transfers or Transfers upon death or legal incapacity, (ii) Transfers to certain affiliates as defined in the related Mortgage Loan documents, (iii) Transfers of less than, or other than, a controlling interest in a Mortgagor, (iv) Transfers to another holder of direct or indirect equity in the Mortgagor, a specific Person designated in the related Mortgage Loan documents or a Person satisfying specific criteria identified in the related Mortgage Loan documents, (v) Transfers of common stock in publicly traded companies, (vi) a substitution or release of collateral within the parameters of paragraphs 29 and 34 herein, or (vii) by reason of any mezzanine debt that existed at the origination of the related Mortgage Loan as set forth on Exhibit C-32-1, or future permitted mezzanine debt as set forth on Exhibit C-32-2, or (b) the related Mortgaged Property is encumbered with a subordinate lien or security interest against the related Mortgaged Property, other than (i) any Companion Loan of any Mortgage Loan or any subordinate debt that existed at origination and is permitted under the related Mortgage Loan documents, (ii) purchase money security interests (iii) any Mortgage Loan that is cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with another Mortgage Loan as set forth on Exhibit C-32-3 or (iv) Permitted

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Encumbrances. The Mortgage or other Mortgage Loan documents provide that to the extent any Rating Agency fees are incurred in connection with the review of and consent to any transfer or encumbrance, the Mortgagor is responsible for such payment along with all other reasonable fees and expenses incurred by the Mortgagee relative to such transfer or encumbrance.

33.                              Single-Purpose Entity. Each Mortgage Loan requires the Mortgagor to be a Single-Purpose Entity for at least as long as the Mortgage Loan is outstanding. Each Mortgage Loan with a Cut-off Date Balance of $30 million or more has a counsel’s opinion regarding non-consolidation of the Mortgagor. For this purpose, a “Single-Purpose Entity” shall mean an entity, other than an individual, whose organizational documents and the related Mortgage Loan documents (or if the Mortgage Loan has a Cut-off Date Balance equal to $10 million or less, its organizational documents or the related Mortgage Loan documents) provide substantially to the effect that it was formed or organized solely for the purpose of owning and operating one or more of the Mortgaged Properties and prohibit it from engaging in any business unrelated to such Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties, and whose organizational documents further provide, or which entity represented in the related Mortgage Loan documents, substantially to the effect that it does not have any assets other than those related to its interest in and operation of such Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties, or any indebtedness other than as permitted by the related Mortgage(s) or the other related Mortgage Loan documents, that it has its own books and records and accounts separate and apart from those of any other person (other than a Mortgagor for a Mortgage Loan that is cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with the related Mortgage Loan), and that it holds itself out as a legal entity, separate and apart from any other person or entity.

34.                              Defeasance. With respect to any Mortgage Loan that, pursuant to the Mortgage Loan documents, can be defeased (a “Defeasance”), (i) the Mortgage Loan documents provide for defeasance as a unilateral right of the Mortgagor, subject to satisfaction of conditions specified in the Mortgage Loan documents; (ii) the Mortgage Loan cannot be defeased within two years after the Closing Date; (iii) the Mortgagor is permitted to pledge only United States “government securities” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(a)(8)(ii), the revenues from which will be sufficient to make all scheduled payments under the Mortgage Loan when due, including the entire remaining principal balance on the maturity date (or on or after the first date on which payment may be made without payment of a Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium) or, if the Mortgage Loan is an ARD Loan, the entire principal balance outstanding on the Anticipated Repayment Date (or on or after the first date on which payment may be made without payment of a Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium), and if the Mortgage Loan permits partial releases of real property in connection with partial defeasance, the revenues from the collateral will be sufficient to pay all such scheduled payments calculated on a principal amount equal to a specified percentage at least equal to 110% of the allocated loan amount for the real property to be released; (iv) the defeasance collateral is not permitted to be subject to prepayment, call, or early redemption; (v) the Mortgagor is required to provide a certification from an independent certified public accountant that the collateral is sufficient to make all scheduled payments under the Mortgage Note as set forth in clause (iii) above; (vi) the defeased note and the defeasance collateral are required to be assumed by a Single-Purpose Entity; (vii) the Mortgagor is required to provide an opinion of counsel that the Trustee has a perfected security interest in such collateral prior to any other claim or interest; and (viii) the Mortgagor is required to pay all rating agency fees associated with defeasance (if rating

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confirmation is a specific condition precedent thereto) and all other reasonable expenses associated with defeasance, including, but not limited to, accountant’s fees and opinions of counsel.

35.                              Fixed Interest Rates. Each Mortgage Loan bears interest at a rate that remains fixed throughout the remaining term of such Mortgage Loan, except in the case of ARD Loans and in situations where default interest is imposed.

36.                              Ground Leases. For purposes of this Exhibit C, a “Ground Lease” shall mean a lease creating a leasehold estate in real property where the fee owner as the ground lessor conveys for a term or terms of years its entire interest in the land and buildings and other improvements, if any, comprising the premises demised under such lease to the ground lessee (who may, in certain circumstances, own the building and improvements on the land), subject to the reversionary interest of the ground lessor as fee owner.

With respect to any Mortgage Loan where the Mortgage Loan is secured by a Ground Leasehold estate in whole or in part, and the related Mortgage does not also encumber the related lessor’s fee interest in such Mortgaged Property, based upon the terms of the Ground Lease and any estoppel or other agreement received from the ground lessor in favor of Mortgage Loan Seller, its successors and assigns (collectively, the “Ground Lease and Related Documents”), Mortgage Loan Seller represents and warrants that:

(A)                           The Ground Lease or a memorandum regarding such Ground Lease has been duly recorded or submitted for recordation in a form that is acceptable for recording in the applicable jurisdiction. The Ground Lease and Related Documents permit the interest of the lessee to be encumbered by the related Mortgage and do not restrict the use of the related Mortgaged Property by such lessee, its successors or assigns in a manner that would materially adversely affect the security provided by the related Mortgage. No material change in the terms of the Ground Lease has occurred since its recordation, except by any written instruments which are included in the related Mortgage File;

(B)                            The lessor under such Ground Lease has agreed in a writing included in the related Mortgage File (or in such Ground Lease and Related Documents) that the Ground Lease may not be amended, modified, canceled or terminated by agreement of lessor and lessee without the prior written consent of the Mortgagee and that any such action without such consent is not binding on the Mortgagee, its successors or assigns, provided that the Mortgagee has provided lessor with notice of its lien in accordance with the terms of the Ground Lease;

(C)                             The Ground Lease has an original term (or an original term plus one or more optional renewal terms, which, under all circumstances, may be exercised, and will be enforceable, by either the Mortgagor or the Mortgagee) that extends not less than 20 years beyond the stated maturity of the related Mortgage Loan, or 10 years past the stated maturity if such Mortgage Loan fully amortizes by the stated maturity (or with respect to a Mortgage Loan that accrues on an actual 360 basis, substantially amortizes);

(D)                           The Ground Lease either (i) is not subject to any interests, estates, liens or encumbrances superior to, or of equal priority with, the Mortgage, except for the related

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fee interest of the ground lessor and the Permitted Encumbrances and Title Exceptions; or (ii) is the subject of a subordination, non-disturbance or attornment agreement or similar agreement to which the Mortgagee on the lessor’s fee interest is subject;

(E)                             Subject to the notice requirements of the Ground Lease and Related Documents, the Ground Lease does not place commercially unreasonable restrictions on the identity of the Mortgagee and the Ground Lease is assignable to the holder of the Mortgage Loan and its successors and assigns without the consent of the lessor thereunder (or, if such consent is required it either has been obtained or cannot be unreasonably withheld, provided that such Ground Lease has not been terminated and all amounts due thereunder have been paid), and in the event it is so assigned, it is further assignable by the holder of the Mortgage Loan and its successors and assigns without the consent of the lessor (or, if such consent is required it either has been obtained or cannot be unreasonably withheld, provided that such Ground Lease has not been terminated and all amounts due thereunder have been paid);

(F)                             The Mortgage Loan Seller has not received any written notice of material default under or notice of termination of such Ground Lease. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, there is no material default under such Ground Lease and no condition that, but for the passage of time or giving of notice, would result in a material default under the terms of such Ground Lease and to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, such Ground Lease is in full force and effect as of the Closing Date;

(G)                             The Ground Lease and Related Documents require the lessor to give to the Mortgagee written notice of any default and provide that no notice of default or termination is effective against the Mortgagee unless such notice is given to the Mortgagee;

(H)                            A Mortgagee is permitted a reasonable opportunity (including, where necessary, sufficient time to gain possession of the interest of the lessee under the Ground Lease through legal proceedings) to cure any default under the Ground Lease which is curable after the Mortgagee’s receipt of notice of any default before the lessor may terminate the Ground Lease;

(I)                                 The Ground Lease does not impose any restrictions on subletting that would be viewed as commercially unreasonable by the Mortgage Loan Seller in connection with the origination of similar commercial or multifamily loans intended for securitization;

(J)                               Under the terms of the Ground Lease and Related Documents, any related insurance proceeds or the portion of the condemnation award allocable to the ground lessee’s interest (other than in respect of a total or substantially total loss or taking as addressed in subpart (K)) will be applied either to the repair or to restoration of all or part of the related Mortgaged Property with (so long as such proceeds are in excess of the threshold amount specified in the related Mortgage Loan documents) the Mortgagee or a trustee appointed by it having the right to hold and disburse such proceeds as repair or restoration progresses, or to the payment of the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, together with any accrued interest;

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(K)                            In the case of a total or substantially total taking or loss, under the terms of the Ground Lease and Related Documents, any related insurance proceeds, or portion of the condemnation award allocable to ground lessee’s interest in respect of a total or substantially total loss or taking of the related Mortgaged Property to the extent not applied to restoration, will be applied first to the payment of the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, together with any accrued interest; and

(L)                              Provided that the Mortgagee cures any defaults which are susceptible to being cured, the ground lessor has agreed to enter into a new lease with the Mortgagee upon termination of the Ground Lease for any reason, including rejection of the Ground Lease in a bankruptcy proceeding.

37.                              Servicing. The servicing and collection practices used by the Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to the Mortgage Loan have been, in all respects legal and have met with customary industry standards for servicing of commercial loans for conduit loan programs.

38.                              Origination and Underwriting. The origination practices of the Mortgage Loan Seller (or the related originator if the Mortgage Loan Seller was not the originator) with respect to each Mortgage Loan have been, in all material respects, legal and as of the date of its origination, such Mortgage Loan and the origination thereof complied in all material respects with, or was exempt from, all requirements of federal, state or local law relating to the origination of such Mortgage Loan; provided that such representation and warranty does not address or otherwise cover any matters with respect to federal, state or local law otherwise covered in this Exhibit C.

39.                              Intentionally Omitted.

40.                              No Material Default; Payment Record. No Mortgage Loan has been more than 30 days delinquent, without giving effect to any grace or cure period, in making required payments in the prior 12 months (or since origination if such Mortgage Loan has been originated within the past 12 months), and as of Cut-off Date, no Mortgage Loan is delinquent (beyond any applicable grace or cure period) in making required payments. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, there is (a) no material default, breach, violation or event of acceleration existing under the related Mortgage Loan, or (b) no event (other than payments due but not yet delinquent) which, with the passage of time or with notice and the expiration of any grace or cure period, would constitute a material default, breach, violation or event of acceleration, which default, breach, violation or event of acceleration in the case of either clause (a) or clause (b), materially and adversely affects the value of the Mortgage Loan or the value, use or operation of the related Mortgaged Property; provided, however, that this representation and warranty does not cover any default, breach, violation or event of acceleration that specifically pertains to or arises out of an exception scheduled to any other representation and warranty made by the Mortgage Loan Seller in this Exhibit C. No person other than the holder of such Mortgage Loan may declare any event of default under the Mortgage Loan or accelerate any indebtedness under the Mortgage Loan documents.

41.                              Bankruptcy. As of the date of origination of the related Mortgage Loan and to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge as of the Cut-off Date, neither the Mortgaged Property (other than any tenants of such Mortgaged Property), nor any portion thereof, is the subject of, and

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no Mortgagor, guarantor or tenant occupying a single-tenant property is a debtor in state or federal bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding.

42.                             Organization of Mortgagor. With respect to each Mortgage Loan, in reliance on certified copies of the organizational documents of the Mortgagor delivered by the Mortgagor in connection with the origination of such Mortgage Loan, the Mortgagor is an entity organized under the laws of a state of the United States of America, the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Except with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with another Mortgage Loan and other than as set forth on Exhibit C-32-4, no Mortgage Loan has a Mortgagor that is an Affiliate of a Mortgagor with respect to another Mortgage Loan. An “Affiliate” for purposes of this paragraph (42) means, a Mortgagor that is under direct or indirect common ownership and control with another Mortgagor.

43.                              Environmental Conditions. A Phase I environmental site assessment (or update of a previous Phase I and or Phase II environmental site assessment) and, with respect to certain Mortgage Loans, a Phase II environmental site assessment (collectively, an “ESA”) meeting ASTM requirements was conducted by a reputable environmental consultant in connection with such Mortgage Loan within 12 months prior to its origination date (or an update of a previous ESA was prepared), and such ESA (i) did not identify the existence of recognized environmental conditions (as such term is defined in ASTM E1527-13 or its successor, hereinafter “Environmental Condition”) at the related Mortgaged Property or the need for further investigation, or (ii) if the existence of an Environmental Condition or need for further investigation was indicated in any such ESA, then at least one of the following statements is true: (A) an amount reasonably estimated by a reputable environmental consultant to be sufficient to cover the estimated cost to cure any material noncompliance with applicable Environmental Laws or the Environmental Condition has been escrowed by the related Mortgagor and is held or controlled by the related Mortgagee; (B) if the only Environmental Condition relates to the presence of asbestos-containing materials, radon in indoor air, lead based paint or lead in drinking water, the only recommended action in the ESA is the institution of such a plan, an operations or maintenance plan has been required to be instituted by the related Mortgagor that can reasonably be expected to mitigate the identified risk; (C) the Environmental Condition identified in the related environmental report was remediated or abated or contained in all material respects prior to the date hereof, and, if and as appropriate, a no further action, completion or closure letter or its equivalent was obtained from the applicable governmental regulatory authority (or the environmental issue affecting the related Mortgaged Property was otherwise listed by such governmental authority as “closed” or a reputable environmental consultant has concluded that no further action is required); (D) an environmental policy or a lender’s pollution legal liability insurance policy that covers liability for the identified circumstance or condition was obtained from an insurer rated no less than “A-” (or the equivalent) by Moody’s, S&P, Fitch Ratings, Inc. and/or A.M. Best; (E) a party not related to the Mortgagor was identified as the responsible party for such condition or circumstance and such responsible party has financial resources reasonably estimated to be adequate to address the situation; or (F) a party related to the Mortgagor having financial resources reasonably estimated to be adequate to address the situation is required to take action. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, except as set forth in the ESA, there is no Environmental Condition (as such term is defined in ASTM E1527-13 or its successor) at the related Mortgaged Property.

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44.                              Intentionally Omitted.

45.                              Appraisal. The Servicing File contains an appraisal of the related Mortgaged Property with an appraisal date within 6 months of the Mortgage Loan origination date, and within 12 months of the Cut-off Date. The appraisal is signed by an appraiser that (i) (A) is a Member of the Appraisal Institute or (B) has a comparable professional designation and possesses the level of experience required to evaluate commercial real estate collateral, and (ii) to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, had no interest, direct or indirect, in the Mortgaged Property or the Mortgagor or in any loan made on the security thereof, and whose compensation is not affected by the approval or disapproval of the Mortgage Loan. Each appraiser has represented in such appraisal or in a supplemental letter that the appraisal satisfies the requirements of the “Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice” as adopted by the Appraisal Standards Board of the Appraisal Foundation.

46.                              Mortgage Loan Schedule. The information pertaining to each Mortgage Loan which is set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached as an exhibit to this Agreement is true and correct in all material respects as of the Cut-off Date and contains all information required by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be contained therein.

47.                              Cross-Collateralization. No Mortgage Loan is cross-collateralized or cross-defaulted with any other mortgage loan that is outside the Mortgage Pool, except in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan.

48.                               Advance of Funds by the Mortgage Loan Seller. Except for loan proceeds advanced at the time of loan origination or other payments contemplated by the Mortgage Loan documents, no advance of funds has been made by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the related Mortgagor, and no funds have been received from any person other than the related Mortgagor or an affiliate, directly, or, to the knowledge of the Mortgage Loan Seller, indirectly for, or on account of, payments due on the Mortgage Loan. Neither the Mortgage Loan Seller nor any affiliate thereof has any obligation to make any capital contribution to any Mortgagor under a Mortgage Loan, other than contributions made on or prior to the Closing Date.

49.                             Compliance with Anti-Money Laundering Laws. The Mortgage Loan Seller has complied in all material respects with all applicable anti-money laundering laws and regulations, including without limitation the U.S. Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 and USA Patriot Act of 2001 with respect to the origination of the Mortgage Loan.

For purposes of this Exhibit C, “Mortgagee” means the mortgagee, grantee or beneficiary under any Mortgage, any holder of legal title to any portion of any Mortgage Loan or, if applicable, any agent or servicer on behalf of such party.

For purposes of this Exhibit C, “Mortgagor” means the obligor or obligors on a Mortgage Note, including without limitation, any person that has acquired the related Mortgaged Property and assumed the obligations of the original obligor under the Mortgage Note and including in connection with any Mortgage Loan that utilizes an indemnity deed of trust structure, the borrower and the Mortgaged Property owner/payment guarantor/mortgagor individually and collectively, as the context may require.

Exh. C-19

Exhibit C-32-1

List of Mortgage Loans with Current Mezzanine Debt

None.

Exh. C-32-1-1

Exhibit C-32-2

List of Mortgage Loans with Permitted Mezzanine Debt

Mortgage Loan Number	Mortgage Loan Name
17	Staybridge Suites Hillsboro – Orenco Station

Exh. C-32-2-1

 

Exhibit C-32-3

List of Cross-Collateralized and Cross-Defaulted Mortgage Loans

None.

Exh. C-32-3-1

 

Exhibit C-32-4

List of Mortgage Loans with Affiliated Mortgagors

None.

Exh. C-32-4-1

 

SCHEDULE C

EXCEPTIONS TO MORTGAGE LOAN REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

None.

Sch. C-1

EXHIBIT D-1

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF THE SECRETARY OR
AN ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLER

LMF COMMERCIAL, LLC

ASSISTANT SECRETARY’S CERTIFICATE

I, [_____], an Assistant Secretary of LMF Commercial, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Mortgage Loan Seller”), HEREBY CERTIFY that:

1. Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a true and complete copy of the Certificate of Formation of the Mortgage Loan Seller certified by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, which is in full force and effect on the date hereof.

2. Attached hereto as Exhibit B is a true and correct copy of the By-laws of the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Mortgage Loan Seller’s Limited Liability Company Agreement, which is in full force and effect on the date hereof.

3. Attached hereto as Exhibit C is a true and complete copy of resolutions relating to loan sales and securitizations duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Mortgage Loan Seller as of [_]. Such resolutions have not been modified, amended, rescinded or revoked and remain in full force and effect on the date hereof.

4. Attached hereto as Exhibit D is a true and complete copy of a certificate of good standing issued by the Secretary of State of Delaware with respect to the Mortgage Loan Seller.

5. Each person who, as an officer or representative of the Mortgage Loan Seller, signed any document delivered in connection with the MSWF 2023-1 transaction was at the respective times of such signing and delivery, and is now, duly elected or appointed, qualified and acting as such officer or representative and the signatures of such persons appearing on such documents are their genuine signatures.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have signed this Certificate as of May 25, 2023.

		Name:
		Title:

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EXHIBIT D-2

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLER

CERTIFICATE OF MORTGAGE LOAN SELLER

In connection with the execution and delivery by LMF Commercial, LLC (“LMF”) of the various transactions contemplated by that certain Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement dated and effective as of May 19, 2023 (the “Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement”) between LMF, as seller, and Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as purchaser (the “Purchaser”), the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) except as set forth on Schedule C to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the representations and warranties of LMF in or made pursuant to Section 4(a) and Section 4(b) of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement are true and correct in all material respects at and as of the date hereof with the same effect as if made on the date hereof, provided that any representations and warranties made as of a specified date shall be true and correct as of such specified date, (ii) LMF has, in all material respects, complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part required under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the date hereof, and (iii) since the date of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, there will not have been, immediately prior to the transfer of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, any material adverse change in the financial condition of LMF. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.

Certified this May 25, 2023.

	LMF COMMERCIAL, LLC
	By:
		Name
		Title:

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EXHIBIT E

FORM OF OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE OF
LMF COMMERCIAL, LLC

[_], 2023

Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc.
1585 Broadway
New York, New York 10036
Attention: Jane Lam

Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc.
1633 Broadway, 29th Floor
New York, New York 10019
Attention: Legal Compliance Division

cmbs_notices@morganstanley.com

With copies to the Addressees listed on Schedule A

Re: MSWF 2023-1 – Officer’s Certificate Pursuant to Section 4(i) of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement

Reference is hereby made to that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2023, and that certain Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated and effective as of May 19, 2023 (the “Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement”), between the undersigned (the “Mortgage Loan Seller”) and Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc. In accordance with Section 4(i) of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the Mortgage Loan Seller hereby certifies to the parties listed on Schedule A, as follows:

1. The Mortgage Loan Seller has delivered the Diligence File (as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) with respect to each Mortgage Loan to the Designated Site (as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement); and

2. Each Diligence File constitutes all documents required under the definition of “Diligence File” and such Diligence File is organized and categorized in accordance with the electronic file structure reasonably agreed to by the Depositor and Mortgage Loan Seller.

Capitalized terms used herein without definition have the meanings given them in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this diligence file certification to be executed by its duly authorized officer or representative, the [_] day of [_].

Exh. E-1

	Sincerely yours,
	LMF COMMERCIAL, LLC
	By:
		Name
		Title:

Exh. E-2

SCHEDULE A

LIST OF ADDRESSEES TO BE COPIED

GENERAL MASTER SERVICER:

Email: commercial.servicing@wellsfargo.com

GENERAL SPECIAL SERVICER:

Email: ahundertmark@argenticservices.com and jmayfield@argenticservices.com

CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR:

Email: CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com; trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com

TRUSTEE:

Email: CCTCMBSBondAdmin@computershare.com; trustadministrationgroup@computershare.com

DIRECTING CERTIFICATEHOLDER:

Email: jbrand@argenticmgmt.com

ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER:

Email: notices@pentalphasurveillance.com

OPERATING ADVISOR:

Email: notices@pentalphasurveillance.com

 

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EXHIBIT F

FORM OF LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

TO COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AND ARGENTIC SERVICES COMPANY LP WITH RESPECT TO MSWF COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE TRUST 2023-1, COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2023-1

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement dated and effective as of May 19, 2023 (the “Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement”), between LMF Commercial, LLC (“Seller”) and Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc. (“Depositor”), Seller is selling certain commercial, multifamily and/or manufactured housing community mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”) to Depositor;

WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2023 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between the Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as general master servicer, Argentic Services Company LP, as general special servicer (the “General Special Servicer”), Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as certificate administrator, as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), as custodian (in such capacity, the “Custodian”), as certificate registrar, and as authenticating agent, the Trustee, the Custodian and the General Special Servicer are granted certain powers, responsibilities and authority in connection with the completion and the filing and recording of assignments of mortgage, deeds of trust or similar documents, Form UCC-3 assignments of financing statements, reassignments of assignments of leases, rents and profits and other Mortgage Loan documents required to be filed or recorded in appropriate public filing and recording offices;

WHEREAS, Seller has agreed to provide this Limited Power of Attorney pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement;

NOW, THEREFORE, Seller does hereby make, constitute and appoint the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee), acting solely in its capacity as Custodian under, and in accordance with the terms of, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, Seller’s true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact with respect to each Mortgage Loan in Seller’s name, place and stead: (i) to complete (to the extent necessary) and to cause to be submitted for filing or recording in the appropriate public filing or recording offices, all assignments of mortgage, deeds of trust or similar documents, assignments or reassignments of rents, leases and profits, in each case in favor of the Trustee, as set forth in the definition of “Mortgage File” in Section 1.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, that have been received by the Trustee or a Custodian on its behalf, and all Form UCC-3 assignments of financing statements and all other comparable instruments or documents with respect to the Mortgage Loans which are customarily and reasonably necessary or appropriate to assign agreements, documents and instruments pertaining to the Mortgage Loans, in each case in favor of the Trustee as set forth in the definition of “Mortgage File” in, and in accordance with Section 1.01 of, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and to evidence, provide notice of and perfect such assignments and conveyances in favor of the Trustee in the public records of the appropriate filing and recording offices; and (ii) to prepare, execute and file or record in the appropriate public filing or recording offices, as applicable, all other Mortgage Loan documents

Exh. F-1

to be recorded under the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any such Mortgage Loan documents which have not been submitted for filing or recordation by Seller on or before the date hereof or which have been so submitted but are subsequently lost or returned unrecorded or unfiled as a result of actual or purported defects therein, in order to evidence, provide notice of and perfect such documents in the public records of the appropriate filing and recording offices. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Limited Power of Attorney shall grant to the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) and the General Special Servicer only such powers, responsibilities and authority as are set forth in Section 2 of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.

Seller does also hereby make, constitute and appoint the General Special Servicer, acting solely in its capacity as General Special Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, Seller’s true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact with respect to the Mortgage Loans in Seller’s name, place and stead solely to exercise and perform all of the rights, authority and powers of the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) as set forth in the preceding paragraph in the event of the failure or the incapacity of the Custodian to do so for any reason. As between the General Special Servicer and any third party, no evidence of the failure or incapacity of the Custodian shall be required and such third party may rely upon the General Special Servicer’s written statement that it is acting pursuant to the terms of this Limited Power of Attorney.

The enumeration of particular powers herein is not intended in any way to limit the grant to the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) or the General Special Servicer as Seller’s attorney-in-fact of full power and authority with respect to the Mortgage Loans to complete (to the extent necessary), file and record any documents, instruments or other writings referred to above as fully, to all intents and purposes, as Seller might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming whatsoever such attorney-in-fact shall and may do by virtue hereof; and Seller agrees and represents to those dealing with such attorney-in-fact that they may rely upon this Limited Power of Attorney until termination thereof under the provisions of the second following paragraph below. As between Seller, the Depositor, the General Special Servicer, the Custodian, the Trust and the Certificateholders, neither the Custodian nor the General Special Servicer may exercise any right, authority or power granted by this Limited Power of Attorney in a manner which would violate the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, but any and all third parties dealing with the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) or the General Special Servicer as Seller’s attorney-in-fact may rely completely, unconditionally and conclusively on the authority of the Custodian or the General Special Servicer, as applicable, and need not make any inquiry about whether the Custodian or the General Special Servicer is acting pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Any purchaser, title insurance company or other third party may rely upon a written statement by the Custodian or the General Special Servicer that any particular Mortgage Loan or related mortgaged real property in question is subject to and included under this Limited Power of Attorney and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Any act or thing lawfully done hereunder by the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) or the General Special Servicer shall be binding on Seller and Seller’s successors and assigns.

This Limited Power of Attorney shall continue in full force and effect with respect to the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) and the General Special Servicer, as applicable, until the earliest occurrence of any of the following events:

(1) with respect to the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee), the termination of the Custodian and its replacement with a successor Custodian under the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement;

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(2) with respect to the General Special Servicer, the termination of such entity and its replacement with a successor General Special Servicer under the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement;

(3) with respect to the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee), the appointment of a receiver or conservator with respect to the business of the Custodian, or the filing of a voluntary or involuntary petition in bankruptcy by or against the Custodian;

(4) with respect to the General Special Servicer, the appointment of a receiver or conservator with respect to the business of such entity, or the filing of a voluntary or involuntary petition in bankruptcy by or against such entity;

(5) with respect to each of the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) and the General Special Servicer and any Mortgage Loan, such Mortgage Loan is no longer a part of the Trust;

(6) with respect to each of the Custodian (on behalf of the Trustee) and the General Special Servicer, the termination of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in accordance with its terms; and

(7) with respect to the General Special Servicer, the occurrence and continuance of, or failure to cure, any of the events described under Section 7.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the General Special Servicer.

Nothing herein shall be deemed to amend or modify the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the respective rights, duties or obligations of Seller under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, and nothing herein shall constitute a waiver of any rights or remedies under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or, if not defined therein, then in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

THIS POWER OF ATTORNEY AND THE RIGHTS, DUTIES, OBLIGATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS AND DECISIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THE PARTIES HERETO INTEND THAT THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW SHALL APPLY TO THIS AGREEMENT.

[Signature on next page]

Exh. F-3

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Seller has caused this instrument to be executed and its corporate seal to be affixed hereto by its officer duly authorized as of _______________, 2023.

	LMF COMMERCIAL, LLC
	By:
		Name
		Title:

 

 

Exh. F-4

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

STATE OF	)
	)ss:
COUNTY OF	)

On this ____ day of _____________ 20__, before me appeared __________________, to me personally known, who, being by me duly sworn did say that he/she is the ___________________ of LMF Commercial, LLC, and that the seal affixed to the foregoing instrument is the corporate seal of said entity, and that said instrument was signed and sealed in behalf of said entity by authority of its board of directors (or equivalent authorizing parties), and said ___________________ acknowledged said instrument to be the free act and deed of said entity.

Name:
	Notary Public in and for said County and State

My Commission Expires:

Exh. F-5

 

EX-99.7

Exhibit 99.7

EXECUTION VERSION

AGREEMENT BETWEEN NOTE HOLDERS

Dated as of January 27, 2023

by and between

BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
(Initial Note A-1 Holder, Initial Note A-2 Holder, Initial Note A-3 Holder,
Initial Note A-4 Holder, Initial Note A-5 Holder, Initial Note A-6 Holder,
Initial Note A-7 Holder and Initial Note A-8 Holder)

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
(Initial Note A-9 Holder, Initial Note A-10 Holder, Initial Note A-11 Holder,
Initial Note A-12 Holder, Initial Note A-13 Holder Initial Note A-14 Holder,
Initial Note A-15 Holder and Initial Note A-16 Holder)

GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA
(Initial Note A-17 Holder and Initial Note A-18 Holder)

and

3650 REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST 2 LLC
(Initial Note A-19 Holder and Initial Note A-20 Holder)

250 Water Street

This AGREEMENT BETWEEN NOTE HOLDERS (“Agreement”), dated as of January 27, 2023, by and between:

(A)            BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“BANA” and, together with its successors and assigns in interest, in its capacity as (1) initial owner of Note A-1 (as defined below), the “Initial Note A-1 Holder”, (2) initial owner of Note A-2 (as defined below), the “Initial Note A-2 Holder”, (3) initial owner of Note A-3 (as defined below), the “Initial Note A-3 Holder”, (4) initial owner of Note A-4 (as defined below), the “Initial Note A-4 Holder”, (5) initial owner of Note A-5 (as defined below), the “Initial Note A-5 Holder”, (6) initial owner of Note A-6 (as defined below), the “Initial Note A-6 Holder”, (7) initial owner of Note A-7 (as defined below), the “Initial Note A-7 Holder” and (8) initial owner of Note A-8 (as defined below), the “Initial Note A-8 Holder” , and in its capacity as the initial agent, the “Initial Agent”);

(B)               WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“WFB” and, together with its successors and assigns in interest, in its capacity as (1) initial owner of Note A-9 (as defined below), the “Initial Note A-9 Holder”, (2) initial owner of Note A-10 (as defined below), the “Initial Note A-10 Holder”, (3) initial owner of Note A-11 (as defined below), the “Initial Note A-11 Holder”, (4) initial owner of Note A-12 (as defined below), the “Initial Note A-12 Holder”, (5) initial owner of Note A-13 (as defined below), the “Initial Note A-13 Holder”), (6) initial owner of Note A-14 (as defined below), the “Initial Note A-14 Holder”), (7) initial owner of Note A-15 (as defined below), the “Initial Note A-15 Holder”) and (8) initial owner of Note A-16 (as defined below), the “Initial Note A-16 Holder”);

(C)              GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA (“GS Bank” and, together with its successors and assigns in interest, in its capacity as (1) initial owner of Note A-17 (as defined below), the “Initial Note A-17 Holder” and (2) initial owner of Note A-18 (as defined below), the “Initial Note A-18 Holder”);

(D)              3650 REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST 2 LLC (“3650” and, together with its successors and assigns in interest, in its capacity as (1) initial owner of Note A-19 (as defined below), the “Initial Note A-19 Holder” and (2) initial owner of Note A-20 (as defined below), the “Initial Note A-20 Holder”); and

(E)               the foregoing initial Note holders, each an “Initial Note Holder” and, collectively, the “Initial Note Holders”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Agreement (as defined herein), BANA, WFB GS Bank and 3650 co-originated a certain loan (the “Mortgage Loan”) described on the schedule attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Mortgage Loan Schedule”) to DW PROPCO EF, LLC (the “Mortgage Loan Borrower”), which was initially evidenced, inter alia, by:

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(i) one promissory note in the original principal amount of $56,250,000.00 (as amended, modified, consolidated, or supplemented, “Note A-1”), made by the Mortgage Loan Borrower in favor of the Initial Note A-1 Holder,

(ii) one promissory note in the original principal amount of $53,125,000.00 (as amended, modified, consolidated, or supplemented, “Note A-2”), made by the Mortgage Loan Borrower in favor of the Initial Note A-2 Holder,

(iii) one promissory note in the original principal amount of $50,000,000.00 (as amended, modified, consolidated, or supplemented, “Note A-3”), made by the Mortgage Loan Borrower in favor of the Initial Note A-3 Holder,

(iv) one promissory note in the original principal amount of $34,375,000.00 (as amended, modified, consolidated, or supplemented, “Note A-4”), made by the Mortgage Loan Borrower in favor of the Initial Note A-4 Holder,

(v) one promissory note in the original principal amount of $46,875,000.00 (as amended, modified, consolidated, or supplemented, “Note A-5”), made by the Mortgage Loan Borrower in favor of the Initial Note A-5 Holder,

(vi) one promissory note in the original principal amount of $6,250,000.00 (as amended, modified, consolidated, or supplemented, “Note A-6”), made by the Mortgage Loan Borrower in favor of the Initial Note A-6 Holder,

(vii) one promissory note in the original principal amount of $3,125,000.00 (as amended, modified, consolidated, or supplemented, “Note A-7”), made by the Mortgage Loan Borrower in favor of the Initial Note A-7 Holder,

(viii) one promissory note in the original principal amount of $15,750,000.00 (as amended, modified, consolidated, or supplemented, “Note A-8”), made by the Mortgage Loan Borrower in favor of the Initial Note A-8 Holder,

(ix) one promissory note in the original principal amount of $33,750,000.00 (as amended, modified, consolidated, or supplemented, “Note A-9”), made by the Mortgage Loan Borrower in favor of the Initial Note A-9 Holder,

(x) one promissory note in the original principal amount of $31,875,000.00 (as amended, modified, consolidated, or supplemented, “Note A-10”), made by the Mortgage Loan Borrower in favor of the Initial Note A-10 Holder,

(xi) one promissory note in the original principal amount of $30,000,000.00 (as amended, modified, consolidated, or supplemented, “Note A-11”), made by the Mortgage Loan Borrower in favor of the Initial Note A-11 Holder,

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(xii) one promissory note in the original principal amount of $20,625,000.00 (as amended, modified, consolidated, or supplemented, “Note A-12”), made by the Mortgage Loan Borrower in favor of the Initial Note A-12 Holder,

(xiii) one promissory note in the original principal amount of $28,125,000.00 (as amended, modified, consolidated, or supplemented, “Note A-13”), made by the Mortgage Loan Borrower in favor of the Initial Note A-13 Holder,

(xiv) one promissory note in the original principal amount of $3,750,000.00 (as amended, modified, consolidated, or supplemented, “Note A-14”), made by the Mortgage Loan Borrower in favor of the Initial Note A-14 Holder,

(xv) one promissory note in the original principal amount of $1,875,000.00 (as amended, modified, consolidated, or supplemented, “Note A-15”), made by the Mortgage Loan Borrower in favor of the Initial Note A-15 Holder,

(xvi) one promissory note in the original principal amount of $9,450,000.00 (as amended, modified, consolidated, or supplemented, “Note A-16”), made by the Mortgage Loan Borrower in favor of the Initial Note A-16 Holder,

(xvii) one promissory note in the original principal amount of $30,000,000.00 (as amended, modified, consolidated, or supplemented, “Note A-17”), made by the Mortgage Loan Borrower in favor of the Initial Note A-17 Holder,

(xviii) one promissory note in the original principal amount of $23,150,000.00 (as amended, modified, consolidated, or supplemented, “Note A-18”), made by the Mortgage Loan Borrower in favor of the Initial Note A-18 Holder;

(xix) one promissory note in the original principal amount of $25,000,000.00 (as amended, modified, consolidated, or supplemented, “Note A-19”), made by the Mortgage Loan Borrower in favor of the Initial Note A-19 Holder; and

(xx) one promissory note in the original principal amount of $28,150,000.00 (as amended, modified, consolidated, or supplemented, “Note A-20”), made by the Mortgage Loan Borrower in favor of the Initial Note A-20 Holder;

each of which is secured by a first mortgage (as amended, modified or supplemented, the “Mortgage”) on certain real property located as described on the Mortgage Loan Schedule (the “Mortgaged Property”); and

WHEREAS, each Initial Note Holder desires to enter into this Agreement to memorialize the terms under which they, and their successors and assigns, shall hold the Notes.

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NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto mutually agree as follows:

Section 1.Definitions; Conflicts. References to a “Section”, “preamble” or the “recitals” are, unless otherwise specified, to a Section, the preamble or the recitals of this Agreement. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms, or terms of substantially similar import, in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. To the extent of any conflict between this Agreement and the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall control. Whenever used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the respective meanings set forth below unless the context clearly requires otherwise.

“Accelerated Mezzanine Loan Lender” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or an analogous term in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Advance Interest” shall mean the interest accrued on any Servicing Advance which is payable to the party that made that Servicing Advance, in accordance with the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Affiliate” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or an analogous term in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Agent” shall mean the Initial Agent or such Person to whom the Initial Agent shall delegate its duties hereunder, and after the Securitization Date shall mean the Master Servicer.

“Agent Office” shall mean the designated office of the Agent, which office initially shall be the office of the Initial Note A-1 Holder listed on Exhibit B hereto and, after the Securitization Date, shall be the office of the Master Servicer. The Agent Office is the address to which notices to and correspondence with the Agent should be directed. The Agent may change the address of its designated office by notice to the Note Holders.

“Agreement” shall mean this Agreement between Note Holders, the exhibits hereto and all amendments hereof and thereof and supplements hereto and thereto.

“Appraisal” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or an analogous term in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Approved Servicer” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Qualified Institutional Lender.”

“Asset Representations Reviewer” shall mean the “Asset Representations Reviewer” (or similarly named Person that is the “asset representations reviewer” as defined in Item 1101(m) of Regulation AB) under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Asset Review” shall mean any review of representations and warranties conducted by a Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer, as contemplated by Item 1101(m) of Regulation AB.

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“Asset Status Report” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or an analogous term in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Balloon Payment” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or an analogous term in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“BANA” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Bankruptcy Code” shall mean the United States Bankruptcy Code, as amended from time to time, any successor statute or rule promulgated thereto.

“Borrower Party” shall mean the Mortgage Loan Borrower, a manager of the Mortgaged Property, an Accelerated Mezzanine Loan Lender or any Borrower Party Affiliate.

“Borrower Party Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan Borrower, a manager of the Mortgaged Property or an Accelerated Mezzanine Loan Lender, (a) any other Person controlling or controlled by or under common control with such Mortgage Loan Borrower, manager or Accelerated Mezzanine Loan Lender, as applicable, or (b) any other Person owning, directly or indirectly, 25% or more of the beneficial interests in such Mortgage Loan Borrower, manager or Accelerated Mezzanine Loan Lender, as applicable. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

“CDO” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Qualified Institutional Lender.”

“CDO Asset Manager” with respect to any Securitization Vehicle that is a CDO, shall mean the entity that is responsible for managing or administering a Note as an underlying asset of such Securitization Vehicle or, if applicable, as an asset of any Intervening Trust Vehicle (including, without limitation, the right to exercise any consent and control rights available to the holder of such Note).

“Certificate Administrator” shall mean the certificate administrator appointed as provided in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

“Commission” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2(c)(vi).

“Conduit” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14(d).

“Conduit Credit Enhancer” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14(d).

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“Conduit Inventory Loan” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14(d).

“Control” shall mean the ownership, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate of more than fifty percent (50%) of the beneficial ownership interests of an entity and the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of an entity, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. The terms “Controlled”, “Controlling” and “Controls” shall have the correlative meanings thereto.

“Controlling Note” shall mean Note A-1.

“Controlling Note Holder” shall mean the holder of the Controlling Note; provided that at any time the Controlling Note is included in a Securitization, references to the “Controlling Note Holder” herein shall mean the holders of the majority of the class of securities issued in such Securitization designated as the “controlling class” or such other party otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder” under this Agreement or under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, as and to the extent provided in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement; provided that for so long as 50% or more of the Controlling Note is held by (or the party assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder” (as described above) is) the Mortgage Loan Borrower or a Borrower Party, the holder of the Controlling Note (and such party assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder” as described above) shall not be entitled to exercise any rights of the Controlling Note Holder, and there shall be deemed to be no Controlling Note Holder hereunder. If the Controlling Note is included in a Securitization, the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement may contain additional limitations on the rights of the designated party entitled to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder” hereunder if such designated party is the Mortgage Loan Borrower or if it has certain relationships with the Mortgage Loan Borrower.

“Controlling Note Holder Representative” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6(a).

“DBRS Morningstar” shall mean DBRS, Inc., and its successors in interest.

“Defaulted Loan” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or an analogous term in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement

“Depositor” shall mean the “depositor” under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Event of Default” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, an “Event of Default” as defined in the Mortgage Loan Agreement.

“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

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“First Securitization” shall mean the earliest to occur of the Note A-1 Securitization, the Note A-2 Securitization the Note A-3 Securitization, the Note A-4 Securitization, the Note A-5 Securitization, the Note A-6 Securitization, the Note A-7 Securitization, the Note A-8 Securitization, the Note A-9 Securitization, the Note A-10 Securitization, the Note A-11 Securitization, the Note A-12 Securitization, the Note A-13 Securitization, the Note A-14 Securitization, the Note A-15 Securitization, the Note A-16 Securitization, the Note A-17 Securitization or the Note A-18 Securitization.

“Fitch” shall mean Fitch Ratings, Inc., and its successors in interest.

“Indemnified Items” shall have the meaning assigned to such terms in Section 2(b).

“Indemnified Parties” shall have the meaning assigned to such terms in Section 2(b).

“Initial Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note A-1 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note A-2 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note A-3 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note A-4 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note A-5 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note A-6 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note A-7 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note A-8 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note A-9 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note A-10 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

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“Initial Note A-11 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note A-12 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note A-13 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note A-14 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note A-15 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note A-16 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note A-17 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note A-18 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note A-19 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note A-20 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note Holders” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Insolvency Proceeding” shall mean any proceeding under Title 11 of the United States Code (11 U.S.C. Sec. 101 et seq.) or any other insolvency, liquidation, reorganization or other similar proceeding concerning the Mortgage Loan Borrower, any action for the dissolution of the Mortgage Loan Borrower, any proceeding (judicial or otherwise) concerning the application of the assets of the Mortgage Loan Borrower for the benefit of its creditors, the appointment of or any proceeding seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver or other similar custodian for all or any substantial part of the assets of the Mortgage Loan Borrower or any other action concerning the adjustment of the debts of the Mortgage Loan Borrower, the cessation of business by the Mortgage Loan Borrower, except following a sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Mortgage Loan Borrower in a transaction permitted under the Mortgage Loan Documents; provided, however, that following any such permitted transaction affecting the title to the Mortgaged Property, the Mortgage Loan Borrower for purposes of this Agreement shall be defined to mean the successor owner of the Mortgaged Property from time to time as may be permitted pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Documents; provided, further, however, that for the purposes of this definition, in the event that more than

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one entity comprises the Mortgage Loan Borrower, the term “Mortgage Loan Borrower” shall refer to any such entity.

“Interest Rate” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or an analogous term in the Mortgage Loan Documents.

“Interested Person” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or an analogous term in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Intervening Trust Vehicle” with respect to any Securitization Vehicle that is a CDO, shall mean a trust vehicle or entity that holds any Note as collateral securing (in whole or in part) any obligation or security held by such Securitization Vehicle as collateral for the CDO.

“KBRA” shall mean Kroll Bond Rating Agency, LLC and its successors in interest.

“Lead Securitization” shall mean, if the First Securitization is the Note A-1 Securitization, such Securitization; provided that, if any other Securitization occurs prior to the Note A-1 Securitization, then the First Securitization shall be the Lead Securitization until such time as the Note A-1 Securitization occurs.

“Lead Securitization Note” shall mean the Note included in the Lead Securitization.

“Lead Securitization Note Holder” shall mean the holder of the Lead Securitization Note.

“Lead Securitization Note Holder Representative” shall mean the “Directing Certificateholder” or equivalent Person under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement” shall mean, as of any date of determination, (i) the pooling and servicing agreement or other comparable agreement that governs the Securitization that is then the Lead Securitization, and (ii) on and after the date on which the Mortgage Loan is no longer subject to the provisions of agreement described in clause (i), the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement shall be determined in accordance with the second paragraph of Section 2(a).

“Lead Securitization Trust” shall mean the Securitization Trust created in connection with the Lead Securitization.

“Major Decision” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or an analogous term in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Master Servicer” shall mean the master servicer appointed to act in such capacity with respect to the Mortgage Loan as provided in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Monthly Payment Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term (or analogous term) in the Mortgage Loan Documents.

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“Moody’s” shall mean Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., and its successors in interest.

“Mortgage” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Mortgage Loan” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Mortgage Loan Agreement” shall mean the Loan Agreement, dated as of January 27, 2023, between the Mortgage Loan Borrower, as borrower, Bank of America, National Association, as a lender, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as a lender, Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as a lender, and 3650 Real Estate Investment Trust 2 LLC, as a lender, as the same may be further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, subject to the terms hereof.

“Mortgage Loan Borrower” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Mortgage Loan Documents” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage Loan Agreement, the Mortgage, the Notes and all other documents now or hereafter evidencing, guarantying or securing the Mortgage Loan.

“Mortgage Loan Schedule” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Mortgaged Property” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“New Notes” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 32.

“Nonrecoverable Advance” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or an analogous term in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Controlling Note” means each Note other than Note A-1.

“Non-Controlling Note Holder” means each holder of a Non-Controlling Note; provided that with respect to each Non-Controlling Note, at any time such Non-Controlling Note is included in a Securitization, references to a “Non-Controlling Note Holder” herein shall mean the holders of the majority of the class of securities issued in such Securitization designated as the “controlling class” (or analogous term) or such other party otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of a “Non-Controlling Note Holder” under this Agreement or under the related Securitization Servicing Agreement, as and to the extent provided in the related Securitization Servicing Agreement, and as to the identity of which the Controlling Note Holder (and, if applicable, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer) has been given written notice; provided, further that if at any time 50% or more of any Non-Controlling Note (or class of securities issued in a Securitization into which such Non-Controlling Note has been deposited is designated as the “controlling class”) is held by (or such other party otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “controlling class” under the related Securitization Servicing Agreement is) the Mortgage Loan Borrower or a Borrower Party, no such Note Holder or other

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Person shall be entitled to exercise any rights of such Non-Controlling Note Holder under this Agreement or the related Securitization Servicing Agreement, and there shall be deemed to be no Non-Controlling Note Holder with respect to such Non-Controlling Note. The Controlling Note Holder and the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or, if applicable, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall not be required at any time to deal with more than one party exercising the rights of a “Non-Controlling Note Holder” herein or under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement (it being understood for the avoidance of doubt that the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or Special Servicer on its behalf) may additionally need to deal with the master servicer, special servicer or other person party to the related Securitization Servicing Agreement) and, (x) to the extent that the related Securitization Servicing Agreement assigns such rights to more than one party or (y) to the extent the related Non-Controlling Note is split into two or more New Notes pursuant to Section 32 and notice thereof is not provided to the Controlling Note Holder and the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or, if applicable, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf), for purposes of this Agreement, such Securitization Servicing Agreement or the holders of such New Notes shall designate one party to deal with the Controlling Note Holder and the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) and provide written notice of such designation to the Controlling Note Holder and the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer acting on its behalf); provided that, in the absence of such designation and notice, the Controlling Note Holder and the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall be entitled to treat the last party as to which it has received written notice as having been designated as the Non-Controlling Note Holder with respect to such Non-Controlling Note for all purposes of this Agreement. As of the date hereof and until further notice from the Non-Controlling Note Holder (or, if applicable, the related Non-Lead Master Servicer or another party acting on its behalf), the Initial Note A-2 Holder is the Non-Controlling Note Holder with respect to Note A-2, the Initial Note A-3 Holder is the Non-Controlling Note Holder with respect to Note A-3, the Initial Note A-4 Holder is the Non-Controlling Note Holder with respect to Note A-4, the Initial Note A-5 Holder is the Non-Controlling Note Holder with respect to Note A-5, the Initial Note A-6 Holder is the Non-Controlling Note Holder with respect to Note A-6, the Initial Note A-7 Holder is the Non-Controlling Note Holder with respect to Note A-7, the Initial Note A-8 Holder is the Non-Controlling Note Holder with respect to Note A-8, the Initial Note A-9 Holder is the Non-Controlling Note Holder with respect to Note A-9, the Initial Note A-10 Holder is the Non-Controlling Note Holder with respect to Note A-10, the Initial Note A-11 Holder is the Non-Controlling Note Holder with respect to Note A-11, the Initial Note A-12 Holder is the Non-Controlling Note Holder with respect to Note A-12, the Initial Note A-13 Holder is the Non-Controlling Note Holder with respect to Note A-13, the Initial Note A-14 Holder is the Non-Controlling Note Holder with respect to Note A-14, the Initial Note A-15 Holder is the Non-Controlling Note Holder with respect to Note A-15, the Initial Note A-16 Holder is the Non-Controlling Note Holder with respect to Note A-16, the Initial Note A-17 Holder is the Non-Controlling Note Holder with respect to Note A-17, the Initial Note A-18 Holder is the Non-Controlling Note Holder with respect to Note A-18, the Initial Note A-19 Holder is the Non-Controlling Note Holder with respect to Note A-19 and the Initial Note A-20 Holder is the Non-Controlling Note Holder with respect to Note A-20. If a Non-Controlling Note is included in a Securitization, the related Securitization Servicing Agreement may contain additional limitations on the rights of the designated party entitled to exercise the rights of a

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“Non-Controlling Note Holder” hereunder if such designated party is the Mortgage Loan Borrower or if it has certain relationships with the Mortgage Loan Borrower.

“Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6(b).

“Non-Exempt Person” shall mean any Person other than a Person who is either (i) a U.S. Person or (ii) has on file with the Agent for the relevant year such duly-executed form(s) or statement(s) which may, from time to time, be prescribed by law and which, pursuant to applicable provisions of (A) any income tax treaty between the United States and the country of residence of such Person, (B) the Code or (C) any applicable rules or regulations in effect under clauses (A) or (B) above, permit any Servicer on behalf of the Note Holders to make such payments free of any obligation or liability for withholding.

“Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer” shall mean the “Asset Representations Reviewer” (or similarly named Person that is the “asset representations reviewer” as defined in Item 1101(m) of Regulation AB.) under any Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Depositor” shall mean the “depositor” under any Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Master Servicer” shall mean the applicable “master servicer” under any Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Operating Advisor” shall mean the “trust advisor,” “senior trust advisor,” “operating advisor” (or other analogous Person) under any Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Securitization” shall mean any Securitization of a Note in a Securitization Trust other than the Securitization that is then the Lead Securitization.

“Non-Lead Securitization Note” shall mean any Note other than the Lead Securitization Note.

“Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder” shall mean each holder of a Non-Lead Securitization Note.

“Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder Representative” shall mean the “Directing Certificateholder” or equivalent Person under the Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2(b).

“Non-Lead Special Servicer” shall mean the “special servicer” under any Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

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“Non-Lead Trustee” shall mean the “trustee” under any Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Securitizing Note Holder” shall mean, with respect to a Securitization, each Note Holder other than a Securitizing Note Holder with respect to such Securitization.

“Note A-1” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-1 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-1 Holder or any subsequent holder of Note A-1, as applicable.

“Note A-1 Principal Balance” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, at any time of determination, the Initial Note A-1 Principal Balance set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon (or any New Notes issued in substitution thereof) received by the Note A-1 Holder (or any holders of New Notes in substitution thereof) or reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 3 or 4, as applicable.

“Note A-1 PSA” shall mean the pooling and servicing agreement or other comparable agreement entered into in connection with the Note A-1 Securitization.

“Note A-1 Securitization” shall mean the first sale by the Note A-1 Holder of all or a portion of Note A-1 to a depositor who will in turn include such portion of Note A-1 as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Note A-2” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-2 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-2 Holder or any subsequent holder of Note A-2, as applicable.

“Note A-2 Principal Balance” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, at any time of determination, the Initial Note A-2 Principal Balance set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon (or any New Notes issued in substitution thereof) received by the Note A-2 Holder (or any holders of New Notes in substitution thereof) or reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 3 or 4, as applicable.

“Note A-2 Securitization” shall mean the first sale by the Note A-2 Holder of all or a portion of Note A-2 to a depositor who will in turn include such portion of Note A-2 as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Note A-3” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-3 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-3 Holder or any subsequent holder of Note A-3, as applicable.

“Note A-3 Principal Balance” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, at any time of determination, the Initial Note A-3 Principal Balance set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon (or any New Notes issued in substitution

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thereof) received by the Note A-3 Holder (or any holders of New Notes in substitution thereof) or reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 3 or 4, as applicable.

“Note A-3 Securitization” shall mean the first sale by the Note A-3 Holder of all or a portion of Note A-3 to a depositor who will in turn include such portion of Note A-3 as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Note A-4” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-4 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-4 Holder or any subsequent holder of Note A-4, as applicable.

“Note A-4 Principal Balance” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, at any time of determination, the Initial Note A-4 Principal Balance set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon (or any New Notes issued in substitution thereof) received by the Note A-4 Holder (or any holders of New Notes in substitution thereof) or reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 3 or 4, as applicable.

“Note A-4 Securitization” shall mean the first sale by the Note A-4 Holder of all or a portion of Note A-4 to a depositor who will in turn include such portion of Note A-4 as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Note A-5” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-5 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-5 Holder or any subsequent holder of Note A-5, as applicable.

“Note A-5 Principal Balance” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, at any time of determination, the Initial Note A-5 Principal Balance set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon (or any New Notes issued in substitution thereof) received by the Note A-5 Holder (or any holders of New Notes in substitution thereof) or reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 3 or 4, as applicable.

“Note A-5 Securitization” shall mean the first sale by the Note A-5 Holder of all or a portion of Note A-5 to a depositor who will in turn include such portion of Note A-5 as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Note A-6” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-6 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-6 Holder or any subsequent holder of Note A-6, as applicable.

“Note A-6 Principal Balance” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, at any time of determination, the Initial Note A-6 Principal Balance set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon (or any New Notes issued in substitution thereof) received by the Note A-6 Holder (or any holders of New Notes in substitution thereof) or reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 3 or 4, as applicable.

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“Note A-6 Securitization” shall mean the first sale by the Note A-6 Holder of all or a portion of Note A-6 to a depositor who will in turn include such portion of Note A-6 as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Note A-7” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-7 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-7 Holder or any subsequent holder of Note A-7, as applicable.

“Note A-7 Principal Balance” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, at any time of determination, the Initial Note A-7 Principal Balance set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon (or any New Notes issued in substitution thereof) received by the Note A-7 Holder (or any holders of New Notes in substitution thereof) or reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 3 or 4, as applicable.

“Note A-7 Securitization” shall mean the first sale by the Note A-7 Holder of all or a portion of Note A-7 to a depositor who will in turn include such portion of Note A-7 as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Note A-8” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-8 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-8 Holder or any subsequent holder of Note A-8, as applicable.

“Note A-8 Principal Balance” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, at any time of determination, the Initial Note A-8 Principal Balance set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon (or any New Notes issued in substitution thereof) received by the Note A-8 Holder (or any holders of New Notes in substitution thereof) or reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 3 or 4, as applicable.

“Note A-8 Securitization” shall mean the first sale by the Note A-8 Holder of all or a portion of Note A-8 to a depositor who will in turn include such portion of Note A-8 as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Note A-9” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-9 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-9 Holder or any subsequent holder of Note A-9, as applicable.

“Note A-9 Principal Balance” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, at any time of determination, the Initial Note A-9 Principal Balance set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon (or any New Notes issued in substitution thereof) received by the Note A-9 Holder (or any holders of New Notes in substitution thereof) or reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 3 or 4, as applicable.

“Note A-9 Securitization” shall mean the first sale by the Note A-9 Holder of all or a portion of Note A-9 to a depositor who will in turn include such portion of Note A-9 as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

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“Note A-10” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-10 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-10 Holder or any subsequent holder of Note A-10, as applicable.

“Note A-10 Principal Balance” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, at any time of determination, the Initial Note A-10 Principal Balance set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon (or any New Notes issued in substitution thereof) received by the Note A-10 Holder (or any holders of New Notes in substitution thereof) or reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 3 or 4, as applicable.

“Note A-10 Securitization” shall mean the first sale by the Note A-10 Holder of all or a portion of Note A-10 to a depositor who will in turn include such portion of Note A-10 as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Note A-11” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-11 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-11 Holder or any subsequent holder of Note A-11, as applicable.

“Note A-11 Principal Balance” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, at any time of determination, the Initial Note A-11 Principal Balance set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon (or any New Notes issued in substitution thereof) received by the Note A-11 Holder (or any holders of New Notes in substitution thereof) or reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 3 or 4, as applicable.

“Note A-11 Securitization” shall mean the first sale by the Note A-11 Holder of all or a portion of Note A-11 to a depositor who will in turn include such portion of Note A-11 as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Note A-12” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-12 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-12 Holder or any subsequent holder of Note A-12, as applicable.

“Note A-12 Principal Balance” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, at any time of determination, the Initial Note A-12 Principal Balance set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon (or any New Notes issued in substitution thereof) received by the Note A-12 Holder (or any holders of New Notes in substitution thereof) or reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 3 or 4, as applicable.

“Note A-12 Securitization” shall mean the first sale by the Note A-12 Holder of all or a portion of Note A-12 to a depositor who will in turn include such portion of Note A-12 as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Note A-13” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

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“Note A-13 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-13 Holder or any subsequent holder of Note A-13, as applicable.

“Note A-13 Principal Balance” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, at any time of determination, the Initial Note A-13 Principal Balance set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon (or any New Notes issued in substitution thereof) received by the Note A-13 Holder (or any holders of New Notes in substitution thereof) or reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 3 or 4, as applicable.

“Note A-13 Securitization” shall mean the first sale by the Note A-13 Holder of all or a portion of Note A-13 to a depositor who will in turn include such portion of Note A-13 as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Note A-14” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-14 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-14 Holder or any subsequent holder of Note A-14, as applicable.

“Note A-14 Principal Balance” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, at any time of determination, the Initial Note A-14 Principal Balance set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon (or any New Notes issued in substitution thereof) received by the Note A-14 Holder (or any holders of New Notes in substitution thereof) or reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 3 or 4, as applicable.

“Note A-14 Securitization” shall mean the first sale by the Note A-14 Holder of all or a portion of Note A-14 to a depositor who will in turn include such portion of Note A-14 as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Note A-15” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-15 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-15 Holder or any subsequent holder of Note A-15, as applicable.

“Note A-15 Principal Balance” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, at any time of determination, the Initial Note A-15 Principal Balance set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon (or any New Notes issued in substitution thereof) received by the Note A-15 Holder (or any holders of New Notes in substitution thereof) or reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 3 or 4, as applicable.

“Note A-15 Securitization” shall mean the first sale by the Note A-15 Holder of all or a portion of Note A-15 to a depositor who will in turn include such portion of Note A-15 as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Note A-16” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-16 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-16 Holder or any subsequent holder of Note A-16, as applicable.

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“Note A-16 Principal Balance” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, at any time of determination, the Initial Note A-16 Principal Balance set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon (or any New Notes issued in substitution thereof) received by the Note A-16 Holder (or any holders of New Notes in substitution thereof) or reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 3 or 4, as applicable.

“Note A-16 Securitization” shall mean the first sale by the Note A-16 Holder of all or a portion of Note A-16 to a depositor who will in turn include such portion of Note A-16 as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Note A-17” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-17 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-17 Holder or any subsequent holder of Note A-17, as applicable.

“Note A-17 Principal Balance” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, at any time of determination, the Initial Note A-17 Principal Balance set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon (or any New Notes issued in substitution thereof) received by the Note A-17 Holder (or any holders of New Notes in substitution thereof) or reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 3 or 4, as applicable.

“Note A-17 Securitization” shall mean the first sale by the Note A-17 Holder of all or a portion of Note A-17 to a depositor who will in turn include such portion of Note A-17 as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Note A-18” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-18 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-18 Holder or any subsequent holder of Note A-18, as applicable.

“Note A-18 Principal Balance” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, at any time of determination, the Initial Note A-18 Principal Balance set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon (or any New Notes issued in substitution thereof) received by the Note A-18 Holder (or any holders of New Notes in substitution thereof) or reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 3 or 4, as applicable.

“Note A-18 Securitization” shall mean the first sale by the Note A-18 Holder of all or a portion of Note A-18 to a depositor who will in turn include such portion of Note A-18 as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Note A-19” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-19 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-19 Holder or any subsequent holder of Note A-19, as applicable.

“Note A-19 Principal Balance” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, at any time of determination, the Initial Note A-19 Principal Balance set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon (or any New Notes issued in substitution

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thereof) received by the Note A-19 Holder (or any holders of New Notes in substitution thereof) or reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 3 or 4, as applicable.

“Note A-19 Securitization” shall mean the first sale by the Note A-19 Holder of all or a portion of Note A-19 to a depositor who will in turn include such portion of Note A-19 as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Note A-20” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-20 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-20 Holder or any subsequent holder of Note A-20, as applicable.

“Note A-20 Principal Balance” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, at any time of determination, the Initial Note A-20 Principal Balance set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon (or any New Notes issued in substitution thereof) received by the Note A-20 Holder (or any holders of New Notes in substitution thereof) or reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 3 or 4, as applicable.

“Note A-20 Securitization” shall mean the first sale by the Note A-20 Holder of all or a portion of Note A-20 to a depositor who will in turn include such portion of Note A20 as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Note Holder Representative” shall mean a Controlling Note Holder Representative or a Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative, as applicable.

“Note Holders” shall mean collectively, the Note A-1 Holder, the Note A-2 Holder, the Note A-3 Holder, the Note A-4 Holder, the Note A-5 Holder, the Note A-6 Holder, the Note A-7 Holder, the Note A-8 Holder, the Note A-9 Holder, the Note A-10 Holder, the Note A-11 Holder, the Note A-12 Holder, the Note A-13 Holder, the Note A-14 Holder, the Note A-15 Holder, the Note A-16 Holder, the Note A-17 Holder, the Note A-18 Holder, the Note A-19 Holder and the Note A-20 Holder.

“Note Pledgee” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14(c).

“Note Principal Balance” shall mean, (i) with respect to Note A-1, the Note A-1 Principal Balance, (ii) with respect to Note A-2, the Note A-2 Principal Balance, (iii) with respect to Note A-3, the Note A-3 Principal Balance, (iv) with respect to Note A-4, the Note A-4 Principal Balance, (v) with respect to Note A-5, the Note A-5 Principal Balance, (vi) with respect to Note A-6, the Note A-6 Principal Balance, (vii) with respect to Note A-7, the Note A-7 Principal Balance, (viii) with respect to Note A-8, the Note A-8 Principal Balance, (ix) with respect to Note A-9, the Note A-9 Principal Balance, (x) with respect to Note A-10, the Note A-10 Principal Balance, (xi) with respect to Note A-11, the Note A-11 Principal Balance, (xii) with respect to Note A-12, the Note A-12 Principal Balance, (xiii) with respect to Note A-13, the Note A-13 Principal Balance, (xiv) with respect to Note A-14, the Note A-14 Principal Balance, (xv) with respect to Note A-15, the Note A-15 Principal Balance, (xvi) with respect to Note A-16, the Note A-16 Principal Balance, (xvii) with respect to Note A-17, the Note A-17 Principal Balance, (xviii) with respect to Note A-18, the Note A-18 Principal Balance, (xix) with respect to Note

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A-19, the Note A-19 Principal Balance and (xx) with respect to Note A-20, the Note A-20 Principal Balance.

“Note Register” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 15.

“Notes” shall mean, collectively, Note A-1, Note A-2, Note A-3, Note A-4, Note A-5, Note A-6, Note A-7, Note A-8, Note A-9, Note A-10, Note A-11, Note A-12, Note A-13, Note A-14, Note A-15, Note A-16, Note A-17, Note A-18, Note A-19 and Note A-20.

“Operating Advisor” shall mean the trust advisor, senior trust advisor, operating advisor or other analogous term as defined under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“P&I Advance” shall mean an advance made by a party to any Securitization Servicing Agreement in respect of a delinquent monthly debt service payment on the Note(s) securitized pursuant to such Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Percentage Interest” shall mean, with respect to each Note Holder, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Note Principal Balance of the Note held by such Note Holder and the denominator of which is the sum of the Note Principal Balances of all of the Notes.

“Permitted Fund Manager” shall mean any Person that on the date of determination is (i) one of the entities on Exhibit C attached hereto and made a part hereof or any other nationally-recognized manager of investment funds investing in debt or equity interests relating to commercial real estate, (ii) investing through a fund with committed capital of at least $250,000,000 and (iii) not subject to a proceeding relating to the bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors.

“Pledge” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14(c).

“Pro Rata and Pari Passu Basis” shall mean with respect to the Notes and the Note Holders, the allocation of any particular payment, collection, cost, expense, liability or other amount between such Notes or such Note Holders, as the case may be, without any priority of any such Note or any such Note Holder over another such Note or Note Holder, as the case may be, and in any event such that each Note or Note Holder, as the case may be, is allocated its respective Percentage Interest of such particular payment, collection, cost, expense, liability or other amount.

“Qualified Institutional Lender” shall mean each of the Initial Note Holders and any other Person that is:

(a)                          an entity Controlled by, under common Control with or that Controls any of the Initial Note Holders, or

(b)                         one or more of the following:

(i)                             an insurance company, bank, savings and loan association, investment bank, trust company, commercial credit corporation, pension plan,

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pension fund, pension fund advisory firm, mutual fund, real estate investment trust, governmental entity or plan, or

(ii)                          an investment company, money management firm or a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a) (1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or

(iii)                       an institution substantially similar to any of the foregoing entities described in clauses (i) or (ii), or

(iv)                      any entity Controlled by or under common Control or Controlling any of the entities described in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii), or

(v)                        a Qualified Trustee (or, in the case of a CDO, a single-purpose, bankruptcy remote entity that contemporaneously pledges its interest in a Note to a Qualified Trustee) in connection with (a) a securitization of, (b) the creation of collateralized debt (or loan) obligations (“CDO”) secured by, or (c) a financing through an “owner trust” of, a Note or any interest therein (any of the foregoing, a “Securitization Vehicle”), provided that (1) one or more classes of securities issued by such Securitization Vehicle is initially rated at least investment grade by each of the Rating Agencies that assigned a rating to one or more classes of securities issued in connection with that Securitization; (2) in the case of a Securitization Vehicle that is not a CDO, the special servicer of such Securitization Vehicle has a Required Special Servicer Rating or is otherwise subject to Rating Agency Confirmations from the Rating Agencies rating each Securitization (such entity, an “Approved Servicer”) and such Approved Servicer is required to service and administer such Note or any interest therein in accordance with servicing arrangements for the assets held by the Securitization Vehicle which require that such Approved Servicer act in accordance with a servicing standard notwithstanding any contrary direction or instruction from any other Person; or (3) in the case of a Securitization Vehicle that is a CDO, the CDO Asset Manager and, if applicable, each Intervening Trust Vehicle that is not administered and managed by a CDO Asset Manager which is a Qualified Institutional Lender, are each a Qualified Institutional Lender under clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (vi) of this definition, or

(vi)                      an investment fund, limited liability company, limited partnership or general partnership having capital and/or capital commitments of at least $250,000,000, in which (A) any Note Holder, (B) a person that is otherwise a Qualified Institutional Lender under clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) (with respect to an institution substantially similar to the entities referred to in clause (i) or (ii)), or (C) a Permitted Fund Manager, acts as a general partner, managing member, or the fund manager responsible for the day-to-day management and operation of such investment vehicle and provided that at least 50% of the equity interests in such investment vehicle are owned, directly or indirectly, by one or more entities

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that are otherwise Qualified Institutional Lenders (without regard to the capital surplus/equity and total asset requirements set forth below in the definition), and

in the case of any entity referred to in clause (b)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (vi)(B) of this definition, (x) such entity has at least $200,000,000 in capital/statutory surplus or shareholders’ equity (except with respect to a pension advisory firm or similar fiduciary) and at least $600,000,000 in total assets (in name or under management), and (y) is regularly engaged in the business of making or owning commercial real estate loans (or interests therein) similar to the Mortgage Loan (or mezzanine loans with respect thereto) or owning or operating commercial real estate properties; provided that, in the case of the entity described in clause (vi)(B) above, the requirements of this clause (y) may be satisfied by a general partner, managing member, or the fund manager responsible for the day-to-day management and operation of such entity; or

(c)                           any entity Controlled by any of the entities described in clause (b)(i), (ii), (iv)(B) or (v) above or subject to a Rating Agency Confirmation as a Qualified Institutional Lender for purposes of this Agreement from each of the Rating Agencies engaged to rate the securities for any Securitization.

“Qualified Trustee” shall mean (i) a corporation, national bank, national banking association or a trust company, organized and doing business under the laws of any state or the United States of America, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers and to accept the trust conferred, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority or (ii) an institution whose long-term senior unsecured debt is rated in either of the then in effect top three rating categories of each of the applicable Rating Agencies (or, if not rated by an applicable Rating Agency, an equivalent (or higher) rating from any two of Fitch, Moody’s and S&P).

“Rating Agencies” shall mean DBRS Morningstar, Fitch, KBRA, Moody’s and S&P and their respective successors in interest or, if any of such entities shall for any reason no longer perform the functions of a securities rating agency, any other nationally recognized statistical rating agency reasonably engaged by any Note Holder to rate the securities issued in connection with the Securitization of the related Note; provided, however, that, at any time during which one or more of the Notes is an asset of one or more Securitizations, “Rating Agencies” or “Rating Agency” shall mean only those rating agencies that are engaged by the related depositor (or its Affiliate) from time to time to rate the securities issued in connection with the Securitizations of the related Notes.

“Rating Agency Confirmation” shall mean, with respect to any Securitization, a confirmation in writing (which may be in electronic form) by each of the applicable Rating Agencies for such Securitization that a proposed action, failure to act or other event so specified will not, in and of itself, result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of the then current rating assigned to any class of securities of such Securitization (if then rated by such Rating Agency); provided that a written waiver or other acknowledgment from any such Rating Agency indicating its decision not to review the matter for which the Rating Agency Confirmation is sought shall be deemed to satisfy the requirement for the Rating Agency Confirmation from such Rating Agency with respect to such matter. If no such securities are outstanding with respect to any Securitization, any action that would otherwise require a Rating Agency Confirmation shall

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instead require the consent of the Controlling Note Holder, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.

“Redirection Notice” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14(c).

“Regulation AB” shall mean Subpart 229.1100 – Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R. §§229.1100 229.1125, as such rules may be amended from time to time, and subject to such clarification and interpretation as have been provided by the Commission or by its staff, or as may be provided by the Commission or its staff from time to time.

“REMIC” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5(d).

“REMIC Provisions” shall mean provisions of the federal income tax law relating to real estate mortgage investment conduits, which appear at Sections 860A through 860G of subchapter M of Chapter 1 of the Code, and related provisions, and regulations (including any applicable proposed regulations) and rulings promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in effect from time to time.

“Remittance Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or an analogous term in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Required Special Servicer Rating” shall mean with respect to a special servicer (i) in the case of Fitch, a rating of “CSS3”, (ii) in the case of S&P, such special servicer is on S&P’s Select Servicer List as a U.S. Commercial Mortgage Special Servicer, (iii) in the case of Moody’s, such special servicer is acting as special servicer for one or more loans included in a commercial mortgage loan securitization that was rated by Moody’s within the twelve (12) month period prior to the date of determination, and Moody’s has not downgraded or withdrawn the then-current rating on any class of commercial mortgage securities or placed any class of commercial mortgage securities on watch citing the continuation of such special servicer as special servicer of such commercial mortgage loans, (iv) in the case of KBRA, such special servicer is acting as special servicer for one or more loans included in a commercial mortgage loan securitization that was rated by KBRA, within the twelve (12) month period prior to the date of determination, and KBRA has not cited servicing concerns of such special servicer as the sole or material factor in any qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings (or placement on “watch status” in contemplation of a ratings downgrade or withdrawal) of securities in a transaction serviced by such special servicer prior to the time of determination and (v) in the case of DBRS Morningstar, has a current ranking from DBRS Morningstar of at least MORS3 or, if not rated by DBRS Morningstar, is currently acting as servicer or special servicer, as applicable, for a commercial mortgage-backed securities transaction rated by DBRS Morningstar and as to which DBRS Morningstar has not cited servicing concerns with respect to such servicer as the sole or material factor in any qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings (or placement on “watch status” in contemplation of a ratings downgrade or withdrawal, which placement on “watch status” has not been withdrawn within 60 days without any ratings downgrade or withdrawal) of securities in such commercial mortgage-backed securities transaction serviced by the applicable servicer prior to the time of determination.

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“S&P” shall mean S&P Global Ratings and its successors in interest.

“Securitization” shall mean the Note A-1 Securitization, the Note A-2 Securitization, the Note A-3 Securitization, Note A-4 Securitization, the Note A-5 Securitization, the Note A-6 Securitization, Note A-7 Securitization, the Note A-8 Securitization, the Note A-9 Securitization, Note A-10 Securitization, the Note A-11 Securitization, the Note A-12 Securitization, Note A-13 Securitization, the Note A-14 Securitization, the Note A-15 Securitization, Note A-16 Securitization, the Note A-17 Securitization or the Note A-18 Securitization.

“Securitization Date” shall mean the effective date of the First Securitization.

“Securitization Servicing Agreement” shall mean the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement or any Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Securitization Trust” shall mean a trust formed pursuant to a Securitization.

“Securitization Vehicle” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Qualified Institutional Lender.”

“Securitizing Note Holder” shall mean, with respect to a Securitization, each Note Holder that is contributing its Note to such Securitization.

“Servicer” shall mean the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the context may require.

“Servicer Termination Event” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Servicing Advance” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or an analogous term in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Servicing Standard” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or an analogous term in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. The Servicing Standard in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement shall require, among other things, that each Servicer, in servicing the Mortgage Loan, must take into account the interests of each Note Holder.

“Special Servicer” shall mean the special servicer appointed to act in such capacity with respect to the Mortgage Loan as provided in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Taxes” shall mean any income or other taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature, now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any department, agency, state or other political subdivision thereof or therein.

“Transfer” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14.

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“Trust Fund” shall mean the trust formed pursuant to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Trustee” shall mean the trustee appointed as provided in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“U.S. Person” shall mean a citizen or resident of the United States, a corporation or partnership (except to the extent provided in applicable Treasury Regulations) created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, including any entity treated as a corporation or partnership for federal income tax purposes, or an estate whose income is subject to United States federal income tax regardless of its source, or a trust if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of such trust, and one or more such U.S. Persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of such trust (or, to the extent provided in applicable Treasury Regulations, a trust in existence on August 20, 1996 which is eligible to elect to be treated as a U.S. Person).

“WFB” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

Section 2.Servicing of the Mortgage Loan.

(a)Each Note Holder acknowledges and agrees that, subject in each case to this Agreement, the Mortgage Loan shall be serviced from and after the Securitization Date by the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement; provided that the Master Servicer shall not be obligated to advance monthly payments of principal or interest in respect of any Note other than the Lead Securitization Note (unless such other Note is also included in the Lead Securitization) if such principal or interest is not paid by the Mortgage Loan Borrower but shall be obligated to make Servicing Advances, subject to the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement; provided further that the Special Servicer, when appointed, has the Required Special Servicer Rating from each Rating Agency then rating a Securitization. The Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement shall contain terms and conditions that are customary for securitization transactions involving assets similar to the Mortgage Loan and that are otherwise (i) required by the Code relating to the tax elections of any Securitization Trust, (ii) required by law or changes in any law, rule or regulation or (iii) generally required by the Rating Agencies in connection with the issuance of ratings in securitizations similar to the Securitizations. Each Note Holder acknowledges that each other Note Holder may elect, in its sole discretion, to include its Note in a Securitization and agrees that it will, subject to Section 26 hereof, reasonably cooperate with such other Note Holder, at such other Note Holder’s expense, to effect such Securitization. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each Note Holder hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consents to the appointment of the Master Servicer and the Trustee under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement by the Depositor and the appointment of the Special Servicer by the Controlling Note Holder and agrees to reasonably cooperate with the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer with respect to the servicing of the Mortgage Loan in accordance with the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. Each Note Holder hereby appoints the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee in the Lead Securitization as such Note Holder’s attorney-in-fact to sign any documents reasonably required with respect to

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the administration and servicing of the Mortgage Loan on its behalf under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement (subject at all times to the rights of such Note Holder set forth herein and in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement). In no event shall the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement require any Servicer to enforce the rights of any Note Holder against any other Note Holder or limit a Servicer in enforcing the rights of one Note Holder against any other Note Holder; however, this statement shall not be construed to otherwise limit the rights of one Note Holder with respect to any other Note Holder. Each Servicer shall (i) be required pursuant to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement to service the Mortgage Loan in accordance with the Servicing Standard, the terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents, the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and applicable law, (ii) provide information to each servicer under the Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement to enable each such servicer to perform its servicing duties, and (iii) not take any action or refrain from taking any action or follow any direction inconsistent with the foregoing.

At any time after the First Securitization that the Mortgage Loan is no longer subject to the provisions of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, the Note Holders agree to cause the Mortgage Loan to be serviced by one or more servicers, each of which has been agreed upon by the Note Holders, pursuant to a servicing agreement that has servicing terms substantially similar to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and all references herein to the “Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement” shall mean such subsequent servicing agreement; provided, that if a Non-Lead Securitization Note is in a Securitization, then a Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been obtained from each other Rating Agency with respect to any such Non-Lead Securitization Note regarding any Special Servicer to be appointed under such replacement servicing agreement that does not have the Required Special Servicer Rating for such Rating Agency or, with respect to the Master Servicer, would not otherwise meet the conditions to be a servicer under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement that is being replaced; provided, further, that until a replacement servicing agreement has been entered into, the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall cause the Mortgage Loan to be serviced pursuant to the provisions of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, as if such agreement were still in full force and effect with respect to the Mortgage Loan, by the Servicers in the Lead Securitization or by any Person appointed by the Lead Securitization Note Holder that is a Person meeting the requirements of a master servicer under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and, in the case of the Special Servicer, that meets the Required Special Servicer Rating for each Rating Agency then rating securities of a Non-Lead Securitization.

(b)The Master Servicer shall be the lead master servicer on the Mortgage Loan, and from time to time it (or the Trustee or the Special Servicer, to the extent provided in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement) shall make the following advances, subject to the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and this Agreement: (i) Servicing Advances on the Mortgage Loan and (ii) P&I Advances on the Lead Securitization Note. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee, as applicable, shall be entitled to reimbursement for a Servicing Advance, first from funds on deposit in the Collection Account and/or the Companion Distribution Account for the Mortgage Loan that (in any case) represent amounts received on or in respect of the Mortgage Loan, and then, in the case of Nonrecoverable Advances, if such funds on deposit in the Collection Account or Companion Distribution Account are insufficient, from general collections of the Lead Securitization as

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provided in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee, as applicable, shall be entitled to reimbursement for Advance Interest on a Servicing Advance (including any Nonrecoverable Advance), in the manner and from the sources provided in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, including from general collections of the Lead Securitization. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, obtains funds from general collections of the Lead Securitization as a reimbursement of a Servicing Advance that is a Nonrecoverable Advance or any Advance Interest on a Servicing Advance (including any Nonrecoverable Advance), each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder (including any Securitization Trust into which a Non-Lead Securitization Note is deposited) shall be required to, promptly following notice from the Master Servicer, reimburse the Lead Securitization for its pro rata share of such Nonrecoverable Advance or Advance Interest.

In addition, each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder (including, but not limited to, any Securitization Trust into which a Non-Lead Securitization Note is deposited) shall be required to, promptly following notice from the Master Servicer, reimburse the Lead Securitization for such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s pro rata share of any fees, costs or expenses incurred in connection with the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loan as to which the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Depositor, as applicable, is entitled to be reimbursed pursuant to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, to the extent amounts on deposit in the Companion Distribution Account or Collection Account in respect of the Mortgage Loan are insufficient for reimbursement of such amounts. Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall indemnify (as and to the same extent the Lead Securitization Trust is required to indemnify each of the following parties in respect of other mortgage loans in the Lead Securitization Trust pursuant to the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement) each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, Asset Representations Reviewer and the Depositor (and any director, officer, employee or agent of any of the foregoing, to the extent such parties are identified as indemnified parties in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement in respect of other mortgage loans) (the “Indemnified Parties”) against any claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and related costs, judgments and any other costs, liabilities, fees and expenses incurred in connection with servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loan (or, with respect to the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer, incurred in connection with the provision of services for the Mortgage Loan) under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement (collectively, the “Indemnified Items”) to the extent of its pro rata share of such Indemnified Items, and to the extent amounts on deposit in the Companion Distribution Account or Collection Account in respect of the Mortgage Loan, as applicable, are insufficient for reimbursement of such amounts, each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall be required to, promptly following notice from the Master Servicer, reimburse each of the applicable Indemnified Parties for its pro rata share of the insufficiency; provided, however, that each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s obligation to pay Indemnified Items to the Operating Advisor shall be subject to any limitations and conditions (including limitations and conditions with respect to the timing of such payments and the sources of funds for such payments) as may be set forth from time to time in a related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

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Any Non-Lead Master Servicer (or if not made by such Non-Lead Master Servicer, the Non-Lead Trustee) may be required to make P&I Advances on the related Non-Lead Securitization Note, from time to time, subject to the terms of the related servicing agreement for the related Securitization (each such agreement, a “Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement”) and this Agreement. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee, as applicable, shall each be entitled to make its own recoverability determination with respect to a P&I Advance to be made on the Lead Securitization Note based on the information that it has on hand and in accordance with the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. Each Non-Lead Master Servicer, Non-Lead Special Servicer and Non-Lead Trustee under the related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, as applicable, shall be entitled to make their own recoverability determination with respect to a P&I Advance to be made on the related Non-Lead Securitization Note based on the information that they have on hand and in accordance with the Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. The Master Servicer and the Trustee, as applicable, and the related Non-Lead Master Servicer or the related Non-Lead Trustee shall be required to notify the other of the amount of its P&I Advance within two Business Days of making such advance. If the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable (with respect to the Lead Securitization Note) or a Non-Lead Master Servicer, Non-Lead Special Servicer or a Non-Lead Trustee, as applicable (with respect to a Non-Lead Securitization Note), determines that a proposed P&I Advance, if made, would be non-recoverable or an outstanding P&I Advance is or would be non-recoverable, or if the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, subsequently determines that a proposed Servicing Advance would be non-recoverable or an outstanding Servicing Advance is or would be non-recoverable, then the Master Servicer or the Trustee (as provided in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, in the case of a determination of non-recoverability by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee) or the related Non-Lead Master Servicer or the related Non-Lead Trustee (as provided in the related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, in the case of a determination of non-recoverability by the related Non-Lead Master Servicer, the related Non-Lead Special Servicer or the related Non-Lead Trustee) shall notify the Master Servicer and the Trustee, or the Non-Lead Master Servicer and the Non-Lead Trustee, as the case may be, of the other Securitization within two Business Days of making such determination. Each of the Master Servicer, the Trustee, a Non-Lead Master Servicer and a Non-Lead Trustee, as applicable, will only be entitled to reimbursement for a P&I Advance that becomes non-recoverable first from the Companion Distribution Account from amounts allocable to the Note for which such P&I Advance was made, and then, if funds are insufficient, (i) in the case of the Lead Securitization Note, from general collections of the Lead Securitization Trust, pursuant to the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and (ii) in the case of a Non-Lead Securitization Note, from general collections of the Securitization Trust that owns such Non-Lead Securitization Note, as and to the extent provided in the related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

(c)The Lead Securitization Note Holder agrees that it shall cause the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement to provide as follows (and to the extent such following provisions are not included in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, they shall be deemed incorporated therein and made a part thereof):

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(i)             the Master Servicer shall remit all payments received with respect to each Non-Lead Securitization Note, net of the primary servicing fee payable to the Master Servicer and servicing fees payable to the Special Servicer with respect to such Non-Lead Securitization Note, and any other applicable fees and reimbursements payable to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee, to the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder by the earlier of (x) the Remittance Date and (y) the Business Day following the “determination date” (or any term substantially similar thereto) as defined in the Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement (such determination date, the “Non-Lead Securitization Determination Date”), in each case as long as the date on which remittance is required under this clause (i) is at least one business day after the scheduled monthly payment date under the Loan Agreement, provided, that any late collections received by the Master Servicer after the related due date under the Mortgage Loan shall be remitted by the Master Servicer in accordance with clause (c)(xiii) below;

(ii)with respect to the Non-Lead Securitization Note that is held by a Securitization, the Master Servicer agrees to deliver or cause to be delivered or to make available to the Non-Lead Master Servicer all reports required to be delivered by the Master Servicer to the Certificate Administrator under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement (which shall include all loan-level reports constituting the CREFC^® Investor Reporting Package (IRP)) pursuant to the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, to the extent related to the Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property, the Non-Lead Securitization Note, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, by the earlier of (x) the Remittance Date and (y) the Business Day following the Non-Lead Securitization Determination Date, in each case so long as the date on which delivery is required under this clause (ii) is at least one business day after the scheduled monthly payment date under the Loan Agreement;

(iii)the Master Servicer and Special Servicer, as applicable, shall provide (in electronic media) to each Non-Controlling Note Holder all documents, certificates, instruments, notices, reports, operating statements, rent rolls and other information regarding the Mortgage Loan that it has provided, or that it is required to provide, to the Controlling Note Holder or the Operating Advisor in connection with any request for consent made to, or consultation with, the Non-Controlling Note Holder;

(iv)the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall be entitled to the same indemnity as the Lead Securitization Note Holder under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement; each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Custodian shall be required to (and shall require any Servicing Function Participant or Additional Servicer engaged by it to) indemnify each Certifying Person and the depositor of any public Securitization related to a Non-Lead Securitization Note, and their respective directors and officers and controlling persons, to the same extent that they indemnify the Depositor (as depositor in respect of the Lead Securitization) and each Certifying Person for (i) its failure to deliver the items in clause (v) below in a timely manner, (ii) its failure to perform its obligations to such depositor or Non-Lead Trustee under Article XI (or any article substantially similar thereto that addresses Exchange Act reporting and Regulation AB compliance) of

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the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement by the time required after giving effect to any applicable grace period or cure period, (iii) the failure of any Servicing Function Participant or Additional Servicer retained by it (other than a Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer) to perform its obligations to such depositor or trustee under such Article XI (or any article substantially similar thereto that addresses Exchange Act reporting and Regulation AB compliance) of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement by the time required and/or (iv) any Deficient Exchange Act Deliverable regarding, and delivered by or on behalf of, such party;

(v)with respect to any Non-Lead Securitization that is subject to reporting requirements under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act (including Rule 15Ga-1), and Regulation AB, (a) the Master Servicer, any primary servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator or other party acting as custodian for the Lead Securitization shall be required to deliver (and shall be required to cause each other servicer and servicing function participant (within the meaning of Items 1123 and 1122, respectively, of Regulation AB) retained or engaged by it to deliver; provided that such party shall only be required to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause a Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer to deliver), to the Non-Lead Depositor and the Non-Lead Trustee, in a timely manner, (i) the reports, certifications, compliance statements, accountants’ assessments and attestations, and all information to be included in reports (including, without limitation, Form ABS 15G, Form 10-K, Form 10-D and Form 8-K), and (ii) upon request, any other materials specified in the Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), as the parties to each Non-Lead Securitization may reasonably require in order to comply with their obligations under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act (including Rule 15Ga-1), Regulation AB and Form SF-3 and (b) without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Initial Note Holder of the Lead Securitization Note shall provide in a timely manner to the Non-Lead Depositor and the Non-Lead Trustee, if any, a copy of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement in EDGAR-compatible format (but not later than one business day following the closing date of the Lead Securitization) and each Servicer under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement will be required, upon prior written request, to provide to the Non-Lead Depositor and the Non-Lead Trustee, if any, any other information required to comply in a timely manner with applicable filing requirements under Items 1.01 and 6.02 of Form 8-K, any other disclosure information required pursuant to Regulation AB, in each case in a timely manner for inclusion in any disclosure document (or for filing under Form 8-K, as applicable), and with respect to such Servicers, upon prior written request, market indemnification agreements, opinions and Regulation AB compliance letters as were or are being delivered with respect to the Lead Securitization (in each case at the expense of the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder). The Master Servicer, any primary servicer and the Special Servicer shall each be required to provide certification and indemnification to each Certifying Person with respect to the Sarbanes-Oxley Certification (or analogous terms) as such terms are defined in the Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement;

(vi)each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Custodian and the Trustee and each Affected Reporting Party (or analogous term) shall cooperate (and

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require each Servicing Function Participant and Additional Servicer retained by it to cooperate under the applicable Sub-Servicing Agreement), with the Non-Lead Depositor (including, without limitation, providing all due diligence information, reports, written responses, negotiations and coordination) to the same extent as such party is required to cooperate with the Depositor under Article XI (or any article substantially similar thereto that addresses Exchange Act reporting and Regulation AB compliance) of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and in connection with Deficient Exchange Act Deliverables. All respective reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Non-Lead Depositor (including reasonable legal fees and expenses of outside counsel to such depositor) in connection with the foregoing (other than those costs and expenses related to participation by the Non-Lead Depositor in any telephone conferences and meetings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) and other costs the Non-Lead Depositor must bear pursuant to Article XI (or any article substantially similar thereto that addresses Exchange Act reporting and Regulation AB compliance) of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement) and any amendments to any reports filed with the Commission therewith shall be promptly paid by the applicable Affected Reporting Party upon receipt of an itemized invoice from such Non-Lead Depositor;

(vii)                 each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder (unless it is a Borrower Party) is an intended third-party beneficiary in respect of the rights afforded it under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement;

(viii)               each Non-Lead Master Servicer and each Non-Lead Special Servicer shall be a third-party beneficiary of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement with respect to all provisions therein expressly relating to compensation, reimbursement or indemnification of such Non-Lead Master Servicer or Non-Lead Special Servicer, as the case may be, and the provisions regarding coordination of advances;

(ix)                       if the Mortgage Loan becomes a Defaulted Mortgage Loan and the Special Servicer determines to sell the Lead Securitization Note in accordance with the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, it shall have the right and the obligation to sell each of the Notes as notes evidencing one whole loan in accordance with the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. In connection with any such sale, the Special Servicer shall provide notice to each Non-Lead Master Servicer who shall provide notice to the related Non-Controlling Note Holder of the planned sale and of such Non-Controlling Note Holder’s opportunity to submit an offer on the Mortgage Loan;

(x)                          the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement shall not be amended in any manner that materially and adversely affects any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder without the consent of such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder;

(xi)                      Servicer Termination Events with respect to the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall include: (i) solely with respect to the Master Servicer, the failure to timely remit payments to a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder, which failure continues unremedied for one (1) Business Day following the date on which such payment was to be made; (ii) solely with respect to the Special Servicer, the failure to deposit into any

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REO Account any amount required to be so deposited within two (2) Business Days after the date such deposit was to be made, or the failure to remit to the Master Servicer for deposit into the Collection Account or the Companion Distribution Account, as applicable, any amount required to be so remitted by the Special Servicer within one (1) Business Day after the date such remittance was to be made; (iii) the qualification, downgrade or withdrawal, or placing on “watch status” in contemplation of a rating downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings of any class of certificates issued in connection with a Non-Lead Securitization by the rating agencies rating such securities (and such qualification, downgrade, withdrawal or “watch status” placement shall not have been withdrawn by such rating agencies within sixty (60) days of actual knowledge of such event by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be), and publicly citing servicing concerns with the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, as the sole or a material factor in such rating action; and (iv) the failure to provide to a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder (if and to the extent required under the related Non-Lead Securitization) reports required under the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations thereunder, in a timely fashion;

(xii)            in connection with (A) any amendment of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, a party to such Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement is required to provide a copy of the executed amendment to each Non-Lead Depositor and one or more parties to the related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement (which may be by e-mail), together with a copy of such amendment in electronic format, no later than the effective date of such amendment, and (B) the termination, resignation and/or replacement of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, the replacement “master servicer” or replacement “special servicer”, as applicable, is required to provide to each Non-Lead Depositor and one or more parties to the related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement all disclosure about itself that is required to be included in Form 8-K no later than the date of effectiveness thereof;

(xiii)           any late collections received by the Master Servicer from the Mortgage Loan Borrower that are allocable to a Non-Lead Securitization Note or reimbursable to a Non-Lead Master Servicer or a Non-Lead Trustee shall be remitted by the Master Servicer to the related Non-Lead Master Servicer within one (1) Business Day of receipt of properly identified and available funds constituting such late collections; provided, however, that to the extent any such amounts are received after 3:00 p.m. Eastern time on any given Business Day, the Master Servicer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to remit such late collections to such Non-Lead Master Servicer within one (1) Business Day of receipt of properly identified and available funds but, in any event, the Master Servicer shall remit such amounts within two (2) Business Days of receipt of properly identified and available funds;

(xiv)          any conflict between the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and this Agreement shall be resolved in favor of this Agreement provided that in no event shall the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, take any action or omit to take any action in accordance with the terms of this Agreement that would cause the

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Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, to violate the Servicing Standard or the REMIC Provisions;

(xv)                  primary servicing, special servicing, workout and liquidation fee rates shall not exceed 0.0025%, 0.25%, 1.00% and 1.00%, respectively, subject to any market minimum amounts and fee offsets set forth in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement;

(xvi)               each Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement shall also satisfy Moody’s rating methodology as of the closing date of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement for eligible accounts and permitted investments for a securitization rated “Aaa” by Moody’s;

(xvii)             the Servicing Standard in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement shall require, among other things, that each Servicer, in servicing the Mortgage Loan, must take into account the interests of each Note Holder; and

(xviii)         the holder of the Lead Securitization Note shall:

(i)                        on, or within a timely manner following, the closing date of the Lead Securitization, provide notice of the closing of the Lead Securitization and send (or provide for access through a financial printer together with notice (which may be by email) and contact information therefor) a copy (in EDGAR-compatible format) of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement to each other Note Holder; and

(ii)                       give each other Note Holder written notice in a timely manner (but no later than one (1) business day prior to the applicable filing date) of any re-filing (other than a filing made in connection with a formal amendment of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement) by the Depositor of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement subsequent to the Securitization Date if such filing contains revisions or changes that are material to the other Note Holders.

(d)                       Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder agrees that, if the related Non-Lead Securitization Note is included in a Securitization, it shall cause the applicable Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement to contain provisions to the effect that:

(i)                            such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall be responsible for its pro rata share of any Nonrecoverable Advances relating to Servicing Advances (and Advance Interest thereon) and any additional expenses of the Trust Fund, but only to the extent that such expenses relate to servicing and administration of the Notes, including without limitation, any unpaid Special Servicing Fees, Liquidation Fees and Workout Fees relating to the Notes, and that in the event that amounts on deposit in the Companion Distribution Account or Collection Account in respect of the Mortgage Loan, as applicable, are insufficient for reimbursement of such amounts, the related Non-Lead Master Servicer will be required to, promptly following notice from the Master Servicer, reimburse the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the

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Trustee, as applicable, out of general collections in the collection account (or equivalent account) established under the Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement for such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s pro rata share of any such Nonrecoverable Advances and/or additional expenses of the Trust Fund;

(ii)each of the Indemnified Parties shall be indemnified (as and to the same extent the Lead Securitization Trust is required to indemnify each of such Indemnified Parties in respect of other mortgage loans in the Lead Securitization Trust pursuant to the terms of Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement) by each Securitization Trust holding a Non-Lead Securitization Note, against any of the Indemnified Items to the extent of its pro rata share of such Indemnified Items, and to the extent amounts on deposit in the Companion Distribution Account are insufficient for reimbursement of such amounts, the related Non-Lead Master Servicer will be required to reimburse each of the applicable Indemnified Parties for its pro rata share of the insufficiency out of general collections in the collection account (or equivalent account) established under the related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement; provided, however, that such Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement may include limitations and conditions on the payment or reimbursement of Indemnified Items to the Operating Advisor (including limitations and conditions with respect to the timing of such payments or reimbursements and the sources of funds for such payments or reimbursements);

(iii)the related Non-Lead Master Servicer, related Non-Lead Trustee or certificate administrator under the related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement will be required to deliver to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer and the Operating Advisor (i) promptly following Securitization of such Non-Lead Securitization Note, notice of the deposit of such Non-Lead Securitization Note into a Securitization Trust (which notice shall also provide contact information for the related Non-Lead Trustee, the related certificate administrator, the related Non-Lead Master Servicer, the related Non-Lead Special Servicer and the party designated to exercise the rights of the related “Non-Controlling Note Holder” and “Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder” under this Agreement), accompanied by a certified copy of the related executed Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and (ii) notice of any subsequent change in the identity of the related Non-Lead Master Servicer or the party designated to exercise the rights of the related “Non-Controlling Note Holder” or “Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder” under this Agreement (together with the relevant contact information); and

(iv)the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer and the Lead Securitization Trust shall be third party beneficiaries of the foregoing provisions.

(e)Prior to the Securitization of a Non-Lead Securitization Note (including any New Note), all notices, reports, information or other deliverables required to be delivered to the related Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder pursuant to this Agreement or the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement by the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) only need to be delivered to the related Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder (or its Note Holder Representative) and, when so delivered to such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder (or its Note Holder Representative, as

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applicable), the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall be deemed to have satisfied its delivery obligations with respect to such items hereunder or under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. Following the Securitization of a Non-Lead Securitization Note (including any New Note), as applicable, all notices, reports, information or other deliverables required to be delivered to the related Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder pursuant to this Agreement or the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement by the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall be delivered to the related Non-Lead Master Servicer and Non-Lead Special Servicer (who then may forward such items to the party entitled to receive such items as and to the extent provided in the related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement) and, when so delivered to such Non-Lead Master Servicer and such Non-Lead Special Servicer, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall be deemed to have satisfied its delivery obligations with respect to such items hereunder or under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement (except where required by this Agreement or the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement to deliver items directly to a Non-Lead Depositor or other party to a Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement for purposes of compliance with securities laws).

(f)The Lead Securitization Note Holder agrees that, if a Non-Lead Securitization Note is included in a Securitization, and such Non-Lead Securitization is subject to reporting requirements under Regulation AB, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee and the Custodian shall be required to reasonably cooperate with the Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer in connection with such Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer’s obligations under any Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement with respect to the Mortgage Loan by providing any documents reasonably requested by the Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer or other requesting party in connection with the Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer’s obligations, but only to the extent such documents are in the possession of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Custodian, as the case may be, but in any event excluding any documents known to such the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Custodian to contain information that is proprietary to the related originator or Initial Note Holders or any draft documents or privileged or internal communications. The reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Master Servicer, Special Servicer, the Trustee and the Custodian actually incurred in connection with their compliance with such requests shall be reimbursable by the Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer or, if not paid by the Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer, the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder.

Section 3.Priority of Payments.

(a)Each Note shall be of equal priority, and no portion of any Note shall have priority or preference over any portion of any other Note or security therefor. All amounts tendered by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or otherwise available for payment on or with respect to or in connection with the Mortgage Loan or the Mortgaged Property or amounts realized as proceeds thereof, whether received in the form of Periodic Payments, the Balloon Payment, Liquidation Proceeds, proceeds under any guaranty, letter of credit or other collateral or instrument securing the Mortgage Loan or Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds (other than

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proceeds, awards or settlements to be applied to the restoration or repair of the Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgage Loan Borrower in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents) shall be applied by the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or its designee) to the Notes on a Pro Rata and Pari Passu Basis; provided, that (x) all amounts for required reserves or escrows required by the Mortgage Loan Documents to be held as reserves or escrows or received as reimbursements on account of recoveries in respect of property protection expenses or Servicing Advances then due and payable or reimbursable to the Trustee or any Servicer under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement shall be applied to the extent set forth in, and in accordance with the terms of, the Mortgage Loan Documents; and (y) all amounts that are then due, payable or reimbursable to any Servicer, with respect to the Mortgage Loan pursuant to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and any other compensation payable to it thereunder (including without limitation, any additional expenses of the Trust Fund relating to the Mortgage Loan (but subject to the second paragraph of Section 5(d) hereof) reimbursable to, or payable by, such parties and any Special Servicing Fees, Liquidation Fees, Workout Fees and Penalty Charges (to the extent provided in the immediately following paragraph) but excluding (i) any P&I Advances (and interest thereon) on the Lead Securitization Note, which shall be reimbursed in accordance with Section 2(b) hereof, and (ii) any Master Servicing Fees due to the Master Servicer in excess of the Non-Lead Securitization Note’s pro rata share of that portion of such servicing fees calculated at the “primary servicing fee rate” applicable to the Mortgage Loan as set forth in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, which such excess shall not be subject to the allocation provisions of this Section 3) shall be payable in accordance with the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

For clarification purposes, Penalty Charges paid on each Note shall first, be used to reduce, on a pro rata basis, the amounts payable on each Note by the amount necessary to pay the Master Servicer, the Trustee or the Special Servicer for any interest accrued on any Servicing Advances and reimbursement of any Servicing Advances in accordance with the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, second, be used to reduce the respective amounts payable on each Note by the amount necessary to pay the Master Servicer, Trustee, the Non-Lead Master Servicer or the Non-Lead Trustee for any interest accrued on any P&I Advance made with respect to such Note by such party (if and as specified in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement or the Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, as applicable), third, be used to reduce, on a pro rata basis, the amounts payable on each Note by the amount necessary to pay additional expenses of the Trust Fund (including, if not paid by the Mortgage Loan Borrower, Special Servicing Fees, unpaid Workout Fees and Liquidation Fees) incurred with respect to the Mortgage Loan (as specified in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement) and finally, shall be paid to the Master Servicer and/or the Special Servicer as additional servicing compensation as provided in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

Any proceeds received from the sale of the primary servicing rights with respect to the Mortgage Loan shall be remitted, promptly upon receipt thereof, to the Note Holders on a Pro Rata and Pari Passu Basis. Any proceeds received by any Note Holder from the sale of master servicing rights with respect to its Note shall be for its own account.

Section 4.Workout. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, but subject to the terms and conditions of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement,

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and the obligation to act in accordance with the Servicing Standard, if the Lead Securitization Note Holder, or any Servicer, in connection with a workout or proposed workout of the Mortgage Loan, modifies the terms thereof such that (i) the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan is decreased, (ii) the Interest Rate is reduced, (iii) payments of interest or principal on any Note are waived, reduced or deferred or (iv) any other adjustment is made to any of the payment terms of the Mortgage Loan, such modification shall not alter, and any modification of the Mortgage Loan Documents shall be structured to preserve, the equal priorities of each Note as described in Section 3.

Section 5.Administration of the Mortgage Loan.

(a)Subject to this Agreement (including but not limited to Section 5(c)) and the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and subject to the rights and consents, where required, of the Controlling Note Holder, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee acting on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder) shall have the sole and exclusive authority with respect to the administration of, and exercise of rights and remedies with respect to, the Mortgage Loan, including, without limitation, the sole authority to modify or waive any of the terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents or consent to any action or failure to act by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or any other party to the Mortgage Loan Documents, call or waive any Event of Default, accelerate the Mortgage Loan or institute any foreclosure action or other remedy, and no Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall have any voting, consent or other rights whatsoever except as explicitly set forth herein with respect to the Lead Securitization Note Holder’s administration of, or exercise of its rights and remedies with respect to, the Mortgage Loan. Subject to this Agreement and the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, no Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall have any right to, and each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder hereby presently and irrevocably assigns and conveys to the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee acting on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder) the rights, if any, that such Note Holder has to, (i) call or cause the Lead Securitization Note Holder to call an Event of Default under the Mortgage Loan, or (ii) exercise any remedies with respect to the Mortgage Loan or the Mortgage Loan Borrower, including, without limitation, filing or causing the Lead Securitization Note Holder to file any bankruptcy petition against the Mortgage Loan Borrower. The Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee acting on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder) shall not have any fiduciary duty to any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder in connection with the administration of the Mortgage Loan (but the foregoing shall not relieve the Lead Securitization Note Holder from the obligation to make any disbursement of funds as set forth herein or its obligation to follow the Servicing Standard (in the case of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer) or any liability for failure to do so).

Each Note Holder hereby acknowledges the right and obligation of the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Special Servicer acting on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder), upon the Mortgage Loan becoming a Defaulted Loan to sell the Notes together as notes evidencing one whole loan in accordance with the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and shall require that all offers be submitted to the Special Servicer in writing. Whether any cash offer constitutes a fair price for the Mortgage Loan shall be

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determined by the Special Servicer, if the highest offeror is a Person other than an Interested Person, and by the Trustee, if the highest offeror is an Interested Person. Absent an offer at least equal to the Purchase Price, no offer from an Interested Person shall constitute a fair price unless (i) it is the highest offer received and (ii) at least two other offers are received from independent third parties. In determining whether any offer from an Interested Person received represents a fair price for the Mortgage Loan, the Trustee shall rely on the most recent Appraisal (or update of such Appraisal) conducted in accordance with the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement within the preceding nine (9)-month period or, in the absence of any such Appraisal, on a new Appraisal. In determining whether any such offer from a Person other than an Interested Person constitutes a fair price for the Mortgage Loan, the Special Servicer shall take into account (in addition to the results of any Appraisal or updated Appraisal or narrative appraisal that it may have obtained within the prior nine (9) months pursuant to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement) among other factors, the period and amount of the occupancy level and physical condition of the Mortgaged Property and the state of the local economy. Except as provided in the following paragraph, the cost of any Appraisal will be covered by, and will be reimbursable as, a Servicing Advance by the Master Servicer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Special Servicer acting on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder) shall not be permitted to sell the Mortgage Loan without the written consent of each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder (provided that such consent is not required if the related Non-Lead Securitization Note is held by a Borrower Party) unless the Special Servicer has delivered to such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder: (a) at least 15 Business Days prior written notice of any decision to attempt to sell the Mortgage Loan; (b) at least ten (10) days prior to the proposed sale date, a copy of each bid package (together with any amendments to such bid packages) received by the Special Servicer in connection with any such proposed sale, (c) at least ten (10) days prior to the proposed sale date, a copy of the most recent appraisal for the Mortgage Loan, and any documents in the servicing file reasonably requested by such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder that are material to the sale price of the Mortgage Loan and (d) until the sale is completed, and a reasonable period of time (but no less time than is afforded to other offerors and the Lead Securitization Note Holder Representative) prior to the proposed sale date, all information and other documents being provided to other offerors and all leases or other documents that are approved by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer in connection with the proposed sale; provided, however, that such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder may waive any delivery or timing requirements set forth in this sentence only for itself. Subject to the foregoing, each of the Controlling Note Holder, the Controlling Note Holder Representative, the Non-Controlling Note Holders and the Non-Controlling Note Holder Representatives shall be permitted to submit an offer at any sale of the Mortgage Loan (unless such Person is a Borrower Party).

Notwithstanding anything contained in the preceding paragraph to the contrary, if the Trustee is required to determine whether a cash offer by an Interested Person constitutes a fair price, the Trustee may (at its option and at the expense of the offering Interested Person purchaser) designate an independent third party expert in real estate or commercial mortgage loan matters with at least five (5) years’ experience in valuing loans similar to the Mortgage Loan, that has been selected with reasonable care by the Trustee to determine if such cash offer constitutes a fair price for the Mortgage Loan. If the Trustee designates such third party to make such determination, the Trustee shall be entitled to rely conclusively upon such third

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party’s determination. The reasonable fees of, and the costs of all appraisals, inspection reports and broker opinions of value incurred by any such third party shall be covered by, and shall be reimbursable, from the offering Interested Person.

Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder hereby appoints the Lead Securitization Note Holder as its agent, and grants to the Lead Securitization Note Holder an irrevocable power of attorney coupled with an interest, and its proxy, for the purpose of soliciting and accepting offers for and consummating the sale of the related Non-Lead Securitization Note. Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder further agrees that, upon the request of the Lead Securitization Note Holder, such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall execute and deliver to or at the direction of Lead Securitization Note Holder such powers of attorney or other instruments as the Lead Securitization Note Holder may reasonably request to better assure and evidence the foregoing appointment and grant, in each case promptly following request, and shall deliver the original related Non-Lead Securitization Note, endorsed in blank, to or at the direction of the Lead Securitization Note Holder in connection with the consummation of any such sale.

The authority of the Lead Securitization Note Holder to sell the Non-Lead Securitization Notes, and the obligations of the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holders to execute and deliver instruments or deliver the Non-Lead Securitization Notes upon request of the Lead Securitization Note Holder, shall terminate and cease to be of any further force or effect upon the date, if any, upon which the Lead Securitization Note is repurchased by the Initial Note Holder from the trust fund established under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement in connection with a material breach of representation or warranty made by such Initial Note Holder with respect to the Lead Securitization Note or material document defect with respect to the documents delivered by the related Initial Note Holder with respect to the Lead Securitization Note upon the consummation of the Lead Securitization. The preceding sentence shall not be construed to grant to a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder the benefit of any representation or warranty made by such Initial Note Holder or any document delivery obligation imposed on such Initial Note Holder under any mortgage loan purchase and sale agreement, instrument of transfer or other document or instrument that may be executed or delivered by such Initial Note Holder in connection with the Lead Securitization.

(b)The administration of the Mortgage Loan shall be governed by this Agreement and the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. The servicing of the Mortgage Loan shall be carried out by the Master Servicer and, if the Mortgage Loan is a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan (or to the extent otherwise provided in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement), by the Special Servicer, in each case pursuant to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in accordance with the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall cause the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer to service and administer the Mortgage Loan in accordance with the Servicing Standard, taking into account the interests of each Note Holder. The Note Holders agree to be bound by the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. All rights and obligations of the Lead Securitization Note Holder described hereunder may be exercised by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder. The

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Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement shall not be amended in any manner that may materially and adversely affect any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder in its capacity as a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder without such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s prior written consent. Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder (unless it is a Borrower Party) shall be a third-party beneficiary to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement with respect to its rights as specifically provided for therein.

(c)Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall be required (i) to provide copies of any notice, information and report that it is required to provide to the Lead Securitization Note Holder Representative pursuant to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement (for this purpose, without regard to whether such items are actually required to be provided to the Lead Securitization Note Holder Representative under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement due to the occurrence of a Control Termination Event or a Consultation Termination Event or effectively equivalent period) with respect to any Major Decision or the implementation of any recommended actions outlined in an Asset Status Report relating to the Mortgage Loan, to a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder (or its Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder Representative), within the same time frame it is required to provide to the Lead Securitization Note Holder Representative (for this purpose, without regard to whether such items are actually required to be provided to the Lead Securitization Note Holder Representative under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement due to the occurrence of a Control Termination Event or a Consultation Termination Event or effectively equivalent period, but subject to any limitations in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement regarding providing such information to the Mortgage Loan Borrower or those who have certain relationships with the Mortgage Loan Borrower) and (ii) to consult with each Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative) on a strictly non-binding basis, to the extent having received such notices, information and reports, such Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative) requests consultation with respect to any such Major Decision or the implementation of any recommended actions outlined in an Asset Status Report relating to the Mortgage Loan, and consider alternative actions recommended by such Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative); provided that after the expiration of a period of ten (10) Business Days from the delivery to such Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative) by the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) of written notice of a proposed action, together with copies of the notice, information and report required to be provided to the Lead Securitization Note Holder Representative, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall no longer be obligated to consult with such Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative) (unless, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) proposes a new course of action that is materially different from the action previously proposed, in which case such ten (10) Business Day period shall be deemed to begin anew from the date of such proposal and delivery of all information relating thereto). Notwithstanding the consultation rights of each Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative) set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or Master Servicer or Special Servicer, acting on its behalf) may make any Major

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Decision or any action set forth in the Asset Status Report before the expiration of the aforementioned ten (10) Business Day period if the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable) determines that immediate action with respect thereto is necessary to protect the interests of the Note Holders. In no event shall the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or Master Servicer or Special Servicer, acting on its behalf) be obligated at any time to follow or take any alternative actions recommended by a Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative).

In addition to the consultation rights of each Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative) provided in the immediately preceding paragraph, each Non-Controlling Note Holder shall have the right to attend (in person or telephonically, in the discretion of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable) annual meetings with the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf), upon reasonable notice and at times reasonably acceptable to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in which servicing issues related to the Mortgage Loan are discussed.

(d)If any Note is included as an asset of a real estate mortgage investment conduit (a “REMIC”), within the meaning of Section 860D(a) of the Code, then, any provision of this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding: (i) the Mortgage Loan shall be administered such that the Notes shall qualify at all times as (or as interests in) a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, (ii) any real property (and related personal property) acquired by or on behalf of the Note Holders pursuant to a foreclosure, exercise of a power of sale or delivery of a deed in lieu of foreclosure of the Mortgage or lien on such property following a default on the Mortgage Loan shall be administered so that the interest of the pro rata share of each Note Holder therein shall at all times qualify as “foreclosure property” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code and (iii) no Servicer may modify, waive or amend any provision of the Mortgage Loan, consent to or withhold consent from any action of the Mortgage Loan Borrower, or exercise or refrain from exercising any powers or rights which the Note Holders may have under the Mortgage Loan Documents, if any such action would constitute a “significant modification” of the Mortgage Loan, within the meaning of Section 1.860G-2(b) of the regulations of the United States Department of the Treasury, more than three (3) months after the startup day of the REMIC which includes the Notes (or any portion thereof). Each Note Holder agrees that the provisions of this paragraph shall be effected by compliance with any REMIC provisions in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement relating to the administration of the Mortgage Loan.

Anything herein or in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if one of the Notes is included in a REMIC and the other is not, such other Note Holder shall not be required to reimburse such Note Holder or any other Person for payment of (i) any taxes imposed on such REMIC, (ii) any costs or expenses relating to the administration of such REMIC or to any determination respecting the amount, payment or avoidance of any tax under such REMIC or (iii) any advances for any of the foregoing or any interest thereon or for deficits in other items of disbursement or income resulting from the use of funds for payment of any such taxes, costs or expenses or advances, nor shall any disbursement

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or payment otherwise distributable to the other Note Holder be reduced to offset or make-up any such payment or deficit.

Section 6.Rights of the Controlling Note Holder and Non-Controlling Note Holders.

(a)The Controlling Note Holder shall have the right at any time to appoint a representative in connection with the exercise of its rights and obligations with respect to the Mortgage Loan (the “Controlling Note Holder Representative”). The Controlling Note Holder shall have the right in its sole discretion at any time and from time to time to remove and replace the Controlling Note Holder Representative. When exercising its various rights under Section 5 and elsewhere in this Agreement, the Controlling Note Holder may, at its option, in each case, act through the Controlling Note Holder Representative. The Controlling Note Holder Representative may be any Person (other than a Borrower Party), including, without limitation, the Controlling Note Holder, any officer or employee of the Controlling Note Holder, any Affiliate of the Controlling Note Holder or any other unrelated third party. No such Controlling Note Holder Representative shall owe any fiduciary duty or other duty to any other Person (other than the Controlling Note Holder). All actions that are permitted to be taken by the Controlling Note Holder under this Agreement may be taken by the Controlling Note Holder Representative acting on behalf of the Controlling Note Holder. No Servicer, Certificate Administrator or Trustee acting on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall be required to recognize any Person as a Controlling Note Holder Representative until the Controlling Note Holder has notified each Servicer, Certificate Administrator and Trustee of such appointment and, if the Controlling Note Holder Representative is not the same Person as the Controlling Note Holder, the Controlling Note Holder Representative provides each Servicer, Certificate Administrator and Trustee with written confirmation of its acceptance of such appointment (and such parties will be entitled to rely on such notice), an address and facsimile number for the delivery of notices and other correspondence and a list of officers or employees of such person with whom the parties to this Agreement may deal (including their names, titles, work addresses and facsimile numbers). The Controlling Note Holder shall promptly deliver such information to any Servicer, Certificate Administrator and Trustee. The Controlling Note Holder agrees to inform each such Servicer or Trustee of the then-current Controlling Note Holder Representative.

Neither the Controlling Note Holder Representative nor the Controlling Note Holder, in such capacity, will have any liability to the other Note Holders or any other Person for any action taken, or for refraining from the taking of any action or the giving of any consent or the failure to give any consent pursuant to this Agreement or the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, or errors in judgment, absent any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of its willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or breach of this Agreement. The Note Holders agree that the Controlling Note Holder Representative and the Controlling Note Holder (whether acting in place of the Controlling Note Holder Representative when no Controlling Note Holder Representative shall have been appointed hereunder or otherwise exercising any right, power or privilege granted to the Controlling Note Holder hereunder) may take or refrain from taking actions, or give or refrain from giving consents, that favor the interests of one Note Holder over the other Note Holder, and that the Controlling Note Holder

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Representative or Controlling Note Holder may have special relationships and interests that conflict with the interests of other Note Holders and, absent willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or breach of this Agreement on the part of the Controlling Note Holder Representative or the Controlling Note Holder, as the case may be, acting in such capacity, agree to take no action against the Controlling Note Holder Representative, the Controlling Note Holder or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, principals or agents as a result of such special relationships or interests, and that neither the Controlling Note Holder Representative nor the Controlling Note Holder will be deemed to have been grossly negligent or reckless, or to have acted in bad faith or engaged in willful misfeasance or to have recklessly disregarded any exercise of its rights by reason of its having acted or refrained from acting, or having given any consent or having failed to give any consent, solely in the interests of any Note Holder.

(b)Each Non-Controlling Note Holder shall have the right at any time to appoint a representative (other than a Borrower Party) in connection with the exercise of its rights and obligations with respect to the Mortgage Loan (with respect to such Note Holder, the “Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative”). All of the provisions relating to the Controlling Note Holder and the Controlling Note Holder Representative set forth in Section 6(a) shall apply to each Non-Controlling Note Holder and its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative mutatis mutandis.

Each Non-Controlling Note Holder (if it is not the Lead Securitization Note Holder) shall provide notice of its identity and contact information (including any change thereof) to the Trustee, Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer; provided, that each Initial Note Holder shall be deemed to have provided such notice on the date hereof. The Trustee, Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such identity and contact information received by it and shall not be liable in respect of any deliveries hereunder sent in reliance thereon. The Non-Controlling Note Holder Representatives with respect to the Non-Controlling Notes, as of the date of this Agreement and until the Lead Securitization Note Holder (and the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer) is notified otherwise, shall be the Initial Note A-1 Holder with respect to Note A-1, the Initial Note A-2 Holder with respect to Note A-2, the Initial Note A-3 Holder with respect to Note A-3, the Initial Note A-4 Holder with respect to Note A-4, the Initial Note A-5 Holder with respect to Note A-5, the Initial Note A-6 Holder with respect to Note A-6, the Initial Note A-7 Holder with respect to Note A-7, the Initial Note A-8 Holder with respect to Note A-8, the Initial Note A-9 Holder with respect to Note A-9, the Initial Note A-10 Holder with respect to Note A-10, the Initial Note A-11 Holder with respect to Note A-11, the Initial Note A-12 Holder with respect to Note A-12, the Initial Note A-13 Holder with respect to Note A-13, the Initial Note A-14 Holder with respect to Note A-14, the Initial Note A-15 Holder with respect to Note A-15, the Initial Note A-16 Holder with respect to Note A-16, the Initial Note A-17 Holder with respect to Note A-17, the Initial Note A-18 Holder with respect to Note A-18, the Initial Note A-19 Holder with respect to Note A-19 and the Initial Note A-20 Holder with respect to Note A-20.

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(c)The Controlling Note Holder shall be entitled to exercise the rights and powers granted to the Controlling Note Holder hereunder and the rights and powers granted to the “Directing Holder,” “Controlling Class Certificateholder,” “Controlling Class Representative” or similar party under, and as defined in, the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement with respect to the Mortgage Loan. In addition, the Controlling Note Holder shall be entitled to advise (1) the Special Servicer with respect to all matters related to the Mortgage Loan if it is a “Specially Serviced Loan” (as defined in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement) and (2) the Special Servicer with respect to all matters for which the Master Servicer must obtain the consent or deemed consent of the Special Servicer, and, except as set forth below, (i) the Master Servicer shall not be permitted to implement any Major Decision unless it has obtained the prior written consent of the Special Servicer and (ii) the Special Servicer shall not be permitted to consent to the Master Servicer’s implementing any Major Decision nor will the Special Servicer itself be permitted to implement any Major Decision as to which the Controlling Note Holder has objected in writing within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of the written recommendation and analysis and such additional information requested by the Controlling Note Holder, and reasonably available to the Special Servicer, as may be necessary in order to make a judgment with respect to such Major Decision. The Controlling Note Holder may also direct the Special Servicer to take, or to refrain from taking, such other actions with respect to the Mortgage Loan as the Controlling Note Holder may deem advisable.

If the Controlling Note Holder fails to notify the Special Servicer of its approval or disapproval of any proposed Major Decision within ten (10) Business Days after delivery to the Controlling Note Holder by the applicable Servicer of written notice of a proposed Major Decision together with any information requested by the Controlling Note Holder as may be necessary in the reasonable judgment of the Controlling Note Holder in order to make a judgment, then upon the expiration of such ten (10) Business Day period, such Major Decision shall be deemed to have been approved by the Controlling Note Holder.

In the event that the Special Servicer or Master Servicer (in the event the Master Servicer is otherwise authorized by the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement to take such action), as applicable, determines that immediate action, with respect to the foregoing matters, or any other matter requiring consent of the Controlling Note Holder is necessary to protect the interests of the Note Holders (as a collective whole) and the Special Servicer has made a reasonable effort to contact the Controlling Note Holder, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, may take any such action without waiting for the Controlling Note Holder’s response.

No objection, consent, direction or advice contemplated by the preceding paragraphs may, and neither the Master Servicer nor Special Servicer shall take any action that would (i) require or cause the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, to violate any provision of the Mortgage Loan Documents, applicable law, the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, this Agreement, the REMIC Provisions or the Master Servicer or Special Servicer’s obligation to act in accordance with the Servicing Standard or (ii) result in the imposition of a tax on any Trust REMIC under the REMIC Provisions or cause any REMIC Pool to fail to qualify as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a grantor trust under

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subpart E, part I of subchapter J of the Code for federal income tax purposes, (iii) expose the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Depositor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trust or the Trustee or any of their respective Affiliates, officers, directors, shareholders, partners, members, managers, employees or agents to any claim, suit, or liability for which this Agreement or the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement does not provide indemnification to such party or expose any such party to prosecution for a criminal offense, (iv) materially expand the scope of responsibilities of any of the Master Servicer, Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, under this Agreement or the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

Section 7.Appointment of Special Servicer. Subject to the conditions and requirements set forth in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, the Controlling Note Holder shall have the right at any time and from time to time, with or without cause, to replace the Special Servicer then acting with respect to the Mortgage Loan and appoint a replacement Special Servicer in lieu thereof. Any designation by the Controlling Note Holder (or its Controlling Note Holder Representative) of a Person to serve as Special Servicer shall be made by delivering to the other Note Holder, the Master Servicer, the then existing Special Servicer and other parties to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement a written notice stating such designation and satisfying the other conditions to such replacement as set forth in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement (including, without limitation, a Rating Agency Confirmation, but only if required by the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement), and delivering to each Non-Controlling Note Holder a Rating Agency Confirmation with respect to any rated securities issued and outstanding under the related Securitization if such replacement Special Servicer does not meet the Required Special Servicer Rating with respect to those Rating Agencies rating the securities of any Securitization related to a Non-Controlling Note Holder. The Controlling Note Holder shall be solely responsible for any expenses incurred in connection with any such replacement without cause. The Controlling Note Holder shall notify the Non-Controlling Note Holders of its termination of the then currently serving Special Servicer and its appointment of a replacement Special Servicer in accordance with this Section 7. If the Controlling Note Holder has not appointed a Special Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loan as of the consummation of the securitization under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, then the initial Special Servicer designated in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement shall serve as the initial Special Servicer but this shall not limit the right of the Controlling Note Holder (or its Controlling Note Holder Representative) to designate a replacement Special Servicer for the Mortgage Loan as aforesaid. If a Servicer Termination Event on the part of the Special Servicer has occurred that affects a Non-Controlling Note Holder, such Non-Controlling Note Holder shall have the right to direct the Trustee (or at any time that the Mortgage Loan is no longer included in a Securitization Trust, the Controlling Note Holder) to terminate the Special Servicer under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement solely with respect to the Mortgage Loan pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. The Note Holders acknowledge and agree that any successor special servicer appointed to replace the Special Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loan that was terminated for cause at a Non-Controlling Note Holder’s direction cannot at any time be the person (or an Affiliate thereof) that was so terminated without the prior written consent of such Non-Controlling Note Holder. Upon the occurrence of such a Servicer Termination Event with

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respect to the Master Servicer that affects a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder, and the Master Servicer is not otherwise terminated pursuant to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, the Trustee or the Master Servicer shall, upon the direction of the affected Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder, require the appointment of a subservicer with respect to the Mortgage Loan. The Non-Controlling Note Holder that directs the Trustee (or at any time that the Mortgage Loan is no longer included in a Securitization Trust, the Controlling Note Holder) to terminate the Special Servicer shall be solely responsible for reimbursing the Trustee’s or the Controlling Note Holder’s, as applicable, costs and expenses, if not paid within a reasonable time by the terminated special servicer and, in the case of the Trustee, that would otherwise be reimbursed to the Trustee from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

Section 8.Payment Procedure.

(a)The Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer acting on its behalf), in accordance with the priorities set forth in Section 3 and subject to the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, shall deposit or cause to be deposited all payments allocable to the Notes to the Collection Account and/or Companion Distribution Account pursuant to and in accordance with the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. The Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer acting on its behalf) shall deposit such amounts to the applicable account within two (2) Business Days after receipt by it of properly identified funds by the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer acting on its behalf) from or on behalf of the Mortgage Loan Borrower.

(b)If the Lead Securitization Note Holder determines, or a court of competent jurisdiction orders, at any time that any amount received or collected in respect of any Note must, pursuant to any insolvency, bankruptcy, fraudulent conveyance, preference or similar law, be returned to the Mortgage Loan Borrower or paid to the Lead Securitization Note Holder, a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder or any Servicer or paid to any other Person, then, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall not be required to distribute any portion thereof to the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holders and each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall promptly on demand by the Lead Securitization Note Holder repay to the Lead Securitization Note Holder any portion thereof that the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall have theretofore distributed to such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder, together with interest thereon at such rate, if any, as the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall have been required to pay to any Mortgage Loan Borrower, Master Servicer, Special Servicer or such other Person with respect thereto.

(c)If, for any reason, the Lead Securitization Note Holder makes any payment to a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder before the Lead Securitization Note Holder has received the corresponding payment (it being understood that the Lead Securitization Note Holder is under no obligation to do so), and the Lead Securitization Note Holder does not receive the corresponding payment within five (5) Business Days of its payment to such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder, such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall, at the Lead Securitization Note Holder’s request, promptly return that payment to the Lead Securitization Note Holder.

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(d) Each Note Holder agrees that if at any time it shall receive from any sources whatsoever any payment on account of the Mortgage Loan in excess of its distributable share thereof, it shall promptly remit such excess to the applicable Note Holder, subject to this Agreement and the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. The Lead Securitization Note Holder shall have the right to offset any amounts due hereunder from a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder with respect to the Mortgage Loan against any future payments due to such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder under the Mortgage Loan. A Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s obligations under this Section 8 constitute absolute, unconditional and continuing obligations.

Section 9.             Limitation on Liability of the Note Holders. Each Note Holder shall have no liability to any other Note Holder with respect to its Note except with respect to losses actually suffered due to the gross negligence, willful misconduct or breach of this Agreement on the part of such Note Holder; provided, that, notwithstanding any of the foregoing to the contrary, each Servicer will nevertheless be subject to the obligations and standards (including the Servicing Standard) set forth in the related Securitization Servicing Agreement.

The Note Holders acknowledge that, subject to the obligation of the Lead Securitization Note Holder (including any Servicer and the Trustee) to comply with, and except as otherwise required by, the Servicing Standard, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (including any Servicer and the Trustee) may exercise, or omit to exercise, any rights that the Lead Securitization Note Holder may have under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement in a manner that may be adverse to the interests of any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder and that the Lead Securitization Note Holder (including any Servicer and the Trustee) shall have no liability whatsoever to any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder in connection with such Lead Securitization Note Holder’s exercise of rights or any omission by the Lead Securitization Note Holder to exercise such rights other than as described above; provided, however, that the Servicer must act in accordance with the Servicing Standard.

Section 10.         Bankruptcy. Subject to Section 5(c), each Note Holder hereby covenants and agrees that only the Lead Securitization Note Holder has the right to institute, file, commence, acquiesce, petition under Bankruptcy Code Section 303 or otherwise or join any Person in any such petition or otherwise invoke or cause any other Person to invoke an Insolvency Proceeding with respect to or against the Mortgage Loan Borrower or seek to appoint a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official with respect to the Mortgage Loan Borrower or all or any part of its property or assets or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of the affairs of the Mortgage Loan Borrower. Each Note Holder further agrees that only the Lead Securitization Note Holder, and not any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder, can make any election, give any consent, commence any action or file any motion, claim, obligation, notice or application or take any other action in any case by or against the Mortgage Loan Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code or in any other Insolvency Proceeding. The Note Holders hereby appoint the Lead Securitization Note Holder as their agent, and grant to the Lead Securitization Note Holder an irrevocable power of attorney coupled with an interest, and their proxy, for the purpose of exercising any and all rights and taking any and all actions available to a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder in connection with any case

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by or against the Mortgage Loan Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code or in any other Insolvency Proceeding, including, without limitation, the right to file and/or prosecute any claim, vote to accept or reject a plan, to make any election under Section 1111(b) of the Bankruptcy Code with respect to the Mortgage Loan, and to file a motion to modify, lift or terminate the automatic stay with respect to the Mortgage Loan. Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder hereby agrees that, upon the request of the Lead Securitization Note Holder, such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Lead Securitization Note Holder all and every such further deeds, conveyances and instruments as the Lead Securitization Note Holder may reasonably request for the better assuring and evidencing of the foregoing appointment and grant. All actions taken by the Servicer in connection with any Insolvency Proceeding are subject to and must be in accordance with the Servicing Standard.

Section 11.Representations of the Note Holders. Each Note Holder represents and warrants that the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement is within its corporate powers, has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, and does not contravene such Note Holder’s charter or any law or contractual restriction binding upon such Note Holder, and that this Agreement is the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Note Holder enforceable against such Note Holder in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and except that the enforcement of rights with respect to indemnification and contribution obligations may be limited by applicable law. Each Note Holder represents and warrants that it is duly organized, validly existing, in good standing and in possession of all licenses and authorizations necessary to carry on its business. Each Note Holder represents and warrants that (a) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by such Note Holder, (b) to such Note Holder’s actual knowledge, all consents, approvals, authorizations, orders or filings of or with any court or governmental agency or body, if any, required for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by such Note Holder have been obtained or made and (c) to such Note Holder’s actual knowledge, there is no pending action, suit or proceeding, arbitration or governmental investigation against such Note Holder, an adverse outcome of which would materially and adversely affect its performance under this Agreement.

Section 12.No Creation of a Partnership or Exclusive Purchase Right. Nothing contained in this Agreement, and no action taken pursuant hereto shall be deemed to constitute the relationship created hereby between the Note Holders as a partnership, association, joint venture or other entity. The Lead Securitization Note Holder shall have no obligation whatsoever to offer to any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder the opportunity to purchase a participation interest in any future loans originated by the Lead Securitization Note Holder or its Affiliates and if the Lead Securitization Note Holder chooses to offer to a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder the opportunity to purchase a participation interest in any future mortgage loans originated by the Lead Securitization Note Holder or its Affiliates, such offer shall be at such purchase price and interest rate as the Lead Securitization Note Holder chooses, in its sole and absolute discretion. No Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall have any obligation whatsoever to purchase from the Lead Securitization Note Holder a participation interest in any future loans originated by the Lead Securitization Note Holder or its Affiliates.

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Section 13.Other Business Activities of the Note Holders. Each Note Holder acknowledges that the other Note Holder or its Affiliates may make loans or otherwise extend credit to, and generally engage in any kind of business with, a Borrower Party, any entity that is a holder of debt secured by direct or indirect ownership interests in the Mortgage Loan Borrower or any entity that is a holder of a preferred equity interest in the Mortgage Loan Borrower, and receive payments on such other loans or extensions of credit to any such party and otherwise act with respect thereto freely and without accountability in the same manner as if this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby were not in effect.

Section 14.Sale of the Notes.

(a)Except as contemplated by the second following sentence, each Note Holder agrees that it will not sell, assign, transfer, pledge, syndicate, hypothecate, contribute, encumber or otherwise dispose of all or any portion of its respective Note (a “Transfer”) except to a Qualified Institutional Lender in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Promptly after the Transfer (other than a Transfer to a Securitization Trust), the non-transferring Note Holder(s) shall be provided with (x) a representation from a transferee or the applicable Note Holder certifying that such transferee is a Qualified Institutional Lender (except in the case of a Transfer in accordance with the immediately following sentence) and (y) a copy of the assignment and assumption agreement referred to in Section 15. If a Note Holder intends to Transfer its respective Note, or any portion thereof, to an entity that is not a Qualified Institutional Lender, it must first (a) obtain the consent of each non-transferring Note Holder and (b) if such non-transferring Note Holder’s Note is held in a Securitization Trust, obtain a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency then rating the securities of such Securitization Trust. Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the non-transferring Note Holder’s prior consent (which will not be unreasonably withheld), and, if such non-transferring Note Holder’s Note is held in a Securitization Trust, until a Rating Agency Confirmation is obtained, no Note Holder shall Transfer all or any portion of its Note (or a participation interest in such Note) to a Borrower Party and any such Transfer made without the prior consent of the non-transferring Note Holder and Rating Agency Confirmation (if such non-transferring Note Holder’s Note is held in a Securitization Trust), shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee; provided that for the avoidance of doubt, transfers of any securities backed by a Note held in a Securitization Trust will not be subject to the foregoing requirement and such transfers shall be governed by the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement or any related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, as applicable. The transferring Note Holder agrees that it shall pay the expenses of the non-transferring Note Holder (including all expenses of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee and any Controlling Note Holder or Controlling Note Holder Representative) and all expenses relating to any Rating Agency Confirmation in connection with any such Transfer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Note Holder shall have the right, without the need to obtain the consent of the other Note Holder or of any other Person or having to provide any Rating Agency Confirmation, to Transfer 49% or less (in the aggregate) of its beneficial interest in a Note. None of the provisions of this Section 14(a) shall apply in the case of (1) a sale of all of the Notes together, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement or (2) a transfer by the Special Servicer, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, of the Mortgage Loan or the

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Mortgaged Property, upon the Mortgage Loan becoming a Defaulted Loan to a single member limited liability or limited partnership, 100% of the equity interest in which is owned directly or indirectly, through one or more single member limited liability companies or limited partnerships, by the Lead Securitization Trust.

(b)In the case of any Transfer of a participation interest in any of the Notes, (i) the respective Note Holders’ obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Note Holders shall remain solely responsible for the performance of such obligations, and (iii) the Lead Securitization Note Holder and any Persons acting on its behalf shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Note Holder in connection with such Note Holder’s rights and obligations under this Agreement and the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, and all amounts payable hereunder shall be determined as if such Note Holder had not sold such participation interest.

(c)Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, any Note Holder may pledge (a “Pledge”) its Note to any entity (other than a Borrower Party) which has extended a credit facility to such Note Holder and that is either a Qualified Institutional Lender or a financial institution whose long-term unsecured debt is rated at least “A” (or the equivalent) or better by each Rating Agency (or, if not rated by an applicable Rating Agency, an equivalent or higher rating from any two of Fitch, Moody’s and S&P) (a “Note Pledgee”), on terms and conditions set forth in this Section 14(c), it being further agreed that a financing provided by a Note Pledgee to a Note Holder or any person which Controls such Note that is secured by its Note and is structured as a repurchase arrangement, shall qualify as a “Pledge” hereunder, provided that a Note Pledgee that is not a Qualified Institutional Lender may not take title to the pledged Note without a Rating Agency Confirmation. Upon written notice by the applicable Note Holder to any other Note Holder and any Servicer that a Pledge has been effected (including the name and address of the applicable Note Pledgee), such other Note Holder agrees to acknowledge receipt of such notice and thereafter agrees: (i) to give Note Pledgee written notice of any default by the pledging Note Holder in respect of its obligations under this Agreement of which default such Note Holder has actual knowledge; (ii) to allow such Note Pledgee a period of ten (10) days to cure a default by the pledging Note Holder in respect of its obligations to any other Note Holder hereunder, but such Note Pledgee shall not be obligated to cure any such default; (iii) that no amendment, modification, waiver or termination of this Agreement shall be effective against such Note Pledgee without the written consent of such Note Pledgee, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed; (iv) that such other Note Holder shall give to such Note Pledgee copies of any notice of default under this Agreement simultaneously with the giving of same to the pledging Note Holder; (v) that such other Note Holder shall deliver to Note Pledgee such estoppel certificate(s) as Note Pledgee shall reasonably request, provided that any such certificate(s) shall be in a form reasonably satisfactory to such other Note Holder; and (vi) that, upon written notice (a “Redirection Notice”) to the other Note Holders and any Servicer by such Note Pledgee that the pledging Note Holder is in default, beyond any applicable cure periods, under the pledging Note Holder’s obligations to such Note Pledgee pursuant to the applicable credit agreement between the pledging Note Holder and such Note Pledgee (which notice need not be joined in or confirmed by the pledging Note Holder), and until such Redirection Notice is withdrawn or rescinded by such Note Pledgee, Note Pledgee shall be entitled to receive any payments that

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any Note Holder or Servicer would otherwise be obligated to pay to the pledging Note Holder from time to time pursuant to this Agreement or the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. Any pledging Note Holder hereby unconditionally and absolutely releases the other Note Holders and any Servicer from any liability to the pledging Note Holder on account of such other Note Holder’s or Servicer’s compliance with any Redirection Notice believed by any Servicer or such other Note Holder to have been delivered by a Note Pledgee. A Note Pledgee shall be permitted to exercise fully its rights and remedies against the pledging Note Holder to such Note Pledgee (and accept an assignment in lieu of foreclosure as to such collateral), in accordance with applicable law and this Agreement. In such event, the Note Holders and any Servicer shall recognize such Note Pledgee (and any transferee other than a Borrower Party that is also a Qualified Institutional Lender at any foreclosure or similar sale held by such Note Pledgee or any transfer in lieu of foreclosure), and its successor and assigns, as the successor to the pledging Note Holder’s rights, remedies and obligations under this Agreement, and any such Note Pledgee or Qualified Institutional Lender shall assume in writing the obligations of the pledging Note Holder hereunder accruing from and after such Transfer (i.e., realization upon the collateral by such Note Pledgee) and agrees to be bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement. The rights of a Note Pledgee under this Section 14(c) shall remain effective as to any Note Holder (and any Servicer) unless and until such Note Pledgee shall have notified any such Note Holder (and any Servicer, as applicable) in writing that its interest in the pledged Note has terminated.

(d)                      Notwithstanding any provisions herein to the contrary, if a conduit (“Conduit”) which is not a Qualified Institutional Lender provides financing to a Note Holder then such Note Holder shall have the right to grant a security interest in its Note to such Conduit notwithstanding that such Conduit is not a Qualified Institutional Lender, if the following conditions are satisfied:

(i)                          The loan (the “Conduit Inventory Loan”) made by the Conduit to such Note Holder to finance the acquisition and holding of its Note requires a third party (the “Conduit Credit Enhancer”) to provide credit enhancement;

(ii)                       The Conduit Credit Enhancer is a Qualified Institutional Lender;

(iii)                     Such Note Holder pledges its interest in its Note to the Conduit as collateral for the Conduit Inventory Loan;

(iv)                     The Conduit Credit Enhancer and the Conduit agree that, if such Note Holder defaults under the Conduit Inventory Loan, or if the Conduit is unable to refinance its outstanding commercial paper even if there is no default by such Note Holder, the Conduit Credit Enhancer will purchase the Conduit Inventory Loan from the Conduit, and the Conduit will assign the pledge of such Note Holder’s Note to the Conduit Credit Enhancer; and

(v)                       Unless the Conduit is in fact then a Qualified Institutional Lender, the Conduit will not without obtaining a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency have any greater right to acquire the interests in the Note pledged by such Note

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Holder, by foreclosure or otherwise, than would any other purchaser that is not a Qualified Institutional Lender at a foreclosure sale conducted by a Note Pledgee.

Section 15.Registration of the Notes and Each Note Holder. The Agent shall keep or cause to be kept at the Agent Office books (the “Note Register”) for the registration and transfer of the Notes. The Agent shall serve as the initial note registrar and the Agent hereby accepts such appointment. The names and addresses of the holders of the Notes and the names and addresses of any transferee of any Note of which the Agent has received notice, in the form of a copy of the assignment and assumption agreement referred to in this Section 15, shall be registered in the Note Register. The Person in whose name a Note is so registered shall be deemed and treated as the sole owner and holder thereof for all purposes of this Agreement. Upon request of a Note Holder, the Agent shall provide such party with the names and addresses of the other Note Holder. To the extent the Trustee or another party is appointed as Agent hereunder, each Note Holder hereby designates such person as its agent under this Section 15 solely for purposes of maintaining the Note Register.

In connection with any Transfer of a Note (but excluding any Pledgee unless and until it realizes on its Pledge), a transferee shall execute an assignment and assumption agreement (unless the transferee is a Securitization Trust and the related pooling and servicing agreement requires the parties thereto to comply with this Agreement), whereby such transferee assumes all of the obligations of the applicable Note Holder hereunder with respect to such Note thereafter accruing and agrees to be bound by the terms of this Agreement, including the applicable restriction on Transfers set forth in Section 14, from and after the date of such assignment. No transfer of a Note may be made unless it is registered on the Note Register, and the Agent shall not recognize any attempted or purported transfer of any Note in violation of the provisions of Section 14 and this Section 15. Any such purported transfer shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. Each Note Holder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Agent and the other Note Holders against any liability that may result if the transfer is not made in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

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Section 16.Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT, AND/OR THE INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS AND DECISIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CHOICE OF LAW RULES THEREOF (OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW). EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT.

Section 17.Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:

(a)                        SUBMITS FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT IN RESPECT THEREOF, TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE GENERAL JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, THE FEDERAL COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND APPELLATE COURTS FROM ANY THEREOF;

(b)                      CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE BROUGHT IN SUCH COURTS AND, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WAIVES ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT OR THAT SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING WAS BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT COURT AND AGREES NOT TO PLEAD OR CLAIM THE SAME;

(c)                       AGREES THAT SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE EFFECTED BY MAILING A COPY THEREOF BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL (OR ANY SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR FORM OF MAIL), POSTAGE PREPAID, TO ITS ADDRESS SET FORTH HEREIN OR AT SUCH OTHER ADDRESS OF WHICH A PARTY HEREIN SHALL HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED; AND

(d)                       AGREES THAT NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT TO EFFECT SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR SHALL LIMIT THE RIGHT TO SUE IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.

Section 18.Modifications. This Agreement shall not be modified, cancelled or terminated except by an instrument in writing signed by each Note Holder. Additionally, for as long as any Note is contained in a Securitization Trust, the Note Holders shall not amend or modify this Agreement without first obtaining a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency then rating any securities of any Securitization; provided that no such Rating Agency Confirmation shall be required in connection with a modification (i) to cure any

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ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provisions herein that may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions herein or with the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, or (ii) with respect to matters or questions arising under this Agreement, to make provisions in this Agreement consistent with other provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, in connection with the creation of New Notes pursuant to Section 32).

Section 19.Successors and Assigns; Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Except as provided herein, including without limitation, with respect to the Trustee, Certificate Administrator, Master Servicer and Special Servicer and the Non-Lead Master Servicer, Non-Lead Special Servicer or Non-Lead Trustee, none of the provisions of this Agreement shall be for the benefit of or enforceable by any Person not a party hereto. Subject to Section 14 and Section 15, each Note Holder may assign or delegate its rights or obligations under this Agreement. Upon any such assignment, the assignee shall be entitled to all rights and benefits of the applicable Note Holder hereunder.

Section 20.Counterparts and Electronic Execution. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument, and the words “executed,” “signed,” “signature” and words of like import as used above and elsewhere in this Agreement or in any other certificate, agreement or document related to this transaction shall include, in addition to manually executed signatures, images of manually executed signatures transmitted by facsimile or other electronic format (including, without limitation, “pdf,” “tif” or “jpg”) and other electronic signatures (including, without limitation, any electronic sound, symbol, or process, attached to or logically associated with a contract or other record and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the record). The use of electronic signatures and electronic records (including, without limitation, any contract or other record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means) shall be of the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a manually executed signature or use of a paper-based record-keeping system to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act and any other applicable law, including, without limitation, any state law based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the Uniform Commercial Code.

Section 21.Captions. The titles and headings of the paragraphs of this Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to summarize or otherwise describe the subject matter of the paragraphs and shall not be given any consideration in the construction of this Agreement.

Section 22.                     Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable laws, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Agreement.

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Section 23.Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter contained in this Agreement and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings and negotiations between the parties.

Section 24.Withholding Taxes. (a) If the Lead Securitization Note Holder or the Mortgage Loan Borrower shall be required by law to deduct and withhold Taxes from interest, fees or other amounts payable to a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder with respect to the Mortgage Loan as a result of such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder constituting a Non-Exempt Person, the Lead Securitization Note Holder, in its capacity as servicer, shall be entitled to do so with respect to such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s interest in such payment (all withheld amounts being deemed paid to such Note Holder), provided that the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall furnish such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder with a statement setting forth the amount of Taxes withheld, the applicable rate and other information which may reasonably be requested for purposes of assisting such Note Holder to seek any allowable credits or deductions for the Taxes so withheld in each jurisdiction in which such Note Holder is subject to tax.

(b)Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall and hereby agrees to indemnify the Lead Securitization Note Holder against and hold the Lead Securitization Note Holder harmless from and against any Taxes, interest, penalties and attorneys’ fees and disbursements arising or resulting from any failure of the Lead Securitization Note Holder to withhold Taxes from payment made such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder in reliance upon any representation, certificate, statement, document or instrument made or provided by such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder to the Lead Securitization Note Holder in connection with the obligation of the Lead Securitization Note Holder to withhold Taxes from payments made to such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder, it being expressly understood and agreed that (i) the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall be absolutely and unconditionally entitled to accept any such representation, certificate, statement, document or instrument as being true and correct in all respects and to fully rely thereon without any obligation or responsibility to investigate or to make any inquiries with respect to the accuracy, veracity, correctness or validity of the same and (ii) such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder, upon request of the Lead Securitization Note Holder and at its sole cost and expense, shall defend any claim or action relating to the foregoing indemnification using counsel selected by the Lead Securitization Note Holder.

(c)Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder represents to the Lead Securitization Note Holder (for the benefit of the Mortgage Loan Borrower) that it is not a Non-Exempt Person and that neither the Lead Securitization Note Holder nor the Mortgage Loan Borrower is obligated under applicable law to withhold Taxes on sums paid to it with respect to the Mortgage Loan or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement. Contemporaneously with the execution of this Agreement and from time to time as necessary during the term of this Agreement, each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall deliver to the Lead Securitization Note Holder or Servicer, as applicable, evidence satisfactory to the Lead Securitization Note Holder substantiating that such Note Holder is not a Non-Exempt Person and that the Lead Securitization Note Holder is not obligated under applicable law to withhold Taxes on sums

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paid to it with respect to the Mortgage Loan or otherwise under this Agreement. Without limiting the effect of the foregoing, (i) if a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder is created or organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, it shall satisfy the requirements of the preceding sentence by furnishing to the Lead Securitization Note Holder an Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 and (ii) if a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder is not created or organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, and if the payment of interest or other amounts by the Mortgage Loan Borrower is treated for United States income tax purposes as derived in whole or part from sources within the United States, such Note Holder shall satisfy the requirements of the preceding sentence by furnishing to the Lead Securitization Note Holder Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI, Form W-8IMY (with appropriate attachments) or Form W-8BEN, or successor forms, as may be required from time to time, duly executed by such Note Holder, as evidence of such Note Holder’s exemption from the withholding of United States tax with respect thereto. The Lead Securitization Note Holder shall not be obligated to make any payment hereunder with respect to any Non-Lead Securitization Note or otherwise until the related Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall have furnished to the Lead Securitization Note Holder requested forms, certificates, statements or documents.

Section 25.Custody of Mortgage Loan Documents. On and after the closing of the Lead Securitization, the originals of all of the Mortgage Loan Documents (other than the originals of the Non-Lead Securitization Notes) shall be held by the Trustee through a duly appointed custodian therefor, in accordance with the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, on behalf of the registered holders of the Notes; provided that if the First Securitization is not the Note A-1 Securitization, (i) the originals of all of the Mortgage Loan Documents (other than the Notes not being deposited into the First Securitization) shall be transferred to and held by the Trustee (of the First Securitization) through a duly appointed custodian therefor under the First Securitization, on behalf of the registered holders of the Notes, until the closing of the Note A-1 Securitization, on which date, the originals of all of the Mortgage Loan Documents (other than the Notes not being deposited into the Note A-1 Securitization) shall be transferred to and held in the name of the Trustee (by a duly appointed custodian therefor) under the Note A-1 PSA on behalf of the registered holders of the Notes; and (ii) all Mortgage Loan Documents (other than the Notes not being deposited into the Note A-1 Securitization) shall not be recorded or filed to reflect the name of the trustee under the Securitization Servicing Agreement for the First Securitization (except to the extent specifically provided for in the Securitization Servicing Agreement for the First Securitization).

Section 26.Cooperation in Securitization. Each Note Holder acknowledges that any Note Holder may elect, in its sole discretion, to include its Note in a Securitization. In connection with a Securitization and subject to the terms of the preceding sentence, at the request of the related Securitizing Note Holder, the related Non-Securitizing Note Holder shall use reasonable efforts, at such Securitizing Note Holder’s expense, to satisfy, and to cooperate with such Securitizing Note Holder in attempting to cause the Mortgage Loan Borrower to satisfy, the market standards to which such Securitizing Note Holder customarily adheres or that may be reasonably required in the marketplace or by the Rating Agencies in connection with such Securitization, including, entering into (or consenting to, as applicable) any modifications to this Agreement or the Mortgage Loan Documents and to cooperate with such

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Securitizing Note Holder in attempting to cause the Mortgage Loan Borrower to execute such modifications to the Mortgage Loan Documents, in any such case, as may be reasonably requested by the Rating Agencies to effect such Securitization; provided, that no Non-Securitizing Note Holder shall be required to modify or amend this Agreement or any Mortgage Loan Documents (or consent to such modification, as applicable) in connection therewith, if such modification or amendment would (i) change the interest allocable to, or the amount of any payments due to or priority of such payments to, such Non-Securitizing Note Holder or (ii) materially increase such Non-Securitizing Note Holder’s obligations or materially decrease such Non-Securitizing Note Holder’s rights, remedies or protections. In connection with any Securitization, each related Non-Securitizing Note Holder shall provide for inclusion in any disclosure document relating to such Securitization such information concerning such Non-Securitizing Note Holder and its Note as the related Securitizing Note Holder reasonably determines to be necessary or appropriate, and such Non-Securitizing Note Holder shall, at such Securitizing Note Holder’s expense, cooperate with the reasonable requests of each Rating Agency and such Securitizing Note Holder in connection with such Securitization (including, without limitation, reasonably cooperating with such Securitizing Note Holder (without any obligation to make additional representations and warranties) to enable such Securitizing Note Holder to make all necessary certifications and deliver all necessary opinions (including customary securities law opinions) in connection with the Mortgage Loan and such Securitization), as well as in connection with all other matters and the preparation of any offering documents thereof and to review and respond reasonably promptly with respect to any information relating to such Note Holder and its Note in any Securitization document. Each Note Holder acknowledges that in connection with any Securitization, the information provided by it in its capacity as a Non-Securitizing Note Holder to the related Securitizing Note Holder may be incorporated into the offering documents for such Securitization. Each Securitizing Note Holder and each Rating Agency shall be entitled to rely on the information supplied by, or on behalf of, each Non-Securitizing Note Holder.

Upon request, each Securitizing Note Holder shall deliver to the Non-Securitizing Note Holder drafts of the preliminary and final offering memoranda, prospectus supplement, free writing prospectus and any other disclosure documents and the pooling and servicing agreement for the Securitization of such Securitizing Note Holder’s Note and provide reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such documents.

Section 27.Notices. All notices required hereunder shall be given by (i)  facsimile transmission or e-mail (during business hours) if the sender on the same day sends a confirming copy of such notice by reputable overnight delivery service (charges prepaid), (ii) reputable overnight delivery service (charges prepaid) or (iii) certified United States mail, postage prepaid return receipt requested, and addressed to the respective parties at their addresses set forth on Exhibit B hereto, or at such other address as any party shall hereafter inform the other party by written notice given as aforesaid. All written notices so given shall be deemed effective upon receipt.

Section 28.Broker. Each Note Holder represents to each other that no broker was responsible for bringing about this transaction.

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Section 29.Certain Matters Affecting the Agent.

(a)                        The Agent may request and/or rely upon and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any representation made or assignment and assumption agreement delivered to the Agent pursuant to Section 14 and Section 15;

(b)                      The Agent may consult with counsel and any opinion of counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such opinion of counsel;

(c)                      The Agent shall be under no obligation to institute, conduct or defend any litigation hereunder or in relation hereto at the request, order or direction of any Note Holder pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, unless it has received indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it;

(d)                      The Agent or any of its directors, officers, employees, Affiliates, agents or “control” persons within the meaning of the Act, shall not be personally liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith and reasonably believed by the Agent to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Agreement;

(e)                        The Agent shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any representation made or assignment and assumption agreement delivered to the Agent pursuant to Section 15;

(f)                         The Agent may execute any of the powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys but shall not be relieved of its obligations hereunder; and

(g)                      The Agent represents and warrants that it is a Qualified Institutional Lender.

Section 30.                         Reserved.

Section 31.                    Resignation of Agent. The Agent may resign at any time on ten (10) days’ prior notice, so long as a successor Agent, reasonably satisfactory to the Note Holders (it being agreed that a Servicer, the Trustee or a Certificate Administrator in a Securitization is satisfactory to the Note Holders), has agreed to be bound by this Agreement and perform the duties of the Agent hereunder. WFB, as Initial Agent, may transfer its rights and obligations to a Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as successor Agent, at any time without the consent of any Note Holder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Note Holders hereby agree that, simultaneously with the closing of a Lead Securitization, the Master Servicer shall be deemed to have been automatically appointed as the successor Agent under this Agreement in place of WFB or the master servicer of the First Securitization, as applicable, without any further notice or other action. The termination or resignation of such Master Servicer, as Master Servicer under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, shall be deemed a termination or resignation of such Master Servicer as Agent under this Agreement, and

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any successor master servicer shall be deemed to have been automatically appointed as the successor Agent under this Agreement in place thereof without any further notice or other action.

Section 32.Resizing. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, for so long as any Note Holder or an affiliate thereof (each, an “Original Entity”) is the owner of a Note that is not included in a Securitization (each, an “Owned Note”), such Original Entity shall have the right, subject to the terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents, to cause the Mortgage Loan Borrower to execute amended and restated notes or additional notes (in either case, “New Notes”) reallocating the principal of the Owned Note to such New Notes; or severing the Owned Note into one or more further “component” notes in the aggregate principal amount equal to the then outstanding principal balance of the Owned Note provided that (i) the aggregate principal balance of all outstanding New Notes following such amendments is no greater than the aggregate principal of the Owned Note prior to such amendments, (ii) all Notes continue to have the same weighted average interest rate as the Notes prior to such amendments, (iii) all Notes pay pro rata and on a pari passu basis and such reallocated or component notes shall be automatically subject to the terms of this Agreement, and (iv) the Original Entity holding the New Notes shall notify the Lead Securitization Note Holder, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee in writing of such modified allocations and principal amounts. Except for the foregoing reallocation and for modifications pursuant to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement (as discussed in Section 5), no Note may be modified or amended without the consent of its holder and the consent of the holder of the other Notes. In connection with the foregoing (provided the conditions set forth in (i) through (iv) above are satisfied), the Master Servicer is hereby authorized and directed to execute amendments to the Mortgage Loan Documents and, if applicable, this Agreement on behalf of any or all of the Note Holders, as applicable, solely for the purpose of reflecting such reallocation of principal. If the Lead Securitization Note Holder so requests, the Original Entity holding the New Notes shall (a) represent that the conditions set forth in (i) through (iv) have been satisfied and/or (b) deliver a confirmation of the continued applicability of this Agreement to the New Notes. If the Controlling Note is involved in any resizing contemplated by this Section 32, the applicable Note Holder shall be entitled to designate any one of the related New Notes as the Controlling Note, and the definitions of “Controlling Note” and “Controlling Note Holder” shall be deemed to have been revised accordingly. Any New Note that is created in a resizing contemplated by this Section 32 and that is not the Controlling Note shall be deemed to be a Non-Controlling Note under this Agreement, the definitions of “Non-Controlling Note” and “Non-Controlling Note Holder” shall be deemed to have been revised accordingly to include such New Notes, and the applicable Note Holders of such Non-Controlling Notes shall have the same rights and responsibilities as all other Non-Controlling Note Holders.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Initial Agent and Initial Note Holders have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Initial Note A-1 Holder, Initial Note A-2 Holder, Initial Note A-3 Holder, Initial Note A-4 Holder, Initial Note A-5 Holder, Initial Note A-6 Holder, Initial Note A-7 Holder and Initial Note A-8 Holder and as Initial Agent
By:	/s/ Steven L. Wasser
	Name:  Steven L. Wasser
	Title:    Managing Director

Agreement Between Note Holders – 250 Water Street Mortgage Loan 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Initial Note A-9 Holder, Initial Note A-10 Holder, Initial Note A-11 Holder, Initial Note A-12 Holder, Initial Note A-13 Holder, Initial Note A-14 Holder, Initial Note A-15 Holder and Initial Note A-16 Holder
By:	/s/ Jeffrey L. Cirillo
	Name:  Jeffrey L. Cirillo
	Title:    Managing Director

Agreement Between Note Holders – 250 Water Street Mortgage Loan 

GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, as Initial Note A-17 Holder and Initial Note A-18 Holder
By:	/s/  Justin Peterson
	Name:  Justin Peterson
	Title:    Authorized Signatory

Agreement Between Note Holders – 250 Water Street Mortgage Loan 

3650 REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST 2 LLC, as Initial Note A-19 Holder and Initial Note A-20 Holder
By:	/s/ Tobin Cobb
	Name:  Tobin Cobb
	Title:    Authorized Signatory

Agreement Between Note Holders – 250 Water Street Mortgage Loan 

EXHIBIT A

MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE

Description of Mortgage Loan

Mortgage Loan Borrower:	DW PROPCO EF, LLC
Date of Mortgage Loan and the Notes	January 27, 2023
Original Principal Amount of Mortgage Loan:	$531,350,000.00
Initial Note A-1 Principal Balance:	$56,250,000.00
Initial Note A-2 Principal Balance:	$53,125,000.00
Initial Note A-3 Principal Balance:	$50,000,000.00
Initial Note A-4 Principal Balance:	$34,375,000.00
Initial Note A-5 Principal Balance:	$46,875,000.00
Initial Note A-6 Principal Balance:	$6,250,000.00
Initial Note A-7 Principal Balance:	$3,125,000.00
Initial Note A-8 Principal Balance:	$15,750,000.00
Initial Note A-9 Principal Balance:	$33,750,000.00
Initial Note A-10 Principal Balance:	$31,875,000.00
Initial Note A-11 Principal Balance:	$30,000,000.00
Initial Note A-12 Principal Balance:	$20,625,000.00
Initial Note A-13 Principal Balance:	$28,125,000.00
Initial Note A-14 Principal Balance:	$3,750,000.00
Initial Note A-15 Principal Balance:	$1,875,000.00
Initial Note A-16 Principal Balance:	$9,450,000.00
Initial Note A-17 Principal Balance:	$30,000,000.00
Initial Note A-18 Principal Balance:	$23,150,000.00
Initial Note A-19 Principal Balance:	$25,000,000.00
Initial Note A-20 Principal Balance:	$28,150,000.00
Location of Mortgaged Property:	250 Water Street, Somerville, MA 02141
Initial Anticipated Repayment Date:	February 10, 2033

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EXHIBIT B

1. Initial Note A-1 Holder, Initial Note A-2 Holder, Initial Note A-3 Holder,
Initial Note A-4 Holder, Initial Note A-5 Holder, Initial Note A-6 Holder,
Initial Note A-7 Holder and Initial Note A-8 Holder:

Bank of America, N.A.

620 South Tryon Street

NC1-030-21-01

Charlotte, North Carolina 28255

Attention: Steven L. Wasser

Email: steve.l.wasser@bofa.com

with a copy to:

Paul E. Kurzeja, Associate General Counsel

Bank of America Legal Department

One Bank of America Center

150 N. College Street, NC1-028-28-03
Charlotte, North Carolina 28255
Email: paul.kurzeja@bofa.com

and with a copy to: cmbsnotices@bofa.com

2. Initial Note A-9 Holder, Initial Note A-10 Holder, Initial Note A-11 Holder,
Initial Note A-12 Holder, Initial Note A-13 Holder, Initial Note A-14 Holder,
Initial Note A-15 Holder and Initial Note A-16 Holder:

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
30 Hudson Yards, 15^th Floor
New York, New York 10001
Attention: A.J. Sfarra
Email: anthony.sfarra@wellsfargo.com

with a copy to:

Troy Stoddard, Esq., Senior Counsel
Wells Fargo Legal Department
401 S Tryon Street

MAC D1050-272, 26th Floor
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Email: troy.stoddard@wellsfargo.com

and with a copy to (if by email): troy.doll@alston.com and peter.mckee@alston.com

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3. Initial Note A-17 Holder and Initial Note A-18 Holder:

Goldman Sachs Bank USA
200 West Street
New York, New York 10282
Attention: Justin Peterson
Email: justin.peterson@gs.com

with a copy to:

Goldman Sachs Bank USA
200 West Street
New York, New York 10282
Attention: Structured Finance Legal (REFG)
Email: gs-refgsecuritization@gs.com

and:

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
200 Liberty Street
New York, New York 10281
Attention: Lisa Pauquette
E-mail: lisa.pauquette@cwt.com

4. Initial Note A-19 Holder and Initial Note A-20 Holder:

3650 Real Estate Investment Trust 2 LLC
2977 McFarlane Road, Suite 300
Coconut Grove, Florida 33133
Attention: Legal Dept.
Email: compliance@3650REIT.com

with a copy to:

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP 200 Liberty Street New York, New York 10281 Attention: Greg Prindle Email: gregory.prindle@cwt.com

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EXHIBIT C
PERMITTED FUND MANAGERS

1. AEW Capital Management

2. Alliance Bernstein

3. Annaly Capital Management

4. Apollo Global Real Estate

5. Apollo Real Estate Advisors

6. Archon Capital, L.P.

7. AREA Property Partners

8. Ares Management

9. Artemis Real Estate Partners

10. BlackRock, Inc.

11. Boston Properties

12. Capital Trust, Inc.

13. Clarion Partners

14. Colony Capital, LLC / Colony Financial, Inc.

15. CreXus Investment Corporation/Annaly Capital Management

16. DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners

17. Dune Real Estate Partners

18. Eightfold Real Estate Capital, L.P.

19. Five Mile Capital Partners

20. Fortress Investment Group, LLC

21. Garrison Investment Group

22. Goldman, Sachs & Co.

23. H/2 Capital Partners LLC

24. Hudson Advisors

25. Investcorp International

26. iStar Financial Inc.

27. J.P. Morgan Asset Management/J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc.

28. JER Partners

29. Lend-Lease Real Estate Investments

30. Libremax Capital LLC

31. LoanCore Capital/DivCore Capital

32. Lone Star Funds

33. Lowe Enterprises

34. Morgan Stanley Prime Property Fund

35. Normandy Real Estate Partners

36. One William Street Capital Management, L.P.

37. Och-Ziff Capital Management Group/ OZ Management, L.P./ OZ Management II., L.P.

38. Praedium Group

39. Raith Capital Partners, LLC

40. Rialto Capital Management, LLC

41. Rialto Capital Advisors LLC

42. Rimrock Capital Management LLC

43. Rockpoint Group

44. Rockwood Capital, LLC

45. RREEF Funds

46. Square Mile Capital Management

47. Starwood Capital Group/Starwood Financial Trust/Starwood Property Trust, Inc

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48. The Blackstone Group

49. The Carlyle Group

50. Torchlight Investors

51. Vornado Realty Trust

52. Walton Street Capital, L.L.C.

53. Westbrook Partners

54. WestRiver Capital

55. Wheelock Street Capital

56. Whitehall Street Real Estate Fund, L.P.

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EX-99.8

Exhibit 99.8 

EXECUTION

CO-LENDER AGREEMENT

Dated as of May 9, 2023

by and between

ARGENTIC REAL ESTATE FINANCE 2 LLC
(Initial Note A-1-1 Holder, Initial Note A-1-2 Holder and Initial Note A-1-3 Holder)

 

and

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
(Initial Note A-2-1 Holder and Initial Note A-2-2 Holder)

 

 

 

 

BARBOURS CUT IOS

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

 

Section 1.	Definitions	2
Section 2.	Servicing of the Mortgage Loan	19
Section 3.	Priority of Payments	27
Section 4.	Workout	28
Section 5.	Administration of the Mortgage Loan	28
Section 6.	Appointment of Controlling Note Holder Representative and Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative	33
Section 7.	Appointment of Special Servicer	36
Section 8.	Payment Procedure	37
Section 9.	Limitation on Liability of the Note Holders	38
Section 10.	Bankruptcy	38
Section 11.	Representations of the Note Holders	39
Section 12.	No Creation of a Partnership or Exclusive Purchase Right	39
Section 13.	Other Business Activities of the Note Holders	40
Section 14.	Sale of the Notes	40
Section 15.	Registration of the Notes and Each Note Holder	43
Section 16.	Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial	43
Section 17.	Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers	44
Section 18.	Modifications	44
Section 19.	Successors and Assigns; Third-Party Beneficiaries	45
Section 20.	Counterparts	45
Section 21.	Captions	45
Section 22.	Severability	45
Section 23.	Entire Agreement	45
Section 24.	Withholding Taxes	45
Section 25.	Custody of Mortgage Loan Documents	46
Section 26.	Cooperation in Securitization	47
Section 27.	Notices	48
Section 28.	Broker	48
Section 29.	Certain Matters Affecting the Agent	48
Section 30.	Termination and Resignation of Agent	49
Section 31.	Resizing	49
Section 32.	Statement of Intent	50

 

 

 

THIS CO-LENDER AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of May 9, 2023, by and between ARGENTIC REAL ESTATE FINANCE 2 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Argentic” and together with its successors and assigns in interest, in its capacity as initial owner of the Note A-1-1, the “Initial Note A-1-1 Holder”, and in its capacity as the initial agent, the “Initial Agent”), ARGENTIC REAL ESTATE FINANCE 2 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (together with its successors and assigns in interest, in its capacity as initial owner of the Note A-1-2, the “Initial Note A-1-2 Holder”), ARGENTIC REAL ESTATE FINANCE 2 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (together with its successors and assigns in interest, in its capacity as initial owner of the Note A-1-3, the “Initial Note A-1-3 Holder”), WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association (“Wells Fargo Bank” and together with its successors and assigns in interest, in its capacity as initial owner of the Note A-2-1, the “Initial Note A-2-1 Holder”) and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association (together with its successors and assigns in interest, in its capacity as initial owner of the Note A-2-2, the “Initial Note A-2-2 Holder” and, together with the Initial Note A-1-1 Holder, the Initial Note A-1-2 Holder, the Initial Note A-1-3 Holder and the Initial Note A-2-1 Holder, the “Initial Note Holders”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Agreement (as defined herein), Argentic and Wells Fargo Bank originated a certain loan described on the schedule attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Mortgage Loan Schedule”) (the “Mortgage Loan”) to the mortgage loan borrowers described on the Mortgage Loan Schedule (collectively, the “Mortgage Loan Borrower”), which was evidenced, inter alia, by five promissory notes (as amended, modified or supplemented, the “Notes”), (i) one promissory note in the original principal amount of $35,750,000 (“Note A-1-1”), made by the Mortgage Loan Borrower in favor of Argentic, (ii) one promissory note in the original principal amount of $10,000,000 (“Note A-1-2”), made by the Mortgage Loan Borrower in favor of Argentic, (iii) one promissory note in the original principal amount of $5,675,000 (“Note A-1-3”), made by the Mortgage Loan Borrower in favor of Argentic, (iv) one promissory note in the original principal amount of $29,250,000 (“Note A-2-1”), made by the Mortgage Loan Borrower in favor of Wells Fargo Bank and (v) one promissory note in the original principal amount of $12,825,000 (“Note A-2-2”), made by the Mortgage Loan Borrower in favor of Wells Fargo Bank; and secured by one or more mortgages or deeds of trust (together, as amended, modified or supplemented, the “Mortgage”) on certain real property located as described in the Mortgage Loan Agreement (collectively, the “Mortgaged Property”);

WHEREAS, the Initial Note A-1-1 Holder, Initial Note A-1-2 Holder, Initial Note A-1-3 Holder, Initial Note A-2-1 Holder and Initial Note A-2-2 Holder desire to enter into this Agreement to memorialize the terms under which they, and their successors and assigns, shall hold Note A-1-1, Note A-1-2, Note A-1-3, Note A-2-1 and Note A-2-2, respectively;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto mutually agree as follows:

 

 

Section 1.                Definitions. References to a “Section” or the “recitals” are, unless otherwise specified, to a Section or the recitals of this Agreement. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed thereto by such term or other analogous term in the Lead Servicing Agreement. Whenever used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the respective meanings set forth below unless the context clearly requires otherwise.

“Affiliate” shall have the meaning set forth in the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Agent” shall mean the Initial Agent or such Person to whom the Initial Agent shall delegate its duties hereunder, and, from and after the Lead Securitization Date, shall mean the Master Servicer.

“Agent Office” shall mean the designated office of the Agent, which office at the date of this Agreement is located at Argentic Real Estate Finance 2 LLC, 31 West 27th Street, 12th Floor, New York, New York 10001, Attention: Michael Schulte, Facsimile number: (646) 560-1745, Email address: mschulte@argenticmgmt.com, and which is the address to which notices to and correspondence with the Agent should be directed. The Agent may change the address of its designated office by notice to the Note Holders.

“Agreement” shall mean this Co-Lender Agreement, the exhibits and schedule hereto and all amendments hereof and supplements hereto.

“Approved Servicer” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Qualified Institutional Lender.”

“Argentic” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Asset Representations Reviewer” shall mean the asset representations reviewer appointed as provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Bankruptcy Code” shall mean the United States Bankruptcy Code, as amended from time to time, any successor statute or rule promulgated thereto.

“Certificate Administrator” shall mean the certificate administrator appointed as provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement and any successor thereunder.

“CLO” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Qualified Institutional Lender.”

“CLO Asset Manager” with respect to any Securitization Vehicle which is a CLO, shall mean the entity which is responsible for managing or administering a Note as an underlying asset of such Securitization Vehicle or, if applicable, as an asset of any Intervening Trust Vehicle (including, without limitation, the right to exercise any consent and control rights available to the holder of such Note).

“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

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“Collection Account” shall mean “Collection Account” or other analogous term as defined in the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Companion Distribution Account” shall mean “Companion Distribution Account,” “Whole Loan Custodial Account,” “Loan Combination Custodial Account” or other analogous term as defined in the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Conduit” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14(d).

“Conduit Credit Enhancer” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14(d).

“Conduit Inventory Loan” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14(d).

“Control” shall mean the ownership, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate of more than fifty percent (50%) of the beneficial ownership interests of an entity and the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of an entity, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise (“Controlled” and “Controls” have meanings correlative thereto.)

“Controlling Class Representative” shall have the meaning assigned to the term “Directing Certificateholder,” “Controlling Class Representative” or an analogous term in the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Controlling Note Holder” shall mean the Note A-1-1 Holder; provided that at any time Note A-1-1 is included in the Lead Securitization, references to the “Controlling Note Holder” herein shall mean the Controlling Class Representative or such other person(s) otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder” hereunder, as and to the extent provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement; provided that if at any time 50% or more of Note A-1-1 (or the class of securities issued in the Lead Securitization designated as the “controlling class” or such other class(es) otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder”) is held by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or an Affiliate of the Mortgage Loan Borrower, Note A-1-1 (or the class of securities issued in the Lead Securitization designated as the “controlling class” or such other class(es) otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder”) shall not be entitled to exercise any rights of the Controlling Note Holder and the Note A-1-2 Holder shall be the Controlling Note Holder unless 50% or more of Note A-1-2 (or the class of securities issued in the applicable Non-Lead Securitization designated as the “controlling class” or such other class(es) otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder”) is held by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or an Affiliate of the Mortgage Loan Borrower; provided, further, that if at any time 50% or more of Note A-1-2 (or the class of securities issued in the applicable Non-Lead Securitization designated as the “controlling class” or such other class(es) otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder”) is held by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or an Affiliate of the Mortgage Loan Borrower, Note A-1-2 (or the class of securities issued in the applicable Non-Lead Securitization designated as the “controlling class” or such other class(es) otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder”) shall not be entitled to exercise any rights of

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the Controlling Note Holder and the Note A-1-3 Holder shall be the Controlling Note Holder unless 50% or more of Note A-1-3 (or the class of securities issued in the applicable Non-Lead Securitization designated as the “controlling class” or such other class(es) otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder”) is held by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or an Affiliate of the Mortgage Loan Borrower; and provided, further, that if at any time 50% or more of Note A-1-3 (or the class of securities issued in the applicable Non-Lead Securitization designated as the “controlling class” or such other class(es) otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder”) is held by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or an Affiliate of the Mortgage Loan Borrower, Note A-1-3 (or the class of securities issued in the applicable Non-Lead Securitization designated as the “controlling class” or such other class(es) otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder”) shall not be entitled to exercise any rights of the Controlling Note Holder and the Note A-2-1 Holder shall be the Controlling Note Holder unless 50% or more of Note A-2-1 (or the class of securities issued in the applicable Non-Lead Securitization designated as the “controlling class” or such other class(es) otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder”) is held by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or an Affiliate of the Mortgage Loan Borrower; and provided, further, that if at any time 50% or more of Note A-2-1 (or the class of securities issued in the applicable Non-Lead Securitization designated as the “controlling class” or such other class(es) otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder”) is held by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or an Affiliate of the Mortgage Loan Borrower, Note A-2-1 (or the class of securities issued in the applicable Non-Lead Securitization designated as the “controlling class” or such other class(es) otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder”) shall not be entitled to exercise any rights of the Controlling Note Holder and the Note A-2-2 Holder shall be the Controlling Note Holder unless 50% or more of Note A-2-2 (or the class of securities issued in the applicable Non-Lead Securitization designated as the “controlling class” or such other class(es) otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder”) is held by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or an Affiliate of the Mortgage Loan Borrower. If 50% or more of each of Note A-1-1, Note A-1-2, Note A-1-3, Note A-2-1 or Note A-2-2 (or the class of securities issued in each of the Lead Securitization and Non-Lead Securitization designated as the “controlling class” or such other class(es) otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder”) is held by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or an Affiliate of the Mortgage Loan Borrower, no person shall be entitled to exercise the rights of the Controlling Note Holder.

In addition, the Lead Servicing Agreement may contain additional limitations on the rights of such designated party entitled to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder” hereunder if such designated party is the Mortgage Loan Borrower or if it has certain relationships with the Mortgage Loan Borrower (which additional limitations shall, as and to the extent provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement, accordingly limit the rights of the designated party to exercise any rights hereunder).

“Controlling Note Holder Representative” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6(a).

“DBRS Morningstar” shall mean DBRS, Inc., and its successors in interest.

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“Defaulted Mortgage Loan” shall mean “defaulted mortgage loan,” “defaulted loan” or other analogous term under the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Depositor” shall mean the “depositor” under the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Event of Default” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, an “Event of Default” as defined in the Mortgage Loan Agreement.

“Fitch” shall mean Fitch Ratings, Inc., and its successors in interest.

“Initial Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note A-1-1 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note A-1-2 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note A-1-3 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note A-2-1 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note A-2-2 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note Holders” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Insolvency Proceeding” shall mean any proceeding under Title 11 of the United States Code (11 U.S.C. Sec. 101 et seq.) or any other insolvency, liquidation, reorganization or other similar proceeding concerning the Mortgage Loan Borrower, any action for the dissolution of the Mortgage Loan Borrower, any proceeding (judicial or otherwise) concerning the application of the assets of the Mortgage Loan Borrower for the benefit of its creditors, the appointment of or any proceeding seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver or other similar custodian for all or any substantial part of the assets of the Mortgage Loan Borrower or any other action concerning the adjustment of the debts of the Mortgage Loan Borrower, the cessation of business by the Mortgage Loan Borrower, except following a sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Mortgage Loan Borrower in a transaction permitted under the Mortgage Loan Documents; provided, however, that following any such permitted transaction affecting the title to the Mortgaged Property, the Mortgage Loan Borrower for purposes of this Agreement shall be defined to mean the successor owner of the Mortgaged Property from time to time as may be permitted pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Documents; provided, further, however, that for the purposes of this definition, in the event that more than one entity comprises the Mortgage Loan Borrower, the term “Mortgage Loan Borrower” shall refer to any such entity.

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“Interest Rate” shall mean the Interest Rate (as defined in the Mortgage Loan Documents).

“Intervening Trust Vehicle” with respect to any Securitization Vehicle that is a CLO, shall mean a trust vehicle or entity which holds any Note as collateral securing (in whole or in part) any obligation or security held by such Securitization Vehicle as collateral for the CLO.

“KBRA” shall mean Kroll Bond Rating Agency, LLC and its successors in interest.

“Lead Securitization” shall mean the Note A-1-1 Securitization; provided that, if the Note A-1-2 Securitization, the Note A-1-3 Securitization, the Note A-2-1 Securitization or the Note A-2-2 Securitization occurs prior to the Note A-1-1 Securitization Date, then the first to occur of the Note A-1-2 Securitization, the Note A-1-3 Securitization, the Note A-2-1 Securitization or the Note A-2-2 Securitization, as applicable, shall be the Lead Securitization until the Note A-1-1 Securitization Date, at which time the Note A-1-1 Securitization shall be the Lead Securitization.

“Lead Securitization Date” shall mean the closing date of the Lead Securitization.

“Lead Securitization Note” shall mean Note A-1-1; provided that, if the Note A-1-2 Securitization, the Note A-1-3 Securitization, the Note A-2-1 Securitization or the Note A-2-2 Securitization occurs prior to the Note A-1-1 Securitization Date, then the first of Note A-1-2, Note A-1-3, Note A-2-1 or Note A-2-2 to be included in a Securitization shall be the Lead Securitization Note until the Note A-1-1 Securitization Date, at which time Note A-1-1 shall be the Lead Securitization Note.

“Lead Securitization Note Holder” shall mean the holder of the Lead Securitization Note.

“Lead Securitization Subordinate Class Representative” shall mean the “Controlling Class Representative” or “Directing Certificateholder” as defined in the Lead Servicing Agreement or such other analogous term used in the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Lead Securitization Trust” shall mean the Securitization Trust created in connection with the Lead Securitization.

“Lead Servicing Agreement” shall mean the pooling and servicing agreement to be entered into in connection with the Lead Securitization Note. The Servicing Standard in the Lead Servicing Agreement shall require, among other things, that each Servicer, in servicing the Mortgage Loan, must take into account the interests of each Note Holder.

“Major Decisions” shall have the meaning given to such term or any one or more analogous terms in the Lead Servicing Agreement; provided that at any time that no Note is included in the Lead Securitization “Major Decision” shall mean:

(i)                                any proposed or actual foreclosure upon or comparable conversion (which shall include acquisitions of any REO Property) of the ownership of the property or properties securing the Mortgage Loan if it comes into and continues in default;

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(ii)                             any modification, consent to a modification or waiver of any monetary term (other than late fees and default interest) or material non-monetary term (including, without limitation, the timing of payments and acceptance of discounted payoffs) of the Mortgage Loan or any extension of the maturity date of the Mortgage Loan;

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

(iv)                         any sale of the Mortgage Loan (when it is a Defaulted Mortgage Loan) or REO Property for less than the applicable Purchase Price (as defined in the Lead Servicing Agreement);

(v)                            any determination to bring a Mortgaged Property or an REO Property into compliance with applicable environmental laws or to otherwise address any Hazardous Materials (as defined in the Lead Servicing Agreement) located at a Mortgaged Property or an REO Property;

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

(vii)                      any waiver of a “due-on-sale” or “due-on-encumbrance” clause with respect to the Mortgage Loan or any consent to such a waiver or consent to a transfer of a Mortgaged Property or interests in the borrower;

(viii)                   any incurrence of additional debt by a borrower or any mezzanine financing by any beneficial owner of a borrower (to the extent that the lender has consent rights pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan Documents);

(ix)                           any material modification, waiver or amendment of an intercreditor agreement, co-lender agreement or similar agreement with any mezzanine lender or subordinate debt holder related to the Mortgage Loan, or any action to enforce rights (or decision not to enforce rights) with respect thereto, or any material modification, waiver or amendment thereof;

(x)                              any property management company changes, including, without limitation, approval of the termination of a manager and appointment of a new property manager or franchise changes (in each case, if the lender is required to consent or approve such changes under the Mortgage Loan Documents);

(xi)                           releases of any material amounts from any escrow accounts, reserve funds or letters of credit, in each case, held as performance escrows or reserves,

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other than those required pursuant to the specific terms of the related Mortgage Loan Documents and for which there is no lender discretion;

(xii)                        any acceptance of an assumption agreement releasing a borrower, guarantor or other obligor from liability under the Mortgage Loan other than pursuant to the specific terms of such Mortgage Loan and for which there is no lender discretion;

(xiii)                     any determination of an Acceptable Insurance Default (as defined in the Lead Servicing Agreement);

(xiv)                    any determination by the Master Servicer to transfer the Mortgage Loan to the Special Servicer under the circumstances described in paragraph (c) of the definition of “Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan” (as defined in the Lead Servicing Agreement); or

(xv)                       any approval of a Major Lease (as defined in the Mortgage Loan Documents) to the extent lender’s approval is required by the Mortgage Loan Documents;.

“Master Servicer” shall mean the master servicer appointed as provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Monthly Payment Date” shall mean the Monthly Payment Date (as defined in the Mortgage Loan Documents).

“Moody’s” shall mean Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., and its successors in interest.

“Mortgage” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Mortgage Loan” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Mortgage Loan Agreement” shall mean the Loan Agreement, dated as of May 9, 2023, between the Mortgage Loan Borrower and Argentic and Wells Fargo Bank, as lender, as the same may be further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, subject to the terms hereof.

“Mortgage Loan Borrower” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Mortgage Loan Borrower Related Party” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 13.

“Mortgage Loan Documents” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage Loan Agreement, the Mortgage, the Notes and all other documents now or hereafter evidencing and securing the Mortgage Loan.

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“Mortgage Loan Schedule” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Mortgaged Property” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“New Notes” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 31.

“Non-Controlling Note” shall mean Note A-1-2, Note A-1-3, Note A-2-1 and Note A-2-2 individually or collectively, as the context may require.

“Non-Controlling Note Holder” shall mean the Note A-1-2 Holder, the Note A-1-3 Holder, the Note A-2-1 Holder and the Note A-2-2 Holder, individually or collectively, as the context may require; provided that at any time Note A-1-2, Note A-1-3, Note A-2-1 or Note A-2-2 is included in a Securitization, references to the “Non-Controlling Note Holder” herein shall mean the Non-Lead Securitization Subordinate Class Representative with respect to such Note or any other party assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Non-Controlling Note Holder” hereunder, as and to the extent provided in the related Non-Lead Servicing Agreement and as to the identity of which the Lead Securitization Note Holder (and the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer) has been given written notice. The Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall not be required at any time to deal with more than one party exercising the rights of the “Non-Controlling Note Holder” herein or under the Lead Servicing Agreement and, (x) to the extent that the related Non-Lead Servicing Agreement assigns such rights to more than one party or (y) to the extent Note A-1-2, Note A-1-3, Note A-2-1 or Note A-2-2 is split into two or more New Notes pursuant to Section 31, for purposes of this Agreement, the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement or the holders of such New Notes shall designate one party to deal with the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) and provide written notice of such designation to the Lead Securitization Note Holder (and the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer acting on its behalf); provided that, in the absence of such designation and notice, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall be entitled to treat the last party as to which it has received written notice as having been designated as the Non-Controlling Note Holder, as the Non-Controlling Note Holder for all purposes of this Agreement. As of the date hereof and until further notice from the applicable Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the applicable Non-Lead Master Servicer or another party acting on its behalf), each of the Note A-1-2 Holder, the Note A-1-3 Holder, the Note A-2-1 Holder and the Note A-2-2 Holder is a Non-Controlling Note Holder.

Prior to Securitization of any Non-Lead Securitization Note (including any New Notes), all notices, reports, information or other deliverables required to be delivered to the applicable Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder or the Non-Controlling Note Holder pursuant to this Agreement or the Lead Servicing Agreement by the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) only need to be delivered to the Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative (to the extent that the identity of the Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative is known) and, when so delivered to the Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall be deemed to have satisfied its delivery obligations with respect to such items hereunder or under the Lead Servicing Agreement. Following Securitization of any Non-

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Lead Securitization Note, all notices, reports, information or other deliverables required to be delivered to the applicable Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder or the Non-Controlling Note Holder pursuant to this Agreement or the Lead Servicing Agreement by the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall be delivered to the Non-Lead Master Servicer (who then may forward such items to the party entitled to receive such items as and to the extent provided in the Non-Lead Servicing Agreement) and, when so delivered to the Non-Lead Master Servicer, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall be deemed to have satisfied its delivery obligations with respect to such items hereunder or under the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6(c).

“Non-Exempt Person” shall mean any Person other than a Person who is either (i) a U.S. Person or (ii) has on file with the Agent for the relevant year such duly-executed form(s) or statement(s) which may, from time to time, be prescribed by law and which, pursuant to applicable provisions of (A) any income tax treaty between the United States and the country of residence of such Person, (B) the Code or (C) any applicable rules or regulations in effect under clauses (A) or (B) above, permit the Servicer on behalf of the Note Holders to make such payments free of any obligation or liability for withholding.

“Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer” shall mean the “asset representations reviewer” or other analogous term under the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Certificate Administrator” shall mean the “certificate administrator” or other analogous term under the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Depositor” shall mean the “depositor” or other analogous term under the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Master Servicer” shall mean the “master servicer” or other analogous term under the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Operating Advisor” shall mean the “trust advisor,” “operating advisor” or other analogous term under the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Securitization” shall mean any Securitization of a Note in a Securitization Trust other than the Lead Securitization.

“Non-Lead Securitization Note” shall mean any Note other than the Lead Securitization Note.

“Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder” shall mean the holder of a Non-Lead Securitization Note.

“Non-Lead Servicing Agreement” shall mean the pooling and servicing agreement, trust and servicing agreement or other similar agreement to be entered into in connection with a Non-Lead Securitization Note.

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“Non-Lead Securitization Date” shall mean the closing date of the applicable Non-Lead Securitization.

“Non-Lead Securitization Subordinate Class Representative” shall mean the holders of the majority of the class of securities issued in the applicable Non-Lead Securitization designated as the “controlling class” pursuant to the Non-Lead Servicing Agreement or their duly appointed representative; provided that if 50% or more of the class of securities issued in the Non-Lead Securitization designated as the “controlling class” or such other class(es) otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder” is held by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or an Affiliate of the Mortgage Loan Borrower, no person shall be entitled to exercise the rights of the Non-Lead Securitization Subordinate Class Representative.

“Non-Lead Securitization Trust” shall mean the Securitization Trust into which the applicable Non-Lead Securitization Note is deposited.

“Non-Lead Servicer” shall mean the Non-Lead Master Servicer or the Non-Lead Special Servicer, as the context may require.

“Non-Lead Special Servicer” shall mean the “special servicer” or other analogous term under the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Trustee” shall mean the “trustee” or other analogous term under the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance” shall have the meaning given thereto in the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Note A-1-1” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-1-1 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-1-1 Holder or any subsequent holder of Note A-1-1, as applicable.

“Note A-1-1 Principal Balance” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, at any time of determination, the Initial Note A-1-1 Principal Balance set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon received by the Note A-1-1 Holder or reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 3 or 4, as applicable.

“Note A-1-1 Securitization” shall mean the sale by the Note A-1-1 Holder of all or any portion of the Note A-1-1 to a depositor or similar person, who will in turn include such portion of Note A-1-1 as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Note A-1-1 Securitization Date” shall mean the effective date on which the Securitization of Note A-1-1 is consummated.

“Note A-1-2” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-1-2 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-1-2 Holder or any subsequent holder of Note A-1-2, as applicable.

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“Note A-1-2 Principal Balance” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, at any time of determination, the Initial Note A-1-2 Principal Balance set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon received by the Note A-1-2 Holder or reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 3 or 4, as applicable.

“Note A-1-2 Securitization” shall mean the sale by the Note A-1-2 Holder of all or any portion of the Note A-1-2 to a depositor, who will in turn include such portion of Note A-1-2 as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Note A-1-2 Securitization Date” shall mean the effective date on which the Securitization of Note A-1-2 is consummated.

“Note A-1-3” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-1-3 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-1-3 Holder or any subsequent holder of Note A-1-3, as applicable.

“Note A-1-3 Principal Balance” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, at any time of determination, the Initial Note A-1-3 Principal Balance set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon received by the Note A-1-3 Holder or reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 3 or 4, as applicable.

“Note A-1-3 Securitization” shall mean the sale by the Note A-1-3 Holder of all or any portion of the Note A-1-3 to a depositor, who will in turn include such portion of Note A-1-3 as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Note A-1-3 Securitization Date” shall mean the effective date on which the Securitization of Note A-1-3 is consummated.

“Note A-2-1” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-2-1 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-2-1 Holder or any subsequent holder of Note A-2-1, as applicable.

“Note A-2-1 Principal Balance” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, at any time of determination, the Initial Note A-2-1 Principal Balance set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon received by the Note A-2-1 Holder or reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 3 or 4, as applicable.

“Note A-2-1 Securitization” shall mean the sale by the Note A-2-1 Holder of all or any portion of the Note A-2-1 to a depositor, who will in turn include such portion of Note A-2-1 as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Note A-2-1 Securitization Date” shall mean the effective date on which the Securitization of Note A-2-1 is consummated.

“Note A-2-2” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

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“Note A-2-2 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-2-2 Holder or any subsequent holder of Note A-2-2, as applicable.

“Note A-2-2 Principal Balance” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, at any time of determination, the Initial Note A-2-2 Principal Balance set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon received by the Note A-2-2 Holder or reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 3 or 4, as applicable.

“Note A-2-2 Securitization” shall mean the sale by the Note A-2-2 Holder of all or any portion of the Note A-2-2 to a depositor, who will in turn include such portion of Note A-2-2 as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Note A-2-2 Securitization Date” shall mean the effective date on which the Securitization of Note A-2-2 is consummated.

“Note A-2-2” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note Holders” shall mean collectively, the Note A-1-1 Holder, the Note A-1-2 Holder, the Note A-1-3 Holder, the Note A-2-1 Holder and the Note A-2-2 Holder.

“Note Pledgee” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14(c).

“Note Register” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 15.

“Notes” shall mean, collectively, Note A-1-1, Note A-1-2, Note A-1-3, Note A-2-1 and Note A-2-2.

“Operating Advisor” shall mean the “trust advisor,” “operating advisor” or other analogous term under the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“P&I Advance” shall mean an advance made by (a) a party to the Lead Servicing Agreement in respect of a delinquent monthly debt service payment on the Lead Securitization Note or (b) a party to a Non-Lead Servicing Agreement in respect of a delinquent monthly debt service payment on the applicable Non-Lead Securitization Note.

“Percentage Interest” shall mean, (a) with respect to the Note A-1-1 Holder, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Note A-1-1 Principal Balance and the denominator of which is the sum of the Note A-1-1 Principal Balance, the Note A-1-2 Principal Balance, the Note A-1-3 Principal Balance, the Note A-2-1 Principal Balance and the Note A-2-2 Principal Balance, (b) with respect to the Note A-1-2 Holder, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Note A-1-2 Principal Balance and the denominator of which is the sum of the Note A-1-1 Principal Balance, the Note A-1-2 Principal Balance, the Note A-1-3 Principal Balance, the Note A-2-1 Principal Balance and the Note A-2-2 Principal Balance, (c) with respect to the Note A-1-3 Holder, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Note A-1-3 Principal Balance and the denominator of which is the sum of the Note A-1-1 Principal Balance, the Note A-1-2 Principal Balance, the Note A-1-3 Principal Balance, the Note A-2-1 Principal Balance and the Note A-2-2 Principal Balance, (d) with respect to the Note A-2-1 Holder, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Note A-2-1

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Principal Balance and the denominator of which is the sum of the Note A-1-1 Principal Balance, the Note A-1-2 Principal Balance, the Note A-1-3 Principal Balance, the Note A-2-1 Principal Balance and the Note A-2-2 Principal Balance and (e) with respect to the Note A-2-2 Holder, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Note A-2-2 Principal Balance and the denominator of which is the sum of the Note A-1-1 Principal Balance, the Note A-1-2 Principal Balance, the Note A-1-3 Principal Balance, the Note A-2-1 Principal Balance and the Note A-2-2 Principal Balance.

“Permitted Fund Manager” shall mean any Person that on the date of determination is (i) one of the entities on Exhibit C attached hereto and made a part hereof or any other nationally-recognized manager of investment funds investing in debt or equity interests relating to commercial real estate, (ii) investing through a fund with committed capital of at least $250,000,000 and (iii) not subject to a proceeding relating to the bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors.

“Pledge” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14(c).

“Pro Rata and Pari Passu Basis” shall mean with respect to the Notes and the Note Holders, the allocation of any particular payment, collection, cost, expense, liability or other amount between such Notes or such Note Holders, as the case may be, without any priority of any such Note or any such Note Holder over another such Note or Note Holder, as the case may be, and in any event such that each Note or Note Holder, as the case may be, is allocated its respective Percentage Interest of such particular payment, collection, cost, expense, liability or other amount.

“Qualified Institutional Lender” shall mean each of the Initial Note Holders and any other U.S. Person that is:

(a)                                  an entity Controlled (as defined herein) by, under common Control with or that Controls either of the Initial Note Holders, or

(b)                                 the trustee on behalf of the trust certificates issued pursuant to a master trust agreement involving a CLO comprised of, or other securitization vehicle involving, assets deposited or transferred by a Note Holder and/or one or more Affiliates (whether with assets from others or not), provided that the securities issued in connection with such CLO or other securitization vehicle are rated by each of the Rating Agencies that assigned a rating to one or more classes of securities issued in connection with the Lead Securitization, or

(c)                                  one or more of the following:

(i)                                an insurance company, bank, savings and loan association, investment bank, trust company, commercial credit corporation, pension plan, pension fund, pension fund advisory firm, mutual fund, real estate investment trust, governmental entity or plan, or

(ii)                             an investment company, money management firm or a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of

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1933, as amended, or an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a) (1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or

(iii)                          a Qualified Trustee in connection with (a) any securitization of, (b) the creation of collateralized loan obligations (“CLO”) secured by, or (c) a financing through an “owner trust” of, a Note or any interest therein (any of the foregoing, a “Securitization Vehicle”), provided that (1) one or more classes of securities issued by such Securitization Vehicle is initially rated at least investment grade by each of the Rating Agencies that assigned a rating to one or more classes of securities issued in connection with a Securitization (it being understood that with respect to any Rating Agency that assigned such a rating to the securities issued by such Securitization Vehicle, a Rating Agency Confirmation will not be required in connection with a transfer of such Note or any interest therein to such Securitization Vehicle); (2) in the case of a Securitization Vehicle that is not a CLO, the special servicer of such Securitization Vehicle (x) has a Required Special Servicer Rating, (y) is LNR Partners, LLC or (z) is otherwise acceptable to the Rating Agencies rating each Securitization (such entity, an “Approved Servicer”) and such Approved Servicer is required to service and administer such Note or any interest therein in accordance with servicing arrangements for the assets held by the Securitization Vehicle which require that such Approved Servicer act in accordance with a servicing standard notwithstanding any contrary direction or instruction from any other Person; or (3) in the case of a Securitization Vehicle that is a CLO, the CLO Asset Manager and, if applicable, each Intervening Trust Vehicle that is not administered and managed by a CLO Asset Manager which is a Qualified Institutional Lender, are each a Qualified Institutional Lender under clauses (i), (ii), (iv) or (v) of this definition, or

(iv)                         an investment fund, limited liability company, limited partnership or general partnership having capital and/or capital commitments of at least $250,000,000, in which (A) any Initial Note Holder, (B) a person that is otherwise a Qualified Institutional Lender under clause (i), (ii) or (v) (with respect to an institution substantially similar to the entities referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above), or (C) a Permitted Fund Manager, acts as a general partner, managing member, or the fund manager responsible for the day-to-day management and operation of such investment vehicle and provided that at least 50% of the equity interests in such investment vehicle are owned, directly or indirectly, by one or more entities that are otherwise Qualified Institutional Lenders (without regard to the capital surplus/equity and total asset requirements set forth below in the definition), or

(v)                            an institution substantially similar to any of the foregoing, and

in the case of any entity referred to in clause (c)(i), (ii), (iv)(B) or (v) of this definition, (x) such entity has at least $200,000,000 in capital/statutory surplus or shareholders’ equity (except with respect to a pension advisory firm or similar fiduciary) and at least $600,000,000 in total assets (in name or under management), and (y) is regularly engaged in the business of making or owning commercial real estate loans (or interests therein) similar to the Mortgage Loan (or mezzanine

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loans with respect thereto) or owning or operating commercial real estate properties; provided that, in the case of the entity described in clause (iv)(B) above, the requirements of this clause (y) may be satisfied by a general partner, managing member, or the fund manager responsible for the day-to-day management and operation of such entity; or

(d)               any entity Controlled by any of the entities described in clause (c)(i), (ii) and (iv)(B) above or approved by the Rating Agencies hereunder as a Qualified Institutional Lender for purposes of this Agreement, or as to which the Rating Agencies have stated they would not review such entity in connection with the subject transfer.

“Qualified Trustee” shall mean (i) a corporation, national bank, national banking association or a trust company, organized and doing business under the laws of any state or the United States of America, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers and to accept the trust conferred, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority, (ii) an institution insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or (iii) an institution whose long-term senior unsecured debt is rated either of the then in effect top two rating categories of each of the applicable Rating Agencies.

“Rating Agencies” shall mean DBRS Morningstar, Fitch, KBRA, Moody’s and S&P and their respective successors in interest or, if any of such entities shall for any reason no longer perform the functions of a securities rating agency, any other nationally recognized statistical rating agency reasonably designated by any Note Holder to rate the securities issued in connection with the Securitization of the related Note; provided, however, that, at any time during which any Note is an asset of one or more Securitizations, “Rating Agencies” or “Rating Agency” shall mean only those rating agencies that are engaged from time to time to rate the securities issued in connection with the Securitizations of the Notes.

“Rating Agency Confirmation” shall mean prior to a Securitization with respect to any matter, confirmation in writing (which may be in electronic form) by each applicable Rating Agency that a proposed action, failure to act or other event so specified will not, in and of itself, result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of the then-current rating assigned to any class of certificates (if then rated by the Rating Agency); provided that a written waiver or other acknowledgment from the Rating Agency indicating its decision not to review the matter for which the Rating Agency Confirmation is sought shall be deemed to satisfy the requirement for the Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such matter and after a Securitization, the meaning given thereto or any analogous term in the Lead Servicing Agreement or Non-Lead Servicing Agreement, as applicable, including any deemed Rating Agency Confirmation.

For the purposes of this Agreement, if any Rating Agency (1) waives, declines or refuses, in writing, to review or otherwise engage any request for a confirmation hereunder from such Rating Agency that a proposed action will not result in a qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of its then current rating of the securities issued pursuant to the related Securitization, or (2) does not reply to such request or responds in a manner that indicates that such Rating Agency is neither reviewing such request nor waiving the requirement for Rating Agency Confirmation and the related timing, notice and other applicable provisions set forth in the Lead Servicing

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Agreement and each Non-Lead Servicing Agreement, as applicable, have been satisfied, then for such request only, the condition that such confirmation by such Rating Agency (only) be obtained shall be deemed not to apply for purposes of this Agreement. For purposes of clarity, any such waiver, declination or refusal to review or otherwise engage in any request for such confirmation hereunder shall not be deemed a waiver, declination or refusal to review or otherwise engage in any subsequent request for such Rating Agency Confirmation hereunder and the condition for such Rating Agency Confirmation pursuant to this Agreement for any subsequent request shall apply regardless of any previous waiver, declination or refusal to review or otherwise engage in such prior request.

“Redirection Notice” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14(c).

“Regulation AB” shall mean Subpart 229.1100 – Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R. §§229.1100-229.1125, as such may be amended from time to time, and subject to such clarification and interpretation as have been provided by the Securities and Exchange Commission or by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or as may be provided by the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff from time to time.

“REMIC” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5(e).

“Required Special Servicer Rating” (1) at any time that the Lead Securitization Note is included in the Lead Securitization, shall have the meaning assigned to such term or any analogous term in the Lead Servicing Agreement, and (2) at any other time, shall mean with respect to a special servicer (i) in the case of Fitch, a rating of “CSS3”, (ii) in the case of S&P, such special servicer is on S&P’s Select Servicer List as a U.S. Commercial Mortgage Special Servicer, (iii) in the case of Moody’s, such special servicer is acting as special servicer for one or more loans included in a commercial mortgage loan securitization that was rated by Moody’s within the twelve (12) month period prior to the date of determination, and Moody’s has not downgraded or withdrawn the then-current rating on any class of commercial mortgage securities or placed any class of commercial mortgage securities on watch citing the continuation of such special servicer as special servicer of such commercial mortgage loans as the sole or material factor, (iv) in the case of DBRS Morningstar, the applicable replacement has a special servicer ranking of at least “MOR CS3” by DBRS Morningstar (if ranked by DBRS Morningstar), and (v) in the case of KBRA, KBRA has not cited servicing concerns of such special servicer as the sole or material factor in any qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings (or placement on “watch status” in contemplation of a ratings downgrade or withdrawal) of securities in a transaction serviced by such special servicer prior to the time of determination.

“S&P” shall mean S&P Global Ratings, acting through Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, and its successors in interest.

“Scheduled Interest Payment” shall mean the scheduled payment of interest due on the Mortgage Loan on a Monthly Payment Date.

“Scheduled Principal Payment” shall mean the scheduled payment of principal due on the Mortgage Loan on a Monthly Payment Date.

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“Securitization” shall mean one or more sales by a Note Holder of all or a portion of such Note to a depositor or a similar person, who will in turn include such portion of such Note as part of a securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Securitization Date” shall mean, with respect to a Securitization, the effective date on which such Securitization is consummated.

“Securitization Trust” shall mean a trust formed pursuant to a Securitization pursuant to which any Note is held.

“Securitization Vehicle” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Qualified Institutional Lender.”

“Servicer” shall mean the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the context may require.

“Servicer Termination Event” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or such analogous term in the Lead Servicing Agreement or at any time that the Mortgage Loan is no longer subject to the provisions of the Lead Servicing Agreement, any analogous concept under the servicing agreement pursuant to which the Mortgage Loan is being serviced in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

“Servicing Advance” shall mean “Servicing Advance” or other analogous term as defined in the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Special Servicer” shall mean the special servicer appointed as provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement and this Agreement.

“Taxes” shall mean any income or other taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature, now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any department, agency, state or other political subdivision thereof or therein.

“Transfer” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14.

“Trustee” shall mean the trustee or its successor-in-interest, or any successor Trustee appointed as provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“U.S. Person” shall mean a citizen or resident of the United States, a corporation or partnership (except to the extent provided in applicable Treasury Regulations) created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, including any entity treated as a corporation or partnership for federal income tax purposes, or an estate whose income is subject to United States federal income tax regardless of its source, or a trust if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of such trust, and one or more such U.S. Persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of such trust (or, to the extent provided in applicable Treasury Regulations, a trust in existence on August 20, 1996 which is eligible to elect to be treated as a U.S. Person).

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“Wells Fargo Bank” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

Section 2.                Servicing of the Mortgage Loan.

(a)               Until the Lead Securitization Date, Note A-1-1, Note A-1-2, Note A-1-3, Note A-2-1 and Note A-2-2 shall be serviced in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and under an interim servicing arrangement as directed by the Note A-1-1 Holder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, prior to the Lead Securitization Date, the Controlling Note Holder shall consult with each Non-Controlling Note Holder prior to implementing any Major Decision with respect to the Mortgage Loan. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and any of the interim servicing arrangements, this Agreement shall control.

(b)               Each Note Holder acknowledges and agrees that, subject in each case to this Agreement, the Mortgage Loan shall be serviced from and after the Lead Securitization Date pursuant to the Lead Servicing Agreement; provided that the Master Servicer shall not be obligated to advance monthly payments of principal or interest in respect of any Note other than the Lead Securitization Note if such principal or interest is not paid by the Mortgage Loan Borrower but shall be obligated to advance delinquent real estate taxes, insurance premiums and other expenses related to the maintenance of the Mortgaged Property and maintenance and enforcement of the lien of the Mortgage thereon, subject to the terms of this Agreement and the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement including any provisions governing the determination of non-recoverability. Each Note Holder acknowledges that each other Note Holder may elect, in its sole discretion, to include its Note in a Securitization and agrees that it will, subject to Section 26, reasonably cooperate with such other Note Holder, at such other Note Holder’s expense, to effect such Securitization. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each Note Holder hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consents to the appointment of the Master Servicer, Operating Advisor, Certificate Administrator, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee under the Lead Servicing Agreement by the Depositor and the appointment of the initial Special Servicer by the Controlling Note Holder as may be replaced pursuant to the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement and agrees to reasonably cooperate with the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer with respect to the servicing of the Mortgage Loan in accordance with the Lead Servicing Agreement. Each Note Holder hereby irrevocably appoints the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee in the Lead Securitization as such Note Holder’s attorney-in-fact to sign any documents reasonably required with respect to the administration and servicing of the Mortgage Loan on its behalf under the Lead Servicing Agreement (subject at all times to the rights of the Note Holder set forth herein and in the Lead Servicing Agreement). In no event shall the Lead Servicing Agreement require the Servicer to enforce the rights of any Note Holder against any other Note Holder or limit the Servicer in enforcing the rights of one Note Holder against any other Note Holder; however, this statement shall not be construed to otherwise limit the rights of one Note Holder with respect to any other Note Holder. Each Servicer shall be required pursuant to the Lead Servicing Agreement to service the Mortgage Loan in accordance with the Servicing Standard, the terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents, the Lead Servicing Agreement and applicable law, each Servicer shall provide information to each Non-Lead Servicer under a Non-Lead Servicing Agreement to enable each such Non-Lead Servicer to perform its servicing duties under the applicable Non-Lead Servicing

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Agreement and each Servicer shall not take any action or refrain from taking any action or follow any direction inconsistent with the foregoing.

If, at any time that the Mortgage Loan is no longer subject to the provisions of the Lead Servicing Agreement, the Note Holders agree to cause the Mortgage Loan to be serviced by one or more servicers, each of which has been agreed upon by the Note Holders, pursuant to a servicing agreement that has servicing terms substantially similar to the Lead Servicing Agreement (including, without limitation, all applicable provisions relating to delivery of information and reports necessary for any Non-Lead Securitization to comply with any applicable reporting requirements under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) and all references herein to the “Lead Servicing Agreement” shall mean such subsequent servicing agreement; provided, however, that (1) if (x) the servicer(s) to be appointed under such replacement servicing agreement would not otherwise meet the conditions to be a servicer under the Lead Servicing Agreement that is being replaced or (y) if a Non-Lead Securitization Note is in a Securitization, then a Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been obtained from each Rating Agency for each Securitization then outstanding with respect to which certificates thereof are then rated by such Rating Agency; provided, further, however, that until a replacement servicing agreement has been entered into, the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall cause the Mortgage Loan to be serviced pursuant to the provisions of the Lead Servicing Agreement as if such agreement was still in full force and effect with respect to the Mortgage Loan, by the Servicer in the Lead Securitization or by any Person appointed by the Lead Securitization Note Holder that is a qualified servicer meeting the requirements of the Lead Servicing Agreement and meeting the Required Special Servicer Rating (to the extent such servicer is performing special servicing functions).

The Lead Securitization Note Holder agrees that, if any Lead Securitization Note is included in a Securitization, the related Lead Securitization Note Holder shall cause the applicable Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement to contain a provision that requires any Lead Certificate Administrator to deliver to each Non-Lead Trustee, each Non-Lead Certificate Administrator, each Non-Lead Special Servicer, each Non-Lead Master Servicer, each Non-Lead Operating Advisor and each Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer, as applicable, promptly following the Securitization of any Lead Securitization Note, notice of the deposit of Lead Securitization Note into a Securitization Trust (which notice shall also provide contact information for the related Trustee, the related Certificate Administrator, the related Master Servicer, the related Special Servicer, the related Operating Advisor, the related Asset Representations Reviewer, accompanied by a copy of the executed Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement).

(c)               The Master Servicer shall be the master servicer on the Mortgage Loan, and from time to time it (or the Trustee or Special Servicer, to the extent provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement) (i) shall be required to (and the Special Servicer may, under certain circumstances as provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement) make Servicing Advances with respect to the Mortgage Loan, subject to the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement and this Agreement, and (ii) may be required to make P&I Advances on the Lead Securitization Note, if and to the extent provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement and this Agreement. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee, as applicable, shall be entitled to reimbursement for a Servicing Advance, first from funds on deposit in the Collection Account or Companion Distribution Account for the Mortgage Loan that (in any case) represent amounts received on or

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in respect of the Mortgage Loan, and then, in the case of Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances, if such funds on deposit in the Collection Account or Companion Distribution Account are insufficient, from general collections of the Lead Securitization as provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement and from general collections of a Non-Lead Securitization as provided below. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee, as applicable, shall be entitled to reimbursement for Advance Interest Amounts on a Servicing Advance or a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, in the manner and from the sources provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement, including from general collections of the Lead Securitization and, in the case of Servicing Advances or Advance Interest Amount on a Servicing Advance, from general collections of a Non-Lead Securitization as provided below. To the extent the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, obtains funds from general collections of the Lead Securitization as a reimbursement for a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance or any Advance Interest Amounts on a Servicing Advance or a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder (including from general collections or any other amounts from any Non-Lead Securitization Trust) shall be required to, promptly following notice from the Master Servicer, reimburse the Lead Securitization for its pro rata share of such Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance or Advance Interest Amounts.

In addition, each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder (including, but not limited to, any Non-Lead Securitization Trust) shall be required to, promptly following notice from the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, pay or reimburse the Lead Securitization for such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s pro rata share of any fees, costs or expenses incurred in connection with the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loan as to which the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor or the Depositor, as applicable, is entitled to be reimbursed pursuant to the Lead Servicing Agreement and any costs, fees and expenses related to obtaining any Rating Agency Confirmation, to the extent amounts on deposit in the Collection Account or Companion Distribution Account that are allocated to the related Non-Lead Securitization Note are insufficient for reimbursement of such amounts and to the extent that funds from general collections in the Lead Securitization are applied towards the Lead Securitization Note Holder’s pro rata share of the insufficiency. Each Non-Lead Note Holder agrees to indemnify (i) (as and to the same extent the Lead Securitization Trust is required to indemnify each of the following parties in respect of other mortgage loans in the Lead Securitization Trust pursuant to the terms of Lead Servicing Agreement) each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Depositor (and any director, officer, employee or agent of any of the foregoing, to the extent such parties are identified as indemnified parties in the Lead Servicing Agreement in respect of other mortgage loans) and (ii) the Lead Securitization Trust (such parties in clause (i) and the Lead Securitization Trust, collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”) against any claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and related costs, judgments and any other costs, liabilities, fees and expenses incurred in connection with the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loan and the Mortgaged Property (or, with respect to the Operating Advisor, incurred in connection with the provision of services for the Mortgage Loan) under the Lead Servicing Agreement (collectively, the “Indemnified Items”) to the extent of its pro rata share of such Indemnified Items, and to the extent amounts on deposit in the Collection Account or Companion Distribution Account that are allocated to the related Non-Lead Securitization Note are insufficient for reimbursement of such amounts, the related Non-Lead

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Securitization Note Holder shall be required to, promptly following notice from the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, reimburse each of the applicable Indemnified Parties for its pro rata share of the insufficiency, (including, if a Non-Lead Securitization Note has been included in a Securitization, from general collections or any other amounts from such Non-Lead Securitization Trust).

Any Non-Lead Master Servicer may be required to make P&I Advances on the respective Non-Lead Securitization Note, from time to time, subject to the terms of the related Non-Lead Servicing Agreement, the Lead Servicing Agreement and this Agreement. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee, as applicable, shall be entitled to make their own recoverability determination with respect to a P&I Advance to be made on the Lead Securitization Note based on the information that they have on hand and in accordance with the Lead Servicing Agreement. Any Non-Lead Master Servicer, Non-Lead Special Servicer or Non-Lead Trustee, as applicable, shall be entitled to make its own recoverability determination with respect to a P&I Advance to be made on the related Non-Lead Securitization Note based on the information that they have on hand and in accordance with the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement. The Master Servicer and the Trustee, as applicable, and any Non-Lead Master Servicer or the Non-Lead Trustee, as applicable, shall be required to notify the other of the amount of its P&I Advance within two business days of making such advance. If the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable (with respect to the Lead Securitization Note) or a Non-Lead Master Servicer, Non-Lead Special Servicer or Non-Lead Trustee, as applicable (with respect to a Non-Lead Securitization Note), determines that a proposed P&I Advance, if made, would be non-recoverable or an outstanding P&I Advance is or would be non-recoverable, or if the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, subsequently determines that a proposed Servicing Advance would be non-recoverable or an outstanding Servicing Advance is or would be non-recoverable, then the Master Servicer or the Trustee (as provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement, in the case of a determination of non-recoverability by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee) or such Non-Lead Master Servicer or Non-Lead Trustee (as provided in the related Non-Lead Servicing Agreement, in the case of the a determination of non-recoverability by a Non-Lead Master Servicer, Non-Lead Special Servicer or Non-Lead Trustee) shall notify the Master Servicer and the Trustee, or the related Non-Lead Master Servicer and Non-Lead Trustee, as the case may be, of such other Securitization within two business days of making such determination. Each of the Master Servicer, the Trustee, any Non-Lead Master Servicer and any Non-Lead Trustee, as applicable, shall only be entitled to reimbursement for a P&I Advance and advance interest thereon that becomes non-recoverable, first from the Collection Account or Companion Distribution Account from amounts allocable to the Note for which such P&I Advance was made, and then, if funds are insufficient, (i) in the case of the Lead Securitization Note, from general collections of the Lead Securitization Trust, pursuant to the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement and (ii) in the case of a Non-Lead Securitization Note, from general collections of the related Securitization Trust, as and to the extent provided in the related Non-Lead Servicing Agreement.

(d)               Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder agrees that, if the Non-Lead Securitization Note is included in a Securitization, it shall cause the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement to contain provisions to the effect that:

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(i)                                    each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall be responsible for its pro rata share of any Servicing Advances (and advance interest thereon) and any additional trust fund expenses, but only to the extent that they relate to servicing and administration of the Notes and the Mortgaged Property, including without limitation, any unpaid special servicing fees, liquidation fees and workout fees relating to the Notes, and that in the event that the funds received with respect to each respective Note are insufficient to cover such Servicing Advances or additional trust fund expenses, (A) the related Non-Lead Master Servicer will be required to, promptly following notice from the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, pay or reimburse the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, or the Lead Securitization Trust, as applicable, out of general funds in the collection account (or equivalent account) established under such Non-Lead Servicing Agreement for the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s pro rata share of any such Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances (together with advance interest thereon) and/or additional trust fund expenses (including compensation due to the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer to the extent related to the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loan and the Mortgaged Property), and (B) if the Lead Servicing Agreement permits the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee to reimburse itself from the Lead Securitization Trust’s general account, then the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor or the Trustee, as applicable, may do so, and the related Non-Lead Master Servicer will be required to, promptly following notice from the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, reimburse the Lead Securitization Trust out of general funds in the collection account (or equivalent account) established under such Non-Lead Servicing Agreement for the applicable Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s pro rata share of any such Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances (together with advance interest thereon) and/or additional trust fund expenses (including compensation due to the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer to the extent related to the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loan and the Mortgaged Property);

(ii)                                  each of the Indemnified Parties shall be indemnified (as and to the same extent the Lead Securitization Trust is required to indemnify each of such Indemnified Parties in respect of other mortgage loans in the Lead Securitization Trust pursuant to the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement and, in the case of the Lead Securitization Trust, to the extent of any additional trust fund expenses with respect to the Mortgage Loan) by any Non-Lead Securitization Trust, against any of the Indemnified Items to the extent of its pro rata share of such Indemnified Items, and to the extent amounts on deposit in the Collection Account or Companion Distribution Account that are allocated to a Non-Lead Securitization Note are insufficient for reimbursement of such amounts, the related Non-Lead Master Servicer will be required to reimburse each of the applicable Indemnified Parties for its pro rata share of the insufficiency out of general funds in the collection account (or equivalent account) established under such Non-Lead Servicing Agreement; provided, however, that the Non-Lead Servicing Agreements may include limitations and conditions on the payment or reimbursement of Indemnified Items to the Operating Advisor (including limitations and conditions with respect to the timing of such payments or reimbursements and the sources of funds for such payments or reimbursements);

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(iii)                               each Non-Lead Master Servicer, the Non-Lead Trustee or the certificate administrator under the Non-Lead Servicing Agreement will be required to deliver to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer (i) promptly following Securitization of the related Non-Lead Securitization Note, notice of the deposit of the Non-Lead Securitization Note into a Securitization Trust (which notice shall also provide contact information for the trustee, the certificate administrator, the Non-Lead Master Servicer, the Non-Lead Special Servicer and the party designated to exercise the rights of the “Non-Controlling Note Holder” under this Agreement, including the Controlling Class Representative under the Non-Lead Servicing Agreement), accompanied by a certified copy of the executed Non-Lead Servicing Agreement and (ii) notice of any subsequent change in the identity of the Non-Lead Master Servicer or the party designated to exercise the rights of the “Non-Controlling Note Holder” under this Agreement (together with the relevant contact information);

(iv)                               any matter affecting the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loan that requires delivery of a Rating Agency Confirmation pursuant to the Lead Servicing Agreement shall also require delivery of a Rating Agency Confirmation under any Non-Lead Servicing Agreement;

(v)                                  the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee and the Lead Securitization Trust shall be third-party beneficiaries of the foregoing provisions; and

(vi)                               in the event of a proposed replacement of the Special Servicer, each Non-Lead Trustee shall use commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file on behalf of the related Non-Lead Securitization Trust a Form 8-K relating to such replacement that complies with the Exchange Act on the same day that a Form 8-K relating to such replacement is filed on behalf of the Lead Securitization; provided that the Non-Lead Depositors and a responsible officer of each Non-Lead Trustee has received notice of such proposed replacement (including any disclosure or other information required to be included in such Form 8-K as well as the requirement and timing for filing such Form 8-K) at least 5 Business Days prior to such filing date. The Lead Securitization Note Holder (including, as the context requires, the Depositor, Master Servicer, Special Servicer, Trustee or controlling class representative (or analogous term) relating to the related Lead Securitization Trust, on behalf of such Lead Securitization Note Holder) shall be a third-party beneficiary of the foregoing provision.

(e)                                   The Lead Securitization Note Holder agrees that it shall cause the Lead Servicing Agreement to contain provisions to the effect that (and to the extent such provisions are not included in the Lead Servicing Agreement, they shall be deemed incorporated therein and made a part thereof):

(i)                                     compensating interest payments as defined therein with respect to the Notes will be allocated by the Master Servicer between the Notes, pro rata, in accordance with their respective principal amounts. The Master Servicer shall remit any compensating interest payment in respect of the Non-Lead Securitization Notes to the applicable Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder;

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(ii)                                   the Master Servicer shall remit all payments received with respect to any Non-Lead Securitization Note, net of the servicing fees payable to the Master Servicer and Special Servicer with respect to such Non-Lead Securitization Note, and any other applicable fees and reimbursements payable to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee, to the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder on or prior to the earlier of (A) the Master Servicer Remittance Date or (B) the “determination date” (or other analogous term) under the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement, provided, that, in each case as long as the date on which remittance is required under this clause (ii) is at least one business day after the scheduled monthly payment date under the Mortgage Loan Agreement, provided, that after the Securitization of the Lead Securitization Note, any late collections received by the Master Servicer after the related due date under the Mortgage Loan shall be remitted by the Master Servicer in accordance with the Lead Servicing Agreement;

(iii)                                with respect to any Non-Lead Securitization Note, if it is held by a Securitization, the Master Servicer agrees to deliver or cause to be delivered to any Non-Lead Master Servicer all reports required to be delivered by the Master Servicer to the Trustee or Certificate Administrator under the Lead Servicing Agreement (which shall include all loan-level reports constituting the CREFC^® Investor Reporting Package (IRP)) pursuant to the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement to the extent related to the Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property, the Non-Lead Securitization Note, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee on or prior to the earlier of (A) the Master Servicer Remittance Date or (B) the “determination date” (or other analogous term) under the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement, in each case so long as the date on which delivery is required under this clause (iii) is at least one business day after the scheduled monthly payment date under the Mortgage Loan Agreement;

(iv)                               in connection with (x) any amendment of the Lead Servicing Agreement, a party to such Lead Servicing Agreement shall provide a copy of the executed amendment to any Non-Lead Depositor and the certificate administrator under any Non-Lead Servicing Agreement (which may be by email) in order for such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder and the Non-Lead Depositor to timely comply with their obligations under the Exchange Act, and (y) the termination, resignation and/or replacement of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, the related replacement Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, shall provide all disclosure about itself that is required to be included in Form 8-K no later than the date of effectiveness thereof;

(v)                                  the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall be a third-party beneficiary to the Lead Servicing Agreement in respect of the rights afforded it thereunder to the extent such rights affect the Non-Lead Securitization Note or the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder;

(vi)                               the Lead Servicing Agreement shall not be amended in any manner that materially and adversely (or words of similar import) affects the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder without the consent of such party;

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(vii)                            Servicer Termination Events include customary market termination events with respect to failure to make advances, failure to remit payments to any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder as required, failure to deliver (or cause to be delivered) materials or notices required in order for any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder and Non-Lead Depositor to timely comply with their obligations under the Exchange Act, and Rating Agency triggers with respect to the securities issued pursuant to any Non-Lead Securitization, subject to customary grace periods (provided, in the case of failures related to the Exchange Act, such grace periods do not materially and adversely affect the Non-Lead Depositor);

(viii)                        if the Mortgage Loan becomes the subject of an “asset review” (or such analogous term defined in the Non-Lead Servicing Agreement) pursuant to any Non-Lead Servicing Agreement, the applicable parties to the Lead Servicing Agreement shall reasonably cooperate with the applicable Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer in connection with such asset review (or a substantially similar provision), including with respect to providing access to related underlying documents, to the extent the Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer has not obtained such documents from the Note Holder that sold the Non-Lead Securitization Note into the Non-Lead Securitization and such documents are in the possession of the applicable party to the Lead Servicing Agreement;

(ix)                                each party to the Lead Servicing Agreement shall deliver (and shall cause any sub-servicer or any servicing function participant engaged by such party to deliver (or, in the case of a sub-servicer that the related mortgage loan seller requires the Master Servicer to engage, a party to the Lead Servicing Agreement shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause each party engaged by a party to the Lead Servicing Agreement to deliver)) (x) all materials and notices required in order for any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder and the Non-Lead Depositor to comply with (1) their obligations under the Exchange Act (including any required 10-D, 8-K and 10-K reporting) and (2) any applicable comment letter from the Securities and Exchange Commission or their obligations in connection with a “deficient Exchange Act deliverable” (or such analogous term defined in the Non-Lead Servicing Agreement) and (y) with respect to the “Sarbanes-Oxley certification” (or such analogous term defined in the Non-Lead Servicing Agreement) concerning the Non-Lead Securitization Trust to be submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the applicable certification to each Person who signs such “Sarbanes-Oxley certification” concerning the Non-Lead Securitization Trust;

(x)                                   each Non-Lead Securitization Trust (or the applicable parties to the Non-Lead Servicing Agreement) shall be entitled to indemnification pursuant to industry standard indemnification provisions customary for securitizations similar to the Non-Lead Securitization for the failure of the applicable parties to the Lead Servicing Agreement to timely deliver (or cause to be timely delivered) the materials or information required pursuant to clause (ix) above; and

(xi)                                subject to various adjustments and caps provided for in the Lead Servicing Agreement (which shall be substantially similar to those set forth in the Non-Lead Servicing Agreement), primary servicing, special servicing, workout and liquidation fees

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(and, in any event, the fees at which such compensation accrue or are determined shall not exceed 0.0025%, 0.25%, 1.0% and 1.0%, respectively).

(f)                                    Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall give each of the parties to the Lead Servicing Agreement (that will not also be a party to the Non-Lead Servicing Agreement) notice of the Non-Lead Securitization in writing (which may be by e-mail) prior to or promptly following the Non-Lead Securitization Date. Such notice shall contain contact information for each of the parties to the Non-Lead Servicing Agreement. In addition, after the Non-Lead Securitization Date, the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall send a copy of the Non-Lead Servicing Agreement to each of the parties to the Lead Servicing Agreement.

(g)                                  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, any obligation of the Servicer pursuant to the terms hereof shall be performed by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, as set forth in the Lead Servicing Agreement.

Section 3.                Priority of Payments. Each Note shall be of equal priority, and no portion of any Note shall have priority or preference over any portion of any other Note or security therefor. All amounts tendered by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or otherwise available for payment on or with respect to or in connection with the Mortgage Loan or the Mortgaged Property or amounts realized as proceeds thereof, whether received in the form of Monthly Payments, the Balloon Payment, Liquidation Proceeds, proceeds under any guaranty, letter of credit or other collateral or instrument securing the Mortgage Loan, Condemnation Proceeds, or Insurance Proceeds (other than proceeds, awards or settlements to be applied to the restoration or repair of the Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgage Loan Borrower in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents), but excluding (x) all amounts for required reserves or escrows required by the Mortgage Loan Documents (to the extent, in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents) to be held as reserves or escrows or received as reimbursements on account of recoveries in respect of property protection expenses or Servicing Advances then due and payable or reimbursable to the Trustee or any Servicer under the Lead Servicing Agreement and (y) all amounts that are then due, payable or reimbursable (except for (i) any reimbursements of P&I Advances (and interest thereon) made with respect to the Notes, which may only be reimbursed out of payments and collections allocable to such Note, (ii) any servicing fees due to the Master Servicer in excess of any Non-Lead Securitization Note’s pro rata share of that portion of such servicing fees calculated at the servicing fee rate applicable to the Mortgage Loan as set forth in the Lead Servicing Agreement) to any Servicer (or the Trustee as successor to the Servicer), with respect to the Mortgage Loan pursuant to the Lead Servicing Agreement (including without limitation, any additional trust fund expenses relating to the Mortgage Loan and any special servicing fees, liquidation fees, workout fees, Penalty Charges (to the extent provided in the immediately following paragraph), amounts paid by the Mortgage Loan Borrower in respect of modification fees or assumption fees and any other additional compensation payable pursuant to the Lead Servicing Agreement), shall be applied by the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or its designee) to the Notes on a Pro Rata and Pari Passu Basis.

For clarification purposes, Penalty Charges (as defined in the Lead Servicing Agreement) paid on each Note shall first, be used to reduce, on a pro rata basis, the amounts payable on each Note by the amount necessary to pay the Master Servicer, the Trustee or the Special Servicer for any interest accrued on any Servicing Advances and reimbursement of any

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Servicing Advances in accordance with the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement, second, be used to reduce the respective amounts payable on each Note by the amount necessary to pay the Master Servicer, Trustee, Non-Lead Master Servicer or Non-Lead Trustee for any interest accrued on any P&I Advance made with respect to such Note by such party (if and as specified in the Lead Servicing Agreement or a Non-Lead Servicing Agreement, as applicable), third, be used to reduce, on a pro rata basis, the amounts payable on each Note by the amount necessary to pay additional trust fund expenses (other than Special Servicing Fees, unpaid Workout Fees and Liquidation Fees) incurred with respect to the Mortgage Loan (as specified in the Lead Servicing Agreement) and finally, (i) in the case of the remaining amount of Penalty Charges allocable to the Lead Securitization Note, be paid to the Master Servicer and/or the Special Servicer as additional servicing compensation as provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement and (ii)  in the case of the remaining amount of Penalty Charges allocable to the Non-Lead Securitization Note, be paid, (x) prior to the securitization of such Note, to the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder and (y) following the securitization of such Note, to the Master Servicer and/or the Special Servicer as additional servicing compensation as provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, to the extent required under the REMIC Provisions of the Code, payments or proceeds received with respect to any partial release of the Mortgaged Property (including following a condemnation) from the lien of the applicable Mortgage and Mortgage Loan Documents must be allocated to reduce the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan in the manner permitted by such REMIC Provisions if, immediately following such release, the loan-to value ratio of the Mortgage Loan exceeds 125% (based solely on real property and excluding any personal property and going concern value).

Any proceeds received from the sale of the primary servicing rights with respect to the Mortgage Loan shall be remitted, promptly upon receipt thereof, to the Note Holders on a Pro Rata and Pari Passu Basis. Any proceeds received by any Note Holder from the sale of master servicing rights with respect to its Note shall be for its own account. Any Note Holder that receives proceeds from the sale of the primary servicing rights with respect to the Mortgage Loan shall remit to the other Note Holders, promptly upon receipt thereof, such amounts as are required such that each Note Holder receives its pro rata share of such proceeds on a Pro Rata and Pari Passu Basis.

Section 4.                Workout. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, but subject to the terms and conditions of the Lead Servicing Agreement, and the obligation to act in accordance with the Servicing Standard, if the Lead Securitization Note Holder, or any Servicer, in connection with a workout or proposed workout of the Mortgage Loan, modifies the terms thereof such that (i) the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan is decreased, (ii) the Interest Rate is reduced, (iii) payments of interest or principal on any Note are waived, reduced or deferred or (iv) any other adjustment is made to any of the payment terms of the Mortgage Loan, such modification shall not alter, and any modification of the Mortgage Loan Documents shall be structured to preserve, the equal priorities of each Note as described in Section 3.

Section 5.                Administration of the Mortgage Loan.

(a)               Subject to this Agreement (including but not limited to Section 5(c)) and the Lead Servicing Agreement and subject to the rights and consents, where required, of the

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Controlling Note Holder Representative, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee acting on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder) shall have the sole and exclusive authority with respect to the administration of, and exercise of rights and remedies with respect to, the Mortgage Loan, including, without limitation, the sole authority to modify or waive any of the terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents or consent to any action or failure to act by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or any other party to the Mortgage Loan Documents, call or waive any Event of Default, accelerate the Mortgage Loan or institute any foreclosure action or other remedy, and the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holders shall have no voting, consent or other rights whatsoever except as explicitly set forth herein with respect to the Lead Securitization Note Holder’s administration of, or exercise of its rights and remedies with respect to, the Mortgage Loan. Subject to this Agreement and the Lead Servicing Agreement, each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder agrees that it shall have no right to, and hereby presently and irrevocably assigns and conveys to the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee acting on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder) the rights, if any, that such Note Holder has to, (i) call or cause the Lead Securitization Note Holder to call an Event of Default under the Mortgage Loan, or (ii) exercise any remedies with respect to the Mortgage Loan or the Mortgage Loan Borrower, including, without limitation, filing or causing the Lead Securitization Note Holder to file any bankruptcy petition against the Mortgage Loan Borrower. The Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee acting on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder) shall not have any fiduciary duty to any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder in connection with the administration of the Mortgage Loan (but the foregoing shall not relieve the Lead Securitization Note Holder from the obligation to make any disbursement of funds as set forth herein or its obligation to follow the Servicing Standard (in the case of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer) or any liability for failure to do so). Upon the Mortgage Loan becoming a Defaulted Mortgage Loan, each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder hereby acknowledges the right and obligation of the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Special Servicer acting on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder) to sell the Notes as notes evidencing one whole loan in accordance with the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement. In connection with any such sale, the Special Servicer shall sell the Notes together as notes evidencing one whole loan and shall require that all offers be submitted to the Trustee in writing. Whether any cash offer constitutes a fair price for the Mortgage Loan shall be determined by the Special Servicer (unless the offeror is an Interested Person, in which case the Trustee shall make such determination); provided, that no offer from an Interested Person shall constitute a fair price unless (i) it is the highest offer received and (ii) at least two bona fide other offers are received from independent third parties. In determining whether any offer received represents a fair price for the Mortgage Loan, the Trustee or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall be supplied with and shall rely on the most recent Appraisal or updated Appraisal conducted in accordance with the Lead Servicing Agreement within the preceding nine (9)-month period or, in the absence of any such Appraisal, on a new Appraisal. The Trustee shall select the appraiser conducting any such new Appraisal. In determining whether any such offer constitutes a fair price for the Mortgage Loan, the Trustee or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall instruct the appraiser to take into account (in addition to the results of any Appraisal or updated Appraisal that it may have obtained pursuant to the Lead Servicing Agreement), as applicable, among other factors, the period and amount of any delinquency on the affected Mortgage Loan, the occupancy level and physical condition of the Mortgaged Property and the state of the local economy. The Trustee may conclusively rely on

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the opinion of an Independent appraiser or other Independent expert in real estate matters with at least five (5) years’ experience in valuing or investing in loans similar to the Mortgage Loan that has been selected with reasonable care by the Trustee to determine if such cash offer constitutes a fair price for the Mortgage Loan, and that has been retained by the Trustee at the expense of the Holders in connection with making such determination.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Special Servicer acting on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder) shall not be permitted to sell the Mortgage Loan if it becomes a Defaulted Mortgage Loan without the written consent of each Non-Controlling Note Holder (provided that such consent is not required if the Non-Controlling Note Holder is the Mortgage Loan Borrower or an affiliate of the Mortgage Loan Borrower) unless the Special Servicer has delivered to the Non-Controlling Note Holders: (a) at least 15 Business Days’ prior written notice of any decision to attempt to sell the Mortgage Loan; (b) at least 10 days prior to the proposed sale date, a copy of each bid package (together with any material amendments to such bid packages) received by the Special Servicer in connection with any such proposed sale, (c) at least 10 days prior to the proposed sale date, a copy of the most recent appraisal for the Mortgage Loan, and any documents in the Servicing File reasonably requested by the Non-Controlling Note Holder that are material to the price of the Mortgage Loan and (d) until the sale is completed, and a reasonable period of time (but no less time than is afforded to the other offerors and the Lead Securitization Subordinate Class Representative) prior to the proposed sale date, all information and other documents being provided to other offerors and all leases or other documents that are approved by the Servicer in connection with the proposed sale; provided, that such Non-Controlling Note Holder may waive any of the delivery or timing requirements set forth in this sentence. Subject to the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement, each of the Controlling Note Holder, the Controlling Note Holder Representative, the Non-Controlling Note Holder and the Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative shall be permitted to bid at any sale of the Mortgage Loan unless such Person is the Mortgage Loan Borrower or an agent or Affiliate of the Mortgage Loan Borrower.

Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder hereby appoints the Lead Securitization Note Holder as its agent, and grants to the Lead Securitization Note Holder an irrevocable power of attorney coupled with an interest, and its proxy, for the purpose of soliciting and accepting offers for and consummating the sale of its Note. Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder further agrees that, upon the request of the Lead Securitization Note Holder, such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall execute and deliver to or at the direction of the Lead Securitization Note Holder such powers of attorney or other instruments as the Lead Securitization Note Holder may reasonably request to better assure and evidence the foregoing appointment and grant, in each case promptly following request, and shall deliver the original Non-Lead Securitization Note, endorsed in blank, to or at the direction of the Lead Securitization Note Holder in connection with the consummation of any such sale.

The authority of the Lead Securitization Note Holder to sell a Non-Lead Securitization Note, and the obligations of any other Note Holder to execute and deliver instruments or deliver the related Note upon request of the Lead Securitization Note Holder, shall terminate and cease to be of any further force or effect upon the date, if any, upon which the Lead Securitization Note is repurchased by the Note Holder that sold the Lead Securitization Note into

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the Lead Securitization from the trust fund established under the Lead Servicing Agreement in connection with a material breach of representation or warranty made by such Note Holder with respect to the Lead Securitization Note or material document defect with respect to the documents delivered by such Note Holder with respect to the Lead Securitization Note upon the consummation of the Lead Securitization. The preceding sentence shall not be construed to grant to any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder the benefit of any representation or warranty made by the Note Holder that sold the Lead Securitization Note into the Lead Securitization or any document delivery obligation imposed on such Note Holder under any mortgage loan purchase and sale agreement, instrument of transfer or other document or instrument that may be executed or delivered by such Note Holder in connection with the Lead Securitization.

(b)               The administration of the Mortgage Loan shall be governed by this Agreement and the Lead Servicing Agreement. To the extent that any provision in this Agreement conflicts with any provision in the Lead Servicing Agreement, the provisions in this Agreement shall control. The servicing of the Mortgage Loan shall be carried out by the Master Servicer and, if the Mortgage Loan is a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan (or to the extent otherwise provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement), by the Special Servicer, in each case pursuant to the Lead Servicing Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in accordance with the Lead Servicing Agreement, the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall cause the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer to service and administer the Mortgage Loan in accordance with the Servicing Standard, taking into account the interests of both Note Holders as a collective whole. The Note Holders agree to be bound by the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement. All rights and obligations of the Lead Securitization Note Holder described hereunder may be exercised by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and/or the Trustee on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder. The Lead Servicing Agreement shall not be amended in any manner that may adversely affect any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder in its capacity as Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder. Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder (unless it is the same Person as or an Affiliate of the Mortgage Loan Borrower) shall be a third-party beneficiary to the Lead Servicing Agreement with respect to their rights as specifically provided for therein.

(c)               The Controlling Note Holder (or its Controlling Note Holder Representative) shall have, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, all of the same rights and powers of the Controlling Class Representative under the Lead Servicing Agreement with respect to the other mortgage loans included in the Lead Securitization, without limitation, the right to consent and/or consult regarding Major Decisions and other servicing matters, the right to advise (1) the Special Servicer with respect to all Specially Serviced Loans and (2) the Special Servicer with respect to non-Specially Serviced Loans as to all matters for which the Master Servicer must obtain the consent or deemed consent of the Special Servicer, and the right to direct the Special Servicer to take, or to refrain from taking, such other actions with respect to the Mortgage Loan as the Controlling Class Representative may deem advisable or as to which provision is otherwise made therein, in each case subject to the terms and conditions of the Lead Servicing Agreement.

(d)               Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall be required (i) to provide copies of any notice, information and report that it is required to provide to the Lead

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Securitization Subordinate Class Representative pursuant to the Lead Servicing Agreement with respect to any Major Decisions or the implementation of any recommended actions outlined in an Asset Status Report relating to the Mortgage Loan, to the Non-Controlling Note Holder (or the master servicer of Non-Lead Securitization on its behalf), within the same time frame it is required to provide to the Lead Securitization Subordinate Class Representative (for this purpose, without regard to whether such items are actually required to be provided to the Lead Securitization Subordinate Class Representative under the Lead Servicing Agreement due to the existence of a Control Termination Event or a Consultation Termination Event) and (ii) to consult with the Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative) on a strictly non-binding basis, to the extent having received such notices, information and reports, such Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative) requests consultation with respect to any such Major Decisions or the implementation of any recommended actions outlined in an Asset Status Report relating to the Mortgage Loan, and consider alternative actions recommended by such Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative); provided that after the expiration of a period of ten (10) Business Days from the delivery to such Non-Controlling Note Holder (or the master servicer of Non-Controlling Note Securitization on its behalf) by the Lead Securitization Note Holder of written notice of a proposed action, together with copies of the notice, information and report required to be provided to the Lead Securitization Subordinate Class Representative, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall no longer be obligated to consult with such Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative), whether or not such Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative) has responded within such ten (10) Business Day period (unless, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) proposes a new course of action that is materially different from the action previously proposed, in which case such ten (10) Business Day period shall be deemed to begin anew from the date of such proposal and delivery of all information relating thereto). Notwithstanding the consultation rights of the Non-Controlling Note Holders (or the Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative) set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or Master Servicer or Special Servicer, acting on its behalf) may make any Major Decision or take any action set forth in the Asset Status Report before the expiration of the aforementioned ten (10) Business Day period if the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable) determines that immediate action with respect thereto is necessary to protect the interests of the Note Holders. In no event shall the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or Master Servicer or Special Servicer, acting on its behalf) be obligated at any time to follow or take any alternative actions recommended by any Non-Controlling Note Holder (or the Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative).

In addition to the consultation rights of the Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative) provided in the immediately preceding paragraph, the Non-Controlling Note Holder shall have the right to attend annual meetings (either telephonically or in person, in the discretion of the Servicer) with the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) at the offices of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, upon reasonable notice and at times reasonably acceptable to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in which servicing issues related to the Mortgage Loan are discussed; provided that the Non-Controlling

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Note Holder, at the request of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall execute a confidentiality agreement in form and substance satisfactory to it, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, and the Lead Securitization Note Holder.

(e)               If any Note is included as an asset of a real estate mortgage investment conduit (a “REMIC”), within the meaning of Section 860D(a) of the Code, then, any provision of this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding: (i) the Mortgage Loan shall be administered such that the Notes shall qualify at all times as (or as interests in) a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, (ii) any real property (and related personal property) acquired by or on behalf of the Note Holders pursuant to a foreclosure, exercise of a power of sale or delivery of a deed in lieu of foreclosure of the Mortgage or lien on such property following a default on the Mortgage Loan shall be administered so that the interest of the pro rata share of each Note Holder therein shall at all times qualify as “foreclosure property” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code and (iii) no Servicer may modify, waive or amend any provision of the Mortgage Loan, consent to or withhold consent from any action of the Mortgage Loan Borrower, or exercise or refrain from exercising any powers or rights which the Note Holders may have under the Mortgage Loan Documents, if any such action would constitute a “significant modification” of the Mortgage Loan, within the meaning of Section 1.860G-2(b) of the regulations of the United States Department of the Treasury, more than three (3) months after the startup day of the REMIC which includes the Notes (or any portion thereof). Each Note Holder agrees that the provisions of this paragraph shall be effected by compliance with any REMIC provisions in the Lead Servicing Agreement relating to the administration of the Mortgage Loan.

Anything herein or in the Lead Servicing Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event that one of the Notes is included in a REMIC and any other is not, such other Note Holder shall not be required to reimburse such Note Holder or any other Person for payment of (i) any taxes imposed on such REMIC, (ii) any costs or expenses relating to the administration of such REMIC or to any determination respecting the amount, payment or avoidance of any tax under such REMIC or (iii) any advances for any of the foregoing or any interest thereon or for deficits in other items of disbursement or income resulting from the use of funds for payment of any such taxes, costs or expenses or advances, nor shall any disbursement or payment otherwise distributable to any other Note Holder be reduced to offset or make-up any such payment or deficit.

Section 6.                Appointment of Controlling Note Holder Representative and Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative.

(a)               The Controlling Note Holder shall have the right at any time to appoint a representative in connection with the exercise of its rights and obligations with respect to the Mortgage Loan (the “Controlling Note Holder Representative”). The Controlling Note Holder shall have the right in its sole discretion at any time and from time to time to remove and replace the Controlling Note Holder Representative in accordance with the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement. When exercising its various rights under Section 5 and elsewhere in this Agreement, the Controlling Note Holder may, at its option, in each case, act through the Controlling Note Holder Representative. The Controlling Note Holder Representative may be any Person (other than the Mortgage Loan Borrower, its principal or any Affiliate of the Mortgage Loan Borrower),

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including, without limitation, the Controlling Note Holder, any officer or employee of the Controlling Note Holder, any affiliate of the Controlling Note Holder or any other unrelated third party. No such Controlling Note Holder Representative shall owe any fiduciary duty or other duty to any other Person (other than the Controlling Note Holder). All actions that are permitted to be taken by the Controlling Note Holder under this Agreement may be taken by the Controlling Note Holder Representative acting on behalf of the Controlling Note Holder. No Servicer, Operating Advisor, Trustee or Certificate Administrator acting on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall be required to recognize any Person as a Controlling Note Holder Representative until the Controlling Note Holder has notified each Servicer, Operating Advisor, Trustee and Certificate Administrator of such appointment and, if the Controlling Note Holder Representative is not the same Person as the Controlling Note Holder, the Controlling Note Holder Representative provides each Servicer, Operating Advisor, Trustee, Asset Representations Reviewer and Certificate Administrator with written confirmation of its acceptance of such appointment, an address and facsimile number for the delivery of notices and other correspondence and a list of officers or employees of such person with whom the parties to this Agreement may deal (including their names, titles, work addresses and facsimile numbers). The Controlling Note Holder shall promptly deliver such information to each Servicer, Operating Advisor, Asset Representations Reviewer, Trustee and Certificate Administrator. So long as no Consultation Termination Event is in effect pursuant to the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement, the Controlling Note Holder Representative shall be the Lead Securitization Subordinate Class Representative.

(b)               Neither the Controlling Note Holder Representative nor the Controlling Note Holder shall have any liability to any other Note Holder or any other Person for any action taken, or for refraining from the taking of any action or the giving of any consent or the failure to give any consent pursuant to this Agreement or the Lead Servicing Agreement, or errors in judgment, absent any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of its willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence. The Note Holders agree that the Controlling Note Holder Representative and the Controlling Note Holder (whether acting in place of the Controlling Note Holder Representative when no Controlling Note Holder Representative shall have been appointed hereunder or otherwise exercising any right, power or privilege granted to the Controlling Note Holder hereunder) may take or refrain from taking actions, or give or refrain from giving consents, that favor the interests of one Note Holder over any other Note Holder, and that the Controlling Note Holder Representative may have special relationships and interests that conflict with the interests of a Note Holder and, absent willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence on the part of the Controlling Note Holder Representative or the Controlling Note Holder, as the case may be, agree to take no action against the Controlling Note Holder Representative, the Controlling Note Holder or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, principals or agents as a result of such special relationships or interests, and that neither the Controlling Note Holder Representative nor the Controlling Note Holder shall be deemed to have been grossly negligent or reckless, or to have acted in bad faith or engaged in willful misfeasance or to have recklessly disregarded any exercise of its rights by reason of its having acted or refrained from acting, or having given any consent or having failed to give any consent, solely in the interests of any Note Holder.

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(c)               Each Non-Controlling Note Holder shall have the right at any time to appoint a representative in connection with the exercise of its rights and obligations with respect to the Mortgage Loan (such representative, with respect to each Non-Controlling Note Holder, its “Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative”). All of the provisions relating to Controlling Note Holder and the Controlling Note Holder Representative set forth in Section 6(a) (except those contained in the last sentence thereof) and Section 6(b) shall apply to each Non-Controlling Note Holder and its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative mutatis mutandis. The Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative with respect to each Non-Controlling Note as of the date of this Agreement and until the Lead Securitization Note Holder (and the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer) is notified otherwise, shall be the Initial Note Holder of such Note.

(d)               The Controlling Note Holder shall be entitled to exercise the rights and powers granted to the Lead Securitization Note hereunder and the rights and powers granted to the “Controlling Class Representative” or similar party under, and as defined in, the Lead Servicing Agreement with respect to the Mortgage Loan. In addition, subject to the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement, the Controlling Note Holder shall be entitled to advise (1) the Special Servicer with respect to all matters related to a “Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan” (as defined in the Lead Servicing Agreement) and (2) the Special Servicer with respect to all matters for which the Master Servicer must obtain the consent or deemed consent of the Special Servicer, and, except as set forth below (i) the Master Servicer shall not be permitted to implement any Major Decision unless it has obtained the prior written consent of the Special Servicer and (ii) the Special Servicer shall not be permitted to consent to the Master Servicer’s implementing any Major Decision, nor shall the Special Servicer itself be permitted to implement any Major Decision as to which the Controlling Note Holder has objected in writing within ten (10) Business Days (or 30 days with respect to an Acceptable Insurance Default if so provided for in the Lead Servicing Agreement) after receipt of the written recommendation and analysis and such additional information requested by the Controlling Note Holder as may be necessary in the reasonable judgment of the Controlling Note Holder in order to make a judgment with respect to such Major Decision. The Controlling Note Holder may also direct the Special Servicer to take, or to refrain from taking, such other actions with respect to the Mortgage Loan as the Controlling Note Holder may deem advisable.

If the Controlling Note Holder fails to notify the Special Servicer of its approval or disapproval of any proposed Major Decision within ten (10) Business Days (or 30 days with respect to an Acceptable Insurance Default if so provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement) after delivery to the Controlling Note Holder by the applicable Servicer of written notice of a proposed Major Decision together with any information requested by the Controlling Note Holder as may be necessary in the reasonable judgment of the Controlling Note Holder in order to make a judgment, then upon the expiration of such ten (10) Business Day (or 30 days with respect to an Acceptable Insurance Default if so provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement) period, such Major Decision shall be deemed to have been approved by the Controlling Note Holder.

In the event that the Special Servicer or Master Servicer (in the event the Master Servicer is otherwise authorized by the Lead Servicing Agreement to take such action), as applicable, determines that immediate action, with respect to the foregoing matters, or any other matter requiring consent of the Controlling Note Holder, prior to the occurrence and continuance

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of a Control Event pursuant to the Lead Servicing Agreement (or consultation with the Controlling Note Holder after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Event, but prior to the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event (as defined in the Lead Servicing Agreement)), is necessary to protect the interests of the Note Holders (as a collective whole) and the Special Servicer has made a reasonable effort to contact the Controlling Note Holder, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, may take any such action without waiting for the Controlling Note Holder’s response.

No objection contemplated by the preceding paragraphs may require or cause the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, to violate any provision of the Mortgage Loan Documents, applicable law, the Lead Servicing Agreement, this Agreement, the REMIC provisions of the Code or the Master Servicer or Special Servicer’s obligation to act in accordance with the Servicing Standard or materially expand the scope of responsibilities of any of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable.

The Controlling Note Holder shall have no liability to any other Note Holder or any other party for any action taken, or for refraining from the taking of any action or the giving of any consent or the failure to give any consent pursuant to this Agreement or the Lead Servicing Agreement, or errors in judgment, absent any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of its willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence. The Note Holders agree that the Controlling Note Holder may take or refrain from taking actions, or give or refrain from giving consents, that favor the interests of one Note Holder over any other Note Holder, and that the Controlling Note Holder may have special relationships and interests that conflict with the interests of another Note Holder and, absent willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence on the part of the Controlling Note Holder agree to take no action against the Controlling Note Holder or any of its officers, directors, employees, principals or agents as a result of such special relationships or interests, and that the Controlling Note Holder shall not be deemed to have been grossly negligent or reckless, or to have acted in bad faith or engaged in willful misconduct or to have recklessly disregarded any exercise of its rights by reason of its having acted or refrained from acting, or having given any consent or having failed to give any consent, solely in the interests of any Note Holder.

Section 7.                Appointment of Special Servicer. Subject to the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement, the Controlling Note Holder (or its Controlling Note Holder Representative) shall have the right at any time and from time to time, with or without cause, to replace the Special Servicer then acting with respect to the Mortgage Loan and appoint a replacement Special Servicer in lieu thereof. Any designation by the Controlling Note Holder (or its Controlling Note Holder Representative) of a Person to serve as Special Servicer shall be made by delivering to each other Note Holder, the Master Servicer, the then existing Special Servicer and other parties to the Lead Servicing Agreement a written notice stating such designation and satisfying the Required Special Servicer Rating and the other conditions to such replacement as set forth in the Lead Servicing Agreement (including, without limitation, a Rating Agency Confirmation, if required by the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement), if any. The Controlling Note Holder shall be solely responsible for any expenses incurred in connection with any such replacement without cause. The Controlling Note Holder shall notify the other parties hereto of its termination of the then currently serving Special Servicer and its appointment of a replacement Special Servicer in accordance with this Section 7. If the Controlling Note Holder has not appointed a Special Servicer with respect to the

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Mortgage Loan as of the consummation of the securitization under the Lead Servicing Agreement, then the initial Special Servicer designated in the Lead Servicing Agreement shall serve as the initial Special Servicer but this shall not limit the right of the Controlling Note Holder (or its Controlling Note Holder Representative) to designate a replacement Special Servicer for the Mortgage Loan as aforesaid. If a Servicer Termination Event on the part of the Special Servicer has occurred that affects a Non-Controlling Note Holder, such Non-Controlling Note Holder shall have the right to direct the Trustee (or at any time that the Mortgage Loan is no longer included in a Securitization Trust, the Controlling Note Holder) to terminate the Special Servicer under the Lead Servicing Agreement (or at any time that the Mortgage Loan is no longer subject to the provisions of the Lead Servicing Agreement, the successor servicing agreement pursuant to which the Mortgage Loan is being serviced) solely with respect to the Mortgage Loan pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement (or at any time that the Mortgage Loan is no longer subject to the provisions of the Lead Servicing Agreement, the successor servicing agreement pursuant to which the Mortgage Loan is being serviced). The Controlling Note Holder and the Non-Controlling Note Holder acknowledge and agree that any successor special servicer appointed to replace the Special Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loan that was terminated for cause at the Non-Controlling Note Holder’s direction cannot at any time be the person (or an Affiliate thereof) that was so terminated without the prior written consent of the Non-Controlling Note Holder. The Non-Controlling Note Holder shall be solely responsible for reimbursing the Trustee’s or the Controlling Note Holder’s, as applicable, costs and expenses, if not paid within a reasonable time by the terminated special servicer and, in the case of the Trustee, that would otherwise be reimbursed to the Trustee from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account or Companion Distribution Account.

Section 8.                Payment Procedure.

(a)               The Lead Securitization Note Holder, in accordance with the priorities set forth in Section 3 and subject to the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement, shall deposit or cause to be deposited all payments allocable to the Notes to the Collection Account or Companion Distribution Account pursuant to and in accordance with the Lead Servicing Agreement. The Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer acting on its behalf) shall deposit such amounts to the applicable account within two (2) Business Days after receipt of properly identified funds by the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer acting on its behalf) from or on behalf of the Mortgage Loan Borrower.

(b)               If the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Servicer on its behalf) determines, or a court of competent jurisdiction orders, at any time that any amount received or collected in respect of any Note must, pursuant to any insolvency, bankruptcy, fraudulent conveyance, preference or similar law, be returned to the Mortgage Loan Borrower or paid to the Lead Securitization Note Holder, a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder or any Servicer or paid to any other Person, then, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall not be required to distribute any portion thereof to the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holders and each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall promptly on demand by the Lead Securitization Note Holder repay to the Lead Securitization Note Holder any portion thereof that the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall have theretofore distributed to such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder, together with interest thereon at such rate, if any, as

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the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall have been required to pay to any Mortgage Loan Borrower, Master Servicer, Special Servicer or such other Person with respect thereto.

(c)               If, for any reason, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Servicer on its behalf) makes any payment to a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder before the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Servicer on its behalf) has received the corresponding payment (it being understood that the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Servicer on its behalf) is under no obligation to do so), and the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Servicer on its behalf) does not receive the corresponding payment within five (5) Business Days of its payment to such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder, such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall, at the Lead Securitization Note Holder’s request, promptly return that payment to the Lead Securitization Note Holder.

(d)               Each Note Holder agrees that if at any time it shall receive from any sources whatsoever any payment on account of the Mortgage Loan in excess of its distributable share thereof, it shall promptly remit such excess to the applicable Note Holder, subject to this Agreement and the Lead Servicing Agreement. The Lead Securitization Note Holder shall have the right to offset any amounts due hereunder from any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder with respect to the Mortgage Loan against any future payments due to such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder under the Mortgage Loan. Such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s obligations under this Section 8 constitute absolute, unconditional and continuing obligations.

Section 9.                Limitation on Liability of the Note Holders. Subject to the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement governing servicer liability, no Note Holder shall have any liability to any other Note Holder with respect to its Note except with respect to losses actually suffered due to the gross negligence, willful misconduct or breach of this Agreement on the part of such Note Holder.

The Note Holders acknowledge that, subject to the obligation of the Lead Securitization Note Holder (including any Servicer and the Trustee) to comply with, and except as otherwise required by, the Servicing Standard, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (including any Servicer and the Trustee) may exercise, or omit to exercise, any rights that the Lead Securitization Note Holder may have under the Lead Servicing Agreement in a manner that may be adverse to the interests of any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder and that the Lead Securitization Note Holder (including any Servicer and the Trustee) shall have no liability whatsoever to any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder in connection with the Lead Securitization Note Holder’s exercise of rights or any omission by the Lead Securitization Note Holder to exercise such rights other than as described above; provided, however, that the Servicer must act in accordance with the Servicing Standard and the express terms of this Agreement and the Lead Servicing Agreement.

Section 10.            Bankruptcy. Subject to Section 5(c), each Note Holder hereby covenants and agrees that only the Lead Securitization Note Holder has the right to institute, file, commence, acquiesce, petition under Bankruptcy Code Section 303 or otherwise or join any Person in any such petition or otherwise invoke or cause any other Person to invoke an Insolvency Proceeding with respect to or against the Mortgage Loan Borrower or seek to appoint a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official with respect to the

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Mortgage Loan Borrower or all or any part of its property or assets or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of the affairs of the Mortgage Loan Borrower. Each Note Holder further agrees that only the Lead Securitization Note Holder, and not a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder, can make any election, give any consent, commence any action or file any motion, claim, obligation, notice or application or take any other action in any case by or against the Mortgage Loan Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code or in any other Insolvency Proceeding. The Note Holders hereby appoint the Lead Securitization Note Holder as their agent, and grant to the Lead Securitization Note Holder an irrevocable power of attorney coupled with an interest, and their proxy, for the purpose of exercising any and all rights and taking any and all actions available to any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder in connection with any case by or against the Mortgage Loan Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code or in any other Insolvency Proceeding, including, without limitation, the right to file and/or prosecute any claim, vote to accept or reject a plan, to make any election under Section 1111(b) of the Bankruptcy Code with respect to the Mortgage Loan, and to file a motion to modify, lift or terminate the automatic stay with respect to the Mortgage Loan. The Note Holders hereby agree that, upon the request of the Lead Securitization Note Holder, each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Lead Securitization Note Holder all and every such further deeds, conveyances and instruments as the Lead Securitization Note Holder may reasonably request for the better assuring and evidencing of the foregoing appointment and grant. All actions taken by the Servicer in connection with any Insolvency Proceeding are subject to and must be in accordance with the Servicing Standard.

Section 11.            Representations of the Note Holders. Each Note Holder represents and warrants that the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement is within its corporate powers, has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, and does not contravene such Note Holder’s charter or any law or contractual restriction binding upon such Note Holder, and that this Agreement is the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Note Holder enforceable against such Note Holder in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and except that the enforcement of rights with respect to indemnification and contribution obligations may be limited by applicable law. Each Note Holder represents and warrants that it is duly organized, validly existing, in good standing and in possession of all licenses and authorizations necessary to carry on its business. Each Note Holder represents and warrants that (a) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by such Note Holder, (b) to such Note Holder’s actual knowledge, all consents, approvals, authorizations, orders or filings of or with any court or governmental agency or body, if any, required for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by such Note Holder have been obtained or made and (c) to such Note Holder’s actual knowledge, there is no pending action, suit or proceeding, arbitration or governmental investigation against such Note Holder, an adverse outcome of which would materially and adversely affect its performance under this Agreement.

Section 12.            No Creation of a Partnership or Exclusive Purchase Right. Nothing contained in this Agreement, and no action taken pursuant hereto shall be deemed to constitute the relationship created hereby between the Note Holders as a partnership, association, joint venture or other entity. No Note Holder shall have any obligation whatsoever to offer to any other Note

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Holder the opportunity to purchase a participation interest in any future loans originated by such Note Holder or its Affiliates and if any Note Holder chooses to offer to another Note Holder the opportunity to purchase a participation interest in any future mortgage loans originated by such Note Holder or its Affiliates, such offer shall be at such purchase price and interest rate as such Note Holder chooses, in its sole and absolute discretion. No Note Holder shall have any obligation whatsoever to purchase from any other Note Holder a participation interest in any future loans originated by such Note Holder or its Affiliates.

Section 13.            Other Business Activities of the Note Holders. Each Note Holder acknowledges that each other Note Holder or its Affiliates may make loans or otherwise extend credit to, and generally engage in any kind of business with, the Mortgage Loan Borrower or any Affiliate thereof, any entity that is a holder of debt secured by direct or indirect ownership interests in the Mortgage Loan Borrower or any entity that is a holder of a preferred equity interest in the Mortgage Loan Borrower (each, a “Mortgage Loan Borrower Related Party”), and receive payments on such other loans or extensions of credit to Mortgage Loan Borrower Related Parties and otherwise act with respect thereto freely and without accountability in the same manner as if this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby were not in effect.

Section 14.            Sale of the Notes.

(a)               Each Note Holder agrees that it shall not sell, assign, transfer, pledge, syndicate, participate, hypothecate, contribute, encumber or otherwise dispose (either (i) directly or (ii) indirectly through entering into a derivatives contract or any other similar agreement, excluding a repo financing or a Pledge in accordance with Section 14(d) hereof) of a Note (a “Transfer”) except to a Qualified Institutional Lender. Promptly after the Transfer, the non-transferring Note Holder shall be provided with (x) a representation from a transferee or the applicable Note Holder certifying that such transferee is a Qualified Institutional Lender (except in the case of a Transfer to a Securitization (and the related pooling and servicing or similar agreement requires the parties thereto to comply with this Agreement) or in accordance with the immediately following sentence) and (y) a copy of the assignment and assumption agreement referred to in Section 15. If a Note Holder intends to Transfer its respective Note, or any portion thereof, to an entity that is not a Qualified Institutional Lender, it must first obtain (1) prior to a Securitization, the consent of the non-transferring Note Holder or (2) after a Securitization of such non-transferring Note Holder’s Note, Rating Agency Confirmation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the non-transferring Note Holder’s prior consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld), and, if such non-transferring Note Holder’s Note is held in a Securitization Trust, without Rating Agency Confirmation, no Note Holder shall Transfer all or any portion of its Note (or a participation interest in such Note) to the Mortgage Loan Borrower or a Mortgage Loan Borrower Related Party and any such Transfer shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. The transferring Note Holder agrees that it shall pay the expenses of the non-transferring Note Holder (including all expenses of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee) and all expenses relating to the confirmation from the Rating Agencies in connection with any such Transfer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Note Holder shall have the right, without the need to obtain the consent of any other Note Holder, the Rating Agencies or any other Person, to Transfer 49% or less (in the aggregate) of its Note or any beneficial interest in its Note. None of the provisions of this Section 14(a) shall apply in the

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case of (1) a sale of all Notes together in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Lead Servicing Agreement or (2) a transfer by the Special Servicer, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Lead Servicing Agreement, of the Mortgage Loan or the Mortgaged Property, upon the Mortgage Loan becoming a Defaulted Mortgage Loan, to a single member limited liability or limited partnership, 100% of the equity interest in which is owned directly or indirectly, through one or more single member limited liability companies or limited partnerships, by the Lead Securitization Trust.

For the purposes of this Agreement, if any Rating Agency shall, in writing, waive, decline or refuse to review or otherwise engage any request for a confirmation hereunder from such Rating Agency that a proposed action will not result in a qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of its then current rating of the securities issued pursuant to the related Securitization, such waiver, declination, or refusal shall be deemed to eliminate, for such request only, the condition that such confirmation by such Rating Agency (only) be obtained for purposes of this Agreement. For purposes of clarity, any such waiver, declination or refusal to review or otherwise engage in any request for such confirmation hereunder shall not be deemed a waiver, declination or refusal to review or otherwise engage in any subsequent request for such Rating Agency confirmation hereunder and the condition for such Rating Agency confirmation pursuant to this Agreement for any subsequent request shall apply regardless of any previous waiver, declination or refusal to review or otherwise engage in such prior request.

(b)               In the case of any Transfer of a participation interest in any of the Notes, (i) the respective Note Holders’ obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Note Holders shall remain solely responsible for the performance of such obligations, and (iii) the Lead Securitization Note Holder and any Persons acting on its behalf shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Note Holder in connection with such Note Holder’s rights and obligations under this Agreement and the Lead Servicing Agreement, and all amounts payable hereunder shall be determined as if such Note Holder had not sold such participation interest.

(c)               Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, any Note Holder may pledge (a “Pledge”) its Note to any entity (other than the Mortgage Loan Borrower or any Affiliate thereof) which has extended a credit facility to such Note Holder and that is either a Qualified Institutional Lender or a financial institution whose long-term unsecured debt is rated at least “A” (or the equivalent) or better by each Rating Agency (a “Note Pledgee”), on terms and conditions set forth in this Section 14(c), it being further agreed that a financing provided by a Note Pledgee to a Note Holder or any person which Controls such Note that is secured by its Note and is structured as a repurchase arrangement, shall qualify as a “Pledge” hereunder, provided that a Note Pledgee which is not a Qualified Institutional Lender may not take title to the pledged Note without a Rating Agency Confirmation. Upon written notice by the applicable Note Holder to each other Note Holder and any Servicer that a Pledge has been effected (including the name and address of the applicable Note Pledgee), each other Note Holder agrees to acknowledge receipt of such notice and thereafter agrees: (i) to give the Note Pledgee written notice of any default by the pledging Note Holder in respect of its obligations under this Agreement of which default such Note Holder has actual knowledge; (ii) to allow such Note Pledgee a period of ten (10) days to cure a default by the pledging Note Holder in respect of its obligations to each other Note Holder

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hereunder, but such Note Pledgee shall not be obligated to cure any such default; (iii) that no amendment, modification, waiver or termination of this Agreement shall be effective against such Note Pledgee without the written consent of such Note Pledgee, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed; (iv) that such other Note Holder shall give to such Note Pledgee copies of any notice of default under this Agreement simultaneously with the giving of same to the pledging Note Holder; (v) that such other Note Holder shall deliver to Note Pledgee such estoppel certificate(s) as Note Pledgee shall reasonably request, provided that any such certificate(s) shall be in a form reasonably satisfactory to such other Note Holder; and (vi) that, upon written notice (a “Redirection Notice”) to each other Note Holder and any Servicer by such Note Pledgee that the pledging Note Holder is in default, beyond any applicable cure periods, under the pledging Note Holder’s obligations to such Note Pledgee pursuant to the applicable credit agreement between the pledging Note Holder and such Note Pledgee (which notice need not be joined in or confirmed by the pledging Note Holder), and until such Redirection Notice is withdrawn or rescinded by such Note Pledgee, Note Pledgee shall be entitled to receive any payments that any Note Holder or Servicer would otherwise be obligated to pay to the pledging Note Holder from time to time pursuant to this Agreement or the Lead Servicing Agreement. Any pledging Note Holder hereby unconditionally and absolutely releases each other Note Holder and any Servicer from any liability to the pledging Note Holder on account of such other Note Holder’s or Servicer’s compliance with any Redirection Notice believed by any Servicer or such other Note Holder to have been delivered by a Note Pledgee. Note Pledgee shall be permitted to exercise fully its rights and remedies against the pledging Note Holder to such Note Pledgee (and accept an assignment in lieu of foreclosure as to such collateral), in accordance with applicable law and this Agreement. In such event, the Note Holders and any Servicer shall recognize such Note Pledgee (and any transferee other than the Mortgage Loan Borrower or any Affiliate thereof which is also a Qualified Institutional Lender at any foreclosure or similar sale held by such Note Pledgee or any transfer in lieu of foreclosure), and its successor and assigns, as the successor to the pledging Note Holder’s rights, remedies and obligations under this Agreement, and any such Note Pledgee or Qualified Institutional Lender shall assume in writing the obligations of the pledging Note Holder hereunder accruing from and after such Transfer (i.e., realization upon the collateral by such Note Pledgee) and agrees to be bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement. The rights of a Note Pledgee under this Section 14(c) shall remain effective as to any Note Holder (and any Servicer) unless and until such Note Pledgee shall have notified any such Note Holder (and any Servicer, as applicable) in writing that its interest in the pledged Note has terminated.

(d)               Notwithstanding any provisions herein to the contrary, if a conduit (“Conduit”) which is not a Qualified Institutional Lender provides financing to a Note Holder then such Note Holder shall have the right to grant a security interest in its Note to such Conduit notwithstanding that such Conduit is not a Qualified Institutional Lender, if the following conditions are satisfied:

(i)            The loan (the “Conduit Inventory Loan”) made by the Conduit to such Note Holder to finance the acquisition and holding of its Note requires a third party (the “Conduit Credit Enhancer”) to provide credit enhancement;

(ii)            The Conduit Credit Enhancer is a Qualified Institutional Lender;

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(iii)            Such Note Holder pledges its interest in its Note to the Conduit as collateral for the Conduit Inventory Loan;

(iv)            The Conduit Credit Enhancer and the Conduit agree that, if such Note Holder defaults under the Conduit Inventory Loan, or if the Conduit is unable to refinance its outstanding commercial paper even if there is no default by such Note Holder, the Conduit Credit Enhancer will purchase the Conduit Inventory Loan from the Conduit, and the Conduit will assign the pledge of such Note Holder’s Note to the Conduit Credit Enhancer; and

(v)            Unless the Conduit is in fact then a Qualified Institutional Lender, the Conduit will not without obtaining a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency have any greater right to acquire the interests in the Note pledged by such Note Holder, by foreclosure or otherwise, than would any other purchaser that is not a Qualified Institutional Lender at a foreclosure sale conducted by a Note Pledgee.

Section 15.            Registration of the Notes and Each Note Holder. The Agent shall keep or cause to be kept at the Agent Office books (the “Note Register”) for the registration and transfer of the Notes. The Agent shall serve as the initial note registrar and the Agent hereby accepts such appointment. The names and addresses of the holders of the Notes and the names and addresses of any transferee of any Note of which the Agent has received notice, in the form of a copy of the assignment and assumption agreement referred to in this Section 15, shall be registered in the Note Register. The Person in whose name a Note is so registered shall be deemed and treated as the sole owner and holder thereof for all purposes of this Agreement, except in the case of the Initial Note Holders, who may hold their Notes through a nominee. Upon request of a Note Holder (including a Servicer on its behalf), the Agent shall provide such party with the names and addresses of each other Note Holder. To the extent the Trustee or another party is appointed as Agent hereunder, each Note Holder hereby designates such person as its agent under this Section 15 solely for purposes of maintaining the Note Register.

In connection with any Transfer of a Note (but excluding any Pledgee unless and until it realizes on its Pledge), a transferee shall execute an assignment and assumption agreement (unless the transferee is a Securitization Trust and the related pooling and servicing agreement requires the parties thereto to comply with this Agreement), whereby such transferee assumes all of the obligations of the applicable Note Holder hereunder with respect to such Note thereafter accruing and agrees to be bound by the terms of this Agreement, including the applicable restriction on Transfers set forth in Section 14, from and after the date of such assignment. No transfer of a Note may be made unless it is registered on the Note Register, and the Agent shall not recognize any attempted or purported transfer of any Note in violation of the provisions of Section 14 and this Section 15. Any such purported transfer shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. Each Note Holder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Agent and each other Note Holder against any liability that may result if the transfer is not made in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

Section 16.            Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS

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AGREEMENT, THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT, AND/OR THE INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS AND DECISIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CHOICE OF LAW RULES THEREOF (OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW). EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT.

Section 17.            Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:

(a)               SUBMITS FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT IN RESPECT THEREOF, TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE GENERAL JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, THE FEDERAL COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND APPELLATE COURTS FROM ANY THEREOF;

(b)               CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE BROUGHT IN SUCH COURTS AND, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WAIVES ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT OR THAT SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING WAS BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT COURT AND AGREES NOT TO PLEAD OR CLAIM THE SAME;

(c)               AGREES THAT SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE EFFECTED BY MAILING A COPY THEREOF BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL (OR ANY SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR FORM OF MAIL), POSTAGE PREPAID, TO ITS ADDRESS SET FORTH HEREIN OR AT SUCH OTHER ADDRESS OF WHICH A PARTY HEREIN SHALL HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED; AND

(d)               AGREES THAT NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT TO EFFECT SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR SHALL LIMIT THE RIGHT TO SUE IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.

Section 18.            Modifications. This Agreement shall not be modified, cancelled or terminated except by an instrument in writing signed by each Note Holder. Additionally, for as long as any Note is contained in a Securitization Trust, the Note Holders shall not amend or modify this Agreement without first receiving a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency then rating securities backed by a Note; provided that no such Rating Agency Confirmation shall be required in connection with a modification or amendment (i) to cure any ambiguity, (ii) to correct or supplement any provisions herein that may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions of this Agreement, the Lead Servicing Agreement or the final disclosure documents relating to the Lead Securitization, or (iii) entered into pursuant to Section 31 of this Agreement.

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Section 19.            Successors and Assigns; Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Except as provided herein, including without limitation, with respect to the Trustee, Certificate Administrator, Master Servicer, Special Servicer, Operating Advisor, Non-Lead Master Servicers, Non-Lead Special Servicers or Non-Lead Trustees, none of the provisions of this Agreement shall be for the benefit of or enforceable by any Person not a party hereto. Subject to Section 14 and Section 15, each Note Holder may assign or delegate its rights or obligations under this Agreement. Upon any such assignment, the assignee shall be entitled to all rights and benefits of the applicable Note Holder hereunder.

Section 20.            Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and all of such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement in Portable Document Format (PDF) or by facsimile transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed original counterpart of this Agreement.

Section 21.            Captions. The titles and headings of the paragraphs of this Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to summarize or otherwise describe the subject matter of the paragraphs and shall not be given any consideration in the construction of this Agreement.

Section 22.            Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable laws, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Agreement.

Section 23.             Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter contained in this Agreement and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings and negotiations between the parties.

Section 24.            Withholding Taxes. (a) If the Lead Securitization Note Holder or the Mortgage Loan Borrower shall be required by law to deduct and withhold Taxes from interest, fees or other amounts payable to a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder with respect to the Mortgage Loan as a result of such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder constituting a Non-Exempt Person, the Lead Securitization Note Holder, in its capacity as servicer, shall be entitled to do so with respect to such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s interest in such payment (all withheld amounts being deemed paid to such Note Holder), provided that the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall furnish the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder with a statement setting forth the amount of Taxes withheld, the applicable rate and other information which may reasonably be requested for purposes of assisting such Note Holder to seek any allowable credits or deductions for the Taxes so withheld in each jurisdiction in which such Note Holder is subject to tax.

(b)               Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall indemnify and hereby agrees to indemnify the Lead Securitization Note Holder against and hold the Lead Securitization Note Holder harmless from and against any Taxes, interest, penalties and attorneys’ fees and disbursements arising or resulting from any failure of the Lead Securitization Note Holder to

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withhold Taxes from payment made to such Note Holder in reliance upon any representation, certificate, statement, document or instrument made or provided by such Note Holder to the Lead Securitization Note Holder in connection with the obligation of the Lead Securitization Note Holder to withhold Taxes from payments made to such Note Holder, it being expressly understood and agreed that (i) the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall be absolutely and unconditionally entitled to accept any such representation, certificate, statement, document or instrument as being true and correct in all respects and to fully rely thereon without any obligation or responsibility to investigate or to make any inquiries with respect to the accuracy, veracity, correctness or validity of the same and (ii) each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder, upon request of the Lead Securitization Note Holder and at its sole cost and expense, shall defend any claim or action relating to the foregoing indemnification using counsel selected by the Lead Securitization Note Holder.

(c)               Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder represents to the Lead Securitization Note Holder (for the benefit of the Mortgage Loan Borrower) that it is not a Non-Exempt Person and that neither the Lead Securitization Note Holder nor the Mortgage Loan Borrower is obligated under applicable law to withhold Taxes on sums paid to it with respect to the Mortgage Loan or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement. Contemporaneously with the execution of this Agreement and from time to time as necessary during the term of this Agreement, each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall deliver to the Lead Securitization Note Holder or Servicer, as applicable, evidence satisfactory to the Lead Securitization Note Holder substantiating that such Note Holder is not a Non-Exempt Person and that the Lead Securitization Note Holder is not obligated under applicable law to withhold Taxes on sums paid to it with respect to the Mortgage Loan or otherwise under this Agreement. Without limiting the effect of the foregoing, (i) if a Note Holder is created or organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, it shall satisfy the requirements of the preceding sentence by furnishing to the Lead Securitization Note Holder an Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 and (ii) if a Note Holder is not created or organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, and if the payment of interest or other amounts by the Mortgage Loan Borrower is treated for United States income tax purposes as derived in whole or part from sources within the United States, such Note Holder shall satisfy the requirements of the preceding sentence by furnishing to the Lead Securitization Note Holder Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI, Form W-8IMY (with appropriate attachments) or Form W-8BEN, or successor forms, as may be required from time to time, duly executed by such Note Holder, as evidence of such Note Holder’s exemption from the withholding of United States tax with respect thereto. The Lead Securitization Note Holder shall not be obligated to make any payment hereunder with respect to any Non-Lead Securitization Note or otherwise until the related Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall have furnished to the Lead Securitization Note Holder requested forms, certificates, statements or documents.

Section 25.            Custody of Mortgage Loan Documents. The originals of all of the Mortgage Loan Documents (other than the Non-Lead Securitization Note) (a) prior to the Lead Securitization shall be held by the Initial Agent and (b) after the Lead Securitization, shall be held by the Lead Securitization Note Holder (in the name of the Trustee and held by a duly appointed custodian therefor in accordance with the Lead Servicing Agreement), in each case, on behalf of the registered holders of the Notes. On or after the Non-Lead Securitization Date, the applicable

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Non-Lead Securitization Note shall be held in the name of the related Non-Lead Trustee (and held by a duly appointed custodian therefor) on behalf of the related Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder.

Section 26.            Cooperation in Securitization.

(a)               Each Note Holder acknowledges that any Note Holder may elect, in its sole discretion, to include its Note in a Securitization. In connection with a Securitization and subject to the terms of the preceding sentence, at the request of the Lead Securitization Note Holder, each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall use reasonable efforts, at Lead Securitization Note Holder’s expense, to satisfy, and to cooperate with the Lead Securitization Note Holder in attempting to cause the Mortgage Loan Borrower to satisfy, the market standards to which the Lead Securitization Note Holder customarily adheres or which may be reasonably required in the marketplace or by the Rating Agencies in connection with the Securitization, including, entering into (or consenting to, as applicable) any modifications to this Agreement or the Mortgage Loan Documents and to cooperate with the Lead Securitization Note Holder in attempting to cause the Mortgage Loan Borrower to execute such modifications to the Mortgage Loan Documents, in any such case, as may be reasonably requested by the Rating Agencies to effect the Securitization; provided, however, that either in connection with the Lead Securitization or otherwise at any time prior to the Lead Securitization, no Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall be required to modify or amend this Agreement or any Mortgage Loan Documents (or consent to such modification, as applicable) in connection therewith, if such modification or amendment would (i) change the interest allocable to, or the amount of any payments due to or priority of such payments to, such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder or (ii) materially increase such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s obligations or materially decrease such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s rights, remedies or protections. In connection with the Lead Securitization, each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder agrees to provide for inclusion in any disclosure document relating to the Lead Securitization such information concerning such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder and the related Non-Lead Securitization Note as the Lead Securitization Note Holder reasonably determines to be necessary or appropriate, and each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder covenants and agrees that it shall, at the Lead Securitization Note Holder’s expense, cooperate with the reasonable requests of each Rating Agency and Lead Securitization Note Holder in connection with the Lead Securitization (including, without limitation, reasonably cooperating with the Lead Securitization Note Holder (without any obligation to make additional representations and warranties) to enable the Lead Securitization Note Holder to make all necessary certifications and deliver all necessary opinions (including customary securities law opinions) in connection with the Mortgage Loan and the Lead Securitization), as well as in connection with all other matters and the preparation of any offering documents thereof and to review and respond reasonably promptly with respect to any information relating to each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder and the related Non-Lead Securitization Note in any Securitization document. Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder acknowledges that the information provided by it to the Lead Securitization Note Holder may be incorporated into the offering documents for the Lead Securitization. The Lead Securitization Note Holder and each Rating Agency shall be entitled to rely on the information supplied by, or on behalf of, each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder. The Lead Securitization Note Holder shall reasonably cooperate with the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder by providing all

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information reasonably requested that is in the Lead Securitization Note Holder’s possession in connection with such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s preparation of disclosure materials in connection with a Securitization.

Upon request, the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall deliver to a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder drafts of the preliminary and final Lead Securitization offering memoranda, prospectus supplement, free writing prospectus and any other disclosure documents and the Lead Servicing Agreement and provide reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such documents.

Section 27.           Notices. All notices required hereunder shall be given by (i) telephone (confirmed promptly in writing) or shall be in writing and personally delivered, (ii) sent by facsimile transmission (during business hours) if the sender on the same day sends a confirming copy of such notice by reputable overnight delivery service (charges prepaid), (iii) reputable overnight delivery service (charges prepaid) or (iv) certified United States mail, postage prepaid return receipt requested, and addressed to the respective parties at their addresses set forth on Exhibit B hereto, or at such other address as any party shall hereafter inform the other party by written notice given as aforesaid. All written notices so given shall be deemed effective upon receipt.

Section 28.            Broker. Each Note Holder represents to each other that no broker was responsible for bringing about this transaction.

Section 29.            Certain Matters Affecting the Agent.

(a)               The Agent may request and/or rely upon and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any officer’s certificate or assignment and assumption agreement delivered to the Agent pursuant to Section 14 and Section 15;

(b)               The Agent may consult with counsel and any opinion of counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such opinion of counsel;

(c)               The Agent shall be under no obligation to institute, conduct or defend any litigation hereunder or in relation hereto at the request, order or direction of any Note Holder pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, unless it has received indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it;

(d)               The Agent or any of its directors, officers, employees, Affiliates, agents or “control” persons within the meaning of the Act, shall not be personally liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith and reasonably believed by the Agent to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Agreement;

(e)               The Agent shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any officer’s certificate or assignment and assumption agreement delivered to the Agent pursuant to Section 15;

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(f)                The Agent may execute any of the powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys but shall not be relieved of its obligations hereunder; and

(g)               The Agent represents and warrants that it is a Qualified Institutional Lender.

Section 30.            Termination and Resignation of Agent.

(a)               The Agent may be terminated at any time upon ten (10) days prior written notice from the Lead Securitization Note Holder. In the event that the Agent is terminated pursuant to this Section 30, all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement shall be terminated, other than any rights or obligations that accrued prior to the date of such termination.

(b)               The Agent may resign at any time on ten (10) days’ prior notice, so long as a successor Agent, reasonably satisfactory to the Note Holders (it being agreed that a Servicer, the Trustee or a Certificate Administrator in a Securitization is satisfactory to the Note Holders), has agreed to be bound by this Agreement and perform the duties of the Agent hereunder. Argentic, as Initial Agent, may transfer its rights and obligations to a Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as successor Agent, at any time without the consent of any Note Holder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Note Holders hereby agree that, simultaneously with the closing of the Lead Securitization, the Certificate Administrator shall be deemed to have been automatically appointed as the successor Agent under this Agreement in place of Argentic without any further notice or other action. The termination or resignation of such Certificate Administrator, as Certificate Administrator under the Lead Servicing Agreement, shall be deemed a termination or resignation of such Certificate Administrator as Agent under this Agreement.

Section 31.            Resizing. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, for so long as Argentic or an affiliate thereof (an “Argentic Entity”) or Wells Fargo Bank or an affiliate thereof (a “Wells Fargo Bank Entity”, and together with an Argentic Entity, a “Resizing Entity”) is the owner of a Note or a portion thereof that has not been sold pursuant to a Securitization (such Note or portion thereof, the “Owned Note”), such Resizing Entity shall have the right, subject to the terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents, to cause the Mortgage Loan Borrower to execute amended and restated notes or additional notes (in either case, “New Notes”) reallocating the principal of the Owned Note to such New Notes; or severing the Owned Note into one or more further “component” notes in the aggregate principal amount equal to the then outstanding principal balance of the Owned Note, provided that:

(i)        the aggregate principal balance of all outstanding New Notes following such amendments is no greater than the aggregate principal of the Owned Note prior to such amendments,

(ii)        all Notes continue to have the same weighted average interest rate as the Notes prior to such amendments,

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(iii)        all Notes pay pro rata and on a pari passu basis and such reallocated or component notes shall be automatically subject to the terms of this Agreement,

(iv)        the Resizing Entity holding the New Notes shall notify the Lead Securitization Note Holder, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee in writing of such modified allocations and principal amounts, and

(v)         the execution of such amendments and New Notes does not violate the Servicing Standard.

If the Lead Securitization Note Holder so requests, the Resizing Entity holding the New Notes (and any subsequent holder of such Notes) shall execute a confirmation of the continuing applicability of this Agreement to the New Notes, as so modified. Except for the foregoing reallocation and for modifications pursuant to the Lead Servicing Agreement (as discussed in Section 5), no Note may be modified or amended without the consent of its holder and the consent of the holder of each other Note. In connection with the foregoing (provided the conditions set forth in (i) through (v) above are satisfied, with respect to (i) through (iv), as certified by the Resizing Entity, on which certification the Master Servicer can rely), the Master Servicer is hereby authorized and directed to execute amendments to the Mortgage Loan Documents and this Agreement on behalf of any or all of the Note Holders, as applicable, solely for the purpose of reflecting such reallocation of principal. If more than one New Note is created hereunder, for purposes of exercising the rights of the Non-Controlling Note Holder hereunder, the “Non-Controlling Note Holder” of such New Notes shall be as provided in the definition of such term in this Agreement. If the Controlling Note is involved in any resizing contemplated by this Section 31, the applicable Note Holder shall be entitled to designate any one of the related New Notes as the Controlling Note, and the definitions of “Controlling Note” and “Controlling Note Holder” shall be deemed to have been revised accordingly. For the avoidance of doubt, the parties agree and acknowledge that a modification or amendment to this Agreement shall not be required in connection with the exercise of any rights under this Section 31.

Section 32.            Statement of Intent. The Agent and each Noteholder intend that the Notes be classified and maintained as a grantor trust under subpart E, part I of subchapter J of chapter 1 of the Code that is a fixed investment trust within the meaning of Treasury Regulation §301.7701-4(c), and the parties shall not take any action inconsistent with such classification. It is neither the purpose nor the intent of this Agreement to create a partnership, joint venture, “taxable mortgage pool” or association taxable as a corporation among the parties. 

[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Initial Note Holders have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

ARGENTIC REAL ESTATE FINANCE 2 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as Initial Note A-1-1 Holder
By:  Argentic Investment Management LLC, its investment manager
	By:	/s/ Ryan Supple
		Name: Ryan Supple
		Title: Authorized Signatory
ARGENTIC REAL ESTATE FINANCE 2 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as Initial Note A-1-2 Holder
By:  Argentic Investment Management LLC, its investment manager
	By:	/s/ Ryan Supple
		Name: Ryan Supple
		Title: Authorized Signatory
ARGENTIC REAL ESTATE FINANCE 2 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as Initial Note A-1-3 Holder
By:  Argentic Investment Management LLC, its investment manager
	By:	/s/ Ryan Supple
		Name: Ryan Supple
		Title: Authorized Signatory

(Co-Lender Agreement – Barbours Cut IOS)

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Initial Note A-2-1 Holder
By:	/s/ John G Nicol
	Name: John G Nicol
	Title: Authorized Signatory
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Initial Note A-2-2 Holder
By:	/s/ John G Nicol
	Name: John G Nicol
	Title: Managing Director

(Co-Lender Agreement – Barbours Cut IOS)

 

EXHIBIT A

MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE

Description of Mortgage Loan

 

Mortgage Loan Borrowers:	BARBOURS CUT IOS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and LA PORTE REAL PROPERTY, LLC, a Texas limited liability company
Date of Mortgage Loan:	May 9, 2023
Date of Notes:	May 9, 2023
Original Principal Amount of Mortgage Loan:	$93,500,000
Principal Amount of Mortgage Loan as of the date hereof:	$93,500,000
Initial Note A-1-1 Principal Balance:	$35,750,000
Initial Note A-1-2 Principal Balance:	$10,000,000
Initial Note A-1-3 Principal Balance:	$5,675,000
Initial Note A-2-1 Principal Balance:	$29,250,000
Initial Note A-2-2 Principal Balance:	$12,825,000
Location of Mortgaged Property:	816 W Barbours Cut Boulevard, La Porte, TX 77571
Initial Maturity Date:	May 6, 2033

 

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EXHIBIT B

1.       Initial Note A-1-1 Holder:

(Prior to Securitization of Note A-1-1):

Argentic Real Estate Finance 2 LLC

Notice Address:
Argentic Real Estate Finance 2 LLC
31 West 27th Street, 12th Floor

New York, New York 10001
Attention: Michael Schulte

with a copy to:

Dechert LLP
300 South Tryon Street, Suite 800
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Attention: Stewart McQueen

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2.    Initial Note A-1-2 Holder:

(Prior to Securitization of Note A-1-2):

Argentic Real Estate Finance 2 LLC
 
Notice Address:
Argentic Real Estate Finance 2 LLC
31 West 27th Street, 12th Floor

New York, New York 10001
Attention: Michael Schulte

with a copy to:

Dechert LLP
300 South Tryon Street, Suite 800
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Attention: Stewart McQueen

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3.       Initial Note A-1-3 Holder:

(Prior to Securitization of Note A-1-3):

Argentic Real Estate Finance 2 LLC
 
Notice Address:
Argentic Real Estate Finance 2 LLC
31 West 27th Street, 12th Floor
New York, New York 10001
Attention: Michael Schulte
with a copy to:

Dechert LLP
300 South Tryon Street, Suite 800
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Attention: Stewart McQueen

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4.       Initial Note A-2-1 Holder:

(Prior to Securitization of Note A-2-1):

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
30 Hudson Yards, 15^th Floor
New York, New York 10001
Attention: A.J. Sfarra
Email: Anthony.sfarra@wellsfargo.com

with a copy to:

Troy Stoddard, Esq.
Senior Lead Counsel
401 S. Tryon St., MACD1050-272
26th Floor
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Email: troy.stoddard@wellsfargo.com

with a copy to (if by email):

Troy Doll
Alston & Bird LLP
90 Park Avenue, 15th Floor
Attention: Troy Doll
Email: Troy.Doll@alston.com

 

 

  

 

 

 

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5.       Initial Note A-2-2 Holder:

(Prior to Securitization of Note A-2-2):

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
30 Hudson Yards, 15^th Floor
New York, New York 10001
Attention: A.J. Sfarra
Email: Anthony.sfarra@wellsfargo.com

with a copy to:

Troy Stoddard, Esq.
Senior Lead Counsel
401 S. Tryon St., MACD1050-272
26th Floor
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Email: troy.stoddard@wellsfargo.com

with a copy to (if by email):

Troy Doll
Alston & Bird LLP
90 Park Avenue, 15th Floor
Attention: Troy Doll
Email: Troy.Doll@alston.com

 

 

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EXHIBIT C

PERMITTED FUND MANAGERS

 

1. AllianceBernstein

2. Apollo Real Estate Advisors

3. Archon Capital, L.P.

4. Artemis Real Estate Partners

5. BlackRock, Inc.

6. The Blackstone Group

7. Capital Trust

8. Clarion Partners

9. Colony Capital, Inc.

10. DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners

11. Dune Real Estate Partners

12. Eightfold Real Estate Capital, L.P.

13. Fortress Investment Group, LLC

14. Hudson Advisors

15. iStar Financial Inc.

16. JER Partners

17. Land-Lease Real Estate Investments

18. Lonestar Opportunity Funds

19. Normandy Real Estate Partners

20. Praedium Group

21. Raith Capital Partners

22. Rialto Capital Management LLC

23. Rialto Capital Advisors LLC

24. Rockwood

25. RREEF Funds

26. Starwood Financial Trust

27. Torchlight Investors, LLC

28. Walton Street Capital, LLC

29. Westbrook Partners

30. Whitehall Street Real Estate Fund, L.P.

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EX-99.9

Exhibit 99.9

Execution Copy

AGREEMENT BETWEEN NOTE HOLDERS

Dated as of April 13, 2023

by and between

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
(Initial Note A-1 Holder),

and

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
(Initial Note A-2 Holder)

 

 

SOMO Village

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This AGREEMENT BETWEEN NOTE HOLDERS (“Agreement”), dated as of April 13, 2023, by and between WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“WFB” and, together with its successors and assigns in interest, in its capacity as initial owner of Note A-1 (as defined below), the “Initial Note A-1 Holder”, and in its capacity as the initial agent, the “Initial Agent”) and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (together with its successors and assigns in interest, in its capacity as initial owner of Note A-2 (as defined below), the “Initial Note A-2 Holder” and together with the Initial Note A-1 Holder, the “Initial Note Holders”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Agreement (as defined herein), WFB originated a certain loan (the “Mortgage Loan”) described on the schedule attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Mortgage Loan Schedule”) to SOMO Village Commercial, LLC (the “Mortgage Loan Borrower”), which is evidenced, inter alia, by (i) one promissory note in the original principal amount of $45,000,000.00 (as amended, modified, consolidated, or supplemented, “Note A-1”), made by the Mortgage Loan Borrower in favor of the Initial Note A-1 Holder and (ii) one promissory note in the original principal amount of $18,000,000.00 (as amended, modified, consolidated, or supplemented, “Note A-2” and together with Note A-1, the “Notes”), made by the Mortgage Loan Borrower in favor of the Initial Note A-2 Holder, each of which is secured by a first mortgage (as amended, modified or supplemented, the “Mortgage”) on certain real property located as described on the Mortgage Loan Schedule (the “Mortgaged Property”); and

WHEREAS, each Initial Note Holder desires to enter into this Agreement to memorialize the terms under which they, and their successors and assigns, shall hold the Notes.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto mutually agree as follows:

Section 1.                Definitions; Conflicts. References to a “Section”, “preamble” or the “recitals” are, unless otherwise specified, to a Section, the preamble or the recitals of this Agreement. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms, or terms of substantially similar import, in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. To the extent of any conflict between this Agreement and the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall control. Whenever used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the respective meanings set forth below unless the context clearly requires otherwise.

“Accelerated Mezzanine Loan Lender” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or an analogous term in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Advance Interest” shall mean the interest accrued on any Servicing Advance which is payable to the party that made that Servicing Advance, in accordance with the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Affiliate” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or an analogous term in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Agent” shall mean the Initial Agent or such Person to whom the Initial Agent shall delegate its duties hereunder, and after the Securitization Date shall mean the Master Servicer.

“Agent Office” shall mean the designated office of the Agent, which office initially shall be the office of the Initial Note A-1 Holder listed on Exhibit B hereto and, after the Securitization Date, shall be the office of the Master Servicer. The Agent Office is the address to which notices to and correspondence with the Agent should be directed. The Agent may change the address of its designated office by notice to the Note Holders.

“Agreement” shall mean this Agreement between Note Holders, the exhibits hereto and all amendments hereof and thereof and supplements hereto and thereto.

“Appraisal” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or an analogous term in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Approved Servicer” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Qualified Institutional Lender.”

“Asset Representations Reviewer” shall mean the “Asset Representations Reviewer” (or similarly named Person that is the “asset representations reviewer” as defined in Item 1101(m) of Regulation AB) under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Asset Status Report” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or an analogous term in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Balloon Payment” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or an analogous term in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Bankruptcy Code” shall mean the United States Bankruptcy Code, as amended from time to time, any successor statute or rule promulgated thereto.

“Borrower Party” shall mean the Mortgage Loan Borrower, a manager of the Mortgaged Property, an Accelerated Mezzanine Loan Lender or any Borrower Party Affiliate.

“Borrower Party Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan Borrower, a manager of the Mortgaged Property or an Accelerated Mezzanine Loan Lender, (a) any other Person controlling or controlled by or under common control with such Mortgage Loan Borrower, manager or Accelerated Mezzanine Loan Lender, as applicable, or (b) any other Person owning, directly or indirectly, 25% or more of the beneficial interests in such Mortgage Loan Borrower, manager or Accelerated Mezzanine Loan Lender, as applicable. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether

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through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

“CDO” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Qualified Institutional Lender.”

“CDO Asset Manager” with respect to any Securitization Vehicle that is a CDO, shall mean the entity that is responsible for managing or administering a Note as an underlying asset of such Securitization Vehicle or, if applicable, as an asset of any Intervening Trust Vehicle (including, without limitation, the right to exercise any consent and control rights available to the holder of such Note).

“Certificate Administrator” shall mean the certificate administrator appointed as provided in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

“Commission” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2(c)(vi).

“Conduit” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14(d).

“Conduit Credit Enhancer” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14(d).

“Conduit Inventory Loan” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14(d).

“Control” shall mean the ownership, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate of more than fifty percent (50%) of the beneficial ownership interests of an entity and the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of an entity, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. The terms “Controlled”, “Controlling” and “Controls” shall have the correlative meanings thereto.

“Controlling Note” shall mean Note A-1.

“Controlling Note Holder” shall mean the holder of the Controlling Note; provided that at any time the Controlling Note is included in a Securitization, references to the “Controlling Note Holder” herein shall mean the holders of the majority of the class of securities issued in such Securitization designated as the “controlling class” or such other party otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder” under this Agreement or under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, as and to the extent provided in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement; provided that for so long as 50% or more of the Controlling Note is held by (or the party assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder” (as described above) is) the Mortgage Loan Borrower or a Borrower Party, the holder of the Controlling Note (and such party assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder” as described above) shall not be entitled to exercise any rights of the Controlling Note Holder, and there shall be deemed to be no Controlling Note Holder hereunder. If the

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Controlling Note is included in a Securitization, the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement may contain additional limitations on the rights of the designated party entitled to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder” hereunder if such designated party is the Mortgage Loan Borrower or if it has certain relationships with the Mortgage Loan Borrower.

“Controlling Note Holder Representative” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6(a).

“DBRS Morningstar” shall mean DBRS, Inc., and its successors in interest.

“Defaulted Loan” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or an analogous term in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement

“Depositor” shall mean the “depositor” under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Event of Default” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, an “Event of Default” as defined in the Mortgage Loan Agreement.

“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

“First Securitization” shall mean the earliest to occur of the Note A-1 Securitization and the Note A-2 Securitization.

“Fitch” shall mean Fitch Ratings, Inc., and its successors in interest.

“Indemnified Items” shall have the meaning assigned to such terms in Section 2(b).

“Indemnified Parties” shall have the meaning assigned to such terms in Section 2(b).

“Initial Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note A-1 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note A-2 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note Holders” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Insolvency Proceeding” shall mean any proceeding under Title 11 of the United States Code (11 U.S.C. Sec. 101 et seq.) or any other insolvency, liquidation, reorganization or other similar proceeding concerning the Mortgage Loan Borrower, any action for the dissolution of the Mortgage Loan Borrower, any proceeding (judicial or otherwise) concerning the

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application of the assets of the Mortgage Loan Borrower for the benefit of its creditors, the appointment of or any proceeding seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver or other similar custodian for all or any substantial part of the assets of the Mortgage Loan Borrower or any other action concerning the adjustment of the debts of the Mortgage Loan Borrower, the cessation of business by the Mortgage Loan Borrower, except following a sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Mortgage Loan Borrower in a transaction permitted under the Mortgage Loan Documents; provided, however, that following any such permitted transaction affecting the title to the Mortgaged Property, the Mortgage Loan Borrower for purposes of this Agreement shall be defined to mean the successor owner of the Mortgaged Property from time to time as may be permitted pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Documents; provided, further, however, that for the purposes of this definition, in the event that more than one entity comprises the Mortgage Loan Borrower, the term “Mortgage Loan Borrower” shall refer to any such entity.

“Interest Rate” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or an analogous term in the Mortgage Loan Documents.

“Interested Person” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or an analogous term in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Intervening Trust Vehicle” with respect to any Securitization Vehicle that is a CDO, shall mean a trust vehicle or entity that holds any Note as collateral securing (in whole or in part) any obligation or security held by such Securitization Vehicle as collateral for the CDO.

“KBRA” shall mean Kroll Bond Rating Agency, LLC, and its successors in interest.

“Lead Securitization” shall mean, if the First Securitization is the Note A-1 Securitization, such Securitization; provided that, if any other Securitization occurs prior to the Note A-1 Securitization, then the First Securitization shall be the Lead Securitization until such time as the Note A-1 Securitization occurs.

“Lead Securitization Note” shall mean the Note included in the Lead Securitization.

“Lead Securitization Note Holder” shall mean the holder of the Lead Securitization Note.

“Lead Securitization Note Holder Representative” shall mean the “Directing Certificateholder” or equivalent Person under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement” shall mean, as of any date of determination, (i) the pooling and servicing agreement or other comparable agreement that governs the Securitization that is then the Lead Securitization, and (ii) on and after the date on which the Mortgage Loan is no longer subject to the provisions of agreement described in clause (i), the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement shall be determined in accordance with the second paragraph of Section 2(a).

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“Lead Securitization Trust” shall mean the Securitization Trust created in connection with the Lead Securitization.

“Major Decision” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or an analogous term in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Master Servicer” shall mean the master servicer appointed to act in such capacity with respect to the Mortgage Loan as provided in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Monthly Payment Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term (or analogous term) in the Mortgage Loan Documents.

“Moody’s” shall mean Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., and its successors in interest.

“Mortgage” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Mortgage Loan” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Mortgage Loan Agreement” shall mean the Loan Agreement, dated as of June 17, 2022, between the Mortgage Loan Borrower, as borrower, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as lender, as the same may be further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, subject to the terms hereof.

“Mortgage Loan Borrower” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Mortgage Loan Documents” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage Loan Agreement, the Mortgage, the Notes and all other documents now or hereafter evidencing, guarantying or securing the Mortgage Loan.

“Mortgage Loan Schedule” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Mortgaged Property” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“New Notes” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 32.

“Nonrecoverable Advance” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or an analogous term in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Controlling Note” means each Note other than Note A-1.

“Non-Controlling Note Holder” means each holder of a Non-Controlling Note; provided that with respect to each Non-Controlling Note, at any time such Non-Controlling Note is included in a Securitization, references to a “Non-Controlling Note Holder” herein shall mean

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the holders of the majority of the class of securities issued in such Securitization designated as the “controlling class” (or analogous term) or such other party otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of a “Non-Controlling Note Holder” under this Agreement or under the related Securitization Servicing Agreement, as and to the extent provided in the related Securitization Servicing Agreement, and as to the identity of which the Controlling Note Holder (and, if applicable, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer) has been given written notice; provided, further that if at any time 50% or more of any Non-Controlling Note (or class of securities issued in a Securitization into which such Non-Controlling Note has been deposited is designated as the “controlling class”) is held by (or such other party otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “controlling class” under the related Securitization Servicing Agreement is) the Mortgage Loan Borrower or a Borrower Party, no such Note Holder or other Person shall be entitled to exercise any rights of such Non-Controlling Note Holder under this Agreement or the related Securitization Servicing Agreement, and there shall be deemed to be no Non-Controlling Note Holder with respect to such Non-Controlling Note. The Controlling Note Holder and the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or, if applicable, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall not be required at any time to deal with more than one party exercising the rights of a “Non-Controlling Note Holder” herein or under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement (it being understood for the avoidance of doubt that the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or Special Servicer on its behalf) may additionally need to deal with the master servicer, special servicer or other person party to the related Securitization Servicing Agreement) and, (x) to the extent that the related Securitization Servicing Agreement assigns such rights to more than one party or (y) to the extent the related Non-Controlling Note is split into two or more New Notes pursuant to Section 32 and notice thereof is not provided to the Controlling Note Holder and the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or, if applicable, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf), for purposes of this Agreement, such Securitization Servicing Agreement or the holders of such New Notes shall designate one party to deal with the Controlling Note Holder and the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) and provide written notice of such designation to the Controlling Note Holder and the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer acting on its behalf); provided that, in the absence of such designation and notice, the Controlling Note Holder and the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall be entitled to treat the last party as to which it has received written notice as having been designated as the Non-Controlling Note Holder with respect to such Non-Controlling Note for all purposes of this Agreement. As of the date hereof and until further notice from the Non-Controlling Note Holder (or, if applicable, the related Non-Lead Master Servicer or another party acting on its behalf), the Initial Note A-2 Holder is the Non-Controlling Note Holder with respect to Note A-2. If the Non-Controlling Note is included in a Securitization, the related Securitization Servicing Agreement may contain additional limitations on the rights of the designated party entitled to exercise the rights of the “Non-Controlling Note Holder” hereunder if such designated party is the Mortgage Loan Borrower or if it has certain relationships with the Mortgage Loan Borrower.

“Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6(b).

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“Non-Exempt Person” shall mean any Person other than a Person who is either (i) a U.S. Person or (ii) has on file with the Agent for the relevant year such duly-executed form(s) or statement(s) which may, from time to time, be prescribed by law and which, pursuant to applicable provisions of (A) any income tax treaty between the United States and the country of residence of such Person, (B) the Code or (C) any applicable rules or regulations in effect under clauses (A) or (B) above, permit any Servicer on behalf of the Note Holders to make such payments free of any obligation or liability for withholding.

“Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer” shall mean the “Asset Representations Reviewer” (or similarly named Person that is the “asset representations reviewer” as defined in Item 1101(m) of Regulation AB.) under any Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Depositor” shall mean the “depositor” under any Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Master Servicer” shall mean the applicable “master servicer” under any Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Operating Advisor” shall mean the “trust advisor,” “senior trust advisor,” “operating advisor” (or other analogous Person) under any Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Securitization” shall mean any Securitization of a Note in a Securitization Trust other than the Securitization that is then the Lead Securitization.

“Non-Lead Securitization Note” shall mean any Note other than the Lead Securitization Note.

“Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder” shall mean each holder of a Non-Lead Securitization Note.

“Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder Representative” shall mean the “Directing Certificateholder” or equivalent Person under the Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2(b).

“Non-Lead Special Servicer” shall mean the “special servicer” under any Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Trustee” shall mean the “trustee” under any Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Securitizing Note Holder” shall mean, with respect to a Securitization, each Note Holder other than a Securitizing Note Holder with respect to such Securitization.

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“Note A-1” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-1 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-1 Holder or any subsequent holder of Note A-1, as applicable.

“Note A-1 Principal Balance” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, at any time of determination, the Initial Note A-1 Principal Balance set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon (or any New Notes issued in substitution thereof) received by the Note A-1 Holder (or any holders of New Notes in substitution thereof) or reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 3 or 4, as applicable.

“Note A-1 PSA” shall mean the pooling and servicing agreement or other comparable agreement entered into in connection with the Note A-1 Securitization.

“Note A-1 Securitization” shall mean the first sale by the Note A-1 Holder of all or a portion of Note A-1 to a depositor who will in turn include such portion of Note A-1 as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Note A-2” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-2 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-2 Holder or any subsequent holder of Note A-2, as applicable.

“Note A-2 Principal Balance” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, at any time of determination, the Initial Note A-2 Principal Balance set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon (or any New Notes issued in substitution thereof) received by the Note A-2 Holder (or any holders of New Notes in substitution thereof) or reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 3 or 4, as applicable.

“Note A-2 Securitization” shall mean the first sale by the Note A-2 Holder of all or a portion of Note A-2 to a depositor who will in turn include such portion of Note A-2 as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Note Holder Representative” shall mean a Controlling Note Holder Representative or a Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative, as applicable.

“Note Holders” shall mean collectively, the Note A-1 Holder and the Note A-2 Holder.

“Note Pledgee” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14(c).

“Note Principal Balance” shall mean, (i) with respect to Note A-1, the Note A-1 Principal Balance and (ii) with respect to Note A-2, the Note A-2 Principal Balance.

“Note Register” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 15.

“Notes” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

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“Operating Advisor” shall mean the trust advisor, senior trust advisor, operating advisor or other analogous term as defined under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“P&I Advance” shall mean an advance made by a party to any Securitization Servicing Agreement in respect of a delinquent monthly debt service payment on the Note(s) securitized pursuant to such Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Percentage Interest” shall mean, with respect to each Note Holder, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Note Principal Balance of the Note held by such Note Holder and the denominator of which is the sum of the Note Principal Balances of all of the Notes.

“Permitted Fund Manager” shall mean any Person that on the date of determination is (i) one of the entities on Exhibit C attached hereto and made a part hereof or any other nationally-recognized manager of investment funds investing in debt or equity interests relating to commercial real estate, (ii) investing through a fund with committed capital of at least $250,000,000 and (iii) not subject to a proceeding relating to the bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors.

“Pledge” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14(c).

“Pro Rata and Pari Passu Basis” shall mean with respect to the Notes and the Note Holders, the allocation of any particular payment, collection, cost, expense, liability or other amount between such Notes or such Note Holders, as the case may be, without any priority of any such Note or any such Note Holder over another such Note or Note Holder, as the case may be, and in any event such that each Note or Note Holder, as the case may be, is allocated its respective Percentage Interest of such particular payment, collection, cost, expense, liability or other amount.

“Qualified Institutional Lender” shall mean each of the Initial Note Holders and any other Person that is:

(a)               an entity Controlled by, under common Control with or that Controls any of the Initial Note Holders, or

(b)               one or more of the following:

(i)                              an insurance company, bank, savings and loan association, investment bank, trust company, commercial credit corporation, pension plan, pension fund, pension fund advisory firm, mutual fund, real estate investment trust, governmental entity or plan, or

(ii)                           an investment company, money management firm or a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a) (1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or

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(iii)                        an institution substantially similar to any of the foregoing entities described in clauses (i) or (ii), or

(iv)                       any entity Controlled by or under common Control or Controlling any of the entities described in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii), or

(v)                          a Qualified Trustee (or, in the case of a CDO, a single-purpose, bankruptcy remote entity that contemporaneously pledges its interest in a Note to a Qualified Trustee) in connection with (a) a securitization of, (b) the creation of collateralized debt (or loan) obligations (“CDO”) secured by, or (c) a financing through an “owner trust” of, a Note or any interest therein (any of the foregoing, a “Securitization Vehicle”), provided that (1) one or more classes of securities issued by such Securitization Vehicle is initially rated at least investment grade by each of the Rating Agencies that assigned a rating to one or more classes of securities issued in connection with that Securitization; (2) in the case of a Securitization Vehicle that is not a CDO, the special servicer of such Securitization Vehicle has a Required Special Servicer Rating or is otherwise subject to Rating Agency Confirmations from the Rating Agencies rating each Securitization (such entity, an “Approved Servicer”) and such Approved Servicer is required to service and administer such Note or any interest therein in accordance with servicing arrangements for the assets held by the Securitization Vehicle which require that such Approved Servicer act in accordance with a servicing standard notwithstanding any contrary direction or instruction from any other Person; or (3) in the case of a Securitization Vehicle that is a CDO, the CDO Asset Manager and, if applicable, each Intervening Trust Vehicle that is not administered and managed by a CDO Asset Manager which is a Qualified Institutional Lender, are each a Qualified Institutional Lender under clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (vi) of this definition, or

(vi)                       an investment fund, limited liability company, limited partnership or general partnership having capital and/or capital commitments of at least $250,000,000, in which (A) any Note Holder, (B) a person that is otherwise a Qualified Institutional Lender under clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) (with respect to an institution substantially similar to the entities referred to in clause (i) or (ii)), or (C) a Permitted Fund Manager, acts as a general partner, managing member, or the fund manager responsible for the day-to-day management and operation of such investment vehicle and provided that at least 50% of the equity interests in such investment vehicle are owned, directly or indirectly, by one or more entities that are otherwise Qualified Institutional Lenders (without regard to the capital surplus/equity and total asset requirements set forth below in the definition), and

in the case of any entity referred to in clause (b)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (vi)(B) of this definition, (x) such entity has at least $200,000,000 in capital/statutory surplus or shareholders’ equity (except with respect to a pension advisory firm or similar fiduciary) and at least $600,000,000 in total assets (in name or under management), and (y) is regularly engaged in the business of making or owning commercial real estate loans (or interests therein) similar to the Mortgage

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Loan (or mezzanine loans with respect thereto) or owning or operating commercial real estate properties; provided that, in the case of the entity described in clause (vi)(B) above, the requirements of this clause (y) may be satisfied by a general partner, managing member, or the fund manager responsible for the day-to-day management and operation of such entity; or

(c)               any entity Controlled by any of the entities described in clause (b)(i), (ii), (iv)(B) or (v) above or subject to a Rating Agency Confirmation as a Qualified Institutional Lender for purposes of this Agreement from each of the Rating Agencies engaged to rate the securities for any Securitization.

“Qualified Trustee” shall mean (i) a corporation, national bank, national banking association or a trust company, organized and doing business under the laws of any state or the United States of America, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers and to accept the trust conferred, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority or (ii) an institution whose long-term senior unsecured debt is rated in either of the then in effect top three rating categories of each of the applicable Rating Agencies (or, if not rated by an applicable Rating Agency, an equivalent (or higher) rating from any two of Fitch, Moody’s and S&P).

“Rating Agencies” shall mean DBRS Morningstar, Fitch, KBRA, Moody’s and S&P and their respective successors in interest or, if any of such entities shall for any reason no longer perform the functions of a securities rating agency, any other nationally recognized statistical rating agency reasonably engaged by any Note Holder to rate the securities issued in connection with the Securitization of the related Note; provided, however, that, at any time during which one or more of the Notes is an asset of one or more Securitizations, “Rating Agencies” or “Rating Agency” shall mean only those rating agencies that are engaged by the related depositor (or its Affiliate) from time to time to rate the securities issued in connection with the Securitizations of the related Notes.

“Rating Agency Confirmation” shall mean, with respect to any Securitization, a confirmation in writing (which may be in electronic form) by each of the applicable Rating Agencies for such Securitization that a proposed action, failure to act or other event so specified will not, in and of itself, result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of the then current rating assigned to any class of securities of such Securitization (if then rated by such Rating Agency); provided that a written waiver or other acknowledgment from any such Rating Agency indicating its decision not to review the matter for which the Rating Agency Confirmation is sought shall be deemed to satisfy the requirement for the Rating Agency Confirmation from such Rating Agency with respect to such matter. If no such securities are outstanding with respect to any Securitization, any action that would otherwise require a Rating Agency Confirmation shall instead require the consent of the Controlling Note Holder, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.

“Redirection Notice” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14(c).

“Regulation AB” shall mean Subpart 229.1100 – Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R. §§229.1100 229.1125, as such rules may be amended from time to

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time, and subject to such clarification and interpretation as have been provided by the Commission or by its staff, or as may be provided by the Commission or its staff from time to time.

“REMIC” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5(d).

“REMIC Provisions” shall mean provisions of the federal income tax law relating to real estate mortgage investment conduits, which appear at Sections 860A through 860G of subchapter M of Chapter 1 of the Code, and related provisions, and regulations (including any applicable proposed regulations) and rulings promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in effect from time to time.

“Remittance Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or an analogous term in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Required Special Servicer Rating” shall mean with respect to a special servicer (i) in the case of Fitch, a rating of “CSS3”, (ii) in the case of S&P, such special servicer is on S&P’s Select Servicer List as a U.S. Commercial Mortgage Special Servicer, (iii) in the case of Moody’s, such special servicer is acting as special servicer for one or more loans included in a commercial mortgage loan securitization that was rated by Moody’s within the twelve (12) month period prior to the date of determination, and Moody’s has not downgraded or withdrawn the then-current rating on any class of commercial mortgage securities or placed any class of commercial mortgage securities on watch citing the continuation of such special servicer as special servicer of such commercial mortgage loans, (iv) in the case of KBRA, such special servicer is acting as special servicer for one or more loans included in a commercial mortgage loan securitization that was rated by KBRA, within the twelve (12) month period prior to the date of determination, and KBRA has not cited servicing concerns of such special servicer as the sole or material factor in any qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings (or placement on “watch status” in contemplation of a ratings downgrade or withdrawal) of securities in a transaction serviced by such special servicer prior to the time of determination and (v) in the case of DBRS Morningstar, has a current ranking from DBRS Morningstar of at least MORS3 or, if not rated by DBRS Morningstar, is currently acting as servicer or special servicer, as applicable, for a commercial mortgage-backed securities transaction rated by DBRS Morningstar and as to which DBRS Morningstar has not cited servicing concerns with respect to such servicer as the sole or material factor in any qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings (or placement on “watch status” in contemplation of a ratings downgrade or withdrawal, which placement on “watch status” has not been withdrawn within 60 days without any ratings downgrade or withdrawal) of securities in such commercial mortgage-backed securities transaction serviced by the applicable servicer prior to the time of determination.

“S&P” shall mean S&P Global Ratings and its successors in interest.

“Securitization” shall mean the Note A-1 Securitization or the Note A-2 Securitization.

“Securitization Date” shall mean the effective date of the First Securitization.

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“Securitization Servicing Agreement” shall mean the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement or any Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Securitization Trust” shall mean a trust formed pursuant to a Securitization.

“Securitization Vehicle” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Qualified Institutional Lender.”

“Securitizing Note Holder” shall mean, with respect to a Securitization, each Note Holder that is contributing its Note to such Securitization.

“Servicer” shall mean the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the context may require.

“Servicer Termination Event” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Servicing Advance” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or an analogous term in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Servicing Standard” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or an analogous term in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. The Servicing Standard in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement shall require, among other things, that each Servicer, in servicing the Mortgage Loan, must take into account the interests of each Note Holder.

“Special Servicer” shall mean the special servicer appointed to act in such capacity with respect to the Mortgage Loan as provided in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Taxes” shall mean any income or other taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature, now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any department, agency, state or other political subdivision thereof or therein.

“Transfer” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14.

“Trust Fund” shall mean the trust formed pursuant to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Trustee” shall mean the trustee appointed as provided in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“U.S. Person” shall mean a citizen or resident of the United States, a corporation or partnership (except to the extent provided in applicable Treasury Regulations) created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, including any entity treated as a corporation or partnership for federal income tax purposes, or an estate whose income is subject to United States federal income tax regardless of its source, or a trust if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the

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administration of such trust, and one or more such U.S. Persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of such trust (or, to the extent provided in applicable Treasury Regulations, a trust in existence on August 20, 1996 which is eligible to elect to be treated as a U.S. Person).

“WFB” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

Section 2.                Servicing of the Mortgage Loan.

(a)               Each Note Holder acknowledges and agrees that, subject in each case to this Agreement, the Mortgage Loan shall be serviced from and after the Securitization Date by the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement; provided that the Master Servicer shall not be obligated to advance monthly payments of principal or interest in respect of any Note other than the Lead Securitization Note (unless such other Note is also included in the Lead Securitization) if such principal or interest is not paid by the Mortgage Loan Borrower but shall be obligated to make Servicing Advances, subject to the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement; provided further that the Special Servicer, when appointed, has the Required Special Servicer Rating from each Rating Agency then rating a Securitization. The Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement shall contain terms and conditions that are customary for securitization transactions involving assets similar to the Mortgage Loan and that are otherwise (i) required by the Code relating to the tax elections of any Securitization Trust, (ii) required by law or changes in any law, rule or regulation or (iii) generally required by the Rating Agencies in connection with the issuance of ratings in securitizations similar to the Securitizations. Each Note Holder acknowledges that each other Note Holder may elect, in its sole discretion, to include its Note in a Securitization and agrees that it will, subject to Section 26 hereof, reasonably cooperate with such other Note Holder, at such other Note Holder’s expense, to effect such Securitization. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each Note Holder hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consents to the appointment of the Master Servicer and the Trustee under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement by the Depositor and the appointment of the Special Servicer by the Controlling Note Holder and agrees to reasonably cooperate with the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer with respect to the servicing of the Mortgage Loan in accordance with the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. Each Note Holder hereby appoints the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee in the Lead Securitization as such Note Holder’s attorney-in-fact to sign any documents reasonably required with respect to the administration and servicing of the Mortgage Loan on its behalf under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement (subject at all times to the rights of such Note Holder set forth herein and in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement). In no event shall the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement require any Servicer to enforce the rights of any Note Holder against any other Note Holder or limit a Servicer in enforcing the rights of one Note Holder against any other Note Holder; however, this statement shall not be construed to otherwise limit the rights of one Note Holder with respect to any other Note Holder. Each Servicer shall (i) be required pursuant to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement to service the Mortgage Loan in accordance with the Servicing Standard, the terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents, the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and applicable law, (ii) provide information to each servicer under the

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Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement to enable each such servicer to perform its servicing duties, and (iii) not take any action or refrain from taking any action or follow any direction inconsistent with the foregoing.

At any time after the First Securitization that the Mortgage Loan is no longer subject to the provisions of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, the Note Holders agree to cause the Mortgage Loan to be serviced by one or more servicers, each of which has been agreed upon by the Note Holders, pursuant to a servicing agreement that has servicing terms substantially similar to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and all references herein to the “Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement” shall mean such subsequent servicing agreement; provided, that if a Non-Lead Securitization Note is in a Securitization, then a Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been obtained from each other Rating Agency with respect to any such Non-Lead Securitization Note regarding any Special Servicer to be appointed under such replacement servicing agreement that does not have the Required Special Servicer Rating for such Rating Agency or, with respect to the Master Servicer, would not otherwise meet the conditions to be a servicer under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement that is being replaced; provided, further, that until a replacement servicing agreement has been entered into, the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall cause the Mortgage Loan to be serviced pursuant to the provisions of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, as if such agreement were still in full force and effect with respect to the Mortgage Loan, by the Servicers in the Lead Securitization or by any Person appointed by the Lead Securitization Note Holder that is a Person meeting the requirements of a master servicer under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and, in the case of the Special Servicer, that meets the Required Special Servicer Rating for each Rating Agency then rating securities of a Non-Lead Securitization.

(b)               The Master Servicer shall be the lead master servicer on the Mortgage Loan, and from time to time it (or the Trustee or the Special Servicer, to the extent provided in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement) shall make the following advances, subject to the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and this Agreement: (i) Servicing Advances on the Mortgage Loan and (ii) P&I Advances on the Lead Securitization Note. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee, as applicable, shall be entitled to reimbursement for a Servicing Advance, first from funds on deposit in the Collection Account and/or the Companion Distribution Account for the Mortgage Loan that (in any case) represent amounts received on or in respect of the Mortgage Loan, and then, in the case of Nonrecoverable Advances, if such funds on deposit in the Collection Account or Companion Distribution Account are insufficient, from general collections of the Lead Securitization as provided in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee, as applicable, shall be entitled to reimbursement for Advance Interest on a Servicing Advance (including any Nonrecoverable Advance), in the manner and from the sources provided in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, including from general collections of the Lead Securitization. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, obtains funds from general collections of the Lead Securitization as a reimbursement of a Servicing Advance that is a Nonrecoverable Advance or any Advance Interest on a Servicing Advance (including any Nonrecoverable Advance), each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder (including any Securitization Trust into which a Non-Lead Securitization Note is deposited) shall be required

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to, promptly following notice from the Master Servicer, reimburse the Lead Securitization for its pro rata share of such Nonrecoverable Advance or Advance Interest.

In addition, each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder (including, but not limited to, any Securitization Trust into which a Non-Lead Securitization Note is deposited) shall be required to, promptly following notice from the Master Servicer, reimburse the Lead Securitization for such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s pro rata share of any fees, costs or expenses incurred in connection with the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loan as to which the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Depositor, as applicable, is entitled to be reimbursed pursuant to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, to the extent amounts on deposit in the Companion Distribution Account or Collection Account in respect of the Mortgage Loan are insufficient for reimbursement of such amounts. Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall indemnify (as and to the same extent the Lead Securitization Trust is required to indemnify each of the following parties in respect of other mortgage loans in the Lead Securitization Trust pursuant to the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement) each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, Asset Representations Reviewer and the Depositor (and any director, officer, employee or agent of any of the foregoing, to the extent such parties are identified as indemnified parties in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement in respect of other mortgage loans) (the “Indemnified Parties”) against any claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and related costs, judgments and any other costs, liabilities, fees and expenses incurred in connection with servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loan (or, with respect to the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer, incurred in connection with the provision of services for the Mortgage Loan) under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement (collectively, the “Indemnified Items”) to the extent of its pro rata share of such Indemnified Items, and to the extent amounts on deposit in the Companion Distribution Account or Collection Account in respect of the Mortgage Loan, as applicable, are insufficient for reimbursement of such amounts, each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall be required to, promptly following notice from the Master Servicer, reimburse each of the applicable Indemnified Parties for its pro rata share of the insufficiency; provided, however, that each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s obligation to pay Indemnified Items to the Operating Advisor shall be subject to any limitations and conditions (including limitations and conditions with respect to the timing of such payments and the sources of funds for such payments) as may be set forth from time to time in a related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

Any Non-Lead Master Servicer (or if not made by such Non-Lead Master Servicer, the Non-Lead Trustee) may be required to make P&I Advances on the related Non-Lead Securitization Note, from time to time, subject to the terms of the related servicing agreement for the related Securitization (each such agreement, a “Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement”) and this Agreement. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee, as applicable, shall each be entitled to make its own recoverability determination with respect to a P&I Advance to be made on the Lead Securitization Note based on the information that it has on hand and in accordance with the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. Each Non-Lead Master Servicer, Non-Lead Special Servicer and Non-Lead Trustee under the related

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Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, as applicable, shall be entitled to make their own recoverability determination with respect to a P&I Advance to be made on the related Non-Lead Securitization Note based on the information that they have on hand and in accordance with the Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. The Master Servicer and the Trustee, as applicable, and the related Non-Lead Master Servicer or the related Non-Lead Trustee shall be required to notify the other of the amount of its P&I Advance within two Business Days of making such advance. If the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable (with respect to the Lead Securitization Note) or a Non-Lead Master Servicer, Non-Lead Special Servicer or a Non-Lead Trustee, as applicable (with respect to a Non-Lead Securitization Note), determines that a proposed P&I Advance, if made, would be non-recoverable or an outstanding P&I Advance is or would be non-recoverable, or if the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, subsequently determines that a proposed Servicing Advance would be non-recoverable or an outstanding Servicing Advance is or would be non-recoverable, then the Master Servicer or the Trustee (as provided in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, in the case of a determination of non-recoverability by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee) or the related Non-Lead Master Servicer or the related Non-Lead Trustee (as provided in the related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, in the case of a determination of non-recoverability by the related Non-Lead Master Servicer, the related Non-Lead Special Servicer or the related Non-Lead Trustee) shall notify the Master Servicer and the Trustee, or the Non-Lead Master Servicer and the Non-Lead Trustee, as the case may be, of the other Securitization within two Business Days of making such determination. Each of the Master Servicer, the Trustee, a Non-Lead Master Servicer and a Non-Lead Trustee, as applicable, will only be entitled to reimbursement for a P&I Advance that becomes non-recoverable first from the Companion Distribution Account from amounts allocable to the Note for which such P&I Advance was made, and then, if funds are insufficient, (i) in the case of the Lead Securitization Note, from general collections of the Lead Securitization Trust, pursuant to the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and (ii) in the case of a Non-Lead Securitization Note, from general collections of the Securitization Trust that owns such Non-Lead Securitization Note, as and to the extent provided in the related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

(c)               The Lead Securitization Note Holder agrees that it shall cause the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement to provide as follows (and to the extent such following provisions are not included in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, they shall be deemed incorporated therein and made a part thereof):

(i)            the Master Servicer shall remit all payments received with respect to each Non-Lead Securitization Note, net of the primary servicing fee payable to the Master Servicer and servicing fees payable to the Special Servicer with respect to such Non-Lead Securitization Note, and any other applicable fees and reimbursements payable to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee, to the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder by the earlier of (x) the Remittance Date and (y) the Business Day following the “determination date” (or any term substantially similar thereto) as defined in the Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement (such determination date, the “Non-Lead Securitization Determination Date”), in each case as long as the date on which remittance is required under this clause (i) is at least one business day after the scheduled monthly

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payment date under the Loan Agreement, provided, that any late collections received by the Master Servicer after the related due date under the Mortgage Loan shall be remitted by the Master Servicer in accordance with clause (c)(xiii) below;

(ii)            with respect to the Non-Lead Securitization Note that is held by a Securitization, the Master Servicer agrees to deliver or cause to be delivered or to make available to the Non-Lead Master Servicer all reports required to be delivered by the Master Servicer to the Certificate Administrator under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement (which shall include all loan-level reports constituting the CREFC® Investor Reporting Package (IRP)) pursuant to the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, to the extent related to the Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property, the Non-Lead Securitization Note, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, by the earlier of (x) the Remittance Date and (y) the Business Day following the Non-Lead Securitization Determination Date, in each case so long as the date on which delivery is required under this clause (ii) is at least one business day after the scheduled monthly payment date under the Loan Agreement;

(iii)            the Master Servicer and Special Servicer, as applicable, shall provide (in electronic media) to each Non-Controlling Note Holder all documents, certificates, instruments, notices, reports, operating statements, rent rolls and other information regarding the Mortgage Loan that it has provided, or that it is required to provide, to the Controlling Note Holder or the Operating Advisor in connection with any request for consent made to, or consultation with, the Non-Controlling Note Holder;

(iv)            the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall be entitled to the same indemnity as the Lead Securitization Note Holder under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement; each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Custodian shall be required to (and shall require any Servicing Function Participant or Additional Servicer engaged by it to) indemnify each Certifying Person and the depositor of any public Securitization related to a Non-Lead Securitization Note, and their respective directors and officers and controlling persons, to the same extent that they indemnify the Depositor (as depositor in respect of the Lead Securitization) and each Certifying Person for (i) its failure to deliver the items in clause (v) below in a timely manner, (ii) its failure to perform its obligations to such depositor or Non-Lead Trustee under Article XI (or any article substantially similar thereto that addresses Exchange Act reporting and Regulation AB compliance) of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement by the time required after giving effect to any applicable grace period or cure period, (iii) the failure of any Servicing Function Participant or Additional Servicer retained by it (other than a Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer) to perform its obligations to such depositor or trustee under such Article XI (or any article substantially similar thereto that addresses Exchange Act reporting and Regulation AB compliance) of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement by the time required and/or (iv) any Deficient Exchange Act Deliverable regarding, and delivered by or on behalf of, such party;

(v)            with respect to any Non-Lead Securitization that is subject to reporting requirements under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act (including Rule 15Ga-1), and

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Regulation AB, (a) the Master Servicer, any primary servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator or other party acting as custodian for the Lead Securitization shall be required to deliver (and shall be required to cause each other servicer and servicing function participant (within the meaning of Items 1123 and 1122, respectively, of Regulation AB) retained or engaged by it to deliver; provided that such party shall only be required to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause a Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer to deliver), to the Non-Lead Depositor and the Non-Lead Trustee, in a timely manner, (i) the reports, certifications, compliance statements, accountants’ assessments and attestations, and all information to be included in reports (including, without limitation, Form ABS 15G, Form 10-K, Form 10-D and Form 8-K), and (ii) upon request, any other materials specified in the Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), as the parties to each Non-Lead Securitization may reasonably require in order to comply with their obligations under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act (including Rule 15Ga-1), Regulation AB and Form SF-3 and (b) without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Initial Note Holder of the Lead Securitization Note shall provide in a timely manner to the Non-Lead Depositor and the Non-Lead Trustee, if any, a copy of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement in EDGAR-compatible format (but not later than one business day following the closing date of the Lead Securitization) and each Servicer under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement will be required, upon prior written request, to provide to the Non-Lead Depositor and the Non-Lead Trustee, if any, any other information required to comply in a timely manner with applicable filing requirements under Items 1.01 and 6.02 of Form 8-K, any other disclosure information required pursuant to Regulation AB, in each case in a timely manner for inclusion in any disclosure document (or for filing under Form 8-K, as applicable), and with respect to such Servicers, upon prior written request, market indemnification agreements, opinions and Regulation AB compliance letters as were or are being delivered with respect to the Lead Securitization (in each case at the expense of the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder). The Master Servicer, any primary servicer and the Special Servicer shall each be required to provide certification and indemnification to each Certifying Person with respect to the Sarbanes-Oxley Certification (or analogous terms) as such terms are defined in the Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement;

(vi)            each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Custodian and the Trustee and each Affected Reporting Party (or analogous term) shall cooperate (and require each Servicing Function Participant and Additional Servicer retained by it to cooperate under the applicable Sub-Servicing Agreement), with the Non-Lead Depositor (including, without limitation, providing all due diligence information, reports, written responses, negotiations and coordination) to the same extent as such party is required to cooperate with the Depositor under Article XI (or any article substantially similar thereto that addresses Exchange Act reporting and Regulation AB compliance) of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and in connection with Deficient Exchange Act Deliverables. All respective reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Non-Lead Depositor (including reasonable legal fees and expenses of outside counsel to such depositor) in connection with the foregoing (other than those costs and expenses related to participation by the Non-Lead Depositor in any telephone conferences and

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meetings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) and other costs the Non-Lead Depositor must bear pursuant to Article XI (or any article substantially similar thereto that addresses Exchange Act reporting and Regulation AB compliance) of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement) and any amendments to any reports filed with the Commission therewith shall be promptly paid by the applicable Affected Reporting Party upon receipt of an itemized invoice from such Non-Lead Depositor;

(vii)                        each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder (unless it is a Borrower Party) is an intended third-party beneficiary in respect of the rights afforded it under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement;

(viii)                    each Non-Lead Master Servicer and each Non-Lead Special Servicer shall be a third-party beneficiary of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement with respect to all provisions therein expressly relating to compensation, reimbursement or indemnification of such Non-Lead Master Servicer or Non-Lead Special Servicer, as the case may be, and the provisions regarding coordination of advances;

(ix)                           if the Mortgage Loan becomes a Defaulted Mortgage Loan and the Special Servicer determines to sell the Lead Securitization Note in accordance with the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, it shall have the right and the obligation to sell each of the Notes as notes evidencing one whole loan in accordance with the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. In connection with any such sale, the Special Servicer shall provide notice to each Non-Lead Master Servicer who shall provide notice to the related Non-Controlling Note Holder of the planned sale and of such Non-Controlling Note Holder’s opportunity to submit an offer on the Mortgage Loan;

(x)                               the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement shall not be amended in any manner that materially and adversely affects any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder without the consent of such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder;

(xi)                            Servicer Termination Events with respect to the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall include: (i) solely with respect to the Master Servicer, the failure to timely remit payments to a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder, which failure continues unremedied for one (1) Business Day following the date on which such payment was to be made; (ii) solely with respect to the Special Servicer, the failure to deposit into any REO Account any amount required to be so deposited within two (2) Business Days after the date such deposit was to be made, or the failure to remit to the Master Servicer for deposit into the Collection Account or the Companion Distribution Account, as applicable, any amount required to be so remitted by the Special Servicer within one (1) Business Day after the date such remittance was to be made; (iii) the qualification, downgrade or withdrawal, or placing on “watch status” in contemplation of a rating downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings of any class of certificates issued in connection with a Non-Lead Securitization by the rating agencies rating such securities (and such qualification, downgrade, withdrawal or “watch status” placement shall not have been withdrawn by such rating agencies within sixty (60) days of actual knowledge of such event by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be), and publicly

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citing servicing concerns with the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, as the sole or a material factor in such rating action; and (iv) the failure to provide to a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder (if and to the extent required under the related Non-Lead Securitization) reports required under the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations thereunder, in a timely fashion;

(xii)                         in connection with (A) any amendment of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, a party to such Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement is required to provide a copy of the executed amendment to each Non-Lead Depositor and one or more parties to the related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement (which may be by e-mail), together with a copy of such amendment in electronic format, no later than the effective date of such amendment, and (B) the termination, resignation and/or replacement of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, the replacement “master servicer” or replacement “special servicer”, as applicable, is required to provide to each Non-Lead Depositor and one or more parties to the related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement all disclosure about itself that is required to be included in Form 8-K no later than the date of effectiveness thereof;

(xiii)                      any late collections received by the Master Servicer from the Mortgage Loan Borrower that are allocable to a Non-Lead Securitization Note or reimbursable to a Non-Lead Master Servicer or a Non-Lead Trustee shall be remitted by the Master Servicer to the related Non-Lead Master Servicer within one (1) Business Day of receipt of properly identified and available funds constituting such late collections; provided, however, that to the extent any such amounts are received after 3:00 p.m. Eastern time on any given Business Day, the Master Servicer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to remit such late collections to such Non-Lead Master Servicer within one (1) Business Day of receipt of properly identified and available funds but, in any event, the Master Servicer shall remit such amounts within two (2) Business Days of receipt of properly identified and available funds;

(xiv)                     any conflict between the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and this Agreement shall be resolved in favor of this Agreement provided that in no event shall the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, take any action or omit to take any action in accordance with the terms of this Agreement that would cause the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, to violate the Servicing Standard or the REMIC Provisions;

(xv)                        the primary servicing, special servicing, workout and liquidation fee rates shall not exceed 0.0025%, 0.25%, 1.00% and 1.00%, respectively, subject to any market minimum amounts and fee offsets set forth in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement;

(xvi)                     each Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement shall also satisfy Moody’s rating methodology as of the closing date of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement for eligible accounts and permitted investments for a securitization rated “Aaa” by Moody’s;

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(xvii)                  the Servicing Standard in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement shall require, among other things, that each Servicer, in servicing the Mortgage Loan, must take into account the interests of each Note Holder; and

(xviii)               the holder of the Lead Securitization Note shall:

(i)            on, or within a timely manner following, the closing date of the Lead Securitization, provide notice of the closing of the Lead Securitization and send (or provide for access through a financial printer together with notice (which may be by email) and contact information therefor) a copy (in EDGAR-compatible format) of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement to each other Note Holder; and

(ii)            give each other Note Holder written notice in a timely manner (but no later than one (1) business day prior to the applicable filing date) of any re-filing (other than a filing made in connection with a formal amendment of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement) by the Depositor of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement subsequent to the Securitization Date if such filing contains revisions or changes that are material to the other Note Holders.

(d)           Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder agrees that, if the related Non-Lead Securitization Note is included in a Securitization, it shall cause the applicable Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement to contain provisions to the effect that:

(i)            such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall be responsible for its pro rata share of any Nonrecoverable Advances relating to Servicing Advances (and Advance Interest thereon) and any additional expenses of the Trust Fund, but only to the extent that such expenses relate to servicing and administration of the Notes, including without limitation, any unpaid Special Servicing Fees, Liquidation Fees and Workout Fees relating to the Notes, and that in the event that amounts on deposit in the Companion Distribution Account or Collection Account in respect of the Mortgage Loan, as applicable, are insufficient for reimbursement of such amounts, the related Non-Lead Master Servicer will be required to, promptly following notice from the Master Servicer, reimburse the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as applicable, out of general collections in the collection account (or equivalent account) established under the Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement for such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s pro rata share of any such Nonrecoverable Advances and/or additional expenses of the Trust Fund;

(ii)            each of the Indemnified Parties shall be indemnified (as and to the same extent the Lead Securitization Trust is required to indemnify each of such Indemnified Parties in respect of other mortgage loans in the Lead Securitization Trust pursuant to the terms of Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement) by each Securitization Trust holding a Non-Lead Securitization Note, against any of the Indemnified Items to the extent of its pro rata share of such Indemnified Items, and to the extent amounts on deposit in the Companion Distribution Account are insufficient for reimbursement of such amounts, the

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related Non-Lead Master Servicer will be required to reimburse each of the applicable Indemnified Parties for its pro rata share of the insufficiency out of general collections in the collection account (or equivalent account) established under the related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement; provided, however, that such Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement may include limitations and conditions on the payment or reimbursement of Indemnified Items to the Operating Advisor (including limitations and conditions with respect to the timing of such payments or reimbursements and the sources of funds for such payments or reimbursements);

(iii)            the related Non-Lead Master Servicer, related Non-Lead Trustee or certificate administrator under the related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement will be required to deliver to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer and the Operating Advisor (i) promptly following Securitization of such Non-Lead Securitization Note, notice of the deposit of such Non-Lead Securitization Note into a Securitization Trust (which notice shall also provide contact information for the related Non-Lead Trustee, the related certificate administrator, the related Non-Lead Master Servicer, the related Non-Lead Special Servicer and the party designated to exercise the rights of the related “Non-Controlling Note Holder” and “Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder” under this Agreement), accompanied by a certified copy of the related executed Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and (ii) notice of any subsequent change in the identity of the related Non-Lead Master Servicer or the party designated to exercise the rights of the related “Non-Controlling Note Holder” or “Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder” under this Agreement (together with the relevant contact information); and

(iv)            the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer and the Lead Securitization Trust shall be third party beneficiaries of the foregoing provisions.

(e)                      Prior to the Securitization of a Non-Lead Securitization Note (including any New Note), all notices, reports, information or other deliverables required to be delivered to the related Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder pursuant to this Agreement or the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement by the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) only need to be delivered to the related Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder (or its Note Holder Representative) and, when so delivered to such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder (or its Note Holder Representative, as applicable), the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall be deemed to have satisfied its delivery obligations with respect to such items hereunder or under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. Following the Securitization of a Non-Lead Securitization Note (including any New Note), as applicable, all notices, reports, information or other deliverables required to be delivered to the related Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder pursuant to this Agreement or the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement by the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall be delivered to the related Non-Lead Master Servicer and Non-Lead Special Servicer (who then may forward such items to the party entitled to receive such items as and to the extent provided in the related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement) and, when so delivered to such Non-Lead Master Servicer and such

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Non-Lead Special Servicer, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall be deemed to have satisfied its delivery obligations with respect to such items hereunder or under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement (except where required by this Agreement or the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement to deliver items directly to a Non-Lead Depositor or other party to a Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement for purposes of compliance with securities laws).

(f)                The Lead Securitization Note Holder agrees that, if a Non-Lead Securitization Note is included in a Securitization, and such Non-Lead Securitization is subject to reporting requirements under Regulation AB, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee and the Custodian shall be required to reasonably cooperate with the Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer in connection with such Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer’s obligations under any Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement with respect to the Mortgage Loan by providing any documents reasonably requested by the Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer or other requesting party in connection with the Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer’s obligations, but only to the extent such documents are in the possession of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Custodian, as the case may be, but in any event excluding any documents known to such the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Custodian to contain information that is proprietary to the related originator or Initial Note Holders or any draft documents or privileged or internal communications. The reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Master Servicer, Special Servicer, the Trustee and the Custodian actually incurred in connection with their compliance with such requests shall be reimbursable by the Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer or, if not paid by the Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer, the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder.

Section 3.                Priority of Payments.

(a)               Each Note shall be of equal priority, and no portion of any Note shall have priority or preference over any portion of any other Note or security therefor. All amounts tendered by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or otherwise available for payment on or with respect to or in connection with the Mortgage Loan or the Mortgaged Property or amounts realized as proceeds thereof, whether received in the form of Periodic Payments, the Balloon Payment, Liquidation Proceeds, proceeds under any guaranty, letter of credit or other collateral or instrument securing the Mortgage Loan or Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds (other than proceeds, awards or settlements to be applied to the restoration or repair of the Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgage Loan Borrower in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents) shall be applied by the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or its designee) to the Notes on a Pro Rata and Pari Passu Basis; provided, that (x) all amounts for required reserves or escrows required by the Mortgage Loan Documents to be held as reserves or escrows or received as reimbursements on account of recoveries in respect of property protection expenses or Servicing Advances then due and payable or reimbursable to the Trustee or any Servicer under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement shall be applied to the extent set forth in, and in accordance with the terms of, the Mortgage Loan Documents; and (y) all amounts that are then due, payable or reimbursable to any Servicer, with respect to the Mortgage Loan pursuant to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and any other

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compensation payable to it thereunder (including without limitation, any additional expenses of the Trust Fund relating to the Mortgage Loan (but subject to the second paragraph of Section 5(d) hereof) reimbursable to, or payable by, such parties and any Special Servicing Fees, Liquidation Fees, Workout Fees and Penalty Charges (to the extent provided in the immediately following paragraph) but excluding (i) any P&I Advances (and interest thereon) on the Lead Securitization Note, which shall be reimbursed in accordance with Section 2(b) hereof, and (ii) any Master Servicing Fees due to the Master Servicer in excess of the Non-Lead Securitization Note’s pro rata share of that portion of such servicing fees calculated at the “primary servicing fee rate” applicable to the Mortgage Loan as set forth in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, which such excess shall not be subject to the allocation provisions of this Section 3) shall be payable in accordance with the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

For clarification purposes, Penalty Charges paid on each Note shall first, be used to reduce, on a pro rata basis, the amounts payable on each Note by the amount necessary to pay the Master Servicer, the Trustee or the Special Servicer for any interest accrued on any Servicing Advances and reimbursement of any Servicing Advances in accordance with the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, second, be used to reduce the respective amounts payable on each Note by the amount necessary to pay the Master Servicer, Trustee, the Non-Lead Master Servicer or the Non-Lead Trustee for any interest accrued on any P&I Advance made with respect to such Note by such party (if and as specified in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement or the Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, as applicable), third, be used to reduce, on a pro rata basis, the amounts payable on each Note by the amount necessary to pay additional expenses of the Trust Fund (including, if not paid by the Mortgage Loan Borrower, Special Servicing Fees, unpaid Workout Fees and Liquidation Fees) incurred with respect to the Mortgage Loan (as specified in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement) and finally, shall be paid to the Master Servicer and/or the Special Servicer as additional servicing compensation as provided in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

Any proceeds received from the sale of the primary servicing rights with respect to the Mortgage Loan shall be remitted, promptly upon receipt thereof, to the Note Holders on a Pro Rata and Pari Passu Basis. Any proceeds received by any Note Holder from the sale of master servicing rights with respect to its Note shall be for its own account.

Section 4.                Workout. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, but subject to the terms and conditions of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, and the obligation to act in accordance with the Servicing Standard, if the Lead Securitization Note Holder, or any Servicer, in connection with a workout or proposed workout of the Mortgage Loan, modifies the terms thereof such that (i) the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan is decreased, (ii) the Interest Rate is reduced, (iii) payments of interest or principal on any Note are waived, reduced or deferred or (iv) any other adjustment is made to any of the payment terms of the Mortgage Loan, such modification shall not alter, and any modification of the Mortgage Loan Documents shall be structured to preserve, the equal priorities of each Note as described in Section 3.

Section 5.                Administration of the Mortgage Loan.

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(a)               Subject to this Agreement (including but not limited to Section 5(c)) and the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and subject to the rights and consents, where required, of the Controlling Note Holder, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee acting on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder) shall have the sole and exclusive authority with respect to the administration of, and exercise of rights and remedies with respect to, the Mortgage Loan, including, without limitation, the sole authority to modify or waive any of the terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents or consent to any action or failure to act by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or any other party to the Mortgage Loan Documents, call or waive any Event of Default, accelerate the Mortgage Loan or institute any foreclosure action or other remedy, and no Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall have any voting, consent or other rights whatsoever except as explicitly set forth herein with respect to the Lead Securitization Note Holder’s administration of, or exercise of its rights and remedies with respect to, the Mortgage Loan. Subject to this Agreement and the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, no Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall have any right to, and each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder hereby presently and irrevocably assigns and conveys to the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee acting on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder) the rights, if any, that such Note Holder has to, (i) call or cause the Lead Securitization Note Holder to call an Event of Default under the Mortgage Loan, or (ii) exercise any remedies with respect to the Mortgage Loan or the Mortgage Loan Borrower, including, without limitation, filing or causing the Lead Securitization Note Holder to file any bankruptcy petition against the Mortgage Loan Borrower. The Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee acting on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder) shall not have any fiduciary duty to any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder in connection with the administration of the Mortgage Loan (but the foregoing shall not relieve the Lead Securitization Note Holder from the obligation to make any disbursement of funds as set forth herein or its obligation to follow the Servicing Standard (in the case of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer) or any liability for failure to do so).

Each Note Holder hereby acknowledges the right and obligation of the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Special Servicer acting on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder), upon the Mortgage Loan becoming a Defaulted Loan to sell the Notes together as notes evidencing one whole loan in accordance with the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and shall require that all offers be submitted to the Special Servicer in writing. Whether any cash offer constitutes a fair price for the Mortgage Loan shall be determined by the Special Servicer, if the highest offeror is a Person other than an Interested Person, and by the Trustee, if the highest offeror is an Interested Person. Absent an offer at least equal to the Purchase Price, no offer from an Interested Person shall constitute a fair price unless (i) it is the highest offer received and (ii) at least two other offers are received from independent third parties. In determining whether any offer from an Interested Person received represents a fair price for the Mortgage Loan, the Trustee shall rely on the most recent Appraisal (or update of such Appraisal) conducted in accordance with the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement within the preceding nine (9)-month period or, in the absence of any such Appraisal, on a new Appraisal. In determining whether any such offer from a Person other than an Interested Person constitutes a fair price for the Mortgage Loan, the Special Servicer shall

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take into account (in addition to the results of any Appraisal or updated Appraisal or narrative appraisal that it may have obtained within the prior nine (9) months pursuant to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement) among other factors, the period and amount of the occupancy level and physical condition of the Mortgaged Property and the state of the local economy. Except as provided in the following paragraph, the cost of any Appraisal will be covered by, and will be reimbursable as, a Servicing Advance by the Master Servicer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Special Servicer acting on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder) shall not be permitted to sell the Mortgage Loan without the written consent of each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder (provided that such consent is not required if the related Non-Lead Securitization Note is held by a Borrower Party) unless the Special Servicer has delivered to such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder: (a) at least 15 Business Days prior written notice of any decision to attempt to sell the Mortgage Loan; (b) at least ten (10) days prior to the proposed sale date, a copy of each bid package (together with any amendments to such bid packages) received by the Special Servicer in connection with any such proposed sale, (c) at least ten (10) days prior to the proposed sale date, a copy of the most recent appraisal for the Mortgage Loan, and any documents in the servicing file reasonably requested by such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder that are material to the sale price of the Mortgage Loan and (d) until the sale is completed, and a reasonable period of time (but no less time than is afforded to other offerors and the Lead Securitization Note Holder Representative) prior to the proposed sale date, all information and other documents being provided to other offerors and all leases or other documents that are approved by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer in connection with the proposed sale; provided, however, that such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder may waive any delivery or timing requirements set forth in this sentence only for itself. Subject to the foregoing, each of the Controlling Note Holder, the Controlling Note Holder Representative, the Non-Controlling Note Holders and the Non-Controlling Note Holder Representatives shall be permitted to submit an offer at any sale of the Mortgage Loan (unless such Person is a Borrower Party).

Notwithstanding anything contained in the preceding paragraph to the contrary, if the Trustee is required to determine whether a cash offer by an Interested Person constitutes a fair price, the Trustee may (at its option and at the expense of the offering Interested Person purchaser) designate an independent third party expert in real estate or commercial mortgage loan matters with at least five (5) years’ experience in valuing loans similar to the Mortgage Loan, that has been selected with reasonable care by the Trustee to determine if such cash offer constitutes a fair price for the Mortgage Loan. If the Trustee designates such third party to make such determination, the Trustee shall be entitled to rely conclusively upon such third party’s determination. The reasonable fees of, and the costs of all appraisals, inspection reports and broker opinions of value incurred by any such third party shall be covered by, and shall be reimbursable, from the offering Interested Person.

Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder hereby appoints the Lead Securitization Note Holder as its agent, and grants to the Lead Securitization Note Holder an irrevocable power of attorney coupled with an interest, and its proxy, for the purpose of soliciting and accepting offers for and consummating the sale of the related Non-Lead Securitization Note. Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder further agrees that, upon the request of the Lead Securitization Note Holder, such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder

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shall execute and deliver to or at the direction of Lead Securitization Note Holder such powers of attorney or other instruments as the Lead Securitization Note Holder may reasonably request to better assure and evidence the foregoing appointment and grant, in each case promptly following request, and shall deliver the original related Non-Lead Securitization Note, endorsed in blank, to or at the direction of the Lead Securitization Note Holder in connection with the consummation of any such sale.

The authority of the Lead Securitization Note Holder to sell the Non-Lead Securitization Notes, and the obligations of the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holders to execute and deliver instruments or deliver the Non-Lead Securitization Notes upon request of the Lead Securitization Note Holder, shall terminate and cease to be of any further force or effect upon the date, if any, upon which the Lead Securitization Note is repurchased by the Initial Note Holder from the trust fund established under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement in connection with a material breach of representation or warranty made by such Initial Note Holder with respect to the Lead Securitization Note or material document defect with respect to the documents delivered by the related Initial Note Holder with respect to the Lead Securitization Note upon the consummation of the Lead Securitization. The preceding sentence shall not be construed to grant to a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder the benefit of any representation or warranty made by such Initial Note Holder or any document delivery obligation imposed on such Initial Note Holder under any mortgage loan purchase and sale agreement, instrument of transfer or other document or instrument that may be executed or delivered by such Initial Note Holder in connection with the Lead Securitization.

(b)               The administration of the Mortgage Loan shall be governed by this Agreement and the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. The servicing of the Mortgage Loan shall be carried out by the Master Servicer and, if the Mortgage Loan is a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan (or to the extent otherwise provided in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement), by the Special Servicer, in each case pursuant to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in accordance with the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall cause the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer to service and administer the Mortgage Loan in accordance with the Servicing Standard, taking into account the interests of each Note Holder. The Note Holders agree to be bound by the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. All rights and obligations of the Lead Securitization Note Holder described hereunder may be exercised by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder. The Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement shall not be amended in any manner that may materially and adversely affect any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder in its capacity as a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder without such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s prior written consent. Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder (unless it is a Borrower Party) shall be a third-party beneficiary to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement with respect to its rights as specifically provided for therein.

(c)               Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall be required (i) to provide copies of any notice, information and report that it is required to provide to the Lead

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Securitization Note Holder Representative pursuant to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement (for this purpose, without regard to whether such items are actually required to be provided to the Lead Securitization Note Holder Representative under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement due to the occurrence of a Control Termination Event or a Consultation Termination Event or effectively equivalent period) with respect to any Major Decision or the implementation of any recommended actions outlined in an Asset Status Report relating to the Mortgage Loan, to a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder (or its Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder Representative), within the same time frame it is required to provide to the Lead Securitization Note Holder Representative (for this purpose, without regard to whether such items are actually required to be provided to the Lead Securitization Note Holder Representative under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement due to the occurrence of a Control Termination Event or a Consultation Termination Event or effectively equivalent period, but subject to any limitations in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement regarding providing such information to the Mortgage Loan Borrower or those who have certain relationships with the Mortgage Loan Borrower) and (ii) to consult with each Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative) on a strictly non-binding basis, to the extent having received such notices, information and reports, such Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative) requests consultation with respect to any such Major Decision or the implementation of any recommended actions outlined in an Asset Status Report relating to the Mortgage Loan, and consider alternative actions recommended by such Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative); provided that after the expiration of a period of ten (10) Business Days from the delivery to such Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative) by the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) of written notice of a proposed action, together with copies of the notice, information and report required to be provided to the Lead Securitization Note Holder Representative, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall no longer be obligated to consult with such Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative) (unless, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) proposes a new course of action that is materially different from the action previously proposed, in which case such ten (10) Business Day period shall be deemed to begin anew from the date of such proposal and delivery of all information relating thereto). Notwithstanding the consultation rights of each Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative) set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or Master Servicer or Special Servicer, acting on its behalf) may make any Major Decision or any action set forth in the Asset Status Report before the expiration of the aforementioned ten (10) Business Day period if the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable) determines that immediate action with respect thereto is necessary to protect the interests of the Note Holders. In no event shall the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or Master Servicer or Special Servicer, acting on its behalf) be obligated at any time to follow or take any alternative actions recommended by a Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative).

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each Non-Controlling Note Holder shall have the right to attend (in person or telephonically, in the discretion of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable) annual meetings with the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf), upon reasonable notice and at times reasonably acceptable to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in which servicing issues related to the Mortgage Loan are discussed.

(d)               If any Note is included as an asset of a real estate mortgage investment conduit (a “REMIC”), within the meaning of Section 860D(a) of the Code, then, any provision of this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding: (i) the Mortgage Loan shall be administered such that the Notes shall qualify at all times as (or as interests in) a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, (ii) any real property (and related personal property) acquired by or on behalf of the Note Holders pursuant to a foreclosure, exercise of a power of sale or delivery of a deed in lieu of foreclosure of the Mortgage or lien on such property following a default on the Mortgage Loan shall be administered so that the interest of the pro rata share of each Note Holder therein shall at all times qualify as “foreclosure property” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code and (iii) no Servicer may modify, waive or amend any provision of the Mortgage Loan, consent to or withhold consent from any action of the Mortgage Loan Borrower, or exercise or refrain from exercising any powers or rights which the Note Holders may have under the Mortgage Loan Documents, if any such action would constitute a “significant modification” of the Mortgage Loan, within the meaning of Section 1.860G-2(b) of the regulations of the United States Department of the Treasury, more than three (3) months after the startup day of the REMIC which includes the Notes (or any portion thereof). Each Note Holder agrees that the provisions of this paragraph shall be effected by compliance with any REMIC provisions in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement relating to the administration of the Mortgage Loan.

Anything herein or in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if one of the Notes is included in a REMIC and the other is not, such other Note Holder shall not be required to reimburse such Note Holder or any other Person for payment of (i) any taxes imposed on such REMIC, (ii) any costs or expenses relating to the administration of such REMIC or to any determination respecting the amount, payment or avoidance of any tax under such REMIC or (iii) any advances for any of the foregoing or any interest thereon or for deficits in other items of disbursement or income resulting from the use of funds for payment of any such taxes, costs or expenses or advances, nor shall any disbursement or payment otherwise distributable to the other Note Holder be reduced to offset or make-up any such payment or deficit.

Section 6.                Rights of the Controlling Note Holder and Non-Controlling Note Holders.

(a)               The Controlling Note Holder shall have the right at any time to appoint a representative in connection with the exercise of its rights and obligations with respect to the Mortgage Loan (the “Controlling Note Holder Representative”). The Controlling Note Holder shall have the right in its sole discretion at any time and from time to time to remove and replace the Controlling Note Holder Representative. When exercising its various rights under Section 5 and elsewhere in this Agreement, the Controlling Note Holder may, at its option, in

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each case, act through the Controlling Note Holder Representative. The Controlling Note Holder Representative may be any Person (other than a Borrower Party), including, without limitation, the Controlling Note Holder, any officer or employee of the Controlling Note Holder, any Affiliate of the Controlling Note Holder or any other unrelated third party. No such Controlling Note Holder Representative shall owe any fiduciary duty or other duty to any other Person (other than the Controlling Note Holder). All actions that are permitted to be taken by the Controlling Note Holder under this Agreement may be taken by the Controlling Note Holder Representative acting on behalf of the Controlling Note Holder. No Servicer, Certificate Administrator or Trustee acting on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall be required to recognize any Person as a Controlling Note Holder Representative until the Controlling Note Holder has notified each Servicer, Certificate Administrator and Trustee of such appointment and, if the Controlling Note Holder Representative is not the same Person as the Controlling Note Holder, the Controlling Note Holder Representative provides each Servicer, Certificate Administrator and Trustee with written confirmation of its acceptance of such appointment (and such parties will be entitled to rely on such notice), an address and facsimile number for the delivery of notices and other correspondence and a list of officers or employees of such person with whom the parties to this Agreement may deal (including their names, titles, work addresses and facsimile numbers). The Controlling Note Holder shall promptly deliver such information to any Servicer, Certificate Administrator and Trustee. The Controlling Note Holder agrees to inform each such Servicer or Trustee of the then-current Controlling Note Holder Representative.

Neither the Controlling Note Holder Representative nor the Controlling Note Holder, in such capacity, will have any liability to the other Note Holders or any other Person for any action taken, or for refraining from the taking of any action or the giving of any consent or the failure to give any consent pursuant to this Agreement or the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, or errors in judgment, absent any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of its willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or breach of this Agreement. The Note Holders agree that the Controlling Note Holder Representative and the Controlling Note Holder (whether acting in place of the Controlling Note Holder Representative when no Controlling Note Holder Representative shall have been appointed hereunder or otherwise exercising any right, power or privilege granted to the Controlling Note Holder hereunder) may take or refrain from taking actions, or give or refrain from giving consents, that favor the interests of one Note Holder over the other Note Holder, and that the Controlling Note Holder Representative or Controlling Note Holder may have special relationships and interests that conflict with the interests of other Note Holders and, absent willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or breach of this Agreement on the part of the Controlling Note Holder Representative or the Controlling Note Holder, as the case may be, acting in such capacity, agree to take no action against the Controlling Note Holder Representative, the Controlling Note Holder or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, principals or agents as a result of such special relationships or interests, and that neither the Controlling Note Holder Representative nor the Controlling Note Holder will be deemed to have been grossly negligent or reckless, or to have acted in bad faith or engaged in willful misfeasance or to have recklessly disregarded any exercise of its rights by reason of its having acted or refrained from acting, or having given any consent or having failed to give any consent, solely in the interests of any Note Holder.

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(b)               Each Non-Controlling Note Holder shall have the right at any time to appoint a representative (other than a Borrower Party) in connection with the exercise of its rights and obligations with respect to the Mortgage Loan (with respect to such Note Holder, the “Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative”). All of the provisions relating to the Controlling Note Holder and the Controlling Note Holder Representative set forth in Section 6(a) shall apply to each Non-Controlling Note Holder and its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative mutatis mutandis.

Each Non-Controlling Note Holder (if it is not the Lead Securitization Note Holder) shall provide notice of its identity and contact information (including any change thereof) to the Trustee, Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer; provided, that each Initial Note Holder shall be deemed to have provided such notice on the date hereof. The Trustee, Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such identity and contact information received by it and shall not be liable in respect of any deliveries hereunder sent in reliance thereon. The Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative with respect to the Non-Controlling Notes, as of the date of this Agreement and until the Lead Securitization Note Holder (and the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer) is notified otherwise, shall be the Initial Note A-2 Holder, with respect to Note A-2.

(c)               The Controlling Note Holder shall be entitled to exercise the rights and powers granted to the Controlling Note Holder hereunder and the rights and powers granted to the “Directing Holder,” “Controlling Class Certificateholder,” “Controlling Class Representative” or similar party under, and as defined in, the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement with respect to the Mortgage Loan. In addition, the Controlling Note Holder shall be entitled to advise (1) the Special Servicer with respect to all matters related to the Mortgage Loan if it is a “Specially Serviced Loan” (as defined in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement) and (2) the Special Servicer with respect to all matters for which the Master Servicer must obtain the consent or deemed consent of the Special Servicer, and, except as set forth below, (i) the Master Servicer shall not be permitted to implement any Major Decision unless it has obtained the prior written consent of the Special Servicer and (ii) the Special Servicer shall not be permitted to consent to the Master Servicer’s implementing any Major Decision nor will the Special Servicer itself be permitted to implement any Major Decision as to which the Controlling Note Holder has objected in writing within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of the written recommendation and analysis and such additional information requested by the Controlling Note Holder, and reasonably available to the Special Servicer, as may be necessary in order to make a judgment with respect to such Major Decision. The Controlling Note Holder may also direct the Special Servicer to take, or to refrain from taking, such other actions with respect to the Mortgage Loan as the Controlling Note Holder may deem advisable.

If the Controlling Note Holder fails to notify the Special Servicer of its approval or disapproval of any proposed Major Decision within ten (10) Business Days after delivery to the Controlling Note Holder by the applicable Servicer of written notice of a proposed Major Decision together with any information requested by the Controlling Note Holder as may be necessary in the reasonable judgment of the Controlling Note Holder in order to make a

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judgment, then upon the expiration of such ten (10) Business Day period, such Major Decision shall be deemed to have been approved by the Controlling Note Holder.

In the event that the Special Servicer or Master Servicer (in the event the Master Servicer is otherwise authorized by the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement to take such action), as applicable, determines that immediate action, with respect to the foregoing matters, or any other matter requiring consent of the Controlling Note Holder is necessary to protect the interests of the Note Holders (as a collective whole) and the Special Servicer has made a reasonable effort to contact the Controlling Note Holder, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, may take any such action without waiting for the Controlling Note Holder’s response.

No objection, consent, direction or advice contemplated by the preceding paragraphs may, and neither the Master Servicer nor Special Servicer shall take any action that would (i) require or cause the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, to violate any provision of the Mortgage Loan Documents, applicable law, the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, this Agreement, the REMIC Provisions or the Master Servicer or Special Servicer’s obligation to act in accordance with the Servicing Standard or (ii) result in the imposition of a tax on any Trust REMIC under the REMIC Provisions or cause any REMIC Pool to fail to qualify as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a grantor trust under subpart E, part I of subchapter J of the Code for federal income tax purposes, (iii) expose the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Depositor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trust or the Trustee or any of their respective Affiliates, officers, directors, shareholders, partners, members, managers, employees or agents to any claim, suit, or liability for which this Agreement or the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement does not provide indemnification to such party or expose any such party to prosecution for a criminal offense, (iv) materially expand the scope of responsibilities of any of the Master Servicer, Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, under this Agreement or the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

Section 7.                Appointment of Special Servicer. Subject to the conditions and requirements set forth in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, the Controlling Note Holder shall have the right at any time and from time to time, with or without cause, to replace the Special Servicer then acting with respect to the Mortgage Loan and appoint a replacement Special Servicer in lieu thereof. Any designation by the Controlling Note Holder (or its Controlling Note Holder Representative) of a Person to serve as Special Servicer shall be made by delivering to the other Note Holder, the Master Servicer, the then existing Special Servicer and other parties to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement a written notice stating such designation and satisfying the other conditions to such replacement as set forth in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement (including, without limitation, a Rating Agency Confirmation, but only if required by the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement), and delivering to each Non-Controlling Note Holder a Rating Agency Confirmation with respect to any rated securities issued and outstanding under the related Securitization if such replacement Special Servicer does not meet the Required Special Servicer Rating with respect to those Rating Agencies rating the

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securities of any Securitization related to a Non-Controlling Note Holder. The Controlling Note Holder shall be solely responsible for any expenses incurred in connection with any such replacement without cause. The Controlling Note Holder shall notify the Non-Controlling Note Holders of its termination of the then currently serving Special Servicer and its appointment of a replacement Special Servicer in accordance with this Section 7. If the Controlling Note Holder has not appointed a Special Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loan as of the consummation of the securitization under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, then the initial Special Servicer designated in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement shall serve as the initial Special Servicer but this shall not limit the right of the Controlling Note Holder (or its Controlling Note Holder Representative) to designate a replacement Special Servicer for the Mortgage Loan as aforesaid. If a Servicer Termination Event on the part of the Special Servicer has occurred that affects a Non-Controlling Note Holder, such Non-Controlling Note Holder shall have the right to direct the Trustee (or at any time that the Mortgage Loan is no longer included in a Securitization Trust, the Controlling Note Holder) to terminate the Special Servicer under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement solely with respect to the Mortgage Loan pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. The Note Holders acknowledge and agree that any successor special servicer appointed to replace the Special Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loan that was terminated for cause at a Non-Controlling Note Holder’s direction cannot at any time be the person (or an Affiliate thereof) that was so terminated without the prior written consent of such Non-Controlling Note Holder. Upon the occurrence of such a Servicer Termination Event with respect to the Master Servicer that affects a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder, and the Master Servicer is not otherwise terminated pursuant to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, the Trustee or the Master Servicer shall, upon the direction of the affected Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder, require the appointment of a subservicer with respect to the Mortgage Loan. The Non-Controlling Note Holder that directs the Trustee (or at any time that the Mortgage Loan is no longer included in a Securitization Trust, the Controlling Note Holder) to terminate the Special Servicer shall be solely responsible for reimbursing the Trustee’s or the Controlling Note Holder’s, as applicable, costs and expenses, if not paid within a reasonable time by the terminated special servicer and, in the case of the Trustee, that would otherwise be reimbursed to the Trustee from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

Section 8.                Payment Procedure.

(a)               The Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer acting on its behalf), in accordance with the priorities set forth in Section 3 and subject to the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, shall deposit or cause to be deposited all payments allocable to the Notes to the Collection Account and/or Companion Distribution Account pursuant to and in accordance with the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. The Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer acting on its behalf) shall deposit such amounts to the applicable account within two (2) Business Days after receipt by it of properly identified funds by the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer acting on its behalf) from or on behalf of the Mortgage Loan Borrower.

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(b)               If the Lead Securitization Note Holder determines, or a court of competent jurisdiction orders, at any time that any amount received or collected in respect of any Note must, pursuant to any insolvency, bankruptcy, fraudulent conveyance, preference or similar law, be returned to the Mortgage Loan Borrower or paid to the Lead Securitization Note Holder, a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder or any Servicer or paid to any other Person, then, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall not be required to distribute any portion thereof to the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holders and each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall promptly on demand by the Lead Securitization Note Holder repay to the Lead Securitization Note Holder any portion thereof that the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall have theretofore distributed to such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder, together with interest thereon at such rate, if any, as the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall have been required to pay to any Mortgage Loan Borrower, Master Servicer, Special Servicer or such other Person with respect thereto.

(c)               If, for any reason, the Lead Securitization Note Holder makes any payment to a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder before the Lead Securitization Note Holder has received the corresponding payment (it being understood that the Lead Securitization Note Holder is under no obligation to do so), and the Lead Securitization Note Holder does not receive the corresponding payment within five (5) Business Days of its payment to such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder, such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall, at the Lead Securitization Note Holder’s request, promptly return that payment to the Lead Securitization Note Holder.

(d)               Each Note Holder agrees that if at any time it shall receive from any sources whatsoever any payment on account of the Mortgage Loan in excess of its distributable share thereof, it shall promptly remit such excess to the applicable Note Holder, subject to this Agreement and the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. The Lead Securitization Note Holder shall have the right to offset any amounts due hereunder from a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder with respect to the Mortgage Loan against any future payments due to such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder under the Mortgage Loan. A Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s obligations under this Section 8 constitute absolute, unconditional and continuing obligations.

Section 9.                Limitation on Liability of the Note Holders. Each Note Holder shall have no liability to any other Note Holder with respect to its Note except with respect to losses actually suffered due to the gross negligence, willful misconduct or breach of this Agreement on the part of such Note Holder; provided, that, notwithstanding any of the foregoing to the contrary, each Servicer will nevertheless be subject to the obligations and standards (including the Servicing Standard) set forth in the related Securitization Servicing Agreement.

The Note Holders acknowledge that, subject to the obligation of the Lead Securitization Note Holder (including any Servicer and the Trustee) to comply with, and except as otherwise required by, the Servicing Standard, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (including any Servicer and the Trustee) may exercise, or omit to exercise, any rights that the Lead Securitization Note Holder may have under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement in a

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manner that may be adverse to the interests of any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder and that the Lead Securitization Note Holder (including any Servicer and the Trustee) shall have no liability whatsoever to any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder in connection with such Lead Securitization Note Holder’s exercise of rights or any omission by the Lead Securitization Note Holder to exercise such rights other than as described above; provided, however, that the Servicer must act in accordance with the Servicing Standard.

Section 10.            Bankruptcy. Subject to Section 5(c), each Note Holder hereby covenants and agrees that only the Lead Securitization Note Holder has the right to institute, file, commence, acquiesce, petition under Bankruptcy Code Section 303 or otherwise or join any Person in any such petition or otherwise invoke or cause any other Person to invoke an Insolvency Proceeding with respect to or against the Mortgage Loan Borrower or seek to appoint a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official with respect to the Mortgage Loan Borrower or all or any part of its property or assets or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of the affairs of the Mortgage Loan Borrower. Each Note Holder further agrees that only the Lead Securitization Note Holder, and not any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder, can make any election, give any consent, commence any action or file any motion, claim, obligation, notice or application or take any other action in any case by or against the Mortgage Loan Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code or in any other Insolvency Proceeding. The Note Holders hereby appoint the Lead Securitization Note Holder as their agent, and grant to the Lead Securitization Note Holder an irrevocable power of attorney coupled with an interest, and their proxy, for the purpose of exercising any and all rights and taking any and all actions available to a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder in connection with any case by or against the Mortgage Loan Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code or in any other Insolvency Proceeding, including, without limitation, the right to file and/or prosecute any claim, vote to accept or reject a plan, to make any election under Section 1111(b) of the Bankruptcy Code with respect to the Mortgage Loan, and to file a motion to modify, lift or terminate the automatic stay with respect to the Mortgage Loan. Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder hereby agrees that, upon the request of the Lead Securitization Note Holder, such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Lead Securitization Note Holder all and every such further deeds, conveyances and instruments as the Lead Securitization Note Holder may reasonably request for the better assuring and evidencing of the foregoing appointment and grant. All actions taken by the Servicer in connection with any Insolvency Proceeding are subject to and must be in accordance with the Servicing Standard.

Section 11.            Representations of the Note Holders. Each Note Holder represents and warrants that the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement is within its corporate powers, has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, and does not contravene such Note Holder’s charter or any law or contractual restriction binding upon such Note Holder, and that this Agreement is the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Note Holder enforceable against such Note Holder in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether such

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enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and except that the enforcement of rights with respect to indemnification and contribution obligations may be limited by applicable law. Each Note Holder represents and warrants that it is duly organized, validly existing, in good standing and in possession of all licenses and authorizations necessary to carry on its business. Each Note Holder represents and warrants that (a) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by such Note Holder, (b) to such Note Holder’s actual knowledge, all consents, approvals, authorizations, orders or filings of or with any court or governmental agency or body, if any, required for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by such Note Holder have been obtained or made and (c) to such Note Holder’s actual knowledge, there is no pending action, suit or proceeding, arbitration or governmental investigation against such Note Holder, an adverse outcome of which would materially and adversely affect its performance under this Agreement.

Section 12.            No Creation of a Partnership or Exclusive Purchase Right. Nothing contained in this Agreement, and no action taken pursuant hereto shall be deemed to constitute the relationship created hereby between the Note Holders as a partnership, association, joint venture or other entity. The Lead Securitization Note Holder shall have no obligation whatsoever to offer to any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder the opportunity to purchase a participation interest in any future loans originated by the Lead Securitization Note Holder or its Affiliates and if the Lead Securitization Note Holder chooses to offer to a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder the opportunity to purchase a participation interest in any future mortgage loans originated by the Lead Securitization Note Holder or its Affiliates, such offer shall be at such purchase price and interest rate as the Lead Securitization Note Holder chooses, in its sole and absolute discretion. No Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall have any obligation whatsoever to purchase from the Lead Securitization Note Holder a participation interest in any future loans originated by the Lead Securitization Note Holder or its Affiliates.

Section 13.            Other Business Activities of the Note Holders. Each Note Holder acknowledges that the other Note Holder or its Affiliates may make loans or otherwise extend credit to, and generally engage in any kind of business with, a Borrower Party, any entity that is a holder of debt secured by direct or indirect ownership interests in the Mortgage Loan Borrower or any entity that is a holder of a preferred equity interest in the Mortgage Loan Borrower, and receive payments on such other loans or extensions of credit to any such party and otherwise act with respect thereto freely and without accountability in the same manner as if this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby were not in effect.

Section 14.            Sale of the Notes.

(a)               Except as contemplated by the second following sentence, each Note Holder agrees that it will not sell, assign, transfer, pledge, syndicate, hypothecate, contribute, encumber or otherwise dispose of all or any portion of its respective Note (a “Transfer”) except to a Qualified Institutional Lender in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Promptly after the Transfer (other than a Transfer to a Securitization Trust), the non-transferring Note Holder(s) shall be provided with (x) a representation from a transferee or the applicable Note

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Holder certifying that such transferee is a Qualified Institutional Lender (except in the case of a Transfer in accordance with the immediately following sentence) and (y) a copy of the assignment and assumption agreement referred to in Section 15. If a Note Holder intends to Transfer its respective Note, or any portion thereof, to an entity that is not a Qualified Institutional Lender, it must first (a) obtain the consent of each non-transferring Note Holder and (b) if such non-transferring Note Holder’s Note is held in a Securitization Trust, obtain a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency then rating the securities of such Securitization Trust. Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the non-transferring Note Holder’s prior consent (which will not be unreasonably withheld), and, if such non-transferring Note Holder’s Note is held in a Securitization Trust, until a Rating Agency Confirmation is obtained, no Note Holder shall Transfer all or any portion of its Note (or a participation interest in such Note) to a Borrower Party and any such Transfer made without the prior consent of the non-transferring Note Holder and Rating Agency Confirmation (if such non-transferring Note Holder’s Note is held in a Securitization Trust), shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee; provided that for the avoidance of doubt, transfers of any securities backed by a Note held in a Securitization Trust will not be subject to the foregoing requirement and such transfers shall be governed by the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement or any related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, as applicable. The transferring Note Holder agrees that it shall pay the expenses of the non-transferring Note Holder (including all expenses of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee and any Controlling Note Holder or Controlling Note Holder Representative) and all expenses relating to any Rating Agency Confirmation in connection with any such Transfer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Note Holder shall have the right, without the need to obtain the consent of the other Note Holder or of any other Person or having to provide any Rating Agency Confirmation, to Transfer 49% or less (in the aggregate) of its beneficial interest in a Note. None of the provisions of this Section 14(a) shall apply in the case of (1) a sale of all of the Notes together, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement or (2) a transfer by the Special Servicer, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, of the Mortgage Loan or the Mortgaged Property, upon the Mortgage Loan becoming a Defaulted Loan to a single member limited liability or limited partnership, 100% of the equity interest in which is owned directly or indirectly, through one or more single member limited liability companies or limited partnerships, by the Lead Securitization Trust.

(b)               In the case of any Transfer of a participation interest in any of the Notes, (i) the respective Note Holders’ obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Note Holders shall remain solely responsible for the performance of such obligations, and (iii) the Lead Securitization Note Holder and any Persons acting on its behalf shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Note Holder in connection with such Note Holder’s rights and obligations under this Agreement and the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, and all amounts payable hereunder shall be determined as if such Note Holder had not sold such participation interest.

(c)               Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, any Note Holder may pledge (a “Pledge”) its Note to any entity (other than a Borrower Party) which has extended a credit facility to such Note Holder and that is either a Qualified Institutional Lender or a financial

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institution whose long-term unsecured debt is rated at least “A” (or the equivalent) or better by each Rating Agency (or, if not rated by an applicable Rating Agency, an equivalent or higher rating from any two of Fitch, Moody’s and S&P) (a “Note Pledgee”), on terms and conditions set forth in this Section 14(c), it being further agreed that a financing provided by a Note Pledgee to a Note Holder or any person which Controls such Note that is secured by its Note and is structured as a repurchase arrangement, shall qualify as a “Pledge” hereunder, provided that a Note Pledgee that is not a Qualified Institutional Lender may not take title to the pledged Note without a Rating Agency Confirmation. Upon written notice by the applicable Note Holder to any other Note Holder and any Servicer that a Pledge has been effected (including the name and address of the applicable Note Pledgee), such other Note Holder agrees to acknowledge receipt of such notice and thereafter agrees: (i) to give Note Pledgee written notice of any default by the pledging Note Holder in respect of its obligations under this Agreement of which default such Note Holder has actual knowledge; (ii) to allow such Note Pledgee a period of ten (10) days to cure a default by the pledging Note Holder in respect of its obligations to any other Note Holder hereunder, but such Note Pledgee shall not be obligated to cure any such default; (iii) that no amendment, modification, waiver or termination of this Agreement shall be effective against such Note Pledgee without the written consent of such Note Pledgee, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed; (iv) that such other Note Holder shall give to such Note Pledgee copies of any notice of default under this Agreement simultaneously with the giving of same to the pledging Note Holder; (v) that such other Note Holder shall deliver to Note Pledgee such estoppel certificate(s) as Note Pledgee shall reasonably request, provided that any such certificate(s) shall be in a form reasonably satisfactory to such other Note Holder; and (vi) that, upon written notice (a “Redirection Notice”) to the other Note Holders and any Servicer by such Note Pledgee that the pledging Note Holder is in default, beyond any applicable cure periods, under the pledging Note Holder’s obligations to such Note Pledgee pursuant to the applicable credit agreement between the pledging Note Holder and such Note Pledgee (which notice need not be joined in or confirmed by the pledging Note Holder), and until such Redirection Notice is withdrawn or rescinded by such Note Pledgee, Note Pledgee shall be entitled to receive any payments that any Note Holder or Servicer would otherwise be obligated to pay to the pledging Note Holder from time to time pursuant to this Agreement or the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. Any pledging Note Holder hereby unconditionally and absolutely releases the other Note Holders and any Servicer from any liability to the pledging Note Holder on account of such other Note Holder’s or Servicer’s compliance with any Redirection Notice believed by any Servicer or such other Note Holder to have been delivered by a Note Pledgee. A Note Pledgee shall be permitted to exercise fully its rights and remedies against the pledging Note Holder to such Note Pledgee (and accept an assignment in lieu of foreclosure as to such collateral), in accordance with applicable law and this Agreement. In such event, the Note Holders and any Servicer shall recognize such Note Pledgee (and any transferee other than a Borrower Party that is also a Qualified Institutional Lender at any foreclosure or similar sale held by such Note Pledgee or any transfer in lieu of foreclosure), and its successor and assigns, as the successor to the pledging Note Holder’s rights, remedies and obligations under this Agreement, and any such Note Pledgee or Qualified Institutional Lender shall assume in writing the obligations of the pledging Note Holder hereunder accruing from and after such Transfer (i.e., realization upon the collateral by such Note Pledgee) and agrees to be bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement. The rights of a Note Pledgee under this Section 14(c) shall remain effective

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as to any Note Holder (and any Servicer) unless and until such Note Pledgee shall have notified any such Note Holder (and any Servicer, as applicable) in writing that its interest in the pledged Note has terminated.

(d)                                   Notwithstanding any provisions herein to the contrary, if a conduit (“Conduit”) which is not a Qualified Institutional Lender provides financing to a Note Holder then such Note Holder shall have the right to grant a security interest in its Note to such Conduit notwithstanding that such Conduit is not a Qualified Institutional Lender, if the following conditions are satisfied:

(i)                               The loan (the “Conduit Inventory Loan”) made by the Conduit to such Note Holder to finance the acquisition and holding of its Note requires a third party (the “Conduit Credit Enhancer”) to provide credit enhancement;

(ii)                             The Conduit Credit Enhancer is a Qualified Institutional Lender;

(iii)                          Such Note Holder pledges its interest in its Note to the Conduit as collateral for the Conduit Inventory Loan;

(iv)                         The Conduit Credit Enhancer and the Conduit agree that, if such Note Holder defaults under the Conduit Inventory Loan, or if the Conduit is unable to refinance its outstanding commercial paper even if there is no default by such Note Holder, the Conduit Credit Enhancer will purchase the Conduit Inventory Loan from the Conduit, and the Conduit will assign the pledge of such Note Holder’s Note to the Conduit Credit Enhancer; and

(v)                           Unless the Conduit is in fact then a Qualified Institutional Lender, the Conduit will not without obtaining a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency have any greater right to acquire the interests in the Note pledged by such Note Holder, by foreclosure or otherwise, than would any other purchaser that is not a Qualified Institutional Lender at a foreclosure sale conducted by a Note Pledgee.

Section 15.            Registration of the Notes and Each Note Holder. The Agent shall keep or cause to be kept at the Agent Office books (the “Note Register”) for the registration and transfer of the Notes. The Agent shall serve as the initial note registrar and the Agent hereby accepts such appointment. The names and addresses of the holders of the Notes and the names and addresses of any transferee of any Note of which the Agent has received notice, in the form of a copy of the assignment and assumption agreement referred to in this Section 15, shall be registered in the Note Register. The Person in whose name a Note is so registered shall be deemed and treated as the sole owner and holder thereof for all purposes of this Agreement. Upon request of a Note Holder, the Agent shall provide such party with the names and addresses of the other Note Holder. To the extent the Trustee or another party is appointed as Agent hereunder, each Note Holder hereby designates such person as its agent under this Section 15 solely for purposes of maintaining the Note Register.

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In connection with any Transfer of a Note (but excluding any Pledgee unless and until it realizes on its Pledge), a transferee shall execute an assignment and assumption agreement (unless the transferee is a Securitization Trust and the related pooling and servicing agreement requires the parties thereto to comply with this Agreement), whereby such transferee assumes all of the obligations of the applicable Note Holder hereunder with respect to such Note thereafter accruing and agrees to be bound by the terms of this Agreement, including the applicable restriction on Transfers set forth in Section 14, from and after the date of such assignment. No transfer of a Note may be made unless it is registered on the Note Register, and the Agent shall not recognize any attempted or purported transfer of any Note in violation of the provisions of Section 14 and this Section 15. Any such purported transfer shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. Each Note Holder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Agent and the other Note Holders against any liability that may result if the transfer is not made in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

Section 16.            Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT, AND/OR THE INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS AND DECISIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CHOICE OF LAW RULES THEREOF (OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW). EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT.

Section 17.            Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:

(a)               SUBMITS FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT IN RESPECT THEREOF, TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE GENERAL JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, THE FEDERAL COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND APPELLATE COURTS FROM ANY THEREOF;

(b)               CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE BROUGHT IN SUCH COURTS AND, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WAIVES ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT OR THAT SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING WAS BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT COURT AND AGREES NOT TO PLEAD OR CLAIM THE SAME;

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(c)               AGREES THAT SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE EFFECTED BY MAILING A COPY THEREOF BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL (OR ANY SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR FORM OF MAIL), POSTAGE PREPAID, TO ITS ADDRESS SET FORTH HEREIN OR AT SUCH OTHER ADDRESS OF WHICH A PARTY HEREIN SHALL HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED; AND

(d)               AGREES THAT NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT TO EFFECT SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR SHALL LIMIT THE RIGHT TO SUE IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.

Section 18.            Modifications. This Agreement shall not be modified, cancelled or terminated except by an instrument in writing signed by each Note Holder. Additionally, for as long as any Note is contained in a Securitization Trust, the Note Holders shall not amend or modify this Agreement without first obtaining a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency then rating any securities of any Securitization; provided that no such Rating Agency Confirmation shall be required in connection with a modification (i) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provisions herein that may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions herein or with the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, or (ii) with respect to matters or questions arising under this Agreement, to make provisions in this Agreement consistent with other provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, in connection with the creation of New Notes pursuant to Section 32).

Section 19.            Successors and Assigns; Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Except as provided herein, including without limitation, with respect to the Trustee, Certificate Administrator, Master Servicer and Special Servicer and the Non-Lead Master Servicer, Non-Lead Special Servicer or Non-Lead Trustee, none of the provisions of this Agreement shall be for the benefit of or enforceable by any Person not a party hereto. Subject to Section 14 and Section 15, each Note Holder may assign or delegate its rights or obligations under this Agreement. Upon any such assignment, the assignee shall be entitled to all rights and benefits of the applicable Note Holder hereunder.

Section 20.            Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument, and the words “executed,” “signed,” “signature” and words of like import as used above and elsewhere in this Agreement or in any other certificate, agreement or document related to this transaction shall include, in addition to manually executed signatures, images of manually executed signatures transmitted by facsimile or other electronic format (including, without limitation, “pdf,” “tif” or “jpg”) and other electronic signatures (including, without limitation, any electronic sound, symbol, or process, attached to or logically associated with a contract or other record and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the record). The use of electronic signatures and electronic records (including, without limitation, any contract or other record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or

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stored by electronic means) shall be of the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a manually executed signature or use of a paper-based record-keeping system to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act and any other applicable law, including, without limitation, any state law based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the Uniform Commercial Code.

Section 21.            Captions. The titles and headings of the paragraphs of this Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to summarize or otherwise describe the subject matter of the paragraphs and shall not be given any consideration in the construction of this Agreement.

Section 22.            Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable laws, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Agreement.

Section 23.            Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter contained in this Agreement and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings and negotiations between the parties.

Section 24.            Withholding Taxes. (a) If the Lead Securitization Note Holder or the Mortgage Loan Borrower shall be required by law to deduct and withhold Taxes from interest, fees or other amounts payable to a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder with respect to the Mortgage Loan as a result of such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder constituting a Non-Exempt Person, the Lead Securitization Note Holder, in its capacity as servicer, shall be entitled to do so with respect to such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s interest in such payment (all withheld amounts being deemed paid to such Note Holder), provided that the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall furnish such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder with a statement setting forth the amount of Taxes withheld, the applicable rate and other information which may reasonably be requested for purposes of assisting such Note Holder to seek any allowable credits or deductions for the Taxes so withheld in each jurisdiction in which such Note Holder is subject to tax.

(b)               Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall and hereby agrees to indemnify the Lead Securitization Note Holder against and hold the Lead Securitization Note Holder harmless from and against any Taxes, interest, penalties and attorneys’ fees and disbursements arising or resulting from any failure of the Lead Securitization Note Holder to withhold Taxes from payment made such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder in reliance upon any representation, certificate, statement, document or instrument made or provided by such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder to the Lead Securitization Note Holder in connection with the obligation of the Lead Securitization Note Holder to withhold Taxes from payments made to such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder, it being expressly understood and agreed that (i) the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall be absolutely and unconditionally

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entitled to accept any such representation, certificate, statement, document or instrument as being true and correct in all respects and to fully rely thereon without any obligation or responsibility to investigate or to make any inquiries with respect to the accuracy, veracity, correctness or validity of the same and (ii) such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder, upon request of the Lead Securitization Note Holder and at its sole cost and expense, shall defend any claim or action relating to the foregoing indemnification using counsel selected by the Lead Securitization Note Holder.

(c)               Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder represents to the Lead Securitization Note Holder (for the benefit of the Mortgage Loan Borrower) that it is not a Non-Exempt Person and that neither the Lead Securitization Note Holder nor the Mortgage Loan Borrower is obligated under applicable law to withhold Taxes on sums paid to it with respect to the Mortgage Loan or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement. Contemporaneously with the execution of this Agreement and from time to time as necessary during the term of this Agreement, each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall deliver to the Lead Securitization Note Holder or Servicer, as applicable, evidence satisfactory to the Lead Securitization Note Holder substantiating that such Note Holder is not a Non-Exempt Person and that the Lead Securitization Note Holder is not obligated under applicable law to withhold Taxes on sums paid to it with respect to the Mortgage Loan or otherwise under this Agreement. Without limiting the effect of the foregoing, (i) if a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder is created or organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, it shall satisfy the requirements of the preceding sentence by furnishing to the Lead Securitization Note Holder an Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 and (ii) if a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder is not created or organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, and if the payment of interest or other amounts by the Mortgage Loan Borrower is treated for United States income tax purposes as derived in whole or part from sources within the United States, such Note Holder shall satisfy the requirements of the preceding sentence by furnishing to the Lead Securitization Note Holder Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI, Form W-8IMY (with appropriate attachments) or Form W-8BEN, or successor forms, as may be required from time to time, duly executed by such Note Holder, as evidence of such Note Holder’s exemption from the withholding of United States tax with respect thereto. The Lead Securitization Note Holder shall not be obligated to make any payment hereunder with respect to any Non-Lead Securitization Note or otherwise until the related Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall have furnished to the Lead Securitization Note Holder requested forms, certificates, statements or documents.

Section 25.           Custody of Mortgage Loan Documents. On and after the closing of the Lead Securitization, the originals of all of the Mortgage Loan Documents (other than the originals of the Non-Lead Securitization Notes) shall be held by the Trustee through a duly appointed custodian therefor, in accordance with the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, on behalf of the registered holders of the Notes; provided that if the First Securitization is not the Note A-1 Securitization, (i) the originals of all of the Mortgage Loan Documents (other than the Notes not being deposited into the First Securitization) shall be transferred to and held by the Trustee (of the First Securitization) through a duly appointed custodian therefor under the First Securitization, on behalf of the registered holders of the Notes, until the closing of the Note A-1

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Securitization, on which date, the originals of all of the Mortgage Loan Documents (other than the Notes not being deposited into the Note A-1 Securitization) shall be transferred to and held in the name of the Trustee (by a duly appointed custodian therefor) under the Note A-1 PSA on behalf of the registered holders of the Notes; and (ii) all Mortgage Loan Documents (other than the Notes not being deposited into the Note A-1 Securitization) shall not be recorded or filed to reflect the name of the trustee under the Securitization Servicing Agreement for the First Securitization (except to the extent specifically provided for in the Securitization Servicing Agreement for the First Securitization).

Section 26.            Cooperation in Securitization. Each Note Holder acknowledges that any Note Holder may elect, in its sole discretion, to include its Note in a Securitization. In connection with a Securitization and subject to the terms of the preceding sentence, at the request of the related Securitizing Note Holder, the related Non-Securitizing Note Holder shall use reasonable efforts, at such Securitizing Note Holder’s expense, to satisfy, and to cooperate with such Securitizing Note Holder in attempting to cause the Mortgage Loan Borrower to satisfy, the market standards to which such Securitizing Note Holder customarily adheres or that may be reasonably required in the marketplace or by the Rating Agencies in connection with such Securitization, including, entering into (or consenting to, as applicable) any modifications to this Agreement or the Mortgage Loan Documents and to cooperate with such Securitizing Note Holder in attempting to cause the Mortgage Loan Borrower to execute such modifications to the Mortgage Loan Documents, in any such case, as may be reasonably requested by the Rating Agencies to effect such Securitization; provided, that no Non-Securitizing Note Holder shall be required to modify or amend this Agreement or any Mortgage Loan Documents (or consent to such modification, as applicable) in connection therewith, if such modification or amendment would (i) change the interest allocable to, or the amount of any payments due to or priority of such payments to, such Non-Securitizing Note Holder or (ii) materially increase such Non-Securitizing Note Holder’s obligations or materially decrease such Non-Securitizing Note Holder’s rights, remedies or protections. In connection with any Securitization, each related Non-Securitizing Note Holder shall provide for inclusion in any disclosure document relating to such Securitization such information concerning such Non-Securitizing Note Holder and its Note as the related Securitizing Note Holder reasonably determines to be necessary or appropriate, and such Non-Securitizing Note Holder shall, at such Securitizing Note Holder’s expense, cooperate with the reasonable requests of each Rating Agency and such Securitizing Note Holder in connection with such Securitization (including, without limitation, reasonably cooperating with such Securitizing Note Holder (without any obligation to make additional representations and warranties) to enable such Securitizing Note Holder to make all necessary certifications and deliver all necessary opinions (including customary securities law opinions) in connection with the Mortgage Loan and such Securitization), as well as in connection with all other matters and the preparation of any offering documents thereof and to review and respond reasonably promptly with respect to any information relating to such Note Holder and its Note in any Securitization document. Each Note Holder acknowledges that in connection with any Securitization, the information provided by it in its capacity as a Non-Securitizing Note Holder to the related Securitizing Note Holder may be incorporated into the offering documents for such Securitization. Each Securitizing Note

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Holder and each Rating Agency shall be entitled to rely on the information supplied by, or on behalf of, each Non-Securitizing Note Holder.

Upon request, each Securitizing Note Holder shall deliver to the Non-Securitizing Note Holder drafts of the preliminary and final offering memoranda, prospectus supplement, free writing prospectus and any other disclosure documents and the pooling and servicing agreement for the Securitization of such Securitizing Note Holder’s Note and provide reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such documents.

Section 27.            Notices. All notices required hereunder shall be given by (i)  facsimile transmission or e-mail (during business hours) if the sender on the same day sends a confirming copy of such notice by reputable overnight delivery service (charges prepaid), (ii) reputable overnight delivery service (charges prepaid) or (iii) certified United States mail, postage prepaid return receipt requested, and addressed to the respective parties at their addresses set forth on Exhibit B hereto, or at such other address as any party shall hereafter inform the other party by written notice given as aforesaid. All written notices so given shall be deemed effective upon receipt.

Section 28.            Broker. Each Note Holder represents to each other that no broker was responsible for bringing about this transaction.

Section 29.            Certain Matters Affecting the Agent.

(a)               The Agent may request and/or rely upon and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any representation made or assignment and assumption agreement delivered to the Agent pursuant to Section 14 and Section 15;

(b)               The Agent may consult with counsel and any opinion of counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such opinion of counsel;

(c)               The Agent shall be under no obligation to institute, conduct or defend any litigation hereunder or in relation hereto at the request, order or direction of any Note Holder pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, unless it has received indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it;

(d)               The Agent or any of its directors, officers, employees, Affiliates, agents or “control” persons within the meaning of the Act, shall not be personally liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith and reasonably believed by the Agent to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Agreement;

(e)               The Agent shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any representation made or assignment and assumption agreement delivered to the Agent pursuant to Section 15;

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(f)                The Agent may execute any of the powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys but shall not be relieved of its obligations hereunder; and

(g)               The Agent represents and warrants that it is a Qualified Institutional Lender.

Section 30.            Reserved.

Section 31.            Resignation of Agent. The Agent may resign at any time on ten (10) days’ prior notice, so long as a successor Agent, reasonably satisfactory to the Note Holders (it being agreed that a Servicer, the Trustee or a Certificate Administrator in a Securitization is satisfactory to the Note Holders), has agreed to be bound by this Agreement and perform the duties of the Agent hereunder. WFB, as Initial Agent, may transfer its rights and obligations to a Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as successor Agent, at any time without the consent of any Note Holder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Note Holders hereby agree that, simultaneously with the closing of a Lead Securitization, the Master Servicer shall be deemed to have been automatically appointed as the successor Agent under this Agreement in place of WFB or the master servicer of the First Securitization, as applicable, without any further notice or other action. The termination or resignation of such Master Servicer, as Master Servicer under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, shall be deemed a termination or resignation of such Master Servicer as Agent under this Agreement, and any successor master servicer shall be deemed to have been automatically appointed as the successor Agent under this Agreement in place thereof without any further notice or other action.

Section 32.            Resizing. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, for so long as any Note Holder or an affiliate thereof (each, an “Original Entity”) is the owner of a Note that is not included in a Securitization (each, an “Owned Note”), such Original Entity shall have the right, subject to the terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents, to cause the Mortgage Loan Borrower to execute amended and restated notes or additional notes (in either case, “New Notes”) reallocating the principal of the Owned Note to such New Notes; or severing the Owned Note into one or more further “component” notes in the aggregate principal amount equal to the then outstanding principal balance of the Owned Note provided that (i) the aggregate principal balance of all outstanding New Notes following such amendments is no greater than the aggregate principal of the Owned Note prior to such amendments, (ii) all Notes continue to have the same weighted average interest rate as the Notes prior to such amendments, (iii) all Notes pay pro rata and on a pari passu basis and such reallocated or component notes shall be automatically subject to the terms of this Agreement, and (iv) the Original Entity holding the New Notes shall notify the Lead Securitization Note Holder, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee in writing of such modified allocations and principal amounts. Except for the foregoing reallocation and for modifications pursuant to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement (as discussed in Section 5), no Note may be modified or amended without the consent of its holder and the consent of the holder of the other Notes. In connection with the foregoing (provided the

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conditions set forth in (i) through (iv) above are satisfied), the Master Servicer is hereby authorized and directed to execute amendments to the Mortgage Loan Documents and this Agreement on behalf of any or all of the Note Holders, as applicable, solely for the purpose of reflecting such reallocation of principal. If the Lead Securitization Note Holder so requests, the Original Entity holding the New Notes shall (a) represent that the conditions set forth in (i) through (iv) have been satisfied and/or (b) deliver a confirmation of the continued applicability of this Agreement to the New Notes. If the Controlling Note is involved in any resizing contemplated by this Section 32, the applicable Note Holder shall be entitled to designate any one of the related New Notes as the Controlling Note, and the definitions of “Controlling Note” and “Controlling Note Holder” shall be deemed to have been revised accordingly. Any New Note that is created in a resizing contemplated by this Section 32 and that is not the Controlling Note shall be deemed to be a Non-Controlling Note under this Agreement, the definitions of “Non-Controlling Note” and “Non-Controlling Note Holder” shall be deemed to have been revised accordingly to include such New Notes, and the applicable Note Holders of such Non-Controlling Notes shall have the same rights and responsibilities as all other Non-Controlling Note Holders.

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Initial Agent and Initial Note Holders have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Initial Agent and Initial Note A-1 Holder and Initial Note A-2 Holder
By:	/s/ John G Nicol
	Name: John G Nicol
	Title: Managing Director

(Agreement Between Note Holders – SOMO Village Mortgage Loan)
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EXHIBIT A

MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE

Description of Mortgage Loan

Mortgage Loan Borrower:	SOMO Village Commercial, LLC
Date of Mortgage Loan:	April 13, 2023
Date of Notes:	April 13, 2023
Original Principal Amount of Mortgage Loan:	$63,000,000.00
Principal Amount of Mortgage Loan as of the date hereof:	$63,000,000.00
Initial Note A-1 Principal Balance:	$45,000,000.00
Initial Note A-2 Principal Balance:	$18,000,000.00
Location of Mortgaged Property:	Rohnert Park, CA
Initial Maturity Date:	May 11, 2033

 

 

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EXHIBIT B

1.  Initial Note A-1 Holder and Initial Note A-2 Holder:

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
30 Hudson Yards, 15^th Floor
New York, New York 10001
Attention: A.J. Sfarra

Email: Anthony.sfarra@wellsfargo.com


with a copy to:

Troy Stoddard, Esq.
Senior Lead Counsel
Wells Fargo Legal Department
401 South Tryon Street, 26^th Floor

MAC D1050-266
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202

Email: troy.stoddard@wellsfargo.com

 

with a copy to (if by email):

 

troy.doll@alston.com and peter.mckee@alston.com

 

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EXHIBIT C
PERMITTED FUND MANAGERS

 

1. AllianceBernstein

2. Annaly Capital Management

3. Apollo Real Estate Advisors

4. Archon Capital, L.P.

5. AREA Property Partners

6. Artemis Real Estate Partners

7. BlackRock, Inc.

8. Clarion Partners

9. Colony Northstar, Inc.

10. DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners

11. Dune Real Estate Partners

12. Eightfold Real Estate Capital, L.P.

13. Five Mile Capital Partners

14. Fortress Investment Group, LLC

15. Garrison Investment Group

16. H/2 Capital Partners LLC

17. Hudson Advisors

18. Investcorp International

19. iStar Financial Inc.

20. J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc.

21. Lend-Lease Real Estate Investments

22. Libermax Capital LLC

23. LoanCore Capital

24. Lone Star Funds

25. Lowe Enterprises

26. Normandy Real Estate Partners

27. Och-Ziff Capital Management Group

28. Praedium Group

29. Raith Capital Partners, LLC

30. Rialto Capital Management LLC

31. Rialto Capital Advisors LLC

32. Rockpoint Group

33. Rockwood

34. RREEF Funds

35. Square Mile Capital Management

36. The Blackstone Group

37. The Carlyle Group

38. Torchlight Investors

39. Walton Street Capital, L.L.C.

40. Westbrook Partners

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41. Wheelock Street Capital

42. Whitehall Street Real Estate Fund, L.P.

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EX-99.10

Exhibit 99.10

Execution Copy

 

AGREEMENT BETWEEN NOTE HOLDERS

Dated as of January 24, 2024

by and between

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
(Initial Note A-1 Holder),

and

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
(Initial Note A-2 Holder)

 

 

 

 

 

100 & 150 South Wacker

 

 

This AGREEMENT BETWEEN NOTE HOLDERS (“Agreement”), dated as of January 24, 2023, by and between WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“WFB” and, together with its successors and assigns in interest, in its capacity as initial owner of Note A-1 (as defined below), the “Initial Note A-1 Holder”, and in its capacity as the initial agent, the “Initial Agent”) and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (together with its successors and assigns in interest, in its capacity as initial owner of Note A-2 (as defined below), the “Initial Note A-2 Holder” and together with the Initial Note A-1 Holder, the “Initial Note Holders”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Agreement (as defined herein), WFB originated a certain loan (the “Mortgage Loan”) described on the schedule attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Mortgage Loan Schedule”) to MJH Wacker LLC (the “Mortgage Loan Borrower”), which is evidenced, inter alia, by (i) one promissory note in the original principal amount of $65,000,000.00 (as amended, modified, consolidated, or supplemented, “Note A-1”), made by the Mortgage Loan Borrower in favor of the Initial Note A-1 Holder and (ii) one promissory note in the original principal amount of $35,000,000.00 (as amended, modified, consolidated, or supplemented, “Note A-2” and together with Note A-1, the “Notes”), made by the Mortgage Loan Borrower in favor of the Initial Note A-2 Holder, each of which is secured by a first mortgage (as amended, modified or supplemented, the “Mortgage”) on certain real property located as described on the Mortgage Loan Schedule (the “Mortgaged Property”); and

WHEREAS, each Initial Note Holder desires to enter into this Agreement to memorialize the terms under which they, and their successors and assigns, shall hold the Notes.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto mutually agree as follows:

Section 1.                Definitions; Conflicts. References to a “Section”, “preamble” or the “recitals” are, unless otherwise specified, to a Section, the preamble or the recitals of this Agreement. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms, or terms of substantially similar import, in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. To the extent of any conflict between this Agreement and the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall control. Whenever used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the respective meanings set forth below unless the context clearly requires otherwise.

“Accelerated Mezzanine Loan Lender” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or an analogous term in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Advance Interest” shall mean the interest accrued on any Servicing Advance which is payable to the party that made that Servicing Advance, in accordance with the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Affiliate” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or an analogous term in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Agent” shall mean the Initial Agent or such Person to whom the Initial Agent shall delegate its duties hereunder, and after the Securitization Date shall mean the Master Servicer.

“Agent Office” shall mean the designated office of the Agent, which office initially shall be the office of the Initial Note A-1 Holder listed on Exhibit B hereto and, after the Securitization Date, shall be the office of the Master Servicer. The Agent Office is the address to which notices to and correspondence with the Agent should be directed. The Agent may change the address of its designated office by notice to the Note Holders.

“Agreement” shall mean this Agreement between Note Holders, the exhibits hereto and all amendments hereof and thereof and supplements hereto and thereto.

“Appraisal” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or an analogous term in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Approved Servicer” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Qualified Institutional Lender.”

“Asset Representations Reviewer” shall mean the “Asset Representations Reviewer” (or similarly named Person that is the “asset representations reviewer” as defined in Item 1101(m) of Regulation AB) under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Asset Status Report” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or an analogous term in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Balloon Payment” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or an analogous term in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Bankruptcy Code” shall mean the United States Bankruptcy Code, as amended from time to time, any successor statute or rule promulgated thereto.

“Borrower Party” shall mean the Mortgage Loan Borrower, a manager of the Mortgaged Property, an Accelerated Mezzanine Loan Lender or any Borrower Party Affiliate.

“Borrower Party Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan Borrower, a manager of the Mortgaged Property or an Accelerated Mezzanine Loan Lender, (a) any other Person controlling or controlled by or under common control with such Mortgage Loan Borrower, manager or Accelerated Mezzanine Loan Lender, as applicable, or (b) any other Person owning, directly or indirectly, 25% or more of the beneficial interests in such Mortgage Loan Borrower, manager or Accelerated Mezzanine Loan Lender, as applicable. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

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“CDO” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Qualified Institutional Lender.”

“CDO Asset Manager” with respect to any Securitization Vehicle that is a CDO, shall mean the entity that is responsible for managing or administering a Note as an underlying asset of such Securitization Vehicle or, if applicable, as an asset of any Intervening Trust Vehicle (including, without limitation, the right to exercise any consent and control rights available to the holder of such Note).

“Certificate Administrator” shall mean the certificate administrator appointed as provided in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

“Commission” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2(c)(vi).

“Conduit” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14(d).

“Conduit Credit Enhancer” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14(d).

“Conduit Inventory Loan” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14(d).

“Control” shall mean the ownership, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate of more than fifty percent (50%) of the beneficial ownership interests of an entity and the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of an entity, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. The terms “Controlled”, “Controlling” and “Controls” shall have the correlative meanings thereto.

“Controlling Note” shall mean Note A-1.

“Controlling Note Holder” shall mean the holder of the Controlling Note; provided that at any time the Controlling Note is included in a Securitization, references to the “Controlling Note Holder” herein shall mean the holders of the majority of the class of securities issued in such Securitization designated as the “controlling class” or such other party otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder” under this Agreement or under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, as and to the extent provided in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement; provided that for so long as 50% or more of the Controlling Note is held by (or the party assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder” (as described above) is) the Mortgage Loan Borrower or a Borrower Party, the holder of the Controlling Note (and such party assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder” as described above) shall not be entitled to exercise any rights of the Controlling Note Holder, and there shall be deemed to be no Controlling Note Holder hereunder. If the Controlling Note is included in a Securitization, the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement may contain additional limitations on the rights of the designated party

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entitled to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder” hereunder if such designated party is the Mortgage Loan Borrower or if it has certain relationships with the Mortgage Loan Borrower.

“Controlling Note Holder Representative” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6(a).

“DBRS Morningstar” shall mean DBRS, Inc., and its successors in interest.

“Defaulted Loan” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or an analogous term in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement

“Depositor” shall mean the “depositor” under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Event of Default” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, an “Event of Default” as defined in the Mortgage Loan Agreement.

“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

“First Securitization” shall mean the earliest to occur of the Note A-1 Securitization and the Note A-2 Securitization.

“Fitch” shall mean Fitch Ratings, Inc., and its successors in interest.

“Indemnified Items” shall have the meaning assigned to such terms in Section 2(b).

“Indemnified Parties” shall have the meaning assigned to such terms in Section 2(b).

“Initial Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note A-1 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note A-2 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note Holders” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Insolvency Proceeding” shall mean any proceeding under Title 11 of the United States Code (11 U.S.C. Sec. 101 et seq.) or any other insolvency, liquidation, reorganization or other similar proceeding concerning the Mortgage Loan Borrower, any action for the dissolution of the Mortgage Loan Borrower, any proceeding (judicial or otherwise) concerning the application of the assets of the Mortgage Loan Borrower for the benefit of its creditors, the

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appointment of or any proceeding seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver or other similar custodian for all or any substantial part of the assets of the Mortgage Loan Borrower or any other action concerning the adjustment of the debts of the Mortgage Loan Borrower, the cessation of business by the Mortgage Loan Borrower, except following a sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Mortgage Loan Borrower in a transaction permitted under the Mortgage Loan Documents; provided, however, that following any such permitted transaction affecting the title to the Mortgaged Property, the Mortgage Loan Borrower for purposes of this Agreement shall be defined to mean the successor owner of the Mortgaged Property from time to time as may be permitted pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Documents; provided, further, however, that for the purposes of this definition, in the event that more than one entity comprises the Mortgage Loan Borrower, the term “Mortgage Loan Borrower” shall refer to any such entity.

“Interest Rate” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or an analogous term in the Mortgage Loan Documents.

“Interested Person” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or an analogous term in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Intervening Trust Vehicle” with respect to any Securitization Vehicle that is a CDO, shall mean a trust vehicle or entity that holds any Note as collateral securing (in whole or in part) any obligation or security held by such Securitization Vehicle as collateral for the CDO.

“KBRA” shall mean Kroll Bond Rating Agency, LLC, and its successors in interest.

“Lead Securitization” shall mean, if the First Securitization is the Note A-1 Securitization, such Securitization; provided that, if any other Securitization occurs prior to the Note A-1 Securitization, then the First Securitization shall be the Lead Securitization until such time as the Note A-1 Securitization occurs.

“Lead Securitization Note” shall mean the Note included in the Lead Securitization.

“Lead Securitization Note Holder” shall mean the holder of the Lead Securitization Note.

“Lead Securitization Note Holder Representative” shall mean the “Directing Certificateholder” or equivalent Person under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement” shall mean, as of any date of determination, (i) the pooling and servicing agreement or other comparable agreement that governs the Securitization that is then the Lead Securitization, and (ii) on and after the date on which the Mortgage Loan is no longer subject to the provisions of agreement described in clause (i), the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement shall be determined in accordance with the second paragraph of Section 2(a).

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“Lead Securitization Trust” shall mean the Securitization Trust created in connection with the Lead Securitization.

“Major Decision” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or an analogous term in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Master Servicer” shall mean the master servicer appointed to act in such capacity with respect to the Mortgage Loan as provided in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Monthly Payment Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term (or analogous term) in the Mortgage Loan Documents.

“Moody’s” shall mean Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., and its successors in interest.

“Mortgage” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Mortgage Loan” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Mortgage Loan Agreement” shall mean the Loan Agreement, dated as of June 17, 2022, between the Mortgage Loan Borrower, as borrower, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as lender, as the same may be further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, subject to the terms hereof.

“Mortgage Loan Borrower” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Mortgage Loan Documents” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage Loan Agreement, the Mortgage, the Notes and all other documents now or hereafter evidencing, guarantying or securing the Mortgage Loan.

“Mortgage Loan Schedule” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Mortgaged Property” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“New Notes” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 32.

“Nonrecoverable Advance” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or an analogous term in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Controlling Note” means each Note other than Note A-1.

“Non-Controlling Note Holder” means each holder of a Non-Controlling Note; provided that with respect to each Non-Controlling Note, at any time such Non-Controlling Note is included in a Securitization, references to a “Non-Controlling Note Holder” herein shall mean the holders of the majority of the class of securities issued in such Securitization designated as

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the “controlling class” (or analogous term) or such other party otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of a “Non-Controlling Note Holder” under this Agreement or under the related Securitization Servicing Agreement, as and to the extent provided in the related Securitization Servicing Agreement, and as to the identity of which the Controlling Note Holder (and, if applicable, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer) has been given written notice; provided, further that if at any time 50% or more of any Non-Controlling Note (or class of securities issued in a Securitization into which such Non-Controlling Note has been deposited is designated as the “controlling class”) is held by (or such other party otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “controlling class” under the related Securitization Servicing Agreement is) the Mortgage Loan Borrower or a Borrower Party, no such Note Holder or other Person shall be entitled to exercise any rights of such Non-Controlling Note Holder under this Agreement or the related Securitization Servicing Agreement, and there shall be deemed to be no Non-Controlling Note Holder with respect to such Non-Controlling Note. The Controlling Note Holder and the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or, if applicable, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall not be required at any time to deal with more than one party exercising the rights of a “Non-Controlling Note Holder” herein or under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement (it being understood for the avoidance of doubt that the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or Special Servicer on its behalf) may additionally need to deal with the master servicer, special servicer or other person party to the related Securitization Servicing Agreement) and, (x) to the extent that the related Securitization Servicing Agreement assigns such rights to more than one party or (y) to the extent the related Non-Controlling Note is split into two or more New Notes pursuant to Section 32 and notice thereof is not provided to the Controlling Note Holder and the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or, if applicable, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf), for purposes of this Agreement, such Securitization Servicing Agreement or the holders of such New Notes shall designate one party to deal with the Controlling Note Holder and the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) and provide written notice of such designation to the Controlling Note Holder and the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer acting on its behalf); provided that, in the absence of such designation and notice, the Controlling Note Holder and the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall be entitled to treat the last party as to which it has received written notice as having been designated as the Non-Controlling Note Holder with respect to such Non-Controlling Note for all purposes of this Agreement. As of the date hereof and until further notice from the Non-Controlling Note Holder (or, if applicable, the related Non-Lead Master Servicer or another party acting on its behalf), the Initial Note A-2 Holder is the Non-Controlling Note Holder with respect to Note A-2. If the Non-Controlling Note is included in a Securitization, the related Securitization Servicing Agreement may contain additional limitations on the rights of the designated party entitled to exercise the rights of the “Non-Controlling Note Holder” hereunder if such designated party is the Mortgage Loan Borrower or if it has certain relationships with the Mortgage Loan Borrower.

“Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6(b).

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“Non-Exempt Person” shall mean any Person other than a Person who is either (i) a U.S. Person or (ii) has on file with the Agent for the relevant year such duly-executed form(s) or statement(s) which may, from time to time, be prescribed by law and which, pursuant to applicable provisions of (A) any income tax treaty between the United States and the country of residence of such Person, (B) the Code or (C) any applicable rules or regulations in effect under clauses (A) or (B) above, permit any Servicer on behalf of the Note Holders to make such payments free of any obligation or liability for withholding.

“Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer” shall mean the “Asset Representations Reviewer” (or similarly named Person that is the “asset representations reviewer” as defined in Item 1101(m) of Regulation AB.) under any Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Depositor” shall mean the “depositor” under any Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Master Servicer” shall mean the applicable “master servicer” under any Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Operating Advisor” shall mean the “trust advisor,” “senior trust advisor,” “operating advisor” (or other analogous Person) under any Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Securitization” shall mean any Securitization of a Note in a Securitization Trust other than the Securitization that is then the Lead Securitization.

“Non-Lead Securitization Note” shall mean any Note other than the Lead Securitization Note.

“Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder” shall mean each holder of a Non-Lead Securitization Note.

“Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder Representative” shall mean the “Directing Certificateholder” or equivalent Person under the Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2(b).

“Non-Lead Special Servicer” shall mean the “special servicer” under any Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Trustee” shall mean the “trustee” under any Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Securitizing Note Holder” shall mean, with respect to a Securitization, each Note Holder other than a Securitizing Note Holder with respect to such Securitization.

“Note A-1” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

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“Note A-1 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-1 Holder or any subsequent holder of Note A-1, as applicable.

“Note A-1 Principal Balance” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, at any time of determination, the Initial Note A-1 Principal Balance set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon (or any New Notes issued in substitution thereof) received by the Note A-1 Holder (or any holders of New Notes in substitution thereof) or reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 3 or 4, as applicable.

“Note A-1 PSA” shall mean the pooling and servicing agreement or other comparable agreement entered into in connection with the Note A-1 Securitization.

“Note A-1 Securitization” shall mean the first sale by the Note A-1 Holder of all or a portion of Note A-1 to a depositor who will in turn include such portion of Note A-1 as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Note A-2” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-2 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-2 Holder or any subsequent holder of Note A-2, as applicable.

“Note A-2 Principal Balance” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, at any time of determination, the Initial Note A-2 Principal Balance set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon (or any New Notes issued in substitution thereof) received by the Note A-2 Holder (or any holders of New Notes in substitution thereof) or reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 3 or 4, as applicable.

“Note A-2 Securitization” shall mean the first sale by the Note A-2 Holder of all or a portion of Note A-2 to a depositor who will in turn include such portion of Note A-2 as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Note Holder Representative” shall mean a Controlling Note Holder Representative or a Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative, as applicable.

“Note Holders” shall mean collectively, the Note A-1 Holder and the Note A-2 Holder.

“Note Pledgee” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14(c).

“Note Principal Balance” shall mean, (i) with respect to Note A-1, the Note A-1 Principal Balance and (ii) with respect to Note A-2, the Note A-2 Principal Balance.

“Note Register” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 15.

“Notes” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Operating Advisor” shall mean the trust advisor, senior trust advisor, operating advisor or other analogous term as defined under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

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“P&I Advance” shall mean an advance made by a party to any Securitization Servicing Agreement in respect of a delinquent monthly debt service payment on the Note(s) securitized pursuant to such Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Percentage Interest” shall mean, with respect to each Note Holder, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Note Principal Balance of the Note held by such Note Holder and the denominator of which is the sum of the Note Principal Balances of all of the Notes.

“Permitted Fund Manager” shall mean any Person that on the date of determination is (i) one of the entities on Exhibit C attached hereto and made a part hereof or any other nationally-recognized manager of investment funds investing in debt or equity interests relating to commercial real estate, (ii) investing through a fund with committed capital of at least $250,000,000 and (iii) not subject to a proceeding relating to the bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors.

“Pledge” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14(c).

“Pro Rata and Pari Passu Basis” shall mean with respect to the Notes and the Note Holders, the allocation of any particular payment, collection, cost, expense, liability or other amount between such Notes or such Note Holders, as the case may be, without any priority of any such Note or any such Note Holder over another such Note or Note Holder, as the case may be, and in any event such that each Note or Note Holder, as the case may be, is allocated its respective Percentage Interest of such particular payment, collection, cost, expense, liability or other amount.

“Qualified Institutional Lender” shall mean each of the Initial Note Holders and any other Person that is:

(a)                an entity Controlled by, under common Control with or that Controls any of the Initial Note Holders, or

(b)               one or more of the following:

(i)            an insurance company, bank, savings and loan association, investment bank, trust company, commercial credit corporation, pension plan, pension fund, pension fund advisory firm, mutual fund, real estate investment trust, governmental entity or plan, or

(ii)            an investment company, money management firm or a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a) (1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or

(iii)            an institution substantially similar to any of the foregoing entities described in clauses (i) or (ii), or

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(iv)            any entity Controlled by or under common Control or Controlling any of the entities described in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii), or

(v)            a Qualified Trustee (or, in the case of a CDO, a single-purpose, bankruptcy remote entity that contemporaneously pledges its interest in a Note to a Qualified Trustee) in connection with (a) a securitization of, (b) the creation of collateralized debt (or loan) obligations (“CDO”) secured by, or (c) a financing through an “owner trust” of, a Note or any interest therein (any of the foregoing, a “Securitization Vehicle”), provided that (1) one or more classes of securities issued by such Securitization Vehicle is initially rated at least investment grade by each of the Rating Agencies that assigned a rating to one or more classes of securities issued in connection with that Securitization; (2) in the case of a Securitization Vehicle that is not a CDO, the special servicer of such Securitization Vehicle has a Required Special Servicer Rating or is otherwise subject to Rating Agency Confirmations from the Rating Agencies rating each Securitization (such entity, an “Approved Servicer”) and such Approved Servicer is required to service and administer such Note or any interest therein in accordance with servicing arrangements for the assets held by the Securitization Vehicle which require that such Approved Servicer act in accordance with a servicing standard notwithstanding any contrary direction or instruction from any other Person; or (3) in the case of a Securitization Vehicle that is a CDO, the CDO Asset Manager and, if applicable, each Intervening Trust Vehicle that is not administered and managed by a CDO Asset Manager which is a Qualified Institutional Lender, are each a Qualified Institutional Lender under clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (vi) of this definition, or

(vi)            an investment fund, limited liability company, limited partnership or general partnership having capital and/or capital commitments of at least $250,000,000, in which (A) any Note Holder, (B) a person that is otherwise a Qualified Institutional Lender under clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) (with respect to an institution substantially similar to the entities referred to in clause (i) or (ii)), or (C) a Permitted Fund Manager, acts as a general partner, managing member, or the fund manager responsible for the day-to-day management and operation of such investment vehicle and provided that at least 50% of the equity interests in such investment vehicle are owned, directly or indirectly, by one or more entities that are otherwise Qualified Institutional Lenders (without regard to the capital surplus/equity and total asset requirements set forth below in the definition), and

in the case of any entity referred to in clause (b)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (vi)(B) of this definition, (x) such entity has at least $200,000,000 in capital/statutory surplus or shareholders’ equity (except with respect to a pension advisory firm or similar fiduciary) and at least $600,000,000 in total assets (in name or under management), and (y) is regularly engaged in the business of making or owning commercial real estate loans (or interests therein) similar to the Mortgage Loan (or mezzanine loans with respect thereto) or owning or operating commercial real estate properties; provided that, in the case of the entity described in clause (vi)(B) above, the

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requirements of this clause (y) may be satisfied by a general partner, managing member, or the fund manager responsible for the day-to-day management and operation of such entity; or

(c)                any entity Controlled by any of the entities described in clause (b)(i), (ii), (iv)(B) or (v) above or subject to a Rating Agency Confirmation as a Qualified Institutional Lender for purposes of this Agreement from each of the Rating Agencies engaged to rate the securities for any Securitization.

“Qualified Trustee” shall mean (i) a corporation, national bank, national banking association or a trust company, organized and doing business under the laws of any state or the United States of America, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers and to accept the trust conferred, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority or (ii) an institution whose long-term senior unsecured debt is rated in either of the then in effect top three rating categories of each of the applicable Rating Agencies (or, if not rated by an applicable Rating Agency, an equivalent (or higher) rating from any two of Fitch, Moody’s and S&P).

“Rating Agencies” shall mean DBRS Morningstar, Fitch, KBRA, Moody’s and S&P and their respective successors in interest or, if any of such entities shall for any reason no longer perform the functions of a securities rating agency, any other nationally recognized statistical rating agency reasonably engaged by any Note Holder to rate the securities issued in connection with the Securitization of the related Note; provided, however, that, at any time during which one or more of the Notes is an asset of one or more Securitizations, “Rating Agencies” or “Rating Agency” shall mean only those rating agencies that are engaged by the related depositor (or its Affiliate) from time to time to rate the securities issued in connection with the Securitizations of the related Notes.

“Rating Agency Confirmation” shall mean, with respect to any Securitization, a confirmation in writing (which may be in electronic form) by each of the applicable Rating Agencies for such Securitization that a proposed action, failure to act or other event so specified will not, in and of itself, result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of the then current rating assigned to any class of securities of such Securitization (if then rated by such Rating Agency); provided that a written waiver or other acknowledgment from any such Rating Agency indicating its decision not to review the matter for which the Rating Agency Confirmation is sought shall be deemed to satisfy the requirement for the Rating Agency Confirmation from such Rating Agency with respect to such matter. If no such securities are outstanding with respect to any Securitization, any action that would otherwise require a Rating Agency Confirmation shall instead require the consent of the Controlling Note Holder, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.

“Redirection Notice” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14(c).

“Regulation AB” shall mean Subpart 229.1100 – Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R. §§229.1100 229.1125, as such rules may be amended from time to time, and subject to such clarification and interpretation as have been provided by the

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Commission or by its staff, or as may be provided by the Commission or its staff from time to time.

“REMIC” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5(d).

“REMIC Provisions” shall mean provisions of the federal income tax law relating to real estate mortgage investment conduits, which appear at Sections 860A through 860G of subchapter M of Chapter 1 of the Code, and related provisions, and regulations (including any applicable proposed regulations) and rulings promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in effect from time to time.

“Remittance Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or an analogous term in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Required Special Servicer Rating” shall mean with respect to a special servicer (i) in the case of Fitch, a rating of “CSS3”, (ii) in the case of S&P, such special servicer is on S&P’s Select Servicer List as a U.S. Commercial Mortgage Special Servicer, (iii) in the case of Moody’s, such special servicer is acting as special servicer for one or more loans included in a commercial mortgage loan securitization that was rated by Moody’s within the twelve (12) month period prior to the date of determination, and Moody’s has not downgraded or withdrawn the then-current rating on any class of commercial mortgage securities or placed any class of commercial mortgage securities on watch citing the continuation of such special servicer as special servicer of such commercial mortgage loans, (iv) in the case of KBRA, such special servicer is acting as special servicer for one or more loans included in a commercial mortgage loan securitization that was rated by KBRA, within the twelve (12) month period prior to the date of determination, and KBRA has not cited servicing concerns of such special servicer as the sole or material factor in any qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings (or placement on “watch status” in contemplation of a ratings downgrade or withdrawal) of securities in a transaction serviced by such special servicer prior to the time of determination and (v) in the case of DBRS Morningstar, has a current ranking from DBRS Morningstar of at least MORS3 or, if not rated by DBRS Morningstar, is currently acting as servicer or special servicer, as applicable, for a commercial mortgage-backed securities transaction rated by DBRS Morningstar and as to which DBRS Morningstar has not cited servicing concerns with respect to such servicer as the sole or material factor in any qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings (or placement on “watch status” in contemplation of a ratings downgrade or withdrawal, which placement on “watch status” has not been withdrawn within 60 days without any ratings downgrade or withdrawal) of securities in such commercial mortgage-backed securities transaction serviced by the applicable servicer prior to the time of determination.

“S&P” shall mean S&P Global Ratings and its successors in interest.

“Securitization” shall mean the Note A-1 Securitization or the Note A-2 Securitization.

“Securitization Date” shall mean the effective date of the First Securitization.

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“Securitization Servicing Agreement” shall mean the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement or any Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Securitization Trust” shall mean a trust formed pursuant to a Securitization.

“Securitization Vehicle” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Qualified Institutional Lender.”

“Securitizing Note Holder” shall mean, with respect to a Securitization, each Note Holder that is contributing its Note to such Securitization.

“Servicer” shall mean the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the context may require.

“Servicer Termination Event” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Servicing Advance” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or an analogous term in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Servicing Standard” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or an analogous term in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. The Servicing Standard in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement shall require, among other things, that each Servicer, in servicing the Mortgage Loan, must take into account the interests of each Note Holder.

“Special Servicer” shall mean the special servicer appointed to act in such capacity with respect to the Mortgage Loan as provided in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Taxes” shall mean any income or other taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature, now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any department, agency, state or other political subdivision thereof or therein.

“Transfer” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14.

“Trust Fund” shall mean the trust formed pursuant to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Trustee” shall mean the trustee appointed as provided in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“U.S. Person” shall mean a citizen or resident of the United States, a corporation or partnership (except to the extent provided in applicable Treasury Regulations) created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, including any entity treated as a corporation or partnership for federal income tax purposes, or an estate whose income is subject to United States federal income tax regardless of its source, or a trust if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of such trust, and one or more such U.S. Persons have the authority to control all

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substantial decisions of such trust (or, to the extent provided in applicable Treasury Regulations, a trust in existence on August 20, 1996 which is eligible to elect to be treated as a U.S. Person).

“WFB” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

Section 2.                Servicing of the Mortgage Loan.

(a)                Each Note Holder acknowledges and agrees that, subject in each case to this Agreement, the Mortgage Loan shall be serviced from and after the Securitization Date by the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement; provided that the Master Servicer shall not be obligated to advance monthly payments of principal or interest in respect of any Note other than the Lead Securitization Note (unless such other Note is also included in the Lead Securitization) if such principal or interest is not paid by the Mortgage Loan Borrower but shall be obligated to make Servicing Advances, subject to the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement; provided further that the Special Servicer, when appointed, has the Required Special Servicer Rating from each Rating Agency then rating a Securitization. The Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement shall contain terms and conditions that are customary for securitization transactions involving assets similar to the Mortgage Loan and that are otherwise (i) required by the Code relating to the tax elections of any Securitization Trust, (ii) required by law or changes in any law, rule or regulation or (iii) generally required by the Rating Agencies in connection with the issuance of ratings in securitizations similar to the Securitizations. Each Note Holder acknowledges that each other Note Holder may elect, in its sole discretion, to include its Note in a Securitization and agrees that it will, subject to Section 26 hereof, reasonably cooperate with such other Note Holder, at such other Note Holder’s expense, to effect such Securitization. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each Note Holder hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consents to the appointment of the Master Servicer and the Trustee under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement by the Depositor and the appointment of the Special Servicer by the Controlling Note Holder and agrees to reasonably cooperate with the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer with respect to the servicing of the Mortgage Loan in accordance with the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. Each Note Holder hereby appoints the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee in the Lead Securitization as such Note Holder’s attorney-in-fact to sign any documents reasonably required with respect to the administration and servicing of the Mortgage Loan on its behalf under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement (subject at all times to the rights of such Note Holder set forth herein and in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement). In no event shall the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement require any Servicer to enforce the rights of any Note Holder against any other Note Holder or limit a Servicer in enforcing the rights of one Note Holder against any other Note Holder; however, this statement shall not be construed to otherwise limit the rights of one Note Holder with respect to any other Note Holder. Each Servicer shall (i) be required pursuant to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement to service the Mortgage Loan in accordance with the Servicing Standard, the terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents, the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and applicable law, (ii) provide information to each servicer under the Non-Lead Securitization Servicing

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Agreement to enable each such servicer to perform its servicing duties, and (iii) not take any action or refrain from taking any action or follow any direction inconsistent with the foregoing.

At any time after the First Securitization that the Mortgage Loan is no longer subject to the provisions of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, the Note Holders agree to cause the Mortgage Loan to be serviced by one or more servicers, each of which has been agreed upon by the Note Holders, pursuant to a servicing agreement that has servicing terms substantially similar to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and all references herein to the “Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement” shall mean such subsequent servicing agreement; provided, that if a Non-Lead Securitization Note is in a Securitization, then a Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been obtained from each other Rating Agency with respect to any such Non-Lead Securitization Note regarding any Special Servicer to be appointed under such replacement servicing agreement that does not have the Required Special Servicer Rating for such Rating Agency or, with respect to the Master Servicer, would not otherwise meet the conditions to be a servicer under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement that is being replaced; provided, further, that until a replacement servicing agreement has been entered into, the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall cause the Mortgage Loan to be serviced pursuant to the provisions of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, as if such agreement were still in full force and effect with respect to the Mortgage Loan, by the Servicers in the Lead Securitization or by any Person appointed by the Lead Securitization Note Holder that is a Person meeting the requirements of a master servicer under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and, in the case of the Special Servicer, that meets the Required Special Servicer Rating for each Rating Agency then rating securities of a Non-Lead Securitization.

(b)               The Master Servicer shall be the lead master servicer on the Mortgage Loan, and from time to time it (or the Trustee or the Special Servicer, to the extent provided in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement) shall make the following advances, subject to the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and this Agreement: (i) Servicing Advances on the Mortgage Loan and (ii) P&I Advances on the Lead Securitization Note. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee, as applicable, shall be entitled to reimbursement for a Servicing Advance, first from funds on deposit in the Collection Account and/or the Companion Distribution Account for the Mortgage Loan that (in any case) represent amounts received on or in respect of the Mortgage Loan, and then, in the case of Nonrecoverable Advances, if such funds on deposit in the Collection Account or Companion Distribution Account are insufficient, from general collections of the Lead Securitization as provided in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee, as applicable, shall be entitled to reimbursement for Advance Interest on a Servicing Advance (including any Nonrecoverable Advance), in the manner and from the sources provided in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, including from general collections of the Lead Securitization. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, obtains funds from general collections of the Lead Securitization as a reimbursement of a Servicing Advance that is a Nonrecoverable Advance or any Advance Interest on a Servicing Advance (including any Nonrecoverable Advance), each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder (including any Securitization Trust into which a Non-Lead Securitization Note is deposited) shall be required

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to, promptly following notice from the Master Servicer, reimburse the Lead Securitization for its pro rata share of such Nonrecoverable Advance or Advance Interest.

In addition, each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder (including, but not limited to, any Securitization Trust into which a Non-Lead Securitization Note is deposited) shall be required to, promptly following notice from the Master Servicer, reimburse the Lead Securitization for such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s pro rata share of any fees, costs or expenses incurred in connection with the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loan as to which the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Depositor, as applicable, is entitled to be reimbursed pursuant to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, to the extent amounts on deposit in the Companion Distribution Account or Collection Account in respect of the Mortgage Loan are insufficient for reimbursement of such amounts. Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall indemnify (as and to the same extent the Lead Securitization Trust is required to indemnify each of the following parties in respect of other mortgage loans in the Lead Securitization Trust pursuant to the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement) each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, Asset Representations Reviewer and the Depositor (and any director, officer, employee or agent of any of the foregoing, to the extent such parties are identified as indemnified parties in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement in respect of other mortgage loans) (the “Indemnified Parties”) against any claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and related costs, judgments and any other costs, liabilities, fees and expenses incurred in connection with servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loan (or, with respect to the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer, incurred in connection with the provision of services for the Mortgage Loan) under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement (collectively, the “Indemnified Items”) to the extent of its pro rata share of such Indemnified Items, and to the extent amounts on deposit in the Companion Distribution Account or Collection Account in respect of the Mortgage Loan, as applicable, are insufficient for reimbursement of such amounts, each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall be required to, promptly following notice from the Master Servicer, reimburse each of the applicable Indemnified Parties for its pro rata share of the insufficiency; provided, however, that each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s obligation to pay Indemnified Items to the Operating Advisor shall be subject to any limitations and conditions (including limitations and conditions with respect to the timing of such payments and the sources of funds for such payments) as may be set forth from time to time in a related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

Any Non-Lead Master Servicer (or if not made by such Non-Lead Master Servicer, the Non-Lead Trustee) may be required to make P&I Advances on the related Non-Lead Securitization Note, from time to time, subject to the terms of the related servicing agreement for the related Securitization (each such agreement, a “Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement”) and this Agreement. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee, as applicable, shall each be entitled to make its own recoverability determination with respect to a P&I Advance to be made on the Lead Securitization Note based on the information that it has on hand and in accordance with the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. Each Non-Lead Master Servicer, Non-Lead Special Servicer and Non-Lead Trustee under the related

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Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, as applicable, shall be entitled to make their own recoverability determination with respect to a P&I Advance to be made on the related Non-Lead Securitization Note based on the information that they have on hand and in accordance with the Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. The Master Servicer and the Trustee, as applicable, and the related Non-Lead Master Servicer or the related Non-Lead Trustee shall be required to notify the other of the amount of its P&I Advance within two Business Days of making such advance. If the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable (with respect to the Lead Securitization Note) or a Non-Lead Master Servicer, Non-Lead Special Servicer or a Non-Lead Trustee, as applicable (with respect to a Non-Lead Securitization Note), determines that a proposed P&I Advance, if made, would be non-recoverable or an outstanding P&I Advance is or would be non-recoverable, or if the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, subsequently determines that a proposed Servicing Advance would be non-recoverable or an outstanding Servicing Advance is or would be non-recoverable, then the Master Servicer or the Trustee (as provided in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, in the case of a determination of non-recoverability by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee) or the related Non-Lead Master Servicer or the related Non-Lead Trustee (as provided in the related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, in the case of a determination of non-recoverability by the related Non-Lead Master Servicer, the related Non-Lead Special Servicer or the related Non-Lead Trustee) shall notify the Master Servicer and the Trustee, or the Non-Lead Master Servicer and the Non-Lead Trustee, as the case may be, of the other Securitization within two Business Days of making such determination. Each of the Master Servicer, the Trustee, a Non-Lead Master Servicer and a Non-Lead Trustee, as applicable, will only be entitled to reimbursement for a P&I Advance that becomes non-recoverable first from the Companion Distribution Account from amounts allocable to the Note for which such P&I Advance was made, and then, if funds are insufficient, (i) in the case of the Lead Securitization Note, from general collections of the Lead Securitization Trust, pursuant to the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and (ii) in the case of a Non-Lead Securitization Note, from general collections of the Securitization Trust that owns such Non-Lead Securitization Note, as and to the extent provided in the related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

(c)                The Lead Securitization Note Holder agrees that it shall cause the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement to provide as follows (and to the extent such following provisions are not included in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, they shall be deemed incorporated therein and made a part thereof):

(i)            the Master Servicer shall remit all payments received with respect to each Non-Lead Securitization Note, net of the primary servicing fee payable to the Master Servicer and servicing fees payable to the Special Servicer with respect to such Non-Lead Securitization Note, and any other applicable fees and reimbursements payable to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee, to the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder by the earlier of (x) the Remittance Date and (y) the Business Day following the “determination date” (or any term substantially similar thereto) as defined in the Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement (such determination date, the “Non-Lead Securitization Determination Date”), in each case as long as the date on which remittance is required under this clause (i) is at least one business day after the scheduled monthly

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payment date under the Loan Agreement, provided, that any late collections received by the Master Servicer after the related due date under the Mortgage Loan shall be remitted by the Master Servicer in accordance with clause (c)(xiii) below;

(ii)            with respect to the Non-Lead Securitization Note that is held by a Securitization, the Master Servicer agrees to deliver or cause to be delivered or to make available to the Non-Lead Master Servicer all reports required to be delivered by the Master Servicer to the Certificate Administrator under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement (which shall include all loan-level reports constituting the CREFC® Investor Reporting Package (IRP)) pursuant to the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, to the extent related to the Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property, the Non-Lead Securitization Note, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, by the earlier of (x) the Remittance Date and (y) the Business Day following the Non-Lead Securitization Determination Date, in each case so long as the date on which delivery is required under this clause (ii) is at least one business day after the scheduled monthly payment date under the Loan Agreement;

(iii)            the Master Servicer and Special Servicer, as applicable, shall provide (in electronic media) to each Non-Controlling Note Holder all documents, certificates, instruments, notices, reports, operating statements, rent rolls and other information regarding the Mortgage Loan that it has provided, or that it is required to provide, to the Controlling Note Holder or the Operating Advisor in connection with any request for consent made to, or consultation with, the Non-Controlling Note Holder;

(iv)            the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall be entitled to the same indemnity as the Lead Securitization Note Holder under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement; each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Custodian shall be required to (and shall require any Servicing Function Participant or Additional Servicer engaged by it to) indemnify each Certifying Person and the depositor of any public Securitization related to a Non-Lead Securitization Note, and their respective directors and officers and controlling persons, to the same extent that they indemnify the Depositor (as depositor in respect of the Lead Securitization) and each Certifying Person for (i) its failure to deliver the items in clause (v) below in a timely manner, (ii) its failure to perform its obligations to such depositor or Non-Lead Trustee under Article XI (or any article substantially similar thereto that addresses Exchange Act reporting and Regulation AB compliance) of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement by the time required after giving effect to any applicable grace period or cure period, (iii) the failure of any Servicing Function Participant or Additional Servicer retained by it (other than a Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer) to perform its obligations to such depositor or trustee under such Article XI (or any article substantially similar thereto that addresses Exchange Act reporting and Regulation AB compliance) of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement by the time required and/or (iv) any Deficient Exchange Act Deliverable regarding, and delivered by or on behalf of, such party;

(v)            with respect to any Non-Lead Securitization that is subject to reporting requirements under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act (including Rule 15Ga-1), and

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Regulation AB, (a) the Master Servicer, any primary servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator or other party acting as custodian for the Lead Securitization shall be required to deliver (and shall be required to cause each other servicer and servicing function participant (within the meaning of Items 1123 and 1122, respectively, of Regulation AB) retained or engaged by it to deliver; provided that such party shall only be required to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause a Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer to deliver), to the Non-Lead Depositor and the Non-Lead Trustee, in a timely manner, (i) the reports, certifications, compliance statements, accountants’ assessments and attestations, and all information to be included in reports (including, without limitation, Form ABS 15G, Form 10-K, Form 10-D and Form 8-K), and (ii) upon request, any other materials specified in the Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), as the parties to each Non-Lead Securitization may reasonably require in order to comply with their obligations under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act (including Rule 15Ga-1), Regulation AB and Form SF-3 and (b) without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Initial Note Holder of the Lead Securitization Note shall provide in a timely manner to the Non-Lead Depositor and the Non-Lead Trustee, if any, a copy of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement in EDGAR-compatible format (but not later than one business day following the closing date of the Lead Securitization) and each Servicer under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement will be required, upon prior written request, to provide to the Non-Lead Depositor and the Non-Lead Trustee, if any, any other information required to comply in a timely manner with applicable filing requirements under Items 1.01 and 6.02 of Form 8-K, any other disclosure information required pursuant to Regulation AB, in each case in a timely manner for inclusion in any disclosure document (or for filing under Form 8-K, as applicable), and with respect to such Servicers, upon prior written request, market indemnification agreements, opinions and Regulation AB compliance letters as were or are being delivered with respect to the Lead Securitization (in each case at the expense of the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder). The Master Servicer, any primary servicer and the Special Servicer shall each be required to provide certification and indemnification to each Certifying Person with respect to the Sarbanes-Oxley Certification (or analogous terms) as such terms are defined in the Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement;

(vi)            each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Custodian and the Trustee and each Affected Reporting Party (or analogous term) shall cooperate (and require each Servicing Function Participant and Additional Servicer retained by it to cooperate under the applicable Sub-Servicing Agreement), with the Non-Lead Depositor (including, without limitation, providing all due diligence information, reports, written responses, negotiations and coordination) to the same extent as such party is required to cooperate with the Depositor under Article XI (or any article substantially similar thereto that addresses Exchange Act reporting and Regulation AB compliance) of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and in connection with Deficient Exchange Act Deliverables. All respective reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Non-Lead Depositor (including reasonable legal fees and expenses of outside counsel to such depositor) in connection with the foregoing (other than those costs and expenses related to participation by the Non-Lead Depositor in any telephone conferences and

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meetings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) and other costs the Non-Lead Depositor must bear pursuant to Article XI (or any article substantially similar thereto that addresses Exchange Act reporting and Regulation AB compliance) of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement) and any amendments to any reports filed with the Commission therewith shall be promptly paid by the applicable Affected Reporting Party upon receipt of an itemized invoice from such Non-Lead Depositor;

(vii)            each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder (unless it is a Borrower Party) is an intended third-party beneficiary in respect of the rights afforded it under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement;

(viii)            each Non-Lead Master Servicer and each Non-Lead Special Servicer shall be a third-party beneficiary of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement with respect to all provisions therein expressly relating to compensation, reimbursement or indemnification of such Non-Lead Master Servicer or Non-Lead Special Servicer, as the case may be, and the provisions regarding coordination of advances;

(ix)            if the Mortgage Loan becomes a Defaulted Mortgage Loan and the Special Servicer determines to sell the Lead Securitization Note in accordance with the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, it shall have the right and the obligation to sell each of the Notes as notes evidencing one whole loan in accordance with the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. In connection with any such sale, the Special Servicer shall provide notice to each Non-Lead Master Servicer who shall provide notice to the related Non-Controlling Note Holder of the planned sale and of such Non-Controlling Note Holder’s opportunity to submit an offer on the Mortgage Loan;

(x)            the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement shall not be amended in any manner that materially and adversely affects any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder without the consent of such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder;

(xi)            Servicer Termination Events with respect to the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall include: (i) solely with respect to the Master Servicer, the failure to timely remit payments to a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder, which failure continues unremedied for one (1) Business Day following the date on which such payment was to be made; (ii) solely with respect to the Special Servicer, the failure to deposit into any REO Account any amount required to be so deposited within two (2) Business Days after the date such deposit was to be made, or the failure to remit to the Master Servicer for deposit into the Collection Account or the Companion Distribution Account, as applicable, any amount required to be so remitted by the Special Servicer within one (1) Business Day after the date such remittance was to be made; (iii) the qualification, downgrade or withdrawal, or placing on “watch status” in contemplation of a rating downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings of any class of certificates issued in connection with a Non-Lead Securitization by the rating agencies rating such securities (and such qualification, downgrade, withdrawal or “watch status” placement shall not have been withdrawn by such rating agencies within sixty (60) days of actual knowledge of such event by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be), and publicly

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citing servicing concerns with the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, as the sole or a material factor in such rating action; and (iv) the failure to provide to a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder (if and to the extent required under the related Non-Lead Securitization) reports required under the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations thereunder, in a timely fashion;

(xii)            in connection with (A) any amendment of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, a party to such Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement is required to provide a copy of the executed amendment to each Non-Lead Depositor and one or more parties to the related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement (which may be by e-mail), together with a copy of such amendment in electronic format, no later than the effective date of such amendment, and (B) the termination, resignation and/or replacement of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, the replacement “master servicer” or replacement “special servicer”, as applicable, is required to provide to each Non-Lead Depositor and one or more parties to the related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement all disclosure about itself that is required to be included in Form 8-K no later than the date of effectiveness thereof;

(xiii)            any late collections received by the Master Servicer from the Mortgage Loan Borrower that are allocable to a Non-Lead Securitization Note or reimbursable to a Non-Lead Master Servicer or a Non-Lead Trustee shall be remitted by the Master Servicer to the related Non-Lead Master Servicer within one (1) Business Day of receipt of properly identified and available funds constituting such late collections; provided, however, that to the extent any such amounts are received after 3:00 p.m. Eastern time on any given Business Day, the Master Servicer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to remit such late collections to such Non-Lead Master Servicer within one (1) Business Day of receipt of properly identified and available funds but, in any event, the Master Servicer shall remit such amounts within two (2) Business Days of receipt of properly identified and available funds;

(xiv)            any conflict between the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and this Agreement shall be resolved in favor of this Agreement provided that in no event shall the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, take any action or omit to take any action in accordance with the terms of this Agreement that would cause the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, to violate the Servicing Standard or the REMIC Provisions;

(xv)            the primary servicing, special servicing, workout and liquidation fee rates shall not exceed 0.0025%, 0.25%, 1.00% and 1.00%, respectively, subject to any market minimum amounts and fee offsets set forth in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement;

(xvi)            each Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement shall also satisfy Moody’s rating methodology as of the closing date of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement for eligible accounts and permitted investments for a securitization rated “Aaa” by Moody’s;

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(xvii)            the Servicing Standard in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement shall require, among other things, that each Servicer, in servicing the Mortgage Loan, must take into account the interests of each Note Holder; and

(xviii)            the holder of the Lead Securitization Note shall:

(i)            on, or within a timely manner following, the closing date of the Lead Securitization, provide notice of the closing of the Lead Securitization and send (or provide for access through a financial printer together with notice (which may be by email) and contact information therefor) a copy (in EDGAR-compatible format) of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement to each other Note Holder; and

(ii)            give each other Note Holder written notice in a timely manner (but no later than one (1) business day prior to the applicable filing date) of any re-filing (other than a filing made in connection with a formal amendment of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement) by the Depositor of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement subsequent to the Securitization Date if such filing contains revisions or changes that are material to the other Note Holders.

(d)               Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder agrees that, if the related Non-Lead Securitization Note is included in a Securitization, it shall cause the applicable Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement to contain provisions to the effect that:

(i)            such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall be responsible for its pro rata share of any Nonrecoverable Advances relating to Servicing Advances (and Advance Interest thereon) and any additional expenses of the Trust Fund, but only to the extent that such expenses relate to servicing and administration of the Notes, including without limitation, any unpaid Special Servicing Fees, Liquidation Fees and Workout Fees relating to the Notes, and that in the event that amounts on deposit in the Companion Distribution Account or Collection Account in respect of the Mortgage Loan, as applicable, are insufficient for reimbursement of such amounts, the related Non-Lead Master Servicer will be required to, promptly following notice from the Master Servicer, reimburse the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as applicable, out of general collections in the collection account (or equivalent account) established under the Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement for such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s pro rata share of any such Nonrecoverable Advances and/or additional expenses of the Trust Fund;

(ii)            each of the Indemnified Parties shall be indemnified (as and to the same extent the Lead Securitization Trust is required to indemnify each of such Indemnified Parties in respect of other mortgage loans in the Lead Securitization Trust pursuant to the terms of Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement) by each Securitization Trust holding a Non-Lead Securitization Note, against any of the Indemnified Items to the extent of its pro rata share of such Indemnified Items, and to the extent amounts on deposit in the Companion Distribution Account are insufficient for reimbursement of such amounts, the related Non-Lead Master Servicer will be required to reimburse each of the applicable

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Indemnified Parties for its pro rata share of the insufficiency out of general collections in the collection account (or equivalent account) established under the related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement; provided, however, that such Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement may include limitations and conditions on the payment or reimbursement of Indemnified Items to the Operating Advisor (including limitations and conditions with respect to the timing of such payments or reimbursements and the sources of funds for such payments or reimbursements);

(iii)            the related Non-Lead Master Servicer, related Non-Lead Trustee or certificate administrator under the related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement will be required to deliver to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer and the Operating Advisor (i) promptly following Securitization of such Non-Lead Securitization Note, notice of the deposit of such Non-Lead Securitization Note into a Securitization Trust (which notice shall also provide contact information for the related Non-Lead Trustee, the related certificate administrator, the related Non-Lead Master Servicer, the related Non-Lead Special Servicer and the party designated to exercise the rights of the related “Non-Controlling Note Holder” and “Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder” under this Agreement), accompanied by a certified copy of the related executed Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and (ii) notice of any subsequent change in the identity of the related Non-Lead Master Servicer or the party designated to exercise the rights of the related “Non-Controlling Note Holder” or “Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder” under this Agreement (together with the relevant contact information); and

(iv)            the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer and the Lead Securitization Trust shall be third party beneficiaries of the foregoing provisions.

(e)                Prior to the Securitization of a Non-Lead Securitization Note (including any New Note), all notices, reports, information or other deliverables required to be delivered to the related Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder pursuant to this Agreement or the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement by the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) only need to be delivered to the related Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder (or its Note Holder Representative) and, when so delivered to such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder (or its Note Holder Representative, as applicable), the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall be deemed to have satisfied its delivery obligations with respect to such items hereunder or under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. Following the Securitization of a Non-Lead Securitization Note (including any New Note), as applicable, all notices, reports, information or other deliverables required to be delivered to the related Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder pursuant to this Agreement or the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement by the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall be delivered to the related Non-Lead Master Servicer and Non-Lead Special Servicer (who then may forward such items to the party entitled to receive such items as and to the extent provided in the related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement) and, when so delivered to such Non-Lead Master Servicer and such Non-Lead Special Servicer, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the

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Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall be deemed to have satisfied its delivery obligations with respect to such items hereunder or under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement (except where required by this Agreement or the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement to deliver items directly to a Non-Lead Depositor or other party to a Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement for purposes of compliance with securities laws).

(f)                The Lead Securitization Note Holder agrees that, if a Non-Lead Securitization Note is included in a Securitization, and such Non-Lead Securitization is subject to reporting requirements under Regulation AB, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee and the Custodian shall be required to reasonably cooperate with the Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer in connection with such Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer’s obligations under any Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement with respect to the Mortgage Loan by providing any documents reasonably requested by the Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer or other requesting party in connection with the Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer’s obligations, but only to the extent such documents are in the possession of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Custodian, as the case may be, but in any event excluding any documents known to such the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Custodian to contain information that is proprietary to the related originator or Initial Note Holders or any draft documents or privileged or internal communications. The reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Master Servicer, Special Servicer, the Trustee and the Custodian actually incurred in connection with their compliance with such requests shall be reimbursable by the Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer or, if not paid by the Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer, the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder.

Section 3.                Priority of Payments.

(a)                Each Note shall be of equal priority, and no portion of any Note shall have priority or preference over any portion of any other Note or security therefor. All amounts tendered by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or otherwise available for payment on or with respect to or in connection with the Mortgage Loan or the Mortgaged Property or amounts realized as proceeds thereof, whether received in the form of Periodic Payments, the Balloon Payment, Liquidation Proceeds, proceeds under any guaranty, letter of credit or other collateral or instrument securing the Mortgage Loan or Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds (other than proceeds, awards or settlements to be applied to the restoration or repair of the Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgage Loan Borrower in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents) shall be applied by the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or its designee) to the Notes on a Pro Rata and Pari Passu Basis; provided, that (x) all amounts for required reserves or escrows required by the Mortgage Loan Documents to be held as reserves or escrows or received as reimbursements on account of recoveries in respect of property protection expenses or Servicing Advances then due and payable or reimbursable to the Trustee or any Servicer under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement shall be applied to the extent set forth in, and in accordance with the terms of, the Mortgage Loan Documents; and (y) all amounts that are then due, payable or reimbursable to any Servicer, with respect to the Mortgage Loan pursuant to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and any other compensation payable to it thereunder (including without limitation, any additional expenses of

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the Trust Fund relating to the Mortgage Loan (but subject to the second paragraph of Section 5(d) hereof) reimbursable to, or payable by, such parties and any Special Servicing Fees, Liquidation Fees, Workout Fees and Penalty Charges (to the extent provided in the immediately following paragraph) but excluding (i) any P&I Advances (and interest thereon) on the Lead Securitization Note, which shall be reimbursed in accordance with Section 2(b) hereof, and (ii) any Master Servicing Fees due to the Master Servicer in excess of the Non-Lead Securitization Note’s pro rata share of that portion of such servicing fees calculated at the “primary servicing fee rate” applicable to the Mortgage Loan as set forth in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, which such excess shall not be subject to the allocation provisions of this Section 3) shall be payable in accordance with the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

For clarification purposes, Penalty Charges paid on each Note shall first, be used to reduce, on a pro rata basis, the amounts payable on each Note by the amount necessary to pay the Master Servicer, the Trustee or the Special Servicer for any interest accrued on any Servicing Advances and reimbursement of any Servicing Advances in accordance with the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, second, be used to reduce the respective amounts payable on each Note by the amount necessary to pay the Master Servicer, Trustee, the Non-Lead Master Servicer or the Non-Lead Trustee for any interest accrued on any P&I Advance made with respect to such Note by such party (if and as specified in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement or the Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, as applicable), third, be used to reduce, on a pro rata basis, the amounts payable on each Note by the amount necessary to pay additional expenses of the Trust Fund (including, if not paid by the Mortgage Loan Borrower, Special Servicing Fees, unpaid Workout Fees and Liquidation Fees) incurred with respect to the Mortgage Loan (as specified in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement) and finally, shall be paid to the Master Servicer and/or the Special Servicer as additional servicing compensation as provided in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

Any proceeds received from the sale of the primary servicing rights with respect to the Mortgage Loan shall be remitted, promptly upon receipt thereof, to the Note Holders on a Pro Rata and Pari Passu Basis. Any proceeds received by any Note Holder from the sale of master servicing rights with respect to its Note shall be for its own account.

Section 4.                Workout. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, but subject to the terms and conditions of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, and the obligation to act in accordance with the Servicing Standard, if the Lead Securitization Note Holder, or any Servicer, in connection with a workout or proposed workout of the Mortgage Loan, modifies the terms thereof such that (i) the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan is decreased, (ii) the Interest Rate is reduced, (iii) payments of interest or principal on any Note are waived, reduced or deferred or (iv) any other adjustment is made to any of the payment terms of the Mortgage Loan, such modification shall not alter, and any modification of the Mortgage Loan Documents shall be structured to preserve, the equal priorities of each Note as described in Section 3.

Section 5.                Administration of the Mortgage Loan.

(a)                Subject to this Agreement (including but not limited to Section 5(c)) and the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and subject to the rights and consents, where

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required, of the Controlling Note Holder, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee acting on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder) shall have the sole and exclusive authority with respect to the administration of, and exercise of rights and remedies with respect to, the Mortgage Loan, including, without limitation, the sole authority to modify or waive any of the terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents or consent to any action or failure to act by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or any other party to the Mortgage Loan Documents, call or waive any Event of Default, accelerate the Mortgage Loan or institute any foreclosure action or other remedy, and no Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall have any voting, consent or other rights whatsoever except as explicitly set forth herein with respect to the Lead Securitization Note Holder’s administration of, or exercise of its rights and remedies with respect to, the Mortgage Loan. Subject to this Agreement and the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, no Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall have any right to, and each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder hereby presently and irrevocably assigns and conveys to the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee acting on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder) the rights, if any, that such Note Holder has to, (i) call or cause the Lead Securitization Note Holder to call an Event of Default under the Mortgage Loan, or (ii) exercise any remedies with respect to the Mortgage Loan or the Mortgage Loan Borrower, including, without limitation, filing or causing the Lead Securitization Note Holder to file any bankruptcy petition against the Mortgage Loan Borrower. The Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee acting on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder) shall not have any fiduciary duty to any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder in connection with the administration of the Mortgage Loan (but the foregoing shall not relieve the Lead Securitization Note Holder from the obligation to make any disbursement of funds as set forth herein or its obligation to follow the Servicing Standard (in the case of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer) or any liability for failure to do so).

Each Note Holder hereby acknowledges the right and obligation of the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Special Servicer acting on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder), upon the Mortgage Loan becoming a Defaulted Loan to sell the Notes together as notes evidencing one whole loan in accordance with the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and shall require that all offers be submitted to the Special Servicer in writing. Whether any cash offer constitutes a fair price for the Mortgage Loan shall be determined by the Special Servicer, if the highest offeror is a Person other than an Interested Person, and by the Trustee, if the highest offeror is an Interested Person. Absent an offer at least equal to the Purchase Price, no offer from an Interested Person shall constitute a fair price unless (i) it is the highest offer received and (ii) at least two other offers are received from independent third parties. In determining whether any offer from an Interested Person received represents a fair price for the Mortgage Loan, the Trustee shall rely on the most recent Appraisal (or update of such Appraisal) conducted in accordance with the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement within the preceding nine (9)-month period or, in the absence of any such Appraisal, on a new Appraisal. In determining whether any such offer from a Person other than an Interested Person constitutes a fair price for the Mortgage Loan, the Special Servicer shall take into account (in addition to the results of any Appraisal or updated Appraisal or narrative appraisal that it may have obtained within the prior nine (9) months pursuant to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement) among other factors, the period and amount of the

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occupancy level and physical condition of the Mortgaged Property and the state of the local economy. Except as provided in the following paragraph, the cost of any Appraisal will be covered by, and will be reimbursable as, a Servicing Advance by the Master Servicer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Special Servicer acting on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder) shall not be permitted to sell the Mortgage Loan without the written consent of each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder (provided that such consent is not required if the related Non-Lead Securitization Note is held by a Borrower Party) unless the Special Servicer has delivered to such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder: (a) at least 15 Business Days prior written notice of any decision to attempt to sell the Mortgage Loan; (b) at least ten (10) days prior to the proposed sale date, a copy of each bid package (together with any amendments to such bid packages) received by the Special Servicer in connection with any such proposed sale, (c) at least ten (10) days prior to the proposed sale date, a copy of the most recent appraisal for the Mortgage Loan, and any documents in the servicing file reasonably requested by such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder that are material to the sale price of the Mortgage Loan and (d) until the sale is completed, and a reasonable period of time (but no less time than is afforded to other offerors and the Lead Securitization Note Holder Representative) prior to the proposed sale date, all information and other documents being provided to other offerors and all leases or other documents that are approved by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer in connection with the proposed sale; provided, however, that such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder may waive any delivery or timing requirements set forth in this sentence only for itself. Subject to the foregoing, each of the Controlling Note Holder, the Controlling Note Holder Representative, the Non-Controlling Note Holders and the Non-Controlling Note Holder Representatives shall be permitted to submit an offer at any sale of the Mortgage Loan (unless such Person is a Borrower Party).

Notwithstanding anything contained in the preceding paragraph to the contrary, if the Trustee is required to determine whether a cash offer by an Interested Person constitutes a fair price, the Trustee may (at its option and at the expense of the offering Interested Person purchaser) designate an independent third party expert in real estate or commercial mortgage loan matters with at least five (5) years’ experience in valuing loans similar to the Mortgage Loan, that has been selected with reasonable care by the Trustee to determine if such cash offer constitutes a fair price for the Mortgage Loan. If the Trustee designates such third party to make such determination, the Trustee shall be entitled to rely conclusively upon such third party’s determination. The reasonable fees of, and the costs of all appraisals, inspection reports and broker opinions of value incurred by any such third party shall be covered by, and shall be reimbursable, from the offering Interested Person.

Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder hereby appoints the Lead Securitization Note Holder as its agent, and grants to the Lead Securitization Note Holder an irrevocable power of attorney coupled with an interest, and its proxy, for the purpose of soliciting and accepting offers for and consummating the sale of the related Non-Lead Securitization Note. Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder further agrees that, upon the request of the Lead Securitization Note Holder, such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall execute and deliver to or at the direction of Lead Securitization Note Holder such powers of attorney or other instruments as the Lead Securitization Note Holder may reasonably request to better assure and evidence the foregoing appointment and grant, in each case promptly

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following request, and shall deliver the original related Non-Lead Securitization Note, endorsed in blank, to or at the direction of the Lead Securitization Note Holder in connection with the consummation of any such sale.

The authority of the Lead Securitization Note Holder to sell the Non-Lead Securitization Notes, and the obligations of the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holders to execute and deliver instruments or deliver the Non-Lead Securitization Notes upon request of the Lead Securitization Note Holder, shall terminate and cease to be of any further force or effect upon the date, if any, upon which the Lead Securitization Note is repurchased by the Initial Note Holder from the trust fund established under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement in connection with a material breach of representation or warranty made by such Initial Note Holder with respect to the Lead Securitization Note or material document defect with respect to the documents delivered by the related Initial Note Holder with respect to the Lead Securitization Note upon the consummation of the Lead Securitization. The preceding sentence shall not be construed to grant to a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder the benefit of any representation or warranty made by such Initial Note Holder or any document delivery obligation imposed on such Initial Note Holder under any mortgage loan purchase and sale agreement, instrument of transfer or other document or instrument that may be executed or delivered by such Initial Note Holder in connection with the Lead Securitization.

(b)               The administration of the Mortgage Loan shall be governed by this Agreement and the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. The servicing of the Mortgage Loan shall be carried out by the Master Servicer and, if the Mortgage Loan is a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan (or to the extent otherwise provided in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement), by the Special Servicer, in each case pursuant to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in accordance with the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall cause the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer to service and administer the Mortgage Loan in accordance with the Servicing Standard, taking into account the interests of each Note Holder. The Note Holders agree to be bound by the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. All rights and obligations of the Lead Securitization Note Holder described hereunder may be exercised by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder. The Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement shall not be amended in any manner that may materially and adversely affect any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder in its capacity as a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder without such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s prior written consent. Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder (unless it is a Borrower Party) shall be a third-party beneficiary to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement with respect to its rights as specifically provided for therein.

(c)                Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall be required (i) to provide copies of any notice, information and report that it is required to provide to the Lead Securitization Note Holder Representative pursuant to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement (for this purpose, without regard to whether such items are actually required to be provided to the Lead Securitization Note Holder Representative under the Lead Securitization

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Servicing Agreement due to the occurrence of a Control Termination Event or a Consultation Termination Event or effectively equivalent period) with respect to any Major Decision or the implementation of any recommended actions outlined in an Asset Status Report relating to the Mortgage Loan, to a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder (or its Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder Representative), within the same time frame it is required to provide to the Lead Securitization Note Holder Representative (for this purpose, without regard to whether such items are actually required to be provided to the Lead Securitization Note Holder Representative under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement due to the occurrence of a Control Termination Event or a Consultation Termination Event or effectively equivalent period, but subject to any limitations in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement regarding providing such information to the Mortgage Loan Borrower or those who have certain relationships with the Mortgage Loan Borrower) and (ii) to consult with each Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative) on a strictly non-binding basis, to the extent having received such notices, information and reports, such Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative) requests consultation with respect to any such Major Decision or the implementation of any recommended actions outlined in an Asset Status Report relating to the Mortgage Loan, and consider alternative actions recommended by such Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative); provided that after the expiration of a period of ten (10) Business Days from the delivery to such Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative) by the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) of written notice of a proposed action, together with copies of the notice, information and report required to be provided to the Lead Securitization Note Holder Representative, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall no longer be obligated to consult with such Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative) (unless, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) proposes a new course of action that is materially different from the action previously proposed, in which case such ten (10) Business Day period shall be deemed to begin anew from the date of such proposal and delivery of all information relating thereto). Notwithstanding the consultation rights of each Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative) set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or Master Servicer or Special Servicer, acting on its behalf) may make any Major Decision or any action set forth in the Asset Status Report before the expiration of the aforementioned ten (10) Business Day period if the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable) determines that immediate action with respect thereto is necessary to protect the interests of the Note Holders. In no event shall the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or Master Servicer or Special Servicer, acting on its behalf) be obligated at any time to follow or take any alternative actions recommended by a Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative).

In addition to the consultation rights of each Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative) provided in the immediately preceding paragraph, each Non-Controlling Note Holder shall have the right to attend (in person or telephonically, in the discretion of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable) annual meetings with the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its

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behalf), upon reasonable notice and at times reasonably acceptable to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in which servicing issues related to the Mortgage Loan are discussed.

(d)               If any Note is included as an asset of a real estate mortgage investment conduit (a “REMIC”), within the meaning of Section 860D(a) of the Code, then, any provision of this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding: (i) the Mortgage Loan shall be administered such that the Notes shall qualify at all times as (or as interests in) a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, (ii) any real property (and related personal property) acquired by or on behalf of the Note Holders pursuant to a foreclosure, exercise of a power of sale or delivery of a deed in lieu of foreclosure of the Mortgage or lien on such property following a default on the Mortgage Loan shall be administered so that the interest of the pro rata share of each Note Holder therein shall at all times qualify as “foreclosure property” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code and (iii) no Servicer may modify, waive or amend any provision of the Mortgage Loan, consent to or withhold consent from any action of the Mortgage Loan Borrower, or exercise or refrain from exercising any powers or rights which the Note Holders may have under the Mortgage Loan Documents, if any such action would constitute a “significant modification” of the Mortgage Loan, within the meaning of Section 1.860G-2(b) of the regulations of the United States Department of the Treasury, more than three (3) months after the startup day of the REMIC which includes the Notes (or any portion thereof). Each Note Holder agrees that the provisions of this paragraph shall be effected by compliance with any REMIC provisions in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement relating to the administration of the Mortgage Loan.

Anything herein or in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if one of the Notes is included in a REMIC and the other is not, such other Note Holder shall not be required to reimburse such Note Holder or any other Person for payment of (i) any taxes imposed on such REMIC, (ii) any costs or expenses relating to the administration of such REMIC or to any determination respecting the amount, payment or avoidance of any tax under such REMIC or (iii) any advances for any of the foregoing or any interest thereon or for deficits in other items of disbursement or income resulting from the use of funds for payment of any such taxes, costs or expenses or advances, nor shall any disbursement or payment otherwise distributable to the other Note Holder be reduced to offset or make-up any such payment or deficit.

Section 6.                Rights of the Controlling Note Holder and Non-Controlling Note Holders.

(a)                The Controlling Note Holder shall have the right at any time to appoint a representative in connection with the exercise of its rights and obligations with respect to the Mortgage Loan (the “Controlling Note Holder Representative”). The Controlling Note Holder shall have the right in its sole discretion at any time and from time to time to remove and replace the Controlling Note Holder Representative. When exercising its various rights under Section 5 and elsewhere in this Agreement, the Controlling Note Holder may, at its option, in each case, act through the Controlling Note Holder Representative. The Controlling Note Holder Representative may be any Person (other than a Borrower Party), including, without limitation, the Controlling Note Holder, any officer or employee of the Controlling Note

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Holder, any Affiliate of the Controlling Note Holder or any other unrelated third party. No such Controlling Note Holder Representative shall owe any fiduciary duty or other duty to any other Person (other than the Controlling Note Holder). All actions that are permitted to be taken by the Controlling Note Holder under this Agreement may be taken by the Controlling Note Holder Representative acting on behalf of the Controlling Note Holder. No Servicer, Certificate Administrator or Trustee acting on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall be required to recognize any Person as a Controlling Note Holder Representative until the Controlling Note Holder has notified each Servicer, Certificate Administrator and Trustee of such appointment and, if the Controlling Note Holder Representative is not the same Person as the Controlling Note Holder, the Controlling Note Holder Representative provides each Servicer, Certificate Administrator and Trustee with written confirmation of its acceptance of such appointment (and such parties will be entitled to rely on such notice), an address and facsimile number for the delivery of notices and other correspondence and a list of officers or employees of such person with whom the parties to this Agreement may deal (including their names, titles, work addresses and facsimile numbers). The Controlling Note Holder shall promptly deliver such information to any Servicer, Certificate Administrator and Trustee. The Controlling Note Holder agrees to inform each such Servicer or Trustee of the then-current Controlling Note Holder Representative.

Neither the Controlling Note Holder Representative nor the Controlling Note Holder, in such capacity, will have any liability to the other Note Holders or any other Person for any action taken, or for refraining from the taking of any action or the giving of any consent or the failure to give any consent pursuant to this Agreement or the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, or errors in judgment, absent any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of its willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or breach of this Agreement. The Note Holders agree that the Controlling Note Holder Representative and the Controlling Note Holder (whether acting in place of the Controlling Note Holder Representative when no Controlling Note Holder Representative shall have been appointed hereunder or otherwise exercising any right, power or privilege granted to the Controlling Note Holder hereunder) may take or refrain from taking actions, or give or refrain from giving consents, that favor the interests of one Note Holder over the other Note Holder, and that the Controlling Note Holder Representative or Controlling Note Holder may have special relationships and interests that conflict with the interests of other Note Holders and, absent willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or breach of this Agreement on the part of the Controlling Note Holder Representative or the Controlling Note Holder, as the case may be, acting in such capacity, agree to take no action against the Controlling Note Holder Representative, the Controlling Note Holder or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, principals or agents as a result of such special relationships or interests, and that neither the Controlling Note Holder Representative nor the Controlling Note Holder will be deemed to have been grossly negligent or reckless, or to have acted in bad faith or engaged in willful misfeasance or to have recklessly disregarded any exercise of its rights by reason of its having acted or refrained from acting, or having given any consent or having failed to give any consent, solely in the interests of any Note Holder.

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rights and obligations with respect to the Mortgage Loan (with respect to such Note Holder, the “Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative”). All of the provisions relating to the Controlling Note Holder and the Controlling Note Holder Representative set forth in Section 6(a) shall apply to each Non-Controlling Note Holder and its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative mutatis mutandis.

Each Non-Controlling Note Holder (if it is not the Lead Securitization Note Holder) shall provide notice of its identity and contact information (including any change thereof) to the Trustee, Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer; provided, that each Initial Note Holder shall be deemed to have provided such notice on the date hereof. The Trustee, Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such identity and contact information received by it and shall not be liable in respect of any deliveries hereunder sent in reliance thereon. The Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative with respect to the Non-Controlling Notes, as of the date of this Agreement and until the Lead Securitization Note Holder (and the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer) is notified otherwise, shall be the Initial Note A-2 Holder, with respect to Note A-2.

(c)                The Controlling Note Holder shall be entitled to exercise the rights and powers granted to the Controlling Note Holder hereunder and the rights and powers granted to the “Directing Holder,” “Controlling Class Certificateholder,” “Controlling Class Representative” or similar party under, and as defined in, the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement with respect to the Mortgage Loan. In addition, the Controlling Note Holder shall be entitled to advise (1) the Special Servicer with respect to all matters related to the Mortgage Loan if it is a “Specially Serviced Loan” (as defined in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement) and (2) the Special Servicer with respect to all matters for which the Master Servicer must obtain the consent or deemed consent of the Special Servicer, and, except as set forth below, (i) the Master Servicer shall not be permitted to implement any Major Decision unless it has obtained the prior written consent of the Special Servicer and (ii) the Special Servicer shall not be permitted to consent to the Master Servicer’s implementing any Major Decision nor will the Special Servicer itself be permitted to implement any Major Decision as to which the Controlling Note Holder has objected in writing within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of the written recommendation and analysis and such additional information requested by the Controlling Note Holder, and reasonably available to the Special Servicer, as may be necessary in order to make a judgment with respect to such Major Decision. The Controlling Note Holder may also direct the Special Servicer to take, or to refrain from taking, such other actions with respect to the Mortgage Loan as the Controlling Note Holder may deem advisable.

If the Controlling Note Holder fails to notify the Special Servicer of its approval or disapproval of any proposed Major Decision within ten (10) Business Days after delivery to the Controlling Note Holder by the applicable Servicer of written notice of a proposed Major Decision together with any information requested by the Controlling Note Holder as may be necessary in the reasonable judgment of the Controlling Note Holder in order to make a judgment, then upon the expiration of such ten (10) Business Day period, such Major Decision shall be deemed to have been approved by the Controlling Note Holder.

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In the event that the Special Servicer or Master Servicer (in the event the Master Servicer is otherwise authorized by the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement to take such action), as applicable, determines that immediate action, with respect to the foregoing matters, or any other matter requiring consent of the Controlling Note Holder is necessary to protect the interests of the Note Holders (as a collective whole) and the Special Servicer has made a reasonable effort to contact the Controlling Note Holder, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, may take any such action without waiting for the Controlling Note Holder’s response.

No objection, consent, direction or advice contemplated by the preceding paragraphs may, and neither the Master Servicer nor Special Servicer shall take any action that would (i) require or cause the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, to violate any provision of the Mortgage Loan Documents, applicable law, the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, this Agreement, the REMIC Provisions or the Master Servicer or Special Servicer’s obligation to act in accordance with the Servicing Standard or (ii) result in the imposition of a tax on any Trust REMIC under the REMIC Provisions or cause any REMIC Pool to fail to qualify as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a grantor trust under subpart E, part I of subchapter J of the Code for federal income tax purposes, (iii) expose the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Depositor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trust or the Trustee or any of their respective Affiliates, officers, directors, shareholders, partners, members, managers, employees or agents to any claim, suit, or liability for which this Agreement or the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement does not provide indemnification to such party or expose any such party to prosecution for a criminal offense, (iv) materially expand the scope of responsibilities of any of the Master Servicer, Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, under this Agreement or the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

Section 7.                Appointment of Special Servicer. Subject to the conditions and requirements set forth in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, the Controlling Note Holder shall have the right at any time and from time to time, with or without cause, to replace the Special Servicer then acting with respect to the Mortgage Loan and appoint a replacement Special Servicer in lieu thereof. Any designation by the Controlling Note Holder (or its Controlling Note Holder Representative) of a Person to serve as Special Servicer shall be made by delivering to the other Note Holder, the Master Servicer, the then existing Special Servicer and other parties to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement a written notice stating such designation and satisfying the other conditions to such replacement as set forth in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement (including, without limitation, a Rating Agency Confirmation, but only if required by the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement), and delivering to each Non-Controlling Note Holder a Rating Agency Confirmation with respect to any rated securities issued and outstanding under the related Securitization if such replacement Special Servicer does not meet the Required Special Servicer Rating with respect to those Rating Agencies rating the securities of any Securitization related to a Non-Controlling Note Holder. The Controlling Note Holder shall be solely responsible for any expenses incurred in connection with any such replacement without cause. The Controlling Note Holder shall notify the Non-Controlling Note Holders of its termination of the then currently serving Special Servicer and its

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appointment of a replacement Special Servicer in accordance with this Section 7. If the Controlling Note Holder has not appointed a Special Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loan as of the consummation of the securitization under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, then the initial Special Servicer designated in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement shall serve as the initial Special Servicer but this shall not limit the right of the Controlling Note Holder (or its Controlling Note Holder Representative) to designate a replacement Special Servicer for the Mortgage Loan as aforesaid. If a Servicer Termination Event on the part of the Special Servicer has occurred that affects a Non-Controlling Note Holder, such Non-Controlling Note Holder shall have the right to direct the Trustee (or at any time that the Mortgage Loan is no longer included in a Securitization Trust, the Controlling Note Holder) to terminate the Special Servicer under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement solely with respect to the Mortgage Loan pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. The Note Holders acknowledge and agree that any successor special servicer appointed to replace the Special Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loan that was terminated for cause at a Non-Controlling Note Holder’s direction cannot at any time be the person (or an Affiliate thereof) that was so terminated without the prior written consent of such Non-Controlling Note Holder. Upon the occurrence of such a Servicer Termination Event with respect to the Master Servicer that affects a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder, and the Master Servicer is not otherwise terminated pursuant to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, the Trustee or the Master Servicer shall, upon the direction of the affected Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder, require the appointment of a subservicer with respect to the Mortgage Loan. The Non-Controlling Note Holder that directs the Trustee (or at any time that the Mortgage Loan is no longer included in a Securitization Trust, the Controlling Note Holder) to terminate the Special Servicer shall be solely responsible for reimbursing the Trustee’s or the Controlling Note Holder’s, as applicable, costs and expenses, if not paid within a reasonable time by the terminated special servicer and, in the case of the Trustee, that would otherwise be reimbursed to the Trustee from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

Section 8.                Payment Procedure.

(a)                The Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer acting on its behalf), in accordance with the priorities set forth in Section 3 and subject to the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, shall deposit or cause to be deposited all payments allocable to the Notes to the Collection Account and/or Companion Distribution Account pursuant to and in accordance with the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. The Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer acting on its behalf) shall deposit such amounts to the applicable account within two (2) Business Days after receipt by it of properly identified funds by the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer acting on its behalf) from or on behalf of the Mortgage Loan Borrower.

(b)               If the Lead Securitization Note Holder determines, or a court of competent jurisdiction orders, at any time that any amount received or collected in respect of any Note must, pursuant to any insolvency, bankruptcy, fraudulent conveyance, preference or similar law, be returned to the Mortgage Loan Borrower or paid to the Lead Securitization Note Holder, a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder or any Servicer or paid to any other Person,

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then, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall not be required to distribute any portion thereof to the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holders and each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall promptly on demand by the Lead Securitization Note Holder repay to the Lead Securitization Note Holder any portion thereof that the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall have theretofore distributed to such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder, together with interest thereon at such rate, if any, as the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall have been required to pay to any Mortgage Loan Borrower, Master Servicer, Special Servicer or such other Person with respect thereto.

(c)                If, for any reason, the Lead Securitization Note Holder makes any payment to a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder before the Lead Securitization Note Holder has received the corresponding payment (it being understood that the Lead Securitization Note Holder is under no obligation to do so), and the Lead Securitization Note Holder does not receive the corresponding payment within five (5) Business Days of its payment to such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder, such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall, at the Lead Securitization Note Holder’s request, promptly return that payment to the Lead Securitization Note Holder.

(d)               Each Note Holder agrees that if at any time it shall receive from any sources whatsoever any payment on account of the Mortgage Loan in excess of its distributable share thereof, it shall promptly remit such excess to the applicable Note Holder, subject to this Agreement and the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. The Lead Securitization Note Holder shall have the right to offset any amounts due hereunder from a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder with respect to the Mortgage Loan against any future payments due to such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder under the Mortgage Loan. A Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s obligations under this Section 8 constitute absolute, unconditional and continuing obligations.

Section 9.                Limitation on Liability of the Note Holders. Each Note Holder shall have no liability to any other Note Holder with respect to its Note except with respect to losses actually suffered due to the gross negligence, willful misconduct or breach of this Agreement on the part of such Note Holder; provided, that, notwithstanding any of the foregoing to the contrary, each Servicer will nevertheless be subject to the obligations and standards (including the Servicing Standard) set forth in the related Securitization Servicing Agreement.

The Note Holders acknowledge that, subject to the obligation of the Lead Securitization Note Holder (including any Servicer and the Trustee) to comply with, and except as otherwise required by, the Servicing Standard, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (including any Servicer and the Trustee) may exercise, or omit to exercise, any rights that the Lead Securitization Note Holder may have under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement in a manner that may be adverse to the interests of any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder and that the Lead Securitization Note Holder (including any Servicer and the Trustee) shall have no liability whatsoever to any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder in connection with such Lead Securitization Note Holder’s exercise of rights or any omission by the Lead Securitization Note Holder to exercise such rights other than as described above; provided, however, that the Servicer must act in accordance with the Servicing Standard.

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Section 10.            Bankruptcy. Subject to Section 5(c), each Note Holder hereby covenants and agrees that only the Lead Securitization Note Holder has the right to institute, file, commence, acquiesce, petition under Bankruptcy Code Section 303 or otherwise or join any Person in any such petition or otherwise invoke or cause any other Person to invoke an Insolvency Proceeding with respect to or against the Mortgage Loan Borrower or seek to appoint a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official with respect to the Mortgage Loan Borrower or all or any part of its property or assets or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of the affairs of the Mortgage Loan Borrower. Each Note Holder further agrees that only the Lead Securitization Note Holder, and not any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder, can make any election, give any consent, commence any action or file any motion, claim, obligation, notice or application or take any other action in any case by or against the Mortgage Loan Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code or in any other Insolvency Proceeding. The Note Holders hereby appoint the Lead Securitization Note Holder as their agent, and grant to the Lead Securitization Note Holder an irrevocable power of attorney coupled with an interest, and their proxy, for the purpose of exercising any and all rights and taking any and all actions available to a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder in connection with any case by or against the Mortgage Loan Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code or in any other Insolvency Proceeding, including, without limitation, the right to file and/or prosecute any claim, vote to accept or reject a plan, to make any election under Section 1111(b) of the Bankruptcy Code with respect to the Mortgage Loan, and to file a motion to modify, lift or terminate the automatic stay with respect to the Mortgage Loan. Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder hereby agrees that, upon the request of the Lead Securitization Note Holder, such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Lead Securitization Note Holder all and every such further deeds, conveyances and instruments as the Lead Securitization Note Holder may reasonably request for the better assuring and evidencing of the foregoing appointment and grant. All actions taken by the Servicer in connection with any Insolvency Proceeding are subject to and must be in accordance with the Servicing Standard.

Section 11.            Representations of the Note Holders. Each Note Holder represents and warrants that the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement is within its corporate powers, has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, and does not contravene such Note Holder’s charter or any law or contractual restriction binding upon such Note Holder, and that this Agreement is the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Note Holder enforceable against such Note Holder in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and except that the enforcement of rights with respect to indemnification and contribution obligations may be limited by applicable law. Each Note Holder represents and warrants that it is duly organized, validly existing, in good standing and in possession of all licenses and authorizations necessary to carry on its business. Each Note Holder represents and warrants that (a) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by such Note Holder, (b) to such Note Holder’s actual knowledge, all consents, approvals, authorizations, orders or filings of or with any court or governmental agency or body, if any, required for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by such Note Holder have been obtained or made and (c) to such Note Holder’s actual knowledge, there is no pending action, suit or proceeding, arbitration or

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governmental investigation against such Note Holder, an adverse outcome of which would materially and adversely affect its performance under this Agreement.

Section 12.            No Creation of a Partnership or Exclusive Purchase Right. Nothing contained in this Agreement, and no action taken pursuant hereto shall be deemed to constitute the relationship created hereby between the Note Holders as a partnership, association, joint venture or other entity. The Lead Securitization Note Holder shall have no obligation whatsoever to offer to any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder the opportunity to purchase a participation interest in any future loans originated by the Lead Securitization Note Holder or its Affiliates and if the Lead Securitization Note Holder chooses to offer to a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder the opportunity to purchase a participation interest in any future mortgage loans originated by the Lead Securitization Note Holder or its Affiliates, such offer shall be at such purchase price and interest rate as the Lead Securitization Note Holder chooses, in its sole and absolute discretion. No Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall have any obligation whatsoever to purchase from the Lead Securitization Note Holder a participation interest in any future loans originated by the Lead Securitization Note Holder or its Affiliates.

Section 13.            Other Business Activities of the Note Holders. Each Note Holder acknowledges that the other Note Holder or its Affiliates may make loans or otherwise extend credit to, and generally engage in any kind of business with, a Borrower Party, any entity that is a holder of debt secured by direct or indirect ownership interests in the Mortgage Loan Borrower or any entity that is a holder of a preferred equity interest in the Mortgage Loan Borrower, and receive payments on such other loans or extensions of credit to any such party and otherwise act with respect thereto freely and without accountability in the same manner as if this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby were not in effect.

Section 14.            Sale of the Notes.

(a)                Except as contemplated by the second following sentence, each Note Holder agrees that it will not sell, assign, transfer, pledge, syndicate, hypothecate, contribute, encumber or otherwise dispose of all or any portion of its respective Note (a “Transfer”) except to a Qualified Institutional Lender in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Promptly after the Transfer (other than a Transfer to a Securitization Trust), the non-transferring Note Holder(s) shall be provided with (x) a representation from a transferee or the applicable Note Holder certifying that such transferee is a Qualified Institutional Lender (except in the case of a Transfer in accordance with the immediately following sentence) and (y) a copy of the assignment and assumption agreement referred to in Section 15. If a Note Holder intends to Transfer its respective Note, or any portion thereof, to an entity that is not a Qualified Institutional Lender, it must first (a) obtain the consent of each non-transferring Note Holder and (b) if such non-transferring Note Holder’s Note is held in a Securitization Trust, obtain a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency then rating the securities of such Securitization Trust. Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the non-transferring Note Holder’s prior consent (which will not be unreasonably withheld), and, if such non-transferring Note Holder’s Note is held in a Securitization Trust, until a Rating Agency Confirmation is obtained, no Note Holder shall Transfer all or any portion of its Note (or a participation interest in such Note) to a Borrower Party and any such Transfer made without the prior consent of the non-transferring Note Holder and Rating Agency Confirmation (if such non-transferring Note

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Holder’s Note is held in a Securitization Trust), shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee; provided that for the avoidance of doubt, transfers of any securities backed by a Note held in a Securitization Trust will not be subject to the foregoing requirement and such transfers shall be governed by the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement or any related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, as applicable. The transferring Note Holder agrees that it shall pay the expenses of the non-transferring Note Holder (including all expenses of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee and any Controlling Note Holder or Controlling Note Holder Representative) and all expenses relating to any Rating Agency Confirmation in connection with any such Transfer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Note Holder shall have the right, without the need to obtain the consent of the other Note Holder or of any other Person or having to provide any Rating Agency Confirmation, to Transfer 49% or less (in the aggregate) of its beneficial interest in a Note. None of the provisions of this Section 14(a) shall apply in the case of (1) a sale of all of the Notes together, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement or (2) a transfer by the Special Servicer, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, of the Mortgage Loan or the Mortgaged Property, upon the Mortgage Loan becoming a Defaulted Loan to a single member limited liability or limited partnership, 100% of the equity interest in which is owned directly or indirectly, through one or more single member limited liability companies or limited partnerships, by the Lead Securitization Trust.

(b)               In the case of any Transfer of a participation interest in any of the Notes, (i) the respective Note Holders’ obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Note Holders shall remain solely responsible for the performance of such obligations, and (iii) the Lead Securitization Note Holder and any Persons acting on its behalf shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Note Holder in connection with such Note Holder’s rights and obligations under this Agreement and the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, and all amounts payable hereunder shall be determined as if such Note Holder had not sold such participation interest.

(c)                Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, any Note Holder may pledge (a “Pledge”) its Note to any entity (other than a Borrower Party) which has extended a credit facility to such Note Holder and that is either a Qualified Institutional Lender or a financial institution whose long-term unsecured debt is rated at least “A” (or the equivalent) or better by each Rating Agency (or, if not rated by an applicable Rating Agency, an equivalent or higher rating from any two of Fitch, Moody’s and S&P) (a “Note Pledgee”), on terms and conditions set forth in this Section 14(c), it being further agreed that a financing provided by a Note Pledgee to a Note Holder or any person which Controls such Note that is secured by its Note and is structured as a repurchase arrangement, shall qualify as a “Pledge” hereunder, provided that a Note Pledgee that is not a Qualified Institutional Lender may not take title to the pledged Note without a Rating Agency Confirmation. Upon written notice by the applicable Note Holder to any other Note Holder and any Servicer that a Pledge has been effected (including the name and address of the applicable Note Pledgee), such other Note Holder agrees to acknowledge receipt of such notice and thereafter agrees: (i) to give Note Pledgee written notice of any default by the pledging Note Holder in respect of its obligations under this Agreement of which default such Note Holder has actual knowledge; (ii) to allow such Note

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Pledgee a period of ten (10) days to cure a default by the pledging Note Holder in respect of its obligations to any other Note Holder hereunder, but such Note Pledgee shall not be obligated to cure any such default; (iii) that no amendment, modification, waiver or termination of this Agreement shall be effective against such Note Pledgee without the written consent of such Note Pledgee, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed; (iv) that such other Note Holder shall give to such Note Pledgee copies of any notice of default under this Agreement simultaneously with the giving of same to the pledging Note Holder; (v) that such other Note Holder shall deliver to Note Pledgee such estoppel certificate(s) as Note Pledgee shall reasonably request, provided that any such certificate(s) shall be in a form reasonably satisfactory to such other Note Holder; and (vi) that, upon written notice (a “Redirection Notice”) to the other Note Holders and any Servicer by such Note Pledgee that the pledging Note Holder is in default, beyond any applicable cure periods, under the pledging Note Holder’s obligations to such Note Pledgee pursuant to the applicable credit agreement between the pledging Note Holder and such Note Pledgee (which notice need not be joined in or confirmed by the pledging Note Holder), and until such Redirection Notice is withdrawn or rescinded by such Note Pledgee, Note Pledgee shall be entitled to receive any payments that any Note Holder or Servicer would otherwise be obligated to pay to the pledging Note Holder from time to time pursuant to this Agreement or the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. Any pledging Note Holder hereby unconditionally and absolutely releases the other Note Holders and any Servicer from any liability to the pledging Note Holder on account of such other Note Holder’s or Servicer’s compliance with any Redirection Notice believed by any Servicer or such other Note Holder to have been delivered by a Note Pledgee. A Note Pledgee shall be permitted to exercise fully its rights and remedies against the pledging Note Holder to such Note Pledgee (and accept an assignment in lieu of foreclosure as to such collateral), in accordance with applicable law and this Agreement. In such event, the Note Holders and any Servicer shall recognize such Note Pledgee (and any transferee other than a Borrower Party that is also a Qualified Institutional Lender at any foreclosure or similar sale held by such Note Pledgee or any transfer in lieu of foreclosure), and its successor and assigns, as the successor to the pledging Note Holder’s rights, remedies and obligations under this Agreement, and any such Note Pledgee or Qualified Institutional Lender shall assume in writing the obligations of the pledging Note Holder hereunder accruing from and after such Transfer (i.e., realization upon the collateral by such Note Pledgee) and agrees to be bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement. The rights of a Note Pledgee under this Section 14(c) shall remain effective as to any Note Holder (and any Servicer) unless and until such Note Pledgee shall have notified any such Note Holder (and any Servicer, as applicable) in writing that its interest in the pledged Note has terminated.

(d)               Notwithstanding any provisions herein to the contrary, if a conduit (“Conduit”) which is not a Qualified Institutional Lender provides financing to a Note Holder then such Note Holder shall have the right to grant a security interest in its Note to such Conduit notwithstanding that such Conduit is not a Qualified Institutional Lender, if the following conditions are satisfied:

(i)            The loan (the “Conduit Inventory Loan”) made by the Conduit to such Note Holder to finance the acquisition and holding of its Note requires a third party (the “Conduit Credit Enhancer”) to provide credit enhancement;

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(ii)            The Conduit Credit Enhancer is a Qualified Institutional Lender;

(iii)            Such Note Holder pledges its interest in its Note to the Conduit as collateral for the Conduit Inventory Loan;

(iv)            The Conduit Credit Enhancer and the Conduit agree that, if such Note Holder defaults under the Conduit Inventory Loan, or if the Conduit is unable to refinance its outstanding commercial paper even if there is no default by such Note Holder, the Conduit Credit Enhancer will purchase the Conduit Inventory Loan from the Conduit, and the Conduit will assign the pledge of such Note Holder’s Note to the Conduit Credit Enhancer; and

(v)            Unless the Conduit is in fact then a Qualified Institutional Lender, the Conduit will not without obtaining a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency have any greater right to acquire the interests in the Note pledged by such Note Holder, by foreclosure or otherwise, than would any other purchaser that is not a Qualified Institutional Lender at a foreclosure sale conducted by a Note Pledgee.

Section 15.            Registration of the Notes and Each Note Holder. The Agent shall keep or cause to be kept at the Agent Office books (the “Note Register”) for the registration and transfer of the Notes. The Agent shall serve as the initial note registrar and the Agent hereby accepts such appointment. The names and addresses of the holders of the Notes and the names and addresses of any transferee of any Note of which the Agent has received notice, in the form of a copy of the assignment and assumption agreement referred to in this Section 15, shall be registered in the Note Register. The Person in whose name a Note is so registered shall be deemed and treated as the sole owner and holder thereof for all purposes of this Agreement. Upon request of a Note Holder, the Agent shall provide such party with the names and addresses of the other Note Holder. To the extent the Trustee or another party is appointed as Agent hereunder, each Note Holder hereby designates such person as its agent under this Section 15 solely for purposes of maintaining the Note Register.

In connection with any Transfer of a Note (but excluding any Pledgee unless and until it realizes on its Pledge), a transferee shall execute an assignment and assumption agreement (unless the transferee is a Securitization Trust and the related pooling and servicing agreement requires the parties thereto to comply with this Agreement), whereby such transferee assumes all of the obligations of the applicable Note Holder hereunder with respect to such Note thereafter accruing and agrees to be bound by the terms of this Agreement, including the applicable restriction on Transfers set forth in Section 14, from and after the date of such assignment. No transfer of a Note may be made unless it is registered on the Note Register, and the Agent shall not recognize any attempted or purported transfer of any Note in violation of the provisions of Section 14 and this Section 15. Any such purported transfer shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. Each Note Holder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Agent and the other Note Holders against any liability that may result if the transfer is not made in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

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Section 16.            Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT, AND/OR THE INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS AND DECISIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CHOICE OF LAW RULES THEREOF (OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW). EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT.

Section 17.            Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:

(a)                SUBMITS FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT IN RESPECT THEREOF, TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE GENERAL JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, THE FEDERAL COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND APPELLATE COURTS FROM ANY THEREOF;

(b)               CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE BROUGHT IN SUCH COURTS AND, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WAIVES ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT OR THAT SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING WAS BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT COURT AND AGREES NOT TO PLEAD OR CLAIM THE SAME;

(c)                AGREES THAT SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE EFFECTED BY MAILING A COPY THEREOF BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL (OR ANY SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR FORM OF MAIL), POSTAGE PREPAID, TO ITS ADDRESS SET FORTH HEREIN OR AT SUCH OTHER ADDRESS OF WHICH A PARTY HEREIN SHALL HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED; AND

(d)               AGREES THAT NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT TO EFFECT SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR SHALL LIMIT THE RIGHT TO SUE IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.

Section 18.            Modifications. This Agreement shall not be modified, cancelled or terminated except by an instrument in writing signed by each Note Holder. Additionally, for as long as any Note is contained in a Securitization Trust, the Note Holders shall not amend or modify this Agreement without first obtaining a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency then rating any securities of any Securitization; provided that no such Rating Agency Confirmation shall be required in connection with a modification (i) to cure any

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ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provisions herein that may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions herein or with the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, or (ii) with respect to matters or questions arising under this Agreement, to make provisions in this Agreement consistent with other provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, in connection with the creation of New Notes pursuant to Section 32).

Section 19.            Successors and Assigns; Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Except as provided herein, including without limitation, with respect to the Trustee, Certificate Administrator, Master Servicer and Special Servicer and the Non-Lead Master Servicer, Non-Lead Special Servicer or Non-Lead Trustee, none of the provisions of this Agreement shall be for the benefit of or enforceable by any Person not a party hereto. Subject to Section 14 and Section 15, each Note Holder may assign or delegate its rights or obligations under this Agreement. Upon any such assignment, the assignee shall be entitled to all rights and benefits of the applicable Note Holder hereunder.

Section 20.            Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument, and the words “executed,” “signed,” “signature” and words of like import as used above and elsewhere in this Agreement or in any other certificate, agreement or document related to this transaction shall include, in addition to manually executed signatures, images of manually executed signatures transmitted by facsimile or other electronic format (including, without limitation, “pdf,” “tif” or “jpg”) and other electronic signatures (including, without limitation, any electronic sound, symbol, or process, attached to or logically associated with a contract or other record and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the record). The use of electronic signatures and electronic records (including, without limitation, any contract or other record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means) shall be of the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a manually executed signature or use of a paper-based record-keeping system to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act and any other applicable law, including, without limitation, any state law based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the Uniform Commercial Code.

Section 21.            Captions. The titles and headings of the paragraphs of this Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to summarize or otherwise describe the subject matter of the paragraphs and shall not be given any consideration in the construction of this Agreement.

Section 22.            Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable laws, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Agreement.

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Agreement and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings and negotiations between the parties.

Section 24.            Withholding Taxes. (a)(a) If the Lead Securitization Note Holder or the Mortgage Loan Borrower shall be required by law to deduct and withhold Taxes from interest, fees or other amounts payable to a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder with respect to the Mortgage Loan as a result of such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder constituting a Non-Exempt Person, the Lead Securitization Note Holder, in its capacity as servicer, shall be entitled to do so with respect to such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s interest in such payment (all withheld amounts being deemed paid to such Note Holder), provided that the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall furnish such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder with a statement setting forth the amount of Taxes withheld, the applicable rate and other information which may reasonably be requested for purposes of assisting such Note Holder to seek any allowable credits or deductions for the Taxes so withheld in each jurisdiction in which such Note Holder is subject to tax.

(b)               Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall and hereby agrees to indemnify the Lead Securitization Note Holder against and hold the Lead Securitization Note Holder harmless from and against any Taxes, interest, penalties and attorneys’ fees and disbursements arising or resulting from any failure of the Lead Securitization Note Holder to withhold Taxes from payment made such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder in reliance upon any representation, certificate, statement, document or instrument made or provided by such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder to the Lead Securitization Note Holder in connection with the obligation of the Lead Securitization Note Holder to withhold Taxes from payments made to such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder, it being expressly understood and agreed that (i) the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall be absolutely and unconditionally entitled to accept any such representation, certificate, statement, document or instrument as being true and correct in all respects and to fully rely thereon without any obligation or responsibility to investigate or to make any inquiries with respect to the accuracy, veracity, correctness or validity of the same and (ii) such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder, upon request of the Lead Securitization Note Holder and at its sole cost and expense, shall defend any claim or action relating to the foregoing indemnification using counsel selected by the Lead Securitization Note Holder.

(c)                Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder represents to the Lead Securitization Note Holder (for the benefit of the Mortgage Loan Borrower) that it is not a Non-Exempt Person and that neither the Lead Securitization Note Holder nor the Mortgage Loan Borrower is obligated under applicable law to withhold Taxes on sums paid to it with respect to the Mortgage Loan or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement. Contemporaneously with the execution of this Agreement and from time to time as necessary during the term of this Agreement, each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall deliver to the Lead Securitization Note Holder or Servicer, as applicable, evidence satisfactory to the Lead Securitization Note Holder substantiating that such Note Holder is not a Non-Exempt Person and that the Lead Securitization Note Holder is not obligated under applicable law to withhold Taxes on sums paid to it with respect to the Mortgage Loan or otherwise under this Agreement. Without limiting the effect of the foregoing, (i) if a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder is created or

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organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, it shall satisfy the requirements of the preceding sentence by furnishing to the Lead Securitization Note Holder an Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 and (ii) if a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder is not created or organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, and if the payment of interest or other amounts by the Mortgage Loan Borrower is treated for United States income tax purposes as derived in whole or part from sources within the United States, such Note Holder shall satisfy the requirements of the preceding sentence by furnishing to the Lead Securitization Note Holder Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI, Form W-8IMY (with appropriate attachments) or Form W-8BEN, or successor forms, as may be required from time to time, duly executed by such Note Holder, as evidence of such Note Holder’s exemption from the withholding of United States tax with respect thereto. The Lead Securitization Note Holder shall not be obligated to make any payment hereunder with respect to any Non-Lead Securitization Note or otherwise until the related Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall have furnished to the Lead Securitization Note Holder requested forms, certificates, statements or documents.

Section 25.            Custody of Mortgage Loan Documents. On and after the closing of the Lead Securitization, the originals of all of the Mortgage Loan Documents (other than the originals of the Non-Lead Securitization Notes) shall be held by the Trustee through a duly appointed custodian therefor, in accordance with the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, on behalf of the registered holders of the Notes; provided that if the First Securitization is not the Note A-1 Securitization, (i) the originals of all of the Mortgage Loan Documents (other than the Notes not being deposited into the First Securitization) shall be transferred to and held by the Trustee (of the First Securitization) through a duly appointed custodian therefor under the First Securitization, on behalf of the registered holders of the Notes, until the closing of the Note A-1 Securitization, on which date, the originals of all of the Mortgage Loan Documents (other than the Notes not being deposited into the Note A-1 Securitization) shall be transferred to and held in the name of the Trustee (by a duly appointed custodian therefor) under the Note A-1 PSA on behalf of the registered holders of the Notes; and (ii) all Mortgage Loan Documents (other than the Notes not being deposited into the Note A-1 Securitization) shall not be recorded or filed to reflect the name of the trustee under the Securitization Servicing Agreement for the First Securitization (except to the extent specifically provided for in the Securitization Servicing Agreement for the First Securitization).

Section 26.            Cooperation in Securitization. Each Note Holder acknowledges that any Note Holder may elect, in its sole discretion, to include its Note in a Securitization. In connection with a Securitization and subject to the terms of the preceding sentence, at the request of the related Securitizing Note Holder, the related Non-Securitizing Note Holder shall use reasonable efforts, at such Securitizing Note Holder’s expense, to satisfy, and to cooperate with such Securitizing Note Holder in attempting to cause the Mortgage Loan Borrower to satisfy, the market standards to which such Securitizing Note Holder customarily adheres or that may be reasonably required in the marketplace or by the Rating Agencies in connection with such Securitization, including, entering into (or consenting to, as applicable) any modifications to this Agreement or the Mortgage Loan Documents and to cooperate with such Securitizing Note Holder in attempting to cause the Mortgage Loan Borrower to execute such modifications to the Mortgage Loan Documents, in any such case, as may be reasonably

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requested by the Rating Agencies to effect such Securitization; provided, that no Non-Securitizing Note Holder shall be required to modify or amend this Agreement or any Mortgage Loan Documents (or consent to such modification, as applicable) in connection therewith, if such modification or amendment would (i) change the interest allocable to, or the amount of any payments due to or priority of such payments to, such Non-Securitizing Note Holder or (ii) materially increase such Non-Securitizing Note Holder’s obligations or materially decrease such Non-Securitizing Note Holder’s rights, remedies or protections. In connection with any Securitization, each related Non-Securitizing Note Holder shall provide for inclusion in any disclosure document relating to such Securitization such information concerning such Non-Securitizing Note Holder and its Note as the related Securitizing Note Holder reasonably determines to be necessary or appropriate, and such Non-Securitizing Note Holder shall, at such Securitizing Note Holder’s expense, cooperate with the reasonable requests of each Rating Agency and such Securitizing Note Holder in connection with such Securitization (including, without limitation, reasonably cooperating with such Securitizing Note Holder (without any obligation to make additional representations and warranties) to enable such Securitizing Note Holder to make all necessary certifications and deliver all necessary opinions (including customary securities law opinions) in connection with the Mortgage Loan and such Securitization), as well as in connection with all other matters and the preparation of any offering documents thereof and to review and respond reasonably promptly with respect to any information relating to such Note Holder and its Note in any Securitization document. Each Note Holder acknowledges that in connection with any Securitization, the information provided by it in its capacity as a Non-Securitizing Note Holder to the related Securitizing Note Holder may be incorporated into the offering documents for such Securitization. Each Securitizing Note Holder and each Rating Agency shall be entitled to rely on the information supplied by, or on behalf of, each Non-Securitizing Note Holder.

Upon request, each Securitizing Note Holder shall deliver to the Non-Securitizing Note Holder drafts of the preliminary and final offering memoranda, prospectus supplement, free writing prospectus and any other disclosure documents and the pooling and servicing agreement for the Securitization of such Securitizing Note Holder’s Note and provide reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such documents.

Section 27.            Notices. All notices required hereunder shall be given by (i)  facsimile transmission or e-mail (during business hours) if the sender on the same day sends a confirming copy of such notice by reputable overnight delivery service (charges prepaid), (ii) reputable overnight delivery service (charges prepaid) or (iii) certified United States mail, postage prepaid return receipt requested, and addressed to the respective parties at their addresses set forth on Exhibit B hereto, or at such other address as any party shall hereafter inform the other party by written notice given as aforesaid. All written notices so given shall be deemed effective upon receipt.

Section 28.            Broker. Each Note Holder represents to each other that no broker was responsible for bringing about this transaction.

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Section 29.            Certain Matters Affecting the Agent.

(a)                The Agent may request and/or rely upon and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any representation made or assignment and assumption agreement delivered to the Agent pursuant to Section 14 and Section 15;

(b)               The Agent may consult with counsel and any opinion of counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such opinion of counsel;

(c)                The Agent shall be under no obligation to institute, conduct or defend any litigation hereunder or in relation hereto at the request, order or direction of any Note Holder pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, unless it has received indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it;

(d)               The Agent or any of its directors, officers, employees, Affiliates, agents or “control” persons within the meaning of the Act, shall not be personally liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith and reasonably believed by the Agent to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Agreement;

(e)                The Agent shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any representation made or assignment and assumption agreement delivered to the Agent pursuant to Section 15;

(f)                The Agent may execute any of the powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys but shall not be relieved of its obligations hereunder; and

(g)               The Agent represents and warrants that it is a Qualified Institutional Lender.

Section 30.            Reserved.

Section 31.            Resignation of Agent. The Agent may resign at any time on ten (10) days’ prior notice, so long as a successor Agent, reasonably satisfactory to the Note Holders (it being agreed that a Servicer, the Trustee or a Certificate Administrator in a Securitization is satisfactory to the Note Holders), has agreed to be bound by this Agreement and perform the duties of the Agent hereunder. WFB, as Initial Agent, may transfer its rights and obligations to a Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as successor Agent, at any time without the consent of any Note Holder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Note Holders hereby agree that, simultaneously with the closing of a Lead Securitization, the Master Servicer shall be deemed to have been automatically appointed as the successor Agent under this Agreement in place of WFB or the master servicer of the First Securitization, as applicable, without any further notice or other action. The termination or resignation of such Master Servicer, as Master Servicer under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, shall be deemed a termination or resignation of such Master Servicer as Agent under this Agreement, and

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any successor master servicer shall be deemed to have been automatically appointed as the successor Agent under this Agreement in place thereof without any further notice or other action.

Section 32.            Resizing. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, for so long as any Note Holder or an affiliate thereof (each, an “Original Entity”) is the owner of a Note that is not included in a Securitization (each, an “Owned Note”), such Original Entity shall have the right, subject to the terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents, to cause the Mortgage Loan Borrower to execute amended and restated notes or additional notes (in either case, “New Notes”) reallocating the principal of the Owned Note to such New Notes; or severing the Owned Note into one or more further “component” notes in the aggregate principal amount equal to the then outstanding principal balance of the Owned Note provided that (i) the aggregate principal balance of all outstanding New Notes following such amendments is no greater than the aggregate principal of the Owned Note prior to such amendments, (ii) all Notes continue to have the same weighted average interest rate as the Notes prior to such amendments, (iii) all Notes pay pro rata and on a pari passu basis and such reallocated or component notes shall be automatically subject to the terms of this Agreement, and (iv) the Original Entity holding the New Notes shall notify the Lead Securitization Note Holder, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee in writing of such modified allocations and principal amounts. Except for the foregoing reallocation and for modifications pursuant to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement (as discussed in Section 5), no Note may be modified or amended without the consent of its holder and the consent of the holder of the other Notes. In connection with the foregoing (provided the conditions set forth in (i) through (iv) above are satisfied), the Master Servicer is hereby authorized and directed to execute amendments to the Mortgage Loan Documents and this Agreement on behalf of any or all of the Note Holders, as applicable, solely for the purpose of reflecting such reallocation of principal. If the Lead Securitization Note Holder so requests, the Original Entity holding the New Notes shall (a) represent that the conditions set forth in (i) through (iv) have been satisfied and/or (b) deliver a confirmation of the continued applicability of this Agreement to the New Notes. If the Controlling Note is involved in any resizing contemplated by this Section 32, the applicable Note Holder shall be entitled to designate any one of the related New Notes as the Controlling Note, and the definitions of “Controlling Note” and “Controlling Note Holder” shall be deemed to have been revised accordingly. Any New Note that is created in a resizing contemplated by this Section 32 and that is not the Controlling Note shall be deemed to be a Non-Controlling Note under this Agreement, the definitions of “Non-Controlling Note” and “Non-Controlling Note Holder” shall be deemed to have been revised accordingly to include such New Notes, and the applicable Note Holders of such Non-Controlling Notes shall have the same rights and responsibilities as all other Non-Controlling Note Holders.

 

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Initial Agent and Initial Note Holders have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

	WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Initial Agent and Initial Note A-1 Holder and Initial Note A-2 Holder
	By:	/s/ Jeffrey L. Cirillo
		Name:	Jeffrey L. Cirillo
		Title:	Managing Director

 

 

 

(Agreement Between Note Holders – 100 & 150 South Wacker Mortgage Loan)

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EXHIBIT A

MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE

Description of Mortgage Loan

Mortgage Loan Borrower:	MJH Wacker LLC
Date of Mortgage Loan:	January 23, 2023
Date of Notes:	January 23, 2023
Original Principal Amount of Mortgage Loan:	$100,000,000.00
Principal Amount of Mortgage Loan as of the date hereof:	$100,000,000.00
Initial Note A-1 Principal Balance:	$65,000,000.00
Initial Note A-2 Principal Balance:	$35,000,000.00
Location of Mortgaged Property:	Chicago, IL
Initial Maturity Date:	February 1, 2033

 

 

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EXHIBIT B

1.       Initial Note A-1 Holder and Initial Note A-2 Holder:

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
30 Hudson Yards, 15^th Floor
New York, New York 10001
Attention: A.J. Sfarra

Email: Anthony.sfarra@wellsfargo.com


with a copy to:

Troy Stoddard, Esq.
Senior Counsel
Wells Fargo Legal Department
401 South Tryon Street, 26^th Floor

MAC D1050-266
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202

Email: troy.stoddard@wellsfargo.com

 

with a copy to (if by email):

 

troy.doll@alston.com and peter.mckee@alston.com

 

 

 

B-1

 

EXHIBIT C
PERMITTED FUND MANAGERS

 

                 

	1.	AllianceBernstein
	2.	Annaly Capital Management

3. Apollo Real Estate Advisors

4. Archon Capital, L.P.

5. AREA Property Partners

6. Artemis Real Estate Partners

7. BlackRock, Inc.

8. Clarion Partners

9. Colony Northstar, Inc.

10. DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners

11. Dune Real Estate Partners

12. Eightfold Real Estate Capital, L.P.

13. Five Mile Capital Partners

14. Fortress Investment Group, LLC

15. Garrison Investment Group

16. H/2 Capital Partners LLC

17. Hudson Advisors

18. Investcorp International

19. iStar Financial Inc.

20. J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc.

21. Lend-Lease Real Estate Investments

22. Libermax Capital LLC

23. LoanCore Capital

24. Lone Star Funds

25. Lowe Enterprises

26. Normandy Real Estate Partners

27. Och-Ziff Capital Management Group

28. Praedium Group

29. Raith Capital Partners, LLC

30. Rialto Capital Management LLC

31. Rialto Capital Advisors LLC

32. Rockpoint Group

33. Rockwood

34. RREEF Funds

35. Square Mile Capital Management

36. The Blackstone Group

37. The Carlyle Group

38. Torchlight Investors

39. Walton Street Capital, L.L.C.

40. Westbrook Partners

C-1

41. Wheelock Street Capital

42. Whitehall Street Real Estate Fund, L.P.

 

C-2

 

EX-99.11

Exhibit 99.11

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

AGREEMENT BETWEEN NOTEHOLDERS

Dated as of February 1, 2023

by and among

GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA

(Initial Note A-1 Holder, Initial Note A-2 Holder, Initial Note A-3 Holder, Initial Note A-4 Holder, Initial Note A-5 Holder, Initial Note A-6 Holder, Initial Note A-7 Holder and Initial Note B Holder)

and

BANK OF MONTREAL

(Initial Note A-8 Holder and Initial Note A-9 Holder)

 

Pacific Design Center

 

     

 

THIS AGREEMENT BETWEEN NOTEHOLDERS (“Agreement”), dated as of February 1, 2023, by and among Goldman Sachs Bank USA (“GSBI” and, in its capacity as initial owner of the Note A-1, the “Initial Note A-1 Holder”, and in its capacity as the initial agent, the “Initial Agent”), GSBI (in its capacity as initial owner of the Note A-2, the “Initial Note A-2 Holder”), GSBI (in its capacity as initial owner of the Note A-3, the “Initial Note A-3 Holder”), GSBI (in its capacity as initial owner of the Note A-4, the “Initial Note A-4 Holder”), GSBI (in its capacity as initial owner of the Note A-5, the “Initial Note A-5 Holder”), GSBI (in its capacity as initial owner of the Note A-6, the “Initial Note A-6 Holder”), GSBI (in its capacity as initial owner of the Note A-7, the “Initial Note A-7 Holder”), Bank of Montreal (“BMO” and, in its capacity as initial owner of the Note A-8, the “Initial Note A-8 Holder”), BMO (in its capacity as initial owner of the Note A-9, the “Initial Note A-9 Holder”), and GSBI (in its capacity as initial owner of the Note B, the “Initial Note B Holder” and, together with the Initial Note A-1 Holder, the Initial Note A-2 Holder, the Initial Note A-3 Holder, the Initial Note A-4 Holder, the Initial Note A-5 Holder, the Initial Note A-6 Holder, the Initial Note A-7 Holder, the Initial Note A-8 Holder and the Initial Note A-9 Holder, the “Initial Noteholders”). Note A-1, Note A-2, Note A-3, Note A-4, Note A-5, Note A-6, Note A-7, Note A-8 and Note A-9 shall be each defined as a “Senior Note” and collectively defined as the “Senior Notes”. The Initial Note A-1 Holder, Initial Note A-2 Holder, Initial Note A-3 Holder, Initial Note A-4 Holder, Initial Note A-5 Holder, Initial Note A-6 Holder, Initial Note A-7 Holder, Initial Note A-8 Holder and Initial Note A-9 Holder shall be each defined as an “Initial Senior Noteholder” and collectively defined as the “Initial Senior Noteholders”.

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Agreement (as defined herein) GSBI originated a certain loan (the “Mortgage Loan”) described on the schedule attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Mortgage Loan Schedule”) to the mortgage loan borrower described on the Mortgage Loan Schedule (the “Mortgage Loan Borrower”), which is evidenced, inter alia, by ten (10) promissory notes (as amended, modified or supplemented, each a “Note”) made by the Mortgage Loan Borrower in favor of GSBI having the designations and principal balances as set forth in the chart below, and secured by a deed of trust (as amended, modified or supplemented, the “Mortgage”) on certain real property located as described on the Mortgage Loan Schedule (the “Mortgaged Property”). Each Note shall be referred to herein by its “Note Designation” as set forth in the chart below or, in the case of Note A-1, Note A-2, Note A-3, Note A-4, Note A-5, Note A-6, Note A-7, Note A-8 and Note A-9, individually, as a Senior Note or, collectively, as the Senior Notes.

     

 

 

Note Designation	Initial Noteholder	Original Principal Balance
Note A-1	GSBI	$62,500,000.00
Note A-2	GSBI	$62,500,000.00
Note A-3	GSBI	$5,000,000.00
Note A-4	GSBI	$40,000,000.00
Note A-5	GSBI	$15,000,000.00
Note A-6	GSBI	$10,000,000.00
Note A-7	GSBI	$10,000,000.00
Note A-8	BMO	$25,000,000.00
Note A-9	BMO	$15,000,000.00
Note B	GSBI	$20,000,000.00

WHEREAS, on the date hereof, GSBI transferred the Initial Note A-8 to the Initial Note A-8 Holder and the Initial Note A-9 to the Initial Note A-9 Holder;

WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to enter into this Agreement to memorialize the terms under which they, and their successors and assigns, shall hold each Note;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto mutually agree as follows:

Section 1.                Definitions. References to a “Section” or the “recitals” are, unless otherwise specified, to a Section or the recitals of this Agreement. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed thereto (or to any analogous term) in (a) prior to the Lead Securitization Date, the Model PSA, and (b) from and after the Lead Securitization Date, the Servicing Agreement. Whenever used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the respective meanings set forth below unless the context clearly requires otherwise.

“Acceptable Insurance Default”  shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Servicing Agreement.

“Additional Servicing Expenses” shall mean (a) all property protection advances, fees and/or expenses incurred by and reimbursable to any Servicer, Trustee, Operating Advisor, Certificate Administrator or fiscal agent pursuant to the Servicing Agreement, and (b) all interest accrued on Advances made by (x) any Servicer or Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Servicing Agreement or (y) any Non-Lead Servicer or Non-Lead Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Advance Interest Amount” shall mean interest payable on Advances, as specified in the Servicing Agreement or Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, as applicable.

“Advances” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Servicing Agreement or such other analogous term used in the Servicing Agreement or Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, as applicable.

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“Affiliate” shall mean with respect to any specified Person (i) any other Person Controlling or Controlled by or under common Control with such specified Person (each a “Common Control Party”), (ii) any other Person owning, directly or indirectly, ten percent (10%) or more of the beneficial interests in such Person or (iii) any other Person in which such Person or a Common Control Party owns, directly or indirectly, ten percent (10%) or more of the beneficial interests.

“Agent” shall mean the Initial Agent or such Person to whom the Initial Agent shall delegate its duties hereunder, and from and after the Securitization Date shall mean the Certificate Administrator, if any, and if there is no Certificate Administrator, shall mean the Trustee.

“Agent Office” shall mean the designated office of the Agent in the State of New York, which office at the date of this Agreement is located at Goldman Sachs Bank USA, 200 West Street, New York, New York 10282, Attention: Justin Peterson, and which is the address to which notices to and correspondence with the Agent should be directed. The Agent may change the address of its designated office by notice to the Noteholders.

“Agreement” shall mean this Agreement among Noteholders, the exhibits and schedule hereto and all amendments hereof and supplements hereto.

“Third Party Appraiser” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Servicing Agreement.

“Appraisal” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Servicing Agreement.

“Appraisal Reduction Amount” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Servicing Agreement or such other analogous term used in the Servicing Agreement.

“Asset Representations Reviewer” shall mean the Asset Representations Reviewer appointed as provided in the Servicing Agreement.

“Asset Status Report” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Servicing Agreement or such other analogous term used in the Servicing Agreement.

“Balloon Payment” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Servicing Agreement or such other analogous term used in the Servicing Agreement.

“Bankruptcy Code” shall mean the United States Bankruptcy Code, as amended from time to time, any successor statute or rule promulgated thereto.

“Business Day” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Servicing Agreement or Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, as applicable.

“CDO Asset Manager” with respect to any Securitization Vehicle which is a CDO, shall mean the entity which is responsible for managing or administering the applicable Note as an underlying asset of such Securitization Vehicle or, if applicable, as an asset of any Intervening

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Trust Vehicle (including, without limitation, the right to exercise any consent and control rights available to the holder of the applicable Note).

“Certificate Administrator” shall mean any Certificate Administrator appointed as provided in the Servicing Agreement.

“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

“Collection Account” shall mean the trust account or accounts (including any sub-accounts) created and maintained by the Servicer.

“Conduit” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 19(f).

“Conduit Credit Enhancer” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 19(f).

“Conduit Inventory Loan” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 19(f).

“Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of an entity, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise.

“Control Appraisal Period” shall exist with respect to the Mortgage Loan, if and for so long as:

(a)               the sum of (i) the initial Note B Principal Balance together with any Threshold Event Collateral minus (ii) the sum (without duplication) of (x) any payments of principal (whether as principal prepayments or otherwise) allocated to, and received on, Note B after the date of creation of Note B, (y) any Appraisal Reduction Amount for the Mortgage Loan that is allocated to Note B in accordance with the terms of the Servicing Agreement and (z) any losses realized with respect to any Mortgaged Property or the Mortgage Loan that are allocated to Note B, is less than 25% of the remainder of (A) the initial Note B Principal Balance minus (B) any payments of principal (whether as principal prepayments or otherwise) allocated to, and received by, the Note B Holder on Note B after the date of creation of Note B; or

(b)               any interest in Note B is held by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or a Mortgage Loan Borrower Related Party, or the Mortgage Loan Borrower or Mortgage Loan Borrower Related Party would otherwise be entitled to exercise the rights of the Controlling Noteholder.

“Controlling Class Representative” shall mean the “Controlling Class Representative” as defined in the Servicing Agreement or such other analogous term used in the Servicing Agreement.

“Controlling Noteholder” shall mean as of any date of determination

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(i)                                  the Note B Holder, unless a Control Appraisal Period has occurred and is continuing; or

(ii)                            if a Control Appraisal Period has occurred and is continuing, the Note A-1 Holder;

provided that, if the Note B Holder would be the Controlling Noteholder pursuant to the terms hereof, but any interest in Note B is held by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or a Mortgage Loan Borrower Related Party, or the Mortgage Loan Borrower or Mortgage Loan Borrower Related Party would otherwise be entitled to exercise the rights of the Controlling Noteholder, a Control Appraisal Period shall be deemed to have occurred; provided, further that at any time Note A-1 is the Controlling Noteholder and is included in the Lead Securitization, references to the “Controlling Noteholder” herein shall mean the holders of the majority of the class of securities issued in the Lead Securitization designated as the “controlling class” (or such lesser amount as permitted under the terms of the Servicing Agreement) or such other class(es) otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Noteholder” hereunder, as and to the extent provided in the Servicing Agreement.

“Cure Period” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 11(a).

“DBRS Morningstar” shall mean DBRS, Inc., and its successors in interest.

“Defaulted Loan” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Servicing Agreement.

“Defaulted Mortgage Loan Purchase Price” shall mean the sum, without duplication, of

(a) the Principal Balance of the Senior Notes (b) accrued and unpaid interest on the Note A-1 Principal Balance at the applicable Note Rate and any accrued and unpaid Default Interest on the Note A-1 Principal Balance, on the Note A-2 Principal Balance at the applicable Note Rate and any accrued and unpaid Default Interest on the Note A-2 Principal Balance, on the Note A-3 Principal Balance at the applicable Note Rate and any accrued and unpaid Default Interest on the Note A-3 Principal Balance, on the Note A-4 Principal Balance at the applicable Note Rate and any accrued and unpaid Default Interest on the Note A-4 Principal Balance, on the Note A-5 Principal Balance at the applicable Note Rate and any accrued and unpaid Default Interest on the Note A-5 Principal Balance, on the Note A-6 Principal Balance at the applicable Note Rate and any accrued and unpaid Default Interest on the Note A-6 Principal Balance, on the Note A-7 Principal Balance at the applicable Note Rate and any accrued and unpaid Default Interest on the Note A-7 Principal Balance, on the Note A-8 Principal Balance at the applicable Note Rate and any accrued and unpaid Default Interest on the Note A-8 Principal Balance, and on the Note A-9 Principal Balance at the applicable Note Rate and any accrued and unpaid Default Interest on the Note A-9 Principal Balance, respectively, from the date as to which interest was last paid in full by Mortgage Loan Borrower up to and including the end of the interest accrual period relating to the Monthly Payment Date next following the date the purchase occurred, (c) any other amounts due under the Mortgage Loan to the Senior Noteholders other than Prepayment

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Premiums, default interest, late fees, exit fees and any other similar fees, provided that if the Mortgage Loan Borrower or a Mortgage Loan Borrower Related Party is the purchaser, the Defaulted Mortgage Loan Purchase Price shall include Prepayment Premiums, default interest, late fees, exit fees and any other similar fees, (d) without duplication to clause (c) any unreimbursed property protection or servicing Advances and any expenses incurred in enforcing the Mortgage Loan Documents (including, without limitation, servicing Advances payable or reimbursable to any Servicer, and earned and unpaid special servicing fees owing to or by or on behalf of any of the Senior Noteholders), (e) without duplication of amounts under clause (c), any accrued and unpaid Advance Interest Amount with respect to an Advance made by or on behalf of any of the Senior Noteholders, (f) (x) if the Mortgage Loan Borrower or a Mortgage Loan Borrower Related Party is the purchaser or (y) if the Mortgage Loan is purchased after ninety (90) days after such option first becomes exercisable pursuant to Section 12 of this Agreement, any liquidation or workout fees (without duplication of amounts under clause (c) or clause (d)) payable under the Servicing Agreement with respect to the Mortgage Loan (provided that in no event shall both a workout fee and a liquidation fee be payable in connection with the same purchase event) and (g) any Recovered Costs not reimbursed previously to the Senior Notes pursuant to this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the purchasing Noteholder is purchasing from the Mortgage Loan Borrower or a Mortgage Loan Borrower Related Party, the Defaulted Mortgage Loan Purchase Price shall not include the amounts described under clauses (d) through (f) of this definition. If the Mortgage Loan is converted into a REO Property, for purposes of determining the Defaulted Mortgage Loan Purchase Price, interest will be deemed to continue to accrue on the Senior Notes at the applicable Note Rate (and, in each case, plus any applicable Default Interest), as if the Mortgage Loan were not so converted. In no event shall the Defaulted Mortgage Loan Purchase Price include amounts due or payable to the purchasing Noteholder under this Agreement.

“Defaulted Note Purchase Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 12.

“Default Interest” shall mean interest on the Mortgage Loan at a rate per annum equal to the Note Default Interest Spread.

“Depositor” shall mean the Person selected by the Lead Securitization Noteholder to create the Securitization Trust.

“Event of Default” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, an “Event of Default” as defined in the Mortgage Loan Documents.

“Final Recovery Determination” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Servicing Agreement.

“Fitch” shall mean Fitch Ratings, Inc., and its successors in interest.

“Grace Period” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 11(a).

“Indemnified Items” shall mean, collectively, any claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and related costs, judgments and any other costs, liabilities, fees and expenses incurred in connection with the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loan

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and the Mortgaged Property (or, with respect to the Operating Advisor, incurred in connection with the provision of services for the Mortgage Loan) under the Servicing Agreement.

“Indemnified Parties” shall mean, collectively, (i) as and to the same extent the Lead Securitization Trust is required to indemnify each of the following parties in respect of other mortgage loans in the Lead Securitization Trust pursuant to the terms of the Servicing Agreement, each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Depositor (and any director, officer, employee or agent of any of the foregoing, to the extent such parties are identified as indemnified parties in the Servicing Agreement in respect of other mortgage loans) and (ii) the Lead Securitization Trust.

“Independent” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Servicing Agreement.

“Initial Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note A-1 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note A-2 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note A-3 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note A-4 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note A-5 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note A-6 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note A-7 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note A-8 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note A-9 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note B Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

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“Initial Noteholder(s)” shall mean, collectively or individually as the context may require, (i) with respect to Note A-1, the Initial Note A-1 Holder, (ii) with respect to Note A-2, the Initial Note A-2 Holder, (iii) with respect to Note A-3, the Initial Note A-3 Holder, (iv) with respect to Note A-4, the Initial Note A-4 Holder, (v) with respect to Note A-5, the Initial Note A-5 Holder, (vi) with respect to Note A-6, the Initial Note A-6 Holder, (vii) with respect to Note A-7, the Initial Note A-7 Holder, (viii) with respect to Note A-8, the Initial Note A-8 Holder, (ix) with respect to Note A-9, the Initial Note A-9 Holder and (x) with respect to Note B, the Initial Note B Holder.

“Initial Senior Noteholders” shall mean, collectively or individually as the context may require, the Initial Note A-1 Holder, Initial Note A-2 Holder, Initial Note A-3 Holder, Initial Note A-4 Holder, Initial Note A-5 Holder, Initial Note A-6 Holder, Initial Note A-7 Holder, Initial Note A-8 Holder and Initial Note A-9 Holder.

“Insolvency Proceeding” shall mean any proceeding under Title 11 of the United States Code (11 U.S.C. Sec. 101 et seq.) or any other insolvency, liquidation, reorganization or other similar proceeding concerning the Mortgage Loan Borrower, any action for the dissolution of the Mortgage Loan Borrower, any proceeding (judicial or otherwise) concerning the application of the assets of the Mortgage Loan Borrower for the benefit of its creditors, the appointment of or any proceeding seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver or other similar custodian for all or any substantial part of the assets of the Mortgage Loan Borrower or any other action concerning the adjustment of the debts of the Mortgage Loan Borrower, the cessation of business by the Mortgage Loan Borrower, except following a sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Mortgage Loan Borrower in a transaction permitted under the Mortgage Loan Documents; provided, however, that following any such permitted transaction affecting the title to the Mortgaged Property, the Mortgage Loan Borrower for purposes of this Agreement shall be defined to mean the successor owner of the Mortgaged Property from time to time as may be permitted pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Documents; provided, further, however, that for the purposes of this definition, in the event that more than one entity comprises the Mortgage Loan Borrower, the term “Mortgage Loan Borrower” shall refer to any such entity.

“Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or any one or more analogous terms in the Servicing Agreement.

“Interest Rate” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or any one or more analogous terms in the Mortgage Loan Documents.

“Interested Person” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Servicing Agreement.

“Interim Servicer” shall mean the interim servicer appointed as provided in the Interim Servicing Agreement.

“Interim Servicing Agreement” shall mean that certain interim servicing agreement to be negotiated in good faith among the Interim Servicer and the parties hereto after the date hereof. Until such time as the parties hereto execute an Interim Servicing Agreement, the Initial Note A-1 Holder shall cause the Mortgage Loan to be serviced by Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, in accordance with this Agreement and the Servicing

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Standard. The Servicing Fee Rate under the Interim Servicing Agreement will be $350 per month to be paid pro rata by the Noteholders based on the Principal Balances of their respective Notes as a deduction from interest payable thereto.

“Intervening Trust Vehicle” with respect to any Securitization Vehicle that is a CDO, shall mean a trust vehicle or entity which holds the Junior Note as collateral securing (in whole or in part) any obligation or security held by such Securitization Vehicle as collateral for the CDO.

“Junior Note” means Note B.

“Junior Noteholder” shall mean the Note B Holder.

“Junior Operating Advisor” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, the advisor appointed pursuant to Section 6(a).

“KBRA” shall mean Kroll Bond Rating Agency, LLC, or its successor in interest.

“Lead Securitization” shall mean the Securitization of Note A-1 in a Securitization Trust to be designated by the Initial Note A-1 Holder; provided that, in the event that the Other Note Securitization occurs prior to the Securitization of Note A-1, the “Lead Securitization” shall mean, solely during the period commencing from the Other Note Securitization Date and ending on the Securitization Date of Note A-1, the Other Note Securitization.

“Lead Securitization Date” shall mean the closing date of the Lead Securitization.

“Lead Securitization Note” shall mean Note A-1; provided that, in the event that the Other Note Securitization occurs prior to the Securitization of Note A-1, the “Lead Securitization Note” shall mean, solely during the period commencing from the Other Note Securitization Date and ending on the Securitization Date of Note A-1, the Other Securitization Note.

“Lead Securitization Noteholder” shall mean the Note A-1 Holder.

“Lead Securitization Trust” shall mean the Securitization Trust created in connection with the Lead Securitization.

“Lender” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Mortgage.

“Liquidation Proceeds” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Servicing Agreement or any one or more analogous terms in the Servicing Agreement.

“Major Decisions” shall have the meaning given to such term or any one or more analogous terms in the Servicing Agreement; provided that at any time that Note A-1 is not included in the Lead Securitization (including prior to the Lead Securitization Date), “Major Decision” shall mean:

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(i)                          any proposed or actual foreclosure upon or comparable conversion (which shall include acquisitions of any REO Property) of the ownership of the property or properties securing the Mortgage Loan if it comes into and continues in default;

(ii)                               any modification, consent to a modification or waiver of any monetary term (other than late fees and default interest) or material non-monetary term (including, without limitation, the timing of payments and acceptance of discounted payoffs) of the Mortgage Loan or any extension of the maturity date of the Mortgage Loan;

(iii)                           following a default or an event of default with respect to the Mortgage Loan, any exercise of remedies, including the acceleration of the Mortgage Loan or initiation of any proceedings, judicial or otherwise, under the related Mortgage Loan Documents or any acquisition of the Mortgaged Property or any interest therein by foreclosure, deed-in-lieu of foreclosure, settlement or otherwise;

(iv)                           any sale of the Mortgage Loan when it is a Defaulted Loan (as defined in the Model PSA) or REO Property for less than the applicable Purchase Price (as defined in the Model PSA);

(v)                              any determination to bring a Mortgaged Property or an REO Property into compliance with applicable environmental laws or to otherwise address any Hazardous Materials (as defined in the Model PSA) located at a Mortgaged Property or an REO Property;

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

(vii)            any waiver of or any determination not to enforce a “due-on-sale” or “due-on-encumbrance” clause with respect to the Mortgage Loan or any consent to such a waiver or any consent to a transfer of all or any portion of a Mortgaged Property or of any direct or indirect legal or beneficial interests in the borrower;

(viii)                     any transfer of the Mortgaged Property or any portion of the Mortgaged Property, or any transfer of any direct or indirect ownership interest in the borrower to the extent the lender’s consent under the Mortgage Loan Documents is required, except a permitted transfer or as expressly permitted by the Mortgage Loan Documents and for which there is no mortgage lender discretion or in connection with a pending or threatened condemnation;

(ix)                             any incurrence of additional debt by a borrower or any mezzanine financing by any direct or indirect beneficial owner of a borrower (to the extent that the lender has consent rights pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan Documents);

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(x)                             any adoption or implementation of the annual budget for which mortgage lender consent is required under the Mortgage Loan Documents;

(xi)                             any material modification, waiver or amendment of an intercreditor agreement, co-lender agreement or similar agreement with any mezzanine lender or subordinate debt holder related to the Mortgage Loan, or any action to enforce rights (or decision not to enforce rights) with respect thereto, or any material modification, waiver or amendment thereof;

(xii)                          any property management company changes or modifications, waivers or amendments to any management agreement, including, without limitation, approval of a new property manager or the termination of a manager and appointment of a new property manager or franchise changes, and any new management agreement or amendment, modification or termination of any management agreement (in each case, if the lender is required to consent to or approve such changes under the related Mortgage Loan Documents);

(xiii)                        releases of (i) any material amounts from any escrow accounts, reserve funds or letters of credit, in each case, held as performance escrows or reserves or (ii) any other letters of credit held as additional collateral for the Mortgage Loan, in each case, other than those required pursuant to the specific terms of the related Mortgage Loan Documents and for which there is no lender discretion;

(xiv)                       any acceptance of an assumption agreement releasing a borrower, guarantor or other obligor from liability under the Mortgage Loan other than pursuant to the specific terms of such Mortgage Loan and for which there is no lender discretion;

(xv)                          any determination of an Acceptable Insurance Default (as defined in the Model PSA);

(xvi)                      any proposed modification or waiver of any provision of the Mortgage Loan Documents with respect to the Mortgage Loan governing the types, nature or amount of insurance coverage required to be obtained and maintained;

(xvii)                   approval of material casualty/condemnation insurance settlements, any determination to apply casualty proceeds or condemnation awards to the reduction of the debt evidenced by the Mortgage Loan rather than to the restoration of the Mortgaged Property, other than, in each case, to the extent the lender has no approval right pursuant to the specific terms of the Mortgage Loan;

(xviii)                the voting on any plan of reorganization, restructuring or similar plan in the bankruptcy of the borrower or the Mortgaged Property;

(xix)                        any determination by the Master Servicer to transfer the Mortgage Loan to the Special Servicer under the circumstances described in paragraph (c) of the definition of “Specially Serviced Loan” (as defined in the Model PSA);

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(xx)                        any approval of waivers regarding the receipt of financial statements (other than immaterial timing waivers); or

(xxi)                         any modification, waiver or amendment of any lease, the execution of any new lease or the granting of a subordination and nondisturbance or attornment agreement in connection with any lease, at the Mortgaged Property if it would be a Major Lease (as defined in the Mortgage Loan Agreement).

“Master Servicer” shall mean the Master Servicer appointed as provided in the Servicing Agreement.

“Model PSA” shall mean that certain pooling and servicing agreement, dated as of April 1, 2022, entered into in connection with the Benchmark 2022-B34 securitization.

“Monetary Default” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 11(a).

“Monetary Default Notice” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 11(a).

“Monthly Payment Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Mortgage Loan Agreement.

“Moody’s” shall mean Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., and its successors in interest.

“Mortgage” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Mortgage Loan” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Mortgage Loan Agreement” shall mean the Loan Agreement, dated as of January 11, 2023, between the Mortgage Loan Borrower, as Borrower, and Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Lender, as the same may be further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, subject to the terms hereof.

“Mortgage Loan Borrower” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

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

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“Mortgage Loan Borrower Related Party” shall mean the Mortgage Loan Borrower, a manager of a Mortgaged Property, a Restricted Mezzanine Holder, or a Mortgage Loan Borrower Party Affiliate.

“Mortgage Loan Documents” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage Loan Agreement, the Mortgage, the Notes and all other documents now or hereafter evidencing and securing the Mortgage Loan.

“Mortgage Loan Rate” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the weighted average of the applicable Note Rate for each Note.

“Mortgage Loan Schedule” shall mean the Schedule attached hereto as Exhibit A.

“Mortgaged Property” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Net Note A-1 Rate” shall mean the Note A-1 Rate minus the Servicing Fee Rate applicable to Note A-1.

“Net Note A-2 Rate” shall mean the Note A-2 Rate minus the Servicing Fee Rate applicable to Note A-2.

“Net Note A-3 Rate” shall mean the Note A-3 Rate minus the Servicing Fee Rate applicable to Note A-3.

“Net Note A-4 Rate” shall mean the Note A-4 Rate minus the Servicing Fee Rate applicable to Note A-4.

“Net Note A-5 Rate” shall mean the Note A-5 Rate minus the Servicing Fee Rate applicable to Note A-5.

“Net Note A-6 Rate” shall mean the Note A-6 Rate minus the Servicing Fee Rate applicable to Note A-6.

“Net Note A-7 Rate” shall mean the Note A-7 Rate minus the Servicing Fee Rate applicable to Note A-7.

“Net Note A-8 Rate” shall mean the Note A-8 Rate minus the Servicing Fee Rate applicable to Note A-8.

“Net Note A-9 Rate” shall mean the Note A-9 Rate minus the Servicing Fee Rate applicable to Note A-9.

“Net Note B Rate” shall mean the Note B Rate minus the Servicing Fee Rate applicable to Note B.

“Net Note Rate(s)” shall mean, individually or collectively as the context may require, the Net Note A-1 Rate, Net Note A-2 Rate, Net Note A-3 Rate, Net Note A-4 Rate, Net

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Note A-5 Rate, Net Note A-6 Rate, Net Note A-7 Rate, Net Note A-8 Rate, Net Note A-9 Rate and Net Note B Rate.

“Non-Controlling Note” shall mean the interest of each Non-Controlling Noteholder in its Note.

“Non-Controlling Noteholder” shall mean each Noteholder other than the Controlling Noteholder.

“Non-Controlling Pari Passu Noteholder” shall mean each of the Note A-2 Holder, the Note A-3 Holder, the Note A-4 Holder, the Note A-5 Holder, the Note A-6 Holder, the Note A-7 Holder, the Note A-8 Holder and the Note A-9 Holder, provided that with respect to the related Non-Controlling Note held by the Note A-2 Holder, the Note A-3 Holder, the Note A-4 Holder, the Note A-5 Holder, the Note A-6 Holder, the Note A-7 Holder, the Note A-8 Holder or the Note A-9 Holder, as applicable, at any time such Non-Controlling Note is included in a Securitization other than the Lead Securitization, references to the “Non-Controlling Pari Passu Noteholder” herein shall mean the Non-Lead Securitization Subordinate Class Representative under the related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, as and to the extent provided in the related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and as to the identity of which the Lead Securitization Noteholder (and the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer) has been given written notice. The Lead Securitization Noteholder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall not be required at any time to deal with more than one party exercising the rights of a “Non-Controlling Pari Passu Noteholder” herein or under the Servicing Agreement and, (x) to the extent that the related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement assigns such rights to more than one party or (y) to the extent a Non-Controlling Note is split into two or more New Notes pursuant to Section 38, for purposes of this Agreement, the Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement or the holders of such New Notes shall designate one party to deal with the Lead Securitization Noteholder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) and provide written notice of such designation to the Lead Securitization Noteholder (and the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) (such party, the “Non-Controlling Pari Passu Noteholder Representative”); provided that, in the absence of such designation and notice, the Lead Securitization Noteholder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall be entitled to treat the last party as to which it has received written notice as having been designated as the Non-Controlling Pari Passu Noteholder Representative with respect to such Non-Controlling Note for all purposes of this Agreement. As of the date hereof and until further notice from the Non-Lead Securitization Noteholder (or the Non-Lead Master Servicer or another party acting on its behalf), the Note A-2 Holder, the Note A-3 Holder, the Note A-4 Holder, the Note A-5 Holder, the Note A-6 Holder, the Note A-7 Holder, the Note A-8 Holder or the Note A-9 Holder, as applicable, is the Non-Controlling Pari Passu Noteholder Representative with respect to such Note.

Prior to Securitization of any Non-Lead Securitization Note by the Non-Lead Securitization Noteholder (including any New Notes), all notices, reports, information or other deliverables required to be delivered to such Non-Lead Securitization Noteholder or Non-Controlling Pari Passu Noteholder pursuant to this Agreement or the Servicing Agreement by the Lead Securitization Noteholder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) only need to be delivered to each Non-Controlling Pari Passu Noteholder Representative and, when so delivered to each Non-Controlling Pari Passu Noteholder Representative, the Lead

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Securitization Noteholder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall be deemed to have satisfied its delivery obligations with respect to such items hereunder or under the Servicing Agreement. Following Securitization of any Non-Lead Securitization Notes by the Non-Lead Securitization Noteholder, all notices, reports, information or other deliverables required to be delivered to such Non-Lead Securitization Noteholder or Non-Controlling Pari Passu Noteholder pursuant to this Agreement or the Servicing Agreement by the Lead Securitization Noteholder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall be delivered to the related Non-Lead Master Servicer and the related Non-Lead Special Servicer (who then may forward such items to the party entitled to receive such items as and to the extent provided in the related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement) and, when so delivered to the related Non-Lead Master Servicer and the related Non-Lead Special Servicer, the Lead Securitization Noteholder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall be deemed to have satisfied its delivery obligations with respect to such items hereunder or under the Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Controlling Class Representative” shall mean the holders of the majority of the class of securities issued in the Securitization of the Non-Lead Securitization Note designated as the “controlling class” pursuant to the Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement or their duly appointed representative; provided that if 50% or more of the class of securities issued in the Non-Lead Securitization designated as the “controlling class” or such other class(es) otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Noteholder” is held by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or an Affiliate of the Mortgage Loan Borrower, no person shall be entitled to exercise the rights of the Non-Controlling Class Representative.

“Non-Controlling Pari Passu Noteholder Representative” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Non-Controlling Pari Passu Noteholder”.

“Non-Exempt Person” shall mean any Person other than a Person who is either (i) a U.S. Person or (ii) has on file with the Agent for the relevant year such duly-executed form(s) or statement(s) which may, from time to time, be prescribed by law and which, pursuant to applicable provisions of (A) any income tax treaty between the United States and the country of residence of such Person, (B) the Code or (C) any applicable rules or regulations in effect under clauses (A) or (B) above, permit the Servicer on behalf of any Noteholder to make such payments free of any obligation or liability for withholding.

“Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer” shall mean the “asset representations reviewer” under any Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Certificate Administrator” shall mean the “certificate administrator” under any Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Depositor” shall mean the “depositor” under the Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Master Servicer” shall mean the master servicer under a Non-Lead Securitization.

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“Non-Lead Operating Advisor” shall mean the “trust advisor”, “operating advisor” or other analogous term under the Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Securitization” shall mean any Securitization of Note A-2, Note A-3, Note A-4, Note A-5, Note A-6, Note A-7, Note A-8 and/or Note A-9 in a Securitization Trust other than the Lead Securitization.

“Non-Lead Securitization Date” shall mean the closing date of any Non-Lead Securitization.

“Non-Lead Securitization Note(s)” shall mean, individually or collectively as the context may require, Note A-2, Note A-3, Note A-4, Note A-5, Note A-6, Note A-7, Note A-8 and Note A-9.

“Non-Lead Securitization Noteholder(s)” shall mean, individually or collectively as the context may require, the Note A-2 Holder, the Note A-3 Holder, the Note A-4 Holder, the Note A-5 Holder, the Note A-6 Holder, the Note A-7 Holder, the Note A-8 Holder and the Note A-9 Holder.

“Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement” shall mean the servicing agreement for the related Non-Lead Securitization.

“Non-Lead Securitization Subordinate Class Representative” shall mean the holders of the majority of the class of securities issued in a Non-Lead Securitization designated as the “controlling class” pursuant to the related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement or their duly appointed representative; provided that if 50% or more of the class of securities issued in any Non-Lead Securitization designated as the “controlling class” or such other class(es) otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Noteholder” is held by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or an Affiliate of the Mortgage Loan Borrower, no person shall be entitled to exercise the rights of the related Non-Lead Securitization Subordinate Class Representative.

“Non-Lead Securitization Trust” shall mean the Securitization Trust into which any Non-Lead Securitization Note is deposited.

“Non-Lead Servicer” shall mean the Non-Lead Master Servicer or Non-Lead Special Servicer, as applicable.

“Non-Lead Special Servicer” shall mean the trustee servicer under a Non-Lead Securitization.

“Non-Lead Trustee” shall mean the trustee under a Non-Lead Securitization.

“Non-Monetary Default” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 11(d).

“Non-Monetary Default Cure Period” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 11(d).

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“Non-Monetary Default Notice” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 11(d).

“Note” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-1” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-1 Default Rate” shall mean a rate per annum equal to the Note A-1 Rate plus the Note Default Interest Spread.

“Note A-1 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-1 Holder, or any subsequent holder of the Note A-1, together with its successors and assigns.

“Note A-1 Percentage Interest” shall mean a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Note A-1 Principal Balance and the denominator of which is the sum of the Note A-1 Principal Balance, the Note A-2 Principal Balance, the Note A-3 Principal Balance, the Note A-4 Principal Balance, the Note A-5 Principal Balance, the Note A-6 Principal Balance, the Note A-7 Principal Balance, the Note A-8 Principal Balance, the Note A-9 Principal Balance and the Note B Principal Balance.

“Note A-1 Principal Balance” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, at any time of determination, the Initial Note A-1 Principal Balance set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon received by the Note A-1 Holder or reductions in such amount pursuant to Sections 3, 4 or 5, as applicable.

“Note A-1 Rate” shall mean the Note A-1 Rate set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.

“Note A-1 Relative Spread” shall mean the ratio of the Note A-1 Rate to the Mortgage Loan Rate.

“Note A-2” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-2 Default Rate” shall mean a rate per annum equal to the Note A-2 Rate plus the Note Default Interest Spread.

“Note A-2 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-2 Holder, or any subsequent holder of the Note A-2, together with its successors and assigns.

“Note A-2 Percentage Interest” shall mean a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Note A-2 Principal Balance and the denominator of which is the sum of the Note A-1 Principal Balance, the Note A-2 Principal Balance, the Note A-3 Principal Balance, the Note A-4 Principal Balance, the Note A-5 Principal Balance, the Note A-6 Principal Balance, the Note A-7 Principal Balance, the Note A-8 Principal Balance, the Note A-9 Principal Balance and the Note B Principal Balance.

“Note A-2 Principal Balance” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, at any time of determination, the Initial Note A-2 Principal Balance set forth on the Mortgage Loan

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Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon received by the Note A-2 Holder or reductions in such amount pursuant to Sections 3, 4 or 5, as applicable.

“Note A-2 Rate” shall mean the Note A-2 Rate set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.

“Note A-2 Relative Spread” shall mean the ratio of the Note A-2 Rate to the Mortgage Loan Rate.

“Note A-3” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-3 Default Rate” shall mean a rate per annum equal to the Note A-3 Rate plus the Note Default Interest Spread.

“Note A-3 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-3 Holder, or any subsequent holder of the Note A-3, together with its successors and assigns.

“Note A-3 Percentage Interest” shall mean a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Note A-3 Principal Balance and the denominator of which is the sum of the Note A-1 Principal Balance, the Note A-2 Principal Balance, the Note A-3 Principal Balance, the Note A-4 Principal Balance, the Note A-5 Principal Balance, the Note A-6 Principal Balance, the Note A-7 Principal Balance, the Note A-8 Principal Balance, the Note A-9 Principal Balance and the Note B Principal Balance.

“Note A-3 Principal Balance” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, at any time of determination, the Initial Note A-3 Principal Balance set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon received by the Note A-3 Holder or reductions in such amount pursuant to Sections 3, 4 or 5, as applicable.

“Note A-3 Rate” shall mean the Note A-3 Rate set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.

“Note A-3 Relative Spread” shall mean the ratio of the Note A-3 Rate to the Mortgage Loan Rate.

“Note A-4” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-4 Default Rate” shall mean a rate per annum equal to the Note A-4 Rate plus the Note Default Interest Spread.

“Note A-4 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-4 Holder, or any subsequent holder of the Note A-4, together with its successors and assigns.

“Note A-4 Percentage Interest” shall mean a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Note A-4 Principal Balance and the denominator of which is the sum of the Note A-1 Principal Balance, the Note A-2 Principal Balance, the Note A-3 Principal Balance, the Note A-4 Principal Balance, the Note A-5 Principal Balance, the Note A-6 Principal

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Balance, the Note A-7 Principal Balance, the Note A-8 Principal Balance, the Note A-9 Principal Balance and the Note B Principal Balance.

“Note A-4 Principal Balance” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, at any time of determination, the Initial Note A-4 Principal Balance set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon received by the Note A-4 Holder or reductions in such amount pursuant to Sections 3, 4 or 5, as applicable.

“Note A-4 Rate” shall mean the Note A-4 Rate set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.

“Note A-4 Relative Spread” shall mean the ratio of the Note A-4 Rate to the Mortgage Loan Rate.

“Note A-5” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-5 Default Rate” shall mean a rate per annum equal to the Note A-5 Rate plus the Note Default Interest Spread.

“Note A-5 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-5 Holder, or any subsequent holder of the Note A-5, together with its successors and assigns.

“Note A-5 Percentage Interest” shall mean a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Note A-5 Principal Balance and the denominator of which is the sum of the Note A-1 Principal Balance, the Note A-2 Principal Balance, the Note A-3 Principal Balance, the Note A-4 Principal Balance, the Note A-5 Principal Balance, the Note A-6 Principal Balance, the Note A-7 Principal Balance, the Note A-8 Principal Balance, the Note A-9 Principal Balance and the Note B Principal Balance.

“Note A-5 Principal Balance” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, at any time of determination, the Initial Note A-5 Principal Balance set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon received by the Note A-5 Holder or reductions in such amount pursuant to Sections 3, 4 or 5, as applicable.

“Note A-5 Rate” shall mean the Note A-5 Rate set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.

“Note A-5 Relative Spread” shall mean the ratio of the Note A-5 Rate to the Mortgage Loan Rate.

“Note A-6” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-6 Default Rate” shall mean a rate per annum equal to the Note A-6 Rate plus the Note Default Interest Spread.

“Note A-6 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-6 Holder, or any subsequent holder of the Note A-6, together with its successors and assigns.

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“Note A-6 Percentage Interest” shall mean a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Note A-6 Principal Balance and the denominator of which is the sum of the Note A-1 Principal Balance, the Note A-2 Principal Balance, the Note A-3 Principal Balance, the Note A-4 Principal Balance, the Note A-5 Principal Balance, the Note A-6 Principal Balance, the Note A-7 Principal Balance, the Note A-8 Principal Balance, the Note A-9 Principal Balance and the Note B Principal Balance.

“Note A-6 Principal Balance” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, at any time of determination, the Initial Note A-6 Principal Balance set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon received by the Note A-6 Holder or reductions in such amount pursuant to Sections 3, 4 or 5, as applicable.

“Note A-6 Rate” shall mean the Note A-6 Rate set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.

“Note A-6 Relative Spread” shall mean the ratio of the Note A-6 Rate to the Mortgage Loan Rate.

“Note A-7” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-7 Default Rate” shall mean a rate per annum equal to the Note A-7 Rate plus the Note Default Interest Spread.

“Note A-7 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-7 Holder, or any subsequent holder of the Note A-7, together with its successors and assigns.

“Note A-7 Percentage Interest” shall mean a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Note A-7 Principal Balance and the denominator of which is the sum of the Note A-1 Principal Balance, the Note A-2 Principal Balance, the Note A-3 Principal Balance, the Note A-4 Principal Balance, the Note A-5 Principal Balance, the Note A-6 Principal Balance, the Note A-7 Principal Balance, the Note A-8 Principal Balance, the Note A-9 Principal Balance and the Note B Principal Balance.

“Note A-7 Principal Balance” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, at any time of determination, the Initial Note A-7 Principal Balance set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon received by the Note A-7 Holder or reductions in such amount pursuant to Sections 3, 4 or 5, as applicable.

“Note A-7 Rate” shall mean the Note A-7 Rate set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.

“Note A-7 Relative Spread” shall mean the ratio of the Note A-7 Rate to the Mortgage Loan Rate.

“Note A-8” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-8 Default Rate” shall mean a rate per annum equal to the Note A-8 Rate plus the Note Default Interest Spread.

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“Note A-8 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-8 Holder, or any subsequent holder of the Note A-8, together with its successors and assigns.

“Note A-8 Percentage Interest” shall mean a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Note A-8 Principal Balance and the denominator of which is the sum of the Note A-1 Principal Balance, the Note A-2 Principal Balance, the Note A-3 Principal Balance, the Note A-4 Principal Balance, the Note A-5 Principal Balance, the Note A-6 Principal Balance, the Note A-7 Principal Balance, the Note A-8 Principal Balance, the Note A-9 Principal Balance and the Note B Principal Balance.

“Note A-8 Principal Balance” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, at any time of determination, the Initial Note A-8 Principal Balance set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon received by the Note A-8 Holder or reductions in such amount pursuant to Sections 3, 4 or 5, as applicable.

“Note A-8 Rate” shall mean the Note A-8 Rate set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.

“Note A-8 Relative Spread” shall mean the ratio of the Note A-8 Rate to the Mortgage Loan Rate.

“Note A-9” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-9 Default Rate” shall mean a rate per annum equal to the Note A-9 Rate plus the Note Default Interest Spread.

“Note A-9 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-9 Holder, or any subsequent holder of the Note A-9, together with its successors and assigns.

“Note A-9 Percentage Interest” shall mean a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Note A-9 Principal Balance and the denominator of which is the sum of the Note A-1 Principal Balance, the Note A-2 Principal Balance, the Note A-3 Principal Balance, the Note A-4 Principal Balance, the Note A-5 Principal Balance, the Note A-6 Principal Balance, the Note A-7 Principal Balance, the Note A-8 Principal Balance, the Note A-9 Principal Balance and the Note B Principal Balance.

“Note A-9 Principal Balance” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, at any time of determination, the Initial Note A-9 Principal Balance set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon received by the Note A-9 Holder or reductions in such amount pursuant to Sections 3, 4 or 5, as applicable.

“Note A-9 Rate” shall mean the Note A-9 Rate set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.

“Note A-9 Relative Spread” shall mean the ratio of the Note A-9 Rate to the Mortgage Loan Rate.

“Note B” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

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“Note B Default Rate” shall mean a rate per annum equal to the Note B Rate plus the Note Default Interest Spread.

“Note B Holder” shall mean the Initial Note B Holder, and any successor in interest, or any subsequent holder of the Note B.

“Note B Percentage Interest” shall mean a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Note B Principal Balance and the denominator of which is the sum of the Note A-1 Principal Balance, the Note A-2 Principal Balance, the Note A-3 Principal Balance, the Note A-4 Principal Balance, the Note A-5 Principal Balance, the Note A-6 Principal Balance, the Note A-7 Principal Balance, the Note A-8 Principal Balance, the Note A-9 Principal Balance and the Note B Principal Balance.

“Note B Principal Balance” shall mean, at any time of determination, the Initial Note B Principal Balance set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon or reductions in such amount pursuant to Sections 3, 4 or 5, as applicable.

“Note B Rate” shall mean the Note B Rate set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.

“Note B Relative Spread” shall mean the ratio of the Note B Rate to the Mortgage Loan Rate.

“Note Default Interest Spread” shall mean a rate per annum equal to four percent (4%); provided, however, that if the weighted average of the Note A-1 Default Rate, the Note A-2 Default Rate, the Note A-3 Default Rate, the Note A-4 Default Rate, the Note A-5 Default Rate, the Note A-6 Default Rate, the Note A-7 Default Rate, the Note A-8 Default Rate, the Note A-9 Default Rate and the Note B Default Rate would exceed the maximum rate permitted by applicable law, the Note Default Interest Spread shall equal (i) the rate at which the weighted average of the Note A-1 Default Rate, the Note A-2 Default Rate, the Note A-3 Default Rate, the Note A-4 Default Rate, the Note A-5 Default Rate, the Note A-6 Default Rate, the Note A-7 Default Rate, the Note A-8 Default Rate, the Note A-9 Default Rate and the Note B Default Rate equals the maximum rate permitted by applicable law minus (ii) the Mortgage Loan Rate.

“Note Pledgee” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 19(e).

“Note Rate(s)” shall mean, individually or collectively as the context may require, any of the Note A-1 Rate, the Note A-2 Rate, the Note A-3 Rate, the Note A-4 Rate, the Note A-5 Rate, the Note A-6 Rate, the Note A-7 Rate, the Note A-8 Rate, the Note A-9 Rate or the Note B Rate, as applicable.

“Note Register” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 21.

“Noteholder” shall mean any of the Senior Noteholders or Note B Holder, as applicable.

“Noteholder Purchase Notice” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 12.

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“Operating Advisor” shall mean the Operating Advisor appointed under the Servicing Agreement.

“Other Note Securitization” shall mean the first sale by any of the Note A-2 Holder, the Note A-3 Holder, the Note A-4 Holder, the Note A-5 Holder, the Note A-6 Holder, the Note A-7 Holder, the Note A-8 Holder or the Note A-9 Holder, of all or a portion of Note A-2, Note A-3, Note A-4, Note A-5, Note A-6, Note A-7, Note A-8 or Note A-9, as applicable, to a depositor who will in turn include all or such portion of Note A-2, Note A-3, Note A-4, Note A-5, Note A-6, Note A-7, Note A-8 or Note A-9, as applicable, as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Other Note Securitization Date” shall mean the closing date of the Other Note Securitization.

“Other Securitization Note” shall mean any Note that is contributed to the Other Note Securitization (or, if more than one Note is contributed to the Other Note Securitization, the Note with the higher (or highest) alpha-numeric designation).

“Percentage Interest” shall mean, with respect to the Note A-1 Holder, the Note A-1 Percentage Interest, with respect to the Note A-2 Holder, the Note A-2 Percentage Interest, with respect to the Note A-3 Holder, the Note A-3 Percentage Interest, with respect to the Note A-4 Holder, the Note A-4 Percentage Interest, with respect to the Note A-5 Holder, the Note A-5 Percentage Interest, with respect to the Note A-6 Holder, the Note A-6 Percentage Interest, with respect to the Note A-7 Holder, the Note A-7 Percentage Interest, with respect to the Note A-8 Holder, the Note A-8 Percentage Interest, with respect to the Note A-9 Holder, the Note A-9 Percentage Interest and with respect to the Note B Holder, the Note B Percentage Interest, as each may be adjusted from time to time.

“Permitted Fund Manager” shall mean any Person that on the date of determination is (i) one of the entities on Exhibit C attached hereto and made a part hereof or any other a nationally-recognized manager of investment funds investing in debt or equity interests relating to commercial real estate, (ii) investing through a fund with committed capital of at least $500,000,000 and (iii) not subject to a proceeding relating to the bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors.

“Person” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Servicing Agreement.

“Pledge” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 19(e).

“Prepayment Premium” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, any prepayment premium, spread maintenance premium, yield maintenance premium or similar fee required to be paid in connection with a prepayment of the Mortgage Loan pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Documents, including any exit fee.

“Principal Balance” shall mean any of the Note A-1 Principal Balance, the Note A-2 Principal Balance, the Note A-3 Principal Balance, the Note A-4 Principal Balance, the Note A-5 Principal Balance, the Note A-6 Principal Balance, the Note A-7 Principal Balance, the Note A-

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8 Principal Balance, the Note A-9 Principal Balance and the Note B Principal Balance, as applicable.

“Pro Rata and Pari Passu Basis” shall mean with respect to the Senior Notes and the related Noteholders, the allocation of any particular payment, collection, cost, expense, liability or other amount between such Notes or such Noteholders, as the case may be, without any priority of any such Note or any such Noteholder over another such Note or Noteholder, as the case may be, and in any event such that each Note or Noteholder, as the case may be, is allocated its respective Percentage Interest of such particular payment, collection, cost, expense, liability or other amount.

“Qualified Institutional Lender” shall mean each of the Initial Noteholders (and any Affiliates and subsidiaries of such entity) and any other Person that is:

(a)               an entity Controlled (as defined below) by, under common Control with or Controlling either the Initial Note A-1 Holder, Initial Note A-2 Holder, Initial Note A-3 Holder, Initial Note A-4 Holder, Initial Note A-5 Holder, Initial Note A-6 Holder, Initial Note A-7 Holder, Initial Note A-8 Holder, Initial Note A-9 Holder or Initial Note B Holder;

(b)               Argentic Real Estate Finance 2 LLC (and any Affiliates and subsidiaries of such entity); or

(c)               one or more of the following:

(i)                                 a real estate investment bank, an insurance company, reinsurance trust, bank, savings and loan association, investment bank, trust company, commercial credit corporation, pension plan, pension fund, pension fund advisory firm, mutual fund, real estate investment trust, governmental entity or plan, or

(ii)                               an investment company, money management firm or a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a) (1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or

(iii)                           a Qualified Trustee (or in the case of a CDO, a single purpose bankruptcy remote entity which contemporaneously assigns or pledges the Junior Note, or a participation interest therein (or any portion thereof) to a Qualified Trustee) in connection with (a) a securitization of, (b) the creation of collateralized debt obligations (“CDO”) secured by, or (c) a financing through an “owner trust” of, any or all of the Junior Note (any of the foregoing, a “Securitization Vehicle”), provided that (1) one or more classes of securities issued by such Securitization Vehicle is initially rated at least investment grade by each of the Rating Agencies which assigned a rating to one or more classes of securities issued in connection with a securitization (it being understood that with respect to any Rating Agency that assigned such a rating to the securities issued by such Securitization Vehicle, a Rating Agency Confirmation will not be required in connection with a transfer of the Junior Note to such Securitization Vehicle); (2) in the case of a Securitization

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Vehicle that is not a CDO, the special servicer of such Securitization Vehicle has a Required Special Servicer Rating or is otherwise acceptable to the Rating Agencies rating each Securitization (such entity, an “Approved Servicer”) and such Approved Servicer is required to service and administer the Junior Note in accordance with servicing arrangements for the assets held by the Securitization Vehicle which require that such Approved Servicer act in accordance with a servicing standard notwithstanding any contrary direction or instruction from any other Person; or (3) in the case of a Securitization Vehicle that is a CDO, the CDO Asset Manager and, if applicable, each Intervening Trust Vehicle that is not administered and managed by a CDO Asset Manager which is a Qualified Institutional Lender, are each a Qualified Institutional Lender under clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v) of this definition, or

(iv)                           an investment fund, limited liability company, limited partnership or general partnership having capital and/or capital commitments of at least $250,000,000, in which (A) the Note A-1 Holder, Note A-2 Holder, Note A-3 Holder, Note A-4 Holder, Note A-5 Holder, Note A-6 Holder, Note A-7 Holder, Note A-8 Holder, Note A-9 Holder or Note B Holder, as applicable, (B) a person that is otherwise a Qualified Institutional Lender under clause (i), (ii) or (v) (with respect to an institution substantially similar to the entities referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above), or (C) a Permitted Fund Manager, acts as a general partner, managing member, or the fund manager responsible for the day-to-day management and operation of such investment vehicle and provided that at least 50% of the equity interests in such investment vehicle are owned, directly or indirectly, by one or more entities that are otherwise Qualified Institutional Lenders (without regard to the capital surplus/equity and total asset requirements set forth below in the definition), or

(v)                             an institution substantially similar to any of the foregoing, and

in the case of any entity referred to in clause (c)(i), (c)(ii), (c)(iii)(a), (c)(iv)(B) or (c)(v) of this definition, (x) such entity has at least $200,000,000 in capital/statutory surplus or shareholders’ equity (except with respect to a pension advisory firm, asset manager or similar fiduciary) and at least $500,000,000 in total assets (in name or under management), and (y) is regularly engaged in the business of making or owning commercial real estate loans (or interests therein) similar to the Mortgage Loan (or mezzanine loans with respect thereto) or owning or operating commercial real estate properties; provided that, in the case of the entity described in clause (iv) (B) above, the requirements of this clause (y) may be satisfied by a general partner, managing member, or the fund manager responsible for the day-to-day management and operation of such entity, or

(d)               any entity Controlled (as defined below) by any of the entities described in clause (c) above or approved by the Rating Agencies hereunder as a Qualified Institutional Lender for purposes of this Agreement, or as to which the Rating Agencies have stated they would not review such entity in connection with the subject transfer.

For purposes of this definition only, “Control” means the ownership, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate of more than fifty percent (50%) of the beneficial ownership interests

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of an entity or the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of an entity, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise (“Controlled” and “Controlling” have the meaning correlative thereto).

“Qualified Trustee” means (i) a corporation, national bank, national banking association or a trust company, organized and doing business under the laws of any state or the United States of America, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers and to accept the trust conferred, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority, (ii) an institution insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or (iii) an institution whose long-term senior unsecured debt is rated either of the then in effect top two rating categories of each of the applicable Rating Agencies.

“Rating Agencies” shall mean any of (a) S&P, (b) Moody’s, (c) Fitch, (d) DBRS Morningstar, (e) KBRA or, (f) if any of such entities shall for any reason no longer perform the functions of a securities rating agency, any other nationally recognized statistical rating agency reasonably designated by the Depositor or Non-Lead Depositor to rate the securities issued in connection with the Securitization of any of the Senior Notes, as applicable; provided, however, that, at any time during which any Senior Note is an asset of one or more Securitizations, “Rating Agencies” or “Rating Agency” shall mean with respect to the Senior Notes, only those rating agencies that are engaged by the Depositor or Non-Lead Depositor, as applicable, from time to time to rate the securities issued in connection with the Securitization of such Note.

“Rating Agency Confirmation” shall mean prior to a Securitization with respect to any matter, confirmation in writing (which may be in electronic form) by each applicable Rating Agency that a proposed action, failure to act or other event so specified will not, in and of itself, result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of the then-current rating assigned to any class of certificates (if then rated by the Rating Agency); provided that a written waiver or other acknowledgment from the Rating Agency indicating its decision not to review the matter for which the Rating Agency Confirmation is sought shall be deemed to satisfy the requirement for the Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such matter and after a Securitization, the meaning given thereto or any analogous term in the Servicing Agreement including any deemed Rating Agency Confirmation.

“Recovered Costs” shall mean any amounts referred to in clauses (i)(d) and/or (i)(e) of the definition of “Defaulted Mortgage Loan Purchase Price” that, at the time of determination, had been previously paid or reimbursed to any Servicer from sources other than collections on or in respect of the Mortgage Loan or the Mortgaged Property (including, without limitation, from collections on or in respect of loans other than the Mortgage Loan).

“Redirection Notice” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 19(e).

“Regulation AB” shall mean Subpart 229.1100 – Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R. §§229.1100-229.1125, as such rules may be amended from time to time, and subject to such clarification and interpretation as have been provided by the Commission or by the staff of the Commission, or as may be provided by the Commission or its staff from time to time, in each case as effective from time to time as of the compliance dates specified therein.

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“Relative Spread(s)” shall mean, individually or collectively as the context may require, the Note A-1 Relative Spread, Note A-2 Relative Spread, Note A-3 Relative Spread, Note A-4 Relative Spread, Note A-5 Relative Spread, Note A-6 Relative Spread, Note A-7 Relative Spread, Note A-8 Relative Spread, Note A-9 Relative Spread and Note B Relative Spread.

“REMIC” shall mean a real estate mortgage investment conduit within the meaning of Section 860D(a) of the Code.

“REMIC Provisions” shall mean provisions of the federal income tax law relating to real estate mortgage investment conduits, which appear at Sections 860A through 860G of subchapter M of Chapter 1 of the Code, and related provisions, and regulations (including any applicable proposed regulations) and rulings promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in effect from time to time.

“Required Special Servicer Rating” shall mean with respect to a special servicer (i) in the case of Fitch, a rating of “CSS3”, (ii) in the case of S&P, such special servicer is on S&P’s Select Servicer List as a U.S. Commercial Mortgage Special Servicer, (iii) in the case of Moody’s, such special servicer is acting as special servicer for one or more loans included in a commercial mortgage loan securitization that was rated by Moody’s within the twelve (12) month period prior to the date of determination, and Moody’s has not downgraded or withdrawn the then-current rating on any class of commercial mortgage securities or placed any class of commercial mortgage securities on watch citing the continuation of such special servicer as special servicer of such commercial mortgage loans, (iv) in the case of DBRS Morningstar, the replacement special servicer either (a) has a then-current special servicer ranking of at least “MOR CS3” by DBRS Morningstar (if ranked by DBRS Morningstar) or (b) is currently acting as a special servicer on a transaction-level basis on a commercial mortgage-backed securitization transaction currently rated by DBRS Morningstar that currently has securities outstanding and for which DBRS Morningstar has not cited servicing concerns of the replacement special servicer as the sole or material factor in any qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings (or placement on “watch status” in contemplation of a ratings downgrade or withdrawal) of securities rated by DBRS Morningstar in a commercial mortgage-backed securitization transaction rated by DBRS Morningstar and serviced by the applicable replacement special servicer prior to the time of determination, and (v) in the case of KBRA, KBRA has not cited servicing concerns of such special servicer as the sole or material factor in any qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings (or placement on “watch status” in contemplation of a ratings downgrade or withdrawal) of securities in a transaction serviced by such special servicer prior to the time of determination.

“REO Property” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in (a) prior to the Lead Securitization Date, the Model PSA, and (b) from and after the Lead Securitization Date, the Servicing Agreement.

“Restricted Mezzanine Holder”: A holder of a related mezzanine loan that has been accelerated or as to which the mezzanine lender has initiated foreclosure proceedings or enforcement proceedings against the equity collateral pledged to secure such mezzanine loan.

“S&P” shall mean S&P Global Ratings, and its successors in interest.

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“Securitization” shall mean one or more sales by any of the Senior Noteholders or Note B Holder of all or a portion of such Note to a depositor, who will in turn include such portion of such Note as part of a securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Securitization Date” shall mean the effective date on which the Securitization of the Lead Securitization Note or portion thereof is consummated.

“Securitization Servicing Agreement” shall mean the Servicing Agreement or any Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Securitization Trust” shall mean a trust formed pursuant to a Securitization pursuant to which any of the Senior Notes or Note B is held.

“Senior Noteholder(s)” shall mean, individually or collectively as the context may require, the Note A-1 Holder, Note A-2 Holder, Note A-3 Holder, Note A-4 Holder, Note A-5 Holder, Note A-6 Holder, Note A-7 Holder, Note A-8 Holder and Note A-9 Holder.

“Senior Note(s)” shall mean, individually or collectively as the context may require, Note A-1, Note A-2, Note A-3, Note A-4, Note A-5, Note A-6, Note A-7, Note A-8 and Note A-9.

“Sequential Pay Event” shall mean (i) any Event of Default with respect to an obligation to pay money due under the Mortgage Loan, any other Event of Default for which the Mortgage Loan is actually accelerated or any other Event of Default which causes the Mortgage Loan to become a Specially Serviced Loan, or any bankruptcy or insolvency event that constitutes an Event of Default (provided, however, that unless the Servicer under the Servicing Agreement has notice or knowledge of such event at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the applicable distribution date, distributions will be made sequentially beginning on the subsequent distribution date; provided, further, that the aforementioned requirement of notice or knowledge will not apply in the case of distribution of the final proceeds of a liquidation or final disposition of the Mortgage Loan). A Sequential Pay Event shall no longer exist to the extent it has been cured (including any cure payment made by the Controlling Noteholder in accordance with Section 11) and shall not be deemed to exist to the extent the Junior Noteholder is exercising its cure rights under Section 11.

“Servicer” shall mean (i) the Interim Servicer prior to the Lead Securitization Date (if the context requires) or (ii) on or after the Lead Securitization Date, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the context may require.

“Servicing Agreement” shall mean (i) the Interim Servicing Agreement pursuant to which the Mortgage Loan is serviced prior to the Lead Securitization Date (if the context requires) and (ii) on or after the Lead Securitization Date, a pooling and servicing agreement, which is substantially similar in all material respects to the Model PSA and subject to Section 2 hereof, to be entered into in connection with the Lead Securitization, by and among (a) the Person who serves as Trustee from and after the Lead Securitization Date, (b) the Person who serves as Master Servicer from and after the Lead Securitization Date, (c) the Person which serves as Special Servicer from and after the Lead Securitization Date, (d) the Person who serves as Operating Advisor from and after the Lead Securitization Date and (e) the Depositor, and any other additional Persons that may be party to such pooling and servicing agreement; provided it is acknowledged

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that such agreement is subject in all respects to changes (i) required by the Code relating to the tax elections of the related Securitization Trust (ii) required by law or changes in any law, rule or regulation and (iii) requested by the Rating Agencies or any purchaser of subordinate certificates. The Servicing Standard in the Servicing Agreement shall require, among other things, that each Servicer, in servicing the Mortgage Loan, must take into account the interests of each Noteholder (taking into account that the B Note is junior to the A Notes as and to the extent provided herein). Notwithstanding the foregoing, capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed thereto (or to any analogous term) in (a) prior to the Lead Securitization Date, the Model PSA, and (b) from and after the Lead Securitization Date, the Servicing Agreement.

“Servicing Advances” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Servicing Agreement or such other analogous term used in the Servicing Agreement or Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, as applicable.

“Servicing Fee Rate” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Servicing Agreement.

“Servicing Standard” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in (a) prior to the Lead Securitization Date, the Model PSA, and (b) from and after the Lead Securitization Date, the Servicing Agreement.

“Servicing Transfer Event” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Servicing Agreement.

“Special Servicer” shall mean any Special Servicer appointed as provided in the Servicing Agreement and this Agreement to service the Mortgage Loan.

“Specially Serviced Loan” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Servicing Agreement.

“Stated Maturity Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Mortgage Loan Agreement.

“Taxes” shall mean any income or other taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature, now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any department, agency, state or other political subdivision thereof or therein.

“Transfer” shall mean any sale, assignment, transfer, pledge, syndication, participation, hypothecation, contribution, encumbrance or other disposition (either (i) directly or (ii) indirectly through entering into a derivatives contract or any other similar agreement, excluding a repurchase financing or a Pledge in accordance with Section 19(e)).

“Trustee” shall mean any Trustee appointed as provided in the Servicing Agreement.

“U.S. Person” shall mean a citizen or resident of the United States, a corporation or partnership (except to the extent provided in applicable Treasury Regulations) created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia,

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including any entity treated as a corporation or partnership for federal income tax purposes, or an estate whose income is subject to United States federal income tax regardless of its source, or a trust if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of such trust, and one or more such U.S. Persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of such trust (or, to the extent provided in applicable Treasury Regulations, a trust in existence on August 20, 1996 that is eligible to elect to be treated as a U.S. Person).

“Workout” shall mean any written modification, waiver, amendment, restructuring or workout of the Mortgage Loan or the Note entered into with the Mortgage Loan Borrower in accordance with the Servicing Agreement.

“Whole Loan Custodial Account” shall mean the custodial account or subaccount established for the Mortgage Loan pursuant to the Servicing Agreement.

Section 2.                Servicing.

(a)   Each Noteholder acknowledges and agrees that, subject to this Agreement, the Mortgage Loan shall be serviced prior to the Lead Securitization Date pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the Interim Servicing Agreement and on and after the Lead Securitization Date, by the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the Servicing Agreement; provided that in the event that the Interim Servicing Agreement is not executed and delivered prior to the Lead Securitization Date, the Initial Agent shall cause the complete Servicing File and Mortgage File to be delivered to the Servicer for the Lead Securitization in accordance with the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement; provided further that the Master Servicer shall not be obligated to advance monthly payments of principal or interest in respect of the Notes other than the Lead Securitization Note (and the Junior Note if the Junior Note is included in the Lead Securitization) (and the Non-Lead Master Servicer shall be required to advance monthly payments of principal and interest on any Non-Lead Securitization Note pursuant to the terms of the applicable Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement) if such principal or interest is not paid by the Mortgage Loan Borrower but shall be obligated to advance delinquent real estate taxes, insurance premiums and other expenses related to the maintenance of the Mortgaged Property and maintenance and enforcement of the lien of the Mortgage thereon, subject to the terms of the Servicing Agreement. The Junior Noteholder acknowledges that each of the Senior Noteholders may elect, in its sole discretion, to include any of the respective Senior Notes in a Securitization and agrees that it will reasonably cooperate with such Senior Noteholder, at such Senior Noteholder’s, as applicable, sole cost and expense, to effect such Securitization. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each Noteholder hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consents to the appointment of the Master Servicer, Special Servicer and the Trustee under the Servicing Agreement by the Depositor and agrees to reasonably cooperate with the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer with respect to the servicing of the Mortgage Loan in accordance with the Servicing Agreement. Each Noteholder hereby appoints the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee in the Lead Securitization as such Noteholder’s attorney-in-fact to sign any documents reasonably required with respect to the administration and servicing of the Mortgage Loan on its behalf under the Servicing Agreement (subject at all times to the rights of the Noteholders set forth herein and in the Servicing Agreement). In no event shall the Servicing Agreement require the Servicer to enforce the rights of any Noteholder against any other Noteholder or limit the Servicer in enforcing the rights of one Noteholder against any other

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Noteholder; however, this statement shall not be construed to otherwise limit the rights of one Noteholder with respect to any other Noteholder.

(b)               The then Controlling Noteholder shall be entitled to exercise any notice and consent rights of the “directing holder,” “directing certificateholder,” “controlling class,” “controlling class representative” or any analogous class or holder under the Servicing Agreement except to the extent such Noteholder is expressly prohibited from exercising such rights under the terms of this Agreement in its capacity as the Controlling Noteholder.

(c)               In no event may the Servicing Agreement change the interest allocable to, or the amount of any payments due to, the Controlling Noteholder or materially increase the Controlling Noteholder’s obligations or materially decrease the Controlling Noteholder’s rights, remedies or protections hereunder.

(d)               The Servicing Agreement shall, unless otherwise agreed to by the Controlling Noteholder, contain servicing provisions substantially similar in all material respects to the servicing provisions of the Model PSA. The Servicing Agreement shall contain provisions to the effect that:

(i)                                    if an event of default under the Servicing Agreement has occurred (A) with respect to the Master Servicer under the Servicing Agreement that affects a Noteholder or any class of commercial mortgage securities backed by a Note or a participation interest in a Note, and the Master Servicer is not otherwise terminated under the Servicing Agreement, then the Note B Holder or its designees (if the Note B Holder is the Controlling Noteholder) shall be entitled to direct the Trustee to appoint a sub-servicer solely with respect to the Mortgage Loan (or if the Mortgage Loan is currently being sub-serviced, to replace the current sub-servicer, but only if such original sub-servicer is in default under the related sub-servicing agreement); and (B) the appointment (or replacement) of a sub-servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loan, as contemplated in clause (A) above, will in any event be subject to written confirmation from each Rating Agency that such appointment would not, in and of itself, cause a downgrade, qualification or withdrawal of the then-current ratings assigned to the securities issued in connection with any Securitization;

(ii)                                 any payments received on the Mortgage Loan shall be paid by the Master Servicer to each of the Noteholders on the “master servicer remittance date” under the Servicing Agreement;

(iii)                              the Controlling Noteholder shall be entitled to receive, and the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall provide access to, any information relating to the Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage Loan Borrower or the Mortgaged Property as the Controlling Noteholder may reasonably request and would be customarily in the possession of, or collected or known by, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer of mortgage loans similar to the Mortgage Loan and, in any event, all information that is required to be provided to holders of the securities issued by the Lead Securitization Trust pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Servicing Agreement, including, but not limited to, standard CREFC reports and Asset Status Reports, provided that if an interest in the Controlling Noteholder or the related Note is held by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or a Mortgage Loan

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Borrower Related Party, then the Controlling Noteholder shall not be entitled to receive the Asset Status Report or any other information relating to the Special Servicer’s workout strategy or any “excluded information” or analogous term under the Servicing Agreement;

(iv)                            each Noteholder is an intended third party beneficiary in respect of the rights afforded it under the Servicing Agreement and may directly enforce such rights;

(v)                                the Servicing Agreement may not be amended without the consent of the Junior Noteholder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect its rights thereunder; and

(vi)                             the Special Servicer appointed by the Note B Holder shall be named as the Special Servicer for the Mortgage Loan under the Servicing Agreement as of the closing of the Lead Securitization, as long as such Special Servicer satisfies the requirements of the Servicing Agreement.

(e)               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, any obligation of the Servicer pursuant to the terms hereof shall be performed by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, as set forth in the Servicing Agreement.

(f)    At any time after the Securitization Date that the Lead Securitization Note is no longer subject to the provisions of the Servicing Agreement, the Lead Securitization Noteholder shall cause the Mortgage Loan to be serviced pursuant to a servicing agreement that contains servicing provisions which are the same as or more favorable to the Junior Noteholder, in substance, to those in the Servicing Agreement (including, without limitation, all applicable provisions relating to delivery of information and reports necessary for any Non-Lead Securitization to comply with any applicable reporting requirements under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) and all references herein to the “Servicing Agreement” shall mean such subsequent servicing agreement; provided, however, that if any of the Non-Lead Securitization Notes is in a Securitization, then a Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been obtained from each Rating Agency with respect to such subsequent servicing agreement; provided, further, however, that until a replacement servicing agreement has been entered into, the Lead Securitization Noteholder shall cause the Mortgage Loan to be serviced in accordance with the servicing provisions set forth in the Servicing Agreement as if such agreement was still in full force and effect with respect to the Mortgage Loan; provided, further, however, that until a replacement servicing agreement is in place, the actual servicing of the Mortgage Loan may be performed by any nationally recognized commercial mortgage loan servicer appointed by Lead Securitization Noteholder and the special servicer appointed by the Controlling Noteholder and does not have to be performed by the service providers set forth under the Servicing Agreement.

(g)   Each of the Non-Lead Securitization Noteholders agrees that, if its Note is included in a Securitization, it shall cause the applicable Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement to contain provisions to the effect that:

(i)                                    such Noteholder shall be responsible for its pro rata share of any Servicing Advances (and advance interest thereon) and any additional trust fund expenses, but only to the extent that they relate to servicing and administration of the Notes and the Mortgaged

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Property, including without limitation, any unpaid Special Servicing Fees, Liquidation Fees and Workout Fees relating to the Notes, and that in the event that the funds received with respect to each respective Note are insufficient to cover such Servicing Advances or additional trust fund expenses, (A) the Non-Lead Master Servicer will be required to, promptly following notice from the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, pay or reimburse the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, or the Lead Securitization Trust, as applicable, out of general funds in the collection account (or equivalent account) established under the Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement for such Noteholder’s pro rata share of any such Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances (together with advance interest thereon) and/or additional trust fund expenses (including compensation due to the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer to the extent related to the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loan and the Mortgaged Property), and (B) if the Servicing Agreement permits the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee to reimburse itself from the Lead Securitization Trust’s general account, then the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as applicable, may do so, and the Non-Lead Master Servicer will be required to, promptly following notice from the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, reimburse the Lead Securitization Trust out of general funds in the collection account (or equivalent account) established under the Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement for such Noteholder’s pro rata share of any such Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances (together with advance interest thereon) and/or additional trust fund expenses (including compensation due to the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer to the extent related to the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loan and the Mortgaged Property);

(ii)                                 each of the Indemnified Parties shall be indemnified (as and to the same extent the Lead Securitization Trust is required to indemnify each of such Indemnified Parties in respect of other mortgage loans in the Lead Securitization Trust pursuant to the terms of Servicing Agreement and, in the case of the Lead Securitization Trust, to the extent of any additional trust fund expenses with respect to the Mortgage Loan) by the Non-Lead Securitization Trust, against any of the Indemnified Items to the extent of its pro rata share of such Indemnified Items, and to the extent amounts on deposit in the Whole Loan Custodial Account that are allocated to any of the Non-Lead Securitization Notes, as applicable are insufficient for reimbursement of such amounts, the Non-Lead Master Servicer will be required to reimburse each of the applicable Indemnified Parties for such Note’s pro rata share of the insufficiency out of general funds in the collection account (or equivalent account) established under the Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement;

(iii)            the Non-Lead Master Servicer will be required to deliver to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor (i) promptly following the Securitization of any of the Non-Lead Securitization Notes, as applicable, notice of the deposit of such Note into a Securitization Trust (which notice shall also provide contact information for the trustee, the certificate administrator, the Non-Lead Master Servicer, the special servicer and the party designated to exercise the rights of the “Non-Controlling Pari Passu Noteholder” under this Agreement), accompanied by a certified copy of the executed Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and (ii) notice of any subsequent change in the identity of the Non-Lead Master Servicer or the party

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designated to exercise the rights of the “Non-Controlling Pari Passu Noteholder” under this Agreement (together with the relevant contact information);

(iv)               any matter affecting the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loan that requires delivery of a Rating Agency Confirmation pursuant to the Servicing Agreement shall also require delivery of a Rating Agency Confirmation under each Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement; and

(v)                 the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee and the Lead Securitization Trust shall be third party beneficiaries of the foregoing provisions.

(h)   The Servicing Agreement shall provide that compensating interest payments as defined therein with respect to the Senior Notes will be allocated by the Master Servicer between the Senior Notes, pro rata, in accordance with their respective principal amounts. The Master Servicer shall remit any compensating interest payment in respect of each Non-Lead Securitization Note to the applicable Non-Lead Securitization Noteholder, respectively.

(i)     In the event any filing is required to be made by any Non-Lead Depositor under the related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement in order to comply with the Non-Lead Depositor’s requirements under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, each Non-Lead Securitization Noteholder (including the related Non-Lead Depositor and related Non-Lead Trustee) shall use commercially reasonable efforts to timely comply with any such filing.

(j)     Each of the Non-Lead Securitization Noteholders shall give each of the parties to the Servicing Agreement notice of a Non-Lead Securitization that includes its Note in writing (which may be by e-mail) promptly after the related Non-Lead Securitization Date. Such notice shall contain contact information for each of the parties to the related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. In addition, after the related Non-Lead Securitization Date, the related Noteholder shall send a copy of the related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement to each of the parties to the Servicing Agreement.

(k)   If any of the Non-Lead Securitization Notes becomes the subject of an Asset Review pursuant to the related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee and the Custodian shall reasonably cooperate with such Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer in connection with such Asset Review by providing such Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer with any documents reasonably requested by such Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer, but only to the extent that such documents are in the possession of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Custodian, as the case may be, and are not in the possession of the Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer (and the Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer has informed such party that it has first requested, and not received, the documents from the master servicer, special servicer and custodian for the applicable Non-Lead Securitization).

Section 3.                Subordination of Junior Note; Payments Prior to a Sequential Pay Event. The Junior Note and the rights of the Junior Noteholder to receive payments of interest, principal and other amounts with respect to the Junior Note shall at all times be junior, subject and subordinate to the Senior Notes and the right of the Senior Noteholders to receive payments of

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interest, principal and other amounts with respect to the Senior Notes as set forth herein. If no Sequential Pay Event, as determined by the applicable Servicer, shall have occurred and be continuing, all amounts tendered by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or otherwise available for payment on or with respect to or in connection with the Mortgage Loan or the Mortgaged Property or amounts realized as proceeds thereof, whether received in the form of monthly payments, the Balloon Payment, Liquidation Proceeds, proceeds under any guaranty, letter of credit or other collateral or instrument securing the Mortgage Loan or Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds (other than proceeds, awards or settlements to be applied to the restoration or repair of the Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgage Loan Borrower in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents, to the extent permitted by the REMIC Provisions), but excluding (x) all amounts for required reserves or escrows required by the Mortgage Loan Documents (to the extent, in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents) to be held as reserves or escrows or received as reimbursements on account of recoveries in respect of Advances then due and payable or reimbursable to the Servicer under the Servicing Agreement and (y) all amounts that are then due, payable or reimbursable to any Servicer, Operating Advisor, Certificate Administrator or Trustee with respect to the Mortgage Loan pursuant to the Servicing Agreement, shall be applied by the Note A-1 Holder (or its designee) and distributed by the Servicer for payment in the following order of priority without duplication (and payments shall be made at such times as are set forth in the Servicing Agreement):

(a)               first, to the Senior Noteholders, pro rata, in an amount equal to the accrued and unpaid interest on the Principal Balance of each Senior Note at each applicable Net Note Rate, respectively;

(b)               second, to the Senior Noteholders on a Pro Rata and Pari Passu Basis in an amount equal to their respective Percentage Interests of principal payments received, if any, with respect to such Monthly Payment Date with respect to the Mortgage Loan, until their Principal Balances have been reduced to zero;

(c)               third, to each of the Senior Noteholders on a Pro Rata and Pari Passu Basis up to the amount of any unreimbursed costs and expenses paid by such Senior Noteholder including any Recovered Costs not previously reimbursed to such Noteholder (or paid or advanced by any Servicer on its behalf and not previously paid or reimbursed) with respect to the Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement or the Servicing Agreement;

(d)               fourth, to each of the Senior Noteholders on a Pro Rata and Pari Passu Basis in an amount equal to the product of (i) the Percentage Interest of such Note multiplied by (ii) the Relative Spread of such Note, as applicable, and (iii) any Prepayment Premium to the extent paid by the Mortgage Loan Borrower;

(e)               fifth, if the proceeds of any foreclosure sale or any liquidation of a Mortgage Loan or Mortgaged Property exceed the amounts required to be applied in accordance with the foregoing clauses (a)-(d) and, as a result of a Workout the Principal Balance of any Senior Note has been reduced, such excess amount shall be paid to the Senior Noteholders, pro rata, in an amount up to the reduction, if any, of the Principal Balance for such Note as a result of such Workout, plus interest on such amount at the related Note Rate, as applicable;

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(f)                sixth, to the Note B Holder in an amount equal to the accrued and unpaid interest on the Note B Principal Balance at the Net Note B Rate;

(g)               seventh, to the Note B Holder in an amount equal to the Note B Percentage Interest of principal payments received, if any, with respect to such Monthly Payment Date with respect to the Mortgage Loan, until the Note B Principal Balance has been reduced to zero;

(h)               eighth, to the Note B Holder in an amount equal to the product of (i) the Percentage Interest of such Note multiplied by (ii) the Note B Relative Spread and (iii) any Prepayment Premium to the extent paid by the Mortgage Loan Borrower;

(i)                 ninth, to the extent the Note B Holder has made any payments or advances to cure defaults pursuant to Section 11, to reimburse the Note B Holder for all such cure payments;

(j)                 tenth, if the proceeds of any foreclosure sale or any liquidation of a Mortgage Loan or Mortgaged Property exceed the amounts required to be applied in accordance with the foregoing clauses (a)-(i) and, as a result of a Workout the Principal Balance of the Note B has been reduced, such excess amount shall be paid to the Note B Holder in an amount up to the reduction, if any, of the Note B Principal Balance as a result of such Workout, plus interest on such amount at the related Note B Rate;

(k)               eleventh, to the extent assumption or transfer fees actually paid by the Mortgage Loan Borrower are not required to be otherwise applied under the Servicing Agreement, including, without limitation, to provide reimbursement for interest on any Advances, to pay any Additional Servicing Expenses or to compensate a Servicer (in each case provided that such reimbursements or payments relate to the Mortgage Loan), any such assumption or transfer fees, to the extent actually paid by the Mortgage Loan Borrower, shall be paid to the Senior Noteholders and the Note B Holder, pro rata based on their respective Percentage Interests; and

(l)                 twelfth, if any excess amount is available to be distributed in respect of the Mortgage Loan, and not otherwise applied in accordance with the foregoing clauses (a)-(k), any remaining amount shall be paid pro rata to the Senior Noteholders and the Note B Holder in accordance with their respective initial Percentage Interests.

Section 4.                Payments Following a Sequential Pay Event. Payments of interest and principal shall be made to the Noteholders in accordance with Section 3 of this Agreement; provided, if a Sequential Pay Event, as determined by the applicable Servicer and as set forth in the Servicing Agreement, shall have occurred and be continuing, all amounts tendered by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or otherwise available for payment on or with respect to or in connection with the Mortgage Loan or the Mortgaged Property or amounts realized as proceeds thereof (including without limitation amounts received by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer pursuant to the Servicing Agreement as reimbursements on account of recoveries in respect of Advances), whether received in the form of monthly payments, any proceeds from the sale or distribution of any REO Property, the Balloon Payment, Liquidation Proceeds, proceeds under any guaranty, letter of credit or other collateral or instrument securing the Mortgage Loan or Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds (other than proceeds, awards or settlements to be applied to the restoration or repair of the Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgage Loan Borrower in accordance

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with the terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents, to the extent permitted by the REMIC Provisions), but excluding (x) all amounts for required reserves or escrows required by the Mortgage Loan Documents to continue to be held as reserves or escrows or received as reimbursements on account of recoveries in respect of Advances then due and payable or reimbursable to any Servicer under Servicing Agreement and (y) all amounts that are then due, payable or reimbursable to any Servicer, Operating Advisor, Certificate Administrator or Trustee with respect to this Mortgage Loan pursuant to the Servicing Agreement with respect to the Mortgage Loan, shall be distributed by the Servicer in the following order of priority without duplication (and payments shall be made at such times as are set forth in the Servicing Agreement):

(a)               first, to the Senior Noteholders, pro rata, in an amount equal to the accrued and unpaid interest on the Principal Balance of each Senior Note at each applicable Net Note Rate, respectively;

(b)               second, to the Senior Noteholders in an amount equal to all amounts allocated as principal on the Mortgage Loan, pro rata, based on their outstanding Principal Balances, until their Principal Balances have been reduced to zero;

(c)               third, to the Senior Noteholders on a Pro Rata and Pari Passu Basis up to the amount of any unreimbursed costs and expenses paid by such Senior Noteholder including any Recovered Costs not previously reimbursed to such Noteholder (or paid or advanced by any Servicer on its behalf and not previously paid or reimbursed) with respect to the Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement or the Servicing Agreement;

(d)               fourth, to each of the Senior Noteholders on a Pro Rata and Pari Passu Basis in an amount equal to the product of (i) the Percentage Interest of such Note multiplied by (ii) the Relative Spread of such Note, as applicable, and (iii) any Prepayment Premium to the extent paid by the Mortgage Loan Borrower;

(e)               fifth, if the proceeds of any foreclosure sale or any liquidation of a Mortgage Loan or Mortgaged Property exceed the amounts required to be applied in accordance with the foregoing clauses (a)-(d) and, as a result of a Workout the Principal Balance of any Senior Note has been reduced, such excess amount shall be paid to the Senior Noteholders, pro rata, in an amount up to the reduction, if any, of the Principal Balance for such Note as a result of such Workout, plus interest on such amount at the related Note Rate, as applicable;

(f)                sixth, to the Note B Holder in an amount equal to the accrued and unpaid interest on the Note B Principal Balance at the Net Note B Rate;

(g)               seventh, to the Note B Holder in an amount equal to all amounts allocated as principal on the Mortgage Loan with respect to such Monthly Payment Date, until the Note B Principal Balance has been reduced to zero;

(h)               eighth, to the Note B Holder in an amount equal to the product of (i) the Percentage Interest of such Note multiplied by (ii) the Note B Relative Spread and (iii) any Prepayment Premium to the extent paid by the Mortgage Loan Borrower;

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(i)                 ninth, to the extent the Note B Holder has made any payments or advances to cure defaults pursuant to Section 11, to reimburse the Note B Holder for all such cure payments;

(j)                 tenth, if the proceeds of any foreclosure sale or any liquidation of a Mortgage Loan or Mortgaged Property exceed the amounts required to be applied in accordance with the foregoing clauses (a)-(i) and, as a result of a Workout the Principal Balance of the Note B has been reduced, such excess amount shall be paid to the Note B Holder in an amount up to the reduction, if any, of the Note B Principal Balance as a result of such Workout, plus interest on such amount at the related Note B Rate;

(k)               eleventh, to the extent assumption or transfer fees actually paid by the Mortgage Loan Borrower are not required to be otherwise applied under the Servicing Agreement, including, without limitation, to provide reimbursement for interest on any Advances, to pay any Additional Servicing Expenses or to compensate a Servicer (in each case provided that such reimbursements or payments relate to the Mortgage Loan), any such assumption or transfer fees, to the extent actually paid by the Mortgage Loan Borrower, shall be paid to the Senior Noteholders and the Note B Holder, pro rata, based on their respective Percentage Interests; and

(l)                 twelfth, if any excess amount is available to be distributed in respect of the Mortgage Loan, and not otherwise applied in accordance with the foregoing clauses (a)-(m), any remaining amount shall be paid pro rata to the Senior Noteholders and the Note B Holder in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests.

Section 5.                Administration of the Mortgage Loan.

(a)               Subject to this Agreement (including, without limitation, Section 5(f) below) and the Servicing Agreement, and consistent with the Servicing Standard, the Lead Securitization Noteholder (or any Servicer acting on behalf of the Lead Securitization Noteholder) shall have the sole and exclusive authority with respect to the administration of, and exercise of rights and remedies with respect to, the Mortgage Loan, including, without limitation, the sole authority to modify or waive any of the terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents or consent to any action or failure to act by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or any other party to the Mortgage Loan Documents, call or waive any Event of Default, accelerate the Mortgage Loan or institute any foreclosure action or other remedy and no other Noteholder shall have any voting, consent or other rights whatsoever with respect to the Lead Securitization Noteholder’s administration of, or exercise of its rights and remedies with respect to, the Mortgage Loan except as set forth in this Agreement and the Servicing Agreement including the rights of the Junior Noteholder in its capacity as the Controlling Noteholder to consent to the Major Decisions set forth in this Agreement. Subject to this Agreement and the Servicing Agreement (including, without limitation, Section 5(f) below), and consistent with the Servicing Standard, the Junior Noteholder agrees that it shall have no right to, and hereby presently and irrevocably assigns and conveys to the Lead Securitization Noteholder (or any Servicer acting on behalf of the Lead Securitization Noteholder) the rights, if any, that the Junior Noteholder has to, (i) call or cause the Lead Securitization Noteholder to call an Event of Default under the Mortgage Loan, or (ii) exercise any remedies with respect to the Mortgage Loan or the Mortgage Loan Borrower, including, without limitation, filing or causing the Lead Securitization Noteholder to file any bankruptcy petition against the Mortgage Loan Borrower. The Lead Securitization Noteholder (or any

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Servicer acting on behalf of the Lead Securitization Noteholder) shall not have any fiduciary duty to any Noteholder in connection with the administration of the Mortgage Loan (but the foregoing shall not relieve the Lead Securitization Noteholder from the obligation to make any disbursement of funds as set forth herein).

Subject to Section 11 and Section 12 hereof, upon the Mortgage Loan becoming a Defaulted Mortgage Loan, each of the Non-Lead Securitization Noteholders hereby acknowledges the right and obligation of the Lead Securitization Noteholder (or the Special Servicer acting on behalf of the Lead Securitization Noteholder) to sell each of the Non-Lead Securitization Notes together with the Lead Securitization Note as notes evidencing one whole loan in accordance with the terms of the Servicing Agreement. In connection with any such sale, the Special Servicer shall be required to sell each of the Non-Lead Securitization Notes together with Note A-1 in the manner set forth in the Servicing Agreement and shall require that all offers be submitted to the Trustee in writing. Whether any cash offer constitutes a fair price for the Senior Notes shall be determined by the Trustee; provided, that no offer from an Interested Person shall constitute a fair price unless (i) it is the highest offer received and (ii) at least two bona fide other offers are received from independent third parties. In determining whether any offer received represents a fair price for the Senior Notes, the Trustee shall be supplied with and shall rely on the most recent Appraisal or updated Appraisal conducted in accordance with the Servicing Agreement within the preceding nine (9) month period or, in the absence of any such Appraisal, on a new Appraisal. The Trustee shall select the Third Party Appraiser conducting any such new Appraisal. In determining whether any such offer constitutes a fair price for the Senior Notes, the Trustee shall instruct the Third Party Appraiser to take into account (in addition to the results of any Appraisal or updated Appraisal that it may have obtained pursuant to the Servicing Agreement), as applicable, among other factors, the period and amount of any delinquency on the affected Senior Notes, the occupancy level and physical condition of the related Mortgaged Property and the state of the local economy. The Trustee may conclusively rely on the opinion of an Independent appraiser or other Independent expert in real estate matters retained by the Trustee at the expense of the Holders in connection with making such determination. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Lead Securitization Noteholder (or the Special Servicer acting on behalf of the Lead Securitization Noteholder) shall not be permitted to sell the Senior Notes if they become a Defaulted Loan without the written consent of the Non-Controlling Pari Passu Noteholder (provided that such consent is not required if the Non-Controlling Pari Passu Noteholder is the Mortgage Loan Borrower or an affiliate of the Mortgage Loan Borrower) unless the Special Servicer has delivered to the Non-Controlling Pari Passu Noteholder: (a) at least 15 Business Days’ prior written notice of any decision to attempt to sell the Senior Notes; (b) at least 10 days prior to the proposed sale date, a copy of each bid package (together with any material amendments to such bid packages) received by the Special Servicer in connection with any such proposed sale, (c) at least 10 days prior to the proposed sale date, a copy of the most recent Appraisal for the Mortgage Loan, and any documents in the Servicing File reasonably requested by the Non-Controlling Pari Passu Noteholder that are material to the price of the Senior Notes and (d) until the sale is completed, and a reasonable period of time (but no less time than is afforded to the other offerors and the Controlling Class Representative) prior to the proposed sale date, all information and other documents being provided to other offerors and all leases or other documents that are approved by the Special Servicer in connection with the proposed sale; provided, that such Non-Controlling Pari Passu Noteholder may waive any of the delivery or timing requirements set forth in this sentence. Subject to the terms of the Servicing Agreement, each of the Controlling Noteholder,

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the Controlling Class Representative, the Note B Holder, the Non-Controlling Noteholder (or any controlling class representative or directing holder on its behalf under the Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement) shall be permitted to bid at any sale of the Senior Notes unless such Person is the Mortgage Loan Borrower or an agent or Affiliate of the Mortgage Loan Borrower.

The Non-Lead Securitization Noteholder hereby appoints the Lead Securitization Noteholder as its agent, and grants to the Lead Securitization Noteholder an irrevocable power of attorney coupled with an interest, and their proxy, for the purpose of soliciting and accepting offers for and consummating the sale of Non-Lead Securitization Note. The Non-Lead Securitization Noteholder further agrees that, upon the request of the Lead Securitization Noteholder, the Non-Lead Securitization Noteholder shall execute and deliver to or at the direction of Lead Securitization Noteholder such powers of attorney or other instruments as the Lead Securitization Noteholder may reasonably request to better assure and evidence the foregoing appointment and grant, in each case promptly following request, and shall deliver the original Non-Lead Securitization Note endorsed in blank, to or at the direction of the Lead Securitization Noteholder in connection with the consummation of any such sale.

The authority and obligation of the Lead Securitization Noteholder to sell the Non-Lead Securitization Note, and the obligations of the Non-Lead Securitization Noteholder to execute and deliver instruments or deliver the Non-Lead Securitization Note upon request of the Lead Securitization Noteholder, shall terminate and cease to be of any further force or effect upon the date, if any, upon which Lead Securitization Note is repurchased by the Initial Note A-1 Holder from the trust fund established under the Lead Securitization Agreement in connection with a material breach of representation or warranty made by the Initial Note A-1 Holder with respect to Lead Securitization Note or material document defect with respect to the documents delivered by the Initial Note A-1 Holder with respect to the Lead Securitization Note upon the consummation of the Lead Securitization. The preceding sentence shall not be construed to grant to the Non-Lead Securitization Noteholder the benefit of any representation or warranty made by the Initial Note A-1 Holder or any document delivery obligation imposed on the Initial Note A-1 Holder under any mortgage loan purchase and sale agreement, instrument of transfer or other document or instrument that may be executed or delivered by the Initial Note A-1 Holder in connection with the Lead Securitization.

(b)               The administration of the Mortgage Loan shall be governed by this Agreement and the Servicing Agreement. Each Noteholder agrees to be bound by the terms of the Servicing Agreement. The Lead Securitization Noteholder (or the Servicer on its behalf) shall service the Mortgage Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, including without limitation, the rights of the Junior Noteholder set forth in Section 5(f) below and consistent with the Servicing Standard. Servicing of the Mortgage Loan shall be carried out by the Master Servicer and, if the Mortgage Loan is a Specially Serviced Loan, by the Special Servicer, in each case pursuant to the Servicing Agreement and consistent with the Servicing Standard. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in accordance with the Servicing Agreement, the Lead Securitization Noteholder shall cause the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer to service and administer the Mortgage Loan in accordance with the Servicing Standard, taking into account the interests of each of the Noteholders as a collective whole (it being understood that the interests of the Junior Noteholder are subordinate to the Senior Notes, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including without limitation the rights of the Controlling Noteholder), and the

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Junior Noteholder who is not the Mortgage Loan Borrower or a Mortgage Loan Borrower Related Party shall be deemed a third party beneficiary of such provisions of the Servicing Agreement. The foregoing provisions of this Section 5(b) shall not limit or modify the rights of the Controlling Noteholder and/or the Junior Operating Advisor to exercise their respective rights specifically set forth under this Agreement.

(c)               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, but subject to the terms and conditions of the Servicing Agreement and this Agreement (including, without limitation, Sections 5(f) and 6), if the Lead Securitization Noteholder in connection with a Workout of the Mortgage Loan modifies the terms thereof such that (i) the unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loan is decreased, (ii) the Interest Rate or scheduled amortization payments on such Mortgage Loan are reduced, (iii) payments of interest or principal on such Mortgage Loan are waived, reduced or deferred or (iv) any other adjustment (other than an increase in the Interest Rate or increase in scheduled amortization payments) is made to any of the terms of the Mortgage Loan, all payments to the Senior Noteholders pursuant to Section 3 and Section 4, as applicable, shall be made as though such Workout did not occur, with the payment terms of the Senior Notes remaining the same as they are on the date hereof, the full economic effect of all waivers, reductions or deferrals of amounts due on the Mortgage Loan attributable to such Workout shall be borne by the Note B Holder (up to the amount otherwise due on Note B). Subject to the Servicing Agreement and this Agreement (including without limitation Sections 5(f) and 6), in the case of any modification or amendment described above, the Lead Securitization Noteholder will have the sole authority and ability to revise the payment provisions set forth in Section 3 and Section 4 above in a manner that reflects the subordination of the Junior Note to the Senior Notes with respect to the loss that is the result of such amendment or modification, including: (i) the ability to increase the Percentage Interest of each Senior Note and to reduce the Note B Percentage Interest in a manner that reflects a loss in principal as a result of such amendment or modification and (ii) the ability to change the Note Rate for each Senior Note and the Note B Rate, as applicable, in order to reflect a reduction in the Interest Rate of the Mortgage Loan but shall not be permitted to change the order of the clauses set forth in Sections 3 and 4 hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Workout, modification or amendment of the Mortgage Loan extends the original maturity date of the Mortgage Loan, for purposes of this paragraph, the Balloon Payment will be deemed not to be due on the original maturity date of the Mortgage Loan but will be deemed due on the extended maturity date of the Mortgage Loan.

(d)               All rights and obligations of the Lead Securitization Noteholder described hereunder may be exercised by the Servicers on behalf of the Lead Securitization Noteholder in accordance with the Servicing Agreement and this Agreement. The Controlling Noteholder shall be provided access to any website that a Privileged Person (other than a Rating Agency) would be permitted to access in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Servicing Agreement, it being understood and agreed that the Controlling Noteholder is subject to any restrictions on the access to such websites contained in the Servicing Agreement.

(e)               If any Note is included as an asset of a REMIC, any provision of this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding: (i) the Mortgage Loan shall be administered such that the Notes shall each qualify at all times as (or as interests in) a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, (ii) any real property (and related personal property) acquired by or on behalf of the Noteholders pursuant to a foreclosure, exercise of a power of sale

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or delivery of a deed in lieu of foreclosure of the Mortgage or lien on such property following a default on the Mortgage Loan shall be administered so that the interests of the Noteholders therein shall at all times qualify as “foreclosure property” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code and (iii) no Servicer may modify, waive or amend any provision of the Mortgage Loan, consent to or withhold consent from any action of the Mortgage Loan Borrower, or exercise or refrain from exercising any powers or rights which the Noteholders may have under the Mortgage Loan Documents, if any such action would constitute a “significant modification” of the Mortgage Loan, within the meaning of Section 1.860G-2(b) of the regulations of the United States Department of the Treasury, more than three months after the earliest startup day of any REMIC which includes the Lead Securitization Note (or any portion thereof). The Noteholders agree that the provisions of this Section 5(e) shall be effected by compliance by the Lead Securitization Noteholder or its assignees with this Agreement or the Servicing Agreement or any other agreement which governs the administration of the Mortgage Loan or the Lead Securitization Noteholder’s interests therein. All costs and expenses of compliance with this Section 5(e), to the extent that such costs and expenses relate to administration of a REMIC or to any determination respecting the amount, payment or avoidance of any tax under the REMIC Provisions or the actual payment of any REMIC tax or expense, shall be borne by the Senior Noteholders and, if included in the Lead Securitization, the Note B Holder, on a pro rata and pari passu basis.

(f)                Anything herein or in the Servicing Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event that one of the Senior Notes or Note B is included in a REMIC and the other is not, such other Noteholder shall not be required to reimburse such Noteholder that deposited its respective Note in the REMIC or any other Person for payment of (i) any taxes imposed on such REMIC, (ii) any costs or expenses relating to the administration of such REMIC or to any determination respecting the amount, payment or avoidance of any tax under such REMIC or (iii) any advances for any of the foregoing or any interest thereon or for deficits in other items of disbursement or income resulting from the use of funds for payment of any such taxes, costs or expenses or advances, nor shall any disbursement or payment otherwise distributable to the other Noteholders be reduced to offset or make-up any such payment or deficit.

(i)       Subject to clauses (ii) and (iii) below, prior to the Servicer taking any consent, modification, amendment or waiver under or other action in respect of a Mortgage (whether or not a Servicing Transfer Event has occurred and is continuing) that would constitute a Major Decision, the Servicer shall provide the Controlling Noteholder (or its Junior Operating Advisor) with at least ten (10) Business Days (or, in the case of a determination of an Acceptable Insurance Default, 20 days) prior notice requesting consent to the requested Major Decision. The Servicer shall not take any action with respect to such Major Decision (or making a determination not to take action with respect to such Major Decision), unless and until the Special Servicer shall receive the written consent of the Controlling Noteholder (or its Junior Operating Advisor) before implementing a decision with respect to such Major Decision.

(ii)       If the Lead Securitization Noteholder (or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) has not received a response from the Controlling Noteholder (or its Junior Operating Advisor) with respect to such Major Decision within five (5) Business Days after delivery of the notice of a Major Decision, the Lead Securitization Noteholder (or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall deliver an additional copy of the notice of a Major Decision in all caps bold 14-point font: “THIS IS A SECOND NOTICE. FAILURE TO RESPOND WITHIN FIVE (5)

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BUSINESS DAYS OF THIS SECOND NOTICE WILL RESULT IN A LOSS OF YOUR RIGHT TO CONSENT WITH RESPECT TO THIS DECISION.” and if the Controlling Noteholder (or its Junior Operating Advisor) fails to respond to the Lead Securitization Noteholder (or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) with respect to any such proposed action within five (5) Business Days after receipt of such second notice, the Controlling Noteholder (or its Junior Operating Advisor), as applicable, shall have no further consent rights with respect to the specific action set forth in such notice. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Servicer determines that action is necessary to protect the Mortgaged Property or the interests of the holders of certificates from potential harm if such action is not taken or if a failure to take any such action at such time would be inconsistent with the Servicing Standard, the Servicer may take actions with respect to such Mortgaged Property before obtaining the consent of the Controlling Noteholder (or its Controlling Noteholder Representative) if the Servicer reasonably determines in accordance with the Servicing Standard that failure to take such actions prior to such consent would materially and adversely affect the interest of the Noteholders as a collective whole, and the Servicer has made a reasonable effort to contact the Controlling Noteholder. The foregoing shall not relieve the Lead Securitization Noteholder (or a Servicer acting on its behalf) of its duties to comply with the Servicing Standard.

(iii)       Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Lead Securitization Noteholder (or any Servicer acting on its behalf) shall not follow any advice or consultation provided by the Controlling Noteholder (or its Junior Operating Advisor) that would require or cause the Lead Securitization Noteholder (or any Servicer acting on its behalf) to violate any applicable law, including the REMIC Provisions, be inconsistent with the Servicing Standard, require or cause the Lead Securitization Noteholder (or any Servicer acting on its behalf) to violate provisions of this Agreement or the Servicing Agreement, require or cause the Lead Securitization Noteholder (or any Servicer acting on its behalf) to violate the terms of the Mortgage Loan, or materially expand the scope of any Lead Securitization Noteholder’s (or any Servicer acting on its behalf) responsibilities under this Agreement or the Servicing Agreement.

The Special Servicer shall be required to provide copies to each Non-Controlling Noteholder of any notice, information and report that is required to be provided to the Controlling Noteholder pursuant to the Servicing Agreement with respect to any Major Decisions, or the implementation of any recommended actions outlined in an Asset Status Report, within the same time frame such notice, information and report is required to be provided to the Controlling Noteholder (for this purpose, without regard to whether such items are actually required to be provided to the Controlling Noteholder under the Servicing Agreement due to the occurrence of a Control Termination Event or a Consultation Termination Event (as each such term is defined in the Servicing Agreement)), and (ii) the Special Servicer will be required to consult with each Non-Controlling Noteholder on a strictly non-binding basis, to the extent having received such notices, information and reports, each Non-Controlling Noteholder requests consultation with respect to any such Major Decisions or the implementation of any recommended actions outlined in an Asset Status Report, and consider alternative actions recommended by each Non-Controlling Noteholder; provided that after the expiration of a period of ten (10) Business Days from the delivery to each Non-Controlling Noteholder by the Special Servicer of written notice of a proposed action, together with copies of the notice, information and reports, the Special Servicer shall no longer be obligated to consult with such Non-Controlling Noteholders, whether or not such Non-Controlling Noteholders have responded within such ten (10) Business Day period.

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(g)               The Controlling Noteholder shall be entitled to avoid its applicable Control Appraisal Period caused by application of an Appraisal Reduction Amount upon satisfaction of the following (which must be completed within thirty (30) days of the receipt of a third party Appraisal that indicates such Control Appraisal Period has occurred): (i) such Controlling Noteholder shall have delivered as a supplement to the appraised value of the Mortgaged Property, in the amount specified in clause (ii) below, to the Servicer, together with documentation acceptable to the Servicer in accordance with the Servicing Standard to create and perfect a first priority security interest in favor of the Senior Noteholders in such collateral (a) cash collateral held by, and acceptable to, the Servicer or (b) an unconditional and irrevocable standby letter of credit with the Servicers on behalf of the Senior Noteholders as the beneficiary, issued by a bank or other financial institutions the long term unsecured debt obligations of which are rated at least “AA” by S&P, “A” by Fitch and “Aa2” by Moody’s or the short term obligations of which are rated at least “A-1+” by S&P, “F-1” by Fitch and “P-1” by Moody’s (either (a) or (b), the “Threshold Event Collateral”), and (ii) the Threshold Event Collateral shall be in an amount which, when added to the appraised value of the Mortgaged Property as determined pursuant to the Servicing Agreement, would cause the applicable Control Appraisal Period not to occur. If the requirements of this paragraph are satisfied by the Controlling Noteholder (a “Threshold Event Cure”), no Control Appraisal Period caused by application of an Appraisal Reduction Amount shall be deemed to have occurred. If a letter of credit is furnished as Threshold Event Collateral, the applicable Controlling Noteholder shall be required to renew such letter of credit not later than thirty (30) days prior to expiration thereof or to replace such letter of credit with a substitute letter of credit or other Threshold Event Collateral with an expiration date that is greater than forty-five (45) days from the date of substitution; provided, however, that, if a letter of credit is not renewed prior to thirty (30) days prior to the expiration date of such letter of credit, the letter of credit shall provide that the Servicer may (and at the direction of the applicable Controlling Noteholder, shall) draw upon such letter of credit and hold the proceeds thereof as Threshold Event Collateral. If a letter of credit is furnished as Threshold Event Collateral, the applicable Controlling Noteholder shall be required to replace such letter of credit with other Threshold Event Collateral within 30 days if the credit ratings of the issuing entity are downgraded below the required ratings; provided, however, that, if such Threshold Event Collateral is not so replaced, the Servicer shall draw upon such letter of credit and hold the proceeds thereof as Threshold Event Collateral. The Threshold Event Cure shall continue until (i) the appraised value of the Mortgaged Property plus the value of the Threshold Event Collateral would not be sufficient to prevent a Control Appraisal Period from occurring; or (ii) the occurrence of a Final Recovery Determination. If the appraised value of the Mortgaged Property, upon any redetermination thereof, is sufficient to avoid the occurrence of a Control Appraisal Period without taking into consideration any, or some portion of, Threshold Event Collateral previously delivered by the Controlling Noteholder, any or such portion of Threshold Event Collateral held by the Servicer shall promptly be returned to such Controlling Noteholder (at its sole expense). Upon a Final Recovery Determination with respect to the Mortgage Loan, such Threshold Event Collateral shall be available to reimburse each Noteholder for any realized loss pursuant to Section 3 or 4, as applicable, with respect to the Mortgage Loan after application of the net proceeds of liquidation, not in excess of the Principal Balance of the Senior Notes and the Principal Balance of the Junior Note, as the case may be, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon at the applicable interest rate and all other Additional Servicing Expenses reimbursable under this Agreement and under the Servicing Agreement. Any Threshold Event Collateral shall be treated as an “outside reserve fund” for purposes of the REMIC Provisions and

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such property (and the right to reimbursement of any amounts with respect thereto from a REMIC) shall be beneficially owned by the posting Noteholder who shall be taxed on all income with respect thereto. The entire amount of Threshold Event Collateral, without a haircut or other reduction, shall be considered in determining the sufficiency of such Threshold Event Collateral to avoid a Control Appraisal Period.

(h)               The Master Servicer or Special Servicer shall obtain appraisals that meet the requirements of, and at the times required pursuant to, the terms of the Servicing Agreement.

Section 6.                Appointment of Junior Operating Advisor.

(a)   Prior to a Control Appraisal Period, the Note B Holder shall have the right at any time to appoint a Junior Operating Advisor to exercise its rights hereunder (the “Junior Operating Advisor”). The Note B Holder shall have the right in its sole discretion at any time and from time to time to remove and replace the Junior Operating Advisor. When exercising its various rights under Section 5 and elsewhere in this Agreement, the Note B Holder may, at its option, in each case, act through the Junior Operating Advisor. The Junior Operating Advisor may be any Person (other than the Mortgage Loan Borrower, its principal or any Affiliate of the Mortgage Loan Borrower), including, without limitation, the Note B Holder, any officer or employee of the Note B Holder, any Affiliate of the Note B Holder or any other unrelated third party. No such Junior Operating Advisor shall owe any fiduciary duty or other duty to any other Person (other than the Note B Holder). All actions that are permitted to be taken by the Note B Holder under this Agreement may be taken by the Junior Operating Advisor acting on behalf of the Note B Holder and the Lead Securitization Noteholder (and any Servicer) will accept such actions of the Junior Operating Advisor as actions of the Note B Holder. Lead Securitization Noteholder (or any Servicer on its behalf) shall not be required to recognize any Person as an Junior Operating Advisor until the Note B Holder has notified the Lead Securitization Noteholder (and any Servicer) of such appointment and, if the Junior Operating Advisor is not the same Person as the Note B Holder, the Junior Operating Advisor provides the Lead Securitization Noteholder (and any Servicer) with written confirmation of its acceptance of such appointment, an address, any fax number and any email address for the delivery of notices and other correspondence and a list of officers or employees of such person with whom the parties to this Agreement may deal (including their names, titles, work addresses, telephone numbers, any fax numbers and any email addresses). Lead Securitization Noteholder shall promptly deliver such information to any Servicer.

(b)               Neither the Junior Operating Advisor nor the Note B Holder will have any liability to the other Noteholders or any other Person for any action taken, or for refraining from the taking of any action pursuant to this Agreement or the Servicing Agreement, or for errors in judgment, absent any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of its willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence. The Noteholders agree that the Junior Operating Advisor and the Note B Holder (whether acting in place of the Junior Operating Advisor when no Junior Operating Advisor shall have been appointed hereunder or otherwise exercising any right, power or privilege granted to such Note B Holder hereunder) may take or refrain from taking actions that favor the interests of one Noteholder over any other Noteholder, and that the Junior Operating Advisor may have special relationships and interests that conflict with the interests of a Noteholder and, absent willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence on the part of the Junior Operating Advisor or such Note B Holder, as the case may be, agree to take no action against the Junior Operating

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Advisor, such Note B Holder or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, principals or agents as a result of such special relationships or interests, and that neither the Junior Operating Advisor nor such Note B Holder will be deemed to have been grossly negligent or reckless, or to have acted in bad faith or engaged in willful misfeasance or to have recklessly disregarded any exercise of its rights by reason of its having acted or refrained from acting solely in the interests of any Noteholder.

(c)               [Reserved]

(d)               If the Lead Securitization Noteholder is the Controlling Noteholder, the Junior Noteholder acknowledges and agrees all of the aforementioned rights and obligations of the Controlling Noteholder and the Junior Operating Advisor set forth in Section 5(f) and 5(h) and this Section 6 shall be exercisable by the Lead Securitization Noteholder (or the applicable Person specified in the Servicing Agreement) to the extent set forth in the Servicing Agreement.

Section 7.                Special Servicer. The Controlling Noteholder (or its Junior Operating Advisor), at its expense (including, without limitation, the reasonable costs and expenses of counsel to any third parties and costs and expenses of the terminated Special Servicer), shall have the right, at any time from time to time, to appoint a replacement Special Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loan. The Controlling Noteholder (or its Junior Operating Advisor) shall be entitled to terminate the rights and obligations of the Special Servicer under the Servicing Agreement, with or without cause, upon at least ten (10) Business Days’ prior written notice to the Special Servicer (provided, however, that the Controlling Noteholder, Junior Operating Advisor and/or Note B Holder shall not be liable for any termination or similar fee in connection with the removal of the Special Servicer in accordance with this Section 7); such termination shall not be effective unless and until (A) each Rating Agency delivers a Rating Agency Confirmation (to the extent any portion of the Mortgage Loan has been securitized); (B) the initial or successor Special Servicer has assumed in writing (from and after the date such successor Special Servicer becomes the Special Servicer) all of the responsibilities, duties and liabilities of the Special Servicer under the Servicing Agreement from and after the date it becomes the Special Servicer as they relate to the Mortgage Loan pursuant to an assumption agreement reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee; and (C) the Trustee shall have received an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee to the effect that (x) the designation of such replacement to serve as Special Servicer is in compliance with the Servicing Agreement, (y) such replacement will be bound by the terms of the Servicing Agreement with respect to such Mortgage Loan and (z) subject to customary qualifications and exceptions, the applicable Servicing Agreement will be enforceable against such replacement in accordance with its terms. The Lead Securitization Noteholder shall promptly provide copies to any terminated Special Servicer of the documents referred to in the preceding sentence. The Lead Securitization Noteholder will reasonably cooperate with the Controlling Noteholder in order to satisfy the foregoing conditions, including the Rating Agency Confirmation.

Section 8.                Payment Procedure.

(a)               The Lead Securitization Noteholder (or the Servicer on its behalf), in accordance with the priorities set forth in Section 3 or 4, as applicable, and subject to the terms of the Servicing Agreement, will deposit or cause to be deposited all payments allocable to the Notes to the Collection Account or Whole Loan Custodial Account for the Notes established pursuant to

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the Servicing Agreement. The Lead Securitization Noteholder (or the Servicer on its behalf) shall establish a segregated sub-account for amounts due to the each Noteholder. The Lead Securitization Noteholder (or the Servicer acting on its behalf) shall deposit such amounts to the applicable account within two (2) Business Days following the Lead Securitization Noteholder’s (or the Servicer’s acting on its behalf) receipt of properly identified and available funds from or on behalf of the Mortgage Loan Borrower.

(b)               If the Lead Securitization Noteholder (or the Servicer on its behalf) determines, or a court of competent jurisdiction orders, at any time that any amount received or collected in respect of a Note must, pursuant to any insolvency, bankruptcy, fraudulent conveyance, preference or similar law, be returned to the Mortgage Loan Borrower or paid to such Noteholder or any Servicer or paid to any other Person, then, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, a Lead Securitization Noteholder (or the Servicer on its behalf) shall not be required to distribute any portion thereof to such Noteholder and such Noteholder will promptly on demand by the Lead Securitization Noteholder (or the Servicer on its behalf) repay to the Lead Securitization Noteholder (or the Servicer on its behalf) any portion thereof that the Lead Securitization Noteholder (or the Servicer on its behalf) shall have theretofore distributed to such Noteholder, together with interest thereon at such rate, if any, as the Lead Securitization Noteholder shall have been required to pay to any Mortgage Loan Borrower, the Master Servicer, Special Servicer, any other Noteholder or such other Person with respect thereto.

(c)               If, for any reason, the Lead Securitization Noteholder (or the Servicer on its behalf) makes any payment to the Note B Holder before the Lead Securitization Holder (or the Servicer on its behalf) has received the corresponding payment (it being understood that the Lead Securitization Noteholder (or the Servicer on its behalf) is under no obligation to do so), and the Lead Securitization Noteholder (or the Servicer on its behalf) does not receive the corresponding payment within three (3) Business Days of its payment to a Note B Holder, such Note B Holder will, at the Lead Securitization Holder’s (or the Servicer’s on its behalf) request, promptly return that payment to the Lead Securitization Noteholder (or the Servicer on its behalf).

(d)               Each Noteholder agrees that if at any time it shall receive from any sources whatsoever any payment on account of the Mortgage Loan in excess of its distributable share thereof, it will promptly remit such excess to the Lead Securitization Holder (or the Servicer on its behalf) subject to this Agreement and the Servicing Agreement and to be distributed pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. The Lead Securitization Noteholder (or the Servicer on its behalf) shall have the right to offset any amounts due hereunder from the Note B Holder with respect to the Mortgage Loan against any future payments due to the Note B Holder under the Mortgage Loan, provided, that each Noteholder’s obligations under this Section 8 are separate and distinct obligations from one another and in no event shall the Lead Securitization Noteholder (or the Servicer on its behalf) enforce the obligations of one Noteholder against another Noteholder. Each Noteholder’s obligations under this Section 8 constitute absolute, unconditional and continuing obligations.

Section 9.                Limitation on Liability of the Noteholders. No Noteholder (including any Servicer on a Noteholder’s behalf) shall have any liability to any other Noteholder except with respect to losses actually suffered due to the gross negligence, willful misconduct or breach of this Agreement on the part of such Noteholder.

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The Junior Noteholder acknowledges that, subject to the terms and conditions hereof and the obligation of the Lead Securitization Noteholder (including any Servicer) to comply with, and except as otherwise required by, the Servicing Standard, the Lead Securitization Noteholder (including any Servicer) may exercise, or omit to exercise, any rights that the Lead Securitization Noteholder may have under this Agreement and the Servicing Agreement in a manner that may be adverse to the interests of the Junior Noteholder and that the Lead Securitization Noteholder (including any Servicer) shall have no liability whatsoever to the Note B Holder in connection with the Lead Securitization Noteholder’s exercise of rights or any omission by the Lead Securitization Noteholder to exercise such rights other than as described above; provided, however, that such Servicer must act in accordance with the Servicing Standard.

The Junior Noteholder acknowledges that, subject to the terms and conditions hereof and the obligation of each of the holder of a Non-Lead Securitization Note (including any Non-Lead Servicer) to comply with, and except as otherwise required by, the Servicing Standard (as if such standard was applicable to the holder of a Non-Lead Securitization Note as a “servicer” thereunder), the holder of a Non-Lead Securitization Note (including any Non-Lead Servicer) may exercise, or omit to exercise, any rights that the holder of a Non-Lead Securitization Note may have under this Agreement and the Servicing Agreement in a manner that may be adverse to the interests of the Junior Noteholder and that the holder of a Non-Lead Securitization Note (including any Non-Lead Servicer) shall have no liability whatsoever to the Junior Noteholder in connection with the holder of a Non-Lead Securitization Note’s exercise of rights or any omission by the holder of a Non-Lead Securitization Note to exercise such rights other than as described above; provided, however, that the Non-Lead Servicer must act in accordance with the servicing standard under the Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

Each Noteholder acknowledges that, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, any other Noteholder may exercise, or omit to exercise, any rights that such Noteholder may have under this Agreement and the Servicing Agreement in a manner that may be adverse to the interests of the other Noteholders and that such Noteholder shall have no liability whatsoever to any other Noteholder in connection with the such Noteholder’s exercise of rights or any omission by such Noteholder to exercise such rights; provided, however, that such Noteholder shall not be protected against any liability to any other Noteholder that would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence.

Section 10.            Bankruptcy. Subject to the provisions of Section 5(f) hereof and the Servicing Standard, each Noteholder hereby covenants and agrees that only the Lead Securitization Noteholder (or the Servicer on its behalf) has the right to institute, file, commence, acquiesce, petition under Bankruptcy Code Section 303 or otherwise or join any Person in any such petition or otherwise invoke or cause any other Person to invoke an Insolvency Proceeding with respect to or against the Mortgage Loan Borrower or seek to appoint a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official with respect to the Mortgage Loan Borrower or all or any part of its property or assets or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of the affairs of the Mortgage Loan Borrower. Subject to the provisions of Section 5(f) hereof and the Servicing Standard, each Noteholder further agrees that only the Lead Securitization Noteholder, as a creditor, can make any election, give any consent, commence any action or file any motion, claim, obligation, notice or application or take any other action in any case by or against the Mortgage Loan Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code or in any other Insolvency Proceeding. The

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Noteholders hereby appoint the Lead Securitization Noteholder as their agent, and grant to the Lead Securitization Noteholder an irrevocable power of attorney coupled with an interest, and their proxy, for the purpose of exercising any and all rights and taking any and all actions available to each of the holder of a Non-Lead Securitization Note or the Note B Holder in connection with any case by or against the Mortgage Loan Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code or in any other Insolvency Proceeding, including, without limitation, the right to file and/or prosecute any claim, vote to accept or reject a plan, to make any election under Section 1111(b) of the Bankruptcy Code with respect to the Mortgage Loan, and to file a motion to modify, lift or terminate the automatic stay with respect to the Mortgage Loan. The Noteholders, hereby agree that, upon the request of the Lead Securitization Noteholder but subject to the provisions of Section 5(f), such Noteholder shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Lead Securitization Noteholder all and every such further deeds, conveyances and instruments as the Lead Securitization Noteholder may reasonably request for the better assuring and evidencing of the foregoing appointment and grant. All actions taken by any Servicer in connection with any Insolvency Proceeding are subject to and must be in accordance with the Servicing Standard.

Section 11.            Cure Rights of Note B Holder.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, for so long as Note B is included in a Securitization, the provisions of this Section 11 shall not apply.

(a)               Subject to Section 11(b) below, and prior to a Control Appraisal Period, in the event that the Mortgage Loan Borrower fails to make any payment of principal or interest on the Mortgage Loan by the end of the applicable grace period (the “Grace Period”) for such payment permitted under the applicable Mortgage Loan Documents (a “Monetary Default”), the Lead Securitization Noteholder shall provide written notice to the Note B Holder and the Junior Operating Advisor of such default (the “Monetary Default Notice”). The Note B Holder shall have the right, but not the obligation, to cure such Monetary Default within seven (7) Business Days after receiving the Monetary Default Notice (the “Cure Period”) and at no other times. The Monetary Default Notice shall contain a statement in boldface font that the Note B Holder’s or the Junior Operating Advisor’s failure to cure such Monetary Default within seven (7) Business Days after receiving such notice will result in the termination of the right to cure such Monetary Default. At the time a payment is made to cure a Monetary Default, the Note B Holder shall pay or reimburse the Lead Securitization Noteholder for all unreimbursed Advances (whether or not recoverable with respect to any Senior Note and Note B, including principal and interest advances made with respect to a Non-Lead Securitization Note under a Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement), Advance Interest Amounts, any unpaid fees to any Servicer and any Additional Servicing Expenses. The Note B Holder shall not be required, in order to effect a cure hereunder, to pay any default interest or late charges under the Mortgage Loan Documents. So long as a Monetary Default exists for which a cure payment permitted hereunder is made, such Monetary Default shall not be treated as an Event of Default by the Lead Securitization Noteholder (including for purposes of (i) the definition of “Sequential Pay Event,” (ii) accelerating the Mortgage Loan, modifying, amending or waiving any provisions of the Mortgage Loan Documents or commencing proceedings for foreclosure or the taking of title by deed-in-lieu of foreclosure or other similar legal proceedings with respect to the Mortgaged Property; or (iii) treating the Mortgage Loan as a Specially Serviced Loan); provided that such limitation shall not prevent the Lead Securitization Noteholder from collecting Default Interest or late charges from the Mortgage Loan Borrower.

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Any amounts advanced by a Noteholder on behalf of the Mortgage Loan Borrower to effect any cure shall be reimbursable to such Noteholder under Section 3 or Section 4, as applicable.

(b)   Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 11(a), the Note B Holder’s right to cure a Monetary Default or Non-Monetary Default shall be limited to six (6) Cure Events over the life of the Mortgage Loan, and no single Cure Event may exceed four (4) consecutive months. As used herein, “Cure Event” means a Note B Holder’s exercise of cure rights, whether for one (1) month or for consecutive months in the aggregate (and, in such case, such cure for such consecutive months shall constitute one (1) Cure Event). Additional Cure Periods shall only be permitted with the consent of the Lead Securitization Noteholder.

(c)   No action taken by the Note B Holder in accordance with this Agreement shall excuse performance by the Mortgage Loan Borrower of its obligations under the Mortgage Loan Documents and the Senior Noteholders’ rights under the Mortgage Loan Documents shall not be waived or prejudiced by virtue of the Note B Holder’s actions under this Agreement. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Note B Holder shall be subrogated to the Senior Noteholders’ rights to any payment owing to the Senior Noteholders for which the Note B Holder makes a cure payment as permitted under this Section 11 but such subrogation rights may not be exercised against the Mortgage Loan Borrower until 91 days after the Note is paid in full.

(d)   Prior to a Control Appraisal Period, if an Event of Default (other than a Monetary Default) occurs and is continuing under the Mortgage Loan Documents (a “Non-Monetary Default”), the Lead Securitization Noteholder shall provide notice of such Non-Monetary Default to the Note B Holder and the Junior Operating Advisor of such Non-Monetary Default (the “Non-Monetary Default Notice”) and the Note B Holder shall have the right, but not the obligation, to cure such Non-Monetary Default until the later of (a) the same period of time as the Mortgage Loan Borrower under the Mortgage Loan Documents, without regard for the date of receipt by the Note B Holder of the Non-Monetary Default Notice, and (b) the date which is ten (10) business days from the date of receipt by the Note B Holder of the Non-Monetary Default Notice related to such Non-Monetary Default; provided, however, if such Non-Monetary Default is susceptible of cure but cannot reasonably be cured within such period and if curative action was promptly commenced and is being diligently pursued by the Note B Holder, the Note B Holder shall be given an additional period of time as is reasonably necessary to enable the Note B Holder in the exercise of due diligence to cure such Non-Monetary Default for so long as (i) the Note B Holder diligently and expeditiously proceeds to cure such Non-Monetary Default, (ii) the Note B Holder makes all cure payments that it is permitted to make in accordance with the terms and provisions of Section 11(a) hereof, (iii) such additional period of time does not exceed ninety (90) days, (iv) such Non-Monetary Default is not caused by an Insolvency Proceeding or during such period of time that the Note B Holder has to cure a Non-Monetary Default in accordance with this Section 11(d) (the “Non-Monetary Default Cure Period”), an Insolvency Proceeding does not occur and (v) during such Non-Monetary Default Cure Period, there is no material adverse effect on the value, use or operation of the Mortgaged Property or the value of the Mortgage Loan which cannot be cured by the Note B Holder within five (5) days of such notice of such material adverse effect. The Non-Monetary Default Notice shall contain a statement in boldface font that the Note B Holder’s or the Junior Operating Advisor’s failure to cure such Non-Monetary Default within the applicable Non-Monetary Default Cure Period after receiving such notice will result in the termination of the right to cure such Non-Monetary Default. The Note B Holder shall not contact

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the Mortgage Loan Borrower in order to effect any cures under Sections 11(a) or this 11(d) without the prior written consent of the Lead Securitization Noteholder.

Section 12.            Purchase of the Senior Notes By Note B Holder.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, for so long as Note B is included in a Securitization, the provisions of this Section 12 shall not apply.

The Note B Holder shall have the right, by written notice to the Senior Noteholders (a “Noteholder Purchase Notice”), delivered at any time an Event of Default under the Mortgage Loan has occurred and is continuing, to purchase, in immediately available funds, the Senior Notes in whole but not in part at the applicable Defaulted Mortgage Loan Purchase Price. Upon the delivery of the Noteholder Purchase Notice to the Senior Noteholders, the Senior Noteholders shall sell (and the Note B Holder shall purchase) the Senior Notes (including, without limitation, any Notes therein) at the applicable Defaulted Mortgage Loan Purchase Price, on a date (the “Defaulted Note Purchase Date”) not more than sixty (60) days after the date of the Noteholder Purchase Notice, as shall be mutually established by the Note A-1 Holder and the Note B Holder. The Noteholder Purchase Notice shall contain a statement in boldface font that the Note B Holder’s failure to purchase the Senior Notes on a Defaulted Note Purchase Date (other than as a result of any failure to consummate such purchase on the part of the selling Noteholder) will result in the termination of such right in respect of the Event of Default that caused such purchase right to be exercisable and not in respect of any other Event of Default. The Note B Holder agrees that the sale of the Senior Notes shall comply with all requirements of the Servicing Agreement and that all actual costs and expenses related thereto shall be paid by the Note B Holder. The Defaulted Mortgage Loan Purchase Price shall be calculated by the Lead Securitization Noteholder (or the Servicer on its behalf) three (3) Business Days prior to the Defaulted Note Purchase Date (and such calculation shall be accompanied by a listing of all amounts included in the Defaulted Mortgage Loan Purchase Price and reasonably detailed back-up documentation explaining how such price was determined), and shall, absent manifest error, be binding upon the Note B Holder. Concurrently with the payment to the Senior Noteholders in immediately available funds of its respective portion of the applicable Defaulted Mortgage Loan Purchase Price, each Senior Noteholder will execute at the sole cost and expense of the Note B Holder in favor of the Note B Holder assignment documentation which will assign the Senior Notes, as applicable, and the Mortgage Loan Documents without recourse, representations or warranties (except each Senior Noteholder will represent and warrant that it had good and marketable title to, was the sole owner and holder of, and had power and authority to deliver the Mortgage Loan or Note, as applicable, free and clear of all liens and encumbrances (other than the interest created by Note B)). The right of the Note B Holder to purchase the Senior Notes shall automatically terminate upon a foreclosure sale, sale by power of sale or delivery of a deed in lieu of foreclosure with respect to the Mortgaged Property (and the Lead Securitization Noteholder shall give the Note B Holder ten (10) Business Days’ prior written notice of its intent with respect to such action with respect to any such foreclosure sale, sale by power of sale or delivery of a deed in lieu of foreclosure with respect to the Mortgaged Property (a “Notice of Foreclosure/DIL”)). If the Servicer intends to accept a deed in lieu of foreclosure, it will be required to deliver a Notice of Foreclosure/DIL (stating that it intends to accept a deed in lieu of foreclosure) to the Note B Holder and the Note B Holder shall have the option, within ten (10) Business Days from the date it receives such Notice of Foreclosure/DIL, to deliver written notice to the Special Servicer of its intent to purchase the

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Senior Notes and to consummate the purchase option on a date to occur no later than thirty (30) days from the day it received the Notice of Foreclosure/DIL.

Section 13.            Representations of Junior Noteholder. The Junior Noteholder, for itself only, represents, and it is specifically understood and agreed, that it is acquiring the Junior Note for its own account in the ordinary course of its business and each other Noteholder shall otherwise have no liability or responsibility to the Junior Noteholder except as expressly provided herein or for actions that are taken or omitted to be taken by such other Noteholder that constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct or that constitute a breach of this Agreement. The Junior Noteholder represents and warrants that the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement is within its corporate powers, has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, and does not contravene its charter or any law or contractual restriction binding upon the Junior Noteholder, and that this Agreement is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Junior Noteholder enforceable against the Junior Noteholder in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally, and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and except that the enforcement of rights with respect to indemnification and contribution obligations may be limited by applicable law. The Junior Noteholder represents and warrants that it is duly organized, validly existing, in good standing and possesses of all licenses and authorizations necessary to carry on its business. The Junior Noteholder represents and warrants that (a) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Junior Noteholder, (b) to the Junior Noteholder’s actual knowledge, all consents, approvals, authorizations, orders or filings of or with any court or governmental agency or body, if any, required for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Junior Noteholder have been obtained or made and (c) to the Junior Noteholder’s actual knowledge, there is no pending action, suit or proceeding, arbitration or governmental investigation against the Junior Noteholder, an adverse outcome of which would materially and adversely affect its performance under this Agreement.

The Junior Noteholder acknowledges that no other Noteholder owes the Junior Noteholder any fiduciary duty with respect to any action taken under the Mortgage Loan Documents and, except as provided herein, need not consult with the Junior Noteholder with respect to any action taken by any other Noteholder in connection with the Mortgage Loan.

The Junior Noteholder expressly and irrevocably waives for itself and any Person claiming through or under the Junior Noteholder any and all rights that it may have under Section 1315 of the New York Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law or the provisions of any similar law which purports to give the junior loan Noteholder the right to initiate any loan enforcement or foreclosure proceedings.

Section 14.            Representations of the Senior Noteholders. Each of the Senior Noteholders represents and warrants as to itself only that:

(a)               the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement is within its respective corporate powers, has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, and does not contravene such Noteholder’s charter or any law or contractual restriction binding upon such

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Noteholder, and that this Agreement is the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Noteholder enforceable against it in accordance with its terms;

(b)               it is duly organized, validly existing, in good standing and possession of all licenses and authorizations necessary to carry on its respective business;

(c)               this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by it;

(d)               its actual knowledge, all consents, approvals, authorizations, orders or filings of or with any court or governmental agency or body, if any, required for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by it have been obtained or made; and

(e)               to its actual knowledge, there is no pending action, suit or proceeding, arbitration or governmental investigation against it, an adverse outcome of which would materially and adversely affect its performance under this Agreement.

Each Noteholder acknowledges that no other Noteholder owes such Noteholder any fiduciary duty with respect to any action taken under the Mortgage Loan Documents and, except as provided herein or in the Servicing Agreement, need not consult with such Noteholder with respect to any action taken by such Noteholder in connection with the Mortgage Loan.

Section 15.            Independent Analysis of the Junior Noteholder. The Junior Noteholder acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any other Noteholder, except with respect to the representations and warranties provided by such Initial Noteholder herein, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to purchase the Junior Note and the Junior Noteholder accepts responsibility therefor. The Junior Noteholder hereby acknowledges that, other than the representations and warranties provided herein, no other Noteholder has made any representations or warranties with respect to the Mortgage Loan, subject to such representations and warranties as provided by such other Noteholder, and that no other Noteholder shall have any responsibility for (i) the collectibility of the Mortgage Loan, (ii) the validity, enforceability or legal effect of any of the Mortgage Loan Documents or the title insurance policy or policies or any survey furnished or to be furnished to such other Noteholder in connection with the origination of the Mortgage Loan, (iii) the validity, sufficiency or effectiveness of the lien created or to be created by the Mortgage Loan Documents, or (iv) the financial condition of the Mortgage Loan Borrower. The Junior Noteholder assumes all risk of loss in connection with respect to the Junior Note except as specifically set forth herein.

Section 16.            No Creation of a Partnership or Exclusive Purchase Right. Nothing contained in this Agreement, and no action taken pursuant hereto shall be deemed to constitute the relationship created hereby among any of the Noteholders as a partnership, association, joint venture or other entity. No Noteholder shall have any obligation whatsoever to offer to any other Noteholder the opportunity to purchase a Note interest in any future loans originated by such Noteholder or its Affiliates and if such Noteholder chooses to offer to any other Noteholder the opportunity to purchase a Note interest in any future mortgage loans originated by such Noteholder or its Affiliates, such offer shall be at such purchase price and interest rate as such Noteholder chooses, in its sole and absolute discretion. No Noteholder shall have any obligation whatsoever

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to purchase from any other Noteholder a Note interest in any future loans originated by such Noteholder or its Affiliates.

Section 17.            Not a Security. No Note shall be deemed to be a security within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Section 18.            Other Business Activities of the Noteholders. Each Noteholder acknowledges that each other Noteholder or its Affiliates may make loans or otherwise extend credit to, and generally engage in any kind of business with, any Mortgage Loan Borrower Related Party, and receive payments on such other loans or extensions of credit to Mortgage Loan Borrower Related Parties and otherwise act with respect thereto freely and without accountability in the same manner as if this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby were not in effect.

Section 19.            Sale of the Notes.

(a)   The Note B Holder agrees that it will not Transfer all or any portion of the Note B except that the Note B Holder shall have the right to Transfer its respective Note, or any portion thereof, (i) to a Qualified Institutional Lender, provided, that promptly after the Transfer each other Noteholder is provided with (x) a representation from a transferee or such Note B Holder certifying that such transferee is a Qualified Institutional Lender, (y) a copy of the assignment and assumption agreement referred to in Section 20 and (z) such transfer would not cause the Note B to be held by more than five persons nor cause there to be no one person owning a majority of the Note B and (ii) to an entity that is not a Qualified Institutional Lender; provided that with respect to the foregoing subclause (ii), the Note B Holder obtains (1) prior to the Lead Securitization Date, the consent of the Lead Securitization Noteholder and (2) after the Lead Securitization Date, Rating Agency Confirmation (and for avoidance of doubt, no consent of the Lead Securitization Noteholder shall be required after the closing of the Lead Securitization); provided that in each of case (1) and (2), (x) promptly after the Transfer the Lead Securitization Noteholder is provided with a copy of the assignment and assumption agreement referred to in Section 20 and (y) such transfer would not cause the Note B to be held by more than five persons; and provided further, however, that if such transfer would cause there to be no one person owning a majority of the Note B, then such transfer will not be permitted unless persons owning a majority of the Note B designate one of such persons to act on behalf of such persons owning such majority. If the Note B is held by more than one Note B Holder at any time, the holders of a majority of the Note B Principal Balance shall immediately appoint a representative to exercise all rights of the Note B hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Note B Holder shall not Transfer all or any portion of the Note B to the Mortgage Loan Borrower or a Mortgage Loan Borrower Related Party without each other Noteholder’s prior consent, which may be withheld in such Noteholder’s sole discretion and any such Transfer shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. The Note B Holder agrees it will pay the expenses of the Lead Securitization Noteholder (including all expenses of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer) and the other Non-Lead Securitization Noteholders (including all expenses of the related Non-Lead Master Servicers and the related Non-Lead Special Servicers) in connection with any such Transfer.

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49% or less (in the aggregate) of its interest in the Note B to any Person; provided that any such Transfer shall be made in accordance with the terms of this Section 19; provided, further that the Note B Holder shall not Transfer all or any portion of the Note B to the Mortgage Loan Borrower or a Mortgage Loan Borrower Related Party and any such Transfer shall be void ab initio, absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. All Transfers under Section 19(a) and (b) shall be made upon written notice to each other Noteholder not later than the date of such Transfer, and each transferee shall (i) execute an assignment and assumption agreement whereby such transferee assumes all or a ratable portion, as the case may be, of the obligations of the Note B Holder hereunder with respect to the Note B from and after the date of such assignment (or, in the case, of a pledge, collateral assignment or other encumbrance made in accordance with Section 19(e) by the Note B Holder of the Note B solely as security for a loan to the Note B Holder made by a third-party lender whereby the Note B Holder remains fully liable under this Agreement, on or before the date on which such third-party lender succeeds to the rights of the Note B Holder by foreclosure or otherwise, such third-party lender executes an agreement that such lender shall be bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement and the obligations of the Note B Holder hereunder) and (ii) agree in writing to be bound by the Servicing Agreement, unless the Servicing Agreement is not then in effect with respect to the Mortgage Loan, in which event the parties will enter into or agree to be bound by any replacement servicing agreement therefor in accordance with the provisions hereof. Upon the consummation of a Transfer of all or any portion of the Note B in accordance with this Agreement, the transferring Person shall be released from all liability arising under this Agreement with respect to the Note B (or the portion thereof that was the subject of such Transfer), for the period after the effective date of such Transfer (it being understood and agreed that the foregoing release shall not apply in the case of a sale, assignment, transfer or other disposition of a participation interest in the Note B as described in clause (c) below). In connection with any such permitted transfer of a portion of the Note B and for all purposes of this Agreement, each other Noteholder need only recognize the majority holder of the Note B for purposes of notices, consents and other communications between such Noteholder and such majority holder of the Note B shall be the only Person authorized hereunder to exercise any rights of the Note B Holder under this Agreement; provided, however, the majority holder of the Note B may from time to time designate any other Person as an additional party entitled to receive notices, consents and other communications and/or to exercise rights on behalf of the Note B Holder hereunder by delivering written notice thereof to each other Noteholder, and, from and after delivery of such notice, such designee shall be so authorized hereunder and shall be the only party entitled to receive such notices, consents and such other communications and/or to exercise such rights.

(c)               In the case of any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposition of a participation interest in a Note, (i) such Noteholder’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Noteholder shall remain solely responsible for the performance of such obligations, (iii) the other Noteholder and any Persons acting on its behalf shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Noteholder in connection with such Noteholder’s rights and obligations under this Agreement and the Servicing Agreement, and (iv) all amounts payable hereunder shall be determined as if such Noteholder had not sold such participation interest; provided, however, that if the applicable participant is a Qualified Institutional Lender (and delivers to the other Noteholder a certification from an authorized officer confirming its status as a Qualified Institutional Lender), such Noteholder, by written notice to the other Noteholder, may delegate to such participant such Noteholder’s right to exercise the rights of the Controlling

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Noteholder hereunder and under the Servicing Agreement; provided, further, however, that upon the occurrence of a Control Appraisal Period with respect to the Note B, the aforesaid delegation of rights shall terminate and be of no further force and effect.

(d)               Each of the Senior Noteholders shall have the right to Transfer all or any portion of its applicable Note without the prior consent of any other Noteholder (i) prior to an Event of Default, to any party other than the Mortgage Loan Borrower or any Mortgage Loan Borrower Related Party and (ii) after an Event of Default, to any party, including the Mortgage Loan Borrower and any Mortgage Loan Borrower Related Party; provided, however, that following any Transfer of any Senior Note, the Mortgage Loan continues to be serviced in its entirety pursuant to the Servicing Agreement by a Servicer unaffiliated with Mortgage Loan Borrower. For the avoidance of doubt, the Senior Noteholders (and any Servicer on their behalf) shall not have any right to Transfer or cause the Transfer of the Note B.

(e)               Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, any Noteholder may pledge (a “Pledge”) its Note to any entity (other than the Mortgage Loan Borrower or any Affiliate thereof) which has extended a credit or repurchase facility to such Noteholder and that is either a Qualified Institutional Lender or a financial institution whose long-term unsecured debt is rated at least “A” (or the equivalent) or better by each Rating Agency (a “Note Pledgee”), on terms and conditions set forth in this Section 19(e), it being further agreed that a financing provided by a Note Pledgee to a Noteholder or any person which Controls such Noteholder that is secured by such Noteholder’s interest in the applicable Note and is structured as a repurchase arrangement, shall qualify as a “Pledge” hereunder, provided that a Note Pledgee which is not a Qualified Institutional Lender may not take title to the pledged Note without (a) prior to Securitization, the consent of each other Noteholder and (b) after Securitization, Rating Agency Confirmation. Upon written notice by the applicable Noteholder to the other Noteholders and any Servicer that a Pledge has been effected (including the name and address of the applicable Note Pledgee), each of the other Noteholders agrees to acknowledge receipt of such notice and thereafter agrees: (i) to give Note Pledgee written notice of any default by the pledging Noteholder in respect of its obligations under this Agreement of which default such Noteholder has actual knowledge; (ii) to allow such Note Pledgee a period of ten (10) Business Days to cure a default by the pledging Noteholder in respect of its obligations to the other Noteholder hereunder, but such Note Pledgee shall not be obligated to cure any such default; (iii) that no amendment, modification, waiver or termination of this Agreement shall be effective against such Note Pledgee without the written consent of such Note Pledgee, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed; (iv) that such other Noteholder shall give to such Note Pledgee copies of any notice of default under this Agreement simultaneously with the giving of same to the pledging Noteholder and accept any cure thereof by such Note Pledgee which such pledging Noteholder has the right (but not the obligation) to effect hereunder, as if such cure were made by such pledging Noteholder; (v) that such other Noteholder shall deliver to Note Pledgee such estoppel certificate(s) as Note Pledgee shall reasonably request, provided that any such certificate(s) shall be in a form reasonably satisfactory to such other Noteholder; and (vi) that, upon written notice (a “Redirection Notice”) to the other Noteholders and any Servicer by such Note Pledgee that the pledging Noteholder is in default, beyond any applicable cure periods, under the pledging Noteholder’s obligations to such Note Pledgee pursuant to the applicable credit agreement between the pledging Noteholder and such Note Pledgee (which notice need not be joined in or confirmed by the pledging Noteholder), and until such Redirection Notice is withdrawn or rescinded by such Note Pledgee, Note Pledgee shall be

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entitled to receive any payments that any Noteholder or Servicer would otherwise be obligated to pay to the pledging Noteholder from time to time pursuant to this Agreement or any Servicing Agreement. Any pledging Noteholder hereby unconditionally and absolutely releases the other Noteholders and any Servicer from any liability to the pledging Noteholder on account of any Noteholder’s or Servicer’s compliance with any Redirection Notice believed by any Servicer or any such other Noteholder to have been delivered by a Note Pledgee. Note Pledgee shall be permitted to exercise fully its rights and remedies against the pledging Noteholder to such Note Pledgee (and accept an assignment in lieu of foreclosure as to such collateral), in accordance with applicable law and this Agreement. In such event, the Noteholders and any Servicer shall recognize such Note Pledgee (and any transferee other than the Mortgage Loan Borrower or any Affiliate thereof which is also a Qualified Institutional Lender at any foreclosure or similar sale held by such Note Pledgee or any transfer in lieu of foreclosure), and its successor and assigns, as the successor to the pledging Noteholder’s rights, remedies and obligations under this Agreement, and any such Note Pledgee or Qualified Institutional Lender shall assume in writing the obligations of the pledging Noteholder hereunder accruing from and after such Transfer (i.e., realization upon the collateral by such Note Pledgee) and agrees to be bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement. The rights of a Note Pledgee under this Section 19(e) shall remain effective as to any Noteholder (and any Servicer) unless and until such Note Pledgee shall have notified any such Noteholder (and any Servicer, as applicable) in writing that its interest in the pledged Note has terminated.

(f)                Notwithstanding any provisions herein to the contrary, if a conduit (“Conduit”) which is not a Qualified Institutional Lender provides financing to a Noteholder then such Noteholder shall have the right to grant a security interest in its Note to such Conduit notwithstanding that such Conduit is not a Qualified Institutional Lender, if the following conditions are satisfied:

(i)                                     The loan (the “Conduit Inventory Loan”) made by the Conduit to such Noteholder to finance the acquisition and holding of its Note will require a third party (the “Conduit Credit Enhancer”) to provide credit enhancement;

(ii)                                The Conduit Credit Enhancer and conduit manager (if Moody’s rates the Securitization) will be a Qualified Institutional Lender;

(iii)                              Such Noteholder will pledge (or sell, transfer or assign as part of a repurchase facility) its interest in the applicable Note to the Conduit as collateral for the Conduit Inventory Loan;

(iv)                            The Conduit Credit Enhancer and the Conduit will agree that, if such Noteholder defaults under the Conduit Inventory Loan, or if the Conduit is unable to refinance its outstanding commercial paper even if there is no default by such Noteholder, the Conduit Credit Enhancer will purchase the Conduit Inventory Loan from the Conduit, and the Conduit will assign the pledge of such Noteholder’s Note to the Conduit Credit Enhancer; and

(v)                               Unless the Conduit is in fact then a Qualified Institutional Lender, the Conduit will not, without obtaining the consent of each other Noteholder, have any greater

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right to acquire the interests in the Note pledged by such Noteholder, by foreclosure or otherwise, than would any other purchaser that is not a Qualified Institutional Lender at a foreclosure sale conducted by a Note Pledgee.

Section 20.            Registration of Transfer. In connection with any Transfer of a Note (but excluding any Pledgee unless and until it realizes on its Pledge), a transferee shall execute an assignment and assumption agreement whereby such transferee assumes all of the obligations of the applicable Noteholder hereunder with respect to such Note thereafter accruing and agrees to be bound by the terms of this Agreement, including the restriction on Transfers set forth in Section 19, from and after the date of such assignment. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, a Trustee shall not be required to execute an assignment and assumption agreement in connection with any Transfer of a Note if the obligations are assumed pursuant to the Servicing Agreement. No transfer of a Note may be made unless it is registered on the Note Register, and the Agent shall not recognize any attempted or purported transfer of any Note in violation of the provisions of Section 19 and this Section 20. Any such purported transfer shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. Each Noteholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Agent and any other Noteholder against any liability that may result if the transfer is not made in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. Upon a Securitization of the Lead Securitization Note, the Certificate Administrator shall automatically become and be the Agent.

Section 21.            Registration of the Notes. The Agent shall keep or cause to be kept at the Agent Office books (the “Note Register”) for the registration and transfer of the Notes. The Agent shall serve as the initial Note registrar and the Agent hereby accepts such appointment. The names and addresses of the holders of the Notes and the names and addresses of any transferee of any Note of which the Agent has received notice, in the form of a copy of the assignment and assumption agreement referred to in Section 20, shall be registered in the Note Register. The Person in whose name a Note is so registered shall be deemed and treated as the sole owner and holder thereof for all purposes of this Agreement, except in the case of the Initial Noteholders who may hold their Notes through a nominee. Upon request of a Noteholder, the Agent shall provide such party with the names and addresses of the Noteholders. To the extent another party is appointed as Agent hereunder, the Noteholders hereby designate such person as its agent under this Section 21 solely for purposes of maintaining the Note Register.

Section 22.            Statement of Intent. The Agent and each Noteholder intend that the Notes be classified, and the arrangement hereby be maintained, in a manner consistent with rules applicable to a grantor trust under subpart E, part I of subchapter J of chapter 1 of the Code that is a fixed investment trust within the meaning of Treasury Regulation §301.7701-4(c), and the parties will not take any action inconsistent with such classification. It is neither the purpose nor the intent of this Agreement to create a partnership, joint venture, “taxable mortgage pool” or association taxable as a corporation among the parties.

Section 23.            No Pledge. This Agreement shall not be deemed to represent a pledge of any interest in any Mortgage Loan by the Noteholders. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement and the Servicing Agreement, the Junior Noteholder shall not have any interest in any property taken as security for any Mortgage Loan, provided, however, that if any such property or the proceeds of any sale, lease or other disposition thereof shall be received, then the Junior

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Noteholder shall be entitled to receive its share of such application in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and/or the Servicing Agreement.

Section 24.            Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT, AND/OR THE INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS AND DECISIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CHOICE OF LAW RULES THEREOF. EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT.

Section 25.            Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:

(a)               SUBMITS FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT IN RESPECT THEREOF, TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE GENERAL JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, THE FEDERAL COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND APPELLATE COURTS FROM ANY THEREOF;

(b)               CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE BROUGHT IN SUCH COURTS AND, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WAIVES ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT OR THAT SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING WAS BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT COURT AND AGREES NOT TO PLEAD OR CLAIM THE SAME;

(c)               AGREES THAT SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE EFFECTED BY MAILING A COPY THEREOF BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL (OR ANY SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR FORM OF MAIL), POSTAGE PREPAID, TO ITS ADDRESS SET FORTH HEREIN OR AT SUCH OTHER ADDRESS OF WHICH A PARTY HEREIN SHALL HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED; AND

(d)               AGREES THAT NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT TO EFFECT SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR SHALL LIMIT THE RIGHT TO SUE IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.

Section 26.            Modifications; Amendment. This Agreement shall not be modified, cancelled or terminated except by an instrument in writing signed by each Noteholder. Additionally, for as long as any Note is contained in a Securitization Trust, the Noteholders shall not amend or modify this Agreement without first receiving a Rating Agency Confirmation; provided that no such confirmation from the Rating Agencies shall be required in connection with

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a modification or amendment (i) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provisions herein that may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions herein or with the Servicing Agreement, (ii) entered into pursuant to Section 38 of this Agreement or (iii) to correct or supplement any provision herein that may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions of this Agreement.

Section 27.            Successors and Assigns; Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Except as provided herein, none of the provisions of this Agreement shall be for the benefit of or enforceable by any Person not a party hereto. Subject to Section 19, each Noteholder may assign or delegate its rights or obligations under this Agreement. Upon any such assignment, the assignee shall be entitled to all rights and benefits of the applicable Noteholder hereunder, including, without limitation, the right to make further assignments and grant additional Notes.

Section 28.            Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument, and the words “executed,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import as used above and elsewhere in this Agreement or in any other certificate, agreement or document related to this transaction shall include, in addition to manually executed signatures, images of manually executed signatures transmitted by facsimile or other electronic format (including, without limitation, “pdf”) and other electronic signatures (including, without limitation, any electronic sound, symbol, or process, attached to or logically associated with a contract or other record and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the record). The use of electronic signatures and electronic records (including, without limitation, any contract or other record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means) shall be of the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a manually executed signature or use of a paper-based record-keeping system to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act and any other applicable law, including, without limitation, any state law based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the Uniform Commercial Code.

Section 29.            Captions. The titles and headings of the paragraphs of this Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to summarize or otherwise describe the subject matter of the paragraphs and shall not be given any consideration in the construction of this Agreement.

Section 30.            Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable laws, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Agreement.

Section 31.            Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter contained in this Agreement and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings and negotiations between the parties.

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Section 32.            Withholding Taxes.

(a)               If any Senior Noteholder or the Mortgage Loan Borrower shall be required by law to deduct and withhold Taxes from interest, fees or other amounts payable to the Junior Noteholder with respect to the Mortgage Loan as a result of the Junior Noteholder constituting a Non-Exempt Person, the Note A-1 Holder, in its capacity as servicer, shall be entitled to do so with respect to the Junior Noteholder’s interest in such payment (all withheld amounts being deemed paid to the Junior Noteholder), provided that the Lead Securitization Noteholder shall furnish the Junior Noteholder with a statement setting forth the amount of Taxes withheld, the applicable rate and other information which may reasonably be requested for purposes of assisting the Junior Noteholder to seek any allowable credits or deductions for the Taxes so withheld in each jurisdiction in which the Junior Noteholder is subject to tax.

(b)   The Junior Noteholder shall and hereby agrees to indemnify the Lead Securitization Noteholder against and hold the Lead Securitization Noteholder harmless from and against any Taxes, interest, penalties and reasonable attorneys’ fees, expenses and disbursements arising or resulting from any failure of the Lead Securitization Noteholder (or the Servicer on its behalf) to withhold Taxes from payment made to the Junior Noteholder in reliance upon any representation, certificate, statement, document or instrument made or provided by the Junior Noteholder to the Lead Securitization Noteholder in connection with the obligation of the Lead Securitization Noteholder to withhold Taxes from payments made to the Junior Noteholder, it being expressly understood and agreed that the Lead Securitization Noteholder shall be absolutely and unconditionally entitled to accept any such representation, certificate, statement, document or instrument as being true and correct in all respects and to fully rely thereon without any obligation or responsibility to investigate or to make any inquiries with respect to the accuracy, veracity, correctness or validity of the same.

(c)   Contemporaneously with the execution of this Agreement and from time to time as reasonably requested by the Lead Securitization Noteholder or Servicer during the term of this Agreement, the Junior Noteholder shall deliver to the Lead Securitization Noteholder or Servicer, as applicable, evidence satisfactory to the Lead Securitization Noteholder substantiating whether the Junior Noteholder is a Non-Exempt Person and whether the Lead Securitization Noteholder is obligated under applicable law to withhold Taxes on sums paid to it with respect to the Mortgage Loan or otherwise under this Agreement. Without limiting the effect of the foregoing, (i) if the Junior Noteholder (or, if the Junior Noteholder is disregarded for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the owner of the Junior Noteholder) is created or organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, it shall satisfy the requirements of the preceding sentence by furnishing to the Lead Securitization Noteholder an Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 and (ii) if the Junior Noteholder (or, if the Junior Noteholder is disregarded for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the owner of the Junior Noteholder) is not created or organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, and if the payment of interest or other amounts by the Mortgage Loan Borrower is treated for United States income tax purposes as derived in whole or part from sources within the United States, the Junior Noteholder shall satisfy the requirements of the preceding sentence by furnishing to the Lead Securitization Noteholder Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI, Form W-8IMY (with appropriate attachments), Form W-8BEN or Form W-8BEN-E, or applicable successor forms, as may be required from time to time, duly executed by the Junior Noteholder. The Lead Securitization

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Noteholder shall not be obligated to make any payment hereunder to the Junior Noteholder in respect of the Junior Note or otherwise until the Junior Noteholder shall have furnished to the Lead Securitization Noteholder the requested forms, certificates, statements or documents.

Section 33.            Custody of Mortgage Loan Documents. The originals of all of the Mortgage Loan Documents (other than a Note not included in such Securitization) will be held by the Lead Securitization Noteholder (or a custodian acting on behalf of the Lead Securitization Noteholder) who shall act as secured party under the Mortgage Loan Documents on behalf of the registered holders of the Notes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, upon a Securitization of the Lead Securitization Noteholder, the originals of all of the Mortgage Loan Documents (other than each Non-Lead Securitization Note) shall be held by the Custodian (as defined in the Servicing Agreement).

Section 34.            Notices. All notices required hereunder shall be given by (i) writing and personally delivered, (ii) sent by facsimile transmission (during business hours) if a party has provided a facsimile number, (iii) reputable overnight delivery service (charges prepaid), (iv) sent by electronic mail containing language requesting the recipient to confirm receipt thereof if a party has provided an electronic mail address and only if such electronic mail is promptly followed by a written notice or (iv) certified United States mail, postage prepaid return receipt requested, and addressed to the respective parties at their addresses set forth on Exhibit B hereto, or at such other address as any party shall hereafter inform the other party by written notice given as aforesaid. All written notices so given shall be deemed effective upon receipt.

All notices and reports (including, without limitation, Asset Status Reports) required to be delivered hereunder by the Lead Securitization Noteholder (or any Servicer on its behalf) to the Controlling Noteholder (or its Junior Operating Advisor), or by the Controlling Noteholder (or its Junior Operating Advisor) to the Lead Securitization Noteholder (or any Servicer on its behalf), shall also be delivered by the applicable party to the other Noteholders.

Section 35.            Broker. Each Noteholder represents to each other Noteholder that no broker was responsible for bringing about this transaction.

Section 36.            Certain Matters Affecting the Agent.

(a)               The Noteholders hereby appoint the Agent to act on their behalf, and the Agent shall act on behalf of the Noteholders;

(b)               The Agent may request and/or rely upon and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any officer’s certificate or assignment and assumption agreement delivered to the Agent pursuant to Section 20;

(c)               The Agent may consult with counsel and any opinion of counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such opinion of counsel;

(d)               The Agent shall be under no obligation to institute, conduct or defend any litigation hereunder or in relation hereto at the request, order or direction of any of the Noteholders

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pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, unless it has received indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it;

(e)               The Agent or any of its directors, officers, employees, Affiliates, agents or “control” persons within the meaning of the Act, shall not be personally liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith and reasonably believed by the Agent to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Agreement;

(f)                The Agent shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any officer’s certificate or assignment and assumption agreement delivered to the Agent pursuant to Section 20; and

(g)               The Agent may execute any of the powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys but shall not be relieved of its obligations hereunder.

Section 37.            Termination of Agent. The Agent may be terminated at any time upon ten (10) days prior written notice from the Lead Securitization Noteholder. In the event that the Agent is terminated pursuant to this Section 37, all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement shall be terminated, other than any rights or obligations that accrued prior to the date of such termination.

The Agent may resign at any time upon notice, so long as a successor Agent, reasonably satisfactory to the Noteholders, has agreed to be bound by this Agreement and perform the duties of the Agent hereunder. GSBI, as Initial Agent, may transfer its rights and obligations to the Servicer, as successor Agent, at any time without the consent of any Noteholder. GSBI, as Initial Agent, shall promptly and diligently attempt to cause such Servicer to act as successor Agent, and, if such Servicer declines to act in such capacity, shall promptly and diligently attempt to cause a similar servicer to act as successor Agent. The termination or resignation of such Servicer, as Servicer under the Servicing Agreement, shall be deemed a termination or resignation of such Servicer as Agent under this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, upon a Securitization of the Lead Securitization Note, the Certificate Administrator shall automatically become and be the Agent.

Section 38.            Resizing. In connection with the Mortgage Loan, each Noteholder agrees, subject to clause (iii) below in this paragraph, that if, in connection with the Securitization, any other Noteholder determines that it is advantageous to resize one or more of its Notes by causing the Mortgage Loan Borrower to execute amended and restated notes or additional notes (in either case, “New Notes”) reallocating the principal of such Note to such New Notes, each Noteholder other than the resizing Noteholder shall cooperate with the resizing Noteholder to effect such resizing at such resizing Noteholder’s expense; provided that (i) the aggregate principal balance of all outstanding New Notes following the creation thereof is no greater than the principal balance of such Note or Notes immediately prior to the creation of the New Notes, (ii) the weighted average interest rate of all outstanding New Notes following the creation thereof is the same as the interest rate of the related Note or Notes immediately prior to the creation of the New Notes, and (iii) no such resizing shall (a) change the interest allocable to, or the amount of any payments due to, any other Noteholder, or priority of such payments, or (b) increase any other Noteholder’s

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obligations or decrease any other Noteholder’s rights, remedies or protections. In connection with the resizing of any of the Senior Notes the related Noteholder may allocate its rights hereunder among the New Notes in any manner in its sole discretion. Any cap on any Senior Noteholder’s obligation to pay the Note B Holder’s expenses pursuant to Section 40 of this Agreement shall not apply to the Note B Holder’s expenses in connection with a resizing pursuant to this Section 38 or any Securitization of a resized Senior Note. For the avoidance of doubt, any New Note that is created in a resizing contemplated by this Section 38 shall be a “Note” hereunder, and all definitions hereunder shall be construed accordingly.

Section 39.            Conflict. To the extent of any inconsistency between the Servicing Agreement, on one hand, and this Agreement, on the other, this Agreement shall control.

Section 40.            Cooperation in Securitization.

(a)   Each Noteholder acknowledges that any Noteholder may elect, in its sole discretion, to include its Note in a Securitization. In connection with a Securitization and subject to the terms of the preceding sentence, at the request of any other Noteholder, each other Noteholder shall use reasonable efforts, at such other Noteholder’s expense, to satisfy, and to cooperate with such Noteholder in attempting to cause the Mortgage Loan Borrower to satisfy, the market standards to which such Noteholder customarily adheres or which may be reasonably required in the marketplace or by the Rating Agencies in connection with the Securitization, including, entering into (or consenting to, as applicable) any modifications to this Agreement or the Mortgage Loan Documents and to cooperate with such other Noteholder in attempting to cause the Mortgage Loan Borrower to execute such modifications to the Mortgage Loan Documents, in any such case, as may be reasonably requested by the Rating Agencies to effect the Securitization; provided, however, that either in connection with the Securitization or otherwise at any time prior to the Securitization no other Noteholder shall be required to modify or amend this Agreement or any Mortgage Loan Documents (or consent to such modification, as applicable) in connection therewith, if such modification or amendment would (i) change the interest allocable to, or the amount of any payments due to or priority of such payments, such Noteholder or (ii) increase such Noteholder’s obligations or decrease such Noteholder’s rights, remedies or protections. In connection with the Securitization, each other Noteholder agrees to provide for inclusion in any disclosure document relating to the related Securitization such information concerning such Noteholder as the requesting Noteholder reasonably determines to satisfy its disclosure obligations in connection with its Securitization. Each Noteholder covenants and agrees that it shall use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the requests of each Rating Agency and the requesting Noteholder in connection with the Securitization, as well as in connection with all other matters and the preparation of any offering documents thereof and to review and respond reasonably promptly with respect to any information relating to it and the other Notes in any Securitization document, all at the cost and expense of such requesting Noteholder. Each Noteholder acknowledges that the information provided by it to the requesting Noteholder pursuant to this Section 40 may be incorporated into the offering documents for a Securitization. A requesting Noteholder and each Rating Agency shall be entitled to rely on the information supplied by, or on behalf of, each other Noteholder pursuant to this Section 40.

(b)   A Noteholder securitizing its Note may, at its election, deliver to each other Noteholder drafts of the preliminary and final Securitization offering memoranda, prospectus,

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preliminary prospectus and any other disclosure documents and (in the case of the Lead Securitization) the Servicing Agreement simultaneously with distributions of any such documents to the general working group of the related Securitization. Each other Noteholder may, at its election, review and comment thereon insofar as it relates to such other Noteholder and/or its Note, and, if such other Noteholder elects to review and comment, such other Noteholder shall review and comment thereon as soon as possible (but in no event later than (i) in the case of the first draft thereof, two (2) Business Days after receipt thereof and (ii) in the case of each subsequent draft thereof, the deadline provided to the general working group of the related Securitization for review and comment), and if such other Noteholder fails to respond within such time, such other Noteholder shall be deemed to have elected to not comment thereon. In the event of any disagreement between any such other Noteholder with respect to the preliminary and final offering memoranda, prospectus, free writing prospectus or any other disclosure documents the requesting Noteholder’s determination shall control (the parties acknowledging that no inaccuracy in such documents shall in any respect prejudice any such other Noteholder’s rights hereunder or under the Mortgage Loan Documents). No such other Noteholder shall have any obligation or liability with respect to any such offering documents other than the accuracy of any comments it elects to make regarding itself and/or regarding any Notes it is contributing to the subject Securitization.

(c)   Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each Noteholder acknowledges and agrees that (i) no other Noteholder shall be required to incur any out-of-pocket expenses in connection with their respective separate Securitization of any of the Senior Notes, as applicable (other than to the extent such other Noteholder is participating in such Securitization), and (ii) any such other Noteholder shall only be required to disclose such customary information reasonably determined by the requesting Noteholder to be necessary to satisfy its disclosure obligations in connection with its Securitization.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Initial Noteholders have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

	GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, as Initial
	Note A-1 Holder and Initial Agent
	By:	/s/ Justin Peterson
		Name: Justin Peterson Title:   Authorized Signatory
	GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, as Initial
	Note A-2 Holder
	By:	/s/ Justin Peterson
		Name: Justin Peterson Title:   Authorized Signatory
	GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, as Initial
	Note A-3 Holder
	By:	/s/ Justin Peterson
		Name: Justin Peterson Title:   Authorized Signatory
	GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, as Initial
	Note A-4 Holder
	By:	/s/ Justin Peterson
		Name: Justin Peterson Title:   Authorized Signatory

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	GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, as Initial
	Note A-5 Holder
	By:	/s/ Justin Peterson
		Name: Justin Peterson Title:   Authorized Signatory
	GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, as Initial
	Note A-6 Holder
	By:	/s/ Justin Peterson
		Name: Justin Peterson Title:   Authorized Signatory
	GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, as Initial
	Note A-7 Holder
	By:	/s/ Justin Peterson
		Name: Justin Peterson Title:   Authorized Signatory

 

 

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	BANK OF MONTREAL, as Initial Note A-8
	Holder
	By:	/s/ Leanne M. Lispi
		Name: Leanne M. Lispi Title:   Authorized Signatory

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	BANK OF MONTREAL, as Initial Note A-9
	Holder
	By:	/s/ Leanne M. Lispi
		Name: Leanne M. Lispi Title:   Authorized Signatory

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	GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, as Initial
	Note B Holder
	By:	/s/ Justin Peterson
		Name: Justin Peterson Title:   Authorized Signatory

 

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EXHIBIT A

MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE

A.       Description of Mortgage Loan:

 

Mortgage Loan:	Loan Agreement, dated as of January 11, 2023, between Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as lender (together with its successors and assigns “Lender”), and Pacific Design Center 1, LLC, as borrower (together with its permitted successors and assigns, “Borrower”)
Date of the Mortgage Loan:	January 11, 2023
Initial Principal Amount of Mortgage Loan:	$265,000,000
Location of Mortgaged Property:	West Hollywood, California
Stated Maturity Date:	February 6, 2033

B.       Description of Note Interests: Each Note shall have the initial Principal Balance, Percentage Interest and initial Note Rate set forth in the table below.

Note Designation	Initial Note Rate	Percentage Interest	Original Principal Balance
Note A-1	5.94107142857143%	23.58%	$62,500,000.00
Note A-2	5.94107142857143%	23.58%	$62,500,000.00
Note A-3	5.94107142857143%	1.89%	$5,000,000.00
Note A-4	5.94107142857143%	15.09%	$40,000,000.00
Note A-5	5.94107142857143%	5.66%	$15,000,000.00
Note A-6	5.94107142857143%	3.77%	$10,000,000.00
Note A-7	5.94107142857143%	3.77%	$10,000,000.00
Note A-8	5.94107142857143%	9.43%	$25,000,000.00
Note A-9	5.94107142857143%	5.66%	$15,000,000.00
Note B	15.50%	7.55%	$20,000,000.00

 

 

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EXHIBIT B

1.           Initial Note A-1 Holder:

(Prior to Securitization of Note A-1):

 

Goldman Sachs Bank USA
200 West Street
New York, New York 10282
Attention: Justin Peterson
Email: justin.peterson@gs.com

with a copy to:

Goldman Sachs Bank USA
200 West Street
New York, New York 10282
Attention: Structured Finance Legal (REFG)
Email: gs-refgsecuritization@gs.com

(Following Securitization of Note A-1): the applicable notice address of the related master servicer and special servicer set forth in the related Securitization Servicing Agreement.

 

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2.           Initial Note A-2 Holder:

(Prior to Securitization of Note A-2):

Goldman Sachs Bank USA
200 West Street
New York, New York 10282
Attention: Justin Peterson
Email: justin.peterson@gs.com

with a copy to:

Goldman Sachs Bank USA
200 West Street
New York, New York 10282
Attention: Structured Finance Legal (REFG)

Email: gs-refgsecuritization@gs.com

 

(Following Securitization of Note A-2): the applicable notice address of the related master servicer and special servicer set forth in the related Securitization Servicing Agreement.

 

3.           Initial Note A-3 Holder:

(Prior to Securitization of Note A-3):

Goldman Sachs Bank USA
200 West Street
New York, New York 10282
Attention: Justin Peterson
Email: justin.peterson@gs.com

with a copy to:

Goldman Sachs Bank USA
200 West Street
New York, New York 10282
Attention: Structured Finance Legal (REFG)

Email: gs-refgsecuritization@gs.com

 

(Following Securitization of Note A-3): the applicable notice address of the related master servicer and special servicer set forth in the related Securitization Servicing Agreement.

4.           Initial Note A-4 Holder:

(Prior to Securitization of Note A-4):

 

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Goldman Sachs Bank USA
200 West Street
New York, New York 10282
Attention: Justin Peterson
Email: justin.peterson@gs.com

with a copy to:

Goldman Sachs Bank USA
200 West Street
New York, New York 10282
Attention: Structured Finance Legal (REFG)

Email: gs-refgsecuritization@gs.com

 

(Following Securitization of Note A-4): the applicable notice address of the related master servicer and special servicer set forth in the related Securitization Servicing Agreement.

5.           Initial Note A-5 Holder:

(Prior to Securitization of Note A-5):

Goldman Sachs Bank USA
200 West Street
New York, New York 10282
Attention: Justin Peterson
Email: justin.peterson@gs.com

with a copy to:

Goldman Sachs Bank USA
200 West Street
New York, New York 10282
Attention: Structured Finance Legal (REFG)

Email: gs-refgsecuritization@gs.com

 

(Following Securitization of Note A-5): the applicable notice address of the related master servicer and special servicer set forth in the related Securitization Servicing Agreement.

6.           Initial Note A-6 Holder:

(Prior to Securitization of Note A-6):

Goldman Sachs Bank USA
200 West Street
New York, New York 10282
Attention: Justin Peterson
Email: justin.peterson@gs.com

 

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with a copy to:

Goldman Sachs Bank USA
200 West Street
New York, New York 10282
Attention: Structured Finance Legal (REFG)

Email: gs-refgsecuritization@gs.com

 

(Following Securitization of Note A-6): the applicable notice address of the related master servicer and special servicer set forth in the related Securitization Servicing Agreement.

7.           Initial Note A-7 Holder:

(Prior to Securitization of Note A-7):

Goldman Sachs Bank USA
200 West Street
New York, New York 10282
Attention: Justin Peterson
Email: justin.peterson@gs.com

with a copy to:

Goldman Sachs Bank USA
200 West Street
New York, New York 10282
Attention: Structured Finance Legal (REFG)

Email: gs-refgsecuritization@gs.com

 

(Following Securitization of Note A-7): the applicable notice address of the related master servicer and special servicer set forth in the related Securitization Servicing Agreement.

8.           Initial Note A-8 Holder:

(Prior to Securitization of Note A-8):

 

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Bank of Montreal
c/o BMO Capital Markets Corp.
151 West 42nd Street
New York, New York 10036
Attention: Michael Birajiclian and David Schell
E-mail: Michael.Birajiclian@bmo.com and David.Schell@bmo.com

with a copy to:

Bank of Montreal
c/o BMO Capital Markets Corp.
151 West 42nd Street
New York, New York 10036
Attention: Legal Department
E-mail: BMOCMBSNotices@bmo.com

(Following Securitization of Note A-8): the applicable notice address of the related master servicer and special servicer set forth in the related Securitization Servicing Agreement.

9.            Initial Note A-9 Holder:

(Prior to Securitization of Note A-9):

 

Bank of Montreal
c/o BMO Capital Markets Corp.
151 West 42nd Street
New York, New York 10036
Attention: Michael Birajiclian and David Schell
E-mail: Michael.Birajiclian@bmo.com and David.Schell@bmo.com

with a copy to:

Bank of Montreal
c/o BMO Capital Markets Corp.
151 West 42nd Street
New York, New York 10036
Attention: Legal Department
E-mail: BMOCMBSNotices@bmo.com

(Following Securitization of Note A-9): the applicable notice address of the related master servicer and special servicer set forth in the related Securitization Servicing Agreement.

 

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10.         Initial Note B Holder:

(Prior to Securitization of Note B):

Goldman Sachs Bank USA
200 West Street
New York, New York 10282
Attention: Justin Peterson
Email: justin.peterson@gs.com

with a copy to:

Goldman Sachs Bank USA
200 West Street
New York, New York 10282
Attention: Structured Finance Legal (REFG)

Email: gs-refgsecuritization@gs.com

 

(Following Securitization of Note B): the applicable notice address of the related master servicer and special servicer set forth in the related Securitization Servicing Agreement.

 

 

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EXHIBIT C

PERMITTED FUND MANAGERS

1. Westbrook Partners

2. DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners

3. iStar Financial Inc.

4. Capital Trust, Inc.

5. Lend-Lease Real Estate Investments

6. Archon Capital, L.P.

7. Whitehall Street Real Estate Fund, L.P.

8. The Blackstone Group International Ltd.

9. Apollo Real Estate Advisors

10. Colony Capital, Inc.

11. Praedium Group

12. J.E. Roberts Companies

13. Fortress Investment Group, LLC

14. Lonestar Opportunity Fund

15. Clarion Partners

16. Walton Street Capital, LLC

17. Starwood Financial Trust

18. BlackRock, Inc.

19. Rialto Capital Management, LLC

20. Raith Capital Partners, LLC

21. Rialto Capital Advisors LLC

22. Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America

23. Principal Real Estate Investors, LLC

24. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

25. New York Life Insurance Company

26. Eightfold Real Estate Capital, L.P.

27. Perella Weinberg Partners

28. Square Mile Capital Management LLC

 

 

 

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EX-99.12

Exhibit 99.12

EXECUTION VERSION

Cumberland Mall

CO-LENDER AGREEMENT

Dated as of April 14, 2023

between

DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH
(Note A-1 Holder)

DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH
(Note A-2 Holder)

DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH
(Note A-3 Holder)

DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH
(Note A-4 Holder)

DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH
(Note A-5 Holder)

MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A.
(Note A-6-1 Holder)

MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A.
(Note A-6-2 Holder)

MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A.
(Note A-7 Holder)

BANK OF MONTREAL
(Note A-8 Holder)

BANK OF MONTREAL
(Note A-9 Holder)

BANK OF MONTREAL
(Note A-10 Holder)

and

BANK OF MONTREAL(Note A-11 Holder)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

1.	Definitions; Conflicts	2
2.	Servicing of the Mortgage Loan	21
3.	Priority of  Notes	23
4.	Workout	24
5.	Accounts; Payment Procedure	24
6.	Limitation on Liability	25
7.	Representations of the Holders	25
8.	Independent Analyses of each Holder	26
9.	No Creation of a Partnership or Exclusive Purchase Right	26
10.	Not a Security	26
11.	Other Business Activities of the Holders	26
12.	Transfer of Notes	26
13.	Exercise of Remedies by the Servicer	28
14.	Rights of the Directing Holder	30
15.	Appointment of Special Servicer	32
16.	Rights of the Non-Directing Holders	32
17.	Advances; Reimbursement of Advances	33
18.	Provisions Relating to Securitization	34
19.	Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial	43
20.	Modifications	43
21.	Successors and Assigns; Third Party Beneficiaries	43
22.	Counterparts	43
23.	Captions	44
24.	Notices	44
25.	Custody of Mortgage Loan Documents/ Mortgagee of Record	44

 

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THIS CO-LENDER AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), dated as of April 14, 2023, is by and among DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH, a branch of Deutsche Bank AG, a German Bank, authorized by the New York Department of Financial Services, having an address at 1 Columbus Circle, 15th Floor, New York, New York 10019 (together with its successors and assigns, “DB”), as Note A-1 Holder, Note A-2 Holder, Note A-3 Holder, Note A-4 Holder and Note A-5 Holder, MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A., a national banking association (together with its successors and assigns, “MS”), having an address at 1585 Broadway, New York, New York 10036, as Note A-6-1 Holder, Note A-6-2 Holder and Note A-7 Holder, and BANK OF MONTREAL, a Canadian Chartered bank (together with its successors and assigns, “BMO”), having an address at c/o BMO Capital Markets Corp., 151 West 42nd Street, New York, New York 10036, as Note A-8 Holder, Note A-9 Holder, Note A-10 Holder and Note A-11 Holder.

W I T N E S E T H:

WHEREAS, the Initial Note Holders have made a mortgage loan in the original principal amount of $180,000,000 (the “Mortgage Loan”) to Cumberland Mall, LLC and Cumberland FS Anchor Parcel LLC, each a Delaware limited liability company (collectively, the “Borrower”), pursuant to a loan agreement between the Borrower, as borrower, and the Initial Note Holders, collectively as lender, dated as of August 18, 2022 (the “Loan Agreement”), which was evidenced, inter alia, by (i) a promissory note in the original principal amount of $20,000,000 (“Note A-1”) made by the Borrower in favor of DB, (ii) a promissory note in the original principal amount of $20,000,000 (“Note A-2”) made by the Borrower in favor of DB, (iii) a promissory note in the original principal amount of $15,000,000 (“Note A-3”) made by the Borrower in favor of DB, (iv) a promissory note in the original principal amount of $10,000,000 (“Note A-4”) made by the Borrower in favor of DB, (v) a promissory note in the original principal amount of $7,000,000 (“Note A-5”) made by the Borrower in favor of DB, (vi) a promissory note in the original principal amount of $30,000,000 (“Note A-6-1”) made by the Borrower in favor of MS, (vii) a promissory note in the original principal amount of $10,000,000 (“Note A-6-2”) made by the Borrower in favor of MS, (viii) a promissory note in the original principal amount of $23,000,000 (“Note A-7”) made by the Borrower in favor of MS, (ix) a promissory note in the original principal amount of $15,000,000 (“Note A-8”) made by the Borrower in favor of BMO, (x) a promissory note in the original principal amount of $12,500,000 (“Note A-9”) made by the Borrower in favor of BMO, (xi) a promissory note in the original principal amount of $10,000,000 (“Note A-10”) made by the Borrower in favor of BMO, and (xii) a promissory note in the original principal amount of $7,500,000 (“Note A-11”; collectively with Note A-1, Note A-2, Note A-3, Note A-4, Note A-5, Note A-6-1, Note A-6-2, Note A-7, Note A-8, Note A-9 and Note A-10, the “Notes”, and each a “Note”) made by the Borrower in favor of BMO, each secured by a first mortgage (as amended, modified or supplemented, the “Mortgage”) on the property known as Cumberland Mall, located in Atlanta, GA (the “Mortgaged Property”);

WHEREAS, each Initial Note Holder intends, but is not bound, to sell transfer and assign all or a portion of its right, title and interest in and to its Note to one or more

depositors who will in turn transfer the same to one or more trusts as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans;

WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to enter into this Agreement to memorialize the terms under which they, and their successors and assigns, shall hold Note A-1, Note A-2, Note A-3, Note A-4, Note A-5, Note A-6-1, Note A-6-2, Note A-7, Note A-8, Note A-9, Note A-10 and Note A-11, respectively;

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

1.                  Definitions; Conflicts. References to a “Section” or the “recitals” are, unless otherwise specified, to a Section or the recitals of this Agreement. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Servicing Agreement. To the extent of any inconsistency between this Agreement and the Servicing Agreement, this Agreement shall control. Whenever used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the respective meanings set forth below unless the context clearly requires otherwise.

“Accelerated Mezzanine Loan” shall mean any mezzanine loan (secured by a pledge of the direct (or indirect) equity interests in the Mortgagor) related to the Mortgage Loan if such mezzanine loan either (i) has been accelerated, or (ii) is the subject of foreclosure proceedings against the related collateral for such mezzanine loan.

“Acceptable Insurance Default” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or analogous term in the Servicing Agreement.

“Advance” shall mean any P&I Advance or Property Advance made with respect to any of the Notes, the Mortgage Loan or the Mortgaged Property pursuant to the Note A-1 PSA, Note A-2 PSA, Note A-3 PSA, Note A-4 PSA, Note A-5 PSA, Note A-6-1 PSA, Note A-6-2 PSA, Note A-7 PSA, Note A-8 PSA, Note A-9 PSA, Note A-10 PSA and Note A-11 PSA.

“Affiliate” shall mean, (i) prior to the occurrence of the Lead Securitization, with respect to any specified Person, (a) any other Person controlling or controlled by or under common control with such specified Person (each, a “Common Control Party”), (b) any other Person owning, directly or indirectly, ten percent (10%) or more of the beneficial interests in such Person or (c) any other Person in which such Person or a Common Control Party owns, directly or indirectly, ten percent (10%) or more of the beneficial interests (and, for the purposes of the definition in this clause (i), “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, relation to individuals or otherwise, and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing), and (ii) following the occurrence of the Lead Securitization, shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

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“Agreement” shall mean this Co-Lender Agreement, the exhibits and schedules hereto, and all amendments hereof and supplements hereto.

“Asset Review” shall mean any review of representations and warranties conducted by a Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer, as contemplated by Item 1101(m) of Regulation AB.

“Borrower” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Borrower Party” shall mean (i) prior to the occurrence of the Lead Securitization, either (a) the Borrower, the Mortgagor or the manager of the Mortgaged Property or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing or (b) a holder or beneficial owner of any Accelerated Mezzanine Loan or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing, and (ii) following the occurrence of the Lead Securitization, shall have the meaning assigned to the term “Borrower Restricted Party”, “Borrower Party” or other analogous term, as applicable, in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Business Day” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Servicing Agreement.

“CLO Asset Manager” shall mean, with respect to any Securitization Vehicle that is a CLO, the entity that is responsible for managing or administering the underlying assets of such Securitization Vehicle or, if applicable, the assets of any Intervening Trust Vehicle (including, without limitation, the right to exercise any consent and control rights available to the Directing Holder).

“Certificate Administrator” shall mean the certificate administrator under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Certificate Administrator Fees” shall have the meaning given to such term or an analogous term in the Note A-1 PSA, the Note A-2 PSA, the Note A-3 PSA, the Note A-4 PSA, the Note A-5 PSA, the Note A-6-1 PSA, the Note A-6-2 PSA, the Note A-7 PSA, the Note A-8 PSA, the Note A-9 PSA, the Note A-10 PSA or the Note A-11 PSA.

“Certificates” shall mean any securities issued in connection with the Note A-1 Securitization, the Note A-2 Securitization, the Note A-3 Securitization, the Note A-4 Securitization, the Note A-5 Securitization, the Note A-6-1 Securitization, the Note A-6-2 Securitization, the Note A-7 Securitization, the Note A-8 Securitization, the Note A-9 Securitization, the Note A-10 Securitization or the Note A-11 Securitization.

“CLO” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of Qualified Transferee.

“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

“Collection Account” shall mean the “collection account” or sub-account thereof, established under the Servicing Agreement for the purpose of servicing the Mortgage Loan.

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“Commission” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 18(b)(ix).

“Control” shall mean the ownership, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate of more than fifty percent (50%) of the beneficial ownership interests of an entity and the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of an entity, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. The terms “controlled by,” “controlling” and “under common control with” shall have the respective correlative meaning thereto.

“Custodian” shall mean the custodian under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“DBRS Morningstar” shall mean DBRS, Inc. and its successors in interest.

“Defaulted Mortgage Loan” shall mean the Mortgage Loan in the event that the Mortgage Loan is delinquent at least 60 days in respect of its Monthly Payments or more than 60 days in respect of its balloon payment, in either case to be determined without giving effect to any grace period permitted by the Mortgage Loan Documents and without regard to any acceleration of payments under the Mortgage Loan Documents.

“Depositor” shall mean (i) with respect to the Note A-1 Securitization, the depositor under the Note A-1 PSA, (ii) with respect to the Note A-2 Securitization, the depositor under the Note A-2 PSA, (iii) with respect to the Note A-3 Securitization, the depositor under the Note A-3 PSA, (iv) with respect to the Note A-4 Securitization, the depositor under the Note A-4 PSA, (v) with respect to the Note A-5 Securitization, the depositor under the Note A-5 PSA, (vi) with respect to the Note A-6-1 Securitization, the depositor under the Note A-6-1 PSA, (vii) with respect to the Note A-6-2 Securitization, the depositor under the Note A-6-2 PSA, (viii) with respect to the Note A-7 Securitization, the depositor under the Note A-7 PSA, (ix) with respect to the Note A-8 Securitization, the depositor under the Note A-8 PSA, (x) with respect to the Note A-9 Securitization, the depositor under the Note A-9 PSA, (xi) with respect to the Note A-10 Securitization, the depositor under the Note A-10 PSA and (xii) with respect to the Note A-11 Securitization, the depositor under the Note A-11 PSA.

“Directing Holder” shall mean the Holder of Note A-1 or, if Note A-1 is included in a Securitization, the holders of Certificates issued in connection with such Securitization representing the specified interest in the class of Certificates designated as the “Controlling Class” or the duly appointed representative of the holders of such Certificates or such other party that the Note A-1 Holder grants the right to exercise the rights granted to the Directing Holder in this Agreement; provided, that no Borrower Party shall be entitled to act as Directing Holder.

“Event of Default” shall mean an “Event of Default” as defined in the Loan Agreement.

“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

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“Excluded Amounts” shall mean:

(i)                                 proceeds, awards or settlements to be applied to the restoration or repair of the Mortgaged Property or released to the Borrower in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents;

(ii)                              amounts required to be deposited in reserve or escrow pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Documents; and

(iii)                           amounts that are then due and payable pursuant to the Servicing Agreement to the parties to the Servicing Agreement, including, without limitation, Servicing Fees, Special Servicing Fees, if applicable, reimbursement of costs and expenses, reimbursement of Property Advances and interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate;

provided, however, that Excluded Amounts shall not include (A) any amounts received in respect of any P&I Advances (and interest thereon), (B) any “servicing fee” due to the Master Servicer under the Servicing Agreement in respect of the Mortgage Loan (or any portion thereof) other than the Servicing Fee and (C) any Trustee Fees, Certificate Administrator Fees or Operating Advisor Fees.

“First Securitization” shall mean the Securitization with the earliest Securitization Date.

“Fitch” shall mean Fitch Ratings, Inc. and its successors in interest.

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

“Holder” shall mean each of the Note A-1 Holder, the Note A-2 Holder, the Note A-3 Holder, the Note A-4 Holder, the Note A-5 Holder, the Note A-6-1 Holder, the Note A-6-2 Holder, the Note A-7 Holder, the Note A-8 Holder, the Note A-9 Holder, the Note A-10 Holder and the Note A-11 Holder.

“Initial Note Holder” shall mean each of the Note A-1 Holder, the Note A-2 Holder, the Note A-3 Holder, the Note A-4 Holder, the Note A-5 Holder, the Note A-6-1 Holder, the Note A-6-2 Holder, the Note A-7 Holder, the Note A-8 Holder, the Note A-9 Holder, the Note A-10 Holder and the Note A-11 Holder named on the cover page hereof.

“Intervening Trust Vehicle” shall mean, with respect to any Securitization Vehicle that is a CLO, a trust vehicle or entity which holds Note A-1, Note A-2, Note A-3, Note A-4, Note A-5, Note A-6-1, Note A-6-2, Note A-7, Note A-8, Note A-9, Note A-10 or Note A-

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11 as collateral securing (in whole or in part) any obligation or security held by such Securitization Vehicle as collateral for the CLO.

“KBRA” shall mean Kroll Bond Rating Agency, Inc. and its successors in interest.

“Lead Depositor” shall mean the Depositor under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Lead Note” shall mean each Note held by the Lead Securitization.

“Lead Note Holder” shall mean the Holder of the Lead Note(s).

“Lead Securitization” shall mean the Note A-1 Securitization; provided, that in the event the Note A-1 Securitization is not the First Securitization, then from and after the closing date of the First Securitization until the Note A-1 Securitization Date, the Lead Securitization shall be the First Securitization.

“Lead Securitization Date” shall mean the closing date of the Lead Securitization.

“Lead Securitization Trust” shall mean the Securitization Trust created in connection with the Lead Securitization.

“Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement” shall mean the PSA executed and delivered in connection with the Lead Securitization.

“Lead Servicer” shall mean the servicer and/or special servicer designated under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Liquidation Proceeds” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or an analogous term in the Servicing Agreement.

“Loan Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Loan Combination Custodial Account” shall mean the “Loan Combination Custodial Account” or analogous account established for the Mortgage Loan pursuant to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Major Decision” shall have the meaning given to such term or any analogous term in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement; provided that, at any time that none of the Notes is included in the Lead Securitization, “Major Decision” shall mean, any of the following,

(i)                                   any proposed or actual foreclosure upon or comparable conversion (which may include acquisitions of an REO Property) of the ownership of properties securing the Mortgage Loan as come into and continue in default;

(ii)                                any modification, consent to a modification or waiver of a monetary term or material non-monetary term (including, without limitation, the timing of payments and

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acceptance of discounted payoffs but excluding Penalty Charges) of the Mortgage Loan or any extension of the Maturity Date of the Mortgage Loan;

(iii)                             any sale of the Defaulted Mortgage Loan or REO Property (other than in connection with the termination of the Lead Securitization Trust) for less than the applicable Repurchase Price (as defined in the Servicing Agreement);

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

(v)                               any release of collateral or any acceptance of substitute or additional collateral for the Mortgage Loan, or any consent to either of the foregoing, other than as required pursuant to the specific terms of the related Mortgage Loan and for which there is no material lender discretion;

(vi)                            any waiver of a “due-on-sale” or “due-on-encumbrance” clause with respect to the Mortgage Loan or any consent to such waiver or consent to a transfer of the Mortgaged Property or interests in the Borrower or consent to the incurrence of additional debt, other than any such transfer or incurrence of debt as may be effected without the consent of the lender under the Loan Agreement;

(vii)                         any property management company changes (with respect to the Mortgage Loan (i) with an unpaid principal balance greater than $2,500,000 or (ii) where the successor property manager is affiliated with the Borrower) or franchise changes with respect to the Mortgage Loan for which the lender is required to consent or approve under the Mortgage Loan Documents;

(viii)                      releases of any escrows, reserve accounts or letters of credit held as performance escrows or reserves other than those required pursuant to the specific terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents and for which there is no material lender discretion;

(ix)                              any acceptance of an assumption agreement releasing the Borrower from liability under the Mortgage Loan other than pursuant to the specific terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents and for which there is no lender discretion;

(x)                                 any determination of an Acceptable Insurance Default;

(xi)                              the determination of the Special Servicer to transfer the Mortgage Loan to special servicing due to an imminent default;

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

(xiii)                        any modification, waiver or amendment of an intercreditor agreement, co-lender agreement, participation agreement or similar agreement with any mezzanine lender, holder of a Note or other subordinate debt holder related to the Mortgage Loan, or

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an action to enforce rights with respect thereto, in each case, in a manner that materially and adversely affects the holders of the Lead Note.

“Master Servicer” shall mean the master servicer under the Servicing Agreement and any successor thereunder.

“Master Servicer Remittance Date” shall mean, with respect to each Non-Lead Note, (i) prior to the related Non-Lead Securitization of such Non-Lead Note, the “master servicer remittance date” as such term is defined in the applicable Servicing Agreement, and (ii) from and after the related Non-Lead Securitization of such Non-Lead Note, the earlier of (x) the “master servicer remittance date” as such term is defined in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, and (y) the Business Day following the applicable Non-Lead Securitization Determination Date for such Non-Lead Note (in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), as long as such date is at least one Business Day after the Payment Date (as defined in the Loan Agreement)).

For the avoidance of doubt, any late collections received by the Master Servicer after the related due date under the Mortgage Loan shall be remitted by the Master Servicer in accordance with Section 18(b)(xi) below.

“Maturity Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Exhibit A.

“Monthly Payment” with respect to any period shall mean all amounts due and payable to any Holder or Holders during such period in accordance with the Mortgage Loan Documents.

“Moody’s” shall mean Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and its successors in interest.

“Mortgage” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Mortgage Interest Rate” shall mean the Mortgage Interest Rate set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule with respect to each of Note A-1, Note A-2, Note A-3, Note A-4, Note A-5, Note A-6-1, Note A-6-2, Note A-7, Note A-8, Note A-9, Note A-10 and Note A-11.

“Mortgage Loan” shall have the meaning assigned such term in the recitals.

“Mortgage Loan Documents” shall mean the Mortgage, the Loan Agreement, the Notes, and all other documents evidencing or securing the Mortgage Loan.

“Mortgage Loan Principal Balance” shall mean, at any date of determination, the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Notes evidencing the Mortgage Loan.

“Mortgage Loan Schedule” shall mean the schedule in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, which schedule sets forth certain information regarding the Mortgage Loan and the Notes.

“Mortgaged Property” shall have the meaning assigned such term in the recitals.

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“Non-Directing Holder” shall mean the Holder(s) of more than a fifty percent (50%) percentage interest in any Note other than Note A-1, and if such Note has been included in a Securitization, the holders of Certificates representing the specified interest in the class of Certificates designated as the “controlling class” or the duly appointed representative of the holders of such Certificates or such other party otherwise entitled under each Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement to exercise the rights granted to the related Non-Directing Holder in this Agreement. If a Non-Lead Note is not in a Securitization, the Non-Directing Holder with respect to such Note will be the then-current Holder of such Note.

“Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer” shall mean the party acting as “asset representations reviewer” (within the meaning of Item 1101(m) of Regulation AB) under a related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Certificate Administrator” shall mean the applicable certificate administrator or other analogous term under any Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Depositor” shall mean the applicable “depositor” under any Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Master Servicer” shall mean the applicable “master servicer” under any Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Note” shall mean each Note other than a Lead Securitization Note.

“Non-Lead Note Holders” shall mean each Holder other than (a) the Lead Note Holder or (b) a Holder of any Note that is not the Lead Note but is held by the Lead Securitization.

“Non-Lead Securitization” shall mean each Securitization other than the Lead Securitization.

“Non-Lead Securitization Determination Date” shall mean the “determination date” (or any term substantially similar thereto) as defined in the related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement” shall mean each PSA that is not the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Securitization Trust” shall mean any Securitization Trust that holds a Non-Lead Note.

“Non-Lead Special Servicer” shall mean the applicable “special servicer” under any Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Sponsor” shall mean, with respect to any Non-Lead Note, the related Holder that acts as the sponsor with respect to such Non-Lead Note in connection with the related Non-Lead Securitization.

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“Non-Lead Trustee” shall mean the applicable “trustee” under any Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Nonrecoverable Advance” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Servicing Agreement.

“Note A-1” shall have the meaning assigned such term in the recitals.

“Note A-1 Holder” shall mean DB or any subsequent holder of Note A-1.

“Note A-1 Principal Balance” shall mean, at any time of determination, the initial Note A-1 Principal Balance as set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon received by the Note A-1 Holder and any reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 4.

“Note A-1 PSA” shall mean the “pooling and servicing agreement” entered into in connection with the Note A-1 Securitization.

“Note A-1 Securitization” shall mean the first sale by the Note A-1 Holder of all or a portion of Note A-1 to a depositor who will in turn include all or such portion of Note A-1 (as applicable) as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Note A-1 Securitization Date” shall mean the closing date of the Note A-1 Securitization.

“Note A-1 Trust Fund” shall mean the trust formed pursuant to the Note A-1 PSA.

“Note A-2” shall have the meaning assigned such term in the recitals.

“Note A-2 Holder” shall mean DB or any subsequent holder of Note A-2.

“Note A-2 Principal Balance” shall mean, at any time of determination, the initial Note A-2 Principal Balance as set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon received by the Note A-2 Holder and any reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 4.

“Note A-2 PSA” shall mean the “pooling and servicing agreement” entered into in connection with the Note A-2 Securitization.

“Note A-2 Securitization” shall mean the first sale by the Note A-2 Holder of all or a portion of Note A-2 to a depositor who will in turn include all or such portion of Note A-2 (as applicable) as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Note A-2 Securitization Date” shall mean the closing date of the Note A-2 Securitization.

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“Note A-2 Trust Fund” shall mean the trust formed pursuant to the Note A-2 PSA.

“Note A-3” shall have the meaning assigned such term in the recitals.

“Note A-3 Holder” shall mean DB or any subsequent holder of Note A-3.

“Note A-3 Principal Balance” shall mean, at any time of determination, the initial Note A-3 Principal Balance as set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon received by the Note A-3 Holder and any reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 4.

“Note A-3 PSA” shall mean the “pooling and servicing agreement” entered into in connection with the Note A-3 Securitization.

“Note A-3 Securitization” shall mean the first sale by the Note A-3 Holder of all or a portion of Note A-3 to a depositor who will in turn include all or such portion of Note A-3 (as applicable) as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Note A-3 Securitization Date” shall mean the closing date of the Note A-3 Securitization.

“Note A-3 Trust Fund” shall mean the trust formed pursuant to the Note A-3 PSA.

“Note A-4” shall have the meaning assigned such term in the recitals.

“Note A-4 Holder” shall mean DB or any subsequent holder of Note A-4.

“Note A-4 Principal Balance” shall mean, at any time of determination, the initial Note A-4 Principal Balance as set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon received by the Note A-4 Holder and any reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 4.

“Note A-4 PSA” shall mean the “pooling and servicing agreement” entered into in connection with the Note A-4 Securitization.

“Note A-4 Securitization” shall mean the first sale by the Note A-4 Holder of all or a portion of Note A-4 to a depositor who will in turn include all or such portion of Note A-4 (as applicable) as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Note A-4 Securitization Date” shall mean the closing date of the Note A-4 Securitization.

“Note A-4 Trust Fund” shall mean the trust formed pursuant to the Note A-4 PSA.

“Note A-5” shall have the meaning assigned such term in the recitals.

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“Note A-5 Holder” shall mean DB or any subsequent holder of Note A-5.

“Note A-5 Principal Balance” shall mean, at any time of determination, the initial Note A-5 Principal Balance as set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon received by the Note A-5 Holder and any reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 4.

“Note A-5 PSA” shall mean the “pooling and servicing agreement” entered into in connection with the Note A-5 Securitization.

“Note A-5 Securitization” shall mean the first sale by the Note A-5 Holder of all or a portion of Note A-5 to a depositor who will in turn include all or such portion of Note A-5 (as applicable) as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Note A-5 Securitization Date” shall mean the closing date of the Note A-5 Securitization.

“Note A-5 Trust Fund” shall mean the trust formed pursuant to the Note A-5 PSA.

“Note A-6-1” shall have the meaning assigned such term in the recitals.

“Note A-6-1 Holder” shall mean MS or any subsequent holder of Note A-6-1.

“Note A-6-1 Principal Balance” shall mean, at any time of determination, the initial Note A-6-1 Principal Balance as set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon received by the Note A-6-1 Holder and any reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 4.

“Note A-6-1 PSA” shall mean the “pooling and servicing agreement” entered into in connection with the Note A-6-1 Securitization.

“Note A-6-1 Securitization” shall mean the first sale by the Note A-6-1 Holder of all or a portion of Note A-6-1 to a depositor who will in turn include all or such portion of Note A-6-1 (as applicable) as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Note A-6-1 Securitization Date” shall mean the closing date of the Note A-6-1 Securitization.

“Note A-6-1 Trust Fund” shall mean the trust formed pursuant to the Note A-6-1 PSA.

“Note A-6-2” shall have the meaning assigned such term in the recitals.

“Note A-6-2 Holder” shall mean MS or any subsequent holder of Note A-6-2.

“Note A-6-2 Principal Balance” shall mean, at any time of determination, the initial Note A-6-2 Principal Balance as set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any

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payments of principal thereon received by the Note A-6-2 Holder and any reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 4.

“Note A-6-2 PSA” shall mean the “pooling and servicing agreement” entered into in connection with the Note A-6-2 Securitization.

“Note A-6-2 Securitization” shall mean the first sale by the Note A-6-2 Holder of all or a portion of Note A-6-2 to a depositor who will in turn include all or such portion of Note A-6-2 (as applicable) as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Note A-6-2 Securitization Date” shall mean the closing date of the Note A-6-2 Securitization.

“Note A-6-2 Trust Fund” shall mean the trust formed pursuant to the Note A-6-2 PSA.

“Note A-7” shall have the meaning assigned such term in the recitals.

“Note A-7 Holder” shall mean MS or any subsequent holder of Note A-7.

“Note A-7 Principal Balance” shall mean, at any time of determination, the initial Note A-7 Principal Balance as set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon received by the Note A-7 Holder and any reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 4.

“Note A-7 PSA” shall mean the “pooling and servicing agreement” entered into in connection with the Note A-7 Securitization.

“Note A-7 Securitization” shall mean the first sale by the Note A-7 Holder of all or a portion of Note A-7 to a depositor who will in turn include all or such portion of Note A-7 (as applicable) as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Note A-7 Securitization Date” shall mean the closing date of the Note A-7 Securitization.

“Note A-7 Trust Fund” shall mean the trust formed pursuant to the Note A-7 PSA.

“Note A-8” shall have the meaning assigned such term in the recitals.

“Note A-8 Holder” shall mean BMO or any subsequent holder of Note A-8.

“Note A-8 Principal Balance” shall mean, at any time of determination, the initial Note A-8 Principal Balance as set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon received by the Note A-8 Holder and any reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 4.

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“Note A-8 PSA” shall mean the “pooling and servicing agreement” entered into in connection with the Note A-8 Securitization.

“Note A-8 Securitization” shall mean the first sale by the Note A-8 Holder of all or a portion of Note A-8 to a depositor who will in turn include all or such portion of Note A-8 (as applicable) as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Note A-8 Securitization Date” shall mean the closing date of the Note A-8 Securitization.

“Note A-8 Trust Fund” shall mean the trust formed pursuant to the Note A-8 PSA.

“Note A-9” shall have the meaning assigned such term in the recitals.

“Note A-9 Holder” shall mean BMO or any subsequent holder of Note A-9.

“Note A-9 Principal Balance” shall mean, at any time of determination, the initial Note A-9 Principal Balance as set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon received by the Note A-9 Holder and any reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 4.

“Note A-9 PSA” shall mean the “pooling and servicing agreement” entered into in connection with the Note A-9 Securitization.

“Note A-9 Securitization” shall mean the first sale by the Note A-9 Holder of all or a portion of Note A-9 to a depositor who will in turn include all or such portion of Note A-9 (as applicable) as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Note A-9 Securitization Date” shall mean the closing date of the Note A-9 Securitization.

“Note A-9 Trust Fund” shall mean the trust formed pursuant to the Note A-9 PSA.

“Note A-10” shall have the meaning assigned such term in the recitals.

“Note A-10 Holder” shall mean BMO or any subsequent holder of Note A-10.

“Note A-10 Principal Balance” shall mean, at any time of determination, the initial Note A-10 Principal Balance as set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon received by the Note A-10 Holder and any reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 4.

“Note A-10 PSA” shall mean the “pooling and servicing agreement” entered into in connection with the Note A-10 Securitization.

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“Note A-10 Securitization” shall mean the first sale by the Note A-10 Holder of all or a portion of Note A-10 to a depositor who will in turn include all or such portion of Note A-10 (as applicable) as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Note A-10 Securitization Date” shall mean the closing date of the Note A-10 Securitization.

“Note A-10 Trust Fund” shall mean the trust formed pursuant to the Note A-10 PSA.

“Note A-11” shall have the meaning assigned such term in the recitals.

“Note A-11 Holder” shall mean BMO or any subsequent holder of Note A-11.

“Note A-11 Principal Balance” shall mean, at any time of determination, the initial Note A-11 Principal Balance as set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon received by the Note A-11 Holder and any reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 4.

“Note A-11 PSA” shall mean the “pooling and servicing agreement” entered into in connection with the Note A-11 Securitization.

“Note A-11 Securitization” shall mean the first sale by the Note A-11 Holder of all or a portion of Note A-11 to a depositor who will in turn include all or such portion of Note A-11 (as applicable) as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Note A-11 Securitization Date” shall mean the closing date of the Note A-11 Securitization.

“Note A-11 Trust Fund” shall mean the trust formed pursuant to the Note A-11 PSA.

“Notes” shall have the meaning assigned such term in the recitals.

“Operating Advisor” shall mean each operating advisor under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Operating Advisor Fees” shall have the meaning given to such term or an analogous term in each of the Note A-1 PSA, the Note A-2 PSA, the Note A-3 PSA, the Note A-4 PSA, the Note A-5 PSA, the Note A-6-1 PSA, the Note A-6-2 PSA, the Note A-7 PSA, the Note A-8 PSA, the Note A-9 PSA, the Note A-10 PSA and the Note A-11 PSA.

“P&I Advance” shall mean an advance made by a party to the Note A-1 PSA, the Note A-2 PSA, the Note A-3 PSA, the Note A-4 PSA, the Note A-5 PSA, the Note A-6-1 PSA, the Note A-6-2 PSA, the Note A-7 PSA, the Note A-8 PSA, the Note A-9 PSA, the Note A-10 PSA and the Note A-11 PSA, as applicable, with respect to a delinquent monthly debt service payment on the Notes included in the related Securitization.

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“Penalty Charges” shall mean any amounts collected from the Borrower or with respect to the Mortgage Loan or the Mortgaged Property that represent default charges, penalty charges, late fees and/or default interest, but excluding any yield maintenance charge or prepayment premium.

“Permitted Fund Manager” shall mean any Person (a) listed on Exhibit C attached hereto or (b) that on the date of determination is (i) a Qualified Transferee or any other nationally-recognized manager of investment funds investing in debt or equity interests relating to commercial real estate, (ii) investing through one or more funds with committed capital of at least $250,000,000 and (iii) not subject to a proceeding, whether voluntary or involuntary, relating to the bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors.

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

“Property Advance” shall mean an advance made in respect of property protection expenses or expenses incurred to protect, preserve and enforce the security for the Mortgage Loan or to pay taxes and assessments or insurance premiums with respect to the Mortgaged Property.

“Pro Rata and Pari Passu Basis” shall mean with respect to the Notes and each Holder, (i) for purposes of allocating payments of interest among the Notes, each Note or Holder, as the case may be, is allocated its respective pro rata share based on the interest accrued on such Note at the respective Mortgage Interest Rate of such Note based on the outstanding principal balance of such Note and (ii) for all other purposes, the allocation of any particular payment, collection, cost, expense, liability or other amount between such Notes or such Holders, as the case may be, without any priority of any such Note or any such Holder over another Note or Holder, as the case may be, and in any event such that each Note or Holder, as the case may be, is allocated its respective pro rata share based on the outstanding principal balance of its Note in relation to the outstanding principal balance of the entire Mortgage Loan of such particular payment, collection, cost, expense, liability or other amount.

“PSA” shall mean each of the Note A-1 PSA, the Note A-2 PSA, the Note A-3 PSA, the Note A-4 PSA, the Note A-5 PSA, the Note A-6-1 PSA, the Note A-6-2 PSA, the Note A-7 PSA, the Note A-8 PSA, the Note A-9 PSA, the Note A-10 PSA and the Note A-11 PSA.

“Qualified Servicer” shall mean (i) Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, (ii) Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, (iii) KeyBank National Association or (iv) any nationally recognized commercial mortgage loan servicer (1) rated at least “CSS3,” in the case of a special servicer, or at least “CMS2,” in the case of a master servicer, by Fitch, (2) on the S&P Select Servicer List as a U.S. Commercial Mortgage Master Servicer or a U.S. Commercial Mortgage Special Servicer, as applicable, (3) as to which neither Moody’s nor KBRA has cited servicing concerns of such servicer as the sole or material factor in any qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings (or placement on “watch status” in contemplation of a ratings downgrade or withdrawal) of securities in any CMBS transaction rated by Moody’s or KBRA, as applicable, and serviced by such servicer prior to the

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time of determination, and (4) that is then currently acting as servicer in a CMBS transaction rated by DBRS Morningstar and as to which DBRS Morningstar has not cited servicing concerns of such servicer as the sole or material factor in any qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings (or placement on “watch status” in contemplation of a ratings downgrade or withdrawal) of any securities issued in such transaction that are rated by DBRS Morningstar. For purposes of this definition, for so long as any Note is included in a Securitization, the ratings or actions of any Rating Agency that is not rating such Securitization(s) shall not be considered.

“Qualified Transferee” shall mean each of the Initial Note Holders (together with any affiliated transferee in connection with a transfer to a Securitization or for internal bookkeeping or other corporate purposes) and any other U.S. Person (other than any Borrower Party) that is:

(i)                                 an insurance company, bank, savings and loan association, investment bank, trust company, commercial credit corporation, pension plan, pension fund, pension fund advisory firm, mutual fund, real estate investment trust or governmental entity or plan; or

(ii)                              an investment company, money management firm or a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, which regularly engages in the business of making or owning investments of types similar to the Mortgage Loan; or

(iii)                           an institution substantially similar to any of the foregoing entities described in clauses (i) or (ii) above; or

(iv)                          any entity Controlled by or under common Control or Controlling any of the entities described in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) above; or

(v)                             a Qualified Trustee (or, in the case of a CLO, a single purpose bankruptcy-remote entity that contemporaneously pledges its interest in a Note to a Qualified Trustee) in connection with (A) a securitization of, (B) the creation of collateralized loan (or debt) obligations (“CLO”) secured by, or (C) a financing through an “owner trust” of, any interest in a Note (any of the foregoing, a “Securitization Vehicle”), provided that either (1) one or more classes of securities issued by such Securitization Vehicle is initially rated at least investment grade by at least two (2) of the Rating Agencies engaged to assign ratings to classes of securities issued in connection with the applicable Securitization of the applicable Note; (2) in the case of a Securitization Vehicle that is not a CLO, the special servicer for the Securitization Vehicle is a Qualified Servicer at the time of transfer; or (3) in the case of a Securitization Vehicle that is a CLO, the CLO Asset Manager and, if applicable, each Intervening Trust Vehicle that is not administered and managed by a CLO Asset Manager that is a Qualified Transferee, is a Qualified Transferee under clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) of this definition; or

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(vi)                          an investment fund, limited liability company, limited partnership or general partnership in which a Permitted Fund Manager acts as the general partner, managing member, or the fund manager responsible for the day to day management and operation of such investment vehicle, provided that greater than fifty percent (50%) of the equity interests in such investment vehicle are owned, directly or indirectly, by one or more entities that are otherwise Qualified Transferees;

which, in the case of each of clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of this definition, has at least $650,000,000 in total assets (in name or under management) and (except with respect to a pension advisory firm or similar fiduciary) at least $250,000,000 in capital/statutory surplus or shareholders’ equity, and is regularly engaged in the business of making or owning commercial real estate loans or commercial loans similar to the Mortgage Loan.

“Qualified Trustee” shall mean (i) a corporation, national bank, national banking association or a trust company, organized and doing business under the laws of any state or the United States of America, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers and to accept the trust conferred, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority or (ii) an institution whose long-term senior unsecured debt is then rated in one of the top three rating categories of each of the Rating Agencies.

“Rating Agencies” shall mean DBRS Morningstar, Fitch, KBRA, Moody’s and S&P and their respective successors in interest or, if any of such entities shall for any reason no longer perform the functions of a securities rating agency, any other nationally recognized statistical rating agency reasonably designated by any Holder to rate the securities issued in connection with the Securitization of the related Note; provided, however, that, unless specified otherwise, at any time during which any Note is an asset of a Securitization, “Rating Agencies” or “Rating Agency” shall mean only those rating agencies that are engaged by the applicable Depositor from time to time to rate the securities issued in connection with such Securitization.

“Rating Agency Confirmation” shall mean each of the applicable Rating Agencies shall have confirmed in writing that the occurrence of the event with respect to which such Rating Agency Confirmation is sought shall not result in a downgrade, qualification or withdrawal of the applicable rating or ratings ascribed by such Rating Agency to any of the Certificates then outstanding. In the event that no Certificates are outstanding, any action that would otherwise require a Rating Agency Confirmation shall require the consent of the Directing Holder (unless it is a Borrower Party), which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.

For the purposes of this Agreement, if any Rating Agency (1) waives, declines or refuses, in writing, to review or otherwise engage any request for a confirmation hereunder from such Rating Agency that a proposed action will not result in a qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of its then current rating of the securities issued pursuant to the related Securitization, or (2) does not reply to such request or responds in a manner that indicates that such Rating Agency is neither reviewing such request nor waiving the requirement for Rating Agency Confirmation and the related timing, notice and other applicable provisions set forth in the Note

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A-1 PSA, the Note A-2 PSA, the Note A-3 PSA, the Note A-4 PSA, the Note A-5 PSA, the Note A-6-1 PSA, the Note A-6-2 PSA, the Note A-7 PSA, the Note A-8 PSA, the Note A-9 PSA, the Note A-10 PSA and the Note A-11 PSA have been satisfied, then for such request only, the condition that such confirmation by such Rating Agency (only) be obtained will be deemed not to apply for purposes of this Agreement. For purposes of clarity, any such waiver, declination or refusal to review or otherwise engage in any request for such confirmation hereunder shall not be deemed a waiver, declination or refusal to review or otherwise engage in any subsequent request for such Rating Agency Confirmation hereunder and the condition for such Rating Agency Confirmation pursuant to this Agreement for any subsequent request shall apply regardless of any previous waiver, declination or refusal to review or otherwise engage in such prior request.

“Regulation AB” shall mean Subpart 229.1100 – Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R. §§229.1100-229.1125, as such rules may be amended from time to time, and subject to such clarification and interpretation as have been or may hereafter be from time to time provided by the Commission or by the staff of the Commission, in each case as effective from time to time as of the compliance dates specified therein.

“Reimbursement Rate” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or the term “Advance Rate” or an analogous term in the Servicing Agreement.

“REMIC” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2(f).

“REO Property” shall mean the Mortgaged Property, title to which has been acquired by the Servicer on behalf of (or other Person designated by) the Holders through foreclosure, deed in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise.

“S&P” shall mean S&P Global Ratings and its successors in interest.

“Securitization” shall mean each of the Note A-1 Securitization, the Note A-2 Securitization, the Note A-3 Securitization, the Note A-4 Securitization, the Note A-5 Securitization, the Note A-6-1 Securitization, the Note A-6-2 Securitization, the Note A-7 Securitization, the Note A-8 Securitization, the Note A-9 Securitization, the Note A-10 Securitization and the Note A-11 Securitization, as applicable.

“Securitization Date” shall mean, with respect to a Securitization, the effective date on which such Securitization is consummated.

“Securitization Servicing Agreement” shall mean the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement or any Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, as the context may require.

“Securitization Trust” shall mean a trust formed pursuant to a Securitization.

“Servicer” shall mean (i) the Master Servicer with respect to a non-Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan and the Special Servicer with respect to a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan, or (ii) with respect to a specific function, right or obligation as to which the Servicing

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Agreement designates the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, the party so designated, as applicable, pursuant to the Servicing Agreement.

“Servicer Termination Event” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement or at any time that the Mortgage Loan is no longer subject to the provisions of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, any analogous concept under the servicing agreement pursuant to which the Mortgage Loan is being serviced in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

“Servicing Agreement” shall mean the applicable Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement; provided that in the event that, following the Securitization of the Lead Securitization Note, the Lead Note is no longer an asset of the trust fund created pursuant to the Servicing Agreement, the term “Servicing Agreement” shall refer to the subsequent servicing agreement entered into pursuant to Section 2(c).

“Servicing Fee” shall mean a fee that (i) shall accrue a rate per annum (expressed, for the purposes of this Agreement, as a percentage of the aggregate of the Note A-1 Principal Balance, the Note A-2 Principal Balance, the Note A-3 Principal Balance, the Note A-4 Principal Balance, the Note A-5 Principal Balance, the Note A-6-1 Principal Balance, the Note A-6-2 Principal Balance, the Note A-7 Principal Balance, the Note A-8 Principal Balance, the Note A-9 Principal Balance, the Note A-10 Principal Balance and the Note A-11 Principal Balance as of the date of determination) equal to the Servicing Fee Rate and shall be computed for the same period and on the same interest accrual basis respecting which any interest payment due or deemed due on the Mortgage Loan is computed and prorated for partial periods and (ii) shall be payable to the Master Servicer for primary servicing the Mortgage Loan.

“Servicing Fee Rate” shall mean a rate per annum equal to the “primary servicing fee rate” (or analogous term) set forth in the “mortgage loan schedule” attached to the Servicing Agreement.

“Servicing Standard” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or an analogous term in the Servicing Agreement.

“Servicing Transfer Event” shall mean any of the events specified in the Servicing Agreement, whereby the servicing of the Mortgage Loan is required to be transferred to the Special Servicer from the Master Servicer.

“Special Servicer” shall mean the special servicer of the Mortgage Loan as appointed under the terms of this Agreement and the Servicing Agreement, or any successor special servicer appointed as provided thereunder.

“Special Servicing Fee” shall have the meaning given to such term or an analogous term in the Servicing Agreement; provided that under no circumstances shall the Special Servicing Fee exceed 0.2500% per annum (25 basis points) of the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, subject to any applicable minimum Special Servicing Fee set forth in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

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“Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan” shall mean the Mortgage Loan during the period it is serviced by the Special Servicer following a Servicing Transfer Event.

“Transfer” shall mean any assignment, pledge, conveyance, sale, transfer, mortgage, encumbrance, grant of a security interest, issuance of a participation interest, or other disposition, either directly or indirectly, by operation of law or otherwise.

“Trust Fund” shall mean each of the Note A-1 Trust Fund, the Note A-2 Trust Fund, the Note A-3 Trust Fund, the Note A-4 Trust Fund, the Note A-5 Trust Fund, the Note A-6-1 Trust Fund, the Note A-6-2 Trust Fund, the Note A-7 Trust Fund, the Note A-8 Trust Fund, the Note A-9 Trust Fund, the Note A-10 Trust Fund and the Note A-11 Trust Fund.

“Trustee” shall mean the trustee under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Trustee Fee” shall have the meaning given to such term or an analogous term in each of the Note A-1 PSA, the Note A-2 PSA, the Note A-3 PSA, the Note A-4 PSA, the Note A-5 PSA, the Note A-6-1 PSA, the Note A-6-2 PSA, the Note A-7 PSA, the Note A-8 PSA, the Note A-9 PSA, the Note A-10 PSA and the Note A-11 PSA.

“U.S. Person” shall mean a citizen or resident of the United States, a corporation or partnership (except to the extent provided in applicable Treasury Regulations) created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, including any entity treated as a corporation or partnership for federal income tax purposes, or an estate whose income is subject to United States federal income tax regardless of its source, or a trust if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of such trust, and one or more such U.S. Persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of such trust (or, to the extent provided in applicable Treasury Regulations, a trust in existence on August 20, 1996 which is eligible to elect to be treated as a U.S. Person).

2.                  Servicing of the Mortgage Loan. (a) Each Holder acknowledges and agrees that, subject in each case to the specific terms of this Agreement, the Mortgage Loan shall be serviced (i) prior to the Lead Securitization Date, under interim servicing arrangements as directed by the Note A-1 Holder and (ii) from and after the Lead Securitization Date, by the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer pursuant to the Servicing Agreement.

(b)               Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each Holder hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consents to the appointment of the Master Servicer and the Trustee under the Servicing Agreement by the Lead Depositor and the appointment of the Special Servicer by the Directing Holder and agrees to reasonably cooperate with the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer with respect to the servicing of the Mortgage Loan in accordance with the Servicing Agreement. Each Holder hereby appoints the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee under the Servicing Agreement as such Holder’s attorney-in-fact to sign any documents reasonably required with respect to the administration and servicing of the Mortgage Loan on its behalf under the Servicing Agreement (subject at all times to the rights of the Holders as set forth herein and in such Servicing Agreement).

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(c)               If, at any time the Lead Note is no longer in a Securitization, the Lead Note Holder shall cause the Mortgage Loan to be serviced pursuant to a servicing agreement that is substantially similar to the Servicing Agreement (and, if any Non-Lead Note is in a Securitization, a Rating Agency Confirmation from the Rating Agencies that were engaged by the related Depositor to rate such Securitization shall be obtained) and all references herein to the “Servicing Agreement” shall mean such subsequent Servicing Agreement; provided, however, that the Notes that were held by the Lead Securitization shall continue to be considered as the Lead Note; provided further, however, that unless otherwise agreed to by the holder of the Lead Note, the master servicer under such subsequent servicing agreement shall not be required to make any P&I Advance in respect of such Note; provided, however, that until a replacement Servicing Agreement has been entered into (and such Rating Agency Confirmation has been obtained), the Lead Note Holder shall cause the Mortgage Loan to be serviced pursuant to the provisions of the Servicing Agreement to which the Lead Note was subject (excluding, however, any obligation to make any P&I Advances in respect of the Lead Note except as specifically agreed to by the Servicer, and provided that the Servicer’s right to reimbursement for Property Advances as set forth in Section 17 shall remain in effect), as if such Servicing Agreement was still in full force and effect with respect to the Mortgage Loan; provided, further, however, that until a replacement Servicing Agreement is in place, the actual servicing of the Mortgage Loan may be performed by any Qualified Servicer appointed by the Lead Note Holder and does not have to be performed by the service providers set forth under the Servicing Agreement that was previously in effect.

(d)               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein (including Sections 4 and 13(a)), each Servicing Agreement shall provide that the Servicer shall be required to service and administer the Mortgage Loan in accordance with the Servicing Standard as set forth in such Servicing Agreement, and any Holder who is not a Borrower Party shall be deemed a third-party beneficiary of such provisions of the Servicing Agreement. It is understood that any Non-Lead Note Holder may separately appoint a servicer for its Non-Lead Note, by itself or together with other assets, but any such servicer will have no responsibility hereunder and shall be compensated solely by the applicable Non-Lead Note Holder from funds payable to it hereunder or otherwise.

(e)               The Holders acknowledge that the Servicer is to comply with this Agreement, the Servicing Agreement and the Mortgage Loan Documents in connection with the servicing of the Mortgage Loan.

(f)                If any Note is included as an asset of a real estate mortgage investment conduit (a “REMIC”), within the meaning of Section 860D(a) of the Code, then, any provision of this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding: (i) the Mortgage Loan shall be administered such that the Notes shall qualify at all times as (or as interests in) a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, (ii) any real property (and related personal property) acquired by or on behalf of the Holders pursuant to a foreclosure, exercise of a power of sale or delivery of a deed in lieu of foreclosure of the Mortgage or lien on such property following a default on the Mortgage Loan shall be administered so that the interest of the pro rata share of each Holder therein shall at all times qualify as “foreclosure property” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code, and (iii) no Servicer may modify, waive or amend any provision of the Mortgage Loan, consent to or withhold consent from any action of the

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Borrower, or exercise or refrain from exercising any powers or rights that the Holders may have under the Mortgage Loan Documents, if any such action would constitute a “significant modification” of the Mortgage Loan, within the meaning of Section 1.860G-2(b) of the regulations of the United States Department of the Treasury, more than three (3) months after the startup day of the REMIC that includes any Note (or any portion thereof). Each Holder agrees that the provisions of this paragraph shall be effected by compliance with any REMIC provisions in the Servicing Agreement relating to the administration of the Mortgage Loan.

(g)               In the event that one of the Notes is included in a REMIC, the other Holders shall not be required to reimburse such Holder or any other Person for payment of any taxes imposed on such REMIC or Advances therefor or for any interest on such Advance or for deficits in other items of disbursement or income resulting from the use of funds for payment of any such taxes, nor shall any disbursement or payment otherwise distributable to the other Holders be reduced to offset or make-up any such payment or deficit.

3.                  Priority of Notes. Each Note shall be of equal priority, and no portion of any Note shall have priority or preference over any portion of any other Note or security therefor. Except for the Excluded Amounts, all amounts tendered by the Borrower or otherwise available for payment on the Mortgage Loan, whether received in the form of Monthly Payments, a balloon payment, Liquidation Proceeds, proceeds under any guaranty, letter of credit or other instrument serving as security on the Mortgage Loan, proceeds under title, hazard or other insurance policies or awards or settlements in respect of condemnation proceedings or similar exercise of the power of eminent domain, shall be distributed by the Servicer and applied to the Notes on a Pro Rata and Pari Passu Basis.

The Servicing Agreement shall provide for the application of Penalty Charges paid in respect of the Mortgage Loan to be used (i) to pay the Master Servicer, the Trustee or the Special Servicer for interest accrued on any Property Advances and reimbursement of Property Advances, (ii) to pay the parties to any Securitization for interest accrued on any P&I Advance, (iii) to pay certain other expenses (including Special Servicing Fees, unpaid workout fees and liquidation fees) incurred with respect to the Mortgage Loan and (iv) (a) in the case of the remaining amount of Penalty Charges allocable to the Lead Note, to pay to the Master Servicer and/or the Special Servicer as additional servicing compensation as provided in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and (b) in the case of the remaining amount of Penalty Charges allocable to any Non-Lead Note, to pay, (x) prior to the securitization of such Note, to the related Non-Lead Note Holder and (y) following the securitization of such Note, to the Master Servicer and/or the Special Servicer as additional servicing compensation as provided in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

Upon the occurrence of the Lead Securitization as to which any such proceeds are received, any proceeds received from the sale of the primary servicing rights with respect to the Mortgage Loan shall be remitted, promptly upon receipt thereof, to the Holders on a Pro Rata and Pari Passu Basis. Any proceeds received by either Holder from the sale of master servicing rights with respect to its Note shall be for its own account.

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4.                  Workout. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, but subject to the terms and conditions of the Servicing Agreement and Section 13 of this Agreement, and the obligation to act in accordance with the Servicing Standard, if the Lead Note Holder, or any Servicer, in connection with a workout or proposed workout of the Mortgage Loan, modifies the terms thereof such that (i) the Mortgage Loan Principal Balance is decreased, (ii) the Mortgage Interest Rate is reduced, (iii) payments of interest or principal on any Note are waived, reduced or deferred or (iv) any other adjustment is made to any of the payment terms of the Mortgage Loan, such modification shall not alter, and any modification of the Mortgage Loan Documents shall be structured to preserve, the equal priorities of the Notes as described in Section 3.

5.                  Accounts; Payment Procedure. The Servicing Agreement shall provide that the Master Servicer shall establish and maintain the Collection Account or Collection Accounts, as applicable. Each of the Note A-1 Holder, the Note A-2 Holder, the Note A-3 Holder, the Note A-4 Holder, the Note A-5 Holder, the Note A-6-1 Holder, the Note A-6-2 Holder, the Note A-7 Holder, the Note A-8 Holder, the Note A-9 Holder, the Note A-10 Holder and the Note A-11 Holder hereby directs the Master Servicer, in accordance with the priorities set forth in Section 3 hereof, and subject to the terms of the Servicing Agreement, (i) to deposit into the applicable Collection Account within the time period specified in the Servicing Agreement, all payments received with respect to the Mortgage Loan and (ii) to remit from the applicable Collection Account for deposit or credit on the applicable Master Servicer Remittance Date all payments received with respect to and allocable to its respective Non-Lead Note, by wire transfer to the account maintained by such Non-Lead Note Holder; provided that any late collections received by the Master Servicer after the related due date under the Mortgage Loan shall be remitted by the Master Servicer in accordance with Section 18(b)(xi) of this Agreement.

If any Servicer holding or having distributed any amount received or collected in respect of a Note determines, or a court of competent jurisdiction orders, at any time that any amount received or collected in respect of such Note must, pursuant to any insolvency, bankruptcy, fraudulent conveyance, preference or similar law, be returned to the Borrower or paid to the related Holder, or any Servicer or paid to any other Person, then, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Servicer shall be required to distribute any portion thereof to such Holder, and such Holder shall promptly on demand repay to such Servicer the portion thereof which shall have been theretofore distributed to such Holder together with interest thereon at such rate, if any, as such Servicer shall have been required to pay to the Borrower, the other Holders, any Servicer or such other person or entity with respect thereto. Each of the Holders agrees that if at any time it shall receive from any sources whatsoever any payment on account of the Mortgage Loan in excess of its distributable share thereof, it will promptly remit such excess to the Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall have the right to offset any amounts due hereunder from a Holder with respect to the Mortgage Loan against any future payments due to such Holder under the Mortgage Loan, provided, that the obligations of each Holder under this Section 5 are separate and distinct obligations from one another and in no event shall any Servicer enforce the obligations of any Holder against any other Holder. The obligations of the Holders under this Section 5 constitute absolute, unconditional and continuing obligations and each Servicer shall be deemed a third-party beneficiary of these provisions.

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6.                  Limitation on Liability. Subject to the terms of the Servicing Agreement, no Holder (including the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer on its behalf) shall have any liability to any other Holder with respect to any Note, except (1) with respect to the Advance reimbursement provisions set forth in Section 17 and (2) with respect to losses actually suffered due to the negligence, willful misconduct or material breach of this Agreement on the part of such Holder (including the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer on its behalf, and the Master Servicer’s or Special Servicer’s liability is further limited as set forth in the Servicing Agreement; which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not reduce the obligation of such parties to act in accordance with the Servicing Standard).

7.                  Representations of the Holders. (a)  Each of the Initial Note Holders hereby represents and warrants to, and covenants with, each other Holder that, as of the date hereof:

(i)                                   It is duly organized or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction under which it is organized or formed.

(ii)                                The execution and delivery of this Agreement by such Holder, and performance of, and compliance with, the terms of this Agreement by such Holder, will not violate its organizational documents or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the breach of, any material agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or that is applicable to it or any of its assets, in each case which materially and adversely affect its ability to carry out the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

(iii)                             Such Holder has the full power and authority to enter into and consummate all transactions contemplated by this Agreement, has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and has duly executed and delivered this Agreement.

(iv)                            This Agreement is the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Holder enforceable against such Holder in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and except that the enforcement of rights with respect to indemnification and contribution obligations may be limited by applicable law.

(v)                               It has the right to enter into this Agreement without the consent of any third party.

(vi)                            It is the holder of its respective Note for its own account in the ordinary course of its business.

(vii)                         It has not dealt with any broker, investment banker, agent or other person, that may be entitled to any commission or compensation in connection with the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby.

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(viii)                      It is a Qualified Transferee.

8.                  Independent Analyses of each Holder. Each Holder acknowledges that, except for the representations made in Section 7, it has, independently and without reliance upon any other Holders and based on such documents and information as such Holder has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to purchase its respective Note. Each Holder hereby acknowledges that the other Holders shall have no responsibility for (i) the collectability of the Mortgage Loan, (ii) the validity, enforceability or legal effect of any of the Mortgage Loan Documents or the title insurance policy or policies or any survey furnished or to be furnished in connection with the origination of the Mortgage Loan, (iii) the validity, sufficiency or effectiveness of the lien created or to be created by the Mortgage Loan Documents, or (iv) the financial condition of the Borrower.

9.                  No Creation of a Partnership or Exclusive Purchase Right. Nothing contained in this Agreement, and no action taken pursuant hereto, shall be deemed to constitute between any Holder (or any servicer or trustee on its behalf) and any other Holder a partnership, association, joint venture or other entity. Each Holder (or any servicer or trustee on its behalf) shall have no obligation whatsoever to offer to the other Holders the opportunity to purchase notes or interests relating to any future loans originated by such Holder or any of its Affiliates, and if any Holder chooses to offer to any of the other Holders, the opportunity to purchase notes or interests in any future mortgage loans originated by such Holder or its Affiliates, such offer shall be at such purchase price and interest rate as such Holder chooses, in its sole and absolute discretion. None of the Holders shall have any obligation whatsoever to purchase from any other Holder any notes or interests in any future loans originated by any other Holder or any of its Affiliates.

10.              Not a Security. None of the Notes shall be deemed to be a security within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

11.              Other Business Activities of the Holders. Each Holder acknowledges that the other Holders may make loans or otherwise extend credit to, and generally engage in any kind of business with, any Borrower Party, and receive payments on such other loans or extensions of credit to any Borrower Party and otherwise act with respect thereto freely and without accountability, but only if none of the foregoing violate the Mortgage Loan Documents, in the same manner as if this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby were not in effect.

12.              Transfer of Notes. (a)  Each Holder may Transfer up to 49% (in the aggregate) of its beneficial interest in its Note whether or not the related transferee is a Qualified Transferee without a Rating Agency Confirmation. Each Holder shall not Transfer more than 49% (in the aggregate) of its beneficial interest in its Note unless (i) prior to a Securitization of any Note, the other Holders have consented to such Transfer, in which case the related transferee shall thereafter be deemed to be a “Qualified Transferee” for all purposes under this Agreement, (ii) after a Securitization of any Note, a Rating Agency Confirmation has been received with respect to such Transfer, in which case the related transferee shall thereafter be deemed to be a

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“Qualified Transferee” for all purposes under this Agreement, or (iii) such Transfer is to a Qualified Transferee. Any such transferee must assume in writing the obligations of the transferring Holder hereunder and agree to be bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement and the Servicing Agreement. Such proposed transferee (except in the case of Transfers that are made in connection with a Securitization) shall also remake each of the representations and warranties contained herein for the benefit of the other Holders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the non-transferring Holder’s prior consent (which will not be unreasonably withheld), and, if such non-transferring Holder’s Note is in a Securitization, without a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency that has been engaged by the related Depositor to rate the securities issued in connection with such Securitization, no Holder shall Transfer all or any portion of its Note to any Borrower Party and any such Transfer shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee.

(b)               Except for a Transfer made in connection with a Securitization, or a Transfer made by an Initial Note Holder to an Affiliate, at least five (5) days prior to a transfer of any Note, the transferring Holder shall provide to the other Holders and, if any Certificates are outstanding, to the Rating Agencies, a certification that such transfer will be made in accordance with this Section 12, such certification to include (1) the name and contact information of the transferee and (2) if applicable, a certification by the transferee that it is a Qualified Transferee.

(c)               The Holders acknowledge that any Rating Agency Confirmation may be granted or denied by the Rating Agencies in their sole and absolute discretion and that such Rating Agencies may charge the transferring Holder customary fees in connection with providing such Rating Agency Confirmation.

(d)               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, each Holder may pledge or transfer (a “Pledge”) its Note to any entity (other than any Borrower Party) that has extended a credit facility to such Holder or has entered into a repurchase agreement with such Holder and that, in each case, is either a Qualified Transferee or a financial institution whose long-term unsecured debt is rated at least “A” (or the equivalent) or better by each Rating Agency (a “Note Pledgee”), or to a Person with respect to which a Rating Agency Confirmation has been obtained, on terms and conditions set forth in this Section 12(d), it being further agreed that a financing provided by a Note Pledgee to any Holder or any Affiliate that controls such Holder that is secured by such Holder’s interest in its respective Note and is structured as a repurchase arrangement, shall qualify as a “Pledge” hereunder on the condition that all applicable terms and conditions of this Section 12(d) are complied with. A Note Pledgee that is not a Qualified Transferee may not take title to a Note without a Rating Agency Confirmation. Upon written notice, if any, by the pledging Holder to the other Holders and any Master Servicer that a Pledge has been effected (including the name and address of the applicable Note Pledgee), the other Holders agree to acknowledge receipt of such notice and thereafter agree: (i) to give such Note Pledgee written notice of any default by the pledging Holder in respect of its obligations under this Agreement of which default such Holder has actual knowledge and which notice shall be given simultaneously with the giving of such notice to the pledging Holder; (ii) to allow such Note Pledgee a period of ten (10) Business Days to cure a default by the pledging Holder in respect of its obligations to the other Holders hereunder, but such Note Pledgee shall not be obligated to cure any such default; (iii) that no amendment, modification, waiver or termination of this Agreement or the Servicing Agreement (if the pledging Holder had the right

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to consent to such amendment, modification, waiver or termination pursuant to the terms hereof) shall be effective against such Note Pledgee without the written consent of such Note Pledgee, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed and which consent shall be deemed to be given if Note Pledgee shall fail to respond to any request for consent to any such amendment, modification, waiver or termination within 10 days after request therefor; (iv) that the other Holders shall accept any cure by such Note Pledgee of any default of the pledging Holder which such pledging Holder has the right to effect hereunder, as if such cure were made by such pledging Holder; (v) that the other Holders or any Servicer shall deliver to Note Pledgee such estoppel certificate(s) as Note Pledgee shall reasonably request, provided that any such certificate(s) shall be in a form reasonably satisfactory to the other Holders; and (vi) that, upon written notice (a “Redirection Notice”) to any Master Servicer by such Note Pledgee that the pledging Holder is in default beyond any applicable cure periods with respect to the pledging Holder’s obligations to such Note Pledgee pursuant to the applicable credit agreement or other agreements relating to the Pledge between the pledging Holder and such Note Pledgee (which notice need not be joined in or confirmed by the pledging Holder), and until such Redirection Notice is withdrawn or rescinded by such Note Pledgee, Note Pledgee (or at any time that pledging Holder otherwise directs that such payment be made to Note Pledgee pursuant to a separate notice) shall be entitled to receive any payments that any Servicer would otherwise be obligated to make to the pledging Holder from time to time pursuant to this Agreement or any Servicing Agreement. Any pledging Holder hereby unconditionally and absolutely releases the other Holders and any Servicer from any liability to the pledging Holder on account of any Holder’s or Servicer’s compliance with any Redirection Notice believed by any Servicer or other Holders in good faith to have been delivered by a Note Pledgee. Note Pledgee shall be permitted to exercise fully its rights and remedies against the pledging Holder (and accept an assignment in lieu of foreclosure as to such collateral), in accordance with applicable law, the pledge agreement, repurchase agreement or similar agreement between the pledging Holder and the Note Pledgee and this Agreement. In such event, or if the pledging holder otherwise assigns its interests to the Note Pledgee, the other Holders and any Master Servicer shall recognize such Note Pledgee (and any transferee (other than any Borrower Party) that is also a Qualified Transferee at any foreclosure or similar sale held by such Note Pledgee or any transfer in lieu of foreclosure), and such Person’s successor and assigns, as the successor to the pledging Holder’s rights, remedies and obligations under this Agreement, and any such Note Pledgee or Qualified Transferee shall assume in writing the obligations of the pledging Holder hereunder accruing from and after such Transfer (i.e., realization upon the collateral by such Note Pledgee) and agrees to be bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement. The rights of a Note Pledgee under this Section 12(d) shall remain effective as to any Holder (and any Servicer) unless and until such Note Pledgee shall have notified such Holder (and any Servicer, as applicable) in writing that its interest in the pledged Note has terminated.

13.              Exercise of Remedies by the Servicer. (a)  Subject to the terms of this Agreement and the Servicing Agreement and subject to the rights and consents, where required, of the Directing Holder, the Servicer shall have the sole and exclusive authority with respect to the administration of, and exercise of rights and remedies with respect to, the Mortgage Loan, including, without limitation, the sole and exclusive authority to (i) modify or waive any of the terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents, (ii) consent to any action or failure to act by the Borrower or any party to the Mortgage Loan Documents, (iii) vote all claims with respect to the

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Mortgage Loan in any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar proceedings and (iv) to take legal action to enforce or protect each Holder’s interests with respect to the Mortgage Loan or to refrain from exercising any powers or rights under the Mortgage Loan Documents, including the right at any time to call or waive any Events of Default, or accelerate or refrain from accelerating the Mortgage Loan or institute any foreclosure action, and the Holders shall have no voting, consent or other rights whatsoever with respect to the Servicer’s administration of, or exercise of its rights and remedies with respect to, the Mortgage Loan. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Servicing Agreement, the Servicer shall have the sole and exclusive authority to make Property Advances with respect to the Mortgage Loan. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, each Holder agrees that it shall have no right to, and hereby presently and irrevocably assigns and conveys to the Servicer the rights, if any, that such Holder has to (A) call or cause the Servicer to call an event of default under the Mortgage Loan, or (B) exercise any remedies with respect to the Mortgage Loan or the Borrower, including, without limitation, filing or causing the Lead Note Holder or such Servicer to file any bankruptcy petition against the Borrower. Each Holder shall, from time to time, execute such documents as any Servicer shall reasonably require to evidence such assignment with respect to the rights described in clause (iii) of the first sentence in this Section 13(a).

(b)               The Lead Servicer and the Trustee for the Lead Securitization shall not have any fiduciary duty to the Non-Lead Note Holders in connection with the administration of the Mortgage Loan (but the foregoing shall not relieve the Lead Servicer and such Trustee from their respective obligation under this Agreement and the Servicing Agreement to make any disbursement of funds as set forth herein).

(c)               The Holders hereby acknowledge that the Servicing Agreement shall provide that, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in the next sentence, upon the Mortgage Loan becoming a Defaulted Mortgage Loan, if the Special Servicer determines to sell the Defaulted Mortgage Loan (or the Lead Note), it will be required to sell the entire Defaulted Mortgage Loan as a single whole loan (i.e., both the Lead Note and Non-Lead Notes). Any such sale of the entire Defaulted Mortgage Loan is subject to the satisfaction of one of the following two conditions:

(i)             Each Non-Lead Note Holder has provided written consent to such sale; or

(ii)              The Special Servicer has delivered the following notices and information to each Non-Lead Note Holder:

(1)               at least fifteen (15) Business Days prior written notice of any decision to attempt to sell the Defaulted Mortgage Loan;

(2)               at least ten (10) days prior to the proposed sale date, a copy of each bid package (together with any amendments to such bid packages) received by the Special Servicer in connection with any such proposed sale;

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(3)               at least ten (10) days prior to the proposed sale date, a copy of the most recent Appraisal for the Mortgage Loan, and any documents in the Servicing File requested by a Non-Lead Note Holder; and

(4)               until the sale is completed and a reasonable period of time (but no less time than is afforded to other offerors and the Directing Holder) prior to the proposed sale date, all information and other documents being provided to other offerors and all leases or other documents that are approved by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer in connection with the proposed sale.

Any Non-Lead Note Holder may waive any delivery or timing requirements set forth above only for itself. Subject to the foregoing, each of the Lead Note Holder, the Directing Holder, the Non-Lead Note Holders and the Non-Directing Holders shall be permitted to submit an offer at any sale of the Defaulted Mortgage Loan (unless such Person is a Borrower Party).

Subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 13(c), the Non-Lead Note Holders hereby appoint the Lead Note Holder as their agent, and grant to the Lead Note Holder an irrevocable power of attorney coupled with an interest, and its proxy, for the purpose of soliciting and accepting offers for and consummating the sale of the Non-Lead Notes. Subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 13(c), each Non-Lead Note Holder further agrees that, upon the request of the Lead Note Holder, such Non-Lead Note Holder shall execute and deliver to or at the direction of Lead Note Holder such powers of attorney or other instruments as the Lead Note Holder may reasonably request to better assure and evidence the foregoing appointment and grant, in each case promptly following request, and shall deliver the related original Non-Lead Note, endorsed in blank, to or at the direction of the Lead Note Holder in connection with the consummation of any such sale.

(d)               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the exercise by the Servicer on behalf of the Holders of its rights under this Section 13 shall be subject in all respects to any section of the Servicing Agreement governing REMIC administration, and in no event shall the Servicer be permitted to take any action or refrain from taking any action if taking or failing to take such action, as the case may be, would violate the laws of any applicable jurisdiction, breach the Mortgage Loan Documents or be inconsistent with the Servicing Standard or violate any other provisions of the Servicing Agreement or violate the REMIC provisions of the Code or any regulations promulgated thereunder, including, without limitation, the provisions of Section 2(f) of this Agreement.

14.              Rights of the Directing Holder. The Directing Holder shall be entitled to exercise the rights and powers granted to the Directing Holder hereunder and the rights and powers granted to the “Directing Holder,” “Controlling Class Certificateholder,” “Controlling Class Representative” or similar party under, and as defined in, the Servicing Agreement with respect to the Mortgage Loan. In addition, the Directing Holder shall be entitled to advise (1) the Special Servicer with respect to all matters related to a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan and (2) the Special Servicer with respect to all matters for which the Master Servicer must obtain the consent or deemed consent of the Special Servicer, and, except as set forth below (i) the Master

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Servicer shall not be permitted to take any Major Decision unless it has obtained the prior written consent of the Special Servicer and (ii) the Special Servicer shall not be permitted to consent to the Master Servicer’s taking any Major Decision nor will the Special Servicer itself be permitted to take any Major Decision as to which the Directing Holder has objected in writing within ten (10) Business Days (or thirty (30) days with respect to an Acceptable Insurance Default) after receipt of the written recommendation and analysis and such additional information requested by the Directing Holder as may be necessary in the reasonable judgment of the Directing Holder in order to make a judgment with respect to such Major Decision. The Directing Holder may also direct the Special Servicer to take, or to refrain from taking, such other actions with respect to the Mortgage Loan as the Directing Holder may deem advisable.

If the Directing Holder fails to notify the Special Servicer of its approval or disapproval of any proposed Major Decision within ten (10) Business Days (or thirty (30) days with respect to an Acceptable Insurance Default) after delivery to the Directing Holder by the applicable Servicer of written notice of a proposed Major Decision, together with any information requested by the Directing Holder as may be necessary in the reasonable judgment of the Directing Holder in order to make a judgment, then upon the expiration of such ten (10) Business Day (or thirty (30) days with respect to an Acceptable Insurance Default) period, such Major Decision shall be deemed to have been approved by the Directing Holder.

In the event that the Special Servicer or Master Servicer (in the event the Master Servicer is otherwise authorized by the Servicing Agreement to take such action), as applicable, determines that immediate action, with respect to the foregoing matters, or any other matter requiring consent of the Directing Holder is necessary to protect the interests of the Holders (as a collective whole) and the Special Servicer has made a reasonable effort to contact the Directing Holder, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, may take any such action without waiting for the Directing Holder’s response.

No objection, direction or advice contemplated by the preceding paragraphs may require or cause the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, to violate any provision of the Mortgage Loan Documents, applicable law, the Servicing Agreement, this Agreement, the REMIC provisions of the Code or the Master Servicer or Special Servicer’s obligation to act in accordance with the Servicing Standard, or expose the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Lead Securitization Trust or the Trustee to liability, or materially expand the scope of the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s responsibilities under the Servicing Agreement.

The Directing Holder shall have no liability to the other Holders or any other Person for any action taken, or for refraining from the taking of any action or the giving of any consent or the failure to give any consent pursuant to this Agreement or the Servicing Agreement, or errors in judgment, absent any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of its willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence. The Holders agree that the Directing Holder may take or refrain from taking actions, or give or refrain from giving consents, that favor the interests of one Holder over the other Holder, and that the Directing Holder may have special relationships and interests that conflict with the interests of another Holder and, absent willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence on the part of the Directing Holder, agree to take no action against the Directing Holder or any of its officers, directors, employees, principals or

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agents as a result of such special relationships or interests, and that the Directing Holder will not be deemed to have been grossly negligent or reckless, or to have acted in bad faith or engaged in willful misfeasance or to have recklessly disregarded any exercise of its rights by reason of its having acted or refrained from acting, or having given any consent or having failed to give any consent, solely in the interests of any Holder.

15.              Appointment of Special Servicer. Subject to the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement for so long as the Lead Note is included in the Lead Securitization, the Directing Holder shall have the right at any time and from time to time, with or without cause, to replace the Special Servicer then acting with respect to the Mortgage Loan and appoint a Qualified Servicer as the replacement Special Servicer in lieu thereof. The Directing Holder shall designate a Person to serve as Special Servicer by delivering to the other Holders and the parties to each PSA a written notice stating such designation and by satisfying the other conditions required under the Servicing Agreement (including, without limitation, a Rating Agency Confirmation, if required by the terms of the Servicing Agreement), if any.

16.              Rights of the Non-Directing Holders. (a)  The Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement shall provide that the Servicer shall be required:

(i)                to provide copies of any notice, information and report that it is required to provide to the Directing Holder pursuant to the Servicing Agreement with respect to any Major Decisions or the implementation of any recommended actions outlined in an Asset Status Report relating to the Mortgage Loan to the Non-Directing Holders, within the same time frame it is required to provide to the Directing Holder; provided, however, following a Non-Lead Securitization, all notices, reports, information or other deliverables required to be delivered to the related Non-Directing Holder or the related Non-Lead Note Holder pursuant to this Agreement or the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement by the Lead Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall be delivered to the related Non-Lead Master Servicer, the related Non-Lead Special Servicer and the related Non-Lead Certificate Administrator (who then may forward such items to the party entitled to receive such items as and to the extent provided in the related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement) and, when so delivered to such Non-Lead Master Servicer, Non-Lead Special Servicer and Non-Lead Certificate Administrator, the Lead Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall be deemed to have satisfied its delivery obligations with respect to such items hereunder or under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement; provided, however, that all items that relate to the related Non-Lead Depositor’s compliance with any applicable securities laws shall also be delivered to such Non-Lead Depositor; and

(ii)               to consult with each Non-Directing Holder on a strictly non-binding basis, if, having received such notices, information and reports, such Non-Directing Holder requests consultation with respect to any such Major Decision or the implementation of any recommended actions outlined in an Asset Status Report relating to the Mortgage Loan, and consider alternative actions recommended by such Non-Directing Holder; provided that after the expiration of a period of ten (10) Business Days (or in connection

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with an Acceptable Insurance Default, thirty (30) days) from the delivery to each Non-Directing Holder of written notice of a proposed action, together with copies of the notices, information and reports required to be provided to, or requested by, the Directing Holder, the Servicer shall no longer be obligated to consult with the Non-Directing Holders (unless the Servicer proposes a new course of action that is materially different from the action previously proposed, in which case such ten (10) Business Day period (or in connection with an Acceptable Insurance Default, thirty (30) day period) shall be begin anew from the date of such proposal and delivery of all information relating thereto).

(b)               Notwithstanding the foregoing non-binding consultation rights of the Non-Directing Holders, the Servicer may take any Major Decision or any action set forth in the Asset Status Report before the expiration of the aforementioned ten (10) Business Day period (or thirty (30) day period with respect to an Acceptable Insurance Default) if the Servicer determines, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, that immediate action with respect thereto is necessary to protect the interests of the Holders.

(c)               In addition to the foregoing non-binding consultation rights, the Non-Directing Holders shall have the right to annual conference calls with the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer upon reasonable notice and at times reasonably acceptable to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in which servicing issues related to the Mortgage Loan are discussed.

(d)              In no event shall the Servicer be obligated at any time to follow or take any alternative actions recommended by any of the Non-Directing Holders.

(e)               Any Non-Directing Holder that is a Borrower Party shall not be entitled to any of the rights set forth in this Section 16.

17.              Advances; Reimbursement of Advances. (a) (i) Pursuant to terms of the Servicing Agreement, the Lead Servicer and/or the related Trustee shall be obligated (subject to customary determinations of non-recoverability) to make (1) Property Advances with respect to the Mortgage Loan or the Mortgaged Property and (2) P&I Advances with respect to the Lead Note and (ii) pursuant to the terms of a Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, the related Non-Lead Master Servicer and/or the related Non-Lead Trustee may be obligated to make P&I Advances with respect to the related Non-Lead Note. The Lead Servicer and/or the related Trustee will not be required to make any P&I Advance with respect to any Non-Lead Note and the related Non-Lead Master Servicer and/or the related Non-Lead Trustee will not be required to make any P&I Advance with respect to any Lead Note, any other Non-Lead Note or any Property Advance. The Lead Servicer, each Non-Lead Master Servicer, the Trustee and any related Non-Lead Trustee will be entitled to interest on any Advance (at a rate not to exceed the Prime Rate) made in the manner and from the sources provided in the Note A-1 PSA, the Note A-2 PSA, the Note A-3 PSA, the Note A-4 PSA, the Note A-5 PSA, the Note A-6-1 PSA, the Note A-6-2 PSA, the Note A-7 PSA, the Note A-8 PSA, the Note A-9 PSA, the Note A-10 PSA and the Note A-11 PSA, as applicable.

(b)               The Lead Servicer and the related Trustee, as applicable, will be entitled to reimbursement for a Property Advance, first from the Collection Account established with

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respect to the Mortgage Loan, and then, if such Property Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance, if such funds on deposit in the Collection Account are insufficient, from general collections of the Lead Securitization as provided in the Servicing Agreement.

(c)               To the extent amounts on deposit in the Collection Account with respect to the Mortgage Loan are insufficient to reimburse the Lead Servicer or the related Trustee, as applicable, for any Property Advance and/or interest thereon and the Lead Servicer or the related Trustee, as applicable, obtains funds from general collections of the Lead Securitization as a reimbursement for such Property Advance or interest thereon, each Non-Lead Note Holder (including any Securitization into which the related Non-Lead Note is deposited) shall be required to, promptly following notice from the Lead Servicer, pay to the Lead Securitization for its Pro Rata and Pari Passu Basis share of such Property Advance and/or interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate so reimbursed from general collections (to the extent amounts on deposit in the Collection Account are insufficient for reimbursement of such amounts). In addition, each Non-Lead Note Holder (including any Securitization into which the related Non-Lead Note is deposited) shall promptly pay or reimburse the Lead Servicer or the related Trustee for such Non-Lead Note Holder’s Pro Rata and Pari Passu Basis share of any fees, costs or expenses incurred in connection with the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loan (including, without limitation, any and all fees, costs or expenses related to obtaining a Rating Agency Confirmation) as to which the Lead Securitization or any of the parties thereto are entitled to be reimbursed pursuant to the terms of the Servicing Agreement (to the extent amounts on deposit in the Collection Account are insufficient for reimbursement of such amounts).

(d)               The parties to each of the Note A-1 PSA, the Note A-2 PSA, the Note A-3 PSA, the Note A-4 PSA, the Note A-5 PSA, the Note A-6-1 PSA, the Note A-6-2 PSA, the Note A-7 PSA, the Note A-8 PSA, the Note A-9 PSA, the Note A-10 PSA and the Note A-11 PSA shall each be entitled to make their own recoverability determination with respect to a P&I Advance based on the information that they have on hand and in accordance with the Note A-1 PSA, the Note A-2 PSA, the Note A-3 PSA, the Note A-4 PSA, the Note A-5 PSA, the Note A-6-1 PSA, the Note A-6-2 PSA, the Note A-7 PSA, the Note A-8 PSA, the Note A-9 PSA, the Note A-10 PSA and the Note A-11 PSA, as applicable.

(e)               If the Lead Servicer or the related Trustee elects to defer the reimbursement of a Property Advance in accordance with the terms of the Servicing Agreement, the Lead Servicer or the related Trustee shall also defer its reimbursement of each Non-Lead Note share from the Non-Lead Note Holders.

18.              Provisions Relating to Securitization. (a)  For so long as an Initial Note Holder or its Affiliate (an “Initial Note Holder Entity”) is the owner of its Note(s), such Initial Note Holder Entity shall have the right, subject to the terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents, to cause the Borrower to execute amended and restated notes or additional notes (in either case “New Notes”) reallocating the principal of its Note(s) or severing its Note(s) into one or more further “component” notes in the aggregate principal amount equal to the then-outstanding principal balance of its Note(s), provided that (i) the aggregate principal balance of the New Notes following such amendments is no greater than the principal balance of the related original Note(s) prior to such amendments, (ii) all New Notes continue to have the same weighted average interest rate as the original Note(s) prior to such amendments, (iii) all New Notes pay

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pro rata and on a pari passu basis and such reallocated or component notes shall be automatically subject to the terms of this Agreement and (iv) the Initial Note Holder Entity holding the New Notes shall notify the other Holders (or, for any Note that has been contributed to a Securitization, to the trustee and the applicable master servicer of such Securitization) in writing of such modified allocations and principal amounts. In connection with the foregoing, (1) the Master Servicer is hereby authorized to execute amendments to the Loan Agreement and this Agreement (or to amend and restate the Loan Agreement and this Agreement) on behalf of any or all of the Holders solely for the purpose of reflecting such reallocation of principal or such severing of Note(s), (2) if a Note is severed into “component” notes, such component notes shall each have their same rights as the respective original Note (except if such original Note is Note A-1, then the applicable Initial Note Holder shall designate one of the New Notes to take the place of Note A-1 in the definitions of “Directing Holder”, “Lead Note”, “Lead Securitization”, “Non-Directing Holder” and “Servicing Agreement”), and (3) the definition of the term “Securitization” and all of the related defined terms may be amended (and new terms added, as necessary) to reflect the New Notes. Rating Agency Confirmation shall not be required for any amendments to this Agreement required to facilitate the terms of this paragraph 18(a).

(b)                               The Lead Note Holder agrees that it shall cause the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement to provide as follows (and to the extent such following provisions are not included in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, they shall be deemed incorporated therein and made a part thereof):

(i)                                   the Master Servicer or Trustee shall be required to provide written notice to each Non-Lead Master Servicer and each Non-Lead Trustee of any P&I Advance it has made with respect to the Lead Note within two (2) Business Days of making such advance;

(ii)                                if the Master Servicer determines that a proposed P&I Advance with respect to the Lead Note or Property Advance with respect to the Mortgage Loan, if made, or any outstanding P&I Advance or Property Advance previously made, would be, or is, as applicable, a Nonrecoverable Advance, the Master Servicer shall provide each Non-Lead Master Servicer written notice of such determination promptly after such determination was made together with such reports that the Master Servicer delivered to the Special Servicer or Trustee in connection with notification of its determination of nonrecoverability;

(iii)                             the Master Servicer shall remit all payments received with respect to any Non-Lead Note, net of the Servicing Fees payable to the Master Servicer and Special Servicer with respect to such Non-Lead Note, and any other applicable fees and reimbursements payable to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee with respect to such Non-Lead Note, to the related Non-Lead Note Holder by the applicable Master Servicer Remittance Date for the Non-Lead Note; provided, that any late collections received by the Master Servicer after the related due date under the Mortgage Loan shall be remitted by the Master Servicer in accordance with Section 18(b)(xi) below;

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(iv)                            in connection with the expedited remittances contemplated by the preceding clause (iii) and the expedited reporting contemplated by the following clause (v), (A) the Special Servicer shall (x) expedite its delivery of reports to the Master Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loan or the Mortgaged Property (including the delivery of information contemplated by CREFC® reports that the Special Servicer is required to deliver to the Master Servicer) so that the reports (including CREFC® reports) provided by the Master Servicer to each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder may include all information contemplated to be included therein for the applicable reporting period, and (y) expedite withdrawals from accounts maintained by it and remittances to the Master Servicer in respect of the Mortgage Loan or the Mortgaged Property so that the Master Servicer’s remittances to each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder contemplated by the preceding clause (iii) may include all amounts for the applicable collection period, and (B) each party responsible under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement for delivering any Additional Form 10-D Disclosure to a Non-Lead Trustee or Non-Lead Depositor in respect of a Non-Lead Securitization Note shall deliver such Additional Form 10-D Disclosure no later than the 5th calendar day following the following the distribution date for the related Non-Lead Securitization;

(v)                               with respect to any Non-Lead Note that is held by a Securitization, the Master Servicer agrees to deliver or cause to be delivered or make available to the related Non-Lead Master Servicer all reports required to be delivered by the Master Servicer to the Certificate Administrator under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement (which shall include all loan-level reports constituting the CREFC® Investor Reporting Package (IRP)) pursuant to the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement to the extent related to the Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property, such Non-Lead Note, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee by the Business Day following the Master Servicer Remittance Date for the Non-Lead Note;

(vi)                            the Master Servicer and Special Servicer, as applicable, shall provide (or the Special Servicer shall provide to the Master Servicer for provision by the Master Servicer) (in electronic media) to each Non-Lead Note Holder all documents, certificates, instruments, notices, reports, operating statements, rent rolls and other information regarding the Mortgage Loan provided by it to any other party to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement at the time provided to such other party;

(vii)                         the servicing duties of each of the Master Servicer and Special Servicer under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement shall include the duty to service the Mortgage Loan and all of the Notes on behalf of the Holders (including the respective trustees and certificateholders) in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement, the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and the Servicing Standard;

(viii)                     each Non-Lead Note Holder shall be entitled to the same indemnity as the Lead Note Holder under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement; each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, any primary servicer and the Custodian shall be required to (and shall require any Servicing Function Participant or Additional Servicer engaged by it to) indemnify each “certification party” and the depositor of any public Securitization Trust, and their

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respective directors and officers and controlling persons, to the same extent that they indemnify the Depositor (as depositor in respect of the Lead Securitization) and each “certifying party” for (i) its failure to deliver the items in clause (ix) below in a timely manner, (ii) its failure to perform its obligations to such depositor or the related Non-Lead Trustee under Article X (or any article substantially similar thereto) of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement by the time required after giving effect to any applicable grace period or cure period, (iii) the failure of any Servicing Function Participant or Additional Servicer retained by it (other than a Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer) to perform its obligations to such depositor or trustee under such Article X (or any article substantially similar thereto) of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement by the time required and/or (iv) any Deficient Exchange Act Deliverable regarding, and delivered by or on behalf of, such party;

(ix)                              with respect to any Non-Lead Securitization that is subject to reporting requirements under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act (including Rule 15Ga-1), and Regulation AB, (a) the Master Servicer, any primary servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator or other party acting as custodian for the Lead Securitization shall be required to deliver (and shall be required to cause each other servicer and servicing function participant (within the meaning of Items 1123 and 1122, respectively, of Regulation AB) retained or engaged by it to deliver; provided that such party shall only be required to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause a Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer to deliver), in a timely manner (i) the reports, certifications, compliance statements, accountants’ assessments and attestations, and information to be included in reports (including, without limitation, Form ABS-15G, Form 10-K, Form 10-D and Form 8-K), and (ii) upon request, any other materials specified in the related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), as the related Non-Lead Depositor or the related Non-Lead Trustee reasonably believes, in good faith, are required in order for the related Non-Lead Depositor or the related Non-Lead Trustee to comply with (1) its obligations under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act (including Rule 15Ga-1), Regulation AB and Form SF-3 and (2) any applicable comment letter from the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), (b) without limiting the generality of the foregoing (x) the Lead Depositor or the related Holder shall provide or cause to be provided to any related Non-Lead Depositor and any Non-Lead Trustee (1) written notice (which may be by e-mail) in a timely manner (but no later than three (3) Business Days prior to closing) of the occurrence of such Securitization, and (2) no later than one (1) Business Day following the closing date of such Securitization, a copy of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement in an EDGAR-compatible format, and (y) the Master Servicer and Special Servicer (or any replacement Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable) shall, upon reasonable prior written request, and subject to the right of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, to review and approve such disclosure materials, permit a holder of any Non-Lead Note to use such party’s description contained in the Lead Securitization prospectus (updated as appropriate by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, at the cost of the related Non-Lead Sponsor) (or, in the case of a replacement Special Servicer, contained in a Lead Securitization Form 8-K), for inclusion in the disclosure materials (or, in the case of a replacement Special Servicer, for inclusion in a Form 8-K) relating to any securitization of the related Non-Lead Note, and (z) the Master Servicer and the Special

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Servicer (or any replacement Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable), shall provide indemnification agreements, opinions and Regulation AB compliance letters as were or are being delivered with respect to the Lead Securitization (in each case, at the cost of the related Non-Lead Sponsor), and (c) in connection with any amendment of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, the party requesting such amendment shall provide written notice (which may be by e-mail) of such proposed amendment to any Non-Lead Depositor and the related Non-Lead Trustee no later than three (3) Business Days prior to the date of effectiveness of such amendment, and, on the date of effectiveness of such amendment to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, provide a copy of such amendment in an EDGAR-compatible format to such Non-Lead Depositor and the related Non-Lead Trustee. The Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall each be required to provide certification and indemnification to any “certifying party” with respect to any applicable Sarbanes-Oxley Certification with respect to a Non-Lead Securitization;

(x)                                 each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Custodian and the Trustee and each Affected Reporting Party shall cooperate (and require each Servicing Function Participant and Additional Servicer retained by it to cooperate under the applicable Sub-Servicing Agreement), with each Non-Lead Depositor (including, without limitation, providing all due diligence information, reports, written responses, negotiations and coordination) to the same extent as such party is required to cooperate with the Lead Depositor under Article X (or any article substantially similar thereto) of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and in connection with Deficient Exchange Act Deliverables. All respective reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by any Non-Lead Depositor (including reasonable legal fees and expenses of outside counsel to such depositor) in connection with the foregoing (other than those costs and expenses related to participation by such Non-Lead Depositor in any telephone conferences and meetings with the Commission and other costs such Non-Lead Depositor must bear pursuant to Article X (or any article substantially similar thereto) of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement) and any amendments to any reports filed with the Commission therewith shall be promptly paid by the applicable Affected Reporting Party upon receipt of an itemized invoice from such Non-Lead Depositor;

(xi)                              any late collections received by the Master Servicer from the Borrower that are allocable to a Non-Lead Note or reimbursable to a Non-Lead Master Servicer or a Non-Lead Trustee shall be remitted by the Master Servicer to such Non-Lead Master Servicer within one (1) Business Day of receipt and identification thereof; provided, however, that to the extent any such amounts are received after 3:00 p.m. Eastern time on any given Business Day, the Master Servicer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to remit such late collections to such Non-Lead Master Servicer within one (1) Business Day of receipt of properly identified funds but, in any event, the Master Servicer shall remit such amounts within two (2) Business Days of receipt of properly identified funds;

(xii)                           each Non-Lead Note Holder is an intended third-party beneficiary in respect of the rights afforded it under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and the related Non-Lead Master Servicer will be entitled to enforce the rights of such Non-

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Lead Note Holder under this Agreement and the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement;

(xiii)                       each Non-Lead Master Servicer and each Non-Lead Special Servicer shall each be a third-party beneficiary of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement with respect to all provisions therein expressly relating to compensation, reimbursement or indemnification of such Non-Lead Master Servicer or such Non-Lead Special Servicer, as the case may be, and the provisions regarding coordination of Advances;

(xiv)                       if the Mortgage Loan becomes a Defaulted Mortgage Loan and the Special Servicer determines to sell the Lead Note in accordance with the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, it shall have the right and the obligation to sell all of the Notes as notes evidencing one whole loan in accordance with the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. In connection with any such sale, the Special Servicer shall provide notice to each Non-Lead Master Servicer who shall provide notice to the respective Non-Directing Holder in the related securitization of the planned sale and such Non-Directing Holder’s opportunity to submit an offer on the Mortgage Loan;

(xv)                          the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement shall not be amended in any manner that materially and adversely affects any Non-Lead Note Holder without the consent of such Non-Lead Note Holder;

(xvi)                       to the extent related to the Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, Rating Agency Confirmation shall be provided with respect to the Certificates issued in connection with any Non-Lead Securitization to the same extent a Rating Agency Confirmation is provided with respect to the Certificates issued in connection with the Lead Securitization;

(xvii)                    Servicer Termination Events with respect to the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall include (i) solely with respect to the Master Servicer, the failure to timely remit payments to any Non-Lead Note Holder, which failure continues unremedied for one (1) Business Day following the date on which such payment was to be made; (ii) solely with respect to the Special Servicer, the failure to deposit into any REO Account any amount required to be so deposited within two (2) Business Days after the date such deposit was to be made, or the failure to remit to the Master Servicer for deposit into the Collection Account or the related Loan Combination Custodial Account, as applicable, any amount required to be so remitted by the Special Servicer within one (1) Business Day after the date such remittance was to be made; (iii) the qualification, downgrade or withdrawal, or placing on “watch status” in contemplation of a rating downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings of any class of certificates issued in connection with any Non-Lead Securitization by the rating agencies rating such securities (and such qualification, downgrade, withdrawal or “watch status” placement shall not have been withdrawn by such rating agencies within sixty (60) days of actual knowledge of such event by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be), and publicly citing servicing concerns with the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, as the sole or a material factor in such rating action; and (iv) the failure to provide to any Non-Lead Note Holder (if and to the extent required under the Non-Lead Securitization)

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reports required under the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations thereunder, in a timely fashion. Upon the occurrence of such a Servicer Termination Event with respect to the Master Servicer affecting a Non-Lead Note Holder and the Master Servicer is not otherwise terminated pursuant to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, the Trustee shall, upon the direction of such Non-Lead Note Holder, require the appointment of a subservicer with respect to the related Non-Lead Note. Upon the occurrence of a Servicer Termination Event with respect to the Special Servicer affecting a Non-Lead Note Holder and the Special Servicer is not otherwise terminated pursuant to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, the Trustee shall, upon direction of such Non-Lead Note Holder, terminate the Special Servicer with respect to, but only with respect to, the Mortgage Loan;

(xviii)                 upon any resignation of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, any replacement of the Special Servicer, any termination of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer and/or any replacement thereof, any appointment of a successor to the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, or the effectiveness of any designation of a new Special Servicer, the Trustee or Certificate Administrator shall promptly (and in any event no later than three (3) Business Days prior to the effective date of such resignation, termination, replacement and/or appointment of a Master Servicer or Special Servicer) provide written notice thereof to each Non-Lead Trustee, each Non-Lead Master Servicer and each Non-Lead Depositor, together with any information reasonably required (including, without limitation, any disclosure required under Item 1108 of Regulation AB) for the related Non-Lead Securitization to comply with any applicable reporting obligations under the Exchange Act; provided, that such notice shall not be deemed to be provided unless receipt thereof has been confirmed in writing (which may be by e-mail) from any such Non-Lead Depositor;

(xix)                         if a Non-Lead Note becomes the subject of an Asset Review pursuant to a Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee and the Custodian shall reasonably cooperate with the related Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer in connection with such Asset Review by providing such Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer with any documents reasonably requested by such Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer, but only to the extent (x) such documents are in the possession of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Custodian, as the case may be, and (y) such Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer has not been able to obtain such documents from the related mortgage loan seller; and

(xx)                            any conflict between the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and this Agreement shall be resolved in favor of this Agreement.

(c)                                 Each Non-Lead Note Holder agrees that it shall cause the related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement to provide as follows (and to the extent such following provisions are not included in the Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, they shall be deemed incorporated therein and made a part thereof):

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(i)                                   the Non-Lead Note Holder shall be responsible for its Pro Rata and Pari Passu Basis share of any Property Advances (and advance interest thereon), any Additional Trust Fund Expenses, and any other fees, costs or expenses incurred in connection with the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loan (including, without limitation, any costs, fees and expenses related to obtaining any Rating Agency Confirmation) but only to the extent that they relate to servicing and administration of the Notes and the Mortgaged Property, including without limitation, any unpaid Special Servicing Fees, liquidation fees and workout fees relating to the Notes, and that in the event that the funds received with respect to each respective Note are insufficient to cover such Property Advances or Additional Trust Fund Expenses, (A) the related Non-Lead Master Servicer will be required to, promptly following notice from the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, pay or reimburse the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee or the Lead Securitization Trust (such parties and the Lead Securitization Trust, collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”), as applicable, out of general funds in the collection account (or equivalent account) established under the related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement for such Non-Lead Note Holder’s Pro Rata and Pari Passu Basis share of any such Nonrecoverable Property Advances (together with advance interest thereon) and/or Additional Trust Fund Expenses (including compensation due to the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer to the extent related to the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loan and the Mortgaged Property), and (B) if the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement permits the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee to reimburse itself from the Lead Securitization Trust’s general account, then the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as applicable, may do so, and the related Non-Lead Master Servicer will be required to, promptly following notice from the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, reimburse the Lead Securitization Trust out of general funds in the collection account (or equivalent account) established under the related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement for such Non-Lead Note Holder’s Pro Rata and Pari Passu Basis share of any such Nonrecoverable Property Advances (together with advance interest thereon) and/or Additional Trust Fund Expenses (including compensation due to the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer to the extent related to the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loan and the Mortgaged Property);

(ii)            each of the Indemnified Parties shall be indemnified (as and to the same extent the Lead Securitization Trust is required to indemnify each of such Indemnified Parties pursuant to the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and, in the case of the Lead Securitization Trust, to the extent of any Additional Trust Fund Expenses with respect to the Mortgage Loan) by the related Non-Lead Securitization Trust, against any claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and related costs, judgments and any other costs, liabilities, fees and expenses incurred in connection with the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loan and the Mortgaged Property (or, with respect to the Operating Advisor, incurred in connection with the provision of services for the Mortgage Loan) under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement (collectively, the “Indemnified Items”) to the extent of its Pro Rata and Pari Passu Basis share of such Indemnified Items, and to the extent amounts on deposit in the Loan Combination Custodial Account that are allocated to the related Non-Lead Note are

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insufficient for reimbursement of such amounts, the related Non-Lead Master Servicer will be required to pay or reimburse each of the applicable Indemnified Parties for the related Non-Lead Note’s Pro Rata and Pari Passu Basis share of the insufficiency out of general funds in the collection account (or equivalent account) established under the related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement;

(iii)            the related Non-Lead Master Servicer, Non-Lead Trustee or Non-Lead Certificate Administrator will be required to deliver to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer and the Operating Advisor (i) promptly following Securitization of the related Non-Lead Note, notice of the deposit of the related Non-Lead Note into a Trust Fund (which notice may be by e-mail and shall also provide contact information for the related Non-Lead Trustee, the related Non-Lead Certificate Administrator, the related Non-Lead Master Servicer, the related Non-Lead Special Servicer and the party designated to exercise the rights of the related “Non-Directing Holder” under this Agreement), accompanied by a copy of such executed Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and (ii) notice of any subsequent change in the identity of the related Non-Lead Master Servicer or the party designated to exercise the rights of the related “Non-Directing Holder” under this Agreement (together with the relevant contact information);

(iv)            any matter affecting the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loan that requires delivery of a Rating Agency Confirmation pursuant to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement shall also require delivery of a Rating Agency Confirmation under the related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement; and

(v)            the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee and the Lead Securitization Trust shall be third party beneficiaries of the foregoing provisions.

(d)               Each Initial Note Holder shall:

(A) give each other Holder and the parties to any previously executed Securitization Servicing Agreement (provided that such Securitization Servicing Agreement has been delivered to such Initial Note Holder) notice of the Securitization of such Holder’s Note in writing (which may be by e-mail) prior to or promptly following the related Securitization Date, together with contact information for each of the parties to the related proposed Securitization Servicing Agreement; and

(B)  in the case of an Initial Note Holder contributing its Note to a Lead Securitization, send to each other Holder and the parties to each Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement (that are not also party to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement) (x) on any Lead Securitization Date, a copy (in EDGAR-compatible format) of the execution version of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, (y) within (1) one Business Day after the date of any re-filing by the Lead Depositor of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement with the Commission to account for any changes thereto (other than a formal amendment thereto following the Lead Securitization Date), a copy (in

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EDGAR-compatible format) of the re-filed Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, and (z) promptly following distribution thereof to the parties to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, any changes made by the Lead Depositor to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement (other than a formal amendment thereto following the Lead Securitization Date).

(e)               The Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement shall satisfy Moody’s rating methodology for eligible accounts and permitted investments for a securitization rated “Aaa” by Moody’s.

19.              Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT, AND/OR THE INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS AND DECISIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CHOICE OF LAW RULES THEREOF. EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT.

20.              Modifications. This Agreement shall not be modified, cancelled or terminated except by an instrument in writing signed by the parties hereto. Additionally, from and after a Securitization, except to (i) cure any ambiguity or to correct any error, (ii) to make other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Agreement, which shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement, or (iii) as set forth in Section 18(a), this Agreement may not be modified unless a Rating Agency Confirmation has been delivered with respect to each Securitization.

21.              Successors and Assigns; Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Each of the Master Servicer, each Non-Lead Master Servicer, the Trustee and each Non-Lead Trustee is an intended third-party beneficiary of this Agreement. Except as provided in Section 5 and the preceding sentence, none of the provisions of this Agreement shall be for the benefit of or enforceable by any Person not a party hereto.

22.              Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument, and the words “executed,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import as used above and elsewhere in this Agreement or in any other certificate, agreement or document related to this transaction shall include, in addition to manually executed signatures, images of manually executed signatures transmitted by facsimile or other electronic format (including, without limitation, “pdf”, “tif” or “jpg”) and other electronic signatures (including, without limitation, any electronic sound, symbol, or process, attached to or logically associated with a contract or other record and executed or adopted by a

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person with the intent to sign the record). The use of electronic signatures and electronic records (including, without limitation, any contract or other record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means) shall be of the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a manually executed signature or use of a paper-based record-keeping system to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act and any other applicable law, including, without limitation, any state law based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the Uniform Commercial Code.

23.              Captions. The titles and headings of the paragraphs of this Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to summarize or otherwise describe the subject matter of the paragraphs and shall not be given any consideration in the construction of this Agreement.

24.              Notices. All notices required hereunder shall be given by (i) telephone (confirmed in writing) or shall be in writing and personally delivered, (ii) sent by facsimile transmission if the sender on the same day sends a confirming copy of such notice by reputable overnight delivery service (charges prepaid), (iii) reputable overnight delivery service (charges prepaid) or (iv) certified United States mail, postage prepaid return receipt requested, and addressed to the respective parties at their addresses set forth on Exhibit B hereto, or at such other address as any party shall hereafter inform the other party by written notice given as aforesaid. All written notices so given shall be deemed effective upon receipt.

25.              Custody of Mortgage Loan Documents/ Mortgagee of Record. The originals of all of the Mortgage Loan Documents (other than Non-Lead Notes) will be held (i) prior to the Lead Securitization, by Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as interim custodian and (ii) on and after the Lead Securitization, by the Trustee for the Lead Securitization (or by a custodian on its behalf) under the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement on behalf of all of the Holders. The Trustee of the Lead Securitization shall at all times be the mortgagee of record with respect to the Mortgage Loan.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Holder of a Note has caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

Note A-1 Holder:
DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH
By:	/s/ Matt Smith
	Name:	Matt Smith
	Title:	Director
By:	/s/ Helaine Kaplan
	Name:	Helaine Kaplan
	Title:	Managing Director
Note A-2 Holder:
DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH
By:	/s/ Matt Smith
	Name:	Matt Smith
	Title:	Director
By:	/s/ Helaine Kaplan
	Name:	Helaine Kaplan
	Title:	Managing Director

Cumberland Mall Co-Lender Agreement

Note A-3 Holder:
DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH
By:	/s/ Matt Smith
	Name:	Matt Smith
	Title:	Director
By:	/s/ Helaine Kaplan
	Name:	Helaine Kaplan
	Title:	Managing Director
Note A-4 Holder:
DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH
By:	/s/ Matt Smith
	Name:	Matt Smith
	Title:	Director
By:	/s/ Helaine Kaplan
	Name:	Helaine Kaplan
	Title:	Managing Director

Cumberland Mall Co-Lender Agreement

Note A-5 Holder:
DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH
By:	/s/ Matt Smith
	Name:   Matt Smith
	Title:     Director
By:	/s/ Helaine Kaplan
	Name:   Helaine Kaplan
	Title:     Managing Director

Cumberland Mall Co-Lender Agreement

Note A-6-1 Holder:
MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A.
By:	/s/ Jane Lam
	Name: Jane H. Lam
	Title: Managing Director
Note A-6-2 Holder:
MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A.
By:	/s/ Jane Lam
	Name: Jane H. Lam
	Title: Managing Director
Note A-7 Holder:
MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A.
By:	/s/ Jane Lam
	Name: Jane H. Lam
	Title: Managing Director

Cumberland Mall Co-Lender Agreement

Note A-8 Holder:
BANK OF MONTREAL
By:	/s/ Michael Birajiclian
	Name:	Michael Birajiclian
	Title:	Authorized Signatory
Note A-9 Holder:
BANK OF MONTREAL
By:	/s/ Michael Birajiclian
	Name:	Michael Birajiclian
	Title:	Authorized Signatory
Note A-10 Holder:
BANK OF MONTREAL
By:	/s/ Michael Birajiclian
	Name:	Michael Birajiclian
	Title:	Authorized Signatory
Note A-11 Holder:
BANK OF MONTREAL
By:	/s/ Michael Birajiclian
	Name:	Michael Birajiclian
	Title:	Authorized Signatory

Cumberland Mall Co-Lender Agreement

EXHIBIT A

MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE

A.       Description of Mortgage Loan

Borrowers:	Cumberland Mall, LLC and Cumberland FS Anchor Parcel LLC
Mortgage Loan Origination Date:	April 14, 2023
Initial Principal Amount of Mortgage Loan:	$180,000,000
Co-Lender Closing Date Mortgage Loan Principal Balance:	$180,000,000
Location of Mortgaged Property:	2860 Cumberland Mall SE Atlanta, Georgia 30339
Current Use of Mortgaged Property:	Retail (Super Regional Mall)
Maturity Date:	May 6, 2028

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B.       Description of Notes

Mortgage Loan Origination Date:	April 14, 2023
Note Date:	April 14, 2023
Initial Note A-1 Principal Balance:	$20,000,000
Initial Note A-2 Principal Balance:	$20,000,000
Initial Note A-3 Principal Balance:	$15,000,000
Initial Note A-4 Principal Balance:	$10,000,000
Initial Note A-5 Principal Balance:	$7,000,000
Initial Note A-6-1 Principal Balance:	$30,000,000
Initial Note A-6-2 Principal Balance:	$10,000,000
Initial Note A-7 Principal Balance:	$23,000,000
Initial Note A-8 Principal Balance:	$15,000,000
Initial Note A-9 Principal Balance:	$12,500,000
Initial Note A-10 Principal Balance:	$10,000,000
Initial Note A-11 Principal Balance:	$7,500,000
Initial Note A-1 Percentage Interest:	11.11%
Initial Note A-2 Percentage Interest:	11.11%
Initial Note A-3 Percentage Interest:	8.33%
Initial Note A-4 Percentage Interest:	5.56%
Initial Note A-5 Percentage Interest:	3.89%
Initial Note A-6-1 Percentage Interest:	16.67%
Initial Note A-6-2 Percentage Interest:	5.56%
Initial Note A-7 Percentage Interest:	12.78%
Initial Note A-8 Percentage Interest:	8.33%
Initial Note A-9 Percentage Interest:	6.94%
Initial Note A-10 Percentage Interest:	5.56%
Initial Note A-11 Percentage Interest:	4.17%
Interest Rate for Note A-1, Note A-2, Note A-3, Note A-4, Note A-5, Note A-6-1, Note A-6-2, Note A-7, Note A-8, Note A-9, Note A-10 and Note A-11:	7.87%
Default Interest Rate for Note A-1, Note A-2, Note A-3, Note A-4, Note A-5, Note A-6-1, Note A-6-2, Note A-7, Note A-8, Note A-9, Note A-10 and Note A-11:	Lesser of (a) the maximum legal rate or (b) three percent (3%) above the Note Interest Rate

 

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EXHIBIT B

Note A-1 Holder, Note A-2 Holder, Note A-3 Holder, Note A-4 Holder and Note A-5 Holder:

Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch
1 Columbus Circle, 15th Floor
New York, New York 10019
Attention: Robert W. Pettinato, Jr.
Email: Robert.Pettinato@db.com

with a copy to:

Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch
1 Columbus Circle, 15th Floor
New York, New York 10019
Attention: General Counsel

Note A-6-1 Holder, Note A-6-2 Holder and Note A-7 Holder:

Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A.
1585 Broadway
New York, New York 10036
Attention: Jane Lam

with a copy to:

Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A.
1633 Broadway, 29th Floor
New York, New York 10019
Attention: Legal Compliance Division

and a copy by e-mail to:

cmbs_notices@morganstanley.com

Note A-8 Holder, Note A-9 Holder, Note A-10 Holder and Note A-11 Holder:

Bank of Montreal
c/o BMO Capital Markets Corp.
151 West 42nd Street
New York, New York 10036
Attention: Mike Birajiclian and David Schell
E-mail: Michael.Birajiclian@bmo.com and David.Schell@bmo.com

with a copy to:

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Bank of Montreal
c/o BMO Capital Markets Corp.
151 West 42nd Street
New York, New York 10036
Attention: Legal Department
E-mail: BMOCMBSNotices@bmo.com

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT C

PERMITTED FUND MANAGERS

Westbrook Partners

iStar Financial Inc.

Capital Trust

Archon Capital, L.P.

Whitehall Street Real Estate Fund, L.P.

The Blackstone Group

Normandy Real Estate Partners

Dune Real Estate Partners

AllianceBernstein

Rockwood

RREEF Funds

Hudson Advisors

Artemis Real Estate Partners

Apollo Real Estate Advisors

Colony Capital, Inc.

Praedium Group

Fortress Investment Group, LLC

Lonestar Opportunity Funds

Clarion Partners

Walton Street Capital, LLC

Starwood Financial Trust

BlackRock, Inc.

Eightfold Real Estate Capital, L.P.

DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners

Land-Lease Real Estate Investments

JER Partners

Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC

Rialto Capital Management

Raith Capital Partners

Torchlight Investors, LLC

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EX-99.13

Exhibit 99.13

Execution Copy

 

AGREEMENT BETWEEN NOTE HOLDERS

Dated as of December 21, 2022

by and between

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
(Initial Note A-1 Holder),

and

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
(Initial Note A-2 Holder)

 

 

 

 

 

Conair Glendale

  

 

 

This AGREEMENT BETWEEN NOTE HOLDERS (“Agreement”), dated as of December 21, 2022, by and between WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“WFB” and, together with its successors and assigns in interest, in its capacity as initial owner of Note A-1 (as defined below), the “Initial Note A-1 Holder”, and in its capacity as the initial agent, the “Initial Agent”) and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (together with its successors and assigns in interest, in its capacity as initial owner of Note A-2 (as defined below), the “Initial Note A-2 Holder” and together with the Initial Note A-1 Holder, the “Initial Note Holders”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Agreement (as defined herein), WFB originated a certain loan (the “Mortgage Loan”) described on the schedule attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Mortgage Loan Schedule”) to CRE Holding of Arizona LLC (the “Mortgage Loan Borrower”), which is evidenced, inter alia, by (i) one promissory note in the original principal amount of $70,000,000.00 (as amended, modified, consolidated, or supplemented, “Note A-1”), made by the Mortgage Loan Borrower in favor of the Initial Note A-1 Holder and (ii) one promissory note in the original principal amount of $30,000,000.00 (as amended, modified, consolidated, or supplemented, “Note A-2” and together with Note A-1, the “Notes”), made by the Mortgage Loan Borrower in favor of the Initial Note A-2 Holder, each of which is secured by a first mortgage (as amended, modified or supplemented, the “Mortgage”) on certain real property located as described on the Mortgage Loan Schedule (the “Mortgaged Property”); and

WHEREAS, each Initial Note Holder desires to enter into this Agreement to memorialize the terms under which they, and their successors and assigns, shall hold the Notes.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto mutually agree as follows:

Section 1.                Definitions; Conflicts. References to a “Section”, “preamble” or the “recitals” are, unless otherwise specified, to a Section, the preamble or the recitals of this Agreement. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms, or terms of substantially similar import, in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. To the extent of any conflict between this Agreement and the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall control. Whenever used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the respective meanings set forth below unless the context clearly requires otherwise.

“Accelerated Mezzanine Loan Lender” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or an analogous term in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Advance Interest” shall mean the interest accrued on any Servicing Advance which is payable to the party that made that Servicing Advance, in accordance with the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Affiliate” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or an analogous term in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Agent” shall mean the Initial Agent or such Person to whom the Initial Agent shall delegate its duties hereunder, and after the Securitization Date shall mean the Master Servicer.

“Agent Office” shall mean the designated office of the Agent, which office initially shall be the office of the Initial Note A-1 Holder listed on Exhibit B hereto and, after the Securitization Date, shall be the office of the Master Servicer. The Agent Office is the address to which notices to and correspondence with the Agent should be directed. The Agent may change the address of its designated office by notice to the Note Holders.

“Agreement” shall mean this Agreement between Note Holders, the exhibits hereto and all amendments hereof and thereof and supplements hereto and thereto.

“Appraisal” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or an analogous term in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Approved Servicer” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Qualified Institutional Lender.”

“Asset Representations Reviewer” shall mean the “Asset Representations Reviewer” (or similarly named Person that is the “asset representations reviewer” as defined in Item 1101(m) of Regulation AB) under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Asset Status Report” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or an analogous term in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Balloon Payment” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or an analogous term in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Bankruptcy Code” shall mean the United States Bankruptcy Code, as amended from time to time, any successor statute or rule promulgated thereto.

“Borrower Party” shall mean the Mortgage Loan Borrower, a manager of the Mortgaged Property, an Accelerated Mezzanine Loan Lender or any Borrower Party Affiliate.

“Borrower Party Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan Borrower, a manager of the Mortgaged Property or an Accelerated Mezzanine Loan Lender, (a) any other Person controlling or controlled by or under common control with such Mortgage Loan Borrower, manager or Accelerated Mezzanine Loan Lender, as applicable, or (b) any other Person owning, directly or indirectly, 25% or more of the beneficial interests in such Mortgage Loan Borrower, manager or Accelerated Mezzanine Loan Lender, as applicable. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

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“CDO” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Qualified Institutional Lender.”

“CDO Asset Manager” with respect to any Securitization Vehicle that is a CDO, shall mean the entity that is responsible for managing or administering a Note as an underlying asset of such Securitization Vehicle or, if applicable, as an asset of any Intervening Trust Vehicle (including, without limitation, the right to exercise any consent and control rights available to the holder of such Note).

“Certificate Administrator” shall mean the certificate administrator appointed as provided in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

“Commission” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2(c)(vi).

“Conduit” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14(d).

“Conduit Credit Enhancer” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14(d).

“Conduit Inventory Loan” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14(d).

“Control” shall mean the ownership, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate of more than fifty percent (50%) of the beneficial ownership interests of an entity and the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of an entity, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. The terms “Controlled”, “Controlling” and “Controls” shall have the correlative meanings thereto.

“Controlling Note” shall mean Note A-1.

“Controlling Note Holder” shall mean the holder of the Controlling Note; provided that at any time the Controlling Note is included in a Securitization, references to the “Controlling Note Holder” herein shall mean the holders of the majority of the class of securities issued in such Securitization designated as the “controlling class” or such other party otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder” under this Agreement or under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, as and to the extent provided in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement; provided that for so long as 50% or more of the Controlling Note is held by (or the party assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder” (as described above) is) the Mortgage Loan Borrower or a Borrower Party, the holder of the Controlling Note (and such party assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder” as described above) shall not be entitled to exercise any rights of the Controlling Note Holder, and there shall be deemed to be no Controlling Note Holder hereunder. If the Controlling Note is included in a Securitization, the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement may contain additional limitations on the rights of the designated party

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entitled to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder” hereunder if such designated party is the Mortgage Loan Borrower or if it has certain relationships with the Mortgage Loan Borrower.

“Controlling Note Holder Representative” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6(a).

“DBRS Morningstar” shall mean DBRS, Inc., and its successors in interest.

“Defaulted Loan” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or an analogous term in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement

“Depositor” shall mean the “depositor” under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Event of Default” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, an “Event of Default” as defined in the Mortgage Loan Agreement.

“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

“First Securitization” shall mean the earliest to occur of the Note A-1 Securitization and the Note A-2 Securitization.

“Fitch” shall mean Fitch Ratings, Inc., and its successors in interest.

“Indemnified Items” shall have the meaning assigned to such terms in Section 2(b).

“Indemnified Parties” shall have the meaning assigned to such terms in Section 2(b).

“Initial Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note A-1 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note A-2 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note Holders” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Insolvency Proceeding” shall mean any proceeding under Title 11 of the United States Code (11 U.S.C. Sec. 101 et seq.) or any other insolvency, liquidation, reorganization or other similar proceeding concerning the Mortgage Loan Borrower, any action for the dissolution of the Mortgage Loan Borrower, any proceeding (judicial or otherwise) concerning the application of the assets of the Mortgage Loan Borrower for the benefit of its creditors, the

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appointment of or any proceeding seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver or other similar custodian for all or any substantial part of the assets of the Mortgage Loan Borrower or any other action concerning the adjustment of the debts of the Mortgage Loan Borrower, the cessation of business by the Mortgage Loan Borrower, except following a sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Mortgage Loan Borrower in a transaction permitted under the Mortgage Loan Documents; provided, however, that following any such permitted transaction affecting the title to the Mortgaged Property, the Mortgage Loan Borrower for purposes of this Agreement shall be defined to mean the successor owner of the Mortgaged Property from time to time as may be permitted pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Documents; provided, further, however, that for the purposes of this definition, in the event that more than one entity comprises the Mortgage Loan Borrower, the term “Mortgage Loan Borrower” shall refer to any such entity.

“Interest Rate” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or an analogous term in the Mortgage Loan Documents.

“Interested Person” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or an analogous term in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Intervening Trust Vehicle” with respect to any Securitization Vehicle that is a CDO, shall mean a trust vehicle or entity that holds any Note as collateral securing (in whole or in part) any obligation or security held by such Securitization Vehicle as collateral for the CDO.

“KBRA” shall mean Kroll Bond Rating Agency, LLC, and its successors in interest.

“Lead Securitization” shall mean, if the First Securitization is the Note A-1 Securitization, such Securitization; provided that, if any other Securitization occurs prior to the Note A-1 Securitization, then the First Securitization shall be the Lead Securitization until such time as the Note A-1 Securitization occurs.

“Lead Securitization Note” shall mean the Note included in the Lead Securitization.

“Lead Securitization Note Holder” shall mean the holder of the Lead Securitization Note.

“Lead Securitization Note Holder Representative” shall mean the “Directing Certificateholder” or equivalent Person under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement” shall mean, as of any date of determination, (i) the pooling and servicing agreement or other comparable agreement that governs the Securitization that is then the Lead Securitization, and (ii) on and after the date on which the Mortgage Loan is no longer subject to the provisions of agreement described in clause (i), the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement shall be determined in accordance with the second paragraph of Section 2(a).

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“Lead Securitization Trust” shall mean the Securitization Trust created in connection with the Lead Securitization.

“Major Decision” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or an analogous term in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Master Servicer” shall mean the master servicer appointed to act in such capacity with respect to the Mortgage Loan as provided in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Monthly Payment Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term (or analogous term) in the Mortgage Loan Documents.

“Moody’s” shall mean Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., and its successors in interest.

“Mortgage” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Mortgage Loan” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Mortgage Loan Agreement” shall mean the Loan Agreement, dated as of June 17, 2022, between the Mortgage Loan Borrower, as borrower, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as lender, as the same may be further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, subject to the terms hereof.

“Mortgage Loan Borrower” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Mortgage Loan Documents” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage Loan Agreement, the Mortgage, the Notes and all other documents now or hereafter evidencing, guarantying or securing the Mortgage Loan.

“Mortgage Loan Schedule” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Mortgaged Property” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“New Notes” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 32.

“Nonrecoverable Advance” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or an analogous term in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Controlling Note” means each Note other than Note A-1.

“Non-Controlling Note Holder” means each holder of a Non-Controlling Note; provided that with respect to each Non-Controlling Note, at any time such Non-Controlling Note is included in a Securitization, references to a “Non-Controlling Note Holder” herein shall mean the holders of the majority of the class of securities issued in such Securitization designated as

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the “controlling class” (or analogous term) or such other party otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of a “Non-Controlling Note Holder” under this Agreement or under the related Securitization Servicing Agreement, as and to the extent provided in the related Securitization Servicing Agreement, and as to the identity of which the Controlling Note Holder (and, if applicable, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer) has been given written notice; provided, further that if at any time 50% or more of any Non-Controlling Note (or class of securities issued in a Securitization into which such Non-Controlling Note has been deposited is designated as the “controlling class”) is held by (or such other party otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “controlling class” under the related Securitization Servicing Agreement is) the Mortgage Loan Borrower or a Borrower Party, no such Note Holder or other Person shall be entitled to exercise any rights of such Non-Controlling Note Holder under this Agreement or the related Securitization Servicing Agreement, and there shall be deemed to be no Non-Controlling Note Holder with respect to such Non-Controlling Note. The Controlling Note Holder and the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or, if applicable, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall not be required at any time to deal with more than one party exercising the rights of a “Non-Controlling Note Holder” herein or under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement (it being understood for the avoidance of doubt that the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or Special Servicer on its behalf) may additionally need to deal with the master servicer, special servicer or other person party to the related Securitization Servicing Agreement) and, (x) to the extent that the related Securitization Servicing Agreement assigns such rights to more than one party or (y) to the extent the related Non-Controlling Note is split into two or more New Notes pursuant to Section 32 and notice thereof is not provided to the Controlling Note Holder and the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or, if applicable, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf), for purposes of this Agreement, such Securitization Servicing Agreement or the holders of such New Notes shall designate one party to deal with the Controlling Note Holder and the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) and provide written notice of such designation to the Controlling Note Holder and the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer acting on its behalf); provided that, in the absence of such designation and notice, the Controlling Note Holder and the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall be entitled to treat the last party as to which it has received written notice as having been designated as the Non-Controlling Note Holder with respect to such Non-Controlling Note for all purposes of this Agreement. As of the date hereof and until further notice from the Non-Controlling Note Holder (or, if applicable, the related Non-Lead Master Servicer or another party acting on its behalf), the Initial Note A-2 Holder is the Non-Controlling Note Holder with respect to Note A-2. If the Non-Controlling Note is included in a Securitization, the related Securitization Servicing Agreement may contain additional limitations on the rights of the designated party entitled to exercise the rights of the “Non-Controlling Note Holder” hereunder if such designated party is the Mortgage Loan Borrower or if it has certain relationships with the Mortgage Loan Borrower.

“Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6(b).

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“Non-Exempt Person” shall mean any Person other than a Person who is either (i) a U.S. Person or (ii) has on file with the Agent for the relevant year such duly-executed form(s) or statement(s) which may, from time to time, be prescribed by law and which, pursuant to applicable provisions of (A) any income tax treaty between the United States and the country of residence of such Person, (B) the Code or (C) any applicable rules or regulations in effect under clauses (A) or (B) above, permit any Servicer on behalf of the Note Holders to make such payments free of any obligation or liability for withholding.

“Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer” shall mean the “Asset Representations Reviewer” (or similarly named Person that is the “asset representations reviewer” as defined in Item 1101(m) of Regulation AB.) under any Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Depositor” shall mean the “depositor” under any Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Master Servicer” shall mean the applicable “master servicer” under any Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Operating Advisor” shall mean the “trust advisor,” “senior trust advisor,” “operating advisor” (or other analogous Person) under any Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Securitization” shall mean any Securitization of a Note in a Securitization Trust other than the Securitization that is then the Lead Securitization.

“Non-Lead Securitization Note” shall mean any Note other than the Lead Securitization Note.

“Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder” shall mean each holder of a Non-Lead Securitization Note.

“Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder Representative” shall mean the “Directing Certificateholder” or equivalent Person under the Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2(b).

“Non-Lead Special Servicer” shall mean the “special servicer” under any Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Trustee” shall mean the “trustee” under any Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Securitizing Note Holder” shall mean, with respect to a Securitization, each Note Holder other than a Securitizing Note Holder with respect to such Securitization.

“Note A-1” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

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“Note A-1 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-1 Holder or any subsequent holder of Note A-1, as applicable.

“Note A-1 Principal Balance” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, at any time of determination, the Initial Note A-1 Principal Balance set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon (or any New Notes issued in substitution thereof) received by the Note A-1 Holder (or any holders of New Notes in substitution thereof) or reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 3 or 4, as applicable.

“Note A-1 PSA” shall mean the pooling and servicing agreement or other comparable agreement entered into in connection with the Note A-1 Securitization.

“Note A-1 Securitization” shall mean the first sale by the Note A-1 Holder of all or a portion of Note A-1 to a depositor who will in turn include such portion of Note A-1 as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Note A-2” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-2 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-2 Holder or any subsequent holder of Note A-2, as applicable.

“Note A-2 Principal Balance” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, at any time of determination, the Initial Note A-2 Principal Balance set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon (or any New Notes issued in substitution thereof) received by the Note A-2 Holder (or any holders of New Notes in substitution thereof) or reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 3 or 4, as applicable.

“Note A-2 Securitization” shall mean the first sale by the Note A-2 Holder of all or a portion of Note A-2 to a depositor who will in turn include such portion of Note A-2 as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Note Holder Representative” shall mean a Controlling Note Holder Representative or a Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative, as applicable.

“Note Holders” shall mean collectively, the Note A-1 Holder and the Note A-2 Holder.

“Note Pledgee” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14(c).

“Note Principal Balance” shall mean, (i) with respect to Note A-1, the Note A-1 Principal Balance and (ii) with respect to Note A-2, the Note A-2 Principal Balance.

“Note Register” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 15.

“Notes” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Operating Advisor” shall mean the trust advisor, senior trust advisor, operating advisor or other analogous term as defined under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

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“P&I Advance” shall mean an advance made by a party to any Securitization Servicing Agreement in respect of a delinquent monthly debt service payment on the Note(s) securitized pursuant to such Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Percentage Interest” shall mean, with respect to each Note Holder, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Note Principal Balance of the Note held by such Note Holder and the denominator of which is the sum of the Note Principal Balances of all of the Notes.

“Permitted Fund Manager” shall mean any Person that on the date of determination is (i) one of the entities on Exhibit C attached hereto and made a part hereof or any other nationally-recognized manager of investment funds investing in debt or equity interests relating to commercial real estate, (ii) investing through a fund with committed capital of at least $250,000,000 and (iii) not subject to a proceeding relating to the bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors.

“Pledge” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14(c).

“Pro Rata and Pari Passu Basis” shall mean with respect to the Notes and the Note Holders, the allocation of any particular payment, collection, cost, expense, liability or other amount between such Notes or such Note Holders, as the case may be, without any priority of any such Note or any such Note Holder over another such Note or Note Holder, as the case may be, and in any event such that each Note or Note Holder, as the case may be, is allocated its respective Percentage Interest of such particular payment, collection, cost, expense, liability or other amount.

“Qualified Institutional Lender” shall mean each of the Initial Note Holders and any other Person that is:

(a)                an entity Controlled by, under common Control with or that Controls any of the Initial Note Holders, or

(b)               one or more of the following:

(i)            an insurance company, bank, savings and loan association, investment bank, trust company, commercial credit corporation, pension plan, pension fund, pension fund advisory firm, mutual fund, real estate investment trust, governmental entity or plan, or

(ii)            an investment company, money management firm or a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a) (1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or

(iii)            an institution substantially similar to any of the foregoing entities described in clauses (i) or (ii), or

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(iv)            any entity Controlled by or under common Control or Controlling any of the entities described in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii), or

(v)            a Qualified Trustee (or, in the case of a CDO, a single-purpose, bankruptcy remote entity that contemporaneously pledges its interest in a Note to a Qualified Trustee) in connection with (a) a securitization of, (b) the creation of collateralized debt (or loan) obligations (“CDO”) secured by, or (c) a financing through an “owner trust” of, a Note or any interest therein (any of the foregoing, a “Securitization Vehicle”), provided that (1) one or more classes of securities issued by such Securitization Vehicle is initially rated at least investment grade by each of the Rating Agencies that assigned a rating to one or more classes of securities issued in connection with that Securitization; (2) in the case of a Securitization Vehicle that is not a CDO, the special servicer of such Securitization Vehicle has a Required Special Servicer Rating or is otherwise subject to Rating Agency Confirmations from the Rating Agencies rating each Securitization (such entity, an “Approved Servicer”) and such Approved Servicer is required to service and administer such Note or any interest therein in accordance with servicing arrangements for the assets held by the Securitization Vehicle which require that such Approved Servicer act in accordance with a servicing standard notwithstanding any contrary direction or instruction from any other Person; or (3) in the case of a Securitization Vehicle that is a CDO, the CDO Asset Manager and, if applicable, each Intervening Trust Vehicle that is not administered and managed by a CDO Asset Manager which is a Qualified Institutional Lender, are each a Qualified Institutional Lender under clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (vi) of this definition, or

(vi)            an investment fund, limited liability company, limited partnership or general partnership having capital and/or capital commitments of at least $250,000,000, in which (A) any Note Holder, (B) a person that is otherwise a Qualified Institutional Lender under clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) (with respect to an institution substantially similar to the entities referred to in clause (i) or (ii)), or (C) a Permitted Fund Manager, acts as a general partner, managing member, or the fund manager responsible for the day-to-day management and operation of such investment vehicle and provided that at least 50% of the equity interests in such investment vehicle are owned, directly or indirectly, by one or more entities that are otherwise Qualified Institutional Lenders (without regard to the capital surplus/equity and total asset requirements set forth below in the definition), and

in the case of any entity referred to in clause (b)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (vi)(B) of this definition, (x) such entity has at least $200,000,000 in capital/statutory surplus or shareholders’ equity (except with respect to a pension advisory firm or similar fiduciary) and at least $600,000,000 in total assets (in name or under management), and (y) is regularly engaged in the business of making or owning commercial real estate loans (or interests therein) similar to the Mortgage Loan (or mezzanine loans with respect thereto) or owning or operating commercial real estate properties; provided that, in the case of the entity described in clause (vi)(B) above, the

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requirements of this clause (y) may be satisfied by a general partner, managing member, or the fund manager responsible for the day-to-day management and operation of such entity; or

(c)                any entity Controlled by any of the entities described in clause (b)(i), (ii), (iv)(B) or (v) above or subject to a Rating Agency Confirmation as a Qualified Institutional Lender for purposes of this Agreement from each of the Rating Agencies engaged to rate the securities for any Securitization.

“Qualified Trustee” shall mean (i) a corporation, national bank, national banking association or a trust company, organized and doing business under the laws of any state or the United States of America, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers and to accept the trust conferred, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority or (ii) an institution whose long-term senior unsecured debt is rated in either of the then in effect top three rating categories of each of the applicable Rating Agencies (or, if not rated by an applicable Rating Agency, an equivalent (or higher) rating from any two of Fitch, Moody’s and S&P).

“Rating Agencies” shall mean DBRS Morningstar, Fitch, KBRA, Moody’s and S&P and their respective successors in interest or, if any of such entities shall for any reason no longer perform the functions of a securities rating agency, any other nationally recognized statistical rating agency reasonably engaged by any Note Holder to rate the securities issued in connection with the Securitization of the related Note; provided, however, that, at any time during which one or more of the Notes is an asset of one or more Securitizations, “Rating Agencies” or “Rating Agency” shall mean only those rating agencies that are engaged by the related depositor (or its Affiliate) from time to time to rate the securities issued in connection with the Securitizations of the related Notes.

“Rating Agency Confirmation” shall mean, with respect to any Securitization, a confirmation in writing (which may be in electronic form) by each of the applicable Rating Agencies for such Securitization that a proposed action, failure to act or other event so specified will not, in and of itself, result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of the then current rating assigned to any class of securities of such Securitization (if then rated by such Rating Agency); provided that a written waiver or other acknowledgment from any such Rating Agency indicating its decision not to review the matter for which the Rating Agency Confirmation is sought shall be deemed to satisfy the requirement for the Rating Agency Confirmation from such Rating Agency with respect to such matter. If no such securities are outstanding with respect to any Securitization, any action that would otherwise require a Rating Agency Confirmation shall instead require the consent of the Controlling Note Holder, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.

“Redirection Notice” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14(c).

“Regulation AB” shall mean Subpart 229.1100 – Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R. §§229.1100 229.1125, as such rules may be amended from time to time, and subject to such clarification and interpretation as have been provided by the

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Commission or by its staff, or as may be provided by the Commission or its staff from time to time.

“REMIC” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5(d).

“REMIC Provisions” shall mean provisions of the federal income tax law relating to real estate mortgage investment conduits, which appear at Sections 860A through 860G of subchapter M of Chapter 1 of the Code, and related provisions, and regulations (including any applicable proposed regulations) and rulings promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in effect from time to time.

“Remittance Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or an analogous term in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Required Special Servicer Rating” shall mean with respect to a special servicer (i) in the case of Fitch, a rating of “CSS3”, (ii) in the case of S&P, such special servicer is on S&P’s Select Servicer List as a U.S. Commercial Mortgage Special Servicer, (iii) in the case of Moody’s, such special servicer is acting as special servicer for one or more loans included in a commercial mortgage loan securitization that was rated by Moody’s within the twelve (12) month period prior to the date of determination, and Moody’s has not downgraded or withdrawn the then-current rating on any class of commercial mortgage securities or placed any class of commercial mortgage securities on watch citing the continuation of such special servicer as special servicer of such commercial mortgage loans, (iv) in the case of KBRA, such special servicer is acting as special servicer for one or more loans included in a commercial mortgage loan securitization that was rated by KBRA, within the twelve (12) month period prior to the date of determination, and KBRA has not cited servicing concerns of such special servicer as the sole or material factor in any qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings (or placement on “watch status” in contemplation of a ratings downgrade or withdrawal) of securities in a transaction serviced by such special servicer prior to the time of determination and (v) in the case of DBRS Morningstar, has a current ranking from DBRS Morningstar of at least MORS3 or, if not rated by DBRS Morningstar, is currently acting as servicer or special servicer, as applicable, for a commercial mortgage-backed securities transaction rated by DBRS Morningstar and as to which DBRS Morningstar has not cited servicing concerns with respect to such servicer as the sole or material factor in any qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings (or placement on “watch status” in contemplation of a ratings downgrade or withdrawal, which placement on “watch status” has not been withdrawn within 60 days without any ratings downgrade or withdrawal) of securities in such commercial mortgage-backed securities transaction serviced by the applicable servicer prior to the time of determination.

“S&P” shall mean S&P Global Ratings and its successors in interest.

“Securitization” shall mean the Note A-1 Securitization or the Note A-2 Securitization.

“Securitization Date” shall mean the effective date of the First Securitization.

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“Securitization Servicing Agreement” shall mean the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement or any Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Securitization Trust” shall mean a trust formed pursuant to a Securitization.

“Securitization Vehicle” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Qualified Institutional Lender.”

“Securitizing Note Holder” shall mean, with respect to a Securitization, each Note Holder that is contributing its Note to such Securitization.

“Servicer” shall mean the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the context may require.

“Servicer Termination Event” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Servicing Advance” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or an analogous term in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Servicing Standard” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or an analogous term in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. The Servicing Standard in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement shall require, among other things, that each Servicer, in servicing the Mortgage Loan, must take into account the interests of each Note Holder.

“Special Servicer” shall mean the special servicer appointed to act in such capacity with respect to the Mortgage Loan as provided in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Taxes” shall mean any income or other taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature, now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any department, agency, state or other political subdivision thereof or therein.

“Transfer” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14.

“Trust Fund” shall mean the trust formed pursuant to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Trustee” shall mean the trustee appointed as provided in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“U.S. Person” shall mean a citizen or resident of the United States, a corporation or partnership (except to the extent provided in applicable Treasury Regulations) created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, including any entity treated as a corporation or partnership for federal income tax purposes, or an estate whose income is subject to United States federal income tax regardless of its source, or a trust if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of such trust, and one or more such U.S. Persons have the authority to control all

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substantial decisions of such trust (or, to the extent provided in applicable Treasury Regulations, a trust in existence on August 20, 1996 which is eligible to elect to be treated as a U.S. Person).

“WFB” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

Section 2.                Servicing of the Mortgage Loan.

(a)                Each Note Holder acknowledges and agrees that, subject in each case to this Agreement, the Mortgage Loan shall be serviced from and after the Securitization Date by the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement; provided that the Master Servicer shall not be obligated to advance monthly payments of principal or interest in respect of any Note other than the Lead Securitization Note (unless such other Note is also included in the Lead Securitization) if such principal or interest is not paid by the Mortgage Loan Borrower but shall be obligated to make Servicing Advances, subject to the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement; provided further that the Special Servicer, when appointed, has the Required Special Servicer Rating from each Rating Agency then rating a Securitization. The Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement shall contain terms and conditions that are customary for securitization transactions involving assets similar to the Mortgage Loan and that are otherwise (i) required by the Code relating to the tax elections of any Securitization Trust, (ii) required by law or changes in any law, rule or regulation or (iii) generally required by the Rating Agencies in connection with the issuance of ratings in securitizations similar to the Securitizations. Each Note Holder acknowledges that each other Note Holder may elect, in its sole discretion, to include its Note in a Securitization and agrees that it will, subject to Section 26 hereof, reasonably cooperate with such other Note Holder, at such other Note Holder’s expense, to effect such Securitization. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each Note Holder hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consents to the appointment of the Master Servicer and the Trustee under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement by the Depositor and the appointment of the Special Servicer by the Controlling Note Holder and agrees to reasonably cooperate with the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer with respect to the servicing of the Mortgage Loan in accordance with the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. Each Note Holder hereby appoints the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee in the Lead Securitization as such Note Holder’s attorney-in-fact to sign any documents reasonably required with respect to the administration and servicing of the Mortgage Loan on its behalf under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement (subject at all times to the rights of such Note Holder set forth herein and in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement). In no event shall the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement require any Servicer to enforce the rights of any Note Holder against any other Note Holder or limit a Servicer in enforcing the rights of one Note Holder against any other Note Holder; however, this statement shall not be construed to otherwise limit the rights of one Note Holder with respect to any other Note Holder. Each Servicer shall (i) be required pursuant to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement to service the Mortgage Loan in accordance with the Servicing Standard, the terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents, the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and applicable law, (ii) provide information to each servicer under the Non-Lead Securitization Servicing

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Agreement to enable each such servicer to perform its servicing duties, and (iii) not take any action or refrain from taking any action or follow any direction inconsistent with the foregoing.

At any time after the First Securitization that the Mortgage Loan is no longer subject to the provisions of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, the Note Holders agree to cause the Mortgage Loan to be serviced by one or more servicers, each of which has been agreed upon by the Note Holders, pursuant to a servicing agreement that has servicing terms substantially similar to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and all references herein to the “Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement” shall mean such subsequent servicing agreement; provided, that if a Non-Lead Securitization Note is in a Securitization, then a Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been obtained from each other Rating Agency with respect to any such Non-Lead Securitization Note regarding any Special Servicer to be appointed under such replacement servicing agreement that does not have the Required Special Servicer Rating for such Rating Agency or, with respect to the Master Servicer, would not otherwise meet the conditions to be a servicer under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement that is being replaced; provided, further, that until a replacement servicing agreement has been entered into, the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall cause the Mortgage Loan to be serviced pursuant to the provisions of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, as if such agreement were still in full force and effect with respect to the Mortgage Loan, by the Servicers in the Lead Securitization or by any Person appointed by the Lead Securitization Note Holder that is a Person meeting the requirements of a master servicer under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and, in the case of the Special Servicer, that meets the Required Special Servicer Rating for each Rating Agency then rating securities of a Non-Lead Securitization.

(b)               The Master Servicer shall be the lead master servicer on the Mortgage Loan, and from time to time it (or the Trustee or the Special Servicer, to the extent provided in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement) shall make the following advances, subject to the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and this Agreement: (i) Servicing Advances on the Mortgage Loan and (ii) P&I Advances on the Lead Securitization Note. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee, as applicable, shall be entitled to reimbursement for a Servicing Advance, first from funds on deposit in the Collection Account and/or the Companion Distribution Account for the Mortgage Loan that (in any case) represent amounts received on or in respect of the Mortgage Loan, and then, in the case of Nonrecoverable Advances, if such funds on deposit in the Collection Account or Companion Distribution Account are insufficient, from general collections of the Lead Securitization as provided in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee, as applicable, shall be entitled to reimbursement for Advance Interest on a Servicing Advance (including any Nonrecoverable Advance), in the manner and from the sources provided in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, including from general collections of the Lead Securitization. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, obtains funds from general collections of the Lead Securitization as a reimbursement of a Servicing Advance that is a Nonrecoverable Advance or any Advance Interest on a Servicing Advance (including any Nonrecoverable Advance), each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder (including any Securitization Trust into which a Non-Lead Securitization Note is deposited) shall be required

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to, promptly following notice from the Master Servicer, reimburse the Lead Securitization for its pro rata share of such Nonrecoverable Advance or Advance Interest.

In addition, each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder (including, but not limited to, any Securitization Trust into which a Non-Lead Securitization Note is deposited) shall be required to, promptly following notice from the Master Servicer, reimburse the Lead Securitization for such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s pro rata share of any fees, costs or expenses incurred in connection with the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loan as to which the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Depositor, as applicable, is entitled to be reimbursed pursuant to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, to the extent amounts on deposit in the Companion Distribution Account or Collection Account in respect of the Mortgage Loan are insufficient for reimbursement of such amounts. Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall indemnify (as and to the same extent the Lead Securitization Trust is required to indemnify each of the following parties in respect of other mortgage loans in the Lead Securitization Trust pursuant to the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement) each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, Asset Representations Reviewer and the Depositor (and any director, officer, employee or agent of any of the foregoing, to the extent such parties are identified as indemnified parties in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement in respect of other mortgage loans) (the “Indemnified Parties”) against any claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and related costs, judgments and any other costs, liabilities, fees and expenses incurred in connection with servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loan (or, with respect to the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer, incurred in connection with the provision of services for the Mortgage Loan) under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement (collectively, the “Indemnified Items”) to the extent of its pro rata share of such Indemnified Items, and to the extent amounts on deposit in the Companion Distribution Account or Collection Account in respect of the Mortgage Loan, as applicable, are insufficient for reimbursement of such amounts, each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall be required to, promptly following notice from the Master Servicer, reimburse each of the applicable Indemnified Parties for its pro rata share of the insufficiency; provided, however, that each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s obligation to pay Indemnified Items to the Operating Advisor shall be subject to any limitations and conditions (including limitations and conditions with respect to the timing of such payments and the sources of funds for such payments) as may be set forth from time to time in a related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

Any Non-Lead Master Servicer (or if not made by such Non-Lead Master Servicer, the Non-Lead Trustee) may be required to make P&I Advances on the related Non-Lead Securitization Note, from time to time, subject to the terms of the related servicing agreement for the related Securitization (each such agreement, a “Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement”) and this Agreement. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee, as applicable, shall each be entitled to make its own recoverability determination with respect to a P&I Advance to be made on the Lead Securitization Note based on the information that it has on hand and in accordance with the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. Each Non-Lead Master Servicer, Non-Lead Special Servicer and Non-Lead Trustee under the related

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Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, as applicable, shall be entitled to make their own recoverability determination with respect to a P&I Advance to be made on the related Non-Lead Securitization Note based on the information that they have on hand and in accordance with the Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. The Master Servicer and the Trustee, as applicable, and the related Non-Lead Master Servicer or the related Non-Lead Trustee shall be required to notify the other of the amount of its P&I Advance within two Business Days of making such advance. If the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable (with respect to the Lead Securitization Note) or a Non-Lead Master Servicer, Non-Lead Special Servicer or a Non-Lead Trustee, as applicable (with respect to a Non-Lead Securitization Note), determines that a proposed P&I Advance, if made, would be non-recoverable or an outstanding P&I Advance is or would be non-recoverable, or if the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, subsequently determines that a proposed Servicing Advance would be non-recoverable or an outstanding Servicing Advance is or would be non-recoverable, then the Master Servicer or the Trustee (as provided in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, in the case of a determination of non-recoverability by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee) or the related Non-Lead Master Servicer or the related Non-Lead Trustee (as provided in the related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, in the case of a determination of non-recoverability by the related Non-Lead Master Servicer, the related Non-Lead Special Servicer or the related Non-Lead Trustee) shall notify the Master Servicer and the Trustee, or the Non-Lead Master Servicer and the Non-Lead Trustee, as the case may be, of the other Securitization within two Business Days of making such determination. Each of the Master Servicer, the Trustee, a Non-Lead Master Servicer and a Non-Lead Trustee, as applicable, will only be entitled to reimbursement for a P&I Advance that becomes non-recoverable first from the Companion Distribution Account from amounts allocable to the Note for which such P&I Advance was made, and then, if funds are insufficient, (i) in the case of the Lead Securitization Note, from general collections of the Lead Securitization Trust, pursuant to the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and (ii) in the case of a Non-Lead Securitization Note, from general collections of the Securitization Trust that owns such Non-Lead Securitization Note, as and to the extent provided in the related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

(c)                The Lead Securitization Note Holder agrees that it shall cause the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement to provide as follows (and to the extent such following provisions are not included in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, they shall be deemed incorporated therein and made a part thereof):

(i)            the Master Servicer shall remit all payments received with respect to each Non-Lead Securitization Note, net of the primary servicing fee payable to the Master Servicer and servicing fees payable to the Special Servicer with respect to such Non-Lead Securitization Note, and any other applicable fees and reimbursements payable to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee, to the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder by the earlier of (x) the Remittance Date and (y) the Business Day following the “determination date” (or any term substantially similar thereto) as defined in the Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement (such determination date, the “Non-Lead Securitization Determination Date”), in each case as long as the date on which remittance is required under this clause (i) is at least one business day after the scheduled monthly

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payment date under the Loan Agreement, provided, that any late collections received by the Master Servicer after the related due date under the Mortgage Loan shall be remitted by the Master Servicer in accordance with clause (c)(xiii) below;

(ii)            with respect to the Non-Lead Securitization Note that is held by a Securitization, the Master Servicer agrees to deliver or cause to be delivered or to make available to the Non-Lead Master Servicer all reports required to be delivered by the Master Servicer to the Certificate Administrator under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement (which shall include all loan-level reports constituting the CREFC® Investor Reporting Package (IRP)) pursuant to the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, to the extent related to the Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property, the Non-Lead Securitization Note, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, by the earlier of (x) the Remittance Date and (y) the Business Day following the Non-Lead Securitization Determination Date, in each case so long as the date on which delivery is required under this clause (ii) is at least one business day after the scheduled monthly payment date under the Loan Agreement;

(iii)            the Master Servicer and Special Servicer, as applicable, shall provide (in electronic media) to each Non-Controlling Note Holder all documents, certificates, instruments, notices, reports, operating statements, rent rolls and other information regarding the Mortgage Loan that it has provided, or that it is required to provide, to the Controlling Note Holder or the Operating Advisor in connection with any request for consent made to, or consultation with, the Non-Controlling Note Holder;

(iv)            the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall be entitled to the same indemnity as the Lead Securitization Note Holder under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement; each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Custodian shall be required to (and shall require any Servicing Function Participant or Additional Servicer engaged by it to) indemnify each Certifying Person and the depositor of any public Securitization related to a Non-Lead Securitization Note, and their respective directors and officers and controlling persons, to the same extent that they indemnify the Depositor (as depositor in respect of the Lead Securitization) and each Certifying Person for (i) its failure to deliver the items in clause (v) below in a timely manner, (ii) its failure to perform its obligations to such depositor or Non-Lead Trustee under Article XI (or any article substantially similar thereto that addresses Exchange Act reporting and Regulation AB compliance) of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement by the time required after giving effect to any applicable grace period or cure period, (iii) the failure of any Servicing Function Participant or Additional Servicer retained by it (other than a Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer) to perform its obligations to such depositor or trustee under such Article XI (or any article substantially similar thereto that addresses Exchange Act reporting and Regulation AB compliance) of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement by the time required and/or (iv) any Deficient Exchange Act Deliverable regarding, and delivered by or on behalf of, such party;

(v)            with respect to any Non-Lead Securitization that is subject to reporting requirements under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act (including Rule 15Ga-1), and

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Regulation AB, (a) the Master Servicer, any primary servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator or other party acting as custodian for the Lead Securitization shall be required to deliver (and shall be required to cause each other servicer and servicing function participant (within the meaning of Items 1123 and 1122, respectively, of Regulation AB) retained or engaged by it to deliver; provided that such party shall only be required to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause a Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer to deliver), to the Non-Lead Depositor and the Non-Lead Trustee, in a timely manner, (i) the reports, certifications, compliance statements, accountants’ assessments and attestations, and all information to be included in reports (including, without limitation, Form ABS 15G, Form 10-K, Form 10-D and Form 8-K), and (ii) upon request, any other materials specified in the Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), as the parties to each Non-Lead Securitization may reasonably require in order to comply with their obligations under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act (including Rule 15Ga-1), Regulation AB and Form SF-3 and (b) without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Initial Note Holder of the Lead Securitization Note shall provide in a timely manner to the Non-Lead Depositor and the Non-Lead Trustee, if any, a copy of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement in EDGAR-compatible format (but not later than one business day following the closing date of the Lead Securitization) and each Servicer under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement will be required, upon prior written request, to provide to the Non-Lead Depositor and the Non-Lead Trustee, if any, any other information required to comply in a timely manner with applicable filing requirements under Items 1.01 and 6.02 of Form 8-K, any other disclosure information required pursuant to Regulation AB, in each case in a timely manner for inclusion in any disclosure document (or for filing under Form 8-K, as applicable), and with respect to such Servicers, upon prior written request, market indemnification agreements, opinions and Regulation AB compliance letters as were or are being delivered with respect to the Lead Securitization (in each case at the expense of the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder). The Master Servicer, any primary servicer and the Special Servicer shall each be required to provide certification and indemnification to each Certifying Person with respect to the Sarbanes-Oxley Certification (or analogous terms) as such terms are defined in the Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement;

(vi)            each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Custodian and the Trustee and each Affected Reporting Party (or analogous term) shall cooperate (and require each Servicing Function Participant and Additional Servicer retained by it to cooperate under the applicable Sub-Servicing Agreement), with the Non-Lead Depositor (including, without limitation, providing all due diligence information, reports, written responses, negotiations and coordination) to the same extent as such party is required to cooperate with the Depositor under Article XI (or any article substantially similar thereto that addresses Exchange Act reporting and Regulation AB compliance) of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and in connection with Deficient Exchange Act Deliverables. All respective reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Non-Lead Depositor (including reasonable legal fees and expenses of outside counsel to such depositor) in connection with the foregoing (other than those costs and expenses related to participation by the Non-Lead Depositor in any telephone conferences and

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meetings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) and other costs the Non-Lead Depositor must bear pursuant to Article XI (or any article substantially similar thereto that addresses Exchange Act reporting and Regulation AB compliance) of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement) and any amendments to any reports filed with the Commission therewith shall be promptly paid by the applicable Affected Reporting Party upon receipt of an itemized invoice from such Non-Lead Depositor;

(vii)            each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder (unless it is a Borrower Party) is an intended third-party beneficiary in respect of the rights afforded it under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement;

(viii)            each Non-Lead Master Servicer and each Non-Lead Special Servicer shall be a third-party beneficiary of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement with respect to all provisions therein expressly relating to compensation, reimbursement or indemnification of such Non-Lead Master Servicer or Non-Lead Special Servicer, as the case may be, and the provisions regarding coordination of advances;

(ix)            if the Mortgage Loan becomes a Defaulted Mortgage Loan and the Special Servicer determines to sell the Lead Securitization Note in accordance with the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, it shall have the right and the obligation to sell each of the Notes as notes evidencing one whole loan in accordance with the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. In connection with any such sale, the Special Servicer shall provide notice to each Non-Lead Master Servicer who shall provide notice to the related Non-Controlling Note Holder of the planned sale and of such Non-Controlling Note Holder’s opportunity to submit an offer on the Mortgage Loan;

(x)            the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement shall not be amended in any manner that materially and adversely affects any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder without the consent of such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder;

(xi)            Servicer Termination Events with respect to the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall include: (i) solely with respect to the Master Servicer, the failure to timely remit payments to a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder, which failure continues unremedied for one (1) Business Day following the date on which such payment was to be made; (ii) solely with respect to the Special Servicer, the failure to deposit into any REO Account any amount required to be so deposited within two (2) Business Days after the date such deposit was to be made, or the failure to remit to the Master Servicer for deposit into the Collection Account or the Companion Distribution Account, as applicable, any amount required to be so remitted by the Special Servicer within one (1) Business Day after the date such remittance was to be made; (iii) the qualification, downgrade or withdrawal, or placing on “watch status” in contemplation of a rating downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings of any class of certificates issued in connection with a Non-Lead Securitization by the rating agencies rating such securities (and such qualification, downgrade, withdrawal or “watch status” placement shall not have been withdrawn by such rating agencies within sixty (60) days of actual knowledge of such event by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be), and publicly

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citing servicing concerns with the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, as the sole or a material factor in such rating action; and (iv) the failure to provide to a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder (if and to the extent required under the related Non-Lead Securitization) reports required under the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations thereunder, in a timely fashion;

(xii)            in connection with (A) any amendment of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, a party to such Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement is required to provide a copy of the executed amendment to each Non-Lead Depositor and one or more parties to the related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement (which may be by e-mail), together with a copy of such amendment in electronic format, no later than the effective date of such amendment, and (B) the termination, resignation and/or replacement of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, the replacement “master servicer” or replacement “special servicer”, as applicable, is required to provide to each Non-Lead Depositor and one or more parties to the related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement all disclosure about itself that is required to be included in Form 8-K no later than the date of effectiveness thereof;

(xiii)            any late collections received by the Master Servicer from the Mortgage Loan Borrower that are allocable to a Non-Lead Securitization Note or reimbursable to a Non-Lead Master Servicer or a Non-Lead Trustee shall be remitted by the Master Servicer to the related Non-Lead Master Servicer within one (1) Business Day of receipt of properly identified and available funds constituting such late collections; provided, however, that to the extent any such amounts are received after 3:00 p.m. Eastern time on any given Business Day, the Master Servicer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to remit such late collections to such Non-Lead Master Servicer within one (1) Business Day of receipt of properly identified and available funds but, in any event, the Master Servicer shall remit such amounts within two (2) Business Days of receipt of properly identified and available funds;

(xiv)            any conflict between the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and this Agreement shall be resolved in favor of this Agreement provided that in no event shall the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, take any action or omit to take any action in accordance with the terms of this Agreement that would cause the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, to violate the Servicing Standard or the REMIC Provisions;

(xv)            the primary servicing, special servicing, workout and liquidation fee rates shall not exceed 0.0025%, 0.25%, 1.00% and 1.00%, respectively, subject to any market minimum amounts and fee offsets set forth in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement;

(xvi)            each Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement shall also satisfy Moody’s rating methodology as of the closing date of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement for eligible accounts and permitted investments for a securitization rated “Aaa” by Moody’s;

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(xvii)            the Servicing Standard in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement shall require, among other things, that each Servicer, in servicing the Mortgage Loan, must take into account the interests of each Note Holder; and

(xviii)            the holder of the Lead Securitization Note shall:

(i)            on, or within a timely manner following, the closing date of the Lead Securitization, provide notice of the closing of the Lead Securitization and send (or provide for access through a financial printer together with notice (which may be by email) and contact information therefor) a copy (in EDGAR-compatible format) of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement to each other Note Holder; and

(ii)            give each other Note Holder written notice in a timely manner (but no later than one (1) business day prior to the applicable filing date) of any re-filing (other than a filing made in connection with a formal amendment of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement) by the Depositor of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement subsequent to the Securitization Date if such filing contains revisions or changes that are material to the other Note Holders.

(d)               Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder agrees that, if the related Non-Lead Securitization Note is included in a Securitization, it shall cause the applicable Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement to contain provisions to the effect that:

(i)            such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall be responsible for its pro rata share of any Nonrecoverable Advances relating to Servicing Advances (and Advance Interest thereon) and any additional expenses of the Trust Fund, but only to the extent that such expenses relate to servicing and administration of the Notes, including without limitation, any unpaid Special Servicing Fees, Liquidation Fees and Workout Fees relating to the Notes, and that in the event that amounts on deposit in the Companion Distribution Account or Collection Account in respect of the Mortgage Loan, as applicable, are insufficient for reimbursement of such amounts, the related Non-Lead Master Servicer will be required to, promptly following notice from the Master Servicer, reimburse the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as applicable, out of general collections in the collection account (or equivalent account) established under the Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement for such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s pro rata share of any such Nonrecoverable Advances and/or additional expenses of the Trust Fund;

(ii)            each of the Indemnified Parties shall be indemnified (as and to the same extent the Lead Securitization Trust is required to indemnify each of such Indemnified Parties in respect of other mortgage loans in the Lead Securitization Trust pursuant to the terms of Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement) by each Securitization Trust holding a Non-Lead Securitization Note, against any of the Indemnified Items to the extent of its pro rata share of such Indemnified Items, and to the extent amounts on deposit in the Companion Distribution Account are insufficient for reimbursement of such amounts, the related Non-Lead Master Servicer will be required to reimburse each of the applicable

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Indemnified Parties for its pro rata share of the insufficiency out of general collections in the collection account (or equivalent account) established under the related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement; provided, however, that such Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement may include limitations and conditions on the payment or reimbursement of Indemnified Items to the Operating Advisor (including limitations and conditions with respect to the timing of such payments or reimbursements and the sources of funds for such payments or reimbursements);

(iii)            the related Non-Lead Master Servicer, related Non-Lead Trustee or certificate administrator under the related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement will be required to deliver to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer and the Operating Advisor (i) promptly following Securitization of such Non-Lead Securitization Note, notice of the deposit of such Non-Lead Securitization Note into a Securitization Trust (which notice shall also provide contact information for the related Non-Lead Trustee, the related certificate administrator, the related Non-Lead Master Servicer, the related Non-Lead Special Servicer and the party designated to exercise the rights of the related “Non-Controlling Note Holder” and “Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder” under this Agreement), accompanied by a certified copy of the related executed Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and (ii) notice of any subsequent change in the identity of the related Non-Lead Master Servicer or the party designated to exercise the rights of the related “Non-Controlling Note Holder” or “Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder” under this Agreement (together with the relevant contact information); and

(iv)            the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer and the Lead Securitization Trust shall be third party beneficiaries of the foregoing provisions.

(e)                Prior to the Securitization of a Non-Lead Securitization Note (including any New Note), all notices, reports, information or other deliverables required to be delivered to the related Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder pursuant to this Agreement or the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement by the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) only need to be delivered to the related Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder (or its Note Holder Representative) and, when so delivered to such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder (or its Note Holder Representative, as applicable), the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall be deemed to have satisfied its delivery obligations with respect to such items hereunder or under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. Following the Securitization of a Non-Lead Securitization Note (including any New Note), as applicable, all notices, reports, information or other deliverables required to be delivered to the related Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder pursuant to this Agreement or the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement by the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall be delivered to the related Non-Lead Master Servicer and Non-Lead Special Servicer (who then may forward such items to the party entitled to receive such items as and to the extent provided in the related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement) and, when so delivered to such Non-Lead Master Servicer and such Non-Lead Special Servicer, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the

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Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall be deemed to have satisfied its delivery obligations with respect to such items hereunder or under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement (except where required by this Agreement or the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement to deliver items directly to a Non-Lead Depositor or other party to a Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement for purposes of compliance with securities laws).

(f)                The Lead Securitization Note Holder agrees that, if a Non-Lead Securitization Note is included in a Securitization, and such Non-Lead Securitization is subject to reporting requirements under Regulation AB, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee and the Custodian shall be required to reasonably cooperate with the Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer in connection with such Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer’s obligations under any Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement with respect to the Mortgage Loan by providing any documents reasonably requested by the Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer or other requesting party in connection with the Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer’s obligations, but only to the extent such documents are in the possession of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Custodian, as the case may be, but in any event excluding any documents known to such the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Custodian to contain information that is proprietary to the related originator or Initial Note Holders or any draft documents or privileged or internal communications. The reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Master Servicer, Special Servicer, the Trustee and the Custodian actually incurred in connection with their compliance with such requests shall be reimbursable by the Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer or, if not paid by the Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer, the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder.

Section 3.                Priority of Payments.

(a)                Each Note shall be of equal priority, and no portion of any Note shall have priority or preference over any portion of any other Note or security therefor. All amounts tendered by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or otherwise available for payment on or with respect to or in connection with the Mortgage Loan or the Mortgaged Property or amounts realized as proceeds thereof, whether received in the form of Periodic Payments, the Balloon Payment, Liquidation Proceeds, proceeds under any guaranty, letter of credit or other collateral or instrument securing the Mortgage Loan or Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds (other than proceeds, awards or settlements to be applied to the restoration or repair of the Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgage Loan Borrower in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents) shall be applied by the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or its designee) to the Notes on a Pro Rata and Pari Passu Basis; provided, that (x) all amounts for required reserves or escrows required by the Mortgage Loan Documents to be held as reserves or escrows or received as reimbursements on account of recoveries in respect of property protection expenses or Servicing Advances then due and payable or reimbursable to the Trustee or any Servicer under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement shall be applied to the extent set forth in, and in accordance with the terms of, the Mortgage Loan Documents; and (y) all amounts that are then due, payable or reimbursable to any Servicer, with respect to the Mortgage Loan pursuant to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and any other compensation payable to it thereunder (including without limitation, any additional expenses of

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the Trust Fund relating to the Mortgage Loan (but subject to the second paragraph of Section 5(d) hereof) reimbursable to, or payable by, such parties and any Special Servicing Fees, Liquidation Fees, Workout Fees and Penalty Charges (to the extent provided in the immediately following paragraph) but excluding (i) any P&I Advances (and interest thereon) on the Lead Securitization Note, which shall be reimbursed in accordance with Section 2(b) hereof, and (ii) any Master Servicing Fees due to the Master Servicer in excess of the Non-Lead Securitization Note’s pro rata share of that portion of such servicing fees calculated at the “primary servicing fee rate” applicable to the Mortgage Loan as set forth in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, which such excess shall not be subject to the allocation provisions of this Section 3) shall be payable in accordance with the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

For clarification purposes, Penalty Charges paid on each Note shall first, be used to reduce, on a pro rata basis, the amounts payable on each Note by the amount necessary to pay the Master Servicer, the Trustee or the Special Servicer for any interest accrued on any Servicing Advances and reimbursement of any Servicing Advances in accordance with the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, second, be used to reduce the respective amounts payable on each Note by the amount necessary to pay the Master Servicer, Trustee, the Non-Lead Master Servicer or the Non-Lead Trustee for any interest accrued on any P&I Advance made with respect to such Note by such party (if and as specified in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement or the Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, as applicable), third, be used to reduce, on a pro rata basis, the amounts payable on each Note by the amount necessary to pay additional expenses of the Trust Fund (including, if not paid by the Mortgage Loan Borrower, Special Servicing Fees, unpaid Workout Fees and Liquidation Fees) incurred with respect to the Mortgage Loan (as specified in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement) and finally, shall be paid to the Master Servicer and/or the Special Servicer as additional servicing compensation as provided in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

Any proceeds received from the sale of the primary servicing rights with respect to the Mortgage Loan shall be remitted, promptly upon receipt thereof, to the Note Holders on a Pro Rata and Pari Passu Basis. Any proceeds received by any Note Holder from the sale of master servicing rights with respect to its Note shall be for its own account.

Section 4.                Workout. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, but subject to the terms and conditions of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, and the obligation to act in accordance with the Servicing Standard, if the Lead Securitization Note Holder, or any Servicer, in connection with a workout or proposed workout of the Mortgage Loan, modifies the terms thereof such that (i) the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan is decreased, (ii) the Interest Rate is reduced, (iii) payments of interest or principal on any Note are waived, reduced or deferred or (iv) any other adjustment is made to any of the payment terms of the Mortgage Loan, such modification shall not alter, and any modification of the Mortgage Loan Documents shall be structured to preserve, the equal priorities of each Note as described in Section 3.

Section 5.                Administration of the Mortgage Loan.

(a)                Subject to this Agreement (including but not limited to Section 5(c)) and the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and subject to the rights and consents, where

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required, of the Controlling Note Holder, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee acting on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder) shall have the sole and exclusive authority with respect to the administration of, and exercise of rights and remedies with respect to, the Mortgage Loan, including, without limitation, the sole authority to modify or waive any of the terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents or consent to any action or failure to act by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or any other party to the Mortgage Loan Documents, call or waive any Event of Default, accelerate the Mortgage Loan or institute any foreclosure action or other remedy, and no Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall have any voting, consent or other rights whatsoever except as explicitly set forth herein with respect to the Lead Securitization Note Holder’s administration of, or exercise of its rights and remedies with respect to, the Mortgage Loan. Subject to this Agreement and the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, no Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall have any right to, and each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder hereby presently and irrevocably assigns and conveys to the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee acting on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder) the rights, if any, that such Note Holder has to, (i) call or cause the Lead Securitization Note Holder to call an Event of Default under the Mortgage Loan, or (ii) exercise any remedies with respect to the Mortgage Loan or the Mortgage Loan Borrower, including, without limitation, filing or causing the Lead Securitization Note Holder to file any bankruptcy petition against the Mortgage Loan Borrower. The Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee acting on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder) shall not have any fiduciary duty to any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder in connection with the administration of the Mortgage Loan (but the foregoing shall not relieve the Lead Securitization Note Holder from the obligation to make any disbursement of funds as set forth herein or its obligation to follow the Servicing Standard (in the case of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer) or any liability for failure to do so).

Each Note Holder hereby acknowledges the right and obligation of the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Special Servicer acting on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder), upon the Mortgage Loan becoming a Defaulted Loan to sell the Notes together as notes evidencing one whole loan in accordance with the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and shall require that all offers be submitted to the Special Servicer in writing. Whether any cash offer constitutes a fair price for the Mortgage Loan shall be determined by the Special Servicer, if the highest offeror is a Person other than an Interested Person, and by the Trustee, if the highest offeror is an Interested Person. Absent an offer at least equal to the Purchase Price, no offer from an Interested Person shall constitute a fair price unless (i) it is the highest offer received and (ii) at least two other offers are received from independent third parties. In determining whether any offer from an Interested Person received represents a fair price for the Mortgage Loan, the Trustee shall rely on the most recent Appraisal (or update of such Appraisal) conducted in accordance with the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement within the preceding nine (9)-month period or, in the absence of any such Appraisal, on a new Appraisal. In determining whether any such offer from a Person other than an Interested Person constitutes a fair price for the Mortgage Loan, the Special Servicer shall take into account (in addition to the results of any Appraisal or updated Appraisal or narrative appraisal that it may have obtained within the prior nine (9) months pursuant to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement) among other factors, the period and amount of the

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occupancy level and physical condition of the Mortgaged Property and the state of the local economy. Except as provided in the following paragraph, the cost of any Appraisal will be covered by, and will be reimbursable as, a Servicing Advance by the Master Servicer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Special Servicer acting on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder) shall not be permitted to sell the Mortgage Loan without the written consent of each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder (provided that such consent is not required if the related Non-Lead Securitization Note is held by a Borrower Party) unless the Special Servicer has delivered to such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder: (a) at least 15 Business Days prior written notice of any decision to attempt to sell the Mortgage Loan; (b) at least ten (10) days prior to the proposed sale date, a copy of each bid package (together with any amendments to such bid packages) received by the Special Servicer in connection with any such proposed sale, (c) at least ten (10) days prior to the proposed sale date, a copy of the most recent appraisal for the Mortgage Loan, and any documents in the servicing file reasonably requested by such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder that are material to the sale price of the Mortgage Loan and (d) until the sale is completed, and a reasonable period of time (but no less time than is afforded to other offerors and the Lead Securitization Note Holder Representative) prior to the proposed sale date, all information and other documents being provided to other offerors and all leases or other documents that are approved by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer in connection with the proposed sale; provided, however, that such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder may waive any delivery or timing requirements set forth in this sentence only for itself. Subject to the foregoing, each of the Controlling Note Holder, the Controlling Note Holder Representative, the Non-Controlling Note Holders and the Non-Controlling Note Holder Representatives shall be permitted to submit an offer at any sale of the Mortgage Loan (unless such Person is a Borrower Party).

Notwithstanding anything contained in the preceding paragraph to the contrary, if the Trustee is required to determine whether a cash offer by an Interested Person constitutes a fair price, the Trustee may (at its option and at the expense of the offering Interested Person purchaser) designate an independent third party expert in real estate or commercial mortgage loan matters with at least five (5) years’ experience in valuing loans similar to the Mortgage Loan, that has been selected with reasonable care by the Trustee to determine if such cash offer constitutes a fair price for the Mortgage Loan. If the Trustee designates such third party to make such determination, the Trustee shall be entitled to rely conclusively upon such third party’s determination. The reasonable fees of, and the costs of all appraisals, inspection reports and broker opinions of value incurred by any such third party shall be covered by, and shall be reimbursable, from the offering Interested Person.

Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder hereby appoints the Lead Securitization Note Holder as its agent, and grants to the Lead Securitization Note Holder an irrevocable power of attorney coupled with an interest, and its proxy, for the purpose of soliciting and accepting offers for and consummating the sale of the related Non-Lead Securitization Note. Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder further agrees that, upon the request of the Lead Securitization Note Holder, such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall execute and deliver to or at the direction of Lead Securitization Note Holder such powers of attorney or other instruments as the Lead Securitization Note Holder may reasonably request to better assure and evidence the foregoing appointment and grant, in each case promptly

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following request, and shall deliver the original related Non-Lead Securitization Note, endorsed in blank, to or at the direction of the Lead Securitization Note Holder in connection with the consummation of any such sale.

The authority of the Lead Securitization Note Holder to sell the Non-Lead Securitization Notes, and the obligations of the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holders to execute and deliver instruments or deliver the Non-Lead Securitization Notes upon request of the Lead Securitization Note Holder, shall terminate and cease to be of any further force or effect upon the date, if any, upon which the Lead Securitization Note is repurchased by the Initial Note Holder from the trust fund established under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement in connection with a material breach of representation or warranty made by such Initial Note Holder with respect to the Lead Securitization Note or material document defect with respect to the documents delivered by the related Initial Note Holder with respect to the Lead Securitization Note upon the consummation of the Lead Securitization. The preceding sentence shall not be construed to grant to a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder the benefit of any representation or warranty made by such Initial Note Holder or any document delivery obligation imposed on such Initial Note Holder under any mortgage loan purchase and sale agreement, instrument of transfer or other document or instrument that may be executed or delivered by such Initial Note Holder in connection with the Lead Securitization.

(b)               The administration of the Mortgage Loan shall be governed by this Agreement and the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. The servicing of the Mortgage Loan shall be carried out by the Master Servicer and, if the Mortgage Loan is a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan (or to the extent otherwise provided in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement), by the Special Servicer, in each case pursuant to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in accordance with the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall cause the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer to service and administer the Mortgage Loan in accordance with the Servicing Standard, taking into account the interests of each Note Holder. The Note Holders agree to be bound by the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. All rights and obligations of the Lead Securitization Note Holder described hereunder may be exercised by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder. The Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement shall not be amended in any manner that may materially and adversely affect any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder in its capacity as a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder without such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s prior written consent. Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder (unless it is a Borrower Party) shall be a third-party beneficiary to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement with respect to its rights as specifically provided for therein.

(c)                Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall be required (i) to provide copies of any notice, information and report that it is required to provide to the Lead Securitization Note Holder Representative pursuant to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement (for this purpose, without regard to whether such items are actually required to be provided to the Lead Securitization Note Holder Representative under the Lead Securitization

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Servicing Agreement due to the occurrence of a Control Termination Event or a Consultation Termination Event or effectively equivalent period) with respect to any Major Decision or the implementation of any recommended actions outlined in an Asset Status Report relating to the Mortgage Loan, to a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder (or its Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder Representative), within the same time frame it is required to provide to the Lead Securitization Note Holder Representative (for this purpose, without regard to whether such items are actually required to be provided to the Lead Securitization Note Holder Representative under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement due to the occurrence of a Control Termination Event or a Consultation Termination Event or effectively equivalent period, but subject to any limitations in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement regarding providing such information to the Mortgage Loan Borrower or those who have certain relationships with the Mortgage Loan Borrower) and (ii) to consult with each Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative) on a strictly non-binding basis, to the extent having received such notices, information and reports, such Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative) requests consultation with respect to any such Major Decision or the implementation of any recommended actions outlined in an Asset Status Report relating to the Mortgage Loan, and consider alternative actions recommended by such Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative); provided that after the expiration of a period of ten (10) Business Days from the delivery to such Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative) by the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) of written notice of a proposed action, together with copies of the notice, information and report required to be provided to the Lead Securitization Note Holder Representative, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall no longer be obligated to consult with such Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative) (unless, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) proposes a new course of action that is materially different from the action previously proposed, in which case such ten (10) Business Day period shall be deemed to begin anew from the date of such proposal and delivery of all information relating thereto). Notwithstanding the consultation rights of each Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative) set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or Master Servicer or Special Servicer, acting on its behalf) may make any Major Decision or any action set forth in the Asset Status Report before the expiration of the aforementioned ten (10) Business Day period if the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable) determines that immediate action with respect thereto is necessary to protect the interests of the Note Holders. In no event shall the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or Master Servicer or Special Servicer, acting on its behalf) be obligated at any time to follow or take any alternative actions recommended by a Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative).

In addition to the consultation rights of each Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative) provided in the immediately preceding paragraph, each Non-Controlling Note Holder shall have the right to attend (in person or telephonically, in the discretion of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable) annual meetings with the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its

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behalf), upon reasonable notice and at times reasonably acceptable to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in which servicing issues related to the Mortgage Loan are discussed.

(d)               If any Note is included as an asset of a real estate mortgage investment conduit (a “REMIC”), within the meaning of Section 860D(a) of the Code, then, any provision of this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding: (i) the Mortgage Loan shall be administered such that the Notes shall qualify at all times as (or as interests in) a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, (ii) any real property (and related personal property) acquired by or on behalf of the Note Holders pursuant to a foreclosure, exercise of a power of sale or delivery of a deed in lieu of foreclosure of the Mortgage or lien on such property following a default on the Mortgage Loan shall be administered so that the interest of the pro rata share of each Note Holder therein shall at all times qualify as “foreclosure property” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code and (iii) no Servicer may modify, waive or amend any provision of the Mortgage Loan, consent to or withhold consent from any action of the Mortgage Loan Borrower, or exercise or refrain from exercising any powers or rights which the Note Holders may have under the Mortgage Loan Documents, if any such action would constitute a “significant modification” of the Mortgage Loan, within the meaning of Section 1.860G-2(b) of the regulations of the United States Department of the Treasury, more than three (3) months after the startup day of the REMIC which includes the Notes (or any portion thereof). Each Note Holder agrees that the provisions of this paragraph shall be effected by compliance with any REMIC provisions in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement relating to the administration of the Mortgage Loan.

Anything herein or in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if one of the Notes is included in a REMIC and the other is not, such other Note Holder shall not be required to reimburse such Note Holder or any other Person for payment of (i) any taxes imposed on such REMIC, (ii) any costs or expenses relating to the administration of such REMIC or to any determination respecting the amount, payment or avoidance of any tax under such REMIC or (iii) any advances for any of the foregoing or any interest thereon or for deficits in other items of disbursement or income resulting from the use of funds for payment of any such taxes, costs or expenses or advances, nor shall any disbursement or payment otherwise distributable to the other Note Holder be reduced to offset or make-up any such payment or deficit.

Section 6.                Rights of the Controlling Note Holder and Non-Controlling Note Holders.

(a)                The Controlling Note Holder shall have the right at any time to appoint a representative in connection with the exercise of its rights and obligations with respect to the Mortgage Loan (the “Controlling Note Holder Representative”). The Controlling Note Holder shall have the right in its sole discretion at any time and from time to time to remove and replace the Controlling Note Holder Representative. When exercising its various rights under Section 5 and elsewhere in this Agreement, the Controlling Note Holder may, at its option, in each case, act through the Controlling Note Holder Representative. The Controlling Note Holder Representative may be any Person (other than a Borrower Party), including, without limitation, the Controlling Note Holder, any officer or employee of the Controlling Note

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Holder, any Affiliate of the Controlling Note Holder or any other unrelated third party. No such Controlling Note Holder Representative shall owe any fiduciary duty or other duty to any other Person (other than the Controlling Note Holder). All actions that are permitted to be taken by the Controlling Note Holder under this Agreement may be taken by the Controlling Note Holder Representative acting on behalf of the Controlling Note Holder. No Servicer, Certificate Administrator or Trustee acting on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall be required to recognize any Person as a Controlling Note Holder Representative until the Controlling Note Holder has notified each Servicer, Certificate Administrator and Trustee of such appointment and, if the Controlling Note Holder Representative is not the same Person as the Controlling Note Holder, the Controlling Note Holder Representative provides each Servicer, Certificate Administrator and Trustee with written confirmation of its acceptance of such appointment (and such parties will be entitled to rely on such notice), an address and facsimile number for the delivery of notices and other correspondence and a list of officers or employees of such person with whom the parties to this Agreement may deal (including their names, titles, work addresses and facsimile numbers). The Controlling Note Holder shall promptly deliver such information to any Servicer, Certificate Administrator and Trustee. The Controlling Note Holder agrees to inform each such Servicer or Trustee of the then-current Controlling Note Holder Representative.

Neither the Controlling Note Holder Representative nor the Controlling Note Holder, in such capacity, will have any liability to the other Note Holders or any other Person for any action taken, or for refraining from the taking of any action or the giving of any consent or the failure to give any consent pursuant to this Agreement or the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, or errors in judgment, absent any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of its willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or breach of this Agreement. The Note Holders agree that the Controlling Note Holder Representative and the Controlling Note Holder (whether acting in place of the Controlling Note Holder Representative when no Controlling Note Holder Representative shall have been appointed hereunder or otherwise exercising any right, power or privilege granted to the Controlling Note Holder hereunder) may take or refrain from taking actions, or give or refrain from giving consents, that favor the interests of one Note Holder over the other Note Holder, and that the Controlling Note Holder Representative or Controlling Note Holder may have special relationships and interests that conflict with the interests of other Note Holders and, absent willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or breach of this Agreement on the part of the Controlling Note Holder Representative or the Controlling Note Holder, as the case may be, acting in such capacity, agree to take no action against the Controlling Note Holder Representative, the Controlling Note Holder or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, principals or agents as a result of such special relationships or interests, and that neither the Controlling Note Holder Representative nor the Controlling Note Holder will be deemed to have been grossly negligent or reckless, or to have acted in bad faith or engaged in willful misfeasance or to have recklessly disregarded any exercise of its rights by reason of its having acted or refrained from acting, or having given any consent or having failed to give any consent, solely in the interests of any Note Holder.

(b)               Each Non-Controlling Note Holder shall have the right at any time to appoint a representative (other than a Borrower Party) in connection with the exercise of its

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rights and obligations with respect to the Mortgage Loan (with respect to such Note Holder, the “Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative”). All of the provisions relating to the Controlling Note Holder and the Controlling Note Holder Representative set forth in Section 6(a) shall apply to each Non-Controlling Note Holder and its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative mutatis mutandis.

Each Non-Controlling Note Holder (if it is not the Lead Securitization Note Holder) shall provide notice of its identity and contact information (including any change thereof) to the Trustee, Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer; provided, that each Initial Note Holder shall be deemed to have provided such notice on the date hereof. The Trustee, Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such identity and contact information received by it and shall not be liable in respect of any deliveries hereunder sent in reliance thereon. The Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative with respect to the Non-Controlling Notes, as of the date of this Agreement and until the Lead Securitization Note Holder (and the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer) is notified otherwise, shall be the Initial Note A-2 Holder, with respect to Note A-2.

(c)                The Controlling Note Holder shall be entitled to exercise the rights and powers granted to the Controlling Note Holder hereunder and the rights and powers granted to the “Directing Holder,” “Controlling Class Certificateholder,” “Controlling Class Representative” or similar party under, and as defined in, the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement with respect to the Mortgage Loan. In addition, the Controlling Note Holder shall be entitled to advise (1) the Special Servicer with respect to all matters related to the Mortgage Loan if it is a “Specially Serviced Loan” (as defined in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement) and (2) the Special Servicer with respect to all matters for which the Master Servicer must obtain the consent or deemed consent of the Special Servicer, and, except as set forth below, (i) the Master Servicer shall not be permitted to implement any Major Decision unless it has obtained the prior written consent of the Special Servicer and (ii) the Special Servicer shall not be permitted to consent to the Master Servicer’s implementing any Major Decision nor will the Special Servicer itself be permitted to implement any Major Decision as to which the Controlling Note Holder has objected in writing within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of the written recommendation and analysis and such additional information requested by the Controlling Note Holder, and reasonably available to the Special Servicer, as may be necessary in order to make a judgment with respect to such Major Decision. The Controlling Note Holder may also direct the Special Servicer to take, or to refrain from taking, such other actions with respect to the Mortgage Loan as the Controlling Note Holder may deem advisable.

If the Controlling Note Holder fails to notify the Special Servicer of its approval or disapproval of any proposed Major Decision within ten (10) Business Days after delivery to the Controlling Note Holder by the applicable Servicer of written notice of a proposed Major Decision together with any information requested by the Controlling Note Holder as may be necessary in the reasonable judgment of the Controlling Note Holder in order to make a judgment, then upon the expiration of such ten (10) Business Day period, such Major Decision shall be deemed to have been approved by the Controlling Note Holder.

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In the event that the Special Servicer or Master Servicer (in the event the Master Servicer is otherwise authorized by the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement to take such action), as applicable, determines that immediate action, with respect to the foregoing matters, or any other matter requiring consent of the Controlling Note Holder is necessary to protect the interests of the Note Holders (as a collective whole) and the Special Servicer has made a reasonable effort to contact the Controlling Note Holder, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, may take any such action without waiting for the Controlling Note Holder’s response.

No objection, consent, direction or advice contemplated by the preceding paragraphs may, and neither the Master Servicer nor Special Servicer shall take any action that would (i) require or cause the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, to violate any provision of the Mortgage Loan Documents, applicable law, the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, this Agreement, the REMIC Provisions or the Master Servicer or Special Servicer’s obligation to act in accordance with the Servicing Standard or (ii) result in the imposition of a tax on any Trust REMIC under the REMIC Provisions or cause any REMIC Pool to fail to qualify as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a grantor trust under subpart E, part I of subchapter J of the Code for federal income tax purposes, (iii) expose the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Depositor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trust or the Trustee or any of their respective Affiliates, officers, directors, shareholders, partners, members, managers, employees or agents to any claim, suit, or liability for which this Agreement or the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement does not provide indemnification to such party or expose any such party to prosecution for a criminal offense, (iv) materially expand the scope of responsibilities of any of the Master Servicer, Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, under this Agreement or the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

Section 7.                Appointment of Special Servicer. Subject to the conditions and requirements set forth in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, the Controlling Note Holder shall have the right at any time and from time to time, with or without cause, to replace the Special Servicer then acting with respect to the Mortgage Loan and appoint a replacement Special Servicer in lieu thereof. Any designation by the Controlling Note Holder (or its Controlling Note Holder Representative) of a Person to serve as Special Servicer shall be made by delivering to the other Note Holder, the Master Servicer, the then existing Special Servicer and other parties to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement a written notice stating such designation and satisfying the other conditions to such replacement as set forth in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement (including, without limitation, a Rating Agency Confirmation, but only if required by the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement), and delivering to each Non-Controlling Note Holder a Rating Agency Confirmation with respect to any rated securities issued and outstanding under the related Securitization if such replacement Special Servicer does not meet the Required Special Servicer Rating with respect to those Rating Agencies rating the securities of any Securitization related to a Non-Controlling Note Holder. The Controlling Note Holder shall be solely responsible for any expenses incurred in connection with any such replacement without cause. The Controlling Note Holder shall notify the Non-Controlling Note Holders of its termination of the then currently serving Special Servicer and its

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appointment of a replacement Special Servicer in accordance with this Section 7. If the Controlling Note Holder has not appointed a Special Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loan as of the consummation of the securitization under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, then the initial Special Servicer designated in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement shall serve as the initial Special Servicer but this shall not limit the right of the Controlling Note Holder (or its Controlling Note Holder Representative) to designate a replacement Special Servicer for the Mortgage Loan as aforesaid. If a Servicer Termination Event on the part of the Special Servicer has occurred that affects a Non-Controlling Note Holder, such Non-Controlling Note Holder shall have the right to direct the Trustee (or at any time that the Mortgage Loan is no longer included in a Securitization Trust, the Controlling Note Holder) to terminate the Special Servicer under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement solely with respect to the Mortgage Loan pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. The Note Holders acknowledge and agree that any successor special servicer appointed to replace the Special Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loan that was terminated for cause at a Non-Controlling Note Holder’s direction cannot at any time be the person (or an Affiliate thereof) that was so terminated without the prior written consent of such Non-Controlling Note Holder. Upon the occurrence of such a Servicer Termination Event with respect to the Master Servicer that affects a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder, and the Master Servicer is not otherwise terminated pursuant to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, the Trustee or the Master Servicer shall, upon the direction of the affected Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder, require the appointment of a subservicer with respect to the Mortgage Loan. The Non-Controlling Note Holder that directs the Trustee (or at any time that the Mortgage Loan is no longer included in a Securitization Trust, the Controlling Note Holder) to terminate the Special Servicer shall be solely responsible for reimbursing the Trustee’s or the Controlling Note Holder’s, as applicable, costs and expenses, if not paid within a reasonable time by the terminated special servicer and, in the case of the Trustee, that would otherwise be reimbursed to the Trustee from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

Section 8.                Payment Procedure.

(a)                The Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer acting on its behalf), in accordance with the priorities set forth in Section 3 and subject to the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, shall deposit or cause to be deposited all payments allocable to the Notes to the Collection Account and/or Companion Distribution Account pursuant to and in accordance with the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. The Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer acting on its behalf) shall deposit such amounts to the applicable account within two (2) Business Days after receipt by it of properly identified funds by the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer acting on its behalf) from or on behalf of the Mortgage Loan Borrower.

(b)               If the Lead Securitization Note Holder determines, or a court of competent jurisdiction orders, at any time that any amount received or collected in respect of any Note must, pursuant to any insolvency, bankruptcy, fraudulent conveyance, preference or similar law, be returned to the Mortgage Loan Borrower or paid to the Lead Securitization Note Holder, a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder or any Servicer or paid to any other Person,

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then, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall not be required to distribute any portion thereof to the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holders and each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall promptly on demand by the Lead Securitization Note Holder repay to the Lead Securitization Note Holder any portion thereof that the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall have theretofore distributed to such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder, together with interest thereon at such rate, if any, as the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall have been required to pay to any Mortgage Loan Borrower, Master Servicer, Special Servicer or such other Person with respect thereto.

(c)                If, for any reason, the Lead Securitization Note Holder makes any payment to a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder before the Lead Securitization Note Holder has received the corresponding payment (it being understood that the Lead Securitization Note Holder is under no obligation to do so), and the Lead Securitization Note Holder does not receive the corresponding payment within five (5) Business Days of its payment to such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder, such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall, at the Lead Securitization Note Holder’s request, promptly return that payment to the Lead Securitization Note Holder.

(d)               Each Note Holder agrees that if at any time it shall receive from any sources whatsoever any payment on account of the Mortgage Loan in excess of its distributable share thereof, it shall promptly remit such excess to the applicable Note Holder, subject to this Agreement and the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. The Lead Securitization Note Holder shall have the right to offset any amounts due hereunder from a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder with respect to the Mortgage Loan against any future payments due to such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder under the Mortgage Loan. A Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s obligations under this Section 8 constitute absolute, unconditional and continuing obligations.

Section 9.                Limitation on Liability of the Note Holders. Each Note Holder shall have no liability to any other Note Holder with respect to its Note except with respect to losses actually suffered due to the gross negligence, willful misconduct or breach of this Agreement on the part of such Note Holder; provided, that, notwithstanding any of the foregoing to the contrary, each Servicer will nevertheless be subject to the obligations and standards (including the Servicing Standard) set forth in the related Securitization Servicing Agreement.

The Note Holders acknowledge that, subject to the obligation of the Lead Securitization Note Holder (including any Servicer and the Trustee) to comply with, and except as otherwise required by, the Servicing Standard, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (including any Servicer and the Trustee) may exercise, or omit to exercise, any rights that the Lead Securitization Note Holder may have under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement in a manner that may be adverse to the interests of any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder and that the Lead Securitization Note Holder (including any Servicer and the Trustee) shall have no liability whatsoever to any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder in connection with such Lead Securitization Note Holder’s exercise of rights or any omission by the Lead Securitization Note Holder to exercise such rights other than as described above; provided, however, that the Servicer must act in accordance with the Servicing Standard.

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Section 10.            Bankruptcy. Subject to Section 5(c), each Note Holder hereby covenants and agrees that only the Lead Securitization Note Holder has the right to institute, file, commence, acquiesce, petition under Bankruptcy Code Section 303 or otherwise or join any Person in any such petition or otherwise invoke or cause any other Person to invoke an Insolvency Proceeding with respect to or against the Mortgage Loan Borrower or seek to appoint a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official with respect to the Mortgage Loan Borrower or all or any part of its property or assets or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of the affairs of the Mortgage Loan Borrower. Each Note Holder further agrees that only the Lead Securitization Note Holder, and not any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder, can make any election, give any consent, commence any action or file any motion, claim, obligation, notice or application or take any other action in any case by or against the Mortgage Loan Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code or in any other Insolvency Proceeding. The Note Holders hereby appoint the Lead Securitization Note Holder as their agent, and grant to the Lead Securitization Note Holder an irrevocable power of attorney coupled with an interest, and their proxy, for the purpose of exercising any and all rights and taking any and all actions available to a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder in connection with any case by or against the Mortgage Loan Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code or in any other Insolvency Proceeding, including, without limitation, the right to file and/or prosecute any claim, vote to accept or reject a plan, to make any election under Section 1111(b) of the Bankruptcy Code with respect to the Mortgage Loan, and to file a motion to modify, lift or terminate the automatic stay with respect to the Mortgage Loan. Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder hereby agrees that, upon the request of the Lead Securitization Note Holder, such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Lead Securitization Note Holder all and every such further deeds, conveyances and instruments as the Lead Securitization Note Holder may reasonably request for the better assuring and evidencing of the foregoing appointment and grant. All actions taken by the Servicer in connection with any Insolvency Proceeding are subject to and must be in accordance with the Servicing Standard.

Section 11.            Representations of the Note Holders. Each Note Holder represents and warrants that the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement is within its corporate powers, has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, and does not contravene such Note Holder’s charter or any law or contractual restriction binding upon such Note Holder, and that this Agreement is the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Note Holder enforceable against such Note Holder in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and except that the enforcement of rights with respect to indemnification and contribution obligations may be limited by applicable law. Each Note Holder represents and warrants that it is duly organized, validly existing, in good standing and in possession of all licenses and authorizations necessary to carry on its business. Each Note Holder represents and warrants that (a) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by such Note Holder, (b) to such Note Holder’s actual knowledge, all consents, approvals, authorizations, orders or filings of or with any court or governmental agency or body, if any, required for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by such Note Holder have been obtained or made and (c) to such Note Holder’s actual knowledge, there is no pending action, suit or proceeding, arbitration or

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governmental investigation against such Note Holder, an adverse outcome of which would materially and adversely affect its performance under this Agreement.

Section 12.            No Creation of a Partnership or Exclusive Purchase Right. Nothing contained in this Agreement, and no action taken pursuant hereto shall be deemed to constitute the relationship created hereby between the Note Holders as a partnership, association, joint venture or other entity. The Lead Securitization Note Holder shall have no obligation whatsoever to offer to any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder the opportunity to purchase a participation interest in any future loans originated by the Lead Securitization Note Holder or its Affiliates and if the Lead Securitization Note Holder chooses to offer to a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder the opportunity to purchase a participation interest in any future mortgage loans originated by the Lead Securitization Note Holder or its Affiliates, such offer shall be at such purchase price and interest rate as the Lead Securitization Note Holder chooses, in its sole and absolute discretion. No Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall have any obligation whatsoever to purchase from the Lead Securitization Note Holder a participation interest in any future loans originated by the Lead Securitization Note Holder or its Affiliates.

Section 13.            Other Business Activities of the Note Holders. Each Note Holder acknowledges that the other Note Holder or its Affiliates may make loans or otherwise extend credit to, and generally engage in any kind of business with, a Borrower Party, any entity that is a holder of debt secured by direct or indirect ownership interests in the Mortgage Loan Borrower or any entity that is a holder of a preferred equity interest in the Mortgage Loan Borrower, and receive payments on such other loans or extensions of credit to any such party and otherwise act with respect thereto freely and without accountability in the same manner as if this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby were not in effect.

Section 14.            Sale of the Notes.

(a)                Except as contemplated by the second following sentence, each Note Holder agrees that it will not sell, assign, transfer, pledge, syndicate, hypothecate, contribute, encumber or otherwise dispose of all or any portion of its respective Note (a “Transfer”) except to a Qualified Institutional Lender in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Promptly after the Transfer (other than a Transfer to a Securitization Trust), the non-transferring Note Holder(s) shall be provided with (x) a representation from a transferee or the applicable Note Holder certifying that such transferee is a Qualified Institutional Lender (except in the case of a Transfer in accordance with the immediately following sentence) and (y) a copy of the assignment and assumption agreement referred to in Section 15. If a Note Holder intends to Transfer its respective Note, or any portion thereof, to an entity that is not a Qualified Institutional Lender, it must first (a) obtain the consent of each non-transferring Note Holder and (b) if such non-transferring Note Holder’s Note is held in a Securitization Trust, obtain a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency then rating the securities of such Securitization Trust. Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the non-transferring Note Holder’s prior consent (which will not be unreasonably withheld), and, if such non-transferring Note Holder’s Note is held in a Securitization Trust, until a Rating Agency Confirmation is obtained, no Note Holder shall Transfer all or any portion of its Note (or a participation interest in such Note) to a Borrower Party and any such Transfer made without the prior consent of the non-transferring Note Holder and Rating Agency Confirmation (if such non-transferring Note

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Holder’s Note is held in a Securitization Trust), shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee; provided that for the avoidance of doubt, transfers of any securities backed by a Note held in a Securitization Trust will not be subject to the foregoing requirement and such transfers shall be governed by the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement or any related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, as applicable. The transferring Note Holder agrees that it shall pay the expenses of the non-transferring Note Holder (including all expenses of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee and any Controlling Note Holder or Controlling Note Holder Representative) and all expenses relating to any Rating Agency Confirmation in connection with any such Transfer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Note Holder shall have the right, without the need to obtain the consent of the other Note Holder or of any other Person or having to provide any Rating Agency Confirmation, to Transfer 49% or less (in the aggregate) of its beneficial interest in a Note. None of the provisions of this Section 14(a) shall apply in the case of (1) a sale of all of the Notes together, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement or (2) a transfer by the Special Servicer, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, of the Mortgage Loan or the Mortgaged Property, upon the Mortgage Loan becoming a Defaulted Loan to a single member limited liability or limited partnership, 100% of the equity interest in which is owned directly or indirectly, through one or more single member limited liability companies or limited partnerships, by the Lead Securitization Trust.

(b)               In the case of any Transfer of a participation interest in any of the Notes, (i) the respective Note Holders’ obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Note Holders shall remain solely responsible for the performance of such obligations, and (iii) the Lead Securitization Note Holder and any Persons acting on its behalf shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Note Holder in connection with such Note Holder’s rights and obligations under this Agreement and the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, and all amounts payable hereunder shall be determined as if such Note Holder had not sold such participation interest.

(c)                Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, any Note Holder may pledge (a “Pledge”) its Note to any entity (other than a Borrower Party) which has extended a credit facility to such Note Holder and that is either a Qualified Institutional Lender or a financial institution whose long-term unsecured debt is rated at least “A” (or the equivalent) or better by each Rating Agency (or, if not rated by an applicable Rating Agency, an equivalent or higher rating from any two of Fitch, Moody’s and S&P) (a “Note Pledgee”), on terms and conditions set forth in this Section 14(c), it being further agreed that a financing provided by a Note Pledgee to a Note Holder or any person which Controls such Note that is secured by its Note and is structured as a repurchase arrangement, shall qualify as a “Pledge” hereunder, provided that a Note Pledgee that is not a Qualified Institutional Lender may not take title to the pledged Note without a Rating Agency Confirmation. Upon written notice by the applicable Note Holder to any other Note Holder and any Servicer that a Pledge has been effected (including the name and address of the applicable Note Pledgee), such other Note Holder agrees to acknowledge receipt of such notice and thereafter agrees: (i) to give Note Pledgee written notice of any default by the pledging Note Holder in respect of its obligations under this Agreement of which default such Note Holder has actual knowledge; (ii) to allow such Note

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Pledgee a period of ten (10) days to cure a default by the pledging Note Holder in respect of its obligations to any other Note Holder hereunder, but such Note Pledgee shall not be obligated to cure any such default; (iii) that no amendment, modification, waiver or termination of this Agreement shall be effective against such Note Pledgee without the written consent of such Note Pledgee, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed; (iv) that such other Note Holder shall give to such Note Pledgee copies of any notice of default under this Agreement simultaneously with the giving of same to the pledging Note Holder; (v) that such other Note Holder shall deliver to Note Pledgee such estoppel certificate(s) as Note Pledgee shall reasonably request, provided that any such certificate(s) shall be in a form reasonably satisfactory to such other Note Holder; and (vi) that, upon written notice (a “Redirection Notice”) to the other Note Holders and any Servicer by such Note Pledgee that the pledging Note Holder is in default, beyond any applicable cure periods, under the pledging Note Holder’s obligations to such Note Pledgee pursuant to the applicable credit agreement between the pledging Note Holder and such Note Pledgee (which notice need not be joined in or confirmed by the pledging Note Holder), and until such Redirection Notice is withdrawn or rescinded by such Note Pledgee, Note Pledgee shall be entitled to receive any payments that any Note Holder or Servicer would otherwise be obligated to pay to the pledging Note Holder from time to time pursuant to this Agreement or the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. Any pledging Note Holder hereby unconditionally and absolutely releases the other Note Holders and any Servicer from any liability to the pledging Note Holder on account of such other Note Holder’s or Servicer’s compliance with any Redirection Notice believed by any Servicer or such other Note Holder to have been delivered by a Note Pledgee. A Note Pledgee shall be permitted to exercise fully its rights and remedies against the pledging Note Holder to such Note Pledgee (and accept an assignment in lieu of foreclosure as to such collateral), in accordance with applicable law and this Agreement. In such event, the Note Holders and any Servicer shall recognize such Note Pledgee (and any transferee other than a Borrower Party that is also a Qualified Institutional Lender at any foreclosure or similar sale held by such Note Pledgee or any transfer in lieu of foreclosure), and its successor and assigns, as the successor to the pledging Note Holder’s rights, remedies and obligations under this Agreement, and any such Note Pledgee or Qualified Institutional Lender shall assume in writing the obligations of the pledging Note Holder hereunder accruing from and after such Transfer (i.e., realization upon the collateral by such Note Pledgee) and agrees to be bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement. The rights of a Note Pledgee under this Section 14(c) shall remain effective as to any Note Holder (and any Servicer) unless and until such Note Pledgee shall have notified any such Note Holder (and any Servicer, as applicable) in writing that its interest in the pledged Note has terminated.

(d)               Notwithstanding any provisions herein to the contrary, if a conduit (“Conduit”) which is not a Qualified Institutional Lender provides financing to a Note Holder then such Note Holder shall have the right to grant a security interest in its Note to such Conduit notwithstanding that such Conduit is not a Qualified Institutional Lender, if the following conditions are satisfied:

(i)            The loan (the “Conduit Inventory Loan”) made by the Conduit to such Note Holder to finance the acquisition and holding of its Note requires a third party (the “Conduit Credit Enhancer”) to provide credit enhancement;

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(ii)            The Conduit Credit Enhancer is a Qualified Institutional Lender;

(iii)            Such Note Holder pledges its interest in its Note to the Conduit as collateral for the Conduit Inventory Loan;

(iv)            The Conduit Credit Enhancer and the Conduit agree that, if such Note Holder defaults under the Conduit Inventory Loan, or if the Conduit is unable to refinance its outstanding commercial paper even if there is no default by such Note Holder, the Conduit Credit Enhancer will purchase the Conduit Inventory Loan from the Conduit, and the Conduit will assign the pledge of such Note Holder’s Note to the Conduit Credit Enhancer; and

(v)            Unless the Conduit is in fact then a Qualified Institutional Lender, the Conduit will not without obtaining a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency have any greater right to acquire the interests in the Note pledged by such Note Holder, by foreclosure or otherwise, than would any other purchaser that is not a Qualified Institutional Lender at a foreclosure sale conducted by a Note Pledgee.

Section 15.            Registration of the Notes and Each Note Holder. The Agent shall keep or cause to be kept at the Agent Office books (the “Note Register”) for the registration and transfer of the Notes. The Agent shall serve as the initial note registrar and the Agent hereby accepts such appointment. The names and addresses of the holders of the Notes and the names and addresses of any transferee of any Note of which the Agent has received notice, in the form of a copy of the assignment and assumption agreement referred to in this Section 15, shall be registered in the Note Register. The Person in whose name a Note is so registered shall be deemed and treated as the sole owner and holder thereof for all purposes of this Agreement. Upon request of a Note Holder, the Agent shall provide such party with the names and addresses of the other Note Holder. To the extent the Trustee or another party is appointed as Agent hereunder, each Note Holder hereby designates such person as its agent under this Section 15 solely for purposes of maintaining the Note Register.

In connection with any Transfer of a Note (but excluding any Pledgee unless and until it realizes on its Pledge), a transferee shall execute an assignment and assumption agreement (unless the transferee is a Securitization Trust and the related pooling and servicing agreement requires the parties thereto to comply with this Agreement), whereby such transferee assumes all of the obligations of the applicable Note Holder hereunder with respect to such Note thereafter accruing and agrees to be bound by the terms of this Agreement, including the applicable restriction on Transfers set forth in Section 14, from and after the date of such assignment. No transfer of a Note may be made unless it is registered on the Note Register, and the Agent shall not recognize any attempted or purported transfer of any Note in violation of the provisions of Section 14 and this Section 15. Any such purported transfer shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. Each Note Holder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Agent and the other Note Holders against any liability that may result if the transfer is not made in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

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Section 16.            Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT, AND/OR THE INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS AND DECISIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CHOICE OF LAW RULES THEREOF (OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW). EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT.

Section 17.            Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:

(a)                SUBMITS FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT IN RESPECT THEREOF, TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE GENERAL JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, THE FEDERAL COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND APPELLATE COURTS FROM ANY THEREOF;

(b)               CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE BROUGHT IN SUCH COURTS AND, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WAIVES ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT OR THAT SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING WAS BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT COURT AND AGREES NOT TO PLEAD OR CLAIM THE SAME;

(c)                AGREES THAT SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE EFFECTED BY MAILING A COPY THEREOF BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL (OR ANY SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR FORM OF MAIL), POSTAGE PREPAID, TO ITS ADDRESS SET FORTH HEREIN OR AT SUCH OTHER ADDRESS OF WHICH A PARTY HEREIN SHALL HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED; AND

(d)               AGREES THAT NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT TO EFFECT SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR SHALL LIMIT THE RIGHT TO SUE IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.

Section 18.            Modifications. This Agreement shall not be modified, cancelled or terminated except by an instrument in writing signed by each Note Holder. Additionally, for as long as any Note is contained in a Securitization Trust, the Note Holders shall not amend or modify this Agreement without first obtaining a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency then rating any securities of any Securitization; provided that no such Rating Agency Confirmation shall be required in connection with a modification (i) to cure any

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ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provisions herein that may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions herein or with the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, or (ii) with respect to matters or questions arising under this Agreement, to make provisions in this Agreement consistent with other provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, in connection with the creation of New Notes pursuant to Section 32).

Section 19.            Successors and Assigns; Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Except as provided herein, including without limitation, with respect to the Trustee, Certificate Administrator, Master Servicer and Special Servicer and the Non-Lead Master Servicer, Non-Lead Special Servicer or Non-Lead Trustee, none of the provisions of this Agreement shall be for the benefit of or enforceable by any Person not a party hereto. Subject to Section 14 and Section 15, each Note Holder may assign or delegate its rights or obligations under this Agreement. Upon any such assignment, the assignee shall be entitled to all rights and benefits of the applicable Note Holder hereunder.

Section 20.            Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument, and the words “executed,” “signed,” “signature” and words of like import as used above and elsewhere in this Agreement or in any other certificate, agreement or document related to this transaction shall include, in addition to manually executed signatures, images of manually executed signatures transmitted by facsimile or other electronic format (including, without limitation, “pdf,” “tif” or “jpg”) and other electronic signatures (including, without limitation, any electronic sound, symbol, or process, attached to or logically associated with a contract or other record and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the record). The use of electronic signatures and electronic records (including, without limitation, any contract or other record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means) shall be of the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a manually executed signature or use of a paper-based record-keeping system to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act and any other applicable law, including, without limitation, any state law based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the Uniform Commercial Code.

Section 21.            Captions. The titles and headings of the paragraphs of this Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to summarize or otherwise describe the subject matter of the paragraphs and shall not be given any consideration in the construction of this Agreement.

Section 22.            Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable laws, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Agreement.

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Agreement and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings and negotiations between the parties.

Section 24.            Withholding Taxes. (a)(a) If the Lead Securitization Note Holder or the Mortgage Loan Borrower shall be required by law to deduct and withhold Taxes from interest, fees or other amounts payable to a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder with respect to the Mortgage Loan as a result of such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder constituting a Non-Exempt Person, the Lead Securitization Note Holder, in its capacity as servicer, shall be entitled to do so with respect to such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s interest in such payment (all withheld amounts being deemed paid to such Note Holder), provided that the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall furnish such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder with a statement setting forth the amount of Taxes withheld, the applicable rate and other information which may reasonably be requested for purposes of assisting such Note Holder to seek any allowable credits or deductions for the Taxes so withheld in each jurisdiction in which such Note Holder is subject to tax.

(b)               Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall and hereby agrees to indemnify the Lead Securitization Note Holder against and hold the Lead Securitization Note Holder harmless from and against any Taxes, interest, penalties and attorneys’ fees and disbursements arising or resulting from any failure of the Lead Securitization Note Holder to withhold Taxes from payment made such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder in reliance upon any representation, certificate, statement, document or instrument made or provided by such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder to the Lead Securitization Note Holder in connection with the obligation of the Lead Securitization Note Holder to withhold Taxes from payments made to such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder, it being expressly understood and agreed that (i) the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall be absolutely and unconditionally entitled to accept any such representation, certificate, statement, document or instrument as being true and correct in all respects and to fully rely thereon without any obligation or responsibility to investigate or to make any inquiries with respect to the accuracy, veracity, correctness or validity of the same and (ii) such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder, upon request of the Lead Securitization Note Holder and at its sole cost and expense, shall defend any claim or action relating to the foregoing indemnification using counsel selected by the Lead Securitization Note Holder.

(c)                Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder represents to the Lead Securitization Note Holder (for the benefit of the Mortgage Loan Borrower) that it is not a Non-Exempt Person and that neither the Lead Securitization Note Holder nor the Mortgage Loan Borrower is obligated under applicable law to withhold Taxes on sums paid to it with respect to the Mortgage Loan or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement. Contemporaneously with the execution of this Agreement and from time to time as necessary during the term of this Agreement, each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall deliver to the Lead Securitization Note Holder or Servicer, as applicable, evidence satisfactory to the Lead Securitization Note Holder substantiating that such Note Holder is not a Non-Exempt Person and that the Lead Securitization Note Holder is not obligated under applicable law to withhold Taxes on sums paid to it with respect to the Mortgage Loan or otherwise under this Agreement. Without limiting the effect of the foregoing, (i) if a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder is created or

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organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, it shall satisfy the requirements of the preceding sentence by furnishing to the Lead Securitization Note Holder an Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 and (ii) if a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder is not created or organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, and if the payment of interest or other amounts by the Mortgage Loan Borrower is treated for United States income tax purposes as derived in whole or part from sources within the United States, such Note Holder shall satisfy the requirements of the preceding sentence by furnishing to the Lead Securitization Note Holder Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI, Form W-8IMY (with appropriate attachments) or Form W-8BEN, or successor forms, as may be required from time to time, duly executed by such Note Holder, as evidence of such Note Holder’s exemption from the withholding of United States tax with respect thereto. The Lead Securitization Note Holder shall not be obligated to make any payment hereunder with respect to any Non-Lead Securitization Note or otherwise until the related Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall have furnished to the Lead Securitization Note Holder requested forms, certificates, statements or documents.

Section 25.            Custody of Mortgage Loan Documents. On and after the closing of the Lead Securitization, the originals of all of the Mortgage Loan Documents (other than the originals of the Non-Lead Securitization Notes) shall be held by the Trustee through a duly appointed custodian therefor, in accordance with the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, on behalf of the registered holders of the Notes; provided that if the First Securitization is not the Note A-1 Securitization, (i) the originals of all of the Mortgage Loan Documents (other than the Notes not being deposited into the First Securitization) shall be transferred to and held by the Trustee (of the First Securitization) through a duly appointed custodian therefor under the First Securitization, on behalf of the registered holders of the Notes, until the closing of the Note A-1 Securitization, on which date, the originals of all of the Mortgage Loan Documents (other than the Notes not being deposited into the Note A-1 Securitization) shall be transferred to and held in the name of the Trustee (by a duly appointed custodian therefor) under the Note A-1 PSA on behalf of the registered holders of the Notes; and (ii) all Mortgage Loan Documents (other than the Notes not being deposited into the Note A-1 Securitization) shall not be recorded or filed to reflect the name of the trustee under the Securitization Servicing Agreement for the First Securitization (except to the extent specifically provided for in the Securitization Servicing Agreement for the First Securitization).

Section 26.            Cooperation in Securitization. Each Note Holder acknowledges that any Note Holder may elect, in its sole discretion, to include its Note in a Securitization. In connection with a Securitization and subject to the terms of the preceding sentence, at the request of the related Securitizing Note Holder, the related Non-Securitizing Note Holder shall use reasonable efforts, at such Securitizing Note Holder’s expense, to satisfy, and to cooperate with such Securitizing Note Holder in attempting to cause the Mortgage Loan Borrower to satisfy, the market standards to which such Securitizing Note Holder customarily adheres or that may be reasonably required in the marketplace or by the Rating Agencies in connection with such Securitization, including, entering into (or consenting to, as applicable) any modifications to this Agreement or the Mortgage Loan Documents and to cooperate with such Securitizing Note Holder in attempting to cause the Mortgage Loan Borrower to execute such modifications to the Mortgage Loan Documents, in any such case, as may be reasonably

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requested by the Rating Agencies to effect such Securitization; provided, that no Non-Securitizing Note Holder shall be required to modify or amend this Agreement or any Mortgage Loan Documents (or consent to such modification, as applicable) in connection therewith, if such modification or amendment would (i) change the interest allocable to, or the amount of any payments due to or priority of such payments to, such Non-Securitizing Note Holder or (ii) materially increase such Non-Securitizing Note Holder’s obligations or materially decrease such Non-Securitizing Note Holder’s rights, remedies or protections. In connection with any Securitization, each related Non-Securitizing Note Holder shall provide for inclusion in any disclosure document relating to such Securitization such information concerning such Non-Securitizing Note Holder and its Note as the related Securitizing Note Holder reasonably determines to be necessary or appropriate, and such Non-Securitizing Note Holder shall, at such Securitizing Note Holder’s expense, cooperate with the reasonable requests of each Rating Agency and such Securitizing Note Holder in connection with such Securitization (including, without limitation, reasonably cooperating with such Securitizing Note Holder (without any obligation to make additional representations and warranties) to enable such Securitizing Note Holder to make all necessary certifications and deliver all necessary opinions (including customary securities law opinions) in connection with the Mortgage Loan and such Securitization), as well as in connection with all other matters and the preparation of any offering documents thereof and to review and respond reasonably promptly with respect to any information relating to such Note Holder and its Note in any Securitization document. Each Note Holder acknowledges that in connection with any Securitization, the information provided by it in its capacity as a Non-Securitizing Note Holder to the related Securitizing Note Holder may be incorporated into the offering documents for such Securitization. Each Securitizing Note Holder and each Rating Agency shall be entitled to rely on the information supplied by, or on behalf of, each Non-Securitizing Note Holder.

Upon request, each Securitizing Note Holder shall deliver to the Non-Securitizing Note Holder drafts of the preliminary and final offering memoranda, prospectus supplement, free writing prospectus and any other disclosure documents and the pooling and servicing agreement for the Securitization of such Securitizing Note Holder’s Note and provide reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such documents.

Section 27.            Notices. All notices required hereunder shall be given by (i)  facsimile transmission or e-mail (during business hours) if the sender on the same day sends a confirming copy of such notice by reputable overnight delivery service (charges prepaid), (ii) reputable overnight delivery service (charges prepaid) or (iii) certified United States mail, postage prepaid return receipt requested, and addressed to the respective parties at their addresses set forth on Exhibit B hereto, or at such other address as any party shall hereafter inform the other party by written notice given as aforesaid. All written notices so given shall be deemed effective upon receipt.

Section 28.            Broker. Each Note Holder represents to each other that no broker was responsible for bringing about this transaction.

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Section 29.            Certain Matters Affecting the Agent.

(a)                The Agent may request and/or rely upon and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any representation made or assignment and assumption agreement delivered to the Agent pursuant to Section 14 and Section 15;

(b)               The Agent may consult with counsel and any opinion of counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such opinion of counsel;

(c)                The Agent shall be under no obligation to institute, conduct or defend any litigation hereunder or in relation hereto at the request, order or direction of any Note Holder pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, unless it has received indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it;

(d)               The Agent or any of its directors, officers, employees, Affiliates, agents or “control” persons within the meaning of the Act, shall not be personally liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith and reasonably believed by the Agent to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Agreement;

(e)                The Agent shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any representation made or assignment and assumption agreement delivered to the Agent pursuant to Section 15;

(f)                The Agent may execute any of the powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys but shall not be relieved of its obligations hereunder; and

(g)               The Agent represents and warrants that it is a Qualified Institutional Lender.

Section 30.            Reserved.

Section 31.            Resignation of Agent. The Agent may resign at any time on ten (10) days’ prior notice, so long as a successor Agent, reasonably satisfactory to the Note Holders (it being agreed that a Servicer, the Trustee or a Certificate Administrator in a Securitization is satisfactory to the Note Holders), has agreed to be bound by this Agreement and perform the duties of the Agent hereunder. WFB, as Initial Agent, may transfer its rights and obligations to a Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as successor Agent, at any time without the consent of any Note Holder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Note Holders hereby agree that, simultaneously with the closing of a Lead Securitization, the Master Servicer shall be deemed to have been automatically appointed as the successor Agent under this Agreement in place of WFB or the master servicer of the First Securitization, as applicable, without any further notice or other action. The termination or resignation of such Master Servicer, as Master Servicer under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, shall be deemed a termination or resignation of such Master Servicer as Agent under this Agreement, and

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any successor master servicer shall be deemed to have been automatically appointed as the successor Agent under this Agreement in place thereof without any further notice or other action.

Section 32.            Resizing. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, for so long as any Note Holder or an affiliate thereof (each, an “Original Entity”) is the owner of a Note that is not included in a Securitization (each, an “Owned Note”), such Original Entity shall have the right, subject to the terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents, to cause the Mortgage Loan Borrower to execute amended and restated notes or additional notes (in either case, “New Notes”) reallocating the principal of the Owned Note to such New Notes; or severing the Owned Note into one or more further “component” notes in the aggregate principal amount equal to the then outstanding principal balance of the Owned Note provided that (i) the aggregate principal balance of all outstanding New Notes following such amendments is no greater than the aggregate principal of the Owned Note prior to such amendments, (ii) all Notes continue to have the same weighted average interest rate as the Notes prior to such amendments, (iii) all Notes pay pro rata and on a pari passu basis and such reallocated or component notes shall be automatically subject to the terms of this Agreement, and (iv) the Original Entity holding the New Notes shall notify the Lead Securitization Note Holder, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee in writing of such modified allocations and principal amounts. Except for the foregoing reallocation and for modifications pursuant to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement (as discussed in Section 5), no Note may be modified or amended without the consent of its holder and the consent of the holder of the other Notes. In connection with the foregoing (provided the conditions set forth in (i) through (iv) above are satisfied), the Master Servicer is hereby authorized and directed to execute amendments to the Mortgage Loan Documents and this Agreement on behalf of any or all of the Note Holders, as applicable, solely for the purpose of reflecting such reallocation of principal. If the Lead Securitization Note Holder so requests, the Original Entity holding the New Notes shall (a) represent that the conditions set forth in (i) through (iv) have been satisfied and/or (b) deliver a confirmation of the continued applicability of this Agreement to the New Notes. If the Controlling Note is involved in any resizing contemplated by this Section 32, the applicable Note Holder shall be entitled to designate any one of the related New Notes as the Controlling Note, and the definitions of “Controlling Note” and “Controlling Note Holder” shall be deemed to have been revised accordingly. Any New Note that is created in a resizing contemplated by this Section 32 and that is not the Controlling Note shall be deemed to be a Non-Controlling Note under this Agreement, the definitions of “Non-Controlling Note” and “Non-Controlling Note Holder” shall be deemed to have been revised accordingly to include such New Notes, and the applicable Note Holders of such Non-Controlling Notes shall have the same rights and responsibilities as all other Non-Controlling Note Holders.

 

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Initial Agent and Initial Note Holders have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

 

	WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Initial Agent and Initial Note A-1 Holder and Initial Note A-2 Holder
	By:	/s/ Jeffrey L. Cirillo
		Name:	Jeffrey L. Cirillo
		Title:	Managing Director

 

 

(Agreement Between Note Holders – Conair Glendale Mortgage Loan)

 

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EXHIBIT A

MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE

Description of Mortgage Loan

Mortgage Loan Borrower:	CRE Holding of Arizona LLC
Date of Mortgage Loan:	December 21, 2022
Date of Notes:	December 21, 2022
Original Principal Amount of Mortgage Loan:	$100,000,000.00
Principal Amount of Mortgage Loan as of the date hereof:	$100,000,000.00
Initial Note A-1 Principal Balance:	$70,000,000.00
Initial Note A-2 Principal Balance:	$30,000,000.00
Location of Mortgaged Property:	Glendale, AZ
Initial Maturity Date:	January 6, 2033

 

 

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EXHIBIT B

1.       Initial Note A-1 Holder and Initial Note A-2 Holder:

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
30 Hudson Yards, 15^th Floor
New York, New York 10001
Attention: A.J. Sfarra

Email: Anthony.sfarra@wellsfargo.com


with a copy to:

Troy Stoddard, Esq.
Senior Counsel
Wells Fargo Legal Department
401 South Tryon Street, 26^th Floor

MAC D1050-266
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202

Email: troy.stoddard@wellsfargo.com

 

with a copy to (if by email):

 

troy.doll@alston.com and peter.mckee@alston.com

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT C
PERMITTED FUND MANAGERS 

                 

	1.	AllianceBernstein
	2.	Annaly Capital Management

3. Apollo Real Estate Advisors

4. Archon Capital, L.P.

5. AREA Property Partners

6. Artemis Real Estate Partners

7. BlackRock, Inc.

8. Clarion Partners

9. Colony Northstar, Inc.

10. DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners

11. Dune Real Estate Partners

12. Eightfold Real Estate Capital, L.P.

13. Five Mile Capital Partners

14. Fortress Investment Group, LLC

15. Garrison Investment Group

16. H/2 Capital Partners LLC

17. Hudson Advisors

18. Investcorp International

19. iStar Financial Inc.

20. J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc.

21. Lend-Lease Real Estate Investments

22. Libermax Capital LLC

23. LoanCore Capital

24. Lone Star Funds

25. Lowe Enterprises

26. Normandy Real Estate Partners

27. Och-Ziff Capital Management Group

28. Praedium Group

29. Raith Capital Partners, LLC

30. Rialto Capital Management LLC

31. Rialto Capital Advisors LLC

32. Rockpoint Group

33. Rockwood

34. RREEF Funds

35. Square Mile Capital Management

36. The Blackstone Group

37. The Carlyle Group

38. Torchlight Investors

39. Walton Street Capital, L.L.C.

40. Westbrook Partners

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41. Wheelock Street Capital

42. Whitehall Street Real Estate Fund, L.P.

 

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EX-99.14

Exhibit 99.14

EXECUTION VERSION

AMENDED AND RESTATED CO-LENDER AGREEMENT

Dated as of March 14, 2023

by and between

MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS MASTER SERVICER ON BEHALF OF COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF BBCMS MORTGAGE TRUST 2022-C18, COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2022-C18
(Note A-1 Holder and Note A-8 Holder)

and

MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS MASTER SERVICER ON BEHALF OF COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF BMO 2023-C4 MORTGAGE TRUST, COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2023-C4
(Note A-2 Holder and Note A-6 Holder)

and

SPREF WH II LLC
(Initial Note A-3-1 Holder, Initial Note A-3-2 Holder, Initial Note A-4 Holder, Initial Note A-5 Holder and Initial Note A-7 Holder)

 

RIALTO INDUSTRIAL

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

 

Section 1.	Definitions.	3
Section 2.	Servicing of the Mortgage Loan.	22
Section 3.	Priority of Payments.	30
Section 4.	Workout.	31
Section 5.	Administration of the Mortgage Loan.	31
Section 6.	Appointment of Controlling Note Holder Representative and Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative.	35
Section 7.	Appointment of Special Servicer.	38
Section 8.	Payment Procedure.	39
Section 9.	Limitation on Liability of the Note Holders.	40
Section 10.	Bankruptcy.	41
Section 11.	Representations of the Note Holders.	41
Section 12.	No Creation of a Partnership or Exclusive Purchase Right.	42
Section 13.	Other Business Activities of the Note Holders.	42
Section 14.	Sale of the Notes.	42
Section 15.	Registration of the Notes and Each Note Holder.	45
Section 16.	Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial.	46
Section 17.	Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers.	46
Section 18.	Modifications.	47
Section 19.	Successors and Assigns; Third-Party Beneficiaries.	47
Section 20.	Counterparts.	47
Section 21.	Captions.	47
Section 22.	Severability.	47
Section 23.	Entire Agreement.	47
Section 24.	Withholding Taxes.	47
Section 25.	Custody of Mortgage Loan Documents.	49
Section 26.	Cooperation in Securitization.	49
Section 27.	Notices.	50
Section 28.	Broker.	50
Section 29.	Certain Matters Affecting the Agent.	50
Section 30.	Termination and Resignation of Agent.	51
Section 31.	Resizing.	51
Section 32.	Statement of Intent..	53

 

 

 

 

THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED CO-LENDER AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of March 14, 2023, by and between MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS MASTER SERVICER ON BEHALF OF COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF BBCMS MORTGAGE TRUST 2022-C18, COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2022-C18 (together with its successors and assigns in interest, in its capacity as initial owner of the Note A-1, the “Note A-1 Holder”), MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS MASTER SERVICER ON BEHALF OF COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF BMO 2023-C4 MORTGAGE TRUST, COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2023-C4 (together with its successors and assigns in interest, in its capacity as initial owner of the Note A-2, the “Note A-2 Holder”), SPREF WH II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Argentic” and together with its successors and assigns in interest, in its capacity as initial owner of the Note A-3-1, the “Initial Note A-3-1 Holder”, and in its capacity as the initial agent, the “Initial Agent”), SPREF WH II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (together with its successors and assigns in interest, in its capacity as initial owner of the Note A-3-2, the “Initial Note A-3-2 Holder”), SPREF WH II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (together with its successors and assigns in interest, in its capacity as initial owner of the Note A-4, the “Initial Note A-4 Holder”), SPREF WH II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (together with its successors and assigns in interest, in its capacity as initial owner of the Note A-5, the “Initial Note A-5 Holder”), MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS MASTER SERVICER ON BEHALF OF COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF BMO 2023-C4 MORTGAGE TRUST, COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2023-C4 (together with its successors and assigns in interest, in its capacity as initial owner of the Note A-6, the “Note A-6 Holder”), SPREF WH II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (together with its successors and assigns in interest, in its capacity as initial owner of the Note A-7, the “Initial Note A-7 Holder” and, together with the Initial Note A-3-1 Holder, the Initial Note A-3-2 Holder, the Initial Note A-4 Holder, and Initial Note A-5 Holder, the “Initial Note Holders”), and MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS MASTER SERVICER ON BEHALF OF COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF BBCMS MORTGAGE TRUST 2022-C18, COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2022-C18 (together with its successors and assigns in interest, in its capacity as initial owner of the Note A-8, the “Note A-8 Holder” and, together with the Note A-1 Holder, the Note A-2 Holder, the Initial Note A-3-1 Holder, the Initial Note A-3-2 Holder, the Initial Note A-4 Holder, the Initial Note A-5 Holder, the Note A-6 Holder and the Initial Note A-7 Holder, the “Amended and Restated Note Holders”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Agreement (as defined herein), Argentic Real Estate Finance LLC (“AREF”) originated a certain loan described on the schedule attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Mortgage Loan Schedule”) (the “Mortgage Loan”) to the mortgage loan borrower described on the Mortgage Loan Schedule (the “Mortgage Loan Borrower”), which as of the date of the Original Agreement (as defined below) was evidenced, inter alia, by eight promissory notes, including (i) one promissory note in the original principal amount of $65,000,000 (“Note A-1”), made by the Mortgage Loan Borrower in favor of AREF (in its capacity as initial owner of Note A-1), (ii) one promissory note in the original principal amount of $30,000,000 (“Note A-2”), made by the Mortgage Loan Borrower in favor of AREF (in its capacity as initial owner of Note A-2), (iii) one promissory note in the original principal amount of $30,000,000 (“Original Note A-3”), made by the Mortgage Loan Borrower in favor of AREF, (iv) one promissory note in the original principal amount of $25,000,000 (“Note A-4”), made by the Mortgage Loan Borrower in favor of AREF, (v) one promissory note in the original principal amount of $20,000,000 (“Note A-5”), made by the Mortgage Loan Borrower in favor of AREF, (vi) one promissory note in the original principal amount of $5,000,000 (“Note A-6”), made by the Mortgage Loan Borrower in favor of AREF (in its capacity as initial owner of Note A-6), (vii) one promissory note in the original principal amount of $3,000,000 (“Note A-7”), made by the Mortgage Loan Borrower in favor of AREF and (viii) one promissory note in the original principal amount of $3,000,000 (“Note A-8”), made by the Mortgage Loan Borrower in favor of AREF (in its capacity as initial owner of Note A-8); and secured by one or more mortgages or deeds of trust (together, as amended, modified or supplemented, the “Mortgage”) on certain real property located as described in the Mortgage Loan Agreement (collectively, the “Mortgaged Property”);

WHEREAS, Argentic, as the owner of Note A-1, Note A-2, Original Note A-3, Note A-4, Note A-5, Note A-6, Note A-7 and Note A-8, entered into a co-lender agreement, dated as of November 22, 2022 (the “Original Agreement”), to memorialize the terms under which Note A-1, Note A-2, Original Note A-3, Note A-4, Note A-5, Note A-6, Note A-7 and Note A-8 would be held;

WHEREAS, Argentic sold, transferred and assigned its right, title and interest in and to Note A-1 and Note A-8 to AREF, and AREF sold, transferred and assigned its right, title and interest in and to Note A-1 and Note A-8 to Barclays Commercial Mortgage Securities LLC (the “BBCMS 2022-C18 Depositor”), as depositor, pursuant to a Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 14, 2022, by and between the BBCMS 2022-C18 Depositor, as purchaser, and AREF, as seller, and the BBCMS 2022-C18 Depositor transferred its right, title and interest in and to Note A-1 and Note A-8 to Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer on behalf of Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as trustee for the registered holders of BBCMS Mortgage Trust 2022-C18, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2022-C18 under a pooling and servicing agreement, dated as of December 1, 2022 (the “BBCMS 2022-C18 PSA”), among the BBCMS 2022-C18 Depositor, as depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer, Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as special servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as certificate administrator and as trustee, and Park Bridge

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Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer (the “BBCMS 2022-C18 Securitization”);

WHEREAS, Argentic sold, transferred and assigned its right, title and interest in and to Note A-2 and Note A-6 to AREF, and AREF sold, transferred and assigned its right, title and interest in and to Note A-2 and Note A-6 to BMO Commercial Mortgage Securities LLC (the “BMO 2023-C4 Depositor”), as depositor, pursuant to a Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2023, by and between the BMO 2023-C4 Depositor, as purchaser, and AREF, as seller, and the BMO 2023-C4 Depositor transferred its right, title and interest in and to Note A-2 and Note A-6 to Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer on behalf of Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as trustee for the registered holders of BMO 2023-C4 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-C4 under a pooling and servicing agreement, dated as of February 1, 2023, among the BMO 2023-C4 Depositor, as depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer, Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as certificate administrator and as trustee (the “BMO 2023-C4 Securitization”);

WHEREAS, Argentic, as the owner of Original Note A-3 (and pursuant to Section 31 of the Original Agreement), severed Original Note A-3 into two component promissory notes (Amended and Restated Promissory Note A-3-1, in the original principal amount of $25,000,000 (“Note A-3-1”), and Amended and Restated Promissory Note A-3-2, in the original principal amount of $5,000,000 (“Note A-3-2” and, together with Note A-3-1, the “Replacement Notes”)) and replaced Original Note A-3 with the Replacement Notes and caused the Mortgage Loan Borrower to execute the Replacement Notes, which Replacement Notes each have the same interest rate as Original Note A-3. Note A-1, Note A-2, the Replacement Notes, Note A-4, Note A-5, Note A-6, Note A-7 and Note A-8 are collectively referred to herein as the “Notes”;

WHEREAS, the Amended and Restated Note Holders desire to enter into this Agreement to (1) memorialize the terms under which they, and their successors and assigns, shall hold the Notes, and (2) amend, restate and supersede the terms of the Original Agreement;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto mutually agree as follows:

 

Section 1.                Definitions. References to a “Section” or the “recitals” are, unless otherwise specified, to a Section or the recitals of this Agreement. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed thereto by such term or other analogous term in the Lead Servicing Agreement. Whenever used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the respective meanings set forth below unless the context clearly requires otherwise.

“Accelerated Mezzanine Loan Lender”: A mezzanine lender under a mezzanine loan that has been accelerated or as to which foreclosure or enforcement proceedings have been commenced against the equity collateral pledged to secure such mezzanine loan.

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“Affiliate” shall have the meaning set forth in the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Agent” shall mean the Initial Agent or such Person to whom the Initial Agent shall delegate its duties hereunder, and, from and after the Lead Securitization Date, shall mean the Certificate Administrator, if any, and if there is no Certificate Administrator, shall mean the Trustee.

“Agent Office” shall mean the designated office of the Agent in the State of New York, which office at the date of this Agreement is located at SPREF WH II LLC, 31 West 27th Street, 12th Floor, New York, New York 10001, Attention: Michael Schulte, Facsimile number: (646) 560-1745, Email address: mschulte@argenticmgmt.com, and which is the address to which notices to and correspondence with the Agent should be directed. The Agent may change the address of its designated office by notice to the Note Holders.

“Agreement” shall mean this Amended and Restated Co-Lender Agreement, the exhibits and schedule hereto and all amendments hereof and supplements hereto.

“Amended and Restated Note Holders” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Approved Servicer” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Qualified Institutional Lender.”

“Argentic” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Asset Representations Reviewer” shall mean the asset representations reviewer appointed as provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Bankruptcy Code” shall mean the United States Bankruptcy Code, as amended from time to time, any successor statute or rule promulgated thereto.

“BBCMS 2022-C18 Depositor” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“BBCMS 2022-C18 Securitization” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“BMO 2023-C4 Depositor” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“BMO 2023-C4 Securitization” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Borrower Party”: A borrower, a Mortgagor, a manager of a Mortgaged Property, an Accelerated Mezzanine Loan Lender, or any Borrower Party Affiliate.

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

“Certificate Administrator” shall mean the certificate administrator appointed as provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement and any successor thereunder.

“CLO” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Qualified Institutional Lender.”

“CLO Asset Manager” with respect to any Securitization Vehicle which is a CLO, shall mean the entity which is responsible for managing or administering a Note as an underlying asset of such Securitization Vehicle or, if applicable, as an asset of any Intervening Trust Vehicle (including, without limitation, the right to exercise any consent and control rights available to the holder of such Note).

“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

“Collection Account” shall mean “Collection Account” or other analogous term as defined in the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Companion Distribution Account” shall mean “Companion Distribution Account,” “Whole Loan Custodial Account,” “Loan Combination Custodial Account” or other analogous term as defined in the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Conduit” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14(d).

“Conduit Credit Enhancer” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14(d).

“Conduit Inventory Loan” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14(d).

“Control” shall mean the ownership, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate of more than fifty percent (50%) of the beneficial ownership interests of an entity and the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of an entity, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise (“Controlled” and “Controls” have meanings correlative thereto.)

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“Controlling Class Representative” shall have the meaning assigned to the term “Directing Certificateholder,” “Controlling Class Representative” or an analogous term in the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Controlling Note Holder” shall mean the Note A-4 Holder; provided that at any time Note A-4 is included in the Lead Securitization, references to the “Controlling Note Holder” herein shall mean the Controlling Class Representative or such other person(s) otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder” hereunder, as and to the extent provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement; provided that if at any time the Note A-4 Holder (or the class of securities issued in the Lead Securitization designated as the “controlling class” or such other class(es) otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder”) is a Borrower Party, Note A-4 (or the class of securities issued in the Lead Securitization designated as the “controlling class” or such other class(es) otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder”) shall not be entitled to exercise any rights of the Controlling Note Holder, and no person shall be entitled to exercise the rights of the Controlling Note Holder.

In addition, the Lead Servicing Agreement may contain additional limitations on the rights of such designated party entitled to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder” hereunder if such designated party is the Mortgage Loan Borrower or if it has certain relationships with the Mortgage Loan Borrower (which additional limitations shall, as and to the extent provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement, accordingly limit the rights of the designated party to exercise any rights hereunder).

“Controlling Note Holder Representative” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6(a).

“DBRS” shall mean DBRS, Inc., and its successors in interest.

“Defaulted Mortgage Loan” shall mean “defaulted mortgage loan,” “defaulted loan” or other analogous term under the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Depositor” shall mean the “depositor” under the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Event of Default” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, an “Event of Default” as defined in the Mortgage Loan Agreement.

“Fitch” shall mean Fitch Ratings, Inc., and its successors in interest.

“Initial Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note A-3-1 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note A-3-2 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

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“Initial Note A-4 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note A-5 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note A-7 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note Holders” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Insolvency Proceeding” shall mean any proceeding under Title 11 of the United States Code (11 U.S.C. Sec. 101 et seq.) or any other insolvency, liquidation, reorganization or other similar proceeding concerning the Mortgage Loan Borrower, any action for the dissolution of the Mortgage Loan Borrower, any proceeding (judicial or otherwise) concerning the application of the assets of the Mortgage Loan Borrower for the benefit of its creditors, the appointment of or any proceeding seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver or other similar custodian for all or any substantial part of the assets of the Mortgage Loan Borrower or any other action concerning the adjustment of the debts of the Mortgage Loan Borrower, the cessation of business by the Mortgage Loan Borrower, except following a sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Mortgage Loan Borrower in a transaction permitted under the Mortgage Loan Documents; provided, however, that following any such permitted transaction affecting the title to the Mortgaged Property, the Mortgage Loan Borrower for purposes of this Agreement shall be defined to mean the successor owner of the Mortgaged Property from time to time as may be permitted pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Documents; provided, further, however, that for the purposes of this definition, in the event that more than one entity comprises the Mortgage Loan Borrower, the term “Mortgage Loan Borrower” shall refer to any such entity.

“Interest Rate” shall mean the Interest Rate (as defined in the Mortgage Loan Documents).

“Intervening Trust Vehicle” with respect to any Securitization Vehicle that is a CLO, shall mean a trust vehicle or entity which holds any Note as collateral securing (in whole or in part) any obligation or security held by such Securitization Vehicle as collateral for the CLO.

“KBRA” shall mean Kroll Bond Rating Agency, Inc. and its successors in interest.

“Lead Securitization” shall mean during the period (a) from and after the Note A-1 Securitization and Note A-8 Securitization and prior to the Note A-4 Securitization, the Note A-1 Securitization and Note A-8 Securitization and (b) from and after the Note A-4 Securitization, the Note A-4 Securitization.

“Lead Securitization Date” shall mean the closing date of the Lead Securitization.

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“Lead Securitization Note” shall mean during the period (a) from and after the Note A-1 Securitization and Note A-8 Securitization and prior to the Note A-4 Securitization, Note A-1 and Note A-8 and (b) from and after the Note A-4 Securitization, Note A-4.

“Lead Securitization Note Holder” shall mean the holder of the Lead Securitization Note.

“Lead Securitization Subordinate Class Representative” shall mean the “Controlling Class Representative” or “Directing Certificateholder” as defined in the Lead Servicing Agreement or such other analogous term used in the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Lead Securitization Trust” shall mean the Securitization Trust created in connection with the Lead Securitization.

“Lead Servicing Agreement” shall mean during the period (a) from and after the Note A-1 Securitization and Note A-8 Securitization and prior to the Note A-4 Securitization, the BBCMS 2022-C18 PSA and (b) from and after the Note A-4 Securitization, the pooling and servicing agreement to be entered into in connection with the Note A-4 Securitization. The Servicing Standard in the Lead Servicing Agreement shall require, among other things, that each Servicer, in servicing the Mortgage Loan, must take into account the interests of each Note Holder.

“Major Decisions” shall have the meaning given to such term or any one or more analogous terms in the Lead Servicing Agreement; provided that at any time that no Note is included in the Lead Securitization “Major Decision” shall mean:

(i)            any proposed or actual foreclosure upon or comparable conversion (which shall include acquisitions of any REO Property) of the ownership of the property or properties securing the Mortgage Loan if it comes into and continues in default;

(ii)            any modification, consent to a modification or waiver of any monetary term (other than late fees and default interest) or material non-monetary term (including, without limitation, the timing of payments and acceptance of discounted payoffs) of the Mortgage Loan or any extension of the maturity date of the Mortgage Loan;

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

(iv)            any sale of the Mortgage Loan (when it is a Defaulted Mortgage Loan) or REO Property for less than the applicable Purchase Price (as defined in the Lead Servicing Agreement);

(v)            any determination to bring a Mortgaged Property or an REO Property into compliance with applicable environmental laws or to otherwise address any

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Hazardous Materials (as defined in the Lead Servicing Agreement) located at a Mortgaged Property or an REO Property;

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

(vii)            any waiver of a “due-on-sale” or “due-on-encumbrance” clause with respect to the Mortgage Loan or any consent to such a waiver or consent to a transfer of a Mortgaged Property or interests in the borrower;

(viii)            any incurrence of additional debt by a borrower or any mezzanine financing by any beneficial owner of a borrower (to the extent that the lender has consent rights pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan Documents);

(ix)            any material modification, waiver or amendment of an intercreditor agreement, co-lender agreement or similar agreement with any mezzanine lender or subordinate debt holder related to the Mortgage Loan, or any action to enforce rights (or decision not to enforce rights) with respect thereto, or any material modification, waiver or amendment thereof;

(x)            any property management company changes, including, without limitation, approval of the termination of a manager and appointment of a new property manager or franchise changes (in each case, if the lender is required to consent or approve such changes under the Mortgage Loan Documents);

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

(xii)            any acceptance of an assumption agreement releasing a borrower, guarantor or other obligor from liability under the Mortgage Loan other than pursuant to the specific terms of such Mortgage Loan and for which there is no lender discretion;

(xiii)            any determination of an Acceptable Insurance Default (as defined in the Lead Servicing Agreement);

(xiv)            any determination by the Master Servicer to transfer the Mortgage Loan to the Special Servicer under the circumstances described in paragraph (c) of the definition of “Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan” (as defined in the Lead Servicing Agreement); or

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(xv)            any approval of a Major Lease (as defined in the Mortgage Loan Documents) to the extent lender’s approval is required by the Mortgage Loan Documents;.

“Master Servicer” shall mean the master servicer appointed as provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Monthly Payment Date” shall mean the Monthly Payment Date (as defined in the Mortgage Loan Documents).

“Moody’s” shall mean Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., and its successors in interest.

“Morningstar” shall mean Morningstar Credit Ratings, LLC, and its successors in interest.

“Mortgage” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Mortgage Loan” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Mortgage Loan Agreement” shall mean the Loan Agreement, dated as of November 10, 2022, between the Mortgage Loan Borrower and Argentic Real Estate Finance LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as lender, as the same may be further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, subject to the terms hereof.

“Mortgage Loan Borrower” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Mortgage Loan Borrower Related Party” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 13.

“Mortgage Loan Documents” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage Loan Agreement, the Mortgage, the Notes and all other documents now or hereafter evidencing and securing the Mortgage Loan.

“Mortgage Loan Schedule” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Mortgaged Property” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“New Notes” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 31.

“Non-Controlling Note” shall mean Note A-1, Note A-2, Note A-3-1, Note A-3-2, Note A-5, Note A-6, Note A-7 and Note A-8, individually or collectively, as the context may require.

“Non-Controlling Note Holder” shall mean the Note A-1 Holder, the Note A-2 Holder, the Note A-3-1 Holder, the Note A-3-2 Holder, the Note A-5 Holder, the Note A-6 Holder,

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the Note A-7 Holder and the Note A-8 Holder, individually or collectively, as the context may require; provided that at any time Note A-1, Note A-2, Note A-3-1, Note A-3-2, Note A-5, Note A-6, Note A-7 or Note A-8 is included in a Securitization, references to the “Non-Controlling Note Holder” herein shall mean the Non-Lead Securitization Subordinate Class Representative with respect to such Note or any other party assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Non-Controlling Note Holder” hereunder, as and to the extent provided in the related Non-Lead Servicing Agreement and as to the identity of which the Lead Securitization Note Holder (and the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer) has been given written notice. The Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall not be required at any time to deal with more than one party exercising the rights of the “Non-Controlling Note Holder” herein or under the Lead Servicing Agreement and, (x) to the extent that the related Non-Lead Servicing Agreement assigns such rights to more than one party or (y) to the extent Note A-1, Note A-2, Note A-3-1, Note A-3-2, Note A-5, Note A-6, Note A-7 or Note A-8 is split into two or more New Notes pursuant to Section 31, for purposes of this Agreement, the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement or the holders of such New Notes shall designate one party to deal with the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) and provide written notice of such designation to the Lead Securitization Note Holder (and the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer acting on its behalf); provided that, in the absence of such designation and notice, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall be entitled to treat the last party as to which it has received written notice as having been designated as the Non-Controlling Note Holder, as the Non-Controlling Note Holder for all purposes of this Agreement. As of the date hereof and until further notice from the applicable Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the applicable Non-Lead Master Servicer or another party acting on its behalf), each of the Note A-1 Holder, the Note A-2 Holder, the Note A-3-1 Holder, the Note A-3-2 Holder, the Note A-5 Holder, the Note A-6 Holder, the Note A-7 Holder and the Note A-8 Holder is a Non-Controlling Note Holder.

Prior to Securitization of any Non-Lead Securitization Note (including any New Notes), all notices, reports, information or other deliverables required to be delivered to the applicable Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder or the Non-Controlling Note Holder pursuant to this Agreement or the Lead Servicing Agreement by the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) only need to be delivered to the Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative (to the extent that the identity of the Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative is known) and, when so delivered to the Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall be deemed to have satisfied its delivery obligations with respect to such items hereunder or under the Lead Servicing Agreement. Following Securitization of any Non-Lead Securitization Note, all notices, reports, information or other deliverables required to be delivered to the applicable Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder or the Non-Controlling Note Holder pursuant to this Agreement or the Lead Servicing Agreement by the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall be delivered to the Non-Lead Master Servicer (who then may forward such items to the party entitled to receive such items as and to the extent provided in the Non-Lead Servicing Agreement) and, when so delivered to the Non-Lead Master Servicer, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master

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Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall be deemed to have satisfied its delivery obligations with respect to such items hereunder or under the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6(c).

“Non-Exempt Person” shall mean any Person other than a Person who is either (i) a U.S. Person or (ii) has on file with the Agent for the relevant year such duly-executed form(s) or statement(s) which may, from time to time, be prescribed by law and which, pursuant to applicable provisions of (A) any income tax treaty between the United States and the country of residence of such Person, (B) the Code or (C) any applicable rules or regulations in effect under clauses (A) or (B) above, permit the Servicer on behalf of the Note Holders to make such payments free of any obligation or liability for withholding.

“Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer” shall mean the “asset representations reviewer” or other analogous term under the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Certificate Administrator” shall mean the “certificate administrator” or other analogous term under the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Depositor” shall mean the “depositor” or other analogous term under the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Master Servicer” shall mean the “master servicer” or other analogous term under the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Operating Advisor” shall mean the “trust advisor,” “operating advisor” or other analogous term under the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Securitization” shall mean during the period (a) from and after the Note A-1 Securitization and Note A-8 Securitization and prior to the Securitization of Note A-4, the Note A-2 Securitization, the Note A-3-1 Securitization, the Note A-3-2 Securitization, the Note A-4 Securitization, the Note A-5 Securitization, the Note A-6 Securitization and the Note A-7 Securitization, individually or collectively, as the context may require and (b) from and after the Securitization of Note A-4, the Note A-1 Securitization, the Note A-2 Securitization, the Note A-3-1 Securitization, the Note A-3-2 Securitization, the Note A-5 Securitization, the Note A-6 Securitization, the Note A-7 Securitization and the Note A-8 Securitization, individually or collectively, as the context may require.

“Non-Lead Securitization Note” shall mean during the period (a) from and after the Note A-1 Securitization and Note A-8 Securitization and prior to the Note A-4 Securitization, Note A-2, Note A-3-1, Note A-3-2, Note A-4, Note A-5, Note A-6 and Note A-7, individually or collectively, as the context may require and (b) from and after the Note A-4 Securitization, Note A-1, Note A-2, Note A-3-1, Note A-3-2, Note A-5, Note A-6, Note A-7 and Note A-8, individually or collectively, as the context may require.

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“Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder” shall mean the holder of a Non-Lead Securitization Note.

“Non-Lead Servicing Agreement” shall mean the pooling and servicing agreement, trust and servicing agreement or other similar agreement to be entered into in connection with a Non-Lead Securitization Note.

“Non-Lead Securitization Date” shall mean the closing date of the applicable Non-Lead Securitization.

“Non-Lead Securitization Subordinate Class Representative” shall mean the holders of the majority of the class of securities issued in the applicable Non-Lead Securitization designated as the “controlling class” pursuant to the Non-Lead Servicing Agreement or their duly appointed representative; provided that if the holder of the class of securities issued in the Non-Lead Securitization designated as the “controlling class” or such other class(es) otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder” is a Borrower Party, no person shall be entitled to exercise the rights of the Non-Lead Securitization Subordinate Class Representative.

“Non-Lead Securitization Trust” shall mean the Securitization Trust into which the applicable Non-Lead Securitization Note is deposited.

“Non-Lead Servicer” shall mean the Non-Lead Master Servicer or the Non-Lead Special Servicer, as the context may require.

“Non-Lead Special Servicer” shall mean the “special servicer” or other analogous term under the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Trustee” shall mean the “trustee” or other analogous term under the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance” shall have the meaning given thereto in the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Note A-1” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-1 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement or shall mean any subsequent holder of Note A-1, as applicable.

“Note A-1 Principal Balance” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, at any time of determination, the Initial Note A-1 Principal Balance set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon received by the Note A-1 Holder or reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 3 or 4, as applicable.

“Note A-1 Securitization” shall mean the BBCMS 2022-C18 Securitization.

“Note A-2” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

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“Note A-2 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement or shall mean any subsequent holder of Note A-2, as applicable.

“Note A-2 Principal Balance” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, at any time of determination, the Initial Note A-2 Principal Balance set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon received by the Note A-2 Holder or reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 3 or 4, as applicable.

“Note A-2 Securitization” shall mean the BMO 2023-C4 Securitization.

“Note A-3-1” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-3-1 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-3-1 Holder or any subsequent holder of Note A-3-1, as applicable.

“Note A-3-1 Principal Balance” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, at any time of determination, the Initial Note A-3-1 Principal Balance set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon received by the Note A-3-1 Holder or reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 3 or 4, as applicable.

“Note A-3-1 Securitization” shall mean the sale by the Note A-3-1 Holder of all or any portion of the Note A-3-1 to a depositor, who will in turn include such portion of Note A-3-1 as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Note A-3-2” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-3-2 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-3-2 Holder or any subsequent holder of Note A-3-2, as applicable.

“Note A-3-2 Principal Balance” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, at any time of determination, the Initial Note A-3-2 Principal Balance set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon received by the Note A-3-2 Holder or reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 3 or 4, as applicable.

“Note A-3-2 Securitization” shall mean the sale by the Note A-3-2 Holder of all or any portion of the Note A-3-2 to a depositor, who will in turn include such portion of Note A-3-2 as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Note A-4” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-4 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-4 Holder or any subsequent holder of Note A-4, as applicable.

“Note A-4 Principal Balance” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, at any time of determination, the Initial Note A-4 Principal Balance set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon received by the Note A-4 Holder or reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 3 or 4, as applicable.

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“Note A-4 Securitization” shall mean the sale by the Note A-4 Holder of all or any portion of the Note A-4 to a depositor, who will in turn include such portion of Note A-4 as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Note A-5” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-5 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-5 Holder or any subsequent holder of Note A-5, as applicable.

“Note A-5 Principal Balance” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, at any time of determination, the Initial Note A-5 Principal Balance set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon received by the Note A-5 Holder or reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 3 or 4, as applicable.

“Note A-5 Securitization” shall mean the sale by the Note A-5 Holder of all or any portion of the Note A-5 to a depositor, who will in turn include such portion of Note A-5 as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Note A-6” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-6 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement or shall mean any subsequent holder of Note A-6, as applicable.

“Note A-6 Principal Balance” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, at any time of determination, the Initial Note A-6 Principal Balance set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon received by the Note A-6 Holder or reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 3 or 4, as applicable.

“Note A-6 Securitization” shall mean the BMO 2023-C4 Securitization.

“Note A-7” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-7 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-7 Holder or any subsequent holder of Note A-7, as applicable.

“Note A-7 Principal Balance” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, at any time of determination, the Initial Note A-7 Principal Balance set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon received by the Note A-7 Holder or reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 3 or 4, as applicable.

“Note A-7 Securitization” shall mean the sale by the Note A-7 Holder of all or any portion of the Note A-7 to a depositor, who will in turn include such portion of Note A-7 as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Note A-8” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-8 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement or shall mean any subsequent holder of Note A-8, as applicable.

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“Note A-8 Principal Balance” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, at any time of determination, the Initial Note A-8 Principal Balance set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon received by the Note A-8 Holder or reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 3 or 4, as applicable.

“Note A-8 Securitization” shall mean the BBCMS 2022-C18 Securitization.

“Note Holders” shall mean collectively, the Note A-1 Holder, the Note A-2 Holder, the Note A-3-1 Holder, the Note A-3-2 Holder, the Note A-4 Holder, the Note A-5 Holder, the Note A-6 Holder, the Note A-7 Holder and the Note A-8 Holder.

“Note Pledgee” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14(d).

“Note Register” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 15.

“Notes” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Operating Advisor” shall mean the “trust advisor,” “operating advisor” or other analogous term under the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Original Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Original Note A-3” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“P&I Advance” shall mean an advance made by (a) a party to the Lead Servicing Agreement in respect of a delinquent monthly debt service payment on the Lead Securitization Note or (b) a party to a Non-Lead Servicing Agreement in respect of a delinquent monthly debt service payment on the applicable Non-Lead Securitization Note.

“Percentage Interest” shall mean, (a) with respect to the Note A-1 Holder, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Note A-1 Principal Balance and the denominator of which is the sum of the Note A-1 Principal Balance, the Note A-2 Principal Balance, the Note A-3-1 Principal Balance, the Note A-3-2 Principal Balance, the Note A-4 Principal Balance, the Note A-5 Principal Balance, the Note A-6 Principal Balance, the Note A-7 Principal Balance and the Note A-8 Principal Balance, (b) with respect to the Note A-2 Holder, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Note A-2 Principal Balance and the denominator of which is the sum of the Note A-1 Principal Balance, the Note A-2 Principal Balance, the Note A-3-1 Principal Balance, the Note A-3-2 Principal Balance, the Note A-4 Principal Balance, the Note A-5 Principal Balance, the Note A-6 Principal Balance, the Note A-7 Principal Balance and the Note A-8 Principal Balance, (c) with respect to the Note A-3-1 Holder, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Note A-3-1 Principal Balance and the denominator of which is the sum of the Note A-1 Principal Balance, the Note A-2 Principal Balance, the Note A-3-1 Principal Balance, the Note A-3-2 Principal Balance, the Note A-4 Principal Balance, the Note A-5 Principal Balance, the Note A-6 Principal Balance, the Note A-7

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Principal Balance and the Note A-8 Principal Balance, (d) with respect to the Note A-3-2 Holder, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Note A-3-2 Principal Balance and the denominator of which is the sum of the Note A-1 Principal Balance, the Note A-2 Principal Balance, the Note A-3-1 Principal Balance, the Note A-3-2 Principal Balance, the Note A-4 Principal Balance, the Note A-5 Principal Balance, the Note A-6 Principal Balance, the Note A-7 Principal Balance and the Note A-8 Principal Balance, (e) with respect to the Note A-4 Holder, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Note A-4 Principal Balance and the denominator of which is the sum of the Note A-1 Principal Balance, the Note A-2 Principal Balance, the Note A-3-1 Principal Balance, the Note A-3-2 Principal Balance, the Note A-4 Principal Balance, the Note A-5 Principal Balance, the Note A-6 Principal Balance, the Note A-7 Principal Balance and the Note A-8 Principal Balance, (f) with respect to the Note A-5 Holder, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Note A-5 Principal Balance and the denominator of which is the sum of the Note A-1 Principal Balance, the Note A-2 Principal Balance, the Note A-3-1 Principal Balance, the Note A-3-2 Principal Balance, the Note A-4 Principal Balance, the Note A-5 Principal Balance, the Note A-6 Principal Balance, the Note A-7 Principal Balance and the Note A-8 Principal Balance, (g) with respect to the Note A-6 Holder, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Note A-6 Principal Balance and the denominator of which is the sum of the Note A-1 Principal Balance, the Note A-2 Principal Balance, the Note A-3-1 Principal Balance, the Note A-3-2 Principal Balance, the Note A-4 Principal Balance, the Note A-5 Principal Balance, the Note A-6 Principal Balance, the Note A-7 Principal Balance and the Note A-8 Principal Balance, (h) with respect to the Note A-7 Holder, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Note A-7 Principal Balance and the denominator of which is the sum of the Note A-1 Principal Balance, the Note A-2 Principal Balance, the Note A-3-1 Principal Balance, the Note A-3-2 Principal Balance, the Note A-4 Principal Balance, the Note A-5 Principal Balance, the Note A-6 Principal Balance, the Note A-7 Principal Balance and the Note A-8 Principal Balance and (i) with respect to the Note A-8 Holder, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Note A-8 Principal Balance and the denominator of which is the sum of the Note A-1 Principal Balance, the Note A-2 Principal Balance, the Note A-3-1 Principal Balance, the Note A-3-2 Principal Balance, the Note A-4 Principal Balance, the Note A-5 Principal Balance, the Note A-6 Principal Balance, the Note A-7 Principal Balance and the Note A-8 Principal Balance.

“Permitted Fund Manager” shall mean any Person that on the date of determination is (i) one of the entities on Exhibit C attached hereto and made a part hereof or any other nationally-recognized manager of investment funds investing in debt or equity interests relating to commercial real estate, (ii) investing through a fund with committed capital of at least $250,000,000 and (iii) not subject to a proceeding relating to the bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors.

“Pledge” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14(d).

“Pro Rata and Pari Passu Basis” shall mean with respect to the Notes and the Note Holders, the allocation of any particular payment, collection, cost, expense, liability or other amount between such Notes or such Note Holders, as the case may be, without any priority of any such Note or any such Note Holder over another such Note or Note Holder, as the case may be,

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and in any event such that each Note or Note Holder, as the case may be, is allocated its respective Percentage Interest of such particular payment, collection, cost, expense, liability or other amount.

“Qualified Institutional Lender” shall mean each of the Initial Note Holders and any other U.S. Person that is:

(a)               an entity Controlled (as defined herein) by, under common Control with or that Controls either of the Initial Note Holders, or

(b)               the trustee on behalf of the trust certificates issued pursuant to a master trust agreement involving a CLO comprised of, or other securitization vehicle involving, assets deposited or transferred by a Note Holder and/or one or more Affiliates (whether with assets from others or not), provided that the securities issued in connection with such CLO or other securitization vehicle are rated by each of the Rating Agencies that assigned a rating to one or more classes of securities issued in connection with the Lead Securitization, or

(c)               one or more of the following:

(i)            an insurance company, bank, savings and loan association, investment bank, trust company, commercial credit corporation, pension plan, pension fund, pension fund advisory firm, mutual fund, real estate investment trust, governmental entity or plan, or

(ii)            an investment company, money management firm or a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a) (1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or

(iii)            a Qualified Trustee in connection with (a) any securitization of, (b) the creation of collateralized loan obligations (“CLO”) secured by, or (c) a financing through an “owner trust” of, a Note or any interest therein (any of the foregoing, a “Securitization Vehicle”), provided that (1) one or more classes of securities issued by such Securitization Vehicle is initially rated at least investment grade by each of the Rating Agencies that assigned a rating to one or more classes of securities issued in connection with a Securitization (it being understood that with respect to any Rating Agency that assigned such a rating to the securities issued by such Securitization Vehicle, a Rating Agency Confirmation will not be required in connection with a transfer of such Note or any interest therein to such Securitization Vehicle); (2) in the case of a Securitization Vehicle that is not a CLO, the special servicer of such Securitization Vehicle (x) has a Required Special Servicer Rating, (y) is LNR Partners, LLC or (z) is otherwise acceptable to the Rating Agencies rating each Securitization (such entity, an “Approved Servicer”) and such Approved Servicer is required to service and administer such Note or any interest therein in accordance with servicing arrangements for the assets held by the Securitization Vehicle which require that such Approved Servicer act in accordance

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with a servicing standard notwithstanding any contrary direction or instruction from any other Person; or (3) in the case of a Securitization Vehicle that is a CLO, the CLO Asset Manager and, if applicable, each Intervening Trust Vehicle that is not administered and managed by a CLO Asset Manager which is a Qualified Institutional Lender, are each a Qualified Institutional Lender under clauses (i), (ii), (iv) or (v) of this definition, or

(iv)            an investment fund, limited liability company, limited partnership or general partnership having capital and/or capital commitments of at least $250,000,000, in which (A) any Initial Note Holder, (B) a person that is otherwise a Qualified Institutional Lender under clause (i), (ii) or (v) (with respect to an institution substantially similar to the entities referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above), or (C) a Permitted Fund Manager, acts as a general partner, managing member, or the fund manager responsible for the day-to-day management and operation of such investment vehicle and provided that at least 50% of the equity interests in such investment vehicle are owned, directly or indirectly, by one or more entities that are otherwise Qualified Institutional Lenders (without regard to the capital surplus/equity and total asset requirements set forth below in the definition), or

(v)            an institution substantially similar to any of the foregoing, and

in the case of any entity referred to in clause (c)(i), (ii), (iv)(B) or (v) of this definition, (x) such entity has at least $200,000,000 in capital/statutory surplus or shareholders’ equity (except with respect to a pension advisory firm or similar fiduciary) and at least $600,000,000 in total assets (in name or under management), and (y) is regularly engaged in the business of making or owning commercial real estate loans (or interests therein) similar to the Mortgage Loan (or mezzanine loans with respect thereto) or owning or operating commercial real estate properties; provided that, in the case of the entity described in clause (iv)(B) above, the requirements of this clause (y) may be satisfied by a general partner, managing member, or the fund manager responsible for the day-to-day management and operation of such entity; or

(d)               any entity Controlled by any of the entities described in clause (c)(i), (ii) and (iv)(B) above or approved by the Rating Agencies hereunder as a Qualified Institutional Lender for purposes of this Agreement, or as to which the Rating Agencies have stated they would not review such entity in connection with the subject transfer.

“Qualified Trustee” shall mean (i) a corporation, national bank, national banking association or a trust company, organized and doing business under the laws of any state or the United States of America, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers and to accept the trust conferred, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority, (ii) an institution insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or (iii) an institution whose long-term senior unsecured debt is rated either of the then in effect top two rating categories of each of the applicable Rating Agencies.

“Rating Agencies” shall mean DBRS, Fitch, KBRA, Moody’s, Morningstar and S&P and their respective successors in interest or, if any of such entities shall for any reason no

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longer perform the functions of a securities rating agency, any other nationally recognized statistical rating agency reasonably designated by any Note Holder to rate the securities issued in connection with the Securitization of the related Note; provided, however, that, at any time during which the Mortgage Loan is an asset of one or more Securitizations, “Rating Agencies” or “Rating Agency” shall mean only those rating agencies that are engaged from time to time to rate the securities issued in connection with the Securitizations of the Notes.

“Rating Agency Confirmation” shall mean prior to a Securitization with respect to any matter, confirmation in writing (which may be in electronic form) by each applicable Rating Agency that a proposed action, failure to act or other event so specified will not, in and of itself, result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of the then-current rating assigned to any class of certificates (if then rated by the Rating Agency); provided that a written waiver or other acknowledgment from the Rating Agency indicating its decision not to review the matter for which the Rating Agency Confirmation is sought shall be deemed to satisfy the requirement for the Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such matter and after a Securitization, the meaning given thereto or any analogous term in the Lead Servicing Agreement or Non-Lead Servicing Agreement, as applicable, including any deemed Rating Agency Confirmation.

For the purposes of this Agreement, if any Rating Agency (1) waives, declines or refuses, in writing, to review or otherwise engage any request for a confirmation hereunder from such Rating Agency that a proposed action will not result in a qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of its then current rating of the securities issued pursuant to the related Securitization, or (2) does not reply to such request or responds in a manner that indicates that such Rating Agency is neither reviewing such request nor waiving the requirement for Rating Agency Confirmation and the related timing, notice and other applicable provisions set forth in the Lead Servicing Agreement and each Non-Lead Servicing Agreement, as applicable, have been satisfied, then for such request only, the condition that such confirmation by such Rating Agency (only) be obtained shall be deemed not to apply for purposes of this Agreement. For purposes of clarity, any such waiver, declination or refusal to review or otherwise engage in any request for such confirmation hereunder shall not be deemed a waiver, declination or refusal to review or otherwise engage in any subsequent request for such Rating Agency Confirmation hereunder and the condition for such Rating Agency Confirmation pursuant to this Agreement for any subsequent request shall apply regardless of any previous waiver, declination or refusal to review or otherwise engage in such prior request.

“Redirection Notice” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14(c).

“Regulation AB” shall mean Subpart 229.1100 – Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R. §§229.1100-229.1125, as such may be amended from time to time, and subject to such clarification and interpretation as have been provided by the Securities and Exchange Commission or by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or as may be provided by the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff from time to time.

“REMIC” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5(e).

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“Replacement Notes” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Required Special Servicer Rating” (1) at any time that the Lead Securitization Note is included in the Lead Securitization, shall have the meaning assigned to such term or any analogous term in the Lead Servicing Agreement, and (2) at any other time, shall mean with respect to a special servicer (i) in the case of Fitch, a rating of “CSS3”, (ii) in the case of S&P, such special servicer is on S&P’s Select Servicer List as a U.S. Commercial Mortgage Special Servicer, (iii) in the case of Moody’s, such special servicer is acting as special servicer for one or more loans included in a commercial mortgage loan securitization that was rated by Moody’s within the twelve (12) month period prior to the date of determination, and Moody’s has not downgraded or withdrawn the then-current rating on any class of commercial mortgage securities or placed any class of commercial mortgage securities on watch citing the continuation of such special servicer as special servicer of such commercial mortgage loans as the sole or material factor, (iv) in the case of Morningstar, either (a) the applicable replacement has a special servicer ranking of at least “MOR CS3” by Morningstar (if ranked by Morningstar) or (b) if not ranked by Morningstar, is currently acting as a master servicer or special servicer, as applicable, on a deal or transaction-level basis for all or a significant portion of the related mortgage loans in other CMBS transactions rated by any of S&P, Moody’s, Fitch, DBRS or KBRA and the trustee does not have actual knowledge that Morningstar has, and the replacement special servicer certifies that Morningstar has not, with respect to any such other CMBS transaction, qualified, downgraded or withdrawn its rating or ratings on one or more classes of such CMBS transaction citing servicing concerns of the applicable replacement as the sole or material factor in such rating action, (v) in the case of KBRA, KBRA has not cited servicing concerns of such special servicer as the sole or material factor in any qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings (or placement on “watch status” in contemplation of a ratings downgrade or withdrawal) of securities in a transaction serviced by such special servicer prior to the time of determination, and (vi) in the case of DBRS, such special servicer is acting as special servicer in a commercial mortgage loan securitization that was rated by DBRS within the twelve (12) month period prior to the date of determination and DBRS has not downgraded or withdrawn the then-current rating on any class of commercial mortgage securities or placed any class of commercial mortgage securities on watch citing the continuation of such special servicer as special servicer of such commercial mortgage securities as a material reason for such downgrade or withdrawal.

“S&P” shall mean Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, and its successors in interest.

“Scheduled Interest Payment” shall mean the scheduled payment of interest due on the Mortgage Loan on a Monthly Payment Date.

“Scheduled Principal Payment” shall mean the scheduled payment of principal due on the Mortgage Loan on a Monthly Payment Date.

“Securitization” shall mean one or more sales by a Note Holder of all or a portion of such Note to a depositor or a similar person, who will in turn include such portion of such Note as part of a securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

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“Securitization Trust” shall mean a trust formed pursuant to a Securitization pursuant to which any Note is held.

“Securitization Vehicle” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Qualified Institutional Lender.”

“Servicer” shall mean the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the context may require.

“Servicer Termination Event” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or such analogous term in the Lead Servicing Agreement or at any time that the Mortgage Loan is no longer subject to the provisions of the Lead Servicing Agreement, any analogous concept under the servicing agreement pursuant to which the Mortgage Loan is being serviced in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

“Servicing Advance” shall mean “Servicing Advance” or other analogous term as defined in the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Special Servicer” shall mean the special servicer appointed as provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement and this Agreement.

“Taxes” shall mean any income or other taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature, now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any department, agency, state or other political subdivision thereof or therein.

“Transfer” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14.

“Trustee” shall mean the trustee or its successor-in-interest, or any successor Trustee appointed as provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“U.S. Person” shall mean a citizen or resident of the United States, a corporation or partnership (except to the extent provided in applicable Treasury Regulations) created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, including any entity treated as a corporation or partnership for federal income tax purposes, or an estate whose income is subject to United States federal income tax regardless of its source, or a trust if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of such trust, and one or more such U.S. Persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of such trust (or, to the extent provided in applicable Treasury Regulations, a trust in existence on August 20, 1996 which is eligible to elect to be treated as a U.S. Person).

Section 2.                Servicing of the Mortgage Loan.

(a)               Each Note Holder acknowledges and agrees that, subject in each case to this Agreement, the Mortgage Loan shall be serviced from and after the Lead Securitization Date pursuant to the Lead Servicing Agreement; provided that the Master Servicer shall not be obligated to advance monthly payments of principal or interest in respect of any Note other than the Lead Securitization Note if such principal or interest is not paid by the Mortgage Loan Borrower but shall be obligated to advance delinquent real estate taxes, insurance premiums and

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other expenses related to the maintenance of the Mortgaged Property and maintenance and enforcement of the lien of the Mortgage thereon, subject to the terms of this Agreement and the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement including any provisions governing the determination of non-recoverability. Each Note Holder acknowledges that each other Note Holder may elect, in its sole discretion, to include its Note in a Securitization and agrees that it will, subject to Section 26, reasonably cooperate with such other Note Holder, at such other Note Holder’s expense, to effect such Securitization. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each Note Holder hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consents to the appointment of the Master Servicer, Operating Advisor, Certificate Administrator, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee under the Lead Servicing Agreement by the Depositor and the appointment of the initial Special Servicer by the Controlling Note Holder as may be replaced pursuant to the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement and agrees to reasonably cooperate with the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer with respect to the servicing of the Mortgage Loan in accordance with the Lead Servicing Agreement. Each Note Holder hereby irrevocably appoints the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee in the Lead Securitization as such Note Holder’s attorney-in-fact to sign any documents reasonably required with respect to the administration and servicing of the Mortgage Loan on its behalf under the Lead Servicing Agreement (subject at all times to the rights of the Note Holder set forth herein and in the Lead Servicing Agreement). In no event shall the Lead Servicing Agreement require the Servicer to enforce the rights of any Note Holder against any other Note Holder or limit the Servicer in enforcing the rights of one Note Holder against any other Note Holder; however, this statement shall not be construed to otherwise limit the rights of one Note Holder with respect to any other Note Holder. Each Servicer shall be required pursuant to the Lead Servicing Agreement to service the Mortgage Loan in accordance with the Servicing Standard, the terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents, the Lead Servicing Agreement and applicable law, each Servicer shall provide information to each Non-Lead Servicer under a Non-Lead Servicing Agreement to enable each such Non-Lead Servicer to perform its servicing duties under the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement and each Servicer shall not take any action or refrain from taking any action or follow any direction inconsistent with the foregoing.

If, at any time that the Mortgage Loan is no longer subject to the provisions of the Lead Servicing Agreement, the Note Holders agree to cause the Mortgage Loan to be serviced by one or more servicers, each of which has been agreed upon by the Note Holders, pursuant to a servicing agreement that has servicing terms substantially similar to the Lead Servicing Agreement and all references herein to the “Lead Servicing Agreement” shall mean such subsequent servicing agreement; provided, however, that if a Non-Lead Securitization Note is in a Securitization, then a Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been obtained from each Rating Agency; provided, further, however, that until a replacement servicing agreement has been entered into, the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall cause the Mortgage Loan to be serviced pursuant to the provisions of the Lead Servicing Agreement as if such agreement was still in full force and effect with respect to the Mortgage Loan, by the Servicer in the Lead Securitization or by any Person appointed by the Lead Securitization Note Holder that is a qualified servicer meeting the requirements of the Lead Servicing Agreement and meeting the Required Special Servicer Rating (to the extent such servicer is performing special servicing functions).

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(b)               The Master Servicer shall be the master servicer on the Mortgage Loan, and from time to time it (or the Trustee or Special Servicer, to the extent provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement) (i) shall be required to (and the Special Servicer may, under certain circumstances as provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement) make Servicing Advances with respect to the Mortgage Loan, subject to the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement and this Agreement, and (ii) may be required to make P&I Advances on the Lead Securitization Note, if and to the extent provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement and this Agreement. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee, as applicable, shall be entitled to reimbursement for a Servicing Advance, first from funds on deposit in the Collection Account or Companion Distribution Account for the Mortgage Loan that (in any case) represent amounts received on or in respect of the Mortgage Loan, and then, in the case of Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances, if such funds on deposit in the Collection Account or Companion Distribution Account are insufficient, from general collections of the Lead Securitization as provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement and from general collections of a Non-Lead Securitization as provided below. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee, as applicable, shall be entitled to reimbursement for Advance Interest Amounts on a Servicing Advance or a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, in the manner and from the sources provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement, including from general collections of the Lead Securitization and, in the case of Servicing Advances or Advance Interest Amount on a Servicing Advance, from general collections of a Non-Lead Securitization as provided below. To the extent the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, obtains funds from general collections of the Lead Securitization as a reimbursement for a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance or any Advance Interest Amounts on a Servicing Advance or a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder (including from general collections or any other amounts from any Non-Lead Securitization Trust) shall be required to, promptly following notice from the Master Servicer, reimburse the Lead Securitization for its pro rata share of such Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance or Advance Interest Amounts.

In addition, each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder (including, but not limited to, any Non-Lead Securitization Trust) shall be required to, promptly following notice from the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, pay or reimburse the Lead Securitization for such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s pro rata share of any fees, costs or expenses incurred in connection with the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loan as to which the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor or the Depositor, as applicable, is entitled to be reimbursed pursuant to the Lead Servicing Agreement and any costs, fees and expenses related to obtaining any Rating Agency Confirmation, to the extent amounts on deposit in the Collection Account or Companion Distribution Account that are allocated to the related Non-Lead Securitization Note are insufficient for reimbursement of such amounts and to the extent that funds from general collections in the Lead Securitization are applied towards the Lead Securitization Note Holder’s pro rata share of the insufficiency. Each Non-Lead Note Holder agrees to indemnify (i) (as and to the same extent the Lead Securitization Trust is required to indemnify each of the following parties in respect of other mortgage loans in the Lead Securitization Trust pursuant to the terms of Lead Servicing Agreement) each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Depositor (and any director, officer, employee or agent of any of the foregoing, to the extent such parties are identified as indemnified parties in the

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Lead Servicing Agreement in respect of other mortgage loans) and (ii) the Lead Securitization Trust (such parties in clause (i) and the Lead Securitization Trust, collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”) against any claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and related costs, judgments and any other costs, liabilities, fees and expenses incurred in connection with the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loan and the Mortgaged Property (or, with respect to the Operating Advisor, incurred in connection with the provision of services for the Mortgage Loan) under the Lead Servicing Agreement (collectively, the “Indemnified Items”) to the extent of its pro rata share of such Indemnified Items, and to the extent amounts on deposit in the Collection Account or Companion Distribution Account that are allocated to the related Non-Lead Securitization Note are insufficient for reimbursement of such amounts, the related Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall be required to, promptly following notice from the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, reimburse each of the applicable Indemnified Parties for its pro rata share of the insufficiency, (including, if a Non-Lead Securitization Note has been included in a Securitization, from general collections or any other amounts from such Non-Lead Securitization Trust).

Any Non-Lead Master Servicer may be required to make P&I Advances on the respective Non-Lead Securitization Note, from time to time, subject to the terms of the related Non-Lead Servicing Agreement, the Lead Servicing Agreement and this Agreement. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee, as applicable, shall be entitled to make their own recoverability determination with respect to a P&I Advance to be made on the Lead Securitization Note based on the information that they have on hand and in accordance with the Lead Servicing Agreement. Any Non-Lead Master Servicer, Non-Lead Special Servicer or Non-Lead Trustee, as applicable, shall be entitled to make its own recoverability determination with respect to a P&I Advance to be made on the related Non-Lead Securitization Note based on the information that they have on hand and in accordance with the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement. The Master Servicer and the Trustee, as applicable, and any Non-Lead Master Servicer or the Non-Lead Trustee, as applicable, shall be required to notify the other of the amount of its P&I Advance within two business days of making such advance. If the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable (with respect to the Lead Securitization Note) or a Non-Lead Master Servicer, Non-Lead Special Servicer or Non-Lead Trustee, as applicable (with respect to a Non-Lead Securitization Note), determines that a proposed P&I Advance, if made, would be non-recoverable or an outstanding P&I Advance is or would be non-recoverable, or if the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, subsequently determines that a proposed Servicing Advance would be non-recoverable or an outstanding Servicing Advance is or would be non-recoverable, then the Master Servicer or the Trustee (as provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement, in the case of a determination of non-recoverability by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee) or such Non-Lead Master Servicer or Non-Lead Trustee (as provided in the related Non-Lead Servicing Agreement, in the case of the a determination of non-recoverability by a Non-Lead Master Servicer, Non-Lead Special Servicer or Non-Lead Trustee) shall notify the Master Servicer and the Trustee, or the related Non-Lead Master Servicer and Non-Lead Trustee, as the case may be, of such other Securitization within two business days of making such determination. Each of the Master Servicer, the Trustee, any Non-Lead Master Servicer and any Non-Lead Trustee, as applicable, shall only be entitled to reimbursement for a P&I Advance and advance interest thereon that becomes non-recoverable, first from the Collection Account or Companion Distribution Account from amounts allocable to the Note for which such P&I Advance

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was made, and then, if funds are insufficient, (i) in the case of the Lead Securitization Note, from general collections of the Lead Securitization Trust, pursuant to the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement and (ii) in the case of a Non-Lead Securitization Note, from general collections of the related Securitization Trust, as and to the extent provided in the related Non-Lead Servicing Agreement.

(c)               Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder agrees that, if the Non-Lead Securitization Note is included in a Securitization, it shall cause the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement to contain provisions to the effect that:

(i)            each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall be responsible for its pro rata share of any Servicing Advances (and advance interest thereon) and any additional trust fund expenses, but only to the extent that they relate to servicing and administration of the Notes and the Mortgaged Property, including without limitation, any unpaid special servicing fees, liquidation fees and workout fees relating to the Notes, and that in the event that the funds received with respect to each respective Note are insufficient to cover such Servicing Advances or additional trust fund expenses, (A) the related Non-Lead Master Servicer will be required to, promptly following notice from the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, pay or reimburse the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, or the Lead Securitization Trust, as applicable, out of general funds in the collection account (or equivalent account) established under such Non-Lead Servicing Agreement for the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s pro rata share of any such Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances (together with advance interest thereon) and/or additional trust fund expenses (including compensation due to the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer to the extent related to the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loan and the Mortgaged Property), and (B) if the Lead Servicing Agreement permits the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee to reimburse itself from the Lead Securitization Trust’s general account, then the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor or the Trustee, as applicable, may do so, and the related Non-Lead Master Servicer will be required to, promptly following notice from the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, reimburse the Lead Securitization Trust out of general funds in the collection account (or equivalent account) established under such Non-Lead Servicing Agreement for the applicable Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s pro rata share of any such Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances (together with advance interest thereon) and/or additional trust fund expenses (including compensation due to the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer to the extent related to the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loan and the Mortgaged Property);

(ii)            each of the Indemnified Parties shall be indemnified (as and to the same extent the Lead Securitization Trust is required to indemnify each of such Indemnified Parties in respect of other mortgage loans in the Lead Securitization Trust pursuant to the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement and, in the case of the Lead Securitization Trust, to the extent of any additional trust fund expenses with respect to the Mortgage Loan) by any Non-Lead Securitization Trust, against any of the Indemnified Items to the extent of its pro rata share of such Indemnified Items, and to the extent amounts on deposit in the

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Collection Account or Companion Distribution Account that are allocated to a Non-Lead Securitization Note are insufficient for reimbursement of such amounts, the related Non-Lead Master Servicer will be required to reimburse each of the applicable Indemnified Parties for its pro rata share of the insufficiency out of general funds in the collection account (or equivalent account) established under such Non-Lead Servicing Agreement; provided, however, that the Non-Lead Servicing Agreements may include limitations and conditions on the payment or reimbursement of Indemnified Items to the Operating Advisor (including limitations and conditions with respect to the timing of such payments or reimbursements and the sources of funds for such payments or reimbursements);

(iii)            each Non-Lead Master Servicer, the Non-Lead Trustee or the certificate administrator under the Non-Lead Servicing Agreement will be required to deliver to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer (i) promptly following Securitization of the related Non-Lead Securitization Note, notice of the deposit of the Non-Lead Securitization Note into a Securitization Trust (which notice shall also provide contact information for the trustee, the certificate administrator, the Non-Lead Master Servicer, the Non-Lead Special Servicer and the party designated to exercise the rights of the “Non-Controlling Note Holder” under this Agreement, including the Controlling Class Representative under the Non-Lead Servicing Agreement), accompanied by a certified copy of the executed Non-Lead Servicing Agreement and (ii) notice of any subsequent change in the identity of the Non-Lead Master Servicer or the party designated to exercise the rights of the “Non-Controlling Note Holder” under this Agreement (together with the relevant contact information);

(iv)            any matter affecting the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loan that requires delivery of a Rating Agency Confirmation pursuant to the Lead Servicing Agreement shall also require delivery of a Rating Agency Confirmation under any Non-Lead Servicing Agreement;

(v)            the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee and the Lead Securitization Trust shall be third-party beneficiaries of the foregoing provisions; and

(vi)            in the event of a proposed replacement of the Special Servicer, each Non-Lead Trustee shall use commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file on behalf of the related Non-Lead Securitization Trust a Form 8-K relating to such replacement that complies with the Exchange Act on the same day that a Form 8-K relating to such replacement is filed on behalf of the Lead Securitization; provided that the Non-Lead Depositors and a responsible officer of each Non-Lead Trustee has received notice of such proposed replacement (including any disclosure or other information required to be included in such Form 8-K as well as the requirement and timing for filing such Form 8-K) at least 5 Business Days prior to such filing date. The Lead Securitization Note Holder (including, as the context requires, the Depositor, Master Servicer, Special Servicer, Trustee or controlling class representative (or analogous term) relating to the related Lead Securitization Trust, on behalf of such Lead Securitization Note Holder) shall be a third-party beneficiary of the foregoing provision.

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(d)               The Lead Securitization Note Holder agrees that it shall cause the Lead Servicing Agreement to contain provisions to the effect that (and to the extent such provisions are not included in the Lead Servicing Agreement, they shall be deemed incorporated therein and made a part thereof):

(i)            compensating interest payments as defined therein with respect to the Notes will be allocated by the Master Servicer between the Notes, pro rata, in accordance with their respective principal amounts. The Master Servicer shall remit any compensating interest payment in respect of the Non-Lead Securitization Notes to the applicable Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder;

(ii)            the Master Servicer shall remit all payments received with respect to any Non-Lead Securitization Note, net of the servicing fees payable to the Master Servicer and Special Servicer with respect to such Non-Lead Securitization Note, and any other applicable fees and reimbursements payable to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee, to the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder on or prior to the earlier of (A) the Master Servicer Remittance Date or (B) the business day following the “determination date” (or other analogous term) under the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement, provided, that, in each case as long as the date on which remittance is required under this clause (ii) is at least one business day after the scheduled monthly payment date under the Mortgage Loan Agreement, provided, that after the Securitization of the Lead Securitization Note, any late collections received by the Master Servicer after the related due date under the Mortgage Loan shall be remitted by the Master Servicer in accordance with the Lead Servicing Agreement;

(iii)            with respect to any Non-Lead Securitization Note, if it is held by a Securitization, the Master Servicer agrees to deliver or cause to be delivered to any Non-Lead Master Servicer all reports required to be delivered by the Master Servicer to the Trustee or Certificate Administrator under the Lead Servicing Agreement (which shall include all loan-level reports constituting the CREFC^® Investor Reporting Package (IRP)) pursuant to the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement to the extent related to the Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property, the Non-Lead Securitization Note, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee on or prior to the earlier of (A) the Master Servicer Remittance Date or (B) the business day following the “determination date” (or other analogous term) under the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement, in each case so long as the date on which delivery is required under this clause (iii) is at least one business day after the scheduled monthly payment date under the Mortgage Loan Agreement;

(iv)            in connection with (x) any amendment of the Lead Servicing Agreement, a party to such Lead Servicing Agreement shall provide a copy of the executed amendment to any Non-Lead Depositor and the certificate administrator under any Non-Lead Servicing Agreement (which may be by email) in order for such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder and the Non-Lead Depositor to timely comply with their obligations under the Exchange Act, and (y) the termination, resignation and/or replacement of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, the related replacement Master Servicer or Special

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Servicer, as applicable, shall provide all disclosure about itself that is required to be included in Form 8-K no later than the date of effectiveness thereof;

(v)            the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall be a third-party beneficiary to the Lead Servicing Agreement in respect of the rights afforded it thereunder to the extent such rights affect the Non-Lead Securitization Note or the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder;

(vi)            the Lead Servicing Agreement shall not be amended in any manner that materially and adversely (or words of similar import) affects the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder without the consent of such party;

(vii)            Servicer Termination Events include customary market termination events with respect to failure to make advances, failure to remit payments to any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder as required, failure to deliver (or cause to be delivered) materials or notices required in order for any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder and Non-Lead Depositor to timely comply with their obligations under the Exchange Act, and Rating Agency triggers with respect to the securities issued pursuant to any Non-Lead Securitization, subject to customary grace periods (provided, in the case of failures related to the Exchange Act, such grace periods do not materially and adversely affect the Non-Lead Depositor);

(viii)            if the Mortgage Loan becomes the subject of an “asset review” (or such analogous term defined in the Non-Lead Servicing Agreement) pursuant to any Non-Lead Servicing Agreement, the applicable parties to the Lead Servicing Agreement shall reasonably cooperate with the applicable Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer in connection with such asset review (or a substantially similar provision), including with respect to providing access to related underlying documents, to the extent the Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer has not obtained such documents from the Note Holder that sold the Non-Lead Securitization Note into the Non-Lead Securitization and such documents are in the possession of the applicable party to the Lead Servicing Agreement;

(ix)            each party to the Lead Servicing Agreement shall deliver (and shall cause any sub-servicer or any servicing function participant engaged by such party to deliver (or, in the case of a sub-servicer that the related mortgage loan seller requires the Master Servicer to engage, a party to the Lead Servicing Agreement shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause each party engaged by a party to the Lead Servicing Agreement to deliver)) (x) all materials and notices required in order for any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder and the Non-Lead Depositor to comply with (1) their obligations under the Exchange Act (including any required 10-D, 8-K and 10-K reporting) and (2) any applicable comment letter from the Securities and Exchange Commission or their obligations in connection with a “deficient Exchange Act deliverable” (or such analogous term defined in the Non-Lead Servicing Agreement) and (y) with respect to the “Sarbanes-Oxley certification” (or such analogous term defined in the Non-Lead Servicing Agreement) concerning the Non-Lead Securitization Trust to be submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the applicable

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certification to each Person who signs such “Sarbanes-Oxley certification” concerning the Non-Lead Securitization Trust;

(x)            each Non-Lead Securitization Trust (or the applicable parties to the Non-Lead Servicing Agreement) shall be entitled to indemnification pursuant to industry standard indemnification provisions customary for securitizations similar to the Non-Lead Securitization for the failure of the applicable parties to the Lead Servicing Agreement to timely deliver (or cause to be timely delivered) the materials or information required pursuant to clause (ix) above; and

(xi)            subject to various adjustments and caps provided for in the Lead Servicing Agreement (which shall be substantially similar to those set forth in the Non-Lead Servicing Agreement), primary servicing, special servicing, workout and liquidation fees (and, in any event, the fees at which such compensation accrue or are determined shall not exceed 0.0025%, 0.25%, 1.0% and 1.0%, respectively).

(e)               Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall give each of the parties to the Lead Servicing Agreement (that will not also be a party to the Non-Lead Servicing Agreement) notice of the Non-Lead Securitization in writing (which may be by e-mail) prior to or promptly following the Non-Lead Securitization Date. Such notice shall contain contact information for each of the parties to the Non-Lead Servicing Agreement. In addition, after the Non-Lead Securitization Date, the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall send a copy of the Non-Lead Servicing Agreement to each of the parties to the Lead Servicing Agreement.

(f)                Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, any obligation of the Servicer pursuant to the terms hereof shall be performed by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, as set forth in the Lead Servicing Agreement.

Section 3.                Priority of Payments. Each Note shall be of equal priority, and no portion of any Note shall have priority or preference over any portion of any other Note or security therefor. All amounts tendered by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or otherwise available for payment on or with respect to or in connection with the Mortgage Loan or the Mortgaged Property or amounts realized as proceeds thereof, whether received in the form of Monthly Payments, the Balloon Payment, Liquidation Proceeds, proceeds under any guaranty, letter of credit or other collateral or instrument securing the Mortgage Loan, Condemnation Proceeds, or Insurance Proceeds (other than proceeds, awards or settlements to be applied to the restoration or repair of the Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgage Loan Borrower in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents), but excluding (x) all amounts for required reserves or escrows required by the Mortgage Loan Documents (to the extent, in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents) to be held as reserves or escrows or received as reimbursements on account of recoveries in respect of property protection expenses or Servicing Advances then due and payable or reimbursable to the Trustee or any Servicer under the Lead Servicing Agreement and (y) all amounts that are then due, payable or reimbursable (except for (i) any reimbursements of P&I Advances (and interest thereon) made with respect to the Notes, which may only be reimbursed out of payments and collections allocable to such Note, (ii) any servicing fees due to the Master Servicer in excess of any Non-Lead Securitization Note’s pro rata share of that portion of such servicing fees calculated at the servicing fee rate applicable to the Mortgage Loan as set

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forth in the Lead Servicing Agreement) to any Servicer (or the Trustee as successor to the Servicer), with respect to the Mortgage Loan pursuant to the Lead Servicing Agreement (including without limitation, any additional trust fund expenses relating to the Mortgage Loan and any special servicing fees, liquidation fees, workout fees, Penalty Charges (to the extent provided in the immediately following paragraph), amounts paid by the Mortgage Loan Borrower in respect of modification fees or assumption fees and any other additional compensation payable pursuant to the Lead Servicing Agreement), shall be applied by the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or its designee) to the Notes on a Pro Rata and Pari Passu Basis.

For clarification purposes, Penalty Charges (as defined in the Lead Servicing Agreement) paid on each Note shall first, be used to reduce, on a pro rata basis, the amounts payable on each Note by the amount necessary to pay the Master Servicer, the Trustee or the Special Servicer for any interest accrued on any Servicing Advances and reimbursement of any Servicing Advances in accordance with the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement, second, be used to reduce the respective amounts payable on each Note by the amount necessary to pay the Master Servicer, Trustee, Non-Lead Master Servicer or Non-Lead Trustee for any interest accrued on any P&I Advance made with respect to such Note by such party (if and as specified in the Lead Servicing Agreement or a Non-Lead Servicing Agreement, as applicable), third, be used to reduce, on a pro rata basis, the amounts payable on each Note by the amount necessary to pay additional trust fund expenses (other than Special Servicing Fees, unpaid Workout Fees and Liquidation Fees) incurred with respect to the Mortgage Loan (as specified in the Lead Servicing Agreement) and finally, (i) in the case of the remaining amount of Penalty Charges allocable to the Lead Securitization Note, be paid to the Master Servicer and/or the Special Servicer as additional servicing compensation as provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement and (ii)  in the case of the remaining amount of Penalty Charges allocable to the Non-Lead Securitization Note, be paid, (x) prior to the securitization of such Note, to the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder and (y) following the securitization of such Note, to the Master Servicer and/or the Special Servicer as additional servicing compensation as provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement.

Section 4.                Workout. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, but subject to the terms and conditions of the Lead Servicing Agreement, and the obligation to act in accordance with the Servicing Standard, if the Lead Securitization Note Holder, or any Servicer, in connection with a workout or proposed workout of the Mortgage Loan, modifies the terms thereof such that (i) the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan is decreased, (ii) the Interest Rate is reduced, (iii) payments of interest or principal on any Note are waived, reduced or deferred or (iv) any other adjustment is made to any of the payment terms of the Mortgage Loan, such modification shall not alter, and any modification of the Mortgage Loan Documents shall be structured to preserve, the equal priorities of each Note as described in Section 3.

Section 5.                Administration of the Mortgage Loan.

(a)               Subject to this Agreement (including but not limited to Section 5(c)) and the Lead Servicing Agreement and subject to the rights and consents, where required, of the Controlling Note Holder Representative, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee acting on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder) shall have the sole and exclusive authority with respect to the administration of, and exercise of rights and remedies with respect to, the Mortgage Loan, including, without limitation,

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the sole authority to modify or waive any of the terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents or consent to any action or failure to act by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or any other party to the Mortgage Loan Documents, call or waive any Event of Default, accelerate the Mortgage Loan or institute any foreclosure action or other remedy, and the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holders shall have no voting, consent or other rights whatsoever except as explicitly set forth herein with respect to the Lead Securitization Note Holder’s administration of, or exercise of its rights and remedies with respect to, the Mortgage Loan. Subject to this Agreement and the Lead Servicing Agreement, each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder agrees that it shall have no right to, and hereby presently and irrevocably assigns and conveys to the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee acting on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder) the rights, if any, that such Note Holder has to, (i) call or cause the Lead Securitization Note Holder to call an Event of Default under the Mortgage Loan, or (ii) exercise any remedies with respect to the Mortgage Loan or the Mortgage Loan Borrower, including, without limitation, filing or causing the Lead Securitization Note Holder to file any bankruptcy petition against the Mortgage Loan Borrower. The Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee acting on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder) shall not have any fiduciary duty to any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder in connection with the administration of the Mortgage Loan (but the foregoing shall not relieve the Lead Securitization Note Holder from the obligation to make any disbursement of funds as set forth herein or its obligation to follow the Servicing Standard (in the case of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer) or any liability for failure to do so). Upon the Mortgage Loan becoming a Defaulted Mortgage Loan, each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder hereby acknowledges the right and obligation of the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Special Servicer acting on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder) to sell the Notes as notes evidencing one whole loan in accordance with the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Special Servicer acting on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder) shall not be permitted to sell the Mortgage Loan if it becomes a Defaulted Mortgage Loan without the written consent of each Non-Controlling Note Holder (provided that such consent is not required if the Non-Controlling Note Holder is the Mortgage Loan Borrower or an affiliate of the Mortgage Loan Borrower) unless the Special Servicer has delivered to the Non-Controlling Note Holders: (a) at least 15 Business Days’ prior written notice of any decision to attempt to sell the Mortgage Loan; (b) at least 10 days prior to the proposed sale date, a copy of each bid package (together with any material amendments to such bid packages) received by the Special Servicer in connection with any such proposed sale, (c) at least 10 days prior to the proposed sale date, a copy of the most recent appraisal for the Mortgage Loan, and any documents in the Servicing File reasonably requested by the Non-Controlling Note Holder that are material to the price of the Mortgage Loan and (d) until the sale is completed, and a reasonable period of time (but no less time than is afforded to the other offerors and the Lead Securitization Subordinate Class Representative) prior to the proposed sale date, all information and other documents being provided to other offerors and all leases or other documents that are approved by the Servicer in connection with the proposed sale; provided, that such Non-Controlling Note Holder may waive any of the delivery or timing requirements set forth in this sentence. Subject to the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement, each of the Controlling Note Holder, the Controlling Note Holder Representative, the Non-Controlling Note Holder and the Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative shall be permitted

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to bid at any sale of the Mortgage Loan unless such Person is the Mortgage Loan Borrower or an agent or Affiliate of the Mortgage Loan Borrower.

Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder hereby appoints the Lead Securitization Note Holder as its agent, and grants to the Lead Securitization Note Holder an irrevocable power of attorney coupled with an interest, and its proxy, for the purpose of soliciting and accepting offers for and consummating the sale of its Note. Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder further agrees that, upon the request of the Lead Securitization Note Holder, such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall execute and deliver to or at the direction of the Lead Securitization Note Holder such powers of attorney or other instruments as the Lead Securitization Note Holder may reasonably request to better assure and evidence the foregoing appointment and grant, in each case promptly following request, and shall deliver the original Non-Lead Securitization Note, endorsed in blank, to or at the direction of the Lead Securitization Note Holder in connection with the consummation of any such sale.

The authority of the Lead Securitization Note Holder to sell a Non-Lead Securitization Note, and the obligations of any other Note Holder to execute and deliver instruments or deliver the related Note upon request of the Lead Securitization Note Holder, shall terminate and cease to be of any further force or effect upon the date, if any, upon which the Lead Securitization Note is repurchased by the Note Holder that sold the Lead Securitization Note into the Lead Securitization from the trust fund established under the Lead Servicing Agreement in connection with a material breach of representation or warranty made by such Note Holder with respect to the Lead Securitization Note or material document defect with respect to the documents delivered by such Note Holder with respect to the Lead Securitization Note upon the consummation of the Lead Securitization. The preceding sentence shall not be construed to grant to any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder the benefit of any representation or warranty made by the Note Holder that sold the Lead Securitization Note into the Lead Securitization or any document delivery obligation imposed on such Note Holder under any mortgage loan purchase and sale agreement, instrument of transfer or other document or instrument that may be executed or delivered by such Note Holder in connection with the Lead Securitization.

(b)               The administration of the Mortgage Loan shall be governed by this Agreement and the Lead Servicing Agreement. To the extent that any provision in this Agreement conflicts with any provision in the Lead Servicing Agreement, the provisions in this Agreement shall control. The servicing of the Mortgage Loan shall be carried out by the Master Servicer and, if the Mortgage Loan is a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan (or to the extent otherwise provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement), by the Special Servicer, in each case pursuant to the Lead Servicing Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in accordance with the Lead Servicing Agreement, the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall cause the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer to service and administer the Mortgage Loan in accordance with the Servicing Standard, taking into account the interests of both Note Holders as a collective whole. The Note Holders agree to be bound by the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement. All rights and obligations of the Lead Securitization Note Holder described hereunder may be exercised by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and/or the Trustee on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder. The Lead Servicing Agreement shall not be amended in any manner that may adversely affect any Non-

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Lead Securitization Note Holder in its capacity as Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder. Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder (unless it is the same Person as or an Affiliate of the Mortgage Loan Borrower) shall be a third-party beneficiary to the Lead Servicing Agreement with respect to their rights as specifically provided for therein.

(c)               The Controlling Note Holder (or its Controlling Note Holder Representative) shall have, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, all of the same rights and powers of the Controlling Class Representative under the Lead Servicing Agreement with respect to the other mortgage loans included in the Lead Securitization, without limitation, the right to consent and/or consult regarding Major Decisions and other servicing matters, the right to advise (1) the Special Servicer with respect to all Specially Serviced Loans and (2) the Special Servicer with respect to non-Specially Serviced Loans as to all matters for which the Master Servicer must obtain the consent or deemed consent of the Special Servicer, and the right to direct the Special Servicer to take, or to refrain from taking, such other actions with respect to the Mortgage Loan as the Controlling Class Representative may deem advisable or as to which provision is otherwise made therein, in each case subject to the terms and conditions of the Lead Servicing Agreement.

(d)               Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall be required (i) to provide copies of any notice, information and report that it is required to provide to the Lead Securitization Subordinate Class Representative pursuant to the Lead Servicing Agreement with respect to any Major Decisions or the implementation of any recommended actions outlined in an Asset Status Report relating to the Mortgage Loan, to the Non-Controlling Note Holder (or the master servicer of Non-Lead Securitization on its behalf), within the same time frame it is required to provide to the Lead Securitization Subordinate Class Representative (for this purpose, without regard to whether such items are actually required to be provided to the Lead Securitization Subordinate Class Representative under the Lead Servicing Agreement due to the existence of a Control Termination Event or a Consultation Termination Event) and (ii) to consult with the Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative) on a strictly non-binding basis, to the extent having received such notices, information and reports, such Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative) requests consultation with respect to any such Major Decisions or the implementation of any recommended actions outlined in an Asset Status Report relating to the Mortgage Loan, and consider alternative actions recommended by such Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative); provided that after the expiration of a period of ten (10) Business Days from the delivery to such Non-Controlling Note Holder (or the master servicer of Non-Controlling Note Securitization on its behalf) by the Lead Securitization Note Holder of written notice of a proposed action, together with copies of the notice, information and report required to be provided to the Lead Securitization Subordinate Class Representative, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall no longer be obligated to consult with such Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative), whether or not such Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative) has responded within such ten (10) Business Day period (unless, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) proposes a new course of action that is materially different from the action previously proposed, in which case such ten (10) Business Day period shall be deemed to

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begin anew from the date of such proposal and delivery of all information relating thereto). Notwithstanding the consultation rights of the Non-Controlling Note Holders (or the Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative) set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or Master Servicer or Special Servicer, acting on its behalf) may make any Major Decision or take any action set forth in the Asset Status Report before the expiration of the aforementioned ten (10) Business Day period if the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable) determines that immediate action with respect thereto is necessary to protect the interests of the Note Holders. In no event shall the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or Master Servicer or Special Servicer, acting on its behalf) be obligated at any time to follow or take any alternative actions recommended by any Non-Controlling Note Holder (or the Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative).

In addition to the consultation rights of the Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative) provided in the immediately preceding paragraph, the Non-Controlling Note Holder shall have the right to attend annual meetings (either telephonically or in person, in the discretion of the Servicer) with the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) at the offices of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, upon reasonable notice and at times reasonably acceptable to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in which servicing issues related to the Mortgage Loan are discussed; provided that the Non-Controlling Note Holder, at the request of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall execute a confidentiality agreement in form and substance satisfactory to it, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, and the Lead Securitization Note Holder.

(e)               If any Note is included as an asset of a real estate mortgage investment conduit (a “REMIC”), within the meaning of Section 860D(a) of the Code, then, any provision of this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding: (i) the Mortgage Loan shall be administered such that the Notes shall qualify at all times as (or as interests in) a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, (ii) any real property (and related personal property) acquired by or on behalf of the Note Holders pursuant to a foreclosure, exercise of a power of sale or delivery of a deed in lieu of foreclosure of the Mortgage or lien on such property following a default on the Mortgage Loan shall be administered so that the interest of the pro rata share of each Note Holder therein shall at all times qualify as “foreclosure property” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code and (iii) no Servicer may modify, waive or amend any provision of the Mortgage Loan, consent to or withhold consent from any action of the Mortgage Loan Borrower, or exercise or refrain from exercising any powers or rights which the Note Holders may have under the Mortgage Loan Documents, if any such action would constitute a “significant modification” of the Mortgage Loan, within the meaning of Section 1.860G-2(b) of the regulations of the United States Department of the Treasury, more than three (3) months after the startup day of the REMIC which includes the Notes (or any portion thereof). Each Note Holder agrees that the provisions of this paragraph shall be effected by compliance with any REMIC provisions in the Lead Servicing Agreement relating to the administration of the Mortgage Loan.

Anything herein or in the Lead Servicing Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event that one of the Notes is included in a REMIC and any other is not,

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such other Note Holder shall not be required to reimburse such Note Holder or any other Person for payment of (i) any taxes imposed on such REMIC, (ii) any costs or expenses relating to the administration of such REMIC or to any determination respecting the amount, payment or avoidance of any tax under such REMIC or (iii) any advances for any of the foregoing or any interest thereon or for deficits in other items of disbursement or income resulting from the use of funds for payment of any such taxes, costs or expenses or advances, nor shall any disbursement or payment otherwise distributable to any other Note Holder be reduced to offset or make-up any such payment or deficit.

Section 6.                Appointment of Controlling Note Holder Representative and Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative.

(a)               The Controlling Note Holder shall have the right at any time to appoint a representative in connection with the exercise of its rights and obligations with respect to the Mortgage Loan (the “Controlling Note Holder Representative”). The Controlling Note Holder shall have the right in its sole discretion at any time and from time to time to remove and replace the Controlling Note Holder Representative in accordance with the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement. When exercising its various rights under Section 5 and elsewhere in this Agreement, the Controlling Note Holder may, at its option, in each case, act through the Controlling Note Holder Representative. The Controlling Note Holder Representative may be any Person (other than the Mortgage Loan Borrower, its principal or any Affiliate of the Mortgage Loan Borrower), including, without limitation, the Controlling Note Holder, any officer or employee of the Controlling Note Holder, any affiliate of the Controlling Note Holder or any other unrelated third party. No such Controlling Note Holder Representative shall owe any fiduciary duty or other duty to any other Person (other than the Controlling Note Holder). All actions that are permitted to be taken by the Controlling Note Holder under this Agreement may be taken by the Controlling Note Holder Representative acting on behalf of the Controlling Note Holder. No Servicer, Operating Advisor, Trustee or Certificate Administrator acting on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall be required to recognize any Person as a Controlling Note Holder Representative until the Controlling Note Holder has notified each Servicer, Operating Advisor, Trustee and Certificate Administrator of such appointment and, if the Controlling Note Holder Representative is not the same Person as the Controlling Note Holder, the Controlling Note Holder Representative provides each Servicer, Operating Advisor, Trustee, Asset Representations Reviewer and Certificate Administrator with written confirmation of its acceptance of such appointment, an address and facsimile number for the delivery of notices and other correspondence and a list of officers or employees of such person with whom the parties to this Agreement may deal (including their names, titles, work addresses and facsimile numbers). The Controlling Note Holder shall promptly deliver such information to each Servicer, Operating Advisor, Asset Representations Reviewer, Trustee and Certificate Administrator. So long as no Consultation Termination Event is in effect pursuant to the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement, the Controlling Note Holder Representative shall be the Lead Securitization Subordinate Class Representative.

(b)               Neither the Controlling Note Holder Representative nor the Controlling Note Holder shall have any liability to any other Note Holder or any other Person for any action taken, or for refraining from the taking of any action or the giving of any consent or the failure

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to give any consent pursuant to this Agreement or the Lead Servicing Agreement, or errors in judgment, absent any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of its willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence. The Note Holders agree that the Controlling Note Holder Representative and the Controlling Note Holder (whether acting in place of the Controlling Note Holder Representative when no Controlling Note Holder Representative shall have been appointed hereunder or otherwise exercising any right, power or privilege granted to the Controlling Note Holder hereunder) may take or refrain from taking actions, or give or refrain from giving consents, that favor the interests of one Note Holder over any other Note Holder, and that the Controlling Note Holder Representative may have special relationships and interests that conflict with the interests of a Note Holder and, absent willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence on the part of the Controlling Note Holder Representative or the Controlling Note Holder, as the case may be, agree to take no action against the Controlling Note Holder Representative, the Controlling Note Holder or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, principals or agents as a result of such special relationships or interests, and that neither the Controlling Note Holder Representative nor the Controlling Note Holder shall be deemed to have been grossly negligent or reckless, or to have acted in bad faith or engaged in willful misfeasance or to have recklessly disregarded any exercise of its rights by reason of its having acted or refrained from acting, or having given any consent or having failed to give any consent, solely in the interests of any Note Holder.

(c)               Each Non-Controlling Note Holder shall have the right at any time to appoint a representative in connection with the exercise of its rights and obligations with respect to the Mortgage Loan (such representative, with respect to each Non-Controlling Note Holder, its “Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative”). All of the provisions relating to Controlling Note Holder and the Controlling Note Holder Representative set forth in Section 6(a) (except those contained in the last sentence thereof) and Section 6(b) shall apply to each Non-Controlling Note Holder and its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative mutatis mutandis. The Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative with respect to each Non-Controlling Note as of the date of this Agreement and until the Lead Securitization Note Holder (and the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer) is notified otherwise, shall be the Amended and Restated Note Holder of such Note.

(d)               The Controlling Note Holder shall be entitled to exercise the rights and powers granted to the Lead Securitization Note hereunder and the rights and powers granted to the “Controlling Class Representative” or similar party under, and as defined in, the Lead Servicing Agreement with respect to the Mortgage Loan. In addition, subject to the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement, the Controlling Note Holder shall be entitled to advise (1) the Special Servicer with respect to all matters related to a “Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan” (as defined in the Lead Servicing Agreement) and (2) the Special Servicer with respect to all matters for which the Master Servicer must obtain the consent or deemed consent of the Special Servicer, and, except as set forth below (i) the Master Servicer shall not be permitted to implement any Major Decision unless it has obtained the prior written consent of the Special Servicer and (ii) the Special Servicer shall not be permitted to consent to the Master Servicer’s implementing any Major Decision, nor shall the Special Servicer itself be permitted to implement any Major Decision as to which the Controlling Note Holder has objected in writing within ten (10) Business Days (or 30 days with respect to an Acceptable Insurance Default if so provided for in the Lead

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Servicing Agreement) after receipt of the written recommendation and analysis and such additional information requested by the Controlling Note Holder as may be necessary in the reasonable judgment of the Controlling Note Holder in order to make a judgment with respect to such Major Decision. The Controlling Note Holder may also direct the Special Servicer to take, or to refrain from taking, such other actions with respect to the Mortgage Loan as the Controlling Note Holder may deem advisable.

If the Controlling Note Holder fails to notify the Special Servicer of its approval or disapproval of any proposed Major Decision within ten (10) Business Days (or 30 days with respect to an Acceptable Insurance Default if so provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement) after delivery to the Controlling Note Holder by the applicable Servicer of written notice of a proposed Major Decision together with any information requested by the Controlling Note Holder as may be necessary in the reasonable judgment of the Controlling Note Holder in order to make a judgment, then upon the expiration of such ten (10) Business Day (or 30 days with respect to an Acceptable Insurance Default if so provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement) period, such Major Decision shall be deemed to have been approved by the Controlling Note Holder.

In the event that the Special Servicer or Master Servicer (in the event the Master Servicer is otherwise authorized by the Lead Servicing Agreement to take such action), as applicable, determines that immediate action, with respect to the foregoing matters, or any other matter requiring consent of the Controlling Note Holder is necessary to protect the interests of the Note Holders (as a collective whole) and the Special Servicer has made a reasonable effort to contact the Controlling Note Holder, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, may take any such action without waiting for the Controlling Note Holder’s response.

No objection contemplated by the preceding paragraphs may require or cause the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, to violate any provision of the Mortgage Loan Documents, applicable law, the Lead Servicing Agreement, this Agreement, the REMIC provisions of the Code or the Master Servicer or Special Servicer’s obligation to act in accordance with the Servicing Standard or materially expand the scope of responsibilities of any of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable.

The Controlling Note Holder shall have no liability to any other Note Holder or any other party for any action taken, or for refraining from the taking of any action or the giving of any consent or the failure to give any consent pursuant to this Agreement or the Lead Servicing Agreement, or errors in judgment, absent any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of its willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence. The Note Holders agree that the Controlling Note Holder may take or refrain from taking actions, or give or refrain from giving consents, that favor the interests of one Note Holder over any other Note Holder, and that the Controlling Note Holder may have special relationships and interests that conflict with the interests of another Note Holder and, absent willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence on the part of the Controlling Note Holder agree to take no action against the Controlling Note Holder or any of its officers, directors, employees, principals or agents as a result of such special relationships or interests, and that the Controlling Note Holder shall not be deemed to have been grossly negligent or reckless, or to have acted in bad faith or engaged in willful misconduct or to have recklessly disregarded any exercise of its rights by reason of its having acted or refrained from acting, or having given any consent or having failed to give any consent, solely in the interests of any Note Holder.

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Section 7.                Appointment of Special Servicer. Subject to the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement, the Controlling Note Holder (or its Controlling Note Holder Representative) shall have the right at any time and from time to time, with or without cause, to replace the Special Servicer then acting with respect to the Mortgage Loan and appoint a replacement Special Servicer in lieu thereof. Any designation by the Controlling Note Holder (or its Controlling Note Holder Representative) of a Person to serve as Special Servicer shall be made by delivering to each other Note Holder, the Master Servicer, the then existing Special Servicer and other parties to the Lead Servicing Agreement a written notice stating such designation and satisfying the Required Special Servicer Rating and the other conditions to such replacement as set forth in the Lead Servicing Agreement (including, without limitation, a Rating Agency Confirmation, if required by the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement), if any. The Controlling Note Holder shall be solely responsible for any expenses incurred in connection with any such replacement without cause. The Controlling Note Holder shall notify the other parties hereto of its termination of the then currently serving Special Servicer and its appointment of a replacement Special Servicer in accordance with this Section 7. If the Controlling Note Holder has not appointed a Special Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loan as of the consummation of the securitization under the Lead Servicing Agreement, then the initial Special Servicer designated in the Lead Servicing Agreement shall serve as the initial Special Servicer but this shall not limit the right of the Controlling Note Holder (or its Controlling Note Holder Representative) to designate a replacement Special Servicer for the Mortgage Loan as aforesaid. If a Servicer Termination Event on the part of the Special Servicer has occurred that affects a Non-Controlling Note Holder, such Non-Controlling Note Holder shall have the right to direct the Trustee (or at any time that the Mortgage Loan is no longer included in a Securitization Trust, the Controlling Note Holder) to terminate the Special Servicer under the Lead Servicing Agreement (or at any time that the Mortgage Loan is no longer subject to the provisions of the Lead Servicing Agreement, the successor servicing agreement pursuant to which the Mortgage Loan is being serviced) solely with respect to the Mortgage Loan pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement (or at any time that the Mortgage Loan is no longer subject to the provisions of the Lead Servicing Agreement, the successor servicing agreement pursuant to which the Mortgage Loan is being serviced). The Controlling Note Holder and the Non-Controlling Note Holder acknowledge and agree that any successor special servicer appointed to replace the Special Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loan that was terminated for cause at the Non-Controlling Note Holder’s direction cannot at any time be the person (or an Affiliate thereof) that was so terminated without the prior written consent of the Non-Controlling Note Holder. The Non-Controlling Note Holder shall be solely responsible for reimbursing the Trustee’s or the Controlling Note Holder’s, as applicable, costs and expenses, if not paid within a reasonable time by the terminated special servicer and, in the case of the Trustee, that would otherwise be reimbursed to the Trustee from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account or Companion Distribution Account.

Section 8.                Payment Procedure.

(a)               The Lead Securitization Note Holder, in accordance with the priorities set forth in Section 3 and subject to the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement, shall deposit or cause to be deposited all payments allocable to the Notes to the Collection Account or Companion Distribution Account pursuant to and in accordance with the Lead Servicing Agreement. The Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer acting on its behalf) shall deposit such

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amounts to the applicable account within one (1) Business Day after receipt of properly identified funds by the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer acting on its behalf) from or on behalf of the Mortgage Loan Borrower; provided, however, that to the extent any such amounts are received after 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time on any given Business Day, the Master Servicer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to deposit such amounts into the applicable account within one (1) Business Day of receipt of such properly identified and available funds but, in any event, the Master Servicer shall deposit such amounts in the applicable account within two (2) Business Days of receipt of such properly identified and available funds.

(b)               If the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Servicer on its behalf) determines, or a court of competent jurisdiction orders, at any time that any amount received or collected in respect of any Note must, pursuant to any insolvency, bankruptcy, fraudulent conveyance, preference or similar law, be returned to the Mortgage Loan Borrower or paid to the Lead Securitization Note Holder, a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder or any Servicer or paid to any other Person, then, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall not be required to distribute any portion thereof to the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holders and each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall promptly on demand by the Lead Securitization Note Holder repay to the Lead Securitization Note Holder any portion thereof that the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall have theretofore distributed to such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder, together with interest thereon at such rate, if any, as the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall have been required to pay to any Mortgage Loan Borrower, Master Servicer, Special Servicer or such other Person with respect thereto.

(c)               If, for any reason, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Servicer on its behalf) makes any payment to a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder before the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Servicer on its behalf) has received the corresponding payment (it being understood that the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Servicer on its behalf) is under no obligation to do so), and the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Servicer on its behalf) does not receive the corresponding payment within five (5) Business Days of its payment to such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder, such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall, at the Lead Securitization Note Holder’s request, promptly return that payment to the Lead Securitization Note Holder.

(d)               Each Note Holder agrees that if at any time it shall receive from any sources whatsoever any payment on account of the Mortgage Loan in excess of its distributable share thereof, it shall promptly remit such excess to the applicable Note Holder, subject to this Agreement and the Lead Servicing Agreement. The Lead Securitization Note Holder shall have the right to offset any amounts due hereunder from any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder with respect to the Mortgage Loan against any future payments due to such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder under the Mortgage Loan. Such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s obligations under this Section 8 constitute absolute, unconditional and continuing obligations.

Section 9.                Limitation on Liability of the Note Holders. Subject to the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement governing servicer liability, no Note Holder shall have any liability to any other Note Holder with respect to its Note except with respect to losses actually suffered

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due to the gross negligence, willful misconduct or breach of this Agreement on the part of such Note Holder.

The Note Holders acknowledge that, subject to the obligation of the Lead Securitization Note Holder (including any Servicer and the Trustee) to comply with, and except as otherwise required by, the Servicing Standard, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (including any Servicer and the Trustee) may exercise, or omit to exercise, any rights that the Lead Securitization Note Holder may have under the Lead Servicing Agreement in a manner that may be adverse to the interests of any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder and that the Lead Securitization Note Holder (including any Servicer and the Trustee) shall have no liability whatsoever to any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder in connection with the Lead Securitization Note Holder’s exercise of rights or any omission by the Lead Securitization Note Holder to exercise such rights other than as described above; provided, however, that the Servicer must act in accordance with the Servicing Standard and the express terms of this Agreement and the Lead Servicing Agreement.

Section 10.            Bankruptcy. Subject to Section 5(c), each Note Holder hereby covenants and agrees that only the Lead Securitization Note Holder has the right to institute, file, commence, acquiesce, petition under Bankruptcy Code Section 303 or otherwise or join any Person in any such petition or otherwise invoke or cause any other Person to invoke an Insolvency Proceeding with respect to or against the Mortgage Loan Borrower or seek to appoint a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official with respect to the Mortgage Loan Borrower or all or any part of its property or assets or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of the affairs of the Mortgage Loan Borrower. Each Note Holder further agrees that only the Lead Securitization Note Holder, and not a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder, can make any election, give any consent, commence any action or file any motion, claim, obligation, notice or application or take any other action in any case by or against the Mortgage Loan Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code or in any other Insolvency Proceeding. The Note Holders hereby appoint the Lead Securitization Note Holder as their agent, and grant to the Lead Securitization Note Holder an irrevocable power of attorney coupled with an interest, and their proxy, for the purpose of exercising any and all rights and taking any and all actions available to any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder in connection with any case by or against the Mortgage Loan Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code or in any other Insolvency Proceeding, including, without limitation, the right to file and/or prosecute any claim, vote to accept or reject a plan, to make any election under Section 1111(b) of the Bankruptcy Code with respect to the Mortgage Loan, and to file a motion to modify, lift or terminate the automatic stay with respect to the Mortgage Loan. The Note Holders hereby agree that, upon the request of the Lead Securitization Note Holder, each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Lead Securitization Note Holder all and every such further deeds, conveyances and instruments as the Lead Securitization Note Holder may reasonably request for the better assuring and evidencing of the foregoing appointment and grant. All actions taken by the Servicer in connection with any Insolvency Proceeding are subject to and must be in accordance with the Servicing Standard.

Section 11.            Representations of the Note Holders. Each Note Holder represents and warrants that the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement is within its corporate powers, has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, and does not contravene such Note Holder’s charter or any law or contractual restriction binding upon such Note Holder, and

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that this Agreement is the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Note Holder enforceable against such Note Holder in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and except that the enforcement of rights with respect to indemnification and contribution obligations may be limited by applicable law. Each Note Holder represents and warrants that it is duly organized, validly existing, in good standing and in possession of all licenses and authorizations necessary to carry on its business. Each Note Holder represents and warrants that (a) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by such Note Holder, (b) to such Note Holder’s actual knowledge, all consents, approvals, authorizations, orders or filings of or with any court or governmental agency or body, if any, required for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by such Note Holder have been obtained or made and (c) to such Note Holder’s actual knowledge, there is no pending action, suit or proceeding, arbitration or governmental investigation against such Note Holder, an adverse outcome of which would materially and adversely affect its performance under this Agreement.

Section 12.            No Creation of a Partnership or Exclusive Purchase Right. Nothing contained in this Agreement, and no action taken pursuant hereto shall be deemed to constitute the relationship created hereby between the Note Holders as a partnership, association, joint venture or other entity. No Note Holder shall have any obligation whatsoever to offer to any other Note Holder the opportunity to purchase a participation interest in any future loans originated by such Note Holder or its Affiliates and if any Note Holder chooses to offer to another Note Holder the opportunity to purchase a participation interest in any future mortgage loans originated by such Note Holder or its Affiliates, such offer shall be at such purchase price and interest rate as such Note Holder chooses, in its sole and absolute discretion. No Note Holder shall have any obligation whatsoever to purchase from any other Note Holder a participation interest in any future loans originated by such Note Holder or its Affiliates.

Section 13.            Other Business Activities of the Note Holders. Each Note Holder acknowledges that each other Note Holder or its Affiliates may make loans or otherwise extend credit to, and generally engage in any kind of business with, the Mortgage Loan Borrower or any Affiliate thereof, any entity that is a holder of debt secured by direct or indirect ownership interests in the Mortgage Loan Borrower or any entity that is a holder of a preferred equity interest in the Mortgage Loan Borrower (each, a “Mortgage Loan Borrower Related Party”), and receive payments on such other loans or extensions of credit to Mortgage Loan Borrower Related Parties and otherwise act with respect thereto freely and without accountability in the same manner as if this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby were not in effect.

Section 14.            Sale of the Notes.

(a)               Each Note Holder agrees that it shall not sell, assign, transfer, pledge, syndicate, participate, hypothecate, contribute, encumber or otherwise dispose (either (i) directly or (ii) indirectly through entering into a derivatives contract or any other similar agreement, excluding a repo financing or a Pledge in accordance with Section 14(d) hereof) of a Note (a “Transfer”) except to a Qualified Institutional Lender. Promptly after the Transfer, the non-transferring Note Holder shall be provided with (x) a representation from a transferee or the

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applicable Note Holder certifying that such transferee is a Qualified Institutional Lender (except in the case of a Transfer to a Securitization (and the related pooling and servicing or similar agreement requires the parties thereto to comply with this Agreement) or in accordance with the immediately following sentence) and (y) a copy of the assignment and assumption agreement referred to in Section 15. If a Note Holder intends to Transfer its respective Note, or any portion thereof, to an entity that is not a Qualified Institutional Lender, it must first obtain (1) prior to a Securitization, the consent of the non-transferring Note Holder or (2) after a Securitization of such non-transferring Note Holder’s Note, Rating Agency Confirmation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the non-transferring Note Holder’s prior consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld), and, if such non-transferring Note Holder’s Note is held in a Securitization Trust, without Rating Agency Confirmation, no Note Holder shall Transfer all or any portion of its Note (or a participation interest in such Note) to the Mortgage Loan Borrower or a Mortgage Loan Borrower Related Party and any such Transfer shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. The transferring Note Holder agrees that it shall pay the expenses of the non-transferring Note Holder (including all expenses of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee) and all expenses relating to the confirmation from the Rating Agencies in connection with any such Transfer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Note Holder shall have the right, without the need to obtain the consent of any other Note Holder, the Rating Agencies or any other Person, to Transfer 49% or less (in the aggregate) of its Note or any beneficial interest in its Note. None of the provisions of this Section 14(a) shall apply in the case of (1) a sale of all Notes together in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Lead Servicing Agreement or (2) a transfer by the Special Servicer, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Lead Servicing Agreement, of the Mortgage Loan or the Mortgaged Property, upon the Mortgage Loan becoming a Defaulted Mortgage Loan, to a single member limited liability or limited partnership, 100% of the equity interest in which is owned directly or indirectly, through one or more single member limited liability companies or limited partnerships, by the Lead Securitization Trust.

For the purposes of this Agreement, if any Rating Agency shall, in writing, waive, decline or refuse to review or otherwise engage any request for a confirmation hereunder from such Rating Agency that a proposed action will not result in a qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of its then current rating of the securities issued pursuant to the related Securitization, such waiver, declination, or refusal shall be deemed to eliminate, for such request only, the condition that such confirmation by such Rating Agency (only) be obtained for purposes of this Agreement. For purposes of clarity, any such waiver, declination or refusal to review or otherwise engage in any request for such confirmation hereunder shall not be deemed a waiver, declination or refusal to review or otherwise engage in any subsequent request for such Rating Agency confirmation hereunder and the condition for such Rating Agency confirmation pursuant to this Agreement for any subsequent request shall apply regardless of any previous waiver, declination or refusal to review or otherwise engage in such prior request.

(b)               In the case of any Transfer of a participation interest in any of the Notes, (i) the respective Note Holders’ obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Note Holders shall remain solely responsible for the performance of such obligations, and (iii) the Lead Securitization Note Holder and any Persons acting on its behalf shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Note Holder in connection with such Note Holder’s rights

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and obligations under this Agreement and the Lead Servicing Agreement, and all amounts payable hereunder shall be determined as if such Note Holder had not sold such participation interest.

(c)               Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, any Note Holder may pledge (a “Pledge”) its Note to any entity (other than the Mortgage Loan Borrower or any Affiliate thereof) which has extended a credit facility to such Note Holder and that is either a Qualified Institutional Lender or a financial institution whose long-term unsecured debt is rated at least “A” (or the equivalent) or better by each Rating Agency (a “Note Pledgee”), on terms and conditions set forth in this Section 14(c), it being further agreed that a financing provided by a Note Pledgee to a Note Holder or any person which Controls such Note that is secured by its Note and is structured as a repurchase arrangement, shall qualify as a “Pledge” hereunder, provided that a Note Pledgee which is not a Qualified Institutional Lender may not take title to the pledged Note without a Rating Agency Confirmation. Upon written notice by the applicable Note Holder to each other Note Holder and any Servicer that a Pledge has been effected (including the name and address of the applicable Note Pledgee), each other Note Holder agrees to acknowledge receipt of such notice and thereafter agrees: (i) to give the Note Pledgee written notice of any default by the pledging Note Holder in respect of its obligations under this Agreement of which default such Note Holder has actual knowledge; (ii) to allow such Note Pledgee a period of ten (10) days to cure a default by the pledging Note Holder in respect of its obligations to each other Note Holder hereunder, but such Note Pledgee shall not be obligated to cure any such default; (iii) that no amendment, modification, waiver or termination of this Agreement shall be effective against such Note Pledgee without the written consent of such Note Pledgee, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed; (iv) that such other Note Holder shall give to such Note Pledgee copies of any notice of default under this Agreement simultaneously with the giving of same to the pledging Note Holder; (v) that such other Note Holder shall deliver to Note Pledgee such estoppel certificate(s) as Note Pledgee shall reasonably request, provided that any such certificate(s) shall be in a form reasonably satisfactory to such other Note Holder; and (vi) that, upon written notice (a “Redirection Notice”) to each other Note Holder and any Servicer by such Note Pledgee that the pledging Note Holder is in default, beyond any applicable cure periods, under the pledging Note Holder’s obligations to such Note Pledgee pursuant to the applicable credit agreement between the pledging Note Holder and such Note Pledgee (which notice need not be joined in or confirmed by the pledging Note Holder), and until such Redirection Notice is withdrawn or rescinded by such Note Pledgee, Note Pledgee shall be entitled to receive any payments that any Note Holder or Servicer would otherwise be obligated to pay to the pledging Note Holder from time to time pursuant to this Agreement or the Lead Servicing Agreement. Any pledging Note Holder hereby unconditionally and absolutely releases each other Note Holder and any Servicer from any liability to the pledging Note Holder on account of such other Note Holder’s or Servicer’s compliance with any Redirection Notice believed by any Servicer or such other Note Holder to have been delivered by a Note Pledgee. Note Pledgee shall be permitted to exercise fully its rights and remedies against the pledging Note Holder to such Note Pledgee (and accept an assignment in lieu of foreclosure as to such collateral), in accordance with applicable law and this Agreement. In such event, the Note Holders and any Servicer shall recognize such Note Pledgee (and any transferee other than the Mortgage Loan Borrower or any Affiliate thereof which is also a Qualified Institutional Lender at any foreclosure or similar sale held by such Note Pledgee or any transfer in lieu of foreclosure),

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and its successor and assigns, as the successor to the pledging Note Holder’s rights, remedies and obligations under this Agreement, and any such Note Pledgee or Qualified Institutional Lender shall assume in writing the obligations of the pledging Note Holder hereunder accruing from and after such Transfer (i.e., realization upon the collateral by such Note Pledgee) and agrees to be bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement. The rights of a Note Pledgee under this Section 14(c) shall remain effective as to any Note Holder (and any Servicer) unless and until such Note Pledgee shall have notified any such Note Holder (and any Servicer, as applicable) in writing that its interest in the pledged Note has terminated.

(d)               Notwithstanding any provisions herein to the contrary, if a conduit (“Conduit”) which is not a Qualified Institutional Lender provides financing to a Note Holder then such Note Holder shall have the right to grant a security interest in its Note to such Conduit notwithstanding that such Conduit is not a Qualified Institutional Lender, if the following conditions are satisfied:

(i)            The loan (the “Conduit Inventory Loan”) made by the Conduit to such Note Holder to finance the acquisition and holding of its Note requires a third party (the “Conduit Credit Enhancer”) to provide credit enhancement;

(ii)            The Conduit Credit Enhancer is a Qualified Institutional Lender;

(iii)            Such Note Holder pledges its interest in its Note to the Conduit as collateral for the Conduit Inventory Loan;

(iv)            The Conduit Credit Enhancer and the Conduit agree that, if such Note Holder defaults under the Conduit Inventory Loan, or if the Conduit is unable to refinance its outstanding commercial paper even if there is no default by such Note Holder, the Conduit Credit Enhancer will purchase the Conduit Inventory Loan from the Conduit, and the Conduit will assign the pledge of such Note Holder’s Note to the Conduit Credit Enhancer; and

(v)            Unless the Conduit is in fact then a Qualified Institutional Lender, the Conduit will not without obtaining a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency have any greater right to acquire the interests in the Note pledged by such Note Holder, by foreclosure or otherwise, than would any other purchaser that is not a Qualified Institutional Lender at a foreclosure sale conducted by a Note Pledgee.

Section 15.            Registration of the Notes and Each Note Holder. The Agent shall keep or cause to be kept at the Agent Office books (the “Note Register”) for the registration and transfer of the Notes. The Agent shall serve as the initial note registrar and the Agent hereby accepts such appointment. The names and addresses of the holders of the Notes and the names and addresses of any transferee of any Note of which the Agent has received notice, in the form of a copy of the assignment and assumption agreement referred to in this Section 15, shall be registered in the Note Register. The Person in whose name a Note is so registered shall be deemed and treated as the sole owner and holder thereof for all purposes of this Agreement, except in the case of the Initial Note Holders, who may hold their Notes through a nominee. Upon request of a Note Holder (including a Servicer on its behalf), the Agent shall provide such party with the names

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and addresses of each other Note Holder. To the extent the Trustee or another party is appointed as Agent hereunder, each Note Holder hereby designates such person as its agent under this Section 15 solely for purposes of maintaining the Note Register.

In connection with any Transfer of a Note (but excluding any Pledgee unless and until it realizes on its Pledge), a transferee shall execute an assignment and assumption agreement (unless the transferee is a Securitization Trust and the related pooling and servicing agreement requires the parties thereto to comply with this Agreement), whereby such transferee assumes all of the obligations of the applicable Note Holder hereunder with respect to such Note thereafter accruing and agrees to be bound by the terms of this Agreement, including the applicable restriction on Transfers set forth in Section 14, from and after the date of such assignment. No transfer of a Note may be made unless it is registered on the Note Register, and the Agent shall not recognize any attempted or purported transfer of any Note in violation of the provisions of Section 14 and this Section 15. Any such purported transfer shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. Each Note Holder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Agent and each other Note Holder against any liability that may result if the transfer is not made in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

Section 16.            Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT, AND/OR THE INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS AND DECISIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CHOICE OF LAW RULES THEREOF (OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW). EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT.

Section 17.            Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:

(a)               SUBMITS FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT IN RESPECT THEREOF, TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE GENERAL JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, THE FEDERAL COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND APPELLATE COURTS FROM ANY THEREOF;

(b)               CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE BROUGHT IN SUCH COURTS AND, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WAIVES ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE VENUE OF ANY

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SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT OR THAT SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING WAS BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT COURT AND AGREES NOT TO PLEAD OR CLAIM THE SAME;

(c)               AGREES THAT SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE EFFECTED BY MAILING A COPY THEREOF BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL (OR ANY SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR FORM OF MAIL), POSTAGE PREPAID, TO ITS ADDRESS SET FORTH HEREIN OR AT SUCH OTHER ADDRESS OF WHICH A PARTY HEREIN SHALL HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED; AND

(d)               AGREES THAT NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT TO EFFECT SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR SHALL LIMIT THE RIGHT TO SUE IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.

Section 18.            Modifications. This Agreement shall not be modified, cancelled or terminated except by an instrument in writing signed by each Note Holder. Additionally, for as long as any Note is contained in a Securitization Trust, the Note Holders shall not amend or modify this Agreement without first receiving a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency then rating securities backed by a Note; provided that no such Rating Agency Confirmation shall be required in connection with a modification or amendment (i) to cure any ambiguity, (ii) to correct or supplement any provisions herein that may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions of this Agreement, the Lead Servicing Agreement or the final disclosure documents relating to the Lead Securitization, or (iii) entered into pursuant to Section 31 of this Agreement.

Section 19.            Successors and Assigns; Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Except as provided herein, including without limitation, with respect to the Trustee, Certificate Administrator, Master Servicer, Special Servicer, Operating Advisor, Non-Lead Master Servicers, Non-Lead Special Servicers or Non-Lead Trustees, none of the provisions of this Agreement shall be for the benefit of or enforceable by any Person not a party hereto. Subject to Section 14 and Section 15, each Note Holder may assign or delegate its rights or obligations under this Agreement. Upon any such assignment, the assignee shall be entitled to all rights and benefits of the applicable Note Holder hereunder.

Section 20.            Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and all of such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement in Portable Document Format (PDF) or by facsimile transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed original counterpart of this Agreement.

Section 21.            Captions. The titles and headings of the paragraphs of this Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to summarize or otherwise describe the subject matter of the paragraphs and shall not be given any consideration in the construction of this Agreement.

Section 22.            Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable laws, such provision

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shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Agreement.

Section 23.            Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter contained in this Agreement and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings and negotiations between the parties.

Section 24.            Withholding Taxes. (a)(a) If the Lead Securitization Note Holder or the Mortgage Loan Borrower shall be required by law to deduct and withhold Taxes from interest, fees or other amounts payable to a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder with respect to the Mortgage Loan as a result of such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder constituting a Non-Exempt Person, the Lead Securitization Note Holder, in its capacity as servicer, shall be entitled to do so with respect to such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s interest in such payment (all withheld amounts being deemed paid to such Note Holder), provided that the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall furnish the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder with a statement setting forth the amount of Taxes withheld, the applicable rate and other information which may reasonably be requested for purposes of assisting such Note Holder to seek any allowable credits or deductions for the Taxes so withheld in each jurisdiction in which such Note Holder is subject to tax.

(b)               Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall indemnify and hereby agrees to indemnify the Lead Securitization Note Holder against and hold the Lead Securitization Note Holder harmless from and against any Taxes, interest, penalties and attorneys’ fees and disbursements arising or resulting from any failure of the Lead Securitization Note Holder to withhold Taxes from payment made to such Note Holder in reliance upon any representation, certificate, statement, document or instrument made or provided by such Note Holder to the Lead Securitization Note Holder in connection with the obligation of the Lead Securitization Note Holder to withhold Taxes from payments made to such Note Holder, it being expressly understood and agreed that (i) the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall be absolutely and unconditionally entitled to accept any such representation, certificate, statement, document or instrument as being true and correct in all respects and to fully rely thereon without any obligation or responsibility to investigate or to make any inquiries with respect to the accuracy, veracity, correctness or validity of the same and (ii) each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder, upon request of the Lead Securitization Note Holder and at its sole cost and expense, shall defend any claim or action relating to the foregoing indemnification using counsel selected by the Lead Securitization Note Holder.

(c)               Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder represents to the Lead Securitization Note Holder (for the benefit of the Mortgage Loan Borrower) that it is not a Non-Exempt Person and that neither the Lead Securitization Note Holder nor the Mortgage Loan Borrower is obligated under applicable law to withhold Taxes on sums paid to it with respect to the Mortgage Loan or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement. Contemporaneously with the execution of this Agreement and from time to time as necessary during the term of this Agreement, each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall deliver to the Lead Securitization Note Holder or Servicer, as applicable, evidence satisfactory to the Lead Securitization Note Holder substantiating that such Note Holder is not a Non-Exempt Person and that the Lead Securitization Note Holder is not obligated under applicable law to withhold Taxes on sums paid to it with respect to the Mortgage Loan or otherwise under this Agreement. Without limiting the

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effect of the foregoing, (i) if a Note Holder is created or organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, it shall satisfy the requirements of the preceding sentence by furnishing to the Lead Securitization Note Holder an Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 and (ii) if a Note Holder is not created or organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, and if the payment of interest or other amounts by the Mortgage Loan Borrower is treated for United States income tax purposes as derived in whole or part from sources within the United States, such Note Holder shall satisfy the requirements of the preceding sentence by furnishing to the Lead Securitization Note Holder Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI, Form W-8IMY (with appropriate attachments) or Form W-8BEN, or successor forms, as may be required from time to time, duly executed by such Note Holder, as evidence of such Note Holder’s exemption from the withholding of United States tax with respect thereto. The Lead Securitization Note Holder shall not be obligated to make any payment hereunder with respect to any Non-Lead Securitization Note or otherwise until the related Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall have furnished to the Lead Securitization Note Holder requested forms, certificates, statements or documents.

Section 25.            Custody of Mortgage Loan Documents. The originals of all of the Mortgage Loan Documents (other than the Non-Lead Securitization Note) (a) prior to the Lead Securitization shall be held by the Initial Agent and (b) after the Lead Securitization, shall be held by the Lead Securitization Note Holder (in the name of the Trustee and held by a duly appointed custodian therefor in accordance with the Lead Servicing Agreement), in each case, on behalf of the registered holders of the Notes. On or after the Non-Lead Securitization Date, the applicable Non-Lead Securitization Note shall be held in the name of the related Non-Lead Trustee (and held by a duly appointed custodian therefor) on behalf of the related Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder.

Section 26.            Cooperation in Securitization.

(a)               Each Note Holder acknowledges that any Note Holder may elect, in its sole discretion, to include its Note in a Securitization. In connection with a Securitization and subject to the terms of the preceding sentence, at the request of the Lead Securitization Note Holder, each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall use reasonable efforts, at Lead Securitization Note Holder’s expense, to satisfy, and to cooperate with the Lead Securitization Note Holder in attempting to cause the Mortgage Loan Borrower to satisfy, the market standards to which the Lead Securitization Note Holder customarily adheres or which may be reasonably required in the marketplace or by the Rating Agencies in connection with the Securitization, including, entering into (or consenting to, as applicable) any modifications to this Agreement or the Mortgage Loan Documents and to cooperate with the Lead Securitization Note Holder in attempting to cause the Mortgage Loan Borrower to execute such modifications to the Mortgage Loan Documents, in any such case, as may be reasonably requested by the Rating Agencies to effect the Securitization; provided, however, that either in connection with the Lead Securitization or otherwise at any time prior to the Lead Securitization, no Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall be required to modify or amend this Agreement or any Mortgage Loan Documents (or consent to such modification, as applicable) in connection therewith, if such modification or amendment would (i) change the interest allocable to, or the amount of any payments due to or priority of such payments to, such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder or

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(ii) materially increase such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s obligations or materially decrease such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s rights, remedies or protections. In connection with the Lead Securitization, each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder agrees to provide for inclusion in any disclosure document relating to the Lead Securitization such information concerning such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder and the related Non-Lead Securitization Note as the Lead Securitization Note Holder reasonably determines to be necessary or appropriate, and each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder covenants and agrees that it shall, at the Lead Securitization Note Holder’s expense, cooperate with the reasonable requests of each Rating Agency and Lead Securitization Note Holder in connection with the Lead Securitization (including, without limitation, reasonably cooperating with the Lead Securitization Note Holder (without any obligation to make additional representations and warranties) to enable the Lead Securitization Note Holder to make all necessary certifications and deliver all necessary opinions (including customary securities law opinions) in connection with the Mortgage Loan and the Lead Securitization), as well as in connection with all other matters and the preparation of any offering documents thereof and to review and respond reasonably promptly with respect to any information relating to each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder and the related Non-Lead Securitization Note in any Securitization document. Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder acknowledges that the information provided by it to the Lead Securitization Note Holder may be incorporated into the offering documents for the Lead Securitization. The Lead Securitization Note Holder and each Rating Agency shall be entitled to rely on the information supplied by, or on behalf of, each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder. The Lead Securitization Note Holder shall reasonably cooperate with the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder by providing all information reasonably requested that is in the Lead Securitization Note Holder’s possession in connection with such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s preparation of disclosure materials in connection with a Securitization.

Upon request, the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall deliver to a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder drafts of the preliminary and final Lead Securitization offering memoranda, prospectus supplement, free writing prospectus and any other disclosure documents and the Lead Servicing Agreement and provide reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such documents.

Section 27.            Notices. All notices required hereunder shall be given by (i) telephone (confirmed promptly in writing) or shall be in writing and personally delivered, (ii) sent by facsimile transmission (during business hours) if the sender on the same day sends a confirming copy of such notice by reputable overnight delivery service (charges prepaid), (iii) reputable overnight delivery service (charges prepaid) or (iv) certified United States mail, postage prepaid return receipt requested, and addressed to the respective parties at their addresses set forth on Exhibit B hereto, or at such other address as any party shall hereafter inform the other party by written notice given as aforesaid. All written notices so given shall be deemed effective upon receipt.

Section 28.            Broker. Each Note Holder represents to each other that no broker was responsible for bringing about this transaction.

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Section 29.            Certain Matters Affecting the Agent.

(a)               The Agent may request and/or rely upon and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any officer’s certificate or assignment and assumption agreement delivered to the Agent pursuant to Section 14 and Section 15;

(b)               The Agent may consult with counsel and any opinion of counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such opinion of counsel;

(c)               The Agent shall be under no obligation to institute, conduct or defend any litigation hereunder or in relation hereto at the request, order or direction of any Note Holder pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, unless it has received indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it;

(d)               The Agent or any of its directors, officers, employees, Affiliates, agents or “control” persons within the meaning of the Act, shall not be personally liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith and reasonably believed by the Agent to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Agreement;

(e)               The Agent shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any officer’s certificate or assignment and assumption agreement delivered to the Agent pursuant to Section 15;

(f)                The Agent may execute any of the powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys but shall not be relieved of its obligations hereunder; and

(g)               The Agent represents and warrants that it is a Qualified Institutional Lender.

Section 30.            Termination and Resignation of Agent.

(a)               The Agent may be terminated at any time upon ten (10) days prior written notice from the Lead Securitization Note Holder. In the event that the Agent is terminated pursuant to this Section 30, all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement shall be terminated, other than any rights or obligations that accrued prior to the date of such termination.

(b)               The Agent may resign at any time on ten (10) days’ prior notice, so long as a successor Agent, reasonably satisfactory to the Note Holders (it being agreed that a Servicer, the Trustee or a Certificate Administrator in a Securitization is satisfactory to the Note Holders), has agreed to be bound by this Agreement and perform the duties of the Agent hereunder. Argentic, as Initial Agent, may transfer its rights and obligations to a Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as successor Agent, at any time without the consent of any Note Holder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Note Holders hereby agree that, simultaneously with the closing of the Lead Securitization, the Certificate Administrator shall be deemed to have been automatically appointed as the successor Agent under this Agreement in place of Argentic

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without any further notice or other action. The termination or resignation of such Certificate Administrator, as Certificate Administrator under the Lead Servicing Agreement, shall be deemed a termination or resignation of such Certificate Administrator as Agent under this Agreement.

Section 31.            Resizing. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, for so long as Argentic or an affiliate thereof (an “Argentic Entity”) is the owner of a Note or a portion thereof that has not been sold pursuant to a Securitization (such Note or portion thereof, the “Owned Note”), such Argentic Entity shall have the right, subject to the terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents, to cause the Mortgage Loan Borrower to execute amended and restated notes or additional notes (in either case, “New Notes”) reallocating the principal of the Owned Note to such New Notes; or severing the Owned Note into one or more further “component” notes in the aggregate principal amount equal to the then outstanding principal balance of the Owned Note, provided that:

(i)        the aggregate principal balance of all outstanding New Notes following such amendments is no greater than the aggregate principal of the Owned Note prior to such amendments,

(ii)        all Notes continue to have the same weighted average interest rate as the Notes prior to such amendments,

(iii)        all Notes pay pro rata and on a pari passu basis and such reallocated or component notes shall be automatically subject to the terms of this Agreement,

(iv)        the Argentic Entity holding the New Notes shall notify the Lead Securitization Note Holder, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee in writing of such modified allocations and principal amounts, and

(v)        the execution of such amendments and New Notes does not violate the Servicing Standard.

If the Lead Securitization Note Holder so requests, the Argentic Entity holding the New Notes (and any subsequent holder of such Notes) shall execute a confirmation of the continuing applicability of this Agreement to the New Notes, as so modified. Except for the foregoing reallocation and for modifications pursuant to the Lead Servicing Agreement (as discussed in Section 5), no Note may be modified or amended without the consent of its holder and the consent of the holder of each other Note. In connection with the foregoing (provided the conditions set forth in (i) through (v) above are satisfied, with respect to (i) through (iv), as certified by the Argentic Entity, on which certification the Master Servicer can rely), the Master Servicer is hereby authorized and directed to execute amendments to the Mortgage Loan Documents and this Agreement on behalf of any or all of the Note Holders, as applicable, solely for the purpose of reflecting such reallocation of principal. If more than one New Note is created hereunder, for purposes of exercising the rights of the Non-Controlling Note Holder hereunder, the “Non-Controlling Note Holder” of such New Notes shall be as provided in the definition of such term in this Agreement.

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Pursuant to this Section 31 hereof, Argentic, as the owner of Note A-3-1 and Note A-3-2 following the amendment of Original Note A-3, confirms the continuing applicability of this Agreement to the Note A-3-1 and Note A-3-2 following the amendment of the Original Note A-3, as so modified. Further, Argentic certifies as to each of the following: (i) the aggregate principal balance of Note A-3-1 and Note A-3-2 following the amendment of Original Note A-3 is no greater than the aggregate principal balance of Original Note A-3 prior to such amendment; (ii) all Notes continue to have the same weighted average interest rate as the notes prior to the amendment of Original Note A-3; (iii) all Notes pay pro rata and on a pari passu basis and Note A-3-1 and Note A-3-2 are automatically subject to the terms of this Agreement following the amendment of Original Note A-3; and (iv) Argentic has notified the Lead Securitization Note Holder, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee in writing of such modified allocations and principal amounts of Note A-3-1 and Note A-3-2 following the amendment of Original Note A-3.

Section 32.            Statement of Intent. The Agent and each Noteholder intend that the Notes be classified and maintained as a grantor trust under subpart E, part I of subchapter J of chapter 1 of the Code that is a fixed investment trust within the meaning of Treasury Regulation §301.7701-4(c), and the parties shall not take any action inconsistent with such classification. It is neither the purpose nor the intent of this Agreement to create a partnership, joint venture, “taxable mortgage pool” or association taxable as a corporation among the parties. 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Amended and Restated Note Holders have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

	NOTE A-1 HOLDER:
	Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer on behalf of Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee for the registered holders of BBCMS Mortgage Trust 2022-C18, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2022-C18
		By:	/s/ Scott Dunkley
			Name: Scott Dunkley
			Title:   Vice President

(Amended and Restated Co-Lender Agreement – Rialto Industrial)

 

	NOTE A-2 HOLDER:
	Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer on behalf of Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee for the registered holders of BMO 2023-C4 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-C4
		By:	/s/ Scott Dunkley
			Name: Scott Dunkley
			Title:   Vice President

(Amended and Restated Co-Lender Agreement – Rialto Industrial)

 

	INITIAL NOTE A-3-1 HOLDER:
	SPREF WH II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
	By:	Argentic Investment Management LLC, its Authorized Signatory
		By:	/s/ Ryan Supple
			Name: Ryan Supple
			Title:   Authorized Signatory

 

(Amended and Restated Co-Lender Agreement – Rialto Industrial)

 

	INITIAL NOTE A-3-2 HOLDER:
	SPREF WH II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
	By:	Argentic Investment Management LLC, its Authorized Signatory
		By:	/s/ Ryan Supple
			Name: Ryan Supple
			Title:   Authorized Signatory

 

(Amended and Restated Co-Lender Agreement – Rialto Industrial)

 

	INITIAL NOTE A-4 HOLDER:
	SPREF WH II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
	By:	Argentic Investment Management LLC, its Authorized Signatory
		By:	/s/ Ryan Supple
			Name: Ryan Supple
			Title:   Authorized Signatory

 

(Amended and Restated Co-Lender Agreement – Rialto Industrial)

 

	INITIAL NOTE A-5 HOLDER:
	SPREF WH II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
	By:	Argentic Investment Management LLC, its Authorized Signatory
		By:	/s/ Ryan Supple
			Name: Ryan Supple
			Title:   Authorized Signatory

 

(Amended and Restated Co-Lender Agreement – Rialto Industrial)

 

	NOTE A-6 HOLDER:
	Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer on behalf of Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee for the registered holders of BMO 2023-C4 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-C4
		By:	/s/ Scott Dunkley
			Name: Scott Dunkley
			Title:   Vice President

 

(Amended and Restated Co-Lender Agreement – Rialto Industrial)

 

	INITIAL NOTE A-7 HOLDER:
	SPREF WH II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
	By:	Argentic Investment Management LLC, its Authorized Signatory
		By:	/s/ Ryan Supple
			Name: Ryan Supple
			Title:   Authorized Signatory

 

(Amended and Restated Co-Lender Agreement – Rialto Industrial)

 

	NOTE A-8 HOLDER:
	Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer on behalf of Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee for the registered holders of BBCMS Mortgage Trust 2022-C18, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2022-C18
		By:	/s/ Scott Dunkley
			Name: Scott Dunkley
			Title:   Vice President

 

 

(Amended and Restated Co-Lender Agreement – Rialto Industrial)

EXHIBIT A

MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE

Description of Mortgage Loan

Mortgage Loan Borrower:	Rialto Merrill Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
Date of Mortgage Loan:	November 10, 2022
Date of Note A-1, Note A-2, Note A-4, Note A-5, Note A-6, Note A-7 and Note A-8:	November 10, 2022
Date of Note A-3-1 and Note A-3-2:	March 14, 2023
Original Principal Amount of Mortgage Loan:	$181,000,000
Principal Amount of Mortgage Loan as of the date hereof:	$181,000,000
Initial Note A-1 Principal Balance:	$65,000,000
Initial Note A-2 Principal Balance:	$30,000,000
Initial Note A-3-1 Principal Balance:	$25,000,000
Initial Note A-3-2 Principal Balance:	$5,000,000
Initial Note A-4 Principal Balance:	$25,000,000
Initial Note A-5 Principal Balance:	$20,000,000
Initial Note A-6 Principal Balance:	$5,000,000
Initial Note A-7 Principal Balance:	$3,000,000
Initial Note A-8 Principal Balance:	$3,000,000

A-1 

 

Location of Mortgaged Property:	1110 West Merrill Avenue Rialto, California 92376
Initial Maturity Date:	December 6, 2032

 

 

A-2 

EXHIBIT B

1.       Note A-1 Holder:

MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS MASTER SERVICER ON BEHALF OF COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF BBCMS MORTGAGE TRUST 2022-C18, COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2022-C18

Notice Address:

10851 Mastin Street, Suite 700

Overland Park, Kansas 66210

Attention: Executive Vice President – Division Head

Fax number: 1-888-706-3565

Email: NoticeAdmin@midlandls.com

 

with a copy to:

 

Stinson LLP

1201 Walnut Street

Suite 1209

Kansas City, Missouri 64106-2150

Fax Number: 1-816-412-9338

Attention: Kenda K. Tomes

E-mail: kenda.tomes@stinson.com

 

and

 

Computershare Trust Company, National Association

9062 Old Annapolis Road

Columbia, Maryland 21045

Attention: Corporate Trust Services – BBCMS 2022-C18

 

with a copy to:

 

cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com and trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com

 

B-1 

2. Note A-2 Holder:

MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS MASTER SERVICER ON BEHALF OF COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF BMO 2023-C4 MORTGAGE TRUST, COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2023-C4

Notice Address:

10851 Mastin Street, Suite 700

Overland Park, Kansas 66210

Attention: Executive Vice President – Division Head

Fax number: 1-888-706-3565

Email: NoticeAdmin@midlandls.com

 

with a copy to:

 

Stinson LLP

1201 Walnut Street

Suite 1209

Kansas City, Missouri 64106-2150

Fax Number: 1-816-412-9338

Attention: Kenda K. Tomes

E-mail: kenda.tomes@stinson.com

 

and

 

Computershare Trust Company, National Association

9062 Old Annapolis Road

Columbia, Maryland 21045

Attention: Corporate Trust Services – BMO 2023-C4

 

with a copy to:

 

cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com and trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com

B-2 

3.       Initial Note A-3-1 Holder:

(Prior to Securitization of Note A-3-1):

SPREF WH II LLC

Notice Address:
SPREF WH II LLC
31 West 27th Street, 12th Floor

New York, New York 10001
Attention: Michael Schulte

with a copy to:

Dechert LLP
300 South Tryon Street, Suite 800
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Attention: Stewart McQueen

B-3 

4.       Initial Note A-3-2 Holder:

(Prior to Securitization of Note A-3-2):

SPREF WH II LLC

Notice Address:
SPREF WH II LLC
31 West 27th Street, 12th Floor

New York, New York 10001
Attention: Michael Schulte

with a copy to:

Dechert LLP
300 South Tryon Street, Suite 800
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Attention: Stewart McQueen

B-4 

5.       Initial Note A-4 Holder:

(Prior to Securitization of Note A-4):

SPREF WH II LLC

Notice Address:
SPREF WH II LLC
31 West 27th Street, 12th Floor

New York, New York 10001
Attention: Michael Schulte

with a copy to:

Dechert LLP
300 South Tryon Street, Suite 800
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Attention: Stewart McQueen

B-5 

6.       Initial Note A-5 Holder:

(Prior to Securitization of Note A-5):

SPREF WH II LLC

Notice Address:
SPREF WH II LLC
31 West 27th Street, 12th Floor

New York, New York 10001
Attention: Michael Schulte

with a copy to:

Dechert LLP
300 South Tryon Street, Suite 800
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Attention: Stewart McQueen

B-6 

 

7.       Note A-6 Holder:

MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS MASTER SERVICER ON BEHALF OF COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF BMO 2023-C4 MORTGAGE TRUST, COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2023-C4

Notice Address:

10851 Mastin Street, Suite 700

Overland Park, Kansas 66210

Attention: Executive Vice President – Division Head

Fax number: 1-888-706-3565

Email: NoticeAdmin@midlandls.com

 

with a copy to:

 

Stinson LLP

1201 Walnut Street

Suite 1209

Kansas City, Missouri 64106-2150

Fax Number: 1-816-412-9338

Attention: Kenda K. Tomes

E-mail: kenda.tomes@stinson.com

 

and

 

Computershare Trust Company, National Association

9062 Old Annapolis Road

Columbia, Maryland 21045

Attention: Corporate Trust Services – BMO 2023-C4

 

with a copy to:

cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com and trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com

B-7 

8.       Initial Note A-7 Holder:

(Prior to Securitization of Note A-7):

SPREF WH II LLC

Notice Address:
SPREF WH II LLC
31 West 27th Street, 12th Floor

New York, New York 10001
Attention: Michael Schulte

with a copy to:

Dechert LLP
300 South Tryon Street, Suite 800
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Attention: Stewart McQueen

B-8 

9.       Note A-8 Holder:

MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS MASTER SERVICER ON BEHALF OF COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF BBCMS MORTGAGE TRUST 2022-C18, COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2022-C18

Notice Address:

10851 Mastin Street, Suite 700

Overland Park, Kansas 66210

Attention: Executive Vice President – Division Head

Fax number: 1-888-706-3565

Email: NoticeAdmin@midlandls.com

 

with a copy to:

 

Stinson LLP

1201 Walnut Street

Suite 1209

Kansas City, Missouri 64106-2150

Fax Number: 1-816-412-9338

Attention: Kenda K. Tomes

E-mail: kenda.tomes@stinson.com

 

and

 

Computershare Trust Company, National Association

9062 Old Annapolis Road

Columbia, Maryland 21045

Attention: Corporate Trust Services – BBCMS 2022-C18

 

with a copy to:

cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com and trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com

B-9 

EXHIBIT C

PERMITTED FUND MANAGERS

 

1. AllianceBernstein

2. Apollo Real Estate Advisors

3. Archon Capital, L.P.

4. Artemis Real Estate Partners

5. BlackRock, Inc.

6. The Blackstone Group

7. Capital Trust

8. Clarion Partners

9. Colony Capital, Inc.

10. DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners

11. Dune Real Estate Partners

12. Eightfold Real Estate Capital, L.P.

13. Fortress Investment Group, LLC

14. Hudson Advisors

15. iStar Financial Inc.

16. JER Partners

17. Land-Lease Real Estate Investments

18. Lonestar Opportunity Funds

19. Normandy Real Estate Partners

20. Praedium Group

21. Raith Capital Partners

22. Rialto Capital Management LLC

23. Rialto Capital Advisors LLC

24. Rockwood

25. RREEF Funds

26. Starwood Financial Trust

27. Torchlight Investors, LLC

28. Walton Street Capital, LLC

29. Westbrook Partners

30. Whitehall Street Real Estate Fund, L.P.

C-1 

 

EX-99.15

Exhibit 99.15 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

 

CO-LENDER AGREEMENT

Dated as of April 17, 2023


by and among

STARWOOD MORTGAGE CAPITAL LLC
(Initial Note A-1 Holder),

STARWOOD MORTGAGE CAPITAL LLC
(Initial Note A-2 Holder),

STARWOOD MORTGAGE CAPITAL LLC
(Initial Note A-3 Holder)

and

STARWOOD MORTGAGE CAPITAL LLC
(Initial Note A-4 Holder)

MUSEUM TOWER

 

   

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

Section 1.	Definitions	1
Section 2.	Servicing of the Mortgage Loan	18
Section 3.	Priority of Payments	26
Section 4.	Workout	27
Section 5.	Administration of the Mortgage Loan	27
Section 6.	Appointment of Controlling Note Holder Representative and Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative	31
Section 7.	Appointment of Special Servicer	34
Section 8.	Payment Procedure	35
Section 9.	Limitation on Liability of the Note Holders	36
Section 10.	Bankruptcy	36
Section 11.	Representations of the Note Holders	37
Section 12.	No Creation of a Partnership or Exclusive Purchase Right	37
Section 13.	Other Business Activities of the Note Holders.	38
Section 14.	Sale of the Notes	38
Section 15.	Registration of the Notes and Each Note Holder	41
Section 16.	Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial	42
Section 17.	Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers	42
Section 18.	Modifications	42
Section 19.	Successors and Assigns; Third-Party Beneficiaries	43
Section 20.	Counterparts	43
Section 21.	Captions	43
Section 22.	Severability	43
Section 23.	Entire Agreement	43
Section 24.	Withholding Taxes	43
Section 25.	Custody of Mortgage Loan Documents	45
Section 26.	Cooperation in Securitization	45
Section 27.	Notices	46
Section 28.	Broker	46
Section 29.	Certain Matters Affecting the Agent	46
Section 30.	Termination and Resignation of Agent	47
Section 31.	Resizing	47
Section 32.	Statement of Intent	48

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THIS CO-LENDER AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of April 17, 2023, by and among STARWOOD MORTGAGE CAPITAL LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Starwood” and together with its successors and assigns in interest, in its capacity as initial owner of Note A-1, the “Initial Note A-1 Holder”, and in its capacity as the initial agent, the “Initial Agent”), STARWOOD MORTGAGE CAPITAL LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (together with its successors and assigns in interest, in its capacity as initial owner of Note A-2, the “Initial Note A-2 Holder”), STARWOOD MORTGAGE CAPITAL LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (together with its successors and assigns in interest, in its capacity as initial owner of Note A-3, the “Initial Note A-3 Holder”) and STARWOOD MORTGAGE CAPITAL LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (together with its successors and assigns in interest, in its capacity as initial owner of Note A-4, the “Initial Note A-4 Holder” and, together with the Initial Note A-1 Holder, the Initial Note A-2 Holder and the Initial Note A-3 Holder, the “Initial Note Holders”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Agreement (as defined herein), Starwood Mortgage Capital LLC (“Original Lender”) originated a certain loan (the “Mortgage Loan”) described on the schedule attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Mortgage Loan Schedule”) to the mortgage loan borrower described on the Mortgage Loan Schedule (the “Mortgage Loan Borrower”), which was evidenced, inter alia, by four promissory notes (as amended, modified or supplemented, the “Notes”): (i) one promissory note in the original principal amount of $20,000,000 (“Note A-1”) made by the Mortgage Loan Borrower in favor of the Original Lender, (ii) one promissory note in the original principal amount of $10,000,000 (“Note A-2”) made by the Mortgage Loan Borrower in favor of the Original Lender, (iii) one promissory note in the original principal amount of $10,000,000 (“Note A-3”) made by the Mortgage Loan Borrower in favor of the Original Lender and (iv) one promissory note in the original principal amount of $7,000,000 (“Note A-4”), made by the Mortgage Loan Borrower in favor of the Original Lender; and secured by one or more mortgages or deeds of trust (together, as amended, modified or supplemented, the “Mortgage”) on certain real property located as described in the Mortgage Loan Agreement (collectively, the “Mortgaged Property”);

WHEREAS, the Initial Note A-1 Holder, the Initial Note A-2 Holder, the Initial Note A-3 Holder and the Initial Note A-4 Holder desire to enter into this Agreement to memorialize the terms under which they, and their successors and assigns, shall hold Note A-1, Note A-2, Note A-3 and Note A-4, respectively;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto mutually agree as follows:

Section 1.                Definitions. References to a “Section” or the “recitals” are, unless otherwise specified, to a Section or the recitals of this Agreement. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed thereto by such term or other analogous term in the Lead Servicing Agreement. Whenever used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the respective meanings set forth below unless the context clearly requires otherwise.

   

 

“Affiliate” shall have the meaning set forth in the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Agent” shall mean the Initial Agent or such Person to whom the Initial Agent shall delegate its duties hereunder, and, from and after the Lead Securitization Date, shall mean the Certificate Administrator, if any, and if there is no Certificate Administrator, shall mean the Trustee.

“Agent Office” shall mean the designated office of the Agent in the State of Florida, which office at the date of this Agreement is located at 2340 Collins Avenue, Suite 700, Miami Beach, Florida 33139, Attention: Leslie Fairbanks, and which is the address to which notices to and correspondence with the Agent should be directed. The Agent may change the address of its designated office by notice to the Note Holders.

“Agreement” shall mean this Co-Lender Agreement, the exhibits and schedule hereto and all amendments hereof and supplements hereto.

“Approved Servicer” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Qualified Institutional Lender.”

“Asset Representations Reviewer” shall mean the asset representations reviewer appointed as provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Bankruptcy Code” shall mean the United States Bankruptcy Code, as amended from time to time, any successor statute or rule promulgated thereto.

“Certificate Administrator” shall mean the certificate administrator or note administrator appointed as provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement and any successor thereunder.

“CLO” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Qualified Institutional Lender.”

“CLO Asset Manager” with respect to any Securitization Vehicle which is a CLO, shall mean the entity which is responsible for managing or administering a Note as an underlying asset of such Securitization Vehicle or, if applicable, as an asset of any Intervening Trust Vehicle (including, without limitation, the right to exercise any consent and control rights available to the holder of such Note).

“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

“Collection Account” shall mean “Collection Account” or other analogous term as defined in the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Companion Distribution Account” shall mean “Companion Distribution Account,” “Whole Loan Custodial Account,” “Loan Combination Custodial Account” or other analogous term as defined in the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Conduit” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14(d).

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“Conduit Credit Enhancer” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14(d).

“Conduit Inventory Loan” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14(d).

“Control” shall mean the ownership, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate of more than fifty percent (50%) of the beneficial ownership interests of an entity and the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of an entity, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise (“Controlled” and “Controls” have meanings correlative thereto.)

“Controlling Class Representative” shall have the meaning assigned to the term “Directing Certificateholder,” “Controlling Class Representative” or an analogous term in the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Controlling Note Holder” shall mean the Note A-1 Holder; provided that at any time Note A-1 is included in the Lead Securitization, references to the “Controlling Note Holder” herein shall mean the Controlling Class Representative or such other person(s) otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder” hereunder, as and to the extent provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement; provided that if at any time 50% or more of Note A-1 (or the class of securities issued in the Lead Securitization designated as the “controlling class” or such other class(es) otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder”) is held by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or an Affiliate of the Mortgage Loan Borrower, Note A-1 (or the class of securities issued in the Lead Securitization designated as the “controlling class” or such other class(es) otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder”) shall not be entitled to exercise any rights of the Controlling Note Holder and the Note A-2 Holder shall be the Controlling Note Holder unless 50% or more of Note A-2 (or the class of securities issued in the applicable Non-Lead Securitization designated as the “controlling class” or such other class(es) otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder”) is held by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or an Affiliate of the Mortgage Loan Borrower; and provided, further, that if at any time 50% or more of Note A-2 (or the class of securities issued in the applicable Non-Lead Securitization designated as the “controlling class” or such other class(es) otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder”) is held by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or an Affiliate of the Mortgage Loan Borrower, Note A-2 (or the class of securities issued in the applicable Non-Lead Securitization designated as the “controlling class” or such other class(es) otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder”) shall not be entitled to exercise any rights of the Controlling Note Holder and the Note A-3 Holder shall be the Controlling Note Holder unless 50% or more of Note A-3 (or the class of securities issued in the applicable Non-Lead Securitization designated as the “controlling class” or such other class(es) otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder”) is held by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or an Affiliate of the Mortgage Loan Borrower; and provided, further, that if at any time 50% or more of Note A-3 (or the class of securities issued in the applicable Non-Lead Securitization designated as the “controlling class” or such other class(es) otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder”) is held by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or an Affiliate of the Mortgage Loan Borrower, Note A-3 (or the class of securities issued in the applicable Non-Lead

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Securitization designated as the “controlling class” or such other class(es) otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder”) shall not be entitled to exercise any rights of the Controlling Note Holder and the Note A-4 Holder shall be the Controlling Note Holder unless 50% or more of Note A-4 (or the class of securities issued in the applicable Non-Lead Securitization designated as the “controlling class” or such other class(es) otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder”) is held by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or an Affiliate of the Mortgage Loan Borrower; and provided, further, that if at any time 50% or more of Note A-4 (or the class of securities issued in the applicable Non-Lead Securitization designated as the “controlling class” or such other class(es) otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder”) is held by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or an Affiliate of the Mortgage Loan Borrower, Note A-4 (or the class of securities issued in the applicable Non-Lead Securitization designated as the “controlling class” or such other class(es) otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder”) shall not be entitled to exercise any rights of the Controlling Note Holder.

If 50% or more of each of Note A-1, Note A-2, Note A-3 and Note A-4 (or the class of securities issued in the Lead Securitization and each Non-Lead Securitization designated as the “controlling class” or such other class(es) otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder”) is held by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or an Affiliate of the Mortgage Loan Borrower, no person shall be entitled to exercise the rights of the Controlling Note Holder.

In addition, the Lead Servicing Agreement may contain additional limitations on the rights of such designated party entitled to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder” hereunder if such designated party is the Mortgage Loan Borrower or if it has certain relationships with the Mortgage Loan Borrower (which additional limitations shall, as and to the extent provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement, accordingly limit the rights of the designated party to exercise any rights hereunder).

“Controlling Note Holder Representative” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6(a).

“DBRS Morningstar” shall mean DBRS, Inc., and its successors in interest.

“Defaulted Mortgage Loan” shall mean “defaulted mortgage loan,” “defaulted loan” or other analogous term under the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Depositor” shall mean the “depositor” under the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Event of Default” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, an “Event of Default” as defined in the Mortgage Loan Agreement.

“Fitch” shall mean Fitch Ratings, Inc., and its successors in interest.

“Initial Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

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“Initial Note A-1 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note A-2 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note A-3 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note A-4 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note Holders” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Insolvency Proceeding” shall mean any proceeding under Title 11 of the United States Code (11 U.S.C. Sec. 101 et seq.) or any other insolvency, liquidation, reorganization or other similar proceeding concerning the Mortgage Loan Borrower, any action for the dissolution of the Mortgage Loan Borrower, any proceeding (judicial or otherwise) concerning the application of the assets of the Mortgage Loan Borrower for the benefit of its creditors, the appointment of or any proceeding seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver or other similar custodian for all or any substantial part of the assets of the Mortgage Loan Borrower or any other action concerning the adjustment of the debts of the Mortgage Loan Borrower, the cessation of business by the Mortgage Loan Borrower, except following a sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Mortgage Loan Borrower in a transaction permitted under the Mortgage Loan Documents; provided, however, that following any such permitted transaction affecting the title to the Mortgaged Property, the Mortgage Loan Borrower for purposes of this Agreement shall be defined to mean the successor owner of the Mortgaged Property from time to time as may be permitted pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Documents; provided, further, however, that for the purposes of this definition, in the event that more than one entity comprises the Mortgage Loan Borrower, the term “Mortgage Loan Borrower” shall refer to any such entity.

“Interest Rate” shall mean the Interest Rate (as defined in the Mortgage Loan Documents).

“Intervening Trust Vehicle” with respect to any Securitization Vehicle that is a CLO, shall mean a trust vehicle or entity which holds any Note as collateral securing (in whole or in part) any obligation or security held by such Securitization Vehicle as collateral for the CLO.

“KBRA” shall mean Kroll Bond Rating Agency, LLC and its successors in interest.

“Lead Securitization” shall mean the Note A-1 Securitization; provided that, if the Note A-2 Securitization, Note A-3 Securitization or the Note A-4 Securitization occurs prior to the Note A-1 Securitization Date, then the first to occur of the Note A-2 Securitization, the Note A-3 Securitization and the Note A-4 Securitization shall be the Lead Securitization until the Note A-1 Securitization Date, at which time the Note A-1 Securitization shall be the Lead Securitization.

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“Lead Securitization Date” shall mean the closing date of the Lead Securitization.

“Lead Securitization Note” shall mean Note A-1; provided that, if the Note A-2 Securitization, the Note A-3 Securitization or the Note A-4 Securitization occurs prior to the Note A-1 Securitization Date, then the first of Note A-2, Note A-3 or Note A-4 to be included in a Securitization shall be the Lead Securitization Note until the Note A-1 Securitization Date, at which time Note A-1 shall be the Lead Securitization Note.

“Lead Securitization Note Holder” shall mean the holder of the Lead Securitization Note.

“Lead Securitization Subordinate Class Representative” shall mean the “Controlling Class Representative” or “Directing Certificateholder” as defined in the Lead Servicing Agreement or such other analogous term used in the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Lead Securitization Trust” shall mean the Securitization Trust created in connection with the Lead Securitization.

“Lead Servicing Agreement” shall mean the pooling and servicing agreement to be entered into in connection with the Lead Securitization Note. The Servicing Standard in the Lead Servicing Agreement shall require, among other things that each Servicer, in servicing the Mortgage Loan, must take into account the interests of each Note Holder.

“Major Decisions” shall have the meaning given to such term or any one or more analogous terms in the Lead Servicing Agreement; provided that at any time that no Note is included in the Lead Securitization “Major Decision” shall mean:

(i)                            any proposed or actual foreclosure upon or comparable conversion (which shall include acquisitions of any REO Property) of the ownership of the property or properties securing the Mortgage Loan if it comes into and continues in default;

(ii)                         any modification, consent to a modification or waiver of any monetary term (other than late fees and default interest) or material non-monetary term (including, without limitation, the timing of payments and acceptance of discounted payoffs) of the Mortgage Loan or any extension of the maturity date of the Mortgage Loan;

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

(iv)                     any sale of the Mortgage Loan (when it is a Defaulted Mortgage Loan) or REO Property for less than the applicable Purchase Price (as defined in the Lead Servicing Agreement);

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(v)                        any determination to bring a Mortgaged Property or an REO Property into compliance with applicable environmental laws or to otherwise address any Hazardous Materials (as defined in the Lead Servicing Agreement) located at a Mortgaged Property or an REO Property;

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

(vii)                  any waiver of a “due-on-sale” or “due-on-encumbrance” clause with respect to the Mortgage Loan or any consent to such a waiver or consent to a transfer of a Mortgaged Property or interests in the borrower;

(viii)               any incurrence of additional debt by a borrower or any mezzanine financing by any beneficial owner of a borrower (to the extent that the lender has consent rights pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan Documents);

(ix)                       any material modification, waiver or amendment of an intercreditor agreement, co-lender agreement or similar agreement with any mezzanine lender or subordinate debt holder related to the Mortgage Loan, or any action to enforce rights (or decision not to enforce rights) with respect thereto, or any material modification, waiver or amendment thereof;

(x)                          any property management company changes, including, without limitation, approval of the termination of a manager and appointment of a new property manager or franchise changes (in each case, if the lender is required to consent or approve such changes under the Mortgage Loan Documents);

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

(xii)                    any acceptance of an assumption agreement releasing a borrower, guarantor or other obligor from liability under the Mortgage Loan other than pursuant to the specific terms of such Mortgage Loan and for which there is no lender discretion;

(xiii)                 any determination of an Acceptable Insurance Default (as defined in the Lead Servicing Agreement); or

(xiv)                any determination by the Master Servicer to transfer the Mortgage Loan to the Special Servicer under the circumstances described in paragraph (c) of the definition of “Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan” (as defined in the Lead Servicing Agreement).

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“Master Servicer” shall mean the master servicer appointed as provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Monthly Payment Date” shall mean the Monthly Payment Date (as defined in the Mortgage Loan Documents).

“Moody’s” shall mean Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., and its successors in interest.

“Mortgage” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Mortgage Loan” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Mortgage Loan Agreement” shall mean the Loan Agreement, dated as of April 17, 2023, between the Mortgage Loan Borrower and Starwood Mortgage Capital LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as lender, as the same may be further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, subject to the terms hereof.

“Mortgage Loan Borrower” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Mortgage Loan Borrower Related Party” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 13.

“Mortgage Loan Documents” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage Loan Agreement, the Mortgage, the Notes and all other documents now or hereafter evidencing and securing the Mortgage Loan.

“Mortgage Loan Schedule” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Mortgaged Property” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“New Notes” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 31.

“Non-Controlling Note” shall mean Note A-2, Note A-3 and Note A-4, individually or collectively, as the context may require; provided that any such Note shall be excluded from this definition for so long as the related Note Holder is the Controlling Note Holder.

“Non-Controlling Note Holder” shall mean each holder of a Non-Controlling Note; provided that at any time any Non-Controlling Note is included in a Securitization, references to the “Non-Controlling Note Holder” herein shall mean the Non-Lead Securitization Subordinate Class Representative with respect to the related Non-Lead Securitization or any other party assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Non-Controlling Note Holder” hereunder, as and to the extent provided in the related Non-Lead Servicing Agreement and as to the identity of which the Lead Securitization Note Holder (and the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer) has been given written notice. The Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall not be required at any time to deal with more than one party

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exercising the rights of the “Non-Controlling Note Holder” herein or under the Lead Servicing Agreement and, (x) to the extent that the related Non-Lead Servicing Agreement assigns such rights to more than one party or (y) to the extent any Non-Controlling Note is split into two or more New Notes pursuant to Section 31, for purposes of this Agreement, the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement or the holders of such New Notes shall designate one party to deal with the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) and provide written notice of such designation to the Lead Securitization Note Holder (and the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer acting on its behalf); provided that, in the absence of such designation and notice, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall be entitled to treat the last party as to which it has received written notice as having been designated as the Non-Controlling Note Holder, as the Non-Controlling Note Holder for all purposes of this Agreement. As of the date hereof and until further notice from the applicable Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the applicable Non-Lead Master Servicer or another party acting on its behalf), the Initial Note A-2 Holder is the Non-Controlling Note Holder.

Prior to Securitization of any Non-Lead Securitization Note (including any New Notes), all notices, reports, information or other deliverables required to be delivered to the applicable Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder or the Non-Controlling Note Holder pursuant to this Agreement or the Lead Servicing Agreement by the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) only need to be delivered to the Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative (to the extent that the identity of the Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative is known) and, when so delivered to the Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall be deemed to have satisfied its delivery obligations with respect to such items hereunder or under the Lead Servicing Agreement. Following Securitization of any Non-Lead Securitization Note, all notices, reports, information or other deliverables required to be delivered to the applicable Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder or the Non-Controlling Note Holder pursuant to this Agreement or the Lead Servicing Agreement by the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall be delivered to the Non-Lead Master Servicer (who then may forward such items to the party entitled to receive such items as and to the extent provided in the Non-Lead Servicing Agreement) and, when so delivered to the Non-Lead Master Servicer, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall be deemed to have satisfied its delivery obligations with respect to such items hereunder or under the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6(c).

“Non-Exempt Person” shall mean any Person other than a Person who is either (i) a U.S. Person or (ii) has on file with the Agent for the relevant year such duly-executed form(s) or statement(s) which may, from time to time, be prescribed by law and which, pursuant to applicable provisions of (A) any income tax treaty between the United States and the country of residence of such Person, (B) the Code or (C) any applicable rules or regulations in effect under clauses (A) or (B) above, permit the Servicer on behalf of the Note Holders to make such payments free of any obligation or liability for withholding.

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“Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer” shall mean the “asset representations reviewer” or other analogous term under the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Certificate Administrator” shall mean the “certificate administrator” or other analogous term under the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Depositor” shall mean the “depositor” or other analogous term under the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Master Servicer” shall mean the “master servicer” or other analogous term under the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Operating Advisor” shall mean the “trust advisor,” “operating advisor” or other analogous term under the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Securitization” shall mean any Securitization other than the Lead Securitization.

“Non-Lead Securitization Note” shall mean any Note other than the Lead Securitization Note.

“Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder” shall mean the holder of a Non-Lead Securitization Note.

“Non-Lead Securitization Date” shall mean the closing date of the applicable Non-Lead Securitization.

“Non-Lead Securitization Subordinate Class Representative” shall mean the holders of the majority of the class of securities issued in the applicable Non-Lead Securitization designated as the “controlling class” pursuant to the related Non-Lead Servicing Agreement or their duly appointed representative; provided that if 50% or more of the class of securities issued in such Non-Lead Securitization designated as the “controlling class” or such other class(es) otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder” is held by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or an Affiliate of the Mortgage Loan Borrower, no person shall be entitled to exercise the rights of the Non-Lead Securitization Subordinate Class Representative.

“Non-Lead Securitization Trust” shall mean the Securitization Trust into which the applicable Non-Lead Securitization Note is deposited.

“Non-Lead Servicer” shall mean the Non-Lead Master Servicer or the Non-Lead Special Servicer, as the context may require.

“Non-Lead Servicing Agreement” shall mean the pooling and servicing agreement, trust and servicing agreement or other similar agreement to be entered into in connection with a Non-Lead Securitization.

“Non-Lead Special Servicer” shall mean the “special servicer” or other analogous term under the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement.

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“Non-Lead Trustee” shall mean the “trustee” or other analogous term under the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance” shall have the meaning given thereto in the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Note A-1” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-1 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-1 Holder or any subsequent holder of Note A-1, as applicable.

“Note A-1 Principal Balance” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, at any time of determination, the Initial Note A-1 Principal Balance set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon received by the Note A-1 Holder or reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 3 or 4, as applicable.

“Note A-1 Securitization” shall mean the sale by the Note A-1 Holder of all or any portion of the Note A-1 to a depositor or similar person, who will in turn include such portion of Note A-1 as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Note A-1 Securitization Date” shall mean the effective date on which the Securitization of Note A-1 is consummated.

“Note A-2” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-2 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-2 Holder or any subsequent holder of Note A-2, as applicable.

“Note A-2 Principal Balance” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, at any time of determination, the Initial Note A-2 Principal Balance set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon received by the Note A-2 Holder or reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 3 or 4, as applicable.

“Note A-2 Securitization” shall mean the sale by the Note A-2 Holder of all or any portion of the Note A-2 to a depositor, who will in turn include such portion of Note A-2 as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Note A-2 Securitization Date” shall mean the effective date on which the Securitization of Note A-2 is consummated.

“Note A-3” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-3 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-3 Holder or any subsequent holder of Note A-3, as applicable.

“Note A-3 Principal Balance” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, at any time of determination, the Initial Note A-3 Principal Balance set forth on the Mortgage Loan

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Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon received by the Note A-3 Holder or reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 3 or 4, as applicable.

“Note A-3 Securitization” shall mean the sale by the Note A-3 Holder of all or any portion of the Note A-3 to a depositor, who will in turn include such portion of Note A-3 as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Note A-3 Securitization Date” shall mean the effective date on which the Securitization of Note A-3 is consummated.

“Note A-4” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-4 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-4 Holder or any subsequent holder of Note A-4, as applicable.

“Note A-4 Principal Balance” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, at any time of determination, the Initial Note A-4 Principal Balance set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon received by the Note A-4 Holder or reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 3 or 4, as applicable.

“Note A-4 Securitization” shall mean the sale by the Note A-4 Holder of all or any portion of the Note A-4 to a depositor, who will in turn include such portion of Note A-4 as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Note A-4 Securitization Date” shall mean the effective date on which the Securitization of Note A-4 is consummated.

“Note Holders” shall mean collectively, the Note A-1 Holder, the Note A-2 Holder, the Note A-3 Holder and the Note A-4 Holder.

“Note Pledgee” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14(d).

“Note Register” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 15.

“Notes” shall mean, collectively, Note A-1, Note A-2, Note A-3 and Note A-4.

“Operating Advisor” shall mean the “trust advisor,” “operating advisor” or other analogous term under the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“P&I Advance” shall mean an advance made by (a) a party to the Lead Servicing Agreement in respect of a delinquent monthly debt service payment on the Lead Securitization Note or (b) a party to a Non-Lead Servicing Agreement in respect of a delinquent monthly debt service payment on the applicable Non-Lead Securitization Note.

“Percentage Interest” shall mean, (a) with respect to the Note A-1 Holder, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Note A-1 Principal Balance and the denominator of which is the sum of the Note A-1 Principal Balance, the Note A-2 Principal Balance, the Note A-3 Principal Balance and the Note A-4 Principal Balance, (b) with respect to

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the Note A-2 Holder, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Note A-2 Principal Balance and the denominator of which is the sum of the Note A-1 Principal Balance, the Note A-2 Principal Balance, the Note A-3 Principal Balance and the Note A-4 Principal Balance, (c) with respect to the Note A-3 Holder, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Note A-3 Principal Balance and the denominator of which is the sum of the Note A-1 Principal Balance, the Note A-2 Principal Balance, the Note A-3 Principal Balance and the Note A-4 Principal Balance, and (d) with respect to the Note A-4 Holder, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Note A-4 Principal Balance and the denominator of which is the sum of the Note A-1 Principal Balance, the Note A-2 Principal Balance, the Note A-3 Principal Balance and the Note A-4 Principal Balance.

“Permitted Fund Manager” shall mean any Person that on the date of determination is (i) one of the entities on Exhibit C attached hereto and made a part hereof or any other nationally-recognized manager of investment funds investing in debt or equity interests relating to commercial real estate, (ii) investing through a fund with committed capital of at least $250,000,000 and (iii) not subject to a proceeding relating to the bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors.

“Pledge” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14(d).

“Pre-Securitization Servicing Agreement” shall mean the related servicing or similar agreement between Starwood Mortgage Capital LLC and Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Services, Inc., or certain affiliates thereof.

“Pro Rata and Pari Passu Basis” shall mean with respect to the Notes and the Note Holders, the allocation of any particular payment, collection, cost, expense, liability or other amount between such Notes or such Note Holders, as the case may be, without any priority of any such Note or any such Note Holder over another such Note or Note Holder, as the case may be, and in any event such that each Note or Note Holder, as the case may be, is allocated its respective Percentage Interest of such particular payment, collection, cost, expense, liability or other amount.

“Qualified Institutional Lender” shall mean each of the Initial Note Holders and any other U.S. Person that is:

(a)                                an entity Controlled (as defined herein) by, under common Control with or that Controls either of the Initial Note Holders, or

(b)                                the trustee on behalf of the trust certificates issued pursuant to a master trust agreement involving a CLO comprised of, or other securitization vehicle involving, assets deposited or transferred by a Note Holder and/or one or more Affiliates (whether with assets from others or not), provided that the securities issued in connection with such CLO or other securitization vehicle are rated by each of the Rating Agencies that assigned a rating to one or more classes of securities issued in connection with the Lead Securitization, or

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(c)                                one or more of the following:

(i)                        an insurance company, bank, savings and loan association, investment bank, trust company, commercial credit corporation, pension plan, pension fund, pension fund advisory firm, mutual fund, real estate investment trust, governmental entity or plan, or

(ii)                      an investment company, money management firm or a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a) (1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or

(iii)                    a Qualified Trustee in connection with (a) any securitization of, (b) the creation of collateralized loan obligations (“CLO”) secured by, or (c) a financing through an “owner trust” of, a Note or any interest therein (any of the foregoing, a “Securitization Vehicle”), provided that (1) one or more classes of securities issued by such Securitization Vehicle is initially rated at least investment grade by each of the Rating Agencies that assigned a rating to one or more classes of securities issued in connection with a Securitization (it being understood that with respect to any Rating Agency that assigned such a rating to the securities issued by such Securitization Vehicle, a Rating Agency Confirmation will not be required in connection with a transfer of such Note or any interest therein to such Securitization Vehicle); (2) in the case of a Securitization Vehicle that is not a CLO, the special servicer of such Securitization Vehicle (x) has a Required Special Servicer Rating, (y) is LNR Partners, LLC or (z) is otherwise acceptable to the Rating Agencies rating each Securitization (such entity, an “Approved Servicer”) and such Approved Servicer is required to service and administer such Note or any interest therein in accordance with servicing arrangements for the assets held by the Securitization Vehicle which require that such Approved Servicer act in accordance with a servicing standard notwithstanding any contrary direction or instruction from any other Person; or (3) in the case of a Securitization Vehicle that is a CLO, the CLO Asset Manager and, if applicable, each Intervening Trust Vehicle that is not administered and managed by a CLO Asset Manager which is a Qualified Institutional Lender, are each a Qualified Institutional Lender under clauses (i), (ii), (iv) or (v) of this definition, or

(iv)                  an investment fund, limited liability company, limited partnership or general partnership having capital and/or capital commitments of at least $250,000,000, in which (A) any Initial Note Holder, (B) a person that is otherwise a Qualified Institutional Lender under clause (i), (ii) or (v) (with respect to an institution substantially similar to the entities referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above), or (C) a Permitted Fund Manager, acts as a general partner, managing member, or the fund manager responsible for the day-to-day management and operation of such investment vehicle and provided that at least 50% of the equity interests in such investment vehicle are owned, directly or indirectly, by one or more entities that

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are otherwise Qualified Institutional Lenders (without regard to the capital surplus/equity and total asset requirements set forth below in the definition), or

(v)                     an institution substantially similar to any of the foregoing, and

in the case of any entity referred to in clause (c)(i), (ii), (iv)(B) or (v) of this definition, (x) such entity has at least $200,000,000 in capital/statutory surplus or shareholders’ equity (except with respect to a pension advisory firm or similar fiduciary) and at least $600,000,000 in total assets (in name or under management), and (y) is regularly engaged in the business of making or owning commercial real estate loans (or interests therein) similar to the Mortgage Loan (or mezzanine loans with respect thereto) or owning or operating commercial real estate properties; provided that, in the case of the entity described in clause (iv)(B) above, the requirements of this clause (y) may be satisfied by a general partner, managing member, or the fund manager responsible for the day-to-day management and operation of such entity; or

(d)                              any entity Controlled by any of the entities described in clause (c)(i), (ii) and (iv)(B) above or approved by the Rating Agencies hereunder as a Qualified Institutional Lender for purposes of this Agreement, or as to which the Rating Agencies have stated they would not review such entity in connection with the subject transfer.

“Qualified Trustee” shall mean (i) a corporation, national bank, national banking association or a trust company, organized and doing business under the laws of any state or the United States of America, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers and to accept the trust conferred, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority, (ii) an institution insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or (iii) an institution whose long-term senior unsecured debt is rated either of the then in effect top two rating categories of each of the applicable Rating Agencies.

“Rating Agencies” shall mean DBRS Morningstar, Fitch, KBRA, Moody’s and S&P and their respective successors in interest or, if any of such entities shall for any reason no longer perform the functions of a securities rating agency, any other nationally recognized statistical rating agency reasonably designated by any Note Holder to rate the securities issued in connection with the Securitization of the related Note; provided, however, that, at any time during which the Mortgage Loan is an asset of one or more Securitizations, “Rating Agencies” or “Rating Agency” shall mean only those rating agencies that are engaged from time to time to rate the securities issued in connection with the Securitizations of the Notes.

“Rating Agency Confirmation” shall mean prior to a Securitization with respect to any matter, confirmation in writing (which may be in electronic form) by each applicable Rating Agency that a proposed action, failure to act or other event so specified will not, in and of itself, result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of the then-current rating assigned to any class of certificates (if then rated by the Rating Agency); provided that a written waiver or other acknowledgment from the Rating Agency indicating its decision not to review the matter for which the Rating Agency Confirmation is sought shall be deemed to satisfy the requirement for the Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such matter and after a Securitization, the meaning given thereto or any analogous term in the Lead Servicing Agreement

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or Non-Lead Servicing Agreement, as applicable, including any deemed Rating Agency Confirmation.

For the purposes of this Agreement, if any Rating Agency (1) waives, declines or refuses, in writing, to review or otherwise engage any request for a confirmation hereunder from such Rating Agency that a proposed action will not result in a qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of its then current rating of the securities issued pursuant to the related Securitization, or (2) does not reply to such request or responds in a manner that indicates that such Rating Agency is neither reviewing such request nor waiving the requirement for Rating Agency Confirmation and the related timing, notice and other applicable provisions set forth in the Lead Servicing Agreement and each Non-Lead Servicing Agreement, as applicable, have been satisfied, then for such request only, the condition that such confirmation by such Rating Agency (only) be obtained shall be deemed not to apply for purposes of this Agreement. For purposes of clarity, any such waiver, declination or refusal to review or otherwise engage in any request for such confirmation hereunder shall not be deemed a waiver, declination or refusal to review or otherwise engage in any subsequent request for such Rating Agency Confirmation hereunder and the condition for such Rating Agency Confirmation pursuant to this Agreement for any subsequent request shall apply regardless of any previous waiver, declination or refusal to review or otherwise engage in such prior request.

“Redirection Notice” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14(c).

“Regulation AB” shall mean Subpart 229.1100 – Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R. §§229.1100-229.1125, as such may be amended from time to time, and subject to such clarification and interpretation as have been provided by the Securities and Exchange Commission or by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or as may be provided by the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff from time to time.

“REMIC” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5(e).

“Required Special Servicer Rating” (1) at any time that the Lead Securitization Note is included in the Lead Securitization, shall have the meaning assigned to such term or any analogous term in the Lead Servicing Agreement, and (2) at any other time, shall mean with respect to a special servicer (i) in the case of Fitch, a rating of “CSS3,” (ii) in the case of S&P, such special servicer is on S&P’s Select Servicer List as a U.S. Commercial Mortgage Special Servicer, (iii) in the case of Moody’s, such special servicer is acting as special servicer for one or more loans included in a commercial mortgage loan securitization that was rated by Moody’s within the 12-month period prior to the date of determination, and Moody’s has not downgraded or withdrawn the then-current rating on any class of commercial mortgage securities or placed any class of commercial mortgage securities on watch citing the continuation of such special servicer as special servicer of such commercial mortgage loans as the sole or material factor, (iv) in the case of KBRA, KBRA has not cited servicing concerns of such special servicer as the sole or material factor in any qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings (or placement on “watch status” in contemplation of a ratings downgrade or withdrawal) of securities in a transaction serviced by such special servicer prior to the time of determination, and (v) in the case of DBRS Morningstar, such special servicer is acting as special servicer in a commercial mortgage loan securitization that was rated by DBRS Morningstar within the 12-month period prior to the date of determination and

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DBRS Morningstar has not downgraded or withdrawn the then-current rating on any class of commercial mortgage securities or placed any class of commercial mortgage securities on watch citing the continuation of such special servicer as special servicer of such commercial mortgage securities as a material reason for such downgrade or withdrawal.

“S&P” shall mean Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, and its successors in interest.

“Securitization” shall mean one or more sales by a Note Holder of all or a portion of such Note to a depositor or a similar person, who will in turn include such portion of such Note as part of a securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Securitization Date” shall mean, with respect to a Securitization, the effective date on which such Securitization is consummated.

“Securitization Trust” shall mean a trust formed pursuant to a Securitization pursuant to which any Note is held.

“Securitization Vehicle” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Qualified Institutional Lender.”

“Servicer” shall mean the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the context may require.

“Servicer Termination Event” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or such analogous term in the Lead Servicing Agreement or at any time that the Mortgage Loan is no longer subject to the provisions of the Lead Servicing Agreement, any analogous concept under the servicing agreement pursuant to which the Mortgage Loan is being serviced in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

“Servicing Advance” shall mean “Servicing Advance” or other analogous term as defined in the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Special Servicer” shall mean the special servicer appointed as provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement and this Agreement.

“Starwood” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Taxes” shall mean any income or other taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature, now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any department, agency, state or other political subdivision thereof or therein.

“Transfer” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14.

“Trustee” shall mean the trustee or its successor-in-interest, or any successor Trustee appointed as provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement.

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“U.S. Person” shall mean a citizen or resident of the United States, a corporation or partnership (except to the extent provided in applicable Treasury Regulations) created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, including any entity treated as a corporation or partnership for federal income tax purposes, or an estate whose income is subject to United States federal income tax regardless of its source, or a trust if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of such trust, and one or more such U.S. Persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of such trust (or, to the extent provided in applicable Treasury Regulations, a trust in existence on August 20, 1996 which is eligible to elect to be treated as a U.S. Person).

Section 2.                Servicing of the Mortgage Loan.

(a)                        Until the Lead Securitization Date, the Mortgage Loan shall be serviced pursuant to the Pre-Securitization Servicing Agreement.

(b)                       Each Note Holder acknowledges and agrees that, subject in each case to this Agreement, the Mortgage Loan shall be serviced from and after the Lead Securitization Date; provided that the Master Servicer shall not be obligated to advance monthly payments of principal or interest in respect of any Note other than the Lead Securitization Note if such principal or interest is not paid by the Mortgage Loan Borrower but shall be obligated to advance delinquent real estate taxes, insurance premiums and other expenses related to the maintenance of the Mortgaged Property and maintenance and enforcement of the lien of the Mortgage thereon, subject to the terms of this Agreement and the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement including any provisions governing the determination of non-recoverability. Each Note Holder acknowledges that each other Note Holder may elect, in its sole discretion, to include its Note in a Securitization and agrees that it will, subject to Section 26, reasonably cooperate with such other Note Holder, at such other Note Holder’s expense, to effect such Securitization. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each Note Holder hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consents to the appointment of the Master Servicer, Operating Advisor, Certificate Administrator, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee under the Lead Servicing Agreement by the Depositor and the appointment of the initial Special Servicer by the Controlling Note Holder as may be replaced pursuant to the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement and agrees to reasonably cooperate with the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer with respect to the servicing of the Mortgage Loan in accordance with the Lead Servicing Agreement. Each Note Holder hereby irrevocably appoints the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee in the Lead Securitization as such Note Holder’s attorney-in-fact to sign any documents reasonably required with respect to the administration and servicing of the Mortgage Loan on its behalf under the Lead Servicing Agreement (subject at all times to the rights of the Note Holder set forth herein and in the Lead Servicing Agreement). In no event shall the Lead Servicing Agreement require the Servicer to enforce the rights of any Note Holder against any other Note Holder or limit the Servicer in enforcing the rights of one Note Holder against any other Note Holder; however, this statement shall not be construed to otherwise limit the rights of one Note Holder with respect to any other Note Holder. Each Servicer shall be required pursuant to the Lead Servicing Agreement to service the Mortgage Loan in accordance with the Servicing Standard, the terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents, the Lead Servicing Agreement and applicable law, each Servicer shall provide information to each Non-Lead

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Servicer under a Non-Lead Servicing Agreement to enable each such Non-Lead Servicer to perform its servicing duties under the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement and each Servicer shall not take any action or refrain from taking any action or follow any direction inconsistent with the foregoing.

If, at any time that the Mortgage Loan is no longer subject to the provisions of the Lead Servicing Agreement, the Note Holders agree to cause the Mortgage Loan to be serviced by one or more servicers, each of which has been agreed upon by the Note Holders, pursuant to a servicing agreement that has servicing terms substantially similar to the Lead Servicing Agreement and all references herein to the “Lead Servicing Agreement” shall mean such subsequent servicing agreement; provided, however, that if a Non-Lead Securitization Note is in a Securitization, then a Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been obtained from each Rating Agency; provided, further, however, that the Note that was held by the Lead Securitization shall continue to be considered as the Lead Note; provided further, however, that unless otherwise agreed to by the holder of the Lead Note, the master servicer under such subsequent servicing agreement shall not be required to make any P&I Advance in respect of such Note; provided, however, that until a replacement servicing agreement has been entered into, the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall cause the Mortgage Loan to be serviced pursuant to the provisions of the Lead Servicing Agreement (excluding, however, any obligation to make any P&I Advances in respect of the Lead Note except as specifically agreed to by the Servicer, and provided that the Servicer’s right to reimbursement for Servicing Advances as set forth in Section 2(c) shall remain in effect), as if such agreement was still in full force and effect with respect to the Mortgage Loan, by the Servicer in the Lead Securitization or by any Person appointed by the Lead Securitization Note Holder that is a qualified servicer meeting the requirements of the Lead Servicing Agreement and meeting the Required Special Servicer Rating (to the extent such servicer is performing special servicing functions).

(c)                        The Master Servicer shall be the master servicer on the Mortgage Loan, and from time to time it (or the Trustee or Special Servicer, to the extent provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement) (i) shall be required to (and the Special Servicer may, under certain circumstances as provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement) make Servicing Advances with respect to the Mortgage Loan, subject to the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement and this Agreement, and (ii) may be required to make P&I Advances on the Lead Securitization Note, if and to the extent provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement and this Agreement. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee, as applicable, shall be entitled to reimbursement for a Servicing Advance, first from funds on deposit in the Collection Account or Companion Distribution Account for the Mortgage Loan that (in any case) represent amounts received on or in respect of the Mortgage Loan, and then, in the case of Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances, if such funds on deposit in the Collection Account or Companion Distribution Account are insufficient, from general collections of the Lead Securitization as provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement and from general collections of a Non-Lead Securitization as provided below. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee, as applicable, shall be entitled to reimbursement for Advance Interest Amounts on a Servicing Advance or a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, in the manner and from the sources provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement, including from general collections of the Lead Securitization and, in the case of Servicing Advances or Advance Interest Amount on a Servicing Advance, from general

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collections of a Non-Lead Securitization as provided below. To the extent the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, obtains funds from general collections of the Lead Securitization as a reimbursement for a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance or any Advance Interest Amounts on a Servicing Advance or a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder (including from general collections or any other amounts from any Non-Lead Securitization Trust) shall be required to, promptly following notice from the Master Servicer, reimburse the Lead Securitization for its pro rata share of such Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance or Advance Interest Amounts.

In addition, each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder (including, but not limited to, any Non-Lead Securitization Trust) shall be required to, promptly following notice from the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, pay or reimburse the Lead Securitization for such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s pro rata share of any fees, costs or expenses incurred in connection with the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loan as to which the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor or the Depositor, as applicable, is entitled to be reimbursed pursuant to the Lead Servicing Agreement and any costs, fees and expenses related to obtaining any Rating Agency Confirmation, to the extent amounts on deposit in the Collection Account or Companion Distribution Account that are allocated to the related Non-Lead Securitization Note are insufficient for reimbursement of such amounts and to the extent that funds from general collections in the Lead Securitization are applied towards the Lead Securitization Note Holder’s pro rata share of the insufficiency. Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder agrees to indemnify (i) (as and to the same extent the Lead Securitization Trust is required to indemnify each of the following parties in respect of other mortgage loans in the Lead Securitization Trust pursuant to the terms of Lead Servicing Agreement) each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Depositor (and any director, officer, employee or agent of any of the foregoing, to the extent such parties are identified as indemnified parties in the Lead Servicing Agreement in respect of other mortgage loans) and (ii) the Lead Securitization Trust (such parties in clause (i) and the Lead Securitization Trust, collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”) against any claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and related costs, judgments and any other costs, liabilities, fees and expenses incurred in connection with the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loan and the Mortgaged Property (or, with respect to the Operating Advisor, incurred in connection with the provision of services for the Mortgage Loan) under the Lead Servicing Agreement (collectively, the “Indemnified Items”) to the extent of its pro rata share of such Indemnified Items, and to the extent amounts on deposit in the Collection Account or Companion Distribution Account that are allocated to the related Non-Lead Securitization Note are insufficient for reimbursement of such amounts, the related Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall be required to, promptly following notice from the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, reimburse each of the applicable Indemnified Parties for its pro rata share of the insufficiency, (including, if a Non-Lead Securitization Note has been included in a Securitization, from general collections or any other amounts from such Non-Lead Securitization Trust).

Any Non-Lead Master Servicer may be required to make P&I Advances on the respective Non-Lead Securitization Note, from time to time, subject to the terms of the related Non-Lead Servicing Agreement, the Lead Servicing Agreement and this Agreement. The Master

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Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee, as applicable, shall be entitled to make their own recoverability determination with respect to a P&I Advance to be made on the Lead Securitization Note based on the information that they have on hand and in accordance with the Lead Servicing Agreement. Any Non-Lead Master Servicer, Non-Lead Special Servicer or Non-Lead Trustee, as applicable, shall be entitled to make its own recoverability determination with respect to a P&I Advance to be made on the related Non-Lead Securitization Note based on the information that they have on hand and in accordance with the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement. The Master Servicer and the Trustee, as applicable, and any Non-Lead Master Servicer or the Non-Lead Trustee, as applicable, shall be required to notify the other of the amount of its P&I Advance within two business days of making such advance. If the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable (with respect to the Lead Securitization Note) or a Non-Lead Master Servicer, Non-Lead Special Servicer or Non-Lead Trustee, as applicable (with respect to a Non-Lead Securitization Note), determines that a proposed P&I Advance, if made, would be non-recoverable or an outstanding P&I Advance is or would be non-recoverable, or if the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, subsequently determines that a proposed Servicing Advance would be non-recoverable or an outstanding Servicing Advance is or would be non-recoverable, then the Master Servicer or the Trustee (as provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement, in the case of a determination of non-recoverability by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee) or such Non-Lead Master Servicer or Non-Lead Trustee (as provided in the related Non-Lead Servicing Agreement, in the case of the a determination of non-recoverability by a Non-Lead Master Servicer, Non-Lead Special Servicer or Non-Lead Trustee) shall notify the Master Servicer and the Trustee, or the related Non-Lead Master Servicer and Non-Lead Trustee, as the case may be, of such other Securitization within two business days of making such determination. Each of the Master Servicer, the Trustee, any Non-Lead Master Servicer and any Non-Lead Trustee, as applicable, shall only be entitled to reimbursement for a P&I Advance and advance interest thereon that becomes non-recoverable, first from the Collection Account or Companion Distribution Account from amounts allocable to the Note for which such P&I Advance was made, and then, if funds are insufficient, (i) in the case of the Lead Securitization Note, from general collections of the Lead Securitization Trust, pursuant to the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement and (ii) in the case of a Non-Lead Securitization Note, from general collections of the related Securitization Trust, as and to the extent provided in the related Non-Lead Servicing Agreement.

(d)                          Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder agrees that, if the Non-Lead Securitization Note is included in a Securitization, it shall cause the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement to contain provisions to the effect that:

(i)                              each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall be responsible for its pro rata share of any Servicing Advances (and advance interest thereon) and any additional trust fund expenses, but only to the extent that they relate to servicing and administration of the Notes and the Mortgaged Property, including without limitation, any unpaid special servicing fees, liquidation fees and workout fees relating to the Notes, and that in the event that the funds received with respect to each respective Note are insufficient to cover such Servicing Advances or additional trust fund expenses, (A) the related Non-Lead Master Servicer will be required to, promptly following notice from the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, pay or reimburse the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate

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Administrator, the Trustee, or the Lead Securitization Trust, as applicable, out of general funds in the collection account (or equivalent account) established under such Non-Lead Servicing Agreement for the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s pro rata share of any such Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances (together with advance interest thereon) and/or additional trust fund expenses (including compensation due to the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer to the extent related to the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loan and the Mortgaged Property), and (B) if the Lead Servicing Agreement permits the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee to reimburse itself from the Lead Securitization Trust’s general account, then the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor or the Trustee, as applicable, may do so, and the related Non-Lead Master Servicer will be required to, promptly following notice from the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, reimburse the Lead Securitization Trust out of general funds in the collection account (or equivalent account) established under such Non-Lead Servicing Agreement for the applicable Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s pro rata share of any such Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances (together with advance interest thereon) and/or additional trust fund expenses (including compensation due to the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer to the extent related to the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loan and the Mortgaged Property);

(ii)                          each of the Indemnified Parties shall be indemnified (as and to the same extent the Lead Securitization Trust is required to indemnify each of such Indemnified Parties in respect of other mortgage loans in the Lead Securitization Trust pursuant to the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement and, in the case of the Lead Securitization Trust, to the extent of any additional trust fund expenses with respect to the Mortgage Loan) by any Non-Lead Securitization Trust, against any of the Indemnified Items to the extent of its pro rata share of such Indemnified Items, and to the extent amounts on deposit in the Collection Account or Companion Distribution Account that are allocated to a Non-Lead Securitization Note are insufficient for reimbursement of such amounts, the related Non-Lead Master Servicer will be required to reimburse each of the applicable Indemnified Parties for its pro rata share of the insufficiency out of general funds in the collection account (or equivalent account) established under such Non-Lead Servicing Agreement; provided, however, that the Non-Lead Servicing Agreements may include limitations and conditions on the payment or reimbursement of Indemnified Items to the Operating Advisor (including limitations and conditions with respect to the timing of such payments or reimbursements and the sources of funds for such payments or reimbursements);

(iii)                        each Non-Lead Master Servicer, the Non-Lead Trustee or the certificate administrator under the Non-Lead Servicing Agreement will be required to deliver to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer (i) promptly following Securitization of the related Non-Lead Securitization Note, notice of the deposit of the Non-Lead Securitization Note into a Securitization Trust (which notice shall also provide contact information for the trustee, the certificate administrator, the Non-Lead Master Servicer, the Non-Lead Special Servicer and the party designated to exercise the rights of the “Non-Controlling Note Holder” under this Agreement, including the Controlling Class

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Representative under the Non-Lead Servicing Agreement), accompanied by a certified copy of the executed Non-Lead Servicing Agreement and (ii) notice of any subsequent change in the identity of the Non-Lead Master Servicer or the party designated to exercise the rights of the “Non-Controlling Note Holder” under this Agreement (together with the relevant contact information);

(iv)                       any matter affecting the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loan that requires delivery of a Rating Agency Confirmation pursuant to the Lead Servicing Agreement shall also require delivery of a Rating Agency Confirmation under any Non-Lead Servicing Agreement;

(v)                          the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee and the Lead Securitization Trust shall be third-party beneficiaries of the foregoing provisions; and

(vi)                       in the event of a proposed replacement of the Special Servicer, each Non-Lead Trustee shall use commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file on behalf of the related Non-Lead Securitization Trust a Form 8-K relating to such replacement that complies with the Exchange Act on the same day that a Form 8-K relating to such replacement is filed on behalf of the Lead Securitization; provided that the Non-Lead Depositors and a responsible officer of each Non-Lead Trustee has received notice of such proposed replacement (including any disclosure or other information required to be included in such Form 8-K as well as the requirement and timing for filing such Form 8-K) at least five Business Days prior to such filing date. The Lead Securitization Note Holder (including, as the context requires, the Depositor, Master Servicer, Special Servicer, Trustee or controlling class representative (or analogous term) relating to the related Lead Securitization Trust, on behalf of such Lead Securitization Note Holder) shall be a third-party beneficiary of the foregoing provision.

(e)                           The Lead Securitization Note Holder agrees that it shall cause the Lead Servicing Agreement to contain provisions to the effect that (and to the extent such provisions are not included in the Lead Servicing Agreement, they shall be deemed incorporated therein and made a part thereof):

(i)                              compensating interest payments as defined therein with respect to the Notes will be allocated by the Master Servicer between the Notes, pro rata, in accordance with their respective principal amounts. The Master Servicer shall remit any compensating interest payment in respect of the Non-Lead Securitization Notes to the applicable Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder;

(ii)                          the Master Servicer shall remit all payments received with respect to any Non-Lead Securitization Note, net of the servicing fees payable to the Master Servicer and Special Servicer with respect to such Non-Lead Securitization Note, and any other applicable fees and reimbursements payable to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee, to the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder on or prior to the earlier of (A) the Master Servicer Remittance Date or (B) the business day following the “determination date” (or other analogous term) under the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement, provided, that, in each case as long as the date on which remittance is required

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under this clause (ii) is at least one business day after the scheduled monthly payment date under the Mortgage Loan Agreement, provided, that after the Securitization of the Lead Securitization Note, any late collections received by the Master Servicer after the related due date under the Mortgage Loan shall be remitted by the Master Servicer in accordance with the Lead Servicing Agreement;

(iii)                        with respect to any Non-Lead Securitization Note, if it is held by a Securitization, the Master Servicer agrees to deliver or cause to be delivered to any Non-Lead Master Servicer all reports required to be delivered by the Master Servicer to the Trustee or Certificate Administrator under the Lead Servicing Agreement (which shall include all loan-level reports constituting the CREFC Investor Reporting Package^® (IRP)) pursuant to the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement to the extent related to the Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property, the Non-Lead Securitization Note, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee on or prior to the earlier of (A) the Master Servicer Remittance Date or (B) the business day following the “determination date” (or other analogous term) under the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement, in each case so long as the date on which delivery is required under this clause (iii) is at least one business day after the scheduled monthly payment date under the Mortgage Loan Agreement;

(iv)                        in connection with (x) any amendment of the Lead Servicing Agreement, a party to such Lead Servicing Agreement shall provide a copy of the executed amendment to any Non-Lead Depositor and the certificate administrator under any Non-Lead Servicing Agreement (which may be by email) in order for such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder and the Non-Lead Depositor to timely comply with their obligations under the Exchange Act, and (y) the termination, resignation and/or replacement of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, the related replacement Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, shall provide all disclosure about itself that is required to be included in Form 8-K no later than the date of effectiveness thereof;

(v)                           the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall be a third-party beneficiary to the Lead Servicing Agreement in respect of the rights afforded it thereunder to the extent such rights affect the Non-Lead Securitization Note or the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder;

(vi)                      the Lead Servicing Agreement shall not be amended in any manner that materially and adversely (or words of similar import) affects the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder without the consent of such party;

(vii)                    Servicer Termination Events include customary market termination events with respect to failure to make advances, failure to remit payments to any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder as required, failure to deliver (or cause to be delivered) materials or notices required in order for any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder and Non-Lead Depositor to timely comply with their obligations under the Exchange Act, and Rating Agency triggers with respect to the securities issued pursuant to any Non-Lead Securitization, subject to customary grace periods (provided, in the case of failures related

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to the Exchange Act, such grace periods do not materially and adversely affect the Non-Lead Depositor);

(viii)                  if the Mortgage Loan becomes the subject of an “asset review” (or such analogous term defined in the Non-Lead Servicing Agreement) pursuant to any Non-Lead Servicing Agreement, the applicable parties to the Lead Servicing Agreement shall reasonably cooperate with the applicable Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer in connection with such asset review (or a substantially similar provision), including with respect to providing access to related underlying documents, to the extent the Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer has not obtained such documents from the Note Holder that sold the Non-Lead Securitization Note into the Non-Lead Securitization and such documents are in the possession of the applicable party to the Lead Servicing Agreement;

(ix)                         each party to the Lead Servicing Agreement shall deliver (and shall cause any sub-servicer or any servicing function participant engaged by such party to deliver (or, in the case of a sub-servicer that the related mortgage loan seller requires the Master Servicer to engage, a party to the Lead Servicing Agreement shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause each party engaged by a party to the Lead Servicing Agreement to deliver)) (x) all materials and notices required in order for any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder and the Non-Lead Depositor to comply with (1) their obligations under the Exchange Act (including any required 10-D, 8-K and 10-K reporting) and (2) any applicable comment letter from the Securities and Exchange Commission or their obligations in connection with a “deficient Exchange Act deliverable” (or such analogous term defined in the Non-Lead Servicing Agreement) and (y) with respect to the “Sarbanes-Oxley certification” (or such analogous term defined in the Non-Lead Servicing Agreement) concerning the Non-Lead Securitization Trust to be submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the applicable certification to each Person who signs such “Sarbanes-Oxley certification” concerning the Non-Lead Securitization Trust;

(x)                           each Non-Lead Securitization Trust (or the applicable parties to the Non-Lead Servicing Agreement) shall be entitled to indemnification pursuant to industry standard indemnification provisions customary for securitizations similar to the Non-Lead Securitization for the failure of the applicable parties to the Lead Servicing Agreement to timely deliver (or cause to be timely delivered) the materials or information required pursuant to clause (ix) above; and

(xi)                         subject to various adjustments and caps provided for in the Lead Servicing Agreement (which shall be substantially similar to those set forth in the Non-Lead Servicing Agreement), primary servicing, special servicing, workout and liquidation fees (and, in any event, the fees at which such compensation accrue or are determined shall not exceed 0.0025%, 0.25%, 1.0% and 1.0%, respectively).

(f)                             Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall give each of the parties to the Lead Servicing Agreement (that will not also be a party to the Non-Lead Servicing Agreement) notice of the Non-Lead Securitization in writing (which may be by e-mail) on the applicable Non-Lead Securitization Date or within a timely manner following the applicable Non-Lead

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Securitization Date. Such notice shall contain contact information for each of the parties to the Non-Lead Servicing Agreement. In addition, after the Non-Lead Securitization Date, the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall send a copy of the Non-Lead Servicing Agreement to each of the parties to the Lead Servicing Agreement.

(g)                           Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, any obligation of the Servicer pursuant to the terms hereof shall be performed by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, as set forth in the Lead Servicing Agreement.

Section 3.                Priority of Payments. Each Note shall be of equal priority, and no portion of any Note shall have priority or preference over any portion of any other Note or security therefor. All amounts tendered by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or otherwise available for payment on or with respect to or in connection with the Mortgage Loan or the Mortgaged Property or amounts realized as proceeds thereof, whether received in the form of Monthly Payments, the Balloon Payment, Liquidation Proceeds, proceeds under any guaranty, letter of credit or other collateral or instrument securing the Mortgage Loan, Condemnation Proceeds, or Insurance Proceeds (other than proceeds, awards or settlements to be applied to the restoration or repair of the Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgage Loan Borrower in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents), but excluding (x) all amounts for required reserves or escrows required by the Mortgage Loan Documents (to the extent, in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents) to be held as reserves or escrows or received as reimbursements on account of recoveries in respect of property protection expenses or Servicing Advances then due and payable or reimbursable to the Trustee or any Servicer under the Lead Servicing Agreement and (y) all amounts that are then due, payable or reimbursable (except for (i) any reimbursements of P&I Advances (and interest thereon) made with respect to the Notes, which may only be reimbursed out of payments and collections allocable to such Note, (ii) any servicing fees due to the Master Servicer in excess of any Non-Lead Securitization Note’s pro rata share of that portion of such servicing fees calculated at the servicing fee rate applicable to the Mortgage Loan as set forth in the Lead Servicing Agreement) to any Servicer (or the Trustee as successor to the Servicer), with respect to the Mortgage Loan pursuant to the Lead Servicing Agreement (including without limitation, any additional trust fund expenses relating to the Mortgage Loan and any special servicing fees, liquidation fees, workout fees, Penalty Charges (to the extent provided in the immediately following paragraph), amounts paid by the Mortgage Loan Borrower in respect of modification fees or assumption fees and any other additional compensation payable pursuant to the Lead Servicing Agreement), shall be applied by the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or its designee) to the Notes on a Pro Rata and Pari Passu Basis.

For clarification purposes, Penalty Charges (as defined in the Lead Servicing Agreement) paid on each Note shall first, be used to reduce, on a pro rata basis, the amounts payable on each Note by the amount necessary to pay the Master Servicer, the Trustee or the Special Servicer for any interest accrued on any Servicing Advances and reimbursement of any Servicing Advances in accordance with the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement; second, be used to reduce the respective amounts payable on each Note by the amount necessary to pay the Master Servicer, Trustee, Non-Lead Master Servicer or Non-Lead Trustee for any interest accrued on any P&I Advance made with respect to such Note by such party (if and as specified in the Lead Servicing Agreement or a Non-Lead Servicing Agreement, as applicable); third, be used to reduce,

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on a pro rata basis, the amounts payable on each Note by the amount necessary to pay additional trust fund expenses (other than Special Servicing Fees, unpaid Workout Fees and Liquidation Fees) incurred with respect to the Mortgage Loan (as specified in the Lead Servicing Agreement) and finally, (i) in the case of the remaining amount of Penalty Charges allocable to the Lead Securitization Note, be paid to the Master Servicer and/or the Special Servicer as additional servicing compensation as provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement, and (ii) in the case of the remaining amount of Penalty Charges allocable to the Non-Lead Securitization Note, be paid, (x) prior to the securitization of such Note, to the applicable Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder and (y) following the securitization of such Note, to the Master Servicer and/or the Special Servicer as additional servicing compensation as provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement.

Section 4.                            Workout. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, but subject to the terms and conditions of the Lead Servicing Agreement, and the obligation to act in accordance with the Servicing Standard, if the Lead Securitization Note Holder, or any Servicer, in connection with a workout or proposed workout of the Mortgage Loan, modifies the terms thereof such that (i) the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan is decreased, (ii) the Interest Rate is reduced, (iii) payments of interest or principal on any Note are waived, reduced or deferred or (iv) any other adjustment is made to any of the payment terms of the Mortgage Loan, such modification shall not alter, and any modification of the Mortgage Loan Documents shall be structured to preserve, the equal priorities of each Note as described in Section 3.

Section 5.                                Administration of the Mortgage Loan.

(a)                  Subject to this Agreement (including but not limited to Section 5(c)) and the Lead Servicing Agreement and subject to the rights and consents, where required, of the Controlling Note Holder Representative, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee acting on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder) shall have the sole and exclusive authority with respect to the administration of, and exercise of rights and remedies with respect to, the Mortgage Loan, including, without limitation, the sole authority to modify or waive any of the terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents or consent to any action or failure to act by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or any other party to the Mortgage Loan Documents, call or waive any Event of Default, accelerate the Mortgage Loan or institute any foreclosure action or other remedy, and the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holders shall have no voting, consent or other rights whatsoever except as explicitly set forth herein with respect to the Lead Securitization Note Holder’s administration of, or exercise of its rights and remedies with respect to, the Mortgage Loan. Subject to this Agreement and the Lead Servicing Agreement, each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder agrees that it shall have no right to, and hereby presently and irrevocably assigns and conveys to the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee acting on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder) the rights, if any, that such Note Holder has to, (i) call or cause the Lead Securitization Note Holder to call an Event of Default under the Mortgage Loan, or (ii) exercise any remedies with respect to the Mortgage Loan or the Mortgage Loan Borrower, including, without limitation, filing or causing the Lead Securitization Note Holder to file any bankruptcy petition against the Mortgage Loan Borrower. The Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee acting on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder) shall not have any fiduciary duty to any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder in

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connection with the administration of the Mortgage Loan (but the foregoing shall not relieve the Lead Securitization Note Holder from the obligation to make any disbursement of funds as set forth herein or its obligation to follow the Servicing Standard (in the case of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer) or any liability for failure to do so). Upon the Mortgage Loan becoming a Defaulted Mortgage Loan, each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder hereby acknowledges the right and obligation of the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Special Servicer acting on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder) to sell the Notes as notes evidencing one whole loan in accordance with the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Special Servicer acting on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder) shall not be permitted to sell the Mortgage Loan if it becomes a Defaulted Mortgage Loan without the written consent of each Non-Controlling Note Holder (provided that such consent is not required if the Non-Controlling Note Holder is the Mortgage Loan Borrower or an affiliate of the Mortgage Loan Borrower) unless the Special Servicer has delivered to the Non-Controlling Note Holders: (a) at least 15 Business Days’ prior written notice of any decision to attempt to sell the Mortgage Loan; (b) at least 10 days prior to the proposed sale date, a copy of each bid package (together with any material amendments to such bid packages) received by the Special Servicer in connection with any such proposed sale, (c) at least 10 days prior to the proposed sale date, a copy of the most recent appraisal for the Mortgage Loan, and any documents in the Servicing File reasonably requested by the Non-Controlling Note Holder that are material to the price of the Mortgage Loan and (d) until the sale is completed, and a reasonable period of time (but no less time than is afforded to the other offerors and the Lead Securitization Subordinate Class Representative) prior to the proposed sale date, all information and other documents being provided to other offerors and all leases or other documents that are approved by the Servicer in connection with the proposed sale; provided, that such Non-Controlling Note Holder may waive any of the delivery or timing requirements set forth in this sentence. Subject to the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement, each of the Controlling Note Holder, the Controlling Note Holder Representative, the Non-Controlling Note Holder and the Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative shall be permitted to bid at any sale of the Mortgage Loan unless such Person is the Mortgage Loan Borrower or an agent or Affiliate of the Mortgage Loan Borrower.

Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder hereby appoints the Lead Securitization Note Holder as its agent, and grants to the Lead Securitization Note Holder an irrevocable power of attorney coupled with an interest, and its proxy, for the purpose of soliciting and accepting offers for and consummating the sale of its Note. Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder further agrees that, upon the request of the Lead Securitization Note Holder, such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall execute and deliver to or at the direction of the Lead Securitization Note Holder such powers of attorney or other instruments as the Lead Securitization Note Holder may reasonably request to better assure and evidence the foregoing appointment and grant, in each case promptly following request, and shall deliver the original Non-Lead Securitization Note, endorsed in blank, to or at the direction of the Lead Securitization Note Holder in connection with the consummation of any such sale.

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instruments or deliver the related Note upon request of the Lead Securitization Note Holder, shall terminate and cease to be of any further force or effect upon the date, if any, upon which the Lead Securitization Note is repurchased by the Note Holder that sold the Lead Securitization Note into the Lead Securitization from the trust fund established under the Lead Servicing Agreement in connection with a material breach of representation or warranty made by such Note Holder with respect to the Lead Securitization Note or material document defect with respect to the documents delivered by such Note Holder with respect to the Lead Securitization Note upon the consummation of the Lead Securitization. The preceding sentence shall not be construed to grant to any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder the benefit of any representation or warranty made by the Note Holder that sold the Lead Securitization Note into the Lead Securitization or any document delivery obligation imposed on such Note Holder under any mortgage loan purchase and sale agreement, instrument of transfer or other document or instrument that may be executed or delivered by such Note Holder in connection with the Lead Securitization.

(b)                     The administration of the Mortgage Loan shall be governed by this Agreement and the Lead Servicing Agreement. To the extent that any provision in this Agreement conflicts with any provision in the Lead Servicing Agreement, the provisions in this Agreement shall control. The servicing of the Mortgage Loan shall be carried out by the Master Servicer and, if the Mortgage Loan is a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan (or to the extent otherwise provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement), by the Special Servicer, in each case pursuant to the Lead Servicing Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in accordance with the Lead Servicing Agreement, the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall cause the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer to service and administer the Mortgage Loan in accordance with the Servicing Standard, taking into account the interests of both Note Holders as a collective whole. The Note Holders agree to be bound by the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement. All rights and obligations of the Lead Securitization Note Holder described hereunder may be exercised by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and/or the Trustee on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder. The Lead Servicing Agreement shall not be amended in any manner that may adversely affect any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder in its capacity as Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder. Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder (unless it is the same Person as or an Affiliate of the Mortgage Loan Borrower) shall be a third-party beneficiary to the Lead Servicing Agreement with respect to their rights as specifically provided for therein.

(c)                   The Controlling Note Holder (or its Controlling Note Holder Representative) shall have, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, all of the same rights and powers of the Controlling Class Representative under the Lead Servicing Agreement with respect to the other mortgage loans included in the Lead Securitization, without limitation, the right to consent and/or consult regarding Major Decisions and other servicing matters, the right to advise (1) the Special Servicer with respect to all Specially Serviced Loans and (2) the Special Servicer with respect to non-Specially Serviced Loans as to all matters for which the Master Servicer must obtain the consent or deemed consent of the Special Servicer, and the right to direct the Special Servicer to take, or to refrain from taking, such other actions with respect to the Mortgage Loan as the Controlling Class Representative may deem advisable or as to which provision is otherwise made therein, in each case subject to the terms and conditions of the Lead Servicing Agreement.

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(d)                  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall be required (i) to provide copies of any notice, information and report that it is required to provide to the Lead Securitization Subordinate Class Representative pursuant to the Lead Servicing Agreement with respect to any Major Decisions or the implementation of any recommended actions outlined in an Asset Status Report relating to the Mortgage Loan, to the Non-Controlling Note Holder (or the master servicer of Non-Lead Securitization on its behalf), within the same time frame it is required to provide to the Lead Securitization Subordinate Class Representative (for this purpose, without regard to whether such items are actually required to be provided to the Lead Securitization Subordinate Class Representative under the Lead Servicing Agreement due to the existence of a Control Termination Event or a Consultation Termination Event) and (ii) to consult with the Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative) on a strictly non-binding basis, to the extent having received such notices, information and reports, such Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative) requests consultation with respect to any such Major Decisions or the implementation of any recommended actions outlined in an Asset Status Report relating to the Mortgage Loan, and consider alternative actions recommended by such Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative); provided that after the expiration of a period of ten Business Days from the delivery to such Non-Controlling Note Holder (or the master servicer of Non-Controlling Note Securitization on its behalf) by the Lead Securitization Note Holder of written notice of a proposed action, together with copies of the notice, information and report required to be provided to the Lead Securitization Subordinate Class Representative, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall no longer be obligated to consult with such Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative), whether or not such Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative) has responded within such ten-Business Day period (unless, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) proposes a new course of action that is materially different from the action previously proposed, in which case such ten-Business Day period shall be deemed to begin anew from the date of such proposal and delivery of all information relating thereto). Notwithstanding the consultation rights of the Non-Controlling Note Holders (or the Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative) set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or Master Servicer or Special Servicer, acting on its behalf) may make any Major Decision or take any action set forth in the Asset Status Report before the expiration of the aforementioned ten-Business Day period if the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable) determines that immediate action with respect thereto is necessary to protect the interests of the Note Holders. In no event shall the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or Master Servicer or Special Servicer, acting on its behalf) be obligated at any time to follow or take any alternative actions recommended by any Non-Controlling Note Holder (or the Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative).

In addition to the consultation rights of the Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative) provided in the immediately preceding paragraph, the Non-Controlling Note Holder shall have the right to attend annual meetings (either telephonically or in person, in the discretion of the Servicer) with the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) at the offices of the

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Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, upon reasonable notice and at times reasonably acceptable to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in which servicing issues related to the Mortgage Loan are discussed; provided that the Non-Controlling Note Holder, at the request of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall execute a confidentiality agreement in form and substance satisfactory to it, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, and the Lead Securitization Note Holder.

(e)                    If any Note is included as an asset of a real estate mortgage investment conduit (a “REMIC”), within the meaning of Section 860D(a) of the Code, then, any provision of this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding: (i) the Mortgage Loan shall be administered such that the Notes shall qualify at all times as (or as interests in) a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, (ii) any real property (and related personal property) acquired by or on behalf of the Note Holders pursuant to a foreclosure, exercise of a power of sale or delivery of a deed in lieu of foreclosure of the Mortgage or lien on such property following a default on the Mortgage Loan shall be administered so that the interest of the pro rata share of each Note Holder therein shall at all times qualify as “foreclosure property” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code and (iii) no Servicer may modify, waive or amend any provision of the Mortgage Loan, consent to or withhold consent from any action of the Mortgage Loan Borrower, or exercise or refrain from exercising any powers or rights which the Note Holders may have under the Mortgage Loan Documents, if any such action would constitute a “significant modification” of the Mortgage Loan, within the meaning of Section 1.860G-2(b) of the regulations of the United States Department of the Treasury, more than three (3) months after the startup day of the REMIC which includes the Notes (or any portion thereof). Each Note Holder agrees that the provisions of this paragraph shall be effected by compliance with any REMIC provisions in the Lead Servicing Agreement relating to the administration of the Mortgage Loan.

Anything herein or in the Lead Servicing Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event that one of the Notes is included in a REMIC and any other is not, such other Note Holder shall not be required to reimburse such Note Holder or any other Person for payment of (i) any taxes imposed on such REMIC, (ii) any costs or expenses relating to the administration of such REMIC or to any determination respecting the amount, payment or avoidance of any tax under such REMIC or (iii) any advances for any of the foregoing or any interest thereon or for deficits in other items of disbursement or income resulting from the use of funds for payment of any such taxes, costs or expenses or advances, nor shall any disbursement or payment otherwise distributable to any other Note Holder be reduced to offset or make-up any such payment or deficit.

Section 6.              Appointment of Controlling Note Holder Representative and Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative.

(a)                     The Controlling Note Holder shall have the right at any time to appoint a representative in connection with the exercise of its rights and obligations with respect to the Mortgage Loan (the “Controlling Note Holder Representative”). The Controlling Note Holder shall have the right in its sole discretion at any time and from time to time to remove and replace the Controlling Note Holder Representative in accordance with the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement. When exercising its various rights under Section 5 and elsewhere in this Agreement,

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the Controlling Note Holder may, at its option, in each case, act through the Controlling Note Holder Representative. The Controlling Note Holder Representative may be any Person (other than the Mortgage Loan Borrower, its principal or any Affiliate of the Mortgage Loan Borrower), including, without limitation, the Controlling Note Holder, any officer or employee of the Controlling Note Holder, any affiliate of the Controlling Note Holder or any other unrelated third party. No such Controlling Note Holder Representative shall owe any fiduciary duty or other duty to any other Person (other than the Controlling Note Holder). All actions that are permitted to be taken by the Controlling Note Holder under this Agreement may be taken by the Controlling Note Holder Representative acting on behalf of the Controlling Note Holder. No Servicer, Operating Advisor, Trustee or Certificate Administrator acting on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall be required to recognize any Person as a Controlling Note Holder Representative until the Controlling Note Holder has notified each Servicer, Operating Advisor, Trustee and Certificate Administrator of such appointment and, if the Controlling Note Holder Representative is not the same Person as the Controlling Note Holder, the Controlling Note Holder Representative provides each Servicer, Operating Advisor, Trustee, Asset Representations Reviewer and Certificate Administrator with written confirmation of its acceptance of such appointment, an address and contact information for the delivery of notices and other correspondence and a list of officers or employees of such person with whom the parties to this Agreement may deal (including their names, titles, work addresses and contact information). The Controlling Note Holder shall promptly deliver such information to each Servicer, Operating Advisor, Asset Representations Reviewer, Trustee and Certificate Administrator. So long as no Consultation Termination Event is in effect pursuant to the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement, the Controlling Note Holder Representative shall be the Lead Securitization Subordinate Class Representative.

(b)                  Neither the Controlling Note Holder Representative nor the Controlling Note Holder shall have any liability to any other Note Holder or any other Person for any action taken, or for refraining from the taking of any action or the giving of any consent or the failure to give any consent pursuant to this Agreement or the Lead Servicing Agreement, or errors in judgment, absent any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of its willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence. The Note Holders agree that the Controlling Note Holder Representative and the Controlling Note Holder (whether acting in place of the Controlling Note Holder Representative when no Controlling Note Holder Representative shall have been appointed hereunder or otherwise exercising any right, power or privilege granted to the Controlling Note Holder hereunder) may take or refrain from taking actions, or give or refrain from giving consents, that favor the interests of one Note Holder over any other Note Holder, and that the Controlling Note Holder Representative may have special relationships and interests that conflict with the interests of a Note Holder and, absent willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence on the part of the Controlling Note Holder Representative or the Controlling Note Holder, as the case may be, agree to take no action against the Controlling Note Holder Representative, the Controlling Note Holder or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, principals or agents as a result of such special relationships or interests, and that neither the Controlling Note Holder Representative nor the Controlling Note Holder shall be deemed to have been grossly negligent or reckless, or to have acted in bad faith or engaged in willful misfeasance or to have recklessly disregarded any exercise of its rights by reason of its

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having acted or refrained from acting, or having given any consent or having failed to give any consent, solely in the interests of any Note Holder.

(c)                   The Non-Controlling Note Holder shall have the right at any time to appoint a representative in connection with the exercise of its rights and obligations with respect to the Mortgage Loan (the “Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative”). All of the provisions relating to Controlling Note Holder and the Controlling Note Holder Representative set forth in Section 6(a) (except those contained in the last sentence thereof) and Section 6(b) shall apply to the Non-Controlling Note Holder and the Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative mutatis mutandis. The Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative, as of the date of this Agreement and until the Lead Securitization Note Holder (and the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer) is notified otherwise, shall be the Initial Note A-2 Holder.

(d)                   The Controlling Note Holder shall be entitled to exercise the rights and powers granted to the Lead Securitization Note hereunder and the rights and powers granted to the “Controlling Class Representative” or similar party under, and as defined in, the Lead Servicing Agreement with respect to the Mortgage Loan. In addition, subject to the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement, the Controlling Note Holder shall be entitled to advise (1) the Special Servicer with respect to all matters related to a “Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan” (as defined in the Lead Servicing Agreement) and (2) the Special Servicer with respect to all matters for which the Master Servicer must obtain the consent or deemed consent of the Special Servicer, and, except as set forth below (i) the Master Servicer shall not be permitted to implement any Major Decision unless it has obtained the prior written consent of the Special Servicer and (ii) the Special Servicer shall not be permitted to consent to the Master Servicer’s implementing any Major Decision, nor shall the Special Servicer itself be permitted to implement any Major Decision as to which the Controlling Note Holder has objected in writing within ten Business Days (or 30 days with respect to an Acceptable Insurance Default if so provided for in the Lead Servicing Agreement) after receipt of the written recommendation and analysis and such additional information requested by the Controlling Note Holder as may be necessary in the reasonable judgment of the Controlling Note Holder in order to make a judgment with respect to such Major Decision. The Controlling Note Holder may also direct the Special Servicer to take, or to refrain from taking, such other actions with respect to the Mortgage Loan as the Controlling Note Holder may deem advisable.

If the Controlling Note Holder fails to notify the Special Servicer of its approval or disapproval of any proposed Major Decision within ten Business Days (or 30 days with respect to an Acceptable Insurance Default if so provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement) after delivery to the Controlling Note Holder by the applicable Servicer of written notice of a proposed Major Decision together with any information requested by the Controlling Note Holder as may be necessary in the reasonable judgment of the Controlling Note Holder in order to make a judgment, then upon the expiration of such ten-Business Day (or 30 days with respect to an Acceptable Insurance Default if so provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement) period, such Major Decision shall be deemed to have been approved by the Controlling Note Holder.

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matter requiring consent of the Controlling Note Holder is necessary to protect the interests of the Note Holders (as a collective whole) and the Special Servicer has made a reasonable effort to contact the Controlling Note Holder, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, may take any such action without waiting for the Controlling Note Holder’s response.

No objection contemplated by the preceding paragraphs may require or cause the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, to violate any provision of the Mortgage Loan Documents, applicable law, the Lead Servicing Agreement, this Agreement, the REMIC provisions of the Code or the Master Servicer or Special Servicer’s obligation to act in accordance with the Servicing Standard or materially expand the scope of responsibilities of any of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable.

The Controlling Note Holder shall have no liability to any other Note Holder or any other party for any action taken, or for refraining from the taking of any action or the giving of any consent or the failure to give any consent pursuant to this Agreement or the Lead Servicing Agreement, or errors in judgment, absent any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of its willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence. The Note Holders agree that the Controlling Note Holder may take or refrain from taking actions, or give or refrain from giving consents, that favor the interests of one Note Holder over any other Note Holder, and that the Controlling Note Holder may have special relationships and interests that conflict with the interests of another Note Holder and, absent willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence on the part of the Controlling Note Holder agree to take no action against the Controlling Note Holder or any of its officers, directors, employees, principals or agents as a result of such special relationships or interests, and that the Controlling Note Holder shall not be deemed to have been grossly negligent or reckless, or to have acted in bad faith or engaged in willful misconduct or to have recklessly disregarded any exercise of its rights by reason of its having acted or refrained from acting, or having given any consent or having failed to give any consent, solely in the interests of any Note Holder.

Section 7.               Appointment of Special Servicer. Subject to the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement, the Controlling Note Holder (or its Controlling Note Holder Representative) shall have the right at any time and from time to time, with or without cause, to replace the Special Servicer then acting with respect to the Mortgage Loan and appoint a replacement Special Servicer in lieu thereof. Any designation by the Controlling Note Holder (or its Controlling Note Holder Representative) of a Person to serve as Special Servicer shall be made by delivering to each other Note Holder, the Master Servicer, the then existing Special Servicer and other parties to the Lead Servicing Agreement a written notice stating such designation and satisfying the Required Special Servicer Rating and the other conditions to such replacement as set forth in the Lead Servicing Agreement (including, without limitation, a Rating Agency Confirmation, if required by the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement), if any. The Controlling Note Holder shall be solely responsible for any expenses incurred in connection with any such replacement without cause. The Controlling Note Holder shall notify the other parties hereto of its termination of the then currently serving Special Servicer and its appointment of a replacement Special Servicer in accordance with this Section 7. If the Controlling Note Holder has not appointed a Special Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loan as of the consummation of the securitization under the Lead Servicing Agreement, then the initial Special Servicer designated in the Lead Servicing Agreement shall serve as the initial Special Servicer but this shall not limit the right of the Controlling Note Holder (or its

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Controlling Note Holder Representative) to designate a replacement Special Servicer for the Mortgage Loan as aforesaid. If a Servicer Termination Event on the part of the Special Servicer has occurred that affects a Non-Controlling Note Holder, such Non-Controlling Note Holder shall have the right to direct the Trustee (or at any time that the Mortgage Loan is no longer included in a Securitization Trust, the Controlling Note Holder) to terminate the Special Servicer under the Lead Servicing Agreement (or at any time that the Mortgage Loan is no longer subject to the provisions of the Lead Servicing Agreement, the successor servicing agreement pursuant to which the Mortgage Loan is being serviced) solely with respect to the Mortgage Loan pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement (or at any time that the Mortgage Loan is no longer subject to the provisions of the Lead Servicing Agreement, the successor servicing agreement pursuant to which the Mortgage Loan is being serviced). The Controlling Note Holder and the Non-Controlling Note Holder acknowledge and agree that any successor special servicer appointed to replace the Special Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loan that was terminated for cause at the Non-Controlling Note Holder’s direction cannot at any time be the person (or an Affiliate thereof) that was so terminated without the prior written consent of the Non-Controlling Note Holder. The Non-Controlling Note Holder shall be solely responsible for reimbursing the Trustee’s or the Controlling Note Holder’s, as applicable, costs and expenses, if not paid within a reasonable time by the terminated special servicer and, in the case of the Trustee, that would otherwise be reimbursed to the Trustee from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account or Companion Distribution Account.

Section 8.                Payment Procedure.

(a)                    The Lead Securitization Note Holder, in accordance with the priorities set forth in Section 3 and subject to the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement, shall deposit or cause to be deposited all payments allocable to the Notes to the Collection Account or Companion Distribution Account pursuant to and in accordance with the Lead Servicing Agreement. The Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer acting on its behalf) shall deposit such amounts to the applicable account within one Business Day after receipt of properly identified funds by the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer acting on its behalf) from or on behalf of the Mortgage Loan Borrower; provided, however, that to the extent any such amounts are received after 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time on any given Business Day, the Master Servicer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to deposit such amounts into the applicable account within one Business Day of receipt of such properly identified and available funds but, in any event, the Master Servicer shall deposit such amounts in the applicable account within two Business Days of receipt of such properly identified and available funds.

(b)                  If the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Servicer on its behalf) determines, or a court of competent jurisdiction orders, at any time that any amount received or collected in respect of any Note must, pursuant to any insolvency, bankruptcy, fraudulent conveyance, preference or similar law, be returned to the Mortgage Loan Borrower or paid to the Lead Securitization Note Holder, a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder or any Servicer or paid to any other Person, then, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall not be required to distribute any portion thereof to the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holders and each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall promptly on demand by the Lead Securitization Note Holder repay to the Lead Securitization Note Holder

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any portion thereof that the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall have theretofore distributed to such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder, together with interest thereon at such rate, if any, as the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall have been required to pay to any Mortgage Loan Borrower, Master Servicer, Special Servicer or such other Person with respect thereto.

(c)                    If, for any reason, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Servicer on its behalf) makes any payment to a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder before the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Servicer on its behalf) has received the corresponding payment (it being understood that the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Servicer on its behalf) is under no obligation to do so), and the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Servicer on its behalf) does not receive the corresponding payment within five Business Days of its payment to such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder, such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall, at the Lead Securitization Note Holder’s request, promptly return that payment to the Lead Securitization Note Holder.

(d)                   Each Note Holder agrees that if at any time it shall receive from any sources whatsoever any payment on account of the Mortgage Loan in excess of its distributable share thereof, it shall promptly remit such excess to the applicable Note Holder, subject to this Agreement and the Lead Servicing Agreement. The Lead Securitization Note Holder shall have the right to offset any amounts due hereunder from any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder with respect to the Mortgage Loan against any future payments due to such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder under the Mortgage Loan. Such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s obligations under this Section 8 constitute absolute, unconditional and continuing obligations.

Section 9.                            Limitation on Liability of the Note Holders. Subject to the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement governing servicer liability, no Note Holder shall have any liability to any other Note Holder with respect to its Note except with respect to losses actually suffered due to the gross negligence, willful misconduct or breach of this Agreement on the part of such Note Holder.

The Note Holders acknowledge that, subject to the obligation of the Lead Securitization Note Holder (including any Servicer and the Trustee) to comply with, and except as otherwise required by, the Servicing Standard, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (including any Servicer and the Trustee) may exercise, or omit to exercise, any rights that the Lead Securitization Note Holder may have under the Lead Servicing Agreement in a manner that may be adverse to the interests of any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder and that the Lead Securitization Note Holder (including any Servicer and the Trustee) shall have no liability whatsoever to any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder in connection with the Lead Securitization Note Holder’s exercise of rights or any omission by the Lead Securitization Note Holder to exercise such rights other than as described above; provided, however, that the Servicer must act in accordance with the Servicing Standard and the express terms of this Agreement and the Lead Servicing Agreement.

Section 10.                        Bankruptcy. Subject to Section 5(c), each Note Holder hereby covenants and agrees that only the Lead Securitization Note Holder has the right to institute, file, commence, acquiesce, petition under Bankruptcy Code Section 303 or otherwise or join any Person in any such petition or otherwise invoke or cause any other Person to invoke an Insolvency

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Proceeding with respect to or against the Mortgage Loan Borrower or seek to appoint a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official with respect to the Mortgage Loan Borrower or all or any part of its property or assets or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of the affairs of the Mortgage Loan Borrower. Each Note Holder further agrees that only the Lead Securitization Note Holder, and not a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder, can make any election, give any consent, commence any action or file any motion, claim, obligation, notice or application or take any other action in any case by or against the Mortgage Loan Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code or in any other Insolvency Proceeding. The Note Holders hereby appoint the Lead Securitization Note Holder as their agent, and grant to the Lead Securitization Note Holder an irrevocable power of attorney coupled with an interest, and their proxy, for the purpose of exercising any and all rights and taking any and all actions available to any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder in connection with any case by or against the Mortgage Loan Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code or in any other Insolvency Proceeding, including, without limitation, the right to file and/or prosecute any claim, vote to accept or reject a plan, to make any election under Section 1111(b) of the Bankruptcy Code with respect to the Mortgage Loan, and to file a motion to modify, lift or terminate the automatic stay with respect to the Mortgage Loan. The Note Holders hereby agree that, upon the request of the Lead Securitization Note Holder, each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Lead Securitization Note Holder all and every such further deeds, conveyances and instruments as the Lead Securitization Note Holder may reasonably request for the better assuring and evidencing of the foregoing appointment and grant. All actions taken by the Servicer in connection with any Insolvency Proceeding are subject to and must be in accordance with the Servicing Standard.

Section 11.                       Representations of the Note Holders. Each Note Holder represents and warrants that the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement is within its corporate powers, has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, and does not contravene such Note Holder’s charter or any law or contractual restriction binding upon such Note Holder, and that this Agreement is the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Note Holder enforceable against such Note Holder in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and except that the enforcement of rights with respect to indemnification and contribution obligations may be limited by applicable law. Each Note Holder represents and warrants that it is duly organized, validly existing, in good standing and in possession of all licenses and authorizations necessary to carry on its business. Each Note Holder represents and warrants that (a) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by such Note Holder, (b) to such Note Holder’s actual knowledge, all consents, approvals, authorizations, orders or filings of or with any court or governmental agency or body, if any, required for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by such Note Holder have been obtained or made and (c) to such Note Holder’s actual knowledge, there is no pending action, suit or proceeding, arbitration or governmental investigation against such Note Holder, an adverse outcome of which would materially and adversely affect its performance under this Agreement.

Section 12.                      No Creation of a Partnership or Exclusive Purchase Right. Nothing contained in this Agreement, and no action taken pursuant hereto shall be deemed to constitute the

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relationship created hereby between the Note Holders as a partnership, association, joint venture or other entity. No Note Holder shall have any obligation whatsoever to offer to any other Note Holder the opportunity to purchase a participation interest in any future loans originated by such Note Holder or its Affiliates and if any Note Holder chooses to offer to another Note Holder the opportunity to purchase a participation interest in any future mortgage loans originated by such Note Holder or its Affiliates, such offer shall be at such purchase price and interest rate as such Note Holder chooses, in its sole and absolute discretion. No Note Holder shall have any obligation whatsoever to purchase from any other Note Holder a participation interest in any future loans originated by such Note Holder or its Affiliates.

Section 13.                       Other Business Activities of the Note Holders. Each Note Holder acknowledges that each other Note Holder or its Affiliates may make loans or otherwise extend credit to, and generally engage in any kind of business with, the Mortgage Loan Borrower or any Affiliate thereof, any entity that is a holder of debt secured by direct or indirect ownership interests in the Mortgage Loan Borrower or any entity that is a holder of a preferred equity interest in the Mortgage Loan Borrower (each, a “Mortgage Loan Borrower Related Party”), and receive payments on such other loans or extensions of credit to Mortgage Loan Borrower Related Parties and otherwise act with respect thereto freely and without accountability in the same manner as if this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby were not in effect.

Section 14.                         Sale of the Notes.

(a)                   Each Note Holder agrees that it shall not sell, assign, transfer, pledge, syndicate, participate, hypothecate, contribute, encumber or otherwise dispose (either (i) directly or (ii) indirectly through entering into a derivatives contract or any other similar agreement, excluding a repo financing or a Pledge in accordance with Section 14(d) hereof) of a Note (a “Transfer”) except to a Qualified Institutional Lender. Promptly after the Transfer, the non-transferring Note Holder shall be provided with (x) a representation from a transferee or the applicable Note Holder certifying that such transferee is a Qualified Institutional Lender (except in the case of a Transfer to a Securitization (and the related pooling and servicing or similar agreement requires the parties thereto to comply with this Agreement) or in accordance with the immediately following sentence) and (y) a copy of the assignment and assumption agreement referred to in Section 15. If a Note Holder intends to Transfer its respective Note, or any portion thereof, to an entity that is not a Qualified Institutional Lender, it must first obtain (1) prior to a Securitization, the consent of the non-transferring Note Holder or (2) after a Securitization of such non-transferring Note Holder’s Note, Rating Agency Confirmation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the non-transferring Note Holder’s prior consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld), and, if such non-transferring Note Holder’s Note is held in a Securitization Trust, without Rating Agency Confirmation, no Note Holder shall Transfer all or any portion of its Note (or a participation interest in such Note) to the Mortgage Loan Borrower or a Mortgage Loan Borrower Related Party and any such Transfer shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. The transferring Note Holder agrees that it shall pay the expenses of the non-transferring Note Holder (including all expenses of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee) and all expenses relating to the confirmation from the Rating Agencies in connection with any such Transfer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Note Holder shall have the right, without the need to obtain the consent of any other Note Holder,

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the Rating Agencies or any other Person, to Transfer 49% or less (in the aggregate) of its Note or any beneficial interest in its Note. None of the provisions of this Section 14(a) shall apply in the case of (1) a sale of all Notes together in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Lead Servicing Agreement or (2) a transfer by the Special Servicer, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Lead Servicing Agreement, of the Mortgage Loan or the Mortgaged Property, upon the Mortgage Loan becoming a Defaulted Mortgage Loan, to a single member limited liability or limited partnership, 100% of the equity interest in which is owned directly or indirectly, through one or more single member limited liability companies or limited partnerships, by the Lead Securitization Trust.

For the purposes of this Agreement, if any Rating Agency shall, in writing, waive, decline or refuse to review or otherwise engage any request for a confirmation hereunder from such Rating Agency that a proposed action will not result in a qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of its then current rating of the securities issued pursuant to the related Securitization, such waiver, declination, or refusal shall be deemed to eliminate, for such request only, the condition that such confirmation by such Rating Agency (only) be obtained for purposes of this Agreement. For purposes of clarity, any such waiver, declination or refusal to review or otherwise engage in any request for such confirmation hereunder shall not be deemed a waiver, declination or refusal to review or otherwise engage in any subsequent request for such Rating Agency confirmation hereunder and the condition for such Rating Agency confirmation pursuant to this Agreement for any subsequent request shall apply regardless of any previous waiver, declination or refusal to review or otherwise engage in such prior request.

(b)                  In the case of any Transfer of a participation interest in any of the Notes, (i) the respective Note Holders’ obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Note Holders shall remain solely responsible for the performance of such obligations, and (iii) the Lead Securitization Note Holder and any Persons acting on its behalf shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Note Holder in connection with such Note Holder’s rights and obligations under this Agreement and the Lead Servicing Agreement, and all amounts payable hereunder shall be determined as if such Note Holder had not sold such participation interest.

(c)                  Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, any Note Holder may pledge (a “Pledge”) its Note to any entity (other than the Mortgage Loan Borrower or any Affiliate thereof) which has extended a credit facility to such Note Holder and that is either a Qualified Institutional Lender or a financial institution whose long-term unsecured debt is rated at least “A” (or the equivalent) or better by each Rating Agency (a “Note Pledgee”), on terms and conditions set forth in this Section 14(c), it being further agreed that a financing provided by a Note Pledgee to a Note Holder or any person which Controls such Note that is secured by its Note and is structured as a repurchase arrangement, shall qualify as a “Pledge” hereunder, provided that a Note Pledgee which is not a Qualified Institutional Lender may not take title to the pledged Note without a Rating Agency Confirmation. Upon written notice by the applicable Note Holder to each other Note Holder and any Servicer that a Pledge has been effected (including the name and address of the applicable Note Pledgee), each other Note Holder agrees to acknowledge receipt of such notice and thereafter agrees: (i) to give the Note Pledgee written notice of any default by the pledging Note Holder in respect of its obligations under this Agreement of which default such

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Note Holder has actual knowledge; (ii) to allow such Note Pledgee a period of ten days to cure a default by the pledging Note Holder in respect of its obligations to each other Note Holder hereunder, but such Note Pledgee shall not be obligated to cure any such default; (iii) that no amendment, modification, waiver or termination of this Agreement shall be effective against such Note Pledgee without the written consent of such Note Pledgee, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed; (iv) that such other Note Holder shall give to such Note Pledgee copies of any notice of default under this Agreement simultaneously with the giving of same to the pledging Note Holder; (v) that such other Note Holder shall deliver to Note Pledgee such estoppel certificate(s) as Note Pledgee shall reasonably request, provided that any such certificate(s) shall be in a form reasonably satisfactory to such other Note Holder; and (vi) that, upon written notice (a “Redirection Notice”) to each other Note Holder and any Servicer by such Note Pledgee that the pledging Note Holder is in default, beyond any applicable cure periods, under the pledging Note Holder’s obligations to such Note Pledgee pursuant to the applicable credit agreement between the pledging Note Holder and such Note Pledgee (which notice need not be joined in or confirmed by the pledging Note Holder), and until such Redirection Notice is withdrawn or rescinded by such Note Pledgee, Note Pledgee shall be entitled to receive any payments that any Note Holder or Servicer would otherwise be obligated to pay to the pledging Note Holder from time to time pursuant to this Agreement or the Lead Servicing Agreement. Any pledging Note Holder hereby unconditionally and absolutely releases each other Note Holder and any Servicer from any liability to the pledging Note Holder on account of such other Note Holder’s or Servicer’s compliance with any Redirection Notice believed by any Servicer or such other Note Holder to have been delivered by a Note Pledgee. Note Pledgee shall be permitted to exercise fully its rights and remedies against the pledging Note Holder to such Note Pledgee (and accept an assignment in lieu of foreclosure as to such collateral), in accordance with applicable law and this Agreement. In such event, the Note Holders and any Servicer shall recognize such Note Pledgee (and any transferee other than the Mortgage Loan Borrower or any Affiliate thereof which is also a Qualified Institutional Lender at any foreclosure or similar sale held by such Note Pledgee or any transfer in lieu of foreclosure), and its successor and assigns, as the successor to the pledging Note Holder’s rights, remedies and obligations under this Agreement, and any such Note Pledgee or Qualified Institutional Lender shall assume in writing the obligations of the pledging Note Holder hereunder accruing from and after such Transfer (i.e., realization upon the collateral by such Note Pledgee) and agrees to be bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement. The rights of a Note Pledgee under this Section 14(c) shall remain effective as to any Note Holder (and any Servicer) unless and until such Note Pledgee shall have notified any such Note Holder (and any Servicer, as applicable) in writing that its interest in the pledged Note has terminated.

(d)                   Notwithstanding any provisions herein to the contrary, if a conduit (“Conduit”) which is not a Qualified Institutional Lender provides financing to a Note Holder then such Note Holder shall have the right to grant a security interest in its Note to such Conduit notwithstanding that such Conduit is not a Qualified Institutional Lender, if the following conditions are satisfied:

(i)                          The loan (the “Conduit Inventory Loan”) made by the Conduit to such Note Holder to finance the acquisition and holding of its Note requires a third party (the “Conduit Credit Enhancer”) to provide credit enhancement;

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(ii)                       The Conduit Credit Enhancer is a Qualified Institutional Lender;

(iii)                    Such Note Holder pledges its interest in its Note to the Conduit as collateral for the Conduit Inventory Loan;

(iv)                   The Conduit Credit Enhancer and the Conduit agree that, if such Note Holder defaults under the Conduit Inventory Loan, or if the Conduit is unable to refinance its outstanding commercial paper even if there is no default by such Note Holder, the Conduit Credit Enhancer will purchase the Conduit Inventory Loan from the Conduit, and the Conduit will assign the pledge of such Note Holder’s Note to the Conduit Credit Enhancer; and

(v)                    Unless the Conduit is in fact then a Qualified Institutional Lender, the Conduit will not without obtaining a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency have any greater right to acquire the interests in the Note pledged by such Note Holder, by foreclosure or otherwise, than would any other purchaser that is not a Qualified Institutional Lender at a foreclosure sale conducted by a Note Pledgee.

Section 15.            Registration of the Notes and Each Note Holder. The Agent shall keep or cause to be kept at the Agent Office books (the “Note Register”) for the registration and transfer of the Notes. The Agent shall serve as the initial note registrar and the Agent hereby accepts such appointment. The names and addresses of the holders of the Notes and the names and addresses of any transferee of any Note of which the Agent has received notice, in the form of a copy of the assignment and assumption agreement referred to in this Section 15, shall be registered in the Note Register. The Person in whose name a Note is so registered shall be deemed and treated as the sole owner and holder thereof for all purposes of this Agreement, except in the case of the Initial Note Holders, who may hold their Notes through a nominee. Upon request of a Note Holder (including a Servicer on its behalf), the Agent shall provide such party with the names and addresses of each other Note Holder. To the extent the Trustee or another party is appointed as Agent hereunder, each Note Holder hereby designates such person as its agent under this Section 15 solely for purposes of maintaining the Note Register.

In connection with any Transfer of a Note (but excluding any Pledgee unless and until it realizes on its Pledge), a transferee shall execute an assignment and assumption agreement (unless the transferee is a Securitization Trust and the related pooling and servicing agreement requires the parties thereto to comply with this Agreement), whereby such transferee assumes all of the obligations of the applicable Note Holder hereunder with respect to such Note thereafter accruing and agrees to be bound by the terms of this Agreement, including the applicable restriction on Transfers set forth in Section 14, from and after the date of such assignment. No transfer of a Note may be made unless it is registered on the Note Register, and the Agent shall not recognize any attempted or purported transfer of any Note in violation of the provisions of Section 14 and this Section 15. Any such purported transfer shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. Each Note Holder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Agent and each other Note Holder against any liability that may result if the transfer is not made in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

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Section 16.                   Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT, AND/OR THE INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS AND DECISIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CHOICE OF LAW RULES THEREOF (OTHER THAN SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW). EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT.

Section 17.                 Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:

(a)                  SUBMITS FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT IN RESPECT THEREOF, TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE GENERAL JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, THE FEDERAL COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND APPELLATE COURTS FROM ANY THEREOF;

(b)                 CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE BROUGHT IN SUCH COURTS AND, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WAIVES ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT OR THAT SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING WAS BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT COURT AND AGREES NOT TO PLEAD OR CLAIM THE SAME;

(c)                    AGREES THAT SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE EFFECTED BY MAILING A COPY THEREOF BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL (OR ANY SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR FORM OF MAIL), POSTAGE PREPAID, TO ITS ADDRESS SET FORTH HEREIN OR AT SUCH OTHER ADDRESS OF WHICH A PARTY HEREIN SHALL HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED; AND

(d)                    AGREES THAT NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT TO EFFECT SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR SHALL LIMIT THE RIGHT TO SUE IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.

Section 18.                      Modifications. This Agreement shall not be modified, cancelled or terminated except by an instrument in writing signed by each Note Holder. Additionally, for as long as any Note is contained in a Securitization Trust, the Note Holders shall not amend or modify this Agreement without first receiving a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency then rating securities backed by a Note; provided that no such Rating Agency Confirmation shall be required in connection with a modification or amendment (i) to cure any ambiguity, (ii) to correct or supplement any provisions herein that may be defective or inconsistent with any other

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provisions of this Agreement, the Lead Servicing Agreement or the final disclosure documents relating to the Lead Securitization, or (iii) entered into pursuant to Section 31 of this Agreement.

Section 19.                       Successors and Assigns; Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Except as provided herein, including without limitation, with respect to the Trustee, Certificate Administrator, Master Servicer, Special Servicer, Operating Advisor, Non-Lead Master Servicers, Non-Lead Special Servicers or Non-Lead Trustees, none of the provisions of this Agreement shall be for the benefit of or enforceable by any Person not a party hereto. Subject to Section 14 and Section 15, each Note Holder may assign or delegate its rights or obligations under this Agreement. Upon any such assignment, the assignee shall be entitled to all rights and benefits of the applicable Note Holder hereunder.

Section 20.                      Counterparts and Signatures. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument, and the words “executed,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import as used above and elsewhere in this Agreement or in any other certificate, agreement or document related to this Agreement shall include, in addition to manually executed signatures, images of manually executed signatures transmitted by facsimile or other electronic format (including, without limitation, “pdf”, “tif” or “jpg”) and other electronic signatures. The use of electronic signatures and electronic records (including, without limitation, any contract or other record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means) shall be of the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a manually executed signature or use of a paper-based record-keeping system to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, including the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act and any other applicable law, including, without limitation, any state law based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the Uniform Commercial Code.

Section 21.                        Captions. The titles and headings of the paragraphs of this Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to summarize or otherwise describe the subject matter of the paragraphs and shall not be given any consideration in the construction of this Agreement.

Section 22.                        Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable laws, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Agreement.

Section 23.                        Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter contained in this Agreement and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings and negotiations between the parties.

Section 24.                        Withholding Taxes. (a) If the Lead Securitization Note Holder or the Mortgage Loan Borrower shall be required by law to deduct and withhold Taxes from interest, fees or other amounts payable to a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder with respect to the

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Mortgage Loan as a result of such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder constituting a Non-Exempt Person, the Lead Securitization Note Holder, in its capacity as servicer, shall be entitled to do so with respect to such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s interest in such payment (all withheld amounts being deemed paid to such Note Holder), provided that the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall furnish such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder with a statement setting forth the amount of Taxes withheld, the applicable rate and other information which may reasonably be requested for purposes of assisting such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder to seek any allowable credits or deductions for the Taxes so withheld in each jurisdiction in which such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder is subject to tax.

(b)                  Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall indemnify and hereby agrees to indemnify the Lead Securitization Note Holder against and hold the Lead Securitization Note Holder harmless from and against any Taxes, interest, penalties and attorneys’ fees and disbursements arising or resulting from any failure of the Lead Securitization Note Holder to withhold Taxes from payment made to such Note Holder in reliance upon any representation, certificate, statement, document or instrument made or provided by such Note Holder to the Lead Securitization Note Holder in connection with the obligation of the Lead Securitization Note Holder to withhold Taxes from payments made to such Note Holder, it being expressly understood and agreed that (i) the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall be absolutely and unconditionally entitled to accept any such representation, certificate, statement, document or instrument as being true and correct in all respects and to fully rely thereon without any obligation or responsibility to investigate or to make any inquiries with respect to the accuracy, veracity, correctness or validity of the same and (ii) each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder, upon request of the Lead Securitization Note Holder and at its sole cost and expense, shall defend any claim or action relating to the foregoing indemnification using counsel selected by the Lead Securitization Note Holder.

(c)                  Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder represents to the Lead Securitization Note Holder (for the benefit of the Mortgage Loan Borrower) that it is not a Non-Exempt Person and that neither the Lead Securitization Note Holder nor the Mortgage Loan Borrower is obligated under applicable law to withhold Taxes on sums paid to it with respect to the Mortgage Loan or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement. Contemporaneously with the execution of this Agreement and from time to time as necessary during the term of this Agreement, each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall deliver to the Lead Securitization Note Holder or Servicer, as applicable, evidence satisfactory to the Lead Securitization Note Holder substantiating that such Note Holder is not a Non-Exempt Person and that the Lead Securitization Note Holder is not obligated under applicable law to withhold Taxes on sums paid to it with respect to the Mortgage Loan or otherwise under this Agreement. Without limiting the effect of the foregoing, (i) if a Note Holder is created or organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, it shall satisfy the requirements of the preceding sentence by furnishing to the Lead Securitization Note Holder an Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 and (ii) if a Note Holder is not created or organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, and if the payment of interest or other amounts by the Mortgage Loan Borrower is treated for United States income tax purposes as derived in whole or part from sources within the United States, such Note Holder shall satisfy the requirements of the preceding sentence by furnishing to the Lead Securitization Note Holder

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Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI, Form W-8IMY (with appropriate attachments) or Form W-8BEN, or successor forms, as may be required from time to time, duly executed by such Note Holder, as evidence of such Note Holder’s exemption from the withholding of United States tax with respect thereto. The Lead Securitization Note Holder shall not be obligated to make any payment hereunder with respect to any Non-Lead Securitization Note or otherwise until the related Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall have furnished to the Lead Securitization Note Holder requested forms, certificates, statements or documents.

Section 25.                    Custody of Mortgage Loan Documents. The originals of all of the Mortgage Loan Documents (other than the Non-Lead Securitization Note) (a) prior to the Lead Securitization shall be held by the Initial Agent (or a duly appointed custodian thereof) and (b) after the Lead Securitization, shall be held by the Lead Securitization Note Holder (in the name of the Trustee and held by a duly appointed custodian therefor in accordance with the Lead Servicing Agreement), in each case, on behalf of the registered holders of the Notes. On or after the Non-Lead Securitization Date, the applicable Non-Lead Securitization Note shall be held in the name of the related Non-Lead Trustee (and held by a duly appointed custodian therefor) on behalf of the related Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder.

Section 26.                          Cooperation in Securitization.

(a)                   Each Note Holder acknowledges that any Note Holder may elect, in its sole discretion, to include its Note in a Securitization. In connection with a Securitization and subject to the terms of the preceding sentence, at the request of the Lead Securitization Note Holder, each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall use reasonable efforts, at Lead Securitization Note Holder’s expense, to satisfy, and to cooperate with the Lead Securitization Note Holder in attempting to cause the Mortgage Loan Borrower to satisfy, the market standards to which the Lead Securitization Note Holder customarily adheres or which may be reasonably required in the marketplace or by the Rating Agencies in connection with the Securitization, including, entering into (or consenting to, as applicable) any modifications to this Agreement or the Mortgage Loan Documents and to cooperate with the Lead Securitization Note Holder in attempting to cause the Mortgage Loan Borrower to execute such modifications to the Mortgage Loan Documents, in any such case, as may be reasonably requested by the Rating Agencies to effect the Securitization; provided, however, that either in connection with the Lead Securitization or otherwise at any time prior to the Lead Securitization, no Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall be required to modify or amend this Agreement or any Mortgage Loan Documents (or consent to such modification, as applicable) in connection therewith, if such modification or amendment would (i) change the interest allocable to, or the amount of any payments due to or priority of such payments to, such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder or (ii) materially increase such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s obligations or materially decrease such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s rights, remedies or protections. In connection with the Lead Securitization, each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder agrees to provide for inclusion in any disclosure document relating to the Lead Securitization such information concerning such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder and the related Non-Lead Securitization Note as the Lead Securitization Note Holder reasonably determines to be necessary or appropriate, and each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder covenants and agrees that it shall, at the Lead Securitization Note Holder’s expense, cooperate with the reasonable requests of each

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Rating Agency and Lead Securitization Note Holder in connection with the Lead Securitization (including, without limitation, reasonably cooperating with the Lead Securitization Note Holder (without any obligation to make additional representations and warranties) to enable the Lead Securitization Note Holder to make all necessary certifications and deliver all necessary opinions (including customary securities law opinions) in connection with the Mortgage Loan and the Lead Securitization), as well as in connection with all other matters and the preparation of any offering documents thereof and to review and respond reasonably promptly with respect to any information relating to each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder and the related Non-Lead Securitization Note in any Securitization document. Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder acknowledges that the information provided by it to the Lead Securitization Note Holder may be incorporated into the offering documents for the Lead Securitization. The Lead Securitization Note Holder and each Rating Agency shall be entitled to rely on the information supplied by, or on behalf of, each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder. The Lead Securitization Note Holder shall reasonably cooperate with the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder by providing all information reasonably requested that is in the Lead Securitization Note Holder’s possession in connection with such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s preparation of disclosure materials in connection with a Securitization.

Upon request, the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall deliver to a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder drafts of the preliminary and final Lead Securitization offering memoranda, prospectus supplement, free writing prospectus and any other disclosure documents and the Lead Servicing Agreement and provide reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such documents.

Section 27.                         Notices. All notices required hereunder shall be given by (i) telephone (confirmed promptly in writing) or shall be in writing and personally delivered, (ii) sent by electronic mail (during business hours) if the sender on the same day sends a confirming copy of such notice by reputable overnight delivery service (charges prepaid), (iii) reputable overnight delivery service (charges prepaid) or (iv) certified United States mail, postage prepaid return receipt requested, and addressed to the respective parties at their addresses set forth on Exhibit B hereto, or at such other address as any party shall hereafter inform the other party by written notice given as aforesaid. All written notices so given shall be deemed effective upon receipt.

Section 28.                      Broker. Each Note Holder represents to each other that no broker was responsible for bringing about this transaction.

Section 29.                          Certain Matters Affecting the Agent.

(a)                    The Agent may request and/or rely upon and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any officer’s certificate or assignment and assumption agreement delivered to the Agent pursuant to Section 14 and Section 15;

(b)                  The Agent may consult with counsel and any opinion of counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such opinion of counsel;

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(c)                    The Agent shall be under no obligation to institute, conduct or defend any litigation hereunder or in relation hereto at the request, order or direction of any Note Holder pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, unless it has received indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it;

(d)                   The Agent or any of its directors, officers, employees, Affiliates, agents or “control” persons within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, shall not be personally liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith and reasonably believed by the Agent to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Agreement;

(e)                     The Agent shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any officer’s certificate or assignment and assumption agreement delivered to the Agent pursuant to Section 15;

(f)                      The Agent may execute any of the powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys but shall not be relieved of its obligations hereunder; and

(g)                  The Agent represents and warrants that it is a Qualified Institutional Lender.

Section 30.                           Termination and Resignation of Agent.

(a)                    The Agent may be terminated at any time upon ten days’ prior written notice from the Lead Securitization Note Holder. In the event that the Agent is terminated pursuant to this Section 30, all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement shall be terminated, other than any rights or obligations that accrued prior to the date of such termination.

(b)                    The Agent may resign at any time on ten days’ prior notice, so long as a successor Agent, reasonably satisfactory to the Note Holders (it being agreed that a Servicer, the Trustee or a Certificate Administrator in a Securitization is satisfactory to the Note Holders), has agreed to be bound by this Agreement and perform the duties of the Agent hereunder. Starwood, as Initial Agent, may transfer its rights and obligations to a Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as successor Agent, at any time without the consent of any Note Holder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Note Holders hereby agree that, simultaneously with the closing of the Lead Securitization, the Certificate Administrator shall be deemed to have been automatically appointed as the successor Agent under this Agreement in place of Starwood without any further notice or other action. The termination or resignation of such Certificate Administrator, as Certificate Administrator under the Lead Servicing Agreement, shall be deemed a termination or resignation of such Certificate Administrator as Agent under this Agreement.

Section 31.                       Resizing. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, for so long as Starwood or an affiliate thereof (a “Starwood Entity”) is the owner of a Note or a portion thereof that has not been sold pursuant to a Securitization (such Note or portion thereof, the “Owned Note”), such Starwood Entity shall have the right, subject to the terms of the Mortgage

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Loan Documents, to cause the Mortgage Loan Borrower to execute amended and restated notes or additional notes (in either case, “New Notes”) reallocating the principal of the Owned Note to such New Notes; or severing the Owned Note into one or more further “component” notes in the aggregate principal amount equal to the then outstanding principal balance of the Owned Note, provided that:

(i)                               the aggregate principal balance of all outstanding New Notes following such amendments is no greater than the aggregate principal of the Owned Note prior to such amendments,

(ii)                           all Notes continue to have the same weighted average interest rate as the Notes prior to such amendments,

(iii)                        all Notes pay pro rata and on a pari passu basis and such reallocated or component notes shall be automatically subject to the terms of this Agreement,

(iv)                       the Starwood Entity holding the New Notes shall notify the Lead Securitization Note Holder, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee in writing of such modified allocations and principal amounts, and

(v)                           the execution of such amendments and New Notes does not violate the Servicing Standard.

Any New Notes created pursuant to this Section 31 shall automatically be subject to the terms of this Agreement. If the Lead Securitization Note Holder so requests, the Starwood Entity holding the New Notes (and any subsequent holder of such Notes) shall execute a confirmation of the continuing applicability of this Agreement to the New Notes, as so modified. Except for the foregoing reallocation and for modifications pursuant to the Lead Servicing Agreement (as discussed in Section 5), no Note may be modified or amended without the consent of its holder and the consent of the holder of each other Note. In connection with the foregoing (provided the conditions set forth in clauses (i) through (v) above are satisfied, with respect to clauses (i) through (iv), as certified by the Starwood Entity, on which certification the Master Servicer can rely), the Master Servicer is hereby authorized and directed to execute amendments to the Mortgage Loan Documents and this Agreement on behalf of any or all of the Note Holders, as applicable, solely for the purpose of reflecting such reallocation of principal. If more than one New Note is created hereunder, for purposes of exercising the rights of the Non-Controlling Note Holder hereunder, the “Non-Controlling Note Holder” of such New Notes shall be as provided in the definition of such term in this Agreement.

Section 32.                         Statement of Intent. 

The Agent and each Noteholder intend that the Notes be classified and maintained as a grantor trust under subpart E, part I of subchapter J of chapter 1 of the Code that is a fixed investment trust within the meaning of Treasury Regulation §301.7701-4(c), and the parties shall not take any action inconsistent with such classification. It is neither the purpose nor the intent of this Agreement to create a partnership, joint venture, “taxable mortgage pool” or association taxable as a corporation among the parties. 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Initial Note Holders have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

	STARWOOD MORTGAGE CAPITAL LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as Initial Note A-1 Holder
	By:	/s/ Grace Y. Chiang
		Name: Grace Y. Chiang
		Title:  Senior Vice President
	STARWOOD MORTGAGE CAPITAL LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as Initial Note A-2 Holder
	By:	/s/ Grace Y. Chiang
		Name: Grace Y. Chiang
		Title:  Senior Vice President
	STARWOOD MORTGAGE CAPITAL LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as Initial Note A-3 Holder
	By:	/s/ Grace Y. Chiang
		Name: Grace Y. Chiang
		Title:  Senior Vice President
	STARWOOD MORTGAGE CAPITAL LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as Initial Note A-4 Holder
	By:	/s/ Grace Y. Chiang
		Name: Grace Y. Chiang
		Title:  Senior Vice President

 

Co-Lender Agreement – Museum Tower

 

EXHIBIT A

MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE

Description of Mortgage Loan

Mortgage Loan Borrower:	BOF FL MUSEUM TOWER LLC
Date of Mortgage Loan:	April 17, 2023
Date of Notes:	April 17, 2023
Original Principal Amount of Mortgage Loan:	$47,000,000
Principal Amount of Mortgage Loan as of the date hereof:	$47,000,000
Initial Note A-1 Principal Balance:	$20,000,000
Initial Note A-2 Principal Balance:	$10,000,000
Initial Note A-3 Principal Balance:	$10,000,000
Initial Note A-4 Principal Balance:	$7,000,000
Location of Mortgaged Property:	150 West Flagler Street, Miami, Florida 33130
Initial Maturity Date:	May 6, 2028

 

 

A-1

 

EXHIBIT B

1.       Initial Note A-1 Holder:

(Prior to Securitization of Note A-1):

STARWOOD MORTGAGE CAPITAL LLC

Notice Address:
Starwood Mortgage Capital LLC
2340 Collins Avenue, Suite 700
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
Attention: Ms. Leslie K. Fairbanks

with a copy to:

Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Services, Inc.
Duke Energy Center
550 South Tryon St., 12th Floor
MAC D1086-120
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Attention: Asset Manager – Starwood Mortgage Capital

B-1

 

2.       Initial Note A-2 Holder:

(Prior to Securitization of Note A-2):

STARWOOD MORTGAGE CAPITAL LLC

Notice Address:
Starwood Mortgage Capital LLC
2340 Collins Avenue, Suite 700
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
Attention: Ms. Leslie K. Fairbanks

with a copy to:

Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Services, Inc.
Duke Energy Center
550 South Tryon St., 12th Floor
MAC D1086-120
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Attention: Asset Manager – Starwood Mortgage Capital

B-2

 

3.       Initial Note A-3 Holder:

(Prior to Securitization of Note A-3):

STARWOOD MORTGAGE CAPITAL LLC

Notice Address:
Starwood Mortgage Capital LLC
2340 Collins Avenue, Suite 700
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
Attention: Ms. Leslie K. Fairbanks

with a copy to:

Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Services, Inc.
Duke Energy Center
550 South Tryon St., 12th Floor
MAC D1086-120
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Attention: Asset Manager – Starwood Mortgage Capital

B-3

 

4.       Initial Note A-4 Holder:

(Prior to Securitization of Note A-4):

STARWOOD MORTGAGE CAPITAL LLC

Notice Address:
Starwood Mortgage Capital LLC
2340 Collins Avenue, Suite 700
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
Attention: Ms. Leslie K. Fairbanks

with a copy to:

Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Services, Inc.
Duke Energy Center
550 South Tryon St., 12th Floor
MAC D1086-120
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Attention: Asset Manager – Starwood Mortgage Capital

B-4

 

EXHIBIT C

PERMITTED FUND MANAGERS

 

1.	Apollo Global Real Estate
2.	Archon Capital, L.P.
3.	AREA Property Partners
4.	BlackRock, Inc.
5.	The Blackstone Group International Ltd.
6.	Capital Trust, Inc.
7.	Clarion Partners
8.	Colony Capital, Inc.
9.	DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners
10.	Fortress Investment Group LLC
11.	Garrison Investment Group
12.	Goldman, Sachs & Co.
13.	iStar Financial Inc.
14.	J.E. Roberts Companies
15.	Lend-Lease Real Estate Investments
16.	LoanCore Capital
17.	Lonestar Funds
18.	Praedium Group
19.	Raith Capital Partners, LLC
20.	Rialto Capital Management, LLC
21.	Rockpoint Group
22.	Starwood Capital/Starwood Financial Trust
23.	Torchlight Investors
24.	Walton Street Capital, LLC
25.	Westbrook Partners
26.	WestRiver Capital
27.	Whitehall Street Real Estate Fund, L.P.

C-1

 

EX-99.16

Exhibit 99.16

 

EXECUTION VERSION

CO-LENDER AGREEMENT

Dated as of March 10, 2023

by and between

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
(Initial Note A-1 Holder)

 

and

 

ARGENTIC REAL ESTATE FINANCE 2 LLC
(Initial Note A-2 Holder)

 

and

 

ARGENTIC REAL ESTATE FINANCE 2 LLC
(Initial Note A-3 Holder)

 

and

 

ARGENTIC REAL ESTATE FINANCE 2 LLC

(Initial Note A-4 Holder)

 

 

 

 

100 JEFFERSON ROAD

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

Section 1.	Definitions.		1
Section 2.	Servicing of the Mortgage Loan.		18
Section 3.	Priority of Payments.		26
Section 4.	Workout.		27
Section 5.	Administration of the Mortgage Loan.		28
Section 6.	Appointment of Controlling Note Holder Representative and Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative.		33
Section 7.	Appointment of Special Servicer.		35
Section 8.	Payment Procedure.		36
Section 9.	Limitation on Liability of the Note Holders.		37
Section 10.	Bankruptcy.		38
Section 11.	Representations of the Note Holders.		38
Section 12.	No Creation of a Partnership or Exclusive Purchase Right.		39
Section 13.	Other Business Activities of the Note Holders.		39
Section 14.	Sale of the Notes.		39
Section 15.	Registration of the Notes and Each Note Holder.		42
Section 16.	Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial.		43
Section 17.	Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers.		43
Section 18.	Modifications.		43
Section 19.	Successors and Assigns; Third-Party Beneficiaries.		44
Section 20.	Counterparts.		44
Section 21.	Captions.		44
Section 22.	Severability.		44
Section 23.	Entire Agreement.		44
Section 24.	Withholding Taxes.		44
Section 25.	Custody of Mortgage Loan Documents.		46
Section 26.	Cooperation in Securitization.		46
Section 27.	Notices.		47
Section 28.	Broker.		47
Section 29.	Certain Matters Affecting the Agent.		47
Section 30.	Termination and Resignation of Agent.		48
Section 31.	Resizing.		48
Section 32.	Statement of Intent.		49

 

 

THIS CO-LENDER AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of March 10, 2023, by and between JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association chartered under the laws of the United States of America (“J.P. Morgan” and together with its successors and assigns in interest, in its capacity as initial owner of the Note A-1, the “Initial Note A-1 Holder”), ARGENTIC REAL ESTATE FINANCE 2 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Argentic” and together with its successors and assigns in interest, in its capacity as initial owner of the Note A-2, the “Initial Note A-2 Holder”, and in its capacity as the initial agent, the “Initial Agent”), ARGENTIC REAL ESTATE FINANCE 2 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (together with its successors and assigns in interest, in its capacity as initial owner of the Note A-3, the “Initial Note A-3 Holder”), and ARGENTIC REAL ESTATE FINANCE 2 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (together with its successors and assigns in interest, in its capacity as initial owner of the Note A-4, the “Initial Note A-4 Holder” and, together with the Initial Note A-1 Holder, the Initial Note A-2 Holder and the Initial Note A-3 Holder, the “Initial Note Holders”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Agreement (as defined herein), Argentic and J.P. Morgan originated a certain loan described on the schedule attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Mortgage Loan Schedule”) (the “Mortgage Loan”) to the mortgage loan borrower described on the Mortgage Loan Schedule (the “Mortgage Loan Borrower”), which was evidenced, inter alia, by four promissory notes (as amended, modified or supplemented, the “Notes”), (i) one promissory note in the original principal amount of $30,000,000 (“Note A-1”), made by the Mortgage Loan Borrower in favor of J.P. Morgan, (ii) one promissory note in the original principal amount of $29,500,000 (“Note A-2”), made by the Mortgage Loan Borrower in favor of Argentic, (iii) one promissory note in the original principal amount of $29,500,000 (“Note A-3”), made by the Mortgage Loan Borrower in favor of Argentic, and (iv) one promissory note in the original principal amount of $8,500,000 (“Note A-4”), made by the Mortgage Loan Borrower in favor of Argentic; and secured by one or more mortgages or deeds of trust (together, as amended, modified or supplemented, the “Mortgage”) on certain real property located as described in the Mortgage Loan Agreement (collectively, the “Mortgaged Property”);

WHEREAS, the Initial Note A-1 Holder, Initial Note A-2 Holder, Initial Note A-3 Holder and Initial Note A-4 Holder desire to enter into this Agreement to memorialize the terms under which they, and their successors and assigns, shall hold Note A-1, Note A-2, Note A-3 and Note A-4, respectively;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto mutually agree as follows:

 

Section 1.                Definitions. References to a “Section” or the “recitals” are, unless otherwise specified, to a Section or the recitals of this Agreement. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed thereto by such term or other analogous term in the

Lead Servicing Agreement. Whenever used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the respective meanings set forth below unless the context clearly requires otherwise.

“Affiliate” shall have the meaning set forth in the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Agent” shall mean the Initial Agent or such Person to whom the Initial Agent shall delegate its duties hereunder, and, from and after the Lead Securitization Date, shall mean the Certificate Administrator, if any, and if there is no Certificate Administrator, shall mean the Trustee.

“Agent Office” shall mean the designated office of the Agent in the State of New York, which office at the date of this Agreement is located at Argentic Real Estate Finance 2 LLC, 31 West 27th Street, 12th Floor, New York, New York 10001, Attention: Michael Schulte, Facsimile number: (646) 560-1745, Email address: mschulte@argenticmgmt.com, and which is the address to which notices to and correspondence with the Agent should be directed. The Agent may change the address of its designated office by notice to the Note Holders.

“Agreement” shall mean this Co-Lender Agreement, the exhibits and schedule hereto and all amendments hereof and supplements hereto.

“Approved Servicer” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Qualified Institutional Lender.”

“Argentic” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Asset Representations Reviewer” shall mean the asset representations reviewer appointed as provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Bankruptcy Code” shall mean the United States Bankruptcy Code, as amended from time to time, any successor statute or rule promulgated thereto.

“Certificate Administrator” shall mean the certificate administrator appointed as provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement and any successor thereunder.

“CLO” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Qualified Institutional Lender.”

“CLO Asset Manager” with respect to any Securitization Vehicle which is a CLO, shall mean the entity which is responsible for managing or administering a Note as an underlying asset of such Securitization Vehicle or, if applicable, as an asset of any Intervening Trust Vehicle (including, without limitation, the right to exercise any consent and control rights available to the holder of such Note).

“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

“Collection Account” shall mean “Collection Account” or other analogous term as defined in the Lead Servicing Agreement.

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“Companion Distribution Account” shall mean “Companion Distribution Account,” “Whole Loan Custodial Account,” “Loan Combination Custodial Account” or other analogous term as defined in the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Conduit” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14(d).

“Conduit Credit Enhancer” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14(d).

“Conduit Inventory Loan” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14(d).

“Control” shall mean the ownership, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate of more than fifty percent (50%) of the beneficial ownership interests of an entity and the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of an entity, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise (“Controlled” and “Controls” have meanings correlative thereto.)

“Controlling Class Representative” shall have the meaning assigned to the term “Directing Certificateholder,” “Controlling Class Representative” or an analogous term in the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Controlling Note Holder” shall mean the Note A-2 Holder; provided that at any time Note A-2 is included in the Lead Securitization, references to the “Controlling Note Holder” herein shall mean the Controlling Class Representative or such other person(s) otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder” hereunder, as and to the extent provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement; provided that if at any time 50% or more of Note A-2 (or the class of securities issued in the Lead Securitization designated as the “controlling class” or such other class(es) otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder”) is held by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or an Affiliate of the Mortgage Loan Borrower, Note A-2 (or the class of securities issued in the Lead Securitization designated as the “controlling class” or such other class(es) otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder”) shall not be entitled to exercise any rights of the Controlling Note Holder and the Note A-1 Holder shall be the Controlling Note Holder unless 50% or more of Note A-1 (or the class of securities issued in the applicable Non-Lead Securitization designated as the “controlling class” or such other class(es) otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder”) is held by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or an Affiliate of the Mortgage Loan Borrower; provided, further, that if at any time 50% or more of Note A-1 (or the class of securities issued in the applicable Non-Lead Securitization designated as the “controlling class” or such other class(es) otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder”) is held by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or an Affiliate of the Mortgage Loan Borrower, Note A-1 (or the class of securities issued in the applicable Non-Lead Securitization designated as the “controlling class” or such other class(es) otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder”) shall not be entitled to exercise any rights of the Controlling Note Holder and the Note A-3 Holder shall be the Controlling Note Holder unless 50% or more of Note A-3 (or the class of securities issued in the applicable Non-Lead Securitization designated as the “controlling class” or such other class(es) otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of

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the “Controlling Note Holder”) is held by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or an Affiliate of the Mortgage Loan Borrower; and provided, further, that if at any time 50% or more of Note A-3 (or the class of securities issued in the applicable Non-Lead Securitization designated as the “controlling class” or such other class(es) otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder”) is held by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or an Affiliate of the Mortgage Loan Borrower, Note A-3 (or the class of securities issued in the applicable Non-Lead Securitization designated as the “controlling class” or such other class(es) otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder”) shall not be entitled to exercise any rights of the Controlling Note Holder and the Note A-4 Holder shall be the Controlling Note Holder unless 50% or more of Note A-4 (or the class of securities issued in the applicable Non-Lead Securitization designated as the “controlling class” or such other class(es) otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder”) is held by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or an Affiliate of the Mortgage Loan Borrower. If 50% or more of each of Note A-1, Note A-2, Note A-3 and Note A-4 (or the class of securities issued in each of the Lead Securitization and Non-Lead Securitization designated as the “controlling class” or such other class(es) otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder”) is held by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or an Affiliate of the Mortgage Loan Borrower, no person shall be entitled to exercise the rights of the Controlling Note Holder.

In addition, the Lead Servicing Agreement may contain additional limitations on the rights of such designated party entitled to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder” hereunder if such designated party is the Mortgage Loan Borrower or if it has certain relationships with the Mortgage Loan Borrower (which additional limitations shall, as and to the extent provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement, accordingly limit the rights of the designated party to exercise any rights hereunder).

“Controlling Note Holder Representative” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6(a).

“DBRS” shall mean DBRS, Inc., and its successors in interest.

“Defaulted Mortgage Loan” shall mean “defaulted mortgage loan,” “defaulted loan” or other analogous term under the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Depositor” shall mean the “depositor” under the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Event of Default” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, an “Event of Default” as defined in the Mortgage Loan Agreement.

“Fitch” shall mean Fitch Ratings, Inc., and its successors in interest.

“Initial Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note A-1 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

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“Initial Note A-2 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note A-3 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note A-4 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note Holders” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Insolvency Proceeding” shall mean any proceeding under Title 11 of the United States Code (11 U.S.C. Sec. 101 et seq.) or any other insolvency, liquidation, reorganization or other similar proceeding concerning the Mortgage Loan Borrower, any action for the dissolution of the Mortgage Loan Borrower, any proceeding (judicial or otherwise) concerning the application of the assets of the Mortgage Loan Borrower for the benefit of its creditors, the appointment of or any proceeding seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver or other similar custodian for all or any substantial part of the assets of the Mortgage Loan Borrower or any other action concerning the adjustment of the debts of the Mortgage Loan Borrower, the cessation of business by the Mortgage Loan Borrower, except following a sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Mortgage Loan Borrower in a transaction permitted under the Mortgage Loan Documents; provided, however, that following any such permitted transaction affecting the title to the Mortgaged Property, the Mortgage Loan Borrower for purposes of this Agreement shall be defined to mean the successor owner of the Mortgaged Property from time to time as may be permitted pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Documents; provided, further, however, that for the purposes of this definition, in the event that more than one entity comprises the Mortgage Loan Borrower, the term “Mortgage Loan Borrower” shall refer to any such entity.

“Interest Rate” shall mean the Interest Rate (as defined in the Mortgage Loan Documents).

“Intervening Trust Vehicle” with respect to any Securitization Vehicle that is a CLO, shall mean a trust vehicle or entity which holds any Note as collateral securing (in whole or in part) any obligation or security held by such Securitization Vehicle as collateral for the CLO.

“KBRA” shall mean Kroll Bond Rating Agency, Inc. and its successors in interest.

“Lead Securitization” shall mean the Note A-2 Securitization; provided that, if the Note A-1 Securitization, the Note A-3 Securitization or the Note A-4 Securitization occurs prior to the Note A-2 Securitization Date, then the first to occur of the Note A-1 Securitization, the Note A-3 Securitization or the Note A-4 Securitization, as applicable, shall be the Lead Securitization until the Note A-2 Securitization Date, at which time the Note A-2 Securitization shall be the Lead Securitization.

“Lead Securitization Date” shall mean the closing date of the Lead Securitization.

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“Lead Securitization Note” shall mean Note A-2; provided that, if the Note A-1 Securitization, the Note A-3 Securitization or the Note A-4 Securitization occurs prior to the Note A-2 Securitization Date, then the first of Note A-1, Note A-3 or Note A-4 to be included in a Securitization shall be the Lead Securitization Note until the Note A-2 Securitization Date, at which time Note A-2 shall be the Lead Securitization Note.

“Lead Securitization Note Holder” shall mean the holder of the Lead Securitization Note.

“Lead Securitization Subordinate Class Representative” shall mean the “Controlling Class Representative” or “Directing Certificateholder” as defined in the Lead Servicing Agreement or such other analogous term used in the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Lead Securitization Trust” shall mean the Securitization Trust created in connection with the Lead Securitization.

“Lead Servicing Agreement” shall mean the pooling and servicing agreement to be entered into in connection with the Lead Securitization Note. The Servicing Standard in the Lead Servicing Agreement shall require, among other things, that each Servicer, in servicing the Mortgage Loan, must take into account the interests of each Note Holder.

“Major Decisions” shall have the meaning given to such term or any one or more analogous terms in the Lead Servicing Agreement; provided that at any time that no Note is included in the Lead Securitization “Major Decision” shall mean:

(i)            any proposed or actual foreclosure upon or comparable conversion (which shall include acquisitions of any REO Property) of the ownership of the property or properties securing the Mortgage Loan if it comes into and continues in default;

(ii)            any modification, consent to a modification or waiver of any monetary term (other than late fees and default interest) or material non-monetary term (including, without limitation, the timing of payments and acceptance of discounted payoffs) of the Mortgage Loan or any extension of the maturity date of the Mortgage Loan;

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

(iv)            any sale of the Mortgage Loan (when it is a Defaulted Mortgage Loan) or REO Property for less than the applicable Purchase Price (as defined in the Lead Servicing Agreement);

(v)            any determination to bring a Mortgaged Property or an REO Property into compliance with applicable environmental laws or to otherwise address any

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Hazardous Materials (as defined in the Lead Servicing Agreement) located at a Mortgaged Property or an REO Property;

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

(vii)            any waiver of a “due-on-sale” or “due-on-encumbrance” clause with respect to the Mortgage Loan or any consent to such a waiver or consent to a transfer of a Mortgaged Property or interests in the borrower;

(viii)            any incurrence of additional debt by a borrower or any mezzanine financing by any beneficial owner of a borrower (to the extent that the lender has consent rights pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan Documents);

(ix)            any material modification, waiver or amendment of an intercreditor agreement, co-lender agreement or similar agreement with any mezzanine lender or subordinate debt holder related to the Mortgage Loan, or any action to enforce rights (or decision not to enforce rights) with respect thereto, or any material modification, waiver or amendment thereof;

(x)            any property management company changes, including, without limitation, approval of the termination of a manager and appointment of a new property manager or franchise changes (in each case, if the lender is required to consent or approve such changes under the Mortgage Loan Documents);

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

(xii)            any acceptance of an assumption agreement releasing a borrower, guarantor or other obligor from liability under the Mortgage Loan other than pursuant to the specific terms of such Mortgage Loan and for which there is no lender discretion;

(xiii)            any determination of an Acceptable Insurance Default (as defined in the Lead Servicing Agreement);

(xiv)            any determination by the Master Servicer to transfer the Mortgage Loan to the Special Servicer under the circumstances described in paragraph (c) of the definition of “Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan” (as defined in the Lead Servicing Agreement); or

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(xv)            any approval of a Major Lease (as defined in the Mortgage Loan Documents) to the extent lender’s approval is required by the Mortgage Loan Documents;.

“Master Servicer” shall mean the master servicer appointed as provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Monthly Payment Date” shall mean the Monthly Payment Date (as defined in the Mortgage Loan Documents).

“Moody’s” shall mean Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., and its successors in interest.

“Morningstar” shall mean Morningstar Credit Ratings, LLC, and its successors in interest.

“Mortgage” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Mortgage Loan” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Mortgage Loan Agreement” shall mean the Loan Agreement, dated as of March 10, 2023, between the Mortgage Loan Borrower and Argentic and J.P. Morgan, as lender, as the same may be further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, subject to the terms hereof.

“Mortgage Loan Borrower” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Mortgage Loan Borrower Related Party” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 13.

“Mortgage Loan Documents” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage Loan Agreement, the Mortgage, the Notes and all other documents now or hereafter evidencing and securing the Mortgage Loan.

“Mortgage Loan Schedule” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Mortgaged Property” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“New Notes” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 31.

“Non-Controlling Note” shall mean Note A-1, Note A-3 and Note A-4, individually or collectively, as the context may require.

“Non-Controlling Note Holder” shall mean the Note A-1 Holder, the Note A-3 Holder and the Note A-4 Holder, individually or collectively, as the context may require; provided that at any time Note A-1, Note A-3 or Note A-4 is included in a Securitization, references to the

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“Non-Controlling Note Holder” herein shall mean the Non-Lead Securitization Subordinate Class Representative with respect to such Note or any other party assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Non-Controlling Note Holder” hereunder, as and to the extent provided in the related Non-Lead Servicing Agreement and as to the identity of which the Lead Securitization Note Holder (and the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer) has been given written notice. The Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall not be required at any time to deal with more than one party exercising the rights of the “Non-Controlling Note Holder” herein or under the Lead Servicing Agreement and, (x) to the extent that the related Non-Lead Servicing Agreement assigns such rights to more than one party or (y) to the extent Note A-1, Note A-3 or Note A-4 is split into two or more New Notes pursuant to Section 31, for purposes of this Agreement, the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement or the holders of such New Notes shall designate one party to deal with the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) and provide written notice of such designation to the Lead Securitization Note Holder (and the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer acting on its behalf); provided that, in the absence of such designation and notice, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall be entitled to treat the last party as to which it has received written notice as having been designated as the Non-Controlling Note Holder, as the Non-Controlling Note Holder for all purposes of this Agreement. As of the date hereof and until further notice from the applicable Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the applicable Non-Lead Master Servicer or another party acting on its behalf), each of the Note A-1 Holder, the Note A-3 Holder and the Note A-4 Holder is a Non-Controlling Note Holder.

Prior to Securitization of any Non-Lead Securitization Note (including any New Notes), all notices, reports, information or other deliverables required to be delivered to the applicable Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder or the Non-Controlling Note Holder pursuant to this Agreement or the Lead Servicing Agreement by the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) only need to be delivered to the Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative (to the extent that the identity of the Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative is known) and, when so delivered to the Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall be deemed to have satisfied its delivery obligations with respect to such items hereunder or under the Lead Servicing Agreement. Following Securitization of any Non-Lead Securitization Note, all notices, reports, information or other deliverables required to be delivered to the applicable Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder or the Non-Controlling Note Holder pursuant to this Agreement or the Lead Servicing Agreement by the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall be delivered to the Non-Lead Master Servicer (who then may forward such items to the party entitled to receive such items as and to the extent provided in the Non-Lead Servicing Agreement) and, when so delivered to the Non-Lead Master Servicer, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall be deemed to have satisfied its delivery obligations with respect to such items hereunder or under the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6(c).

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“Non-Exempt Person” shall mean any Person other than a Person who is either (i) a U.S. Person or (ii) has on file with the Agent for the relevant year such duly-executed form(s) or statement(s) which may, from time to time, be prescribed by law and which, pursuant to applicable provisions of (A) any income tax treaty between the United States and the country of residence of such Person, (B) the Code or (C) any applicable rules or regulations in effect under clauses (A) or (B) above, permit the Servicer on behalf of the Note Holders to make such payments free of any obligation or liability for withholding.

“Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer” shall mean the “asset representations reviewer” or other analogous term under the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Certificate Administrator” shall mean the “certificate administrator” or other analogous term under the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Depositor” shall mean the “depositor” or other analogous term under the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Master Servicer” shall mean the “master servicer” or other analogous term under the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Operating Advisor” shall mean the “trust advisor,” “operating advisor” or other analogous term under the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Securitization” shall mean the Note A-1 Securitization, the Note A-3 Securitization and the Note A-4 Securitization, individually or collectively, as the context may require; provided that, if the Note A-1 Securitization, the Note A-3 Securitization or the Note A-4 Securitization occurs prior to the Note A-2 Securitization, then the Note A-2 Securitization shall be the Non-Lead Securitization until such time as the Note A-2 Securitization occurs, at which time the Note A-1 Securitization, the Note A-3 Securitization or the Note A-4 Securitization, as applicable, shall be the Non-Lead Securitization.

“Non-Lead Securitization Note” shall mean Note A-1, Note A-3 and Note A-4, individually or collectively, as the context may require; provided that, if the Note A-1 Securitization, the Note A-3 Securitization or the Note A-4 Securitization occurs prior to the Note A-2 Securitization, then Note A-2 shall be the Non-Lead Securitization Note until such time as the Note A-2 Securitization occurs, at which time Note A-1, Note A-3 or Note A-4, as applicable, shall be the Non-Lead Securitization Note.

“Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder” shall mean the holder of a Non-Lead Securitization Note.

“Non-Lead Servicing Agreement” shall mean the pooling and servicing agreement, trust and servicing agreement or other similar agreement to be entered into in connection with a Non-Lead Securitization Note.

“Non-Lead Securitization Date” shall mean the closing date of the applicable Non-Lead Securitization.

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“Non-Lead Securitization Subordinate Class Representative” shall mean the holders of the majority of the class of securities issued in the applicable Non-Lead Securitization designated as the “controlling class” pursuant to the Non-Lead Servicing Agreement or their duly appointed representative; provided that if 50% or more of the class of securities issued in the Non-Lead Securitization designated as the “controlling class” or such other class(es) otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder” is held by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or an Affiliate of the Mortgage Loan Borrower, no person shall be entitled to exercise the rights of the Non-Lead Securitization Subordinate Class Representative.

“Non-Lead Securitization Trust” shall mean the Securitization Trust into which the applicable Non-Lead Securitization Note is deposited.

“Non-Lead Servicer” shall mean the Non-Lead Master Servicer or the Non-Lead Special Servicer, as the context may require.

“Non-Lead Special Servicer” shall mean the “special servicer” or other analogous term under the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Trustee” shall mean the “trustee” or other analogous term under the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance” shall have the meaning given thereto in the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Note A-1” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-1 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-1 Holder or any subsequent holder of Note A-1, as applicable.

“Note A-1 Principal Balance” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, at any time of determination, the Initial Note A-1 Principal Balance set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon received by the Note A-1 Holder or reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 3 or 4, as applicable.

“Note A-1 Securitization” shall mean the sale by the Note A-1 Holder of all or any portion of the Note A-1 to a depositor or similar person, who will in turn include such portion of Note A-1 as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Note A-1 Securitization Date” shall mean the effective date on which the Securitization of Note A-1 is consummated.

“Note A-2” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-2 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-2 Holder or any subsequent holder of Note A-2, as applicable.

“Note A-2 Principal Balance” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, at any time of determination, the Initial Note A-2 Principal Balance set forth on the Mortgage Loan

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Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon received by the Note A-2 Holder or reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 3 or 4, as applicable.

“Note A-2 Securitization” shall mean the sale by the Note A-2 Holder of all or any portion of the Note A-2 to a depositor, who will in turn include such portion of Note A-2 as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Note A-2 Securitization Date” shall mean the effective date on which the Securitization of Note A-2 is consummated.

“Note A-3” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-3 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-3 Holder or any subsequent holder of Note A-3, as applicable.

“Note A-3 Principal Balance” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, at any time of determination, the Initial Note A-3 Principal Balance set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon received by the Note A-3 Holder or reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 3 or 4, as applicable.

“Note A-3 Securitization” shall mean the sale by the Note A-3 Holder of all or any portion of the Note A-3 to a depositor, who will in turn include such portion of Note A-3 as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Note A-3 Securitization Date” shall mean the effective date on which the Securitization of Note A-3 is consummated.

“Note A-4” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-4 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-4 Holder or any subsequent holder of Note A-4, as applicable.

“Note A-4 Principal Balance” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, at any time of determination, the Initial Note A-4 Principal Balance set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon received by the Note A-4 Holder or reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 3 or 4, as applicable.

“Note A-4 Securitization” shall mean the sale by the Note A-4 Holder of all or any portion of the Note A-4 to a depositor, who will in turn include such portion of Note A-4 as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Note A-4 Securitization Date” shall mean the effective date on which the Securitization of Note A-4 is consummated.

“Note Holders” shall mean collectively, the Note A-1 Holder, the Note A-2 Holder, the Note A-3 Holder and the Note A-4 Holder.

“Note Pledgee” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14(d).

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“Note Register” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 15.

“Notes” shall mean, collectively, Note A-1, Note A-2, Note A-3 and Note A-4.

“Operating Advisor” shall mean the “trust advisor,” “operating advisor” or other analogous term under the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“P&I Advance” shall mean an advance made by (a) a party to the Lead Servicing Agreement in respect of a delinquent monthly debt service payment on the Lead Securitization Note or (b) a party to a Non-Lead Servicing Agreement in respect of a delinquent monthly debt service payment on the applicable Non-Lead Securitization Note.

“Percentage Interest” shall mean, (a) with respect to the Note A-1 Holder, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Note A-1 Principal Balance and the denominator of which is the sum of the Note A-1 Principal Balance, the Note A-2 Principal Balance, the Note A-3 Principal Balance and the Note A-4 Principal Balance, (b) with respect to the Note A-2 Holder, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Note A-2 Principal Balance and the denominator of which is the sum of the Note A-1 Principal Balance, the Note A-2 Principal Balance, the Note A-3 Principal Balance and the Note A-4 Principal Balance, (c) with respect to the Note A-3 Holder, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Note A-3 Principal Balance and the denominator of which is the sum of the Note A-1 Principal Balance, the Note A-2 Principal Balance, the Note A-3 Principal Balance and the Note A-4 Principal Balance, and (d) with respect to the Note A-4 Holder, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Note A-4 Principal Balance and the denominator of which is the sum of the Note A-1 Principal Balance, the Note A-2 Principal Balance, the Note A-3 Principal Balance and the Note A-4 Principal Balance.

“Permitted Fund Manager” shall mean any Person that on the date of determination is (i) one of the entities on Exhibit C attached hereto and made a part hereof or any other nationally-recognized manager of investment funds investing in debt or equity interests relating to commercial real estate, (ii) investing through a fund with committed capital of at least $250,000,000 and (iii) not subject to a proceeding relating to the bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors.

“Pledge” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14(d).

“Pre-Securitization Servicing Agreement” shall mean the related servicing or similar agreement between Argentic Real Estate Finance 2 LLC and Barclays Bank PLC, or certain affiliates thereof.

“Pro Rata and Pari Passu Basis” shall mean with respect to the Notes and the Note Holders, the allocation of any particular payment, collection, cost, expense, liability or other amount between such Notes or such Note Holders, as the case may be, without any priority of any such Note or any such Note Holder over another such Note or Note Holder, as the case may be, and in any event such that each Note or Note Holder, as the case may be, is allocated its respective Percentage Interest of such particular payment, collection, cost, expense, liability or other amount.

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“Qualified Institutional Lender” shall mean each of the Initial Note Holders and any other U.S. Person that is:

(a)                an entity Controlled (as defined herein) by, under common Control with or that Controls either of the Initial Note Holders, or

(b)               the trustee on behalf of the trust certificates issued pursuant to a master trust agreement involving a CLO comprised of, or other securitization vehicle involving, assets deposited or transferred by a Note Holder and/or one or more Affiliates (whether with assets from others or not), provided that the securities issued in connection with such CLO or other securitization vehicle are rated by each of the Rating Agencies that assigned a rating to one or more classes of securities issued in connection with the Lead Securitization, or

(c)                one or more of the following:

(i)            an insurance company, bank, savings and loan association, investment bank, trust company, commercial credit corporation, pension plan, pension fund, pension fund advisory firm, mutual fund, real estate investment trust, governmental entity or plan, or

(ii)            an investment company, money management firm or a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a) (1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or

(iii)            a Qualified Trustee in connection with (a) any securitization of, (b) the creation of collateralized loan obligations (“CLO”) secured by, or (c) a financing through an “owner trust” of, a Note or any interest therein (any of the foregoing, a “Securitization Vehicle”), provided that (1) one or more classes of securities issued by such Securitization Vehicle is initially rated at least investment grade by each of the Rating Agencies that assigned a rating to one or more classes of securities issued in connection with a Securitization (it being understood that with respect to any Rating Agency that assigned such a rating to the securities issued by such Securitization Vehicle, a Rating Agency Confirmation will not be required in connection with a transfer of such Note or any interest therein to such Securitization Vehicle); (2) in the case of a Securitization Vehicle that is not a CLO, the special servicer of such Securitization Vehicle (x) has a Required Special Servicer Rating, (y) is LNR Partners, LLC or (z) is otherwise acceptable to the Rating Agencies rating each Securitization (such entity, an “Approved Servicer”) and such Approved Servicer is required to service and administer such Note or any interest therein in accordance with servicing arrangements for the assets held by the Securitization Vehicle which require that such Approved Servicer act in accordance with a servicing standard notwithstanding any contrary direction or instruction from any other Person; or (3) in the case of a Securitization Vehicle that is a CLO, the CLO Asset Manager and, if applicable, each Intervening Trust Vehicle that is not

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administered and managed by a CLO Asset Manager which is a Qualified Institutional Lender, are each a Qualified Institutional Lender under clauses (i), (ii), (iv) or (v) of this definition, or

(iv)            an investment fund, limited liability company, limited partnership or general partnership having capital and/or capital commitments of at least $250,000,000, in which (A) any Initial Note Holder, (B) a person that is otherwise a Qualified Institutional Lender under clause (i), (ii) or (v) (with respect to an institution substantially similar to the entities referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above), or (C) a Permitted Fund Manager, acts as a general partner, managing member, or the fund manager responsible for the day-to-day management and operation of such investment vehicle and provided that at least 50% of the equity interests in such investment vehicle are owned, directly or indirectly, by one or more entities that are otherwise Qualified Institutional Lenders (without regard to the capital surplus/equity and total asset requirements set forth below in the definition), or

(v)            an institution substantially similar to any of the foregoing, and

in the case of any entity referred to in clause (c)(i), (ii), (iv)(B) or (v) of this definition, (x) such entity has at least $200,000,000 in capital/statutory surplus or shareholders’ equity (except with respect to a pension advisory firm or similar fiduciary) and at least $600,000,000 in total assets (in name or under management), and (y) is regularly engaged in the business of making or owning commercial real estate loans (or interests therein) similar to the Mortgage Loan (or mezzanine loans with respect thereto) or owning or operating commercial real estate properties; provided that, in the case of the entity described in clause (iv)(B) above, the requirements of this clause (y) may be satisfied by a general partner, managing member, or the fund manager responsible for the day-to-day management and operation of such entity; or

(d)               any entity Controlled by any of the entities described in clause (c)(i), (ii) and (iv)(B) above or approved by the Rating Agencies hereunder as a Qualified Institutional Lender for purposes of this Agreement, or as to which the Rating Agencies have stated they would not review such entity in connection with the subject transfer.

“Qualified Trustee” shall mean (i) a corporation, national bank, national banking association or a trust company, organized and doing business under the laws of any state or the United States of America, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers and to accept the trust conferred, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority, (ii) an institution insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or (iii) an institution whose long-term senior unsecured debt is rated either of the then in effect top two rating categories of each of the applicable Rating Agencies.

“Rating Agencies” shall mean DBRS, Fitch, KBRA, Moody’s, Morningstar and S&P and their respective successors in interest or, if any of such entities shall for any reason no longer perform the functions of a securities rating agency, any other nationally recognized statistical rating agency reasonably designated by any Note Holder to rate the securities issued in connection with the Securitization of the related Note; provided, however, that, at any time during

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which the Mortgage Loan is an asset of one or more Securitizations, “Rating Agencies” or “Rating Agency” shall mean only those rating agencies that are engaged from time to time to rate the securities issued in connection with the Securitizations of the Notes.

“Rating Agency Confirmation” shall mean prior to a Securitization with respect to any matter, confirmation in writing (which may be in electronic form) by each applicable Rating Agency that a proposed action, failure to act or other event so specified will not, in and of itself, result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of the then-current rating assigned to any class of certificates (if then rated by the Rating Agency); provided that a written waiver or other acknowledgment from the Rating Agency indicating its decision not to review the matter for which the Rating Agency Confirmation is sought shall be deemed to satisfy the requirement for the Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such matter and after a Securitization, the meaning given thereto or any analogous term in the Lead Servicing Agreement or Non-Lead Servicing Agreement, as applicable, including any deemed Rating Agency Confirmation.

For the purposes of this Agreement, if any Rating Agency (1) waives, declines or refuses, in writing, to review or otherwise engage any request for a confirmation hereunder from such Rating Agency that a proposed action will not result in a qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of its then current rating of the securities issued pursuant to the related Securitization, or (2) does not reply to such request or responds in a manner that indicates that such Rating Agency is neither reviewing such request nor waiving the requirement for Rating Agency Confirmation and the related timing, notice and other applicable provisions set forth in the Lead Servicing Agreement and each Non-Lead Servicing Agreement, as applicable, have been satisfied, then for such request only, the condition that such confirmation by such Rating Agency (only) be obtained shall be deemed not to apply for purposes of this Agreement. For purposes of clarity, any such waiver, declination or refusal to review or otherwise engage in any request for such confirmation hereunder shall not be deemed a waiver, declination or refusal to review or otherwise engage in any subsequent request for such Rating Agency Confirmation hereunder and the condition for such Rating Agency Confirmation pursuant to this Agreement for any subsequent request shall apply regardless of any previous waiver, declination or refusal to review or otherwise engage in such prior request.

“Redirection Notice” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14(c).

“Regulation AB” shall mean Subpart 229.1100 – Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R. §§229.1100-229.1125, as such may be amended from time to time, and subject to such clarification and interpretation as have been provided by the Securities and Exchange Commission or by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or as may be provided by the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff from time to time.

“REMIC” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5(e).

“Required Special Servicer Rating” (1) at any time that the Lead Securitization Note is included in the Lead Securitization, shall have the meaning assigned to such term or any analogous term in the Lead Servicing Agreement, and (2) at any other time, shall mean with respect to a special servicer (i) in the case of Fitch, a rating of “CSS3”, (ii) in the case of S&P, such special

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servicer is on S&P’s Select Servicer List as a U.S. Commercial Mortgage Special Servicer, (iii) in the case of Moody’s, such special servicer is acting as special servicer for one or more loans included in a commercial mortgage loan securitization that was rated by Moody’s within the twelve (12) month period prior to the date of determination, and Moody’s has not downgraded or withdrawn the then-current rating on any class of commercial mortgage securities or placed any class of commercial mortgage securities on watch citing the continuation of such special servicer as special servicer of such commercial mortgage loans as the sole or material factor, (iv) in the case of Morningstar, either (a) the applicable replacement has a special servicer ranking of at least “MOR CS3” by Morningstar (if ranked by Morningstar) or (b) if not ranked by Morningstar, is currently acting as a master servicer or special servicer, as applicable, on a deal or transaction-level basis for all or a significant portion of the related mortgage loans in other CMBS transactions rated by any of S&P, Moody’s, Fitch, DBRS or KBRA and the trustee does not have actual knowledge that Morningstar has, and the replacement special servicer certifies that Morningstar has not, with respect to any such other CMBS transaction, qualified, downgraded or withdrawn its rating or ratings on one or more classes of such CMBS transaction citing servicing concerns of the applicable replacement as the sole or material factor in such rating action, (v) in the case of KBRA, KBRA has not cited servicing concerns of such special servicer as the sole or material factor in any qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings (or placement on “watch status” in contemplation of a ratings downgrade or withdrawal) of securities in a transaction serviced by such special servicer prior to the time of determination, and (vi) in the case of DBRS, such special servicer is acting as special servicer in a commercial mortgage loan securitization that was rated by DBRS within the twelve (12) month period prior to the date of determination and DBRS has not downgraded or withdrawn the then-current rating on any class of commercial mortgage securities or placed any class of commercial mortgage securities on watch citing the continuation of such special servicer as special servicer of such commercial mortgage securities as a material reason for such downgrade or withdrawal.

“S&P” shall mean Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, and its successors in interest.

“Scheduled Interest Payment” shall mean the scheduled payment of interest due on the Mortgage Loan on a Monthly Payment Date.

“Scheduled Principal Payment” shall mean the scheduled payment of principal due on the Mortgage Loan on a Monthly Payment Date.

“Securitization” shall mean one or more sales by a Note Holder of all or a portion of such Note to a depositor or a similar person, who will in turn include such portion of such Note as part of a securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Securitization Date” shall mean, with respect to a Securitization, the effective date on which such Securitization is consummated.

“Securitization Trust” shall mean a trust formed pursuant to a Securitization pursuant to which any Note is held.

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“Securitization Vehicle” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Qualified Institutional Lender.”

“Servicer” shall mean the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the context may require.

“Servicer Termination Event” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or such analogous term in the Lead Servicing Agreement or at any time that the Mortgage Loan is no longer subject to the provisions of the Lead Servicing Agreement, any analogous concept under the servicing agreement pursuant to which the Mortgage Loan is being serviced in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

“Servicing Advance” shall mean “Servicing Advance” or other analogous term as defined in the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Special Servicer” shall mean the special servicer appointed as provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement and this Agreement.

“Taxes” shall mean any income or other taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature, now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any department, agency, state or other political subdivision thereof or therein.

“Transfer” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14.

“Trustee” shall mean the trustee or its successor-in-interest, or any successor Trustee appointed as provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“U.S. Person” shall mean a citizen or resident of the United States, a corporation or partnership (except to the extent provided in applicable Treasury Regulations) created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, including any entity treated as a corporation or partnership for federal income tax purposes, or an estate whose income is subject to United States federal income tax regardless of its source, or a trust if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of such trust, and one or more such U.S. Persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of such trust (or, to the extent provided in applicable Treasury Regulations, a trust in existence on August 20, 1996 which is eligible to elect to be treated as a U.S. Person).

Section 2.                Servicing of the Mortgage Loan.

(a)                Until the Lead Securitization Date, (a) Note A-1 shall be serviced in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and under an interim servicing arrangement as directed by the Note A-1 Holder and (b) Note A-2, Note A-3 and Note A-4 shall be serviced in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and pursuant to the Pre-Securitization Servicing Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, prior to the Lead Securitization Date, the Controlling Note Holder shall consult with each Non-Controlling Note Holder prior to implementing any Major Decision with respect to the Mortgage Loan. In the event of any conflict

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between the terms of this Agreement and any of the interim servicing arrangement or Pre-Securitization Servicing Agreement, this Agreement shall control.

(b)               Each Note Holder acknowledges and agrees that, subject in each case to this Agreement, the Mortgage Loan shall be serviced from and after the Lead Securitization Date pursuant to the Lead Servicing Agreement; provided that the Master Servicer shall not be obligated to advance monthly payments of principal or interest in respect of any Note other than the Lead Securitization Note if such principal or interest is not paid by the Mortgage Loan Borrower but shall be obligated to advance delinquent real estate taxes, insurance premiums and other expenses related to the maintenance of the Mortgaged Property and maintenance and enforcement of the lien of the Mortgage thereon, subject to the terms of this Agreement and the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement including any provisions governing the determination of non-recoverability. Each Note Holder acknowledges that each other Note Holder may elect, in its sole discretion, to include its Note in a Securitization and agrees that it will, subject to Section 26, reasonably cooperate with such other Note Holder, at such other Note Holder’s expense, to effect such Securitization. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each Note Holder hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consents to the appointment of the Master Servicer, Operating Advisor, Certificate Administrator, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee under the Lead Servicing Agreement by the Depositor and the appointment of the initial Special Servicer by the Controlling Note Holder as may be replaced pursuant to the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement and agrees to reasonably cooperate with the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer with respect to the servicing of the Mortgage Loan in accordance with the Lead Servicing Agreement. Each Note Holder hereby irrevocably appoints the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee in the Lead Securitization as such Note Holder’s attorney-in-fact to sign any documents reasonably required with respect to the administration and servicing of the Mortgage Loan on its behalf under the Lead Servicing Agreement (subject at all times to the rights of the Note Holder set forth herein and in the Lead Servicing Agreement). In no event shall the Lead Servicing Agreement require the Servicer to enforce the rights of any Note Holder against any other Note Holder or limit the Servicer in enforcing the rights of one Note Holder against any other Note Holder; however, this statement shall not be construed to otherwise limit the rights of one Note Holder with respect to any other Note Holder. Each Servicer shall be required pursuant to the Lead Servicing Agreement to service the Mortgage Loan in accordance with the Servicing Standard, the terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents, the Lead Servicing Agreement and applicable law, each Servicer shall provide information to each Non-Lead Servicer under a Non-Lead Servicing Agreement to enable each such Non-Lead Servicer to perform its servicing duties under the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement and each Servicer shall not take any action or refrain from taking any action or follow any direction inconsistent with the foregoing.

If, at any time that the Mortgage Loan is no longer subject to the provisions of the Lead Servicing Agreement, the Note Holders agree to cause the Mortgage Loan to be serviced by one or more servicers, each of which has been agreed upon by the Note Holders, pursuant to a servicing agreement that has servicing terms substantially similar to the Lead Servicing Agreement and all references herein to the “Lead Servicing Agreement” shall mean such subsequent servicing agreement; provided, however, that if a Non-Lead Securitization Note is in a Securitization, then a Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been obtained from each Rating Agency; provided,

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further, however, that until a replacement servicing agreement has been entered into, the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall cause the Mortgage Loan to be serviced pursuant to the provisions of the Lead Servicing Agreement as if such agreement was still in full force and effect with respect to the Mortgage Loan, by the Servicer in the Lead Securitization or by any Person appointed by the Lead Securitization Note Holder that is a qualified servicer meeting the requirements of the Lead Servicing Agreement and meeting the Required Special Servicer Rating (to the extent such servicer is performing special servicing functions).

(c)                The Master Servicer shall be the master servicer on the Mortgage Loan, and from time to time it (or the Trustee or Special Servicer, to the extent provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement) (i) shall be required to (and the Special Servicer may, under certain circumstances as provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement) make Servicing Advances with respect to the Mortgage Loan, subject to the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement and this Agreement, and (ii) may be required to make P&I Advances on the Lead Securitization Note, if and to the extent provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement and this Agreement. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee, as applicable, shall be entitled to reimbursement for a Servicing Advance, first from funds on deposit in the Collection Account or Companion Distribution Account for the Mortgage Loan that (in any case) represent amounts received on or in respect of the Mortgage Loan, and then, in the case of Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances, if such funds on deposit in the Collection Account or Companion Distribution Account are insufficient, from general collections of the Lead Securitization as provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement and from general collections of a Non-Lead Securitization as provided below. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee, as applicable, shall be entitled to reimbursement for Advance Interest Amounts on a Servicing Advance or a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, in the manner and from the sources provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement, including from general collections of the Lead Securitization and, in the case of Servicing Advances or Advance Interest Amount on a Servicing Advance, from general collections of a Non-Lead Securitization as provided below. To the extent the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, obtains funds from general collections of the Lead Securitization as a reimbursement for a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance or any Advance Interest Amounts on a Servicing Advance or a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder (including from general collections or any other amounts from any Non-Lead Securitization Trust) shall be required to, promptly following notice from the Master Servicer, reimburse the Lead Securitization for its pro rata share of such Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance or Advance Interest Amounts.

In addition, each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder (including, but not limited to, any Non-Lead Securitization Trust) shall be required to, promptly following notice from the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, pay or reimburse the Lead Securitization for such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s pro rata share of any fees, costs or expenses incurred in connection with the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loan as to which the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor or the Depositor, as applicable, is entitled to be reimbursed pursuant to the Lead Servicing Agreement and any costs, fees and expenses related to obtaining any Rating Agency Confirmation, to the extent amounts on deposit in the Collection Account or Companion Distribution Account that are allocated to the related Non-Lead Securitization Note are insufficient for reimbursement of such

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amounts and to the extent that funds from general collections in the Lead Securitization are applied towards the Lead Securitization Note Holder’s pro rata share of the insufficiency. Each Non-Lead Note Holder agrees to indemnify (i) (as and to the same extent the Lead Securitization Trust is required to indemnify each of the following parties in respect of other mortgage loans in the Lead Securitization Trust pursuant to the terms of Lead Servicing Agreement) each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Depositor (and any director, officer, employee or agent of any of the foregoing, to the extent such parties are identified as indemnified parties in the Lead Servicing Agreement in respect of other mortgage loans) and (ii) the Lead Securitization Trust (such parties in clause (i) and the Lead Securitization Trust, collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”) against any claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and related costs, judgments and any other costs, liabilities, fees and expenses incurred in connection with the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loan and the Mortgaged Property (or, with respect to the Operating Advisor, incurred in connection with the provision of services for the Mortgage Loan) under the Lead Servicing Agreement (collectively, the “Indemnified Items”) to the extent of its pro rata share of such Indemnified Items, and to the extent amounts on deposit in the Collection Account or Companion Distribution Account that are allocated to the related Non-Lead Securitization Note are insufficient for reimbursement of such amounts, the related Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall be required to, promptly following notice from the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, reimburse each of the applicable Indemnified Parties for its pro rata share of the insufficiency, (including, if a Non-Lead Securitization Note has been included in a Securitization, from general collections or any other amounts from such Non-Lead Securitization Trust).

Any Non-Lead Master Servicer may be required to make P&I Advances on the respective Non-Lead Securitization Note, from time to time, subject to the terms of the related Non-Lead Servicing Agreement, the Lead Servicing Agreement and this Agreement. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee, as applicable, shall be entitled to make their own recoverability determination with respect to a P&I Advance to be made on the Lead Securitization Note based on the information that they have on hand and in accordance with the Lead Servicing Agreement. Any Non-Lead Master Servicer, Non-Lead Special Servicer or Non-Lead Trustee, as applicable, shall be entitled to make its own recoverability determination with respect to a P&I Advance to be made on the related Non-Lead Securitization Note based on the information that they have on hand and in accordance with the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement. The Master Servicer and the Trustee, as applicable, and any Non-Lead Master Servicer or the Non-Lead Trustee, as applicable, shall be required to notify the other of the amount of its P&I Advance within two business days of making such advance. If the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable (with respect to the Lead Securitization Note) or a Non-Lead Master Servicer, Non-Lead Special Servicer or Non-Lead Trustee, as applicable (with respect to a Non-Lead Securitization Note), determines that a proposed P&I Advance, if made, would be non-recoverable or an outstanding P&I Advance is or would be non-recoverable, or if the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, subsequently determines that a proposed Servicing Advance would be non-recoverable or an outstanding Servicing Advance is or would be non-recoverable, then the Master Servicer or the Trustee (as provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement, in the case of a determination of non-recoverability by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee) or such Non-Lead Master Servicer or Non-Lead Trustee (as

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provided in the related Non-Lead Servicing Agreement, in the case of the a determination of non-recoverability by a Non-Lead Master Servicer, Non-Lead Special Servicer or Non-Lead Trustee) shall notify the Master Servicer and the Trustee, or the related Non-Lead Master Servicer and Non-Lead Trustee, as the case may be, of such other Securitization within two business days of making such determination. Each of the Master Servicer, the Trustee, any Non-Lead Master Servicer and any Non-Lead Trustee, as applicable, shall only be entitled to reimbursement for a P&I Advance and advance interest thereon that becomes non-recoverable, first from the Collection Account or Companion Distribution Account from amounts allocable to the Note for which such P&I Advance was made, and then, if funds are insufficient, (i) in the case of the Lead Securitization Note, from general collections of the Lead Securitization Trust, pursuant to the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement and (ii) in the case of a Non-Lead Securitization Note, from general collections of the related Securitization Trust, as and to the extent provided in the related Non-Lead Servicing Agreement.

(d)               Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder agrees that, if the Non-Lead Securitization Note is included in a Securitization, it shall cause the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement to contain provisions to the effect that:

(i)            each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall be responsible for its pro rata share of any Servicing Advances (and advance interest thereon) and any additional trust fund expenses, but only to the extent that they relate to servicing and administration of the Notes and the Mortgaged Property, including without limitation, any unpaid special servicing fees, liquidation fees and workout fees relating to the Notes, and that in the event that the funds received with respect to each respective Note are insufficient to cover such Servicing Advances or additional trust fund expenses, (A) the related Non-Lead Master Servicer will be required to, promptly following notice from the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, pay or reimburse the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, or the Lead Securitization Trust, as applicable, out of general funds in the collection account (or equivalent account) established under such Non-Lead Servicing Agreement for the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s pro rata share of any such Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances (together with advance interest thereon) and/or additional trust fund expenses (including compensation due to the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer to the extent related to the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loan and the Mortgaged Property), and (B) if the Lead Servicing Agreement permits the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee to reimburse itself from the Lead Securitization Trust’s general account, then the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor or the Trustee, as applicable, may do so, and the related Non-Lead Master Servicer will be required to, promptly following notice from the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, reimburse the Lead Securitization Trust out of general funds in the collection account (or equivalent account) established under such Non-Lead Servicing Agreement for the applicable Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s pro rata share of any such Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances (together with advance interest thereon) and/or additional trust fund expenses (including compensation due to the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer to the extent related to the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loan and the Mortgaged Property);

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(ii)            each of the Indemnified Parties shall be indemnified (as and to the same extent the Lead Securitization Trust is required to indemnify each of such Indemnified Parties in respect of other mortgage loans in the Lead Securitization Trust pursuant to the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement and, in the case of the Lead Securitization Trust, to the extent of any additional trust fund expenses with respect to the Mortgage Loan) by any Non-Lead Securitization Trust, against any of the Indemnified Items to the extent of its pro rata share of such Indemnified Items, and to the extent amounts on deposit in the Collection Account or Companion Distribution Account that are allocated to a Non-Lead Securitization Note are insufficient for reimbursement of such amounts, the related Non-Lead Master Servicer will be required to reimburse each of the applicable Indemnified Parties for its pro rata share of the insufficiency out of general funds in the collection account (or equivalent account) established under such Non-Lead Servicing Agreement; provided, however, that the Non-Lead Servicing Agreements may include limitations and conditions on the payment or reimbursement of Indemnified Items to the Operating Advisor (including limitations and conditions with respect to the timing of such payments or reimbursements and the sources of funds for such payments or reimbursements);

(iii)            each Non-Lead Master Servicer, the Non-Lead Trustee or the certificate administrator under the Non-Lead Servicing Agreement will be required to deliver to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer (i) promptly following Securitization of the related Non-Lead Securitization Note, notice of the deposit of the Non-Lead Securitization Note into a Securitization Trust (which notice shall also provide contact information for the trustee, the certificate administrator, the Non-Lead Master Servicer, the Non-Lead Special Servicer and the party designated to exercise the rights of the “Non-Controlling Note Holder” under this Agreement, including the Controlling Class Representative under the Non-Lead Servicing Agreement), accompanied by a certified copy of the executed Non-Lead Servicing Agreement and (ii) notice of any subsequent change in the identity of the Non-Lead Master Servicer or the party designated to exercise the rights of the “Non-Controlling Note Holder” under this Agreement (together with the relevant contact information);

(iv)            any matter affecting the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loan that requires delivery of a Rating Agency Confirmation pursuant to the Lead Servicing Agreement shall also require delivery of a Rating Agency Confirmation under any Non-Lead Servicing Agreement;

(v)            the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee and the Lead Securitization Trust shall be third-party beneficiaries of the foregoing provisions; and

(vi)            in the event of a proposed replacement of the Special Servicer, each Non-Lead Trustee shall use commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file on behalf of the related Non-Lead Securitization Trust a Form 8-K relating to such replacement that complies with the Exchange Act on the same day that a Form 8-K relating to such replacement is filed on behalf of the Lead Securitization; provided that the Non-Lead Depositors and a responsible officer of each Non-Lead Trustee has received notice of such proposed replacement (including any disclosure or other information required to be

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included in such Form 8-K as well as the requirement and timing for filing such Form 8-K) at least 5 Business Days prior to such filing date. The Lead Securitization Note Holder (including, as the context requires, the Depositor, Master Servicer, Special Servicer, Trustee or controlling class representative (or analogous term) relating to the related Lead Securitization Trust, on behalf of such Lead Securitization Note Holder) shall be a third-party beneficiary of the foregoing provision.

(e)                The Lead Securitization Note Holder agrees that it shall cause the Lead Servicing Agreement to contain provisions to the effect that (and to the extent such provisions are not included in the Lead Servicing Agreement, they shall be deemed incorporated therein and made a part thereof):

(i)            compensating interest payments as defined therein with respect to the Notes will be allocated by the Master Servicer between the Notes, pro rata, in accordance with their respective principal amounts. The Master Servicer shall remit any compensating interest payment in respect of the Non-Lead Securitization Notes to the applicable Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder;

(ii)            the Master Servicer shall remit all payments received with respect to any Non-Lead Securitization Note, net of the servicing fees payable to the Master Servicer and Special Servicer with respect to such Non-Lead Securitization Note, and any other applicable fees and reimbursements payable to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee, to the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder on or prior to the earlier of (A) the Master Servicer Remittance Date or (B) the “determination date” (or other analogous term) under the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement, provided, that, in each case as long as the date on which remittance is required under this clause (ii) is at least one business day after the scheduled monthly payment date under the Mortgage Loan Agreement, provided, that after the Securitization of the Lead Securitization Note, any late collections received by the Master Servicer after the related due date under the Mortgage Loan shall be remitted by the Master Servicer in accordance with the Lead Servicing Agreement;

(iii)            with respect to any Non-Lead Securitization Note, if it is held by a Securitization, the Master Servicer agrees to deliver or cause to be delivered to any Non-Lead Master Servicer all reports required to be delivered by the Master Servicer to the Trustee or Certificate Administrator under the Lead Servicing Agreement (which shall include all loan-level reports constituting the CREFC^® Investor Reporting Package (IRP)) pursuant to the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement to the extent related to the Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property, the Non-Lead Securitization Note, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee on or prior to the earlier of (A) the Master Servicer Remittance Date or (B) the “determination date” (or other analogous term) under the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement, in each case so long as the date on which delivery is required under this clause (iii) is at least one business day after the scheduled monthly payment date under the Mortgage Loan Agreement;

(iv)            in connection with (x) any amendment of the Lead Servicing Agreement, a party to such Lead Servicing Agreement shall provide a copy of the executed amendment

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to any Non-Lead Depositor and the certificate administrator under any Non-Lead Servicing Agreement (which may be by email) in order for such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder and the Non-Lead Depositor to timely comply with their obligations under the Exchange Act, and (y) the termination, resignation and/or replacement of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, the related replacement Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, shall provide all disclosure about itself that is required to be included in Form 8-K no later than the date of effectiveness thereof;

(v)            the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall be a third-party beneficiary to the Lead Servicing Agreement in respect of the rights afforded it thereunder to the extent such rights affect the Non-Lead Securitization Note or the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder;

(vi)            the Lead Servicing Agreement shall not be amended in any manner that materially and adversely (or words of similar import) affects the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder without the consent of such party;

(vii)            Servicer Termination Events include customary market termination events with respect to failure to make advances, failure to remit payments to any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder as required, failure to deliver (or cause to be delivered) materials or notices required in order for any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder and Non-Lead Depositor to timely comply with their obligations under the Exchange Act, and Rating Agency triggers with respect to the securities issued pursuant to any Non-Lead Securitization, subject to customary grace periods (provided, in the case of failures related to the Exchange Act, such grace periods do not materially and adversely affect the Non-Lead Depositor);

(viii)            if the Mortgage Loan becomes the subject of an “asset review” (or such analogous term defined in the Non-Lead Servicing Agreement) pursuant to any Non-Lead Servicing Agreement, the applicable parties to the Lead Servicing Agreement shall reasonably cooperate with the applicable Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer in connection with such asset review (or a substantially similar provision), including with respect to providing access to related underlying documents, to the extent the Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer has not obtained such documents from the Note Holder that sold the Non-Lead Securitization Note into the Non-Lead Securitization and such documents are in the possession of the applicable party to the Lead Servicing Agreement;

(ix)            each party to the Lead Servicing Agreement shall deliver (and shall cause any sub-servicer or any servicing function participant engaged by such party to deliver (or, in the case of a sub-servicer that the related mortgage loan seller requires the Master Servicer to engage, a party to the Lead Servicing Agreement shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause each party engaged by a party to the Lead Servicing Agreement to deliver)) (x) all materials and notices required in order for any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder and the Non-Lead Depositor to comply with (1) their obligations under the Exchange Act (including any required 10-D, 8-K and 10-K reporting) and (2) any applicable comment letter from the Securities and Exchange Commission or their obligations in connection with a “deficient Exchange Act deliverable” (or such analogous

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term defined in the Non-Lead Servicing Agreement) and (y) with respect to the “Sarbanes-Oxley certification” (or such analogous term defined in the Non-Lead Servicing Agreement) concerning the Non-Lead Securitization Trust to be submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the applicable certification to each Person who signs such “Sarbanes-Oxley certification” concerning the Non-Lead Securitization Trust;

(x)            each Non-Lead Securitization Trust (or the applicable parties to the Non-Lead Servicing Agreement) shall be entitled to indemnification pursuant to industry standard indemnification provisions customary for securitizations similar to the Non-Lead Securitization for the failure of the applicable parties to the Lead Servicing Agreement to timely deliver (or cause to be timely delivered) the materials or information required pursuant to clause (ix) above; and

(xi)            subject to various adjustments and caps provided for in the Lead Servicing Agreement (which shall be substantially similar to those set forth in the Non-Lead Servicing Agreement), primary servicing, special servicing, workout and liquidation fees (and, in any event, the fees at which such compensation accrue or are determined shall not exceed 0.0025%, 0.25%, 1.0% and 1.0%, respectively).

(f)                Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall give each of the parties to the Lead Servicing Agreement (that will not also be a party to the Non-Lead Servicing Agreement) notice of the Non-Lead Securitization in writing (which may be by e-mail) prior to or promptly following the Non-Lead Securitization Date. Such notice shall contain contact information for each of the parties to the Non-Lead Servicing Agreement. In addition, after the Non-Lead Securitization Date, the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall send a copy of the Non-Lead Servicing Agreement to each of the parties to the Lead Servicing Agreement.

(g)               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, any obligation of the Servicer pursuant to the terms hereof shall be performed by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, as set forth in the Lead Servicing Agreement.

Section 3.                Priority of Payments. Each Note shall be of equal priority, and no portion of any Note shall have priority or preference over any portion of any other Note or security therefor. All amounts tendered by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or otherwise available for payment on or with respect to or in connection with the Mortgage Loan or the Mortgaged Property or amounts realized as proceeds thereof, whether received in the form of Monthly Payments, the Balloon Payment, Liquidation Proceeds, proceeds under any guaranty, letter of credit or other collateral or instrument securing the Mortgage Loan, Condemnation Proceeds, or Insurance Proceeds (other than proceeds, awards or settlements to be applied to the restoration or repair of the Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgage Loan Borrower in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents), but excluding (x) all amounts for required reserves or escrows required by the Mortgage Loan Documents (to the extent, in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents) to be held as reserves or escrows or received as reimbursements on account of recoveries in respect of property protection expenses or Servicing Advances then due and payable or reimbursable to the Trustee or any Servicer under the Lead Servicing Agreement and (y) all amounts that are then due, payable or reimbursable (except for (i) any reimbursements

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of P&I Advances (and interest thereon) made with respect to the Notes, which may only be reimbursed out of payments and collections allocable to such Note, (ii) any servicing fees due to the Master Servicer in excess of any Non-Lead Securitization Note’s pro rata share of that portion of such servicing fees calculated at the servicing fee rate applicable to the Mortgage Loan as set forth in the Lead Servicing Agreement) to any Servicer (or the Trustee as successor to the Servicer), with respect to the Mortgage Loan pursuant to the Lead Servicing Agreement (including without limitation, any additional trust fund expenses relating to the Mortgage Loan and any special servicing fees, liquidation fees, workout fees, Penalty Charges (to the extent provided in the immediately following paragraph), amounts paid by the Mortgage Loan Borrower in respect of modification fees or assumption fees and any other additional compensation payable pursuant to the Lead Servicing Agreement), shall be applied by the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or its designee) to the Notes on a Pro Rata and Pari Passu Basis.

For clarification purposes, Penalty Charges (as defined in the Lead Servicing Agreement) paid on each Note shall first, be used to reduce, on a pro rata basis, the amounts payable on each Note by the amount necessary to pay the Master Servicer, the Trustee or the Special Servicer for any interest accrued on any Servicing Advances and reimbursement of any Servicing Advances in accordance with the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement, second, be used to reduce the respective amounts payable on each Note by the amount necessary to pay the Master Servicer, Trustee, Non-Lead Master Servicer or Non-Lead Trustee for any interest accrued on any P&I Advance made with respect to such Note by such party (if and as specified in the Lead Servicing Agreement or a Non-Lead Servicing Agreement, as applicable), third, be used to reduce, on a pro rata basis, the amounts payable on each Note by the amount necessary to pay additional trust fund expenses (other than Special Servicing Fees, unpaid Workout Fees and Liquidation Fees) incurred with respect to the Mortgage Loan (as specified in the Lead Servicing Agreement) and finally, (i) in the case of the remaining amount of Penalty Charges allocable to the Lead Securitization Note, be paid to the Master Servicer and/or the Special Servicer as additional servicing compensation as provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement and (ii)  in the case of the remaining amount of Penalty Charges allocable to the Non-Lead Securitization Note, be paid, (x) prior to the securitization of such Note, to the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder and (y) following the securitization of such Note, to the Master Servicer and/or the Special Servicer as additional servicing compensation as provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement.

Any proceeds received from the sale of the primary servicing rights with respect to the Mortgage Loan shall be remitted, promptly upon receipt thereof, to the Note Holders on a Pro Rata and Pari Passu Basis. Any proceeds received by any Note Holder from the sale of master servicing rights with respect to its Note shall be for its own account. Any Note Holder that receives proceeds from the sale of the primary servicing rights with respect to the Mortgage Loan shall remit to the other Note Holders, promptly upon receipt thereof, such amounts as are required such that each Note Holder receives its pro rata share of such proceeds on a Pro Rata and Pari Passu Basis.

Section 4.                Workout. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, but subject to the terms and conditions of the Lead Servicing Agreement, and the obligation to act in accordance with the Servicing Standard, if the Lead Securitization Note Holder, or any Servicer, in connection with a workout or proposed workout of the Mortgage Loan, modifies the

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terms thereof such that (i) the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan is decreased, (ii) the Interest Rate is reduced, (iii) payments of interest or principal on any Note are waived, reduced or deferred or (iv) any other adjustment is made to any of the payment terms of the Mortgage Loan, such modification shall not alter, and any modification of the Mortgage Loan Documents shall be structured to preserve, the equal priorities of each Note as described in Section 3.

Section 5.                Administration of the Mortgage Loan.

(a)                Subject to this Agreement (including but not limited to Section 5(c)) and the Lead Servicing Agreement and subject to the rights and consents, where required, of the Controlling Note Holder Representative, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee acting on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder) shall have the sole and exclusive authority with respect to the administration of, and exercise of rights and remedies with respect to, the Mortgage Loan, including, without limitation, the sole authority to modify or waive any of the terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents or consent to any action or failure to act by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or any other party to the Mortgage Loan Documents, call or waive any Event of Default, accelerate the Mortgage Loan or institute any foreclosure action or other remedy, and the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holders shall have no voting, consent or other rights whatsoever except as explicitly set forth herein with respect to the Lead Securitization Note Holder’s administration of, or exercise of its rights and remedies with respect to, the Mortgage Loan. Subject to this Agreement and the Lead Servicing Agreement, each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder agrees that it shall have no right to, and hereby presently and irrevocably assigns and conveys to the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee acting on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder) the rights, if any, that such Note Holder has to, (i) call or cause the Lead Securitization Note Holder to call an Event of Default under the Mortgage Loan, or (ii) exercise any remedies with respect to the Mortgage Loan or the Mortgage Loan Borrower, including, without limitation, filing or causing the Lead Securitization Note Holder to file any bankruptcy petition against the Mortgage Loan Borrower. The Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee acting on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder) shall not have any fiduciary duty to any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder in connection with the administration of the Mortgage Loan (but the foregoing shall not relieve the Lead Securitization Note Holder from the obligation to make any disbursement of funds as set forth herein or its obligation to follow the Servicing Standard (in the case of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer) or any liability for failure to do so). Upon the Mortgage Loan becoming a Defaulted Mortgage Loan, each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder hereby acknowledges the right and obligation of the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Special Servicer acting on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder) to sell the Notes as notes evidencing one whole loan in accordance with the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement. In connection with any such sale, the Special Servicer shall sell the Notes together as notes evidencing one whole loan and shall require that all offers be submitted to the Trustee in writing. Whether any cash offer constitutes a fair price for the Mortgage Loan shall be determined by the Special Servicer (unless the offeror is an Interested Person, in which case the Trustee shall make such determination); provided, that no offer from an Interested Person shall constitute a fair price unless (i) it is the highest offer received and (ii) at least two bona fide other offers are received from independent third parties. In determining whether any offer received represents a fair price for the Mortgage

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Loan, the Trustee or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall be supplied with and shall rely on the most recent Appraisal or updated Appraisal conducted in accordance with the Lead Servicing Agreement within the preceding nine (9)-month period or, in the absence of any such Appraisal, on a new Appraisal. The Trustee shall select the appraiser conducting any such new Appraisal. In determining whether any such offer constitutes a fair price for the Mortgage Loan, the Trustee or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall instruct the appraiser to take into account (in addition to the results of any Appraisal or updated Appraisal that it may have obtained pursuant to the Lead Servicing Agreement), as applicable, among other factors, the period and amount of any delinquency on the affected Mortgage Loan, the occupancy level and physical condition of the Mortgaged Property and the state of the local economy. The Trustee may conclusively rely on the opinion of an Independent appraiser or other Independent expert in real estate matters with at least five (5) years’ experience in valuing or investing in loans similar to the Mortgage Loan that has been selected with reasonable care by the Trustee to determine if such cash offer constitutes a fair price for the Mortgage Loan, and that has been retained by the Trustee at the expense of the Holders in connection with making such determination.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Special Servicer acting on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder) shall not be permitted to sell the Mortgage Loan if it becomes a Defaulted Mortgage Loan without the written consent of each Non-Controlling Note Holder (provided that such consent is not required if the Non-Controlling Note Holder is the Mortgage Loan Borrower or an affiliate of the Mortgage Loan Borrower) unless the Special Servicer has delivered to the Non-Controlling Note Holders: (a) at least 15 Business Days’ prior written notice of any decision to attempt to sell the Mortgage Loan; (b) at least 10 days prior to the proposed sale date, a copy of each bid package (together with any material amendments to such bid packages) received by the Special Servicer in connection with any such proposed sale, (c) at least 10 days prior to the proposed sale date, a copy of the most recent appraisal for the Mortgage Loan, and any documents in the Servicing File reasonably requested by the Non-Controlling Note Holder that are material to the price of the Mortgage Loan and (d) until the sale is completed, and a reasonable period of time (but no less time than is afforded to the other offerors and the Lead Securitization Subordinate Class Representative) prior to the proposed sale date, all information and other documents being provided to other offerors and all leases or other documents that are approved by the Servicer in connection with the proposed sale; provided, that such Non-Controlling Note Holder may waive any of the delivery or timing requirements set forth in this sentence. Subject to the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement, each of the Controlling Note Holder, the Controlling Note Holder Representative, the Non-Controlling Note Holder and the Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative shall be permitted to bid at any sale of the Mortgage Loan unless such Person is the Mortgage Loan Borrower or an agent or Affiliate of the Mortgage Loan Borrower.

Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder hereby appoints the Lead Securitization Note Holder as its agent, and grants to the Lead Securitization Note Holder an irrevocable power of attorney coupled with an interest, and its proxy, for the purpose of soliciting and accepting offers for and consummating the sale of its Note. Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder further agrees that, upon the request of the Lead Securitization Note Holder, such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall execute and deliver to or at the direction of the Lead Securitization Note Holder such powers of attorney or other instruments as the Lead Securitization Note Holder may

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reasonably request to better assure and evidence the foregoing appointment and grant, in each case promptly following request, and shall deliver the original Non-Lead Securitization Note, endorsed in blank, to or at the direction of the Lead Securitization Note Holder in connection with the consummation of any such sale.

The authority of the Lead Securitization Note Holder to sell a Non-Lead Securitization Note, and the obligations of any other Note Holder to execute and deliver instruments or deliver the related Note upon request of the Lead Securitization Note Holder, shall terminate and cease to be of any further force or effect upon the date, if any, upon which the Lead Securitization Note is repurchased by the Note Holder that sold the Lead Securitization Note into the Lead Securitization from the trust fund established under the Lead Servicing Agreement in connection with a material breach of representation or warranty made by such Note Holder with respect to the Lead Securitization Note or material document defect with respect to the documents delivered by such Note Holder with respect to the Lead Securitization Note upon the consummation of the Lead Securitization. The preceding sentence shall not be construed to grant to any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder the benefit of any representation or warranty made by the Note Holder that sold the Lead Securitization Note into the Lead Securitization or any document delivery obligation imposed on such Note Holder under any mortgage loan purchase and sale agreement, instrument of transfer or other document or instrument that may be executed or delivered by such Note Holder in connection with the Lead Securitization.

(b)               The administration of the Mortgage Loan shall be governed by this Agreement and the Lead Servicing Agreement. To the extent that any provision in this Agreement conflicts with any provision in the Lead Servicing Agreement, the provisions in this Agreement shall control. The servicing of the Mortgage Loan shall be carried out by the Master Servicer and, if the Mortgage Loan is a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan (or to the extent otherwise provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement), by the Special Servicer, in each case pursuant to the Lead Servicing Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in accordance with the Lead Servicing Agreement, the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall cause the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer to service and administer the Mortgage Loan in accordance with the Servicing Standard, taking into account the interests of both Note Holders as a collective whole. The Note Holders agree to be bound by the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement. All rights and obligations of the Lead Securitization Note Holder described hereunder may be exercised by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and/or the Trustee on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder. The Lead Servicing Agreement shall not be amended in any manner that may adversely affect any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder in its capacity as Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder. Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder (unless it is the same Person as or an Affiliate of the Mortgage Loan Borrower) shall be a third-party beneficiary to the Lead Servicing Agreement with respect to their rights as specifically provided for therein.

(c)                The Controlling Note Holder (or its Controlling Note Holder Representative) shall have, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, all of the same rights and powers of the Controlling Class Representative under the Lead Servicing Agreement with respect to the other mortgage loans included in the Lead Securitization, without limitation, the right to consent and/or consult regarding Major Decisions and other servicing matters, the right to advise (1) the

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Special Servicer with respect to all Specially Serviced Loans and (2) the Special Servicer with respect to non-Specially Serviced Loans as to all matters for which the Master Servicer must obtain the consent or deemed consent of the Special Servicer, and the right to direct the Special Servicer to take, or to refrain from taking, such other actions with respect to the Mortgage Loan as the Controlling Class Representative may deem advisable or as to which provision is otherwise made therein, in each case subject to the terms and conditions of the Lead Servicing Agreement.

(d)               Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall be required (i) to provide copies of any notice, information and report that it is required to provide to the Lead Securitization Subordinate Class Representative pursuant to the Lead Servicing Agreement with respect to any Major Decisions or the implementation of any recommended actions outlined in an Asset Status Report relating to the Mortgage Loan, to the Non-Controlling Note Holder (or the master servicer of Non-Lead Securitization on its behalf), within the same time frame it is required to provide to the Lead Securitization Subordinate Class Representative (for this purpose, without regard to whether such items are actually required to be provided to the Lead Securitization Subordinate Class Representative under the Lead Servicing Agreement due to the existence of a Control Termination Event or a Consultation Termination Event) and (ii) to consult with the Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative) on a strictly non-binding basis, to the extent having received such notices, information and reports, such Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative) requests consultation with respect to any such Major Decisions or the implementation of any recommended actions outlined in an Asset Status Report relating to the Mortgage Loan, and consider alternative actions recommended by such Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative); provided that after the expiration of a period of ten (10) Business Days from the delivery to such Non-Controlling Note Holder (or the master servicer of Non-Controlling Note Securitization on its behalf) by the Lead Securitization Note Holder of written notice of a proposed action, together with copies of the notice, information and report required to be provided to the Lead Securitization Subordinate Class Representative, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall no longer be obligated to consult with such Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative), whether or not such Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative) has responded within such ten (10) Business Day period (unless, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) proposes a new course of action that is materially different from the action previously proposed, in which case such ten (10) Business Day period shall be deemed to begin anew from the date of such proposal and delivery of all information relating thereto). Notwithstanding the consultation rights of the Non-Controlling Note Holders (or the Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative) set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or Master Servicer or Special Servicer, acting on its behalf) may make any Major Decision or take any action set forth in the Asset Status Report before the expiration of the aforementioned ten (10) Business Day period if the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable) determines that immediate action with respect thereto is necessary to protect the interests of the Note Holders. In no event shall the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or Master Servicer or Special Servicer, acting on its behalf)

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be obligated at any time to follow or take any alternative actions recommended by any Non-Controlling Note Holder (or the Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative).

In addition to the consultation rights of the Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative) provided in the immediately preceding paragraph, the Non-Controlling Note Holder shall have the right to attend annual meetings (either telephonically or in person, in the discretion of the Servicer) with the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) at the offices of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, upon reasonable notice and at times reasonably acceptable to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in which servicing issues related to the Mortgage Loan are discussed; provided that the Non-Controlling Note Holder, at the request of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall execute a confidentiality agreement in form and substance satisfactory to it, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, and the Lead Securitization Note Holder.

(e)                If any Note is included as an asset of a real estate mortgage investment conduit (a “REMIC”), within the meaning of Section 860D(a) of the Code, then, any provision of this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding: (i) the Mortgage Loan shall be administered such that the Notes shall qualify at all times as (or as interests in) a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, (ii) any real property (and related personal property) acquired by or on behalf of the Note Holders pursuant to a foreclosure, exercise of a power of sale or delivery of a deed in lieu of foreclosure of the Mortgage or lien on such property following a default on the Mortgage Loan shall be administered so that the interest of the pro rata share of each Note Holder therein shall at all times qualify as “foreclosure property” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code and (iii) no Servicer may modify, waive or amend any provision of the Mortgage Loan, consent to or withhold consent from any action of the Mortgage Loan Borrower, or exercise or refrain from exercising any powers or rights which the Note Holders may have under the Mortgage Loan Documents, if any such action would constitute a “significant modification” of the Mortgage Loan, within the meaning of Section 1.860G-2(b) of the regulations of the United States Department of the Treasury, more than three (3) months after the startup day of the REMIC which includes the Notes (or any portion thereof). Each Note Holder agrees that the provisions of this paragraph shall be effected by compliance with any REMIC provisions in the Lead Servicing Agreement relating to the administration of the Mortgage Loan.

Anything herein or in the Lead Servicing Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event that one of the Notes is included in a REMIC and any other is not, such other Note Holder shall not be required to reimburse such Note Holder or any other Person for payment of (i) any taxes imposed on such REMIC, (ii) any costs or expenses relating to the administration of such REMIC or to any determination respecting the amount, payment or avoidance of any tax under such REMIC or (iii) any advances for any of the foregoing or any interest thereon or for deficits in other items of disbursement or income resulting from the use of funds for payment of any such taxes, costs or expenses or advances, nor shall any disbursement or payment otherwise distributable to any other Note Holder be reduced to offset or make-up any such payment or deficit.

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Section 6.                Appointment of Controlling Note Holder Representative and Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative.

(a)                The Controlling Note Holder shall have the right at any time to appoint a representative in connection with the exercise of its rights and obligations with respect to the Mortgage Loan (the “Controlling Note Holder Representative”). The Controlling Note Holder shall have the right in its sole discretion at any time and from time to time to remove and replace the Controlling Note Holder Representative in accordance with the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement. When exercising its various rights under Section 5 and elsewhere in this Agreement, the Controlling Note Holder may, at its option, in each case, act through the Controlling Note Holder Representative. The Controlling Note Holder Representative may be any Person (other than the Mortgage Loan Borrower, its principal or any Affiliate of the Mortgage Loan Borrower), including, without limitation, the Controlling Note Holder, any officer or employee of the Controlling Note Holder, any affiliate of the Controlling Note Holder or any other unrelated third party. No such Controlling Note Holder Representative shall owe any fiduciary duty or other duty to any other Person (other than the Controlling Note Holder). All actions that are permitted to be taken by the Controlling Note Holder under this Agreement may be taken by the Controlling Note Holder Representative acting on behalf of the Controlling Note Holder. No Servicer, Operating Advisor, Trustee or Certificate Administrator acting on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall be required to recognize any Person as a Controlling Note Holder Representative until the Controlling Note Holder has notified each Servicer, Operating Advisor, Trustee and Certificate Administrator of such appointment and, if the Controlling Note Holder Representative is not the same Person as the Controlling Note Holder, the Controlling Note Holder Representative provides each Servicer, Operating Advisor, Trustee, Asset Representations Reviewer and Certificate Administrator with written confirmation of its acceptance of such appointment, an address and facsimile number for the delivery of notices and other correspondence and a list of officers or employees of such person with whom the parties to this Agreement may deal (including their names, titles, work addresses and facsimile numbers). The Controlling Note Holder shall promptly deliver such information to each Servicer, Operating Advisor, Asset Representations Reviewer, Trustee and Certificate Administrator. So long as no Consultation Termination Event is in effect pursuant to the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement, the Controlling Note Holder Representative shall be the Lead Securitization Subordinate Class Representative.

(b)               Neither the Controlling Note Holder Representative nor the Controlling Note Holder shall have any liability to any other Note Holder or any other Person for any action taken, or for refraining from the taking of any action or the giving of any consent or the failure to give any consent pursuant to this Agreement or the Lead Servicing Agreement, or errors in judgment, absent any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of its willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence. The Note Holders agree that the Controlling Note Holder Representative and the Controlling Note Holder (whether acting in place of the Controlling Note Holder Representative when no Controlling Note Holder Representative shall have been appointed hereunder or otherwise exercising any right, power or privilege granted to the Controlling Note Holder hereunder) may take or refrain from taking actions, or give or refrain from giving consents, that favor the interests of one Note Holder over any other Note Holder, and that the Controlling Note Holder Representative may have special relationships and interests that

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conflict with the interests of a Note Holder and, absent willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence on the part of the Controlling Note Holder Representative or the Controlling Note Holder, as the case may be, agree to take no action against the Controlling Note Holder Representative, the Controlling Note Holder or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, principals or agents as a result of such special relationships or interests, and that neither the Controlling Note Holder Representative nor the Controlling Note Holder shall be deemed to have been grossly negligent or reckless, or to have acted in bad faith or engaged in willful misfeasance or to have recklessly disregarded any exercise of its rights by reason of its having acted or refrained from acting, or having given any consent or having failed to give any consent, solely in the interests of any Note Holder.

(c)                Each Non-Controlling Note Holder shall have the right at any time to appoint a representative in connection with the exercise of its rights and obligations with respect to the Mortgage Loan (such representative, with respect to each Non-Controlling Note Holder, its “Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative”). All of the provisions relating to Controlling Note Holder and the Controlling Note Holder Representative set forth in Section 6(a) (except those contained in the last sentence thereof) and Section 6(b) shall apply to each Non-Controlling Note Holder and its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative mutatis mutandis. The Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative with respect to each Non-Controlling Note as of the date of this Agreement and until the Lead Securitization Note Holder (and the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer) is notified otherwise, shall be the Initial Note Holder of such Note.

(d)               The Controlling Note Holder shall be entitled to exercise the rights and powers granted to the Lead Securitization Note hereunder and the rights and powers granted to the “Controlling Class Representative” or similar party under, and as defined in, the Lead Servicing Agreement with respect to the Mortgage Loan. In addition, subject to the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement, the Controlling Note Holder shall be entitled to advise (1) the Special Servicer with respect to all matters related to a “Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan” (as defined in the Lead Servicing Agreement) and (2) the Special Servicer with respect to all matters for which the Master Servicer must obtain the consent or deemed consent of the Special Servicer, and, except as set forth below (i) the Master Servicer shall not be permitted to implement any Major Decision unless it has obtained the prior written consent of the Special Servicer and (ii) the Special Servicer shall not be permitted to consent to the Master Servicer’s implementing any Major Decision, nor shall the Special Servicer itself be permitted to implement any Major Decision as to which the Controlling Note Holder has objected in writing within ten (10) Business Days (or 30 days with respect to an Acceptable Insurance Default if so provided for in the Lead Servicing Agreement) after receipt of the written recommendation and analysis and such additional information requested by the Controlling Note Holder as may be necessary in the reasonable judgment of the Controlling Note Holder in order to make a judgment with respect to such Major Decision. The Controlling Note Holder may also direct the Special Servicer to take, or to refrain from taking, such other actions with respect to the Mortgage Loan as the Controlling Note Holder may deem advisable.

If the Controlling Note Holder fails to notify the Special Servicer of its approval or disapproval of any proposed Major Decision within ten (10) Business Days (or 30 days with respect to an Acceptable Insurance Default if so provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement) after

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delivery to the Controlling Note Holder by the applicable Servicer of written notice of a proposed Major Decision together with any information requested by the Controlling Note Holder as may be necessary in the reasonable judgment of the Controlling Note Holder in order to make a judgment, then upon the expiration of such ten (10) Business Day (or 30 days with respect to an Acceptable Insurance Default if so provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement) period, such Major Decision shall be deemed to have been approved by the Controlling Note Holder.

In the event that the Special Servicer or Master Servicer (in the event the Master Servicer is otherwise authorized by the Lead Servicing Agreement to take such action), as applicable, determines that immediate action, with respect to the foregoing matters, or any other matter requiring consent of the Controlling Note Holder is necessary to protect the interests of the Note Holders (as a collective whole) and the Special Servicer has made a reasonable effort to contact the Controlling Note Holder, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, may take any such action without waiting for the Controlling Note Holder’s response.

No objection contemplated by the preceding paragraphs may require or cause the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, to violate any provision of the Mortgage Loan Documents, applicable law, the Lead Servicing Agreement, this Agreement, the REMIC provisions of the Code or the Master Servicer or Special Servicer’s obligation to act in accordance with the Servicing Standard or materially expand the scope of responsibilities of any of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable.

The Controlling Note Holder shall have no liability to any other Note Holder or any other party for any action taken, or for refraining from the taking of any action or the giving of any consent or the failure to give any consent pursuant to this Agreement or the Lead Servicing Agreement, or errors in judgment, absent any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of its willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence. The Note Holders agree that the Controlling Note Holder may take or refrain from taking actions, or give or refrain from giving consents, that favor the interests of one Note Holder over any other Note Holder, and that the Controlling Note Holder may have special relationships and interests that conflict with the interests of another Note Holder and, absent willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence on the part of the Controlling Note Holder agree to take no action against the Controlling Note Holder or any of its officers, directors, employees, principals or agents as a result of such special relationships or interests, and that the Controlling Note Holder shall not be deemed to have been grossly negligent or reckless, or to have acted in bad faith or engaged in willful misconduct or to have recklessly disregarded any exercise of its rights by reason of its having acted or refrained from acting, or having given any consent or having failed to give any consent, solely in the interests of any Note Holder.

Section 7.                Appointment of Special Servicer. Subject to the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement, the Controlling Note Holder (or its Controlling Note Holder Representative) shall have the right at any time and from time to time, with or without cause, to replace the Special Servicer then acting with respect to the Mortgage Loan and appoint a replacement Special Servicer in lieu thereof. Any designation by the Controlling Note Holder (or its Controlling Note Holder Representative) of a Person to serve as Special Servicer shall be made by delivering to each other Note Holder, the Master Servicer, the then existing Special Servicer and other parties to the Lead Servicing Agreement a written notice stating such designation and satisfying the Required Special Servicer Rating and the other conditions to such replacement as set forth in the Lead Servicing

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Agreement (including, without limitation, a Rating Agency Confirmation, if required by the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement), if any. The Controlling Note Holder shall be solely responsible for any expenses incurred in connection with any such replacement without cause. The Controlling Note Holder shall notify the other parties hereto of its termination of the then currently serving Special Servicer and its appointment of a replacement Special Servicer in accordance with this Section 7. If the Controlling Note Holder has not appointed a Special Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loan as of the consummation of the securitization under the Lead Servicing Agreement, then the initial Special Servicer designated in the Lead Servicing Agreement shall serve as the initial Special Servicer but this shall not limit the right of the Controlling Note Holder (or its Controlling Note Holder Representative) to designate a replacement Special Servicer for the Mortgage Loan as aforesaid. If a Servicer Termination Event on the part of the Special Servicer has occurred that affects a Non-Controlling Note Holder, such Non-Controlling Note Holder shall have the right to direct the Trustee (or at any time that the Mortgage Loan is no longer included in a Securitization Trust, the Controlling Note Holder) to terminate the Special Servicer under the Lead Servicing Agreement (or at any time that the Mortgage Loan is no longer subject to the provisions of the Lead Servicing Agreement, the successor servicing agreement pursuant to which the Mortgage Loan is being serviced) solely with respect to the Mortgage Loan pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement (or at any time that the Mortgage Loan is no longer subject to the provisions of the Lead Servicing Agreement, the successor servicing agreement pursuant to which the Mortgage Loan is being serviced). The Controlling Note Holder and the Non-Controlling Note Holder acknowledge and agree that any successor special servicer appointed to replace the Special Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loan that was terminated for cause at the Non-Controlling Note Holder’s direction cannot at any time be the person (or an Affiliate thereof) that was so terminated without the prior written consent of the Non-Controlling Note Holder. The Non-Controlling Note Holder shall be solely responsible for reimbursing the Trustee’s or the Controlling Note Holder’s, as applicable, costs and expenses, if not paid within a reasonable time by the terminated special servicer and, in the case of the Trustee, that would otherwise be reimbursed to the Trustee from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account or Companion Distribution Account.

Section 8.                Payment Procedure.

(a)                The Lead Securitization Note Holder, in accordance with the priorities set forth in Section 3 and subject to the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement, shall deposit or cause to be deposited all payments allocable to the Notes to the Collection Account or Companion Distribution Account pursuant to and in accordance with the Lead Servicing Agreement. The Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer acting on its behalf) shall deposit such amounts to the applicable account within two (2) Business Days after receipt of properly identified funds by the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer acting on its behalf) from or on behalf of the Mortgage Loan Borrower.

(b)               If the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Servicer on its behalf) determines, or a court of competent jurisdiction orders, at any time that any amount received or collected in respect of any Note must, pursuant to any insolvency, bankruptcy, fraudulent conveyance, preference or similar law, be returned to the Mortgage Loan Borrower or paid to the Lead Securitization Note Holder, a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder or any Servicer or paid

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to any other Person, then, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall not be required to distribute any portion thereof to the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holders and each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall promptly on demand by the Lead Securitization Note Holder repay to the Lead Securitization Note Holder any portion thereof that the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall have theretofore distributed to such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder, together with interest thereon at such rate, if any, as the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall have been required to pay to any Mortgage Loan Borrower, Master Servicer, Special Servicer or such other Person with respect thereto.

(c)                If, for any reason, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Servicer on its behalf) makes any payment to a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder before the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Servicer on its behalf) has received the corresponding payment (it being understood that the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Servicer on its behalf) is under no obligation to do so), and the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Servicer on its behalf) does not receive the corresponding payment within five (5) Business Days of its payment to such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder, such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall, at the Lead Securitization Note Holder’s request, promptly return that payment to the Lead Securitization Note Holder.

(d)               Each Note Holder agrees that if at any time it shall receive from any sources whatsoever any payment on account of the Mortgage Loan in excess of its distributable share thereof, it shall promptly remit such excess to the applicable Note Holder, subject to this Agreement and the Lead Servicing Agreement. The Lead Securitization Note Holder shall have the right to offset any amounts due hereunder from any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder with respect to the Mortgage Loan against any future payments due to such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder under the Mortgage Loan. Such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s obligations under this Section 8 constitute absolute, unconditional and continuing obligations.

Section 9.                Limitation on Liability of the Note Holders. Subject to the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement governing servicer liability, no Note Holder shall have any liability to any other Note Holder with respect to its Note except with respect to losses actually suffered due to the gross negligence, willful misconduct or breach of this Agreement on the part of such Note Holder.

The Note Holders acknowledge that, subject to the obligation of the Lead Securitization Note Holder (including any Servicer and the Trustee) to comply with, and except as otherwise required by, the Servicing Standard, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (including any Servicer and the Trustee) may exercise, or omit to exercise, any rights that the Lead Securitization Note Holder may have under the Lead Servicing Agreement in a manner that may be adverse to the interests of any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder and that the Lead Securitization Note Holder (including any Servicer and the Trustee) shall have no liability whatsoever to any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder in connection with the Lead Securitization Note Holder’s exercise of rights or any omission by the Lead Securitization Note Holder to exercise such rights other than as described above; provided, however, that the Servicer must act in accordance with the Servicing Standard and the express terms of this Agreement and the Lead Servicing Agreement.

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Section 10.            Bankruptcy. Subject to Section 5(c), each Note Holder hereby covenants and agrees that only the Lead Securitization Note Holder has the right to institute, file, commence, acquiesce, petition under Bankruptcy Code Section 303 or otherwise or join any Person in any such petition or otherwise invoke or cause any other Person to invoke an Insolvency Proceeding with respect to or against the Mortgage Loan Borrower or seek to appoint a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official with respect to the Mortgage Loan Borrower or all or any part of its property or assets or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of the affairs of the Mortgage Loan Borrower. Each Note Holder further agrees that only the Lead Securitization Note Holder, and not a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder, can make any election, give any consent, commence any action or file any motion, claim, obligation, notice or application or take any other action in any case by or against the Mortgage Loan Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code or in any other Insolvency Proceeding. The Note Holders hereby appoint the Lead Securitization Note Holder as their agent, and grant to the Lead Securitization Note Holder an irrevocable power of attorney coupled with an interest, and their proxy, for the purpose of exercising any and all rights and taking any and all actions available to any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder in connection with any case by or against the Mortgage Loan Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code or in any other Insolvency Proceeding, including, without limitation, the right to file and/or prosecute any claim, vote to accept or reject a plan, to make any election under Section 1111(b) of the Bankruptcy Code with respect to the Mortgage Loan, and to file a motion to modify, lift or terminate the automatic stay with respect to the Mortgage Loan. The Note Holders hereby agree that, upon the request of the Lead Securitization Note Holder, each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Lead Securitization Note Holder all and every such further deeds, conveyances and instruments as the Lead Securitization Note Holder may reasonably request for the better assuring and evidencing of the foregoing appointment and grant. All actions taken by the Servicer in connection with any Insolvency Proceeding are subject to and must be in accordance with the Servicing Standard.

Section 11.            Representations of the Note Holders. Each Note Holder represents and warrants that the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement is within its corporate powers, has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, and does not contravene such Note Holder’s charter or any law or contractual restriction binding upon such Note Holder, and that this Agreement is the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Note Holder enforceable against such Note Holder in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and except that the enforcement of rights with respect to indemnification and contribution obligations may be limited by applicable law. Each Note Holder represents and warrants that it is duly organized, validly existing, in good standing and in possession of all licenses and authorizations necessary to carry on its business. Each Note Holder represents and warrants that (a) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by such Note Holder, (b) to such Note Holder’s actual knowledge, all consents, approvals, authorizations, orders or filings of or with any court or governmental agency or body, if any, required for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by such Note Holder have been obtained or made and (c) to such Note Holder’s actual knowledge, there is no pending action, suit or proceeding, arbitration or governmental investigation against such Note

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Holder, an adverse outcome of which would materially and adversely affect its performance under this Agreement.

Section 12.            No Creation of a Partnership or Exclusive Purchase Right. Nothing contained in this Agreement, and no action taken pursuant hereto shall be deemed to constitute the relationship created hereby between the Note Holders as a partnership, association, joint venture or other entity. No Note Holder shall have any obligation whatsoever to offer to any other Note Holder the opportunity to purchase a participation interest in any future loans originated by such Note Holder or its Affiliates and if any Note Holder chooses to offer to another Note Holder the opportunity to purchase a participation interest in any future mortgage loans originated by such Note Holder or its Affiliates, such offer shall be at such purchase price and interest rate as such Note Holder chooses, in its sole and absolute discretion. No Note Holder shall have any obligation whatsoever to purchase from any other Note Holder a participation interest in any future loans originated by such Note Holder or its Affiliates.

Section 13.            Other Business Activities of the Note Holders. Each Note Holder acknowledges that each other Note Holder or its Affiliates may make loans or otherwise extend credit to, and generally engage in any kind of business with, the Mortgage Loan Borrower or any Affiliate thereof, any entity that is a holder of debt secured by direct or indirect ownership interests in the Mortgage Loan Borrower or any entity that is a holder of a preferred equity interest in the Mortgage Loan Borrower (each, a “Mortgage Loan Borrower Related Party”), and receive payments on such other loans or extensions of credit to Mortgage Loan Borrower Related Parties and otherwise act with respect thereto freely and without accountability in the same manner as if this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby were not in effect.

Section 14.            Sale of the Notes.

(a)                Each Note Holder agrees that it shall not sell, assign, transfer, pledge, syndicate, participate, hypothecate, contribute, encumber or otherwise dispose (either (i) directly or (ii) indirectly through entering into a derivatives contract or any other similar agreement, excluding a repo financing or a Pledge in accordance with Section 14(d) hereof) of a Note (a “Transfer”) except to a Qualified Institutional Lender. Promptly after the Transfer, the non-transferring Note Holder shall be provided with (x) a representation from a transferee or the applicable Note Holder certifying that such transferee is a Qualified Institutional Lender (except in the case of a Transfer to a Securitization (and the related pooling and servicing or similar agreement requires the parties thereto to comply with this Agreement) or in accordance with the immediately following sentence) and (y) a copy of the assignment and assumption agreement referred to in Section 15. If a Note Holder intends to Transfer its respective Note, or any portion thereof, to an entity that is not a Qualified Institutional Lender, it must first obtain (1) prior to a Securitization, the consent of the non-transferring Note Holder or (2) after a Securitization of such non-transferring Note Holder’s Note, Rating Agency Confirmation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the non-transferring Note Holder’s prior consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld), and, if such non-transferring Note Holder’s Note is held in a Securitization Trust, without Rating Agency Confirmation, no Note Holder shall Transfer all or any portion of its Note (or a participation interest in such Note) to the Mortgage Loan Borrower or a Mortgage Loan Borrower Related Party and any such Transfer shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. The transferring Note Holder agrees that

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it shall pay the expenses of the non-transferring Note Holder (including all expenses of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee) and all expenses relating to the confirmation from the Rating Agencies in connection with any such Transfer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Note Holder shall have the right, without the need to obtain the consent of any other Note Holder, the Rating Agencies or any other Person, to Transfer 49% or less (in the aggregate) of its Note or any beneficial interest in its Note. None of the provisions of this Section 14(a) shall apply in the case of (1) a sale of all Notes together in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Lead Servicing Agreement or (2) a transfer by the Special Servicer, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Lead Servicing Agreement, of the Mortgage Loan or the Mortgaged Property, upon the Mortgage Loan becoming a Defaulted Mortgage Loan, to a single member limited liability or limited partnership, 100% of the equity interest in which is owned directly or indirectly, through one or more single member limited liability companies or limited partnerships, by the Lead Securitization Trust.

For the purposes of this Agreement, if any Rating Agency shall, in writing, waive, decline or refuse to review or otherwise engage any request for a confirmation hereunder from such Rating Agency that a proposed action will not result in a qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of its then current rating of the securities issued pursuant to the related Securitization, such waiver, declination, or refusal shall be deemed to eliminate, for such request only, the condition that such confirmation by such Rating Agency (only) be obtained for purposes of this Agreement. For purposes of clarity, any such waiver, declination or refusal to review or otherwise engage in any request for such confirmation hereunder shall not be deemed a waiver, declination or refusal to review or otherwise engage in any subsequent request for such Rating Agency confirmation hereunder and the condition for such Rating Agency confirmation pursuant to this Agreement for any subsequent request shall apply regardless of any previous waiver, declination or refusal to review or otherwise engage in such prior request.

(b)               In the case of any Transfer of a participation interest in any of the Notes, (i) the respective Note Holders’ obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Note Holders shall remain solely responsible for the performance of such obligations, and (iii) the Lead Securitization Note Holder and any Persons acting on its behalf shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Note Holder in connection with such Note Holder’s rights and obligations under this Agreement and the Lead Servicing Agreement, and all amounts payable hereunder shall be determined as if such Note Holder had not sold such participation interest.

(c)                Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, any Note Holder may pledge (a “Pledge”) its Note to any entity (other than the Mortgage Loan Borrower or any Affiliate thereof) which has extended a credit facility to such Note Holder and that is either a Qualified Institutional Lender or a financial institution whose long-term unsecured debt is rated at least “A” (or the equivalent) or better by each Rating Agency (a “Note Pledgee”), on terms and conditions set forth in this Section 14(c), it being further agreed that a financing provided by a Note Pledgee to a Note Holder or any person which Controls such Note that is secured by its Note and is structured as a repurchase arrangement, shall qualify as a “Pledge” hereunder, provided that a Note Pledgee which is not a Qualified Institutional Lender may not take title to the pledged Note without a Rating Agency Confirmation. Upon written notice by the applicable Note Holder to

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each other Note Holder and any Servicer that a Pledge has been effected (including the name and address of the applicable Note Pledgee), each other Note Holder agrees to acknowledge receipt of such notice and thereafter agrees: (i) to give the Note Pledgee written notice of any default by the pledging Note Holder in respect of its obligations under this Agreement of which default such Note Holder has actual knowledge; (ii) to allow such Note Pledgee a period of ten (10) days to cure a default by the pledging Note Holder in respect of its obligations to each other Note Holder hereunder, but such Note Pledgee shall not be obligated to cure any such default; (iii) that no amendment, modification, waiver or termination of this Agreement shall be effective against such Note Pledgee without the written consent of such Note Pledgee, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed; (iv) that such other Note Holder shall give to such Note Pledgee copies of any notice of default under this Agreement simultaneously with the giving of same to the pledging Note Holder; (v) that such other Note Holder shall deliver to Note Pledgee such estoppel certificate(s) as Note Pledgee shall reasonably request, provided that any such certificate(s) shall be in a form reasonably satisfactory to such other Note Holder; and (vi) that, upon written notice (a “Redirection Notice”) to each other Note Holder and any Servicer by such Note Pledgee that the pledging Note Holder is in default, beyond any applicable cure periods, under the pledging Note Holder’s obligations to such Note Pledgee pursuant to the applicable credit agreement between the pledging Note Holder and such Note Pledgee (which notice need not be joined in or confirmed by the pledging Note Holder), and until such Redirection Notice is withdrawn or rescinded by such Note Pledgee, Note Pledgee shall be entitled to receive any payments that any Note Holder or Servicer would otherwise be obligated to pay to the pledging Note Holder from time to time pursuant to this Agreement or the Lead Servicing Agreement. Any pledging Note Holder hereby unconditionally and absolutely releases each other Note Holder and any Servicer from any liability to the pledging Note Holder on account of such other Note Holder’s or Servicer’s compliance with any Redirection Notice believed by any Servicer or such other Note Holder to have been delivered by a Note Pledgee. Note Pledgee shall be permitted to exercise fully its rights and remedies against the pledging Note Holder to such Note Pledgee (and accept an assignment in lieu of foreclosure as to such collateral), in accordance with applicable law and this Agreement. In such event, the Note Holders and any Servicer shall recognize such Note Pledgee (and any transferee other than the Mortgage Loan Borrower or any Affiliate thereof which is also a Qualified Institutional Lender at any foreclosure or similar sale held by such Note Pledgee or any transfer in lieu of foreclosure), and its successor and assigns, as the successor to the pledging Note Holder’s rights, remedies and obligations under this Agreement, and any such Note Pledgee or Qualified Institutional Lender shall assume in writing the obligations of the pledging Note Holder hereunder accruing from and after such Transfer (i.e., realization upon the collateral by such Note Pledgee) and agrees to be bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement. The rights of a Note Pledgee under this Section 14(c) shall remain effective as to any Note Holder (and any Servicer) unless and until such Note Pledgee shall have notified any such Note Holder (and any Servicer, as applicable) in writing that its interest in the pledged Note has terminated.

(d)               Notwithstanding any provisions herein to the contrary, if a conduit (“Conduit”) which is not a Qualified Institutional Lender provides financing to a Note Holder then such Note Holder shall have the right to grant a security interest in its Note to such Conduit notwithstanding that such Conduit is not a Qualified Institutional Lender, if the following conditions are satisfied:

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(i)            The loan (the “Conduit Inventory Loan”) made by the Conduit to such Note Holder to finance the acquisition and holding of its Note requires a third party (the “Conduit Credit Enhancer”) to provide credit enhancement;

(ii)            The Conduit Credit Enhancer is a Qualified Institutional Lender;

(iii)            Such Note Holder pledges its interest in its Note to the Conduit as collateral for the Conduit Inventory Loan;

(iv)            The Conduit Credit Enhancer and the Conduit agree that, if such Note Holder defaults under the Conduit Inventory Loan, or if the Conduit is unable to refinance its outstanding commercial paper even if there is no default by such Note Holder, the Conduit Credit Enhancer will purchase the Conduit Inventory Loan from the Conduit, and the Conduit will assign the pledge of such Note Holder’s Note to the Conduit Credit Enhancer; and

(v)            Unless the Conduit is in fact then a Qualified Institutional Lender, the Conduit will not without obtaining a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency have any greater right to acquire the interests in the Note pledged by such Note Holder, by foreclosure or otherwise, than would any other purchaser that is not a Qualified Institutional Lender at a foreclosure sale conducted by a Note Pledgee.

Section 15.            Registration of the Notes and Each Note Holder. The Agent shall keep or cause to be kept at the Agent Office books (the “Note Register”) for the registration and transfer of the Notes. The Agent shall serve as the initial note registrar and the Agent hereby accepts such appointment. The names and addresses of the holders of the Notes and the names and addresses of any transferee of any Note of which the Agent has received notice, in the form of a copy of the assignment and assumption agreement referred to in this Section 15, shall be registered in the Note Register. The Person in whose name a Note is so registered shall be deemed and treated as the sole owner and holder thereof for all purposes of this Agreement, except in the case of the Initial Note Holders, who may hold their Notes through a nominee. Upon request of a Note Holder (including a Servicer on its behalf), the Agent shall provide such party with the names and addresses of each other Note Holder. To the extent the Trustee or another party is appointed as Agent hereunder, each Note Holder hereby designates such person as its agent under this Section 15 solely for purposes of maintaining the Note Register.

In connection with any Transfer of a Note (but excluding any Pledgee unless and until it realizes on its Pledge), a transferee shall execute an assignment and assumption agreement (unless the transferee is a Securitization Trust and the related pooling and servicing agreement requires the parties thereto to comply with this Agreement), whereby such transferee assumes all of the obligations of the applicable Note Holder hereunder with respect to such Note thereafter accruing and agrees to be bound by the terms of this Agreement, including the applicable restriction on Transfers set forth in Section 14, from and after the date of such assignment. No transfer of a Note may be made unless it is registered on the Note Register, and the Agent shall not recognize any attempted or purported transfer of any Note in violation of the provisions of Section 14 and this Section 15. Any such purported transfer shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. Each Note Holder desiring to effect such transfer

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shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Agent and each other Note Holder against any liability that may result if the transfer is not made in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

Section 16.            Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT, AND/OR THE INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS AND DECISIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CHOICE OF LAW RULES THEREOF (OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW). EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT.

Section 17.            Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:

(a)                SUBMITS FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT IN RESPECT THEREOF, TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE GENERAL JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, THE FEDERAL COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND APPELLATE COURTS FROM ANY THEREOF;

(b)               CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE BROUGHT IN SUCH COURTS AND, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WAIVES ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT OR THAT SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING WAS BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT COURT AND AGREES NOT TO PLEAD OR CLAIM THE SAME;

(c)                AGREES THAT SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE EFFECTED BY MAILING A COPY THEREOF BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL (OR ANY SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR FORM OF MAIL), POSTAGE PREPAID, TO ITS ADDRESS SET FORTH HEREIN OR AT SUCH OTHER ADDRESS OF WHICH A PARTY HEREIN SHALL HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED; AND

(d)               AGREES THAT NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT TO EFFECT SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR SHALL LIMIT THE RIGHT TO SUE IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.

Section 18.            Modifications. This Agreement shall not be modified, cancelled or terminated except by an instrument in writing signed by each Note Holder. Additionally, for as long as any Note is contained in a Securitization Trust, the Note Holders shall not amend or modify

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this Agreement without first receiving a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency then rating securities backed by a Note; provided that no such Rating Agency Confirmation shall be required in connection with a modification or amendment (i) to cure any ambiguity, (ii) to correct or supplement any provisions herein that may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions of this Agreement, the Lead Servicing Agreement or the final disclosure documents relating to the Lead Securitization, or (iii) entered into pursuant to Section 31 of this Agreement.

Section 19.            Successors and Assigns; Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Except as provided herein, including without limitation, with respect to the Trustee, Certificate Administrator, Master Servicer, Special Servicer, Operating Advisor, Non-Lead Master Servicers, Non-Lead Special Servicers or Non-Lead Trustees, none of the provisions of this Agreement shall be for the benefit of or enforceable by any Person not a party hereto. Subject to Section 14 and Section 15, each Note Holder may assign or delegate its rights or obligations under this Agreement. Upon any such assignment, the assignee shall be entitled to all rights and benefits of the applicable Note Holder hereunder.

Section 20.            Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and all of such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement in Portable Document Format (PDF) or by facsimile transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed original counterpart of this Agreement.

Section 21.            Captions. The titles and headings of the paragraphs of this Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to summarize or otherwise describe the subject matter of the paragraphs and shall not be given any consideration in the construction of this Agreement.

Section 22.            Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable laws, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Agreement.

Section 23.            Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter contained in this Agreement and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings and negotiations between the parties.

Section 24.            Withholding Taxes. (a)(a) If the Lead Securitization Note Holder or the Mortgage Loan Borrower shall be required by law to deduct and withhold Taxes from interest, fees or other amounts payable to a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder with respect to the Mortgage Loan as a result of such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder constituting a Non-Exempt Person, the Lead Securitization Note Holder, in its capacity as servicer, shall be entitled to do so with respect to such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s interest in such payment (all withheld amounts being deemed paid to such Note Holder), provided that the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall furnish the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder with a statement setting forth the amount of Taxes withheld, the applicable rate and other information which may reasonably be

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requested for purposes of assisting such Note Holder to seek any allowable credits or deductions for the Taxes so withheld in each jurisdiction in which such Note Holder is subject to tax.

(b)               Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall indemnify and hereby agrees to indemnify the Lead Securitization Note Holder against and hold the Lead Securitization Note Holder harmless from and against any Taxes, interest, penalties and attorneys’ fees and disbursements arising or resulting from any failure of the Lead Securitization Note Holder to withhold Taxes from payment made to such Note Holder in reliance upon any representation, certificate, statement, document or instrument made or provided by such Note Holder to the Lead Securitization Note Holder in connection with the obligation of the Lead Securitization Note Holder to withhold Taxes from payments made to such Note Holder, it being expressly understood and agreed that (i) the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall be absolutely and unconditionally entitled to accept any such representation, certificate, statement, document or instrument as being true and correct in all respects and to fully rely thereon without any obligation or responsibility to investigate or to make any inquiries with respect to the accuracy, veracity, correctness or validity of the same and (ii) each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder, upon request of the Lead Securitization Note Holder and at its sole cost and expense, shall defend any claim or action relating to the foregoing indemnification using counsel selected by the Lead Securitization Note Holder.

(c)                Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder represents to the Lead Securitization Note Holder (for the benefit of the Mortgage Loan Borrower) that it is not a Non-Exempt Person and that neither the Lead Securitization Note Holder nor the Mortgage Loan Borrower is obligated under applicable law to withhold Taxes on sums paid to it with respect to the Mortgage Loan or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement. Contemporaneously with the execution of this Agreement and from time to time as necessary during the term of this Agreement, each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall deliver to the Lead Securitization Note Holder or Servicer, as applicable, evidence satisfactory to the Lead Securitization Note Holder substantiating that such Note Holder is not a Non-Exempt Person and that the Lead Securitization Note Holder is not obligated under applicable law to withhold Taxes on sums paid to it with respect to the Mortgage Loan or otherwise under this Agreement. Without limiting the effect of the foregoing, (i) if a Note Holder is created or organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, it shall satisfy the requirements of the preceding sentence by furnishing to the Lead Securitization Note Holder an Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 and (ii) if a Note Holder is not created or organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, and if the payment of interest or other amounts by the Mortgage Loan Borrower is treated for United States income tax purposes as derived in whole or part from sources within the United States, such Note Holder shall satisfy the requirements of the preceding sentence by furnishing to the Lead Securitization Note Holder Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI, Form W-8IMY (with appropriate attachments) or Form W-8BEN, or successor forms, as may be required from time to time, duly executed by such Note Holder, as evidence of such Note Holder’s exemption from the withholding of United States tax with respect thereto. The Lead Securitization Note Holder shall not be obligated to make any payment hereunder with respect to any Non-Lead Securitization Note or otherwise until the related Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall have furnished to the Lead Securitization Note Holder requested forms, certificates, statements or documents.

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Section 25.            Custody of Mortgage Loan Documents. The originals of all of the Mortgage Loan Documents (other than the Non-Lead Securitization Note) (a) prior to the Lead Securitization shall be held by the Initial Agent and (b) after the Lead Securitization, shall be held by the Lead Securitization Note Holder (in the name of the Trustee and held by a duly appointed custodian therefor in accordance with the Lead Servicing Agreement), in each case, on behalf of the registered holders of the Notes. On or after the Non-Lead Securitization Date, the applicable Non-Lead Securitization Note shall be held in the name of the related Non-Lead Trustee (and held by a duly appointed custodian therefor) on behalf of the related Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder.

Section 26.            Cooperation in Securitization.

(a)                Each Note Holder acknowledges that any Note Holder may elect, in its sole discretion, to include its Note in a Securitization. In connection with a Securitization and subject to the terms of the preceding sentence, at the request of the Lead Securitization Note Holder, each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall use reasonable efforts, at Lead Securitization Note Holder’s expense, to satisfy, and to cooperate with the Lead Securitization Note Holder in attempting to cause the Mortgage Loan Borrower to satisfy, the market standards to which the Lead Securitization Note Holder customarily adheres or which may be reasonably required in the marketplace or by the Rating Agencies in connection with the Securitization, including, entering into (or consenting to, as applicable) any modifications to this Agreement or the Mortgage Loan Documents and to cooperate with the Lead Securitization Note Holder in attempting to cause the Mortgage Loan Borrower to execute such modifications to the Mortgage Loan Documents, in any such case, as may be reasonably requested by the Rating Agencies to effect the Securitization; provided, however, that either in connection with the Lead Securitization or otherwise at any time prior to the Lead Securitization, no Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall be required to modify or amend this Agreement or any Mortgage Loan Documents (or consent to such modification, as applicable) in connection therewith, if such modification or amendment would (i) change the interest allocable to, or the amount of any payments due to or priority of such payments to, such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder or (ii) materially increase such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s obligations or materially decrease such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s rights, remedies or protections. In connection with the Lead Securitization, each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder agrees to provide for inclusion in any disclosure document relating to the Lead Securitization such information concerning such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder and the related Non-Lead Securitization Note as the Lead Securitization Note Holder reasonably determines to be necessary or appropriate, and each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder covenants and agrees that it shall, at the Lead Securitization Note Holder’s expense, cooperate with the reasonable requests of each Rating Agency and Lead Securitization Note Holder in connection with the Lead Securitization (including, without limitation, reasonably cooperating with the Lead Securitization Note Holder (without any obligation to make additional representations and warranties) to enable the Lead Securitization Note Holder to make all necessary certifications and deliver all necessary opinions (including customary securities law opinions) in connection with the Mortgage Loan and the Lead Securitization), as well as in connection with all other matters and the preparation of any offering documents thereof and to review and respond reasonably promptly with respect to any information relating to each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder and the related Non-Lead

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Securitization Note in any Securitization document. Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder acknowledges that the information provided by it to the Lead Securitization Note Holder may be incorporated into the offering documents for the Lead Securitization. The Lead Securitization Note Holder and each Rating Agency shall be entitled to rely on the information supplied by, or on behalf of, each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder. The Lead Securitization Note Holder shall reasonably cooperate with the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder by providing all information reasonably requested that is in the Lead Securitization Note Holder’s possession in connection with such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s preparation of disclosure materials in connection with a Securitization.

Upon request, the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall deliver to a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder drafts of the preliminary and final Lead Securitization offering memoranda, prospectus supplement, free writing prospectus and any other disclosure documents and the Lead Servicing Agreement and provide reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such documents.

Section 27.            Notices. All notices required hereunder shall be given by (i) telephone (confirmed promptly in writing) or shall be in writing and personally delivered, (ii) sent by facsimile transmission (during business hours) if the sender on the same day sends a confirming copy of such notice by reputable overnight delivery service (charges prepaid), (iii) reputable overnight delivery service (charges prepaid) or (iv) certified United States mail, postage prepaid return receipt requested, and addressed to the respective parties at their addresses set forth on Exhibit B hereto, or at such other address as any party shall hereafter inform the other party by written notice given as aforesaid. All written notices so given shall be deemed effective upon receipt.

Section 28.            Broker. Each Note Holder represents to each other that no broker was responsible for bringing about this transaction.

Section 29.            Certain Matters Affecting the Agent.

(a)                The Agent may request and/or rely upon and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any officer’s certificate or assignment and assumption agreement delivered to the Agent pursuant to Section 14 and Section 15;

(b)               The Agent may consult with counsel and any opinion of counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such opinion of counsel;

(c)                The Agent shall be under no obligation to institute, conduct or defend any litigation hereunder or in relation hereto at the request, order or direction of any Note Holder pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, unless it has received indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it;

(d)               The Agent or any of its directors, officers, employees, Affiliates, agents or “control” persons within the meaning of the Act, shall not be personally liable for any action

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taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith and reasonably believed by the Agent to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Agreement;

(e)                The Agent shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any officer’s certificate or assignment and assumption agreement delivered to the Agent pursuant to Section 15;

(f)                The Agent may execute any of the powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys but shall not be relieved of its obligations hereunder; and

(g)               The Agent represents and warrants that it is a Qualified Institutional Lender.

Section 30.            Termination and Resignation of Agent.

(a)                The Agent may be terminated at any time upon ten (10) days prior written notice from the Lead Securitization Note Holder. In the event that the Agent is terminated pursuant to this Section 30, all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement shall be terminated, other than any rights or obligations that accrued prior to the date of such termination.

(b)               The Agent may resign at any time on ten (10) days’ prior notice, so long as a successor Agent, reasonably satisfactory to the Note Holders (it being agreed that a Servicer, the Trustee or a Certificate Administrator in a Securitization is satisfactory to the Note Holders), has agreed to be bound by this Agreement and perform the duties of the Agent hereunder. Argentic, as Initial Agent, may transfer its rights and obligations to a Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as successor Agent, at any time without the consent of any Note Holder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Note Holders hereby agree that, simultaneously with the closing of the Lead Securitization, the Certificate Administrator shall be deemed to have been automatically appointed as the successor Agent under this Agreement in place of Argentic without any further notice or other action. The termination or resignation of such Certificate Administrator, as Certificate Administrator under the Lead Servicing Agreement, shall be deemed a termination or resignation of such Certificate Administrator as Agent under this Agreement.

Section 31.            Resizing. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, for so long as Argentic or an affiliate thereof (an “Argentic Entity”) or J.P. Morgan or an affiliate thereof (a “J.P. Morgan Entity”, and together with an Argentic Entity, a “Resizing Entity”) is the owner of a Note or a portion thereof that has not been sold pursuant to a Securitization (such Note or portion thereof, the “Owned Note”), such Resizing Entity shall have the right, subject to the terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents, to cause the Mortgage Loan Borrower to execute amended and restated notes or additional notes (in either case, “New Notes”) reallocating the principal of the Owned Note to such New Notes; or severing the Owned Note into one or more further “component” notes in the aggregate principal amount equal to the then outstanding principal balance of the Owned Note, provided that:

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(i)        the aggregate principal balance of all outstanding New Notes following such amendments is no greater than the aggregate principal of the Owned Note prior to such amendments,

(ii)        all Notes continue to have the same weighted average interest rate as the Notes prior to such amendments,

(iii)        all Notes pay pro rata and on a pari passu basis and such reallocated or component notes shall be automatically subject to the terms of this Agreement,

(iv)        the Resizing Entity holding the New Notes shall notify the Lead Securitization Note Holder, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee in writing of such modified allocations and principal amounts, and

(v)        the execution of such amendments and New Notes does not violate the Servicing Standard.

If the Lead Securitization Note Holder so requests, the Resizing Entity holding the New Notes (and any subsequent holder of such Notes) shall execute a confirmation of the continuing applicability of this Agreement to the New Notes, as so modified. Except for the foregoing reallocation and for modifications pursuant to the Lead Servicing Agreement (as discussed in Section 5), no Note may be modified or amended without the consent of its holder and the consent of the holder of each other Note. In connection with the foregoing (provided the conditions set forth in (i) through (v) above are satisfied, with respect to (i) through (iv), as certified by the Resizing Entity, on which certification the Master Servicer can rely), the Master Servicer is hereby authorized and directed to execute amendments to the Mortgage Loan Documents and this Agreement on behalf of any or all of the Note Holders, as applicable, solely for the purpose of reflecting such reallocation of principal. If more than one New Note is created hereunder, for purposes of exercising the rights of the Non-Controlling Note Holder hereunder, the “Non-Controlling Note Holder” of such New Notes shall be as provided in the definition of such term in this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the parties agree and acknowledge that a modification or amendment to this Agreement shall not be required in connection with the exercise of any rights under this Section 31.

Section 32.            Statement of Intent. The Agent and each Noteholder intend that the Notes be classified and maintained as a grantor trust under subpart E, part I of subchapter J of chapter 1 of the Code that is a fixed investment trust within the meaning of Treasury Regulation §301.7701-4(c), and the parties shall not take any action inconsistent with such classification. It is neither the purpose nor the intent of this Agreement to create a partnership, joint venture, “taxable mortgage pool” or association taxable as a corporation among the parties. 

[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Initial Note Holders have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association chartered under the laws of the United States of America, as Initial Note A-1 Holder
By:	/s/ Jennifer R. Lewin
	Name:	Jennifer R. Lewin
	Title:	Vice President

ARGENTIC REAL ESTATE FINANCE 2 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as Initial Note A-2 Holder
By:  Argentic Investment Management LLC, its Authorized Signatory
By:	/s/ Ryan Supple
	Name:	Ryan Supple
	Title:	Authorized Signatory

ARGENTIC REAL ESTATE FINANCE 2 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as Initial Note A-3 Holder
By:  Argentic Investment Management LLC, its Authorized Signatory
By:	/s/ Ryan Supple
	Name:	Ryan Supple
	Title:	Authorized Signatory

 (Co-Lender Agreement – 100 Jefferson Road)

ARGENTIC REAL ESTATE FINANCE 2 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as Initial Note A-4 Holder
By:  Argentic Investment Management LLC, its Authorized Signatory
By:	/s/ Ryan Supple
	Name:	Ryan Supple
	Title:	Authorized Signatory

(Co-Lender Agreement – 100 Jefferson Road)

EXHIBIT A

MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE

Description of Mortgage Loan

Mortgage Loan Borrower:	100 JEFFERSON F&S LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
Date of Mortgage Loan:	March 10, 2023
Date of Notes:	March 10, 2023
Original Principal Amount of Mortgage Loan:	$97,500,000
Principal Amount of Mortgage Loan as of the date hereof:	$97,500,000
Initial Note A-1 Principal Balance:	$30,000,000
Initial Note A-2 Principal Balance:	$29,500,000
Initial Note A-3 Principal Balance:	$29,500,000
Initial Note A-4 Principal Balance:	$8,500,000
Location of Mortgaged Property:	100 Jefferson Road Parsippany, NJ 07054
Initial Maturity Date:	April 6, 2033

 

 

A-1

EXHIBIT B

1.       Initial Note A-1 Holder:

(Prior to Securitization of Note A-1):

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

Notice Address:
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

383 Madison Avenue, 8th Floor
New York, New York 10179
Attention: Kunal K. Singh
E-mail: US_CMBS_Notice@jpmorgan.com

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JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association
4 Chase Metrotech Center, 4^th Floor

Brooklyn, New York 11245-001

Attention Nancy S. Alto

Email: US_CMBS_Notice@jpmorgan.com

with a copy to:

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

650 South Tryon Street
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Attention: David Burkholder
Facsimile No.: (704) 348-5309

B-1

2. Initial Note A-2 Holder:

(Prior to Securitization of Note A-2):

Argentic Real Estate Finance 2 LLC

Notice Address:
Argentic Real Estate Finance 2 LLC
31 West 27th Street, 12th Floor

New York, New York 10001
Attention: Michael Schulte

with a copy to:

Dechert LLP
300 South Tryon Street, Suite 800
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Attention: Stewart McQueen

B-2

3.       Initial Note A-3 Holder:

(Prior to Securitization of Note A-3):

Argentic Real Estate Finance 2 LLC

Notice Address:
Argentic Real Estate Finance 2 LLC
31 West 27th Street, 12th Floor

New York, New York 10001
Attention: Michael Schulte

with a copy to:

Dechert LLP
300 South Tryon Street, Suite 800
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Attention: Stewart McQueen

B-3

4.       Initial Note A-4 Holder:

(Prior to Securitization of Note A-4):

Argentic Real Estate Finance 2 LLC

Notice Address:
Argentic Real Estate Finance 2 LLC
31 West 27th Street, 12th Floor

New York, New York 10001
Attention: Michael Schulte

with a copy to:

Dechert LLP
300 South Tryon Street, Suite 800
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Attention: Stewart McQueen

B-4

 

EXHIBIT C

PERMITTED FUND MANAGERS

 

1. AllianceBernstein

2. Apollo Real Estate Advisors

3. Archon Capital, L.P.

4. Artemis Real Estate Partners

5. BlackRock, Inc.

6. The Blackstone Group

7. Capital Trust

8. Clarion Partners

9. Colony Capital, Inc.

10. DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners

11. Dune Real Estate Partners

12. Eightfold Real Estate Capital, L.P.

13. Fortress Investment Group, LLC

14. Hudson Advisors

15. iStar Financial Inc.

16. JER Partners

17. Land-Lease Real Estate Investments

18. Lonestar Opportunity Funds

19. Normandy Real Estate Partners

20. Praedium Group

21. Raith Capital Partners

22. Rialto Capital Management LLC

23. Rialto Capital Advisors LLC

24. Rockwood

25. RREEF Funds

26. Starwood Financial Trust

27. Torchlight Investors, LLC

28. Walton Street Capital, LLC

29. Westbrook Partners

30. Whitehall Street Real Estate Fund, L.P.

 

C-1

EX-99.17

Exhibit 99.17

EXECUTION VERSION

 

Metroplex

CO-LENDER AGREEMENT

Dated as of February 28, 2023

between

GERMAN AMERICAN CAPITAL CORPORATION
(Note A-1 Holder)

and

AREF 2 WH WF LLC
(Note A-2 Holder)

and

GERMAN AMERICAN CAPITAL CORPORATION
(Note A-3 Holder)

  

 

 

 

   

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

1.	Definitions; Conflicts	2
2.	Servicing of the Mortgage Loan	16
3.	Priority of Notes	17
4.	Workout	18
5.	Accounts; Payment Procedure	18
6.	Limitation on Liability	19
7.	Representations of the Holders	19
8.	Independent Analyses of each Holder	20
9.	No Creation of a Partnership or Exclusive Purchase Right	20
10.	Not a Security	21
11.	Other Business Activities of the Holders	21
12.	Transfer of Notes	21
13.	Exercise of Remedies by the Servicer	23
14.	Rights of the Directing Holder	25
15.	Appointment of Special Servicer	26
16.	Rights of the Non-Directing Holders	26
17.	Advances; Reimbursement of Advances	28
18.	Provisions Relating to Securitization	29
19.	Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial	37
20.	Modifications	37
21.	Successors and Assigns; Third Party Beneficiaries	37
22.	Counterparts	37
23.	Captions	38
24.	Notices	38
25.	Custody of Mortgage Loan Documents/ Mortgagee of Record	38

 

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THIS CO-LENDER AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), dated as of February 28, 2023, is between GERMAN AMERICAN CAPITAL CORPORATION, a Maryland corporation (“GACC”), having an address at 1 Columbus Circle, New York, New York 10019, as Note A-1 Holder and as Note A-3 Holder and AREF 2 WH WF LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“AREF 2”), having an address at c/o Argentic Real Estate Finance 2 LLC, 31 West 27th Street, 12th Floor, New York, New York 10001, as Note A-2 Holder.

W I T N E S E T H:

WHEREAS, the Initial Note Holders made a mortgage loan in the original principal amount of $54,000,000 (the “Mortgage Loan”) to Metroplex, LLC, a California limited liability company (the “Borrower”), pursuant to a loan agreement between the Borrower, as borrower, and the Initial Note Holders, collectively as lender, dated as of January 6, 2023 (the “Loan Agreement”), which was evidenced, inter alia, by (i) a promissory note in the original principal amount of $30,000,000 made by the Borrower in favor of GACC and (ii) a promissory note in the original principal amount of $24,000,000 (the two promissory notes collectively, the “Original Notes”, and each an “Original Note”) made by the Borrower in favor of Argentic Real Estate Finance 2 LLC (“AREF”), each secured by a first mortgage (as amended, modified or supplemented, the “Mortgage”) on the property known as Metroplex, located in Los Angeles, California (the “Mortgaged Property”);

WHEREAS, the Original Notes were replaced with three (3) promissory notes (as amended, modified or supplemented, each a “Note”) made by the Borrower in favor of the applicable Initial Note Holder having the designations, principal balances and Initial Note Holder as set forth in the chart below, except that Note A-2 was made in favor of AREF and sold to AREF 2 prior to the date hereof. Each Note shall be referred to herein by its “Note Designation” as set forth in the chart below.

Note Designation	Initial Note Holder	Original Principal Balance
Note A-1	GACC	$25,000,000
Note A-2	AREF 2	$24,000,000
Note A-3	GACC	$5,000,000

WHEREAS, each Initial Note Holder intends, but is not bound, to sell transfer and assign all or a portion of its right, title and interest in and to its Note to one or more depositors who will in turn transfer the same to one or more trusts as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans;

WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to enter into this Agreement to memorialize the terms under which they, and their successors and assigns, shall hold Note A-1, Note A-2 and Note A-3, respectively;

   

 

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

1.                  Definitions; Conflicts. References to a “Section” or the “recitals” are, unless otherwise specified, to a Section or the recitals of this Agreement. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Servicing Agreement. To the extent of any inconsistency between this Agreement and the Servicing Agreement, this Agreement shall control. Whenever used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the respective meanings set forth below unless the context clearly requires otherwise.

“Accelerated Mezzanine Loan” shall mean any mezzanine loan (secured by a pledge of the direct (or indirect) equity interests in the Mortgagor) related to the Mortgage Loan if such mezzanine loan either (i) has been accelerated, or (ii) is the subject of foreclosure proceedings against the related collateral for such mezzanine loan.

“Acceptable Insurance Default” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or analogous term in the Servicing Agreement.

“Advance” shall mean any P&I Advance or Property Advance made with respect to any of the Notes, the Mortgage Loan or the Mortgaged Property pursuant to the Note A-1 PSA, Note A-2 PSA and Note A-3 PSA.

“Affiliate” shall mean, (i) prior to the occurrence of the Lead Securitization, with respect to any specified Person, (a) any other Person controlling or controlled by or under common control with such specified Person (each, a “Common Control Party”), (b) any other Person owning, directly or indirectly, ten percent (10%) or more of the beneficial interests in such Person or (c) any other Person in which such Person or a Common Control Party owns, directly or indirectly, ten percent (10%) or more of the beneficial interests (and, for the purposes of the definition in this clause (i), “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, relation to individuals or otherwise, and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing), and (ii) following the occurrence of the Lead Securitization, shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Agreement” shall mean this Co-Lender Agreement, the exhibits and schedules hereto, and all amendments hereof and supplements hereto.

“Asset Review” shall mean any review of representations and warranties conducted by a Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer, as contemplated by Item 1101(m) of Regulation AB.

“Borrower” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Borrower Party” shall mean (i) prior to the occurrence of the Lead Securitization, either (a) the Borrower, the Mortgagor or the manager of the Mortgaged Property

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or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing or (b) a holder or beneficial owner of any Accelerated Mezzanine Loan or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing, and (ii) following the occurrence of the Lead Securitization, shall have the meaning assigned to the term “Borrower Restricted Party” or “Borrower Party”, as applicable, in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Business Day” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Servicing Agreement.

“CLO Asset Manager” shall mean, with respect to any Securitization Vehicle that is a CLO, the entity that is responsible for managing or administering the underlying assets of such Securitization Vehicle or, if applicable, the assets of any Intervening Trust Vehicle (including, without limitation, the right to exercise any consent and control rights available to the Directing Holder).

“Certificate Administrator” shall mean the certificate administrator under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Certificate Administrator Fees” shall have the meaning given to such term or an analogous term in the Note A-1 PSA, the Note A-2 PSA or the Note A-3 PSA.

“Certificates” shall mean any securities issued in connection with the Note A-1 Securitization, the Note A-2 Securitization or the Note A-3 Securitization.

“CLO” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of Qualified Transferee.

“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

“Collection Account” shall mean the “collection account” or sub-account thereof, established under the Servicing Agreement for the purpose of servicing the Mortgage Loan.

“Commission” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 18(b)(ix).

“Control” shall mean the ownership, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate of more than fifty percent (50%) of the beneficial ownership interests of an entity and the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of an entity, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. The terms “controlled by,” “controlling” and “under common control with” shall have the respective correlative meaning thereto.

“Custodian” shall mean the custodian under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“DBRS Morningstar” shall mean DBRS, Inc. and its successors in interest.

“Defaulted Mortgage Loan” shall mean the Mortgage Loan in the event that the Mortgage Loan is delinquent at least 60 days in respect of its Monthly Payments or more than 60 days in respect of its balloon payment, in either case to be determined without giving effect to

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any grace period permitted by the Mortgage Loan Documents and without regard to any acceleration of payments under the Mortgage Loan Documents.

“Depositor” shall mean (i) with respect to the Note A-1 Securitization, the depositor under the Note A-1 PSA, (ii) with respect to the Note A-2 Securitization, the depositor under the Note A-2 PSA and (iii) with respect to the Note A-3 Securitization, the depositor under the Note A-3 PSA.

“Directing Holder” shall mean the Holder of Note A-2 or, if Note A-2 is included in a Securitization, the holders of Certificates issued in connection with such Securitization representing the specified interest in the class of Certificates designated as the “Controlling Class” or the duly appointed representative of the holders of such Certificates or such other party that the Note A-2 Holder grants the right to exercise the rights granted to the Directing Holder in this Agreement; provided, that no Borrower Party shall be entitled to act as Directing Holder.

“Event of Default” shall mean an “Event of Default” as defined in the Loan Agreement.

“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

“Excluded Amounts” shall mean:

(i)                                 proceeds, awards or settlements to be applied to the restoration or repair of the Mortgaged Property or released to the Borrower in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents;

(ii)                             amounts required to be deposited in reserve or escrow pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Documents; and

(iii)                          amounts that are then due and payable pursuant to the Servicing Agreement to the parties to the Servicing Agreement, including, without limitation, Servicing Fees, Special Servicing Fees, if applicable, reimbursement of costs and expenses, reimbursement of Property Advances and interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate;

provided, however, that Excluded Amounts shall not include (A) any amounts received in respect of any P&I Advances (and interest thereon), (B) any “servicing fee” due to the Master Servicer under the Servicing Agreement in respect of the Mortgage Loan (or any portion thereof) other than the Servicing Fee and (C) any Trustee Fees, Certificate Administrator Fees or Operating Advisor Fees.

“First Securitization” shall mean the Securitization with the earliest Securitization Date.

“Fitch” shall mean Fitch Ratings, Inc. and its successors in interest.

“Hazardous Materials” shall mean any dangerous, toxic or hazardous pollutants, chemicals, wastes, or substances, including, without limitation, those so identified pursuant to

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the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq., or any other environmental laws now existing, and specifically including, without limitation, asbestos and asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls (“PCBs”), radon gas, petroleum and petroleum products, urea formaldehyde and any substances classified as being “in inventory,” “usable work in process” or similar classification which would, if classified as unusable, be included in the foregoing definition.

“Holder” shall mean each of the Note A-1 Holder, the Note A-2 Holder and the Note A-3 Holder.

“Initial Note Holder” shall mean each of the Note A-1 Holder, the Note A-2 Holder and the Note A-3 Holder named on the cover page hereof.

“Intervening Trust Vehicle” shall mean, with respect to any Securitization Vehicle that is a CLO, a trust vehicle or entity which holds Note A-1, Note A-2 or Note A-3 as collateral securing (in whole or in part) any obligation or security held by such Securitization Vehicle as collateral for the CLO.

“KBRA” shall mean Kroll Bond Rating Agency, LLC and its successors in interest.

“Lead Depositor” shall mean the Depositor under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Lead Note” shall mean each Note held by the Lead Securitization.

“Lead Note Holder” shall mean the Holder of the Lead Note(s).

“Lead Securitization” shall mean the Note A-2 Securitization; provided, that in the event the Note A-2 Securitization is not the First Securitization, then from and after the closing date of the First Securitization until the Note A-2 Securitization Date, the Lead Securitization shall be the First Securitization.

“Lead Securitization Date” shall mean the closing date of the Lead Securitization.

“Lead Securitization Trust” shall mean the Securitization Trust created in connection with the Lead Securitization.

“Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement” shall mean the PSA executed and delivered in connection with the Lead Securitization.

“Lead Servicer” shall mean the servicer and/or special servicer designated under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Liquidation Proceeds” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or an analogous term in the Servicing Agreement.

“Loan Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

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“Loan Combination Custodial Account” shall mean the “Loan Combination Custodial Account” or analogous account established for the Mortgage Loan pursuant to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Major Decision” shall have the meaning given to such term or any analogous term in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement; provided that, at any time that none of Note A-1, Note A-2 or Note A-3 is included in the Lead Securitization, “Major Decision” shall mean, any of the following,

(i)                    any proposed or actual foreclosure upon or comparable conversion (which may include acquisitions of an REO Property) of the ownership of properties securing the Mortgage Loan as come into and continue in default;

(ii)                 any modification, consent to a modification or waiver of a monetary term or material non-monetary term (including, without limitation, the timing of payments and acceptance of discounted payoffs but excluding Penalty Charges) of the Mortgage Loan or any extension of the Maturity Date of the Mortgage Loan;

(iii)              any sale of the Defaulted Mortgage Loan or REO Property (other than in connection with the termination of the Lead Securitization Trust) for less than the applicable Repurchase Price (as defined in the Servicing Agreement);

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

(v)                any release of collateral or any acceptance of substitute or additional collateral for the Mortgage Loan, or any consent to either of the foregoing, other than as required pursuant to the specific terms of the related Mortgage Loan and for which there is no material lender discretion;

(vi)            any waiver of a “due-on-sale” or “due-on-encumbrance” clause with respect to the Mortgage Loan or any consent to such waiver or consent to a transfer of the Mortgaged Property or interests in the Borrower or consent to the incurrence of additional debt, other than any such transfer or incurrence of debt as may be effected without the consent of the lender under the Loan Agreement;

(vii)          any property management company changes (with respect to the Mortgage Loan (i) with an unpaid principal balance greater than $2,500,000 or (ii) where the successor property manager is affiliated with the Borrower) or franchise changes with respect to the Mortgage Loan for which the lender is required to consent or approve under the Mortgage Loan Documents;

(viii)       releases of any escrows, reserve accounts or letters of credit held as performance escrows or reserves other than those required pursuant to the specific terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents and for which there is no material lender discretion;

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(ix)              any acceptance of an assumption agreement releasing the Borrower from liability under the Mortgage Loan other than pursuant to the specific terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents and for which there is no lender discretion;

(x)                 any determination of an Acceptable Insurance Default;

(xi)               the determination of the Special Servicer to transfer the Mortgage Loan to special servicing due to an imminent default;

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

(xiii)         any modification, waiver or amendment of an intercreditor agreement, co-lender agreement, participation agreement or similar agreement with any mezzanine lender, holder of a Note or other subordinate debt holder related to the Mortgage Loan, or an action to enforce rights with respect thereto, in each case, in a manner that materially and adversely affects the holders of the Lead Note.

“Master Servicer” shall mean the master servicer under the Servicing Agreement and any successor thereunder.

“Master Servicer Remittance Date” shall mean, with respect to each Non-Lead Note, (i) prior to the related Non-Lead Securitization, the “master servicer remittance date” as such term is defined in the applicable Servicing Agreement, and (ii) from and after the related Non-Lead Securitization, the earlier of (x) the “master servicer remittance date” as such term is defined in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, and (y) the Business Day following the related Non-Lead Securitization Determination Date, in each case above in this definition as long as such date is at least one Business Day after the Monthly Payment Date (as defined in the Loan Agreement).

For the avoidance of doubt, any late collections received by the Master Servicer after the related due date under the Mortgage Loan shall be remitted by the Master Servicer in accordance with Section 18(b)(x) below.

“Maturity Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Exhibit A.

“Monthly Payment” with respect to any period shall mean all amounts due and payable to any Holder or Holders during such period in accordance with the Mortgage Loan Documents.

“Moody’s” shall mean Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and its successors in interest.

“Mortgage” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Mortgage Interest Rate” shall mean the Mortgage Interest Rate set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule with respect to each of Note A-1, Note A-2 and Note A-3.

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“Mortgage Loan” shall have the meaning assigned such term in the recitals.

“Mortgage Loan Documents” shall mean the Mortgage, the Loan Agreement, the Notes, and all other documents evidencing or securing the Mortgage Loan.

“Mortgage Loan Principal Balance” shall mean, at any date of determination, the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Notes evidencing the Mortgage Loan.

“Mortgage Loan Schedule” shall mean the schedule in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, which schedule sets forth certain information regarding the Mortgage Loan and the Notes.

“Mortgaged Property” shall have the meaning assigned such term in the recitals.

“Non-Directing Holder” shall mean the Holder(s) of more than a fifty percent (50%) percentage interest in any Note other than Note A-2, and if such Note has been included in a Securitization, the holders of Certificates representing the specified interest in the class of Certificates designated as the “controlling class” or the duly appointed representative of the holders of such Certificates or such other party otherwise entitled under each Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement to exercise the rights granted to the related Non-Directing Holder in this Agreement. If a Non-Lead Note is not in a Securitization, the Non-Directing Holder with respect to such Note will be the then-current Holder of such Note.

“Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer” shall mean the party acting as “asset representations reviewer” (within the meaning of Item 1101(m) of Regulation AB) under a related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Certificate Administrator” shall mean the applicable certificate administrator or other analogous term under any Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Depositor” shall mean the applicable “depositor” under any Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Master Servicer” shall mean the applicable “master servicer” under any Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Note” shall mean each Note other than a Lead Note.

“Non-Lead Note Holders” shall mean each Holder other than (a) the Lead Note Holder or (b) a Holder of any Note that is not the Lead Note but is held by the Lead Securitization.

“Non-Lead Securitization” shall mean each Securitization other than the Lead Securitization.

“Non-Lead Securitization Determination Date” shall mean the “determination date” (or any term substantially similar thereto) as defined in the related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

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“Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement” shall mean each PSA that is not the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Securitization Trust” shall mean any Securitization Trust that holds a Non-Lead Note.

“Non-Lead Special Servicer” shall mean the applicable “special servicer” under any Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Sponsor” shall mean, with respect to any Non-Lead Note, the related Holder that acts as the sponsor with respect to such Non-Lead Note in connection with the related Non-Lead Securitization.

“Non-Lead Trustee” shall mean the applicable “trustee” under any Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Nonrecoverable Advance” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Servicing Agreement.

“Note A-1” shall have the meaning assigned such term in the recitals.

“Note A-1 Holder” shall mean GACC or any subsequent holder of Note A-1.

“Note A-1 Principal Balance” shall mean, at any time of determination, the initial Note A-1 Principal Balance as set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon received by the Note A-1 Holder and any reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 4.

“Note A-1 PSA” shall mean the “pooling and servicing agreement” entered into in connection with the Note A-1 Securitization.

“Note A-1 Securitization” shall mean the first sale by the Note A-1 Holder of all or a portion of Note A-1 to a depositor who will in turn include all or such portion of Note A-1 (as applicable) as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Note A-1 Securitization Date” shall mean the closing date of the Note A-1 Securitization.

“Note A-1 Trust Fund” shall mean the trust formed pursuant to the Note A-1 PSA.

“Note A-2” shall have the meaning assigned such term in the recitals.

“Note A-2 Holder” shall mean AREF 2 or any subsequent holder of Note A-2.

“Note A-2 Principal Balance” shall mean, at any time of determination, the initial Note A-2 Principal Balance as set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of

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principal thereon received by the Note A-2 Holder and any reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 4.

“Note A-2 PSA” shall mean the “pooling and servicing agreement” entered into in connection with the Note A-2 Securitization.

“Note A-2 Securitization” shall mean the first sale by the Note A-2 Holder of all or a portion of Note A-2 to a depositor who will in turn include all or such portion of Note A-2 (as applicable) as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Note A-2 Securitization Date” shall mean the closing date of the Note A-2 Securitization.

“Note A-2 Trust Fund” shall mean the trust formed pursuant to the Note A-2 PSA.

“Note A-3” shall have the meaning assigned such term in the recitals.

“Note A-3 Holder” shall mean GACC or any subsequent holder of Note A-3.

“Note A-3 Principal Balance” shall mean, at any time of determination, the initial Note A-3 Principal Balance as set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon received by the Note A-3 Holder and any reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 4.

“Note A-3 PSA” shall mean the “pooling and servicing agreement” entered into in connection with the Note A-3 Securitization.

“Note A-3 Securitization” shall mean the first sale by the Note A-3 Holder of all or a portion of Note A-3 to a depositor who will in turn include all or such portion of Note A-3 (as applicable) as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Note A-3 Securitization Date” shall mean the closing date of the Note A-3 Securitization.

“Note A-3 Trust Fund” shall mean the trust formed pursuant to the Note A-3 PSA.

“Notes” shall have the meaning assigned such term in the recitals.

“Operating Advisor” shall mean each operating advisor under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Operating Advisor Fees” shall have the meaning given to such term or an analogous term in each of the Note A-1 PSA, the Note A-2 PSA and the Note A-3 PSA.

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“P&I Advance” shall mean an advance made by a party to the Note A-1 PSA, the Note A-2 PSA and the Note A-3 PSA, as applicable, with respect to a delinquent monthly debt service payment on the Notes included in the related Securitization.

“Penalty Charges” shall mean any amounts collected from the Borrower or with respect to the Mortgage Loan or the Mortgaged Property that represent default charges, penalty charges, late fees and/or default interest, but excluding any yield maintenance charge or prepayment premium.

“Permitted Fund Manager” shall mean any Person (a) listed on Exhibit C attached hereto or (b) that on the date of determination is (i) a Qualified Transferee or any other nationally-recognized manager of investment funds investing in debt or equity interests relating to commercial real estate, (ii) investing through one or more funds with committed capital of at least $250,000,000 and (iii) not subject to a proceeding, whether voluntary or involuntary, relating to the bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors.

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

“Property Advance” shall mean an advance made in respect of property protection expenses or expenses incurred to protect, preserve and enforce the security for the Mortgage Loan or to pay taxes and assessments or insurance premiums with respect to the Mortgaged Property.

“Pro Rata and Pari Passu Basis” shall mean with respect to the Notes and each Holder, (i) for purposes of allocating payments of interest among the Notes, each Note or Holder, as the case may be, is allocated its respective pro rata share based on the interest accrued on such Note at the respective Mortgage Interest Rate of such Note based on the outstanding principal balance of such Note and (ii) for all other purposes, the allocation of any particular payment, collection, cost, expense, liability or other amount between such Notes or such Holders, as the case may be, without any priority of any such Note or any such Holder over another Note or Holder, as the case may be, and in any event such that each Note or Holder, as the case may be, is allocated its respective pro rata share based on the outstanding principal balance of its Note in relation to the outstanding principal balance of the entire Mortgage Loan of such particular payment, collection, cost, expense, liability or other amount.

“PSA” shall mean each of the Note A-1 PSA, the Note A-2 PSA and the Note A-3 PSA.

“Qualified Servicer” shall mean (i) Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, (ii) Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, (iii) KeyBank National Association or (iv) any nationally recognized commercial mortgage loan servicer (1) rated at least “CSS3,” in the case of a special servicer, or at least “CMS2,” in the case of a master servicer, by Fitch, (2) on the S&P Select Servicer List as a U.S. Commercial Mortgage Master Servicer or a U.S. Commercial Mortgage Special Servicer, as applicable, (3) as to which neither Moody’s nor KBRA has cited servicing concerns of such servicer as the sole or material

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factor in any qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings (or placement on “watch status” in contemplation of a ratings downgrade or withdrawal) of securities in any CMBS transaction rated by Moody’s or KBRA, as applicable, and serviced by such servicer prior to the time of determination, and (4) that is then currently acting as servicer in a CMBS transaction rated by DBRS Morningstar and as to which DBRS Morningstar has not cited servicing concerns of such servicer as the sole or material factor in any qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings (or placement on “watch status” in contemplation of a ratings downgrade or withdrawal) of any securities issued in such transaction that are rated by DBRS Morningstar. For purposes of this definition, for so long as any Note is included in a Securitization, the ratings or actions of any Rating Agency that is not rating such Securitization(s) shall not be considered.

“Qualified Transferee” shall mean an Affiliate of GACC, AREF (and any Affiliate of such entity), an Affiliate of AREF 2, or one or more of the following (other than any Borrower Party):

(i)                                an insurance company, bank, savings and loan association, investment bank, trust company, commercial credit corporation, pension plan, pension fund, pension fund advisory firm, mutual fund, real estate investment trust or governmental entity or plan; or

(ii)                              an investment company, money management firm or a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, which regularly engages in the business of making or owning investments of types similar to the Mortgage Loan; or

(iii)                          an institution substantially similar to any of the foregoing entities described in clauses (i) or (ii) above; or

(iv)                          any entity Controlled by or under common Control or Controlling any of the entities described in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) above; or

(v)                             a Qualified Trustee (or, in the case of a CLO, a single purpose bankruptcy-remote entity that contemporaneously pledges its interest in a Note to a Qualified Trustee) in connection with (A) a securitization of, (B) the creation of collateralized loan (or debt) obligations (“CLO”) secured by, or (C) a financing through an “owner trust” of, any interest in a Note (any of the foregoing, a “Securitization Vehicle”), provided that either (1) one or more classes of securities issued by such Securitization Vehicle is initially rated at least investment grade by at least two (2) of the Rating Agencies engaged to assign ratings to classes of securities issued in connection with the applicable Securitization of the applicable Note; (2) in the case of a Securitization Vehicle that is not a CLO, the special servicer for the Securitization Vehicle is a Qualified Servicer at the time of transfer; or (3) in the case of a Securitization Vehicle that is a CLO, the CLO Asset Manager and, if applicable, each Intervening Trust Vehicle that is not administered and managed by a CLO Asset Manager that is a Qualified Transferee, is a Qualified Transferee under clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) of this definition; or

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(vi)                          an investment fund, limited liability company, limited partnership or general partnership in which a Permitted Fund Manager acts as the general partner, managing member, or the fund manager responsible for the day to day management and operation of such investment vehicle, provided that greater than fifty percent (50%) of the equity interests in such investment vehicle are owned, directly or indirectly, by one or more entities that are otherwise Qualified Transferees;

which, in the case of each of clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of this definition, has at least $650,000,000 in total assets (in name or under management) and (except with respect to a pension advisory firm or similar fiduciary) at least $250,000,000 in capital/statutory surplus or shareholders’ equity, and is regularly engaged in the business of making or owning commercial real estate loans or commercial loans similar to the Mortgage Loan.

“Qualified Trustee” shall mean (i) a corporation, national bank, national banking association or a trust company, organized and doing business under the laws of any state or the United States of America, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers and to accept the trust conferred, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority or (ii) an institution whose long-term senior unsecured debt is then rated in one of the top three rating categories of each of the Rating Agencies.

“Rating Agencies” shall mean DBRS Morningstar, Fitch, KBRA, Moody’s and S&P and their respective successors in interest or, if any of such entities shall for any reason no longer perform the functions of a securities rating agency, any other nationally recognized statistical rating agency reasonably designated by any Holder to rate the securities issued in connection with the Securitization of the related Note; provided, however, that, unless specified otherwise, at any time during which any Note is an asset of a Securitization, “Rating Agencies” or “Rating Agency” shall mean only those rating agencies that are engaged by the applicable Depositor from time to time to rate the securities issued in connection with such Securitization.

“Rating Agency Confirmation” shall mean each of the applicable Rating Agencies shall have confirmed in writing that the occurrence of the event with respect to which such Rating Agency Confirmation is sought shall not result in a downgrade, qualification or withdrawal of the applicable rating or ratings ascribed by such Rating Agency to any of the Certificates then outstanding. In the event that no Certificates are outstanding, any action that would otherwise require a Rating Agency Confirmation shall require the consent of the Directing Holder (unless it is a Borrower Party), which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.

For the purposes of this Agreement, if any Rating Agency (1) waives, declines or refuses, in writing, to review or otherwise engage any request for a confirmation hereunder from such Rating Agency that a proposed action will not result in a qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of its then current rating of the securities issued pursuant to the related Securitization, or (2) does not reply to such request or responds in a manner that indicates that such Rating Agency is neither reviewing such request nor waiving the requirement for Rating Agency Confirmation and the related timing, notice and other applicable provisions set forth in the Note

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A-1 PSA, the Note A-2 PSA and the Note A-3 PSA have been satisfied, then for such request only, the condition that such confirmation by such Rating Agency (only) be obtained will be deemed not to apply for purposes of this Agreement. For purposes of clarity, any such waiver, declination or refusal to review or otherwise engage in any request for such confirmation hereunder shall not be deemed a waiver, declination or refusal to review or otherwise engage in any subsequent request for such Rating Agency Confirmation hereunder and the condition for such Rating Agency Confirmation pursuant to this Agreement for any subsequent request shall apply regardless of any previous waiver, declination or refusal to review or otherwise engage in such prior request.

“Regulation AB” shall mean Subpart 229.1100 – Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R. §§229.1100-229.1125, as such rules may be amended from time to time, and subject to such clarification and interpretation as have been or may hereafter be from time to time provided by the Commission or by the staff of the Commission, in each case as effective from time to time as of the compliance dates specified therein.

“Reimbursement Rate” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or the term “Advance Rate” or an analogous term in the Servicing Agreement.

“REMIC” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2(f).

“REO Property” shall mean the Mortgaged Property, title to which has been acquired by the Servicer on behalf of (or other Person designated by) the Holders through foreclosure, deed in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise.

“S&P” shall mean S&P Global Ratings and its successors in interest.

“Securitization” shall mean each of the Note A-1 Securitization, the Note A-2 Securitization and the Note A-3 Securitization, as applicable.

“Securitization Date” shall mean, with respect to a Securitization, the effective date on which such Securitization is consummated.

“Securitization Servicing Agreement” shall mean the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement or any Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, as the context may require.

“Securitization Trust” shall mean a trust formed pursuant to a Securitization.

“Servicer” shall mean (i) the Master Servicer with respect to a non-Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan and the Special Servicer with respect to a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan, or (ii) with respect to a specific function, right or obligation as to which the Servicing Agreement designates the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, the party so designated, as applicable, pursuant to the Servicing Agreement.

“Servicer Termination Event” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement or at any time that the Mortgage Loan is no longer subject to the provisions of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, any analogous concept

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under the servicing agreement pursuant to which the Mortgage Loan is being serviced in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

“Servicing Agreement” shall mean the applicable Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement; provided that in the event that, following the Securitization of the Lead Note, the Lead Note is no longer an asset of the trust fund created pursuant to the Servicing Agreement, the term “Servicing Agreement” shall refer to the subsequent servicing agreement entered into pursuant to Section 2.

“Servicing Fee” shall mean a fee that (i) shall accrue a rate per annum (expressed, for the purposes of this Agreement, as a percentage of the aggregate of the Note A-1 Principal Balance, the Note A-2 Principal Balance and the Note A-3 Principal Balance as of the date of determination) equal to the Servicing Fee Rate and shall be computed for the same period and on the same interest accrual basis respecting which any interest payment due or deemed due on the Mortgage Loan is computed and prorated for partial periods and (ii) shall be payable to the Master Servicer for primary servicing the Mortgage Loan.

“Servicing Fee Rate” shall mean a rate per annum equal to the “primary servicing fee rate” (or analogous term) set forth in the “mortgage loan schedule” attached to the Servicing Agreement.

“Servicing Standard” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or an analogous term in the Servicing Agreement.

“Servicing Transfer Event” shall mean any of the events specified in the Servicing Agreement, whereby the servicing of the Mortgage Loan is required to be transferred to the Special Servicer from the Master Servicer.

“Special Servicer” shall mean the special servicer of the Mortgage Loan as appointed under the terms of this Agreement and the Servicing Agreement, or any successor special servicer appointed as provided thereunder.

“Special Servicing Fee” shall have the meaning given to such term or an analogous term in the Servicing Agreement; provided that under no circumstances shall the Special Servicing Fee exceed 0.2500% per annum (25 basis points) of the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, subject to any applicable minimum Special Servicing Fee set forth in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan” shall mean the Mortgage Loan during the period it is serviced by the Special Servicer following a Servicing Transfer Event.

“Transfer” shall mean any assignment, pledge, conveyance, sale, transfer, mortgage, encumbrance, grant of a security interest, issuance of a participation interest, or other disposition, either directly or indirectly, by operation of law or otherwise.

“Trust Fund” shall mean each of the Note A-1 Trust Fund, the Note A-2 Trust Fund and the Note A-3 Trust Fund.

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“Trustee” shall mean the trustee under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Trustee Fee” shall have the meaning given to such term or an analogous term in each of the Note A-1 PSA, the Note A-2 PSA and the Note A-3 PSA.

2.                  Servicing of the Mortgage Loan. (a) Each Holder acknowledges and agrees that, subject in each case to the specific terms of this Agreement, the Mortgage Loan shall be serviced (i) prior to the Lead Securitization Date, under interim servicing arrangements as directed by the Note A-2 Holder and (ii) from and after the Lead Securitization Date, by the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer pursuant to the Servicing Agreement.

(b)               Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each Holder hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consents to the appointment of the Master Servicer and the Trustee under the Servicing Agreement by the Lead Depositor and the appointment of the Special Servicer by the Directing Holder and agrees to reasonably cooperate with the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer with respect to the servicing of the Mortgage Loan in accordance with the Servicing Agreement. Each Holder hereby appoints the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee under the Servicing Agreement as such Holder’s attorney-in-fact to sign any documents reasonably required with respect to the administration and servicing of the Mortgage Loan on its behalf under the Servicing Agreement (subject at all times to the rights of the Holders as set forth herein and in such Servicing Agreement).

(c)               If, at any time the Lead Note is no longer in a Securitization, the Lead Note Holder shall cause the Mortgage Loan to be serviced pursuant to a servicing agreement that is substantially similar to the Servicing Agreement (and, if any Non-Lead Note is in a Securitization, a Rating Agency Confirmation from the Rating Agencies that were engaged by the related Depositor to rate such Securitization shall be obtained) and all references herein to the “Servicing Agreement” shall mean such subsequent Servicing Agreement; provided, however, that the Notes that were held by the Lead Securitization shall continue to be considered as the Lead Note; provided further, however, that unless otherwise agreed to by the holder of the Lead Note, the master servicer under such subsequent servicing agreement shall not be required to make any P&I Advance in respect of such Note; provided, however, that until a replacement Servicing Agreement has been entered into (and such Rating Agency Confirmation has been obtained), the Lead Note Holder shall cause the Mortgage Loan to be serviced pursuant to the provisions of the Servicing Agreement to which the Lead Note was subject (excluding, however, any obligation to make any P&I Advances in respect of the Lead Note except as specifically agreed to by the Servicer, and provided that the Servicer’s right to reimbursement for Property Advances as set forth in Section 17 shall remain in effect), as if such Servicing Agreement was still in full force and effect with respect to the Mortgage Loan; provided, further, however, that until a replacement Servicing Agreement is in place, the actual servicing of the Mortgage Loan may be performed by any Qualified Servicer appointed by the Lead Note Holder and does not have to be performed by the service providers set forth under the Servicing Agreement that was previously in effect.

(d)               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein (including Sections 4 and 13(a)), each Servicing Agreement shall provide that the Servicer shall be required

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to service and administer the Mortgage Loan in accordance with the Servicing Standard as set forth in such Servicing Agreement, and any Holder who is not a Borrower Party shall be deemed a third-party beneficiary of such provisions of the Servicing Agreement. It is understood that any Non-Lead Note Holder may separately appoint a servicer for its Non-Lead Note, by itself or together with other assets, but any such servicer will have no responsibility hereunder and shall be compensated solely by the applicable Non-Lead Note Holder from funds payable to it hereunder or otherwise.

(e)               The Holders acknowledge that the Servicer is to comply with this Agreement, the Servicing Agreement and the Mortgage Loan Documents in connection with the servicing of the Mortgage Loan.

(f)                If any Note is included as an asset of a real estate mortgage investment conduit (a “REMIC”), within the meaning of Section 860D(a) of the Code, then, any provision of this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding: (i) the Mortgage Loan shall be administered such that the Notes shall qualify at all times as (or as interests in) a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, (ii) any real property (and related personal property) acquired by or on behalf of the Holders pursuant to a foreclosure, exercise of a power of sale or delivery of a deed in lieu of foreclosure of the Mortgage or lien on such property following a default on the Mortgage Loan shall be administered so that the interest of the pro rata share of each Holder therein shall at all times qualify as “foreclosure property” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code, and (iii) no Servicer may modify, waive or amend any provision of the Mortgage Loan, consent to or withhold consent from any action of the Borrower, or exercise or refrain from exercising any powers or rights that the Holders may have under the Mortgage Loan Documents, if any such action would constitute a “significant modification” of the Mortgage Loan, within the meaning of Section 1.860G-2(b) of the regulations of the United States Department of the Treasury, more than three (3) months after the startup day of the REMIC that includes any Note (or any portion thereof). Each Holder agrees that the provisions of this paragraph shall be effected by compliance with any REMIC provisions in the Servicing Agreement relating to the administration of the Mortgage Loan.

(g)               In the event that one of the Notes is included in a REMIC, the other Holders shall not be required to reimburse such Holder or any other Person for payment of any taxes imposed on such REMIC or Advances therefor or for any interest on such Advance or for deficits in other items of disbursement or income resulting from the use of funds for payment of any such taxes, nor shall any disbursement or payment otherwise distributable to the other Holders be reduced to offset or make-up any such payment or deficit.

3.                  Priority of Notes. Each Note shall be of equal priority, and no portion of any Note shall have priority or preference over any portion of any other Note or security therefor. Except for the Excluded Amounts, all amounts tendered by the Borrower or otherwise available for payment on the Mortgage Loan, whether received in the form of Monthly Payments, a balloon payment, Liquidation Proceeds, proceeds under any guaranty, letter of credit or other instrument serving as security on the Mortgage Loan, proceeds under title, hazard or other insurance policies or awards or settlements in respect of condemnation proceedings or similar exercise of the power of eminent domain, shall be distributed by the Servicer and applied to the Notes on a Pro Rata and Pari Passu Basis.

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The Servicing Agreement shall provide for the application of Penalty Charges paid in respect of the Mortgage Loan to be used (i) to pay the Master Servicer, the Trustee or the Special Servicer for interest accrued on any Property Advances and reimbursement of Property Advances, (ii) to pay the parties to any Securitization for interest accrued on any P&I Advance, (iii) to pay certain other expenses (including Special Servicing Fees, unpaid workout fees and liquidation fees) incurred with respect to the Mortgage Loan and (iv) (a) in the case of the remaining amount of Penalty Charges allocable to the Lead Note, to pay the Master Servicer and/or the Special Servicer as additional servicing compensation as provided in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and (b) in the case of the remaining amount of Penalty Charges allocable to any Non-Lead Note, to pay, (x) prior to the securitization of such Note, the related Non-Lead Note Holder and (y) following the securitization of such Note, the Master Servicer and/or the Special Servicer as additional servicing compensation as provided in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

Upon the occurrence of the Lead Securitization as to which any such proceeds are received, any proceeds received from the sale of the primary servicing rights with respect to the Mortgage Loan shall be remitted, promptly upon receipt thereof, to the Holders on a Pro Rata and Pari Passu Basis. Any proceeds received by either Holder from the sale of master servicing rights with respect to its Note shall be for its own account.

4.                  Workout. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, but subject to the terms and conditions of the Servicing Agreement and Section 13 of this Agreement, and the obligation to act in accordance with the Servicing Standard, if the Lead Note Holder, or any Servicer, in connection with a workout or proposed workout of the Mortgage Loan, modifies the terms thereof such that (i) the Mortgage Loan Principal Balance is decreased, (ii) the Mortgage Interest Rate is reduced, (iii) payments of interest or principal on any Note are waived, reduced or deferred or (iv) any other adjustment is made to any of the payment terms of the Mortgage Loan, such modification shall not alter, and any modification of the Mortgage Loan Documents shall be structured to preserve, the equal priorities of the Notes as described in Section 3.

5.                  Accounts; Payment Procedure. The Servicing Agreement shall provide that the Master Servicer shall establish and maintain the Collection Account or Collection Accounts, as applicable. Each of the Note A-1 Holder, the Note A-2 Holder and the Note A-3 Holder hereby directs the Master Servicer, in accordance with the priorities set forth in Section 3 hereof, and subject to the terms of the Servicing Agreement, (i) to deposit into the applicable Collection Account within the time period specified in the Servicing Agreement all payments received with respect to the Mortgage Loan and (ii) to remit from the applicable Collection Account for deposit or credit on the applicable Master Servicer Remittance Date all payments received with respect to and allocable to its respective Non-Lead Note, by wire transfer to the account maintained by such Non-Lead Note Holder; provided that any late collections received by the Master Servicer after the related due date under the Mortgage Loan shall be remitted by the Master Servicer in accordance with Section 18(b)(x) of this Agreement.

If any Servicer holding or having distributed any amount received or collected in respect of a Note determines, or a court of competent jurisdiction orders, at any time that any

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amount received or collected in respect of such Note must, pursuant to any insolvency, bankruptcy, fraudulent conveyance, preference or similar law, be returned to the Borrower or paid to the related Holder, or any Servicer or paid to any other Person, then, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Servicer shall be required to distribute any portion thereof to such Holder, and such Holder shall promptly on demand repay to such Servicer the portion thereof which shall have been theretofore distributed to such Holder together with interest thereon at such rate, if any, as such Servicer shall have been required to pay to the Borrower, the other Holders, any Servicer or such other person or entity with respect thereto. Each of the Holders agrees that if at any time it shall receive from any sources whatsoever any payment on account of the Mortgage Loan in excess of its distributable share thereof, it will promptly remit such excess to the Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall have the right to offset any amounts due hereunder from a Holder with respect to the Mortgage Loan against any future payments due to such Holder under the Mortgage Loan, provided, that the obligations of each Holder under this Section 5 are separate and distinct obligations from one another and in no event shall any Servicer enforce the obligations of any Holder against any other Holder. The obligations of the Holders under this Section 5 constitute absolute, unconditional and continuing obligations and each Servicer shall be deemed a third-party beneficiary of these provisions.

6.                                      Limitation on Liability. Subject to the terms of the Servicing Agreement, no Holder (including the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer on its behalf) shall have any liability to any other Holder with respect to any Note, except (1) with respect to the Advance reimbursement provisions set forth in Section 17 and (2) with respect to losses actually suffered due to the negligence, willful misconduct or material breach of this Agreement on the part of such Holder (including the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer on its behalf, and the Master Servicer’s or Special Servicer’s liability is further limited as set forth in the Servicing Agreement; which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not reduce the obligation of such parties to act in accordance with the Servicing Standard).

7.                                      Representations of the Holders. (a)  Each of the Initial Note Holders hereby represents and warrants to, and covenants with, each other Holder that, as of the date hereof:

(i)                                     It is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State under which it is organized.

(ii)                                  The execution and delivery of this Agreement by such Holder, and performance of, and compliance with, the terms of this Agreement by such Holder, will not violate its organizational documents or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the breach of, any material agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or that is applicable to it or any of its assets, in each case which materially and adversely affect its ability to carry out the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

(iii)                              Such Holder has the full power and authority to enter into and consummate all transactions contemplated by this Agreement, has duly authorized the execution,

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delivery and performance of this Agreement and has duly executed and delivered this Agreement.

(iv)                              This Agreement is the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Holder enforceable against such Holder in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and except that the enforcement of rights with respect to indemnification and contribution obligations may be limited by applicable law.

(v)                                 It has the right to enter into this Agreement without the consent of any third party.

(vi)                              It is the holder of its respective Note for its own account in the ordinary course of its business.

(vii)                           It has not dealt with any broker, investment banker, agent or other person, that may be entitled to any commission or compensation in connection with the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby.

(viii)                        It is a Qualified Transferee.

8.                              Independent Analyses of each Holder. Each Holder acknowledges that, except for the representations made in Section 7, it has, independently and without reliance upon any other Holders and based on such documents and information as such Holder has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to purchase its respective Note. Each Holder hereby acknowledges that the other Holders shall have no responsibility for (i) the collectability of the Mortgage Loan, (ii) the validity, enforceability or legal effect of any of the Mortgage Loan Documents or the title insurance policy or policies or any survey furnished or to be furnished in connection with the origination of the Mortgage Loan, (iii) the validity, sufficiency or effectiveness of the lien created or to be created by the Mortgage Loan Documents, or (iv) the financial condition of the Borrower.

9.                                       No Creation of a Partnership or Exclusive Purchase Right. Nothing contained in this Agreement, and no action taken pursuant hereto, shall be deemed to constitute between any Holder (or any servicer or trustee on its behalf) and any other Holder a partnership, association, joint venture or other entity. Each Holder (or any servicer or trustee on its behalf) shall have no obligation whatsoever to offer to the other Holders the opportunity to purchase notes or interests relating to any future loans originated by such Holder or any of its Affiliates, and if any Holder chooses to offer to any of the other Holders, the opportunity to purchase notes or interests in any future mortgage loans originated by such Holder or its Affiliates, such offer shall be at such purchase price and interest rate as such Holder chooses, in its sole and absolute discretion. None of the Holders shall have any obligation whatsoever to purchase from any other Holder any notes or interests in any future loans originated by any other Holder or any of its Affiliates.

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10.                                 Not a Security. None of the Notes shall be deemed to be a security within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

11.                                 Other Business Activities of the Holders. Each Holder acknowledges that the other Holders may make loans or otherwise extend credit to, and generally engage in any kind of business with, any Borrower Party, and receive payments on such other loans or extensions of credit to any Borrower Party and otherwise act with respect thereto freely and without accountability, but only if none of the foregoing violate the Mortgage Loan Documents, in the same manner as if this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby were not in effect.

12.                                 Transfer of Notes. (a)  Each Holder may Transfer up to 49% (in the aggregate) of its beneficial interest in its Note whether or not the related transferee is a Qualified Transferee without a Rating Agency Confirmation. Each Holder shall not Transfer more than 49% (in the aggregate) of its beneficial interest in its Note unless (i) prior to a Securitization of any Note, the other Holders have consented to such Transfer, in which case the related transferee shall thereafter be deemed to be a “Qualified Transferee” for all purposes under this Agreement, (ii) after a Securitization of any Note, a Rating Agency Confirmation has been received with respect to such Transfer, in which case the related transferee shall thereafter be deemed to be a “Qualified Transferee” for all purposes under this Agreement, or (iii) such Transfer is to a Qualified Transferee. Any such transferee must assume in writing the obligations of the transferring Holder hereunder and agree to be bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement and the Servicing Agreement. Such proposed transferee (except in the case of Transfers that are made in connection with a Securitization) shall also remake each of the representations and warranties contained herein for the benefit of the other Holders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the non-transferring Holder’s prior consent (which will not be unreasonably withheld), and, if such non-transferring Holder’s Note is in a Securitization, without a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency that has been engaged by the related Depositor to rate the securities issued in connection with such Securitization, no Holder shall Transfer all or any portion of its Note to any Borrower Party and any such Transfer shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee.

(b)                                 Except for a Transfer made in connection with a Securitization, or a Transfer made by an Initial Note Holder to an Affiliate, at least five (5) days prior to a transfer of any Note, the transferring Holder shall provide to the other Holders and, if any Certificates are outstanding, to the Rating Agencies, a certification that such transfer will be made in accordance with this Section 12, such certification to include (1) the name and contact information of the transferee and (2) if applicable, a certification by the transferee that it is a Qualified Transferee.

(c)                                  The Holders acknowledge that any Rating Agency Confirmation may be granted or denied by the Rating Agencies in their sole and absolute discretion and that such Rating Agencies may charge the transferring Holder customary fees in connection with providing such Rating Agency Confirmation.

(d)                                 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, each Holder may pledge or transfer (a “Pledge”) its Note to any entity (other than any Borrower Party) that

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has extended a credit facility to such Holder or has entered into a repurchase agreement with such Holder and that, in each case, is either a Qualified Transferee or a financial institution whose long-term unsecured debt is rated at least “A” (or the equivalent) or better by each Rating Agency (a “Note Pledgee”), or to a Person with respect to which a Rating Agency Confirmation has been obtained, on terms and conditions set forth in this Section 12(d), it being further agreed that a financing provided by a Note Pledgee to any Holder or any Affiliate that controls such Holder that is secured by such Holder’s interest in its respective Note and is structured as a repurchase arrangement, shall qualify as a “Pledge” hereunder on the condition that all applicable terms and conditions of this Section 12(d) are complied with. A Note Pledgee that is not a Qualified Transferee may not take title to a Note without a Rating Agency Confirmation. Upon written notice, if any, by the pledging Holder to the other Holders and any Master Servicer that a Pledge has been effected (including the name and address of the applicable Note Pledgee), the other Holders agree to acknowledge receipt of such notice and thereafter agree: (i) to give such Note Pledgee written notice of any default by the pledging Holder in respect of its obligations under this Agreement of which default such Holder has actual knowledge and which notice shall be given simultaneously with the giving of such notice to the pledging Holder; (ii) to allow such Note Pledgee a period of ten (10) Business Days to cure a default by the pledging Holder in respect of its obligations to the other Holders hereunder, but such Note Pledgee shall not be obligated to cure any such default; (iii) that no amendment, modification, waiver or termination of this Agreement or the Servicing Agreement (if the pledging Holder had the right to consent to such amendment, modification, waiver or termination pursuant to the terms hereof) shall be effective against such Note Pledgee without the written consent of such Note Pledgee, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed and which consent shall be deemed to be given if Note Pledgee shall fail to respond to any request for consent to any such amendment, modification, waiver or termination within 10 days after request therefor; (iv) that the other Holders shall accept any cure by such Note Pledgee of any default of the pledging Holder which such pledging Holder has the right to effect hereunder, as if such cure were made by such pledging Holder; (v) that the other Holders or any Servicer shall deliver to Note Pledgee such estoppel certificate(s) as Note Pledgee shall reasonably request, provided that any such certificate(s) shall be in a form reasonably satisfactory to the other Holders; and (vi) that, upon written notice (a “Redirection Notice”) to any Master Servicer by such Note Pledgee that the pledging Holder is in default beyond any applicable cure periods with respect to the pledging Holder’s obligations to such Note Pledgee pursuant to the applicable credit agreement or other agreements relating to the Pledge between the pledging Holder and such Note Pledgee (which notice need not be joined in or confirmed by the pledging Holder), and until such Redirection Notice is withdrawn or rescinded by such Note Pledgee, Note Pledgee (or at any time that pledging Holder otherwise directs that such payment be made to Note Pledgee pursuant to a separate notice) shall be entitled to receive any payments that any Servicer would otherwise be obligated to make to the pledging Holder from time to time pursuant to this Agreement or any Servicing Agreement. Any pledging Holder hereby unconditionally and absolutely releases the other Holders and any Servicer from any liability to the pledging Holder on account of any Holder’s or Servicer’s compliance with any Redirection Notice believed by any Servicer or other Holders in good faith to have been delivered by a Note Pledgee. Note Pledgee shall be permitted to exercise fully its rights and remedies against the pledging Holder (and accept an assignment in lieu of foreclosure as to such collateral), in accordance with applicable law, the pledge agreement, repurchase agreement or similar agreement between the pledging Holder and the

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Note Pledgee and this Agreement. In such event, or if the pledging holder otherwise assigns its interests to the Note Pledgee, the other Holders and any Master Servicer shall recognize such Note Pledgee (and any transferee (other than any Borrower Party) that is also a Qualified Transferee at any foreclosure or similar sale held by such Note Pledgee or any transfer in lieu of foreclosure), and such Person’s successor and assigns, as the successor to the pledging Holder’s rights, remedies and obligations under this Agreement, and any such Note Pledgee or Qualified Transferee shall assume in writing the obligations of the pledging Holder hereunder accruing from and after such Transfer (i.e., realization upon the collateral by such Note Pledgee) and agrees to be bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement. The rights of a Note Pledgee under this Section 12(d) shall remain effective as to any Holder (and any Servicer) unless and until such Note Pledgee shall have notified such Holder (and any Servicer, as applicable) in writing that its interest in the pledged Note has terminated.

13.              Exercise of Remedies by the Servicer. (a)  Subject to the terms of this Agreement and the Servicing Agreement and subject to the rights and consents, where required, of the Directing Holder, the Servicer shall have the sole and exclusive authority with respect to the administration of, and exercise of rights and remedies with respect to, the Mortgage Loan, including, without limitation, the sole and exclusive authority to (i) modify or waive any of the terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents, (ii) consent to any action or failure to act by the Borrower or any party to the Mortgage Loan Documents, (iii) vote all claims with respect to the Mortgage Loan in any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar proceedings and (iv) to take legal action to enforce or protect each Holder’s interests with respect to the Mortgage Loan or to refrain from exercising any powers or rights under the Mortgage Loan Documents, including the right at any time to call or waive any Events of Default, or accelerate or refrain from accelerating the Mortgage Loan or institute any foreclosure action, and the Holders shall have no voting, consent or other rights whatsoever with respect to the Servicer’s administration of, or exercise of its rights and remedies with respect to, the Mortgage Loan. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Servicing Agreement, the Servicer shall have the sole and exclusive authority to make Property Advances with respect to the Mortgage Loan. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, each Holder agrees that it shall have no right to, and hereby presently and irrevocably assigns and conveys to the Servicer the rights, if any, that such Holder has to (A) call or cause the Servicer to call an event of default under the Mortgage Loan, or (B) exercise any remedies with respect to the Mortgage Loan or the Borrower, including, without limitation, filing or causing the Lead Note Holder or such Servicer to file any bankruptcy petition against the Borrower. Each Holder shall, from time to time, execute such documents as any Servicer shall reasonably require to evidence such assignment with respect to the rights described in clause (iii) of the first sentence in this Section 13(a).

(b)               The Lead Servicer and the Trustee for the Lead Securitization shall not have any fiduciary duty to the Non-Lead Note Holders in connection with the administration of the Mortgage Loan (but the foregoing shall not relieve the Lead Servicer and such Trustee from their respective obligation under this Agreement and the Servicing Agreement to make any disbursement of funds as set forth herein).

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Mortgage Loan becoming a Defaulted Mortgage Loan, if the Special Servicer determines to sell the Defaulted Mortgage Loan (or the Lead Note), it will be required to sell the entire Defaulted Mortgage Loan as a single whole loan (i.e., both the Lead Note and Non-Lead Notes). Any such sale of the entire Defaulted Mortgage Loan is subject to the satisfaction of one of the following two conditions:

(i)                                     Each Non-Lead Note Holder has provided written consent to such sale; or

(ii)                                  The Special Servicer has delivered the following notices and information to each Non-Lead Note Holder:

(1)               at least fifteen (15) Business Days prior written notice of any decision to attempt to sell the Defaulted Mortgage Loan;

(2)               at least ten (10) days prior to the proposed sale date, a copy of each bid package (together with any amendments to such bid packages) received by the Special Servicer in connection with any such proposed sale;

(3)               at least ten (10) days prior to the proposed sale date, a copy of the most recent Appraisal for the Mortgage Loan, and any documents in the Servicing File requested by a Non-Lead Note Holder; and

(4)               until the sale is completed and a reasonable period of time (but no less time than is afforded to other offerors and the Directing Holder) prior to the proposed sale date, all information and other documents being provided to other offerors and all leases or other documents that are approved by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer in connection with the proposed sale.

Any Non-Lead Note Holder may waive any delivery or timing requirements set forth above only for itself. Subject to the foregoing, each of the Lead Note Holder, the Directing Holder, the Non-Lead Note Holders and the Non-Directing Holders shall be permitted to submit an offer at any sale of the Defaulted Mortgage Loan (unless such Person is a Borrower Party).

Subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 13(c), the Non-Lead Note Holders hereby appoint the Lead Note Holder as their agent, and grant to the Lead Note Holder an irrevocable power of attorney coupled with an interest, and its proxy, for the purpose of soliciting and accepting offers for and consummating the sale of the Non-Lead Notes. Subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 13(c), each Non-Lead Note Holder further agrees that, upon the request of the Lead Note Holder, such Non-Lead Note Holder shall execute and deliver to or at the direction of Lead Note Holder such powers of attorney or other instruments as the Lead Note Holder may reasonably request to better assure and evidence the foregoing appointment and grant, in each case promptly following request, and shall deliver the related original Non-Lead Note, endorsed in blank, to or at the direction of the Lead Note Holder in connection with the consummation of any such sale.

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(d)               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the exercise by the Servicer on behalf of the Holders of its rights under this Section 13 shall be subject in all respects to any section of the Servicing Agreement governing REMIC administration, and in no event shall the Servicer be permitted to take any action or refrain from taking any action if taking or failing to take such action, as the case may be, would violate the laws of any applicable jurisdiction, breach the Mortgage Loan Documents or be inconsistent with the Servicing Standard or violate any other provisions of the Servicing Agreement or violate the REMIC provisions of the Code or any regulations promulgated thereunder, including, without limitation, the provisions of Section 2(f) of this Agreement.

14.              Rights of the Directing Holder. The Directing Holder shall be entitled to exercise the rights and powers granted to the Directing Holder hereunder and the rights and powers granted to the “Directing Holder,” “Controlling Class Certificateholder,” “Controlling Class Representative” or similar party under, and as defined in, the Servicing Agreement with respect to the Mortgage Loan. In addition, the Directing Holder shall be entitled to advise (1) the Special Servicer with respect to all matters related to a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan and (2) the Special Servicer with respect to all matters for which the Master Servicer must obtain the consent or deemed consent of the Special Servicer, and, except as set forth below (i) the Master Servicer shall not be permitted to take any Major Decision unless it has obtained the prior written consent of the Special Servicer and (ii) the Special Servicer shall not be permitted to consent to the Master Servicer’s taking any Major Decision nor will the Special Servicer itself be permitted to take any Major Decision as to which the Directing Holder has objected in writing within ten (10) Business Days (or thirty (30) days with respect to an Acceptable Insurance Default) after receipt of the written recommendation and analysis and such additional information requested by the Directing Holder as may be necessary in the reasonable judgment of the Directing Holder in order to make a judgment with respect to such Major Decision. The Directing Holder may also direct the Special Servicer to take, or to refrain from taking, such other actions with respect to the Mortgage Loan as the Directing Holder may deem advisable.

If the Directing Holder fails to notify the Special Servicer of its approval or disapproval of any proposed Major Decision within ten (10) Business Days (or thirty (30) days with respect to an Acceptable Insurance Default) after delivery to the Directing Holder by the applicable Servicer of written notice of a proposed Major Decision, together with any information requested by the Directing Holder as may be necessary in the reasonable judgment of the Directing Holder in order to make a judgment, then upon the expiration of such ten (10) Business Day (or thirty (30) days with respect to an Acceptable Insurance Default) period, such Major Decision shall be deemed to have been approved by the Directing Holder.

In the event that the Special Servicer or Master Servicer (in the event the Master Servicer is otherwise authorized by the Servicing Agreement to take such action), as applicable, determines that immediate action, with respect to the foregoing matters, or any other matter requiring consent of the Directing Holder is necessary to protect the interests of the Holders (as a collective whole) and the Special Servicer has made a reasonable effort to contact the Directing Holder, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, may take any such action without waiting for the Directing Holder’s response.

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No objection, direction or advice contemplated by the preceding paragraphs may require or cause the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, to violate any provision of the Mortgage Loan Documents, applicable law, the Servicing Agreement, this Agreement, the REMIC provisions of the Code or the Master Servicer or Special Servicer’s obligation to act in accordance with the Servicing Standard, or expose the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Lead Securitization Trust or the Trustee to liability, or materially expand the scope of the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s responsibilities under the Servicing Agreement.

The Directing Holder shall have no liability to the other Holders or any other Person for any action taken, or for refraining from the taking of any action or the giving of any consent or the failure to give any consent pursuant to this Agreement or the Servicing Agreement, or errors in judgment, absent any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of its willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence. The Holders agree that the Directing Holder may take or refrain from taking actions, or give or refrain from giving consents, that favor the interests of one Holder over the other Holder, and that the Directing Holder may have special relationships and interests that conflict with the interests of another Holder and, absent willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence on the part of the Directing Holder, agree to take no action against the Directing Holder or any of its officers, directors, employees, principals or agents as a result of such special relationships or interests, and that the Directing Holder will not be deemed to have been grossly negligent or reckless, or to have acted in bad faith or engaged in willful misfeasance or to have recklessly disregarded any exercise of its rights by reason of its having acted or refrained from acting, or having given any consent or having failed to give any consent, solely in the interests of any Holder.

15.                                 Appointment of Special Servicer. Subject to the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement for so long as the Lead Note is included in the Lead Securitization, the Directing Holder shall have the right at any time and from time to time, with or without cause, to replace the Special Servicer then acting with respect to the Mortgage Loan and appoint a Qualified Servicer as the replacement Special Servicer in lieu thereof. The Directing Holder shall designate a Person to serve as Special Servicer by delivering to the other Holders and the parties to each PSA a written notice stating such designation and by satisfying the other conditions required under the Servicing Agreement (including, without limitation, a Rating Agency Confirmation, if required by the terms of the Servicing Agreement), if any.

16.                                 Rights of the Non-Directing Holders. (a)  The Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement shall provide that the Servicer shall be required:

(i)                                     to provide copies of any notice, information and report that it is required to provide to the Directing Holder pursuant to the Servicing Agreement with respect to any Major Decisions or the implementation of any recommended actions outlined in an Asset Status Report relating to the Mortgage Loan to the Non-Directing Holders, within the same time frame it is required to provide to the Directing Holder; provided, however, following a Non-Lead Securitization, all notices, reports, information or other deliverables required to be delivered to the related Non-Directing Holder or the related Non-Lead Note Holder pursuant to this Agreement or the Lead Securitization Servicing

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Agreement by the Lead Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall be delivered to the related Non-Lead Master Servicer, the related Non-Lead Special Servicer and the related Non-Lead Certificate Administrator (who then may forward such items to the party entitled to receive such items as and to the extent provided in the related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement) and, when so delivered to such Non-Lead Master Servicer, Non-Lead Special Servicer and Non-Lead Certificate Administrator, the Lead Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall be deemed to have satisfied its delivery obligations with respect to such items hereunder or under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement; provided, however, that all items that relate to the related Non-Lead Depositor’s compliance with any applicable securities laws shall also be delivered to such Non-Lead Depositor; and

(ii)                                  to consult with each Non-Directing Holder on a strictly non-binding basis, if, having received such notices, information and reports, such Non-Directing Holder requests consultation with respect to any such Major Decision or the implementation of any recommended actions outlined in an Asset Status Report relating to the Mortgage Loan, and consider alternative actions recommended by such Non-Directing Holder; provided that after the expiration of a period of ten (10) Business Days (or in connection with an Acceptable Insurance Default, thirty (30) days) from the delivery to each Non-Directing Holder of written notice of a proposed action, together with copies of the notices, information and reports required to be provided to, or requested by, the Directing Holder, the Servicer shall no longer be obligated to consult with the Non-Directing Holders (unless the Servicer proposes a new course of action that is materially different from the action previously proposed, in which case such ten (10) Business Day period (or in connection with an Acceptable Insurance Default, thirty (30) day period) shall be begin anew from the date of such proposal and delivery of all information relating thereto).

(b)                                 Notwithstanding the foregoing non-binding consultation rights of the Non-Directing Holders, the Servicer may take any Major Decision or any action set forth in the Asset Status Report before the expiration of the aforementioned ten (10) Business Day period (or thirty (30) day period with respect to an Acceptable Insurance Default) if the Servicer determines, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, that immediate action with respect thereto is necessary to protect the interests of the Holders.

(c)                                  In addition to the foregoing non-binding consultation rights, the Non-Directing Holders shall have the right to annual conference calls with the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer upon reasonable notice and at times reasonably acceptable to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in which servicing issues related to the Mortgage Loan are discussed.

(d)                                 In no event shall the Servicer be obligated at any time to follow or take any alternative actions recommended by any of the Non-Directing Holders.

(e)                                  Any Non-Directing Holder that is a Borrower Party shall not be entitled to any of the rights set forth in this Section 16.

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17.              Advances; Reimbursement of Advances. (a) (i) Pursuant to terms of the Servicing Agreement, the Lead Servicer and/or the related Trustee shall be obligated (subject to customary determinations of non-recoverability) to make (1) Property Advances with respect to the Mortgage Loan or the Mortgaged Property and (2) P&I Advances with respect to the Lead Note and (ii) pursuant to the terms of a Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, the related Non-Lead Master Servicer and/or the related Non-Lead Trustee may be obligated to make P&I Advances with respect to the related Non-Lead Note. The Lead Servicer and/or the related Trustee will not be required to make any P&I Advance with respect to any Non-Lead Note and the related Non-Lead Master Servicer and/or the related Non-Lead Trustee will not be required to make any P&I Advance with respect to any Lead Note, any other Non-Lead Note or any Property Advance. The Lead Servicer, each Non-Lead Master Servicer, the Trustee and any related Non-Lead Trustee will be entitled to interest on any Advance (at a rate not to exceed the Prime Rate) made in the manner and from the sources provided in the Note A-1 PSA, the Note A-2 PSA and the Note A-3 PSA, as applicable.

(b)               The Lead Servicer and the related Trustee, as applicable, will be entitled to reimbursement for a Property Advance, first from the Collection Account established with respect to the Mortgage Loan, and then, if such Property Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance, if such funds on deposit in the Collection Account are insufficient, from general collections of the Lead Securitization as provided in the Servicing Agreement.

(c)               To the extent amounts on deposit in the Collection Account with respect to the Mortgage Loan are insufficient to reimburse the Lead Servicer or the related Trustee, as applicable, for any Property Advance and/or interest thereon and the Lead Servicer or the related Trustee, as applicable, obtains funds from general collections of the Lead Securitization as a reimbursement for such Property Advance or interest thereon, each Non-Lead Note Holder (including any Securitization into which the related Non-Lead Note is deposited) shall be required to, promptly following notice from the Lead Servicer, pay to the Lead Securitization for its Pro Rata and Pari Passu Basis share of such Property Advance and/or interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate so reimbursed from general collections (to the extent amounts on deposit in the Collection Account are insufficient for reimbursement of such amounts). In addition, each Non-Lead Note Holder (including any Securitization into which the related Non-Lead Note is deposited) shall promptly pay or reimburse the Lead Servicer or the related Trustee for such Non-Lead Note Holder’s Pro Rata and Pari Passu Basis share of any fees, costs or expenses incurred in connection with the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loan (including, without limitation, any and all fees, costs or expenses related to obtaining a Rating Agency Confirmation) as to which the Lead Securitization or any of the parties thereto are entitled to be reimbursed pursuant to the terms of the Servicing Agreement (to the extent amounts on deposit in the Collection Account are insufficient for reimbursement of such amounts).

(d)               The parties to each of the Note A-1 PSA, the Note A-2 PSA and the Note A-3 PSA shall each be entitled to make their own recoverability determination with respect to a P&I Advance based on the information that they have on hand and in accordance with the Note A-1 PSA, the Note A-2 PSA and the Note A-3 PSA, as applicable.

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the Lead Servicer or the related Trustee shall also defer its reimbursement of each Non-Lead Note share from the Non-Lead Note Holders.

18.                                Provisions Relating to Securitization. (a)  For so long as an Initial Note Holder or its Affiliate (an “Initial Note Holder Entity”) is the owner of its Note(s), such Initial Note Holder Entity shall have the right, subject to the terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents, to cause the Borrower to execute amended and restated notes or additional notes (in either case “New Notes”) reallocating the principal of its Note(s) or severing its Note(s) into one or more further “component” notes in the aggregate principal amount equal to the then-outstanding principal balance of its Note(s), provided that (i) the aggregate principal balance of the New Notes following such amendments is no greater than the principal balance of the related original Note(s) prior to such amendments, (ii) all New Notes continue to have the same weighted average interest rate as the original Note(s) prior to such amendments, (iii) all New Notes pay pro rata and on a pari passu basis and such reallocated or component notes shall be automatically subject to the terms of this Agreement and (iv) the Initial Note Holder Entity holding the New Notes shall notify the other Holders (or, for any Note that has been contributed to a Securitization, to the trustee and the applicable master servicer of such Securitization) in writing of such modified allocations and principal amounts. In connection with the foregoing, (1) the Master Servicer is hereby authorized to execute amendments to the Loan Agreement and this Agreement (or to amend and restate the Loan Agreement and this Agreement) on behalf of any or all of the Holders solely for the purpose of reflecting such reallocation of principal or such severing of Note(s), (2) if a Note is severed into “component” notes, such component notes shall each have their same rights as the respective original Note (except if such original Note is Note A-2, then the applicable Initial Note Holder shall designate one of the New Notes to take the place of Note A-2 in the definitions of “Directing Holder”, “Lead Note”, “Lead Securitization”, “Non-Directing Holder” and “Servicing Agreement”), and (3) the definition of the term “Securitization” and all of the related defined terms may be amended (and new terms added, as necessary) to reflect the New Notes. Rating Agency Confirmation shall not be required for any amendments to this Agreement required to facilitate the terms of this paragraph 18(a).

(b)                                 The Lead Note Holder agrees that it shall cause the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement to provide as follows (and to the extent such following provisions are not included in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, they shall be deemed incorporated therein and made a part thereof):

(i)                                    the Master Servicer or Trustee shall be required to provide written notice to each Non-Lead Master Servicer and each Non-Lead Trustee of any P&I Advance it has made with respect to the Lead Note within two (2) Business Days of making such advance;

(ii)                                  if the Master Servicer determines that a proposed P&I Advance with respect to the Lead Note or Property Advance with respect to the Mortgage Loan, if made, or any outstanding P&I Advance or Property Advance previously made, would be, or is, as applicable, a Nonrecoverable Advance, the Master Servicer shall provide each Non-Lead Master Servicer written notice of such determination promptly after such determination was made together with such reports that the Master Servicer delivered to

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the Special Servicer or Trustee in connection with notification of its determination of nonrecoverability;

(iii)                               the Master Servicer shall remit all payments received with respect to any Non-Lead Note, net of the Servicing Fees payable to the Master Servicer and Special Servicer with respect to such Non-Lead Note, and any other applicable fees and reimbursements payable to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee with respect to such Non-Lead Note, to the related Non-Lead Note Holder by the Master Servicer Remittance Date for the Non-Lead Note; provided, that any late collections received by the Master Servicer after the related due date under the Mortgage Loan shall be remitted by the Master Servicer in accordance with Section 18(b)(x) below;

(iv)                              with respect to any Non-Lead Note that is held by a Securitization, the Master Servicer agrees to deliver or cause to be delivered or make available to the related Non-Lead Master Servicer all reports required to be delivered by the Master Servicer to the Certificate Administrator under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement (which shall include all loan-level reports constituting the CREFC^® Investor Reporting Package (IRP)) pursuant to the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement to the extent related to the Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property, such Non-Lead Note, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee by the Business Day following the Master Servicer Remittance Date for the Non-Lead Note;

(v)                                 the Master Servicer and Special Servicer, as applicable, shall provide (or the Special Servicer shall provide to the Master Servicer for provision by the Master Servicer) (in electronic media) to each Non-Lead Note Holder all documents, certificates, instruments, notices, reports, operating statements, rent rolls and other information regarding the Mortgage Loan provided by it to any other party to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement at the time provided to such other party;

(vi)                              the servicing duties of each of the Master Servicer and Special Servicer under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement shall include the duty to service the Mortgage Loan and all of the Notes on behalf of the Holders (including the respective trustees and certificateholders) in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement, the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and the Servicing Standard;

(vii)                          each Non-Lead Note Holder shall be entitled to the same indemnity as the Lead Note Holder under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement; each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, any primary servicer and the Custodian shall be required to (and shall require any Servicing Function Participant or Additional Servicer engaged by it to) indemnify each “certification party” and the depositor of any public Securitization Trust, and their respective directors and officers and controlling persons, to the same extent that they indemnify the Depositor (as depositor in respect of the Lead Securitization) and each “certifying party” for (i) its failure to deliver the items in clause (viii) below in a timely manner, (ii) its failure to perform its obligations to such depositor or the related Non-Lead Trustee under Article X (or any article substantially similar thereto) of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement by the time required after giving effect to any

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applicable grace period or cure period, (iii) the failure of any Servicing Function Participant or Additional Servicer retained by it (other than a Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer) to perform its obligations to such depositor or trustee under such Article X (or any article substantially similar thereto) of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement by the time required and/or (iv) any Deficient Exchange Act Deliverable regarding, and delivered by or on behalf of, such party;

(viii)                        with respect to any Non-Lead Securitization that is subject to reporting requirements under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act (including Rule 15Ga-1), and Regulation AB, (a) the Master Servicer, any primary servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator or other party acting as custodian for the Lead Securitization shall be required to deliver (and shall be required to cause each other servicer and servicing function participant (within the meaning of Items 1123 and 1122, respectively, of Regulation AB) retained or engaged by it to deliver; provided that such party shall only be required to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause a Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer to deliver), in a timely manner (i) the reports, certifications, compliance statements, accountants’ assessments and attestations, and information to be included in reports (including, without limitation, Form ABS-15G, Form 10-K, Form 10-D and Form 8-K), and (ii) upon request, any other materials specified in the related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), as the related Non-Lead Depositor or the related Non-Lead Trustee reasonably believes, in good faith, are required in order for the related Non-Lead Depositor or the related Non-Lead Trustee to comply with its obligations under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act (including Rule 15Ga-1), Regulation AB and Form SF-3, (b) without limiting the generality of the foregoing (x) the Lead Depositor or the related Holder shall provide or cause to be provided to any related Non-Lead Depositor and any Non-Lead Trustee (1) written notice (which may be by e-mail) in a timely manner (but no later than three (3) Business Days prior to closing) of the occurrence of such Securitization, and (2) no later than one (1) Business Day following the closing date of such Securitization, a copy of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement in an EDGAR-compatible format, and (y) the Master Servicer and Special Servicer (or any replacement Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable) shall, upon reasonable prior written request, and subject to the right of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, to review and approve such disclosure materials, permit a holder of any Non-Lead Note to use such party’s description contained in the Lead Securitization prospectus (updated as appropriate by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, at the cost of the related Non-Lead Sponsor) (or, in the case of a replacement Special Servicer, contained in a Lead Securitization Form 8-K), for inclusion in the disclosure materials (or, in the case of a replacement Special Servicer, for inclusion in a Form 8-K) relating to any securitization of the related Non-Lead Note, and (z) the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (or any replacement Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable), shall provide indemnification agreements, opinions and Regulation AB compliance letters as were or are being delivered with respect to the Lead Securitization (in each case, at the cost of the related Non-Lead Sponsor), and (c) in connection with any amendment of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, the party requesting such amendment shall provide written notice (which may be by e-mail) of such proposed amendment to any Non-Lead Depositor and the related Non-Lead Trustee no later than three (3) Business Days prior to

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the date of effectiveness of such amendment, and, on the date of effectiveness of such amendment to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, provide a copy of such amendment in an EDGAR-compatible format to such Non-Lead Depositor and the related Non-Lead Trustee. The Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall each be required to provide certification and indemnification to any “certifying party” with respect to any applicable Sarbanes-Oxley Certification with respect to a Non-Lead Securitization;

(ix)                               each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Custodian and the Trustee and each Affected Reporting Party shall cooperate (and require each Servicing Function Participant and Additional Servicer retained by it to cooperate under the applicable Sub-Servicing Agreement), with each Non-Lead Depositor (including, without limitation, providing all due diligence information, reports, written responses, negotiations and coordination) to the same extent as such party is required to cooperate with the Lead Depositor under Article X (or any article substantially similar thereto) of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and in connection with Deficient Exchange Act Deliverables. All respective reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by any Non-Lead Depositor (including reasonable legal fees and expenses of outside counsel to such depositor) in connection with the foregoing (other than those costs and expenses related to participation by such Non-Lead Depositor in any telephone conferences and meetings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) and other costs such Non-Lead Depositor must bear pursuant to Article X (or any article substantially similar thereto) of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement) and any amendments to any reports filed with the Commission therewith shall be promptly paid by the applicable Affected Reporting Party upon receipt of an itemized invoice from such Non-Lead Depositor;

(x)                                   any late collections received by the Master Servicer from the Borrower that are allocable to a Non-Lead Note or reimbursable to a Non-Lead Master Servicer or a Non-Lead Trustee shall be remitted by the Master Servicer to such Non-Lead Master Servicer within one (1) Business Day of receipt and identification thereof; provided, however, that to the extent any such amounts are received after 3:00 p.m. Eastern time on any given Business Day, the Master Servicer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to remit such late collections to such Non-Lead Master Servicer within one (1) Business Day of receipt of properly identified funds but, in any event, the Master Servicer shall remit such amounts within two (2) Business Days of receipt of properly identified funds;

(xi)                               each Non-Lead Note Holder is an intended third-party beneficiary in respect of the rights afforded it under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and the related Non-Lead Master Servicer will be entitled to enforce the rights of such Non-Lead Note Holder under this Agreement and the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement;

(xii)                            each Non-Lead Master Servicer and each Non-Lead Special Servicer shall each be a third-party beneficiary of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement with respect to all provisions therein expressly relating to compensation, reimbursement or

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indemnification of such Non-Lead Master Servicer or such Non-Lead Special Servicer, as the case may be, and the provisions regarding coordination of Advances;

(xiii)                          if the Mortgage Loan becomes a Defaulted Mortgage Loan and the Special Servicer determines to sell the Lead Note in accordance with the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, it shall have the right and the obligation to sell all of the Notes as notes evidencing one whole loan in accordance with the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. In connection with any such sale, the Special Servicer shall provide notice to each Non-Lead Master Servicer who shall provide notice to the respective Non-Directing Holder in the related securitization of the planned sale and such Non-Directing Holder’s opportunity to submit an offer on the Mortgage Loan;

(xiv)                         the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement shall not be amended in any manner that materially and adversely affects any Non-Lead Note Holder without the consent of such Non-Lead Note Holder;

(xv)                            to the extent related to the Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, Rating Agency Confirmation shall be provided with respect to the Certificates issued in connection with any Non-Lead Securitization to the same extent a Rating Agency Confirmation is provided with respect to the Certificates issued in connection with the Lead Securitization;

(xvi)                         Servicer Termination Events with respect to the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall include (i) solely with respect to the Master Servicer, the failure to timely remit payments to any Non-Lead Note Holder, which failure continues unremedied for two (2) Business Days following the date on which such payment was to be made; (ii) solely with respect to the Special Servicer, the failure to deposit into any REO Account any amount required to be so deposited within two (2) Business Days after the date such deposit was to be made, or the failure to remit to the Master Servicer for deposit into the Collection Account or the related Loan Combination Custodial Account, as applicable, any amount required to be so remitted by the Special Servicer within one (1) Business Day after the date such remittance was to be made; (iii) the qualification, downgrade or withdrawal, or placing on “watch status” in contemplation of a rating downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings of any class of certificates issued in connection with any Non-Lead Securitization by the rating agencies rating such securities (and such qualification, downgrade, withdrawal or “watch status” placement shall not have been withdrawn by such rating agencies within sixty (60) days of actual knowledge of such event by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be), and publicly citing servicing concerns with the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, as the sole or a material factor in such rating action; and (iv) the failure to provide to any Non-Lead Note Holder (if and to the extent required under the Non-Lead Securitization) reports required under the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations thereunder, in a timely fashion. Upon the occurrence of such a Servicer Termination Event with respect to the Master Servicer affecting a Non-Lead Note Holder and the Master Servicer is not otherwise terminated pursuant to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, the Trustee shall, upon the direction of such Non-Lead Note Holder, require the appointment of a subservicer with respect to the related Non-Lead Note. Upon the occurrence of a

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Servicer Termination Event with respect to the Special Servicer affecting a Non-Lead Note Holder and the Special Servicer is not otherwise terminated pursuant to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, the Trustee shall, upon direction of such Non-Lead Note Holder, terminate the Special Servicer with respect to, but only with respect to, the Mortgage Loan;

(xvii)                     upon any resignation of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, any replacement of the Special Servicer, any termination of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer and/or any replacement thereof, any appointment of a successor to the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, or the effectiveness of any designation of a new Special Servicer, the Trustee or Certificate Administrator shall promptly (and in any event no later than three (3) Business Days prior to the effective date of such resignation, termination, replacement and/or appointment of a Master Servicer or Special Servicer) provide written notice thereof to each Non-Lead Trustee, each Non-Lead Master Servicer and each Non-Lead Depositor, together with any information reasonably required (including, without limitation, any disclosure required under Item 1108 of Regulation AB) for the related Non-Lead Securitization to comply with any applicable reporting obligations under the Exchange Act; provided, that such notice shall not be deemed to be provided unless receipt thereof has been confirmed in writing (which may be by e-mail) from any such Non-Lead Depositor;

(xviii)                   if a Non-Lead Note becomes the subject of an Asset Review pursuant to a Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee and the Custodian shall reasonably cooperate with the related Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer in connection with such Asset Review by providing such Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer with any documents reasonably requested by such Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer, but only to the extent (x) such documents are in the possession of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Custodian, as the case may be, and (y) such Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer has not been able to obtain such documents from the related mortgage loan seller; and

(xix)                          any conflict between the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and this Agreement shall be resolved in favor of this Agreement.

(c)                                  Each Non-Lead Note Holder agrees that it shall cause the related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement to provide as follows (and to the extent such following provisions are not included in the Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, they shall be deemed incorporated therein and made a part thereof):

(i)                                     the Non-Lead Note Holder shall be responsible for its Pro Rata and Pari Passu Basis share of any Property Advances (and advance interest thereon), any Additional Trust Fund Expenses, and any other fees, costs or expenses incurred in connection with the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loan (including, without limitation, any costs, fees and expenses related to obtaining any Rating Agency Confirmation) but only to the extent that they relate to servicing and administration of the Notes and the Mortgaged Property, including without limitation, any unpaid Special

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Servicing Fees, liquidation fees and workout fees relating to the Notes, and that in the event that the funds received with respect to each respective Note are insufficient to cover such Property Advances or Additional Trust Fund Expenses, (A) the related Non-Lead Master Servicer will be required to, promptly following notice from the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, pay or reimburse the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee or the Lead Securitization Trust (such parties and the Lead Securitization Trust, collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”), as applicable, out of general funds in the collection account (or equivalent account) established under the related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement for such Non-Lead Note Holder’s Pro Rata and Pari Passu Basis share of any such Nonrecoverable Property Advances (together with advance interest thereon) and/or Additional Trust Fund Expenses (including compensation due to the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer to the extent related to the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loan and the Mortgaged Property), and (B) if the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement permits the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee to reimburse itself from the Lead Securitization Trust’s general account, then the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as applicable, may do so, and the related Non-Lead Master Servicer will be required to, promptly following notice from the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, reimburse the Lead Securitization Trust out of general funds in the collection account (or equivalent account) established under the related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement for such Non-Lead Note Holder’s Pro Rata and Pari Passu Basis share of any such Nonrecoverable Property Advances (together with advance interest thereon) and/or Additional Trust Fund Expenses (including compensation due to the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer to the extent related to the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loan and the Mortgaged Property);

(ii)                                 each of the Indemnified Parties shall be indemnified (as and to the same extent the Lead Securitization Trust is required to indemnify each of such Indemnified Parties pursuant to the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and, in the case of the Lead Securitization Trust, to the extent of any Additional Trust Fund Expenses with respect to the Mortgage Loan) by the related Non-Lead Securitization Trust, against any claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and related costs, judgments and any other costs, liabilities, fees and expenses incurred in connection with the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loan and the Mortgaged Property (or, with respect to the Operating Advisor, incurred in connection with the provision of services for the Mortgage Loan) under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement (collectively, the “Indemnified Items”) to the extent of its Pro Rata and Pari Passu Basis share of such Indemnified Items, and to the extent amounts on deposit in the Loan Combination Custodial Account that are allocated to the related Non-Lead Note are insufficient for reimbursement of such amounts, the related Non-Lead Master Servicer will be required to pay or reimburse each of the applicable Indemnified Parties for the related Non-Lead Note’s Pro Rata and Pari Passu Basis share of the insufficiency out of general funds in the collection account (or equivalent account) established under the related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement;

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(iii)                               the related Non-Lead Master Servicer, Non-Lead Trustee or Non-Lead Certificate Administrator will be required to deliver to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer and the Operating Advisor (i) promptly following Securitization of the related Non-Lead Note, notice of the deposit of the related Non-Lead Note into a Trust Fund (which notice may be by e-mail and shall also provide contact information for the related Non-Lead Trustee, the related Non-Lead Certificate Administrator, the related Non-Lead Master Servicer, the related Non-Lead Special Servicer and the party designated to exercise the rights of the related “Non-Directing Holder” under this Agreement), accompanied by a copy of such executed Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and (ii) notice of any subsequent change in the identity of the related Non-Lead Master Servicer or the party designated to exercise the rights of the related “Non-Directing Holder” under this Agreement (together with the relevant contact information);

(iv)                              any matter affecting the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loan that requires delivery of a Rating Agency Confirmation pursuant to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement shall also require delivery of a Rating Agency Confirmation under the related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement; and

(v)                                 the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee and the Lead Securitization Trust shall be third party beneficiaries of the foregoing provisions.

(d)                                Each Initial Note Holder shall:

(A) give each other Holder and the parties to any previously executed Securitization Servicing Agreement (provided that such Securitization Servicing Agreement has been delivered to such Initial Note Holder) notice of the Securitization of such Holder’s Note in writing (which may be by e-mail) prior to or promptly following the related Securitization Date, together with contact information for each of the parties to the related proposed Securitization Servicing Agreement; and

(B)  in the case of an Initial Note Holder contributing its Note to a Lead Securitization, send to each other Holder and the parties to each Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement (that are not also party to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement) (x) on any Lead Securitization Date, a copy (in EDGAR-compatible format) of the execution version of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, (y) within (1) one Business Day after the date of any re-filing by the Lead Depositor of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement with the Commission to account for any changes thereto (other than a formal amendment thereto following the Lead Securitization Date), a copy (in EDGAR-compatible format) of the re-filed Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, and (z) promptly following distribution thereof to the parties to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, any changes made by the Lead Depositor to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement (other than a formal amendment thereto following the Lead Securitization Date).

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(e)                                  The Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement shall satisfy Moody’s rating methodology for eligible accounts and permitted investments for a securitization rated “Aaa” by Moody’s.

19.                                 Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT, AND/OR THE INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS AND DECISIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CHOICE OF LAW RULES THEREOF. EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT.

20.                                Modifications. This Agreement shall not be modified, cancelled or terminated except by an instrument in writing signed by the parties hereto. Additionally, from and after a Securitization, except to cure any ambiguity or to correct any error or as set forth in Section 18(a), this Agreement may not be modified unless a Rating Agency Confirmation has been delivered with respect to each Securitization.

21.                                 Successors and Assigns; Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Each of the Master Servicer, each Non-Lead Master Servicer, the Trustee and each Non-Lead Trustee is an intended third-party beneficiary of this Agreement. Except as provided in Section 5 and the preceding sentence, none of the provisions of this Agreement shall be for the benefit of or enforceable by any Person not a party hereto.

22.                                 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument, and the words “executed,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import as used above and elsewhere in this Agreement or in any other certificate, agreement or document related to this transaction shall include, in addition to manually executed signatures, images of manually executed signatures transmitted by facsimile or other electronic format (including, without limitation, “pdf”, “tif” or “jpg”) and other electronic signatures (including, without limitation, any electronic sound, symbol, or process, attached to or logically associated with a contract or other record and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the record). The use of electronic signatures and electronic records (including, without limitation, any contract or other record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means) shall be of the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a manually executed signature or use of a paper-based record-keeping system to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act and any other applicable law, including, without limitation, any state law based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the Uniform Commercial Code.

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23.                                 Captions. The titles and headings of the paragraphs of this Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to summarize or otherwise describe the subject matter of the paragraphs and shall not be given any consideration in the construction of this Agreement.

24.                                 Notices. All notices required hereunder shall be given by (i) telephone (confirmed in writing) or shall be in writing and personally delivered, (ii) sent by facsimile transmission if the sender on the same day sends a confirming copy of such notice by reputable overnight delivery service (charges prepaid), (iii) reputable overnight delivery service (charges prepaid) or (iv) certified United States mail, postage prepaid return receipt requested, and addressed to the respective parties at their addresses set forth on Exhibit B hereto, or at such other address as any party shall hereafter inform the other party by written notice given as aforesaid. All written notices so given shall be deemed effective upon receipt.

25.                                Custody of Mortgage Loan Documents/ Mortgagee of Record. The originals of all of the Mortgage Loan Documents (other than Non-Lead Notes) will be held (i) prior to the Lead Securitization, by Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as interim custodian and (ii) on and after the Lead Securitization, by the Trustee for the Lead Securitization (or by a custodian on its behalf) under the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement on behalf of all of the Holders. The Trustee of the Lead Securitization shall at all times be the mortgagee of record with respect to the Mortgage Loan.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Holder of a Note has caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

Note A-1 Holder:
	GERMAN AMERICAN CAPITAL CORPORATION
	By:	/s/ Matt Smith
		Name:  Matt Smith
		Title: Director
	By:	/s/ Robert-Christopher Jones
		Name:  Robert-Christopher Jones
		Title: Director

Metroplex Co-Lender Agreement

Note A-2 Holder:
AREF 2 WH WF LLC
By:	/s/ John Burke
	Name: John Burke
	Title: Authorized Signatory
By:
	Name:
	Title:

Metroplex Co-Lender Agreement

 

Note A-3 Holder:
GERMAN AMERICAN CAPITAL CORPORATION
By:	/s/ Matt Smith
	Name: Matt Smith
	Title: Director
By:	/s/ Robert-Christopher Jones
	Name: Robert-Christopher Jones
	Title: Director

Metroplex Co-Lender Agreement 

EXHIBIT A

MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE

A.       Description of Mortgage Loan

Borrower:	Metroplex, LLC
Mortgage Loan Origination Date:	January 6, 2023
Initial Principal Amount of Mortgage Loan:	$54,000,000
Co-Lender Closing Date Mortgage Loan Principal Balance:	$54,000,000
Location of Mortgaged Property:	3530 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, California
Current Use of Mortgaged Property:	Office/CBD
Maturity Date:	January 6, 2028

A-1

B.       Description of Notes

Mortgage Loan Origination Date:	January 6, 2023
Note Date:	January 6, 2023
Initial Note A-1 Principal Balance:	$25,000,000
Initial Note A-2 Principal Balance:	$24,000,000
Initial Note A-3 Principal Balance	$5,000,000
Initial Note A-1 Percentage Interest:	46.2963%
Initial Note A-2 Percentage Interest:	44.4444%
Initial Note A-3 Percentage Interest:	9.2592%
Interest Rate for Note A-1, Note A-2 and Note A-3:	6.72350%
Default Interest Rate for Note A-1, Note A-2 and Note A-3:	Lesser of (a) the maximum legal rate or (b) five percent (5%) above the Note Interest Rate

 

A-2

EXHIBIT B

Note A-1 Holder:

German American Capital Corporation

1 Columbus Circle

New York, New York 10019

Attention: Robert W. Pettinato, Jr.

Facsimile No.: (212) 797-4489

E-mail: Robert.Pettinato@db.com

with a copy to:

German American Capital Corporation

1 Columbus Circle

New York, New York 10019

Attention: General Counsel

Facsimile No. (646) 736-5721

Note A-2 Holder:

AREF 2 WH WF LLC

c/o Argentic Real Estate Finance 2 LLC

31 West 27^th Street, 12^th Floor

New York, New York 10001

Attention: Ryan Supple

Facsimile No.: (646) 560-1712

with a copy to:

Winstead PC

1415 Vantage Park Drive, Suite 450

Charlotte, North Carolina 28203

Attention: Christian Beltz

Note A-3 Holder:

German American Capital Corporation

1 Columbus Circle

New York, New York 10019

Attention: Robert W. Pettinato, Jr.

Facsimile No.: (212) 797-4489

E-mail: Robert.Pettinato@db.com

with a copy to:

German American Capital Corporation

1 Columbus Circle

New York, New York 10019

Attention: General Counsel

Facsimile No. (646) 736-5721

B-1

EXHIBIT C

PERMITTED FUND MANAGERS

Westbrook Partners

iStar Financial Inc.

Capital Trust

Archon Capital, L.P.

Whitehall Street Real Estate Fund, L.P.

The Blackstone Group

Normandy Real Estate Partners

Dune Real Estate Partners

AllianceBernstein

Rockwood

RREEF Funds

Hudson Advisors

Artemis Real Estate Partners

Apollo Real Estate Advisors

Colony Capital, Inc.

Praedium Group

Fortress Investment Group, LLC

Lonestar Opportunity Funds

Clarion Partners

Walton Street Capital, LLC

Starwood Financial Trust

BlackRock, Inc.

Eightfold Real Estate Capital, L.P.

DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners

Land-Lease Real Estate Investments

JER Partners

Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC

Rialto Capital Management

Raith Capital Partners

Torchlight Investors, LLC

 

C-1

EX-99.18

Exhibit 99.18

EXECUTION

 

 

CO-LENDER AGREEMENT

Dated as of May 8, 2023

by and between

AREF 2 WH BC LLC
(Initial Note A-1 Holder)

and

AREF 2 WH BC LLC
(Initial Note A-2 Holder)

and

AREF 2 WH BC LLC
(Initial Note A-3 Holder)

 

 

 

 

3800 HORIZON BOULEVARD

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

TABLE OF CONTENTS		1
Section 1.	Definitions.	1
Section 2.	Servicing of the Mortgage Loan.	17
Section 3.	Priority of Payments.	25
Section 4.	Workout.	26
Section 5.	Administration of the Mortgage Loan.	27
Section 6.	Appointment of Controlling Note Holder Representative and Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative.	31
Section 7.	Appointment of Special Servicer.	34
Section 8.	Payment Procedure.	35
Section 9.	Limitation on Liability of the Note Holders.	36
Section 10.	Bankruptcy.	37
Section 11.	Representations of the Note Holders.	37
Section 12.	No Creation of a Partnership or Exclusive Purchase Right.	38
Section 13.	Other Business Activities of the Note Holders.	38
Section 14.	Sale of the Notes.	38
Section 15.	Registration of the Notes and Each Note Holder.	41
Section 16.	Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial.	42
Section 17.	Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers.	42
Section 18.	Modifications.	42
Section 19.	Successors and Assigns; Third-Party Beneficiaries.	43
Section 20.	Counterparts.	43
Section 21.	Captions.	43
Section 22.	Severability.	43
Section 23.	Entire Agreement.	43
Section 24.	Withholding Taxes.	43
Section 25.	Custody of Mortgage Loan Documents.	45
Section 26.	Cooperation in Securitization.	45
Section 27.	Notices.	46
Section 28.	Broker.	46
Section 29.	Certain Matters Affecting the Agent.	46
Section 30.	Termination and Resignation of Agent.	47
Section 31.	Resizing.	47
Section 32.	Statement of Intent.	48

 

 

THIS CO-LENDER AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of May 8, 2023, by and between AREF 2 WH BC LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Argentic” and together with its successors and assigns in interest, in its capacity as initial owner of the Note A-1, the “Initial Note A-1 Holder”, and in its capacity as the initial agent, the “Initial Agent”), AREF 2 WH BC LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (together with its successors and assigns in interest, in its capacity as initial owner of the Note A-2, the “Initial Note A-2 Holder”) and AREF 2 WH BC LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (together with its successors and assigns in interest, in its capacity as initial owner of the Note A-3, the “Initial Note A-3 Holder” and, together with the Initial Note A-1 Holder and the Initial Note A-2 Holder, the “Initial Note Holders”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Agreement (as defined herein), Argentic Real Estate Finance 2 LLC (“Original Lender”) originated a certain loan described on the schedule attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Mortgage Loan Schedule”) (the “Mortgage Loan”) to the mortgage loan borrower described on the Mortgage Loan Schedule (the “Mortgage Loan Borrower”), which was evidenced, inter alia, by one promissory note in the original principal amount of $27,000,000 (“Original Note”), made by the Mortgage Loan Borrower in favor of the Original Lender; and secured by one or more mortgages or deeds of trust (together, as amended, modified or supplemented, the “Mortgage”) on certain real property located as described in the Mortgage Loan Agreement (collectively, the “Mortgaged Property”);

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Note Splitter and Modification Agreement and Omnibus Amendment to Loan Documents, dated as of May 8, 2023, by and between Argentic (as successor in interest to the Original Lender), as lender, and the Mortgage Loan Borrower, the Original Note was split and severed into three promissory notes (as amended, modified or supplemented, the “Notes”), (i) one promissory note in the original principal amount of $12,000,000 (“Note A-1”), made by the Mortgage Loan Borrower in favor of Argentic, (ii) one promissory note in the original principal amount of $10,00,000 (“Note A-2”), made by the Mortgage Loan Borrower in favor of Argentic and (iii) one promissory note in the original principal amount of $5,000,000 (“Note A-3”), made by the Mortgage Loan Borrower in favor of Argentic;

WHEREAS, the Initial Note A-1 Holder, Initial Note A-2 Holder and Initial Note A-3 Holder desire to enter into this Agreement to memorialize the terms under which they, and their successors and assigns, shall hold Note A-1, Note A-2 and Note A-3, respectively;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto mutually agree as follows:

 

Section 1.       Definitions. References to a “Section” or the “recitals” are, unless otherwise specified, to a Section or the recitals of this Agreement. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed thereto by such term or other analogous term in the Lead Servicing Agreement. Whenever used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the respective meanings set forth below unless the context clearly requires otherwise.

   

 

“Affiliate” shall have the meaning set forth in the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Agent” shall mean the Initial Agent or such Person to whom the Initial Agent shall delegate its duties hereunder, and, from and after the Lead Securitization Date, shall mean the Master Servicer.

“Agent Office” shall mean the designated office of the Agent, which office at the date of this Agreement is located at AREF 2 WH BC LLC, 31 West 27th Street, 12th Floor, New York, New York 10001, Attention: Michael Schulte, Facsimile number: (646) 560-1745, Email address: mschulte@argenticmgmt.com, and which is the address to which notices to and correspondence with the Agent should be directed. The Agent may change the address of its designated office by notice to the Note Holders.

“Agreement” shall mean this Co-Lender Agreement, the exhibits and schedule hereto and all amendments hereof and supplements hereto.

“Approved Servicer” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Qualified Institutional Lender.”

“Argentic” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Asset Representations Reviewer” shall mean the asset representations reviewer appointed as provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Bankruptcy Code” shall mean the United States Bankruptcy Code, as amended from time to time, any successor statute or rule promulgated thereto.

“Certificate Administrator” shall mean the certificate administrator appointed as provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement and any successor thereunder.

“CLO” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Qualified Institutional Lender.”

“CLO Asset Manager” with respect to any Securitization Vehicle which is a CLO, shall mean the entity which is responsible for managing or administering a Note as an underlying asset of such Securitization Vehicle or, if applicable, as an asset of any Intervening Trust Vehicle (including, without limitation, the right to exercise any consent and control rights available to the holder of such Note).

“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

“Collection Account” shall mean “Collection Account” or other analogous term as defined in the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Companion Distribution Account” shall mean “Companion Distribution Account,” “Whole Loan Custodial Account,” “Loan Combination Custodial Account” or other analogous term as defined in the Lead Servicing Agreement.

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“Conduit” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14(d).

“Conduit Credit Enhancer” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14(d).

“Conduit Inventory Loan” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14(d).

“Control” shall mean the ownership, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate of more than fifty percent (50%) of the beneficial ownership interests of an entity and the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of an entity, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise (“Controlled” and “Controls” have meanings correlative thereto.)

“Controlling Class Representative” shall have the meaning assigned to the term “Directing Certificateholder,” “Controlling Class Representative” or an analogous term in the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Controlling Note Holder” shall mean the Note A-1 Holder; provided that at any time Note A-1 is included in the Lead Securitization, references to the “Controlling Note Holder” herein shall mean the Controlling Class Representative or such other person(s) otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder” hereunder, as and to the extent provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement; provided that if at any time 50% or more of Note A-1 (or the class of securities issued in the Lead Securitization designated as the “controlling class” or such other class(es) otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder”) is held by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or an Affiliate of the Mortgage Loan Borrower, Note A-1 (or the class of securities issued in the Lead Securitization designated as the “controlling class” or such other class(es) otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder”) shall not be entitled to exercise any rights of the Controlling Note Holder and the Note A-2 Holder shall be the Controlling Note Holder unless 50% or more of Note A-2 (or the class of securities issued in the applicable Non-Lead Securitization designated as the “controlling class” or such other class(es) otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder”) is held by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or an Affiliate of the Mortgage Loan Borrower; and provided, further, that if at any time 50% or more of Note A-2 (or the class of securities issued in the applicable Non-Lead Securitization designated as the “controlling class” or such other class(es) otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder”) is held by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or an Affiliate of the Mortgage Loan Borrower, Note A-2 (or the class of securities issued in the applicable Non-Lead Securitization designated as the “controlling class” or such other class(es) otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder”) shall not be entitled to exercise any rights of the Controlling Note Holder and the Note A-3 Holder shall be the Controlling Note Holder unless 50% or more of Note A-3 (or the class of securities issued in the applicable Non-Lead Securitization designated as the “controlling class” or such other class(es) otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder”) is held by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or an Affiliate of the Mortgage Loan Borrower. If 50% or more of each of Note A-1, Note A-2 or Note A-3 (or the class of securities issued in each of the Lead Securitization and Non-Lead Securitization designated as the “controlling class” or such other class(es) otherwise assigned the rights to

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exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder”) is held by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or an Affiliate of the Mortgage Loan Borrower, no person shall be entitled to exercise the rights of the Controlling Note Holder.

In addition, the Lead Servicing Agreement may contain additional limitations on the rights of such designated party entitled to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder” hereunder if such designated party is the Mortgage Loan Borrower or if it has certain relationships with the Mortgage Loan Borrower (which additional limitations shall, as and to the extent provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement, accordingly limit the rights of the designated party to exercise any rights hereunder).

“Controlling Note Holder Representative” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6(a).

“DBRS Morningstar” shall mean DBRS, Inc., and its successors in interest.

“Defaulted Mortgage Loan” shall mean “defaulted mortgage loan,” “defaulted loan” or other analogous term under the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Depositor” shall mean the “depositor” under the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Event of Default” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, an “Event of Default” as defined in the Mortgage Loan Agreement.

“Fitch” shall mean Fitch Ratings, Inc., and its successors in interest.

“Initial Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note A-1 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note A-2 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note A-3 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note Holders” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Insolvency Proceeding” shall mean any proceeding under Title 11 of the United States Code (11 U.S.C. Sec. 101 et seq.) or any other insolvency, liquidation, reorganization or other similar proceeding concerning the Mortgage Loan Borrower, any action for the dissolution of the Mortgage Loan Borrower, any proceeding (judicial or otherwise) concerning the application of the assets of the Mortgage Loan Borrower for the benefit of its creditors, the appointment of or any proceeding seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver or other similar custodian for all or any substantial part of the assets of the Mortgage Loan Borrower or any other action concerning

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the adjustment of the debts of the Mortgage Loan Borrower, the cessation of business by the Mortgage Loan Borrower, except following a sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Mortgage Loan Borrower in a transaction permitted under the Mortgage Loan Documents; provided, however, that following any such permitted transaction affecting the title to the Mortgaged Property, the Mortgage Loan Borrower for purposes of this Agreement shall be defined to mean the successor owner of the Mortgaged Property from time to time as may be permitted pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Documents; provided, further, however, that for the purposes of this definition, in the event that more than one entity comprises the Mortgage Loan Borrower, the term “Mortgage Loan Borrower” shall refer to any such entity.

“Interest Rate” shall mean the Interest Rate (as defined in the Mortgage Loan Documents).

“Intervening Trust Vehicle” with respect to any Securitization Vehicle that is a CLO, shall mean a trust vehicle or entity which holds any Note as collateral securing (in whole or in part) any obligation or security held by such Securitization Vehicle as collateral for the CLO.

“KBRA” shall mean Kroll Bond Rating Agency, LLC and its successors in interest.

“Lead Securitization” shall mean the Note A-1 Securitization; provided that, if the Note A-2 Securitization or the Note A-3 Securitization occurs prior to the Note A-1 Securitization Date, then the first to occur of the Note A-2 Securitization or the Note A-3 Securitization, as applicable, shall be the Lead Securitization until the Note A-1 Securitization Date, at which time the Note A-1 Securitization shall be the Lead Securitization.

“Lead Securitization Date” shall mean the closing date of the Lead Securitization.

“Lead Securitization Note” shall mean Note A-1; provided that, if the Note A-2 Securitization or the Note A-3 Securitization occurs prior to the Note A-1 Securitization Date, then the first of Note A-2 or Note A-3 to be included in a Securitization shall be the Lead Securitization Note until the Note A-1 Securitization Date, at which time Note A-1 shall be the Lead Securitization Note.

“Lead Securitization Note Holder” shall mean the holder of the Lead Securitization Note.

“Lead Securitization Subordinate Class Representative” shall mean the “Controlling Class Representative” or “Directing Certificateholder” as defined in the Lead Servicing Agreement or such other analogous term used in the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Lead Securitization Trust” shall mean the Securitization Trust created in connection with the Lead Securitization.

“Lead Servicing Agreement” shall mean the pooling and servicing agreement to be entered into in connection with the Lead Securitization Note. The Servicing Standard in the Lead Servicing Agreement shall require, among other things, that each Servicer, in servicing the Mortgage Loan, must take into account the interests of each Note Holder.

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“Major Decisions” shall have the meaning given to such term or any one or more analogous terms in the Lead Servicing Agreement; provided that at any time that no Note is included in the Lead Securitization “Major Decision” shall mean:

(i)                                 any proposed or actual foreclosure upon or comparable conversion (which shall include acquisitions of any REO Property) of the ownership of the property or properties securing the Mortgage Loan if it comes into and continues in default;

(ii)                              any modification, consent to a modification or waiver of any monetary term (other than late fees and default interest) or material non-monetary term (including, without limitation, the timing of payments and acceptance of discounted payoffs) of the Mortgage Loan or any extension of the maturity date of the Mortgage Loan;

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

(iv)                          any sale of the Mortgage Loan (when it is a Defaulted Mortgage Loan) or REO Property for less than the applicable Purchase Price (as defined in the Lead Servicing Agreement);

(v)                            any determination to bring a Mortgaged Property or an REO Property into compliance with applicable environmental laws or to otherwise address any Hazardous Materials (as defined in the Lead Servicing Agreement) located at a Mortgaged Property or an REO Property;

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

(vii)                        any waiver of a “due-on-sale” or “due-on-encumbrance” clause with respect to the Mortgage Loan or any consent to such a waiver or consent to a transfer of a Mortgaged Property or interests in the borrower;

(viii)                    any incurrence of additional debt by a borrower or any mezzanine financing by any beneficial owner of a borrower (to the extent that the lender has consent rights pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan Documents);

(ix)                            any material modification, waiver or amendment of an intercreditor agreement, co-lender agreement or similar agreement with any mezzanine lender or subordinate debt holder related to the Mortgage Loan, or any action to enforce rights (or decision not to enforce rights) with respect thereto, or any material modification, waiver or amendment thereof;

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(x)                               any property management company changes, including, without limitation, approval of the termination of a manager and appointment of a new property manager or franchise changes (in each case, if the lender is required to consent or approve such changes under the Mortgage Loan Documents);

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

(xii)                         any acceptance of an assumption agreement releasing a borrower, guarantor or other obligor from liability under the Mortgage Loan other than pursuant to the specific terms of such Mortgage Loan and for which there is no lender discretion;

(xiii)                     any determination of an Acceptable Insurance Default (as defined in the Lead Servicing Agreement);

(xiv)                     any determination by the Master Servicer to transfer the Mortgage Loan to the Special Servicer under the circumstances described in paragraph (c) of the definition of “Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan” (as defined in the Lead Servicing Agreement); or

(xv)                         any approval of a Major Lease (as defined in the Mortgage Loan Documents) to the extent lender’s approval is required by the Mortgage Loan Documents;.

“Master Servicer” shall mean the master servicer appointed as provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Monthly Payment Date” shall mean the Monthly Payment Date (as defined in the Mortgage Loan Documents).

“Moody’s” shall mean Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., and its successors in interest.

“Mortgage” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Mortgage Loan” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Mortgage Loan Agreement” shall mean the Loan Agreement, dated as of March 27, 2023, between the Mortgage Loan Borrower, as borrower, and Argentic, as lender, as the same may be further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, subject to the terms hereof.

“Mortgage Loan Borrower” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

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“Mortgage Loan Borrower Related Party” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 13.

“Mortgage Loan Documents” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage Loan Agreement, the Mortgage, the Notes and all other documents now or hereafter evidencing and securing the Mortgage Loan.

“Mortgage Loan Schedule” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Mortgaged Property” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“New Notes” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 31.

“Non-Controlling Note” shall mean Note A-2 and Note A-3, individually or collectively, as the context may require.

“Non-Controlling Note Holder” shall mean the Note A-2 Holder and the Note A-3 Holder, individually or collectively, as the context may require; provided that at any time Note A-2 and Note A-3 is included in a Securitization, references to the “Non-Controlling Note Holder” herein shall mean the Non-Lead Securitization Subordinate Class Representative with respect to such Note or any other party assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Non-Controlling Note Holder” hereunder, as and to the extent provided in the related Non-Lead Servicing Agreement and as to the identity of which the Lead Securitization Note Holder (and the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer) has been given written notice. The Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall not be required at any time to deal with more than one party exercising the rights of the “Non-Controlling Note Holder” herein or under the Lead Servicing Agreement and, (x) to the extent that the related Non-Lead Servicing Agreement assigns such rights to more than one party or (y) to the extent Note A-2 or Note A-3 is split into two or more New Notes pursuant to Section 31, for purposes of this Agreement, the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement or the holders of such New Notes shall designate one party to deal with the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) and provide written notice of such designation to the Lead Securitization Note Holder (and the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer acting on its behalf); provided that, in the absence of such designation and notice, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall be entitled to treat the last party as to which it has received written notice as having been designated as the Non-Controlling Note Holder, as the Non-Controlling Note Holder for all purposes of this Agreement. As of the date hereof and until further notice from the applicable Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the applicable Non-Lead Master Servicer or another party acting on its behalf), each of the Note A-2 Holder and the Note A-3 Holder is a Non-Controlling Note Holder.

Prior to Securitization of any Non-Lead Securitization Note (including any New Notes), all notices, reports, information or other deliverables required to be delivered to the applicable Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder or the Non-Controlling Note Holder pursuant to this Agreement or the Lead Servicing Agreement by the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) only need to be delivered to the Non-

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Controlling Note Holder Representative (to the extent that the identity of the Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative is known) and, when so delivered to the Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall be deemed to have satisfied its delivery obligations with respect to such items hereunder or under the Lead Servicing Agreement. Following Securitization of any Non-Lead Securitization Note, all notices, reports, information or other deliverables required to be delivered to the applicable Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder or the Non-Controlling Note Holder pursuant to this Agreement or the Lead Servicing Agreement by the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall be delivered to the Non-Lead Master Servicer (who then may forward such items to the party entitled to receive such items as and to the extent provided in the Non-Lead Servicing Agreement) and, when so delivered to the Non-Lead Master Servicer, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall be deemed to have satisfied its delivery obligations with respect to such items hereunder or under the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6(c).

“Non-Exempt Person” shall mean any Person other than a Person who is either (i) a U.S. Person or (ii) has on file with the Agent for the relevant year such duly-executed form(s) or statement(s) which may, from time to time, be prescribed by law and which, pursuant to applicable provisions of (A) any income tax treaty between the United States and the country of residence of such Person, (B) the Code or (C) any applicable rules or regulations in effect under clauses (A) or (B) above, permit the Servicer on behalf of the Note Holders to make such payments free of any obligation or liability for withholding.

“Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer” shall mean the “asset representations reviewer” or other analogous term under the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Certificate Administrator” shall mean the “certificate administrator” or other analogous term under the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Depositor” shall mean the “depositor” or other analogous term under the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Master Servicer” shall mean the “master servicer” or other analogous term under the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Operating Advisor” shall mean the “trust advisor,” “operating advisor” or other analogous term under the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Securitization” shall mean any Securitization of a Note in a Securitization Trust other than the Lead Securitization.

“Non-Lead Securitization Note” shall mean any Note other than the Lead Securitization Note.

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“Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder” shall mean the holder of a Non-Lead Securitization Note.

“Non-Lead Servicing Agreement” shall mean the pooling and servicing agreement, trust and servicing agreement or other similar agreement to be entered into in connection with a Non-Lead Securitization Note.

“Non-Lead Securitization Date” shall mean the closing date of the applicable Non-Lead Securitization.

“Non-Lead Securitization Subordinate Class Representative” shall mean the holders of the majority of the class of securities issued in the applicable Non-Lead Securitization designated as the “controlling class” pursuant to the Non-Lead Servicing Agreement or their duly appointed representative; provided that if 50% or more of the class of securities issued in the Non-Lead Securitization designated as the “controlling class” or such other class(es) otherwise assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder” is held by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or an Affiliate of the Mortgage Loan Borrower, no person shall be entitled to exercise the rights of the Non-Lead Securitization Subordinate Class Representative.

“Non-Lead Securitization Trust” shall mean the Securitization Trust into which the applicable Non-Lead Securitization Note is deposited.

“Non-Lead Servicer” shall mean the Non-Lead Master Servicer or the Non-Lead Special Servicer, as the context may require.

“Non-Lead Special Servicer” shall mean the “special servicer” or other analogous term under the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Trustee” shall mean the “trustee” or other analogous term under the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance” shall have the meaning given thereto in the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Note A-1” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-1 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-1 Holder or any subsequent holder of Note A-1, as applicable.

“Note A-1 Principal Balance” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, at any time of determination, the Initial Note A-1 Principal Balance set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon received by the Note A-1 Holder or reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 3 or 4, as applicable.

“Note A-1 Securitization” shall mean the sale by the Note A-1 Holder of all or any portion of the Note A-1 to a depositor or similar person, who will in turn include such portion of Note A-1 as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

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“Note A-1 Securitization Date” shall mean the effective date on which the Securitization of Note A-1 is consummated.

“Note A-2” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-2 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-2 Holder or any subsequent holder of Note A-2, as applicable.

“Note A-2 Principal Balance” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, at any time of determination, the Initial Note A-2 Principal Balance set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon received by the Note A-2 Holder or reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 3 or 4, as applicable.

“Note A-2 Securitization” shall mean the sale by the Note A-2 Holder of all or any portion of the Note A-2 to a depositor, who will in turn include such portion of Note A-2 as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Note A-2 Securitization Date” shall mean the effective date on which the Securitization of Note A-2 is consummated.

“Note A-3” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-3 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-3 Holder or any subsequent holder of Note A-3, as applicable.

“Note A-3 Principal Balance” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, at any time of determination, the Initial Note A-3 Principal Balance set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon received by the Note A-3 Holder or reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 3 or 4, as applicable.

“Note A-3 Securitization” shall mean the sale by the Note A-3 Holder of all or any portion of the Note A-3 to a depositor, who will in turn include such portion of Note A-3 as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Note A-3 Securitization Date” shall mean the effective date on which the Securitization of Note A-3 is consummated.

“Note Holders” shall mean collectively, the Note A-1 Holder, the Note A-2 Holder and the Note A-3 Holder.

“Note Pledgee” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14(c).

“Note Register” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 15.

“Notes” shall mean, collectively, Note A-1, Note A-2 and Note A-3.

“Operating Advisor” shall mean the “trust advisor,” “operating advisor” or other analogous term under the Lead Servicing Agreement.

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“P&I Advance” shall mean an advance made by (a) a party to the Lead Servicing Agreement in respect of a delinquent monthly debt service payment on the Lead Securitization Note or (b) a party to a Non-Lead Servicing Agreement in respect of a delinquent monthly debt service payment on the applicable Non-Lead Securitization Note.

“Percentage Interest” shall mean, (a) with respect to the Note A-1 Holder, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Note A-1 Principal Balance and the denominator of which is the sum of the Note A-1 Principal Balance, the Note A-2 Principal Balance and the Note A-3 Principal Balance, (b) with respect to the Note A-2 Holder, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Note A-2 Principal Balance and the denominator of which is the sum of the Note A-1 Principal Balance, the Note A-2 Principal Balance and the Note A-3 Principal Balance, and (c) with respect to the Note A-3 Holder, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Note A-3 Principal Balance and the denominator of which is the sum of the Note A-1 Principal Balance, the Note A-2 Principal Balance and the Note A-3 Principal Balance.

“Permitted Fund Manager” shall mean any Person that on the date of determination is (i) one of the entities on Exhibit C attached hereto and made a part hereof or any other nationally-recognized manager of investment funds investing in debt or equity interests relating to commercial real estate, (ii) investing through a fund with committed capital of at least $250,000,000 and (iii) not subject to a proceeding relating to the bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors.

“Pledge” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14(c).

“Pro Rata and Pari Passu Basis” shall mean with respect to the Notes and the Note Holders, the allocation of any particular payment, collection, cost, expense, liability or other amount between such Notes or such Note Holders, as the case may be, without any priority of any such Note or any such Note Holder over another such Note or Note Holder, as the case may be, and in any event such that each Note or Note Holder, as the case may be, is allocated its respective Percentage Interest of such particular payment, collection, cost, expense, liability or other amount.

“Qualified Institutional Lender” shall mean each of the Initial Note Holders and any other U.S. Person that is:

(a)                          an entity Controlled (as defined herein) by, under common Control with or that Controls either of the Initial Note Holders, or

(b)                        the trustee on behalf of the trust certificates issued pursuant to a master trust agreement involving a CLO comprised of, or other securitization vehicle involving, assets deposited or transferred by a Note Holder and/or one or more Affiliates (whether with assets from others or not), provided that the securities issued in connection with such CLO or other securitization vehicle are rated by each of the Rating Agencies that assigned a rating to one or more classes of securities issued in connection with the Lead Securitization, or

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(c)                         one or more of the following:

(i)                            an insurance company, bank, savings and loan association, investment bank, trust company, commercial credit corporation, pension plan, pension fund, pension fund advisory firm, mutual fund, real estate investment trust, governmental entity or plan, or

(ii)                        an investment company, money management firm or a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a) (1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or

(iii)                      a Qualified Trustee in connection with (a) any securitization of, (b) the creation of collateralized loan obligations (“CLO”) secured by, or (c) a financing through an “owner trust” of, a Note or any interest therein (any of the foregoing, a “Securitization Vehicle”), provided that (1) one or more classes of securities issued by such Securitization Vehicle is initially rated at least investment grade by each of the Rating Agencies that assigned a rating to one or more classes of securities issued in connection with a Securitization (it being understood that with respect to any Rating Agency that assigned such a rating to the securities issued by such Securitization Vehicle, a Rating Agency Confirmation will not be required in connection with a transfer of such Note or any interest therein to such Securitization Vehicle); (2) in the case of a Securitization Vehicle that is not a CLO, the special servicer of such Securitization Vehicle (x) has a Required Special Servicer Rating, (y) is LNR Partners, LLC or (z) is otherwise acceptable to the Rating Agencies rating each Securitization (such entity, an “Approved Servicer”) and such Approved Servicer is required to service and administer such Note or any interest therein in accordance with servicing arrangements for the assets held by the Securitization Vehicle which require that such Approved Servicer act in accordance with a servicing standard notwithstanding any contrary direction or instruction from any other Person; or (3) in the case of a Securitization Vehicle that is a CLO, the CLO Asset Manager and, if applicable, each Intervening Trust Vehicle that is not administered and managed by a CLO Asset Manager which is a Qualified Institutional Lender, are each a Qualified Institutional Lender under clauses (i), (ii), (iv) or (v) of this definition, or

(iv)                     an investment fund, limited liability company, limited partnership or general partnership having capital and/or capital commitments of at least $250,000,000, in which (A) any Initial Note Holder, (B) a person that is otherwise a Qualified Institutional Lender under clause (i), (ii) or (v) (with respect to an institution substantially similar to the entities referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above), or (C) a Permitted Fund Manager, acts as a general partner, managing member, or the fund manager responsible for the day-to-day management and operation of such investment vehicle and provided that at least 50% of the equity interests in such investment vehicle are owned, directly or indirectly, by one or more entities that

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are otherwise Qualified Institutional Lenders (without regard to the capital surplus/equity and total asset requirements set forth below in the definition), or

(v)                         an institution substantially similar to any of the foregoing, and

in the case of any entity referred to in clause (c)(i), (ii), (iv)(B) or (v) of this definition, (x) such entity has at least $200,000,000 in capital/statutory surplus or shareholders’ equity (except with respect to a pension advisory firm or similar fiduciary) and at least $600,000,000 in total assets (in name or under management), and (y) is regularly engaged in the business of making or owning commercial real estate loans (or interests therein) similar to the Mortgage Loan (or mezzanine loans with respect thereto) or owning or operating commercial real estate properties; provided that, in the case of the entity described in clause (iv)(B) above, the requirements of this clause (y) may be satisfied by a general partner, managing member, or the fund manager responsible for the day-to-day management and operation of such entity; or

(d)       any entity Controlled by any of the entities described in clause (c)(i), (ii) and (iv)(B) above or approved by the Rating Agencies hereunder as a Qualified Institutional Lender for purposes of this Agreement, or as to which the Rating Agencies have stated they would not review such entity in connection with the subject transfer.

“Qualified Trustee” shall mean (i) a corporation, national bank, national banking association or a trust company, organized and doing business under the laws of any state or the United States of America, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers and to accept the trust conferred, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority, (ii) an institution insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or (iii) an institution whose long-term senior unsecured debt is rated either of the then in effect top two rating categories of each of the applicable Rating Agencies.

“Rating Agencies” shall mean DBRS Morningstar, Fitch, KBRA, Moody’s and S&P and their respective successors in interest or, if any of such entities shall for any reason no longer perform the functions of a securities rating agency, any other nationally recognized statistical rating agency reasonably designated by any Note Holder to rate the securities issued in connection with the Securitization of the related Note; provided, however, that, at any time during which any Note is an asset of one or more Securitizations, “Rating Agencies” or “Rating Agency” shall mean only those rating agencies that are engaged from time to time to rate the securities issued in connection with the Securitizations of the Notes.

“Rating Agency Confirmation” shall mean prior to a Securitization with respect to any matter, confirmation in writing (which may be in electronic form) by each applicable Rating Agency that a proposed action, failure to act or other event so specified will not, in and of itself, result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of the then-current rating assigned to any class of certificates (if then rated by the Rating Agency); provided that a written waiver or other acknowledgment from the Rating Agency indicating its decision not to review the matter for which the Rating Agency Confirmation is sought shall be deemed to satisfy the requirement for the Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such matter and after a Securitization, the meaning given thereto or any analogous term in the Lead Servicing Agreement

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or Non-Lead Servicing Agreement, as applicable, including any deemed Rating Agency Confirmation.

For the purposes of this Agreement, if any Rating Agency (1) waives, declines or refuses, in writing, to review or otherwise engage any request for a confirmation hereunder from such Rating Agency that a proposed action will not result in a qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of its then current rating of the securities issued pursuant to the related Securitization, or (2) does not reply to such request or responds in a manner that indicates that such Rating Agency is neither reviewing such request nor waiving the requirement for Rating Agency Confirmation and the related timing, notice and other applicable provisions set forth in the Lead Servicing Agreement and each Non-Lead Servicing Agreement, as applicable, have been satisfied, then for such request only, the condition that such confirmation by such Rating Agency (only) be obtained shall be deemed not to apply for purposes of this Agreement. For purposes of clarity, any such waiver, declination or refusal to review or otherwise engage in any request for such confirmation hereunder shall not be deemed a waiver, declination or refusal to review or otherwise engage in any subsequent request for such Rating Agency Confirmation hereunder and the condition for such Rating Agency Confirmation pursuant to this Agreement for any subsequent request shall apply regardless of any previous waiver, declination or refusal to review or otherwise engage in such prior request.

“Redirection Notice” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14(c).

“Regulation AB” shall mean Subpart 229.1100 – Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R. §§229.1100-229.1125, as such may be amended from time to time, and subject to such clarification and interpretation as have been provided by the Securities and Exchange Commission or by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or as may be provided by the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff from time to time.

“REMIC” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5(e).

“Required Special Servicer Rating” (1) at any time that the Lead Securitization Note is included in the Lead Securitization, shall have the meaning assigned to such term or any analogous term in the Lead Servicing Agreement, and (2) at any other time, shall mean with respect to a special servicer (i) in the case of Fitch, a rating of “CSS3”, (ii) in the case of S&P, such special servicer is on S&P’s Select Servicer List as a U.S. Commercial Mortgage Special Servicer, (iii) in the case of Moody’s, such special servicer is acting as special servicer for one or more loans included in a commercial mortgage loan securitization that was rated by Moody’s within the twelve (12) month period prior to the date of determination, and Moody’s has not downgraded or withdrawn the then-current rating on any class of commercial mortgage securities or placed any class of commercial mortgage securities on watch citing the continuation of such special servicer as special servicer of such commercial mortgage loans as the sole or material factor, (iv) in the case of DBRS Morningstar, the applicable replacement has a special servicer ranking of at least “MOR CS3” by DBRS Morningstar (if ranked by DBRS Morningstar) and (v) in the case of KBRA, KBRA has not cited servicing concerns of such special servicer as the sole or material factor in any qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings (or placement on “watch status”

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in contemplation of a ratings downgrade or withdrawal) of securities in a transaction serviced by such special servicer prior to the time of determination.

“S&P” shall mean S&P Global Ratings, acting through Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, and its successors in interest.

“Scheduled Interest Payment” shall mean the scheduled payment of interest due on the Mortgage Loan on a Monthly Payment Date.

“Scheduled Principal Payment” shall mean the scheduled payment of principal due on the Mortgage Loan on a Monthly Payment Date.

“Securitization” shall mean one or more sales by a Note Holder of all or a portion of such Note to a depositor or a similar person, who will in turn include such portion of such Note as part of a securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Securitization Date” shall mean, with respect to a Securitization, the effective date on which such Securitization is consummated.

“Securitization Trust” shall mean a trust formed pursuant to a Securitization pursuant to which any Note is held.

“Securitization Vehicle” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Qualified Institutional Lender.”

“Servicer” shall mean the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the context may require.

“Servicer Termination Event” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or such analogous term in the Lead Servicing Agreement or at any time that the Mortgage Loan is no longer subject to the provisions of the Lead Servicing Agreement, any analogous concept under the servicing agreement pursuant to which the Mortgage Loan is being serviced in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

“Servicing Advance” shall mean “Servicing Advance” or other analogous term as defined in the Lead Servicing Agreement.

“Special Servicer” shall mean the special servicer appointed as provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement and this Agreement.

“Taxes” shall mean any income or other taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature, now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any department, agency, state or other political subdivision thereof or therein.

“Transfer” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14.

“Trustee” shall mean the trustee or its successor-in-interest, or any successor Trustee appointed as provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement.

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“U.S. Person” shall mean a citizen or resident of the United States, a corporation or partnership (except to the extent provided in applicable Treasury Regulations) created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, including any entity treated as a corporation or partnership for federal income tax purposes, or an estate whose income is subject to United States federal income tax regardless of its source, or a trust if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of such trust, and one or more such U.S. Persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of such trust (or, to the extent provided in applicable Treasury Regulations, a trust in existence on August 20, 1996 which is eligible to elect to be treated as a U.S. Person).

Section 2.         Servicing of the Mortgage Loan.

(a)        Until the Lead Securitization Date, Note A-1, Note A-2 and Note A-3 shall be serviced in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and under an interim servicing arrangement as directed by the Note A-1 Holder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, prior to the Lead Securitization Date, the Controlling Note Holder shall consult with each Non-Controlling Note Holder prior to implementing any Major Decision with respect to the Mortgage Loan. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and any of the interim servicing arrangements, this Agreement shall control.

(b)        Each Note Holder acknowledges and agrees that, subject in each case to this Agreement, the Mortgage Loan shall be serviced from and after the Lead Securitization Date pursuant to the Lead Servicing Agreement; provided that the Master Servicer shall not be obligated to advance monthly payments of principal or interest in respect of any Note other than the Lead Securitization Note if such principal or interest is not paid by the Mortgage Loan Borrower but shall be obligated to advance delinquent real estate taxes, insurance premiums and other expenses related to the maintenance of the Mortgaged Property and maintenance and enforcement of the lien of the Mortgage thereon, subject to the terms of this Agreement and the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement including any provisions governing the determination of non-recoverability. Each Note Holder acknowledges that each other Note Holder may elect, in its sole discretion, to include its Note in a Securitization and agrees that it will, subject to Section 26, reasonably cooperate with such other Note Holder, at such other Note Holder’s expense, to effect such Securitization. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each Note Holder hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consents to the appointment of the Master Servicer, Operating Advisor, Certificate Administrator, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee under the Lead Servicing Agreement by the Depositor and the appointment of the initial Special Servicer by the Controlling Note Holder as may be replaced pursuant to the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement and agrees to reasonably cooperate with the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer with respect to the servicing of the Mortgage Loan in accordance with the Lead Servicing Agreement. Each Note Holder hereby irrevocably appoints the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee in the Lead Securitization as such Note Holder’s attorney-in-fact to sign any documents reasonably required with respect to the administration and servicing of the Mortgage Loan on its behalf under the Lead Servicing Agreement (subject at all times to the rights of the Note Holder set forth herein and in the Lead Servicing Agreement). In no event shall the Lead Servicing Agreement require the Servicer to enforce the rights of any Note Holder against any other Note Holder or limit the Servicer in

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enforcing the rights of one Note Holder against any other Note Holder; however, this statement shall not be construed to otherwise limit the rights of one Note Holder with respect to any other Note Holder. Each Servicer shall be required pursuant to the Lead Servicing Agreement to service the Mortgage Loan in accordance with the Servicing Standard, the terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents, the Lead Servicing Agreement and applicable law, each Servicer shall provide information to each Non-Lead Servicer under a Non-Lead Servicing Agreement to enable each such Non-Lead Servicer to perform its servicing duties under the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement and each Servicer shall not take any action or refrain from taking any action or follow any direction inconsistent with the foregoing.

If, at any time that the Mortgage Loan is no longer subject to the provisions of the Lead Servicing Agreement, the Note Holders agree to cause the Mortgage Loan to be serviced by one or more servicers, each of which has been agreed upon by the Note Holders, pursuant to a servicing agreement that has servicing terms substantially similar to the Lead Servicing Agreement (including, without limitation, all applicable provisions relating to delivery of information and reports necessary for any Non-Lead Securitization to comply with any applicable reporting requirements under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) and all references herein to the “Lead Servicing Agreement” shall mean such subsequent servicing agreement; provided, however, that (1) if (x) the servicer(s) to be appointed under such replacement servicing agreement would not otherwise meet the conditions to be a servicer under the Lead Servicing Agreement that is being replaced or (y) if a Non-Lead Securitization Note is in a Securitization, then a Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been obtained from each Rating Agency for each Securitization then outstanding with respect to which certificates thereof are then rated by such Rating Agency; provided, further, however, that until a replacement servicing agreement has been entered into, the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall cause the Mortgage Loan to be serviced pursuant to the provisions of the Lead Servicing Agreement as if such agreement was still in full force and effect with respect to the Mortgage Loan, by the Servicer in the Lead Securitization or by any Person appointed by the Lead Securitization Note Holder that is a qualified servicer meeting the requirements of the Lead Servicing Agreement and meeting the Required Special Servicer Rating (to the extent such servicer is performing special servicing functions).

The Lead Securitization Note Holder agrees that, if any Lead Securitization Note is included in a Securitization, the related Lead Securitization Note Holder shall cause the applicable Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement to contain a provision that requires any Lead Certificate Administrator to deliver to each Non-Lead Trustee, each Non-Lead Certificate Administrator, each Non-Lead Special Servicer, each Non-Lead Master Servicer, each Non-Lead Operating Advisor and each Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer, as applicable, promptly following the Securitization of any Lead Securitization Note, notice of the deposit of Lead Securitization Note into a Securitization Trust (which notice shall also provide contact information for the related Trustee, the related Certificate Administrator, the related Master Servicer, the related Special Servicer, the related Operating Advisor, the related Asset Representations Reviewer, accompanied by a copy of the executed Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement).

(c)        The Master Servicer shall be the master servicer on the Mortgage Loan, and from time to time it (or the Trustee or Special Servicer, to the extent provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement) (i) shall be required to (and the Special Servicer may, under certain

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circumstances as provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement) make Servicing Advances with respect to the Mortgage Loan, subject to the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement and this Agreement, and (ii) may be required to make P&I Advances on the Lead Securitization Note, if and to the extent provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement and this Agreement. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee, as applicable, shall be entitled to reimbursement for a Servicing Advance, first from funds on deposit in the Collection Account or Companion Distribution Account for the Mortgage Loan that (in any case) represent amounts received on or in respect of the Mortgage Loan, and then, in the case of Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances, if such funds on deposit in the Collection Account or Companion Distribution Account are insufficient, from general collections of the Lead Securitization as provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement and from general collections of a Non-Lead Securitization as provided below. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee, as applicable, shall be entitled to reimbursement for Advance Interest Amounts on a Servicing Advance or a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, in the manner and from the sources provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement, including from general collections of the Lead Securitization and, in the case of Servicing Advances or Advance Interest Amount on a Servicing Advance, from general collections of a Non-Lead Securitization as provided below. To the extent the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, obtains funds from general collections of the Lead Securitization as a reimbursement for a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance or any Advance Interest Amounts on a Servicing Advance or a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder (including from general collections or any other amounts from any Non-Lead Securitization Trust) shall be required to, promptly following notice from the Master Servicer, reimburse the Lead Securitization for its pro rata share of such Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance or Advance Interest Amounts.

In addition, each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder (including, but not limited to, any Non-Lead Securitization Trust) shall be required to, promptly following notice from the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, pay or reimburse the Lead Securitization for such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s pro rata share of any fees, costs or expenses incurred in connection with the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loan as to which the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor or the Depositor, as applicable, is entitled to be reimbursed pursuant to the Lead Servicing Agreement and any costs, fees and expenses related to obtaining any Rating Agency Confirmation, to the extent amounts on deposit in the Collection Account or Companion Distribution Account that are allocated to the related Non-Lead Securitization Note are insufficient for reimbursement of such amounts and to the extent that funds from general collections in the Lead Securitization are applied towards the Lead Securitization Note Holder’s pro rata share of the insufficiency. Each Non-Lead Note Holder agrees to indemnify (i) (as and to the same extent the Lead Securitization Trust is required to indemnify each of the following parties in respect of other mortgage loans in the Lead Securitization Trust pursuant to the terms of Lead Servicing Agreement) each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Depositor (and any director, officer, employee or agent of any of the foregoing, to the extent such parties are identified as indemnified parties in the Lead Servicing Agreement in respect of other mortgage loans) and (ii) the Lead Securitization Trust (such parties in clause (i) and the Lead Securitization Trust, collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”) against any claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and related costs,

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judgments and any other costs, liabilities, fees and expenses incurred in connection with the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loan and the Mortgaged Property (or, with respect to the Operating Advisor, incurred in connection with the provision of services for the Mortgage Loan) under the Lead Servicing Agreement (collectively, the “Indemnified Items”) to the extent of its pro rata share of such Indemnified Items, and to the extent amounts on deposit in the Collection Account or Companion Distribution Account that are allocated to the related Non-Lead Securitization Note are insufficient for reimbursement of such amounts, the related Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall be required to, promptly following notice from the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, reimburse each of the applicable Indemnified Parties for its pro rata share of the insufficiency, (including, if a Non-Lead Securitization Note has been included in a Securitization, from general collections or any other amounts from such Non-Lead Securitization Trust).

Any Non-Lead Master Servicer may be required to make P&I Advances on the respective Non-Lead Securitization Note, from time to time, subject to the terms of the related Non-Lead Servicing Agreement, the Lead Servicing Agreement and this Agreement. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee, as applicable, shall be entitled to make their own recoverability determination with respect to a P&I Advance to be made on the Lead Securitization Note based on the information that they have on hand and in accordance with the Lead Servicing Agreement. Any Non-Lead Master Servicer, Non-Lead Special Servicer or Non-Lead Trustee, as applicable, shall be entitled to make its own recoverability determination with respect to a P&I Advance to be made on the related Non-Lead Securitization Note based on the information that they have on hand and in accordance with the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement. The Master Servicer and the Trustee, as applicable, and any Non-Lead Master Servicer or the Non-Lead Trustee, as applicable, shall be required to notify the other of the amount of its P&I Advance within two business days of making such advance. If the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable (with respect to the Lead Securitization Note) or a Non-Lead Master Servicer, Non-Lead Special Servicer or Non-Lead Trustee, as applicable (with respect to a Non-Lead Securitization Note), determines that a proposed P&I Advance, if made, would be non-recoverable or an outstanding P&I Advance is or would be non-recoverable, or if the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, subsequently determines that a proposed Servicing Advance would be non-recoverable or an outstanding Servicing Advance is or would be non-recoverable, then the Master Servicer or the Trustee (as provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement, in the case of a determination of non-recoverability by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee) or such Non-Lead Master Servicer or Non-Lead Trustee (as provided in the related Non-Lead Servicing Agreement, in the case of the a determination of non-recoverability by a Non-Lead Master Servicer, Non-Lead Special Servicer or Non-Lead Trustee) shall notify the Master Servicer and the Trustee, or the related Non-Lead Master Servicer and Non-Lead Trustee, as the case may be, of such other Securitization within two business days of making such determination. Each of the Master Servicer, the Trustee, any Non-Lead Master Servicer and any Non-Lead Trustee, as applicable, shall only be entitled to reimbursement for a P&I Advance and advance interest thereon that becomes non-recoverable, first from the Collection Account or Companion Distribution Account from amounts allocable to the Note for which such P&I Advance was made, and then, if funds are insufficient, (i) in the case of the Lead Securitization Note, from general collections of the Lead Securitization Trust, pursuant to the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement and (ii) in the case of a Non-Lead Securitization Note, from general collections of the

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related Securitization Trust, as and to the extent provided in the related Non-Lead Servicing Agreement.

(d)                  Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder agrees that, if the Non-Lead Securitization Note is included in a Securitization, it shall cause the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement to contain provisions to the effect that:

(i)                     each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall be responsible for its pro rata share of any Servicing Advances (and advance interest thereon) and any additional trust fund expenses, but only to the extent that they relate to servicing and administration of the Notes and the Mortgaged Property, including without limitation, any unpaid special servicing fees, liquidation fees and workout fees relating to the Notes, and that in the event that the funds received with respect to each respective Note are insufficient to cover such Servicing Advances or additional trust fund expenses, (A) the related Non-Lead Master Servicer will be required to, promptly following notice from the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, pay or reimburse the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, or the Lead Securitization Trust, as applicable, out of general funds in the collection account (or equivalent account) established under such Non-Lead Servicing Agreement for the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s pro rata share of any such Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances (together with advance interest thereon) and/or additional trust fund expenses (including compensation due to the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer to the extent related to the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loan and the Mortgaged Property), and (B) if the Lead Servicing Agreement permits the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee to reimburse itself from the Lead Securitization Trust’s general account, then the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor or the Trustee, as applicable, may do so, and the related Non-Lead Master Servicer will be required to, promptly following notice from the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, reimburse the Lead Securitization Trust out of general funds in the collection account (or equivalent account) established under such Non-Lead Servicing Agreement for the applicable Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s pro rata share of any such Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances (together with advance interest thereon) and/or additional trust fund expenses (including compensation due to the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer to the extent related to the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loan and the Mortgaged Property);

(ii)                  each of the Indemnified Parties shall be indemnified (as and to the same extent the Lead Securitization Trust is required to indemnify each of such Indemnified Parties in respect of other mortgage loans in the Lead Securitization Trust pursuant to the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement and, in the case of the Lead Securitization Trust, to the extent of any additional trust fund expenses with respect to the Mortgage Loan) by any Non-Lead Securitization Trust, against any of the Indemnified Items to the extent of its pro rata share of such Indemnified Items, and to the extent amounts on deposit in the Collection Account or Companion Distribution Account that are allocated to a Non-Lead Securitization Note are insufficient for reimbursement of such amounts, the related Non-Lead Master Servicer will be required to reimburse each of the applicable Indemnified

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Parties for its pro rata share of the insufficiency out of general funds in the collection account (or equivalent account) established under such Non-Lead Servicing Agreement; provided, however, that the Non-Lead Servicing Agreements may include limitations and conditions on the payment or reimbursement of Indemnified Items to the Operating Advisor (including limitations and conditions with respect to the timing of such payments or reimbursements and the sources of funds for such payments or reimbursements);

(iii)                each Non-Lead Master Servicer, the Non-Lead Trustee or the certificate administrator under the Non-Lead Servicing Agreement will be required to deliver to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer (i) promptly following Securitization of the related Non-Lead Securitization Note, notice of the deposit of the Non-Lead Securitization Note into a Securitization Trust (which notice shall also provide contact information for the trustee, the certificate administrator, the Non-Lead Master Servicer, the Non-Lead Special Servicer and the party designated to exercise the rights of the “Non-Controlling Note Holder” under this Agreement, including the Controlling Class Representative under the Non-Lead Servicing Agreement), accompanied by a certified copy of the executed Non-Lead Servicing Agreement and (ii) notice of any subsequent change in the identity of the Non-Lead Master Servicer or the party designated to exercise the rights of the “Non-Controlling Note Holder” under this Agreement (together with the relevant contact information);

(iv)                any matter affecting the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loan that requires delivery of a Rating Agency Confirmation pursuant to the Lead Servicing Agreement shall also require delivery of a Rating Agency Confirmation under any Non-Lead Servicing Agreement;

(v)                  the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee and the Lead Securitization Trust shall be third-party beneficiaries of the foregoing provisions; and

(vi)               in the event of a proposed replacement of the Special Servicer, each Non-Lead Trustee shall use commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file on behalf of the related Non-Lead Securitization Trust a Form 8-K relating to such replacement that complies with the Exchange Act on the same day that a Form 8-K relating to such replacement is filed on behalf of the Lead Securitization; provided that the Non-Lead Depositors and a responsible officer of each Non-Lead Trustee has received notice of such proposed replacement (including any disclosure or other information required to be included in such Form 8-K as well as the requirement and timing for filing such Form 8-K) at least 5 Business Days prior to such filing date. The Lead Securitization Note Holder (including, as the context requires, the Depositor, Master Servicer, Special Servicer, Trustee or controlling class representative (or analogous term) relating to the related Lead Securitization Trust, on behalf of such Lead Securitization Note Holder) shall be a third-party beneficiary of the foregoing provision.

(e)                   The Lead Securitization Note Holder agrees that it shall cause the Lead Servicing Agreement to contain provisions to the effect that (and to the extent such provisions are

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not included in the Lead Servicing Agreement, they shall be deemed incorporated therein and made a part thereof):

(i)                      compensating interest payments as defined therein with respect to the Notes will be allocated by the Master Servicer between the Notes, pro rata, in accordance with their respective principal amounts. The Master Servicer shall remit any compensating interest payment in respect of the Non-Lead Securitization Notes to the applicable Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder;

(ii)                    the Master Servicer shall remit all payments received with respect to any Non-Lead Securitization Note, net of the servicing fees payable to the Master Servicer and Special Servicer with respect to such Non-Lead Securitization Note, and any other applicable fees and reimbursements payable to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee, to the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder on or prior to the earlier of (A) the Master Servicer Remittance Date or (B) the “determination date” (or other analogous term) under the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement, provided, that, in each case as long as the date on which remittance is required under this clause (ii) is at least one business day after the scheduled monthly payment date under the Mortgage Loan Agreement, provided, that after the Securitization of the Lead Securitization Note, any late collections received by the Master Servicer after the related due date under the Mortgage Loan shall be remitted by the Master Servicer in accordance with the Lead Servicing Agreement;

(iii)                with respect to any Non-Lead Securitization Note, if it is held by a Securitization, the Master Servicer agrees to deliver or cause to be delivered to any Non-Lead Master Servicer all reports required to be delivered by the Master Servicer to the Trustee or Certificate Administrator under the Lead Servicing Agreement (which shall include all loan-level reports constituting the CREFC^® Investor Reporting Package (IRP)) pursuant to the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement to the extent related to the Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property, the Non-Lead Securitization Note, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee on or prior to the earlier of (A) the Master Servicer Remittance Date or (B) the “determination date” (or other analogous term) under the applicable Non-Lead Servicing Agreement, in each case so long as the date on which delivery is required under this clause (iii) is at least one business day after the scheduled monthly payment date under the Mortgage Loan Agreement;

(iv)               in connection with (x) any amendment of the Lead Servicing Agreement, a party to such Lead Servicing Agreement shall provide a copy of the executed amendment to any Non-Lead Depositor and the certificate administrator under any Non-Lead Servicing Agreement (which may be by email) in order for such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder and the Non-Lead Depositor to timely comply with their obligations under the Exchange Act, and (y) the termination, resignation and/or replacement of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, the related replacement Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, shall provide all disclosure about itself that is required to be included in Form 8-K no later than the date of effectiveness thereof;

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(v)                  the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall be a third-party beneficiary to the Lead Servicing Agreement in respect of the rights afforded it thereunder to the extent such rights affect the Non-Lead Securitization Note or the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder;

(vi)               the Lead Servicing Agreement shall not be amended in any manner that materially and adversely (or words of similar import) affects the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder without the consent of such party;

(vii)            Servicer Termination Events include customary market termination events with respect to failure to make advances, failure to remit payments to any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder as required, failure to deliver (or cause to be delivered) materials or notices required in order for any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder and Non-Lead Depositor to timely comply with their obligations under the Exchange Act, and Rating Agency triggers with respect to the securities issued pursuant to any Non-Lead Securitization, subject to customary grace periods (provided, in the case of failures related to the Exchange Act, such grace periods do not materially and adversely affect the Non-Lead Depositor);

(viii)          if the Mortgage Loan becomes the subject of an “asset review” (or such analogous term defined in the Non-Lead Servicing Agreement) pursuant to any Non-Lead Servicing Agreement, the applicable parties to the Lead Servicing Agreement shall reasonably cooperate with the applicable Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer in connection with such asset review (or a substantially similar provision), including with respect to providing access to related underlying documents, to the extent the Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer has not obtained such documents from the Note Holder that sold the Non-Lead Securitization Note into the Non-Lead Securitization and such documents are in the possession of the applicable party to the Lead Servicing Agreement;

(ix)                each party to the Lead Servicing Agreement shall deliver (and shall cause any sub-servicer or any servicing function participant engaged by such party to deliver (or, in the case of a sub-servicer that the related mortgage loan seller requires the Master Servicer to engage, a party to the Lead Servicing Agreement shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause each party engaged by a party to the Lead Servicing Agreement to deliver)) (x) all materials and notices required in order for any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder and the Non-Lead Depositor to comply with (1) their obligations under the Exchange Act (including any required 10-D, 8-K and 10-K reporting) and (2) any applicable comment letter from the Securities and Exchange Commission or their obligations in connection with a “deficient Exchange Act deliverable” (or such analogous term defined in the Non-Lead Servicing Agreement) and (y) with respect to the “Sarbanes-Oxley certification” (or such analogous term defined in the Non-Lead Servicing Agreement) concerning the Non-Lead Securitization Trust to be submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the applicable certification to each Person who signs such “Sarbanes-Oxley certification” concerning the Non-Lead Securitization Trust;

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(x)                    each Non-Lead Securitization Trust (or the applicable parties to the Non-Lead Servicing Agreement) shall be entitled to indemnification pursuant to industry standard indemnification provisions customary for securitizations similar to the Non-Lead Securitization for the failure of the applicable parties to the Lead Servicing Agreement to timely deliver (or cause to be timely delivered) the materials or information required pursuant to clause (ix) above; and

(xi)                subject to various adjustments and caps provided for in the Lead Servicing Agreement (which shall be substantially similar to those set forth in the Non-Lead Servicing Agreement), primary servicing, special servicing, workout and liquidation fees (and, in any event, the fees at which such compensation accrue or are determined shall not exceed 0.0025%, 0.25%, 1.0% and 1.0%, respectively).

(f)                      Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall give each of the parties to the Lead Servicing Agreement (that will not also be a party to the Non-Lead Servicing Agreement) notice of the Non-Lead Securitization in writing (which may be by e-mail) prior to or promptly following the Non-Lead Securitization Date. Such notice shall contain contact information for each of the parties to the Non-Lead Servicing Agreement. In addition, after the Non-Lead Securitization Date, the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall send a copy of the Non-Lead Servicing Agreement to each of the parties to the Lead Servicing Agreement.

(g)                   Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, any obligation of the Servicer pursuant to the terms hereof shall be performed by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, as set forth in the Lead Servicing Agreement.

Section 3.         Priority of Payments. Each Note shall be of equal priority, and no portion of any Note shall have priority or preference over any portion of any other Note or security therefor. All amounts tendered by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or otherwise available for payment on or with respect to or in connection with the Mortgage Loan or the Mortgaged Property or amounts realized as proceeds thereof, whether received in the form of Monthly Payments, the Balloon Payment, Liquidation Proceeds, proceeds under any guaranty, letter of credit or other collateral or instrument securing the Mortgage Loan, Condemnation Proceeds, or Insurance Proceeds (other than proceeds, awards or settlements to be applied to the restoration or repair of the Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgage Loan Borrower in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents), but excluding (x) all amounts for required reserves or escrows required by the Mortgage Loan Documents (to the extent, in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents) to be held as reserves or escrows or received as reimbursements on account of recoveries in respect of property protection expenses or Servicing Advances then due and payable or reimbursable to the Trustee or any Servicer under the Lead Servicing Agreement and (y) all amounts that are then due, payable or reimbursable (except for (i) any reimbursements of P&I Advances (and interest thereon) made with respect to the Notes, which may only be reimbursed out of payments and collections allocable to such Note, (ii) any servicing fees due to the Master Servicer in excess of any Non-Lead Securitization Note’s pro rata share of that portion of such servicing fees calculated at the servicing fee rate applicable to the Mortgage Loan as set forth in the Lead Servicing Agreement) to any Servicer (or the Trustee as successor to the Servicer), with respect to the Mortgage Loan pursuant to the Lead Servicing Agreement (including without limitation, any additional trust fund expenses relating to the Mortgage Loan and any

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special servicing fees, liquidation fees, workout fees, Penalty Charges (to the extent provided in the immediately following paragraph), amounts paid by the Mortgage Loan Borrower in respect of modification fees or assumption fees and any other additional compensation payable pursuant to the Lead Servicing Agreement), shall be applied by the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or its designee) to the Notes on a Pro Rata and Pari Passu Basis.

For clarification purposes, Penalty Charges (as defined in the Lead Servicing Agreement) paid on each Note shall first, be used to reduce, on a pro rata basis, the amounts payable on each Note by the amount necessary to pay the Master Servicer, the Trustee or the Special Servicer for any interest accrued on any Servicing Advances and reimbursement of any Servicing Advances in accordance with the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement, second, be used to reduce the respective amounts payable on each Note by the amount necessary to pay the Master Servicer, Trustee, Non-Lead Master Servicer or Non-Lead Trustee for any interest accrued on any P&I Advance made with respect to such Note by such party (if and as specified in the Lead Servicing Agreement or a Non-Lead Servicing Agreement, as applicable), third, be used to reduce, on a pro rata basis, the amounts payable on each Note by the amount necessary to pay additional trust fund expenses (other than Special Servicing Fees, unpaid Workout Fees and Liquidation Fees) incurred with respect to the Mortgage Loan (as specified in the Lead Servicing Agreement) and finally, (i) in the case of the remaining amount of Penalty Charges allocable to the Lead Securitization Note, be paid to the Master Servicer and/or the Special Servicer as additional servicing compensation as provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement and (ii)  in the case of the remaining amount of Penalty Charges allocable to the Non-Lead Securitization Note, be paid, (x) prior to the securitization of such Note, to the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder and (y) following the securitization of such Note, to the Master Servicer and/or the Special Servicer as additional servicing compensation as provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, to the extent required under the REMIC Provisions of the Code, payments or proceeds received with respect to any partial release of the Mortgaged Property (including following a condemnation) from the lien of the applicable Mortgage and Mortgage Loan Documents must be allocated to reduce the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan in the manner permitted by such REMIC Provisions if, immediately following such release, the loan-to value ratio of the Mortgage Loan exceeds 125% (based solely on real property and excluding any personal property and going concern value).

Any proceeds received from the sale of the primary servicing rights with respect to the Mortgage Loan shall be remitted, promptly upon receipt thereof, to the Note Holders on a Pro Rata and Pari Passu Basis. Any proceeds received by any Note Holder from the sale of master servicing rights with respect to its Note shall be for its own account. Any Note Holder that receives proceeds from the sale of the primary servicing rights with respect to the Mortgage Loan shall remit to the other Note Holders, promptly upon receipt thereof, such amounts as are required such that each Note Holder receives its pro rata share of such proceeds on a Pro Rata and Pari Passu Basis.

Section 4.         Workout. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, but subject to the terms and conditions of the Lead Servicing Agreement, and the obligation to act in accordance with the Servicing Standard, if the Lead Securitization Note Holder, or any Servicer, in connection with a workout or proposed workout of the Mortgage Loan, modifies the

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terms thereof such that (i) the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan is decreased, (ii) the Interest Rate is reduced, (iii) payments of interest or principal on any Note are waived, reduced or deferred or (iv) any other adjustment is made to any of the payment terms of the Mortgage Loan, such modification shall not alter, and any modification of the Mortgage Loan Documents shall be structured to preserve, the equal priorities of each Note as described in Section 3.

Section 5.         Administration of the Mortgage Loan.

(a)        Subject to this Agreement (including but not limited to Section 5(c)) and the Lead Servicing Agreement and subject to the rights and consents, where required, of the Controlling Note Holder Representative, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee acting on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder) shall have the sole and exclusive authority with respect to the administration of, and exercise of rights and remedies with respect to, the Mortgage Loan, including, without limitation, the sole authority to modify or waive any of the terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents or consent to any action or failure to act by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or any other party to the Mortgage Loan Documents, call or waive any Event of Default, accelerate the Mortgage Loan or institute any foreclosure action or other remedy, and the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holders shall have no voting, consent or other rights whatsoever except as explicitly set forth herein with respect to the Lead Securitization Note Holder’s administration of, or exercise of its rights and remedies with respect to, the Mortgage Loan. Subject to this Agreement and the Lead Servicing Agreement, each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder agrees that it shall have no right to, and hereby presently and irrevocably assigns and conveys to the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee acting on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder) the rights, if any, that such Note Holder has to, (i) call or cause the Lead Securitization Note Holder to call an Event of Default under the Mortgage Loan, or (ii) exercise any remedies with respect to the Mortgage Loan or the Mortgage Loan Borrower, including, without limitation, filing or causing the Lead Securitization Note Holder to file any bankruptcy petition against the Mortgage Loan Borrower. The Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee acting on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder) shall not have any fiduciary duty to any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder in connection with the administration of the Mortgage Loan (but the foregoing shall not relieve the Lead Securitization Note Holder from the obligation to make any disbursement of funds as set forth herein or its obligation to follow the Servicing Standard (in the case of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer) or any liability for failure to do so). Upon the Mortgage Loan becoming a Defaulted Mortgage Loan, each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder hereby acknowledges the right and obligation of the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Special Servicer acting on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder) to sell the Notes as notes evidencing one whole loan in accordance with the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement. In connection with any such sale, the Special Servicer shall sell the Notes together as notes evidencing one whole loan and shall require that all offers be submitted to the Trustee in writing. Whether any cash offer constitutes a fair price for the Mortgage Loan shall be determined by the Special Servicer (unless the offeror is an Interested Person, in which case the Trustee shall make such determination); provided, that no offer from an Interested Person shall constitute a fair price unless (i) it is the highest offer received and (ii) at least two bona fide other offers are received from independent third parties. In determining whether any offer received represents a fair price for the Mortgage

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Loan, the Trustee or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall be supplied with and shall rely on the most recent Appraisal or updated Appraisal conducted in accordance with the Lead Servicing Agreement within the preceding nine (9)-month period or, in the absence of any such Appraisal, on a new Appraisal. The Trustee shall select the appraiser conducting any such new Appraisal. In determining whether any such offer constitutes a fair price for the Mortgage Loan, the Trustee or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall instruct the appraiser to take into account (in addition to the results of any Appraisal or updated Appraisal that it may have obtained pursuant to the Lead Servicing Agreement), as applicable, among other factors, the period and amount of any delinquency on the affected Mortgage Loan, the occupancy level and physical condition of the Mortgaged Property and the state of the local economy. The Trustee may conclusively rely on the opinion of an Independent appraiser or other Independent expert in real estate matters with at least five (5) years’ experience in valuing or investing in loans similar to the Mortgage Loan that has been selected with reasonable care by the Trustee to determine if such cash offer constitutes a fair price for the Mortgage Loan, and that has been retained by the Trustee at the expense of the Holders in connection with making such determination.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Special Servicer acting on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder) shall not be permitted to sell the Mortgage Loan if it becomes a Defaulted Mortgage Loan without the written consent of each Non-Controlling Note Holder (provided that such consent is not required if the Non-Controlling Note Holder is the Mortgage Loan Borrower or an affiliate of the Mortgage Loan Borrower) unless the Special Servicer has delivered to the Non-Controlling Note Holders: (a) at least 15 Business Days’ prior written notice of any decision to attempt to sell the Mortgage Loan; (b) at least 10 days prior to the proposed sale date, a copy of each bid package (together with any material amendments to such bid packages) received by the Special Servicer in connection with any such proposed sale, (c) at least 10 days prior to the proposed sale date, a copy of the most recent appraisal for the Mortgage Loan, and any documents in the Servicing File reasonably requested by the Non-Controlling Note Holder that are material to the price of the Mortgage Loan and (d) until the sale is completed, and a reasonable period of time (but no less time than is afforded to the other offerors and the Lead Securitization Subordinate Class Representative) prior to the proposed sale date, all information and other documents being provided to other offerors and all leases or other documents that are approved by the Servicer in connection with the proposed sale; provided, that such Non-Controlling Note Holder may waive any of the delivery or timing requirements set forth in this sentence. Subject to the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement, each of the Controlling Note Holder, the Controlling Note Holder Representative, the Non-Controlling Note Holder and the Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative shall be permitted to bid at any sale of the Mortgage Loan unless such Person is the Mortgage Loan Borrower or an agent or Affiliate of the Mortgage Loan Borrower.

Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder hereby appoints the Lead Securitization Note Holder as its agent, and grants to the Lead Securitization Note Holder an irrevocable power of attorney coupled with an interest, and its proxy, for the purpose of soliciting and accepting offers for and consummating the sale of its Note. Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder further agrees that, upon the request of the Lead Securitization Note Holder, such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall execute and deliver to or at the direction of the Lead Securitization Note Holder such powers of attorney or other instruments as the Lead Securitization Note Holder may

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reasonably request to better assure and evidence the foregoing appointment and grant, in each case promptly following request, and shall deliver the original Non-Lead Securitization Note, endorsed in blank, to or at the direction of the Lead Securitization Note Holder in connection with the consummation of any such sale.

The authority of the Lead Securitization Note Holder to sell a Non-Lead Securitization Note, and the obligations of any other Note Holder to execute and deliver instruments or deliver the related Note upon request of the Lead Securitization Note Holder, shall terminate and cease to be of any further force or effect upon the date, if any, upon which the Lead Securitization Note is repurchased by the Note Holder that sold the Lead Securitization Note into the Lead Securitization from the trust fund established under the Lead Servicing Agreement in connection with a material breach of representation or warranty made by such Note Holder with respect to the Lead Securitization Note or material document defect with respect to the documents delivered by such Note Holder with respect to the Lead Securitization Note upon the consummation of the Lead Securitization. The preceding sentence shall not be construed to grant to any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder the benefit of any representation or warranty made by the Note Holder that sold the Lead Securitization Note into the Lead Securitization or any document delivery obligation imposed on such Note Holder under any mortgage loan purchase and sale agreement, instrument of transfer or other document or instrument that may be executed or delivered by such Note Holder in connection with the Lead Securitization.

(b)        The administration of the Mortgage Loan shall be governed by this Agreement and the Lead Servicing Agreement. To the extent that any provision in this Agreement conflicts with any provision in the Lead Servicing Agreement, the provisions in this Agreement shall control. The servicing of the Mortgage Loan shall be carried out by the Master Servicer and, if the Mortgage Loan is a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan (or to the extent otherwise provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement), by the Special Servicer, in each case pursuant to the Lead Servicing Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in accordance with the Lead Servicing Agreement, the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall cause the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer to service and administer the Mortgage Loan in accordance with the Servicing Standard, taking into account the interests of both Note Holders as a collective whole. The Note Holders agree to be bound by the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement. All rights and obligations of the Lead Securitization Note Holder described hereunder may be exercised by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and/or the Trustee on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder. The Lead Servicing Agreement shall not be amended in any manner that may adversely affect any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder in its capacity as Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder. Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder (unless it is the same Person as or an Affiliate of the Mortgage Loan Borrower) shall be a third-party beneficiary to the Lead Servicing Agreement with respect to their rights as specifically provided for therein.

(c)        The Controlling Note Holder (or its Controlling Note Holder Representative) shall have, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, all of the same rights and powers of the Controlling Class Representative under the Lead Servicing Agreement with respect to the other mortgage loans included in the Lead Securitization, without limitation, the right to consent and/or consult regarding Major Decisions and other servicing matters, the right to advise (1) the

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Special Servicer with respect to all Specially Serviced Loans and (2) the Special Servicer with respect to non-Specially Serviced Loans as to all matters for which the Master Servicer must obtain the consent or deemed consent of the Special Servicer, and the right to direct the Special Servicer to take, or to refrain from taking, such other actions with respect to the Mortgage Loan as the Controlling Class Representative may deem advisable or as to which provision is otherwise made therein, in each case subject to the terms and conditions of the Lead Servicing Agreement.

(d)        Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall be required (i) to provide copies of any notice, information and report that it is required to provide to the Lead Securitization Subordinate Class Representative pursuant to the Lead Servicing Agreement with respect to any Major Decisions or the implementation of any recommended actions outlined in an Asset Status Report relating to the Mortgage Loan, to the Non-Controlling Note Holder (or the master servicer of Non-Lead Securitization on its behalf), within the same time frame it is required to provide to the Lead Securitization Subordinate Class Representative (for this purpose, without regard to whether such items are actually required to be provided to the Lead Securitization Subordinate Class Representative under the Lead Servicing Agreement due to the existence of a Control Termination Event or a Consultation Termination Event) and (ii) to consult with the Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative) on a strictly non-binding basis, to the extent having received such notices, information and reports, such Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative) requests consultation with respect to any such Major Decisions or the implementation of any recommended actions outlined in an Asset Status Report relating to the Mortgage Loan, and consider alternative actions recommended by such Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative); provided that after the expiration of a period of ten (10) Business Days from the delivery to such Non-Controlling Note Holder (or the master servicer of Non-Controlling Note Securitization on its behalf) by the Lead Securitization Note Holder of written notice of a proposed action, together with copies of the notice, information and report required to be provided to the Lead Securitization Subordinate Class Representative, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall no longer be obligated to consult with such Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative), whether or not such Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative) has responded within such ten (10) Business Day period (unless, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) proposes a new course of action that is materially different from the action previously proposed, in which case such ten (10) Business Day period shall be deemed to begin anew from the date of such proposal and delivery of all information relating thereto). Notwithstanding the consultation rights of the Non-Controlling Note Holders (or the Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative) set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or Master Servicer or Special Servicer, acting on its behalf) may make any Major Decision or take any action set forth in the Asset Status Report before the expiration of the aforementioned ten (10) Business Day period if the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable) determines that immediate action with respect thereto is necessary to protect the interests of the Note Holders. In no event shall the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or Master Servicer or Special Servicer, acting on its behalf)

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be obligated at any time to follow or take any alternative actions recommended by any Non-Controlling Note Holder (or the Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative).

In addition to the consultation rights of the Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative) provided in the immediately preceding paragraph, the Non-Controlling Note Holder shall have the right to attend annual meetings (either telephonically or in person, in the discretion of the Servicer) with the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) at the offices of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, upon reasonable notice and at times reasonably acceptable to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in which servicing issues related to the Mortgage Loan are discussed; provided that the Non-Controlling Note Holder, at the request of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall execute a confidentiality agreement in form and substance satisfactory to it, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, and the Lead Securitization Note Holder.

(e)        If any Note is included as an asset of a real estate mortgage investment conduit (a “REMIC”), within the meaning of Section 860D(a) of the Code, then, any provision of this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding: (i) the Mortgage Loan shall be administered such that the Notes shall qualify at all times as (or as interests in) a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, (ii) any real property (and related personal property) acquired by or on behalf of the Note Holders pursuant to a foreclosure, exercise of a power of sale or delivery of a deed in lieu of foreclosure of the Mortgage or lien on such property following a default on the Mortgage Loan shall be administered so that the interest of the pro rata share of each Note Holder therein shall at all times qualify as “foreclosure property” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code and (iii) no Servicer may modify, waive or amend any provision of the Mortgage Loan, consent to or withhold consent from any action of the Mortgage Loan Borrower, or exercise or refrain from exercising any powers or rights which the Note Holders may have under the Mortgage Loan Documents, if any such action would constitute a “significant modification” of the Mortgage Loan, within the meaning of Section 1.860G-2(b) of the regulations of the United States Department of the Treasury, more than three (3) months after the startup day of the REMIC which includes the Notes (or any portion thereof). Each Note Holder agrees that the provisions of this paragraph shall be effected by compliance with any REMIC provisions in the Lead Servicing Agreement relating to the administration of the Mortgage Loan.

Anything herein or in the Lead Servicing Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event that one of the Notes is included in a REMIC and any other is not, such other Note Holder shall not be required to reimburse such Note Holder or any other Person for payment of (i) any taxes imposed on such REMIC, (ii) any costs or expenses relating to the administration of such REMIC or to any determination respecting the amount, payment or avoidance of any tax under such REMIC or (iii) any advances for any of the foregoing or any interest thereon or for deficits in other items of disbursement or income resulting from the use of funds for payment of any such taxes, costs or expenses or advances, nor shall any disbursement or payment otherwise distributable to any other Note Holder be reduced to offset or make-up any such payment or deficit.

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Section 6.      Appointment of Controlling Note Holder Representative and Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative.

(a)                        The Controlling Note Holder shall have the right at any time to appoint a representative in connection with the exercise of its rights and obligations with respect to the Mortgage Loan (the “Controlling Note Holder Representative”). The Controlling Note Holder shall have the right in its sole discretion at any time and from time to time to remove and replace the Controlling Note Holder Representative in accordance with the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement. When exercising its various rights under Section 5 and elsewhere in this Agreement, the Controlling Note Holder may, at its option, in each case, act through the Controlling Note Holder Representative. The Controlling Note Holder Representative may be any Person (other than the Mortgage Loan Borrower, its principal or any Affiliate of the Mortgage Loan Borrower), including, without limitation, the Controlling Note Holder, any officer or employee of the Controlling Note Holder, any affiliate of the Controlling Note Holder or any other unrelated third party. No such Controlling Note Holder Representative shall owe any fiduciary duty or other duty to any other Person (other than the Controlling Note Holder). All actions that are permitted to be taken by the Controlling Note Holder under this Agreement may be taken by the Controlling Note Holder Representative acting on behalf of the Controlling Note Holder. No Servicer, Operating Advisor, Trustee or Certificate Administrator acting on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall be required to recognize any Person as a Controlling Note Holder Representative until the Controlling Note Holder has notified each Servicer, Operating Advisor, Trustee and Certificate Administrator of such appointment and, if the Controlling Note Holder Representative is not the same Person as the Controlling Note Holder, the Controlling Note Holder Representative provides each Servicer, Operating Advisor, Trustee, Asset Representations Reviewer and Certificate Administrator with written confirmation of its acceptance of such appointment, an address and facsimile number for the delivery of notices and other correspondence and a list of officers or employees of such person with whom the parties to this Agreement may deal (including their names, titles, work addresses and facsimile numbers). The Controlling Note Holder shall promptly deliver such information to each Servicer, Operating Advisor, Asset Representations Reviewer, Trustee and Certificate Administrator. So long as no Consultation Termination Event is in effect pursuant to the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement, the Controlling Note Holder Representative shall be the Lead Securitization Subordinate Class Representative.

(b)                       Neither the Controlling Note Holder Representative nor the Controlling Note Holder shall have any liability to any other Note Holder or any other Person for any action taken, or for refraining from the taking of any action or the giving of any consent or the failure to give any consent pursuant to this Agreement or the Lead Servicing Agreement, or errors in judgment, absent any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of its willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence. The Note Holders agree that the Controlling Note Holder Representative and the Controlling Note Holder (whether acting in place of the Controlling Note Holder Representative when no Controlling Note Holder Representative shall have been appointed hereunder or otherwise exercising any right, power or privilege granted to the Controlling Note Holder hereunder) may take or refrain from taking actions, or give or refrain from giving consents, that favor the interests of one Note Holder over any other Note Holder, and that the Controlling Note Holder Representative may have special relationships and interests that

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conflict with the interests of a Note Holder and, absent willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence on the part of the Controlling Note Holder Representative or the Controlling Note Holder, as the case may be, agree to take no action against the Controlling Note Holder Representative, the Controlling Note Holder or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, principals or agents as a result of such special relationships or interests, and that neither the Controlling Note Holder Representative nor the Controlling Note Holder shall be deemed to have been grossly negligent or reckless, or to have acted in bad faith or engaged in willful misfeasance or to have recklessly disregarded any exercise of its rights by reason of its having acted or refrained from acting, or having given any consent or having failed to give any consent, solely in the interests of any Note Holder.

(c)                        Each Non-Controlling Note Holder shall have the right at any time to appoint a representative in connection with the exercise of its rights and obligations with respect to the Mortgage Loan (such representative, with respect to each Non-Controlling Note Holder, its “Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative”). All of the provisions relating to the Controlling Note Holder and the Controlling Note Holder Representative set forth in Section 6(a) (except those contained in the last sentence thereof) and Section 6(b) shall apply to each Non-Controlling Note Holder and its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative mutatis mutandis. The Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative with respect to each Non-Controlling Note as of the date of this Agreement and until the Lead Securitization Note Holder (and the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer) is notified otherwise, shall be the Initial Note Holder of such Note.

(d)                       The Controlling Note Holder shall be entitled to exercise the rights and powers granted to the Lead Securitization Note hereunder and the rights and powers granted to the “Controlling Class Representative” or similar party under, and as defined in, the Lead Servicing Agreement with respect to the Mortgage Loan. In addition, subject to the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement, the Controlling Note Holder shall be entitled to advise (1) the Special Servicer with respect to all matters related to a “Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan” (as defined in the Lead Servicing Agreement) and (2) the Special Servicer with respect to all matters for which the Master Servicer must obtain the consent or deemed consent of the Special Servicer, and, except as set forth below (i) the Master Servicer shall not be permitted to implement any Major Decision unless it has obtained the prior written consent of the Special Servicer and (ii) the Special Servicer shall not be permitted to consent to the Master Servicer’s implementing any Major Decision, nor shall the Special Servicer itself be permitted to implement any Major Decision as to which the Controlling Note Holder has objected in writing within ten (10) Business Days (or 30 days with respect to an Acceptable Insurance Default if so provided for in the Lead Servicing Agreement) after receipt of the written recommendation and analysis and such additional information requested by the Controlling Note Holder as may be necessary in the reasonable judgment of the Controlling Note Holder in order to make a judgment with respect to such Major Decision. The Controlling Note Holder may also direct the Special Servicer to take, or to refrain from taking, such other actions with respect to the Mortgage Loan as the Controlling Note Holder may deem advisable.

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respect to an Acceptable Insurance Default if so provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement) after delivery to the Controlling Note Holder by the applicable Servicer of written notice of a proposed Major Decision together with any information requested by the Controlling Note Holder as may be necessary in the reasonable judgment of the Controlling Note Holder in order to make a judgment, then upon the expiration of such ten (10) Business Day (or 30 days with respect to an Acceptable Insurance Default if so provided in the Lead Servicing Agreement) period, such Major Decision shall be deemed to have been approved by the Controlling Note Holder.

In the event that the Special Servicer or Master Servicer (in the event the Master Servicer is otherwise authorized by the Lead Servicing Agreement to take such action), as applicable, determines that immediate action, with respect to the foregoing matters, or any other matter requiring consent of the Controlling Note Holder, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Event (as defined in the Lead Servicing Agreement) pursuant to the Lead Servicing Agreement (or consultation with the Controlling Note Holder after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Event, but prior to the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event (as defined in the Lead Servicing Agreement)), is necessary to protect the interests of the Note Holders (as a collective whole) and the Special Servicer has made a reasonable effort to contact the Controlling Note Holder, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, may take any such action without waiting for the Controlling Note Holder’s response.

No objection contemplated by the preceding paragraphs may require or cause the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, to violate any provision of the Mortgage Loan Documents, applicable law, the Lead Servicing Agreement, this Agreement, the REMIC provisions of the Code or the Master Servicer or Special Servicer’s obligation to act in accordance with the Servicing Standard or materially expand the scope of responsibilities of any of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable.

The Controlling Note Holder shall have no liability to any other Note Holder or any other party for any action taken, or for refraining from the taking of any action or the giving of any consent or the failure to give any consent pursuant to this Agreement or the Lead Servicing Agreement, or errors in judgment, absent any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of its willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence. The Note Holders agree that the Controlling Note Holder may take or refrain from taking actions, or give or refrain from giving consents, that favor the interests of one Note Holder over any other Note Holder, and that the Controlling Note Holder may have special relationships and interests that conflict with the interests of another Note Holder and, absent willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence on the part of the Controlling Note Holder agree to take no action against the Controlling Note Holder or any of its officers, directors, employees, principals or agents as a result of such special relationships or interests, and that the Controlling Note Holder shall not be deemed to have been grossly negligent or reckless, or to have acted in bad faith or engaged in willful misconduct or to have recklessly disregarded any exercise of its rights by reason of its having acted or refrained from acting, or having given any consent or having failed to give any consent, solely in the interests of any Note Holder.

Section 7.         Appointment of Special Servicer. Subject to the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement, the Controlling Note Holder (or its Controlling Note Holder Representative) shall have the right at any time and from time to time, with or without cause, to replace the Special Servicer then acting with respect to the Mortgage Loan and appoint a replacement Special Servicer

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in lieu thereof. Any designation by the Controlling Note Holder (or its Controlling Note Holder Representative) of a Person to serve as Special Servicer shall be made by delivering to each other Note Holder, the Master Servicer, the then existing Special Servicer and other parties to the Lead Servicing Agreement a written notice stating such designation and satisfying the Required Special Servicer Rating and the other conditions to such replacement as set forth in the Lead Servicing Agreement (including, without limitation, a Rating Agency Confirmation, if required by the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement), if any. The Controlling Note Holder shall be solely responsible for any expenses incurred in connection with any such replacement without cause. The Controlling Note Holder shall notify the other parties hereto of its termination of the then currently serving Special Servicer and its appointment of a replacement Special Servicer in accordance with this Section 7. If the Controlling Note Holder has not appointed a Special Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loan as of the consummation of the securitization under the Lead Servicing Agreement, then the initial Special Servicer designated in the Lead Servicing Agreement shall serve as the initial Special Servicer but this shall not limit the right of the Controlling Note Holder (or its Controlling Note Holder Representative) to designate a replacement Special Servicer for the Mortgage Loan as aforesaid. If a Servicer Termination Event on the part of the Special Servicer has occurred that affects a Non-Controlling Note Holder, such Non-Controlling Note Holder shall have the right to direct the Trustee (or at any time that the Mortgage Loan is no longer included in a Securitization Trust, the Controlling Note Holder) to terminate the Special Servicer under the Lead Servicing Agreement (or at any time that the Mortgage Loan is no longer subject to the provisions of the Lead Servicing Agreement, the successor servicing agreement pursuant to which the Mortgage Loan is being serviced) solely with respect to the Mortgage Loan pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement (or at any time that the Mortgage Loan is no longer subject to the provisions of the Lead Servicing Agreement, the successor servicing agreement pursuant to which the Mortgage Loan is being serviced). The Controlling Note Holder and the Non-Controlling Note Holder acknowledge and agree that any successor special servicer appointed to replace the Special Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loan that was terminated for cause at the Non-Controlling Note Holder’s direction cannot at any time be the person (or an Affiliate thereof) that was so terminated without the prior written consent of the Non-Controlling Note Holder. The Non-Controlling Note Holder shall be solely responsible for reimbursing the Trustee’s or the Controlling Note Holder’s, as applicable, costs and expenses, if not paid within a reasonable time by the terminated special servicer and, in the case of the Trustee, that would otherwise be reimbursed to the Trustee from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account or Companion Distribution Account.

Section 8.         Payment Procedure.

(a)                        The Lead Securitization Note Holder, in accordance with the priorities set forth in Section 3 and subject to the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement, shall deposit or cause to be deposited all payments allocable to the Notes to the Collection Account or Companion Distribution Account pursuant to and in accordance with the Lead Servicing Agreement. The Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer acting on its behalf) shall deposit such amounts to the applicable account within two (2) Business Days after receipt of properly identified funds by the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer acting on its behalf) from or on behalf of the Mortgage Loan Borrower.

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(b)                       If the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Servicer on its behalf) determines, or a court of competent jurisdiction orders, at any time that any amount received or collected in respect of any Note must, pursuant to any insolvency, bankruptcy, fraudulent conveyance, preference or similar law, be returned to the Mortgage Loan Borrower or paid to the Lead Securitization Note Holder, a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder or any Servicer or paid to any other Person, then, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall not be required to distribute any portion thereof to the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holders and each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall promptly on demand by the Lead Securitization Note Holder repay to the Lead Securitization Note Holder any portion thereof that the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall have theretofore distributed to such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder, together with interest thereon at such rate, if any, as the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall have been required to pay to any Mortgage Loan Borrower, Master Servicer, Special Servicer or such other Person with respect thereto.

(c)                        If, for any reason, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Servicer on its behalf) makes any payment to a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder before the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Servicer on its behalf) has received the corresponding payment (it being understood that the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Servicer on its behalf) is under no obligation to do so), and the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Servicer on its behalf) does not receive the corresponding payment within five (5) Business Days of its payment to such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder, such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall, at the Lead Securitization Note Holder’s request, promptly return that payment to the Lead Securitization Note Holder.

(d)                       Each Note Holder agrees that if at any time it shall receive from any sources whatsoever any payment on account of the Mortgage Loan in excess of its distributable share thereof, it shall promptly remit such excess to the applicable Note Holder, subject to this Agreement and the Lead Servicing Agreement. The Lead Securitization Note Holder shall have the right to offset any amounts due hereunder from any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder with respect to the Mortgage Loan against any future payments due to such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder under the Mortgage Loan. Such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s obligations under this Section 8 constitute absolute, unconditional and continuing obligations.

Section 9.       Limitation on Liability of the Note Holders. Subject to the terms of the Lead Servicing Agreement governing servicer liability, no Note Holder shall have any liability to any other Note Holder with respect to its Note except with respect to losses actually suffered due to the gross negligence, willful misconduct or breach of this Agreement on the part of such Note Holder.

The Note Holders acknowledge that, subject to the obligation of the Lead Securitization Note Holder (including any Servicer and the Trustee) to comply with, and except as otherwise required by, the Servicing Standard, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (including any Servicer and the Trustee) may exercise, or omit to exercise, any rights that the Lead Securitization Note Holder may have under the Lead Servicing Agreement in a manner that may be adverse to the interests of any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder and that the Lead Securitization Note Holder (including any Servicer and the Trustee) shall have no liability whatsoever to any Non-      

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Lead Securitization Note Holder in connection with the Lead Securitization Note Holder’s exercise of rights or any omission by the Lead Securitization Note Holder to exercise such rights other than as described above; provided, however, that the Servicer must act in accordance with the Servicing Standard and the express terms of this Agreement and the Lead Servicing Agreement.

Section 10.                   Bankruptcy. Subject to Section 5(c), each Note Holder hereby covenants and agrees that only the Lead Securitization Note Holder has the right to institute, file, commence, acquiesce, petition under Bankruptcy Code Section 303 or otherwise or join any Person in any such petition or otherwise invoke or cause any other Person to invoke an Insolvency Proceeding with respect to or against the Mortgage Loan Borrower or seek to appoint a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official with respect to the Mortgage Loan Borrower or all or any part of its property or assets or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of the affairs of the Mortgage Loan Borrower. Each Note Holder further agrees that only the Lead Securitization Note Holder, and not a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder, can make any election, give any consent, commence any action or file any motion, claim, obligation, notice or application or take any other action in any case by or against the Mortgage Loan Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code or in any other Insolvency Proceeding. The Note Holders hereby appoint the Lead Securitization Note Holder as their agent, and grant to the Lead Securitization Note Holder an irrevocable power of attorney coupled with an interest, and their proxy, for the purpose of exercising any and all rights and taking any and all actions available to any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder in connection with any case by or against the Mortgage Loan Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code or in any other Insolvency Proceeding, including, without limitation, the right to file and/or prosecute any claim, vote to accept or reject a plan, to make any election under Section 1111(b) of the Bankruptcy Code with respect to the Mortgage Loan, and to file a motion to modify, lift or terminate the automatic stay with respect to the Mortgage Loan. The Note Holders hereby agree that, upon the request of the Lead Securitization Note Holder, each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Lead Securitization Note Holder all and every such further deeds, conveyances and instruments as the Lead Securitization Note Holder may reasonably request for the better assuring and evidencing of the foregoing appointment and grant. All actions taken by the Servicer in connection with any Insolvency Proceeding are subject to and must be in accordance with the Servicing Standard.

Section 11.      Representations of the Note Holders. Each Note Holder represents and warrants that the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement is within its corporate powers, has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, and does not contravene such Note Holder’s charter or any law or contractual restriction binding upon such Note Holder, and that this Agreement is the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Note Holder enforceable against such Note Holder in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and except that the enforcement of rights with respect to indemnification and contribution obligations may be limited by applicable law. Each Note Holder represents and warrants that it is duly organized, validly existing, in good standing and in possession of all licenses and authorizations necessary to carry on its business. Each Note Holder represents and warrants that (a) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by such Note Holder, (b) to such Note Holder’s actual knowledge, all

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consents, approvals, authorizations, orders or filings of or with any court or governmental agency or body, if any, required for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by such Note Holder have been obtained or made and (c) to such Note Holder’s actual knowledge, there is no pending action, suit or proceeding, arbitration or governmental investigation against such Note Holder, an adverse outcome of which would materially and adversely affect its performance under this Agreement.

Section 12.               No Creation of a Partnership or Exclusive Purchase Right. Nothing contained in this Agreement, and no action taken pursuant hereto shall be deemed to constitute the relationship created hereby between the Note Holders as a partnership, association, joint venture or other entity. No Note Holder shall have any obligation whatsoever to offer to any other Note Holder the opportunity to purchase a participation interest in any future loans originated by such Note Holder or its Affiliates and if any Note Holder chooses to offer to another Note Holder the opportunity to purchase a participation interest in any future mortgage loans originated by such Note Holder or its Affiliates, such offer shall be at such purchase price and interest rate as such Note Holder chooses, in its sole and absolute discretion. No Note Holder shall have any obligation whatsoever to purchase from any other Note Holder a participation interest in any future loans originated by such Note Holder or its Affiliates.

Section 13.                    Other Business Activities of the Note Holders. Each Note Holder acknowledges that each other Note Holder or its Affiliates may make loans or otherwise extend credit to, and generally engage in any kind of business with, the Mortgage Loan Borrower or any Affiliate thereof, any entity that is a holder of debt secured by direct or indirect ownership interests in the Mortgage Loan Borrower or any entity that is a holder of a preferred equity interest in the Mortgage Loan Borrower (each, a “Mortgage Loan Borrower Related Party”), and receive payments on such other loans or extensions of credit to Mortgage Loan Borrower Related Parties and otherwise act with respect thereto freely and without accountability in the same manner as if this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby were not in effect.

Section 14.       Sale of the Notes.

(a)       Each Note Holder agrees that it shall not sell, assign, transfer, pledge, syndicate, participate, hypothecate, contribute, encumber or otherwise dispose (either (i) directly or (ii) indirectly through entering into a derivatives contract or any other similar agreement, excluding a repo financing or a Pledge in accordance with Section 14(d) hereof) of a Note (a “Transfer”) except to a Qualified Institutional Lender. Promptly after the Transfer, the non-transferring Note Holder shall be provided with (x) a representation from a transferee or the applicable Note Holder certifying that such transferee is a Qualified Institutional Lender (except in the case of a Transfer to a Securitization (and the related pooling and servicing or similar agreement requires the parties thereto to comply with this Agreement) or in accordance with the immediately following sentence) and (y) a copy of the assignment and assumption agreement referred to in Section 15. If a Note Holder intends to Transfer its respective Note, or any portion thereof, to an entity that is not a Qualified Institutional Lender, it must first obtain (1) prior to a Securitization, the consent of the non-transferring Note Holder or (2) after a Securitization of such non-transferring Note Holder’s Note, Rating Agency Confirmation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the non-transferring Note Holder’s prior consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld), and, if such non-transferring Note Holder’s Note is held in a

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Securitization Trust, without Rating Agency Confirmation, no Note Holder shall Transfer all or any portion of its Note (or a participation interest in such Note) to the Mortgage Loan Borrower or a Mortgage Loan Borrower Related Party and any such Transfer shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. The transferring Note Holder agrees that it shall pay the expenses of the non-transferring Note Holder (including all expenses of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee) and all expenses relating to the confirmation from the Rating Agencies in connection with any such Transfer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Note Holder shall have the right, without the need to obtain the consent of any other Note Holder, the Rating Agencies or any other Person, to Transfer 49% or less (in the aggregate) of its Note or any beneficial interest in its Note. None of the provisions of this Section 14(a) shall apply in the case of (1) a sale of all Notes together in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Lead Servicing Agreement or (2) a transfer by the Special Servicer, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Lead Servicing Agreement, of the Mortgage Loan or the Mortgaged Property, upon the Mortgage Loan becoming a Defaulted Mortgage Loan, to a single member limited liability or limited partnership, 100% of the equity interest in which is owned directly or indirectly, through one or more single member limited liability companies or limited partnerships, by the Lead Securitization Trust.

For the purposes of this Agreement, if any Rating Agency shall, in writing, waive, decline or refuse to review or otherwise engage any request for a confirmation hereunder from such Rating Agency that a proposed action will not result in a qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of its then current rating of the securities issued pursuant to the related Securitization, such waiver, declination, or refusal shall be deemed to eliminate, for such request only, the condition that such confirmation by such Rating Agency (only) be obtained for purposes of this Agreement. For purposes of clarity, any such waiver, declination or refusal to review or otherwise engage in any request for such confirmation hereunder shall not be deemed a waiver, declination or refusal to review or otherwise engage in any subsequent request for such Rating Agency confirmation hereunder and the condition for such Rating Agency confirmation pursuant to this Agreement for any subsequent request shall apply regardless of any previous waiver, declination or refusal to review or otherwise engage in such prior request.

(b)                       In the case of any Transfer of a participation interest in any of the Notes, (i) the respective Note Holders’ obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Note Holders shall remain solely responsible for the performance of such obligations, and (iii) the Lead Securitization Note Holder and any Persons acting on its behalf shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Note Holder in connection with such Note Holder’s rights and obligations under this Agreement and the Lead Servicing Agreement, and all amounts payable hereunder shall be determined as if such Note Holder had not sold such participation interest.

(c)                        Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, any Note Holder may pledge (a “Pledge”) its Note to any entity (other than the Mortgage Loan Borrower or any Affiliate thereof) which has extended a credit facility to such Note Holder and that is either a Qualified Institutional Lender or a financial institution whose long-term unsecured debt is rated at least “A” (or the equivalent) or better by each Rating Agency (a “Note Pledgee”), on terms and conditions set forth in this Section 14(c), it being further agreed that a financing provided by a Note Pledgee

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to a Note Holder or any person which Controls such Note that is secured by its Note and is structured as a repurchase arrangement, shall qualify as a “Pledge” hereunder, provided that a Note Pledgee which is not a Qualified Institutional Lender may not take title to the pledged Note without a Rating Agency Confirmation. Upon written notice by the applicable Note Holder to each other Note Holder and any Servicer that a Pledge has been effected (including the name and address of the applicable Note Pledgee), each other Note Holder agrees to acknowledge receipt of such notice and thereafter agrees: (i) to give the Note Pledgee written notice of any default by the pledging Note Holder in respect of its obligations under this Agreement of which default such Note Holder has actual knowledge; (ii) to allow such Note Pledgee a period of ten (10) days to cure a default by the pledging Note Holder in respect of its obligations to each other Note Holder hereunder, but such Note Pledgee shall not be obligated to cure any such default; (iii) that no amendment, modification, waiver or termination of this Agreement shall be effective against such Note Pledgee without the written consent of such Note Pledgee, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed; (iv) that such other Note Holder shall give to such Note Pledgee copies of any notice of default under this Agreement simultaneously with the giving of same to the pledging Note Holder; (v) that such other Note Holder shall deliver to Note Pledgee such estoppel certificate(s) as Note Pledgee shall reasonably request, provided that any such certificate(s) shall be in a form reasonably satisfactory to such other Note Holder; and (vi) that, upon written notice (a “Redirection Notice”) to each other Note Holder and any Servicer by such Note Pledgee that the pledging Note Holder is in default, beyond any applicable cure periods, under the pledging Note Holder’s obligations to such Note Pledgee pursuant to the applicable credit agreement between the pledging Note Holder and such Note Pledgee (which notice need not be joined in or confirmed by the pledging Note Holder), and until such Redirection Notice is withdrawn or rescinded by such Note Pledgee, Note Pledgee shall be entitled to receive any payments that any Note Holder or Servicer would otherwise be obligated to pay to the pledging Note Holder from time to time pursuant to this Agreement or the Lead Servicing Agreement. Any pledging Note Holder hereby unconditionally and absolutely releases each other Note Holder and any Servicer from any liability to the pledging Note Holder on account of such other Note Holder’s or Servicer’s compliance with any Redirection Notice believed by any Servicer or such other Note Holder to have been delivered by a Note Pledgee. Note Pledgee shall be permitted to exercise fully its rights and remedies against the pledging Note Holder to such Note Pledgee (and accept an assignment in lieu of foreclosure as to such collateral), in accordance with applicable law and this Agreement. In such event, the Note Holders and any Servicer shall recognize such Note Pledgee (and any transferee other than the Mortgage Loan Borrower or any Affiliate thereof which is also a Qualified Institutional Lender at any foreclosure or similar sale held by such Note Pledgee or any transfer in lieu of foreclosure), and its successor and assigns, as the successor to the pledging Note Holder’s rights, remedies and obligations under this Agreement, and any such Note Pledgee or Qualified Institutional Lender shall assume in writing the obligations of the pledging Note Holder hereunder accruing from and after such Transfer (i.e., realization upon the collateral by such Note Pledgee) and agrees to be bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement. The rights of a Note Pledgee under this Section 14(c) shall remain effective as to any Note Holder (and any Servicer) unless and until such Note Pledgee shall have notified any such Note Holder (and any Servicer, as applicable) in writing that its interest in the pledged Note has terminated.

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(d)                                     Notwithstanding any provisions herein to the contrary, if a conduit (“Conduit”) which is not a Qualified Institutional Lender provides financing to a Note Holder then such Note Holder shall have the right to grant a security interest in its Note to such Conduit notwithstanding that such Conduit is not a Qualified Institutional Lender, if the following conditions are satisfied:

(i)                                   The loan (the “Conduit Inventory Loan”) made by the Conduit to such Note Holder to finance the acquisition and holding of its Note requires a third party (the “Conduit Credit Enhancer”) to provide credit enhancement;

(ii)                                The Conduit Credit Enhancer is a Qualified Institutional Lender;

(iii)                             Such Note Holder pledges its interest in its Note to the Conduit as collateral for the Conduit Inventory Loan;

(iv)                             The Conduit Credit Enhancer and the Conduit agree that, if such Note Holder defaults under the Conduit Inventory Loan, or if the Conduit is unable to refinance its outstanding commercial paper even if there is no default by such Note Holder, the Conduit Credit Enhancer will purchase the Conduit Inventory Loan from the Conduit, and the Conduit will assign the pledge of such Note Holder’s Note to the Conduit Credit Enhancer; and

(v)                              Unless the Conduit is in fact then a Qualified Institutional Lender, the Conduit will not without obtaining a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency have any greater right to acquire the interests in the Note pledged by such Note Holder, by foreclosure or otherwise, than would any other purchaser that is not a Qualified Institutional Lender at a foreclosure sale conducted by a Note Pledgee.

Section 15.       Registration of the Notes and Each Note Holder. The Agent shall keep or cause to be kept at the Agent Office books (the “Note Register”) for the registration and transfer of the Notes. The Agent shall serve as the initial note registrar and the Agent hereby accepts such appointment. The names and addresses of the holders of the Notes and the names and addresses of any transferee of any Note of which the Agent has received notice, in the form of a copy of the assignment and assumption agreement referred to in this Section 15, shall be registered in the Note Register. The Person in whose name a Note is so registered shall be deemed and treated as the sole owner and holder thereof for all purposes of this Agreement, except in the case of the Initial Note Holders, who may hold their Notes through a nominee. Upon request of a Note Holder (including a Servicer on its behalf), the Agent shall provide such party with the names and addresses of each other Note Holder. To the extent the Trustee or another party is appointed as Agent hereunder, each Note Holder hereby designates such person as its agent under this Section 15 solely for purposes of maintaining the Note Register.

In connection with any Transfer of a Note (but excluding any Pledgee unless and until it realizes on its Pledge), a transferee shall execute an assignment and assumption agreement (unless the transferee is a Securitization Trust and the related pooling and servicing agreement requires the parties thereto to comply with this Agreement), whereby such transferee assumes all of the obligations of the applicable Note Holder hereunder with respect to such Note thereafter

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accruing and agrees to be bound by the terms of this Agreement, including the applicable restriction on Transfers set forth in Section 14, from and after the date of such assignment. No transfer of a Note may be made unless it is registered on the Note Register, and the Agent shall not recognize any attempted or purported transfer of any Note in violation of the provisions of Section 14 and this Section 15. Any such purported transfer shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. Each Note Holder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Agent and each other Note Holder against any liability that may result if the transfer is not made in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

Section 16.                         Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT, AND/OR THE INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS AND DECISIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CHOICE OF LAW RULES THEREOF (OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW). EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT.

Section 17.                         Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:

(a)                        SUBMITS FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT IN RESPECT THEREOF, TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE GENERAL JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, THE FEDERAL COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND APPELLATE COURTS FROM ANY THEREOF;

(b)                      CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE BROUGHT IN SUCH COURTS AND, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WAIVES ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT OR THAT SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING WAS BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT COURT AND AGREES NOT TO PLEAD OR CLAIM THE SAME;

(c)                         AGREES THAT SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE EFFECTED BY MAILING A COPY THEREOF BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL (OR ANY SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR FORM OF MAIL), POSTAGE PREPAID, TO ITS ADDRESS SET FORTH HEREIN OR AT SUCH OTHER ADDRESS OF WHICH A PARTY HEREIN SHALL HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED; AND

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(d)                        AGREES THAT NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT TO EFFECT SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR SHALL LIMIT THE RIGHT TO SUE IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.

Section 18.                      Modifications. This Agreement shall not be modified, cancelled or terminated except by an instrument in writing signed by each Note Holder. Additionally, for as long as any Note is contained in a Securitization Trust, the Note Holders shall not amend or modify this Agreement without first receiving a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency then rating securities backed by a Note; provided that no such Rating Agency Confirmation shall be required in connection with a modification or amendment (i) to cure any ambiguity, (ii) to correct or supplement any provisions herein that may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions of this Agreement, the Lead Servicing Agreement or the final disclosure documents relating to the Lead Securitization, or (iii) entered into pursuant to Section 31 of this Agreement.

Section 19.                      Successors and Assigns; Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Except as provided herein, including without limitation, with respect to the Trustee, Certificate Administrator, Master Servicer, Special Servicer, Operating Advisor, Non-Lead Master Servicers, Non-Lead Special Servicers or Non-Lead Trustees, none of the provisions of this Agreement shall be for the benefit of or enforceable by any Person not a party hereto. Subject to Section 14 and Section 15, each Note Holder may assign or delegate its rights or obligations under this Agreement. Upon any such assignment, the assignee shall be entitled to all rights and benefits of the applicable Note Holder hereunder.

Section 20.                      Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and all of such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement in Portable Document Format (PDF) or by facsimile transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed original counterpart of this Agreement.

Section 21.                       Captions. The titles and headings of the paragraphs of this Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to summarize or otherwise describe the subject matter of the paragraphs and shall not be given any consideration in the construction of this Agreement.

Section 22.                      Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable laws, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Agreement.

Section 23.                    Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter contained in this Agreement and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings and negotiations between the parties.

Section 24.                     Withholding Taxes. (a) If the Lead Securitization Note Holder or the Mortgage Loan Borrower shall be required by law to deduct and withhold Taxes from interest,

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fees or other amounts payable to a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder with respect to the Mortgage Loan as a result of such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder constituting a Non-Exempt Person, the Lead Securitization Note Holder, in its capacity as servicer, shall be entitled to do so with respect to such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s interest in such payment (all withheld amounts being deemed paid to such Note Holder), provided that the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall furnish the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder with a statement setting forth the amount of Taxes withheld, the applicable rate and other information which may reasonably be requested for purposes of assisting such Note Holder to seek any allowable credits or deductions for the Taxes so withheld in each jurisdiction in which such Note Holder is subject to tax.

(b)                       Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall indemnify and hereby agrees to indemnify the Lead Securitization Note Holder against and hold the Lead Securitization Note Holder harmless from and against any Taxes, interest, penalties and attorneys’ fees and disbursements arising or resulting from any failure of the Lead Securitization Note Holder to withhold Taxes from payment made to such Note Holder in reliance upon any representation, certificate, statement, document or instrument made or provided by such Note Holder to the Lead Securitization Note Holder in connection with the obligation of the Lead Securitization Note Holder to withhold Taxes from payments made to such Note Holder, it being expressly understood and agreed that (i) the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall be absolutely and unconditionally entitled to accept any such representation, certificate, statement, document or instrument as being true and correct in all respects and to fully rely thereon without any obligation or responsibility to investigate or to make any inquiries with respect to the accuracy, veracity, correctness or validity of the same and (ii) each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder, upon request of the Lead Securitization Note Holder and at its sole cost and expense, shall defend any claim or action relating to the foregoing indemnification using counsel selected by the Lead Securitization Note Holder.

(c)                        Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder represents to the Lead Securitization Note Holder (for the benefit of the Mortgage Loan Borrower) that it is not a Non-Exempt Person and that neither the Lead Securitization Note Holder nor the Mortgage Loan Borrower is obligated under applicable law to withhold Taxes on sums paid to it with respect to the Mortgage Loan or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement. Contemporaneously with the execution of this Agreement and from time to time as necessary during the term of this Agreement, each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall deliver to the Lead Securitization Note Holder or Servicer, as applicable, evidence satisfactory to the Lead Securitization Note Holder substantiating that such Note Holder is not a Non-Exempt Person and that the Lead Securitization Note Holder is not obligated under applicable law to withhold Taxes on sums paid to it with respect to the Mortgage Loan or otherwise under this Agreement. Without limiting the effect of the foregoing, (i) if a Note Holder is created or organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, it shall satisfy the requirements of the preceding sentence by furnishing to the Lead Securitization Note Holder an Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 and (ii) if a Note Holder is not created or organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, and if the payment of interest or other amounts by the Mortgage Loan Borrower is treated for United States income tax purposes as derived in whole or part from sources within the United States, such Note Holder shall satisfy the requirements of the preceding sentence by furnishing to the Lead Securitization Note Holder

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Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI, Form W-8IMY (with appropriate attachments) or Form W-8BEN, or successor forms, as may be required from time to time, duly executed by such Note Holder, as evidence of such Note Holder’s exemption from the withholding of United States tax with respect thereto. The Lead Securitization Note Holder shall not be obligated to make any payment hereunder with respect to any Non-Lead Securitization Note or otherwise until the related Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall have furnished to the Lead Securitization Note Holder requested forms, certificates, statements or documents.

Section 25.                    Custody of Mortgage Loan Documents. The originals of all of the Mortgage Loan Documents (other than the Non-Lead Securitization Note) (a) prior to the Lead Securitization shall be held by the Initial Agent and (b) after the Lead Securitization, shall be held by the Lead Securitization Note Holder (in the name of the Trustee and held by a duly appointed custodian therefor in accordance with the Lead Servicing Agreement), in each case, on behalf of the registered holders of the Notes. On or after the Non-Lead Securitization Date, the applicable Non-Lead Securitization Note shall be held in the name of the related Non-Lead Trustee (and held by a duly appointed custodian therefor) on behalf of the related Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder.

Section 26.                       Cooperation in Securitization.

(a)        Each Note Holder acknowledges that any Note Holder may elect, in its sole discretion, to include its Note in a Securitization. In connection with a Securitization and subject to the terms of the preceding sentence, at the request of the Lead Securitization Note Holder, each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall use reasonable efforts, at Lead Securitization Note Holder’s expense, to satisfy, and to cooperate with the Lead Securitization Note Holder in attempting to cause the Mortgage Loan Borrower to satisfy, the market standards to which the Lead Securitization Note Holder customarily adheres or which may be reasonably required in the marketplace or by the Rating Agencies in connection with the Securitization, including, entering into (or consenting to, as applicable) any modifications to this Agreement or the Mortgage Loan Documents and to cooperate with the Lead Securitization Note Holder in attempting to cause the Mortgage Loan Borrower to execute such modifications to the Mortgage Loan Documents, in any such case, as may be reasonably requested by the Rating Agencies to effect the Securitization; provided, however, that either in connection with the Lead Securitization or otherwise at any time prior to the Lead Securitization, no Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall be required to modify or amend this Agreement or any Mortgage Loan Documents (or consent to such modification, as applicable) in connection therewith, if such modification or amendment would (i) change the interest allocable to, or the amount of any payments due to or priority of such payments to, such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder or (ii) materially increase such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s obligations or materially decrease such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s rights, remedies or protections. In connection with the Lead Securitization, each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder agrees to provide for inclusion in any disclosure document relating to the Lead Securitization such information concerning such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder and the related Non-Lead Securitization Note as the Lead Securitization Note Holder reasonably determines to be necessary or appropriate, and each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder covenants and agrees that it shall, at the Lead Securitization Note Holder’s expense, cooperate with the reasonable requests of each

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Rating Agency and Lead Securitization Note Holder in connection with the Lead Securitization (including, without limitation, reasonably cooperating with the Lead Securitization Note Holder (without any obligation to make additional representations and warranties) to enable the Lead Securitization Note Holder to make all necessary certifications and deliver all necessary opinions (including customary securities law opinions) in connection with the Mortgage Loan and the Lead Securitization), as well as in connection with all other matters and the preparation of any offering documents thereof and to review and respond reasonably promptly with respect to any information relating to each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder and the related Non-Lead Securitization Note in any Securitization document. Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder acknowledges that the information provided by it to the Lead Securitization Note Holder may be incorporated into the offering documents for the Lead Securitization. The Lead Securitization Note Holder and each Rating Agency shall be entitled to rely on the information supplied by, or on behalf of, each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder. The Lead Securitization Note Holder shall reasonably cooperate with the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder by providing all information reasonably requested that is in the Lead Securitization Note Holder’s possession in connection with such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s preparation of disclosure materials in connection with a Securitization.

Upon request, the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall deliver to a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder drafts of the preliminary and final Lead Securitization offering memoranda, prospectus supplement, free writing prospectus and any other disclosure documents and the Lead Servicing Agreement and provide reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such documents.

Section 27.                      Notices. All notices required hereunder shall be given by (i) telephone (confirmed promptly in writing) or shall be in writing and personally delivered, (ii) sent by facsimile transmission (during business hours) if the sender on the same day sends a confirming copy of such notice by reputable overnight delivery service (charges prepaid), (iii) reputable overnight delivery service (charges prepaid) or (iv) certified United States mail, postage prepaid return receipt requested, and addressed to the respective parties at their addresses set forth on Exhibit B hereto, or at such other address as any party shall hereafter inform the other party by written notice given as aforesaid. All written notices so given shall be deemed effective upon receipt.

Section 28.                     Broker. Each Note Holder represents to each other that no broker was responsible for bringing about this transaction.

Section 29.                       Certain Matters Affecting the Agent.

(a)                        The Agent may request and/or rely upon and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any officer’s certificate or assignment and assumption agreement delivered to the Agent pursuant to Section 14 and Section 15;

(b)                       The Agent may consult with counsel and any opinion of counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such opinion of counsel;

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(c)                         The Agent shall be under no obligation to institute, conduct or defend any litigation hereunder or in relation hereto at the request, order or direction of any Note Holder pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, unless it has received indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it;

(d)                       The Agent or any of its directors, officers, employees, Affiliates, agents or “control” persons within the meaning of the Act, shall not be personally liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith and reasonably believed by the Agent to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Agreement;

(e)                         The Agent shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any officer’s certificate or assignment and assumption agreement delivered to the Agent pursuant to Section 15;

(f)                         The Agent may execute any of the powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys but shall not be relieved of its obligations hereunder; and

(g)                       The Agent represents and warrants that it is a Qualified Institutional Lender.

Section 30.                        Termination and Resignation of Agent.

(a)                        The Agent may be terminated at any time upon ten (10) days prior written notice from the Lead Securitization Note Holder. In the event that the Agent is terminated pursuant to this Section 30, all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement shall be terminated, other than any rights or obligations that accrued prior to the date of such termination.

(b)                       The Agent may resign at any time on ten (10) days’ prior notice, so long as a successor Agent, reasonably satisfactory to the Note Holders (it being agreed that a Servicer, the Trustee or a Certificate Administrator in a Securitization is satisfactory to the Note Holders), has agreed to be bound by this Agreement and perform the duties of the Agent hereunder. Argentic, as Initial Agent, may transfer its rights and obligations to a Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as successor Agent, at any time without the consent of any Note Holder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Note Holders hereby agree that, simultaneously with the closing of the Lead Securitization, the Certificate Administrator shall be deemed to have been automatically appointed as the successor Agent under this Agreement in place of Argentic without any further notice or other action. The termination or resignation of such Certificate Administrator, as Certificate Administrator under the Lead Servicing Agreement, shall be deemed a termination or resignation of such Certificate Administrator as Agent under this Agreement.

Section 31.                        Resizing. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, for so long as Argentic or an affiliate thereof (a “Resizing Entity”) is the owner of a Note or a portion thereof that has not been sold pursuant to a Securitization (such Note or portion thereof, the “Owned Note”), such Resizing Entity shall have the right, subject to the terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents, to cause the Mortgage Loan Borrower to execute amended and restated notes or

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additional notes (in either case, “New Notes”) reallocating the principal of the Owned Note to such New Notes; or severing the Owned Note into one or more further “component” notes in the aggregate principal amount equal to the then outstanding principal balance of the Owned Note, provided that:

(i)                                   the aggregate principal balance of all outstanding New Notes following such amendments is no greater than the aggregate principal of the Owned Note prior to such amendments,

(ii)                                 all Notes continue to have the same weighted average interest rate as the Notes prior to such amendments,

(iii)                             all Notes pay pro rata and on a pari passu basis and such reallocated or component notes shall be automatically subject to the terms of this Agreement,

(iv)                            the Resizing Entity holding the New Notes shall notify the Lead Securitization Note Holder, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee in writing of such modified allocations and principal amounts, and

(v)                               the execution of such amendments and New Notes does not violate the Servicing Standard.

If the Lead Securitization Note Holder so requests, the Resizing Entity holding the New Notes (and any subsequent holder of such Notes) shall execute a confirmation of the continuing applicability of this Agreement to the New Notes, as so modified. Except for the foregoing reallocation and for modifications pursuant to the Lead Servicing Agreement (as discussed in Section 5), no Note may be modified or amended without the consent of its holder and the consent of the holder of each other Note. In connection with the foregoing (provided the conditions set forth in (i) through (v) above are satisfied, with respect to (i) through (iv), as certified by the Resizing Entity, on which certification the Master Servicer can rely), the Master Servicer is hereby authorized and directed to execute amendments to the Mortgage Loan Documents and this Agreement on behalf of any or all of the Note Holders, as applicable, solely for the purpose of reflecting such reallocation of principal. If more than one New Note is created hereunder, for purposes of exercising the rights of the Non-Controlling Note Holder hereunder, the “Non-Controlling Note Holder” of such New Notes shall be as provided in the definition of such term in this Agreement. If the Controlling Note is involved in any resizing contemplated by this Section 31, the applicable Note Holder shall be entitled to designate any one of the related New Notes as the Controlling Note, and the definitions of “Controlling Note” and “Controlling Note Holder” shall be deemed to have been revised accordingly. For the avoidance of doubt, the parties agree and acknowledge that a modification or amendment to this Agreement shall not be required in connection with the exercise of any rights under this Section 31.

Section 32.       Statement of Intent. The Agent and each Noteholder intend that the Notes be classified and maintained as a grantor trust under subpart E, part I of subchapter J of chapter 1 of the Code that is a fixed investment trust within the meaning of Treasury Regulation §301.7701-4(c), and the parties shall not take any action inconsistent with such classification. It

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is neither the purpose nor the intent of this Agreement to create a partnership, joint venture, “taxable mortgage pool” or association taxable as a corporation among the parties. 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Initial Note Holders have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

AREF 2 WH BC LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as Initial Note A-1 Holder
By:  Argentic Investment Management LLC, its investment manager
	By:	/s/ Ryan Supple
		Name: Ryan Supple
		Title: Authorized Signatory
AREF 2 WH BC LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as Initial Note A-2 Holder
By:  Argentic Investment Management LLC, its investment manager
	By:	/s/ Ryan Supple
		Name: Ryan Supple
		Title: Authorized Signatory
AREF 2 WH BC LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as Initial Note A-3 Holder
By:  Argentic Investment Management LLC, its investment manager
	By:	/s/ Ryan Supple
	Name: Ryan Supple
	Title: Authorized Signatory

 

(Co-Lender Agreement – 3800 Horizon Boulevard)

   

 

EXHIBIT A

MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE

Description of Mortgage Loan

Mortgage Loan Borrower:	3800 Acquisition LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
Date of Mortgage Loan:	March 27, 2023
Date of Notes:	May 8, 2023
Original Principal Amount of Mortgage Loan:	$27,000,000
Principal Amount of Mortgage Loan as of the date hereof:	$27,000,000
Initial Note A-1 Principal Balance:	$12,000,000
Initial Note A-2 Principal Balance:	$10,000,000
Initial Note A-3 Principal Balance:	$5,000,000
Location of Mortgaged Property:	3800 Horizon Boulevard Bensalem Township, Pennsylvania 19053
Initial Maturity Date:	April 6, 2033

 

 

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EXHIBIT B

1.    Initial Note A-1 Holder:

(Prior to Securitization of Note A-1):

AREF 2 WH BC LLC

Notice Address:
AREF 2 WH BC LLC
31 West 27th Street, 12th Floor

New York, New York 10001
Attention: Michael Schulte

with a copy to:

Dechert LLP
300 South Tryon Street, Suite 800
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Attention: Stewart McQueen

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2. Initial Note A-2 Holder:

(Prior to Securitization of Note A-2):

AREF 2 WH BC LLC

Notice Address:
AREF 2 WH BC LLC
31 West 27th Street, 12th Floor

New York, New York 10001
Attention: Michael Schulte

with a copy to:

Dechert LLP
300 South Tryon Street, Suite 800
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Attention: Stewart McQueen

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3.    Initial Note A-3 Holder:

(Prior to Securitization of Note A-3):

AREF 2 WH BC LLC

Notice Address:
AREF 2 WH BC LLC
31 West 27th Street, 12th Floor

New York, New York 10001
Attention: Michael Schulte

with a copy to:

Dechert LLP
300 South Tryon Street, Suite 800
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Attention: Stewart McQueen

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EXHIBIT C

PERMITTED FUND MANAGERS

 

1. AllianceBernstein

2. Apollo Real Estate Advisors

3. Archon Capital, L.P.

4. Artemis Real Estate Partners

5. BlackRock, Inc.

6. The Blackstone Group

7. Capital Trust

8. Clarion Partners

9. Colony Capital, Inc.

10. DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners

11. Dune Real Estate Partners

12. Eightfold Real Estate Capital, L.P.

13. Fortress Investment Group, LLC

14. Hudson Advisors

15. iStar Financial Inc.

16. JER Partners

17. Land-Lease Real Estate Investments

18. Lonestar Opportunity Funds

19. Normandy Real Estate Partners

20. Praedium Group

21. Raith Capital Partners

22. Rialto Capital Management LLC

23. Rialto Capital Advisors LLC

24. Rockwood

25. RREEF Funds

26. Starwood Financial Trust

27. Torchlight Investors, LLC

28. Walton Street Capital, LLC

29. Westbrook Partners

30. Whitehall Street Real Estate Fund, L.P.

 

C-1

EX-99.19

Exhibit 99.19 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

AGREEMENT BETWEEN NOTE HOLDERS

Dated as of May 25, 2023


by and between

MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A.
(Initial Note A-1 Holder, Initial Note A-2-1 Holder, Initial Note A-2-2 Holder and Initial Note A-4 Holder),

BANK OF MONTREAL
(Initial Note A-3-1 Holder and Initial Note A-3-2 Holder),

GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA
(Initial Note A-5 Holder and Initial Note A-6 Holder)

and

MORGAN STANLEY MORTGAGE CAPITAL HOLDINGS LLC
(Initial Agent)

Heritage Plaza

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

Section 1.	Definitions	2
Section 2.	Servicing of the Mortgage Loan	15
Section 3.	Priority of Payments	27
Section 4.	Workout	28
Section 5.	Administration of the Mortgage Loan	29
Section 6.	Note Holder Representatives	33
Section 7.	Appointment of Special Servicer	36
Section 8.	Payment Procedure	36
Section 9.	Limitation on Liability of the Note Holders	38
Section 10.	Bankruptcy	38
Section 11.	Representations of the Note Holders	39
Section 12.	No Creation of a Partnership or Exclusive Purchase Right	39
Section 13.	Other Business Activities of the Note Holders	39
Section 14.	Sale of the Notes	39
Section 15.	Registration of the Notes and Each Note Holder	42
Section 16.	Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial	43
Section 17.	Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers	43
Section 18.	Modifications	44
Section 19.	Successors and Assigns; Third Party Beneficiaries	44
Section 20.	Counterparts	44
Section 21.	Captions	45
Section 22.	Severability	45
Section 23.	Entire Agreement	45
Section 24.	Withholding Taxes	45
Section 25.	Custody of Mortgage Loan Documents	46
Section 26.	Cooperation in Securitization	46
Section 27.	Notices	47
Section 28.	Broker	48
Section 29.	Certain Matters Affecting the Agent	48
Section 30.	Reserved	48
Section 31.	Resignation of Agent	48
Section 32.	Resizing	49

 

 

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This AGREEMENT BETWEEN NOTE HOLDERS (this “Agreement”), dated as of May 25, 2023 by and between MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A. (“MSBNA” and, together with its successors and assigns in interest, in its capacity as initial owner of Note A-1 described below, the “Initial Note A-1 Holder”), MSBNA (together with its successors and assigns in interest, in its capacity as initial owner of Note A-2-1 described below, the “Initial Note A-2-1 Holder”), MSBNA (together with its successors and assigns in interest, in its capacity as initial owner of Note A-2-2 described below, the “Initial Note A-2-2 Holder”), MSBNA (together with its successors and assigns in interest, in its capacity as initial owner of Note A-4 described below, the “Initial Note A-4 Holder”), BANK OF MONTREAL (“BMO” and, together with its successors and assigns in interest, in its capacity as initial owner of Note A-3-1 described below, the “Initial Note A-3-1 Holder”), BMO (together with its successors and assigns in interest, in its capacity as initial owner of Note A-3-2 described below, the “Initial Note A-3-2 Holder”), GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA (“GS Bank” and together with its successors and assigns in interest, in its capacity as initial owner of Note A-5 described below, the “Initial Note A-5 Holder”), GS Bank (together with its successors and assigns in interest, in its capacity as initial owner of Note A-6 described below, the “Initial Note A-6 Holder”; the Initial Note A-1 Holder, the Initial Note A-2-1 Holder, the Initial Note A-2-2 Holder, the Initial Note A-3-1 Holder, the Initial Note A-3-2 Holder, the Initial Note A-4 Holder, the Initial Note A-5 Holder and the Initial Note A-6 Holder are referred to collectively herein as the “Initial Note Holders”) and MORGAN STANLEY MORTGAGE CAPITAL HOLDINGS LLC (“MSMCH” and, in its capacity as initial agent, the “Initial Agent”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Agreement (as defined herein), MSBNA and GS Bank co-originated a certain loan (the “Mortgage Loan”) described on the schedule attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Mortgage Loan Schedule”) to the mortgage loan borrowers described on the Mortgage Loan Schedule (collectively, the “Mortgage Loan Borrower”), which is evidenced, inter alia, by (i) a promissory note in the original principal amount of $40,000,000 (as amended, modified, consolidated, or supplemented, “Note A-1”); (ii) a promissory note in the original principal amount of $20,000,000 (as amended, modified, consolidated, or supplemented, “Note A-2-1”); (iii) a promissory note in the original principal amount of $5,000,000 (as amended, modified, consolidated, or supplemented, “Note A-2-2”); (iv) a promissory note in the original principal amount of $12,500,000 (as amended, modified, consolidated, or supplemented, “Note A-3-1”); (v) a promissory note in the original principal amount of $7,500,000 (as amended, modified, consolidated, or supplemented, “Note A-3-2”); (vi) a promissory note in the original principal amount of $15,000,000 (as amended, modified, consolidated, or supplemented, “Note A-4”); (vii) a promissory note in the original principal amount of $40,000,000 (as amended, modified, consolidated, or supplemented, “Note A-5”); and (viii) a promissory note in the original principal amount of $32,000,000 (as amended, modified, consolidated, or supplemented, “Note A-6” and, together with Note A-1, Note A-2-1, Note A-2-2, Note A-3-1, Note A-3-2, Note A-4 and Note A-5, the “Notes”);

WHEREAS, Note A-3-1 and Note A-3-2 were subsequently transferred from MSBNA to BMO;

     

 

WHEREAS, each of the Notes is secured by a first mortgage (as amended, modified or supplemented, the “Mortgage”) on certain real property located as described on the Mortgage Loan Schedule (the “Mortgaged Property”);

WHEREAS, each Initial Note Holder desires to enter into this Agreement to memorialize the terms under which it, and its successors and assigns, shall hold the Notes;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto mutually agree as follows:

Section 1.                Definitions. References to a “Section” or the “recitals” are, unless otherwise specified, to a Section or the recitals of this Agreement. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed thereto (or to any analogous term) in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. Whenever used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the respective meanings set forth below unless the context clearly requires otherwise.

“Acceptable Insurance Default” shall have the meaning set forth in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Advances” shall have the meaning set forth in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Affiliate” shall have the meaning set forth in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Agent” shall mean the Initial Agent or such Person to whom the Initial Agent shall delegate its duties hereunder, and on and after the closing date of the first Securitization shall mean the Master Servicer.

“Agent Office” shall mean the designated office of the Agent, which office, as of the date of this Agreement, is the office of the Initial Agent listed on Exhibit B hereto, and which is the address to which notices to and correspondence with the Agent should be directed. The Agent may change the address of its designated office by notice to the Note Holders.

“Agreement” shall mean this Agreement Between Note Holders, any exhibits and schedules hereto and all amendments hereof and thereof and supplements hereto and thereto.

“Approved Servicer” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Qualified Institutional Lender.”

“Asset Representations Reviewer” shall mean the asset representations reviewer appointed as provided in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Asset Review” shall mean any review of representations and warranties conducted by a Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer, as contemplated by Item 1101(m) of Regulation AB.

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“Bankruptcy Code” shall mean the United States Bankruptcy Code, as amended from time to time, any successor statute or rule promulgated thereto.

“BMO” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“CDO” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Qualified Institutional Lender.”

“CDO Asset Manager” with respect to any Securitization Vehicle that is a CDO, shall mean the entity that is responsible for managing or administering a Note as an underlying asset of such Securitization Vehicle or, if applicable, as an asset of any Intervening Trust Vehicle (including, without limitation, the right to exercise any consent and control rights available to the holder of such Note).

“Certificate” shall mean any certificate issued pursuant to a Securitization.

“Certificate Administrator” shall mean the certificate administrator appointed as provided in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Certificateholder” shall mean any holder of a Certificate issued pursuant to a Securitization, to the extent provided under the terms of the related Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

“Commission” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.

“Conduit” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14(d).

“Conduit Credit Enhancer” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14(d).

“Conduit Inventory Loan” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14(d).

“Control” shall mean the ownership, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate of more than fifty percent (50%) of the beneficial ownership interests of an entity and the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of an entity, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise, and the terms “Controlling” and “Controlled” shall have meanings correlative thereto.

“Controlling Note” shall mean Note A-1.

“Controlling Note Holder” shall mean the holder of the Controlling Note; provided that at any time the Controlling Note is included in a Securitization, references to the “Controlling Note Holder” herein shall mean the holders of the majority of the class of securities issued in such Securitization designated as the “controlling class” or any other party that is assigned the rights to

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exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder” hereunder, as and to the extent provided in the related Securitization Servicing Agreement; provided that for so long as 50% or more of the Controlling Note is held by (or the party assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder” (as described above) is) the Mortgage Loan Borrower or an Affiliate of the Mortgage Loan Borrower, the Controlling Note (and such party assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder” as described above) shall not be entitled to exercise any rights of the Controlling Note Holder, and there shall be deemed to be no Controlling Note Holder hereunder. If the Controlling Note is included in a Securitization, the related Securitization Servicing Agreement may contain additional limitations on the rights of the designated party entitled to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Note Holder” hereunder if such designated party is the Mortgage Loan Borrower or if it has certain relationships with the Mortgage Loan Borrower.

“Controlling Note Holder Representative” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6(a).

“DBRS Morningstar” shall mean DBRS, Inc., and its successors in interest.

“Depositor” shall mean the depositor under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Event of Default” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, an “Event of Default” (or analogous term) as defined in the Mortgage Loan Agreement.

“Fitch” shall mean Fitch Ratings, Inc., and its successors in interest.

“GS Bank” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note A-1 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note A-2-1 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note A-2-2 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note A-3-1 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note A-3-2 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

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“Initial Note A-4 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note A-5 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note A-6 Holder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Initial Note Holders” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Insolvency Proceeding” shall mean any proceeding under Title 11 of the United States Code (11 U.S.C. Sec. 101 et seq.) or any other insolvency, liquidation, reorganization or other similar proceeding concerning the Mortgage Loan Borrower, any action for the dissolution of the Mortgage Loan Borrower, any proceeding (judicial or otherwise) concerning the application of the assets of the Mortgage Loan Borrower for the benefit of its creditors, the appointment of, or any proceeding seeking the appointment of, a trustee, receiver or other similar custodian for all or any substantial part of the assets of the Mortgage Loan Borrower or any other action concerning the adjustment of the debts of the Mortgage Loan Borrower, the cessation of business by the Mortgage Loan Borrower, except following a sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Mortgage Loan Borrower in a transaction permitted under the Mortgage Loan Documents; provided, that following any such permitted transaction affecting the title to the Mortgaged Property, the Mortgage Loan Borrower for purposes of this Agreement shall be defined to mean the successor owner of the Mortgaged Property from time to time as may be permitted pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Documents; provided, further, that for the purposes of this definition, in the event that more than one entity comprises the Mortgage Loan Borrower, the term “Mortgage Loan Borrower” shall refer to any such entity.

“Interest Rate” shall have the meaning assigned to such term (or analogous term) in the Mortgage Loan Agreement.

“Interested Person” shall mean the Depositor, any Non-Lead Depositor, the Master Servicer, any Non-Lead Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, any Non-Lead Special Servicer, the Trustee, any Non-Lead Trustee, the Asset Representations Reviewer, any Mortgage Loan Borrower, any manager of any Mortgaged Property, any independent contractor engaged by any of the foregoing parties, the Controlling Note Holder, the Controlling Note Holder Representative, any Non-Controlling Note Holder, any Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative, any holder of a related mezzanine loan, or any known Affiliate of any such party described above.

“Intervening Trust Vehicle” with respect to any Securitization Vehicle that is a CDO, shall mean a trust vehicle or entity that holds any Note as collateral securing (in whole or in part) any obligation or security held by such Securitization Vehicle as collateral for the CDO.

“KBRA” shall mean Kroll Bond Rating Agency, LLC and its successors in interest.

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“Lead Securitization” shall mean (a) during the period from and after the closing date of the first Securitization and prior to the Note A-1 Securitization Date, such first Securitization; and (b) on and after the Note A-1 Securitization Date, the Note A-1 Securitization.

“Lead Securitization Directing Certificateholder” shall mean the “Directing Certificateholder” as defined in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Lead Securitization Note” shall mean any Note included in the Lead Securitization.

“Lead Securitization Note Holder” shall mean the holder of the Lead Securitization Note(s).

“Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement” shall mean (a) during the period from and after the closing date of the first Securitization and prior to the Note A-1 Securitization Date, the Securitization Servicing Agreement governing such first Securitization; and (b) on and after the Note A-1 Securitization Date, the Note A-1 Securitization Servicing Agreement; provided, that during any period that the Mortgage Loan is no longer subject to the provisions of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, the “Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement” shall be determined in accordance with the second paragraph of Section 2(a).

“Lead Securitization Trust” shall mean the Securitization Trust created in connection with the Lead Securitization.

“Major Decisions” shall mean “Major Decisions” as defined in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Master Servicer” shall mean the applicable master servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loan appointed as provided in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Monthly Payment Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term (or analogous term) in the Mortgage Loan Agreement.

“Moody’s” shall mean Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., and its successors in interest.

“Mortgage” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Mortgage Loan” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Mortgage Loan Agreement” shall mean the Loan Agreement, dated as of April 13, 2023, between MSBNA and GS Bank, collectively as lender, and the Mortgage Loan Borrower, as the same may be further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, subject to the terms hereof.

“Mortgage Loan Borrower” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

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“Mortgage Loan Borrower Related Party” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 13.

“Mortgage Loan Documents” shall mean, with respect to the Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage Loan Agreement, the Mortgage, the Notes and all other documents now or hereafter evidencing and securing the Mortgage Loan.

“Mortgage Loan Schedule” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Mortgaged Property” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“MSBNA” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“New Notes” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 32.

“Non-Controlling Note” means any Note (other than the Controlling Note), including any New Note designated as a “Non-Controlling Note” hereunder pursuant to Section 32.

“Non-Controlling Note Holder” means any holder of a Non-Controlling Note; provided that at any time such holder’s respective Note is included in a Securitization, references to such “Non-Controlling Note Holder” herein shall mean the “Directing Certificateholder” or any other party assigned the rights to exercise the rights of such “Non-Controlling Note Holder” hereunder, as and to the extent provided in the related Securitization Servicing Agreement and as to the identity of which the Lead Securitization Note Holder (and the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer) has been given written notice; provided that for so long as 50% or more of any Non-Controlling Note is held by (or the majority “controlling class” holder or other party assigned the rights to exercise the rights of such “Non-Controlling Note Holder” (as described above) is) the Mortgage Loan Borrower or an Affiliate of the Mortgage Loan Borrower, such Non-Controlling Note (and the majority “controlling class” holder or other party assigned the rights to exercise the rights of such “Non-Controlling Note Holder” as described above) shall not be entitled to exercise any rights of such Non-Controlling Note Holder, and there shall be deemed to be no Non-Controlling Note Holder hereunder with respect to such Non-Controlling Note. The Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall not be required at any time to deal with more than one party in respect of any Note that is exercising the rights of a “Non-Controlling Note Holder” herein or under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and (x) to the extent that the related Securitization Servicing Agreement assigns such rights to more than one party or (y) to the extent any Note is split into two or more New Notes pursuant to Section 32, for purposes of this Agreement, the applicable Securitization Servicing Agreement or the holders of each such New Note shall designate one party to deal with the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) and provide written notice of such designation to the Lead Securitization Note Holder (and the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer acting on its behalf); provided that, in the absence of such designation and notice, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall be entitled to treat the last party as to which it has

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received written notice as having been designated as a Non-Controlling Note Holder, as a Non-Controlling Note Holder under this Agreement. If a Non-Controlling Note is included in a Securitization, the related Securitization Servicing Agreement may contain additional limitations on the rights of the designated party entitled to exercise the rights of the “Non-Controlling Note Holder” hereunder if such designated party is the Mortgage Loan Borrower or if it has certain relationships with the Mortgage Loan Borrower.

“Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6(a).

“Non-Exempt Person” shall mean any Person other than a Person who is either (i) a U.S. Person or (ii) has on file with the Agent for the relevant year such duly-executed form(s) or statement(s) which may, from time to time, be prescribed by law and which, pursuant to applicable provisions of (A) any income tax treaty between the United States and the country of residence of such Person, (B) the Code or (C) any applicable rules or regulations in effect under clauses (A) or (B) above, permit any Servicer on behalf of the Note Holders to make such payments free of any obligation or liability for withholding.

“Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer” shall mean the party acting as “asset representations reviewer” (within the meaning of Item 1101(m) of Regulation AB) under a Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Certificate Administrator” shall mean the “certificate administrator” under any Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Depositor” shall mean the “depositor” under any Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Master Servicer” shall mean the “master servicer” under any Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Operating Advisor” shall mean the “trust advisor”, “operating advisor” or other analogous term under any Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Securitization Determination Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2(d)(i).

“Non-Lead Securitization Note” shall mean any Note (other than a Lead Securitization Note), including any New Note designated as a “Non-Lead Securitization Note” hereunder pursuant to Section 32.

“Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder” shall mean any holder of a Non-Lead Securitization Note.

“Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement” shall mean any Securitization Servicing Agreement other than the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

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“Non-Lead Special Servicer” shall mean the “special servicer” under any Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Lead Trustee” shall mean the “trustee” under any Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Non-Securitizing Note Holder” shall mean, with respect to a Securitization, each Note Holder that is not a Securitizing Note Holder with respect to such Securitization.

“Note A-1” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-1 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-1 Holder or any subsequent holder of Note A-1, as applicable.

“Note A-1 Securitization” shall mean the first sale by the Note A-1 Holder of all or a portion of Note A-1 to a depositor who will in turn include such portion of Note A-1 as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Note A-1 Securitization Date” shall mean the closing date of the Note A-1 Securitization.

“Note A-1 Securitization Servicing Agreement” shall mean the pooling and servicing agreement entered into in connection with the Note A-1 Securitization.

“Note A-2-1” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-2-1 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-2-1 Holder or any subsequent holder of Note A-2-1, as applicable.

“Note A-2-2” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-2-2 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-2-2 Holder or any subsequent holder of Note A-2-2, as applicable.

“Note A-3-1” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-3-1 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-3-1 Holder or any subsequent holder of Note A-3-1, as applicable.

“Note A-3-2” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-3-2 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-3-2 Holder or any subsequent holder of Note A-3-2, as applicable.

“Note A-4” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-4 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-4 Holder or any subsequent holder of Note A-4, as applicable.

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“Note A-5” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-5 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-5 Holder or any subsequent holder of Note A-5, as applicable.

“Note A-6” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Note A-6 Holder” shall mean the Initial Note A-6 Holder or any subsequent holder of Note A-6, as applicable.

“Note Holder” shall mean the holder of a Note.

“Note Holder Representative” shall mean a Controlling Note Holder Representative or a Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative, as applicable.

“Note Pledgee” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14(c).

“Note Register” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 15.

“Notes” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals and shall include any New Notes created pursuant to Section 32.

“Operating Advisor” shall mean the operating advisor appointed as provided in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“P&I Advance” shall mean an advance made by a party to any Securitization Servicing Agreement in respect of a delinquent monthly debt service payment on the Note(s) securitized pursuant to such Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Percentage Interest” shall mean, with respect to any Note Holder, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Principal Balance of the related Note and the denominator of which is the Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan.

“Permitted Fund Manager” shall mean any Person that on the date of determination is (i) one of the entities on Exhibit C attached hereto and made a part hereof or any other nationally-recognized manager of investment funds investing in debt or equity interests relating to commercial real estate, (ii) investing through a fund with committed capital of at least $250,000,000 and (iii) not subject to a proceeding relating to the bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors.

“Pledge” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14(c).

“Principal Balance” shall mean, at any time of determination, (i) with respect to any Note, the initial principal balance thereof as set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, less any payments of principal thereon received by the related Note Holder or reductions in such amount pursuant to Section 3 or Section 4, as applicable, and (ii) with respect to the Mortgage Loan, the sum of the Principal Balances of the Notes.

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“Pro Rata and Pari Passu Basis” shall mean with respect to the Notes and the Note Holders, the allocation of any particular payment, collection, cost, expense, liability or other amount between such Notes or such Note Holders, as the case may be, without any priority of any such Note or any such Note Holder over another such Note or Note Holder, as the case may be, and in any event such that each Note or Note Holder, as the case may be, is allocated its respective Percentage Interest of such particular payment, collection, cost, expense, liability or other amount.

“Qualified Institutional Lender” shall mean each of the Initial Note Holders, Bank of Montreal and any other U.S. Person that is:

(a)               an entity Controlled by, under common Control with or that Controls any of the Initial Note Holders or Bank of Montreal, or

(b)               one or more of the following:

(i)                            an insurance company, bank, savings and loan association, investment bank, trust company, commercial credit corporation, pension plan, pension fund, pension fund advisory firm, mutual fund, real estate investment trust, governmental entity or plan, or

(ii)                         an investment company, money management firm or a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a) (1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or

(iii)                 a Qualified Trustee in connection with (a) a securitization of, (b) the creation of collateralized debt obligations (“CDO”) secured by, or (c) a financing through an “owner trust” of, a Note or any interest therein (any of the foregoing, a “Securitization Vehicle”), provided that (1) one or more classes of securities issued by such Securitization Vehicle is initially rated at least investment grade by each of the Rating Agencies that assigned a rating to one or more classes of securities issued in connection with that Securitization (it being understood that with respect to any Rating Agency that assigned such a rating to the securities issued by such Securitization Vehicle, a Rating Agency Confirmation will not be required in connection with a transfer of such Note or any interest therein to such Securitization Vehicle); (2) in the case of a Securitization Vehicle that is not a CDO, the special servicer of such Securitization Vehicle has a Required Special Servicer Rating or is otherwise subject to Rating Agency Confirmations from the Rating Agencies rating each Securitization (such entity, an “Approved Servicer”) and such Approved Servicer is required to service and administer such Note or any interest therein in accordance with servicing arrangements for the assets held by the Securitization Vehicle which require that such Approved Servicer act in accordance with a servicing standard notwithstanding any contrary direction or instruction from any other Person; or (3) in the case of a Securitization Vehicle that is a CDO, the CDO Asset Manager and, if applicable, each Intervening Trust Vehicle that is not administered and managed by a CDO Asset Manager which is a Qualified

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Institutional Lender, are each a Qualified Institutional Lender under clauses (i), (ii), (iv) or (v) of this definition, or

(iv)                     an investment fund, limited liability company, limited partnership or general partnership having capital and/or capital commitments of at least $250,000,000, in which (A) any Initial Note Holder, (B) a person that is otherwise a Qualified Institutional Lender under clause (i), (ii) or (v) (with respect to an institution substantially similar to the entities referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above), or (C) a Permitted Fund Manager, acts as a general partner, managing member, or the fund manager responsible for the day-to-day management and operation of such investment vehicle and provided that at least 50% of the equity interests in such investment vehicle are owned, directly or indirectly, by one or more entities that are otherwise Qualified Institutional Lenders (without regard to the capital surplus/equity and total asset requirements set forth below in the definition), or

(v)                        an institution substantially similar to any of the foregoing, and

in the case of any entity referred to in clause (b)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv)(B) or (v) of this definition, (x) such entity has at least $200,000,000 in capital/statutory surplus or shareholders’ equity (except with respect to a pension advisory firm or similar fiduciary) and at least $600,000,000 in total assets (in name or under management), and (y) is regularly engaged in the business of making or owning commercial real estate loans (or interests therein) similar to the Mortgage Loan (or mezzanine loans with respect thereto) or owning or operating commercial real estate properties; provided that, in the case of the entity described in clause (iv)(B) above, the requirements of this clause (y) may be satisfied by a general partner, managing member, or the fund manager responsible for the day-to-day management and operation of such entity; or

(c)               any entity Controlled by any of the entities described in clause (b) (other than clause (b)(iii)) above or that is the subject of a Rating Agency Confirmation as a Qualified Institutional Lender for purposes of this Agreement from each of the Rating Agencies engaged by the Depositor and any Non-Lead Depositor to rate the securities issued by the related Securitization Trust.

“Qualified Trustee” means (i) a corporation, national bank, national banking association or a trust company, organized and doing business under the laws of any state or the United States of America, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers and to accept the trust conferred, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority, (ii) an institution insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or (iii) an institution whose long-term senior unsecured debt has a rating in either of the then in effect top two rating categories of each of the applicable Rating Agencies (or, if not rated by an applicable Rating Agency, an equivalent (or higher) rating from any two of Fitch, Moody’s and S&P).

“Rating Agencies” shall mean DBRS Morningstar, Fitch, KBRA, Moody’s and S&P and their respective successors in interest or, if any of such entities shall for any reason no longer perform the functions of a securities rating agency, any other nationally recognized statistical rating agency reasonably engaged by any Note Holder to rate the securities issued in

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connection with the Securitization of the related Note; provided, that, at any time during which one or more of the Notes is an asset of one or more Securitizations, “Rating Agencies” or “Rating Agency” shall mean only those rating agencies that are engaged by the related depositor (or its Affiliate) from time to time to rate the securities issued in connection with the Securitizations of the Notes.

“Rating Agency Communication” shall mean, with respect to any action and any Securitization, any written communication intended for a Rating Agency, which shall be delivered at least ten (10) Business Days prior to completing such action, in electronic document format suitable for website posting to the 17g-5 information provider under the applicable Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Rating Agency Confirmation” shall mean, with respect to any Securitization, a confirmation in writing (which may be in electronic form) by each of the applicable Rating Agencies for such Securitization that the occurrence of the event with respect to which such Rating Agency Confirmation is sought shall not result in a downgrade, qualification or withdrawal of the applicable rating or ratings ascribed by such Rating Agency to any of the securities issued pursuant to such Securitization that are then outstanding. If no such securities are outstanding with respect to any Securitization, any action that would otherwise require a Rating Agency Confirmation shall instead require the consent of the Controlling Note Holder, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. For the purposes of this Agreement, if any Rating Agency shall waive, decline or refuse to review or otherwise engage any request for Rating Agency Confirmation hereunder, such waiver, declination, or refusal shall be deemed to eliminate, for such request only, the condition that a Rating Agency Confirmation by such Rating Agency (only) be obtained for purposes of this Agreement, and any requirement hereunder to obtain a Rating Agency Confirmation from any Rating Agency may be satisfied or deemed in the same manner that a Rating Agency Confirmation requirement may be satisfied or deemed satisfied under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. For purposes of clarity, any such waiver, declination or refusal to review or otherwise engage in any request for a Rating Agency Confirmation hereunder shall not be deemed a waiver, declination or refusal to review or otherwise engage in any subsequent request for a Rating Agency Confirmation hereunder and the condition for Rating Agency Confirmation pursuant to this Agreement for any subsequent request shall apply regardless of any previous waiver, declination or refusal to review or otherwise engage in such prior request.

“Redirection Notice” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14(c).

“Regulation AB” shall mean Subpart 229.1100 – Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R. §§229.1100-229.1125, as such rules may be amended from time to time, and subject to such clarification and interpretation as have been provided by the Commission or by the staff of the Commission, or as may be provided by the Commission or its staff from time to time, in each case as effective from time to time as of the compliance dates specified therein.

“REMIC” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5(d).

“Required Special Servicer Rating” shall mean with respect to a special servicer (i) in the case of Fitch, a rating of “CSS3”, (ii) in the case of S&P, such special servicer is on S&P’s Select Servicer List as a U.S. Commercial Mortgage Special Servicer, (iii) in the case of Moody’s,

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such special servicer is acting as special servicer for one or more loans included in a commercial mortgage loan securitization that was rated by Moody’s within the twelve (12) month period prior to the date of determination, and Moody’s has not downgraded or withdrawn the then-current rating on any class of commercial mortgage securities or placed any class of commercial mortgage securities on watch citing the continuation of such special servicer as special servicer of such commercial mortgage loans, (iv) in the case of DBRS Morningstar, such special servicer is currently acting as a servicer for one or more loans included in a commercial mortgage-backed securitization that was rated by DBRS Morningstar within the twelve (12) month period prior to the date of determination, and DBRS Morningstar has not downgraded or withdrawn the then-current rating on any class of commercial mortgage securities or placed any class of commercial mortgage securities on watch status citing the continuation of such special servicer as servicer of such commercial mortgage loans as the sole or a material factor in any downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings (or placement on “watch status” in contemplation of a ratings downgrade or withdrawal) of securities in a transaction serviced by such special servicer prior to the time of determination, and (v) in the case of KBRA, KBRA has not cited servicing concerns of such special servicer as the sole or material factor in any qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings (or placement on “watch status” in contemplation of a ratings downgrade or withdrawal) of securities in a transaction serviced by such special servicer prior to the time of determination.

“S&P” shall mean S&P Global Ratings, acting through Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, and its successors in interest.

“Scheduled Interest Payment” shall mean the scheduled payment of interest due on the Mortgage Loan on a Monthly Payment Date.

“Scheduled Principal Payment” shall mean the scheduled payment of principal due on the Mortgage Loan on a Monthly Payment Date.

“Securitization” shall mean the sale by a Note Holder of all or a portion of its Note to a depositor who will in turn include such Note (or portion thereof) as part of the securitization of one or more mortgage loans.

“Securitization Servicing Agreement” shall mean the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement or any Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Securitization Trust” shall mean a trust formed pursuant to a Securitization pursuant to which one or more of the Notes are held.

“Securitization Vehicle” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Qualified Institutional Lender.”

“Securitizing Note Holder” shall mean, with respect to a Securitization, each Note Holder that is contributing its Note to such Securitization.

“Servicer” shall mean the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the context may require.

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“Servicer Termination Event” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement or at any time that the Mortgage Loan is no longer subject to the provisions of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, any analogous concept under the servicing agreement pursuant to which the Mortgage Loan is being serviced in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

“Servicing Standard” shall have the meaning assigned to such term or an analogous term in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. The Servicing Standard in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement shall require, among other things, that each Servicer, in servicing the Mortgage Loan, must take into account the interests of each Note Holder.

“Special Servicer” shall mean the applicable special servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loan appointed as provided in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“Taxes” shall mean any income or other taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature, now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any department, agency, state or other political subdivision thereof or therein.

“Transfer” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14(a).

“Trustee” shall mean the trustee appointed as provided in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

“U.S. Person” shall mean a citizen or resident of the United States, a corporation or partnership (except to the extent provided in applicable Treasury Regulations) created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, including any entity treated as a corporation or partnership for federal income tax purposes, or an estate whose income is subject to United States federal income tax regardless of its source, or a trust if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of such trust, and one or more such U.S. Persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of such trust (or, to the extent provided in applicable Treasury Regulations, a trust in existence on August 20, 1996 which is eligible to elect to be treated as a U.S. Person).

Section 2.                Servicing of the Mortgage Loan.

(a)               Each Note Holder acknowledges and agrees that, subject in each case to this Agreement, the Mortgage Loan shall be serviced from and after the closing date of the first Securitization by the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement; provided that the Master Servicer shall not be obligated to advance monthly payments of principal or interest in respect of any Note other than the Lead Securitization Note(s) if such principal or interest is not paid by the Mortgage Loan Borrower but shall be obligated to advance delinquent real estate taxes, insurance premiums and other expenses related to the maintenance of the Mortgaged Property and maintenance and enforcement of the lien of the Mortgage thereon, subject to the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement; provided, further, that, when appointed, the Special Servicer has the required Special Servicer Rating from each Rating Agency then rating a Securitization. Each Note Holder acknowledges that any other Note Holder may elect, in its sole discretion, to include its Note in a Securitization and agrees that it will, subject to Section 26, reasonably cooperate

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with such other Note Holder, at such other Note Holder’s expense, to effect such Securitization. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each Note Holder hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consents to the appointment of the Master Servicer and the Trustee under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement by the Depositor and the appointment of the Special Servicer by the Controlling Note Holder and agrees to reasonably cooperate with the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer with respect to the servicing of the Mortgage Loan in accordance with the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. Each Note Holder hereby appoints the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee in the Lead Securitization as such Note Holder’s attorney-in-fact to sign any documents reasonably required with respect to the administration and servicing of the Mortgage Loan on its behalf under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement (subject at all times to the rights of such Note Holder set forth herein and in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement). The Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement shall not limit the Servicer in enforcing the rights of one Note Holder against any other Note Holder as may be required in order to service the Mortgage Loan as contemplated by this Agreement and the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement; provided, that it is also understood and agreed that nothing in this sentence shall be construed to otherwise limit the rights of one Note Holder with respect to any other Note Holder. Each Servicer shall be required pursuant to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement (i) to service the Mortgage Loan in accordance with the Servicing Standard, the terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents, the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and applicable law, (ii) to provide information to each servicer under each Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement necessary to enable each such servicer to perform its servicing duties under such Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, and (iii) to not take any action or refrain from taking any action or follow any direction inconsistent with the foregoing.

At any time that the Mortgage Loan is no longer subject to the provisions of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, the Note Holders agree to cause the Mortgage Loan to be serviced by one or more servicers, each of which has been agreed upon by the Note Holders, pursuant to a servicing agreement that has servicing terms substantially similar to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and all references herein to the “Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement” shall mean such subsequent servicing agreement; provided, that if a Non-Lead Securitization Note is in a Securitization and the servicer(s) to be appointed under such replacement servicing agreement would not otherwise meet the conditions to be a servicer under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement that is being replaced, then a Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been obtained from each Rating Agency; provided, further, that if any special servicer under such replacement servicing agreement does not have a rating from a Rating Agency that is the Required Special Servicer Rating, then a Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been obtained from such Rating Agency; provided, further, that until a replacement servicing agreement has been entered into, the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall cause the Mortgage Loan to be serviced pursuant to the provisions of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, as if such agreement were still in full force and effect with respect to the Mortgage Loan, by the applicable Servicer in the Lead Securitization being replaced or by any Person appointed by the Lead Securitization Note Holder that is a qualified servicer meeting the requirements of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement (and, in the case of an appointed special servicer, that has the Required Special Servicer Rating from each Rating Agency then rating securities of a Non-Lead Securitization). The Note Holders acknowledge that at any time that the Mortgage Loan is no longer subject to the provisions of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, the Master

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Servicer shall have no further obligation to make P&I Advances with respect to the Mortgage Loan.

(b)               The Master Servicer shall be the lead master servicer on the Mortgage Loan, and from time to time it (or the Trustee or the Special Servicer, to the extent provided in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement) shall make the following advances, subject to the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and this Agreement: (i) Servicing Advances on the Mortgage Loan and (ii) P&I Advances on the Lead Securitization Note(s). The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee, as applicable, shall be entitled to reimbursement for a Servicing Advance, first from funds on deposit in the Collection Account (or analogous term, in each case, as defined in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement) and/or the related Companion Distribution Account (or analogous term, in each case, as defined in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement) for the Mortgage Loan that (in any case) represent amounts received on or in respect of the Mortgage Loan, and then, in the case of Servicing Advances that are Nonrecoverable Advances, if such funds on deposit in the Collection Account and Companion Distribution Account are insufficient, from general collections of the Lead Securitization as provided in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee, as applicable, shall be entitled to reimbursement for interest on a Servicing Advance (including any Nonrecoverable Advance) at the Reimbursement Rate in the manner and from the sources provided in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, including from general collections of the Lead Securitization. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, obtains funds from general collections of the Lead Securitization as a reimbursement for a Servicing Advance that is a Nonrecoverable Advance or any interest on a Servicing Advance (including any Nonrecoverable Advance) at the Reimbursement Rate, each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder (including any Securitization Trust into which such Non-Lead Securitization Note is deposited) shall be required to, promptly following notice from the Master Servicer, reimburse the Lead Securitization for its pro rata share of such Nonrecoverable Advance or interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate.

In addition, any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder (including, but not limited to, any Securitization Trust into which such Non-Lead Securitization Note is deposited) shall be required to, promptly following notice from the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, pay or reimburse the Lead Securitization for such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s pro rata share of any fees, costs or expenses incurred in connection with the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loan as to which the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Depositor or CREFC^®, as applicable, is entitled to be reimbursed pursuant to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, to the extent amounts on deposit in the related Companion Distribution Account and, to the extent of funds related to the Mortgage Loan, the Collection Account, are insufficient for reimbursement of such amounts. Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder agrees to indemnify (as and to the same extent the Lead Securitization Trust is required to indemnify each of the following parties in respect of other mortgage loans in the Lead Securitization Trust pursuant to the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement) each of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee and the Operating Advisor (and any director, officer, employee or agent of any of the foregoing, to the extent such parties are identified as indemnified parties in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement in respect of other mortgage

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loans) (the “Indemnified Parties”) against any claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and related costs, judgments and any other costs, liabilities, fees and expenses incurred in connection with servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loan (or, with respect to the Operating Advisor, incurred in connection with the provision of services for the Mortgage Loan) under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement (collectively, the “Indemnified Items”) to the extent of its pro rata share of such Indemnified Items, and to the extent amounts on deposit in the related Companion Distribution Account and, to the extent of funds related to the Mortgage Loan, the Collection Account, are insufficient for reimbursement of such amounts, each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall be required to, promptly following notice from the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, reimburse each of the applicable Indemnified Parties for its pro rata share of the insufficiency.

Any Non-Lead Master Servicer (or Non-Lead Trustee (if not made by such Non-Lead Master Servicer)) may be required to make P&I Advances on the respective Non-Lead Securitization Note, from time to time, subject to the terms of the related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and this Agreement. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee, as applicable, shall be entitled to make their own recoverability determination with respect to a P&I Advance to be made on the Lead Securitization Note(s) based on the information that they have on hand and in accordance with the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. Any Non-Lead Master Servicer, Non-Lead Special Servicer or Non-Lead Trustee under any Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, as applicable, shall be entitled to make its own recoverability determination with respect to a P&I Advance to be made on the related Non-Lead Securitization Note based on the information that they have on hand and in accordance with the related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. The Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, and any Non-Lead Master Servicer or Non-Lead Trustee, as applicable, shall each be required to notify the other of the amount of its P&I Advance within two business days of making such advance. If the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable (with respect to a Lead Securitization Note) or a Non-Lead Master Servicer, Non-Lead Special Servicer or Non-Lead Trustee, as applicable (with respect to a Non-Lead Securitization Note), determines that a proposed P&I Advance, if made, would be non-recoverable or an outstanding P&I Advance is or would be non-recoverable, or if the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, subsequently determines that a proposed Servicing Advance would be non-recoverable or an outstanding Servicing Advance is or would be non-recoverable, then the Master Servicer or the Trustee (as provided in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, in the case of a determination of non-recoverability by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee) or such Non-Lead Master Servicer or Non-Lead Trustee (as provided in the related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, in the case of a determination of non-recoverability by a Non-Lead Master Servicer, a Non-Lead Special Servicer or a Non-Lead Trustee) shall notify the Master Servicer and the Trustee, or the related Non-Lead Master Servicer and the related Non-Lead Trustee, as the case may be, of such other Securitization within two Business Days of making such determination. Each of the Master Servicer and the Trustee, any Non-Lead Master Servicer and any Non-Lead Trustee, as applicable, shall only be entitled to reimbursement for a P&I Advance that becomes non-recoverable first from the related Companion Distribution Account from amounts allocable to the Note for which such P&I Advance was made, and then, if such funds are insufficient, (i) in the case of the Lead Securitization Note(s), from general collections of the Lead Securitization Trust, pursuant to the terms of the Lead Securitization

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Servicing Agreement and (ii) in the case of a Non-Lead Securitization Note, from general collections of the related Securitization Trust, as and to the extent provided in the related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

(c)                               Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder, if its Non-Lead Securitization Note is included in a Securitization, shall cause the applicable Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement to contain provisions to the effect that:

(i)                                 such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall be responsible for its pro rata share of any Servicing Advances that are Nonrecoverable Advances (and interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate) and any additional trust fund expenses under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, but only to the extent that they relate to servicing and administration of the Notes, including without limitation, any unpaid Special Servicing Fees, Liquidation Fees and Workout Fees relating to the Notes, and that if the funds received with respect to each respective Note are insufficient to cover such Servicing Advances or additional trust fund expenses, (x) the related Non-Lead Master Servicer will be required to, promptly following notice from the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, pay or reimburse the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, out of general collections in the collection account (or equivalent account) established under such Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement for such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s pro rata share of any such Servicing Advances that are Nonrecoverable Advances (and interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate) and/or additional trust fund expenses under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement relating to the Mortgage Loan, and (y) if the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement permits the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee or the Operating Advisor to reimburse itself from the Lead Securitization Trust’s general collections, then the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, may do so and the related Non-Lead Master Servicer will be required to, promptly following notice from the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, pay or reimburse the Lead Securitization Trust out of general collections in the collection account (or equivalent account) established under such Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement for such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s pro rata share of any such Servicing Advances that are Nonrecoverable Advances (and interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate) and/or additional trust fund expenses under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement relating to the Mortgage Loan;

(ii)                               each of the Indemnified Parties shall be indemnified (as and to the same extent the Lead Securitization Trust is required to indemnify each of such Indemnified Parties in respect of other mortgage loans in the Lead Securitization Trust pursuant to the terms of Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement) by the Securitization Trust holding such Non-Lead Securitization Note, against any of the Indemnified Items to the extent of its pro rata share of such Indemnified Items, and to the extent amounts on deposit in the related “Companion Distribution Account” (or analogous term) are insufficient for reimbursement of such amounts, the related Non-Lead Master Servicer will be required to reimburse each of the applicable Indemnified Parties for its pro rata share of the

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insufficiency out of general collections in the collection account (or equivalent account) established under such Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement;

(iii)                            the related Non-Lead Depositor, Non-Lead Master Servicer, Non-Lead Certificate Administrator or Non-Lead Trustee will be required to deliver to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer (x) promptly following Securitization of such Non-Lead Securitization Note, notice of the deposit of such Non-Lead Securitization Note into a Securitization Trust (which notice shall also provide contact information for the related Non-Lead Trustee, Non-Lead Certificate Administrator, Non-Lead Master Servicer, Non-Lead Special Servicer and the party designated to exercise the rights of the “Non-Controlling Note Holder” under this Agreement), accompanied by a certified copy of the executed Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and (y) notice of any subsequent change in the identity of the Non-Lead Master Servicer or the party designated to exercise the rights of the “Non-Controlling Note Holder” with respect to such Non-Lead Securitization Note under this Agreement (together with the relevant contact information); and

(iv)                           the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer and the Lead Securitization Trust shall be third party beneficiaries of the foregoing provisions.

(d)                              Each Lead Securitization Note Holder agrees that it shall cause the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement to provide as follows (and to the extent such following provisions are not included in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, they shall be deemed incorporated therein and made a part thereof):

(i)                               the Master Servicer shall remit all payments received with respect to any Non-Lead Securitization Note, net of the servicing fees payable to the Master Servicer and Special Servicer with respect to such Non-Lead Securitization Note, and any other applicable fees and reimbursements payable to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee, to the related Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder by the earlier of (x) the Master Servicer Remittance Date (as defined in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement) and (y) the Business Day following the “determination date” (or any term substantially similar thereto) as defined in the related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement (such determination date, the “Non-Lead Securitization Determination Date”), in each case, as long as the date on which remittance is required under this clause (i) is at least one (1) Business Day after the scheduled monthly payment date under the Mortgage Loan Agreement; provided, that any late collections received by the Master Servicer after the related due date under the Mortgage Loan shall be remitted by the Master Servicer in accordance with clause (ix) below;

(ii)                               in connection with the expedited remittances contemplated by the preceding clause (i) and the expedited reporting contemplated by the following clause (iii), (A) the Special Servicer shall (x) expedite its delivery of reports to the Master Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loan or the Mortgaged Property (including the delivery of information contemplated by CREFC® reports that the Special Servicer is required to deliver to the Master Servicer) so that the reports (including CREFC® reports) provided by the Master

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Servicer to the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder may include all information contemplated to be included therein for the applicable reporting period, and (y) expedite withdrawals from accounts maintained by it and remittances to the Master Servicer in respect of the Mortgage Loan or the Mortgaged Property so that the Master Servicer’s remittances to the Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder contemplated by the preceding clause (i) and the expedited reporting contemplated by the following clause (iii) may include all amounts for the applicable collection period; and (B) each party responsible under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement for delivering any Additional Form 10-D Disclosure (or analogous information) to a Non-Lead Trustee or Non-Lead Depositor in respect of a Non-Lead Securitization Note shall deliver such Additional Form 10-D Disclosure (or analogous information) no later than the 5th calendar day following the distribution date for the related Non-Lead Securitization;

(iii)                      with respect to any Non-Lead Securitization Note that is held by a Securitization, the Master Servicer agrees to deliver or cause to be delivered or to make available to the related Non-Lead Master Servicer all reports required to be delivered by the Master Servicer to the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement (which shall include all loan-level reports constituting the CREFC® Investor Reporting Package (IRP)) pursuant to the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, to the extent related to the Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property, such Non-Lead Securitization Note, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, by the earlier of (x) the Master Servicer Remittance Date and (y) the Business Day following the related Non-Lead Securitization Determination Date, in each case, as long as the date on which delivery is required under this clause (iii) is at least one (1) Business Day after the scheduled monthly payment date under the Mortgage Loan Agreement;

(iv)                            the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall provide (in electronic media) to each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder all documents, certificates, instruments, notices, reports, operating statements, rent rolls and other information regarding the Mortgage Loan provided by it to the Lead Securitization Directing Certificateholder or the Operating Advisor in connection with any request for consent made to, or consultation with, such party at the time provided to such other party;

(v)                             the servicing duties of each of the Master Servicer and Special Servicer under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement shall include the duty to service the Mortgage Loan and all of the Notes on behalf of the Note Holders (including the respective trustees and certificateholders) in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement, the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and the Servicing Standard;

(vi)                          each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall be entitled to the same indemnity as the Lead Securitization Note Holder under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement; each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the custodian under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement shall be required to (and shall require any Servicing Function Participant or Additional Servicer engaged by it to) indemnify each Certifying Person and the depositor of any public Securitization related to a Non-Lead Securitization Note, and

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their respective directors and officers and controlling persons, to the same extent that they indemnify the Depositor (as depositor in respect of the Lead Securitization) and each Certifying Person for (A) its failure to deliver the items in clause (vii) below in a timely manner, (B) its failure to perform its obligations to such depositor or the related Non-Lead Trustee under Article XI (or any article substantially similar thereto that addresses Exchange Act reporting and Regulation AB compliance) of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement by the time required after giving effect to any applicable grace period or cure period, (C) the failure of any Servicing Function Participant or Additional Servicer retained by it (other than a Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer) to perform its obligations to such depositor or trustee under such Article XI (or any article substantially similar thereto that addresses Exchange Act reporting and Regulation AB compliance) of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement by the time required and/or (D) any Deficient Exchange Act Deliverable regarding, and delivered by or on behalf of, such party;

(vii)                         with respect to any Non-Lead Securitization that is subject to reporting requirements under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act (including Rule 15Ga-1), and Regulation AB, (a) the Master Servicer, any primary servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator or other party acting as custodian for the Lead Securitization shall be required to deliver (and shall be required to cause each other servicer and servicing function participant (within the meaning of Items 1123 and 1122, respectively, of Regulation AB) retained or engaged by it to deliver (provided that such party shall only be required to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause a Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer to deliver)), in a timely manner (x) the reports, certifications, compliance statements, accountants’ assessments and attestations, and information to be included in reports (including, without limitation, Form ABS-15G, Form 10-K, Form 10- D and Form 8-K), and (y) upon request, any other materials specified in the related Non- Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, in the case of clauses (x) and (y), as the related Non-Lead Depositor or the related Non-Lead Trustee reasonably believes, in good faith, are required in order for the related Non-Lead Depositor or the related Non-Lead Trustee to comply with (1) its obligations under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act (including Rule 15Ga-1), Regulation AB and Form SF-3 and (2) any applicable comment letter from the Commission or its obligations with respect to any Deficient Exchange Act Deliverable, (b) without limiting the generality of the foregoing (x) the Depositor or the related Holder shall provide or cause to be provided to the related Non-Lead Depositor (and to counsel to the related Non-Lead Depositor) and the related Non-Lead Trustee (1) written notice (which may be by email) in a timely manner (but no later than three (3) Business Days prior to closing) of the occurrence of the Lead Securitization, and (2) no later than the closing date of the Lead Securitization, a copy of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement in an EDGAR-compatible format, and (y) the Master Servicer and Special Servicer (or any replacement Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable) shall, upon reasonable prior written request, and subject to the right of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, to review and approve such disclosure materials, permit a holder of any Non-Lead Securitization Note to use such party’s description contained in the Lead Securitization prospectus (updated as appropriate by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, at the cost of the related Non-Lead Sponsor) or contained in a Lead Securitization Form 8-K, for inclusion in the disclosure materials or a Form 8-K relating to any securitization of the related Non- Lead Securitization Note, and

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(z) the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (or any replacement Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable), shall provide indemnification agreements, opinions and Regulation AB compliance letters as were or are being delivered with respect to the Lead Securitization (in each case, at the cost of the related Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder), and (c) in connection with any amendment of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, the Depositor shall provide written notice (which may be by email) of such proposed amendment to any Non-Lead Depositor and the related Non-Lead Trustee no later than three (3) Business Days prior to the date of effectiveness of such amendment, and, on the date of effectiveness of such amendment to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, provide a copy of such amendment in an EDGAR-compatible format to such Non-Lead Depositor and the related Non-Lead Trustee. The Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall each be required to provide certification and indemnification to any Certifying Person with respect to any applicable Sarbanes-Oxley Certification with respect to a Non-Lead Securitization;

(viii)                    each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Custodian and the Trustee and each Affected Reporting Party (or analogous term) shall cooperate (and require each Servicing Function Participant and Additional Servicer retained by it to cooperate under the applicable Sub-Servicing Agreement), with each Non-Lead Depositor (including, without limitation, providing all due diligence information, reports, written responses, negotiations and coordination) to the same extent as such party is required to cooperate with the Lead Depositor under Article XI (or any article substantially similar thereto that addresses Exchange Act reporting and Regulation AB compliance) of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and in connection with Deficient Exchange Act Deliverables. All respective reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by any Non-Lead Depositor (including reasonable legal fees and expenses of outside counsel to such depositor) in connection with the foregoing (other than those costs and expenses related to participation by such Non-Lead Depositor in any telephone conferences and meetings with the Commission and other costs such Non-Lead Depositor must bear pursuant to Article XI (or any article substantially similar thereto that addresses Exchange Act reporting and Regulation AB compliance) of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement) and any amendments to any reports filed with the Commission therewith shall be promptly paid by the applicable Affected Reporting Party upon receipt of an itemized invoice from such Non-Lead Depositor;

(ix)                             any late collections received by the Master Servicer from the Mortgage Loan Borrower that are allocable to a Non-Lead Securitization Note or reimbursable to a Non-Lead Master Servicer or a Non-Lead Trustee shall be remitted by the Master Servicer to such Non-Lead Master Servicer within one (1) Business Day of receipt and identification thereof; provided, that to the extent any such amounts are received after 3:00 p.m. Eastern time on any given Business Day, the Master Servicer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to remit such amounts to such Non-Lead Master Servicer within one (1) Business Day of receipt of properly identified funds but, in any event, the Master Servicer shall remit such amounts within two (2) Business Days of receipt of properly identified funds;

(x)                               each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder is an intended third-party beneficiary in respect of the rights afforded it under the Lead Securitization Servicing

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Agreement and the related Non-Lead Master Servicer shall be entitled to enforce the rights of such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder under this Agreement and the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement;

(xi)                             each Non-Lead Master Servicer and each Non-Lead Special Servicer shall each be a third-party beneficiary of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement with respect to all provisions therein expressly relating to compensation, reimbursement or indemnification of such Non-Lead Master Servicer or such Non-Lead Special Servicer, as the case may be, and the provisions regarding coordination of Advances;

(xii)                         the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement shall not be amended in any manner that materially and adversely affects any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder without the consent of such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder;

(xiii)                   to the extent related to the Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, Rating Agency Confirmation shall be provided with respect to the commercial mortgage pass-through certificates issued in connection with any Non-Lead Securitization to the same extent provided with respect to the commercial mortgage pass- through certificates issued in connection with the Lead Securitization;

(xiv)                      Servicer Termination Events with respect to the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall include: (A) solely with respect to the Master Servicer, customary servicer termination events relating to the failure to timely remit payments to any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder, and solely with respect to the Special Servicer, customary servicer termination events relating to the failure to deposit into any REO Account any amount required to be so deposited within two (2) Business Days after the date such deposit was to be made, or the failure to remit to the Master Servicer for deposit into the Collection Account and/or related Companion Distribution Account (each as defined in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement), as applicable, any amount required to be so remitted by the Special Servicer, (B) the qualification, downgrade or withdrawal, or placing on “watch status” in contemplation of a rating downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings of any class of certificates issued in connection with any Non-Lead Securitization by the rating agencies rating such securities (and such qualification, downgrade, withdrawal or “watch status” placement shall not have been withdrawn by such rating agencies within sixty (60) days of actual knowledge of such event by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be), and publicly citing servicing concerns with the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, as the sole or a material factor in such rating action; and (C) the failure to provide to any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder (if and to the extent required under the related Non-Lead Securitization) reports required under the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations thereunder, in a timely fashion. Upon the occurrence of such a Servicer Termination Event with respect to the Master Servicer affecting a Non- Lead Securitization Note Holder and the Master Servicer is not otherwise terminated pursuant to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, the Trustee shall, upon the direction of such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder, require the appointment of a subservicer with respect to the related Non-Lead Securitization Note. Upon the occurrence of a Servicer Termination Event with respect to the Special Servicer affecting a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder and the Special Servicer is not otherwise terminated pursuant to the Lead

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Securitization Servicing Agreement, the Trustee shall, upon direction of such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder, terminate the Special Servicer with respect to, but only with respect to, the Mortgage Loan;

(xv)                         upon any resignation, termination and/or replacement of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, any appointment of a successor to the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, or the effectiveness of any designation of a new Special Servicer, the Trustee or Certificate Administrator shall promptly (and in any event no later than three (3) Business Days prior to the effective date of such resignation, termination, replacement and/or appointment of a Master Servicer or Special Servicer) provide written notice thereof to each Non-Lead Trustee, each Non-Lead Master Servicer, each Non-Lead Depositor, and counsel to each Non-Lead Depositor, together with any information reasonably required (including, without limitation, any disclosure required under Item 1108 of Regulation AB) for the related Non-Lead Securitization to comply with any applicable reporting obligations under the Exchange Act; provided, that such notice shall not be deemed to be provided unless receipt thereof has been confirmed in writing (which may be by email) from any such Non-Lead Depositor;

(xvi)                       the rates at which primary servicing fees, Special Servicing Fees, Liquidation Fees and Workout Fees accrue or are determined shall not exceed 0.00250% per annum, 0.25% per annum, 1.00% and 1.00%, respectively, subject to any minimum compensation provided for in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement;

(xvii)                   (w) the “servicing transfer events” (or analogous term) that would result in the transfer of the Mortgage Loan to special servicing status, (x) the terms upon which the Special Servicer is required or permitted to obtain appraisals and updated appraisals of the Mortgaged Property, (y) the duties of the Special Servicer in respect of foreclosure and the management of REO property, and (z) the authority of the Controlling Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or Special Servicer on its behalf) to grant or agree or consent to material modifications, waivers and amendments to the Mortgage Loan, or to approve material assignments and assumptions or material additional indebtedness in connection with the Mortgage Loan, shall be (but this clause (z) shall not be construed to modify Sections 5, 6 or 7) substantially similar to those set forth for a mortgage loan under the pooling and servicing agreement for the BANK 2023-BNK45 securitization filed with the Commission as Exhibit 4.1 to Form 8-K filed on February 23, 2023; provided, that (A) this statement shall not be construed to prohibit differences in timing, control or consultation triggers or thresholds, terminology, allocation of ministerial duties between multiple servicers or other service providers or certificateholder or investor voting or consent thresholds, or to prohibit or restrict additional approval, consent, consultation, notice or rating agency confirmation requirements; and (B) if there is any conflict between this sentence and any other provision of this Agreement, such other provision of this Agreement shall control; and

(xviii)                any conflict between the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and this Agreement shall be resolved in favor of this Agreement.

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(e)                           If a Non-Lead Securitization Note becomes the subject of an Asset Review pursuant to the related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee and the Custodian shall reasonably cooperate with the Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer or any other party to such Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement in connection with such Asset Review by providing the Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer or such other requesting party with any documents reasonably requested by the Non-Lead Asset Representations Reviewer or such other requesting party, but only to the extent such documents are in the possession of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Custodian, as the case may be.

(f)                                Prior to the Securitization of any Note (including any New Note), all notices, reports, information or other deliverables required to be delivered to a Note Holder pursuant to this Agreement or the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement by the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) only need to be delivered to the related Note Holder (or its Note Holder Representative) and, when so delivered to such Note Holder (or Note Holder Representative, as applicable), the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall be deemed to have satisfied its delivery obligations with respect to such items hereunder or under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. Following the Securitization of any Note (including any New Note), as applicable, all notices, reports, information or other deliverables required to be delivered to a Note Holder pursuant to this Agreement or the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement by the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall be delivered to the master servicer and the special servicer with respect to such Securitization (who then may forward such items to the party entitled to receive such items as and to the extent provided in the related Securitization Servicing Agreement) and, when so delivered to such master servicer and the special servicer, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall be deemed to have satisfied its delivery obligations with respect to such items hereunder or under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

(g)                      In addition to the foregoing, each Securitization Servicing Agreement shall contain terms and conditions that are customary for securitization transactions involving assets similar to the Mortgage Loan and that are otherwise (i) required by the Code relating to the tax elections of the trust fund formed pursuant to such Securitization Servicing Agreement, (ii) required by law or changes in any law, rule or regulation or (iii) requested by the Rating Agencies rating the related Securitization.  Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall have the right to designate the Non-Lead Master Servicer and Non-Lead Special Servicer with respect to the Securitization related to its Note.  To the extent of any conflict between this Agreement and the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall control.

(h)                               The Lead Securitization Note Holder shall cause the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement to contain provisions requiring the Master Servicer to deliver to any Non-Lead Master Servicer, any Non-Lead Special Servicer and any Non-Lead Trustee (i) notice of any Appraisal Event promptly following the occurrence thereof and (ii) a statement of any Appraisal Reduction promptly following the calculation thereof.

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(i)                             The Lead Securitization Note Holder shall cause the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement to contain provisions requiring the Master Servicer to deliver to any Non-Lead Master Servicer, any Non-Lead Special Servicer and any Non-Lead Trustee (i) notice of any Appraisal Event promptly following the occurrence thereof and (ii) a statement of any Appraisal Reduction promptly following the calculation thereof.

(j)                                 Each Lead Securitization Note Holder shall: (i) give each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder notice of the Securitization of the Lead Securitization Note in writing (which may be by email) not less than three (3) Business Days prior to the applicable pricing date for the Lead Securitization, together with contact information for each of the parties to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement; and (ii) send to each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder and the parties to the related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement (that are not also party to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement) (x) on or promptly following the Lead Securitization Date (to the extent the applicable parties to the related Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement have been engaged by the related Non-Lead Depositor on or prior to the Lead Securitization Date), a copy (in EDGAR-compatible format) of the execution version of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, (y) within (1) one Business Day after the date of any re-filing by the Depositor of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement with the Commission to account for any changes thereto (other than a formal amendment thereto following the Lead Securitization Date), a copy (in EDGAR-compatible format) of the re-filed Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, and (z) promptly following distribution thereof to the parties to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, any changes made by the Depositor to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement (other than a formal amendment thereto following the Lead Securitization Date).

Section 3.                Priority of Payments. Each Note shall be of equal priority, and no portion of any Note shall have priority or preference over any portion of any other Note or security therefor. All amounts tendered by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or otherwise available for payment on or with respect to or in connection with the Mortgage Loan or the Mortgaged Property or amounts realized as proceeds thereof, whether received in the form of Scheduled Payments, the Balloon Payment, Liquidation Proceeds, proceeds under any guaranty, letter of credit or other collateral or instrument securing the Mortgage Loan, Condemnation Proceeds, or Insurance Proceeds (other than proceeds, awards or settlements to be applied to the restoration or repair of the Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgage Loan Borrower in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents), shall be applied by the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or its designee) to the Notes on a Pro Rata and Pari Passu Basis; provided, that (x) all amounts for required reserves or escrows required by the Mortgage Loan Documents to be held as reserves or escrows or received as reimbursements on account of recoveries in respect of property protection expenses or Servicing Advances then due and payable or reimbursable to the Trustee or any Servicer under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement shall be applied to the extent set forth in, and in accordance with the terms of, the Mortgage Loan Documents; and (y) all amounts that are then due, payable or reimbursable to any Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loan pursuant to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and any other additional compensation payable to it thereunder (including without limitation, any additional trust fund expenses under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement relating to the Mortgage Loan (but subject to the second paragraph of Section 5(d) hereof) reimbursable to, or payable by, such parties and any Special Servicing Fees, Liquidation Fees, Workout Fees, Penalty Charges (to the extent provided in the

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immediately following paragraph), but excluding (i) any P&I Advances (and interest thereon) on the Lead Securitization Note(s), which shall be reimbursed in accordance with Section 2(b) hereof, and (ii) any Servicing Fees due to the Master Servicer in excess of each Non-Lead Securitization Note’s pro rata share of that portion of such servicing fees calculated at the “primary servicing fee rate” applicable to the Mortgage Loan as set forth in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, which such excess shall not be subject to the allocation provisions of this Section 3) shall be payable in accordance with the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement.

For clarification purposes, Penalty Charges (as defined in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement) paid on each Note shall first, be used to reduce, on a pro rata basis, the amounts payable on each Note by the amount necessary to pay the Master Servicer, the Trustee or the Special Servicer for any Servicing Advances made by any such party in accordance with the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and to pay any interest to such parties that has accrued on any such Servicing Advances under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, second, be used to reduce the respective amounts payable on each Note by the amount necessary to pay the Master Servicer, Trustee, any Non-Lead Master Servicer or any Non-Lead Trustee, as applicable, for any interest accrued on any P&I Advance made with respect to such Note by such party (if and as specified in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement or applicable Non-Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, as applicable), third, be used to reduce, on a pro rata basis, the amounts payable on each Note by the amount necessary to pay additional trust fund expenses under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement (including Special Servicing Fees, unpaid Workout Fees and Liquidation Fees) incurred with respect to the Mortgage Loan (as specified in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement) and finally, with respect to any remaining amount of Penalty Charges, pro rata, to the Lead Securitization Note(s) (to be paid to the Master Servicer and/or the Special Servicer as additional servicing compensation as provided in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement) and to each Non-Lead Securitization Note (to be paid, (x) prior to the securitization of such Note, to the related Note Holder and (y) following the securitization of such Note, to the Master Servicer and/or the Special Servicer as additional servicing compensation as provided in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement).

Any Note Holder that receives proceeds from the sale of the primary servicing rights with respect to the Mortgage Loan shall remit to the other Note Holders, promptly upon receipt thereof, such amounts as are required such that each Note Holder receives its pro rata share of such proceeds on a Pro Rata and Pari Passu Basis. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, if a Note is held by a Securitization Trust at a time when its Note Holder would be entitled to receive any amount under such preceding sentence, such amount shall be remitted to the Person that was the Note Holder of such Note immediately prior to the transfer of such Note to the depositor for such Securitization. Any proceeds received by any Note Holder from the sale of master servicing rights with respect to its Note shall be for its own account.

Section 4.                Workout. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, but subject to the terms and conditions of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, and the obligation to act in accordance with the Servicing Standard, if the Lead Securitization Note Holder, or any Servicer, in connection with a workout or proposed workout of the Mortgage Loan, modifies the terms thereof such that (i) the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan is decreased, (ii) the Interest Rate is reduced, (iii) payments of interest or principal on any Note are waived, reduced or deferred or (iv) any other adjustment is made to any of the payment terms of the

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Mortgage Loan, such modification shall not alter, and any modification of the Mortgage Loan Documents shall be structured to preserve, the equal priorities of each Note as described in Section 3.

Section 5.                Administration of the Mortgage Loan.

(a)                        Subject to this Agreement (including but not limited to Section 5(c)) and the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and subject to the rights and consents, where required, of the Controlling Note Holder Representative, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee acting on its behalf) shall have the sole and exclusive authority with respect to the administration of, and exercise of rights and remedies with respect to, the Mortgage Loan, including, without limitation, the sole authority to modify or waive any of the terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents or consent to any action or failure to act by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or any other party to the Mortgage Loan Documents, call or waive any Event of Default, accelerate the Mortgage Loan or institute any foreclosure action or other remedy, and no Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall have any voting, consent or other rights whatsoever except as explicitly set forth herein with respect to the Lead Securitization Note Holder’s administration of, or exercise of its rights and remedies with respect to, the Mortgage Loan. Subject to this Agreement and the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, no Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall have any right to, and each Note Holder (other than the Note Holders selling their Notes pursuant to the first Securitization) hereby presently and irrevocably assigns and conveys to the Note Holders selling their Notes pursuant to the first Securitization (or the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee acting on behalf of such Note Holders) the rights, if any, that such Note Holder has from and after the closing date of the first Securitization and prior to the Note A-1 Securitization Date to, and each Note Holder (other than the Note A-1 Holder) hereby presently and irrevocably assigns and conveys to the Note A-1 Holder (or the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee acting on behalf of the Note A-1 Holder) the rights, if any, that such Note Holder has from and after the Note A-1 Securitization Date to, (i) call, or cause the Lead Securitization Note Holder to call, an Event of Default under the Mortgage Loan, or (ii) exercise any remedies with respect to the Mortgage Loan or the Mortgage Loan Borrower, including, without limitation, filing, or causing the Lead Securitization Note Holder to file, any bankruptcy petition against the Mortgage Loan Borrower. The Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee acting on its behalf) shall not have any fiduciary duty to any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder in connection with the administration of the Mortgage Loan (but the foregoing shall not relieve the Lead Securitization Note Holder from the obligation to make any disbursement of funds as set forth herein or its obligation to follow the Servicing Standard (in the case of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer) or any liability for failure to do so).

Each Note Holder hereby acknowledges the right and obligation of the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Special Servicer acting on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder), upon the Mortgage Loan becoming a Defaulted Loan, to sell the Notes together as notes evidencing one whole loan in accordance with the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. In connection with any such sale, the Special Servicer shall sell the Notes together as notes evidencing one whole loan and shall require that all offers be submitted to the Trustee in writing. Whether any cash offer constitutes a fair price for the Mortgage Loan shall be determined by the Special Servicer (unless the offeror is an Interested Person, in which case

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the Trustee shall make such determination); provided, that no offer from an Interested Person shall constitute a fair price unless (i) it is the highest offer received and (ii) at least one bona fide other offer is received from an independent third party. In determining whether any offer received represents a fair price for the Mortgage Loan, the Trustee or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall be supplied with and shall rely on the most recent Appraisal or updated Appraisal conducted in accordance with the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement within the preceding nine (9)-month period or, in the absence of any such Appraisal, on a new Appraisal. The Trustee shall select the appraiser conducting any such new Appraisal. In determining whether any such offer constitutes a fair price for the Mortgage Loan, the Trustee or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall instruct the appraiser to take into account (in addition to the results of any Appraisal or updated Appraisal that it may have obtained pursuant to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement), as applicable, among other factors, the period and amount of any delinquency on the affected Mortgage Loan, the occupancy level and physical condition of the Mortgaged Property and the state of the local economy. The Trustee may conclusively rely on the opinion of an Independent appraiser or other Independent expert in real estate matters retained by the Trustee at the expense of the Holders in connection with making such determination. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall not be permitted to sell the Mortgage Loan without the written consent of each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder (provided that such consent is not required with respect to any Non-Lead Securitization Note that is held by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or an Affiliate of the Mortgage Loan Borrower) unless the Special Servicer has delivered to each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder: (a) at least 15 Business Days prior written notice of any decision to attempt to sell the Mortgage Loan; (b) at least 10 days prior to the proposed sale date, a copy of each bid package (together with any amendments to such bid packages) received by the Special Servicer in connection with any such proposed sale; (c) at least 10 days prior to the proposed sale date, a copy of the most recent Appraisal for the Mortgage Loan, and any documents in the Servicing File requested by such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder; and (d) until the sale is completed, and a reasonable period of time (but no less time than is afforded to other offerors and the Lead Securitization Directing Certificateholder) prior to the proposed sale date, all information and other documents being provided to other offerors and all leases or other documents that are approved by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer in connection with the proposed sale. Subject to the foregoing, each Note Holder or its Note Holder Representative shall be permitted to submit an offer at any sale of the Mortgage Loan.

Each Note Holder (to the extent it is not the same entity as the Lead Securitization Note Holder) hereby appoints the Lead Securitization Note Holder as its agent, and grants to the Lead Securitization Note Holder an irrevocable power of attorney coupled with an interest, and its proxy, for the purpose of soliciting and accepting offers for and consummating the sale of its Note. Each Note Holder (to the extent it is not the same entity as the Lead Securitization Note Holder) further agrees that, upon the request of the Lead Securitization Note Holder, such Note Holder shall execute and deliver to or at the direction of Lead Securitization Note Holder such powers of attorney or other instruments as the Lead Securitization Note Holder may reasonably request to better assure and evidence the foregoing appointment and grant, in each case promptly following request, and shall deliver any related original documentation evidencing its Note (endorsed in blank if necessary) to or at the direction of the Lead Securitization Note Holder in connection with the consummation of any such sale.

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The authority of the Lead Securitization Note Holder to sell any Non-Lead Securitization Note, and the obligations of any other Note Holder to execute and deliver instruments or deliver the related Note upon request of the Lead Securitization Note Holder, shall terminate and cease to be of any further force or effect upon the date, if any, upon which a Lead Securitization Note is repurchased by the holder of such Lead Securitization Note that sold such Lead Securitization Note into such Securitization from the trust fund established under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement in connection with a material breach of representation or warranty made by such Person with respect to such Lead Securitization Note or material document defect with respect to the documents delivered by such Person with respect to such Lead Securitization Note upon the consummation of the Lead Securitization. The preceding sentence shall not be construed to grant to any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder the benefit of any representation or warranty made by the holder of the Lead Securitization Note that sold such Lead Securitization Note into the Lead Securitization or any document delivery obligation imposed on such Person under any mortgage loan purchase and sale agreement, instrument of transfer or other document or instrument that may be executed or delivered by such Person in connection with the Lead Securitization.

(b)                       The administration of the Mortgage Loan shall be governed by this Agreement and the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. Prior to the closing date of the first Securitization, the servicing of the Mortgage Loan shall be carried out by any interim servicer selected by the Note A-1 Holder (pursuant to any interim servicing agreement). From and after the closing date of the first Securitization, the servicing of the Mortgage Loan shall be carried out by the Master Servicer and, if the Mortgage Loan is a Specially Serviced Loan (or to the extent otherwise provided in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement), by the Special Servicer, in each case pursuant to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in accordance with the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall cause the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer to service and administer the Mortgage Loan in accordance with the Servicing Standard, taking into account the interests of each Note Holder. The Note Holders agree to be bound by the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. All rights and obligations of the Lead Securitization Note Holder described hereunder may be exercised by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder to the extent set forth in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. The Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement shall not be amended in any manner that may adversely affect any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder in its capacity as Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder without such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s prior written consent. Each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder (unless it is, or is an Affiliate of, the Mortgage Loan Borrower) shall be a third-party beneficiary to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement with respect to its rights as specifically provided for therein.

(c)                       Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall (i) provide copies of any notice, information and report that it is required to provide to the Lead Securitization Directing Certificateholder pursuant to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement with respect to any Major Decisions or the implementation of any recommended actions outlined in an Asset Status Report relating to the Mortgage Loan, to each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder or its Note Holder Representative, within the same time frame it is required to provide to the Lead

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Securitization Directing Certificateholder (for this purpose, without regard to whether such items are actually required to be provided to the Lead Securitization Directing Certificateholder under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement due to the occurrence of a Control Termination Event or a Consultation Termination Event) and (ii) use reasonable efforts to consult each Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative) on a strictly non-binding basis, to the extent having received such notices, information and reports, such Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative) requests consultation with respect to any such Major Decisions or the implementation of any recommended actions outlined in an Asset Status Report relating to the Mortgage Loan, and consider alternative actions recommended by such Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative); provided that after the expiration of a period of ten (10) Business Days from the delivery to such Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative) by the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) of written notice of a proposed action, together with copies of the notice, information and report required to be provided to the Lead Securitization Directing Certificateholder, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) shall no longer be obligated to consult such Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative), whether or not such Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative) has responded within such ten (10) Business Day period (unless, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf) proposes a new course of action that is materially different from the action previously proposed, in which case such ten (10) Business Day period shall be deemed to begin anew from the date of such proposal and delivery of all information relating thereto). Notwithstanding the consultation rights of each Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative) set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or Master Servicer or Special Servicer, acting on its behalf) may take any Major Decision or any action set forth in the Asset Status Report before the expiration of the aforementioned ten (10) Business Day period if the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable) determines that immediate action with respect thereto is necessary to protect the interests of the Note Holders. In no event shall the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or Master Servicer or Special Servicer, acting on its behalf) be obligated at any time to follow or take any alternative actions recommended by a Non-Controlling Note Holder (or its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative).

In addition to the consultation rights provided in the immediately preceding paragraph, each Non-Controlling Note Holder shall have the right to annual meetings (which may be held telephonically) with the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer acting on its behalf), upon reasonable notice and at times reasonably acceptable to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in which servicing issues related to the Mortgage Loan are discussed.

(d)                      If any Note is included as an asset of a real estate mortgage investment conduit (a “REMIC”), within the meaning of Section 860D(a) of the Code, then, any provision of this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding: (i) the Mortgage Loan shall be administered such that the Notes shall qualify at all times as (or as interests in) a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, (ii) any real property (and related personal property) acquired by or on behalf of the Note Holders pursuant to a foreclosure, exercise of a

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power of sale or delivery of a deed in lieu of foreclosure of the Mortgage or lien on such property following a default on the Mortgage Loan shall be administered so that the interest of the pro rata share of each Note Holder therein shall at all times qualify as “foreclosure property” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code and (iii) no Servicer may modify, waive or amend any provision of the Mortgage Loan, consent to or withhold consent from any action of the Mortgage Loan Borrower, or exercise or refrain from exercising any powers or rights which the Note Holders may have under the Mortgage Loan Documents, if any such action would constitute a “significant modification” of the Mortgage Loan, within the meaning of Section 1.860G-2(b) of the regulations of the United States Department of the Treasury, more than three (3) months after the startup day of the REMIC which includes the Notes (or any portion thereof). Each Note Holder agrees that the provisions of this paragraph shall be effected by compliance with any REMIC provisions in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement relating to the administration of the Mortgage Loan.

Anything herein or in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if one of the Notes is included in a REMIC and another is not, such other Note Holder shall not be required to reimburse such Note Holder or any other Person for payment of (i) any taxes imposed on such REMIC, (ii) any costs or expenses relating to the administration of such REMIC or to any determination respecting the amount, payment or avoidance of any tax under such REMIC or (iii) any advances for any of the foregoing or any interest thereon or for deficits in other items of disbursement or income resulting from the use of funds for payment of any such taxes, costs or expenses or advances, nor shall any disbursement or payment otherwise distributable to any other Note Holder be reduced to offset or make-up any such payment or deficit.

Section 6.                Note Holder Representatives.

(a)                        The Controlling Note Holder shall have the right at any time to appoint a representative in connection with the exercise of its rights and obligations with respect to the Mortgage Loan (the “Controlling Note Holder Representative”). The Controlling Note Holder shall have the right in its sole discretion at any time and from time to time to remove and replace the Controlling Note Holder Representative. When exercising its various rights under Section 5 and elsewhere in this Agreement, the Controlling Note Holder may, at its option, in each case, act through the Controlling Note Holder Representative. The Controlling Note Holder Representative may be any Person, including, without limitation, the Controlling Note Holder, any officer or employee of the Controlling Note Holder, any affiliate of the Controlling Note Holder or any other unrelated third party (other than the Mortgage Loan Borrower, any manager of a Mortgaged Property or any principal or Affiliate thereof). No such Controlling Note Holder Representative shall owe any fiduciary duty or other duty to any other Person (other than the Controlling Note Holder). All actions that are permitted to be taken by the Controlling Note Holder under this Agreement may be taken by the Controlling Note Holder Representative acting on behalf of the Controlling Note Holder. Any Servicer acting on behalf of the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall not be required to recognize any Person as a Controlling Note Holder Representative until the Controlling Note Holder has notified such Servicer or Trustee of such appointment and, if the Controlling Note Holder Representative is not the same Person as the Controlling Note Holder, the Controlling Note Holder Representative provides any Servicer or Trustee with written confirmation of its acceptance of such appointment, an address and telecopy number for the delivery of notices and other correspondence and a list of officers or

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employees of such person with whom the parties to this Agreement may deal (including their names, titles, work addresses and telecopy numbers). The Controlling Note Holder shall promptly deliver such information to any Servicer. None of the Servicers, Operating Advisor and Trustee shall be required to recognize any person as a Controlling Note Holder Representative until they receive such information from the Controlling Note Holder. The Controlling Note Holder agrees to inform each such Servicer or Trustee of the then-current Controlling Note Holder Representative.

Neither the Controlling Note Holder Representative nor the Controlling Note Holder will have any liability to any other Note Holder or any other Person for any action taken, or for refraining from the taking of any action or the giving of any consent or the failure to give any consent pursuant to this Agreement or the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, or errors in judgment, absent any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of its willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence. The Note Holders agree that the Controlling Note Holder Representative and the Controlling Note Holder (whether acting in place of the Controlling Note Holder Representative when no Controlling Note Holder Representative shall have been appointed hereunder or otherwise exercising any right, power or privilege granted to the Controlling Note Holder hereunder) may take or refrain from taking actions, or give or refrain from giving consents, that favor the interests of one Note Holder over any other Note Holder, and that the Controlling Note Holder Representative and the Controlling Note Holder may have special relationships and interests that conflict with the interests of another Note Holder and, absent willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence on the part of the Controlling Note Holder Representative or the Controlling Note Holder, as the case may be, agree to take no action against the Controlling Note Holder Representative, the Controlling Note Holder or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, principals or agents as a result of such special relationships or interests, and that neither the Controlling Note Holder Representative nor the Controlling Note Holder will be deemed to have been grossly negligent or reckless, or to have acted in bad faith or engaged in willful misfeasance or to have recklessly disregarded any exercise of its rights by reason of its having acted or refrained from acting, or having given any consent or having failed to give any consent, solely in the interests of any Note Holder.

Each Non-Controlling Note Holder shall provide notice of its identity and contact information (including any change thereof) to the Trustee, Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer under the Lead Securitization; provided, that each Initial Note Holder shall be deemed to have provided such notice on the date hereof. The Trustee, Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer under the Lead Securitization shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such identity and contact information received by it and shall not be liable in respect of any deliveries hereunder sent in reliance thereon.

Each Non-Controlling Note Holder shall have the right at any time to appoint a representative in connection with the exercise of its rights and obligations with respect to the Mortgage Loan (with respect to such Note Holder, the “Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative”). All of the provisions relating to the Controlling Note Holder and the Controlling Note Holder Representative set forth in the first paragraph of this Section 6(a) (except those contained in the last sentence thereof) and the second paragraph of this Section 6(a) shall apply to each Non-Controlling Note Holder and its Non-Controlling Note Holder Representative mutatis mutandis.

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For so long as the Controlling Note is included in the Lead Securitization, the “Directing Certificateholder” under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement (or any other party designated under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement to exercise the rights of the Controlling Note Holder hereunder) shall be the Controlling Note Holder Representative.

(b)                      The Controlling Note Holder shall be entitled to exercise the rights and powers granted to the Controlling Note hereunder. In addition, the Controlling Note Holder shall be entitled to advise (1) the Special Servicer with respect to all matters related to the Mortgage Loan if it is a Specially Serviced Loan and (2) the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer with respect to all Major Decisions, and, except as set forth below the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall not be permitted to implement or consent to any Major Decision as to which the Controlling Note Holder has objected in writing within ten (10) Business Days (or thirty (30) days with respect to an Acceptable Insurance Default) after receipt of the written recommendation and analysis and such additional information requested by the Controlling Note Holder as may be necessary in the reasonable judgment of the Controlling Note Holder in order to make a judgment with respect to such Major Decision. The Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, shall seek the consent of the Controlling Note Holder with respect to any Major Decision to the same extent that it is responsible under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement for seeking the consent of the Directing Certificateholder with respect to any Major Decision with respect to any other mortgage loan serviced thereunder (assuming that a “Control Termination Event” or similar event under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement has not occurred and is not continuing). The Controlling Note Holder may also direct the Special Servicer to take, or to refrain from taking, such other actions with respect to the Mortgage Loan as the Controlling Note Holder may deem advisable.

If the Controlling Note Holder fails to notify the applicable Servicer of its approval or disapproval of any proposed Major Decision within ten (10) Business Days (or thirty (30) days with respect to an Acceptable Insurance Default) after delivery to the Controlling Note Holder by the applicable Servicer of written notice of a proposed Major Decision (which notice shall contain a legend, in conspicuous boldface type, substantially similar to the following: “THIS IS A REQUEST FOR ACTION APPROVAL. IF THE CONTROLLING NOTE HOLDER FAILS TO APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE THE ENCLOSED ACTION WITHIN TEN (10) BUSINESS DAYS, SUCH ACTION MAY BE DEEMED APPROVED”) together with any information requested by the Controlling Note Holder as may be necessary in the reasonable judgment of the Controlling Note Holder in order to make a judgment, then upon the expiration of such ten (10) Business Day period (or thirty (30) days with respect to an Acceptable Insurance Default), such Major Decision shall be deemed to have been approved by the Controlling Note Holder.

In the event that the Special Servicer or Master Servicer, as applicable (in the event the Special Servicer or Master Servicer is otherwise authorized by the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement to take such action), determines that immediate action, with respect to the foregoing matters, or any other matter requiring consent of the Controlling Note Holder is necessary to protect the interests of the Note Holders (as a collective whole) and the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as the case may be, has made a reasonable effort to contact the Controlling Note Holder, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, may take any such action without waiting for the Controlling Note Holder’s response.

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No objection, direction, consent or advice contemplated by the preceding paragraphs may require or cause the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, to violate any provision of the Mortgage Loan Documents, applicable law, the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, this Agreement, the REMIC provisions of the Code or the Master Servicer or Special Servicer’s obligation to act in accordance with the Servicing Standard.

Section 7.                Appointment of Special Servicer. The Controlling Note Holder (or its Controlling Note Holder Representative) shall have the right (subject to the terms, conditions and limitations in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement) at any time and from time to time, with or without cause, to replace the Special Servicer then acting with respect to the Mortgage Loan and appoint a replacement Special Servicer with the Required Special Servicer Rating. Any designation by the Controlling Note Holder (or its Controlling Note Holder Representative) of a Person to serve as Special Servicer shall be made by delivering to each other Note Holder, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and each other party to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement a written notice stating such designation and satisfying the other conditions to such replacement as set forth in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement and delivering a Rating Agency Communication to each Rating Agency (or obtaining a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency, but only if required by the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement). The Controlling Note Holder shall be solely responsible for any expenses incurred in connection with any such replacement without cause. The Controlling Note Holder shall notify the other parties hereto of its termination of the then currently serving Special Servicer and its appointment of a replacement Special Servicer in accordance with this Section 7. If the Controlling Note Holder has not appointed a Special Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loan as of the consummation of the securitization under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, then the initial Special Servicer designated in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement shall serve as the initial Special Servicer but this shall not limit the right of the Controlling Note Holder (or its Controlling Note Holder Representative) to designate a replacement Special Servicer for the Mortgage Loan as aforesaid. If a Servicer Termination Event on the part of the Special Servicer has occurred that affects any Non-Controlling Note Holder, such Non-Controlling Note Holder shall have the right to direct the Trustee (or at any time that the Mortgage Loan is no longer included in a Securitization Trust, the Controlling Note Holder) to terminate the Special Servicer under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement solely with respect to the Mortgage Loan pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. Each Note Holder acknowledges and agrees that any successor special servicer appointed to replace the Special Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loan that was terminated for cause at a Non-Controlling Note Holder’s direction cannot at any time be the person (or an Affiliate thereof) that was so terminated without the prior written consent of such Non-Controlling Note Holder. Each Non-Controlling Note Holder shall be solely responsible for reimbursing the Trustee’s or the Controlling Note Holder’s, as applicable, costs and expenses, if not paid within a reasonable time by the terminated special servicer and, in the case of the Trustee, that would otherwise be reimbursed to the Trustee from amounts on deposit in the Lead Securitization’s “collection account”.

Section 8.                Payment Procedure.

(a)                     The Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer acting on its behalf), in accordance with the priorities set forth in Section 3 and subject to the terms of the

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Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, shall deposit or cause to be deposited all payments allocable to the Notes to the Collection Account and/or related Companion Distribution Account (each as defined in the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement) pursuant to and in accordance with the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. The Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer acting on its behalf) shall deposit such payments to the applicable account within one Business Day of receipt of properly identified and available funds by the Lead Securitization Note Holder (or the Master Servicer acting on its behalf) from or on behalf of the Mortgage Loan Borrower (provided, that to the extent that any payment is received after 2:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on any given Business Day, the Master Servicer is required to use commercially reasonable efforts to deposit such payments into the applicable account within one (1) Business Day of receipt of such properly identified and available funds but, in any event, the Master Servicer is required to deposit such payments into the applicable account within two (2) Business Days of receipt of such properly identified and available funds).

(b)                       If the Lead Securitization Note Holder determines, or a court of competent jurisdiction orders, at any time that any amount received or collected in respect of any Note must, pursuant to any insolvency, bankruptcy, fraudulent conveyance, preference or similar law, be returned to the Mortgage Loan Borrower or paid to any Note Holder or any Servicer or paid to any other Person, then, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall not be required to distribute any portion thereof to any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder and each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall promptly on demand by the Lead Securitization Note Holder repay to the Lead Securitization Note Holder any portion thereof that the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall have theretofore distributed to such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder, together with interest thereon at such rate, if any, as the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall have been required to pay to any Mortgage Loan Borrower, Master Servicer, Special Servicer or such other Person with respect thereto.

(c)                       If, for any reason, the Lead Securitization Note Holder makes any payment to any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder before the Lead Securitization Note Holder has received the corresponding payment (it being understood that the Lead Securitization Note Holder is under no obligation to do so), and the Lead Securitization Note Holder does not receive the corresponding payment within five (5) Business Days of its payment to such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder, such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall, at the Lead Securitization Note Holder’s request, promptly return that payment to the Lead Securitization Note Holder.

(d)                       Each Note Holder agrees that if at any time it shall receive from any sources whatsoever any payment on account of the Mortgage Loan in excess of its distributable share thereof, it shall promptly remit such excess to the applicable Note Holder, subject to this Agreement and the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. The Lead Securitization Note Holder shall have the right to offset any amounts due hereunder from a Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder with respect to the Mortgage Loan against any future payments due to such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder under the Mortgage Loan. Such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s obligations under this Section 8 constitute absolute, unconditional and continuing obligations.

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Section 9.                Limitation on Liability of the Note Holders. No Note Holder shall have any liability to any other Note Holder with respect to its Note except with respect to losses actually suffered due to the gross negligence, willful misconduct or breach of this Agreement on the part of such Note Holder; provided, that, notwithstanding any of the foregoing to the contrary, each Servicer will nevertheless be subject to the obligations and standards (including the Servicing Standard) set forth in the related Securitization Servicing Agreement.

The Note Holders acknowledge that, subject to the obligation of the Lead Securitization Note Holder (including any Servicer and the Trustee) to comply with, and except as otherwise required by, the Servicing Standard, the Lead Securitization Note Holder (including any Servicer and the Trustee) may exercise, or omit to exercise, any rights that the Lead Securitization Note Holder may have under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement in a manner that may be adverse to the interests of any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder and that the Lead Securitization Note Holder (including any Servicer and the Trustee) shall have no liability whatsoever to any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder in connection with the Lead Securitization Note Holder’s exercise of rights or any omission by the Lead Securitization Note Holder to exercise such rights other than as described above; provided, that each Servicer must act in accordance with the Servicing Standard.

Section 10.            Bankruptcy. Subject to Section 5(c), each Note Holder hereby covenants and agrees that only the Lead Securitization Note Holder has the right to institute, file, commence, acquiesce, petition under Bankruptcy Code Section 303 or otherwise or join any Person in any such petition or otherwise invoke or cause any other Person to invoke an Insolvency Proceeding with respect to or against the Mortgage Loan Borrower or seek to appoint a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official with respect to the Mortgage Loan Borrower or all or any part of its property or assets or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of the affairs of the Mortgage Loan Borrower. Each Note Holder further agrees that only the Lead Securitization Note Holder, and not any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder, can make any election, give any consent, commence any action or file any motion, claim, obligation, notice or application or take any other action in any case by or against the Mortgage Loan Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code or in any other Insolvency Proceeding. The Note Holders hereby appoint the Lead Securitization Note Holder as their agent, and grant to the Lead Securitization Note Holder an irrevocable power of attorney coupled with an interest, and their proxy, for the purpose of exercising any and all rights and taking any and all actions available to any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder in connection with any case by or against the Mortgage Loan Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code or in any other Insolvency Proceeding, including, without limitation, the right to file and/or prosecute any claim, vote to accept or reject a plan, to make any election under Section 1111(b) of the Bankruptcy Code with respect to the Mortgage Loan, and to file a motion to modify, lift or terminate the automatic stay with respect to the Mortgage Loan. The Note Holders hereby agree that, upon the request of the Lead Securitization Note Holder, each Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Lead Securitization Note Holder all and every such further deeds, conveyances and instruments as the Lead Securitization Note Holder may reasonably request for the better assuring and evidencing of the foregoing appointment and grant. All actions taken by any Servicer in connection with any Insolvency Proceeding are subject to and must be in accordance with the Servicing Standard.

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Section 11.            Representations of the Note Holders. Each Note Holder represents and warrants that the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement is within its corporate powers, has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, and does not contravene such Note Holder’s charter or any law or contractual restriction binding upon such Note Holder, and that this Agreement is the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Note Holder enforceable against such Note Holder in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and except that the enforcement of rights with respect to indemnification and contribution obligations may be limited by applicable law. Each Note Holder represents and warrants that it is duly organized, validly existing, in good standing and in possession of all licenses and authorizations necessary to carry on its business. Each Note Holder represents and warrants that (a) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by such Note Holder, (b) to such Note Holder’s actual knowledge, all consents, approvals, authorizations, orders or filings of or with any court or governmental agency or body, if any, required for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by such Note Holder have been obtained or made and (c) to such Note Holder’s actual knowledge, there is no pending action, suit or proceeding, arbitration or governmental investigation against such Note Holder, an adverse outcome of which would materially and adversely affect its performance under this Agreement.

Section 12.            No Creation of a Partnership or Exclusive Purchase Right. Nothing contained in this Agreement, and no action taken pursuant hereto shall be deemed to constitute the relationship created hereby between the Note Holders as a partnership, association, joint venture or other entity. No Note Holder shall have any obligation whatsoever to offer to any other Note Holder the opportunity to purchase a participation interest in any future loans originated by such Note Holder or its Affiliates and if any Note Holder chooses to offer to any other Note Holder the opportunity to purchase a participation interest in any future mortgage loans originated by such Note Holder or its Affiliates, such offer shall be at such purchase price and interest rate as such Note Holder chooses, in its sole and absolute discretion. No Note Holder shall have any obligation whatsoever to purchase from any other Note Holder a participation interest in any future loans originated by such Note Holder or its Affiliates.

Section 13.            Other Business Activities of the Note Holders. Each Note Holder acknowledges that each other Note Holder or its Affiliates may make loans or otherwise extend credit to, and generally engage in any kind of business with, the Mortgage Loan Borrower or any Affiliate thereof, any entity that is a holder of debt secured by direct or indirect ownership interests in the Mortgage Loan Borrower or any entity that is a holder of a preferred equity interest in the Mortgage Loan Borrower (each, a “Mortgage Loan Borrower Related Party”), and receive payments on such other loans or extensions of credit to Mortgage Loan Borrower Related Parties and otherwise act with respect thereto freely and without accountability in the same manner as if this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby were not in effect.

Section 14.            Sale of the Notes.

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or otherwise dispose of all or any portion of its respective Note (or a participation interest in such Note) (a “Transfer”) except to a Qualified Institutional Lender in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Promptly after any such Transfer, any non-transferring Note Holders shall be provided with (x) a representation from each transferee or the transferring Note Holder certifying that such transferee is a Qualified Institutional Lender (except in the case of a Transfer in accordance with the immediately following sentence or a Transfer by a Note Holder to an entity that constitutes a Qualified Institutional Lender pursuant to clause (b)(iii) of the definition thereof) and (y) a copy of the assignment and assumption agreement referred to in Section 15. If a Note Holder intends to Transfer its respective Note, or any portion thereof, to an entity that is not a Qualified Institutional Lender, it must first (a) obtain the consent of each non-transferring Note Holder and (b) if any such non-transferring Note Holder’s Note is held in a Securitization Trust, provide each of the applicable engaged Rating Agencies for such Securitization Trust with a Rating Agency Communication (or, if the transferring Note Holder is the Lead Securitization Note Holder, obtain a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the applicable Rating Agencies for such Securitization Trust). Notwithstanding the foregoing, without each non-transferring Note Holder’s prior consent (which will not be unreasonably withheld), and, if any non-transferring Note Holder’s Note is held in a Securitization Trust, until a Rating Agency Confirmation is obtained from each engaged Rating Agency for such Securitization Trust, no Note Holder shall Transfer all or any portion of its Note (or a participation interest in such Note) to the Mortgage Loan Borrower or a Mortgage Loan Borrower Related Party and any such Transfer shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. The transferring Note Holder agrees that it shall pay the expenses of any non-transferring Note Holder (including all expenses of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee and any Controlling Note Holder or Controlling Note Holder Representative) and all expenses relating to any Rating Agency Communication or Rating Agency Confirmation in connection with any such Transfer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Note Holder shall have the right, without the need to obtain the consent of any other Note Holder or of any other Person or having to provide any Rating Agency Communication or having to obtain any Rating Agency Confirmation, to Transfer 49% or less (in the aggregate) of its beneficial interest in a Note. None of the provisions of this Section 14(a) shall apply in the case of (1) a sale of the Lead Securitization Note(s) together with all of the Non-Lead Securitization Notes, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement or (2) a transfer by the Special Servicer, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, of the Mortgage Loan or the Mortgaged Property, upon the Mortgage Loan becoming a Defaulted Loan, to a single member limited liability or limited partnership, 100% of the equity interest in which is owned directly or indirectly, through one or more single member limited liability companies or limited partnerships, by the Lead Securitization Trust.

(b)               In the case of any Transfer of a participation interest in any of the Notes, (i) the respective Note Holders’ obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Note Holders shall remain solely responsible for the performance of such obligations, and (iii) the Lead Securitization Note Holder and any Persons acting on its behalf shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Note Holder in connection with such Note Holder’s rights and obligations under this Agreement and the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, and all amounts payable hereunder shall be determined as if such Note Holder had not sold such participation interest.

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(c)               Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, any Note Holder may pledge (a “Pledge”) its Note to any entity (other than the Mortgage Loan Borrower or any Affiliate thereof) which has extended a credit facility to such Note Holder and that is either a Qualified Institutional Lender or a financial institution whose long-term unsecured debt is rated at least “A” (or the equivalent) or better by each applicable Rating Agency (or, if not rated by an applicable Rating Agency, an equivalent (or higher) rating from any two of Fitch, Moody’s and S&P) (a “Note Pledgee”), on terms and conditions set forth in this Section 14(c), it being further agreed that a financing provided by a Note Pledgee to a Note Holder or any person which Controls such Note that is secured by its Note and is structured as a repurchase arrangement, shall qualify as a “Pledge” hereunder, provided that a Note Pledgee which is not a Qualified Institutional Lender may not take title to the pledged Note without a Rating Agency Confirmation. Upon written notice by the applicable Note Holder to each other Note Holder and any Servicer that a Pledge has been effected (including the name and address of the applicable Note Pledgee), each other Note Holder agrees to acknowledge receipt of such notice and thereafter agrees: (i) to give Note Pledgee written notice of any default by the pledging Note Holder in respect of its obligations under this Agreement of which default such Note Holder has actual knowledge; (ii) to allow such Note Pledgee a period of ten (10) days to cure a default by the pledging Note Holder in respect of its obligations to each other Note Holder hereunder, but such Note Pledgee shall not be obligated to cure any such default; (iii) that no amendment, modification, waiver or termination of this Agreement shall be effective against such Note Pledgee without the written consent of such Note Pledgee, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed; (iv) that such other Note Holder shall give to such Note Pledgee copies of any notice of default under this Agreement simultaneously with the giving of same to the pledging Note Holder; (v) that such other Note Holder shall deliver to Note Pledgee such estoppel certificate(s) as Note Pledgee shall reasonably request, provided that any such certificate(s) shall be in a form reasonably satisfactory to such other Note Holder; and (vi) that, upon written notice (a “Redirection Notice”) to each other Note Holder and any Servicer by such Note Pledgee that the pledging Note Holder is in default, beyond any applicable cure periods, under the pledging Note Holder’s obligations to such Note Pledgee pursuant to the applicable credit agreement between the pledging Note Holder and such Note Pledgee (which notice need not be joined in or confirmed by the pledging Note Holder), and until such Redirection Notice is withdrawn or rescinded by such Note Pledgee, Note Pledgee shall be entitled to receive any payments that any Note Holder or Servicer would otherwise be obligated to pay to the pledging Note Holder from time to time pursuant to this Agreement or the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. Any pledging Note Holder hereby unconditionally and absolutely releases each other Note Holder and any Servicer from any liability to the pledging Note Holder on account of such other Note Holder’s or Servicer’s compliance with any Redirection Notice believed by any Servicer or such other Note Holder to have been delivered by a Note Pledgee. Note Pledgee shall be permitted to exercise fully its rights and remedies against the pledging Note Holder to such Note Pledgee (and accept an assignment in lieu of foreclosure as to such collateral), in accordance with applicable law and this Agreement. In such event, the Note Holders and any Servicer shall recognize such Note Pledgee (and any transferee other than the Mortgage Loan Borrower or any Affiliate thereof which is also a Qualified Institutional Lender at any foreclosure or similar sale held by such Note Pledgee or any transfer in lieu of foreclosure), and its successor and assigns, as the successor to the pledging Note Holder’s rights, remedies and obligations under this Agreement, and any such Note Pledgee or Qualified Institutional Lender shall assume in writing the obligations of the

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pledging Note Holder hereunder accruing from and after such Transfer (i.e., realization upon the collateral by such Note Pledgee) and agrees to be bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement. The rights of a Note Pledgee under this Section 14(c) shall remain effective as to any Note Holder (and any Servicer) unless and until such Note Pledgee shall have notified any such Note Holder (and any Servicer, as applicable) in writing that its interest in the pledged Note has terminated.

(d)                       Notwithstanding any provisions herein to the contrary, if a conduit (“Conduit”) which is not a Qualified Institutional Lender provides financing to a Note Holder then such Note Holder shall have the right to grant a security interest in its Note to such Conduit notwithstanding that such Conduit is not a Qualified Institutional Lender, if the following conditions are satisfied:

(i)                                  The loan (the “Conduit Inventory Loan”) made by the Conduit to such Note Holder to finance the acquisition and holding of its Note requires a third party (the “Conduit Credit Enhancer”) to provide credit enhancement;

(ii)                               The Conduit Credit Enhancer is a Qualified Institutional Lender;

(iii)                           Such Note Holder pledges its interest in its Note to the Conduit as collateral for the Conduit Inventory Loan;

(iv)                           The Conduit Credit Enhancer and the Conduit agree that, if such Note Holder defaults under the Conduit Inventory Loan, or if the Conduit is unable to refinance its outstanding commercial paper even if there is no default by such Note Holder, the Conduit Credit Enhancer will purchase the Conduit Inventory Loan from the Conduit, and the Conduit will assign the pledge of such Note Holder’s Note to the Conduit Credit Enhancer; and

(v)                             Unless the Conduit is in fact then a Qualified Institutional Lender, the Conduit will not without obtaining a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency have any greater right to acquire the interests in the Note pledged by such Note Holder, by foreclosure or otherwise, than would any other purchaser that is not a Qualified Institutional Lender at a foreclosure sale conducted by a Note Pledgee.

Section 15.            Registration of the Notes and Each Note Holder. The Agent shall keep or cause to be kept at the Agent Office books (the “Note Register”) for the registration and transfer of the Notes. The Agent shall serve as the initial note registrar and the Agent hereby accepts such appointment. The names and addresses of the holders of the Notes and the names and addresses of any transferee of any Note of which the Agent has received notice, in the form of a copy of the assignment and assumption agreement referred to in this Section 15, shall be registered in the Note Register. The Person in whose name a Note is so registered shall be deemed and treated as the sole owner and holder thereof for all purposes of this Agreement. Upon request of a Note Holder, the Agent shall provide such party with the names and addresses of each other Note Holder. To the extent the Trustee or another party is appointed as Agent hereunder, each Note Holder hereby designates such person as its agent under this Section 15 solely for purposes of maintaining the Note Register.

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In connection with any Transfer of a Note (but excluding any Pledgee unless and until it realizes on its Pledge), a transferee shall execute an assignment and assumption agreement (unless the transferee is a Securitization Trust and the related pooling and servicing agreement requires the parties thereto to comply with this Agreement), whereby such transferee assumes all of the obligations of the applicable Note Holder hereunder with respect to such Note thereafter accruing and agrees to be bound by the terms of this Agreement, including the applicable restriction on Transfers set forth in Section 14, from and after the date of such assignment. No transfer of a Note may be made unless it is registered on the Note Register, and the Agent shall not recognize any attempted or purported transfer of any Note in violation of the provisions of Section 14 and this Section 15. Any such purported transfer shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. Each Note Holder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Agent and each other Note Holder against any liability that may result if the transfer is not made in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

Section 16.            Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT, AND/OR THE INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS AND DECISIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CHOICE OF LAW RULES THEREOF (OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW). EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT.

Section 17.            Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:

(a)                      SUBMITS FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT IN RESPECT THEREOF, TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE GENERAL JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, THE FEDERAL COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND APPELLATE COURTS FROM ANY THEREOF;

(b)                      CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE BROUGHT IN SUCH COURTS AND, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WAIVES ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT OR THAT SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING WAS BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT COURT AND AGREES NOT TO PLEAD OR CLAIM THE SAME;

(c)                       AGREES THAT SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE EFFECTED BY MAILING A COPY THEREOF BY REGISTERED

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OR CERTIFIED MAIL (OR ANY SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR FORM OF MAIL), POSTAGE PREPAID, TO ITS ADDRESS SET FORTH HEREIN OR AT SUCH OTHER ADDRESS OF WHICH A PARTY HEREIN SHALL HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED; AND

(d)                      AGREES THAT NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT TO EFFECT SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR SHALL LIMIT THE RIGHT TO SUE IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.

Section 18.            Modifications. This Agreement shall not be modified, cancelled or terminated except by an instrument in writing signed by each Note Holder. Additionally, for as long as any Note is contained in a Securitization Trust, the Note Holders shall not amend or modify this Agreement without first obtaining a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency then rating any Certificates of any Securitization; provided that no such Rating Agency Confirmation shall be required in connection with a modification (i) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provisions herein that may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions herein or with the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, or (ii) with respect to matters or questions arising under this Agreement, to make provisions of this Agreement consistent with other provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, in connection with the creation of New Notes pursuant to Section 32).

Section 19.            Successors and Assigns; Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Except as provided herein, including without limitation, with respect to the Trustee, Certificate Administrator, Master Servicer and Special Servicer and any Non-Lead Master Servicer, Non-Lead Special Servicer or Non-Lead Trustee, none of the provisions of this Agreement shall be for the benefit of or enforceable by any Person not a party hereto. Subject to Section 14 and Section 15, each Note Holder may assign or delegate its rights or obligations under this Agreement. Upon any such assignment, the assignee shall be entitled to all rights and benefits of the applicable Note Holder hereunder. For the avoidance of doubt, the representations in Section 11 shall not be binding upon any Securitization Trust.

Section 20.            Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument, and the words “executed,” “signed,” “signature” and words of like import as used above and elsewhere in this Agreement or in any other certificate, agreement or document related to this transaction shall include, in addition to manually executed signatures, images of manually executed signatures transmitted by facsimile or other electronic format (including, without limitation, “pdf,” “tif” or “jpg”) and other electronic signatures (including, without limitation, any electronic sound, symbol, or process, attached to or logically associated with a contract or other record and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the record). The use of electronic signatures and electronic records (including, without limitation, any contract or other record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means) shall be of the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a manually executed signature or use of a paper-based record-keeping system to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act and any other

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applicable law, including, without limitation, any state law based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the Uniform Commercial Code.

Section 21.            Captions. The titles and headings of the paragraphs of this Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to summarize or otherwise describe the subject matter of the paragraphs and shall not be given any consideration in the construction of this Agreement.

Section 22.            Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable laws, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Agreement.

Section 23.            Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter contained in this Agreement and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings and negotiations between the parties.

Section 24.            Withholding Taxes. (a) If the Lead Securitization Note Holder or the Mortgage Loan Borrower shall be required by law to deduct and withhold Taxes from interest, fees or other amounts payable to any Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder with respect to the Mortgage Loan as a result of such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder constituting a Non-Exempt Person, such Lead Securitization Note Holder, in its capacity as servicer, shall be entitled to do so with respect to such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder’s interest in such payment (all withheld amounts being deemed paid to such Note Holder), provided that the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall furnish such Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder with a statement setting forth the amount of Taxes withheld, the applicable rate and other information which may reasonably be requested for purposes of assisting such Note Holder to seek any allowable credits or deductions for the Taxes so withheld in each jurisdiction in which such Note Holder is subject to tax.

(b)                       Each Note Holder (to the extent it is not the same entity as the Lead Securitization Note Holder) shall and hereby agrees to indemnify the Lead Securitization Note Holder against and hold the Lead Securitization Note Holder harmless from and against any Taxes, interest, penalties and attorneys’ fees and disbursements arising or resulting from any failure of the Lead Securitization Note Holder to withhold Taxes from payment made to such Note Holder in reliance upon any representation, certificate, statement, document or instrument made or provided by such Note Holder to the Lead Securitization Note Holder in connection with the obligation of the Lead Securitization Note Holder to withhold Taxes from payments made to such Note Holder, it being expressly understood and agreed that (i) the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall be absolutely and unconditionally entitled to accept any such representation, certificate, statement, document or instrument as being true and correct in all respects and to fully rely thereon without any obligation or responsibility to investigate or to make any inquiries with respect to the accuracy, veracity, correctness or validity of the same and (ii) such Note Holder, upon request of the Lead Securitization Note Holder and at its sole cost and expense, shall defend any claim or action relating to the foregoing indemnification using counsel selected by the Lead Securitization Note Holder.

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(c)                     Each Note Holder (to the extent it is not the same entity as the Lead Securitization Note Holder) represents (for the benefit of the Mortgage Loan Borrower) that it is not a Non-Exempt Person and that neither the Lead Securitization Note Holder nor the Mortgage Loan Borrower is obligated under applicable law to withhold Taxes on sums paid to it with respect to the Mortgage Loan or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement. Contemporaneously with the execution of this Agreement and from time to time as necessary during the term of this Agreement, each Note Holder (to the extent it is not the same entity as the Lead Securitization Note Holder) shall deliver to the Lead Securitization Note Holder or Servicer, as applicable, evidence satisfactory to the Lead Securitization Note Holder substantiating that such Note Holder is not a Non-Exempt Person and that the Lead Securitization Note Holder is not obligated under applicable law to withhold Taxes on sums paid to it with respect to the Mortgage Loan or otherwise under this Agreement. Without limiting the effect of the foregoing, (i) if a Note Holder is created or organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, it shall satisfy the requirements of the preceding sentence by furnishing to the Lead Securitization Note Holder an Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 and (ii) if a Note Holder is not created or organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, and if the payment of interest or other amounts by the Mortgage Loan Borrower is treated for United States income tax purposes as derived in whole or part from sources within the United States, such Note Holder shall satisfy the requirements of the preceding sentence by furnishing to the Lead Securitization Note Holder Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI, Form W-8IMY (with appropriate attachments), Form W-8BEN or Form W-8BEN-E, or successor forms, as may be required from time to time, duly executed by such Note Holder, as evidence of such Note Holder’s exemption from the withholding of United States tax with respect thereto. The Lead Securitization Note Holder shall not be obligated to make any payment hereunder with respect to any Non-Lead Securitization Note or otherwise until the holder of such Note shall have furnished to the Lead Securitization Note Holder requested forms, certificates, statements or documents.

Section 25.            Custody of Mortgage Loan Documents. Prior to the closing date of the first Securitization, the originals of all of the Mortgage Loan Documents (other than the Notes) will be held by the Initial Agent (or its designee) on behalf of the registered holders of the Notes. On and after the closing date of the first Securitization, the originals of all of the Mortgage Loan Documents (other than the Non-Lead Securitization Notes at such time) shall be held in the name of the Trustee (and held by a duly appointed custodian therefor) under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, on behalf of the registered holders of the Notes. On and after the date of any subsequent Securitization, any Note included in the Securitization Trust related to such Securitization shall be held in the name of the trustee of the related Securitization Trust (and held by a duly appointed custodian therefor) under the related Securitization Servicing Agreement, on behalf of the related Note Holder.

Section 26.            Cooperation in Securitization.

(a)                        Each Note Holder acknowledges that any Note Holder may elect, in its sole discretion, to include its Note in a Securitization. In connection with a Securitization and subject to the terms of the preceding sentence, at the request of the related Securitizing Note Holder, each related Non-Securitizing Note Holder shall use reasonable efforts, at such Securitizing Note Holder’s expense, to satisfy, and to cooperate with such Securitizing Note

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Holder in attempting to cause the Mortgage Loan Borrower to satisfy, the market standards to which such Securitizing Note Holder customarily adheres or that may be reasonably required in the marketplace or by the Rating Agencies in connection with such Securitization, including, entering into (or consenting to, as applicable) any modifications to this Agreement or the Mortgage Loan Documents and to cooperate with such Securitizing Note Holder in attempting to cause the Mortgage Loan Borrower to execute such modifications to the Mortgage Loan Documents, in any such case, as may be reasonably requested by the Rating Agencies to effect such Securitization; provided, that no Non-Securitizing Note Holder shall be required to modify or amend this Agreement or any Mortgage Loan Documents (or consent to such modification, as applicable) in connection therewith, if such modification or amendment would (i) change the interest allocable to, or the amount of any payments due to or priority of such payments to, such Non-Securitizing Note Holder or (ii) materially increase such Non-Securitizing Note Holder’s obligations or materially decrease such Non-Securitizing Note Holder’s rights, remedies or protections. In connection with any Securitization, each related Non-Securitizing Note Holder shall provide for inclusion in any disclosure document relating to such Securitization such information concerning such Non-Securitizing Note Holder and its Note as the related Securitizing Note Holder reasonably determines to be necessary or appropriate, and such Non-Securitizing Note Holder shall, at the Securitizing Note Holder’s expense, cooperate with the reasonable requests of each Rating Agency and such Securitizing Note Holder in connection with such Securitization (including, without limitation, reasonably cooperating with the Securitizing Note Holder (without any obligation to make additional representations and warranties) to enable the Securitizing Note Holder to make all necessary certifications and deliver all necessary opinions (including customary securities law opinions) in connection with the Mortgage Loan and such Securitization), as well as in connection with all other matters and the preparation of any offering documents thereof and to review and respond reasonably promptly with respect to any information relating to such Non-Securitizing Note Holder and its Note in any Securitization document. Each Note Holder acknowledges that in connection with any Securitization, the information provided by it in its capacity as a Non-Securitizing Note Holder to the related Securitizing Note Holder may be incorporated into the offering documents for such Securitization. Each Securitizing Note Holder and each Rating Agency shall be entitled to rely on the information supplied by, or on behalf of, each Non-Securitizing Note Holder. The Securitizing Note Holder shall reasonably cooperate with each Non-Securitizing Note Holder by providing all information reasonably requested that is in the Securitizing Note Holder’s possession in connection with such Non-Securitizing Note Holder’s preparation of disclosure materials in connection with a Securitization.

Upon request, each Securitizing Note Holder shall deliver to each related Non-Securitizing Note Holder drafts of the preliminary and final offering memoranda, prospectus supplement, free writing prospectus and any other disclosure documents and the pooling and servicing agreement for the Securitization of such Securitizing Note Holder’s Note and provide reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such documents.

Section 27.            Notices. All notices required hereunder shall be given by (i)  facsimile transmission (during business hours) if the sender on the same day sends a confirming copy of such notice by reputable overnight delivery service (charges prepaid), (ii) reputable overnight delivery service (charges prepaid) or (iii) certified United States mail, postage prepaid return receipt requested, and addressed to the respective parties at their addresses set forth on

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Exhibit B hereto, or at such other address as any party shall hereafter inform the other party by written notice given as aforesaid. All written notices so given shall be deemed effective upon receipt.

Section 28.            Broker. Each Note Holder represents to each other that no broker was responsible for bringing about this transaction.

Section 29.            Certain Matters Affecting the Agent.

(a)                        The Agent may request and/or rely upon and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any officer’s certificate or assignment and assumption agreement delivered to the Agent pursuant to Section 14 and Section 15;

(b)                       The Agent may consult with counsel and any opinion of counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such opinion of counsel;

(c)                      The Agent shall be under no obligation to institute, conduct or defend any litigation hereunder or in relation hereto at the request, order or direction of any Note Holder pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, unless it has received indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it;

(d)                     The Agent or any of its directors, officers, employees, Affiliates, agents or “control” persons within the meaning of the Act, shall not be personally liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith and reasonably believed by the Agent to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Agreement;

(e)                        The Agent shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any officer’s certificate or assignment and assumption agreement delivered to the Agent pursuant to Section 15;

(f)                         The Agent may execute any of the powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys but shall not be relieved of its obligations hereunder; and

(g)                       The Agent represents and warrants that it is a Qualified Institutional Lender.

Section 30.            Reserved.

Section 31.            Resignation of Agent. The Agent may resign at any time on ten (10) days’ prior notice, so long as a successor Agent, reasonably satisfactory to the Note Holders (it being agreed that a Servicer, the Trustee or a Certificate Administrator in a Securitization is satisfactory to the Note Holders), has agreed to be bound by this Agreement and perform the duties of the Agent hereunder. The Initial Agent, may transfer its rights and obligations to a Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as successor Agent, at any time without the consent of any Note Holder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Note Holders hereby agree that, simultaneously with the closing of the Lead Securitization, the Master Servicer shall be deemed to

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have been automatically appointed as the successor Agent under this Agreement in place of the Initial Agent without any further notice or other action. The termination or resignation of the Master Servicer, as Master Servicer under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement, shall be deemed a termination or resignation of such Master Servicer as Agent under this Agreement, and any successor master servicer shall be deemed to have been automatically appointed as the successor Agent under this Agreement in place thereof without any further notice or other action.

Section 32.            Resizing. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, for so long as any Note Holder (whether or not an Initial Note Holder) or an affiliate thereof (each, an “Original Entity”) is the owner of any Note that is not included in a Securitization (each, an “Owned Note”), such Original Entity shall have the right, subject to the terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents, to cause the Mortgage Loan Borrower to execute amended and restated notes or additional notes (in each case, as applicable, “New Notes”) reallocating the principal of an Owned Note to such New Notes; or severing an Owned Note into one or more further “component” notes in the aggregate principal amount equal to the then outstanding principal balance of such Owned Note provided that (i) the aggregate principal balance of all outstanding New Notes following such amendments is no greater than the aggregate principal of such Owned Note prior to such amendments, (ii) all Notes continue to have the same weighted average interest rate as the Notes prior to such amendments, (iii) all Notes pay pro rata and on a pari passu basis and such reallocated or component notes shall be automatically subject to the terms of this Agreement, (iv) the Original Entity holding the New Notes shall notify each other Note Holder, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee in writing of such modified allocations and principal amounts, and (v) the execution of such amendments and New Notes does not violate the Servicing Standard. Each New Note shall constitute a “Note” hereunder without any further act or deed. If the Lead Securitization Note Holder so requests, the Original Entity holding the New Notes (and any subsequent holder of such Notes) shall execute a confirmation of the continuing applicability of this Agreement to the New Notes, as so modified. Except for the foregoing reallocation or severance and for modifications pursuant to the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement (as discussed in Section 5), no Note may be modified or amended without the consent of its holder and the consent of the holder of each other Note. In connection with the foregoing (provided the conditions set forth in clauses (i) through (v) above are satisfied, with respect to clauses (i) through (iv), as certified by the Original Entity, on which certification the Master Servicer can rely), the Master Servicer is hereby authorized and directed to execute amendments to the Mortgage Loan Documents and this Agreement on behalf of any or all of the Note Holders, as applicable, solely for the purpose of reflecting such reallocation of principal. If more than one New Note is created hereunder, for purposes of exercising the rights of a Controlling Note Holder, Non-Controlling Note Holder, Lead Securitization Note Holder or Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder hereunder associated with the Owned Note, the “Controlling Note Holder,” “Non-Controlling Note Holder”, “Lead Securitization Note Holder” or “Non-Lead Securitization Note Holder,” as applicable, shall be as provided in the definitions of such terms in this Agreement or as otherwise designated in writing by the Original Entity to the other Note Holders; provided that the Controlling Note Holder shall be entitled to designate any New Note created from the existing Controlling Note to be a Non-Controlling Note hereunder; provided, further, that the Lead Securitization Note Holder shall be entitled to designate any New Note created from the existing Lead Securitization Note to be a Non-Lead Securitization Note hereunder.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Initial Note Holders have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

	MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A., as Initial Note A-1 Holder
	By:	/s/ Cynthia Eckes
		Name: Cynthia Eckes Title:   Executive Director
	MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A., as Initial Note A-2-1 Holder
	By:	/s/ Cynthia Eckes
		Name: Cynthia Eckes Title:   Executive Director
	MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A., as Initial Note A-2-2 Holder
	By:	/s/ Cynthia Eckes
		Name: Cynthia Eckes Title:   Executive Director

 

 

 

[MSBNA Signature Page to Heritage Plaza – Agreement Between Note Holders]

 

 

	BANK OF MONTREAL, as Initial Note A-3-1 Holder
	By:	/s/ Leanne Lispi
		Name: Leanne Lispi Title:   Authorized Signatory
	BANK OF MONTREAL, as Initial Note A-3-2 Holder
	By:	/s/ Leanne Lispi
		Name: Leanne Lispi Title:   Authorized Signatory

[BMO Signature Page to Heritage Plaza – Agreement Between Note Holders]

 

	MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A., as Initial Note A-4 Holder
	By:	/s/ Cynthia Eckes
		Name: Cynthia Eckes Title:   Executive Director

[MSBNA Signature Page to Heritage Plaza – Agreement Between Note Holders]

 

	GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, as Initial Note A-5 Holder
	By:	/s/ Justin Peterson
		Name:  Justin Peterson Title:    Authorized Signatory
	GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, as Initial Note A-6 Holder
	By:	/s/ Justin Peterson
		Name:  Justin Peterson Title:    Authorized Signatory

[GSB Signature Page to Heritage Plaza – Agreement Between Note Holders]

 

	MORGAN STANLEY MORTGAGE CAPITAL HOLDINGS LLC, as Initial Agent
	By:	/s/ Brandon Atkins
		Name:  Brandon Atkins Title:    Vice President

[MSMCH Signature Page to Heritage Plaza – Agreement Between Note Holders]

 

EXHIBIT A


MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE

Description of Mortgage Loan

Mortgage Loan Borrower:	BOP Heritage, LLC
Date of Mortgage Loan:	April 13, 2023
Date of Notes:	April 13, 2023
Original Principal Amount of Mortgage Loan:	$172,000,000
Principal Amount of Mortgage Loan as of the date hereof:	$172,000,000
Note A-1 Principal Balance:	$40,000,000
Note A-2-1 Principal Balance:	$20,000,000
Note A-2-2 Principal Balance:	$5,000,000
Note A-3-1 Principal Balance:	$12,500,000
Note A-3-2 Principal Balance:	$7,500,000
Note A-4 Principal Balance:	$15,000,000
Note A-5 Principal Balance:	$40,000,000
Note A-6 Principal Balance:	$32,000,000
Location(s) of Mortgaged Property:	Houston, Texas
Initial Maturity Date:	May 6, 2028

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EXHIBIT B

 

1.     Initial Note A-1 Holder, Initial Note A-2-1 Holder, Initial Note A-2-2 Holder and Initial Note A-4 Holder:

Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A.
1585 Broadway
New York, New York 10036
Attention: Jane Lam

with a copy to:

Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A.
1633 Broadway, 29th Floor

New York, New York 10019
Attention: Legal Compliance Division

and a copy by e-mail to:

 

cmbs_notices@morganstanley.com

2.     Initial Note A-3-1 Holder and Initial Note A-3-2 Holder:

Bank of Montreal
c/o BMO Capital Markets Corp.
151 West 42nd Street
New York, New York 10036
Attention: Paul Vanderslice, Michael Birajiclian and David Schell
E-mail: paul.vanderslice@bmo.com, Michael.Birajiclian@bmo.com and
David.Schell@bmo.com

with copies to:

Bank of Montreal
c/o BMO Capital Markets Corp.
151 West 42nd Street
New York, New York 10036
Attention: Legal Department
Email: BMOCMBSNotices@bmo.com

and

Bank of Montreal
c/o BMO Capital Markets Corp.
151 West 42nd Street
New York, New York 10036
Attention: Legal Department
E-mail: BMOCMBSNotices@bmo.com

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3.     Initial Note A-5 Holder and Initial Note A-6 Holder:

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

Notice Address:
Goldman Sachs Bank USA
200 West Street
New York, New York 10282
Attention: Scott Epperson
Email: scott.epperson@gs.com and gs-refgsecuritization@gs.com

with a copy to:

Goldman Sachs Bank USA
200 West Street
New York, New York 10282
Attention: Structured Finance Legal (REFG)
Email: gs-refglegal@gs.com

 

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4.     Initial Agent:

Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC
1585 Broadway
New York, New York 10036
Attention: Jane Lam

with a copy to:

Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC
1633 Broadway, 29th Floor

New York, New York 10019
Attention: Legal Compliance Division

and a copy by e-mail to:

 

cmbs_notices@morganstanley.com

 

 

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EXHIBIT C

PERMITTED FUND MANAGERS

 

1. Westbrook Partners

2. DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners

3. iStar Financial Inc.

4. Capital Trust, Inc.

5. Lend-Lease Real Estate Investments

6. Archon Capital, L.P.

7. Whitehall Street Real Estate Fund, L.P.

8. The Blackstone Group International Ltd.

9. Apollo Real Estate Advisors

10. Colony Capital, LLC

11. Praedium Group

12. JER Partners

13. Fortress Investment Group LLC

14. Lone Star Funds

15. Clarion Partners

16. Walton Street Capital, L.L.C.

17. Starwood Property Trust, Inc.

18. BlackRock, Inc.

19. Rialto Capital Management, LLC

20. Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC

21. Raith Capital Partners, LLC

22. Eightfold Real Estate Capital, L.P.

 

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EX-99.20

 EXECUTIVE VERSION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSERVICING AGREEMENT

Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust

Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates

Series 2023-V2

Dated as of May 1, 2023 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By and Between

MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

Master Servicer

and

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION.

Subservicer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS		1
Section 1.01.	Defined Terms	1
ARTICLE II. RETENTION AND AUTHORITY OF SUBSERVICER		4
Section 2.01.	Servicing Standard; Commencement of Servicing Responsibilities	4
Section 2.02.	Subservicing	4
Section 2.03.	Authority of Subservicer	5
ARTICLE III. SERVICES TO BE PERFORMED		6
Section 3.01.	Services as Subservicer	6
Section 3.02.	Portfolio Manager	11
Section 3.03.	Maintenance of Errors and Omissions and Fidelity Coverage	11
Section 3.04.	Delivery and Possession of Servicing Files	12
Section 3.05.	Annual Compliance Statements	12
Section 3.06.	Annual Reports on Assessment of Compliance with Servicing Criteria	12
Section 3.07.	Annual Independent Public Accountants’ Attestation Report	13
Section 3.08.	Sarbanes-Oxley Certification	14
Section 3.09.	Delivery of Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement	15
ARTICLE IV. Preservation of the REMICs		15
ARTICLE V. SUBSERVICER’S COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES		15
Section 5.01.	Subservicing Compensation	15
ARTICLE VI. THE MASTER SERVICER AND THE SUBSERVICER		17
Section 6.01.	Subservicer Not to Assign; Merger or Consolidation of the Subservicer	17
Section 6.02.	Liability and Indemnification of the Subservicer and the Master Servicer	18
Section 6.03.	Representations and Warranties	21

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ARTICLE VII. SUBSERVICER TERMINATION EVENTS; TERMINATION		22
Section 7.01.	Subservicer Termination Events; Subservicer Non-Affiliate Covenant	22
Section 7.02.	Termination of Agreement	25
ARTICLE VIII. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS		27
Section 8.01.	Rating Agency Communications	27
Section 8.02.	Amendment	28
Section 8.03.	Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial; Submission to Jurisdiction	29
Section 8.04.	Notices	29
Section 8.05.	Consistency with PSA; Severability of Provisions	31
Section 8.06.	Inspection and Audit Rights	31
Section 8.07.	Protection of Confidential Information	31
Section 8.08.	Binding Effect; No Partnership; Counterparts	32
Section 8.09.	Third Party Beneficiaries	32
Section 8.10.	Article and Section Headings	33
Section 8.11.	Non-Solicitation	33

 

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LIST OF EXHIBITS

Schedule I Mortgage Loan Schedule

Schedule II Rate Cap Mortgage Loans

Exhibit "A" Inspection Reports

Exhibit "B" Form of Quarterly Servicing Certification

Exhibit "C" Remittance Reports

Exhibit “D” Form of Account Certification

Exhibit E” Form of Monthly Accounts Certification

 

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THIS SUBSERVICING AGREEMENT dated as of May 1, 2023 is between Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association (together with its successors and assigns permitted under the PSA, the "Master Servicer" or "Midland"), and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking association (together with its successors and permitted assigns hereunder, the "Subservicer").

PRELIMINARY STATEMENT

Pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the "PSA") dated as of May 1, 2023, among Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as Depositor, Midland, as Master Servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as Special Servicer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee and as Certificate Administrator, and BellOak, LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer with respect to the Benchmark 2023-V2 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2, the Master Servicer shall be servicing the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trust.

The Master Servicer and the Subservicer desire to enter into an agreement whereby the Subservicer assumes and agrees to perform certain of the Master Servicer's servicing responsibilities with respect to the Mortgage Loans as more specifically set forth herein.

AGREEMENTS

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the recitals in the above Preliminary Statement which are made a contractual part hereof, and of the mutual promises contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I.

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.01.                    Defined Terms.

For purposes of this Agreement, all capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the PSA, and the following capitalized terms shall have the respective meanings set forth below.

"Accepted Subservicing Practices": As defined in Section 2.01 hereof.

"Additional Subservicing Compensation": As defined in Section 5.01 hereof.

"Agreement": This Subservicing Agreement, as the same may be amended or modified by the parties from time to time.

"CREFC® Reporting Format": The CREFC® Investor Reporting Package reporting and data format; provided, however, that if such format is no longer applicable or in existence, then such other commercial mortgage servicing industry standard reporting and data format reasonably approved by the Master Servicer.

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"Excluded Information": As defined in the PSA.

“Heritage Plaza Whole Loan”: shall mean that certain mortgage loan in the original principal amount of $172,000,000.00 pursuant to the loan agreement dated as of April 13, 2023 among the Initial Note Holders, as Lender, and BOP Heritage, LLC, as borrower.

"Indemnified Party": As defined in Section 8.01(b) hereof.

"Inspection Reports": The inspection reports substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit "A," subject to any formatting changes reasonably requested by Master Servicer to accommodate electronic delivery or upload and Master Servicer's reporting obligations

“Interest Rate Cap Payment”: Payments received by the Subservicer in accordance with the Rate Cap Agreements (if any).

"Losses": As defined in Section 6.02(b) hereof.

"Master Servicer": As defined in the first paragraph of this Agreement.

“Monthly Accounts Certification”: As defined in Section 3.01.

"Mortgage Loan": Each of the mortgage loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.

"Mortgage Loan Schedule": The schedule of certain mortgage loans that is annexed to the Subservicer's signature page included herewith, which schedule sets forth certain information with respect to such mortgage loans, including, without limitation, the related Subservicing Fee Rate.

“Note A-1”: shall mean that certain promissory note evidencing the Heritage Plaza Whole Loan held by Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A. referred to as “Note A-1” under the related Co-Lender Agreement.

“Note A-2”: shall mean that certain promissory note evidencing the Heritage Plaza Whole Loan held by Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A. referred to as “Note A-2” under the related Co-Lender Agreement.

“Note A-3”: shall mean that certain promissory note evidencing the Heritage Plaza Whole Loan held by Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A. referred to as “Note A-3” under the related Co-Lender Agreement.

“Note A-4”: shall mean that certain promissory note evidencing the Heritage Plaza Whole Loan held by Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A. referred to as “Note A-4” under the related Co-Lender Agreement.

“Note A-5” shall mean that certain promissory note evidencing the Heritage Plaza Whole Loan held by Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee for the

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benefit of the registered holders of Benchmark 2023-V2, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2023-V2 referred to as “Note A-5” under the related Co-Lender Agreement.

“Note A-6”: shall mean that certain promissory note evidencing the Heritage Plaza Whole Loan held by Goldman Sachs Bank USA referred to as “Note A-6” under the related Co-Lender Agreement.

"PSA": As defined in the above Preliminary Statement to this Agreement.

“Qualified Affiliate”: Any Person (a) that is organized and doing business under the laws of any state or the United States or the District of Columbia, (b) that is in the business of performing the duties of a servicer of mortgage loans, and (c) as to which 50% or greater of its outstanding voting stock or equity ownership interest are directly or indirectly owned by the Subservicer or by any Person or Persons who directly or indirectly own equity ownership interests in the Subservicer.

“Quarterly Servicing Certification”: The certification substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit “B”.

“Rate Cap Agreements”: Each interest rate cap agreement between the rate cap providers set forth on Schedule II and the related mortgagor (if any).

“Rate Cap Mortgage Loans”: The Mortgage Loans (if any) subject to Rate Cap Agreements as set forth on Schedule II.

"Remittance Reports": The remittance reports substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit "C," subject to any formatting changes reasonably requested by Master Servicer to accommodate electronic delivery or upload and Master Servicer's reporting obligations.

"Responsible Officer": Any officer or employee of the Subservicer or the Master Servicer, as the case may be, involved in or responsible for the administration, supervision or management of this Agreement and whose name and specimen signature appear on a list prepared by each party and delivered to the other party, as such list may be amended from time to time by either party.

“Servicing Shift Securitization”: With respect to the Heritage Plaza Whole Loan, the securitization in which Note A-1 is securitized.

"Subservicer": As defined in the first paragraph of this Agreement.

"Subservicer Accounts": The Collection Accounts and the Mortgagor Accounts maintained by the Subservicer hereunder in the name of the Subservicer in trust for the Master Servicer on behalf of the Trustee in trust for the benefit of the Holders.

"Subservicer Parties": As defined in Section 6.02(a) hereof.

"Subservicer Remittance Date": With respect to any Determination Date, one (1) Business Day after such Determination Date.

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"Subservicer Termination Event": Any event as set forth in Section 7.01 hereof.

"Subservicing Fee": With respect to each Mortgage Loan and for any Distribution Date, that portion of the Subservicing Fee payable by the Master Servicer to the Subservicer, which shall be an amount per calendar month equal to the product of the Subservicing Fee Rate and the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan, as determined on the same basis as for the calculation of the Servicing Fee under the PSA.

"Subservicing Fee Rate": The per annum rate for each Mortgage Loan as set forth in the related Mortgage Loan Schedule.

"Subservicing File": With respect to each Mortgage Loan, all documents, information and records relating to such Mortgage Loan that are necessary or appropriate to enable the Subservicer to perform its obligations hereunder and any additional documents or information related thereto maintained or created in any form by the Subservicer (which shall not include any attorney-client privileged communications between the Subservicer and its counsel), including, without limitation, all analysis, working papers, inspections reports, written communications with any Mortgagor, and all other information collected from or concerning any Mortgagor or the related Mortgaged Property in the Subservicer’s possession.

ARTICLE II.

RETENTION AND AUTHORITY OF SUBSERVICER

Section 2.01.                    Servicing Standard; Commencement of Servicing Responsibilities.

The Master Servicer hereby engages the Subservicer to perform, and the Subservicer hereby agrees to perform, servicing with respect to all of the Mortgage Loans throughout the term of this Agreement, upon and subject to the terms, covenants and provisions hereof. The Subservicer shall perform its services hereunder in accordance with (a) applicable laws, (b) the terms and provisions of the Mortgage Loans, (c) the express terms hereof and the PSA, (d) in the case of a Serviced Companion Loan, the related Co-Lender Agreement, (e) subject to Section 2.03(b) hereof, the reasonable directions and instructions of the Master Servicer (including, without limitation, the forms and report formats mutually and reasonably agreed upon by the Master Servicer and Subservicer) and (f) all requirements pertaining to the performance of such services under the PSA, including, without limitation, the Servicing Standard. The above-described servicing standards are herein referred to as "Accepted Subservicing Practices."

Section 2.02.                    Subservicing.

To the extent necessary for the Subservicer to comply with applicable laws, or if otherwise consented to by the Master Servicer (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), the Subservicer may enter into any sub-subservicing agreement with a sub-subservicer that would permit such sub-subservicer to perform any or all of the Subservicer's servicing responsibilities under this Agreement and such sub-subservicer meets the requirements of the PSA; provided, however, that the consent of the Master Servicer shall not be required to engage a third party contractor to perform ministerial tasks, including

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property inspections. Notwithstanding any sub-subservicing agreement or third party subcontract, the Subservicer shall remain obligated and primarily liable to the Master Servicer for the servicing and administering of the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement without diminution of such obligation or liability by virtue of such sub-subservicing agreement or contract to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the Subservicer were servicing the Mortgage Loans alone. Any such sub-servicing agreement must be consistent with the provisions of Section 3.01(c) of the PSA.

Section 2.03.                    Authority of Subservicer.

(a)               Except as otherwise provided herein and subject to the terms of this Agreement and the Master Servicer's limitations of authority as Master Servicer under the PSA, in performing its obligations hereunder, the Subservicer shall have full power and authority to take any and all actions in connection with such obligations that it deems necessary or appropriate; provided, however, that the Subservicer shall not take any of the following actions with respect to any Mortgage Loan without obtaining the prior written consent of the Master Servicer (which consent (w) may be in the form of an asset business plan approved in writing by the Master Servicer, (x) shall not be unreasonably withheld; (y) shall be subject to the prior approval of or consultation with the Special Servicer, the Directing Holder, any Loan-Specific Controlling Class Certificateholder, any Risk Retention Consultation Party, any mezzanine lender, any Outside Controlling Note Holder or any Companion Loan Holder, if so required under the PSA, which approvals shall be requested by the Master Servicer; and (z) shall be consented to or denied by the Master Servicer within ten (10) Business Days following the receipt by the Master Servicer of the information described in clause (w) along with relevant supporting information (but, in the case of a consent, such consent may be conditioned on any approvals described in clause (y) of this paragraph)):

(i)                 the modification, waiver or amendment, whether or not material, of or with respect to any Mortgage Loan, including, without limitation, any forgiveness of principal, any change in the amount or timing of any payment of principal or interest, maturity, extension rights or prepayment provisions or the substitution, release or addition of any collateral for any Mortgage Loan or relate to any waiver of or granting of consent under a “due-on-sale” or “due-on-encumbrance” clause;

(ii)                 the granting or withholding of consent to any transfer of ownership of a Mortgaged Property or any transfer of any interest of an owner of a Mortgaged Property and entering into any assumption agreement in connection therewith;

(iii)               the granting or withholding of consent to any request for approval to place subordinate or other financing on a Mortgaged Property;

(iv)              the determination of whether or not to release proceeds of condemnation or casualty insurance to the Mortgagor under any Mortgage Loan;

(v)               the waiver of any Penalty Charge (except to the extent Subservicer is entitled to retain such Penalty Charge as Additional Subservicing Compensation hereunder) or prepayment premium under any Mortgage Loan;

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(vi)             any action to initiate, prosecute and manage foreclosure proceedings and other legal proceedings related thereto in connection with any Mortgage Loan;

(vii)              the permitting of or performing a modification of a Mortgage Loan to permit a Principal Prepayment of a Mortgage Loan on a date other than its Due Date;

(viii)            any action requiring the consent of, or consultation with, the Master Servicer, the Directing Holder, any Outside Controlling Note Holder, any Loan-Specific Controlling Class Certificateholder, any Risk Retention Consultation Party, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, any Companion Loan Holder, the Operating Advisor, the 17g-5 Information Provider, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Special Servicer under the PSA or any party under an Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement;

(ix)              the granting of any consent, approval or direction regarding the termination of (A) the related property manager or the designation of any replacement property manager or (B) with respect to a hospitality property, the franchise or the designation of a new franchise;

(x)                 the authorizing of any Servicing Transfer Event as defined in the definition of Servicing Transfer Event in the PSA; or

(xi)              any Master Servicer Decision, Major Decision or Special Servicer Decision (subject to Special Servicer’s processing and/or consent rights pursuant to the PSA).

(b)              Regardless of whether the consent or approval of the Master Servicer is required pursuant to this Agreement, the Subservicer shall take any reasonable action that is directed by the Master Servicer which relates to the Subservicer's obligations under this Agreement; provided, however, that the Subservicer shall not be obligated to take any such action to the extent that the Subservicer determines in its reasonable discretion that such action (i) may cause a violation of applicable laws, regulations, codes, ordinances, court orders or restrictive covenants with respect to any Mortgage Loan or any Mortgaged Property; (ii) may cause a violation of any term or provision of a Mortgage Loan; (iii) materially expands the scope of the Subservicer's responsibilities under this Agreement; or (iv) is inconsistent with the requirements of the PSA, including the Servicing Standard.

ARTICLE III.

SERVICES TO BE PERFORMED

Section 3.01.                    Services as Subservicer.

With respect to each Mortgage Loan subject to this Agreement, the Subservicer shall, in accordance with Accepted Subservicing Practices and subject to the supervision of the Subservicer by the Master Servicer, perform the following servicing activities on behalf of the Master Servicer:

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(a)               the Subservicer shall perform the duties and obligations of the Master Servicer as the Master Servicer under PSA Sections 2.01(a)-(c) (conveyance of mortgage loans, servicing files and letters of credit), 2.03 (repurchase and substitution of loans and 15Ga-1); 3.01 (general servicing), 3.02 (liability when subservicing), 3.03 (collections); 3.04 (taxes, assessments, similar items and escrows); 3.05 (collection account); 3.07 (investment of funds); 3.08 (insurance); 3.09 (due-on sale/encumbrance enforcement; assumptions); 3.11 (release of files); 3.15 (access); 3.18 (inspections, additional obligations); 3.19 (lock-box accounts and, escrow accounts and reserve accounts); 3.22 (servicing transfers); 3.24 (modifications, waivers, amendments and consents); 3.25 (certain rights and obligations); 3.28 (intercreditor matters); 3.29 (Directing Holder contact); 3.33 (resignation upon prohibited risk retention affiliation); 4.02 (reporting, rent rolls and operating statements); 4.04 (REMIC compliance); Article X (Exchange Act reporting and Regulation AB compliance) and Article XI (asset representations reviewer file review compliance); provided, however, that:

(i)                   no Subservicer shall have any obligation to make Advances, provided that the Subservicer shall promptly notify the Master Servicer in the event any Advance is required to be made or an expense of the Trust Fund is required to be incurred;

(ii)               Section 5.01 hereof shall control with respect to which fees or charges the Subservicer may retain under PSA Sections 3.06 and 3.12;

(iii)                PSA Section 3.07 shall only be applicable with respect to the Subservicer Accounts;

(iv)             any reports, information, certifications and other documentation which are required to be provided by the Master Servicer to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Directing Holder, any Serviced Whole Loan Controlling Holder, the Operating Advisor, any Mortgage Loan Seller, any Rating Agency, the 17g-5 Information Provider, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Special Servicer, a Companion Loan Holder, any Risk Retention Consultation Party or any party to any Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other Person shall be provided by the Subservicer to the Master Servicer or as otherwise directed by the Master Servicer;

(v)              the Subservicer shall not be responsible for any mortgage loan pool-wide reporting, including, without limitation, the preparation or delivery to any Person of any of the files or reports in the CREFC® reporting format (except as otherwise required to be prepared by the Subservicer and delivered to the Master Servicer under this Agreement), or preparing, signing and filing with the appropriate Person any reports, statements and information under the PSA Section 4.02;

(vi)             no expense incurred in connection with any instrument of satisfaction or deed of reconveyance shall be chargeable to the Subservicer Accounts to the extent such expense is not chargeable to the Master Servicer;

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(vii)            together with the Master Servicer, no less often than on a monthly basis, the Subservicer shall, upon request and without charge, make a knowledgeable Servicing Officer available to answer questions from the Directing Holder regarding the performance and servicing of the Mortgage Loans for which the Subservicer is responsible. The Subservicer shall condition such disclosure upon the Master Servicer obtaining from the Directing Holder entering into a reasonable and customary confidentiality agreement reasonably acceptable to the Subservicer and Master Servicer regarding such disclosure to the Directing Holder;

(viii)           subject to Section 2.03(a)(xi) hereof, the Subservicer shall not take any actions under and shall immediately forward to the Master Servicer any request which would qualify as a Master Servicer Decision, Major Decision or Special Servicer Decision and shall provide written notice to the Master Servicer of issues arising with respect to Master Servicer Decisions, Major Decisions or Special Servicer Decisions; provided, however, subject to any limitations set forth in this Agreement and the PSA, if the Special Servicer and Master Servicer agree that the Master Servicer should process the Major Decision, the Subservicer shall process such Major Decision with respect to such Mortgage Loan; and

(ix)              the Subservicer shall not be or become a Subsequent Third-Party Purchaser or Loan-Specific Retaining Third Party Purchaser, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any of their respective Affiliates. If the Subservicer becomes a Subsequent Third-Party Purchaser or Loan-Specific Retaining Third Party Purchaser, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any of their respective Affiliates, the Subservicer shall promptly notify the Master Servicer and the Subservicer shall be terminated as Subservicer under this Agreement.

(b)               the Subservicer shall promptly notify the Master Servicer in writing upon discovery or receipt of notice by the Subservicer of the occurrence of any event that causes, or with notice or the passage of time or both, would cause any Mortgage Loan to become a Specially Serviced Loan in accordance with the definition of "Specially Serviced Loan" set forth in the PSA;

(c)                the Subservicer shall promptly advise the Master Servicer of all material collection and customer service issues and furnish the Master Servicer with copies of all written communications regarding such issues between the Subservicer and any Mortgagor or any third party in connection with the Subservicer's obligations hereunder;

(d)               on or before 12:00 p.m. Central Time on each Subservicer Remittance Date, the Subservicer shall deliver to the Master Servicer the Remittance Reports which reflect activity with respect to the Mortgage Loans through and including the close of business on the date which is the Determination Date; and the Subservicer shall, to the extent necessary, deliver to the Master Servicer a follow-up report in similar format which reflects additional activity with respect to the Mortgage Loans through and including the date of any follow-up remittance. Such

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reports shall be delivered electronically or uploaded to the Master Servicer’s Website as directed by the Master Servicer;

(e)               on or before 12:00 p.m. Central Time on each Subservicer Remittance Date, the Subservicer shall remit to the Master Servicer, pursuant to wiring instructions from the Master Servicer, all amounts on deposit in the Collection Account maintained by the Subservicer as of the close of business on the date which is one (1) Business Day prior to such Subservicer Remittance Date; and the Subservicer shall remit to the Master Servicer within one (1) Business Day after receipt, any delinquent payments received by the Subservicer on or after such Subservicer Remittance Date; and each of the foregoing remittances of funds may be net of any Subservicing Fees due and payable to the Subservicer and payments in the nature of Additional Subservicing Compensation;

(f)                in addition to Subservicer’s reporting obligations set forth in Section 3.01, the Subservicer shall prepare and deliver to the Master Servicer, on a quarterly basis starting for the quarter ending June of 2023, within thirty (30) days of the end of such quarter (or if such day is not a Business Day, then the immediately preceding Business Day), the Quarterly Servicing Certification in the form of Exhibit “B” attached hereto. Promptly following any reasonable request by the Master Servicer, to the extent any exceptions are listed on the Quarterly Servicing Certification, the Subservicer shall provide any additional information as reasonably requested by the Master Servicer;

(g)               on a quarterly and annual basis each year, the Subservicer shall determine and analyze financial ratios and perform other financial analysis required under the CREFC® Reporting Format and on or before the date that is forty-five (45) days after receipt of the related financial statements, prepare and deliver to the Master Servicer a report summarizing such analysis based upon the property operating statements with respect to the related Mortgaged Property and the financial statements of the related Mortgagor and each related guarantor collected by the Subservicer pursuant to PSA Section 4.02, which report shall be delivered electronically or uploaded to the Master Servicer’s Website as directed by the Master Servicer and shall be substantially in the form of the CREFC® Financial File included in the CREFC® Reporting Format (or in such other reporting format as reasonably requested by the Master Servicer);

(h)               the Subservicer shall prepare and use reasonable efforts to deliver to the Master Servicer within thirty (30) days of completion of any inspection, the related Inspection Reports summarizing the results of any property inspections performed by the Subservicer pursuant to PSA Section 3.18. Such reports shall be delivered electronically or uploaded to the Master Servicer’s Website as directed by the Master Servicer;

(i)                 the Subservicer shall provide the Master Servicer with such other information (in the Subservicer's possession or to the extent readily obtainable and as reasonably requested by the Master Servicer) with respect to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans by the Subservicer hereunder in order for the Master Servicer to perform its duties under the PSA;

(j)                the Subservicer shall (i) notify the Master Servicer in writing within five (5) Business Days after the Subservicer discovers or receives notice alleging a Document Defect or a

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Breach or receives a Repurchase Communication of a Repurchase Request, a Repurchase Request Withdrawal, a Repurchase or a Repurchase Request Rejection and (ii) promptly provide to the Master Servicer a copy of any or receives a Repurchase Communication of a Repurchase Request, a Repurchase Request Withdrawal, a Repurchase or a Repurchase Request Rejection;

(k)               the Subservicer shall not prepare and/or provide any CREFC® Schedule AL File or any Schedule AL Additional File; provided, however, the Subservicer shall (i) promptly provide to the Master Servicer any documentation in the Subservicer’s possession reasonably requested by the Master Servicer in connection with the Master Servicer's preparation and compilation of any CREFC® Schedule AL File or any Schedule AL Additional File and (ii) reasonably cooperate with the Master Servicer in connection with the Master Servicer's preparation and compilation of any CREFC® Schedule AL File or any Schedule AL Additional File;

(l)                 with respect to letters of credit, if any, as the Master Servicer is required to hold original letters of credit under the PSA, the Subservicer shall hold such original letters of credit if the Subservicer has (i) a vault or other adequate safety procedures in place satisfactory to the Master Servicer, in its sole discretion, or (ii) outsourced such responsibility to a third party vendor, which vendor shall be satisfactory to the Master Servicer, who has a vault or other adequate safety procedures in place satisfactory to the Master Servicer, in its sole discretion;

(m)             pursuant to the requirements under Section 10.11 of the PSA, the Subservicer shall promptly provide the Master Service with all updated net operating income received by the Subservicer for any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan where the Mortgagor of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan is a Significant Obligor under the PSA or a "significant obligor" under an Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and the Subservicer shall fully cooperate with the Master Servicer in satisfying any of the Master Servicer’s obligations related to such Significant Obligor or such "significant obligor" under the PSA;

(n)               upon the Master Servicer receiving notice that a Mortgage Loan has become an Excluded Mortgage Loan under the PSA, the Master Servicer will forward such notice to the Subservicer, then the Subservicer (prior to delivering any Excluded Information to the Master Servicer) shall mark or label such information as “Excluded Information” and comply with all the requirements set forth in the PSA with respect to such Excluded Mortgage Loan;

(o)               with respect to any request for materials by the Asset Representations Reviewer or a related Other Asset Representations Reviewer pursuant to PSA Article XII regarding the Mortgage Loans, the Subservicer shall (i) promptly provide to the Master Servicer any documentation in the Subservicer’s possession reasonably requested by the Master Servicer and (ii) reasonably cooperate with the Master Servicer in order for the Master Servicer to comply with its related obligations under the PSA;

(p)               with respect to all servicing responsibilities of the Master Servicer under the PSA which are not being performed by the Subservicer hereunder, the Subservicer shall (i) reasonably cooperate with the Master Servicer to facilitate the timely performance of such servicing responsibilities, (ii) promptly provide to the Master Servicer any documentation in the Subservicer’s possession reasonably requested by the Master Servicer and (iii) reasonably

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cooperate with the Master Servicer in order for the Master Servicer to comply with its related obligations under the PSA;

(q)               the creation of any Subservicer Account shall be evidenced by a certification in the form of Exhibit “D” attached hereto and a copy of such certification shall be furnished to the Master Servicer on or prior to the third Business Day after the Closing Date and hereafter to the Master Servicer upon any transfer of the Subservicer Account;

(r)                no later than the twenty-fifth (25th) day of each month (or if such day is not a Business Day, then the immediately preceding Business Day), the Subservicer shall deliver to the Master Servicer a certification in the form of Exhibit “E” with respect to the Subservicer Accounts (“Monthly Accounts Certification”). Promptly following any reasonable request by the Master Servicer or, to the extent any exceptions are listed on the Monthly Accounts Certification, not later than the date such Monthly Accounts Certification is delivered to the Master Servicer, the Subservicer shall provide a reconciliation of the Subservicer Accounts (as applicable), together with a copy of the related bank statements and, promptly following any reasonable request by the Master Servicer, any additional information as reasonably requested by the Master Servicer with respect to such reconciliation and/or related bank statements; and

(s)                unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Master Servicer and Subservicer, with respect to any Rate Cap Mortgage Loan (if any), the Subservicer shall collect and receive all related Interest Rate Cap Payments (if any) and deposit such payments into the Collection Account maintained by the Subservicer and remit such funds to the Master Servicer on the Subservicer Remittance Date. The Subservicer shall, if applicable, also provide the Master Servicer with the wiring instructions for receipt of all Interest Rate Cap Payments, the name of the related Rate Cap provider, the expiration date of the related Rate Cap Agreement, and confirmation that such required Interest Rate Cap Payments have been made per the loan documents.

Section 3.02.                     Portfolio Manager.

(a)               The Subservicer shall designate a portfolio manager and other appropriate personnel to receive documents and communications from the Master Servicer and to provide assistance to the Master Servicer consistent with the Master Servicer's supervisory authority over the Subservicer hereunder.

(b)                The Master Servicer shall designate a portfolio manager and other appropriate personnel to receive documents and communications from the Subservicer and to provide to the Subservicer information, materials and correspondence relating to the Mortgage Loans and the related Mortgagors which may be necessary or appropriate to enable the Subservicer to perform its obligations hereunder.

Section 3.03.                     Maintenance of Errors and Omissions and Fidelity Coverage.

The Subservicer shall obtain and maintain at its own expense, and keep in full force and effect throughout the term of this Agreement, a fidelity bond and an errors and omissions insurance policy covering the Subservicer's officers and employees acting on behalf of the Subservicer in connection with its activities under this Agreement in form and amount which

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satisfies the fidelity bond and errors and omissions insurance policy requirements under PSA Section 3.08. The Subservicer shall cause to be delivered to the Master Servicer from time to time upon the Master Servicer's request a certificate of insurance or other evidence of such bond and insurance. The Subservicer shall promptly notify or cause its insurer to notify the Master Servicer of any material change to such fidelity bond or errors and omissions insurance policy.

Section 3.04.                     Delivery and Possession of Servicing Files.

The Subservicer hereby acknowledges receipt of the Subservicing Files. The contents of each Subservicing File delivered to the Subservicer are and shall be held in trust by the Subservicer for the benefit of the Trust Fund as the owner thereof; the Subservicer's possession of the contents of each Subservicing File so delivered is for the sole purpose of servicing the related Mortgage Loan; and such possession by the Subservicer shall be in a custodial capacity only. The Subservicer shall release its custody of the contents of any Subservicing File only in accordance with written instructions from the Master Servicer, and upon the reasonable request of the Master Servicer, the Subservicer shall deliver to the Master Servicer the Subservicing File or a copy of any document contained therein.

Section 3.05.                     Annual Compliance Statements.

(a)               The Subservicer shall, on or before the fifth (5^th) Business Day preceding March 1^st of each year, commencing February 23, 2024, deliver to the Master Servicer an Officer’s Certificate, in a form that satisfies the requirements of Section 10.08 of the PSA (or such other form, similar in substance, as may be acceptable to the Depositor and the Master Servicer) stating, as to the signer thereof, that (i) a review of such Subservicer’s activities during the preceding calendar year or portion thereof and of such Subservicer’s performance under this Agreement has been made under such officer’s supervision and (ii) to the best of such officer’s knowledge, based on such review, such Subservicer has fulfilled all its obligations under this Agreement in all material respects throughout such year or portion thereof, or, if there has been a failure to fulfill any such obligation in any material respect, specifying each such failure known to such officer and the nature and status thereof. Such Officer’s Certificate shall be provided in EDGAR-Compatible Format, or in such other format agreed upon by the Master Servicer and Subservicer. Subservicer shall cooperate with the Master Servicer and/or the Depositor, if any party consults with the Subservicer as to the nature of any failures by the Subservicer with respect to the Mortgage Loans in the fulfillment of any of the Subservicer’s obligations hereunder. In any year that the Subservicer has received written confirmation from the Depositor (or, in the case of an Other Securitization, the related Other Depositor) or the Master Servicer that a report on Form 10-K is not required to be filed in respect of the Trust or the trust for any Other Securitization for the preceding calendar year, the Subservicer shall not be required to deliver such statement until April 1 of such year.

(b)       In the event the Subservicer is terminated or resigns pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, Subservicer shall provide an annual statement of compliance pursuant to this Section 3.05 with respect to the period of time that Subservicer was subject to this Agreement.

Section 3.06.                     Annual Reports on Assessment of Compliance with Servicing Criteria.

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(a)               On or before fifth (5^th) Business Day preceding March 1^st of each year, commencing February 23, 2024, the Subservicer, at its own expense, shall furnish to the Master Servicer a report substantially in a form that satisfies the requirements of Section 10.09 of the PSA, on an assessment of compliance with the Servicing Criteria applicable to it that complies in all material respects with the requirements of Item 1122 of Regulation AB and contains (i) a statement by Subservicer of its responsibility for assessing compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria, (ii) a statement that Subservicer used the Relevant Servicing Criteria to assess compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria, (iii) such Subservicer’s assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria as of and for the period ending the end of the fiscal year covered by Form 10-K, including, if there has been any material instance of noncompliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria, a discussion of each such failure and the nature and status thereof, and (iv) a statement that a registered public accounting firm has issued an attestation report on Subservicer’s assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria as of and for such period. Such report shall be provided in EDGAR-Compatible Format, or in such other format agreed upon by the Master Servicer and Subservicer.

(b)              Each such report shall be addressed to the Master Servicer and signed by an authorized officer of Subservicer, and shall address the Relevant Servicing Criteria set forth in Section 10.09 of, and Exhibit O to, the PSA. Subservicer shall cooperate with the Master Servicer and/or the Depositor if either party consults with the Subservicer as to the nature of any material instance of noncompliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria.

(c)               In any year that the Subservicer has received written confirmation from the Depositor (or, in the case of an Other Securitization, the related Other Depositor) or the Master Servicer that a report on Form 10-K is not required to be filed in respect of the Trust or the trust for any Other Securitization for the preceding calendar year, the Subservicer shall not be required to deliver such assessments until April 1 of such year.

(d)              Subservicer hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Relevant Servicing Criteria set forth in Section 10.09 of, and Exhibit O to, the PSA is appropriately set forth with respect to Subservicer.

(e)               In the event the Subservicer is terminated or resigns pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, Subservicer shall provide an annual assessment of compliance pursuant to this Section 3.06, coupled with an attestation as required in Section 3.07 hereof with respect to the period of time that Subservicer was subject to this Agreement.

Section 3.07.                   Annual Independent Public Accountants’ Attestation Report.

(a)               On or before fifth (5^th) Business Day preceding March 1^st of each year, commencing February 23, 2023, the Subservicer shall, at its own expense, cause a registered public accounting firm and that is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants to furnish a report to the Master Servicer to the effect that (i) it has obtained a representation regarding certain matters from the management of Subservicer, which includes an assertion that Subservicer has complied with the Relevant Servicing Criteria applicable to it and (ii) on the basis of an examination conducted by such firm in accordance with standards for attestation engagements issued or adopted by the PCAOB, it is issuing an opinion as to whether

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Subservicer's assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria applicable to it was fairly stated in all material respects. In the event that an overall opinion cannot be expressed, such registered public accounting firm shall state in such report why it was unable to express such an opinion. Each such related accountant’s attestation report shall be made in accordance with Rules 1-02(a)(3) and 2-02(g) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act. Such report must be available for general use and not contain restricted use language. Such report shall be provided in EDGAR-Compatible Format, or in such other format agreed upon by the Master Servicer and Subservicer.

(b)                Subservicer shall cooperate with the Master Servicer and/or the Depositor if either party consults with the Subservicer as to the nature of any defaults by Subservicer in the fulfillment of Subservicer's obligations hereunder.

(c)               In any year that the Subservicer has received written confirmation from the Depositor or the Master Servicer that a report on Form 10-K is not required to be filed in respect of the Trust for the preceding calendar year, the Subservicer shall not be required to deliver such report until April 1 of such year.

Section 3.08.                    Sarbanes-Oxley Certification.

(a)               On or before fifth (5^th) Business Day preceding March 1^st of each year, commencing February 23, 2024, the Subservicer shall provide to the Master Servicer a Performance Certification substantially in the form attached to the PSA as Exhibit Y-2, on which the Master Servicer, the Certifying Person, the entity for which the Certifying Person acts as an officer (if the Certifying Person is an individual), and each entity’s officers, directors and Affiliates (collectively the “Certification Parties”) can reasonably rely. In addition, Subservicer shall execute a reasonable reliance certificate to enable the Certification Parties to rely upon each (i) annual compliance statement provided pursuant to Section 3.05 hereof, (ii) annual report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria provided pursuant to Section 3.06 hereof and (iii) accountant’s report provided pursuant to Section 3.07 hereof, and shall include a certification in the Performance Certification that each such annual compliance statement or report discloses any deficiencies or defaults described to the registered public accountants of the Subservicer to enable such accountants to render the certificates provided for in Section 3.07 hereof. In the event the Subservicer is terminated or resigns pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the Subservicer shall provide a certification to the Master Servicer for delivery to the Certifying Person pursuant to this Section 3.08 with respect to the period of time it was subject to this Agreement. Each such Performance Certification shall be provided in EDGAR-Compatible Format in substantially the form of Exhibit Y-2 to the PSA, or in such other format agreed upon by the Master Servicer and the Subservicer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 3.08 shall require Subservicer (i) to certify or verify the accurateness or completeness of any information provided to Subservicer by third parties, (ii) to certify information other than to Subservicer’s knowledge and in accordance with Subservicer’s responsibilities hereunder or (iii) with respect to completeness of information and reports, to certify anything other than that all fields of information called for in written reports prepared by Subservicer have been completed except as they have been left blank on their face.

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(b)               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3.08, with respect to each year in which the Trust or the trust for any Other Securitization, as applicable, is not subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, Subservicer shall not be required to deliver any certification under this Section 3.08.

Section 3.09.                     Delivery of Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.

Following the Master Servicer's receipt of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement from the Depositor, the Master Servicer shall provide a copy of such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement to the Subservicer.

ARTICLE IV.

Preservation of the REMICs.

The Subservicer shall not take any action (whether or not authorized hereunder) as to which the Master Servicer has advised the Subservicer in writing that it or the Trustee has received an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that an adverse event with respect to any Trust REMIC or an adverse event with respect to the Grantor Trust could occur with respect to such action. Subservicer shall fully cooperate with the Master Servicer in connection with avoiding (i) the imposition of a tax on any portion of the Trust Fund or (ii) the failure of any Trust REMIC to qualify as a REMIC or the failure of the Grantor Trust to qualify as a grantor trust.

ARTICLE V.

SUBSERVICER’S COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES

Section 5.01.                    Subservicing Compensation.

(a)               As compensation for its activities hereunder, the Subservicer shall be entitled to receive (or retain from the Accounts, as applicable) the Subservicing Fee. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Subservicer shall be paid such Subservicing Fee at such times as, and only to the extent that, the Master Servicer receives its Servicing Fee with respect to each Mortgage Loan under the PSA. Except as provided below, any reductions in the Servicing Fee that may be required under the PSA with respect to Prepayment Interest Shortfalls shall not affect the amount of the Subservicing Fee payable to the Subservicer and, consequently, the Subservicer shall not be entitled to any Prepayment Interest Excess but shall be entitled to recover unpaid Subservicing Fees to the extent the Master Servicer is permitted to do so under the PSA. In the event of a breach of Section 2.03(a)(vii) by the Subservicer resulting in an obligation by the Master Servicer to pay a Prepayment Interest Shortfall, the Subservicer shall on or before 1:00 p.m. New York City time on the Subservicer Remittance Date following such breach, remit to the Master Servicer, pursuant to wiring instructions from the Master Servicer, the amount as of any Distribution Date equal to the aggregate amount of any such Prepayment Interest Shortfall incurred as a result of the prepayment received in connection with such breach of Section 2.03(a)(vii). If such Prepayment Interest Shortfall is not remitted to the Master Servicer by 1:00 p.m. New York City time on the Subservicer Remittance Date, then the Subservicer shall also remit to the Master Servicer the Prepayment Interest Shortfall and full

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interest on such Prepayment Interest Shortfall at the federal funds rate from and including such Subservicer Remittance Date but excluding the date that such Prepayment Interest Shortfall is received by the Master Servicer.

(b)               The Subservicer shall also be entitled to retain, with respect to each related Mortgage Loan, as additional primary servicing compensation (the "Additional Subservicing Compensation"), the following:

(i)                 to the extent received and to the extent the Master Servicer is entitled to retain such amounts under the PSA and subject to Section 5.01(c), 100% of the Master Servicer's share of any assumption application fees and 50% of the Master Servicer’s share of any defeasance fees;

(ii)              100% of the Master Servicer's share of any charges for beneficiary statements and amounts collected for checks returned for insufficient funds actually paid by the Mortgagor;

(iii)              to the extent the Master Servicer is entitled to retain such amounts under the PSA and actually received such amounts, 100% of all Penalty Charges paid by the related Mortgagor (to the extent the Subservicer is performing the related collection work and to the extent not required to be offset against outstanding interest on Advances or certain additional Trust expenses set forth in Section 3.12 of the PSA);

(iv)              to the extent received and to the extent the Master Servicer is entitled to retain such amounts under the PSA and subject to Section 5.01(c) hereof, 50% of the Master Servicer’s share of any Excess Modification Fees, assumption fees, waiver fees, consent and earnout fees, review fees and similar fees; and

(v)                 subject to PSA Section 3.06, any interest or other income earned on deposits in the related Subservicer Accounts; provided, however, that the Subservicer shall be required to promptly remit to the Master Servicer any Additional Servicing Compensation and other amounts received from or on behalf of any Mortgagor which the Subservicer is not entitled to retain under this paragraph.

The Subservicer shall be entitled to 50% of the Master Servicer's share of any fees received by the Master Servicer with respect to any Major Decision in connection with a Mortgage Loan regardless as to whether the Subservicer processes such action or not. The Special Servicer will process all Major Decisions, unless the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer mutually agree that the Master Servicer will process such Major Decision. If the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer mutually agree that the Master Servicer shall process such Major Decision, the Subservicer shall process such Major Decision subject to the Master Servicer’s consent and any other consent required under the PSA.

(c)               Except as otherwise provided herein or in the PSA, the Subservicer shall pay all its overhead and similar expenses incurred by it in connection with its servicing activities hereunder.

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ARTICLE VI.

THE MASTER SERVICER AND THE SUBSERVICER

Section 6.01.                    Subservicer Not to Assign; Merger or Consolidation of the Subservicer.

(a)               Except as otherwise provided in Section 6.01(b) hereof, or in Sections 2.02 or 3.02 hereof, the Subservicer shall not assign this Agreement for any reason or the servicing hereunder or delegate its rights or duties hereunder or any portion thereof without the prior written consent of the Master Servicer, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, and the prior written consent of the Depositor, whose consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.

(b)               The Subservicer shall not resign from its obligations and duties hereunder without giving the Master Servicer sixty (60) days prior written notice thereof or such lesser notice as may be acceptable to the Master Servicer to enable the Master Servicer to assume all of the Subservicer's rights, powers, duties and obligations under this Agreement; provided, however, that only fifteen (15) days prior written notice shall be required in connection with a resignation of the Subservicer as a result of the Master Servicer's failure to consent to any matters set forth in this Section 6.01.

(c)               The Subservicer may be merged or consolidated with or into any Person, or transfer all or substantially all of its assets to any Person, in which case any Person into which the Subservicer may be merged or consolidated, or any entity resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Subservicer shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to the business of the Subservicer, shall be the successor of the Subservicer hereunder, provided that, in any such case, the Subservicer has obtained the prior written consent of the Master Servicer, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, and such Person meets the requirements of the PSA; provided, however, that the Master Servicer’s consent shall not be required if the Subservicer is merged into or consolidated with a Qualified Affiliate or transfers all or substantially all of its assets to a Qualified Affiliate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subservicer may not remain the Subservicer under this Agreement after (x) being merged or consolidated with or into any Person that is a Prohibited Party, or (y) transferring all or substantially all of its assets to any Person if such Person is a Prohibited Party, except to the extent (i) the Subservicer is the surviving entity of such merger, consolidation or transfer and has been and continues to be in compliance with its Regulation AB reporting obligations hereunder or (ii) the Master Servicer consents to such merger, consolidation or transfer. Such successor shall be deemed to have assumed all of the liabilities of the Subservicer hereunder, and upon written demand by the Master Servicer, such successor shall be required to promptly execute and deliver to the Master Servicer an agreement which contains an assumption by such Person of the due and punctual performance and observance of each covenant and condition to be performed and observed by the Subservicer under this Agreement from and after the date of such agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Subservicer shall promptly notify the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee in the event the Subservicer becomes an Affiliate of the Trustee.

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Section 6.02.                     Liability and Indemnification of the Subservicer and the Master Servicer.

(a)              None of the Subservicer nor any partners, directors, officers, shareholders, members, managers, employees or agents of the Subservicer (the “Subservicer Parties”) shall be under any liability to the Master Servicer for any action taken, or for refraining from the taking of any action, in good faith pursuant to this Agreement, or for errors in judgment; provided, however, that this provision shall not protect the Subservicer Parties against losses resulting from any breach of its warranties or representations made herein, or against any liability that would otherwise be imposed on the Subservicer by reason of the Subservicer’s willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence (or by reason of any specific liability imposed on the Subservicer pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof for a breach of the Accepted Subservicing Practices) in the performance of its duties hereunder or by reason of its negligent disregard of its obligations or duties hereunder. Each indemnified party hereunder shall give prompt written notice to the indemnitor of matters which may give rise to liability of such indemnitor hereunder; provided, however, that failure to give such notice shall not relieve the indemnitor of any liability except to the extent of actual prejudice. The Subservicer Parties may rely in good faith on any document of any kind which, prima facie, is properly executed and submitted by any appropriate Person respecting any matters arising hereunder.

(b)              The Subservicer Parties shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Master Servicer any and all claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, liabilities, fees and expenses (including, without limitation, costs and expenses of litigation and of enforcement of this indemnity, and of investigation, counsel fees, damages, judgments and amounts paid in settlement) incurred in connection with any actual or threatened legal or administrative action (whether in equity or at law) or claim relating to this Agreement (collectively, the "Losses") incurred by Subservicer (i) resulting from (A) any breach by the Master Servicer of a representation or warranty made by it herein or (B) the Master Servicer’s willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence in the performance of its obligations and duties hereunder or negligent disregard of its obligations and duties hereunder or (ii) that may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against it in connection with, related to, or arising out of, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, other than any Losses incurred by the Subservicer (A) that are specifically required to be borne by the Subservicer without right of reimbursement pursuant to the terms hereof or (B) incurred by reason of (1) a breach of any representation or warranty by the Subservicer, or (2) willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence of the Subservicer in the performance of its respective obligations or duties hereunder or negligent disregard of its respective obligations or duties under this Agreement; provided, however, that the indemnification under clause (ii) above shall be strictly limited to any actual amount of indemnification received by the Master Servicer under the PSA as a result of pursuing the Trust on behalf of the Subservicer for such indemnification. The Master Servicer agrees to use reasonable efforts to pursue the Trust for any indemnification against any Losses incurred by the Subservicer under clause (ii) above.

(c)               The Subservicer shall be under no obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action unless such action is related to its respective duties under this Agreement and, except in the case of a legal action the costs of which such party is specifically required hereunder to bear, in its option does not involve it in any ultimate expense or liability for which it would not be reimbursed hereunder.

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(d)               The Master Servicer and any partner, director, officer, shareholder, member, manager, employee or agent of the Master Servicer shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Subservicer against any Losses incurred by the Master Servicer in connection with any and all claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, liabilities, fees and expenses incurred in connection with any actual or threatened legal or administrative action (whether in equity or at law) or claim relating to this Agreement resulting from (i) any breach by the Subservicer of a representation or warranty made by it herein or (ii) any willful misconduct, bad faith, fraud or negligence by the Subservicer in the performance of its obligations or duties hereunder or by reason of negligent disregard of such obligations or duties. The Master Servicer and any partner, director, officer, shareholder, employee, member, manager or agent of the Master Servicer may rely in good faith on any document of any kind which, prima facie, is properly executed and submitted by any appropriate Person (including, without limitation, the Special Servicer) respecting any matters arising hereunder.

(e)               The Subservicer shall indemnify and hold harmless each Certification Party and the Master Servicer and any officers, directors and Affiliates of the Master Servicer from and against any and all claims, losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and expenses and related costs, judgments and any other costs, fees and expenses incurred by such indemnified party arising out of (i) a breach of the Subservicer's obligation to provide any of the annual compliance statements or annual assessment of compliance with the servicing criteria or attestation reports pursuant to this Agreement, (ii) negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on its part in the performance of such obligations, (iii) any failure by Subservicer to comply with the obligations of a Servicing Function Participant under the PSA, (iv) any failure by Subservicer to identify a Servicing Function Participant pursuant to Section 10.02(c) or Section 10.02(d) of the PSA; or (v) delivery of any Deficient Exchange Act Deliverable.

In addition, the Subservicer shall cooperate (and require each Servicing Function Participant and Additional Servicer retained by it to cooperate under any applicable sub-subservicing agreement) with the Master Servicer, the Depositor and each Other Depositor as necessary for the Master Servicer, the Depositor or such Other Depositor, as applicable, to conduct any reasonable due diligence necessary to evaluate and assess any material instances of non-compliance disclosed in any of the deliverables required by the applicable Reporting Requirements.

In connection with comments provided to the Depositor or any Other Depositor from the Commission or its staff regarding information (x) delivered by the Subservicer, (y) regarding the Subservicer, and (z) prepared by the Subservicer or any registered public accounting firm, attorney or other agent retained by the Subservicer to prepare such information, which information is contained in a report filed by the Depositor or any Other Depositor under the Reporting Requirements and which comments are received subsequent to the Depositor's or any Other Depositor’s filing of such report, upon receipt of such comments from the Depositor or Other Depositor, as applicable, the Master Servicer shall promptly provide to the Subservicer any such comments which relate to the Subservicer. Subservicer shall be responsible for timely preparing a written response to the Commission or its staff for inclusion in the Depositor’s or any Other Depositor’s or the Master Servicer's, as applicable, response to the Commission or its staff, unless Subservicer elects, with the consent of the Depositor or Other Depositor, as applicable,

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and the Master Servicer (which consent shall not be unreasonably denied, withheld or delayed), to directly communicate with the Commission or its staff and negotiate a response and/or resolution with the Commission or its staff; provided that if the Subservicer (or a sub-subservicer retained by the Subservicer) is a Servicing Function Participant or an Additional Servicer, the Subservicer shall provide copies to the Master Servicer of all material communications pursuant to this paragraph. If such election is made, the Subservicer shall be responsible for directly negotiating such response and/or resolution with the Commission or its staff in a timely manner; provided, that (i) Subservicer shall use reasonable efforts to keep the Depositor or any Other Depositor, as applicable, and the Master Servicer informed of its progress with the Commission or its staff and copy the Depositor or Other Depositor, as applicable, and the Master Servicer on all correspondence with the Commission or its staff and provide the Depositor or any other Depositor, as applicable, and the Master Servicer with the opportunity to participate (at the Depositor's or any Other Depositors, as applicable, or Master Servicer's, as applicable, expense) in any telephone conferences and meetings with the Commission or its staff and (ii) the Master Servicer shall cooperate with the Subservicer in order to authorize the Subservicer and its representatives to respond to and negotiate directly with the Commission or its staff with respect to any comments received from the Commission or its staff relating to Subservicer and to notify the Commission or its staff of such authorization. The Master Servicer and the Subservicer shall cooperate and coordinate with each other with respect to any requests made to the Commission or its staff for any extension of time for submitting a response or compliance. All reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Depositor or any Other Depositor, as applicable, and the Master Servicer (including reasonable legal fees and expenses of outside counsel to the Depositor or any Other Depositor, as applicable, and the Master Servicer) in connection with the foregoing (other than those costs and expenses required to be at the Depositor's or any Other Depositor’s, as applicable, expense as set forth above) and any amendments to any reports filed with the Commission or its staff therewith shall be promptly paid by the Subservicer upon receipt of an itemized invoice from the Depositor or any Other Depositor, as applicable, and/or the Master Servicer, as applicable. The Subservicer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause any Servicing Function Participant or Additional Servicer retained by it to comply with the foregoing by inclusion of similar provisions in the related sub-subservicing or similar agreement.

If the indemnification provided for in this Section 6.02(e) is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless any Certification Party, the Depositor, the Master Servicer or any partners, directors, officers, shareholders, members, managers, employees or agents of any Certification Party, the Depositor, or the Master Servicer, then the Subservicer shall contribute to the amount paid or payable to the indemnified party as a result of the liability, claim, loss, cost (including reasonable attorney’s fees), penalty, expense, judgment, fee, fine, forfeiture or damage of the indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnified party on the one hand and the Subservicer on the other in connection with a breach of the Subservicer’s obligations pursuant to Article X of the PSA, this Agreement or the Subservicer’s negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in connection therewith. The Subservicer shall cause any subservicer with which it enters into a servicing relationship with respect to the Mortgage Loans to agree to the foregoing indemnification and contribution obligations.

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(f)               The indemnification, exculpation, and other protections and provisions in this Section 6.02 shall survive the termination of this Agreement or the resignation of the Master Servicer or the Subservicer.

Section 6.03.                    Representations and Warranties.

The Subservicer hereby represents, warrants and covenants to the Master Servicer that as of the date hereof:

(a)              The Subservicer is a national banking association, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the United States of America, and is in compliance with the laws of each State (within the United States of America) in which any Mortgaged Property is located to the extent necessary to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

(b)              The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Subservicer, and the performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement by the Subservicer, do not (i) violate the Subservicer’s organizational documents, (ii) constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the breach of, any material agreement or other material instrument to which it is a party or which is applicable to it or any of its assets or (iii) violate any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree to which the Subservicer or its property is subject, which, in the case of either (ii) or (iii), is likely to materially and adversely affect either the ability of the Subservicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement or its financial condition;

(c)              The Subservicer has the full power and authority to enter into and consummate all transactions to be performed by it contemplated by this Agreement, has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and has duly executed and delivered this Agreement;

(d)               This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Master Servicer, constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of the Subservicer, enforceable against the Subservicer in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and, to the extent applicable, the rights of creditors of national banks or of “financial companies” (as defined in Section 201 of the Dodd-Frank Act) or their Affiliates, and (ii) general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law;

(e)                The Subservicer is not in violation of, and its execution and delivery of this Agreement and its performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement will not constitute a violation of, any law, order or decree of any court or arbiter, or any order regulation or demand of any federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority, which violation, in the Subservicer’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to materially and adversely affect either the ability of the Subservicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the financial condition of the Subservicer;

(f)                No litigation is pending or, to the best of the Subservicer’s knowledge, threatened against the Subservicer which would prohibit the Subservicer from entering into this Agreement,

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or, in the Subservicer’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to materially and adversely affect the ability of the Subservicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

(g)               No consent, approval, authorization or order of, registration or filing with, or notice to, any governmental authority or court is required under federal or state law for the execution, delivery and performance by the Subservicer of, or compliance by the Subservicer with, this Agreement or the Subservicer’s consummation of any transactions contemplated hereby, other than (A) such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, qualifications, registrations, filings or notices as have been obtained, made or given prior to the actual performance by the Subservicer of its obligations under this Agreement or (B) where the lack of such consent, approval, authorization, order, qualification, registration, filing or notice would not have a material adverse effect on the performance by the Subservicer under this Agreement;

(h)               The Subservicer has examined each primary servicing or sub-subservicing agreement relating to the Mortgage Loans to which it is a party, and shall examine each primary servicing or sub-subservicing agreement relating to Mortgage Loans to which it intends to become a party, and in each such case, the terms of such primary servicing or sub-subservicing agreements, as applicable, are not, or, in the case of any primary servicing or sub-subservicing agreement to be entered into by such Subservicer at a future date, will not be, materially inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement;

(i)                Each officer and employee of the Subservicer that has responsibilities concerning the servicing and administration of Mortgage Loans is covered by errors and omissions insurance and the fidelity bond maintained by the Subservicer in the amounts and with the coverage required by PSA Section 3.08 or the Subservicer self-insures for such errors and omissions coverage in compliance with the requirements of PSA Section 3.08;

(j)                The Subservicer is not an Affiliate of the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, or the Trustee and is not a Prohibited Party; and

(k)               To its actual knowledge, the Subservicer is not a Risk Retention Affiliate of any Subsequent Third-Party Purchaser or Loan-Specific Retaining Third Party Purchaser.

The Master Servicer hereby makes, ratifies, and confirms to the Subservicer each of the representations and warranties made by the Master Servicer in Section 2.05 of the PSA as of the Closing Date.

The foregoing representations and warranties shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement. Upon discovery by either the Master Servicer or the Subservicer of a breach of any of the foregoing representations and warranties, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice thereof to the other party.

ARTICLE VII.

SUBSERVICER TERMINATION EVENTS; TERMINATION

Section 7.01.                   Subservicer Termination Events; Subservicer Non-Affiliate Covenant.

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(a)               "Subservicer Termination Event", wherever used herein with respect to the Subservicer, means any one of the following events:

(i)                any failure by the Subservicer to remit to the Subservicer Accounts, or to remit to the Master Servicer, any amount required to be so remitted by the Subservicer pursuant to and in accordance with this Agreement, which failure continues unremedied for one (1) Business Day following the date on which such deposit or remittance was required to be made; or

(ii)                any failure on the part of the Subservicer duly to observe or perform in any material respect any of its other covenants or obligations on the part of the Subservicer contained in this Agreement in all material respects, which failure, in either event, continues unremedied for a period of twenty (20) days (or (A) with respect to any year that a report on Form 10-K is required to be filed, three (3) Business Days with respect to Subservicer’s obligations contemplated by Article X of the PSA, or (B) ten (10) days in the case of a failure to pay the premium for any property insurance policy required to be maintained hereunder) after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the Subservicer by the Master Servicer, provided, however, if such failure is capable of being cured and the Subservicer is diligently pursuing such cure, such period will be extended an additional twenty (20) days; provided, further, however, that such extended period will not apply to the obligations regarding Exchange Act reporting; or

(iii)            any breach on the part of the Subservicer of any representation or warranty contained in Section 6.03 hereof, which materially and adversely affects the interests of any Class of Certificateholders or holders of any related Serviced Companion Loan and which continues unremedied for a period of twenty (20) days after the date on which notice of such breach, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the Subservicer by the Master Servicer, provided, however, that if such breach is capable of being cured and the Subservicer is diligently pursuing such cure, such twenty (20) day period shall be extended for an additional thirty (30) days; or

(iv)              a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the premises in an involuntary case under any present or future federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law for the appointment of a conservator, receiver, liquidator, trustee or similar official in any bankruptcy, insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings, or for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, shall have been entered against the Subservicer and such decree or order shall have remained in force undischarged, undismissed or unstayed for a period of fifty (50) days; or

(v)               the Subservicer shall consent to the appointment of a conservator, receiver, liquidator, trustee or similar official in any bankruptcy, in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar

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proceedings of or relating to the Subservicer, or of or relating to all or substantially all of its property; or

(vi)             the Subservicer shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, file a petition to take advantage of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization statute, make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations or take any corporate action in furtherance of the foregoing; or

(vii)            any Rating Agency (or, in the case of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, any Companion Loan Rating Agency) has (A) qualified, downgraded or withdrawn its rating or ratings of one or more Classes of Certificates (or Serviced Companion Loan Securities, as applicable), or (B) placed one or more Classes of Certificates (or Serviced Companion Loan Securities, as applicable) on “watch status” in contemplation of a ratings downgrade or withdrawal (and in the case of clause (A) or (B), such action has not been withdrawn by such Rating Agency within 60 days of such rating action) and, in the case of either of clauses (A) or (B), such Rating Agency publicly cited servicing concerns with the Master Servicer (because of actions of the Subservicer) or the Subservicer as the sole or a material factor in such rating action; or

(viii)            the Subservicer is no longer rated at least "CPS3" as a Subservicer by Fitch and such rating is not reinstated within sixty (60) days of the delisting; or

(ix)              promptly following the Subservicer being or becoming Risk Retention Affiliated with or a Risk Retention Affiliate of a Subsequent Third-Party Purchaser or Loan-Specific Retaining Third Party Purchaser; or

(x)               a Servicer Termination Event (as defined in the PSA) by the Master Servicer under PSA Section 7.01 which Servicer Termination Event occurred as a result of the direct failure of the Subservicer to perform any obligation required hereunder; or

(xi)               the failure of the Subservicer to comply with any of the requirements under Sections 3.05, 3.06, 3.07 and 3.08 of this Agreement applicable to such Subservicer, including the failure to deliver any reports or certificates at the time such report or certification is required under Sections 3.05, 3.06, 3.07 and 3.08, which failure continues for five (5) day after written notice thereof; or

(xii)             subject to Section 10.04 of the PSA, any failure by the Subservicer to comply with any of the requirements under Article X of the PSA applicable to the Subservicer, including the failure to deliver any reports, certificates or disclosure information under the Exchange Act or under the rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act, at the time such report, certification or information is required under Article XI; or

(xiii)             any failure by the Subservicer to comply with any requirements to deliver any items required by Items 1122 and 1123 of Regulation AB under any other

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pooling and servicing agreement relating to any other series of certificates offered by the Depositor;

then, and in each and every case, so long as an Subservicer Termination Event shall not have been remedied, the Master Servicer may, by notice in writing to the Subservicer, in addition to whatever rights the Master Servicer may have at law or in equity, including injunctive relief and specific performance, immediately terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Subservicer under this Agreement and in and to the Mortgage Loans and the proceeds thereof, subject to Section 7.02 hereof, without the Master Servicer incurring any penalty or fee of any kind whatsoever in connection therewith. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, no remedy provided for by this Agreement shall be exclusive of any other remedy, and each and every remedy shall be cumulative and in addition to any other remedy and no delay or omission to exercise any right or remedy shall impair any such right or remedy or shall be deemed to be a waiver of any Subservicer Termination Event. On or after the receipt by the Subservicer of such written notice of termination from the Master Servicer, all authority and power of the Subservicer in this Agreement, whether with respect to the Mortgage Loans or otherwise, shall pass to and be vested in the Master Servicer, and the Subservicer agrees to cooperate with the Master Servicer in effecting the termination of the Subservicer's responsibilities and rights hereunder, including, without limitation, the remittance of funds and the transfers of the Subservicing Files as set forth in Section 7.02. Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon any termination of the Subservicer, the Subservicer will be entitled to receive all accrued and unpaid Subservicing Fees and Additional Subservicing Compensation through the date of termination.

(b)              Upon discovery by the Subservicer of any Subservicer Termination Event (but regardless of whether any notice has been given as provided in this Agreement or any cure period provided herein has expired), the Subservicer shall give prompt written notice thereof to the Master Servicer.

(c)               The Master Servicer may waive in writing any default by the Subservicer in the performance of its obligations hereunder and its consequences. Upon any such waiver of a past default, such default shall cease to exist, and any Subservicer Termination Event arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been remedied for every purpose of this Agreement. No such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon except to the extent expressly so waived.

(d)              The Subservicer shall not be or become Risk Retention Affiliated with or a Risk Retention Affiliate of any Subsequent Third-Party Purchaser or Loan-Specific Retaining Third Party Purchaser. If the Subservicer is or becomes Risk Retention Affiliated with or a Risk Retention Affiliate of any Subsequent Third-Party Purchaser or Loan-Specific Retaining Third Party Purchaser, the Subservicer shall promptly notify the Master Servicer and the Subservicer shall be terminated as Subservicer under this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.02(a)(ii) below.

Section 7.02.                    Termination of Agreement.

(a)               This Agreement shall be terminated with respect to the Subservicer:

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(i)                pursuant to Section 3.01(c) of the PSA or Section 7.01 hereof, if the Master Servicer elects to terminate the Subservicer following a Subservicer Termination Event (except as provided in clause (iii) below);

(ii)              promptly following the Subservicer being or becoming Risk Retention Affiliated with or a Risk Retention Affiliate of any Subsequent Third-Party Purchaser or Loan-Specific Retaining Third Party Purchaser;

(iii)              immediately by the Master Servicer (or at the Depositor's request to the extent that the Depositor has the right to request termination of the Subservicer under the PSA) pursuant to Section 7.01(a)(xii) and (xiii) hereof or PSA Sections 3.01(c) and 10.17;

(iv)              upon resignation by the Subservicer as provided in Section 6.01 hereof;

(v)               with respect to any Mortgage Loan, in the event such Mortgage Loan is substituted or defeased pursuant to PSA Sections 2.03 and 3.09;

(vi)             at the option of the Master Servicer in its sole discretion with respect to any Mortgage Loan in the event such Mortgage Loan is purchased or repurchased pursuant to PSA Section 2.03, 3.09, 3.17 or 9.01;

(vii)            In accordance with PSA Section 3.01(c), this Agreement may be assumed by the Trustee or its designee (if the Trustee or its designee has assumed the duties of the Master Servicer) or by any successor Master Servicer without cost or obligation to the assuming party or the Trust Fund, upon the assumption by such party of the obligations of the Master Servicer pursuant to PSA Section 7.02. If the Master Servicer's responsibilities and duties as Master Servicer under the PSA have been assumed by the Trustee, and the Trustee exercises it right to terminate the Subservicer pursuant to PSA Section 3.01(c). For the avoidance of doubt, this Agreement shall constitute a "Sub-Servicing Agreement" as defined under the PSA and Subservicer shall be deemed a "Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer" as defined under the PSA; or

(viii)            solely with respect to the Heritage Plaza Whole Loan, this Agreement shall terminate automatically upon the contribution of the Note A-1 and closing of the Servicing Shift Securitization.

(b)               If the Master Servicer's responsibilities and duties as Master Servicer under the PSA have been assumed by the Trustee, the Trustee shall, without act or deed on the part of the Trustee, succeed to all of the rights and obligations of the Master Servicer under this Agreement as provided in PSA Section 3.01(d), and the Subservicer shall be bound to the Trustee under all of the terms, covenants and conditions of this Agreement with the same force and effect as if the Trustee was originally the Master Servicer under this Agreement; and the Subservicer does hereby attorn to the Trustee, as the Master Servicer hereunder, said attornment to be effective and self-operative without the execution of any further instruments on the part of any of the parties hereto immediately upon the Trustee succeeding to the interest of the Master Servicer hereunder. The Subservicer agrees, however, upon written demand by the Trustee to promptly

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execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in confirmation of the foregoing provisions, satisfactory to the Trustee, in which the Subservicer shall acknowledge such attornment and shall confirm to the Trustee its agreement to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. References to the Trustee in this Section 7.02(b) shall be deemed to include the Trustee's designee or any other successor to the Master Servicer.

(c)               Termination pursuant to this Section or as otherwise provided herein shall be without prejudice to any rights of the Master Servicer or the Subservicer which may have accrued through the date of termination hereunder, including rights to be paid and reimbursed any outstanding Subservicing Fees and Additional Subservicing Compensation. In connection with any such termination, the terminated Subservicer shall (i) (other than in respect of a termination resulting from clause (a)(viii) of this Section 7.02) remit all funds in the related Subservicer Accounts to the Master Servicer or such other Person designated by the Master Servicer, net of accrued Subservicing Fees and Additional Subservicing Compensation through the termination date which are due and payable to the Subservicer, (ii) (other than in respect of a termination resulting from clause (a)(viii) of this Section 7.02) deliver all related Subservicing Files to the Master Servicer or to Persons designated by the Master Servicer, and (iii) fully cooperate with the Master Servicer to effectuate an orderly transition of the servicing of the related Mortgage Loans. All rights of the terminated Subservicer relating to the following after such termination shall continue in full force and effect until payment or other satisfaction in accordance with this Agreement or termination of the Trust: (y) indemnification pursuant to Section 6.02 hereof; and (z) the payment of its Subservicing Fees and Additional Subservicing Compensation which in any such case accrued under the terms of this Agreement on or before the date of such termination shall continue in full force and effect until payment or other satisfaction in accordance with this Agreement.

ARTICLE VIII.

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Section 8.01.                     Rating Agency Communications.

(a)               The Subservicer shall not provide any information directly to, or communicate with, either orally or in writing, any Rating Agency or any NRSRO regarding the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans relevant to such Rating Agency’s or NRSRO's surveillance of the Certificates or Mortgage Loans, including, but not limited to, providing responses to inquiries from a Rating Agency or NRSRO regarding the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans relevant to such Rating Agency’s or NRSRO's surveillance of the Certificates and requests for Rating Agency Confirmation. All such information will be provided by, and all such communications, responses and requests will be made by, the Master Servicer in accordance with the procedures required by the PSA. To the extent that the Master Servicer is required to provide any information to, or communicate with, any Rating Agency or NRSRO in accordance with its obligations under the PSA and such information or communication is regarding the Mortgage Loans or the primary servicing by the Subservicer under this Agreement, the Subservicer shall provide the information to the Master Servicer necessary for the Master Servicer to fulfill such obligations. The Subservicer shall have no liability with regard to the Master Servicer's failure to provide to the Depositor or any other party any information, reports and certificates the Master

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Servicer is required to delivery under the PSA unless such failure is the result of the Subservicer's failure to meet its obligations hereunder. None of the foregoing restrictions in this Agreement shall prohibit or restrict oral or written communications, or providing information, between the Subservicer, on the one hand, and any Rating Agency or NRSRO, on the other hand, with regard to (i) such Rating Agency’s or NRSRO’s review of the ratings it assigns to the Subservicer, (ii) such Rating Agency’s or NRSRO’s approval of the Subservicer as a commercial mortgage master, special or primary servicer or (iii) such Rating Agency's or NRSRO’s evaluation of the Subservicer's servicing operations in general; provided, that the Subservicer shall not provide any information relating to the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans to any Rating Agency or NRSRO in connection with such review and evaluation by such Rating Agency or NRSRO unless (x) Mortgagor, property and other deal specific identifiers are redacted; (y) the Subservicer, has in fact previously provided such information to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider and does not provide such information to such Rating Agency until the earlier of (i) receipt of notification from the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider that such information has been posted to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website and (ii) after 12:00 p.m. on the first Business Day following the date it has provided such information to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider; or (z) such Rating Agency has confirmed in writing to the Subservicer, that it does not intend to use such information in undertaking credit rating surveillance for any Class of Certificates (and the party providing such information to a Rating Agency shall, upon written request, certify to the Depositor that it received the confirmation described in this clause (z)).

(b)              The Subservicer hereby expressly agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Master Servicer and its respective officers, directors, shareholders, members, managers, employees, agents, Affiliates and controlling persons, and the Trust Fund (each, an "Indemnified Party"), from and against any and all losses, liabilities, damages, claims, judgments, costs, fees, penalties, fines, forfeitures or other expenses (including reasonable legal fees and expenses), joint or several, to which any such Indemnified Party may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, pursuant to a third-party claim, insofar as such losses, liabilities, damages, claims, judgments, costs, fees, penalties, fines, forfeitures or other expenses (including reasonable legal fees and expenses) arise out of or are based upon the Subservicer’s breach of this Section 8.01 (including, without limitation, a determination by a Rating Agency that it cannot reasonably rely on representations made by the Depositor or any Affiliate thereof pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 17g-5(a)(3), but solely to the extent such determination is caused by a breach of this Section 8.01 by the Subservicer), and will reimburse such Indemnified Party for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim, as such expenses are incurred.

Section 8.02.                     Amendment.

This Agreement contains the entire agreement between the parties relating to the subject matter hereof, and may be amended from time to time by the Master Servicer and the Subservicer only by written agreement executed by the party or parties against whom the enforcement of such amendment is sought. Master Servicer shall not consent to any modification to the PSA in any manner which would increase the obligations or limit the rights of the Subservicer under the PSA or under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the Subservicer (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld). Any amendment or

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modification of this Agreement shall be subject to the prior written consent of the Depositor (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) if the Master Servicer determines that, as a result of such amendment or modification, the Subservicer would become a “servicer” within the meaning of Item 1101 of Regulation AB that (1) meets the criteria in Item 1108(a)(2)(i), (ii) or (iii) of Regulation AB or (2) meets the criteria in Item 1108(a)(2)(iii) of Regulation AB and services 20% or more of the pool assets.

Section 8.03.                    Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial; Submission to Jurisdiction.

(a)               THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT, AND/OR THE INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS AND DECISIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CHOICE OF LAW RULES THEREOF. THE PARTIES HERETO INTEND THAT THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW SHALL APPLY TO THIS AGREEMENT.

(b)               EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY (I) SUBMITS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE FEDERAL COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT; (II) WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT; (III) AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW; AND (IV) CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS UPON IT BY MAILING A COPY THEREOF BY CERTIFIED MAIL ADDRESSED TO IT AS PROVIDED FOR NOTICES HEREUNDER.

(c)               THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, RELATING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

Section 8.04.                    Notices.

All demands, notices and communications hereunder shall be in writing and addressed in each case as follows:

(a)                if to the Subservicer, at:

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Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

Commercial Mortgage Servicing

MAC D1086

550 South Tryon Street, 23rd Floor

MAC D1086-23A

Charlotte, North Carolina 28202

Reference: MSWF 2023-1/BMARK 2023-V2

 

with a copy to:

 

K&L Gates LLP

300 South Tryon Street, Suite 1000

Charlotte, North Carolina 28202

Attention: Stacy G. Ackermann

 

(b)               if to the Master Servicer:

by U.S. Mail at:

Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association

P.O. Box 25965

Shawnee Mission, KS 66225-5965

Attention: Executive Vice President - Division Head

Email: NoticeAdmin@midlandls.com and
MLSSubservicergroup@midlandls.com

or by delivery to:

Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association

10851 Mastin, Suite 300

Overland Park, KS 66210

Attention: Executive Vice President - Division Head

 

with a copy to:

 

Stinson LLP

1201 Walnut Street

Suite 2900

Kansas City, Missouri 64106-2150

Attn: Kenda K. Tomes

Any of the above-referenced Persons may change its address for notices hereunder by giving notice of such change to the other Persons. All notices and demands shall be deemed to have been given at the time of the delivery at the address of such Person for notices hereunder if personally delivered, mailed by certified or registered U.S. mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or sent by overnight courier or telecopy. Any notice required to be delivered under this Agreement may be provided electronically (including by electronic mail).

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(c)               To the extent that any demand, notice or communication hereunder is given to the Subservicer by a Responsible Officer of the Master Servicer, such Responsible Officer shall be deemed to have the requisite power and authority to bind the Master Servicer with respect to such communication, and the Subservicer may conclusively rely upon and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any such communication. To the extent that any demand, notice or communication hereunder is given to the Master Servicer by a Responsible Officer of the Subservicer, such Responsible Officer shall be deemed to have the requisite power and authority to bind the Subservicer with respect to such communication, and the Master Servicer may conclusively rely upon and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any such communication.

Section 8.05.                    Consistency with PSA; Severability of Provisions.

This Agreement shall be subject to the provisions of the PSA, which provisions shall be paramount and controlling and shall supersede the provisions of this Agreement to the extent of any conflicts or inconsistencies. If one or more of the provisions of this Agreement shall be for any reason whatever held invalid or unenforceable or shall be determined to be inconsistent with the PSA, such provisions shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements and provisions of this Agreement and such invalidity or unenforceability shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of such remaining provisions or the rights of any parties hereto. To the extent permitted by law, the parties hereto hereby waive any provision of law that renders any provision of this Agreement invalid or unenforceable in any respect.

Section 8.06.                    Inspection and Audit Rights.

The Subservicer agrees that, on reasonable prior notice, it will permit any representative of the Master Servicer, during the Subservicer's normal business hours, reasonable access at its principal servicing offices to examine all books of account, records, reports and other documents of the Subservicer relating to the Mortgage Loans, to make copies and extracts therefrom, to cause such books to be audited by accountants selected by the Master Servicer, and to discuss matters relating to the Mortgage Loans with the Subservicer's officers and employees.

Section 8.07.                    Protection of Confidential Information.

The Subservicer shall keep confidential and shall not divulge to any party, without the Master Servicer’s prior written consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), any information pertaining to the Mortgage Loans, the Mortgaged Properties or the Mortgagors except to the extent that the Subservicer provides prior written notice to the Master Servicer and (a) it is appropriate for the Subservicer to do so (i) in working with legal counsel, auditors, other advisors, taxing authorities or other governmental agencies, (ii) in accordance with Accepted Subservicing Practices or (iii) when required by any law, regulation, ordinance, court order or subpoena or (b) the Subservicer is disseminating general statistical information relating to the mortgage loans being serviced by the Subservicer (including the Mortgage Loans) so long as the Subservicer does not identify the owner of the Mortgage Loans or the Mortgagors.

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Section 8.08.                    Binding Effect; No Partnership; Counterparts.

Subject to Section 6.01 hereof, with respect to the Subservicer, the provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the respective successors and assigns of the parties hereto. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed or construed to create a partnership or joint venture between the parties hereto, and the services of the Subservicer shall be rendered as an independent contractor for the Master Servicer. For the purpose of facilitating the execution of this Agreement as herein provided and for other purposes, this Agreement may be executed simultaneously in any number of counterparts, each of which counterparts shall be deemed to be an original, and such counterparts shall constitute but one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement (and, to the extent permitted under applicable law, each officer’s certificate, receipt or similar closing document delivered in connection with the closing of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement) in Portable Document Format (PDF), Tagged Image File Format (TIF or TIFF), ..JPG or .JPEG file format, or by facsimile transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed original counterpart of this Agreement.

Each of the parties hereto agrees that the transaction consisting of this Agreement (and, to the extent permitted under applicable law, each officer’s certificate, receipt or similar closing document delivered in connection with the closing of this transaction) may be conducted by electronic means. Each party agrees, and acknowledges that it is such party’s intent, that if such party signs this Agreement (or, if applicable, such closing document) using an electronic signature, it is signing, adopting, and accepting this Agreement or such closing document and that signing this Agreement or such closing document using an electronic signature is the legal equivalent of having placed its handwritten signature on this Agreement or such closing document on paper. The use of electronic signatures and electronic records (including, without limitation, any contract or other record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means) shall be of the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a manually executed signature or use of a paper-based record-keeping system to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act and any other applicable law, including, without limitation, any state law based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the Uniform Commercial Code.

 

Section 8.09.                    Third Party Beneficiaries.

The Trustee (for the benefit of the Certificateholders, the Uncertificated VRR Interest Owner and the related Companion Loan Holder (if applicable)) and the Trust (as holder of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests, the Loan REMIC Regular Interests, and the Trust Subordinate Companion Loan Regular Interests) shall be a third party beneficiary under this Agreement. Except to the extent the Trustee or its designee assumes the obligations of the Master Servicer contemplated in this Agreement and the PSA, none of the Trust, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, Special Servicer, any Risk Retention Consultation Party, any successor master servicer, any successor special servicer or any Certificateholder (or the related Companion Loan Holder, if applicable) shall have any duties under this Agreement or any liabilities arising from this Agreement.

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Section 8.10.                    Article and Section Headings.

The article and section headings herein are for convenience of reference only, and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning thereof.

Section 8.11.                    Non-Solicitation

Without the prior written consent of the Subservicer (or as discussed below), the Master Servicing Group (as defined below) shall not disclose to any Person employed by the Master Servicer or an Affiliate thereof that is part of a business unit that originates or refinances mortgage loans any information that the Master Servicing Group has received or obtained or generated or is otherwise in its possession as a result of its acting as Master Servicer under the PSA (including any information received from the Special Servicer if the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer are the same party). In addition, without the prior written consent of the Subservicer, the Master Servicing Group shall not take any direct or indirect action, nor will it direct a third party to take any action, to refinance or solicit the refinancing of any Mortgage Loan except in performance of its duties as Master Servicer under the PSA. For purposes of this Section 8.11, the "Master Servicing Group" shall mean the business unit of the Master Servicer (which, with respect to PNC Bank, National Association, is called Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association) that is in the business of master servicing and/or primary servicing commercial multifamily mortgage loans that are in securitizations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following shall not constitute violations of this Section 8.11: (i) dissemination of information or reports as contemplated by the PSA, (ii) promotions or contacts undertaken by the Master Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer which are directed to commercial mortgage loan borrowers, originators and mortgage brokers generally, which promotions, in each case, are based upon information that has been acquired from a source other than the Master Servicing Group, including, commercially acquired mailing lists or information generally available in the public domain, (iii) actions taken in connection with serving the refinancing needs of a Mortgagor who, without such solicitation by the Master Servicer as described in the second preceding sentence, contacts the Master Servicer in connection with the refinance of such Mortgage Loan, (iv) actions taken or communications made by the Master Servicing Group in connection with the sale of a Specially Serviced Loan or (v) contacts or solicitations based on information that has been made available in the public domain by a source other than the Master Servicing Group and not by reason of any action or inaction by the Master Servicing Group, or that was independently developed or already in possession of the Master Servicing Group or the Master Servicer or its Affiliates without accessing information acquired in connection with duties as Master Servicer under the PSA.

[SIGNATURE PAGES TO FOLLOW]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Master Servicer and the Subservicer have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above written.

	MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
	By:	/s/ David A. Eckels
	Name:	David A. Eckels
	Title:	Senior Vice President
		("Master Servicer")

[SIGNATURE AND MORTGAGE LOAN

SCHEDULES FOR THE PRIMARY SERVICER TO FOLLOW]

 

 Wells -Midland Primary Servicing Agreement —Midland Signature Page - BMARK 2023-V2

     

 

	WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
	By:	/s/ Nachette Hadden
	Name:	Nachette Hadden
	Title:	Director
		("Subservicer")

 

 Wells-Midland Primary Servicing Agreement — BMARK 2023-V2— Midland Signature Page

     

 

SCHEDULE I

Mortgage Loan Schedule

 

Property Name	Loan Name	Borrower Name	Principal Balance	Subservicing Fee Rate (basis points)
Heritage Plaza	Note A-1	BOP Heritage LLC	$40,000,000	0.250
Heritage Plaza	Note A-2-1	BOP Heritage LLC	$20,000,000	0.250
Heritage Plaza	Note A-2-2	BOP Heritage LLC	$5,000,000	0.250
Heritage Plaza	Note A-3-1	BOP Heritage LLC	$12,500,000	0.250
Heritage Plaza	Note A-3-2	BOP Heritage LLC	$7,500,000	0.250
Heritage Plaza	Note A-4	BOP Heritage LLC	$15,000,000	0.250
Heritage Plaza	Note A-5	BOP Heritage LLC	$40,000,000	0.250
Heritage Plaza	Note A-6	BOP Heritage LLC	$32,000,000	0.250

 

Wells-Midland Primary Servicing Agreement – BMARK 2023-V2 – Mortgage Loan Schedule 

     

 

SCHEDULE II

Rate Cap Mortgage Loans

 

Rate Cap Provider	Mortgage Loan
N/A	N/A

 

 

 

Wells-Midland Primary Servicing Agreement – BMARK 2023-V2 – Rate Cap Mortgage Loan Schedule

     

 

EXHIBIT "A"

(Inspection Reports)

 

(see attached)

 

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MBA Standard Inspection Form
Version: 3.03

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General Info	Mgmt Interview	Senior Housing Supplement
Physical Condition & DM	Multifamily	Hospitals
Photos	Fannie Mae Assmt Addendum	Rating Scale Tabs
Rent Roll	FRE Assmt Addendum		MBA Ratings
	Repairs Verification		Fannie Mae Ratings

MBA Rating Scale Definitions

1	● New or like new condition ● All major building components are new or like new ● All vacant units/space are rent ready & reflect the highest current market standards ● No Deferred Maintenance items (only Routine Maintenance) ● No Life Safety or code violations exist ● Positive impact to marketability ● Deferred Maintenance and Life Safety – No actions are required
2	● Above average condition for the property’s age and market, minimal wear and tear ● All major building components in functional condition ● All vacant units/space are rent ready or in the process of being made rent ready ● No Deferred Maintenance items (only Routine Maintenance) ● No Life Safety or code violations exist ● No impact to marketability ● Deferred Maintenance and Life Safety – No actions are required
3	● Normal condition for the property’s age and market, general wear and tear. ● All major building components in functional condition ● Most vacant units or space are rent ready or in the process of being made rent ready ● No/minor Life Safety or code violations exist ● No impact to marketability ● Deferred Maintenance and Life Safety - Appropriate actions are planned or in progress
4	● Deteriorating condition for the property’s age and market ● A building component is not in fully functional condition ● Few rent-ready units or space ● Limited major Deferred Maintenance and/or numerous minor Deferred Maintenance items ● Some Life Safety or code violations exist ● Negative impact to marketability ● Deferred Maintenance and Life Safety - Actions are not addressed as quickly as required and/or further action is necessary, additional monitoring may be appropriate
5	● Inferior conditions ● Multiple building components non-functional ● Vacant units or space are in poor to down condition ● Severe Deferred Maintenance items ● Multiple Life Safety or code violations exist ● Negative impact to marketability ● Deferred Maintenance and Life Safety – No Action taken and/or further action is necessary – additional monitoring is appropriate

Not Applicable	No components exist (therefore, no rating is possible)
Not Accessible	● No component was visible due to inability to view the condition based on access, Life Safety, weather conditions or other blockages. ● Deferred Maintenance items can not be determined based on lack of access. Further action or review may be required.

Refer to the MBA Reference Guide for Commercial and Multifamily Property Inspection Reports for more information.

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Fannie Mae Rating Scale Definitions

1	No concerns observed. No further action required. ● Excellent condition; typically newer property or property with recent major rehab/significant investment ● No observed or reported Deferred Maintenance issues ● No Life Safety issues observed ● Superior RM practices that are extending the RUL of systems and components ● Capital needs are addressed; major components and systems are like new, in excellent condition and high probability they will significantly exceed the loan term
2	Some minor issues noted. Limited follow-up required. ● Very Good/Good condition with isolated and relatively minor issues that are unlikely to negatively impact operations and can be addressed in-house ● No/minor Life Safety issues observed ● Isolated or minor Deferred Maintenance can be addressed in-house and/or at limited expense ● Proactive RM practices ensuring good overall system performance and functionality ● Majority of capital needs are being addressed, property performance does not appear to be impacted; components and systems in good condition and very likely will exceed the loan term
3	Overall declining condition or isolated deterioration. Documented follow-up required. ● Average to Fair condition; requiring investment ● Some Life Safety issues observed requiring immediate attention; but no capital expenditure ● Deferred Maintenance of heightened concern; likely not addressed in house ● Some reactive RM practices impacting a limited number of components requiring attention ● Critical capital needs are being addressed as needed, but additional capital required to maintain asset quality and system functionality; RUL of major systems/components may not meet or exceed the loan term
4	Substantial issues noted. Documented follow-up with possible action plan required. ● Deteriorated overall conditions, substandard materials and practices, or major issues have not been addressed since prior inspection; requiring significant investment ● Life Safety issues observed that require immediate attention and possible capital expenditure ● Substantial Deferred Maintenance affecting major/several property areas/systems, requiring significant investment ● Reactive RM practices that do not address concerns in a timely manner ● Some critical capital needs are not being addressed, and property performance may be negatively impacted; very likely that the RUL of major systems/components will not meet or exceed the loan term
5	Severe Deferred Maintenance observed. Follow-up and substantial action plan required. ● Unacceptable overall conditions. Widespread neglect or casualty event; condition materially impacts marketability. Functionality of systems and components is compromised. ● Significant Life Safety issues requiring capital expenditure ● Excessive Deferred Maintenance affecting multiple areas/property systems, requiring significant investment; impacting collateral value ● Inadequate RM practices that do not ensure reasonable functionality of the property systems and components and may impact collateral value ● Major and pervasive issues with major components and systems; critical capital needs are not being addressed, property performance is being impacted and RUL of major systems/components has been exceeded

Not Applicable	No components exist (therefore, no rating is possible)
Not Accessible	● No component was visible due to inability to view the condition based on access, life safety, weather conditions or other blockages. ● Deferred Maintenance items can not be determined based on lack of access. Further action or review may be required.

Refer to the MBA Reference Guide for Commercial and Multifamily Property Inspection Reports for more information.

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General Info

MBA Standard Inspection Form

General Information

Subject Property
Property Name		Overall Property Rating	Rating Scale		MBA
Property Address
Street Address 2		Inspection Date / Time		/
Property City		Primary Property Type
State/Zip/Country	/	Secondary Type

Servicer and Loan Information
Servicer Name		Owner of Loan
Loan Number		Investor Number
Property ID		Investor Loan Number
Servicer Inspection ID		Addt’l ID #1 (editable)
Original Loan Amount		Addt’l ID #2 (editable)
Loan Balance (UPB)
Loan Balance Date		Asset Manager Name	/
		Asset Manager Phone
Report Reviewed By	/	Asset Manager Email

Inspection Scheduling Contact Information		Inspector Information
Contact Company		Inspection Company
Contact Name	/	Inspector’s Name	/
Contact Phone		Inspection Co. Phone
Contact Email		Inspector’s ID

Management Company Information / On-Site Contact
Company Name		Phone Number
On-Site Contact	/	Mgmt Interview
Role or Title		Length of time at property
Mgmt Affiliation		Mgmt company change since last inspection

Servicer and Inspector Comments

Lender’s or Servicer’s General Comments or Instructions to Inspector for Subject Property:

Property Inspector’s General Comments or Suggestions to Lender or Servicer on the Subject Property:

Property Profile and Occupancy
Number of Buildings	Annual Occupancy
Number of Floors	Annual Turn Over
Number of Elevators	Rent Roll Obtained
Number of Parking Spaces	Rent Roll Date

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General Info

Year Built	Is Property Affordable Housing?
Year Renovated		Percentages

Unit of Measurement Used	Total Percent Occupied
Number of Units/Rooms/Beds	Total Inspected
Occupied Space	Occupied Units Inspected
Vacant Space	Vacant Units Inspected

Total Square Feet (Gross)
Total Square Feet (Net / Rentable)	If any Dark or Down space, describe:
Is there any Dark space?
Is there any Down space?
Number of Down Units/Rooms/Beds
Property Offers Rental Concessions?	Describe:
Franchise Name	Franchise change since last inspection?
Operations and Maintenance plans (O&M)
Plans such as, but not limited to, Operations and Maintenance, Moisture Management and Environmental Remediation.

	List of O&M Plan(s) Required in Loan Documents	Management Aware of Plan?	Plan Available?
1
	Specify additional O&M plans, and/or describe any observed O&M plan non-compliance.
	Capital Expenditures

	Repairs, Replacements or Capital Improvements within the past 12 or future 12 months.	Identified Cost	Status
1
	Neighborhood and Site Comparison Data

	Top 2 Major Competitors		Percent Use
1. Name or Type		Single Family
Distance		Multifamily
		Commercial
2. Name or Type		Industrial
Distance		Undeveloped	100%
Is the area declining or distressed?
Is there any new construction in the area?
Describe area, visibility, access, surrounding land use & overall trends (including location in relation to subject N, S, E, W)
Additional Collateral Description Information

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Physical Condition & DM

MBA Standard Inspection Form

Physical Condition Assessment and Deferred Maintenance

Curb Appeal
Comparison to Neighborhood; First Impression / Appearance
Rating	Trend
Inspector Comments
Site
Property Appearance; Signage; Ingress / Egress; Landscaping; Site Lighting; Parking Lot; Striping; Garage / Carports; Irrigation System; Drainage; Retaining Walls; Walkways; Fencing; Refuse Containment & Cleanliness; Hazardous Material Storage
Rating	Trend
Inspector Comments
Building / Mechanical Systems
HVAC; Electrical; Boilers; Water Heaters; Fire Protection; Sprinklers; Plumbing; Sewer; Solar Systems; Elevators / Escalators; Chiller Plant; Cooling Towers; Building Oxygen Systems; Intercom System; PA System; Security Systems
Rating	Trend
Inspector Comments
Building Exteriors
Siding; Trim; Paint; Windows; Exterior Entry Ways; Stairs; Railings; Balconies; Patios; Gutters; Downspouts; Foundations; Doors; Façade; Structure (Beam/Joist)
Rating	Trend
Inspector Comments
Building Roofs
Roof Condition; Roof Access; Top Floor Ceilings; Shingles / Membrane; Skylights; Flashing; Parapet Walls; Mansard Roofs
Rating	Trend
Inspector Comments
Occupied Units / Space
HVAC; Ceiling; Floors; Walls; Painting; Wall Cover; Floor Cover; Tiles; Windows; Countertop; Cabinets; Appliances; Lighting; Electrical; Bathroom Accessories; Plumbing Fixtures; Storage; Basements / Attics
Rating	Trend
Inspector Comments
Vacant Units / Space / Hotel Rooms
HVAC; Ceiling; Floors; Walls; Painting; Wall Cover; Floor Cover; Tiles; Windows; Countertop; Cabinets; Appliances; Lighting; Electrical; Bathroom Accessories; Plumbing Fixtures; Storage; Basements / Attics
Rating	Trend

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Physical Condition & DM

Inspector Comments
Down Units / Space / Hotel Rooms
HVAC; Ceiling; Floors; Walls; Painting; Wall Cover; Floor Cover; Tiles; Windows; Countertop; Cabinets; Appliances; Lighting; Electrical; Bathroom Accessories; Plumbing Fixtures; Storage; Basements / Attics
Down Units	Trend
Inspector Comments
Interior Common Areas
Mailboxes; Reception Area; Lobby; Food Courts; Dining Areas; Kitchen; Halls; Stairways; Meeting Rooms; Public Restrooms; Storage; Basement; Healthcare Assistance Rooms; Pharmacy / Medication Storage; Nurses Station
Rating	Trend
Inspector Comments
Amenities
Pool; Clubhouse; Gym; Laundry Area / Rooms; Playground; Wireless Access; Restaurant / Bar; Business Center; Sport Courts; Spa; Store; Media Center
Rating	Trend
Inspector Comments
Environmental
Reported spills or leaks; Evidence of spills or leaks; Evidence of distressed vegetation; Evidence of mold; Evidence of O&M non- compliance
Rating	Trend
Inspector Comments
Exterior - Additional description of the property conditions:
Interior - Additional description of the property conditions:

	Deferred Maintenance Items (0)		Life		Estimated
	Identify Item and Describe Condition (including location)	Rating	Safety	Photo	Cost
1
		Total Estimated Cost:			$

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Photos

MBA Standard Inspection Form

Photos (0)

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Rent Roll

MBA Standard Inspection Form

Rent Roll

Rent Roll Attached	(Select One)
Rent Roll Summary Attached
Single Tenant Property	Lease expires:
Hospitality Property	YTD ADR:	RevPAR:	ADO:

	Largest Commercial Tenants
	Tenant Name	Expiration	Sq. Ft.	%NRA	Annual Rent	Rent/Sq. Ft.
1
2
3
4
5
	Rent Roll

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Mgmt Interview

MBA Standard Inspection Form

Management Information & Interview

Management Company Name		Phone Number
Name of Information Source	/	Email Address
Role or Title of Information Source		Length of time at property
Management Affiliation		Mgmt change from last inspection

Neighborhood and Rental Market

In your opinion, how does the property perform compared to similar properties in the area?

In your opinion, what is the average percentage of vacancy in similar properties in the area?

What is the current average rent paid in the area ($ per square foot/units/beds)?

How does the current vacancy compare to last year at this time?

In your opinion, explain the reason for any variance on vacancy, and rents between the market and the subject property:

Any change to a major employer in the area, or major commercial/retail operation in the area?

If yes, describe:

	Amount of the last rental increase		Number of Administration Employees
	Date of last rental increase		Number of Maintenance Employees
Utilities		Tenant Profile
	Heat at the Property		Corporate
	Water at the Property		Military
	Electric at the Property		Seasonal
	Gas at the Property		Seniors
	Trash at the Property		Students
	Cable at the Property	100%	Other

Property Events

In the past 12 months, has there been any key employee turnover or any key employee replaced?

In the past 12 months, have there been any fires, significant water intrusion or other property damage?

If yes, explain the location on the property, costs associated, any insurance claims submitted, resolution and leaseability:

In the past 12 months, to the best of your knowledge, have any code violations been received?

If yes, please describe the violation, the costs associated, and any resolution or outstanding issues:

Is the property undergoing any significant rehab/construction?

If yes, explain the location, size and estimated costs:

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Mgmt Interview

Any change or violations of a Franchise Agreement or License(s)?

If yes, please explain any change or  violation, costs and any resolution or outstanding issues:

To the best of your knowledge, are there any lawsuits pending that may negatively impact the property?

If yes, please explain:

If a Co-op, has the corporation had the need to use special assessments to cover expenses?

If yes, please explain:

Are there units or corporate leases for the purposes of home sharing (home sharing can be defined as short-term (<1 month) rentals generally marketed through an online platform such as Airbnb) ?

If yes, please explain:

Other Information and Management Evaluation Comments:

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Multifamily

MBA Standard Inspection Form

Multifamily, Mobile Homes, Cooperative Housing, Student Housing

Any Commercial Units?

If yes, how many?

Number Commercial units Inspected:

Multifamily Unit Breakdown					Status by unit type
		Units of	Avg. Square	Avg. Monthly	Non-
Bedrooms	Baths	this type	Feet / Unit	Rent	Occupied	Revenue	Vacant	Down	Inspected
Totals:		0			0	0	0	0	0
General Info:		0			0		0	0	0
Detailed Report of Units Inspected:					0	0	0	0	0

Detailed Report of Units Inspected (0)

	Unit Number	Bedrooms	Baths	Square Feet	Asking Rent	Current Use	Overall Condition
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

General Comments:

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Fannie Mae Assmt Addendum

MBA Standard Inspection Form

Fannie Mae Assessment Addendum

Limitations of Field Assessment

Did you experience any of the following limitations to performing this field assessment: (Choose Yes/No)

Management unavailable for interview?

Management experience on the property is less than six months?

Occupied units were unavailable for assessment, or the total number of units available (occupied or unoccupied) was insufficient?

Significant portions of the common areas, amenities or basements, etc. were unavailable for assessment?

Snow was covering most exterior areas (parking lots, roofs, landscape areas)?

Other Limitation

Limitation Comment: 

Comprehensive Property Assessment Ratings

Life Safety

Comment:

Deferred Maintenance

Comment:

Routine Maintenance

Comment:

Capital Needs

Comment:

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Fannie Mae Assmt Addendum

Level/Volume of issues noted and appropriate follow-up recommendations

Comment:

Overall Property Rating:

Additional Comments

Seller/Servicer Certification Date: 

First Name:

Last name:

Title:

Phone Number:

Email Address:

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FRE Assmt Addendum

MBA Standard Inspection Form

Physical Inspection Additional Questions

1. Are any deferred maintenance items outstanding from the last inspection?

If Yes, please specify items that remain outstanding and include impact of outstanding items on overall property appeal and condition:

2.	Was a harmful environmental condition observed which is not covered by an existing O&M plan (such as mold)?
	If Yes, please discuss below:

3.	Is the property out of compliance with any applicable ADA requirements?
	If Yes, please discuss below:

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Repairs Verification

MBA Standard Inspection Form

Subject Property		Inspection Scheduling Contact Information
Property Name		Contact Company
Property Address		Contact Name	/
Street Address 2		Contact Phone
Property City		Contact Email
State/Zip/Country	/
		Inspection Company
Servicer Name		Inspector’s Name	/
Loan Number		Inspection Co. Phone
Primary Property Type		Inspection Date / Time	/
Expected percentage completed:		Overall observed percentage completed:

Repairs Verification

General description of improvements and summary comments:

	Verification Items (0)
	Item Description and Location	Inspector Comments	Photo	Repair Status
1
2

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Senior Supplement

MBA Standard Inspection Form

Name of Operator:

Senior Housing Supplement

Part I: Physical Inspection

Indicate condition of seniors housing components below. Any identified repair costs are strictly for seniors housing components and should not have already been identified on the Physical Condition/DM tab.  

Site (Seniors)

Bus-Van-Handicapped Parking; Building Accessibility; Outdoor Activity Area; Generator 

Current Condition	Inspector Comments
Trend
Repair Cost
Life safety
Interior Common Areas (Seniors)
Healthcare Assistance Rooms; Pharmacy/Medication Storage; Nurses Station; Bathing Assistance Areas; Employee Restroom; Facility Furniture; Kitchen; Pantry-Supplies Storage; Common/Private Dining Areas
Current Condition	Inspector Comments
Trend
Repair Cost
Life safety
Amenities (Seniors)
Television-Sitting Areas; Exercise-Wellness Room; Game-Entertainment Room; Library-Reading Room; Craft-Activity Room; Beauty/Barber Shop; Sundry Shop; Family-Meeting Area; Garden; Wheelchairs-Walkers
Current Condition	Inspector Comments
Trend
Repair Cost
Life safety
Total Repair Cost

Part II: Resident Rooms/Occupancy
Types of Services Provided	Yes / No / N/A	Total # of units	# of Units Currently Occupied	Total # of Beds	# of Beds Currently Occupied	Resident Payor Type
Independent Living
Congregate Care Retirement Community (CCRC)
Assisted Living
Alzheimer’s/Memory Care
Skilled Nursing
Other (specify )
Total:
Occupancy %:
		Unit mix comment:
Does the current unit mix comply with the unit
mix specified in the Mortgage?
How many days does it take to turn a resident
unit? Explain if more than 2 days.
How many units are currently being prepared for re-tenanting?

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Senior Supplement

Part III: Resident Services
Indicate which services are included in resident’s basic fee and frequency of service, where applicable.
Resident Services	Yes / No / N/A	Frequency	Comments
24-hour nursing care
Physician service
Medication assistance
Specialized dietary services
Meals
Regular health assessments
Scheduled transportation
Unscheduled transportation
Social and activity programs
Housekeeping
Laundry service
Safety & Security	Yes / No / N/A	Comments
Exit doors alarmed
Wandergard/Elopement system
Dementia unit secured
	Quantity	Locations
Nurses stations
Meal Service	Yes / No / N/A	Comments
Licensed dietician on staff
Menu choices available
Snacks available
Meals delivered to units
Medication Administration	Yes / No / N/A	Comments
Staff utilizes medication aides
Staff utilizes medication cart
Medication room secured
List staff that is permitted to administer resident medication:
Indicate how resident medication is documented:

Direct Care Personnel (Staff on Duty)	Day	Evening	Night	Comments
RN’s
LPN’s
Other
Administrative Personnel

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Senior Supplement

Part IV: Management
Are there written Policies & Procedures in place for the following:
Inspector’s Discussion with Management Staff
	Yes / No / N/A	Comments
ADA & Fair Housing
Contracting & purchasing
Emergency evacuation
Employee performance
Incident reporting
Resident care
Transferring resident to/from assisted living
Transferring resident to/from health care facility
Property Budget	Yes / No / N/A	Comments
Property annual budget (attach copy)
Planned capital improvements in next 12 months
Property Staffing	Yes / No / N/A	If Yes, how often?
Scheduled meetings with staff
Scheduled meetings with residents
Social & Activities program for residents
Employee training opportunities
Estimated Annual Employee Turnover	Annual Turnover	Staffing experience of key personnel	Years Experience
Direct care givers		Administrative/Executive Director
Administrative personnel		Head Care Giver/Resident Assistant
List any key employee turnover (such as Executive Director, Director of Marketing, Director of Social Activities, Director of Resident Care, Head Chef.)
Inspector’s Comments on Management Performance
Staff interaction with residents:
Appearance of residents/suitability for time of day:
Attire and demeanor of staff:
Overall cleanliness of facility; any odors present:

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Senior Supplement

Part V: Marketing
Inspector’s Discussion with Marketing Staff	Yes / No / N/A	Comments
Is there a written marketing plan?
Potential resident list/waiting list?
Networking with religious organizations, hospitals, etc.?
Marketing material distribution/outreach?
Are telemarketing or other marketing tools used?
Property brochure and application (attach copy)
Resident handbook (attach copy)
Model unit available?
Rent concessions?
Number of marketing personnel
Combined years experience of marketing personnel
How do the unit design, square footage, and amenities compare with comparable seniors housing properties in this market?

Competitor Analysis
Name of Facility	# of units	Type of Property	Name of Operator

Part VI: Regulatory Compliance
Regulatory / Licensing Agency
Name of Regulatory or Licensing Agency
Regulatory Agency Contact Person
Expiration Date of Operating License
Regulatory / Licensing Agency Inspection
Date of Last Agency Visit
Purpose of Visit	Yes / No / N/A	Comments
Certification/Licensure
Life/Safety
Follow-up
Other (describe)
Were deficiencies cited?
Were non-monetary penalties assessed?
Were monetary penalties/fines assessed?
Agency considers property in compliance?
Copy of regulatory agency’s report received?
Copy of operator’s plan of correction received?
Were any of the corrective actions related to the resident care and/or criminal background checks?
If yes, what is the plan(s) of correction and status of such corrective actions?
Changes in Regulatory Oversight?	Yes / No / N/A	Comments
Staffing Requirements
Physical Design
Health & Safety Codes
Government Subsidies

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Senior Supplement

Reimbursement Programs
Other Required Property Licenses	Yes / No / N/A	Expire Date	Comments
Commercial Kitchen/Food & Beverage Permit
Commercial Vehicle
Elevator
Third Party Healthcare
Other (describe)

Miscellaneous

Are there any material violations, lawsuits or judgments against any licensed professional employed by the operator?

Are there any material violations, lawsuits or judgments against any other personnel at the property?

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Hospitals

MBA Standard Inspection Form

Hospitals, Dedicated Healthcare, & Dedicated Nursing Homes

General Property Information
Total Number of Beds	New Patients Currently being Accepted
Number of Beds Occupied	Admission Waiting Period
% Occupied	Proximity to a Hospital

Level of Care Breakdown

Unit Type	Total Beds	Total Beds Occupied	Total Units	Total Units Occupied	Avg. Square Feet / Unit	Monthly Rent	Beds Vacant
Totals:	0	0	0	0			0

Administrator’s Name	/	Length of Time at Property
Director of Nursing’s Name	/	Length of Time at Property

Direct Care Staff Numbers				Comments
Nurses - RNs
Nurses - LPNs
Other Direct Care
Non Direct Care Personnel
Total Staff:	0	0	0

Regulatory / Licensing Agency Information

Name of the Agency	Contact Person	/
Expiration Date of Operating License	All Licenses Current
Date of last Medicare inspection	Property Medicare Certified
Date of last Medicaid inspection	Property Medicaid Certified

Please describe any violations, costs associated, resolution or outstanding issues: 

Property Condition

Handrails in the halls	Exits clearly marked
Grab bars present in rest rooms	Intercom System
Staff interacts well with residents	Generator Function
Facility looks and smells clean

Additional description of any safety or deficiency issues observed:

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Hospitals

Down Units (List the unit #)

Detailed Report of Units Inspected

	Unit Number	Bedrooms	Baths	Square Feet	Asking Rent	Current Use	Overall Condition
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28

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EXHIBIT "B"

(Form of Quarterly Servicing Certification)

Subservicer:                                                         

Pursuant to the Subservicing Agreement(s) listed on Attachment 1 hereto, between Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, and the above referenced Subservicer, we certify with respect to each loan serviced by us on behalf of Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association that as of the quarter ending ____________________ except as otherwise noted below:

All taxes, assessments and other governmental charges levied against the Mortgaged Properties, ground rents payable with respect to the Mortgaged Properties, if any, which would be delinquent if not paid, have been paid.

All required insurance policies are in full force and effect on the Mortgaged Properties in the form and amount and with the coverage required by the loan documents.

On all required insurance policies, the loss payee is in the name of Master Servicer.

All UCC financing statements have been renewed prior to expiration.

Any notice or information regarding, if applicable, the Rate Cap provider, expiration date of the Rate Cap Agreement, and confirmation that the required Interest Rate Cap Payments for any Rate Cap Mortgage Loan (if any) has been delivered to Master Servicer in accordance with the related Subservicing Agreement.

All required Interest Rate Cap Payments for any Rate Cap Mortgage Loan (if any) have been made pursuant to the related Rate Cap Agreement and other loan documents.

All reserves are maintained and disbursed in accordance with the loan documents and no expired reserves exist.

Any notice or confirmation received from the issuer of a letter of credit for any loan has been delivered to Master Servicer in accordance with the related Subservicing Agreement.

Lockboxes are being serviced in accordance with loan documents.

To the best of our knowledge, all required loan documents, third party reports and underwriting files are complete and all applicable loan documents have been properly assigned to the Trust.

There has been no change to Subservicer’s entity-level organizational structure nor any transfer of Subservicer’s servicing rights.

EXCEPTIONS (please identify the applicable securitization and loan number for each exception):

 

 

   

  B-1  

 

Servicing Officer		Date

 

  B-2  

 

 

ATTACHMENT 1

SUBSERVICING AGREEMENTS

1. Subservicing Agreement, dated as of _________ __, 20__, by and between Master Servicer and Subservicer. (Commonly known as SERIES 20__- __)

2. Subservicing Agreement, dated as of _________ __, 20__, by and between Master Servicer and Subservicer. (Commonly known as SERIES 20__- __)

 

 

  B-3  

 

EXHIBIT "C"

(Remittance Reports)

(see attached)

  C-1  

 

TRANSACTION NAME:
SUBSERVICER:
FOR DISTRIBUTION DATE:

 

MASTER SERVICER #	SUBSERVICER  LOAN #	BORROWER NAME	BEGINNING BALANCE	PAYMENT AMOUNT	PRINCIPAL AMOUNT	INTEREST AMOUNT	SERVICE FEE	NET INTEREST	NET REMITTANCE	ENDING BALANCE	PAYMENT DATE
TOTALS

 

 

EXHIBIT "D"

(Form of Account Certification)

Securitization:

Sub Servicer:

New Account

Change of Account Information

Indicate purpose of account (check all that apply):

Principal & Interest

Deposit Clearing

Taxes & Insurance

Disbursement Clearing

Reserves (non-interest bearing)

Suspense

Reserves (interest bearing)

Account Number:

Routing Number:

Account Name:

Depository Institution (and Branch):

Name:

Street:

City, State, Zip:

Rating Agency:

Rating:

Please note that the name of the account must follow the guideline specifications detailed in the applicable agreement.

Prepared by:

Signature:

Title:

Date:

Telephone:

Fax:

 

 

  D-1  

 

EXHIBIT "E"

(Form of Monthly Accounts Certification)

Subservicer:                                                         

Pursuant to the Subservicing Agreement(s) listed on Attachment 1 hereto, between Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, and the above-named Subservicer, I certify with respect to each transaction serviced by us, as noted above, for Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, that all Subservicer Accounts have been properly reconciled within 30 days prior to the date of this certification and the reconciliations have been reviewed and approved by Subservicer’s management, except as otherwise noted below:

EXCEPTIONS:                                                   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Servicing Officer   Date

 

  E-1  

 

 

 

ATTACHMENT 1

SUBSERVICING AGREEMENTS

1. Subservicing Agreement, dated as of ________ __, 20__, by and between Master Servicer and Subservicer. (Commonly known as SERIES 20__- __)

2. Subservicing Agreement, dated as of ________ __, 20__, by and between Master Servicer and Subservicer. (Commonly known as SERIES 20__- __)

 

 

  E-1